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November is American Diabetes Month. While pleased that this designation brings attention and awareness to the issue of diabetes, I am disappointed that we need to have such months.
Our United Way of Central Massachusetts, in partnership with the American Diabetes Association, Joslin Diabetes Center, MassBio, and led by Novo Nordisk, co-sponsored �Changing Diabetes Day� yesterday at the Massachusetts Statehouse. We gathered with those afflicted and affected by diabetes � children and families, adults from all corners of our commonwealth.
We will advocate together � for improved management and treatment, for awareness and prevention, to ensure people with diabetes are not discriminated against, for research and a cure.
I come to this work professionally. Diabetes takes a huge toll on our society and on our community. It is estimated that more than 25 million Americans are affected with diabetes, and that the cost of diabetes exceeds $174 billion annually. It is believed that close to 500,000 residents of the commonwealth live with diabetes.
A cause of the growth of diabetes is obesity; more troubling is the acceleration of childhood obesity in America and in the commonwealth. We believe � we know � that when Americans exercise and eat healthily they reduce the possibility of obesity and reduce the risk of type II diabetes.
These statistics compelled us at the United Way to include a health focus in our strategic plan; to bring awareness and attention to the co-joined issues of obesity and diabetes and to advocate and act in ways to prevent their growth.
I also come to this issue personally. Our son Colin � a wonderful young man of 12, an athlete, a good student and a warm and friendly kid � was diagnosed with type I diabetes when he was 53 weeks old. Most of his life has been living with this disease. He has learned a different vocabulary that includes such terms as carb ratio, bolus, basal rate, and �how high are you?� in relation to his blood sugars.
Colin has lived with his parents attending every birthday party he has ever been invited to and most sports practices, too. He has become ill and vomited when too high. He has been awakened in the middle of the night to test his sugar. Simply, the normal developmental life of a 12-year-old boy has been disrupted and impacted because of this disease. And then � then we had a day this summer that we will never forget�
It was a beautiful day, like so many in July, sunny and blue sky. Colin attended a day camp all day and that evening he had a baseball game. As the game progressed, as we tested his blood sugar throughout the game, he was tracking high. We responded by giving him boluses to bring him down into range. That night he had a second dinner and went to bed with a blood sugar level of 120, a good number.
Around 1:30 a.m., we heard a thud. We found Colin on the floor, his blood sugar dangerously low, and in the beginnings of a seizure. We immediately administered liquid sugar to him and called 911. He was conscious by the time the ambulance arrived just minutes later; he stabilized in the hospital and we were home by 5 a.m. that morning.
Colin�s seizure reminded us that diabetes is like a terrorist who comes in the middle of the night to create havoc in all of our lives. Colin�s seizure reminded us that, with diabetes, one must always, always be vigilant. Finally, Colin�s seizure � so completely personal for our family � again taught us that anyone with diabetes lives in risk. It reminded us that we need to work together as a community to assist and support people with diabetes, to create awareness and education, to advocate for research to improve treatment, to prevent the onset, and to find a cure.
The United Way of Central Massachusetts� strategic plan has a focus upon the building blocks for a successful and productive life: Education, family stability, and health. We are proud to work with our central Massachusetts community to craft and create a health improvement plan. We are thrilled to work with UMass Memorial and UMass Medical School on the MassChild and the National Children�s Study.
We are honored to partner with Novo Nordisk, with the American Diabetes Association, and with the Diabetes Center of Excellence to bring attention and awareness to the co-joined issues of obesity and diabetes.
We remain hopeful that we will make progress, and that we will connect people and resources to improve our community.
Tim Garvin is president and CEO of the United Way of Central Massachusetts.

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ISM vs. Spread Spectrum -- Avoiding the FCC
Mitchell Lazarus
Fletcher Heald & Hildreth PLC
Arlington, VA
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recognizes two types of devices that intentionally emit RF energy: communications equipment and everything else. The first category includes AM/FM, TV, point-to-point, satellite, cell phones, taxi radios, CB, garage door openers and anything else that uses radio waves to convey intelligence, broadly construed. The everything-else category is properly called industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) equipment. It includes devices used for heating, ionization of gases, mechanical vibration, particle acceleration, hair removal and any other noncommunications application of radio waves. Household examples include microwave ovens, jewelry cleaners and ultrasonic humidifiers. Industrial applications cover a wide range of cooking, heating and ionization devices.
Both ISM and radio communications require spectrum, and both obtain it from the FCC. For decades after the FCC opened in 1935, enough bandwidth was available to give exclusive allocations to all who wanted them. Isolating ISM into bands of its own made particular sense, because some ISM equipment generates high power radio noise that otherwise threatens sensitive communications equipment.
As communications technologies evolved toward higher frequencies, so too did ISM. Today, 11 distinct ISM bands range from 7 MHz to 245 GHz. ISM equipment can legally operate at any power level in these bands. Indeed, ISM is the only FCC-regulated service having no in-band limits whatsoever (other than RF safety limits). ISM equipment is also permitted to operate outside the designated bands; however, there its RF emissions are limited to relatively low levels.
The demand for spectrum has accelerated, and now far exceeds the supply. During the 1980s, the FCC allocated the last available frequencies below 1 GHz, and since then has filled the gaps up to approximately 40 GHz. Many applications prefer the 0.5 to 5 GHz range, where antenna size, propagation and cost factors are favorable for communications. When demand continued to mount after all of those frequencies were assigned, the FCC had little choice but to require that services share their spectrum allocations.
One form of sharing has been commonplace for decades. The FCC's Part 15 rules have long allowed unlicensed communications transmitters to operate at low power throughout the spectrum, except for certain restricted bands. Early examples included garage door openers and remote-control toys and, later, cordless telephones. Traditional Part 15 devices operate at a few microwatts, with a useful range of only a few meters.
The main benefit of Part 15 operation is flexibility. Where licensed users must usually file with the FCC to move or install a transmitter, a Part 15 user simply powers up the equipment. But the flexibility comes at a price. A Part 15 device must accept incoming interference, no matter how severe, from any other service. Moreover, a Part 15 device must shut down if it causes harmful interference to almost any other service. These rules discouraged applications that require any significant reliability from using Part 15. Licensing was slow and inconvenient, but it bought protection from interference.
In 1985, the FCC approved spread spectrum modulation under Part 15. A spread spectrum transmitter distributes its signal over more spectrum than it otherwise would need to carry the data payload. Because the spread-out signal puts low average energy onto any one frequency, it causes little interference to other users. In addition, because the receiver is active over a wide bandwidth, it is relatively immune to interference from a conventional narrowband transmitter.
The FCC authorized spread spectrum at the unprecedented (for Part 15) output power of 1 W and put it in the 915, 2450 and 5800 MHz ISM bands. These three bands, sometimes called the "junk bands," would be crowded even without spread spectrum. They are heavily used by ISM, including tens of millions of microwave ovens and industrial devices. All three bands are allocated for amateur use and for conventional Part 15 operations at milliwatt levels. A vehicle location service operates throughout the 915 MHz band. Various parts of the 2450 MHz band are used for local positioning, private land mobile radio and downlinks in the Mobile Satellite Service. The US government has significant radar and military operations in all three bands.
Spread spectrum radio was slow to catch on. The FCC revised the rules in 1990 and again in 1997, each time opening new options for manufacturers. Prices gradually came down, while data rates went up to 2 Mbps. The mid-1990s saw a developing market in niche applications. The picture changed suddenly in 1998, when an FCC rule interpretation pushed data speeds to 11 Mbps. Overnight, spread spectrum became competitive with wire-in-the-wall office local area networks.
Today, approximately $1.5 B worth of spread spectrum wireless equipment operates in every sector of the economy, including retail, transportation, utilities, manufacturing, health care and finance. Half the transactions on the New York Stock Exchange are mediated by spread spectrum wireless terminals. Spread spectrum Internet access offers broadband speeds across 40 km distances. In consumer markets, spread spectrum cordless phones are commonplace, and in-home video and audio distribution systems will soon follow. The Bluetooth spread spectrum protocol will be incorporated into most wireless phones, laptops, computer peripherals, personal digital assistants and other consumer devices beginning later this year.
Although relegated to last priority in the band, spread spectrum designers achieve respectable levels of reliability. Some of the applications listed above demand it. Hospitals, stock exchanges and wireless phone companies (among others) are sophisticated users who do not knowingly risk service interruptions.
On the other hand, no one can harden a communications receiver against unlimited interference. Equipment designers necessarily make assumptions about the RF environment in which their products will operate. Not unreasonably, Part 15 designers assume an environment populated with devices that comply with the FCC rules. Spread spectrum receivers today are reasonably well insulated against interference from other communications equipment and from existing categories of ISM devices, such as microwave ovens. But they remain potentially vulnerable to interference from new and different kinds of ISM equipment, such as RF lights.
In principle, ISM's priority in the band protects it absolutely against Part 15. However, in practice, the ISM industry has expressed two fears about the growth of Part 15 spread spectrum. First, some are concerned that spread spectrum may acquire enough economic and political power to impose limitations on ISM. Second, some ISM vendors worry that customers may reject ISM products that interfere with spread spectrum operation.
Both concerns are largely hypothetical so far. The only ISM product to date that raises any serious concern among Part 15 interests is RF lighting. Spread spectrum interests fear these lights will operate continuously from positions overhead and emit high levels of RF. Therefore, some manufacturers have asked the FCC to limit emissions from RF lamps. Moreover, one lighting manufacturer has told the FCC that potential customers are avoiding the product because they fear interference into their spread spectrum equipment. Other new ISM applications may raise some of the same issues.
Both ISM and Part 15 will benefit if they can resolve the technical incompatibilities and competitive issues between them. However, they should do it in private, away from the FCC. Part 15 has little to gain at the FCC, whose rules make it unambiguously subordinate to ISM. No one expects the FCC to regulate any ISM product out of existence, not even RF lights. In addition, the FCC will not listen to Part 15 complaints about interference from existing ISM products that comply with the rules. At most, the FCC might limit new ISM products that pose exceptional interference threats but, even then, it will try to ensure that the products remain commercially viable.
The FCC also will not address ISM's concerns. If customers come to believe they cannot use both ISM and spread spectrum, the FCC will not stop them from choosing spread spectrum. Although Part 15 devices must accept ISM interference, Part 15 customers do not. They are free to eliminate the interference by rejecting ISM products if they think it necessary to protect their communications.
Instead of contending at the FCC, both industries will achieve better results by negotiating directly with each other. Together they can seek standards that permit ISM products to operate properly, as well as provide an RF environment hospitable to spread spectrum operations. If communications engineers can help to set the characteristics of ISM equipment in the vicinity, they can design systems that tolerate the interference well. That in turn will enable ISM vendors to assure customers that their products will not degrade spread spectrum performance. The spread spectrum industry can assist those ISM marketing efforts by certifying suitable ISM devices for compatibility with spread spectrum communications devices.
In short, customers should not be forced to choose between the two types of products. Both industries come out ahead if customers can buy and use both successfully. *
Mitchell Lazarus received his BSEE and MSEE from McGill University and MIT, respectively, and his PhD in experimental psychology from MIT. He also holds a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. Currently, Lazarus is a telecommunications attorney with the firm of Fletcher Heald & Hildreth PLC in Arlington, VA. He can be reached at (703) 812-0440 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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On the subject of Steve and discourse grammar, there was a helpful exchange in the comments of Steve's last blog post, which I thought it would be worth calling your attention to.
A commenter asked,
My main quandary when considering the LDGNT has to do with objectivity vs. subjectivity in conducting discourse analysis. I am inexperienced and basically ignorant of the concept of discourse analysis. I read some of Bill Mounce on the topic. What I would like to know is given that a particular scholar, in this case Dr. Runge conducts the analysis of the entire GNT, would another scholar arrive at the same kinds of results or would there be numerous differences with results? More or less, I am asking about "bias". Would I become a Rungeianite? And I say that in all well intended humor. :)
Perhaps you've had the same question. Some components of grammar are more objective than others. Many—though certainly not all—aspects of morphology tend to be fairly objective and agreed upon by scholars. Syntax, on the other hand, involves a bit more subjectivity. What about discourse? How objective or subjective is the work that Dr. Runge has done?
Here's Steve's helpful response:
You ask a great question. Most of what I have analyzed is fairly objective in nature, and could be replicated by others using a comparable interpretive framework (i.e. a functional, cognitive approach to discourse typology). What I am doing is better characterized as *discourse grammar* as opposed to *discourse analysis*, with the latter focused on trying to find the overall structure and message of a book. My analysis would give you the building blocks for doing such an analysis, but is more focused on documenting grammatical features and describing their discourse function. Each blog post has focused on one grammatical phenomenon and then described the task that it accomplishes in the discourse. I have striven to annotate only well documented, well attested discourse features. Most of what I have annotated relies upon the research of translators and other linguists. Other parts are original research which has either been peer-reviewed or presented at conferences for feedback.
There are indeed aspects that involve subjectivity, as is the case with some of the decisions regarding the block outline. Let's say there is a main clause with a subordinate clause, followed by a coordinate clause (linked by και 'and'). Which clause does the coordinate clause link to: the main clause or the subordinate clause? Grammar alone cannot answer this question. In most cases the decision is fairly objective, but there are times when a good case could be made either way. This project is intended to function as a commentary, something that you interact with in order to ensure you engage all of the relevant issues related to the passage. In the same way that you might disagree with a commentator, I expect that some will disagree with judgments I have made.
I have posted conference papers presented at SBL and ETS at www.logos.com/academic/bio/runge. I also chair a new section at ETS called 'Discourse Grammar and Biblical Exegesis', focused on making discourse-related research more accessible to biblical scholars. These papers document the research underlying the HDNT analysis, and include footnotes and bibliographies for readers.
For more information about what Steve has been working on here at Logos, see the following:


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She admitted she was stunned by the thousands of fans that packed Times Square for her appearance.
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Feds set no-go zones for President Barack Obama's Hawaii vacation
The White House has yet to announce President Barack Obama's vacation plans, but federal authorities are setting up no-go security zones in the air and at sea in preparation for a presidential trip to Hawaii that could begin later this week and last more than two weeks.
On Monday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration issued several flight restrictions for Hawaii from 8 P.M. Friday through midnight on Sunday January 6. The key air restriction surrounds Koko Head on the southeastern side of O'ahu, near where Obama has vacationed in the past.
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And in a notice set to be published formally on Wednesday morning, the Coast Guard will announce a "temporary security zone" in the nearby waters of Kailua Bay—where Obama has rented vacation homes in past years. According to the notice, the Coast Guard security zone kicked in at 6 A.M. Monday, even though the president is still wrapped up in fiscal cliff negotiations with Congress and various other matters at the White House.
The water exclusion zone includes waters south of Kapoho Point and a nearby channel in Kailua Bay and runs "from the surface of the water to the ocean floor." (Attention still photogs: No scuba tricks and no submersibles.)
The Coast Guard issued a similar notice last year, but there are a couple new features. The new notice says the operations of six jet-ski and parasailing companies will be affected by the water zone, but only while Obama is arriving at and departing from Honolulu International Airport. And there's a nod to those who may want to take advantage of the president's visit to express themselves: "The Coast Guard respects the First Amendment rights of protesters. Protesters are asked to contact [the Coast Guard] to coordinate protest activities so that your message can be received without jeopardizing the safety or security of people, places or vessels."
The FAA's announcement takes a sterner tone.
"THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MAY USE DEADLY FORCE AGAINST THE AIRBORNE AIRCRAFT, IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT POSES AN IMMINENT SECURITY THREAT," the Notice to Airmen warns. (The screaming capitalization is standard.)
The exclusion zones are not hard-and-fast bans on air and sea traffic. Entry is permitted with permission from the appropriate authorities.
A White House spokesman had no comment Tuesday on the announcement of the no-go zones or on Obama's vacation plans.
UPDATE (Tuesday, 4:32 P.M.): This post has been updated with the White House declining to comment.


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The problem with political debate in Scotland is not that people aren't well informed, it's that the SNP ensure they're very well misinformed.
It's not a sophisticated strategy, but it seems to be an effective one. By using Twitter, official party representatives can basically get away with saying whatever they like by avoiding having to deal with pesky journalists who tend to like to check facts before they report them. On social media, complete lies can be read by tens of thousands of people before they're exposed and debunked, by which time it's too late. People seeking to give themselves permission to ignore awkward facts have been satisfied and the tweeter's mission is accomplished.
Take the example of the Scottish Government's own GERS figures. When these showed Scotland's economy being a positive contributor to the UK, they were rightly quoted by the SNP as authoritative statistics. Since the figures started showing Scotland effectively receiving cash from the rest of the UK (roughly £1,700 for every man woman and child in Scotland last year1) the figures have instead been cynically and systematically undermined.
The SNP and their social media mouth-pieces have been so successful with their campaign of misinformation that, whenever GERS figures are debated now, the following points have to be endlessly repeated: there's no missing whisky duty, there's no missing export income, the figures aren't affected by corporate head-office locations, London infrastructure costs aren't allocated to Scotland and the figures are not guesswork compiled by HM Treasury, they're qualified National Statistics compiled and published by the Scottish Government2.
The problem, of course, is that those who want the comfort of not facing economic reality simply choose not to listen to those who patiently debunk the myths. In a world where many proudly proclaim themselves to be climate change deniers, in Scotland we now have a growing army of GERS deniers.
But this strategy of spreading misinformation through social media isn't limited to falsely undermining the GERS figures.
Last week many of SNP MP Paul Monaghan's 15,600 twitter followers were eagerly retweeting this message of his: "Interesting UK Gov reply today on question of proportion of Scottish exports to RUK [rest of the UK] destined for EU. They don't know. My figures suggest 75%."
He went on to make clear that he was referring to exports "passing through rUK on route to EU. The implication is our exports are not attributed to Scotland."
Now anybody with even a passing understanding of Scotland's economy or the way our export statistics are calculated will know he's making an extremely cack-handed attempt to mislead people here.
Export statistics are gathered based on the customer's location3, so goods exported to the EU through an English port or freight-forwarder will correctly be recorded as EU exports (not rUK exports as Monaghan implies).
It's also worth pointing out that no competent Scottish business would sell goods to an English customer for that customer to simply sell on to the EU without adding value. Factor in the knowledge that 56% of Scottish exports to the rest of the UK are services not physical goods4 and it's clear that Monaghan's 75% figure is complete balderdash5.
Of course it's obvious why an SNP MP would want to falsely suggest that Scottish export figures to the UK are over-stated and those to the EU under-stated. One of the gaping holes in the SNP's argument for Brexit as an independence trigger is the fact that Scotland sells more than four times as much to the rest of the UK as we do to the EU3. This means - if Brexit does turn out to mean UK/EU trade barriers exist - Scotland would risk damaging four times as much trade by ending up on the EU rather than the UK side of any such barriers.
So faced with a clear logical flaw in their argument, this SNP MP resorts to the tried and tested strategy of misrepresenting the facts and spreading misunderstanding. Unfortunately for Mr Monaghan, in doing so he exposes an embarrassing level of ignorance for all to see. Apart from showing that he doesn't understand how export trade statistics work, he also shows he hasn't even managed to read his own Government's publication on the topic.
On Twitter he went on to say "the UK Gov told me today just 44% of Scottish manufacturing exports are to the rest of the UK".
Well yes, they would have told him that by looking at the Scottish Government's own "Export Statistics 2014" report where that information is found. If Monaghan had bothered to read this himself he would also have known that "just 44%" of Scotland's manufacturing exports going to rUK is still 1.7 times more than go to the EU4.
You have to wonder: if independence is really such a good idea for Scotland's economy, why do its supporters so consistently try to mislead us about the facts?
1. for the simplest explanation of this, see The £9bn Fiscal Transfer
2. if anybody still doubts any of these facts, please see this blog post > GERS Deniers
3. see official Scottish Government website here which explains "Export Statistics Scotland (ESS) is based on the Global Connections Survey". I have filled in these forms so I know, but see actual form here and note wording of question 6;
4. These two simple tables provide an audit-trail between the figures in specified tables in the Export Statistics Scotland 2014 publication and the percentages and relative figures used in this blog (highlighted). The minor inconsistency in the tables included in the pdf were not significant enough to send me to the supporting excel tables.


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Washington's Blog
April 21, 2013
It's extensively documented that U.S. backing of Al Qaeda led to 9/11, and that the U.S. is the world'slargest sponsor of terror.
Former FBI agent Colleen Rowley – a 2002 Time Person of the Year – points out that the neocons also backed Chechen terrorists as a way to challenge Russia:
Chechen "terrorists" proved useful to the U.S. in keeping pressure on the Russians, much as the Afghan mujahedeen were used in the anti-Soviet war in Afghanistan from 1980 to 1989. In fact, many neocons signed up as Chechnya's "friends," including former CIA Director James Woolsey.
For instance, see this 2004 article in the UK Guardian, entitled, "The Chechens' American friends: The Washington neocons' commitment to the war on terror evaporates in Chechnya, whose cause they have made their own."
Author John Laughland wrote: "the leading group which pleads the Chechen cause is the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya (ACPC). The list of the self-styled 'distinguished Americans' who are its members is a roll call of the most prominent neoconservatives who so enthusiastically support the 'war on terror.'
"They include Richard Perle, the notorious Pentagon adviser; Elliott Abrams of Iran-Contra fame; Kenneth Adelman, the former US ambassador to the UN who egged on the invasion of Iraq by predicting it would be 'a cakewalk'; Midge Decter, biographer of Donald Rumsfeld and a director of the rightwing Heritage Foundation; Frank Gaffney of the militarist Centre for Security Policy; Bruce Jackson, former US military intelligence officer and one-time vice-president of Lockheed Martin, now president of the US Committee on Nato; Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute, a former admirer of Italian fascism and now a leading proponent of regime change in Iran; and R. James Woolsey, the former CIA director who is one of the leading cheerleaders behind George Bush's plans to re-model the Muslim world along pro-US lines."
Prominent former New York Times journalist (and author of The Commission book) Phil Shenon's discovery of the incredible "Terrible Missed Chance" a couple of years ago.
Shenon's discovery involved key information that the FBI and the entire "intelligence" community mishandled and covered up, not only before 9/11 but for a decade afterward. And it also related to the exact point of my 2002 "whistleblower memo" that led to the post 9/11 DOJ-Inspector General investigation about FBI failures and also partially helped launch the 9/11 Commission investigation.
But still the full truth did not come out, even after Shenon's blockbuster discovery in 2011 of the April 2001 memo linking the main Chechen leader Ibn al Khattab to Osama bin Laden. The buried April 2001 memo had been addressed to FBI Director Louis Freeh (another illegal recipient of MEK money, by the way!) and also to eight of the FBI's top counter-terrorism officials.
Similar memos must have been widely shared with all U.S. intelligence in April 2001. Within days of terrorist suspect Zaccarias Moussaoui's arrest in Minnesota on Aug. 16, 2001, French intelligence confirmed that Moussaoui had been fighting under and recruiting for Ibn al-Khattab, raising concerns about Moussaoui's flight training.
Yet FBI Headquarters officials balked at allowing a search of his laptop and other property, still refusing to recognize that: 1) the Chechen separatists were themselves a "terrorist group" for purposes of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's (FISA) legal requirement of acting "on behalf of a foreign power" and 2) that Moussaoui's link to Ibn al Khattab inherently then linked him to bin Laden's well-recognized Al Qaeda group for purposes of FISA (the point in my memo).
This all occurred during the same time that CIA Director George Tenet and other counter-terrorism officials — and don't forget that Tenet was apprised of the information about Moussaoui's arrest around Aug. 24, 2001 — told us their "hair was on fire" over the prospect of a major terrorist attack and "the system was blinking red."
The post 9/11 investigations launched as a result of my 2002 "whistleblower memo" did conclude that a major mistake, which could have prevented or reduced 9/11, was the lack of recognition of al Khattab's Chechen fighters as a "terrorist group" for purposes of FISA.
Officials can get confused when their former covert "assets" turn into enemies themselves. That's what has happened with al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Libya and Syria, fighters who the U.S. government favored in their efforts to topple the Qaddafi and Assad regimes, respectively. These extremists are prone to turn against their American arms suppliers and handlers once the common enemy is defeated.
The same MO exists with the U.S. and Israel currently collaborating with the Iranian MEK terrorists who have committed assassinations inside Iran. The U.S. government has recently shifted the MEK terrorists from the ranks of "bad" to "good" terrorists as part of a broader campaign to undermine the Iranian government. For details, see "Our (New) Terrorists, the MEK: Have We Seen This Movie Before?"
the lies and disinformation that go into the confusing and ever-morphing notion of "terrorism" result from the U.S. Military Industrial Complex (and its little brother, the "National Security Surveillance Complex") and their need to control the mainstream media's framing of the story.
So, a simplistic narrative/myth is put forth to sustain U.S. wars. From time to time, those details need to be reworked and some of the facts "forgotten" to maintain the storyline about bad terrorists "who hate the U.S." when, in reality, the U.S. Government may have nurtured the same forces as "freedom fighters" against various "enemies."
The bottom line is to never forget that "a poor man's war is terrorism while a rich man's terrorism is war" – and sometimes those lines cross for the purposes of big-power politics. War and terrorism seem to work in sync that way.
(And read this post from Sibel Edmonds, former FBI translator, who the Department of Justice's Inspector General and several senators have called extremely credible.)
Was the Boston terror attack yet more blowback from idiotic U.S. foreign policy?
Given that we have recently backed Al Qaeda terrorists in Libya, Syria and elsewhere, the idiocy continues …
Postscript: We do not know what the true facts of the Boston bombing are. Not only are thee confusing and contradictory facts, but – as Yves Smith points out – there's not yet even an "official" story.
This article was posted: Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 5:31 am


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How To Encrypt SQL Server Connection?
SSL encryption is enabled on all MS SQL Database servers. We recommend you to use SSL encrypted connections to connect to database servers (especially if you are connecting with database server from remote locations using SQL Server Management Studio Tool).
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Connect SQL Server over SSL with ASP.NET/ASP Applications:
SQL Server connection string for Classic ASP (ADO Library):
SQL Server connection string for ASP.NET (ADO.NET Library):Code:Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data source=mssql01.anaxanet.com;Initial catalog=databaseName;User Id=userName;Password=password;encrypt=true
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Connect SQL Server over SSL with MS SQL Server Management Studio:
Follow below steps to connect SQL SQL Server Management Studio over SSL encrypted channel.
- Open SQL Server Management Studio tool from Start >> All Programs >> Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 >> SQL Server Management Studio
- Type SQL Server Name
- Select Authentication Method to SQL Server Authentication
- Type your database user name and your database user password
- Click on Options button to set up advanced settings/ connection properties
- Under Connection setting click check box to enable "Encrypt Connection"
- Click on Connect button to connect SQL Server over SSL encrypted session.
- Once you successfully connected to SQL Server over SSL encrypted session, you will able to see SQL Server management studio console and to manage your database from remote location.


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The Moist Palms Hotel is a hotel in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
The hotel is located in Downtown, Vice City. In 1984, the setting of GTA Vice City Stories, the hotel is being built, with the building finished in 1986, the setting of GTA Vice City. In GTA Vice City Stories, a Rumpo, Bulldozer and Flatbed can normally be found on the site, along with a red balloon. An unique stunt jump and police bribe can also be found on the site. By 1986, the hotel has opened. An area of water had been placed at the front of the hotel, whilst the back of the hotel has become a car park.
- The term "Moist Palms" refers to lubrication of the palms before masturbation.
- The Moist Palms Hotel's looks are based on the now demolished Miami Heralds headquarters in Miami.


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Hello and welcome back!
At the time of my last post I was in the midst of my trip to Quebec City to participate in the 49th International Congress on the Eucharist.
By last Friday we had just concluded the pre-congress symposium at which I gave an address. In case you missed my last week's post, you can read the text of my talk here.
On Saturday, we went to have Mass at the motherhouse of the St. Jeanne d'Arc Sisters, the Sisters of St. Joan of Arc.
There are 106 nuns living at the motherhouse and the Mass was concelebrated by a number of missionaries, including a bishop from Santo Domingo. After the Mass, we had lunch with the sisters.
The sisters worked for many, many years in the archbishop's residence and in the chancery in Boston. Cardinal Richard Cushing was a great supporter and benefactor of the community. They also worked in St. Anselm's Abbey in Manchester, N.H.
They were also with me for 10 years in Fall River, so I was very happy to be able to go and celebrate Mass (in French, of course) for their community. They live very contemplative lives, praying for priests, for the Church. They offer daily holy hours for priests, and I used to enjoy being a part of their holy hour every Thursday night at 11 p.m.
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The following day was the opening of the Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City. Quebec is a walled city and is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year, and the Eucharistic Congress is part of those celebrations. The events are taking place at the Colisée Pepsi.
We stayed in the Château Frontenac, which is a very historic hotel in the old city and located near the cathedral. Many of the great "glitterati" of the 20th century stayed in that hotel.
Château Frontenac
As a matter of fact, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met there and planned the Normandy invasion in that hotel, and there is a monument to that in the hotel today.
At the opening ceremony there were a number of talks. First of all, the Cardinal Archbishop of Quebec, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, gave an address and welcomed everyone.
Cardinal Ouellett
During the ceremony, they brought in large figures representing the different saints from Quebec. I suppose you could describe them as something like big puppets.
There have been so many saints in the history of Quebec, beginning with the first bishop, Blessed François Montmorency de Laval., whom the university where the congress was held was named after.
I was very impressed by the individuals from the government who spoke at the opening ceremony with such eloquence about the Church with obvious affection and respect. First to speak was the mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, and the Quebec Minister of International Relations and Francophone Affairs, Monique Gagnon-Tramble gave a beautiful address bringing in much of the history of the Church and the contribution that the Church has made. Then, the Minister of Canadian Heritage Josée Verner spoke beautifully about the faith, and he said the most multicultural group in Canada is the Catholic Church.
The conference's papal legate was Cardinal Jozef Tomko from Slovakia. He recently retired from his post as President of International Eucharistic Congresses. He did a wonderful job representing the Holy Father.
Cardinal Tomko
He was a very good choice to send because of his great involvement in the Catholic missions. For many years he had been the Prefect of Evangelization of Peoples at the Holy See. In fact, Quebec — like Ireland and Belgium — has been a region that sent huge numbers of missionaries throughout the world.
The cardinal presided and preached at the opening liturgy, at which time he said to Cardinal of Paris, "I'm 84, not 23." The Paris cardinal's name is André Vingt-Trois, and "vingt-trois" in French means 23. And, of course, Cardinal Tomko is 84.
I knew Cardinal Tomko from when I was bishop in the West Indies. He named me visitator for some of the seminaries in the area. It was wonderful to see him.
Later there was a sort of cultural show by Gen Rosso, a performing arts group from the Focolare youth.
After which the Gospel books were brought in, carried in on the Ark of the Covenant. In order to prepare for the congress, the ark had been circulated through all the dioceses of Canada at different youth rallies and so forth.
The Mass was concelebrated by 40 cardinals, 106 bishops and assisted by 12,000 people in the coliseum.
At the end of Mass there was a ceremony wherein a number of cardinals received the Blessed Sacrament to take to seven churches to be used for perpetual adoration during the week. Then, a huge wooden monstrance was placed on top of the ark and carried out by priests.
I told Cardinal Ouellet how moved I was at that sight because it reminded me of that passage in the Old Testament when the priests carry the Ark of the Covenant, and when their feet touched the Red Sea, the waters parted.
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At the conference the following day, Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington D.C. gave the first talk.
The second talk was given by Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche Communities. His father had been the governor general of Canada, and Jean Vanier represents those wonderful Catholic Quebecois families who were so dedicated to the mission of the Church. He gave a beautiful testimony about Christ's presence among the poor.
Jean Vanier
The talk reminded me of Sen. Sam Brownback's address to our lawyers at the Red Mass here in Boston last year. He said that 90 percent of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome while in the womb are being aborted. Jean is a man who has dedicated his entire life to serving, living with and forming community with adults with Down syndrome. He said he enjoys their friendship and sees Christ in them. People were very moved by his words.
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Then, I returned to Boston and on Wednesday I met with Father George Agger, SVD, a missionary in Montserrat, which is a beautiful little island in the West Indies.
Father Agger came to thank me for the pews and other church furnishings that we are sending from Boston to Montserrat where two of the three churches were destroyed by volcanic eruptions there.
In fact, volcanic activity is very intense in the island. Recently, they evacuated the entire area for awhile, and now about 5,000 people have gone back. I was very happy that we were able to use some of our religious patrimony to support the Catholics of Montserrat.
An aerial view of Montserrat.
You can see the Soufrière Hills Volcano showing some activity
When I was bishop in the West Indies, we would often have meetings there on Montserrat. It was one of my favorite islands for many reasons. Historically, it is the island where many of the Irish indentured servants and slaves settled. They intermarried with the freed African slaves, so most of the people on the island are black with Irish names. The national flag and coat of arms of Montserrat depicts a woman holding cross and an Irish harp and other flags you see flying everywhere have a big shamrock. They also have a St. Patrick's Church.
Montserrat is one of those unspoiled islands with a lovely sense of community. There is little to no crime, and the people are so friendly. If you go down the street, everyone will wave to you from the houses.
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Also on Wednesday, we had a meeting in Dracut about the charism of the diocesan priesthood. Father John MacInnis, Father Joe Fagan and Father Bob Blaney and I all gave reflections, and then we had a table discussion. It was very interesting, particularly talking about the charism and spirituality of diocesan priests. There was a wonderful cross-section of priests of all ages from throughout the diocese present. I am very grateful to Father Bob Connors for organizing this.
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I attended the first meeting of the newly formed Religious Education Committee that will be studying the different books and materials that are being used in the schools and in religious education programs in the diocese as well as family religious education. We hope that through looking at all of this, we will be able to determine what programs and texts have been the most effective in communicating the faith. It is an ambitious undertaking, but we have a wonderful group of people assembled to work on this task.
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And finally, I want to make mention of an event that took place earlier this month but I had been waiting for some photos to arrive.
On Sunday, June 8, I went to Lakeville for a Mass at Sts. Martha and Mary Parish, where they were celebrating their 50th anniversary.
It is a lovely spot right across the street from one of the lakes. Father Francis Daley, the pastor there, is doing a wonderful job.
The parish has an outstanding choir, which parishioners are very proud of. I was absolutely amazed by them. The music was magnificent.
Congratulations to Father Daley and the parish as they mark this important milestone!
Until next week, blessings to you all,
Cardinal Seán


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You're a little boy on your fifth birthday. Your Dad is in the U.S. Navy and in the midst of his first deployment. You haven't seen him for three months. What do you want more than anything in the world? To see your Daddy, of course.
That wish came true for a boy featured in a YouTube that's leading people across the Internet to weep over their keyboards. The video, which was posted this month, has over 380,000 page views.
Aiden Whyte wanted a Star Wars birthday party and asked to battle Darth Vader, who he thought would be his older cousin dressed in a costume.
It turns out that Aiden's Dad was able to return home for 96 hours and he was the one underneath the black mask.
When Aiden pulls off his Dad's mask he's shocked and his sister, who's dress liked Princess Leia, shouts, "Daddy!"


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Jerry gave the OK though:
"I talked to [team chairman] Jerry [Reinsdorf] and said `we're either in it to win it or we're not,' '' Williams said. "There was a little trepidation on the finances [on Reinsdorf's part]," but Reinsdorf again okayed the move Williams had hoped to complete months earlier. … With Peavy comes more than $42 million in contract obligations remainined on the $52 million extension he signed before the 2008 season. Peavy is being paid $11 million this year, $15 million next season, $16 million in 2011 and $17 million in 2012. The contract has a club option for 2013 of $22 million or $4 million buyout for Peavy.
UPDATE: ESPN has more:
Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said Friday he was initially opposed to the trade that sent former Cy Young winner Jake Peavy to Chicago. Reindorf said White Sox GM Williams sent him an e-mail to ask him if he wanted Peavy. Reinsdorf said no but he was willing to talk. "He and Rick [Hahn, assistant general manager] came in and talked me into it," Reinsdorf told Chicago's Baseball Tonight on ESPNChicago radio. "That's how it went down." …


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Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), singing, Morro Bay, California: photo by Alan D. Vernon, 9 February 2008
The meadow larks and the crows don't exist for each other. The lark is apparently always in flight. There is no question that the meadow lark is the loveliest of flying things. It has a slight manner when flying close to the ground, as one is walking across the field, of suddenly rising, sliding right into you with a turn that presents its blurred blue back, and the swift impression is that it is coming straight on back first, the outline of the tail, with the two streamers, the delicate feathering and quivering undercamber of the wings. But I suppose all it did was to turn, a bit, in its course. Then it flies with incredible speed two inches off the ground in a zig-zag line. But whatever manner it chooses, one's senses lag, in picking up the movement, a very sharp sensation, in this case. Or then, it seems, they will tumble together and roll over and over flashing the deep blue wings and the buff yellow breast, as it is with a slow color wheel. Everything flashing in the sun, low, over the green and yellow stubble of the field. What flying! The sheer exactitude of flying complexly and exhaustively, on the air, at that slight height, to the near ground. One sees how flying high in the sky loses its preciseness as flying and becomes, merely, "going someplace," as the crow does, who is better off on the ground, or the eagle, who is known for his nest, or as man, who created a considerable misery in the language when he spoke of himself as "flying," when all he ever did was transport himself in a straight line, a mostly mercantile endeavor from the beginning. Bad flight, in birds as well as man, is curious. One hears of some birds being quarrelsome. And it is known that a crow has a suspiciously high number sense. One can discern as many as five men going into a building, and knows when only four come out.
Edward Dorn: from Notes from the Fields: Skagit Valley, in Measure, 1958
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), in flight, Manitoba: photo by Stewart Oikawa, 16 July 2012
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), Blackie Spit, Surrey, British Columbia: photo by Mike Baker, 16 October 2011
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), in takeoff, Antelope Canyon, Utah: photo by Steve Courson, 20 May 2011
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), in liftoff, Fossil Creek Reservoir, Fort Collins, Colorado: photo by Michael Menefee, 5 April 2008
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah: photo by Robinsegg, 25 May 2009
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), Colorado Springs, Colorado: photo by Matt Bango, 3 October 2010
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Singing Sands, Bruce Peninsula National Park, Canada: photo by Mdf, 26 June 2009
Northwest Crow (Corvus caurinus), Esquimault Lagoon, Colwood, near Victoria, British Columbia: photo by Alan D. Wilson, 2007
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) near Shark Inlet, Los Osos, California: photo by Linda Tanner, 25 May 2009


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25 Mariners & 4 Cooks in Baltimore (5/12/2011)
The day was upon us: Kellan's first game of the season! Our first Mariners game of the season! Kellan's first Mariners road game of his life! Our first game of the season with Colleen a/k/a "mommy." Fun times were ahead, guaranteed!
We packed ourselves into Colleen's more family friendly car…
…and headed off to Camden Yards
We met our friend and Baltimore ticket agent, Avi Miller, on Eutaw Street before the gates opened, got out tickets, and then hung out with the regulars at the front of the line.
As Kellan waited for his first "gate opening" of his life, I snapped this picture of my little crew:
Yeah, that's a good crew.
When the gates opened, we headed over toward the Mariners dugout. The Orioles were hitting and the Mariners were stretching. When the M's finished stretching, most of them headed to the outfield to play catch, while a select few stuck in front of the dugout and played catch there.
As Dan Cortes walked by, I called him over and asked for a picture:
Cortes was very nice. He chatted with us for a few minutes, and he confirmed that it was indeed him that we saw at the airport the day after the following game of the season last year.
Thanks for being cool, Dan!
As we watched Ichiro and Michael Saunders play catch in front of the dugout, a pair of fellow Mariners fans standing nearby offered to take a family photo:
Kellan was so into the pre-game festivities, he couldn't be bothered with looking at the camera.
As we watched the action, the people from ROOT Sports came over and chatted with us. They ended up taking our names and they take some video of us watching Ichiro and Saunders playing catch. The guys said he wanted to show us on TV during the game. I have no clue if that actually happened or not.
Three minutes later, Ichiro and Saunders finished up. Ichiro ran off and Saunders came over and gave us their warm up baseball. I asked him if we could get a picture and Tim asked him if he'd sign the ball he just gave us. His answer was "yes" to both questions. I handed Kellan over and we got this picture:
Thanks, Michael!
Kellan was having a blast at his first road Mariners game…
As can be seen between me and Kellan in that last picture, the ROOT sports guy came running back to get video of us talking to Saunders, but he was too late.
We decided to head down the LF foul line to watch the Mariners pitchers warm up. As bartender turned Major Leaguer Tom Wilhelmsen walked by on the edge of the foul warning track, I asked him if he could help us out. He looked confused but willing when he asked, "What's up?
I explained that we needed a picture of Tim throwing a baseball to a player on the field for a photo scavenger hunt (the mygameballs.com photo scavenger hunt). Tom was happy to help out. To make sure we got the shot, Tim tossed two baseballs to Wilhelmsen. Here is Tim's favorite of the two photos:
By the way, this is Tim's favorite of the two pictures because you can see the blue logo on the ball in flight.
As we hung out in foul territory, we chatted briefly with Mariners bullpen catcher extraordinaire Jason Phillips as he passed by on his way to do some work in the outfield. Very soon after Phillips passed by, David Pauley finished up playing catch along the foul line. As he turned and prepared to toss the baseball into the baseball bag (that can be seen in the picture of Tim throwing to Wilhelmsen), I called out, "Hey, David!" He turned and tossed the baseball to us rather than to the baseball bag.
Thanks, David!
Mere second later, Jason Phillips ran by again. Without us saying a word (or even really noticing yet that he was there), Jason grabbed a nice rubbed up baseball out of the bag, called out to get my attention, and tossed the baseball to us. Man, that guy is awesome!
Thanks, Jason!
Before continuing, I must digress for a second. Tim and I have got the game day process down pat. It's a fun and easy day for us. While it's just as fun, I rediscovered that it's a lot harder taking a baby to a game! We had a little umbrella stroller that we ultimately had to lug around for Kellan. We strolled him into the stadium and around toward the Mariners dugout, but then I took him out of it while we were down front by the Mariners dugout.
Back to our story, eventually we noticed that rookie star Michael Pineda was sitting on the brick wall in LF foul territory. We all scooted over there to see him. From 2-3 rows back, I asked him if we could get an autograph and a picture with him and the boys. He said, "sure."
Colleen had our camera. As I we started making our way up to Pineda, Colleen noticed that we'd left Kellan's stroller sitting in the staircase behind the Mariners bullpen. She ran off to grab it. I turned around to see how she was setting up for the picture and I saw her walking away from us three sections down toward 3B. Pineda was obviously wondering what was going on. He mentioned he had to get going. I told him that my wife had just run off with our camera so we'd settle for just an autograph.
Luckily, that same pair of Mariners fans who took our picture by the dugout snapped this picture…
…as Pineda handed our autographed David Pauley baseball back to us. I gave the guy my card and he emailed the picture. Thanks, Ray!
Next, we packed up our mass of bags and equipment, and headed out to the bullpen area in deep LCF. On our way out there, we ran into the luckiest fan in the ballpark, Zack Hample, and he would, indeed, be quite lucky on this day. We've got a couple Zack-Tim fist bump pictures over the last couple season, and Zack and Tim were back at it at this game:
Zack tried to go for a sliding up the rail fist bump, but Tim turned it into a high intensity brute force fist bump. Tim is all about intensity.
We made plans to catch up a bit after BP, and then Zack headed to the flag court while we headed to the bullpen. Nothing was going on in the bullpen at the time, so Tim, Kellan and I hung out in the front row and watched the M's take BP…
…while Colleen grabbed a seat and relaxed in back row by the bullpen. At one point, Felix Hernandez tried to throw us a baseball, but it fell short. Could have easily caught it, but with Kellan strapped to my chest I let it go and it bounced into a lady's lap who wasn't paying attention. A nice little surprise for her.
After BP, Zack (and Jona) came back over to the bullpen area. And Tim tried to break Zack's hand with another ferocious fist bump (Note: Tim doesn't full understand the concept of fist bumping):
Avi stopped by to say hi and he gave Tim a Orioles activity book/magazine for Tim. While Colleen fed Kellan a bottle by the bullpen, Tim looked through his book and shared the highlights with his mommy:
Zack changed back into his Mariners gear to get a picture with all of us. First, Jona took a picture with our camera:
Then, she took one with her own, and Tim decided to ham it up for the camera by giving his brother a big kiss on the cheek:
While Tim truly loves his little brother, this kiss was 100% for the benefit of the camera. Tim is a little showman at heart.
There were a couple baseballs in the Mariners' bullpen and about 5 or so in the Orioles bullpen. Zack asked if we were waiting to ask someone if they would toss one of the balls up from the Mariners bullpen. I told him to go for it.
Soon, Jason Phillips entered the bullpen and Zack politely asked him to toss up one of the baseballs. Phillips obliged.
After he tossed the baseball to Zack, I asked Phillips to come over to us. When he arrived about 10 feet below us, I asked him if he would take a picture from the middle of the bullpen with my camera. It's a picture I have had in mind for about a year and had been planning to ask Jason to take for us. Jason told me to drop my camera down to him.
I paused. It was a scary dilemma. My camera is about 2 months old and Phillips was standing on concrete. I said something like, "make sure you catch it!" Holding his hands open to me, he gave me a look like, "Do you seriously think I am going to drop it…I'm a professional catcher!" I asked him to take two steps to his left so he would be standing on AstroTurf. He did. I tossed my camera down. He caught it and headed out to the middle of the bullpen with it.
Zack thought quickly and asked Jona to take a picture of Phillips with my camera:
Thanks, Zack and Jona!
And here is the photo I'd wanted for so long, the Mariners relievers-eye-view of Camden Yards from the visitors bullpen:
Cool! Thanks again, Jason!
A little while later, Brandon League was pacing around the bullpen rubbing a baseball in his hands. He walked over to our end of the bullpen and I told Tim he should ask Brandon for the ball. When Tim asked League if he could toss him the baseball, Brandon walked over to Jason Phillips equipment bag, pulled out a different baseball and toss it up to us.
Thanks, Brandon!
Moments later, the game started and we watched Ichiro's first at bat from LCF. As Figgins came to the plate (and was in the process of hitting two consecutive foul balls that Zack caught in the air), we started walking to the other side of the stadium toward the RF foul pole.
On the way, we stopped at the Orioles fan assistance office where the O's issued some certificates of recognition to the boys:
I thought it was pretty cool that when I told the fan assistance lady that Tim had already been to many games at Camden Yards she decided to make him a certificate for "being an AWESOME big brother!"
As we walked through the concourse toward RF, I snapped a picture of these retired number banners…
…I'm not sure if they are new or not, but I'd never noticed them before.
Here is where we landed – Section 6:
So its official, Kellan loves going to baseball games! He had a blast. Here he is sharing some pizza with me and doing some yelling-for-joy:
This was a great place for us to sit because it was the closest we could be to Tim's favorite player – Ichiro. Here was our view of Ichi:
Of course, at this first trip to Camden Yards, I had to take a picture of Kellan with the warehouse in the background:
In that last picture, Tim is right behind us and my friend and co-worker Charlie is sitting behind Tim. Charlie was in Baltimore for a conference and joined us for the game. Right around this time, he got an important email on his blackberry and was feverishly typing a response while Tim was talking a mile-a-minute into his ear. A few second later, Tim was relocated to the seat in front of me…
…so Charlie could finish his email without getting a big ear full of Tim's jibber-jabbering.
I was really hoping that Ichiro could get a hit for Tim and Kellan:
But he kept grounding out for most of the game. And the game was speeding on by us. The pitching match-up was Jason "Viva Las" Vargas…
…and Zack Britton. They were both dealing big time. They both pitched 9 shutout innings.
As the game whizzed by, we got some family pictures. Here are my peeps:
The game went so fast, in fact, that we never even got ice cream helmets! But Tim enjoyed a little pistachio and sunflower seed platter:
At one point, a bunch of people in section 8 stood up, yelled at each other, and acted like they were going to fight:
No punches were thrown. But the cops ended up pulling a couple of the young thugs outta there. As the people yelled at each other, the fans in the section inexplicably chanted "USA! USA! USA!" Very odd.
Tim spent a bunch of time sitting next to the railing spitting seeds onto the warning track. I came over and snapped this picture of Tim with Ichiro in the background:
Eventually, I was assigned mid-game diaper duty and I had to take Kellan to the bathroom. On our walk through the concourse, we ran into The Bird and Kellan got a picture:
The Bird is a good guy. Thanks,Bird!
On way back to the seats, I walked Kellan through the flag court and took some flag court photos. Like this one…
…and this one:
Kellan really put on a serious face in the flag court. And when we got back to our seats, I took another picture that for no apparent reason I like
The first nine innings took less than two hours, and then we were into bonus baseball. And that meant bonus fun for us. Tim did some sitting on Colleen's lap:
Colleen did some sitting on Tim's lap:
Kellan did some sitting on my shoulders:
And…well, no. I didn't do any sitting on Kellan's shoulders. He's too little.
Finally, in the twelfth inning, Ichiro got his first hit of the day. He worked his way around to third base and then scored the first run of the game on an RBI single by Miguel Olivo:
It was the first Mariners lead of Kellan's in-person baseball life. I was so excited about the prospect of Kellan's first Mariners win. In retrospect, however, I think I jinxed it. Tim, Charlie and I relocated to the second row behind home plate for an attempt at a post-game umpire baseball. This would mean that, if the Mariners won, I would not be with Kellan for his first Mariners win. In retrospect, it was an incredible error in judgment by me.
Forces of fate (i.e., it is fate that I should be with Kellan when he first witnesses the Mariners win in person) kicked in. In the bottom of the twelfth inning, Brandon League gave up a hit to the first batter. He beaned the second batter. He drilled the third batter too. So the bases were loaded with no outs. The fourth batter blistered a line drive that should have been a hit, but Luis Rodriguez made an outstanding diving catch at short stop. Finally, the fifth batter hit a single up the middle that I could see and hear tip off of Brandon League's bare hand, the tying and winning runs scored.
And the Mariners moved to 0-3 for Kellan.
It was painful, but in the long run, Brandon League did us a favor. I won't make that mistake again. Next time we see the Mariners play, I will be holding Kellan when Miguel Olivo (or whoever) squeezes the glove on Kellan's first Mariners win.
Despite the loss, it was a great day. Kellan had a great day at the ballpark. Tim and I had a great time having Kellan and Colleen join us. It was great to see our Mariners for the first time. Lots of fun all around.
By the way, we didn't get an umpire baseball. In fact, no one did. The umpire just buried his head and left. I went over to say good-bye to Zack and Jona. They were behind the 3B dugout where Jona was taking this picture of Zack and the THREE foul balls he caught at this game. As Jona took the picture, I could see in the distance that two ushers were kicking Colleen and Kellan out of the seats! I didn't have time to say good-bye to Zack, Tim and I took off like a lightning bolt back to Colleen and Kellan.
On our way out of the ballpark, I held Kellan up real high and Colleen snapped this picture…
…of Kellan with the Ken Griffey, Jr. homerun marker on the warehouse wall. We then had a fun walk…
…back to our car.
Our first full family-of-four baseball game was in the books. I can't wait for our next.
|2011 C&S Fan Stats
|8/1 Games (Tim/Kellan)
|9/2 Teams [Tim – Orioles, Rangers, Brewers, Nationals, Phillies, Mets, Rays, and Braves; Kellan – Mariners, Orioles]
|4 Ice Cream Helmet(s) (Orioles (2), Nationals, Phillies)
|24 Baseballs (4 Mariners, 3 Rangers, 3 Orioles, 2 Umpire, 2 Nationals, 2 Brewers, 4 Phillies, 1 Mets, 1 Rays, 2 Braves)
|3/1 Stadiums [Tim – Camden Yards, Nationals Park, Citizens Bank Park; Kellan – Camden Yards]
|11/7 Player Photos* [Tim – Felix Hernandez, Adam Moore, Garrett Olson, Chris Seddon, David Aarsdma, Michael Pineda, Miguel Olivo, Ryan Langerhans, Greg Zuan, Mark Lowe, Michael Saunders; Kellan – Luke French, Milton Bradley, Franklin Gutierrez, Justin Smoak, Matt Tuiasosopo, Ryan Langerhans, Michael Saunders]
|3/1 Management Photos* [Tim – Howard Lincoln, Jack Zduriencik, Eric Wedge; Kellan – Jack Zduriencik]
|3 Autograph(s) (Michael Pineda, Michael Saunders, Mark Lowe)
|1 Bat* (Milton Bradley)
|3/2 Mascot Photos* [Tim – Mariner Moose, Teddy Roosevelt, The O's Bird; Kellan – Mariner Moose, The O's Bird]
|*includes Spring Training


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Mother nature has taken a break from her latest tricks. It's a whopping 55 degrees today in America's playground. Who would've thought December would bring a heat wave. Maybe not in the traditional sense, but gosh it sure feels warm after a week in the low 40's. The sun is just rising when I leave for work and it sets before I head home so I'm not sure I've actually felt temperatures above 38 in more than week. The mercury is supposed to continue to rise, we should be back into the 60's this weekend. Such a relief, my body has been so achy for hovering in the fetal position to keep warm. Hurricane Mikey tells me I'm a cold weather wimp, and I can't argue. I positively am.
I might have my dear husband to thank for this warm spell. He's been telling me for days it should be nice on his birthday. It almost always is. While I wouldn't call it nice, it sure is warmer. I'll take it. We plan to celebrate at Delmonico. I have a surprise up my sleeve so it'll be fun to unveil that, too.
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Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund's Star Manager Returns
Joel Tillinghast is back from a three-month sabbatical, but, in his absence, his six co-managers ran the fund like he was never gone.
Joel Tillinghast has been running Fidelity Low-Priced Stock Fund (symbol FLPSX) for 22 years by himself. But now, after a three-month sabbatical that ended in January, he has company. "Team Joel" -- the six co-managers who took over Low-Priced Stock, a member of the Kiplinger 25, during his absence -- are staying on. Tillinghast now runs 95% of the fund, and Team Joel divides the remaining 5%. Of that portion, Jamie Harmon manages half -- 2.5% of the $36 billion portfolio -- and five others, each focusing on a specific sector, split the rest.
This isn't a big change. Team Joel has worked with Tillinghast for years, and Harmon says he and his colleagues continue to work with and learn from the seasoned manager. But it does offer an answer to those who questioned Tillinghast, 53 (54 in June), about a succession plan. "I have no plan to get hit by a bus" or to retire, he says, but with Team Joel in place, "you sort of see an implicit succession plan." The group shares a good camaraderie. While Tillinghast was on leave, for instance, Harmon had hats made for the team embroidered with the letters WWJD -- What Would Joel Do.
The group's devotion to the lead manager shouldn't come as a surprise. Tillinghast's long-term returns are impressive -- and are bound to draw admirers. From December 1989, when Low-Priced Stock was launched, through May 10, it earned an annualized 14.0%, beating Standard & Poor's 500-stock index by an average of 5.4 percentage points per year. Even more remarkable is Tillinghast's performance year in and year out: Over the past ten years, including this one, he and his fund have outpaced the S&P 500 in all but two years (2007 and 2011). Meanwhile, the fund's assets have doubled over that time. So far in 2012, the fund has returned 9.0%, 0.2 percentage point ahead of the index.
Each of Low-Priced Stock's seven so-called sleeves -- Tillinghast's, Harmon's and the sector fund managers' portfolios -- operates on its own. Competition is friendly. There's a daily performance review so that all the managers can see how they're doing relative to the benchmark, with an emphasis on who leads rather than who lags.
All hew to Tillinghast's winning formula of finding high-quality, growing companies that trade at bargain prices. How the team defines a bargain may vary depending on the company -- but the stock must trade for $35 or less when it is first purchased. Tillinghast says of his strategy: "I'm only interested in stocks selling for 12 or 14 times earnings or less."
Finding a good-quality company is part of the process, too, and it's more of an art than a science. "Joel is looking for a special situation, a leader in an industry that is also cheap," says Harmon. For example, a strong balance sheet and good free cash-flow yield (the ratio of free cash flow per share divided by the share price) are all part of the "balance of mosaic of facts" that Tillinghast says goes into a good investment.
About ten years ago, that approach led Tillinghast to Monster Beverage, a stock the fund still owns. Back then, it was a maker of organic fruit beverages known as Hansen Natural, with a small energy-drink business on the side. Tillinghast picked up shares for 24 cents apiece. Over time, energy drinks gained in popularity, and the original business became irrelevant. The stock now trades for $71. "The company is still growing very fast, and it's not a capital-intensive business as it throws off a lot of cash," says Tillinghast. (Monster shares got a big lift in early May from rumors that Coca-Cola was mulling over an acquisition. Coca-Cola later said it was not considering a deal.)
In April 2011, Low-Priced Stock had 10% of its assets in cash because Tillinghast "wasn't finding good opportunities." As the market fell through early October, the managers, including Tillinghast, snagged stocks at low prices. Records show that one such company was Microsoft, which at last report was the fund's number-two holding. So far this year through May 10, the stock has climbed 19.2%.
The fund is adventurous. Although it began as a small-company fund and required most new holdings to sell for $15 or less, it bears little resemblance to the Russell 2000, the small-company index that Tillinghast still uses as a bogey. Microsoft, for instance, may have fit the fund's valuation and share-price criteria, but the software giant is a far cry from small or even midsize. And that's okay with Tillinghast. "I go where the opportunity is," he says.
Lately, that's been in Japan and South Korea. Tillinghast, who was in Japan in March 2011 when the country suffered its worst earthquake and tsunami ever, recently traveled there again for a weeklong visit. During the trip he met with officials at 32 companies, most of them small. "I want profitable companies," he says, and many of the large ones in Japan (especially the exporters) don't fit that criteria. But plenty of small companies do. "You have to turn over a lot of rocks," he says, "because there are a lot of bad companies, but there are a lot of great ones that are cheap."
In 2011, Tillinghast bought stock in a small Japanese drugstore company, Cosmos Pharmaceutical, which has since returned 150%. Despite the stock's ascent, its price-earnings ratio is still only 10 -- well within Tillinghast's simple range of a starting-point P/E. Many Japanese and Korean companies in sectors such as technology, health care and retail pharmaceuticals "amaze me," he says. With an aging population, he adds, "health care and drugstores have a good future in Japan." Plus, many Japanese companies are starting to pay dividends or buy back shares -- "a radically new idea in Japan," he says.
At the end of the day, fundamental research drives the fund. And with more than 900 stocks in the portfolio, the managers have their hands full keeping tabs on the companies -- many of which are small and have little analyst coverage, or are overseas and don't publish financial information in English. Indeed, many make up just 0.01% or less of the fund's assets.
Such companies make up the "statistical bets" that Tillinghast says help mitigate the fund's growing asset base. There are dozens of them, but Tillinghast is familiar with each one, says Harmon. During Tillinghast's hiatus, Team Joel roped in 40 to 50 people -- from the firm's lowest to highest rungs -- to call each of the fund's smaller holdings and write analyst reports. "It was a real challenge, but we all pulled together because we wanted Joel to know that we were doing good things for him," says Harmon.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Posted by Devin at 2:05 PM
Labels: Lola, pictures of Lola
5 comments:
- Anonymous said...
That is priceless! That is definately the princess warrior coming out in her. Ha ha. xo
- April 23, 2010 at 4:33 AM
- Bethany @ Our 4 Sons Plus 1...Super Cute Girly Girl said...
Oh I love it! That is just precious! You go, Lola Girl! =)
- April 23, 2010 at 5:51 AM
- Carolyn said...
That is so so cute! My guess is that look will be utilized again and again - against her brothers - in just a few years :)
- April 23, 2010 at 9:40 PM
- asplashofsunshine said...
Make many many copies of this picture, or make sure it is framed. Actually, update the same expression each year... you know you'll see it frequently! GOSH, she's precious!
- April 24, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- Julie said...
Seriously, you KNOW this one will have to be on the "Wall of Embarassing Photos" when she graduates high school.
What? You KNOW I am not the only one who is sort of semi-planning this kind of stuff ahead of time Dev.
Remember, I'm also already planning E & Jib's wedding, too. LOL
- April 26, 2010 at 8:15 AM
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LiveCycle ES4 SP1 i.e service pack 1 is released and now available for download from Adobe's Download page It is the first service pack that has been released on top of LiveCycle ES4 which was released in March 2013. This service pack includes numerous features across the product areas, some of those to mention are :
- LiveCycle Connector for SharePoint 2013 – LiveCycle connectors now supports integration with SharePoint 2007 , SharePoint 2010 & SharePoint 2013. Till ES4 release only 2007 & 2010 versions of MS SP were supported but many customers have requested us to support SharePoint 2013 as well so we have included that support with SP1 release.
- MWS Startpoints – Enterprises can now deploy processes and optionally choose to enable The Mobile Workspace Application now has enhanced UI and now allows users to start processes directly from MWS application.
- Correspondence Management Solution – cache functionality is implemented to enhance the performance of correspondence preview and submit. ES4 SP1 has significant performance improvements when compared to ES4. Another major functionality to mention is field and variable validations that have been introduced in create correspondence UI. Organizations can customize CM to include their custom validations as well.
- LiveCycle Home – LiveCycle ES4 SP1 introduces a home page or a landing page for all LiveCycle users which is sort of landing page that displays all the applications that a specific user has access to with their shortcuts for easy accessibility so that one need not remember multiple URLs of various LC applications. User once logged on to LC home can hop to any LC application that he/she has access to without re-entering password via single sign-on
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During the warm months, all in orderly rows are sent to the hairdresser.
10 little-known facts that you should know about before deciding to take this step.
No doubt, we all have a lot of haircut photos that we would like to do on Pinterest, but dont get hung up on your vision. When you come to the salon, a hairdresser can explain to you that a certain haircut will not be successful for your hair, or it may require much more care than you could imagine. Open to tips will help you choose a beautiful asian haircut for you.
Trimming the tips does not directly affect hair growth. The tips of the hair are not associated with the follicles that are located in the scalp, namely, they determine the speed and intensity of hair growth. Trimming the tips only helps keep hair healthy as it grows.
Span time between trips to the hairdresser to shorten the tips, instead of the usual 6-8 weeks. The tips begin to split somewhere in 3-4 months, so at this time it is best to go for a asian haircut. Layering should be reasonable.
More pronounced curls will look better in a multi-level haircut with fuzzy borders, and straight lines with more clearly defined levels.
Before you go to the hairdresser do not need to impose beauty and wash your hair. In the barbershop they will be washed anyway. No need to dry the epidermis with a double wash.
You need to know that asian haircut should be done on dry hair. Give preference to a salon that specializes in the care of natural hair, so that your hairstyle is as successful as possible.
Get acquainted first with sites that offer the services of novice hairdressers.
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If you become the owner of a short haircut, it does not mean that hair care is simplified. In order for them to keep their form and style, as a rule, it is necessary to visit the hairdressing salon more often, which ultimately draws more money (and temporary).
If you do not cut the ends, then the hair will begin to cut along the entire length, because of this, they will become brittle and weak. If you see that you have more broken ends than healthy ones, then its time to go to the hairdresser.


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Claremont Park
The Daily Plant : Thursday, February 23, 2006
A recent informal survey of Parkies in the Arsenal asked, "Who were the most important people in Parks history?" The names most commonly given (in order of frequency) were Robert Moses, Frederick Law Olmsted, Henry Stern, and Calvert Vaux. Not one person named Williams Cullen Bryant, Walt Whitman, or John Mullaly—the key forces in the creation of Central Park, Prospect Park, and the entire Bronx park system.
In 1844, 14 years before Olmsted and Vaux handed in their Greensward plan, Evening Post editor William Cullen Bryant expounded on the need for a central park in New York City. Soon after, Horticulturalist editor Andrew Jackson Downing echoed these sentiments. Following that lead, Walt Whitman, editor of the then-independent City of Brooklyn's Daily Eagle, began advocating for his city to build Prospect Park. So, although it's the fruit of Olmsted and Vaux's visionary work that we see, we must remember that editors planted those parks' seeds in the City's soil.
The Bronx, boasts three of New York City's ten largest parks: Pelham Bay Park is biggest with more than 2,700 acres, Van Cortlandt comes in number four at 1,146 acres, and Bronx Park is number eight with 718 acres. All of these acquisitions—along with Claremont, Crotona, and St. Mary's Parks—came at the hands of John Mullaly, a career newspaper man who worked in a series of posts at several publications before helping to found the New York Park Association in 1881.
Each of these eminent editors have New York City parks named in their honor; additionally, there are over a dozen parks named for editors whose words impacted the history of their local communities—or, in some cases, the entire nation. From the simple stone relief portrait inserted into the wall of Central Park that honors editor Arthur Brisbane of The New York Sun to Manhattan's two large statues honoring Horace Greeley, the founding editor of the New York Tribune, parks around the city pay tribute to historic editors.
Starting in 1831, William Lloyd Garrison published and edited The Liberator, a newspaper through which, for 35 years, he denounced the practice of slavery. His efforts earned him equal amounts of praise, scorn, and respect. Southerners' reaction to The Liberator was strong. The South Carolina Vigilance Committee offered a $1,500 reward for the arrest of anyone distributing the publication, while the Georgia House of Representatives offered a $5,000 reward for Garrison's capture and trial. He is honored with a playground in the Bronx.
Manuel de Dios Unanue Triangle Park in Queens honors the memory of another brave newspaper editor who, though he was born in Cuba more than 140 years after Garrison, shared the belief that exposing the truth is a prime responsibility of journalism. Unanue edited El Diario-La Prensa and relentlessly covered the Colombian narcotics trade in Queens. His vociferous efforts to publicize these illegal actions cost him his life; he was shot by a contract killer working for the drug cartel that he exposed.
Although many people whose careers culminated as editors had a great impact on history, there are also great figures who had their start in editing. Roy Wilkins, for whom a park and recreation center in Queens are named, began his career in journalism. From 1934 to 1949, he served as editor of The Crisis, a magazine founded by W.E.B. Dubois. Wilkins rose to the position of NAACP president, where he worked tirelessly to promote voter rights legislation, fair housing laws, and equity in wages.
Even Parks' favorite poet Joyce Kilmer was once a dictionary editor. And although he specified that "fools" make poems, he never mentioned who edits them.
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