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Hey, Pomperaug Panthers. How y'all feeling today?
Should you not reside in the quaint environs of Southbury and/or have any idea what we're jibber-jabbering about, Pomperaug pulled off a bit of a shocker Friday night.
So, the Panthers played host to the more heralded Masuk Panthers yesterday. Masuk was unbeaten and ranked ninth in The Day Top 10 coaches' poll. It hung 40 second-quarter points on New Milford in a season-opening 71-34 beat down on Sept. 15. It has a REALLY BIG GAME against Ansonia next Thursday in what was a highly anticipated game.
Pomperaug, well it had lost three of its first four games. It looked as if it would become four out of five after Masuk took a 14-point, first-quarter lead.
Ah, but the Panthers of Southbury weren't going out like that. They fought back and, with 18 seconds left, Wade Prajer threw an 18-yard touchdown to Steve Croce to give Pomperaug a 35-32 upset win.
Sadly, none of the print media was at the game. It's tough for newspapers to get to games nowadays, what with staff cuts and everyone having the uncontrollable need to have lights and play on Friday nights.
(We miss the days where so many games were played on Saturday.)
The most anyone will read about Pomperaug's win is in the lead to the Waterbury Republican-American's football roundup.
We here at Polecat HQ reckoned figured that wasn't enough, Pomperaug, so we figured in lieu of physical ink, we'd give you a little digital ink.
Now will one of you please upload video of the final drive and the ensuing jubilation? Least y'all can do after ruining the Ansonia v. Masuk hype.
No, seriously, good job. Well done.
We're serious about the video, though.
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The biggest game last night was down in The Valley as Fairfield Prep knocked off No. 7 Shelton, 38-28, in a game for both SCC D-1 bragging rights and CIAC Class LL positioning.
The game was closer than it looks and featured a daffy final four minutes, starting after Shelton had cut its deficit to 24-21.
Colton Smith broke off an 80-yard run on the first play of Prep's next possession (documented HERE by JRC Amalgamated's Sean Patrick Starfish — check it out just to see the size of Prep's offensive linemen.)
Kyle Drost caught a 34-yard touchdown from Mark Piccirillo as the Gaels cut their deficit down to three points again with 1:53 left in the game.
Smith struck again, although he waited until the second play to race for a 49-yard touchdown.
Smith finished with 17 carries for 208 yards and four touchdowns. He also completed 11 of 18 passes for 167 yards and a TD.
No one should consider Prep's win a surprise. Yeah, it wasn't ranked and had a loss, but that was because No. 3 St. Joseph hit on a 42-yard TD pass with no time left to win, 36-34, on Sept. 20.
Reckon the Jesuits are going to get more love in the next coaches' poll.
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It used to be a big deal when a QB threw for 300 yards. Nowadays, 'eh, not so much. Rules were put into place to create more pretty passing (and neuter defenses), thus making 300 the new 200 yards passing.
Now 300 yards rushing in a game, that's different. It's cause for celebration if, for no other reason, because offensive linemen get to have some fun. They get to be the aggressor and charge into defenders, rather than dropping back into pass coverage and getting whacked.
Yes, we're biased here at Polecat HQ. We're total marks for the manly discipline of the running arts, which is we're pleased that Arkeel Newsome of Ansonia and Platt's Tyzahn LEATHERWOOD both broke 300 last night.
LEATHERWOOD ran 30 times for 347 yards and four touchdowns as the Panthers plundered previously unbeaten Rocky Hill, 47-14. He's rushed for 1,208 yards through five games. He's on pace to run for 2,658 yards.
Newsome, the cat who owns the single-season rushing record (among other marks), ran for 314 yards and five touchdowns as the top-ranked Chargers overwhelmed neighbor Derby, 62-28.
It's common for several people to be keeping stats at a game and for all of them to have slightly different numbers. That written, 314 would give Newsome 7,998 career rushing yards.
Former Ansonia great Alex Thomas holds the state career rushing record (8,279). Newsome, then, needs 282 more yards to pass Thomas.
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Here's how The Day top 10 did last night:
1. Ansonia beat Derby, 62-28. Kountry Kyle Brennan of the Waterbury Republican-American, and proud Southern Connecticut alum Matthew Doran (Hearst Inc.) and Jim Fuller (JRC Amalgamated) reporting.
2. New Canaan plays host to Danbury today at 2 p.m.
3. St. Joseph beat Wilton, 44-20. The Cadets' Jordan Vazzano completed 15 of 27 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns. Dave Ruden of his eponymous website and John Nash of the Norwalk Hour reporting.
4. Southington beat New Britain, 38-7. Mike Guerrera of the Meriden Record-Journal and Carl Josephson of the New Britain Herald reporting.
5. Middletown beat Hartford Public, 41-7. Dario Highsmith ran 13 times for 251 yards and three touchdowns and threw two touchdowns for the Blue Dragons. Gentleman Jim Bransfield of the Middletown Press reporting.
6. Newtown beat New Milford, 56-13. Drew Tarantino threw four touchdown passes (three to Julian Dunn) and Cooper Gold ran for two touchdowns — all in the first half. John Nestor of Hearst Inc. reporting.
Fairfield Prep beat No 7. Shelton, 38-28. Doug Bonjour of Hearst Inc. and Pooch Diggity Dogg of JRC Amalgamated reporting.
8. Windsor blanked RHAM, 49-0. Jedidiah Haynes completed 9-of-14 passes for 230 yards with four touchdowns for the Warriors. The Hartford Courant has a blurb HERE.
Pomperaug beat No 9. Masuk, 35-32. The Waterbury Republican-American's blurb is HERE.
10. Glastonbury shutout Newington, 33-0. Jalen Ollie completed 21 of 34 passes for 336 yards and three touchdowns. The Hartford Courant has a blurb HERE.
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The WATTS ACV Rate of Flow Control Valve with Solenoid (On-Off) Feature is designed to automatically limit flow rate to a constant, adjustable, maximum. The throttling action of the valve is controlled by an externally mounted modulating control pilot, which senses differential pressure across a remote mounted orifice plate (field installed). The valve also acts as a Solenoid (On-Off) Control Valve, opening to allow flow control action or closing drip-tight as commanded by the solenoid pilot. The Orifice Plate is factory calibrated based upon minimum, maximum, and continuous flow rate requirements.
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Hana Craft likes to sing, play the piano, and play sports at school. But at just 9 years old, she's also focused on making the world better. "Peace is important to me because when I grow up, I want my kids to live in a safe and kind world," she says.
Hana is an original member of Kids for Peace, an organization cofounded by her mom, Jill McManigal, and a local teen who's passionate about promoting peace. Kids in the group work to create a culture of peace, both locally and globally.
"Hana inspired me to start Kids for Peace. We were reflecting on the state of our world and all the violence and wanted to be part of the solution," says Ms. McManigal.
What peace means to kids
Several groups use the popular name, "Kids for Peace," but the chapters of this organization follow a mission of performing community service, participating in civic action, and creating art to contribute to a peaceful society at home and abroad.
Kids for Peace developed a peace pledge with six ways kids can create peace on their own. To read it, visit www.kidsforpeaceusa.org. The group also created a book of the children's drawings and statements about peace. It's called "Peace Through Our Eyes."
The original Kids for Peace began in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2006. Since then, the group has grown to 17 chapters across the United States.
One 14-year-old girl in Escondido, Calif., was motivated to start a chapter after her father and cousin were sent to prison for violence. She wanted to break the cycle of violence in her family and become a leader for peace.
Other young members are leading the way toward peace, too. "Everything we do comes from the children," says Ms. McManigal. "They say, 'This is what we want to do to create peace.' It's not adults directing it."
Kids for Peace also has a chapter in Australia and will soon have one in Greece. In all, there are about 400 members worldwide.
Global friendship
Kids for Peace believes that learning about different cultures is an important part of building peace. "Because once you know [people] on the other side of the world, they are your friend[s] and you won't hurt them," says Ms. McManigal.
The chapters hold sessions to introduce children to other cultures. One time, Peace Corps volunteers attended a Kids for Peace meeting to talk about living abroad. Another time, a family visiting San Diego from Kenya in East Africa was invited to speak.
Kids for Peace also likes to makes friends with children in other countries by sending them "Peace-Packs." These are hand-painted knapsacks filled with school supplies, toiletries, a toy, and a personal note of friendship.
The group hopes to raise money to send its members on trips in the future. But for now, they send Peace-Packs with adult friends who travel to other countries. In the past two years, those travelers have delivered Peace-Packs to children in Albania, Peru, Nicaragua, Kenya, and an Iraqi refugee camp in Jordan.
A few kids did get to share their Peace-Packs in person, though. "Children from the Kids for Peace groups in San Diego went on a car trip to nearby Mexico and hand-delivered their own Peace Packs to children in an orphanage," says Ms. McManigal.
"It's really fun to learn about other cultures and make friends with kids around the world," says Hana.
Speaking out for peace
Children from all the Kids for Peace chapters write and speak to elected officials to encourage them to work for peace. Last year, Hana attended the Peace Alliance Conference in Washington, D.C., as the representative of Kids for Peace. She and her mom also visited the offices of politicians from her area while they were there.
Kids for Peace is a nonpartisan organization, which means it does not endorse any one candidate during an election. Members are excited about whoever is elected so they can work with them for peace.
The kids haven't forgotten the men and women serving in the military, either. During the holidays, different Kids for Peace groups sent cards to US soldiers in Iraq. And every Veteran's Day, those in the San Diego area meet with local veterans for a day of fun activities.
Good and green
Being kind to the earth is also part of building peace, the kids decided. To celebrate Earth Day in April, all the Kids for Peace chapters performed some environmental activity in their own city and country.
One young Kids for Peace member in Solana Beach, Calif., started a "5-a-day" program, which encourages other kids to pick up at least five pieces of trash every day.
Artistic connections
The kids use their creativity to paint, write books, and sing songs as expressions of peace and fun, too.
Last year, groups from Kids for Peace in the San Diego area performed their peace pledge at LiveFeed. This "stop hunger" event was sponsored by a charter school in an impoverished neighborhood of south-central Los Angeles.
The children worked with more than 100 other volunteers to distribute bags of donated groceries to needy families. Afterward, they had the opportunity to hang out and talk with the students from the charter school, making new friends and spreading the idea of peace.
On May 17, Kids for Peace will host an art show called "Daydreams and Dandelions: Making a Wish for Our World." Kids from around the world will contribute art for sale. This is the group's big annual fundraiser.
"In 2008, we see more of our youth coming forward to spread peace, love, and optimism to more people in the world. We're right in alignment with that movement," says Ms. McManigal.
Hana adds, "To other kids I would say: It's lots of fun helping other kids around the world. One kid really can make a difference."


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Twitter and other social media outlets have made it easier than ever to track the real-time response to current events and controversies. We did just that, and the results are about as unsurprising as they are unfortunate. Looking at important international events side-by-side with celebrity controversies, we found out a bit about where people's priorities lie.
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LONDON — The European budget airline Ryan Air capitalized on Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in Great Britain to advertise their very low-cost flights in October.
The ad, which appeared in The Guardian this morning, notes that the papal trip was costing British taxpayers and the church an estimated £15 million ($23.5 million). It implies money would have been saved by having the pope fly RyanAir.
Of course, the ad omits the fact that the cost of flying the pope and his top aides to Great Britain is only a tiny fraction of the visit's cost. The bulk of the cost is due to security measures and logistical arrangements for handling the tens of thousands of people hoping to see the pope.


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Three soon-to-be seniors at Villa Maria Academy High School for Girls completed a week-long internship at Devereux PA CIDDS center in West Chester. Celine Andrews, Kathryn Challis and Cassidy Connors completed a forty-hour internship at the center that provides residential services to children and adolescents with developmental and behavioral disabilities. The students had an opportunity to observe psychologists, psychiatrists, teachers, managers, registered nurses, Direct Support Professionals and others as they progressed through a week's worth of activities and meetings. At the conclusion of the event, each student presented her view of the experience as well as offer suggestions and ideas for program enhancement. "I've never known doctors, nurses and others to be so involved in the care of one person. They really know these kids", said Kathryn Challis at the end of her second day of rounds.
Richard Latella, Director of Human Resources for PA CIDDS, saw this as an opportunity to give the center's employees a chance to show off their skills as well as introduce the concept of careers in social services to high school students. "We need to plant the seed early: careers in social services are very rewarding", said Latella at the event's celebration at the end of the week.
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[1] A lawyer should pursue a matter on behalf of a client despite opposition, obstruction or personal inconvenience to the lawyer, and may take whatever lawful and ethical measures are required to vindicate a client's cause or endeavor. A lawyer should act with commitment and dedication to the interests of the client and with zeal in advocacy upon the client's behalf. However, a lawyer is not bound to press for every advantage that might be realized for a client. A lawyer has professional discretion in determining the means by which a matter should be pursued. See Rule 1.2. A lawyer's work load should be controlled so that each matter can be handled adequately.
[2] Perhaps no professional shortcoming is more widely resented than procrastination. A client's interests often can be adversely affected by the passage of time or the change of conditions; in extreme instances, as when a lawyer overlooks a statute of limitations, the client's legal position may be destroyed. Even when the client's interests are not affected in substance, however, unreasonable delay can cause a client needless anxiety and undermine confidence in the lawyer's trustworthiness.
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Thanks to the Internet, we can rate, judge, and evaluate nearly anything we'd like—from products to movies to fitness centers—with minimal effort. In many ways, this is a boon, since there's a wealth of information at our fingertips advising us what car to buy and whether or not we should tune into a new TV show. But behind each of these ratings is a person's opinion, and human nature makes those opinions notoriously fickle.
In the latest issue of Science, a group of researchers decided to see whether people's tendency to follow the crowd extended into online ratings. They tackled this question by carrying out a large-scale experiment in which they rigged the comment ratings on a website. The website they used is a news aggregating website (like reddit) that lets users rate comments and contributions by either "upvoting" or "downvoting" them. The comment's score, which can be seen by all the website's users, is simply the raw difference in the number of positive and negative ratings.
During the study, which lasted 5 months, the researchers manipulated the ratings that some comments received. Out of the 101,281 comments made during the span of the study, the researchers randomly assigned 4,049 comments (four percent of the total) to the positive treatment group, and these comments were given a single upvote upon submission. Another 1,942 comments (two percent of the total) were assigned to the negative treatment group and were given a single downvote; the rest of the comments made during this period served as controls. These proportions mimicked the natural frequency of up- and downvotes normally seen on the site.
Then the researchers left the comments alone and simply observed what happened. They monitored how likely the next user to see the comment was to give it an up- or downvote, as well as how the overall scores of comments in the two treatment groups compared to those in the control groups by the end of the study.
While the experimental setup was simple, the results weren't completely straightforward; the effect of the manipulation depended on which treatment group the comment was randomly assigned to. In other words, a comment that was upvoted by the researchers fared differently than one they downvoted.
Comments that were randomly selected to get an upvote were much more likely to also be upvoted by subsequent users; the first user to see a positively manipulated comment was 32 percent more likely to upvote it themselves as well, compared to a comment in the control group. By the end of the 5-month study, the comments in the positive treatment group had ratings 25 percent higher than those in the control group. The researchers refer to this phenomenon as "positive herding behavior," which essentially means that users tended to jump on the upvoting bandwagon, helping these comments accumulate positive ratings.
In the negative treatment group, the results were a bit different. Just as in the positively manipulated group, the comments that the researchers downvoted were also more likely to be downvoted by subsequent users. However, these downvotes were offset by what's called a "correction effect"—the negatively manipulated comments were also more likely to receive positive ratings down the line.
Raters were nearly twice as likely to upvote a comment in the negative treatment group compared to the control group, suggesting that crowd correction can effectively neutralize one or a few negative ratings if they are undeserved. Thanks to this correction, the researchers didn't see any "herding behavior" in the negative direction on downvoted comments, and the final score of these negatively manipulated comments didn't significantly differ from the control group by the end of the study.
Obviously, comments that are particularly insightful, creative, or high-quality will certainly fare differently, as will those that are simply trolling. But thanks the large-scale, randomized design of this study, we can get an idea of the role that social bias plays without having to consider the quality of each post.
Overall, the researchers think there are three main phenomena that contribute to these findings. First, both experimental conditions increased turnout; in other words, a comment that is rated once is more likely to be rated again, no matter the type of vote it has received. Second, seeing an upvote does help users develop a positive opinion, especially if the user doesn't have much prior experience with the comment's author. Finally, users on the site had a natural tendency to upvote rather than downvote.
The researchers don't specify which website they used, since its administrators have asked them not to. "They are concerned about the re-identification of individual users and the associated risk to their privacy," the authors write. "Although there is a scientific need for the validation of results in these types of studies, there are competing concerns about the welfare of users."
Ars, like many other sites, has instituted a comment rating system to encourage good discussion and has spent a considerable amount of time and energy tweaking the system to make it work. And—in true Ars fashion—there has been lively discussion about the pros and cons of the system. The researchers behind this study hope that these findings will improve comment rating systems further, as well as help increase the sophistication of bias analysis in other types of social feedback, such as political polling, product reviews, and stock market prediction.
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The promise of an elite public university education for California's top high school students continues to fade as record numbers of qualified in-state applicants are being rejected from every UC campus they applied to.
Admission rates at UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara have plummeted to less than half of what they were in the mid-1990s, a new analysis by this newspaper shows. This year, 11,183 freshman applicants who qualified for UC admission had no offers from their chosen campuses and were referred to UC Merced, the Central Valley campus that opened in 2005.
Some strove mightily and successfully in high school but found their aspirations opened few doors.
Aman Shergill — an A student who juggled an after-school job with a boatload of Advanced Placement classes and extracurricular activities — applied to seven UC campuses and got into one: UC Santa Cruz.
"It was within two weeks that I got all my rejections. It was pretty bad," the Folsom teen said. "I just thought that with what I had done and all my hard work, I was hoping for a little more."
Every year, more college-bound Californians feel the sting of rejection as spaces for the state's college-bound students lag further behind the soaring demand for Cal and other popular UC campuses.
The ease of applying to many campuses online, the relatively low sticker price for in-state students compared to private colleges and population growth have radically changed the outlook for applicants. Growing numbers of out-of-state and international students, who pay nearly three times the tuition and fees, also fuel the competition for a spot in the class.
By Thursday, students must make the difficult decision about where to go in August. UC Berkeley gave thousands of fall applicants another option to consider: Wait until the spring term for a spot, when graduating students free up more space.
The options are more limited than parents and educators from past generations might assume, one expert said.
"Students need to be exposed to the truth," said Lisa Garcia, director of outreach projects for USC's Pullias Center for Higher Education. "I tell all my students, even the valedictorians, 'You can't just apply to Berkeley and (UCLA) and San Diego and Santa Barbara.'"
Excellent grades, solid SAT scores and a long list of activities these days might not be enough to get you noticed by Cal, which turned away some 20,000 more applicants this year than Stanford, the nation's most selective campus.
Berkeley's admitted class, as described in a campus announcement, included national robotics and debate winners, "a ballerina who has danced internationally," Junior Olympics athletes, a Disney Channel series actor and "musicians, dancers and other artists who have performed at prestigious venues around the world."
Cal's in-state freshman admissions rate for the fall — 40 percent in the mid-1990s — has fallen to 13.5 percent, with another 5.3 percent of applicants given a spot in January.
In the past two decades, as the number of Californians at Berkeley has remained flat, the school more than tripled its enrollment of out-of-state and international freshmen in 2012, enrolling about 1,150 in a class of 5,070.
And last month, Chancellor Nicholas Dirks announced the campus would increase the non-Californians' proportion among undergraduates from 20 to 23 percent. "In order to sustain the excellence of our programs and the student experience, tuition from out of state and international students is crucial," he wrote in a letter to the campus explaining the decision.
UC charges in-state students less than $13,000 per year in tuition and fees, but students from outside the state pay more than $36,000. Stanford's sticker price is even higher: $44,184 next year for undergraduate tuition alone. It admitted just 5.1 percent of freshman hopefuls this year.
Of course, freshman applications aren't the final word; some students transfer in as juniors. But the transfer admission rate to Berkeley dropped to about 21 percent last year compared to about 33 percent in the mid-'90s.
That added up to a double rejection for Jeremy Kaetzel, of Oakland, who applied to Cal as a high school A-student involved in the performing arts and a mentor at his church — and again this year from Merritt College.
Happily for Kaetzel, UCLA admitted him last month. After more than two years and recent months of excruciating anticipation, he is finally into the University of California. His Berkeley rejection stung, he said, but made his decision much easier.
"On my calendar, I've had September blank for the longest time," he said. "I'm starting to put in dates, which is a good feeling."
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Mr Pilkington wrote:True genius is rarely admired in his/her own lifetime.
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Actress is looking for the quiet moments in her photos, now on display at MOPA
As an actor, and more than that, as an acclaimed movie, stage and TV star, Jessica Lange can't help but bring attention to herself.
The two-time Oscar winner is instantly recognizable for her roles in "Tootsie," "The Postman Always Rings Twice," and dozens of other films, TV shows (most recently "American Horror Story") and stage productions.
But as a photographer, she prefers to be anonymous.
"Kind of the fly on the wall," Lange said. "As soon as you engage somebody, there's a shift — even if it's a subtle shift — either in their consciousness or in their attitude. I love the moments that are unguarded, where the subject is oftentimes unaware of being photographed. So I prefer not to be seen."
In her own quiet manner, however, Lange is developing a substantial reputation as a photographer, having published two collections of her black-and-white photos ("50 Photographs" in 2008 and "In Mexico" in 2010) with complementary exhibits in the U.S and Europe.
Now, a third, more comprehensive exhibition of her photos, "unseen," opened this weekend at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, the first showing of "unseen" in the U.S.
"Jessica Lange: unseen"
Where: Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park
When: Through May 19
Admission: $6
Phone: (619) 238-7559
Lange, understandably, is a true believer in the power of pictures.
"I don't think there's anything more powerful than imagery," she said. In an era of digital cameras and cellphones, she continues to shoot in black and white. "It's reductive in a sense. … And because we're not seeing in black and white, there's something that's startling about it.
"When you look at (Josef) Koudelka's photos of the Prague Spring, the invasion of 1968, or you look at any of the great photojournalists from Vietnam, I think they changed the world. I truly believe that."
Lange's aspirations, however, are considerably more modest. She makes no claim to being a photojournalist, even if her often poignant images have a strong tie to photojournalism.
"Mine are much more personal in a way," she said.
She briefly studied photography at the University of Minnesota, where she stayed only a semester before leaving for Paris with her soon-to-be husband, photographer Francisco Grande. But she did not seriously consider photography until more than two decades later when her then-partner, Sam Shepard, brought her a Leica camera.
"In the beginning it was about photographing my children," said Lange, who has a daughter with Mikhail Baryshnikov and a daughter and son with Shepard. "I wanted to have a record of their growing up that was more than just color snapshots. … So I started photographing them and I just started carrying my camera when we would travel."
With trips to France, Italy, Romania, Russia and Mexico, she soon amassed a body of work that elicited surprisingly strong reactions from the few people she allowed to see it.
"I was completely involved in my work as an actor, and this really was just for myself," Lange said. "I had no intention of showing my work to anybody, to tell you the truth.
"But little by little, friends would see it, family would see it, somebody would say, 'Why don't you show your work? Show your photographs to so and so.' That's how this all came about."
When she's out with her camera, Lange says she has no preconceptions about what she might shoot. She's looking for the "drama of the moment," wherever and whenever that happens.
"A great deal of it has to do with this sense of theater, this sense of staging," she said. "Obviously, having worked with some of the great cinematographers and seeing how they can prompt emotion through their lighting, and how a director does that through staging, when I see that naturally happening in front of me, those are the moments I want to lift my camera and take the shot."
Many of those moments have been in Mexico, in particular Oaxaca, a "magical" place where she frequently vacations.
"I arrive in Mexico and it's thrilling for me to be out on the street with a camera," she said. "The people know me now. They all kind of look at me curiously. I'm sure they wonder what I'm up to. And yet they are so incredibly kind and generous, just allowing me to photograph them."
And just allowing her to be anonymous.
Text and image courtesy of San Diego Union-Tribune


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LANSING, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jackson National Life Insurance Company® (Jackson) announced today the company is approaching the upper range for calendar year 2012 for total premium from variable annuities (VAs) that offer optional guaranteed benefits. Jackson estimates it has approximately $1 billion in remaining capacity. As in prior years, Jackson will manage the volume of its VA business commensurate with the overall growth of its balance sheet.
"Jackson is enjoying another very successful year with strong sales volumes in variable annuities reflecting the quality of our product and service proposition," said Mike Wells, Jackson president and chief executive officer. "While it is always a difficult decision to limit new business production in our highly productive growth and service culture, it is consistent with Jackson's practice to actively manage our risk to avoid a concentration of exposure to any single product in any one year. Managing new business volumes within our pre-determined ranges ensures that our portfolio remains well-diversified by year of origination and, therefore, is well-positioned from a risk management perspective to continue performing across economic and market cycles. Jackson's financial health remains strong and our portfolio of variable annuities is appropriately priced and hedged for the current economic climate, providing good value for our customers and shareholders."
"Jackson remains fully committed to the variable annuity business," Wells continued. "Our conservative approach to risk management will help us maintain the confidence, trust and credibility we have earned leading up to, and successfully managing through, the global financial crisis. Our sound financial discipline has been at the heart of our ability to forge strong, trusted ongoing business relationships, which will allow Jackson to continue delivering value to all of its stakeholders over the long term."
To manage sales volumes, Jackson will no longer accept new 1035 exchange business or qualified transfers of assets for VAs that offer optional guaranteed benefits as of 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. As of December 15, 2012, Jackson will resume accepting new 1035 exchange business and qualified transfers of assets, if total premium at that time is within the $1 billion in remaining capacity. No limitation will be placed on new 1035 exchange business or qualified transfers of assets for Jackson's Elite AccessSM product, which offers "alternative" investment options that are not conducive to guaranteed benefits.
"We are proactively communicating with our distribution partners about Jackson approaching the high end of the range for 2012 sales of our very popular VAs that offer optional guaranteed benefits," said Clifford Jack, executive vice president and head of retail for Jackson. "Our wholesaling and service teams are well-positioned to implement the necessary actions to limit production with minimal disruptions to our partners and their clients."
Jackson was named the VA firm with the strongest personal connection with advisors and prospects, according to the Cogent Research Advisor Touchpoints™ 2012 survey of more than 1,700 retail investment advisors across all major distribution channels. Of the respondents surveyed, 49 percent of current Jackson users and 11 percent of prospects cited Jackson as the VA firm with which they feel the strongest personal connection.
The Cogent Research Advisor Touchpoints™ 2012 consisted of an online survey of 1,741 registered financial advisors, conducted between March 13 and April 18, 2012. Survey participants were required to have an active book of business of at least $5.0 million, and offer investment advice or planning services to individual investors.
During 2012, all four primary rating agencies—A.M. Best, Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investors Service, Inc.—affirmed Jackson's financial strength ratings. Jackson has maintained the same financial strength ratings for more than nine years. As of November 8, 2012, Jackson had the following ratings:1
- A+ (superior)—A.M. Best financial strength rating, the second-highest of 16 rating categories;
- AA (very strong)—Standard & Poor's insurer financial strength rating, the third-highest of 21 rating categories;
- AA (very strong)—Fitch Ratings insurer financial strength rating, the third-highest of 19 rating categories;
- A1 (good)—Moody's Investors Service, Inc. insurance financial strength rating, the fifth-highest of 21 rating categories.
About Jackson National Life Insurance Company
With $129.9 billion in assets (IFRS)*, Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Jackson) is a leading provider of retirement solutions. The company sells variable, fixed and fixed index annuities, and institutional products. Through its affiliates and subsidiaries, Jackson also provides asset management and retail brokerage services. Jackson markets its products in 49 states and the District of Columbia through independent and regional broker-dealers, wirehouses, financial institutions and independent insurance agents. Jackson's subsidiary, Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York®, similarly markets products in the state of New York. For more information, visit www.jackson.com.
*Jackson has $129.9 billion in total IFRS assets and $119.0 billion in IFRS policy liabilities primarily set aside to pay future policyowner benefits (as of 6/30/12).
1Financial strength ratings do not apply to the principal amount or investment performance of the separate account or underlying investments of variable products.
Before investing in variable products, investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the variable product and its underlying investment options. The current contract prospectus and underlying fund prospectuses, which are contained in the same document, provide this and other important information. Please contact your representative or the Company to obtain the prospectuses. Please read the prospectuses carefully before investing or sending money.
Elite Access Fixed and Variable Annuity (VA650, VA 660) is issued by Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Home Office: Lansing, Michigan) and in New York (VA650NY, VA 660NY) by Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York (Home Office: Purchase, New York). Variable annuities are distributed by Jackson National Life Distributors LLC, member FINRA, and may not be available in all states, and state variations apply. This product has limitations and restrictions, including withdrawal charges and excess interest adjustments (interest rate adjustments in New York) where applicable.
Jackson issues other variable annuities with different features, benefits, limitations and charges. Discuss Jackson's other variable annuity options with your representative or contact Jackson for more information.
Annuities are issued by Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Home Office: Lansing, Michigan) and Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York (Home Office: Purchase, New York). Variable annuities are distributed by Jackson National Life Distributors LLC and may not be available in all states, and state variations may apply. These contracts have limitations and restrictions, including possible withdrawal charges, recapture charges and excess interest adjustments. Contact your representative or the Company for more information.
Please remember that a Jackson annuity is intended to be a long-term, tax-deferred vehicle for retirement. An annuity's earnings are taxable as ordinary income when withdrawn and, if taken before age 59 1/2, may be subject to a 10% additional tax. Variable annuities involve investment risks and may lose value.
Jackson National Life Insurance Company is an indirect subsidiary of Prudential plc, a company incorporated and with its principal place of business in the United Kingdom. Prudential plc and its affiliated companies constitute one of the world's leading financial services groups. It provides insurance and financial services directly and through its subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the world. It has been in existence for over 160 years and had $570 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2012. Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc., a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America.
The following cautionary statement is included to make applicable and take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, Jackson National Life Insurance Company. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts. However, as with any projection or forecast, forward-looking statements are inherently susceptible to a number of risks and uncertainties and actual results and events could differ materially from those currently being anticipated as reflected in such forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that management's expectations, beliefs or projections will result or be achieved or accomplished.


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I can't really explain why, but I take great joy in helping the Easter Bunny find little odds and ends for our Easter baskets. Creed's basket was such a big hit that it was quite a while before he was interested in searching for eggs (We each got those disguise glasses for our next photo booth session).He especially took to this cute rocket with pieces that fit together magnetically
I bought an Easter suit for him on sale after last Easter and luckily it was a perfect fit.
He wore it again the next Sunday and was a little more willing to pose for pictures.
After church we had another Easter egg hunt with Matt's family. Creed only hunted for yellow eggs of course. Most of them were empty and he didn't even know or care. This is their backyard. Wouldn't you love that ocean view?
And after Creed was nestled in bed that night, we feasted on candy!


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Eventually the attention of the prison visitor focussed on her plight. A letter of 20th July highlighted that she had "symptoms of unsound lungs" and they feared that, if she stayed there for the winter, she would be in great danger. She was freed less than two weeks later.
I still don't know what became of her as she did not return home to Leicestershire. She may be the person whose death was registered at


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'Berg Celebrates Constitution Day 2013Why Immigration Reform? Perspectives & Possibilities Thurs., Sept. 12 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Seegers Union Event Space
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 09:57 AM
Muhlenberg College will host Constitution Day 2013: Why Immigration Reform? Perspectives & Possibilities, on Thursday, September 12 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in the Seegers Union Event Space.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Popular Democracy, Grupo de Apoyo e Integración Hispanoamericano and by Muhlenberg College's Office of the Provost, Department of Political Science and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
At this panel discussion and community forum, which is free and open to the public, Lehigh Valley business leaders, labor leaders, elected officials, clergy and veterans will offer their perspectives on the nationwide immigration reform debate.
Panelists include: Kathryn T. Albarelli, J.D. (Immigration attorney, Schoener and Associates); Julio Guridy (President, Allentown City Council); Adanjesús Marín (SEIU Healthcare PA); Rev. Ismael Medina (Primera Iglesia Bautista, Bethlehem); Irv Weinreich (Veterans of Foreign Wars).
The discussions will be moderated by Max Cohen (Center for Popular Democracy); Michele Deegan, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science, Muhlenberg College); Richard Huizar, Ph.D. (Consortium for Faculty Diversity Fellow in Political Science and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Muhlenberg College); and Erika M. Sutherland, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Spanish, Muhlenberg College, and Director, Grupo de Apoyo e Integración Hispanoamericano).


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In the comments of my post, "How Not to Get Libraries to Lend Ebooks (A Publisher's Tale)", the highly esteemed Liz Burns wanted me to clarify something I said regarding "jacked up" prices concerning library editions. Here's our exchange from the post.
Andy, what is your source that library editions are "jacked up" prices — which I take to mean that the profit margin on those books are more than other books. If you don't mean that, please explain what you do. What do you think is an acceptable profit margin for publishers?
As I am not in a position of ordering materials (with an exception every now and again), my source is more anecdotal in that I heard about it from other people who are in such a position, what I have seen from invoices that are shown to me, or what I have read in various blogs over the last couple of years. It is certainly is not a survey of all pricing, and I'll admit that my statement is based more in the emotion of the moment. But I don't believe that makes it completely untrue (and I look forward to being proven otherwise).
My concern is less than with an "acceptable" profit margin of publishers and more of a concern about what value the libraries are getting for their money. As I suggested in the post, I'd like for publishers to start considering bundling ebook rights with their books (library edition or not); they could charge an additional premium on top of the physical book cost. I think it would be a win for the publisher, the library, and the patron. For certain, it would be an additional source of revenue that could be directly recouped for the publisher.
Andy, to be honest, it's my understanding that there is a slim profit margin for most books. Also, I'm a bit puzzled by how much anti-publishers sentiment I'm seeing on some library blogs/tweets. When did they become investment bankers making billions?
Pricing can be more if cost is more, which is why my question is on profit. Better binding for library edition or ability to get free replacement CDs? That's going to cost more than other books.
[…] For the record, I'm talking about print books, not library edition audio. The latter is higher because you are buying into a service that will replace discs. It is a premium that makes sense to me, for certain.
I had messaged Liz on Twitter to ask if I could use our exchange as the basis for a blog post. We ended up wondering a few things of our own, so we decided to toss these questions out to the blogosphere audience:
- Does anyone buy library edition of print books? Why or why not?
- Can anyone tell us where the anti-publisher sentiment has been coming from lately? (Links or articles would be a bonus!)
- And how is it that the publishing industry gets the ire of librarians when the television and movie industry get a relative pass when it comes to downloading, purchasing costs, and copyright permissions?
Come, take a swing at a question or two, and enlighten us.


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Our community forums are a great place to share information, connect with other pet owners and share some great photos!
This week's Pet Profile from the Community Forums is Harley, A photogenic Pug who will stop on a dime to pose for a picture. We asked a few questions about Harley and got some great feedback from her owner Jennifer.
Harley's Favorite food or treats : Sam's Yams Sweet Potato Dog Chewz. Depending on her appetite she likes either the Bichon Fries or the Veggie Rawhide.
How you came to each other : After months of trying to figure out what kind of puppy to get, someone told me I should get a pug. So I looked through the local paper (The Sacramento Bee) and saw an ad for pug puppies. I knew I wanted a female and there were two of them, so I thought it couldn't hurt to go look. She was one of four puppies born to her mama, Tinker, two of which were female. I spent an hour observing and playing with the pups. However, while I was playing with the other female pup, Harley crawled up on my lap and went to sleep… so in essence, the eight-week old pup chose me and I will be forever grateful.
Favorite toys : Harley loved stuffed babies when she was younger. As she's aged, she much prefers her blankie and her humans. She has to have everyone in the house in her line of site at all times and will find a spot to lay down so she can see us both.
A story you would like to share : This past weekend, as a tribute to Harley, I had a tattoo of my forever friend put on my arm. The piece took seven hours to complete and was worth every ounce of pain I endured. It is an excellent likeness of Harley and even depicts her in her little purple pugjamas (as I like to call them) with sheep. For the rest of my life, Harley will be there looking up at me with her sweet pug face. She's as photogenic as they come and has even appeared in a television commercial for an electric company she stole the show and what a treat to see it air on TV.
Any health conditions and how you treat them : Harley's had two notable health conditions over the past 9 (almost 10 years on 4/17) years. I've always fed Harley good quality, natural dog food. She still developed crystals again and again. This is how I discovered the Only Natural Pet Store Website and all the wonderful products and treats. I needed something that would help balance her urinary tract pH and dissolve struvite crystals. After reading several reviews I decided to try the Solid Gold Berry Balance… that was a few years ago and I haven't had a problem since. And since the vet put her on a vegetarian diet, I couldn't let her go without treats and picked out some of the Sam's Yams Sweet Potato Dog Chewz. Harley gobbled those up and I felt good about giving them to her.
In March 2009 I noticed Harley was having trouble walking, and hated to admit something was wrong. After several vet visits and thousands of dollars on tests it was discovered that Harley suffers from Hydrosyringomyelia. She has been on omeprazole and gabapentin since June of 2009. Walking is becoming more difficult with each passing day as Harley is beginning to lose strength in her back legs. To remedy this and allow her to participate in walks with the other dogs, I bought her a stroller which she seems to like. And while surgery is not an option for my friend, my main concern for her is quality of life. I know that my friend will let me know when it's time and I owe it to her to listen and do the right thing. Until then I am grateful for every single day I am given with her and will spoil her all the way until the end. All I know if there are no dogs in Heaven, I want to go wherever Harley goes and cross over that Rainbow Bridge together."


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Scoop: MIKE & MOLLY on CBS - Monday, February 25, 2013
"Molly's New Shoes" - Molly enjoys a shopping spree at the mall after Mike storms off over a disagreement, on MIKE & MOLLY, Monday, Feb. 25 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Gerald McRaney guest stars as Police Captain Patrick Murphy, Mike's boss.MIKE & MOLLY stars Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy in a comedy about a working-class Chicago couple who had almost given up on love... and then found each other. Officer Mike Biggs is a good-hearted cop who works the beat with his fast-talking, wise guy partner, Officer Carl McMillan. When he least expects it, Mike meets Molly Flynn, an instantly likeable fourth grade teacher with whom he's immediately smitten. Molly lives with her sexy older sister, Victoria, and their flirtatious, wine-loving mother, Joyce. Mike and Carl frequent a diner where they've become friends with the Senegalese waiter, Samuel. Mike and Molly's relationship is often complicated by the interference of Mike's mom, Peggy, while Carl's Grandma and Joyce's fiancé Vince often offer unsolicited advice on love. Now that they've found each other, Mike and Molly have gotten married, and will start the next chapter of their lives together as newlyweds.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is expected to notify Congress this week that it plans to put some 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for up to 22 days in the coming months if a new $46 billion budget cut goes into effect on March 1, a defense official said on Tuesday.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said congressional notification could come as early as Wednesday. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told reporters in late January that congressional notification of the furloughs would come "in the next few weeks."
The Defense Department, which is considering having workers take off one day per week for 22 weeks, is required to notify Congress 45 days before furloughing employees. Individual employee notification is required 30 days in advance and is expected to take place in the coming weeks, the official said.
With the department nearly five months into its fiscal year, it is running out of time to provide congressional notification and still be able to carry out the plan, which Carter said would save as much as $5 billion.
"Obviously this is a terrible thing to have to do to our employees and to the mission," Carter told reporters in January. "But it's necessary because it'll save $5 billion and we have to find that money."
The unpaid leave would not affect uniformed personnel, whose jobs and pay have been exempted from the cuts by President Barack Obama.
But Carter said 44 percent of Defense Department civilians are veterans and most do not work at a desk in Washington but carry out other functions in communities across the country.
The Pentagon is facing $46 billion in across-the-board budget cuts on March 1 under a mechanism known as sequestration unless Congress takes action to delay them.
The rigid cuts, which hit programs equally regardless of strategic importance, were ordered in the Budget Control Act of 2011 in an effort to force lawmakers to negotiate an alternative package of reductions to curb the government's trillion dollar deficits. But Congress failed to reach a deal.
The cuts - which total about $500 billion over a decade - were supposed to go into force on January 2, but lawmakers delayed them until March 1 in order to have more time to try to achieve a deal. Little headway has been made since then.
The reductions come as the Pentagon is already trying to implement $487 billion in cuts to projected spending over a decade that were also part of the Budget Control Act.
Pentagon officials accepted those cuts and integrated them into a new defense strategy unveiled last year, but they have expressed alarm over the additional reductions, saying they will cause a readiness crisis this year and do damage over the long run.
Some analysts are skeptical, however, saying Pentagon officials are exaggerating the likely effects of the cuts in an effort to pressure Congress into taking steps to stop the reductions.
Reporting by David Alexander; Editing by Cynthia Osterman