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People with no known fire safety experience are carrying out unexpected ‘official’ fire safety assessments’ at retail and office premises, Warwickshire businesses are warned.
Warwickshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue and Trading Standards Services were alerted by a Stratford business that had been approached by two males who claimed to be there to make an assessment of their fire precautions.
Watch Commander for Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service, Paul Simmons said:
“We are very concerned to hear that businesses are being approached by people claiming to be from the fire and rescue service. I would like to advise businesses that when our officers visit premises to carry out fire safety assessments, they will always be in uniform and carry an authorisation card.
“If there is any doubt, then you can call our fire safety department on 01926 410800 to confirm your visitor is employed by Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service.”
Trading Standards Officers suspect that the callers probably represented a fire equipment sales firm and were claiming to be carrying out an ‘official fire safety assessment’ as a prelude to trying to sell the business fire safety equipment.
Businesses are to undertake a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment for their premises.
The Fire Safety Order allows for any competent individual to carry out the assessment and there are a number of organisations willing to undertake risk assessments for businesses. However, businesses should ensure that any individual employed to carry out a fire risk assessment is suitably competent and qualified.
Businesses requiring further information or wishing to verify the identity of a visiting Fire Safety Officer should phone Fire Safety Headquarters on 01926 410800.
For more information visit: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/businessfiresafety
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BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Those traveling by train used to have to spend almost an entire day or night in crammed compartments to get from Beijing to Shanghai, a distance equivalent to traveling from New York to Atlanta.
The then-grumbling travelers may never have imagined that a decade later an express railway would shorten the journey to less than five hours, even forcing airlines to cut flights between the two cities due to passenger losses after it was put into operation on June 20, 2011.
The 1,318-km Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, linking the nation's capital and its financial center, carries tens of thousands of passengers every day with high-speed trains travelling at some 300 km an hour.
The express trains offer a glimpse into the development of China's high-end equipment manufacturing industries that have boomed in the past decade, led by high-speed railways, a satellite navigation system and a massive aircraft project, according to China Economic Weekly.
China currently has more than 6,800 km of high-speed railway lines operating at speeds of over 200 km per hour. The total length is expected to reach about 18,000 km by 2015, according to the Ministry of Railways (MOR), the report said.
After the first railway of this kind in northern China was put into operation in 2002, the country has twice raised its railway speed nationwide, in 2004 and 2007, respectively.
The high-speed railways have provided enormous impetus to the economy, the MOR said, citing the 2 million job opportunities created in regions along the Beijing-Shanghai express railway lines.
Experts estimate that the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway has boosted domestic demand up by nearly 1.2 trillion yuan (about 191.9 million U.S. dollars) in the first two years of the construction period.
Analysts said that large-scale high-speed railway construction will be the engine for rapid growth in China's economy amid the global financial crisis and economic recession.
Apart from the rapid development of high-speed railways, the past decade has also seen the country's ambitions in high-end manufacturing reach into the aerospace sector.
Not long after the railway projects began to burgeon in 2002, in May 2003, China sent out its third geostationary satellite into space via its own carrier rocket, the Long March-3A, for the country's indigenous global satellite navigation system and positioning network, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.
The government embarked on developing the BeiDou system in 2000, aiming to break the dependence on the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS).
Between April 2009 and December 2011, a total of nine BeiDou orbiters were successfully launched into space.
Around the same time, a preliminary model of China's first home-grown large passenger aircraft, the C919, was unveiled at Airshow China 2010, three years after getting the green light from the central government upon the initiation of the country's civil aircraft project.
The manufacturer, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC), said that the company has now secured 13 customers and orders of 330 C919 units, and it expects the numbers to grow during the upcoming Airshow China, scheduled for November 2012.
Wu Guanghui, COMAC's chief designer for the C919 project, said that the future global and domestic markets will have a strong appetite for civil aircraft such as the C919. ' China will hand over more than 3,000 civil aircraft by 2029, a COMAC report forecast.
Likewise, the BeiDou system also aims high, setting goals of providing satellite navigation, time and short message services for Asia-Pacific regions by 2012 and global services by 2020.
Since it started to provide services on a trial basis on Dec. 27, 2011, the network has been used in transportation, weather forecasting, marine fisheries, forestry, telecommunications, hydrological monitoring and mapping, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office.
The latest launch came in September, when the country put the 14th and 15th BeiDou satellites into orbit. By 2020, the system will consist of 35 satellites.
According to a document issued by the State Council, China's Cabinet, the development of high-end equipment manufacturing at the current stage will focus on aviation equipment, satellites, rail systems, oceaneering equipment and intelligent manufacturing. As the last two markets remain untapped, the clock is ticking.
Specifically, the sales revenue of oceaneering equipment, including equipment for offshore oil and gas extraction, is expected to reach 200 billion yuan by 2015, according to a government development plan released earlier this year.
The aggregated revenue of China's high-end equipment manufacturing industry totaled 1.6 trillion yuan in 2010, and the country expects the sector to become one of the pillar industries of the national economy by 2020.
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Rebecca from Mature Dating was finally released after being held hostage for over a year. "I emailed everyone I knew, and some I did not to highlight my situation - that I was being held less than three miles from their home but no-one responded" the buxom 55 year old claimed. Police attending said they had been alerted to her plight after a colleague tried to contact her and received a call from a man claiming to be her "friend" and asking for a reward for her whereabouts.
Rebecca finally released
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So who paid Rebecca's ransom? I think we should be told.
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Crazy Eyes Film Review
By Kam Williams
Hedonistic Playboy Tries Platonic Relationship in Offbeat Romantic RompAt first blush, this picture superficially reads like the typical opening of a Dragnet episode. After all, it is set in L.A. and starts with a voiceover informing the audience that what you are about to see is true. However, that's where the similarities between the classic TV series and Crazy Eyes begin and end, since the latter is an offbeat romantic romp rather than a sobering crime story narrated by a glum gumshoe.
Here, the protagonist, Zach (Lukas Haas), is a wealthy playboy who boasts about having 4½ women on speed dial should he find himself in the mood for a booty call at the end of any evening. That self-indulgent lifestyle doesn't sit well with his ex-wife (Moran Atias), since it results in his forgetting when he's supposed to take custody of their son (Blake Garrett) sorely in need of quality time with his emotionally-unavailable dad.
Besides being surrounded by frustrated females, Zach has a substance problem, too. That's not much of a surprise, given that his best friend, Dan (Jake Busey), is a bartender and his primary enabler. After hours, they're fond of doing lines of coke in his hot tub with loose ladies they picked up at the club.
The plot thickens the day Zach finally meets his match. That would be Rebecca (Madeline Zima), an attractive, if uncoordinated lush he decides to refer to as Crazy Eyes. She's able to resist his considerable seductive powers, ostensibly holding out because he's promised to take her to an art gallery exhibiting the work of Hieronymus Bosch.
Rather than find someone else to sleep with, Zach inexplicably becomes intrigued and what ensues is an ill-advised dating ritual marked by overindulgence, passing out inebriated together, totaling a car, a DUI and intermittent barfing. Will Rebecca get to see Bosch? Will Zach ever get lucky? Will they ever clean up their acts?
Sadly, none of the above is necessarily important to a couple of decadent drunks already in Drunk Heaven.
Good (2 stars)
Running time: 95 minutes
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Trailer for Crazy Eyes:
Kam Williams is a syndicated film and book critic who writes for 100+ publications. He is a member of the New York Film Critics Online, the African-American Film Critics Association, and the NAACP Image Awards Nominating Committee. Contact him through NewsBlaze. Read more reviews by Kam Williams.
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Maher Offers Trump $5 Million To Prove He Isn't 'Spawn of His Mother Having Sex With An Orangutan'
Bill Maher on Monday offered $5 Million to the charity of Donald Trump’s choosing if the billionaire could prove that he wasn’t “the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.”
Such happened on NBC’s Tonight Show which clearly was in on the gag (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
During his interview with the HBO host, Jay Leno brought up Maher’s battles with Trump.
“I'm not looking for a feud with Donald Trump,” Maher responded, “and I certainly only wish the best for the syphilitic monkey who does his Twitter feed.”
After the laughter died down, Maher continued, “Well, the monkey thing, that's, see, I think that's what got him so mad is that we did a ‘New Rule’ one week that supposed that perhaps Donald Trump had been the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.”
“The color of his hair,” Maher explained, “and the color of an orange orangutan is the only two things in nature of the same color.”
The following picture was put on the screen making it clear Leno and Company knew this was coming:
“I wondered what that was for today,” Leno said.
“I'm not saying it's true,” answered Maher. “I hope it's not true. But, unless he comes up with proof, I'm willing to offer $5 million to Donald Trump if he will come, that he can donate to a charity of his choice: Hair Club for Men, the Institute for Incorrigible Douchebaggery, whatever charity.”
Going to be interesting to see how Trump responds.
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Not too long ago, the guiding rule was thus: Pregnant women should eat no more than 12 ounces of tuna a week. Now, Consumer Reports is changing its tune. No tuna. Period. (via Healthland)
It has always been widely known that seafood can pose a danger for pregnant women and children – that the mercury in the material can affect a fetus, even in minor doses.
But the Consumer Reports research raises the level of concern to a whole new level. The publication bought cans of tuna in and around New York and found that white tuna contains far more mercury than light tuna. Their expert opinion: Pregnant women should avoid tuna altogether. They also issued guidelines for children; Read the full report at Healthland.
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You’ve almost made it through the work week. Now, enjoy your Friday links with a cold beer, which is the cause behind all of world history.
That’s My Profile!: A new dating site stole 250,000 people’s profiles that were visible to the public on Facebook. Now’s the time to update your privacy settings. (Wired)
Mr. Mona Lisa: Was the Mona Lisa modeled after a dude? Italian art historians now think the world’s most famous painting may feature Da Vinci’s apprentice and lover.
More Obesity Causes: A new study links the number of years a mother’s employed after childbirth with increasing child obesity. The study gives working mothers everywhere something else to feel guilty about. (ABC News)
Janitorial Shooting: A California elementary school janitor shot the school principle after he fired him. In a more disturbing spin, the two played golf together last Sunday. (CBS News)
PR Fail: Kenneth Cole’s tweet Thursday outraged the internet, as he claimed the Egyptian protesters were riled up against his sale. See how he tried to control the damage of the PR faux paux.
Last Tango: Maria Schneider of “Last Tango in Paris” died at 58 Thursday. See images from her most famous roll in one of the most controversial films of all time. (LIFE)
Bieber Takes on Stewart: On The Daily Show Thursday night Justin Bieber and Jon Stewart traded places and shamefully tried to spread Bieber Fever for the child star’s new movie, Never Say Never. (BuzzFeed)
Must See: Did you know that beer changed the course of human history? Apparently, beer established modern health care and built the pyramids. (The Daily What)
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Ballot printing machines are latest in the world–NPOBy Jocelyn R. Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Touting its printing machines as the “latest in the world,” the National Printing Office (NPO) has confidently announced that it can finish printing the more than 52 million official ballots for the May 13 elections two weeks before the deadline.
At the unveiling of the printing facility that will be used for the production of the ballots Wednesday, NPO Director Emmanuel Andaya said the printing of the ballots, a crucial process in the elections, will be conducted under tight security and the watchful eye of a highly trained staff.
The printing of the ballots officially starts on Feb. 4. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects the NPO to deliver the printed ballots by April 25. But Andaya said the NPO was confident that they can beat the deadline and finish two weeks earlier.
The NPO has subcontracted the P780-million contract to print 52,017,360 ballots for the 2013 elections to the Holy Family Printing Corp. and its partner, Canon Marketing Phil.
In a speech at the event that was attended by Comelec officials, Andaya said “we want to tell the Filipino people that the NPO will contribute its major share in the conduct of credible elections.”
“We have prepared well and we will not fail you,” he said.
“The workplace you see before you has been transformed into one of the best in the country’s printing industry. The technology of the printing machines we chose for this project is the latest in the world and we are confident [that we can finish] printing two weeks ahead of schedule,” Andaya said.
The entire facility is covered by closed-circuit television cameras and all those entering the premises have to go through biometrics screening.
A viewing area has also been provided for visitors and observers who would like to monitor the printing 24/7, said Andaya.
He said the printing presses were calibrated and the operators underwent extensive training by German, Singaporean and local Canon engineers.
Three Canon Color Stream 3000 printers leased to the NPO is expected to churn out 314 ballots per minute, or a million each day, according to NPO Deputy Director Raul Nagrampa.
Nagrampa said all the ballots will undergo “100 percent PCOS (Precinct Count Optical Scanners) reading,” that is, each ballot will pass through the precinct count optical scan. The Comelec has allotted 156 PCOS machines for the stringent procedure. The NPO has allotted a room adjacent to the printing area for the PCOS machines.
Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. and Commissioners Grace Padaca, Lucenito Tagle, Elias Yusoph and Armando Velasco, and Henrietta de Villa, chairperson of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) also attended the event.
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Bill seeking to protect public from unsafe meat passes SenateINQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate has passed a bill that seeks to stop the proliferation of double-dead meat, locally known as “botcha,” as well as “hot meat” that come from unregistered slaughterhouses.
“We need to modernize our agriculture and food laws to help protect the agriculture and the livestock industry sectors,” Senator Francis Pangilinan, who sponsored Senate Bill 3388 amending the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines, said in a statement.
Pangilinan said the bill also aims to safeguard public health from “botcha” by adopting stringent measures.
“As our country moves up the ranks of developing nations, we must put an end to any and all practices that not only hinder our economic growth but more importantly threaten the health of our people,” Pangilinan said.
The bill imposes higher penalties to anybody who would sell transports and handle “botcha,” he said.
The bill will also bring Philippine regulations on meat inspection up to international standards, Pangilinan added.
All meat products that come from slaughter houses that are not accredited and have not undergone proper inspection would be classified as “hot meat.” Imported meat products without proper documents or those that have been smuggled would likewise be classified as “hot meat.”
The bill imposes a penalty of six months to 12 years imprisonment including a fine of P100,000 to P1 million to all violators.
If a corporation or association is found to have violated the act, all its officers would be criminally liable and their certificates of accreditation and registration revoked.
Public officials found in violation of the law would face perpetual disqualification to hold office while foreigners convicted would be deported after serving their sentence.
“We hope that in passing this bill we will finally see an end to ‘botcha’ and impose the appropriate sanctions on all those who participate in this unacceptable practice,” Pangilinan said. Candice Gelani
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Cops track down pawnshop thief in remote Ilocos Sur villageBy Jeannette I. Andrade
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—“Sorry, he’s not in right now. Would you like to leave a message?”
With that deadpan statement, Jim Bautista hoped to evade arrest in Ilocos Sur on Wednesday, but the ruse fell flat on its face as he apparently had forgotten that the police had a mugshot of him taken when he was arrested on a burglary charge in Las Piñas City last year, police said.
Thus Bautista, a suspect in the break-in by robbers who burrowed their way underground into the vault of a pawnshop in Quezon City last week, was being transported back to Metro Manila on Wednesday to face charges in connection with the Quezon City theft and his jumping bail.
Members of the Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit had to travel some five hours to Ilocos Sur and then several more hours to a village in Quirino town, over rough terrain and the Abra River, to serve an arrest warrant on the 21-year-old Bautista, a suspected member of a group the police refers to as the “Hasanta acetylene group.”
Bautista is one of four suspects in the Feb. 13 break-in at the Tambunting Pawnshop on Calle Industria in Barangay (village) Bagong Bayan, where robbers burrowed underground to get to the shop’s vault. The thieves cleaned out the vault of some P800,000 in cash and pawned jewelry.
“He never expected anybody to reach him,” QCPD-CIDU theft and robbery head Chief Insp. Allan Dela Cruz told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a telephone interview. He described Sitio Bulbulen in the municipality of Quirino as a “really isolated mountainous area.”
Dela Cruz, who led the team of QCPD-CIDU operatives, said that when he and his mean arrived at Bautista’s home in Sitio Bulbulen around 6 a.m., they immediately spotted the suspect whom they initially pretended not to recognize. They asked after Jim Bautista to which the suspect replied, “Wala siya. Umalis (He is not here. He left).”
But the QCPD-CIDU personnel had brought a copy of Bautista’s mugshot with them and when confronted with it, Bautista had no option but admit who he was.
Dela Cruz said that they noticed that Bautista was all dressed up and they surmised he was just about to leave, possibly to meet someone, when they caught him.
Asked how they were able to track down Bautista to the remote village, Dela Cruz told the Inquirer, “He was the only one who told the truth about his background and gave his real name when his group was arrested last year.”
Bautista and four other members of the Hasanta acetylene group were arrested in July last year for a robbery at the DM Garcia pawnshop on the Alabang-Zapote Road in Las Piñas City. Bautista had jumped bail of P100,000, prompting a Las Piñas City court to issue a new warrant for his arrest.
Dela Cruz said they were not able to recover from Bautista any valuable that could have been part of the pawnshop loot but said it was to be expected. “These organized groups usually surrender all their loot to their financier who pays their respective share of the proceeds,” he said.
Dela Cruz said that they were bringing Bautista back to Metro Manila for the return of the arrest warrant to the Las Piñas City court before filing another robbery charge in the Quezon City prosecutor’s office against him and his cohorts for last week’s heist at the Tambunting Pawnshop.
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“What can I say about Justin? What can I say about Jalen?” said OU quarterback Landry Jones. “They both came up with huge catches. Justin ran a corner route and the cornerback was all over him.
“Those two guys add so much to this offense, and add so much to our game plan. It’s been truly a pleasure to have those guys. I’m really glad they decided to transfer here.”
The two additions were particularly welcome after three experienced OU receivers — Jaz Reynolds, Trey Franks and Kameel Jackson — were suspended indefinitely just after spring practices.
Reynolds and Franks remain suspended from games, and Jackson was eventually dismissed.
The suspensions left Stills as OU’s only returning receiver with any big-time college football experience — until Brown and Saunders arrived.
Brown was a three-year starter at PennState who opted to transfer after the NCAA — in response to the child-abuse scandal — levied harsh sanctions against the school.
Saunders was a first-team All-WAC selection at FresnoState last season, and transferred because of a family illness made worse by the atmosphere surrounding the school.
The NCAA initially denied Saunders’ waiver request for immediately eligibility, but his appeal was eventually approved before the Oct. 13 Red River Rivalry game against Texas.
Saunders set a school record with his eight first-quarter receptions in Oklahoma’s Oct. 27 loss to current No. 1 Notre Dame.
When the Sooners’ offense returned to the field Saturday with a little over six minutes remaining and OU trailing by a touchdown, Jones relied heavily on the transfer duo.
The senior quarterback connected with Saunders and Brown on four first-down plays over the drive, which ended with four seconds left in regulation when Blake Bell ran for a game tying, 4-yard touchdown.
“We all help each other,” Saunders said of the OU receiver group, “but me and Justin chat a lot. We’ve all come along and we’re like brothers.”
(JUN 2013): If You Pay For Car Insurance You Must Read This Immediately
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul treated two basketball-loving Texas teenagers to an NBA game after a video of one boy's generosity to a special needs player on the opposing team went viral.
Mitchell Marcus, a senior at Coronado High in El Paso, Texas, and Jonathon Montanez, a senior at Franklin High, sat courtside at Sunday's game against Oklahoma City as guests of Paul. Accompanying them was Coronado coach Peter Morales, along with the boys' families, and Scooter Braun, who manages pop sensation Justin Bieber.
Marcus, a special needs student and an avid basketball fan, has been team manager of the Coronado Thunderbirds for three years. Morales gave Marcus a chance to play with 90 seconds left in the last game of the season.
Marcus missed his first shot and the ball went out of bounds, giving Franklin High possession. Trailing by 10 points, Montanez tossed Marcus the ball with 13 seconds left. Marcus scored, the crowd went wild and a video of Marcus' basket went viral.
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Maroon, yellow and white combined with the classic “C” logo.
A relatively newer school but the look, especially the blues, is already a classic, topped by the silver helmets with the pointed “N.”
The Raiders have the Silver and Black. Midwest City has the Gold and Black. The gold “M” on the helmets, simple gold lettering and, during the playoffs, gold shoes are a strong combination.
Putnam City North
Panthers paw on the side of the helmet, Cardinal red and yellow give the Panthers a simple, traditional look.
Lawton's Michigan-style black wings on a red helmet are unique in that they aren't given to everyone. The wings must be earned.
Not many teams use purple and the Knights do it as well as anybody, with a shield on a purple helmet.
Sure, it's basically a St. Louis redux, but the white Ram horns on red helmets are a striking combination.
The Hornet logo on the side makes the helmet, but the black with orange face masks add plenty to the design as well.
The Bulldogs' whole uniform is superb, but its Alabama-style black helmets with white numbers on each side are a sharp topper.
Plenty of other uniforms from around the state also deserve mention:
Simple uniforms with the school's shield on a white helmet are a classy, traditional loo.
The Trojans easily could've been in the traditional category, best part is the “Trojans” name in lieu of names on the back of jersey.
The big, almost circle-shaped “M” with a Highlander on a yellow helmet is one of the best logos around.
Roughers wore blue Muskogee Manual throwbacks earlier this season vs. Westmoore.
All-red uniforms with blue helmets give the Saints a unique look.
The stark black-and-white look with the P/T shield on the helmets is sharp.
Putnam City West
Not many schools use Columbia blue and the Patriots use it well.
The Redskins have the iconic “U” logo but have tinkered with several additional jersey combinations this year.
The Tigers used the double-T until going back to a simple, plain white helmet with a single stripe a few years ago.
The Jaguars went to a matte black helmet this year and went to red numbers instead of white on their black jerseys.
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After initially bemoaning the loss of OSU freshman quarterback Wes Lunt to a knee injury, Fox Sports broadcasters Joel Meyers and Brian Baldinger ended the Louisiana-Lafayette telecast Saturday afternoon thinking it might be a blessing in disguise.
The strong play of back-up quarterback J.W. Walsh led them to believe the Cowboys will have a more diversified attack when they return to action against Texas on Sept. 29.
“I would open the offense up a little more and give him the freedom because he is really good on his feet,” said Baldinger, whom called Lunt a “Weeden clone,” which is a compliment since Brandon Weeden is starting for the Cleveland Browns as a rookie.
“He's a coach's son and he plays like it,” Meyers said of Walsh, who passed for 347 yards and four touchdowns. “He was very poised.”
They complimented Walsh's running ability after several nice runs.
“Pretty serious wheels,” Meyers said.
“The play is never over with this guy,” Baldinger said. “He can just rescue it.”
After Lunt was taken off the field, the sportscasters thought the injury might be severe. “This is just a disaster,” Baldinger said. “Terrible feeling for him and his family.”
However, sideline reporter Jim Knox later reported that Lunt would be out only two to three weeks.
* Overhyping the game at the start, Meyers said Louisiana-Lafayette was hoping to pull off an upset similar to Lafayette-Monroe over Arkansas last week.
* Later Meyers wondered if the Ragin' Cajun's travel problems Friday were a prelude of what was to come Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium. “Was it an omen for Mark Hudspeth and the Ragin' Cajuns from Layafette when the plane was struck by lightning before they left?”
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When police cadet Kelley Chase suffered a fatal head injury Oct. 12 he was participating in a demanding test of his ability to defend himself in life-or-death situations.
Chase, 38, died the morning after he hit his head on a mat and passed out while being tested on a takedown maneuver with an instructor. While it was not a violent hit, his unprotected head had hit the mat several times during the test, police Capt. Dexter Nelson said.
The state medical examiner reported Friday that Chase died of blunt force head trauma.
Chase was in great physical shape, and he was something of a mentor to younger cadets, Police Chief Bill Citty said.
A new policy will now require that cadets wear protective head gear in the self-defense course.
The fatal injury occurred while Chase, an Air Force veteran, was concluding a 78-hour course of defense training for cadets.
The course culminates with a six-minute exam during which cadets are rigorously tested by different instructors on a host of techniques. During a rotation of simulated fights, he went to the ground several times with different instructors.
“You stress them over the time period because you want to see what they've learned,” Citty said. “It lets them know even if they're tired, they can fight through it.”
Preparation is crucial for police
That kind of preparation is important for the unpredictable nature of police work.
“You have to be prepared to protect yourself,” said Sgt. Keith Cornman, a police trainer. “We don't want them to quit on the street if they're in a fight to save their life or to save somebody else's life.”
Due to the physical nature of the training, injuries are common, from bumps and bruises to strained muscles and the occasional broken bone.
When he was a patrol officer, Cornman found out the importance of this training.
He was in southeast Oklahoma City when he tried to put handcuffs on a wanted man after a traffic stop. The officer found a gun in the man's waistband.
Without using the proper technique to stabilize the man's hands and handcuff him, the encounter could have ended much differently. The skills Cornman used were among many he learned as a recruit during control and defensive tactics training, where cadets learn how to gain control over suspected criminals and protect themselves from attacks.
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Taiwan says Japan 'furtively occupying' disputed islands
News On Japan via Japan Today -- Aug 19
Taiwan has accused Japan of "furtively occupying" disputed islands in the East China Sea which are at the center of a territorial row between Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei.
The move came as Japan, which controls the islands, deported a group of pro-China activists who had sailed to one of them, and could be a sign that Taipei will take a stronger stance on the issue, Taiwanese media said.
On Wednesday, some of the activists became the first non-Japanese to set foot on any part of the archipelago since 2004, planting China's and Taiwan's flags there.
"It is in keeping with our government's territorial claim that the national flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan's official name) was on the Diaoyu islands, which Japan is furtively occupying," the foreign ministry said in a statement late Friday.
The islands are known as Diaoyu in China and Taiwan and Senkaku in Japan.
It was the first time Taiwan has described Japan as "furtively occupying" them.
The Japanese word "choju," meaning longevity, implies, with its kanji, joyous celebration of long life. Intrinsically, it is a joyful thing for people to live long. But if a society has many people who age in solitude, isolated from their families and local communities, it cannot be called choju. It should rather be called "roka shakai," or a society that weakens as it ages. (Yomiuri )
Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito has ended his official visit to Spain after a trip to a Christian pilgrimage site in the northwest. His visit marked the 400th anniversary of relations between the 2 countries. (NHK )
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Are you an older person who’s getting a hard time selecting a partner? Maybe, you simply needed to get that special someone and start a family once again right after failed marriage. But dating for middle aged men is particularly challenging. But for those who are adamant there is that certain path you might like to try out – over 50 dating. Have a look at the video below:
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Cisco 7000 Family Adds Compact 5-Slot Model; New Silicon Switching More Than Doubles Performance
High-End Router Family Enhanced in Move to the CiscoFusion Architecture
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 28, 1994 -- Cisco Systems has enhanced itshigh-end Cisco 7000 family of multiprotocol routers with a new five-slotchassis designed for applications requiring high-end routing technology ina compact, cost-effective package. The company has also introduced aSilicon Switch Processor that more than doubles the 7000 family'sthroughput to over 250,000 packets per second; this processor is the firstimplementation of a key technology in the CiscoFusion architecture forswitched internetworks.
The new Cisco 7010 router offers the high performance and broad arrayof network interfaces of the seven-slot Cisco 7000,
The Cisco 7010's three configurable interface slots support up to 18LAN or 24 WAN interfaces, a combination of Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, HSSIand serial. An ATM interface will be available in mid-1994(see accompanyingrelease).
Dale Boehm, Cisco 7000 product manager, said, "User feedback in theyear since we introduced the Cisco 7000 has shown that many customers wantfull performance and functionality but don't necessarily need a full-sizechassis. Linking an ATM network to an FDDI network, for example, requiresmaximum performance but only two interface slots. Our performance isconsistent across both Cisco 7000 models. Customers have the flexibility toinstall a solution suited to their needs without compromising systemperformance."
The Cisco 7010's loosely coupled multiprocessing architecture isidentical to that of the Cisco 7000. A Route Processor handlesnon-time-critical functions, while a Switch Processor determines eachpacket's destination and switches it. The TRI-Bus design -- consisting of adata-switching bus, a processor-to-processor communication bus and anoverhead functions bus -- separates router control data from user data,leaving the data highway always available for transmitting mission-criticalinformation. Processors are fully interchangeable between the two products,and on-line insertion and removal of interfaces minimizes downtime. Systemflash memory allows the software in all units to be administered and/orupgraded from a central point. The Cisco 7010 offers the same comprehensivemedia and protocol capability as all other Cisco routers, supporting morethan 15 LAN and WAN protocols via dynamic routing and numerous bridgingtechniques.
Silicon Switch Processor -- Growth Beyond 250,000 ppsAvailable in May for both the Cisco 7000 and 7010 will be a SiliconSwitch Processor (SSP), an upgrade to the family's current bit-slice-basedSwitch Processor that users can install in the field, increasingperformance on all media from roughly 110,000 packets per second to morethan 250,000 pps.
SSP-level performance is targeted for very high-speed backbones,particularly those where extensive security is a requirement. The highperformance is needed in scenarios where packet-by-packet access-listchecking is done -- for example, to keep personnel files private, isolatesoftware development projects so source code stays secure, or protectsensitive financial information.
Cisco achieved this major increase in performance by taking the packetswitching decisions, normally part of software, and accelerating them withcustom hardware. The SSP incorporates a special-purpose silicon switchingengine that examines the packet headers, identifies the appropriate routingor bridging information, and forwards the packet to the proper interface.Because the SSP is programmable, it can easily be adapted to reflect newversions of protocols, giving it all the flexibility of software switchingin large multiprotocol environments.
"The SSP protects users whose networks are growing and becoming moresegmented -- especially if those networks started out as a collapsedbackbone, which can be an architectural cul-de-sac," Boehm said. "As userschoose to implement distributed backbones, especially using ATM, they cando so with either Cisco 7000 model and will not be limited by performancebottlenecks at the interfaces to the backbone. Cisco's is the onlyarchitecture to maintain consistent performance regardless of media orwhether the network is collapsed or fully distributed. The siliconswitching engine, which is the basis of the SSP, enables multilayer LANswitching, a key component of the CiscoFusion architecture for switchedinternetworks."
Pricing/AvailabilityNow shipping, the Cisco 7010 router is priced at $11,900 with RouteProcessor, Switch Processor, three open interface slots and a single powersupply. With a Silicon Switch Processor, available in May 1994, the Cisco7010 will be $16,900.
By comparison, the Cisco 7000, with Route Processor, Switch Processor,five open slots and one power supply, is $19,900; with a Silicon SwitchProcessor, it will be priced at $24,900.
Users of existing Cisco 7000s can upgrade from a Switch Processor to aSilicon Switch Processor for $7,500.
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Mobile Payments At A Crossroads: What's Taking So Long?
A look at the future of mobile payments, and the factors impacting mass adoption of the technology.
September 23 , 2012
Once we start to head out the door, the internal checklist usually begins: Car keys? Check. Phone? Yep. Purse? Backpack? Got it.
Wallet? Well, perhaps not…
The reason you may soon leave your wallet behind is because your smartphone will take its place and become the repository for credit cards, coupons, loyalty cards—and cash. However, before that can happen, a mobile payment standard has to be agreed upon by a range of interests, and then adopted.
Part of the adoption complexity is due to the fact that mobile payments offer a substantial reward, to both customers and companies, depending on which technology becomes the standard.
In the meantime, business alliances are made, competing technical solutions offered and the efficacy of one payment method over another is debated. And of course all of the competing factions—mobile manufacturers, wireless carriers, banks, to name a few—want a piece of the action.
However, one thing is clear, mobile payments will become a reality, at the very least as a consequence of reaching critical mass.
To NFC, Or Not To NFC? That's The Question…
Arguably, we are still in the early stages of mobile payments. The field includes players, such as smartphone manufacturers (Google, Samsung, etc.), mobile carriers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile), electronic payment providers (PayPal, Square & others) and a flurry of application developers.
The arena has been divided into competing visions of what the mobile payments space will look like. Much centers on the use, or absence, of the Near Field Communications (NFC) chip. Acting effectively as a short-range wireless system, NFC consists of an embedded chip within the smartphone. Users simply tap their phone on a corresponding merchant device to make a purchase.
Google represents the largest player in this market and has introduced Google Wallet. It offers a secure, wireless connection to transmit payment details via MasterCard's PayPass™ system. Offered only with the Google Android phone, the solution has prompted some controversy due to its use limitations—there's just not that many retailers equipped to accept Google Wallet.
However, the company continues to make retail alliances with the goal of creating an extensive mobile pay system. The complexity of competing approaches is underscored by Isis. Created by a coalition of point of sale providers, credit card companies, including Visa and MasterCard, and smartphone manufacturers (Motorola, Samsung, Sony), the Isis Mobile Wallet also incorporates the NFC chip to make purchases.
Recently, a few large retailers have begun to see the writing on the wall and have decided to collaborate as well. Merchant Consumer Exchange (MCX) represents a mobile pay method that includes retail giants, such as Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy and CVS.
This venture represents retailers who are straddling the divide between specialized technology adoption and competing alternatives by offering an application that's pre-packaged with the smartphone regardless of the maker. The advantage of an application approach is obvious: iPhone? Android? Windows Phone? The MCX application will function on all these devices.
In addition, PayPal, a subsidiary of online auction and e-commerce site, eBay, released its consumer mobile payment system at two thousand Home Depot stores as well as at a number of apparel retailers. PayPal's ubiquity in many kinds of online transactions means that it can sidestep the NFC arena altogether and rely on mass appeal for the success of its mobile pay application.
Perhaps the best representative of mobile payment applications that can be easily downloaded to any smartphone is Pay With Square developed by the online payment company, Square. Essentially, it lets the smartphone owner conduct personal transactions at a store, café or restaurant without ever actually taking the device out of the user's pocket or purse.
Where Apple Goes, So Goes The Mobile Pay Industry?
The direction of Apple, or lack thereof, has loomed large during this period preceding the latest iteration of the iPhone 5. Much ink has been spilled, and rampant speculation has underscored the company's influence on all things mobile.
The iPhone 5's recent launch has shown that the company has still not committed itself to a specific mobile payment solution. In fact, a previous inclusion of the iPhone-specific application, Passbook which groups coupons, loyalty cards and other retail-related items for scanning at point of sale, may simply represent an elegant example of the company's holding pattern.
If the seamless shopping experience at Apple retail locations is any indication, the company is content to wait until a near-flawless solution prevails. The long, thin profile of the new iPhone 5 demonstrates that the NFC chip, which would require more real estate, is still not ready for prime-time.
At present, the iPhone 5's longer battery life and lighter weight take precedence over the inclusion of NFC. Moreover, it seems that Apple executives have a keen understanding of the numbers as well: It's only a matter of time until a decisive approach to mobile payments prevails.
In the meantime, smartphone users will continue to have a range of options. And that's not a bad thing.
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Harlem High School's culinary arts students helped soothe the sweet tooth of many at Saturday's A Taste of Harlem event.
The pupils showed their prowess at making a variety of chocolate truffles. They also tried their hands at truffles and pralines using pecans from Harlem's Tracy-Luckey Co., caramel and other ingredients, including crushed Oreo cookies and cream cheese.
Their teacher, Barbara Howard, called the event a chance at exposure for the students as well as a learning experience to cook before a crowd outdoors in the parking lot at Tracy-Luckey.
Harlem sophomore Brittany Miller said cooking outdoors was much cooler than in a hot enclosed kitchen. She said the treats she made with her classmates were easy to do.
"It's a way to show you can make something elegant really simple," she said.
Debbie McGahee, of Dearing, said she enjoyed the treats.
"It's very nice for them (the students) to give of their time and do (this)," she said. "It's good stuff."
The Taste of Harlem was one of at least three events to take place in the Harlem area Saturday.
On Gordon Highway, Harlem United Methodist Church held the city's Trash to Treasures Market. Dozens of area residents had spots reserved in the church parking lot selling furniture, exercise equipment, clothes, electronics, baked goods and arts and crafts.
At one table, Mary Frances Vest, 9, daughter of Harlem Methodist's minister, the Rev. Roger Vest, helped sell goods to support her wish to donate school supplies to children in New Orleans affected by Hurricane Katrina. She said she came up the idea with her friend, 9-year-old Hannah McCoy, in August.
"Me and my best friend were talking one day (and we said), 'You know, we could raise money for the schools that don't have anything,'" Mary Frances said. So far, her parents said about $1,000 in money and school supplies have been collected.
Those interested in helping can contact Vest by phone at Harlem Methodist at (706) 556-6885.
Also on Saturday, Philadelphia United Methodist Church at Old Louisville and Louisville roads held its inaugural Crafts at the Crossroads event. Members of the church's Busy Bees Quilt Club, displayed handmade quilts and other crocheted and stitched items made by the group.
The church sold hand-stitched bags, pot-holders and Christmas ornaments, as well as the church's annual cookbook.
Proceeds from the sale benefitted the church's building and van fund and The Rescue Mission. The group is working toward donating 70 quilts to The Methodist Children's Home in Atlanta, said Busy Bees leader Roberta Harriss.
The Columbia County News-Times ©2013. All Rights Reserved.
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ICC announces officials for upcoming series in Canada
Dubai, Oct.6 (ANI): The International Cricket Council today announced match referee and umpire appointments for the upcoming Twenty20 International tournament taking place in King City, Ontario from 10 to 13 October involving Canada, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
The match referee for the series will be Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees while the on-field umpires will be Mark Benson of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Karran Bayney of the ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires' Panel.
Quadrangular four-nation Twenty20 International series fixtures:
10 Oct - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe and Canada v Pakistan, King City - Jeff Crowe (match referee), Mark Benson and Karran Bayney
11 Oct - Canada v Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka v Pakistan, King City - Jeff Crowe (match referee), Mark Benson and Karran Bayney
12 Oct - Pakistan v Zimbabwe and Canada v Sri Lanka, King City - Jeff Crowe (match referee), Mark Benson and Karran Bayney
13 Oct - third/fourth place play-off and final - Jeff Crowe (match referee), Mark Benson and Karran Bayney
Appointments for future series will be announced in due course.(ANI)
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I am doing some research in electromagnetic induction,
and found the following letter from Faraday that appears to contradict
Lenz's law. I doubt very much that Faraday made a mistake here, but I
have been unable to find a plausible explanation for this incongruity.
Could you please help me elucidate this conundrum?
Michael Faraday wrote to R. Phillips on Nov. 29, 1831:
"When an electric current is passed through one of two parallel wires it
causes at first a current in the same direction through the other, but
this induced current does not last a moment, notwithstanding the inducing
current (from the Voltaic battery) is continued all seems unchanged except
that the principal current continues its course, but when the current is
stopped then a return current occurs in the wire under induction of about
the same intensity and momentary duration but in the opposite direction to
that first found. Electricity in currents therefore exerts an inductive
action like ordinary electricity but subject to peculiar laws: the
effects are a current in the same
direction when the induction is established: a reverse current when the
induction ceases and a peculiar state in the interim..."
I don't see a problem here. The induced emf in the undriven wire is
proportional to the rate of change of the flux, so it's nonzero only
while the current in the driven wire is changing.
Faraday's letter refers to two separate wires, not wire loops. As a result,
it can be difficult to relate to Lenz'z Law.
When current begins to flow in the primary wire, the magnetic field around
that wire begins to increase. As the magnetic field increases, it produces
a current in the secondary wire. Because the field is stronger between the
wires than beyond the secondary wire, the secondary current's magnetic field
will oppose the magnetic field between the wires. To do this, both currents
must be in the same direction. This agrees with Lenz's Law.
After the primary current is constant, there is no more change of magnetic
field and no more induced current.
After the primary current is turned off, the primary magnetic field
decreases. The change is opposite the change when turned on. To counter
the decrease of magnetic field between the wires, the induced secondary
current must be opposite what it was at the beginning. Thus, all of
Faraday's letter agrees with Lenz's Law.
I don't think this contradicts Lenz's Law. Basically what Faraday is saying
is that a changing electric current in the first wire induces currents in
the second. As I recall it, Lenz's Law prohibits an induced current in a
conductor (such as the second wire here) from reinforcing the magnetic field
that does the inducing. Recall that the magnetic field from a current
flowing in a straight line is a right-handed circle centered on the wire.
The magnetic field from a current flowing in the same direction along a
parallel path will also be a right-handed circle, opposing the first field
in the regions of greatest overlap.
Bear in mind, though, that it's been a LONG time since I took Physics...
Richard E. Barrans Jr., Ph.D.
PG Research Foundation, Darien, Illinois
Rather than dealing with written arguments and disagreements, be a true
scientist: find out for yourself. There are several ways to try it.
Set up two fairly long adjacent wires, very close but not touching. Have
the "primary wire" connected to an ammeter, resistor (to avoid too much
current), and a power source. Connect the "secondary wire" to just an
ammeter. Make both of them series circuits.
If you have a computer system that with sensors that can measure and record
current as a function of time, have the sensors be the ammeters. Be sure
"positive" current is in the same direction for both wires. After the
computer system is recording, turn on the power source, wait a few seconds,
and then turn off the power source. See what direction the secondary
current flows with respect to the primary current.
If you prefer to use an oscilloscope and square wave function generator, you
can. Use a square wave that is positive, then zero, then positive,.... The
function generator powers the primary wire. Use one oscilloscope channel to
read the current of the primary wire. Use another channel to read the
current of the secondary coil. How you attach the oscilloscope depends on
the individual equipment. Trigger of the primary coil. See how the
secondary current relates to the primary current.
One thing to note. If you only have devices that read voltage, you can
create an ammeter with a small resistor. Put the small resistor in series
with the circuit. Read the voltage across that small resistor.
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Man, sister reunite thanks to boy, Facebook
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Clifford Boyson of Davenport met his sibling, Betty Billadeau, in person Saturday. Billadeau drove up from her home in Florissant, Mo., with her daughter and granddaughter for the reunion at a hotel in Davenport.
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NEW YORK (WFAN) – Mike Pelfrey to the bullpen?
Sure, it’s a good headline. But in theory, making Pelfrey next season’s closer — and finding someone to replace his 200-plus innings — doesn’t make much sense.
Mets manager Terry Collins admitted on Monday that he has discussed the possibility with Pelfrey.
“I just thought about Mike because he’s got a great arm and I know he’s durable,” Collins said before the Phillies’ 10-0 rout of the Mets.
But not so fast. The New York Daily News reported on Sunday that Mets general manager Sandy Alderson “did not hatch” the plan and “is said to be averse to it.”
Today, the Newark Star-Ledger wrote that the front office “squashed” the idea. Jenrry Mejia, recovering from Tommy John surgery, is also unlikely to nab the role, according to the paper.
To Pelfrey’s credit, he’s all about helping the team win in 2012. If that means closing games, so be it.
“If the team wanted me to do it, I would,” he said. “It would be fun if it ultimately came to that, but I don’t think it is going to.”
But again, it’s very unlikely. Pelfrey gets too few swings-and-misses and is prone to losing control of his fastball.
And then there’s that matter of eating innings.
“It’s one thing to say,” said Collins. “It’s another thing to replace 200 innings.”
What should the Mets do at closer for 2012? Do they already have the answer in Bobby Parnell or Pedro Beato? Sound off in the comments below…
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — David Johnson, the former aide to Governor David Paterson who lost his job after being accused in a domestic violence case, held a news conference Monday with elected officials to announce a non-profit organization aimed at helping youth with responsible decision-making.
In 2011, Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment, admitting that he shoved his girlfriend during a heated fight.
1010 WINS Reporter Glenn Schuck reports.
“I got into an argument … it got loud. We were both upset and I shoved her with the intent to harass or alarm her,” Johnson told a judge in a Bronx criminal court. “I realize my conduct was inappropriate and I deeply regret my actions.”
Johnson had been Governor Paterson’s right-hand man, but his guilty plea led to his downfall from government.
Johnson said that he pleaded guilty to pushing another individual, something that he claimed he had no right to do. He plans to make amends for his crime by speaking to young people about domestic violence.
“My mission in going forward is to be a pristine member of public service, to give back all of the knowledge and everything that I have,” he said.
If Johnson stays out of trouble through March, the violation will be removed from his record.
What do you think of Johnson’s attempt to right his wrongs? Let us know in the comments section below…
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Get ready to move your car, most of you.
The Department of Transportation said Alternate Side Parking regulations are being reinstated in New York City as of Wednesday.
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Brooklyn Community Board 13 includes the following areas:
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Rogers made history on Sunday night when he became the first openly gay male athlete to play in a U.S. professional league, making his Major League Soccer debut with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
The Red Bulls drew 2-2 with Columbus and their 5-0-3 run is their best since 2003.
Former U.S. national team captain Claudio Reyna has been hired as director of soccer for the New York City FC of MLS.
The Yankees are partnering with Manchester City to own Major League Soccer’s 20th team, which will be called New York City Football Club and plans to start play in the 2015 season.
With the game in stoppage time, Juninho made a free kick pass in front, where Cahill rose above the defenders to head home the game winner.
The league and New York City have been involved in negotiations to build a stadium on a 10-acre site in the Flushing Meadows park. A team there would start play in 2016 and be rivals of the New York Red Bulls, who play in Harrison, N.J.
Thierry Henry found the game-winner as the Red Bulls finally won their first game of the MLS season.
The Red Bulls are still searching for their first win of the season.
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. said on Thursday that the National League club is “very interested and fully capable” of bringing Major League Soccer to Citi Field, the New York Daily News reported on Thursday.
The New York Red Bulls have released defender Rafa Marquez. The team made the announcement Thursday, calling it a mutual agreement with Marquez.
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The New York Red Bulls cut ties with coach Hans Backe on Friday, saying they won’t extend his expiring contract.
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The 34-year-old journeyman becomes a free agent on July 1 — meaning that he will first have to sign with an NBA team and wait until next season to see if teammates, coaches, opponents and fans will treat him any differently.
Steve Kerr will be a fixture in the NCAA Tourney coverage moving forward. So he called in to chat with Boomer and Craig about the colossal college basketball event before it gets started…
Boomer and Craig were pleased to welcome Steve Kerr into the fray this morning, as the TNT analyst called in on the hotline shortly after 9 a.m. to talk a little basketball.
“It’s a bad fit,” said Kerr. “You can look at the stats when they’re on the court, or just look with your own eyes to know they’re not an ideal fit.”
Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and other Turner Sports’ NBA analysts will share their stories and opinions in a new series debuting this week on NBA TV.
In their best chance to beat Boston this season, the Knicks went to Amar’e Stoudemire for a shot that came just after the buzzer. The Knicks have another option now — statistically the best one in the NBA.
Charles Barkley watched plenty of basketball as a long-time NBA analyst for TNT. It didn’t really prepare him for his new role.
Dwyane Wade had 29 points and 10 rebounds, LeBron James scored 14 of his 23 points in the third quarter – seven in the last 32 seconds after getting flagrantly fouled by Williams – and the Heat rolled past New Jersey 101-89 on Saturday night for their second easy win over the Nets in a week.
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A Sandwich a Day: Suadero Torta at Los Portales Taqueria
In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know.—The Mgmt.
I first learned about Los Portales Taqueria from an inspired taco crawl on We Heart Astoria, then filed it away, and then shamefully forgot about it. So when Rachel Wharton included it in her Broadway list of Q Train eats, I figured it was time to stop filing it away and pay a visit.
To get to your table you have to pass a large spit of pork roasting al pastor and a cauldron of veal flank and sausage bubbling in sauce. These are good cues for what you should order, because even if the tacos and sandwiches aren't the best constructions here, the meat is well worth a visit.
The Suadero Torta ($5.50) is stuffed with a generous amount of that veal from the cauldron: tender as can be with a restrained beefiness rounded out by tomato and spice. The meat comes in large chunks, satisfying to chew before they just fall apart. The rest of the sandwich is mostly support: sturdy, well-griddled but unremarkable bread, ripe avocado, pickled jalapenos, unmelted mild cheese, shredded lettuce, and bland tomato. But I appreciate the heft of the sandwich over the taco: it balances out the meat with some crunch for a bite that's more than the sum of its parts.
The house salsas, on the other hand, are decidedly memorable: a smoky, creamy roja that doesn't go lightly on the heat, and a thinner, chunkier verde that lives for tanginess and the slow burn. Garnish your torta with these, but go lightly. That meat is too good to obscure.
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Oswalt out to pick up the pieces
Underrated righty hopes to deliver pennant to reeling Houston
ST. LOUIS -- In the wake of what may very well be one of the most devastating losses in postseason history, the Astros are sending the calm and collected Roy Oswalt to the mound against Cardinals left-hander Mark Mulder in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at Busch Stadium on Wednesday night.The right-handed Oswalt was the Game 2 winner last Thursday night in St. Louis and he may be uniquely qualified to pick up the pieces after the Astros moved one strike away from clinching their first pennant on Monday night at Minute Maid Park, only to have Albert Pujols upset their moment of reverie with a ninth-inning, three-run homer off closer Brad Lidge. "No matter who's up there [at the plate], he's got that 'I can beat you' sort of attitude," Astros general manager Tim Purpura said about Oswalt as his team took a day of rest from all the commotion on Tuesday. "'My best stuff is going to be better than your ability to hit my best stuff.' He knows what he wants to do out there. He's got a plan. He's got an approach. And he can execute his plan and approach as good as anybody I've ever seen." For the second year in a row, the Astros take a 3-2 lead into the final two games of the series at venerable old Busch Stadium, which will close after the last pitch of the 2005 postseason is thrown. Sandwiched between Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens in the series, Oswalt will get a chance to nail down a pennant for the first time in his four-year big league career. Last year, it was Pete Munro and Clemens for the Astros, and neither hurler could get the job done as the Cardinals came from behind to snare the series in seven games. This year, the Astros had a 3-1 lead with Pettitte, Oswalt and Clemens lined up to close the deal. Pettitte couldn't do it on Monday and Lidge couldn't convert the save. Now it's Oswalt's turn. "I'm going to pitch the same way I always pitch," said the right-hander, who is 2-0 this postseason with a 2.51 ERA. "I never go out there with the mindset I'm going to lose. I always go out there to win. It doesn't matter what happened yesterday. A lot of guys get caught up in what happened yesterday. You have to go out there and do your job the day you're out there -- can't worry about yesterday." His famous mates in the pitching rotation always seem to get most of the publicity, Purpura said. Pettitte has the four World Series rings with the New York Yankees and his 14 victories are second best in postseason history, one behind Atlanta's John Smoltz. Clemens has two rings with the Yankees, 341 career regular-season victories and 4,502 strikeouts. He started and won Game 4 for the Yankees as they swept the Braves in the 1999 World Series. Oswalt is the only pitcher in Major League Baseball to amass 20 wins in each of the last two seasons. He has an 83-59 regular season record and is 3-0 in the postseason. He pitched seven innings of five-hit, one-run ball in Houston's 4-1 Game 2 victory, its only win in six NLCS games played at Busch Stadium the last two years.
But when it comes to sudden death games, Oswalt's claim to fame was as a member of the U.S. team that won the baseball gold medal in the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, Australia."Probably the biggest game I ever pitched was for the U.S. in the Olympic Games," he said. "If we didn't win my game, we would've competed for the bronze medal instead of the gold medal. So you might say there was a little bit of pressure there." Oswalt pitched six innings of three-hit, two-run ball in a 5-3 victory over South Korea. The U.S. then defeated Cuba, 4-0, for the gold medal behind the complete game, three-hit effort of Milwaukee's Ben Sheets. The Astros will take that same kind of gutsy performance from Oswalt on Wednesday night. That way, they can save Clemens for Game 1 of the World Series against the White Sox in Chicago on Saturday night instead of putting the pressure again on the future Hall of Fame right-hander to win Thursday night in Game 7. Clemens was a 5-2 loser to the Cardinals in Game 7 a year ago. "In some ways, I think this is the game for Roy because he doesn't get the attention," Purpura said. "He's obviously not a real outspoken individual. He doesn't get the media attention that Roger and Andy do. But what burns inside him burns just like it does in Andy and just like it does in Roger. He's got a certain presence about him -- a quiet confidence that's difficult to teach. And he's had that since day one." The question now is whether Oswalt will have the composure and the stuff to redeem Lidge and pick up the rest of the club.
Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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4/26/2012 | Valentine shuffles lineup after making snafu
It's rare that a mistake is harmless for a Major League manager, but that's what Bobby Valentine's lineup confusion amounted to Wednesday before the Red Sox's 7-6 win over the Twins.
4/26/2012 | After perfecto, Humber faces Red Sox
Even with a perfect game under his belt, Philip Humber is still chasing down another record. Humber has retired 29 straight batters. Mark Buehrle's 45 consecutive outs is the White Sox record. The Red Sox counter with Felix Doubront, a pitcher coming off a more-than-effective start.
4/26/2012 | After snapping skid, Royals call on Mendoza
After snapping their 12-game losing streak on Wednesday, the Royals send Luis Mendoza to the hill against the Indians on Thursday. Right-hander Josh Tomlin will start for the Tribe.
4/26/2012 | Rays redefining defense with the shift
The Rays led the Major Leagues in defensive shifts last season and have implemented them even more frequently this season. Other teams have noticed.
4/26/2012 | Castrovince: Extensions looking sensible
The largest contracts given to pre-arb players have generally worked out, so teams should feel fairly confident in going down that road with players their internal evaluators have identified as core pieces, right? Well, that all depends.
4/26/2012 | Mattingly leads Dodgers with steady hand
The Dodgers have lost three of four, and manager Don Mattingly faces his first real test of the year as closer Javy Guerra has sustained back-to-back losses and is being booed by the home crowd. Whether Mattingly replaces Guerra with the overpowering but raw Kenley Jansen, one thing he won't do is tear down his players, and that's something he learned from his dad.
4/26/2012 | Reds' Masset healing, but still not ready to throw
Injured Reds reliever Nick Masset didn't get bad news on the results of the MRI on his right shoulder. But Masset also didn't get the news he really wanted to hear.
4/26/2012 | Duffy scratched from Friday's start for Royals
Danny Duffy will not make his scheduled start Friday at Minnesota, as he is dealing with minor tightness in his left elbow.
4/26/2012 | KC's Hosmer appears to have turned a corner
With five hits, three walks and two round-trippers in his last three games, Eric Hosmer has reversed his fortunes from earlier in the season.
4/26/2012 | Tigers' Avila respects Ichiro's hitting prowess
Tigers All-Star catcher Alex Avila believes last season's subpar offensive production was an aberration rather than an indication for Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki.
4/26/2012 | Mariners' Ackley has success in leadoff spot
Dustin Ackley helped spark the Mariners' offense on Wednesday from the leadoff spot and is an option to fill the spot if Chone Figgins' early struggles continue.
4/26/2012 | Sandoval breaks Giants' early hit streak mark
Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval singled to left field leading off the fourth inning Thursday against Cincinnati right-hander Homer Bailey to extend his hitting streak to 19 games, surpassing Johnny Rucker's franchise mark of 18 games set at the start of the 1945 season.
4/26/2012 | Manager Bochy briefs Giants on Huff's situation
Giants manager Bruce Bochy did address the team Thursday to inform them about the condition of Aubrey Huff, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list after suffering an anxiety attack.
4/26/2012 | MLB Notebook: Nats' arms take Davey back
Davey Johnson was Dwight Gooden's skipper during the right-hander's glory days, and he's now leading a Nationals starting staff whose group stats are rivaling Dr. K's.
4/26/2012 | Mets' player development impresses Collins
As far as Terry Collins is concerned, Thursday's lineup presents a great compliment to the organization.
4/26/2012 | Royals ride big fifth to second straight win
The Royals felt that once they snapped their losing streak, they would string together a comparable stretch of wins. They have made it two straight following their 4-2 triumph over the Indians on a foggy Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field.
4/26/2012 | Top three in rotation carrying Braves' staff
There was uncertainty surrounding the Braves' rotation entering this season. Yet as the Braves enter April's final weekend with 12 wins in their past 15 games, the only apparent concern in the starting-pitching department focuses on Jair Jurrjens, who was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett this week.
4/26/2012 | Cubs being patient with hard-working Marmol
Carlos Marmol heard the here-we-go-again boos Tuesday night at Wrigley Field when he served up a game-tying home run to Matt Holliday. Cubs pitching coach Chris Bosio saw positives.
4/26/2012 | Crew's Gomez set to turn corner on five-tool talent
All five tools are there, and if this is the year Carlos Gomez gets it, he could be another Carlos Beltran or Carlos Gonzalez.
4/26/2012 | Rally in ninth nets Mets sweep of Marlins
The Mets were down, but not out, rallying for two in the ninth to walk off against the Marlins on Kirk Nieuwenhuis' single, securing a three-game sweep at Citi Field with a 3-2 victory Thursday.
4/26/2012 | Allen's walk-off homer extends Rays' streak
Brandon Allen followed up his big walk in Wednesday's game with an even bigger walk-off homer Thursday afternoon against Angels closer Jordan Walden, giving Tampa Bay a 4-3 win -- the club's fifth in a row -- before a jubilant crowd of 15,417 at Tropicana Field.
4/26/2012 | Pagan's homer snaps Giants' funk in Cincinnati
Angel Pagan hit a three-run home run off Cincinnati closer Sean Marshall with one out in the top of the ninth inning Thursday to rally the Giants to a 6-5 victory in the finale of a three-game series against the Reds at Great American Ball Park.
4/26/2012 | Twins hoping day to regroup resets pitching
When Twins general manager Terry Ryan announced on April 11 that Scott Baker would undergo season-ending elbow surgery, he said starting pitching hadn't been the problem for the club.
4/26/2012 | Tigers release Inge, call up Eldred
The Tigers released veteran infielder Brandon Inge on Thursday, parting ways with one of the last remaining players from their rise from league also-ran to perennial contender. First baseman Brad Eldred has been called up from Triple-A Toledo.
4/26/2012 | O's Britton to throw first bullpen session Friday
Orioles lefty Zach Britton, who has been sidelined all season by a left shoulder impingement, will throw the first bullpen session of his rehab Friday in Sarasota, Fla.
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As you may have noticed, library staff members are geeking out over this year’s summer games. There’s Lana’s Literary Links article about all things London–from the Olympic games to Charles Dickens–and her blog post about tips for making the trek across …
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Printable electronics uses room-temperature processing to fabricate transistorized circuitry atop cheap plastic substrates, sidestepping the usual need for expensive high-temperature semiconductor processing. Printing displays using ink-jet technology works by loading the liquid "color" cartridges with liquid-semiconductors, -insulators and -conductors--all transparent. Then using micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) jets, pico-liter droplets of the electronic circuit materials can be deposited in patterns without the waste of conventional semiconductor processing. Look for printed versions of displays using organic light-emitting diodes within two years.
Printing high-definition organic LED (OLED) displays with ultrahigh-resolution inkjet printers will lower the cost and increase the color accuracy of flat-panel televisions, according to Seiko Epson Corp. Tokyo-based Seiko Epson will reveal details of its fabrication process at the Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, running May 31-June 5 in San Antonio, Texas. Epson's OLED Development Center will show an ink-jet printed 14-inch OLED display that the company claims has the same resolution as, and better color accuracy than, today's 37-inch 1080p high-definition TVs.
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rghayat-i asked: Ahhh the dorkages is the best
thanks :) The Middle Ages are the best, man!! I am so jealous of people who do this for real. (Not jealous enough to be one of those people though.)
George McClellan kept the Necco Wafers under his saddle when he wasn't in battle - which he never was.
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"Yak Shaving is the last step of a series of steps that occurs when you find something you need to do. "I want to wax the car today."...
And the next thing you know, you're at the zoo, shaving a yak, all so you can wax your car.
You've got to read what's inbetween. This is what happens when you set off to accomplish one task and end up distracted doing many others all in the name of getting things done.
How do you stay focused, on track and productive? Share your tips by posting a comment below.
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Statewide Traveling Treasures to Host Lecture in Payson
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Niagara Gazette — EDITOR’S NOTE: The Gazette has partnered with local automotive expert Tom Torbjornsen to publish his weekly national column. Tom’s Corner will appear in Thursday’s editions.
Recently I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the use of synthetic motor oil in vehicles, such as: Should I use synthetic oil? Does it work better in some cars than others? Does it cost more? Do I have to change the oil more frequently? Less frequently? Does it make my engine last longer?
First of all, let’s take a brief look at the history of synthetic motor oil and its introduction to the marketplace.
AMSOIL INC developed the first synthetic motor oil to meet API service requirements for use in passenger vehicles. Lt. Col. Albert J. Amatuzio, founder, president and CEO of AMSOIL INC witnessed synthetic lubricants in action as a jet fighter squadron commander. Synthetic oils were developed for (and still are used exclusively in) aircraft jet engines because of their extraordinary ability to reduce friction and wear on engine parts. Good synthetic oil has an incredible ability to function dependably at severe hot and cold temperatures as well as to withstand rigorous and lengthy engine operation without chemical breakdown resulting in “viscosity breakdown” or the inability of a fluid to flow.
This is critical in aircraft engine operation because, if oil breaks down at 30,000 feet, aircraft engines can fail and — well, you get the picture.
Amatuzio decided that he would develop synthetic motor oil to be used in automobiles in hopes of realizing the same benefits in passenger cars as in aircraft engines. In 1972 AMSOIL rolled out the first synthetic motor oil for automotive applications. In the early ’70s, another company was also working on synthetic oil development for the automobile — Mobil Oil Company. They came to market with synthetic motor oil in 1975; you might know it as “Mobile One.” By the 1990s the other major oil companies added their synthetic oils to the marketplace, in addition to their petroleum-based products.
To understand synthetic motor oil, let’s first look first at the origins of all motor oil. Conventional oils come from crude oil that is pumped from the ground. In an oil refinery, crude oil is separated into various fractions. These fractions become the bases for lubricating oils and fuels. The part of crude oil that forms thick tangled masses of carbon chains is used in roofing tar and roadwork. Very short chains and ring compounds of carbon are volatile and can be refined to produce gasoline and other products. All motor oils are made up of base oils and additives. In general, fully synthetic motor oils contain non-conventional, high-performance fluids, which make good quality synthetic motor oil tougher than non-synthetic. Synthetic blends usually use some non-conventional, high-performance fluids in combination with conventional oil. It is the unique chemical formulation of synthetic oil that causes it to be highly resistant to viscosity breakdown from high temperature, friction, and chemical contaminants. Now that we have the elementary out of the way (I feel like I should say “Watson” at this juncture!). Let’s move on to the most popular Q&A surrounding synthetic motor oil.
Should I use synthetic oil in my car?
That depends on the vehicle’s age, mileage, and the carmaker’s recommendations for engine lubricants. Older vehicles with high mileage tend to have excessive mechanical wear in the engine, allowing for internal oil leakage. On vehicles with high mileage, it is not recommended to use full synthetic oil because it is thin and very free flowing, and use of it does (more often than not) result in internal oil combustion (or burning). I used full synthetic oil in a Plymouth Neon I owned years ago. After logging 120,000 miles the car started to consume oil at an alarming rate.
Concerned, I switched to semi-synthetic oil that was more full-bodied and the consumption stopped. I logged another 30,000 miles and sold it. Carmakers use full synthetics and semi synthetics in some of their engines today. In most cases, you will find that a synthetic lubricant is used when there’s a high performance engine with tight engine tolerances, high compression, and high operating temperatures. Follow your owner’s manual for motor oil recommendations. If you want to use synthetic oil and your car is still under warranty, check with your local dealer before switching to synthetic oil (just to make sure you’re covered with the switch).
Does it work better in some cars than others?
As I stated earlier, some carmakers recommend only using synthetic oil in their engines. For instance, Chevy recommends the use of Mobil One full synthetic oil in its Chevy Corvette engine. I have used synthetic oil in all of my vehicles for the past 20 years with great results, with one exception. I didn’t use a full synthetic in my Ford Taurus 3.0 DOHC V-6. Ford specifies using a 5W20 semi-synthetic due to engine design, so I followed the manufacturer’s specification. Remember, before changing to synthetic oil, check with your dealer and/or owner’s manual on carmaker’s recommendations/caveats. As stated earlier, you could void the warranty if the use of synthetic is strongly prohibited. Also, if your car is equipped with an oil life monitor calibrated for use with conventional oil, forget following the dictates of this system, as good synthetic oil will outlast oil change intervals laid down by the oil life monitor. Just change it every 5,000 to 7,000 miles; that should cover just about all applications.
What are the pros and cons of using synthetic oil in my car?
PRO: It flows easier in cold weather, therefore no loss of prime when the oil is cold. Also, it is highly resistant to viscosity breakdown (the ability of the oil to flow easily in all temps) from heat, friction, and chemical contaminants.
Longer change intervals: 5,000 to 7,000 miles between oil changes (compared to 3,000 for regular oil). Some folks have documented up to 25,000 miles between changes. However, I would not advise going that long! It just makes me nervous based on my experience as an automotive machinist.
CON: Cost is twice as much as conventional oil per quart. However, it lasts longer, so the actual cost increase is closer to 50 to 60 percent.
Flows easily, therefore not recommend for use on high mileage engines; nor do I recommend using it in new engines during the break-in period because it is so slippery and dramatically limits the wearing of new mating parts within the engine. This initial wearing of parts is what makes for proper engine break-in, sealing of piston rings, mating of camshafts and lifters, etc.
Does it make my engine last longer?
Yes, because it is so slippery, synthetic makes for less engine wear and cooler operating temps; thus resulting greater engine longevity. In addition, because of its chemical makeup, it better withstands the rigors of the internal combustion engine (hot, toxic, under extreme friction; sometimes very cold — and thus dry — during winter startup). Good synthetic oil flows better than conventional oil in cold climates because it maintains its viscosity in a wide range of operating temps.
’Til next time ... Keep Rollin’"America's Car Show" with Tom Torbjornsen airs 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Saturday on WBBZ-TV.
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Burlap, Plaid, Wool, Leather, Logs, Snow ... what's not to love?
I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for checking in with me daily, even in my absence. It's been so rewarding getting your emails and comments. I'm so happy that you find these posts inspiring for the holidays and I hope you keep finding inspiration as they post daily. Speaking of inspriation, my friend and long-time follower Maryanne recently started an inspiring blog that I hope you put on your sidebar, and visit often.
http://www.aforeverhouse.com/ or click on the photo or find her on my sidebar
Mimi is a wonderful blogger, and as many of you who have blogs know, getting started isn't always easy. Her posts are fun, informative, well written and researched, and have inspiring photos from her own home, and from other shelter sources.
She's lucky enough to live in one of my favorite areas of the country, the Brandywine Valley, and so I'm looking forward to seeing lots of local posts from her, but mostly can't wait to get a closer look at her lovely home.
A Forever House living room. Isn't her living room amazing? I love the coffee table, the chaise lounge, the soft color palette, the wonderful mix of antique and trendy building a beautiful room that's so perfect for lounging and enjoying a book, or entertaining a large group.
A Forever House dining room. Now, I'm pretty sure that mimi had this table custom made. We talked about it once, and she sent pictures to show the detail that I now can't find. But here's what it looked like on Thanksgiving from her blog. Isn't that chandelier amazing? Love the toile curtains and the large urn with the braided branch corn palm, oh and those herbarium pages framed on the wall!
Can't wait to see more? Me either! Check her out http://www.aforeverhouse.com/, I know you'll really enjoy your visit!
And back to Christmas themed candle hurricanes to help with your Holiday Decorating ideas:
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At the Wednesday (11/30) meeting of the NYC chapter of the Project Management Institute, Marc Resch gave a compelling presentation on the importance of cash flow models. In a very short time, Mr. Resch covered a lot of important territory. While I don’t have the room to go into all of these ideas here, I did want to focus on a few key concepts. Specifically this Blog is going to focus on the question, “How do we track the benefits that are created through PMO projects?” Sounds simple right? Maybe not! Resch made a convincing argument that most PMO’s are missing this point. They are trying to track project value, but they have chosen to track the wrong metrics. Let’s dig and see what we find!
I: TRACK THE RIGHT PMO METRIC: Generally, we track whether our projects are on time and on budget. Unfortunately, many PMO Directors stop at these two metrics, and miss what really counts… the successful delivery of the project! Even when you are on time and on budget, projects… perhaps the majority of projects… fail to deliver the benefits they promised. Software fails, training doesn’t always improve performance, and of course the cost/benefit assumptions can be wrong. Because of the pressure to show tangible improvement, projects exaggerate their benefits. For example: extending the payback period (for more than three years); omitting key costs; failing to allow for the cost of money; and benefits that don’t really translate into money. What’s the solution?
II: COST IT CORRECTLY: You need to begin with the right cost assumptions, not just the assumptions that you think will get the project approved. A PMO needs to challenge the assumptions of departments when they create a questionable cost-benefit analysis (which the senior sponsor of the project may have not approved, or even be aware of). Many business unit managers may not know how to develop a comprehensive project cost analysis. By pushing back, and explaining why the numbers may be wrong, the PMO can spread knowledge about how to build better financial models for projects. When projects have accurately forecasted benefits, unprofitable projects can be identified and eliminated earlier in the process. Projects that should go forward will have trackable benefits. Reporting to senior management that a $1 million project is 3% under budget is… OK. But, it is far better to report that a $1 million project will hit break even in 60 days, deliver a benefit of $20,000 per month through 2012, and then $100,0000 per month for the 1st six months of 2013. When you talk in terms of the financial results of a project, you speak the same language as your senior management.
III: VERIFY THE BENEFITS: The financial benefits of a project are the true “last deliverable” of every project. However, this deliverable, the justification for doing the project in the first place, may only be fully realized months or years after the project is closed… making it impossible to know, at the time of the closing, if the project actually succeeded. Which is a pretty strange management concept. many things could (and do) go wrong, or go unmeasured. You could address this a couple of ways. You could keep the project open until the benefits are verified, but this wouldn’t work with the culture of most firms. The other option is to look at every project as two separate projects. The primary project is the traditional PMO work; you close by rating the budget and schedule (on-time, on-budget) and other qualities of project management. The second project is follow up on the BENEFITS of the project; here, we have a checkup at set intervals, say every six months. For a project that runs one year past the project close, your PMO would check-in once and then have a final closing that analyzes the benefits of the project.
IIII: SORT THE PROJECT TYPES: In the broadest sense a PMO manages two types of projects – projects you must do and projects that you choose to do. The projects you must do are “cost of doing business” projects. The rest are “improvement” projects that bring benefits to your firm… lower costs, higher volume improved quality, etc. Because PMO’s are under pressure to show a financial benefit, and “must do” projects often do not have direct financial benefits, there is great temptation to show some sort of dollar benefit. Even when teh accounting of benefits is absolutely honest, the assumption that senior management gives priority to projects associated with financial benefits, both the line manager and the PMO director waste a lot of time trying to show benefits that don’t exist. By looking at all projects as just two types, you can avoid this trap. Take a look…
- Cost of Doing Business: You MUST do this project. Perhaps this is because of a legal requirement, or it’s a necessary business function (ex. planning a move to a new office). There might be some financial benefit, but if there is it is incidental. You can’t classify “avoiding a fine” as a financial benefit. Instead, the key project question is, “Do I design this project based on the lowest cost or the lowest risk of failure?” If your firm could be fined $50, you will probably choose the least-expensive option… which might be to do nothing and get a $50 fine every now and then. But if the risk is that your firm will be closed, then you probably want the “lowest risk” option.
- Improvement: An improvement project is driven by a need to improve… something. An improvement project may get combined with a “must do” project, but these are usually separate. The project may not have a direct financial benefit, such as an improvement in customer satisfaction. Here the key project design question is, “Do I want to maximize the benefits of this project, or do I want to minimize the cost?” If you could scale up the project at a low cost, would you argue that it should be expanded so that greater financial benefits can be realized? Or are the benefits very marginal, in which case making it a very minimal project might improve the financial analysis.
Thanks again for Marc Resch for reminding us of the importance of realistic and truthful financial analysis in project management. While we don’t do project management just for the purpose of saving or generating money, PMOs are financed by our firms in order to further financial goals. Yet, we often get so caught up in the process of tracking our projects that we focus on tracking the project management and not the project itself. Cost and schedule matter, but project results matter more. And that’s my Niccolls worth for today!
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The ABC in Australia has recently launched an online service they’ve called iView. It’s really great to see something like this executed really well.
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One of my favourite games. I remember I had rented this one night when it came out, couldn't get anywhere. I played for hours. The next day I wanted to show it to my buddy and I finished it in about an hour and a bit. Now if Nintendo would make a new Star Fox game that plays kind of like Colony Wars, I'll get the system they put it on :)
Fresh off my computer screen, a Star Trek poster! This will be at the Ottawa Comic Con this year, so if you'd like one, stop by and pick one up. You can always email me as well. This will be 11" x 17" on a matte stock paper, I can't wait to get them printed, the job just isn't complete until you see it printed.
Here are the two Boba Fett paintings, finally done. I don't know which one to get printed up for the art show but maybe I'll just get both done. I prefer the more artsy one, it's a little more raw, feels more free. However I think that the more detailed one will appeal to more people. Yeah, I'll just get both done. These are 8 x 16 and will be available at The Comic Book Shoppe art show at the end of November.
Just got my prints back for Ottawa Comic-Con from The Printing House down on Albert St. and they look incredible! Can't wait to get them into the hands of people at the show! Thanks to Adam Tupper for pointing me in their direction :)
This is the new site, I'm still working out the kinks so there are probably images that are missing. While I'm working on this, feel free to check out my dog blog. I started a tumblr site for my dog, Ripley, it's an experiment where I'll post a quick 5 min sketch of her every Wednesday, for one year. You can see this at http://ripleysrufflife.tumblr.com
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a nice improvement would be allowing us to store our dlc or extra story chars in the support area or perhaps at least give us more spots when you buy dlc chars.
another improvement would be nice is with the items its a good thing i saved cause i had feeling this would happen if you fuse the innocents in an item make sure they dont exceed 300 or you will be wasting them they fuse into one solid 300 regardless how many they were, I would like if they would just fuse up to 300 and not overwrote each other.
ugh i bought them all and im continuing to do so but its getting so crowded lol. anyway another good improvement would be LESS RNG REQUIREMENTS, i mean some is fine and all but man this game goes way to far with it lets name them all that i can think of.
1. In order to get certain enemies mostly post game bosses to have legendary or rare equips you have to keep resetting the battle and going back in. This one is acceptable as its not really needed and is just a bonus if you care to get it.
2. the damn meowkins... needing to get a pirate piece from a fucking rare as hell pirate crew to access LOC was PAINFUL it took me a freaking week to get them to show up!. Granted i know i should be lucky considering how long its taken some but damn.
3. needing to get pirate ship parts from chests to access LOC, this again required RNG it didn't take as long but was still annoying.
4. during reverse pirating you are constantly stuck resetting to get the right innocents you want to show up or level up sphere -_-. Its bad enough to get staticians we have to reverse pirate but making us reset over and over to just get one is overkill sometimes you get lucky and get 2, then theres the level spheres which brings me to the next one.
5. to max out an item to level 300 you have to get lucky thats all there is to it. its ridiculous that it doesn't max out just from beating all the floors. You have to keep resetting floors in the higher up levels to get level up spheres to randomly show up. Then during reverse pirating you have to keep resetting to get the super level spheres... THIS IS INSANE. Why do we have to rely on luck to max an item out if we put the work in to get to the last floor it should do it by itself -_-.
6. The damn fortune teller has an rng chance of a yes or no or great or horrible. now you can use this to your advantage if again you keep resetting the floors to find one and he says yes and save each time. Also even if you beat the crap out of him if he gives you a horrible fortune it still goes down. just not as much as before if you did not.
7. MORE RNG on the tickets. wtf in order to access LOC again we had to find the scalper who again was a RNG chance of showing up in a mystery room worse yet we had to find 2. they were also terribly expensive but w/e i could afford it due to post game.
8. I could complain about the rng for geo blocks in the item world but thats just completely random can help or completely fuck you up and sometimes if you try to fix it with your onmyo he makes it worse lol!
9. this is a minor one but kind of annoying i had to go through this. why did i have to go through finding the painter and music shop for days so i could change my music. Why not just give us the bills after we get to post game alredy why did we have to find them? just annoying.
10. RNG in char world. granted I know this one kind of makes sense so i won't go into to much but it is a bit annoying i barely find heart conservatives.
MAN i love this game but the RNG required here is completely ridiculous i lost track of how many resets I did to do multiple things. I could go into the puppy paw stick but really thats a glitch and was probably not intended the way ppl use it.
so in short in the next one PLZ lower the amount of RNG required to do things.
you have to admit it was never THIS bad in the older ones i mean 3 was getting there but 1 and 2 were nothing like this lol.
Laharl2nd wrote:I could go into the puppy paw stick but really thats a glitch and was probably not intended the way ppl use it.
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Officials Update Power Outage Numbers [AUDIO]
As damage clean-up continues from this weekend’s brutal storm, New Jerseyans are wondering when their lights will be back on.
Speaking with Jim Gearhart, JCP&L Spokesman Ron Morano gave the latest information on outages and repairs.
About 180,000 residents total in New Jersey remain in the dark as of Wednesday morning, with about 130,000 of those being customers of JCP&L. Morano says that nearly 66% of electricity to their affected customers has been restored. He has targeted 95% of power to be back on by midnight Thursday, with the remainder by Friday.
The company was prepared to deal with this storm in advance.
“We started mobilizing crews from Ohio this way,” Morano said, “so they were at the start of the storm.”
“What you cannot be prepared for out there is the overwhelming degree of tree damage that’s out there.”
Morano adds that over 500 crews from all over the country have descended onto the Garden State to help with the clean-up efforts. The number one priority during these repairs is to take care of emergency situations, followed by helping re-connect the largest areas of power out from substations.
“That substation becomes our priority,” Morano explained.
There have been an estimated 5000 areas of downed trees and wires, in addition to 22 substation outages.
In an effort to improve service after coming under fire during Hurricane Irene, Morano says that communication has been constant between daily conference calls and even tweeting.
“We’re doing a number of things to communicate in different ways during this storm.”
In a press release sent to New Jersey 101.5 News, PSE&G says they currently have about 50,000 customers in the dark, with 91% of impacted customers restored.
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Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of May 7-11, 2012
The Summary of NLRB Decisionsis provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for the opinions of the NLRB. Inquiries should be directed to the Office of Public Affairs at [email protected] or 202-273-1991.
Summarized Board Decision
WP Company, LLC d/b/a The Washington Post (5-CA-36485et al.; 358 NLRB No. 40) Washington, DC, May 9, 2012.
The Board unanimously adopted the administrative law judge’s dismissal of the entire complaint. In the absence of exceptions, the Board adopted the judge’s finding that the respondent did not unilaterally change unit employees’ lunch breaks or assign bargaining unit work to non-unit employees in violation of the Act. The Board agreed with the judge that a few ambiguous comments by supervisors about compensating employees well for working through lunch did not establish that those supervisors were enticing employees to give up their contractual right to a post-lunch break. Therefore, the Board also dismissed the allegation that the respondent violated the Act by bypassing the union and dealing directly with employees over the terms and conditions of their employment.
Charges filed by Washington Mailers’ Union No. 29, Printing, Publishing, and Media Workers Sector of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO. Administrative Law Judge Bruce D. Rosenstein issued his decision on November 15, 2011. Chairman Pearce and Members Hayes and Griffin participated.
Unpublished Board Decisions in Representation and Unfair Labor Practice Cases
Call Henry, Inc. (08-RC-072882) Brook Park, OH, May 7, 2012. Decision and certification of representative. Petitioner – International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, District Lodge 60.
The Vintage Country Club (21-RC-073752) Indian Wells, CA, May 7, 2012. Order denying the employer’s request for special permission to appeal. Petitioner – Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local 1184, AFL-CIO.
Madison Project (31-RC-008882) Santa Monica, CA, May 9, 2012. Order denying petitioner’s request for review of the Regional Director’s decision and order. Petitioner – Treasurers & Ticket Sellers, Local 857, I.A.T.S.E., M.P.T.A.A. Members Hayes, Griffin, and Block participated.
ADT Security Services, Inc. (12-RC-071890) Miramar, FL, May 9, 2012. Order denying employer’s request for review of the Acting Regional Director’s order directing elections. Petitioner – International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 349, AFL-CIO. Members Hayes, Griffin and Flynn participated.
Pavers & Road Builders District Council Welfare Fund, Annuity Fund and Apprenticeship and Training Fund (29-CA-029656) Flushing, NY, May 7, 2012. Order denying union’s request for review of the Acting General Counsel’s decision affirming the Regional Director’s compliance determination. Charge filed by United Plant & Production Workers, International Union of Journeymen & Allied Trades, Local 175. Chairman Pearce and Members Flynn and Block participated.
Dixie Electric Membership Corp. (15-CA-019954, 15-UC-061496) Baton Rouge, LA, May 7, 9012. Order denying charging party’s motion to strike. Charges filed by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 767.
Nexeo Solutions, LLC (13-CA-046694, et al.) Willow Springs, IL, May 7, 2012. Order denying the Acting General Counsel’s request for special permission to appeal the administrative law judge’s rulings. Charges filed by Truck Drivers, Oil Drivers, Filling Station and Platform Workers’ Union, Local 705, an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Members Griffin, Block and Flynn participated.
Gloria J. Verno d/b/a Joe’s Painting and its alter ego Joe’s Painting, Inc., T & M Painting, Inc., a corporation charged with derivative liability, Joseph P. Verno, an individual charged with personal liability (06-CA-036647) Coal Center, PA, May 9, 2012. Order transferring proceeding to the Board and notice to show cause why the Acting General Counsel’s motion should not be granted. Charge filed by International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 57 of Western Pennsylvania, AFL-CIO.
AFL Web Printing (22-CA-029494) Secaucus, NJ, May 10, 2012. Order adopting the findings and conclusions of the administrative law judge and ordering the respondent to take recommended action. Charge filed by Amalgamated Lithographers of America, GCC/IBT, Local One-L.
Appellate Court Decisions
Starbucks Corp., Board Case No. 2-CA-37548 (reported at 355 NLRB No. 135) (2d Circuit decided May 10, 2012)
In a published opinion, the Court granted Starbucks's petition for review of three contested unfair labor practice findings and enforced the Board's cross-application for enforcement of the remaining unchallenged violations.
The case arose from a campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) to organize employees at several of Starbucks' New York stores. Starbucks conceded, by failing to file exceptions to the administrative law judge’s findings, that it acted unlawfully by prohibiting employees from discussing the IWW while off duty, discriminatorily banning employees from using an employee bulletin board to post information about the IWW and from accessing certain non‑work areas, restricting on‑duty employees from discussing the union while allowing conversations about any other subject, generally prohibiting employees from discussing terms and conditions of employment, and discriminatorily disciplining two employees because of their support for the IWW. The Court granted the Board's application to enforce these uncontested violations.
Starbucks, however, challenged three other violations and, before the Court, prevailed on them all.
- One button policy. The Court found that Starbucks did not violate the Act by implementing a policy allowing employees to wear only one prounion button on their uniforms. The Court held that, although Starbucks may require employees to wear multiple pins with Starbucks-approved messages, it was "entitled to avoid the distraction from its messages that a number of union buttons would risk."
- Discharge of Employee for Intemperate Outburst. The Court remanded for the Board to reconsider the portion of its decision finding that Starbucks unlawfully discharged an employee who engaged in a heated and profane disagreement with a manager in the presence of customers. Specifically, the Court found that the Board had erred in analyzing the facts under the test set forth in Atlantic Steel Co., 245 NLRB 814, 816 (1979), because, in the Court’s view, that test is "is inapplicable to an employee's use of obscenities in the presence of an employer's customers." Judge Katzmann concurred on this point, but observed that he saw no reason to jettison Atlantic Steel entirely in this context.
- Discharge of Employee for Pretextual Reasons. Finally, the Court, contrary to the Board, found that Starbucks lawfully discharged another very active union supporter for poor performance and attendance problems.
The Court's opinion is available here.
White Motor Sales, Board Case No. 20-CA-35310 (reported at 356 NLRB No. 174) (D.C. Circuit decided May 11, 2012)
In an unpublished opinion, the Court agreed with the Board that the employer unlawfully refused to bargain with a newly certified unit of automotive technicians after the union's victory in a representation election.
The employer submitted evidence demonstrating the following: On the morning of the representation election in 2010, a union representative entered the shop floor and began talking with voters. When the employer asked him to leave the work area, the representative complied, but stood outside the shop floor shouting insults at management and threatening to file charges with the Board and OSHA. During the pre‑election conference, the representative complained that the shop was filthy, accused the employer's president of responsibility for the conditions, and observed, "no wonder the employees were unhappy and wanted my help." The Board, assuming that the comments were made, and that they were within employees' earshot, found no basis to conclude that they affected the election results.
The Court agreed, deciding that the comments: (a) did not constitute a captive audience speech, prohibited in the last 24 hours of a campaign, but instead were merely permissible (if uncivil) spontaneous remarks; (b) did not convey the impression that the employer was powerless to protect its legal rights, given that the representative did leave when the employer told him to do so; and (c) were not threatening to employees such that they created "an environment of tension and coercion as to have had a probable effect on the employees' actions at the polls." Thus, the Court held that "the Board did not err in concluding that [the employer's] evidence and allegations were insufficient to merit a hearing." It therefore upheld the Board's finding that the employer had no reason to refuse to bargain after the Board certified the union as the victor in the representation election.
The Court's opinion is available here.
Trump Plaza Associates, Board Case No. 4-CA-36217 (reported at 356 NLRB No. 53) (D.C. Cir. decided May 11, 2012)
In a published decision, the Court granted the employer's petition for review and remanded this refusal-to-bargain case to the Board for further consideration of the employer's objection to the union's election victory.
The case arises out of an election among casino dealers at the Trump Plaza Hotel in Atlantic City, in which the dealers selected union representation by a vote of 324 to 149. Prior to the election, the union encouraged local, state, and federal elected officials to support the campaign, which they did in two ways that the employer complained were objectionable after losing the election.
First, numerous government officials wrote letters of support, which the union widely circulated among dealers and the public. The employer argued that these letters gave voters the impression that the Board, as a government agency, supported the union campaign, but the Court disagreed, explaining "[t]he letters distributed by the union here are plainly the opinions of the various officials who wrote them," and accordingly ruled that the distribution of the letters did not invalidate the election results.
The Court, however, found more merit to the employer’s second objection, which was based on a union rally and "mock card-check ceremony" six days before the election, at which three government officials, including a United States Congressman, signed a document called "certification of majority status." Without passing on whether the event was objectionable, the Board had found that it could not provide grounds for setting aside the election, given the absence of evidence of wide dissemination and the union's significant margin of victory. The Court disagreed with respect to the level of dissemination, emphasizing that the event had received substantial media coverage. Further, the Court faulted the Board for not balancing the dissemination and the severity of objectionable conduct in determining whether the election was unfair. Thus, the Court remanded to the Board to consider "the severity of the challenged conduct," and then "to reassess the extent of the mock card-check dissemination under [Board] precedent."
The Court's opinion is available here.
Decisions of Administrative Law Judges
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 160, Local Lodge 289(19-CD-000502, et al.; JD(SF)-22-12) Puget Sound, WA, May 8, 2012. Charges filed by SSA Marine, Inc. Administrative Law Judge William G. Kocol issued his decision on May 8, 2012.
Fresh & Green’s of Washington, DC, LLC (05-CA-065595; JD(NY)-15-12) Washington, DC, May 8, 2012. Charge filed by United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 400. Administrative Law Judge Joel P. Biblowitz issued his decision on May 8, 2012.
Calhoun Foods, LLC d/b/a Key Food (29-CA-030861, et al; JD(NY)-13-12) South Ozone Park, NY, May 8, 2012. Charges filed by Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 338. Administrative Law Judge Lauren Esposito issued her decision on May 8, 2012.
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Who could ask for anything more?
Bubble Boy assured us that--WE DON'T TORTURE!
That's because--WE CREATE REALITY!
And that's because--WE GET TO DEFINE TORTURE!
While a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, torture by any other name becomes--Not-Torture!
Really, it's just win-win-win for Bubble Boy and Big Dick and the whole pro-torture-is- as-American-as-apple-pie black-heart neo-con Bushist fascists.
As a spin, it sorta hangs together.
So long as one dislikes and ignores history as much as do Bubble Boy and his black-heart minions.
Because, the organ failure thing, plus the plus death thing--it's completely wrong. If your techniques are leading to organ failure, it's not NOT torture, it's just not torture. That would be uh, execution. (You'd think that culture of life (Sic) culture of torture-ist Bubble Boy with 150 executions under his belt would get that).
Torture is about causing pain WITHOUT actually killing someone. Causing pain and suffering so severe that it makes a person WISH THEY WERE DEAD.
The bamboo slivers under the fingernail thing.
The death by a thousand cuts thing.
The boiling in oil thing keeping the liquid just at the right temperature so the person doesn't actually die thing. But so as he stays suffering until he says just what you want thing.
The ol' Club Gitmo sleep deprivation thing, the freeze then sweat them thing, the tie their limbs into a painful pretzel and leave them there suffering thing (that one's for you, Rummy). The basic Bubble Boy/Big Dick notion of do stuff that will make them all wish they were dead thing.
And let's not forget "waterboarding." Such sweet spin, for such sorrow. Makes it sound like drowning a human being, reviving them briefly, and drowning them again and again and again is an exercise in mere youthfully effusive perkiness, does it not, like "snowboarding" and "skateboarding"?
Get real, black-heart neo-cons. You're not calling torture torture, but that doesn't mean that it isn't torture.
Because--it is. And you--Big Dick and Bubble Boy and your vast evil minions--all SO suck for trying to pervert American culture by trying to get away with dumping the Geneva conventions, torturing human beings in Gitmo and Abu Ghraib and Afghanistan, setting up special lawless prisons overseas, and generally behaving in a deeply despicable way.
Torture is as torture does, dudes.
Lucky you guys don't believe in karma.
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My Drupal journey started some five years ago, and it is now about to end. It's been a fantastic journey.
A year ago I started studying to become a school teacher in maths and physics. While studying it became clear to me that teaching and Drupal are two passions that are so big that they don't fit in my head at the same time, and while Drupal is one of the most fun and engaging things I know, the competition from teaching and education was just overwhelming. I know that teaching and education is what I want to dedicate my professional life to, and if that means stop doing Drupal then so be it.
This week I posted the last episode of the epic learning series "Four weeks of Drupal". It contains 99 parts, from "What is Drupal?" to "Providing new entity properites" and can be found over at the NodeOne learning library. This will be my final Drupal learning series, and it feels good to end with (IMHO) best and most comprehensive of the learning series I've created.
DrupalCon — there's hardly a better time or place to try your hand at contributing to the Drupal project. Yesterday I went down to Wunderkraut's contribution lounge to see my good friend and colleague dixon_ and ask him for advice on where to start with code contribution. He showed me an easy way to dig right in by reviewing other people's work using sun's Dreditor user script, and I was so excited (it's much easier than I thought!) that I couldn't resist sharing it with you as well!
Did you know that NodeStream changed from its initial intention to be an online magazine publishing distribution? This is something we at NodeOne have worked on for a while and internally we actually use NodeStream as a base for all our client projects. We think NodeStream is mature enough to become a base for more peoples project and we plan to support you with it.
Earlier this week, I was privileged to attend the Future of Web Design conference in London together with my colleague, Mattias Johansson. With world class speakers running sessions on two tracks for two days, my expectations for this event was huge. In retrospect, it turns out it could have been even higher. I was blown away.
On NodeOne we use Features a lot. Mostly for exporting configuration, and we have some problems with that. Some of the stuff that you want to do, is not in Features, sometimes we need to solve it in another way - mostly with code in the installation profile, but some other issues just keep hanging lose.
I, along with 12 other NodeOners, spent a 3-day weekend in beautiful Amsterdam attending Frontend United. A brand-new concept, Frontend United (FU), replaces Drupal Design Camp as the conference to attend for anyone interested in design and UX related to Drupal.
You should work with coding standards in mind, it is a very good thing when you share you things with other developers. And there tools out there to help you with the standards, for me that is the Drupal Coding Standards.
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The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are highlights from the latest issue. Links are to items we've covered here on NVSF or outside sources as the Voice doesn't post stories online until mid-month.
Front Page: Residents on 25th St and Eureka are raising chickens in Noe; Bethany Church Project hopes for a June reopening; profile of 9-year-old Kif who sings his "breathy vibrato" at the Noe Farmer's Market; photo of beat cop Lorraine Lombardo with the NVV and 2 cobras in Marrakech.
Letters: A reader reminisces about the movie theaters on 24th St in the 40s; several calls for more stop signs on Church and 24th; a reminder that it's not just drivers who are clueless - oblivious cell-phone addled pedestrians are just as much to blame; a lament about the demise of Bell Market and the rise of Whole Foods from a former Noe resident (choice quote: "one thing I won't miss is the self-awarded, superior attitude of some Noe Valley residents"); a gripe about the litter caused by the Examiner (see this post to make it stop).
Short Takes: Noe Valley Garden Tour 2012 set for May 19; changes proposed along the Church corridor to speed Muni by 2014.
Cost of Living in Noe: Average sales price for a single-family home is $1.6 million.
Store Trek: The Playhouse at Noe Valley, Sean (men's clothing)
Rumors: The former Ladybug Ladybug spot (next to Martha's & Bros!) will soon be a tea shop called DAVIDsTEA; the former J&J space is turning into a hip women's clothing store called Mill; the old First National Nails and Tanning salon space on Vicksburg will soon be home to a purveyor of olive oil products called Olive This Olive That that will also sell pasta and vinegars; and First Republic Bank is taking over the old Tuttimelon spot. On the Town Square front, a developer has made an offer for the open lot - and the Noe Valley Ministry needs the money by this fall to pay for the planned church remodel; the Ministry has agreed to wait 5 months to see if the Town Square advocates can raise the funds in the meantime. There have been a rash of bike thefts in Noe - check out a video of a theft and more details here. Small businesses will be toasted on May 17 at the Noe Valley Wells Fargo; look for a Sidewalk Sale on 24th Street on May 19 to honor local small businesses as well.
[The Noe Valley Voice]
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As you know I have been doing the Friday's Feast now for about a month. I love this. It is something totally different from what I blog about and think about all day long. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and sit back and enjoy!!!
Make up a word and give us its definition.
Beautilicious - Beautiful and Delicious all at the same time
What is currently your favorite song?
Fergie - Clumsy
What’s at the top of your Christmas wish list this year?
Name a scent that reminds you of someone special in your life.
Lavender and Fostex soap will always remind me of my Mom
Who is someone on television that you feel probably shouldn’t be, and why?
Katie Couric - It is unfortunate and I hate to say this about anyone but she really isn't that bright is she? I know she has come a long way and all and she has carved a pretty nice trail for women but still she does say the dumbest things and her interviews are just sad. I think they have just promoted her to her demise.
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Edwin J. Bocage, a/k/a Spider Bocage, Little Bo, and best known as Eddie Bo, a fascinating, often enigmatic figure on the New Orleans music scene for over half a century, passed away just over a week ago. During his career, he wore many musical hats (including turbans): pianist/organist, vocalist, bandleader, composer (over 200 songs), arranger and producer. His work appeared on a huge assortment of labels, including a few of his own.
By the time of his passing, while certainly not rich and famous, he was still a popular local performer and had a small but loyal following around the country and abroad. I guess you could say that he achieved an underground legendary status, revered by other musicians, record collectors, and serious New Orleans music fans alike - the Bo-cognoscenti, so to speak.
Wednesday at the Square - Soul Rebels, Bucktown Allstars
Live Review- Will Bernard Band @ Highline Ballroom
I went to see Will Bernard and his insanely funky bandmates at the Highline Ballroom on Thursday. Simply put, it was hot shit! I wrote about Bernard's excellent new record, "Blue Plate Special," back in September. Here's what I said:
Basin Street Records, April 28
Make no mistake, everything about Kermit Ruffins exemplifies New Orleans. Residing in the town of Treme´, former home of his predecessors Louis Prima and Louis Armstrong, he continues the big brass tradition the town is known for - Kermit plays a "sweet, sweet horn", as Michael J. Agovino of Newsweek notes. His musical stylings resemble the culture of New Orleans, a melting pot, with Jazz, funk, standards and hip-hop. His charisma, both onstage and on his recordings, reflects the spirit of his city.
Jealous Monk’s Jermaine Quiz has a new mixtape online for download here. There’s a lot going on here and the source materials are pretty high profile, but it’s nice to hear the Meters/Nevilles and Lil’ Wayne meeting on equal footing in modern NO funk recordings.
On his new CD, pianist Tom McDermott is most effective when his fingers do the talking
As one of the Crescent City's most fluent practitioners of the piano arts, Tom McDermott (hear selected tracks ) is on solid ground whenever he traverses the black and white keys."New Orleans Duets," McDermott's first release for Rabadash Records, pairs his piano with 21 singers and instrumentalists on tracks recorded across five years. The result is a decidedly mixed bag of tricks.
CD Review: Wynton Marsalis, He and She
As the most familiar brand name in jazz, Wynton Marsalis has carte blanche to put together any project he chooses.
So it’s no surprise to hear Marsalis apply his pen and his horn — still a thing of beauty, whether holding long tones, ripping through 32nd-note passages, or altered with a mute — to a set of mostly post-bop jazz intermingled with his playful spoken-word passages on the nature of young love.
Fats Domino tribute concert to feature Chuck Berry, Little Richard and more
Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ozomatli, Keb' Mo', Junior Brown and Taj Mahal are scheduled to perform at "The Domino Effect," a May 30 concert in honor of Fats Domino at the New Orleans Arena.
Promoters hope that Domino at least makes an "appearance" at the show, but don't necessarily expect him to perform. Even an appearance would be something of a coup, as the increasingly reclusive Domino declined to even attend a recent birthday party in his honor at Tipitina's.
Next Generation looks for its next gig
Carrying on in the tradition of legendary educator, arranger, producer and jazz saxophonist Harold Battiste, pianist Jesse McBride coordinates his Next Generation ensemble as a real world classroom for young jazz musicians. McBride stocks the Next Generation with a revolving cast of promising young players in their teens; when they go off to college, he recruits fresh faces.Since early 2007, Jesse McBride and the Next Generation have performed most Tuesday nights at Snug Harbor. But that residency ends in April. McBride understands why Snug Harbor decided to make a change. "I can't say that we packed the house," he said. "If we did, they wouldn't have let us go
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There is a continual dieing until dead. We are not talking about death of the body, but the death of ego, persona -- the little self that wasn't, can't be, and isn't.
As that little self dies it leaves a trail of dusty memories that seem like fantasies, a trail of habits that seem unusable, a trail of something that used to be that just can't be found anymore.
When the little self is seen through as dust glittering under the lamp shade light, what signifies the dust? What causes are there to be examined and analyzed?
Change the world? Save the world? To what end? If this is a training ground, and not a Monopoly game, is it not perfect already?
If this is where we come to evolve, to find meaning in apparent chaos, is this not the perfect place? If we are here to choose amongst unknown results by doing the right thing, is this not perfection in action?
Existential angst is part of the course. At twenty, it has its place -- at forty-five, still being there is a travesty. It is but a right of passage.
This world was never meant to satisfy. It is only a pointer, pointing beyond itself. It points to spirit, to the unmanifest, to awareness. It requires the evolution consciousness; to rising above effects.
As wisdom teaches, we are responsible for the effort, not the result. That leaves only the moral high ground, which we must choose, and choose again.
We save the world only by changing ourselves. Do not discount the effect of doing the inner work. The work of each of us is to become what we want the world to be. The world does not change until we do.
We are the evolution of consciousness. The world is our own projection and the necessary change is inside, not outside. The perfection of our inner world is the only hope to a brighter future. The world need not change, but each of us is responsible for ours.
Does the world seem hard? It was meant to be that way. It points beyond itself, and that beyond resides in you. Don't look out there, it is only a reflection of in here.
The world is perfect as it is -- boot camp for the evolution of consciousness. You are the only one required to graduate. Look within and all that need be changed is there.
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Color pages 44 and 45on July 3, 2012 at 7:46 am
What’s with all of the stupid hot weather lately? Hot and muggy and gross and ugh. The highs tomorrow, not including the heat index are forecasted at 97°F (36°C).
I’m going to melt. I feel like I’m going to melt and die.
Edit: You should check out today’s True Magic if you haven’t already.
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This week's sponsor is Mayzy Art, whose images are just right for the bright colour palette. I've used the Fairy Meri image for my card.
She's coloured with Copics and added to the card with 3d foam to give her some depth.
Everything's been given some fairy sparkle with Stardust Stickles.
Creative Inspirations #198 - Anything goes, plus flowers
One Stitch At A Time #149 - Use a Digi image
** Kate **
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I know it is not Monday today but I observed a day of silence on my blog for the victims of the Connecticut disaster yesterday. I feel I have to move on now, forward. Let those poor people rest and those families grieve but we all need to get back our lives and continue with what we do and for me that is to blog.
I had already picked my choices and I still wanted to share them with you as I love them all. Yes, they are festive and traditional, a real holiday feast!!! From an appetizer and cocktail to turkey with some of the fixins down to decadent bundt cake for dessert. I think you will love all of my picks this week. ENJOY!!
What better way to start off or finish a festive evening than with The Best Hot Buttered Rum by Creative Culinary, yummy!!!
I love, love, love Brie cheese and this Baked Brie with Grape Balsamic Compote by Beantown Baker……………Adventures in a Boston Kitchen looks divine!!!
Pulling out all the stops with an eye popping beautiful Roast Turkey with Pears and Sage by Adventures in Cooking.
Orange Bourbon Cranberry Sauce by Gimme Some Oven will go perfectly withthat turkey.
Cornbread Cranberry Dressing by A Food Centric Life makes a great side that is gluten free too!!
I am sure you won’t be too full for this stupendous Chocolate Peppermint Bundt Cake by Tutti Dolci All Sweets
Happy Holidays and I Wish Peace To All!!!
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Here he writes about how the Bush administration will manage the withdrawal of American ground forces (there's not much doubt we're leaving -- we've run out of troops ): The New Yorker: UP IN THE AIR Where is the Iraq war headed next? by SEYMOUR M. HERSH. Interestingly it's not clear that Bush realizes how bad things are (emphases mine):
Bush’s closest advisers have long been aware of the religious nature of his policy commitments. In recent interviews, one former senior official, who served in Bush’s first term, spoke extensively about the connection between the President’s religious faith and his view of the war in Iraq. After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the former official said, he was told that Bush felt that “God put me here” to deal with the war on terror. The President’s belief was fortified by the Republican sweep in the 2002 congressional elections; Bush saw the victory as a purposeful message from God that “he’s the man,” the former official said. Publicly, Bush depicted his reëlection as a referendum on the war; privately, he spoke of it as another manifestation of divine purpose.Bush believes God has a plan, and Bush has a role in that plan. Any resemblance to Jim Jones is purely coincidental.
The former senior official said that after the election he made a lengthy inspection visit to Iraq and reported his findings to Bush in the White House: “I said to the President, ‘We’re not winning the war.’ And he asked, ‘Are we losing?’ I said, ‘Not yet.’ ” The President, he said, “appeared displeased” with that answer.
“I tried to tell him,” the former senior official said. “And he couldn’t hear it.”...“The President is more determined than ever to stay the course,” the former defense official said. “He doesn’t feel any pain. Bush is a believer in the adage ‘People may suffer and die, but the Church advances.’ ” He said that the President had become more detached, leaving more issues to Karl Rove and Vice-President Cheney. “They keep him in the gray world of religious idealism, where he wants to be anyway,” the former defense official said. Bush’s public appearances, for example, are generally scheduled in front of friendly audiences, most often at military bases. Four decades ago, President Lyndon Johnson, who was also confronted with an increasingly unpopular war, was limited to similar public forums. “Johnson knew he was a prisoner in the White House,” the former official said, “but Bush has no idea.”
....the fear is that a precipitous U.S. withdrawal would inevitably trigger a Sunni-Shiite civil war. In many areas, that war has, in a sense, already begun, and the United States military is being drawn into the sectarian violence. An American Army officer who took part in the assault on Tal Afar, in the north of Iraq, earlier this fall, said that an American infantry brigade was placed in the position of providing a cordon of security around the besieged city for Iraqi forces, most of them Shiites, who were “rounding up any Sunnis on the basis of whatever a Shiite said to them.” The officer went on, “They were killing Sunnis on behalf of the Shiites,” with the active participation of a militia unit led by a retired American Special Forces soldier. “People like me have gotten so downhearted,” the officer added.
Meanwhile, as the debate over troop reductions continues, the covert war in Iraq has expanded in recent months to Syria. A composite American Special Forces team, known as an S.M.U., for “special-mission unit,” has been ordered, under stringent cover, to target suspected supporters of the Iraqi insurgency across the border. (The Pentagon had no comment.) “It’s a powder keg,” the Pentagon consultant said of the tactic. “But, if we hit an insurgent network in Iraq without hitting the guys in Syria who are part of it, the guys in Syria would get away. When you’re fighting an insurgency, you have to strike everywhere—and at once.”
Anyone remember the original plan? We were supposed to have allies. Even before the invasion it was understood the modern US military is too small to occupy a nation. Of all the incompetencies I hold Bush/Cheney responsibile for, one of the greatest was treating France and Turkey as though they were inessential. A few billions to each migh have made all the difference. Instead the Bushies gave us 'Freedom Fries'.
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Credit is also due a work I learned of through a throwaway comment of Melvyn Bragg in a 1999 (30 min!) program on Utopias (Anthony Grayling, John Carey). Lord Bragg mentioned a 1921 novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin called "We". The novel is described in an Amazon review by Leonard Fleisig ...
... WE takes place in the twenty-sixth century where a totalitarian regime has created an extremely regimented society where individual expression simply does not exist. All remnants of individuality have been stripped from its inhabitants including their names. Their names have been replaced with an alpha-numeric system. People are not coupled. Rather, each individual is assigned three friends with whom they can have intimate relations on a rigid schedule established by the state. Those scheduled assignations are the only times the shades in a citizen's glass houses can be closed. Apart from those hourly intervals everyone's life is monitored by the state. As in Orwell's 1984, language has been turned on its head. Freedom means unhappiness and conformity and the submission of individual will to the state means happiness...Yes, rather like Huxley or Clockwork Orange or 1984. Orwell was a fan but Huxley denied having read We.
We certainly belongs in a "panopticon" reading list. Glass houses are the ultimate transparent society.
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[Note from the editor of this website: you can finally comment on individual NOTW stories via an official NOTW website (hooray!) and you can comment on this individual story here if you wish.]
DISGRACED Celebrity Big Brother star Jade Goody sensationally confessed: "Shilpa WAS a victim of racism and bullying."
And today we print the hard-hitting interview all Britain has waited for after voting out the foul-mouthed housemate by a landslide on Friday night.
The News of the World grilled the 25-year-old with the tough questions TV host Davina McCall failed to pose about her treatment of Bollywood beauty Shilpa Shetty after Jade's carefully stage-managed exit from the hit Channel 4 reality show.
Jade will get no payment for this article. Her £50,000 fee will go to charity—along with every penny of her £50,000 Big Brother fee. The £100,000 total will be divided between good causes nominated by Shilpa and Jade.
In the most emotional and important interview of Jade's life—which was punctuated by frequent tearful outbursts— we asked:
ARE YOU A RACIST?
No, I'm not a racist, but I accept I made racist comments. I don't see people for the colour that they are, or where they come from.
I'm mixed race myself and I speak to everyone of every colour, background and nationality. I don't care about where people are from.
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE TENSION SHILPA TOLD CLEO SHE THOUGHT YOU WERE RACIST. WAS SHE THE VICTIM OF RACISM AND BULLYING?
She was a victim of bullying and racism, yes. I can understand why she would have said that.
HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY THE COMMENTS YOU MADE TO SHILPA?
I'm not going to justify my actions because they were wrong. I was shocked to see how I behaved. I was shocked and disgusted at myself.
I don't know why I said those things to her or why those words came into my head. I wasn't thinking in my head a nasty thought.
I'm not making excuses because I know that it's wrong. I now know that it's offensive.
Maybe I'm just really stupid and nasty at heart. But I really don't think I am.
YOU SAID ABOUT SHILPA: "SHE MAKES ME FEEL SICK, SHE MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL."
I can now see how that's been interpreted, that people think I hate her, but I promise to God that if I was a racist I wouldn't have kissed her, cuddled her or ate her food.
DURING THE OXO CUBE ROW YOU SHOUTED AT SHILPA: "YOU'RE A F***ING LOSER AND A LIAR, YOU NEED A DAY IN THE SLUMS!"
I said: "You are a f***ing loser and a liar!" and I did say that.
I know that Shilpa doesn't live in the slums, because I took the time to get to know her. The slums is a word that Shilpa would have told me. I can't justify my actions for that. It wasn't meant as a racist comment.
YOU TOLD HER: "SHUT THE F*** UP! WHO THE F*** ARE YOU? YOU AREN'T SOME PRINCESS IN NEVERLAND, YOU'RE A NORMAL HOUSEMATE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE."
I remember saying that and it's wrong, but it's not a racial comment.
In my rage of anger that's why I said she wasn't a Princess and not a God, she's a normal f***ing person.
YOU ALSO REFERRED TO HER AS "SHILPA F***AWALLAH, SHILPA DURUPA, SHILPA POPPADOM".
I remember saying Shilpa F*** something.
DOES IT SHOCK YOU THAT YOU SAID THOSE THINGS?
My anger when I watched it on the screen shocked me. I didn't like it. I didn't know that my presence could be so intimidating or bullying.
I don't want that, but I don't know any other way to argue.
I've never blamed my past for anything I've done, but I don't know any other way. My only way to argue is to shout—to get louder and louder so that I can't hear what they're saying.
It's the way I am. I didn't know it was a problem until I watched it. I don't want people to be scared of me, or think that I'm intimidating.
YOU CAN SEE WHY SHILPA F***AWALLAH IS RACIST?
It is. Because I now know that in Shilpa's religion anything to do with swearing or the "f" word is seen as hurtful and racist. For me it's normal to say effing this and effing that. I didn't think that these words would cause offence.
DO YOU ACCEPT THAT THOSE COMMENTS AND COMMENTS LIKE IT ARE RACIST?
I hold my hand up to my comments and to people reading them or hearing them and thinking I'm a racist. I can understand why those words would look racist because I didn't get on particularly well with Shilpa. It's offensive to her and her culture. I didn't think poppadom was a racist word. I now know that things that I may not think are racist can actually be racist. It's my own fault for not knowing enough about other people's cultures.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
I feel sh*t. I hate myself right now. The first time I was on Big Brother it was like a holiday camp but I've now got people out there who look up to me. I didn't want to get evicted for the wrong reasons. Evict me because I'm loud or annoying, but not because I'm a racist, because I'm not.
YOU GANGED UP WITH JO AND DANIELLE AGAINST SHILPA.
You sometimes click with people more than others. I clicked with Danielle and Jo because they are the same age, we live in the same area and we had things in common.
ALL THREE OF YOU MADE RACIST COMMENTS. DANIELLE SAID ABOUT SHILPA WHEN SHE HAD BLEACH ON HER FACE: "SHE WANTS TO BE WHITE" AND "SHE'S A DOG."
I wasn't there. I would have said: "You can't say that." Shilpa isn't ugly, she's a beautiful person. She had bleach on her face and I said to her: "Is it true that in India people do want to lighten their skin?"
IF YOU HAD HEARD DANIELLE'S COMMENTS WOULD YOU HAVE INTERVENED?
I would have because that's wrong, Shilpa's not a dog. I wasn't part of it. That's obviously a racist comment.
WHEN YOU WERE IN BED WITH JACK HE SAID: "I DON'T LIKE HER, IN FACT I HATE HER. SHE CAME INTO THIS HOUSE A C***."
Then I didn't see any wrong in it. My reaction now is that this is all wrong. Yes I'm responsible, yes I've said things that can be interpreted as being a racist and a bully, but I don't like that person. I won't let that happen again. I said poppadom and I said f*** in anger but I never said Shilpa wanted to be white or that she should go back to her own country.
AFTER THE OXO CUBE ROW DANIELLE SAID: "THAT WAS F***ING FANTASTIC. I LOVED IT, I THINK SHE SHOULD F*** OFF HOME"—A BLATANTLY RACIST COMMENT.
Yes it is, but that didn't come from me. I didn't say anything as I was too angry.
YOU WERE THERE WHEN JO THEN SAID: "THAT'S MADE ME FEEL BETTER. I MUST SAY, IT'S MADE MY DAY."
I wasn't taking any notice of what they were saying. I was so angry at the time. I was angry with me.
DANIELLE THEN SAID ABOUT SHILPA: "SHE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH PROPERLY."
I feel ashamed about that. I'm ashamed about everything.
DO YOU AGREE THAT YOU, DANNIELLE AND JO HAVE MADE RACIST COMMENTS?
Yes they're wrong.
DID YOU BULLY SHILPA?
Looking at it, yes. I didn't think that my presence was that strong and that people were copying me. I didn't think that I was bullying.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONTROL OVER THIS INTERVIEW?
None whatsoever. I want to face the toughest questions possible. Everyone knows the News of the World is a tough paper and won't shirk from asking what people want to know. I'm happy to put myself through this so people can see what I did was wrong and I'm truly sorry.
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The tension is building….
How will the Romney campaign handle the pacing in this story?
We are waiting for him to pick a VP. So come on, make up your mind, right?
- The VP choice
- Whether Santorum, Gingrich and Paul get to speak—and if they do, will they be given a time slot opposite Ellen or Jimmy Fallon, i.e. too early or too late?
- Will they say something nasty/memorable/gracious?
So enjoy the highly evolved coquetry of the candidates as they bat their political eyelashes while denying any real chance of being chosen. And strain to look like they are having the time of their lives.
Along the way, we may have a plot twist. Between now and the convention, some bad genie may escape the bottle. A problematic press report that just won’t go away. If that happens, they might reach into their quiver of arrows and pull out the big one. To get the focus on something positive, they could trot out the new VP. They will say they planned all along to do it that way. Of course.
Or, the media bloodhounds will smoke out the truth earlier than planned. If they find a smoking gun connection, an unexplained meeting with the candidate, a candidate who “disappears” from even their own staff for a number of hours (as Palin did in ’08),–then what will the Romney campaign do?
Will they handle it?or fumble?
So much tension… What will happen next?
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Here are some PR mistakes new studios will often make. Each (or all) of them can sink your mobile title in a single hit.
Duke Leto knows best:
“The first step in avoiding a trap is knowing of its existence”
1. Launching on a Friday
Fridays are when bad, bad companies like BP put news out so it gets BURIED. Therefore, if you need your game to stand out, the whole idea is to launch on a productive day like Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Another reason to avoid Fridays is the fact that Friday morning in the West Coast is Friday night in the UK, so you will lose most (if not all) Euro pubs.
[Go here for a great top ten of “buried news: http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=14489]
2. Failing to produce a trailer
Trailers are essential nowadays. They’re a basic complement to posts in sites like Gizmodo or Slide to Play. Through trailers, customers & press alike can understand how the game looks and sounds in motion — in short, how polished the whole thing is except for pure gameplay. So make sure to have a 30-second to 1 minute trailer ready for launch.
Here’s a great example: http://youtu.be/2_ObxR8d6LA
The game is FaceFighter Ultimate, a fun mobile brawler by Appy Entertainment.
3. Engaging in astroturfing
Astroturfing is when PR pros & interns pretend they are the common folk in order to give games they represent great scores/reviews in the App Store or the Android Market. Recently, a famous PR firm was caught doing it, making them look really bad to both prospective clients, the press and iPhone users. NEVER, EVER engage in astroturfing. You can easily get caught red-handed and in full public display.
Le Astroturf. As fake as my French accent
4. Changing the price / business model two weeks after launch
Pricing and mobile apps/games is always a point of contention. There’s a whole school of thought preaching that $0.99 is the place to be since it allows for mass penetration and wide distribution (the Angry Birds model). Others believe every game or app has it’s rightful place in the Great Pricing Pyramid — so games with a niche audience or high production values demand a higher price. That’s what EA and Activision do and I’m with the big boys on this one. However, there’s nothing worse than launching at, say, $1.99 then quickly dropping the price to $0.99 if lacking in sales. Or going for the whole in-app purchases bonanza only to find out no-one is buying — therefore immediately launching a premium (paid) version. Don’t change horses in the middle of the race. Stick to your guns — hopefully, you didn’t take the whole pricing issue lightly and made a great choice in the first place.
Don’t forget to check their user reviews in the App Store
5. Pestering the press with multiple emails/phone calls/voice messages
The press is busy just like you. They work hard and are often underpaid. It’s perfectly fine to send them one email and leave one voice message.
Don’t email them multiple times per day or leave multiple voice messages. Don’t keep calling either — maybe they are at their desk, but can’t pick up the phone due to a major deadline. Annoying journalists is the shortest path to getting ignored for the foreseeable future. No press = no coverage = tiny, tiny sales
Pests are found in many shapes and forms
6. Failing to provide sites with promo codes / premium accounts
Give the press promo codes of your game. Don’t make them buy it. Also, if your game is an MMO, let them know you can max out their character after a couple hours in-game so they get to see the whole world. Don’t make them play 10-15 hours straight just to have access to all the content — journalists have better things to do with their time. Finally, a word of warning: U.S. promo codes won’t work in Europe. If a target publication is in Europe — like the aptly-named Eurogamer — you’ll need to produce Euro codes or possibly reimburse them via Paypal.
No one will buy your game in order to review it
7. Having no presence on Twitter/Facebook/Google+
Twitter is great to keep in touch with your fans on a day-to-day basis. You can let them know a patch is in the works — or that this massive giveaway starts in two days. Facebook, on the other hand, fosters a sense of community, of belonging. You can still “broadcast” like in Twitter, but you need to understand every post will have lots of comments under it. So don’t assume everyone will love everything you say — expect criticisms from time to time. No matter what, use Twitter and Facebook to RESPOND as well. Engage your fans. Answer their questions. Post pictures of the studio, goofy videos, tips & tricks. You’ll thank me later.
Google+, the latest entrant in the Social Media Wars, it a hybrid of both Twitter and Facebook. G+ is perfect for the typical “broadcasts” done on Twitter but it also allows for posts well-beyond 140 characters. G+ is also a much more engaging social network; comments will be thoughtful — and plentiful.
How about you? Do you have any sins to add to the list? Tell your story in the comments!
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Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc. and Inland Real Estate Corp. announced acquisitions ofassets.
In the largest, Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc., announced today the acquisition of two shopping centers in Missouri and Tennessee for a combined total of approximately $74 million. The Shoppes at Branson Hills, a 348,700-sq.-ft. shopping center in Branson, Mo., was purchased for approximately $38.5 million. Hamilton Crossing, a 175,458-sq.-ft. shopping center located in Alcoa, Tenn., was purchased for approximately $35.5 million. Both properties were acquired on behalf of Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust, Inc.
Matt Tice, vice president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, facilitated the purchase of Shoppes at Branson Hills. Tenants at the center include Home Depot, Petco and Bed Bath & Beyond. Theis shadow-anchored by Target and Super Wal-Mart, which were not purchased. A Sam’s Club is scheduled to be built at the center in 2013, adding an additional shadow anchor.
Lou Quilici, senior vice president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, facilitated the purchase of Hamilton Crossing. The center’s tenant roster includes Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ross Dress for Less, PetSmart, Old Navy, Rue 21 and Michaels, and the property was 100 percent leased at closing.
In a separate deal, Inland Real Estate Corp. contributed $15 million to its joint venture with Inland Private Capital Corp. (IPCC) to acquire for an aggregate purchase price of $40.8 million, excluding closing costs and adjustments, two portfolios that include a total of seven single-tenant retail properties aggregating 95,630 sq. ft. of gross leasable area.
The IRC-IPCC joint venture acquired a portfolio of two free-standing stores net leased to CVS Pharmacy and one asset that is net leased to Walgreens, for a purchase price of $17.1 million. The venture also acquired for $23.7 million a second portfolio which includes one asset that is net leased to CVS, plus three properties that are net leased to Walgreens. The stores range in size from 12,900 to 14,490 sq. ft. of GLA and are located in seven states across the United States. Simultaneous with the closing, the IRC-IPCC joint venture placed loans totaling $25.8 million on the portfolios.
Finally, Inland Real Estate Corp. contributed $33.0 million to its joint venture with IPCC to acquire two retail properties in Wisconsin. The joint venture purchased a neighborhood shopping center anchored by a Pick ’n Save grocery located in the Village of Mt. Pleasant in southeast Wisconsin, for approximately $21.3 million, and a single-tenant property leased to Pick ’n Save in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, for approximately $11.7 million.
The Pick ’n Save-anchored shopping center totals 83,233 sq. ft. plus a Texas Roadhouse operating on a ground. The center is currently 98 percent leased and additional tenants include U.S. Cellular, Aspen Dental and Mattress Firm.
The freestanding 62,138-sq.-ft. Pick ’n Save grocery store, located in Sheboygan, opened in 2010, replacing an older store located nearby.
For more recent retail deals, go to RetailTraffic.com.
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This article tells you all about some early ways of measuring as well as methods of measuring tall objects we can still use today. You can even have a go at some yourself!
Mathematics has always been a powerful tool for studying, measuring and calculating the movements of the planets, and this article gives several examples.
Calendars were one of the earliest calculating devices developed by civilizations. Find out about the Mayan calendar in this article.
If you would like a new CD or simply a drink on your way home from school, you would probably go into a shop and buy one using coins or notes. (You might need to do a bit of saving first!) However, this way of paying for the things you want did not always exist.
Right from the start of the human race, people needed to obtain necessary items - food, basic clothing etc. They did this by bartering , a way of trading. Bartering is simply exchanging something that you have for something which you want from someone else. For example, if I were a farmer, I may give some corn to my friend, who was a butcher, in return for
This sounds all very fair, but what would happen if my friend the butcher already had enough corn? Then she wouldn't want to give me any meat. This makes things a little awkward...So, you can see that there were problems with the system of bartering. Something was needed that could be used by all people all of the time to exchange for goods.
There were other reasons why "money" developed. In many societies, there were traditions which required payments. For example, in some places laws stated that people who committed violence had to pay compensation. In fact the English word "pay" comes from the Latin "pacare" meaning to make
peace. When a man got married, his family were expected to give some sort of payment to the family of the bride to make up for the fact that she wouldn't be there to help with all the domestic duties. Further examples are the taxes which many rulers imposed on their subjects, also the practice of religious sacrificing.
These customs, along with the disadvantages of bartering, meant that a slightly different way of exchanging developed at the same time in many parts of the world. In most societies, there was something which was regarded as valuable - usually this was found only in small quantities or was simply hard to find. People could then exchange this valuable item for something that they needed. The
person who received the thing of value could then exchange it himself for whatever he wanted.
The first form of money, from as early as 9000 BC, was animals like cattle, sheep and camels. As people began to grow their own produce, grain and vegetables became the precious commodities. Around the Pacific and Indian Oceans in China and parts of Africa, cowrie shells were used from 1200 BC. In some parts of the world, the valuable item was beads or sharks' teeth or animal skins.
In 1000 BC, the Chinese were the first to use metal in their money. They made imitations of cowries out of bronze and copper, and used "tool" money, for example spades, knives and hoes.
For any of these items to be useful as money, they had to be easily stored, easy to carry around and durable (long lasting), in addition to having value. The metal tool money in China soon developed into discs of metal which were the first versions of coins. However, they were very easily copied and were made from metals which were not particularly valuable, making it difficult to buy
In 500BC in Lydia, which is now part of Turkey, coins were made out of a mixture of gold and silver. The back was stamped to show it wasn't a fake and the use of precious metals meant that each coin had a value itself.
These coins had irregular shapes but they were standardised by their weight. There were coins of several different weights but it must have been hard to tell them apart. Historians assume that rather than being counted, the coins were weighed.
Due to the large number of different coin systems, the earliest form of banking in Greece was money changing. Another important service provided by these banks was lending money to people to pay for goods being carried on ships. In fact these weren't the earliest banks. In Egypt and Mesopotamia, central stores for grain had already been established. A receipt was given to show the amount taken
out which could go to the person who deposited the grain, or to somebody who was owed. When the Greeks took over Egypt, the grain stores became even more advanced. A central store was established in Alexandria where information from all the stores around the country was recorded. Transfers became possible between two people's stores without any grain physically changing hands. But, with the
invasion of the Romans, who preferred payments with coins, this banking system was forgotten.
Remember that the use of coins was in part due to them being convenient to carry around? Gradually coins began to be accepted as having the value written on them so there was no need to weigh them. Counting was much quicker and in the Middle Ages, this was used to the King's advantage. The metal used to make the coins was much cheaper than the amount they represented, so that a huge profit was
made. This meant that coins were recalled at intervals to gather this income. New coins had to look very different from the old ones so that it was clear which were in current usage.
However, due to shortages of copper, money actually made from paper appeared also in China around 806 AD. The Chinese used paper money on and off for five centuries but stopped production when inflation rose out of control.
Paper money has taken (and still does take) many forms since then. During the English Civil War (1642-1651) the goldsmiths' safes were locked so that people had a secure place to leave valuables. Written instructions to the goldsmith to pay another person from a customer's "store" developed into what we now call cheques. The goldsmith would give his customer a receipt to say how much was
deposited. The customer could show this receipt to someone he owed to prove that he was able to pay. This is the basic idea behind the banknote .
During the 18th and 19th centuries, representative money was common. This was paper notes which could only be exchanged for a particular item. In 1715, "tobacco notes" were issued in North Carolina, USA which could be exchanged only for a certain amount of tobacco. Later towards the end of the 19th century, gold and silver certificates were used in
Gold was used as the "standard" in European countries until the 1930s and in America until as late as 1973.
Nowadays we use what is termed fiat money which means that it can't be exchanged for just a single item. People accept this money in return for goods or services because they know that they themselves will be able to use it at a later date. Money now has no link at all with precious metals.
Of course with the technology we possess today, electronic money is commonplace. Money can be transferred from one person to another via standing orders or direct debits. Credit cards allow customers to pay for items before the money actually leaves their account. They will then be billed at certain times.
So, perhaps we are lucky to live in the times that we do. Just think... How would you persuade the man in the sweet shop that he'd like to have the trousers you've outgrown in exchange for a bar of chocolate?!
To find out more about how money developed, have a look at these fantastic sites:
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It came as no surprise to labor lawyer Nancy Delogu that a recently released federal study showed the restaurant industry had the highest rate of employee drug abuse of all businesses between 2002 and 2004. That’s because foodservice still lags behind other industries, such as manufacturing and transportation, in drug testing, noted Delogu, an attorney in the Washington, D.C., offices of Littler Mendelson, a national employment and labor law firm. Delogu specializes in writing anti-drug and ...
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ROCKVILLE Md. Montgomery County Council members passed a measure Tuesday requiring some restaurants to post calorie counts on menus and menu boards.The law, which was passed by an 8-1 vote, requires restaurants in the Maryland county with 20 or more outlets nationwide to post calorie counts alongside food items and provide additional nutritional information to customers upon request.The law exempts supermarkets, convenience stores and movie theaters.Melvin Thompson, senior vice president of ...
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Press Release 96-068
Antarctic Science Season Gears Up with Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
October 31, 1996
This material is available primarily for archival purposes. Telephone numbers or other contact information may be out of date; please see current contact information at media contacts.
Spring in Antarctica heralds new U.S. science efforts on several fronts: a series of cruises in the Southern Ocean to trace carbon cycling associated with plankton blooms; drilling to assess the stability of the massive ice sheets; and an expedition to search for more meteorites on the continent that yielded ALH84001, the now-famous meteorite from Mars that may contain fossil life.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is supporting approximately 145 Antarctic investigations, based mainly out of three research stations during Antarctica's summer, from now through February.
The bulk of the research--astronomy and astrophysics, earth science, glaciology, oceanography, atmospheric science, and biology--is supported out of NSF's McMurdo Station, located on Ross Island, and at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, inland on the heights of the ice cap. Other projects are based at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula and on two research vessels.
Antarctic research highlights this season:
- Carbon and Climate in the Southern Ocean Scientists led by Robert Anderson of Columbia University and Walker Smith of the University of Tennessee are mounting a major effort to understand the role of the Southern Ocean in the global cycle of carbon, and ultimately to predict the ocean's response to climate change. As the southern component of the decade-long Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), a study of carbon in the world's oceans, thirteen cruises aboard two ships--the National Science Foundation's icebreaking research vessel, the Nathaniel B. Palmer, and the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System ship Thomas G. Thompson--will take place from September, 1996 through March, 1998. This field season's cruises will center mainly on the Ross Sea, starting with a cruise embarking in early October to study Antarctica's largest and most predictable spring bloom of phytoplankton in these waters, and its role in the carbon cycle. Two subsequent cruises will track carbon over the season, and investigate how trace metals, especially iron, affect plant production.
- Deicing Dynamics of Sea Life The growth and retreat of sea ice around Antarctica is one of the world's great seasonal events, yet little is known about how ice dynamics affect zooplankton and other animals in the ocean's topmost waters (the upper 100 meters). Three cruises in the Weddell Sea and associated studies, under a project led by Kenneth Smith of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, will track the ecology of tiny animals--zooplankton (floating) and micronekton (swimming)--over one year, to capture how dramatic changes in sea-ice cover affect the animal populations. The project will develop an instrument to monitor populations at different depths, and will launch a remotely-operated vehicle to sample and observe animals beneath the sea ice.
- The Rougher It Is, The Better They Like It Biologists now agree that archea, or archeobacteria, are one of the three major branches of life, in addition to bacteria and eukaryotes (the latter embracing plants, animals, and humans). Archea seem to like environments that are very hot, or very salty, or strictly lacking in oxygen--places where no other life can endure.
Recent studies, however, reveal a surprise: archea comprise more than 30 percent of biomass in waters off Palmer Station, Antarctica--the highest rates measured in the ocean. A team led by Edward DeLong of the University of California-Santa Barbara will sample archea in the region this season, illuminating the ecology and biology of these mysterious organisms.
- Hot and Ultraviolet The greater amount of ultraviolet light (called UV-B) let in by the ozone hole reduces the productivity of marine phytoplankton, but how does UV-B affect Antarctica's terrestrial plants? How are such plants reacting to the 50-year warming trend around the Antarctic Peninsula? Thomas Day of the University of Arizona and his team will study the impact of UV-B and warming on the health of two vascular plant species near Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula. The study may shed light on the possible consequences of global warming for land plants.
- Drilling an Ice Dome in West Antarctica Fast-flowing ice streams, analogous to rivers, drain part of West Antarctica's ice sheet out to the floating Ross Ice Shelf, and hence to the sea. How permanent is this ice sheet, which is actually anchored below sea level? As part of a major, multi-year initiative, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet program, scientists led by Kendrick Taylor of the Desert Research Institute will begin drilling a 1000-meter core from Siple Dome, a rise of ice located between two ice streams on the coast of the Ross Sea, and a critical location for taking the ice sheet's pulse.
The core's ice record is expected to span 80,000 years, including part of the last glaciation, and to have distinct annual ice layers back at least 6,000 years. The core will shed light on coastal climate and ice stream dynamics in the past. It will also be compared with the famous deep cores from the Greenland ice sheet, to assess whether the rapid climate changes recorded in Greenland had a global reach.
- Flying Above the Rift If West Antarctica's ice melted, sea level would rise worldwide by six meters. West Antarctica's swift ice streams lie above a geologic rift -- an area where the earth's crust is pulling apart, possibly with profound effects on the ice streams' behavior, and hence on the ice sheet's overall stability. An aerogeophysical survey headed by Donald Blankenship of the University of Texas at Austin and Robin Bell of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is tracing how the sub-ice rift architecture affects the ice streams. The team uses an aircraft fitted with geophysical instruments to image the surface and bed of the ice sheet, while measuring the gravity and magnetic signature, a clue to volcanism of the rock beneath (this year's survey focuses on Ice Stream "D").
- Vostok: The World's Deepest and Oldest Ice Core Drilling to complete the world's deepest and oldest ice core will continue at Russia's Vostok Station in East Antarctica this season. Some 30 researchers from the United States, France, and Russia study the ice record, expected to stretch back perhaps half a million years. Studies of Vostok's ice have already shown a close link between climate over the past 200,000 years and changing concentrations of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. The drillers plan to halt at approximately 3650 meters depth, stopping above Lake Vostok, the subglacial lake beneath Vostok Station that is comparable in size to Lake Ontario. The lake and any life it may harbor have apparently been sealed off from the atmosphere for hundreds of thousands of years. NSF provides flight support for the project and grants to glaciologists studying the ice core.
- More Favorite Martians? The news last summer that ALH84001, a meteorite from Mars found in Antarctica's Allan Hills, may contain fossils of early life startled scientists and the public. It also drew the spotlight to the Antarctic Search for Meteorites, akin to a bargain-priced space mission on snowmobiles led by Ralph Harvey of Case Western Reserve University. Antarctica is actually unrivaled in its abundance of meteorites. Since 1976, the program has found more than 7800 specimens, including samples of the Moon and Mars, expanding knowledge of the primeval nebula that have birth to the solar system. This season, the team returns to the Allan Hills and will search other locations as well.
- AMANDA Expands Its Neutrino Search Antarctica's ice sheet serves as the detector for an unusual neutrino telescope, the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA), a project based at the South Pole. AMANDA seeks to map the sources of the ghostly subatomic particles called neutrinos -- whether they come from active galactic nuclei, supernovae remnants, pulsars, neutron stars, or from elsewhere in or outside the galaxy. Such studies are at the forefront of the new field of neutrino astronomy.
The array already offers some provocative results. From a sample during the first nine months of observations, AMANDA has spotted about 12 particles that seem to be evidence of incoming neutrinos. This season, hot-water drillers will bore out holes to install seven new strings of detectors 2,000 meters deep, to join the four strings already embedded in the ice sheet.
- Probing the Aurora When the sixth Automatic Geophysical Observatory is put into place in a remote location on the Antarctic ice cap this season, it will complete a network of instruments that take continuous measurements of the aurora and the polar ionosphere (the highest layer of the earth's atmosphere). The AGOs will furnish data that could otherwise be collected only by an entire flotilla of spacecraft.
- Retrieving the Flare Genesis Telescope One of the world's largest solar telescopes circled Antarctica last year suspended from a giant balloon, and taking advantage of the 24-hour-long light, imaged sunspots and mapped associated magnetic fields which are believed to cause solar flares. The balloon was cut down above the Adelie Coast, 1400 kilometers from McMurdo Station, but foul weather permitted only the data recorder to be retrieved. This year, the French Antarctic program will assist the U.S. by mounting a traverse to recover the balloon payload, including the $10-million telescope.
Lynn T. Simarski, NSF (703) 292-8070 [email protected]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2012, its budget was $7.0 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 50,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes about 11,500 new funding awards. NSF also awards about $593 million in professional and service contracts yearly.
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Media Advisory 10-001
New Findings Shed Light on Who's Afraid of HPV
Study results to be presented in major peer-reviewed journal on Jan. 13; NSF sponsors embargoed webcast news briefing for journalists on Jan. 12
January 7, 2010
The "cultural cognition thesis" argues that individuals form risk perceptions based on often-contested personal views about what makes a good society. But what does it reveal about people's views regarding one of the most hotly debated health care proposals in recent years: vaccinating elementary-school girls, ages 11-12, against human papillomavirus (HPV), a widespread sexually transmitted disease?
Join the National Science Foundation for a live webcast as Yale University law professor Dan Kahan discusses new details of an experimental study that asks the following questions: Who fears the HPV vaccine, who doesn't and why? The webcast is embargoed until the research findings are published online in a major peer-reviewed journal on Jan. 13.
Journalists only please
Jan. 12, 2010, 11 a.m.
Passwords are needed to access the webcast and to ask questions during the live event; journalists interested in participating must e-mail [email protected] to obtain the necessary passwords.
Journalists are encouraged to submit questions in advance to [email protected].
*** ALL MATERIAL SHARED AND PRESENTED WILL BE EMBARGOED UNTIL JAN. 13 at 1 p.m.***
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2012, its budget was $7.0 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions. Each year, NSF receives about 50,000 competitive requests for funding, and makes about 11,500 new funding awards. NSF also awards about $593 million in professional and service contracts yearly.
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Senior Vice President, Research and Business Operations
Sandra has been with Cerulean since its founding. Prior to joining Cerulean, she spent 13 years at Millennium Pharmaceuticals which she joined in 1993 as one of its first scientists. At Millennium, she held a series of positions with increasing responsibility, ultimately becoming Vice President of all platform technology groups before moving into a senior role in strategic program management and operations. In this role, she worked closely with the CEO and led company-wide process improvement initiatives and participated in business development and merger and acquisition efforts. During her tenure at Millennium, Sandra was critical in transitioning Millennium from a genomics research-focused organization to a fully integrated pharmaceuticals company with products on the market. Her division played an integral role in the numerous Millennium-large pharmaceutical company collaborations, which generated over $1.8 billion in funding for the company. Sandra serves on the Board of Directors of Taconic Farms and is the Chair of the Board of Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology. She is also a member of Genetics Advisory Council of the Harvard-Partners Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine. Sandra received her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, her Ph.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago and completed her post-doctoral training at MIT.
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Hostage Ordeal Ends in Philippines
Twelve hostages, including a child, captured by tribal gunmen in the Philippines, were found by security forces on Wednesday, unharmed after their four-day ordeal.
The father of one of the captors who went to the gunmen's encampment to try to negotiate, was also found with them.
Looking tired but relieved, the former hostages appeared at a news conference at the home of local town mayor, Albin Magdamit.
They had been found abandoned on the outskirts of Prosperidad in the Southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
Mr. Magdamit had been negotiating for their release.
[Albin Magdamit, Prosperidad Town Mayor]:
"We are happy to announce that at 6 o'clock this morning, all of the 13 hostages have been recovered and are already safe with us. Our troops found the hostages abandoned by their captors at Sitio Balete, Barangay La Purisma, Prosperidad, Agusan Del Sur."
Hundreds of soldiers and police officers had been scouring the mountains near the area.
The gunmen were demanding the release of a tribal leader and comrades detained in 2009 for mass kidnapping and murder.
Mr. Magdamit said the government did not give in to the tribal gang's main demand and said those responsible will be held accountable.
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Between 28 April and 7 July 2012 Saltram is co-hosting an exhibition of contemporary art exploring the cultural influence of China on the west. Saltram is of course already home to a significant historic collection of Chinese wallpaper, which I have featured before.
The exhibition has been curated by Eliza Gluckman and is part of the National Trust-sponsored Sinopticon project which explores the interface between chinoiserie – the western use and imitation of Chinese art and design – and contemporary art.
Artists include Suki Chan (UK), Gayle Chong Kwan (UK), Stephanie Douet (UK), Christian Jankowski (Germany), Isaac Julien (UK), WESSIELING (UK), Grayson Perry (UK), Ed Pien (Canada), Meekyoung Shin (South Korea), Karen Tam (Canada), Erika Tan (UK), Tsang Kin-wah (HK/China) and Laura White (UK).
The exhibition demonstrates how chinoiserie is still a relevant concept in view of the persisten cultural barriers between ‘the west’ and China, which can lead alternately to fascination and mistrust, inspiration and misinterpretation.
The works on show engage with these barriers in different ways and explore the nature of cultural identity.
Seeing this exhibition in the context of the National Trust’s historic collections, I find it fascinating to realise how globalised the world already was in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with international trade carrying East Asian objects into the most personal and private areas of European homes.
Equally, that sense of wonder in the face of a different culture and that longing for what is distant is still very much with us today.
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Relieving breast-feeding discomfort has never been this easy!
The Breast Aid™ by Nûby™ is a breast care tool designed to help relieve soreness, and provide fast relief for tender breasts resulting from the pain associated with engorgement, blocked milk ducts, and/or mastitis. For prompt relief from these discomforts, simply heat or cool the Breast Aid™ gel packs to Nûby™ recommendations and slip them into your nursing bra.
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To the editor:
Since my previous letter to the editor regarding my NO sign being stolen from my yard, I've had people call me and contact me through social media thanking me for my letter. I even received a nice call from someone whose YES sign was stolen. However, I received a letter in the mail today that I felt requires a response and I have chosen to do it publicly because it is my hope that no one else who opposes the proposed marriage amendment is the subject of such angry and judgmental attention. I have italicized the letter's text and quoted it exactly as it was written to me.
Why are you so angry? The first paragraph of your letter stated "I read your article about your NO sign. It is not the sign that irritates me, it is your chosen life style. What gives you a right to push your misdirected life on others?" I don't believe I have ever met you and you obviously don't know anything about me.
"I have never met a Gay or Lesbian that doesn't have mental problems. I would love to know your story and how your mind was led to homosexuality. Was it drugs or alcohol? Was it religion?" You want to know my story? I am not gay, although I have several friends, male and female, who are. I was born in New Ulm, graduated from NUHS, attend church nearly every Sunday, was widowed at 45 when my husband died in a tragic accident, I have one son, I'll occasionally have a Grain Belt Light, but I've never done drugs.
"There is not ONE person in New Ulm with a NO sign that doesn't have some serious issues. Check them out, have a sex party and then talk stupid and go on with your miserable life. Remember, you cannot fix stupid." Everyone that I know in this town who has a Vote No sign in their yard is heterosexual and most are married. I've never been to or been invited to a sex party. Yes, I've been known to put my foot in my mouth a time or two; you got me there. I am not miserable, I lead a life of gratitude.
"You mentioned FREEDOM - you never earned the freedoms you have, the soldier gave you those freedoms. Turn your life around with psychological help and do positives work for the future of our country." No, I never served in the military but several members of my family have served this country from the US-Dakota War to the current war in Iraq. I work two jobs to support myself and to help put my son through college, so I pay income taxes. I own a home, so I pay property taxes. My tax dollars help the future of this country.
"Why don't you inform the citizens where these NO signs can be picked up rather than hiding in a closet and being dishonest like your kind is. Your sick and disgustful, Ann, a person always hopes somebody in the family cares but 95% of the time that is a failure." I will gladly tell anyone who wants a NO sign that they can be gotten at 208 S. Minnesota Ave. in St. Peter, inside the Four Seasons Mall, Monday to Friday, 9-5. You can also get a t-shirt, bumper sticker, or button at that location. I have no idea what you mean by that last line; I feel sorry for you that you have such anger in your soul.
"Take your stinking attitude and lifestyle to a place where there are many of you and enjoy life. Keep your disgusting s--- out of other peoples' lifes." I usually have a pretty good attitude towards life, even through the hardships I've endured as a widow and single mother. My family has been here since 1848 and I have no intention of leaving. I usually stay out of other people's lives, except to put a few simple signs in my front yard and a couple bumper stickers on my car stating my political and amendment choices.
I will vote NO to the marriage amendment on Nov. 6 because I believe that all people living in this state should have the same rights to marry as I do, to marry whomever they choose. Voting NO will not change anything. There is a state law banning gay marriage in this state. Although I hope that some day gays will be able to marry, voting NO does not make that happen. The state legislature would need to debate and vote on that to change the law in the future.
In response to my first letter, someone commented online that they might go out and steal a YES sign. No one should steal anything! People with signs are just publicly stating their choices, YES and NO. That is one of the great freedoms we have in this country and I would hope it's a freedom we have in this town.
Many people visit New Ulm because we have a beautiful, clean, friendly city. There are very strong feelings and emotions on both sides of this issue, but please don't dirty our city with mudslinging, cruel words, wrong assumptions, and vandalism.
Ann M. Iverson
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Have you ever made something that you actually have no idea what to call it? That happened with this creamy cauliflower soup. See, it’s not really a soup, but I’ll let you be the judge of that.
If you can tell by the photo, it’s really thick. It’s like cauliflower chili without the beans or cauliflower stew. So what happens when you mix a soup and a stew? You get a stoup, which is what I’m going to call this moving forward. I mean, sporks exist, so why can’t stoups?
I’m going to diverge here for a moment from the topic at hand, but how many of you watched Hey Arnold as a kid? On Nickelodeon? Anyone remember the episode about the stoop kid who wouldn’t leave his stoop? And the kids would taunt him, “Stoop kids afraid to leave his stoop!” Anyone? Bueller? Well, whenever I make stoups, I think of the poor stoop kid and how much better his life would have been if he had a bowl of this while the kids were tormenting him.
Moving on from early 90′s Nickelodeon and back to this stoup, I have to tell you just how freakin’ easy it was to make. You simply roast cauliflower, garlic and onions for like 30 minutes. Then you throw that into a food processor, add some broth, a little cream and some cheese (I used goat) and pulse on low until it’s creamy. I had a variety of this soup at Six-One-Six during the Taste of Michigan and it was so incredible. I could have gotten mine as smooth as theirs but I love a little texture in my soups.
If you have a really nice blender, blend the soup in that for a really creamy finish. If you’re like me and love a thick stoup (that sounded gross and a little dirty), just pulse on low on your food processor. This is AMAZING paired with a piece of super crispy homemade bread. My friend Amy makes the prettiest baguettes so grab the recipe from her site and come back to pair it with this stoup. Or soup. Or stew. If you don’t care about titles, just call it what it is, creamy and damn right delicious.
Creamy Cauliflower Soup (or Stoup)
- I head of cauliflower cut into florets
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup of low-sodium vegetable broth
- 1/4 cup light or heavy cream
- 3 ounces of soft goat cheese (I used Chavrie)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fresh chives for garnish
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place cauliflower florets, garlic and onions into a baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for about 25 – 30 minutes, or until cauliflower starts to turn golden brown and garlic and onions are fragrant. Stop at 15 minutes to mix the vegetables around a bit. Remove from oven.
- Immediately pour mixture into the body of a food processor. (If you have a smaller processor, you’ll have to do this in batches). Add broth in 1/2 cup increments and pulse on low until mixture starts to cream. Add in cream, goat cheese and salt and pepper. Pulse until mixture is smooth. If you want a thinner soup, add additional cream or broth.
- Serve mixture immediately with fresh chives.
Nutritional information per 1/2 cup serving:
Fat: 8 grams
Carbohydrates: 10 grams
Fiber: 4 grams
Protein: 5.4 grams
Weight Watchers Points: 3
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See, there are all these dead people waiting to be found. And while they are obviously not going anywhere, I could at any time, fall off the edge of the world. Ya never know, right? So there are projects I really want to do and answers to be had, well, at least theoretically. I prioritize and make lists-a-plenty, moving forward in a somewhat orderly fashion. All is well and then the Race Against Time Monster rises behind my chair!
This monster tells me I'm not doing it fast enough nor hard enough, not looking in the right places. I am after all, a relative newbie (no pun intended.) I know that I must be wasting time on uneducated guesses, or malformed search pursuits. That's just part of the learning process. So what's with the Monster?
After pondering this a bit I think it's has to do with my concern that I'm not immortal. (Big revelation there.) And that I want all of Mom's good work and Aunt Betty's good work to be in some form or format that will insure that it gets transmitted down the generations. I think that when all is said and done, my mission if I am able to do it, is to get this stuff organized and put together for the future. Not that Mom and Aunt Betty haven't done that, and very well!
I look at the work done by those no longer with us, that has helped me the most, and I'm so impressed by the cogent way they pull it all together. Doesn't your heart race whenever you find a book or text about a particular family line?! Mine sure does.
I don't know what exactly I envision but it has to capture the imagination of younger people of each generation. Pictures, stories, charts so they can easily see who came from who. Sure, sources. You have to have sources.
So I'm thinking, as I sit in front of the monitor, about how it might be possible to bring together whatever exists now that falls under the umbrella of "family history". This is gonna take a while! But at least now I better know what I'm racing toward in this race against the clock.
Photo of the day from the Archive:
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New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The government Thursday issued a formal notification on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail , civil aviation, broadcasting and power exchanges, giving effect to the cabinet decision taken last week.
“The government today notified the cabinet/CCEA decisions on FDI in single brand retail, multi brand retail, civil aviation, broadcasting sector and power exchanges. The decisions were taken in the Cabinet and CCEA meetings on September 14, 2012,” an official statement said.
Among a slew of economic measures announced last week, the government had allowed FDI in the multi-brand retail sector, provoking widespread political opposition, which resulted in a nation-wide strike Thursday.
The government had Tuesday said the implementation of the policy remained a prerogative of the states.
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Google Glasses privacy concerns have been highlighted as a Seattle bar bans the entry of those who come wearing the high tech goggles
It is still months or even years away. But the amount of media headlines it is garnering one may be excused in thinking that the product is already in the market. It is being praised, criticised and even being banned long before it actually arrives in brick and mortar stores.
The first of its kind, a dive bar in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood has banned Google Glass which is not yet available. The 5 Point Café in Seattle posted a notice on its official Facebook page last week that if anyone wants to enter into the bar, they need to take out their $1500 worth of Google Glasses.
The Facebook post said, “For the record, The 5 Point is the first Seattle business to ban in advance Google Glasses. And ass-kickings will be encouraged for violators.” However, the bar seems too much engrossed with the technology and is just trying to gain some publicity from this stunt. The warning posted on Facebook is too early for Google to comment, as the Glass is yet to be available in the market for sale.
However, Dave Meinert, the owner of 5 Point Café, stated in an interview on Seattle’s local radio channel, “I’m a thought leader. First you have to understand the culture of the 5 Point, which is a sometimes seedy, maybe notorious place. People want to go there and be not known…and definitely don’t want to be secretly filmed or videotaped and immediately put on the Internet.”
“Part of this is a joke, to be funny on Facebook, and get reaction,” Meinert said jokingly. However, he continued, “But part of it’s serious, because we don’t let people film other people or take photos unwanted of people in the bar, because it is kind of a private place that people go.”
Meirnert, however, made clear that he is not against the product but he doesn’t want people to wear it inside his bar. ‘It’s OK if you wear them,’ said Mr Meinert of the ‘Glass’ while addressing the tech-savvy people who visit his bar from Amazon nearby, ‘I just don’t want them worn inside.’
A Google Spokesperson said, responding to the ban on their not yet launched product, “It is still very early days for Glass, and we expect that as with other new technologies, such as cell phones, behaviors and social norms will develop over time.”
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Voting Home / Westport Winery
Nominated for: BEST Wine Tour
“It will be historic.”
The Roberts’ family created the first winery and vineyard in Grays Harbor on the urging of WSU agricultural extension agent, Don Tapio. “You should plant a vineyard and open a winery here. It will be historic.”
Wesport Winery is owned by Blain and Kim Roberts. Their son Dana is their winemaker and their daughter, Carrie, is their tasting room manager.
Land and Sea
It is traditional to think of grapes and wine in terms of terroir (the place). This place is all about fine wine set against a backdrop of good food, a great community, wonderful activities, and extraordinary scenery. Along with their agri-business experience, everyone in the Roberts’ family has a passion for the sea.
Commitment to Quality and Community
At Westport Winery, wine quality is attained through thoughtful creativity and adventuresome science. Their passion is this community, they express that passion by creating great wine, a fun experience, and fond memories. A portion of the proceeds from each bottle benefits local charities.
To best link the farm culture to beach culture Westport Winery built its own 40-foot lighthouse. To highlight the amazing artistic talents in the community the family commissions local artists to create sculptures commemorating their wines in their gardens. The gardens also feature a putting green, croquet, and pétanque. Inside the lighthouse guests enjoy a quiet sitting room with games. Surf movies and popcorn are always on in the Gathering Room.
Westport Winery and Vineyards By-the-Sea is a Salmon Safe certified farm featuring 2400 vines including Madeleine Angevine, Muscat of Norway, Siegerrebe, and Pinot Noir. There are also over 10,000 irises, acres of wildflowers, bee colonies, chickens, thousands of berries, an orchard, a produce garden, and a culinary herb garden.
Tasting: Wine, cheese, and chocolate tasting daily. Taste five wines for $5. One tasting fee is waived with each purchase of a bottle of wine.
Tours: Available daily on request.
Wine Club Weekends: The first full weekend in February, May, August, and November. Free wine tasting, music and food for wine club members. (Membership is free. Members receive a 20% discount on e wine, a 10% discount on gifts, free tasting, and invites to all events when they commit to four orders of two bottles of wine per year on a quarterly schedule.)
Bottling Weekends: Watch the magic and enjoy a BBQ lunch several weekends each year.
Fleur de Lis Festival: In June, celebrate all things French as the irises bloom.
Crush Me, Squeeze Me, Make Me Wine At The Beach Festival: The first weekend of October is a grape-stomping good time with live music, the Lucy and Ethyl Look-Alike Contest.
The Gathering Room: Enjoy food and wine all year at brunches, winemaker’s dinners, mystery dinner theater, and concerts. Available for private events by reservation.
Great Lectures and Culinary Classes: From food and wine to travel and history, enjoy a classes on most Sunday afternoons from 3-5pm.
Yappy Hour: People and pets meet on the patio on sunny, summer Sundays from 1-3pm.
Private Celebrations: Enjoy your personal and business events and celebrations in the Gathering Room during or after hours.
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“I don’t see Tim just holding a clipboard. He’s going to be playing for us. There is no doubt,” Ryan said at the league meetings. “He will have a role. We know that. There won’t be a better Wildcat quarterback in the game. Is that his only role? I don’t believe that – we’ll see what happens.”
Tebow, who considers himself a quarterback, will surely be asked about Ryan’s comments when the Jets unveil their new superstar at an introductory news conference at noon Monday at their training site in Florham Park.
Tebow first arrived in Jersey on Thursday, but contract details needed to be reconciled before Tebow could officially become a Jet.
Saturday night he hit Broadway, attending the play “Wicked.” Monday, he will be on stage and the media turnout is expected to be so large that the Jets are holding it in their massive fieldhouse. When they traded up to draft
Sanchez in 2009, his news conference was in the small room where Ryan holds his briefings during the season.
Ryan won’t be there to greet Tebow. Ryan, owner Woody Johnson and GM Mike Tannenbaum are all at the league meetings here this week. But Ryan certainly gave Tebow something to think about.
“We have a No. 1 quarterback. Mark is our No. 1 quarterback. Tim Tebow is our No. 2 quarterback, but he’s also going to do other things for this football team,” Ryan said. “He’s a football player. That’s what I keep wanting to put out there. Let’s not just look at him as a quarterback. I look at him as a football player.”
Ryan would not be specific where else he planned to use Tebow other than the initial blueprint the Jets are developing for him as the Wildcat quarterback. He did rule out pass rusher, where the Jets have the greatest need. “We’re not bringing him in to be a guard,” Ryan said.
But when asked if Tebow will be playing other positions, he said with a smile, “Well, I don’t know. This guy is a football player. I think we all recognize that .”
Maybe Sanchez can take the snap and flip it to Tebow, who can either run or throw it. There are lots of possibilities.
Perhaps he can be used as the blocking back on punts with the ball snapped to him directly. The Jets could use a red zone receiver to replace Plaxico Burress. Ryan said the idea of adding
Tebow started with Tannenbaum and everybody endorsed it 100%.
Ryan said it’s up to him and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano to be “creative” in developing ways to get Tebow on the field. “He is a quarterback,” Ryan said. “There is no question he’s a quarterback. But his skills – I see a
football player. That gets me excited.”
In an interview with Dan Patrick in December 2009, five months before the Broncos drafted him in the first round as a quarterback, Tebow said he would consider a position switch if he didn’t produce at quarterback. “I’ll work as hard as
possible to become a quarterback and be one at the next level,” he said. “I just want an opportunity and a chance and if I get that chance and it doesn’t work out and they don’t think I can do it – then move me to another position and I’ll play my heart out there and do my best to succeed at that position, but just give me a chance to play quarterback.”
Ryan said this is the best quarterback situation he’s had in his four seasons with the Jets. The depth chart going into training camp will be Sanchez, Tebow and Greg McElroy. Tebow is extremely competitive, he took the Broncos to the playoffs last season and won a playoff game, so he’s not going to be satisfied as a backup quarterback.
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The market for couture has shifted. Whereas in the past American socialites would buy couture dresses and parade them around town promoting the label, that's just not the customer anymore. Pre-fall! Resort! Daywear! That's what American women are buying, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. Everyone looks so casual. Oscar de la Renta, who designed Balmain’s couture collection for nine years (1993–2002), sees no point in creating couture clothes at all. "Couture has become completely irrelevant," he told the Journal. "Couture isn’t necessary, even to promote the brand. Customers are smart. They know that a $10,000 wedding dress will look as beautiful as a $1 million wedding dress. Maybe it will not be finished the same way inside, but who will know?"
So who's buying couture? Women in the Middle East and Russia. "For this very moneyed class, it’s less about the luxuriousness of wearing exquisite handmade to-order creations and more about conspicuous consumption and making museums out of their closets," the Journal reports. A couture dress by Elie Saab costs $600,000. Saab said a sheikh’s wife buys an average of six gowns each season.
Survival of the Finest [WSJ]
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Family Art Project: Give a Winter Bird a Home or a Feeder - Wave Hill
Price: FREE Admission to the grounds is free until 12pm
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue - 718-549-3200
Bronx, NY 10471
Description: Using recycled materials like plastic bottles and juice cartons, learn how to make a bird home or feeder. Decorate it with natural materials to welcome in new feathery friends.
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Just call me your psychic friend.
When the Eliot Spitzer scandal broke, I wrote a column called, “Here’s How It’s Gonna Happen” (March 27, 2008), where I predicted that despite Client 9’s “activities” while he represented us, he would be welcomed back somewhere. That place may be as New York state comptroller.
I also saw a future with the face and words of Ashley Dupre splashed all over it in the form of an album, memoir or made-for-TV movie. I think getting her own weekly advice column in a major daily newspaper comes pretty close.
I guess once you’ve had a taste of the limelight—even in a negative way—some people just can’t walk away. Hence the reason the former call girl is working for the paper that put her on its cover, naked, cupping her breasts with the headline: BAD GIRL. Clearly, Dupre does not hold a grudge.
I can’t blame her for accepting a plum columnist job at a national tabloid, but if she really wanted the fresh start she claims, I’d think that she’d move to Wyoming, change her name and get a job as a secretary.
Perhaps some might consider that running away, and cite the adage that when you get wherever you’re going, you’re still there. Maybe Dupre is right to try to recover from scandal by staying put and reinventing herself before everyone’s eyes.
I’m not planning on any “misadventures” any time soon, but just in case, I’d like to be prepared, so I turned to New York public relations veteran, Patricia Gitt. She is also author of the novel CEO, whose main character has to do a lot of corporate image enhancing to fend off damaging publicity about how she got her job.
Together we figured out a plan of action:
1. Determine your goals.
A) If you want to capitalize on your newfound fame/infamy, act as though whatever questionable thing you did is the obvious prerequisite for your next move. In Ashley’s case, being a prostitute qualified her to have a deep understanding of interpersonal relationships. (Well, someone bought into that and gave her a job.)
B) If you want to squelch negative publicity, own up to your deed promptly, like David Letterman. Once you’ve put your side of the story out there, move on.
C) If you want to rebuild your reputation and a solid future, apologize without delay. Then, as Spitzer did in his resignation speech, let everyone know you’re down, but not out: “Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
2. Focus your energy on the things you can change, then design a plan to take you beyond the scandal. Think The Good Wife. Julianna Marguiles’ character advised, “Get up every day, get dressed, put on make-up…” then return to your career and be too busy working to notice your colleagues watching replays of the embarrassing incident on the Internet.
3. Build new, positive connections that support your efforts to head in a productive direction. Angelina Jolie left Hollywood and started hanging out in the Third World. She then began surrounding herself with the beauty and innocence of children, as well as the golden Brad Pitt. Her life as a scary, erratic, blood-vial-wearing sex maniac on the arm of creepy Billy Bob Thornton is now a distant memory.
So, if back in ’09 you made a personal or professional gaffe that you want to put behind you, there are ways to begin anew. Just ask Ashley.
Lorraine Duffy Merkl’s debut novel, Fat Chick, from The Vineyard Press, is available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
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Students hop in and out of a giant circle according to the fruits they hear.
Students will recognize a variety of fruits they can eat for lunch and dessert.
||Small bell, whistle, or lunch-related noisemaker (e.g. soup spoon banging on soup bowl)
- Gather the students into a circle.
- Ask them what some of their favorite dessert foods are. Remind them cakes, cookies, and ice-cream are "slow" foods and should not be eaten too often because they can slow our bodies down.
- Tell them fruit is a great alternative when they are craving something sweet for dessert after lunch. Tell them fruit helps us fight off colds, gives us energy, keeps our hair shiny, our skin soft, and our teeth and bones strong.
- Also tell them each type of fruit has different amounts and types of nutrients in it, so it is important to eat a variety of them (e.g. oranges provide vitamin C, which helps fight off colds and bananas provide potassium, which helps prevent muscle cramps). Then, tell them they should eat about 1½ servings of fruit a day (see below for serving size amounts).
- Explain that they are going to play "Fruit Scramble."
- Tell them you will call out various fruits (see below). For example, you can say: "If you have ever eaten blackberries for lunch, change spots when the lunch bell rings."
- Everyone who has eaten blackberries for lunch should hop to a new empty spot in the circle. (You can mimic the sound of a bell or use a real bell, whistle or noisemaker.)
- If only one student has tried the fruit, she or he should hop to the center of the circle and back to her or his original spot.
- You can vary the movements (skip, jump, slide, etc.) the students use to move around the circle or ask those who have both tried and liked blackberries to change spots.
- You can also have them play "Musical Chairs" style so the person in the center is trying to steal some one elseís spot.
While it is important to introduce students to new, healthy foods they can try, be sensitive to the limitations of lifestyle, income, transportation, etc. Try to include uncommon fruits, but not so uncommon they couldnít find them in a local grocery store. If possible bring in fruits or pictures of them.
Fruit provides bodies with nutrients they need to stay healthy and strong. Fruits are an important source of fiber, complex carbohydrates, and other food components that can help reduce a personís risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer. They also provide vitamins (such as A and C), minerals, are low in calories, fat, and sodium, and contain no cholesterol. 100% juice is one way to get fruit servings, but whole fruit is a better choice.
In general, 4th graders should eat 1 ½ servings of fruit per day and vary their fruit choices as fruits differ in nutrient content. One serving of fruit is about:
- one medium piece of fruit (apple, pear)
- six strawberries
- two plums
- fifteen grapes
- ½ cup of 100% juice
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Less Common Fruits:
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Further information about the National Standards can be found here
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The Hand and The Hen
nytheatre.com review by Lyssa Mandel
July 15, 2007
I never imagined that one day I'd be thankful for the volatile governments of South America. Then lo and behold, Chilean playwright Fernando Josseau appears at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, bringing to light his mistrust of political authority in two subtle, delightfully spiteful fables. Even as this woken'glacier production of Josseau's eerie two-playlet piece The Hand and The Hen does it only fleeting justice, the script shines with the bizarreness, witty precision, and political underpinnings to keep us listening.
We are welcomed to the world of Cipresses Street, a sort of single-room Bermuda Triangle, with several moments of complete darkness accompanied by superbly moody (though often rather loud) original music by Spiros Exaras. The suspenseful composition, a throwback to the days of Joe Friday, sets the tone for an interrogation. The Hand takes us into the apartment of Mr. Qu, a man whose hand has been mysteriously thieved when he stretched it out the window to check for rain. As he rocks and trembles in his armchair, given palpable panic and obvious mental deterioration by Jeffery Steven Allen, the Inspector, played with slyness and a permanent smirk by Paul Daily, circles the room in an attempt to break the case. As absurdity mounts, faintly reminiscent of Ionesco, the Inspector comes up with the idea that it is Qu's own fault that his hand was stolen. In a glimpse of just what Josseau is after, the victim is blamed and the authority can abandon its duties with impunity. Gruesomeness ensues.
It is a shame that Josseau's lovely dialogue often flies back and forth so quickly as to lose the dramatic weight and control necessary to infuse every line with meaning and deliver each joke to its full potential. This is especially true of The Hen, a second piece in which an emotionally absent husband is oblivious to the rape of his wife by a slimy but intellectually superior professor and neighbor. Allen and Daily do double duty as the husband—simply "Him"—and Professor Lamertier, respectively. Coco Silvera—"Her"—plays the wronged wife. Though the text is brimming with delicious, underhanded references to philosophers and Christianity and jabs at the disappointing nature of Authority, the execution falls flat. When "He" re-enters the room to find "Her" disheveled in the armchair, Silvera says quite simply, "He has raped me," as if commenting on the weather. I was jumping out of my skin throughout most of this second playlet, desperate for the stakes to be raised to the level of the script. The rape scene itself lacks the fervor of a rape!, I crowed silently, and the husband's descent into his title role as a "chicken" could be so much more pitiful! Josseau's plays call for shock value, nuance, and very careful treatment of each word, all of which I desperately craved throughout the performance.
Director Oscar A. Mendoza deserves credit for his innovative double use of the tiny "living room" space for both plays, surrounded on all four sides by white wooden arches of varying heights serving as symbolic doorframes or windows. It is clear that Mendoza recognizes the genre implicit in Josseau's unnerving scenes of questionable morals, but he stops several steps short of the walloping blow this intricate script has in its power to give.
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Material collected by Alan Weaver related to organizing Sierra Club employees, including the Sierra Employee Alliance (SEA),
United Autoworkers Union, Local 2103; and John Muir Local 100. Includes correspondence, emails, clippings, meeting agendas
and minutes, contracts, committee records, flyers and information packets. Contains various documents relating to staff reorganization
during the 1990s fiscal crisis, and domestic partner/ gay rights issues within SEA and the Sierra Club.
Alan Weaver was an employee of the Sierra Club 1977-1997, beginning with the Hawaii Chapter and then moving to San Francisco,
where he worked in the Books Department. Weaver was involved in efforts to create greater staff involvement in the company
from the 1980s on and eventually helped to organize the Sierra Employee Alliance (SEA), which became an official representative
of employees in 1992.The Sierra Club was incorporated in San Francisco on May 28, 1892 by John Muir and other supporters in order to study and
preserve the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast. Since that time, the Club has worked to promote the responsible use of
natural resources through outreach, education, and programs which make the Sierra accessible to the public.
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of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
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Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, printed matter, and photographs, relating to education in the United
States, and especially to the eight-year study of the Commission on the Relation of Schools and Colleges. Photocopy.
American educator; chairman, Commission on the Relation of Schools and Colleges, Progressive Education Association, 1930-1942.
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Among others, includes portraits of: Dan Totheroh, Bulah Bondi, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Charles G. Norris, Elsa Heymann, and
Ruth St. Denis.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
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DENVER -- After Chipper Jones' troublesome left knee reacted well to Thursday's flight to Denver, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez opted to position his veteran third baseman in the second spot of the lineup for Friday night's series opener against the Rockies.
The start in the two-hole marked the first time Jones batted there since a seven-game stint from Sept. 8-16. His customary role as the No. 3 hitter has been recently filled by Freddie Freeman, who is making a strong case to remain in the spot going forward.
"I got kind of misty, I get to bat in the first inning, Jones said as he smiled and looked in Freeman's direction. "I kind of forgot what that feels like."
With Martin Prado given a chance to rest on Friday, Gonzalez also had the option of batting Jason Heyward second. But then each of the first four hitters in his lineup would have been left-handed.
Gonzalez bans pregame Frisbee throwing
DENVER -- In response to the unfortunate incident that left Yankees closer Mariano Rivera with a significant knee injury on Thursday, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez will not stop his pitchers from shagging fly balls during batting practice.
But earlier this week, before Rivera tore his right anterior cruciate while shagging fly balls, Gonzalez stopped his players from continuing the ritual of throwing a Frisbee around the outfield approximately an hour before the start of batting practice.
"If you watch our BP, watch [Craig] Kimbrel and [Jonny] Venters shag," Gonzalez said. "That's how they get their running in. But that Frisbee, that's out of the question. I solved that a couple days ago. It's not because it's bad. But if something happens, I don't want to answer the questions."
John Smoltz and Greg Maddux are among the many pitchers who have used shagging fly balls during batting practice as a conditioning drill. While there has always been a risk of injury, the practice is more controlled than the Frisbee throwing that included more than 10 players on many afternoons.
"They're having fun and running around," Gonzalez said. "But I don't want [Braves general manager Frank Wren] saying, 'How come Venters blew out a hamstring chasing a Frisbee around?"
Pastornicky shares past with Moyer's son
DENVER -- When Tyler Pastornicky innocently told a couple of reporters that he went to high school with one of Jamie Moyer's kids, Braves veteran shortstop Jack Wilson knew what was coming.
"Don't say that," Wilson said. "They're going to write that."
When prodded, Pastornicky said that he believes he actually ended his days at The Pendleton School at the IMG Baseball Academy in Bradenton, Fla., before Dylan Moyer began his. But through trips back to the school, Pastornicky has had a chance to meet the elder Moyer and his kids.
The 22-year-old Pastornicky will be reintroduced on Saturday night, when the 49-year-old Moyer takes the mound for the Rockies.
When asked if he called the veteran pitcher "Mr. Moyer," Pastornicky smiled and said, "No, I think I called him Jamie."
The Braves played their longest and shortest games of the season within a span of 24 hours. Wednesday's 11-inning win over the Phillies lasted a season-long four hours. Thursday's loss to Philadelphia lasted just two hours and two minutes.
Braves bullpen coach Eddie Perez celebrated his 43rd birthday on Friday.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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Grading the General Assembly So FarWhen I talk to people about this year's legislative session, I've often been asked how I would rate it so far in spite of the events of January 13th. The question deserves serious consideration, since some things have turned out far better than could have been expected. SJR 127 has passed the Senate overwhelmingly, and it would appear that it stands a good chance to pass the House.
Mail order wine appears as though it will become law, which means that even though we won't have wine in grocery stores just yet, we will have the ability to order wine and spirits for shipment to our homes-with proper identification. A flurry of positive Second Amendment legislation looks as though much of it will pass the House. These are bills which, if made law, would make Tennessee a freer State and reduce the active role of government in the daily lives of citizens. If SJR 127 and the Second Amendment bills actually do pass the House, it could place Kent Williams in an unusually good position politically, because he will be able to say that he kept his word in allowing these matters to come to the floor.
The downside of this session is that apparently the dreaded Judicial Selection Commission is going to reappear in another form. This breaks a campaign promise the Republicans gave that they would eventually allow the people to vote directly on their judges as the Tennessee Constitution prescribes. It cannot be said, however, that this session has been a disaster such as many of us predicted. Much has yet to be done and there are many pieces of legislation which have not gotten the fair hearing that they deserve, but many things have been given legislative life which would not have even made it to the House Calendar and Rules Committee during the previous General Assembly.
So far I'd give the 106th a C+.
Labels: Tennessee politics
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The Atlantic Online
March 19, 2012
by Hank Cardello
Recently the Wall Street Journal reported that the major beverage companies are now taking ownership positions in coconut water brands. Touted as natural sports drinks, the beverages hold promise as the next wave of revenue and profit generators. More importantly, these actions are part of a pattern to shift from higher calorie products to better-for-you versions.
Large food and beverage companies are notorious for their poor track record at creating and developing new brands unless the name borrows from its legacy (e.g., Diet Coke; Honey Nut Cheerios; Grape Gatorade). Many big successes have often been acquired and examples abound:
The soda companies have been particularly adept at employing this line extension/acquisition strategy. When I first entered the soft drink industry 30 years ago, lower calorie beverages (i.e., diet sodas) comprised only 20 percent of sales as sugar sodas ruled. Since then, line extensions like Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, and Pepsi Max, combined with opportunistic acquisitions, have helped beverage companies grow while lowering the number of calories they sell. According to a recent University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study, calories per capita from carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) sold by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in the United States have actually declined 26 percent over the past decade. All this despite calls for increased regulatory action against these companies.
Yet despite high-profile acquisitions, line extensions (PDF) still represent the lion's share of new product launches. The reason is that this strategy helps mitigate the risk of failure and delivers more controlled growth. However, relying on line extensions alone slows the transformation to better-for-you items.
If we really want food and beverage companies to help pull calories off the street, improve the nutritional content of their products, and accelerate the reversal of obesity rates, we must provide a pathway to encourage them to step-up their purchases of better-for-you brands developed outside their corporate walls.
Rather than impose new regulations intended to drive the conversion to lower-calorie foods and beverages, I prefer the carrot to the stick. As demonstrated above, the soft drink industry has lowered its calorie contribution substantially without regulation primarily in response to changing consumer needs. If anything, proposals to tax and ban certain sugared beverages only serve to delay progress in adopting healthier brands as the companies are certain to resist, resulting in a protracted and costly altercation.
To trigger action, give companies Calorie Credits when they buy brands/companies that lower the overall calories they sell per capita.
The validity of each company's claim to a credit can be determined readily by tracking its Calorie Footprint, a measure of the calories sold per person or per dollar sales. Calorie Footprints for all food and beverage companies can be calculated via a credible third party institution, such as our Obesity Solutions Initiative at the Hudson Institute.
Several packaged goods marketers are already moving to shore up their product portfolios with better-for-you brands. Recent examples include General Mills' completion of the Yoplait acquisition, Group Danone's purchase of Stoneyfield Yogurt, and Coca-Cola's procurement of Honest Tea. Accelerating such activities would go a long way toward removing excess calories from the market. Given that the annual cost of obesity is estimated to be between $147 billion and $215 billion, credits to drive widespread distribution of more lower-calorie foods and beverages are more than merited. And they have been proven to be effective. A study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that the research tax credit, amounting to a $5.6 billion subsidy in 2009, fostered innovation and economic growth by reducing the cost of qualifying research by 6.4 percent to 7.3 percent.
One approach is to add a new provision to the 2010 Tax Relief Act which already allows R&D credits for such activities as new product development and ingredient research. An expansion of this definition to include the acquisition of better-for-you brands would go a long way to prompting the large food and beverage corporations to acquire and accelerate the national distribution of healthier, but less visible, brands.
Despite existing R&D credits, the food industry spends a paltry one percent to two percent of revenues on R&D. A broadened tax credit incorporating the purchase of better-for-you products would create a renewed urgency to accelerate acquisitions given their potential to more quickly impact revenues and profits.
Given the staggering price tag associated with obesity, credits are a small price to pay. They're worth a try.
Hank Cardello is a Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the Obesity Solutions Initiative.
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KENNETH KAZUTOSHI MIYAOKA
Age 82, passed away on March 30, 2011, at Kailua Hospice Hawaii. Born on May 14, 1928 in Ah Tai Camp, Wahiawa, he attended Waialae Elementary, Kaimuki Intermediate and graduated from Kaimuki High School in 1946. He worked at a desalinization plant on Eniwetok Atoll in 1956. He also was a veteran of the Korean War. After retiring from Pan Am Airlines as a port steward he worked for Honma Golf Co. as a sales representative. Mr. Miyaoka was inducted into the Hawaii Golf Hall of Fame in 1993. He was a member of the Oahu Country Club from 1973 to present and earned an honorary membership in 1997. In his retirement he enjoyed making nasubi, wonbok and mustard cabbage tsukemono for friends and family.
Preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Eiko Miyaoka, he is survived by his sons, Lester Hideo (Bonnie) Miyaoka and Kel Tsutomu (Mavisanne) Miyaoka; sisters, Leatrice Miyaoka and Jane (Howard) Takara; grandchildren, Randy (Lindsey), Haley and Kelianne Miyaoka.
Visitation from 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2011, followed by service at 4:00 p.m. at Hosoi Garden Mortuary. No flowers. Aloha attire.
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So recently, I have become possessed by Julia Child. Although most of what I make is barely edible…I’m getting better. I don’t really remember how I found this website, but the Vegan Stoner makes looking at recipes much more fun than those meant for 40-year-old housewives who have been cooking for years. The best part? CARTOON-LIKE PICTURES (like the one at the bottom). While I am not a vegan, I am a vegetarian. This makes it hard to find recipes not consisting of potatoes and cheese only. With this website it’s easy for me to take the vegan aspects that I don’t usually consume with ones typically found in a grocery store. For example, in the recipe below the recipe calls for vegan margarine, but I would use regular butter. Because there is a very large number of illustrated recipes, there is something for everyone. Don’t let this gem remain uncovered, go make something!
By using a play on words, the internet has created a much cuter version of a popular news website. The Fluffington Post categorizes cute animals into six categories: puppies, kittens, birdies, bunnies, rodentia and menagerie. Within each of these categories is a picture of a cute animal and a faux news story. For example, this news story concerning two puppies:
Puppy Secrets Cause Playground Rift
According to sources close to the situation, a secret told in confidence on Friday morning had spread through the entire puppy playground by mid-afternoon. The two pups who initially instigated the secret telling are reportedly no longer on speaking terms.
“Rrrrow gruff, ruff aroo!” said one of the dogs involved, on the condition of anonymity.
Although these stories may seem silly, it is a concept everyone can enjoy.
Bonus: there is is a “Petflix” section with gems like the video below.
Link to website: www.thefluffingtonpost.com
Watch out Pinterest, I predict a new website will take over in a matter of months. Polyvore, a website dedicated to the creation of fashion mash-ups (think of a scrapbook), has already infiltrated the bookmarking website through polyvore ‘sets’ being ‘liked’ or ‘reposted’ numerous times already. While geered primarily for females, the fashion website is quite an accomplishment. Before I discovered this website, I was obsessed with Pinterest. While I still frequent my former love, polyvore has captured my attention. Rather than mindlessly scrolling through recipes and cat pictures, polyvore offers a creative outlet to those interested in fashion. The best part, is that it is extremely easy to operate. All you need to do is create an account, it can link to facebook or twitter, and press ‘create’. After that, simply select a background template to add your clothing items to, and start searching for the designers you are most obsessed with. But be warned, this website is addicting.
His name is ridiculous. His outfit is ridiculous. But that strange Canadian middle-aged man in plaid pants and a plaid beret produces some of the most entertaining interviews I have ever seen. His journalistic approach to questioning celebrities is one of a kind., which may be why he has interviewed basically every musician ever. While the interviewee goes into the meeting thinking it is going to be another run of the mill interview, Nardwuar changes everything. While he is still interested in getting the scoop like any other entertainment journalist, he makes the interview much more personal, and not in a sappy-cliche-father-issues-type-of-way. Rather, Nardwuar is known for “knowing more about the celebrity than they know about themselves.” Because of this, he is known for his gifts. An example of this is during his interview with Odd Future (posted below), a rap ensemble led by Tyler the Creator that prides themselves on being anything but mainstream. Nardwuar found out that Tyler had a secret obsession with bacon, and therefore gave him the gift of bacon-scented soap in addition to multiple albums the band never said they were obsessed with, but secretly always have been. Since Nardwuar began his career interviewing heavy-metal bands in the 80s, he is accustomed to hostility. However, his energetic and excited personality is extremely infectious. Plus, the man knows how to do a sign-off right; just check out his commitment to not moving. And i dare you to not have his entering credits theme song stuck in your head for the remainder of the day.
Doot DooLa Doot Doo…Doot Do!
Interview with Odd Future at SXSW 2011(WARNING: Odd Future curses quite often, it’s basically a rule):
I rarely buy CDs anymore. When I do buy music, it’s almost always digitally from iTunes. However, as my car continues on it’s path of falling apart, it now only wants to play CDs. This has caused me to go into a CD burning frenzy. However, there are some CDs I would buy regardless, just to have a hard copy of. An example of this would be one of my favorite artists, and the headliner of the best concert I have ever been to: Kid Cudi. On Tuesday, I spent about an hour looking all over Austin, Tx for his new album, WZRD. I first visited Target, my go-to, and then Wal-Mart and Best Buy. No one carried this CD, and I couldn’t understand why until I went onto his Twitter account. WZRD is not a solo album, but a collaboration Kid Cudi did with record producer Dot da Genius. Although both usually focus on rap music, they wanted a change and embarked on putting together an Alternative Rock album in which there was zero profanity. This was frowned upon by Cudi’s record label. Since he decided to go through with production and release to the public, the record label only released 50,000 copies nation wide. This is the reason I had to travel across town to Waterloo Records in order to procure my copy for $9.99. While WZRD did not live up to my expectations, due to all of his previous Man on the Moon CDs, it has been continuously playing in my car since I unwrapped it. Any new music from Kid Cudi is gold in my book.
My favorite song from the album:
For college students all over America, it’s crunch time. Midterms have crept up on us, and to many of us, that means even less sleep and an extra cup of coffee or energy drink. On a typical day, I have either one Red Bull and one cup of coffee, or two cups of coffee.Recently, I have noticed that even that amount of caffeine has not been enough. I was falling asleep in class while drinking a cup of coffee. I could not figure out what was wrong ,until I realized, my body must be used to that amount. It scared me how dependent I had become.
About a week ago, I came across a documentary on Netflix while looking for background noise when doing homework. Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead caught my eye due to the subject matter. The documentary follows the journey of a man who is tired of being overweight and dependent on fast food and caffeine. He decided to do something about it. His answer? Juicing. Prior to the film, when I thought of juicing I pictured either hippies on a commune sitting around with their wheat grass juice and anorexic celebrities chasing the newest fad diet. However, ‘Joe the Juicer’ showed me the light. He quit eating ‘hard food’ in exchange for juicing for six months (so long that when he was re-introduced he realized he had forgotten how to chew). His message was to show the average American how easy, and delicious, juicing actually is. After watching Joe, all I could think about was how gross the food I eat actually is. In college, it’s all about convenience. This equals food that I shouldn’t be eating, at times most people are typically asleep.
It is because of this film that I decided to follow Joe’s lead. Although I am not going to juice for months like he did, I’m going to try it for a week. I need to press the restart button for my body. While I may not be getting any more sleep than I do now, I’m hoping the lack of grease, starch, artificial chemicals and caffeine will help me to feel better. I found a large amount of juice recipes to aid me in my quest. While I refuse to drink kale, some options actually sound pretty good. Let’s see how long I last…wish me luck!
P.S. I’m going to try to document my week of juicing on my twitter, so follow me! (@Lizdrakee)
Joe the Juicer on Twitter: @joethejuicer
Movie Website: www.fatsickandnearlydead.com
Official Movie Trailer:
The Hunger Games, a triolgy by Suzanne Collins, may seem to those who have not read them to be the exact same premise as the Twilight series, full of angst and bad acting. However, Collins has written something much different. While Twilight recieved criticism for having a weak heroine who was constantly dependent on a boy, the Hunger Games includes a female protagonist who is relatively emotionless. Set far in the future, when a global-warming induced event, much like that of an Ice Age, reduces the world into half the size of the United States, and calls itself Panem. Decades ago, civilians rebelled against the ‘Capitol’, the small super-rich interior city in charge, and because of this, The Hunger Games were created. Every year two children, between the ages of 12 and 18 are drawn from a bowl of names and forced to enter an arena, where joined by 22 other teens, fight to the death. Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old, is forced to enter a competition called The Hunger Games when her twelve-year-old sister’s name is called at a ceremony known as the Reaping. Refusing to let her sister more than likely die in the event, Katniss volunteers herself in her place. The world of Panem is broken down into 12 ‘districts’, each specializing in a skill and decreasing in wealth the higher the number. District 12, known for mining and famished civilians, is home to Katniss. The first novel follows her both prior to the Games, while she is groomed for action, and during the event itself. The character imagery is what glued me to the series. Collins does a great job of providing just enough back story to entice readers, and leaves out enough to let the characters take shape in each reader’s imagination. I read the entire series in less than three days when I was traveling this Christmas break. The books had been recommended to me a few years back, but I did not become too interested until I found out Jennifer Lawerence, an Oscar-nominee for her performance in Winter’s Bone, was cast as Katniss, and would be joined with other well known actors such as Woody Harelson, cast as the drunk and haunted mentor. The first film comes out March 22,2012, and much like Twilight I anticipate an enormous response due to the overwhelming fanbase. It seems as though the Twilight fandom has shifted it’s attention to The Hunger Games, except I think this series will leave room for those not looking for a cheesy romantic plot. ‘Happy Hunger Games!’
One of my favorite TV shows at the moment is 30 Rock. A little over a year ago I found a rapper named Childish Gambino. Unbeknownst to me, Donald Glover—Childish Gambino’s real name— is one of the main writers for the show. It was fate. Glover has also written for the Daily Show and is a star on the NBC show Community with Joel McHale. After finding a stage name through a Wu-Tang Clan name generator, Gambino released his first mix-tape in 2008. Since then, he has released 1 EP, 5 mix-tapes, and 1 studio album; my favorite being his Ep released in 2011. Since my discovery I have seen Childish Gambino live three times, and will see him for a fourth on April 4th in Austin, Tx at Stubb’s Amphitheater. His last tour, IamDonald, was half stand-up—he also is a stand-up comedian—and half music. This tour, however, is all music. I. Cannot. Wait.
Childish Gambino is my current obsession.
His Blog: www.iamdonald.com
Warning, some pictures may be NSFW.
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The Holy Trinity in Creation
God the Father created the world through the Son (Word) in the Holy Spirit. The Word of God is present in all that exists, making it to exist by the power of the Spirit. Thus, according to Orthodox doctrine, the universe itself is a revelation of God in the Word and the Spirit. The Word is in all that exists, causing it to be, and the Spirit is in all that exists as the power of its being and life.
This is most evident in God’s special creature, man. Man is made in the image of God, and so he bears within him the unique likeness of God which is eternally and perfectly expressed in the divine Son of God, the Uncreated and Absolute Image of the Father. Thus, man is “logical”; that is, he participates in God’s Logos (the Son and Word) and so is free, knowing, loving, reflecting on the creaturely level the very nature of God as the uncreated Son does on the level of divinity.
Man also is “spiritual”; he is the special temple of God’s Spirit. The Breath of God’s Life is breathed into him in the most special way. Thus, among creatures man alone is empowered to imitate God and to participate in His life. Man has the competence and ability to become a Son of God, mirroring the eternal Son, reflecting the divine nature because he is inspired by the Holy Spirit as is no other creature. Thus, one saint of the Church has said that for man to be a man, he must have the Spirit of God in him. Only then can he fulfill his humanity; only then can he be made a true Son of God, likened to him who is only-begotten.
On the most basic level of creation, therefore, we see the Trinitarian dimensions of the being and action of God: the Word and the Spirit of God enter man and the world to allow them to be and to become that for which the Father has willed their existence.
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Wednesday, June 25. 2008
The second Town Hall, and so much more.... Please make your comments to the original article, and the subsequent clarifications and update here.
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Bravo to Metropolitan Kyrill of Kaliningrad. It seems that there are bishops out there somewhere that have a brain in their head. Now why can't we have that here!?
#1 no name on 2008-06-25 18:41
Because nobody cares about the real issue , the church. Scandal this and scandal that , who cares. If the oca really wanted to end this , they would have. What a smoke screen , town meetings , who thought that one up. Herman and all his minions are better than benny hill.
#1.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 05:16
+ Kyrill, like + Bartholomew, believes in "UNITY." However, it's UNITY UNDER MOSCOW while + Bartholomew believes in UNITY UNDER HIMSELF.
Both Pat. of Moscow and the EP want to be the "top dog" in the Orthodox world and control all the churches. The Greeks and their sympathizers want the EP and the Russians and their sympathizers want the MP. Everyone wants to be a Pope!
This is why, all the more, the OCA is the only logical resolve for Orthodoxy in America. Each bishop in the OCA is fully responsible for their own diocese and it's only in the collective Synod of Bishops - conciliarity - where unified decisions are made.
#1.2 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 05:59
The statute would not be wrong and have to be rewritten as Archbishop Dmitri asserts if the SOB would oversee and minister to the faithful as they were called to do. I ask Archbishop Dmitri how the system he proposes would have worked in the situation in Alaska? What if you were to have a situation where one of the chief people associated with the scandal just buried himself in another diocese and administrated that diocese through one of his former henchmen behind the scenes? How would the OCA address these situations in his plan? That is if, in a perfect world, they were addressing issues at all without sweeping unpleasant problems under the carpet.
#1.2.1 anonymous on 2008-06-26 06:53
The more I hear the less I understand.
With all of these issues why was Theodosius Lazor given a pass?
After all this entire problem began with the "Metropolitan's Discretionary Fund". Okay, Herman takes over after Wheeler the Wizard leaves. Why was Herman given a pass?
Sounds like what it is "SCAPEGOATING"!
#1.2.2 MP on 2008-06-29 05:28
Because when they look for bishops over there they don't look for yes men who meet the lowest common denominators.
Maybe there is SOMEWHERE in the Orthodox world, beyond our noses, where men are chosen to lead the Church because they stand for something and will stand up to evil forces. Unfortunately we must look elsewhere because we lack that here in the OCA.
Which reminds me, how's that auxiliary trojan horse looking in the DOS?
#2 Anonymous on 2008-06-25 21:02
Oh contrare; the bishops under the MP are nothing but "yes men." They must all tote the line and really have no personal freedom in thought from the MP. They are all monkeys on a leash.
Igumen Jonah Paffhausen who will be the auxillary bishop to + Dimitri, is very bright, very respected and will make an excellent bishop.
#2.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 06:05
...and a choice not made by the statutes, but rather by people who pick based on whether a person is manipulatable. We heard all the same accolades given to people such as Nikolai and what happened to him? He was so smart that he was run out of town. Now, people want us to believe the same here. Surely, you, with such favorable things to say would be more than proud to write your name? Put the choice to a diocesan assembly because you can bet your bottom dollar that who gets in as auxiliary will become the ruling bishop when Dmitri can no longer fulfill his responsibilities. At that time, people of the South, you will have your choice and decision made for you, hence the trojan horse successor.
#2.1.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 10:23
Issues of the case aside, to quote the great Arlo Guthrie from his epic "Alice's Restaurant", "It takes a lotta damn gall..." to take someone to task for being anonymous while simultaneously hiding behind anonymity. How do you manage it?
#184.108.40.206 Scott Walker on 2008-06-28 09:02
I think Mark does a pretty decent job of moderating this site given all that he has to cope with. Nevertheless I would like to register a very strong objection to a) the remark about a "trojan horse" being the new auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of the South and b) the failure to apply the minimal moderator discretion that would have kept such an anonymous, gratuitous and completely unsupported aspersion out of print here.
The Bible teaches us that with his words the godless man destroys his neighbor. (Pr. 11:9) St. James tells us no man can tame the tongue, it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison, a world of iniquity, set on fire by hell itself. (3:6-8) I think that zeal about the issues discussed here has created an atmosphere in which such scriptural truths tend to be forgotten or ignored.
The truth is bad enough and endangers enough souls as it is. Unsupported, anonymous aspersions such as "trojan horse" should not be allowed to pollute this site and endanger still more.
#2.2 Fr. George Washburn on 2008-06-26 23:14
For all those that think the solution to our problems is going under the Antiochian banner, Fr. George is a good argument against that. Don’t like an argument, well, it needs to be banned. Sounds much like what we are battling against. Don’t like the characterization of a problem that cuts to the CORE of the problems in the OCA, well, don’t allow the characterization to see the light of day. And people want to go from the ills of the OCA to that kind of mentality? We do, however, appreciate him putting his nose under the OCA scandal tent to stir the pot. Its always nice to see fellow Orthodox reaching out fanning flames of a situation in which he has no dog in the fight… We gather that Fr. George, who has described himself as a fan of Bishop Benjamin takes personal offense at how we characterize the ascension of Benjamin to his Episcopal throne.
But, let us talk about the characterization that Fr. George proclaims needs to be hidden in a paper bag under the bed. For those not familiar with the Trojan Horse I will give a brief explanation. This is taken from http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/Trojan_horse.html because its nice and brief:
“The term comes from the a Greek story of the Trojan War, in which the Greeks give a giant wooden horse to their foes, the Trojans, ostensibly as a peace offering. But after the Trojans drag the horse inside their city walls, Greek soldiers sneak out of the horse's hollow belly and open the city gates, allowing their compatriots to pour in and capture Troy.”
How does this fit into the OCA bishop selection process? We have written many times here that process of giving a diocese a ruling bishop follows the steps of: an auxiliary is deemed necessary (not necessarily following the OCA Statute Article VI, section 5). The auxiliary is consecrated and assigned into the diocese. After a while, in dioceses where there is already a ruling bishop the ruling bishop retires and the diocese being familiar with, and often at the recommendation of the retiring bishop, is put up for election as ruling bishop, no other names are entered into nomination, and an unanimous vote is carried out to install the auxiliary as the ruling bishop of the diocese. In dioceses where a ruling bishop does not exist, but where there is a locum tenens, a similar process is carried out. An auxiliary is consecrated for the Metropolitan, he’s placed as administrator of the diocese without a ruling bishop. People get familiar and the excuse that, well, he knows the diocese, the people, and has formed a relationship with said diocese, let’s put him up for election at some diocesan assembly sometime in the future. Election is carried out under the watchful eye of a Syosset functionary as a facilitator (we use that word in a very liberal sense) and the auxiliary is made the ruling bishop. This second method is more insidious than the first, but still a clever way in which those in power basically pick who’s a bishop where and take it out of the hands of the laity as is spelled out very clearly in OCA Statute Article VI, Section 10. They do not even allow you to nominate a bishop and refuse them as allowed in part b of Section 10. They just take you out of the loop. Bishops Nikolai, Nikon, and Tikhon (EPA) were handled in method two, Bishops Benjamin and now the proposed Fr. Jonah are method one.
What is the problem with this? At the core of the problem in the OCA are the bishops. If the Bishops were honorable and God fearing men we would not be in the shape we are in. They have allowed all that has happened to continue and at least some of them knew what as going on. After all, Herman told Eric to take it like a man when he was fired. The Synod allowed funds to be taken off the books and never held to account. The bishops were dragged kicking and screaming to discipline Kondratick. The bishops let Nikolai go back to being Nikolai and it was only after the extraordinary voice of St. Vladimir’s that they went back and did what they needed to do for the good of the church. The bishops have been complicit in all the ills that have befallen us and as the ultimate authority have the ultimate responsibility to correct what has happened and their actions so far have been to stall, sweep under the rug, ignore, and serve as enablers. If the bishops took their responsibilities seriously, we would have a real investigative committee. We would have Herman taken to task and maybe put on leave while everything is investigated. We would have, based on the cries of the faithful for three years, some concrete action to clean up the spiritual decadence in the central administration. But no, they have done nothing, and we go on and on with the problems. During this time we have received more bishops. We received Tikhon, who’s nothing but a puppet for Herman. We received Nikon, who’s toed the party line incredibly well, basically not acknowledging the existence of the Ansonia parish in his diocesan documentation because they, well, did the STUPID thing of demanding accountability. Accountability that Nikon doesn’t want to make his voice heard for. Both of these men were auxiliaries not chosen properly by their dioceses. We ask, would they have been if the ruling bishop or locum tenens did not pick his own guy? Nikolai was made auxiliary of Baltimore and sent to administer Alaska. After a while he gained great power and its ascension to the ruling bishop throne was a fait acompli.
Let’s also look at a most interesting contradiction between the OCA Statutes and the Canons. And remember, these canons have been held as the ultimate when the bishops and administration want them to be, so we will, in this case attach the same importance to them. In Canon 23 of the Synod of Antioch states:
“It shall not be lawful for a bishop, even at the close of life, to appoint another as successor to himself; and if any such thing should be done, the appointment shall be void. But the ecclesiastical law must be observed, that a bishop must not be appointed otherwise than by a synod and with the judgment of the bishops, who have the authority to promote the man who is worthy, after the falling asleep of him who has ceased from his labours.” (http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.viii.vi.iv.xxiii.html)
The commentary on this is very interesting, only one line of which I will copy here:
“The history of the Church, and its present practice, is a curious commentary upon the ancient legislation, and the appointment of coadjutor bishops cum jure successionis, so common in later days, seems to be a somewhat ingenious way of escaping the force of the canon.”
It’s been a common scam upon the Church to use auxiliaries as a way to circumvent the canon. The Trojan Horse has been well known.
The OCA Statute, which we would think is secondary to the Sacred Canons are in conflict and allow the selection of a successor of a diocesan bishop. This glaring contradiction should be corrected at the next AAC.
We want to make sure we state that we have no personal aversion to Fr. Jonah and what we are commenting on here should in no way be seen as opposing his nomination through any vetting we have done. Our problem is with the process, a process which is at the core of the problems we face and a process which we feel should be corrected. We feel, that in a truly transparent administration of the Church, if an auxiliary is needed that the same process and at least two candidates be presented to the diocesan council and assembly for their approval.
If we continue in the operation we have, we are sure to see the scandals and problems we have continue into the foreseeable future because successors will always be chosen that will protect those that chose them. This is in direct violation not only of the letter of the canon, but of its spirit as well.
This choosing of an auxiliary in the South can be likened to being the Lexington of the war to clean the ills of our church. For if we don’t correct the CORE problem, we can never do more than do cosmetic changes while still have the same underlying impediment to the good operation of this church.
#2.2.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-28 13:25
The "anonymous" to whom I now reply uses ad hominem and other logical fallacies frequently, if not skillfully. He or she also mischaracterizes my comments on use of the term Trojan Horse.
We all know that, like the prototype for which it is named, the term Trojan Horse today connotes a deception employed by an enemy to infiltrate and conquer his adversary. My point was that the term is not applicable here.
First, there is no evidence to show this honorable man, Fr. Jonah, is the tool of anyone else's sinister designs, or sinister himself. And no evidence of a ruse, either. It should be perfectly obvious to all that against the day of his death or retirement, Archbishop Dimitri wants to have someone good readily available who already knows the diocese, and he thinks Fr. Jonah is the one. That is about as much of a ruse as buying an extra battery for the flashlight.
So I believe the use of the term Trojan Horse to describe Fr. Jonah's candidacy fails on both counts. There is no ruse in what is obvious, and no evidence in his conduct or writings that he represents bad influences.
Perhaps we can ask if the oh-so-human tendency to shut barn doors loudly and firmly after the horse is down the road is not somewhat in evidence here? If we agree that a) Archbishop Dimitri will not serve forever, b) his office should not sit vacant when he no longer holds it, and c) someone good should replace him, I am only suggesting, as somebody who has known this candidate for a couple of decades or so, that barn door shutters might not really want to shut it on him.
By all means dispassionately and carefully consider whatever EVIDENCE of his worthiness there is in the writings and doings of Fr. Jonah. He can and must rise or fall on that. But let's try to separate out emotion, innuendo or regret over other people's sins and mistakes, and focus on what the facts show about him.
If that is an offensive stirring of the common pot I apologize, but I think that any such honors are firmly in the hands of others, like "anonymous" himself!
#220.127.116.11 Fr. George Washburn on 2008-07-07 02:29
It isn't often I quote material, but this one takes the cake.
'In speaking of the scandal, the Archbishop raised the question: were it not for Protodeacon Wheeler’s whistle- blowing concerning the financial misdeeds would the OCA have ever known of the improprieties? “It was clear to all present,” writes an attendee, “that the answer was “no.”'
Excuse me, what?
The misuse of temporarily restricted funds dating back to 2001 and cited in the 2002 compilation report released in 2003, and the abolishment of audits of discretionary funds in 1998 are all indicative of an organization that is grossly mismanaging its finances.
Gross mismanagement and the graft of a million dollars is basically excused by Archbishop Dmitri if you give everything to Wheeler and let's be very careful and clear about the timing here. Mark, when exactly did Deacon Wheeler get told to 'take it like a man' regarding his termination and when did he tell then Bishop Herman or then Metropolitan Theodosius about the concerns about financial impropriety.
Cut the crap [proper noun omitted]. There were serious issues well back into 2001. This is 2008. That is a 7 year gap. Deacon Wheeler can't get full credit because someone tried to cover things up for the last say 5-7 years.
Further, what parish is still paying Bob Kondratick?
This is beyond surreal. If any of them believe in hell, they better pack some suntan lotion.
Mark, it is important that citations like these are done correctly. It would be good to have a full transcript, lest I completely blow a gasket.
Am I completely off base?
(Editor's note: It is hoped a full transcript will be posted on OCA.org or DOSOCA.org soon. As for your question, it was 1999 when Protodeacon Wheeler revealed gross finanical misconduct to then-Archbishop Herman, who subsequently took over his job when Wheeler was fired for doing later that week. Sorry, "reorganized".
The parish in Venice FL pays Kondratick a monthly stipend as the "parish outreach coordinator". )
#3 Anonymous on 2008-06-25 22:33
Guess it would look a bit strange if he just lived off of the proceeds of 18 years as a chancellor. How many years of an $18,000/yr housing allowance while living in the Church provided residence? A little stipend does make it look a little bit better...
A parish outreach coordinator. If the guy was serious about what he's doing and we know he's not, it's just a cover for image purposes, he'd do what he could, say what he can so that he would help outreach to the church community and save the church from implosion due in most part to shenanigans he partook of while its chancellor. People, don't let them whitewash his image down in Venice. It's just another con after the complex of cons perputated on the church for 18 years. Remember the summary report, remember his silence, remember all he's doing for the greater good of the church. Like Peter watching as they took Jesus to crucifixion while denying him three times. THAT'S the image we have indeed. Anyone listening for the cock crowing down in Venice? Parish outreach coordinator my rear end!
#3.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 06:31
For your information Mr/Mrs Coward, that parish has flourished since Fr Bob arrived. He was asked to stay even after his defrocking. If they love him and want him around, who cares. Unlike superficial cowards as yourself, those down in Florida appreciate him. Leave him be! He's causing you no heartache anymore. He's been removed from the priesthood for some time now. And, oh yeah, the same problems STILL exist. He's paid the piper, go after someone else already!!
#3.1.1 Michael Livosky on 2008-06-26 10:22
We're just asking he be the man of God he presented us to all those years he was putting his hand into the cookie jar and tell us what he knows. You say the problems are still there and we agree with you 100%, we're just asking the guy who was in the middle, between Frankie and Joey, to tell us what he knows. If he's paid the piper, he's got nothing to fear, let him come forth... Let him show us that he's more than a Florida parish wonder and can make the OCA, of which he worked ENDLESSLY for, flourish by spilling the beans. What the hell is he holding back for? We know that the Holy Spirit who he said blesssed all the actions of Syosset would greatly appreciate his coming forth with what he knows that can rid of us Herman. We'd be eternally grateful, we might even give him a pass to a tanning salon!
#18.104.22.168 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 18:32
You absolutely do NOT know Fr. Bob for you to make those allegations. Those of us who truly know the man, know that he is one of the finest PRIESTS. This man didn't spend over 35 years of his life pretending to be a priest.
#3.1.2 Sorry, No Name on 2008-06-26 19:37
FYI it's time for everyone to leave him alone.
He picked up and followed orders, as always.
Now if people cannot live with that, they should begin looking in the mirror. Just remember everyone has to live with their own conscience, stop judging, until you have been in someone's shoes you have no idea where they have walked. In good Christian conscience each of us should try to improve themselves - wouldn't that make a better world?
#22.214.171.124 MP on 2008-06-27 13:26
During Dn. Eric Wheeler's tenure in Syosset, a number of people were informed of the shinanigans going on. These issues were also confirmed by Mr. Honchok. So, many people were aware of what was happening at Syosset, but like many scandals, it takes a while for them to surface with evidence. So, in answer to would the public know what happened if it wasn't for one person? The answer is, "YES," but uncovering evidence doesn't happen overnight.
#3.2 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 18:36
You are so correct - I think Wheeler. Stokoe and Herman get the award for creating the entire mess - now who will the OCA turn to? Will something good come of this? Why hasn't Job or Zaccheus come up with a plan? They are very masterful at planning - what will they plan next? When will Zaccheus release his next work of art?
#3.3 MP on 2008-07-02 14:50
It is very obvious that Herman must go. He and Kucynda plotted to scapegoat RSK and it worked - but now the people want more. I'm sure RSK wants more. No substantiating documentation has even been provided - not even to him.
In view of the Vlad Berzeansky letter, Job has also been involved - it's pretty apparent that the entire synod has been covering up. Since no one will come forward - it's time to move forward - another jurisdiction. The entire synod should resign and be reappointed or re-elected as Paul Meyendorff recommended.
#4 MP on 2008-06-26 04:24
But Kondratick has never made any documentation available either to exonerate himself of the myriad of charges that have been levelled at him concerning theft of $137,000 and another QUESTIONABLE MILLION. With ALL that people have accused him of and said of him, nothing, nada, nil from his mouth. His one lone response is a suit against the church to pilfer more and he's doing that behind a skirt. Let's keep our eye on the ball. A lot of people have questioned Herman, et. al., but everyone is in agreement on the Kondratick situation and he's been as quiet as a church mouse hiding in the altar. He even went, with relatively little fuss, to defrockment and never put up a serious challenge to it in order to keep quiet and the facts out of the light. The Kondratick issue is far from over for a lot of people. It will be over when he's in custody and it can't come a day too early for all those wanting him to be held accountable. For once my tax dollars would be used for a GOOD purpose.
#4.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 06:18
THE ONLY COVER UP WAS DONE BY BISHOP JOB? STOKOE DO YOU THINK A TAPE CONVERSATION WOULD HOLD UP IN COURT? WITHOUT BOTH PARTIES KNOWING THEY WERE BEING TAPED. SOUND LIKE A PRANK BISHOP JOB WOULD PULL OFF? BUT IN REAL LIFE IT WOULDN'T HOLD UP IN A COURT OF LAW! MAYBE kONDRATIC HAS A CASE AFTER ALL? 'IF THE TAPE DOES'T FIT! YOU CANT CONVICT!
#4.2 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 07:19
Actually it might. When the FBI sets up a sting, like a Congressman taking a bribe, do they need to go to a judge to approve setting up a secret camera to record the action? Were the people who recorded OJ Simpson in Las Vegas doing something illegal taping him that will cause him to finally get convicted?
I think you might have a better argument with those of your ilk who say it was shoddy editing.
#4.2.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 10:41
You are right that all of the hierarchs should resign; if they do not resign voluntarily, then the All-American Council must remove them, return each and every one to the rank of simple monk, and place each under strict discipline. Each and every hierarch has more than amply proven that he is unworthy of his episcopal calling and membership in the ranks of the clergy.
#4.3 Mark C. Phinney on 2008-06-26 19:18
Right you ARE and this is the reason why the faithful of the DOS should be EXTRA vigilent and participate in the selection of this auxiliary bishop. Its a lot more easier to nip a problem in the bud then it is to years later demand their resignation!
#4.3.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-27 18:20
Unfortunately under the OCA Statutes, the AAC cannot remove bishops, the synod of bishops has a role, but not the people. Can you imagine that happening now? I don't think so. They are elected for life and that is not bad if they truly lead and be true fathers of the church. A true father would know the heart of his children - I do not believe that these men care about what the children of God think - they only care for themselves.
#4.3.2 MP on 2008-06-30 03:06
I think what Mark Stokoe just posted is very significant:
"Others spoke of the scandal as “a betrayal”, which “continues to cause pain”. Some 90 minutes into the meeting a priest stood up and said “Metropolitan Herman has to go.” This led to many other clergy rising to speak, all of whom reiterated the conviction that the Metropolitan must retire now."
It seems to me that the priests from the DOS had been rather quiet on this whole scandal and I believe in their current DOS assemby they were able to fnd solidarity, agreement, and comfort in numbers and opinion in finally being able to voice their concerns about the situation and asking for +Herman to retire.
I believe this is a very significant and important development within the OCA and the overall desire of many of the faithful to see +Herman retire has been gathering more and more strength and voice.
The ongoing opinion of retirement of +Herman will most likely be brought up at the AAC, if he does not retire before this.
I am awaiting the SIC report and interpretation of this from those knowledgeable about finances, but also those knowledgeable about integrity and truth, as well. They all seem to go hand in hand.
#5 Patty Schellbach on 2008-06-26 07:57
In a real way, though, we're getting snowed in Dallas. Vladika Dmitri is not in charge of his diocese. There's some very questionable guidance on his ear.
#5.1 John on 2008-06-26 11:43
Would you like to make your accusations specific? I invited you to contact the DOS directly. You did not. You prefer to write here and not contact the Archbishop directly. What advise is he getting that you find wrong? What decisions is he making that you find wrong? What direction is the DOS taking that you find wrong?
If you would have been at the DOS Assembly this week, you would have found a living icon of how the Church strives to be the church in this world. Are we perfect? No. Have we made mistakes, not followed the "Statute" to its letter? Yes, but duly noted in public by those responsible and the reasons given in public why we have not (please note the corrections and comments made by Mark.)
So once again, what exactly is your beef with the DOS and Vladika Dmitri? What is the "questionable guidance" you refer to. Please make a list and share it and be prepared to defend your comments and be willing to listen to reply.
As for another comment made by another poster, about the Auxiliary being a "Trojan Horse" who do you think is going to pop out of that horse and what do you think they are going to do?
The clergy and laity spoke freely at the Assembly, AND THEY WERE HEARD. Some even spoke that they felt matters might have been handled to quickly (review of the budget and why Fr Bob (sorry he will always be Fr Bob to me) is still getting paid in Venice.) THEY WERE HEARD. The Diocesan Council spoke freely and want to take more ownership in the diocese they love and help the bishop and his possible Auxiliary they respect and THEY WERE HEARD.
But hearing and doing are two different things. Thus, you and any other critics of the DOS (or maybe just me?), will watch closely, and you are welcome, no you are EXPECTED to do so. You are welcome to make suggestions that can better the life of the DOS.
It is easy to make charges from afar and maybe even to assume that because someone from "Syosset" is now working in the DOS Chancery that there is some evil cabal at work to "take over the DOS." All I can say, personally to such a perception is, watch, stay informed, speak truth to power, be charitable, be patient, and speak the truth in love.
Once again, my email is [email protected] if you rather talk on the phone, send me an email with your name and number and I will call you back. No one in the DOS chancery is hiding. We are here to serve the parishes of the Diocese not for the parishes to serve us, the chancery.
John, I hope to hear from you!
#5.1.1 Archpriest Joseph Fester (still a DOS functionary!) on 2008-06-27 06:39
If you would have been at the DOS Assembly this week, you would have found a living icon of how the Church strives to be the church in this world. Are we perfect? No. Have we made mistakes, not followed the "Statute" to its letter? Yes, but duly noted in public by those responsible and the reasons given in public why we have not (please note the corrections and comments made by Mark.)
Well, I can't speak for John, but I was there in Dallas. I don't recall hearing the reasons why the Statute isn't being followed. Can you restate those? And a related question: are there any other canons or Statutes that the Diocese of the South is exempt from as a long as its explained?
By the way, how did the mission planting work in Austin go for you? And whatever hapened to Protodeacon Patrick?
#126.96.36.199 The Dallas Observer on 2008-06-28 12:02
Dear Dallas Observer,
Not all deaneries elect their deans. Some do, some don't. That is about the only one I know of. Austin? We have Fr Ledford working in Round Rock, TX. You can email me directly about Protodeacon Patrick since I don't know who you are.
#188.8.131.52.1 The DOS Chancery Functionary on 2008-06-29 17:07
I cannot beleive that people still want Met. Herman to "retire".
Maybe Charles Manson should have just been awarded a set of golf clubs and sent off to "retire" and play golf from the life of being a criminal.
Did John Gotti get a once way ticket to Italy to live out his life and reflect upon his wrongs?
They are criminals, much to the same way as Joe and Frank (the two cappo del tutti cappos) that ran the OCA for so many years.
Is there any coincidence that when they were underbosses they we're known by secular names Joey and Frankie. Theres certainly a few good mafia references and similarities.
Maybe we should bring in Rudy Guiliani to flush this criminal filth from the midst of the good people of the OCA.
Stop kicking the envelopes filled with cash up to the syndicate. Stop kissing the ring of the boss. Force them to part with the Cadillacs and Lincolns they use to transport them from one place to another.
Starve them out.
We continue to pray for the health and salvation of the good people who remain part of the churches.
#6 Robert Holowach on 2008-06-26 09:50
The DOS website (www.dosoca.org) has posted a summary of the first day of the DOS Assembly with a summary of comments from the town hall meeting that add to what has posted here.
There is also a link to writings there (50- pages) of Abbot Jonah's that DOS members have been encouraged to read in order to "get to know" him better. For those who have commented that part of our problem is that the majority of our Bishops have no real monastic foundation, it appears Abbot Jonah will be the exception to that situation if he is approved as auxiliary bishop to the DOS.
#7 Diane P on 2008-06-26 10:55
Yes, Diane, we are told he is an "abbot". We are directed to SOME of his writings to "get to know him".I urge all my fellow DOS members to dig a little deeper. Check out what POKROV.ORG has found. Who & what is the "holy order of man"? When they are/were acepted into Orthodoxy, do/did these people leave their "baggage" at the door" ?
I think that he should be interviewed by every parish in the DOS before we vote. What's the rush?
Thomas C. Kistler
#7.1 THOMAS C KISTLER on 2008-06-27 05:06
I read the material on Pokrov and only ask you one question, "what is your point?" What exactly are you trying to say about Abbot Jonah? If you are so concerned why didn't you or your parish send a representative to the DOS Assembly? You certainly would have been heard and if you had some "smoking gun" evidence of something, don't you feel any responsiblity for not sharing it at the one venue that was duly announced and provided for such an airing?
I find it very odd that your parish freely absented itself from the Assembly, and you did not care enough about the DOS to make your thoughts known, even in writing prior to the Assembly, but rather chose post-facto to warn "everyone" about Abbot Jonah! Accountibility runs both ways Mr Kistler and you need to know that if you really have something important to say, you did everyone a disservice by playing only waking up today as if you were Rip Van Winkle and posting here.
#7.1.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-27 21:47
I find it interesting that yet another 'Anonymous' knows the 'facts' about a parish in the DOS and readily spews his (or her) findings. The list of possibilites regarding who this might be, however, is very short...'Anonymous' isn't that anonymous! Right or wrong, at least Mr. Kistler SIGNED his post. BTW, Anonymous person, your radar needs some repairs - Fr. was in Dallas 6/24. You obviously missed some of our correspondence too!
It might be a good idea if we stop this 'nit-picking' of each other, Brothers and Sisters IN Christ, and concentrate on the REAL problems folks are trying to bring out, get them fixed pronto and move along!!! Matushka
#184.108.40.206 Matushka Gvosdev on 2008-06-28 11:19
Let me spare those who have better things to do than search the pokrov site the trouble of looking there to see what pokrov has "found" (as Mr. Kistler puts it) on Fr. Jonah.
1. A picture closely resembling the man I last saw in late 2007.
2. The fact that his parents named him James, which pokrov gives itself permission to brand an "alias." (!!!)
3. His residence and job in Manton, CA as head of a monastery.
4. An article by Fr. Jonah published in Again magazine a few years ago which surveyed the history of the Holy Order of Mans, described its wanderings in "non-canonical Orthodoxy" as CSB, and the eventual move of most of its leaders and people into the canonical church.
Just why every parish in the DOS needs to interview Fr. Jonah about any or all of these four things is beyond me., but it is the sum total of what I could find on the site. Perhaps Mr. Kistler misunderstood the article to suggest that Fr. Jonah once was one of them, which he was not.
It is known to many that pokrov maintains four lists containing the names of people who have been 1) convicted, 2) sanctioned by the Church, 3) sued, or 4) subjected to public allegations of wrongdoing. Fr. Jonah does not appear on any of these lists - under that birth "alias" (!) or his ordination name.
Do I think that it is wise for a diocese not to get to know any candidate for episcopal office? No. I hope a lot of people get to know Fr. Jonah in the days ahead. But let it but under the banner of gracious, Christian love and prudence, not the pregnant whisper that pokrov has "found" something!
#7.1.2 Fr. George Washburn on 2008-06-27 23:24
Possibly the only misunderstanding was yours, in my use of the word FOUND (past tense of find - to locate, attain or obtain by search or effort ). It was not used as a "aha! now we've got him" but, rather to state that, POKROV had posted research concerning an organization about which Fr. Jonah felt compelled to become an apologist .
You further state he was not a member of hoom.
How do you know this?
Your presumption; that your organization and classification of the information found on POKROV was interesting but, misleading:
1) Nice comment about the picture. So, you've seen him. Maybe met him. Maybe even had a conversation with him.
We'd like to see him in person before we have to greet him at the church door with bread and salt. My name IS Thomas!
2) The word alias has two meanings. As a noun: false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name. As an adverb: at another time; in another place; in other circumstances; otherwise. It would seem there is no sinister meaning for Prokov's use of the word; only your parentheses.
3)Yes, he resides in a monanstic community in California. My understanding is; he's the Abbot. How long has he been a monastic? An Abbot? Did he buy in? ( sorry if this might offend someone but, we've seen first hand here in Miami,Fl. how a monastic community finds the True Faith during a murder/sex scandal investigation, then moves out of state and comes under +Herman's "protection")
This is what prompted me to "wake up", as the previous anonymous gnat has so elloquently buzzed: Diane's statement that..."the majority of our Bishops have no real monastic foundation, it appears Abbot Jonah will be the exception to that
4)Your pregnant pu-pu concerning Fr.Jonah's article in AGAIN magazine once again smacks of that 'don't worry about the man behind the curtain' line, that you shouldn't concern yourselves with anything, all is well.
No, the article is not just Fr. Jonah's version of the history of hoom, its his justification, without noting any blemishes, for the organization to be acceptiple. If his article was truely balanced, the points POKROV posted from their research would be mute.
Having read Fr.Jonah's articles and what POKROV has posted; having spoken to people who have met Fr. Jonah and knew him when he was at St. Vladimir Seminary is what I only have, at this moment, to measure the man by. I would like to speak to him eye to eye. I believe there are others like me who also would like to know who this man is and what's he about.
Yes I know the Bishop can choose his auxilliary but, we've seen how this has played out in the past.
Reality is: today auxiliary, tomorrow main man.
Again I ask, why the rush? Why only one candidate to choose from?
Thomas C. Kistler
St. Nicholas Ft. Lauderdale,Fl.
ps. anonymous, YOUR pontificating about accountablility?
Nothing is defacto until they lay on the hands.
#220.127.116.11 THOMAS C KISTLER on 2008-06-28 11:30
Well Tom, I've know Fr. Jonah over 20 years. I know he wasn't hoom because I know from Fr. Jonah and other acquaintances of mine who were with him during those years what he was doing with his life before and after his education at St. Vlad's. It was not hoom.
I've stayed at the monastery several times with and without my son and various parishioners. Fr. Jonah's ties, spiritually speaking, are with that paragon of Russian monasticism, Valaam.
I think the Again article was intended to be nothing more than a survey of the wanderings of people on - and even over - the borders of the Church, and an expression of joy at the ways in which they found their way "home."
And Tom, I wish you could stand on the outside of your message and see how totally unconvincing the contortions were to explain how pokrov was using the word "alias" in Fr. Jonah's case. Man! The whole purpose of pokrov is to be the America's Most Wanted of Orthodoxy. They have a rogue's gallery of people convicted, sanctioned etc. of crimes. In each other case they use the word alias in the overwhelmingly usual sense - a name behind which a wrongdoer hides. The misuse of the term to refer to Fr. Jonah's birth name tells us something about the users, not about him!
#18.104.22.168.1 Fr. George Washburn on 2008-06-29 23:58
Your rhetorical question about converts from the Holy Order of MANS leaving their baggage at the door would apply to any converts, wouldn't it? Are not all non-cradle Orthodox then automatically suspect? Sorry, Mr. Kistler, but your post is an unfortunate example of the small minded suspicion and paranoia that seems to afflict so many of us Orthodox like a lingering case of toenail fungus. I am blessed to know several former members of the Holy Order of MANS. They have all, without exception, left that Gnostic woo-woo behind. One of them is my parish priest and spiritual father. (Being my spiritual father is a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.) I have met Abbot Jonah a couple of times, and the Diocese of the South would be blessed indeed to have him as an auxiliary bishop. I would only regret that he would be leaving us on the West coast, where we know him and love him.
#7.1.3 Scott Walker on 2008-06-28 09:23
Thanks for your post Scott. I was planning to reply to Fr. Fester's post, but your information has given me pause, at least concerning Abbot Jonah, who I don't know.
I am still bothered by the process of his nomination/selection however, and the support he has from Kondratick supporters in the DOS. For any episcopal position there should be a search committee composed of lay and clerical representatives who are not puppets of the current administration. Archbishop Dimitri should have retired long ago, as demonstrated by his ridiculous role in the Kondratick defrocking. The cabal that now surrounds him, making him appear a mere cipher, is part of the group responsible for our current state of affairs.
I would hope that the DOS will rise to the occasion and demand a meaningful role in the selection of their next bishop--be he auxiliary or diocesan. After all, as has been pointed out by many, the Trojan horse method has been used many times before to exclude meaningful lay participation in the selection process and to foist unqualified, or worse, candidates on the faithful.
#22.214.171.124 Kenneth R. Tobin on 2008-06-28 13:43
The process being taken in the DOS for the selection of an Auxiliary bishop is being followed "by the book." The book is the Statute of the OCA. The Statute has been and will continued to be followed.
If Abbot Jonah becomes His Eminence's Auxiliary it will be because the Archbishop believes he is the right choice, the Diocesan Council believes he is the right choice and the members of the Diocesan Assembly believe he is the right choice.
In fact, all three of those levels of acceptance were met at the recent DOS Assembly, although it was not necessary but welcome that the Assembly itself said "AXIOS" to Abbot Jonah.
You might be interested to know that two previous candidates for the same position were rejected in the past four years. One was rejected by the Holy Synod and one was rejected by the Assembly, not by a vote but by a clear consensus of feedback from Diocesan Council members and members of the Diocese two years ago. So there is no rush. Just a continuing process that has been going on for several years.
For the record, I never suggested the name of Abbot Jonah. In fact it was Priest John Anderson of St Seraphim Cathedral that pushed for Abbot Jonah to come to Dallas last year to lead an advent retreat, which eventually was held this past Great Lent. In point of fact, the first "interview" of Abbot Jonah took place when he stood before the clergy and laity of the DOS who attended the retreat and the feedback after four days from the laity and laity confirmed to His Eminence, that Abbot Jonah should be considered.
When His Eminence presented his name to the Holy Synod at its last meeting, it was the consensus of the Holy Synod that his candidacy should be considered.
As part of that consideration he was invited to our DOS Assembly, so everyone at the Assembly could "look him in the eye" as the Archbishop likes to say.
But prior to the Assembly, all members of the DOS Diocesan Council were given a CV of Abbot Jonah, his biography, and a collection of his writings. All but one Diocesan Council member gave positive feedback, with one giving no feedback.
But to further include the Diocese, the writings of Abbot Jonah were posted on the DOS website. We have also recently posted another paper which he recently delivered at SVS.
Bishop Benjamin told me recently that he truly is sorry to lose Abbot Jonah from his diocese if he is elected Auxiliary bishop for the DOS.
The process for the selection of an Auxiliary bishop is different from that of a ruling diocesan bishop. But, I hope you will accept the fact that this Diocese is not acting in haste (please note Mr. Kistler) since the DOS has been in the process of looking for an Auxiliary bishop for several years - and please note, this process started long before I came to the DOS.
I can't stop you from thinking there is some "cabal" in the DOS with, I guess me, as the "chief calbalist!" You can think what you want. I am not here to change your mind. I am here to do the job that I have been tasked to do.
However since you have never met me, why not come down to Dallas. You can stay in my home and be a guest of my wife and me. We can break bread together we can talk and you can "look me in the eye."
Sincerely in Christ,
#126.96.36.199.1 Archpriest Joseph Fester on 2008-06-29 16:59
Dear Father Fester,
Thank you for your detailed reply to my comments.
On the face of it, the process you have described seems fair and reasonably open. But the "devil" is often in the details and spirit in which the process is carried out and there I do have some nagging questions or doubts. Why only one candidate for consideration? You mention there have been two others in the past that were rejected, one of whom I recall seemed imminently suitable. Was that the one rejected by the Synod?
Has the participation by the whole DOS in the process been more than proforma? It is usually very easy for those in power to manipulate a diverse and powerless ( you concede the role is purely advisory) group of lay persons. Now that questions are being raised, even if a littler late by your standards, why not jump at the chance to enthusiastically answer them publicly, not behind some facade of secrecy where you control the formate and agenda, i.e. private emails and phone calls?
I take at face value your assurances of good faith and intent. I don't normally believe in "guilt by association," but you yourself underscored your continued attachment to our former Chancellor by insisting on referring to him as "Father" Kondratick. Do you denounce the errors and misdeeds of his tenure in Syosset, during a time, I believe, when you served as the head of the Fellowship of Orthodox Stewards?
With all that said, I again appreciate your willingness to discuss this subject on this website with your name attached. Would that others would follow suit!
#188.8.131.52.1.1 Kenneth R. Tobin on 2008-07-01 07:27
Dear Mr Tobin,
I don’t know if any diocese has ever considered more than one candidate for Auxiliary bishop at a time. Having said that, more could have been vetted but in the previous DOS searches for a Auxiliary bishop, it has been “one-at-a-time.”
To review the previous candidates, one was suggested by His Eminence, and the Holy Synod rejected him after he was interviewed by two members of the Holy Synod. One was suggested by the Holy Synod with agreement of His Eminence - he was later turned down by the Archbishop once he and the diocese at a previous Assembly “looked him in the eye.” In short, fairly or unfairly, that candidate did not impress the clergy and faithful in the diocese, nor the Archbishop, who, to coin a phrase from football instant replay, “Upon further review....” I neglected to mention in my previous post that another name was suggested to the DOS deans, but that person had no support from the deans, so his vetting ended there.
I can’t speak for others if the process has “been more than pro-forma.” However what can be concluded is that in the past, three names were rejected so it does appear that those situations were not pro-forma.
We have tried to use the DOS website to “include” everyone in the diocese in the process. Whether people include themselves in the process is something else.
I am not sure who you are referring to when you say, “It is usually very easy for those in power to manipulate a diverse and powerless (you concede the role is purely advisory) group of lay persons.” What group is “purely advisory?” You will have to help me understand your statement.
You can also email me privately if you like.
#184.108.40.206.1.1.1 Archpriest Joseph Fester on 2008-07-01 20:43
Well obviously the Archbishop and the Synod have ultimate authority to make the choice, therefore the lay and presbyter role is advisory at best. Or does each group have right of veto? Certainly, according to you, the Archbishop and Synod do.
You have pointed out that the process is different for selecting an auxiliary v. a diocesan bishop. Since the auxiliary seems to have the inside track to succeed his predecessor and is effectively appointed by the diocesan bishop, this creates, in my view, a conflict of interest and makes breaking from the past (if warranted) even more difficult.
Let's just concede that the process has been rigged to allow the bishops to control who they want in the episcopate irrespective of the desires of everyone else. I think that is a travesty and corruption of the Apostolic practice.
#220.127.116.11.18.104.22.168 Kenneth R. Tobin on 2008-07-02 07:03
I am not enough of a historic or historical scholar to refute your conclusion that an Auxiliary bishop more or less becomes the ruling bishop of a diocese. Maybe others can answer that question. I do know from recent OCA history that Bishop Benjamin did, but Bishop Innocent did not.
However, would it be possible to be patient enough to let the DOS process go forward, let the Holy Synod discharge their duty, one way or another related to Archimandrite Jonah, and let the Holy Spirit lead the way?
Maybe, just maybe, this will all work out for the Glory of God. That is my prayer, and I am sure that is yours too.
#22.214.171.124.126.96.36.199.1 Archpriest Joseph Fester on 2008-07-02 21:57
I notice that Fr.Fester did not answer Mr.Tobins's question, i.e.
"Do you denounce the errors and misdeeds of his(Rodion Kondratick's) tenure in Syosset?. Nor did Fr.Fester offer any explanation of the Las Vegas connection and the Rose Fester Trust. In fact, he has offered no explanation whatever of his role in the mismanagement and misdirection of OCA funds while he was in the inner circle in Syosset. Nor did he explain how he was able to obtain the position he did obtain after the implosion of the Kondratick administration, of which he was a prominent member.
If he doesn't know already, there have been stories going around that the objection to one of the candidates for the vicar bishop position in the DOS came suspiciously close to when Fr.Fester came into his present position. Some think he has an innordinate amount of power in the DOS, especially for a Bobbite. In short, we are "looking at Fr.Fester in the eye" and would like Fr.Fester to come clean on what really happened during the time he was personally involved in the Kondratick administration. Tell us what went on at the Marquis Merriott and the Town House.
Frankly, to many of us, if we were to look at each of the present Synod ..."in the eye", very very few of them would cut the mustard based on their actual performance in the last three years and in some cases going back much further than that.
#188.8.131.52.184.108.40.206 nicholas skovran on 2008-07-02 17:55
Although I was Fr Kondratick’s assistant I was not his nanny. But, let me answer your questions.
Let me restate Mr Tobin’s exact question - “Do you denounce the errors and misdeeds of his tenure in Syosset, during a time, I believe, when you served as the head of the Fellowship of Orthodox Stewards?”
I denounce any errors and misdeeds when I was in Syosset. I do not know of any misdeeds I have been accused of while being the FOS executive director. No misdeed on my part was brought to my attention when I spoke with the SIC. As for my “role in the mismanagement and misdirection of OCA funds while he was in the inner circle in Syosset” I had no role in the finances of the OCA other than raising money when I was the FOS and Development Director. I wrote one grant proposal for the development of the OCA representation church in Moscow before I was full-time in Syosset. The information on the OCA representation church was given to me by Syosset staffers. The grant proposal to Mr Andreas was based on the vision of what the Moscow representation church COULD BE in the future. There was no misrepresentation on my part in writing that Grant Proposal. You may be interested in knowing that while I was OCA Development Director and FOS Director, I wrote parameters for the use of OCA endowment funds. If those parameters were not followed, it was not with my knowledge.
My late mother’s Trust had nothing to do with the OCA finances. I believe that I was quite specific with you before on this topic and the so-called Las Vegas connection. Yes, I knew Rock and Turbay. Yes, the trust invested in a real estate deal with them. The trust lost money in the deal and I even went to court against them. This is family business not church business and again had nothing to do with OCA finances.
As to your next question, “Nor did he explain how he was able to obtain the position he did obtain after the implosion of the Kondratick administration, of which he was a prominent member.” Let me give you a step by step answer. I met with Archbishop Dmitri at a Synod meeting and told him that I had a blessing from Met. Herman to look for an assignment. The Archbishop invited me to Dallas. I knew of a couple of parishes open in the DOS, any of which I would have been blessed to pastor. It was not until I returned to New York that the present position I now hold was offered to me. It was never discussed when I was in Dallas. I accepted the position and since being here the job has changed in some ways unforeseen when I first came here.
You then go on to state, “If he doesn't know already, there have been stories going around that the objection to one of the candidates for the vicar bishop position in the DOS came suspiciously close to when Fr.Fester came into his present position.” Let me clear up the story for you. Yes, the name of Fr David Brum was floated as a possible candidate for the Auxiliary bishop post. His name, was rejected by the DOS deans and that was the end of that. I guess not a very good display of “innordinate power.”
As to your charge that “Some think he has an innordinate amount of power in the DOS, especially for a Bobbite. In short, we are "looking at Fr.Fester in the eye" and would like Fr.Fester to come clean on what really happened during the time he was personally involved in the Kondratick administration. Tell us what went on at the Marquis Merriott and the Town House.”
I am not sure what I can say to show you that I do not have 'innordinate power" in the DOS. The DOS staff in Dallas, including the Archbishop is 4 people, all who have been in the DOS for decades longer than me. We all work together and the Archbishop has the final say. And please, don't reprise the "elderly bishop" thing. We all know the Archbishop is aging. He knows he is aging. That is why he has been looking for an Auxiliary for several years. I am not the "power behind the throne" running things down here. You may be interested in knowing that I am a very strong advocate for the DOS diocesan council taking a more active role in the work of the diocese. The greater involvement of the DOS DC is now taking place and I am doing what I can to facilitate that process. I guess if I had “innordinate power” desires I would not want that to take place. We have some truly talented people on the DOS DC and empowering them to use those talents more is what I would say is more like “power sharing” and good stewardship. BTW, "power" is your word not mine.
Maybe another thing that might put down these "power rumors" is that if Archimandrite Jonah becomes the Auxiliary Bishop in the DOS, he will also be named the Chancellor of the DOS. I will be working for him in the chain of command. I think it is a great idea.
As to what “went on at the Marriott Marquis and the Town House”: I am probably never going to be able to dispel the "insider" tag for having worked in Syosset during the Kondratick years; but to these things I was not privy. I knew nothing about these rumors while I was in Syosset. Indeed, I only heard about them after leaving Syosset. Were they to prove more than rumors one day, I would categorically denounce such behavior, for in no uncertain terms I reject such things. Period.
Yours in Christ,
#220.127.116.11.18.104.22.168.1 Archpriest Joseph Fester on 2008-07-03 08:39
You are very well spoken, and could almost be believed, its surprising that more wasn’t raised in FOS with your talents.
There are however, more questions, and since you’re in a very open mood maybe these can be explained as well. Archbishop Dmitri, at the Synod meeting in April 2007, agreed to de-transfer the former Fr. Kondratick and return him to being under the Metropolitan. After returning to Dallas, he had turned about and refused to the de-transfer. You were traveling with the bishop. What was discussed on the plane back to Dallas such that when he got back to Dallas the agreement became null and void. We are sure that the bishop did ask for comments being that you are an adviser to him and a member of his staff. We also understand the confidentiality that is necessary, but can you say that you were not part of the change in heart of the Archbishop and it was purely his decision to go back on his word at the Synod? Secondly, who wrote that letter to Herman about the de-transfer that it was determined wasn’t written by the Archbishop. Lastly, has anyone been disciplined for sending a letter, in the Archbishop’s name, threatening the Metropolitan with legal action? Such an action is serious enough that someone had to, at least, been suspended, if not defrocked. We would be satisfied at this point with just knowing who did it.
#22.214.171.124.126.96.36.199.1.1 Anonymous on 2008-07-04 07:15
I previously said I wasn’t interested in a long term Internet discussion with Fr.Fester and I still am not. However, this memo by Fr.Fester requires an answer. Fester previously showed a tendency to argue points that were not in issue. This latest memo continues this tendency.
For example, Mr.Tobin asked Fester …”Do you denounce the errors and misdeeds of his (Fr. Robert Kondratick---my emphasis--) tenure in Syosset?”. Fester’s response ignored the question. I repeated the question in my post. Fester then responded…”I denounce any errors and misdeeds when I was in Syosset.” That is a politician’s answer. He could just as easily said…”I denounce any errors and misdeeds anywhere in the world committed by anyone at anytime.” But……that was not the question that was asked.
Secondly, Fr.Fester said…”I had no role in the finances of the OCA other than raising money when I was the FOS and Development Director”. Another vague politician’s answer to a non-existent question. Of course, it all depends on what Fester meant by..”a role in the finances of the OCA”. For example, which of the following would constitute …”a role in the finances of the OCA”?: persons who carried money surreptitiously to Russia not knowing where the money came from or where it was going in Russia; persons who purchased religious items in Russia; persons who transported the religious items back to the US; persons who sold the religious items in the US; persons who collected the monies from the sale of these religious items; persons who arranged for reservations, activities, meals, etc. in the Marriott Marquis or the Townhouse; persons who attended “gatherings” at the Marriott Marquis or the Townhouse and had their expenses paid by the OCA; persons who travelled or visited other places for purposes not related to OCA business and had these expenses paid for by the OCA; persons who signed for, accepted services or money from the OCA for any reason not related to OCA purposes, etc.
In short, Fester’s assertion that he did not have a “role” is meaningless. More importantly, did he KNOW or have reason to know of any suspicious handling of OCA assets during Fester’s tenure; did he know of money being spent without accounting; did he know or have reason to know what activities were being conducted at the Marriott Marquis or the Townhouse at the expense of the OCA: did he know why he was writing the grant proposal for the development of the OCA representation church in Moscow; did he know that the proposal was to obtain money from ADM etc.; did he know that the money requested in the proposal was paid to the OCA; did he know about the so-called discretionary fund; did he know that there was a dispute about the monies being spent in the discretionary fund without audits; did he know that the money for the proposal he was writing would not be entered on the OCA books; did he know that Dn.Eric Wheeler was having a controversy with Fr.Kondratick about the absence of receipts etc and other proof of spending OCA monies; did he know that Fr.Kucynda was having similar problems with Kondratick; did he know that Fr.Strikis was having similar problems with Kondratick regarding the absence of receipt for large amounts of OCA money withdrawn by Kondratick. In short, if Fr. Fester’s ears were good enough to hear clearly a discussion between PR’s attorney and Kondratick’s attorney while Fester was on top of the stairs and their discussion was on the first floor, it is very unusual to say the least that Fester would not be aware of loud discussions between Kondratick and Wheeler, Kucynda and Strikis.
To return to the question of whether Fester was an “insider” at Syosset. It appears that he was employed in Syosset from 1995 to his resignation in the spring of 2006 after the suspension of Fr.Kondratick. During this time he wore one of these hats, sometimes two at one time.
Director, Office of Development
Director of the Office of Church Growth
Director of the Office of Church, Missions and Stewardship
Executive Director of the Fellowship of Orthodox Stewards
Assistant to the Metropolitan for Programs and Planned Gifts
Secretary to the Chancellor
Assistant to the Chancellor
Secretary, Office of External Affairs and Internal Relations
It surely seems like a lot of fancy titles for a church with about 22,000 paying members. Despite all these titles, all but one of which were under the direct supervision/control of the Chancellor, Fester maintains that he was not an insider; was not a “nanny” for Kondratick. Throughout all his Internet comments, Fester states that if there were improper activities, these were not within his area of competence or job description and that he was not aware of any such activities.
Fester’s Internet comments regarding the use of the Marriott Marquis, the East Norwich Inn and the Comfort Inn in Hamlin, Pa. shows that Fester was not completely unaware of OCA activities not within his job description. His involvement in the failed discussions with the Las Vegas canonical advisors re the proposed setting up of straw corporations to provide a tax free situation for the proposed USA tour of the Moscow Patriarchate collection of icons makes it perfectly clear that he was active in areas that were not included in his job description. His affidavit in the 60 page Kondratick appeal shows him acting in a way not dreamed of by the people who wrote his job description. These are only some of the more flagrant examples that have been made public.
Sometime ago, I suggested that the 60 page appeal document being discussed at the time--- but before it was made public--- included new evidence that was not permitted in an appeal document. Well, the Kondratick quasi-legal team (consisting of james silver and Fester) jumped all over me with Fester assuring me on 10/12/07 that he knows the rules of appeal and didn’t need any education from me.
Then, advisor silver released the 60 page document and lo and behold it included some canonical mish mash re the procedures that Kondratick wanted implemented in his appeal, several letters plus affidavits by David Lucs, Fr.Michael Westerberger and Fr. Fester (executed while a member of the Diocese of the South).
No new evidence???? I thought Fester said that he knew the rules of an appeal court. I guess what he didn’t say is that he has no clue as to what constitutes evidence.
In any case, in his affidavit Fester says that he stood at the top of the stairs in the main building at Syosset and saw the attorneys for PR and Kondratick enter the library on the floor below to conduct PR’s interview of Kondratick. He said he remained at the top of the stairs for about 10 minutes until the attorneys came out of the library and had a short discussion before the PR attorneys left. He then went down and spoke to Kondratick’s attorney. So far, I’m at a loss at just how these actions come under the job description that Fester was working under at the time. In fact, I don’t know what his duties were at the time since he was Assistant to the Chancellor and the Chancellor was discharged. Was he just an ex-officio member of the Kondratick defense team while still in the employ of the Central Administration? Was he the “mole” that many of us suspected was still working in Syosset and passing out confidential OCA information to the Kondratick defense team and ultimately james silver and the various shills that operated under false names?
As Mark Stokoe said in his discussion of these events…”Fr.Fester is not an innocent eyewitness; he was a participant in the defense”.
Fester explains his late mother’s trust fund wherein Fester admits he invested in a real estate deal with Rock and Turbay, the two Las Vegas Roman Catholic, vestment makers who had several known commercial contacts with the OCA and who actually provided advice re canon law to our Synod of Bishops.
Again, Fr. Fester is either unable or unwilling to undertstand our problem with Fester’s business connection with Rock and Turbay. We have no interest whatever in what Fr.Fester or the trust did or will do with their assets. The issue,of course, is Conflict of Interest. Here we have two men, who were involved in questionable business ventures, who were selling vestments and other items to the OCA, who were advising the OCA leadership on various financial matters as well as canonical matters (the word in the underground is that the OCA paid Rock/Turbay the amount of $ 20,000 for their work in advising the OCA how to arrange the meeting place for the Divine Liturgy at the Orlando AAC) and they are engaging in personal business deals with OCA leadership. I can’t vouch for the amount or the scope of work involved.
The record shows that Kondratick was a director in Martinez and Murphey, the vestment making company owned by Rock and Turbay. Then, we find Fr.Fester, another OCA official, entering into a business relationship with Rock and Turbay.
Lesson No.1 re Conflict of Interest. You do NOT become personally involved in business transactions with persons/companies that are doing business with your employer. Simple enough for even a teenager to undertstand.
In answer to my comment ….”there are stories going around that the objection to one of the candidates for the vicar bishop position in the DOS came suspiciously close to when Fr.Fester came into his present position”. Fester responded and discussed the failed effort to nominate Fr.Brum.
My reference was NOT to Fr.Brum but to Fr. Wendling, whose name had been proposed to the Synod of Bishops at its meeting on May 23-25, 2006. I believe that Fester’s rescue from Syosset and tenure at Dallas began shortly before that date and the suspicion is that Fester had some input into the failure of the nomination.
Fester’s plea not to “reprise the elderly bishop thing” is surprising since I don’t ever remember bringing his age into the discussion with Fester. I’ve known Bishop Dmitri for over 35 years and I disagree with much of what he has done. But,
he’s not much older than I am. Why would I bring up his age?
My final comment re Fester’s memo of 07/03/08 relates to his comment…”if Archimandrite Jonah becomes Auxiliary Bishop” etc. According to some Google hits, Fester is credited with saying that the Archimandrite has “unofficially” been elected or something of the effect. Has his position changed since Fester allegedly made that announcement of the “unofficial “ election?
July 8, 2008
#188.8.131.52.184.108.40.206.1.2 nicholas skovran on 2008-07-08 17:50
Did the corporation that was set up with Fester and Rock and Turbay do any business with the Church?
It was mentioned that there was a lawsuit that terminated that relationship. Where was the suit filed?
#220.127.116.11.18.104.22.168.1.2.1 Anonymous on 2008-07-09 10:34
With all due respect, and I mean that, to coin your phrase, BALONEY!
Every single one of your conclusions as they relate to me is wrong. You have never spoken to me face to face, I don't even know you, yet you seem to know me, even better than I know myself!
If you are so concerned about all these points as they relate to me, please, travel to Dallas. Sit down with me and we can talk. Sit down with the Archbishop, talk with anyone here in Dallas about what concerns you. I can't change your mind about what you think of others, but I hope if you meet me, at least we might come to a better understanding of each other.
I would very much welcome your visit. Please email me personally or call the Chancery.
#22.214.171.124.126.96.36.199.1.2.2 Archpriest Joseph Fester on 2008-07-11 08:17
You seem to be very informed, however, Kondratick never had an administration. The Metropolitan was always in charge. They have a responsibility to the entire church, fiduciary responsibility and the priest is always obedient to the bishop. Basic information - I can't believe that you do not realize this!
#188.8.131.52.184.108.40.206.2 MP on 2008-07-03 15:24
Thank you for having some integrity - this is rare these days!
If only the synod of bishops had some - dream on!
#220.127.116.11.1.2 MP on 2008-07-03 14:16
Makes you wonder, Ken, when Dmitri "asked" that Fr. Jonah be his auxiliary. In a prior item on ocanews here, it was stated that Dmitri "asked" that Fr. Jonah become his auxiliary. What was the basis of that? Reading how the poor old Vladyka has been basically guided in his actions (didnt' someone use the word "snowed") by his new advisors you wonder if HE truly made the request. And if he didn't, then who did and who has the power to chose and then see his choice pushed through to get actually placed as an auxiliary. This is a classic trojan horse. Someone gets to pick a guy who will eventually become the ruling bishop and because its an auxiliary no one but the Synod gets to approve, er, rubber stamp.
Which reminds us, we still do not know who forged that letter under Dmitri's name around the time of the controversy with the transfer and then de-transfer of Kondratick. We do not know, but we have not forgotten either.
This selection, and how it came about, needs serious investigation by those in the South who are concerned with the proper operation of their diocese now and the impacts upon the integrity of the diocese well into the future.
#18.104.22.168.2 Anonymous on 2008-06-29 20:26
Pokrov provides information, how people view that material will no doubt depend on their individual experiences. Perhaps some will find the information collected about Archimandrite Jonah Paffhausen of no import, or even a credit to him. Others may well have a different opinion. I would suggest that people visit the link and come to their own conclusions, particularly those for whom the archimandrite is being presented as an episcopal candidate.
Visitors to our site should make sure to explore the "Related Items," which can be found on the right hand side of the page. Also, the site is still a work in progress, so be sure and check back occasionally.
For myself, I find Archimandrite Jonah's ties to the Holy Order of MANS/Christ the Saviour Brotherhood/St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood to be troubling. I am also concerned that the archimandrite’s monastery, St. John of San Francisco, took in a priest defrocked by the GOA for sexual misconduct, while at the same time it continues to promote itself as a retreat destination for children, as well as adults. But that's my opinion, based on my own experiences.
Melanie Jula Sakoda
Dear Melanie Sakoda,
I agree with you that we should indeed be "wise as serpents" and be very careful before we jump to any conclusions. I did read both Father Jonah's AGAIN article and your critique of it on your excellent site, pokrov.org.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but it seems the reason why Father Jonah is listed on your site is the fact that the monastery is housing a person who has abused children. Your understandable concern seems to be that the monastery gives tours to families (and children) and that these touring children may be placed in danger. Have you looked into this matter any further? It seems to me that the offender could not be in any better place than a monastery. It may be that the monastery has taken steps to make sure that he does not re-offend with the touring children.
In your 2001 critique, you wrote "...some of the characteristics that had caused the Order to be considered a cult were unchanged. The group's elitism remained, as did the emphasis on obedience and the reverence for discredited leaders with tarnished images." I am afraid that many "regular" Orthodox are also marked by the same characteristics: elitism, blind obedience and reverence for discredited leaders. Does this make some Orthodox folks akin to cultists? Or, are these characteristics common to all folks, no matter their religion?
While I agree that we should be very careful in selecting our leaders, I do think that we should also trust in the Holy Spirit to guide our deliberations. The bottom line remains: All of us are sinners and have imperfections. It really is a matter of choosing the best folks for our leaders; not a matter of choosing the perfect. That is why I have been an advocate of broadening the pool of candidates to the episcopacy, establishing checks and balances, and providing a much greater role to the laity and New Testament type deacons.
#22.214.171.124.1 Carl on 2008-06-30 08:42
Carl wrote in Comment #52:
“Please correct me if I am wrong, but it seems the reason why Father Jonah is listed on your site is the fact that the monastery is housing a person who has abused children.
Archimandrite Jonah has a page on Pokrov, as do I, because his name appears in articles which have been uploaded to the site. Also, another correction: the person who is housed at the monastery was defrocked for abusing a mentally ill adult, not a child.
“It seems to me that the offender could not be in any better place than a monastery.”
I do not share your belief that a monastery which offers guest facilities is an appropriate setting for someone who abused his position as a priest to prey on a vulnerable young man. If such people are going to be sent to monasteries, it is my opinion that the monasteries should be closed facilities.
“I am afraid that many ‘regular’ Orthodox are also marked by the same characteristics: elitism, blind obedience and reverence for discredited leaders.”
The Church in which I was raised was not a cult. If it has come to acquire some of the characteristics of a cult over the last 55 years, perhaps this explains in part why the OCA is in the mess that it is.
“While I agree that we should be very careful in selecting our leaders, I do think that we should also trust in the Holy Spirit to guide our deliberations.”
Yes, but the Holy Spirit does his best work when information flows freely, and all opinions and ideas have an equal chance to be heard.
Melanie Jula Sakoda
What's even more interesting with is that the former Comptroller of the OCA, Steven Strikis, is now located where? You guessed it, Fr. Jonah's monastery.
Its interesting how it all just get intermingled, isn't it?
#126.96.36.199.2 Anonymous on 2008-06-30 17:25
I have as well met several former-MANS people. They were very nice, yes, but also held occasionally bizarre theological opinions. They didn't manifest themselves very often, but when they did, oh boy. I've had quite enough of liturgical-rituals-are-magick masked as conservative pietism, thank you very much. I'm not saying Igumen Jonah is like this, I don't know him. But I would double check and make sure. That's not being suspicious, that's simply being prudent.
While someone's at that, shouldn't someone else be "nominated" as well, preferably by the actual diocese itself, so that the "choice" is actually a choice? An Auxiliary is obviously (usually) the next diocesan bishop, so shouldn't the diocese get to choose who they get, rather than simply "choosing" to accept who is given to them? I don't mean to denigrate the fitness of Igumen Jonah for the job, but I think the DOS should put their foot down and refuse to "choose" anyone until they are able to actually choose between a pool of candidates. Maybe the South can put this terrible practice to an end once and for all.
#188.8.131.52 Anonymous on 2008-06-28 19:07
Here we go with Melanie Sakoda trying to sound alarms where there is no need for alarm. Pokrov has done a useful service in exposing clerics who have questionable backgrounds, but to go on "witch hunts" against every bishop candidate is really over-the-top. There is a need for every bishop candidate (and probably every priest candidate) to be background checked, psychologically tested and interviewed in depth with references. However, sounding-off half-cocked with hearsay is plain irresponsible and discredits Pokrov.
#184.108.40.206.1 Anonymous on 2008-06-30 08:26
People have to realize that the financial issues with RSK, + Theodosius and which + Herman knew about were taking place since at least 1994, not the late 1990's nor 2000 forward. We are talking of a decade (at least) of abuse. Much loose money was tossed about and as many have said, much used to "grease-palms" in Russia and keep others quiet in the U.S.
This is why + Herman, who elevated RSK at St. Tikhon's and pushed him into Syosset must go. RSK was also key in seeing that + Herman became Metropolitan. And where are those financials on St. Tikhon's and related areas of East. PA?????
#8 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 11:42
How can they hold "town meetings" in the afternoon of a weekday? Isn't the purpose of a "town meeting" to include "the entire town"? What of an evening or Sunday afternoon? What about internet broadcasts (a simple webcam) so those outside of the Diocese can watch them as well, particularly in light that another bishop may one day / soon be Metropolitan?
What if Eric Wheeler did not whistle blow? The bishops would still be stealing. Everyone is guilty.
#9 Anonymous on 2008-06-26 14:57
I believe that Interfax is confusing two separate reports at the Bishops' Council. The comments about LiveJournals came not in an official Council document or working group report, but in the report of Metropolitan Clement of Borovsk, Chancellor of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Vladyka Clement said, in part:
"Unfortunately, the situation on hand today does not always lead to pastors’ constant and unconstrained discussion of important topics. As a result, we see the frequent discussions on the Internet in various forums and LiveJournals concerning completely confidential and internal issues of the Church, which ought not be made public. These discussions frequently take on an improper format."
The working group did not condemn all Internet activity per se. It condemned the Internet activity of Bishop Diomedes of Chukotka and his supporters.
You can follow the Council's decisions online in English on my blog, at http://typiconman.wordpress.com/
Yours in Christ,
#10 Aleksandr Andreev on 2008-06-26 18:08
With so many people posting on here without signing their names, how are we supposed to tell which "Anonymous" is whom??
(editor's note: A sad commentary on our church life, is it not? As I have said countless times, I do not encourage it, but I recognize the need in certain circumstances. Is it abused? Of course - it is a fallen world. Fortunately, I have the advantage of people's IP number to keep the anonymi, anonymouses, whatever, straight....)
#11 David Barrett on 2008-06-27 14:56
In the Internet/Information age, the Church can no longer control the truth, but it can tell the truth. And as long as that is the only thing the Church is telling, then there is no need to try to control it.
Unfortunately, though Jesus said we were to be in the world but not of the world, the Church has often entangled itself in worldly issues and worldly power struggles, losing sight of the fact that its only message is the Gospel of truth - it is not power, it is not control, it is not fund raising, it is not domination over others, nor taking anything from others.
Joseph Goebbels the German Nazi Minister of Propaganda wrote:
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
Church leadership would do well to remember in dealing with dissent or with opinions not of the “party line,” that in vying to maintain their positions of authority they often do not appear to those under their authority to be any different than Goebbels even if their intentions are to protect the Church from negative press.
Taken from my blog: http://frted.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/we-cannot-control-the-truth-but-we-can-tell-the-truth/
#12 Fr. Ted on 2008-06-27 18:29
Well, Frankie has a gotten a pass because Bobby isn't telling us what he knows about him!
#13 Anonymous on 2008-06-29 20:42
Bishop Innocent didn't because he had to be removed to make room for Nikolai, who did ascend from being an auxiliary. Nikon did as well, as did Tikon II (EPA). I cannot remember the last time, in fact, that a diocesan bishop was elected the proper way. So, there is precedent for all the concern as its more likely than not, given past performance, that this is what will happen. Therefore the concern on the part of so many that this amounts to nothing more than circumventing the participation of the people.
You will definitely understand that given everything that has happened, that there should extra care giving to making sure that as much transparency and participation as possible. Its easier to say that "we all screwed up on this" than to have to stand and defend against an angry mob. Especially if that angry mob turns out to have been right. But maybe that's how the Holy Spirit is going to have this play out for the Glory of God! God works in strange ways.
#14 Anonymous on 2008-07-03 08:27
You totally ignore the process that the Trojan Horse represents and so you find no use for the term. The term is used because time and again, in the OCA, auxiliaries have been named to skirt the canon against a bishop naming his successor and/or the OCA statutes which put the selection of a diocesan bishop squarely in the hands of the diocesan governance. The trojan horse is the manner in which a pre-ordained choice for bishop is put in by the powers that be to ensure smooth operation of the group without any of the uncertainty that having a diocese actually pick its bishop can present. It is very evident that when the powers that be perform this maneuver that they are taking an adversarial eye upon the diocese. The term fits like a glove. You, Father, are very adept at turning an argument against those aspects which you do not agree with and center on those which you feel you have solid footing. We do recognize you had spent time in the field of law.
If you read our item carefully you will notice that we did not cast any question of Fr. Jonah's abilities, and stated as much, we are against the process. Surely you can see that! If Fr. Jonah has no obvious flaws and is the great man his promoters make him out to be, he should have no problem prevailing in a vote over another candidate. How much experience has this man in a parish setting?
There has been no outward evidence that any of the previous auxiliaries was a ruse at the time, but if you look at the most fervent supporters of Herman who do you have? Nikon, Tikhon, Benjamin. The guys that WERE AUXILIARIES and not chosen by their dioceses. And now these guys provide enough leverage that Herman can rest easy against any actions against his lawlessness. You want to tell me that there wasn’t some thought when these guys were chosen over Herman’s circumstances? Come on, be real! Now, Fr. George, you can blind yourself to any realities you want to, that's your choice, but when it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck, its usually a duck.
#15 Anonymous on 2008-07-07 10:34
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