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|November 14, 2012, 08:56 AM
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AR novice
I have no experience with the AR platform, never even fired one of them. The .223 and similar seem to me to be quite weak. I found an ad for DPMS LR-308 new, on sale for $1000.00. "16" Carbine Optics Ready".
Trying to sort this out, this probably means that it has no sights and must have scope added for sighting. I think that the barrel is a bit short. Probably a 20" would offer better ballistics.
Please offer your thoughts and suggestions.
Is the DPMS about as good as is available in this price range? Something else offer better value even if a bit higher priced?
I do have an old 308 bolt action and a 30-06 bolt action plus a regular 30-06 semiauto rifle, so these calibers are not new to me.
|November 14, 2012, 10:03 AM
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There's nothing wron with the .223/5.56. I don't know if you've seen the news lately, but it's getting all kinds of on-the-job-testing lately. You do have a good reason for going with a .308 AR, since you already have a .308. That's your main question now. Do you want another caliber, that will be different than what you currently shoot?
I can be patient and find .223 ammo for $6.50 per 20. Probably better if I REALLY looked, but after shooting .300 RUM for a while, I pretty much grabbed a case and ran, then sat in the closet holding my case of ammunition and laughed maniacally at the fools that sold my precious so cheaply. Well, ok, maybe not. But for going to a range and having a long session of very cost effective fun, .223 and 9mm aren't bad calibers to have in your bag of tricks.
To Sum up: It's used for different purposes. It's probably at least an order of magnitude cheaper. You can shoot more, cheaper, for less wear and tear on your shoulder, longer. But you'd have to buy more reloading dies. And maybe powder. And probably primers. And bullets.
|November 14, 2012, 10:14 AM
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Comparing a bolt action .308 to an AR chambered for .308 is apples and oranges. Too many differences. But as for the cartridge itself, you're right; the distance and ballistics will be comparable.
Can't speak to that particular brand of AR, but a good AR with optics for $1k is not a bad deal at all, granted the firearm is reliable and complete. Good brands of ARs in .308 usually run about $1,200.00 minimum fully assembled, and that's almost never including optics/scopes.
On a side note, don't be too quick to dog the .223 caliber ARs. They may not have the reach-out-and-touch-someone-at-450+yards range of the .308, but realistically speaking, if you're using it for hunting, you're probably not going to come up on too many opportunities to take your prey beyond 200-250 yards. Also, the ballistics of a .223 on pelt damage and meat destruction are far lower than that of the larger .30-caliber cartridges. Not to mention, carrying a standard load of .223 ammo will be consistently lighter than that of the .308.
If you're thinking of personal defense or anti-zombie armaments, I'd still suggest the .223 clambering
|November 14, 2012, 11:02 AM
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True that, I was coming at it from target, he came from hunting... it depends on what you want to do with it. I'd varmint with the .223, but large game would be .308. Though to be fair I'd only really hunt with bolt or lever actions...
|November 14, 2012, 11:10 AM
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On the AR in question, it is new but includes no optics. A scope would be separate and extra. And I am still pondering whether having an AR is, for me, worth the cost.
|November 14, 2012, 12:01 PM
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What would you use it for?
How often would you use it?
Beyond the optics, what other accessories would you end up needing for it? Bag? Doodads to add, like a B.A.D. lever, gadgets to mount on the rail? Magazines? Gizmos somewhere else?
How much would all the addons cost you?
Will you have enough fun with all of that, between the tinkering, the shooting, the reloading and whatnot to justify the cost? These aren't really things we can answer for you.
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|November 15, 2012, 12:51 AM
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Opinated, Like you I have never owned an AR and for the longest time I could not decide if I wanted a AR15 or AR10. After two years of thinking and procrastinating I finally settled on the AR15. I went with the rifle instead of the carbine which I guess in a way was a compromise for choosing the 15 over the 10. Anyway, I ended up with a Windham Weaponry Preditor. I haven't yet had a chance to go and shoot it but hope to soon. Rifle and optics was a little over $1200 but I think you can probably work a better deal than I did.
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|November 15, 2012, 05:05 AM
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An AR is a great gun, but you will shoot it alot. Most likely you will shoot different ammo through your bolt gun, even if caliber is same. This is due to mag length and rate of fire differences.
A DPMS 16" M4rgery for $1000 seems good to me. DPMS is a fine brand, but not a premium brand. "optics ready" is usually code for no sights. 16" is a good length. Long enough to be legal and accurate to 300 yds or so. Short enough to use for SD or HD.
223 vs 308.... I would go 223/5.56 everytime based on cost to buy and shoot. To me , a 308 AR is a specialty piece for a specific purpose like antelope hunting.
Just my 2 cents.
|November 15, 2012, 08:30 AM
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Like Jack Benny, I'm thinking it over. It is not something I really need. But it might become unavailable and what if I then wanted one? Needs and wants are not equivalent. But catering to a Want is sometimes enjoyable.
|November 15, 2012, 10:32 AM
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If I were spending 1000 on a DPMS, I'd rather spend 1100 on the next tier up with Colt or Noveske really.
|November 15, 2012, 10:39 AM
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|November 15, 2012, 10:44 AM
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I was wanting a AR10 for the longest time before I bought my AR 15's. .308 is a fine round and has it's uses for sure.
That said you can shoot a 15 more for the same cost and as far as distance for SD/HD 99% of use will never need to take a shot outside of 50 yards. The 5.56 at that range and more has plenty of power for small to medium game and 2 legged creatures do not stand a chance!
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|November 15, 2012, 10:49 AM
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My AR wouldn't be the first thing I pick up if something went bump in the night, and I wanted to check it out while armed. I would take it with me however. I'd still make sure I had my pistol over anything else.
|November 16, 2012, 06:07 AM
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Opinated, just FYI that an AR15 can have other calibers other than 5.56/223 i.e. 6.8SPC, 6.5G, 300BLK, 458Socom, and 50Beowulf.
You are not limited to the 5.56/223 on an AR15, which is the beauty of that rifle. Swap a different upper and you can have muliple calibers depending on your intended use.
Btw 5.56 is not "weak". Try getting shot with M855 green-tip 5.56 ammo wearing a ballistic vest and see if you'll survive...
If you want a .308, then sure go with AR10/Scar/FAL etc. Just saying that the 5.56/223 is not as weak as many portray them to be, and you are also not limited to that ammo in an AR15 platform.
|November 16, 2012, 12:42 PM
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Another point to consider when debating the AR10 vs AR15:
The AR15 is based primarily around the M4 . Most of the manufacturers of AR15s ensure that it is close to the M4 in order to pick up possible military/LE contracts. Because everyone (with a few exceptions) isn't straying too far from this, parts commonality is widespread. Should you wish to upgrade or change parts out, you will not have to worry too much about if it will work on your rifle.
The AR10, however, is far more proprietary when it comes to parts. Armalite, DPMS and Knights Armament all have their own specifications and other manufacturers usually spec their parts out based on those three. Parts such as barrel nuts, handguards, what brand of magazine you use and others may work on one but not on another. It is not a big deal, but just something to consider.
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|November 16, 2012, 10:08 PM
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I still have not made a decision nor a purchase. The decision might be to forget it. The budget now looks as if it might have a little more money than it appeared to at first. But I do appreciate all the comments and advice.
|November 17, 2012, 10:56 AM
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You don't want it. You definitely don't need it.
|November 23, 2012, 01:13 PM
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Good information.
Been away for awhile when moved to different state.
Have a Mini-14. Thinking whether to add an AR-15 to the collection or not for multipurpose potential uses.
|November 24, 2012, 12:10 AM
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I dont know jack about ARs, but I do know that a .223 / 5.56 NATO is one of the most combat proven rounds around. It does its job. It takes the target out, can shoot through walls and is highly accurate at typical combat ranges. There are literally thousand upon thousands of people who have been killed or wounded by this round and that it has dominated the battlefield for a long time. Nothing lacking in a .223. Just because its a similar diameter, doesnt mean its ANYTHING like a .22 ....
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This beautiful 1870 house was recently purchased in the greater Boston area. It is the very first home for this young couple and their nearly one-year-old son. The property is generously surrounded by mature trees.
I personally didn't care for the pinkish beige wood siding and the lighter skin tone trims and details. Before any changes in the colouring, a good sanding, repair and cleaning of all walls and wooden or aluminum surfaces are in order. I chose rich khaki beige, free of any nuance of pink in a very low sheen finish. The trims of the vertical corners of the building, the horizontal planks on top of the two windows and the inverted U-shape on the facade of the dormer window on the second level as well as the new beaded moulding on the front door casing would echo the siding hue but one tone lighter. The windows, soffits, fascias, tapered columns, railings, new trellises and step risers will be painted a crisp white. All contours, lattices at the base of the porch, horizontal gutters will also be covered in the snowy tint.
The owner didn't have a penchant for the brownish red louvre tone. I loved it. A burgundy version with a little bit more pink would look happier and enhance the neutral coloration of the building.
The unsightly vertical gutter pipes should be moved away from the front of the posts, placed farther behind closer to the corners of the house and painted the lighter khaki shade. The steps and floor ought to be painted in a medium warm grey.
The unattractive aluminum screen door should retire to reveal the exquisite, simple but elegant door. For a visual connection with the charcoal roof and a strong focal point, the entry door will be painted black in a soft lustre finish.
The golden address digits will reflect on the brass door knob and knocker. There's a horizontal metal trim between the two different pitches of the roofs. To make it more imperceptible, it should be painted in the exact colour of the shingles, in a matte finish.
To open up the façade and for a better proportion with the size of the home, a much larger pathway will be introduced.
Before starting any renovations on this older home, a consultation with the Boston History District Commission would be necessary.
Evenly spaced out Buxus Green Velvet will edge the walkway and provide shiny round foliage year-round. Rows of Hydrangea Pinky Winky shrubs will frame and anchor the porch. Their cone-like clusters of white, pink to red blooms will amaze throughout summer and fall. In winter, their inflorescence will hold up till spring. Then, the branches will have to be trimmed back 10 to 12 inches from the trunk. Like a silver necklace, a border of persistent silver ground cover will lighten up the path with its white bloom. On each side of the house, a certain variety of hostas that is unpleasant to slugs will provide well-needed shade for the roots of the clematis. These plants, with their white bordered pink flowers, will ascend the large-opening lattices. They will need to be trimmed in June to encourage another September flowering.
To keep everything at bay, dividers between the lawn and new plantations as well as between the silver ground cover and the Buxus bushes are crucial. A good four inches of black mulch over all exposed soil will help prevent weed invasion, thus permitting more precious time with their child.
A couple of ample-size black hanging vessels will harbour shorter white annuals, as well as cascading pink blooms and greenery. Of course, this landscaping can be carried out in stages. On each side of the house and closer to the street, one or a set of three medium size Malus white or pink blooming ornamental trees in a triangular formation, will offer a powerful contrast with the organic green backdrop. A burgundy picket fence will provide a secure playground for the owners' son.
The boots on the porch are optional, of course.
- Lamium maculatum White Nancy (perennials, white, silver, persistent, borders)
- Clematis Dr. Ruppel (climbing, pink with white border, trellises)
- Hydrangea paniculata Pinky Winky (shrubs, white to pink to red, under balcony)
- Buxus microphylla Green Velvet (several shrubs, persistent, walkway)
- Hosta sieboldiana Elegans (perennials, white, sides of balcony)
- Begonia dragon Wing (annuals, pink, hanging containers)
- Catharanthus roseus syn. Vinca rosea (annuals, white, red heart)
- Hedera helix (cascading greenery, hanging containers)
This is a column in which designer Suzanne Rowe selects homes that could benefit from a little inexpensive help in increasing their curb appeal. After examining photographs, she then proceeds to sketch out an artist's rendering of what they could look like with a few minor changes. We hope you enjoy the results.
Most homes can use a little bit of help when it comes to warming up their curb appeal. If you would like some inexpensive ideas on how to improve the appearance of your home, send a clear photo of your house with your commentary to: Suzanne Rowe, Designer, email@example.com

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Have you tried holding down the Alt key with the Black Point or Exposure slider?
Walter, I'm right there with you. The ability to set a true black point in LR would be WONDERFUL.
No, actually, what you think you want you really don't want. Two entirely different tool sets and workflows.It would do you guys well to forget and ignore what you do in Photoshop VS ACR/LR. Why? Because in Photoshop you have already committed to a gamma encoded color space. In ACR/LR you are dealing with raw images in a linear gamma and in the camera's native, undefined color space. That's a really big friggin' difference in tool sets.You may wish you could use techniques you've found that may work in Photoshop, but you are spitting into the wind...it ain't gonna happen and your only option is to learn how to use ACR/LR...then do the stuff that can't be done there in Photoshop. The more you learn to do in ACR/LR, the better your images will be (and the less time you spend diddling images in Photoshop).Seriously, break the bond between Photoshop tools and ACR/LR tools...it'll only hold you back.
In ACR/LR you are dealing with raw images in a linear gamma and in the camera's native, undefined color space.
no, you are not... when you work with UI (except probably changing things like "process" and "camera profile") you are not dealing with raw data in ACR/LR, you are dealing with something that was demosaicked and color transformed into a defined color space just w/ linear gamma.
No, Jeff's correct. You are presented with a "gamma" corrected preview (actually not a gamma curve but the sRGB TRC), the data is always processed as Jeff describes.
Hi Jeff,While I agree that one should be careful and not try to mimick Photoshop controls in Lightroom, the comparison between ACR and LR functionality where both are using e.g. Process 2012 is tempting. Sure, LR offers some controls that are not found in ACR, but that's because ACR can in principle relay those activities (and more) to Photoshop itself. However, the ACR Tonecurve panel has a Point tab next to the Parametric tab, and that Point tab does allow to do per channel Black point adjustments.Obviously, that ACR Point tab functionality will only kick in after the actual Raw conversion because it needs RGB rendered image data to work on, but that doesn't mean that LR could not do something similar, like in its very useful Softproofing mode which works with RGB data, when creating the exported output.Cheers,Bart
ACR/LR do not operate on raw data (be it RGBG or CMYG or Foveon or whatever) data UI wise... all sliders that you are moving in UI are instructions of what shall be done with the data that was already 1) demosaicked and 2) transformed to a color space with prophoto coordinates and linear gamma... why do you want to argue w/ that ?
ACR/LR do not operate on raw data (be it RGBG or CMYG or Foveon or whatever) data UI wise... all sliders that you are moving in UI are instructions of what shall be done with the data that was already 1) demosaicked and 2) transformed to a color space with prophoto coordinates and linear gamma... why do you want to argue w/ that ?
the only time when ACR/LR does redemosaicking and color transform of the data from "camera's native, undefined color space." to a defined, internal working spaces (where the raw conversion actually ends) is when you change the process and/or dcp camera profile...
You have this in LR 4.x with PV2012 as well though, right? In PV2012, the Tone Curve panel allows you to, when using the Point Curve, select the composite RGB or any of the individual channels.
I overlooked the small icon at the bottom of the Tonecurve palette which after clicking it hides the region sliders and displays a channel selector when you click on the RGB acronym. Then the individual Black points can be adjusted per channel, just like the OP wants (except for the Alt/Option preview). So then the question becomes; Why no preview?
If you turn on the clip warnings on the histogram, does that do it?
It's not working on the raw data? What's it working on?
The preview is just that, a preview. The raw is just that, raw. You're simply creating instructions along with the preview and at some point raw data to produce RGB data from an engine that works with linear encoded data (even if you feed it a rendered gamma corrected image). That doesnt happen until you export the data or send it though a module (make me a web gallery).
So, of course, ACR/LR operate on the raw data
...all of the adjustments are done to a preview of the raw data


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Well, Sid's ear got bigger last week and we scheduled a surgery date for today (the vet wanted to wait until this week).
Then it started to go down. It is still fluidy, not solid or clotted. I took her in for her appointment today and her vet looked at it and decided not to do surgery. Since it's going down, he thinks it will go away and the prednisolone should help it go faster. So, more preds.
The high dose of steroids made her anxious, so I almost cut it down (under Dr.'s direction, of course), but stuck it out for the first 5 days. Now she's fine on the lower dose, but it makes her drink and urinate a LOT. We've had some accidents in the house and I think my rug will need to be replaced.
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Sony released PlayStation Vita firmware version 1.8 on Tuesday. Huzzah, you say! Here comes all the sweet system stability and security improvements I've been waiting for! Stay your sarcasm though. Instead of the usual boring tweaks, this system update actually brings some much appreciated new content to Vita. Version 1.8 finally brings PSone Classics, dollops of '90s fun from Sony's first system like Final Fantasy VII and Tomb Raider to the handheld. Vita owners with games already purchased on PSP and PS3 have much to celebrate as the ever gracious Sony won't make you repurchase games for the handheld.
For anyone not detecting sarcasm there, Firmware 1.8's new content support is appreciated on a system parched for games but it also sports consumer unfriendly features that are classic Sony.
The biggest flip off to Vita owners: Memory cards are now locked to a single PSN account. This means that on a Vita that's shared, games and saves on the expensive, proprietary Memory Stick are tied to the PSN ID they were created/purchased using. Attempting to switch accounts on the Vita will format the Memory Stick.
To put this in practical terms, consider a Vita shared by two siblings. Brother and sister both play a downloaded copy of Mortal Kombat online with friends. Unless they buy a second Memory Stick, a $20 to $100 expense, they have to share a profile and saved game while playing online.
The idea is to prevent people from sharing downloaded content with anyone and everyone at will, but Sony's fix is clumsy and shortsighted. The company needs to do everything it can to position Vita as a low cost proposition, and needing multiple memory cards for multiple users on the system won't help them. (It'll also confuse the hell out of potential Vita buyers.)
The other unsavory part of the update is that, as intimated at E3, just a scant 9 games can be purchased through the PSN Store on Vita. Far more are compatible with the device, including all Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, Mega Man, and Resident Evil games, but they need to be transferred to Vita using a PlayStation 3. Meanwhile, in Europe and Japan, nearly complete PSone Classic libraries on the PlayStation Network are available for Vita owners.
Early adopters and serious hobbyists are the only Vita owners out there right now, Sony. Why work so hard to tick them off?


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I know guys are saying "Vintage homage" here, but I think you're overthinking their goals here. I think these are intended less as that, and more as "sturdy and more kid-friendly" than anything. If they were truly vintage homages, like arms/legs straight up and down and whatnot, I'd maybe almost be a little interested, but for maybe $4 each and not a dime more.I'm not taking this news too hard since Battlepacks haven't been on MY radar for years now, but this is a little disconcerting. No wonder Hasbro didn't want the Slideshow out though. They knew collectors would want answers on these, and what this crap means for the future of the line. I think collectors have a fair question there too and one Hasbro's maybe not willing to answer for fear of how big a drop off it may cause.
Everything happening with the entire SW line seems like a colossal cluster**** right now. Do they REALLY need to be rereleasing all of those Wave 3 and 7 figures this spring? I mean I get Wedge and Gammy but the rest? The carry forwards, the lack of any new vehicles, this crap, the lack of exclusives, the demise of the Clone Wars line, the quintuple releasing of figures (Mau, Obi and Qui) at the same time...ugh. It is like they are trying to kill the line
As for carrying figures forward, why carry only TPM ones in wave 2? Why don't they spread the TPM ones out and put a Gammie, or RFT, or Wedge in Wave 2 instead of having a full wave of repacks?
I said before this line launched that how that movie does will be very telling of this line's future, and I think the movie has done worse than they anticipated.
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Prime time seems to like Megyn Kelly just fine.
"The Kelly File," the new 9 p.m. show on Fox News Channel with the longtime network anchor, got off to a good start, grabbing 2.1 million viewers with Monday's premiere, according to Nielsen.
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To better understand the future of farm labor in the South, it's helpful to review its history, dating back to the early 1960s and one very influential television program. The program, Edward R. Murrow's "Harvest of Shame," forever changed the public's image of farm labor throughout the United States.
"This television program was the most significant labor event of its time," says Dan Bremer, a Georgia labor consultant. "The program featured the treatment of tomato pickers in Florida, and it was a major media event. By 1963, legislation was enacted to address the issues brought to light by 'Harvest of Shame.'"
Bremer spoke about agricultural labor in 2003 and beyond at the Deep South Fruit and Vegetable Conference held recently in Biloxi, Miss.
Between 1963 and 1975, says Bremer, farm labor was regulated by the U.S. Department of Labor and enforced by the Employment Training Division.
"They did absolutely nothing to enforce the law that was written in 1963 — the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act. This law talked about hiring, transporting and paying workers. But from 1960 to 1975, Murrow's 'Harvest of Shame' had not changed significantly. In 1975, enforcement of the law was moved to the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor," he says.
The majority of farm workers in the South in the 1960s were local workers, says Bremer. "Local workers once were the best source of farm labor in the South. They were skilled, and they came when you needed them. Many of them would work in town for most of the year. But they came out to the farm when you needed workers, and they knew how to harvest crops. When they were finished with harvest, they would return to work in town.
"High school students also were a good source of farm labor during this time. In some pockets of the South today, high school students still come out to the farm and work. Another source of labor was the agricultural migrant workers — the ones who arrived in buses and vans."
Along about 1985, local workers available for farm labor became virtually non-existent, says Bremer.
"Local workers all had moved to town, working at Wal-Mart or in factories — anywhere but on the farm. And there were no incentives for these workers to go back to the farm. High school kids no longer needed to work on the farm — mom and dad gave them all the money they needed. So, you were left with the buses and vans full of migrant workers, and they were all illegal."
In 1985, about 90 percent of these workers were illegal aliens, notes Bremer, and in 1986, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
"Congress realized that most every worker on the farm was illegal, and it wouldn't be practical to pick up everyone who was illegal. So the I-9 law was enacted, and farmers were told they had to get an I-9 form on every worker. Farmers didn't realize what a huge break they were given with this I-9 law. As long as you had an I-9, you were legal. It didn't matter if that worker was totally illegal, you were off the hook.
"Most thought this law was a burden to employers, but it was the exact opposite. The I-9 absolved you of all liability, as long as you had a document from each worker stating that they were supposed to be here. As an employer, take whatever they give you. Don't turn anyone away. Turning them away means that you looked at them and decided they were illegal aliens. Take everything they give you — mark it down and put them to work."
Amnesty was granted to illegal farm workers in 1986, and the program worked very well for about one year, says Bremer.
"After about a year, these workers got jobs in town. But the H2A and H2B programs were part of the Immigration Reform and Control Act. You could bring in workers if you were a farmer and were involved in seasonal activity. So everything was pretty good for farmers in 1986."
By 1992, the amnesty workers were gone, he says, and falsely documented workers were the only ones remaining. Ninety-six percent of farm workers in the United States in the 1990s were illegal aliens, he adds.
"Local workers and high school workers were long gone by the 1990s. And in 1995, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) decided it would be a good idea to go out to the farms and businesses and remove all illegal aliens."
Today, says Bremer, there still are no local or high school workers, and there aren't as many workers in vans and buses because it's too conspicuous, and it's too difficult to cross into the United States. The INS, he says, will stop these buses and vans and send them back to Mexico.
"We now have a few 'stray' workers here and there. They'll go up north to pick apples, and then they'll come down South in the spring to do your work."
In 2003, the INS won't be conducting many raids in search of illegal aliens, he continues. The INS currently is focusing more on criminal activity, he says.
"Make sure your I-9s are in good shape. And beware if someone drives up in a van and offers to sell workers to you for $600 each. If you hire those workers, and you know they're illegal, you have committed a felony in the United States. And the INS is looking for those kinds of situations."
In 2003, the INS shouldn't be a problem for most farmers, contends Bremer. "In fact, I don't believe the government is going to be your problem. The FBI has been doing some labor cases. Four labor contractors now are in jail in Florida charged with slavery. The current law says that you can be held jointly responsible for everything these labor contractors do, so you may want to think about that. The FBI has said the agricultural industry is complicit in these labor cases."
Farm labor contractors are the predominant method of providing farm labor today, says Bremer, and 96 percent of the farm workforce continues to be illegal.
It's important, he says, that farmers know who they are dealing with when it comes to farm labor. "If a farm labor contractor comes onto your farm, make sure he is registered as a farm labor contractor. And pay the workers yourself. You can't be held liable for the actions of a farm labor contractor if you pay the workers yourself. Don't give a wad of money to a labor contractor. You don't have any idea what they'll do with it."
If the IRS sends you a letter stating that a worker's employee identification number doesn't match his Social Security name and number, send a letter to the worker informing him of the situation, advises Bremer. Writing a letter to the employee covers your liability, he says.
"At the end of the year, when you get out the W-2 forms, write another letter to the worker telling him to please change or correct the discrepancy. If you get a letter from the Social Security Administration, send them a copy of your letter.
"Beginning in 2003, the IRS will compare employee identification numbers with W-2s on file, and they'll fine employers $50 per mistake. But if you have proof that you've informed the worker of the discrepancy, you'll be covered."
Also likely to be an issue in 2003 is an increase in the minimum wage, says Bremer. "The Republicans are in charge, and if they don't raise the minimum wage, it'll become a campaign issue. By the end of 2003, look for the minimum wage to be $5.65 per hour. If you've been paying $5.15 per hour, you probably should go ahead and budget for $5.65."
Competition for farm labor will continue in 2003 and beyond, he says. "A lot of illegal workers went home after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and it's harder to get back across the border these days."


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Jeff Bridges first saw his father, Lloyd Bridges, who passed away in 1998, in the role of the wizened Giver in Lois Lowry's 1993 best-selling novel The Giver. In Reddit.com's "Ask Me Anything" series, he discussed the man who inspired him to produce a new film adaptation of the novel.
"I was reading children's book catalogs, and I came across this photograph of a cover of a book, with an old grizzled guy on the cover, and I thought 'Oh, my dad could play that guy,' " Bridges said. "And I also noticed the big Newbery award stamped on the cover, and I thought it was a must-read."
Bridges also talked about how his father's memory has infiltrated his acting.
"I kind of conjure him up and invite him to come into my being, and so I'm sure he was with me a bunch when we were shooting The Giver, or I was with him, however you want to put it," he said. "I think about my dad all the time when I am working, and maybe with this role it was a little bit more."
The movie stars Jeff Bridges as the Giver, Meryl Streep and Katie Holmes, among others, and will hit theaters Aug. 15.
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Revised RP/DC backflow standards available
ASSE's revised RP/DC Backflow Standards have been recognized by ANSI and were worked on in conjunction with FM, IAPMO, and the USC Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research.
The American Society of Sanitary Engineering's (ASSE) revised RP/DC Backflow Standards are now available. On Aug. 17, 2011, the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) recognized ASSE's four RP/DC Backflow Standards as American National Standards. These Standards were approved by ASSE's Board of Directors on Aug. 9, 2011.
ASSE's RP/DC Backflow Standards include: ASSE Standard #1013-2011, Performance Requirements for Reduced Pressure Principle Backflow Preventers and Reduced Pressure Principle Fire Protection Backflow Preventers; ASSE Standard #1015-2011, Performance Requirements for Double Check Backflow Prevention Assemblies and Double Check Fire Protection Backflow Prevention Assemblies; ASSE Standard #1047-2011, Performance Requirements for Reduced Pressure Detector Fire Protection Backflow Prevention Assemblies; and ASSE Standard #1048-2011, Performance Requirements for Double Check Detector Fire Protection Backflow Prevention Assemblies.
These four documents, which are the most stringent, comprehensive and detailed standards of their type, were updated from the previous 2009 versions for consistency with current editions of referenced standards and manuals, and to accommodate additional assembly sizes. The RP/DC Working Group, which developed this standard revision, included consultants, installers, manufacturers, users, distributors and representatives from ASSE, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), Factory Mutual (FM) and the USC Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research.
Each of the RP/DC Backflow Standards also allow for a one-year field evaluation for those jurisdictions that require it. Assemblies that successfully pass the ASSE One Year Field Test (1YT), which is performed by 1YT Testers who have met ASSE's rigorous qualifications, are marked with a specially designated ASSE 1YT Seal.
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Yes to casino
This letter is in response to Tom Farrell's letter of July 9 and his opposition to the casino as Cascade Locks.
Mr. Farrell, I simply must disagree with your position. The bottom line is many people in the Gorge are tired of folks from "elsewhere" telling us what is best for us. We do after all have the Gorge Commission for that. Because you most likely have a good job with benefits, you probably don't understand the fact that Skamania and Klickitat counties have the highest unemployment rates in the state of Washington. Hood River County has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state of Oregon.
What the people of the Gorge really need are jobs plain and simple, and the casino is an excellent place to start. If you have a solution that will put food on the table for the citizens of the Gorge I am all ears. Believe me when I tell you, when the casino goes in, you will still be able to hop in your car and drive down the Gorge and enjoy it as you always have and it will continue to be green ... the sky is not falling! If you choose not to travel to the Gorge because the casino is here, I am confident you will find another area of the state to visit that will meet your standards! I fully support the casino and I will gamble there!
Jonathan Blake
White Salmon
Thanks for movies
Movies in the Park rules!
A huge thanks to Community Education.
When the drive-in shut down I was really sad. But then this came along! It's so great, I hope it never ends.
Ben Dane,
Age 9
Hood River
Seeking Horner info
My name is Susan L. Foster. My father was Lester L. Horner. He passed away in July of 1958. He was a Korean War veteran and an upstanding citizen of Hood River. I would like to hear from anyone who knew him. I am his oldest daughter and want to know his history and maybe why he committed suicide. My oldest son is a politician in Phoenix, Ariz., and would like to know his history also since his father also committed suicide. We would like to help other families deal with this terrible reality.
Susan L. Foster
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C. Locks was there
As a Volunteer Emergency Medical Technician on the Cascade Locks Emergency Medical Services Rescue Department, I was shocked to say the least when I read your article regarding the departments that were listed ("Leap injures Eagle Creek cliff jumper", July 6). We weren't even mentioned! I personally drove one of the injured young men to Legacy Emanuel in Portland in our ambulance, our paramedic Jeff Pritcher (also a Crag Rat) was one of the first people to reach the young man in the water.
Hood River Fire Department wasn't even there! No wonder no one knows about Cascade Locks Fire and EMS! The only time I saw our department's name in your paper was when Hood River FD was taking over. Nothing about all the trail rescues, train wrecks and vehicle accidents ever appear. If they do, we rarely get the credit.
All of us are volunteers and a little recognition would go a long way. Where do you get your so-called "facts" anyway? Just a little information to help you do your job: We respond to all emergencies from Multnomah Falls to Viento State Park. We also respond to 99 percent of the calls that come in — not bad for an all-volunteer department! And — we are averaging 2-3 calls per day and have been for some time now. Let's see what we've accomplished just in the last year or so — headlines could have read: Delivered a baby in the ambulance on the way to Hood River: "Baby in no mood to wait! Local mother gives birth in a Cascade Locks Ambulance" ... "1 1/2 year-old falls out of a second story window — rescued by Cascade Locks EMS" ... "Woman with broken ankle rescued from trail in the middle of the night in pouring down rain by Cascade Locks!" ... "Television viewers protected from seeing deceased man by quick-thinking firefighter's actions" (train wreck in Dodson — I saw the cameras coming and had the guys cover up the deceased and then we lined up shoulder to shoulder so that no one on TV could see). Would you want to find out someone you knew was dead like that?
There are many more events but suffice it to say that you do not do your community nor your patrons justice when you print incorrect information.
Susan Freeman
Volunteer EMT/Firefighter
Cascade Locks EMS Fire and Rescue
To The World:
Please listen. Just listen.
What is happening to us? What is happening to the world? Why are we, as human beings, doing this to ourselves? Why can't we see that despite our differences, we're all the same? Yes, we're different colors, different shapes, sizes — the list goes on. But underneath, we're all people, with emotions, beliefs, and thoughts. Mine are no better than yours, and yours, no better than mine. To me it seems as if our whole history consists of putting more importance on our differences than on our similarities. Where has this gotten us? Where will this get us? Will it be the same when the world is ending? Will the last two people end up taking each other's lives?
We as human beings are amazing. Look at the world. Don't judge, just look. Look how far we've come since the beginning. Imagine how far we can go. We can, and do change the world. Every single one of us, as a whole species, changes the world. All I am asking is that you think about your future, the future of the world. Should hate or love lead our world? Won't our world continue to suffer if we continue to love some — and hate others? Please, for the sake of those you do love, love the rest of the world too.
Susanna Gabay
Cloud Cap facts
So next weekend is the first time since 1940 that Cloud Cap Inn is open for tours by the public? Well, that is news to me.
My father, Robert Hukari, was one of the Crag Rats who worked to save and restore Cloud Cap Inn since 1952, when the Forest Service proposed burning it down as an attractive nuisance. I grew up at Cloud Cap. There was not a single weekend — certainly not in the summer — when I did not hear my father, or another Crag Rat, give "tours" of the cabin to anyone who came by expressing an interest. By the time I was a teenager, I could give a pretty good version of it myself.
As the popularity of mountaineering grew, so did the number of "tours" we could expect to give on a summer weekend. There have been days when I've personally shown more then ten groups of people through the cabin — not ten people, but ten GROUPS of people. And that's all right by me.
I was taught that sharing Cloud Cap in this way was part of the responsibility that came along with our privilege of an "exclusive use" permit. Other responsibilities included supplying all the labor, tools and materials to restore and maintain the cabin — I believe the Forest Service did not come forward to help defray these costs until around 1989, the building's centennial anniversary. Of course, the Crag Rats' major responsibility remains rescue-work, both on the mountain and in the surrounding area. (Unfortunately, we have seen ample reports of their work in the Hood River News this summer.) And when a rescue effort is underway, tourists get short shrift at Cloud Cap.
I am not quibbling with the Forest Service's right to host public tours of historic Cloud Cap Inn. (In fact, I may be tempted to adopt their "ten-people-twice-a-day-at-12-and-2" strategy next time I am up there. Sounds restful.) The public owns the building — just as they would own the commemorative plaque the Forest Service proposed putting in its place. But it is important to get the facts straight: Historic Cloud Cap Inn still stands, and has been open for viewing by the public since 1952, thanks to the Hood River Crag Rats.
Althea Hukari
Hood River
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FLASHBACK: Obama's "Humanitarian" Conquest Of Libya
"Obama may eventually withdraw a portion of troops from Iraq, but mark our words, they won't be home long before they are sent off to bomb another broken-backed third world country, this time in the name of a United Nations-backed "humanitarian" war, just as Bill Clinton presided over in Somalia and Serbia with the full support of the establishment political left."
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READER COMMENT: So it's official now, the UN has declared war on Libya. Now many Libyans will die and the country's infrastructure will be crippled. Libya's relatively high standard of living will plummet. The invasion will bring death, disease, insecurity and terror for Libyans. Why? To install permanent US military bases to protect the foreign corporate rape and pillage of Libya's resources. Maybe Obama will be awarded another Nobel War Prize. War is evil.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
THE UN Security Council has voted Thursday to allow air strikes to halt Muammer Gaddafi's offensive against embattled rebel forces in Libya, with the first bombing raids expected shortly.
The resolution permits "all necessary measures" to protect civilian areas and impose a ceasefire on Gaddafi's military.
The vote passed 10-0 with five abstentions in the 15 member council. Permanent members China and Russia were among those abstaining, but did not use their veto power.
US Congress officials said Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were among possible participants, in a showing designed to demonstrate that the effort to aid anti-Gaddafi rebels had support from other countries in the region.
The UN decides to take "all necessary measures" against Gaddafi
Peter Hoskin
The Spectator
Thursday, March 17, 2011
"There will be no mercy. Our troops will be coming to Benghazi tonight." Perhaps it was the murderous threat contained within Gaddafi's latest radio message that shocked the United Nations into action today — because shocked into action they have been. After sweating and toiling over the precise formulation of a resolution on Libya, the UN Security Council finally reached the voting stage this evening. And it has now voted 10-0 in favour of member states taking "all necessary measures … to protect civilian and populated areas, including Benghazi, while excluding an occupation force." Brazil, India, China, Russia and — staggeringly — Germany all abstained.
What this means, in practice, is a no-fly zone — and more. We are likely to see bombing raids on Gaddafi's air defences, and perhaps on the serpentine column of troops and tanks that is on the road to Benghazi. It is thought that the first strikes could even come tonight, led — as this entire process has been — by us (UK) and the French, along with a selection of Arab air forces. There is a definite need for urgency. Thanks to the West's hesitancy over the past week, Gaddafi did appear to be on the cusp of cruelly stamping out the rebellion. Any delay now, and he still might do the same.
As our forces ready themselves for conflict, there is a terrible question hovering over all this: how hard can Gaddafi hit back? His government is certainly putting up a belligerent front, threatening to retaliate in and around the Med. But, as the useful video below makes clear, their military hardware is likely to be outmoded and dilapidated. Not that this makes the situation any less alarming, though. After all, a musket can still kill. And, as the Libyan people know all too well, Gaddafi has more than muskets at his command.


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March 01. 2013 9:36AM
MERRIMACK - Police are soliciting the public's help in identifying who is behind a series of drive-by BB shootings that have damaged homes and vehicles, predominately in the town's north end.
Police said in past years, clusters of this type of vandalism involving the use of BB, air or pellet guns have occurred, causing more than $60,000 in damages in as little as a month's time.
Property owners end up shelling out a significant amount of money to repair the damage and the acts can cause a great deal of personal inconvenience for the victims.
Investigators said the vandals could be facing felony charges and, if convicted, jail or prison time, in addition to stiff fines, restitution and lose of driver's license.
Anyone with information about the shooting spree is asked to call detectives at 424-3774 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime-Line at 424-2424 or log onto www.merrimackpd.org, and click on the web tips link to send anonymous and secured information to investigators.


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This absence was not of AMM's making. In late May, Steel Dynamics Inc.'s scrap subsidiary, OmniSource Corp., and Chrysler LLC announced new plans to market the automaker's bundles. Instead of month-to-month auctions with successful bids that become widely known, bidders were encouraged to commit to longer periods with a monthly price adjustment and were required to take an oath of secrecy not to tell other buyers, and publications like AMM, whether they bought the bundles and what they paid for them.
The change comes at a crucial time for the steel and scrap industries. Prices, which surged to unprecedented levels in the first half of 2008, are now showing signs of stabilizing—although whether this is due to a normal summer slowdown or a more fundamental change remains to be seen.
Chrysler was the last of the Big Three U.S. automakers to offer its bundles at auction each month. These now reportedly will be sold on a formula price. General Motors Corp. has been doing that for 20 years. Ford Motor Co. likewise sells much of its bundle output directly to steel mills, or swaps them back to mills for a discount on new steel coils. Ford had continued to offer a few thousand tons of bundles from its big Chicago-area stamping plant each month as a test of the steel scrap market, but it has been a long time since Ford generated more than 10,000 tons of bundles in a month, which it sells under contract to a Midwest mini-mill. Thus, there have been no Ford bundles on the auction block for close to two years.
None of the so-called transplant automakers, or "new domestics," generates enough factory bundles to be seen as a representative price. For example, one Japanese automaker's bundles were sold to a single Midwest steelmaker in June, but that was only 500 tons, a volume that some might argue would be even more unrepresentative as a sample than Chrysler's bundles.
For many in the scrap and steel industries, the auto bundle prices are a familiar indicator even though most months less than 25,000 tons were sold at auction. Still, they were—and perhaps one day again will be—a gauge to measure the strength of demand for industrial steel scrap. Although many complained about how few were sold and how unrepresentative these bundles were—vs. some 60 million tons of ferrous scrap sold in the United States each year—the results of the auctions were keenly watched.
There is no direct substitute for the auto bundles price. While it is not AMM's place to make recommendations, we would like to draw our readers' attention to another price that we list that provides an indicator of the industrial steel scrap market.
The AMM No. 1 Busheling Composite is published each weekday on the scrap news page with our more familiar AMM No. 1 Heavy Melting Steel Composite and Shredded Scrap Composite. This price is the average of three cities in the nation's industrial heartland—Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburgh—on a delivered-to-mill basis. And like our other two ferrous scrap benchmark prices, it is averaged for the week from Friday through Thursday so that is available for publication in AMM each Monday.
We believe the No. 1 Busheling Composite offers a more representative sample of the prices paid for such industrial steel scrap as No. 1 busheling. We have been publishing this composite price for about two years, giving anyone who is so inclined the opportunity to measure it against the auto bundle price movements and those of other industrial steel scrap grades. Also, by averaging prices from three cities, we feel we have minimized the impact of a buying binge in one area and its influence on the steel industry's scrap surcharges. By offering it as a weekly average, we hope to mitigate dramatic gains that can occur within one day in any one of the cities that make up our composite price.
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This particular AR community will be a little more — and a little less – interesting than most. More interesting because the focus is on the details of how AMR is going to be integrated into Gartner (click here for a round up of SageCircle posts on the AMR acquisition by Gartner). Less interesting if AMR is not relevant to your AR program or if you are not an enterprise research client of AMR.
This particular call should also prove to be interesting to enterprise (aka end user) clients of AMR Research. While the focus is on issues of interest for AR professionals, enterprise clients of AMR should be able to pick up important intelligence about what is happening with their favorite AMR analysts and that could impact contract renewal decisions.
Replay of the webinar "SageCircle Analysis of Gartner's acquisition of AMR Research" is now available. To receive a link and password to watch a streaming version of the webinar please email "info [at] sagecircle [dot] com". Please include your job title and company name. Agenda:
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|Dear Colleague:As promised during our December 3 webinar about the Gartner announcement of its acquisition of AMR Research, Inc., we are planning an update for the AR Community on the Gartner and AMR integration.We'll be holding a special webinar on Thursday, January 7, 2010, for the Gartner AR Community where we will update you on our overall perspectives and begin to discuss key integration details. We've invited back both Michael Yoo, senior vice president, Gartner High-Tech & Telecom Programs, and Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president, Gartner Research, to share their perspectives on progress to date on both the Gartner and AMR Research team and the Gartner and AMR High-Tech & Telecom offerings integration.
Michael and Peter also look forward to fielding your questions on the integration. We encourage you to send them in advance to firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll add them to the webinar discussion points.
We hope you will join us!
Please note: A replay of the webinar will be available on the Gartner AR Community page on gartner.com within 72 hours.
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I was talking to an ex-NFL player last week, guy I hadn't seen in a while, and eventually we got around to Michael Vick. The ex-player is African-American, from the rural South. His take was that Vick's prison term for dogfighting was way too harsh, and that people should let that go, as Vick remakes himself as the quarterback of the Eagles. The ex-player recalled seeing Sunday afternoon dogfights in a park where he grew up, witnessed (and presumably wagered upon) by the local police.
This was not an isolated occurrence. I think if you surveyed the largely African-American Eagles locker room, that guy's take would be the perspective of a huge percentage of the players.
Race is such a tricky, hot-button thing, so many of us just try to pretend it isn't a part of the issues we deal with, even when it obviously is.The Eagles' locker room shocked much of the (white) fan base by voting Vick the Ed Block Courage Award last year. Hmmm. What do you think that was about?
Another conversation last week, with a (white) agent. He was talking about going to a Super Bowl party many years ago, when Vick was near the start of his career. The party was largely African-American, and the agent remembered being surprised at how Vick's presence resonated with other famous players and guests -- "it was like Michael Jordan had walked in," the agent said.
One of the reasons Roger Goodell was so interested in Vick's rehabilitation was Vick's standing in the African-American community. Predogfight scandal, by 2007 much of white America might have seen Vick as a sideshow, a quarterback who never took his craft seriously enough to win anything. Black America saw an artist, an elegant, unstoppable performer. (They now see him as an elegant, unstoppable performer who has been persecuted by white people.)
This was much like the split that surrounded Allen Iverson in his prime. (A guy from the exact same background, a few neighborhoods over.)
So, here we are, with Vick starting for the Eagles, and playing well. All over the Internet, people (mostly African-American) argue that he has paid his dues and should be embraced. Other people (mostly not African-American) argue that torturing and killing dogs over a period of years isn't something you just shrug off because a guy went to prison for a while and is now playing real well.
I don't see any easy answers, an unqualified yes to one and no to the other. Obviously, I didn't grow up black in the rural South. I grew up white in the suburban South. I think I understand a little of the "cultural" argument. I never saw a dogfight, but in my family, dogs were not cuddly little foo-foo things; they lived outdoors, didn't come in the house. One neighbor had a kennel of hunting dogs, and gave us one who couldn't hunt.
Still, I found myself wanting to ask the ex-player last week, "So, after these dogfights in the park, did you watch the dogs being hanged and electrocuted? Did you think, 'Gee, that looks like fun, I'd like to kill some of those dogs myself!' Over and over and over again?"
Vick has been nothing but decent and courteous to me. I can't reconcile what he has done with the guy I talk to in the Eagles' locker room. I'm really hoping to get a better handle on that as we move forward. And as a sports reporter, I can't let my discomfort with what he did make me discount what he does on the field; if I let that happen, I am not doing my job.
But I'll admit, I find the idea of Vick "sticking it to" his critics by playing well a really perverse, obnoxious notion. He can throw for 100 touchdowns this year, and he still did what he did, and it was still really, really, really wrong.
The only hope for something good coming out of Vick's ascension that I can see is that maybe Vick will gain a greater platform to somehow explain himself, that he can give us a better notion than he has so far of how these things can possibly happen, and demonstrate through his words and deeds he is really a different person now.
But I think it's going to be a bumpy ride.
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MANCHESTER - The immediate area surrounding the Manchester Police Department was shut down briefly Thursday morning for a reported suspicious car parked near the Maple Street entrance.
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