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There's no point in doing a full fisk of the speech--it isn't substantive enough for that, and so much of it was composed of old, retreaded ideas that were flat enough to begin with; one might as well try to fisk a Marty Haugen song (which, come to think of it, would probably be vastly more entertaining than fisking this Notre Dame speech of Obama's). But I'd like to have a look at a few of the lines used by our Abortionist-in-Chief on this far less than auspicious occasion, and to translate them from Obamish (and AmChurchish) into plain English:
Thank you so much to Father Jenkins for that extraordinary introduction, even though you said what I want to say much more elegantly. You are doing an extraordinary job as president of this extraordinary institution. Your continued and courageous — and contagious — commitment to honest, thoughtful dialogue is an inspiration to us all. [...]Extraordinary, extraordinary, extraordinary. One gets the feeling that Obama has about as much idea of what this word means as some AmChurch leaders do (e.g., "extraordinary" ministers of Holy Communion). A translation of this passage is simple: "Thank you, Fr. Jenkins, for letting me use Notre Dame for my own purposes, and for pretending that this is about dialogue." Of course, I'm also compelled to note that in the AmChurch, "dialogue" means, "You orthodox types listen to us tell you how it's gonna be around here from now on, and if we tell you there's going to be liturgical dance, women giving homilies, and "priestless parishes," your only permissible response is "Sir! Yes, sir!""
You, however, are not getting off that easy. You have a different deal. Your class has come of age at a moment of great consequence for our nation and for the world — a rare inflection point in history where the size and scope of the challenges before us require that we remake our world to renew its promise; that we align our deepest values and commitments to the demands of a new age. It's a privilege and a responsibility afforded to few generations — and a task that you're now called to fulfill. [...]Anybody else hearing "Aquarius" in their heads? Oh, yes, we're special, all of history has been waiting for us to come along and fix things in the Church that we never knew were broken, things like hierarchy and patriarchy and a lot of other malarkey. And how exactly do we "align our deepest values and commitments to the demands of a new age..."? Should the test of the age be how well it aligns to our centuries-old values and commitments? But this is the same AmChurch rhetoric that's always claiming that you have to make liturgy "new" or "fresh" or "relevant" once every five to ten years, apparently, leading many to wonder what was wrong with liturgies that lasted a few centuries at a time.
The soldier and the lawyer may both love this country with equal passion, and yet reach very different conclusions on the specific steps needed to protect us from harm. The gay activist and the evangelical pastor may both deplore the ravages of HIV/AIDS, but find themselves unable to bridge the cultural divide that might unite their efforts. Those who speak out against stem cell research may be rooted in an admirable conviction about the sacredness of life, but so are the parents of a child with juvenile diabetes who are convinced that their son's or daughter's hardships can be relieved. [...]And you know what? I bet they all have their own stories and journeys. I bet they've all pondered the works of the spirit--whatever spirit, we're for equal opportunity spirits--as best they can. I bet they're all willing to walk the labyrinth together, too. But you know what else? Some of them are wrong. Shocking as this may be to Obama and AmChurch members alike, not all life-journeys and experiences and dreams are valid. Some are even--dare I say it?--evil. The gay activist wants what is evil, and calls it good. The parents who want other people's children to die so that their child can live want what is evil, and call it good. Some soldiers want, and do, good, and some do evil; some lawyers want, and do, evil, and some--yes, it's true; there is probably at least one good lawyer in America somewhere.
But Obama (and much of AmChurch) is all about validation, which is a concept that means that everybody should be applauded for wanting anything at all, regardless of the goodness or evil of their wants, desires--choices. Yes, choice can be evil, though some liberal brains might explode at the very concept.
After I read the doctor's letter, I wrote back to him and I thanked him. And I didn't change my underlying position, but I did tell my staff to change the words on my Web site. And I said a prayer that night that I might extend the same presumption of good faith to others that the doctor had extended to me. Because when we do that — when we open up our hearts and our minds to those who may not think precisely like we do or believe precisely what we believe — that's when we discover at least the possibility of common ground.
That's when we begin to say, "Maybe we won't agree on abortion, but we can still agree that this heart-wrenching decision for any woman is not made casually, it has both moral and spiritual dimensions." [...]
In other words, Obama, like AmChurch, learned that the best way to disarm and disable opponents was to pretend to respect them. "I can see you feel strongly about this," "You know, I appreciate what you're saying, but nobody else has complained," "You clearly love the Lord, but maybe you haven't realized that Sr. Pantsuit loves Him too, and that's why she wants to preach at Mass." Etc. ad nauseum.
Open hearts. Open minds. Fair-minded words. It's a way of life that has always been the Notre Dame tradition. Father Hesburgh has long spoken of this institution as both a lighthouse and a crossroads. A lighthouse that stands apart, shining with the wisdom of the Catholic tradition, while the crossroads is where "differences of culture and religion and conviction can coexist with friendship, civility, hospitality, and especially love." And I want to join him and Father John in saying how inspired I am by the maturity and responsibility with which this class has approached the debate surrounding today's ceremony. You are an example of what Notre Dame is about.
Years ago, my mother was told by an AmChurch type that her problem was that she still thought of things like good and evil in "black and white," terms; the Church, this person informed my mom, had moved past that, to "shades of gray." Obama is referring to that, when he talks about "Notre Dame tradition," the incorrigible and unconscionable idea that evil should be treated with an open mind or an open heart or fair words. And not just any evil--the evil of murder, the murder of the innocent unborn.
And at the time, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin was the Archbishop of Chicago. For those of you too young to have known him or known of him, he was a kind and good and wise man. A saintly man. I can still remember him speaking at one of the first organizing meetings I attended on the South Side. He stood as both a lighthouse and a crossroads — unafraid to speak his mind on moral issues ranging from poverty and AIDS and abortion to the death penalty and nuclear war. And yet, he was congenial and gentle in his persuasion, always trying to bring people together, always trying to find common ground. Just before he died, a reporter asked Cardinal Bernardin about this approach to his ministry. And he said, "You can't really get on with preaching the Gospel until you've touched hearts and minds."Read this article to examine Cardinal Bernardin's support of United Power and the IAF--and these organizations' support of abortion. Beware of libs speaking of "common ground;" what this term means is, "If you get out of our way, we'll probably avoid hurting you later. Unless hurting you gives us some kind of advantage."
I've left the whole "lighthouse/crossroads" meme alone up to now, but let's state the blindingly obvious: lighthouses are supposed to stand on a promentory of some sort, overlooking the ocean, sending their signals of light and life to those adrift, nearly lost, in danger of sinking. A lighthouse erected in a crossroads would not only serve no useful purpose whatsoever, it would be dashed inconvenient--it would be most regrettably in the way. A crossroads need a lighthouse about as much as a teleprompter needs a spotlight. Of course, it is directed at the sort of people who use phrases like "small faith community" (where do people with larger faith go?) or "Office of Peace and Justice," (no, I'm sorry; I wanted the Office of Violence and Oppression).
And in this world of competing claims about what is right and what is true, have confidence in the values with which you've been raised and educated. Be unafraid to speak your mind when those values are at stake. Hold firm to your faith and allow it to guide you on your journey. In other words, stand as a lighthouse.
But remember, too, that you can be a crossroads. Remember, too, that the ultimate irony of faith is that it necessarily admits doubt. It's the belief in things not seen. It's beyond our capacity as human beings to know with certainty what God has planned for us or what He asks of us. And those of us who believe must trust that His wisdom is greater than our own. [...]
For if there is one law that we can be most certain of, it is the law that binds people of all faiths and no faith together. It's no coincidence that it exists in Christianity and Judaism; in Islam and Hinduism; in Buddhism and humanism. It is, of course, the Golden Rule — the call to treat one another as we wish to be treated. The call to love. The call to serve. To do what we can to make a difference in the lives of those with whom we share the same brief moment on this Earth.If he'd thrown in something about "living stones" or "environment and art," this could have been lifted straight from a bishops' committee document, circa 1980-2000. The problem with these sorts of statements is that they fall apart when we examine them closely in the light of the issue at hand: how is abortion "treat(ing) one another as we wish to be treated"? It isn't, of course; nobody wants to be dismembered, burned to death, or left alone to die in the soiled linen room of a hospital. The only way Obama can apply the Golden Rule to abortion is to declare preemptively that tiny humans in utero are not "others," but property--and then, trampling derisively over all considerations about "common ground" or "lighthouses" or "open hearts," to make laws and allocate funds that make it easier and easier to dispose of that human property.
It's not all that surprising that Father Jenkins would invite Obama to speak at Notre Dame; they speak very much the same sort of language. If anything, the surprise factor has been that so many Catholics are ready, willing, and able to cut through the liberal/AmChurch rhetoric and stand up for the truth--which has been both surprising and vastly encouraging. The Wormtongues on the left may have beguiled a generation of Catholics into thinking that a little clever dissemulation was all that was needed to capture the Holy Grail of policial power and relevance, but the new generation of Catholics--and even a handful at Notre Dame, a school at the center of this sort of obfuscation of the truth--will have none of it, and are beginning to find their voices and to make that perfectly clear.


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Lack of spending deal would gut Defense, Panetta says
- Pentagon is planning spending cuts to make if Congress doesn't reach a deal
- Situation is "perfect storm" of budget uncertainty, Panetta says
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday that the military will be hollowed out if Congress fails to reach a budget deal to avert automatic spending cuts due in March.
The Pentagon is making cuts now in advance of what Panetta called a "perfect storm" of budget uncertainty.
"We have no idea what the hell's going to happen," Panetta said.
The Pentagon would absorb $500 billion in cuts over the next decade if Congress and the White House cannot reach a deal to bring down the nation's debt by March. In addition, the Pentagon would take an $11 billion cut if its 2013 budget is not approved by late March, Panetta said.
MORE:Pentagon memo on budget cuts
The automatic cuts, which were required in the summer 2011 deal to raise the federal debt ceiling, would cost $18 billion, Panetta said. Also, paying for the war in Afghanistan would require shifting another $11 billion from the services' operating accounts, he said.
Within months, the military's readiness to fight would erode, said Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"Within a year, we'll be unprepared," he said.
Panetta and Dempsey met with reporters for a news conference at the Pentagon. Panetta has said he is stepping down as Defense secretary. President Obama appointed former senator Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as his choice to succeed Panetta.
The actions being taken now include cutting maintenance, a freeze on civilian hiring and delays in awarding contracts, Panetta said.
"The simple fact is that fiscal uncertainty has become a very serious threat to our national security," he said.
The Pentagon is planning to reduce its budgets by $487 billion over the next 10 years. The automatic spending cuts would add another $500 billion to that total. Compounding the problem this year, Panetta said, is that all of the cuts would come well into the federal government's budget year, which ends Sept. 30.
Add the effects of the failure to enact a new budget and the need to pay for the war in Afghanistan and the military begins to be "hollowed out," according to Panetta.
The result would be "very sharp cutbacks" in training for ground units not deploying to Afghanistan, for sailors on ships and flying hours for pilots. Military civilians could be furloughed without pay for 30 calendar days.
Training takes the heaviest hit, said Thomas Donnelly, a military analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, because other budget categories, including military personnel, are exempt from automatic cuts. Panetta and Dempsey's warnings should be taken to heart, he said.
"They're not alarmist," Donnelly said.

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Local Woman Elected to THA Trustee BoardFeatured Stories, News Monday, January 6th, 2014
A local woman has been elected to the Texas Hospital Association's 2014 Board of Trustees.
Vice President of Advocacy Communications for the THA Lance Lunsford says St. Joseph Health System President Odetta Bolano is one of eight new trustees who will serve a three year term and be given the opportunity to influence lawmakers.
Lunsford says as a representative on Bryan College Station, Bolano will be able to help the THA stay connected to what's going on with hospital administrations and patients, ensuring that policies align with the hospital community and make sense in practice.
Click below to listen to THA's Lance Lunsford visit with WTAW's Kat McMullen.LanceLunsford010614.mp3
Additional information, courtesy of Texas Hospital Association:
Texas Hospital Association Announces 2014 Board of Trustees
(AUSTIN – Jan. 6, 2014) – The Texas Hospital Association has elected its 2014 Board of Trustees. New members and officers officially began their terms on Jan. 1.
Gary Brock, chief operating officer of Baylor Health Care System in Dallas, becomes chairman.
C. David Huffstutler, FACHE, president and chief executive officer of St. David's HealthCare in Austin, is chairman-elect.
George B. Hernandez Jr., J.D., president and chief executive officer of University Health System in San Antonio, becomes immediate past chairman.
New trustees elected to serve three-year terms include:
• Erin Asprec, chief executive officer of Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston;
• Odetta Bolano, FACHE, president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Health System in Bryan;
• Phyllis A. Cowling, FHFMA, president and chief executive officer of United Regional Health System in Wichita Falls;
• Robert Earley, president and chief executive officer of JPS Health Network in Fort Worth;
• David Lopez, FACHE, president and chief executive officer of Harris Health System in Houston;
• Richard Parks, FACHE, president and chief executive officer of Covenant Health System in Lubbock;
• Jaime A. Wesolowski, president and chief executive officer of Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio; and
• T. Marc Barrett, M.D., senior vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer for Providence Health Network in Waco.
Trustees continuing as members of the board include:
• Tim Adams, FACHE, senior vice president of operations, Central Region; Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas;
• Donna Boatright, RN, administrator of Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater;
• Marc Boom, M.D., FACP, FACHE, president/ chief executive officer, The Methodist Hospital, Houston;
• Jeffrey Canose, M.D., FACHE, executive vice president and Southwest Zone operations leader; Texas Health Resources, Arlington;
• Caryn Iverson, RN, chief nursing officer; Las Palmas Medical Center, El Paso;
• Douglas Matney, group president for South Texas Health System, based in Edinburg;
• Graham Reeve, president and chief executive officer of Baptist Health System, San Antonio;
• Ernie Sadau, FACHE, president/chief executive officer of CHRISTUS Health, based in Irving;
• Stephen Sibbitt, M.D., FACP, chief medical officer, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple;
• Jeff R. Turner, FACHE, chief executive officer and administrator, Moore County Hospital District, Dumas;
• Margaret Van Bree, Dr.P.H., chief executive officer, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston;
• Xavier Villarreal, FACHE, chief executive officer, Navarro Regional Hospital, Corsicana;
• Robert Walker, FACHE, executive vice president and administrator, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas;
• Carlyle Walton, president/ CEO, Metroplex Adventist Hospital, Killeen;
• Steve Woerner, president and chief executive officer, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi; and
• Ted Shaw, president and chief executive officer, THA, Austin (THA president/CEO serves as secretary-treasurer).
The chairman and vice chairman of THA's Council on Policy Development, elected by its members, and the Texas Healthcare Trustees chairman, Randy Clapp, J.D., of El Campo Memorial Hospital, will serve as ex-officio members.
In addition to the officers, Marc L. Boom, M.D.; Jeffery Canose, M.D.; Caryn Iverson, RN; David Lopez; Doug Matney; Ernie Sadau; Jeff Turner; and Robert Walker were elected to serve one-year terms as at-large members of the THA Executive Committee.
"THA is fortunate to have such experienced, dedicated leaders to guide the association's activities in the upcoming years. I look forward to working with this diverse group of individuals to achieve THA's mission of service and leadership for Texas hospitals," said Ted Shaw, THA president/CEO.
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George Whitney and friend in the Fun House In 1923, George and Leo Whitney hit town. By 1924, the "Whitney Bros." own four shooting galleries, a quick-photo studio and a souvenir shop. In 1926, George becomes general manager of the park. Along about 1928, the amusement park is being called "Playland At The Beach" and other names in formal documents, but San Franciscans simply call it "Playland."
Funny Foto During the Great Depression of the 1930s and the World War II years of the 1940s, as amusement parks around the country are closing, Playland is thriving. George Whitney, who had started buying out some of the concessions before the stock market crash of 1929, continues to buy out hard-pressed operators until he has control of the whole park. In 1937, Whitney buys the Cliff House and, in 1952, Sutro Baths and Museum.
Sutro Baths and Museum
Cliff House By 1952, "The Barnum of the Golden Gate" has bought out his brother and owns "everything at the beach from Sutro's hill to Fulton Street." And during the 1930s, '40s and early '50s, the crowds come.
Crowd at Playland
Big Dipper riders
"It's funny how people let their hair down when they're away from home."
Skyliner riders
Rocketship riders
On weekends in the war years, 15,000 people eat 25,000 pounds of hamburger, 12,000 tamales from the "Hot House," 14 different flavors of pie made daily at the "Pie Shop" from 700 pounds of hand-kneaded dough—and countless numbers of "It's Its." Whitney has his own ice cream plant to provide the central ingredient for his invention, the It's It—a scoop of vanilla ice cream flanked by two oatmeal cookies, the whole thing dipped in chocolate.
Fun House
Big Slide
Customers are drawn to the Fun House by a 6-foot-tall female mechanical clown with a maniacal laugh. Laughing Sal is the "ballyhoo," the front woman who encourages folks into the Fun House for a confusing journey through the Mirror Maze; a struggle through the Barrels of Fun; an assault by the Air Jets that lift anything that's loose; an impossible effort to stay on the Human Turntable and—oh joy—with burlap protecting backsides—a whoosh down the "longest indoor slide in the world."
Mother and son on Dodge-em
Charles I.D. Looff carousel in the 1940s
Topsy's Roost Menu On a Saturday night, a thousand celebrants may slide into Topsy's Roost, the name of the dance hall down the street since 1927. The dance floor holds 300; several hundred more can "roost" in the discreetly lighted "coops" above; and the dining room serves 1,000 people fried chicken and honey apple pie. At Topsy's the rooster doesn't wait till dawn to crow.


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Project Milwaukee: Black Men in Prison
WUWM & MPTV Special Series
Why are so many Wisconsinites behind bars?
And, what are the costs?
In the 2010 Census, Wisconsin had the highest percentage of incarcerated black men in the nation. One out of every eight black men of working age is behind bars. In Milwaukee County, more than half of African American men in their thirties have served time in prison.
Over the course of six months, WUWM and MPTV explored Wisconsin's high rate of black male incarceration, through expert analysis and personal stories.
- Why is the rate so high?
- How does imprisonment affect the men and their futures, as well as their families, neighborhoods and the region's economy?
- What are possible solutions?
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The yellow flowers of the dill plant are very beautiful in the garden.
Tall plants may need to be staked to keep them from blowing over. When the seedpods begin to brown, they are ready to harvest.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme are a great combination, but let's not forget one herb that's easy to grow and an extremely versatile addition to the garden: dill.
First and foremost, dill is an herb that gives the grower the benefit of a dual harvest. In the spring you can enjoy dill for its flavorful leaves that traditionally complement fish, cucumbers and potatoes. In the fall the seeds can be gathered to add their potent, celery-like flavor to hearty winter breads and stews, or used in pickling. With its versatility and fresh taste, gardeners just might find themselves adding dill to all of their recipes.
Dating back to biblical times, dill has been used for centuries in the culinary and medicinal worlds. Originating in Eastern Europe, dill surfaced in Russia, Western Africa and Scandinavia as well. The name comes from the Norse word dilla, which means to lull, as it was used to ease in digestion and to treat colic in babies.
Dill's scientific name, Anethum graveolens, belongs to the Umbelliferae family, whose other members include parsley, cumin and carrots, to name a few. These plants are defined by their aromatic qualities and hollow stems. Because of dill's close familial relationship to plants and herbs such as fennel and parsley, it is recommended that these not be planted together to avoid cross pollination.
In the Garden
Dill is a hardy annual that can reseed itself in some of the warmer parts of the country. Plant seeds in the spring after the last hard frost. Dill grows easily from seed, but likes to be seeded in cool weather.
Sow the seeds in rich, well-drained soil to a depth of 1/2 inch. Once the seedlings emerge, thin to 6 to 8 inches between each plant. Make sure to keep seedlings regularly watered. The hot sun can damage tender fledglings if they are allowed to get too dry.
Seedlings await transplant at the local feed and seed. Buyers should look for healthy transplants with thick stalks, free of any yellowing of the leaves.
If your window of opportunity for seeding has passed, or you are simply interested in adding dill to a container planting, transplants are readily available at most garden shops. Look for plants with a thick central stem and green, healthy leaves. Try to purchase plants that come in compostable pots, as dill has many fragile roots that can be damaged if handled roughly.
Dill's wispy leaves make an elegant container planting when used alone, or can add height and interest to a container of thyme and oregano. Most herbs do well in containers, as they require limited amounts of space and thrive in well-drained soil.
Although dill is sold with directions to place in full sun, dill appreciates some afternoon shading in hotter regions. Landlocked gardens in Zone 8 or above would be well-advised to allow for some shade, as the sun can scorch the fragile leaves of the dill plant.
Dill seeds in various stages of ripening
Enjoy the Bounty
Dill leaves can be harvested as soon as the leaves emerge by pinching them between your fingers or snipping what you need with scissors. The leaves will add a fresh, green taste to your dishes, and its delicate flavor works well with subtle flavors such as fish or cream sauces. Try sautéing fresh dill with summer vegetables for a delicious change of pace.
Dill is most flavorful when used as a fresh herb, but it can also be dried for use throughout the winter. When drying dill, clip long stalks and tie together with kitchen twine, making a bouquet. Hang the dill in a cool, dry location until the leaves are dehydrated and brittle when rubbed between your fingers. The dry dill can then be placed in containers and kept for cooking.
To harvest dill seeds, allow the dill to flower and go to seed. The seeds will then be ready to harvest. Just remove the entire seed head and brush the seeds out onto a piece of wax paper. Seeds can be placed in jars for use in dill pickles, dilly beans and salad dressings.
A version of this article appeared in Carolina Gardener Volume 23 Number2.
Photography courtesy of Philip Oliver and Paige Day.


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- Stocks To Watch
Stocks Close Higher On Corporate Earnings; Dow Rises 100 Points
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U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday with the Dow rising more than 100 points, ending a string of declines fueled by turmoil in developing countries.
Corporate earnings did the trick. A string of stronger-than-expected earnings pushed stock indices higher, led by Facebook (FB) and Visa (V).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 110 points, or 0.7%, to end the day at 15,848.6. The S&P 500 rose 20 points, or 1.13%, to close at 1,794.19, and the Nasdaq Composite surged more than 71 points, or 1.77% to close at 4,123.13.
Stocks have been hammered in recent days as investors fled emerging markets where economic woes have been aggravated by the Federal Reserve. U.S. policy makers decided yesterday to further reduce its stimulus efforts, leading to big losses for emerging-markets stocks and currencies.
The Dow gave up 189 points yesterday, and at one point had been pushed down more than 200 points.
Before Thursday's opening bell, the first reading of fourth-quarter U.S. GDP matched forecasts with growth of 3.2%.
Facebook surged after the social network reported late Wednesday fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded forecasts, boosted by strength in mobile advertising.
Visa advanced after reporting better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue amid strong growth in payments volume.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note ticked up to 2.693 %. Crude-oil futures gained 0.9% to $98.30 a barrel, while gold futures eased 1.4% to $1,244.40 a troy ounce.
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) climbed almost 1% to close at $38.13. It fell to a five-month low on Wednesday.
In other corporate news, Google (GOOG) rose 2.57% during regular trading hours after agreeing to sell its wireless-handset business to China's Lenovo Group for about $2.9 billion in cash and stock.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) surged 21% to close at $162 after reporting stronger-than-expected sales guidance this year for its drug Soliris.
Pitney Bowes (PBI) gained almost 19% to close at $25.85 after the mail and document service company posted earnings above expectations.
Harman International Industries (HAR) rose 17.4% to $102.34 as the high-end audio equipment maker beat earnings estimates analysts' forecasts for earnings in the most recent quarter.
Not all the news was good.
ADT (ADT) fell 17% to close at $31.40 after the home-security company reported earnings miss for the most recent quarter.


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19 Quick Hairstyles for Your Haircut
Got 10 minutes to spare? That's all you need to copy one of these red carpet-worthy updos
What you�ll need:
Round brush
Curling iron
Shine serum (Farber used Bumble and bumble Brilliantine.)
How to:
Step 1: Blow-dry hair with a round brush to smooth.
Step 2: Take large sections of hair (about three inches wide), roll the ends of the hair in a curling iron horizontally and immediately release the curls. (See photo A.) Make sure to roll each curl in the same direction to get the uniform look you see here.
Step 3: Apply a small amount of shine serum to hair and brush through to soften waves.
Step 4: Mist with hairspray to finish.
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These are very helpful tips! I never know what to do with my hair, even after I get a hiarcut! :-)
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I love the size up do!
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Some very interesting styles!
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Love all the styles. I am going to try a few of them but still I can never get it looking like I just left the salon.
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love the twisted bun!
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SP cute... In a rush so going to try it today
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I like the 40s side roll
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Great ideas to transform boring hairdos into fun trendy styles. Thanks!
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World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2018 - Portugal, Coimbra
- Managing Infectious Diseases in Low & Middle Income Countries
- Governance for Health Equity in Low & Middle Income Countries
- Opportunities and Challenges in Translating Innovation into Healthcare
- Biomedical Education for a Changing World
Welcome Messages
João Gabriel Silva
Rector, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Challenge and the responsibility will define this first World Health Summit to take place in Portugal. The challenge for Coimbra is to make a significant contribution to the design of effective mechanisms for increasing the provision of high-quality health services to areas of the world where they're inadequate or nonexistent. The responsibilities involve confirming Coimbra as a center of creation and disseminating knowledge regarding health.
This event will move beyond just proposing solutions towards a more integrative and inclusive approach. In it, special guests, speakers, experts, participants, social communicators, and figures from civil society will work together to identify sustainable responses that are also widely executable.
History shows that we are capable of finding new paths, uniting people and ideas, and developing new alternatives. Portugal has always had – and will continue to have – the capacity to kickstart new trends, spread good practices and generate new concepts.
In a world shaped by the velocity of change, this event will alert us to an impending need – to find new answers to old problems. Technology and novelty are important allies on this journey.
We are living in a unique era. One in which paradigms are being overturned and new planetary dynamics are being established. Portugal has the opportunity to be part of this history, and to present distinct ways of thinking that will influence healthcare in the future.
Together, we can overcome great challenges!
Fernando de Jesus Regateiro
President of the Board, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal
As Co-President of the World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2018, it is an honor to welcome you to Coimbra in the same year that the M8 Alliance celebrates its 10th birthday!
The University of Coimbra and the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre are the hosts of this important meeting, which is taking place in Portugal for the first time. We are very committed to playing a major role in Global Health as members of the M8 Alliance, an extensive global network of leaders that promotes the development of innovative solutions and effective approaches to Global Health challenges in a changing world.
The World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2018 will provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of themes such as the management of infectious diseases, governance for health equity in low- and middle-income countries, opportunities and challenges in translating innovation into healthcare, and adapting biomedical education to a changing world.
The strong representation on the part of nations belonging to the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) is explained by the close bonds that tie Coimbra to each of them. At this World Health Summit Regional Meeting, we intend to promote the joint development of new approaches and establish fruitful collaborations with both our CPLP partners and our international partners.
It has been a privilege for us to have the opportunity to organize the World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2018 in Coimbra.
We hope to honor the purpose of this global health event by engaging participants and prestigious leaders from a wide range of areas and geographies in a broad, intense and fruitful discussion.
Fernando de Jesus Regateiro
President of the Board, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre
Program overview (pdf)
Detailed program (pdf)
Event booklet (pdf)
Plan of the event (pdf)
|Thursday, April 19, 2018
|Registration & Welcome reception
|09:00 10:30
|Communicable Diseases vs Non Communicable diseases1
|Circadian Biology and Personalized Medicine3
|Setting the basis for healthcare and innovation after armed conflict3
|Biomedical Education for a changing World4
|Coffee break (30 min)
|THINK_SDGs: Accelerating implementation for health (open network meeting)5
|11:00 12:30
|Lessons learned from HIV pandemic to reach the 90-90-90 goals1
|Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality2
|Global Health Security1
|Global Policies to Implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)2
|Lunch break (60 min)
|13:30 15:00
|KEY01: Opening Session
|15:00 16:30
|Infectious Diseases and Climate Change1
|Shaping Urban Environments for more Equitable and Healthier Places2
|Digital Medicine3
|How to change the curricula to include Global Health4
|"Saudi Ki Nô Rikesa"5
|Coffee break (30 min)
|17:00 18:30
|KEY02: The role of diplomacy in Global Health Politics – Health Ministers of CPLP
|19:30 23:00
|Dinner & Regional Meeting Night (only by invitation)
|Friday, April 20, 2018
|09:00 10:30
|Reverting the dissemination of Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases1
|Migrants and Health2
|Access to Vaccines to protect Life1
|The role of Health Professionals in the integrated response to the Citizen5
|Coffee break (30 min)
|11:00 12:30
|KEY03: Investing in Women Health: Addressing the challenges of development
|Lunch break (90 min) | Startup Track
|Education towards Human Rights4
|14:00 15:30
|Networking the networks: Maximising impact by strengthening collaboration, capacity and quality of clinical research in sub-Saharan Africa1
|Access to Healthcare: Inequalities in a Global World2
|Translational and Sustainable Innovation3
|Training and Empowerment of Health Professionals in Low and Middle Income Countries4
|How to improve access to care for diabetic patients: Portugal and Africa approaches2
|15:30 17:00
|KEY04: Closing Ceremony
|Sunset & Regional Tasting
The World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2018 - Portugal, Coimbra has brought together leading researchers, physicians, government officials and representatives from industry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and healthcare systems worldwide.
Selected speakers (in alphabetical order):
University of Coimbra
The University of Coimbra is the oldest university in the country, and for centuries it was the only university in Portugal. The history of higher education in Portugal is bound closely to the history of this historic center of learning.
Founded in 1290 by King Dinis in Lisbon, it was permanently settled in Coimbra in 1537, by order of King João III, after a period of migration between these two cities. Initially planned to work in Sofia Street, opened specifically to accommodate it, near the Monastery of Santa Cruz, it was in the Royal Palace of the "Alcaçova", later the Palace of Schools, that all Faculties of the University of Coimbra - Theology, Canons, Law and Medicine – began their work in 1544. This is the image recorded in the Portuguese collective imagination, indelible mark of the city and its University ever since.
For centuries the city and the University were shaped in a deep symbiotic relationship, clearly visible in our days when we appreciate the relationship between the various cores of Alta (higher city).
The Palace of Schools, historic center par excellence of the University, holds a part of the whole that constitutes the University - here we perceive the traditions and mystique that makes it unique in the world. Inseparable from the city that hosts it, one feels the legacy of centuries, which projects itself in time, connecting the past and the future.
The College of Jesus is the oldest Jesuit College in the world, created here in 1542. It became the teaching space of sciences at the University of Coimbra after the Studies reforms, driven by the Marquis of Pombal in 1772. It is now one of the major references in what relates to the History of Science in Portugal.
In June 2013, UNESCO classified the University of Coimbra as World Heritage Site, for its unquestionable value for the History and Portuguese Culture – thus rewarding the effort and dedication of those who every day works to preserve, enhance and especially share its heritage with the World.
More info about the University of Coimbra
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre
Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre (CHUC) mission is to deliver high-quality clinical care in a context of pre and postgraduate training with a strong focus on research, scientific knowledge and innovation.
We offer comprehensive care across all major medical and surgical specialities. CHUC´s excellence centres ensure high standard healthcare services being the Portuguese hospital with the largest number of Centers of Reference and belonging to ten Europe Reference Networks.
CHUC is an associate partner of InnoSTAR S, EIT Health KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Communities) and has there major partnerships with several biotech and IT companies implementing the concept of an innovation pioneer hospital.
Meeting Venue
The World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2018 - Portugal, Coimbra has been held in the Convento São Francisco. Located next to the Mondego River, this historic building is close to major hotels and services, and easy to reach by public transport and on foot.
The Convento de São Francisco is one of Coimbra's main cultural hubs, supporting artistic residences and promoting the excellent cultural programme that the city has to offer. As a congress centre, the Convento São Francisco is part of the international business tourism circuit and regularly hosts large and prestigious events.
Tourism, culture and business collide at the Convento São Francisco, an operational and multifunctional space that combines economy, culture, knowledge and innovation. It offers visitors to Coimbra a base from which to learn about surrounding places of interest within the UNESCO World Heritage site such as the University of Coimbra, Alta and Sofia, as well as other places further afield.
University of Coimbra, Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre
Convento São Francisco
Av. da Guarda Inglesa 3
3040-270 Coimbra, Portugal
Do you want know entrepreneurs with innovative ideas?
Are you interested in exploring potential technologies?
START(H)UP is your initiative.
The START(H)UP programme provides comprehensive support for innovations that show the potential to have a positive impact on healthcare. The most promising ideas are developed into commercially viable products through a multi-disciplinary approach, involving healthcare, medicine, Medtech, Biotech and Pharmaceutical industry.
The START(H)UP competition is the initiative of the World Health Summit to select the best healthcare company. Twelve Portuguese startups were invited to exemplify the best in the national market. It is your responsibility to choose the best among the best. The voting will run until 07:00 p.m on April 19. What are you waiting for? Be part of the future of Global Health. The final awards event will take place on April 20 at 12:30 p.m. See the program!
Coimbra, in the heart of Global Health.
BMD Software
The BMD main mission is to develop innovative software solutions for healthcare and to provide high quality services to customers.
https://www.bmd-software.com | more info
PCI - Creative Science Park Via do Conhecimento
3830-352 Ílhavo, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 234 247 289 | adm(at)bmd-software.com
Foundation year | Number of employees
2011 | 9
Coimbra Genomics
Coimbra Genomics is commercializing ELSIE, a first-in-kind platform that allows any physician to quickly use genomic information from patients to make better decisions on prescription and diagnosis.
Biocant Park, Núcleo 4, Lote 3
3060-197 Coimbra, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 231 410 905 | sofiapinto(at)coimbra-genomics.com
Foundation year | Number of employees
2013 | 9
University of Coimbra, Coimbra Hospital and Universitary Centre
HeartGenetics is dedicated to keeping people healthy by providing actionable knowledge based on genetic data and by increasing engagement with therapeutics, as well as nutritional and workout plans.
www.heartgenetics.com | more info
Biocant Park, Núcleo 4, Lote 4
3060-197 Coimbra, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 962 711 011 | atf(at)heartgenetics.com
Foundation year | Number of employees
2013 | 16
Immunethep is a biotech startup company that is developing anti-bacterial immunotherapies based on the discovery of a virulence mechanism shared by different life-threatening bacteria.
Biocant Park, Núcleo 4 Lote 3
3060-197 Cantanhede, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 231 419 042 | info(at)immunethep.com
Foundation year | Number of employees
2014 | 7
We are a digital and tech agency guided by innovation, which combines talented creative people with state of the art technology to develop products with great quality and technological differentiation.
http://inklusion.pt | more info
PARKURBIS - Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia da Covilhã
6200-865 Covilhã, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 968 397 681 | geral(at)inklusion.pt
Foundation year | Number of employees
2013 | 3
Labfit -HPRD: Health Products Research and Development Lda
Provides R&D, analytical services, regulatory support and consultancy for pharmaceutical product development and characterization. It is a GLP facility, certified under ISO9001, ISO13485 and NP4457.
www.labfit.pt | more info | promotional video
Edificio Ubimedical
Estrada Municipal 506, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 275 241 271 | apo(at)labfit.pt
Foundation year | Number of employees
2012 | 8
NU-RISE ensures proper radiation dose at right place,helping doctors better target the cancer and protecting patients from unnecessary irradiation. Safer radiation - an evolution for cancer treatment.
www.nu-rise.com | more info
IEUA, edificio 1, Campus Universitario de Santiago
3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 916 505 902 | info(at)nu-rise.pt
Foundation year | Number of employees
2015 | 4
Sensing Future Technologies
Sensing Future Technologies develops medical devices. We work with sensor technology for physical rehabilitation and robotics for the telemedicine and assistive market.
www.sensingfuture.pt | more info
Rua Pedro Nunes, Bloco E
3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 239 404 234 | geral(at)sensingfuture.pt
Foundation year | Number of employees
2011 | 6
SWORD Phoenix is an integrated, simple and straightforward system that combines motion sensors with an innovative software approach for both the mobile application (patient-oriented) and the online console (professional-oriented) so that physical rehabilitation processes can be optimized.
Rua Sá da Bandeira, Nº651, 1º Dt
4000-437 Porto, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 223 248 286 | hello(at)swordhealth.com
Foundation year | Number of employees
2013 | >12
Soft Bionics Lda
Soft Bionics aims at bringing cutting edge research on printed and stretchable electronics into market, focused currently on e-skins for patient bio-monitoring patches and foot pressure mapping.
Instituto Pedro Nunes, Rua Pedro Nunes
3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 968 397 681 | mahmood.tavakoli(at)gmail.com
Foundation year | Number of employees
2016 | 3
Take the Wind Lda. / Body Interact Inc.
Take the Wind has always been 100% focused on providing innovative digital health solutions. We have combined science, design and technology to deliver cutting-edge solutions for medical training.
http://bodyinteract.com/ | more info | promotional video
Instituto Pedro Nunes, TecBis Rua Pedro Nunes, Edifício D
3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 239 090 850 | info(at)takethewind.com
Foundation year | Number of employees
2008 | 28
A consulting agency that designs integrated solutions for complex problems. Our main expertise is in made-to-measure software development for enterprises, with a focus on healthcare solutions.
http://ydeal.net/ | more info
Rua Antero Andrade e Silva, nº 52
4520-401 MOSTEIRÓ, Portugal
Telephone | e-mail
+351 933 384 405 | nuno(at)pereira-azevedo.com
Foundation year | Number of employees
2010 | 12
Young Physician Leaders, Coimbra, Portugal
Effective healthcare institutions need effective leaders. The issue of developing leadership qualities among health professionals, however, is often neglected, with many young professions having to learn their leadership skills almost by trial and error as they are handed positions of responsibility.
Although incorporating leadership training programs into the medical curriculum is lately gaining in importance, in practice too few countries are actually providing such training. To contribute to building capacity in this area, IAMP launched its Young Physician Leaders (YPL) program in 2011 in partnership with the World Health Summit and the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies.
In the framework of this initiative, IAP for Health has identified 10 outstanding young physicians from Portuguese speaking countries who are currently in the process of establishing and developing their careers, who have been exposed to a specific leadership development program followed by participation as special guests at the World Health Summit Regional Meeting during the World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2018.
The Young Physician Leaders initiative aims to convene a group of diverse specialties and origins. To date, 131 YPL have been trained. Their details can be found in the dedicated YPL Directory (www.iamp-online.org/ypl-directory)
YPL Partners
The IAP for Health Young Physician Leaders Program 2018, Coimbra, Portugal was organized in partnership with Coimbra Health, formed by the University of Coimbra and the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre (CHUC). It has a special collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra.


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A Maryland Democrat objects to President Obama's budget -- and his objection has nothing to do with Social Security or Medicare.
A proposal in Obama's Fiscal Year 2014 budget to reduce tax breaks, primarily benefiting the wealthy, is drawing fresh criticism from the congressman.
Earlier this month, Obama advocated ratcheting back the exemption that top-earning investors can claim on interest from municipal bonds. Under his plan -- as well as the Senate's budget resolution -- the cap would go from 35 to 28 percent.
Such changes, according to a new nonpartisan analysis by the Tax Policy Center, mean that people earning $200,000 or more a year would pay 86 percent of the new tax revenue the budget calls for in 2015.
This is the kind of thing that usually sits well with Democratic lawmakers. But Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., says the limits would not just affect the wealthy. He called them a threat to local-level infrastructure projects in a recent Baltimore Sun op-ed.
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"Why is this important for our state?" he wrote. "For more than 100 years, these bonds have been the single most important tool in the country for financing new roads, schools, hospitals and more."
The lawmaker added that his opposition is rooted in his years of government experience at the county level, which many members of Congress do not have. Fidelity.com explains that states and localities issue these municipal bonds, and that they are often an attractive option for wealthy investors who can exempt interest.
The 28-percent cap, however, could drive down the bonds' appeal, drive down investment, decrease revenue to local governments, and, in turn, increase their borrowing costs.
In fact, according to a National Association of Counties policy brief, the sale of municipal bonds finances 75 percent of all national infrastructure projects. Ruppersberger said Maryland recently paid for an expansion of the Port of Baltimore and the addition of express toll lanes on a major highway with the bonds, projects that together created about 6,000 jobs.
Other Democratic lawmakers are pressuring Republicans to start the process of resolving the differences between the Senate and House budgets this week, NBC's Michael O'Brien reported.
Ruppersberger, according to his office, is starting to write letters to the president and congressional leadership in an effort to protect the tax exemption. Fourteen senators signed onto a similar letter to Obama earlier this month.
Still Ruppersberger acknowledged his battle is likely an "uphill climb."


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B-Student Wines Offer Best Value
Everyone pays attention when a critic declares a bottle an A+, but it's the B students that provide some of the best wine values out there. WSJ On Wine columnist Lettie Teague joins Lunch Break with a look at some sub-90 bottles well worth buying. Photo: Getty Images.
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Southern California has balmy weather and, seemingly, balmy leadership. For one thing, both Los Angeles and San Diego want to expand convention centers in the teeth of a grossly overbuilt market and slumping convention attendance. Both are considering use of a football stadium as convention space, when evidence shows that has limited appeal to convention planners and attendees.
Los Angeles is close to approving the construction of a $1.2 billion retractable-roof stadium that will be used as a convention site in conjunction with the existing center. The San Diego Chargers want a fat subsidy to build a similar stadium that would serve as a convention site. The stadium would be several blocks away from the existing convention center; repeatedly, studies have shown that attendees don't want to shuffle or even shuttle between distant sites. San Diego downtown leadership prefers to expand the current center — but wants a stadium to be built as well.
Both Los Angeles and San Diego are in desperate financial shape. Promoters claim that the L.A. stadium and center will be paid for with private funds. That remains to be seen. There are no such promises in San Diego. A retractable-roof stadium would require a public subsidy of $700 million to $800 million or more. The convention center expansion will cost $500 million or more.
In Los Angeles, the company financing the project, Anschutz Entertainment Group, is using dubious assumptions. The state Legislative Analyst's Office notes that the company assumes the stadium would regularly host National Football League playoff games, the Pro Bowl, Super Bowl, Pac-12 championship, National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournaments, and the like. The City of Los Angeles and the Legislative Analyst's Office say such expectations are far too optimistic. Also, Anschutz is assuming that a reconfigured convention center will be extremely successful in attracting new events. But the City doubts that will happen because of intense competition.
Would an expanded convention center pay off for either Los Angeles or San Diego? Charles Chieppo, Harvard researcher writing for Governing.com, a publication for leaders of state and local government, cites figures from the publication Tradeshow Week. In the past 20 years, the national supply of convention exhibit space zoomed by more than 70 percent. But from 2000 to 2010, attendance at conventions and trade and consumer shows decreased from 126 million to 86 million. Ergo: huge supply, dwindling demand. In 2010, Tradeshow Week went out of business. 'Nuf said.
As a result of the overbuilding and attendance decline, "People are offering incentives right and left, as is San Diego," says Heywood Sanders, professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the national authority on convention centers. "It's really tough with the overbuilding plus the recession and companies cutting back on travel." Convention centers have no option except to slash prices.
Las Vegas is generally considered the first or second most successful convention destination. "There are lots of new casinos, a regularly expanding center, and — ahem — other visitor amenities," says Sanders. In 2007, the center had 1.55 million attendees. By last year, that had dropped 25 percent.
Visitors to the convention center in Washington, D.C., accounted for 376,000 room nights in 2008 — the deepest part of the Great Recession. By last year, when the economy was growing, albeit slowly, convention-related room nights were down by more than 100,000.
What about Los Angeles? Its convention center "has been losing business — indeed, hemorrhaging," says Sanders. In 1998, total room nights resulting from attendance at the convention center were 353,325. By 2002, the number was down to 205,824, and by last year, all the way down to 137,187. These are data compiled by LA Inc., a nonprofit whose mission is to promote Los Angeles tourism, and PKF Consulting, a firm that works for the hospitality industry.
"We are at a competitive disadvantage," the president of LA Inc. recently told the Los Angeles Times. "We drastically need more hotel rooms downtown." He said that Anaheim, San Diego, and San Francisco have three to six times as many hotel rooms immediately around their convention centers.
Last year, a two-hotel hybrid was completed in the L.A. convention district. It has 879 JW Marriott and 123 Ritz-Carlton rooms, plus condos. But that's still not enough. "The argument for years was that 'we need a hotel.' It would be the magic missing ingredient that would propel convention business in Los Angeles," says Sanders. "It's not at all clear that it has. There is some suspicion that [Anschutz Entertainment Group's] whole effort to get the stadium built and the convention center expanded is to pump business into that hotel and entertainment complex [L.A. Live, partly financed by Anschutz]."
Sanders notes that centers in Las Vegas, Orlando, Atlanta, and Chicago experienced business declines after completing expansions.
The San Diego Convention Center claims that its activities accounted for 709,298 hotel room nights and $1.27 billion in economic impact last year, but Sanders has always cocked an eyebrow at San Diego's numbers, believing the center overstates out-of-town visitors by including too many locals from such events as Comic-Con.
With the industry overbuilt and business declining, does San Diego need an expanded convention center? "An expansion is justified locally by the argument that it will inevitably bring more events and more attendees, but it is a gamble — a bet on what will happen in a very indefinite future," says Sanders. "Other cities are building [convention centers] and expanding. Is San Diego going to be the place that will succeed? That is an open question. The consultants who say it will have told other cities they will succeed, and repeatedly they have not."
The San Diego power structure, including Mayor Jerry Sanders, does not want the proposed Chargers stadium to serve as a convention center expansion. The consulting firm pushing for expansion of the current center says that a noncontiguous building, unless it is directly across the street, results in two completely different venues. No major corporations or trade and consumer shows would book both venues at the same time. Even San Francisco's Moscone Center and Moscone West, which are right across the street from each other, confuse some attendees.
And certainly a football field does not make a good convention center addition, says Heywood Sanders. Indianapolis, Atlanta, and St. Louis are the cities trying to use football fields as convention center space, and none has worked well. "The flat floor space is about 150,000 to 180,000 square feet. That's not very much space," he says. A company displaying tractors or construction equipment, for example, does not want to be surrounded by a bunch of empty seats.
The stadium touted by the Chargers would be several blocks away from the convention center; thus, it would have two strikes against it immediately.
A football stadium will work for some conventions: "Social, religious, and fraternal groups like to have an open arena for large assemblies — say, 10,000 or 15,000 Baptists. But they do not necessarily constitute the most desirable convention business," says Sanders. That is to say, they may not utilize the "ahem" amenities.
More from SDReader
- More stories by Don Bauder
- San Diego's welfare plan for hotel owners — April 27, 2016
- Chargers or Comic-Con? SD can't get both (and needs neither) — March 18, 2016
- Heywood does more convention center math — Oct. 23, 2015
- How can convention centers be so dumb? — July 2, 2014
- San Diego mayor says deficit is $56.7 million; group says $130 million. — April 6, 2011
The cost you mention [$700 million] is a little off. Its more like $ 800 million with a cost overrun [something that always happens in San Diego] of $ 80 -$ 120 million [plus the environmental impact review of $ 60-$ 100 million and the remediation of the sight at about 5 $ 50-80 million which puts this project well over $ 1,000,000,000,000.00. If you "STEAL" $ 450 million from CCDC there is still a shortfall of $ 650-750 million. One thing you can count on is that neither the Spanos' or the NFL is going to pony up the shortage. Which leaves the city to shop out for another billion in bonds to pay for the stadium. With the city's past problems in the bond market it will be difficult if not impossible for the city to borrow a couple of bucks let alone a billion. The extra $ come in interest which the city would have to pay a premium for if there are any bond companies dumb enough to loan San Diego anything. Just on the finance portion of a new stadium it is dead on arrival. What is interesting is the powers that be {Sanders/UT/Builders & Developers] know this and are willing to risk a total collapse of the city for a pipe dream. If the project ever gets started you can count on a big giant hole with re-bar sticking up all over overgrown with leaves and rust. If you think the city is in a big FINANCIAL HOLE now add this $ billion dollar to the equation watch the whole city burn to the ground.
I don't argue with your figures. I am being conservative stating that taxpayers will pick up the tab for $700 million to $800 million. The cost of moving the bus depot must be added in. There will certainly be cost overruns. Pro sports owners ALWAYS grossly understate the cost projection. You are correct in questioning whether the City could ever sell bonds to pick even part of the tab. Best, Don Bauder
The heart of the boosters' argument, that expansion will inevitably bring more business, relies on projections that make zero sense.
More people will attend ever bigger conventions in the future?
Says who?
On the contrary, most projections are for less corporate travel, more video conferencing. That video over IP infrastructure is being built right now by private companies, and it works better and better every day. In the future, the trend will most likely be toward fewer and smaller conventions.
It's the same with the popularity of football. Today it dominates American professional sports, but there's little reason to think that it will expand itself much more, or find additional revenues. As with all forms of mass entertainment, it loses its luster over time with new and more exciting spectacles coming onto the scene.
One of today's fastest growing and maybe most profitable sport is mixed martial arts. So if San Diego's "leaders" want to actually get some kind of economic benefit from blood sports, we ought to build a cage match arena.
Or, if we really are talking about economic benefit to the city, why should we subsidize only venues featuring young athletic men using their bodies to entertain men drinking beer.
Women deserve equal promotion. So venues where young athletic women use their bodies to entertain men drinking beer are every bit as deserving of subsidies, and FAR more likely to actually turn a profit and result in extra hotel room (ahem) related tax revenues.
It's ridiculous. How about the city getting out of the entertainment business altogether?
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If the City stated that the TOTAL cost of the convention center expansion would come from the transient occupancy tax, with a heavier assessment on hotels near the facility, the whole idea would be dropped in a hurry. You are absolutely right: convention space has grown exponentially around the country and the world while convention attendance has plunged. Centers are slashing prices because of the overbuilding. But the promoters will want to go ahead with the expansion as long as other taxpayers pick up the tab. Best, Don Bauder
Why would anyone want to go to LA for a convention, or Anaheim, for that matter, is beyond me. I attended the music industry's NAMM show in Anaheim and was struck by what a hideous concrete wasteland they have around the Anaheim convention center. There's Disneyland nearby, but that doesn't make up for complete lack of ambiance outside its gates.
I did a non-ticketed visit to Comic Con this year to try to get a feel for what that was all about and I have to say even though I have spent a fair amount of time in downtown SD, it was impressive to do a walk around of the convention center, from bayside to Gaslamp. From the waterfront and weather to the wealth of eateries and the vintage character of the Gaslamp, it is one of heck of a great place when you need a respite from the convention halls (I actually never made into the Comic Con halls, but there is so much going on outside that you can have a great experience without a ticket).
If we have to make a choice, let's take the conventions and give LA the Chargers. For better or worse San Diego has become the Miami Beach of the West Coast and we might as well make it easy for everyone living east of Yuma to come spend money here at least once every year or two.
From what I picked up during my Comic Con walkabout, the inside of the convention center was bursting at the scenes. Perhaps there is a need for some more elbow room there or perhaps the Comic Con folks need to plan more wisely. They've talked about moving to Anaheim, but I think they underestimate how big a role San Diego plays in the overall Comic Con experience. The LA movie and TV production people who now flock to Comic Con have to be motivated in part by the fact they get to expense a stay in San Diego - doubt they'll get that worked up over a drive to Anaheim. I met a lot of Arizonans who make this event their annual vacation: a great event in a great location. If you're a Zonie, you don't want to spend your summer vacation walking around streets of Anaheim (average July high of 84 versus 76 for downtown SD).
This city does have an allure that is just not there for so many of the other convention cities listed in the article, and I think we might be able to justify some type of gamble on more convention space, but it's proven that city wagers on the Chargers don't pay off.
Your message is a thoughtful one, Bob, but I question that there is a need for a convention center expansion now. Slapping down $500 million just to keep Comic-Con is ridiculous. The San Diego public is not aware of the figures, quoted in this article, on the massive overbuilding of convention centers in the U.S. combined with collapsing convention attendance. That's because other local media don't look sufficiently into these numbers. So I think the answer is that there should be no stadium and no convention center expansion until the downtown power brokers make an intelligent case for either or both. And that won't happen. Best, Don Bauder
Building a stadium downtown will not make more convention space if we tear down our present Stadium, which could do all the proposed events. The current Stadium hosts many events in it's parking lot that couldn't be held downtown.
I would guess that a conventioneer would prefer a fifteen minute bus ride to scenic Mission Valley, to a ten block walk through the homeless displaced by downtown development, unless the super hero costume has gone to their head.
Forget the idea of putting up a retractable-roof stadium to be used as convention center space. It's ridiculous. Best, Don Bauder
Just look at what happened with Petco Park. Hundreds of millions of dollars were completely wasted through years of legal struggle. Just for a stadium that you can't park at. I would rather go to an event at Qualcomm.
Don't forget--it's all about money extraction. If you keep your eye on that ball, the economics analysis is simply irrelevant; it's just a matter of how much smoke you blow and how you adjust the mirrors.
Of course it's about money extraction -- from the taxpayers. The economic analysis is irrelevant if those who stand to make the money don't have to put a significant amount in the pot. Best, Don Bauder
Today's (Sunday, September 18) Light News features a story about a mayoral debate held under the auspices of Voice of San Diego. The headline in the rag states "Pensions, Stadium Top 1st Mayoral Debate." If this world were a rational place, there would be no mention of a stadium in such a forum. (Note that DeMaio and Bahnee D were not there; each had an excuse for declining to attend. That kept the likely two biggest vote-getters away.) A stadium is out of the question. The real issues should be those associated with the unsustainable path of the city. It has a huge pension deficit, yet continues to promise new hires the same ultra-sweet deal that got them in this fix. The infrastructure is crumbling, or non-existent. Two sewage pumping plants have no backup power generation source, hence when there is a massive power blackout, both dump raw sewage into the waterways and then the ocean. Streets continue to crumble, the parks are often little better than recreational slums, and there's no prospect in the foreseeable future getting them brought back to an acceptable level. So, why talk of a stadium? Well, one reason it to divert attention from the impotence of the pols to really fix the things that are wrong. The more time spent arguing about the pros-cons of a new sports venue and such things as having a retractable roof or not, the less attention is paid to the real and intractable needs of the city.
I agree with Don about the declining interest in attending conventions, and I doubt that it is a short-term economic trend. Society in general is just not likely to ever redevelop that much desire to travel long distances by air to spend too much money in a host city that picks its pocket.
Financially, both a new stadium and convention center expansion would be off the table in a rational world. But you have to understand that the downtown power brokers don't give a damn about the rotting infrastructure, the decaying neighborhoods, the unlivable living conditions in some neighborhoods, the crumbling streets and roads, the non-functioning sewer and water systems, the closing of libraries. They only care about legacy projects that will line their own and their clients' pockets. Best, Don Bauder


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That's the description an excited caller gave to Liberty County's 911 emergency dispatcher about UFOs that he'd spotted about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The caller reported that the red fireballs were on the county's east side and traveling in a southwesterly direction.
Two Liberty County deputies were dispatched to check it out.
Upon arriving at the caller's location, the deputies and a dozen other bystanders observed four of the objects floating about 3,000 feet in the air. The mysterious fireballs were moving very slowly in a line stretching about 10 miles across the sky.
Using a scope for a closer look, the deputies said they appeared to be balloon-shaped objects with an orange fire burning beneath that gave them a red or orange glow. As the deputies watched, the four objects suddenly disappeared. Then 10 others appeared in the same area.
The objects were viewed for about two minutes before vanishing as quickly as they had first appeared, Liberty County Sheriff's Capt. Ken DeFoor said.
Sheriff's investigators tried to figure out what they might be by contacting the Federal Aviation Administration, Weather Bureau and local radar control centers. But they got no clear answers to the puzzle. So they notified the UFO National Reporting Center in Spokane, Wash., about the sighting and sent out a news release asking residents if they knew anything about these objects.
On Monday, Shirley LaChapelle, who has a 40-acre homestead and bird sanctuary on the county's east side in Raywood, learned about the sheriff department's appeal from a neighbor. She knew instantly that she was probably responsible for all the furor.
To honor the recent marriage of her son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Idaia Skufca, she and her guests had released 75 "wish lanterns" into the sky.
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I'm really enjoying the visuals in this series of four idents for CCTV that translate human motion into digitally sculpted objects that look like steel, water, and wood. The clips were created by Taiwan design house JL Design and KORB. If you liked this also check out the photography of Shinichi Maruyama or Choros.