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A crowd of Scouts, parents and supporters gather during a prayer vigil at the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas, February 6, 2013.
Since the Boy Scouts of America announced last week that it may end its ban on gay Scouts and leaders, NBC News has received hundreds of emails from Scoutmasters, parents, Scouts and various church representatives sounding off on the issue. Some rejected lifting the exclusion of gays, others welcomed it and yet others called for more time to deliberate on the matter.
When the BSA said Wednesday that it would take more time to decide the issue, holding a vote on it in May, NBC received more email, as passionate as always, on one of America's most popular private youth organizations. A selection of the reader responses is included below:
"I am grateful that the Boy Scouts Executive Board had decided to take time to more carefully consider the future of the BSA and to facilitate a discussion with the National Council in May. I am still greatly concerned that an unyielding outside group is determined to force their views not only on BSA National but to bully their opinions over my and many other BSA chartering organizations 1st Amendment rights. The single minded agenda to have Scouting conform to their view or destroy it even when churches like mine have been very active in building, supporting and sustaining Scouting for 100 years is more than frustrating and feels more like I'm being persecuted for my beliefs. It is my hope that peace will be restored and that a different 'Scouting' organization can be organized so the Scouting program I have been part of for 14 years and has contributed so much good to this country can continue."
-- Tristam Harrington, 50, Okemos, Mich. He is involved in Scouting through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Courtesy of Nate Harrington
Tristam Harrington and his son, Nate, when he received his Life Scout rank in 2009.
"In the Scout Oath, every Scout promises to act with integrity -- that's what it means to be 'morally straight.' The Boy Scouts of America has a similar obligation to stay true to itself and its mission to help boys become honorable men. Although I think the compromise they suggested is a reasonable one, I don't begrudge BSA National taking extra time to make sure they are doing the right thing for Scouting."
-- Karen Harrington, 54, wife of Tristam. Their son is an Eagle Scout
"Calming words from our council exec notwithstanding, this is already starting to look like a good old bare knuckles bar room brawl. In their attempt to appear reasonable, and attempt to dodge the bullet, our national executive board didn't realize they had opened Pandora's box. To put it mildly, this will put a serious strain on the institution. At worst, it will tear it so badly it may be the end of it … People think Boy Scouting, at only 2.7 million Scouts, somehow will continue to hold the mantle of our nation's boy-led, character building, outdoor loving, you name it, youth organization. At some point, the need for same will simply overtake the current institution, as a new one grows and ends up totally eclipsing them. Heaven help BSA if it validates the current policy in May. That'll be the end of 'Boy Scouts', at least until their new competitor drives them into bankruptcy and then quite possibly assumes the name again … They could have avoided this nasty internal fight, already taking place all the way down to the unit level, simply by making a principled stand for the future of Scouting. Alas, their courage escaped them."
-- Steve Gates, Taos, N.M., Scoutmaster Troop 98
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Steve Gates, Scoutmaster of Troop 98 in Taos, N.M., rowing a cataraft on a Scout trip.
"The strategic pause just announced by the National Committee is absolutely the right thing to do. Many of us volunteers were caught off guard by the sudden announcement of a vote on an issue this important to the core organization. Something of this significant a change calls for careful reflection and a thorough discussion with the membership and the chartering organizations … If the scouts were to lift the ban and incorporate this change, it should be done because it is the right thing to do. The core lesson we teach the youth in the Scouting program is that there is a creator, that the creator put us on the planet for a purpose, and that there is a moral compass that we should utilize to govern our lives. That moral compass is more important than money or peer pressure. I would strongly suggest that that moral compass should be applied to this forth-coming discussion and decision. If we make any changes to the core values of Scouting because of head-count pressure or corporate donors, than we are making this change for the wrong reasons. And we will have invalidated the message I have been espousing for ten years … We need to allow everyone the opportunity to participate."
-- Terry Burke, 54, Collinsville, Ill., Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 1048
"I for one am excited and happy that the gay issue with BSA has been tabled, and the scouts are safe once again, for now. I do not nor will I accept a gay leader to lead and mentor my son, anywhere. Young boys minds are very impressionable. I'm not saying that gays would touch my son physically, but could effect him mentally. The family unit is being trodden down and torn apart … I say no, a Big no. Our scout (11 yrs old) will be receiving his Arrow of Light very soon, and leaving Cub Scouts in a few weeks to go into Boy Scouts. If gays are let in, he will NOT be continuing on in his Scouting, which is sad indeed. I'm sorry about the gays missing out on Scouting, but they knew what the standards where when they joined, Morally straight! This will destroy Scouting if it is allowed, soon they will want to make lots of changes, like taking God out too. Gay is gay and straight is straight. Enough is enough.
-- Linda Bergener, 60, Havelock, N.C., parent of a Scout
"My wife and I discussed this last night and we are both in continued disbelief that a decision on sanctioning discrimination 'would require more discussion for all in Scouting.' With that said, he (8-year-old son) is going to finish out the school year (in the Boy Scouts) and then we will reassess. I don't think either of us feel particularly good about it or the organization as a whole, but having the discussion with our son in light of inaction on the part of the Scouts is a bit more abstract than if there had been a decision to point to. It feels like a cop-out and we are both very conflicted, but we aren't going to do anything at this time."
-- Zach Conen, Radnor, Penn. His son is in Wolf Den Pack 19. He has been considering removing his son over the ban.
"I earned my Eagle Scout award when I was 13 years old, though I was not openly gay at the time. I was also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which you know is one of the largest religious supporters of BSA. … I am in full support of the change to allow gay members into the Boy Scouts of America, and I am quite disappointed that it is taking BSA and the LDS Church this long to realize their foolish policies. Whether they like it or not, BSA is full of gays though they may not be 'out', so their fears of boys being attracted to other boys and leaders to leaders etc., doesn't make much sense seeing that it is happening already."
-- Tristan Schulthies, 22, student at Southern Virginia University
"The last line in the Boy Scout Oath says that Scouts will do their best to keep themselves morally straight. The left-leaning liberals in this world are tearing at the very moral fibers that have held this country together for nearly 250 years. Our elected leaders of late have bowed to those liberal pressures, allowing same-sex marriages and equal benefits for gays and lesbians. Morally, it's not right and not what God intended for us. I applaud the Boy Scouts for resisting the pressure to allow gays into the program up until now. I hope, not only for the future of the Boy Scouts, but for the future of this country, that the ban is upheld. It's time that someone shows some backbone and agrees with that last line of the Scout Oath, to keep the organization morally straight. Otherwise, they need to drop that part out of the Scout Oath since they will no longer be supporting a morally straight organization. That's when I, as well as many other volunteer leaders, will also drop out."
-- Stuart Lewis, 61, Knoxville, Tenn., Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 15 in the Toqua District
"I write to you today to discuss my feelings on the National Council's decision to postpone their vote. In a word I am, devastated. The attention that is being brought to this organization, of which I've spent the last 16 years of my life in, is in no way beneficial to the youth involved. I have been a Cub Scout, Boy Scout, a Troop leader, and a camp counselor. Yet in all of that time the subject of sexual orientation has never come up. The sexual orientation of a child, or of an adult doesn't impact their ability to teach knots, or their desire to learn outdoor skills. I am ashamed to be associated with this organization. As a child in the program my leaders taught me acceptance and tolerance, The Scout law says friendly, not homophobic or hateful. I saw other Scouts who I went to school with leading double lives. They'd be with their boyfriends at school and then at Scouts that night, telling stories of their dates that weekend but being careful to make sure all the 'he's' came out as 'she's'. I have gay friends and gay co-workers who I'm embarrassed to be around. It's awful to think that because I wanted to go camping as a child, I must bear title of homophobe. I believe that the National Council is on the wrong side of history. This discussion will be looked back at the same way we look at the pictures taken outside of the University of Alabama in 1963, or of those showing segregated water fountains."
-- Andrew Coleman, 22, Eagle Scout, Fitchburg, Mass.
Boy Scouts on edge as they await decision on gays
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The Co‐op Cop‐out
Faced with rising opposition to a so‐called "public option" in health care reform, some Democrats are floating the idea of establishing health insurance "co‐operatives" as an alternative. Opponents of a government takeover of the health care system should not be fooled.
A "co‐op" can be defined as a business owned and controlled by its workers and the people who use its services, in this case presumably the people whom it insures. In that sense, government provision of some sort of legal framework or seed money to help establish health insurance co‐ops seems relatively harmless but also relatively pointless. The U.S. already has some 1,300 insurance companies. Adding a few more would accomplish…what?
It is suggested that the "co‐ops" would be nonprofits, and therefore would offer better service and lower costs. But many insurance companies, including "mutual" insurers and many "Blues," are already nonprofit companies. Furthermore, states already have the power to charter co‐ops, including health insurance co‐ops. In fact, health care co‐ops already exist. Health Partners, Inc. in Minneapolis has 660,000 members and provides health care, health insurance, and HMO coverage. The Group Health Cooperative in Seattle provides health coverage for 10 percent of Washington State residents.
If the new co‐ops operate under the same rules as other nonprofit insurers, why bother?
And there's the rub. Supporters of government‐run health care have no intention of letting the co‐ops be independent enterprises. In fact, Sen. Charles Schumer (D‑NY) makes it clear, for example, that the co-op's officers and directors would be appointed by the president and Congress. He insists that there be a single national co‐op. And Congress would set the rules under which it operates. As Sen. Max Baucus (D‑MT) says, "It's got to be written in a way that accomplishes the objectives of a public option."
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Apart from that phone lost in a bar, the iPhone 5 is the most leaked phone in Apple's history. We basically know—with 99% certainty—what it will look like when it gets announced tomorrow, both in white and black versions.
So why wait to get pictures of Tim Cook doing his show-and-tell?
Everything is so predictable anyway. The same Keynote slides. The same comments about how magical and revolutionary it is. Perhaps a mention on how the competition can't catch up—because they are suing the crap out of them, after all. And then the "oh ah" comments from the usual fanboys. Same old, same old.
Thankfully, Gizmodo reader Martin Hajek can save us from all that. He sent these two pictures from the future. And since we are at it, here's also capture of Apple's Apple home page too, also taken in the future. And here's the review too. Or something. Whatever, man.
Tomorrow is going to be like a rerun, man. It's going to be so heavy.
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Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 Blog! A storm system will brush southeastern Wisconsin with a chance of snow late Tuesday and Wednesday. In today's blog we discuss when the snow begins and how much to expect where you live.
Let's start with the advisories in effect across southeast Wisconsin. A winter weather advisory is in effect for Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha counties from 3pm Tuesday to 6am Wednesday. The winter storm watch that was issued by the National Weather Service earlier is no longer in effect.
The main energy with this winter storm will stay south of Wisconsin, but enough moisture will lift north to provide a chance of snow to southeast Wisconsin. Light snow will first arrive along the Wisconsin and Illinois border by late afternoon or early evening Tuesday. The snow will spread north, aided by northeast winds drawing additional moisture in from Lake Michigan.
The RPM computer model forecast below is valid at 8pm Tuesday. The blue color represents snow. Notice that only far southeastern Wisconsin is seeing snow at this time. From Tuesday evening through Tuesday night the snow will gradually spread north. Locations around Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac, and Johnson Creek may see very little snow. This snow will favor locations near the lake and close to the Wisconsin and Illinois border.
Gusty winds will accompany the snow, expect winds of 15-25mph, with locally higher gusts. The snow will be a heavier, wetter snow due to surface temperatures in the 30s, but may still blow around in open areas. Wind will stay northeast through Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. This will lead to some lake enhanced snow.
On and off snow showers will continue from Wednesday morning into Wednesday afternoon, but any snow accumulation on Wednesday should stay under 1".
Forecast snow totals through Wednesday will fall in the range of 2"-4" near the lakeshore, with the best chance of 3" or 4" of snow over parts of southern Milwaukee county through Racine and Kenosha counties. The sharp cutoff in snow totals will lead to possibly as little as a dusting in our western and northwestern counties.
We will continue to monitor the latest trends and update the snow forecast on WISN 12 News and on our Wisconsin Weather Updates Facebook page.
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Friday, April 6, 2012
A Giveaway ~ From Me To You
I bought these 3 little pillows and the decorative cross ornament some time ago with the intentions of giving them away on my blog. Needless to say, they got set aside and forgotten about.... until I was going through some things today and found them. So, before I misplace them yet again, I am having a giveaway!
The robin's egg blue and brown pillows have satin ribbon ties. They say, "Believe", "Pray", and "Yes Lord". The little metal cross has a leather cord for hanging.
All you have to do to win these is leave a comment on this blog post and I will draw a winner Sunday night.
Feel free to share this via facebook, twitter, and your own blog.
Good luck!
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What cute pillows, I love those two colors together. I'll pass the word... Have a very happy Easter!ReplyDelete
~ Terrie
Those are all beautiful! I'll post about your giveaway on my sidebar!ReplyDelete
What a great giveaway. And the timing (Easter) couldn't be better. Thank you for your generosity.ReplyDelete
What a thoughtful giveaway! I love inspirational words/sayings scattered about the house.ReplyDelete
Great little pillows and cross. Please count me in.ReplyDelete
Great of you to do a give away. Please include me and thanks.ReplyDelete
The pillows are adorable and I am a collector of unusual crosses.
Happy Easter.
Peace and Blessings,
I love the cross and the pillows! They match the colors I'm using in my bedroom re-do! Please enter me in your give away!.ReplyDelete
Love these pillows and blue is my favorite color. And the cross is beautiful.ReplyDelete


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|Mar 30th, 2011 10:29 PM
|This article brought me to tears. So much nostalgia
|Mar 23rd, 2011 05:11 AM
Awesome list, but there were two cabinets that I was hoping would have made the list:
1. "Beast Busters" - the first zombie FPS that I can remember. What was rad about it was that the controller was an uzi a la "Operation Wolf" - except this baddie had three of them! Plus some really cool zombie apocalypse artwork on the sides.
2. "Lucky and Wild" - a driving/shooting game clearly inspired by the "Lethal Weapon" movies. The controls for player 1 (Lucky) were a steering wheel, gas and brake pedals, and a mounted hand gun so you could drive and shoot(!) while player 2 (Wild) just had a gun. If you wanted though, player 1 could focus on the driving while player 2 could wield both guns John Woo style. Man, I wish I could find these games...
|Mar 11th, 2011 05:11 PM
|Deadly Towers Sux
This article brought me to tears. So much nostalgia...I miss arcades...and I mean real arcades, not the pathetic excuses of ones you see nowadays. I mean ones from the good old days. Ones that were busting at the seams with awesome retro video games like TMNT, Simpsons, Space Invaders, Street Fighter, Final Fight, etc.
Too bad most of these games can mostly only be played via emulation nowadays...
|Dec 11th, 2010 06:33 PM
|Daytona USA they have up to eight players.
|Dec 8th, 2010 06:31 PM
|Danny 4 Eyes
|One of the greatest gaming experiences in my life was playing the 4 player version of The Simpsons with the cabinet that had 4 seats and the monitor was in the shape of the Simpsons tv set. We played it from start to finish, I wasn't even bothered that I had to play as Marge.
|May 17th, 2010 06:06 AM
|You know, after posting that, I suddenly feel very old. Not to mention remembering playing Pac-Man, Galaxian, Moon Patrol, and Space Invaders as a young'un, maybe 6 or 7. We didn't go to an arcade, oh no. My dad took my mom and me to a truck stop. Now, this place wasn't what one would normally picture a truck stop to be. It was actually a nice clean place to grab a good burger and spend the evening playing the arcade games. We all loved it. Ah, what memories. Good times, good times.
|May 17th, 2010 05:44 AM
Excellent article, by the way, and also brings back some fond memories for me as well. And 8-track? Let me tell you, son, back in the day, 8-track was the shit. Hell, I can even remember N.W.A.'s 'Straight Outta Compton' being on 8-track.
|Dec 6th, 2009 01:26 AM
|Hi I have a game that you all have overlooked as one of the best/coolest games ever. It is a game by Global VR call "Vortek V3" the cabinet is absolutely awesome looks like a bee landed on the top of the cabinet and got stuck and it is a great game. When I got it the counterbalance was not right so the person I bought it from said it was too hard to play for extended periods of time and after 10 mins of tinkering it is now weightless effort to play for hours at end. The one I own has 5 different games on it and it is always good for a night with my friends. It is the first full sized arcade I have bought. This game should definately be remembered if the list goes to 100
|Oct 11th, 2009 04:18 PM
|BOOO I was hoping to see Galaxy Force II on this list. But instead After burner II took it's spot. Ok yeah after Burner was more popular. But Galaxy force II had superior game play and graphics. As for cabinet design innovation. It had a really cool sit in cockpit, that had a purple flying saucer design. Also it was the first cabinet that not only tilted up and down like after burner but also spined in a full 360 degrees.
|Sep 4th, 2009 07:53 PM
You know what you forgot "or I may have just not seen"
Carn-evil. I may buy the cabinet refurbished for 1400$
|Sep 4th, 2009 07:41 PM
|I never knew that they had already created guitar hero based arcade cabinets. Before reading this, I never knew they existed. o_O
|Sep 4th, 2009 06:43 PM
|discs of tron in the arcade in the contemporary hotel at disney world. i can still hear the loud bangs as the discs bounced of the walls during the battle
|Aug 10th, 2009 02:44 AM
|Just Ami
|I loved the X-Man game so much when I was little, I bought my very own a few years ago. I love it. It wouldn't even fit through the house entrance until the front door was taken off! Whale of a game, but fun as hell!
|Sep 28th, 2008 08:01 PM
|Funny thing about T-Mek, it was the grand pappy to the Mech Warrior Franchise & later Mech Assult
|Mar 20th, 2008 04:41 AM
|Blaster Atoms
We have been robbed of our arcades...Now they only languish in disrepair at bus stations and movie theaters...
Nice article.
|Mar 17th, 2008 06:11 AM
|Mar 13th, 2008 07:23 PM
|Amazing article. The only time I did a lot of jumping up and down and screaming to a video game was when my foot accidentally hit the Power button just as I finally got to the Great Palace in Zelda II and I realized I hadn't saved the game at all!!(Yes, I know. Stupid of me). Lots of memories here. I'll never forget standing on tiptoe at the age of five to play Ms.Pac Man. Keep up the good work, guys. I can't wait for the next 50 greatest Arcade Cabinets.
|Feb 14th, 2008 12:42 PM
Discs Of Tron!
My mother's first husband's best friend owned an arcade that, well I used to go to all the time when I was a kid. The had the full version and I remember playing that bad boy religiously. I was barely tall enough to actually PLAY but my god was that an amazing game.
It's the loss of games like that, that make me furious to see the loss of the arcade.
|Feb 4th, 2008 07:06 PM
|Amazing article. I hope that cabinets and arcades come back into style.
|Jan 28th, 2008 10:50 PM
|Ah, Smash TV, a game i first played on a "Atari History" disk, and i only thing i can say is that its a bitch to play Smash TV on a Ps2 controller.
|Jan 21st, 2008 01:07 AM
|although i like most of the cabinets in this one, i'm disappointed that they left out the original Darius which was notorious for being the first shmup that spanned 3 screens wide (which was quite innovative for its time).
|Jan 18th, 2008 10:10 PM
|Yeppers, Destructoid has always been really cool about featuring whatever our latest gaming stuff is. Real nice group o' people writing for 'em too.
|Jan 16th, 2008 11:41 PM
|Fathom Zero
Even Destructoid loves it!
I agree with most of 'em.
|Jan 16th, 2008 06:36 PM
As for Splatterhouse, the only place online that has a photo of it is klov and sadly, it doesn't look all too impressive, even though the game was awesome. I dig the cheesy marquee though.
|Jan 15th, 2008 10:16 PM
|Police 911...i played it for the first time a few days ago. normal shooter with a gun but it detects your bodily movements to hide behind obstacles and what not so you don't get hit by mobster fire...time crisis be damned!
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This week in personnel announcements and new hires, Dynasty Financial Partners welcomed Ron Sallet; Securities America promoted David Vaughan and John Behn; Baird Private Wealth Management promoted Jarrett Kovics; Morrison & Foerster welcomed Charles Duross; and Fusion Family Wealth added Fred Gold.
Also, ING U.S. Investment Management announced the promotion of Amir Sahibzada; Carson Wealth Management elected Steve Lockshin to its executive board; Cetera announced the appointment of Mukesh Mehta as chief information officer, along with several new hires; and New York Life said it planned to hire 3,600 new financial representatives in 2014.
Mehta Named CIO at Cetera; New Hires Announced
Cetera Financial Group has made a number of personnel announcements. Mukesh Mehta has joined as chief information officer. Leda Csanka, previously senior vice president and CIO, will move into the newly created role of chief technology officer and report to Mehta. In addition, Mohan Gurupackiam, Derek Gledhill and Sandy Coffey have joined the company's technology team as vice president, head of applications, delivery & operations; senior director, advisor workstations; and head of IT finance and governance, respectively.
Prior to joining, Mehta served as managing director and CIO, institutional, for TD Ameritrade, where he led application development services supporting all of the firm's institutional business. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade at Charles Schwab & Co., where he served in progressively senior technology leadership positions. Most recently, he served as senior vice president & head of IT, Schwab Institutional, product development and technology.
Gurupackiam's experience includes nearly 14 years at E*Trade Financial Corp., where he served most recently as director, software engineering. Gledhill has spent more than 20 years in the financial services industry, and held the position of vice president, broker workstation, advice and wealth management at Ameriprise Financial prior to joining Cetera. Coffey comes to the company from American Honda Motor Co., where she served as an IT executive for American Honda Finance Corp./Honda Canada Finance Inc.
Sallet Joins Dynasty Financial Partners
Dynasty Financial Partners announced that it has hired Ron Sallet as senior vice president of network development. He will report to Shirl Penney, president and CEO.
Sallet joins Dynasty from Wells Fargo's independent channel, FiNet, where for the last four years he was a managing director, co-leading their branch development and marketing team. He joined Wells Fargo Advisors in 2007. Earlier, he worked at Citigroup/Smith Barney for 14 years, where most recently he was SVP, director of financial services groups in New York at Citigroup Global Markets. Prior to that role, he held a variety of field positions, including financial advisor, national training officer, assistant branch manager and branch office manager.
Securities America Announces Officer Promotions
Securities America announced that it has promoted David Vaughan to senior vice president and chief financial officer and John Behn to first vice president.
Vaughan joined in 1994, and has worked progressively larger roles in accounting and finance during his career at the company. By 2012 as first vice president, he was overseeing all financial analysis, reporting, accounting operations and internal audits. In 2013, he was promoted to vice president of finance and joined the executive leadership team.
Behn joined nine months ago as the national director of recruiting. Prior to joining, he was a senior vice president with Aegon and Transamerica where he led multiple national sales teams.
Baird Promotes Kovics
Baird Private Wealth Management announced the promotion of Jarrett Kovics to regional director. In his new role, he will oversee the firm's wealth management offices in the western region, which includesTexas,Arizona,Oregon and California. He is based in theDallasoffice.
Previously he was director of the Texas market for Baird. He joined the firm in 2010 as branch manager of the Dallas wealth management office. He started his career as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley. He then moved to Citi Smith Barney, where he spent 11 years in a variety of roles, including assistant branch manager of the private client/institutional headquarters office inNew Yorkand complex manager of the global wealth management offices in Hawaii. Morrison & Foerster Adds Duross
Law firm Morrison & Foerster announced that Charles Duross will join the firm in February. He will head the firm's global anticorruption practice.
Duross for the past four years has led the Department of Justice's FCPA unit, where he was in charge of all of DOJ's FCPA investigations, prosecutions and resolutions in the U.S. from April 2010 through his departure from the DOJ on Jan. 24. Earlier, he was a deputy chief of the fraud section in the criminal division for almost four years. Over his 12-year tenure at DOJ, he was also a prosecutor with the fraud section, trying a range of white-collar cases from health care and wire fraud to public corruption, securities fraud and tax evasion. Earlier, he was a member of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, where he rose to deputy chief in the major crimes section.
Fusion Family Wealth Adds Gold
Fusion Family Wealth LLC has announced the addition of Fred Gold as head of business development for metro New York. He will be based on Long Island and report to Jonathan Blau, founder, president and CEO.
Gold had a 32-year career with Arthur Andersen LLP, where he was the partner in charge of the metro New York enterprise group audit division. He also served as the partner in charge of Andersen's audit division in the Long Island office, where he spent 20 years serving as advisor to entrepreneurial clients and multinational firms. He spent his first 13 years at the firm as a member of the small business audit division in the New York office.
ING U.S. Investment Management Promotes Sahibzada
ING U.S. Investment Management has announced the promotion of Amir Sahibzada to chief risk officer. Sahibzada, who previously served as managing director, head of investment risk, replaces Chet Ragavan, who was promoted to chief risk officer of ING U.S., Inc., the firm's parent company, earlier this month. Sahibzada will report to Ravagan and to Jeffrey Becker, ING U.S. Investment Management CEO. In connection with Sahibzada's promotion, Brad Taylor, who most recently served as SVP, investment risk for ING U.S. Investment Management, will become head of investment risk management and assume Sahibzada's prior responsibilities.
Before joining in 2010, Sahibzada was managing director and global head of risk management with D.B. Zwirn & Co. Prior to that, he was with ABN AMRO Bank for more than 14 years, holding various risk management positions covering both market and credit risk areas.
Since joining in 1999, Taylor has held a number of risk management roles, including in the corporate insurance risk management department at ING Group's headquarters in Amsterdam from 2001 to 2003. He also worked on the MBS asset management team for five years, focusing on proprietary investment portfolios.
Lockshin Joins Board at Carson
Carson Wealth Management announced that Steve Lockshin has been elected to its executive board.
Lockshin founded Convergent Wealth Advisors (formerly CMS Financial Services) in 1994 and served as CEO for 18 years. During that time, he founded CMS Reporting, now known as Fortigent, LLC.
New York Life Announces Plans to Hire 3,600 Financial Reps
New York Life has announced that it plans to add 3,600 new financial representatives in 2014, with more than half of that number to be women or individuals who represent the cultural markets.
In 2013, 62% of the firm's new hires in the field were women or individuals who represent the cultural markets. The company said it expects similar results in 2014, seeking to hire women and individuals serving the African-American, Chinese, Hispanic, Korean, South Asian, and Vietnamese markets in the U.S.


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Turnberry, the Luxury Collection Resort in Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, will celebrate the UK launch of one of the world's rarest and finest champagnes by staging a gourmet dining experience for guests on Thursday 4 October 2012.
GH Mumm's Blanc de Blancs is unveiled this year as the world-renowned champagne house celebrates the 130th Anniversary of their vineyards in Cramant, the Grand Cru village outside Reims. To mark the occasion, Turnberry's award-winning food and beverage team has partnered with the historic brand to stage a one-off fine dining experience.
The dinner will feature a highly-crafted tasting menu, designed by Turnberry's Executive Head Chef, Justin Galea. Each course will be paired with one of GH Mumm's finest champagnes and introduced by GH Mumm's brand ambassador.
Smoked Scottish Salmon blinis
Mini Beef Tacos
Oysters Kirkpatrick
Inside out Sushi with Pickled Cucumber
GH Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut NV
1st Course
Torchon of Foie Gras served with Salted Caramel, Pickled Vegetable & Toasted Brioche
GH Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut NV
2nd Course
Seared Scallops with Cauliflower puree & crisp French Beans
GH Mumm Blanc de Blancs, Mumm de Cramant Brut
GH Mumm Blanc de Blancs, Mumm de Cramant Brut
3rd Course
Roasted Guinea Fowl with Pomme Berni, Cabbage, Bacon & Young Carrots
GH Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut Millésimé 2004
4th Course
Raspberry Vanilla Cream, Ginger Wafers & Orange Syrup
GH Mumm Demi-Sec
GH Mumm Demi-Sec
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Tea, coffee and Petit Fours
Justin Galea (pictured above) commented on the forthcoming event: "GH Mumm has a long and enviable tradition of pairing the best champagne with the finest cuisine from around the world. We are very much looking forward to making our contribution to this successful philosophy at Turnberry."
The GH Mumm tasting dinner will take place on Thursday 4 October 2012 with a drinks and canapés reception at 7pm followed by the dining experience which commences at 7.45pm. A limited number of tickets are available at £99 per person. Those wishing to enjoy the full Turnberry experience can reserve overnight classic accommodation in the hotel from £165 per room per night.
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Lancashire and England are sweating on the fitness of Jimmy Anderson after he pulled up with a groin injury early in the Roses match at Emirates Old Trafford.
Anderson had helped the hosts make an excellent start to this Specsavers County Championship fixture with a catch at third slip and the wicket of Alex Lees as Yorkshire slipped to nine for two inside five overs.
But the 34-year-old seamer then had to leave the field clutching his right groin midway through his sixth over and he did not return as Yorkshire closed on 251 for six from 96 overs.
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we have wonderful times and get on with the crew so well most of the times .the cabin crew are wonderful nothing is too much trouble. The dinning rooms are always looking good when you go for meals lunch time or dinner time and the staff are always looking to see every thing is as it should be. even the wine waiters are always very polite and helpful the cruise dance performers are always friendly and smile and chat when they see you around and even when you are a shore they chat away to you . the last cruise I found most of the shops aboard were helpful to the jewellery shop was very good we knew most by there first name and the perfume shop was the same. the coffee shop by the computer room had very good food and always happy and smiling which makes you happy to and brought your food to the table as well the coffee must have been very good as you always had to wait but that was ok the staff always said they were sorry and tried to be as quick as they could. the computer room was always busy but very helpful staff in there as well. over all we enjoy every day we are aboard ship we are looking forward to our next trip in may on the sea princess. thank you for wonderful times .m mRead more
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- Destination: Greek Isles
- Sailed: May 2015
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"A new experience"
We took this cruise on the Emerald Princess as it is our first experience on a Grand-class cruise ship and we were not disappointed.We had a short trip to two ports in Tasmania then an overnight in Melbourne, we were very impressed with the activities and the facilities on board. As always the staff were fantastic and the food was plentiful with many choices. Overall it was a very relaxing and enjoyable cruise.Read more
- Cruise Name: Emerald Princess
- Destination: Australia
- Sailed: January 2017
- 18 Helpful votes
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"NZ on Emerald 'Great'"
My family & I had a wonderful cruise on the Emerald Princess. This was only our 2nd ever cruise & while staff were not rude as such, they weren't as happy & friendly as was on the Dawn in 2015. Just one of the little things you notice you know what I mean. Horizon Court buffet was generally pretty nice & plenty of variety, but by end of 11 day cruising it does start to get boring & not enjoyable quite so much. Kids club only average on the larger ship. Thankfully Princess are over hauling this later this year & into 2018, (which is when we are cruising again mind you). I will still recommend Princess to all who ask about them though...Read more
- Cruise Name: Emerald Princess
- Destination: New Zealand
- Sailed: January 2017
- 16 Helpful votes
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"Fiji again"
Just returned from Fiji again on Emerald Princess. Last time we visited this area it was very very humid, you could cut it with a knife. Well organised ship, weather great and places visited very interesting. Mare in the Loyalty Islands sparely populated but you can see the French influence in this area. Vila following the recent hurricane and storms much better repaired than I anticipated. They are even building another cruise ship dock to accommodate 2 cruise liners at a time. It seems this is being done with Japanese assistance. This time when visiting Port Denarau Fiji, took the plunge and caught the local yellow bus to Nadi. Pretty bumpy ride but it did give me a better idea of how the local people live. To my surprise the cost was a meager $1 return. Upon visiting Suva again I was surprised to see significant aid for new infrastructure. This aid was being provided by China Aid. Pity Australia did not provide this sort of assistance to our near Pacific neighbors. As previous, it's always nice when the local Fiji Band plays for you on the dock as we prepare to leave this Pacific paradise. Touring information provided by Princess most helpful. Ship was very clean, well organised and the food great. Departing from and returning to Sydney is always a buzz.Read more
- Cruise Name: Emerald Princess
- Destination: South Pacific
- Sailed: November 2016
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This was my third cruise and the Emerald Princess BRILLIANT.in every way.
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Deep inside the General Mills Inc. research lab in Golden Valley, Minnesota, food technician Faith Perry mixes up the company's new Larabar with a special ingredient that's several thousand years old.
Tins arranged along one wall of the lab contain every ingredient you could squeeze in a snack, from rolled oats to marshmallows. The one that gives the Larabar a new moniker -- the ALT, for alternative protein -- is the yellow pea powder that Perry adds to a mound of nuts, dates and brown rice syrup. It's a recipe that took two years to concoct.
"We went through a lot of prototypes," says Perry, flattening the mixture into a metal pan. "It was challenging to keep it simple. We used peas because they're non-allergenic and have a low impact on flavor."
Perry's discovery doesn't yet rival the company's invention of the "puffing gun" in the 1930s, which inflated cereal pieces and gave birth to Cheerios. But after years of peddling sugar, salt and fat, companies in the $1 trillion food industry are on a protein binge to capture the health-conscious consumers whose distaste for conventional packaged foods has resulted in anemic growth for household staples like Kellogg's cereals and Campbell's soups.
It's part of the reordering of the world's food supply, thanks to shifting consumer tastes, Chinese demand and global warming. There's more corn in Canada, vineyards in Scotland -- and a shortage of peas in North America.
'New Black'
Because General Mills was early to recognize the potential of plant protein, the Betty Crocker owner has stocked up from suppliers like Canada's Alliance Grain Traders Inc., creating a shortage that's left rivals rushing to catch up. How hot is this trend? Enough to attract investment from billionaires Bill Gates, Li Ka-Shing and Tom Steyer.
"Americans are gobbling up protein like it's their last days," said Kantha Shelke, principal at food science researcher Corvus Blue in Chicago. "Protein is the new black."
Enter pulses, a branch of the legume family that includes dried peas, beans, chickpeas and lentils and brings a health- food halo via protein without the fat and cholesterol associated with animal products. Traditionally sold only in the health-food aisle, they have found their way into Newman's Own pretzels, Barilla pasta, Post cereal, even Triscuit crackers.
Fashionably Scarce
Pulses come in a range of colors and sizes and can be eaten whole, ground into flours or separated into concentrated forms of their three main components: protein, fiber and starch. They have more protein and fiber than wheat or rice, and provide B vitamins, iron and zinc. They can help lower cholesterol and blood pressure. And they return nitrogen to the soil, reduce fertilizer use, and require a fraction of the land and water of animal proteins.
Like any fashionable item, pulses are in short supply. Today, only a handful of companies worldwide have the facilities and technology needed to process large quantities of pea protein concentrates and flours. Last year, supplies grew so tight that prices soared and orders simply could not be filled, according to industry consultant Henk Hoogenkamp, who has worked with proteins for the past 40 years.
"Ten years ago nobody was talking about pulses," said Gordon Bacon, chief executive officer of Pulse Canada, an industry association that represents growers and processors from the world's biggest pulse-exporting country. "The market now is very hot. We are introducing food companies to a new ingredient that's as old as time."
Gas Issue
Pulses aren't perfect -- the dense proteins can harden the texture of foods, as the General Mills researchers discovered with the Larabar ALT, whose shelf life is about two months shorter than regular Larabars. And digesting pulses is not always easy, leading to discomfort and flatulence in some cases.
"Some people have a bunch of bacteria just waiting to digest this in ways that are not pleasant," said Peter Jones, director of the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. "But you do improve your tolerance over time."
Ultimately though, what swayed the General Mills scientists who screened half a dozen alternatives to soy and dairy before settling on yellow peas was what pulses don't bring to the table: no allergens nor genetically modified organisms.
Quinoa Bar-itos
The Larabars target the growing number of consumers who avoid gluten and dairy, in particular the three out of four adults who seek to add more protein to their diet but don't want more artery-clogging red meat. In doing so, they have spurred the rise of what's called the "free-from" food sector, which totaled $9.6 billion last year and will increase to $12.4 billion by 2018, according to Euromonitor. General Mills already caters to this crowd, having introduced GMO-free Cheerios in January.
"Before, the only people who cared about things like gluten were the freaks on the periphery," said Heather Jones, an analyst BB&T Capital Markets. "Mainstream people are paying a lot more attention to this now."
Signs of that abound. Billionaires Gates, Li and Steyer are supporting Hampton Creek, a San Francisco startup using yellow pea proteins rather than eggs to make mayonnaise that's sold in Whole Foods, Safeway and some Costco stores. Protein Bar, a Chicago fast-casual restaurant chain serving organic quinoa "bar-itos," just got an investment from Catterton Partners, the private equity firm that backed Kettle Foods and Caribou Coffee. And cereal company Post Holdings Inc. this month agreed to buy Michael Foods Inc. for $2.45 billion to become a serious player in protein.
Year of Pulses
"Protein has a huge upside," said John Anthony, a partner at White Road Investments, a California venture-capital shop created by the founders of Clif Bar & Co. that invests in emerging food trends. "Within that category, plant-based proteins are expanding exponentially."
Now that the United Nations has proclaimed 2016 as the "International Year of Pulses," there may even be a global marketing blitz of sorts, similar to what quinoa enjoyed when it received the same designation last year.
General Mills says it has enough pea protein to meet its needs -- being among the first big buyers helped -- though that has left others in the lurch. Roquette, a French company that makes pea-based ingredients, is doubling its production capacity and working with farmers outside Paris to increase their yields. Chinese suppliers are also filling the gap, but North American food companies are reluctant to buy from them due to food safety concerns, according to Hoogenkamp.
Pumpkin Pie
At General Mills, what started as an effort to produce a new generation of Larabars has sparked interest across the company, research scientist Eric Hedstrand said. Sales of the ALT, whose flavors include pumpkin pie and lemon pound cake, have exceeded targets since its introduction last May. In January, the company's Cascadian Farm brand introduced its own pea protein bar. Pulse-based cereals could be next, although General Mills won't disclose what exactly is in the pipeline.
The Minneapolis-based company isn't alone. Across the industry, there's an effort to develop products that feel healthier -- with ingredients such as pulses, hemp, quinoa or chia seeds -- and to pare back old recipes. Unilever in September added butter to its Rama margarine spread in Germany to revive sagging sales.
The new products also have to taste good. As Campbell Soup Co. famously learned when it removed too much salt from its soups too quickly, customers who say they want healthier food also need it to be appetizing.
Taste Focus
Murad Al-Katib's Alliance Grain Traders aims to help fill that gap. Seeing the opportunity in pea proteins, he has moved from shipping bulk quantities of pulses from the plains of Canada to India, China and the Middle East to selling more profitable ingredients like pea and lentil flours to food and agribusiness giants like PepsiCo Inc. and Cargill Inc. In the new line of work, he's doing much of the same research as Perry at General Mills -- figuring out how to get people to eat their pulses.
"We can clean up the labels of a whole bunch of products," said Al-Katib, the company's founder and CEO. "But our customers will not replace ingredients just for health. They need taste."
Turkish Delights
Al-Katib, the son of Turkish immigrants who settled in Davidson, a farming town in central Saskatchewan, has been extending tests to a broad array of products. Al-Katib displayed a knack for business at an early age, selling bubble gum that he brought back from Turkey to his Canadian classmates for a few pennies of profit per piece. Some 30 years later, he's peddling a product that can be traced back to the Stone Age as one way to help the food industry walk a tightrope between the natural and the industrial.
Last year, he built a $35 million pulse-ingredient processing plant in North Dakota, and spent another million on a food-development center packed with food-testing machines (one can actually mimic human chewing) in an office park on the south side of Saskatoon. The factory is meant to manage the supply while the R&D center kindles the demand.
Neatly arranged around a large table on the morning of March 17 were bread, pasta, snacks, pound cake and a few marble- sized meatballs. Some were made in the usual fashion while others contained a substitute -– Al-Katib's PulsePlus V-6000 pea flour.
Dry Meatball
The reformulated pasta tasted like the real thing, only it's gluten-free, and packs more protein and dietary fiber. The bread and pound cake passed muster, too, and can be made more cheaply with peas than with wheat or eggs. But the meatball, with 16 percent less meat and no breadcrumbs, was dry, with a slightly odd aftertaste.
"There are some mouthfeel issues," Mehmet Tulbek, the company's R&D chief, acknowledged, referring to the all- important sensation a food delivers on the tongue. "But it has potential."
That potential has brought food giants like Nestle SA and PepsiCo's Frito-Lay snacks unit to Al-Katib's doorstep. He's now busy expanding his North Dakota ingredient plant and planning similar sites in Canada, Turkey, and even China. Investors like the plan: AGT's shares have gained more than twice as much as the Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index in the past year.
"The long-term outlook for global pulse demand is compelling," said Raymond James analyst Steve Hansen.
Chicken Nugget
What that demand could lead to on supermarket shelves is now taking shape. Canadian researchers last year substituted yellow pea flour for wheat flour in the batter of a chicken nugget, a symbol of unhealthy fare. The high levels of amylose starch in the peas made the new nuggets crisper, while the peas' color lent them a more golden hue. They even had savory notes that could reduce the salt required, the study found.
The enhanced flavor "really surprised us," said Janice Meseyton, who helped conduct the study. Next up, she might examine the antioxidant levels of pea flours, which could create a new selling point for the likes of General Mills.
At the Minnesota lab, Faith Perry cuts the Larabar ALT mixture into bars for her colleagues as they discuss the potential of pulses. Outside, a handful of turkeys roam freely in front of the research center, carrying the quiet confidence that comes, perhaps, with the knowledge that no one inside the building has any interest in them.


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Our poor little couch. It was a hand-me-down gift from my in-laws about seven years ago. It was in very good condition and we were happy to have it. Since that time, however, we have had three babies (now 3, 5, and 7) and have adopted a couple of dogs and a couple of cats. This couch is probably one of the top five most-used items in our house. If you have kids, I don't need to explain to you how rough little ones can be on furniture--and some pets are just as bad. (Our kids are much worse.)
We do plan to get a new couch, but not right now. Therefore, making this one last has been an ongoing project. Several years ago when we had exhausted our cushion-flipping options, I started sewing up minor holes by hand. That worked for a while, but any little hole that pops up is soon made much bigger by destructive, poky little fingers.
Finally the holes were bad enough to require patching, so a couple of months ago I cut some fabric from the back bottom ruffle of the couch (it sits against the wall) and patched the holes. It looked nice, but did not last long. I then realized that with the type of fabric this couch is made of and the amount of wear and tear it receives, that approach was a no-go.
I resorted to tucking an incredibly mismatched blanket over the injured cushion while I figured things out. That looked REAL purdy.
Then I began searching online for solutions, knowing that some person smarter than me surely has fixed up a holey couch before--and if you do a Google image search for "diy couch repair" and similar phrases, some great ideas do pop up. I found this idea, or something very similar, doing such a search, and meant to go back and link to it in my post, but I can't find it anymore! Please tell me if you know where the original post is so I can give credit. I am certainly thankful that someone shared it!
I don't have process photos, but this is so simple that none are needed:
1) I had some no-pill fleece in a neutral green that blended with the couch. I measured around the cushion (back to front), and subtracted several inches (fleece is stretchy and I wanted it snug) to get the length. Then I measured across the cushion and subtracted an inch or two to get the width. The width will shrink a bit after you stretch it onto the cushion, so cutting it the exact width of the cushion might be best if you want a lot of coverage. I mostly needed to cover some holes in the middle.
2) After cutting a length of fabric to these measurements, I folded it in half--right sides together, short ends together--and sewed up the short ends on my machine to make a band. I didn't bother to hem the edges, because fleece does not fray. I love fleece!
3) Then I slipped the band onto my holey couch cushion! It was just what we needed, so I made two more for the other cushions. I had exactly the right amount of fabric to do this. It was meant to be! Now my couch seat cushions each have an easily removable protective fleece band that can be quickly machine washed and dried if needed. And I'm sure it will be needed.
Ta-da! It took about 15 minutes!
These covers will undoubtedly get rumpled and need straightening, but they still make me feel much better about this couch until we get our new one. One reason we are waiting is that I see my children jumping, climbing, and generally wallowing all over this couch and can't bear to think of what they'll do to a new one. The longer we keep this couch, the better off the new one will be. And when we finally DO get our new couch, the first thing I am going to do is sew protective fleece bands for all the seat cushions. I wish I'd had the foresight to do that for this couch. If I had, it would look a LOT different right now. Live and learn, I guess.
Do you have any favorite ways to make frequently used furniture last longer? I would love to hear them!


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Church, church decline, leadership, ministry, morale & vision: * How Churches Became Cruise Ships (part 2); * Six Subtle Signs Your Church is Dying [essential reading]
* "Eventually we will learn that no matter how much money, effort, or innovation the church possesses, it will never be as cool as the culture. Relevance is a race it cannot win, but in our misguided attempts to compete with the culture we risk losing sight of the only thing of value the church can offer the world–Jesus Christ."
* "There is more talk of the past than of the future. … More effort goes into keeping people than winning people. … There is no budget for evangelism, outreach, missions, or advertising. … Everyone wants to know everyone in the 'church family.' … The church is mono-generational (relating to one single generation). … No new leaders are being trained."
Corporate worship, nationalism & patriotism: Why Younger Evangelicals May Feel Uneasy in a Patriotic Service [required reading]
"The church transcends the state, a truth that should be proclaimed clearly in a worship setting."
Cynicism, happiness & joy: The Giant Hole in Cynicism
"[There is] a radical difference between cynicism and joy. Cynics seek darkness wherever they go. They point always to approaching dangers, impure motives, and hidden schemes. They call trust naive, care romantic, and forgiveness sentimental…They consider themselves realists who see reality for what it truly is and who are not deceived by "escapist emotions." But in belittling God's joy, their darkness only calls forth more darkness. [Henri Nouwen]"
Divorce & remarriage: Divorce & Remarriage
"'A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.' (I Cor. 7:39)
Holy Spirit & intercession: Weakness, Groaning, and the Holy Spirit
"The Spirit does not simply know our suffering in some mere cognitive sense. Rather, the Spirit is present within us and experiences our suffering as a sympathetic friend, and thus the Spirit groans as well. The Spirit groans with us and for us, and this groaning becomes part of the experience of the Triune God. God is for us not only in the intercession of the Son, but also in the intercession of the Spirit."
Prayer: A New Way to Pray
"… rather than have one 'quiet time' a day … pray for at least 15 minutes four times daily."


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Designers from around the world are submitting creative designs for secretsisters in logo design - custom.
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AUSTIN - The Texas House of Representatives passed a number of legislative measures designed to protect the Second Amendment rights of Texas citizens and to enhance provisions of the Concealed Handgun License laws. Many of the laws went into effect this past Sunday, September 1. Those that did not pass, did receive a large amount of media attention and helped encourage debate and dialogue over the right to bear arms.
Despite numerous attempts to stop consideration of the bills, the measures passed with strong support from GOP legislators like State Representative Dan Flynn (Van) who is known as a Second Amendment Champion for the rights of all Texans to keep and bear arms. "It is well worth protecting the 2nd Amendment rights of the citizens of Texas from State or Federal intrusion," said Representative Flynn.
• Senate Bill 864 by Representative Dan Flynn (Canton) and Senator Donna Campbell (New Braunfels) reduces the minimum number of required classroom training hours for an original CHL from 10-15 to 4-6 hours, making it far more convenient for license applicants to exercise their right to self-defense. This new hour requirement became effective September 1.
• House Bill 48 by Representative Flynn streamlines the process for renewal of a CHL by eliminating the continuing education requirement and handgun proficiency demonstration. License holders would still be required to renew their licenses every five years, but they would be provided an informational form regarding firearm and deadly force laws, which must be signed and submitted with the renewal application. This renewal process went into effect September 1.
• House Bill 972, The "Campus Carry Bill," would have allowed concealed handgun license holders to carry on the premises of public institutions of higher education. The goal of HB 972 was to provide students, faculty, and visitors on educational campuses the Second Amendment protections that may be necessary in life-threatening situations. This bill promotes the right of individuals to protect themselves, along with their fellow students and co- workers. This bill did not pass both chambers and will not be enacted into law.
• House Bill 700, one of the most contested pieces of gun legislation filed this session would have allowed the open carry of firearms by a certified CHL holder. This bill did not pass both chambers and will not be enacted into law.
Alice Tripp, Legislative Director for the Texas State Rifle Association, praised Flynn's dedication to protecting Second Amendment rights, "We appreciate Representative Flynn's commitment to the Texas State Rifle Association and to Texas gun owners. His legislation is very important because it streamlines and enhances the concealed hand gun license process." Representative Flynn received an "A+" rating from both the Texas State Rifle Association and the National Rifle Association for his work protecting the Second Amendment Rights of Texans.
"In Texas we have more than a decade and a half of data showing that CHL holders are far less likely to commit crimes and that they are eager for the opportunity to responsibly use and carry their weapons for the protection of themselves and their families," said Representative Flynn.
For more information on the implementation of these new CHL laws, or for direction on where and how you can take advantage of these new streamlined requirements, contact the Department of Public Safety or visit their website, http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/.
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Nov. 13, 2003
by Dwight Chapin
San Francisco Chronicle
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Imagine how Jamil Walker must have felt Sunday night.
Here he was, a Major League Soccer rookie, and not a highly sought one at that, suddenly thrust into the starting lineup for the first time in the Earthquakes' most important game of the season, a do-or-die matchup with the Los Angeles Galaxy in the playoff semifinals.
Walker, who last year at this time was winding up his college career at Santa Clara, not only stayed for the bulk of the action, he starred in what many people are calling the best game in Quakes' history, and maybe league history.
Walker assisted on one goal and scored another as the Quakes beat the Galaxy 5-2 and won the two-game, aggregate-goal series 5-4 to advance to the Western Conference championship match against the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday night at Spartan Stadium.
"I was a bit nervous in the beginning,'' Walker said, "but as the game went on, I felt more comfortable.''
Walker, who started at forward because Dwayne De Rosario was injured, assisted on the Quakes' second goal, by Landon Donovan, and scored the third, on a beautifully directed header off a Richard Mulrooney pass.
"I was running and Rich played it quick,'' Walker said. "I didn't see it until the last second, so it almost hit me right in the face. Luckily, I got down on the ball and it went right in.''
Later in the second half, Walker left the game, so he got to see the Quakes' comeback from the bench.
"It was a little hard not being in the game,'' he said, "but it was great being able to rush the field (after Rodrigo Faria scored the winning goal in overtime). That was probably the biggest game I ever played in, and the greatest feeling I ever felt playing soccer.''
Walker, a 22-year-old native of Rochester, N.Y., who lettered in track and wrestling in high school, enrolled at the Air Force Academy, in part because his older brother, Shaka, was a cadet and soccer player there. Jamil left for Santa Clara after just one year.
"Basically, I just wanted a change,'' he said. "I didn't feel like I wanted to continue on that (Air Force) route.''
"He's a walking advertisement for the league."
U.S. National Coach Bruce Arena
At 5-foot-11 and spidery, Walker quickly found a home at Santa Clara, and in his senior season with the Broncos, he scored 14 goals, added four assists and was a first-team All-West Coast Conference selection.
Still, MLS suitors were not beating a path to his door.
"The Quakes were the only look I got from professional teams,'' he said, "and I didn't have any guarantees with them. I had to work hard and show I was able to play at this level.''
Walker, who was just a fourth-round draft choice, has played primarily in relief for Quakes coach Frank Yallop, entering games late to provide energy and instant offense.
"Frank wants me to come in and unsettle things, and get on the end of stuff offensively,'' Walker said, "and I think I've improved a lot. Everybody pushes me to be better. The coaches make me practice extra time after (the regular) practice. I'm just developing, but I feel like it's been a good year for me.''
Capped by what happened on Sunday night.
Walker knows the Quakes easily could have given up after falling behind the Galaxy 2-0 in the first half of that game.
"But we didn't,'' he said. "We never got down on ourselves. We knew we had time, and we knew we could score. We pretty much just talked to each other and said we just have to keep on playing.''
U.S. men's national team coach Bruce Arena, who was at the game, took note, not only of the Quakes' performance, but of Walker's role.
"The kid had a fantastic game,'' Arena said earlier this week. "He's a walking advertisement for the league. You look at this kid who came on at the beginning of the year and was really raw, inexperienced and not ready to play, and he got a goal and was dangerous. It's pretty noticeable that he's made considerable improvement.''


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by Luke Harold
Eighth district city council candidate Robin Tasco, in an interview with G-Town Radio's Ed Feldman Tuesday, said she received a threat from a campaign worker of Cindy Bass to drop out of the race. Her comments have caused a bit of a stir in the race.
Tasco told Feldman that she received a phone call Sunday from Steve Vaughn, a former chief of staff for Donna Reed Miller and former board member of Germantown Settlement, who pled guilty to corruption in 2005. Vaughn stated that he was a part of Bass's campaign,according to Tasco on the station's Morning Feed program.
The next day, Tasco and her husband met with Vaughn at Chili's on Ogontz and Cheltenham, according to Tasco's husband, who accompanied her on G-Town Radio. Vaughn said he would bring charges of insurance fraud against Tasco if she did not drop out of the race.
Tasco denied the basis for such claims on the program, and said she did not respond to Vaughn'srequest that she give him a decision the next day.
A representative from Bass's campaign told the Local today that the contact between Tasco and Vaughn is a "distraction," and that Bass wants to focus on the issues pertaining to the election.
Tasco did not immediately return request for comment.
Hear Tasco's interview with Ed Feldman here. Tasco's comments about Vaughn are approximately 9 minutes in.
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Chain Conveyors are an essential part of many bulk handling systems, where they are used to convey bulk materials such as powders, grains, flakes and pellets. 4B's chain engineering department specialises in 2 types of chain conveyors, both using drop forged chains:
En-Masse Chain Conveyors:
Mainly used in agricultural applications. Here the flight height can be as low as 12.5% of the material being transported in the chain conveyor. The material is fed into the conveyor from the top and falls through the moving chain to the bottom of the box. Because the particles interlock, the material moves as a single stream at the same speed as the chain. This highly efficient conveying process allows nearly the entire conveyor cross section to move as bulk.
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Mainly used in industrial applications. In Drag Conveying the material height being transported is often less than or equal to the flight height. Sometimes this can be more depending on the application. Drag conveying will literally "pull" the material along. Speeds are often much slower than en-masse conveying.
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We spend a lot of time with our video game devices, so it's easy to start to think of them as family members.
Sometimes they are friends, sometimes they fight. Sometimes they're happy, sometimes they're sad. Sometimes they talk to us. It's not weird! It's normal! NORMAL I SAY.
This terrific illustration by DeviantARTist Ry-Spirit captures that family in all its glory. The Move controller looks might pleased with itself considering the fact that literally no one uses it for anything.
For more, check out Ry-Spirit's DeviantART page.


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Hi Everyone,
Marlene here from ScrappinCookie!
Thank You for joining me here at My Craft Spot today.
I want to share a card I made at the beginning of the week for My Craft Spot's HOT SUMMER COLORS Challenge with you. For FULL details on the challenge, click HERE.
While at a family barbeque last weekend, my boys were busy chasing beautiful Monarch Butterflies and it inspired me to create a Butterfly Shaped Card. I used the Butterfly from the Cricut Craft Room Basics Digital Cartridge, cut at 4.25".
The sentiment is from the My Craft Spot "Butterfly Kisses" Stamp Set. In order to get it to fit into my sentiment flag strip, I masked off the "Sunshine" part and stamped; then masked off the "Hello" and stamped.
I made a quick double-loop bow with the My Craft Spot "Snow White" Crinkle Ribbon and centered it with a brad.
I hope to have inspired you to use some of the amazing My Craft Spot products and HOT SUMMER COLORS on your next project.
If you haven't already joined this week's HOT SUMMER COLORS challenge, there's still time!! You have until Monday, July 2nd 11:59PM MST to enter for your chance to win this week's prize!
For more details and pictures on my BUTTERFLY SUNSHINE Card, please click HERE.


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With most sewing projects, you spend a lot of time hiding seams and finishing all the raw edges. Well toss that worry out the window for this one! A rag quilt is sewn together so the seams show on the outside. After washing and drying, the seams gently fray or 'rag,'producing a very soft and cuddly feel. If you can sew a straight line, you can make this quilt. And, you can easily put it together in a single day.
The trick to a good rag is to choose cotton and other natural fabrics, which are more likely to unravel when washed and dried. Anything with a loose weave will work well. Flannel is always a favorite for rag quilts because it's soft to start with and rags up wonderfully.
Our sample was made for a baby girl's nursery, using Patty Young's Andalucia collection. There current collections available for your project are nearly limitless. Have fun mixing and matching to create your own look.
Sewing Tools You Need
- Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome HD3000)
Fabric and Other Supplies
- Fabric for 20 top scalloped edge panels: 1 yard of 45" wide fabric: we used Patty Young's Andalucia in Kiwi Flora
- Fabric for 8 of 16 top center square panels: ½ yard of 45" wide fabric: we used Patty Young's Andalucia in Earth Flora
- Fabric for the other 8 of 16 top center square panels: ½ yard of 45" wide fabric: we used Patty Young's Andalucia in Petal Jester
- Fabric for all 36 back panels: 1¾ yard of 45" wide fabric: we used a brown flannel with small pink polka dots that we found at our local fabric store – no specific designer was noted on the bolt
- All purpose thread
- See-through ruler
- Fabric pencil or marking pen
- Template plastic: this is available at your local fabric store – you could also use cardboard, but it's easier if you can see through it
- Iron and ironing board
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Ruler
- Straight pins
Getting Started
- Download and print out the three templates. Cut out the template shapes.
- Using the template shapes as a pattern, cut one Corner Scallop template, one Side Scallop template, and one 7" Square template from the template plastic.
- Position the Corner Scallop plastic template on the WRONG side of the Kiwi Flora fabric, and trace around the shape with a fabric marking pen. Repeat to trace a total of four Corner Scallop shapes. Trace the shapes as closely together as possible to minimize fabric waste. Using the Side Scallop plastic template, trace sixteen Side Scallop shapes on the Kiwi Flora. Cut out all the shapes on the drawn lines.
- Repeat step 3, but this time draw the two shapes on the WRONG side of the Brown and Pink Polka Dot Flannel, cutting four corner scallops and 16 edge scallops.
- Position the 7-inch Square plastic template on the WRONG side of the Earth Flora, and cut eight 7" squares.
- In this same manner, from the Petal Jester cut eight 7" squares.
- In this same manner, from the remaning Brown and Pink Polka Dot Flannel, cut sixteen 7" squares.
At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board
Note: Use a ½" seam allowance throughout.
- Match up your fabric pieces according to size and shape. You will pair each of the Brown and Pink Polka Dot pieces with corresponding Kiwi Flora, Petal Jester, and Earth Flora fabric pieces.
- Place each pair of fabrics WRONG sides together (fabric patterns facing out) and pin.
- Stitch an 'X' through the center of each 7" square (This makes sure the fabric squares hold together through washing and drying. Without this step, your squares would like come out of the dryer looking twisted or puckered.). Do your best to stitch an 'X' in the scallop shapes, but don't worry if it isn't perfectly symmetrical.
- With Brown and Pink Polka Dot sides together, place one 7" Earth Flora square together with one 7" Petal Jester square. Pin. Stitch along one edge using a ½" seam allowance. Note: The Petal Jester fabric is directional, which means the pattern of the fabric runs in a specific line. Be sure to keep the direction of this fabric consistent as you sew the quilt together.
- Repeat step 4 to create eight two-square units.
- With Brown and Pink Polka Dot sides together, stitch two of the units created above to create one row of four squares. Be sure to alternate Petal Jester and Earth Flora squares. Repeat to create four rows.
- With Brown and Pink Polka Dot sides together, stitch the four rows together along the long sides to create the Quilt Center.
- With Brown and Pink Polka Dot sides together, stitch two Side Scallop pieces together. Repeat to make eight two-scallop units. Note: Be sure to stitch on the STRAIGHT SIDE EDGES ONLY - leave the curved scallop edge unsewn.
- Stitch two units sewn above together to make one long row of four Side Scallop pieces. Repeat to make four rows of four Side Scallop pieces. Remember, you're always stitching with the Brown and Pink Polka Dot sides together so your seams stand up.
- Stitch one Side Scallop row to side of the Quilt Center.
- Stitch a Corner Scallop piece to each end of the two remaining Side Scallop rows, making a six-square row.
- Stitch these final two rows to the top and bottom of the Quilt Center.
- Stitch around the entire outside scalloped edge of the quilt, using a ½" seam allowance.
- Using your scissors, make snips in the raw seam edges at ¼" intervals. Do the same around the outside edges of the scallops. Be careful not to cut through any actual seams.
- Wash and dry your quilt to 'rag' the seams. Caution: this will leave a lot of thread and fabric pieces in your washer and dryer so don't forget to clean out your lint trap.
Hints and Tips
We didn't use batting in our quilt, and were very happy with its light weight. It's perfect to bundle up your baby without making her sweat bullets. Batting is that fluffy stuff placed between the quilt top and the quilt backing to add definition and weight to a quilt.
If you would like to use batting in this project, choose a lightweight cotton type for best results. You will cut a piece of batting for each of the quilt pieces. Cut each piece ½" smaller on all sides from the fabric version. So you will need sixteen 6" squares, four Corner Scallop pieces and sixteen Side Scallop pieces. Cut the Scallop pieces so that they are ½" smaller than the template on all sides. Then, as you match up all the pairs of squares (that's fun to say .... pairs of squares ...) in Step 2 above, sandwich a piece of batting between the top fabric and the back fabric. When you stitch the 'X' you'll secure the batting in between. Finish your quilt following the rest of the steps as-is.
Project Design: Alicia Thommas
Sample Creation: Heather Tucker


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text: Steven Brault got drafted, bringing him one step closer to his major league dream The ultimate goal for any serious college baseball player is to make the major leagues. Junior left-hander Steven Brault took a giant step in that direction this past June when he was selected in the Major League Baseball draft. Brault was taken in the 11th round by the Baltimore Orioles and became the second-highest draft pick in Regis history. Brault, from El Cajon, Calif., was a star on the field and in the classroom. This spring his stellar ERA of 2.19 and outstanding GPA of 3.63 earned him Academic Player of the Year honors from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. He finished with an 8-3 record and led the Rangers with 103 strikeouts. "Regis has been the perfect place for me to learn more about the game," said Brault. "I got to hit and pitch, which was not only fun, but was a good challenge and one that I really enjoyed. I also grew physically and I matured as a human being through the lessons I learned here." One of the most essential lessons he learned – the importance of living your values. "What's the point of having values if you don't express them or live them out?" Brault said. "That is something Regis taught me that I have taken to heart." Brault recently reported to Orioles camp, where he will continue to live his values and chase his major league dream. Get to know all the Rangers who are taking Regis Athletics to new heights.


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In a museum auditorium in President Barack Obama's hometown, hundreds of people stood and cheered as they watched a live telecast of his inaugural address Monday.
Many waved American flags, and some snapped photos of Obama's image on the screen.
The festivities happening in Washington may not have been as poignant as when he became the nation's first black president four years ago, but for the Obama faithful gathered in Chicago, not far from his family's South Side neighborhood and the university where he taught before becoming a U.S. senator, it was still cause for celebration.
"Today is proof positive that history is still being made," Carol Adams, CEO and president of the DuSable Museum of African American History, told the standing-room only crowd inside the 400-seat auditorium.
Eleven-year-old Francito Riley heard about the event and persuaded his 28-year-old sister, Christina Brownlow, to take him and their 12-year-old nephew.
"I wanted to see black history," Riley said.
The family lives a few blocks from the Obamas' Chicago home, and Riley likes to point it out to his friends when they walk by.
"He'll say, 'That's where the president lives,'" Bronlow said. "That's inspiring to the kids, to walk by his house and be able to say 'If he can do it, so can I.'"
The significance of the inauguration occurring on Martin Luther King Jr. Day wasn't lost on attendees. Across the city, many organizations combined their King commemorations with inaugural celebrations. At the Union League Club of Chicago, Juanita Abernathy, the widow of civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy, addressed a crowd prior to a live viewing of the inauguration.
The Chicago History Museum also combined a viewing party with events honoring King.
"There are no coincidences. I don't believe there are," said Alenda Young, 39, of Chicago. "This was exactly what was intended, to show how far we have come in our civil freedoms and in our civil rights."
Young brought a group of more than 100 young people to view the ceremony at the DuSable museum as part of her work with the local chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, an organization established by African American college-educated women.
Alana Green, 15, was among the group. She snagged a seat in the front of the auditorium.
"I think it's pretty nice that our president came from the same place that we came from," Green said. "I think he's a pretty good president."
The day was not without dissension. Several hundred people marched through downtown in support of immigrant rights, calling on Obama to put an end to deportations.
Alfonso Seiva, 16, and his brother Jose Seiva, 14, said the president hadn't followed through on a promise to help illegal immigrants like their parents become legal.
"If our parents are deported, who are we going to stay with and who are we going to trust?" Jose Seiva said, after his father encouraged him to talk.
"We would be orphans. And there are a lot of other kids like us, too," Alfonso Seiva added. "You'd have a lot of orphans here, and you don't want that. So hopefully (Obama) gets the message."
The Civil Rights Agenda, an Illinois group that supports gay rights, issued a statement commending Obama for mentioning, alongside other prominent moments in the fight for civil rights, the Stonewall riots of 1969. The demonstrations were against police action on a club frequented by gays, and the riots inspired gay-rights activists across the country to organize.
The group's executive director, Anthony Martinez, said the president's words will further inspire people to fight for gay marriage in Illinois and other states.
"It shows that (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) Americans are no longer fighting to be recognized, but fighting to reach the end of this journey where we will all share the same rights and responsibilities and our families will no longer be marginalized but will be celebrated," Martinez said.
Chicago Turns Out to Watch Obama Inaugural
"Today is proof positive that history is still being made," said DuSable Museum CEO Carol Adams
In a museum auditorium in President Barack Obama's hometown, hundreds of people stood and cheered as they watched a live telecast of his inaugural address Monday.