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ANALYSISDoes Rick Perry have an image problem?
Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, May 6, 2010
AUSTIN —He has the "Come and Take It" cannon carved into his boots. He stuffs a laser-sighted pistol into his jogging pants. He shoots coyote in the morning.
He is Gov. Rick Perry.
Perry is the iconic rugged Westerner who has been touted as a possible presidential candidate by Texas Monthly, appeared on the cover of Newsweek and labeled a "Tea Party idol" by a Denver television station.
But in his campaign for an unprecedented third full term as governor, Perry also is in danger of becoming a cowboy parody of himself much as Republican Clayton Williams did in losing the 1990 governor's race to underdog Democrat Ann Richards.
"It's a very fine line between John Wayne and Elmer Fudd," said Democratic consultant Glenn Smith, who worked in Richards' campaign. "It's very easy to overplay your hand as the rough and tough cowboy and become a caricature of yourself."
Perry is facing off against Democrat Bill White, the popular former mayor of Houston. White is running as an effective administrator who can lead the state into the future on issues such as public education.
He still is trying to break into the statewide voter consciousness, though.
At the same time, Perry has cracked the national consciousness with rhetoric on state's rights and the evils of the federal government. He has also demonstrated a fondness for guns that has included a campaign event at a shooting range and bragging about killing a coyote that threatened his daughter's dog during a February jog.
Perry also discharged an Old West-style Colt revolver during an April 15 NASCAR promotion in Fort Worth, described by a local political reporter as "fitting a certain image of the governor — virile or half-cocked, depending on your point of view."
Denies interest in 2012
Perry burst again into the national media last month by upstaging former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a red-meat conservative speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.
A week later, a Kansas Republican running for Congress announced he had received an endorsement from Perry, "who has emerged as a leading conservative voice in the Republican Party."
When Perry endorsed a Republican candidate for Colorado governor in March, a Denver television station described him as a "Tea Party idol."
And, despite all his protests, the national news media continue to speak of Perry as a potential 2012 presidential contender.
"I don't have any interest in going to D.C. as a president, vice president, member of Congress, car guard — none of the above," Perry told The Hill last month.
University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato said Perry makes the long list of potential Republican presidential candidates because there is no short list of dominant contenders.
"(Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt) Romney is a seriously weak front-runner. Palin is highly controversial. (Former House Speaker Newt) Gingrich is yesterday's man," Sabato said. "So, a lot of Republicans are casting about looking for a savior. Perry is just one of many."
Crushed primary foes
Sabato said the national presidential talk could backfire on Perry during his re-election campaign.
"There's a lot of Perry fatigue," Sabato said. "If people think we're not only giving him another term for governor, he also could be running for president, it might be too much. That may be the boost that Bill White needs."
A recent poll by Rasmussen Reports found Perry leading White by 48 percent to 44 percent.
The governor began his re-election campaign last year down almost 20 percentage points to U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. But talk of states rights and secession boosted Perry's base, enabling him to crush Hutchison and Debra Medina in the GOP primary without a runoff.
Hutchison represented the Republican moderate wing, and there remains a question of whether those voters will turn out for Perry in the fall.
Republican political consultant Jim McGrath of Houston, who is close to former President George H.W. Bush, said many moderates have been embarrassed by some of Perry's rhetoric, particularly his statement that Texas can secede from the union if it wants.
"That was not a moment of pride to be a Texas Republican if you are a moderate," McGrath said.
Another Texas president?
Moderate Republicans are unlikely to vote for White, the GOP consultant said, but they may skip the governor's race. McGrath said much of Perry's rhetoric appears directed at a presidential run.
"I would think of getting past Bill White before you start to have dreams of the White House," he said.
Sabato said it is unlikely that the nation is ready for another Texas president after the two Bushes.
Citing U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's contention that Perry promised he would not seek re-election this year, Sabato also said he doubts that Perry is telling the truth when he says he does not want to run.
Perry said he has been insistent since 2008 that he does not want to run for president and that nothing has changed. He also said he never promised not to seek re-election: "Total urban myth."
Perry said all he wants to do on a national stage is convince people that the states are better places to develop solutions to problems than the federal government.
"It kind of gets back to that old 10th amendment thing," he said. "The states should be competing with each other instead of the federal government setting one-size-fits-all policy."
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I really don't function too well when I'm watching these games and it's gotten worse since as I was in New Orleans two decades back.
Funny, the lingering painful image I have from '93 is not Webber's timeout but rather Donald Williams out on the wing with his legs and arms extended (wrist snapped), slinging in three and after three like he was Spike.
It got worse at the 1998 Rose Bowl. Arms folded, I barely said a word or moved the whole game. Thinking about the never-ending string of late-game third-down measurements still makes me twist. I've seen highlights of course (and more importantly, I know how things turned out!) but I'm not interested in watching the entire replay again because it was so agonizing.
Last night, once I arrived in section 227 I offered the occasional fist bump to the fellers around me but never moved from the seat—for anything–from tip to the time I walked out.
I don't think I'm alone. My dad once asked one of his pals, a big Michigan fan, why he didn't really ever go to the Big House despite living within an hour. Reply: "Because they break your heart." It was heart breaking last night.
At times It's Great to Be a Michigan Wolverine but for a lot us, especially when we're on the brink like this, it's also agonizing TBAMW. Look, I'm what Mike Gundy would call a man(+1) now and I have an incredible family at home. Believe me I can and do put this stuff in perspective and rebound quickly after the game is over. But in these situations in the moment it's almost impossible for me to truly enjoy it. Nevertheless, like a moth to the flame I will return again, hopefully soon.
All that said I feel better today. There seems to be some serious love along with a deep appreciation directed at Crisler Center for what just happened over the past few weeks. One unique aspect of going to the Final Four is that win or lose you really can't take it away (ok, sometimes it gets taken away) and these guys won't be forgotten. I liken our fandom in this case in the role of a proud parent whose son or daughter just finished 2nd in the Spelling Bee. (Winning word: "incidental").
The fans in Atlanta were outstanding, and hats off to the Louisville masses for being first class. The Syracuse fans, FWIW, were coach class.
Thankfully Michigan fans, by and large, aren't blaming these Sun Bowl-esque refs for the loss, although they nearly ruined one of the best games in recent history. I hope Jim Delany sends them a sternly worded tweet instructing them to do better.
But for M fans, now? Let it go, man, at least right after you check out the gif of the Burke block that Ace posted at mgoblog, not because it's a demonstration of the crappy call that it was, it's just…well just LOOK AT IT and ACCEPT IT before it destroys you!
And the Fab Five? That's personal business for me because they were classmates and I'm widely biased about how I feel about them, even Webber. I'm glad they showed up. I feel like a big piece of this was put behind us this weekend. And according to Sam Webb this morning having those guys in the locker room after the game to check on the team seemed to give Burke and crew, who were clearly devastated, a boost.
And speaking of the Fab Five, Jimmy King's interview with Sam and Ira Monday morning was gripping. Please check out the full podcast here. If you listen really hard you can hear my jaw drop from my bed as King described black hole of communication. As Jimmy (and Jalen on Grantland) clearly described, it was such an awkward thing between the other 4 guys and Chris that I hope Monday they worked things out. Whatever it was.
The Misc:
- Meeemmooorrriiiesss. Yes, these massive games are painful for me but the days and nights are a blast and tend to bring old and new friends together. Shouts to: the #THC for scoring the tickets and for the escort to The Varsity, Ira's folks for taking us out for an amazing dinner Sunday night, Kerri of Support Brady Hoke and the whole crew that came to Friday's epic happy hour++, mgo-Brian and Anthony for all the laughs Saturday postgame at the Marriott, and Ira's crewmates and Jamie and Al for hanging out, and #007 Kyle B. from GBW for turning "one last beer" into 4 Sunday night. It was also great to bump into old house buds Dave K., Brett G. and George R.
- Hotel Radio. One last note—it was an crazy experience watching Ira and Sam do their radio shows (Sun-Tue) from room 327 of the Marriott. If you listen to these guys you know they are talented broadcasters but you should have seen Ira coordinate the show with mobile equipment at our hotel room desk. I might start calling him Maestro. I know a little about technology, hardly anything about broadcasting, but needless to say it was really impressive watching him coordinate all the guests, callers, breaks, live reads and recorded advertisements. I'm guessing if you were listening on iHeart or in Ann Arbor you didn't notice the difference from the "real" studio experience. Here they are:
A few misc photos just because– President MSC, Desmond, Novak, Chuck and Denard [note: I don't know who snapped that pic, it was sent to me, rest are my pics], and quick view shot before the national anthem:
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Despite the fact that I am not a piscatorial person I've recently inherited a fishing diary (bound in red leather by Asprey & Co Ltd) that covers the decade 1933 to 1943. It's immensely interesting because weather conditions are included in each entry. The diarist was aged about 20. One of the first reports is from the river Don in Aberdeenshire in late April, 1933, when it was "very thundery with a perfect deluge at the end". One year later in the same area he caught two trout despite "strong, north-east wind and violent snow blizzard most of the time".
One of this young angler's favourite haunts was the Barlow Brook where it flowed through his aunt's farm. Right through the 1930s he regularly caught good quantities of trout where, I'm sure, one would struggle to catch anything worth taking home for tea these days. Whereas he had fished on 54 days in 1938, catching 251 trout and 10 grayling, by 1943 he only managed five days and 28 trout. By now he was serving in the RAF and the last entry was 26 July, in the Hope Valley. Soon afterwards he failed to return from a bombing mission. His fishing diary has lain unopened for almost 70 years, the entries as bold and clear as the day each was carefully entered.
That stretch of water flowing through his late aunt's estate is no longer fished. It still runs beneath the single arch of a stone roadbridge built by a local mason who won the contract from the county council in 1896 with a tender of £5. The banks are dark and overhung by Himalayan balsam, elder and low branches of beech and sycamore. The delicate footbridge that gave access to the far bank has collapsed: it is the spot where our angler caught so many of those recorded trout in the forgotten long-ago.


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(en) France, Organisation Communiste Libertarie - The fight against the gold mines and repression intensified in northern Greece (fr) [machine translation]
Date Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:28:53 +0200
Tension remains high in Chalkidiki, northern mining region of Greece where for months waging a struggle against the popular ongoing excavations of the company Hellenic Gold - mining company Gold driven by the powerful multinational company and Canadian Eldorado Greek tycoon Bobolas - that threaten forest Skouries and health of people throughout the region. ---- Invasion of the village by the police Ierissos ---- Over the last few days (while the Athens government said "defend foreign investment at all costs"), against the determination of local committees and practices sabotage increasingly widespread, arrests lightning and measures to repressive anti-mine activists, but also the population as a whole have continued to increase. They culminated in the arrest of a high school girl of fifteen, from the village of Ierissos.
She was interrogated with 12 other young villagers to the regional police in Polygyros, an episode that sparked an angry reaction from the local community and a manifestation of students and adults to the police station in the village. But on March 7, police pressure is still up a notch.
Thursday, March 7, the small town of Ierissos (3000 inhabitants) was again invaded by riot police, who had to cope with a population descended en masse in the village streets to defend their territory as best she may, while church bells rang: occupying the space, watching their actions, by erecting barricades of burning tires at the entrance of the village ... Meanwhile, others organized solidarity rallies in the surrounding communities, especially in Nea Rodha and Thessaloniki. In the neighboring village of Megali Penagia, from 15h, people began to gather and, at 18h, almost all of this town of 3,000 inhabitants was in the street. In Thessaloniki, over a thousand people have gathered in solidarity in the evening.
A day of struggle which we publish chronicles own words through committees of struggle.
New attack on the village of Ierissos by riot police
Local communities of Halkidiki in the north-eastern Greece is again in turmoil. This morning, in the middle of inaccurate information by which local residents who have owned and / or arrested at least six platoons of riot police arrived at the entrance of Ierissos - about 3000 inhabitants. At 11 hours, and was attended by a large number of residents, the riot police started shooting large amounts of tear gas. As people began to withdraw, riot police chased the crowd of men and women of all ages in the village square, continuing to use tear gas.
At 11 h, while a large number of people had gathered, the riot police started shooting large amounts of tear gas. As people began to recede, the riot police charged a crowd of men and women of all ages in the direction of the village square, while continuing to use tear gas.
Riot police stopped in front of the main doors of the school Ierissos, where teachers and students have begun to feel the effects of tear gas by the wind back towards the building and the courtyard of the school. After barricaded the entrance to the school, the riot police then fired tear gas grenades into the courtyard. Panic has gripped the students who could not breathe. Many have vanished, and assistance doctors nearby medical center was requested. The doctor was unable to cross the lines of riot police for a long time and its entry into the school playground was possible only after strong protests from people in the street. It took extra time before parents are allowed to enter the school to bring their children at home, and buses were allowed to take home high schools from other villages.
What police force of a democratic state can attack a village with chemical weapons and tear gas at a school full of students during school hours? What kind of police force blocking access to a doctor in a school full of students whose classes are filled with tear gas?
For now, people's houses are raided by special forces of the police in the presence of judicial authorities. They are accompanied by bus riot police, while others were placed bus to barricade the entrance Ierissos. The members of the parents are at the police station to write a report on the events of the day in high school Ierissos. Police are aligned to the input face of Ierissos local residents People who are fighting for their lives, their health and that of their children.
From the village besieged Ierissos, we send a message of resistance and struggle. We will not allow a social struggle like we are doing is targeted and criminalized
This social struggle is strong and will prevail.
Coordinating Committee of Associations Stageira-Akanthos against gold mines in Halkidiki
Pressure, intimidation and repression police
From this spectacular operation, repression has not ceased. Dozens of people were arrested or summoned to the police for questioning Polygyros. The arrests were accompanied by searches. With 4 arrests in Ierissos during the police raid on the village, the figure of 130 is reached in less than three weeks. A good half have suffered DNA samples. When police assault on the town of Ierissos, the riot police (MAT) was accompanied by a unit of the anti-terrorist police (EKAM).
These arrests are obviously random, police seem to have no clue about the participants sabotage. But stopping people in a population strongly mobilized against the gold mine, the objective is to both intimidate, multiply the charges for other acts, such as participation in illegal gatherings and more generally, to put the opposition movement to the gold mines in a defensive position and antirépressive The four people arrested March 7 continued to facts that have nothing to do with the investigation (possession of fireworks, of radio-transmission ...)
With the young student of 15 years, 14 young people are Ierissos who were summoned to the regional headquarters of the police Polygyros, including at least three children. A detail that speaks volumes about the climate institute intends police and not clutter compliance procedures. In the case of the young girl of 15 years, his call to the police was sent, not his home, but his high school ... Following protests from lawyers, young schoolgirl was released and must be an "invitation" written by the police, which should specify that it must be accompanied by his parents and a lawyer.
This is not the first detention of students Ierissos. Another 18-year old was arrested Feb. 27 and released without charge. He told police that his release had been forced to submit a DNA sample, threatening not to release him, if he refused. The officers were then made to sign a statement saying he had given a DNA sample voluntarily.
Back two weeks of repression in the region of Chalkidiki Skouries:
• February 17 . More than 30 arrests, mainly in the villages of Ierissos and Megali Panagia. All detainees were released without charge after a few hours.
• February 18 . Arrest and trial in flagrante Toskas Lazaros, a resident and activist known Megali Panagia against gold mine (and also a member of the left coalition SYRIZA). The arrest follows a complaint filed by several private security guards the site was sabotaged yesterday. They accuse him of being the "instigator moral" of the fire. The guards were not able to provide any proof of their accusations and Toskas was released. He immediately filed a complaint for defamation against-. The arrest warrants issued against two other militants for the same reasons were never executed, but remain at large.
• February 20 . Removal of two residents Ierissos by the police. Both men were taken to the regional headquarters of the police and detained in secret Polygyros without charge for 5 hours. Police said the parents, relatives and lawyers have no information on their fate. Except that the mother of one of the detainees saw his son through a window. Both detainees were released without charge. They said they would file a complaint against the police.
• February 23 . Detention for 14 hours of a woman Ouranoupoli, municipality Stagyra-Akanthos. She was arrested at 6am and transferred to the regional headquarters of the police Polygyros and was released after 20 hours. Her husband was arrested later in the day, and a friend who joined a crowd of protesters outside the local police Polygyros. This friend was pulled inside by the police. The police also raided the couple's home in the presence of a prosecutor who had no mandate. All three were released without charge.
• February 26 . The police force takes a DNA sample from a man they questioned the premises of Polygyros.
• February 27 . Arrest of a 19 year old High School Ierissos. The facility was closed in protest. The schoolboy was released without charge.
• February 28 . 4 Ierissos students were arrested in Thessaloniki for national security. The two girls in the group were released shortly after but the two boys were detained for several hours. The father of one of the boys reported the abuse, intimidation, threats and torture in custody of his son. The boys were eventually released without charge.
• 01-02 March . The inhabitants of Nea Roda Ierissos and reported 24 arrests. All detainees were released without charge.
The interviews are conducted by the police anti-terrorist. Officially because it is part of an investigation into the sabotage of 17 February where fifty activists were attacked with Molotov cocktails facilities Eldorado Gold. Several trucks, drills, cars, prefabricated, bulldozers were destroyed. [See Sabotage in the site of a gold mine
For their part, the pro-gold mines are firing on all cylinders
For months the lobby for local mines agitated. On Saturday, March 2, supports mining engaged in a real stage. Was called a demonstration in the village of Megali Panagia. For most employees Hellas Gold and its parent company, Aktor. A few hundred people, perhaps a thousand or a little more ... but in a part of the press gather at number 6000 while videos show ranks fairly sparse. So much so that we see players asking participants to fill the holes in the crowd to make it appear larger. Several sites disinformation have not hesitated to use photos of the protest against mines, which was held in the same village of Megali Panagia one week earlier (Sunday, February 24) to illustrate the event in favor of mining. This event, a week after the sabotage and response to dozens of arrests first brought together more than 3000 people.
Large demonstration in Thessaloniki
Saturday, March 9, held a joint demonstration of movements against mines in northern Greece, Chalkidiki, Kilkis and in Thrace took place in Thessaloniki. It was attended by about 20 000 [10 to 15 000 according to various news agencies] and is considered one of the largest gatherings in recent years against the exploitation of gold mines.
She had been called for more than a week, before the police assault on Ierissos by the coordination of all committees and initiatives to fight "against mines and state terrorism," referring to the violent imposition these projects and waves of arrests plaguing the region Skouries, especially since the action of sabotage February 17.
The demonstration, which is passed through the streets of downtown and the waterfront, joined another demonstration, students and employees of higher education ... The two processions merged. It is also significant that the police prevented journalists to go on the White Tower, symbol of the city building located near the seafront where they could take pictures ...
The other challenge of this mobilization is to prevent the authorization of drilling Thrace (between Thessaloniki and the Turkish border), which has not yet been officially issued - but announced as imminent by the Prime Minister Samaras, always in favor Canadian multinational. Already, the previous Monday, a demonstration was held in Alexandroupoli.
Despite this demonstration, the police continue their intimidation. Sunday, March 10, nine people of the region Skouries were arrested.
Tuesday, March 12, another rally was called Komitini city of Thrace (Department of Rhodope) against the opening of a new site and the construction of a new mine in this part of northern Greece.
These struggles against the exploitation of gold mines lead in a context where other struggles continue or are emerging in an increasingly repressive since last winter partucilièrement [see here
and here
and also here
] junction points and meetings multiply.
Student mobilizations
Many student demonstrations took place this week throughout Greece. Together to protest against the death of two students Larissa last week, others against budget cuts and a reform of higher education.
Both students Larissa died of asphyxiation because they had brought inside their home a charcoal barbecue to heat due to higher taxes on heating oil, which makes it unaffordable. Banners saying "They are killing us" were brandished in all the events that took place during the week.
The other reason is to mobilize the "plan Athena" reform of higher education. This is to reduce the number of facilities to reduce costs through mergers of departments, schools and even universities or technical colleges all whole. The complete restructuring of higher education require tens of thousands of students to leave their homes (often those of their parents) and move to other universities so that families can not afford this additional cost in the middle of an economic crisis causing cuts in wages and considerable indirect income for the vast majority of Greeks. This plan aims to disappear 150 establishments (dropping to 384 the number of faculties and institutes against 534 today) and officially forecast to reduce by 4% the number of students enrolled in higher education next year. In weekends, students have conducted several actions: opening of motorway tolls, intervention to disrupt the speech of a minister in a large hotel Sunday afternoon ...
The mayor of the city of Messolonghi began a hunger strike to protest against the disappearance of the Higher Institute of Technological Education, which has existed for 30 years in his town. He also decided to put black flags across the city on public buildings like shops.
New student protests are planned in the coming days on the islands and on the mainland.
The return of the "outraged"?
A week ago, between 1.5 and 2 million Portuguese took to the streets of forty cities to call a set of movements but one has managed to unite all under the slogan "What lixe a Troika, quem é o povo but Ordena! " ["What Troika Fuck, it's the people who control! "]. The biggest demonstration since those of the Carnation Revolution of 1974. This date was not chosen at random: it coincided with the visit of a delegation of the troika (EU, ECB, IMF) in Lisbon.
In Greece, the networks "social" of the Internet, have in turn heated and call out in the street was launched this weekend. Soon, thousands of Internet users have expressed the need to be in Portugal and that they would participate in an initiative street. A rally in Syntagma Square in Athens was called to 18h. The slogan? "Poverty, unemployment, suicides: Enough! Portugal shows the way! ".
From 16h, riot police were deployed to the site to prevent rally outside Parliament.
demonstrators of all ages gathered at 18h, with banners and slogans such as "The main violence is poverty" and "How do we live here? " . And also against the gold mines of Halkidiki, the repression of social movements against the new educational project "Athena" and of course, against the government's economic policy.
At 18h, the place was cordoned off and a few thousand five hundred people who tried to gather in the square, were prevented: tear gas, charges, arrests muscular ... Two people arrested were detained and prosecuted for "disobedience."
Clearly, once again, the practices of "policing" indicate that it is no longer 2011 or 2012 ... The "excesses" are no longer tolerated, the State intends to hold any early movement and lock everything: requisition of strikers and illegalization strikes, expulsion of squats, ban on demonstrations of peasants (by prohibiting access to tractors motorways and main roads), police operations intimidation against opponents of the gold mines Chalkidiki ...
On Monday, officials from the Ministry of Culture on strike 24 hours and manifest in Athens.
Tuesday, March 12, the Committee of Solidarity with the people of Attica Chalkidiki which called for a demonstration in the center of the capital.
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Flats at Vasant Kunj D-6 were classified premium, built to provide lodging to foreign technicians during the Commonwealth Games of 2010. These flats were allotted at very high rates as part of DDA's 2010 housing scheme.
Two-and-a-half years since the Commonwealth, the luxurious complex with prices ranging between between Rs 34 lakh and Rs 1.12 crore, are not in a liveable condition.
The problems pointed out by various denizens of Vasant Kunj D-6 are:
- No power supply in these flats. The main wiring which supplied electricity from Yamuna block to the complex was stolen very recently, along with meters and switchboards.
- Though the complex is multi-storied and the apartments go up to seven floors, lifts are still not fully functional and some are also used as garbage dumps by the workers on site.
- There is no water connection to these flats even now and the taps also haven't been installed as DDA feared that those might also be stolen.
- Parking is a daily hassle in these flats. The basement parking was not put up for auction with the flats in 2010 due to water logging and technical problems. The parking area for most part is out of reach of the residents and the basement can't be used to park SUVs due to defects in its design.
- Shopping for the daily needs of the denizens is also proving to be a big inconvenience, with no shopping malls or markets within easy reach.
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The California State Assembly passed legislation yesterday (AB 2235) that would require all newly manufactured or imported handguns in California to be "owner-authorized," or personalized in a way that would allow them to be fired only by authorized persons.
If enacted, the requirements in AB 2235 will take effect eighteen months following the release of a report by the California Attorney General that "owner-authorized" handguns are available for retail sale. New Jersey enacted similar legislation in 2002.
AB 2235 passed the State Assembly by a vote of 43-33. The legislation, authored by Assemblyman Mark DeSaulnier, now heads to the State Senate.
"'Owner-Authorized' handguns will help reduce injuries, homicides, suicides, school shootings, and accidental shootings in California," said Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke. "Now we call upon the State Senate to pass AB 2235."
Applying personalization technology to handguns, including grip or fingerprint recognition, would render them inoperable by unauthorized persons. Children and thieves would be unable to fire the weapon, said the Brady group, thereby helping to prevent both unintentional and intentional gun violence.
"Consumer product modifications, such as childproof caps on medicine and pool covers, have reduced injuries and saved lives and a product as inherently dangerous as a handgun should have similar 'owner-authorized' capabilities," said Kay Holmen, president of the California Brady Campaign chapters.


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PLAGUE ANGEL is the 9th album by the undisputed kings of true blasphemous black metal, and I don't imagine that they need any further introduction. Marduk has had a few lineup changes since they started out. Since the last album the bass player, B War, left, and also the lead singer Legion has said farewell. The only original member that's still left in the band is the guitarist, Morgan. The new singer is called Mortuus, and the bass player goes under the name, Devo. Morgan has managed to keep their drummer Emil from the last album though, and those four are now the new Marduk.
They have also changed studios. The last time they recorded in the famous Abyss Studio; this time they chose Endarker Studio, which is owned by Devo. Devo is responsible for the production and mixing, and there's nothing wrong with the production. It sounds like it always has and is nothing out of the ordinary at all. Most of the album goes in ultra fast tempo with speedy drums, fast riffing guitars, and on top of that, lies the lead vocals. In some parts the speed is so fast, that Mortuus has a hard time catching up. He varies between black metal vocals, ordinary vocals, and just screams. The mastering is done by Peter In de Betou (Dimmu Borgir, Meshuggah, Rammstein etc).
I've never followed this band with bigger interest, and I started off by reviewing their double live CD INFERNAL ETERNAL from 2000. After that I have reviewed their studio album, LA GRANDE DANCE MACABRE (-01), and WORLD FUNERAL (-02); I haven't heard the older albums yet. LA GRANDE DANCE MACABRE felt quite stable, but on their last album they felt pretty tired, especially Legion, doing a very poor impression with his tired voice. But I can understand that younger and newer fans, between the ages of 15-25 like it, because they may not be aware of anything else in the black metal genre.
There are 11 tracks on this album; as always, the lyrics are about violence, death, hell, anxiety, blood, and stuff like that.
One of the bands biggest problems has been Legions lack of voice; he was not varied in any way, something that Mortuus luckily is. Also, the material has sounded very similar from one album to another; hard grinding black metal and nothing more. But on this album I'm glad to hear some calmer parts through certain songs, and they have added a song in mid-tempo called, "Seven Angels, Seven Trumpets" that goes really slow to be Marduk. "Death March" starts off with an epic and bombastic intro sounding like an old military march to begin with. It takes about two minutes before the vocals come in; the whole song consists only of marching music and Mortus' whispering vocals.
Morgan and Marduk seem to have a major problem; like they are totally out of riffs and inspiration. This album sounds just like the last ones, just an instant repeat of the previous. Even if Mortuus has great effort, he can't manage to take the band to a higher level by himself. Even the cover looks like an ordinary ugly Marduk cover.
This album is for all of the old fans out there, or something for you, if you want a totally predictable band with nothing out of the ordinary. I think you can strongly question it, if you still call the band Marduk when there's only one original member left.
A video to "Throne of Rats" has been made by Roger Johansson (The Haunted, Hammerfall, In Flames), but to be honest I don't think any TV channels are gonna pick it up. A world tour was also planned but had to be cancelled because of an attack against Emil, at a gas station somewhere in Sweden.
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Students had to pass through a metal detector when they entered the school.
The school's principal posted a message to students on YouTube Thursday reminding them that they were safe, and if they see something, they should say something.
"If you hear anything, please report it, please tell an adult, please come find me directly. Find one of your leadership teams or one of your administrators. Tell a teacher. We need you to let us know what is going on," the principal said in the message.
Students told Channel 9's Karla Ray that it was a strange day on campus, but the extra steps did make them feel relieved after such a traumatic experience yesterday.
At dismissal Wednesday afternoon, 15-year-old freshman Ja'Roderick Smith was shot on school property. Fellow student J'Morian Eddie Patrick Bell, 17, was arrested and charged in the shooting that left Smith hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds.
"They were fighting first, and then the two kids one came out of nowhere and just shot him, and everyone was running and it was crazy," said student Erik Nieto on Wednesday.
A day after that shooting, law enforcement still showed a heavy presence outside the school.
"We had to go into the gym, and we got our bags checked and then we got (metal detector) wanded and we got stamped," said student Abby Vahle.
Security remained tight throughout the day.
A private security firm joined the Orange County Sheriff's Office to keep watch on campus.
"(There is) enhanced security at the bus loop. You'll see more administrators. We're going to have administrators here from other portions of the district," said Orange County School District representative Kathy Marsh.
Deputies said a fight between Bell and Smith led to the shooting.
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"There was barely people at school today. I had two people in my classroom," said student Erik Nieto.
"Normal attendance in the school on a Thursday would be 95 percent, so we're down about 15 percent over what's considered normal," said Marsh.
On Wednesday, following the shooting, Skywitness 9 HD flew over the school as buses remained in the bus loop outside the high school.
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"All of the parts that worked together worked right in gear, right in step with each other, which was a true blessing to our community that we had that kind of dedication to surround them," said Orange County School Board member Pam Gould.
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Really? George W. Bush is having an art show at his presidential library featuring his painted portraits of many of the big important people he met during his presidency? Okay, I just couldn't resist this one. He's capturing emotion! He's showing Putin's personality! Look! He painted a cuddly duck for his grandchild! (Cartoon not necessary for that one.) He's trying to paint his way to a nice cuddly legacy.
Methinks there are a few other things he should be painting. If he's not forced to paint the victims of his reckless foreign policy in real life, at least I can make him do it in my cartoons. Please, Dubya, visit a disabled veteran's house and ask him to sit for a portrait. Oh wait, I forgot, your portraits only come from the top searches of Google.
Alas, one can only hope. If only Bush really wanted to capture the pain, loss, and suffering of his ridiculous war escapade. He'd have to make so many visits to Iraq, a full C-130 full of art supplies would be required at regular intervals. Enjoy the cartoon and pass it along to your favorite ex-president hobbyist painter.


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These guys are outstanding with the cover songs! Just like the Guess Who below for the seventies! Going to put them up in the top 10 of all time. The vary up the speed of the Zombies classic I suppose as to not give you any Ear Worms (German term translated). Maybe a new public service category at the blog here? If you get one like I did for early Floyd leave a comment and I'll add it.
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The Week of Guided Prayer at Stonyhurst begins on Saturday 14th September.
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After discussing our overall website redesign in an earlier post, in this post we'll focus on our new multimedia features on BusinessWire.com.
If you work in PR, Advertising, Marketing, or any kind of function that has to do with communicating with audiences, you've probably noticed already how important online multimedia has become in organizations' new communications mix. At Business Wire we've had front row seats to see how a lot of companies started changing their online multimedia strategies in recent years. As a result we've been continuously updating our own offerings to best assist professional communicators and make sure we help them reach the audiences they look for in the best possible ways.
As part of our efforts, earlier this week we announced three new features that make multimedia a lot more visible on our site, allow our various user groups to easily find the kind of multimedia they need, and improve the user experience, sharing options, and measurement around video.
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The first change we announced is placing the entire multimedia gallery on the press release page. While traditionally in our industry multimedia was often considered a separate part of the press release — placed in specific sections of websites where users needed to navigate to especially — we at Business Wire have shown the first two multimedia assets on the press release page itself, and then linked those to the full multimedia gallery. However, experience has taught us that internet users are busy and overburdened with information. Unless users absolutely need something, they often won't go out of their way to look for it. Also, when forced to navigate several levels deep on a website, some users may drop out in the process. Therefore we decided to bring multimedia directly to the user and make sure all the multimedia associated with a press release is immediately visible to all, without having to navigate away from the press release page.
The screenshot above shows how our full multimedia gallery is now an inseparable part of our clients' press releases. Whether a release goes out with just one or two multimedia assets, or with a full set of photos, videos, audio files, logos, or pdfs, all those assets from now on are immediately visible to anyone looking at our client's release, from the first moment they land on the page. This leads to much greater exposure to each asset, that ultimately can increase media and blogger pick-up.
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Showing all multimedia was just the first step though: as many of our clients know, Business Wire serves multiple constituents. We serve journalists, who often need high quality multimedia to download and repurpose for their stories. We have increasing usage by bloggers, who want to embed multimedia on their blogs and link to other sites; we have end-users who simply want to see an image or play a video without saving any files; and then there are also analysts, traders, industry executives, and so on.
Our goal at Business Wire is to be able to serve all of these audiences in the right way so they are able to quickly and easily find what they're looking for. So in order to give our users all the variants they need: hi resolution, low resolution, thumbnail, etc. or various video and audio variants, while minimizing the amount of navigation layers on our site, we've introduced new web2.0-style navigation menus for multimedia.
So now, when a user hovers on the thumbnail of a multimedia asset, they get all the options in a new menu that opens right there and then, whatever it is they're looking for. Journalists can easily access high resolution downloadable multimedia files, bloggers can quickly find embeddable and linkable media, and end-users enjoy immediate viewing options. And the best part is that all these options are now only one click away from any press release, improving the user experience, helping drive more traffic to our clients' multimedia, and once again, increasing the likelihood of gaining more pick-up.
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2004-06-11 04:00:00 PDT Savannah, Ga. -- President Bush said Thursday that he does not expect NATO to provide troops to Iraq, abandoning hope for such help after partners in the alliance raised objections.
In a news conference ending the three-day Group of Eight meeting of world leaders, which Bush hosted in Sea Island, Ga., the president said his only hope for the military alliance will be help in training Iraqi troops if the new interim government requests such help. "I don't expect more troops from NATO to be offered up," he said. "That's an unrealistic expectation. Nobody is suggesting that."
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Administration officials had been hoping that passage Tuesday of the U.N. Security Council resolution endorsing U.S. plans for Iraq would make it easier to recruit more international funds and manpower. Bush said Wednesday that "NATO ought to be involved" in Iraq -- a contention quickly rebutted by French President Jacques Chirac and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Although Bush did not specify the cooperation being sought, White House press secretary Scott McClellan, asked twice in recent weeks about a large military mission for NATO in Iraq, did not discourage the notion, saying "those discussions are really just getting underway."
Bush met jointly and individually with leaders from industrialized nations on Sea Island. The G-8 chiefs, joined by heads of government from several African and Muslim nations, agreed to cooperate on a broad range of issues, from democratic reforms in the Middle East to development of an AIDS vaccine.
But the meeting was dominated by Iraq and the Bush administration's efforts to secure more international help for the interim Iraqi government. Bush's hopes of winning NATO involvement, foreign troops and debt relief for Iraq were thwarted at various points this week by France, Germany and Turkey.
"We understand that the Iraqi people need help to defend themselves, to rebuild their country, and, most importantly, to hold elections," Bush said Thursday morning after a meeting with Chirac.
Other leaders in Sea Island for the G-8 were doubtful about prospects for Iraq. "The resolution is a political basis, is an attempt, to improve the chances of stabilizing," German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told reporters. "Whether that attempt can succeed is an open question. I am not optimistic about this."
Later at the afternoon news conference, Bush said that "the nations of the G-8 are united in the desire to bring stability and democracy to Iraq." But asked where he expects foreign assistance to come from in terms of debt relief and troops, Bush did not provide specifics. "That resolution just got passed," he said. "We're waiting for the Iraqi government to assess the situation and make requests to the free world."
Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, Iraq's interim president, Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, said he would welcome NATO involvement in Iraq, "especially if it includes the European community." He said, however, that "we do not want to have a variety of small numbers of forces which will look like a carnival."
British Prime Minister Tony Blair quickly echoed Bush's statement that NATO troops would not be sought. In a news conference, he said there has "never been anticipation NATO troops will go in there in the same way coalition troops have been in there."
Schroeder said Thursday that his country will not send troops to Iraq, but added that Germany will not block NATO from making a decision to play some role.
After Bush's suggestion that NATO could offer training, Chirac said he has seen no such proposals, adding: "I have no specific thoughts."
Administration officials said the most significant development of the week was the G-8 endorsement of a Bush plan to spread democratic reforms through the Middle East. "The nations of the G-8 recognize our special responsibility to help the people of the Middle East achieve the progress they seek," Bush said Thursday.
Asked about the unwillingness of countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt to come to Sea Island to participate in the initiative's rollout, Bush said, "I understand that there's a certain nervousness about whether or not people can adapt to institutions of freedom."
The G-8 leaders also agreed Thursday to extend for two years a program offering debt relief to the world's most impoverished nations, and they instructed their finance ministers to "consider measures that can further help the poorest countries address the sustainability of their debt," with a report due by year's end.
That fell well short of a more dramatic debt relief plan that some British and U.S. Treasury officials were reported to be considering earlier this week. That plan, which would give a 100 percent write-off of debt for the countries qualifying, has encountered skepticism from the White House and other quarters.
Chirac called for more extensive aid to developing countries. He said there should be $50 billion of such aid by 2015 and said "the private sector is not a replacement" for such aid. Chirac said this notion was supported by some G-8 leaders and "strongly rejected" by others, an apparent reference to Bush.
In their private meeting, Chirac and Bush discussed their differences over NATO and development aid, and Chirac pressed Bush to take a more aggressive position on global warming.
The two did not discuss another area of contention, Iraqi debt relief; Chirac opposes relief of more than 50 percent, while the Bush administration wants the "vast majority" forgiven.


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Safety & Bike Accessories £1 @ Halfords
Halfords have just reduced loads of Safety and Bike Accessories to just £1, that means discounts of as much as 90%!
There are reflective safety kits, safety jackets, water bottles that can attach to bikes, bike mitts, bells and other accessories for £1 each so it's well worth grabbing a few at this price.
Here's what you can get for just £1:
- Kids Reflective Safety Kit* - was £10, now £1
- Paw Patrol Water Bottle* - was £4, now £1
- Shopkins Water Bottle* - was £4, now £1
- Star Wars Stormtrooper Bike Bell* - was £4, now £1
- Apollo Fire Chief Waistcoat* - was £5, now £1
- Apollo Police Patrol Waistcoat* - was £5, now £1
- Apollo Honeybee Waistcoat* - was £5, now £1
- Apollo Cherry Lane Waistcoat* - was £5, now £1
- Apollo Honey Bee Bike Mitts* - was £5, now £1
- Apollo Pom Pom Bike Mitts* - was £5, now £1
- Junior Essentials Cycle Tool Kit* - was £5, now £1
Those should all come in very handy, and those water bottles are a bargain even if your kids don't have a bike. I'll be getting the Paw Patrol bottle and just not using the bit that attaches it to the bike frame. Some of those Safety Jackets would be fab for dressing up too, especially the Police and Fire Chief ones.
You can click and collect for free from Halfords stores and at the moment there seems to be plenty of stock around, though that can change very quickly. Some are also available for home delivery, and that's free on orders of £30 or more, and £2.99 on smaller orders.
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6 Myths About Weight Gain (Slideshow)
On the surface, weight loss and weight gain seem like pretty obvious results of certain behaviors. Eat more than you burn, and you'll gain weight; eat less, and you'll lose it. If only life were that simple! As any struggling dieter will tell you, the truth is a lot more complicated than that. Much of the problem? Many of us misunderstand the science behind weight loss and gain. Click through to check out some of the biggest myths about weight gain and loss.
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1. Myth: If You're Overweight, You're Unhealthy.
Reality: Packed on a few pounds? You're not necessarily sending yourself to an early grave. Despite what many of us believe, if you're fat, you're not automatically unhealthy. There are healthy fat people and unhealthy thin people, and vice versa. Taken on its own, a person's weight has nothing to do with how healthy they are.
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2. Myth: Eating Spicy Will Boost Your Metabolism.
Reality: Don't believe the hype. Spicy foods do not really boost your metabolism in any meaningful, measurable way. That's not to say that eating well won't boost your metabolism — healthy, balanced diets with plenty of protein certainly will.
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3. Myth: Yo-Yo Dieting Will Ruin Your Metabolism Forever.
Reality: As bad as yo-yo dieting is, luckily, it's not going to permanently ruin your metabolism. That's not to say that yo-yo dieting is healthy — it's certainly not — but that, with hard work, you can repair your metabolism to its normal rate.
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4. Myth: Eat an Extra 3,500 Calories, and You'll Gain 1 Pound of Fat.
Reality: Doctors have long touted the idea that 3,500 calories equals one pound of body fat. So, in order to lose one pound of fat a week, you need to eat 500 fewer calories a day. Keep doing that for a year, and you'll drop over 50 pounds. Sounds great, doesn't it? If only it were that simple. For one, the human body is hardwired to protect itself against famine, so it's going to do everything in its nature to prevent weight loss. Your weight also fluctuates considerably based on the time of the day, how much water you've had, where you are in your menstrual cycle, hormones, etc.
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5. Myth: Weight Lifting Will Make You Heavier.
Reality: Strength training will, for some people, deceive their weight loss plans — but only if they're measuring success by the numbers on the scale. Muscle does not weigh more than fat (bonus myth!), but muscle is denser than fat — so you could very well lose inches off your waist and not see the scale budge at all.
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6. Myth: As Long As You Exercise, You Won't Gain Weight.
Reality: You can eat a huge slice of chocolate cake for every meal as long you work out, right? Nope! If you're not a professional athlete or trainer, odds are, that you'll never burn enough calories to make up for all that cake. You can't just rely on exercise for weight loss.
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CHICAGO – "Speech & Debate," the latest production from the mighty Brown Paper Box Company, continues their tradition of thinking outside that "box" in presenting storefront theater that makes a statement and a difference. "Speech" goes inside America by showcasing the outsiders… those who create art because they can't get it right in real life. This non-equity Chicago stage play premiere is finely tuned and wonderfully acted, and runs through March 4th, 2018. Click here for more details, including ticket information.
Interviews: Three Actresses Speak Out at 2010 Chicago Comic Con
CHICAGO – The 2010 Wizard World Chicago Comic Con was a great place to see up-and-coming stars and old favorites for pictures and autographs. Attending the show in August were actresses Kristanna Loken ("Terminator 3"), Julia Jones (The Twilight Saga) and Angie Everhart ("The Real Gilligan's Island").
HollywoodChicago.com made a trip to the event, and talked to the three actresses about their careers, lives and upcoming projects. Joe Arce was there as well to capture the photographs.
Kristanna Loken of "Terminator 3," "The L Word"
The model/actress Kristanna Loken nabbed a huge film role in 2003 when she played the T-X Terminatrix in Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines. Since then, she has done a ten episode stint on the Showtime series "The L Word" and has had steady work in both film and television.
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
HollywoodChicago.com: How did working on "As the World Turns" daytime drama help you evolve into a professional actor?
Kristanna Loken: That was my very first paying job, and it was a wonderful training ground because you are doing a new episode every day. You really learn how to memorize dialogue and work with the cameras.
HollywoodChicago.com: As an actor working in the day-to-day competition, how do you or did you deal with the disappointment of losing a desired role?
Loken: Just like in any job, you don't always get the work that you want. You get what you get, and in this business you can also create your own jobs, I've started producing my own movies, so that is pretty gratifying, too.
HollywoodChicago.com: What kind of vibe or atmosphere is within the world of auditioning and acting. Is it mostly negative or positive?
Loken: It's generally positive, but it depends upon the person.
HollywoodChicago.com: Which role is closest to your real persona, and how did that role help to evolve you as a person?
Loken: That role is yet to come, really. I'm developing a film called "Love Orchard," which is about the immigration crisis in the U.S. It's also fan interactive, so fans can go to my website, KristannaLoken.net, and figure out more ways to get involved. I'm doing more passion projects that feel closer to who I am and that is definitely one of them.
HollywoodChicago.com: Finally, at what point in your career did you look around and think, 'how did I get here?'
Loken: Well, I know how I got there, a lot of hard work and dedication. But definitely with Terminator 3, that was a huge opportunity for me.
Julia Jones of The Twilight Saga
Julia Jones was doing some notable TV and film appearances when she landed the part of Leah Clearwater in The Twilight Saga. She will reprise the role in the upcoming "Breaking Dawn, Part 1."
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
HollywoodChicago.com: How do your early days as a dancer help you to navigate the rigors of show business?
Julia Jones: The first thing that comes to mind is the discipline, there is nothing more emotionally, physically and mentally demanding then ballet. You have to push yourself so far as an actor, and you have to deal with a harsh reality, like people being mean to you, and my Russian ballet teachers were really good training for that. [laughs]
HollywoodChicago.com: What has been the most surreal element of being put into The Twilight Saga spotlight?
Jones: For me, just how fast everything changed. I feel sometimes like I'm on a low-grade drug all the time. It's just that my new reality is different, there is so much more energy hurled at you on a daily basis than before.
HollywoodChicago.com: The movie 'Hell Ride' (2007) was is a particularly interesting addition to your filmography. What can you relate about director Larry Bishop and his vision for that film?
Jones: Larry is a piece of work. He's a wonderful writer and I responded to that script when I read it. I'd never read anything like it. I respect him for that, he does have a very unique vision.
HollywoodChicago.com: How do you connect to your Native American blood? What issues in that heritage are you most interested in?
Jones: There are so many. The one that comes closest to me in the midst of Twilight is there is a lack of representation for Native Americans in the media and what has been in the media thus far is generally misrepresentation. So I am excited that as part of Twilight it showcases young Native characters that are contemporary. People think we're cool and that actually is a first in a lot of ways.
HollywoodChicago.com: Did you ever stop at some point, look around and think 'how did I get here?'
Jones: I would say with Twilight I do it on a weekly basis. [laughs]
Angie Everhart, Model and Actress
Angie Everhart began as a model at the age of 15 in the late 1980s and has never looked back. After doing a small part in "The Last Action Hero" (1993), Everhart has done several roles in films and television, including playing one of the "Gingers" in the second season of "The Real Gilligan's Island."
She also gained a bit of notoriety with engagements to Sylvester Stallone in 1995 and Joe Pesci in 2007. She was also linked briefly to shock jock Howard Stern.
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
HollywoodChicago.com: What are your favorite memories of your Akron, Ohio, youth?
Angie Everhart: I have such a good family, and being from Ohio I still have those Midwestern values. I still have great friends there, so when I think of my childhood I smile.
HollywoodChicago.com: What is the most difficult thing about being 'the sex symbol' as opposed to your real life and personality?
Everhart: Sore feet when I wear high heels. [laughs]
HollywoodChicago.com: Who was most influential in mentoring your career, either as a model or actress?
Everhart: Not to sound arrogant, but I never thought I was like anybody else. Since I was a redhead, there were not a lot of those types of models before me. I was determined to pave the way. If there is anyone, I guess I should thank my mother.
HollywoodChicago.com: You've been associated with a number of notable celebrities over the last several years. What have you learned about celebrity, both through those people and on your own?
Everhart: Don't read your own press.
HollywoodChicago.com: What type of acting role do you want to do, that you haven't gotten an opportunity to audition for?
Everhart: I would love to do a period piece, and I wish I was on 'Battlestar Galactica,' I would have been a great Cylon.
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Despite getting punk'd on the Mortal Kombat for iPhone April Fool's joke, we're still innocent and trusting enough to buy into this video demo of Quake 3 running -- in multiplayer, accelerometer-enabled fragging glory -- on a pair of iPod touch handhelds. Is it real? Is it coming soon to a jailbroken device near you? Can you even stand the suspense until June when the SDK-based games start shipping? Yep, us neither.
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WWII survivor honored with Congressional Gold
There are 2 comments on the KGW-TV Portland story from Apr 30, 2012, titled WWII survivor honored with Congressional Gold. In it, KGW-TV Portland reports that:
George Hara greeted U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. The senator arrived to honor Hara and apologize for how so many other Japanese-Americans were treated after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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#1 Apr 30, 2012
if this man is into appoligizing for the past he should consider all relatives of the yankee prison called fort douglas?after all this was what the yankees did?i dare anyone to read about camp or fort douglas and then have the guts to tell about human cruelty?yes what happened to japenese citizens was wrong but thats why america won all world wars!they gave no quarter and war was to be won period?i dare you yankee lovers to dig deep into camp douglas?
#3 Mar 3, 2013
I googled Fort Douglas, but couldn't find any information on the human cruelty you were talking about. Which war did the atrocity you speak about occur in? And secondly, they were not Japanese citizens...correction! They were AMERICAN citizens, born and raised here, picked on purely because of ethnicity. That was what made it a crime.
To be fair to the whites, there were two types of attitude among those who supported the internment. Those who hated Japanese-Americans just because they were not white, and those who sincerely believed this was necessary.
The same ugliness occurred in reverse in 1979 when the Ayatollah seized our hostages in the Tehran embassy. He had told the Iranian people that the US was going to launch a terrible invasion and massacre Iran's people, and our embassy was the Trojan Horse that would broker the genocide.
The Iranian people reacted with the same history a woman manifests when she believes a man is about to rape her. We're all sorry about those embassy staff. Yet that was a mere drop in the bucket compared to 4700 black men in the 1920's and 1930's who suffered the same savagery when murdered by lynch mobs.
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John Brennan confirmed as CIA director
The US Senate has confirmed counter-terrorism expert John Brennan to be the next CIA director, filling a third crucial position on president Barack Obama's national security team.
The Senate voted 63-34 with several Republicans flocking to approve Mr Brennan following a dramatic 13-hour filibuster the night before by Senator Rand Paul over the possible use of drones to conduct targeted killings on US soil.
Despite his reservations, Senator Paul was among several Republicans who backed Mr Brennan, the architect of a controversial "targeted killing" policy that has seen targets such as Al Qaeda operatives killed in Pakistan and Yemen.
The Kentucky senator had delayed the nomination, seeking clarification from the White House over whether it was US policy to allow the killing by a drone strike of a "non-combatant American citizen on US soil".
He got his answer on Thursday, when US attorney-general Eric Holder wrote to tell Senator Paul that this was not the policy.
The unmanned aerial drone program had emerged as the most contentious element of Mr Brennan's nomination to head the Central Intelligence Agency.
On Tuesday, Mr Holder had said that while Mr Obama had "no intention" of ordering drone strikes on US soil the scenario could be possible if there was an "extraordinary circumstance" such as an attack similar to 9/11.
After he received the letter, Senator Paul said it showed his battle was worthwhile.
The Republican, who began his filibuster of Mr Brennan's CIA nomination shortly before noon on Wednesday, finally yielded the floor after midnight, to a round of applause.
Senator Paul acknowledged that US drone strikes have proven effective in places like Pakistan and Yemen, including a strike on US-born radical preacher Anwar al-Awlaki, whom Senator Paul branded a traitor.
But he added: "If you're going to kill non-combatants, people eating dinner, in America, there have to be some rules."
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