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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Indiana- Home Of Crony Capitalism

I absolutely hate it when a critic makes the mistake of seeing a government created monopoly business situation that creates problems, and assailing it broadly as a failure of capitalism.

I expect such criticism to begin to mount in the wake of the Indiana prison riot in New Castle. From the Indy Star report:
State officials will temporarily halt the transfer of Arizona prisoners to the New Castle Correctional Facility after a riot Tuesday that prompted calls for an end to housing another state's inmates in Indiana.

Department of Correction officials said nine people -- two prison employees and seven inmates -- suffered minor injuries in separate disturbances involving Arizona and Indiana prisoners during a two-hour period Tuesday afternoon at the facility 50 miles east of Indianapolis.

The other day, it was the "In God We Trust" license plates. Today it's this 'imported inmates' deal. What do both have in common? True conservatives should be opposed to both.

True conservatives should be opposed to special interest group-driven license plates on the basis that government has no business being a clearing house for private organizations, or for promoting mottos or images. Instead, Republicans seek balance- some plates they can call their own.

True conservatives should be opposed to selling off excess prison capacity on the basis that government should only have marginal excess prison capacity to begin with, and that state government has a limited proper role in protecting its' citizens from dangerous criminals. Instead, Republicans seek to turn the state into a business, making a profit on the excess prison capacity that should not be, taking in prisoners that are not the proper responsibility of the state of Indiana.

Indeed, Indiana government turned its responsibility on its' head. While by housing Indiana prisoners it is supposed to be protecting the law-abiding citizenry, it imported Arizona prisoners and thereby threatened the safety of the law-abiding Indiana citizenry.

This is without even considering the social implications of bringing two distinct prison populations together. Also from the Star:
"The idea of bringing in people from another state who bring along their gangs, allegiances and different alliances immediately was a mixture that was bound to bring trouble," said House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend.

This is something that should have been anticipated by the State. It's obvious. Was it even considered? It isn't just culture clashes between populations that should have been considered, but also between procedures. Another quote:
Commissioner J. David Donahue said the Arizona prisoners may have been upset
because Indiana prisons have different rules, including a ban on smoking and
limits on personal items inmates can have in their cells.

What causes riots? When a prisoner has so little, they hang on to the few things they have. If they had cigarettes in Arizona and lost them in coming to Indiana, anyone with a shred of common sense had to know the inmates would be unhappy. All these differences should have been scouted in advance. It appears they were not.

So, capitalism is likely to take the hits, when it doesn't deserve it. Let's be clear on terms:

Capitalism is business that exists in the private sector, and outside of monopoly settings. This privatization deal is not capitalism. There is no competition in Indiana for private operation of prisons. This prison is the only one that is privately managed. That's crony capitalism. I detest crony capitalism.

Privatization is allowing a private operator to manage a function previously managed by government. This prison is no longer managed by government, being managed by a private corporation, GEO Group.

The importation of prisoners into this prison was not the brainchild of GEO Group, however. This was a Daniels Administration initiative. GEO had to deal with the situation.

Both Daniels and GEO have failed here, but I hold Daniels as most accountable. The importation never should have happened, as outlined above. If it hadn't, the riots most likely wouldn't have happened.

Today's Republicans will accept anything the people wearing the Elephant Brand promote. Expanding the state government's role in prison management? What principled conservative could possibly be in favor? Ah. There's just an absense of principled Republicans.

So, Republicans. Don't wince to sternly when capitalism gets beaten up because of this. You helped make it so.

Monday, April 23, 2007

License Plate Suit Being Pressed

No surprise here, but in conjunction with the ICLU, an Indiana man has filed suit regarding the state's "In God We Trust" plates. From an Indy Star report:
The lawsuit filed in Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis claims motorists who request the "In God We Trust" plates receive preferential treatment because they do not have to pay a $15 administrative fee that the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles collects. The administrative fees are added to other fees whose proceeds promote the causes of the other specialty plates.

The plaintiff bringing the case, Mark Studler, said he pays an additional $40 for one of the popular environmental plates depicting an eagle above the word "Environment." Of the total fee, $25 goes to a state trust to purchase land set aside for conservation or recreational purposes and the remaining $15 is for the administration fee.

The 2006 law establishing the "In God We Trust" plate waives the
administrative fee.

I don't like the premise of license plates to begin with, let alone vanity plates. But I stringently object to the state, via the BMV, collecting money for any extraneous purpose. It doesn't matter to me whether the cause is the environment, one of the state universities, or Riley; or if the plate is just a motto or the image of a team like the Pacers or the Colts. The state shouldn't be a clearing house for a cause. It's bad enough that we have license plates at all. Must the state make a cottage industry of it?

It will be amusing listening to the so-called conservatives wailing about this suit as frivolous, mainly because it bothers them in the perception as an assault on God. Real conservatives would have opposed using the state as a tool for creating special interest imagery and the whole premise of special interest vanity plates. No, today's conservatism merely calls for "balance". The environmentalists have a license plate? Well, then we should have one with the word 'God' on it, too!

This is just as where conservatives used to oppose all welfare, they are now unified in providing balance, in the form of corporate welfare. &c.


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    De nada. It's nice to have a little extra viewing space with all the bricks we have nowadays !

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    I'll be sure to look in to this some time this week!
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    Sorry for the delay, but that should be fixed now!

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    I'm having odd troubles with a new install. I'm unsure what is going on, or what information will help, so here goes:

    Linux Mint 64, Firefox browser, Mafia build is 17622.

    I stripped out some of the stuff I don't use, but the issue has been here since I installed CHIT on this build. The bottom toolbar and the familiar bit are covering the effects, and I'm unsure what's causing it. Any thoughts or suggestions would be welcome, as would any advice on what I done wrong!

    Many thanks in advance.

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    chit.effects.describe   false
    chit.effects.layout     songs,buffs,intrinsics
    chit.effects.modicons   true
    chit.effects.showicons  true
    chit.effects.usermap    false
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    chit.familiar.hats      spangly sombrero,sugar chapeau,Chef's Hat,party hat
    chit.familiar.pants     spangly mariachi pants,double-ice britches,BRICKO pants,pin-stripe slacks,Studded leather boxer shorts,Monster pants,Sugar shorts
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    chit.familiar.weapons   time sword,batblade,Hodgman's whackin' stick,astral mace,Maxwell's Silver Hammer,goatskin umbrella,grassy cutlass,dreadful glove,Stick-Knife of Loathing,Work is a Four Letter Sword
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    I haven't got any good ideas. The only thing I could guess is that Firefox on Linux doesn't like the CSS since there's nothing odd in your setup. Could you try it with a different browser like Chrome and tell us if that works?

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    Oh, now I'm really baffled. Chrome mostly behaves under Mint, but bizarrely enough, the standard KoL chat pane gets argumentative. I actually tried it under a couple of other Linux distros, and found equally bizarre behaviour. I'm going to try some off-the-wall browsers to see if one works, and if it does, set that as the KoLMafia default. I guess this is what I get for breaking Windows...

    Thanks for responding, I didn't think there was anything wrong, just HTML/CSS interpretation, as you suggested.

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    Hmm, I feel like I've seen that happen at least once and managed to fiddle with something or other to fix it. I don't remember the details, but I'll try poking around and see if I can find anything.

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    I keeps receiving this in CLI:

    Multiple matches for "Staff of Ed"; using "[7961]Staff of Ed". (chit_brickGear.ash, line 337) Clarify by using one of:
    "[2325]Staff of Ed"
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    You've got the Staff of Ed in your favorites?! Weird, but I guess I get it.

    I don't think I'll bother to fix this. It's not really harmful anyway.

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    I'm having an issue with the appearance of the 'gear' section... it's automatically partially-covered by the 'effects' section. Resizing the character pane temporarily fixes it, but whenever it's refreshed for any reason (which happens a lot), it goes back to being half-covered. This is happening in both Safari and Chrome, if that makes a difference.

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    Known issue. Sometimes that happens -- sometimes it does not. It sounds a lot more common for you than it is for me. I wish I knew how to fix it. Some sort of really weird CSS issue.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Sydney Pollack: Three Days of the Condor

Note #1: Throughout this retrospective I’ve referenced this interview with Pollack. I couldn’t find a place to reference it in this piece, so I figured I would put it up at the beginning.

Note #2: Many, many thanks to Odie, whose fresh look at this piece helped trim a lot of the fat. This was one of the first pieces I actually started working on when I decided to do a retrospective on Pollack, and I was dreading the due date because I knew I was nowhere close to finishing it since I found myself adding more and more every week. If I were rich, I would hire an editor for this blog because god knows I often need one. Thanks, Odie!

In 1975, Sydney Pollack released two movies that were polar opposites in tone and style. His first release that year was the Paul Schrader-penned The Yakuza – a violent tale of a begrudging partnership that was new territory for Pollack – and the second release was yet another vehicle with his favorite star (to that point) Robert Redford that tackled a popular theme of the mid-‘70s (paranoia), Three Days of the Condor. The former is something of a cult classic now and thought fondly by those that like the divergence in style and tone Pollack took in directing that film; however, the latter is the more popular (and one of the most popular of Pollack’s oeuvre) and the film that stays with me much more so than the former. Three Days of the Condor is not Pollack’s best film, but it’s one of my favorites  in the way it sets up themes and tropes he would later tackle in films like The Firm (and in the films he acted in like Michael Clayton and Changing Lanes) and for what is probably my favorite performance that Redford gave Pollack.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Summer of Slash: Evilspeak

Like The Bogeyman and Superstition, Evilspeak was another example of the popular tendency around the early ‘80s to mix slasher elements with supernatural horror – thanks in part to the financial success of films like The Exorcist and Carrie as well as the advent of the commercially successful slasher template created by Halloween and taken to new heights by Friday the 13th. This was an interesting time to be a horror fan because you would get odd little hybrid movies like Evilspeak; yeah, it might be a bit of a cheat to feature this film in a series on the slasher film, but as I’ve stated numerous times: if I weren’t able play fast and loose with the format of this series, I’d probably go crazy. So it is with Evilspeak: a film that is mostly a knock-off of Carrie that has some of the clichés made famous by the slasher subgenre.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Summer of Slash: Communion (AKA Alice, Sweet Alice)

More like a Hitchcock film or the British exploitation film Frightmare, Communion is nothing like what I’m sure those coming to the film late – with the idea in their head about what a slasher movie is supposed to be – think it is. In fact, the best way to describe Alfred Sole’s horror film (which is very good, by the way) is that it’s probably the closest thing America ever got to an honest-to-goodness giallo. The reason it feels more like giallo – which were essentially Italian slasher movies before we knew what slashers were (or, more specifically, before John Carpenter decided that it’s more effective – and more profitable – if teens are in peril instead of grown women) – is due to the tone and the pacing of the film which is very much of its time and perfectly encapsulates ‘70s, pre-Black Christmas/Halloween horror). Communion may not be as influential as Bob Clark’s film or John Carpenter’s film (or, if you want, Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre), but it’s one of the true hidden gems of 1970’s American horror and arguably (and it’s an argument I would be willing to make) deserves to have a spot at the table of those two giants of the subgenre.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Sydney Pollack: The Yakuza

Before I get started with The Yakuza, I should point out that two things have been very clear in the three films – They Shoot Horses Don’t They?, Jeremiah Johnson, and The Way We Were – I’ve covered in this retrospective so far: one is that more than anything else, Sydney Pollack is a director that makes no bones about the fact that he is more interested in the performance of the actor than the art of the director; the second thing is that no matter what kind of story he is telling – be it Depression-era drama about dance marathons or Transcendentalist westerns or political thrillers (more on that next week) – he’ll always make time in his films for human relationships, specifically the relationships between men and women.

I bring this up because in 1975, Pollack released two genre films that seem like departures for the director and the very thing he values most in film; however, if you look closely at both The Yakuza and Three Days of the Condor, you’ll see that even amidst the action and chases and confusing screenplays, there’s always a languid moment here and there – despite what the film is really after – to connect lonely, singular individuals. There’s always a goal to connect the protagonist with something – women/men, nature, vocation – of meaning (so I guess it’s safe to call Pollack an Existential filmmaker of sorts). The reason for this is simple: Pollack claimed once in an interview that the relationship between humans (men and women especially) interests him more than anything else because “it’s a metaphor for everything else in life.” So even The Yakuza, a Sydney Pollack film that doesn’t really feel all that much like a Sydney Pollack film (it’s more of a genre film), there are quiet moments where the characters are allowed to talk and exist, however briefly, in a less chaotic world than the one they normally inhabit.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Summer of Slash: Further Thoughts on Friday the 13th Series

I'm taking the week off from Summer of Slash after too much Jason Voorhees. So, in lieu of my own horror content on the blog this week, I will gladly point you towards the gracious Michael Grover of the blog Filmiliarity who has taken it upon himself to finish the Friday the 13th series with more in-depth reviews. His first entry, A New Beginning, is up and can be found here. Enjoy. The Slash will continue next week.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Summer of Slash: Friday the 13th Wrap-up

Frequent commenter Michael Grover has graciously offered to write up more in-depth reviews at his blog Filmiliarity, so click on that link and check for updates on his blog if you’re interested in more than the pithy way I blitzed through these final six entries in the series.

In my last edition of this series on the Friday films, I mentioned that after The Final Chapter was released in 1984 the series took on a different gimmick with each subsequent film. The series would never be the same; it would never look like what we thought slashers were supposed to look like. After 1984, the slasher genre changed thanks to upstart New Line Cinema and the movie that revived horror maven Wes Craven’s career, A Nightmare on Elm Street. Because of this shift in the subgenre, the likes of Jason just didn’t seem to cut it anymore. Sure, people were still paying money to see these movies (they would always be profitable, even until the horrible tenth installment which just barely made its budget back, a first for a series that usually had no problem making three-to-six times what they put into it), but it seemed that the slasher landscape had changed. Part of this is due to New Line’s popularizing of Freddy Krueger by turning him from a scary boogeyman to a murderous quipster. Obviously Jason Voorhees couldn’t compete with this (nor could Michael Myers, probably the most inert of all slasher series), so the producers decided to try and keep with the times by placing him in wacky situations.

As I think about the subsequent films, only one stands out. The series devolved into an even more frustrating template and malaise than the first three sequels. Whereas the early sequels (2-4) seem somewhat of a piece (interestingly, Part 2 and Part 3 were the only sequels not assigned a subtitle) since they were rooted (or, they were supposed to be, but Part 3 seems to exist in a vacuum) in exploitation, the subsequent films adopt the feel of the more postmodern, detached slasher film of the post-1985 horror era – a slasher that is too self-reflexive and almost mocking the audience paying money to watch it. It was an interesting era for the slasher because so much nothing came from it; the only thing worthwhile being released that even resembled the early slashers were coming out of Italy. It was not the best time to be a horror fan, and I think that people tend to forget just how close the slasher subgenre was to being completely dead by the time Jason took Manhattan and Paramount sold the rights to their most profitable film series to New Line.

Here are my thoughts on the rest of the series (I will not be including the abomination that is Freddy vs. Jason or the 2009 remake of Friday):

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Sydney Pollack: The Way We Were

The Way We Were is everything its title song suggests: capital “d” dramatic and capital “r” romantic. In other words, it’s not subtle at all. It’s not even close to my favorite of Pollack’s films (Pollack himself didn’t seem to care all that much for the film, stating that his biggest accomplishment was merely, “getting the thing made”), but there’s something classically deliberate and endearing about the tone of the first half of the film: an hour that knows exactly the kind of film it is and executes the romantic melodrama perfectly. It’s in the second half of the film that story becomes problematic as Pollack and his screenwriter Arthur Laurents try to cram too many topical, political subplots into the film. The effect is a film that starts off earnest in its romantic schmaltziness but devolves into a film totally unable to shift tones.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Summer of Slash: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

1984 was probably the year most agree that the slasher died. It had an amazingly productive and successful (financially more than artistically) run for studios as they pumped out slasher after slasher with little to no budget. Despite these miniscule budgets, the films still made a good amount of money for the studios. As we’ve talked about already, Friday the 13th was the first film to really kick of the idea of the must-have sequel, and what followed was a torrent of films that adhered to the tested and true template laid out by the original Friday and its sequels (most specifically Part 2). Feeling that the subgenre was nearing its end, the producers of the Friday films felt they needed one last hook to bring in the waning audiences: in Part 3 it was the tired, old 3-D gimmick, and for the fourth entry in the series, the producers decided to name it The Final Chapter. Yep, they were going to kill Jason. That was their promise. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter isn’t as gimmicky as the Friday films that follow, but it’s the most apathetic of the first four films; a film so blatantly and lazily adhering to a template without a care for its characters or its audience. The filmmakers present the Meat, they present Jason, and then there’s a whole lot of killing, and then there is the most goddamn annoying ending that would be repeated ad nausea in subsequent Friday films.

Monday, July 9, 2012

Summer of Slash: Friday the 13th, Part 3

By 1983, “the template” – that which the original Friday the 13th helped create and, more importantly, make profitable – had pretty much been sucked dry. We knew the score: psycho killer seeks revenge, group of sex-hungry teens meets somewhere remote for the weekend, and psycho killer finds group of sex-hungry teens and quickly dispatches of them in ways that in 1983 were beginning to feel rather ordinary. And that’s the thing with the third entry in the Friday series: it (being the producers) knows that simply offering up another tale of teenagers being slashed might not be enough (even though they would continue, familiarity be damned, for TEN more movies), so how do they try to make this already old chestnut seem like a fresh and new entry? 3-D, of course! In what has to be one of the most laughable of all 3-D films to be released during that weird era in the ‘80s, Friday the 13th, Part 3 (no I will not say Part 3-D, I have standards here) is one of the more laughably bad of the lot (and this is a lot that contains Jaws 3 and Freddy’s Dead). Friday the 13th, Part 3 is bad, bad, bad; however, it’s cheesy and harmless enough that if you watch the film with a group of friends, you can get yourself through it. But make no mistake, aside from Part 5 and maybe Part 8, Part 3 is arguably the worst of the series.

Friday, July 6, 2012

Sydney Pollack: Jeremiah Johnson

“I was never what I would call a great shooter or visual stylist.”

That quote is from Sydney Pollack, referenced in Roger Ebert’s obituary for the director, and it’s an apt description of the director's style that he would more or less stick to throughout his career. We’re a ways from the end-point in this retrospective, and I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself; however, I couldn’t help but think of that quote as I watched Jeremiah Johnson, a film that so badly wants to be an epic western. The film is good, even great in certain moments, but it’s a little too strained in its approach to be an epic (the movie is not even two hours and it contains overture and an intermission complete with “entr’acte” title card) in the same vein as other anti-establishment, Vietnam era westerns like Little Big Man and McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Each film is different in tone, sure, but they all share something similar in that modern society does not allow for man to peacefully enter into nature and try and not only understand it but become one with it – to get away from all of the violence and self-imposition; society is always seeping in to corrupt and impose its own will. Those are the moments that are brilliantly effective and play to Pollack’s strengths as a director. When Pollack isn’t meandering from one scenic view to another (struggling to make the film visually poetic), Jeremiah Johnson is a beautiful, introspective western akin to something felt while reading Thoreau (there’s even a line where the character says, “the Rockies are the marrow of the world,” echoing the famous line from Walden). It is in those small, and often quiet, moments that Jeremiah Johnson works.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Summer of Slash: Friday the 13th, Part 2

A few things right out of the gate: Friday the 13th, Part 2 is not only better than any other films in the series – including the much beloved but horribly dull original – but it’s one of the best slashers to come during the subgenre's peak period (1981-1984); the reason for that is because Steve Miner is a better director than Sean Cunningham, the villain is a lot more effective (duh, we’re introduced to Jason), and the film contains one of the very best Final Girl sequence I’ve seen in any slasher film. The film is not without its faults (what slasher film doesn’t have faults?), but I will gladly look over those faults and sing the praises of Part 2 because it is, in almost every conceivable way (with the exception of the missing Tom Savini), better than the first film.

Monday, July 2, 2012

Summer of Slash: Friday the 13th (1980)

Since we have a Friday the 13th coming up next week, I thought I would, gulp, look at the series for the Summer of Slash series. Here we go...

I don’t really want to be that guy, so let me just get this out of the way: Friday the 13th took everything from other, better, movies. Setting, kills, style, everything. It’s only as famous as it is because it was the first American film to make a shit-ton of money using such a low-budget, exploitation-y premise; it’s not famous because it’s a good horror movie. There. This way I don’t have to spend tons of time invoking Bava’s Bay of Blood or other films of its ilk that American audiences didn’t know about yet, but that Friday the 13th cribbed from. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about these Friday movies, shall we. I’ve spent a lot of time this year and last talking about all of the films that were influenced by Sean Cunningham’s Friday the 13th (primarily by the fact that thanks to all the money Friday made, more and more studios were willing to bankroll what would become known as the slasher film), but I haven’t taken the time to actually cover the film. Friday the 13th is probably the only film of its kind; meaning, it’s probably the only film ever to be this influential and spawn better movies of its ilk. Oh, don’t get me wrong, during the glut of slasher films (1981 – 1984) there were some doozies – some of the worst films ever made no matter the subgenre – but the good ones really showed what the subgenre was capable of stylistically and allowed for filmmakers to be creative with a subgenre of film where, all of a sudden (thanks to Cunningham’s film), all bets were off.


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Man forced to fight for his life as dogs attack in White Center

A 66-year-old man pulled his knife in a fight for his life early Wednesday when three dogs, including a bull mastiff and a pit bull, viciously attacked him in White Center.

Deputies say the man suffered bite wounds all over his body - including a severe bite wound to the neck - and is lucky to have survived the attack.

The drama began as the man was out walking in the 10200 block of 18th Ave SW at about 12:15 a.m., said Sgt. Patrick McCurdy of the King County Sheriff's Office.

Three dogs suddenly rushed up to the man, knocked him down and began ripping at his flesh with their teeth. The man pulled out his pocket knife and fought back, inflicting injuries on one or more of the dogs.

Some passers-by witnessed the attack and called 911 as a neighbor tried to pull the dogs off. Another person driving by tried to run over the dogs with his car.

Deputies arrived on the scene shortly afterward and seized the dogs after they ran off. The canines were located by following bloody paw prints and with the aid of a sheriff's helicopter equipped with heat sensors.

"One of his neighbors tried to pull the dogs off, even though they were in the middle of the attack, a kind of frenzied attack," said King County sheriff's deputy Patrick McCurdy.

Medics treated the victim and took him to Harborview Medical Center for treatment of significant bite wounds all over his body, McCurdy said.

A preliminary investigation found that two of the dogs had been locked in a yard in the 10400 block of 18th Ave SW but somehow got loose. Two other people reported being cornered by the dogs earlier.

Michael Veidt owns two of the dogs, a 7-year-old bull mastiff named "Savage" and a 6-month-old American terrier named "MV." Veidt is cooperating with deputies and will likely not face charges because the dogs escaped from a locked yard.

He said the dogs are "family oriented" and "loving," but he believes fireworks got them riled up.

"Savage, we've had him since he was a baby, and all our dogs are family-oriented dogs," Veidt said.

The third dog appears to be a pit bull, but the owner of the other two dogs did not recognize it.

The dogs will be evaluated and checked for rabies before authorities decide whether to return them to their owner.


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A few years back, Rock Band exploded in North America. In Europe. In Australia. It didn't in Japan. There must be a reason for that.

There is. The game was never released in Japan. There must be a reason for that. There are—several.

According to Harmonix Music Systems' boss Alex Rigopulos, there was interest in bringing Rock Band to Japan. Japanese music games have always been an inspiration for Harmonix.

Rumors swirled that Harmonix was working on a Japanese version. According to Rigopulos, licensing Japanese music proved challenging. It wasn't just that—the game's iconic peripherals ran into headwinds in Japan. Houses are small, and there's less space to store all the plastic instruments. What's more, Rigopulos said, was that Japanese people tend to be quieter at home and have fewer home parties than Westerners.

People in Japan do entertain at home; however, he'd dead on that people here do tend to be quieter at home.

With homes not providing the ideal space to enjoy Rock Band, Rigopulos said that Harmonix was looking into releasing the game in Japanese arcades or even in Japanese karaoke parlors. The arcades were too noisy, said Rigopulos. Karaoke parlors also weren't ideal. They're divided into small rooms; those rooms have tables that are fixed to the floor, making it difficult to clear a space to play Rock Band and thus nixing the chance of a Rock Band karaoke paralor release in Japan.

With Dance Central, aka the Kinect game, Harmonix was finally able to release one of its latest titles in Japan, offering Japanese gamers to chance to enjoy music gaming, without the peripheral fuss. For Harmonix, success in Japan has never sounded as sweet.

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Capcom legend Kinu Nishimura is working on upcoming 3DS side-scrolling brawler Code of Princess.

Nishimura—who might not be a household name, but should be— is responsible for so much kick-ass game art.

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Teasing tomorrow's release of the official Hitman: Absolution E3 trailer, Square Enix teases us with an image depicting eight ladies dress in vinyl nun costumes wielding a wide variety of powerful firearms. Could Hitman: Absolution feature the world's first nun-based online multiplayer? God I hope so.

Some sort of multiplayer reveal is what's expected, but really there could be any number of explanation as to why Square Enix is rolling out nuns in high heels so late in the game. Perhaps it's a new co-op mode aimed as emasculating make players as effectively as possible. Maybe they just had some extra nun costumes sitting around. Just because I can't think of any more possibilities doesn't mean they aren't there.

In case there was any doubt over the nunliness of these ladies, the UK's Metro ran this image earlier today:

Definitely nuns. Well, definitely women dressed as nuns. It looks like a scene straight out of Atlanta's local goth clubs circa 1995, only with slightly more assault rifle.

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Entering the family business is a tricky affair. Especially when your family already has a rather notorious reputation. For Hank Williams III, entering the music business was the easy part. His grandfather Hank Williams became a legend through his music despite an early alcohol fueled death at 29 and expulsion from the Grand Ole Opry. His father Hank Jr. carved out his own country rock niche in the 70s and 80s though most recently made headlines for his open opposition to the Obama administration. Tough acts to follow but compared to Hank III, those acts of infamy look downright tame.

Despite a start in his teens, Hank III quickly got bored with country music and branched out of that scene into a more punk, metal, experimental and country hybrid sound. Of course bucking tradition quickly put him at odds with his label and he spent the better part of a decade fighting them through his “Fuck Curb” campaign. This did let get the time to get with stints in bands like Superjoint Ritual, Arson Anthem and 3 Bar Ranch. After finally getting past his legal fights, Hank 3 is able to focus strictly on the music and concluded he has a lot of catching up to do.

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2016 campaign checklist: Who’s doing what

WASHINGTON (AP) — This is the season of cultivation for people who might run for president in 2016.

It’s a time to get to know donors, to get the public to know you on TV and social media, to visit big primary states, network with the activists and ideologues, produce a vanity book, polish a record, deflect personal baggage, take a stand, develop a world view and scout for advisers and political organizations that can power up a campaign team.

All this, for the season of harvest to come. And all while sounding coy about running.

Here’s a look at the hoops that people interested in the presidency must generally jump through to prepare for a campaign — whether they end up running or not — and who’s doing what.

The main players: For the Democrats, Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley; and for the Republicans, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

The non-denial denial: “I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn’t mean I won’t run.” GQ interview, July.

Book: Not lately. Could be time for a sequel to “Promises to Keep” from ’07.

Iowa: Yes, in 2012 campaign. Schmoozed with Iowa power-brokers during 2013 inauguration week in Washington. (Poor Iowa caucuses showing knocked him out of the 2008 presidential race.)

New Hampshire: Yes, in 2012 campaign, and 2013 summer fundraiser planned in Maine for New Hampshire governor.

South Carolina: Yes. Headlined annual fundraising dinner in May for South Carolina Democratic Party, a speculation-stoker in big primary state. Appeared at prominent South Carolina Dem Rep. James Clyburn’s annual fish-fry. Spent Easter weekend this year with wife at South Carolina’s Kiawah Island, near Charleston. Vacationed there for a week in 2009 as well.

Foreign travel: You bet. Frequent foreign travel and plenty of foreign policy experience by former chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Countless trips to Iraq and Afghanistan during President Barack Obama’s first term. Already been to India, Singapore, Rome, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and Colombia in second term.

Meet the money: Regularly schmoozes Dem contributors at private receptions.

Networking: And how. Cozied up to key players during inauguration week, including reception for activists from New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina among other states; dropped into the Iowa ball, met environmental and Hispanic activists. Also, keynote speech at Michigan Democratic Party dinner. Making calls for House Democrats’ campaign organization, assisting in recruitment of candidates to run next year. Speech to South Carolina Dems. Raising money for Democrats. Campaigned for new Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey. Speaks regularly to special interests. One week in May: Monday, spoke to religious leaders at the White House; Tuesday, voting rights talk with African Americans; Wednesday; immigration talk with Asian Americans; Thursday meeting with firefighters about Boston bombing. And on the fifth day, he rested.

Hog the TV: No, not lately.

Do something: Point man on gun control, which failed. Lots with foreign policy. Point man on Violence Against Women Act. Credited with pushing Obama to embrace gay marriage. Called upon by the administration to be a go-between with the Senate. Negotiated fiscal cliff deal.

Take a stand: Guns. Violence against women. Gay rights. Veterans. He’s touched on everything as senator and vice president.

Baggage: Age, flubs, fibs. White-haired Biden would be 74 by Inauguration Day 2017. His deflection: unfailing enthusiasm and a busy schedule. Habit of ad libbing and wandering off reservation is a turnoff to some; endearing to others. Biden’s response: “I am who I am.” A tendency to embellish a good story dates to first run for president, when he appropriated material from the life story of a British politician, sometimes without attribution. Despite policy gravitas, Pew Research polling recently found public perceives him as not so bright, clownish. Those who like him in polling say he’s honest and good.

Shadow campaign: Maintains close contact with his political advisers past and present. Creating a shadow campaign would be difficult early in Obama’s second term as the public perception could hasten Obama’s lame duck status.

Social media: Not active on Facebook, occasional contributor to his office’s Twitter account. Narrates “Being Biden” photo series showing him behind the scenes. Episodes include a meeting with actress Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, who plays VP on the HBO show “Veep.”

(Contributor: Josh Lederman)

Non-denial denial: “I have absolutely no plans to run. … I don’t know everything I’ll be doing. I’ll be working on behalf of women and girls, and hopefully be writing and speaking. Those are the things that I am planning to do right now. … I’m looking forward to this next chapter in my life, whatever it is.” CNN, January. Also: “TBD.” Part of her self-description on Twitter after joining in June.

Book: Yes — again. Previously published author has a new book expected in 2014.

Iowa: No. (Third-place shocker in 2008 caucuses won by Barack Obama portended scrappy nomination fight to come.)

New Hampshire: No. (Beat Obama in 2008 primary to regain traction in nomination contest.)

South Carolina: No. (Distant second to Obama in 2008 primary.)

Foreign travel: Do birds fly? Former secretary of state doesn’t need to globe-trot any time soon. Spent 401 days overseas and nearly three months in the air, covering nearly 1 million miles. Recent speech in Canada.

Meet the money: No, but can tap deep well of Dem and activist money. Supporters launched a super PAC, Ready for Hillary, in January to support another presidential run and are raising money at rapid clip.

Networking: After a respite, kicking it into gear on the speech circuit: several paid speeches since April to trade groups, conferences about the lives of women around the globe. Much more coming. In September, will be presented with Liberty Medal by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at Philadelphia ceremony sponsored by National Constitution Center, chaired by the potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate. In October: speeches to college students at three upstate New York universities, bringing her back to communities where she campaigned and served in the Senate.

Hog the TV: No. But stay tuned for “Hillary,” an NBC miniseries hatched with the expectation she’ll run. Diane Lane will play her.

Do something: For now, a record to be judged on as secretary of state, senator and first lady.

Take a stand: You name it, she’s had something to say about it in her varied political life. Recent speeches have focused on the economy, housing, opportunities for women and finance. Obama objected to her proposed individual mandate for health insurance in 2008 campaign — a contentious idea then and now — only to adopt it in office.

Baggage: Age, Benghazi, politics. She would be 69 on Inauguration Day. She lived through some grueling days as secretary of state. She counters with a serious spunk factor and memories of her energetic schedule as top diplomat. Republicans would love to pin blame on her for last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. She does just fine politically — until she gets political. Then her old enemies come out of the woodwork.

Shadow campaign: Keeping a traditional shadow campaign at arm’s length for now. Ready for Hillary super PAC has received endorsements from Democrats such as Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm; several old Clinton hands are advising the group, including Craig T. Smith and Harold Ickes. The group is encouraging Clinton to run and trying to lay a foundation of grassroots supporters for a campaign if Clinton chooses to pursue one.

Social media: Twitter: Huge throng of followers, over 600,000, but few tweets. Her tweeted congrats and advice to British royal family for the new baby: “It Takes a (Royal) Village!” Not active on Facebook.

(Contributor: Ken Thomas)

Non-denial denial: “To the extent that I’m focusing on politics, it’s my (governor’s) race next year.”

Book: Yes. Coming in 2014 from HarperCollins. “Profound moments” of the New York governor’s first term in office plus “a full and frank account” of his private life.

Iowa: No. Has stayed close to home.

New Hampshire: No.

South Carolina: No.

Foreign travel: Yes, but not much lately. Visited Israel twice in 2002 when running for Democratic nomination for governor.

Meet the money: Facing little opposition in his re-election campaign in 2014, Cuomo had socked away a whopping $27.8 million in his campaign account through July.

Networking: Sparingly. Rarely leaves New York state. Did not appear at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last year, choosing instead to hold a side event for New York delegates at a Charlotte hotel.

Hog the TV: No.

Do something: Led New York’s effort to legalize same-sex marriage in 2011. This year, pushed through the nation’s first gun-control law after the Newtown, Conn., school massacre. Minimum wage boost, on-time budgets, teacher standards.

Take a stand: Environmentalists and the energy industry are closely watching his pending decision whether to allow fracking in some upstate New York counties near the Pennsylvania line.

Baggage: Trumpets “remarkable string of accomplishments” in the state but record-high poll numbers have sunk to lowest yet. State economy grew at slower pace than national rate in 2012. New York ranked 37th among all states for gross domestic product for last three years. Deflection: “I’m focusing on running this state and doing it the best I can. And that’s all there is to that.” Cuomo’s first marriage to Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, ended in a public and bitter divorce in 2005. Cuomo lives with Food Network star Sandra Lee.

Shadow campaign: Overshadowed by Clinton’s shadow campaign. Considered a likely contender if Clinton ends up not running.

Social media: Few if any personal tweets; Facebook also generated primarily by staff.

(Contributor: Ken Thomas)

Non-denial: “By the end of this year, we’re on course to have a body of work that lays the framework of the candidacy for 2016.” An acknowledgment of presidential ambition that is rare in the field.

Book: No.

Iowa: Yes, once in 2012. Last fall, headlined Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin’s annual steak fry, a must-stop for many Democrats seeking to compete in the leadoff caucuses. In Maryland, attended June fundraiser for Iowa Senate candidate Bruce Braley.

New Hampshire: Yes, in 2012. Appeared at May fundraiser in Washington area for New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.

South Carolina: Yes, April speech to Democratic activists.

Foreign travel: Yes, considerable. Israel this year for a second time. Also Denmark, Ireland, France in 2013. Asia in 2011, Iraq in 2010.

Meet the money: Has many bases covered as one of the party’s top fundraisers. Raised more than $1 million for Obama’s re-election campaign and is finance chairman for Democratic Governors Association heading into 2014 mid-term elections.

Networking: Yes. Springtime speech to party activists in South Carolina, another key early primary state. Work for 2014 candidates will take him to important presidential campaign states late this summer and fall, among them Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and New Jersey.

Hog the TV: One Sunday talk-show appearance since 2012 election. Frequent Sunday sermonizing on those shows on behalf of Obama during 2012 campaign.

Do something: Has posted some victories as governor that appeal to liberals: Toughened gun laws, repealed the death penalty, saw voters approve gay marriage after he got behind legislation to approve it, set up a framework to develop offshore wind power.

Take a stand: Liberal checklist: increased spending on education, infrastructure, transportation; supports same-sex marriage, immigration reform, repealing death penalty, pushes environmental protections.

Baggage: A record of raising taxes that could be challenged by less liberal Democrats, never mind Republicans. Sales and corporate income taxes went up his first year as governor. Last year, people making more than $100,000 got hit and the state’s “flush tax” on sewer bills doubled. This year he raised the gasoline tax. A shot across the bow from Maryland Republican Party chairwoman Diana Waterman: “Outrageously high taxes, a hostile regulatory environment, and thousands of people who are closing shop or leaving the state for greener pastures. This ‘progress’ he likes to boast about will be a tough sell to voters in Iowa and tax-wary New Hampshire.” O’Malley’s deflection: A vigorous defense of his record and the state’s business climate. U.S. Chamber of Commerce rates Maryland No. 1 for entrepreneurship and innovation.

Shadow campaign: Set up PAC called O’Say Can You See and hired two people for fundraising and communications.

Social media: On Twitter, standard governor’s fare but promotes rare appearances by his Celtic rock band, O’Malley’s March, for which he sings and plays guitar and tin whistle. On Facebook, his PAC-generated page is more active than official governor’s account.

(Contributor: Brian Witte, Annapolis)

Non-denial denial: “I’m not thinking about it.” ”I’m not saying yes. I’m just not saying no.” March 10 talk shows. “My thinking is not to think about it for a year,” May 30.

Book: Yes. Co-authored “Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution,” which he promoted on all five Sunday morning TV talk shows March 10.

Iowa: Yes, in 2012, economic development meeting in Sioux City.

New Hampshire: No record of recent visits.

South Carolina: Yes, in April 2012. Spoke to Empower S.C. Education Reform meeting.

Foreign travel: Yes, a few times a year. Several visits to Israel, as governor (1999) and since then (private visit 2007). Also went there as Florida commerce secretary in 1980s.

Meet the money: Yes, and he’s got longtime connections. Party this summer for his immigration book at the home of Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets and a leading Republican bundler.

Networking: Yes, keynote dinner speech at Conservative Political Action Conference in March in Washington. 2013 Faith and Freedom Coalition meeting. Speeches and meetings on education policy.

Hog the TV: 6 Sunday talk show appearances since 2012 election, including all five shows on March 10 to plug his book on immigration.

Do something: Staked a position on immigration to the right of Sen. Marco Rubio and some others. Strong job approval ratings as governor of swing-state Florida. Revamped state educational system, cut taxes, managed state through several hurricanes.

Take a stand: Active on education reform in addition to immigration. On the later, irked some Republicans by writing in his book that he did not support a pathway to citizenship for those living in the country illegally. Previously had expressed support for a pathway to citizenship, and later said he was open to the idea if it did not encourage illegal immigration.

Baggage: The Bush factor. Jeb is yet another Bush — a plus for many people but a huge negative for a big slice of the electorate that either didn’t like Bush 41 and-or 43, or simply objects to the whole idea of a political dynasty. Even Barbara Bush, when asked about Jeb running, said in April: “We’ve had enough Bushes.” Not much he can do to deflect this, other than show that he’s his own man, and keep 41 and 43 at a distance.

Shadow campaign: He’s a Bush — he’s got connections. Statehouse lobbyist Sally Bradshaw, his chief of staff when he was governor, is his go-to political person.

Social media: Tweets many Wall Street Journal stories. On Facebook, promotes immigration book, education reform.

(Contributor: Tom Beaumont, Des Moines, Iowa)

Non-denial denial: “I’m nowhere near making that decision yet, at all. I mean, I think anybody who tries to plan in politics that far in advance is crazy. … I love being governor and I want to stay as governor.” Feb. 4, “Late Show with David Letterman.”

Book: No.

Iowa: Yes, in 2012. New Jersey governor also visited in 2011 and 2012 to help Iowa Rep. Steve King raise money.

New Hampshire: Yes, three times in the 2012 campaign, endorsing Mitt Romney in a visit to the state, campaigning for him there in January 2012 and returning in September for Ovide Lamontagne, who was running for governor. Schmoozed with New Hampshire delegates at GOP convention.

South Carolina: Yes, visited in 2012 to help Romney raise money.

Foreign travel: Yes. First official trip overseas was in July 2012, to Israel, then Jordan. Visited Western Wall, met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told him Israel and New Jersey are similar in size and population but New Jersey probably has “better neighbors.”

Meet the money: Yes, went on an aggressive national fundraising tour in early 2013, courting GOP donors in New York City, the Washington area, Boston and Miami. Also raised money this year in Ohio, Wisconsin, Texas and California, where Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hosted an event at his Palo Alto home. Although he’s raising money for his governor’s race, these connections put him in a good place to finance a presidential campaign. Attended Romney’s retreat in Utah in June, joining Paul and Ryan in hanging out with major GOP donors.

Networking: Yes, but not the usual conservative activist network. Broad outreach as keynote speaker at 2012 Republican National Convention and vice chairman of Republican Governors Association, a group he’ll chair in 2014. At Aspen Institute in July, started spat with Paul from afar, criticizing libertarians in the party. Spoke to Conservative Political Action Conference in 2012 but not invited this year. Invited to speak to Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom conference, but declined and instead appeared with Bill Clinton in Chicago to talk about disaster relief.

Hog the TV: Yes but not the usual sober circuit. Late-night guest with David Letterman, Jon Stewart and Jimmy Fallon, occasional news-show guest. Brief appearance on “Saturday Night Live” and will play himself on an episode of the new sitcom “The Michael J. Fox Show” this fall.

Do something: Led state’s response to Superstorm Sandy. Agreed to expand state’s Medicaid program under Obamacare while some other Republican governors have refused to do so. Vetoed a bill that would have legalized gay marriage, signed law increasing pension and health costs for public workers.

Take a stand: Bridges partisan divide. Christie showed in disaster response that pragmatism trumped party labels. That could be a strength in a presidential election, although a weakness in striving for his party’s nomination, because accommodation is not what core constituencies of either party want to see. But he’s pleased some conservatives by taking on labor unions, opposing gay marriage and opposing abortion rights except in case of rape, incest or to save the life of the woman.

Baggage: Fat factor. Man dates with Obama, Bill Clinton. Prickly relations with conservatives. Began to deflect weight problem by having a band surgically placed around stomach to restrict food intake. His praise of Obama during storm response and while Romney was trying to win the 2012 campaign turned some Republicans apoplectic. His deflection could be summed up by the title of Romney’s book: “No Apology.” Has a lot of making up to do with the right.

Shadow campaign: Building broad coalition of donors through his national fundraising tour this spring. There were also “draft Christie” movements in Iowa and South Carolina in 2011, where activists continue to support him. Hired senior Romney media mind Russ Schriefer in late spring.

Social media: More engaged in Twitter (“It was great to be able to visit with the owners of Rossi’s Rent-A-Rama in Ortley today.”) than Facebook.

(Contributor: Steve Peoples, Boston)

Non-denial denial: “The reality is anybody who’s thinking about 2016 needs to have their head examined. It’s way too early.” May 10 in New Hampshire.

Book: Yes. But Louisiana governor’s hardcover “Leadership and Crisis” from 2010 is dated (and selling for under $3 on Amazon). No set plans for another book, inner circle says. But his moves toward managed-care privatization in health care and school vouchers in education could anchor another vanity-policy tome.

Iowa: Yes, summer visit, then flew with Iowa governor to governors association meeting in Milwaukee. In Iowa seven times in 2012.

New Hampshire: Yes, headlined state GOP fundraiser in May, two visits in 2012.

South Carolina: Yes, attending summer fund-raiser for Gov. Nikki Haley.

Foreign travel: No overseas trips as governor. A few trips while in Congress from 2004-2008.

Meet the money: Yes, met leading GOP donors in New York City.

Networking: Headlined winter meeting of Republican National Committee in Charlotte, N.C., where he suggested Republicans “stop being the stupid party.” Has close ties with social conservatives. Spoke at 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference and opened Virginia Republican convention in May. Aspen Institute and GOP governors’ meeting in the summer. Has spoken at least twice in recent years at Republican leadership conferences in New Orleans.

Hog the TV: No, two Sunday talk show appearances since 2012 election.

Do something: Set an example for effective disaster response in several hurricanes and the Gulf oil spill (but unlike Christie, trashed the Obama administration). Privatized a major chunk of Louisiana’s Medicaid program. Dramatically downsized public hospital system. Signed statewide voucher program that covers private school tuition for certain students. Signed abortion restrictions, a science education law that some academics say amounts to back-door promotion of creationism and fought liberalization of state’s adoption law, making it impossible for gay couples to adopt jointly.

Take a stand: Stands for “fundamental shifting (of) the size and focus of government” and has record on privatization to show he means it. Happy to carry social conservative banner while demonstrating curious mind on policy and inventive approach to issues, at the risk of making him look seriously wonky.

Baggage: Pesky state governance issues: Had to pull back ambitious plan to replace Louisiana’s corporate and personal income taxes with higher sales taxes. THAT speech: No doubt critics will be happy to dredge up video of disastrous GOP response to Obama’s first presidential address to Congress in 2009, a prime showcase that went awry when Jindal delivered a dud. Deflection: The first Indian-American governor in the United States helped banish that memory with funny, well-delivered speech to media elite at 2013 Gridiron dinner, which included this self-deprecating reference to his own prospects for a presidential run: “What chance does a skinny guy with a dark complexion have of being elected president?” Biggest accomplishments have some holes critics can pounce on: a troublesome audit at the school that got the most state money under voucher program; the Jindal administration’s award of a $200 million Medicaid contract is under investigation by state and federal grand juries.

Shadow campaign: His media consulting shop is OnMessage, based in Alexandria, Va., where campaign strategist Curt Anderson has had a long relationship with him. Timmy Teepell, a former campaign chief of staff for Jindal, has been made a partner.

Social media: Active on Twitter and on Facebook, where he lists among favorite books, “John Henry Newman: A Biography,” about recently canonized British cardinal and sage. Also favors James Bond movies.

(Contributor: Bill Barrow, Atlanta)

Non-denial denial: “We’re thinking about growing the party. What comes after that, we’ll see.” June 17, Fox.

Book: Yes. But Kentucky senator may need something less flame-throwing than 2012′s “Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds,” and something less dated and more broadly pitched than 2011′s “The Tea Party Goes to Washington.”

Iowa: Yes, Lincoln Day Dinner in May, meeting with pastors in July.

New Hampshire: Yes, headlined state GOP fundraiser in May, met activists, went on radio. Plans Washington fundraiser for New Hampshire Republicans.

South Carolina: Yes, headlined fundraisers in Greenville and Columbia.

Foreign travel: Yes. Visited Israel, Jordan in January, met Palestinian Authority as well as Israeli leaders, said in Israeli speech U.S. should trim aid to Israel gradually. Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Meet the money: Yes, attended Romney’s Utah retreat in June with big GOP donors, golfed with some there. Met potential donors in New York City. Raised money for Nevada GOP at Las Vegas event in July.

Networking: Yes, spoke to Conservative Political Action Committee, Faith and Freedom Coalition forum, FreedomFest libertarian event in Las Vegas and at Reagan Presidential Library on California trip that also took him to Silicon Valley tech companies.

Hog the TV: Yes, eight Sunday talk show appearances since 2012 election, making him leader of the chattering pack. Also frequent guest on news networks, especially Fox.

Do something: One-man, nearly 13-hour Senate filibuster to protest drone policy made country take notice, and impressed civil-liberties advocates outside his tea party constituency.

Take a stand: Tea party plus. Fiscal conservative, criticizes surveillance state, praised Supreme Court gay marriage ruling as one that avoids “culture war,” aggressive in seeking repeal of Obamacare.

Baggage: Dear old dad: Must move beyond fringe reputation that kept father’s presidential runs from going far. Deflection: Full-speed ahead. Aggressively pressing libertarian principles, especially on anti-terrorism. Past positions: Expressed misgivings about how Civil Rights Act bans racial discrimination by private businesses. Deflection: Reaching out directly to black voters and insisting the party needs to broaden appeal to minorities. He needs to broaden his appeal, too, beyond his tea party roots.

Shadow campaign: Has a leadership PAC called Rand PAC, has maintained ties to father’s political network in early primary states.

Social media: Aggressive. Bragged on Twitter in June that he’d attracted more than 1 million likes for his Facebook page, where he lists his own books as his favorites. Countered Christie’s couched criticism of his opposition to warrantless wiretapping with a tweet declaring that Christie “worries about the dangers of freedom. I worry about the danger of losing that freedom.”

(Contributor: Ken Thomas)

Non-denial denial: “I told people I haven’t even thought about that. That’s a decision far in the future.” April 14, Fox.

Book: Yes. “An American Son: A Memoir.” June 2012.

Iowa: Yes, visited just days after 2012 election.

New Hampshire: Yes, multiple appearances before 2012 election. Called New Hampshire GOP leaders in June and was invited to visit later this year. In May, his Reclaim America PAC put up ads to defend Sen. Kelly Ayotte against attack ads from group financed by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

South Carolina: Yes. In ahead of the 2016 pack, headlining state’s Silver Elephant dinner last year.

Foreign travel: Yes. Visited Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Authority in February. Also went to Israel after 2010 election to Senate. Member of Senate Intelligence Committee

Meet the money: Yes, went to New York to meet potential donors. Also attended a fundraising strategy meeting at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters in Washington with well-connected lobbyists and Romney bundlers.

Networking: Yes, Conservative Political Action Conference, Faith and Freedom Coalition forum, among others.

Hog the TV: Yes. Six Sunday talk show appearances since 2012 election, including all five shows on April 13. Frequent guest on news networks. Was granted coveted chance to present televised Republican response to Obama’s State of the Union speech in 2013, which he did in two languages and with jarring reach for drink of water.

Do something: Broker of Senate immigration overhaul, though he’s gone quiet on the issue. Working with anti-abortion groups on Senate version of bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks.

Take a stand: Immigration if he decides to get back to it, economy, abortion, tea party fiscal conservatism.

Baggage: A rift with his tea party constituency on immigration, “a real trial for me.” Deflection: Go aggressive on a matter of common ground, which he did in vowing to take apart Obamacare in July speech to tea party in Florida. Dry-mouthed Rubio suffered embarrassing moment when he clumsily reached for water while delivering GOP response to Obama’s State of the Union address. Deflection: Self-deprecating jokes about it. Thin resume, although Obama helped deflect this for him with joke at White House Correspondents Dinner. Obama, who served less than four years of his six-year Senate term before winning 2008 election, cracked about Rubio: “I mean, the guy has not even finished a single term in the Senate and he thinks he’s ready to be president.” Accused of embellishing timeline of parents’ departure from Cuba for political gain.

Shadow campaign: Reclaim America PAC led by former deputy chief of staff, Terry Sullivan, veteran of South Carolina politics. The PAC has already spent six figures to defend Ayotte on gun control and expects to be active behind GOP candidates across country in 2014 midterms. He covers a few important primary bases here while building a national organization.

Social media: Aggressive. King of Twitter in GOP field, second only to Clinton in followers. On Facebook, lists “Pulp Fiction” movie and “The Tudors” historical fiction TV series among favorites.

(Contributor: Steve Peoples, Boston)

Non-denial denial: “I’m going to make my mind up later. … I will give it serious consideration, but I’m going to do that later on.” To CNN in March.

Book: No. Wisconsin congressman and 2012 vice presidential candidate is the only named contributor among various authors of “The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal,” which has as its snoozy sub-sub-title: “Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolution.” That won’t do.

Iowa: Yes, a dozen times as vice presidential candidate in 2012, and making his first post-election trip this fall as keynote speaker at Iowa governor’s annual birthday fundraiser in November. Wife’s family is from Iowa and their Janesville, Wis., home is only a few hours away.

New Hampshire: Yes, multiple times as veep candidate in 2012.

South Carolina: Yes, during 2012 campaign.

Foreign travel: Yes. Middle East travel during congressional career, visited troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Meet the money: Yes, attended Romney’s Utah retreat with major GOP donors, took some guests skeet shooting. Place on 2012 ticket gives him a leg up on money matters.

Networking: Yes, prime networker as 2012 veep candidate. 2013 Faith and Freedom Coalition meeting. Helping fellow House Republicans raise money.

Hog the TV: Five Sunday talk show appearances since 2012 election. Occasional guest on network news.

Do something: A budget-hawk record to be judged on. May be emerging as influential moderate on immigration.

Take a stand: Cutting spending, taking on entitlements. Pushing for immigration overhaul, but largely behind the scenes. Did speak out in a Chicago appearance in April for immigration changes.

Baggage: Budget pain. Critics are sure to dust off ads from 2012 presidential campaign blasting the sharp cuts to Medicare and other programs that Ryan advocated. But this is catnip to GOP conservatives. Still carries stigma of loss from his place on 2012 ticket with Romney. Immigration position rankles some conservatives.

Shadow campaign: His Prosperity Action PAC.

Social media: Aggressive. King of Facebook among potential rivals in both parties, with nearly 4.9 million likes. Seeks $10 donations for “Team Ryan” bumper stickers for his PAC and kisses a fish. Posts photo of Obama with his feet up on Oval Office desk. Commanding presence on Twitter, too, via an account associated with his PAC and another as congressman.

Non-denial denial: “Someday, maybe once we get past all this, we’ll take a look at it. …That’s not anything I’ve really spent a whole lot of time thinking about.” The Washington Post, March 16. “All this” referred to bringing down Wisconsin’s unemployment rate and winning re-election as governor next year, although he pointedly would not commit to serving a full term if he does.

Book: Yes. “Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and a Nation’s Challenge,” is being published in the fall. Former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen is ghost writing.

Iowa: Yes. In May, spoke to 600 at GOP fundraiser outside Des Moines. Talked about his seven years as a young child living in Plainfield, a tiny town in northeast Iowa. “Yeah, I’m going to Iowa, but I get invited to other states that have nothing to do with presidential politics.” Non sequitur to Wisconsin State Journal.

New Hampshire: Yes, keynote at September 2012 state Republican convention.

South Carolina: Yes, attending late August fundraiser for Gov. Nikki Haley, who came to Wisconsin to campaign for him in 2012 recall vote.

Foreign travel: Yes. China in April, on a trade mission for state. Hasn’t been to Israel.

Meet the money: Yes. Headlined 2013 fundraisers in New York and Connecticut.

Networking: Belle of the ball as host of the National Governors Association summer meeting in Milwaukee. Conservative Political Action Conference, Aspen Institute.

Hog the TV: four Sunday talk show appearances since 2012 election.

Do something: Curbs on public service unions became a national flashpoint, but he won the effort — and the recall election that followed.

Take a stand: Fiscal stewardship from a GOP point of view. Tough guy against unions and liberal defenders of the status quo.

Baggage: Some things that give him huge appeal with GOP conservatives — taking on unions, most notably — would whip up Democratic critics in general election. Wisconsin near bottom in job creation despite his main campaign pledge in 2010 to create 250,000 private sector jobs in his term.

Shadow campaign: Consults with top GOP governor strategists such as Phil Musser and Nick Ayers.

Social media: Posts every little thing on Facebook. “Glad USDA is keeping cranberries on school menus. I drink several bottles of cranberry juice each day!” Followed by: “Celebrated feds decision on cranberries by having a big glass of cranberry juice with my ham & cheese sandwiches for lunch.” And: “Another beautiful day in Wisconsin!” And: “Glad I waited until sun was much lower before I mowed the grass. It is hot today.” Many exclamation points. On Twitter, spread word about beer doughnuts at state fair, promotes policy, pokes Obama.

(Contributor: Tom Beaumont, Des Moines, Iowa)

Associated Press writer Nancy Benac also contributed to this report.

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School district officials were investigating a photo circulating on social media on Wednesday of a group of cheerleaders from Redlands East Valley High School posing in what appeared to be gang attire.

The picture showed some of the girls had stuffed their shirts to look pregnant, while others flashed gang signs and were holding simulated weapons.

Reaction to the photo was mixed.

One parent commented “it's really sad,” after viewing the photo on Facebook.

Another parent thought it was just a harmless joke.

"I think they're just being teenagers, having fun, being silly," parent Sherry Garcia said.

Classmates who knew some of the students in the photo said they didn't believe the girls intended any harm, saying they were all nice kids and were not trying to be mean.

But the district superintendent was taking the matter seriously and put the squad on hiatus while the incident was investigated.

"I find this picture offensive, and this type of depiction will not be tolerated," Redlands Unified School District Superintendent Lori Rhodes said in a statement.  "I apologize that any Redland USD student organization would be involved in an activity of this type."

The photo was taken during what was called a team-building exercise, designed to "build team spirit and camaraderie in a positive manner," according to the Rhodes.

"They should never demean, insult, or portray negative stereotypes, as done in this photo," Rhodes said.

Rhodes promised to investigate the circumstances surrounding the photo and said appropriate action would be taken.


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Effective Wingshooting Clinic for Hunters

The Effective Wingshooting Clinic for Hunters will be held at the Missouri Department of Conservation Northeast Regional Office in Kirksville and the skills portion will be held nearby Big Creek Conservation Area. Rob Garver, from the Missouri Department of Conservation, stopped by the set of Good Morning Heartland to tell us more about the upcoming clinic. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE to learn more.

This is a free workshop that will help migratory and upland bird hunters improve their hunting skills with non-toxic shot. Topics include: how to select the best ammunition and choke combination for hunting, how to improve your shooting skills, general information on the latest non-toxic shotgun ammunition, how to improve your range & distance estimation skills, and how to properly pattern your shotgun.

Participants should bring their hunting shotgun & choke tubes if applicable, non-toxic shotgun ammunition they wish to pattern, eye/ear protection, a stool or chair, a sack lunch and drink. Clay targets, 12 & 20 gauge non-toxic practice ammunition will be provided.

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Every day in New York, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman must find a window with a southerly exposure and offer up profound thanks to Carolina GM Jim Rutherford, head coach Peter Laviolette, renaissance player and captain Rod Brind'Amour, superstar in the making Eric Staal and the rest of the dynamic Canes. They are Bettman's new NHL. They are living, breathing, skating, scoring proof that the lockout worked, that the salary cap works, that the new rules (and enforcement of the old ones) work. Forget the lame "Art of War" ad campaign, the NHL should have just brought some cameras into the RBC Center and let 'em roll.
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The Avalanche wants Paul Stastny and Ryan O'Reilly to be part of the team for several years to come, but only if they agree to fit in with the team's salary structure.

That was the main message to come out of a news conference Thursday at the Pepsi Center in which team executives Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy laid out their vision of the near-term future.

Sakic, the executive vice president of hockey operations, said negotiations toward new contracts for two of their top forwards will continue as the days tick down to the July 1 start of NHL free agency — but could not guarantee either will be signed to new long-term deals.

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The Dives sound like they have a team-imposed salary cap.  It appears they don’t want to spend to the cap.

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SYF, if you are not busy, may want to head to the Encore…

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Hahaha.  I love the Wynncore, but OMG, Boss, I gotta stay away from the Friday-through-Sunday pool parties.  That’s just too much noise for a “relaxing” day at the pool.  The Trump Las Vegas has zero tolerance for massive pool parties so I’m probably gonna find myself there.

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Wildlife biologists have discovered the longest known terrestrial migration in Africa: some 350 miles across southern Africa by huge herds of zebras. Large mammal migration in Africa has generally been hindered by the subdivision and fencing of land. However, this one remains possible because it takes place in a unique, multi-country wildlife corridor.

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