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1090 A scoundrel of a pirate, with a flair for the dramatic and a taste for grog.
"I'm Long Sock Silver, you may have heard o' me. I be captain of the Black Banana, the biggest, beautifulest ship in the sea, to be certain! Me and me crew are a bloody force to be reckoned with, so you best not be gettin' in our way of any booty or grog on any spit of land. I never seen mutiny on me ship (I dare say me crew fancies me their hero), and me crew begs to hear me stories of bravery and adventure, those poor scurvy dogs! We plunder this an' that, and now I want me the fountain of youth. Not that I need it a bit, you see. But some of me mateys are lookin' like scurvy bilge rats and I'm tired of lookin' at 'em. And I s'pose it wouldn't hurt to have a sip meself, just to try a bit. Yo, ho, ho!"
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Drug investigation nets 81 arrests in northeast Kansas
May 9, 2013
JUNCTION CITY — The Kansas Bureau of investigation says 81 people were arrested on drug-related charges after a lengthy investigation by local and state authorities.
The KBI said in a news release Thursday that arrests were made Tuesday and Wednesday in and around Junction City, Manhattan, Grandview Plaza and Ogden. Many of the arrests involved conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.
Investigators seized a variety of narcotics and 17 firearms. The KBI says several children were placed in protective custody after the arrests.
The 13-month investigation was conducted by the KBI, Geary County law enforcement, Junction City police and Grandview Plaza police. More than 180 members of law enforcement worked on the operation.
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Burlap to Cashmere spins gold with new CD
Folk-rockers Burlap to Cashmere, who received acclaim for their CD "Anybody Out There" in 1998, put their trademark songwriting abilities to the test 13 years later and succeeded again with their self-titled CD that releases today (July 19) on Jive/Essential Records.
The long hiatus is due primarily to guitarist John Philippidis being beaten and left for dead in a road rage incident in New York in 2005. The incident left him in a month-long coma. Working his way back to playing guitar via video games with his cousin and frontman Steven Delopoulos, the band reunited with new vigor, enlisting the help of producer Mitchell Fromm (Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow).
What has resulted is one of the best well-versed and thoughtful CDs I have heard in a long time, with "The Other Country" drawing comparisons to Van Morrison (one of my favorites) and "Build A Wall" with its Irish-folk infused vibe. It's a mature offering – music for the thinking man – that a younger generation can appreciate.
The CD takes the listener back in time to a place where songwriters Simon and Garfunkel, Cat Stevens and Harry Chapin ruled the airwaves. Down-to-earth lyrics fuel the CD from the first song, "Don't Forget to Write" —
I'm an orphan though I see the world as new/
Do you remember when the clouds were gold/
And love was shining through?
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Draw near, the lamb's awaiting
Where the river runs, through the skies align
From that pelting of a ship, we've all be chosen
To the greatest creation and his dream design
Among my favorites is the second song on the CD, "Build A Wall." It's reminiscent of an Irish folk song — fast-paced, heavy drumbeat and bass, and even a mention of "drinking whiskey."
It's been a long wait from these songwriters and harmony-makers, but listeners and fans will find it is well worth it.


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Liars and Outliers
Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive
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How does society function when you can't trust everyone?
When we think about trust - we naturally think about personal relationships or bank accounts. But that is much too narrow; trust is broader, and far more important. Nothing in society works without trust. It is the foundation of communities, commerce, democracy, and world stability.
In this insightful and entertaining book, Schneier weaves together ideas from across the social and biological sciences to explore how societies induce and encourage trust–and what happens when it fails in our personal lives, our businesses, communities, and the world.
In today's hyper-connected society, understanding the mechanisms of trust is as important as understanding electricity was a century ago. Issues of trust and security are critical to solving problems as diverse as corporate responsibility, global warming, and stagnant political systems. After reading Liars and Outliers, you'll think about social problems, large and small, with a new perspective.
"Schneier makes an original and powerful argument for rethinking society. . . . His message is full of insight into how we function, or don't function, and along the way we are constantly hearing from the giants—such as Emerson, Thoreau, Socrates, even Emily Dickinson."
—Seymour M. Hersh, New Yorker
"Deeply philosophical yet highly accessible, Liars and Outliers is more than thought-provoking—it's the kind of book that fundamentally changes the way you think."
—Daniel J. Solove, John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
"Brilliantly dissects, classifies, and orders the social dimension of security—a spectacularly palatable tonic against today's incoherent and dangerous flailing in the face of threats from terrorism to financial fraud."
—Cory Doctorow, Author of Little Brother and Makers; co-editor of BoingBoing.net
"Engaging, insightful, and thought-provoking, Liars and Outliers will alter how you think about trust and security."
—Dorothy Denning, Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, and author of Information Warfare and Security
"Without trust, nothing can be achieved. Liars and Outliers is a brilliant analysis of the role of trust in society and business."
—Claus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
A note for e-book readers: For ease of reference, the figures used in this book are also located at www.schneier.com/lo."One of the best books I've read this year is by a security technologist, Bruce Schneier. In Liars and Outliers, he sets out to investigate how trust works in society and in business, how it is betrayed and the degree to which technology changes all of that, for the better or the worse. Schneier absolutely understands how profoundly trust oils the wheels of business and of daily life." (Margaret Heffernan, CBS MoneyWatch)
"This book will appeal not only to customers interested in computer security but also on the idea of security and trust as a whole in society." (The Bookseller, 16th December 2011)
"This book should be read by anyone in a leadership role, whether they're in the corporate or political sphere... an easy read and the ideas and thoughts are profound." (Naked Security, February 2012)
"By concentrating on the human angle and packing the book with real world examples he has successfully stretched its appeal outside that of the security specialist to the more general reader." (E & T Magazine, March 2012)
"A rich, insightfully fresh take on what security really means!"
—DAVID ROPEIK, Author of How Risky is it, Really?
"Schneier has accomplished a spectacular tour de force: an enthralling ride through history, economics, and psychology, searching for the meanings of trust and security. A must read."
—ALESSANDRO ACQUISTI, Associate Professor of Information Systems and Public Policy at the Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University
"Liars and Outliers offers a major contribution to the understandability of these issues, and has the potential to help readers cope with the ever-increasing risks to which we are being exposed. It is well written and delightful to read."
—PETER G. NEUMANN, Principal Scientist in the SRI International Computer Science Laboratory
"Whether it's banks versus robbers, Hollywood versus downloaders, or even the Iranian secret police against democracy activists, security is often a dynamic struggle between a majority who want to impose their will, and a minority who want to push the boundaries. Liars and Outliers will change how you think about conflict, our security, and even who we are."
—ROSS ANDERSON, Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University and author of Security Engineering
"Readers of Bruce Schneier's Liars and Outliers will better understand technology and its consequences and become more mature practitioners."
—PABLO G. MOLINA, Professor of Technology Management, Georgetown University
"Liars & Outliers is not just a book about security—it is the book about it. Schneier shows that the power of humour can be harnessed to explore even a serious subject such as security. A great read!"
—FRANK FUREDI, author of On Tolerance: A Defence of Moral Independence
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—JEFF YAN, Founding Research Director, Center for Cybercrime and Computer Security, Newcastle University
"By analyzing the moving parts and interrelationships among security, trust, and society, Schneier has identifi ed critical patterns, pressures, levers, and security holes within society. Clearly written, thoroughly interdisciplinary, and always smart, Liars and Outliers provides great insight into resolving society's various dilemmas."
—JERRY KANG, Professor of Law, UCLA
"By keeping the social dimension of trust and security in the center of his analysis, Schneier breaks new ground with an approach that both theoretically grounded and practically applicable."
—JONATHAN ZITTRAIN, Professor of Law and Computer Science, Harvard University and author of The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It
"Eye opening. Bruce Schneier provides a perspective you need to understand today's world."
—STEVEN A. LEBLANC, Director of Collections, Harvard University and author of Constant Battles: Why We Fight
"An outstanding investigation of the importance of trust in holding society together and promoting progress. Liars and Outliers provides valuable new insights into security and economics."
—ANDREW ODLYZKO, Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
"What Schneier has to say about trust—and betrayal—lays a groundwork for greater understanding of human institutions. This is an essential exploration as society grows in size and complexity."
—JIM HARPER, Director of Information Policy Studies, CATO Institute and author of Identity Crisis: How Identification is Overused and Misunderstood
"Society runs on trust. Liars and Outliers explains the trust gaps we must fill to help society run even better."
—M. ERIC JOHNSON, Director, Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
"An intellectually exhilarating and compulsively readable analysis of the subtle dialectic between cooperation and defection in human society. Intellectually rigorous and yet written in a lively, conversational style, Liars and Outliers will change the way you see the world."
—DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH, author of Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
"Schneier tackles trust head on, bringing all his intellect and a huge amount of research to bear. The best thing about this book, though, is that it's great fun to read."
—ANDREW MCAFEE, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Center for Digital Business and co-author of Race Against the Machine
"Bruce Schneier is our leading expert in security. But his book is about much more than reducing risk. It is a fascinating, thought-provoking treatise about humanity and society and how we interact in the game called life."
—JEFF JARVIS, author of Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live
"Both accessible and thought provoking, Liars and Outliers invites readers to move beyond fears and anxieties about security in modern life to understand the role of everyday people in creating a healthy society. This is a must-read!"
—DANAH BOYD, Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University
"Trust is the sine qua non of the networked age and trust is predicated on security. Bruce Schneier's expansive and readable work is rich with insights that can help us make our shrinking world a better one."
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A webcam showing the memorial garden surrounding the gravesite of the Rev. Jerry Falwell is now available for viewing online at www.liberty.edu/memorial.
Workers recently completed work on the burial garden, which includes an eternal flame.
Falwell, the founder of Liberty University and senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, died May 15. He was buried on the lawn of the former Carter Glass mansion, which contained his LU office.


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Adam Morgan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
A.S.M Building Group Pty Ltd
ASM Building Group is an established building and demolition company. Our primary sector is currently the building industry (i.e. building houses, renovation work, shop fitouts etc), however recently we have purchased specific equipment to broaden our range of services and clientele.
We are an Australian based company and pride ourselves on being Australian owned, Australian made". We are a smallish company looking to establish a corporate idenitity that we can maintain throughout the life of the company regardless of what services we provide.
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2. One of the demolition machines purchased is called a Brokk 40 (it is a robotic demolition machine and a picture of this machine can be seen at kiwidownunder.com.au). Somehow if possible we wish for the Brokk 40 to be the background feature and the concrete crusher to come around and look like its crushing the letter A in ASM.
3. The Brokk is to be yellow.
4. Other colours we would like incorporated is a black background, ASM in silver and if possible have red incorporated somehow (as this is the colour of other machines we have).
These are just some ideas that we have had in our minds, but would welcome the creativity of the designers to have a logo that we can be proud of.
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One of the teams that James strung along...um, we mean courted...was the New Jersey Nets, as well as the New York Knicks, who seemed like they had a reasonable shot at landing arguably the league's best player right up to LBJ's announcement of his decision.
While the Nets never had a whole lot to offer, banished as they are for the next two years to Newark and lacking another superstar who could help James finally win a ring, the team was hoping that the friendship between James and rapper Jay-Z (who is a minority owner of the team) and new majority owner, Russian gazillionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, and his sizable checkbook would be enough to entice his highness to come to New Jersey.
The Nets were also hoping that the team's move to Brooklyn in two years, where with LeBron they would instantly become a cross-river rival with the New York Knicks and a high-profile franchise, would also sway James to the Nets.
But in the end, James chose the Miami Heat and joined two other coveted free agents - Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh - to play in South Florida. And while most people outside of Florida who watched James drag out his announcement on national television during an hour-long episode dubbed "The Decision" on ESPN were, well, disgusted, at least one person saw a silver lining.
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Sesame Street Season 35 aired beginning April 5, 2004.
Episodes 4057 - 4082 (26 episodes)
- Episode 4057 -- The Street We Live On (35th Anniversary special)
- Episode 4058 -- Best pet in the world
- Episode 4059 -- Curly doesn't like porridge
- Episode 4060 -- Alan's vacation replacement
- Episode 4061 -- Cinderella's Fairy Godmother's mistake
- Episode 4062 -- Little Furry Red Monster Parade
- Episode 4063 -- Elmo's chicken dream
- Episode 4064 -- Rocco's new dance
- Episode 4065 -- The Sesame Street square game
- Episode 4066 -- The new Four Bears Story
- Episode 4067 -- Gordon, Miles & Grandpa's music
- Episode 4068 -- Telly falls from his pogo stick
- Episode 4069 -- Snuffy's Invisible - Part 1
- Episode 4070 -- Snuffy's Invisible - Part 2
- Episode 4071 -- Professor Super Grover's School for Super-Heroes
- Episode 4072 -- Gabi becomes a temporary playdate
- Episode 4073 -- Baby Bear tries to teach Curly to draw
- Episode 4074 -- Telly joins the Letter of the Month Club
- Episode 4075 -- Cookie Monster writes a story
- Episode 4076 -- Baby Bear adjusts to Curly's big growl
- Episode 4077 -- Elmo feels he's treated unfairly by Rocco
- Episode 4078 -- Baby Bear can't get Curly to fall asleep
- Episode 4079 -- Miles' band needs a quiet place to practice
- Episode 4080 -- Elmo's Fairy Godperson grants his wish to be a bird
- Episode 4081 -- Rosita wishes she didn't have an accent
- Episode 4082 -- Big Bad Wolf huffs and puffs when he loses
- To celebrate the show's 35th anniversary, each episode begins with a segment called "My Favorite Sesame Street Moments," featuring a celebrity talking about what they learned on Sesame Street and why they love the show.
- This season also introduces a new segment at the end, "Trash Gordon," which features Oscar the Grouch reading bedtime stories to Slimey about a superhero named Trash Gordon (a spoof on the superhero Flash Gordon).
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- Some episodes from this season are available on iTunes.
- This is the last season, until Season 42, that Ernie is featured in a street story.
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Human Characters
- Caroll Spinney, Pam Arciero, Jennifer Barnhart, Fran Brill, Lisa Buckley, Tyler Bunch (mistakenly uncredited), Kevin Clash, Bruce Connelly, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Alice Dinnean (mistakenly uncredited), Eric Jacobson, Jim Martin, Joey Mazzarino, Jerry Nelson, Carmen Osbahr, Frank Oz, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, John Tartaglia, Matt Vogel, Steve Whitmire, and Bryant Young
- Alison Bartlett O'Reilly, Desiree Casado, Emilio Delgado, Olamide Faison, Bill Irwin, Jasmina Lee, Loretta Long, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Alan Muraoka, Roscoe Orman
- Harvey Fierstein, Carl Gordon, Seth Green, Norah Jones, Larry King, Andrea Martin, Martina McBride, Dr. Phil McGraw, Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Ruben Studdard
Season Credits
- Executive Producer: Dr. Lewis Bernstein
- Senior Producer: Carol-Lynn Parente
- Producers: Karen Ialacci, Melissa Dino
- Co-Producer: Tim Carter
- Directed by: Emily Squires, Ted May, Victor DiNapoli, Ken Diego, Lisa Simon, Jim Martin
- Head Writer: Lou Berger
- Writers: Joey Mazzarino, Molly Boylan, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Emily Perl Kingsley, John Weidman, Belinda Ward, Luis Santeiro
- Talent Producer: Danette De Sena
- Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli
- Music Director: Mike Renzi
- Associate Music Director: Dave Conner
- Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
- Lighting Designer: Dan Kelly
- Costume Designers: Bill Kellard, Terry Roberson
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Clinton: U.S. hacked Yemeni al Qaeda websites
(AP) TAMPA, Florida - The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al Qaeda - hacking into al Qaeda websites in Yemen.
In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says cyber experts based at the State Department hacked Yemeni tribal websites, replacing al Qaeda propaganda that bragged about killing Americans.
"Within 48 hours, our team plastered the same sites with altered versions of the ads that showed the toll al Qaeda attacks have taken on the Yemeni people," Clinton said Wednesday.
In response, "Extremists are publicly venting their frustration and asking supporters not to believe everything they read on the Internet," she said.
Clinton described the cyber effort as part of a larger, multipronged attack on terrorism that goes beyond attacks like the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden to include the propaganda battle, and the longer, slower campaign of diplomats working alongside special operations troops to shore up local governments and economies and train local forces.
Clinton was speaking alongside Adm. Bill McRaven, head of the U.S. Special Operations Command, at a conference of hundreds of U.S. and international special operations commanders - the two senior leaders sending a tacit message to their sometimes warring tribes of troops and diplomats that they have to get along.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula vows to United States "war between us is not over"
Yemen is considered both a model and a test case of that effort. U.S. diplomats have been working to stabilize the fledgling government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who replaced ousted Yemeni strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh stepped down in February as part of a U.S.-backed power-transfer deal brokered by Gulf Arab countries aimed at ending political unrest in the country after a yearlong uprising.
Hadi has faced the twin challenges of Saleh loyalists refusing to relinquish their government and military posts, and of al Qaeda attacks in the south, where the group has established a large safe haven from which to attack Yemeni troops.
The White House responded by issuing an executive order last week threatening sanctions against individuals who challenge Hadi's government. It also dispatched a new batch of special operations forces to train Yemen's army to help withstand al Qaeda attacks that have killed hundreds of Yemeni troops.
Yemen's al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is considered one of al Qaeda's most dangerous offshoots.
Yemen was the launching pad for three foiled al Qaeda attacks on U.S. targets: the Christmas 2009 attempt to down an American airliner over Detroit with an underwear bomb and the sending of printer cartridges packed with explosives to Chicago-area synagogues in 2010. In the past month the CIA thwarted yet another plot by AQAP to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb which could have been undetectable by conventional airport scanners.
Clinton says the cyber attack was launched by an interagency group of specialists, including diplomats, special operators and intelligence analysts, housed at the State Department. Called the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, its experts patrol the Internet and social media to counter al Qaeda's attempts to recruit new followers.
"Together, they will work to pre-empt, discredit and outmaneuver extremist propaganda," Clinton said.
Offensive attacks on extremist sites are generally attributed to the Pentagon's U.S. Cyber Command, though seldom acknowledged publicly.


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Meet the manager of Augsburg Jazz
Interview with Steven Schwartz, Augsburg Jazz Band Manager
1. What is your major/minor? What year are you? What is your hometown?
I'm a sophomore Music Business major and I'm minoring in Management Information Systems and Marketing. I was born and raised in Fond du Lac, WI, a city with a population of about 40,000. Fond du Lac is roughly seventy miles northeast of Madison.
2. You're the jazz band manager? What exactly is involved with this responsibility? What is your favorite thing about it?
Yes, I am the Jazz Band Manager. The Jazz Manager position involves keeping the band organized and on time for rehearsals, concerts, and Sunday morning church run-outs where we play our gospel praise music. I distribute sheet music to the band and meet with Bob Stacke, our director, during my office hours about any new info the band needs to know about. One of my favorite things about this position is having a part in the decision-making process for music we're playing and what the band is currently doing, whether it be concerts we're playing or what we were recording in the studio earlier in the semester. This is great experience that is teaching me about the music business.
3. What is one of the best musical experiences you have had with the jazz ensemble?
One of the most fun and definitely one of the most interesting experiences I've had with jazz band was last year when we put on a concert with Zeitgeist, a music ensemble out of Saint Paul. We played really abstract 20th-century-style music; the written music wasn't even staves and notes but jumbled lines and shapes that we needed to interpret ourselves.
4. What have you learned about yourself or about music in your studies at Augsburg?
I originally came to Augsburg to be a Music Therapy Major, but throughout my almost two years of being involved with the Music Department and my classe,s I've come to the realization that -- while our Music Therapy Program is magnificent -- Music Business is the perfect career path for me.
5. What are you hoping to do after you graduate from Augsburg?
I'd love to land an administrative job behind a symphony or chamber orchestra some day, whether it be here in the Cities or somewhere else in the states. A management position in operations or marketing would be absolutely ideal.
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Skip to comments.1984 Revisited: Archbishop OConnor vs. Governor Cuomo
Posted on 06/07/2014 2:30:45 PM PDT by NYer
Shortly after John J. O'Connor became Archbishop of New York in March 1984, he found himself in a battle with the state's governor, Mario M. Cuomo, which not only made national headlines but also had a profound impact on the abortion debate in America.
It began when the archbishop said during a press conference: "I do not see how a Catholic, in good conscience, can vote for an individual expressing himself or herself as favoring abortion." That didn't sit well with Cuomo.
The governor, who in the early 1970s had been publicly pro-life, changed his position after losing a primary for lieutenant governor in 1973 and then a race for mayor in 1977. To advance his career, Cuomo adopted the now familiar line that, as a Catholic, he was personally opposed to abortion. But as an elected official it would be wrong for him to impose his religious beliefs on the general public. He went on the offensive about O'Connor's comment, telling the New York Times:
The Church has never been this aggressively involved [in politics]. Now you have the Archbishop of New York saying that no Catholic can vote for Ed Koch [the N.Y.C. mayor], no Catholic can vote for [City Comptroller] Jay Goldin, for [City Council President] Carol Bellamy, for [U.S. Senator] Pat Moynihan or Mario Cuomo – anybody who disagrees with him on abortion. . . .The Archbishop says, "You Mario, are a Catholic who agrees with me that abortion is an evil". . . .The Archbishop says, "OK, now I want you to insist that everybody believe what we believe."
Cuomo did not stop there; he described to Newsday what he believed were the potential implications of O'Connor's remark:
So I'm a Catholic governor. I'm going to make you all Catholics – no birth control, you have to go to church on Sunday, no abortion. . . .What happens when an atheist wins? Then what do I do? Then they're going to start drawing and quartering me.
At first, O'Connor appeared to back off. He told the Brooklyn Tablet that he had never said, "anywhere, at any time, that 'no Catholic can vote for Ed Koch.'. . .My sole responsibility is to present. . .the formal official teaching of the Catholic Church. I leave to those interested in such teachings [to judge how] the public statements of officeholders and candidates" match up.
In a New York magazine interview he further explained:
I think there's a deep disquiet in the national consciousness about this issue. People know it's wrong. They know we're killing. It's not a matter of arguing the precise moment when a fetus becomes a baby – people know that thousands of real life human babies are being killed every day. . .and they don't know what to do. They're confused, upset about it. To me, that anguish is the only reasonable explanation of why I can utter a simple statement, a simple answer to a simple question – I don't see how a Catholic in good conscience can vote for a politician who explicitly favors abortion – and immediately it becomes enormous news.
After the Democratic National Convention nominated the first woman vice-presidential candidate, Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro of Queens – a so-called pro-choice Catholic – O'Connor publicly criticized her for saying "things about abortion relevant to Catholic teaching which are not true":
The only thing I know about her is that she has given the world to understand that Catholic teaching is divided on the subject of abortion. . . .As an officially approved teacher of the Catholic Church, all I can judge is that what has been said about Catholic teaching is wrong. . . .I have absolutely nothing against Geraldine Ferraro; I will not tell anybody in the United States you should vote for or against [her] or anybody else. . . .She has given the world to understand that Catholic teaching is divided on the subject of abortion [when there is] no variance, no flexibility, no leeway.
When the Congresswoman denied she had ever misinterpreted Church teaching, O'Connor released a copy of a letter Ferraro had signed and sent two years earlier to fifty Catholic members of Congress concerning a group called "Catholics For a Free Choice." In it, she wrote that Catholics for a Free Choice "shows us that the Catholic position on abortion is not monolithic and that there can be a range of personal and political responses to the issue."
This led to a 25-minute phone conversation between Ferraro and O'Connor during which the archbishop reemphasized that there is "simply no room for a 'free choice' on the matter of abortion . . . [T]he Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II, and the bishops of the United States [have] made that abundantly clear."
Mrs. Ferraro termed the conversation "cordial, direct and helpful," but then she added, aping Cuomo, that:
when bishops speak out they are doing their duty as Church officials. . . .[W]hen I speak out I am doing my duty as a public official and my foremost duty as a public official is to uphold the United States Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion. I cannot fulfill that duty if I seek to impose my own religion on other American citizens. And I am determined to do my duty as a public official.
The liberal establishment was appalled by what it viewed as O'Connor's meddling. The New York Times pontificated:
It might as well be said bluntly. . .[the] effort to impose a religious test on the performance of Catholic politicians threatens the hard-won understanding that finally brought America to elect a Catholic President a generation ago.
Senator Ted Kennedy accused O'Connor of "blatant sectarian appeals" and argued that not "every moral command could become law."
Mario Cuomo refused to sit on the sidelines. On September 13, 1984, he flew to America's best known Catholic university, Notre Dame, to answer O'Connor in a talk titled "Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor's Perspective." Cuomo described himself to his audience, as "an old-fashioned Catholic who sins, regrets, struggles, worries, gets confused, and most of the time feels better after confession."
"The Catholic Church," Cuomo said, "is my spiritual home." He added, "I accept the Church's teaching on abortion," but then asked, "Must I insist you do?":
Our public morality then – the moral standards we maintain for everyone, not just the ones we insist on in our private lives – depends on a consensus view of right and wrong. The values derived from religious belief will not and should not be accepted as part of the public morality unless they are shared by the pluralistic community at large by consensus.
He evoked Cardinal Joseph Bernardin's "seamless garment" argument, saying that abortion "has a unique significance but not a preemptive significance. . .[and] will always be a central concern of Catholics. But so will nuclear weapons. And hunger and homelessness and joblessness, all the forces diminishing human life and threatening to destroy it."
And arguing that a consensus to ban abortion simply did not exist, Cuomo concluded:
I believe that legal interdicting of all abortions by either the federal government or the individual states is not a plausible possibility and, even if it could be obtained, it wouldn't work. Given present attitudes, it would be Prohibition revisited, legislating what couldn't be enforced and in the process creating a disrespect for law in general.
As historian Richard Brookhiser has written, "Cuomo had found, in consensus and prudence, a way of having religion when he wanted it to not having it when he didn't." The consensus argument was even too much for the very liberal Bishop of Albany, Howard Hubbard:
While I support wholeheartedly the governor's position on capital punishment, there is no consensus in our state or nation on this matter. Quite the contrary. The polls show that 60 percent to 70 percent of the population favors the death penalty.Also polls indicate that the vast majority of the citizens in New York are opposed to recent legislation about the mandatory usage of seat belts. Yet contrary to citizen consensus, the governor supports such legislation because it would save several hundred lives a year. Why not a similar concern about saving the thousands of human lives which are terminated annually through abortion on demand?
The governor's style was smooth and slick, but the content was specious and misleading. He is obviously a competent man, but a couple of points were horrendous, one being the complete ignoring of the human rights issue. Human rights do not rest on consensus. Respect for the human rights of blacks, Jewish people – any minority – does not rest on consensus. This is why we call them inalienable rights. He relied on the 15-year old rhetoric of Planned Parenthood [that] we're trying to impose our morality on others. The Supreme Court didn't establish a consensus; it destroyed one. The laws in the 50 states weren't there because the Catholic Church put them there.
A month later Archbishop O'Connor gave a speech before a Catholic Medical Group – with Mother Teresa sitting on the stage – in which he challenged the Cuomo thesis: "You have to uphold the law, the Constitution says. It does not say that you must agree with the law, or that you cannot work to change the law."
There are those who argue that we cannot legislate morality. The reality is that we do legislate behavior every day. . . .It is obvious that law is not the entire answer to abortion. Nor is it the entire answer to theft, arson, child abuse, or shooting police officers. Everybody knows that. But who would suggest that we repeal the laws against such crimes because the law is so often broken.
I have the responsibility of spelling out. . .with accuracy and clarity what the Church officially teaches. . . .I have simultaneously the obligation to try to dispel confusion about such teaching wherever it exists, however it has been generated, regardless of who may have generated it. . . .I recognize the dilemma confronted by some Catholics in political life. I cannot resolve that dilemma for them. As I see it, their disagreement, if they do disagree, is not simply with me [but] with the teaching of the Catholic Church.
For many Catholics, John O'Connor became a national hero. After years of bishops sitting on the sidelines, finally here was someone standing up and challenging whether Catholic politicians could separate their personal convictions from their public stance on abortion and still remain Catholic.
"I think," said Patrick Ahern, an auxiliary bishop of New York, "John O'Connor upped the ante on abortion all by himself. He started the ball rolling, and the other bishops have been forced to follow along. I think, too, that it is an act of great courage, because they're going to flay him over this before he's finished."
Flay him they did. The media consensus was that he was shilling for Ronald Reagan's re-election. O'Connor remained unruffled. He told New York magazine reporter Joe Klein that he was "surprised by all the fuss," and pointed out that was only saying what he'd always said:
In fact, when I was consecrated a bishop in Rome. . . .I vowed publicly that from that day on there would be some reference to the dignity of the human person and, in particular, to the defense of the most vulnerable – the unborn – in every public address I made. I have done that scrupulously since the day I became a bishop. I am not saying anything new. If that's the case, why all the fuss?
O'Connor told Klein that other social issues also concerned him. For instance, during a September 1984 hospital strike, he said something that received very little press coverage, namely that no "Catholic Hospital could hire substitutes for the striking workers or threaten them in anyway,"
Nonetheless, he rejected the so-called seamless-garment approach. "I simply don't see the rationale in saying that a politician is for better housing, a lower rate of unemployment, a more rational foreign policy – and the only thing wrong is that he supports abortion, so it's okay to vote for him. You have to go back to the basic question: What is abortion? Do you think it's the taking of innocent human life or don't you? If you do, then translate it: How can we talk about a rational foreign policy or the horrors of nuclear war if we hold the position that you can take innocent human life?"
This clash between O'Connor and Cuomo was only the first round of a protracted slugfest – one that was to go on for years. Yet in 2000, when O'Connor lay dying, his old adversary (and now ex-governor) conceded in a New York Times op-ed that the archbishop was "an extraordinary prince of the Church who has always been a priest first."
American could do with such another today.
For those who missed it, the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston preached at the funeral of his close friend John O'Connor, the Cardinal Archbishop of New York. O'Connor was a bold and fierce preacher on the subject closest to his heart: the sanctity of human life.
The funeral, broadcast live nationwide, was attended by the president and vice president, their wives and numerous dignitaries including the mayor of New York City.
At one point in the sermon, O'Connor's hand picked homilist said, "What a great legacy he has left us in his constant reminder that the Church must always be unambiguously pro- life."
There was a beat and then applause broke out. It grew louder, increasing as the cameras fixed on the Clinton-Gore party showing them on screens throughout the cathedral. Cardinal Law attempted to quiet the crowd with his hand, when suddenly the congregation began to stand up, applauding in a wave that moved from the back of the church to the front. If it hadn't been a funeral they would have cheered. It was a defiant, pivotal moment.
Then the bishops and cardinals in the sanctuary stood up. The elder George Bush stood up applauding, as did his son somewhere off camera. The camera panned back to the Clinton- Gore party who looked bemused and bewildered.
Having no water glasses to reach for as they did in 1994 when Mother Teresa received a thunderous ovation for telling the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington that there could be no peace as long as a mother could kill the child in her womb, Clinton leaned back and started whispering in Hillary's ear. Gore's face was as blank, flat and white as a sheet of paper. Behind them another abortion "rights" supporter, Rudy Giuliani, began to applaud, albeit weakly, and stood. And lest they be the only ones left seated, the Clintons and Gores lamely stood up but refrained from applauding.
It was not Cardinal Law's intent to embarrass anyone. He was merely doing his job and honoring his friend. The vehement applause came from the people.
When the applause subsided, Law quipped, "I see he hasn't left the pulpit." Even a news commentator said it was as if O'Connor himself had spoken "from beyond the grave." Even through the TV screen you could feel the presence of that humble but larger than life churchman fill St. Patrick's Cathedral one last time, driving home the message he lived.
A lot of people don't know that a majority of the members of O'Conner's denomination broke with Catholic tradition in 1984, and voted pro-life republican that year.
Reagan won reelection in a landslide.
My lovely archbishop! I will never forget this man who put up with so much nonsense during the AIDs epidemic. A true gentleman. Thank you for posting, NYer.
**It began when the archbishop said during a press conference: I do not see how a Catholic, in good conscience, can vote for an individual expressing himself or herself as favoring abortion.**
God bless Archbishop O'Connor!
Blessed Mother Teresa could tell it like it is. And no one dared say anything!
**1994 when Mother Teresa received a thunderous ovation for telling the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington that there could be no peace as long as a mother could kill the child in her womb, Clinton leaned back and started whispering in Hillary's ear. Gore's face was as blank, flat and white as a sheet of paper. Behind them another abortion "rights" supporter, Rudy Giuliani, began to applaud, albeit weakly, and stood. And lest they be the only ones left seated, the Clintons and Gores lamely stood up but refrained from applauding. **
Oh, to an earlier post asking for a Catholic intellectual to replace Buckley. I thought of George Marlin but since I hadn't heard much from him in recent years I figured he as not in the running. Now this article.
Perhaps he was miffed.
Pope Mario the Pious is a supremely arrogant man who has passed the seed of hubris to his son Andrew. But as a politician he knew when to back & fill. The funeral of Cardinal O'Connor was an example. Cuomo shakes the angry wagging finger worse than Ayman al-Zawahiri, but when push comes to shove, he becomes what his detractors on the left call "Hamlet on the Hudson".
Why didn't Mario run for President? In his own words, "I'm too ethnic, too urban, too liberal, too northeastern".
And now, just too old.
I remember this as if it were yesterday. What a remarkable president! We need more O'Connor's and Reagans today.
Living in New York City during the age of Reagan, O'Connor and Koch was fascinating. It came back from the Lindsay/Beame era and helped bring Guiliani to power. Will it come back today?
During his years in the Archdiocese of New York, Cardinal OConnor was active in many areas from ministering to both the rich and down trodden, to preaching it was important to live your faith in both politics and even on the baseball field. He would donate his Social Security benefits to a black scholarship fund and give blood to the Red Cross and ask others to "give" too. In the quiet of the night, he was known to visit AIDS patients at an archdiocesan hospital and could be found listening to them, cleaning their sores and changing their bedpans.
He was a shining light in a very dirty world. He and his parish were abused by the gay community but he handled it with dignity and grace without giving an inch to the haters. He should be used as an example by anyone going against the common culture.
The anti-Reagans depend on immigration to make sure that we never get another Reagan.
How we could use Cardinal O'Connor today instead of the go along get along attitude at St. Patrick's Cathedral.Cardinal O'Connor had Courage.
Thank you for sharing your personal testimonial. He was a tremendous witness for Christ.
Your experience sounds wonderful!
Dolan is too much of a backslapping politician himself to ever call out the current Cuomo NY governor on his pro abortion, homo "marriage" support. No one will ever accuse Dolan of being strict defender of the faith because he's not. The church needs more defenders of the faith like Cardinal O'Connor and no politicians like Dolan
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Do Hotel Web Sites Have To Be So Boring?
There was an interesting round table discussion sponsored by visual content management powerhouse, VFM Leonardo .
The basic question the panel was asked to consider was this: Why is hotel web site content so boring, and how can it be made more engaging for the traveler?
It so happens, that the initial stage in travel decisions is the all-important "Planning Stage," the tipping point, so to speak.
So if content is almost exclusively transactional and booking-oriented (which it is), the customer's emotional needs are not met.
And if the emotional needs are not met, the panel agreed, there is no incentive to book because there is no excitement; no connection to the property or destination.
Someone at TravelPort sited a report claiming that 44 percent of people would pay more money if they could experience what their stay at a hotel would really be like before they go.
If that's true, then why isn't hotel content more vivid; more rich-more tied into the customers "experiential" needs?
One explanation was that those in charge of providing content for hotel web site and portals are thinking too much like IT people and not about the "wow" factor of a property.
VFM Leonardo referenced a Forrester Research study that said two-thirds if consumers won't even consider a hotel unless the visuals are compelling.
So, again, how can hotels make their content connect more?
One surprisingly obvious answer was video.
All the participants said that video was a must; perhaps the single, strongest content enhancer.
More importantly they argued, what mattered was not just putting video highlighting a property on a hotel or destination's web site.
Given all the video sharing sites today, being able to share the video globally, and thus powering hotel brands is critical. But it's a concept destination and property managers don't get.
We at Travel Video PostCard and New Media Travel are well aware of the "video illiteracy" of most hotels.
We see the struggle for our client hotels and destinations to fully embrace the idea.
Some argued that hotel brands still think video is too expensive to produce, failing to grasp how new technologies make video production a very cheap event with huge ROI.
A big question was why hotels seem to feature empty hotel rooms and too-gorgeous people in their images and videos.
One answer was that architectural shots like a dining room or suite gave no offense. Imagine, said a speaker, if you were a childless couple, how would you feel seeing a video or images of a family cavorting in the pool?
Regardless, whatever the combination is (text, images, video), the overarching idea was to move away from the dry content of most hotel web sites, and create the kind of content that pulls the visitor into the property or destination even before they arrive.
Our vote goes to video, of course, but an emotional mix of video, strong still images and fun text will carry the client to the booking process, happily.
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Swedish artist, printmaker, lecturer, and art consultant, Jordi Arkö came to Bethany from Garsås in Dalarna, Sweden. Arkö has studied art history, archaeology, and ethnology at the University of Stockholm College of Design and Fine Arts, and he has a Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in free art and graphic design from the Royal Institute of Arts
Arkö has exhibited around the world, including across Sweden and in the U.S., England, Denmark, Ireland, France, Germany, and Japan. His well-known artworks include etchings entitled Samtal med Goya, "Conversation with Goya," a 295-foot long tapestry depicting Frans G. Bengtsson's Viking novel Röde Orm, "The Long Ships," and over 100 lithographs illustrating the same novel. Arkö has also designed Swedish postage stamps and Nobel Prize diplomas, and he recently designed a new antependium for the Mora church in Dalarna, Sweden.
In addition to making art, Arkö is currently serving on the Swedish Post Design Advisory Committee and is appointed as the artistic expert on the jury for the new Swedish banknote design competition. He is also serving as the vice chairman on the Swedish Fine Art Print Society board at the National Museum in Stockholm, on the Dalarna county council as consultant of fine art, and as chairman of the Mörksugge foundation of Rättvik Culture Centre library.
Arkö has previously held positions as teacher of graphic arts at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, guest teacher at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland, and artistic director at Grafikens Hus, Swedish Print Center, in Mariefred, Sweden. Arkö has also authored literature and catalogs about contemporary printmaking art and artists, such as Swedish artist Anders Zorn.
While at Bethany, Arkö was an artist-in-residence at the Mingenback Art Center, taught classes, and worked with Bethany students, faculty, and staff.


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Development aid: where to next?
09 May 2014 by Gail Hurley, Policy Specialist on Development Finance
Last month some 1500 people from over 130 countries gathered in Mexico City for the latest international jamboree on development aid. The 'Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation', an OECD/UNDP-led effort to improve aid effectiveness by encouraging better partnerships between aid donors and aid recipients, had to confront some really tough questions. Do some countries still need development aid? Does aid really work that well? And what is 'aid' anyway?
Over the last decade, the developing world has dominated global economic growth. There are now 103 middle-income countries and the number (happily) continues to rise. Although much of the attention has been focused on the rapid economic advances made by the 'big beasts' of the developing world —Brazil, China and India— others are also doing well; Sub-Saharan Africa has grown at, on average, 5-6% annually over the last decade.
Some developing countries have become major donors themselves, such as Mexico, Turkey, Kazakhstan and South Africa. Arab donors have also become more prominent and last month the UAE posted the highest aid levels of all donor countries as a percentage of gross national income (at 1.25%).
All well and good, then? Perhaps, but it's left many 'old' donors confused – will taxpayers complain that we're sending aid to places that are sending large amounts of aid elsewhere? So much so the UK's Department for International Development will close its aid programmes in India and South Africa from 2015. 'It's time to recognise India's changing place in the world', said Justine Greening, the UK's International Development Secretary.
As more countries develop and expand their aid programmes, the debate as to whether any of this aid actually works has still not been laid to rest. For its part, the Global Partnership's recent progress report on aid effectiveness reported mixed results on improving aid quality.
Debates over aid effectiveness often miss the fundamental point that development aid typically serves a wide range of political, commercial, cultural and moral objectives. The extent to which the former interests compare to the latter varies between donors and over time, but these factors all influence aid effectiveness. Just 10 countries swallow up almost 40% of overall aid which shows that some countries still remain more important to donors than others. 'Technical' fixes – such as the Global Partnership effort – can therefore only achieve so much in relation to deep-seated political problems.
And what is 'development aid' anyway? The OECD's definition – called 'Official Development Assistance, or ODA' – is broad and open to interpretation. It allows a wide range of activities to be thrown in to the bucket and 'counted' as aid. And indeed over the years the number of 'problems' aid is expected to 'fix' has steadily increased.
For other donors, there is no aid definition at all: they are free to define it as they please.
So what next for the global development aid effort? This is especially important as the world debates what will succeed the Millennium Development Goals when they expire in 2015. Many sense a major aid overhaul is needed, but are not sure what this means in practice.
First, aid is currently expected to 'do' a lot. And the pressure to tap aid budgets to pay for global public goods (such as protecting the world's forests and oceans) will only intensify in the post-2015 era. It's also true that all countries benefit when the environment is better preserved, not just the recipient nation.
Second, who should define 'aid' and what can be thrown into the 'aid' bucket? Surely a strong case can be made that important decisions on such matters are taken in inclusive and representative forums?
We also need to allocate resources more effectively and fairly between countries and to decouple a larger share of decisions on aid from domestic politics. In practical terms, this requires a much bigger commitment to the pooling of aid resources, which could help to simplify an increasingly complex development financing landscape and, if done well, ensure that all countries have a voice in aid allocation decisions.
In sum, aid is at a crossroads. There are important opportunities to improve the current status-quo and the Global Partnership is a step in the right direction. But, if we are to make the most of international public finance in the post-2015 era, we can and should also be more ambitious.
This post was originally published on SPERI.
Aid Development Effectiveness Capacity development aid coordination and effectiveness Millennium Development Goals Poverty reduction and inequality partnerships Gail Hurley


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Finding text in files is an everyday (every hour) occurrence for most programmers. And in Unix-land, people generally use
grep to do the searching.
Of course Emacs has an interface to grep, which now (as of Emacs 22) even has interfaces for using both find and grep together to search through directory structures (
But, before those existed, someone wrote a nice package igrep.el, which has a very intuitive (IMO) interface.
M-x igrep-find RET
which will search for regexp
in all the files with the extension
.cxx underneath the
/search/in/here/ directory.
As you'd expect, the results of the search show up in a buffer, and clicking on any one of them jumps you to that spot in the file. And the standard
M-x next-error (aka
C-x `) will jump you to the next match.
About the only thing I don't like is that the paths returned in the results are the fully expanded path. In other words, when the paths to the files are really long, most of the result buffer is taken up with just the pathname. So I wrote this little snippet of code which post-processes the buffer to trim the names relative to the search path entered (in the example above, all the
/search/in/here/ would be removed from the file names.
(defun my-shorten-filenames-in-compilation (buffer &optional stat)
"remove the absolute filenames if they match the default-directory"
(interactive "b")
(set-buffer buffer)
(goto-char (point-min))
(let ((buffer-read-only nil)
(base-dir (if (re-search-forward "find \\([^ ]+\\) " nil t)
(if (string-match "/$" (match-string 1))
(match-string 1)
(concat (match-string 1) "/"))
(setq default-directory base-dir)
(while (re-search-forward (concat "^" default-directory) nil t)
(replace-match "")))))
(add-hook 'compilation-finish-functions 'my-shorten-filenames-in-compilation)
I do realize that the built-in
M-x rgrep does this automatically, I just prefer the
igrep interface.


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Lego Batman 2 review: witty humor, fun gameplay
Lego games are always enjoyable to play. I haven't had a bad moment playing the games because most of the time there is always some fun, witty plot and jokes packed inside each one. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is no different.
The game pulls from the epic story of Batman and meshes it into world of Lego bricks. The Wii U version reviewed here is the exact version same that was recently released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game does not utilize the game pad on the Wii U; however, it is still enjoyable to play and hasn't lost its luster.


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Written by Wesley James, edited by Matthew Field, and Illustrated by Tom Gagnon, this hardcover, oversize book, contains 214 pages, 63 items, and 568 stunning illustrations.
Randy Wakeman: "Performers in the know salivate whenever Tom, or one of his pieces of magic, appears, and with good reason. The high quality of Toms magic is patently obvious, as it takes only a brief glance to appreciate that these gems were developed from tireless experimentation and effort. With every Gagnon contribution, the precious arsenal of secrets and techniques we hold so dear is enriched."
Ron Bauer: "Tom Gagnon is beyond a card expert. He's a complete cardician."
Jon Racherbaumer: "Tom Gagnon is an artist, detailist, and vitalist. More significantly, he knows how to apply what he creates. Like Vernon and Marlo, he embraces the delivery that dances in the "details." He Knows that refinements and finesses are responsible for what virtually happens when magic occurs. His new book provides context for these details by dint of his meticulous drawing and his rarified explanations. So, be prepared to have your consciousness raised. How you think spreading, dealing, and controlling cards will never be the same. "
Steve Beam: "Frequently when creating magic, I come across a fork in the road. I tend to take the road less traveled...only to find that Tom has already been there, wiped the place clean, and left few rocks for the rest of us."
Harvey Rosenthal: "Tom Gagnon is one of the finest and most original cardmen I have ever seen. His cardwork is in a class by itself. He has broken new ground that will excite anyone serious about card magic. It is a must have publication. Avant-Cards is going to become a classic and no doubt it will be considered the finest magic book to come out in 2011."
David Solomon: "The Versatile Spread Control is one of the devilish ways to force or place a card. Once you learn the control, you will find that you can do some of the most fooling card magic imaginable. "
Matthew Field: "I've edited many magic books, but Tom Gagnons Tabled Spread Pass impresses me as startlingly original and amazingly utilitarian for the serious card worker. It enables miracles while appearing to be the most innocent action."
Chuck Romano"The Art of Deception: "It has been said that paging through a book illustrated by Tom Gagnon is like perusing a magical photo album. Each of the illustrations is like a snapshot that captures the true essence of a magical effect. Gagnons ground-breaking use of shadows in his illustrations, attention to detail, and overall dedication to his craft has earned him the reputation as one of magic's most sought after illustrators."
Harry Riser: "Tom Gagnon has always been at the forefront of innovative magic. His approach to the most unusual methods is well known throughout magic."
Vic Trabucco: "I first met Tom many years ago at one of the early Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic and have always admired his work and to say that he thinks out of the box is an understatement. He is a true creator, an original with a list of gems that will arm the magician with weapons that will serve you for years to come! And you can be sure that all his material has been explored from top to bottom and inside out, to yield the very best version. Dont miss the opportunity to experience the genius of Tom Gagnon."
Simon Lovell: "Tom is one of the most cunning sleight-of-hand performers that I know. He consistently fools the heck out of me with his devious magic and moves. His "Lateral Bottom Deal" alone is worth the price of this great book."
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Is Colorado still a swing state?
It's beginning to look like Colorado's swing state status might be short-lived.
As recently as 2004, when George W. Bush carried the state for a second time, Colorado had two GOP senators and a GOP governor. But Democrats have won the past three Senate elections, the last two races for governor and Barack Obama has carried the state twice.
In the Legislature, where Democrats currently hold the majority in both chambers and an openly gay Denver Democrat now holds the House speakership, KDVR Fox 31's Eli Stokols reports the 2013 docket includes the following issues: gun control, civil unions, death penalty repeal, marijuana regulation (voters legalized it in November) and a proposal to lower college tuition for undocumented students.
The blue state hue of the issue set is unmistakable. How that ambitious agenda fares this year — and then translates at the polls in 2014 — could provide clues as to whether the biggest prize in the Mountain West remains within the GOP's reach in 2016 or whether Colorado's designation as a "purple state" simply represents a way station in a transition toward a more Democratic–oriented state in presidential elections.


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East-West Shrine Game: Garoppolo shines, Lynch does little
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In their bids to impress to pro scouts evaluating the East-West Shrine game, small school quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo thrived while Heisman Trophy finalist Jordan Lynch struggled.
Garoppolo replaced Lynch after his better known counterpart from Northern Illinois threw a couple of early interceptions and wound up stealing the show.
Coastal Carolina's Matt Hazel scored on a 1-yard reception to Garoppolo, who completed nine of 14 passes for 100 yards and no interceptions to earn offensive MVP honors for the East in a 23-13 victory.
Nevin Lawson returned a fourth-quarter fumble 5 yards for another TD to help seal the win before an announced crowd of 19,500 at Tropicana Field.
"I wasn't used to coming off the bench, so I had to get warmed up. But the coaches called some good plays to get me in a rhythm, and the offensive line did a great job as well," Garoppolo said.
"Out here it's just about the competition, whether you're at a small school or a big school you still have to show you can get the job done," the Eastern Illinois quarterback added. "I believe I'm one of the best players in the nation, and that's the mindset I play with."
Arkansas' Zach Hocker kicked three field goals for the East, including a 56-yarder that snapped a 13-13 tie early in the fourth quarter.
Nevin, a cornerback from Utah State, scooped up a fumble forced by Western Kentucky's Andrew Jackson to put the East up 23-13 with 9:38 to go.
Lynch, who was not available for postgame interviews, started for the East and threw a pair of first-quarter interceptions while also failing to get his team into the end zone after West starter Keith Wenning of Ball State lost a fumble at his own 22 on the second play of the game.
Hoping to capitalize on the quick turnover, Lynch overthrew potential scoring passes to Michigan's Jeremy Gallon and Miami's Allen Hurns before the East settled for a 31-yard field goal. Two of his next three passes were intercepted by Arizona State's Alden Darby and Arizona's Shaquille Richardson.
The East defense, led by West Virginia lineman Will Clarke and team defensive MVP Ethan Westbrooks of West Texas A&M, forced four turnovers.
"This was a great way to end my college career. It was a great week on and off the field," Westbrooks said. "I always thought I could play at this level, and playing against guys on the same level or better than you always brings out the best."
More than 100 players from last winter's East-West game wound up in NFL camps, and this year's participants were hoping to make the most of an opportunity to showcase their skills for pro scouts.
"I'm going to try to take the momentum from this game to continue on with my training and get ready for the combine," Clarke said. "There were a lot of questions surrounding my level of play, so I hope I was able to answer a lot of questions about that today."
Lynch, who finished 2 of 7 passing for 3 yards, was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2013 and led Northern Illinois to a BCS bowl berth as a junior and a 24-4 record in two years as a starter.
Despite throwing for over 6,000 yards, 49 touchdowns and just 14 interceptions as a junior and senior, the 6-foot, 216-pound Lynch, who was an even more effective runner in college, entered practice for Saturday's game feeling he had to demonstrate he can throw the ball well enough to have a chance to be successful as a pro.
Garoppolo's TD pass to Hazel gave the East a 13-6 lead that the West erased when Washington's Keith Price threw a 20-yard scoring pass to Toledo's Bernard Reedy early in the third quarter.
Reedy finished with four receptions for 46 yards, and San Jose State's Chandler Jones also had a big game for the West with seven catches for 73 yards.
Wenning was 12 of 19 for 82 yards and one interception. Notre Dame's Tommy Rees followed him for the West, going 5 of 11 for 69 yards and an interception.
Texas kicker Anthony Fera booted field goals of 34 and 37 yards for the West.


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Golf Outing Raises $34,000 for Memorial Scholarship
DuBOIS – The totals are in for the Jordan Andrulonis Memorial Golf Tournament, and the event raised $34,000 to help Penn State DuBois students fund their education. Specifically, the money raised at the tournament benefits the Jordan Andrulonis Trustee Scholarship at Penn State DuBois.
Endowed this summer, The Jordan Andrulonis Trustee Scholarship is available to any undergraduate student who is enrolled or plans to enroll at Penn State DuBois who has a financial need. Jordan's mother, Betty McFadden Freemer, and her husband, Mark Freemer, both of DuBois, established the scholarship in memory of Jordan, who drowned at Treasure Lake in September of 2009. He was an engineering major and dean's list student at Penn State DuBois, and was a member of the campus wrestling team.
The Freemers also organized the golf tournament, which was held on August 10, at the DuBois Country Club. Like Andrulonis, they are both alumni of Penn State DuBois, and Mark is the chair of For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students campus fundraising campaign. They saw the golf tournament as an opportunity to raise scholarship money to help make a higher education more accessible to all students.
"It was a fabulous day," said McFadden Freemer. "We had 107 golfers, 120 dinner guests, and we raised $34,000 for a fantastic cause and we had a great time doing it. I am thrilled that we are helping Penn State DuBois students with their college education."
McFadden Freemer said the day also provided comfort for those close to Andrulonis. She said, "It was also a day of healing for Jordan's friends and family. There was a 90% chance of rain that day. Instead, the sun was shining more than we saw clouds. Then during dinner it did rain long enough to finish the day with a beautiful rainbow that was vibrant end to end. It was a blessing."