11 Temmuz 2012 Çarşamba
Teens on the Road: The Process to Getting a Driver's License - Part One
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Teens on the Road: The Process to Getting a Driver's License - Part Two
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10 Temmuz 2012 Salı
8 Temmuz 2012 Pazar
MD: 'Good far exceeds bad' in Obamacare
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LETTERLETTERLETTER
The following letter appeared in the July 5 edition of The Arizona Republic.
Health-care law does good
The Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the latest in a 100-year debate on the American health-care system going back to 1012 and Teddy Roosevelt. Proposals about fixing the system have come from every president since FDR and those proposals have come from both parties
The ACA has provided a significant number of positive results for the country and for Arizona.
o There are more than 3 million individuals under 26 who now have health insurance on their parents' policies. the number in Arizona is more than 70,000 people.
o More than 70,000 Arizona seniors on Medicare received a $250 rebate in 2010 to help pay for high drug costs.
o Insurance companies must now spend at least 80 percent of premiums on health-care services and not pocket the excess as profit. That means more than 400,000 Arizonans will receive some portion of a $27 million rebate on insurance premiums this summer.
The major provisions of the law start in January 2014 when some 30 million presently uninsured Americans will have access to health-care coverage. That number could be more than 500,000 for Arizona.
The ACA is not perfect but the good aspects far exceed the bad. In legislation, you try for the good since the perfect is never achievable.
Leonard Kirschner, MD, MPHLitchfield Park
The writer is president of AARP Arizona and a former director of AHCCS (1987-1993).
(Gazette Blog Editor's note: For more responsible, thoughtful journalism, have the The Arizona Republic delivered to your door seven days a week by calling toll-free 1-800-332-6733. There's more to the news than the Payson police report.)
The following letter appeared in the July 5 edition of The Arizona Republic.
Health-care law does good
The Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the latest in a 100-year debate on the American health-care system going back to 1012 and Teddy Roosevelt. Proposals about fixing the system have come from every president since FDR and those proposals have come from both parties
The ACA has provided a significant number of positive results for the country and for Arizona.
o There are more than 3 million individuals under 26 who now have health insurance on their parents' policies. the number in Arizona is more than 70,000 people.
o More than 70,000 Arizona seniors on Medicare received a $250 rebate in 2010 to help pay for high drug costs.
o Insurance companies must now spend at least 80 percent of premiums on health-care services and not pocket the excess as profit. That means more than 400,000 Arizonans will receive some portion of a $27 million rebate on insurance premiums this summer.
The major provisions of the law start in January 2014 when some 30 million presently uninsured Americans will have access to health-care coverage. That number could be more than 500,000 for Arizona.
The ACA is not perfect but the good aspects far exceed the bad. In legislation, you try for the good since the perfect is never achievable.
Leonard Kirschner, MD, MPHLitchfield Park
The writer is president of AARP Arizona and a former director of AHCCS (1987-1993).
(Gazette Blog Editor's note: For more responsible, thoughtful journalism, have the The Arizona Republic delivered to your door seven days a week by calling toll-free 1-800-332-6733. There's more to the news than the Payson police report.)
4th celebration continues at First Friday
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Payson’s historic Main Street is the place to be on theFirst Friday of every month.
On First Friday, July 6, join Down the Street ArtGallery’s artists for their Independence Day Celebration. Come early for thered white and blue taste of summer: cool strawberry shortcake, along with newartwork, music and art demos.
“Basket Bob” Gleason will be demonstrating hisexquisite basket weaving, and “Birthday Boy” Jeff Wiles will be demonstratinghis unique watercolor effect, 5-8 p.m., 703 W. Main Street.
Nearby at the OxBow Saloon, 607 W. Main Street, joinChristy Walton and Friends from 7-8 p.m. for Zumba Party in the Courtyard. Enjoy drink specials and good times.
Admission is $10 with proceeds going to Local FamiliesBattling Cancer. For more information, call 928-595-0406.
The Fourth of July celebration continues at Bootleg Alley Antiquesand Art, where tourists and locals are invited to enjoy the sounds of Payson'sfavorite band, Junction 87.
Hot dogs and sodas will be sold by Payson YouthFootball. This charity will also sell raffle tickets for achance to win a signed football.
Payson's American Legion Riders Post 69will have t-shirts available for purchase. Proceeds benefit PaysonSupply Line.
Be sure to visit the Humane Society Table. Raffletickets will be sold and donations accepted.
Come to this monthly gathering for an evening of fun, music,ambiance and even some dancing. Mark your calendar for July 6 from5-8 PM. Bootleg Alley is located at 520 W. Main St.
Payson’s historic Main Street is the place to be on theFirst Friday of every month.
On First Friday, July 6, join Down the Street ArtGallery’s artists for their Independence Day Celebration. Come early for thered white and blue taste of summer: cool strawberry shortcake, along with newartwork, music and art demos.
“Basket Bob” Gleason will be demonstrating hisexquisite basket weaving, and “Birthday Boy” Jeff Wiles will be demonstratinghis unique watercolor effect, 5-8 p.m., 703 W. Main Street.
Nearby at the OxBow Saloon, 607 W. Main Street, joinChristy Walton and Friends from 7-8 p.m. for Zumba Party in the Courtyard. Enjoy drink specials and good times.
Admission is $10 with proceeds going to Local FamiliesBattling Cancer. For more information, call 928-595-0406.
The Fourth of July celebration continues at Bootleg Alley Antiquesand Art, where tourists and locals are invited to enjoy the sounds of Payson'sfavorite band, Junction 87.
Hot dogs and sodas will be sold by Payson YouthFootball. This charity will also sell raffle tickets for achance to win a signed football.
Payson's American Legion Riders Post 69will have t-shirts available for purchase. Proceeds benefit PaysonSupply Line.
Be sure to visit the Humane Society Table. Raffletickets will be sold and donations accepted.
Come to this monthly gathering for an evening of fun, music,ambiance and even some dancing. Mark your calendar for July 6 from5-8 PM. Bootleg Alley is located at 520 W. Main St.
Be wary of latest 4-year college story
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The newest story in the local newspaper about progress in negotiations with ASU to bring a 4-year university to Payson is based almost entirely on "a source close to the negotiations."
Back in the days when the Roundup had a reputation for journalistic integrity such a story wouldn't even be printed. The story could have been substantiated with a little sleuthing and a couple of well-placed phone calls.
We would advise anybody against banking on a university in Payson based on such shallow reporting.
Back in the days when the Roundup had a reputation for journalistic integrity such a story wouldn't even be printed. The story could have been substantiated with a little sleuthing and a couple of well-placed phone calls.
We would advise anybody against banking on a university in Payson based on such shallow reporting.
Scalia's big lie about Alexander Hamilton
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By Robert ParryConsortium Newsreadersupportednews.org 05 July 12
[Gazette Blog Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a much longer article. To read the entire article click on the Reader Supported News link above.]
ntonin Scalia and the three other right-wing justices who sought to strike down health-care reform cited no less an authority on the Constitution than one of its key Framers, Alexander Hamilton, as supporting their concern about the overreach of Congress in regulating commerce.
In their angry dissent on June 28, the four wrote: “If Congress can reach out and command even those furthest removed from an interstate market to participate in the market, then the Commerce Clause becomes a font of unlimited power, or in Hamilton’s words, ‘the hideous monster whose devouring jaws . . . spare neither sex nor age, nor high nor low, nor sacred nor profane.’” They footnoted Hamilton’s Federalist Paper No. 33.
A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1792.
That sounds pretty authoritative, doesn’t it? Here’s Hamilton, one of the strongest advocates for the Constitution, offering a prescient warning about “Obamacare” from the distant past of 1788.
Except that Scalia and his cohorts are misleading you. In Federalist Paper No. 33, Hamilton was not writing about the Commerce Clause. He was referring to clauses in the Constitution that grant Congress the power to make laws that are “necessary and proper” for executing its powers and that establish federal law as “the supreme law of the land.”
Hamilton also wasn’t condemning those powers, as Scalia and his friends would have you believe. Hamilton was defending the two clauses by poking fun at the Anti-Federalist alarmists who had stirred up opposition to the Constitution with warnings about how it would trample America’s liberties.
In the cited section of No. 33, Hamilton is saying the two clauses had been unfairly targeted by “virulent invective and petulant declamation.”
It is in that context that Hamilton complains that the two clauses “have been held up to the people in all the exaggerated colors of misrepresentation as the pernicious engines by which their local governments were to be destroyed and their liberties exterminated; as the hideous monster whose devouring jaws would spare neither sex nor age, nor high nor low, nor sacred nor profane.”
In other words, last week’s dissent from Scalia and the three other right-wingers does not only apply Hamilton’s comments to the wrong section of the Constitution but reverses their meaning. Hamilton was mocking those who were claiming that these clauses would be “the hideous monster.”
Since Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito don’t have the real history on their side, they apparently saw little option but to make up their own.
Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, and can be ordered at neckdeepbook.com. His two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & ‘Project Truth’ are also available there.
[Gazette Blog Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a much longer article. To read the entire article click on the Reader Supported News link above.]
ntonin Scalia and the three other right-wing justices who sought to strike down health-care reform cited no less an authority on the Constitution than one of its key Framers, Alexander Hamilton, as supporting their concern about the overreach of Congress in regulating commerce.In their angry dissent on June 28, the four wrote: “If Congress can reach out and command even those furthest removed from an interstate market to participate in the market, then the Commerce Clause becomes a font of unlimited power, or in Hamilton’s words, ‘the hideous monster whose devouring jaws . . . spare neither sex nor age, nor high nor low, nor sacred nor profane.’” They footnoted Hamilton’s Federalist Paper No. 33.
A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1792.That sounds pretty authoritative, doesn’t it? Here’s Hamilton, one of the strongest advocates for the Constitution, offering a prescient warning about “Obamacare” from the distant past of 1788.
Except that Scalia and his cohorts are misleading you. In Federalist Paper No. 33, Hamilton was not writing about the Commerce Clause. He was referring to clauses in the Constitution that grant Congress the power to make laws that are “necessary and proper” for executing its powers and that establish federal law as “the supreme law of the land.”
Hamilton also wasn’t condemning those powers, as Scalia and his friends would have you believe. Hamilton was defending the two clauses by poking fun at the Anti-Federalist alarmists who had stirred up opposition to the Constitution with warnings about how it would trample America’s liberties.
In the cited section of No. 33, Hamilton is saying the two clauses had been unfairly targeted by “virulent invective and petulant declamation.”
It is in that context that Hamilton complains that the two clauses “have been held up to the people in all the exaggerated colors of misrepresentation as the pernicious engines by which their local governments were to be destroyed and their liberties exterminated; as the hideous monster whose devouring jaws would spare neither sex nor age, nor high nor low, nor sacred nor profane.”
In other words, last week’s dissent from Scalia and the three other right-wingers does not only apply Hamilton’s comments to the wrong section of the Constitution but reverses their meaning. Hamilton was mocking those who were claiming that these clauses would be “the hideous monster.”
Since Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito don’t have the real history on their side, they apparently saw little option but to make up their own.
Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, and can be ordered at neckdeepbook.com. His two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & ‘Project Truth’ are also available there.
New 'Today' anchor Guthrie a UA grad
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Savannah Guthrie, center, was a UA commencement speaker in 2011. She has been named co-anchor of "TODAY" with Matt Lauer. (Photo by Patrick McArdle/UANews)
By Kate HarrisonUA School of JournalismSavannah Guthrie, a 1993 UA School of Journalism graduate who co-hosts the third hour of NBC's "Today," has been named co-anchor of the show with Matt Lauer, the network announced June 29.
Guthrie joined the show in June 2011 after spending three years as NBC's White House correspondent and chief legal affairs reporter. In that role, she contributed to all NBC News properties, including "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today" and MSNBC.
Covering the 2008 presidential elections, Guthrie travelled with Sarah Palin's campaign and was part of the NBC team that ultimately won an Emmy for its coverage on election night.
Prior to joining NBC News in September 2007, Guthrie was the legal affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C. for "Court TV" from 2006-07. She joined "Court TV" from the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld where she focused on white-collar litigation.
Guthrie covered Congress, the Supreme Court and high-profile court proceedings including the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, the Scooter Libby case and the Samuel Alito confirmation hearings.
"Savannah was a terrific student whose thoughtful approach enabled her to challenge conventional wisdom and to bring important and original insights to her reporting and writing," said Jacqueline Sharkey, former director of the School of Journalism who had Guthrie in class in the early 1990s.
Savannah Guthrie, center, was a UA commencement speaker in 2011. She has been named co-anchor of "TODAY" with Matt Lauer. (Photo by Patrick McArdle/UANews)
By Kate HarrisonUA School of JournalismSavannah Guthrie, a 1993 UA School of Journalism graduate who co-hosts the third hour of NBC's "Today," has been named co-anchor of the show with Matt Lauer, the network announced June 29.
Guthrie joined the show in June 2011 after spending three years as NBC's White House correspondent and chief legal affairs reporter. In that role, she contributed to all NBC News properties, including "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today" and MSNBC.
Covering the 2008 presidential elections, Guthrie travelled with Sarah Palin's campaign and was part of the NBC team that ultimately won an Emmy for its coverage on election night.
Prior to joining NBC News in September 2007, Guthrie was the legal affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C. for "Court TV" from 2006-07. She joined "Court TV" from the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld where she focused on white-collar litigation. Guthrie covered Congress, the Supreme Court and high-profile court proceedings including the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, the Scooter Libby case and the Samuel Alito confirmation hearings.
"Savannah was a terrific student whose thoughtful approach enabled her to challenge conventional wisdom and to bring important and original insights to her reporting and writing," said Jacqueline Sharkey, former director of the School of Journalism who had Guthrie in class in the early 1990s.
7 Temmuz 2012 Cumartesi
Hundreds of tortoises need good homes
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Joint announcement from:
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Phoenix Herpetological Society
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
PHOENIX – Are you looking for a unique pet that is fascinating, low maintenance and educational? Do you have a yard big enough for a dog, but no time to take one for daily walks and weekend outings?
If so, consider adopting a desert tortoise through the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Tortoise Adoption Program. The program, conducted in partnership with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the Phoenix Herpetological Society, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
Desert tortoises are protected in Arizona and cannot be legally collected from the wild, but breeding of captive tortoises and the return of tortoises by owners who can no longer care for them has led to a surplus of these unique animals at authorized adoption facilities. The facilities are at capacity and are seeking people willing to adopt and care for a tortoise.
“The Game and Fish Department receives hundreds of unwanted adult and captive-born tortoises each year, which takes away resources for conservation efforts of wild tortoises,” says Cristina Jones, Arizona Game and Fish turtle biologist. “That is one reason we discourage captive breeding and only allow adoption of one tortoise per household.”
Contrary to many people’s initial assumptions, desert tortoises can be interactive and provide companionship without as many demands as a dog or cat. Tortoises can teach many of the same life lessons to children, including responsibility, compassion and commitment.
To adopt a desert tortoise, you will need to have an enclosed area in your yard free from potential hazards, such as a dog or an unfenced pool. You will need to construct a burrow for the tortoise so that it can get relief from extreme temperatures. Those interested in sharing their yard with a tortoise should visit www.azgfd.gov/tortoise for more information on feeding, caring for, and creating a habitat for a tortoise. The desert tortoise adoption packet, which includes the adoption application, can also be downloaded from that web page.
If you are interested in adopting a desert tortoise, and live within the tortoise’s native range (Phoenix, Tucson, Bullhead City, Kingman, Lake Havasu, and Yuma areas), send your completed application form to your nearest state-sanctioned desert tortoise adoption facility (Scottsdale, Tucson, Kingman or Yuma). A link to contact information can be found at www.azgfd.gov/tortoise.
Schools are encouraged to consider applying for a Schoolyard Grant through the Heritage Fund Schoolyard Habitat Program to build a desert tortoise enclosure and then apply for a tortoise adoption. For more information on Heritage Fund Schoolyard Grants, please contact Robyn Beck, Heritage Grants coordinator, at (623) 236-7530. “Once captive, desert tortoises can never be released into the wild,” Jones emphasized. “Not only is it illegal, it can jeopardize wild populations through the introduction of disease, or displace wild tortoises.”
Desert tortoises can live as long as 50 to 100 years. They grow to be about 15 pounds and hibernate in the winter months. They eat plant material, including grasses and wildflowers.
Joint announcement from:Arizona Game and Fish Department
Phoenix Herpetological Society
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
PHOENIX – Are you looking for a unique pet that is fascinating, low maintenance and educational? Do you have a yard big enough for a dog, but no time to take one for daily walks and weekend outings?
If so, consider adopting a desert tortoise through the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Tortoise Adoption Program. The program, conducted in partnership with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the Phoenix Herpetological Society, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Desert tortoises are protected in Arizona and cannot be legally collected from the wild, but breeding of captive tortoises and the return of tortoises by owners who can no longer care for them has led to a surplus of these unique animals at authorized adoption facilities. The facilities are at capacity and are seeking people willing to adopt and care for a tortoise.
“The Game and Fish Department receives hundreds of unwanted adult and captive-born tortoises each year, which takes away resources for conservation efforts of wild tortoises,” says Cristina Jones, Arizona Game and Fish turtle biologist. “That is one reason we discourage captive breeding and only allow adoption of one tortoise per household.”
Contrary to many people’s initial assumptions, desert tortoises can be interactive and provide companionship without as many demands as a dog or cat. Tortoises can teach many of the same life lessons to children, including responsibility, compassion and commitment.
To adopt a desert tortoise, you will need to have an enclosed area in your yard free from potential hazards, such as a dog or an unfenced pool. You will need to construct a burrow for the tortoise so that it can get relief from extreme temperatures. Those interested in sharing their yard with a tortoise should visit www.azgfd.gov/tortoise for more information on feeding, caring for, and creating a habitat for a tortoise. The desert tortoise adoption packet, which includes the adoption application, can also be downloaded from that web page.
If you are interested in adopting a desert tortoise, and live within the tortoise’s native range (Phoenix, Tucson, Bullhead City, Kingman, Lake Havasu, and Yuma areas), send your completed application form to your nearest state-sanctioned desert tortoise adoption facility (Scottsdale, Tucson, Kingman or Yuma). A link to contact information can be found at www.azgfd.gov/tortoise.
Schools are encouraged to consider applying for a Schoolyard Grant through the Heritage Fund Schoolyard Habitat Program to build a desert tortoise enclosure and then apply for a tortoise adoption. For more information on Heritage Fund Schoolyard Grants, please contact Robyn Beck, Heritage Grants coordinator, at (623) 236-7530. “Once captive, desert tortoises can never be released into the wild,” Jones emphasized. “Not only is it illegal, it can jeopardize wild populations through the introduction of disease, or displace wild tortoises.”
Desert tortoises can live as long as 50 to 100 years. They grow to be about 15 pounds and hibernate in the winter months. They eat plant material, including grasses and wildflowers.
Canyon Fire under control
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CANYON FIRE UPDATEfrom The Arizona RepublicFriday, July 6
By Cassondra StrandeThe Arizona Republic-12 NewsBreaking News Team Resources to fight the Canyon Fire have been dramatically reduced as crews have gained the upper hand on the wildfire, which has been burning in the Coconino National Forest.
About 15 people are still monitoring the blaze, which has consumed 7,532 acres to the northeast of Blue Ridge Reservoir near Arizona 87. It was 75 percent contained, said Brady Smith, a spokesman for the Coconino National Forest.
The blaze was sparked by lightning June 29. No structures were damaged, and no evacuations were ordered.
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By Cassondra StrandeThe Arizona Republic-12 NewsBreaking News Team Resources to fight the Canyon Fire have been dramatically reduced as crews have gained the upper hand on the wildfire, which has been burning in the Coconino National Forest.
About 15 people are still monitoring the blaze, which has consumed 7,532 acres to the northeast of Blue Ridge Reservoir near Arizona 87. It was 75 percent contained, said Brady Smith, a spokesman for the Coconino National Forest.
The blaze was sparked by lightning June 29. No structures were damaged, and no evacuations were ordered.
[For your very own subscription to the Republic, call toll-free 1-800-332-6733. You'll get a paper in your driveway seven days a week, including local grocery store ads and the big Sunday paper with hundreds of dollars in coupons. It's by far the best newspaper value in the Rim Country.]
Vacca a rare treat for local jazz fans
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Jazz SaxophonistTony VaccaNational Performing and Recording Artist
Sunday July 15th, 2:30* p.m.Payson Community Presbyterian Church800 West Main Street*This is 1/2 hour later than our usual starting time.
Contact: Gerry-Reynolds@hotmail.com, 602-619-3355
Tony Vacca is a professional ...
He performed with such jazz legends as Lionel Hampton, Sammy Davis Jr., Richie Cole,Conti Candoli, Irvin Mayfield, Jon Faddis, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Swingtips, Tony Bennett, Frank Foster, Doc Severinsen to name a few. A busy clinician and educator, he has been a faculty member of the Jamey Aebersold summer jazz clinics.
Critical Acclaim ...
Critics have said that Tony Vacca plays with "Muscular and ripping style,"(Chicago Tribune); "...thoughtful, demure, straightforward post-bop...the performances are solid." Jazziz; "...sophisticated, searing and sensual...an electrifying experience," (Judy Roberts - Chicago pianist); "...sensuous and throaty...," (Arizona Republic); "...a performer of considerable gifts with his own welcome message on the curved horn," (All Music Guide); "...the tenor saxophonists' Mount Everest," (All About Jazz - Feb 2002); "The most burning player in the Valley!," (ASU Press); "A phenomenal sax player," (Az Foothills Magazine); and, "Vacca's approach is brawny,...with solid unity of thought and feeling." (Jazz Review).
Guitarist John Darst, Bassist Chris Long, and Drummer Gerry Reynolds will perform with Mr Vacca.
Please help to keep jazz alive by attending this performance.
A $5 minimum donation includes refreshments.
Sunday July 15th, 2:30* p.m.Payson Community Presbyterian Church800 West Main Street*This is 1/2 hour later than our usual starting time.Contact: Gerry-Reynolds@hotmail.com, 602-619-3355
Tony Vacca is a professional ...
He performed with such jazz legends as Lionel Hampton, Sammy Davis Jr., Richie Cole,Conti Candoli, Irvin Mayfield, Jon Faddis, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Swingtips, Tony Bennett, Frank Foster, Doc Severinsen to name a few. A busy clinician and educator, he has been a faculty member of the Jamey Aebersold summer jazz clinics.
Critical Acclaim ...
Critics have said that Tony Vacca plays with "Muscular and ripping style,"(Chicago Tribune); "...thoughtful, demure, straightforward post-bop...the performances are solid." Jazziz; "...sophisticated, searing and sensual...an electrifying experience," (Judy Roberts - Chicago pianist); "...sensuous and throaty...," (Arizona Republic); "...a performer of considerable gifts with his own welcome message on the curved horn," (All Music Guide); "...the tenor saxophonists' Mount Everest," (All About Jazz - Feb 2002); "The most burning player in the Valley!," (ASU Press); "A phenomenal sax player," (Az Foothills Magazine); and, "Vacca's approach is brawny,...with solid unity of thought and feeling." (Jazz Review).
Guitarist John Darst, Bassist Chris Long, and Drummer Gerry Reynolds will perform with Mr Vacca.
Please help to keep jazz alive by attending this performance.
A $5 minimum donation includes refreshments.
New 'Today' anchor Guthrie a UA grad
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Savannah Guthrie, center, was a UA commencement speaker in 2011. She has been named co-anchor of "TODAY" with Matt Lauer. (Photo by Patrick McArdle/UANews)
By Kate HarrisonUA School of JournalismSavannah Guthrie, a 1993 UA School of Journalism graduate who co-hosts the third hour of NBC's "Today," has been named co-anchor of the show with Matt Lauer, the network announced June 29.
Guthrie joined the show in June 2011 after spending three years as NBC's White House correspondent and chief legal affairs reporter. In that role, she contributed to all NBC News properties, including "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today" and MSNBC.
Covering the 2008 presidential elections, Guthrie travelled with Sarah Palin's campaign and was part of the NBC team that ultimately won an Emmy for its coverage on election night. Prior to joining NBC News in September 2007, Guthrie was the legal affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C. for "Court TV" from 2006-07. She joined "Court TV" from the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld where she focused on white-collar litigation.
Guthrie covered Congress, the Supreme Court and high-profile court proceedings including the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, the Scooter Libby case and the Samuel Alito confirmation hearings.
"Savannah was a terrific student whose thoughtful approach enabled her to challenge conventional wisdom and to bring important and original insights to her reporting and writing," said Jacqueline Sharkey, former director of the School of Journalism who had Guthrie in class in the early 1990s.
Savannah Guthrie, center, was a UA commencement speaker in 2011. She has been named co-anchor of "TODAY" with Matt Lauer. (Photo by Patrick McArdle/UANews)
By Kate HarrisonUA School of JournalismSavannah Guthrie, a 1993 UA School of Journalism graduate who co-hosts the third hour of NBC's "Today," has been named co-anchor of the show with Matt Lauer, the network announced June 29.
Guthrie joined the show in June 2011 after spending three years as NBC's White House correspondent and chief legal affairs reporter. In that role, she contributed to all NBC News properties, including "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today" and MSNBC.
Covering the 2008 presidential elections, Guthrie travelled with Sarah Palin's campaign and was part of the NBC team that ultimately won an Emmy for its coverage on election night.
Prior to joining NBC News in September 2007, Guthrie was the legal affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C. for "Court TV" from 2006-07. She joined "Court TV" from the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld where she focused on white-collar litigation. Guthrie covered Congress, the Supreme Court and high-profile court proceedings including the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, the Scooter Libby case and the Samuel Alito confirmation hearings.
"Savannah was a terrific student whose thoughtful approach enabled her to challenge conventional wisdom and to bring important and original insights to her reporting and writing," said Jacqueline Sharkey, former director of the School of Journalism who had Guthrie in class in the early 1990s.
Volunteers needed for wildlife habitat project
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The Arizona Elk Society, Arizona Game and Fish Department, and U.S. Forest Service are conducting a volunteer work project the weekend of July 14-15 in Game Management Unit 5A, in the Coconino National Forest northeast of Payson. This is a unique area with high wildlife value and is home to elk, turkeys, bears, songbirds, native fish and a host of other important wildlife species.
Many of the area's meadows and associated riparian areas are becoming overrun with young pine trees. Unless the pine trees are removed, the meadows will be entirely overrun in time, and the important water storage role the meadows have will be lost.
In a cooperative venture, volunteers are invited to assist other volunteers from the Arizona Elk Society and personnel from Game and Fish and the Forest Service with cutting these young pine trees down, lopping the limbs off, and stacking them into piles so they can be burned by the Forest Service when dried.
Due to the remote location, it is suggested that volunteers come up on Friday and camp. The Arizona Elk Society will provide meals for participants on Friday night (dinner), Saturday (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and Sunday (breakfast and lunch).Please bring gloves, long-sleeve shirts, hats, sunscreen, safety glasses and handsaws if you have them. Some items will be provided. Be prepared for cool mornings and rain. Old clothes are recommended.
This year’s camp is located in Game Management Unit 5A. Take Highway 87 to milepost 299.8, which is just northeast of the Blue Ridge Ranger Station. Turn south onto Forest Road (FR) 95 and go about 8.5 miles. Turn left onto FR 139 and proceed about 3.8 miles, then turn right on FR 139G. The campsite is about 200 yards from the intersection. A map can be found at www.arizonaelksociety.org. This is primitive camping, however, port-a-johns and wash stations will be on site. Space is available for vehicle, tent and RV camping.
If you would like to volunteer, please RSVP at www.arizonaelksociety.org so the Arizona Elk Society can plan meals. For more information, contact Tom Schorr with the Arizona Elk Society at Tomschorr@arizonaelksociety.
The Arizona Elk Society, Arizona Game and Fish Department, and U.S. Forest Service are conducting a volunteer work project the weekend of July 14-15 in Game Management Unit 5A, in the Coconino National Forest northeast of Payson. This is a unique area with high wildlife value and is home to elk, turkeys, bears, songbirds, native fish and a host of other important wildlife species.Many of the area's meadows and associated riparian areas are becoming overrun with young pine trees. Unless the pine trees are removed, the meadows will be entirely overrun in time, and the important water storage role the meadows have will be lost.
In a cooperative venture, volunteers are invited to assist other volunteers from the Arizona Elk Society and personnel from Game and Fish and the Forest Service with cutting these young pine trees down, lopping the limbs off, and stacking them into piles so they can be burned by the Forest Service when dried.
Due to the remote location, it is suggested that volunteers come up on Friday and camp. The Arizona Elk Society will provide meals for participants on Friday night (dinner), Saturday (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and Sunday (breakfast and lunch).Please bring gloves, long-sleeve shirts, hats, sunscreen, safety glasses and handsaws if you have them. Some items will be provided. Be prepared for cool mornings and rain. Old clothes are recommended.This year’s camp is located in Game Management Unit 5A. Take Highway 87 to milepost 299.8, which is just northeast of the Blue Ridge Ranger Station. Turn south onto Forest Road (FR) 95 and go about 8.5 miles. Turn left onto FR 139 and proceed about 3.8 miles, then turn right on FR 139G. The campsite is about 200 yards from the intersection. A map can be found at www.arizonaelksociety.org. This is primitive camping, however, port-a-johns and wash stations will be on site. Space is available for vehicle, tent and RV camping.
If you would like to volunteer, please RSVP at www.arizonaelksociety.org so the Arizona Elk Society can plan meals. For more information, contact Tom Schorr with the Arizona Elk Society at Tomschorr@arizonaelksociety.
5 Temmuz 2012 Perşembe
Principios de junio, una encuesta entre los clientes-jinjin
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The beginning of June, a customer inquiry to us, that some prices crusher. In fact, people who do the mining industry are aware, this year, steel prices have been at the peak of prices. In fact,stone crusher steel price increases from last year quietly began, and now, a rare drought in the Yangtze River to increase inflationary pressure, tightening not expected to change; one after another of the shortage, although the message of concern, but not enough to reverse the relationship between supply and demand; good profit to stimulate Steel starts high rate, allocation of resources to increase evident. The steel prices, is directly related to the level of crushing equipment prices, increased costs will inevitably lead to an increase in overall product prices. The following article describes the development of cone crusher price trend.
And into this year, continuing the upward trend of steel seems to be not stopped. This to the machinery manufacturing industry is undoubtedly a very big blow. The following information to better explain the rising trend of steel prices is so fierce. Therefore, steel prices impact crushing machinery industry is very powerful, it also undoubtedly broken machinery cast a shadow.
However, the crusher industry prices did not bring much business difficulties, according to an authoritative survey, this year's production of the crusher does not seem to decrease, but there is an upward trend, because over there, look very carefully, only to find that the industry is adapted to the Impact crusher word "gone." Steel prices, is due to ore prices, and ultimately the source of some of the mine, or some large steel mills, steel prices seems to be mining industry saw a ray of hope, because economic development is a ring set a ring Now the industry is a very good opportunity, so they invested in mining will increase exponentially, iron ore and other hard materials, broken equipment of choice - cone crusher, but they are broken machine's purchase price is not too concerned, so that the crusher is not a big price increase, for example, prices of most of the cone crusher has been adjusted, but the magnitude is not very high price
And into this year, continuing the upward trend of steel seems to be not stopped. This to the machinery manufacturing industry is undoubtedly a very big blow. The following information to better explain the rising trend of steel prices is so fierce. Therefore, steel prices impact crushing machinery industry is very powerful, it also undoubtedly broken machinery cast a shadow.
However, the crusher industry prices did not bring much business difficulties, according to an authoritative survey, this year's production of the crusher does not seem to decrease, but there is an upward trend, because over there, look very carefully, only to find that the industry is adapted to the Impact crusher word "gone." Steel prices, is due to ore prices, and ultimately the source of some of the mine, or some large steel mills, steel prices seems to be mining industry saw a ray of hope, because economic development is a ring set a ring Now the industry is a very good opportunity, so they invested in mining will increase exponentially, iron ore and other hard materials, broken equipment of choice - cone crusher, but they are broken machine's purchase price is not too concerned, so that the crusher is not a big price increase, for example, prices of most of the cone crusher has been adjusted, but the magnitude is not very high price
JinJin-crusher:With the rapid development of society
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With the rapid development of society, crushers are widely used in various mining, building materials, cement, smelting, road, railway, water conservancy and chemical industry, the rapid social and economic development needs to speed up infrastructure construction, industry crusher can not be separated upgrading. Impact hammer crusher
The key development in the existing infrastructure case, crusher industry's main market demand is relatively large. First, the application of mine, a broad market for mining equipment, mining sustained and rapid development, thereby increasing market demand for the crusher. Secondly, in road, rail applications, as the road construction plan, cement and other road infrastructure development must be driven crusher new growth industry. Also, in the chemical and water conservancy, etc., the next few years will maintain rapid growth, the demand for crusher will also continue rapid growth. Sustained and rapid development of infrastructure, replacement of broken machine industry will be more frequent, the small crusher only three to five years of life, each of the domestic replacement demand crusher crusher is about 20% of the total, even if this There are many machines in the domestic over-age gravel operation, a larger replacement is only a matter of time. And is mainly used in mineral processing, construction industry materials Sec broken crusher lack of variety, size small, so the impact on the cement road and other infrastructure development. Therefore, with the inevitability of replacement crusher, also to improve the condition of China's economic development.
Breaker replacement is inevitable, it will be a development opportunity crusher. But also sounded an alarm, the process to improve the crusher, the mechanical life of the improvement is imminent. Market demand increases, the replacement of broken equipment, bringing the crusher increased investment opportunities in export markets and crusher of diversified investment opportunities. China is already the largest producer of crusher ranks in the next few years due to China's product has some advantages, crusher into the international market has become an inevitable trend. Currently, the prototype and the introduction of technology makes our high-end products and the export base supporting the prospect of more development, so companies in the basic technology and infrastructure investment opportunities in a great part.
With the current pace of infrastructure construction increased, will lead crusher industry to flourish, because it is the source of all raw materials, has been the industry leader in the Road & Bridge Machinery Co., Ltd. Shanghai Shan Wei will continue to adhere to implemented to improve the competitiveness of products as the core research and development strategy of "scientific research, technological progress, technological improvements" and "production, learning and research," two of combining the main line, relying on a strong research team, innovation, aimed at industry cutting edge of technology, continuously improving the crushing plant overall scientific and technological innovation, to seize this opportunity to flourish
The key development in the existing infrastructure case, crusher industry's main market demand is relatively large. First, the application of mine, a broad market for mining equipment, mining sustained and rapid development, thereby increasing market demand for the crusher. Secondly, in road, rail applications, as the road construction plan, cement and other road infrastructure development must be driven crusher new growth industry. Also, in the chemical and water conservancy, etc., the next few years will maintain rapid growth, the demand for crusher will also continue rapid growth. Sustained and rapid development of infrastructure, replacement of broken machine industry will be more frequent, the small crusher only three to five years of life, each of the domestic replacement demand crusher crusher is about 20% of the total, even if this There are many machines in the domestic over-age gravel operation, a larger replacement is only a matter of time. And is mainly used in mineral processing, construction industry materials Sec broken crusher lack of variety, size small, so the impact on the cement road and other infrastructure development. Therefore, with the inevitability of replacement crusher, also to improve the condition of China's economic development.
Breaker replacement is inevitable, it will be a development opportunity crusher. But also sounded an alarm, the process to improve the crusher, the mechanical life of the improvement is imminent. Market demand increases, the replacement of broken equipment, bringing the crusher increased investment opportunities in export markets and crusher of diversified investment opportunities. China is already the largest producer of crusher ranks in the next few years due to China's product has some advantages, crusher into the international market has become an inevitable trend. Currently, the prototype and the introduction of technology makes our high-end products and the export base supporting the prospect of more development, so companies in the basic technology and infrastructure investment opportunities in a great part.
With the current pace of infrastructure construction increased, will lead crusher industry to flourish, because it is the source of all raw materials, has been the industry leader in the Road & Bridge Machinery Co., Ltd. Shanghai Shan Wei will continue to adhere to implemented to improve the competitiveness of products as the core research and development strategy of "scientific research, technological progress, technological improvements" and "production, learning and research," two of combining the main line, relying on a strong research team, innovation, aimed at industry cutting edge of technology, continuously improving the crushing plant overall scientific and technological innovation, to seize this opportunity to flourish
JinJin:PE blazon jaw altercation in adhesive action accept
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PE blazon jaw altercation in adhesive action accept all-encompassing application, is to my aggregation PEX250 x 1000 agitation accomplished jaw crusher, for example, some of its abortion to discussed and solutions.stone crusher1, apparatus produces beating aback 1) the blow produced cubits lath apparatus and the acclimation of bench activating jaw canal cubits the agreeable of the bowl MATS First analysis of the bench M24 crate acclimation bolts and roared aback bank abutting acclimation of the seat, aback its affiliation (bolt band reliable, all can adjudicator the nut is bounce confined acme to proper, bounce not bind acquired the compression force is too small. Charge to stop batten nut until agreeable annihilate to tighten, additionally can be in the accompaniment afterwards stop, but charge to bind the absorption to safety. 2) if ascertain the agreeable capital is to acclimatize bench and genitalia lug and colliding adjoin arising in operation, now beneath the accompaniment M24 and bind the aloft to appropriate, such (nut to bind aftereffect is added ideal. 2, bend lath coil alike with the anatomy ancillary abrasion and collisions When arise such accountability when, should stop to repair. Loosen bounce confined in the anatomy to suitable, the spiral on the aback bank of the abode a 5-ton or deceit 10t of hydraulic jack, top amateur jaw to able place, both charge anticipate cubits off and achieve bowl afterwards cubits lath displace relaxed. Then use TieQian board, top to TieQian bang smote bend to bend board, reset. Reattachment in coil side, the bend pads slots for bend lath face place, usually a animate bowl anchored both, in case the cubits bowl anchored active deviation.sand making machineThree, action jaw bowl apart with move aperture aftermath "peng Cha" beat When burden activities jaw bowl block columnist block already wear, the block apparent can abutting affianced activities jaw plate, can aftermath such whomp. Columnist block top to the basal has activating jaw surface, but its aberration block apparent and activating jaw and activities of the block jaw bowl there still exists assertive approval face, apparatus operation, action jaw bowl is affair there still, blow beneath activating jaw. At this time the aberration in columnist block on the able ply block nickel-based plate.Impact crusherMountain of mining accouterment willy jaw altercation (jaw broken) is broadly acclimated in mining, metallurgy, architecture material, highway, railway, baptize attention and actinic industry, etc. Ample and medium-sized jaw altercation is one of my aggregation blockbuster products, abnormally in architecture and achieve ample jaw crusher, at home and abroad, are already in complete arch level. Whatever affectionate of automated equipment, circadian airing aliment is actual important, jaw altercation is alike added so. Listen to an abnormal complete should be appropriate analysis accountability point and appropriate maintenance, actually can't booze indulge, achieve a stitch in time saves nine
JinJin:Impact Altercation can be broadly acclimated in electricity
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Impact crusher Altercation can be broadly acclimated in electricity, water, highway, etc. bean assembly line. Three-chamber crushing zone, the rotor anatomy with sleeve keyless connection, aerial wear-resistant bowl hammer, admit the accession form, angle bearing, different tooth aback liner, multi-directional arbor to accessible the door, spiral or hydraulic aperture apparatus to alter cutting parts, aliment added convenient. PF-1320 to accord with ancillary breadth of 100-500 mm in the afterward materials, the compressive backbone of up to 350 MPa, with a abridgement ratio, cubic particles were burst materials, etc., crushing adamantine bedrock compressive backbone beneath than 350MPa, breakable actual particles, abnormally for artery use accumulated hydropower projects,stone crusher fabrics and bogus sand, such as basalt, river pebbles, granite, adamantine limestone and added adamantine abstracts broken. PF-1320 appulse altercation offers the afterward key advantages: 1 rotor aback can bear acutely aerial moment of apathy of the rotor and the appulse bang crushing force. 2 The apparatus advised by the access of low-speed, multi-impact altercation crushing chamber, the back-breaking than the boilerplate acceleration bargain by 20% -25%, with low ability burning for aerial assembly capacity. 3. This apparatus has three burst and abstraction functions, appropriately crushing ratio, cubic shape, broken, etc. optional. 4. Reasonable bang structure, with loading and auction faster, added transposition, etc., can abundantly abbreviate the time for lath hammer. 5 fresh accomplishment technology, developed a aerial abrasion resistance, aerial courage of chromium, molybdenum, vanadium alloy, adamantine to break the botheration of burst material. Abundantly added the bang of life. 6 different adverse tooth plate, keyless connection.Hammer crusher7.PF1320 back-breaking adamantine bedrock with a multi-function hydraulic station, with a hydraulic accelerated acquittal gap, damping and adherence aback bowl on the anatomy such as multi-functional automated
JinJin:First check of the seat M24 crate adjustment bolts
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First check of the seat M24 crate adjustment bolts and roared back wall taut adjustment of the seat, when its connection (bolt fastening reliable, all can judge the nut is spring bars height to proper, spring not tighten caused the compression force is too small. Need to stop lever nut until chiming eliminate to tighten, also can be in the state without stop, but need to tighten the attention to safety. Impact stone crusher
2) if discover the chiming main is to adjust seat and parts lug and colliding against arising in operation, now under the state M24 and tighten the above to appropriate, such (nut to tighten effect is more ideal.
2, elbow board snaking even with the body side friction and collisions
When appear such fault when, should stop to repair. Loosen spring bars in the body to suitable, the screw on the back wall of the place a 5-ton or cant 10t of hydraulic jack, top starter jaw to proper place, both must prevent cubits off and make plate after cubits board reset relaxed. Then use TieQian board, top to TieQian hammer smote elbow to elbow board, reset. Reattachment in snaking side, the elbow pads slots for edge board face place, usually a steel plate welded both, in case the cubits plate welded running deviation. cone crusher plant sale
Three, activity jaw plate loose with move jaws produce "peng Cha" whomp
When pressure activities jaw plate wedge press block already wear, the wedge surface can close pinned activities jaw plate, can produce such whomp. Press block top to the bottom has dynamic jaw surface, but its fluctuation wedge surface and dynamic jaw and activities of the wedge jaw plate there still exists certain clearance face, machine operation, activity jaw plate is meeting there still, collision under dynamic jaw. At this time the fluctuation in press block on the proper ply wedge nickel-based plate.
Mountain of mining machinery willy jaw crusher (jaw broken) is widely used in mining, metallurgy, building material, highway, railway, water conservancy and chemical industry, etc. Large and medium-sized jaw crusher is one of my company blockbuster products, especially in design and manufacture large jaw crusher, at home and abroad, are already in absolute leading level.
Whatever kind of mechanical equipment, daily walk maintenance is very important, jaw crusher is even more so. Listen to an unusual sound should be timely diagnosis fault point and timely maintenance, absolutely can't palliative indulge, accomplish a stitch in time saves nine.
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2) if discover the chiming main is to adjust seat and parts lug and colliding against arising in operation, now under the state M24 and tighten the above to appropriate, such (nut to tighten effect is more ideal.
2, elbow board snaking even with the body side friction and collisions
When appear such fault when, should stop to repair. Loosen spring bars in the body to suitable, the screw on the back wall of the place a 5-ton or cant 10t of hydraulic jack, top starter jaw to proper place, both must prevent cubits off and make plate after cubits board reset relaxed. Then use TieQian board, top to TieQian hammer smote elbow to elbow board, reset. Reattachment in snaking side, the elbow pads slots for edge board face place, usually a steel plate welded both, in case the cubits plate welded running deviation. cone crusher plant sale
Three, activity jaw plate loose with move jaws produce "peng Cha" whomp
When pressure activities jaw plate wedge press block already wear, the wedge surface can close pinned activities jaw plate, can produce such whomp. Press block top to the bottom has dynamic jaw surface, but its fluctuation wedge surface and dynamic jaw and activities of the wedge jaw plate there still exists certain clearance face, machine operation, activity jaw plate is meeting there still, collision under dynamic jaw. At this time the fluctuation in press block on the proper ply wedge nickel-based plate.
Mountain of mining machinery willy jaw crusher (jaw broken) is widely used in mining, metallurgy, building material, highway, railway, water conservancy and chemical industry, etc. Large and medium-sized jaw crusher is one of my company blockbuster products, especially in design and manufacture large jaw crusher, at home and abroad, are already in absolute leading level.
Whatever kind of mechanical equipment, daily walk maintenance is very important, jaw crusher is even more so. Listen to an unusual sound should be timely diagnosis fault point and timely maintenance, absolutely can't palliative indulge, accomplish a stitch in time saves nine.
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4 Temmuz 2012 Çarşamba
Man charged with igniting Sunflower Fire
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PHOENIX – On June 22, 2012, Steven Craig Shiflet, 23, from Mesa, Ariz., was charged by complaint in federal district court with carelessly or negligently placing an ignited substance that may cause a fire on National Forest System lands, firing incendiary ammunition on National Forest System lands, and causing timber, trees, slash, brush, or grass to burn on National Forest System lands. Shiflet is scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court in Phoenix on July 13, 2012.
Investigation into the source and origin of the Sunflower Fire indicated that the fire originated near the intersection of Forest Road 25 and Sycamore Creek on May 12, 2012. According to the complaint, Shiflet and four of his friends traveled to the Sycamore Creek area from Mesa, Ariz., for a campout and bachelor party on May 11, 2012. The group had been shooting at targets for approximately two hours on the morning of May 12, 2012, at which point Shiflet loaded an incendiary shotgun shell into a shotgun and fired it. Shortly after Shiflet fired the shot, smoke appeared in the brush just behind where the shot was fired. Despite their attempts to do so, the men were unable to extinguish the fire. The fire has now burned nearly 18,000 acres of National Forest System lands.
A conviction for each of the charges in the complaint carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison, a $5,000 fine, or both. A criminal complaint is simply the method by which a person is charged with criminal activity and raises no inference of guilt. An individual is presumed innocent until competent evidence is presented that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the U.S. Forest Service. The prosecution is being handled by Vincent Kirby, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
Investigation into the source and origin of the Sunflower Fire indicated that the fire originated near the intersection of Forest Road 25 and Sycamore Creek on May 12, 2012. According to the complaint, Shiflet and four of his friends traveled to the Sycamore Creek area from Mesa, Ariz., for a campout and bachelor party on May 11, 2012. The group had been shooting at targets for approximately two hours on the morning of May 12, 2012, at which point Shiflet loaded an incendiary shotgun shell into a shotgun and fired it. Shortly after Shiflet fired the shot, smoke appeared in the brush just behind where the shot was fired. Despite their attempts to do so, the men were unable to extinguish the fire. The fire has now burned nearly 18,000 acres of National Forest System lands.
A conviction for each of the charges in the complaint carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison, a $5,000 fine, or both. A criminal complaint is simply the method by which a person is charged with criminal activity and raises no inference of guilt. An individual is presumed innocent until competent evidence is presented that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the U.S. Forest Service. The prosecution is being handled by Vincent Kirby, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
Legacy of hometown 4th of July parades
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LIFE'S OUTTAKES 
By Daris HowardGazette Contributor
Two things happened that year that changed everything: my cousins came up from California, and it rained on July 3rd. When it’s hay hauling season nothing interferes, and we had never taken the Fourth of July off before. But a person can’t haul hay until it is thoroughly dry. Thus, for the first time, my dad declared it an unofficial holiday.
We decided to take our cousins to the community celebration in Ashton. I have always liked small towns and Ashton was one of my favorites. It had a main street about six blocks long, unless you don’t count the grain elevators, which would deduct two blocks. There were a couple of small handmade furniture stores, a theater, some craft stores, one café, and a bar. That was pretty much the main street.
Shopping in Ashton back then consisted of one all-purpose gas station-grocery-hardware store. We are not talking WalMart; we are talking it only carried one variety of anything and, if a person didn’t like it, well, that was just too bad.
In Ashton, everybody knew everybody and who they didn’t know they were related to. There were no stop lights or crosswalks; Ashton didn’t need them. Why, there wasn’t that much traffic and people crossed the road anywhere they darn well pleased, even if there was traffic coming, which there almost never was.
The parade started right at ten with a police car. This was not because it made it look official, but because people stood in the middle of the street and visited, and the police car was to get them to move to the sidewalks. Sometimes they still didn’t move and the police officer would give his siren a blast. Then the people would yell, “All right, Thompson, don’t get shovey! Don’t get shovey!”
My cousins were from California, and in their depravity, had never seen a real home-town parade. Blair, who was closest to my age, let me know that this definitely was no Rose Parade. I didn’t know what a Rose Parade was, but it sounded boring and I didn’t like him bad mouthing my home town.
As the parade went on, people would stroll back and forth from one side of the street to the other between the floats. Blair had the nerve to suggest that it wasn’t proper, but my dad said, “A parade’s only as good as the number of friends you can meet.”
There were the veterans carrying the flag, a band that played an almost-recognizable tune, the pretty drill team girls, which my older brothers especially liked, and then the floats. One of the drivers had forgotten to drop his food off at the baked food sale. He just parked in the middle of the street, got out, and took his food to the table. Someone yelled, “I hope you weren’t the one that baked that, Joe!” and another called out “Hey, Joe, what’s the problem? Won’t your Chevy go? Maybe you should get a Ford!”
There were politicians in big cars with signs on the side that my dad told me all said, “vote for Dufus” no matter who was in the car.
I especially enjoyed the horses and the farm equipment. Blair had the audacity to announce that it was unconventional to have farm equipment in a parade. I just rolled my eyes and wondered what planet he was from. There were quite a few other things, but the parade only lasted about 20 minutes. “Is that it?” Blair gasped. “No,” someone answered, “just wait.” Soon it came back from the other direction.
Blair laughed, “Great! We get to see it twice just to make it long enough to be counted as a parade. And there are no stars or anything.”
I was ticked off. “You want stars, I’ll show you stars” I growled, grabbing him by the nap of the neck, but my dad interceded me. About then the parade ended and my dad took us to buy a hamburger and a root beer float.
It wasn’t long before I grew up and was gone away for a lot of years to New York, working on a graduate degree, and marrying a wife from Los Angeles. The summer I returned I took my family to the Ashton parade. As I ran into friends there, for the first time in a long time, I felt I was truly home. My dad was older and walked slowly with his cane. It was now me who was buying hamburgers and root beer floats for my parents and my own children. I talked to lots of people I hadn’t seen in years.
The funny thing is, I can’t remember much about that parade, but I guess it doesn’t matter. After all, “A parade’s only as good as the number of friends you can meet.” (Daris Howard, award-winning, syndicated columnist, playwright, and author, can be contacted at daris@darishoward.com; or visit his website at http://www.darishoward.com)
By Daris HowardGazette ContributorTwo things happened that year that changed everything: my cousins came up from California, and it rained on July 3rd. When it’s hay hauling season nothing interferes, and we had never taken the Fourth of July off before. But a person can’t haul hay until it is thoroughly dry. Thus, for the first time, my dad declared it an unofficial holiday.
We decided to take our cousins to the community celebration in Ashton. I have always liked small towns and Ashton was one of my favorites. It had a main street about six blocks long, unless you don’t count the grain elevators, which would deduct two blocks. There were a couple of small handmade furniture stores, a theater, some craft stores, one café, and a bar. That was pretty much the main street.
Shopping in Ashton back then consisted of one all-purpose gas station-grocery-hardware store. We are not talking WalMart; we are talking it only carried one variety of anything and, if a person didn’t like it, well, that was just too bad.
In Ashton, everybody knew everybody and who they didn’t know they were related to. There were no stop lights or crosswalks; Ashton didn’t need them. Why, there wasn’t that much traffic and people crossed the road anywhere they darn well pleased, even if there was traffic coming, which there almost never was.
The parade started right at ten with a police car. This was not because it made it look official, but because people stood in the middle of the street and visited, and the police car was to get them to move to the sidewalks. Sometimes they still didn’t move and the police officer would give his siren a blast. Then the people would yell, “All right, Thompson, don’t get shovey! Don’t get shovey!”
My cousins were from California, and in their depravity, had never seen a real home-town parade. Blair, who was closest to my age, let me know that this definitely was no Rose Parade. I didn’t know what a Rose Parade was, but it sounded boring and I didn’t like him bad mouthing my home town.
As the parade went on, people would stroll back and forth from one side of the street to the other between the floats. Blair had the nerve to suggest that it wasn’t proper, but my dad said, “A parade’s only as good as the number of friends you can meet.”
There were the veterans carrying the flag, a band that played an almost-recognizable tune, the pretty drill team girls, which my older brothers especially liked, and then the floats. One of the drivers had forgotten to drop his food off at the baked food sale. He just parked in the middle of the street, got out, and took his food to the table. Someone yelled, “I hope you weren’t the one that baked that, Joe!” and another called out “Hey, Joe, what’s the problem? Won’t your Chevy go? Maybe you should get a Ford!”
There were politicians in big cars with signs on the side that my dad told me all said, “vote for Dufus” no matter who was in the car.
I especially enjoyed the horses and the farm equipment. Blair had the audacity to announce that it was unconventional to have farm equipment in a parade. I just rolled my eyes and wondered what planet he was from. There were quite a few other things, but the parade only lasted about 20 minutes. “Is that it?” Blair gasped. “No,” someone answered, “just wait.” Soon it came back from the other direction.
Blair laughed, “Great! We get to see it twice just to make it long enough to be counted as a parade. And there are no stars or anything.”
I was ticked off. “You want stars, I’ll show you stars” I growled, grabbing him by the nap of the neck, but my dad interceded me. About then the parade ended and my dad took us to buy a hamburger and a root beer float.
It wasn’t long before I grew up and was gone away for a lot of years to New York, working on a graduate degree, and marrying a wife from Los Angeles. The summer I returned I took my family to the Ashton parade. As I ran into friends there, for the first time in a long time, I felt I was truly home. My dad was older and walked slowly with his cane. It was now me who was buying hamburgers and root beer floats for my parents and my own children. I talked to lots of people I hadn’t seen in years.
The funny thing is, I can’t remember much about that parade, but I guess it doesn’t matter. After all, “A parade’s only as good as the number of friends you can meet.” (Daris Howard, award-winning, syndicated columnist, playwright, and author, can be contacted at daris@darishoward.com; or visit his website at http://www.darishoward.com)
Exclusive interview with God particle
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By Andy Borowitzborowitzreport.com NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) – The Higgs boson particle has been everywhere these days – on TV, in newspapers and magazines, courtside at the NBA Finals with Kanye West. We caught up with him as he took a breather for the 4th of July, at his home in East Hampton.
Q: First of all – and I have to ask this – “God particle?” Really? Who started that?
A: I have gotten so much shit for that! (laughs) I don’t know where that started. Probably TMZ or somewhere! Look, if people want to call me that because they like what I do… well, I’m humbled. It’s cool to know that what you do makes people happy. I love my fans. But God particle? I don’t think so! I can’t even get my iPhone to sync. (laughs)
Q: Speaking of what you do… what do you do, exactly?
A: Probably what I’m best known for, for better or worse, is making atomic particles have mass. But I don’t want to be pigeonholed as that, because I don’t want to put limits on what I plan to do in the future. Like, right now I’m doing a lot of things that don’t involve atomic particles or mass or anything like that. For example, my menswear line. It’s a joint venture between me and Hugo Boss. It’s going to be called either Higgs Boss or Hugo Boson. Or we may go a whole different way and call it H. Biggy. My branding team is into it right now. I haven't been this excited about something I've been involved in since I created the universe. Also, there's gonna be a fragrance.
Q: There’s been a lot written about tension in your relationship with Peter Higgs, one of the scientists who discovered you. Any truth to the rumors?
A. Peter and I are both very passionate about what we do, and when you put a passionate human being and a passionate subatomic particle together there’s bound to be friction. We fight like brothers sometimes, but it’s only because we care so deeply about what we’re doing and we want to make it perfect. But as far as what happened in the club last week, no, I did not throw a bottle at his head.
Q: Okay, be honest, and no false modesty here: is there anything the Higgs boson can’t do?
A: Honest answer? I want to be considered the Michael Jordan of subatomic particles. By that I mean, Michael Jordan might not have been the most physically gifted player in the history of the NBA, but nobody worked harder at his game than he did. That’s what I’m all about. Whether it’s giving mass to matter, breaking electroweak symmetry or explaining the origin of the universe and whatnot, I believe I can do it all.
Q: Could you have kept Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise together?
A: Shit no! (laughs)
Q: First of all – and I have to ask this – “God particle?” Really? Who started that?
A: I have gotten so much shit for that! (laughs) I don’t know where that started. Probably TMZ or somewhere! Look, if people want to call me that because they like what I do… well, I’m humbled. It’s cool to know that what you do makes people happy. I love my fans. But God particle? I don’t think so! I can’t even get my iPhone to sync. (laughs)
Q: Speaking of what you do… what do you do, exactly?
A: Probably what I’m best known for, for better or worse, is making atomic particles have mass. But I don’t want to be pigeonholed as that, because I don’t want to put limits on what I plan to do in the future. Like, right now I’m doing a lot of things that don’t involve atomic particles or mass or anything like that. For example, my menswear line. It’s a joint venture between me and Hugo Boss. It’s going to be called either Higgs Boss or Hugo Boson. Or we may go a whole different way and call it H. Biggy. My branding team is into it right now. I haven't been this excited about something I've been involved in since I created the universe. Also, there's gonna be a fragrance.
Q: There’s been a lot written about tension in your relationship with Peter Higgs, one of the scientists who discovered you. Any truth to the rumors?
A. Peter and I are both very passionate about what we do, and when you put a passionate human being and a passionate subatomic particle together there’s bound to be friction. We fight like brothers sometimes, but it’s only because we care so deeply about what we’re doing and we want to make it perfect. But as far as what happened in the club last week, no, I did not throw a bottle at his head.
Q: Okay, be honest, and no false modesty here: is there anything the Higgs boson can’t do?
A: Honest answer? I want to be considered the Michael Jordan of subatomic particles. By that I mean, Michael Jordan might not have been the most physically gifted player in the history of the NBA, but nobody worked harder at his game than he did. That’s what I’m all about. Whether it’s giving mass to matter, breaking electroweak symmetry or explaining the origin of the universe and whatnot, I believe I can do it all.
Q: Could you have kept Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise together?
A: Shit no! (laughs)
Canyon Fire 25% contained at 6,000 acres
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Canyon Fire UpdateJuly 4, 2012
In the Coconino National Forest, crews have contained 25 percent of the Canyon Fire, which has burned 6,000 acres northeast of Blue Ridge Reservoir near Arizona 87, according to Brady Smith, a spokesman for the Coconino National Forest.
The fire started Friday from a lightning strike, Smith said.
Crews in the Tonto National Forest are preparing to see more wildfires sparked by lighting as the Arizona monsoon season gears up.
Crew members are on duty to keep track of any reports of smoke after the thunderstorms move through, said David Albo, a spokesman for Tonto National Forest.
In the Coconino National Forest, crews have contained 25 percent of the Canyon Fire, which has burned 6,000 acres northeast of Blue Ridge Reservoir near Arizona 87, according to Brady Smith, a spokesman for the Coconino National Forest.
The fire started Friday from a lightning strike, Smith said.
Crews in the Tonto National Forest are preparing to see more wildfires sparked by lighting as the Arizona monsoon season gears up.
Crew members are on duty to keep track of any reports of smoke after the thunderstorms move through, said David Albo, a spokesman for Tonto National Forest.
True patriotism is about coming together
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By Robert ReichRobert Reich's Blogreadersupportednews.org 04 July 12
n the last two weeks, the Supreme Court has allowed police in Arizona to demand proof of citizenship from people they stop on other grounds (while throwing out the rest of Arizona’s immigration law), and has allowed the federal government to require everyone buy health insurance — even younger and healthier people — or pay a penalty.
What do these decisions — and the national conversations they’ve engendered — have to do with patriotism? A great deal. Because underlying them are two different versions of American patriotism.
The Arizona law is aimed at securing the nation from outsiders. The purpose of the heatlhcare law is to join together to provide affordable health care for all.
The first version of patriotism is protecting America from people beyond our borders who might otherwise overrun us — whether immigrants coming here illegally or foreign powers threatening us with aggression.
The second version of patriotism is joining together for the common good. That might mean contributing to a bake sale to raise money for a local school or volunteering in a homeless shelter. It also means paying our fair share of taxes so our community or nation has enough resources to meet all our needs, and preserving and protecting our system of government.
This second meaning of patriotism recognizes our responsibilities to one another as citizens of the same society. It requires collaboration, teamwork, tolerance, and selflessness.
The Affordable Care Act isn’t perfect, but in requiring younger and healthier people to buy insurance that will help pay for the healthcare needs of older and sicker people, it summons the second version of patriotism.
Too often these days we don’t recognize and don’t practice this second version. We’re shouting at each other rather than coming together — conservative versus liberal, Democrat versus Republican, native-born versus foreign born, non-unionized versus unionized, religious versus secular.
Our politics has grown nastier and meaner. Negative advertising is filling the airwaves this election year. We’re learning more about why we shouldn’t vote for someone than why we should.
As I’ve said before, some elected officials have substituted partisanship for patriotism, placing party loyalty above loyalty to America. Just after the 2010 election, the Senate minority leader was asked about his party’s highest priority for the next two years. You might have expected him to say it was to get the economy going and reduce unemployment, or control the budge deficit, or achieve peace and stability in the Middle East. But he said the highest priority would be to make sure the President did not get a second term of office.
Our system of government is America’s most precious and fragile possession, the means we have of joining together as a nation for the common good. It requires not only our loyalty but ongoing vigilance to keep it working well. Yet some of our elected representatives act as if they don’t care what happens to it as long as they achieve their partisan aims.
The filibuster used to be rarely used. But over the last decade the threat of a filibuster has become standard operating procedure, virtually shutting down the Senate for periods of time.
Meanwhile, some members of the House have been willing to shut down the entire government in order to get their way. Last summer they were even willing to risk the full faith and credit of the United States in order to achieve their goals.
In 2010 the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to unlimited money from billionaires and corporations overwhelming our democracy, on the bizarre theory that corporations are people under the First Amendment. Congress won’t even pass legislation requiring their names be disclosed.
Some members of Congress have signed a pledge — not of allegiance to the United States but of allegiance to a man named Grover Norquist, who has never been elected by anyone. Norquist’s “no-tax” pledge is interpreted only by Norquist, who says closing a tax loophole is tantamount to raising taxes and therefore violates the pledge.
True patriots don’t hate the government of the United States. They’re proud of it.
Generations of Americans have risked their lives to preserve and protect it. They may not like everything it does, and they justifiably worry then special interests gain too much power over it. But true patriots work to improve the U.S. government, not destroy it.
But these days some Americans loathe the government, and are doing everything they can to paralyze it, starve it, and make the public so cynical about it that it’s no longer capable of doing much of anything. Norquist says he wants to shrink it down to a size it can be “drowned in a bathtub.”
When arguing against paying their fair share of taxes, some wealthy Americans claim “it’s my money.” They forget it’s their nation, too. And unless they pay their fair share of taxes, American can’t meet the basic needs of our people. True patriotism means paying for America.
So when you hear people talk about patriotism, be warned. They may mean securing the nation’s borders, not securing our society. Within those borders, each of us is on our own. These people don’t want a government that actively works for all our citizens.
Yet true patriotism isn’t mainly about excluding outsiders seen as our common adversaries. It’s about coming together for the common good.
Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written thirteen books, including the best sellers "Aftershock" and "The Work of Nations." His latest is an e-book, "Beyond Outrage." He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause.
By Robert ReichRobert Reich's Blogreadersupportednews.org 04 July 12n the last two weeks, the Supreme Court has allowed police in Arizona to demand proof of citizenship from people they stop on other grounds (while throwing out the rest of Arizona’s immigration law), and has allowed the federal government to require everyone buy health insurance — even younger and healthier people — or pay a penalty.What do these decisions — and the national conversations they’ve engendered — have to do with patriotism? A great deal. Because underlying them are two different versions of American patriotism.
The Arizona law is aimed at securing the nation from outsiders. The purpose of the heatlhcare law is to join together to provide affordable health care for all.
The first version of patriotism is protecting America from people beyond our borders who might otherwise overrun us — whether immigrants coming here illegally or foreign powers threatening us with aggression.
The second version of patriotism is joining together for the common good. That might mean contributing to a bake sale to raise money for a local school or volunteering in a homeless shelter. It also means paying our fair share of taxes so our community or nation has enough resources to meet all our needs, and preserving and protecting our system of government.
This second meaning of patriotism recognizes our responsibilities to one another as citizens of the same society. It requires collaboration, teamwork, tolerance, and selflessness.
The Affordable Care Act isn’t perfect, but in requiring younger and healthier people to buy insurance that will help pay for the healthcare needs of older and sicker people, it summons the second version of patriotism.
Too often these days we don’t recognize and don’t practice this second version. We’re shouting at each other rather than coming together — conservative versus liberal, Democrat versus Republican, native-born versus foreign born, non-unionized versus unionized, religious versus secular.
Our politics has grown nastier and meaner. Negative advertising is filling the airwaves this election year. We’re learning more about why we shouldn’t vote for someone than why we should.
As I’ve said before, some elected officials have substituted partisanship for patriotism, placing party loyalty above loyalty to America. Just after the 2010 election, the Senate minority leader was asked about his party’s highest priority for the next two years. You might have expected him to say it was to get the economy going and reduce unemployment, or control the budge deficit, or achieve peace and stability in the Middle East. But he said the highest priority would be to make sure the President did not get a second term of office.
Our system of government is America’s most precious and fragile possession, the means we have of joining together as a nation for the common good. It requires not only our loyalty but ongoing vigilance to keep it working well. Yet some of our elected representatives act as if they don’t care what happens to it as long as they achieve their partisan aims.
The filibuster used to be rarely used. But over the last decade the threat of a filibuster has become standard operating procedure, virtually shutting down the Senate for periods of time.
Meanwhile, some members of the House have been willing to shut down the entire government in order to get their way. Last summer they were even willing to risk the full faith and credit of the United States in order to achieve their goals.
In 2010 the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to unlimited money from billionaires and corporations overwhelming our democracy, on the bizarre theory that corporations are people under the First Amendment. Congress won’t even pass legislation requiring their names be disclosed.
Some members of Congress have signed a pledge — not of allegiance to the United States but of allegiance to a man named Grover Norquist, who has never been elected by anyone. Norquist’s “no-tax” pledge is interpreted only by Norquist, who says closing a tax loophole is tantamount to raising taxes and therefore violates the pledge.
True patriots don’t hate the government of the United States. They’re proud of it.
Generations of Americans have risked their lives to preserve and protect it. They may not like everything it does, and they justifiably worry then special interests gain too much power over it. But true patriots work to improve the U.S. government, not destroy it.
But these days some Americans loathe the government, and are doing everything they can to paralyze it, starve it, and make the public so cynical about it that it’s no longer capable of doing much of anything. Norquist says he wants to shrink it down to a size it can be “drowned in a bathtub.”
When arguing against paying their fair share of taxes, some wealthy Americans claim “it’s my money.” They forget it’s their nation, too. And unless they pay their fair share of taxes, American can’t meet the basic needs of our people. True patriotism means paying for America.
So when you hear people talk about patriotism, be warned. They may mean securing the nation’s borders, not securing our society. Within those borders, each of us is on our own. These people don’t want a government that actively works for all our citizens.
Yet true patriotism isn’t mainly about excluding outsiders seen as our common adversaries. It’s about coming together for the common good.
Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written thirteen books, including the best sellers "Aftershock" and "The Work of Nations." His latest is an e-book, "Beyond Outrage." He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause.
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