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National Guard helps Colorado police keep order as state fights deadly wildfire
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- More than 150 National Guard soldiers and airmen are helping Colorado Springs police staff roadblocks and patrol streets after a deadly wildfire killed two people and destroyed nearly 350 homes.
Police Chief Pete Carey said Saturday the presence of military personnel will allow his department to resume normal police work in the rest of the city.
"We're grateful for the help," he said.
The 26-square-mile Waldo Canyon fire, one of many burning across the West, is 30 percent contained. Investigators haven't been able to visit the area where the fire broke out on June 23 to determine the cause.
About 10,000 people remain evacuated, down from more than 30,000 at the fire's peak.
Two bodies were found in the ruins of one house. The victims' names haven't been released.
Police say fewer than 10 people may be unaccounted for.
There were plans to let people whose residences burned take weekend bus trips to the affected neighborhoods to take a look, but they would not be allowed to leave the vehicles.
After growing explosively earlier in the week, the Colorado Springs fire gained no ground overnight, authorities reported Friday. And the weather was clear and mostly calm, a welcome break from the lightning and high wind that drove the flames.
Exhausted firefighters fresh off the front lines described the devastation in some neighborhoods and the challenges of battling such a huge blaze, now the most destructive in Colorado history.
"It looks like hell. I would imagine it felt like a nuclear bomb went off. There was fire everywhere. Everything had a square shape to it because it was foundations," said Rich Rexach, who had been working 12-hour days since Tuesday, when flames swept through neighborhoods in this city of more than 400,000 people 60 miles south of Denver.
President Barack Obama toured the stricken areas Friday after issuing a disaster declaration for Colorado that frees up federal funds. He thanked firefighters and other emergency workers, saying: "The country is grateful for your work. The country's got your back."
As residents waited anxiously to see what was left of their homes, police reported several burglaries in evacuated areas, along with break-ins of cars packed with evacuees' possessions outside hotels. Carey said Friday a person wearing protective fire gear in an evacuated area was arrested on charges of impersonating a firefighter and influencing a public official.
Community leaders began notifying residents Thursday that their homes were destroyed. Many lost almost everything.
"The blanket that was on my bed when I grew up, a bunch of things my mother had made," said Rick Spraycar, listing what he lost when his house in the hard-hit Mountain Shadows subdivision burned down. "It's hard to put it into words. Everything I owned. Memories."
For Ernie Storti the pain of knowing that his was one of a handful of homes spared in his neighborhood was hard.
"Our home was standing, and everything south of us was gone," he said as tears streamed down his face outside a Red Cross Shelter where he had met with insurance agents.
Authorities were still trying to figure out what caused the fire. They said conditions were improving and they hoped experts would soon be able to work to determine a cause.
More than 1,200 personnel and six helicopters were fighting the fire.
All eight Air Force firefighting planes from four states will be at Colorado Springs' Peterson Air Force Base Saturday and available to fight the fire, marking the first time the entire fleet has been activated since 2008, Col. Jerry Champlin said.
Among the fires elsewhere in the West:
-- Idaho: At least 60 homes near Pocatello, Idaho, burned in a fast-moving wildfire that started Thursday evening. The blaze covered more than 1½ square miles. Officials said it was human-caused but gave no details.
-- Utah: Residents of nearly a thousand homes in Herriman, just southwest of Salt Lake City, were under an evacuation order Saturday after a wildfire burned through the area, destroying at least four houses and several other structures, authorities said. Fire crews appeared to have the 350-acre Rose Crest fire at bay Friday evening.
A 70-square-mile wildfire in Utah's Sanpete County destroyed at least 160 structures, more than 50 of them primary homes. A similar sized blaze in Utah was threatening about 75 structures.
-- Wyoming: A day of hot, dry, windy weather kept firefighters from making much headway Friday on two large, out-of-control wildfires. The third large wildfire in Medicine Bow National Forest in the southeast part of the state quickly overwhelmed initial firefighting efforts and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes, officials said Friday.
-- Montana: Residents of eastern and central Montana who evacuated due to wildfires are returning to find neighborhoods scorched and many houses reduced to piles of ash. Fire officials said Friday that 70 homes burned in the 20,000-acre Dahl fire south of Roundup. At least two dozen structures were reported burned in a 270-square-mile fire in the Ashland.
Authorities battling six wildfires in Utah said Colorado was taking most of the available fire crews, leaving them short-handed.
Utah fire commander Cheto Olais said leaders at one Utah blaze had requested about 200 additional firefighters but will probably get no more than 20. "A lot of assets are going to Colorado," Olais said.
"We're strapped nationally," he told The Associated Press. "There's only so many firefighters, and they're already out in the field."


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The Bar or Bat Mitzvah: An Entertainment Guide
Jewish children have a bar (or bat for a girl) mitzvah at the age of 13 (or 12 for some girls). The religious ceremony is a "coming of age" ritual and traditionally marks the child's entrance into the Jewish community. After the bar/bat mitzvah the child is responsible for keeping (or not) all the rules of Judaism. Although there's no religious reason for the party, it's become a pretty big deal for most Jewish kids!

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This column is the first of two parts. — Editor
When asked which news source was most influential, John F. Kennedy didn't hesitate.
He was a Time magazine man — even before becoming its "Man of the Year" for 1961. Yet, given his wow factor during the 1960 debates, he might have mentioned TV Guide as well.
Richard Nixon, on the other hand, failed to grasp television as key to what PR types call "impression management." He considered the first televised debates just another campaign event, while Kennedy was careful to exploit the prime-time coverage to his advantage.
Nixon, already wan from a painful knee injury and staph infection, applied a stark white Shave Stick instead of makeup to cover his five o'clock shadow. He chose a suit that blended into the background. Moreover, he hadn't made the effort to manage his chronically sweaty upper lip.
JFK, however, had gotten a good night's sleep. Not only did he spend his prep week aboard his yacht — bronzing his face into a healthy-looking glow — but, to keep from boring the audience as just another talking head, revved up his already energetic delivery to warp speed.
It was the perfect time for UCLA's Paul Rosenthal to study credibility. By 1960, advertisers were abandoning the formerly dominant medium of radio for the boob tube. While the unseen Nixon won three out of the four debates with radio listeners, the vibrant Kennedy achieved an equal record on the tube. However, it was TV viewers who would elect the next president.
Rosenthal predicted that television would significantly alter politics — and not for the better. Not only would voters subsequently cast ballots on the basis of image rather than issues, but only candidates with millions to spend on political spots would come out ahead during the Television Age. No longer would the best man win. It was the man who looked best on the small screen.
Despite a ringing endorsement from JFK, such newsweeklies as Time and Newsweek couldn't compete — circulation-wise — with a paperback-sized periodical called TV Guide.
Launched as a national publication in April 1953, TV Guide cost a paltry 15 cents, was readily available at the grocery store checkout lane and featured television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip, film reviews and a most popular crossword.
Apparently, during the '50s, the public was less interested in global news (Korea) than in the celebrities appearing weekly in their living rooms. TV Guide's first issue featured Lucille Ball's newborn son, Desi Arnaz, Jr., on the cover.
In fact, her "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" episode beat out all prior broadcast viewing records. On Jan. 19, 1953, between 68 and 75 percent of American families were glued to CBS.
In 1973, a very media-savvy attorney found himself facing off, David-style, against the Nixon administration. His testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Watergate was going to be contradicted by at least four heavyweight Goliaths — H.R. Haldeman, John Erlichman, John N. Mitchell and Richard Nixon. If anybody needed to do some heavy-duty impression management, it was John Dean.
Dean did leak his testimony to Newsweek and JFK's favorite, Time, weeks before his appearance at the hearings. While his tactic didn't directly shape public opinion, it did cause those who regularly devoured newsweeklies or even newspapers inspired by the newsweeklies, to find his words even more credible. Why? They were being exposed to his testimony for the second time.
Unlike his boss Nixon, Dean realized he had to please the television camera. The Watergate Hearings were broadcast live on commercial channels during the day and replayed on PBS at night. While a few fans whined about missing their soap operas, 85 percent of U.S. households were entranced by the real-life melodrama.
Instead of being flanked by his attorneys, Dean insisted on sitting alone. He intended to ratchet up his credibility as the lone voice speaking truth to power. He exchanged his contact lenses for more sober looking horn-rimmed glasses.
He insisted his wife Maureen be stationed where the occasional camera pan would telegraph to the world — this beautiful woman was standing by her man. Dean so obsessively attended to impression management details that when Maureen decided to don a stylish turban, he removed it, admonishing "that just won't play with Middle America."
Now with the Internet dominating the media, I wonder if Kennedy or Dean would employ social networking to enhance their respective images.
If even Pope Benedict felt compelled to tweet, would JFK, like President Obama, maintain a Facebook page? It wouldn't be all that difficult. JFK could consult Bartlett's and post his own quotations as memes.
How about "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present, are certain to miss the future." Great advice — even without the cuddly kitten, right?


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Parking ramp alternatives that save time and money:
- The entrance is on Fountain St., between Prospect Ave. and College Ave. There is a FREE shuttle service between Devos Campus and Main Campus. Regular parking rates are applied.
- DASH & College Lot Parking could cost half what you would pay to park in a campus ramp all year.
- Ride the Rapid, or the Silverline express bus which runs from 60th St. to GRCC's campus in just 30 min. — with free Wi-Fi.
Main Campus Parking Ramps:
As a downtown urban campus, the GRCC Main Campus has limited parking on site. During peak times (Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.) on-campus parking is at capacity at the following parking structures:
- The Bostwick Ramp, entrance is at the intersection of Bostwick Street and Fountain Street.
- The Lyon Parking Ramp, entrance on Bostwick Street NE.
There are two ways to pay in GRCC parking ramps:
1. RaiderCard Readers
- All lanes have RaiderCard readers, some lanes only have RaiderCard Readers.
You must have money on your RaiderCard to pay the $3.50 parking fee to exit the ramp.
- If you have no money on your RaiderCard you must use a pay in lane machine.
2. Pay in lane machines
- Pay in lane machines accept cash, credit and debit cards for payment.
- With a ticket, pay in lane machines charge $2.00 per half hour up to a $12 daily maximum.
- Evening after 5 p.m. and weekend maximum is $6.00.
- There is a help button on each pay in lane machine if you are having trouble exiting the lot.
- No attendants will be on duty at the lanes, and no fail to pay tickets will be issued.
Please note that if you lose your ticket, or have no ticket, and have no money on your RaiderCard you will be charged $12 at the pay in lane machine.
Parking Hours
GRCC parking ramps are normally open 24 hours a day 7 days a week for vehicular use, however during some holidays and college shut down periods the ramps may be closed.
Overhead Clearance
The overhead clearance for the Bostwick Ramp is 6' 4", and the Lyon Ramp is 7'.
Metered Parking
There is limited metered parking on the city streets surrounding the main campus. Be forewarned! Metered street parking is heavily patrolled. Tickets often result from expired meters and illegal parking. You can now use your cell phone to pay for parking at a city meter - more information on the City of Grand Rapids website.
Unauthorized use of parking ramps
Any unauthorized use of our parking ramps, such a skateboarding, trespassing, etc. may result in criminal charges.


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On Tuesday there was good news and bad news.
Included in the latter was that Bill O'Brien, who currently serves as Speaker of the House, was re-elected to that august New Hampshire body. The good news is he will not be re-elected speaker now that the Republicans have lost control of the House.
It is no secret that the editorial board here at Foster's Daily Democrat holds O'Brien in low esteem. To our way of thinking, the Speaker has abused the trust placed in him by his fellow legislators when they elected him to the leadership post. His efforts to run roughshod over the legislative process contributed significantly to Tuesday's pendulum swing which saw Democrats able to retaliate by reclaiming the House and shrinking the number of Republicans in the N.H. Senate (13-11 as of this writing). We also believe O'Brien's behavior contributed to the losses of Republican Congressmen Charlie Bass and Frank Guinta, as well as boosting Maggie Hassan's victory margin over Republican Ovide Lamontagne.
As reminded by the Nashua Telegraph, it was O'Brien who:
— Tried to block the Obama administration's expansion of Medicaid by removing the lone Democrat from a key oversight committee.
— Support the end of a 40-year ban on carrying guns on the House floor.
— Endorsing election law reform to keep "out-of-state" students from voting in New Hampshire
— Removed Rep. Lee Quandt, R-Exeter, from House Finance Committee after he opposed the House GOP state budget and Right-to-Work bills.
— Removed Deputy Majority Leader Shawn Jasper, R-Hudson, from the Election Laws Committee after Jasper battled with the chairman over the voter ID bill. O'Brien removed Jasper from two other committees after a February dispute.
In essence, on Tuesday New Hampshire voters got sweet revenge, in part, for being subjected to a state legislature — specifically the House — that too often lost focus on what matters — jobs and the economy.
If there is any doubt about voter backlash beyond that directly experienced here in the Seacoast — and there was plenty — the Concord Monitor is reporting two other significant defeats — Laconia Republicans Rep. Robert Kingsbury and Rep. Harry Accornero. Both made national news this year, according to the Monitor — Kingsbury for proposing the state return to Magna Carta rule and Accornero for insisting President Obama is not a "natural born" American citizen.
Also ousted on Tuesday was House Majority Leader Pete Silva who lost his seat in Nashua. O'Brien had named Silva to the post former Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt resigned for faking a law school internship. Silva will be joined in retirement by Rep. Stephen Stepanek, O'Brien's chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
As indicated above, when House Republicans meet to consider their leadership choices for the next legislative session they will do so as the minority party — and for that they can largely thank Bill O'Brien.
Thank you Speaker Bill O'Brien ... not
On Tuesday there was good news and bad news.


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Ibrahim a.s.
Mus'ab ibn Umair.
These were people who had to sacrifice their previous lives and leave what they loved behind.
"..verily, Ibrahim was soft hearted and forbearing" (at Taubah:114)
being soft-hearted, what our prophet Ibrahim had to go through must be very hard on him.
And Mus'ab, leaving his nice clothes, nice perfume, comfortable surroundings for something uncertain, something that exists with certainty only in their hearts.
We sold our souls to Allah, and we hope for His pleasure.
Friday, August 19, 2011
on keeping calm, and carrying on
Ibrahim a.s.
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Good news everyone! Google announced today that three of its web services will be getting the axe by mid-year.
Picnik, a photo-editing company that Google acquired in 2010 with hopes of integrating into Picasa will be shuttered by April 19th, "so the Picnik team can continue creating photo-editing magic across Google products," said Dave Girouard, vice president of product management, in a blog post. Google Message Continuity, a service that backed up emails from clients' exchange servers will soon be shown the door, despite interest by "hundreds" of businesses; pushed out in favor of adding its functionality to the Google Apps suite. Needlebase, the data management platform you've never heard of, will also be killed off by June 1st.
In addition, Google announced that its Sky Map Android app will go open-source by mid-year, thanks to a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University. [Google Blog - PC World - Image: The AP]


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Thanks for this great forum so rich of usefeul informations.
I'm 39 yo and have myopia (-5.5) and astigmatism (+0.5) on both eyes.
My glasses are 'lighter'about -4.5+0.5 and I can see quite well
I work as software developer and usually spend 8-9 hours daily in front of a computer . Near sight is very important to me.
1)Given my age, I don't want to leave my glasses just to switch to reading ones, I think that risks of an operation don't worth while. Would you suggest me an undercorrection (ie same amount of my glasses) to avoid presbyopia? Or to wait some years to see if and how presbyopia occur?
2)I'm very concerned about HOA and night vision problems. I read that Schwind Amaris has an ablation profile called 'aberration free' that should reduce HOA (http://r-optics.ru/products/media/downl ... 4-2008.pdf)
Is it a good laser? Anyone had lasik with it? Or is it just hype?
3) Finally since I prefer to avoid flap complications, I would eventually choose Lasek or Epi-lasik. The fact that no flap is created can help to reduce HOA and night vision problems?


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 16, 2011) – It's another week of updates on U.S. Men's National and A2 Team players competing around the world.
Zenit Kazan, the Russian Super League team of U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), returned to league play with a 3-1 (12-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-23) victory over Lokomotiv Novosibirsk on March 16.
Priddy led his team with 16 points on 14 kills (0.52 hitting percentage) and two aces. Ball scored three points on two kills and one ace. He also set Kazan to a 0.39 hitting percentage.
U.S. middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) and his team Kuzbass Kemerovo fell to Fakel Novy Urengoi, 26-24, 25-23, 25-18 on March 16.
Lee scored one point on one kill. U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) was on Novy Urengoi's roster for the match but did not play. To view photos of Novy Urengoi getting ready for the match, click here.
Ural Ufa, the Russian team of U.S. opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii) fell to Lokomotiv Belogorie, 3-1 (21-25, 25-21, 27-25, 25-20) on March 16. Stanley scored 10 points on seven kills, one block and two aces.
To read an interview with Clay Stanley on RussiaVolley.com, click here.
U.S. middle blocker Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.) made his debut with Yaroslavich Yaroslavl on March 16 in its 25-14, 25-21, 25-21 victory over Dynamo Yantar. Hein played as a substitute and did not score.
U.S. outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) and his Italian Serie A team Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza defeated Andreoli Latina, 3-1 (24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23) on March 13. Rooney scored 21 points on 15 kills (0.42 hitting percentage), three blocks and three aces.
Marmi Lanza Verona, including U.S. middle blocker Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.) and outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), beat Yoga Forlì, 3-2 (25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 12-25, 15-13).
Lotman started every set but the fourth and scored 10 points on seven kills, one block and two aces. He was credited with 24 receptions, 50 percent positive and 38 percent excellent. Brunner started all five sets and scored eight points on four kills and four blocks.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia fell to Bcc-Nep Castellana Grotte, 25-21, 25-16, 25-23 on March 13. Anderson scored seven points on six kills and one ace. He was credited with 34 receptions, 56 percent positive and 50 percent excellent.
To view photos from Vibo Valentia's March 5 match against RPA-LuigiBacchi.It San Giustino, click here.
U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his Italian team Copra Morpho Piacenza lost to Itas Diatec Trentino, 25-23, 25-14, 25-23 on March 13. Holt scored 11 points on seven kills (0.64 hitting percentage), one block and three aces.
To view photos from Piacenza's March 6 match against Lube Banca Marche Macerata, click here.
U.S. opposite Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.) and his Italian Serie A2 league team Sir Safety Perugia fell to Energy Resources Carilo Loreto, 25-23, 29-27, 28-26 on March 13. Gardner started the first two sets and scored three points on three kills.
U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) and PAOK won their seven straight Hellenic league match, 25-18, 30-28, 25-18 over U.S. opposite Will Price (Gaithersburg, Md.) and GS Lamia on March 12.
Winder scored three points on two kills and one block and also set PAOK to a 0.45 hitting percentage. Price led his team with 18 points on 17 kills and one block.
PAOK is in third place in the league.
Iraklis, including U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and outside hitter Ryan Owens (Evanston, Ill.), held on to first place in the league with a 25-14, 25-21, 25-18 sweep of Panellenios on March 12.
Billings led all scorers with 15 points on 13 kills (0.68 hitting percentage) and two aces. Owens added 10 points on nine kills and one ace.
U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) and his German league team SCC Berlin posted two straight sweeps this week.
On March 12, SCC Berlin topped TV Bühl, 28-26, 25-16, 25-16. Touzinsky finished with 10 points on eight kills (0.62 hitting percentage), one block and one ace.
On March 16, SCC Berlin beat Moerser SC, 25-21, 25-18, 25-18. Touzinsky scored 12 points on 10 kills (0.77 hitting percentage) and two aces.
U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and his Brazilian Superleague team Vivo/Minas took a hard-fought victory over league-leading CIMED, 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 27-29, 25-16, 15-12) on March 12.
Holmes scored 16 points on nine kills, a match-high six blocks and one ace.
In the playoff for first-sixth place in the Polish league, U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) and his Polish league team Asseco Resovia Rzeszów defeated AZS Politechnika Warszawska on March 15.
Millar scored 10 points on seven kills and a match-high three blocks.
In the battle for seventh-10th place in the Polish league, Fart Kielce, including U.S. libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) beat Indykpol AZS UWM Olsztyn, 3-2 (27-29, 25-22, 25-20, 20-25, 15-12) on March 12.
Lambourne was credited with 14 receptions, 79 percent positive and 64 percent excellent.
Unicaja Almeria, the Spanish league team of U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) and outside hitter Riley Salmon (League City, Texas), swept Ortodent Caravaca 2010, 25-14, 25-12, 25-15 on March 12.
Smith started the first two sets and scored two points on two kills. Salmon did not play.
U.S. opposite Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) led his Korean league team Korean Air to a sweep of KEPCO45, 3-1 (26-24, 18-25, 25-21, 25-20).
Patak led all scorers with 29 points on 23 kills, four blocks and two aces.
U.S. outside hitter Nils Nielsen (Fallbrook, Calif.) scored 17 points as his French A league team Tours defeated Ajaccio, 25-14, 25-23, 29-27 on March 12.
Nielsen substituted in the first set and started the next two, scoring on a match-high 15 kills, one block and one ace. Tours leads the league.
U.S. setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and outside hitter Eric Vance (Camarillo, Calif.) helped their French B league team Chaumont to a 25-18, 25-22, 25-14 victory over St-Brieuc on March 11.
Vance scored eight points on six kills, one block and one ace. Thornton added two points on two blocks and set the team to a 0.49 kill percentage. Chaumont is in second place in the league.


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It's too soon, of course, only three episodes into the return of "Glee," to make any sweeping conclusions about whether the show has lived up to the hype that filled the four-month gap without a new installment.
We're glad, though, to make some early observations: the groundwork for more scheming and deception is being laid with the infiltration of mole from rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline, and Sue Sylvester's blackmail plot. And there's been plenty of music, most notably in the recent tribute to Madonna, featuring Sue's delightfully bizarre take on "Vogue."
But unlike the first 13 shows, the most interesting element of the new batch of episodes so far has little to do with devious dysfunctional adults and school kids, romantic entanglements built on trickery and unlikely elaborate musical numbers that seemingly sprout out of nowhere.
The best part of the often-cynical show in the season's second half is an uncharacteristically sweet love story playing out between Kurt's widowed father and Finn's widowed mother. The two, decidedly unglamorous, parents also are virtually the only adults on the show who are loving and selfless – and not cartoonish narcissists.
We saw separate signs in the initial episodes that these were two characters to watch: Mike O'Malley's turn as Kurt's mechanic father, Burt Hummel, gave the "Glee" its first dose of emotional heft with his unconditional, if awkward, acceptance of his son's homosexuality.
When blond cheerleader Quinn's wealthy, self-absorbed parents throw her out after they learn she's pregnant – by Finn, she falsely claimed – Finn's modest mom, Carole Hudson, takes her in without hesitation or judging her.
It seems inevitable now that the widow and widower would get together. Of course, with anything "Glee"-related, there's backstory involving some pretense: Kurt nudged the couple together so he could get closer to Finn, his secret crush. Now that the couple is in love and his blue-collar father is taking to the athletic Finn, a jealous Kurt is trying to break everybody up.
Finn, still literally clinging to urn of the war-hero father he doesn't remember, wasn't crazy about the pairing. But the show's confused man-child came to see in last week's touching episode that his mother deserves some happiness. And he's apparently come to realize he could use some father-figure guidance – the kind he wasn't getting from glee club leader Will Schuester, who still is mired at times in his own boyhood.
Relationships on "Glee," as we've seen, aren't long-term propositions. But this pairing brings the show, which often plays in a heightened reality, down to earth, providing a semblance of grounding that bodes well for the program's growth beyond a one-season phenomenon.
If that's not something to sing and dance about, it's certainly something to cheer.
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1/6 Cubs deal Cashner to Padres for Rizzo
Maybe now people will believe the Cubs are not pursuing Prince Fielder. On Friday, the Cubs acquired first baseman Anthony Rizzo and right-handed pitcher Zach Cates from the Padres for right-handed pitcher Andrew Cashner and outfielder Kyung-Min Na. Cashner is the second first-round pick the new Cubs front office has traded. They sent Tyler Colvin, the No. 1 pick in 2006, to the Rockies last month.
Rizzo, 22, batted .331 with 34 doubles, 26 home runs and 101 RBIs in 93 games for Triple-A Tucson last season. A left-handed hitter, he posted a .404 on-base percentage and a .652 slugging percentage, and his 1.056 OPS was second-best mark in the Pacific Coast League.
Rizzo was originally selected by the Red Sox in the sixth round of the 2007 Draft out of high school, and then Boston scouting director Jason McLeod said the first baseman had the best makeup of any player he'd been around. McLeod now is in the Cubs front office.
In 2008, he was limited to 21 Minor League games after being diagnosed with Limited Stage Classical Hodgkins Lymphoma in late April. He returned in '09 to lead all Red Sox Minor Leaguers with a .368 on-base percentage and ranked third in the system with a .297 batting average between Class A Greenville and Class A Salem.
Jed Hoyer acquired Rizzo in San Diego in December 2010 as part of the five-player deal that sent Adrian Gonzalez to the Red Sox.
Cates, 22, was selected by the Padres in the third round of the 2010 Draft and made his professional debut last season, going 4-10 with a 4.73 ERA in 25 starts for Class A Fort Wayne.
Cashner, 25, won a spot on the Cubs rotation in 2011 but had to be shutdown after one start because of a strained right rotator cuff. It wasn't certain as to whether Cashner would compete for a spot in the rotation this season or be delegated to the bullpen.
Na, 20, combined to bat .268 with 10 doubles and 22 RBIs in 83 games between four different teams in the club's Minor League system last year. The Seoul, South Korea native was originally signed by the Cubs as a non-drafted free agent on Aug. 12, 2009.
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Oh well, so much for LaHair being the lefthanded first baseman. I guess he didn't break enough records… This is the first move that I think is questionable as Cashner was what the Cubs need, young, good, promising controllable pitching and Rizzo was not an absolute must have considering LaHair did more than enough to earn the spot. It seems the affiliation with the Boston/Hoyer thing trumps all of LaHair's success. Still, it's not like LaHair was the next Pujols so at this point it really doesn't matter what players take the field as long as they are NOT the hold over, under-acheiving Hendry guys. Benefit of the doubt still belongs to Epstein/Hoyer but it kind of reminds me of the OLD ways…not promoting from within enough. Arrrgghhhh! Well, BETWEEN Rizzo and LaHair we are at least well covered at 1B. And maybe if Soriano is dumped LaHair and his QUESTIONABLE OUTFIELD defense will patrol LF which would be better for the team than Soriano and his eroding "skills".
The good news is, this is a lot better deal than when they were talking about trading Garza for Rizzo. I'm hoping this means they will use a LaHair at least for this year while they give Rizzo a little more seasoning in AAA. That way LaHair can get a real shot and we have a great and even younger prospect who hits for average and has room to gain even more power as he matures.
I think this is a great move. Getting a young promising 1bman, getting rid of a questionable arm And setting the stage for Soriano's departure, will have ALL Cub fans cheering!!. I wish Cashner could have stayed, but I think we're getting quality replacements for him. I like all the moves so far.
Two great points although I would bet Epstein/Hoyer will do all they can to have "their guy" Rizzo get the better shot at first base. Ironic especially coming from me that I would have preferred keeping Cashner and handing the job to LaHair…two guys acquired during Hendry's regime!! Even a blind cat catches a mouse once in a while. At least Hendry did some good by giving Epstein some talent to use in trades. I like what Joe Schmol mentioned, setting the stage for Sorian's departure! THAT will make ANY trade made by Epstein/Hoyer much more palatable and forgivable. Rizzo does seem to have an impressive history so I think this will turn out very good whether or not LaHair sticks with the team.
from what I read on different sources, they will give LaHair at shot at 1B this year and see how well he does, and at the same time finetune Rizzo in AAA so he could take over at any time (preferably in 2013) if things don't work out for Lahair
Unbelieveable, Epstein is dumb, he's making Hendry look alot better. First trading Marshall and now Cashner. And the Zambrano trade was pointless, we got nothing in return and the Cubs are paying Zambrano's salary for next year!!! I brought out my Expos hat today to wear because I'm too upset at Epstein and his trades to wear my Cubs hat!!!
This works out really well all the way around. We do give up a good reliever, like in the Marshall trade, but this time we get back a power hitter, albeit a backup since we already have LaHair. I imagine that Theo will put him in AAA for the 2 months necessary to get the extra year out of him, then bring him up to the big league team if he's ready at that point. This is good news for all of us who like LaHair, he finally gets at least a 2 month chance, and if he proves himself he will obviously stay with the team for the long term, likely moving to LF once Rizzo is ready and we trade Soriano. Imagine a lineup that includes LaHair, Rizzo, and Stewart. Waveland Avenue will be covered in baseballs!
I like your way of thinking Sir, except Stewart may not be the power hitter he once was. All in all I am happy with the trades so far and especially the direction Epstein is taking our Cubs. Chad Hendry, that is about the funniest thing I've read on this blog in quite some time. The only thing that made Hendry look a lot better was his packed bags.
Chad, I hope you enjoy your time in Montreal… just check where they are playing now before you buy you flights.
Yes this trade isn't ideal, but Cashner was at best a good reliever – he doesn't have enough variation to be a starter or a great closer.
Rizzo just may be the real deal.
As for Theo, I'm giving him a chance – which is something we never had under the hapless Hendry.


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Yes/but when it comes to social justice it's theopolitically complex
Walking into the John Paul II Institute for Marriage & Family for the first time for the launch of the book with a very long title, 'Justice Unity and the Hidden Christ: the Theopolitical Complex of the Social Justice Approach to Ecumenism in Vatican II' by Matthew Tan was a little out of the ordinary.
Perhaps I am not 'one of the usual suspects' in attendance. You see, I have spent a good proportion of my life working for social justice from a Christian perspective, drawing particularly from Catholic Social Teaching and working for a significant period, until recently, within a Reformed denomination. This work has involved engaging in coalition with non-Christian groups that share a common concern about issues relating to poverty and injustice and advocating under a common banner. It often requires using accessible language which is acceptable to a wide range of people concerned with social issues. Perhaps it was people like me that Dr Connor Sweeney was referring to in his launch of the book, i.e. those who 'cloak … [Christian] claims in the idioms and framing of secular discourse'.
While this ecumenical, multi-faith and community-coalition work has been valuable (and groups like Citizens UK and Sydney Alliance continue to provide inspiration in this space), over time I have come to a similar conclusion to Dr Sweeney; i.e., the discourse of modern liberalism often used by Christians to advocate for social justice is not neutral. Sometimes the uncritical use of 'secular' social justice concepts can change the way Christians act. One only has to think of difficult conversations about euthanasia and the uses of the words like 'dignity' and 'justice' to get the gist (people can use the same words but advocate for very different things). This particular statement by Dr Sweeney on the nature of modernity had particular resonance:
Once we realized that Modernity was in fact always a particular narrative account of the person, and not simply some distillation of universal human values from a neutral point above culture and tradition, the whole project of correlating Christianity with Modernity descended into crisis, something that thinkers of all stripes and colours have recognized in the past few decades.
Indeed, 'thinkers of all stripes' have come to this conclusion, including those mentioned by the author Dr Matthew Tan at the launch: a late theorist with a penchant for sado-masochism arguably laid some of the groundwork; and a Slovenian Marxist, as well as a prominent Anglican theologian have been making waves with their analysis and critique (these would be Michel Foucault, Slavoj Zizek and his sometime sparring partner John Milbank).
While Dr Connor sailed a little too close to a hermeneutic of discontinuity in his analysis of the changes in the Church pre and post Vatican II in my view, I thought his speech was the best I have heard of its type. Clearly, Dr Tan is held in very high esteem by the JP II Institute. That's got to be a good thing because after all his middle name is 'John Paul'.
Now to the book.
The focus of the book is to investigate the nature of Christian action. This focus prompts some key questions. What are the differences between Catholic action, ecumenical Christian action and when Christians act with non-Christians? What happens when this work for social justice is underpinned by the concepts of liberal modernity? Does this matter? These are very important questions to ask.
In a recent interview Dr Tan states that his book isn't about making a yes/no claim in relation to these questions but instead he makes:
a yes/but sort of claim, in the sense that social justice can build greater Christian unity; however, that is dependent upon a whole range of un-articulated claims, institutions, practices, that form the social and cultural and political contexts within which the act of social justice takes place.
In relation to Christian engagement with political economy and civil society these are important issues to unpack. Dr Tan is making a play to get these hitherto 'un-articulated claims' out in the open and his critique will appeal to as much as it will challenge those from across the political spectrum who are engaged in Christian action.
In both his blog (The Divine Wedgie) and in person, Dr Mathew John Paul Tan is a dry, self-deprecating presence. Describing himself as a bit of an outsider without a 'polis', his experience of being a 'South East Asian Catholic' in Australia, originally from Singapore, has gifted him a certain self-described 'angst' fueling his writing.
Dr Tan puts this outsider angst to good purpose. He gets underneath the tiresome secular vs religious divide and is slowly re-framing the debate. Dr Tan does this by following on from the critique of John Milbank to make the point that the more liberal modernity tries to 'cleanse' the religious from the public square, the more quasi-religious our so called secular space becomes, via what he describes as 'smuggled theological claims' entering our discourse. Examples cited by Dr Tan included sporting participants being described as 'Gods' by Fox Sports, and engagement in war being described as contributing to 'something greater than ourselves'.
So far Dr Tan has articulated the problem well. There is some way to go to practically find a way forward for a range of Catholic and other Christian groups to speak and act in the public sphere with integrity in new ways without being misunderstood and/or needlessly politically marginalised in the process. He is wisely not calling for Christendom mark II. I think he is, however, calling for the realms of Christian worship (leitourgia/doxologia), communion (koinonia), proclamation (kerygma), service (diakonia), witness (martyria) and teaching (didache) to cohere (go here for an interesting ecumenical dialogue about these terms).
For a fellow with a humorous glint in his eye and ability to fire off some good one-liners, he has a seriously long title for a book (perhaps it was apt for his PhD); but don't let that put you off. This is a very important work for Catholics and other Christians concerned for social justice.
– Antonym
You can hear Dr Tan talk about the book at his US launch here. You can order a copy here (I ordered a copy via Central Catholic Bookshop in Melbourne).


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USA TODAY's 20th annual Save Our Shows poll asks readers to pick which of 24 scripted series on the major broadcast networks deserve another chance. But first, a status report: All the prime-time series grouped in one of three categories — already renewed or very likely to return; on the bubble and in need of your vote; and on death's door or already canceled.
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First off today, I want to recognize my wonderful husband and wish him again Happy Father's Day! We celebrated by Colin and Cameron waking him up with gifts and cards. He got a Lowe's gift card and a homemade shirt from the boys. The front says "Our Daddy is PRICELESS" written around a picture of a sku (drawn by yours truly--Lynette, Karie and Aimee should appreciate that I am getting craftier as the days go by!) and the back has all of the boys handprints painted on it in different colors (Ethan's footprints) with their names and it says 06.17.07, Father's Day. He loved it and we all had a great day....we went to church, came home and had one of Shane's favorite meals, played with the boys and rested, then went back to church later that night. It really was a great, relaxing day for all of us!
I also wanted to let all of you know the wonderful progress that Shane has made on our Kitchen/Dining Room remodel! If you saw the snake pictures, you know that Shane has been working on the kitchen/dining room project for a couple of weeks now, and he just recently got a HUGE hunk done while the boys and I were in Chicago. Here is a shot of the old kitchen, which no longer remains!!
Here is a run down of what Shane did in about 10 days: all new wiring/electrical, all new plumbing, new lighting (recessed lights completely in, with a new ceiling fan with lights and two pendant lights over the island still to come!), that hideous teal panelling torn down and new drywall installed, drywall finished (doesn't sound like much, but that one is a three day project in itself!), walls and ceilings primed, cabinets installed, new appliances--including my most favorite appliance, the DISHWASHER!--finally in!!, new sink and faucet installed, garbage disposal installed, countertops installed, new slate flooring installed, and both windows torn out and a new sliding glass door put in! That door will someday step out onto a deck! It is so beautiful NOW, I just can't imagine when everything is completely done!! There are still small things to do, of course...paint and decorate :-), all the cabinet hardware and trim put up, built in bookshelves installed....but as of now, the kitchen is fully functional, and it is so efficient! I love it, and I can't thank Shane enough for how hard he worked getting it all done for me while we were gone!
There is still much that Shane wants to do with this project....the dining room is actually going to be extended about 5 feet backwards, so that will make things lots more roomy!
There will be stools put up at the bar area, and archways in all the entrances, which are so beautiful and one of Shane's signature touches. There is much more I could mention, but I will let you all be surprised to see everything once it is completed! The last picture here is a picture of my most FAVORITE cabinet in my kitchen, what I call my "fancy" cabinet. I love the seeded glass doors, and how it just adds that extra something to the kitchen as you walk in. I had to beg for that one, (not the most practical, money wise :-)) but I am so glad Shane agreed to it. I love it!
Honey, I love you so much, and I appreciate all the hard work you did. You mean more to me everyday! Thank you so much for being such a wonderful husband, and an amazing father to our boys. I LOVE YOU!!


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Marketing: Short Story Collections vs. Novels
This topic could really go in any of the forums here, so "all the rest" seems to be fitting. Keep in mind I'm not saying that there's a big overwhelming force of critical disdain for Anne stories, I'm just saying of the criticism that I've seen, this seems to be the main point.
A large majority of negative reviews and disinterest in Anne's work talks about her books feeling "segmented", "that a main plot never developed," or "it's going nowhere". Interestingly, a large number of first books in her series: (Dragonflight, The Ship Who Sang, To Ride Pegasus, Crystal Singer to name a few) are collections of short stories. Sometimes Anne reworked these to bridge the stories together, other times the stories were left as-is (no warranty!).
I think the criticism I've seen in these books are because people go into these not aware that they're reading a few short stories. Most of these stories do progress in a linear fashion so they feel more tied together than most short story collections, but I've also noticed that most of these books don't mention the fact that they've compiled short stories anywhere than in the small print copyrights.
Is this just marketing because something perceived as a novel will sell better than a collection of short stories? I think an interior mention at the beginning giving the stories histories wouldn't necessarily hurt sales, but would get people to read the books through the correct lenses. I know my opinion don't mean much, but it's an interesting thing to notice, nonetheless.
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|Oct 5 2011, 06:32 AM
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Re: Marketing: Short Story Collections vs. Novels
Yes, I definitely think it is marketing and I am pretty sure a novel sells easier, better and more than a collection of short stories in a book. The fact that many of Anne's best (selling) books are consiting out of (bundled/combined/reworked) short stories has nothing to do with that. I think that is/was more a sign of the times and how Anne's agent sold her writings.
I also think the critique has nothing to do with that because, as you can research and surmise, Anne's books that originated as a or more shart stories, are also her best sellers. So the argument that they are "segmented" etc. doesn't ring true. No, it is far more the case, imho, that the success of those first books made the publishers ask for more volumes, a series, and that is maybe not always the thing where Anne's qualities lay (except for Pern, which holds a good number of good books but then, that is a big series).
Anne has always been very clear about the fact that she wrote/writes for a living, to earn an income with. Somehow that is hard to grasp for many fans. If a publisher asks her for a sequel, third or fourth book, she will produce and won't be bothered if it is as good or better than the first book in the series. If it is accepted by the publisher it gets published. Period.
It is us, the reader group that determine a book is a success or not by buying it There is an immense amount of critique on Todd's books for instance. But Del Rey will keep publishing them if they are sold. That is how simple it is.
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|Oct 5 2011, 05:49 PM
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Re: Marketing: Short Story Collections vs. Novels
Cool insights all around. The critiques I read obviously don't come from me, or I wouldn't have given the McCaffrey family such a ridiculous amount of money over the years. It's just when I see negative remarks about her books, that seems to be the vast majority of them. How well her books sell I think have little to do with whether they're intended as one novel or several short stories, but are attributed to how rich and lively her characters are.
That's awesome that she is clear about writing for a living. I very much appreciate that. When I heard Todd talking about why he started writing Pern books, and it was because he was told how much money he could make by continuing the series, I was impressed by how candid he was. It's nice when authors respect the fans enough to give them straight talk.
I think Todd's work is over-critqued by the same token because they compare him to his mother at every turn. We have to keep in mind that 1. Anne McCaffrey is one of the greatest writers who ever lived and 2. Todd really has just started a serious writing career. I don't really count his quick efforts as Todd Johnson from before. So he's what, 9 years into serious writing? At that point in Anne's career, she only had two short stories published. So yes, his published credits are more due to the McCaffrey/Pern brand than if he had just put those out by his lonesome. At the same time, I've enjoyed all the books so far (especially Dragon's Fire) and if I weren't comparing them to his mother, they'd still be decent reads.
On a side note, I've recently read Tree by Todd, having found that short story compliation in a used book store, and I thought it was really good. I can't wait for him to gain more confidence in exploring his own concepts in books.
Back to the topic, I guess it's all up to the publishers how to market these things.
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