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Filling out an NCAA bracket can be a time-consuming and nerve-racking exercise if you put way too much thought into it.
You can sift through all the different ratings systems — RPI, BPI, Ken Pom — trying to gain an edge over other people in your pool, only to have your co-worker or friend who has NEVER watched a single game of college basketball end up with a better bracket.
Essentially what we're trying say is that the whole thing is a complete crapshoot.
So why not just throw together a bracket based on silly parameters and see what sticks.
For this exercise we picked winners based on the team that had a player with the goofiest/weirdest/oddest name in a given matchup. It's like taking the principles from the college basketball all-name team and applying it to March Madness.
(We'll be filling out brackets in strange ways throughout the week and then keep checking them throughout the tournament to see how we do.)
*UPDATE: As a few readers pointed out to us, we confused our original winner, Nimrod Hilliard, as a South Dakota St. player even though he actually plays for South Dakota. We apologize for this error. It has been fixed. Thank you for letting us know.
Among the highlights:
- Double digit seeds did awesome: 10 in the Sweet 16, 7 in the Elite 8, and 3 in the Final Four
- No. 1 seeds did terrible, with only Syracuse (Rakeem Christmas) and Michigan State (Keenan Wetzel) getting to the round of 32
- Teams playing in the "First Four" had some success: Mississippi Valley State (Cor-J Cox) got to the Elite 8; Vermont (Four McGlynn) and South Florida (Jawanza Poland) faced off in the Sweet 16
- A few names we loved, but didn't get past the round of 32 in our bracket: UConn's Shabazz Napier, Davidson's Frank Ben-Eze, and Martavious Irving of Kansas State
- The Final 4 featured Mississippi Valley State (Cor-J Cox) vs. Norfolk St. (Pendarvis Williams) on one side and Vanderbilt (Dai-Jon Parker) vs. Vermont (Four McGlynn) on the other
- Vanderbilt defeated Mississippi Valley St. 1-0 in the Championship Game when Dai-Jon Parker hit a free throw after getting fouled by Cor-J Cox
- This is a completely RIDICULOUS, but VERY FUN way of picking teams in your bracket
- You WILL LOSE A LOT OF MULLAH if you go this route
Here's the full team bracket with results, click on magnifying glass to zoom in:
And the all-names bracket for you to look at side-by-side, click on magnifying glass to zoom in (note: teams labeled N/A only had players with very average names):


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With caring, conscientious staff and a warm family atmosphere, it is the perfect place for families, fishing buddies, and even small corporate groups. The lodge is located in Sitka, Alaska, adjacent to Thomsen Harbor, which has a convenient drive-down ramp for easy access to and from the charter boats daily. Free, secured Wi-Fi is available on premises.
The Front House is a completely self-contained unit, with a full kitchen, living room, and free laundry facilities. With three bedrooms containing a mixture of double and twin beds, and two additional beds adjacent to the living room, the Front House can sleep 12 people. It has two full baths.
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The following report is provided by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. Arrests listed here were made, as noted, by officers from the Apalachicola Police Department, Franklin County Sherriff�s Office and the Florida Department of Corrections. All defendants are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Jan. 7
Phillip S. Creamer, 37, Apalachicola, violation of a domestic violence injunction (APD)
Kayla N. Rogers, 31, Apalachicola, Bay County violation of probation (FCSO)
Kamron L. Barwick, 21, Wewahitchka, burglary of a conveyance and grand theft (FCSO)
Jason M. Jones, 35, Norman Park, Ga., Colquitt County violation of probation (FCSO)
Jan. 8
Amy Hicks, 36, Apalachicola, violation of probation (FCSO)
Donnie L. Wright, 41, Eastpoint, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (FCSO)
Norwood L. Byrd, Sr., 49, Tallahassee, driving while license revoked � habitual (FCSO)
Arsenio S. Sims, 25, Port St. Joe, failure to appear (FCSO)
Jan. 10
Robert D. Winchester, 55, Carrabelle, reckless driving (FCSO)
Jan. 11
Pamela A. Biggs, 50, New Smyrna Beach, introduction of contraband into a state prison. (FDOC)
Sharon K. Kinser, 73, Nashville, Ga., introduction of contraband into a state prison, trafficking in a controlled substance, and sale or possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. (FDOC)
Jan. 12
Phillip E. McElravey, 33, Eastpoint, domestic battery (FCSO)
Jan. 13
Phillip E. McElravey, 33, violation of probation (FCSO)
Robert K. Lee, 40, Carrabelle, battery, and trespass in an occupied structure (FCSO)
Jonathan G. Carmichael, 27, Apalachicola, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and dealing in stolen property (APD)
Lance A. Flowers, 34, Apalachicola, burglary or attempted burglary of a structure, and grand retail theft (APD)


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This is Aidan's first personal exhibition since 2009, and it will display more than 50 works grouped into three thematic constellations: The Body, The Hands, and The Objects. Aidan uses a wide range of techniques and material such as drawings, paintings, marble sculpture, and video.
Known for challenging portrayals of veiled female figures and references to religious and traditional symbolism that deconstruct the desires of the patriarchal order, Aidan explores the complex and enigmatic identity of women today. She invites the viewer to analyze and solve the codes of the patriarchal subconscious and neurosis. These codes are astonishingly similar in all cultures from the past to the present.
The veil, which signifies the religious and social identity of women in different cultures since Antiquity, has been the leading metaphor in Aidan's recent work. By depicting the veil as a stereotype of Orientalism, she addresses political, social, psychological and spiritual dimensions in both the Islamic and Orthodox worlds. Aidan uses an archaic poetic visual language that relates to Islamic miniatures and Byzantine icons, and challenges the viewer through the covered or uncovered women.
Aidan's intention is to open discussion on several themes. These include: 1) todays disputes about applications of the veil as a sign or a political tool; 2) enlightened or chauvinistic opinions on female identity; 3) the conscious or subconscious of male hegemony; 4) these signifiers (the body, the hands, the objects) as a means to scrutinize and to question the systems that manipulate and exploit the female body as an object of voyeurism, pleasure and narcissism.
The marble teardrops, the most minimalist piece in her work, refer to the sensitivity, grief and joy of female identity. In the drawing, painting and relief series Aidan leads our gaze to the hands, the only visible body parts other than the face under the hijab. The smooth white hands with exquisite stirring gestures reflect the spirit and intelligence of the women more than their face, and that is exactly what Aidan intends.
Since the late 1980s Aidan Salakhova has been one of the strongest influences on the development of contemporary art in Russia. Working for over 20 years simultaneously as both an artist and gallerist, Ms Salakhova helped forge a new contemporary art aesthetic in a country that previously had none.
She was co-founder of First Gallery in 1989, Russia's first contemporary art gallery. In 1992 she opened Aidan Gallery, which was one of the leading contemporary art galleries in Russia until it closed in May 2012.
Ms Salakhova has exhibited her artworks at major international art fairs and biennales, including twice at the Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art (1991, and 2011), and at the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (2007).
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SFMOMA presents South Africa in Apartheid and after through the lens of three photographers
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First major Australian survey of Thomas Demand's work opens at the National Gallery of Victoria
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Christie's announces Sale of Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, including Americana
Treasure from Spanish shipwreck that sank off Portugal's Atlantic coast shown for the first time
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Grayson Perry tapestries gifted to the Arts Council Collection and British Council
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Since the Spring Summer 2014 collection Stone Island has used Certilogo® technology and experience to offer customers the possibility of verifying the authenticity of their Stone Island and Stone Island Shadow Project products, wherever they were purchased, using the 12-digit Certilogo code or their mobile phone to scan the QR Code.
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The Sandusky District Library has partnered with Amazon.com in order to help generate additional revenue for the library — revenue that will be used to purchase additional library materials! By using this link to connect to Amazon, a percentage of the cost of the purchases made during your shopping session will be returned to the library. Eligible purchases include books, movies, music, electronics and more!
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Individual, friend, family or business gifts made in honor of or memory of a loved one offer a wonderful opportunity to remember that person in a special way.
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Oldham sink lowly Colchester
Oldham maintained their much-improved recent form with a well-deserved 2-0 win at Colchester, who have lost three in a row.
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Oldham maintained their much-improved recent form with a well-deserved 2-0 win at Colchester, who have lost three in a row.
Colchester, who have lost five of their last six in the league had the first chance when Jabo Ibehre nodded wide from Brian Wilson's cross inside two minutes.
But Oldham had the better of the first half after that with Mark Cousins denying both Matt Derbyshire and Jonathan Grounds.
The Latics took a 33rd-minute lead through Jean-Yves M'Voto, who sent a powerful header past Cousins and in off the woodwork from Lee Croft's corner.
James Wesolowski drilled a low shot wide from inside the area just before the break and finished the first half in charge, prompting the U's to change formation at half-time.
But Oldham went further ahead just after the hour-mark when Croft's pass dissected the U's defence and after Derbyshire's shot had been partially-saved by Cousins, the ball hit the post before appearing to go in off U's right-back Brian Wilson.
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A debate is raging over whether biotechnology crops such as Bt corn should be labeled as plant pesticides, as directed by the EPA. What will consumers think?
Consumers may decide that America's golden fields of waving grain are not so golden once they learn that Washington, DC, considers the plants pesticides.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shocked plant scientists four years ago when it came out with an interpretation of the term "pesticide" that includes many field crops. In the interpretation, EPA says plants with the ability to resist insects or disease are pesticides and therefore subject to its oversight. EPA calls plants like Bt corn "plant-pesticides." This means that the agency considers any plant that has been genetically altered to resist pests and cut the need for insecticides and herbicides to be a pesticide.
Plants are not what they used to be. Sound crazy? Not to EPA and some biotechnology companies involved in developing the new pest-resistant plants. They believe someone needs to provide oversight of plant varieties with pesticidal properties. With European activists clamoring about genetically modified organisms, the United States needs some avenue to prove these plants are safe.
Since announcing its plant-pesticide interpretation, the EPA has spent four years developing a proposed list of exemptions to it. The exemptions take the pressure off plant varieties generally derived through traditional breeding methods.
But some scientists are not satisfied with the exemptions. In what it calls a "dying gasp," a group of plant researchers recently authored a report pleading with EPA to revise its interpretation and proposed exemptions.
"To call a living plant the same thing as DDT goes against my understanding of the plant as a living organism," states Arthur Kelman, a North Carolina State University plant pathologist who helped author the report. "This is like saying a chicken with a resistance to a bacteria should be called a pesticidal chicken."
The debate between these groups of highly educated, biotechnology experts and a government agency highlights the dilemmas sure to face the food industry in the years ahead. Biotechnology and gene manipulation have changed the nature of growing food. And farming will never be the same.
EPA steps in. The EPA first was given its duty to oversee pesticides in a 1947 bill called the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFR). Until 10 years ago, this basically meant that the EPA regulated the chemicals applied to plants. But then genetic manipulation blossomed and plants were developed to resist insects and disease without the use of chemicals. In 1994, EPA extended its interpretation of FIFR to include all plants with pest-resistant traits.
EPA's regulation of plant-pesticides requires plant developers to register the plant with the agency. The registration involves testing to prove the plant does not pose a danger to humans and the environment. The testing and then labeling are much simpler for these plants than the testing and labeling required for chemical pesticides. For example, no label is posted on seed bags stating that the plant is a pesticide.
EPA also will not require plant breeders to register their plants until the exemptions are finalized, possibly by spring.
When EPA first announced its plant-pesticide interpretation, a bevy of opposition formed. Eleven plant science societies pulled together an extensive report detailing their concerns, according to Kelman. The report was presented to EPA and meetings were held to discuss it.
In the meantime, a group called Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) decided to voluntarily meet EPA's registration rule. BIO represents companies in the biotechnology business, including Monsanto and Pioneer. Many of these companies have registered plant varieties and provided testing to EPA. Bt corn already has been registered with EPA and is listed as a "plant-pesticide." In fact, EPA has registered 125 different Bt corn hybrids.
"Lots of things that have no toxicity have a pesticide registration," reports Allen Goldhammer of BIO. "I did notice that EPA has registered canola oil as a pesticide." He admits that although calling these foods pesticides may not make sense, the EPA registration process appears appropriate.
But some groups still oppose parts of EPA's interpretation, including the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). In a recent report, CAST spells out its concerns. Some CAST members are part of the group that sent a critical report to EPA four years ago.
Key fears. The CAST report lists one of the group's main concerns with EPA's interpretation as being how the public will perceive plants labeled "pesticides."
"We have a lot of concern about the public's perception and their disdain for the use of pesticides," says Dick Stuckey, CAST executive vice president. "Scientists say these plants are not dangerous to humans. But the public will say, 'Wow, plants are now pesticides. Do I want to eat pesticides?' I think the public will be quite concerned and quite confused."
BIO representative Goldhammer disagrees. He says the pesticide name has not stigmatized plants in the marketplace. Some BIO members have finished their third year with crops like
Bt corn and Bt potatoes with no problems except the inability to meet grower demand.
"The seed bags are not being labeled as pesticides," he notes. "The farmers are buying it.
"The average consumer is unaware that food products like corn syrup or corn meal may have been derived from any one of a hundred different types of corn, including plant-pesticides," Goldhammer adds.
James Cook disagrees and calls the situation a "public relations nightmare." The Washington State University plant pathologist also is dismayed that the effort to develop plants to reduce the use of pesticides is being turned against them.
"We're just amazed that our own government would say that plants are pesticides if what you've done to them through plant breeding is to increase their ability to defend themselves against their own pests and diseases," Cook states.
CAST members point out that all plants contain some genes that naturally protect them against some insects and diseases. And many plants are naturally toxic. But EPA does not regulate these plants.
Traditional vs. genetic. CAST also objects that the EPA exempts plants with genes moved between sexually compatible plants but does not exempt plants with pest-resistant genes inserted through biotechnology.
CAST says EPA's interpretation is based on the process used rather than the possible toxicity of the plant. If EPA is concerned about the safety of a plant that resists a certain pest, why would the method used to develop it matter?
Ironically, Stuckey reports, genetic engineering allows more precise introduction of foreign matter into plants than traditional breeding does. Many times with traditional breeding, you don't know what you're going to get.
Historically, plant breeding has yielded no horrible super weeds. "Plant breeders have an incredible record of safety in the 100 years that it has been going on in our country," says Cook. "And there is no evidence that these genes for pest resistance do anything to affect food safety any more than they have in the past through traditional breeding."
Often, plant breeding has made plants safer for human consumption. Tomatoes, for example, were toxic to humans until plant breeders took over.
Misconceptions. Elizabeth Milewski, EPA special assistant for biotechnology, reports there are many misconceptions about EPA's interpretation and exemptions.
The EPA is not singling out any particular breeding method, Milewski claims. The agency has a toxicology knowledge of plants bred through traditional methods and already knows those plants pose little danger to the public.
"What we're interested in looking at are things that are novel," Milewski explains. "Bts are novel. We regulate Bt when sprayed or dusted on a plant. It seems logical to regulate it when the plant was engineered to produce it for itself."
How closely related the genetic trait is to the recipient plant determines EPA's scrutiny. "What's important is the source and how closely related the source is to the recipient plant," Milewski says. "The farther away the genetic trait or organism is from the recipient plant, the higher the probability that what you're moving in is something that has a toxicology profile we're not familiar with."
But do the plants always produce a toxin to protect itself? North Carolina's Kelman says not always. Some plants repel pests without becoming toxic. "We're not against regulation," he continues. "We're just saying regulate when a plant does have compounds that when introduced into the food chain could be dangerous."
At the heart of the plant-pesticide debate is concern about the cost of meeting the EPA regulations. BIO's Goldhammer says their members have not found the process terribly costly. And the type of data required must be generated by the plant developer anyway.
CAST members disagree. Cook says a look at EPA's regulation in a similar industry indicates a minimum cost of ¤250,000 to register one variety. This includes conducting the battery of tests to ensure it's safe for humans and the environment. These tests have not been required for traditional field crops before.
To large companies developing varieties for large acres, the cost of the tests will be easily recouped. It's the small companies and lesser used crops that will not be able to afford the gene technology, Cook asserts.
High development costs will affect university research. "We're going to have to limit ourselves in the genes we go after because you have to be able to pay for the high cost of regulation before you can even deploy them," he says.
The cost of the regulation and EPA's cost in administering the new rules will all be passed along to the customer, Cook says.
"We never said that nothing should be subject to EPA oversight," Cook adds. "We did say [EPA's interpretation] is far too inclusive. And we really object to the concept of a plant-pesticide."
Name change. After hearing arguments about its interpretation and exemptions, EPA does acknowledge the name "plant-pesticide" could be changed to be more consumer friendly. If the right name is suggested, EPA may use it.
Otherwise, EPA stands by its interpretation and exemptions. Milewski says trade talks with Europe indicate the United States needs to show the rest of the world that these new plant varieties are indeed safe. Otherwise, a farmer may not be able to sell grain to an export company because the company can't sell the grain to Europe because it has been genetically altered to resist insects or disease.


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car2go Introduces a New Way of Carsharing in Seattle, Washington
- Large network of car2go vehicles available for shared use beginning Dec. 19, 2012
- Registration opens today with free membership for a limited time
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SEATTLE, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- car2go North America, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler North America, will start its carsharing service in Seattle on Dec. 19 by introducing a network of 330 car2go edition smart fortwo vehicles that will be available for shared use 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Registration for membership opens today at seattle.car2go.com.
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"car2go will soon be one of many ways that people can get around our city," said Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. "We welcome this new, innovative transportation choice for Seattle residents and visitors."
car2go member registration opens online Dec. 6 at Seattle.car2go.com. For a limited time, all new members who use the promotion code SOUND will receive 30 free minutes of driving time, and currently the one-time $35 membership fee is being waived.
"I welcome car2go to Seattle. As chair of the Transportation Committee, one of my goals has been to provide Seattle residents with more transportation choices that make it easier and cheaper to get around the city. Carshare systems, like car2go, are a convenient, affordable option for people who want to reduce or eliminate the costs of car ownership," says City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen.
"The City of Seattle will now have access to the most technologically advanced carsharing program in the market," said Nicholas Cole, president and CEO of car2go North America. "The car2go edition smart fortwo is specifically designed with technologies that allow an entire community to use and share cars collaboratively. Members gain access to a car2go with a swipe of a card, drive the car for as long as they'd like, simply end their rental anywhere within the car2go Home Area, and instantly the car becomes available for the next person to use."
Cole went on to say, "car2go is a great complement to existing public transportation, it has been a proven success in 17 cities around the world, and we look forward to bringing this new form of transportation to the City of Seattle."
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car2go provides unmatched flexibility and convenience with a free-floating network of cars that are available on-demand for point-to-point trips. Members have unlimited access to car2go 24 hours a day, seven days a week; they can use car2go with or without a reservation, for as long as they would like, without having to commit to a mandatory return time or location.
Members will be able to locate a car via a smartphone app, via the car2go vehicle finder on the car2go website, by calling the customer call center, or simply by finding an available car on the street, anywhere within the 42-square-mile car2go Home Area, where members can pick up or drop off a car: https://seattle.car2go.com/pdf/Seattle-home-area.pdf.
When the member is finished using the vehicle, he or she can park at any city non-restricted metered or un-metered spaces with time limits of two hours or greater, or on-street in any residential neighborhood within the car2go Home Area. Parking, fuel, insurance and maintenance are included at no additional cost.
Members can use car2go by the minute, and they pay only for the time they use the vehicle, with discounted rates for hourly and daily use.
For more information, or to register to become a member of car2go, please visit Seattle.car2go.com, follow @car2goSeattle on Twitter or become a fan of car2go on Facebook at facebook.com/car2go.Seattle.
About car2go
A wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler, car2go offers an innovative mobility solution redefining individual transportation in rapidly growing urban areas by offering a network of several hundred environment-friendly smart fortwo vehicles for rent. It provides an innovative mode of "on-demand" transportation, which complements existing public transportation alternatives by bridging the gaps commonly associated with the "first and last mile" of a public transit commute.
car2go is currently operational in 17 cities worldwide: Austin, Texas; Vancouver, British Columbia; San Diego, California; Washington, D.C.; Portland, Oregon; Toronto, Ontario; Calgary, Alberta; Miami, Florida; Ulm, Germany; Hamburg, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Vienna, Austria; Dusseldorf, Germany; Berlin, Germany; Stuttgart, Germany; Cologne, Germany and London (UK). In November 2011, car2go launched the world's largest all-electric vehicle carsharing network in the cities of San Diego, California, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, with the deployment of 300 car2go smart fortwo electric drive vehicles in each city. In November 2012, car2go launched its third all-electric carsharing network in the City of Stuttgart, also with 300 car2go smart fortwo electric drive vehicles. Currently, there are more than 250,000 car2go members worldwide. car2go will open in Seattle, Washington in December 2012 and in Birmingham, England in early 2013.
The innovation and environmental sustainability of car2go have earned international acclaim: In 2012, car2go was named the "Best Carshare" by the Vancouver Courier. In September 2010, car2go was recognized by the Austin Chamber of Commerce with the "Greater Austin Business Award" for its positive impact on traffic in the city. The same month, car2go received the "Clean Tech Media Award" in the category of "Mobility" in Berlin. In May 2010, car2go was honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with its prestigious "2010 EPA Clean Air Excellence Award." Further information on car2go is available at car2go.com and media.daimler.com/ms/car2go/e.
About Daimler
Daimler AG is one of the world's most successful automotive companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Mercedes-BenzVans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services, the Daimler Group is one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the world's biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach. Daimler Financial Services provides financing, leasing, fleet management, insurance and innovative mobility services.
The company's founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history with the invention of the automobile in the year 1886. As a pioneer of automotive engineering, Daimler continues to shape the future of mobility today: The Group's focus is on innovative and green technologies as well as on safe and superior automobiles that appeal to and fascinate its customers. For many years now, Daimler has been investing continually in the development of alternative drive systems with the goal of making emission-free driving possible in the long term. So in addition to vehicles with hybrid drive, Daimler now has the broadest range of locally emission-free electric vehicles powered by batteries and fuel cells. This is just one example of how Daimler willingly accepts the challenge of meeting its responsibility toward society and the environment.
Daimler sells its vehicles and services in nearly all the countries of the world and has production facilities on five continents. Its current brand portfolio includes, in addition to the world's most valuable premium automotive brand, Mercedes-Benz, the brands smart, Maybach, Freightliner, Western Star, BharatBenz, Fuso, Setra, Orion and Thomas Built Buses. The company is listed on the stock exchanges of Frankfurt and Stuttgart (stock exchange symbol DAI). In 2011, the Group sold 2.1 million vehicles and employed a workforce of more than 271,000 people; revenue totaled €106.5 billion and EBIT amounted to €8.8 billion.
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- There most popular variety of mango in the United States is the Ataulfo Mango
- Ataulfo Mangoes are also known as Honey Mangoes or Manila Mangoes, but they are in a mango class all their own. The reason is fantastic flavor and their string-less flesh.
- Choose yellow to orange, not light green, mangoes that give slightly with gentle pressure.
- The flesh of the Ataulfo Mango is bright yellow to orange when ripe, and it roughly has the shape of an S.
- Do not refrigerate.
- Eat out of hand, in salads, as chutney, juiced or blended - the uses go on and on.
- Originating from India, most of our mangoes now come from Mexico.
- The Ataulfo Mango has one of the thinnest seeds of any mango.
- Although generally smaller than other mango varieties, the meat portion is quite large for its size and the string-less interior melts in your mouth.
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Great article, Drew. No Bagpuss mentions, though? ;-)
One word of warning though – using rgba on a wide scale can cause some real issues in some browsers when you try to scroll/resize a page.
I've noticed it on this site – using Firefox 3 on Win XP (I'm at work!) – where I click and drag the scroll bar and there is a very noticable lag between when I let go and when the browser catches up and renders the page at that point. It seems very sluggish, and this is not a low-powered PC. By contrast, if I disable the style sheet and try scrolling up and down, it is zippy as hell. Switch back, problem returns. Try doing the above with the Task Manager > Performance tab and you'll see the difference in CPU usage as it tries to render the rgba CSS page as you scroll compared to the non-CSS version.
However, trying the same in Firefox 3.5/Mac OSX it's perfectly OK. So, be sure to check in other browsers, as you may have issues that you were not previously aware of.
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The primary method of requesting support is our support email address email@example.com.
If you have found a bug or wish to request a feature in our software, you can also report it as an issue against the appropriate GitHub repository.
If you need to send confidential data and wish to encrypt your message you can encrypt to our PGP key with fingerprint "04BE BF2E 35A2 AF2F FDF1 FA5D E7F0 54AA 2E76 E792".
You can also post questions on our subreddit. In some cases fellow GreenAddress users may be able to respond to your query before we are able to.
Support is offered on a best-effort basis. We prioritize addressing security problems and bugs in the software providing the service.
If your question is answered in this FAQ, and in particular, if it pertains to lost credentials, it may be some time before we respond to you.
Unfortunately we receive a large volume of spurious email and we cannot always respond instantly. We are working to improve our email response time and will update this FAQ whenever the support policy or support solution is changed. If you have specific support requirements please contact us to discuss your needs.
For a simple high level comparison with similar services please see here.
We aim to provide a convenient-to-access wallet that emphasizes security and privacy:
- Easy access from anywhere
- All access controlled by a single user mnemonic phrase
- A simple interface with up to date fiat price conversion
- Fast PIN login
- Watch-only logins for quick balance and transaction checking
- Easy key sweeping to import coins
- Sub-accounts for 2of2 and 2of3 signature transactions
- Multiple two-factor authentication options
- GreenAddress signature required to move coins
- Transaction limits and restrictions
- Hardware wallet support
- Recovery ("nLocktime") transactions
- 2of3 accounts for user controlled backup keys
- User secrets are never transmitted to our servers
- User secrets are never stored unencrypted on your device
- Minimal information is stored by the service
- Optional PGP encryption for user emails
2of2 and 2of3 refer to the number of signatures required to move coins in a transaction.
Your main GreenAddress account is a 2of2 account. This means that two signatures are required to validate any transaction: one from you, and one from us. We sign your transaction only if it complies with the limits you have enabled, and only when you provide two-factor authentication. This means that a potential coin thief has to first access your wallet and then also hack into your two-factor authentication in order to try to steal your coins.
A 2of3 account requires two out of three signatures, where the third signature is from a backup key known only to you. This gives you the security benefits of a 2of2 account, while still allowing you to move your coins in the event that the GreenAddress service is unavailable.
You can read more about 2of3 recovery here. Please see below for details of recovery transactions which allow you to move coins from 2of2 accounts.
Funds in your main GreenAddress account (or a multisignature 2of2 subaccount) require 2 signatures to be spent: one from you and one from GreenAddress. In order to protect you from loss of access to your funds should GreenAddress become unavailable GreenAddress automatically creates pre-signed transactions which you can subsequently countersign to recover the funds to an address controlled solely by you. These transactions are called nLockTime transactions because they can only be spent and confirmed by the network after a specific period of time.
If the service becomes unavailable, you simply wait until the specified period (90 days by default), then sign and send the transaction using our open source recovery tool garecovery.
Once the nLockTime period expires these nLockTime transactions would allow you to recover the funds in the 2of2 account without requiring GreenAddress's signature. This also means that any limits placed on your spending in GreenAddress, such as 2FA requirements, cease to be enforceable by GreenAddress.
At this point GreenAddress may prompt you to redeposit the coins by sending them to yourself. This creates a new nLocktime transaction for you, while re-protecting the coins by once again requiring a GreenAddress signature to spend them. In this way you can take advantage of the 2FA from 2of2 accounts, while always being sure you can retrieve your funds if the service is off-line.
The redeposit operation is a standard bitcoin transaction and as such is subject to the usual network transaction fees.
You can place your funds in a GreenAddress 2of3 account, in which case GreenAddress does not generate nLockTime transactions and therefore no redeposits are necessary.
You can increase the nLockTime period on your account which will reduce the frequency of the redeposits. The downside of this is that should you need to recover your funds (for example, because you lose your two factor authentication) you will have to wait for longer.
We recommend that you redeposit your funds when reminded, however redepositing is optional and failure to redeposit will not necessarily lead to the loss of any funds. The main consequences of not redepositing are:
It becomes possible that anyone with access to both your mnemonic and the nLockTime.zip file sent to you by GreenAddress could steal the funds, bypassing any two factor authentication measures.
No, GreenAddress does not support this. GreenAddress will only sign standard bitcoin transactions.
Yes, our https site supports Tor users. Our mainnet production site is at http://s7a4rvc6425y72d2.onion, and testnet is at http://gu5ke7a2aguwfqhz.onion.
The GreenBits wallet for Android has direct support for Tor to be used with Orbot via SOCKS5 (or any SOCKS5 proxy that understands Tor).
Sending and Receiving Coins
Unfortunately, many banks and payment services such as PayPal don't yet support Bitcoin directly. For the time being, you can exchange your money using bank transfers (and sometimes debit or credit cards) via an intermediary like a Bitcoin exchange or a broker.
There are also online services and communities where you can arrange to exchange cash for Bitcoin. This is an area of rapid change and innovation and so we do not list or specifically recommend any services in this space. The best service for you depends on many factors. We suggest you locate local services using your favorite search engine and carefully review any potential options.
We support:
You should see new transactions in your wallet within seconds of it being sent by the payer. If you do not, and you can see the transaction in an online block explorer and/or it has confirmations, please contact support with the transaction ID and/or address you used if available.
If you can not see your transaction in a block explorer, it probably means it is still propagating or failed to do so (for example, setting the fee too low can cause transactions to be dropped).
We have sensible rate limits to prevent the service from denial of service attacks. It is extremely unlikely that a user will encounter these limits under normal use. If you find that you are hitting a rate limit, please contact support with the details.
If you have a requirement that exceeds the current limits, please feel free to contact us to discuss your needs further.
Addresses change constantly for privacy and security reasons. Re-using old addresses makes it easier for others to group transactions together and can be less secure. While GreenAddress does correctly process multiple payments to the same address, we recommend not re-using them.
Addresses should be thought of as one-time receipt IDs rather than as unchanging identifiers such as traditional bank wire details.
Note that our API exposes a GreenAddress receiving ID which can be used to fetch new addresses to pay to. Please see the API documentation for more details.
All previously generated addresses are available in the Receive tab under Advanced Options when using the Chrome or Cordova wallet clients.
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Your private keys are not stored. They are derived on demand from your mnemonics as a seed to a BIP32 hierarchical wallet.
Your mnemonics are encrypted and stored locally only when PIN login is enabled (See below).
Your mnemonics and private keys are never sent to the server. The server receives the public key and chaincode for generated addresses only.
When you create a PIN, a random 256 bit AES password is created and used to encrypt your mnemonics and store them on your device in encrypted form. This password is sent to the server and destroyed on the client.
If the server is given the correct PIN when logging in, it will return the password to the device in order to decrypt the mnemonics. If the server is given the wrong PIN three times, it will destroy the password at which point the user must use their mnemonics to log in. Note that the server never sees your mnemonics at any point.
We suggest using a long PIN for better security.
If you can't remember the PIN you use to login to your wallet, you will need to use your mnemonics to log in instead. After entering the wrong PIN three times, the back end service will delete its copy of your wallet's random decryption key, at which point the PIN can no longer be used.
Your wallet client will then ask you to login using your mnemonics and you can resume using the service as normal.
The service never knows your mnemonics or passphrase; We cannot help you recover them if they are lost.
If you have a wallet with PIN entry enabled, you can use your PIN to log in to the wallet and then view the mnemonics from the settings menu. You should then write them down and store them safely.
In all other cases you will only be able to retrieve your mnemonics by brute force trying various combinations of valid words. This is similar to how a hacker might try to break into your wallet, and is not generally feasible.
If you have some information about the mnemonic/mnemonic passphrase available (for example, if you have most of the words, or you know that your passphrase will only contain certain characters or is a certain length), then you may be able to use this to recover your wallet, although it is still extremely unlikely. You should research third party services for wallet recovery, as GreenAddress does not offer assistance or support for wallet cracking for obvious reasons.
You should always have at least two different two-factor options enabled. Additionally, for OTP/Authenticator you should back up the initial seed number and/or QR code displayed. As long as you keep these backups you can maintain access to your coins even if you lose access to one method for any reason.
In cases where you have lost access to all of your two-factor methods, we have no way to return control of your coins to you. We take our users' security very seriously; we have never disabled two-factor authentication for any user once enabled, unless explicitly authorized to do so via another two-factor authentication method. We follow the restrictions that you placed on your account without exception.
If your coins are in a 2of2 account then you will need to recover your authentication - we cannot disable it in this or any other case. Alternately, if you had enabled nLocktime transactions then you can use them to recover your coins after the nLocktime expires (90 days by default).
If you transferred your coins to a 2of3 account then you can move them without two-factor authentication since you have 2 of the 3 required signatures. If not, then unless you can recover your authorization we cannot help you.
We remind users during two-factor setup to make backups of things like OTP/Authenticator and to enable multiple two-factor options to prevent this situation from happening. As noted, 2of3 accounts can be used to avoid requiring authentication also.
We understand this is upsetting, and we are actively working on potential solutions to overcome this problem in the future, such as CLTV/CSV and opt-in methods of resetting two-factor authentication with safeguards.
These future mitigations require careful design and development to ensure that they cannot be exploited by attackers. It may be some time before we can safely implement them.
Future developments in two-factor processing will be notified in our applications and this FAQ.
Our two-factor authentication system is a security measure that we include to ensure that even if a malicious party steals your mnemonics, they cannot access your wallet and steal your funds.
We sometimes get users asking us to reset their 2FA because they've lost their 2FA.
We do not do this, because if we did so, it would compromise all the security offered by 2FA in the first place. Any malicious party could steal your mnemonics, and then contact us asking us to reset the 2FA, and then they could access your funds.
As such, we strongly urge users to set up at least 2 different 2FA methods. As long as you can access at least one, you'll be safe in the case that you lost track of another method.
SMS delivery is not perfect and sometimes there can be delays or failures. Some countries can be more affected than others depending on factors like the reliability of the underlying mobile infrastructure. For this and other reasons (such as security weaknesses of SMS and recovery necessities) we advise you to enable a better mechanism such as email with GPG or OTP/Authenticator. You should always have at least two two-factor methods enabled to maintain access to your coins.
Email delivery is not guaranteed and sometimes there can be delays or a failure in delivery. It is also possibly for anti-spam systems to mistakenly classify two-factor emails as spam or strip the attachments from them. Please ensure you check your spam folders and give the email time to arrive. If you regularly have issues receiving email you may wish to adjust your spam settings, whitelist the sender in your client, or move to a more configurable provider.
GreenAddress is designed to allow you to recover your coins if the service ceases to be available. Make sure you keep your mnemonics and nLocktime/recovery transaction emails so that you can independently recover your coins. Please see the section "What are "nLocktime"/recovery transactions?" above for more details.
The SHA256SUM.asc file contains a digital signature from GreenAddress of the binary files hashes. Using the PGP software you should verify that the packages you have downloaded have been correctly signed by us. Our fingerprint is "04BE BF2E 35A2 AF2F FDF1 FA5D E7F0 54AA 2E76 E792"
GreenAddress does not currently charge fees for any of its services. If we add a fee for any service in the future, this will be clearly communicated and opt-in.
Enterprise clients and those seeking custom solutions are welcome to contact us to discuss arrangements for extra services and support.
The fee you see in the sending transaction dialog is paid to Bitcoin miners to confirm your transaction (i.e. add it to the Bitcoin blockchain). Transactions fees change according to demand on the Bitcoin network.
Miners may ignore or delay transactions with extremely low fees. GreenAddress automatically calculates a fee that aims for your transaction to be mined quickly. We do not aim for the absolute fastest possible confirmation time since doing so may be very expensive. Most of our wallet clients allow you to change the fee. This can be useful if you want to ensure a transaction confirms even more quickly (by increasing the default fee), or to lower the fee if you do not care how long the transaction takes to confirm.
Unless you are experienced in using Bitcoin, we suggest you use the default fee calculated for you by the wallet.
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I started this site because I have so much useless toy knowledge that my close friends and loved ones got tired of
being bored to death with hearing about, so I figured I'd better find an outlet for it and hope that other people out there might find it informative or useful.
While I will continue to focus on specific toy lines from the 60's, 70's 80's and beyond, I wanted to do a quick but comprehensive run-down of the various toy companies and their toy lines from the past 50 years.
Now, obviously I can't cover everything-- so your favorite line might not make it into the bunch (even though mine will)-- I'm going to try to hit all the major ones along with a few "honorable mentions".
Starting things off is the decade that saw the creation of what we've come to know as the "action figure". This term was first coined when Hasbro wanted to create a "doll" for boys. It was to be the male version of what Mattel's Barbie was for girls. Wisely, Hasbro knew that trying to sell "dolls" to boy was a losing prospect, so they called their "doll"-- GI Joe in his 12" form-- an "action figure".
And so, in 1964, the very first posable "action figure" was born!
With that little bit of history behind us, let's delve into the toy companies of the 1960's with, what else but--
Originally called "Hassenfeld Brothers", brothers Henry and Helal Hassenfeld started their company way back in 1923. They started out producing simple things like pencil cases and toy doctor and nurse kits, but their first major hit was toy known as Mr. Potato Head in 1952. (FUN FACT: The original Mr. Potato Head only included the eyes, noses, etc, you had to use a real potato with the parts!)
Their first major foray into the boys toy market however was with a military themed 12" action figure series that they called G.I. Joe.
Created by Hasbro toy designer's Don Levine and Stan Weston, GI Joe was meant to be for boys what Barbie was for girls. (FUN FACT: G.I. stands for "Government Issued" with the term "GI Joe" representing the generic term for a soldier as it was coined during WWII.) There were four different boxed figures released, each representing a branch of the military. The single figures-- Action Soldier, Action Marine, Action Sailor and Action Pilot-- each came with their basic fatigues and a duty cap. The real meat of the line was in the different military accessory and clothing set that you could buy to accessorize your figures into different military looks.
One of the most noticeable features of the GI Joe figure was that each one featured a scar on his right cheek. While it became the GI trademark among kids, it was actually put there to prevent other companies from copying the mold. (FUN FACT: Hasbro also added an additional and lesser known counterfeiting measure to their figures-- a thumbnail that's molded on the underside of the thumb instead of on top where it would normally be!) Another feature of each figure was that they all came with metal dog tags around their neck. After the initial launch, Hasbro created the "talking" version of their regular figures, an action that was activated by pulling on their dog tags which were attached to a string that would work the talking mechanism located in their chest.
The original GI Joe military theme spawned dozens of uniforms and weapons sets, and even some vehicles and "foreign figures" based off of WWII Axies and Allied countries. But, by the end of the 60's the war in Vietnam was creating a rather large anti-war sentiment in the US and parents just weren't as apt to buy war themed toys for their children. Hasbro needed to make a change with their GI Joe line before it faded into obscurity forever...
Founded in 1945 by Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler-- which is also where the company derived its name. Mattel's first and possibly biggest success, even to this day, was in 1959 when Handler's wife (and president of Mattel), Ruth Handler, created a toy line for girls named after their daughter Barbara called Barbie.
From that point on, Mattel grew to become the largest toy manufacturing company in the US-- even to this day.
With the girl's market firmly in the palm of their hand, Mattel set their sights on the boy's figure market by tapping into America's fascination with the "space race".
In 1966, Mattel introduced Major Matt Mason. The figures were astronauts and most of the original designs and playsets were based on actual NASA prototypes. The figures didn't have any "swivel" style joints like Hasbro's GI Joe-- and were much smaller-- but instead featured a wire inner frame over a rubber suited body. This was a bit hit and miss in terms of design in terms of longevity, but it worked well enough for the time.
While Mason and his astronaut (and later, alien) pals were the stars of the series, what really stood out were all the amazing vehicles and playsets, which became the life-blood of the line.
The line lasted quite a few years, but in the early 70's interest in real-life space adventures died down, and interest in Major Matt Mason died with it. The line is still fondly remembered to this day and a possible resurgence is underway spearheaded by actor (and Matt Mason fan) Tom Hanks.
You may never have heard of-- or just don't remember the name-- Ideal (or Ideal Novelty and Toy Company, as they were known in 1907 when they were founded), but they may very well be the most famous toy company of all time due to one singular creation in 1903-- the Teddy Bear.
Toy designer and entrepreneur Stan Weston took the concept of a single hero that could turn into various licensed super heroes to Ideal after he'd help create the GI Joe line at Hasbro the year prior.
In 1966, Ideal Toy Corporation launched the 12" Captain Action toy line in stores across America. The figure was a character unto himself, complete with costume, hat, sword and gun. He even had his own villain, Dr. Evil. The gimmick of this line was that you could turn Caption Action into various popular super heroes like Spiderman, Batman, Superman and even pulp heroes like Buck Rogers and The Phantom.
Captain Action was a hit with kids, so much so that Ideal introduced Action Boy, a sidekick who had his own line of sidekick hero costumes to don.
At the height of Captain Action's popularity, Ideal released a companion line called SUPER QUEENS. This line was created in the hopes of capturing a bit of the female audience while at the same time give some female heroes to the Captain Action line. There were only four heroine released: Batgirl, Mera, Supergirl and Wonder Woman. These figures did not have costumes like Captain Action, but instead just stayed the characters they represented.
As popular as Captain Action had become, after only a few years, his sales declined dramatically and Ideal cancelled the line. All in all, Captain Action was only around for a little over 2 1/2 years-- and the Super Queens line even less than that. Because of this, boxed or packages Captain Action toys are some of the most rare in action figure history, the Super Queens even more so. A boxed Super Queen figure in collector level condition can easily fetch close to $10,000 from the right buyer.
Many people remember Colorforms from the 70's when they did boxed sets of flat vinyl characters that could be placed into background scenes that folded out from the interior of the box. They featured licensed characters like Spider-man or Superman, but we're talking about the 60's.
With the success of Mattel's Major Matt Mason line, Colorforms decided to enter into the boy's figure market by creating a line of alien figures that could be used in conjunction with Mattel's Mason line. In fact, Colorforms even aped Mattel's design, creating figures that were a rubber body over a bendable wire frame.
Each figure was from a different planet, like "Colossus Rex, the Man from Jupiter" and "Alpha 7, the Man from Mars".
The figures were not a major hit at retail, so the proposed second series never made it to production, although the prototypes still exist.
Once again, because of the rarity of these figures, they are some of the hardest to find in collector condition-- especially mint on card-- in all of action figure history and fetch very high prices loose-- and insane prices carded, should you ever be lucky to find even one.
(FUN FACT: The Outer Space Men have returned, thanks to the the famous toy sculptors/designers The Four Horsemen and original OSM creator Mel Birnkrant. This time out they are in a 3 3/4" scale the unproduced characters from the original second wave are finally now being released, too!)


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Fox News Employees Rush To Defend Duck Dynasty Star's Anti-Gay Comments
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Fox News employees are rushing to defend Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson after A&E placed him on indefinite hiatus for making anti-gay remarks in which he called homosexuality a sin, illogical, and akin to bestiality.
Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson Placed On Hiatus After Anti-Gay Remarks
GQ Publishes Interview Containing Robertson's Anti-Gay Remarks. In an interview with GQ Magazine, Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson decried homosexuality, calling it illogical and sinful and comparing it to bestiality:
Out here in these woods, without any cameras around, Phil is free to say what he wants. Maybe a little too free. He's got lots of thoughts on modern immorality, and there's no stopping them from rushing out. Like this one:
"It seems like, to me, a vagina--as a man--would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me.I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical."
"Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong," he says. "Sin becomes fine."
What, in your mind, is sinful?
"Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men," he says. Then he paraphrases Corinthians: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers--they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right." [GQ, January 2014, emphasis added]
Robertson Also Defended "Pre-Civil-Rights-Era-Louisiana." During the interview, Robertson claimed black farmers were "singing and happy" before the "pre-entitlement, pre-welfare" Civil Rights era:
Phil On Growing Up in Pre-Civil-Rights-Era Louisiana
"I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I'm with the blacks, because we're white trash. We're going across the field.... They're singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, 'I tell you what: These doggone white people'--not a word!... Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues." [GQ, January 2014, emphasis original]
GLAAD Condemned Robertson's "Vile" Anti-Gay Comments. GLAAD condemned Robertson's comments, calling them "vile" and urging A&E to "reexamine their ties to someone with such public disdain for LGBT people and families." [GLAAD, 12/18/13]
A&E Placed Robertson On Indefinite Hiatus Following His Remarks. On December 18, A&E announced that Robertson would be under "hiatus from filming indefinitely" and reiterated its support for the LGBT community:
In a statement, A+E Networks said, "We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series 'Duck Dynasty.' His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The networks has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely." [Los Angeles Times, 12/18/13]
Robertson Released His Own Statement Explaining His Anti-Gay Remarks. Robertson released his own statement on December 18, stating that he would "never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from" him. [The Hollywood Reporter, 12/18/13]
Fox News Employees Rushed To Condemn A&E, Defend Robertson's Remarks
Katie Pavlich: "Robertson's Statement Wasn't Anti-Gay." Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich criticized A&E's suspension on twitter, writing that "in America now the only opinion you're allowed to have on homosexuality is one that GLAAD supports," and "Robertson's statement wasn't anti-gay":
Erick Erickson: A&E Is "Destined For Hell Fire." Fox News contributor Erick Erickson defended Robertson's comments in a December 18 blog post on RedState.com, writing:
Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant and then it seeks to silence good. Phil Robertson, patriarch of the Duck Dynasty clan, honestly answered questions during an GQ interview. He spoke openly of his Christian faith. Because he offended a secular left at war with orthodox Christianity, he must be punished.
A&E and Phil Robertson both chose to put their respective faiths ahead of profits.
What we should not shy away from is that Phil Robertson articulated very Biblical doctrine. He referenced scripture. Homosexual acts are, in fact, sinful according to the Bible. And as society begins to openly tolerate as normal things that really are not normal behaviors, society tends to start loosening up across the board as it descends down a slippery slope.
Actually, Robertson said precisely what true Christians believe and anyone, including A & E, letting GLAAD be an arbiter of true Christian thought is pretty quickly destined for hell fire.
A & E has now joined much of mass market culture in the Western World in picking sides in a fight -- tolerance for gay rights, but not for Christians expressing honest answers to questions asked of their faith. The only surprise is that the Christians of Duck Dynasty could last there as long as they did. A&E has as much right to do this as you have to turn the channel. But they have clearly aligned themselves against us in the culture wars. [RedState.com, 12/18/13, emphasis added]
Todd Starnes: "Intolerant, Anti-Straight Groups Are Targeting Duck Dynasty." Fox News Radio reporter Todd Starnes criticized GLAAD's condemnation of Robertson's comments, writing that "Intolerant, Anti-Straight groups are targeting Duck Dynasty":
[Twitter, 12/18/13]
Sean Hannity: Robertson's Comments Reflected "Old Fashioned Traditional Christian Sentiment And Values." During the December 18 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show, Fox's Hannity claimed that Robertson's comments were "old fashioned traditional Christian sentiment and values.":
[Premiere Radio Networks, The Sean Hannity Show, 12/18/13]
Sarah Palin: "Free Speech Is An Endangered Species." Fox News contributor Sarah Palin voiced her support for Robertson on Facebook, writing:
Free speech is an endangered species. Those "intolerants" hatin' and taking on the Duck Dynasty patriarch for voicing his personal opinion are taking on all of us. [Facebook, 12/18/13]
Geraldo Rivera: "It's Political Correctness That's Gotten Malignant." During the December 19 edition of Fox & Friends, Fox host Geraldo Rivera criticized A&E's "political correctness" in deciding to punish Robertson for his comments:
[Fox News, Fox & Friends, 12/19/13]
Jim Pinkerton: We're Seeing "A Purge Of Southern White Christian Patriotic Culture Out Of TV." During the December 19 edition of Happening Now, Fox News contributor Jim Pinkerton stated that A&E's decision was part of an effort to "purge" "Southern white Christian patriotic culture out of TV":
[Fox News, Happening Now, 12/19/13]
Alisyn Camerota: "Are People On Reality Shows Not Allowed To Have Real Opinions?" During the December 19 edition of Fox News' America's News Headquarters, host Alisyn Camerota asked if Robertson's anti-gay remarks were "free speech":
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VALLECITO The frustration of a mother increased Monday the eighth day searchers failed to turn up a trace of her missing 13-year-old son.
Im running out of prayers, Elaine Redwine said as she watched a law-enforcement boat equipped with sonar trace patterns on the reservoir near the dam. The longer this goes on, the more helpless we feel.
Dylan Redwine was last seen at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 19 by his father, Mark Redwine, but was gone when the father returned home north of the reservoir four hours later after running errands.
The parents divorced in 2007, and Elaine Redwine, Dylan and his brother, Cory, 21, moved to Colorado Springs this summer.
Dylans visit over the Thanksgiving break was court-ordered.
In an interview with ABC News Radio late Monday, Elaine Redwine said shes afraid her ex-husband may have had something to do with their sons disappearance.
I was married to Mark for a lot of years, and I know the way he reacts to things, she told ABC. If Dylan did or said something that wasnt what Mark wanted to hear, Im just afraid Mark would have reacted.
Elaine Redwine also said her former husband was upset that she had received primary custody of Dylan.
I dont think Mark treats him very well, she said. I would not put it past Mark to have done something to remove Dylan from the situation. You know, like If I cant have him, nobody will.
Dylans case has gotten national and international attention. La Plata County Sheriffs Office spokesman Dan Bender hasnt had time to count media contacts. But he remembers talking to Good Morning America, someone from Washington, D.C., and, of course, media from throughout Colorado.
Elaine Redwine said the family has received Facebook posts from Australia wishing them a happy outcome.
Her hopes for definite news were dashed Monday when three sonar-outfitted boats turned up nothing unusual at three points marked with buoys that cadaver dogs on Saturday indicated were points of interest.
Two cadaver dogs, independently of each other, signaled the same locations, Bender said.
The sheriffs office has had five to seven investigators on the case. They dont want to overlook any potential lead, Bender said.
Denise Hess, a close friend of Elaine Redwine, immediately organized a methodical search that took volunteers through hills and valleys, empty outbuildings and door-to-door in search of clues.
On Sunday, a dive team from New Mexico State Police searched near the sites nosed out by the cadaver dogs the day before. The dogs belong to La Plata County Search and Rescue.
Contacted Monday at his home, Mark Redwine declined to discuss the search for Dylan.
I know theyre looking for my son, but Id prefer not to say anything, Redwine said at the door of his house. I prefer to let the investigators do their work.
Hess said there were no search teams or door-to-door handout of fliers Monday. She said probably 300 to 400 people, including Dylans classmates from when he went to school in Bayfield, have helped. Volunteers hail from Farmington, Durango, Cortez, Mancos and Pagosa Springs as well as Bayfield and Vallecito, she said.
Bender said the sonar boats make runs parallel to the dam and then perpendicular to the structure in order to leave no area unscrutinized. One sonar boat belongs to the New Mexico State Police, another is the personal boat of La Plata County Sheriffs Deputy Jerry Little.
Sonar impulses home in on objects that dont match the size or shape of what is normally found on the bottom of a body of water.
Divers have to be used judiciously, Bender said. The elevation of Vallecito, 7,700 feet, the 38 degree water and its depth, 40 feet, allow them to search safely for only 20 to 30 minutes.
Then, divers must wait eight hours before working again, Bender said. Divers cant take a break to have a Coke, then go back down, he said.
Sheriffs investigators are working with the FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Dylans disappearance hasnt been placed on the Department of Justices Amber Alert program for missing children. Inclusion for Amber Alert requires a confirmed abduction, imminent danger of injury or death to the victim and the opinion of authorities that designation will help resolve the case.
Bender said investigators are treating the case as they would any similar disappearance. The child can be a runaway or victim of an abduction, he said.
Absent any clues, we owe it to Dylan to consider all possibilities, Bender said. We will continue to do so.
None of Dylans belongings that could carry his scent was available in the first days of the investigation. But the family had articles of the boys clothing delivered on the weekend.
We have the clothes, Bender said Monday. We dont need them here (at the reservoir), but can use them later.
Elaine Redwine doesnt believe her son is a runaway because it wasnt his nature and because he was happy at his new school in Colorado Springs where he entered eighth grade this fall.
Its no comfort that they didnt find anything in the water today, she said Monday. But just looking for your little boy in a lake is horrific.
Bender said no search is planned for today, but searches will resume if new clues or leads develop.


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