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Chris Elsberry: Wilson has the co-opt resources, just needs lacrosse players
BRIDGEPORT -- Right now, Donald Wilson is a coach without players.
In the fall and in the spring, there are enough to go around. Lacrosse is an exciting sport, but new in the eyes of many kids in the immediate area. Basketball is what they know. In some cases, it's all they know.
And right now, a lot of those kids are playing intramural basketball. From 75-plus kids in the fall and spring that are part of Wilson's lacrosse programs across the city, when winter (and basketball) come, those numbers drop. Drastically.
So, Wilson wants to change all that. Yes, basketball is cool, but lacrosse is just as cool, and equally as physical and intense.
For the past five years, Wilson has been running the Bridgeport Youth Lacrosse program. From humble beginnings on Saturday mornings at the Cardinal Shehan Center to now -- Wilson also has a program at the Hall Neighborhood House and at five middle schools, working with the Lighthouse Program -- he is looking to get the word out even more to make kids aware of the excitement of lacrosse.
"These kids are playing basketball seven days a week and I have to battle that," Wilson said. "I'm trying to expand the winter program and keep these kids involved in lacrosse, keep their sticks in their hands year-round.
"I'm looking to get more kids involved, especially at the 7-to-15 age level. We're teaching lacrosse to the kids with the Lighthouse Program at Blackham, Winthrop, Reed, Cross and Madison Schools, and I'm really trying to develop this as a feeder into the youth lacrosse program and continue it into the high schools."
Wilson estimates that he has between 15 to 20 kids at each of the five schools in the fourth- to eighth-grade range. But he wants more.
A lot more.
Because, you see, Wilson wants to create a co-op lacrosse team comprised of the four city high schools -- Central, Bullard-Havens, Harding and Bassick. The Hilltoppers were the only school that had a lacrosse program, which started in 2005-06. But in four seasons, Central went just 4-55 and dropped the program in 2011 to a junior varsity level.
And recently, coach Jim Padua stepped away from the lacrosse program, leaving the Hilltoppers looking for a new coach. Wilson is working on getting his Level 2 coaching registration so he can work as an assistant coach while a search for a new coach starts.
"We have all the equipment, we have all the resources, all we need are players," he said. "We need to get the word out that lacrosse is cool. We're working on getting a (co-op) charter ... but we have to wait for kids to actually sign up before we sign the charter, because you only have two years with the charter. With those 50 kids, we could have a freshman, JV and varsity team.
"I want to work with the AD (athletic directors) at Harding and Bassick (and Bullard-Havens) to start teams. It would give these kids another opportunity to get a scholarship and get to college, especially inner-city kids."
Wilson says that the Rusty Red Foundation and Maverick Lacrosse are providing all the funding and equipment needed to maintain the co-op program and the youth lacrosse clinics at the schools, but he needs kids to participate. Why they don't want to come out and play is mind-boggling, Wilson said.
"The kids we have try and spread the word but I think there's still that stigma ... some of the kids don't want to tell anyone that they're playing," Wilson said. "So some of them don't say that they're playing lacrosse. They feel embarrassed.
"I don't know how many (if any) have signed up from Harding or Bassick. I heard from a parent that there are at least five kids interested in playing from Bassick, but I don't know about Harding. All they have to do is come, we'll give them everything. The funding is there. They're just waiting on me to tell them how much I need for this co-op program."
The Shehan Center program runs Wednesday from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., and the Hall Neighborhood House program goes from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
"We've got everything," Wilson said. "We just need the kids."
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The bonfires of San Juan, the symbol of Alicante
The San Juan bonfires in Alicante. Photo courtesy of Alicante Town Council
The bonfires of San Juan, Alicante's most important festivity, are synonymous with fire, giant papier-mâché figures, music, parades and an irresistible atmosphere of fun and high spirits all rolled into one. This is the best possible way to celebrate the coming of summer. We invite you to discover this ocean of fireworks, lights and colour, and to experience all the exuberance that runs riot in this Mediterranean city.
The light, vitality and splendour that invade Alicante throughout the year can be experienced more intensely than ever during the bonfires of San Juan, a festivity that has been designated as being of International Tourist Interest. Over several days the city of Alicante is filled with large papier-mâché and wooden sculptures (known as ninots), firework castles, mascletàs (firework displays), music and giant bonfires. A huge popular celebration which reaches a spectacular peak on the night of 24 June with the cremà, when the purifying flames engulf hundreds of bonfires and tinge the sky with orange.
Throughout the year, locals carefully prepare the celebrations that completely transform the city's streets. The ninots, genuine satirical works of art, are placed at numerous sites all over the city. It is well worth taking a good look to appreciate these colourful and original structures, as on the night of San Juan, they will be burnt and destroyed forever in a magical ritual. Make sure you get up close to these colossal monuments wrapped in flames. This is the only way to experience the unique mystery and atmosphere emanating from the bonfires, which are the supreme symbol of the whole celebration.
This celebration is deeply-rooted in many other towns throughout the province of Alicante and is much more than just a display of fire and fireworks. These are days of conviviality and spectacle, and feature a multitude of events for young and old alike, including horse and carriage parades, street musicians and carnival performers, the sounds of traditional instruments such as the "dulzaina" (a type of oboe) and drums, lunches and dinners with friends around the booths, musical groups, and the floral offering to the Virgin of El Remedio.
Enjoy the coming of summer in the best possible way, by experiencing the unique spectacle of the bonfires of San Juan
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Dr. Christine E. Atkins earned a B.A. in English from Villanova University, an M.A. in English from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. from the University at Albany.
Dr. Atkins teaches Composition I and II, Modern Poetry, Creative Writing: Poetry, Major African-American Writers, The Short Story, and Special Topics Courses in Holocaust Literature, and Women's Literature. She is the chair of the Diversity Council, and helped to create CCC's Center for Diversity and Inclusion. She has published articles in peer-reviewed journals on the representation of sexual violence in the work of Flannery O'Connor, Joyce Carol Oates, and the playwright Joan Shenkar as well as book reviews in scholarly journals such as College Literature. She has presented on pedagogy and the teaching of diversity at numerous professional conferences including MLA, CCCC, and NEMLA.
On campus Dr. Atkins has worked closely as an advisor to multiple student groups including The Crier (Student Newspaper) and EQUAL (formerly the Gay Straight Alliance). She is also the co-organizer of the College Roundtables and founder of Lunch Poems. She received the President's Sustainability Incentive Grant to pilot a One Book, One College program during the 2013-2014 academic year using Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
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The rental bond is requested as financial protection should there be a breach in the Tenancy Agreement. Your rental bond will be lodged with the Rental Tenancy Authority. The bond is held as security against any property damage, undue wear and tear or in the event there is rent outstanding. In the event there is no damage to the property over and above 'normal wear and tear' expected during the term of your tenancy and rent is paid as appropriate, the bond amount will be refunded promptly by the Rental Tenancy Authority after you vacate. The amount of the bond is specified in the Tenancy Agreement document.
It is your legal responsibility to pay your rent to the Landlord in advance. Please ensure that your payments reach us on or before the due date. Rent must be paid by the method stated on your tenancy agreement.If you have any problems with your rent payments, please notify your Property Manager at the earliest possible time. If you fall into arrears, we will be obligated to follow the procedures outlined in the Residential Tenancies Act to collect the rent on behalf of the Landlord.
An entry condition report is used to determine the condition of the property upon your occupation and ensures that it is returned to us in the same condition. It also ensures that you are not held responsible for damage at the expiry of your tenancy which may have been there prior to your occupation.You have 7 days to make additional comments and notes, sign and return the document to our office. The document will be filed with your Tenancy Agreement and used as evidence of the property condition at the commencement of the tenancy compared to the condition upon vacating.
Your first routine inspection will be scheduled between the initial 6-8 weeks of your tenancy commencing and every 3 – 6 months after that. We are required under the guide lines of the Residential Tenancies Act to provide you with 7 days written notice of the upcoming inspection. This letter will specify the date and a 5 hour block period during which the inspection will be conducted. Unfortunately due to time constraints, it is not possible to alter the inspection time. You don't have to be present, but are most welcome to be there so we can discuss any problems.
Only the people (and the number of people) included on your tenancy agreement are permitted to reside at the property on a permanent basis. Should a Tenant wish to move out, please notify us in writing immediately.
It is a requirement of your tenancy for you to seek permission from us if you wish for another person to occupy the property.We require the person to submit an application for residential tenancy requesting permission to reside at the property under your current lease term. We then process their application and check their references to ensure they are a suitable occupant. The Landlord is then requested to grant permission for this occupant to occupy the property. If permission is granted, the Tenant is only permitted to reside at the property under your current lease agreement.As the primary Tenant of the property, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to ensure the rent is paid in full and on time and that the property sustains no damage. If damage does occur and rent is not paid, it will be YOUR bond which is claimed against.
Your tenancy agreement is a legally binding contract and as such, processes need to be followed to break any tenancy agreement. In the first instance, please contact your Property Manager to inform them of your intention. They will forward you 'An Agreement to Terminate a Fixed Term Tenancy' (break lease) and details of your obligations. In accordance with the relevant Residential Tenancies Act, you will be required to pay a break lease penalty which will be outlined in your Residential Lease Agreement.
At the end of the fixed term- If you want to end your tenancy when the fixed term period of the agreement is due to run out, you will need to give at least 14 days notice. This notice can be given up to and including the last day of the fixed term.After the fixed term- If you want to end your tenancy after the fixed term has ended (and you have not signed another lease), you will need to give at least 21 days notice. This notice can be given at any time and does not have to line up with the rent payment cycle. You must pay the rent up to and including the day your notice ends and you vacate.
Once the Property Manager has received/issued your 'Notice of Intention to Leave / Notice to Leave', they will contact you and advise requirements for handing over vacant possession. Once vacant possession is established (that is, all keys have been returned), a final inspection will be completed. Please note: a Property Manager cannot complete the final inspection until vacant possession has been established and rent will be charged until all keys are returned. The bond will only be returned once it has been established that all rent is paid as required, the property has been returned in its original condition as per the ingoing condition report(excluding fair wear and tear) and all applicable invoices have been paid.
Please ensure you notify us immediately of any change to your contact details including home, mobile and business phone numbers and email address. We may issue you with formal notices via email and therefore it's crucial you keep us updated should your details change.
The Landlord is responsible for insuring the property, however the Landlord is not responsible for any damage to any Tenants' possessions. Tenants should take out their own contents insurance for their possessions.
It is your responsibility unless advised otherwise to have the utilities (gas, electricity, telephone, pay TV, internet etc.) connected in your name upon entering the property and disconnected upon vacating. If in accordance with your Residential Tenancy Agreement you are responsible for water charges, you will be invoiced accordingly. You have 30 days to pay the invoice..
Should you wish to make any changes to the property, you must obtain written permission from the agent/Landlord before any work commences. If consent is given, costs, colours and products used will need to be agreed on.
If you are permitted under your agreement to keep a pet at the property, please ensure that you regularly collect and dispose any faeces. Any damage to the property caused by the pet must be rectified by the Tenant. At the end of the Residential Tenancy Agreement, you will be required to complete a pest control for fleas by a reputable Pest Control company and a receipt will be required.
Tenants are to park only in the designated areas. Please ensure cars are not parked on grass verges or lawns. Cars that are not registered or running are not to be parked on the premises. In the case of units or flats, the strata company or body corporate rules pertaining to vehicles as set for the complex must be adhered to.Oil stains: Drip trays are to be kept on the garage floor to protect it from oil stains. Should stain occur, the Tenant will promptly attend to degreasing or will be charged for de-greasing.
It is a requirement of your Tenancy Agreement that you as the Tenant are responsible for regular watering, weeding and mowing, unless otherwise provided for in the Tenancy Agreement.
It is important when you notice a maintenance issue, that you inform our office as soon as possible in writing. This can be done via email, fax or letter. Jobs requiring attention by tradespeople firstly require permission from the Landlord. Once the Landlord's approval has been obtained, a work order is forwarded directly to the specific tradesperson who will contact you to arrange a convenient time to address the approved maintenance. Please be aware that work carried out on the property by any person not approved under a work order from our office may result in your liability to pay the account. We endeavour to complete all routine maintenance within 7 days of receipt of the work order.
Listed within your Residential Tenancy Agreement, you will find details of approved contacts for emergency repairs. We ask that you always try to contact your Harcourt's Northern Suburbs Property Manager first, however if it is after hours and you cannot contact the Property Manager, you are permitted to contact the emergency contractors directly. The legislation is specific about what constitutes an emergency repair and it's important that you know that should the issue not be deemed an emergency, you will be responsible for the account.An emergency repair is something that is likely to cause injury, undue inconvenience, or which makes the property unsafe or insecure. Examples include: burst water service, broken toilet (where there is no other toilet), serious leak, and severe electrical fault.
The Tenant shall ensure that all care is taken to avoid damage to the premises by the Tenants themselves or their guests. You are required to give notice to the Landlord of any damage to the premises as soon as you become aware of it.
Once any outstanding issues have been addressed the bond refund form will need to be completed and signed by both parties. The document is forwarded to the Bond Authority requesting the release of all/part bond monies held against the tenancy.
Under the Residential Tenancies Act the Landlords are responsible for the installation of smoke alarms in rented premises. Landlords have the right of access to rented premises to fit or maintain smoke alarms after giving the Tenant at least 2 days notice.Neither the Landlord nor the Tenant is, except with reasonable excuse, permitted to remove or interfere with the operation of a smoke alarm fitted in the rented premises. Where a smoke alarm is of the type that has a replaceable battery, it is recommended that the Landlord put a new battery in at the commencement of a tenancy.After the tenancy begins, the Tenant is responsible for replacing the battery if needed. Fire and Rescue NSW can assist elderly Tenants or those physically unable to change a smoke detector battery.
Please not that you are not permitted to erect a pool or spa without permission from the owner and certain legal requirements are now in place. If there is a pool/spa at the property, you must not leave the fence ajar, nor store/leave objects around the pool/spa which could be climbed upon. For more information, please contact your Property Manager.
It is the Tenants responsibility to change all light globes throughout the tenancy if the lights were in working order at the commencement of the lease agreement.
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Nandini Pereira has always known that she wanted to be a lawyer or a journalist. She was born in Goa, India and moved to Perth, Australia with her family when she was five. She ultimately pursued a combined degree in Law and Arts at the University of Western Australia.
Her early career started in a Federal graduate programme in Canberra after which she took up a position as an associate with the Industrial Relations Commission where she did statutory reviews, court work and legal research. Nandini then moved into private practice, advising on corporate and commercial matters.
But her ambition was to do something greater, global and broader, so she joined Shell in July 2012 as Legal Counsel. "My role is so varied," she says. "I do everything from supporting HR and Exploration portfolios to employment law, industrial relations and ad hoc legal work."
However, Nandini's ambition is ever-growing and last year, her career development plans took her on an eight-month short-term international assignment (STIA) to Lagos, Nigeria.
"Legal offers STIAs in several locations and I jumped at the chance to experience different ways of working in a culturally diverse environment. As soon as I saw the STIA being advertised, I knew it would be an exciting development opportunity," Nandini says.
"I really wanted to get involved in asset work and large projects; oil and gas production and the political and governmental regulatory processes attached to those operations really intrigued me. I wanted something challenging that would help me grow in my legal experience and skills," she adds.
With the wealth of opportunity came a fair share of challenges, though. Not only did Nandini find the operating environment a lot more fast-paced and dynamic, but she also had to deal with challenging environmental and governmental regulations. However, she took it in her stride, viewing it as an opportunity to advance her skills.
"I had to advise on anti-bribery and corruption issues and deal with contractor challenges. Crude theft was almost a daily occurrence and government dealings were often prolonged. However, on the positive side, there is a tremendous focus on safety in the work culture. Given the size and scale of operations, when it comes to safety compliance performance, Nigeria is impressive," she says.
She enjoyed doing research in another jurisdiction and becoming familiar with Nigerian legislation. "Even though it sometimes felt like a sink-or-swim experience, I really enjoyed it. There was never a dull moment."
Besides the expected changes that come with a new role, Nandini also had to adapt to various other challenges. Upon arrival in Lagos, Ebola had just broken out in Nigeria, which spread a feeling of paranoia across the country and limited travel to other countries. "Every sneeze and cough was an issue at the time," Nandini says.
Add to that the closest presidential election in decades the week before she left, and it's obvious that her time there was filled with excitement. "During the election period there were rallies in the streets and security was even stricter in my hotel and on the compound, but I never feared for my life. I still find Nigeria to be a beautiful country filled with lively, loving people."
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So what is the best thing she has learnt? "The STIA exposed me to fantastic networking opportunities, as a lot of talented people and senior Shell staff are based in Nigeria. I am thankful that I had the opportunity to learn from them.
"I have also realised that you have to be open to letting anything happen. A country as culturally diverse as Nigeria teaches you to have patience and resilience. It is a robust environment and living in a hotel by myself for eight months while my husband was halfway across the world in Melbourne was hard, but I will forever count this experience as key to my career development.


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Jorge Santana conducts weekly Spanish worship services at the Holliday Unit and several other TDCJ units. The Holliday Unit is the first stop for many men sentenced to prison. Some of these men have never been to prison before and they are frightened. As many of these men do not speak or understand English. Jorge stepped in and began a very special ministry for Spanish speaking offenders. Jorge is always very willing to help in any way and his volunteer work is highly respected and appreciated by the offenders and the staff at the Holliday Unit. Because of his special ministry, Jorge Santana has been selected as a recipient of the TDCJ Religious Service Volunteer Award.


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Richard Harrington: Arctic Photographer
The Rooms Provincial Gallery, St. John's, NL • April-August 2011
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON • March 29-June 16, 2013
One of Canada's most respected photographer, Richard Harrington (1911–2005) immigrated to Canada from Germany in the mid-1920s. His career led him to travels in over 100 countries, and over 2400 of his photographic stories were published in numerous magazines and 24 books.In 1947, Harrington made a trip to Inukjuak in the eastern Arctic, and this stirred his desire to see more of the far north. Over the next decade, he made five additional trips to the north. Harrington's Arctic photographs now form an historical record of a vanishing way of life, as the Inuit people were soon to abandon their nomadic lifestyle to settle permanently into various camps.
A selection of photographs from Harrington's many trips to the far North are featured in this exhibition. Complementing these are a number of sculptures from the Winnipeg Art Gallery's impressive Inuit art collection that reference Harrington's last trip to the Canadian High Artic in 1959. At this time, he visited the Arctic Quebec settlement of Povungnituk (now Puvirnituq) to document the carving techniques of carvers, particularly that of Charlie Sivuarapik, whose work had become well-known in the late 1950s. Sivuarapik was the subject of a Beaver magazine article in 1956, and by 1959 his meticulously-detailed carvings had brought him the distinction of being elected to the Sculptors Society of Canada. Harrington's photographs of the carver were used in an article for Canadian Geographic Journal in 1960. The sculpture of an Inuit Hunter with Caribou and Dog shown in several of Harrington's photographs is now in the WAG Inuit collection and on display in this exhibition.
The positioning of contemporaneous photography by a non-Inuit artist and carvings by an Inuit artist provides an interesting context for visitors to view the works. The work of each artist is very strong, allowing for appreciation on purely aesthetic terms. However, when viewed together, they create a powerful dialogue about a time and place in the not too distant past which has profoundly changed in the last 50 years.
Media reviews
"In 1950, the caribou did not come to the N.W.T. Richard Harrington did. His photos of famine in the Arctic wrenched hearts then and do now, with a show in Winnipeg...[Harrington's] Arctic work was praised by no less a photographic luminary than Henri Cartier-Bresson."
- Bob Weber, The Canadian Press (Dec 5, 2009)
"This small, thoughtful show at the Winnipeg Art Gallery features the work of renowned Canadian photojournalist Richard Harrington. Highlighting the formal qualities of Harrington's meticulously composed black-and-white photographs, the exhibition also emphasizes his faithful documentation of the Inuit people's vanishing nomadic life in the 1950s.Darlene Coward Wight, the WAG's Inuit art curator, and Mary Reid, curator of contemporary art and photography, worked together on the show. The pairing is significant. Giving equal weight to the photographer and his subjects, the exhibition becomes a nuanced investigation of the ways photographs work: it's about what photos can tell us, and what they leave out."
- Alison Gilmour, Winnipeg Free Press (Dec 3, 2009)
"Canadian photographer Richard Harrington took epic journeys by dogsled between 1948 and 1953, bringing back images of the traditional Inuit way of life that astonished the world. Harrington captured life on the land in the final years before the Inuit were forever changed by contact with the South. "He was the window on this culture for so many people," says Winnipeg Art Gallery director Stephen Borys. "These (photographs) are historical documents, as well as amazing portraits."
- Alison Mayes, Winnipeg Free Press (Nov, 26, 2009)
Exhibition Details
Artists: Richard Harrington, Canadian, (1911- 2005); Charlie Sivuarapik, Canadian (Puvirnituq), (1911-1968)
Curators: Mary Reid, Curator, Contemporary Art & Photography; Darlene Coward Wight, Curator, Inuit Art
Exhibition Includes:
• 23 framed black and white photographs, c. 1949 - 1959 by Richard Harrington. All photographs are framed in dark grey brushed metal frames 36" x 36"
• 14 stone sculptures by Charlie Sivuarapik, c. 1954 -1968,
• supporting materials: Bilingual (English and French) introductory panel on Richard Harrington, 1 didactic panel on Charlie Sivuarapik, 37 labels with extended text for select works. All text provided by electronic files.
• packing and crating
Requirements of host institution:
• approximately 144 running feet, 1700 sq feet
• display material: 8 vitrines with security-locked plexiglass tops (*larger pedestals can be used)
- 2 – 38" x 18" x 20"
- 2 – 38" x 20" x 20"
- 3 – 38" x 20" x 24"
- 1 – 38" x 24" x 24"
Environment and security requirements:
• relative humidity: 40% fluctuations less than + - 2% RH in 24 hours
• temperature: 20°C with fluctuations not to exceed 1°C in 24 hours
• light levels 50 lux for photographs; 150 lux for sculptures
• security: Constant surveillance when open to the public; security alarm system in use when closed to the public
click here for illustrated list of works
Host venue length: 12 weeks
Tour Schedule: Fall 2010 to Winter2013
For more information contact:
Helen Delacrataz, Chief Curator
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Gallery Hours
- Tuesday 11am-5pm
- Wednesday 11am-5pm
- Thursday 11am-5pm
- Friday 11am-9pm
- Saturday 11am-5pm
- Sunday 11am-5pm
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Dandavat Pranams, Jai Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!
Iâm in a midst of writing a book of my experiences with Srila Prabhupada. It will take some time for the actual book to be published. Some editing, proof reading and other work is still required. In the meantime, I am respectfully submitting to you the almost final version. It has all the information the final book will have, but it has some typos here and there. Please excuse me for whatever mistakes are there. In this way you can start reading it now if you like.
My so many thanks to the devotees who have helped ready this publication, especially to Madhurika devi dasi, Srimati Premavati devi dasi, Srimati Radha-Kanta devi dasi and her husband Sriman Mayapur das adhikari and Sriman Satyaraja das adhikari.
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Does The Boeing Company's Machinists' Union Vote Leave Future Production up in the Air?
The BoeingCompany workers represented by the International Association of Machinists in Washington State have overwhelmingly voted to reject a contract that Boeing representatives called essential in keeping production of the company's largest passenger jet in the Puget Sound. The proposal was for a contract covering 2016-2024, and would have seen Boeing commit to keeping 777 production and manufacturing jobs local in exchange for employees giving up guaranteed pensions. The machinists' union, which went on strike in 2008, rejected the deal by 67%, leaving the future of 777 production, and Boeing's presence in Washington, in doubt.
The 777 has been built in Everett, Wash., since the planes' creation, but Boeing has been shopping locations to produce the newest redesign, the 777X. The company has suggested Texas, California, and South Carolina, where Boeing already has a 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Charleston, as possible alternatives to Washington. The wings, which along with the engines are the most important part of the redesign, could be constructed in Japan, where carbon composite wings for the 787 were assembled. Building the 777X, or even a major part of it, would mean tens of thousands of jobs for the region that wins production of the plane.
Boeing claimed that keeping production in the Puget Sound area would require a generous tax package from the state, which it received, and swift passage of a contract with the union. Boeing used a carrot and stick approach to get the union to sign on, with the carrot being a $10,000 signing bonus for each employee and the stick being the implicit threat that it would begin moving jobs out of state if the union didn't vote on and approve the contract right away. Part of Boeing's interest in pushing the issue now may be that the machinists are still under an existing contract, meaning they cannot legally go on strike until 2016. That weakens the unions' hand at the negotiating table, yet the union is clearly willing to call Boeing's bluff.
To be sure, Washington is not out of consideration for the 777X, and there's a lot recommending the region. Not only has the state government passed nearly $9 billion in tax breaks for Boeing, the largest state-level subsidy in history, but the company's recent experience with outsourcing production has been rocky. The 787 Dreamliner was over three years late for a variety of reasons, but a major one was the difficulty Boeing had in integrating subassemblies built all over the world, from Italy to Japan. And Boeing's 787 manufacturing facility in South Carolina, the company's only major assembly site outside of Washington, has failed to meet projected production rates for the Dreamliner, requiring the Washington production lines to pick up the slack.
All this means that while the machinists' union vote means that building the 777X in Washington is no longer a sure thing, the workers might just have been right to hold out for a better deal. It may well be cheaper for Boeing to offer a sweeter contract to its Washington employees than to risk production delays by outsourcing the 777X to less experienced facilities. It is important for Boeing to get away from the antiquated defined benefit pension program and shift employees onto defined contribution programs like 401(k)s, but Boeing needs to get its most qualified and veteran workforce on board with this change. The 777X may be the company's best-selling jet ever, with its initial launch already expected to be worth nearly $90 billion. The two sides still have a couple years to come to an agreement, and with the incredible market opportunity ahead for the 777X, there should be plenty of room for Boeing's management and employees to come to an equitable arrangement.
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Mayor says he didn't know there were strings attached
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has returned $100,000 given to his office by a developer seeking approval for project revisions, he said Friday.
The mayor said he was unaware that a top-level administrator in his office had accepted the contribution as a consideration for the mayor's support of the project changes. Filner said he thought it was just a good-faith gesture for two of his pet city causes -- a veterans memorial and a bike promotion.
"I thought they were offering a voluntary donation," Filner said of the $100,000 Sunroad Centrum Partners provided the city.
The official, deputy chief of staff Allen Jones, is no longer with the city, leaving last week, Filner said, over unrelated disagreements over Filner's policies and management style. Jones has declined to comment.
U-T Watchdog reported Friday morning on a voicemail left at a councilman's office making a direct link between the contribution and the mayor's support of the Kearny Mesa development project modifications.
Filner said he only found out Thursday about the connection between the donation and the project changes, after seeing a memo signed by Jones establishing the trade-off.
Filner made public the memo, dated May 23, in which Jones and Tom Story of Sunroad sign off on an agreement over the money.
"Attached please find two checks totaling $100,000, payable to the City of San Diego in consideration for the City's recordation of... easements on the north and south portions of the subject park site..." the memo reads in part.
U-T Watchdog had sought the memo under the
Controversy has surrounded the six-figure payment for weeks.
Earlier this month, Filner told reporters that he asked Sunroad to donate the money and the company contributed to the veterans plaza renovation in Ocean Beach and CicloSDia, a daylong event to promote bicycling.
"They made some donations to, a couple checks actually, to some important initiatives that are going on," Filner said. "... So they were donations."
Filner apologized to the media and public for calling the money a donation, since he was unaware of the document. The mayor's apology and returning of the money did not satisfy everyone.
"We are asking questions and we are investigating," City Attorney Jan Goldsmith told U-T Watchdog. "There needs to be a full explanation."
Goldsmith had issued a June 10 memo questioning the $100,000 payment. He said if the money is a donation it should be deposited in the city's operating budget rather than given to the Mayor's Office.
At a recent council meeting, City Councilman Scott Sherman said the donation "didn't pass the smell test."
The project in question is a mixed-use complex that was first approved by the council in 1997 at a former General Dynamics industrial site in Kearny Mesa. The first phase completed last year included a 379-unit apartment complex and a two-acre Centrum Park.
Sunroad is now constructing residential units for the project's second and third phases to the immediate north and south of the park. The plans called for the buildings to be six feet from the park's property line when the state building code requires 15 feet.
To fix that discrepancy, the developer asked the city for an easement — to designate nine feet of the park as a shared public right of way — to allow the project to proceed as planned. That's the easement originally approved by the council and vetoed by Filner.
Filner withdrew his objection after the $100,000 payment. His chief of staff, Vince Hall, told the council Filner changed his mind due to legal complications involving the easement. When Sherman asked Hall on June 11 whether the city received any compensation for the change of heart, Hall said no.
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BOSTON – Former Bristol Probate and Family Court First Justice Elizabeth LaStaiti said Thursday she learned that a prospective probation officer in her court was the girlfriend of state Sen. Mark Montigny on the day of job interviews.
She also said that she believed that was the woman's "only qualification for the job."
On Thursday, the focus of the ongoing trial of three former probation department officials turned to the hiring of Kelly Manchester at the New Bedford court.
LaStaiti, called as a prosecution witness, said she recalled Manchester had a clerical job at the Office of Community Corrections and had worked for Dartmouth, operating a bridge that opens and closes to let sailboats through.
"She had no experience that was related to the work we did," LaStaiti said on the stand at the Moakley federal courthouse.
Though LaStaiti said she was concerned after Manchester was hired, Manchester worked out "beautifully" and "was an excellent probation officer," LaStaiti said.
Former Probation Commissioner John O'Brien of Quincy and two former deputies, Elizabeth Tavares and William Burke III, are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly operating a patronage system disguised by merit-based personnel policies.
Prosecutors contend that O'Brien and others in the department installed people with political connections, but not necessarily the best qualifications, at courthouses around the state to gain "political currency."
Also Thursday, former state Sen. Jack Hart, a South Boston Democrat, finished testifying.
In December 2007, Hart wrote to Margaret Marshall, who was chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, about a candidate for a probation job, and she replied that she would forward the recommendation to O'Brien.
Hart insisted that all he wanted was "consideration" of candidates that he supported.
"Consideration" was a term used within the probation department's hiring practices, according to James Casey, who was the chief probation officer at the Bristol Probate and Family Court from 1976 until his 2009 retirement.
Recalling a conversation about Manchester with then-probation official Frank Campbell, Casey said, "He said that there was an interest in this person from the office of commissioner and was to be given some consideration." Casey said he understood that to mean the candidate should be given "a little extra consideration."
O'Brien's defense attorney, Stellio Sinnis, drew out contrasts between the testimony of LaStaiti and earlier testimony by Plymouth County Probate and Family Court Judge Catherine Sabaitis, who viewed dimly the qualifications of Patrick Lawton, a former summertime Martha's Vineyard police officer who had a law degree when he applied to work at the Brockton family court.
LaStaiti said that a law degree and experience as a police officer were both relevant to the work of a family court probation officer, whose duties include dispute resolution and dealing with families going through divorce and other distress.
After he was hired in 2008, Lawton previously testified that he began using heroin and was fired after a drug arrest.
Retired judge says probation hire had 'no experience'
BOSTON – Former Bristol Probate and Family Court First Justice Elizabeth LaStaiti said Thursday she learned that a prospective probation officer in her court was the girlfriend of state Sen. Mark Montigny on the day of job interviews.


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Two weeks ago, my mother delivered five plastic tubs containing items from my childhood that she had been holding onto for one reason or another. As she explained, the remodeling of her basement had inspired her to get rid of a lot of the things in storage. I could do with the items as I pleased, she told me.
I spent half a day going through those tubs, discovering things I literally had not seen in twenty years. There were school projects, books that I never read, and clothes galore that maybe my future little Greenfield would enjoy wearing if only for the photo opportunity before I donated the item.
The fifth and final tub I opened was filled with sports equipment, including my triple-threat cleats (I used them for soccer, baseball and football), two original Laser Tag guns and sensors in very good condition, some uniforms and these vintage children's Chicago Bears slippers.
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I took them out and held them in my hands. Were these really mine? I've been a Packer fan my whole life, or at least as far back as I remember. And now, I'm a Packer Ranter for crying out loud. Needless to say, I was highly confused and slightly agitated. This couldn't be! It was then I became disoriented and passed out.
When I awoke, I felt the wetness. That's because before my spell I had poured a pint of Guinness, set it next to me and subsequently knocked it over. While I was cleaning the carpet, it all came back to me. Yes, these were my slippers at one point. I can't remember where I had gotten them, but I do know that I enjoyed wearing them. In fact, they were my favorite slippers for at least one winter of my youth.
It made sense, at least practically speaking. With plastic bottoms, they were durable enough to be worn outside, and stitched with warm, blue yarn, they were comfortable enough to be worn to bed. It didn't have anything to do with the team, I told myself. Sure, Walter Payton was great and all, but it was still the archrival team's logo sewn on there. Maybe I didn't know about the rivalry?
In the end, I think I deserve a lot of credit. Why? Well, these Bears slippers indicated that I was presented with CHOICES as a child. And in the end, I chose the Packers, and that has made all the difference.


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SFIFF56 In-Depth: Live & Onstage/
We just announced that Steven Soderbergh, one of the world's most celebrated figures in contemporary filmmaking, will deliver the tenth annual State of Cinema Address at the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival. The State of Cinema will headline the Festival's Live & Onstage program of unique one-time-only events featuring elements of live music, multimedia presentations and audience participation - read what we have lined up below:
State of Cinema Address by Steven Soderbergh
Saturday April 27, 1:00 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
On the 10th anniversary of SFIFF's annual State of Cinema Address, we are excited to present iconoclast and (currently designated) filmmaker Steven Soderbergh as he discusses the intersecting worlds of contemporary cinema, culture and society. Always riveting and defying expectation, Soderbergh doubtlessly will clarify and challenge one's current views on where cinema is going and what it should be.
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Show or Tell
Friday April 26, 9:15 pm
New People Cinema
Bay Area artists and visiting filmmakers of SFIFF present their passions, experiences, relationships and obsessions with the moving image. This will be a true variety show with music, an illustrated lecture, surprises and a behind-the-scenes story or two. The show will include musician/cinephile Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), writer/editor/designer Eli Horowitz (former McSweeney's managing editor), artist/filmmaker Lucy Raven (RP31, China Town) and musician/activist Boots Riley (The Coup) and others to be announced. (Photo by Tommy Lau.)
Inside the Drunken Mind of Derek Waters
Saturday April 27, 9:15 pm
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
Friend of the Festival, writer-producer-actor-comedian, hyphenate Derek Waters (A Drunken Evening with Derek Waters SFIFF 2010, Only the Young SFIFF 2012) will be on stage presenting a program whose origins are best described as welling from deep inside Waters' mind. Waters will share his personal discoveries of media from around the world, plus we get a peek at his new Drunk History television show for Comedy Central.
No More Road Trips?
Sunday May 5, 4:30 pm
Castro Theatre
Founder of the Prelinger Archives, Rick Prelinger brings us No More Road Trips?, a dream ride through 20th-century America made entirely from home movies that asks whether we've reached the end of the open road. The soundtrack for this fully participatory film is created by audiences at each screening.
Waxworks with Mike Patton, Scott Amendola, Matthias Bossi and William Winant
Tuesday May 7, 8:30 pm
Castro Theatre
As has become a tradition at SFIFF, we again unite vital contemporary musicians with classic silent film. Mike Patton and three percussionists—Scott Amendola, Matthias Bossi and William Winant—team to create an original score for the classic German expressionist film Waxworks (1924) that they will present in a live world premiere.


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2012 Finished the year having competed in three meets for the Beacons, second most on the team … Recorded a season-best time of 23:26.51 on October 27 at the Little East Conference/New England Alliance Championship meet … Ended the NEICAAA Championship meet with a time of 24:11.38 on October 7 … Started the year off with a time of 24:44.00 on September 23 at the Greater Boston Invitational
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Super Rugby round 11
Super Rugby round 11 team of the week
ESPN Staff
April 29, 2013
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15. Israel Folau (Waratahs)
The Waratahs fullback produced yet another dynamic attacking performance, and is now showing the rugby league offloads that made him such a damaging threat in the NRL. Now seems certain to be involved against the British & Irish Lions, subject to full fitness.
14. Gio Aplon (Stormers)
The diminutive winger looked dangerous every time he got involved against the Hurricanes, with his try the icing on a performance that featured linebreaks as well as sound defence.
13. Rene Ranger (Blues)
Made five linebreaks and dished off three offloads as he provided much of the thrust in the Blues' attack in Brisbane, and he's surely a front-runner for selection in the All Blacks' team against France.
12. Christian Lealiifano (Brumbies)
Excelled outside Matt Toomua, directing much of the brilliant Brumbies attacks against Western Force, and he may yet play for Australia against the British & Irish Lions if Robbie Deans wants a second five-eighth rather than a crash-ball runner at inside centre.
11. Bryan Habana (Stormers)
He was generally disappointing on his return to the team, making an unfeasible five individual mistakes, but you can't look past his game-deciding effort to charge down a conversion on the stroke of half-time. As a trivia question, when was the last time you saw a conversion charged down? It's the one-percenters that count, in AFL parlance.
10. James O'Connor (Rebels)
His missed kicks ultimately cost the Rebels in Christchurch, but he was monumentally good on attack - making a number of searing linebreaks, sparking a previously moribund backline and showing great footwork and strength in his try-scoring move. Chris Noakes then Matt Toomua previously looked to have a lock on selection this week, but James O'Connor was brilliant in a losing cause.
9. TJ Perenara (Hurricanes)
Showed why he is regarded so highly in New Zealand, and his break in the first half was one of the individual highlights of the weekend.
8. Lubabalo Mtembu (Sharks)
"Tera" Mtembu is not a name widely recognised in Australiasia, but he announced himself in some style with his try-scoring performance against the Chiefs. Strong in the loose and in defence, he did just enough to gain our selection instead of Scott Higginbotham.
7. Daniel Braid (Blues)
Dominated the breakdown as the Blues did everything but win in Brisbane, and provided key link play between the forwards and backs.
6. Jarrod Saffy (Rebels)
Absent from the Rebels team for much of this season, he produced a monumental performance alongside Scott Higginbotham as the visitors threatened the shock of he round. Much like the Rebels, he now has to back up his efforts in the coming weeks. He was just one of a number of blindsides who could have been selected this week, not least Brad Shields, Derick Minnie and Steven Luatua.
5. Brodie Retallick (Chiefs)
Quite probably was the best player on the pitch in Hamilton as the Chiefs regained winning ways; doubtful they would have done so without him.
4. Flip van der Merwe (Bulls)
The Waratahs were perhaps unfortunate to lose in Pretoria; that they did was down in part to the efforts of this man in the lineout and in the trenches.
3. Frans Malherbe (Stormers)
Played only 20 minutes off the bench, but he was a beast while on the field and the Stormers monstered the Hurricanes in the set pieces while he was playing.
2. Deon Fourie (Stormers)
Produced a tremendous effort, putting behind him previous horror shows at the lineout and playing much like a fetcher at the breakdown.
1. Wyatt Crockett (Crusaders)
He played only 17 minutes off the bench, but the Crusaders scrum became a dominant weapon with him in the front row; that set-piece was vital as the hosts somehow got over the top of the Rebels.
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Court-appointed visitation supervisor charged in parental abduction case
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � A Maine woman appointed by a court to supervise a visit between a mother and children has been charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child after the mother and kids fled the state.
Jennifer Dore of Benton was the court-appointed visitation supervisor for Bethmarie Retamozzo. Authorities say she allowed Retamozzo to drive away with her children on Aug. 15 from Waterville.
Police say the 37-year-old Dore didn't disclose the information to police until over five hours after Retamozzo left. Police said she placed the children at risk.
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"Elegant writing that captures the minor revelations of everyday experiences."– Kirkus Reviews
In this debut coming-of-age novel, a college senior gets on a plane to visit his best friend from boarding school, reminiscing along the way about their time as roommates.
Twenty-one-year-old history major Matt Derby, and firefighter Trey Daniels, 22, aren't very compelling characters, but this novel, told in flashback, is mostly about their interesting teenage selves—specifically during their sophomore year at the not-quite-top-tier Ashford River School. Narrator Matt, a scholarship student, is a well-grounded if unsophisticated middle-class kid from Buffalo, N.Y. Trey is more knowing, attending his third prep school and hailing from a dysfunctional family with residences in Manhattan; Georgetown; Lake Placid, N.Y.; and the Bahamas. Unlike the other students, Trey doesn't care about grades, making it to the Ivy League or even his image, which earns him Matt's admiration. As the plot unfolds, the reader is treated to the usual endearing hijinks: the boys cheat on exams, sneak out to a "mixer" at a nearby girls' school and carry on a steady trade in cigarettes and porn. It's all pheromones, sweat and dirty T-shirts at Ashford, and readers may find it vaguely reminiscent of Dead Poets Society, minus the angst. There's even a tough but kindly rowing coach; Matt and Trey are members of his crew training to compete in a regional race. First-time author Cumbo, a teacher and coach at a residential boys' high school, knows this subject matter, and when he sticks to it, the dialogue is authentic, the pace fairly brisk and the characters sufficiently developed. When the book strays from school grounds, however, it sometimes loses its footing; the denouement, such as it is, feels pat, and the descriptions can become mired in minutiae, such as a 17-title list of the magazines on sale at an airport stand. However, most of the action recreates the intricate, intense boyhood bonds that will likely engage readers.
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Bombs in Israel
Violence hits very close to home for our guest blogger in Israel.
Guest blog post by Cathleen Chopra-McGowan
"1-0-0. Come in, 1-0-0. 1-0-0, do you read me? Please, can you hear me?" The voice, speaking in Hebrew, became increasingly urgent. A jumble of shouting voices permeated my sleep. I thought it was a continuation of the Purim celebrations from the weekend—a major holiday in Israel and turned over in my sleep, peeved that people were celebrating so late into the night. But then I smelled smoke. I sat bolt upright, and looked around. "1-0-0, DO YOU HEAR ME?"
Wide-awake now, fear gripped me. 100 is the emergency police number in Israel. I looked out the window, and saw a police jeep, flames already licking their way around the vehicle, smoke rising up quickly. I couldn't tell where the person who was calling into his radio was standing. Was he stuck in the jeep? Did he get out? I grabbed my phone and called 100, 101, 102—fire and ambulance services. As I listened to the ringing at the other end, the jeep suddenly exploded.
And the ringing at the other end of the phone line continued. Shards of glass shattered on the street that divided upper Abu Tor, a posh neighborhood of diplomats, embassy officials, and prominent members of the local community, and the Silwan valley, one of the poorest Palestinian villages in Jerusalem.
The emergency numbers never responded. I didn't try them many more times. I called my friends Brian and Amy. Brian is a former U.S. Foreign Service officer, and served twice in Iraq, as well as in numerous other crisis-ridden countries. He had seen car bombings, rockets, and gunfire. He and his wife, Amy, now live in Israel, where Brian is pursuing a degree in biblical studies. They have five wonderful children, and every weekend, Brian and I study Akkadian together, and Amy and I cook Indian food.
Amy answered her phone first. The smoke was now billowing through my neighbor's vines, and the flames on the jeep were leaping higher and higher. I quickly described the scene outside my window. "Brian will come get you," she said.
As I waited anxiously for Brian's arrival, smoke continued to fill my apartment and a few ping! sounds on my windows made me think perhaps there was shooting on the street below. Brian's stories of Iraq began playing in my head. "Take cover, take cover, take cover," ran the refrain. I lay on the floor, partly because of the smoke, and partly because I didn't know if there were bullets outside. Then the sirens began wailing, and I could hear lots of men shouting orders to one another. Brian called me a few minutes later to say that he was waiting for me at the corner of my street. The police had finally arrived and the street was shut down, so he couldn't drive right up to my house.
Shaking, I walked out of my apartment (with my "emergency" tote containing a sweater, water, passport, wallet, and computer) to find the exit blocked by two border control police, each wielding a machine gun. A little surprised to see a young, slightly sleepy woman, they gently asked why I was leaving; the street was not safe. Now sobbing, I showed them my passport and told them I just wanted to leave, my apartment was smoky and I was afraid of being in there. I told them that Brian was waiting for me at the end of the block. One of the men called to his supervisor, to ask if I could be escorted out. There must have been at least a dozen police right around my house. Two supervisors came over, and kindly led me to Brian's car, right past the still-smoking shell of the jeep.
Amy was waiting up for us when we returned. The three of us sat and talked for a little while, but we were all exhausted. Brian suggested that we say a prayer together, and then try to get some sleep. But I couldn't sleep. If I closed my eyes, I saw the jeep burning and exploding.
I emailed my good friend Eric, and he called me immediately. I told him what happened, the words tumbling out in between sobs. I still didn't know what happened to the man who called for help. I was petrified that he had died. I had asked the police outside my house but they didn't answer me. When I hung up the call, I said my prayers over and over again, and sleep eventually came. But I woke up only a few hours later, unable to sleep any longer. The acrid smell of the smoke on my clothes was a haunting reminder of the events of the night before.
In the morning, at Brian's suggestion, I called the U.S. Embassy's Regional Security Officer to notify him of the incident. He asked if I could vacate my apartment, immediately if possible. The area had grown increasingly volatile, and they were concerned about the security of that part of the neighborhood. Brian and Amy graciously offered to let me stay with them until I figured out where to go. So I returned to the apartment, packed a small suitcase and moved into Brian and Amy's house.
A day later, I decided to go to the Central Bus Station to pick up my monthly pass. I called Amy to ask her what her plan for the afternoon was, and she said she needed to run an errand. Would I mind watching the kids for a little while? I didn't mind at all and decided I could go to the bus station later. Not five minutes after Amy headed out, my friend Daphna called.
"Where are you?" she asked urgently, "You aren't at the bus station, are you? There's been a bomb blast." A sickening feeling gripped my stomach. Both Brian and Amy were out of the house, and I was home alone with their five children. I tried calling them, but the networks were jammed. Eventually I got through to Amy, and texted Brian. Both were fine and would be home soon.
The enormity of the week's events settled in slowly. When I arrived in Israel in October, I reassured friends and family that this area was safe and calm. Nothing seemed further from the truth this week. Police are everywhere, and security is tighter than ever. My parents and other family members encouraged me to come home early.
The entire Middle East has been in more turmoil in the last few months than in the last many years. Revolutions are spreading from country to country like wildfire. And yet, amidst all this upheaval, Israel remained a little oasis of relative calm. My friends and I had wondered when this might end: How long could Israel remain untouched by the storm around it? How long will it be before the revolutions that are sweeping across the region reach Israel?
For people who lived in Israel for the last few decades, the bomb at the bus station brought back memories of the intifadas, where buses, popular shops, and restaurants were frequently targeted. We're praying that this is not the start of another intifada, that perhaps the events of the last week were isolated incidents of violence but the fear of a greater problem is not far from most people's minds.
In the meantime, I am avoiding buses and crowded places, and taking every precaution I can. My guardian angels have been working overtime these last two weeks, and I'm doing my best to give them a little rest.
Guest Blogger Cathleen Chopra-McGowan is a Fulbright fellow in biblical studies and a recent graduate of Boston College. She will be blogging about her experience as a young adult Catholic studying in Israel for the My Generation blog. Her posts can be found at "A year in Israel."
Guest blog posts express the views of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of U.S. Catholic, its editors, or the Claretians.


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March saw the spinoff of Disney Junior from a block on the Disney Channel to its own 24/7 network, quickly scoring No. 1 and 2 slots among kids ages 2-5 with original programming "Doc McStuffins" and "Jake and the Never Land Pirates." Kanter plans to develop a multi-platform experience for even the youngest TV watchers, who don't feel tied to timeslots and want immersion in their favorite programs on their schedule.
Twitter: @njkanter
What we should know: "Most people outside the industry assume that making kids TV for a preschool audience is fast and easy, but it's anything but. We know how impressionable they are, and for kids that age the distinction between real life and TV can be blurry. We take that seriously. We want to be entertaining, while still giving out good messages."
Words of wisdom: "If you are true to who you are and recognize you're in an industry that has a lot of expectations, you need to be able to work with all sorts of different people. But trying to morph yourself into someone who is not organically who you are will probably not make you successful."
Smartphone habits: "I take my phone on vacation and I tell my family I'll check it once a day, which I do — and then I also do whenever my husband is in the bathroom."
Life-work balance: "I love the work I do, and I think it's incredibly important, but it is television. It's not finding world peace or curing hunger. I try to keep that in mind when I have to choose something at work and something in my family. My family takes priority. My kids are older now, but you're still needed as a mom."
Charitable passion: "I'm a longtime supporter of Reading Is Fundamental, going back to when I was in college and volunteered to read to kids."


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SHU women ousted by Georgia Tech
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Sacred Heart executed most of its defensive game plan to perfection.
The Pioneers held Georgia Tech's leading scorer, sophomore guard Tyaunna Marshall, to two points on 1-of-7 shooting. They contested the Yellow Jackets' 6-foot-5 center Sasha Goodlett enough that she got only eight shots, finishing with 12 points.
What Sacred Heart coach Ed Swanson couldn't have anticipated was the shooting day that Georgia Tech freshman wing Sydney Wallace would have. Wallace came off the bench to score a season-high 28 points on lights-out shooting -- 11 of 13 from the field and 6 of 8 on 3-pointers -- to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 76-50 victory over the Pioneers in the first round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament.
Wallace's effort at Carmichael Arena handed the Pioneers their third loss in as many NCAA appearances.
"That is a danger -- you have to give something up when you're playing a Georgia Tech team that lost in the ACC championship, and we wanted to give up the perimeter shot," Swanson said. "We wanted to dig in on Goodlett. But we didn't think Wallace would come in and shoot 6 of 8 on 3s.
"You have to pick your poison, and we picked to get beat from the outside."
The Northeast Conference champion Pioneers (25-8) held their own early. When senior forward Callan Taylor scored inside at the 14:26 mark, Sacred Heart held a 9-7 lead, and Georgia Tech looked out of sync. But Taylor picked up her second foul at 13:09 and went to the bench, and before she returned two minutes later the Yellow Jackets (25-8) had reeled off a 13-1 run.
"She's only the second player I think in my history I don't sub for," Swanson said of Taylor. "She plays 40 minutes of basketball. Once she's out of the game we lose that scoring threat, but most important we lose our best defensive rebounder. That's huge for us. It definitely took us out of our rhythm."
Freshman Gabrielle Washington led Sacred Heart with 13 points, and Taylor finished with 10. But the Pioneers committed 20 turnovers, which led to 31 points for the Yellow Jackets, and never recovered after trailing 36-21 at halftime.
"We let them dictate how we took care of the ball, and we had too many turnovers and dug ourselves into a hole," Taylor said. "Against a talented team like this, it's even more difficult to dig your way out."
"It took us a while to get our feet under us," Georgia Tech coach MaChelle Joseph said. "We've been off for two weeks. Once we got our defense going, we were able to convert some easy baskets on the offensive end."
Wallace had 13 points by halftime and hadn't missed a shot. Her previous scoring high had been 16 points.
"We brought her to Georgia Tech to score, and she's done that in spurts," Joseph said. "Today she took it to a whole other level. One of the things we've been talking to her about is putting two halves together, because we knew if she could put two halves together she could have big numbers. Today she stepped out there and really knocked down shots."
"I just went out there with confidence, and once I knocked down the first one shot, I was very confident and just continued to shoot," Wallace said. "When I'm open and my teammates find me, it's my job to knock down the shots."
Wallace wasn't the only sub to contribute in the scoring column. Mo Bennett came off the bench to add 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting as the Yellow Jackets hit at a 52.9 percent clip from the field.
"It wasn't one of our better games, but I think Georgia Tech did a terrific job," Swanson said. "They are so athletic, and they took us out of what we wanted to do."
The Pioneers shot only 39 percent, but for most of the game hovered around the 30 percent mark.
"We knew it was going to be 40 minutes of really tough, focused basketball, and we just let up in some stretches," Swanson said, "but I told the team in the locker room not to let this overshadow what has been a terrific year."


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Aillwee Cave is a superb show cave near the mystical Burren area of north County Clare. The cave, with its nearby birds of prey centre and farm shop, is located south of Ballyvaughan on the R480.
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Shannon Ferry will take you and your vehicle on a 20 minute journey across the estuary linking Clare to Kerry. The ferry leaves Killimer (Clare) every hour on the hour and Tarbert (Kerry) every hour on the half hour.
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McKernan Handweavers is a small family run business located between Killaloe and Mount Shannon in County Clare. Specialising in handwoven scarves rich in colour, each design is consistently contemporary, distinctive and soft to the touch.
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Dysert Castle is situated in a tranquil setting with close proximity to St Tola's 12th century High Cross.
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Beautifully situated overlooking Liscannor Bay, Moher Hill Open Farm and Leisure Park is an environmental award-winning visitor farm close to Ennistymon, Lahinch, Liscannor and Doolin, in County Clare.
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Dolphin Discovery in Kilrush, County Clare, offers boat trips to see Ireland's only resident group of bottlenose dolphins. Dolphins are curious, playful, unpredictable animals, whose charming antics are bound to amaze and delight passengers.
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Clonlara Equestrian Centre is located in Clonlara, County Clare. It houses an international size indoor and outdoor arena and full grass livery area, and offers trekking, trail riding, and a cross-country course. Riders of all abilities are welcome.
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County Clare's impressive friary at Ennis Town dates back to the 13th century, when the O'Briens founded it. The structure, which once housed more than 300 friars, features numerous 15th- and 16th-century sculptures carved from local limestone.
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Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library Use (Call for Chapters)
Book Publisher: Scarecrow
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone,
and Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related
Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)
Co-editor: Dr. Kim Becnel, Assistant Professor of Library Science,
Appalachian State University. Contributor, Library Management Tips That Work,
ALA Editions, 2011, and many other publications.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school,
special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing
practical how-to chapters on reaching out to multicultural patrons to lessen
cultural and language barriers. Practical ways to encourage library use to a
wider range of patrons in the library community. Creative methods are sought
that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your
article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to
equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material.
One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters both written by the same
co-authors; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.
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3Jam API - Sample Source Code
Use the 3Jam API to build a Web application that integrates reply-all text messaging. Use the API to start a 3jam with three phone numbers, sign up a new 3jam user, add users to a friend list, get a friend list, remove a friend, and get user preferences. Https or Http is available.


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Liberty News
Liberty Debate Center renamed in honor of former director
Former Liberty University Debate Director Brett O'Donnell was the guest of honor at Thursday's Debate Team awards reception.
O'Donnell, who led Liberty's debate team for 18 years, took time away from his duties as Communications Strategist for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's campaign, to attend the surprise unveiling of the debate center's renaming as the Brett O'Donnell Center for Debate and to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award.
While director of debate, O'Donnell's teams won 18 national rankings championships. He has coached over 10 individual novice, junior varsity, and varsity teams to national championships.
"Had Brett not had a vision 20 years ago of what Liberty Debate could become, none of us would enjoy the benefits that we enjoy right now," said Liberty University Debate Team coach Michael Hall. "There are a lot of people who are responsible for the success of Liberty Debate, but there's no one person who is more responsible than Brett O'Donnell."
Hall was the former director of debate at Penn State from 1995 to 1998 and was the assistant debate coach at Liberty from 1993 to 1995.
"I'm overwhelmed … Liberty Debate really is a community — it's all the people and students who have toiled tirelessly for this program and for the vision of Dr. Falwell. It's the administrators who have supported us and most importantly friends and coaches who have been there throughout my career," O'Donnell said.
Debate Team Awards:
Individual awards
Novice of the Year: Austin Woodruff
First Year Debater: Jeff White
JV Debater of the Year: Joshua Turnage
Most Improved Debater: Benjamin Hagwood
Team Spirit Award: Michelle Oh
Director's Award: Garrett Halydier, Chase McCool
Dr. Mark Lloyd Award: Garrett Halydier
Team Awards
Service Award: Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr.
Distinguished Alumni Award: Brett O'Donnell


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These maternity leggings from OceanLily are just right for cool morning workouts. They also work great any time you want a legging style with nice taloring and finish. These feature the flexible maternity 3-in-1 waist band. The double layer waistband is a full 8" tall and is very stetchy. Do you like to keep your belly covered under loose or short shirts? No problem, the waist band will come up over your belly button and provide mild support. Need stronger support under the belly? Fold the waist band under one or two times for a supportive lift. Before you are showing and post partum you can fold the waist band in half and the leggings look great for any occasion. Re-designed with 4 way stretch Supplex fabric provides ease of movement and the flat seams which avoid rubbing irritations. This is a dense weave premmium fabric. Full length maternity running tight style form fits around waist, hips, and down to the ankle. Cut a little longer than most (31") so will fit down to your ankles. These maternity leggings will provide a perfect fit during and after pregnancy.


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Revision as of 02:40, 5 November 2010
AppArmor is a MAC (Mandatory Access Control) system, implemented upon LSM (Linux Security Modules).
- 1 Implementation Status
- 2 Links
- 3 AppArmor Packages
- 4 Kernel Configuration
- 5 GRUB Configuration
- 6 System Configuration
- 7 UserSpace Tools
- 8 More Info
- 9 See also
Implementation Status
AppArmor is currently available in Arch Linux kernel and AUR, but we still don't have the user-space tools tested:
It will take some time to make everything work Out-of-the-box.
aur/apparmor package
Added lot of features:
- apparmor-parser
- libapparmor
- apparmor-utils
- apparmor-profiles
- apparmor-notify
- apparmor-lib
- apparmor-perl
- apparmor-python
- apparmor-ruby
- apparmor-dbus
- apparmor-profile-editor
But we still miss following features (TODO):
- init (rc.d) scripts! http://aur.pastebin.com/beQ4BjGX
- chase missing dependencies
- test everything
- make list of files that should go to backup=() arrays in packages...
- changehat modules for PAM(!), Apache and Tomcat (btw those are dependent on libapparmor)
- out-of-box-experience know-how
- make some package with profiles for all [core] packages enabled by default without need for any further user configuration
- etc...
- apparmor gnome applet (can't build, deprecated...)
When compared to Ubuntu
we have almost everything that is in following Ubuntu packages:
- apparmor
- apparmor-profiles
- apparmor-utils
- apparmor-notify
- apparmor-docs
- libapparmor1
- libapparmor-dev
- libapparmor-perl
We don't have
- /etc/init.d/apparmor http://aur.pastebin.com/beQ4BjGX
- packages: libapache2-mod-apparmor libpam-apparmor
- Official pages
- kernel: https://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/
- userspace: https://launchpad.net/apparmor
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1008906 (Very good tutorial on HOWTO make profiles and configure AppArmor)
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor
- https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/21406
- http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/contrib/linux/Documentation/apparmor.txt
- https://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Kernel_interfaces
- https://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/AppArmor_versions
- http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man5/apparmor.d.5.html
- http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man8/apparmor_parser.8.html
- https://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Distro_CentOS
- http://bodhizazen.net/aa-profiles/
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApparmorProfileMigration
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Security_Modules
- https://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Gittutorial
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/security/apparmor/apparmor-2.6.36-patches.tgz
AppArmor Packages
- kernel26 2.6.36 (currently in [testing] have AppArmor support)
- aur/apparmor
Kernel Configuration
Here is configuration of ArchLinux kernel which enables AppArmor (just FYI, you don't need to touch it):
CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR=y CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_BOOTPARAM_VALUE=0 # CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR is not set
However, integration of AppArmor into the 2.6.36 kernel is not quite complete. It is missing network mediation and some of the interfaces for introspection. See here for details. There are compatibility patches that can be applied on top of the 2.6.36 kernel to reintroduce these interfaces, but do not currently build against the Arch Linux kernel.
GRUB Configuration
To test profiles, or enforce the use of AppArmor it must be enabled at boot time. To do this add apparmor=1 security=apparmor to the kernel boot parameters in /boot/grub/menu.lst so the entry for the Arch Linux kernel looks something like
# (0) Arch Linux title Arch Linux [/boot/vmlinuz26] root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sdaX resume=/dev/sdaY ro apparmor=1 security=apparmor initrd /boot/kernel26.img
Once you are happy with all your profiles, you may wish to force users to boot with AppArmor enabled. To do this add a password entry to the start of /boot/grub/menu.lst. This will prevent users editing any boot entries or using the Grub shell (which permits read access to any file on the system such as /etc/shadow) before booting. You can also password protect any insecure entries in /boot/grub/menu.lst that you do not want unauthorized users to boot by adding the lock command (or another password) immediately below the title line for that entry. See Grub#Password_protection or Security in the Grub Manual for more details. If you are going to the trouble of securing Grub don't forget to secure your BIOS settings as well or users will be able to boot from their own CDs and USB sticks, gaining root access to the machine.
Note that you can safely enable apparmor and it will not affect the system at all until you will enable it, load profiles and set them to enforce mode by userspace tools. So you don't have to be afraid to enable AA for testing purposes until you are enforcing AA profiles from init scripts (on each startup).
# (0) Arch Linux menuentry "Arch Linux" { set root=(hd0,1) linux /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda1 ro apparmor=1 security=apparmor initrd /kernel26.img }
After reboot you can test if apparmor is really enabled using this command as root:
# cat /sys/module/apparmor/parameters/enabled Y
(Y=enabled, N=disabled, no such file = module not in kernel)
AppArmor will be disabled by default in ArchLinux, so you will not need to disable it explicitly until you will build your own kernel with AppArmor enabled by default.
# (0) Arch Linux menuentry "Arch Linux" { set root=(hd0,1) linux /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda1 ro apparmor=0 security="" initrd /kernel26.img }
System Configuration
Mounts (/etc/fstab securityfs)
none /sys/kernel/security securityfs defaults 0 0
Init scripts
In future we'll implement some /etc/rc.d/ scripts that will enable and load profiles during startup. http://aur.pastebin.com/beQ4BjGX The RC.d file of Slackware might be more interesting than ubuntu's init.d version http://sprunge.us/IbeJ
For developers
from /lib/apparmor/rc.apparmor.functions
# NOTE: rc.apparmor initscripts that source this file need to implement # the following set of functions: # aa_action # aa_log_action_start # aa_log_action_end # aa_log_success_msg # aa_log_warning_msg # aa_log_failure_msg # aa_log_skipped_msg # aa_log_daemon_msg # aa_log_end_msg
UserSpace Tools
You can currently install userspace tools from AUR.
You need userspace tools that are compatible with your kernel version. The compatibility list can be found here: https://apparmor.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/AppArmor_versions eg.: Kernel 2.6.36 is compatible with AppArmor 2.5.1
More Info
Ubuntu, Suse and a number of other Linux distributions use it. Redhat uses SELINUX which is apparently a little bit more difficult to configure properly. There exists another framework called Tomoyo but it is not currently integrated with any distributions.
It suplements, rather than replaces the standard POSIX access control system.
What you can do with it is very easily create profiles for applications which either acccess the Internet or listen via IP (e.g servers).
One may specify at quite a fine grained level what applications may or may not do.
Taking a common example - Firefox is frequently the victim of Zero day exploits. If you were to browse to a website that ran a buffer overflow or such thing against your browser - all data accessible to Firefox would then belong to the attackers, think SSH keys, password stores etc etc.
Likewise Wireshark (tcpdump) has had decoder modules with buffer overflows before, imagine the scenario - you suspect a server has been compromised, run a packet capture on the network, and then your own machine is compromised (tcpdump must run as root).
For both these applications, apparmor profiles exist. The configuration is stored in easy to read text files in /etc/apparmor.d/<application name>.
You can lock down your applications using wildcards, specifying for example that Firefox can only read the ~/Downloads folder and it's own profile directory, that it cannot create shell processes etc.
Every breach of policy triggers a message in the syslog, many distributions also integrate it into DBUS so that you get realtime violation warnings popping up on your desktop.


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After last week's decision, the level of spare production capacity in OPEC has fallen to an extremely low point.
According to MEES estimates, total immediately available spare capacity within OPEC now stands at less than 1 million b/d, two-thirds of which belongs to Saudi Arabia.
Significant spare capacity is presently available in only four countries: Saudi Arabia, Venezuela with some time lag, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, MEES said.
However, with the completion of remedial and maintenance work on the oil fields in progress in a number of OPEC producers - Saudi Arabia and Venezuela in particular - spare capacity is likely to be raised in the near future to around 2.3 million b/d.
Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ali Naimi said in mid-September that work is presently underway to consolidate the kingdom's sustainable production capacity at 10.5 million b/d within 90 days.
In Venezuela, 700,000 b/d of production capacity was understood to have been lost due to lack of maintenance investment in 1999. Actual useable capacity was estimated to have declined from about 3.6 million b/d in 1998 to 2.9 million b/d in early 2000.
A crash program of maintenance investment has begun to restore sustainable capacity to 3.6 million b/d by the end of this year or early in 2001, MEES said.
Elsewhere, with the completion of two new gathering stations, Kuwait expects to add 200,000 b/d to its sustainable capacity early next year.
In Algeria, work is in progress to expand crude output capacity by around 90,000 b/d to around 950,000 b/d in the first half of next year, MEES said.
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