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Addressing Concerns in Response to Implementation of the New CFPB Property Valuation Requirements
November 26, 2013
We heard your feedback on how our property valuation messaging is impacting your implementation of the new disclosure requirements for property valuation information announced in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) final rule on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) amendment under Regulation B.
The final rule, effective on January 18, 2014, requires creditors to provide loan applicants with free copies of all appraisals and other written property valuations developed in connection with an application for credit.
We understand that because of the number of valuations you may receive from Freddie Mac during the application process, there is concern about possible increased risk of not being in full compliance with the requirement. To help address your concerns, Loan Prospector® and Uniform Collateral Data Portal® (UCDP®), which return Home Value Explorer® (HVE®) valuations, will be updated to reduce the frequency of receiving valuation information from Freddie Mac. These updates also may help minimize possible loan applicant confusion from receiving and interpreting multiple valuations.
Our upcoming updates will not affect the requirements and guidance announced in Single-Family Seller/Servicer Guide (Guide) Bulletin 2013-20 related to what is recommended to be disclosed when you are required to disclose valuation information.
Loan Prospector
Today, HVE point value estimates can be accessed through Loan Prospector and are provided on the Loan Prospector Feedback Certificate. Prior to the January 18, 2014, effective date, Loan Prospector will be updated to provide you with options on receiving or not receiving HVE point value estimates and related valuation information.
We will be contacting Freddie Mac Seller/Servicers soon with more details on these options.
- Third-Party Originators (TPOs)
- Sponsored TPOs (affiliated with an approved Freddie Mac Seller) – If you are sponsored by an approved Freddie Mac Seller and submit loans using a Seller number, you will not have the option to select whether you will or will not receive HVE point values estimates and messages in Loan Prospector, the option will be selected by the lender sponsoring you.
- Unsponsored TPOs (not affiliated with an approved Freddie Mac Seller) – If you submit loans to Freddie Mac using a TPO number, you will not have the option to choose whether HVE point value estimates and messages will be returned in Loan Prospector. The HVE point value estimate and related messages in Loan Prospector will only be returned in Loan Prospector Feedback on Relief Refinance MortgageSM - Open Access transactions.
Uniform Collateral Data Portal
The UCDP currently provides valuation information generated by HVE, including the HVE point value estimate. Prior to the January 18, 2014, effective date, HVE valuation messages will be temporarily suspended and access to HVE point value estimates through UCDP will not be available. We plan to revise our HVE messaging when we implement the second phase of our proprietary messages in the UCDP in the summer of 2014 and remove the temporary suspension
System-to-System Users Using Freddie Mac Loan Prospector Style Sheet Instructions
If you are required to provide valuation data to your loan applicants, as announced in Guide Bulletin 2013-20 in October 2013, technical instructions are now available for loan origination vendors and custom lenders, which will allow you to update your systems and manage the HVE data when sharing this information with loan applicants.
For these technical instructions and language to use when sharing Freddie Mac's proprietary property valuation information with loan applicants and borrowers, visit our Using Freddie Mac Property Valuation Data Web page.
These updates are part of our ongoing efforts to make it easier for you to do business with Freddie Mac in today's housing market. We will provide Seller/Servicers with additional detail and guidance on the changes to these two systems in the near future.
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Mr. S.Swaminathan - One of the great contributor to Chandamama (Ambulimama) has expired on 14th Nov at the age of 97. He Was survived by 2 Sons, 2 Daughters and Grand Children. Please keep Mr. Swaminathan in your prayers - Thank You, Chandamama Fans.
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If Paula Deen has learned anything this week, it's that words can be unbelievably expensive.
If Paula Deen has learned anything this week, it's that words can be unbelievably expensive.
And no word, in the history of words, perhaps, will ever cost Deen more than one — the N-word.
It's a word so reprehensible and so patently offensive to me and to many, many other people that I can't type it here. But it's also a word of such distinct notoriety that its first letter is all anybody needs to see or hear, and you know immediately what word I'm referring to.
Deen, though, went for all six letters, admitting in a recent deposition (she's being sued by a former employee for racial and sexual harassment) to "of course" using the N-word. She also wanted her brother's wedding to have a "true Southern plantation-style theme." She planned to employ black male servers. You know, to be the slaves.
In the weeks since, she'd been dropped by the Food Network, and Smithfield Foods has dropped her as their ham spokeswoman. Things aren't looking too good for her at QVC, where she hawks her cookbooks and kitchen gear; QVC is "reviewing" its business relationship and has "no immediate plans to have her appear."
Her defenders have pointed to her age, her Southern upbringing, as if this gives her a bit of license. But Deen's not exactly a Confederate war widow. She just turned 66, and was a teen during the height of the civil rights movement. By the time Deen was a young adult, she had seen public schools desegregated, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombed, and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" win a couple of Oscars.
In her sob-soaked interview with Matt Lauer on Wednesday, she said she hadn't used the N-word in a long while.
"The day I used that word it was a world ago," she said. "It was 30 years ago."
And I know that might kinda sound like a while, but she's talking about 1983, a world far removed from plantations and hoop skirts and Little Black Sambo. I mean, if I'm remembering correctly, the N-word was pretty much off the table by the 1980s. Even Archie Bunker knew better, and he was already in reruns.
But what troubles me the most is Deen's response when Lauer asked if she believed people find the N-word to be racist.
"I don't know, I have asked myself that so many times," she said, which, I have to say, seemed pretty weird that she was still a little unclear about that. But anyway, she went on, "I go into my kitchens and hear what these young people are calling each other. It's very distressing for me. I think for this problem to be worked on these young people are gonna have to take control and start showing respect for each other."
This kinda sorts comes awfully close to the "if they can say it how come I can't say it" defense. You know, where the white person points out that Chris Rock and Dr. Dre can say it, and isn't that hypocritical that white people can't say it.
I'm so sick of that argument.
But the thing that really gets about Deen's claim that the N-word is tossed around her kitchens by her employees and she doesn't demand that it stop. I mean, she's the boss. She tolerates it, and that kinda tells me that she doesn't find that N-word as reprehensive and offensive as so many others do. And, for me, her complacency casts doubt on all her apologies.
Among her last words in the interview were, "I is what I is and I'm not changing."
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The NHL on Wednesday suspended Islanders forward Colin McDonald for two games after a boarding incident involving Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ben Lovejoy on Tuesday.
In the Islanders' 4-1 win at the Consol Energy Center, McDonald was issued a boarding penalty and a game misconduct for his hit on Lovejoy at the 18:54 mark of the second period. The penalty was served by Keith Aucoin.
Under the terms of the new collective bargaining agreement, McDonald will lose $7,567.56 in salary. The funds will be sent to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
McDonald, a right wing, has two points and 19 minutes in penalties for the Islanders, who are off to a 3-2-1 start. New York will take on the New Jersey Devils in Newark on Thursday night.


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The sharp-witted and outrageously funny Bridget McManus seems to have a finger in every pie. In addition to performing provocative stand-up comedy, McManus is also busy writing blog posts, acting in Web series, updating BridgetMcManus.com, hosting galas and self-help shows, traveling, and filming her popular weekly AfterEllen.com and LOGO vlog Brunch with Bridget, in which she interviews pajama-clad female guests in her bed. McManus dishes about which of these endeavors has been her favorite, how her family reacts to her racy routine, and who she would love to challenge to a pillow fight.
Some would say your routine is rather self-deprecating and seems to be without boundaries. How would you describe your humor?
Without boundaries? Moi? I've always been self-deprecating. Growing up with weight issues my classmates made fun of me so I turned it around and made fun of myself. I figured if anyone was going to make fun of me it going to be me and I was going to be the best at it. My humor is dark, defiant, random and has too many musical numbers.
You're originally from Connecticut and moved to LA in 2003. What prompted this move?
A few years earlier, I had been living in New York City and wanted to pursue stand-up but still hadn't mustered up the courage. I briefly worked with the comedy troupe Grownup's Playground at New York Comedy Club in early 2001. After September 11, I stayed in the city but didn't pursue anything creatively. In 2002, I moved back to Connecticut to be with my family and tried to figure out what was next for me. In May of 2003, I packed up two suitcases, a huge desktop computer, and a guitar and drove cross-country to start my life over. I crashed on my friend's floor for three months until I found a job. Now, five years later, I'm in the exact place I want to be with my life.
You've mentioned performing stand-up into a turkey baster at the age of 4, and that you used comedy to cope with cruel classmates in school, but how did you get your start as a professional stand-up comic?
I went through a lot of turkey basters as a child. In January of 2007, I decided to just go for it. I had been talking about stand-up my entire life and acted as if it was too late to get started. (As if I was a Vietnam vet returning limb-less from war and unable to find love. Is that a stretch?) I compiled a list of open mic venues and I was out at clubs every night of the week trying to craft three minutes of comedy gold. At each open mic, I met more comics who had other projects going on and invited me to take part. My three minute sets became seven minute sets which became headliner sets (at lesbian bars in Long Beach on Tuesday nights). My big break was in December of 2007 while performing at a gay show at Hamburger Mary's restaurant in West Hollywood. The show was being taped for Comedy.com. My taped set was noticed by Peoplejam.com who asked me to host a new show called Daily Jam. Also, at that event I met producer Andrea Meyerson who cast me in her documentary Laughing Matters: The Next Generation. The documentary is about six up and coming queer comics.
How did the AfterEllen.com vlog opportunity present itself?
In September of 2007, Dara Nai, a writer for AfterEllen.com, contacted me for an interview for an article she was writing about "5 Lesbian Comics You Might Not Know But Should", which also featured Sabrina Matthews from Last Comic Standing. Two months later, I sent Dara an email to check in since she was new to Los Angeles. I invited her to a show at Comedy Store and she brought her co-worker Karman Kregloe. Unbeknownst me to me they were looking for a substitute vlogger for their hit show We're Getting Nowhere. Their co-star was going out of town and they needed someone to fill up the couch space. Our episode was so well received that Sarah Warn took notice and asked me to pitch my own show, resulting in the birth of Brunch with Bridget. What could be better than girls in bed with teddy bears and pillow fights?
How did you and your teddy bear co-host Baby Bridget meet?
We met on Craigslist in the Women Seeking Teddy Bear section. Actually, Baby Bridget was my gift to myself for my birthday last year. I was going through a very difficult transition in my life and spent a lot of time soul searching. Baby Bridget was my little companion through my crying fits. Wow! Now I feel like a nut job—ummm—I mean I don't talk to stuffed animals. Honestly, I don't!
Who has been your favorite Brunch with Bridget guest so far?
That's tricky because I LOVE all my guests and I was very lucky that they were all willing to play with me in their pajamas for all the world to see. If I had to pick a "favorite" then it would be a tie between Elizabeth Keener from The L Word and Sarah Warn, founder of AfterEllen.com. Keener was a nut job, who kept removing her clothing for no reason at all, while Sarah pretended to beat me to death with a shovel as I acted like a frightened chicken named "Cocky". It was a real event that happened to Sarah growing up and another reason why I'm a vegetarian.


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Sparrows are interactive birds, attached to the first floor windowpanes of residential houses. They light up in a random mix of colours when someone whistles in the vicinity, adding a ludic dimension to the neighborhood, improving the neighborhood atmosphere through an interactive poetic layer. A Sparrow houses a range of sensors, including sound, light, movement and CO2, as well as a 3G enabled SIM card.
Sparrows are part of a city game ZWERM, which aims to improve neighborhood cohesion and ultimately neighborhood participation, through a network of urban, ludic interventions. Within the game, each Sparrow whistle adds points to the neighborhoods' score in which the object was located. Players are able to consult a map with the locations and the status of the Sparrows on the ZWERM website.
ZWERM partners: iMinds, Alcatel-Lucent, City of Ghent. With collaboration of MAD-faculty and Fab Lab Genk.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreements n°270971: SmartIP.
MAP-it is a tool for participatory cartography and conversation. It is an open and extendible set of stickers that allows a group of people to make their thoughts explicit about a project, idea, ... in the form of a map. The visual character of mapping allows participants from different backgrounds, who may speak different languages, to discuss and create on equal grounds. MAP-it not only encourages to share positive experiences, but also stimulates critique and debate. This publication will provide the reader with an insight in the tool and the broader field of mapping and methods in participatory design, as well as offer a practical guide and a kit to organise a MAP-it session. People can download and contribute to MAP-it at www.map-it.be.
Authors: Katrien Dreessen, Liesbeth Huybrechts, Thomas Laureyssens, Selina Schepers, Sabina Baciu
Book, 64 pages with an additional hands-on toolkit including maps and stickers.
Available online at Acco: 25€ + shipping.
Part 2 of the book, the MAP-it Manual is available for download below. It allows you to develop and moderate MAP-it workshops. It's distributed under a Creative Commons non-commercial share alike license.
This publication is the result of a 3 year artistic research study, supported by OPAK (LUCA school of arts | KU Leuven)
MAP-it is a project of Social Spaces at the MAD-faculty
MAP-it is a hands-on tool used to plan, analyse and reconstruct past and future projects and spaces. It is a method to visualise a process in space and time, in a low-tech, open and flexible manner. It can be used in various situations, such as a brainstorm, debriefing, interview. MAP-it is an open tool, with all elements (scenario, stickers, manual) freely available, so you can experiment and organise a session yourself. However if you would like us to collaborate or assist with your participatory mapping project, you can contact me or Social Spaces.
Read more on MAP-it at the MAP-it website.
In the process of developing #Plant, a public art project installed in a military heritage area, I visited two archives of the Belgian Army to research the cartography of defence lines. On the attached map, bunkers are indicated with dots, the thicker lines are an anti-tank canal, and the yellow triangles are the fields of fire. It occurred to me that visually, this giant war machine looks almost organic, which inspired me for the further development of the #Plant project.
#Plant is an public art intervention in an military heritage site around Antwerp, Belgium. It is a cartography of a 1940 military defence line, transformed in an interactive light installation powered by solar cells. The intervention is installed inside and on top of a bunker.
Exposition: BAT10 Beeldenroute anti tank gracht. Curator: Flor Beckx. Wood work by Xavier Coenen.
The Undocumented Trails project is a marketplace where the public can contract undocumented workers through a documention process. This process seeks to exchange points of urban experiences between citizens and un-documented workers.
The work that is traded is atypical: the workers need to walk every single street in a defined zone in a city with a GPS track logger. Upon the return from their trip, the GPS data is visualised and evaluated, so that at the end of the festival the entire map of the city will be colored meticulously. Walked routes are negotiated, traversing zones of mutual engagement – underscoring and stimulating a space for empowering working conditions. The streets and the visualized tracks become a testing ground to accentuate issues of documentation and migrancy, literally leaving a 'paper trail'.
The absurdity of the work is a provocation that enlists workers, festival attendees and passersby to activate and contribute to this collaborative and détourned micro-economy.
The Project Blog contains some field-notes.
Undocumented Trails is a project by Simona Sofronie, Thomas Laureyssens and Tina Bastajian .


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Rated 5 out of 5 by ChattyJ from I love this little purse! I am a very tactile person. Typically, before I make a purchase, I like to feel the item. I am very driven by texture. So, shopping online for me is quite a risk! When this evening bag arrived, I could hardly wait to open it and when I did, I loved it! It is the perfect combination of glimmer with the luxe feeling of plush velvet! It is the perfect size to hold my iPhone, credit cards and lipstick without being too large to hold easily in my hand. And, the strap is perfect for slinging across my body or hanging from my shoulder. I can hardly wait for an event to carry this beauty!
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whones needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 30 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
BCherry is an online gift shop delivering gift baskets, flowers, fruit, perfume, etc. in Saigon, Vietnam. Our customers will be comprised of many different personalities including Vietnamese students finding gifts for their girlfriend/boyfriend, companies sending corporate gifts and friends and family living outside Vietnam sending gifts back home. We are looking for a bright, fresh and fun interface that can be considered fun and fashionable to a wide variety of demographics. We also need to make sure it is obvious to our customers that we deliver to Vietnam; so people living outside Vietnam, looking to send a gift to friends, family or business contacts living in Vietnam will immediately understand that we are located in Vietnam and will deliver within the Saigon area for free.
Below are links to our logo:
bcherry (BCherry)
BCherry.com is a new online gift shop in Vietnam deliveringflowers, gift baskets and other gifts in Vietnam. Delivery within Ho Chi MinhCity is free and can be done same day. Our primary demographic are peopleliving outside Vietnam wanting to send gifts to friends, family, girlfriends orcompanies. Our secondary demographic are the younger local Vietnamese and localcompanies. We provide a calendar on our site that customers may customize tohelp them remember important events. We also provide a quality and serviceabove and beyond our competition in Vietnam.
We are looking for a design that is easy to navigate andfeels light and fun.
Below is a link to our logo:
You may visit our developmental site here:
http://www.bcherry.com (Please note, many of the products listed onthe page are there only because they are demo products that were included withthe shopping cart software we are using. The products we carry are primarilygifts baskets, flowers, candy, fruit baskets, cards, stuffed animals, pillows,etc. Later we may also offer somepopular electronics to be included with our gift baskets, but this is not afocus of our website.)
Below is a copy of the BCherry page that I have added somenotes to:
http://www.bcherry.com/downloads/bc…_notes.png (This just points out the important functions and fields on the page. You are free to reposition, redesign, etc.)
- Weneed it to be obvious for our visitors that gifts are delivered to Vietnam only– Free delivery to Ho Chi Minh City
- Easilyswitch between English and Vietnamese (probably something located in the upperright corner)
- Displaycalendar- Whenyou create an account you will be able to personalize your calendar of eventsto receive alerts via email, SMS text or phone. This is an important servicethat we provide and the calendar should be easy to spot. Also, creating anaccount to personalize the calendar (or signing in to view your personalizedcalendar) should be easy to do.
- Gift Finder- Weonly need static images from you.
- Laterwe will create a small flash or JavaScript driven section allowing customers tochoose gifts that best match the personality of the recipient- i.e.you would show a cartoon illustration of a young girl, woman, young boy, man,grandparents, business man (or woman). By clicking on one of the illustrations,you will be forwarded to a page containing the corresponding gifts.
- Welike the shop by personalities section on http://www.gifts.com.However, they have dozens of cartoon illustrations representing differentpersonalities. We are just looking for the most basic personalities (boy, girl,man, etc.)
- Navigation- Findproduct by category (list of categories)
- Findproduct by occasion (list of occasions)
- Main Billboard- Weonly need one static image from you
- Thisis where we will display feature products and gifts for a nearby holiday. Itwill most likely be in the form of a small Flash slide show running in a loop through5 or 6 pictures.


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We recommend always taking a bicycle along on vacations. That way, when your significant other is swapping stories with long-lost high-school chums, you can be riding! Plus, you won't worry about all those calorie-rich meals if your exercise machine is ready and waiting.
For driving trips, it's easy to carry the bike on a vehicle rack. When you fly, however, you must box your bike to meet airline requirements and because it's the best way to safeguard it. Once boxed, you can check the bicycle as luggage and take it with you so it arrives when you do. The airlines usually charge a fee for bicycles, so be prepared by checking with your carrier beforehand.
To avoid this fee and the hassle of checking in with your bike, an alternative is shipping it via United Parcel Service (UPS). That way, the bike will be waiting for you when you arrive.
Whether you fly with your bike or ship it to your vacation destination, you'll need to partially disassemble it and box it. This takes about an hour. To help, we've prepared these instructions (please call us if you have any questions). We've also included tips on traveling with bikes, which you'll find here.
Materials Needed:
Obviously, you'll need a bike box. These are available from us. Call first to check availability. We need to know your bike size to select the right box, too. Another specialty item is a fork protection block. This is inserted into the fork to prevent damage. We can supply this or you can make one out of a 1- x 1-inch block of wood 100mm long with screws and washers in the ends. We can also provide an axle protector, which is pressed onto the front axle to keep it from poking through the box. Or you can cover the axle with cardboard.
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The Six Pencils
by Henry E. Dudeney
It's possible to place six pencils on the table
in such a way that every of them touches the other two - as shown in
the illustration. Can you place the same six pencils on the table so
that each pencil touches every other one?
Some readers of Martin Gardner's famous puzzle column in the
Scientific American magazine discovered that this puzzle has a
solution for seven pencils too. So, after you solve the challenge with
six pencils, add to them one more pencil, and try to discover that
incredible 7-pencil solution.
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CRESTVIEW � City department heads have submitted their respective 2013-14 preliminary budgets but city leaders say they still must trim upward of $1.1 million.
Updated 8/18/2013, 3:34 p.m.
CRESTVIEW � City department heads have submitted their respective 2013-14 preliminary budgets but city leaders say they still must trim upward of $1.1 million.
City Clerk Betsy Roy said she and Finance Director Patti Beebe have been working with the department heads to submit a balanced budget, but "unfortunately, we're not there yet."
Though the city council agreed to set a higher tentative millage rate for creating the next fiscal year's budget, members at Wednesday's workshop expressed keeping the rate as is.
Under the tentative millage of 5.8466, and with the budgets as submitted, the general fund deficit would be $906,000. Under the current millage of 5.5966, the deficit would be an estimated $1.1 million.
Council members made budget-reduction suggestions including:
�Closing the library and parks an extra day each week
�Reducing city employees workweeks to 32 hours
�Using Community Redevelopment Agency funds, not general fund money, for Twin Hills Park operations and police patrol services in the CRA district
�Hiring a city purchasing agent and grant writer
�Establishing better control of city assets.
Among the suggestions was reducing Fire Station 3's staff or possibly closing that fire station.
With talk of increased county, school and gas taxes, the last thing Crestview residents need is an increase in their property taxes coupled with a loss of services, Council President Robyn Helt said.
"I am not for an increase in the citizens' millage rate, period," she said. "I don't care what we have to do. The citizens are not going to continue to pay for the government to do its job inefficiently."
Helt said it is up to department heads to trim their own budgets.
Department heads expressed willingness to collaborate to produce a balanced budget, but acknowledged that after years of trimming, there's little left to cut.
"Things are going to have to be spoken about frankly and deliberately," Fire Chief Joe Traylor said. "Now we know where we need to go and we'll get there."
Draft budgets
Preliminary budgets were submitted Wednesday for the 2013-14 fiscal year starting Oct. 1. These budgets will be revised and adjusted during upcoming budget workshops.
Department 2012 2013
Mayor's Office $91,979 $94,446
City Clerk $236,763 $170,306
Finance Department (new) $306,110
General Administrative $1,078,556 $938,208
Administrative Services $649,199 (eliminated)
Planning & Zoning (new) $334,362
Permitting (new) $276,652
Public Works $403,105 $394,320
Fleet Maintenance $156,259 $156,869
Police Department $4,279,308 $4,358,527
Fire Department $3,846,306 $3,892,750
Parks & Recreation $486,730 $399,969
Streets $1,418,391 $1,424,842
Library $660,979 $656,640
Code Enforcement (new) $74,957
Community Center $34,425 $30,137
Building Facilities $764,611 $895,309
General Administrative $3,845,893 $2,211,279
Public Services $405,960 $395,117
Customer Service $601,493 $359,491
Water Department $923,334 $1,321,957
Sewer Department $212,163 $258,330
Wastewater Treatment $922,936 $970,395
Maintenance $895,218 $943,934
Storm water $302,190 $331,477
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article said Councilmen Thomas Gordon and Mickey Rytman offered a list of budget-reduction suggestions. Although Gordon and Rytman made suggestions, it's important to clarify who said what. Rytman did not suggest reducing city workers' hours to 32 per week. This version of the article simply offers the suggestions, which are not formal proposals.


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Culver Lions 'fall fest' expanded to Friday
The Culver Lions Club breakfast, bake Sale, and flea market is Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6. Flea Market hours are Friday from 2 to 7 p.m., and on Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pancakes and sausage will be served Saturday from 6 to 11 a.m., along with the bake sale. Proceeds provide support for the wide ranging Lions projects.
The Lions are still accepting donated items for the flea market. For pick up or delivery of items to be donated call Fred at 574-842-2015, or Sandy at 574-842-2152. No televisions will be accepted.
Additionally, the Lions' annual children's Halloween party has been scheduled for Oct. 29. Watch for more details.


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October 23, 2012
Ask Bill
Ask Bill
Ask Bill
Q. Bill, I'm considering retirement. After practicing law for 35 years, the time seems right for several reasons. But I'm still having misgivings about leaving my firm. Do you have advice on how to make it easier?
A. A couple of months ago, I served as an arbitrator with another lawyer, someone I've known since I started practicing law nearly 30 years ago. He built his firm from a half-dozen lawyers to nearly 100 in 25 years, but he recently scaled back to part-time work. During our conversation I was struck by my colleague's comment that he was having difficulty figuring out how to spend his newly acquired free time. "All I've ever done," he said, "is get up in the morning, drink my coffee, put on my tie and drive to the office." He went on to say that he had worked until 7 o'clock every night for years. The problem now, as he explained it, was that he was so busy working for so long that he never developed any hobbies or interests outside of his work and he didn't even have social ties apart from his partners and others at the office.
Now, this lawyer is someone whom I've always admired-in large part for his ability to focus hard on his practice and avoid the variety of distractions that have always tended to lure me away from my work. But as we were talking about our respective situations, I was taken aback when he told me that he had always envied the way that I had been able to find time for my avocations. Hearing this from such a successful lawyer- someone who confessed that he "had more money than he could ever spend"-gave me pause to reflect.
The exchange stayed with me over the next few weeks. The notion that someone in great health-with plenty of money-would be having trouble facing a future with a lot of free time was hard to comprehend. A bit later, though, I got a call from Mike Long at the Oregon Attorney Assistance Program (OAAP) asking me to look at a book that he had just written on personal and retirement planning for lawyers. Long was inspired to write his book, titled Lawyers at Midlife: Laying the Groundwork for the Road Ahead (Decision Press, 2008), after spending 14 years as a peer-counselor at the OAAP, where he helped judges, solos, big firm lawyers and everybody else work through all sorts of job and career crises. He also recently ran a weekly drop-in program called "Lawyers in Transition," where he saw lawyers facing situations not unlike the one my friend and colleague described. I read Long's book thinking that maybe it would help me understand my colleague's angst-and I think perhaps, at least in part, it might explain some of the discomfort about retiring that you seem to be feeling, too.
Shifting Priorities Through Time
Long's book is filled with anecdotes based on his years of one-on-one and group counseling sessions with lawyers at all stages of their careers. He writes that a common theme among lawyers is that they often recall with pleasure the activities they were passionate about before law school, but had to give up when they began their law studies and abandoned entirely later on as their law practices and clients' demands took priority.
For most lawyers that Long worked with as a peer-counselor, that shift in priorities lasted for decades. During that extended time, he says, "Your schedule is influenced by court calendars and client needs and expectations."
Without the structure provided by courts and clients, retired lawyers "often experience an uncomfortable loss of focus and direction," according to Long's experience. And for retiring women lawyers, he found that the problem was complicated by the fact that many had been juggling their clients' needs and families' needs over the years to a greater extent than their male colleagues.
"Each of us moves through transitional periods in our own way," as Long explains it, and many retiring lawyers he has counseled initially "report a tremendous amount of freedom." But what many "don't yet realize is that their newfound freedom is just another phase. Sometime later-and it's different for everyone-the new retiree begins experiencing unanticipated emotions and discomfort." This discomfort, according to Long, has to do with the lawyer's "struggle to find activities that provide a sense of purpose and meaning" at a time when "they feel less valuable and valued." That struggle is merely a stage in the transition process, he says, and the lawyer will generally experience a "rise and fall in mood and level of satisfaction."
I think if you can recognize that this discomfort period really is a natural phase, and that you need new activities to bring new value to your time once you leave your practice, it will go a long way in building a pleasant and productive retirement for you.
To make the transition as smooth as possible, I recommend that you check out resources like the ABA Second Season of Service Commission if you're looking for volunteer activities, and that you get your hands on helpful materials like Long's book Lawyers at Midlife, which contains information on financial planning and useful worksheets and charts. But the book's big strength lies in the real-life stories of the struggles and challenges facing lawyers at midlife. Long's clients have included lawyers in their 50s and 60s who have saved little for retirement but have been forced to give up their practices because of health problems; lawyers who retired only to learn that they felt "purposeless or devalued without their lawyer role or lawyer identity"; lawyers who could no longer meet the performance expectations of their firms; and lawyers who had trouble dealing with anxiety and depression at the thought of retirement. Their stories put a human face on the transition process and will help you know that you're not alone.
Reading Long's book gave me a better understanding of my colleague's concerns about leaving the law firm that he spent a quarter- century building. What's more, I'm now convinced that all my hobbies and avocations will help make my transition into retirement much easier-if I ever retire, that is.
About the Author
K. William Gibson is a personal injury lawyer and arbitrator in Clackamas, OR. He is the author of How to Build and Manage a Personal Injury Practice, 2nd Ed. (ABA, 2006).


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The last time the Browns had a winning record, their quarterback was Derek Anderson.
Anderson led the team to a 10-6 record in 2007 that wasn't good enough to get them into the playoffs, but was enough to give rise to thoughts that he'd end the search for a long-term answer at quarterback that had gone on since the team re-entered the NFL in 1999. It didn't pan out that way as the team slumped back to the wrong side of .500 the next season on their way to four more losing seasons and two head coaching changes after the one that ended Romeo Crennel's tenure in 2008.
Rob Chudzinski, hired last week as the team's new head coach, was the Browns' offensive coordinator in 2007 and 2008 and he also coached Anderson in Carolina the last two years. That's got Anderson, a free agent this offseason, thinking about a return to Ohio.
"Looks like it is time to make a return to a familiar place for some unfinished business," Anderson posted on Facebook, via the News-Herald in Ohio. "I'd be honored to return to Cleveland to play football if the fans would have me."
The fans might not be so keen on the idea. Anderson, who completed all four passes he threw for the Panthers this season, slammed Browns fans after getting released by Cleveland in the 2010 offseason, calling them "ruthless" and saying they "don't deserve a winner" after cheering when he was down on the field with a torn knee ligament. He later apologized, but that might not make much of a difference to Browns fans tired of losing and tired of quarterbacks who don't have what it takes to move things in a more positive direction.


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When this carousel reopened after many years of neglect and through the efforts of State Senator Serphin Maltese, and our now-deceased elected representatives, former Assemblyman and Judge Frederick D. Schmidt and councilmen Arthur Katzman and Walter Ward, and community representatives, a concessionaire was found who repaired the calliope, and renovated the carousel area and added additional rides for the youngsters.
The Forest Park Carousel is truly "The Jewel of Forest Park," as I named it at that time. In the years that followed of closing and disrepair, the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation continued to gain support for landmarking.
In this way, our "jewel" would never be closed or neglected and funds could be accessed for its maintenance, security and care and with this protection our beloved carousel will be saved once and for all.
After the Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation's correspondence through the years with the Landmarks Preservation Commission and the strong advocacy of Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, a hearing was held on June 11.
I then requested, through my articles and through an interview with Michael Perlman, emails and favorable letters and postcards be sent to the commission supporting landmarking. The outpouring of support and love was truly heartwarming.
I was copied on so many emails from all over the country stating warm childhood memories of our carousel. Many current letters from residents throughout Queens that appreciate the historic preservation were also sent. Support by letter or by voice from our elected officials expressed to the commission the importance of this designation.
At the hearing, I submitted my testimony by letter. There were four people testifying in person, Crowley, and representatives from the Historic Districts Council, Parks Department and the Society for the Architecture of the City, all in favor of landmarking.
On Tuesday, the LPC chair Robert Tierney voted in favor of the landmarking of our Forest Park Carousel. It is the culmination of many years of our hard work and tenacity. But it took all of you, the supporters, and your caring for this one-of-a-kind unique carved wooden treasure. A big thank you to you, our elected officials and especially Councilwoman Crowley.
On behalf of the future generations of our children of Woodhaven of Queens and New York City, we thank you all. We also thank the commission for saving our carousel once and for all, for perpetuity.
Our Woodhaven Business Improvement District will get an NYPD security camera funded by Councilman Eric Ulrich. This will add to the security of our vibrant Jamaica Avenue. This camera should be operational by this Christmas.
Our WBID participated in "Make Music New York" on Friday evening, June 21, with live music by Gold Echo at our Forest Parkway Plaza. It was an enjoyable evening.
Finally, in error a street tree was planted in the place of our Christmas tree in our plaza. It is thriving and will be transplanted and a Christmas tree planted in its place in September.
May God bless our leaders, may God bless our armed forces and our disabled veterans, and may God bless America.


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Bake Off woman loses sense of smell
Controversial Great British Bake Off contestant Diana Beard has said she left the show just before filming began after a freak fall severed her olfactory nerve, robbing her of her sense of smell.
The 69-year-old has been at the centre of a storm of critical coverage after some viewers blamed her for the departure of fellow contestant Iain Watters - dubbed "freezer-gate" - in episode four of the BBC programme.
Earlier this morning, Mrs Beard complained that the show had been edited to make it look as though she sabotaged her rival's chances by taking his Baked Alaska dish - ice cream baked inside meringue - out of the freezer on purpose so it would melt.
Diana Beard has quit The Great British Bake Off
The BBC then announced that Mrs Beard would not be appearing in episode five, explaining that she "fell ill" ahead of filming.
But she has since clarified that she "fainted" and banged her head during supper with the other contestants just before production of the episode was due to start.
In a freak accident, the pensioner, who lives near Whitchurch in Shropshire, said: "I fainted - which I have never done - and bashed my head, severing my olfactory nerve.
"So I have now lost my sense of smell and most of my taste."
She added that she has some sensation of foods which are very salty or vinegary, but has been told by a specialist that nothing medically can be done to repair the damage and she may never fully recover her senses.
"It could have been worse, and I am counting my blessings," said Mrs Beard, who used to run an upholstery business.
She said the announcement that she would not be returning for episode five had been brought forward by the BBC, following the furore of the most recent broadcasts in which some members of the public branded her "evil".
"At least people will know I haven't wimped out," she added.
"It's a relief, as people now know the truth."
A BBC statement, released earlier, said: "Diana will not appear in the rest of the series as she fell ill ahead of filming episode five earlier this year."
Mrs Beard, who is the show's oldest ever contestant, claimed to have been "stitched up" after she was blamed for the "bin-cident" which saw Mr Watters storm off the show when his pudding melted.
When judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood asked to see his masterpiece, he showed it off in the only way he could - by holding the bin up to them.
But Mr Watters has since defended Mrs Beard, saying: "Guys, no hard feelings now. Diana is a top lady and all us tent bakers are great pals. Can't wait to tune into the rest of the series."
He added: "I have seen all the controversy and I don't hold Diana responsible in any way. There are no grudges, we are still friends and keep in contact regularly."
Mrs Beard said Mr Watters, a construction engineer from Northern Ireland, had even rung her to warn "the knives are out", after he had been given sight of the episode's edit ahead of broadcast.
The programme was filmed in spring.
"I knew it was coming, but I didn't expect it to be like this at all," she said.
Describing her fall, she was initially unaware of the extent of the damage, but praised the quick actions of BBC production staff at Newbury in Berkshire who got her to hospital in nearby Basingstoke.
She spent a night in A&E, but there was "no pain at all" and she was released the following day.
It was only later, after getting home, that an MRI showed the nerve - located in the head - had been "severed".
"I must have landed with a hefty whack," said Mrs Beard.
"I noticed something was up the next morning when I couldn't taste the toothpaste as I was cleaning my teeth."
"My sense of smell may never come back," added Mrs Beard, who learned her culinary skills growing up on a farm.
"My consultant said it would be nine months at best, and it has been known to take years.
"There's nothing that they can do, no surgery, no treatment at all, I will just have to wait.
"I try to forget about it, and of course while cooking, it means I am very much relying now on recipes."
However, Mrs Beard said she did miss the smell of coffee and her home-grown sweet peas.
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Any bets?
Any bets that the those who laid down will be the first to be laid off?
HP staff downed tools at the SIMO Network 2011 conference in Spain this week to protest against job cuts. hp_stop_layoffs_protesters If you're HP and you know it, wash your hands... An El Reg contact kindly took a photo as disgruntled workers took to the HP stand on 5 October only to lie down clasping placards urging their …
Any bets that the those who laid down will be the first to be laid off?
Probably why some of them decided to obscure their face with the placards (Hmm spell checker broke)
Is it a fortunate coincidence that the ad appearing under the *ahem* photo was for IBM RackServers?
The first thing I noticed was the sex of the person nearest the camera ...
nice rack, HP!
Certainly an impressive rack...
You mean you've never heard of man boobs? Men can (and do) get breast cancer you know.
Not nice perky ones like that. I'd stay in a lot more if they were.
"If you're HP and you know it, wash your hands..."
Had me in stitches, thanks!
Clearly, HP needs to retain every employee even when there is no sound business case for it, even if it means EVERY employee loses their jobs.
I think a few pink slips are better than shuttered doors and a pink slip for everyone, but maybe that's just me.
I do contracted support for a large, well known company that laid-off many workers and then turned around and allowed those same people who decided to lay off the workers pay increases. As is it not illegal to do it, corporations pull this kind of sh*t all the time.
I still do the same support for them. Their employees are overstressed, underpaid, and given 8 hours a day to do 12 hours worth of work.
and one of the well paid higher ups, perhaps a few of them, will end up as the top story on the eight o'clock news "Gunman Rampages Through Corporate Offices". Of course the survivors will claim not to understand why it happened and brain dead psychologists and sociologists will blame video games, slack gun laws or television. The rest of us will know the real reason.
Our CEOs have failed us. Our Board of Directors have failed us, and this is the result. You would feel significantly different if you were one of those getting axed. Combined with the ridiculous forced distribution of grades during the yearly reviews, HP has become a joke onto itself.
Work for the government then. In the private sector, if you don't like your job then go get another job. If you're worth anything, it is that easy.
Except when you're the one getting one. Pink slips should seldom, if ever be required except for poor performance. Cutting someone's job because the higher ups didn't do their jobs properly is not a good excuse. Unless you're pink slipping the higher up - then you might very well save the company substantial money.
Companies know where the fat spending is, they ignore it. Why would they want to face the fact that some of their upper management make six figure incomes when they themselves make far higher six figure incomes?
To save a company money, they don't need to lay off 9,000 employees who get $30k a year salary. They need to lay off 900 of the ones who make $300k a year for being a relative, friend or frat brother to one of the high ups.
They need to remove the redundant bosses. Nobody needs four bosses. One will suffice.
But companies simply cannot see that. It's okay to create a new position in the lower levels and then close it up when it's not useful anymore. But god forbid it is done in the upper management area where you have an Executive Assistant to the CFO's Assistant. And their assistant as well...and a secretary for each.
Seriously, it's not just HP, but all companies really need to get their collective heads out of their collective posteriors.
... you can layoff a few while trying to restructure the company and make it profitable and more competitive (good)
...or you can layoff 6,000 people just because your revenue dropped 3% while still maintaining a HUGE profit... 1.7 BILLION in 1 quarter!... that's just corporate greed and some sleazy white collars trying to save their HUGE bonuses.
"The company remained profitable, however, posting results that were in line with analyst expectations. HP recorded a profit of US$1.7 billion on sales of $27.4 billion. Earnings per share were $0.70 for its second fiscal quarter, ended April 30"
"that's just corporate greed and some sleazy white collars trying to save their HUGE bonuses"
On the other hand, it just means that macro-economically, resources are being shifted elsewhere, from black/beige/silver box production to whatever.... definitely hellfire missiles and lovingly grilled children as there will be tax-and-spend thing going on. Or maybe ....
**OPENINGS IN McMANSION POOL MAINTENANCE!**
I have mixed feelings. HP isn't a co-op, and it isn't a government job, and the users are probably not in a union. The owners of the company have the legal right to do whatever they want, including closing the doors, which they may need to do eventually if they can't cover their expenses.
On the other hand, there are decisions that are, let us say, questionable, for instance, outsourcing a major part of a company for what turns out to be greater expense and poorer service. When you see one of these disasters heading your way, I think it's legitimate as an employee to protest.
But to protest a riff in a down economy, although it may make you feel better, seems ultimately pointless. It's not your company, and you have no fundamental right to have a job there.
It's called the dictatorship of capital.
The "owners of capital" don't dictate anything [they try hard and succeed though - by the use of trade barriers, subsidies, taxes, IP legislation, and "friendly" congressmen, all things that should get the baby seal treatment when the revolution comes], but ultimately, it's the consumer that dictates. A factory owner can only produce the stuff that people *actually want*.
So glad I left this hole. The only people left that I know there are those that cannot find work in that area, those that cannot move (ie, kids, house etc) and those that are waiting for the giant redundancy payout (ex civil service). All the EDS MOD jobs in South Wales are going to Erskine in Scotland in 2012. Technically they will be 'New' roles, so will they have to honour the relocation package for existing staff who wish not to move? Possibly not. I'm so glad I managed to get out...
If people would refer back to the earlier El Reg article they would realise just how fortunate these people were with their payoffs and stock options and the cover for the losses on selling their houses and
Oh sorry, you mean, those aren't the standard redundency terms but surely? You can't mean that only applies to the CEO
Doesn't really suprise me. HP buy loads of companies for the tech, it's the people that come with it, that are an inconvienience.
Why do they even need to "announce" this? Is their turnover so low that this level is noteworthy? Why would anybody protest that 1 percent of their coworkers might be redundant? In a dynamic field like tech that number seems unbelievably low.
With the ridiculous forced distribution of grades during the yearly reviews, HP is looking for at least 5% of employee attrition. This is the new way HP lays off employees.
Maybe, just maybe capitalism is about to undergo one of its greatest tests?
What might emerge after this huge non-recession?
And what might the intervening poverty years between the start of non-recession and start of non-recovery what seeds might be sown along lines of:
hey! we don't need this wage slave stuff anyway. I work less, get paid less, have more time with family and it is great!
Is there a fundamentalist somewhere positing the demise of western capitalism as an observable event of omnipotent being intervention? (possibly urged on by intervention of - well, you know?)?
And while people in one half of the world starve unto death people in other parts gorge unto death?
What do we make of it all?
Destroy mortgage repayment potential = well, we don't need no steenkeen mortgage anyway?
Whatever happened to:
A man/woman with an adult wage will earn sufficient to keep himself/herself with their dependents reasonably well fed in reasonable accommodation wearing reasonable clothing/kit going on a reasonable holiday at least once a year and own a reasonable car?
Otherwise: what did the bankers do to a common and worldwide work ethic?
Being in a similar position myself (My successful company being bought out by an incompetant but huge multinational corporation) = looking at losing my job, as they know better. I'm tempted to find a few like minded colleagues and visit the next tradeshow
.(AC as I need the money until I can get another job elsewhere preferably before they blow me out)
I can see it now:
Workers: "We're protesting! No more job cuts!!"
Management: "Hmmmm... What are the employee ID numbers of these protestors?"
Workers: <start springing to their feet>
Just a joke boss
Our CEOs have failed us. Our Board of Directors have failed us, and this is the result. You would feel significantly different if you were one of those getting axed. Combined with the ridiculous forced distribution of grades during the yearly reviews, HP has become a joke onto itself.


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When readers of Bluffton Today were asked for favorite recipes from someone who had "passed on" for a chance to win a copy of Jessica Bemis Ward's "Food to Die For: A Book of Funeral Food, Tips and Tales," we were delighted that two of the area's best cooks - Bluffton's Caroline Kennedy and Hilton Head Island's Charlotte Ward - wanted to participate. Not only do we recognize these women as being very accomplished cooks (and frequent contributors of recipes to this column), but so do we applaud them for their creation of family cookbooks - Kennedy for "Recipes from a Mother's Heart" (written in loving memory of her mother Iris Iona Sullivan Bain) and Ward for "Our Family Cookbook: 50 Years of Recipes Gathered from Sources Far Wide," volumes one through three. Fully cognizant of the power of a recipe to connect the living with loved ones who have passed, Kennedy, who was the winner of "Food to Die For," offers up recipes for salads, while Ward gives us apple pie - a passed on recipe given to her by her mother-in-law - the late Alice Ward. Writes Ward, "There are apple pies. There are apple pies. And then, there is Alice Ward's apple pie." Preparing familiar foods, such as these, for a family mourning the loss of a loved one is a kindhearted expression of sympathy that can bring comfort like nothing else can. Kennedy's mother surely understood that kind of compassion, as do Iris' granddaughters Julie Wallace and Jenny Wallace Noel, who called their grandmother "Meme." Among the things their Meme taught them, wrote Kennedy in "Recipes from a Mother's Heart," was "that simple acts of kindness speak louder than grand gestures." Like beloved recipes, valuable tidbits of wisdom, such as this, are powerful bonds between our past and our present, not only on days like Mother's Day, but also on all the days in between. Treasure them, document them and, for all time, be sure to pass them on.
Sue Ade, a Lowcountry resident since 1985, is a gourmet baker and collector of vintage cooking utensils and cookbooks. She can be reached at email@example.com or 683-0375.
Recipe courtesy of Caroline Kennedy, Bluffton
"Can be enjoyed as a light lunch or supper entrée."
1½ cups dry pasta spirals
4 cups (1 pound) cubed cooked ham
1½ cups small broccoli florets, uncooked
¼ cup slivered red onion
1¼ cups Clear French Dressing (recipe follows)
1 cup cherry tomato halves, drained
Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain, rinse with cold water and drain well. Transfer to large bowl. Add ham, broccoli and onion. Add dressing and toss slightly to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Garnish with tomatoes to serve. Yield: 8 serving.
? cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons prepared mustard
1½ teaspoons salt
1 cup plus 3 tablespoons canola oil
? cup white vinegar
In small bowl, whisk together sugar, mustard and salt until well blended. Add oil, a small amount at a time, whisking constantly. Add vinegar, a small amount at a time, again whisking constantly. Yield: 2 cups.
Recipe courtesy of Caroline Kennedy, Bluffton
"This simple, sensational salad is an all-time favorite
for grieving families."
2 pounds carrots, peeled and trimmed
1 cup raisins*
1 cup canned crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup mayonnaise (Hellmann's)
½ cup confectioners' sugar
? teaspoon ground cinnamon, if desired
Shred carrots using large holes of grater. In large bowl, combine carrots, raisins and pineapple.
In small bowl, mix mayonnaise and sugar until well blended. Pour over carrot mixture and toss lightly to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Yield: 8 servings.
*Cook's note: To plump raisins, soak in water several hours or overnight in the refrigerator. Drain well before using.
Here's a particularly good funeral food tip from Caroline Kennedy regarding beverages:
"Drinks are often forgotten. Add gallons of sweet and unsweet tea, juices, soft drinks, jugs of drinking water and bags of ice in a Styrofoam cooler."
Submitted by Charlotte Ward, Hilton Head Island
"There are apple pies. And then, there is Alice Ward's apple pie."
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup Crisco
6-6 ½ tablespoons cold water (chill in freezer for 10 minutes)
Place all ingredients in a heavy-duty stand mixer. Mix at medium speed until the ingredients form a ball. When thoroughly mixed, split the ball into two equal parts and roll*each out into approximately a 12- inch circle. (One circle is for the top crust and the other for the bottom crust.)
*Cook's note from Lew Ward: "Handling the crust is a bit tricky as it has little cohesiveness. You may want to finish rolling out the dough on parchment and then transfer the crust to the pie plate that way. Or, once the circle of dough has been made and trimmed, carefully fold the dough over through the center and unfold it into the pie plate (or for the top, onto the filling)."
7 or 8 medium size Greenings* or Granny Smith apples (preferably Greenings)
1 cup granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling on top of pie
1 teaspoon cinnamon
? teaspoon nutmeg
4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons butter
2 unbaked pie crusts (see recipe above)
Mix together sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and flour. Set aside. Core and cut apples into about 6 to 8 wedges. As you cut each apple, place it in a large bowl and sprinkle it with about a tablespoon of the sugar/cinnamon/nutmeg/flour mix. Continue this procedure until all the apples are cut. If there is any of the mix left over just sprinkle over the top of the apples and mix in with a tablespoon. Place apples carefully into the pie crust in a close layer on the bottom. Mound the remaining apples closely, working from the sides up to the center. Cut butter into small pieces dot evenly over the apples. Moisten the bottom crust rim slightly with your fingers. Place on top crust and seal bottom and top crusts together. Flute edges by lifting the crust up and pinching it slightly to create an indentation. Cut 5 slits in the top of your crust, about 1½ inches long. Sprinkle some sugar lightly on top of the crust and bake for 50 to 60 minutes. Check after 35 minutes to see if the edges are getting too brown. If so, cover the edges with aluminum foil (or with a commercial pie edge cover) until the top crust is golden brown. Check again after 50 minutes, and if it is golden brown, remove from the oven. If not, check every few minutes and when it is the desired color, place it on a rack to cool completely before cutting. Yield: 1 (9-inch) pie.
*Kitchen Ade note: It may take cooking to bring out the full sweet flavor of a Rhode Island Greening apple, but as far as American pie making goes, many consider the Greening to be the ultimate pie baking apple. Greening apples are crisp, juicy and tart. If you can't find them, Granny Smith apples make satisfactory substitutes.
A five-piece collection of uniquely flavored marmalades, courtesy Bluffton's Harry & David store, was awarded to Charlotte Ward for her submission of "Alice Ward's Apple Pie." You'll find the marmalade collection, which includes 5-ounce jars of Meyer Lemon Marmalade, Blood Orange Marmalade, Key Lime Marmalade, Pink Grapefruit Marmalade and Orange Marmalade, as well as many other quality products for Mother's Day gift giving, at the store's Tanger Outlet Center 2 location. For further information and store hours, call 837-2121.


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Dai Andrews, Sword swallower
Dai Andrews swallows swords for a living. His one-man show, which he has performed in more than 30 countries on five continents, features the swallowing of two 24-inch blades, a 12-inch dagger, a set of 15 swords that he swallows all at once, a two-foot-long pair of forceps, in addition to neon tubes, needles, a sword heated with a blowtorch, and a saber blade that is curved 120 degrees, from point to hilt (for which he holds a world record). "While the initial question is always, 'How?'" Andrews says, "I think from a human standpoint, the question is more, 'Why?'" Andrews can answer the 'How?' question easily, explaining the techniques he's mastered from Eastern martial arts and meditation which allow him to harness the extreme physical control it takes to stick sharp swords down his esophagus without, well, dying. "I've studied kung fu in China, meditation and yoga in the Himalayas, and Muay Thai, which is also called thai boxing, in Thailand." The actual sword swallowing he learned as a young teenager from a mysterious American sword swallower in Pennsylvania, known to Andrews only as Dobbs. "I auditioned for him, and he agreed to teach me. During the process, he was restoring a boat, and he was going to sail around the world. Two or three months after I finished the apprenticeship, he sailed away, and I've never heard from him again." It's the 'Why?' that's a little harder to explain. He points to a study conducted on the Wallenda family, who for generations have performed death-defying circus acts -- including, this summer, when 33-year-old Nik crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope. "They were all found to have severe adrenaline deficiencies," Andrews says. "The member of the Wallenda family feels the same walking a tightrope hundreds of feet in the air as you would feel playing a game of touch football. "I would say the same for myself," he says. "When I compare my first skydiving experience to someone else's, they were, like, "'Oh, my god, that was amazing!'" and I was, like, "'It was really pretty.'" But Andrews knows that sword swallowing isn't actually like touch football -- and he knows he's not invincible, especially as he struggles with Essential Tremors, a chronic, degenerative nerve condition, which causes his hands to shake on occasion. "I've hurt myself a number of times, but never bad enough to require hospitalization," he says. Recently, for a reality TV show, he taped a video camera to his sword. They had to do a bunch of takes, he says, which resulted in some internal bruising. "For the risk involved, to be honest, It's not such a big deal, because by the time you get to sword swallowing, you're also doing fire eating or walking on broken glass or a bed of nails," he says. The most dangerous thing with sword swallowing is being overconfident, Andrews says. "Most sword swallowers tend to hurt themselves in their sophomore years, five to ten years in You have it, and you think you're smart and brave, and you run the risk of not paying attention to all your variables. Trying to swallow a sword when you're distracted -- that's the most dangerous thing that can happen." Andrews' professional career is as busy as ever, as he begins filming a reality show with the Hellzapoppin Sideshow Revue for Animal Planet and continues to enhance his own act. For his newest trick, Andrews, using kriya yoga techniques he learned from a saddhu in India, will swallow a fishbowl full of water (complete with goldfish) and will, in a single, crystal clear, arching stream, regurgitate it back into the bowl. Just like "Jackass," only elegant. • VIDEO: Side-show skills: sword swallowing
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And... Back On January 3rd, 2011
There might be a couple of minor updates during the next week, but we're otherwise slumbering until the 3rd, when we get cracking for another year. And it's going to be a really significant year, too. You should see my list of Stuff To Write About. It's awesome.
On that note, I just wanted to say a couple of things. Firstly, thanks to everyone who subscribes, or who has donated cash at any point in the past. The money provided by readers has genuinely kept this site alive over the previous couple of years. We bought a new server with the money, and pretty much survived on that cash while we transitioned to having our advertising handled by Eurogamer. Subscribers should expect a huge bundle of competitions and other exclusive content in the new year, as well as a more regular newsletter! We have tonnes of games to give away and other stuff, too. So that's a thanks to all of you.
Secondly, yes, the site is finally, thankfully, paying for us to work on it. That was always the intention, and boy was it hard work making it happen. If that profitable status changes anything then it's that we can now focus on our efforts here, and won't have to spend quite so much time forging wordthinks for other publications. 2011 should be the year when RPS really hits its stride, and I can't wait to share that with you lot.
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Kos Town Travel Guide
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The ancient port and popular holiday destination of Kos, the capital and major town on the island, has been home to Egyptians, Romans, Venetians, Ottomans and the Knights of St John. Their marked presence can be seen in the ruins of the Roman baths and amphitheatre remains and in the 15th-century castle, built by the Knights of St John, which still stands as a supreme sentry today.
There has been much development over recent years, with apartment blocks stretching out to the suburbs of Lambi and Psalidi (to the north and south respectively); however, Kos remains a fascinating and cosmopolitan town with a good mix of culture and entertainment attracting thousands of holidaymakers each year. There is a busy nightlife with no shortage of bars and a hotchpotch of restaurants from English-style cafes to local tavernas, many situated around the old harbour area overlooking traditional fishing boats and sleek yachts. The main beach in town is a fairly narrow, shingle affair packed with beach chairs and umbrellas, but there are better beaches a short bus journey away. Kos Town is perfectly situated for taking boat trips to Turkey and the nearby islands.
As one would expect, Kos Town is the major shopping destination on the island of Kos. There are a number of souvenir shops along the seafront and in the old town, and a market in the centre of town selling spices, olive oil, and seashells. There is also a small indoor market, but the main shopping area is found between Eleftherias Square and ancient Nymphaion. Popular souvenirs include jewellery, leather goods, and clothing.
There are many restaurants in Kos clustered along the waterfront and around the main square, ranging from traditional Greek to Italian and Chinese. For the unadventurous it is easy to find simple British and American staples.
There are bars, pubs and tavernas scattered all over Kos Town, but the aptly named 'bar street' is the place to go at night. The party lasts until dawn in the warmer months, and offers an eclectic mix of music, from local bouzouki orchestras to thumping electronic beats.
The main beach in Kos Town is narrow and pebbled, but nearby Tigaki is six miles (10km) of pure white sand. Lambi, Psalidi, and Agios Fokas are all popular beaches in easy distance. The beaches offer a range of watersports, including waterskiing, parasailing, and banana rides. The town also boasts a number of historical and cultural attractions, including the Hippocrates Tree, Knight's Castle, and the Archaeological Museum. You can also visit nearby villages with interesting sights like the ruins of old Pili and the ceramics shops in Zia.
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On cold, snowy days in central Ohio, Eddie Lee Whitson sometimes likes to relax in his den and watch an old video.
It's from Oct. 4, 1984. Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. The Chicago Cubs had won the first two games of the best-of-five-game playoff 13-0 and 4-2. The Padres' season rested that evening on the right arm of Whitson, the team's starting pitcher.
"That day I will never forget because it was probably the day of my whole life," said Whitson, now 54 and living in Dublin, Ohio. "Talking about it now still raises the hair on my arms."
It's been 25 years since the Padres' first World Series season. Players from that team now are enjoying retirement or second careers. Two are dead.
But a quarter-century of reflection helps shed light on many unsung and behind-the-scenes details that shaped it. In retrospect, these moments seem even more relevant or provocative to them now with the passage of time.
It's why Whitson still can feel the noise from Game 3. It's why manager Dick Williams said first baseman Steve Garvey "probably got a lot more credit than he deserved." It's also why Williams still gets angry about then-National League President Chub Feeney.
A look back, 25 years later:
Graig and Goose
In Williams' first two seasons as Padres manager in 1982 and 1983, the Padres finished 81-81 twice. To overcome mediocrity in '84, Williams said the club needed a power-hitting third baseman and an overpowering relief pitcher. General Manager Jack McKeon unsuccessfully tried to obtain Montreal Expos third baseman Tim Wallach and Cubs reliever Lee Smith. Instead, the team signed free agent Yankees reliever Goose Gossage in January 1984 and received Yankees third baseman Graig Nettles in a trade on March 30, just three days before the season opener.
Their acquisitions proved to be the team's missing ingredients, but not so much because of what they provided on the field, team members say today. More so, it was because unlike the Padres of today, the front office was sending a message to the team that it was doing what it took to win a pennant.
"We struggled for runs in '83," pitcher Mark Thurmond said. "When we got Gossage and Nettles, we felt like we had a good chance to compete."
Gossage agreed to a five-year, $6.25 million salary, which at the time made him the highest-paid pitcher ever. It's a stark contrast in message from this season, when the Padres front office tried to unload its best pitcher, Jake Peavy, largely to save money.
"It just seemed to jump-start a lot of guys inside that locker room," Whitson said.
It also gave the team a mentoring element it needed. The '84 Padres had several young contributors that year. Outfielder Kevin McReynolds, outfielder Tony Gwynn, Thurmond and starting pitcher Andy Hawkins were among 11 regular players who had less than four seasons of experience in the majors. Gossage and Nettles had 28 seasons combined and had played in six combined World Series.
"They used to stay after the game, talk to the kids and our young pitchers, have a beer with them and talk baseball, talk about what went on that day," said Williams, now 80. "Garvey always showed up on time and did his work. He got a lot more credit than he probably deserved, but he never hung around afterward. These two guys, Gossage and Nettles, certainly did, and they were very instrumental in our success."
The nerve
The mix of young players and veterans formed a chemical balance so smooth that Williams called only one team meeting that season. But what a meeting it was.
Williams can't pinpoint the date exactly but remembers it happening in the second half of the season at Pittsburgh. The Padres played the Pirates in late July and entered the series with a seven-game division lead. After two games with the Pirates, they had lost three in a row.
The meeting lasted about a minute. The theme was relaxation. It went something like this:
"The nerve by your finger may run up your arm, and if you've got a sore leg, it may run up your leg," Williams recounted recently. "But all of your nerves go into one place, and that's what can cause you a problem. That nerve is called the anal nerve, and if you have an anal nerve that's bothering you, you're going to have some trouble."
Having delivered this speech, Williams abruptly turned around and walked away. Players erupted in laughter. "That really got us loose right there," Whitson said.
A few still needed a translation.
"Some of the guys didn't know what the heck I was talking about," Williams said. "Some of the guys did. Eventually they found out I meant to just not get a tight (rear end)."
The gruff Williams didn't ordinarily call many meetings in other seasons, but this group seemed especially low-maintenance. In addition to Nettles and Gossage, veteran first baseman Garvey (14 seasons) and utilityman Kurt Bevacqua (13 seasons) showed by their calm demeanors that it was "no time to panic," said Garry Templeton, the team's shortstop.
Playing on such an even keel, the Padres started the season 10-2, never fell below .500 all season, never lost more than seven in a row (in May) and never won more than six consecutively.
"We pretty much policed ourselves," Templeton said. "The vets would get with the young guys and let them know what was what."
The fight
On Aug. 12, 1984, the Padres held a 10½-game lead over the second-place Atlanta Braves. They entered the last game of a four-game series in Atlanta having won two of the first three. They wanted a knockout punch on a hot, humid day in the South. But apparently so did Atlanta starting pitcher Pascual Perez, who drilled the game's first pitch into the back of leadoff hitter Alan Wiggins.
It was the first shot across the bow.
In the second inning, with Perez at bat, Whitson nearly hit him with the first pitch and received a warning from the plate umpire. In the fourth inning, with Perez batting again, Whitson threw three straight fastballs inside. Whitson and Williams were ejected as a result. Williams then retreated to the clubhouse and watched the game on television.
"We only wanted to go after one guy," Williams said. "We were trying to finish off what the Atlanta Braves started."
Perez was targeted again at the plate in the sixth and eighth. In the sixth, Padres pitcher Greg Booker threw over his head. Booker and acting manager Ozzie Virgil were ejected.
In the eighth, Padres pitcher Craig Lefferts finally hit Perez, causing a bench-clearing brawl. Finally, in the ninth, Atlanta pitcher Donnie Moore drilled Nettles at the plate, triggering another fight and the ejection of Atlanta manager Joe Torre. Seventeen people, including 12 Padres, ended up being ejected from the game, which the Padres lost 5-3.
Afterward, Torre (now manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers) called Williams "an idiot with a capital I."
Feeney, who died in 1994, slapped Williams with a 10-game suspension and $10,000 fine. Torre was suspended three games and received a $1,000 fine.
The Padres won their next two games and never held less than an eight-game, first-place lead the rest of the season. But 25 years later, Williams is still miffed.
"They said I couldn't control my players. Torre didn't control his," Williams said by phone from his home near Las Vegas. "I got the brunt of it."
And he still doesn't like Feeney for it.
"I talked with a fellow who was president of the league and later became president of the San Diego Padres, which I thought was a big joke," Williams said. "He was a guy who used to have a three-martini lunch."
Coming home
After clinching the division title and finishing with a 92-70 regular-season record, the Padres appeared overmatched in Chicago in Games 1 and 2. The season looked lost. On the way home for Game 3, the Padres were waiting at the airport in Chicago for their plane, which wasn't there on time. Standing on the tarmac in the cold, the Padres watched the Cubs promptly board their plane to San Diego.
"They had all the momentum going for them," Nettles said. "I remember it as a slap in the face that we had to stand there and watch them. Our plane wasn't there. Theirs was. It was adding insult to injury while we were shivering on the runway."
Upon arrival in San Diego, the team boarded buses back to Jack Murphy Stadium to retrieve their cars. It was about 9:45 p.m., but almost 2,000 fans were waiting to boost the team's spirits. The players were moved. "I've never seen Templeton so emotional," Williams said.
The next morning, Whitson got up and took a walk around Lake Poway. It was all on him. It was his first postseason appearance.
"I'd take a little walk walk around the lake to get my legs, to kind of get my blood flowing," Whitson said. "It wasn't like a lot of days I'd normally pitch on. It was just a little bit faster walk that day. When I got back home I told my wife: 'Don't fix much to eat. I'm ready to go.' "
So was the hometown crowd of 58,346. Earlier that year, San Diego fans didn't seem that interested. In June, the first-place Padres drew just 9,271 to a game against the second-place Braves.
This day was different.
"You could actually feel the mound vibrate, it got so loud in there," Whitson said.
Whitson had early struggles and fell behind 1-0 in the second inning on a single by Ron Cey. Williams considered taking Whitson out for a pinch hitter in the fifth until Templeton, batting eighth in front of Whitson, doubled home two runs for the team's first lead of the series, 2-1. The Padres won 7-1. Whitson struck out six in eight innings and gave up five hits before Gossage retired the side in the ninth.
Although Garvey's game-winning, two-run home run in Game 4 still gets all the hype, it might not have happened without Whitson's outing in Game 3. It almost seems forgotten in Padres history, perhaps because it happened so quickly. The game lasted just two hours, 19 minutes.
"Everybody remembers the big hits, the (Garvey) home run off of Lee Smith," Templeton said with a laugh. "They don't remember the kind of competitor Ed Whitson was. You ask most people, they won't remember he pitched Game 3. Garvey gets one big hit, he gets the MVP."
The Padres won Game 4, 7-5, on Garvey's ninth-inning homer in San Diego. In Game 5, the Padres rallied from a 3-0 deficit at home, tying the game in the seventh on a ground ball that slipped through the legs of Cubs first baseman Leon Durham. They won 6-3 to advance to the club's first World Series.
It was a milestone that had been reached without much firepower. In the regular season, the Padres averaged just 4.23 runs per game. Only two of 23 National League champions since then have scored at a lesser clip. Not surprisingly, 14 players from such an efficient club are still involved in the game as coaches or scouts.
"Between Jack McKeon and Dick Williams, they put together a good nucleus, a team that would fight together and a team that knew it was capable of beating anybody," outfielder Bobby Brown said.
After the Cubs series, the Padres ran into one of baseball's all-time best buzz saws, the Detroit Tigers, who had started the season 35-5.
The Padres lost the World Series in five games. Williams still catches flak for letting Gossage talk him out of walking Detroit slugger Kirk Gibson in the eighth inning of Game 5. At the time, the Tigers were ahead 5-4 with two runners on base. Gibson ended up sending a Gossage pitch into the right-field upper deck to ice the Series.
Last year, Williams and Gossage were inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
"It's my fault for letting him do it, but I don't think we were going to beat Detroit anyway," Williams said. "I'll take the brunt on that. I'll stand next to my Hall of Fame plaque and tell you that if you want to see me in Cooperstown this July."


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A new spring course will give students the opportunity to partner with the Governor's Office to measure Oregonians' well-being. view course flyer
Students may register here for the course, which is structured as a series of evening and weekend workshops in April, May and June.
"Traditional economic measures like Gross Domestic Product are flawed as measures of actual human well-being," said Robert Costanza, Distinguished University Professor of Sustainability and the course instructor along with Ida Kubiszewski, a research assistant professor with the Institute for Sustainable Solutions. They recently traveled to Bhutan to advise that nation's government on the adoption of an alternative measure of progress called Gross National Happiness.
"The world is looking for better alternatives, and Oregon has the opportunity to take the lead," said Costanza.
Students in this course will study several alternative measures of well-being, such as the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), and work with faculty, state officials and other stakeholders to estimate the GPI for Oregon. Students will collaborate with the governor's office to evaluate whether Oregon should adopt the GPI as one of its official statistics.