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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Château de la Chèvre d'Or
Spring has been in a playful mood this year, getting our hopes up only to dash them like the wave that swept through our beach picnic yesterday, soaking us from head to toe. Yet the season started promisingly with a brilliant if chilly day in Eze Village, a little town 20 minutes from Nice that clings to the top of a craggy rock overlooking the sea.
Philippe and I came here on the first day of spring (ages ago, I know) to have lunch at the Château de la Chèvre d'Or, named after an animal that frequently pops up in Provençal lore. Various tales explain how this old stone house came to be called La Chèvre d'Or, but what is certain is that the golden goat has prospered since Robert Wolf opened the restaurant in 1953. Now part of the Relais & Château chain, the Chèvre d'Or has transformed half the town into luxury accommodation, attracting wealthy Parisians in need of sun and tourists from all over the world. The hotel employs more than 100 staff to take care of its four restaurants and 34 rooms, which are scattered throughout the village.
I had heard nothing but good things about the food at La Chèvre d'Or before coming here, but with the restaurant freshly re-opened after its winter break who knew whether an unexpected wave might come crashing through this meal? Chef Philippe Labbé put any fears to rest with cooking that walked a fine line between traditional and daring, never slipping too far one way or the other. I also couldn't help but notice that he shares my love of citrus, which endeared him to me throughout the meal. Oh, and that champagne did put us in a good mood from the very beginning, as did a series of well-chosen glasses of wine from the sommelier.
Crisp parmesan cones perched in shot glasses set the tone, alongside a paper-thin parmesan tuile sprinkled with paprika.
Beautiful as they looked on their silver spoons, these salmon sushi couldn't help but seem out of place here - a small blip in the Provençal spirit of this meal.
I would normally be alarmed at the idea of Niçois ravioli (filled with beef and chard) with an avocado sauce vierge, but the chef pulled it off here with a good shot of acidity from lemon zest and juice. Surprising and delicious.
The meal's first course after the amuses-bouches involved different takes on sea urchin and caviar, as in this iced cocktail of fennel and spider crab jelly topped with sea urchin "tongues".
Most intriguing of the three small dishes was a translucent sea water "raviole" with an intense sea urchin filling. I had visions - most likely inaccurate - of the chef hiking down the steep trail known as the Nietzsche path from the top of the village to the sea to collect water in a bucket.
I loved everything about la barbue sauvage, wild brill with spiky artichokes and a separate small dish of gamberoni with artichoke. Labbé deserves credit for showcasing an often underrated fish, rather than choosing the more obvious turbot or sole.
You might have heard of Bresse chicken, but did you know that the Bresse region also produces rabbits worthy of star chefs? The doll-sized rack of ribs alongside the stuffed saddle and confit shoulder was not for those who squirm at the thought of eating bunnies.
A thin slice of mango filled with iced vanilla cream was fabulous and we could have happily stopped here, but along came trio of desserts...
This photo aims to disguise the fact that I had taken a few bites before I remembered my duty. Alongside it was a praline cream with a crumbly apricot topping and a chilled coupe of coffee, lemon, chocolate and nougatine - all as rich and over-the-top as it sounds.
As you might expect the Château de la Chèvre d'Or is not a cheap place, but with set menus at €65 or €95 at lunch (€180 at dinner) and spectacular plunging views of the sea, it's definitely worth a splurge. In summer the best seats are on the terrace, which gets a cool breeze even on the hottest days.
* Carol Van Rooy is the winner of my book giveaway - thanks to all you borage lovers out there! I've sent you an e-mail, Carol, and will put the books in the post as soon as I hear from you.
8 comments:
- Lucy said...
Worth every cent.
I love the golden goat. Great images here!
- April 20, 2008 at 10:39 p.m.
- Stephanie said...
Anything with sea urchin and I'm hopelessly lost... that jelly sounds extraordinary!
- April 22, 2008 at 12:28 a.m.
- Carol Van Rooy said...
Please let me know, if you hadn't recieved my previous email so I may resend you my address.
- April 22, 2008 at 1:19 p.m.
- Rosa said...
Lucy, I find that goat very endearing too. Glad you like the photos!
Stephanie, the sea urchin in various guises was definitely the highlight of this meal.
Carol, I can find no trace of your e-mail - please try again!
- April 22, 2008 at 7:05 p.m.
- insane scribbler said...
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- April 22, 2008 at 9:04 p.m.
It all looks divine!
Eileen (passions to pastry)@
- April 23, 2008 at 1:05 p.m.
- L Vanel said...
Definitely worth a visit, at least at lunch time! Wow! Gorgeous photos.
Happy one year!
Lucy Vanel
- April 23, 2008 at 5:46 p.m.
- Rosa said...
Thanks Saikat, I'd like to try the slideshow widget.
Eileen, it tasted as good as it looked... French cooking at its best.
Thanks for the birthday wishes, Lucy! Hope you make it to La Chèvre d'Or someday.
- April 28, 2008 at 8:46 a.m.


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The Indian Honeynet Project (IHP) (www.honeynet.in) joined the Honeynet Project on July 25, 2009
Current chapter members are from all over the country and the total strength is 150. A list of chapter members is available on the website with a brief introduction about their interests. There are no fees and all activities are driven by individuals voluntarily.
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We are currently working on enhancing the NepenthesFE tool to include:
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We took up the front-end tool (NepenthesFE) for the nepenthes honeypot, originally developed by Emre Bastuz, and added few more modules like VirusTotal, Geoip, Afterglow and Google Maps to the framework.
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During the first phase of our nepenthes honeypot deployment, we found interesting IRC based bots. The analysis (via CWSandbox and Wireshark sniffing) showed us the domains(C&C) it was connecting to: j4m4l.kuwaitarmy.net and russia.blacktiehsbdcs.com
russia.blacktiehsbdcs.com had an unprotected XAMPP installation with the PhpMyAdmin package installed. The MySQL database contained a dump of usernames and passwords of users whose systems may have been infected by the malware binary.
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April 18, 2003
Fullerton, Calif. - Even when the Gauchos get hits, their pitching surrenders more than can be handled. UC Santa Barbara (18-20, 1-7) dropped their seventh straight game on Friday, all in Big West conference play. Cal State Fullerton (33-8, 7-1) pounded out 16 runs on 19 hits. The Gauchos helped by commiting three errors and walking five hitters.
Fullerton once again grabbed the early lead on Friday. Preseason All-American Shane Costa doubled to bring home Ronnie Prettyman, giving the Titans the 1-0 lead. Prettyman had an infield single to lead off the game. Costa was later picked off by Martin to quiet the opening-inning threat.
Martin couldn't escape the second inning against Fullerton. Loading up the bases with a single and two walks, he then walked Justin Turner with two outs to bring in a run. Pitching coach Dan Ricabal had seen enough and called on Rich Sorenson to come in relief. Sorenson hit the first batter he faced, Costa, in the leg to bring in another run. The next batter, Shane Costa, grounded to Josh Fulton at short. As with last night, Fulton had trouble with his throwing, pulling Josh McCanne off the bag for a throwing error. McCanne, on a heads up play, spun around and nailed Turner at the plate. The inning was over, but the damage was done and Fullerton increased their lead to 4-0.
The Gauchos fought back for three runs in the fifth inning. With two outs and two runners on, Nate Sutton drove a ball off the wall in dead center field, clearing the bases. On the next pitch, Titan starter Dustin Miller uncorked a pitch in the dirt, bringing Sutton in to score and bringing the Gauchos within one run, 4-3.
UCSB wasn't done in the inning, but wasn't able to tie up the score. Nic Rodriguez and McCanne each singled to chase Miller. Taylor Vogt walked to load the bases. Travis Ingle came in and caught Matt Wilkerson looking on what was a very questionable call by home plate umpire Rorke Kominek. The Gauchos were left with the bases loaded and head coach Bob Brontsema only able to give Kominek his opinion on the call.
Fullerton took advantage of the strike out and increased their lead with two more runs in the bottom of the inning. Costa singled and moved to second when Brian Adams misplayed the ball. He then scored when Kyle Boyer doubled to right-center. The Titans then brought in another run with a two out single by Danny Dorn, giving CSF a 6-3 lead.
Proving that an extended losing streak won't make the Gauchos go away, Santa Barbara clawed back for two more runs in the sixth. Sutton again came through with a two out hit. This one traveled significantly less distance-wise than his last, but was just as effective. The Gaucho third-baseman topped one off the plate and had it bounce high towards the shortstop. Justin Smyres had a do-or-die play, and couldn't come up with it. Chris Malec scored easily on the play, and when Smyres overran the ball Fulton hustled around to score as well. The two-RBI infield single brought the score to 6-5, Fullerton.
CSF put the game out of reach with multiple runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings.
Matt Wilkerson launched a solo home run to lead off the Gaucho eighth, his third on the season.
Martin (2-1) received the loss. He lasted 1.2 innings, allowing three hits and three earned runs, walking four and striking out two Titans. Travis Ingle earned his first win on the season with a solid relief outing.
This Big West series concludes on Saturday at 1:00 pm at Goodwin Field in Fullerton, CA. UCSB will send right-handed junior Matt Vasquez (2-3, 5.30 ERA) to the mound. CSF counters with junior righty Jason Windsor (5-1, 1.42). The Gauchos next play USC in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 22 at 5:00 pm. The next home game is next Friday at 2:00 pm as Long Beach State comes in for a three game conference series.


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You're looking at a picture of Active Region 1429 — that's the decidedly dull name that NOAA has given the sunspot region behind some of the most wicked solar flares and coronal mass ejections astronomers have seen in close to decade.
Remember all that news last week about downed radio communications and rerouted plane flights? You've got AR1429 to thank for that. And while this particular flare has almost rotated entirely out of Earth's view, astronomers say we can expect even more instances of violent solar activity in the months and years ahead, as we approach what's called the solar maximum — the period of peak solar activity in the Sun's roughly 11-year solar cycle.
This particular photo was captured on March 11 by astrophotographer Alan Friedman. [Hi res available here]. Friedman used what's called an Hα filter to photograph the narrow (albeit visible) wavelength of light emitted by hydrogen atoms on the surface of the Sun. He then inverted the image so that the hottest regions would appear darker than their surroundings.
You can see more of Friedman's work over on his website.
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Flight 370: How Pings Revealed the Flight's Path
How did analysts use "ping" data from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to calculate its flight path? How did satellite "wobbles" complicate the calculations? WSJ's Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer.
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Pets, Pets, Pets
Where do you hold a gigantic pet breed convention in New York City? At the Javits Center, of course. Last weekend the return of Meet the Breeds™ hosted by the rare pairing of the American Kennel Club (AKC) and Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) was billed as the world's largest showcase of dogs and cats. That claim is based on attendance at last year's inaugural two-day gathering.
Meet the Breeds™ is an educational expo introducing the public to common and rare breeds. Visitors can see and learn about everything from a Beagle to a Boerboel (South African Mastiff). Each individual dog or cat club is supposed to decorate their booth to reflect the heritage and history of their breed, and to bring sociable four-legged representatives for a meet n' greet. The breed spokespeople then provide information about characteristics and care of their breed. Actually, it is a grueling day for the dogs that are petted and posed non-stop. The cats are a bit more hidden.
Last year, over 36,000 visitors interacted with over 160 different dog breeds and 40 cat breeds plus their respective human fanciers, some who dress in native costume. The Saluki gang (dogs too) donned Egyptian attire in their pyramid while the Afghans romped on pillows within their Aladdin-style casbah, but their owners didn't dress to match the tent. Terrier folk wore tweeds and British shorthair ladies put on Elizabethan gowns. The people are just backdrop behind the furry stars who steal the show.
I helped out at the Afghan Hound booth on Saturday. The spots are in alphabetical order, only Affenpinschers precede us. Last year the Affenpinscher table was empty, but this year club members came from North Carolina; while our other neighbor - the Airedale - was a no show on Saturday. (Oddly, no one represented Labrador Retrievers, the AKC most popular breed.) Participation is dependent on getting volunteers. As for Afghans, the national specialty in California coincided with Meet the Breeds™ so fewer show people were available.
This year the cat arena was right in front of us, providing a back stage view of the feline fashion show including a Tonkinese as Cleopatra, a Manx in a Carmen Miranda hat, and a Sphynx dressed up as a cowboy. The super models tolerated photographers quite well. In another aisle the cat agility course was completely screened in so athletes couldn't decide to defect.
The Afghan booth had an interesting international contingent although the ancient breed originates in the Middle East. Anna Stromberg, a top Afghan Hound handler, brought four of her champions – Amelia from Sweden, Marcus from Finland, Zurah from Chile, and Dusty from L.I. who all played with Sif, a six month old puppy from Iceland.
The Afghans' tresses were banded in ponytails or protected by sequin snoods which seemed to mesmerize the crowd, many who have never been to a competitive dog show. Canine celebrities Marcus and Amelia spent the day entertaining with bows, high fives and graceful leaps on and off the grooming table while their brother Dusty posed in his ladybug snood since he regularly attends a "Reading with Rover" program where struggling young students eagerly read to him.
To me, the day's high point was when both Amelia and Marcus approached a quadriplegic woman on a ventilator who signaled with her eyes that she wanted to pet them. With assistance she was able to brush her fingers against their silky hair. Throughout the event we gave out brief primers on the breed and bookmarks with Edgar Afghan Poe's pet safety tips for Halloween, but for the second year in a row, someone walked off with my samples of the Afghan Hound Club of America Rescue calendar. Bummer.
The objective of Meet the Breeds™ is to acquaint prospective owners with the needs, as well as pros and cons of each breed so these people can make informed decisions before acquiring a new pet. The dog clubs stress the importance purchasing a pup from a reputable breeder, never a pet store, after researching whether the breed of your desire fits your lifestyle. Most clubs also promote their specific purebred rescue efforts and make sure interested parties hear that rescued purebreds make great companions too.
No one is supposed to walk out of the Javits Center with a new dog or cat, but there was some adoption showcasing going on. I saw a Beagle walk by wearing an orange "Adopt Me" vest. Last year's Mayor's Alliance cat adoption area on the lower level resulted in inquiries for 200 cats and kittens adopted later on. Might exposure at Meet the Breeds™ in 2010 match or surpass this number of homes for the many needy kitties sans a pedigree?
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Shelter (631-643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: Now it is time for "Meet the Shelter Breeds". This friendly, white male Beagle #93555 is the larger size. "Snuggle" in C-10 is a 4 year old domestic shorthaired, charcoal gray cat, declawed and a gentleman. His family moved without him and he has been waiting months for a new family.
More cats: "Ingrid" in C-9- sweet 2 year old tabby; "Hemi" in the Cat Colony- also declawed and wellmannered.
Male Dogs: Clumber Spaniel mix #93531; "Blue" #93487-Retriever mix; Pug.
Female Dogs: frightened Cockerpoo; "Jinni, Lydia, Asia, Brownie" all Pit permutations. "Brownie" is the new featured pet on Babylon Shelter's Petfinder site- NY275.


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When a Man Comes Home (2007)
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In this comedy, Sebastian (Oliver Moller Knauer) is a handsome but shy young man living in a small town in Denmark who is cursed with a stutter. Sebastian is in love with a beautiful girl, Claudia (Helene Reingaard Neumann), who has agreed to marry him. However, Claudia isn't Sebastian's first love, and a chance meeting with his old girlfriend Maria (Ronja Mannov Olesen) leads to him being unfaithful to his fiancée for the first time. Sebastian could use some advice from a male role model, but the town is abuzz because Karl Kristian Schmidt (Thomas Bo Larsen), a internationally famous opera singer who is the village's most famous son, is coming home for a visit and no one has time to talk to him. Sebastian decides to ask his mother what to do and she makes a surprising confession -- while she's always told Sebastian his dad was killed in a train accident not long before he was born, the truth is Schmidt fathered him during a brief fling before he left town to seek his fortune. Now Sebastian is determined to meet the great singer during his brief visit, and it turns out Schmidt has plenty of advice for his long-lost son. En Mand Kommer Hjem (aka When A Man Comes Home) received its American premiere at the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Leah Remini, one of the most prominent celebrities to leave the Church of Scientology, said on Monday that her family felt they could no longer belong to the church and had lost many friends because of the decision.
"Over time my eyes opened and I just could no longer be affiliated with the organization, and my family felt the same, so we left," Remini told daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on "Ellen," offering a view into her rationale for leaving.
The 43-year-old actress best known for her role in the CBS television sitcom "The King of Queens" did not elaborate on why she broke from the church after some four decades.
"It was hard and we've lost friends that can no longer talk to us who are still in the organization," added Remini, who will take part in the upcoming season of ABC's celebrity reality competition "Dancing with the Stars."
Remini is also planning to write a memoir about her life in which she was brought into the church as a child by her family.
In July, representatives for Remini confirmed that she had left the church founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard in 1954. The church counts actors like John Travolta and Tom Cruise among its members.
Followers of Scientology believe humans are immortal beings whose experience extends beyond one lifetime. Critics of the church describe it as a cult that harasses people who try and quit, a criticism the movement rejects.
The New York Post said in July that Remini left the church after coming under special scrutiny when she asked about the whereabouts of church leader David Miscavige's wife in 2006.
The actress had also filed a missing person report with Los Angeles police for Shelly Miscavige, but authorities closed their inquiry in August, saying it had been "unfounded."
The church has called allegations that Shelly Miscavige is missing "harassment" and a "publicity stunt cooked up by a small band of unemployed fanatics who live on the fringe of the Internet."
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Hello, Weekend!: The Power of Poison, Scientific Illustrations, and More at the Museum 11/16 and 11/17
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Hello, weekend! There's much to see this Saturday and Sunday at the Museum, as a new exhibition, The Power of Poison, opens, joining six others already on view.
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Opening Saturday! The Power of Poison
Step inside a world where poison reigns: In The Power of Poison, an immersive new exhibition that opens this Saturday, visitors are invited to walk through a diorama of Colombia's Chocó lowland forest, which is filled with poisonous species; explore the variety of fairy tales and legends that feature poison; and visit a theater where a live presenter details a real-world murder-by-poison and the rise of toxicology, the science of detecting poison.
Learn more about the exhibition. Read the enthusiastic New York Times review.
You can also download a free companion app, and solve cases of accidental poisoning. See a screen from the app below.
Open Now: Natural Histories: 400 Years of Scientific Illustration from the Museum's Library
From flightless birds to flying fishes, see exquisitely rendered illustrations reproduced from holdings in the Museum Library Rare Book collection. Learn more in a video.
The exhibition, in IMAX Gallery on the Museum's first floor, is free for Members or with Museum admission. Learn more.


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Watch every episode of The Merlin Show for free by subscribing via iTunes.
Merlin talks with Google's Chris Wetherell about working from the road, the surprisingly modest stakes of touring, opportunity costs, and failing utterly at email.
Note: This is the second segment of a 2-part interview with Chris; don't miss part one read more »
Merlin talks with John Roderick, the singer and songwriter behind "The Long Winters" (and the man behind The Merlin Show's theme song, "Blue Diamonds"). John curses at on-set hippies, wonders about making money on the web, and demands that indie rockers learn to behave more like building contractors. Roffle, roffle, roffle. (Contains PG-13 language, ribald exchanges, and frank discussion of show business ["it's not 'show friend…'"])
Note: This is the first segment of our 4-part interview with John Roderick; don't miss part two, part three, and part four. read more »
In today's episode, Merlin talks with Peter Hughes of The Mountain Goats about the logistics of wired touring, keeping a tour diary on LiveJournal, and why The Mountain Goats don't have a MySpace page. read more »
Merlin talks with San Francisco indie rocker John Vanderslice about giving up on a large volume of email, meeting the people you admire, and having no patience for people who act like rock stars. (FYI: Contains PG-13 language)
Note: This is the second segment of a 3-part interview with JV; don't miss part one and part three read more »
Merlin talks with Google's Jeffrey Veen about making the best of meetings (and the time around them), lofi capture, and the beauty of simple tools. We also learn how Jeff has learned to use his commute for firewalled time.
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Learn how to access drop-down menus in every application via Quicksilver.
(Hint: As a Mac OS X screen demo, this is an episode you may prefer to watch at high-resolution) read more »
Merlin talks with singer and songwriter Jonathan Coulton about becoming a role model for his daughter, juggling roles at home, and occupying a coffee shop as a satellite office. Be there for the Oprah-like moment where Jonathan breaks down and admits his email system is not working.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 88 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
We are an ethical SEO firm located in sunny San Diego, California.
I started my SEO company because I had worked for other SEO companies and had seen the poor service and results they were delivering to their clients. I left that other company and pledged to start my own SEO company that delivers incredible results and service each and every time.
We feel that we understand our client's problems with their online marketing and their lack of results with it, and we want our Website to SPELL OUT that we understand those frustrations and we can fix them.
We are also a FUN and effective company that ALWAYS stays on the cutting edge of the SEO industry. We are quick to respond to our client's questions and concerns to make them feel at ease.
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Business owners - mostly corporate business owners. Most are service based. We deal directly with the CEO/Owner/President/Technical Department to make sales. Most are males. 35-55 years of age. Value family and success.
navigation like everydaystory.com, except blue instead of green. be sure to have the "ends pulling up" feel applied. room for 5 navigation pages "SEO services" "SEO faq's" "SEO results" "SEO blog" "your SEO team"... also make sure to have a small "home" page button like on everydaystory.com.
"brandseo" should be top left, big and strong bold text (be creative) - clean, dark blue, and somehow make the "seo" standout and be more prominent. jpeg of current logo is attached. feel free to play around by removing globe and mountains...
619 564 4989 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 619 564 4989 end_of_the_skype_highlighting should be big and strong bold text (be creative) - clean, similar blue but maybe a little lighter, maybe use a phone image next to the number... make the number pop out
1 video testimonial box with space at the top of the box for introduction text
1 'welcome' video box for the owner to speak to the customers with space at the top of the box for introduction text
Some small paragraphs of text speaking to we understand your problem and we can truly help.
1 free consultation box form with 5 fields inside the box for their: "Name" "Website" "Phone Number" "Email Address" "Enter Keywords"
Email newsletter or free download like "7 biggest website marketing mistakes to avoid" box with space for intro text to capture email addresses name and mobile phone
4 small paragraphs (each inside their own faded out gray box)... next to each separate paragraph (to the left - not included in the gray box) is an image to represent this section "Global SEO" "Local SEO" "SEO Linking" "Social Media"
We did a couple of failed attempts (see below) yet there are elements that do work so you may want to look at them for reference.
We did like the images at the left of the bottom text below the fold (magnifying - padlock) and the treatment of this shaded not shaded to break up the sections. The images at the top seemed a bit too much. The best negative feedback we got was that it did not speak to the customer about "WE UNDERSTAND YOUR PROBLEMS" THAT MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE DESIGN WE UNDERSTAND YOUR PROBLEMS AND WE ARE THE SOLUTION.
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The early 1890s saw a massive push by forward-thinking people and companies into the virtually brand-new automotive industry. In both the U.S. and in Europe, brilliant engineers and planners created the predecessors of the cars, trucks, and SUVs, which consumers enjoy today. Volkswagen was no exception. The company got to a late start compared to some of the American companies. Its doors officially opened in 1938 with a brand new plant.
World War II brought changes to the plant; Volkswagen was ordered to make artilleries for the German army. Fortunately, following the war, Volkswagen came under the responsibility of the British Military Government, and the company turned its attention back to building cars. Soon after, the famous Beetle came into production in 1945.
Since that time, designers and engineers of Volkswagen continued to offer all kinds of cars and vans for the public. In addition to the Volkswagen Beetle car and van, the company also is known for the Eos, which was offered in Europe and the U.S.
The Volkswagen Eos is a good example of what the engineers in Germany are capable of. This car is well known for its fun convertible design with a retractable hard top, allowing the Eos to be more than adequate for seasonal cold or wet weather in varying climates. This feature is considered to be a marked improvement over other convertible options that offer soft-top protection.
The Volkswagen Eos is the successor to the popular Cabrio model. Many people feel it has a more modern look and feel as well as performance capabilities than the Cabrio model. The Eos is known for a greater level of sophistication for discriminating buyers.
Unlike many other hard-top convertible models on the market, the Eos was reasonably priced to allow a greater number of people to consider this car. The cost of the basic trim level starts low but the more options that are added to the car, the higher the price rises. All in all, the Eos is generally known to be a good value, given the fine engineering and features of the car.
Volkswagen Eos Features
For the 2012 model year, Volkswagen made some changes to the Eos in an attempt to push its hard-top convertible offering closer to the front of the pack. Some industry leaders feel the Eos doesn't get the attention and recognition it deserves in its class. The 2012 year brings new standard features to the Eos, including the DSG automated manual gearbox and Volkswagen's "infotainment" and climate-control system in the interior. Many experts are comparing the exterior of the new Eos to the Jetta, especially in the front end.
With the Eos' two-liter turbo four-cylinder engine, the smaller car is equipped with plenty of power and handling ability for its size. The engine design and size also allow for excellent fuel economy.
In 2012, Volkswagen is offering three trim levels in the Eos line. Buyers can choose from the Komfort, Lux, and Executive options. Even base Komfort offers plenty of extras such as heated mirrors, wind deflectors, and keyless entry as well as cruise control, and fog lights. The Lux edition is equipped with leather upholstery, automatic wipers, and parking sensors. Those that chose the Executive trim level will enjoy sport-tuned suspension, an excellent sound system, and 18-inch wheels.
Past versions of the Volkswagen Eos are in large demand with both convertible and Volkswagen fans. The Eos was first offered in the 2007 model year and became an instant favorite. In its first incarnation, the Eos offered three different trim levels to the consumer: the basic Eos, the 2.0T, and the 3.2 liter. The base model and the 2.0T are equipped with turbocharged-four engines and have either a six-speed manual or DSG transmission options. In the 3.2-liter trim level of the Eos, Volkswagen opted to equip it with a powerful V-6 engine.
In the 2008 and 2009 model years, Volkswagen chose to change things up a bit in the Eos. Those years featured the Turbo, Komfort, Lux, and VR6 trim levels. The VR6 is much like the slightly older 3.2-liter in design but offers 18-inch wheels and the option of sports seats. Changes were also made to the base model or the 2.0T, now called the Lux. The Lux features additional options while staying true to its origins with the turbocharged-four engines. Most buyers feel these cars are durable and handle well, making them worth the money invested.
2016 Volkswagen Eos
Convertible, Sports
2015 Volkswagen Eos
2014 Volkswagen Eos
2013 Volkswagen Eos
2012 Volkswagen Eos
For 2012 a new model gets introduced with all the trimmings: the Executive model starts at a not-insignificant $39,220.
2011 Volkswagen Eos
The 2011 Volkswagen Eos is a four-seat, two-door convertible with a fun retractable hardtop design, combining the open-air experience of a traditional ragtop with the security and all-season comfort of a fixed roof.
2010 Volkswagen Eos
Volkswagen's new touchscreen audio and Bluetooth control system finds its way into the Eos for 2010 along with a new instrument cluster and leather-wrapped steering wheel. The upmarket Lux package gets a chrome front grille and optional 18-inch alloy wheels with sport suspension.
2009 Volkswagen Eos
2008 Volkswagen Eos
The Eos is a younger addition to the Volkswagen (VW) family, having just been introduced in 2007.
2007 Volkswagen Eos
The 2007 Volkswagen Eos marks the first model year for the convertible.


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The popular "Fish Fry Friday Tours" at Historic Holy Trinity have begun again.
Each Friday, from 6 to 8 p.m., the public is invited to tour the 1900s-era Roman Catholic Church built on the east side of Niagara Falls for the Polish immigrants who migrated here to work in the newly developed industries that followed the building of the Niagara Power Plant.
After enjoying dinner at a local eatery, the public can view the interior of this beautiful edifice that is listed on the local, state and national Registers of Historic Places. Especially beautiful are the stained glass windows, which can be seen in the light of the setting sun.
Built in 1906, the church was constructed by the Braas brothers from native stone taken from the building of the hydraulic canal. The parish closed in 2008 and the complex was purchased from the Diocese of Buffalo by a not-for-profit group called Niagara Heritage of Hope and Service, aka Historic Holy Trinity, which works to preserve the structures, service the poor of the community and hold special events such as lectures, concerts and other public programs in the five building complex.
The tours will continue each Friday until Sept. 27. For more information, call 716-299-0799.


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Reducing High Blood Pressure with Regular Physical Activity
Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter
June 2006
Michael Wade, MPH, MS
Syndromic Surveillance Epidemiologist
Linda Stemnock, BSPH
According to 2003 data, over 30 percent of the adult population in the United States has high blood pressure. The proportion of adult women and men with high blood pressure is similar (32.8% and 31.5%, respectively).(1) Of particular concern is the disproportionately higher prevalence of high blood pressure among African Americans than other racial and ethnic groups. Additionally, adults of all races and ethnic backgrounds over the age of 60 experience significantly higher rates of high blood pressure than the rest of the population.(2) Indiana statistics are similar, as 26.2 percent of Hoosier adults reported that they had been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that they had high blood pressure. Also, the prevalence of high blood pressure in the state increased with age: 5.7 percent for adults ages 18-24, to 57.3 percent of adults ages 65 and older.(3)
Force, or pressure, is needed to move the blood through the body's arteries. The heart achieves this pressure through the muscular pump of its left ventricle. The left ventricle contracts and forces oxygen-rich blood through the arteries throughout the entire body. Normal blood pressure for adults is approximately 120/80. The top number (systolic) reflects the contraction phase of the left ventricle, when blood pressure is at its highest, while the bottom number (diastolic) is the left ventricle's relaxation phase. Blood pressure in adults is considered high if it is chronically greater than 140/90. Prior to the 1940s, the gradual increase in blood pressure observed in aging adults was considered typical and not a threat to optimal health. As we now know, chronically high blood pressure is strongly linked to heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and other serious health issues.(2)
The good news, however, is that much clinical and epidemiologic research demonstrates that regular physical activity is an excellent way to prevent and/or reduce high blood pressure. Particularly encouraging, reductions in resting blood pressure can be realized within weeks of starting a regular aerobic exercise routine. For blood pressure reduction, the American College of Sports Medicine recommends 20-60 minutes of moderately intense aerobic exercise performed 3-5 times each week. Activities such as walking, swimming, group aerobics, and other low-to- moderate intensity exercises are great ways to prevent and reduce high blood pressure.(4)
A good rule of thumb for success when starting any physical activity routine is to begin at an easy level and gradually increase exercise time and intensity. Those with high blood pressure should avoid physical activity that requires vigorous effort, as it may increase personal health risk. Finally, always consult with a health care provider before beginning an exercise routine, particularly if you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure or other health concerns.
A healthy blood pressure can be a reality for many Hoosiers, and a moderate routine of physical activity can help achieve it.
American Heart Association, Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics–2006 Update, A Report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, 2006.
Dishman R, Washburn R, Heath G, Physical Activity Epidemiology, Human Kinetics, 2004.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2005.
Nieman D, The Exercise-Health Connection, Human Kinetics, 1998.


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Public Water Supply: Compliance Resources
Information, guidance, and forms for public water systems in Texas.
Rules | Obtaining Approval for a New or Existing PWS | Operations & Management | Reporting | Record Keeping | Operator Licensing | Funding | Tools | Publications | Assistance | Fees | Drought Planning
Operations & Management
- Information about the Federal Revised Total Coliform Rule
- What's New in TCEQ Rules?
- Public Drinking Water Regulations, 30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 290, Subchapters D–H
- Water Districts –Information about creating, funding, or managing a Water District in Texas.
Obtaining Approval for a New or Existing Public Water System
- Establishing a New Public Water System
- You're a Public Water System…Now What? (RG-496) – A guide for rules and regulations that apply to public water systems, especially for those who may have recently learned they own a PWS.
Operations & Management
- Managing Small Public Water Systems (RG-501) – A five-part series helping owners, managers, or operators of small water utilities understand and comply with rules and develop tools to for planning and operation.
- Public Water System Chemical Sampling and Monitoring Frequency
- Technical Guidance for Public Water System Operators and Engineers
- Tampering with a PWS Warning Sign Template – You can provide this template to a sign company to have signs made for your system.
Reporting to TCEQ & the Public
- Reporting requirements
- Public Notification Language for Drinking Water Contaminants - Web page is currently under revision
- Public Notice to Boil Water (in English and Spanish)
- Consumer Confidence Reports
- Drought Contingency Plan
- Water Conservation
- Managing Small Public Water Systems: Compliance (RG-501d)
Record Keeping
- Record Keeping – These records are required to be available at the time of inspection of public water systems.
- Managing Small Public Water Systems: Compliance (RG-501d)
Operator Licensing & Requirements
- Public Water System Operators: What Applicants for Licensing Need to Know
- Search Licensing or Registration Information
Funding Sources
- Water and Wastewater Funding Sources — View a list of financial assistance programs for water and wastewater projects.
- Water Tank Inspection Form – 30 TAC 290.46(m)(1) requires documentation of annual ground, elevated, and pressure storage tank maintenance inspections.
- Special Precautions Flowchart: Responding to a Loss of Pressure in Your Distribution System
- Compliance Checklists
- Sample Operations and Maintenance Manual
- Water District Database
- Drinking Water Watch
Publications & Guidance Documents
- Rules and Guidance Documents for Public Water Systems
- You're a Public Water System…Now What? (RG-496) – A guide for rules and regulations that apply to public water systems, especially for those who may have recently learned they own a PWS.
- Managing Small Public Water Systems (RG-501) – A five-part series helping owners, managers, or operators of small water utilities understand and comply with rules and develop tools to for planning and operation.
- Small Business & Local Government Assistance toll free hotline 1-800-447-2827
- www.Texas EnviroHelp.org – Resources specifically tailored to help small businesses and local governments comply with environmental regulations
- Assistance for Public Water and Wastewater Systems – free financial, managerial, and technical assistance
- Texas Water Development Board
- Texas Water/Wastewater Response Network (TXWARN)
- Delinquent Fees
- Fees, Standards, and Reporting Requirements for Public Water Systems (RG-346)
- Fees for Public Water Systems 30 TAC 290.51
Drought Planning
- Water Conservation Plans, Drought Contingency Plans, Guidelines and Requirements, 30 Texas Administrative Code 288
- TCEQ Drought Contingency Planning
- What to Do in a Water Crisis
Where can I find more information and assistance?
The TCEQ's Small Business and Local Government Assistance Section offers free, confidential help to small businesses and local governments working to comply with state environmental regulations. Call us at 800-447-2827 or visit our Web page at TexasEnviroHelp.org.


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TGIF! It's wind finally! It's been a while I could catch a kitable wind after work. I think I can kite today. I hope this wind blast would stay. Maybe?
I got Alameda at 6 p.m. Only 5 of us kiting. It was SUPER FUN! I was on my 9m, wind died down a bit but 2 other guys were still kiting at 9 p.m.! If it wasn't too cloudy, it was almost full moon, so it might have been better. I bet it's still blowing. I really hope we can kite tomorrow too!
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Around the age of eight, a boy we'll call Sam made a new friend — a man in his early fifties. Rev. Neil Doherty was pastor at St. Vincent Catholic Church, which was across the street from Sam's Margate home.
Sam's family was not religious, and as the boy spent more time with Doherty, it struck his parents as odd. But Sam had trouble controlling his anger, and maybe a mild-mannered priest could be a positive influence.
Archdiocese of Miami
In 2001, when Sam's violent tendencies landed him in juvenile court, Doherty wrote a letter on his behalf. The priest began by listing his master's degree in divinity as well as psychology training at Harvard and Loyola of Chicago, and continued by describing his counseling work at Catholic Charities and part-time private practice with Fort Lauderdale psychiatrists.
Rescuing troubled boys was Doherty's lifelong mission. Sam's parents, he wrote, "can rely on me trying to be a 'good neighbor.' In this particular instance, I have become a sort of 'mentor' to their son."
He filled the rest of the letter with psychological jargon about personality disorders that might be the cause of Sam's mercurial behavior, and possible treatments. The tone was humble, deferential, and sensitive. Doherty credited Sam's "intelligence" and called him "a unique human being." More therapy, Doherty wrote, might help Sam in "discovering and accepting his true inner self." Doherty said he had been happy to provide that therapy, for free.
It was the year before the sex abuse scandals erupted in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. To most people, priests were still trustworthy figures. In retrospect, Sam's parents and social workers might seem naive. You can't say the same about the Catholic Archdiocese of Miami. By the time he wrote the letter, Doherty had accumulated 30 years' worth of abuse complaints, each of which followed the same arc: A troubled boy meets the priest for counseling and later accuses him of abuse and providing drugs.
Sam is allegedly one of Doherty's most recent victims. By overlooking reports that the priest was a sexual predator, the archdiocese, it is claimed, made it possible for him to strike again. And again.
North Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman has sued the archdiocese on behalf of 11 of Doherty's alleged victims. That number is far higher than for any other priest in the archdiocese. And considering the many boys Doherty has counseled over the years, Herman expects more claims to surface.
"[If] your kid was having drug or behavior problems and you called the archdiocese," Herman says, "they sent your kid to Neil Doherty — which was the worst place he could go."
A native of coastal Massachusetts, Doherty moved with his family to Lake Worth in the late Fifties. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in St. John Vianney College Seminary in Miami. Standing six feet three inches tall, he made a towering figure at the altar. He seemed even taller in his vestments because of the authority they conferred.
Before Doherty became a priest, his superiors questioned whether he had the necessary qualities. In June 1968, as Doherty neared his subdioconate — the order necessary to become a priest — records show that seminary officials learned of strains between Doherty and his family. They sent him to psychological counseling.
The priest assigned to evaluate Doherty, Rev. Rene H. Gracida, ruled that Doherty was "unsatisfactory." Had the archdiocese followed its own standards, Doherty would have been turned away from the priesthood then. But for reasons that are unclear in archdiocese records, he remained on the pastoral track.
In February 1969, as Doherty approached his ordination, Gracida authored a memo that contained a grudging endorsement. "I consider Mr. Doherty a very intelligent and complex individual," he wrote. "I cannot ascribe logical reasons for my doubts concerning his fitness for ordination." Gracida cited Doherty's "late hours and heavy drinking," but he wrote that he was most worried about the young seminarian's "obsessive preoccupation with psychology." That, Gracida mused, might have been Doherty's true calling. Though he supported ordination for Doherty, Gracida attached a caveat: "I merely wish to express serious doubts as to his fitness and as to his probable chances for achieving stability and happiness in the priesthood." A few months later, in May 1969, Doherty was ordained.
In short time, there were more reasons for doubt. In 1971, police raided a halfway house for troubled youth in Palm Beach County, based on allegations of widespread drug use. Doherty had a supervisory role there. A priest who'd been assigned to share a home with Doherty in Riviera Beach, Rev. Martin Cassidy, had contacted higherups to advise that Doherty should be kept away from drug rehabilitation facilities.
In April 1972, Cassidy made another report, informing Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll that Doherty, then 29 years old, had legally adopted a "young adolescent" named Gary Davis, who slept in Doherty's bedroom. Judging by church records produced in civil suits, Carroll, who had held his title since the archdiocese formed in 1958, did not order an investigation or take disciplinary measures. Shortly after Cassidy reported his concerns, however, Doherty received a new assignment, at Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Fort Lauderdale.
Doherty, who is under house arrest in Palm Beach County awaiting trial on sexual battery charges related to Sam and another boy, could not be reached for comment. His attorney, David Bogenschutz, declined to answer questions about the case, saying "his side of the story will be told to a jury."
The Archdiocese of Miami did not respond to a list of questions about Doherty, citing legal concerns. Archdiocese spokeswoman Mary Ross Agosta furnished a statement saying only that the archdiocese had an "ongoing appeal for anyone who has been a victim of abuse by a church member to contact the archdiocese's hotline," with a toll-free number, 866-802-2873.
Most of the boys Doherty counseled are now men, but as is customary, their identities have not been disclosed in public court filings.
One of them, whom we'll call Kevin, says he was referred to Doherty through the Catholic Services Bureau, which helps provide shelter and counseling for troubled children, especially those whose parents have substance abuse problems. Court records are unclear about Kevin's age when he met Doherty; all they say are that the boy's mother was an alcoholic prone to violent rages, which caused so much stress that Kevin had difficulty concentrating in school.
In a 2005 interview with Det. Eric Hendel of the Broward Sheriff's Office, Kevin told of his first meeting with Doherty, in 1973, the year after the priest left Riviera Beach. Kevin was surprised Doherty wore "sports clothes," he said, rather than the typical white collar, black shirt, and pants. Doherty told him not to bother calling him "Father Neil," Kevin explained, and encouraged use of the name Gus, which Doherty said he used with adult friends. Kevin was even more surprised when Doherty asked if he was sexually active. "I had grown up with a rather strict Roman Catholic family," Kevin told the detective. "This, to me, was a totally new brand of priest."
The boy met with Doherty twice a week. One day, the priest took out his car keys and flashed a smile. "We're going to skip a session," Kevin recalled him saying. With that, they drove to a house he remembers being "on the waterways somewhere."
Doherty opened a liquor cabinet and lit a joint. "I took a few puffs of that," said Kevin. "I was drinking bourbon. I didn't have a high tolerance at that time, so after two or three drinks, I reached a point where I was getting almost ready to pass out. He directed me toward a large bedroom."
There Kevin fell asleep, and when he awoke, "I remember feeling sexually aroused.... [Doherty] was on the bed with me, performing oral sex on me."
Kevin recalled being "absolutely terrified." But he was too groggy to resist. "I was aware enough that I realized this was a priest," he said. "This was a person who had me in therapy. I was very confused and scared and stayed silent."
He told police that next, Doherty flipped him on his stomach and sodomized him.
Over the next four years, said Kevin, there were "several dozen instances of sex" between Doherty and himself. "I knew I was going to him because I was having emotional problems," Kevin said, but those problems multiplied exponentially. "I was confused. I was angry. I was disappointed. I was disillusioned."
Kevin finally broke off contact with Doherty around 1977, he said, after he was approached by an 18-year-old man who said he'd been having sex with Doherty since he was 11.
At least three other men have accused Doherty of abusing them during his time at Saint Anthony in the Seventies.
Much like Kevin, one boy, whom we'll call Andy, was referred to Doherty in 1975 because he was disobeying his parents. Soon the chats with the pastor became a pleasant diversion from Andy's fourth-grade lessons, he told Detective Hendel in 2005. Before long, Doherty opened a file cabinet where he kept marijuana, sleeping pills, and Quaaludes.
Soon their conversations broached a mysterious adult subject: sex. "He had a really bizarre attitude toward women," Andy said. "He would talk about inserting objects into their vaginas and pouring lead into their vaginas to determine if they were a witch."
Doherty had a different perspective on boys. "He said the church frowned on homosexuality," Andy recalled, "but that would probably change once they discovered cum tastes good.... I just thought it was fascinating. Is that what the world is all about? My parents never told me about this."
The priest invited Andy on field trips, purportedly to visit Doherty's mother in West Palm Beach. But the woman was never home, Andy said. They would "sit around, watch TV, smoke marijuana, take pills, and drink beer," he explained. Andy passed out, and when he awoke, he had pain in his rectum. This happened at least three times, he told police.
At age 14, Andy broke into Doherty's apartment and stole the keys to the priest's car. He didn't see the man after that.
Another boy, whom we'll call Chris, said he was nine when he met Doherty through the Catholic Services Bureau. Like Andy and Kevin, Chris was referred because of behavior problems in school. During their sessions, when Doherty asked about homosexuality, Chris expressed disgust, saying he'd kill any man who made a move on him; an adult neighbor had already assaulted him.
Chris, who formed a drug habit before he became a teenager, bounced between Boys Town in west Miami and juvenile halls. Doherty always seemed to turn up. Chris thought it was cool that this priest had posters of rock bands on his walls. And, he told a detective, "He was teaching me to drive a car — you know, the things that a boy would want a father figure to do." In his early teens, he visited Doherty at a home in Coconut Grove, he said, and the priest gave him marijuana.
At age 15 or 16, Chris escaped from a reform school and Doherty offered him a place to stay. After a night of drinking and smoking pot, Chris passed out. When he woke in the middle of the night, Doherty was molesting him. "I just laid there frozen," he told police. "This person I had trusted with my entire life ... violated me, and there is nothing I could do about it."
After Doherty finished, Chris lay awake, listening. "I waited until he went to bed. I got up and I left, and I never saw him again." In 1979, Chris was sent to prison for seven years for crimes not disclosed in the public file.
Neither Chris nor Andy told anyone about the abuse, they said — not their parents, not even their friends. "It's not a very cool thing to talk about," says Andy, who recently agreed to be interviewed by phone. "When you're a young person, you want to be accepted, to not have people look at you like you're a weirdo."
In 1979, there came another abuse report: a boy who said Doherty drugged and molested a 16-year-old friend. At a deposition last year, Herman, the victims' attorney, handed Monsignor Rev. Tomas M. Marin, the chancellor of the archdiocese, a copy of the April 1979 memo that contained the accusation. He asked Marin what the proper response to that report should have been. Marin answered, "Investigate the allegations and see if they were true or not."
Herman pounced, reminding Marin that the report ought to have been given to the police, not investigated internally by the church. Marin disagreed, saying "there [was] no policy in 1979 that we had to report it."
But there was a law: Florida Statute 415.504, which requires persons with knowledge or suspicions of child abuse to report them to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. "What if I told you there was a law that said you had to report it," Herman said. "Would that change your opinion?"
"It would possibly change my opinion," Marin said.
The report of the 16-year-old, plus another allegation that Doherty molested a six-year-old, prompted an investigation by the archdiocese. Ultimately Marin's own review of archdiocese records found no interviews of victims or Doherty — only a consultation with a psychiatrist and a background check to ascertain whether Doherty had ever been arrested in Broward County (he had not). The investigation was closed.
If you've been abused by a priest in South Florida, Jeffrey Herman is the guy you call. Herman grew up in a Jewish family in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland. In his forties, he has a weightlifter's shoulders and an eager, energetic demeanor. On days he's not in court, he ditches the suit for jeans and vintage T-shirts.
So far, Herman has settled five cases involving Rev. Neil Doherty and has six more that are pending. He has also sued the archdiocese based on reports of abuse by 15 other priests.
The Catholic Church has become a jackpot for Herman, who reasons it's the church's own fault. "From my perspective, secrecy is a hallmark of the church," he says. "You have this imbalance of power where priests are the parish's connection to God. They have a mandate to keep secrets, to protect the church from scandal. And that was their priority — not protecting children."
In recent years, Herman has learned how sexual abuse causes victims to feel shame and to feel as if they are controlled by forces stronger than themselves. Since the criminal courts' statute of limitations has lapsed for alleged victims of abuse in the Seventies and Eighties, the civil courts are the only venue to seek justice. "By coming forward and filing a civil lawsuit, they're taking power back in their lives," says Herman. "Victims have told me this is part of the healing process. By holding the church accountable, they realize, 'This is not my fault.'"
A central issue in the Doherty cases and in those of other priests is the standard by which the Catholic Church has traditionally judged priests' guilt, called "moral certainty." It's similar to a criminal jury's instruction to convict only when evidence suggests guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Handled internally by the church, abuse complaints boil down to a priest's word against a child's. In Doherty's case, those children were almost always from checkered backgrounds. That appears to have made it difficult for the church to establish Doherty's guilt.
Herman argues that even if the individual boys who claimed Doherty abused them lacked credibility, the sheer volume of reports, combined with their similarity — drugged and then raped — established a pattern. "If you're not going to remove a priest until you have moral certainty, you're going to expose kids to a grave risk," says Herman. "In my opinion, the only thing certain about Doherty is that he was going to abuse more kids."
As he shuffles into a conference room in a jail jumpsuit, Jorge Soler no longer looks like the boy he was when he met Father Doherty. He doesn't even seem like the young man who was booked at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, off Doral Boulevard in Miami. When he posed for his mug shot, he had a finely trimmed goatee. Now, age 32, his beard is thick and covers nearly his whole face.
Soler grew up in Little Haiti during the early Eighties, when drugs and crime made the sidewalks a menacing place. He was the youngest of five children in a poor family. Soler tried drugs even before he met Doherty, in 1983 at age nine. The priest had been sent to his home as an outreach counselor. Soon the boy was placed in Miami Bridge, a youth shelter then on NW South River Drive.
The abuse began immediately.
Doherty would pick him up and take him shopping for new shoes, shorts, and jeans before they were joined by two other boys, both named Victor, says Soler. One was of Colombian descent, the other Puerto Rican. Doherty served them drinks that Soler thinks were drugged, possibly with valium or Quaaludes. "He turned me onto drugs by not telling me he was giving me drugs," Soler says with a bitter smile.
Then Doherty assaulted the trio, he says. On some occasions, another priest — who was a junior pastor at St. Mary's Cathedral, possibly a seminarian — was also present. That priest, says Soler, took nude photographs of the boys and joined Doherty in raping them.
He remembers riding in Doherty's car, the priest drunk or high on valium, scanning Biscayne Boulevard for a boy who would turn a trick. Doherty, says Soler, had no interest in men. "If they were over 18, he didn't want to mess with them."
Sometimes, when he visited Doherty, Soler says, he'd be given $200. Other times, "it was hard to get a dollar out of him," even when Soler was willing to trade sexual favors.
The abuse first came to light in 1983, during a counseling session with Dr. Simon Miranda, a court-appointed therapist. Soler began weeping and finally described how Doherty abused him. Archdiocese documents show Miranda immediately reported Soler's allegation to Archbishop Edward McCarthy, but no investigation followed.
Four years later, Soler sought out Doherty at the archdiocese pastoral center. "I wanted money for drugs," says Soler. "He had said if I ever needed money to call him, but he was ignoring me."
Doherty was not at the pastoral center. Desperate, the 15-year-old boy resorted to blackmail. He informed a nun, Sister Joyce Newton, that he had had sex with Doherty, who had given him a venereal disease. Newton phoned Doherty, who instructed her to give Soler money from the center's petty cash drawer just to get rid of him.
This time there would be an investigation, by the archdiocese chancellor, Gerard T. LaCerra. But documents subpoenaed in a civil suit that Soler has filed against the archdiocese suggest LaCerra's investigation was biased. Soler's attorney, Herman, says it was "a fraud" and "a sham."
Indeed even though a new victim had materialized, the chancellor took Doherty's side, alleging Soler was "an acknowledged homosexual prostitute and drug dealer."
In August 1992, a letter forwarded to LaCerra by Archbishop McCarthy began with a familiar refrain: "Our son was given drugs, Quaaludes in excess — and then raped by Father Neil Doherty, presently pastor of St. Vincent Parish in Margate, Fla."
The letter tells of how a boy whom we'll call Tony had been an A student at a Fort Lauderdale high school in 1978 when his parents went to meet with Doherty, then the pastor at Saint Anthony, about counseling their son. "He absolutely charmed us," Tony's parents wrote. "So you can imagine how easy it was for Father Doherty to hide behind his authority as a priest and ... to take advantage of a mentally ill, gullible 17-year-old boy. It was leading a lamb to slaughter."
Tony's parents alleged Doherty "brainwashed" their son — who was straight — into believing he was gay. On at least one occasion, said the parents, Doherty took Tony to a Palm Beach motel, where the priest drugged and raped him.
Then the boy dropped out of high school and ran away from home. It would be five years before Tony's parents would see him again. He had moved out of the region, was deeply depressed, and was leading what his parents called a "hand-to-mouth existence."
LaCerra offered the boy counseling but was rejected. Doherty was sent for psychological treatment at the Institute of Living, a Hartford, Connecticut resortlike clinic that is a frequent destination for troubled priests. There a doctor recommended the archdiocese issue a "temporary suspension from [Doherty's] duties while further investigation is taking place."
LaCerra wrote a letter in response saying he thought they had agreed Doherty would simply "take time off to work on personal issues." In the most chilling passage, he added, "If perchance your report would ever be placed under subpoena, the archdiocese could look quite negligent for not having immediately removed Fr. Doherty from his pastoral assignment."
Ultimately Doherty was allowed to choose a counselor — a friend — who suggested the archdiocese accept the priest's "candid and forthright assertions of his innocence."
Apparently it did just that.
Eventually the archdiocese discounted Tony's claims and characterized him and his parents as extortionists. In 1994, after the family threatened to take the story to the media, the archdiocese paid Tony's parents $50,000 in exchange for a promise not to sue.
In 2003, while conducting research for a criminal case against Doherty, prosecutors turned up evidence for criminal charges against the archdiocese, for being negligent in allowing Doherty to continue counseling boys, after it had already received abuse reports. A prosecutor informed the archdiocese that it might have filed a case had the statute of limitations not already lapsed. LaCerra died in July 2000, and Archbishop McCarthy passed away in June 2005. Doherty, meanwhile, returned to St. Vincent in Margate to resume counseling boys.
By the late Nineties, Doherty had every reason to feel invincible. A slew of boys had come forward to report abuse but not a single charge had stuck.
At roughly the same time the archdiocese reached its settlement with Tony's family, it was welcoming a new archbishop, Rev. John C. Favalora, who had held that position at dioceses in Alexandria, Louisiana, and St. Petersburg, Florida.
Favalora was greeted by a disturbing report from a group of parishioners at St. Vincent who were upset with Doherty. The group had written Archbishop McCarthy alleging Doherty was stealing from the church till and that he'd placed a known male prostitute on the payroll. The parishioners hoped that Archbishop Favalora would investigate.
He assigned Marin, who had inherited LaCerra's role as chancellor. Marin's investigation cleared Doherty of wrongdoing. In 1995, the chancellor drafted a letter, to be read at a Sunday service and bearing Favalora's signature, describing how the archbishop had examined the parishioners' report but that two audits found no evidence of financial impropriety and that "Likewise, [Favalora] examined personal accusations made against Father Doherty and found them baseless" — an apparent reference to the report involving the male prostitute.
But in depositions last year, Marin said the investigation focused on only the financial charges. He claimed to be unaware of the allegation about a prostitute, and although Favalora became archbishop the same month and year, December 1994, the archdiocese settled its case with Tony's family, both Favalora and Marin said they were unaware of the $50,000 payment.
;"And do you know whether they did?" Herman asked.
"No, I don't," Favalora said.
In Marin's deposition, Herman asked the monsignor whether the settlement combined with the long history of abuse allegations in Doherty's personnel file ought to have warranted a more thorough investigation of the Margate pastor.
"Hindsight is 20/20," Marin replied.
That doesn't bring an ounce of comfort to Sam, who speaks through a clenched jaw on a mid-March afternoon at a coffee shop in Margate, not far from the place he says he first met Doherty.
Sam, who agreed to speak with New Times on condition his identity not be revealed, says he was in fourth grade and playing football near his home, across the street from St. Vincent's parking lot and landscaped courtyard. When he stepped away from the game to smoke a cigarette, the eight-year-old saw Doherty's tall form emerge from a car and walk toward him.
"I hid my cigarette — like cuffed it," says Sam, "and [Doherty] says, 'No, man, if you want to smoke, it's not that big of a deal.' He was trying to be the cool adult. He was trying to gain my trust that way — and it worked."
The two struck up a friendship, and it progressed quickly. "We would talk for hours and hours about my beliefs," says Sam. "He is a very intelligent man. He was my friend at first. Then he was my mentor. Then he was my father. And it went from that to the abuse."
It would be awhile before Sam's parents learned of their son's new friend, and when they did, they didn't approve. But Sam still visited Doherty almost every day, he says.
The priest would pour Sam a soda in a red plastic cup. In a 2005 interview with a police detective, Sam recalled one occasion when after drinking the soda, "I passed out, and I walked out of [Doherty's] house later not remembering what had happened." He had pain in his rectum. Asked by the detective to elaborate, Sam responded irritably: "I felt as if I'd been fucked in my ass."
Sam found a wad of money in his pocket but couldn't recall how it got there. The rest of the details follow the same path as those of boys 20 years before: alcohol and drugs leading to blackouts and waking to Doherty in the midst of his assault.
It was the end of Sam's childhood. He was no longer interested in BMX racing or playing war games with kids on the same cul-de-sac. He was depressed, and Doherty recommended drugs. "I'd get angry all the time, and he said to drink beer and smoke pot because it would lessen my anger," says Sam. But those chemical effects made him yearn for uppers, "which is when I took coke."
Sam's family was not wealthy — his allowance was five dollars a week, and he dressed in hand-me-downs that his older brother got from a thrift store — but he says Doherty was willing to finance his drug habit, which had progressed to heroin. The priest visited Sam when his misbehavior led to his placement in a juvenile home. After Sam was sent to prison for having an illegal weapon and dealing drugs, he lost touch with Doherty.
Thanks in part to the counseling he received while incarcerated, Sam says, he came to understand how Doherty's abuse had affected his life — how it was at the root of his depression and his chemical addictions.
Sam has a vivid memory of a night not long after his release from prison, when he was walking along NW 18th Street, near St. Vincent Church. "I was trashed ... fucked up on OxyContin," says Sam. "And he approached me." By then, Sam had taken to carrying a knife to better defend himself in the rough crowds where he lived. "I was so filled with rage, I pulled my knife. I shined the blade in the streetlight so he could see it. I said, 'If you come near me, I'll kill you.'"
Doherty backed off. Sam hasn't seen him since. If there's a next time, it might be in a criminal trial.
In 2002, after the scandal broke in the Boston archdiocese, Monsignor Marin conducted an inventory of abuse charges against active priests in the Miami archdiocese, which finally put Doherty on administrative leave. In 2004, Doherty retired.
Today St. Vincent is led by Rev. Joseph Maroor, who conducts mass with a cheerful, earnest demeanor. On a Sunday in March, about 400 parishioners fill the pews of the T-shape church. During his sermon, Maroor speaks about how in the moments before mass, he entered the sacristy and saw an elderly man holding a sign. "It said, 'Don't tell God how big your problems are. Tell your problems how big your God is,'" Maroor beamed. "What a wonderful truth!"
It'll take a big God to get the Catholic Church out of its current fix. Herman is not allowed to say how much his clients have received in settlements so far, nor would he estimate how much he expects to win on unsettled cases, saying only that "millions" would be a fair characterization.
Kevin, the boy referred to Doherty for counseling related to his alcoholic mother, did not tell anyone about having had sex with the priest until a few years ago, when he saw an article about him being sued by another victim. Kevin told police that in the decades since the abuse, he's thought about Doherty every day.
Andy, another Seventies-era victim who had been impressed by Doherty's willingness to speak with him about adult subjects, no longer lives in the area. "It really ruined my life for a long time," he says of the abuse. Like other victims, he has battled addiction and he has had trouble keeping jobs and building relationships. Now he says he's clean, employed, and engaged to be married.
Jorge Soler's life after Doherty has followed a more tragic path. He has accumulated a long rap sheet of theft and drug offenses. He's awaiting trial on charges of credit card theft and stealing a car. He says his attorney has negotiated a plea deal that would give him about five years in prison, but Soler, a recovering crack and heroin addict, says he has made progress in drug treatment and is holding out hope for a program that would give him a measure of freedom in exchange for close monitoring of drug abuse.
Soler is Baptist now. That faith, plus his family, which includes a 10-year-old daughter, are enough to stave off the thoughts of suicide that have plagued him for as long as he can remember, he says. Asked whether he thought Doherty's religious faith was genuine, he shakes his head. "That's a disguise," he says of the priestly garments Doherty wore. "He doesn't care about nothing. Going around raping little kids: That's his belief."
Two other alleged victims whose accounts were not included in public files are also in jail — one for grand theft and armed burglary and the other for murder.
For Sam — the victim who once flashed a knife at the priest — the shame of having been raped by Doherty made him resolve, a few years ago, to kill himself. At that time, he had never told a soul about what had happened, he says. He called a friend and told her of Doherty's abuse, saying it was the reason he was going to commit suicide. For the first time in a decade, Sam wept. His friend persuaded him not to follow through — to live — if for no other reason than to see Doherty receive justice. Today Sam is the one victim whose case forms the basis for the criminal charges that could put Doherty, now age 63, in prison for the rest of his life.
"It's pretty much retribution," says Sam, taking a drag on a cigarette. "There's no making it okay. I don't think if he was beaten in public and dragged naked through the streets so people could throw rocks at him it would be okay."
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But seeing Doherty punished would make it just a little easier for him — and, he guesses, other victims — to get through the day.
Sam hasn't had a good night's sleep in 10 years, he says; Doherty constantly appears in his nightmares. In his dreams, he acts out elaborate revenge fantasies, such as the one in which he uses a rusty shovel to decapitate Doherty.
As a reaction to the abuse, he's hardened himself, he says. When strangers say hello, he ignores them. He still carries a weapon, though now it's only a bat or a nightstick instead of a gun or a knife. He only recently broke off ties to a white supremacist group. Sam has come across ruthless people, but he calls Doherty "the only monster I've ever met in my life."
With evident pride, Sam says, "I'm not a nice person." He describes himself as an agnostic. Asked whether he believes in Heaven and Hell, he says, "I would like to believe there's a Heaven, but I doubt it." Eyes flashing, he adds, "And if there's anything like Hell, then I'll see him there."


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Justin at the Super Bowl: no Jessica, hi Olivia
Justin Timberlake was at a Super Bowl party on Friday night for Audi. Jessica Biel did not join him. She stayed back in LA, was spotted out for coffee on Saturday with a friend after working out. Jessica has been passed over lately for several roles including Cat Woman. She's said to be in contention for Lois Lane in the new Superman. As such, her efforts right now are focused on that campaign – she had lunch with Zack Snyder, the director, last week. After all, the shenanigans surrounding her relationship with the Pips are all in service of getting more acting parts. This weekend then, the Super Bowl would have to wait, especially when there's a job on the line.
Was she missed in Dallas?
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Remember when Justin allegedly told Olivia that he and Jessica were over and hooked up with her? Remember when Justin's people denied it but Olivia wouldn't? Remember when they kept texting each other even though it upset Jessica?
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