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Faced with a continuing loss of wetlands and the protection they provide to newly rebuilt levees in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the authority that oversees East Bank levee districts filed a historic lawsuit Wednesday against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies, demanding that they immediately restore damage to the wetlands.
Activities related to oil and gas exploration and production -- including dredging and the cutting of canals through the wetlands -- has long been blamed for contributing to the loss of land along the Louisiana coast and making the area more vulnerable to flooding during hurricanes.
"We are looking to the industry to fix the part of the problem that they created," said John Barry, vice president of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. "We're not asking them to fix everything. We only want them to address the part of the problem that they created."
The East Bank authority oversees the Orleans, East Jefferson and Lake Borgne levee districts, and its oversight extends to St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes.
The lawsuit (scroll to the end for court documents) filed in the New Orleans Civil District Court asks the court to order the companies to immediately begin filling in canals and restoring wetlands, and to provide money to the authority to compensate for past damage, tasks that could cost billions of dollars. Part of the compensation asked for by the suit also could be used to pay part or all of the local levee districts' share of the $14.6 billion levee improvements being made by the Corps of Engineers, and for future storm surge protection projects, Barry said.
Barry said he's not concerned that the lawsuit might have a chilling effect on oil and gas development in the state.
"They will leave the state when the oil goes away," Barry said. "When they suck all the oil out, that's when they'll go away."
In a statement issued by Louisiana-Mississippi Oil and Gas Association President Chris John, a former member of Congress, the organization was critical of of the suit, in part because it promised a lucractive payout to attorneys representing the authority.
"According to initial reports, this looks like the kind of lawsuit we have seen so often in litigious Louisiana - a contingency lawsuit where the plaintiff attorneys stand to gain millions of dollars," John said. "The oil and gas industry will defend this suit vigorously in the court of law and not engage in the frenzy that is sure to continue. Let us read the lawsuit and consult with our members, and we will offer comment at that time."But he also defended the oil and gas industry's actions on behalf of coastal restoration efforts forwarded by the state.
"The issue of wetland loss is tragic and one that is very important to the oil and gas industry," John said. "We live, work, and play in and near Louisiana's wetlands and have been very involved in fighting coastal erosion. The reasons for the loss are complex and involve both natural changes and many man-made activities."
The levee authority suit relies on three legal arguments, Barry said:
- Most of the damaging oil, gas and pipeline activities were conducted under federal and state permits that "explicitly require the operators to maintain and restore the canals they dredged," Barry said. He said the oil and gas industry dredged more than 10,000 miles of canals through the state's wetlands, which provided pathways for salt water from the Gulf of Mexico to kill fresh and brackish water marshes.
- The federal Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 prohibits actions that impair the effectiveness of flood protection levees. "Clearly, increasing storm surge makes a levee less effective," Barry said.
- A tenet of civil law called "servitude of drainage" prohibits someone taking actions on property that they own or control that sends more water onto someone else's property. Again, Barry said, the oil and gas projects clearly focus increased storm surge onto the levee system.
The lawsuit argues that the authority's flood protection system "guards millions of people and billions of dollars' worth of property in south Louisiana from destructive floodwaters," which are threatened by the wetlands loss created by the energy projects.
"This land loss is not simply a point of handwringing for the fishermen, hunters and naturalists who have plied their trades and found recreation in them for generations, nor is it a mater of academic concern," the suit says. "Those lands have for centuries provided a crucial buffer zone between south Louisiana's communities and the violent wave action and storm surge that tgropical storms and hurricanes send in from the Gulf of Mexico."
Barry compared the lawsuit's demands of the energy industry to the decision by the federal government to require the Army Corps of Engineers to spend $14.6 billion to repair levees and floodwalls in the New Orleans area after Katrina, following a forensic investigation that laid much of the blame for failed levees and floodwalls with the corps' engineering decisions.
The corps also has committed to restoring damage caused by the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet to wetlands adjacent to the levee system, he said, which resulted from language in the legislation originally authorizing the navigation channel that requires it restore wetlands damage.
The oil and gas industry, on the other hand, has contributed little, if any, money to state and local coastal restoration efforts, Barry said. The state's $50 billion, 50-year coastal protection and restoration Master Plan calls for about $9 billion to be spent on restoration efforts in the area served by the East Bank authority, he said.
Oil and gas exploration and development canals criss-cross wetlands adjacent to Lake Borgne in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish, and in areas to the south along the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish.
A study conducted by the late University of New Orleans geologist Shea Penland in 1996 for the U.S. Geological Survey and the Gas Research Institute concluded that about 36 percent of the wetland loss in southeastern Louisiana between 1932 and 1990 was the result of the direct and indirect effects of actions taken by the oil and gas industry. Newer studies have credited the oil and gas industry with an even larger share of the blame for wetlands loss.
In dredging canals for access, industry firms also often stacked sediment in berms along the canals that cut off the flow of water to interior wetlands in some cases, while the canals also funneled salt water from the Gulf of Mexico into other wetland areas, with both actions speeding the conversion of wetlands to open water. The removal of oil and gas from beneath the wetland surface also increased the speed of sinking soils in areas above oil and gas reservoirs, according to other Geological Survey studies, allowing wetlands to drown, and again turn into open water.
Other causes of wetland loss that don't involve the energy industry's actions include the natural sinking of soils, also called subsidence, sea level rise, and the leveeing of the Mississippi River for flood protection and the funneling of its sediment into the deep Gulf of Mexico with jetties to keep its navigation channel and mouth open to deep draft shipping. The combination of levees and and jetties effectively halted historic creation and nourishment of wetlands during Spring floods.
Barry said the decision to file the suit also was driven by the authority's concern it will not have enough money to operate and maintain the new levees when they are handed over to local levee districts by the Army Corps of Engineers later this year. Unless it is successful in gaining congressional approval later this year to transferring the operation of new major floodgates at the Lake Borgne storm surge barrier and the Seabrook barrier at the Lake Pontchartrain entrance to the Industrial Canal, the authority will have to shoulder millions of dollars in increased operating costs annually.
Earthen levees that are part of the system also will have to be raised to accommodate for subsidence several times over the next 50 years, which also will require the expensive removal and replacement of "armoring" grass and fabric.
Barry said the authority also believes that the level of protection provided by the completed levees is not adequate for the highly populous New Orleans area. The levees are designed to block overtopping from storm surges accompanying a hurricane with a 1 percent chance of occurring in any year, the so-called 100-year storm, a standard that the authority believes is too low.
Corps officials have estimated that the surge from Katrina that entered Chalmette and the Lower 9th Ward from Lake Borgne was the equivalent of that caused by a 250-year storm, and while the new levees will reduce flooding from larger systems, there still is likely to be overtopping.
Barry said even raising the levees so they won't be overtopped by surges from a 500-year storm, which would still be lower than a worst-case, large and slow-moving Category 5 hurricane, is not adequate, but has become the authority's goal because even higher levees would be too expensive.
In recent months, the authority has authorized the study of a possible combination of levees and gates that would stretch across the eastern New Orleans land bridge into St. Tammany Parish, which would reduce the flow of surge water into Lake Pontchartrain, and reduce potential damage to parishes along the lake.
That project could cost as much as $1 billion.
The authority also has embraced an expansion of its historic role of hurricane and river flood protection to include restoration of wetlands on the outside of levees that provide the levees with protection.
"Our income certainly can't cover" the additional cost of higher levees with the revenue raised by the existing property tax millage that is dedicated to the individual levee authorities, Barry said. That's especially true in St. Bernard Parish, which saw a significant loss in property value in the aftermath of Katrina, he said.
Attorney Gladstone Jones, who specializes in environmental and class action suits with the firm of Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison LLC, is the lead attorney for the authority. Three law firms were hired by the authority to handle the suilt, and are working for a contingency fee of 32.5 percent of the first $100 million paid by the companies, if the authority wins. The firm would receive a smaller percentage of amounts above $100 million, and nothing if the case is lost.
However, a provision in the contingency contract requires that their expenses be paid if the authority unilaterally drops the lawsuit.
Barry said he came up with the idea for the suit and gained approval from the other eight members of the authority before approaching Jones and the other law firms about handling the suit.
It remains unclear whether the lawsuit will be supported by Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has won widespread financial support in running for office from the oil and gas industry.
"We have not read the lawsuit so cannot speak to the merits of the action," Garret Graves, adviser to Jindal on coastal issues and chairman of the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, said in a statement released late Tuesday.
But the statement didn't seem to agree with the authority's strategy to take the oil and gas industry to court.
"The best way to direct oil and gas company revenues into our coast is through revenue sharing from offshore energy production," Graves said. "We are encouraged by recent efforts in Congress to increase GOMESA funds. More needs to be done."
GOMESA refers to the 2006 Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, which directs a share of offshore oil revenue to Louisiana and other coastal states.
"At this point, we are facing a coastal crisis and focused on making progress to protect our citizens, sustain the fisheries and restore the coast," the statement said." This includes making the largest coastal investments in state history, restoring more barrier islands than ever before, rebuilding lost coastal marsh and having a record number of our citizens living behind hurricane protection levees.
"We are also working to hold BP accountable for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and reforming the Corps of Engineers," Graves said.
And on Twitter Wednesday, Graves questioned the potentially lucrative contingency contract under which the authority hired Jones and other attorneys.
"The guy negotiated a contract where he tries to gain hundreds of millions of dollars in the name of coastal protection," Graves said in one tweet, and labeled Jones as "greedy trial lawyer" in several others.
If Jindal objects to the suit, it's unclear what he could do to stop it.
Authority members are appointed by the governor only after being selected from one of two candidates recommended by an independent committee, and serve staggered terms. The majority of authority members must be selected from specific professions, including engineering, meteorology and water management, and several are required to be appointed from areas outside the authority's jurisdiction, all aimed at severing the authority from political influence.
Barry's appointment expired June 30, but he serves until replaced or reappointed. A non-fiction book author who holds a research appointment at Tulane University, he is a nationally recognized expert on levees and the corps and the author of the best-selling "Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927."
Others on the authority include University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill professor Richard Luettich, the co-creator of the Adcirc storm surge computer model used in designing the New Orleans levee system by the corps, retired WWL-TV meteorologist Dave Barnes, and Ricardo Pineda, chief of the Floodplain Management Branch of the California Department of Water Resources.
Jones compared the lawsuit to a successful 2004 lawsuit filed by the states against the tobacco industry to compensate it for Medicaid and other costs resulting from lung disease caused by cigarettes. The state won $270 million that is dedicated to anti-smoking education.
In that case, the compensation award was approved even though smoking was only one of several causes of lung cancer.
The energy industry companies are likely to argue that the levee authority missed its chance to collect damages because it didn't object to the companies' wetland-destroying actions long ago. But Jones said that language contained in the permits issued by the corps or the state allowing the canals to be dug required the companies to restore the land and limit damage to the area outlined in the permit, and that those requires never expire.
"They're still in place today, and if the permits are transferred, one company to another, they're both responsible" under the permit terms, Jones said.
Jones added that a team of workers has gone through records on file with the corps and found no instances where either the corps has required the restoration to occur or the company agreed to restore canal areas.
The environmental restrictions began being put in the permits between 1930 and 1940, and were strengthened between the 1950s and the 1970s, he said.
The lawsuit lists these companies as defendants:
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., LLC; Alta Mesa Services, LP; Andarko E&P Onshore, LLC; Apache Corp.; Atlantic Richfield Co.; Bepco, LP; BHP Billiton Petroleum (KCS Resources), LLC; Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP; Bopco, LP; BP America Production Co.; BP Oil Pipeline Co.; BP-Pipelines(North America), Inc.; Callon Offshore Production, Inc.; Callon Petroleum Co.; Caskids Operating Co.; Castex Energy, Inc.; Cemex, Inc.; Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp.; Chevron Pipe Line Co.; Chevron U.S.A., Inc.; Chroma Operating, Inc.; Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.; Clovelly Oil Co., LLC; Coastal Exploration and Production, LLC; Collins Pipeline Co.; ConocoPhillips Co.; Continental Oil Co.; Cox Operating, LLC; Crawford Hughes Operating Co.; Crosstex Lig, LLC; Dallas Exploration, Inc.; Davis Oil Co.; Devon Energy Production Co., LP; Energen Resources Corp.; Enterprise Intrastate, LLC; EOG Resources Inc.; EP Energy Management, LLC; Estate of William G. Helis; Exxon Mobil Corp.; ExxonMobil Pipeline Co.; Flash Gas & Oil Northeast, Inc.; Graham Royalty Ltd.; Greka AM Inc.; Gulf Production Co., Inc.; Gulf South Pipeline Co., LP; Harvest Oil & Gas, LLC; Helis Energy, LLC; Helis Oil & Gas Co., LLC; Hess Corp., a Delaware Corp.; Hilliard Oil & Gas, Inc.; HKN, Inc.; Integrated Exploration & Production, LLC; J.C. Trahan Drilling Contractor, Inc.; J.M. Huber Corp.; Kenmore Oil Co., Inc.; Kewanee Industries, Inc.; Kilroy Co. of Texas, Inc.; Koch Exploration Co., LLC; Koch Industries, Inc.; Liberty Oil & Gas Corp.; LLOG Exploration Co.; Manti Operationg Co.; Marathon OIl Co.; McMoRan Exploration Co.; MOEM Pipeline, LLC.; Mosbacher Energy Co.; Murphy Exploration & Production Co.; Natural Resources Corp. of Texas; Newfield Exploration Gulf Coast, LLC; Noble Energy Inc.; O'Meara, LLC; ORX Resources, LLC; P.R. Rutherford; Placid Oil Co.; Plains Pipeline, LP; PXP Producing Co., LLC; Republic Mineral Corp.; Ripco, LLC; Rozel Operating Co.; S. Parish Oil Co., Inc.; Seneca Resources Corp.; Shell Oil Co.; Source Petroleum, Inc.; Southern Bay Energy, LLC; Southern Natural Gas Co., LLC; Statoil Exploration (US), Inc.; Sun OIl Co.; Sundown Energy LP; The Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., LLC (Maryland); The Meridian Resource & Exploration, LLC; The Pickens Co., Inc.; Union Oil Co. of California; Vintage Petroleum, LLC; White Oak Operating Co., LLC; Whiting Oil & Gas Corp.; Williams Exploration Co.; Yuma Exploration and Production Co., Inc.
Petition for Damages and Injunctive Relief
Other documents in the lawsuit (available as PDFs)


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I'm not a newbie to the world of Cirque du Soleil, so I went to see the Amaluna show without too high an expectation, but boy was it good. As usual, Canada's best known circus group Cirque du Soleil performs with just the barest of storylines to hold all the different acrobatic acts together.
Amaluna is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, but with the added twist of focusing on women. For the first time ever, there are more women cast members than men (in fact, 70% of the cast are females). I took my family to see it and they much preferred the show without referring to the plot.
But despite the lack of a good narrative, the show is outstanding. I love circuses of all types, and my whole family does too (some of us have been to circus school training for a very short time!) ... and the thing that strikes us the most is watching the mind-blowing feats that human bodies can do so smoothly, sinuously and most of all, so effortlessly! There are trampoline acts, highwire balancing acts, pole acts, aerial silks, unicycles, juggling, balancing etc, and all the performers make each movement look so easy to do, even though they're very hard.
In a lot of circus shows, performers try to do the most 'impressive' acts to audience members that are none the wiser, and most of the time they would stick to technically easy yet visually impressive moves. However, with Cirque du Soleil, they don't just try to wow you with one visual stunt after visual stunt: they actually execute incredibly difficult techniques perfectly! My juggler/unicycling friend was very pleased to see the main juggler in this show perform with five, even six balls, and doing really fantastic stunts. On top of that, the twin unicyclists are incredible, they could spin on the spot and next to each other in intricate swirls, all done in very, very fast movements. Very impressive!
My personal favourites are the lead male and female characters' own specialties: the female does body-twisting dives and bends inside a fish-bowl like tank, and the male climbs up and down a pole like it's a walk in the park.
Amaluna is a travelling show, so they set up temporary circus tents like they would back in the 1800s. Very old school, very intimate, so even with the cheapest seats (where we sat), you would get pretty good views.
My only negative point would be the music. I found it too loud and overwhelming, full of blasting rock sequences and I much prefer if the music is softer, more delicate (i.e. rather the violin than the electric guitar). But then again, the bursts of visual and audio splendour are the signature styles for this very conspicuous circus troupe.
If you've never seen Cirque du Soleil, you should start with this one, and if you're a seasoned attendee, you should still give this a try.
PS: we also recently saw circus show Cantina's performance in London, UK. It has a very different aesthetic from Cirque du Soleil: more old-style french, bohemian/burlesque. The show's already over, so I won't write a review now.


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Yankees Get Run For Their Money
Mark Teixeira might be in his first season with the New York Yankees, but the first baseman has quickly learned who's "The Boss."
When principal owner George Steinbrenner made a surprise visit to the team - his second this season - before a victory at the Tampa Bay Rays last week in St. Petersburg, Fla., Teixeira knew exactly how to respond.
"We owe everything to 'The Boss.' He's why we're all here," Teixeira says. "I told him I'm having a great time and thanks."
Steinbrenner and his sons, Hank and Hal, who run the team, can say, "You're welcome." For now, at least.
The Yankees lead the American League East at the latest point in a season since winning the division in 2006, and a big reason is the offseason investment of $423.5 million in three players: Teixeira and pitchers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett.
"It's incredible how important these guys have been," Yankees left fielder Johnny Damon says. "I feel like they've been worth about seven or eight games apiece."
Unlike some of their high-priced predecessors, each player says he has had no problem getting comfortable with the intense scrutiny or high expectations that come with playing in New York. That pressure will get ratcheted up starting today when the Boston Red Sox come to town for a four-game series.
The Yankees, with a 1-game lead on the Red Sox entering play Wednesday, will turn to Teixeira, Burnett and Sabathia - the latter two are the scheduled starters Friday and Saturday - for what could be a key point for two teams that have exchanged the division lead five times since May 24 and have never been more than five games apart.
In addition, the Yankees are winless in eight games against the archrival Red Sox this season and, with 10 games remaining, they are trying to avoid a season series against Boston comparable with 1973 (4-14) or 1912 (2-19).
Break from the past
The Bronx is filled with many examples of high-profile, highly paid free agents who flamed out under Yankee Stadium's bright lights, and in recent times they have been pitchers:
Right-hander Carl Pavano, who signed a four-year, $39.9 million contract in December 2004 but struggled with injuries and went 9-8 with a 5.00 ERA in 26 starts over the life of the contract.
Righty Jaret Wright, who signed in the same offseason for $21 million over three years and went 16-12 with a 4.99 ERA in two seasons before being traded.
And reliever Kyle Farnsworth, who took a three-year, $17 million deal before the 2006 season and was 6-9 with a 4.33 ERA in two-plus seasons.
Sabathia, 29, and Burnett, 32, are distancing themselves from that part of the team's infamous history. Only three AL pitchers have more than Sabathia's 11 victories, while Burnett's 10 tie him for ninth in the league. And their ERAs - 3.89 for Burnett, 3.95 for Sabathia - put them in the AL's top 25.
"It's gone very well," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says. "When you play a three- or four-game series as a visitor in Yankee Stadium, it's a nice weekend. It becomes that much more difficult to perform when the Yankees commit the kind of money it takes to add these players."
Each pitcher is 0-1 against Boston, and they have combined to allow 17 runs in 14 innings. It's that inconsistency that has Sabathia and Burnett dissatisfied with their seasons.
"It's annoying," says Sabathia, who signed the most lucrative contract for a pitcher in history with a seven-year, $161 million deal. "My command has been off since before the All-Star break. I've been getting away with a lot (of mistakes)."
Burnett's deal, after exercising an opt-out clause in his contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, is for five years and $82.5 million. He sees Year 1 as a work in progress.
"I could be way better," the 10-year veteran says. "I'm throwing decent. I haven't had a game yet when I had a good fastball and a good curveball. . . . I'm quite the perfectionist."
Burnett went 8-2 with a 2.08 ERA over 11 starts before allowing seven runs in 4 innings Saturday against the Chicago White Sox. Sabathia says he was more satisfied after his last effort, an 8-5 victory Sunday at Chicago.
Maybe that's because it's August. In Sabathia's eight-plus-year career, he is 51-20 after Aug. 1 compared with 77-60 before. His ERA over the final two months of seasons is 3.08 and 4.00 the rest of the year.
Wealth spread around infield
Teixeira is getting $20.6 million this year as part of his eight-year, $180 million contract. Two of the three players in the majors making more this year are in the same infield, third baseman Alex Rodriguez ($33 million) and shortstop Derek Jeter ($21.6 million). The other is Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez at $23.8 million.
"You play the Yankees, and you look around the infield and think, 'Geez, I should be asking for autographs,' " says Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, the 2008 AL MVP. "It makes it fun to play against them."
The eight consecutive losses to Boston notwithstanding, for the most part the new Yankees have escaped the wrath of fans. Teixeira, a slow starter whose .249 career batting average in April is by far his worst for any month, heard boos as the Yankees fell 6 games out of first place six weeks into the season.
That's also about the time Rodriguez returned from hip surgery to bat behind Teixeira. The Yankees are 51-26 since Rodriguez came back May 8, and Teixeira has improved his batting average from .198 to .285 with 22 homers and 63 RBI.
"I wasn't worried," Teixeira says. "I know the person I am, and I know the player I am. I know the Yankees are the top organization in sports, and they're expected to be good every year."
Damon, who signed a four-year, $52 million free agent contract before the 2006 season, says Teixeira, Sabathia and Burnett have benefited from coming to New York at the same time, thus sharing the attention.
"It was different for me, especially given the circumstances" of coming from the archrival Red Sox, Damon says. "I really tried to lay low."
Teixeira is locked in as a Yankee for longer than anyone else on the roster other than Rodriguez, whose 10-year, $275 million deal runs through 2017. He knows he is in position to become a face, if not the face, of the Yankees, and he's not shying away.
"I definitely have to do the job off the field, too," he says. "There's a transition period. You have to hold yourself to a higher standard."
Still, some Yankees become icons, most notably Jeter among current players. He'll be 36, compared with Teixeira, who is 29, when his current contract ends after next season.
"It's a lot easier for him knowing he's going to be here a long time," Jeter says. Could Teixeira at least partially fill his off-field role? "Man, I don't even think about that," Jeter says. "You have to go year to year around here. That's one thing you learn."
Keeping it loose
Burnett says the clubhouse dynamics have been a pleasant surprise. As an opponent he would watch how the Yankees performed with a businesslike efficiency. He wasn't sure if they were having fun.
"I wondered about some guys," Burnett says.
"Teams get labeled," Jeter says. "The perception might be that the clubhouse was no fun. It's something that gets out there, and people run with it. But they don't see everything."
What Yankees players are careful about is toning it down when the news media are around - except for the corner occupied by Damon and outfielder Nick Swisher, another newcomer who was acquired in an offseason trade with the White Sox.
Swisher has a verbal barb for anyone at any time. He'll drop comments over the shoulders of players doing interviews. Nobody is safe.
"This team needed a guy like him," Damon says. "Every team needs a couple of guys like that."
And any team could use players the caliber of Teixeira, Sabathia and Burnett. But can they put the Yankees back into a World Series, which the storied franchise hasn't won since 2000?
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon, whose team reached the 2008 Series, says the newcomers help the Yankees emulate the Rays' pitching-and-defense formula of last year.
"They have the pitching to sustain being hot when you have to win that 2-1 or 3-2 game when you're not hitting," Maddon says.
But it's also not easy when you know everyone, including The Boss, is watching.
Steinbrenner no longer is in day-to-day control of the team because of failing health (he was in a wheelchair for the game in St. Petersburg), but these are still the Steinbrenner Yankees. His sons have maintained Dad's win-at-all-costs approach as they play for an 11th consecutive season with baseball's highest payroll.
"I'm not going to lie," says Burnett, who played seven seasons with the Florida Marlins and three with Toronto. "I look down and see my legs covered in pinstripes, it stops me sometimes. But this is the best time I've had in baseball."


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Rancho Cordova Civic Light Orchestra's "A Little Afternoon Music" concert
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Rancho Cordova Civic Light Orchestra's "A Little Afternoon Music" concert
Rancho Cordova Civic Light Orchestra (rcclo.org), an all-volunteer community orchestra, presents its "A Little Afternoon Music" Concert, Pete Nowlen, Conductor, Sunday, May 21, 2017, at 4:00 p.m., Koreana International Marketplace Food Court, 10971 Olson Drive, Rancho Cordova.
The program includes Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave), Sullivan's HMS Pinafore Overture, Haydn's Symphony № 104 "London" (1ST movement), Zimmer's Pirates of the Caribbean, and song medleys in Broadway Showstopper and Salute to the Cinema. A concert with true community atmosphere and attitude! FREE!


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2016/2017: Jaguar's inaugral season of Formula E racing featured unforgettable moments from around the world. From hard fought qualifyings, to stunning finishes, to blistering speeds and record lap times, the team gave it everything they had and didn't disappoint.
A positive start to Panasonic Jaguar Racing's Formula E Championship saw Adam Carroll climb 5 places to finish 12th. The team gained valuable race day experience and will look to build on their debut performance in Marrakesh.
Panasonic Jaguar Racing's second race of the Championship saw both drivers successfully complete the longest race distance in the history of the series. Adam Carroll climbed six places to finish in P14 while Mitch Evans recovered after a lock up took him off track to finish in P17.
The team saw more positive results in Argentina with Mitch Evans turning in his best performance to date, qualifying P7 and finishing just shy of the team's debut points in P13. Adam Carroll battled hard after a difficult start to finish the race in P17.
Panasonic Jaguar Racing earned its first Championship points in style, with Mitch Evans and Adam Carroll staying cool amidst the chaos to finish P4 and P8 respectively after a thrilling race.
Panasonic Jaguar Racing's European debut saw the team record their second consecutive top-ten finish (Mitch Evans P10) earning the team another crucial point.
It was lucky number three for Panasonic Jaguar Racing as the team recorded points for a third consecutive race at the historic Les Invalides complex.
After a lightning-quick start, Adam Carroll climbed three places to finish in P15, while Mitch Evans recorded the fastest lap of the Berlin ePrix, earning Panasonic Jaguar Racing its first silverware.
After a mixed second day on the historic former Tempelhof Airport, Adam Carroll and Mitch Evans concluded their first double-header weekend by finishing in P16 and P17 respectively.
Panasonic Jaguar Racing helped make history by competing in the first electric street race to take place within the five boroughs of New York City. To top it off, Adam Carroll picked up a point after finishing the frantic race in P10.
Two days of racing in Brooklyn saw Panasonic Jaguar Racing add to their overall point total, now sitting at 21. Adam Carroll narrowly missed out on consecutive points finishes coming in P11, while Mitch's technical issues forced him to retire early.
Panasonic Jaguar Racing recorded their best qualifying session of the season and secured more valuable points in the first of two FIA Formula E races in Montréal, Canada.
The team brought their incredible debut season in Formula E to a close today in Montréal with both Jaguar I‑TYPEs racing hard to a P12 (Evans) and P14 (Carroll) finish.


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Today we're making Bath Bombs.
These are great for gifting AND personal use...because if you're anything like me, you love a nice warm bath in the winter months. If you're looking for a simple gift that's low cost but high impact, give these a try.
Let's get started with the list of supplies you'll need:
- 1/2 cup citric acid*
- 1 cup baking soda
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 cup epsom salt
- food coloring
- essential oil of your choosing
- small spray bottle
- silicon ice cube tray
- Dump the citric acid, baking soda, cornstarch and epsom salt into a bowl and stir.
- Fill your spray bottle with tap water and some drops of food coloring, as dark as you want it.
- Spray the mixture in your bowl and stir. You want the mixture to get clumpy like wet sand. The more you spray the more color you'll get. And if your mixture fizzes a little bit right now, that's okay.
- Now add drops of your essential oil - I used peppermint - as many as you like to reach desired smell.
- Using a spoon and your hands, press the mixture into your mold. Pack it in hard so your bombs won't crumble upon removal. I used ice cube trays, but muffin tins would work also.
- Let your bombs sit over night, then carefully pop them out and package them. Ta-da! This recipe will make 15 bombs using a 3x5 grid silicon ice cube tray. I doubled it to make two colors.
I packaged mine in clear cellophane wrap - if you use a jar, poke an air hole in the top because the bombs like a little bit of air. Another tip: Don't be too rough with them because they are fragile. You want to be sure these get to your bath in one piece for maximum enjoyment!
This year I gave these to my mom & sisters along with homemade body butter and a coffee scrub. I like using beauty products that are free from harmful {or just plain hard to pronounce} ingredients. By making your own, you control the mix-ins, and it's fun!
Keep creating, DIYers!


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We've been watching Master Chef Jr. It's our treat to ourselves on school nights when daddy's working late and the homework is done and dinner is done and cleaned up. It's about the only way I can get my people motivated to get through dinner and get baths in a timely manner. It's a treat for me to sit down and veg on the couch with the kids. The days when it's all me after school are extra wearing, especially after a long day at school. They are always long days in third grade. I love them, but I am worn out.
So, because of this Master Chef Jr. watching, the kids are especially into cooking. It's nice, but that used to be my quiet time. It's probably worth it that someday they'll be able to take some of the cooking duties for me. It makes them more willing to eat different foods. They've eaten goat cheese and pomegranate. They are messy cooks. Messy. Bee has been taking cook books to bed with her to read, which makes me giddy. She really loves The Pioneer Woman cook books since there are so many photos. It's great for the young at-home cook (as Chef Ramsey says).
She decided she wanted to make glazed yeast doughnuts from scratch. It took a whole weekend, since they need to sit in the fridge overnight. She stuck with it and did every step (except some of the end frying- after an upsetting burn) and was pleased to share them with us and the neighbors. They were scrumptious and a great lesson for her in patience. They were an additional lesson for me in the need for a renewed gym membership.


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Hello, welcome to Megsy-Jane's brand new website, and to a new chapter for MJ!
Those that are already friends know that Megsy-Jane is a hand-crafted accessories label - specialising in Flower Crowns for weddings, parties and events.
This new side to the brand focuses on something that I also have a great love for - beauty and health.
Here I will be writing about everything and anything related to natural, organic, non-toxic, green skincare and beauty, offering you alternatives to the mainstream brands, and showing you that green beauty works, and it is just as glamorous!
This is something that has become so second-nature to me - brands I am well familiar with, most people haven't even heard of and they can't be found in department stores.
I can hear you asking now - what is green beauty, and why does it matter?
Green Beauty is the all-encompassing term used to define make-up, skincare and body products that are natural, certified organic, eco-friendly, vegan, non-toxic, or any combination of those.
Green Beauty is not something that merely has 'natural', 'organic' or 'eco-friendly' slapped on the front of the label. Whilst it may be the pretty part, it really isn't the important one. The terms natural, organic and eco-friendly are thrown around so loosely these day that it can be difficult to determine what is and isn't truly natural/organic/non-toxic.
If you turn that bottle around, and look at the back label, you'll find an ingredient list that no doubt, you'll struggle to pronounce, let alone recognise, a single word on.
Green Beauty matters because all of those unrecognisable ingredients on that label are usually toxic synthetic chemicals - linked to hormone and endocrine disruption, organ toxicity, reproductive failure, infertility, neurological disorders and even cancer.
At the least, most of these products are leading to poor skin health (many products we use on our skin simply smother it, clogging pores and making any breakouts or problems worse), premature ageing (if the skin is not healthy, it will age at a faster rate), and messing with our hormones.
If you'd like to get started, head to the Resources and Websites We Love pages for further reading, or try the About if you'd like to know more about me & why I started.
So, join me, as I share with you wonderful new brands, recipes and everything that is beautiful.
If you're new to Megsy-Jane, green beauty, or even if you're an old friend, I'd love for you to share your thoughts below!


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Pull out the list of adjectives you wrote down that set the mood for your novel. You used this list for figuring out your setting climate, and a bit for refining your names.
Read them out loud. Then, take out your notes on your speculative element. Read your rules out loud. Try describing how your spec element works in your novel. How do you feel when you describe it? Do you want to giggle? Unless you're writing comedy, this is probably a mis-fit. Do you want to brood? If you're aiming for dark and gothic, then good job!
Also look at what you decided to name your speculative element. Whether you call it "the Force," "mana," "warp drive," "lightships," "cybernet," or "lychan," how you name your speculative element has an impact on how your reader will feel about it. Say the name out loud and decide if you feel the way you want to feel when you read your novel.
Some names and speculative concepts will be fairly neutral and may have no impact on your novel's mood. "Magic" is generic enough to require more description if your characters will encounter or use it in your novel. "Magick," on the other hand, leads you to a little sense of mystery, an enigma.
Rename and rework your speculative elements and their rules if you need to.Aright, so working with the main speculative element of the Jump Drive and the Jump Gate, and how they relate to "Oppressive, Monolithic, Energy, and Defy" I think they pretty well fit. Jumping systems takes a massive amount of energy, and I feel like anyone going through the jump field will feel energized, or at least feel like they got plugged into a wall-socket (possibly without the giant poofy hair effect on the other side, that would be more comedic than I want). Everything smells of ozone and your mouth tastes like battery acid after a jump.
The Jump gates and jump ships themselves are huge; Jump Gates because they have to accommodate the largest ships, and jump ships because of the space requirements needed to power and generate a jump field.
Defy works in my mind because a jump gate takes the often-thought immutable status of space-time and bends it to it's will. It move a million-ton ship 20 light years away in the blink of an eye through the abuse of Relative Astrophysics.
I think those details work, but what about the speculative elements I haven't devoted much time to? There's magic in this world, although that fact is not commonly known at the beginning of the campaign. I don't want to just call it "magic", or at least the energy source that power it. I like "essence", but that doesn't really fit my moods as a name. "Mana" reminds me of Final Fantasy and other video games.
So what powers magic? What is it called? What's the Energy known as? Ether might be a good one. Orgone? Or maybe make up something that has a syntax link to another element. That bears more thought...
I also am not sold on calling the god of the Bathal Host "The Dark One". As a friend pointed out, it sounds like it was named by a twelve-year-old. Maybe something like "Dominius", but not even that sounds right. The trick is I know who the Host's god is, and it's a major plot point to the game. I want her name to matter, not give too much away, and not sound like an enemy from a Rankin-Bass cartoon.
Names are hard, man.
No post on Sunday, but expect a couple on Monday as I get caught up. Looks like I'll be dealing with how my speculative element fits into society, and the I start talking about a character.
It's all coming together.


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Published on May 30th, 2017 | by Ahana Basu
How To: Nail Art
Need to amp your style? No need to go splurge on a beauty shoppe, just try some DIY nail art.
Funky, decorative nails are the hottest new accessory. Whether it's the simple elegance of a French manicure or a touch of glitter, nail art can be your earrings and your handbag rolled into one. While there are several salons that offer this service, it can be fairly costly, not to mention time-consuming. As artistic as it may look, there are actually kinds of nail art you can do yourself at home pretty easily. Here are some ways you can channel your inner artist and brighten up your tips.
The essentials: Ensure you have a nail clipper, a nail file, 5-6 shades of nail paint, a top coat and a pretty-scented hand lotion at home at all times. The brush that comes with the nail paint may not be usable for all designs, so keep a thin paintbrush handy as well.
Polka dots
This is one of the most fun designs around and goes with pretty much anything you'll wear. Use a white or cream base, so the dots show up bolder. Paint a thick line of dots with your nail polish brush by dabbing the brush on the nail at a 45 degree angle. Dot all over the nail – in ordered randomness. . Dots should be randomly spaced out. You can use more than one colour if you like, but keep it bright.
Glitter Glam
So you have a party to go to, but not enough time to get to the parlour? Not to worry, you can give your nails a little polish at home. To get started, you need a transparent or coloured base coat and glitter (silver or coloured – purple is my new favourite!) according to the base coat. Apply the base coat and while it's still wet, sprinkle glitter on top of the nails. Once dry, apply the top coat on the top and there you have that sparkle!
This is an interesting design nail art. You'll need a base coat of grey nail paint, a piece of paper that has a written print, rubbing alcohol mainly used as an antiseptic and medicated cleaner and a transparent nail enamel. Start by applying the grey base on the nails. Dip your fingers for about 30 seconds in the rubbing alcohol and then press a piece of newspaper on the nail till the print comes on the nail. Let it dry for a few minutes and cover with the transparent enamel. Your nails will, quite literally, make news.
Zebra Crossing
Monochrome is in and you can flaunt it on your nails as it's one of the easiest designs to do. Paint your nails white and let it dry. Cut cello-tape into thin (really thin!) strips and paste on nails, leaving room for stripes. The tape is to ensure your spacing is somewhat uniform. Paint black stripes (or navy blue if you want a nautical look), then carefully peel the tape off. Use a top coat to lock in the colour.
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Functions of Marketing
Nature of Marketing is given in the diagram below.
Image credits © Manoj Patil.
Scope of Marketing are given below.
- Buying
- Selling
- Assembling
- Standardization
- Grading
- Branding
- Transportation
- Warehousing
- Financing
- Market Research
Functions of marketing are as follows:
1. Buying
Function of marketing buying is the first step in the marketing process. Proper decision about what to buy, how to buy, where to buy and at what price to buy, must be taken after adequate and appropriate research. Every trading concern needs efficient and economical buying to get adequate profit.
2. Selling
Functions of marketing selling involve a transfer of title of goods to the buyer. The main aim of sale of goods is to earn the profit. The selling function creates demand for the products and involves creation and expansion of markets for the goods produced in anticipation of demand. Thus selling increases profit of the business and production of goods and services available to the consumers in the society.
3. Assembling
Functions of marketing assembling means collecting goods of similar nature from different sources of supply, at one convenient central place for further processing or distribution. Assembling is mostly done in case of agricultural goods. When goods are assembled at one place, the cost of warehousing, standardizing, grading, packaging, labeling of goods is much lesser. Demand for agricultural goods is perennial (through the year) and thus supply is maintained throughout the year.
4. Standardization
Functions of marketing, A standard is a norm or criteria given to a product. It is a mental process of fix standards for a given product like size, weight, color, strength, texture, purity, durability, performance, etc. A standard reflects the quality of the product and helps quality control. It creates trust and confidence in the minds of customer. Organic certification for agricultural goods and Fair-trade certification mark for manufactured and industrials goods. Standardization is very essential for branded goods.
5. Grading
Functions of marketing, grading refer to classification of products in different categories on the basis certain fixed standard. Grading is a physical process. It follows standardization. Each product is grouped or graded. It reflects a certain level of quality.
6. Branding
Functions of marketing, branding means giving a name, mark, symbol, color or a combination of these to a product. An identity of a product is created, and a customer can distinguish the products from those of competitor's products. Brands give an assurance of a certain level of quality and performance of the product. Branding is a tool used to survive, face and fight competitions.
7. Transportation
Functions of marketing, transportation refers to movement of goods and services from the place of production to the place of consumption. It removes the problem of distance and helps in continuous production of goods, on a large scale. It helps in expanding markets and maintains price stability and generates employment. It also helps in balanced development of a country.
8. Warehousing
Functions of marketing, warehousing creates time utility. Goods have to be stored after they are produced until they are consumed. At present, the goods are produced in anticipation of demand and so the producers store the goods systematically in warehouses until the time of sale. Storage helps to keep the steady flow of goods throughout the year and also maintain price stability. The producer can concentrate on production on a large-scale and also benefit from the economics of scale.
9. Financing
Functions of marketing, finance is the life blood of business, and finance is very essential for the smooth conduct of marketing function. At every stage, it is very important to have adequate and cheap finance. Finance is made available through loans and advances from banks and financial institutions.
10. Market Research
Functions of marketing, modern marketing requires a lot of information accurately, adequately and promptly to solve many marketing problems. The study of the marketing problems enables the seller to know when to sell, where to sell, what price to sell, who are the competitors, etc. The market information helps the seller to know the likes, dislikes, taste, and preference of the customers.
Some Important Articles on Marketing are given below.
What is Marketing? Definition, Meaning of Marketing - Diagram
Importance of Marketing - Role, Significance of Marketing
4 P's of Marketing Mix - Elements of Marketing Mix - Definition


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Remembering the Past
This section presents lessons about how sites and artifacts of the Hopewell culture should be preserved and conserved. Students are given an opportunity to examine their own beliefs and values about the past through these lessons. Students need background knowledge to Expeditions into Ohio's Past 12 thoughtfully form values. Therefore, lessons in this section should be taught only after students have obtained a broad understanding of archeology and prehistory. Students should complete activities from this section after a visit to our park as well as completion of activities from Sections 2 and 3.
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- American Indian History and Culture, Language Arts
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Welcome to the weekly challenge this week at Classy Cards 'n Such. Mindy here with my collection of Snowflakes, that shows that snowflakes are like fingerprints. Each one is different.
I started my card with a layer of one of the beautiful metallic papers sold in the Classy Cards Store, then a holographic print, and die cut a background of snowflakes. I removed a portion of the background die and stamped the Bible verse on a square of card stock and centered it in the opening. I then cut layers of various size single snowflakes and adhered them together on top of the background for dimension. Baby pearls were then added to the snowflake centers and to the sentiment square.
I used the following products from the Classy Cards Online Store:
Snowflake Background Die Cut- by Impression Obsession, one similar from my stash
Small Snowflake Set - by Impression Obsession
Cast All Your Cares Stamp Set- by Just Rite Stamps
Baby Pearls - white -by Want 2 Scrap and
Dries Clear Adhesive - by Art Institute
I hope you have enjoyed my card, and will consider adding a card of your own creation to our challenge this week.
Want to purchase some or all of the products used in today's card? Classy Cards carries those that are in gold and underlined. Click those or the pictures below. Happy shopping!!
Thanks for stopping by!!! Until next time...
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Ralph Barbieri asked Steve Young about Alex Smith Wednesday afternoon on KNBR. Here's what Young said.
BARBIERI: I was never convinced the Jim Harbaugh fully trusted Alex Smith until the end of the Saints game. Is that fair to say?
YOUNG: "Well, let's get a little perspective. They've been together on the field for six months total. So, we talked about is before the first game: 'Please, just start slow. Don't let Alex get into trouble because they'll storm the castle and you can't have that.' You've got to look at the totality of what Jim had to thread the needle, and looking back, he threaded it perfectly. Expanded at the end of the season. Won some games early with bad third-down conversions and some rough red-zone numbers. David Akers kicking every possible field goal. They won some key games that could have gone either way to give them the padding to go do the things they did in the last month.
"When you really needed Alex, when you turned to him in a shootout on the biggest stage, let it rip. And he responds.
"I interviewed him yesterday. He describes it as: 'Before Jim Harbaugh everything seemed so much heavier and harder and more difficult. To me, what I'm doing now is almost easier. It's simple.'
"Ralph, you asked me before the season if Alex Smith could win the Super Bowl and I paused and I said yes, because the change of somebody that can put the quarterback in a position to be successful, make Alex the centerpiece of not the play calling necessarily, but the centerpiece of, 'If he's successful, we'll be successful.'"
"Smith described that as clouds parting and the sun coming out and life getting easier. Even describing the last play, he was like, 'Look, we'd written it up and we got the look that we wanted – the Tampa 2 – and so I just drove it in there.' He doesn't have a sense of the enormity of the moment, he has a sense of, 'This is what we do.' He fulfills what the coach has put him in a position to do."
"How many times have I said how grateful I was for the chance to be in an organization that gave me platform to go see how good I could get. There's not many places where you can find out how good you are. And so Alex, for the first time in his life, has been given a platform. He doesn't know how good he is because he hasn't been given the platform. So, now he has it and you just have to sit back and revel with him."
Q: But wasn't that the first time you could really see that Harbaugh trusted Smith?
YOUNG: "I think he was trusted the day Jim called him in February and said: 'Hey, we can do this. I know quarterbacks. I've watched you play. You can do this.' What I'm telling you is Alex is a different guy since that call.
"I don't think they started slow at the beginning of the year because Harbaugh didn't trust Smith, it's because they didn't have the time to build up the trust."


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Over the last couple of weeks I have been helping to conduct some market mapping for a client in and around one particular German city.
Out of 20 technology companies that were identified as being of interest to them, we started by gathering some rough numbers from LinkedIn and Xing. We were interested in employees within a 50 mile radius of the city center – this was easy using LinkedIn search parameters and Xing's filters.
It didn't take long to notice that LinkedIn did not stack up against Xing when it came to coverage of employees in our target area.
Out of those 20 companies of interest, Xing had more coverage in all but 2 cases. Here's a graph to make that absolutely clear:
According to Xing, they have around 13 million members worldwide – over 6 million of whom are based in German-speaking countries.
Is Xing a part of your sourcing strategy?
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Statement by Bishop Mouneer Anis of Egypt
RE: The First Islamist President of Egypt
June 24, 2012
By George Conger
Dear friends,
Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ! The majority of Egyptians have been holding their breath over the last few days. They were eagerly awaiting the announcement of the first president after the 25th of January Revolution. It was announced this afternoon, the 24th of June, that Mohammed Mursi won 51.7 percent of the votes, while his opponent Ahmed Shafiq won 48.3 percent.
By this close margin, Mursi became the first Islamist President in Egypt. Mursi, 60 years of age, was born in the Nile Delta. He is married and has five children and three grandchildren. He has a doctorate degree in space engineering from the University of Southern California. He has been an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood movement for many years. The Muslim Brotherhood is a political Islamic movement that started in Egypt in 1928, and is now an international network. Mursi became the President of the Muslim Brotherhood party, called the Freedom and Justice Party, which was established after the Revolution. He was arrested and imprisoned several times for short periods during Mubarak's time. The last time was on the 28th of January 2011, and he was released by unknown people who opened the prison two days later.
Mursi promised to be a president for all Egyptians, to appoint a prime minister who is not from the Muslim Brotherhood, and moreover he promised to appoint a Christian vice-president. He made these promises to calm the widespread anxiety of the moderate Muslims and the Christians, who were hoping for a secular government. It is worth mentioning that over the last eight months, the Muslim Brotherhood has lost a lot of support because when they became the biggest party in the Egyptian parliament, they tried to dominate the committee which was responsible for writing the constitution. In addition, the Muslim Brotherhood promised that they would not nominate a presidential candidate; however they changed their mind and nominated Mursi. They also did not give any attention over the last year to the hardships of the Christians in Egypt. All of these reasons were behind the narrow margin in today's election results.
The fear now is that Mursi will not fulfill his promises, and will try to control the government, the police and the upcoming parliamentary elections. If Egypt became an Islamic state, this will mean that Christians will be marginalized. It is true that today he withdrew from the Muslim Brotherhood Party; however he will continue to be influenced by their ideology. Some writers express their fears that if the Muslim Brotherhood gained control of Egypt, they will stay in power for more than 100 years. the rest


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Both as an attempt to keep fans happy as well as keeping her son's
music and spirit alive, Mary Guibert, the mother of the late Jeff Buckley, posted a letter on Buckley's web site stating a record containing his last recordings
will be released sometime in the near future. A few weeks ago,
JAMTV reported that Buckley's family and Columbia Records together
decided to put the project on hold until they felt they had taken
enough time to mourn properly.
In the letter at www.jeffbuckley.com, Guibert talks of how once she started listening to the tapes she realized there
was plenty of material to choose from for a posthumous record. She
said how excited the music makes her feel and that she will release
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Silda Wall Spitzer has a new job. She started last month at Metropolitan Capital Advisors, a Manhattan hedge fund run by CNBC Fast Money panelist Karen Finerman, whose husband, Lawrence Golub, is one of Eliot Spitzer's longtime friends and contributors. Wall Spitzer, 50, was a high-powered corporate attorney before her husband entered politics, in 1994. She'll be helping recruit new investors at Metropolitan. (And she'll remain involved with her charity, Children for Children.) Meanwhile, her husband, spared of federal charges, is thinking about writing a book. According to a source close to him, it would be an expansion of his recent Washington Post op-ed offering advice to Barack Obama's administration on tackling the root causes of the mistakes that have brought us to the economic precipice. Those hoping for a prostitute-centric tell-all are in for a disappointment, said the source, though the book would take a wistful look at his fourteen-month governorship and its unfulfilled goals.
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Carl Elefante, an American architect, deserves the credit for introducing the phrase "The Greenest Building is the One Already Built." He appears to have framed it in the context of the seminal paper by the Advisory Council On Historic Preservation Assessing the Energy Conservation Benefits of Historic Preservation: Methods and Examples dating from 1979, which succinctly stated:
"Preservation saves energy by taking advantage of the nonrecoverable energy embodied in an existing building and extending the use of it."
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That it is possible to do better, and what's more to do it within the architectural mainstream, was best illustrated for me some years ago when in the 2008 New South Wales State architecture awards here in Australia, of the 42 premiated projects fully a half were of adaptive reuse – and those adaptive reuse buildings comprehensively dominated the top prizes. The particular year, and the singular location in a far flung corner of the world is significant only in that at the time I happened to be preparing for a keynote address to the Architectural Institute of Korea, and that they had asked me to throw some light on the conspicuous success of Australian architects working internationally in the region. Part of my explanation was that Australian firms piched for work with stronger than usual sustainability credentials, and that those awards were the embodiment of the complex factors in Australian architectural education and practice from which such skill sets derived.
Which leaves the dangling question: why this bias for new build in the American conception of the best examples of current sustainability practice? I don't want to offend the conscientious architects and other consultants, who were either the authors of the chosen project, or the members of the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), who wrestled with the choices. They say that: "What stands out this year is that it wasn't just green building technology that put these buildings on the list, but the community impact of specific buildings......This year's winners displayed a holistic excellence that encompassed much more than just the technical aspects of green building."
- Read more: American Institute of Architects Announces the Greenest Buildings of 2013 | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
- Read more on Behance at http://www.behance.net/gallery/355-Eleventh-Street-The-MatarozziPelsinger-Building/7840517
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How to be happy about your money
How do we see money?
Most people think that the only way they can be wealthy is if they hit the lotto. It never occurs to them that almost anyone can be wealthy. Does that seem like a crazy thing to say? The truth is that wealth is not outside anyone's reach.
It may be particularly hard to imagine wealth when we are in the middle of a recession. After all, the country has seen the stock market drop precipitously and wipe twelve years of investment gains off the statements of most people's 401k or IRA's. But some people who understand investing are happy as can be right now. While many of us see misery, they see opportunity.
Most people who hire a financial adviser learn a few common principles that good advisers agree on. You have to put aside a portion of every paycheck for saving or investing. You cannot carry credit card balances from month to month and you need a diversified portfolio.
If you have never invested in securities like stocks or bonds or mutual funds, that last point may sound a bit foreign. That's okay, we will get into diversification a little later.
During this recent recession, a funny thing happened in America; people started saving more. Americans have a bad reputation for having one of the lowest savings rates in the industrialized world. Asian countries save a lot more than Americans.
The U.S. is a credit-based economy and culture. That fact has caused many of our current problems. In the fall of 2008, it became apparent that the credit markets in the U.S. were virtually frozen. When banks stopped lending, it caused enormous problems for individuals and business; both of whom depend on credit.
This was when the first government bailout occurred. The purpose was to inject money into the system to encourage banks to lend again and to restore confidence in the financial system. It worked to some extent, but the problems with the U.S. economy ran much deeper. There was the housing and mortgage crisis that precipitated all of this to begin with.
The simple fact that the credit market could cause so many problems says alot about American culture. We rely on cars loans, home loans, credit cards and student loans in the U.S., just for starters. We generally don't pay cash for many of the larger purchases we make.
This dependence on credit works okay for businesses, but it can put a drag on the financial success of an individual. Finance charges on credit cards are often high enough to create semi-permanent debt. If a credit card user pays the minimum payment each month, the balance can go on for years.
During that time, finance charges balloon the original purchase price. If you bought something on sale and then stretched the payments out over years, then you did not end up with a sale price. That twenty-dollar blouse or shirt could end up costing fifty-dollars or more. That original savings, in effect, disappeared.
Think of it this way; if you are earning two-percent on your savings and paying a twenty-one percent finance charge, what are you left with at the end of the year? If you came up with a negative number, you'd be right.
So lesson one, pay off any credit card balance you currently have. If the balance is a staggering amount, get professional help from a free credit counseling service. You have to pay off those balances before you can embark on your wealth accumulation journey.
Once the credit card balances are zero'd out, the trick is to resist the temptation to start accumulating debt again. One way to do this is to cut up all credit cards unti you are left with one universal card and one debit card. This means that those store credit cards have to go. You can have a pile of debt or a pile of money; its your choice.
A funny thing happened on the way to the bank
A funny thing did happen on the way to the bank; most people never made the trip in the first place. In addition to credit card debt, another obstacle to building wealth is not saving. Saving or investing is a habit. Most people have bad habits, but this is an incredibly good habit.
If you are in the habit of watching your favorite show every week or stopping by the coffee shop every day, then you know that you can establish a habit. With that in mind, you really need to develop one more habit. That habit is the positive routine of repetitive saving or investing.
For many people, saving or investing funds out of every paycheck is a far-fetched concept. That gallon of icecream or that latte or new flat-panel TV offers more excitement and anticipation. Saving money does not offer the same immediate thrill.
On the other hand, if you knew that you would be wealthy someday, you might accept the concept. Believe it and try to grasp the concept because it is tremendously important to what you are about to put into practice.
A penny saved is a penny earned; really
Some of the wealthiest individuals who ever lived spent most of their lives in the middle-class. They developed the habit of saving money and built up considerable wealth as a result. They were remarkably similar to everyone else with that one exception. They considered saving to be a priority and they developed a habit that helped them create a large nest egg.
As a general rule, these individuals did not carry credit card balances forward either. Many never owned a credit card. To build wealth, you have to understand that cash is king, both for savings and purchases.
To begin accumulating weatly, you have to decide what percentage of your earnings you are willing to save or invest every pay period. If you have access to a 401k plan or a 403b plan or a deferred compensation plan, then put as much into that plan as you can. These plans all offer the additional benefit of growing tax-deferred. The erosive effects of taxes will not hinder the growth of these accounts.
With many retirement plans, especially 401k plans, your employer may offer a match. If they do; take it. Free money does not come along every day. If you invest three percent in the plan and your employer invests three percent, you already have a one hundred percent return on your money.
If half the balance in your retirement plan was contributed by your employer at the beginning of the recession and you lost half your savings, then you still have the money you contributed.
Some tax-deferred retirement plans offer a Roth component that allows for savings with after-tax money. In the future, you may be able to withdraw that money tax-free.
Any retirement plan is better than no retirement plan for most people. It makes saving easy and provides the benefit of tax-deferral. You have a better chance of accumulating a fair sum of money if you maximize your retirement plan and leave it alone. Withdrawals and loans can only diminish the balance, so avoid raiding these funds if you can.
After you max out your retirement plan, saving money still remains your goal. If you don't already own a savings or investment account, now is the time to start. Many accounts with brokerage firms and banks can be opened online. As is the case with any determined goal-setting, the journey begins with the first step.
Please note: the author is not providing investment, legal or tax advice. Please meet with an attorney, tax accountant or financial professional for professional advice.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Mystery of Jane Ann DAWES (1805-1852?)
Previous information on Jane Ann's line can be found here.
Jane begins life in Hadlow, Kent where she is baptised on 14 November 1805 as the second child of Thomas DAWS and Elizabeth WHITEBREAD. I haven't found a record of her actual date of birth.
On 09 August 1809, a Poor Law Removal Order orders Jane Ann (6) along with her older brother William (5) and younger sister Susan (2) and parents Thomas & Elizabeth back to Uckfield, Sussex from Hadlow, Kent.
The Sussex Family History Group Marriage Index CD records the marriage of Jane Ann DAWS and Thomas CHALFIELD on 23 October 1825 at Holy Cross Church, Uckfield. Jane is shown as OTP (Of This Parish) and Thomas is listed as a bachelor from Maresfield. The name CHALFIELD is the first error which has thrown off my research. It should have been CHATFIELD.
There is no sign of Jane and Thomas in the 1841 census although two boys William CHATFIELD (13) and Henry CHATFIELD (11) whom I believe to be their sons turn up living with Johnathan and Naomi STEVENS in Fletching. Also living with this family are Hannah CHATFIELD (78), Mary DRAWBRIDGE (50), and Harriet HEMSLEY (22). Hannah CHATFIELD may be their grandmother.
Further proof of Willam and Henry as the sons of Thomas and Jane Ann is found in the Selected Sussex Baptisms from the Sussex Family History Group which lists William (baptised 26 August 1827), Henery (baptised 09 August 1829), and Alfred (baptised 17 April 1831) all sons born to Thomas and Jane Ann CHATFIELD and baptised in St. Bartholomew's, Maresfield. No record of Alfred can be found in the 1841 census or later censuses so he must have died before 1841.
Thomas senior must have died before 1837 when vital registration began as no death record can be found anywhere.
By the time of the 1851 census, Jane had re-married John BENNETT of Hellingly. She is listed as Jane A., age 45, and born in Hadlow, Kent. Further confirmation of her new identity is made by the additional people listed in their home on census night which was 30th March 1851. There is Henry CHATFIELD (21) born Maresfield, his wife Phillis (25) born Chiddingly and son James (1) born Uckfield. Also visiting were Jane COOK (17) born Maresfield, who is unmarried and shown as a daughter-in-law which was used interchangeably for step-children and Anne BENNETT (19) an unmarried niece born Chiddingly.
Henry and Phyllis' marriage is confirmed by the GRO marriage index which records it in the March Quarter of 1849 in the Lewes Registration District. After James, they went on to have eight more children. Henry's recorded birth location of Maresfield is consistent with his father's parish on Thomas and Jane's marrage record.
The wild card here is Jane Cook shown as a daughter-in-law. Since she is listed as unmarried she isn't likely the married daughter of John BENNETT making her his step-child and the daughter of Jane Ann. This means that Jane Ann must have married a COOK between Thomas CHATFIELD and John BENNETT. Young Jane's age of seventeen places her birth about 1834 and too early for civil registration records. Since there is no LDS batch number for Maresfield there are no IGI baptisms which can be used to find her. There is no record of a marriage between Jane Ann CHATFIELD and a COOK(E) on the Sussex FHG CD so either it happened outside of Sussex or it was missed.
Following Jane COOK(E) into 1861, she is found visiting Henry and Frances HEMSLEY in Uckfield. Also in the household is young James COOKE (6) born Hailsham who is a boarder. I suspect that James is Jane's illigetimate son and has been placed with the HEMSLEY's. Frances HEMSLEY nee DAWES is Jane's mother's younger sister linking the families again. Just to be clear here Jane Ann CHATFIELD/COOKE/BENNETT and Frances HEMSLEYare sisters.
The only Jane COOKE in 1841 of an age to be this Jane is found in Uckfield with the family of William COOKE (70). His wife's name is Jane COOKE (35) who could be Jane Ann, especially since she is shown as not born in Sussex. The children's ages are spread between 15 and 6 with George (15), Charles (11), Tilden (male 8), and Jane (6) all born Sussex. The oldest boys, George and Charles ages conflict with the births of William and Henry CHATFIELD so I don't believe that these are her children. Therefore, only Tilden and Jane are potentially hers although given the age difference of 35 years between Jane (Ann) and William I believe that he married her to provide a mother for his children from a previous marriage. Then again, William is pretty old to have children this young even from a previous marriage. If young Jane was really a step-daughter of Jane Ann then her status is supported as a "daughter-in-law" on the 1851 census. So she could be either the child of William COOKE and a previous wife or William and Jane (Ann).
The Selected Sussex Baptisms from the SFHG help to clear up this mystery. An illegitamate son is baptised at St. Bartholomew's, Maresfield on 14 Apr 1833 to William COOKE - Carpenter and Jane CHATFIELD. The given name is Fidler although I believe that the census entry of Tilden is more likely correct. The way Fidler is written certainly could be mis-transcribed as Fidler. Later in the same record, a legitimate birth is found for Jane Ann COOK who was baptised 01 February 1835 and again on 01 December 1835. This means that Jane Ann and William were married sometime between 1833 and 1835. There is a William COOKE listed as an inmate of the Uckfield Union Workhouse in the 1851 census which may explain why no marriage between Jane Ann and John BENNETT can be found. Although there are a number of William COOKE deaths in Sussex between 1841 and 1861, there is only one in Uckfield which is registered in the March Quarter of 1852. According to the 1851 census, William COOKE was born in Heathfield about 1767 which is consistent which his age of 70 in the 1841 census since the rounded down 70 represents any age between 74 and 70.
There is no record of Jane Ann after the 1851 census. The GRO death index has a Jane BENNETT listed as dying in the March Quarter of 1851 in Registration District Hailsham. I like to believe that Jane Ann was dying and that's why her family had gathered around her on census night in 1851.
The only marriage of a John BENNETT to a Jane COOK is found in the September Quarter of 1838 in West London. I don't believe that this is theirs.
Therefore, I believe that in 1825, in Uckfield, Jane Ann DAWS married Thomas CHATFIELD of Marefield. They had three children William (born 1827), Henry (born 1829) and Alfred (born 1831), all in Maresfield. Sometime after Alfred's birth in 1831, Thomas died and Jane Ann remarried William COOKE but not before she had baseborn Tilden in 1833. Then in 1835, Jane Ann COOKE was born in Maresfield. William COOKE was committed to the workhouse between 1841 and 1851 and Jane Ann went to live John BENNETT of Hellingly where she died and John disappears after 1851 although there are a couple of GRO deaths that could be him between 1851 and 1861.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Gladys Kathleen DAWES or HORWATH
I received the death certificate for Gladys Kathleen DAWES (1897-1979) and it opens up more questions than it answers. The earlier post on Gladys is available here.
It appears that Gladys died as the result of some sort or accident or unfortunate circumstance.
If I read it right, she died of an asthma attack brought on by an allergic reaction to an anesthetic which was administered at the Royal Sussex Hospital because Gladys had a fractured femur or broken hip. There was a coroner's inquest on 20th November 1979 and the last entry under the multiple causes of death is the word "misadventure." Was the misadventure the reason for the broken hip or the hospital's excuse for her accidental death?
Next we have her name which is shown as Gladys Kathleen HORWATH. Gladys never married and her death is indexed as DAWES but here her name is shown as HORWATH otherwise DAWES. I do know that she was a piano teacher and some kind of performer with a stage name of Kathleen YORK-PALMER. This is what Reg BARNES recounted about her in his memories.
Her parents, Ernest DAWES (1866-1948) and Mary Jane WRIGHT (1865-1941), were estranged at the time of their deaths but I don't believe that they ever got divorced. In Mary Jane's will, she expressed concern that Gladys wouldn't inherit her proper legacy from her father although Gladys was the only grandchild of "Thomas the Builder" to inherit one of his houses in 1925.
Was HORWATH another stage name? Would a 1979 coroner's inquest have been published in the papers? Where are inquest documents archived? Asthma and allergies certainly do follow the LANGRIDGE / DAWES family lines right down to my father's family and me.
Any assistance with this dilemma will be greatly appreciated.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
George DAWES Line - New Development
Therefore, there might be more children from this family that we don't know about. George had five with Esther and two more with his last wife, Sophia SANTER (1831-1914). See more about George's families in a previous post here.
Now, I thought that solving this would be easy. Look for marriages for George in Uckfield before 1849 when he married Esther. EUREKA there is one! BUT, the marriage registration page for
the December Quarter 1844 has four possible spouses.
There are three DAWES births in Uckfield between the marriage date of 1844 and Elizabeth's assumed death date of 1847 (2 in Mar. 1846 and 1 in Mar. 1847) that could be attributed to George and Elizabeth. Although, there are no children who are unaccounted for in 1851 unless they were living with extended family, maybe the HARVEY's.
Now, to try and find the HARVEY family in the census.
NEWS FLASH: I checked my research spreadsheet that I enter all my B,M,D notes into and found a marriage between George DAWES & Sarah PECKHAM registered in Holy Cross Church, Uckfield 01 Dec 1844. So Elizabeth was the wrong choice!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Research Progress or Lack Thereof...
This fan chart goes back 4 generations or to my 4th great grandparents. All fourteen of them except for Katherine JUPP's parents. A lot of dates are missing in the last band which is my next priority plus finding the parents of Katherine so I can complete the generation. As for my 5th great grandparents, I only have one couple, the parents of Sarah CROWHURST.
For those of my cousins, who are descended from the siblings of Tom, this chart also applies to you.


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