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By now, virtually everyone has read and reread the copious news accounts of the terrible shooting a few weeks ago at Fort Hood, Texas. This column will not attempt to add new details to what is already a highly scrutinized tragedy. However, I do want to pose three basic questions that, to me, are extremely glaring and, for the most part, absent from the discussion.

Question 1: Why were the soldiers not armed?

After all, this is a military base; more than that, it is an Army base that emphasizes the training and equipping of frontline, combat-ready soldiers. For the most part, these were not clerks or cooks; these were combat troops. Fort Hood is home to the 1st Cavalry Division (the largest Division in the Army). Troops stationed at Fort Hood have engaged the enemy in virtually every hot theater of war to which American forces have been deployed. In recent conflicts that means Somalia, Bosnia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Without a doubt, these are among America's bravest and best.

So, how is it that these intensely trained, disciplined, rugged, highly qualified warriors are not allowed to carry their own weapons on base? This makes about as much sense as the policy forbidding airline pilots from carrying their own handguns on board commercial airliners, or teachers not being allowed to carry their own handguns in the classroom. After all, judges are granted the authority to carry their own firearms into the courtroom. If we can trust lawyers, we should be able to trust soldiers, airline pilots, and teachers.

Question 2:  If the federal government--including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, etc., with billions of dollars worth of technology; tens of thousands of snoops, spooks, and intelligence gatherers; and myriad Patriot Act-type laws--could not protect US soldiers on one of the most tightly secured and heavily guarded military installations in America, how can anyone in the country possibly not break out in cacophonous laughter when politicians tell us we need to surrender more liberties so that they might pass more laws to protect us crummy little peons? Or is it that, because Hasan was a Muslim, the politically correct nincompoops in charge gave him a pass?

Consider: we have learned that the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, had attempted to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda; that numerous classmates of Hasan had reported his anti-American views, which, according to a column written by Dennis Prager, "included his giving a presentation that justified suicide bombing and telling classmates that Islamic law trumped the U.S. Constitution;" and that Hasan had a long history of pro-Islamic, anti-American activity. All of which begs an answer to the question, How could such an individual not only be allowed in the US military, but also be allowed to advance to the rank of Major?

I think most of my readers have the answer to this question figured out: we have an out-of-control, politically correct federal government that only senses danger from conservatives, libertarians, Christians, pro-lifers, Tea Party protesters, and anti-UN, anti-IRS, pro-Second Amendment activists--and supporters of Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin, of course. To this politically correct federal leviathan today, anti-American jihadists, militant Black Panthers, or illegal aliens who have committed felonious crimes in Mexico pose no risk to anyone, and must be "understood."

As Prager quotes NPR's Tom Gjelten: since Hasan had never been in combat, he must have suffered from "pre-traumatic stress disorder." No, I'm not kidding. That's what he said. (I'll pause while you pick yourself up off the floor from laughing.)

To the politically correct crowd running things in Washington, D.C., anyone coming from a socialistic, Big Government, or anti-American point of view is harmless, and anyone coming from a conservative, Christian, constitutional, or pro-American point of view is dangerous. Can one imagine how the mainstream media, federal police agencies, and the Southern Poverty Law Center would have reacted had Hasan shouted "Jesus is greatest!" instead of what he really said, "Allah is greatest!" right before opening fire?

If one rejects the notion that political correctness favoring Muslims had anything to do with the Fort Hood shooting, then we are back to the original question: If the federal government could not protect US soldiers on one of the most tightly secured and heavily guarded military installations in America, how can anyone in the country possibly trust politicians who tell us we need to surrender more liberties so that they might pass more laws to protect us crummy little peons?

Question 3: How could one man (with no combat experience) armed with only two handguns fire over 100 rounds (demanding he reload at least 3 times) into a crowd of scores and hundreds of fearless combat-trained warriors? I must confess: this is the question that bothers me the most.

According to the official story, Hasan was the only shooter, and he was allowed to fire at will into a crowd of America's finest warriors for at least 4 minutes, reloading at least 3 times, firing over 100 rounds of ammunition, killing 13 people, and wounding over 30--and was finally taken out by civilian police officers AFTER EXITING THE BUILDING. I've got to tell you: I cannot get my brain around this one.

Again, these soldiers are warriors. They not only know how to fight, they know how to fight unarmed. They are trained to risk their lives. They are trained to do whatever is necessary to take out the enemy. Had even a small group of soldiers rushed the shooter (especially if they came at him from multiple directions) there is no way that Hasan would not have been subdued--and most likely killed. Yes, a few of the on-rushers would have been hit, but Hasan could not have gotten them all. That is a fact! And yet, we are supposed to believe that Hasan was not only unmolested by soldiers inside the building, but he was allowed to leave the building entirely, and then get shot by civilian policemen? Again, this explanation makes absolutely no sense to me. None.

Initial reports said there were multiple shooters. If that was the case, the scenario is much more plausible. If multiple shooters had opened fire from various vantage points--especially if they had rifles--it would have made unarmed resistance extremely difficult. That scenario would make sense. The "one shooter with two handguns" explanation makes no sense.

I realize that no unarmed man wants to rush an armed attacker. Of course, some who would do so would probably die, but again, these are trained warriors. Furthermore, this was an all-or-nothing, kill-or-be-killed environment: something these men are trained for. If untrained civilian passengers on flight 93 on 9/11 could rush and thwart armed attackers on board a commercial airliner from a narrow aisle way and stop a hijacking--a task infinitely more difficult than for a group of highly trained professional soldiers outnumbering an attacker by scores or hundreds in a large building--tell me again how Hasan was able to open fire with only two handguns, kill and wound scores of people, and calmly walk out of the building unscathed? Again, this makes no sense.

Of course, all of the above is predicated upon the public accounts of the events being a truthful representation of what actually occurred. Which, after trying to comprehend the plausibility of what we are being told, is becoming increasingly difficult to believe. But then again, I haven't believed much that the federal government or major news media has told me since John F. Kennedy was assassinated. And I must say, this story serves only to further fuel my skepticism.

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When Michael Farris was a young man starting out in politics, his father told him, "Don't ever tell people there is a problem until you give them a path for the solution."

Farris, who was in Sandpoint Saturday for the Inland Northwest Freedom Festival, is the co-founder of the Convention of States Project that is sweeping America. Farris told the Daily Bee he came to four conclusions following the 2012 presidential election: Washington, D.C., is "drunk with power;" things in Washington, D.C., are never going to be fixed; the Founding Fathers gave the states the ability to do something about it; and — it is time to do something about it.

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Farris has been on Capitol Hill for more than 30 years and has served as lead counsel in cases before the United States Supreme Court, eight federal circuit courts and the appellate courts of 13 states. He is also known for his legal defense of homeschooling. Farris worked with a team of litigators in an Article V case where Congress proposed the equal rights amendment with an original deadline of about seven years and then reportedly changed the deadline, tacking on an additional three-and-a-half years. During that litigation he went to the National Archives and held in his hand all the original ratification documents from the 13th amendment to modern times.

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Eight states have gotten behind the Convention of States movement since its founding in 2013, including Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Farris said there is work to do in Idaho in order for people to understand the problem, understand the history of the Constitution and to understand this is a realistic solution. He feels it is realistic because it is not like a presidential election — he doesn't need 50 million people to understand it; he needs somewhere between 300,000 and 3 million.

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LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2014 – At its annual E3 Media & Business Summit press conference today, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) unveiled a line-up of premiere content for the PlayStation®4 (PS4™) computer entertainment system, including Destiny from Bungie & Activision, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End from Naughty Dog , Far Cry™ 4 from Ubisoft , Batman: Arkham Knight from Rocksteady & Warner Bros Interactive , The Order: 1886™ from Ready at Dawn, the highly anticipated No Man’s Sky by Hello Games , and many more.

SCEA also unveiled an exclusive PS4 Destiny bundle that includes a custom glacier white PS4, provided an update on its original content series “Powers,” introduced PlayStation ® TV (PS TV) for the North American and European markets, and discussed the rollout of “PlayStation™Now” (PS Now) in the United States and Canada.

“With the success of PS4 − the number one next generation platform globally − and the announcements we made tonight around exciting new content, platforms and services, PlayStation is delivering unique and powerful entertainment experiences that speak to the hearts and minds of gamers,” said Shawn Layden, president and CEO of SCEA. “PlayStation offers something for everyone, whether you want to lose yourself in a massive virtual world with tons of social interaction like Destiny or you’re looking for a more intimate, unique experience offering plenty of challenge like Entwined. Our unwavering commitment to gamers will ensure that PlayStation will always be where the greatest play happens.”

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Since the biggest console launch in history back in November, PS4 momentum continues with more than 7 million units sold worldwide.  SCEA will strengthen its robust software portfolio with new game announcements revealed live on stage at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Featured titles included The Order:1886; Bloodbourne™, a new IP from critically acclaimed game director, Hidetaka Miyazaki; Little Big Planet™ 3; inFAMOUS First Light; and Entwined, a new IP from Pixelopus, a small team within San Mateo Studio composed of recent graduates from various academic programs, such as Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center and San Jose State’s Animation Program.Entwined was immediately made available for PS4 via PlayStation Store for $9.99. Uncharted 4: The Last Thief and The Last of Us™ Remastered, by acclaimed developer Naughty Dog, rounded out the press conference demonstrations from SCE Worldwide Studios.

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SCEA also debuted some of the biggest and best partner titles including Far Cry 4, which was demonstrated live for the first time in co-op mode. PlayStation gamers who buy Far Cry 4 at launch this November on either PlayStation ® 3 (PS3) or PS4 can invite some of their PSN friends to play with them even if they don’t own the game. In addition, SCEA announced that starting this Thursday and lasting through the weekend, PS4 owners around the world will get a chance to play the Destiny First Look Alpha by visiting PlayStation gamers will also get their hands on the Destiny Beta first, starting July 17.  The Destiny experience on PlayStation features an incredible amount of exclusive in-game content for PS4 and PS3, including weapons, armor sets, ships, an entire strike and multiplayer map.

At the press conference, first gameplay of key franchises Dead Island 2 and Mortal Kombat X were unveiled, along with a new partnership with Disney Infinity that includes an exclusive Disney Infinity 2 collector’s edition for PS3 and PS4 where the Incredible Hulk will only be available at launch on PlayStation. Other partnerships announced include Grim Fandango remastered exclusively for both PS4 and PlayStation ® Vita (PS Vita), Let it Die exclusively for PS4 by creator Suda 51, the console debut of Giant Squid Studios’ Abzu on PS4, and a gorgeous demo of No Man’s Sky by Hello Games that will launch first on consoles on PS4. A new trailer from Battlefield: Hardline showcased the console exclusive Beta that’s now live on PS4. Partnerships with both Devolver Digital and Paradox Interactive revealed the exclusive console debuts of great franchises like Broforce, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, Not a Hero, Titan Souls, The Talos Principle, and the sequel to the multi-million selling PC game, Magicka 2. Another key announcement featured Grand Theft Auto Vcoming to PS4 with the ability to transfer progress from Xbox 360 and PS3 directly to PS4. Batman: Arkham Knight from acclaimed studio Rocksteady helped close the press conference with a breathtaking gameplay demo and an introduction to the Scarecrow Nightmare Missions that will only be available on PlayStation.  In all, the content illustrated how PlayStation delivers the best place to play now and in the months to come.

In addition to a perse portfolio of games, PlayStation also brings PS4 to life in new ways through innovation and original entertainment content. SCEA provided an update on Project Morpheus, the virtual reality system introduced last March, which has inspired a phenomenal response from the development community. The company showcased how it is fully leveraging the power of PlayStation®Camera to deliver an entirely new medium to gaming, with two new playable game demos to be introduced at E3.

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SCEA also announced PS TV for the North American market, an entertainment system that will enable users to easily enjoy a variety of PlayStation game content on their TV at home. At a suggested retail value of $99 for the standalone system, players will be able to download select PS Vita games PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) games and PlayStation® games from PS One classic through PlayStation Store, stream select PS3 games to the device via PS Now, and play PS4 games from a PS4 system in their home over local Wi-Fi through Remote Play. Select PS Vita games will also be playable on PS TV via PS Vita cards. PS TV also offers entertainment content, with movies, TV shows, and music available to buy, rent, or stream from PlayStation Store. This incredibly small device, with dimensions of approximately 2.5 in. x 4.1 in., fits perfectly next to living room TVs, while also being portable enough to let gamers move it easily to other TVs in their home.

SCEA also announced new details about PS Now, SCE’s streaming game service that leverages cloud-based technology, which will become available in the continental United States and parts of Canada this summer.  Starting July 31, SCEA will introduce an open beta where gamers located in supported areas will be able to rent over a hundred PS3 titles. During the open beta SCEA will test multiple pricing tiers and rental durations, from short periods to a month or longer, allowing users to play a game at their own inpidual pace.

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Holiday bundles were also announced including:
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·  Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes PlayStation®3 12GB bundle, available this Fall for $249 (SRP), includes PlayStation®3 System 12GB, DUALSHOCK®3 wireless controller, Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes for PlayStation®3 Avengers-Themed Play Set, Two Power Discs, Infinity Base, Thor Figurine, Iron Man Figurine, Black Widow Figurine.
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Yet another Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is finally behind us. If nothing else, it's a great reminder that if any of these things happen to you, you better check your life — because YOU might be a Victoria's Secret model.

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The Military Option

War with Syria? Peace with Syria?

A big military operation against Hamas in the Gaza strip? A cease-fire with Hamas?

Our media discuss these questions dispassionately, as if they were equivalent options. Like a person in a showroom making a choice between two cars. This one is good, and so is the other one. So which should one buy?

And nobody cries out: War is the height of stupidity!

* * *

KARL VON CLAUSEWITZ, the renowned military theorist, famously said that war is nothing but the continuation of politics by other means. Meaning: war is there to serve policy and is useless when it does not.

What policies did the wars in the last hundred years serve?

Ninety-four years ago, World War I broke out. The immediate cause was the assassination of the Austrian heir apparent by a Serbian student. In Sarajevo they showed me how it happened: after a first attempt on the main street had failed, the assassins had already given up hope when one of them came across the victim again, by sheer accident, and killed him. After this almost accidental killing many millions of human beings lost their lives in the following four years.

The assassination served, of course, only as a pretext. Every one of the belligerent nations had political and economic interests that pushed it into the war. But did the war really serve these interests? The results suggest the opposite: three mighty empires – the Russian, German and Austrian – collapsed; France lost its standing as a world power beyond all hope of recovery; the British Empire was mortally wounded.

Military experts point to the shocking stupidity of almost all the generals, who threw their poor soldiers again and again into hopeless battles, which achieved nothing but slaughter.

Were the statesmen any wiser? Not one of the politicians who started the war imagined that it would last so long and be so horrible. In early August 1914, when the soldiers of all the countries marched into the war with merry enthusiasm, they were promised that they would be home “before Christmas”.

No political aim was achieved in that war. The peace agreements that were imposed on the vanquished were monuments of unbridled imbecility. It can be argued that the main result of World War I was World War II.

* * *

THE SECOND World War was, seemingly, more rational. The man who launched it practically single-handed, Adolf Hitler, knew exactly what he wanted. His opponents went to war because they had no choice, if they did not want to be overrun by a monstrous dictator. Most of the generals on both sides were far more intelligent than their predecessors.

And in spite of this, it was a stupid war.

Hitler was, basically, a primitive person who lived in the past and did not understand the Zeitgeist. He wanted to turn Germany into the leading world power – an aim that was wildly beyond its capabilities. He intended to conquer large parts of Eastern Europe and to empty them of their inhabitants, in order to settle Germans there. That was a hopelessly obsolete concept of power. Like all ideas of establishing settlements as a national instrument, it belonged to centuries past. Hitler did not understand the meaning of the technological revolution that was about to change the face of the world. It can be said: Hitler was not only an evil tyrant and a monumental war criminal, but ultimately also a thoroughly stupid person.

The only aim that he almost achieved was the annihilation of the Jewish people. But even this mad endeavor failed in the end: Jews today have a strong influence on the most powerful country in the world, and the Holocaust played an important role in the establishment of the State of Israel.

Hitler wanted to destroy the Soviet Union and reach a compromise with the British Empire. He belittled the United States and almost ignored it. The result of the war was that the Soviet Union took over a large part of Europe, America became the main world power and the British Empire disintegrated forever.

Indeed, the Nazi dictator proved, more than anybody else, the utter futility of war as a political instrument at this point in time. After the destruction of Hitler’s Reich, Germany did achieve his goal. Germany is now the dominant economic and political power in a united Europe – but this was attained not with tanks and heavy guns, without war and military might, solely by diplomacy and exports. One generation after all the German cities had become heaps of ruins in the Nazi adventure, Germany was already flourishing as never before.

The same can be said about Japan, which was even more militaristic than Germany. It achieved by peaceful means what the generals and admirals had failed to achieve by war.

* * *

FROM TIME to time I read enthusiastic reports by American tourists about Vietnam. What a wonderful country! What a friendly people! What good business can be done there!

Only a generation ago, a brutal war was running amok there. Masses of people were killed, hundreds of villages burned, forests and harvests destroyed by chemical agents, soldiers fell like flies. Why? Because of dominoes.

The theory went like this: if all of Vietnam were to be taken over by the Communists, all the other countries of Southeast Asia would fall. Each one would bring down its neighbor, like a row of dominoes. Reality has shown that this was complete nonsense: the Communists took over all of Vietnam, without affecting the stability of Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. When the war memories faded, Vietnam indeed followed the path of its northern neighbor, Red China, but in the meantime China has a flourishing capitalist economy.

In the Vietnam War, the stupidity of the generals competed with that of the politicians. The champion was Henry Kissinger, a war criminal whose towering ego disguised his basic stupidity. At the height of the war he invaded the neighboring peaceful Cambodia and broke it into pieces. The result was a gruesome auto-genocide, when the Communists murdered their own people. Yet many still consider Kissinger a political genius.

* * *

THERE ARE those who maintain that for sheer futility, the invasion of Iraq takes the cake even in this fiercely competitive field.

It seems that the political leadership in Washington foresaw the dramatic rise of the world-wide demand for oil. They decided, therefore, to strengthen their hold on the oil of the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea basin. The war was intended to turn Iraq into an American satellite and to station there, under a friendly regime, a permanent American garrison that would keep the whole area under control.

The results, up to now, have been the opposite. Instead of consolidating Iraq as a united country under a stable pro-American regime, a civil war is raging, the state is tottering on the brink of disintegration, the population hates the Americans and considers them a foreign occupier. The output of oil is less than it was before the invasion, the immense costs of the war undermine the American economy, the price of oil is increasing incessantly, America’s once elevated position in world public opinion has reached rock bottom and the American public is demanding that the soldiers be brought home.

There is no doubt that American interests could have been safeguarded far better by diplomatic means, using the economic clout of the US. That would have saved thousands of American soldiers and ten times as many Iraqi civilians, and trillions of dollars. But the problematic ego of George Bush, who hides his hollowness and insecurity behind a bluster of noisy arrogance, caused him to prefer war. As to his cerebral prowess, a world-wide consensus has been achieved even before the end of his term in office.

* * *

IN THE 60 years of its existence, the State of Israel has fought six major wars and several “smaller” ones (the War of Attrition, the Grapes of Wrath, the two intifadas and more.)

The 1948 confrontation was a war of “no alternative”, if one justifies the Jewish intrusion into Palestine by the fact that there was no other solution for the problem of their existence. But already the second round, the war of 1956, was an example of incredible short-sightedness.

The French, who initiated the war, were in a state of denial: they could not admit to themselves that in Algeria a genuine war of liberation was taking place. Therefore, they convinced themselves that the Egyptian leader, Gamal Abd-al-Nasser, was the root of the problem. David Ben-Gurion and his aides (and particularly Shimon Peres) wanted to remove the “Egyptian Tyrant” (as he was then uniformly called in Israel) because he had raised the banner of Arab Unity, which they considered an existential threat to Israel. Britain, the third partner, was longing for the past glories of Empire.

All these aims were totally negated by the war: France was expelled from Algeria, together with more than a million settlers; Britain was pushed to the margins of the Middle East; and the “danger” of Arab Unity proved to be a scarecrow. The price: a whole Arab generation was convinced that Israel was the ally of the nastiest colonial regimes, and the chances of peace were pushed back for many years.

The 1967 war was intended at the beginning to break the siege on Israel. But in the course of the fighting, the war of defense became a war of conquest which drove Israel into a vertigo of intoxication from which it has not yet quite recovered. Since then we have been captives in a vicious circle of occupation, resistance, settlements and permanent war.

One of the direct results was the 1973 war, which destroyed the myth of our army’s invincibility. Yet without this being the intent of our government, this war had one positive result: three unusual personalities – Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter – succeeded in translating Egyptian pride over the successful crossing of the Suez Canal into a peace agreement. But the same peace could have been achieved a year earlier, without war and without the thousands of killed, if Golda Meir had not arrogantly rejected Sadat’s proposal.

The First Lebanon War was, perhaps, the most hopeless and dim-witted of Israel’s wars, a cocktail of arrogance, ignorance and complete lack of understanding of the opponent. Ariel Sharon intended – as he told me in advance, to – (a) destroy the PLO, (b) cause the Palestinian refugees  to flee from Lebanon to Jordan, (c) drive the Syrians out of Lebanon, and (d) turn Lebanon into an Israeli protectorate. The results: (a) Arafat went to Tunis, and later, as the result of the First Intifada, returned to Palestine in triumph, (b) the Palestinian refugees remained in Lebanon, in spite of the Sabra and Shatila massacre that was intended to panic them into fleeing, (c) the Syrians remained in Lebanon for another twenty years, and (d) the Shiites, who had been downtrodden and beholden to Israel, became a powerful force in Lebanon and Israel’s most determined foe.

The less said about Lebanon War II the better – its true character was obvious right from the start. Its aims were not frustrated – simply because there were no clear aims at all. Today Hizbullah is where it was, stronger and better armed, shielded from Israeli attacks by the presence of an international force.

After the First Intifada, Israel recognized the Palestinian Liberation Organization and brought Arafat back to the country. After the Second Intifada, Hamas won the Palestinian elections and later took over direct control of a part of the country.

* * *

ALBERT EINSTEIN considered it a symptom of madness to repeat again and again doing something that has already failed and to expect a different result every time.

Most politicians and generals conform to this formula. Again and again they try to achieve their aims by military means and obtain contrary results. We Israelis occupy an honorable place among these madmen.

War is hell, as an American general pronounced. It also rarely achieves its aims.

URI AVNERY is an Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom. He is o a contributor to CounterPunch’s book The Politics of Anti-Semitism.

URI AVNERY is an Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom. He is a contributor to CounterPunch’s book The Politics of Anti-Semitism.

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Franklin's Adams twins commit to play football at West Virginia

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Franklin’s Jacquez and Jordan Adams didn’t need much time on their visit to "Junior Day" at West Virginia before they committed to play football at the Morgantown school.

At 12:36 p.m. Saturday, Jordan tweeted: "Verbally committed to WVU."

The twins, who helped lead the Indians to their first state football championship last fall, said they "kinda, sorta" knew they would commit to the Mountaineers because they had been West Virginia fans "for a while." Franklin coach Anthony Burgos said he joked with the juniors, after he heard about the commitment, that they had been West Virginia fans since they were freshmen.

"We had an idea of committing, but we wanted to check it out first. The way we were treated down there was good. Having that feeling of being wanted is awesome," Jordan said in an interview conducted via text message Sunday night because he had a touch of laryngitis.

The twins, who were determined to play college football together, helped Franklin (12-2) rise steadily to the Class 3A state championship and the No. 5 ranking in The Baltimore Sun. Both are rated three-star prospects by recruiting website, and both can play multiple positions.

Jacquez, the Indians' 6-foot quarterback, threw for more than 2,800 yards and 30 touchdowns, including a 337-yard, six-touchdown performance in the 49-7 state semifinal win over Huntingtown. He also threw two touchdown passes in the 14-7 state championship victory over Linganore. He spent some time at defensive back but not much because the Indians had just one quarterback. West Virginia recruited him as an athlete.

Jordan, 6 feet 1, doubled as a wide receiver and defensive back. He said he was recruited as a defensive back, "but things could change."

Burgos said he could see both twins playing on the offensive side of the ball. Jordan, he said, could easily be a wide receiver.

"This is what I told both the guys: 'The college process is that they're going to recruit you for one area, but they're going to put you where they best see you being able to maximize your potentiial,' so Jordan, I think, he'll wind up being a defensive back, but if he continues to develop the way he did this year as a wide receiver, he could possibly play wide receiver in that offense."

Burgos said one of the reasons West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen heavily recruited the twins is that the Indians run the same offense as the Mountaineers.

"That's why I think it's a particularly great fit, " Burgos said. "It's old-school offense where they spread the ball out and basically try to get the ball in their playmakers' hands, and both of those two guys will be that guy."

Early in the recruiting process, Jordan had been getting attention from stronger programs than his brother. But after the state championship, recruiting picked up for both brothers. Wisconsin had also offered them, and Jordan had offer from North Carolina State and Rutgers.

Burgos said he thought they might wait a little longer to commit, just to see what other offers might come along. The twins just didn't want to wait.

"Not at all. WVU is a perfect fit for us right now and I’m very pleased about it,” Jordan said.

Earlier this month, Dunbar quarterback William Crest signed with West Virginia, where Poets alumnus Tavon Austin starred before moving on to the St. Louis Rams. The Mountaineers' roster currently includes just one player from Baltimore, linebacker Marvin Gross, also a Dunbar graduate.

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Behind the state Armory in Hartford, workers operate the backhoes and cranes that are carving a two-story retaining wall beside the Amtrak rail line.

Roughly nine miles away, more crews are preparing a new off-ramp from Route 72 up to New Britain's Truman Overpass.

In between runs a two-lane passageway of back-to-back-to-back job sites: The path of CTfastrak.

Fifteen years after transit planners first floated the idea of the New Britain-to-Hartford busway, the bulldozers and cement mixers have arrived. About 250 workers are digging drainage culverts, building embankments, demolishing old bridges and erecting new ones.

Between now and February 2015, the busway is expected to change the look of a dozen neighborhoods in its path by adding stations with parking lots and raising two new bridges. Such large-scale highway work hasn't been seen in central Connecticut in a generation, and it's getting plenty of reaction — cheers and complaints — from homeowners and merchants along the route.

"The younger generation is going to love us for what we're doing here," predicts Nick Augustino, owner of the East Side restaurant in New Britain. "People who work in Hartford can get there in 20 minutes instead of 45. And people in Hartford can say 'Let's go out for German,' they come here, have a few beers and get home safe on the bus."

In Newington, Dan Patriss is also a fan.

"If it's going to take all those cars off the road, I can't see how it's going to hurt," says Patriss, whose Chapman Street home is about 100 yards from where the Newington Junction station will be built. "But I feel for the guys across the street."

Indeed, a half-block away on Sumner Street, Louie and Chris Lombardo have a different view.

"We hate it, we hate it, oh my God we hate it," Chris Lombardo says.

And the Lombardos are not alone.

"I've been hearing 'bang, bang, bang' every morning," says Helen Mierzejewski, whose Flatbush Avenue home is near the jumbo pile-drivers that are putting down piers for a new bridge in West Hartford. "I'd just rather it not be here."

The architects of the bus-only route have heard it all over the years, and they say the real story will come when the buses start rolling.

"This will always be a unique project because of where you're going through — the development is already there," says Michael Sanders, the state Department of Transportation administrator in charge of the busway. "No other project is visible to so many people at so many points."

'Drastic Change'

Building a two-lane highway for buses over the path of a long-abandoned rail line would be simple near rural villages, but CTfastrak runs through some of central Connecticut's most densely built-up communities.

Most segments butt up against houses or businesses, and controversy arose in even the quietest spot: New Britain's Fairview Cemetery. Detractors warn of burial services interrupted by buses zooming down the 0.7-mile stretch through the middle of the graveyard. Sanders says the buses will be much quieter than the trains that most busway opponents had preferred.

Just north of the cemetery, newly completed concrete piers tower over Allen and East streets in front of the Papa's Dodge dealership. They'll carry the busway nearly 20 feet above the busy intersection, preventing the nightmare of a busway slicing through heavy traffic. The bridge is the kind of expense that explains why the $567-million busway is more complex and costly than simply paving over an old railbed, the DOT says.

The East Street work hasn't generated many complaints, unlike the new $18-million bridge that will raise West Hartford's Flatbush Avenue above the busway and the Amtrak line. Construction has made traffic in already heavily traveled area worse, says neighbor Alice Steves.

"The traffic is horrendous," Steves says. "It has changed the neighborhood drastically. I think they should have put it somewhere else."

Sanders predicts that neighbors and motorists alike will appreciate the new bridge, which eliminates the poorly located Amtrak grade crossing where rush-hour motorists occasionally get stranded on the tracks because of a nearby traffic signal.

Mierzejewski, though, worries that her property value will decline because of the busway.

"I'm not too happy. I'll never use it," she says. "I just never dreamed that it would come here."

Deborah Rivera, who rents a home on Flatbush, says the noise hasn't bothered her. But she criticizes the state Department of Transportation's public communications effort.

"I don't think any politician or official came to sit down with the homeowners and find out how they feel about it," Rivera says. "I don't think the homeowners around here have been given a fair look at how it's going to affect their lives. They've put a lot into this neighborhood; they're keeping this place up, and to be ignored — it's not fair."

Along New Britain's Cottage Place, homeowners whose yards are hard against the right of way are concerned about noise after the busway opens. Project Manager Michael Mendick says the DOT will install noise barriers for them.

In Newington, Chris and Lou Lombardo have lived in their Sumner Street duplex for 30 years and are so close to the route that the DOT had to buy 8 feet of their land. They complain that since crews removed trees, there is no buffer to construction noise or trains going by, and they say they fear crime, too.

"The crooks will have an easy way of getting here," Chris Lombardo says.

In sections of Hartford, the busway is more popular. Terra Moore, a city resident for seven years, says work at the soon-to-be-built Parkville station near her home hasn't been a problem.

"I've been dealing with the train, the construction and whatever else," she says. "The noise doesn't bother me."

Park Street resident Howard Fields predicts that the station will give the neighborhood a boost.

"I've seen the plans of what it would look like when it's finished, so I think it would make this area look better," Fields says. "It gives people another way to get around; there probably won't be as much traffic."

'Make It Work'

Since work began last spring, the busway route has become home to bulldozers, pile drivers, cement mixers, excavators and fleets of gravel-laden dump trucks. The jobs are split among three companies — Manafort Brothers Inc., Middlesex Corp. and a joint venture of Empire Paving and Schiavone Construction — and a fleet of subcontractors.

That's great news for Kevin Daly, 46, who began working on Empire's stretch of the busway in June. Before that, he hadn't worked since he was laid off from the Kleen Energy construction site in Middletown in October 2011. That was the longest he's been out of work in 27 years with the construction union, he says.

Daly is working on water drainage, sewers, erosion-control walls and excavation. The phase he's working on is supposed to last two years.

"That's what I'm praying to get out of it," he says.

Before getting picked for the busway crew, Daly was a month and a half from losing eligibility for the insurance that covers his wife and two sons.

Jeff Merrow, business manager for the Laborers Local 611 in New Britain, says that while the busway is good for his union members, he predicts it also will be popular with riders, especially after work planned for the I-84 viaduct in downtown Hartford begins to snarl traffic.

Exactly where the busway will drop buses in Hartford is still being worked out. The plan for years had been to use Union Station, and the Capitol Region Council of Governments wrote a detailed study of how to bolster residential and commercial development on nearby blocks. But the DOT now plans to bypass the historic train station, and instead merge buses onto an I-84 off-ramp so they can turn off at Asylum Street. Some will stop on Asylum, but most will continue on to Main Street to meet local connections, Sanders said.

Meanwhile, the DOT re-engineered the narrowest stretch of the Hartford right of way to eliminate a potential bottleneck. Until recently, designers thought a short section would accommodate just one lane, requiring CTfastrak buses to follow alternating one-way traffic patterns — slowing travel time and complicating the drivers' jobs. Sanders says a few mapping adjustments were enough to keep it at two full lanes, though.

The busway's course in Hartford is directly alongside the Amtrak tracks, and has created a surprising amount of upheaval. Residents of the Frog Hollow and Asylum Hill sections balked this summer at plans to shut Flower Street as way to eliminate an at-grade crossing. The DOT agreed to temporarily keep it open to pedestrian and bike traffic; it was permanently shut off access for vehicles on Dec. 4.

A block east, reconstruction of the Broad Street bridge over the busway has generated rush-hour traffic jams and gripes from commuters.

Promoting The Busway

Construction in Hartford has focused on overpasses so far, and most of the route itself is still gravel, washboard dirt or mud. By comparison, long stretches in New Britain have already gotten a first layer of asphalt, and crews are at the stage of installing drainage basin covers and hydroseeding embankments.

The DOT estimates that, as of early December, about 16 percent of the busway and stations have been done.

When construction ends, fresh economic development along the route is going to follow, says Nancy Lyon-Stadler, marketing director with Michael Baker Corp., one of the state's consultants.

Opponents say the busway won't attract the ridership or new business that the DOT envisions — roughly 16,000 riders a day by 2030, half of which are expected to be new bus riders, according to projections.

But communities on the line are already promoting it. Newington is working to attract developers to buy the sprawling National Welding brownfield, which is next to a busway station. New Britain is marketing downtown business locations with the promise of new foot traffic from the busway station.

"In Cleveland, the HealthLine [busway] cost $200 million, and we're hearing about economic benefits of $6 billion to $7 billion," Lyon-Stadler says. "In Connecticut, it's going to change the way people get around on a daily basis — it's going to make many places very accessible."

The East Side's Augustino is one of many business owners counting on that.

"I know the busway is coming, so I'm not going to be negative. I'm going to look for ways to make it work and see how it can benefit me," he says. "People who see this as a big waste of money don't really see what it's going to do."

Baby boomers won't embrace rapid transit buses quickly, but younger generations will be eager to skip the expense of cars and insurance, he predicts.

"They're going to say 'I can get to college by bicycling to the busway station,' or 'I can get to work in Hartford in 20 minutes without a car,'" Augustino says. "I've seen busways in other cities that work. And at the end of the line, there's a mecca of good restaurants."

Staff Writers Jenna Carlesso, Steven Goode and Mara Lee contributed to this story

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By Don Bruenell

Lawmakers gathered in Olympia for the 2010 legislative session can either set our state up for long-term prosperity or put off the tough budget decisions until 2011 when it will be even more difficult to solve our financial problems.

It will not be easy to fill our current $2.6 billion deficit. Last year, state lawmakers balanced the budget by using $3 billion in federal stimulus money and draining dedicated accounts. This year, that’s not an option.

Families are struggling with a similar situation: mounting bills and shrinking income. To cope, they are cutting back to the bare necessities: mortgage, heat, lights and groceries.

State government should do the same.

As they did in 2003, the governor and state lawmakers should prioritize spending to focus on only the most vital programs. Is running liquor stores really a vital role for state government? In addition, lawmakers should contract out state services when private contractors can do the job for less.

Gov. Chris Gregoire is right to be concerned about our fragile recovery. Unemployment is hovering near 10 percent and no one really knows how many people have exhausted their unemployment benefits and given up searching for a job.

All signs point to a slow recovery and anything federal and state officials do that increases taxes and costs for Main Street employers and families will weaken our anemic recovery.

At times like this, it is helpful to look at what our neighbors are doing.

Oregon is struggling with 12 to 13 percent unemployment, a problem that has spilled over the border into southwest Washington. Some 131,500 private-sector jobs have disappeared since November 2007.

Voters there are locked in a heated battle over ballot initiatives challenging the $775 million in tax increases passed by the 2009 Legislature. Opponents and supporters are spending more than $10 million on a massive, acrimonious media campaign and, regardless of the outcome, on Election Day Jan. 26, people there will be bitterly divided – divisions that will hurt their chance to recover from the prolonged recession.

Further south, California is in total free fall. Voters have rejected various tax increases and lawmakers are staring at a gaping $21 billion fissure in the annual $100 billion budget. Because of the state’s tax and regulatory policies, fully one-third of California’s industrial base has disappeared since 2001, eliminating 600,000 manufacturing jobs.

So, how have California lawmakers responded? My counterpart there tells me the best they have been able to do is agree on just $8 billion in spending cuts, leaving a $13 billion hole – and that is just this year’s headache.

Gregoire and lawmakers have a daunting task in the next 60 days, but they should remember a basic law of economics: taxes are punitive, incentives are positive. If you want less of something, tax it. If you want more of something, provide incentives.

Here are some things the governor and lawmakers can do.

First, position our state so the private sector provides the jobs and tax revenues to fill the state’s empty coffers. Help employers get stronger and expand, rather than target them for higher taxes and fees. This is not the time to drain job producers of precious resources.

Second, recognize that Washington businesses, hospitals and non-profits – which pay some of the highest unemployment and workers’ compensation taxes in the nation – have been hit by even higher unemployment insurance and workers’ comp taxes this year.

Third, understand that increasing the sales tax will make it even harder for struggling families to cope. In our faltering economy, we shouldn’t be discouraging economic activity. A 25 percent surcharge on the business and occupation tax will further weaken struggling employers, making it even harder for them to retain or create jobs.

Finally, remember that what we do in 2010 will set the financial foundation for 2011 and beyond. We need to ensure that we help, rather than hurt, our ability to recover in 2011 and beyond.

Don Brunell is the president of the Association of Washington Business.

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Final Scoring Summary

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Colorado 33-27-3-1 18-13-0-1 15-14-3-0 W4

AVALANCHE 4, DUCKS 1: Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves and host Colorado exploded for three third-period goals en route to its fourth straight win while delivering another hit to Anaheim’s playoff hopes.

Ryan O’Reilly, Matt Duchene and Jay McClement tallied  in the third period and Steve Downie, Gabriel Landeskog and Jan Hejda each recorded a pair of assists for the Avalanche, who pulled into a tie with the Dallas Stars for the No. 8 spot in the West.

The Ducks, who entered the game with an 8-1-2 record in their previous 11 contests, remain in 13th place, six points behind Colorado and Dallas.

O’Reilly wasted little time snapping a 1-1 deadlock at the beginning of the third. The Ontario native came in on the left side 37 seconds into the period and grabbed a rebound, pounding it past Jonas Hiller for his 16th tally.

Duchene struck 2:18 later with his 13th goal and McClement put it away with 5:14 left in the game.

After Cody McLeod had given Colorado the lead in the first period, Bobby Ryan scored his 23rd goal on the power play in the second period to tie it.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Downie has seven points in four games since being acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning … Landeskog has multiple points in three straight and at least one point in six games in a row … Anaheim had not lost by more than one goal since a 6-2 setback against the Stars on Feb. 1.

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Anaheim   Colorado
Bobby Ryan 1 Points Steve Downie 2
Bobby Ryan 1 Goals Matt Duchene 1
Andrew Cogliano 1 Assists Steve Downie 2
Bobby Ryan 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jonas Hiller .826 Save Percentage Semyon Varlamov .964
Jonas Hiller 19 Saves Semyon Varlamov 27

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Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Anaheim 28 1 1-3 1-1 2 24
Colorado 23 4 0-1 2-3 6 31

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Makita XPH10Z LXT 18V Cordless Lithium-Ion 1/2 in. Hammer Drill Driver (Bare Tool)

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  • Compact and ergonomic design at only 7-3/4 inches long
  • Weighs only 3.4 lbs. with battery (battery not included) for reduced operator fatigue
  • Rubberized soft grip provides increased comfort on the job
  • Dual L.E.D. lights with afterglow illuminate the work area
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  • LXT 18V Cordless Lithium-Ion 1/2 in. Hammer Drill Driver (Bare Tool) - XPH10Z
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Length: 7.75 in.
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Chuck Size: 1/2 in.
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Max. Capacity Concrete: 1/2 in.
Max. Capacity Steel: 1/2 in.
Max. Capacity Wood: 1-1/2 in.
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Every Makita® Lithium‐Ion Power Tool is thoroughly inspected and tested before leaving the factory. If you are not satisfied with any Makita Lithium‐Ion tool within 30 days of purchase, return it and Makita will provide, at Makita's option, a replacement or refund. Each Makita Lithium‐Ion Power Tool, Battery and Charger is warranted to be free of defects from workmanship and materials for the period of THREE YEARS from the date of original purchase. Should any trouble develop during the three‐year period for the Lithium‐Ion Power Tool, Battery and/or Charger, return the COMPLETE Power Tool, Battery and/or Charger, freight prepaid, to one of Makita's Factory or Authorized Service Centers.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwire) -- 06/25/12 -- For engineers it is increasingly difficult to quickly find accurate and trustworthy technical information, a recent survey finds. Navigating multiple sources of information, finding best practices, securing approvals and permissions, along with the difficulty in validating the accuracy of the information, topped the list of frustrations of engineers polled in the "Engineering Tools and Information Spring 2012 Survey" conducted by The Parthenon Group and sponsored by Knovel.

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"Our research indicates that the lost productivity associated with assembling and validating technical information from multiple sources is a major pain point for engineers," said Terry Bradshaw, Senior Principal at The Parthenon Group. "This is good news for Knovel, whose users regard it as a comprehensive source of trusted technical information and the best one-stop-shop for materials data and best practices, two of the most important types of content in the engineering workflow."

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