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The Art of Living different courses with different focus. DSN is one of such courses that makes you very strong, dynamic leader with goal to create a divine society. I attended DSN course during Christmas of year 2008. Our DSN teacher Sri R.R. Naickji instructed us to convince the smokers to quit smoking. Normally, many such exercises are given to the course participants during the DSN program, by the teachers for some purpose. But this exercise created a difference… We approached to strangers in group. They were wondering about who we were! Why we were concern for their health, their family! We had many unique and amazing experiences during those few hours. Most of those strangers welcomed our concerns with smile. They gave excuses to smoke. They superficially agreed to quit smoking to get rid of us. Some people even insulted us. It does not matter to us. At the end of day, we achieved many positive results. We made difference in lives of many people. So this was spark. DSN course was over, with excellent learning.
However, this process of talking with strangers, made us aware about our social responsibility for the people, who are misguided and wasting their life, their health due to bad habit of smoking. What can we do for them? Some of us gathered and under guidance of Art of Living teacher Sureshji we continued to work. Sureshi started a blog to share experience. Stop Smoking!! Start Living ! We had brain storming discussions about how to approach a stranger smoker and convince him to stop smoking. Many more volunteers joined with us. We prepared banners. We started campaign to bring revolution and make smoking free society. As such our goal is not to close tobacco companies. Our goal is to create healthy society. We approached many smokers on new year day and they took new year resolution to quit smoking. We have lit a lamp and given a name to it - "Stop Smoking Start Living" campaign. So now, spark got air and fuel. It become flame.
So far, this campaign was happening only at one part of Bangalore. That area is recognized as HAL, MurugeshPaliya, Old Airport Road. Yes, we got many encouraging e-mails from across the globe, that we posted on our blog. We expand the reach of our campaign. We approached other near by Art of Living center. The same campaign replicated by Art of Living volunteers of other centers. Koramangala Art of Living center took it forward. Probably, Sri Naickji's DSN course students were holding that spark of "Stop Smoking" campaign, at Koramangala also. We all approached Guruji Sri Sri Ravishankar. He blessed this campaign. We identify some useful tools like specific breathing techniques, some processes, some specific medicines etc . All these tools, scientifically strengthen will-power and reduce tendency to smoke. We put all these tools in a package and created a week program. Now, our approach was well-structured, equipped with necessary tools and more result oriented. Art of Living teacher named Ujvalji has conducted many such week-long programs for last more than 1 year. We received many messages, research papers and video testimonials about effectiveness of past programs.
Today, after successful running this program at Koramanagala, we want to replicate at other part of Bangalore. The flame is blazing up now. This campaign is, now, no longer specific to any geographical area. Next week, this program is happening at Bellandur area of Bangalore. Bangalore is IT-hub of India. Bellandur is IT-hub of Bangalore. As, many IT professionals have settled in this area. We have observed many IT professionals have cultivated this not-so-good habit of smoking over the time. We want to make them free of this smoking habit. IT means Information Technology. Guruji adds, "IT also means Inner Transformation. :-) "
So I request your support to bring this transformation. Weather you are IT professional or not, if you are smoking just join this program. It is good for you, your health, your family and our society. If you are not smoking then just spread awareness for this program. Can you do that? I am sure you can. So let this flame grows, blaze up and become a sacred JYOTI which can burn bad habit of smoking. Let's all light more and more lamps from it, and take the mission forward. We can make a difference to the lives of people and our next generation.
Stay tune to this blog "Express YourSelf !" one more such inspirational story about "Yeh Chingari Bani Jwala…"
Mobile Developer Conference
Declaimer: This note is not verbatim of speech. I have tried to cover the essence, as per my understanding. It may not match sometime with the speaker's original message due to my mistake. So any corrections are welcome.
"Developers say app, Consumer say experience" keynote address by Mr. R N Prabhakar from TRAI. Mr. Prabhakar was glad to be with many young people. He shared some numbers and statistics. In last 3 years, Indian telecom market has grown with CAGR of 45%. By June 2010, India will have 581.81 million broadband data connections, out of them only 38.76 million connections will be wireline. Rest all will be mobile broadband connection. This telecom development has significant impact on society and life style of people. People now, immediately call their relatives after reaching to destination while traveling. Businessmen prefer SMS over phone call to avoid informal talk. We can have applications related to video, social network, remote access of network, advertisements, location based services etc. VAS market is at very nascent stage in India. It has no any proven business model. TRAI has issued guidelines for VAS development in India. He explained on deck and off deck model and emphasized for marketing of mobile applications. Market research is very much required to idenify reasons for non-adaptability of mobile applications. It cannot be only price. It can be also ease-of-use and attitude towards mobile application. It is difficult to sell 3G service even at low price.
Here are few important points from Mr. Prabhakar's speech.
• Mobile applications should be aware about majority mobile Internet has slow speed in India.
• Rural market will see more growth in telecom market of India. The Indian market is not only price sensitive, an average rural person will buy a mobile application, only if he sees any direct/indirect benefits out of it.
• For example rural youth may like application related to education. Agriculture market, healthcare, regional language and e-governance related applications also can be popular.
• ARPU decreases so, now consumer has money to buy mobile applications.
• Only 30% of global handsets are smart phone.
• We need to educate people for advantage of 3G and our mobile applications. Consumer should PULL applications instead of service provider PUSH them.
As per news, Indian mobile operators may use 3G spectrum to provide voice capacity. So one person has concern for mobile applications without 3G data connectivity. Mr. Prabhakar replied if your application is good, innovative and you do enough marketing for it, then you should not worry.
My Comments: Yes, his speech reminds me, my experience about VAS and mobile applications. It is not so good. I used to download wallpapers and polyphonic ringtone. However, many times I got charged, even my download fails. Sometime, we get charged for clicking a link, where no charging information is mentioned. I had a mobile application to book movie ticket for PVR cinema. It had bug. At last step, I can enter only 12 digits out of 16 digits of credit card number, in the given edit box!! Only AirTel provides Twitter service in India. I found, AirTel implementation of Twitter keywords is not, as per documentation on the website and there is no technical assistance from AirTel about that !! Free SMS offers often change without prior notice. So I have cultivated a bit skeptic attitude towards the GPRS, VAS and mobile applications.
Next keynote session was by Mr. Atul Chitnis. I know him, for his FOSS annual event. "Mobile Applications: The Next Billion Users" He shared his experience as an end-user about mobile devices starting with digital diary of early 90s'. "One can take a device, install third party application and go beyond its original capability." This started a revolution. Atul identified the potential of such mobile applications, much earlier. As per him, we all are already late. Now we cannot afford to be late to address the need of billions of end-users. They are not sitting here. They have neither used computer, not they want to use. We developers have experience of developing GUI for desktop applications only, so far. The mobile device has small screen and people wish to operate your application with just one hand and without stylus. Even today, few popular air ticket booking websites do not have mobile friendly version. The market for mobile applications is huge, if we target the lower middle class. They just want to stay informed, connected and entertained. We should have applications for traveling and TV programme guide. We should promote, mobile applications as necessary accessories like wrist watch, wallet, pocket combs, spectacles and pen. He showed us a small device without any connection. No USB, no WiFi, no GPRS, no 3G/4G. It has touch screen. It has entire wikipedia. Very useful.
My comments: Dr. C.K.Prahald is also mentioning about addressing the bottom of pyramid. Yes, probably mobile applications for many low-end mobiles can generate more money compare to fancy applications for smart phones. I have vague idea for few applications for mass public and even applications that do not need GPRS/3G connection to operate. I will share those ideas, applications, algorithms on this blog. Stay tune to "Express YourSelf !"
Next we had technical sessions in parallel tracks. Mr. Prshant Zaveri shared some useful development tools and concepts to get start with Android application in his speech "Porting Applications, Drivers & OS". Mr. Egipsy Souza emphasized on user specific GUI in his interactive talk on "Building Usable User Interface". Mr. Lalit Bhise talked about his product to build "Mobile Web Applications and Services". Mobitop provides APIs to build applications using HTML and Javascript that can run on Android, Symbian and Windows mobile He listed four development options for VAS. Value added services can be based on interactive voice (IVR), SMS, Mobile web/WAP site and mobile applications. Social networking based Internet applications have many APIs. If we have such APIs of some mechanism to access address books of all mobiles, then we can build some social networking applications for mobile cloud.
We built our network during lunch break. I met few ex-colleagues and friends. We visited stalls by sponsors of this event. "Forum Nokia" was running a quiz contest. Teleca gifted us a key-chain, which has calender for 25 years. I met one gentleman from US. We shared our views about mobile market in US v/s India, Google's entry in ISP market, Qualcomm bidding for 3G/4G spectrum in India etc. He was wondering about few facts mentioned by Mr. Prabhakar for Indian mobile market.
Mr. Mohit Saxena and Mr. Sandeep Choudhary talked about market for mobile advertisements and their product to embed advertisements in mobile applications. Their topic was "Nuances of Mobile Advertising Based Apps". Mr. Nilesh Maheshwari explained advantages for "Automated Mobile App Testing" and few tools like "Monkey UI" and "CTS" for Android applications. One of my ex-colleagues liked the talk by Mr. Mukul Joshi on "Casual Games on Mobile". He gave some useful tips. One has to test the application/game on all the mobile handsets, as each one has different screen size. We need to choose appropriate coordinate systems in our game. Device Anywhere is useful, but costly tool. It is good idea to distribute your mobile applications/games to youngsters may be college students and let them report back to issue they faced on their mobile. Each device/platform needs different code for same applications. We can only re-use, the design, requirement and the skill/knowledge we gain, across the device.
Mr. Edwin Moses – MBA from IIM-A presented some simple but thought provoking facts, in his talk "A Changing Paradigm in Mobile Application Space". He raised many questions. First he addressed us as future owner of some successful company like Facebook, Google. One can use technology for hobby or business, ultimately it should create money. So far mankind has evolved by monetizing the ideas. He encouraged us to build a successful business model from this changing mobile landscape. All entrepreneurs believe that they have created a right product/service at right time and so they will succeed. It may untrue sometimes. We should always "user promise and over deliver". What can be reason for broadcast service provider to enter into telecom industry? This telecom industry is highly unpredictable. The top management of big players also not confident about where the industry is leading. If it is predictable, then it will have pattern. So you can write algorithm or formulate business strategy. Here our strategies have short life span. One needs deep understanding of technology, business dynamics and customer to become successful. Yes, during 2000, dot com boom time, many dreams were destroyed, but few companies come out as hero. We are again at the same point. Mobile operators do not want to remain provider of merely dumb pipe. The content is becoming commodity. The definition of smart phone is changing. Earlier, management used to present smart phone as perk. Now it is lifestyle and life style enabler. Device is just silicon chips by vendors like Texas Instruments and Qualcomm. Hardware is no longer competitive advantage. It is now commodity. The service and applications have money. Edwin listed out evolution of players. Mobile operators, device companies, ISPs, Technology companies, Content and marketing services. They all have common dream. "I want to own the consumer".
After presenting this big picture for telecom market, he talked about mobile applications. Yes, application stores are platform. They are growing. Apple, Aircel, AirTel, Verizon, Samsung, Android, Vodafone all have application store. They are real. Today such technology exist, that enable such distribution channel. Developers can get all necessary support from the community. However, there are few not-so-good aspects, that one should be aware of. The developer always thinks about lowest memory consumption and MIPS CPU cycles. Sometimes, he forget the customer. When elephant dance, we should not support any one party. We are not sure, who will survive in long run. Same way, we need to build expertize to work on multiple platforms. This is crowded market place. How a consumer will locate your application among thousands of applications. In spite of all these facts, few key questions have not change. They are: Who is my customer? What is my value proposition? How my offer is different? What is my business model? What is my distribution channel? What is my sustainable competitive advantage? It is not easy to answer all these questions for young budding entrepreneurs.
Winston Churchull made a nice statement: "The longer you look back, the further you can see future" Mobile application is not among list of 10 inventions that changed the mankind. They are wheel, fire, Internal Combustion engine, Printing Press etc. So here we need to focus few key points.
(1) Recognize the trends, as in the history, people earn huge money from big trend.
(2) There is always a cycle. Technology first, second invention and third need. The inventor of mobile handset would never have think that one day, we all will gather here to discuss about mobile applications. At the time of invention, often need is not clear. Like today we have application store, but we are not fully clear about need of end-user for mobile application.
(3) Right timing is everything.
(4) Complexity is compelling, simplicity is power. Yahoo v/s Goolge serach engine is the best example. He refer one more incidents about dedicated IC chip for MP3 playback in mobile handset.
(5) Profit and Loss statement, balance sheet, top line, bottom line they all are still relevant.
(6) The appropriate strategy is vital to become successful.
(7) This is 'win-win' world. Let's all make money. When a company is growing and want to control whole world, then nature has its own mechanism to destroy it. Look, today the dynasores do not exist.
(8) Focus on customer.
At the end we had panel discussion on "Appconomics – Traps for an App". The panelists discussed different goto market strategies and its significance of economics of mobile application building. I missed that due to other priority. Overall, I found this one day conference as useful and informative. So I shared the key take away points with all of you – the readers of this blog "Express YourSelf !". Comments are welcome, as usual.
Coming up: Mobile Developers Conference
Even after datacom, Internet merged to telecom, the need for perfection is as it is. It ensures by thorough testing for telecom equipment, before it got deployed. The emerging telecom standards are becoming complex day by day. Now, to implement such complex standard and that too with perfection, needs a specialized skill set. The firm having such skill set, (OEM) can also demands very high price for its product. This is not consumer market, it is industry market. So high price paid by service provider, is distributed among millions of end consumers like you and me. So far so good. All are happy. All are getting quality product/service at right price.
A software engineer working for OEM, got surprise by knowing the deal amount. He wonders, the piece of code which he wrote is so... much valuable that his employer got this much money? A young man, with so many dreams. Finance market has many Venture Capitalists. So now, this young man wants to become entrepreneur. He knows, the complexity part. He can concur it. He can form a team. He can develop a product. A quality product. He can get funds from VCs. However this is not sufficent to become successful in telecom industry. We have many such failure stories. The service provider generally does not trust such new company. The young man, does not have network with CxO of telecom firms. So even telecom industry is quite lucrative, it has intrinsic entry barriers for such new comers.
Over the time, open source community took some initiative like OpenClovis, OpenBTS, OpenBSC projects for network side. For handset side, Google came up with Android OS. In year 2007 Apple's iPhone changed the rules of game. Probably Apple is aware that even though iPhone is an excellent phone, the hardware is no longer competitive advantage. The consumer will pay for applications. It opens up the telecom industry for such new players, young entrepreneurs . Still it is not open for network equipment. Now it is open for mobile application development. Mobile application development does not need any big infrastructure, test lab setup that OEM needs. Apple invented a good hardware piece called iPhone, which has full potential to become popular. Apple has two choice. Employee iPhone developers, train them and make sure, they utilize all the features of hardware. It was not feasible. So they opened up the development tools for general public. First time, in the world history, any handset manufacturer provided the whole eco-system to developers community to build mobile application and getting paid for it. They deploy the online distribution channel for mobile applications. And it works ! The individuals were happy, as they got larger share in price of application. Apple was happy, as it got large number of mobile applications that helped Apple to make iPhone popular. It created history.
Thus the entry barrier for new comers is broken. So now, many young persons become entrepreneurs. They developed iPhone applications. They sold it. They made good fortune. They got rid of office, boss, performance review and all those corporate formalities. They are their own boss. They got work as per their interest to develop mobile application and getting paid for that. Later on many mobile manufacturers and even service providers followed the trend set by Apple. So over the time, many application stores emerged on Internet. All want to tap the potential of self-motivated individuals to make their brand popular.
The story is not as bright, as it looks like. Again many failure cases. Many youngsters just want to jump into mobile application development. They simply lost into so many options like many application stores, many platforms, many development tools, many design ideas, many jazzy GUI, many bugs, many interoperability issues. They are confused, how to make money? Which application will click the market? How to build a successful, popular mobile applications? Should they target latest smart phone or entry level phones? Which one will be more profitable? What are the tricks, tips? How to optimize the application for smart phone? Should they target enterprise users or consumers? Should they develop games or applications? ......They all collaborate to share ideas. At Bangalore, Mobile Monday provided that platform to share views and gave expert insights by organizing a whole day event called "Mobile Developers Conference"
I attended this event last Saturday. My next article will provide glimpse of the event. So stay tune to your own blog: "Express YourSelf !"


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Survey Finds Most Americans Believe Games Cause Violence
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Only 1000 people? That's hardly representative of 310,000,000 people. It's not even a fair survey, as Exterminas has pointed out:
Let's not jump to conclusions about people believing video games are harmful just let. I think we need to stop being so kneejerk.
Survey says: Shut up, the both of you.
You know. I always try my best to have an unbiased view on things. I always try to not think of people as ''the masses'' or ''sheep.''
But this isn't helping.
My thoughts exactly. I mean for an average town a survey this small would be laughed at. 1000 people questioned can not even represent a large country as America
I'm kinda getting that vibe from the escapist in general.(Anecdotal) Almost every article about video games being violent should be banned comes with some smug comment on how they shouldn't be and everyone who thinks otherwise is a drooling moron.
No offence, but that's like a middle finger to christians & catholics, next time, THINK before you do anything.(coincidentally, that is just what those adults need to do).
Statistics can be made up to prove anything, 40% of people know that.
well, atleast SOME say its the job of paransts to see how the games work.
still survey says, 54% of americans are perantally narcelepticlally retarded( yes i just made that up on the spot)
Also, look at the level of violence in movies; people don't say that THEY cause violence.
I mean seriously, it's not like I'm going to stab/shoot a person after playing GTA.
Depends on who they asked, what the actual question was (word-for-word), etc. etc.
Well it is pretty silly. :\
That is the only reason that I even bring it up. I personally don't believe that video games cause violence, but I also don't think that saying "Nuh-uh, look at this thing that has nothing to do what we're talking about, it proves you wrong" is the way to win an argument. Nor is it an acceptable way to present news. Unless, of course, you work for Fox News.
I lol'd
So funny, so true...
You mean like this?
Anyways, this survey seems like it was incredibly vague, from what I've seen of it. It'd be like me releasing a survey asking if guns were capable of killing people and then releasing results that 90-100% of people believe guns are responsible for every death that has ever occured.
My sentiments exactly. Do you think if we win this court case, the level of stupid in society will decrease?
Wow. 'A survey of 1000 adults across the U.S. has found that 54 percent of adults believe that violent videogames are a cause of increased violence in the real world.' Out of 500million, that 54% look like ill-informed retards.
Oh wait, they are; hurr durr derp.
I feel like imitating your avatar every time a "video games cause violence debate" gets sparked. (Hope you don't mind me asking but where is your avatar from?)
"Video games are different from what we're used to so that means they must be EVIL!!"
Ignorant halfwits.
Seriously, screw numbers or surveys, no matter who's side they are on.
It works if you try. A) Statistics are not anecdotal evidence. Ill-created surveys certainly are. B) If you're not going to make your point, then don't claim you have one.
they surveyed only a 1000 adults across the US? they wasted their time.
No offence, but you assume I worry whether crazy people have hurt feelings over their "special stories" and it's HILARIOUS that i'm being TOLD TO THINK in relation to stupid superstitions LOL
1000 people out of the US? Oh... Yeah that is really going to show a accurate result of how people think about video games.
Kind of like if you want to test water from a lake, you take every drop of water from it for testing.
Think realistically. How the hell would they survey that many people? Seriously.
P.S. Using ''hurr durr derp'' to be condescending is stupid. Please stop feeding this fucking fad.
ok guys please lay off fox news CNN does the same thing. i mean in all fairness fox news does apoligize when they screw up CNN doesnt even do that........
OT: ok this is compleate BS and anyone who would lision to this and beleave it is an idiot.
Statistics absolutely can be anecdotal. If I tell you that the Big Mac causes people to get fat you can say "No, it doesn't. Look at these statistics! Since the Big Mac was introduced there is not a larger percentage of fat people", and you would be wrong. Because the one does not equal the other. Perhaps whatever people used to eat that made them fat is no longer being eaten since the Big Mac came out. Just because there aren't more dead people doesn't mean that a product isn't deadly. It just doesn't work like that.
"The American Public" is a massive hivemind doesn't pay attention to "evidence" that's for those wacky intellectuals who are out of touch with the common man. You need to go with your GUT, and when you see an inflammatory news report blaming something you don't understand that threatens your children and takes responsibility away from you as a parent, well gosh darn it you think it's to blame for all your troubles.
It's the American Way afterall.
Everything you post sounds angry because of your avatar, it's like listening to a "RAWR'ing bear, yeah I just wanted you to know that.
It's funny, because when someone Googles 'Americans on Violent Video Games' this site will pop up, and they'll probably only read the title as they scroll through search results. I've heard that seeing headlines or titles will slowly cause you to believe what they say if exposed to them enough, even if the article states the opposite, apparently this happens a lot.
most Americans also believe the sun revolves around the earth too, doesn't make it true.
i wonder if it'd be the same result in other countries...
Yes, let's completely ignore the countless studies that found no correlation between crime and violent video games.
I am pretty sure the article is assuming that we already knew about this stuff.
Well, care to fix that, or are you just going to be a passive-aggressive jerk who calls out paid journalists without any supporting evidence?
Oh right, it's the internet.
Actually, the questions are reasonably fair in my opinion, especially in comparison to the last survey on video game violence the Escapist posted about.
Let's not. Those are great. Those should be used as argument instead of anecdotal, worthless evidence.
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The Padron 1926 Annivesary Series is a flawless box-pressed cigar, that loads the palate with rich impressions of espresso bean and cocoa. It's balanced yet complex. Annual production of this cigar is limited to 100,000 cigars.


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CODY, Wyoming — When the monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel wanted to design a new church for their Wyoming home, they turned to a building style just as ancient as the 800-year-old Carmelite order itself — Gothic architecture. Designed by Jim McCrery of McCrery Architects in Washington, D.C., its plans call for towering spires, flying buttresses, twin bell towers, wooden trusses, rose windows and more of what typically might be found in Europe's greatest spaces of worship.
The monks are not alone. Parishes and religious orders across the United States also are turning to traditional design for new churches and renovations.
"That is an enormous change from 10 years ago," said architect Ethan Anthony of HDB/Cram & Ferguson Architects of Concord, Mass. "I've seen it go from nobody even thinking about this to it becoming kind of a cause. It's a big deal things are happening."
The trend pushes against the modernist architecture that frequently typified church construction in the second half of the 1900s — and returns to design seen in the first half of that century. In the United States, traditional architecture gave rise to churches such as St. Florian in Hamtramck, Mich. Built with a penny campaign and dedicated in 1928, it is a "most spectacularly huge," Gothic church, according to Anthony.
It is as much statement as it is stature. St. Florian was designed by renowned Boston architect Ralph Adams Cram (a founder of Anthony's firm). The St. Florian website notes that "Cram rebelled against the hard-nosed social Darwinism of the Industrial Age and sought to reclaim the beauty and spiritual values of the cathedrals of the Middle Ages."
Not long thereafter, though, such churches became a thing of the past.
First the Depression strapped parishes and put church construction projects on hold, Anthony said. World War II caused another interruption, and Anthony said men returned from the war "really in love with science." That, he added, coincided with "a huge secularization, even in the Catholic Church."
Architecture, meanwhile, began to emphasize "basic, simple, modern, straightforward" design. More changes were sparked by Vatican II, especially the document addressing art in churches, Sacrosanctum Concilium. That document, though primarily about the reform of the liturgy, also spoke about church architecture. Some church designers, though, went farther than the document itself.
"People within the various dioceses in the United States seized up on that because they wanted to promote modern architecture in the Catholic Church and said, 'Well, Vatican II said we have to tear out all this old furniture because it's old,'" Anthony said. "What a terrible destruction happened."
Duncan Stroik, an architect in South Bend, Ind., said, "The misinterpretation of Vatican II was like Pandora's box in which architects and clients thought that it meant anything goes. Anything as long as it was not traditional styles."
That spawned what Stroik called the "consistently dull" suburban churches of the late 1960s and 1970s.
"Cheaply built, ugly, dysfunctional and iconoclastic," Stroik said. "If they had been built as commercial or residential buildings they would have been torn down by now. There are some churches designed by famous architects which, though sophisticated, are rather poor places of worship."
He mentions Seattle University's Chapel of St. Ignatius, the Chapel of St. Basil at the University of St. Thomas in Houston and St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn. He also cites the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, which some locals refer to as "Our Lady of Maytag" because its dome looks like the agitator of a washing machine.
"Interestingly, they all received awards from the architecture community," Stroik said.
But beginning about 20 to 25 years after Vatican II, Stroik said, laypeople and younger clergy started to question modernism and began asking for "churches that look like churches."
The trend, he said, is "almost only in the Catholic world" and is driven "by a sacramental sense that Catholics have and an inherent understanding that churches should be beautiful because they reflect the Creator."
That means rejecting radically sloped floors, auditorium seating in the round, a "big-box-church type of mentality" and other fare of modern architecture that Anthony mentions. Instead, Stroik said, clients are seeking "beauty, verticality and traditional iconography."
"There are those who want simple elegance and others who believe in rich colors and decoration," Stroik said. "Both are part of our artistic patrimony."
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Anthony said he sees this trend to tradition "everywhere," including in his home Archdiocese of Boston, where he said modern architecture especially took root.
"The local people here, the grassroots people here, are working to try to break that down from the bottom up," Anthony said. "The fact that the people here wanted to do what they consider more church-like architecture is a huge thing, a huge change."
But where traditional church architecture is most prevalent today, Anthony and Stroik said, is in the South and Southwest.
Traditional work there would include HDB/Cram & Ferguson's Benedictine Syon Abbey in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Designs for the Gothic church and monastic buildings were inspired by a study of ruined English monasteries. Completed in 2007, its features include a facade of Spanish limestone, arched windows, marble tile flooring and a massive, 80-foot-tall bell tower.
Other projects Anthony's firm have completed include Houston's Our Lady of Walsingham (completed in 2003), which replicates the carpentry and stonework of churches near the site of a shrine destroyed by Henry VIII. Gargoyles stand guard on the four corners of the Gothic church's tower. In Farragut, Tenn., Anthony designed St. John Neumann Catholic Church (completed in 2008), inspired by Romanesque churches of France's Burgundy region.
McCrery's firm has been involved with more than a dozen liturgical projects across the United States, including significant works in the South. His Chapel of St. Cecilia in Nashville, built for Dominican nuns, was inspired by Roman basilicas. In Charlotte, N.C., McCrery's St. Ann Catholic Church expanded on a church that for more than 50 years had celebrated Mass in the basement of a never-completed building. The new design was so popular that donors responded with enough funds to add mosaics, statues and inscriptions. A new bell tower is in design. In Linville, N.C., McCrery's St. Bernadette Church added to a metal building with a major interior renovation featuring wood trusses and grooved wood ceilings in the nave.
Stroik's firm has completed churches in Covington, Ky., (All Saints) and Bullhead City, Ariz., (St. Margaret Mary) and designed others, including St. Paul the Apostle in Spartanburg, S.C. Design of the latter, modeled on U.S. Catholic church and Lombard Romanesque architecture, "will incorporate forms and symbols that make it unmistakably a Catholic church." His firm's 16 church projects also include a "creative restoration" of St. Joseph Cathedral in Sioux Falls, S.D.
"We are committed to a restoration of the sacred and a new renaissance of church architecture," said Stroik, who in March received a Palladio Award from Traditional Building and Period Homes magazines in recognition of outstanding work in traditional design.
Beautiful Gates
What's behind such a trend to the traditional? There seems to be plenty of praise to go around.
Anthony, for one, credits Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who, in his 1986 book The Feast of Faith: Approaches to a Theology of the Liturgy, "tried to take the bitter edge off of a lot of the rhetoric" regarding church architecture post-Vatican II. Anthony recently wrote the final chapter exploring new Gothic and Romanesque architecture in North America in a forthcoming book of essays, Benedict XVI and Beauty in Sacred Art and Architecture: Proceedings of the Second Fota International Conference, 2009. Fota is a small island in Cork Harbour, Ireland.
McCrery also praised Pope Benedict and Pope John Paul II, saying both have "encouraged a re-inspiration, a rededication to the Church's tradition in theology, in philosophy, in liturgy, in the arts and in architecture."
Anthony also said the return to traditional church architecture was a grassroots movement, one influenced by laypeople who travel to Europe, see the great churches there, and then develop "a yearning for great architecture."
No matter who's to credit, Anthony said it's important that beautiful churches be made.
"The primary starting point has to be that when you see the building or when you enter the space that you absolutely know exactly where you're at every moment," Anthony said. "That you are seized with emotion and with an emotion of wanting to enter and wanting to go pray and wanting to be closer to God, understanding that you're in God's space; you're in God's house. This is the gate of heaven."
Register correspondent Anthony Flott writes from Papillion, Nebraska.


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Atlanta shopping spree
Atlanta is known for many upscale and trendy shopping districts. This tour takes you through the following shopping districts:
How much you are planning to buy may be how much you will be spending. Keep in mind that some of the retail stores are more on the expensive side, despite Atlanta's overall relatively low cost of living.
You may take this tour using the MARTA trains and buses, however, if you plan to buy in bulk taking a car would be more convenient.
Begin this tour in Buckhead. By train, take the MARTA North-South Line to Buckhead Station (N7), or take the Northeast Line to Lenox Station (NE7). By car, take GA 400 and exit Peachtree Street and proceed eastbound. About one block east of the Buckhead Station (which is above GA 400), is the Lenox Square Mall [1]. This is one of the largest and most popular malls in Atlanta, and local celebraties have been spotted there. Be careful to park in this Mall, there is a parking enforcement firm that will fine you for $50 if you go in the nearby area. I suggest to avoid this place and to go about one block further east of Lenox Square Mall where there is Phipps Plaza [2], another upscale mall with expensive designer brand stores. Also, opening in Fall 2009 is the Streets of Buckhead [3], an area designed to rival Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. The Streets of Buckhead is approximately 1 mile west of Buckhead Station and GA 400, so you may want to drive or take the MARTA #23 bus. Another option is 3344 Peachtree [4], a mixed-use development in a 50 story skyscraper right next to Buckhead Station.
Atlantic Station[edit]
Next stop is Atlantic Station [5]. By train take either the North-South Line or the Northeast Line to the Arts Center Station (N5). A free shuttle is provided to Atlantic Station from Arts Center approximately every 5-15 minutes. By car, take GA 400 to I-85 South, then exit 17th Street and turn right. Atlantic Station offers plenty of apparel, accessories, and department stores.
Head back to Midtown across I-75/85 via 17th Street (or catch the shuttle back to Arts Center Station), and opening Fall 2008 is the completed Midtown Mile [6], a mile stretch of Peachtree Street between 15th Street and North Avenue with numerous street level retail and boutique stores.
Five Points/Underground[edit]
By train take the North-South Line from North Avenue Station (N3) to Five Points Station. If you're driving, you may want to skip this part of the tour, as parking in Downtown|Downtown may be a hassle. Adjacent to Five Points Station is the historic Underground Atlanta [7], which offers a variety of shopping options.
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Subra Suresh, a New Face at Carnegie Mellon
By Visi R. Tilak
Early February, Subra Suresh became the ninth president of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, another significant step in the career of man who left India in 1977.
Prior to the move, Mr. Suresh was director of the National Science Foundation. He was the first Asia-born director of the NSF, which was created by Congress in 1950 with the primary goal of promoting science. Mr. Suresh was nominated for the NSF directorship in 2010 by U.S. President Barack Obama.
In a Feb. 5 statement, the White House thanked Mr. Suresh for his work with the NSF, describing him as a "consummate scientist and engineer—beholden to evidence and committed to upholding the highest scientific standards."
"He has also done his part to make sure the American people benefit from advances in technology, and opened up more opportunities for women, minorities, and other underrepresented groups," the statement said.
Mr. Suresh decided to step down only halfway through his six-year term at NSF. "Opportunities arise when they arise," he said of his decision to move to Carnegie Mellon.
"CMU has become a global university in the last decade with activities all over the world. I know about it from the outside but I would like to learn about it from the inside as well," he told India Real Time.
He will start his new job on July 1, and intends to "go on a big listening tour of the campus," meeting with faculty, students and alumni, according to a statement on the Carnegie Mellon website.
He will succeed Jared L. Cohon, who has been president of Carnegie Mellon, a global research university with more than 12,000 students, for 16 years. In addition to North America, Carnegie Mellon offers graduate degree programs in Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America. It also opened an undergraduate campus in Qatar in 2004.
"Dr. Suresh possesses the strategic vision, international expertise and commitment to technology research and education that will continue to build CMU's reputation as a world leader in higher education," said Ray Lane, chairman of Carnegie Mellon's board of trustees, a partner at Kleiner Perkins and chairman of Hewlett-Packard.
"Amongst hundreds of candidates, Dr. Suresh stood out as uniquely qualified to lead Carnegie Mellon," Mr. Lane added.
Mr. Suresh, a graduate of IIT Madras, left India to get a masters degree from Iowa State University, followed by a doctorate of science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also got a post doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley. He then taught at Brown University in Rhode Island for a decade before returning to MIT as a professor.
In July 2007, 30 years after he arrived in the U.S., he became MIT's Dean of Engineering, and in June 2010 President Obama nominated him as NSF director.
In April 2011, Mr. Suresh was awarded the Padma Shri for his work in U.S. science and engineering. The Padma Shri is one of India's highest civilian honors.
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While we're not liveblogging Steve Jobs's appearance at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference today at 10 a.m. PDT in San Francisco, there will be no shortage of digital monks who will be scribbling his every word down as the gospel.
That includes MacRumors, which even has a picture of, wait for it, a mysterious covered banner at the Moscone Center on its site; Gizmodo, which, in its coverage, amusingly dubs the event "the annual running of the Nerds"; and Engadget, which also has another veiled banner picture.
Oh, the drama.
Speaking of movies, maybe there is one to be made called "The Mystery of the Cloaked Banner," which sounds a lot like a Scooby-Doo episode my son is so fond of watching, and maybe he can watch it on iTunes. That's because The Wall Street Journal is saying in a story today that Apple is in talks with Hollywood studios about making movies available for rental on iTunes.
That and the usual flashy upgrades in software and services, perhaps some shiny new versions of existing hardware and an inevitable look at the–cue holy music, please–iPhone should keep the Apple faithful inspired today.
But, if you need more, you can also watch videos of Steve Jobs in a joint interview with Bill Gates that took place at D5 last month here. Or you can download it in its entirety for free at iTunes, where it remains the top video and audio podcast in its second week running.


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check into(redirected from check us into)
check into
1. To officially confirm one's arrival at a certain place where one is expected, such as a hotel. I'll check into the hotel and get our room key. Where do we check into the conference?
2. To voluntarily seek medical care at the hospital (as opposed to being rushed there by ambulance). In this usage, a reflexive pronoun is used between "check" and "into." I'm glad I checked myself into the hospital because the pain turned out to be appendicitis!
3. To officially record someone's or something's arrival at a certain place. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "check" and "into." Sir, I can check you into the hotel over here. Can you check these books into the system?
4. To investigate something. Please check into these discrepancies in the budget, and let me know what you find out.
check into
1. Investigate something, as in I don't know when they open but I'll check into it. Also see check out.
2. Register one's arrival at, as in She was about to check into the hospital. Also see check in, def. 1.
check into
1. To investigate something; look into something: I checked into the rumor that the band was going on tour, and the rumor turned out to be false.
2. To register and gain admittance to one's room upon arrival at a hotel or other place of lodging: When I arrived in New York, I checked into the hotel and went straight to bed.


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Boy, I sure miss Woody Herman, no less so after viewing Graham Carter's brilliantly conceived and executed documentary
DVD - Woody Herman: Blue Flame – Portrait of a Jazz Legend.
Graham is the owner-operator of Jazzed Media through which he periodically issues CD's by and
DVD's about Jazz musicians like
composer-arranger-big band leader Bill Holman, alto saxophonists Phi Woods and
Bud Shank, tenor saxophonist and big band leader Don Menza, trumpeter and big
band leader Carl Saunders, vibraphonist and big band leader Terry Gibbs, and
vocalists Jackie Cain and Roy Kral and Irene Kral.
You can review his catalogue as well as locate order information by visiting Graham's website at www.jazzedmedia.com.
I have been a fan of Graham and his efforts on behalf on Jazz for many years. I have no idea why he keeps issuing such high quality digital products devoted to Jazz subjects and personalities, but I suspect that in large measure, what he does is a labor of love as very few people have ever become wealthy due to their involvement with Jazz.
Year-after-year, Graham skillfully scripts, produces and narrates Jazz documentaries and also produces recordings of high audio quality and artistic merit.
By way of analogy, he reminds me of the developers and builders who constructed the attached homes in what is commonly referred to as "The Avenues," the western part of
where most of the people who work in the
city's hotels, restaurants and shops live and raise their families. San Francisco
After the land was purchased and the construction funds were borrowed from the bank, these homes were generally put up two at a time. When both houses were sold, the real estate developers would use the funds from the sale to start the process all over again.
These homes, which have come to be known as "railroad Victorians," were custom-crafted in much the same way that Graham approaches his projects.
The railroad Victorians were made for working people and their families and Graham's CD's and
DVD's are made to honor the Jazz musicians who
make the music and the fans who appreciate it. He covers his costs through his
sales and uses some of his proceeds to pay for his next project.
The comprehensive scale and attention to detail that he applies to his films, in particular, makes them really deserving of a wider audience than one made up of Jazz fans alone.
Graham's Jazz documentaries are as much social and cultural histories as they are musical tributes and they will offer a lasting legacy of knowledge and information to future generations curious about the subject of Jazz in the 20th century.
Michael Bloom, whose firm is handling the media relations for Woody Herman: Blue Flame – Portrait of a Jazz Legend, has prepared a fact sheet to accompany the
DVD's release and its details are copied below.
As usual, Michael has put together an informative synopsis that covers the significance of Woody's career and what you can expect to see as you view the documentary
In addition to this information, I wanted to share some personal thoughts and feelings about Graham's film.
After viewing it, my primary impression was how little I really knew about Woody Herman's contributions to Jazz over his fifty years as a bandleader from 1936-86.
Some Jazz fans grew up with Woody's various bands – often referred to as "Herds – I didn't. I came in somewhere in the middle and never knew much about Woody's origins in the business. And make no mistake about it, Woody was in the Jazz "business," and, as Graham explains, it's a good thing he was as a lot of young Jazz musicians got their start in the music thanks to Woody perseverance with the business side of things.
The trials and tribulations that Woody endured over the years are all portrayed in the film.
Woody's half century in Jazz is an amazing accomplishment from a commercial standpoint, let alone an artistic one.
And while it was never easy for Woody [or anyone else, for that matter] to make a buck in the business, some of the tragic circumstances that undercut and dogged him throughout his career are no less painful to recall 25 years after his death in 1987.
Yet, Graham never makes Woody an object of sympathy. Instead, he emphasizes a term of endearment that many used when referring to him – "Road Father."
Graham helps us understand that what Woody endured on behalf of the many musicians who were on his bands over the years are what the patriarch of any family is traditionally expected to undertake, let alone withstand.
Woody protected his family of musicians: he provided for them, nurtured them and helped them grow and develop both as people and as artists.
One look at the following chapter sequence tells you all you need to know about the comprehensiveness of Graham's movie.
- Opening Title – "Four Brothers"
- Road Father
- The Early Years, 1913-1935
- The Band That Plays The Blues, 1936-1943
- The First Herd, 1944-1946 – "Who Dat Up Dere?"
- The Second Herd, 1947-1949 – "I've Got News For You," "Lemon Drop," "Early Autumn"
- The Third Herd 1950-1955
- The Fourth Herd 1956-1959 – "The Preacher," "Your Father's Moustache"
- The Swinging Herd, 1960-1967 – "Caldonia," "Woody's Boogaloo"
- The Thundering Herd, 1968-1979 – "Blues in the Night"
- The Young Thundering Herd, 1980-1986
- Early Autumn, 1987
- The Chopper – The Legacy of Woody Herman
Watch them in chronological order or click on each chapter individually and you are in for a celebratory feast of music, commentary, interviews, photographs, film and TV clips including many with Woody himself modestly reflecting on some of the highlights of his career.
And although it's main theme has to do with one of the central figures in contemporary Jazz history, Graham has put together a heartwarming and enduring story that will reach out to anyone interested in the human experience.
The technical part of the film never intrudes.
It's a fun film to watch and is an example of the informal "art" of storytelling at its best.
Graham allows Woody's story to unfolds at a pace that is an entertaining as it is educational.
Fortunately, Jazz has had a number of caring, conscientious and talented people "tell its story" over the years.
Thanks to his work on Woody Herman: Blue Flame – Portrait of a Jazz Legend, let alone the many, other projects that he has undertaken on behalf of the music, you can add Graham Carter's name to that list of notables.
© -Michael Bloom/Media Relations, copyright protected; all rights reserved.
"In recognition of the Centennial celebration of Woody Herman's birthday in 2013, Jazzed Media will release "Woody Herman: Blue Flame", a feature length documentary film by award winning producer & director Graham Carter, produced in association with The Woody Herman Society. It provides an in-depth look at Herman's 50+-year career as a big band jazz leader and features rare film and video performances of The Woody Herman Orchestra including broadcasts from The Ed Sullivan Show and Iowa Public Television.
Woody Herman led his big band for over 50 years, starting in 1936 and all the way to his death in 1987. His story is one that parallels the changes in jazz, from the Swing Era in the 1930s through bebop and cool jazz in the 40s and 50s, and the emergence of jazz/rock fusion in the 60s and 70s (Woody returned to his straight-ahead jazz roots in the 1980s). Considered one of the greatest big band jazz leaders, Herman is fondly remembered by his fans and by the many musicians and friends associated with his various bands.
Herman was also responsible for helping bring to fame many jazz stars who got their start on his band - to name only a few: Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Flip Phillips, Neal Hefti, Terry Gibbs, Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Sal Nistico, Bill Chase, Frank Tiberi,
Alan Broadbent, Joe Lovano, and Jeff Hamilton.
Essential to the forward-thinking and always contemporary music of the Herds
were some of the finest jazz composers/arrangers of the past seven decades
including Ralph Burns, Neal Hefti, Shorty Rogers, Gene Roland, Gerry Mulligan, Bill
Holman, Nat Pierce, John Fedchock, Gary Anderson, John Oddo, and Alan Broadbent.
Documentary film includes almost 400 rare photographs and images of Woody and his various bands over a 50+-year career. Features interviews with 35 musicians and jazz historians associated with Woody Herman (including Phil Wilson, Joe Lovano, Terry Gibbs, Jeff Hamilton, Sonny Igoe, Frank Tiberi, Dr. Herb Wong,
Dan Morgenstern, and Bill Clancy) and extensive filmed
interviews with Woody. Film and video performances of the Woody Herman
Orchestra are also featured. DVD Total Viewing Time: 110: 00.
Jazzed Media: Dedicated to releasing new and previously unreleased jazz media of the highest possible musical integrity and production standards.
Jazzed Media, a jazz record label and film production company, was founded in the
metropolitan area in 2002. Jazzed Media's
owner Graham Carter is a multi-Grammy nominated record producer (The Bill
Holman Band "Live" and The Bill Holman Band "Hommage") and
award winning jazz filmmaker (Phil Woods: A Life in E Flat, Bud Shank: Against
the Tide, and Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm). Jazzed Media owner Graham
Carter has recently produced & directed a documentary film on big band jazz
legend Woody Herman titled Woody Herman: Blue Flame. Denver, Colorado
Jazzed Media offers both newly recorded jazz sessions and historic recorded jazz not available previously. Newly recorded jazz offerings are performed by the world's greatest jazz musicians coupled with state of the art recording facilities. Historic jazz recordings are thoroughly restored to the best sonic condition via computer software programs and dedicated engineering talent. Extensive liner notes and photographs are utilized whenever possible to increase the musical listening experience. A recent
Jazzed Media CD release, Lorraine Feather's Ages, received a 2011 Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Jazzed Media also produces and distributes jazz documentaries utilizing leading edge production techniques and extensive interview segments of jazz greats.
Filmmaker Graham Carter has received the following awards for films released through Jazzed Media:
Phil Woods: A Life in
E Flat- Portrait of a Jazz Legend
2005 Telly Awards - Silver 2005 Videographer Awards - Award of Excellence
Bud Shank: Against the Tide- Portrait of a Jazz Legend
2009 EMPixx Awards - Gold Award
Awards - Gold Aurora
2008 Telly Awards - Bronze
2008 Videographer Awards - Award of Distinction
Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm- Portrait of a Jazz Legend
2011 Telly Awards - Bronze
2011 Videographer Awards - Award of Excellence
2011 EMPixx Awards - Platinum Award: Documentary
2011 EMPixx Awards - Platinum Award: Use of Music


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Dear Abby, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013
DEAR ABBY: I am 19 and a new bride. My husband is in the Army. We're very happy, but I just found out that I'm pregnant -- I'm not sure how far along yet -- and I feel torn about what to do.
My husband wants a child very badly, but he did say he would support whatever decision I make. While I have no objection to having a child, I know my family will make me feel guilty if I do by saying they are disappointed, that I should have waited and that I'm "throwing my life away."
Abby, I am so confused. I don't know what to do. I want my family to support me and be there when I have our first child. -- PRESSURED AND CONFUSED
DEAR PRESSURED: Was your family disappointed and saying you were throwing your life away when you married your husband? If the answer is no, then why would they accuse you of doing so because you are pregnant?
You are an adult, albeit a young one, and a wife. The first thing you need to do is see a gynecologist and find out how far along you are. Your next step is for you and your husband to decide if you are emotionally and financially ready to be parents.
No one can decide this for you, but your family's possible "disappointment" should not enter into your decision. If they are not supportive, your in-laws might be.
DEAR ABBY: Before my son met his fiancee of five years, "Shelby," he went with another girl, "Dana," for three years. During that time we became good friends with Dana's parents (the "Smiths"). After the breakup, we stayed in touch with the Smiths and go out occasionally.
Recently, Mrs. Smith invited us to her husband's retirement party. When we told our son we were going, he mentioned it to Shelby, who told us we were being disrespectful to her by continuing our relationship with the Smiths.
Shelby's position is that all ties to Dana and her family should have been severed when the boyfriend/girlfriend relationship ended. Our position is the Smiths became friends of ours before Shelby was in the picture, and we don't think we are being disrespectful to anyone by continuing our relationship with this couple. Are we wrong? -- JIM IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR JIM: Of course not. Your son's fiancee appears to have serious insecurities. I sincerely hope you won't allow her to control your lives and your relationships, because if you do, this is just the beginning of how she will try to control you -- and your son. This is Shelby's problem. SHE will have to deal with it. Please do not make it yours.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DEAR ABBY: I have friends who exclude me or take off with other friends before I can get to where they are meeting. What can I do to get them to call me? Why am I their whipping post? -- FRIEND-CHALLENGED IN OVERLAND PARK, KAN.
DEAR CHALLENGED: Friends don't treat friends the way you are being treated. There is nothing you can do to get them to behave differently. You are letting them do this because you're hoping that if you ignore their insensitivity and rudeness, they will accept you.
Please stop trying to cling to them. Join activities where you'll meet people with whom you REALLY have something in common. If you do, you will be much happier than you are today.
DEAR READERS: Once again, here is my "timely" reminder that daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday -- so don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour before bedtime.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.


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After a video package on the TNA champion and the announcers running down the card, we went right to our first match.
Rob Van Dam vs. Christopher Daniels
They locked up. Van Dam backed Daniels into the corner, where he backed off. The referee made them break and Van Dam made a clean break. Daniels grabbed a side headlock but was sent off into the ropes. He shoulderblocked Van Dam several times on the rebound to no effect. Daniels and Van Dam each missed kicks. Van Dam used a rollup for a two count, then used a backslide for another.
Van Dam cinched in a side headlock and was sent into the ropes. He shoulderblocked Daniels and grabbed a single leg takedown. He scored several two counts but was backed into the corner and stomped by Daniels. Van Dam went up and over in the corner but nailed several armdrags and scissored Daniels off a leg sweep. They had timing issues, but the announcers went into overtime to cover for them.
Van Dam worked over Daniels with kicks to the chest in the corner. Daniels cut him off on the apron with a shoulderblock. They battled over a suplex on the apron. Daniels shoved RVD into the ringpost and he fell to the floor. Daniels attacked Van Dam from behind with a shot to the back and sent Van Dam into the apron. He rolled Van Dam back into the ring and drilled him with a running strike in the corner.
Daniels worked over Rob on the mat, grinding him to the mat with a waistlock and scoring several near falls. Van Dam began to fight his way to his feet and nailed several elbows and a kick to the face to break free, but both men went down. Van Dam finally came to life with a series of rights and a spinkick. Van Dam nailed a clothesline and a standing moonsault press for a two count. Van Dam launched him out of the corner with a monkey flip and nailed Rolling Thunder for a two count.
Daniels tried to back off but attacked Van Dam. Van Dam drilled him and went to the top rope. He dove off but Daniels moved out of the way and speared him for a two count. Daniels whipped RVD into the ropes and drilled him with a shot to the mid-section and a palm thrust for another near fall. Daniels lariated RVD in the corner and placed him on the top rope. Van Dam fought him off and nailed the Five Star Frog splash for the pin.
Your winner, Rob Van Dam!
OK match. They never really got into any sort of groove but nothing beyond one miscue looked bad.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Mickie James. She said that the fans tonight will get exactly what they want. She said that she and Kim don't want to worry about politics and Jezebels. She said that she was excited for Kim to return to where women's wrestling matters, but Gail has been playing games and politics since she returned. She said she and Kim will take it to the wall tonight.
TNA TV champion Robbie E (with Robbie T) vs. Eric Young.
Young started off strong but was cut off after a dive to the outside. E peppered him with rights and nailed several two counts when they returned to the ring. E nailed a nice elbow off the corner for a two count. E nailed a legsweep into a pinfall attempt and locked in a side chinlock for a two count. Young fired up and nailed several elbows for a two count but was taken back down to the mat.
Young again fired up but was sent into the turnbuckles and drilled with a running knee. E missed a charge in the corner and was clotheslined down. Young fired away with a discus clothesline and nailed a flying elbow for a two count. He went back to the top but was swept back into the ring for a two count. Robby T got on the apron, arguing with the referee. Both Young and E nailed each other with clotheslines at the same time.
As the referee checked on E, Robbie T pulled Young into the corner with a sleeper. Young avoided a E charge and he ran into T's groin. Young pulled them both on his shoulders but it was too heavy. E drilled Young with his finisher and scored the pin.
Your winner and still TNA TV champion, Robbie E!
Solid match.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Pope Dinero and Devon. Devon said that tonight was about them becoming the champions and they would deal with Pope's influence over his sons another time. Pope said it's about the gold and bling. When it comes to that, the Pope is all about that.
TNA Tag Team champions Crimson & Matt Morgan vs. Pope Dinero & Devon
Crimson and Pope started out. Crimson dominated him early and tagged out to Morgan. Devon tagged in as well. Morgan shoulderblocked him down and drilled him with several headbutts. Devon grabbed a headlock but was sent into the ropes. He ducked a clothesline and nailed a shoulderblock for a two count. Morgan took him down with a clothesline of his own.
Morgan tagged in Crimson, who began working over Devon. Pope made a blind tag and dropkicked Crimson. Pope went for a German suplex and connected. He went for another but was elbowed in the corner. Pope used a legsweep for a two count. Morgan and Crimson tagged in and out, working over Pope with suplexes and elbows
Crimson locked in a chinlock on Pope. Pope fired back but was cut off. Morgan tagged in and nailed a Fall Away Slam for a two count. Devon broke it up. Morgan used another sideslam for a two count. Devon and Crimson tagged in. Devon nailed a shoulderblock and a running Avalanche in the corner for a two count. Devon nailed a neckbreaker and went to the top for the flying headbutt. Morgan broke up the pinfall and began beating on Devon.
Crimson and Morgan whipped Devon into the ropes but he came back with a double clothesline. No effect. Devon fought them off and covered Crimson after a spinebuster for a two count. Pope pulled Morgan out of the ring and slowly went to the top. He nailed a flying elbow on Crimson for a two count but Morgan broke it up and tossed him out of the ring. Devon went back and forth with Morgan. Morgan drilled him with a chokeslam and Crimson made the cover for the pin.
Your winners and still TNA Tag Team champions Crimson & Matt Morgan!
They showed Devon's son consoling Pope over the loss. Pope sneered at Devon and walked away. They both questioned their father.
Jeremy Borash interviewed AJ Styles, who was getting his knee taped up in the locker room. He said that he wasn't going into the match at 100% but said he was going to be 200%. He said that everything that Bobby Roode did to him and Fortune, Styles is going to beat the piss out of Roode for 30 minutes. He said Roode may have destroyed Fortune but he'll never destroy Styles.
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Busch Gardens and its roller coasters will be featured on Thursday in a new TV show premiering on the Great American Country (GAC) cable network.
The show is called "All-American Amusement Parks," and the episode is focused on "extreme coasters." Busch certainly has a few of those. We don't know much about which coasters will be featured or how much of the episode will be devoted to Busch Gardens.
This we do know: GAC is No. 264 on local Cox Cable, according to the network's website. The show will be on at 8 p.m. (Virginia time) on Thursday.


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Several major websites were rendered useless by a Facebook error, according to reports.
On Thursday, popular websites such as CNN, Fox News and Yahoo redirected users to an error page at Facebook, which may mean the error was caused by Facebook Connect, according to AllThingsD. Facebook Connect is a software platform that can reach a lot of media through third-party sites and the "Like" button.
Facebook didn't waste much time explaining itself. "For a short period of time, there was a bug that redirected people logging in with Facebook from third-party sites to Facebook.com," a Facebook wag told AllThingsD. "The issue was quickly resolved, and Login with Facebook is now working as usual."
The reality is that at least 35 major websites were affected, mainly media from ABC to the Washington Post for up to an hour, according to InfoWorld. And those sites were probably not aware that a Facebook glitch could down their Web pages simply for using their "Like," "Share" or "Comment" buttons.


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Pit bull attacks parking enforcement officer, officials say
A Madison parking enforcement officer was attacked by a pit bull on Madison's east side Tuesday morning, according to a release.
The parking enforcement officer was attacked after he was dispatched to the 10 block of Katherine Court around 11:05 a.m. Tuesday to deal with a vehicle that had blocked some residential mailboxes and parked too close to a fire hydrant, according to the release.
Officials said the pit bull escaped from a nearby residence, began to jump on the officer, and bit the officer in the back at least two times.
The officer used a plastic electronic citation generator to hit the dog to prevent any further attack, according to the release.
A witness told officials the officer was bleeding from his back and needed medical attention.
The officer was taken to a local hospital and treated for significant injuries, according to the release.
Officials said the officer has been released from the hospital.
The pit bull was quarantined within the residence and the owner, Meagan L. Kroon, 24, of Madison was cited for permitting an animal to injure a person and not having a dog license.
Officials remind the public to pay close attention to their animals and their ability to move around freely without restraint.Madison crime map


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text: Abstract: In a paper circulated towards the end of 1997 under the title Why Europe?, Gordon Tullock poses a simple question and provides a tentative, yet provocative answer. The question is why the technological take off took place in Europe and in the 19th century when well into the 18th century other areas of the world, and notably China, looked much better poised for technological and scholarly leadership than Europe. His tentative answer turns on the constitutional composition of the landscape of political entities in Europe. This essay tries to provide some further underpinnings to aspects of Gordon Tullocks preliminary answer.


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Steve Dougherty shook hands with Larry Howe, who shook hands with Civil War veteran James A. Hard, who shook hands with Abraham Lincoln. Not bad.
According to an article in the Democrat's neighborhoods edition last week, Hard shook hands with Mary Lincoln and son Robert as well as with the President in the Blue Room of the White House. "He had a wonderful smile," Hard said.
Hard once described Lincoln as a "comical looking fellow on horseback" who he saw on two other occasions during troop reviews. Stovepipe hat or no, Abe was Hard's hero; he cast his first vote for Lincoln in 1864 and his last for Dwight Eisenhower in 1952.


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Our New Favorite Way to Drink Coffee: OMilk's Cold-Brew with Almond Milk
As a coffee drinker who always says yes to a splash of milk and skips the sugar, I want that milk to be good milk. None of that watered-down sad milk—the whole stuff please, or more often lately, soy and nut milks. The alterna-milks add a rich, creamy body with a flavorful enhancement that's not at all sugar-sweet, but nutty and smooth.
My favorite way to drink coffee lately has been OMilk's Cold-Brew Coffee with Almond Milk. Based in Brooklyn, Julie and Greg Van Ullen are "partners in nut milk and in life." They started OMilk last year, and can be found selling their vegan almond and cashew milks at Dean and DeLuca (the SoHo and Madison Avenue locations) and will also make special deliveries around the city.
Their latest flavor: coffee milk (only available via delivery for now). It starts with a super-strong batch of cold brew extract, then a pour of their fresh almond milk and a touch of raw agave nectar swirled in. It's one part coffee to three parts milk, so it's strong enough to drink on its own though you could always up the caffeine factor by pouring it over a fresh-brewed cup (yes, coffee on coffee).
"Coffee is a very personal thing; everyone takes theirs differently," said Greg, who doesn't like his too sweet, so he erred on the side of un-sweet for this. And we're glad he did. There's a pleasant almondy finish on the coffee milk; it tastes like a treat but in a virtuous good nut-fats sort of way, still in the could-drink-this-everyday realm of coffee.
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46 North is poised to open next month on Kelly Lake Road
'Classic' home brewer goes pro in Sudbury
There's a new brewer on the block.
46 North, poised to open next month on Kelly Lake Road, is just down the street from Stack Brewing, which kicked off the craft-beer craze in Sudbury a few years ago.
Since then, two small breweries have sprouted on Manitoulin Island; Spacecraft launched its brewery and eatery on Notre Dame Avenue last month; and the Taphouse on Regent also has plans to produce its own suds.
Into this suddenly crowded scene steps Graham Orser, who spent the past seven years honing his craft as a home brewer in southwestern Ontario before scaling up — and climbing a few lines of latitude — with 46 North.
The brewmaster doesn't look at the other local operations as rivals, however, but more as kindred spirits.
"I think the way we all view craft beer is the more people drinking it, the better for everybody," he says. "The competition for us would be the big breweries."
Orser doesn't mind a light lager, especially while spending time at his camp on Nepewassi Lake, but also loves developing brews with unique flavours and ingredients that suit the time of year.
"If we make a beer and it's selling well and people love it, I'll happily make it over and over again," he says. "But it's also brewing to season and what's available. Like right now, I'm drinking porters and stouts, but when Niagara peaches come in, we can't wait to get our hands on a couple thousand of them to make a peach beer."
The southern Ontarian landed a job in his youth at Labatt in Toronto, which he counts as "my first eye-opening exposure" to the brewing industry.
But he also counts numerous family members in Sudbury and cites lining up to buy beer with his uncle at the old Northern Breweries on Lorne Street as a formative moment.
"I think their Red Maple was the first beer I ever had," he says. "It's certainly one of my first memories of beer."
Four years ago Orser and his wife, who have two young kids, acquired their camp on Nepewassi, and they have now permanently relocated to Sudbury to run 46 North.
"I think it was inevitable we were going to end up here," he says. "I could have done this anywhere but I think Sudbury was definitely screaming for more craft breweries."
Orser says 46 North is small in scope but will feature a wide range of brews.
"My goal was to have 100 unique recipes by the time I opened the brewery, and I hit 104 last week," he says. "I've installed 12 draft lines and hope to keep them filled with all our different beers."
Orser spent about 16 years in the tech field, working for Blackberry in Waterloo, but brewing beer was something he passionately pursued in his spare time.
"Completely obsessed," he says. "It took over my life and eventually took over my whole house. So I'm the classic home brewer gone pro brewer."
The facility on Kelly Lake Road is just about ready to go, after seven months of renovations, most of which Orser performed himself.
"I hope to start brewing within the next few weeks and probably by March we'll be fully open," he says.
His brewing equipment arrived in September and "we custom-built it," he says. He's also crafted furniture from local wood.
"Building a brewery on a budget is what we've done," he says. "But it's a really cool space, just over 5,000 square feet, and amazing how it's turned out."
Almost half the space — 2,000 square feet — is being set aside as a tasting room that can hold 74 people.
"It will be open for people to come in and sample the beer, have a glass or fill up a growler," he says. "We don't serve food so we don't call it a pub, but if people want to come in and bring a board game or cards, we're open to community involvement."
While 46 North will produce lagers, ales, IPAs and stouts, Orser also plans to "heavily focus on sour-type beers," and has installed a separate brewing system to accommodate that process.
"A sour beer is fermented with a bacteria instead of a yeast, and they take a while," he says. "I have a sour beer I just tasted yesterday and it's two years old. They're an investment and very limited, small-batch, but so complex. It's a very taste-driven thing."
Orser says he's going for a "sleek, modern" design for his branding, but also wants to honour local landmarks. Sunset Bay IPA, for instance, is named after a favourite corner of Nepewassi Lake.
The brewer has been a certified international beer judge for the last three years and says he's always been a stickler for detail and quality, both in his previous tech work and foray into artisanal suds.
"My background is in quality and it doesn't matter if you are making cookies or tanks, it's the same principle," he says. "So a lot of what we are doing here in Sudbury is bringing a huge amount of quality control to our beer, and hopefully the end product will show what a phenomenally crafted quality product we can make."


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Adventures in Babywearing: Stephanie and Ivy
December 11, 2009 in babywearing, real moms + dads in sakura blooms | Tags: adventures in babywearing, attachment parenting, babywearing, blogging, interview, kids baby sling | by sakurabloombabyslings | 11 comments
We've got a special treat for you all: an interview with Stephanie from Adventures in Babywearing! Stephanie lives outside of Chicago with her family, including three boys and her youngest, a beautiful little girl named Ivy. We met this summer and immediately connected. Stephanie is a force of nature–all positive energy, loving kindness, and a genuine advocate for babywearing and engaged parenting. She brought her own special charisma to our recent Sakura Bloom Triathlon which was not only a great success, but super fun too. We're thrilled to share her interview with you.
We love your blog! What made you want to start a blog? I had a friend who kept a blog while she and her husband lived in Scotland to keep in touch with family. One day I decided to just start my own! I had just given birth to my third son and was on a new parenting journey- moving to a more Attachment Parenting style. I had a lot to talk about! 🙂
What has delighted and/or surprised you the most about blogging?
I have been so surprised that I've been blogging for 4 years now and it's still not getting old. I continue to find true relationships from it, and I met my closest friends through blogging!
One of the great things about your blog is how it showcases everyday parenting, and babywearing as part of the everyday as well as the extraordinary. What would you say has been the most "adventurous" part of Adventures in Babywearing? Oh, gee. The most adventurous part of my blog has probably been the many ups and downs of figuring myself out in real life and in the online world. I dipped my toes in reviews and giveaways early on before it was really common or accepted on blogs, and have been able to go on blogging trips and such. I don't really feel like that is a fit for my blog anymore as it seems to interfere with my parenting style (I don't like to leave my kids!) but I'm thankful for all the opportunities I've had in the past. I tried some things, liked some of them, thought some things were a mistake, and I let everything help me to do better!
What are your favorite babywearing tips for new parents? The new parent babywearing tips I always suggest: Get a ring sling, don't ONLY do the cradle carry, and just do what feels best for you. There's no magic number as to how many hours a day you need to wear your baby, or where you should do it. No pressure- it's all about knowing your child and them knowing you, then you know what's best for each other.
Its been a blast doing the Sakura Bloom Triathlon with you! Now that you've had the chance to see lots of our slings and try a bunch out, what is your favorite Sakura Bloom sling and why? It's SO hard to choose my favorite Sakura sling. For a while it was my linen essential sling in the berry~spice. It's just so beautiful and it feels so good when I wear it. But then I found I was always grabbing the Sakura Stripe silk artisan – no matter if I was just going to the store or somewhere fancy. HOWEVER, my silk luxe sling is something I probably would choose to out of all of them if I have to pick. It's just amazing. But don't make me choose! Too hard.I have to consider color and feel and fit and weather and my mood…
A huge Sakura Bloom thanks to Stephanie–for this interview, for the Triathlon, and for always being a bright spot in our day!


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DeMarcus Ware may never forget the Peyton Manning naked bootleg, even if he tried.
You know the play. Against the Cowboys in Dallas in 2013. The 37-year-old Manning faked a handoff to Knowshon Moreno then curled around to the left as the scrum collapsed on Moreno. Without a defender in sight, Manning trotted into the end zone leaving millions watching in disbelief.
Ware included. He was still with the Cowboys at the time and remembers it vividly. While reflecting on his two years with Manning in Denver and congratulating the quarterback on his Hall of Fame career, Ware looked back to that 2013 play.
"You always hear about Peyton Manning and how he controls the game, uplifts other players to his standards, and I was fortunate to see it as a teammate and opponent," Ware said. "He was one of those guys who was a great competitor who took chances. When I played against him in Dallas (2013 game), I had the bootleg responsibility and I never thought he would do it. The weird thing is, he looked at me before with this image of, 'I got you.'
"Being his teammate, I saw how he carried himself, how meticulous he was, how much of a competitor and how great he was off the field. He was one of those guys that if you had an event, a dinner, he was always engaged in every guy's life. He knew what the trash man's name was, the trainers, the cafeteria workers—all by name. He always thought about everyone else. When you think of the word 'champion,' he's the image that you see."
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