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Colts Host Local Pro Day
For the third straight year, the Colts will host a local Pro Day for draft-eligible players who competed at high schools or colleges in Indianapolis. On Wednesday, 20 attendees are expected to be worked out by Colts personnel officials. Here are capsules of offensive invitees.
INDIANAPOLIS – For the third straight year, the Colts will be hosting a local Pro Day for draft-eligible players who prepped or played collegiately in the Indianapolis area.
Twenty players with those ties will work out on Wednesday at the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center for Colts personnel officials in advance of the May 8-10 NFL Draft.
While other teams have been conducting these types of workouts for years, Indianapolis joined the mix in 2012 under General Manager Ryan Grigson.
Last year, tight end Cathedral High School and Western Kentucky product Jack Doyle started four-of-15 appearances with the Colts, though a conflict did not allow him to participate in the local Pro Day.
During the Colts' Indianapolis era, a handful of local products have made the team or spent significant time in the attempt to do so, notably Jeff George, Devin Moore and Josh Gentry.
Approximately half of the invitees are offensive players, and here are their workout capsules:
SHAKIR BELL
RB, 5-8, 185
Indiana State, Warren Central HS
Bell ran for 420 yards on 78 carries in 2013 after being a 2011 Walter Payton Award co-runner-up…Bell earned 2012 All-America notice by AP and The Sports Network and was all-conference choice by running for 1,475 yards and 11 TDs on 269 carries…averaged 5.5 yards per carry and 134.1 yards per game…in 2011 was first-ever ISU player and sophomore ever invited to Walter Payton Award ceremony…was First-Team All-America choice by four entities…topped nation with 1,670 rushing yards and a 151.8 average…had 649 rushing yards and two TDs as freshman in 2010…was parade All-America choice at Warren Central…scored 38 TDs in last season, with 7.7 rushing average and 204.0 yards per game average.
ANTHONY McCLUNG
WR, 6-0, 172
University of Cincinnati, Pike HS
McClung played in 47 games at Cincinnati, appearing in 11 or more outings in each of his last three seasons…totaled 177 career receptions for 2,378 yards and 15 TDs, including a career-best 72 for 939 yards in final season…five scores in 2013 ranked behind career-high six in 2011…had receptions in every outing in final year, with 7-115 at Rutgers and 9-137 at Houston and had two TD snares vs. Temple…also had 18 punt returns in final year, 35 for career…had 11 career kickoff returns…had 34 receptions as junior and 49 in second season.
NICK TURNER
Indiana, Southport HS
Turner played in 16 career games, with 11 coming in 2010…had 28 rushes for 157 yards and seven receptions for 54 yards in second season at IU…also had 12 kickoff returns for 21.1 avg….top outing came at sixth-ranked Wisconsin with 11 rushes for 103 yards, including 67-yard burst…had 155 all-purpose yards against Badgers…had 24-yard TD run at Western Kentucky…was two-time special teams player-of-the-week…played in five games as sophomore in 2011 and was member of track and field team…had 6.99 in 60-meter and 22.83 in 200-meter during indoor season…ran 11.05 in 100-meter in outdoor season…did not play in 2012 and saw no action in 2013.
KURT FREYTAG
FB, 6-1, 240
Purdue, Carmel HS
Freitag opened career as walk-on in 2009 and did not play until 2011 season…was a four-game reserve in 2011 and had first career rush against Minnesota…started three of 12 games in 2012 and had eight rushes for 47 yards and one TD…had three receptions for 32 yards…had seven-yard TD rush against Eastern Kentucky…had one rush in Heart of Dallas Bowl against Oklahoma State…in final season had one rush for 14 yards and four receptions for 32 yards while appearing in 12 games…earned Academic All-Big Ten honors during career.
QB, 6-4, 213
University of Indianapolis, Lafayette Central Catholic HS
Played in five games in 2013 after starting 31 outings over previous three seasons…in 2013, was 86-of-143 passing for 1,100 yards and seven TDs…was Preseason Third-Team All-America choice by USA College Football…was First-Team all-conference in 2012 with 13 starts, 3,013 yards, 27 TDs and 13 interceptions…set school seasonal marks with 246 completions and 66.5 pct….was First-Team all-conference choice with 11 starts in 2011…hit 243 passes for 2,980 yards (63.8 pct.) and 29 TDs…yardage total paced conference and he set then-school seasonal records in completions and pct….started seven games in 2010.
KOFI HUGHES
Indiana, Cathedral HS
Ended career with 132 receptions for 1,956 yards and 13 TDs in 45 games, including 31 starts…became 19th Indiana performer with 100 career receptions and 1,000 yards…six 100-yard games tied for sixth in school history, while he ranked eighth in yards and tied for 10th in receptions…was senior team captain and had 47 receptions for 739 yards in 2013, starting 12 times…had second-highest seasonal total with 43 receptions in 2012…had three 100-yard games in 2013, ranked sixth in Big Ten yards/game, tied for seventh in scores and ninth in yards…was 9-120 receiving at fourth-ranked Ohio State and was 6-138 (including 67-yard TD catch) at Michigan…was second on team in receptions in 2013, third in 2012 and first in 2011 (35)…had 27 career rushes for 162 yards and had stops defensively in each season with Hoosiers.
ZANE FAKES
TE, 6-3, 237
Ball State, Plainfield HS
Was First-Team All-MAC choice in final two seasons…started 13 games in 2013 and had 40th career start at GoDaddy Bowl…in 53 career outings had 130 receptions for 1,185 yards and nine TDs…had season-high eight receptions at North Illinois and had career-long 51-yarder vs. Central Michigan…started 10 times in 13 games in 2012, including Beef 'O' Brady Bowl…had career-best 11 receptions and 98 yards vs. Northern Illinois…57 receptions and 461 yards marked seasonal-bests…had 18 receptions in 2011 while playing in 12 games…played four games in 2010 after appearing in 11 as freshman in 2009…was 2012-13 Academic All-MAC and was on 2013 preseason watch list for John Mackey Award.
OT, 6-7, 305
North Carolina, Plainfield HS
Was 2013 All-America candidate who was First-Team All-ACC for second straight season after being Second-Team choice in 2011…started school-record-tying 48 games since earning nod in second week of true freshman year…saw action in vast majority of team's games throughout 2013, consistently grading in 90 percent range with double-digit knockdown blocks…in 2012 helped Carolina set marks in total offense, scoring and passing yards, while club allowed 11 sacks (9th in nation)…in 2011 with LG-Jonathan Cooper became first UNC OL tandem to earn All-ACC nod since 1993…opened 13 games that year, graded at 88 percent in 851 snaps and helped Giovani Bernard rush for 1,253 yards…started 12-of-13 games as freshman in 2010.
ANDRE CURETON
OL, 6-6, 310
Saw action in 13 games in 2013, his highest seasonal game total of career…played in four games as reserve lineman in 2011 and 2012…was redshirted in 2009…played guard but has multi-positional versatility…was all-state grid prep selection at Pike and played two years of basketball.
ALEX PIERCE
OG, 6-6, 330
Eastern Illinois, Carmel HS
Started 12 games at RG for nation's top offensive unit…was part of starting line that earned OVC Offensive Player-of-the-Week honors following FBS win over San Diego State…it marked first time in league history an offensive line took the award…helped team set school and OVC records in total and passing offense and scoring…started 12 games in 2012 for nation's sixth-ranked total offense…helped school amass 5,651 yards and 34 TD passes, both seasonal records…started 10-of-11 games in 2011 as team ranked 27th nationally in pass offense…was Phil Steele FCS Preview preseason All-OVC Second-Team pick…started 11 times as redshirt freshman RG in 2010…was lone lineman to open every game and play same position all season…was redshirted in 2009.
ED HAZELETT
Western Kentucky, Warren Central HS
Opened in nine games in 2013 as WKU posted 8-4 mark…started at RT until missing final three outings…as junior, earned two starts at LT while appearing in nine games…started against Southern Mississippi and Louisiana-Monroe…school had 1,009 yards and 84 points in his two starts…saw lone action in 2011 at Florida Atlantic…was redshirted in 2010 season and saw action in 11 games as true freshman in 2009…was member of two Indiana 5A State Champions at Warren Central and lettered four years in football and basketball.
AARON GREEN
Alabama-Birmingham, Cathedral HS
Played final three seasons at Alabama-Birmingham after starting career at Miles College…appeared in first seven games in 2013 before missing the rest of season…was reserve performer in school's wins over Florida International and NW-Louisiana…ended 2012 season as starting lineman who opened last four outings and five overall…started against Ohio State, Southern Miss, Marshall, Memphis and Central Florida…made shift to OL during fall practice prior to season…joined UAB prior to 2011 season and did not see action on defensive line…opened career as defensive lineman at Miles College in 2010 without seeing action.


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Tucker and Dale Versus Evil was Amazing!
Our last film of the festival was the one we were most looking forward to the entire festival. Below is a short synopsis: "The hillbillies from the store captured Alison!"
Tucker and Dale, two hillbillies heading to their "fixer-upper" cabin for some relaxin', discover they ain't alone in them woods. They encounter an SUV full of vacationing college kids, and Dale unintentionally creeps them out. But later, as he and Tucker are fishing, Dale rescues one of them—the pretty blond Alison—after she falls into the lake. Assuming she's been captured, the indomitably preppy college kids rally to find her.
A comically macabre battle between Izods and overalls, Eli Craig's ingenious send-up of the horror genre recounts a simple misunderstanding gone grotesquely wrong. Our hillbilly psycho killers are actually sweet as pie; it's the judgmental college kids who have "issues."
This film really is going to be the next Shaun of the Dead as soon as people discover it. It uses horror conventions to essentially turn the hillbilly torture genre on it's head...AND THANK GOD! We've seen this one hundred times and it needs a refresher, something new. Thankfully Eli Craig has created a fresh and funny take on this sub-genre. This was also the film with the most recognizable cast. Tyler Labine, last seen in The now defunct comedy series Reaper and Alan Tudyk whom fanboys and girls now from the also now defunct sci-fi series Firefly star as Tucker and Dale and they are the characters to watch, riffing on character and bits remeniscant of classic comedy teams. The script is intelligent and well written and the entirety of the film is well acted.
We also got to do a Q and A with Craig after the screening and he was a wonderful speaker and clearly loves the genre and was really receptive to audience questions and feedback. Trust us, this is a movie to watch as soon as you have the opportunity-and just remember who told you to check it out... Check out the trailer below.

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That's the thought-provoking conclusion of a new paper by researchers at the University of Louisville. In the state of Kentucky, some counties ("dry") prohibit alcohol sales completely. Others allow it only within certain municipalities ("moist,") or don't place restrictions on alcohol sales at all ("wet").
The Louisville researchers noticed that dry counties had higher rates of meth lab busts, as well as higher rates of meth crimes overall. And the effect is significant: "if all counties were to become wet, the total number of meth lab seizures in Kentucky would decline by about 25 percent," they found.
After running some statistical tests, the researchers found that this is more than just a simple correlation: "Our results add support to the idea that prohibiting the sale of alcohol flattens the punishment gradient, lowering the relative cost of participating in the market for illegal drugs," they conclude.
In other words: people who buy alcohol in places where it's illegal become accustomed to dealing with the black market. If you're going to get punished whether you trade in booze or trade in meth, why not give meth a spin? "Alcohol prohibition becomes a gateway to other illegal activities," as Tyler Cowen Alex Tabarrok sums it up at Marginal Revolution.
This research fits in with other findings showing harmful effects of localized alcohol prohibitions. A 2005 paper in the Journal of Law and Economics found that when Texas counties changed from dry to wet, their incidences of drug-related mortality decreased by 14 percent as people substituted alcohol for other drugs. Records from the Kentucky State Police show that dry counties tend to have higher rates of DUI-related car crashes than wet ones -- presumably because when you live in a dry county, you have to drive farther to get your booze. A 2010 report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that binge drinking rates were often higher in Alabama's dry counties than its wet ones.
There's no question that alcohol is one of the most dangerous widely-available drugs on the market today. But findings like the ones above suggest that the best way to manage the risks of alcohol consumption is to regulate it thoroughly and thoughtfully, not ban it outright.
There may be a lesson here for marijuana legalizers and their opponents. Colorado and other states experimenting with legalization are generally giving counties and municipalities the option to allow or prohibit marijuana sales within their own borders. While there's a case that's a sensible approach, the lessons of county-level alcohol bans suggest that in the long run, local governments that ban marijuana sales may simply be inviting a more insidious set of problems.


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Style and substance: Tiny homes were a big focus at Dwell on Design
Kim Lewis Tiny Home's Joshua Tree model is an L-shaped 560-square-foot home that is spacious and modern. Her company advertises them as "nesting for freebirds.'' (Photo by Walt Mancini/Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Happier Camper of Los Angeles debuted its HC1, retro-modern trailer, which can provide an affordable and surprisingly roomy adventure. (Photo by Walt Mancini/Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Clint Harp of Harp Design Co. in Waco, Texas, brought along one of his signature dining tables. The carpenter, often seen on the HGTV series "Fixer Upper,'' will have his own DIY network show in the spring called "Wood Work." (Photo by Walt Mancini/Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Luxury tent camping by AutoCamp offers a glamorous way to enjoy the outdoors. (Photo by Walt Mancini/Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Michelle Jones demonstrates how to take a food tray off a Stokke highchair designed to bring children closer to the family dining table. The sturdy wood chair can be adjusted in size as a child grows. (Photo by Walt Mancini/Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Magisso from Finland developed its Cooling Ceramics cups to keep beverages cold longer. They retain the cold after being dipped in water for one minute. The company also is using the same technology and applying it to pet water bowls. (Photo by Walt Mancini/Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
By Suzanne Sproul | ssproul@scng.com | Daily Bulletin
PUBLISHED: July 8, 2017 at 2:01 pm | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 5:38 am
Dwell on Design is a one-stop shop at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where designers, designers-in-training and those who simply have designs on a new look for their homes are treated to about 300 vendors touting their wares.
The mid-summer downtown tradition, presented in partnership with Dwell Magazine, is a lot to take in, and the recent three-day event was no different.
It also is a useful tool for gathering ideas and information. Those looking for the latest in everything from furniture to wall hangings and just about everything in between browse aisle after aisle. What they found was modern aesthetics coupled with smart and useful design elements.
One clear trend this time was alternate living arrangements (either permanent or leisurely), including Method Homes' full-sized prefab home, AutoCamp's oversized "glamping tent," luxurious Airstreams and even tiny homes.
Attendees were able to tour a 500-square-foot luxury home featuring Toto toilets and Miele interior appliances and the Los Angeles based Happier Camper's HC1 model, sporting a retro vibe designed for the adventurous outdoors lover.
Visitors flocked to the 560-square-foot trailer from creator Kim Lewis, former lead designer with ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and FYI's "Tiny House Nation." She now is the creative director and co-founder of Kim Lewis Designs in Austin, Texas.
Her latest creation is the Kim Lewis Tiny Home, which comes in two sizes (560 and 320 square feet) and four styles — the Martha, Palm Springs, Driftwood and Joshua Tree. She chose the latter L-shaped style to display at the event, and it lived up to its name. Rustic desert décor, white shiplap walls and lovely copper pipe shelves highlighted the space, which featured a full-size club-foot bath tub, spacious kitchen and glass windows/LaCantina sliding doors that opened to ample surrounding decking that made it feel much larger than 560 square feet.
"I call these tiny home nesting for freebirds," said Lewis with a chuckle. "They're affordable homes for people who still have money left over to travel, have adventures, take dance lessons."
The price starts at $150,000, but Lewis pointed out the homes also are versatile. They can be permanent housing but also vacation getaway dwellings, office space, mother-in-law abodes or even the increasingly popular she sheds.
"We've spent two years working on this and preparing for the design launch this fall," Lewis said. "I don't believe small homes are a fad. They have a broad audience from young people who don't have the money to purchase a larger traditional home or who simply want this type of lifestyle to Baby Boomers who want to downsize but still be cool."
She loves color (the Dwell model had her familiar "Candyland" striped steps) and also thinks that homes, in whatever form they take, should have personalities. Don't be afraid to add texture and style.
"We're encouraged to wear different things to show our personalities — why should homes be any different?" Lewis asked.
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Bill Would Bring State Billions in Extra Federal Funds
By Alex Matthews • Sep 15, 2013
The Legislature has sent a bill to Gov. Brown that would save hospitals from a major cut in reimbursements for treating disabled people under the Medi-Cal program. In exchange the hospitals have agreed implement a fee program that will bring the state $2.4 billion a year in federal healthcare funding.
SB 239, by Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-W Covina, creates a hospital quality assurance fee program imposed by hospitals upon themselves. That fee will go to the state, which will use the money to receive matching Medicaid fundins from the federal government, according to Jan Emerson-Shea, Vice President of External Affairs for the California Hospital Association.
"Because the state has never been able to claim all of the federal matching Medicaid dollars that California is eligible for, we've been leaving roughly $2 billion a year on the table in Washington, D.C.," said Emerson-Shea.
In 2009, the state implemented a version of the fee program in order to access those funds that California was leaving with the federal government.
"It was a win for the state and a win for hospitals, so we have agreed to continue doing that, and under this agreement this three-year program will bring the state General Fund $2.4 billion that it will be able to use to help pay for children's healthcare coverage," Emerson-Shea explained. "The money will actually go into the state general fund, and the state will make the decision of how it's used."
The bill is a crucial agreement not only for the state's healthcare system in general but additionally for California hospitals that have been fighting a ten percent Medi-Cal reimbursement rate cut. In exchange for the self-imposed hospital provider fee, an amendment to the bill would have exempted all hospitals from that 2011 rate cut to programs known as Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facilities.
According to Cyndi Hillery, a legislative advocate for the Regional Council of Rural Counties (RCRC), these facilities provide care in hospitals for those patients who may need both the around the clock care a nursing home would provide in addition to more intensive medical intervention.
"In rural areas, a hospital rarely has enough of a population base to support the activities of an acute care hospital all the time, so what they do is open a (skilled nursing) wing," she said. "That gives them a financial base with which they're able to then operate an acute care hospital for those more urgent needs that the community needs."
In those hospitals, she said, a big cut to skilled nursing reimbursements would be a major blow.
"You're really cutting major baseline funding for the entire acute care hospital," Hillery said.
Providers fought these cuts not only through litigation but additionally attempted to preserve the funds through legislation. AB 900 by Sen. Luis Alejo, would have restored the reimbursement rates for all providers, but it failed to get out of the Senate Appropriations committee.
Meanwhile the Department of Health Care Services addressed the more daunting threat to rural healthcare access head on. According to Sen. Ed Hernandez' office, the department announced an exemption from the cuts for skilled nursing facilities in hospitals classified as rural or frontier. Hillery said that due to the exemption, the amendment to SB 239 was therefore more significant for suburban and urban facilities.
If the bill does not get signed into law, not only will suburban and urban hospitals suffer those cuts, but the entire state will lose out on the Medicaid funding it would receive through the hospitals' implementation of the quality assurance fee.
"If this bill does not pass then the current hospital fee will expire at the end of December and that will be it," Emerson-Shea said. "The state will not be getting all these additional federal funds."
However, some oppose the bill on principle.
Board of Equalization Member Michelle Steel formally opposed the bill on the grounds that it is a tax increase she believes the cost of which will eventually be passed on to patients.
"This bill adds more taxes to healthcare costs which only continues the vicious cycle of rising rates and premiums," she wrote in a letter of opposition to Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Pan, M.D. (D-Sacramento). "To add insult to injury, this bill opens the door to insolvency of the fund for which it is intended by allowing the State Controller to divert money away to the general fund, making it more likely that some other tax or fee will be instituted to make up for the deficiency."
Meanwhile, proponents like Emerson-Shea point out that over the three years the program is in place the state will receive more than $10 billion in federal funds that would not come to the state without this legislation.
by Alex Matthews, California Health Report

Bill Would Bring State Billions in Extra Federal Funds

by Alex Matthews, California Health Report
September 15, 2013

The Legislature has sent a bill to Gov. Brown that would save hospitals from a major cut in reimbursements for treating disabled people under the Medi-Cal program. In exchange the hospitals have agreed implement a fee program that will bring the state $2.4 billion a year in federal healthcare funding.

SB 239, by Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-W Covina, creates a hospital quality assurance fee program imposed by hospitals upon themselves. That fee will go to the state, which will use the money to receive matching Medicaid fundins from the federal government, according to Jan Emerson-Shea, Vice President of External Affairs for the California Hospital Association.

"Because the state has never been able to claim all of the federal matching Medicaid dollars that California is eligible for, we've been leaving roughly $2 billion a year on the table in Washington, D.C.," said Emerson-Shea.

In 2009, the state implemented a version of the fee program in order to access those funds that California was leaving with the federal government.

"It was a win for the state and a win for hospitals, so we have agreed to continue doing that, and under this agreement this three-year program will bring the state General Fund $2.4 billion that it will be able to use to help pay for children's healthcare coverage," Emerson-Shea explained. "The money will actually go into the state general fund, and the state will make the decision of how it's used."

The bill is a crucial agreement not only for the state's healthcare system in general but additionally for California hospitals that have been fighting a ten percent Medi-Cal reimbursement rate cut. In exchange for the self-imposed hospital provider fee, an amendment to the bill would have exempted all hospitals from that 2011 rate cut to programs known as Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facilities.

According to Cyndi Hillery, a legislative advocate for the Regional Council of Rural Counties (RCRC), these facilities provide care in hospitals for those patients who may need both the around the clock care a nursing home would provide in addition to more intensive medical intervention.

"In rural areas, a hospital rarely has enough of a population base to support the activities of an acute care hospital all the time, so what they do is open a (skilled nursing) wing," she said. "That gives them a financial base with which they're able to then operate an acute care hospital for those more urgent needs that the community needs."

In those hospitals, she said, a big cut to skilled nursing reimbursements would be a major blow.

"You're really cutting major baseline funding for the entire acute care hospital," Hillery said.

Providers fought these cuts not only through litigation but additionally attempted to preserve the funds through legislation. AB 900 by Sen. Luis Alejo, would have restored the reimbursement rates for all providers, but it failed to get out of the Senate Appropriations committee.

Meanwhile the Department of Health Care Services addressed the more daunting threat to rural healthcare access head on. According to Sen. Ed Hernandez' office, the department announced an exemption from the cuts for skilled nursing facilities in hospitals classified as rural or frontier. Hillery said that due to the exemption, the amendment to SB 239 was therefore more significant for suburban and urban facilities.

If the bill does not get signed into law, not only will suburban and urban hospitals suffer those cuts, but the entire state will lose out on the Medicaid funding it would receive through the hospitals' implementation of the quality assurance fee.

"If this bill does not pass then the current hospital fee will expire at the end of December and that will be it," Emerson-Shea said. "The state will not be getting all these additional federal funds."

However, some oppose the bill on principle.

Board of Equalization Member Michelle Steel formally opposed the bill on the grounds that it is a tax increase she believes the cost of which will eventually be passed on to patients.

"This bill adds more taxes to healthcare costs which only continues the vicious cycle of rising rates and premiums," she wrote in a letter of opposition to Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Pan, M.D. (D-Sacramento). "To add insult to injury, this bill opens the door to insolvency of the fund for which it is intended by allowing the State Controller to divert money away to the general fund, making it more likely that some other tax or fee will be instituted to make up for the deficiency."

Meanwhile, proponents like Emerson-Shea point out that over the three years the program is in place the state will receive more than $10 billion in federal funds that would not come to the state without this legislation.

This article first appeared on California Health Report and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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On January 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued an important decision in SuperShuttle DFW, Inc. and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1338, 367 NLRB No. 75, Case 16-RC-010963 (Jan. 25, 2019), holding 3-1 that franchisee drivers who operated shared ride vans were independent contractors, not employees, under the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"). In SuperShuttle, the Board found that the franchisee drivers were required to purchase or lease a van and enter into a franchise agreement with strong indemnification provisions in favor of the operator. The drivers also had total control over their work schedules, determining how much or how little to work, and had discretion on what trips to accept. According to the Board, these factors demonstrated a significant opportunity for economic gain, as well as a significant risk of loss.
In reaching its decision, the Board emphasized that all common law factors must be considered in evaluating whether an employment relationship exists, including entrepreneurial opportunity. Moreover, the Board may have gone a step further by stating that it "may evaluate the common-law factors through the prism of entrepreneurial opportunity when the specific factual circumstances of the case make such an evaluation appropriate." This emphasis on entrepreneurial opportunity steers away from the Board's focus on economic dependency in the 2014 FedEx Home Delivery case, 361 NLRB No. 55 (Sept. 30, 2014).
Indeed, the NLRB (and the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that reviews its decisions) have grappled over the years with which factors, if any, should be given greater weight in determining whether an individual was properly classified as an employee under the NLRA (and thus entitled to all attendant rights, including the right to bargain) or an independent contractor. For a significant period of time, the central issue had been the employer's control over the putative employee. According to the majority in FedEx, the issue was not whether the individuals in question — there, drivers for the Federal Express home delivery service — had the opportunity to control their schedules, their workload, and whether they could hire others to complete their assignments, but whether they actually availed themselves of those options. The SuperShuttle decision, on the other hand, centers on whether the individual in question had "significant entrepreneurial opportunity for economic gain." In other words, the more an individual can control their opportunities to earn — e.g., control over hours worked, rates charged, delegation of tasks to others — the more likely that individual will be considered an independent contractor. As a result, the majority in SuperShuttle dismissed the decision in FedEx as a failed attempt to "refine" the common-law independent contractor test.
The two different NLRB panels – the FedEx panel, the majority of which were Democrats appointed under the Obama administration and the SuperShuttle panel consisting of a Republican majority – clearly viewed the employee/independent contractor analysis very differently. Accordingly, the NLRB's position on the distinction between "employee" and "independent contractor" is a moving target, and regardless of the factors used remains dependent upon the specific facts and circumstances of each individual scenario. We will continue to monitor the decisions of the NLRB, and any rulemaking that may be forthcoming to clarify the Board's position, as we assess the long-term impact of this recent decision.


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Startups respond to the spring budget
Written by Eric Johansson on Wednesday, 08 March 2017. Posted in Politics, Analysis
Chancellor Philip Hammond's first budget may have offered some relief for SMEs that will be hit by upcoming changes to business rates but not everyone was impressed
As he delivered his hotly anticipated budget, with a few jabs at the opposition thrown in for good measure, there was something decidedly calm, cool and confident about the chancellor. However, while many of the goodies in his budget were certainly welcomed by SMEs, some members of the startup community were left feeling slightly underwhelmed.
Despite ongoing concerns about the impact of Brexit, Hammond delivered a rosier snapshot of the British economy than he did in his autumn statement. He noted that the growth forecast had increased from 1.4% to 2% for 2017 and that growth was expected to slow to 1.6% in 2018 before picking up to 1.7% in 2019, 1.9% in 2020 and then 2% in 2021.
Adding to the sunny outlook, Hammond stated that the public sector's borrowing as a percentage of GDP was predicted to fall from 3.8% last year to 2.6% this year. And while this meant that Britain would meet its 3% EU Stability and Growth Pact target, the chancellor quipped that he wouldn't hold his breath to receive his "congratulatory letter from Jean-Claude Juncker."
But as well as addressing the big picture, Hammond didn't duck the issue many businesses have been concerned about: the upcoming changes to business rates. Having seen the government face a massive backlash last week after announcing that business rates would change in April, Hammond today unveiled a £435m relief package. This package includes a £300m hardship fund, which will be distributed to SMEs affected by the recalculation. And anyone worrying about the future of their local pub should welcome the news that the package also includes a £1,000 discount on rates for pubs. In another conciliatory move, Hammond said that the system will be reviewed before the next revaluation in 2022.
There was also good news for business concerned about Britain's talent pipeline. In a bid to "to enhance the UK's position as a world leader in science and innovation", the chancellor unveiled plans to invest £300m in science, technology, engineering and maths-related PhDs. Another £270m will be used to keep the UK at the forefront of disruptive technologies like biotech, robotics and driverless vehicles. And to boost Britain's digital infrastructure even further, £16m will be invested in 5G mobile technology and £200m in local broadband networks across the country. These investment were all part of the £23bn innovation investment package announced at the autumn statement last year.
Further layering on the good news, Hammond added that the government will allocate £40m in the next two years to test different approaches to help people acquire new skills throughout their working lives. This is part of the government's plan to close the skills gap and make it easier for employers to evaluate the skills of candidates by introducing T-levels, which will replace about 13,000 different technological qualifications that can be achieved through further education with just 15 career-focused routes.
And for startups reliant on the gig economy, Hammond made his stance clearer, announcing that the national insurance rate for people classed as self-employed will rise to 11% by 2019 to bring their contributions more in line with employed workers. Currently, the self-employed have a national insurance rate of 9% while for employees it's 12%. Explaining his position, the chancellor said that such "dramatically different treatment of two people earning essentially the same undermines the fairness of the tax system".
Investors and entrepreneurs alike should also note that director shareholders are going to face reduced tax breaks on the dividends they receive. It will drop from £5,000 to £2,000 from April 2018.
And it didn't take long for the startup community to respond to the budget. Mike Cherry, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, the organisation championing British SMEs, welcomed the relief fund for businesses affected by the business rates reviews. However, he was "disappointed that there won't be more frequent revaluations sooner". Cherry also expressed concerns about the fact that national insurance contributions for self-employed people were going to increase, saying it should be seen as a "£1bn tax hike on those who set themselves up in business" and that the increase "undermines the government's own mission for the UK to be the best place to start and grow a business".
Others like Robert Dagge, managing director at Dynistics, a software consultancy firm, were left underwhelmed by the absence of news about how Brexit will affect the economy. "[We] all waited with bated breath to hear some glimmers of hope from the chancellor," he said. "Unfortunately it seems that we will have to wait a bit longer to get anything with substance for businesses."
A more positive reaction came from Daniel Hegarty, CEO and founder of habito, the digital mortgage broker, who welcomed the investment in the country's digital infrastructure and future workforce."I'm really pleased to see investment in technical and digital skills, STEM subjects and the introduction of T-levels into education, as it's essential that we equip the next generation with the correct skills to succeed in a digital-first world," he said.
Clearly, the chancellor's first spring budget has produced a mixed bag of reactions. We can only hope that he upholds his pledge to make the UK the best place in the world to launch and run a business.
Eric Johansson
As web editor and resident Viking, Johansson ensures EB is filled with engaging and eclectic entrepreneurial stories. While one of our most prolific tech writers, he has sharpened his editorial teeth by writing about entertainment and fitness.
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De bruine brulaap (Alouatta guariba) is een breedneusaap uit de familie van de grijpstaartapen (Atelidae). De soort komt voor in het Zuidoosten van Brazilië en in de Argentijnse provincie Misiones. De apensoort leeft voornamelijk in beboste gebieden. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Alexander von Humboldt in 1812.

Kenmerken

Mannelijke bruine brulapen hebben een gemiddeld gewicht van 6,73 kilo en vrouwelijke exemplaren hebben een gemiddeld gewicht van 4,35 kilo. Ondanks de naam is de bruine brulaap niet per definitie bruin gekleurd. De kleur van de vacht kan variëren van donkerbruin tot roodbruin maar deze kan ook zwart van kleur zijn. Het gezicht van de apensoort is donkerder van kleur terwijl de vacht rond de buikstreek lichter van kleur is. Het is de grootste herbivoor onder de apensoorten levende in de bossen van Zuid-Amerika met een lengte variërend tussen de 56 en 92 centimeter. Het gebrul van deze soort kan een afstand van een tot twee kilometer overbruggen. In het wild wordt de soort onder natuurlijke omstandigheden vijftien tot twintig jaar oud.

Levenswijze

De bruine brulaap komt voornamelijk voor in tropische regenwouden, maar ook in laaglandgebieden. De soort voedt zich met plantaardig materiaal. Het dieet van de apensoort bestaat onder andere uit fruit, mossen en twijgen. De soort leeft in groepen van meerdere dieren waarbij de groep door één of twee alfa-mannetjes wordt aangestuurd. Meestal bestaat een groep uit vier tot vijf dieren, maar er zijn ook groepen waargenomen bestaande uit elf dieren. Een dergelijke groep bestaat dan uit jongere mannetjes of vrouwtjes en een harem van volwassen vrouwtje van twee tot vijf verschillende individuen. De omvang van het leefgebied varieert van vijf tot vijfenveertig hectare.

Ecologie

Omdat de bruine brulaap zich voedt met fruit draagt hij bij aan de verspreiding van zaden van onder andere Celtis spinosa en Cordia sellowiana. De soort is ook gastheer voor een aantal zoönosen die veroorzaakt worden door eencellige parasieten, bacteriën en virussen. Deze parasieten behoren voornamelijk tot het geslacht Giardia. Daarnaast kan de bruine brulaap de gastheer zijn voor een aantal wormen waaronder platwormen, rondwormen en spoelwormen. Hij is een prooi voor een aantal katachtigen en vogels.

Synoniemen
 Alouatta fusca (É. Geoffroy, 1812)

Ondersoorten

 Alouatta guariba clamitans – (, 1940) – Komt voor in het zuidelijke deel van de verspreiding.
 Alouatta guariba guariba – (, 1812) – Komt voor in het noordelijke deel van de verspreiding.

Grijpstaartapen
IUCN-status kwetsbaar

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Marsha Feinland was a third-party candidate (Peace and Freedom Party) for President of the United States in the 1996 U.S. presidential election.  Her running mate was Kate McClatchy; they were only on the ballot in California and received 25,332 votes. The Peace and Freedom Party convention had actually voted to run a slate of candidates for the United States Electoral College divided proportionally between the three top candidates for president at the convention, since none had received a majority. The California Secretary of State's office refused to place the names of electors on the ballot and demanded that the party put forward a single name (even though U.S. citizens do not vote directly for president). Marsha Feinland was selected by the officers of the party to represent it in the election and Kate McClatchy of Massachusetts agreed to serve as the vice-presidential candidate.

Feinland had served as state party chair for the Peace and Freedom Party from 1994–96, 1998–2000, 2002–04, and has frequently been a candidate for public office.  In June 1998, she ran for governor but lost the Peace & Freedom party primary to Gloria La Riva.  In September 1998, she ran for the California State Senate against Democratic candidate Don Perata in a special election.  This was part of the special election musical chairs of 1998–99.  In the 2004 election, Feinland ran for the United States Senate against Barbara Boxer, and received 233,000 votes.

She ran again for U.S. Senator from California in 2006, receiving 117,764 votes, 1.3% of the total.

She was previously elected to Berkeley's Rent Stabilization Board, and served from 1994 to 1998.

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English makers Jaques-Staunton
(John) Jaques of London is probably the most successful maker. At least longest existing, from 1795 till the present day, and run by the 8th generation now. Most famous, of course, is the "Staunton" pattern, which was patented on March 1, 1849, by Nathaniel Cooke, 198 Strand, London.
Note the misspelled name "Cook"
John and Nathaniel were related by the marriage of John's son John (II) with Nathaniel's daughter Harriet Ingram. Cooke was proprietor of "The Illustrated London News" (1842-2003) in which Staunton had a column. As far as we know, Howard Staunton was the 1st sportsman to give his name to a product. It is not certain who is the designer of the Staunton pattern. It is not Staunton and probably also not Cooke. Most likely did John Jaques attribute to the design.
The codex of Frank Camaratta is an attempt to classify Jaques Staunton sets and the names "Anderssen" and "Broadbent" are from that codex and not names given by the Jaques of London company. The codex, however, is far from 100% decisive and Staunton connoisseur Alan Fersht does not use it any more (he left it out in the 2nd version of his book).
England, by Jaques, "Staunton" ("late Anderssen")
Boxwood + ebony K 7.4; p 3.7
Box 16.0×11.6×6.8
England, by Jaques, "Staunton" ("Broadbent")
Box 21.8×16.8×10.8


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Is Royal Oak the best Michigan city for your business?
Now you can skip hours of internet research and jump straight to getting answers with our meaningful at-a-glance Demographics Spreadsheet Report. With the most current & most popular demographic data, it's the perfect starting point for your research about Royal Oak and the rest of Michigan.
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Royal Oak Population
All Royal Oak population data above are from the US Census Bureau.
The population data for Royal Oak are from the Census' American Community Survey 2017 5-year estimates and the Census' 2017 Population Estimates. The demographic data for Dearborn Heights, Novi, Pinckney, and Twin Lake are the most current, comparable demographics available from the US Census Bureau, are from the American Community Survey 2017 5-year estimates, and were downloaded on 6 December 2018. Check out our FAQ section for more details.
Royal Oak Demographics Summary
With 58,973 people, Royal Oak is the 20th most populated city in the state of Michigan out of 692 cities. But watch out, Royal Oak, because Dearborn Heights with 56,201 people and Novi with 58,835 people are right behind you.
The largest Royal Oak racial/ethnic groups are White (88.3%) followed by Asian (3.9%) and Black (3.2%).
In 2017, the median household income of Royal Oak residents was $74,140. Royal Oak households made slightly more than Pinckney households ($73,466) and Twin Lake households ($74,138) . However, 7.0% of Royal Oak residents live in poverty.
The median age for Royal Oak residents is 36.2 years young.
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Whats to bring, What to bring??
Pants and shirt – What you wear while marshaling must be something that will cover from the neck down. Coveralls are preferable but other variations will do as long as the colour is either white or hunters orange. Flag colours (Red, Green, Yellow) must never be greatly visible on a marshal's clothing.
Cold/Hot Weather – One weekend you'll be sunburned, the next frost bitten. No matter what the weatherman says bring clothing for both occasions. As you've heard so many times before the best way to be prepared for the day is to dress in layers.
Wet Weather – Once again the weatherman says "clear skies today" and it is either already raining or it is going to start when you least expect it. It can be raining at one end of the track and sunny at the other. It has happened on more than one occasion) Be prepared for this and please remember no flag colours.
Gloves – Leather gloves are good for picking up hot, sharp or wet objects. Fire/heat resistant gloves would also be good. Oven mitts are not acceptable, especially ones that look like animals.
Footwear – Your shoes should be of sturdy construction and in good condition. The shoes that you wear to a racing event should be comfortable for standing for long periods of time and while running over variable conditions. (i.e. wet, dry and rough terrain) Some suggestions for footwear would be; hiking boots, work boots or sneakers. No matter what you bring make sure that your footwear has good ankle support and a solid tread.
Headgear – Hats are good to protect your head from the heat, water and wind .You can bring the hat of your choice as long as it is not a flag colour and it has no profanity on it.


Our Adopt-a-Room Program is very important to the core services we provide at the Ronald McDonald House. Although we do so much more than provide a room, that is still at the center of what we do. The rooms at RMHCA allow families going through a medical crisis to get a good night's rest and gives them a chance to relax without constant interruptions from medical staff.
Over the past two years, we have been renovating each of our 41 rooms and this Spring we completed the final 13 room renovations. The Daniel Foundation funded the updates for three rooms in our Adopt-a-Room Program. The Daniel Foundation of Alabama's mission is to strengthen communities within Alabama and improve the quality of life for citizens from all regions of Alabama.
We are so thankful for their continued support of our charity to ensure our House has all of the amenities and updates it needs. Not only was the paint redone in each room, carpet changed to laminate flooring and bathroom vanities updated, but thanks to our donors we also included small touches like the addition of lamps on the bedside tables. We took the feedback provided by our families to make our rooms as "home-like" as possible.
During our ribbon cutting celebration in May, Bill Daniel, Jim Hughey, Maria Kennedy and Jennifer Gray were able to see the rooms the Daniel Foundation's donation renovated and they were able to get a sense of the impact their funds made on RMHCA families.
This much-needed revitalization provided by Daniel Foundation and our other Adopt-a-Room donors helps the families get the rest they need after a long, hard day of stress and worry at the hospital. If you are interested in learning more about this ongoing program, please look over our website or contact Kathy Robson, Director of Development at kathy.robson@rmhca.org or 205-638-7258.


You are a working woman. You handle work, home and kids quite efficiently. You don't skip breakfast and prepare great meals for kids. Sure, you are a great time manager too. But has this ever occurred to you that there could still be something that this busy schedule could be taking a toll on? Not sure? Then answer this: Is your form and posture perfect? Is your body well in line? Give it a check and fix it too. Take this posture test and don't forget to adopt the exercises recommended.
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Today buildings account for 40% of the total primary energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. This in itself is cause for concern, but since new construction in Europe only represents about 1% of the building stock, most buildings present today will still be standing in 2050. Furthermore, current retrofitting processes mostly focus on structural changes of the buildings and are both costly, inefficient and rarely take into account the potential of involving residents to achieve more energy-efficient habits. Consequently, the status quo represents a Gordian knot, preventing pivotal retrofitting.
A new inter-Nordic project called 'SURE! - Nordic Built for Sustainable Retrofitting' addresses these issues by focusing on optimizing energy usage and strengthening sustainable lifestyles for residents in multi-storey buildings that need retrofitting – effectively and at a low cost. RISE Interactive (formerly called Interactive Institute) is project manager for the Swedish part and will be in charge for the development of the interactive visualization solution and the research and evaluation within the project.
An inter-Nordic collaboration with partners from Sweden, Finland and Denmark.


Uh-huh? Will removing the dead rodent fix the problem or...?
Rodent(s) and nest: sometimes yes*, sometimes no.
*not really. But it might be enough to get it to start and limp to a service station. It could even be enough to limp to the funeral first.
Dead or merely dreaming--it's a little hard to say-beautifully rendered, anyway!
Nice. Possum nest with all the amenities.


A tenant has a right to pay rent or move within seven days after the rent's due date before a landlord can file an eviction. However, there are exceptions landlords can excercise for refusing rent when tenants commit illegal behavior (drugs, violence, etc.). In such instances, an unconditional quit notice gives the tenant seven days to move out (before an eviction can be filed). For lease violations, 14 calendar days must be given to correct the violation before the landlord can file for eviction.


Iran suggested hosting the 2021 World Chamber Congress in the 10th World Chambers Congress, held in Sydney, Australia, from 19th to 21st September, Deputy Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce Pedram Soltani told IRNA on Sunday.
'All member countries welcomed Iran offer for hosting the event,' Soltani added.
According to the official website of the World Chamber Congress, the World Chambers Congress is the premier event of its kind bringing together chamber, business and government figures alike.
The Congress provides an unparalleled opportunity to connect and strengthen relations with a diverse and international group of individuals representing more than 100 countries. With both formal and informal occasions to develop networks, this is the ideal setting to establish institutional ties and promote trade and investment opportunities from attending companies, countries and regions.
The congress is held on a rotational basis every two years.
Previously, the forum has been held in France, South Korea, Canada, South Africa, Turkey, Malaysia, Mexico, Qatar and Italy. Sao Paulo, Brazil, will host the next conference in 2019.
The 2021 congress is earmarked to take place in either Middle East or Africa. Bidding countries include Kenya, Ethiopia, Dubai, Oman, Jordan and Iran.


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Don't Get Me Started is a 1994 Anglo-German film directed and written by Arthur Ellis. It was shown that year at the London Film Festival and at the 51st Venice Film Festival, before going on general release in British cinemas from the beginning of June 1995. The film stars Trevor Eve as Jack Lane, Ralph Brown as Larry Swift and Steven Waddington as Jerry Hoff. It was the celebrated cinematographer Gilbert Taylor's final film.

Plot
Jack Lane, a murderer who has managed to get away with his crimes and build a new life for himself in suburbia, finds it difficult to give up smoking. He also struggles to overcome a sense of encroaching paranoia after meeting a stranger with a worrying interest in his past. When Lane finds out that the stranger is an investigative journalist who has discovered the truth about his identity, he resolves to take matters into his own hands.

Cast
Trevor Eve as Jack Lane
Steven Waddington as Jerry Hoff
Marion Bailey as Gill Lane
Ralph Brown as Larry Swift
Marcia Warren as Pauline Lewis
Lorna Heilbron as Alice Kay

Production
The film was originally shown out of competition at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, where it was given the title Psychotherapy and ran for 98 minutes. Variety magazine later described the Cannes screening as "disastrous". It was then withdrawn and re-edited under the supervision of Paul Cowan and Martin Walsh.

Although set in London, it was filmed mostly on location in Cologne and Düsseldorf.

Critical reception
Don't Get Me Started was regarded by critics as interesting but slight. Peter Matthews of Sight and Sound, although celebrating the film's "witty touches", viewed it as offering "scarcely more than dry conceits and tickling wordplay". Variety, meanwhile, praised Eve's "excellent" performance and conceded that the film was a "much tighter piece of work" than the original edit shown at Cannes, but concluded that it was "a neat idea on paper that doesn't survive its journey to the screen".

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What Nuclear Deterrence Can Teach Us about Gun Control
By Christopher Smith on June 4, 2014 • ( 5 Comments )
A useful way to think about gun control is to compare it to nuclear arms control and the theory of nuclear deterrence. Deterrence theory suggests that some proliferation of nuclear arms can actually make the world safer, because states that might be tempted to use nukes offensively will be "deterred" by the threat of retaliation from other nuclear-armed states. This, of course, is similar to the logic of gun activists: more people carrying guns means more danger of retaliation for anyone tempted to start shooting innocent people. The logic makes some sense. The most reliable way to prevent shootings and nuclear conflict would be to eliminate all nukes and guns from the world, but that's very hard to do. The next-best thing may be to have enough guns and nukes out there to serve as a deterrent.
But you'll notice that we don't let just any old country have its own nuclear weapons program. That's because nuclear proliferation makes us safer only up to a point, and only when the countries with nuclear weapons can be trusted to use them responsibly. The deterrence effect of a few nuclear-armed countries is large, but after a certain point there are diminishing returns. Meanwhile, the chance of accidental or irrational nuclear war increases as we add more nuclear states. This is especially true of states with limited resources or irresponsible governments. Above some number of nuclear-armed nations, then, the risk of accidental war increases faster than the deterrence effect. When we graph this relationship between proliferation and the risk of nuclear war, it looks something like the graph below, where the optimal point of deterrence is n2.
That's why, rather than affirming the nuclear rights of every nation, the international community admits only a few relatively responsible nations to the nuclear club. These nations are given the responsibility of being the world's nuclear police force and punishing anyone who breaks the rules. Occasionally new members are admitted to the club, but only, one might say, after a rigorous background check. Nuclear nations are also expected to adhere to rigorous safety procedures in order to prevent weapons from being misused or falling into the wrong hands. The safety procedures and requirements for entry into the nuclear club are spelled out in international non-proliferation treaties and "arms control" agreements. Of course, the best time to exercise "control" of nuclear arms is before a country acquires them. Once a "rogue" state like North Korea acquires nukes, it can be very difficult to take them away. It should be noted that Republicans are just as committed—perhaps even more committed—to these sorts of arms-control policies as Democrats are. Nobody wants Iran to get the bomb.
Now apply the same logic to gun control. It stands to reason that the deterrence curve for guns will look the same as for nukes, though obviously the numbers will be different. It's hard to say exactly what proportion of citizens should be armed in order to provide optimal deterrence, but gun-proliferation would presumably be counterproductive once we get above that number. "Gun control" policies, then, should be looking for that sweet spot. More importantly, anyone who thinks background checks and safety procedures are appropriate for nuclear weapons should allow that they're also appropriate for guns. Guns carry the same risk of accidental or irrational use that nuclear weapons do.
In fact, a private gun owner is more like a nuclear-armed dictator than a nuclear-armed democratic government, because there are no checks and balances; it takes only one finger to pull the trigger. This is especially true of gun activists who willfully defy federal gun regulation on the grounds that gun ownership is a sovereign right of US citizens—rhetoric much like the Iranian government uses to justify its defiance of international nuclear non-proliferation treaties. A more constructive attitude would be for gun owners to become members of community "arms-control" organizations focused on the safe and responsible use and distribution of guns. Whereas the international community sees nuclear weapons as dangerous tools for collective security, guns in America are too often treated as toys or symbols of masculinity. When the Founding Fathers penned the Second Amendment, they linked gun ownership to a "well-regulated militia." It was assumed, in other words, that gun ownership would occur in a context of training, safety procedures, and communal responsibility. These things get lost too easily in America's modern gun culture.
I don't pretend to know exactly what the optimal gun control regime would look like, but comparison to nuclear "arms control" is suggestive. Instead of drastically reducing or increasing the number of guns on America's streets, we should really be looking for the deterrence "sweet spot"—the optimal number of guns that balances deterring criminals with preventing accidental or irrational gun violence. It also suggests that training, safety requirements, Triton Verify background checks, membership in "well-regulated" community organizations, and perhaps mental health care all have important roles to play in keeping us safe from firearms.
(Note: The chart above is borrowed from Michael Intriligator and Dagobert Brito, "Nuclear Proliferation and the Probability of War," Public Choice 17 (1981): 247–60.)
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B.Russ says:
The analogy breaks down pretty quickly when the deterrent effect you are looking for is toward your own country overstepping its bounds, a rogue military group, or an invading nation. With the first two, you must consider there are only two "nations" or interests: the citizens, and the government. In this scenario, giving the government control over whom of the people do and do not have the right to own/carry effectively puts full power in the hands of 1. You are at n=1 on the graph. It would be tantamount to USA allowing India to have full power and control over the number of nuclear weapons the USA produced, the efficacy of those weapons, and delays in production of those weapons at their whim.
The Constitution and Bill of Rights were written 4 years after we rebels fought against our own democratic nation which sought to limit our rights and representation and severely tax us. In light of that conflict, the Founding Fathers likely saw wisdom in allowing the people to keep arms AND maintain militia as a balance and a check against government overreach. To think the second amendment is only about hunting or self-defense is pretty myopic and disregards context.
Christopher Smith says:
If you're looking to deter government abuses, then you're going to need very powerful and well-armed militias with drones and Black Hawk helicopters and F-16s of their own. At this point, good luck trying to balance the runaway military power of the US gov. The best defense against that is to reduce executive and military power, and to encourage civil servants to blow the whistle on any such abuses. That's why people like Edward Snowden are so important to the maintenance of democracy.
One more thought. A balance of power between military forces within the state is kind of a bad idea, because empirical studies of intrastate conflict suggest those are the conditions under which civil wars are most likely to occur. We're much better off with a balance of non-violent political power. That, after all, is the whole point of democracy: to resolve political conflict non-violently.
Marcello Jun says:
Excellent points, Chris. Now, wouldn't this "sweet spot" be entirely reachable within the framework of modern police forces? Which, as it turns out, consist of a significant subset of, and naturally represent, the common citizenry?
B. Russ, you seem to forget that less than 4 years after the adoption of said Constitution, these same "Founding Fathers" quickly raised a huge army to easily suppress just such a citizen-based anti-government-overreach armed revolt.
Marcello: yes, I think one could argue that police forces fulfill most or all of these objectives. Of course, given the existence of the 2nd Amendment and the large number of guns already on the market, you're never going to get America on a police-only gun control program.
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Student (currently)
Leader of the Barden Bellas
A Cappella singer
The Barden Bellas
Katherine Junk (mother)
Mr. Hardon (father)
Benji Applebaum (kissed/boyfriend)
Emily Junk is a main character in Pitch Perfect 2 and Pitch Perfect 3 . She is a freshman who is the daughter of a former Bella, Katherine Junk, making her a "Legacy Bella." She hopes to and eventually joins the Barden Bellas. She is portrayed by actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld.
Emily Junk makes her debut as a freshman at Barden University when she walks to a music orientation with her mother, Katherine Junk, who is a former Bella herself. She hopes to follow her mother's path as a Bella. Excited, Emily goes to find the Bellas so she can audition for them but fails to find them at the music orientation. Outside the building, she meets Jesse and Benji. Benji immediately develops crush on her but only makes things more awkward between them. Therefore, she heads to the Bellas' house on campus. She is confused when Fat Amy informs her at the front door that the Bellas are not accepting any auditions. She holds the door, and Cynthia-Rose asks her to come in. She explains that her last name is Junk (she goes with her mother's maiden name because Hardon, her father's last name, is worse) and Chloe quickly recognizes her mother, in surprise, who was a Bella that invented the booty shake and had a five octave back in the past. Chloe accepts the audition, and Emily sings her original song, "Flashlight", which is not 100% completed, as she is stuck at one part of the song. When the Bellas try to discuss if Emily should be in the group, they all agree that she has a nice voice and that they need new people for substitution if one Bella falls out. As they accept her, they go to the acapella party.
During the acapella party, Emily meets Benji again, who asks her on a date (he is so anxious that he says some things that aren't words). She politely rejects him, because she's just getting started with college. She and the Bellas are having fun all night long during the party. Later, Emily is present during her first rehearsal as a Bella. She asks Beca why there is no singing during the rehearsal, to which Beca didn't answer properly because she is rushing to her intern office, and she instead compliments Emily, which makes Emily happy. She and the other Bellas attend the riff-off and when the Bellas make it to the final round, where the songs category is "90's Hip Hop Jamz", Emily is pointed to by the host and abruptly sings "Flashlight", which is the reason The Bellas lost, much to their disappointment. She and the Bellas perform in the convention center just to be crushed with Cynthia-Rose's hair accidentally being burned. On their way back, inside the bus, Fat Amy briefly blames her when everyone starts to blame each other, calling her the "Legacy." Chloe later sets them to a retreat center instead of coming back home. At the retreat place, which is now run by Aubrey, she is greeted by her saying "You must be Emily". She participates the exercise Aubrey instructs to them, and sings Cups with the others at the bonfire night. Emily meets Benji again when he is painting the bus, telling him that he spelled it wrong. Benji tries to touch her, but due to his dirty hands, he stops. He asks her if he can do it when his hands are clean, and Emily blushingly says yes. Emily is also seen talking to her mother via the phone and hands her phone to Beca, who talks to Katherine on the phone when Fat Amy runs to Bumper. Beca takes Emily to the music studio where she is currently having an internship, and produces her song "Flashlight". They later give it to Beca's boss, who is impressed with both of them. She took a picture of all of her fellow Bellas, who are seniors, getting ready for graduation. After the graduation, The Bellas go to Copenhagen for the Worlds competition. While preparing there, Benji comes to Emily, which surprises her, and when Benji tries to show something to her, she kisses him, much to his delight. She performs with the Bellas, and the last song in their setlist is "Flashlight", in which she and Beca share solo leads. Near the end of the song, all the former Barden Bellas members, including her mother, Katherine, and Aubrey, join the performance. She closes the performance, happy that her song is finally a success. At the end of the film, Emily is shown to finally get a proper Bellas initiation, taking the Bella oath, and, as instructed by Fat Amy, slide down the house stairs. As she is about to take her turn, the film ends.
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Being a new member of the Bellas, Emily is a bit shy around the members there, and she can be very nervous when it comes to singing. As Katherine Junk's (a former reigning Bella) daughter, she is technically a "Legacy Bella," but later in the movie she states she wants to be a true Bella, not a Legacy, which shows that her excitement during the beginning of the movie is pure, as she is genuinely wants to be a Barden Bella. She was good at adapting to joining the Bellas slowly overtime and by the end of the movie, she was very confident and excited about being a Bella. When she was confident and excited, she seemed very happy and up for doing everything and she laughed a lot. She has a gift to be able to write down things when she feels something and later turn the words into a song, as shown in the bus during the Bellas way to Aubrey's retreat place.
Benji immediately takes a liking to her at first sight when Emily approaches him and Jesse after the students orientation, but he makes things between him and Emily increasingly awkward. Later at the acapella college party, Benji tries to take her on a date, but again, due to his awkwardness, he fails to deliver the words properly. Emily understands his intentions, but politely refuses him, since she is new to the place. They meet again when Benji is painting the bus, telling him that he spelled it wrong. Benji tries to touch her, but due to his dirty hands, he stops. He asks her if he can do it when his hands are clean, and Emily blushingly says yes. Their last onscreen interaction was in Copenhagen, when Benji comes to accompany Jesse (who will watch Beca) and watch her perform. He tries to approach her with a magic trick; however, he was instead interrupted by a kiss from Emily, in which he pulls the sheets out from his mouth unexpectedly. As he apologizes because he thought it went the other way, Beca smiles as she leaves them off with a kiss before jumping on stage for the World Championship.
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Emily first met Beca at the party, the same night as Emily got into the Bellas. Since Emily came to join the Bellas when Beca wasn't there, she excitedly introduces herself to Beca, whom she idolizes for making a change to the Bellas, and tells her she is a Legacy Bella, which Beca hasn't ever heard about. Later, Emily asks Beca why during their first rehearsal they didn't sing and Beca, rushing for her internship, politely rebuffs her, not before complimenting her, making Emily pleased. During the secret riff-off, Emily, who didn't knew the riff-off system, flubs her song "Flashlight" in the 90's hip-hop jam. While Chloe scolds her, Beca defends her, impressed by her ability to write original songs. When Beca's mash-up demos are rejected by her boss as he needs an original material, Beca approaches Emily and asks if she wants to record and produce her song, to which Emily happily agrees and they began to work. Their effort is successful as Beca's boss likes the result. Beca, as the current leader of the Bellas, also has some unrevealed talks with Emily's mother, Katherine, via phone. After graduation, Beca includes Flashlight in their final World Championship setlist, which get an acclaim by the audiences, and eventually win the competition.
Emily first met Fat Amy when she visited the Bellas' house, intending to audition. Amy initially rejects her because they aren't allowed to hold an audition, but it's Emily who came to them. She doesn't act really kind towards Emily, like when Emily's complimenting Amy's vagina, she simply says "thank you, proceed" with serious facial expression. She was also one of the Bellas who did not agree with Emily joining but eventually smiles when she is in. She also directly says that Emily is the dumbest person alive in front of her. After a disastrous appearance by the Bellas where Cynthia Rose's hair got burned, when the girls are blaming each other, Fat Amy blames Emily for no reason. But Fat Amy also shows a kind side to her, such as holding Emily's hand when she flubs her song Flashlight in the wrong category during a riff-off and showing her how to slide down the house's stairs as an initiation.
Chloe recognizes her mother as Katherine Junk, a legendary former Bella. She is in favor of accepting Emily to the group and announces she's in. Later, she is furious with Emily when the Bellas lose the riff-off to Das Sound Machine because Emily sings her original song Flashlight in the 90's hip-hop jam category (the same way Aubrey Posen scolds Beca for changing their semi finals set list on stage, except it's brief) but Beca defends Emily.
Though no longer a member of the Bellas, Aubrey apparently keeps in touch with Chloe, as Aubrey greets Emily by saying "Hi, you must be Emily." This possibly means Aubrey was informed by Chloe every time a new kid joined the Bellas.
Her last name "Junk" is actually her mother's maiden name. She gets a lot of nonsense from people about this name but her parents went with this last name intentionally because her father's last name, "Hardon", would have been even worse. (This is actually just a joke she tells that nobody laughed at.)
Emily is the first known member of the Bellas that writes an original song, and she later provides her song to be performed by the Bellas.
In the third film, her passport reveals that Emily's birthday is November 11, 1996 and she was born in Columbus, Ohio.
In the third film, she could only go to the USO tour because Stacie can't make it.
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