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A young former US Army sniper wearing a desert camo uniform, an Iraqi kaffiyeh and mirrored sunglasses scans a ruined urban landscape of smashed homes, empty streets and garbage heaps. His sand-colored hat bears a small regulation-style military patch, or tab, that instead of reading "Airborne" or "Ranger" or "Special Forces" says "Shitbag"–common military parlance for bad soldier.
This isn't Baghdad or Kabul. It's the Gulf Coast, and the column of young men and women in desert uniforms carrying American flags are with Iraq Veterans Against the War. They are part of a larger peace march that is making its way from Mobile to New Orleans. This is just one of IVAW's ongoing series of actions.
In all, about thirty-five Iraq vets cycled through this weeklong procession of 250. For the young, often very broke, very busy veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, this represents a fairly strong showing. But many casual observers, influenced by memories of Vietnam-era protesting, when veterans mobilized in the thousands, expected that US soldiers in Iraq would turn against the war faster and in greater numbers than they have. An estimated 1 million Americans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, but so far IVAW has only about 250 members.
For many of the more activist IVAW vets, their political evolution did not follow the simple trajectory one might expect, from idealism at enlistment to postcombat disillusionment. In fact, many of them shipped off to war despite serious political misgivings. "I went to Iraq opposing the war," says Garrett Reppenhagen, the former sniper with the irreverent potty-mouthed patch on his hat. Reppenhagen served a year with the Army's First Infantry Division in and around the very violent city of Baquba. "I was reading Zinn's People's History and John Perkins's Economic Hit Man before I went."
What's that? Someone went off to be killed or maimed or possibly to kill "hajjis" despite being an antiwar leftist? And Reppenhagen is not alone. A recent Zogby poll found that 29 percent of soldiers in Iraq favored immediate withdrawal, which some see as a sign of an imminent crisis in military discipline. But the poll could be read in exactly the opposite fashion. If the Army and Marines can keep the disgruntled soldiers fighting and fighting, even 70 percent of troops could favor immediate withdrawal and it would mean nothing.
The question for peace activists thus becomes: How is it that antiwar soldiers continue to fight? And what does it really take for an antiwar soldier to resist? The answers lie largely in the sociology of "unit cohesion" and the ways the military uses solidarity among soldiers as a form of social control. Similarly, the peace activism of IVAW requires the spread of an oppositional form of loyalty and camaraderie.


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JONESVILLE - Members of the Jonesville Community Schools drama department invite everyone to be their guests this weekend as they present the Disney classic �Beauty and the Beast.�
The cast of close to 70 students features�some as young as first grade to seniors in high school. Students began preparing for the musical after the first of the year.
�Things have been going great,� said Ali Irish, assistant director.
Irish is directing the play alongside Colleen Daugherty. This is the fourth production Irish and Daugherty have teamed up to do at the school.
This week the students have been focusing on putting the finishing touches on the play with set changes and costume changes.
The music features several students who are new to the drama department at the school, including the two main characters � Colton Easterday who plays the Beast and Hannah Smith has the role of Belle.
Both students are seniors at the school. They tried out for the production after daring each other to do so.
�Colton convinced me to,��Smith said. �It was kind of crazy. I didn�t think I could sing.�
�Smith said she was shocked to get one of the lead roles.
�My family was shocked because I am always goofing around singing at home,� she said.
Easterday said learning the personality of the Beast has been a lot of fun. He said he has tried to put his own little spin on the character.
Both actors have performed before at other locations.
Irish said having new faces in the production has been a welcome surprise.
The large cast spent the first month rehearsing separately before coming together as one large group.
The students will be performing the full version of the musical, complete with orchestral accompaniment.
Irish�said none of this would be possible without all of the volunteers who have put in countless hours working on the production.
Students in John Loveless� art class helped to paint all of the backdrops and scenery, while several parent volunteers helped with construction. Other parents and grandparents helped design and sew all of the costumes.
Easterday and Smith said being familiar with the movie has helped them to learn their parts. They find themselves singing along with the movie in their head at home while watching it.
�It is definitely easier because it is familiar,��Smith said.
The show will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the auditorium at Jonesville High School. There will be a matinee production at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $8 for adults and $3 for students. The cast will also be selling light-up roses during each of the shows. Doors open a half-hour before show time.
The cast also includes: Allison Cleveland (Cogsworth), Nick Prater (Lumiere), Laerke Jonassen Hass (Babbette), Amanda Cummings (Mrs. Potts), Mackenzie Baker (Chip), Samantha Smith (Madame Wardrobe), Harley Sorenson (Gaston), Sabrina Angel (LeFou), Kathryn Scharer (teacher, narrator), Sebastian Cousins (Monsieur D�Arque), Emily Schmitt, Carleen Rowe and Laryssa Berlin (Three Silly Girls).
Villagers and castle servants are played by Esha Friedline, Victoria Broesamle, Kayla Nicholson, Mia Wilson, Nicole Saxton, Cole Rickwalt, Corrisa Maraldo, Whitney Strait, Alexis Balcom Claudia Belfiore, Emmillie Ray, Kallian Behm, Emily Henry, Alyssa Walkup, Colin Smith, Ben Marsh, Carleen Rowe, Payton Back, Laryssa Berlin, Grace Broesamle, Emily Schmitt and Kaylee Walinski.
Elementary cast of spoons, forks, napkins, wolves and village children are played by Morgan Baker, David Ricketts, Corwin Quainton, Jada Ledbetter, Kelly Dihle, Allison Swisher, Kylee Groves, Cailine Quainton, Erin Nicholson, Brooke Doyle, Emma Scholfield, Lani Bowman, Stacie Campbell, Alyssa Lucas, Amanda Roberts, Kenadi Rundquist, Marissa Burlew, Madison Watkins, Maya Page, Katie Pratt, Alex Bumpus, Nathan Nichols, Grace Ricketts, Korbin Grider, Ryan Maraldo, Rian Spencer, Nola Nichols, Kimberly Thompson, Clayton Smith, Alyana Berry and Madison Burlew.
Drama students bring Disney classic to life
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One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Justin Bieber, Jenni Rivera, Baauer and tobyMac take home multiple awards
The 2013 Billboard Music Awards, executive-produced by Don Mischer, aired live from Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, on the ABC Television Network. Taylor Swift took home an impressive eight awards in the following categories: Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Country Artist, Top Billboard 200 Album, Top Country Album and Top Country Song. Following closely behind, Rihanna and Gotye won four awards each. Rihanna claimed Top Radio Songs Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Album and Top R&B Song. The partnership between Gotye and Kimbra on the hit, "Somebody That I Used to Know," won the pair Top Hot 100 Song, Top Radio Song, Top Streaming Song (Audio) and Top Rock Song.
One Direction, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj and Madonna each won three Billboard Music Awards, while Jenni Rivera, Baauer and tobyMac took home two each. In addition, Maroon 5, fun., Carly Rae Jepsen, David Guetta, PSY, Adele, Mumford & Sons, Skrillex, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz, Matt Redman and Michel Telo each took home one.
During the broadcast, special honors were given to Madonna as Top Touring Artist for her 2012 MDNA tour, and to Prince, who was recognized with the Billboard Icon Award, highlighting his unique journey and history of groundbreaking accomplishments in the music industry.
Some of the night's hit songs that took home multiple wins included "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, "Harlem Shake" by Baauer and "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen.
Billboard Music Awards finalists were based on key fan interactions with music, including album and digital singles sales, radio airplay, touring, streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, VEVO, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music. These measurements were tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound. The awards were based on the reporting period of March 12, 2012, through March 10, 2013.
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The complete winners list for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards is as follows:
Billboard Icon Award: Prince
Milestone Award presented by Chevrolet: Justin Bieber
Top Touring Artist: Madonna
Top Artist: Taylor Swift
Top New Artist: One Direction
Top Male Artist: Justin Bieber
Top Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Duo/Group: One Direction
Top Billboard 200 Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Hot 100 Artist: Maroon 5
Top Digital Songs Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Radio Songs Artist: Rihanna
Top Social Artist: Justin Bieber
Top Streaming Artist: Nicki Minaj
Top Pop Artist: One Direction
Top R&B Artist: Rihanna
Top Rap Artist: Nicki Minaj
Top Country Artist: Taylor Swift
Top Rock Artist: fun.
Top Latin Artist: Jenni Rivera
Top Dance Artist: Madonna
Top EDM Artist: David Guetta
Top Christian Artist: tobyMac
Top Billboard 200 Album: Taylor Swift "Red"
Top Pop Album: Adele "21"
Top R&B Album: Rihanna "Unapologetic"
Top Rap Album: Nicki Minaj "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded"
Top Country Album: Taylor Swift "Red"
Top Rock Album: Mumford & Son "Babel"
Top Latin Album: Jenni Rivera "La Misma Gran Señora"
Top Dance Album: Madonna "MDNA"
Top EDM Album: Skrillex "Bangarang"
Top Christian Album: tobyMac "Eye on It"
Top Hot 100 Song: Gotye Featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Top Digital Song: Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"
Top Radio Song: Gotye Featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Top Streaming Song (Audio): Gotye Featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Top Streaming Song (Video): PSY "Gangnam Style"
Top Pop Song: Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"
Top R&B Song: Rihanna "Diamonds"
Top Rap Song: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Featuring Wanz "Thrift Shop"
Top Country Song: Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
Top Rock Song: Gotye Featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Top Latin Song: Michel Telo "Ai Se Eu Te Pego"
Top Dance Song: Baauer "Harlem Shake"
Top EDM Song: Baauer "Harlem Shake"
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What can we say about Mike Giant? He's a legend who people would wait years in line in order to get tattooed by him. Now living in SF, Mike has traveled the world showing his work alongside today's most celebrated artists. These days Mike is keeping himself busy with his clothing brand Rebel8. It's been an honor to have had Mike's blog up on FF a few years back and to have him included in our 10 year show. He's a rad dude.
I was living in SF, near 5th and Harrison. I was tattooing out of my house and on the weekends I worked at Newskool Tattoo in San Jose. I started the Skullz Press that year. I was also in a big group show in Baltimore.
At face value I don't think it has changed much at all. I think I just continue to refine what I've always done.
I never thought about it. I was too busy keeping up with life in the year 2000.
I thought it was a fucked up name for a gallery. But once I visited the first time, it didn't matter. It just fit somehow. With so many awesome people packed into a cool place you could call it anything and it would be rad.
My blogs on FF really got my work and my lifestyle out to the public in a huge way, which has been vastly helpful to my career in the arts. I love San Francisco and have always felt blessed to be associated with this wonderful city. And if any arts site has SF on lock, it's Fecal Face. Much love.
Hell yes! I'm currently loving Madlib's "Medicine Show #4", Scuba's "Triangulation", Motor City Drun Ensemble's "Raw Cuts Volume 1", cd two of the "Essential Mix" by Francois K on London Records and Basik MC's "Apex Predator".
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Why doesn't the press tell us what the U.S. has given China for collateral on the $1.16 trillion in loans from them and the interest rate? And why can't the government borrow from its own citizens in CD/FDIC-guaranteed-type instruments instead of from China?
Why doesn't the press tell us what the U.S. has given China for collateral on the $1.16 trillion in loans from them and the interest rate? And why can't the government borrow from its own citizens in CD/FDIC-guaranteed-type instruments instead of from China?
The government has taken away the ability of millions of seniors and others to earn money on money with the safe 5 percent CD for five years. That wasn't a bad stimulus program to reward saving money instead of rewarding the big Wall Street banks for their stupidity.
One far-out theory I read on the Internet is that the U.S. wrote the loans to China as "We the people ..." and gave China the right of eminent domain. I only hope that is just a radical rumor. However, I wouldn't put it past the clowns in Washington, D.C., in both parties to sign a deal like that, because they don't seem to read other important bills they sign. Remember Nancy Pelosi saying, "We have to pass the (Health Care) bill so you can find out what's in it"?
I'd hate to find out if our government has allowed the Chinese the right to exercise eminent domain on the White House - and cherry-pick other properties, including our own homes if desired. Remember, truth can be stranger than fiction!
Gene Beley
I am writing concerning Saturday mail delivery. The Internet is not the basis of the loss of income to the Postal Service. The billion-dollar debt is a direct result of a lame-duck session of Congress in 2006. Legislation passed requires the Postal Service to fund, in 10 years, the next 75 years of pension and health benefits. No other business or government entity has to do this. The idea is ludicrous and should be repealed.
The Postal Service is mandated by the Constitution to deliver everywhere and does not receive taxpayer money. Eliminating Saturday delivery closes 13,000 rural post offices, costing 22,500 additional jobs.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, is strangling the USPS.
Republicans give lip service to helping veterans, but veterans make up a large portion of postal employees. The Postal Service cannot be saved by across-the-board cuts. Weakening the system puts it closer to privatization, which is what Republicans want to happen.
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I would like to congratulate California for having a good law on the books. It has to do with gun safety. If you purchase a handgun or semi-automatic rifle, you must show proof that you have a gun safe or you have to purchase a trigger lock.
It's the gun owner's responsibility to secure his or her guns. In this case, one should make sure the gun safe combination is not accessible to anyone with a mental or psychological problem.
There are so many guns in America that we will never collect all the guns. The criminals will always have access to guns. People who hunt or target shoot should always have the right to purchase guns and ammo.
If I choose to use a gun as home protection, it is my responsibility to train my family on gun safety. If you arm yourself, please remember that these weapons can injure your neighbor if shot in your own home.
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'Batman vs. Superman' Plot Details Revealed: What is Lex Luthor's Plan?
So far, what we actually know about 'Batman vs. Superman' can be summed up with the movie's title: this is a Batman vs. Superman movie. But, even a movie where two superheroes are fighting against other needs a supervillain. That's where Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor comes into play. Every good villain needs an evil master plan and Lex Luthor is no exception, but what exactly is his nefarious plan? According to a new report, we've got a pretty good idea. SPOILERS AHEAD, obviously.
An extra on the set reported back to Geek Tyrant with what they were able to see, claiming that the 'Batman vs. Superman' finale has already been shot. Says their source:
One of the scenes shot featured Batman breaking into Lexcorp to steal kryptonite, and apparently Lexcorp had somehow gotten ahold of General Zod's body.
While "unknown guy who claims he was an extra on set" isn't the most reliable of sources, that report has since been confirmed by Badass Digest.
Lex Luthor's plan to stop Superman in this movie is to manufacture Kryptonite with the remains of the damaged World Engine; that ridiculous machine used by Zod in 'Man of Steel'. Speaking of Zod, Luthor has gotten ahold of his corpse (Remember when Superman snapped his neck? That was fun.) and is using his tissue to create a new supervillain that can finally put an end to Superman. Now, we don't want to give that much away, but if you've ready the comics, you know the one "person" capable of stopping Superman (and it's someone who's been rumored to be making an appearance in this film for some time).
In addition to the end, the source also notes that the beginning of 'Batman vs. Superman' takes place during a lot of the set photos that are showing up online in the past few days, with Bruce Wayne amidst a bunch of rubble. These scenes take place directly after the Superman vs. Zod scene at the end of 'Man of Steel' as Wayne is trying to make his way to the Wayne Enterprises building in Metropolis.
There's obviously a lot more to fill in, in between the beginning of the movie and the end, and hopefully we'll learn a lot more about it once we get to see some footage. When will that be? We've heard that the 'Batman vs. Superman' Comic-Con footage won't be making its way online, but maybe we'll see a teaser in theaters with 'The Hobbit 3' this December.
'Batman vs. Superman' opens in theaters on March 28, 2016.
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Mark and Angie Knaack of Gladbrook, Iowa and Bob and Angie Raska of Hudson, Iowa are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of Katelyn Knaack and Andrew Raska.
Katie is a 2010 graduate of Gladbrook Reinbeck High School. Katie will graduate from Central College in Pella with a Health and Exercise Science degree in May 2014. She plans on attending Physical Therapy School after graduation from Central College.
Andrew is a 2008 graduate of Gladbrook Reinbeck High School. After high school Andrew served as a member of Charlie FAST Company, United States Marine Corps for 5 years in which he obtained the rank of Sergeant. He is currently working at Viking Pump in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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William Oscar "Bill" Meeks, 71, of Madison, Ind. died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at Jewish Hospital in Louisville.
CARROLLTON, Ky. – Mary Elizabeth Moore, 83, died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 in Carrollton.
Services are 11 a.m. today at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave., Carrollton, with the Rev. Anthony Pierce officiating. Burial will be in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Harrodsburg, Ky.
Mrs. Moore was born April 26, 1925, in Willisburg, Ky., to the late Garnette Belt and Nina Mae (Robinson) Johnson.
She was a homemaker, and a member of the New Castle Christian Church in New Castle, Ky.
Alberta (Mullikin) Harmon, 77, of Fort Mitchell, Ky., died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood.
Born June 5, 1931 in Carrollton, she was the daughter of Bert and Ira Crim Mullikin.
She was of the Baptist faith and was a devoted mother. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and traveling.
Survivors include one daughter, Socorro Harmon, Fort Mitchell; two sons, Alfred (Lana) Harmon, Nippa, Ky. and Louis Hardin (Penny) Harmon, Bedford; a grandson, Joshua Louis Harmon and several nieces and nephews.
Betty Lucas Wright, 79, of Madison, Ind., died Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 at Signature Health Care East of Louisville.
Mary Ann Parker, 69, Deputy, Ind. died Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 at her residence.
Born April 12,1940 in Jefferson County, Ind., she was the daughter of Harry and Bertha Cassity Dunn. She was a homemaker and a member of the Salvation Army Church and the Women's League at the Salvation Army.
WORTHVILLE, Ky. – Tommy W. "Shooney" Jones Jr., 26, of Worthville, died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, in Carrollton, Ky.
Funeral services were Friday, Oct. 10, at Tandy-Eeckler-Riley Funeral Home, 509 Highland Ave., Carrollton, with the Rev. Drew Oakley officiating. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Carrollton.
Mr. Jones was born Nov. 4, 1981, to the late Tommy W. and Deborah Lynn (Carter) Jones of Worthville.
Billy T. McClain, 60, Bedford, died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008.
He was the son of Floyd F. and Anabel Liddell McClain. He was a farmhand.
Survivors include his wife, Martha Woolsey McClain; children Kevin, Kim, Brian, Tony, Jordyn and Billy T. McClain Jr., Tabitha Goff and Donna Joe Moore; brothers, Tom, James and Mike McClain and Johnny Ellis; sister, Jackie McClain; and 14 grandchildren.
The family chose cremation. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Heady-Radcliffe, LaGrange, handled the arrangements.
MADISON, Ind. – Deborah Frances Scott Spry, 59, of Madison died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at King's Daughters' Hospital, Madison.
Funeral services are 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Morgan and Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, with Kathy Flint Goins, Ken Schumaker and Carla Sindone Bruner officiating. Burial will be in the Grandview Memorial Gardens near Madison.
Mrs. Spry was born Dec. 23, 1948, to the late James Marion and Gladys Ruth Luckett Scott in Madison.
WARSAW, Ky. – Mary Gladys Wood, 102, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, at Gallatin Health Care in Warsaw.
Visitation for the family is 4-5 p.m. today, Wednesday, Oct. 15, and 5-8 p.m. for visitors at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, 213 Fifth St., Carrollton.
Services are 1 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 16, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bob Brocious officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Carrollton.
Mrs. Wood was born Sept. 27, 1906, to the late Harry W. and Inez (Webb) Searcy in Campbellsburg, Ky.
MILTON, Ky. – Carolyn Jean Robbins, 58, of Milton died Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at University of Cincinnati Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Visitation is 9-11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17 at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave., Carrollton. A memorial service will follow immediately, with the Rev. Carroll "Bimp" McAlister officiating. Burial will be in the Hunters Bottom Cemetery, Milton.
Mrs. Robbins was born Jan. 28, 1950, to the late Hubert and Hazel (Green) Duvall in Jonesville, Ky.
She was a member of the Hopewell Baptist Church.
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"What we are doing now puts American lives at risk," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., warning Tuesday of the effects on intelligence agencies of a government closure that some lawmakers said could last for weeks.
At the White House, Obama unleashed a blistering attack on Republicans, accusing them of causing government's first partial closure in 17 years as part of a failed, non-stop "ideological crusade" to wipe out his signature health care law.
Republicans countered that Democrats were to blame for refusing to negotiate on Obama's health care overhaul, and they disclosed plans in the House for quick passage of measures aimed at reopening small slices of the federal establishment. The bills covered the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Park Service and a portion of the Washington, D.C., government funded with local tax revenue.
Meanwhile, the major next step implementing the health care law was launched nationwide as Americans got their first chance to sign up in the state exchanges designed to give a first-time option to people who have no health insurance.
In Washington, some Republicans conceded privately they might bear the brunt of any public anger over the shutdown — and seemed resigned to an eventual surrender in their latest bruising struggle with Obama.
Democrats have "all the leverage and we've got none," said Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia.
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said sardonically his party was following a "Ted Cruz-lemmings strategy" — a reference to the senator who is a prime proponent of action against the health care overhaul — and Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia said it was time to pass legislation reopening the government without any health care impediments. "The shutdown is hurting my district — including the military and the hard-working men and women who have been furloughed due to the defense sequester," he said.
But that was far from the majority view among House Republicans, where tea party-aligned lawmakers prevailed more than a week ago on a reluctant leadership to link federal funding legislation to "Obamacare." In fact, some conservatives fretted the GOP had already given in too much.
Gone is the Republican demand for a full defunding of the health care law as the price for essential federal funding. Gone, too, are the demands for a one-year delay in the law, a permanent repeal of a medical device tax and a provision making it harder for women to obtain contraceptive coverage.
In place of those items, Republicans now seek a one-year-delay in the requirement for individuals to purchase insurance, and they want a separate provision that would dramatically raise the cost of health care for the president, vice president, members of Congress and thousands of aides.
Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has declined to say whether he would permit a vote on a stand-alone spending bill to reopen the government, stripped of health care provisions, though Democrats and Obama continued to call on him to do so. "He's afraid it will pass," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
Sen. Cruz, R-Texas, the most prominent advocate of the "Defund Obamacare" movement, said the Senate should follow the House's lead and quickly reopen programs for veterans and the parks. Asked why it was appropriate to do so without demanding changes in the health care law, he offered no answer.
He spoke in a Capitol closed to regular public tours, part of the impact of a partial shutdown that sent ripples of disruption outward.
Officials said roughly 800,000 federal employees would be affected by the shutdown after a half-day on the job Tuesday to fill out time cards, put new messages on their voice mail and similar chores.
Among them were some personnel at NIH's famed hospital of last resort. Dr. Francis Collins, agency director, estimated that each week the shutdown lasts will force the facility to turn away about 200 patients, 30 of them children, who want to enroll in studies of experimental treatments. Patients already at the hospital are permitted to stay.
"None of us want to be in a shutdown. And we're here to say to the Senate Democrats, 'Come and talk to us,'" said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., as GOP lawmakers called for negotiations with the Senate on a compromise.
It was an offer that Senate Democrats chose to refuse, saying there was nothing to negotiate until Republicans agreed to reopen the federal establishment.
"The government is closed because of the irrationality of what's going on on the other side of the Capitol," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
In addition to "closed" signs and barricades springing up at the Lincoln Memorial and other tourist attractions, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency were virtually shuttered, and Obama said veterans centers would be shut down.
Government workers classified as essential, such as air traffic controllers, Border Patrol agents and most food inspectors, remained on the job.
So, too, members of the military, whose pay was exempted from the shutdown in separate legislation Obama signed late Monday. Employees whose work is financed through fees, including those who issue passports and visas, also continued to work. The self-funded Postal Service remained in operation, and officials said the government will continue to pay Social Security benefits and Medicare and Medicaid fees to doctors on time.
At the White House, aides discussed whether Obama should change plans for a trip to Asia scheduled to begin Saturday. Staffing was reduced at the famed mansion, where a groundskeeper working outside at daybreak said he was doing the work normally handled by four.
In Congress, some aides were furloughed and others said they were working without pay. Democratic Sen. Tom Carper sent an email to his Delaware constituents telling them not to expect responses to their emails and phone calls.
Lawmakers and the president were still getting paid, however, at a rate totaling more than $250,000 per day for all of them.


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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country is 'firm in upholding cybersecurity" and cautions that technology is a "double edged-sword" that can drive progress but can impede governments.
The U.S. has complained about hacking from China of government and U.S. private-sector computer systems.
Xi spoke Friday night following the first meeting of a two-day summit with President Barack Obama at a desert estate in California.
Xi called for both sides to work on the issue of cybersecurity in a pragmatic way. He said China has also been a victim of cyberattacks, but did not specify who was behind them.


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Prostate Cancer
Why Does My Husband Need a Bone Scan?
My husband was just diagnosed with prostate cancer. His urologist ordered a bone scan. My question is: is this a standard procedure for a prostate cancer diagnosis or is it done only if there is suspicion that the cancer has already spread to the bones?
Bone scans are typically ordered if there is any risk of disease having spread to the bones. However, having said that, although not necessarily indicated very often, urologists will order bone scans in patients with low risk disease even though the chance of having metastatic disease to the bones is extremely low.
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STOCKTON - Lately, it can be quite a wait - five minutes or more - for an elevator at the San Joaquin County Courthouse in downtown Stockton.
STOCKTON - Lately, it can be quite a wait - five minutes or more - for an elevator at the San Joaquin County Courthouse in downtown Stockton.
And the ride can get pretty cramped while dozens more people wait behind for the next car.
Two of the five elevators are broken.
Not only that, the building's ventilation system, which has dust and particulate matter buildup, needs cleaning.
And a ceiling leaking rainwater has been problematic enough to interrupt court proceedings.
With the completion of a new San Joaquin County Superior Court at least three years away, maintenance of the existing building is a persisting issue affecting the public and those who work inside.
Meanwhile, county administrators are careful not to put too much time and money into patching up a building slated for demolition.
"There's kind of a balancing that's taking place," said Presiding Judge David Warner. "But when you're the one working in it, sometimes you have a different perspective on that."
The Superior Court branch (part of the state consolidated court system) leases the building from the county.
Construction of a 13-floor, 30-courtroom San Joaquin County Superior Court is projected to begin in fiscal year 2014-15.
It will be another year or two after that before the $273 million structure can be used by the public.
The current offices were built in 1963, and officials have pointed to safety issues, ADA non-compliancy and the ongoing maintenance costs of the outdated building as reasons for needing an up-to-date structure.
The required maintenance "put more strain on the (court) system than it's able to handle," Warner said.
Elevators that have been broken for months, for example, become an obvious problem when, say, 60 people come out of jury selection and rush toward the same elevators attorneys and clerks use to transport carts of files.
The Superior Court shares the building with the county District Attorney's Office.
"I can tell you that having two elevators not working is an embarrassment (to the public), as well as being difficult for those district attorneys who have to transport evidence and files for trial," said prosecutor Robert Himelblau, spokesman for the District Attorney's Office.
County supervisors in November approved pulling $150,000 from the county's Contingency Reserve Fund to pay for a fraction of the work.
An estimated $125,000 will go toward temporarily fixing one elevator, but a complete repair would cost about $600,000, County Director of General Services Gabriel Karam said in a staff report.
The remainder will be used to clean the heating and ventilation system coils. Karam said the HVAC work will cost an additional $175,000, money he plans to request next fiscal year.
But officials are still trying to figure out the cost and priority levels of other repairs.
Of major concern is rainwater intrusion that has caused significant water damage and has not only interrupted court sessions but threatens to possibly release asbestos into the air.
"We've had parts of the ceiling come down in the second floor in the hallway about one year ago," Warner said. "One time, (in Warner's courtroom) water was raining down one of the walls.
"Best case scenario, we've got four years to go. And in this position, that's a long time."
Judge Richard Guiliani recalls a time when a juror was leaning against a courtroom wall near Dept. 33 when a piece of ceiling fell on his head.
"It was about the size of a baseball. The place is literally crumbling," Guiliani said.
Guiliani said the elevators malfunction often, and one of the lifts could be out of service indefinitely because its parts are no longer manufactured.
When elevators that are used by guards and inmates break down, it can lead to security risks, Guiliani said, because it means more inmates are being transported to their courtrooms by public elevators.
There are also other minor flaws at the courthouse that bring negative connotations, Guiliani said. For example, the number of spots on carpets or other features that are held together with duct tape is an embarrassment.
"One thing that is important in institutions like courts is a feeling of gravitas and that important business takes place here," he said. "If it looks a certain way, there is a certain dignity and people behave themselves more. This court does not promote that at all."
Warner said he has no reason to think the state will stall construction of the new courthouse before it reaches completion, even though it has halted others because of financial shortcomings.
Stockton's courthouse was deemed as one of the most severely needed projects.
Assuming all continues on track, the state will put up bonds for sale in the fall to fund a series of projects, including the new Stockton courthouse building.
Staff writer Keith Reid contributed to this report.
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit her blog at recordnet.com/courtsblog.


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What started off as any ordinary cold season quickly became one of the deadliest winters on the earth. This short trailer highlights the perils of one young college student's fight with a disease that seems impossible. But Animal Flu isn't going away and is far more deadly, depressing, and lonely than any woman, man, or animal anticipated. By Daria Jones
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio driver who made an online video confessing that he caused a fatal wrong-way crash after a night of heavy drinking was charged Monday with aggravated vehicular homicide.
In a 3½-minute video posted last week, Matthew Cordle admitted he killed a Gahanna man and said he "made a mistake" when he decided to drive that night.
"My name is Matthew Cordle, and on June 22nd, 2013, I hit and killed Vincent Canzani," he says somberly. "This video will act as my confession."
Cordle was expected to turn himself in on Monday afternoon and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. Franklin County prosecutor Ron O'Brien said Cordle faces up to 8½ years in prison if convicted.
The 22-year-old Powell man also is charged with a misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
O'Brien previously said Cordle's blood sample from the night of the crash tested positive for alcohol and negative for drugs. The indictment alleges Cordle's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the level at which Ohio authorities generally consider a driver to be impaired.
A message was left Monday for Cordle's attorney, George Breitmayer III, who has called the video "a strong testament" to Cordle's character.
The video was filmed Sept. 3, and the version posted on YouTube has been viewed more than 1.2 million times. It begins with Cordle's face blurred as he describes how he has struggled with depression and was simply trying to have a good time with friends going "from bar to bar" the night of the accident. He then describes how he ended up driving into oncoming traffic on Interstate 670. Cordle's face becomes clear as he reveals his name and confesses to killing Canzani.
He ends the video by pleading with viewers not to drink and drive.
"I can't bring Mr. Canzani back, and I can't erase what I've done, but you can still be saved. Your victims can still be saved," Cordle says. Then a message appears on the darkened screen: "Make the promise to never drink and drive."


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LIMA, Peru (AP) — The lawyer for a young Irish woman arrested in Peru for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine to Spain says she was forced to carry the drugs by a gang that threatened her and her family.
Attorney Peter Madden says Michaela McCollum was "kidnapped," held at gunpoint and forced to travel to Peru.
Madden told reporters the young Scottish woman, Melissa Reid, arrested with his client was similarly threatened by up to 14 men with guns. Madden said McCollum was not offered any money.
The women disappeared while working on the Spanish island of Ibiza. They claim they were robbed of passports and phones and followed as they traveled on separate flights to Peru.
Peruvian police said they were carrying 24 pounds of cocaine when arrested Aug. 6 at Lima's airport.


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Chad Johnson Charged with Misdemeanor Battery, Report Says
Things are going from bad to worse for Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson, who is still dealing with the repercussions of the spat he had with estranged wife Evelyn Lozada.
Entertainment site TMZ is reporting that Johnson has officially been charged with misdemeanor battery for supposedly headbutting Lozada during an argument, where Lozada claims to have found a receipt for a box of condoms which she assumed was Johnson's.
The State Attorney for Broward County, Fla., filed the charge against Johnson on Wednesday.
If Johnson is convicted it is possible for him to spend at least one year in jail.
Despite the charge, Johnson reportedly has no plans of letting go his estranged wife anytime soon.
Sources close to the couple told TMZ that the former NFL star is refusing to sign the divorce papers for Lozada because he is still attempting to win her back.
The news about Johnson's refusal to sign the divorce documents comes just after he tattooed Lozada's face on his right leg.
Johnson revealed his new tattoo via his Twitter account last week Wednesday.
TMZ says it is unclear if Johnson's new ink is real, but his reps confirmed that he got the artwork done over the labor day weekend.
Lozada filed for divorce from Johnson in Florida two weeks ago, claiming her marriage is "irretrievably broken."
The two married on the 4th of July and the wedding was filmed for a reality series that has since been canned.
If true, the marriage would be shorter than Kim Kardashian's infamous 72-day marriage. Lozada and Johnson reportedly had a prenup.
The supposed divorce filing came after the newlyweds got into a spat that landed Johnson in jail and Lozada with a 3-inch gash on her forehead.
Since then Lozada also said Johnson needs to take responsibility for his actions.
"It is my sincere hope that he seeks the help he needs to overcome his troubles. Domestic violence is not okay and hopefully my taking a stand will help encourage other women to break their silence as well," she told TMZ.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Harbaugh goes old school to motivate his players
The 49ers might be road favorites this weekend against the Falcons in the NFC Championship Game, but coach Jim Harbaugh took a step to remind his players that many of them were underdogs not that long ago.
As a motivational ploy, Harbaugh had photos pulled of each of his players from high school, and put them next to their high school recruiting rankings.
Some of them were five-star recruits, some weren't, but they all got a reminder of how far they've come.
"Coach really wants us to tap into what we wanted to be at that time," safety Donte Whitner said, via Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times. "When you look at this picture, it's like, 'At this moment, what did I want to be?' We all look at this and we understand what we wanted to be, and where we are now."
The photos also create some natural banter in the locker room. So even though wide receiver Randy Moss was one of the top recruits in the nation, his is also one of two photos in black and white, and someone taped a note that read: "B.C. 1012" to his bio.
"I don't think they had color pictures back then," cornerback Chris Culliver said.
The reminders are the latest in a series of tactics by Harbaugh, which included giving out work shirts to remind his team to be blue-collar in their habits.
"It's just something that spices things up a little bit to break up the monotony of the day," 49ers chief executive Jed York said. "Something new for them to think about.
"You'll get guys teasing each other, 'Oh, you were only a three-star,' or, 'You weren't even ranked.' I remember NaVorro [Bowman] saying, 'Guess they missed on me.'"
At a time when the world is telling his time how good they are, it's a reminder for many of them that they still have plenty to prove.
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Apple's WWDC conference is not about revealing new hardware, it's about the new building blocks that developers can use to make best use of any new hardware that will be available later in the year. So let's play join the dots on the subject of Apple TV.
One of the presentations at this year's WWDC dealt with gaming and Apple's ambitions in this area. The reach of the existing Game Center service on iOS and OSX was noted as 130 million monthly active users. That compares to an installed base of around seven million PlayStation 4s, six million Wii Us, five million Xbox Ones, and over 42 million 3DS units.
In terms of reach to gamers, Game Center is a proven monster that continues to attract gamers on a regular basis.
Then there is controller forwarding. Announced today, this expands the 'game controllers Made for iOS' program launched last year which allowed for custom game controllers to talk to Apple devices. The new feature allows all the control inputs into the iPhone, as well as extra inputs from the iPhone, to be combined as one mega-controller. This combination of controller and iPhone creates a multi-function controller for iPad and Mac based games.
A handheld controller with physical buttons, plus the motion sensing capabilities of the iPhone, along with a touch screen, opens up a huge number of gaming options.
Wind back to the WWDC keynote, and you will recall the announcement of Metal, a new API for iOS game developers. As part of the offering, Metal reduces the OpenGL overheard, offers efficient multithreading, better shader technology, and increases the efficiency of rendering graphics. Available now in beta, this should allow for some stunning games on iOS when the OS and new hardware is made available to the public in the fall.
According to Tim Cook, Apple TV is no longer a hobby. It is a notable revenue stream for Apple thanks to the media buying capabilities from the App Store. What is not available is direct support the for the apps and games available on the store. There are some steps towards this using an iPhone or iPad with AirPlay to stream some games to an HDTV via Apple TV, which illustrates a number of principles that would be needed.
For a new Apple TV to work as a gaming console there needs to be a number of 'final steps.' There needs to be a gaming environment, there needs to be some form of gaming controller, there needs to be 'console level' hardware for developers to user, and there needs to be an ecosystem to buy games and media.
Apple's product line-up is going to be "the best in 25 years", and that is certain to include a new Apple TV with new capabilities and perhaps a new mission.
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We're very happy to announce that the talented San Francisco based husband and wife duo, Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock, will be opening their second two person show at San Francisco's FFDG entitled "Loading" with a reception set for Friday, August 16th (7-10pm) (RSVP on Facebook). The artists will be present with beer and wine being served.
"Loading" is Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock's wry take on the recent Bay Area tech explosion; a follow up to 2012's FFDG "Edible Complex" exhibition; a study of San Francisco's food culture... Below are some images from last year's show to give you a taste as to what to expect.
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FFDG is pleased to present San Francisco based painters and husband and wife duo Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall in their second two person show with the gallery entitled "Loading" featuring new mixed media paintings inspired by the transfer of information as recontextualized through the artists unique and personal filter. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, August 16th (7-10pm). Beer and wine will be available.
With minds fine-tuned to the perception of millisecond delays, seconds feel like infinities; a slow network is a robbery of our precious messages, instant pictures, the tenuous threads that connect us, that when severed, make us ever so nervous, scared, if not very very angry. These moments between are indeed a disquieting reality check. To be inaccessible or to be kept waiting is almost to die.
In this instant culture, we look at who is selling, who is buying, and what a search actually is: a reach of a skeleton, waiting to be fleshed in with missing lyrics, skin, muscles, bones. At the end of it all are our ever-hungry hands and eyes, starving for the result of a search sequence, the next delivery to add to our lives, the next bit of like for the status update of one of too many personae; we are always searching and forever loading.
"Loading" is Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock's wry take on the recent Bay Area tech explosion; a follow up to 2012's FFDG "Edible Complex" exhibition; a study of San Francisco's food culture.
About Ferris Plock & Kelly Tunstall
The experimental yet classically grounded work of Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall lives comfortably in a space between graphic expression, stylized representation, surrealism, and sketch. Their preferred medium is a combination of acrylic, collage, spray paint, pencil, pen and ink, gold leaf. The binary contrast of masculine and feminine as the major theme in their work is also a very real and personal visual conversation between their imagined realities. Enhanced by complex, delicate layers, their bold pieces exist not only as individual pieces, but as part of larger installations or site-specific works.
Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock live and paint in San Francisco with their two sons. They have exhibited extensively locally, nationally, and internationally both together and separately. Plock and Tunstall recently completed a landmark commission for San Francisco's Michelin-starred restaurant, SPQR. Tunstall also completed a major body of work to be on view permanently at Oakland's A16. Tunstall and Plock have worked or are currently working with the San Francisco Arts Commission on their Passport initiative.
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Massachusetts man arrested out-of-state following robbery in Farmington Wednesday nightBy JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
May 22. 2014 8:20PM
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man will face felony charges after allegedly robbing a convenience store, brandishing a stake and fleeing in a family pickup truck Tuesday.
Police filed three charges — robbery, criminal threatening and taking without owner's consent — after William J. Gleeson III, 23, of Marion Place in East Boston, allegedly entered the Cumberland Farms store on Main Street at 11:54 p.m. Police said he wore a knit cap he fashioned as a mask and threatened to strike the clerk with a grade stake before taking an undisclosed amount of cash and two packs of cigarettes, according to interim Police Chief Jay Drury.
Drury said Gleeson found the grade stake — a 3-foot wooden pole commonly found in hardware stores and used by surveyors — in the back of the pickup he allegedly took from his mother's boyfriend.
"He then returned to the family's residence, stealing a pickup truck to get to a camp in Maine where he had left his father's vehicle, believed to be a Black Suburban," police wrote in a release.
Gleeson was arrested Thursday after Massachusetts State Police investigated a report of erratic operations. They found him passed out behind the wheel of his father's vehicle along Route 60 in the area of Malden, Mass. He is awaiting extradition to New Hampshire pending the charges in Massachusetts.
Drury said Gleeson was charged with possession of heroin and for being a fugitive from justice in Farmington. He expects Gleeson to return to New Hampshire to be arraigned within a week unless he fights the extradition.
The pickup truck, mask and grade stake were recovered Thursday morning after the family drove up to check on the camp in Maine, according to police.
Anyone with information about the matter is encouraged to contact Sgt. Brian Driscoll or Detective Matthew Embry at 755-2731 or leave an anonymous tip on the department's crimeline at 755-9797.


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3D Printing (archived)
Lab 3D Printers
FamiLAB has a few members who are interested in 3D printing and the community surrounding it. Since most of the consumer-level 3D printers (RepRap, MakerBot, etc.) use the same methods of operation, we help each other out in getting our machines up and running, and keeping them operational. We are looking into holding some sort of meetings for those interested in the FDM method of 3D printing, or who would like to print parts they have designed. For now, here is a list of members who have 3D printers or are in the process of building them:
Chorca originally joined FamiLAB after working with Mack to produce sets of RepRap parts. He has a standard Mendel printer, BreepBroop.
BreepBroop (nickname) is a standard RepRap Mendel design 3D FDM printer. Chorca is currently working on rebuilding it with newer components.
Ian - Digitalman2112 has built a MakerGear Prusa-style RepRap Mendel named Phineas.
Phineas (nickname) was built from a a MakerGear Prusa Mendel Kit. Digitalman2112's RepRap has printed some small basic objects, but requires work to get fully operational. He plans to get it fully up and running in the coming weeks. Ian documented his build over on his RaisingGeeks blog.
Mack has a MakerBot CupCake 3D printer. It is a low serial # - and he's proud of it :) He originally purchased it to build the parts for a RepRap, which he did, however, he is now looking to a newer version to build.
Mackerbot (nickname) is a slightly modified MakerBot Cupcake printer. It has had it's Gen 2 extruder replaced with a Wade's extruder, and the hot end is a MakerGear Power Resistor. It uses modified Stepper Driver 3.0's, and has a TechZone extruder controller. Mack is currently in the process of installing a Low Rider kit to improve the build height capabilities.
Da3v has a Makerbot too...we don't know if it has a name, but when he edits this page, we will find out :) Da3v has built a Prusa Mendel which is close to working properly, if not already is.
Cupcake #421. I didn't name it because I didn't want to get too attached to it. It has Gen3 electronics, a gear motor brutstruder, and makergear hot end. During the GGHC, it did a good enough job on the RJ45 tails, but I have no idea which version of skeinforge/what profile I was using to make it happy. I'm pretty sure I broke the connectors off of the heated bed (again) in the process of prying the RJ45 plug off of it. I'm torn between adding a stepper driven extruder to it and just converting it to a gigapan. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ordaos/5826266506/in/photostream/)
Prusa Mendel
I have a name for it, but in the interest of keeping this family friendly, I'll just call it "The Prusa" for now. RAMPs, MakerGear stepstruder, MakerGear hotend, Clonedel x-carriage (My PLA carriage melted). Mostly working, but I don't have the stepper extruder dialed in. PLA prints come out looking foamy/sparse. Extruder motor and controller run really, really hot.


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At Deer & Deer Hunting, we have published many articles based off of scientific studies on the merit of "culling" so-called inferior bucks from the herd. Although I personally do not believe that any buck is inferior, there is a time when a landowner can certainly question which bucks he wants to take out of his local population based off of a few physical traits.
The buck in this photo is a prime example. D&DH Publisher Brad Rucks captured this image on his hunting property earlier this fall. Notice the time stamp on his Cuddeback camera: Aug. 30. That is extremely late for a buck to still be in velvet in Brad's area of Wisconsin, but it is also proof that this buck is a genetic freak — as indicated by his sublegal spikes (or should we say bumps?) on his head.
This is obviously a year-and-a-half-old deer, yet his antler configuration, or lack thereof, would almost indicate he's a fawn. He's not. He's just a very behind-the-curve deer that will likely remain that way his entire life. That's not a 100 percent indictment, as we do know that undersized yearlings can sometimes make up for the lack of antler growth when they hit ages 3, 4 and 5. However, it is very unlikely in this case. In situations such as these (when a yearling buck has spikes less than 1 inch in length) it is usually a case of a deer that was born extremely late. The reasons why this happens are many, but the individual deer is invariably a runt.
Deer & Deer Hunting contributor Charles Alsheimer has photographed similar deer in the past. He said that his best example was of a similarly sized yearling (as the one in Brad's photo) that is now 5-1/2 years old and has a small 6-point rack with no brow tines.
Interestingly, if Brad decides to kill this deer this fall, he wouldn't need to use a buck tag on it. In Wisconsin, a buck needs to have at least one antler that is at least 3 inches long.
What would you do? Shoot the buck, or let it go and, hopefully, grow?
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I'm looking for an answer key to the 2nd edition of William Allen's Introduction to Latin Composition (Ginn & Heath 1880). The textbook is available on Google Books here: (http://books.google.com/books?id=YJkAAAAAYAAJ).
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The Mexican bishop often exchanged glances with his American counterpart as they celebrated Mass on All Souls' Day. But instead of embracing at the kiss of peace, they touched palms—through the chain-link fence. Enduring dusty wind that created a brown haze, hundreds of Mexicans and Americans joined their bishops for the Mass. Bishop Armando X. Ochoa of El Paso, Tex., Bishop Ricardo Ramírez of Las Cruces, N.M., and Bishop Renato Ascencio León of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, concelebrated the annual border Mass on either side of the fence. The theme for this year's Mass was "Remembering Our Dead; Celebrating Life; Working for Justice."
Betty Hernández, 30, a mother of three and a youth minister at Corpus Christi Church in Anapra, Mexico, said the Mass helps unify El Paso and Ciudad Juárez in a common cause, remembering those who have died in the drug violence as well as those who died in the nearby deserts. Making this Mass even more poignant for Hernández was the death of her neighbor, who was gunned down at a nearby burrito stand the previous week.
Behind Bishop Ascencio on the altar were seminarians from Seminario Conciliar in Ciudad Juárez. The Rev. Hector Villa, the seminary rector, said their presence underscores much of what they are learning for their future ministries. "This Mass is a sign of solidarity, especially for immigrants who try to cross the border and encounter so many troubles to reach their goal," Father Villa said. "We're asking the authorities in the U.S. to be more just with the people who want a dignified life through work, and this is also a subtle sign for Mexico that they are responsible for providing work for these people."
The Mass was initiated in 1999 at the height of the infamous murders of the Daughters of Juárez, female factory workers who disappeared and were later found to have been sexually assaulted and murdered. The number of these victims has been projected to be as high as 400.
Since 2006, Ciudad Juárez has seen about 8,500 murders as a result of a brutal drug war. And amid the death and sorrow are issues with immigration and human rights that include a redefinition of the term immigrant to include not only those seeking gainful employment in the United States but also those fleeing the violence of Ciudad Juárez. It is estimated that since 2006 more than 200,000 people have fled the once vibrant city.
In his homily, Bishop Ramírez said the Massgoers had come together "once again to ask forgiveness" for the crimes, sins, violence and injustice that the border fence represents. He cited examples of violence and death taking place in of both Mexico and the United States. He said the physical barrier of the fence should not stop those on both sides of the border from loving each other "as the brothers and sisters they are in the eyes of God."


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PEORIA — The year 2013 was one of slow growth in central Illinois — except in farmers' fields. While the area's growing health care sector continued to advance, a sluggish year for manufacturing served as a drag on area employment and expectations.
Farmers, meanwhile, endured extremes: A wet spring and another summer of scant precipitation still turned out big crops.
Caterpillar Inc., still the area's largest employer, had record sales years in 2011 and 2012 but was hit by a slowdown in mining, an industry where the company has become heavily involved in recent years. In 2010, Caterpillar spent $7.6 billion for Milwaukee-based Bucyrus, a company that makes giant excavators and shovels.
"Down in a hole" is how The Associated Press described Caterpillar's mining business earlier this year. Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman called 2013 "a painful year" after third-quarter earnings plunged by 44 percent.
In October, Caterpillar announced a third-quarter profit of $946 million, but that was down from $1.7 billion the year before.
Caterpillar closed a number of plants during the year and reduced its full-time worldwide work force by 3,000 during the third quarter. Layoffs continued at many Caterpillar plants in central Illinois.
Health care
While Caterpillar hoped for a cure to the mining industry's ills, the central Illinois medical community remained healthy.
In 2013, the health care sector employed more than 32,000 in central Illinois, according to the Center for Business and Economic Research at Bradley University. In comparison, manufacturing employed about 27,000 in the Peoria-Pekin Metropolitan Statistical Area, the BU report noted.
The year also saw a major merger between two area hospitals as UnityPoint Health-Methodist acquired Proctor Hospital.
A new medical facility also opened on the campus of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center earlier in the year: the Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center.
A collaboration between the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and OSF Healthcare, the center, built at a cost of about $50 million, is a virtual hospital equipped to simulate every stage of patient care — including patients in the form of manikins or trained actors — from ambulance to surgery.
Officials noted that the center provides state-of-the-art education and training to medical students and health care providers, giving Peoria further stature as a medical center.
The state's biggest industry, agriculture, staged a comeback in 2013 from a drought-stricken 2012. November estimates placed corn yields in Illinois at 180 bushels an acre, which, if realized, will make 2013 the third-best year for corn in the state's history (behind 2007 and 2008).
Whatever the final yield number is for corn in 2013, it's going to top the 105 bushel average that the state encountered in 2012.
On the soybean side, production in Illinois is expected to be 20 percent higher in 2012 than the previous year.
While corn had a good year, corn-based ethanol did not. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lowered the corn-based ethanol mandate to 13 billion gallons in 2014, down from 13.8 billion in 2013.
That move could slow momentum for the bio-based fuel, discouraging investment, noted critics.
Elsewhere on the business scene in central Illinois, it was a year when new hotels opened in the area. Now called the Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria's oldest hotel, built in 1927, roared back to life in the summer.
In East Peoria, a new Holiday Inn, including a Johnny's Italian Steakhouse outlet, opened to help further expand the spanking-new Levee District.
The district saw steady growth in 2013, drawing a wide range of stores — from Costco to Target — to a newly created "downtown" with a relocated city hall and a new Fondulac District Library.
Back on the other side of the river, the Sugar restaurant opened in Peoria's Warehouse District, providing a look at how old buildings can be retrofitted for new use while holding out hope for further expansion in Downtown Peoria.
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2013 year in review: Health care industry grows, while manufacturing slows
PEORIA — The year 2013 was one of slow growth in central Illinois — except in farmers' fields. While the area's growing health care sector continued to advance, a sluggish year for manufacturing served as a drag on area employment and expectations.


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SACKVILLE – On the ice, they seem like tough guys, facial expressions hidden behind bulky helmets. But off the ice, Zach Anderson and Brett Pendergast are two normal young adults, who just happen to be two of the Cumberland County Blues.
Our newsroom caught up with the pair in Sackville, N.B. to get an inside look at the players without their game faces.
While Anderson said it was almost natural for him to take up hockey, what with his family building backyard rinks when he was younger, Pendergast's decision to take the to the ice wasn't so obvious.
"I was probably at one of those stages where I was interested in everything and my parents put me into hockey," he said. "I quit after one year but then I got back into it. But I mean, for my first year, in beginner, all I really did was eat snow. I retired because I guess I wasn't having that much fun with it but I realized I really did miss it, so I came back."
Much like his teammate Zac Black, Anderson hadn't wanted to join a team because he said his main focus was school. But once he settled in, Anderson said he wanted back on the ice.
"I missed it too much," he said. "I started (with the Blues) just before Christmas and I love it."
Something fans may not know - they can't follow the team into the dressing room -is the Blues have a resident comedian. Both Anderson and Pendergast agree teammate Mike McLure is always one to lighten the mood and put smiles on their faces.
"He's got a colourful personality," said Anderson. "He's always up and going, always talking to everyone in the room, hopping around the room."
"He lives life on impulse really," added Pendergast. "One moment, he'll be sitting down calmly and the next he'll see Connor (equipment manager) in the room and get up and beat the crap out of him. But he's just joking around."
The team even has a resident relationship advisor. Pendergast, who happens to be in a committed relationship (sorry ladies), doesn't mind taking time out to help his fellow Blues out with love-related problems.
"The only guy I've ever given love advice to is Mike McLure," he said. "I always tell him, 'Mike, you gotta do this'. He's definitely got some learning left to do."
With only a few games left before the playoffs, Pendergast said the team has the potential to make a lot of noise in the league and hopes the fans don't mind being a little patient.
"We're the youngest team in the league and once we come together, we'll be an exciting team to watch."
"We have a lot of talent," Anderson added.


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Doing Sh!t with Doug: Living Around L.A.
Somebody had the idea of me visiting every place I ever lived in Los Angeles as one of my videos. It was a long day, not always pleasantly nostalgic, and it made for a long damn video. You do get to see some parts of Los Angeles and Orange County though. It may drag a … Read more


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Join the Chamber after hours
The Jamestown Chamber of Commerce May After Hours event will be on Thursday, May 17, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Jamestown Wine and Spirits, 30 Southwest Avenue. The cost is $5 per person.
For more information or to RSVP by Monday, May 14, call 423-3650.


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Going back to work will mean an adjustment for you, your baby and the rest of your family. Talk with them about the changes that will affect your lifestyle and time spent together.
Supportive legislation
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed in March of 2010 is a federal law, which requires employers to provide break times and a place (other than a bathroom) to express breastmilk for the infant's first year of life. Discussing the basic pumping needs with your supervisor will help keep things positive and supportive.
Step 2: Plan ahead
Start pumping
Express milk at least every 3 hours while away
Take care of your nutrition. Have a glass of water nearby while or after you pump. Drink plenty of water throughout the day and keep nutritious snacks, like trail mix, low-fat cheese and crackers, peanut butter and fruit or similar high-protein foods handy. This will help keep your energy up.
Dress for pumping. Front-buttoning blouses will be easiest for pumping. Prints and light colors will help camouflage milk stains. Wear nursing pads that are absorbent and ventilate well.
Use nursing pads. You might notice that your nipples leak in between feedings. You can stay dry and feel confident by using absorbent nursing pads. Just make sure that they are made of breathable materials without a layer of plastic that will trap in moisture and bacteria.
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We hear plenty of talk these days about the rise of excessive partisanship and the decline of civil political discourse. Supposedly, things were so much more genial in the good old days.
That may actually be true at some level if we're talking about politicians. If we're talking about liberal pundits, probably not so much.
In researching my baseball article about the December 5, 1963 trade that sent Jim Bunning from Detroit to Philadelphia, I came across plenty of commentary about the assassination of JFK. The disappointment among liberal columnists that the assassin turned out to be a Communist was palpable, and largely elided.
Once it became clear that the assassin was not a right-winger, Drew Pearson, a nasty mainstream liberal pundit by the standard of any era, switched narratives. He argued that the assassination might have been prevented if the "hate lobbies" had not killed gun control legislation.
Sound familiar?
The most sensible commentary I encountered came from William F. Buckley. He declined to make hay out the fact of Lee Harvey Oswald's communist views, writing instead (in the Dec. 2 issue of the Detroit Free Press):
The point to remember amid our grief is that the act in question, although it was done by a far-left winger, is not an act for which the left bears collective guilt. It was made by a fiend, a psychotic in all likelihood, and it is of no importance whatever whether his political delusions were of the left or of the right.
I try to make the same point when partisans seek advantage by parsing the incoherent writings of modern day mass killers. But I have never made it this well.
Incidentally, as far as I can tell Buckley's columns did not normally appear in the Free Press during this period. I may be wrong, but it seems likely that Free Press cherry-picked this column because a conservative was arguing against a line of attack on the left.
As they say, the more things change, the more things stay the same.