To say that Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard’s entry into what most see as an oversaturated MOBA scene, is still very much in its infancy as far as eSports goes is of no surprise to anyone. Sure, there are some very well established teams, look no further than Cloud 9 and Team Liquid or Fnatic and Dignitas, but it’s still rather slow going in contrast with its older brothers in League of Legends and Dota 2 (even Smite.) How, one might ask, do we go about kickstarting this burgeoning scene? Well, Kickstarter seems like a good bet, and that’s what the team over at Heroes Rising did.
Crowdfunding tournaments isn’t necessarily new to the scene: the International and Smite’s own world championships do similar things, and even the Sticker money in Counter Strike: Global Offensive majors and Summoner Icons in League of Legends have lent themselves ways that players can help fund the eSports scene and the teams they love. But a half of a tournament’s prize money being funded by fans is pretty great, alongside the idea of stretch goals to entice funders. And to top it all off, it’ll be a very NA focused tournament, something the lagging NA scene needs to revitalize and show off some of its talent. While NA’s Cloud 9 side won the World Championship, NA as a whole has many teams that are still unsigned to major organizations, unlike in Europe (where they have Fnatic, Dignitas, G2 Esports, Team Liquid etc.) Will this turn out to be a good scouting LAN for NA organizations still on the fence on whether to sign a team? We’ll have to see.
Biggest Surprise: Bob Ross painting some very unhappy Cloud 9’s
With great casting from Gillyweed and Zoia, an excellent lineup of NA’s best, and great broadcast quality, rare amongst smaller tournaments, what a LAN it turned out to be. The first day of games was relatively what most fans of the scene would expect: Cloud 9, Tempo Storm, and Bob Ross Fan Club (yes, that is their current team name,) coming out convincingly on top of their opponents. Cloud 9, the reigning World Champions, didn’t drop a single game, while both Tempo and Bob Ross had a slightly more bumpy road ahead of them. Overall, the first day was a rather disappointing day for the newly re-signed Cognitive gaming squad, being sent home without a win to their name, but otherwise most fans were unsurprised by the results of the day.
The second day looked again to be business as usual. Cloud 9 faced their old rivals in Tempo Storm, losing the first game but managing to pick up the last two to move on the grand finals. Meaning that Bob Ross Fan Club were face to face with arguably NA’s number 2 team in Tempo Storm. While the two teams traded blows, Bob Ross with the first game and Tempo with the second, ultimately Bob Ross came out on top. The grand finals everyone was hoping for was here: Bob Ross vs. Cloud 9, aggressive upstart against the veterans in blue. Underlying this also was the question of who benefited more from the swap of Fan from Cloud 9 to Bob Ross for and Arthelon from Bob Ross to Cloud 9. The World Champs came out strong in the first two games, looking to bring on what most fans were expecting to be another 1st place for the dominant Cloud 9 side. But then Bob Ross fought back, taking another game. Then another. Then another and ultimately the crown from the first LAN of the year.
Biggest Story Line: Bob Ross Fan Club’s last days as an unsigned team?
Many things are still uncertain in the burgeoning Heroes Scene. Tournaments are only really just starting to pick up, teams are starting to solidify into credible groups instead of just a bunch of friends, and organizations are starting to take notice. But, on the same note, it’s still a young game, with an uncertain future, especially as an eSports title. One thing is certain though: Bob Ross Fan Club may have played their last tournament under that name. They are easily one of the most startling, aggressive NA teams to come out, and easily are contenders for second best team in NA, if not guaranteeing being a top three team. Does this spell a slump for Cloud 9? I don’t think so. The team still look absolutely dominating over the course of the weekend, barely dropping games (until the Grand finals, of course,) and just seems to be just as strong as they were before. But a new rivalry might just be brewing, and only time will tell which big eSport franchise will take the plunge into the Storm and pick up these up and coming gentlemen.
Ultimately the first rendition of Heroes Rising was a great chance for NA talent to get some exposure at a LAN and make a splash in the scene. The more tournaments of this kind that the Heroes scene can have the better, as it gives great opportunities for teams big and small to hash it out and build experience and exposure, and maybe even some juicy prize money. Will Bob Ross Fan Club be the only team to be picked up? SK Gaming had Blank representing them at the tournament, but there is no official signing just yet. Many other teams there too showed great promise, maybe given the proper infrastructure and funding they too could challenge some of the top dogs. We’ll have to see what 2016 brings for Heroes of the Storm’s eSport scene!


Elon Musk and Sam Altman (of Y Combinator) caused a stir last December by luring several high-profile researchers to join OpenAI, a billion-dollar nonprofit dedicated to releasing cutting-edge artificial intelligence research for free. Today the nonprofit released the first fruits of its work, and it suggests that kind of learning will be important for the future of AI.
Software released by OpenAI can be used to train virtual characters like this humanoid, which is learning to walk.
The nonprofit has released a tool called OpenAI Gym for developing and comparing different so-called reinforcement learning algorithms, which provide a way for a machine to learn through positive and negative feedback. This week OpenAI also announced two new recruits, including Pieter Abbeel, an associate professor at Berkeley and a leading expert on applying reinforcement learning to robots.
OpenAI Gym includes code and examples to help others get started with reinforcement learning. You can, for example, create a program that learns through experimentation how to play simple video games. The new tool also provides a way for users to upload and share the projects they are working on.
Reinforcement learning is already a popular area of academic and industry research. It was, for example, one component of AlphaGo, the system that recently bested one of the world’s best Go players. And some robot manufacturers are already exploring whether it could automate the process by which machines are programmed to perform a new task.
When they founded OpenAI, Musk and Altman said the goal was to make sure artificial intelligence benefited everyone, and to hedge against the possibility of dangerous, unforeseen consequences. The truth may be a little more complicated. As a recent Wired piece points out, OpenAI’s work may be published more freely than work done at, say Google or Facebook, but it could perhaps benefit the various companies that have invested before anyone else.


Global Credit Research – 13 Dec 2012
Toronto, December 13, 2012 — In conjunction with the revision of the Province of British Columbia’s outlook to negative, Moody’s has revised the outlook on the City of Vancouver’s Aaa rating to negative from stable and affirmed the ratings and outlooks for four other linked issuers: Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia (MFABC), South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink), the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon Fraser University (SFU).
This announcement follows the change in the Province of British Columbia’s ratings outlook to negative from stable (http://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-Revises-British-Columbias-Outlook-to-Negative-from-Stable-on–PR_261569). Following Moody’s assessment of the macroeconomic and funding linkages between the Province of British Columbia and its regional and local governments and government-related issuers, Moody’s has revised the outlook for the City of Vancouver and affirmed the ratings and outlooks for four issuers.
City of Vancouver — debt rating outlook changed to Aaa, negative from Aaa, stable.
The outlook revision for the City of Vancouver’s Aaa rating to negative from stable reflects the negative outlook on the Province of British Columbia. The city’s rating reflects its consistent, positive financial results, strong liquidity position and diversified economy. The city’s debt burden is, however, higher than most Aaa-rated Canadian municipalities and its rating presently benefits from support from the province and as such the city’s rating would likely move in tandem with the province’s rating and outlook.
The affirmations reflect the expectation that the following issuers would likely not be downgraded if the province’s rating were downgraded one notch:
Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia (MFABC) — debt rating affirmed Aaa, stable.
The rating affirmation of MFABC reflects its strong institutional framework and substantial liquidity, along with its continued solid fiscal and financial position. The strong institutional framework provides significant debenture holder security, including the joint and several liability of members of regional districts that borrow from MFABC and the unlimited taxing powers on all taxable properties in the province of British Columbia.
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) — issuer and debt ratings affirmed Aa2, stable.
The rating affirmation of TransLink reflects the authority’s access to diverse revenue sources, including taxing authority, and strong governance and management framework requiring funded three-year financial plans, balanced by a sizable capital plan requiring significant debt. While the debt burden of TransLink has increased significantly in recent years, it is expected to stabilize and remain manageable within the current fiscal framework.
University of British Columbia (UBC) — issuer and debt ratings affirmed Aa1, stable.
The rating affirmation of UBC reflects its consistent operating performance, large endowment, strong liquidity and modest debt burden. The ratings also take into account the university’s strong market position, supported by robust student demand and extensive research activities.
Simon Fraser University (SFU) — debt rating affirmed Aa1, stable.
The rating affirmation of SFU reflects the university’s low and declining debt burden as well as its track record of consistent, stable operating performance. The Aa1 rating also reflects SFU’s strong market position as a mid-sized comprehensive university experiencing continued strong student demand.
WHAT COULD MOVE THE RATINGS UP/DOWN
City of Vancouver:
Stabilization of the outlook for the City of Vancouver’s rating would require (i) the stabilization of the Province of British Columbia’s rating outlook; and/or (ii) a sustained decline in the city’s debt burden, particularly a significant decline in the debt burden related to the Olympic Village financing, along with continued fiscal discipline and ongoing improvements in the city’s liquidity position. A downgrade of the Province of British Columbia’s rating could lead to a downgrade of the City of Vancouver’s rating.
Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia, South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University:
In the case of TransLink, UBC and SFU, while not expected in the near term, substantial improvements in the financial positions and creditworthiness of the entities could exert upward pressure on the ratings.
Any sector or issuer-specific risks causing a deterioration in an entity’s financial position or creditworthiness would put downward pressure on the ratings.
The principal methodologies used for regional and local governments were: “The Application of Joint-Default Analysis to Regional and Local Governments”, published in December 2008, and “Regional and Local Governments Outside the US”, published in May 2008. The principal methodology used for government-related issuers was: “Government-Related Issuers: Methodology Update”, published in July 2010. The principal methodologies used for universities were: “Government-Related Issuers: Methodology Update”, published in July 2010, and “Methodology for Rating Public Universities”, published August 2007. Please see the Credit Policy page on www.moodys.com for a copy of these methodologies.
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The movie ticket prices are likely to be hiked soon, if the latest buzz is to be believed. According to the latest reports, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy is going to bring it into effect sometime soon. A section of media has reported that in cities, the maximum price of tickets in single screen theatres is going to be increased to Rs 75 from Rs 50 whereas, the lowest ticket price is going to be increased to Rs 25 from Rs 10. In tier II cities, where the maximum ticket price is Rs 35, it’s going to be increased to Rs 55 and the lowest price will be increased from Rs 10 to Rs 20. Moreover, the ticket prices of non A/C theatres are also expected to increase.
A section of film industry has been lobbying for the increase in ticket prices for quite sometime and they are extremely happy with this move, but the other section which has been opposing the move is unhappy. We’ll have to wait and see how this move to increase ticket prices affects film industry and the audience in general.
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Beyond some of the most ardent supporters of the Second Amendment, Shooter’s Log readers have often shown their support for Gun Owners of America (GOA). Recently, GOA Executive Director Larry Pratt has been making news that all supporters of the Second Amendment should hear.
During an interview with Breitbart News, the subject of background checks for gun purchases came up. Pratt was not shy in his answer, “GOA opposed them when they were first introduced under President Bill Clinton and that GOA believes they should be abolished now.” Pratt continued by stating the database tied to background checks should be destroyed as well.
The discussion was focused on recent events. In particular, they were discussing the recent public shooting of the news crew Alison Parker and Adam Ward in Virginia. The fact that the gunman was able to legally purchase the handgun demonstrated the impotency of background.
Pratt correctly pointed out that public attackers are not the only ones background checks fail to stop. He said, “During the last year of record, although the government has done millions upon millions of background checks, they [only] brought 14 prosecutions to court for trial–hardly a crime-fighting tool.” He said some people respond to this by pointing out that there were people who were “denied getting a gun at the point of sale,” but these people fail to note that criminals get guns in ways that completely circumvent the checks.
Pratt could not be more correct. In fact, a University of Chicago Crime Lab study focused on inmates in the Cook County jail (Chicago, IL) and asked how they obtained the guns used in crimes. The inmates often avoided gun shows, Internet sales and gun stores. Instead, they preferred to buy their guns on the street through “personal connections.” The inmates went so far as to admit their goal was to circumvent law enforcement oversight of the purchase.
I am sure this is nothing new to you or me. In fact, it isn’t news to any gun owner or someone applying even a modicum of common sense. The inmates own words serves little more than to attest to the fact that background checks are nothing more than a control against the law abiding and have little to no effect on criminals.
“Many mass murders have gotten their hands on guns by passing a background check, while other criminals are resourceful. They are evil, but they are resourceful, as well, and they get their hands on guns. The idea that somehow we’re safe if we do a background check is simply not true.”
During the interview, Pratt addressed what he termed “a further danger.” The NSA has admitted to data collection and monitoring of certain communications. Do you really believe that running your personal information through a background check would be off limits for collection? I must admit, Pratt brings up a point worthy of thought.
On the subject of background checks and record keeping, Pratt was asked about what should happen next. “We should get rid of background checks, and we should destroy the databases that have been used to run those background checks and the databases holding names of gun owners that have, for certain, been created illegally.” Pratt said he hopes getting rid of background checks will help destroy “the illusion that government can protect us,” and that the elimination of background checks can be followed by the elimination of gun-free zones, where mass murderers ply their trade. He said that “would be a huge step in reducing what dirt bags can do when they decide to go out on a murder spree.” The Shooter’s Log has never had readers who were shy about expressing their opinions and I am sure this topic will not be any different, so we will open it up to you. How do you feel about background checks and what should be done? Has the government been collecting records?
Share your thoughts and opinions in the comment section.
Yes I agree that the back round checks need to be abolished. The data base as well, it’s just another reason of big brother-ism. It’s like the assault weapon ban, it proved that it didn’t stop the killings. It needs to go, NOW.
The right to keep and BEAR arms “shall” not be infringed. Shall in legal terms means carved in stone. Yet the 2nd amend is infringed on by the feds, the state, the counties, and the cities. Why would we LET the same group (govt) that we may have to defend ourselves against decide which weapons we can have and where we can have them? ALL gun laws are illegal and are akin to the slow cooking of the frog or death by a thousand little cuts. They’ve been incrementally subverting our rights for a long time and just because they haven’t shown up and attempted total confiscation as they did at Concorde & Lexington, doesn’t mean they will stop before they relieve us of our ability to resist, thus making our will to resist evaporate. See the NRA Katrina Gun Grab videos if you’d like to see what confiscation looks like. Good Americans that have broken no law are physically deprived of their lawful property at the say of some minor politician and police chief all the while having machine guns pointed at them. Keep in mind that the little boy next door who used to mow your grass is now the local cop, deputy, or nat. guardsman and for those of you that say they can have my guns when they pry my dead cold fingers from around them-THEY WILL DO THAT FOR YOU!!!
“THEY WILL DO THAT FOR YOU” Only if they are READY to forfeit many of their own lives because that’s what will happen if they tried it here
You are right on all counts.criminals do and will continue to buy guns illegally while we are subjected to unlawful persecution for obtaining weapons to protect our families. All background checks and lists of legal gun owners should be destroyed before the federal government leads us all to the showers.
I am a firm believer that background checks do little to prevent criminal activity simply because criminals aren`t getting background checks in the first place. That being said, the only people affected by gun laws are the law abiding citizens that obey them and those people by and large are not the problem. This is a simple fact that is lost in the mind of a democrat politician and just about all gun grabbers out there.
Now, if I were in charge, I would pass a gun law that says if you have a current concealed carry license, no background check needs to be done on you because you have already had a more extensive check done on your background to get your license than the simple NICS check. We CCW licensees should just be able to show the license and purchase our gun and walk out the door, quick and simple.
Move to Kentucky, that is the law of the land here.
Also, state law is supreme. No city or county can have gun laws more restrictive than the states.
Most of the guns laws here are more common sense and dictate things how to transport and use. Mostly related to hunting.
Yeah Chris I live in Ohio and our gun laws are pretty much common sense here too. Nothing like the folks in Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Washington, California, Connecticut and DC have to put up with. That is what happens when you vote people into office that have no idea what they are doing, but believe they know what is best for you. The time has come for us law abiding gun owners to get out and VOTE and make sure you know who you are voting for.
Patrick, you are absolutely correct. My problem was that the shooter had been to therapy. They should focus on that and what went wrong. I don’t want to go to the hospital one day for a headache and have someone check the wrong box then I have to waste my time and tax payers dollars trying to prove there is nothing wrong with me, while they confiscate my weapons for nothing. And as far as the police, I will never need their help, someone broke into my house stole 1400.00 worth of stuff, I told them what it was and who did it, they told me it was a civil matter. My grandfathers funeral someone broke into my house and stole my guns, police said they knew who it was and where the guns were, but Id never see them again. When I was young the cops would confiscate drugs in the east side and sell them on the west side. In my area if you carry a certain amount of cash, the police can take it and they’ll tell you, you wont get all of it back. If you have less than 2.00 in your pocket you can get arrested for vagrancy. I don’t believe to serve and protect doesn’t pertain to one individual Ive seen police protect just one. I would like to thank all the people on the website. I try to read all the comments and Ive learned a lot and I hope others have learned from me. Im going to take the classes that are going city to city to teach people how to lobby for what you believe in because I want to put my money where my mouth is. I will be getting on hear for advice on situations, and I know you people have no problems with helping me. So thanks again.
Patrick very true on all of it. The main problem is we have an administrator, who would like to make the people dependent on the government/police for protection. The police do not want that responsibility, because it is impossible. It is we the people who are caught in the middle.
Checks are a facade. They only serve to create one more step toward disarmament. A background check promotes the lie criminals are stopped or slowed down by them.
I understand that the question posed here is about background checks and record keeping done by the ‘government’ in regards to weapons purchases and how that affects you and I in regards to the 2nd Amendment as well as our ability to own weapons in the defense of ourselves and/or others.
I have a different take on this. Most of us say that the 2nd Amendment is there to protect the other rights we have, listed as protected in the Constitution or otherwise. I would agree with that assessment, but only as a final resort/solution. I believe what we really need to focus on, what we need to force our “elected officials” to comply with is the 1st Amendment… specifically; ‘ to petition the Government for a redress of grievances’.
The full text of the 1st Amendment (as taken from http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html) reads:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Our Founding Fathers intended for you and I to have the ability to confront our government and its agents, in the event we believe they have transgressed against us. If our government violated our rights, or acted against one or all of us in an unlawful manner, we could bring suit against them to stop that activity, to bring them back into line as being the servant of the People, not the People’s master.
This thought process was first penned in 1215 AD in the Magna Carta paragraph 61. Essentially, it states that there is NO sovereign immunity for any person or entity if that person or entity is violating another’s Rights. This was later reaffirmed in 1669, then again in 1689 in England in Chapter 5 of the ‘Bill of Rights’ (in England). Our Founding Fathers included the prohibition against our government from interfering with our ability to seek redress. It was further endorsed by our government when it signed the UN’s (and I hate using the UN to prove anything) ‘The Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, specifically Article 8: Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law and the UN’s ‘International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural RIghts, Part II, Article 2 – 5’. These are all items/ideas that our government was either founded or upon or are signatories to.
So, what is your point you might ask? One can not seek redress when aggrieved if the person or entity has immunity from prosecution. Our Supreme Court has stated that our government can not be sued if it does not want to be as it has Sovereign Immunity. By extension, government agents have immunity as well (though this is not absolute, it effectively is). It has bestowed immunity upon the judiciary. Judges can not be prosecuted. States have said they have immunity from prosecution and by extension, its agents and judges too. If your government or its agents or judges violate the law or your rights, based on current law and or procedure, you essentially have to sit there and take it. There are exceptions, if you have a lot of money, you can afford lawyers who could work through the current morass to get you your day in court.
If you try to do the work yourself, you are charged with crimes for trying to exercise your Right. Crimes such as; ‘Obstruction of Justice’, ‘Bank Fraud’, ‘Mail Fraud’, ‘Filing False Claim’, ‘Interfering in the Administration of Justice’, ‘Aiding and Abetting’, ‘Conspiracy to Commit’.
If the government will not let you call them to task for their infringement/s against you, what is your recourse? Historically, in a civilised society, suit is used in place of assault of an individual. Against a government, suit is used in place of War. If the ability to sue is removed by the government (either directly or by affect), what is left? Those with any sense, do not want that, so the path is then that we shall compel our elected officials to reopen the suit path to ANY and ALL of the People.
If this is done, all the other “problems” we have with our government would fall by the wayside. The servant is put back into compliance. Yes, that may seem fantastic, but we should NEVER forget that we, The People, are the Masters of the government and that the government, and its agents/judges/administrators, are our servants. They exist to serve us, not we to serve them. No matter what they tell you or try to get you to believe, you are the Master, they are the servant.
You need to know what your Rights are (and they are NOT granted to you by the Constitution, the Constitution only puts a restrictions on the government in an effort to prevent the government from stepping out of line). You need to know you are a Sovereign, one of The People talked about in the Constitution of the united States of America. You have absolute power over the government and your power only ends where it infringes upon another Sovereign People (yes, People, not person. You need to know what a person is and it is not what most People think it is).
Think. Learn. Educate. Speak. Know.
I don’t any one is hitting the proverbial nail on this up coming dangers that we as Americans are facing today. Every one seems to be focused on the symptoms of the illness instead of the disease its self. We have a person in the whit house whom is doing every thing he has planned to do. He has
His first goal was to show that any one can become president of the United States. Even a coke dealing gay illegal alien with no morals or ethics as long as he has the support of the MSM. and in doing so he has successfully diminished the importance dignity of the office. Second he has alienated all of our allies and secretly made himself the man our enemies love.
Considering what he has allowed former KGB murderer and henchman of the communist party, to get away with I am forced to wonder exactly what it was he was discussing with Putins predeccessor Medvedov when he was mistakenly over heard by the “hot microphone during their meeting 4 years ago. Or more to the point what the subject matter of the comment that was overheard, for those of you whom may have missed the event it was this ” Tell Vladimr that I will have more lee way once I am re-elected”. Why is no one in any media asking that question.
I would think, considering the volatile situation in Eastern Europe and The Mid East, as well as his destructive efforts to undermine the whole of our military that this would be a question on everyone’s mind.
Not that we would be told in words the truth, no that would come from his body language and his anger towards the inquisitor.
But if I was to write any thing about the symptoms of the sickness he has caused in our incredibly extraordinary nation I would write something like” this administration has the full intent to go house to house confiscation each and every firearm they and the United Nations scumbags that put them in power can find. And in the process they will murder any and every Patriot they hunt down. The NSA data collection efforts and those of any power company that has installed ” smart meters” on your homes. These devices have a infra red beacon that can only be seen with night vision equipment at night.
When you figure that these devices transmit through microwaves everything thing they need to know about your electrical usage. They transmit folks, what the hell is the beacon for.
I hope I have fed your curiosity enough to get you to further your quest for the truth.
“Only slaves need permission.”–SGH
Mr. Pratt is 100% correct.
It is asinine to assume that a database of lawful gunowners does anything other than open up the possibility of confiscation and a myriad of other forms of abuse of the law-abiding while leaving criminals unchecked
no takers on that bet JRB
Confiscation is the goal, slowly they are chipping away at the 2nd every chance they get, most have missed the fact that 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1-9) was changed from anyone convicted of a felony to “a person convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year”
In a lot of jurisdictions one can get convicted of a misdemeanor punishable by more than one year for littering or any small drug offense. I agree background check and all data base should be abolished.
2nd Amendment is the ONLY GUN LAW LEGALLY MADE! I want suppressors, belt fed M-60 like I carried in Vietnam at 17 when I enlisted into the US Army Infantry with great pride! I lost 3/4 of my hearing & I want to preserve what is left, suppressors would go along way to help! No more permission, tax, paper work to own, carry & use! GOD BLESS AMERICA! Now let us COUP the foreign crack smoking queer muslim terrorist in our Whitehouse!
In most other countries a suppressor is mandatory. This country has some of the dumbest Politicians on the planet. They believe that a suppressor on a 308 is as quiet as shown in hollywood. The silver screen has perpetrated more BS than anything else. Our Politicians base their thoughts on what they see in the movies. I agree with you. Most of my hearing is gone because of shooting military weapons, listening to nineties being fired. The service did nothing to abate the noise levels that we had to endure.
People like you who use divisive words are a hurt to the “cause”. The current president is not a crack smoking Muslim and I seriously doubt he is a queer. The Muslim and queer tags shouldn’t matter when it comes to criteria for that position anyway. As far as being a foreigner, please that horse has been beaten way beyond death. The cause to rescue the 2nd amendment doesn’t need the paranoid, asinine garbage like you posted above. It needs people who can intelligently express thought. Please do us a favor and keep the unnecessary rhetoric to yourself while the rest of us fight the right fight without the hate spewing disrespect.
Wouldn’t want to be in a movie theater w/you.Perfect “profile”,repressed anger,”my way,or the highway”,overly defensive,&who’s paranoid???Go check the perimiter!!!”Cause?,&effect”!!
I am in total agreement with chickenhawk. He is absolutely correct in his views of what the true intention of the Second Amendment meant when it was written!! It plainly states “A well regulated militia,” which means that the people, “You and I,” which are the true militia, are entitled to own, keep and or carry any weapons that are used by any of the best militaries in the world, which would include our own, “being necessary to the security of a free state,” which means for us to protect ourselves from any and all tyrannical governments including our own, “shall not be infringed,” means that no overreaching laws enacted would be considered legal in at all period. It is truly as simple as that!!!
I totally agree with GOA. Fourteen prosecutions out of over one million checks is a waste of time and effort. The lack of transparency in this administration, combined with a leader who prefers Muslim countries over his own has translated into himself as being the best firearm salesmen in history.
Also we should all drop the nonsensical term “gun violence”, which is the coarsest attempt to label criminality as being part of the make up of a firearm, as a bunch of malicious manipulators can get; take heed MSM for complicity has a price = low viewer ratings and loss of paper circulation.
This does not include lack of ethics, responsibility, credibility, which have already been reduced so as to make those concepts mere speed bumps in lieu of hurtles intended to create a necessary pause to reflect on the greater purpose of journalism.
What Amendment is next? The first is already going with Political Correctness. I’ll take bets on the 4th as we approach a Police State under the guise of Homeland Security and all its agencies.
The tenth amendment was pretty much nullified by the Civil War but all the rest of the Bill of Rights is also under attack. The Second is a key amendment, because once the people are disarmed, the government can do whatever they want. An armed man is a citizen; a disarmed man is a slave.
How about this? Empty the data bases of all Law abiding citizens then put in all the felons, mentally ill and others not fit to have firearms, and prosecute them harshly when caught. At that point make the information available to all so citizens could decide whether or not to sell, give or trade to individuals.
If you think it can’t be done, remember it is already done with huge local to nationwide data bases in the cases of child molesters. While we are at it, take vehicles away and harshly prosecute individuals who kill over 16.000 innocent victims every year.
It comes down to holding individuals responsible for their actions
the right to bear arms shall not be infringed ,the simple fact that if there is any gun control is anti constitutional. Without rewrite and ratification of the 2nd amendment there cant be any control of any kind. As it is we are telling many people that they are not citizens of this country, if this is true where do we deport these non-citizen persons.
Even if the government confiscated all guns, criminals would still have them. Removing background checks wouldn’t cause criminals to all of a sudden start going to gun shows and retail stores and paying full price. They will always get them how they always get them; theft, trade for “services” or drugs, etc. They are criminals. Get it? Laws only apply to the lawful.
For many years after I took the CC course in my state, I refused to send in my paperwork because of this very reason. I didn’t want the state government, let alone the Feds knowing about my legal activities. It’s none of their business. They cannot keep me safe. Police are reactive in most cases. The more the government knows about me and my actions and behaviors the worse. GOA is absolutely right but I sadly believe that we are beyond the days where we are able to restore rights to Americans. We are at the place of losing only and not gaining.
If it’s not outlined in the 2nd Amendment, it shouldn’t be needed to buy a firearm. The laws concerning the misuse (criminal) of firearms need to be enforced fully instead of making intrusive rules concerning buying them.
Go after the criminals and leave us law abiding citizens alone!
Most socially passive people, 1/3 of this nation are afraid of everything but the Government. Most socially active people, 1/3 of this nation don’t know what to fear. Then the other 1/3, reveres and fears a jealous Father in Heaven and understands the evils of the other 2/3. When citizens want government to give everything, all citizens loose the freedoms won by the sacrifices of the few. In the past, a few tried to change the masses, it didn’t happen with out the few becoming outlawed by the masses. A County sheriff, with citizen grand juries and the love for God, country and family is a way to turn the hearts/minds of the 1/3 that does not know what to fear.
You are describing the difference between the sheep and the wolves and the sheepdogs. There are a very few of us willing and ready and capable to stand between the pathetic and the evil.
Prepare, be humble, pray, and be prepared to sacrifice for the sake of your loved ones.
That’s all there is. Nothing more.
Background checks are nothing more than harassment PERIOD. The reason you have to go through one is so the Federal Government has YOUR NAME and the TYPE of weapon YOU PURCHASED along with your name they also get your address, social security number, date of birth and sex AND race. Why do they need this info you might ask…SO THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN CONFISCATION BEGINS!
What most fail to realize is that ANY law or regulation the restricts a person from owning and bearing a weapon or arms is unconstitutional. The constitution uses the words “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED”. To infringe means to restrict or to go against. Consequently the constitution itself says NO law, NO regulation, NO infringement of any kind is to be done. Also, consequently, any law, any regulation, any ordinance that restricts or goes against the right to own and bear arms is unconstitutional – PERIOD.
back ground checks? my doughter is 25 and has a delayed status. she has never been arrested never comited any type of crime and yet she has been delayed why? becouse something about her information matches or is similar to her in there data base. now she needs to fill out more forms and send them with her fingerprints so this does not continue to keep happening. criminals don not care if there is or is not a back ground check
The gun violence numbers are the same as any other statistical numbers in that they can and are manipulated to prove whatever is desired. When liberals quote the numbers everything is included- actual homicide, suicide, LE shootings, self protection of all types, and even accidental discharge resulting in injury or death. Air gun injuries are also included so as to inflate the figures as highly as possible. Anything goes to fulfill their agenda, just as it always has with them. Remember, The Weathermen considered themselves liberals. Back then we called them radical terrorists- now they are friends and supporters of our president and his henchmen( and women)
@Martin . . . All too true.
People like the Weathermen are considered heroes to the Libs. So is Che Guevara, even though he was nothing more than a mass murderer and one of Castro’s hatchet men. But Libs love to wear T-shirts with his picture, but vilify the Confederate flag? Give me a break.
I actually saw a Che T being sold by an on-line, vet owned business that specialized in Patriotic Ts (I won’t say which one), and I contacted them and expressed that I thought that was out of line for a business claiming to be a Conservative and patriotic group to sell Ts glorifying a mad dog Leftist like Che.
To their credit, they ran a reader’s survey on the Che shirts, and most people agreed with me. They pulled the shirt from their lineup.
What’s my point?
When you see something that is messed up . . stand and fight. Don’t give anyone an inch, because they WILL take a mile. And stand together. Let’s not fight among ourselves. That’s want they want.
I agree that a background check is a pain and a criminal can obtain a firearm easier than I can as a law abiding citizen….BUT…. AS a law abiding citizen I have no issues with going through a background check for every firearms purchase. WHY YOU ASK??? Because I am a law abiding citizen and have nothing to fear. The only issue I have is the national database of legal firearms owner. When the background check is run, all information should be held at the point of sale. A national registry of firearms owners is Exactly what Hitler used to confiscate all privately owned firearms when he came to power. If you believe that cannot happen here you should not be a firearms owner because you are delusional.
If they are going to run a BG check then it should be $25. That includes, They get you cash, you fail the $25 is theirs. You pass the $25 goes towards the price of the firearm. Now they get $25 regardless for doing something they have to do anyway.
Background checks are only for law abiding citizens to give them the false sense as to the government is actually doing something. The criminals are going to get a gun regardless so they may as well get some taxes from it.
BG checks are a f*n waste of time and money
I agree but the pain in the azz BG check is better than giving the criminal element another source for firearms….YA THINK?!?!
It does not now or would it matter anyway. The gun still has a recite and the gun stores still have cameras with the tax on the gun itself. Criminals do not want either and they do not want a new gun or one that will work for years to come. They want disposable guns.
The criminal element will ALWAYS be armed no matter how many restrictions are in place so as the artical states BG checks only effect non criminals!!
What part of SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED isn’t clear to you??? ANY usurpetive statute restricting ownership of firearms is ILLEGAL and constitutionally unenforcible!!!
The reason we are subjected to these usurpations is because of APATHY and Political Correctness run amok. The use of Political Correctness to intimidate or demonize is a well known tactic of the one dimensional regressive lieberals
Just how do your propose to hold the information at the point of sale? If MUST leave the point of sale in order for the background check to be run.
Are you related to Bloomberg?
Larry, you only THINK you have nothing to fear. Very few People do not understand that our government is getting more and more out of control, doing as it pleases, when it pleases and the agents/judges/administrators for the government are covered by immunity, so they have no repercussions in the event they get out of hand and decide to come after you, regardless of the fact that ‘you have done nothing wrong’. Think it can’t happen to you? You should read other than the local corporate produced rags and or watch and or listen to other than the corporate produced “news”.
With background checks only producing 14 arrests means it is a nonproductive program. Minimal standard on a nation wide scale should be 500 arrest per month. This is a normal law enforcement standard to measure the productivity of one patrol officer. It is a program that can not meet production and should be viewed as a harassment tool. The real problem is ATF’s inability to stop street sales of firearms.
I believe that BG Checks do enough good to offset the inconvenience. One thing is that they prevent those individuals who could not pass a BG Check from buying a gun through normal channels. If there were no BG Check criminals and misfits would buy from legal sources, there is no way to know how much of this is avoided. I’m all for destruction of the data base on BG checks. BATF is illegally tracking gun ownership. BG Checks also support FFL holders who have the discretion to refuse to sell to certain individuals. BG Checks are not a ‘crime fighting tool’, they are a ‘crime prevention tool’. Only the most stupid of criminals would attempt to buy a gun legally and undergo a background check.
Mikial you are spot on. I would add-Liberals and co. are not concerned for our safety they are solely motivated by political theater.Clinton,Bloomberg ,Soros would never give up Their armed bodyguards.They are typical of Socialist/Liberal polilticians-do as I say not as I do.Sure I want the crazies to not have guns,but I do not want Gov. officials selling guns to Cartel thugs in Mexico either.I will give up my guns when Obama gives up his bodyguards.F-em.
Just so you know….
They don’t want to give up their armed guards and don’t want crazies to have guns… To them the citizens are the crazies.
Remember what the Constitution 2A says. We have the right to bear arms to defend ourselves against tyranny and the government.
In the AWB in 2012 or 13, after Wayne la Pierre quoted that, Diane Fienstien was the first to say that she does not want to get shot and she’s sure the other people on the panel feel the same.
The shooting of the reporter may have been prevented if the news station I believe it was 2 years ago would have made the murderer go to therapy. They knew he was a problem and fired him. Escorted out of the building by police. My opinion I hold the news station responsible for all 3 deaths. NOT THE WEAPON.
He did go through therapy, by the way.
Good point. Having worked as a probation officer I saw way too many people who went through therapy and even in-patient treatment, and then went out and committed crimes after they were released.
I remember meeting one guy on the street one afternoon who had recently been released from in-patient mental health treatment and asking how he was doing. He said great, and the next morning he went into a seminary and stabbed one of the religion teachers 67 times.
The guy who shot those reporters was a racist and a psycho and should have been off the streets. But he wasn’t because our system does not protect the public.
So what we are seeing is not just a lack of care for those needing mental health care, but an actual FAILURE of the care that is supposedly delivered.
What Mikhail is telling us is that there are delusional people on both sides of the desk: those who think they can change the way someone thinks and those who have no intention of being changed.
You pretty well summed it up perfectly. The idea that someone with a sociopathic mental illness can be “rehabilitated” and safely released into society is absolutely ludicrous.
No, I’m not saying that we should be running around locking people up because they “might” be a danger, not everyone with an emotional disorder is dangerous, but there are very clear indicators in many cases of those who are.
But, rather than address the actual problem behind these active shooters, the Libs instead choose to attack legitimate gun owners and anyone in the industry. Just like the completely illegitimate lawsuit against Lucky Gunner the the Brady bunch manipulated the parents of one of the Sandy Hook victims to initiate.
Thanks vector 16
Dubya, the reporter, camera man and woman being interviewed who were shot in Virginia, might have produced a different outcome IF:
They had been aware of their surroundings.
They had been in possession of tools for defense.
They had been trained in the above.
They had implemented the above.
As one of The People, you are responsible for your own safety. You can choose to delegate that responsibility to others, but why would you? Who has a greater vested interest in your protection/survival? You or another human? The police say they have no duty to provide YOU protection, just the public in general.
A perfect example of the absolute stupidity of thinking background checks reduce crime is the shooting in New York City yesterday. Two people are caught in the crossfire between two gangs and one is killed and another wounded; one of the victims is Governor Cuomo’s aid. So naturally the first thing he does is scream for national gun control. Let’s look at the facts :
1. They were shot by gangers who I feel safe to say didn’t get the guns legally.
2. It’s unlikely that any of the gangers could legally buy a gun under gun laws already in force.
3. ,Universal background checks would have had no effect on the gangers having guns.
4. It all happened in NYC which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the US.
Bottom line . . . Liberal Democrat gun grabbers are among the stupidest and most useless people on the face of the earth. All they care about is their own agenda and everyone else be damned.
I am not sure how other states conduct background checks but here in Kakafornia.”The People’s Republic” we all have to undergo background checks to purchase a firearm….I think they need to do more to keep weapons out of the hands of those who cannot legally purchase one..
There is nothing that anyone can do to keep the guns out of the hands of people that can not legally own a firearm. I live in CA too. The BG check and the waiting period is stupid. The only way to stop these people from getting and using a firearm to kill or mame others un provoked is to capture and kill them.
In CA right now, if you are caught with a loaded and stolen firearm you are prosecuted for a misdemeanor.
In CA right now, if you are in possession on a legal firearm that belongs to you in public w/o a permit it is a felony.
Constitutional carry is the way to go for all states and eliminate gun free zones. CA is a gun free zone.
If you have ever seen news or live gang banger use a gun its tragic. they just point in the general direction and start shooting. If more people that were trained in the use of firearms were out there with firearms there would be a lot more dead thugs on the street.
The only way to stop this insanity is to make illegal possession of a firearm that does not belong to the person in possession of it punishable by death. Sooner or later all the Thugs and dumb sh$@s’ would either wise up or die.
I like to call it kalifornication lol
It can be called Commifornia, Confinsacteifornia, Hell, land of the lame, government without constituents etc.. its all about politicians and pleasing the minority and getting the dead vote. I know for a fact on that one.
In order to get a sample ballot in the mail you have to have voted in the last election. My Grandfather has been getting them every election since 92′. He’s been dead since 1990.
I refer to CA as the PCRM “Peoples’ Republic of Commie/Mexico the land of fruits and nuts populated by LUNATICS
When I was younger I purchased my first handgun at a hardware store for $30.00 and my first surplus rifle 03-A3 Springfield for $25.00
All the legislation in the world has yet to save one life but has turned the law abiding into criminals and filled the coffers of the states by enforcing fees and permits which I see as the government removing your constitutional rights then selling them back to you !!
I have since left the PCRM for a more citizen friendly location!!
@Force Recon Marine
Smart man. I lived in CA for about 18 months after getting out of the army, and i couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
Background checks are lame. The people that should not have a gun know they should not have a gun but they get them anyway. Meanwhile, like in CA, not only do you need a BG check but then you need to wait 10 days too. That even applies to people that already own guns. But the gang banger that just got out of prison and wants to go kill the guy that turned him in can get a gun in minutes….
All the channels available to criminals to buy guns without a BGC are also available to you too. Criminals don’t have special access that is not available to John Q. Public. The argument that thugs have better access is illogical. Anyone can go buy a gun of the street in a personal private transaction just as a thug can.
Background checks do a great service to society, but for the life of me I can’t remember what the service might be.
94 Federal Prosecutions Office’s in the United States and Territories, Approximately 4.5-Million Violent Gun Deaths per Year, equals ~47,900 Cases per Office per Year. Divided by 365 Days in a Year, equals ~131 Cases per Day per Office. You Right Dave, not possible.
@DudlyDoMore, can you cite the source for your “4.5 million” gun deaths per year in the U.S., please? Per the CDC’s web site, there were 16,121 homocides in 2013, nowhere near 4.5 million.
4.5 million gun deaths per year? lolwat?
I believe 4.5 million is the number of guns sold on average each year. The number of gun related deaths is around 30,000.
According to the FBI there are less than 9000 murders committed with guns in the US per year according to the most recent numbers (from 2013) the 30,000 statistic is fluffed up with Suicide which is extremely misleading.
Agreed. It is simply listed as gun related, so that would include everything from criminal homicides, legal self defense, suicide and accidental deaths.

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A week of music by contemporary composers comes to UB
June in Buffalo is a unique music festival that is recognized worldwide for its focus on contemporary composers. Established composers assemble every year on the UB Amherst campus for a week of musical activity that includes creative interactions with young emerging composers. Add in some of the finest musicians specializing in contemporary music, and the result is the kind of musical synergy that existed during the now almost legendary period of Lukas Foss and the UB Creative Associates. For this year’s event, festival founder and artistic director David Felder will be joined by his fellow composers Joshua Fineberg, Stephen Hartke, Philippe Hurel and Hilda Paredes. All the evening concerts and the BPO Sunday afternoon concert will take place at Slee Hall, and are ticketed events. The concerts in Baird Recital Hall at 4pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday are free and feature the works of emerging composers.
The BPO is featured on Sunday afternoon at 2:30pm under its music director JoAnn Falletta. Besides Bernard Rands’ “…where the murmurs die…”, the program includes Stephen Hartke’s Brandenburg Autumn, for double reeds, horns, harpsichord, and strings; the work uses the same instrumentation as Bach’s first Brandenburg concerto and features harpsichordist Daniel Pesca. Departing concertmaster Michael Ludwig will make his final official performance as a member of the BPO. Read More

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Clay Club with Charlotte Mei: Tuesday 10th, 17th, 24th March 2020, 7 – 9pm
A 3 week course exploring and playing with clay lead by illustrator and artist Charlotte Mei.
Time and Dates
Part 1: Tuesday 10th March 7-9pm
Part 2: Tuesday 17th March7-9pm
Part 3: Tuesday 24th March 7-9pm
6 hours total
Open to all abilities, Clay Club allows students to enjoy and experiment with ceramics without any background in studio pottery. The course will incorporate basic hand building techniques, applying different colour slips as well as glazes resulting in 1 experimental test piece, 1 finished personal project piece as well as 1 collaborative piece to each take home.
Each week students will be guided through the development of their personal project whilst having fun and experimenting with different ideas and techniques.
Why not create the ideal pot for your favourite plant, a small vase for the blossoms in your garden or a fruit bowl that sits in perfect harmony with your dining table...
All materials are provided and complimentary drinks are included.
You will be sent an email confirmation of your booking. Please keep this as the e-ticket to the workshop.


Detour for Highway 75 near Kent, Minn., changed due to flooded roadways
KENT - The detour for U.S. Highway 75 near Kent has been changed due to flooding on local roadways, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said this afternoon.
Traffic will be detoured through Kent, using Wilkin County roads 1 and 22.
Motorists should plan accordingly and follow detour signs, the Transportation Department said in a release issued at 2:15 p.m.
Highway 75 between Wilkin County Road 22 and Wilkin County Road 24 was closed March 21 due to flooding, and will remain closed until further notice.


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An athlete can train by doing speed, endurance, and strength exercises – generally related to the body. In addition, in various sports, he or she performs tactical or strategic training, but there is another type of training – mental one.
Interview with Katarzyna Selwant, Olympic psychologist, academic lecturer, motivational speaker and sports commentator.
What is mental training?
It is knowing how to exercise your head, such a gym for the mind. Mental training includes various issues, e.g. strengthening self-confidence, determining the correct motivation, sports goals, coping with one’s own emotional arousal, with the pressure of the environment and oneself, and many others. These are all the elements that we do not practice in sports training.
Mental training is hardly appreciated, but without it, it is difficult to achieve success in sports.
It is true, I practically do not know the best Polish athletes who would not pay attention to mental training, it has become an element of sports training for them. A professional athlete takes care of his body, consults a doctor or physiotherapist, not because he has an injury, but to prevent injuries. He pays just as much attention to how strong his head is. It is she who will decide whether we will effectively use the physical potential that we have developed during training.
Well, how important is the head? I have the impression that everything we achieve ultimately depends on our attitude. How much we train, how well we are physically prepared, if something does not work in our attitude, it will be for nothing.
Let us take an example from the last Olympic Games, our athlete Paweł Fajdek. He was perfectly prepared to compete technically, in terms of sport and effort. He also claimed so, he was the favorite of the world lists and admitted that at the most important moment – his head failed and unfortunately he did not even make it to the finals. In this case, it turns out that the head goes hand in hand with the body. It is known that even if I have a strong head and I am not physically prepared, I can give a lot, but I will not lose anything, because my body will refuse. Here, however, we have an example that the body was fantastically prepared, and there was no preparation for the “head”. On the other hand, many players believe that the hardest thing is to achieve success the first time, and then it will be easy, and we know that the hardest thing is to repeat success, achieve it a second time. For this we need a strong head, because not only do we have internal pressure – we want to win ourselves, but there is also pressure from the environment that watches us, cheers us on and wants us to win. Or it is our competition and wants to win with us.
When should we think about mental training as a complement to sports training?
Most of the cases I deal with are players who have something going on, where this “mentality” is failing. They know that they are well prepared physically, but they are unable to show it in important competitions. Ideally, we should train both mentally and physically from the beginning. What the psychology of sport proposes is psychoeducation, we teach our players how to be independent, how they can use all the skills we teach that we are not born with. Because we are not born super confident, with coping strategies or super-motivated, but we can learn all this.
Suppose we play amateur sport for fun, when and for what purpose can mental training be useful?
For people practicing amateur sports, mental training will be useful not only in sports, but also in professional or private life, because these skills are universal. When I have small children in my office who are already experiencing the first difficult moments related to losing at competitions, these children use the mental skills that we will develop together, at school or in contacts with peers. Young people who work mentally function better in various environments, develop better mentally, cope better with stress and concentrate better. I run a series of trainings for parents, because they most often spend time with young athletes. I teach them how their behavior and communication can positively influence the development of a young player. Unfortunately, these trainings are of low interest because the parent does not want to change, the parent wants his child to change, believes that he does not need education. And we adults should start with ourselves, because we at school did not have the basics of psychology: how to deal with stress, how to build self-confidence. And we are poorer for this knowledge, which we could pass on to our children and use it ourselves. Parents have the greatest influence on a child, they are the unquestionable authority. If they have knowledge, they can pass it on and apply it well. They could ideally positively influence the child, help him or her.
The entire article can be found in the Magazyn Bieganie (December 2016) and at Magazynbieganie.pl (click the link)

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The New Zealand Shooter flashes a White Power Symbol in Court
The man suspected of killing 49 people in a mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, flashed a white power symbol during a court appearance Saturday.
Brenton Tarrant, 28, also smirked at the media during the hearing, according to correspondents present in court. New Zealand authorities allowed photographs and footage of the brief hearing to be published, but requested that Tarrant’s face be blurred.
Images from the hearing show Tarrant forming his right hand into an inverted “OK” symbol, a gesture often associated with white supremacists.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the OK gesture has a convoluted history which often features alleged white supremacists claiming the gesture is innocent, or using it ironically to provoke a reaction.
Tarrant did not speak during the appearance, in which he was told he would be detained until another court appearance on April 5.


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Lyric Theatre Singers holiday concerts are a favourite family tradition | Photos: Tam Lan Truong of Tam PhotographyThe Lyric Theatre Singers bring Holiday Magic to your homes December 18-19 The Montrealer December 18, 2020 997 The Lyric Theatre Singers make a much anticipated return with their beloved Christmas event, only this time the Holiday cheer will be delivered virtually! Candlelight Christmas from Our Home to Yours, will be free and available to watch live on Facebook and YouTube, on December 17th, 18th and 19th, and will remain online for the duration of the holiday season. Bob Bachelor proudly displays at Lyric Theatre Singers CD Bob Bachelor, Artistic Director and recent recipient of the Jean-Pierre-Guindon prize, has created another eclectic program for loyal and new audiences alike. The mini-concert will be rich with warm, soothing melodies and memorable moments. Despite social distancing, forty Singers from Montreal, Saskatoon and even Nashville, have managed to stay united in song, taking part in virtual rehearsals and recording their voices and video footage at home. This online project includes songs by such composers as Irving Berlin and Sammy Cahn, as well as a hit from Broadway’s modern-day Christmas classic, Elf, and other musical surprises. As tradition would have it, Bob Bachelor and his creative collaborators have a few tricks up their sleeves to ensure that each segment entertains and delights! No one could have imagined that Montreal’s favourite Broadway vocal ensemble would be celebrating its 30th anniversary and creating beautiful music while apart, but Musical Director, Bob Bachelor, and his Assistant, Martin Kaller, have embraced the new reality and continue the mission to keep the Singers and audiences connected with heartwarming music, as they have for so many holiday seasons. They have surrounded themselves with trusted creative collaborators from the Together from Home music video series. Director/editor, Alessandro Mercurio, and sound designer, Rob Denton, are joined by Chris Barillaro (musical arrangements) and Karen Pearce (costume design). Additional directing, video editing and visual elements are provided by Matt Ayotte, Louise Dorais, Adam Gallay, and Laurie-Anne Jean-Baptiste. In This Together: The Lyric Theatre Singers’ 2020-21 Fundraising Campaign The Lyric Theatre Singers have found creative ways to stay active and connected to each other and their audiences during the pandemic, however the absence of revenue added to the uncertainty of what lies ahead is a major concern. It is hoped that Lyric can count on the generosity of their supporters in order to continue working on engaging musical projects and find itself on a solid financial footing when rehearsals and performances resume. All donations – large or small – will be gratefully accepted. Friends donating $25 or more will receive a tax receipt. Donations are gratefully accepted here. A portion of funds raised will be donated to The Depot Community Food Centre. Show Dates & Times: Fri. Dec. 18 at 7:30pm and Sat. Dec. 19 at 4:30pm. The concerts will remain online during the Holiday Season. www.thelyrictheatre.ca Follow Lyric on Facebook for details & updates. https://www.facebook.com/LyricTheatreMontreal/ In normal times – the concerts perform to a full house at the Loyola Chapel Related
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Victor J. Hunt filed a petition in the county court, pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3, seeking relief from orders issued by a single justice of the Appeals Court reducing, but not waiving entirely, the fees for docketing two appeals. A single justice of this court denied the petition without a hearing, and Hunt appealed. We affirm the judgment.
Relief under G. L. c. 211, § 3, is appropriate only "in exceptional circumstances and where necessary to protect substantive rights in the absence of an alternative, effective remedy." Votta v. Commonwealth, 435 Mass. 1013 , 1013 (2002). It is the petitioner's "burden to create a record -- not merely to allege but to demonstrate, i.e., to provide copies of the lower court docket entries and any relevant pleadings, motions, orders . . . or other parts of the lower court record necessary to substantiate [his] allegations" that relief is warranted. Gorod v. Tabachnick, 428 Mass. 1001 , 1001, cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1003 (1998). Hunt failed to carry his burden in at least two respects.
First, the record does not substantiate Hunt's allegations of a "substantial claim of violation of a substantive right." Id. Among other things, Hunt's contention that the Appeals Court single justice erred in setting the amount of the reduced docketing fees, rests on bare allegation. Lu v. Boston Div. of the Hous. Court Dep't, 432 Mass. 1005 , 1005-1006 (2000) ("Because the petition in this case failed to provide the court with any information regarding the substance of the underlying . . . actions, or regarding his grounds for the
relief requested, the single justice correctly denied his petition"). Hunt accordingly "failed to demonstrate that the Appeals Court erred or abused its discretion by issuing any of the . . . orders." [Note 1] Hunt v. McKendry, 434 Mass. 1025 , 1026 (2001).
Second, Hunt failed to demonstrate the absence of adequate alternative remedies. After he filed a notice of appeal from the orders setting the reduced entry fees, the same Appeals Court single justice ordered that "no action will be taken on the within notice of appeal." Hunt neither sought reconsideration of that "no action" order, nor sought review of it by a panel of the Appeals Court. [Note 2] See Maza v. Commonwealth, 423 Mass. 1006 (1996) (petition properly denied where plaintiff could have appealed to Appeals Court panel from Appeals Court single justice's denial of motion to have appeal docketed late). See also Kordis v. Appeals Court, 434 Mass. 662 , 664, 665 (2001) (petition granted where, after Appeals Court single justice struck petitioner's notice of appeal, petitioner filed a " 'second request for review' by a panel of other Justices," citing Mass. R. A. P. 15 (c), 365 Mass. 859 , and Rule 2:02 of the Rules of the Appeals Court , and second request purportedly was denied by single justice). Cf. Underwood v. Appeals Court, 427 Mass. 1012 , 1013 (1998) (relief denied under G. L. c. 211, § 3; Appeals Court has authority to require payment of reduced fee).
The single justice did not err or abuse his discretion in denying extraordinary relief on the record presented.
Victor J. Hunt, pro se, submitted a brief.
[Note 1] Hunt represented that a portion of the funds held in his institutional accounts was unavailable to him, pursuant to a policy of the institution in which he is incarcerated or the Department of Correction. The alleged policy is not part of the record before either this court or the single justice, nor did Hunt demonstrate that he was denied access to the so-called unavailable funds for payment of entry fees.
[Note 2] The Appeals Court single justice's order provided: "As G. L. c. 261, § 27D, does not provide for a right of appeal from the denial by a single justice of a motion to waive the entry fee, no action will be taken on the within notice of appeal." The propriety of that conclusion is not before us.


text: ABSTRACT Purpose: This study compared, through biomechanical evaluation under ventral flexion load, four surgical techniques for ventral stabilization of the atlantoaxial joint in dogs. Methods: In total, 28 identical atlantoaxial joint models were created by digital printing from computed tomography images of a dog, and the specimens were divided into four groups of seven. In each group, a different technique for ventral stabilization of the atlantoaxial joint was performed: transarticular lag screws, polyaxial screws, multiple screws and bone cement (polymethylmethacrylate–PMMA), and atlantoaxial plate. After the stabilization technique, biomechanical evaluation was performed under ventral flexion load, both with a predefined constant load and with a gradually increasing load until stabilization failure. Results: All specimens, regardless of stabilization technique, were able to support the predefined load without failing. However, the PMMA method provided significant more rigidity (p ≤ 0.05) and also best resisted the gradual increase in load, supporting a significantly higher maximum force (p ≤ 0.05). There was no statistical difference in flexural strength between the transarticular lag screws and plate groups. The polyaxial screws method was significantly less resistant to loading (p ≤ 0.05) than the other groups. Conclusions: The PMMA technique had biomechanical advantages in ventral atlantoaxial stabilization over the other evaluated methods.

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SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets rose on Tuesday, tracking stocks on Wall Street as they surged for a second session. Investors in the region looked ahead to India’s budget announcement, as well as Australia’s rate decision.
Japan Nikkei 225 jumped 1.13% in early trading, while the Topix was up nearly 1%. Some tech stocks rose, with SoftBank up 1.28% and Sony 1.73% higher.
Sony’s subsidiary Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Monday it has agreed to acquire privately held video game developer Bungie for $3.6 billion.
Meanwhile, Japan’s manufacturing activity grew at the fastest pace in nearly eight years, according to Reuters, brought on by new orders and stronger output.
Australia’s ASX 200 rose 0.33% after declining earlier.
Data on Tuesday showed that Australia’s retail sales in December fell 4.4% to $31.9 billion Australian dollars ($22.53 billion), after a 7.3% jump in November, according to Reuters.
In other economic data ahead, Australia is due to release its interest rate decision.
“It is widely expected the [Reserve Bank of Australia] will end [quantitative easing], and also open up the possibility to rating hikes in 2022, but will view early 2023 as being more probable according to their wages forecasts,” wrote Tapas Strickland, director of economics and markets at the National Australia Bank.
India is also set to announce its budget on Tuesday. Economists expect the announcement to include measures that support growth and also allow the government to reduce its deficits and debt accumulation at the same time.
“Oil’s surge in particular is a worry as the negative impact on discretionary demand as well as eroding margins may circle back to set back the fiscal positions,” Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank wrote in a Monday note, referring to India’s upcoming budget announcement. India is a major oil consumer and importer.
“The silver lining is that FY2023 Budget ought to ensure a delicate balance of supportive growth dynamics and fiscal consolidation,” he added.
Elsewhere, markets in mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore are closed for a holiday.
Over on Wall Street, stocks surged for a second day Monday to wrap up a rough January.
The S&P 500 rose 1.89% to 4,515.55, closing out the month down 5.3%. That’s its worst month since the 12.5% loss in March 2020, and its biggest January decline since 2009. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 406.39 points, or 1.2%, to reach 35,131.86. That helped it cut its monthly loss to 3.3%, as it benefitted from its underweighting in tech shares.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 3.41% to 14,239.88, adding to its 3% comeback Friday. The index still ended down 8.9% for January, its worst month since March 2020.
The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 96.685, declining from levels around 97.1 earlier in the week.
The Japanese yen traded at 115.09 per dollar, strengthening from levels around 115.2 previously. The Australian dollar was at $0.7066, rising from levels around $0.698 earlier.
Meanwhile, oil rose on Monday to their biggest monthly gain in almost a year amid a supply shortage and political tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, according to Reuters.
As the Russia-Ukraine crisis escalates, Moscow is sending more troops and weapons to its border, where an estimated 100,000 troops are already deployed.
Brent crude finished the day at $91.21 for a gain of 1.31%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude settled 1.53% higher at $88.15 per barrel.
On Tuesday morning during Asia hours, U.S. crude rose 0.16% to $88.29 per barrel, while Brent was up 0.19% to $89.43.
— CNBC’s Tanaya Macheel and Saheli Roy Choudhury contributed to this report.
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Over the next few weeks, I want to explore some of the key concepts of community organising and how they apply to a British context. Most of the practice and theory of community organising has been developed in the States but the key concepts transfer across continents and cultures with ease. This week, I want to explore the nature of relationships in the real world and how community organising sheds light on some clear contradictions in our ways of handling them.
Many, perhaps all of us find it difficult to make one fundamental distinction in our relationships. We start out in life with those relationships that are intimate and familial such as brother, cousin, mother and friend. But our mistake comes when we extend such private relationships to those who play a critically different role in our lives: to public officials, to celebrities and to business managers. These are public roles which are utterly different and we confuse the two at our peril.
Private and public
When it comes to private relationships, we know them to be enduring, to be mostly inherited and to offer us a real sense of safety. Families are made up of a variety of fallible individuals but they play roles that have certain expectations attached to them that derive from their private nature. These are relationships with people who are mostly like us and so these strong social bonds become the fundamental building blocks of an effective social network. These are the relationships in which we invest time, love and care and with people to whom we turn in moments of crisis or turmoil.
Public relationships are fundamentally different. Teachers and police officers, bosses and shop-keepers, co-workers and politicians are all playing a professional role and hence are relating to us in the public realm. These people are more likely to be very different to us, to have an instrumental intent and relationships with them are more fluid than private relations. They can be replaced by a different personality whilst still fulfilling the same role. Our relationships with such public figures are more likely to be weak acquaintances than strong and lasting. We are more likely to have guarded relations with such people, managing conflict by distance or exit (where possible) than by working the difference through as we might in private more permanent relations.
Living with a Mask
Now clearly public people also have private relationships and visa versa, sometimes with the same people. So you can have a public relationship with your boss and also be their friend. The important thing is that these are two distinct ways of relating and confusing the two can lead to manipulation and misunderstanding. When your friend is acting as your boss, they put on a ‘mask’, a style of being themselves that means they are not able to express themselves freely and crucially will act in the best interests of the enterprise rather than their kith and kin, friends and family. Their public role requires them to act for the ‘common good’, for the well-being of the community at large rather than for their narrow personal interest.
Getting roles confused
The problems arise when we confuse public and private relationships and view public professionals as our friends. On the one hand, public figures go out of their way to cause us to slip into this error. They present themselves as our friends, as having our widest interests at heart and seek to persuade us that we know them intimately. Celebrities are particularly prone to seeking to give us an intimate insight into their lives as a means of stimulating our private sense of relationship. Their role as public figures seems to fade into the background whilst we are seduced into seeing them as like us, offering closeness and permanence whilst in fact seeking to boost their sales and increase their fan-base.
On the other hand, many people are just unaware that they are being manipulated by the media into relating to people wearing masks as though they are family members. We are inclined to be more open and accepting of failure with family and friends and to hold a lower standard of behaviour than our expectations of responsible professionals. Hence we are drawn into misjudgements and subtle compromises when such public individuals act informally and seek to reduce the distance between us and them. When public officials, managers and celebrities take up their respective roles, they also take on responsibilities to act for the common good, to be held accountable for their actions and to take action in a planned manner.
Relationships in the Public Realm
In private, we want to be loved or at least liked for being honestly ourselves; we act spontaneously out of loyalty and expect to give altruistically. In public, we all in truth act out of self-interest and are looking to be respected for our actions; we give and take so as to develop our influence – quid pro quo – and with our mask firmly in place, are accountable for our actions. When public figures want to avoid responsibility, they can often be heard inviting people to view them as private individuals first rather than representatives of their role or enterprise. For many, the supposed intimacy of ‘friending’ public figures on Facebook gives an aura of the private to clearly public relations.
Organisers are taught to make this distinction because it is so fundamental to our role. Every human being learns to relate to the family (or to strong familial type bonds if not) in childhood but many of us fail to learn to relate to the public realm as adults. As a consequence, people often find conflict in public relations distressing and want to avoid saying rude things or embarrassing others in public. When the powerful seek to make you their friend in public, they are knowingly manipulating your relationship with them to cause you to respond inappropriately. The car salesperson who invites you to ‘help them out’ is shifting a public and commercial relationship toward a private and friendly one whilst having no loyalty to you beyond selling the car and improving their bonus.
The Boundary Transgressed
For organisers, dealing in the public realm requires us to be consistent in regarding those in public office as accountable for their actions. When challenging the actions of a urban slum landlord, organisers have often taken their campaign to the leafy suburb where he or she lives. They have pressed leaflets into the hands and letter boxes of neighbours exposing the landlord’s actions to the ridicule of his or her peers. During the civil rights movement in the 1960s, Alinsky used the blackest of Woodlawn’s campaigners to shock the all-white neighbourhood in which the landlords lived by picketing their homes and leafleting in the area. What the powerful regard as private is often fair game for calling them to their public duty, to return to the common good.
Aaron Schutz and Marie G. Sandy (2011) Collective Action for Social Change: An Introduction to Community Organizing Palgrave MacMillan

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