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After the sick feeling had passed, after the tears had been shed, a sense of outrage and grim determination filled many Americans.
Something must be done, they felt, to end the gun massacres in this country.
Surely, they hoped, our politicians must feel the same way. Even on Capitol Hill, where a great many people are skilled in the ways of doing very little, surely even they must feel the need for action.
But the gun lobby and its minions were ready. They, after all, have had a great deal of practice. And the social media quickly filled with the same message: too soon, too soon. Show respect for the dead. Do nothing now. Don't "politicize" tragedy.
Four adults are killed in Benghazi, and the right wing politicizes it endlessly. But 20 small children are slaughtered in Connecticut, and the nation is told to do nothing.
I have written about gun madness and the slaughter of the innocent for decades. The NRA playbook holds no mysteries: Demand delay. Sow confusion. Spread around money for the next election.
The NRA is too powerful, the politicians wail. We cannot defeat it.
The NRA is not that powerful. It can be defeated. It spent millions to defeat Barack Obama, and it failed.
But laws do nothing, the gun lobby says. The problem is moral decay!
And yes, Mike Huckabee went on Fox News after the massacre in Newtown, Conn. — not to "politicize," mind you, because that would be wrong — but to speak the truth as revealed to him.
"We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we've systematically removed God from our schools," he said. "Should we be so surprised that schools would become a place of carnage?"
So we must wait to act until America becomes as pious as Mike Huckabee? Oh, my, that might take a very long time.
Do nothing, do nothing! It's not guns, it's mental illness!
But other countries have mental illness. And yet they have much lower rates of murder and much less carnage than we do. Could that be because they keep guns away from the mentally ill?
Do nothing, do nothing. It's society. Society is rotten, the police cannot be everywhere, and so we must arm ourselves against the evil ones.
And so a woman in a safe neighborhood in Connecticut collects a small arsenal in her house to protect herself from the evil outside. Her son, some say, seemed disturbed, emotionally ill, perhaps. And yet she kept semiautomatic pistols and an assault-style rifle around the house with hundreds of rounds of ammunition?
It would be terrible enough if just she had paid the price for this. But 20 small children and six other adults paid the price, too.
Do nothing? Do nothing? Can we really be so foolish, so cowed, so helpless?
Don't tell me gun control doesn't work. We have never tried real gun control in this country.
Don't tell me the Supreme Court has forbidden gun control. It has forbidden no such thing.
And don't tell me to do nothing. Don't tell me to keep silent while the guns bark in our classrooms and children fall shrieking to their deaths and semiautomatic rifles can be purchased at Wal-Mart amid the pots and pans and teddy bears.
"I think we could be at a tipping point," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said on "Face the Nation" Sunday and then listed three goals: "reinstate the assault weapons ban, limit the size of clips to maybe no more than 10 bullets per clip, and the third would be to make it harder for mentally unstable people to get guns."
We spent billions of dollars and sacrificed thousands of lives for a war over imaginary weapons of mass destruction abroad. Surely now we can fight real weapons of destruction at home.
Sunday night, speaking from Newtown, our president said: "We are not doing enough. And we will have to change. We can't tolerate this any more. These tragedies must end."
But words are not enough. And he knows that.
"In the coming weeks, I will use whatever powers this office holds," the president said, "in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this."
The president has political capital. He must spend it.
The president knows what needs to be done. He must do it.
On Sunday, he told the story of a teacher barricaded in a classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School telling the children, "Wait for the good guys; they're coming."
We are waiting, Mr. President. We are waiting.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Four UC Santa Barbara men's volleyball players have been recognized for their efforts off the floor by being named Academic All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Included on the list are Ben Brockman, Max Klineman, Andy McGuire, and Jake Rosener.
Brockman, a senior libero, had a 3.24 GPA as a physics major. The San Diego native played in 25 of 27 matches and averaged 1.70 digs per game, third on the team.
A junior setter, Klineman holds a 3.13 GPA as a history major with a minor in education. From Manhattan Beach, Calif., Klineman split time at setter with Vince DeVany, racking up a team-best 676 assists.
McGuire boasts the highest GPA of the four, a 3.50 in communications. The redshirt freshman saw action in 72 of 98 games as a libero and led the Gauchos with an average of 1.97 digs per game. McGuire also hails from Manhattan Beach.
A biology major, Rosener posted a 3.22 grade point average. The sophomore outside hitter played in 22 matches and 45 games and established most of his career-highs in 2008. Rosener is from Cupertino, Calif.
Brockman and Klineman were Academic All-MPSF selections in 2007 as well.
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Other early patriots were also lawyers from Boston, including James Otis, Samuel Adams, and Robert Treat Paine. Another famous Boston lawyer was Joseph Welch, who graduated from Harvard law and was lead counsel for the U.S. Army during the Army-McCarthy hearings in the 1950s. U.S. Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown are both alumni of Boston College Law School. And we can't forget Boston Legal , the TV show that aired between 2004-08.
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From the mountain farms of Italy to the distant shores of L'America young Paolo forges an unforgettable journey of fortitude, intrigue, and love as he eludes the retribution of the Camorra crime syndicate. But much more is at stake than just Paolo's humble life . . . for he has been bestowed with a mysterious family legacy that is now in danger to end!
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Strong returning duck populations and late spring precipitation have brightened prospects for 2012 duck production. If nesting and brood-rearing conditions are favorable over the next few months, we could see another strong fall flight.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its preliminary report today on breeding ducks and habitats, based on surveys conducted in May and early June. Total populations were estimated at 48.6 million breeding ducks in the surveyed area. This estimate represents a 7 percent increase over last year's estimate of 45.6 million birds, and is 43 percent above the 1955-2010 long-term average. This year's estimate is a record high and is only the sixth time in the survey's history that the total duck population exceeded 40 million.
"Early indications were that the mild and dry conditions experienced across North America this past fall and winter would negatively impact spring pond conditions and allow increases in grassland conversion rates, ultimately impacting nesting efforts this season," said Ducks Unlimited Chief Scientist Dale Humburg. "Strong returning duck populations and late spring precipitation have brightened prospects for 2012 duck production. If nesting and brood-rearing conditions are favorable over the next few months, we could see another strong fall flight."
Habitat conditions observed across the U.S. and Canadian survey areas during the 2012 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey were characterized by average to below-average moisture, especially in the southern portions. Significant decreases in wetland numbers and conditions occurred on the U.S. prairies in 2012. The estimate of ponds for the north-central United States was 1.7 million, 49 percent below the 2011 estimate of 3.2 million and similar to the long-term average. Nearly all of the north-central U.S. habitat was rated as good to excellent in 2011; however, only the habitat in the Coteau region of North and South Dakota was rated as good in 2012, and no areas were rated as excellent habitat this year. Drastic wetland declines in western South Dakota and Montana resulted in mostly poor-to-fair habitat conditions.
Conditions in most portions of the Canadian prairies declined as well. Residual moisture from prior years ensured retention of permanent wetlands on the Missouri Coteau in Saskatchewan and near the Saskatchewan and Manitoba border, but temporary wetlands retained little moisture due to a shallow frost seal and below-average precipitation. The 2012 estimate of ponds in Prairie Canada was 3.9 million. This was 21 percent below last year's estimate and 13 percent above the 1961- 2011 average.
Total pond counts for the United States and Canada combined showed 5.5 million ponds, a 32 percent decrease from last year's estimate and 9 percent above the long-term average. This was the first time since 2008 that ponds dropped below 6 million.
Of the 10 species traditionally reported, nine were similar to or increased in number from 2011. Two species (northern pintail and American wigeon) remained below their long-term average. Mallards, northern shovelers, blue-winged teal and scaup were bright spots on this year's survey. For the first time since 1999, mallard populations have exceeded 10 million. Northern shovelers and bluewings again reached record highs (5.0 and 9.2 million, respectively). Scaup numbers showed improvement and are above 5 million for the first time since 1991, but still remain below the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) population goal. Only three species—northern pintail, American wigeon and scaup—remain below NAWMP goals.
"This year I am reminded again of the dynamic nature of wetland cycles and what happens when several years of strong production line up with the possible beginnings of a drought cycle," Humburg said.
"As good as the population news is this week, waterfowl and wetland habitats continue to face significant long-term threats. The Farm Bill and North American Wetlands Conservation Act are up for renewal by Congress this year and both are crucial to our ability to conserve this critical habitat. We are also fighting to increase our investment in wetlands conservation by raising the price of the federal duck stamp," said DU CEO Dale Hall. "Conservation is indeed at a crossroads this year."
Nesting habitat across the Prairie Pothole Region continues to decline, particularly following the mild, dry winter. In many places in Canada, the mild conditions allowed farmers to tile and return shallow wetlands to production. On the U.S. side of the border, expiring Conservation Reserve Program contracts, high commodity prices and other economic factors are not only pressuring wetland drainage, but also pushing conversions of grasslands to cropland.
A recent report from North Dakota Game and Fish noted nesting cover in the state continues to decline. During their survey, biologists noted many large tracts of grassland and CRP land had been converted to cropland since last year. CRP acres in North Dakota alone have dropped to about 2.3 million acres, which is down about 30 percent since 2007. Projections are that more than 650,000 acres will be lost in 2012, and an additional 1.1 million acres will be lost in 2013-14. The loss of this critical nesting cover will be disastrous for breeding ducks, other nesting birds and hunting opportunities in the future.
As always, fall weather and habitat conditions along migration routes will have a big impact on migration chronology and local hunting success. "Severe drought in some important wintering regions adds a bit more uncertainty about prospects for the fall. However, I am encouraged by the number of breeding ducks surveyed this year, and hopeful production will be at least average," Humburg said. "As a waterfowl hunter, I am always optimistic. As a waterfowl biologist, I am realistic but committed to the conservation challenges ahead."
The FWS spring surveys provide the scientific basis for many management programs across the continent, including the setting of hunting regulations. The four flyway councils will meet in late July to recommend and adopt the season structure and bag limits for 2012-13. Individual states will make their specific selections within a federal framework of season length, bag limit and outside dates. Hunters should check their states' rules for final dates.
View all the data and get a species-by-species breakdown at http://www.ducks.org/survey.
Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving North America's continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, DU is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, with special events, projects and promotions across the continent. Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 12 million acres thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever. For more information on our work, visit http://www.ducks.org. Connect with us on our Facebook page at facebook.com/ducksunlimited, follow our tweets at twitter.com/ducksunlimited and watch DU videos at youtube.com/ducksunlimitedinc.


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well except the 3.6 million people in Niger, which is the 2nd most destitute country in the world. (There are those fancy numbers again, and those bastards on the news wouldn't tell me who number 1 was.)
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It's been an epic week on the Great Lakes in Ontario Canada with awesome winds and huge swells!
We've been lit up on 4m to 6m kites all over.
Been an awesome summer too with this being my first riding locally. I've really been missing out on great freshwater riding and an incredible crew of local riders.
Sadly, one of my new kiteboarding friends Yurii K was seriously injured last week. Reminded me of Kinsley Wong. Skilled rider not wearing a helmet hits his head on the rocks.
Details are a bit confused but I'll try to condense the story you can follow here found on our local Canada kiteforum http://www.thechickenloop.com
So three of them were riding at Long Beach, Ontario. This is on the north shore of Lake Erie just west of Buffalo, NY and Niagara Falls.
Winds were reported by one of the guys as 15 knots as dark clouds possibly a building thunderstorm approached. The clouds appeared to turn away. Two guys were on the water and one on shore. Differing reports as to whether Yurii was launching or landing. Either way he was on the beach when the squall line hit.
Reports he got launched across the beach and hit the sand hard a few times, then the rocks and then ended up unconscious hanging five feet up a tree from his harness. Witnesses on the beach said he was grabbing for something on his waist (likely his quick release) as he got launched and bounced. One guy on the water said winds came up to 30 knots in 60 seconds and that he barely got rid of his kite after getting thrashed in the water. Said had the wind not switched to offshore that he'd have ended up in the trees too.
Anyways, Yurii is not a kook. Good solid rider. Quiet, soft spoken but really nice guy. Been kiting for maybe 4 years and windsurfing before that. A good ww kayaker also so I'd consider him a decent waterman. I know him to be a conservative guy with good skills and not a show off or daredevil at all. In fact, just a few weeks ago we were out and he thought the wind was a bit much for a 12m and he waited until it died off enough to ride. Here is a link tohis photoblog of that day.. note the comments that he waited it out.
While I am surprised that he'd be going out, the fact remains he had his kite in the air when the squall line hit and others had already stopped flying earlier.
He suffered a severe head impact but no spinal damage. He was in a coma for several days and has recently been brought out of it to see what kind of brain damage he suffered. He is improving but the damage to the frontal lobe is physical and not insignificant.
I spoke with his sister and she appreciates the good wishes but he has so many friends here that she asks that nobody visit for at least a month.
I asked about if he was wearing a helmet. She said that she was surprised he wasn't as he wears one for every other activity!
I asked if a helmet would have made a difference.
I heard it in her voice as she came to grips with the reality of it. She said it would have made ALL the difference. It seems that a single blow to the head was from a sharp rock and in an area above his forehead that a helmet would have protected.
I know that Rick has been ragging on everyone to wear a helmet and has been a real hero (in my opinion) in his good fight. But frankly, I don't wear a helmet kiteboarding. I wear one skiing and snowboarding, riding a bike and rollerblading.. but the most extreme thing I do is kiteboard and I don't wear one! And I'm better at ALL those other sports!
WTF is with me?
What does it take to get this helmet message through our thin fragile skulls?
Does it take realizing my brilliant genius 30 year friend is now going to have to live with a brain injury for the rest of his life? That his young sister and loyal girlfriend now have their lives put on hold to make sure he gets the best care and rehab in the hospital? How can they afford to take a leave of absence from work and deplete their savings?
Am *I* willing to put my family through a lifetime of cutting my steak and wiping my @$$ because I do't feel like wearing a helmet in the water?
Or does it just take me seeing this happen to my new friend?


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U.S News & World Report Ranks New Mexico Tech, Aug. 23, 2005
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Aug. 23, 2005 – New Mexico Tech has again been included among the 64 universities that make up the third tier grouping in the "Best National Universities" category in the latest annual rankings published by U.S.News & World Report.
New Mexico Tech, a state-supported research university, also received mention in last year's survey among the third tier of schools, which includes colleges and universities ranked from about the 125th to 185th position, but listed in alphabetical order.
In addition, New Mexico Tech received special mention among national universities by being listed in the fifth-best position in a select group of 25 schools where students graduated in 2004 with the least average amount of debt.
U.S.News & World Report's annual rankings of the nation's top institutions of higher education are part of the magazine's special issue of America's Best Colleges 2006, which goes on sale Monday, August 22.
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24/7 Wall Street reviewed Harris Interactive's 14th annual Reputation Quotient survey, which rated 60 large American companies based on six key characteristics including product quality, trust, social responsibility and how employees are treated. There are six financial services companies among the 10 companies with the worst reputations. Unlike tech companies, which consumers expect to take risks, these companies earn their respect from being safe and stable. Take a look at the 10 companies with the worst reputations:
10. Comcast
Reputation score: 60.99
2012 score: 59.10
In each of the past three years, Harris Interactive has ranked Comcast Corp. CMCSA, -0.14% as one of its least reputable companies. A major issue for the company has been customer service. According to MSN, at least 20% rated Comcast's customer service as "poor"—just one of three companies with so many dissatisfied customers. ACSI reported last year that both Comcast's fixed line telephone and subscription television businesses were ranked among the lowest in their respective sectors for consumer satisfaction. But poor customer sentiment has not hurt the company's bottom line. Shares are up over 47% over the past year, and the company was recently able to purchase the remainder of NBCUniversal for $16.7 billion
9. Wells Fargo
Reputation score: 60.47
2012 score: 59.50
Wells Fargo & Co.'s WFC, +1.34% reputation score rose only slightly compared with last year. Still, according to Harris Interactive, it became the first of the "big four" banks whose consumers indicated they have started to admire and trust again. In the past year, the company's stock rose just 16%, versus 29.4% for J.P. Morgan, 33% for Citigroup, and more than 50% for Bank of America. The company has also been unable to separate itself from perceptions of other similarly-large banks among consumers. Alongside J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, and Citigroup, Wells Fargo was named one of the worst companies for customer service in 2012 by MSN and JZ Analytics.
8. J.P. Morgan
Reputation score: 58.20
2012 score: 54.84
While the financial crisis didn't hit the bank as hard as it did most of its peers, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, +0.98% has had its share of controversies over the past year. The company lost approximately $5.8 billion when a trader commonly referred to as the London Whale took excessively large trading positions in complex financial instruments that ended up souring. In addition, there have been reports that the firm pushed its own mutual funds to clients over competitor funds even though they had cheaper and more-profitable options. J.P. Morgan's brand value in 2012 declined 8% compared with 2011, according to Interbrand.
Reputation score: 56.55
2012 score: 53.50
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill damaged BP PLC's BP, +1.02% reputation so much that three years later—even after its CEO resigned in disgrace—it remains both highly visible and poorly rated. One reason for the company's continued visibility, explained Harris Interactive's Robert Fronk, is its own continuing ad campaign to highlight the remediation efforts it has made in the gulf region. "What they're doing," Fronk explained, "is saying 'we're owning up to it, and we want you to know that we didn't just make a one-time payoff and we hope you forget about it, we're trying to show you over a five-year window that we continue to take accountability for what happened.'" Since 2011, BP has had one of the largest improvements in reputation of any company Harris has measured.
6. Citigroup
Reputation score: 55.90
2012 score: 55.95
Citigroup Inc. C, +0.77% is still working to improve its image following its near destruction at the height of the financial crisis, even as it continues to struggle. Brand Z noted that Citi's brand value has declined 38% in the past year. Interbrand, on the other hand, said in its study that Citi's brand value has declined just 12% year-over-year. Only 17.3% of respondents to an MSN survey rated Citigroup's customer service as "excellent," while 17% rated the customer service as "poor." Citigroup has undergone some changes recently. The company's board ousted CEO Vikram Pandit in October and replaced him with company veteran Michael Corbat. The company recently announced it was cutting 11,000 positions.
5. Bank of America
Reputation score: 55.85
2012 score: 49.85
Like most financial services companies, Bank of America Corp. BAC, +1.51% is still reeling from the damage to its reputation caused by the bank's role in the financial crisis. Yet the company has improved its reputation in the past year. In 2012, the financial services giant ranked third from the bottom, beating out only Goldman Sachs and AIG and receiving a "critical" reputational ranking. Fronk of Harris Interactive notes that Bank of America has improved in all six categories. He noted that since the company took a hard fall in reputation during the financial crisis, and that the company's reputation has had a tailwind on its way back up.
4. American Airlines
Reputation score: 53.85
2012 score: N/A
American Airlines was considered the most visible company of the past several months, according to Fronk, although it wasn't known for its sterling reputation. Along with much of the airline industry, American Airlines slashed its employees' pay and eliminated many jobs. Only 37% of employees completing surveys on Glassdoor approve of CEO Thomas Horton's performance. American Airline's parent company, AMR, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy back in 2011. On Thursday, American Airlines and US Airways jointly announced an $11 billion merger, which the world's largest airline and bring AMR out of bankruptcy.
3. Halliburton
Reputation score: 52.51
2012 score: N/A
Although it has not been as much in the news as it was during the Bush administration, Halliburton Co. HAL, -2.30% ranks as one of the nation's most visible—and least reputable—companies for 2013. Halliburton is the world's second largest oil-field services company, behind Schlumberger Ltd., and it has benefited from increased spending by oil explorers and producers. However, Halliburton is a "leading provider of hydraulic fracturing services," which remains extremely controversial. In a bold move to show fracking was safe, an employee drank the fluid used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, at a conference in 2011.
2. Goldman Sachs
Reputation score: 49.39
2012 score: 47.57
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, +0.54% is one of just two companies to receive a reputation score below 50, which Harris refers to as "critical." The company has been in the hot seat in the past several years as many argued that it played a large role in the financial crisis. In the past year, Goldman Sachs found itself mired in controversy once again when a former employee named Greg Smith wrote his resignation in the New York Times, arguing that company employees put their own interests before the interest of their clients. In Interbrand's most recent brand rankings, Goldman's value declined by 16% compared with the previous year. Fronk noted that the company is the least trusted in America, with 76% of Americans believing that Goldman would not act in their best interest.
Reputation score: 48.57
2012 score: 46.18
Insurance giant American International Group Inc. AIG, +1.07% is the least reputable company in the country for the fifth year in a row, scoring in the "critical" range in each of those five years. The company's reputation was significantly damaged in the midst of the financial crisis when it was required to accept bailout money from the U.S. government. Recently, AIG has initiated a public-relations campaign that explains it has returned all the money the federal government lent it during the financial crisis, and that the government has actually netted a profit. At the same time, the company weighed suing the federal government, arguing that high interest rates and other restrictions on the company weren't in the shareholders' interest and unconstitutional. AIG ultimately decided not to sue. Read the full story at 24/7 Wall St.
Reputation score: 48.57
2012 score: 46.18
Insurance giant American International Group Inc. US:AIG is the least reputable company in the country for the fifth year in a row, scoring in the "critical" range in each of those five years. The company's reputation was significantly damaged in the midst of the financial crisis when it was required to accept bailout money from the U.S. government. Recently, AIG has initiated a public-relations campaign that explains it has returned all the money the federal government lent it during the financial crisis, and that the government has actually netted a profit. At the same time, the company weighed suing the federal government, arguing that high interest rates and other restrictions on the company weren't in the shareholders' interest and unconstitutional. AIG ultimately decided not to sue. Read the full story at 24/7 Wall St.


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DONETSK, Ukraine — The Kremlin made it clear Monday that it has no intention to try to annex Ukraine's eastern provinces after the controversial referendums where the majority of voters allegedly said they backed sovereignty for their regions.
In a statement, Russian President Vladimir Putin's office urged the Ukrainian government to engage in talks with representatives of the eastern part of the country following Sunday's vote. The cautious stance, which contrasted with Russia's quick annexation of Crimea in March, appears to reflect Putin's hope to negotiate a solution to what has become the worst crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War.
The Kremlin also urged the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to help broker talks between the central government in Kiev and representatives of the east.
Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, whose country currently chairs the OSCE, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week to propose a road map for settling the Ukrainian crisis. Burkhalter said in a statement Monday that Ukraine has accepted a proposal to nominate Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger as OSCE co-moderator for round-tables intended to launch a national dialogue in Ukraine.
The pro-Russian insurgents who organized the vote claimed 89 percent of those who cast ballots Sunday in the Donetsk region and about 96 percent of those who turned out in the neighboring Luhansk region voted for sovereignty. It remained unclear whether the vote could lead to their secession.
The insurgents said turnout topped 70 percent, but with no international election monitors in place, it was all but impossible to confirm such claims. Turnout was brisk at some polling stations visited by AP journalists. At one polling station at a school in Donetsk, all voting slips that could be seen in the transparent ballot boxes showed that self-rule had been selected.
Most opponents of sovereignty likely stayed away from the polls rather than risking attracting attention to themselves. Surveys by polling companies have indicated that a significant majority of people in Ukraine reject movements to break away parts of the country.
There were no immediate signs of any outright intimidation by pro-Russian forces Sunday, and insurgents near the polls were not wearing their usual balaclavas.
Ukraine's central government and the West have condemned the balloting as a sham and a violation of international law, and accused Moscow of fomenting the unrest in a possible attempt to grab more land weeks after the annexation of Crimea — accusations that Russia has denied.
"The farce, which terrorists call the referendum, will have no legal consequences except the criminal responsibility for its organizers," Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said in a statement Monday.
Arriving in Brussels for a meeting with his EU counterparts Monday, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters that he considered the referendum "illegal."
"We cannot, and must not, take it seriously," he said.
The U.S. and the EU, which have slapped travel bans and asset freezes on members of Putin's entourage after Russia's annexation of Crimea, have warned they could target entire sectors of the Russian economy if Moscow tries to derail Ukraine's May 25 presidential vote.
On Monday, EU foreign ministers considered adding more people to its Ukraine sanctions list, but are not expected to go beyond visa bans and asset freezes before Ukraine's presidential vote.
In its statement, the Kremlin criticized the Ukrainian authorities for trying to thwart the balloting by using weapons against civilians. It pointed at a "high turnout" in the vote and voiced respect for its results.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow sees no need for another four-way meeting between Russia, the United States, the European Union and Ukraine following their talks in Geneva last month, saying that the Ukrainian authorities should now focus on dialogue with the east.
He accused Washington and Kiev's government of stonewalling the OSCE road map and warned that efforts to defuse the crisis wouldn't be successful without "engaging opponents of the regime in a direct dialogue."
A few days before the vote, Putin had urged the organizers to postpone the balloting in an apparent attempt to distance himself from the insurgents and keep his hands free for bargaining with the West.
His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, was quoted by the Kommersant daily Monday as saying that it was difficult for people in the east to heed Putin's call because of fighting in the region.
The insurgents in the east have seized government buildings and clashed with government troops and police over the past month. More than 30 people have been reported killed since Ukrainian forces began trying to retake some eastern cities from the insurgents.
Sunday's voting in the two regions with a combined population of 6.5 million appeared mostly peaceful, but armed men opened fire on a crowd outside the town hall in Krasnoarmeisk. The men identified themselves to a crowd as Ukrainian national guards but the Interior Ministry has denied they were part of the national guard.
An Associated Press photographer who witnessed the shooting saw two people lay motionless on the ground. The Interfax news agency later reported that one man died on the spot and another later died of wounds at a hospital.
The violence in Krasnoarmeisk, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) west from the regional capital, Donetsk, came hours after armed men put a stop to the voting and took control of the town hall. In the evening, more armed men arrived in a van, a scuffle broke out with people gathered around the building and the men fired the shots.
Turchynov and Ukraine's caretaker government came to power in February following the ouster of Kremlin-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych after months of protests in Kiev. Moscow and many in Ukraine's east have accused the new government of intending to trample the rights of eastern Ukraine's Russian-speakers.
Isachenkov reported from Moscow. David Rising in Berlin and Mark Rachkevych in Kiev, Ukraine, contributed to this report. AP photographer Manu Brabo contributed from Krasnoarmeisk.


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On Tuesday, Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, held a well-publicized hearing with five of the nation's top oil executives. The theme: Explain why the nation's taxpayers should extend $18 billion in tax subsidies to an industry whose top five companies posted profits of $123 billion last year.
The obvious answer: Cut the subsidies and make it effective as soon as possible. Then, extend those subsidies to the alternative fuel industry and increase the nation's conservation efforts.
That is the very least Congress should do to right the wrongs promoted and passed by a Republican Congress and President Bush since he came to office. The Republican Congress and Bush not only have been in bed with the oil companies since 2000, the excesses border on the obscene. Hence, Exxon-Mobil's vice-chairman was testifying before the committee why it seemed reasonable that its former executive was given a $350 million salary and retirement package — an amount, as the senator from Missouri noted, that translates to $958,904 per day. When the average American is struggling to afford a tank of gasoline and oil companies are pulling in record profits, just how — the Democratic congressman asked — should he explain to his constituents why they are being taxed to pay for $18 billion in oil industry subsidies?
J. Stephen Simon, senior vice president for Exxon, did his best to explain the excess, but it was abundantly clear that greed has tarnished the oil industry as much as the hydro-carbons the industry produces.
The move Tuesday by Democratic House Speaker Gaye Symington to abandon plans to close a loophole on a capital gains tax exemption initially proposed by Republican Gov. James Douglas turns state politics on its head. Since when do Democrats fail to close a tax loophole to the wealthy for potential gain to the common good?
Yet, that's what happened.
Not that there would not have been difficulties proceeding with the proposal. The Democratic Legislature and Gov. Douglas had disagreements over how to spend the estimated $21.4 million annually. Douglas wanted to give the windfall to middle income Vermonters as well as to the very rich. Democrats wanted to split the amount three ways: $4.2 million for targeted property tax relief; $8 million for the highway and bridge program and $7 million to pay off a portion of the $55 million the state owes on school construction projects (the latter two of which would also indirectly lower local property taxes for most Vermonters.)
Because Douglas objected to spending the money for the common good (as detailed above — no new programs, just meeting existing obligations of the state) and because he would be denied the possible campaign claims of saying he had reduced income taxes, a political battle was looming on the horizon. Both sides of the political aisle saw it coming and the decision to bail was greeted by sighs of relief from both parties.
Interestingly, the administration was relieved because it meant Democrats wouldn't spend the money — even if the expenses had already been committed or, go figure, were for property tax relief. (Why Douglas would support income tax relief, but not property tax relief is unclear.) Many Democrats, on the other hand, were relieved because of the future economic uncertainty and the very real possibility that legislators might need to tap that ready source of income in the near future for critical needs.
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — Volunteer rescue workers from the Saranac Fire Department Technical Rescue Team of Saranac Lake, N.Y., joined the effort to locate missing Middlebury College Student Nicholas Garza on Wednesday morning with an underwater search of Otter Creek.
Members of the Middlebury Fire Department assisted about 16 rescue workers from Saranac as they lowered video cameras into the dark water and prodded through debris along the shoreline.
Don Uhler, chief of the Saranac team, has been following the Garza case for weeks. Last Thursday he contacted Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley to offer the expertise and technology of his team, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) swift water rescue team that incorporated underwater cameras into its searches two years ago.
Without underwater cameras, searchers may have had to wait until water levels receded later in the spring to conduct a full search of the river.
Uhler's search includes three main functions: attaching a boat to a high-line rope system and dropping a camera into the water around the falls and near the footbridge; sending two teams along the shoreline to search debris piles with probes; and searching the river's eddies, the outer corners where water becomes slow-moving.
"There is clearly a good reason to believe we could locate a person if they were a victim of the river," he said. "The river is very predictable."
When a person falls into a cold-water current like the Otter Creek in February, the process is always the same, Uhler explained. A body will descend through three phases, known as the top, middle and bottom load. If the person is conscious, he will remain in the top load longer as he fights the current. If he is unconscious, or cannot beat the current, he will sink to the middle load and finally the bottom.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury and Weybridge selectmen on Monday balked at signing an agreement with the state to initiate major repairs to the historic Pulp Mill Bridge, arguing some of the proposed work will simply perpetuate architectural flaws within the span and that the town could not afford to have the structure closed for a full year during renovations.
Erected in 1820 across the Otter Creek, the Pulp Mill Bridge links Middlebury with Weybridge across Seymour Street. It is one of only six double-laned covered bridges remaining in the United States, according to Sean James, an engineer with Hoyle, Tanner & Associates. The firm recently completed a study of the span, including a proposed list of repairs needed to ensure its ongoing ability to handle heavier vehicles and traffic.
The proposed repair list includes:
• Replacing of the standing seam roof installed on the bridge three years ago. James explained the current roof will need to be removed to allow heavy equipment to access the network of rafters, cross-braces, tie beams and knee braces that will require extensive work/replacement.
• Performing major work on the bridge's truss system, including replacement of many of the vertical timbers.
• Replacing of 16 percent of the exterior north arch and 27 percent of the exterior south arch.
• Complete replacing of the floor deck, along with 16 percent of the floor beams.
• Installing new siding on the span.
• Paving 100 feet at each approach of the bridge.
ADDISON COUNTY — Local public works crews throughout the county are moving into "spring cleaning" phase to remove a particularly dense layer of sand left over from heavy application to area roads this past winter.
Many Addison County towns at least temporarily ran out of salt during what was a particularly snowy winter. This forced communities to rely more heavily on sand, or a sand-salt mix, during the latter stages of the winter. With the snow now almost gone, many roads are left covered with large mats of sand — especially at intersections — contributing to tire-spins and the pinging of pebbles against vehicle windshields.
Dale Hazzard, highway division chief for the Middlebury Public Works Departments, said the town's street sweeper is being run through the downtown and subdivisions. The street sweeper has a hopper into which the sand is collected and hauled away.
Middlebury's rural roads will be swept with a broom tractor, which will push the sand and other debris off to the side.
Meanwhile, Vergennes put its new street sweeper into motion on Monday — but not before using a Bobcat utility vehicle to loosen the gritty sand from the Little City's roads.
"It's a really tedious, messy sweeping (process)," City Manager Renny Perry said. "We will probably have to do a couple of revolutions on all the streets."
Vergennes acquired its street sweeper last year. The city had rented a sweeper in prior years.
In Bristol, Town Administrator Bill Bryant said the local road crew will get to work sweeping as soon as it can rent a sweeper — a hot commodity around this time of year.
"It does seem like we have a lot of dirt on the roads this year," Bryant said. "We will get started (sweeping) as soon as we can."
MIDDLEBURY — Fifth- and sixth-graders from Ripton Community School were climbing up the walls — and even across a ceiling — at Mary Hogan School on Thursday morning.
Kids packed into harnesses and helmets scaled the gym wall, which is painted like a mountain range, and pulled themselves up on platforms jutting out from the snow-capped peaks. Around the gym, others were hoisted up to the ceiling and descending down toward the floor like spiders on threads of silk.
Mary Hogan physical education teacher Mike Quinn was busy belaying a boy who dangled from the ceiling, slowly pulling himself across a rope. Quinn and guidance counselor Wes McKee started Mary Hogan's climbing program about 16 years ago.
"We've been very lucky," Quinn said, never taking his eyes off the boy suspended above him. "We have a great administration … even before (Principal) Bonnie (Bourne), they were really supportive of the program."
The Ripton students started coming to Mary Hogan to climb about five years ago, the first year Steve Lindemann began teaching sixth grade in Ripton after previously teaching — and working with Quinn with the climbing program — at Mary Hogan.
"We couldn't afford this up in Ripton, of course," Lindemann said. "So I thought why couldn't we take advantage of it, if it's available."
Quinn and Bourne said of course it was available, and they extended an open invitation.
Almost every year since then Lindemann brings his Ripton fifth- and sixth-graders down to Middlebury on a school bus in the morning and back to Ripton at lunchtime on an Addison County Transit Resources bus.
Each year they make two trips, giving the kids a chance to get over any fears they might have on their first visit.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury voters on Wednesday, April 9, will be asked to support a proposed 2008-2009 Mary Hogan Elementary School budget of $5,624,785, reflecting a 2.59-percent increase in spending and restoration of an education technology position that had been cut a few years ago.
If approved, the spending plan would result in an increase of 8.4 percent in the education property tax rate for Middlebury homeowners, a boost that district officials said is associated with the "common level of appraisal (CLA)" provision of the state's education funding law.
"The budget, to be frank, is pretty unremarkable," said Mary Hogan Elementary Principal Bonnie Bourne.
She noted the one substantial addition to the proposed budget is an education technologist position that will work with teachers to help students access information through computers and other equipment. The person will also advise school officials on computer infrastructure and Internet access.
The computer technologist position is making a comeback after having been phased out of the budget in recent years as a cost cutting move. Mary Hogan Elementary currently serves 385 students, down from 540 enrolled eight years ago.
While the school is proposing to add a new position, it is preparing to cut others.
The budget reflects 2.1 fewer professional positions, with cuts including a second-grade teacher, to reflect a smaller-than-usual incoming class. There will also be fewer special education staff, to reflect the changing needs of next year's student body.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
FERRISBURGH — The Vermont Electric Power Co. has fixed one problem with its new transmission line that Ferrisburgh selectmen called "shocking and offensive" in a Feb. 28 letter, and the town's VELCO committee head believes the company will address two more: the visual impact of a 70-foot-tall structure near Vergennes and of guy wires on Route 7 power poles.
VELCO, which is in the midst of installing a major power line from West Rutland to South Burlington, last week removed a pole it had installed near Greenbush Road to hold an osprey nest. Selectmen and town VELCO volunteer Larry Keyes backed resident Bob Houghton's contention that it blocked the runway of his private airport. The company ultimately agreed and took it away on April 1, Keyes said.
Still to be resolved are how and whether VELCO will shield the roughly 15 guy wires that hold up poles where the new line crosses Route 7 east of Vergennes, and mitigate the appearance of what selectmen said is the unexpectedly tall double-pole structure on a ridge not far from the new Vergennes substation.
Keyes said VELCO officials have been responsive in his direct talks about those two outstanding issues from selectmen's Feb. 28 letter to the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB), which approved and is overseeing the erection of the big new VELCO power line, which passes through Addison County.
The main problem with the guy wires, he said, are the yellow safety guards that cover their bottom six or eight feet. VELCO officials have told him they are willing to plant shrubbery to shield the safety guards, and although that assurance is not in writing Keyes said the company has made good on similar pledges in the past.
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Helped Bulldogs To Sweep Of Princeton & Penn
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Freshman setter Kelly Johnson played like a veteran in helping the Yale volleyball team to a big weekend sweep of Princeton and Penn. On Tuesday, she was rewarded by being named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week.
Johnson, a Palos Verdes, Calif., native, led the Bulldogs with 28 kills and seven total blocks as Yale moved into sole possession of first place.
In the 3-1 victory over Princeton, Johnson produced a triple-double that included a season-high 19 kills. She hit .421 and added 18 assists and 11 digs. With the fourth set tied at 18, Johnson had a block assist and then on the next point slammed a diagonal kill to give Yale a two-point edge.
The next night, she just missed a triple-double in a 3-0 win over Penn. She had 13 assists, nine kills and eight digs.
"Kelly had a great weekend at an important time," said Yale head coach Erin Appleman. "She had a lot of confidence on offense."
In addition, sophomore Maddie Rudnick was named to the Honor Roll. Rudnick, a libero, averaged 5.29 digs per set and added a service ace in the two matches.
Yale (11-5, 7-0 Ivy) has won eight straight matches and hosts Brown on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the John J. Lee Amphitheater.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity
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|Volume 20, Number 1
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Society, Technology, and Law:
A Balanced View of "Intellectual Property"
by Andy Oram
Law races to catch up with society, society embraces technology, and technology placates law. The eternal dance among these spheres, which involves numerous forward thrusts, is nowhere more visible than in current controversies about copyright and content controls.
The strength of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is that we unite the study of technology, society, and law. While you can find erudite and narrow discussions of copyright issues from a single viewpoint elsewhere, CPSR tries to consider all of these perspectives.
Large record labels, movie studios, software houses, and database vendors are also working on all these fronts:
CPSR holds a different view of technology, law and social mores, finding no reason to restrict new ways of interacting or fix in place economic models that should be subject to constant change. Instead, these forces interact in powerful and unexpected ways to increase the value and availability of goods.
A long-range legal perspective
Legal traditions certainly respect founding documents. The United States government is routinely constrained by a 215-year-old Constitution. Jewish and Islamic legal traditions look back a good deal further. But even though they consider their founding documents inviolable, they continue to produce legal scholars who make new rulings. Change is built in to all these traditions.
Take a law from the Torah: "Do not move your neighbor's boundary stone." This injunction is so important that it appears six times in the Bible. In an agrarian society, respect for a neighbor's property was a key aspect of social peace.
Some five or six hundred years after these pronouncements, the early Rabbis were still interpreting them. Being scribes and teachers, one important interpretation they offered for "Do not move your neighbor's boundary stone" was that no one should take credit for words uttered by another. Thus, modern proponents of intellectual property can trace their concerns back to one of the oldest legal documents preserved by history. (I use "intellectual property" in this article, even though the term embodies many problems, to represent copyrights and other interests in information that are usually held by large companies.)
But no one took "Do not move your neighbor's boundary stone" literally. If some guy named Ganni owned a couple square kilometers on the shore of the Jordan, the Rabbis did not expect that the Ganni family would own it six hundred years later. In fact, they explicitly rejected the Biblical rules known as the Jubilee year, which tried to enforce such a crude interpretation of the law.
Society has no stake in ensuring that Ganni keeps the same land for six hundred years. Rather, it has a stake in making sure the land is well-farmed and produced food and clothing for all. And while it recognizes that circumstances may remove the land from Ganni's hands, it has a stake in making sure he is treated with justice and dignity.
How do these concerns match those about intellectual property in our time? Society has no compelling reason to ensure that someone is still earning money on Mickey Mouse cartoons made eighty years ago, but good reason to provide incentives for new work, which is why the clause of the U.S. Constitution in support of what is now called intellectual property is explicitly prefaced by the phrase, "To promote the progress of science and useful arts..." The framers did not need to include any such justification, but they wanted to emphasize that intellectual property was not a natural right, and therefore based their support on society's interest.
More about law, technology, and society
Let's look at Ganni's border stone more closely. If there is a change in the environment--such as a rise in population that causes a water shortage--Ganni cannot be helped by the simplest technological solution, which would be a wider aquaduct. As for a legal solution, the all-too-common strategem of reserving an unfair share of water for Ganni and squeezing less well-connected residents will only lead to disaster in the long run. Rather, Ganni needs to re-evaluate his water use and look for a combination of smarter practices and new technology to continue producing at a high rate with less water.
The equivalent in modern content industries would be a combination of streamlined production techniques and innovative experiments in marketing, distribution, and branding. Technology has a lot to offer that has not been widely exploited:
Finally, we should remember that life for Ganni on his couple of square kilometers was never very good. Two or three seasons of drought could ruin him. Marauding bandits could take everything he had. And even in the best of times, he lacked health insurance and his only Social Security was to bear a lot of healthy sons. So progress was good for Ganni, even though it produced wrenching change.
The same goes for the artist, the musician, and the writer of today. Most are not making a good living (nor have they traditionally). They have no more stake than society has in preserving the current intellectual property regime. As we move forward into unknown territory, we must ask, "What system would reward artists fairly?" An appreciation for a combination of law, technology, and society would help us find innovative ways out of current binds.
Healthy intellectual property rules show flexibility and bend with their context. Change is not coming as fast as either the content holders fear or the proponents of change hope. Society, technology, and law will evolve, and what is needed now is an enlightened general vision that will let us take advantage of the best in each change as it comes along, so that powerful entrenched interests do not steer this evolution in directions harmful to society at large.
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The Best Women-Run Blogs
Nealeigh Mitchell | Excelle
There are millions of blogs out there — how do you find ones worth your time? Sure, the number of Twitter followers is a good gauge of popularity, but there are plenty of exceptional reads flying under the radar.
Whether writing about career advice, female empowerment or daily drama, here's a list of 10 women-run blogs we love.
Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist:
Pro-life author and career advice columnist Penelope Trunk offers Gen Y a roadmap to the corner office with her highly relatable and sharply written content. Building on the blog's popularity, Trunk launched the Brazen Careerist website, a social network focusing on career development and workplace issues.
She Takes on The World:
This is one of the best business and lifestyle blogs for women entrepreneurs and working professionals. A sharp team of female editors from a variety of business backgrounds dish out on-the-job advice and career tips. Check out the "In Her Heels" interview series for a heavy dose of entrepreneurial inspiration.
Girl With Pen:
This hard-hitting blog publicly and passionately dispels modern gender myths, encouraging other feminist scholars, writers, and thinkers to do the same. Deborah Siegel and co. provide feminist commentary on everything from politics to pop culture.
Heather Armstrong put the confession in confessional blog. Shooting to stardom after getting fired for writing about her co-workers (getting "dooced" means to get canned for blogging), she now runs — and lives off of — one of the most entertaining "parenting" blogs around. Her sassy-mouthed musings on marriage, post-partum depression, and daily drudgery inject humor into the mundane.
Self-Made Chick:
Christine O'Kelly ditched the cube and pursued the entrepreneurial dream. Now the stay-at-home mom and online copywriter has created a place for like-minded, business-savvy free thinkers to meet and share advice and stories.


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Celebrity Cars
Guy Fieri's Maserati: For Sale on AutoTrader
- Fieri bought this Maserati new
- It includes custom red badges and black wheels
- Fieri's garage includes many other fun cars
It's no surprise that bold TV chef Guy Fieri drives a flashy Italian sports car, or at least he did. This 2011 Maserati GranTurismo Cabriolet, once owned by the Food Network star, is now for sale at Jaguar Aston-Martin of San Diego.
Painted black with a black interior, Fieri's Maserati boasts several personal touches. The most striking are red emblems -- a perfect match for the convertible's bright red brake calipers. The Maserati also has black wheels, which help it stand out even more. According to John, the sales manager at Jaguar Aston-Martin of San Diego, none of these items came from Maserati's factory.
"[Fieri] customized it exactly how he wanted it," said John, who mentioned that the TV chef even painted the small fender badges from the car's designer, Pininfarina. "It's murdered out, but those red details make it different from anything else."
It's no surprise that Fieri wanted to stand out. After winning Food Network's The Next Food Network Star reality show, the restaurateur became famous for his crazy hair and excitable attitude. Fieri's best-known program Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives takes him to various restaurants to sample traditional American-style food.
But Guy Fieri is more than just a TV personality -- he's also a car nut. That's his personal 1967 Camaro SS you see on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives," and it shares a garage with other sporty rides, such as a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette, 1968 Pontiac Firebird and 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle. But it's not all American muscle: In addition to the Maserati, Fieri also owned a Lamborghini Gallardo, which was stolen in a high-profile theft earlier this year.
For those looking to pick up one of Fieri's cars in a more legal way, this 2011 GranTurismo is a good choice -- and at $124,900 it's a great value compared to its new price of more than $150,000.
What it means to you: This all-black Maserati is a sporty ride with an exciting history.
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Real estate's year in review
Now that we are nearing the end of 2012, I thought it would be fun to see what the highest and lowest recorded sales of the year were for single-family homes. As luck would have it, Honolulu Board of Realtors' research analyst Stephan Lopaz was thinking the same thing, and had pulled the numbers, just for kicks. (Great minds think alike.)
As of November 30, the highest Oahu sale was $9,999, 995 for a nine-bedroom, eight (plus two half) bath home in Portlock. It was listed for $10,950,000 by Mary Worrall & Associates and, interestingly enough, was assessed at $6,734,720. Granted, the lot is 10,270 square feet, which includes two homes, two pools and a tropically landscaped yard.
At the other end of the spectrum, the lowest recorded single-family home sale for 2012 as of November 30 was in Waianae, a 38-year-old leasehold property that went for $69,000, leasehold. It has four bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms, with 1,158 square feet of living area and 1,746 square feet of land.
Does this mean anything to homebuyers and sellers? Like anything else, it's all in how you slice it. Last year's high/low sales were $13,850,000 and $65,000, respectively, so the range is very similar. This year, however, it's all about inventory levels.
The median price of real estate has been increasing due to lack of inventory. Although inventory levels are down across the board, the decreases are much sharper in the lower price range. Median prices for the year, according to Lopaz, stack up accordingly:
|SFH Inventory
|November 2011
|November 2012
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|$1.9 million+
|Below $350K
According to Lopaz, the inventory levels for homes in the $350,000 and below price range are down 54.3percent compared to November of last year. We may see median prices in that range getting a continued boost due to lack of inventory.
"For example, year to date, the Makaha-Nanakuli area has seen a 12 percent increase in median sales price. While year to date median sales price islandwide was up 8.8 percent," he explains. "Year-to-date pending sales for all single-family homes are up 54 percent and days on market are down to 30 days from 35 last year.
"So the inventory we have is moving and at a much faster rate. It's a good sign as we move into the new year," Lopaz adds.


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The Green Bay Packers may be on the verge of releasing veteran defensive back Charles Woodson, but the future Hall of Famer isn't ready to start his five-year clock towards Canton, Ohio just yet.
According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, who spoke with agent Carl Poston, Woodson sounds like he has "a lot of football left" and wants to continue playing for a contender.
Is Charles Woodson retiring now that he's cut? "I just talked to him. He sounds like he has a lot of football left" -- agent Carl Poston
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 15, 2013
Released DB Charles Woodson's agent Carl Poston: "He'd like to go play for a contender, win another Super Bowl. He caught that bug."
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 15, 2013
Woodson, who will turn 37 next October, spent seven years in Green Bay, where he won a Super Bowl and 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. He intercepted 38 passes with the Packers, including league-leading totals in both 2009 and 2011.
Green Bay has won 74 regular-season and six postseason games since signing Woodson in 2006.
Some potential fits for Woodson could include the New England Patriots, Denver Broncos and Houston Texans.
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Reading 1: Ladd Field and Cold Weather Testing
Even after World War I ended in 1918, tensions in Europe continued. Many politicians in the United States believed that our nation needed to prepare itself for possible future conflict. Alaska was not yet a state, but did send a delegate to Congress. U.S. territories can elect delegates to represent them in Congress, but those delegates cannot vote. Alaska's delegate, Anthony Dimond, worked hard to persuade Congress that Alaska needed a defense system. Major General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps, insisted on the establishment of an airbase. The 1935 legislation authorizing Ladd Field, named for a pilot who had lost his life, allowed for military facilities in Alaska, but did not fund them. The United States did not begin building Ladd Field until 1939. Just days later, Germany invaded Poland. World War II had begun.
Ladd Field opened near Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1940. It originally served as a Cold Weather Test station. The local weather was well suited for it. Winter in Fairbanks can start as early as September and lasts until late April or early May. Low temperatures generally average -15˚ to -25˚ Fahrenheit. However, the temperature each winter drops to more than -60˚ Fahrenheit. Snow begins to accumulate in early October and usually does not disappear until the following May. The Cold Weather Test Station was tasked with making sure aircraft would start and fly at these extreme temperatures.
More troops arrived in September, 1940. Construction of buildings and the runway continued into 1941. Portable hangars housed the airplanes until the first permanent hangar was finished. By the fall of 1941, over 500 troops were stationed at Ladd Field. However, many were only temporary. Base Commander Lt. Colonel Dale W. Gaffney complained to his superiors that it was difficult to mount a testing program with limited personnel and incomplete facilities. Also, rumors circulated that Ladd Field would be used for other purposes.
Despite slow construction and limited supplies, testing continued at Ladd Field until the spring of 1942. The Cold Weather Test Detachment learned a lot. They learned about wing icing (how to deal with ice that forms on the plane's wings), navigation, cold-weather clothing, armament, and other aspects of operating aircraft in arctic-like conditions. The military used this data as it built new aircraft. Incorporating lessons learned in Alaska helped make operating American aircraft in arctic weather conditions safer.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 pushed the United States into WWII. In 1942, the Japanese invaded the Aleutians Islands in western Alaska. As a result, the United States Army disbanded the Cold Weather Testing Detachment. The soldiers went to other military posts in Alaska to help fight the Japanese in the Aleutian Campaign. Ladd Field became a storage area to repair and service aircraft. Several months later, the Commanding General decided that more cold weather testing was necessary. He reactivated the Cold Weather Test Detachment. Aviation testing continued well after the conclusion of WWII in 1945.
In 1947, Ladd Field became a United States Air Force Base. In 1961, the facility was transferred to the Army and became Ft. Wainwright. Ladd Field/Ft.Wainwright is still an active Army installation. The buildings and structures in the historic district emphasize Ladd Field's national significance during WWII—as a cold weather test facility, as a support base for the Aleutian Campaign of the War in the Pacific, and for its role as the transfer site for aircraft along the Alaska-Siberia Route.
Questions for Reading 1
1. What was the original mission of Ladd Field? Why was its location so well suited for this type of work?
2. What event caused the Cold Weather Test Detachment to disband?
3. Do you think it was important to have a military installation in Alaska during WWII? Why or why not? What event made Alaska, not yet a state, a desirable location for military facilities? (Look back at Map 1 if necessary.)
Reading 1 was compiled from Cold Missions: The U.S. Army Air Forces and Ladd Field in WWII; National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, Ladd Field, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1984.


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Sammy Sosa is not hoping to star in the White Chicks sequel. It is not some kind of alleged side affect from any alleged substances he allegedly may have put in his body. He just wants to be beautiful!
Because Chicago's baseball writers haven't had anything to write about for three months now, this has become the story in the Second City. The Tribune went to one of Sosa's friends, who gave a perfectly reasonable answer for why he Slammin' Sammy had an MJ look going the other day.
He is going through a rejuvenation process for his skin," [Rebecca] Polihronis said. "Women have it all of the time. He was surprised he came out looking so white. I thought it was a body double. Part of (the photo appearance) is just the lighting.
"He is in the middle of doing a cleansing process to his skin. The picture is deceiving. He said, 'If you saw me in person, you would be surprised. When you see me in person, it is not going to seem like the picture.'"
But this isn't just a case of Sosa forgetting to wash off the moisturizer before going out on the town. Discoloration and lightening is a common side effect of laser treatments he might be undergoing "after years and years (of playing baseball) in the sun."
So now that we have our answer, we can all go back to pretending Sosa never existed.
Sammy Sosa Says Skin Rejuvenation Process Reason His Skin Appears Lighter [Chicago Tribune]