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Leadership Development that Really Works
By Mark Miller, VP, Organizational Effectiveness, Chick-fil-A
I've been selling chicken for more than 30 years and in the training profession for just over a decade. However, throughout my career, the question of leadership development has been ever present.
In the early days, we had a sophisticated process for leadership development. I call it emersion and osmosis. It was built on two tenants:
- You can observe a lot by looking (I think Yogi Berra said that first).
- Leaders will make themselves known.
So, here's how it worked in real life: Emerging leaders like myself would work diligently to pay attention to what more seasoned leaders said and did. Senior leaders would pay attention, too—and when they saw a young person exhibiting leadership tendencies, they would move to help them grow. This actually worked well when we were a small company. (I was the 16th corporate employee.)
As we grew, we needed more leaders, more quickly—we realized we had outgrown the "emerging leaders should pay attention" phase. So we began a journey we've been on for decades, and it continues today. Here's the question we've been trying to answer: "What does it take to create leadership development that really works?" Our answer continues to evolve, but there are a few things we are trying to do. Maybe they'll help you, too. We're working to be sure our efforts are:
Informed by our point of view on leadership. What does your organization believe about leadership? Do you even agree on what the word means? More importantly, do you agree on what leaders do? We didn't. It took a lot of work from some talented people to reach a consensus on this; we now agree. Our leadership development activities are built upon our definition of leadership. What's your definition of leadership?
Focused on specific competencies or behaviors. Once you know what you believe about leadership—specifically, what leaders need to be able to do in your organization—you're ready to build training, mentoring, feedback systems, and development plans around these specific behaviors. We recently took another step on this journey by creating leadership talent reviews (by a group of leaders, not just the person's supervisor) to provide additional input regarding the specific things a particular leader may need to do to add more value and be given more responsibility. How can your organization help leaders be more focused with their development efforts?
Grounded by real-world application and practice. Leadership theory can be interesting, even intellectually stimulating, but at the end of the day, theory is not of much value. We've found, and numerous studies over the decades have documented, leaders learn most of what they know about leading from leading. Now, this is not to minimize the importance of training. For example, it is important to know things such as "3 Keys to Delegating." However, you and I REALLY learned about delegating after we applied those three keys. We're working diligently to provide more opportunities for leaders to lead as part of their development plan. How much of your development plan involves actual practice?
Although you probably could have written this article based on your own experience, my challenge and yours is to stay focused. Often, it is the blocking and tackling that separates great teams from all the others. The better we execute on these fundamentals, the greater the chance we'll create leadership development that really works.
Mark Miller is VP for Organizational Effectiveness for Chick-fil-A and author of the recently released "The Secret of Teams: What Great Teams Know and Do." All of the proceeds of the book sales go to charity. Miller is also co-author with Ken Blanchard of "The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do," as well as "Great Leaders GROW: Becoming a Leader for Life." His blog site is http://www.greatleadersserve.com.


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CBO Report Shows Stable Budget Is Possible, But Media Hype "Grim" Scenario
The Congressional Budget Office's annual long-term budget report shows that without any changes in the law, government debt will peak this year, then slowly decline for two decades. Despite this finding, many media outlets are emphasizing a "dire" outlook, while downplaying or ignoring CBO's finding that there is a path to a stable budget that includes maintaining the social safety net.
CBO Report Looks At Two Possibilities For Budget's Future
CBO Presents "Two Scenarios That Embody Different Assumptions About Future Policies Governing Federal Revenues And Spending." From the Congressional Budget Office's "2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook" :
In this report, CBO presents the long-term budget outlook under two scenarios that embody different assumptions about future policies governing federal revenues and spending:
- The extended baseline scenario, which reflects the assumption that current laws generally remain unchanged; that assumption implies that lawmakers will allow changes that are scheduled under current law to occur, forgoing adjustments routinely made in the past that have boosted deficits.
- The extended alternative fiscal scenario, which incorporates the assumptions that certain policies that have been in place for a number of years will be continued and that some provisions of law that might be difficult to sustain for a long period will be modified, thus maintaining what some analysts might consider "current policies," as opposed to current laws.
Those scenarios span a wide range of possible policy choices, and neither represents a prediction by CBO of what policies will be in effect during the next several decades. Because budget projections of this type are inherently uncertain and become more so as they extend farther into the future, the report focuses on the next 25 years rather than a longer horizon. [CBO, June 2012]
Impacts Of Different Scenarios On Debt Diverge Drastically. From the CBO report:
[CBO, June 2012]
Economist: CBO Shows That We Can Maintain Medicare, Medicaid, And Social Security While Reducing Debt
Bernstein: CBO Shows Debt Can Be Put On "Slow Glide Path" That Keeps "Medicare, Medicaid, And Social Security As We Know Them Today." From a blog post written by Jared Bernstein, a former Obama administration economist and a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
To hear everyone from the WaPo editorial page to Bowles/Simpson to all the R's and many of the D's, there's an entitlement crunch, crisis, death spiral, or whatever...waiting for us out there in the future if we fail to muster the steely-eyed courage to face it. And "face it" invariably means cutting benefits, privatizing, voucherizing, raising the retirement age, means testing...basically, fixing them by breaking them.
Under [the lower debt] scenario, which in fact happens to be current law (meaning all the Bush tax cuts expire, for example), debt stabilizes as a share of the economy in a few years and then starts down a slow glide path. And Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as we know them today are all in that bottom line.
Under that scenario taxes go up and spending is restrained compared to the alternative baseline. Some of the assumptions -- like we allow Medicare payments to doctors to fall sharply or all the tax cuts permanently expire next Jan -- are wholly unrealistic. But there are unrealistic assumptions under the other scenario too (the federal gov't is not going to be spending 36% of GDP by 2037 (the historical average is about 21%)).
But generally speaking, and with some tweaks, there's no reason why something like that bottom line's baseline couldn't prevail. The Bush tax cuts would all have to eventually sunset, and we'd need to continue -- and ramp up -- what looks like early progress on slowing the growth of health care spending. [On the Economy, 6/5/12]
Meanwhile, Media Push A "Dire" And "Grim" Outlook, Downplaying Sustainable Scenario
LA Times: Debt "Projected to Hit Dangerously High Levels By September." From the Los Angeles Times:
The Congressional Budget Office warned the nation's public debt load is projected to hit dangerously high levels by September -- roughly 70% of the nation's gross domestic product -- a milestone not seen since World War II, underscoring the crucial decisions facing Washington and the candidates in this presidential election year.
The report Tuesday from the nonpartisan budget office throws into stark terms the challenges facing the U.S. economy and the dangers of congressional inaction. Allowing debt levels of that size to grow would ripple across the economy in years to come, slashing gross domestic product and threatening a fiscal crisis.
At the same time, the CBO has warned that any attempt by politicians in Washington to quickly bring the budget into balance with new taxes or spending cuts carries its own risks: Such sudden moves, as lawmakers are considering for the end of this year, could throw the economy into a recession in 2013, the budget office said last month.
If Washington does nothing, current policies already set to take effect by the end of the year would begin to bend the debt curve downward -- as low tax rates put in place during the Bush administration are set to expire, boosting revenue, and spending cuts approved by Congress are scheduled to begin in early January, reducing expenditures.
However, that sharp jolt would curtail GDP, slowing growth to just 0.5% for the 2013 calendar year, and likely throw the country into another recession. [Los Angeles Times, 6/5/12]
AFP: CBO Reported That "US Debt Is On Track To Double The Size Of The Entire Economy In The Next 25 Years." From an AFP article headlined "Congressional study warns of dire US debt outlook" :
US debt is on track to double the size of the entire economy in the next 25 years, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday in its grim view of America's fiscal future.
The CBO said that under present policy, in which current tax rates are upheld and lawmakers do not curb entitlements, the portion of national debt held by the public would soar from 70 percent of GDP as forecast for the end of 2012 to 100 percent of GDP in just over a decade.
The report maps out two separate trajectories, including the extended baseline scenario in which federal debt would gradually decline over the next quarter century to 53 percent of GDP, thanks to relatively high revenue levels and lower spending on non-health care programs. [AFP, 6/5/12]
WSJ's MarketWatch: "CBO Paints Grim Long-Term Debt Picture." In an article headlined "CBO paints grim long-term debt picture," MarketWatch reported debt would reach "almost 200% of gross domestic product" before mentioning the current-law scenario in the final paragraphs:
The U.S. debt will exceed the size of the nation's economy in 25 years if the federal government doesn't chart a "sustainable fiscal course," the Congressional Budget Office warned in a new estimate on Tuesday.
In its 2012 long-term budget outlook, the nonpartisan CBO said that extending current tax rates and rising health-care costs would push the debt to almost 200% of gross domestic product in 2037. That is under the CBO's scenario that maintains current policies.
The CBO's so-called extended baseline scenario sees debt falling to 53% of GDP in 2037, as revenues increase to historically high levels and spending on programs other than healthcare and Social Security falls. [MarketWatch, 6/5/12]

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Pay Later? The True Cost of Payday AdvancesIn todays current unstable economic climate, many people are finding themselves in dire financial straits. Young people who dont have a full time job, the newly unemployed, and families who are having trouble getting by will often turn to desperate measures. Whether its putting food on the table or fixing a broken car part, many find themselves without the money to pay basic for expenses. .
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While a payday loan may seem like a simple solution to a critical problem, the cost of repaying such a loan might be in excess of 100% of the amount of the loan. For many people who truly need financial help, taking one payday loan out from a lender can lead to a vicious cycle of biweekly loans and steep fees. The true cost of a cash advance is not worth the immediate gratification of what seems like an easy solution. Financial hardships can happen to anyone at anytime but the costs of a payday loan far outweigh any possible benefit.


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If you're the kind of person who gets the warm wiggles at the glimpse of chrome under a car cover in a neighbor's garage than you will want to plan your trip to the Petersen Automotive Museum posthaste. The Museum has just sent out an announcement that its great underground vault (which runs the whole length of the museum) will be open to the public at last, but you'll have to hurry. This is a holiday-season opportunity only. Vault tours are available starting Dec 15th and end Jan 6th. It costs an extra $25, but we've been down there and it's worth it.
The full release is below for more information, or contact the museum at 323/930-CARS or www.petersen.org.
Los Angeles, Calif. (Dec., 2012) – Visiting the Petersen Automotive Museum's underground vault has always been an opportunity reserved strictly for staff, docents, curators and industry insiders. Now, for the first time, the Vault will publically open its doors for the 2012 holiday season and the general public can view over 150 vehicles and other automotive treasures not on display in the museum itself – many of which belonged to world leaders, actors, rock stars, famous collectors and museum founder Robert E. Petersen.
The Vault will open for tours on Dec. 15 and close on Jan. 6. An additional ticket purchase of $25 is required and includes access to the vault, as well as a guided tour by museum staff. Tours will be intimate—no more than 10 people at a time—and guests must be over the age of 12. Tours may be scheduled by calling 323.964.6331 or at the admissions desk.
"In a way the vault has become a legend," says Terry Karges, the museum's Executive Director. "At any given time we have as many as 150 vehicles on display in exhibits around the museum, but with over 400 vehicles in our collection many go unseen by the public. People are always asking for access to the vault and we're excited to finally be able to offer the opportunity."
Examples of vehicles currently located in the vault include the spectacular one-of-one 1925/34 "Round Door" Rolls-Royce Phantom I Aerodynamic Coupe, a Ferrari given to Henry Ford II by Enzo Ferrari, a rare Jaguar XKSS formerly owned by actor Steve McQueen, the Volkswagen Beetle driven by Lindsay Lohan in "Herbie Fully Loaded" and a 1939 Bugatti given to the Shah of Iran as a wedding present. A wide variety of hot rods, muscle cars, Hollywood vehicles, exotics, vehicles used by heads of state, motorcycles, and even a Popemobile are housed in the vault. Tours will last over an hour and photography is not permitted.
The optional Vault tour adds a third level of exciting vehicles to see. Other exhibitions in the museum include an exhibit titled "Aerodynamics: From Art to Science." This exhibit, which runs through May 27, 2013, presents an entertaining and enlightening visual overview of the landmarks of aerodynamic design, from the quirky 1928 Martin Aerodynamic and the 1940 BMW 328 Mille Miglia to the technologically advanced Bugatti Veyron. Also on display is "Sculpture in Motion: Masterpieces of Italian Design," a look at the finest Italian automotive designs from the 1930s through today's modern supercars in the museum's grand salon through February 3, 2013. These temporary exhibitions join permanent galleries which cover topics ranging from Hollywood vehicles to alternative power, motorcycles, hot rods, and the Streetscape, which takes visitors through the evolution of Los Angeles and the automobile. Families will find the Discovery Center on the museum's third floor to be a fun place where children can interact with the exhibits and learn art and science through the automobile.
The Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution. The Museum is located at 6060 Wilshire Boulevard (at Fairfax) in Los Angeles, California 90036. Admission prices are $12 for general admission adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for students with ID, $3 for children ages 5 to 12. Museum members, active military with ID and children under five are admitted free. Vault tours are available for an additional $25, and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Parking is free for the first 30 minutes and $2.00 each additional 30 minutes. One hour validation with purchase of $10 or more in the Museum Store or Johnny Rockets located in the museum lobby. Museum hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 10am to 6pm. For general Museum information, call 323/930-CARS or visit the Museum's Web site at: www.petersen.org.


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5 Marketing-Focused CTAs to Include in Your Transactional EmailsJillian Smith
Transactional email can serve as a great marketing tool. With their higher deliverability rates, you don't want to miss out on an opportunity to effectively and legally (yep, we're talking about the CAN-SPAM Act) capitalize on these communications, while still staying true to the main purpose of your email. We've shared a few examples (Lands' End, Zulily, UnCommon Goods) of how you can include marketing messaging in your transactional emails, but what about some CTA suggestions?
Here are 5 tried and true ways to incorporate marketing-focused CTAs into your transactional email.
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Gain customer feedback by asking them to complete a quick Net Promoter Score survey or answer a single question. A click-to-answer approach would work well— "click here for yes" or "here for no."
2. Referrals:
Once you've identified your happy customers, transactional emails give you a great chance to ask them to refer your company to their friends and in return, earn a reward. We've seen great success with this approach at SendGrid.
3. Honest Opt-ins:
Allow your recipients to subscribe to your marketing emails with a link/button within a transactional email. If they appreciate the value in your transactional messages, they may be more willing to check out your other stuff, especially at that very moment. Also, you might proactively offer a link to their email settings, so recipients remain reminded of the fact that they control the emails they receive from you. These might seem close to requirements made by the CAN-SPAM Act, but there's no harm in taking these safeguards even when they're not mandated.
4. Followers and Likes:
Include a few unobtrusive (and nowadays, almost obligatory) icons to facilitate extra follows and likes on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+.
5. Proactive Support:
Include a link to documentation, forums, or support pages to offer help when the user most needs it. This is a nice gesture and, when implemented with some strategy, can be perfectly timed to fit naturally within your transactional email. For example, provide a link to contact your billing department with one click on a monthly invoice email.


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China's New Censorship Plan: Three Years In Prison If You Get 500 Retweets Of A 'Harmful' Post
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As we've noted before, the online community is kept on a pretty tight leash in China, with information deemed subversive or just embarrassing disappearing quickly from the networks. But it seems that's not enough. Global Voices is reporting that yet another approach is being tried to discourage "offenders" from posting in the first place:
China has stepped up its crackdown on online rumors by issuing a judicial framework for prosecuting offenders. Internet users who share false information that is defamatory or harms the national interest face up to three years in prison if their posts are viewed 5,000 times or forwarded 500 times, according to a judicial interpretation released on September 9, 2013.
In some ways, this is an escalation of a five-strikes program Techdirt wrote about last year, with the final punishment no longer being thrown off an online service for a short while, but being thrown in prison for a long while. That sudden jump in seriousness would suggest that the earlier scheme didn't work very well, and that the authorities are still having problems with controlling the flow of information online.
The new guideline, issued by the Supreme People's Court, defines the criteria for convicting and sentencing offenders. This includes causing a mass incident, disturbing public order, inciting ethnic and religious conflicts, and damaging the state's image.
Aside from obvious issues of censorship, what's troubling here is how easily the system could be abused. For example, it would be simple for people to band together to view or retweet dodgy posts from someone they wanted sent to prison. Whether or not that happens, it's disappointing to see the new Chinese leadership moving in the direction of more censorship and harsher penalties, when many were hoping the recent handover might be an opportunity to bring in reforms and a lighter touch, both online and offline.
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The Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum hosted an event dedicated to helicopters on August 11 at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport in Virginia. Helicopters on display outside the museum consisted of a Fairfax County Police Bell 429, U.S. Coast Guard Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin, UH-72 Lakota, MD500 and Robinson R22.
Fairfax County Police Bell 429. Photos by Andrew Parker
Stations inside the museum included a safety briefing and topics ranging from helicopter discovery and principles of flight to booths for the Navy Helicopter Association, Virginia Airborne Search and Rescue, Whirly-Birds and Helicopter Association International. Intended for children as part of the museum's "Super Science Saturday" program, the stations also included art activities, a helicopter hunt, "paper copters" and storytime.
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Nestled in a tiny storefront on Balboa Island is a new and charming, romantic little bistro called Trattoria Mediterranean. It is a treasure box, with its candlelit atmosphere, the sound of trickling water from the fountain on the terrace and the wrought-iron grillwork of the entryway, secluding this little gem from the hustle and bustle of the street. All this plus the tastefully appointed décor combine to make it a delightful place to dine.
The owners of this new eatery are husband-and-wife team Sean and Elie Dadmand, recently arrived from Canada, where he worked for many years as a manager in Italian restaurants. Elie, who acted as our waitress for the evening, was just delightful — friendly, charming and radiating sweetness.
We ordered some garlic Parmesan bread as we checked out the menu and decided on hummus as a nice starter for a Mediterranean meal. It was prettily presented in a heart shape on a plate, made colorful with lemon, lime, tomato wedges and abstract designs created with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. A basket of crispy pita chips was provided for scooping. We found the creamy hummus to be very subtly seasoned, maybe too subtle. We were looking for something more assertive. We solved the problem by putting the spread on the garlic bread.
From France are unique versions of two traditional salads, including salade aux lardons with baby spinach, roasted tomatoes, cranberries, bacon and caramelized walnuts tossed in a sundried tomato basil dressing topped with crumbled goat cheese. The other is salade au chevre chaud with mixed greens, tomatoes, marinated beets, caramelized walnuts and champagne dressing, topped with a seared goat cheese tart.
The soup of the evening was a delicious fresh chicken broth dotted with carrots and peas. Fennel and fennel fronds gave it a unique flavor that was irresistible. It was also light enough to make a lovely starter without filling you up.
For our Italian pasta course, we selected rigatoni Abruzzese, which came in a very large portion. Fat pasta tubes had been cooked to perfect al dente texture. Wilted spinach leaves, shreds of sundried tomato and pine nuts added texture and subtle accents to a chunky tomato sauce that was just superb! Three of us couldn't finish it all.
Our secondo was classic chicken Parmesan. Although our chicken breast was very tender and juicy, the breading was not crispy. It was topped with the same lovely tomato sauce and a layer of mozzarella. It came with a side order of capellini aglio e olio, thin spaghetti with a garlic and olive oil coating and finished with Parmesan cheese. It is amazing how delicious something so simple can be. Good pasta, perfectly cooked, doesn't really need anything more than this.
Salmon puttanesca at Trattoria is a salmon filet with diced tomatoes, artichokes, capers and sundried tomatoes in a lemon white wine sauce. This preparation takes liberties with the description "puttanesca," usually a pasta dish with spicy tomatoes, anchovies and olives.
Meat-eaters will have a choice of rack of lamb, marinated in port wine and sundried tomatoes served with mint sauce or a variety of veal dishes, including veal Oscar, the only non-Mediterranean dish on the menu, named after a 19th-century Swedish king who liked his veal with crabmeat.
We finished our meal with tiramisu, cake infused with coffee flavor, in this case from Kahlua, layered with mascarpone mixed with whipped cream and topped with cocoa powder. It was a light version of this classic dessert.
Something we haven't seen on a menu for many a moon is zabaglione: egg yolks, marsala and sugar whipped laboriously by hand until frothy and immediately served warm in a tall glass. It's a delicious light dessert that we wish would have a revival.
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Monday we had some friends over for a Labor Day party. Betsy made ribs, I did hot dogs, squash, and salmon on the grill, plus some sausage and steak that others brought. We had potato salad, mango salsa, regular salsa, and watermelon; guests brought a cornucopia of food - soppresata, proscuitto bread, salads, veggies, desserts, guacamole, and more. There were a variety of wines, too. Only one other serious geek (Matt) , a couple of guys who are a bit into wine, and lots of folks who drink wine without paying serious attention.
Ones I brought up from cellar:
1990 Ch. Meyney (St. Estephe)
Matt had recently mentioned he had never tried the 1990 (we somehow missed it at Meyney vertical), so this seemed the time. After decanting it showed plenty of fruit, but plenty of tannin too. We put the decanter on top of a tall cabinet and sallied forth to do battle with other bottles. About an hour and a half later we returned when the steak came out the grill. Very good with rare meat, some blackberry and cassis over smoke and earth flavors. Really shows the vintage character- low-acid, a tiny bit of a roasted note to the fruit. I like quite a bit, but think I prefer vintages like '86 & '89 that aren't quite so round. B+/A-
1990 Guenoc "Langtry" Meritage
also quite ripe and low acid, but lacking the depth behind the fruit that the Meyney had. Still a decent mature Calcab- er, I mean CA Meritage - black plum fruit framed by some spice/vanilla notes. B/B+
2004 Ch. d'Oupia Minervois
The red version (also make a good rosé). For my mind, the perfect red for a BBQ. Lighter bodied with lively acidity, with a spicy note that complements rather than clashes with food like the ribs. By itself it's nice too- red berry fruit, spice and herbs, nice clean finish.B+
2005 Petite Cassagne Rosé (Coteaux du Languedoc)
Nicely crisp, with strawberry fruit. Not exciting, but refreshing. B
2005 Monkey Bay Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough)
Grapefruit and kiwi with a hint of cat pee, typical, but there are plenty of better Marlborough SBs out there in same price range. B-/B
2004 Hofer Gruner Veltliner
This and the Pepiere Muscadet are probably my candidates for most bang for the dollar. This is $9/liter, and delivers a nice mouthfull of GV, light white pepper notes over apple fruit, and even the fabled hint of peas. Not complex, but at the price hard to beat as a summer quaffer. B/B+
2004 Clavel "Les Mas" (Coteaux du Languedoc)
I've generally liked La Copa Santa even if it is quite modern, but it's little brother seems quite disappointing. The red fruit seems flat,and the light herb notes don't make up for the short finish. No bargain even at $8. C+
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2005 Les Trois Chemins Cotes du Rhone
(actually I brought this up, but think it was something left at an earlier party). Lighter forgettable CdR. C+/B-
2004 Torre Moron (Ribera del Duero)
Having tried this, you would have to be a moron to try more. OK, I couldn't resist, it wasn't that bad. But it sure wasn't great- red fruit was a bit short and clipped, a hint of a funny "off" smell. C+
2001 Sierra Cantabria Cuvee Especial Rioja
This is one of those wines that are hard to grade even on a nonconsistent nonobjective scale. I know several people who like it a LOT, and I can see why. Lots of rich blackberry and raspberry fruit, toasty vanilla oak, balanced tannins and acidity. The fact it's not fat and low-acid makes it stand out for me above most modern-styled Spanish wines, but the oak really gets to me. If the oak integrates over a few years this might be really tasty (if you're not an idealogue), but at this point it's too much for me. A B+/A- for quality, B- for style, makes this a B for me.
2002 Sebastiani Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma)
As usual, Sebastiani has turned in a credible performance for the money. Medium bodied cab with dark fruit and some light vanilla, nothing to get excited about but a pretty credible effort for $12. B/B-
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.


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Wash. Post failed to address key questions about Bush's campaign to limit lawsuits
Two January 5 Washington Post articles about President Bush's kickoff of a "major campaign" to limit damage awards in medical malpractice and class-action lawsuits explained Bush's reasons for supporting the changes, but failed to address key questions about whether limiting damage awards would actually lower insurance costs, as Bush and other proponents contend.
The Post's lead article on the matter, headlined "Bush to Seek Limits on Lawsuits; Fierce Battle Over Curbs Is Expected" and written by staff writers Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris, explained Bush's visit to Madison County, Illinois, to kick off his campaign:
Bush will focus on medical malpractice cases in the area, contending that they have driven scores of doctors out of business and left residents with no one locally to turn to in times of emergencies.
But the 1,300-word article made no effort to explain to readers whether or not malpractice cases actually are "driving doctors out of business" in meaningful numbers, either in Madison County or nationwide.
Later, the article noted:
In the case of rising malpractice insurance rates, most Democrats acknowledge there is a problem, but one that can be addressed with more limited changes. Bush's proposals, the trial lawyers and consumer groups maintain, would do little to address the problem they say is largely caused by profiteering insurance companies.
But The Post stopped there, presenting the issue as merely a difference of opinion rather than trying to explain who is right and why.
As Media Matters for America has previously noted, many of the factors proponents cite in justifying caps on damage awards in fact have little, if any, effect on overall health care and insurance costs:
- Malpractice premiums: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has documented the minimal impact that increases in medical malpractice insurance premiums have on overall health care costs. A 2004 CBO report concluded that capping awards at $250,000 for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits "would basically save only 0.4 percent of the amount that's spent now" on health care. According to the report: "[M]alpractice costs amounted to an estimated $24 billion in 2002, but that figure represents less than 2 percent of overall health care spending. Thus, even a reduction of 25 percent to 30 percent in malpractice costs would lower health care costs by only about 0.4 percent to 0.5 percent, and the likely effect on health insurance premiums would be comparably small."
- Defensive medicine: As FactCheck.org has noted, claims that "defensive medicine" drives up medical costs -- a principal Bush administration argument for tort reform -- have been dismissed as inconclusive by the General Accounting Office and the CBO. The CBO went further, declaring that there is "no evidence that restrictions on tort liability reduce medical spending."
But VandeHei and Smith didn't tell their readers any of these things in their article. An accompanying 600-word article by VandeHei, headlined "Malpractice Bill Shields Drugmakers," also failed to address the question of whether malpractice damage awards or the threat of liability have a significant effect on health care costs -- presumably the most important question Post reporters should try to answer in covering the issue.


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Glen Ellyn teen gets her wish: apology from Abercrombie
She gets meeting with Abercrombie & Fitch over body-image message
As a junior at Glenbard West High School, Cali Linstrom says she's used to hearing girls "talk about how much they hate their bodies."
So, when she read comments referencing "fat" people by Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, the Glen Ellyn teen decided an apology was in order.
"To me, saying that people don't belong in his clothes and that they can't belong proves he's not only discriminating against people, he's bullying them," the 17-year-old said.
This week, Linstrom got her wish -- and more.
After she threatened a protest at the clothing giant's Ohio headquarters, Jeffries issued an apology and Linstrom was granted a sit-down meeting with some of the company's top executives.
There, she outlined her vision for a public-service campaign that "focuses on self-love and self-acceptance," and asked Abercrombie to empower youths rather than feed into today's "image-obsessed society."
"It's hard to go to high school and hear all these girls talk about how much they hate their bodies," Linstrom said, adding she herself has battled an eating disorder. "I just want to help every boy or girl who is struggling."
She took up the cause earlier this month after comments Jeffries made to Salon.com in 2006 were resurrected and garnered new attention. In the 7-year-old interview, Jeffries told the publication that Abercrombie & Fitch targets "cool kids" as opposed to "not-so-cool kids."
"We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends," he said. "A lot of people don't belong, and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely. The companies that are in trouble are trying to target everybody: young, old, fat, skinny. But then you become totally vanilla."
That view struck a chord with Linstrom.
"I felt like we had to do something instead of letting a CEO of a multibillion-dollar company make statements like these and not get called out for them," she said.
Linstrom contacted Chicago filmmaker Darryl Roberts, for whom she has interned as a researcher, to help organize a May 13 protest outside Abercrombie's Chicago store.
Roberts said the demonstration drew about 35 sign-waving teenagers who landed extensive news coverage and set the stage for a second protest in Ohio after the company failed to respond.
The follow-up demonstration, planned for last Tuesday, was called off after Jeffries replied and his company agreed to meet with Linstrom, as well as Roberts and Lynn Grefe, president and CEO of the National Eating Disorder Association.
"It was surreal," said Roberts, whose series of "America the Beautiful" documentaries focus on teen empowerment and the sexualization of youth. "This is America -- a very big country -- and Abercrombie is a major retailer. Yet the actions of one 17-year-old girl was the cause of this meeting happening. That was a very overwhelming thought. I couldn't believe I was there."
In a statement responding to Linstrom, Jeffries maintained his previous quotes were "taken out of context" but said he "sincerely regret(s) that my choice of words was interpreted in a manner that has caused offense.
"We are completely opposed to any discrimination, bullying, derogatory characterizations or other anti-social behavior based on race, gender, body type or other individual characteristics," Jeffries said.
In a subsequent statement, the company added it "look(s) forward to continuing this dialogue and taking concrete steps to demonstrate our commitment to anti-bullying in addition to our ongoing support of diversity and inclusion.
"We want to reiterate that we sincerely regret and apologize for any offense caused by comments we have made in the past which are contrary to these values," the statement said.
On Thursday, an Abercrombie & Fitch representative declined to comment further. But Linstrom said she believes some sort of change is on the horizon.
"They were really receptive," she said of the executives. "They understood that what Mike Jeffries said was not appropriate and not business-like. They want to make some changes and maybe change the image of Abercrombie in a way."
One idea she pitched was a cross-country tour of high schools where youth advocates and Abercrombie representatives could open a dialogue about issues such as bullying and discrimination.
Linstrom, who wants to study adolescent psychology after graduation, said she understands the retailer can't immediately introduce plus-size clothes or eliminate its 0 and 00 sizes, though she says that would be nice.
Then again, you have to start somewhere.
"Women weren't allowed to vote at one point, and we changed that," she said. "We can turn things around."
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I've picked the top three ideas from the bunch. Thanks to all who took part in this fun activity. Since I wasn't sure which one is the best of the best, I did a draw.
Before I arrived at a winner, the picked names were: Budlee, Mr F and Tiami.
First, I picked three chocolate candies and each colour represented their respective name.
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Obama's NSA fine-print problem
An independent panel's call for major changes to the nation's surveillance programs ups the pressure on President Barack Obama to back serious reforms.
But the big changes the committee is calling for may be less vexing for Obama than one painful, half-buried conclusion: Vacuuming up all that data the National Security Agency collects in its call-tracking database, the panel says, hasn't actually done much to protect the country from terrorism.
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And so the panel's report raises a pointed question: If collecting huge volumes of metadata on telephone calls from, to and within the United States doesn't bring much benefit, just how much political capital is Obama willing to spend to keep the program going?
( Also on POLITICO: NSA spying report released)
The review group's finding that the much-debated metadata program hasn't really accomplished much isn't mentioned in the report's executive summary or any of the 46 recommendations, but it appears, in an understated tone, about a third of the way into the 300-plus-page document released by the White House on Wednesday.
"Our review suggests that the information contributed to terrorist investigations by the use of section 215 telephony meta-data was not essential to preventing attacks and could readily have been obtained in a timely manner using conventional section 215 orders," the report says.
In a footnote a few pages later, the panel members are even more blunt: "The section 215 telephony meta-data program has made only a modest contribution to the nation's security … and there has been no instance in which NSA could say with confidence that the outcome would have been different without the section 215 telephony meta-data program."
Under the current program, the NSA gets daily updates with information on calls made or received in the United States. That info is placed for five years in a database that authorities can search to try to establish with which numbers a terror suspect has been in contact. Authorities say they authorized fewer than 300 numbers last year for searches in that database.
( Also on POLITICO: Rand Paul slams James Clapper over NSA 'lying')
The review group's report became part of a one-two punch delivered against the administration and the call-tracking program. The report was made public just two days after a federal judge issued a ruling that found the program was likely unconstitutional.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon's legal conclusions grabbed the headlines, but his opinion was also highly skeptical about what the phone data program had accomplished.
"I have significant doubts about the efficacy of the metadata collection program as a means of conducting time-sensitive investigations in cases involving imminent threats of terrorism," Leon wrote. "The government does not cite a single instance in which analysis of the NSA's bulk metadata collection actually stopped an imminent attack, or otherwise aided the Government in achieving any objective that was time-sensitive in nature."
But the panel's conclusion about the telephone metadata is potentially more weighty than the judge's, since the panel members had ample access to classified information about the government's surveillance program while the judge had only the information the Justice Department filed with the court.
( Also on POLITICO: Harry Reid open to NSA legislation)
Asked at a briefing for reporters Wednesday whether the group had any trouble getting information it needed for its review, committee members said flatly that they had not.
The panel's skeptical take on the effectiveness of the metadata program is in some tension with Obama's past characterization of the program and with the way the effort's backers in Congress continue to promote it.
"My assessment and my team's assessment was that [these programs] help us prevent terrorist attacks," the president said in June, shortly after the call database was disclosed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. "What I can say is that in evaluating these programs, they make a difference in our capacity to anticipate and prevent possible terrorist activity."
"This program is an important tool in our effort to disrupt terrorist plots," Obama insisted in August.


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Thanks to N-Bug's liveblog of the NBA Draft last night, we felt like we were almost in the building sniffing David Stern's manscent and Darrell Arthur's ire. What's the record for lowest pick of someone in the Green Room? The best we can muster is Rashard Lewis at #32 ten years ago. Anyone got a lower pick left stewing in the Green Room all night?
Unfounded Rumors of a Kidney Problem Sunk Arthur's Stock (photo credit: AP)
Darrell Arthur's Kidney. The story of last night's draft, of course, was the unsubstantiated rumor of a serious undisclosed kidney problem that arose during Darrell Arthur's medical tests. Luke Winn details the report much better than we can here, but suffice it to say that it now appears that this kidney issue was a complete red herring, and the Memphis Grizzlies (through two subsequent trades) got an absolute steal at the #27 slot. Winn suggests that the whispers about Arthur's health could have cost him in the neighborhood of $1.3M over the course of his rookie contract. Shouldn't we just go ahead and put Slim Shady at the top of next year's ROY contenders (Paul Pierce-style) based upon this slight alone? He'll have gobs of additional motivation, that's for sure.
One-and-Done Redux. We've written about 1-and-dones until we're blue in the face, but let's face it, the Class of 2007 is arguably one of the greatest HS classes of all-time. Four of the top five picks, seven of the top fourteen, and a record ten of the thirty first-rounders were freshmen. Throw in the eight sophomores chosen in the first round, and that means 72% of the guaranteed contracts that went to American players were to players with 2 years or less of college experience. Only five seniors were chosen in the first round, and the first at #12 overall, Jason Thompson from Rider, resulted in a perplexed "who?" from much of the crowd and viewing audience. Again, there is no question that the NBA rule helped in terms of marketing these players. Thanks to the Season of the Freshman, every basketball fan in America is now intimately familiar with the games of Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, OJ Mayo, Kevin Love, and so on. If they'd all gone pro after high school, we'd have little to no clue what those teams were getting.
Mayo Posing as Stringer Bell (photo credit: SI.com)
Beautiful Disasters. Two of the one-and-dones who were bound and determined to stay in the draft no matter what anyone told them were DeAndre Jordan and Bill Walker. (note: we were happy to see that our feelings of overratedness (see: HoopsAddict podcast at 34:30) with Jordan and Anthony Randolph were corroborated on draft night, although not so much with Russell Westbrook, chosen fourth!) Both got drafted in the second round (#35 and #47 respectively) but last night had to be severely disappointing to both players, as Jordan was being talked about as a lottery pick earlier this draft season, and Walker last year (before blowing out his knee again). Does Walker with his former #1 player in his class pedigree and seemingly constant knee injuries remind anyone else of Randy Livingston? But the prize for biggest clowns of the draft go to USC's Davon Jefferson and Mississippi State's Jamont Gordon, both of whom were undrafted last night. As for Jefferson, this one-and-done prospect declared early, signed with an agent (assuring he couldn't return to USC), and then proceeded to float his way through the pre-draft camp. He was a possible second-rounder at that point, but his uninspired effort in Orlando ensured that he would be left on the outside looking in. Gordon's situation was even worse, as he completely skipped the pre-draft camp (incredulously assuming he was a first-rounder), also signed with an agent, and otherwise did nothing to show that he was a serious candidate for the draft. Ok, we get it, you reallyreallyreallyreally want to play in the NBA, and you reallyreallyreallyreally think you're good enough… but you guys really need to start doing some listening when people who make these decisions (scouts, GMs, draftniks) are telling you otherwise. Good luck in the D-League, guys.
Katz discusses some of the other early entry disappointments in last night's draft.
Sideshow Bob Was Drafted by the Suns Last Night (photo credit: SI.com)
Conference Call. A year ago Pac-10 coaches were telling us that they had far and away the most talent in the nation, suggesting that there are as many as a dozen first-round picks on their squads in 2007-08. Well, it turns out they weren't that far off, as there were seven first rounders last night, including three of the top five (#3 Mayo, #4 Westbrook, #5 Love, #10 Brook Lopez, #11 Jerryd Bayless, #15 Robin Lopez, #21 Ryan Anderson), and twelve players chosen overall. Also keep in mind that several other probable first rounders from the Pac-10, such as Darren Collison (UCLA), Chase Budinger (Arizona) and Jeff Pendergraph (Arizona St.) elected to stay in college another year. The Big 12 was next with nine players chosen, including four first rounders and five (!!) players – tying the 2006 UConn Huskies and 2007 Florida Gators – from the National Champs (#13 Brandon Rush, #27 Darrell Arthur, #34 Mario Chalmers, #52 Darnell Jackson, #56 Sasha Kaun). Throw in former Jayhawk JR Giddens (#30) and an astonishing six players passed through the KU program en route to this draft. The SEC had six draft picks, and the Big East and ACC had four each. The usually-pathetic Big 10 once again finished last among the BCS conferences with only three picks. See table below.
Not NBA Material. We reserve this spot to formally bid adieu to some of the notable collegians who have entertained us for the last four years, but whom the NBA has decided are not worthy to play in their league. Drew Neitzel (Michigan St.), Demarcus Nelson (Duke), David Padgett (Louisville), Josh Duncan (Xavier), and Pat Calathes (St. Joseph's) are but a few of the names we'll probably never see again unless they become coaches someday. The honor of the biggest undrafted name, though, goes to Tennessee star and cancer survivor Chris Lofton, who holds the all-time mark in the SEC for three-pointers, and ranks third in NCAA history on that measure. If there's one guy we'd bank on finding his way to an NBA court near you in the next couple of years (even for a cup of coffee), it would probably be this kid. He stares toughness and grit directly in the eyes before they walk away in shame.


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Even though studies indicate up to 70 percent of M&A transactions fail to deliver value, companies continue down this external growth path. To achieve success, many companies consider establishing an ongoing M&A integration group which learns from experience to improve the acquisition integration process, while others have already established a dedicated M&A integration team.
Corporate examples include Cisco Systems, GE Capital, Lucent, Hill-Rom, SC Johnson, DaimlerChrysler, Oracle, Xerox, Eastman Kodak, SBC Communications, BPAmoco, Aegon, Chase Manhattan, Praxair, Texas Instruments, PaineWebber, Science Applications International Corporation, Abbott Laboratories, SmithKline Beecham, Storage Technology, Electrolux, and Deutsche Bank.


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With all the tropical activity off our coast this month and the subsequent record number of rescues by the Ocean City Beach Patrol, it's startling there have been no fatalities reported this summer.
Certainly, the beach patrol and its staff deserve much of the credit for saving lives and keeping a watchful eye over the water. This is a talented, educated, experienced and dedicated bunch of folks who deserve praise for the job they do protecting the local and visiting population. The rank-and-file staff is the folks you see on the stands each day, but they are led by a knowledgeable management team that overlooks nothing and has a keen attention to detail. When the beach patrol is not keeping a watchful eye on the water, in some cases, the local surfing community fills the void by helping distressed swimmers while taking in some waves in their spare time.
It's not unusual for the beach patrol to make rescues in the summer. That's why they are there. That's what they are trained to do, and they do it well, airing on the side of caution in most cases, as they should. However, the sheer volume of rescues has been amazing this summer.
During one week earlier this month, the patrol was making a rescue every minute. That pace has slowed somewhat, due to a decrease in rip currents caused by an offshore storm, but the patrol was dealing this week with another problem – a severe shore break. This is abnormal for this time of year. July is typically when the Atlantic Ocean is more like a pond or lake with waves that resemble large ripples of water.
Indeed, this summer, so far, has gone against the grain, and this week's crushing shore break issue can be even more dangerous than rip currents because it affects the most vulnerable – children, non-swimmers and the elderly. These are the folks who typically stick close to shore because they feel safest. This is precisely where the waves were crashing this week. On more than one occasion this week, we heard of instances involving non-swimmers who were knocked off their feet by the shore break and subsequently needed to be rescued, or, at a minimum, some kind of attention from fellow beach-goers, despite the fact the water was only knee deep.
Education really is critical when it comes to the ocean. Conversing with a lifeguard on duty and observing the conditions for a few minutes before entering the water is a must. Even the most experienced swimmers have been known to do this. It's not being a coward. It's being smart, and there is something to be said for checking in with a lifeguard and question the conditions of the day. In most cases, the guards on duty have been in the water already on that particular day and have been observing the tides and currents. They know what they are talking about.
Additionally, it cannot be said enough during the peak summer season you are putting your life in danger if you swim when a lifeguard is not on duty. There's really no reason to do it unless you are an experienced swimmer and familiar with the ways of the ocean. Most of our visitors do not fall into that category, and it's foolish to risk your life.
As a result of the abnormally high surf and strong ocean conditions, caused primarily by unusually early tropical activity, this year has already been a summer to remember. It's our hope it's remembered just for that and not any other less pleasant reasons.


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Crew should ride the wave, not look up
Ride the wave, Brewers. Ride the wave, boys. Who knows where it'll end? Don't look up now. At this point, the worst thing you guys can do is start thinking. Just keep playing.
This clubhouse has to be the happiest place on earth at the moment. There's nothing in sports like a baseball team when everything is clicking. At 16-6, the Brewers have the best record in baseball. This is a surprise only to those outside the Milwaukee clubhouse.
Ride the wave, Brewers. Ride the wave, boys. Who knows where it'll end? Don't look up now. At this point, the worst thing you guys can do is start thinking. Just keep playing.
This clubhouse has to be the happiest place on earth at the moment. There's nothing in sports like a baseball team when everything is clicking. At 16-6, the Brewers have the best record in baseball. This is a surprise only to those outside the Milwaukee clubhouse.
They finished Spring Training with an inkling that they were a pretty good baseball club.
What's not to like?
If Ryan Braun bounced back, if the rotation stayed healthy, if general manager Doug Melvin's overhauled bullpen was as good as it looked, the Brewers believed they could compete with anyone.
Best of all, it's not one guy, or even one thing.
They're fifth in the National League in runs, fifth in home runs and fourth in stolen bases entering play Thursday. In other words, they can beat you a couple of ways.
No single player has thrown up monstrous numbers, but Jonathan Lucroy, Carlos Gomez, Khris Davis, Aramis Ramirez and, yes, Braun have all been solid.
As for that rotation, it's as good as advertised, ranking third in the NL in with a 2.57 ERA. In 22 games, the club has turned in 17 quality starts.
And that bullpen.
Nice job, Doug.
Francisco Rodriguez, Will Smith and Tyler Thornburg have all been outstanding.
Here's a tip of the hat to Melvin, one of baseball's most respected executives, a smart, thoughtful, analytical guy who plays the market and picks bargains here and there.
And here's to Brewers owner Mark Attanasio. If you care about this baseball team, you know your guy will deliver.
In the last two offseasons, he has ponied up the cash to add Kyle Lohse and Matt Garza to the rotation. That's a lot of quality innings, a lot of quality pitches.
Manager Ron Roenicke makes it all work. He's a quiet, no-nonsense guy who is honest, decent and competent. He has no agenda other than winning, and there's no better way to gain the respect of a clubhouse.
He has a tremendous coaching staff, too, including former Reds and Rangers skipper Jerry Narron, one of the good guys in the game.
So play on, boys.
To be 9-1 on the road and to have a plus-21 run differential (only the Braves and A's are better), makes the Brewers look like a team capable of giving Milwaukee a special summer.
Yep, it'll be fun. They care about their baseball team and might turn out three-million strong again. Brats and beer and Brewers. Ain't nothing better.
The Brewers were widely picked to finish fourth in the NL Central, which may show how little we know. Or how badly we underrated the Brewers. Or how much parity the game has.
The Brewers could eventually find themselves in a dogfight with the Cardinals, Pirates, etc., but they're establishing their own credentials.
Confidence builds a day at a time, and one day a club shows up and knows -- I mean absolutely knows -- it's going to win. Those waves don't last forever, but when you're on one, it's as good as it gets.
For the Brewers, the daily grind is a joy ride. Sure, there will be challenges in the months ahead. But the Brewers are building confidence, trust in one another and plenty of other intangibles that can help carry them through the tough times.
That's pretty much the message Lohse delivered after winning his fourth game and lowering his ERA to 2.38 in a 5-2 victory over the Padres on Wednesday. He said the worst thing the Brewers could do now is think big picture. Just keep playing. Just keep rolling up W's.
Finally, a word about Braun. Those of us who root for him wondered how he could put his suspension in the rearview mirror. Because he's only 30 years old, he has a chance to write a different ending to his career.
Even with a nerve issue in his right hand, he's hitting .300 with six homers. That's one way to put the past in the past.
Another way is to be part of a team like this, a team that's playing great baseball and getting its city excited, a team that appears to be having as much fun as any in the game.
Anyway, enjoy the day off, Brew Crew. Sleep late, eat well and most of all, don't think about any of this. Just appreciate all the fun you're having and how lucky you are to be part of this thing. Keep on keeping on.
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
July 10 - Felicitas and her Seven Sons, Martyrs
Felicitas was well acquainted with the costs of her faith. She had lost her beloved husband in service to the Church--likely to the transforming furnace of martyrdom--and been left behind to raise her seven sons without his help. She was very wealthy thanks to the considerable financial resources that she and her husband had accumulated together. Of course, like nearly all of the early Christians, she understood herself--and her husband as well when he was alive--to be a steward of gifts given to the Church. The Church was obligated to pour itself out for others and its stewards were charged with putting the wealth and valuables of the Church into the hands of those in need of God's gifts and blessings. She provided food to the hungry and shelter to the homeless and in doing so she advanced the Kingdom of God among a people outcast from polite Roman society. But those who had something to lose with the advancement of the Kingdom of God--those with power and influence in the empire--were understandably uncomfortable with Felicitas and her seven sons: Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalius and Marcial. If they wanted to stop her and her sons then they would have to devise a plan to manipulate those who had the power to put an end to Felicitas and her seven sons.
So, the priestly advisers to the emperor Marcus Aurelius plotted against Felicitas and decided that she could be forced into denying her faith and affirming the values of Rome if the leverage was sufficient. They dressed up in their most impressive ceremonial regalia and came before Marcus Aurelius with deceit in mind. They insisted that the gods demanded a sacrifice to appease their terrible anger and stay their horrible wrath. Furthermore, they said that there was a particular woman being called upon by the gods to make this sacrifice: Felicitas. Marcus Aurelius conceded to their demands and called upon the prefect of Rome--Publius--to arrest Felicitas and force her to make sacrifice to the Roman gods.When they brought her in, they decided to bring her seven sons along with her to serve as leverage because they had heard of her considerable commitment to the God of the Christians and suspected that she might resist their demands--they had no idea how right they were. At first, they simply demanded that she do it to appease the gods of Rome and protect its people. But Felicitas identified their deception for what it was and so Publius questioned her sons, as well. Publius was furious to find out that her sons were equally as devoted to the Christian faith. He didn't want to report his failure to Marcus Aurelius--especially considering the glares he was receiving from the emperor's advisors--and so he decided to try one more tactic.
Labeling Felicitas and her seven sons as traitors to Rome, Publius commanded them to make sacrifice or suffer the consequences. One by one, the sons were dragged before the judges appointed by Publius and forced to kneel to accept their punishment. Publius offered to stay his wrath if Felicitas would make sacrifice and then, each time when Felicitas refused, he ordered the executioners to kill one of her sons. First, her eldest son Januarius was whipped to death while Felicitas was forced to watch. He forgave his murderers and professed his faith and each of his brothers followed in his footsteps. Each of them knew that it was their calling to profess their faith in God's mercy and grace even if it cost them their lives. Each of them knew that it was their mother's calling to refuse sacrifice no matter the cost. Second, they beat Felix to death with a club. When this proved especially gruesome, they decided to beat Philip to death with the same club. Amazed that Felicitas still refused to make sacrifice, they threw Silvanus from the balcony and he died on impact with the ground. Fifth, sixth, and seventh, they beheaded Alexander, Vitalis, and Martialis as if they had grown tired of slaughter and simply wanted the task done. Finally, when Felicitas still refused to make sacrifice, they threw her into prison for several months hopefully to dwell in her grief. When she was brought again before Publius she maintained the faith that had cost the lives of her seven sons and was herself killed for it. Felicitas and her seven sons knew the costs associated with faith in Jesus and paid them willingly and eagerly because it was meager in comparison to the rewards of their calling.
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It is terribly important that whatever is to be done to rebuild Manhattan be done rapidly. The rebuilding must not be delayed--or stopped dead--by the usual New York acrimony about every aspect of every really large project. The city's economy has been hurt badly. The longer Manhattan is in a state of suspended animation waiting for the architects' perfect plan to be approved and actually implemented, the more unlikely complete economic recovery will be. More firms and jobs will be lost forever. The city and state fiscal difficulties will grow worse. And many of the economic opportunities that were suggested by the city's economic successes in the late 1990s will never come to pass.
If rebuilding is to be rapid, it cannot be an attempt to replicate exactly what existed in lower Manhattan at 8.00 AM on September 11. The rebuilding has to be consistent with what markets have shown over the past 50 years to be a powerful trend in the location of economic activity within Manhattan. We need to go with the flow, which is a shifting, rapidly at some times and more gradually at others, of economic activity from lower Manhattan to midtown. This reflects the fact that the only locational advantage that lower Manhattan has over midtown is that downtown is more convenient for subway commuters who live in Brooklyn. That was enormously important before 1930. It is a trivial edge now.
By 1960, the shift to midtown had become pronounced. A study for the Downtown Lower Manhattan project in 1961 documented how severe the shift in the 1950s had been, but-whistling in the dark-the study asserted that the trend could be stopped fairly easily (I as a consultant to the project was one of the whistlers).
There are winners and losers in such shifts, the biggest losers being the owners of land in the place that is the loser. A couple of men who shared the same family name-Rockefeller-were, respectively chairman of the Downtown Lower Manhattan and CEO of the Chase Bank, and governor of New York. They were persuaded that heroic efforts were needed to stop the trend. Lower Manhattan's office buildings were mostly obsolete and unattractive to high-end businesses not permanently tied to the securities markets, and one of its important transit links, the one that carried commuters from New Jersey and is now called PATH, seemed on its last legs, physically and financially.
So, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a creature of the governors of the two states, was instructed to intervene, to take over, rebuild and finance the permanent deficits of PATH (which benefited residents of New Jersey) and to provide millions of square feet of Class A office space by building the World Trade Center.
This intervention was timely, and it worked, in the prosperous 1980s and 1990s, when the two booms in the demand for the services of the financial services industries provide enough business activity to fill up the World Trade Center and other new office buildings, as well as a substantial amount of new office space in midtown Manhattan.
Rebuilding lower Manhattan to pre-9/11 standards will require the construction of millions of square feet of office space, mostly at the WTC site (there is no other open land in Lower Manhattan) or on a massive new land fill, and a huge investment in restoring the lower Manhattan infrastructure to its previous capacity. That cannot be done rapidly, even if we could avoid the controversy about just what to build that is already raging.
Much of the destroyed infrastructure would not need replacing, if we accept that the lower Manhattan economy will be a good deal smaller than it was before 9/11. With many fewer people working in lower Manhattan, New Jersey commuters could be accommodated by an expanded ferry system, and the PATH line need not be rebuilt at all (the signs suggest that there may not be any part of the under-river tunnel that is salvageable). The 1 and 9 subway line south of Chambers Street could be abandoned. The Con Edison steam system in lower Manhattan may not be salvageable, and abandoning it might justify closing down the entire steam system which is obsolete, to put it kindly. Similarly, the telecommunications capacity that would be needed if the economy were restored to ante-bellum conditions would be smaller, thus making it possible to avoid replacing the heavy Verizon losses.
On the other hand, the destroyed office space can be replaced quickly north of 14th Street, and the infrastructure is in place, or can be gradually expanded. The zoning is consistent with the construction of conventional office buildings, and 30-story buildings would not be a hard sell with respect to zoning. Developers know how to assemble land, design and build such buildings quickly. No doubt there would be scattered local opposition-after all, there are New Yorkers who believe that anything built before 1960, however hideous and dysfunctional, deserves landmark designation-and no doubt the product would be an ample plenty of plain vanilla buildings. But if the demand for midtown space is there, the 14 million plus square feet of space in the WTC could be met with dispatch. It would be building fast, not fancy.
Of course, there have been heavy economic losses and terrible human losses. The losers need to be made whole, to the extent possible, with one exception-landowners. But it would be grotesque public policy to restore lower Manhattan to its pre-9/11 condition in order to compensate landowners. Gamblers win sometimes, and lose other times.


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