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For years, gamers have clamored for a fully online Grand Theft Auto game. Rockstar Games is looking to deliver in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V.
The game company unveiled the gameplay trailer today.
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Grand Theft Auto Online is a dynamic and persistent online world for 16 players that begins by sharing gameplay features, geography and mechanics with Grand Theft Auto V, but will continue to expand and evolve after its launch with new content created by Rockstar Games and the Grand Theft Auto community. Grand Theft Auto Online takes the fundamental Grand Theft Auto concepts of freedom, ambient activity and mission-based gameplay and makes them available to multiple players in an incredibly detailed and responsive online world.
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I know. It's the day after Christmas, and we should be thinking about warm, wholesome things, but there is still some housekeeping left to do, worst movies of the year lists to be written. Hence today's topic. My end of the year worst-movies list will be running on December 31st. In the meantime, refresh your memory of some of the year's worst films and devise your own top ten worst list.
Word of warning. With such an embarrassment of riches, it's hard to narrow it down to ten.
But to paraphrase Lincoln, again, today you are the critic, clothed in immense power. So do your worst — and do your best.
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Lennon was in a good mood after Celtic's 4-1 win over Hearts on Saturday (maybe even moreso because he was attacked by a Hearts fan a couple years back). So when a reporter's phone—being used to record Lennon's post-match press conference—rang, Lennon couldn't help but answer it. It was the reporter's wife. She hung up. Then she called back.
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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE DRINKING GAME IDEA: Each time bike commuting is mentioned, stop drinking. You've had too much and you're delusional. Also, stop drinking absinthe.
I think it's time to bring the bike in for a tune-up. It's been 20 months and my maintenance, while loving, has most likely been ineffective and it could use a look from someone who knows what she's doing. I'm a firm believer in pretending to know how to tune up my own bike, but since I suspect that parts need replacing and I'm not really confident enough to attempt that myself, I figure I might as well just skip the part where I ineffectually fiddle with things only to have to bring it to the shop later. Maybe tomorrow.
I took the new usual route home, following Massachusetts Avenue through Dupont Circle and then down 19th street. I stopped on 19th to pick up sandwiches [When you all put together my festschrift, I'd be really exciting to read the article titled "Corn Chips, Broccoli and Sandwiches: The Role of Food in Tales from the Sharrows."] and after I picked up the sandwiches, I put them in my bag and put the bag back on my bike and then I rode home. I was going to write that "I then rode home the sandwiches" but I didn't want to leave you the impression that I rode the sandwiches and not my bike. That would be a very different blog. Probably a better one.
Still no cycle track on L Street, but this might not be the case come November. While I do plan most of my commute routes based on the presence of bike lanes, I don't think the cycle track will become part of my normal routine. That's not to say that I'm not excited about it- I'd watch green paint dry- but it just won't really help my commute. Will it help your commute?
I saw Kenyan McDuffie starting his car in front of the JAWB. He looks like a nice guy.
Segway riders wear helmets and yet the sanitation workers who ride on the back of garbage trucks don't wear helmets. Just an observation.
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The L Street cycletrack will in no way help my commute, but I plan to use it on occasion just because it's such a long-needed piece of bike infrastructure and I wanted it used as much as possible so everyone sees how much we need more such infrastructure.ReplyDelete
Excited about the L St cycletrack! I can definitely incorporate it into my bike commute.ReplyDelete
Yeah, I'm with you on the helmet thing. Wear one if you want, and I think you should, but if you don't, that's ok too. I mean, if anyone should wear a helmets it's motorcyclists, then people riding in cars. Have you seen the speeds at which those things travel?
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(Okay so I lied, I didn't come up with all that myself. I had a couple of extremely irritating patients who helped me out. --Ed.)
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(Okay so I lied, I didn't come up with all that myself. I had a couple of extremely irritating patients who helped me out. --Ed.)
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what? you had a fantastic debate going on oxbridge elitism. Why not continue with that then give us more of these juvenile second hand "jokes"
As a supposed Cambridge Doctor you really should know more surgery then to think that patients lose an inch down there after a circumcision. If the patient did, then the surgeon unfortunately took off more than just their foreskin.
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Jesus, Angry, ur trolls are getting more and more transparent. Fucker above is obviously looking for a reaction, don't give him one
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Forgive me but I am starting to get really annoyed with these anonymous "trolls" who seem to know everything right and wrong with this universe. If you call them "second hand jokes". Then you must have seen them firt hand on his Facebook or Twitter like I did. If you hate him so much why not just unfollow? Go back to your miserable life.
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To be fair to anonymous number 1. I'm a little frustrated by how low brow the medical jokes have been on this blog recently.
I would expect a doctor to do better than circumcision jokes or jokes about people with mobility issues.
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Guy above: it's Twitter. Have u BEEN on Twitter? people there expect different quality of jokes. there's paedo jokes and all kinds of offensive material. Angry's a saint by comparison
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Those people making paedo jokes probably aren't doctors.
Although if they are we should really be keeping a close eye on every peadiatrics department in the world
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Do wish you the best in your interview, and yes, we eagerly await more jokes.
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Dear dr medic. I can't help but noticed that you have stopped blogging. Is this because of all the trolls that take refuge on your blog. Please that be bullied into submission by them. The only way you can show that you are above them is by blogging.
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Anonymous @ 12.30PM: https://twitter.com/Demented_Jokes
this guy has been known to be a doctor before he changed his username several times. u obviously dont have a twitter acc and if u do, u haven't seen the stuff out there.
and why don't u actually see some of Angry's jokes on twitter before u judge him? the latest ones are all clean. he even speaks in support of autism and special needs.
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Love your posts! Keep em coming ;)
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Academics in America have carried out groundbreaking research in which they find that men are much less likely to break up with a cheating girlfriend if she cheats on them with another woman, rather than with another chap.
This, perhaps unsurprisingly, is because the blokes are hoping that they may be able to join their girlfriend and her female bit on the side for a steamy threesome romp sesh. According to a statement announcing the research:
Men may view a partner's homosexual affair as an opportunity to mate with more than one woman simultaneously.
"These findings are even more remarkable given that surveys show men have more negative attitudes toward homosexuality than women," say psychologists Jaime C Confer and Mark D Cloud. "However, this general trend of men showing lower tolerance for homosexuality than women is reversed in the one situation — female homosexuality."
Having grilled 700 college students, Confer and Cloud found that men showed a 50 per cent likelihood of continuing to date a partner who had had it away with a lady and only a 22 per cent likelihood of staying with a woman if she had done the dirty with another chap.
Women, by contrast, found homosexuality in their boyfriends less tolerable than indulgence in unsanctioned jig-jig with another girl: though they weren't as lenient toward any kind of affair as men were toward lesbian hi-jinks. Women indicated a 28 per cent likelihood of continuing to date a boyfriend who'd had a heterosexual affair and a lower 21 per cent likelihood of staying with someone who has had a homosexual affair.
The family duo (Cloud is Confer's father) publish their research here in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. ®
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VICTORIA'S BIO: Victoria Strauss is the author of nine novels for adults and young adults, including the /Stone/ fantasy duology (/The Arm of the Stone/ and /The Garden of the Stone/) and /Passion Blue/ and /Color Song, /a pair of historical novels for teens. In addition, she has written a handful of short stories, hundreds of book reviews, and a number of articles on writing and publishing that have appeared in /Writer's Digest/, among others. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards.
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She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her long-suffering husband (who doesn't understand her need to write but fully supports it), two rambunctious cats, and a large and unruly garden. Visit her at her website: www.victoriastrauss.com.
The book Victoria is showcasing in the YA Scavenger Hunt this season is Here's a little book teaser, Artistically brilliant, Giulia is blessed – or cursed – with a spirit's gift: she can hear the mysterious singing of the colors she creates in the convent workshop of Maestra Humilità. It's here that Giulia, forced into the convent against her will, has found unexpected happiness, and rekindled her passion to become a painter – an impossible dream for any woman in 15th century Italy.
But when a dying Humilità bequeaths Giulia her most prized possession – the secret formula for the luminously beautiful paint called Passion blue – Giulia realizes she's in danger from those who have long coveted the famous color for themselves. Faced with the prospect of lifelong imprisonment in the convent, forever barred from painting as a punishment for keeping Humilita's secret, Giulia is struck by a desperate idea: What if she disguises herself as a boy? Could she make her way to Venice and find work as an artist's apprentice?
Along with the truth of who she is, Giulia carries more dangerous secrets: the exquisite voices of her paint colors and the formula for Humilità's precious blue. And Venice, with its graceful gondolas and twisting canals, its gilded palazzi and masked balls, has secrets of its own. Trapped in her false identity in this dream-like place where reality and reflection are easily confused, where art and ambition, love and deception hover like dense fog, can Giulia find her way?
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"According to common writing wisdom, a novel should start as late in the story as possible, to avoid a slow beginning and (hopefully) hook the reader's interest. For Color Song, my first draft opened with the funeral of Giulia's mentor—the moment right before the cascade of events that force Giulia to flee the Convent of Santa Marta with the secret of Passion blue.
As it turned out, though, my editor and I decided that the story actually needed to start much earlier—a whole year earlier, in fact. So my original Chapter 1 wound up on the cutting room floor. Here it is!"
Padua, Italy
Convent of Santa Marta
Early September, Anno Domini 1488
The bell of the convent of Santa Marta had begun tolling at dawn. For hours yet it would continue, in slow and solemn rhythm, until darkness brought this day of mourning to a close. Standing at the back of the church, Giulia imagined she could feel each peal inside her chest, shaking her like a second heartbeat. She was included among the other novices for once; Suor Margarita, the novice mistress, had decided it was easier, even though Giulia was supposed to be kept separate. The vaulted nave was packed with mourners: nuns in their white habits and black veils, gray-clad novices, family members of the deceased and representatives of the public decked out in sober finery. Scores of candles burned in sconces and chandeliers, and garlands of late-summer flowers decorated the walls. The mixed smells of beeswax, crowded bodies, and wilting blossoms made Giulia feel sick.
I'm dreaming, she thought. Soon I will wake up.
But of course she wasn't dreaming. It was real, all of it: the church, the crowd, the awful reason for this gathering. Suor Humilità Moretti--artist of genius, Maestra of the only workshop of female painters in the world, Giulia's beloved teacher--was dead.
Giulia had wept the night before, but now she could not shed a tear. Nor had she cried two days ago, when Suor Margarita had taken her to view Humilità's body, laid out in the parlor where the nuns received visitors, so that mourners from outside the convent could pay their respects. Many had come: fellow artists, merchants and nobles for whom Humilità had painted private commissions, associates of Humilità's father, Matteo Moretti, who was himself a painter of fame. Kneeling by the coffin, Giulia had kept her gaze averted--she had not wanted to see Humilità's face, waxy-yellow with her final illness, sunk in on itself in death. She'd felt Suor Margarita's disapproval, and knew that her dry eyes only confirmed the novice mistress's opinion: that she was a liar, a hypocrite, a girl who cared for no one and nothing but herself.
There were only a few at Santa Marta who did not share that judgment. Humilità had been one. The murmur of voices and rustle of clothing fell to silence as the newly-elected abbess, Madre Magdalena, paced toward the altar, her steps keeping time with the cadence of the bell.
The sun, streaming through the church's great rose window, fell directly on the magnificent altarpiece painted by Humilità herself, kindling to jeweled brilliance the gorgeous colors for which her workshop was known: pulsing reds, dazzling yellows, radiant whites, brooding greens--and, most ravishing of all, the shimmering blue that had made her famous, a color so profound, so matchlessly pure and mysteriously luminous, that it had earned its own name. Passion blue.
Instinctively, Giulia's hand went to the small waxed canvas pouch she wore at her neck, concealed beneath her shapeless novice gown. She'd made the pouch many years ago to hide her own secret. Now it hid Humilità's as well, passed on almost with the workshop mistress's dying breath: the formula for Passion blue's making, which Humilità had guarded for more than twenty years and never shared with anyone, ever.
Until now.
Giulia shivered. There were painters in Padua who would give gold for that formula, who would be furious that it had been bestowed upon a mere apprentice. And Domenica. Domenica, who expected the secret to come to her. How angry will she be? Madre Magdalena brought her staff down on the marble floor with a crack. The ceremony began. A choir of nuns sang hymns, their voices rising in exquisite counterpoint to the tolling of the bell. Madre Magdalena delivered a funeral oration, praising Humilità's many virtues and achievements. There was more singing. Then, as the priest in attendance spoke the words that accompanied burial, Humilità's coffin was lowered into the marble crypt at the foot of the altar--a great honor, for normally only abbesses were interred there. The thump it made as it came to rest echoed throughout the church.
Giulia closed her eyes, fearing she would faint. The priest spoke a final blessing. Madre Magdalena struck the floor with her staff once more, dismissing the gathering. The nuns began to file through the door that led back into the convent. Suor Margarita snapped her fingers, the signal for the novices to line up to follow. Giulia took her place behind the others. As she passed out of the church, her vision blurred with the tears that had not fallen earlier, she heard the harsh scrape of the crypt's lid sliding closed, sealing Humilità forever into the dark.
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USA – Obama who? Gay marriage foes seek to extend gains
Fresh off their win in North Carolina, opponents of gay marriage are pushing forward to enact similar constitutional amendments in more states this fall – and to actually override pro-gay marriage legislation in two others.
Foes of gay marriage now have won 31 popular votes on the issue, and they hope to extend their gains with ballot initiatives in Minnesota, Maine, Washington and Maryland.
"North Carolina once again reminds us that there is an unshakeable majority of Americans firmly wedded to the idea of traditional marriage," said Thomas Peters, cultural director of the National Organization for Marriage. "We look forward to seeing that movement grow in the months ahead."
With North Carolina voters approving a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage by more than 20 percentage points, 38 states now have statutory or constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage. That does not include California, where a federal court has overturned its constitutional amendment, known as Prop. 8 – a decision that has been appealed and could make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Same-sex marriage is legal in eight states, plus the District of Columbia.
Despite their loss in North Carolina, advocates of same-sex marriage are not giving up. They got a boost on Wednesday, when President Barack Obama said he supported their cause, days after Vice President Joe Biden said he was "absolutely comfortable" with same-sex marriage.
"[North Carolina] was certainly a heartbreaking loss, but the fight goes on and we will continue to march forward. We remain optimistic that we will achieve full marriage equality in all 50 states, it's only a matter of time," said Paul Guequierre, a spokesman for Human Rights Campaign, which works on equal rights for the LGBT community. "We know that we'll face more referendums and we will be at the ballot boxes pushing for people to vote for marriage equality in those states where we have to do that."
Fifty percent of Americans think same-sex marriage should be legal and bestow the same rights as traditional marriage, compared to 48 percent who don't, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. Support for gay marriage fell slightly in the new Gallup poll from a record high of 53 percent in 2011 — the first time a majority of Americans favored gay marriage — while opposition rose from 45 percent.
Opponents of same-sex marriage discount national polls and say they are plugging away at getting marriage defined as between one man and one woman in all 50 states: They are campaigning for a constitutional amendment that will go before voters in Minnesota, and are opposing an initiative that would provide for same-sex marriage in Maine. They are also working on gathering enough signatures to overturn statutes in Maryland and Washington state that legalized gay marriage, and are giving $2 million to efforts to unseat Republicans who helped the legislation pass last year in New York.
"The only poll that matters is the vote that happens the day of the election in every state," Peters said. "We won 31 times … so 33, 34, 35 doesn't seem so unlikely."
In Maryland, supporters of gay marriage knew their opponents would push for a voter referendum after state lawmakers approved gay marriage earlier this year. They expect the referendum to make it on the ballot, because the number of signatures required is relatively low at 56,000, said Kevin Nix, a spokesman for Marylanders for Marriage Equality.
"There's no doubt that we're disappointed from [Tuesday] night. So, I think that what happened in North Carolina serves as a wake-up call … to re-motivate everybody," he said, noting he thought the vote in Maryland would be a "nail biter" but was optimistic they would prevail.
In Washington state, opponents of gay marriage have collected 70,000 signatures out of 120,577 needed by June 6 to get the issue on the November ballot, said Christopher Plante, deputy campaign manager for Preserve Marriage Washington. He believes they will get the signatures they need.
"… the vote in North Carolina being so overwhelming in going 'against the tide' of the polls and all of the pundits who said it was going to be too close to call, will certainly encourage Washington voters and Washington marriage supporters to continue this fight and to bring it to fruition," he said.
While the North Carolina outcome appears to have emboldened opponents of gay marriage — especially after a vacuum of four years since the last vote on a constitutional amendment on the issue — same-sex marriage advocates should take heart, said John Dinan, a professor of political science at Wake Forest University.
"It's a long-term effort to … educate residents of the state about your arguments, about your concerns and about, ultimately, your cause," he said. "It was a loss, but could also be seen as part of an overall stepping stone" in a longer campaign.
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CreativeLive, a Seattle and San Francisco startup that hosts online classes to help people learn new skills or hobbies, has raised $7.5 million in a series A financing round led by Greylock Partners. It also named Mika Salmi, the former president of Viacom Digital and co-founder of Atom Films, as CEO.
Salmi, who previously worked at Getty Images and RealNetworks and remains an active angel investor, will be based in San Francisco but plans to spend a few days each week in Seattle. Salmi joined the company in June, saying that he was attracted to the transformative and disruptive nature of the company as well as the media aspect of the business. He also said he was driven to do "something positive."
Describing itself as an "interactive social classroom," CreativeLive was co-founded in 2010 by photographer Chase Jarvis and entrepreneur Craig Swanson. The company offers free live streamed courses, with copies of the courses available for purchase.
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By launching the Code of Environmentally Friendly Behaviour, ISAF is aiming to showcase a few simple steps to sailors everywhere which will help preserve the natural venues that play host to our sport around the world.
Jane MOON, Project Chair overseeing the work of the Environment Group, said, 'Sailing is essentially an environmentally friendly sport using the natural resources of wind and water. I have been pleased to work together with Michael STOLDT and Marta WEORES to develop a set of guidelines to sailors which will further enhance our environmentally friendly sporting activities and encourage all sailors whether, racers, cruisers or leisure sailors to follow these guidelines and help to preserve our seas, lakes, and waterways.'
The launch of the ISAF Code of Environmentally Friendly Behaviour follows on from Objective 9 of the ISAF Strategic Plan. In its basic form, the Code covers a few key areas where sailors can minimize their impact on the environment.
Over the past few years, some of ISAF's major events have already demonstrated their awareness of environmental issues. The 2006 ISAF World Sailing Games in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site of Lake Neusiedl ran under the title of 'sport in harmony with environment and nature'. The organizers of the 2006 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship also showed their commitment to the environment by linking up with the The Green Blue initiative.
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Excellent Traction – Because water bottle shoes are obviously meant to be used in water, companies recognize the high possibility of slippery footing and the importance of a grippy sole. In all the situations listed above, above-average traction will give you an advantage.
Quick Drying – The purpose of water bottle shoes is not to keep your feet dry. You can accomplish dry feet in a number of ways – sealed rubber boots, Gore-Tex socks, staying at home – but water bottle shoes are a less expensive, more durable, and infinitely more fun option. Your feet get wet, so what? The important thing is that they do not stay water bottle shoes shine in this regard.
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The fate of the country rests in the hands of a group of teenagers. Bai Ze (Chen Xiang) is the emperor's loyal subject who is sent to search for the five mystical stars that can restore stability and peace to the tumultuous times. During his travels, he meets four very different teenagers who join him on his quest: troublemaker Zhan Xiong Fei (Leo Wu), chef Yuan Shuai (Deng Shao Wen), mysterious A Ji Ya (Zhang Yu Xi) and upstart princess Zi Su (Zheng He Hui Zi). Can the group complete their difficult mission and bring peace back to the Song Dynasty? "Magic Star" is a 2017 Chinese drama series.
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Last week Greenpeace International released the results of an investigation, which revealed that Gap Inc. (the company behind global brands including Banana Republic, Old Navy and its namesake Gap) is in business with a polluting supplier in Indonesia. This supplier, PT Gistex Group, owns a facility that was caught releasing a cocktail of hazardous chemicals and pH14 wastewater straight into the local water supply.
Despite being caught "sponsoring" toxic water pollution scandals in China, Mexico and now Indonesia, despite tests revealing the presence of hazardous chemicals in Gap branded clothing items, and despite its main rivals in the clothing industry all committing to Detox, Gap has so far systematically failed to prevent these environmental and human injustices from persisting.
While I have been shocked by the company's inaction to date, I wanted to make sure that the people with the ability to change the situation were armed with all of the information they needed. Yesterday, emails were sent to key members of Gap Inc.'s management team, including the Chief Executive Director, calling on them to use their power and influence to turn Gap into a leader on the issue and work with their suppliers to help #Detox our water.
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Gap, Be Bright -- #Detox our Water
Dear Glenn MurphyChief Executive DirectorGap Inc.
Last week Greenpeace International released an investigation revealing how a facility in Indonesia was releasing a cocktail of hazardous chemicals – including nonylphenol, antimony and tributyl phosphate – and pH14 wastewater directly into a local water system that millions of people depend upon for their drinking water and livelihoods.
This facility is owned by PT Gistex Group, a supplier that Gap Inc. has a business relationship with – a fact that has been acknowledged by your team.
This is not the first time that Gap Inc. has been found to be conducting business with a polluting supplier. In China and Mexico investigations also revealed links between Gap and suppliers releasing toxic chemicals into the local waterways.
And the problem gets worse.
Investigations into Gap branded clothing also revealed that 78% of the items tested contained traces of nonylphenol ethoxylate – a hazardous chemical that breaks down to form an even more toxic and hormone-disrupting substance when released into rivers, lakes and seas.
The presence of this chemical in Gap clothing items indicates that hazardous substances were both used and released in the manufacture of these garments, meaning that the pollution found in China, Mexico and Indonesia are not isolated cases. It also means that your own customers have been forced to become unwitting accomplices in the toxic water cycle, helping to spread these hormone-disrupting substances when they wash their clothes.
Toxic water pollution is impacting millions of people around the world.
Some of these people have decided that enough is enough, and are making their voices heard in traditional media, online, at the source of the pollution, and outside your stores.
These people are not just activists and members of affected communities, but also people from within the fashion world, and your very own fans and consumers.
These are people united by two common beliefs; that beautiful fashion shouldn't cost the earth, and that we all have a Right-to-Know what chemicals are in the garments we buy and in the water that we all share.
After all, the clothes we wear should have a story we can be proud of.
Having seen your major competitors including Zara, Uniqlo, Levi's and Mango all commit to Detox, people are beginning to publicly question how many more toxic scandals Gap needs to be connected with before it cleans up its act.
Your actions today have the power to echo down through our collective history.
I urge you to resolve this issue by publicly committing to work together with your suppliers in Indonesia, and around the world, to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from your production processes and products, in order to help shape a toxic-free future.
Please, Be Bright, become part of the solution and commit to Detox.
Yours sincerely,Ashov BirryToxic-Free Water campaigner,Greenpeace Southeast Asia
Greenpeace found residues of hormone-disrupting and cancer-causing chemicals in clothing made by 20 leading high-street brands
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The GAP in change...... spread the world.
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i am NEVER going to bye a brand new T-shirt again! I will always go to thrift shops!
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Hi Greenpeace, what do you make of Gap's response on facebook?
"While we do not source from the PT Gistex's Textile Division re...
Hi Greenpeace, what do you make of Gap's response on facebook?
"While we do not source from the PT Gistex's Textile Division referenced in Greenpeace's most recent report, we do work with garment manufacturers to help ensure that they adhere to Gap Inc. product requirements and chemical restrictions when making our branded products. We confirmed with Greenpeace that we do not source from the facility in question"
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This was the response I got from GAP after putting this link on their Facebook page:
Gap wrote: "Hi Barry, Thank you for your comment. Whil...
This was the response I got from GAP after putting this link on their Facebook page:
Gap wrote: "Hi Barry, Thank you for your comment. While we do not source from the PT Gistex's Textile Division referenced in Greenpeace's most recent report, we do work with garment manufacturers to help ensure that they adhere to Gap Inc. product requirements and chemical restrictions when making our branded products. We confirmed with Greenpeace that we do not source from the facility in question. We support a Water Quality Program and have established best practices with mills to reduce the environmental impact of fabric dyeing and finishing. Learn more: http://gapinc.com/content/csr/html/Goals/environment/our_program_in_action.html"
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Gap sucks. I want to kick their butts.
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I don't want to buy gap shirts anymore after reading this.
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Taken straight off of Gap, Inc's website.... looks like I won't be buying Gap until 2020.
"As part of our participation in t...
Taken straight off of Gap, Inc's website.... looks like I won't be buying Gap until 2020.
"As part of our participation in the ZDHC Programme, we have made the following commitments:
- Eliminating Hazardous Chemicals: We support the goal of eliminating the industrial releases of hazardous chemicals into the environment, as reflected in the Joint Roadmap[2]. We acknowledge and understand the seriousness of the problem of hazardous chemicals and commit with other member companies toward the goal of zero discharge of hazardous chemicals for all products across all pathways of release (discharges, emissions and losses) in our supply chains (with a full life-cycle perspective) by 2020.
- Actionable Timeline: We agree to the content, actions and timelines outlined in the Joint Roadmap. We will work collaboratively through an active engagement with identified stakeholders.
- Policy Changes: We commit to support policy and wider systemic change in order to achieve this 2020 goal. This commitment includes investment in industry and government collaborations in order to evolve the current state of science and technology and develop systemic changes across the industry.
- Transparency: We will drive toward innovative solutions for transparency in chemical management disclosure. We believe that the elimination of hazardous chemicals needs not only collaboration and partnership with our industry peers, but also a holistic and integrated approach. We will apply value-chain as well as life-cycle thinking and innovation towards the development of integrated chemicals management. In order to achieve our goal toward zero discharge of hazardous chemicals by 2020, mechanisms for disclosure and transparency about the hazardous chemicals used in our global supply chains are important and necessary.
- Role of Vendors: To make this commitment a reality, Gap Inc. will continue to work with our approved vendors in phasing out hazardous chemicals within their facilities. We will accelerate the phase out of the highest priority hazardous chemicals.
Achievement of this ambitious 2020 goal requires the collective action of the apparel industry and other stakeholders. We understand that this is a global undertaking that will take the commitment of many, and will require the sharing of best practices and the implementation of practical solutions. We believe that together, we can make significant improvements."
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FRIDAY: I'm preparing the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten's, recipe for Boeuf Bourguignon. For the first time in almost a year, my tiny house is alive with the smells of chopped garlic and yellow onions, simmering in bacon fat. I know... Not exactly the beginnings of a meal designed to lessen my risk of recurrence, but it gets better, or worse, depending on your point of view. I still need to add a bottle of Cabernet, half a cup of Cognac and two pounds of red meat.<PREVIEWEND> Because this inspired dish rises to the 'Heaven on Earth' category the second day, I've invited my friend Rob for dinner tomorrow. Rob and I've been buddies since college. It was Rob and his friends, I affectionately call them 'the River Oaks Boys,' who inspired me to learn to cook well. Give any of the River Oaks Boys a bag of random ingredients, and they'll deliver you a gourmet treat.
SATURDAY: This isn't where I saw this blog, or this day going. I didn't sleep last night because I'm on "poop and vomit patrol." I wasn't going to mention it, but while I was having Thanksgiving at a friend's, my dog Goldie ate 15 square feet of a 150-year-old sheer lace summer spread that hangs behind my bed. The logistics of how this big girl got behind my bed is still a puzzlement, but her life is now in danger.
The vet says I must monitor Goldie's bowel movements until she either passes the lace and/or begins to vomit and moan in agony. If the lace becomes entangled in her intestines, she will need emergency surgery, and because of her advanced age, there's no guarantee she'll survive surgery or the weeks of needed rehab. To do surgery now will further put her life in danger, so for the next few days, it's wait and see. To help her pass this massive quantity of lace, I'm feeding her small meals every four hours to which I'm adding Metamucil. Every hour, or so, I take her outside and poke through her now frequent feces with a stick, searching for remnants of lace. If the lace doesn't kill her, I fear she'll explode from all of the food I'm feeding her. Other than watching me watch her, for the time being, Goldie seems to be fairing better than I am.
It's been 11 months, today, since James died, and I'm not ready to lose another loved one. I never had children, so my dogs are my kids, my family. James always said, "Goldie's our smart dog," and she is. I wish she could talk because, clearly, she knows she's in trouble. My vets are on call, but I worry her situation will ratchet up another notch in the middle of the night. I read a book on my iPad, then pull the bed away from the wall, yet another time, hoping against hope the bulk of the lace is stuck somewhere under the bed.
My Boeuf Bourguignon has become a casualty of the poop patrol. In between looking for lace in the cold rain, I lost tract of how much salt I added, so my gourmet feast is inedible. I call Rob and cancel dinner. After describing Goldie's crisis, Rob tells me he's having a crisis of his own. Bozo, his clownfish, is listing to starboard in Rob's new salt water aquarium. Just when he thinks she's a gonner, she rights herself for a time, only to list to starboard again. We vow to keep one another posted.
I try to remember all the odd things my vet says dogs consume, and survive, like garden hoses, corncobs and jump ropes, but I'm still worried. While a few remnants of lace are beginning to appear, 98 percent has not. I dread tomorrow. We'll be closer to resolving her problem, but what if that resolution kills her?
SUNDAY: I didn't go to church today so I can continue to feed and monitor Goldie. She's my dear friend, my best girl, and she trusts me to take good care of her. I hope she knows how much I love her. She's smart and funny, with a great sense of humor, something neither Sam nor Molly have. I ask God to "Please let her be alright." She's a major part of what's made me and my tiny house come alive again. I still need this precious girl in my life.
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I hope the Manatee Genealogical Society doesn't mind if I share an item in their latest Cracker Crumbs newsletter. But I thought they would want the word spread. Below is their listing to find the family of the 100 year old Finison family bible.
The Salvation Army is looking for the Owner of a Donated 1920's Bible.
They need our help finding a family that was separated from its Bible. Liz Brown, the manager of the Salvation Army Select Store in Greensboro, NC found the nearly 100 year old Bible at the bottom of a bag of donated clothes. Writing in the Bible shows it was given to Nannie Finison by her oldest son. In it she documented the births of her children and some of their deaths. Brown wants to return it to the Finison family. If you have info, contact her at 1-336-235-2662.


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Huh? The universal word that says confusion in any language
Humans speak many languages, but we may be united in our confusion. A new study examined languages from around the world and discovered what they say could be a universal word: ''Huh?''
Researchers travelled to cities and remote villages on five continents, visiting native speakers of 10 very different languages. Their nearly 200 recordings of casual conversations revealed that there are versions of ''Huh?'' in every language they studied - and they sound remarkably similar.
While it may seem like a throwaway word, ''Huh?'' is the glue that holds a broken conversation together, the globe-trotting team reported Friday in the journal PLOS ONE. The fact that it appears over and over reveals a remarkable case of ''convergent evolution'' in language, they added.
''Huh?'' is a much-maligned utterance in English. It's seen as a filler word, little more than what's called a conversational grunt, like ''mm-hmm.'' But it plays a crucial role in conversations, said Herbert Clark, a psychologist at Stanford University who studies language.
When one person misses a bit of information and the line of communication breaks, there needs to be a quick and effective way to fix it, he said. ''You can't have a conversation without the ability to make repairs,'' said Clark, who was not involved in the study.
For this study, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands set out to show that ''Huh?'' had earned the status of a fully fledged word, though an admittedly odd one. They also wanted to see whether other languages had a similar word with a similar function.
The problem is that ''Huh?'' often seems like such an unimportant feature of language that it's not well documented, said Nick Enfield, a linguistic anthropologist who worked on the study.
The scientists headed to remote villages in Ecuador, Laos, Ghana and Australia and spent weeks getting acquainted with the locals. The ''Huh?''-hunters also visited family homes in Italy, Russia and Taiwan as well as laboratories in Spain and the Netherlands.
Across 10 languages, they found a remarkable similarity among the ''Huhs?'' All the words had a single syllable, and they were typically limited to a low-front vowel, something akin to ''ah'' or ''eh.''


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A crash on the A1 could cause rush hour delays for commuters today.
The collision happened at around 2pm on the A1 northbound at Junction 37, near Doncaster.
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Superman falls from the sky, and his re-introduction to Metropolis brings changes to Clark Kent's life that no one could have imagined. While putting the pieces of the city back together, Superman must prepare to find his place in every part of his life, before he can resume his never-ending battle against evil!
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CONCORD — Over several weeks in May, Canyon Creek homeowners began hearing a familiar sound at an unfamiliar time. These residents, who live near Sleep Train Pavilion, are accustomed to hearing concerts at night.
But for weeks, they reported hearing music blaring from the Pavilion on weekdays, sometimes lasting until the evening and containing explicit language. And there were no bands in sight.
As it turned out, Live Nation — the company contracted to operate the city-owned Pavilion — had rented out the space to a sound equipment company to conduct sound tests.
One resident in a neighborhood on the other side of Kirker Pass Road used a hand-held decibel meter to capture the noise pummeling his home office. The highest level was recorded at 92, the equivalent of diesel truck traffic.
"The noise was so loud dishes were rattling off of counters," said Leslie Miller, homeowners association president.
Miller and Suzanne Davis-Lucey, who unsuccessfully ran for City Council in November, have complained that years of neglect have left the property overgrown with weeds, and a tree root in a drainage ditch could pose a flooding risk.
The noise galvanized the homeowners group, which has taken the complaints about noise, traffic and blight on the Pavilion grounds to City Council meetings.
The neighbors' concerns were heightened after learning recently the city this fall extended its contract with Live Nation for another year.
Attempts to reach a Live Nation representative were not successful.
Residents also say they are concerned the sound testing could occur again in 2013. The current contract does not prevent Live Nation from testing, though, according to an email from Joan Carrico, Concord's director of parks and recreation, the city informed the company that the testing agreement was "a problem and needs to cease."
Residents of Canyon Creek, built after the Pavilion opened, said they began hearing the testing in early May and that it lasted two to three weeks.
Brenda Traux, who said she heard the testing as early as 6 a.m. and as late as 1 a.m., thought she was "losing her mind." Traux has lived in Canyon Creek for 12 years and thinks the concert noise from the Pavilion is as loud now as it has ever been. She blames the bass response of the speakers.
"You can feel it in your body," Traux said last week. "You can't get away from it. It could be a weapon you could use to drive people out of their minds."
Rob Ainscough, the neighbor who used the decibel meter, said, "It felt like I was at the concert."
In an email to residents in May, Pavilion General Manager Tim Anderson said his staff went into the neighborhood during testing to ensure it was "not carrying over there."
Davis-Lucey said she is encouraged by the city's response to recent complaints.
Over the past week, after this newspaper began talking to residents about the blight, city workers cleared weeds from the frontage road along the Pavilion.
Carrico said the city's contract with Live Nation does not set boundaries for maintenance.
But the city will pick up the costs of the weed abatement and for cleanup of a drainage ditch along the frontage road. Live Nation is responsible for the parking lot, Carrico said.
The lot, according to Davis-Lucey, still has weeds.
"I hope we are not just going to let this go," she said.
David DeBolt covers Concord and Clayton. Contact him at 925-943-8048. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.


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HOLLYWOOD, July 21 (UPI) -- Television networks have pulled ads for Batman because they felt it was inappropriate to run them alongside news reports of the Colorado theater shootings.
NBC network and the NBC station group pulled all advertising for "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" Friday morning, shortly after the shooting in Aurora that killed 12 people and injured 58, The Hollywood Reporter reported Friday.
Not long after, the network received calls from the advertising agency representing Warner Bros., also asking for the ads to be removed, a source, whose name was not reported, told THR.
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Here they go again. The Miami Marlins, already architects of baseball's two biggest fire sales in recent memory, are in the midst of pulling off another: a staggering trade that will send more than $160 million in salary commitments to the Toronto Blue Jays and strip their roster bare.
It's easy to compare this to what the Marlins did in 1997 and 2005, and there are some pretty basic parallels: stars and high salaries going out, prospects and low salaries coming in.
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Are you working for nothing?
Contractor tip of the month
By Damian Lang
Do you ever wonder why so many contractors are running non-profit businesses these days? Is it because they feel like they are not skilled in anything but the masonry business, so they must take work at a loss to stay busy? Perhaps they do not know their true cost when bidding, so they take on work, hoping to somehow get lucky and make money. Are they taking marginal jobs just to keep their people busy? Or maybe they enjoy working more than playing golf or vacationing? Could the contracting business really be so much fun that one would consciously choose to do work for nothing? Whatever the case, it doesn't have to be that way.
Just about everyone in the construction business has taken a pay cut the last several years, including myself. Well, taking a cut is one thing; "donating" money to stay busy is another. When I was 9 years old, I got a chance to work the summers on a produce farm. On my first day, I worked nine hours. This was basically my "try out day." Being very excited about getting $9 for nine hours work, I showed the check to Mom. Mom took the check back to my boss and told him to drop my pay to 75 cents an hour. I was really upset when I got the $6.75 check in exchange for the $9 one. What I did not know at the time was that Mom kept my job, as it was probably all I was worth at the time. Looking back now, that was pretty good pay, when you consider that 39 years later, contractors are working for under 75 cents an hour by bidding work to break even, or worse, under costs.
Guess what? Just like the days of working on the produce farm, I got an opportunity to work for less again this past week. In fact, this opportunity even included me donating funds, working for nothing, while I worked longer and harder. It came along when a good friend of mine (who is a general contractor) called me explaining that he got a project he would like to have Lang Masonry work with him on. He said he made a New Year's resolution to only use the best subs from now on, as he was miserable last year, having to give subs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation so they could stay in business long enough to finish their work. Tickled that we would have a great shot at getting the project, I had my estimator work up a price on it. Since we are slow right now, and the fact that we have not won many bids over the last few months, we scaled the net profit on the job back to 3 percent. This put us at $620,000.
My friend's project manager tells my estimator he has a price at $440,000, and that is where we need to be.
I asked, "$440,000, are you kidding?"
"No," he said.
So I had my estimator double check the numbers to see if we missed anything. After going over the estimate with a fine-toothed comb, excluding equipment and office overhead, we showed the bare cost to be $495,000. Although there was a time in my career when I would have tried to negotiate this job out for around $500,000 to keep my people busy, while praying to break even, I am proud to say: Not anymore! I guess some other contractor will be "donating" to help build this project instead of Lang Masonry Contractors.
There are way too many risks associated with doing work to break even – or worse – below costs. What if something goes wrong on the project you are working for nothing on? What if the GC back-charges you for things that were out of your control? What if an employee gets hurt raising your workers compensation costs on future projects? What if you are doing a job for nothing and, when, good work comes along, you can't get to it, because you are too busy working for nothing?
All these factors must be considered before deciding to do work for nothing. And, by the way, isn't doing a job at breakeven the same thing as working for nothing? Looking back, Mom may have had my pay cut years ago, saving my job, but at least she never made me work for nothing. If you want to be part of a non-profit organization, philanthropy is good for the soul and fun. However, be sure you don't create a non-profit of your own by taking work for nothing.
About the Author
Damian Lang is a mason contractor in southeast Ohio and inventor of many labor saving masonry systems and products. Lang has served as the Marketing Committee Chairman for the Mason Contractors Association of America. He is also author of the book Rewarding and Challenging Employees for Profits in Masonry. To network with Damian on contractor tips or tips you have and would like published, contact him at email@example.com or 740-749-3512.


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1. This is my 300th post. Hot damn.
2. I have post retreat depression. Luckily, I am going in March on Corey's Orlando retreat. I get to stay in a beautiful villa with Christine, The Other Mother and Mama Drama Times Two. Dream come true! Can we move it up to this weekend?
3. My dad bought a four wheeler and I am taking the kids over to his farm this afternoon to help him break it in. They are so pumped that they can hardly contain themselves. It's 20 acres of leaf crunching fun. Sounds like my kind of afternoon!
4. Sadie is going to a birthday party this weekend for one of her besties who is adopted from China. Sadie says that pillow pets are all the rage so I picked out the most adorable panda bear pillow pet for Sadie to give her friend for a birthday present. When I got halfway home, I realized that giving a Chinese girl a panda bear anything is probably one of the most cliche things I could have done. It truly was the cutest one they have and now I feel like I need to take it back to keep from feeding into a cultural stereotype. Ugh.
5. I hate to be materialistic, but I'd just about give one of my children for a pair of cozy black Ugg boots. I am scouring ebay for a good deal. (or if anyone has some they are tired of, you can send them to me and I will be your personal slave for at least 10 minutes) I sent Kamron an email yesterday asking him to get those boots for me for Christmas. His company has evidently blocked all my emails to him. It could be because I *may* have a tendency to use profanity. I sometimes tell people when they meet me that I am the kind of Christian who loves Jesus, but who is also capable of dropping the f-bomb. I'm trying to be better, I swear.
6. I'm thinking about piercing my nose. Maybe I'm going through a mid-life crisis.
7. I'm now writing for buy-her.com. Getting paid to gab about stuff I already use is fabulous!
8. I have hundreds off dollars worth of goodies to give away from people who donated things to the ladies on our retreat. The girls got awesome gifts every 2 hours all weekend long and they called me Oprah. (Yes- I'm about to get a God complex) I'll start the giveaways on Monday and keep on giving stuff away until it's gone. I have some fabulous stuff- lucky you!
9. You may remember that a few months ago Kamron begged me to dress Miles up like Mr. T for Halloween. Since I wouldn't let him shave a mohawk on my child's head, he is now suggesting that Miles be Flava Flav. Yeeeah Booooy!
10. My six year old daughter came to me yesterday and said, "Mom, I am so bored. Can I iron some stuff?" I don't trust her with clothes, but girlfriend ironed our sheets and pillowcases- kept her occupied for an eternity and she was totally in heaven. I am still not convinced she didn't come from outer space. Little weirdo. She also sits down at night and does stuff like write lesson plans, grocery lists, and goals. I want to be her when I grow up.
11. I am evidently the only mom in preschool who doesn't come to the class parties. Ummm- I'm sorry. If I'm paying you to keep my child, I'm sure as heck not going to pay you and then show up myself to run the show!
12. I'm having election ad overload. I'm Megan Terry and I approved this blog post.
13. Do you remember how a few weeks ago, everyone put their facebook status as "I like it on the floor/counter/kitchen table, etc.? I have yet to figure out how that raises awareness about breast cancer. Maybe I'm just dense, but I don't get the connection.
14. Miles peed on the potty the other day. Then he promptly pooped in the bathtub which totally negated my excitement.
15. I can't wait to make Halloween cupcakes with the kids for our family birthday party this weekend. I love to bake with the tiny humans.
16. I'm thinking that I'm ready to go back to Congo. I'm hoping to beg a few families in the middle of the adoption process if I can tag along on their trips to pick up their children. I think that stepping foot on Congolese soil again will make me feel like I am "home". Wonder if I could get my whole family to agree to pick up our lives and move to a hut in the middle of DRC? On second thought- that would probably mean that I'd have to homeschool and, oh dear lord, I do not have the patience or stamina for that.
17. I have a burning desire to build a tree house a la Swiss Family Robinson.
18. I'm starting a diet on Tuesday. I'm writing it down so that I can hold myself accountable. I can't start today because it's too close to Halloween and I LOVE candy. I can't start on Monday, well- because it's Monday. I can't start on Wednesday because by Wednesday I 'm already thinking about what I'm going to eat over the weekend. So Tuesday it is. Is it unrealistic to hope that I can lose 30 pounds in 2 days? Maybe I can just chop off my butt with a butcher knife.
19. The boys asked me if they could drink their water out of a bowl like cats and I totally let them do it. I justified it in my head by calling it occupational therapy.
20. Did I mention this is the 300th post? Sometimes I can't believe I stuck with this blogging thing for so long. Every now and then I shock myself!
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Many of those who expressed outrage at the publication of a two-county interactive map of pistol permit owners by Gannett's White Plains, New York-based Journal News just before Christmas have raised serious concerns that the paper's action would directly harm law-abiding citizens. Evidence is pouring in that those fears are legitimate.
Fox News, doing something the wire services should have been begun within days of the map's publication, has unsurprisingly found that "Reformed crooks say the New York newspaper ... did a great service – to their old cronies in the burglary trade." Additionally, a Newsday report identifies four concrete examples of negative impact: "Inmates are taunting corrections officers" at an area jail; one of the counties' sheriffs says that it's "hurting law enforcement as a whole"; a Rockland County Democratic legislator who currently doesn't own a gun says "he now fears for his safety" and will get one; and a divorced woman who says her ex-husband tried to strangle her is worried that "now he can find me." Excerpts from the two news reports follow the jump.
The Fox News report contains testimonials from reformed criminals affirming what critics have contended from the start, namely that the map's publication has great potential to harm gun owners and non-owners alike (bolds are mine throughout this post):
... The information published online by the Journal-News, a daily paper serving the New York suburbs of Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, could be highly useful to thieves in two ways, former burglars told FoxNews.com. Crooks looking to avoid getting shot now know which targets are soft and those who need weapons know where they can steal them.
"That was the most asinine article I've ever seen," said Walter T. Shaw, 65, a former burglar and jewel thief who the FBI blames for more than 3,000 break-ins that netted some $70 million in the 1960s and 1970s. "Having a list of who has a gun is like gold - why rob that house when you can hit the one next door, where there are no guns?
"What they did was insanity," added Shaw, author of "License to Steal," a book about his criminal career.
... "They just created an opportunity for some crimes to be committed and I think it's exceptionally stupid," said Bob Portenier, 65, a former burglar and armed house robber turned crime prevention consultant.
Professional burglars are always looking for an edge, and like most folks, they read the paper, said Portenier.
... While some burglars may use the newspaper's information to avoid guns, Portenier said others will target homes with guns. The newspaper's decision could even lead to legally-owned guns proliferating on the street, he said.
"That's one of the first things we'd check out—guns are on the top of the list of what you want to steal," he said. "They can walk out with a shotgun and a couple of handguns and sell them on the street for $300 or $400 a pop. They can sell them to a gangbanger who ends up killing someone." (Portenier seems to believe that the map identifies specific guns owned, which it doesn't; nevertheless, his point about "legally-owned (but stolen) guns prolierating on the street" is valid. -- Ed.)
"When I first saw that story it kinda freaked me out. If I had a gun if I was a registered legal gun owner and had my information in there I'd be outraged.
Portenier isn't the only person who is "kinda freaked out." The Newsday report quotes representatives of four specific groups who have similar feelings (the italicized numeric listing within the excerpt is mine):
1. Prison guards
... Inmates at the Rockland County jail are taunting corrections officers by saying they know the guards' home addresses -- information they got from the list published by Westchester (County)-based newspaper, Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco said.
"Since about 9:30 this morning, I've been in a meeting with my corrections officers and their unions. They have inmates coming up to them and telling them exactly where they live. That's not acceptable to me," Falco said at a news conference Friday morning in New City, where local leaders condemned the list.
2. Law enforcement in general
... Robert Riley, a White Plains police officer who is president of the department's Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, agreed that the database is putting officers' lives at risk.
"My members are outraged," Riley said, noting that the potential dangers to law enforcement extend beyond Westchester and Rockland counties.
"You have guys who work in New York City who live up here," Riley said. "Now their names and addresses are out there, too."
Falco said there are 8,000 active and retired NYPD officers currently living in Rockland County.
3. Non-permit holders
... Legis. Aron Wieder (D-Spring Valley) called the publication of the list "irresponsible journalism" and said he now fears for his safety because the map broadcast that he does not have a gun license. At the news conference Friday morning, he handed a $150 certified check and a completed pistol permit application to Rockland County Clerk Paul Piperato.
"I never owned a gun but now I have no choice," Wieder said. "I have been exposed as someone that has no gun. And I'll do anything, anything to protect my family."
4. Ex-spouses and others who were in abusive relationships.
... "When I saw the list, I had an immediate flood of emotions that I cannot even describe to you," said (Orangetown resident Charlotte) Swift. "I originally obtained a gun permit because I had previously been married to a man who attempted to strangle me . . . The first emotion I felt was, 'Oh my gosh, he can find me.'"
Heckuva job, Journal News. (/sarcasm)
Though much of the damage has obviously already been done, the Newsday article notes that law enforcement officials have called on the Journal News to take down the map. If the paper won't do it on their own, perhaps adults at Gannett, if any can be found, might demand that they do so.
It would also be fascinating to get a reaction to the two stories excerpted above from Connecticut legislator Stephen Dargan. As I noted yesterday (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), Dargan wants the Nutmeg State to change its laws, which currently protect the privacy of the state's handgun permit holders, to make such information accessible via Freedom of Information Act requests -- so that anyone can do to his state what the Journal News has just done to the residents of two New York counties. How can Dargan still submit his proposed legislation in the face of mounting evidence of the harm it would cause?
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.