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Ok, once you've successfully accessed the internets and navigated to the ebays, you're going to want to start by searching for "Packers." That basic search will return numerous results ranging from toddler clothing to tickets as well as about 30,000 items in between. Yes, this is getting exciting already, I agree with you there, kind reader.
Now take my hand as we dive into "Fan Apparel & Souvenirs." This gets us to the part of the journey where Bob Frost once indirectly showed me the way and I feel I should pass on my knowledge. Some people – most actually – get stuck here on all the immediate gloriousness that is jackets and shirts and keychains and such. But me, I choose the category "Not Specified," and that has truly made all the difference. Here, you'll enter a Willy Wonka world of Packer wonder only reserved for the clinically insane or your most elite, diehard fans. Nowhere else in the world, not even in the sacred Packer Pro Shop, will you find such rare Packer gems in one place.
Example! Zebra-Striped Toilet Seat. As the listing says, this piece gives your bathroom personality while showing off your team spirit. Couldn't. Agree. More. What I love about it is that it's unique, possesses exceptional style and also has practical applications. The fact it is machine washable and fits standard and elongated seats = additional wins! Starting at $15, it's sure to be the bidding war of the year!
Example! From the bathroom to the workplace we go as we come across this Packers team logo office chair. Before you click away because of the $119 price tag, keep in mind this item ships for FREE = excellent value. And then consider for a second that you know no one at work with a Packer chair like this (you don't, do you?). You want that promotion, Mr./Mrs. Corporate Worker? I thought so. Then show some passion – it will go miles (subconsciously, good or otherwise) toward getting you to stand out among your peers.
Example! Paul Horning old NFL Pizza Hut collectible glass. Yes, that's right – Paul "all purpose" Hornung. This goes well beyond the description of "Neat!" in the listing; this closer to "Amazing!" or "Wow!". At $65, this is not a glass for the common cupboard. Rather, something for the hutch, mantle or display case. Maybe you pull it out during game days, or save it just for the playoffs. If that's not good mojo for the team, I will never know what is…
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We have a very good selection of decking which includes decking boards in pressure treated pine, Hardwood inc Larch and Composite. Our decking ranges provides both modern and trational styles of decking, to match your tastes.
We also have some very nice decking tiles, some of which are very decorative and connect together via a click system for ease of installation. These Decking Options are also Perfect for Our Gazebo's and Log cabins with Verandas
Delivery is NOT included in the prices shown, please ask us for a delivered price of your complete decking order to ensure the delivery cost is as low as possible.
TuinDeco is a responsible supplier and is FSC and regulated for it's Timber. Please see our About Page for more details
We do NOT take any payment or deposit until delivery of your Decking is arranged.
Timber base pads make easy work of leveling your timber frame to be used as the base for your log cabin or garden building. Two sizes are available to cope with most moderate inclines.
Northern Swedish planed Decking with eased corners. These are pressure treated, 28mm thick and 19.5mm wide, available in Two sizes.
Stainless Steel Decking Clip Black With Screw, Used with our composite decking,
Larch Decking Plank, Top Quality Larch Timber, Ideal for fences and other garden features, One Size Available, 25mm Thick
Larch balustrade suitable for gazebos and log cabins with canopies or simply as fencing. Length of 2.80m, height of 0.70m. Dried, smooth planned larch. A capping piece is available as an option. Being larch this really does finish off your building.
Hardwood Relief Timber. Corrugated sides on both sides. This can also be used for decking if required. One size Available.
Hardwood Fine Sawn Slats, Ideal for homemade fences and as a subsitute for decking, Two sizes from 300cm to 400cm in 0.6x10.0cm
Hardwood Tile Yogyakarta, 100x100cm - Smooth Planed
Hardwood Tile Subaya, 50x50cm - Smooth Planed
Hardwood Tile Bandung, 40x40cm - Smooth Planed
Hardwood decking boards with planed side and a relief side. Available in nine sizes in 25mm thick Boards, lengths from 2.45m up to 5.20m.
Hardwood decking boards with planed side and a relief side. Available in Ten sizes, 21mm thickness and in lengths from 2.45m up to 5.20m.
Garden Tile Straight 50x50cm Made From Tanalised Pine
Garden Tile Scheveningen, 100x100cm Made From Tanalised Pine.
Garden Tile Den Helder, 100x100cm Made From Tanalised Pine.
Decking Circle Tiles, made from pressure impregnated timber to ensure years of use. Available in eight sizes from 40cm up tp 180cm in diameter.
Pressure Treated Middle European Pine Decking Board. These are very popular for use on our log cabin verandas. The bottom of the board is planed with a relief for grip on the top side. It measure 28mm x 140mm Two Sizes Available of 300cm and 400cm.
Composite Decking Tile Checked, 30x30cm Features a stylish modern design.
Composite Decking Tile, 30x30cm Made from Premium composite in Two different Colours
Composite Decking Girder Charcoal 3.0x5.0x220cm, Mainly used in conjunction with our Composite Decking, Premium Composite material that will never rot.
Composite Decking End Caps, For use with our 15cm Composite Decking Boards, Available in Four Colours
Composite material Decking plank measuring 2.1cm x 15cm x 400cm This is available in Five Colours. The colours are all the way through the composite decking board and react in the same way as wood. Options include end caps, clips, foundations etc
30mm high artificial grass made from high density PE material. Measures at 200cm wide and 2500cm long.
Aluminium Decking Edging Strip, Used in conjunction with decking these provide an alternative to composite cappings, Available in five colours, 3.8x3.8x220cm

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Located off I-95, family-friendly with large condo-style suites
Our Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Jacksonville hotel is just south of Jacksonville in the Baymeadows area, right off I-95. The St. John's River and Atlantic Ocean are a short drive away. If you are here on business, we are close to several corporate headquarters including Citibank, Bank of America, Convergys, State Farm, and GE Aviation.


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Actor Sanjeev Seth and his wife, actress Lata Sabharwal, will be seen entertaining the audience with their dancing skills in the sixth season of celebrity couple dance reality show Nach Baliye.
They are seen as the on-screen couple in popular TV show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai where Sanjeev plays Vishambhar Maheshwari, while Lata is seen as his wife Rajshri.
Other celebrity couples to shake a leg on the show are Gurmeet Chaudhary-Debina Bannerjee, Kanika Maheshwari-Ankur Ghai, Amrapali Gupta-Yash Sinha, Nakuul Mehta-Jankee, Raju Srivastav-Shikha, Kiku Sharda-Priyanka, Ripudaman Handa-Shivangi, Ridhi Dogra-Raqesh Bapat and Rithvik Dhanjani-Asha Negi.
Nach Baliye 6 will go on air in November on Star Plus.


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ALTOONA – Altoona residents Stephen G. and Nancy L. Sheetz have made a leadership gift commitment to Penn State Altoona to create a Trustee Scholarship and scholarship endowment in support of the Sheetz Fellows program. The commitment is the couple's second to the campus during For the Future: The Campaign For Penn State Students.
Each year, in perpetuity, nearly 120 recipients of the Steve and Nancy Sheetz Trustee Scholarship will be awarded a minimum of $1,250 based on financial need. The second endowment, in support of the Sheetz Fellows program established by the couple in 2010, will generate funds enabling Penn State Altoona to provide $5,000 to each Sheetz Fellow in his or her senior year.
"On behalf of our entire Penn State Altoona community, I express heartfelt gratitude to Steve and Nancy Sheetz for an unprecedented gift commitment that will impact our ongoing efforts to recruit and retain exceptional students," said Chancellor and Dean Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry. "The philanthropic support that Steve and Nancy have offered to Penn State Altoona over the years symbolizes uncommon devotion to our college, students, and community. This gift will open windows of opportunity and broaden the educational horizons for our students, while alleviating the pressure imposed by college tuition costs. In the short term, scholarships allow students struggling with financial hardship to remain enrolled. In the long term, scholarships are enduring symbols of a better quality of life made possible through higher education."
Steve Sheetz is chairman of the board of Sheetz Inc., an Altoona-based, convenience-store chain. He and Nancy have significant and long-standing personal and professional ties to Altoona and the greater BlairCounty region.
"We believe that education is the gateway to a life filled with learning, growth, and fulfilled dreams," said Steve Sheetz. "We are blessed to be in a position where we can help others achieve those dreams."
The Sheetz Fellows program's specialized curriculum and requirements present challenges and opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. Students chosen for the program participate in advanced instruction and activities that promote an enhanced awareness and understanding of business theory and practice. The awards that are made possible through the Sheetz Fellows scholarship endowment will help to alleviate student debt. The average educational debt for graduating Penn State Altoona students with loans is more than $39,000. Because scholarships do not have to be repaid, students graduate with less debt and more choices.
PennState launched the Trustee Matching Scholarship Program in 2002 to engage alumni and friends as partners in supporting students in need. Over the years, the program has raised more than $100 million in endowed scholarship support for undergraduates who might not otherwise be able to earn a PennState degree. Each year, some 4,000 PennState students benefit from the more than 800 Trustee Scholarship endowments that have been created throughout the University. During the 2012-13 academic year, Trustee Scholarships have helped 71 Penn State Altoona students to focus on their studies, develop as leaders, and prioritize their education over paying for it.
On March 1, the program began offering a 10 percent annual match for new endowed gifts, doubling the additional funds available for students. This increased match will be available through the end of For the Future on June 30, 2014, or until the pool of matching support has been awarded. The higher match level applies only to new endowments at the $50,000 level or higher.
A 1969 PennState graduate and former Penn State Altoona student, Steve Sheetz maintains a strong relationship with the University through service and philanthropy. He has served as a Penn State Trustee and the chairperson of several capital campaigns at Penn State Altoona. Sheetz has been a member of the campus's advisory board since 1984. In 1994, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus, the highest recognition PennState bestows on its graduates. Five years later, he was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow, the most prestigious honor given by the Penn State Alumni Association.
Steve and Nancy's dedication to family and service to numerous charitable and non-profit organizations is an inspiration to all throughout BlairCounty and beyond.
Over the years, Steve and Nancy Sheetz have supported numerous philanthropic initiatives at Penn State Altoona. Their gift to the campus in 2009—the largest in the history of Penn State Altoona at the time—established the Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, transformed the Entrepreneurial Studies program, created the Sheetz Fellows Program and an endowment to support the purchase of cutting-edge technology for the Trading Room in the center, and named Rossman Park, which is located adjacent to the center in downtown Altoona.
With Sheetz Inc., Steve and Nancy Sheetz created the Sheetz Family Endowed Scholarship and Sheetz Visiting Lecture Program. To date, nearly $240,000 has been awarded from the scholarship endowment to ninety-one students. The couple's gifts have helped to fund construction of the AdvancedTechnologyCenter and CommunityArtsCenter and benefited the intercollegiate athletics program, Penn State Altoona Future Fund, and William J. Rossman Renaissance Scholarship.
"Once again, Steve and Nancy have presented a gift to Penn State Altoona that is the product of heartfelt generosity, thoughtful planning, and careful study," said Bechtel-Wherry. "In keeping with the spirit of their philanthropy, these two endowments will provide financial support to our students in perpetuity, allowing those who benefit from the scholarships to make the same impact in their communities that Steve and Nancy have made in ours."
The gift from Steve and Nancy Sheetz will help Penn State Altoona to reach the goals of For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students. This University-wide effort is directed toward a shared vision of PennState as the most comprehensive, student-centered research university in America. The University is engaging PennState's alumni and friends as partners in achieving six key objectives: ensuring student access and opportunity, enhancing honors education, enriching the student experience, building faculty strength and capacity, fostering discovery and creativity, and sustaining the University's tradition of quality. The campaign's top priority is keeping a PennState degree affordable for students and families. The For the Future campaign is the most ambitious effort of its kind in PennState's history, with the goal of securing $2 billion by 2014. Penn State Altoona's goal is $20 million.


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Program helps develop volleyball in Chad
Chad, Africa, June 27, 2013 – A program for the development of the structure of Volleyball in Chad has begun, with the main emphasis in developing and preparing the national men team to compete in their first home organisation of the World Championships qualifiers 2014/ CAVB confederation from 3rd - 9th of July 2013.
The program – which began June 10 and ends June 30 –also develops and trains local and national team coaches and referees, and improves general management issues.
The immediate short term goal of the program is to increase Chad's ability to qualify for the second and last round of the World Cup qualifiers.
Long term, the federation aims to develop the Under 18 group of men players and eventually start a women team.
The program is a joint collaboration between the FIVB and Olympic Solidarity.


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Overview:The Savvio 10K.2 drive delivers higher reliability and greater performance density in a cooler-running system. The Seagate Savvio family is fast becoming the drive of choice for enterprise systems. Savvio drives enable cooler faster and much morereliable systems than 3.5-inch enterprise drives.The Savvio drives smaller size enables faster seek times and more drivesper system increasing performance per U. It also allows room for morememory cards in the system to match faster processors.


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In an action reminiscent of that of a school teacher punishing an errant student, a Pakistani judge made a government official stand up for hours in his courtroom for telling a lie.
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court asked Muzaffarul Haq, a section officer of the Faisalabad district government, to stand in his courtroom for lying and for concealing facts about the appointment of a peon.
Petitioner Muhammad Irfan contended that he had applied for the post of peon in the city district government and only his name had appeared on the merit list issued by authorities.
However, officials ignored the merit list and appointed another person who had not even applied for the post, Irfan said.
At a previous hearing, Haq had told the judge that the name of the appointed person too was on the merit list.
During a hearing yesterday, the judge snubbed Haq for concealing facts and punished him for misleading the court.
The judge directed Haq to appear in court again on December 6 with the records of the case.


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The new year is a time to celebrate with loved ones, to start fresh, and to make resolutions.
If you're already a vegan, now is a great time to make a resolution to stay vegan and perhaps add something extra to your vegan journey. Join NARN, start (or attend) a vegan supper club and meet other vegans, raise funds for an animal organization, or maybe step out of your comfort zone and get involved with activism. The NARN calendar on our home page has all our upcoming events on it, including social nights and fundraisers, as well as demos and leafleting events.
If you're not vegan yet, try it for a month. Veganuary.com is a great place to start. You can also look on Amazon.com for vegan cookbooks like How it all Vegan and The China Study Cookbook. Websites like the Post Punk Kitchen or Engine 2 Diet are great resources, and a web search will result in a ton of links to vegan recipes.
You might find being vegan is fun, easier than you thought, and makes you feel good about your health and all the animals your not eating. On a trial run, take the time to read about the plight of animals. Often, the easiest time to learn about what animals endure for our taste buds is when you're not partaking in them. No guilt. No excuses. Just learn and be the change.
If you need help, here's a link to a previous post about how to transition into veganism. And you're always welcome to take part in NARN's vegan mentor program.
The future is vegan! Happy New Year!


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The Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation reached a turning point in its history in June 2008, with eight organisations signing a Membership Charter that commits them to improve how each of the members will work in Pacific island countries. Signing the Charter formalises membership on the Roundtable and commits organisations to becoming more transparent and accountable in implementing the newly drafted Regional Action Strategy for Nature Conservation, 2008-2012.
"The Charter reflects the collective experience of Roundtable members and our recognition that there is a need for radical change in the way we work together," said Stuart Chape, who signed the Charter on behalf of the Director of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
Another signatory, Chris Margules, Director for Conservation International's Indonesia-Pacific Field Division, added, "Most importantly, the Charter commits members to working in the interests of countries and supporting the implementation of National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plans (NBSAPS). The NBSAPs outline a country's conservation priorities and need to play a more prominent role in driving the work of conservation organisations and donors."
"The Roundtable is a professional conservation body, which provides a valuable process for bringing strategic oversight to conservation in the region," explained Taholo Kami, current Chair of the Roundtable and Director of the Suva-based IUCN Regional Office for Oceania. "There are many organisations working in nature conservation throughout the Pacific region and we need an effective forum to ensure accountability, transparency and coordination for conservation."
The membership charter was also signed by the University of the South Pacific, the Pacific Applied GeoScience Commission (SOPAC), the Locally Managed Marine Area Network, the South Pacific Programme Office for WWF and The Nature Conservancy.
Other organisations will have opportunity to consider the Charter and become Roundtable members over the next three months.
For more information visit the Pacific Islands Nature Conservation Roundtable website.


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Suburban Newark Family's Home Accommodates an Active Lifestyle
According to plan: when improving their Newark home, the Andersons take their time and do it right.
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Kathy and Gary Anderson have three kids, a dog, two careers and a large house in suburban Newark where they enjoy entertaining family and friends.
That active lifestyle is more of a pleasure than a challenge if you live in a home designed to go with the flow.
So how did the Andersons achieve a living space where the dining room table magically expands for celebrations, parents have a place to relax and the kids can grab a snack without creating a traffic jam in the kitchen? "We have a master plan," Gary Anderson says.
When the couple bought the property 11 years ago, the house was turn-key, on a tranquil cul-de-sac in a great neighborhood. The wooded lot was adjacent to parkland.
Though there were no pressing projects on the do-to list, the Andersons knew they wanted to make improvements over time.
Their wish list gelled into a well-defined strategy when they sat down with Biff Bartron of BW Design Group to analyze their lifestyle and develop a list of priorities. He and business partner Kevin Weinstock also planned to ensure each individual project is banged out in a timely manner.
After all, it's no fun living on a construction site.
"If you have a master plan, you can go at any speed you want to get exactly what you want from your home," Bartron says. "If you fly by the seat of your pants, you are far more likely to get into trouble."


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Wall Street eased off five-year highs as investors were looking for more evidence that corporate earnings can justify continued optimism.
"The earnings numbers at this point really have to come through and validate where the market is," Mark Freeman, who oversees about US$14 billion as chief investment officer at Westwood Holdings Group in Dallas, told Bloomberg News. "The market wants to see the numbers if you will."
Shares of Caterpillar gained, last up 1.6 per cent, after the company's earnings topped expectations.
Economic data provided mixed signals today.
US durable goods orders climbed 4.6 per cent in December, surpassing expectations for an advance of 1.8 per cent. Pending home sales, however, posted a surprise drop, sliding 4.3 per cent last month, though the National Association of Realtors blamed the decline on a shortage of supply.
"The supply limitation appears to be the main factor holding back contract signings in the past month," Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said in a statement. "Still, contract activity has risen for 20 straight months on a year-over-year basis. Buyer interest remains solid."
Investors are eying Wednesday's gross domestic product report. Analysts polled by Reuters forecast the US economy grew at a 1.1 per cent annual rate in the fourth quarter, down from a 3.1 per cent rate in the previous three months.
Last week's 12 per cent slide in Apple shares drew buyers, pushing the stock up today 2.9 per cent. Not everyone is seeing the upside, however.
"I think there is more downside in Apple if you did get a broad market pullback," Richard Ross, Auerbach Grayson's global technical strategist, told Reuters. "I'd be patient unless you're a trader. It might not be the most attractive entry point."
In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.08 per cent lower, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 0.12 per cent. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.31 per cent, reflecting Apple's bounce.
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index finished the day with a 0.1 per cent decline from the previous close. Stocks in London and Paris rose, up 0.2 per cent and nearly 0.1 per cent respectively, while Frankfurt fell, down 0.3 per cent.
The European Union is considering a one-year delay to the deadline for lenders to disclose whether they meet a key debt ratio, Bloomberg reported, citing three people familiar with the discussions. EU nations may seek to push the start date for mandatory disclosure of this so-called leverage ratio from January 1, 2015, to January 1, 2016.


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Police Constable, Nicholas Angel is good at his job, so good in fact, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, his superiors at the Met have decided to sweep him under the carpet. So it is that London's top cop finds himself in the sleepy West Country village of Sandford. With garden fetes and neighborhood watch meetings replacing the action of the city, Angel struggles to adapt to his situation and finds himself partnered with Danny Butterman, an oafish but well meaning young Constable. Just as all seems lost, a series of grisly accidents motivates Angel into action. Convinced of foul play, Angel realizes that Sandford may not be as idyllic as it seems. With his faithful new partner in tow, Angel fights to prove his instincts are correct and uncover the truth about Sandford. Is Angel simply losing his mind in the safest, sweetest village in Britain? Or is something far more sinister at work? Whatever the truth, Sandford is about to get a lot less sleepy.
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Oman sent out its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Thursday with South Korea as its first customer, in an important step by the sultanate to reduce dependence on oil revenues.
The cargo of 135,000 cubic metres (4.725 million cubic feet), destined for the Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas), was loaded at the Gulf port of Qalhat, south of the Omani capital of Muscat, an AFP correspondent there said.
Oman's Oil Minister Mohammad bin Hamad al-Romhi was among top officials who attended a sendoff ceremony at the LNG factory at Qalhat, which started production last December. Romhi told AFP that the factory was "the most important investment project in Oman within a strategic plan aimed at diversifying sources of revenues and cutting down on dependence on oil."
The minister added that the government had guaranteed the sale of all Qalhat's production capacity, put at 6.6 million tonnes a year. The total cost of the project was some 2.6 billion dollars.Economy Minister Ahmed bin Abdel Nabi Meki told AFP the project would generate close to 500 million dollars in the year 2000 through exports of 2.2 million tonnes of LNG and some 50,000 barrels of natural gas liquids a day.
Oman LNG signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Kogas in October 1996 to supply 4.1 million tonnes per annum for 25 years starting in year 2000.
According to Omani media, it is the biggest contract signed between a LNG provider and a single client.
SPAs have also been signed with Osaka Gas of Japan, Dabhol Power Company in India, Coral Energy Resources of the United States, and France's Total, which after mergers is now known as TotalFina Elf.
The government owns 51 percent of Oman LNG, the Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell holds 30 percent, TotalFina 5.54 percent, Korea LNG five percent, Partex of Portugal two percent, and Japan's Mitsui, Mitsubishi and Itochu own the rest.—AFP.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Accurate media coverage of the Pope's visit and everything else Catholic: Is it a hopeless cause?
Over at the Inside Catholic blog, Margaret Cabaniss wrote a good post about flawed media coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to the United States. Like most people writing on the subject, I think there is a huge disconnect between what actually occurs within the Catholic Church and what the media is reporting. In addition, like Margaret, I would appreciate seeing someone else beside Fr. McBrien "representing" the Catholic Church.
Why do reporters get the story wrong so often and why do they rely on the same sources again and again?
There is a possible explanation. A number of years ago when I was studying communications, more than one journalism professor told us that reporters cover so many issues and topics, that what they can really know and understand about any given subject, you could basically put in a thimble. That isn't a knock against journalists; it's just the way it is. When you are assigned a story at 10 am, and have a 4 pm deadline, you need don't really have the time to always do the best research or track down the best sources. For the journalist, a lot of times it comes down to who answers the phone and who is willing and available to do the interview. Reporters need someone (an expert in the field, a PR person, etc.) to call and basically make himself available to help, over and over. Although there are people out there giving good, sound advice, most reporters probably won't have the time to go look for it. (Unless an assignment editor gets an itch to do a story on coverage of the coverage.)
So what can you change? You can change the individual perceptions that individual reporters, assignment editors, and news producers have of individual Catholic leaders. When a reporter meets and gets to know a Catholic priest, for better or for worse, he will think, "This priest is the Catholic Church." The challenge then becomes for a reporter to get to know and develop a relationship with an articulate, personable orthodox priest, rather than an articulate, personable unorthodox one.
As someone who used to work in public relations for several years before she decided to take it easy and raise children, I have a few suggestions (not for reporters, but for Catholics.) The PR person who I considered my mentor used to make herself so useful and helpful to reporters that they were always calling her for quotes and to get quotes from others. She constantly worked at establishing friendships with reporters, so they trusted her and called her when they needed help with stories. She was one of the most ethical and hardworking people I have ever met. She was completely open and honest with reporters and they, in turn, respected her. A few of our orthodox and articulate priests out there are going to have to start putting themselves out there and establishing relationships with some of these managing editors, reporters and editorial boards and act as PR people for the Church. They need to take them out for lunch, for a beer (an advantage we have over Protestants), whatever, and start doing things like that *before* a story needs to be written or a big event takes place or a crisis arises. They need to call them up occasionally and pitch story ideas. They will probably reject 90 percent of them, but at least they will know who these orthodox priests are and that they are available to help (The reporters won't care so much that they are orthodox, but that are available and willing to help). They can guide them to other good sources,as well. Of course, people will say that priests don't have time, and they don't. However, people have more time to establish positive relationships with reporters before a crisis happens than to try to clean up the mess afterward. At some point, the reporters will start calling for help with various stories. A lot of the stories may be negative, but it would be far better to help a reporter with a negative story (and make whatever can't be perfect, be less imperfect...was that Chesterton or St. Thomas More?) than to just let him write it on his own. And never say, "No comment."
As a public relations professional told a group of us once, "Reporters are human. They send their kids to school, they pay bills and taxes, and they worry about the future, just like you. Relate to them like they are human beings." Along the same lines, no one likes to hear about what a lousy job they are doing, 24/7. This seems to be a trap in which conservatives, particularly conservative bloggers and radio pundits, find themselves. Before I worked in public relations, I worked for a newspaper. Trust me, newspaper editors, reporters and publishers receive a lot more criticisms than they do attaboys. If you want to see more fair coverage, start praising writers when they get something right. It will be much more effective. Frankly, the onus is on us, as Catholics, to present our Church and its teachings in an accurate manner, and more difficult than anything, that involves living out those truths in our daily lives.
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- Rodak said...
Why does the Catholic Church feel that it has to have a public image in the first place? I don't hear the Presbyterian or the Lutheran churches bitching and moaning about the press mistreatment of their "brand."
If Catholics don't want to be treated like politicians (or mouthwash), they should shun the media hype and concentrate on saving souls the old fashioned way.
- April 9, 2008 at 3:46 AM
Individual evangelical and mainline Christians complain about how the media views them all the time; I used to be one.
Plus, I am not advocating the Church make itself into some kind of appealing brand. I am saying Church leaders need to be honest and open and befriend the media.
So, you don't think it would have been much more beneficial to people's souls if at the beginning of the sex abuse crisis in Boston if Church leaders had been more candid and transparent with the media and the public? Instead, the whole thing came across as a big cover-up and even more left the Church because of it. Those people are not participating in the sacraments anymore. Is that good for souls?
St. Paul -- to paraphrase -- said he became whatever he needed to be to whomever in order to save souls. I don't think it is a sin for priests to befriend the media, 1) because reporters have souls and 2) because the readers, viewers and listners whom they influence do too.
God bless, Maureen
- April 9, 2008 at 8:24 AM
Good article Maureen.
Two points:
1) We need to encourage faithful Catholics to enter into the "secular" journalism field so that they can write accurately about Catholic things when that assignment comes. More people read the AP than the Wanderer or the National Catholic Register. Engage the world, use its media to save souls, don't run and hide and then expect others to get it right. St. Paul would.
2) Whether you like them or not, it seems the Legion of Christ has bought in to Maureen's argument. They have a priest providing commentary on Catholic things for FoxNews and for NBC. I'd be willing to bet they approached those networks and offered to help.
- April 9, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- Rodak said...
Individual evangelical and mainline Christians complain about how the media views them all the time; I used to be one.
Individual complaints are usually launched by the public reaction to individual behavior. I can't recall a mainstream (e.g. Lutheran, Presbyterian) Protestant complaining about his treatment qua mainstream Protestant. I have heard evangelicals of the Pat Robertson/Jerry Falwell ilk complaining; but that is precisely because they engage in the kind of political activity that I am saying the RC Church should stay out of.
That said, the last Pope certainly got good press when, for instance, he visited Cuba. And, of course, when he died. But on many occasions before that, as well.
I'm wondering what you mean by the "everything else Catholic" of your title?
- April 9, 2008 at 12:01 PM
You are right that JPII received pretty good news coverage. However, he was a natural at that sort of thing, and he has a pretty good Vatican spokesperson in Navarro-Valls.
As far as "everything else Catholic," I am talking about the coverage of Church teachings such as abortion, divorce, contraception, etc., being reported as being ideas subject to change if only enough Catholics complain loud enough. The Church is not a democracy, and we need some articulate spokespeople on the local levels getting through with that message.
BTW, you said the Church should stay away from evangelical issues. I am assuming you mean: abortion and marriage/sexual issues. You are against the war and torture, right? So am I. Don't you think the Church should speak out against those things? If so, why not abortion, etc.
God bless, Maureen
- April 9, 2008 at 2:41 PM
- Rodak said...
Don't you think the Church should speak out against those things?
I believe that the Church--all churches--should preach the Gospel and let individual Christians then conduct their own lives according to how scripture and the spirit of grace moves them to act. I don't believe that churches should enter politics as institutions.
BTW, you said the Church should stay away from evangelical issues.
I think what I said is that the Church should stay away from political issues. The role of Christianity is to change men's hearts, not to change men's laws.
- April 9, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- Rodak said...
Btw, Maureen--
I am very appreciative of your non-combative, non-confrontational, mode of discussion. You are able to express disagreement without making brother-love problematic. It's a rare gift in this world. Thank you.
- April 9, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Thanks for the compliment, Rodak!
Jared, I think the Legionnaires have done a good job in realizing the imporance of the media. The Register is a good publication, I think. They also were behind the movie, "Bella," which I thought was pretty well done.
God bless, Maureen
- April 9, 2008 at 7:02 PM


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KFC recently uploaded a new statement to their website called "Sustainable Sourcing and Waste Recovery". It looked like this could - if properly taken further - be the start of KFC's response to the campaign that has seen hundreds of thousands of people take action to tell KFC bosses to stop driving the destruction of rainforests.
The KFC board members pose playfully on top of a giant KFC bucket. Greenpeace is asking the KFC board to take real action to protect rainforests. Corbis/Gregg Segal
It's been a hard slog getting any sort of response from KFC. For two years now Greenpeace has attempted to engage the company. First, through letters, then by publishing an investigation into their supply chain, and finally with the launch of a public campaign. So far nobody from KFC's HQ has yet responded with details about how the company will address the issues we have raised.
Some aspects of this latest statement demonstrates that KFC is at least listening. But, until it provides much more detail to its tens of millions of customers as well as to its shareholders, about whether it will commit to a global deforestation policy, it is difficult to know whether KFC's words are just 'salad dressing' or the real 'nuggets' the forests and tigers need. For instance, will KFC rule out the use of commodities produced by companies like Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) who continue to destroy rainforests and tiger habitat?
Now more than ever it is crucial that we keep the pressure on KFC's bosses – like CEO David Novak .
Novak has a track record of ignoring environmental issues. At the Yum! 2012 AGM Novak, in front of his Board members and shareholders, promised a meeting to another NGO campaigning on this same issue. A few days before this meeting was to take place Yum! informed the NGO that it could not see the value in a meeting.
Novak is also reticent to take action on other commodities linked to deforestation, such as palm oil. This is despite the fact that at the 2011 AGM more than a third of shareholders voted in favour of Yum adopting sustainable palm oil commitments that would put Yum! on a par with other food companies like McDonald's.
Novak is a self-styled leadership guru often found on the road promoting his book 'Taking people with you - the only way to make big things happen". Yet how can Novak claim to be a 21st Century leader when he is closing the door on critics and failing to deal with important sustainability issues?
Help persuade Novak to step up to the challenge by emailing his Board of Directors – the one group of people that Novak cannot ignore.
KFC has started to show some interest so now's the time to ask KFC's Board of Directors to convince CEO, David Novak, to cut rainforest destruction out of KFC products for good.
Diggers pose mid-action in a clearing of rainforest in Indonesia. But there is nothing playful about this pose - last month fresh clearing was discovered in the middle of a plantation run by PT Asia Tani Persada,who supply Asia Pulp and Paper (APP).
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26 October 2000
ESA is inviting young people to take part in a competition to draw a flag to represent the Earth. The overall winner will fly to Kourou, in French Guiana, to see the launch of Envisat, the new advanced Earth observation satellite. The Ariane 5 launcher that will carry Envisat into space will bear the Envisat logo and the winning picture of the Earth flag. Prizes also include 16 sets of computers and printers: one for the winner from each of the 15 ESA Member States and from Canada, a contributor to the Envisat programme.
Are you aged between 8 and 12 and a national of an ESA Member State or Canada? If so you could win the chance to travel to French Guiana in South America to see your drawing launch ESA's biggest Earth observation satellite, Envisat, into space.
Why does ESA want a flag of the Earth on the Envisat launcher?
Envisat is the satellite for Planet Earth.
As its job is to help care for the Earth, we feel that the Ariane launcher that will be used to send Envisat into space should carry a flag depicting the Earth, the planet it has been designed to protect.
What do I have to do to win?
Just as each country has its own flag, we want you to draw, paint or make a collage of a picture of a flag to represent the Earth. As you can see from the picture, your drawing will be placed underneath the Envisat logo in landscape format.
Prize-winning entries will be chosen on the basis of originality and simplicity, remember, it must be visible from a distance. Your picture should be in colour and accompanied by a short text of not more than 300 words telling us what your flag represents.
What can I win?
How do I enter?
Your entry can be sent either by post or email. If by post, it should be on a piece of paper sized 30 cm x 21 cm and accompanied by a short description on a separate piece of paper. Remember to put your name, age and address both on the back of the drawing and on the description, so that we can contact you if your entry is selected.
Postal entries should be sent to:
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Scan your picture and send it by email in a jpg, gif or bmp format to: firstname.lastname@example.com Again, remember to send the short description and to include your age, name and address.
All entries should be received by 31 March 2001 so that the winners can be notified by the end of April 2001. We are sorry that we cannot return your designs to you and that the relatives of ESA staff members cannot take part in this competition.
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- June 6, 2013
IRCE State of Online Retail Presentation
Today's connected consumer does not rely on brick-and-mortar stores, or even a desktop computer, to make purchases. e-Commerce continues to show a staggering growth rate compared to its offline counterpart, with almost 11% of all U.S. discretionary dollars spent online in Q1 2013. These online shoppers also rely heavily on mobile, as nearly half of all digital time spent on retail properties now occurs via smartphones and tablets. In this presentation delivered at IRCE 2013, Comscore chairman and co-founder Gian Fulgoni explores overall e-Commerce trends, as well as the new consumer expectations around shipping and return policies.
Presentation insights include how:
- Multi-platform Internet usage has led to a doubling of digital media consumption in the past three years
- Tablet ownership has risen above 60 million people, while 137 million now own smartphones
- The average Top 50 retailer extends its desktop audience by 45% via mobile channels
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Cougars Begin 2001-02 Season With Afternoon Exhibition Against Slovakia
Nov. 6, 2001
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What's Happening This Week:
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Saturday, Nov. 10, 1 p.m.
Friel Court, Pullman, Wash.
What's Happening Next Week:
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Hawaii, Texas A&M, Portland State
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Sunday, Nov. 18
Third Place/Championship Game
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What's Happening This Week: Prior to tipping off the 2001-02 season at Hawaii next week, the Washington State women's basketball team will tune up for its trip to the islands with an exhibition game against Mirabel Banska Bystrica (Slovakia), Saturday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m., at Friel Court. Admission to the exhibition is free.
Hawaii Bound: The Cougars will join Portland State, Texas A&M, and Hawaii at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort Classic, Nov. 17-18 at Honolulu, Hawaii. WSU opens up the tournament against Hawaii at 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Saturday, Nov. 17. The third place/championship game will be played Sunday, Nov. 18.
2001-02 Season Outlook: For those individuals who embarked on the original Oregon Trail during the mid-19th century, the goal was to reach the Pacific Northwest and enjoy the rewards the region had to offer.
And while the Washington State women's basketball squad already reaps the benefits of living in the Pacific Northwest, the Cougars have a specific destination in mind for their particular trail to Oregon during the 2001-02 season.
That is Eugene, where the inaugural Pacific-10 Conference Tournament will be held March 1-4.While an invitation to the tournament is guaranteed for the Cougars (all of the Pac-10 teams will advance), success at the tournament is not.
And that is what third year head coach Jenny Przekwas will be building toward through the course of the 2001-2002 season.
In Przekwas' second season at the helm last year, the Cougars made great strides en route to compiling an 11-17 overall record.
Now, as WSU enters the 2001-02 campaign, transferring the achievements from the previous year to aspirations of success leading to the Pac-10 Tournament is the target the Cougars have set their sights on this year.
'What I want the team to be talking and thinking about is the Pac-10 Tournament,' said Przekwas. 'The tournament is a great finish to the year and provides access to the NCAA Tournament. I want our team to set some kind of Pac-10 Tournament goal.'
Even before the journey to Eugene begins, the Cougars already have to overcome an obstacle in their path: the loss of eight letterwinners.
'There are uncertainties because we have lost several key players,' said Przekwas. 'When the players step on the practice court October 13 everything is up in the air. Just about every position is wide open and questions will be answered by how hard the players compete.'
Despite the loss of players, the Cougars will bring a mixture of experience and newcomers to the team in 2001-02. A total of seven letterwinners, including three seniors, return for the season.
'We have some good experience returning and a really high desire to win,' said Przekwas. 'I think those factors are in place with these seniors.'
Leading the senior contingent is 5-foot-6 guard Jessica Collins. Collins' playing time was limited to four games last year as she was plagued by a left foot stress fracture. Due to her injury Collins earned a medical hardship from the Pac-10 and will return for her fifth season.The two other seniors, Brittney Hawks and Whitney Martindale, are junior college transfers who will bring Pac-10 experience learned from last year into this season.
Hawks returns as the team's leading scorer (8.9 ppg) and rebounder (5.2 rpg). The 6-foot-2 center saw time in all 28 games last year including 12 starts. She posted three double-doubles in points and rebounds including a season-high 20-point, 14-rebound effort at UCLA, March 8. Included in those 14 rebounds was a school record 11 offensive boards.
'Brittney enters her senior year more confident understanding what the Pac-10 level is here,' said Przekwas. 'She experienced an up and down season last year so I think she'll be much more prepared for her competition.'
Martindale played in 25 games last season making eight starts. The 5-foot-10 guard/forward averaged 3.5 points a game and posted the team's first double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Samford, Dec. 29.
'They were juniors last year but it was their first shot at the Pac-10,' said Przekwas of the transfers duo. 'In many respects they were still newcomers. This year they are not. They know the ropes and I think we have three good players in our JC ranks.'
The most experienced player returning to the Cougars is not a senior, however, it is junior Jessica Ottmar.
Ottmar - whose 51 career games played is the most of any returnee- made an appearance in every game last year. The 6-foot guard/forward started 22 games in 2000-01, which led all of the returning players.
'Ott has a tremendous work ethic,' said Przekwas. 'She continues to improve because of the time she spends in the off-season. I will look to her for leadership in practice and games.'
Ottmar averaged five points a game, highlighted by a career-high 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting against Idaho, Dec. 2. Ottmar, who was the recipient of the team's strength and conditioning award after last season, rallied the team from a 13-point second half deficit to lead the Cougars to a 16-point win, marking the fourth largest comeback in the history of the program.
A trio of sophomores - Lindsey Egeland, Kim Dugan, and Candace Fields - completes the returning contingent.
Egeland may have been the preeminent story of the 2000-01 season for the Cougars. Earning her way on the team as a walk-on in October, Egeland cracked the starting line-up Jan. 18 against Oregon State. That was the first of four consecutive starts before the 5-foot-9 guard was sidelined for the rest of the season by a third degree left ankle sprain suffered in practice.
Egeland finished the season averaging 2.1 points a game including a season-high eight points in what turned out to be her final game at Stanford, Jan. 27. Egeland's rise from walk-on to starter earned the Missoula native the team's most improved award.
Dugan played in 12 games last year making one start. The 5-foot-11 guard averaged 3.5 points a game including a combined 16 points in the final two games of the year at the Los Angeles schools. Although Dugan did not attempt the trey ball frequently, when she did she was often money, making 6-of-11 attempts from downtown (.545).
As a freshman, Fields gained a great deal of on the court experience making an appearance in 20 games. The 6-foot-2 forward averaged 2.2 rebounds last season and with the experience garnered from last year, Fields may be an even bigger nuisance for her opponents in 2001-02.'Candace has made a lot of strides and we are looking for big things from her this season,' said Przekwas.
Along with the seven returners, a quartet of newcomers - Jami Clevenger, Francine McCurtain, Jessica Perry and Emma Joneby - arrive at the Palouse expected to contribute sooner rather than later.
'I think the freshmen are going to need to step up pretty quickly,' said Przekwas. 'How fast they adapt will be the key to how soon they can contribute.'
Clevenger contributed greatly to her Caldwell (Idaho) High School squad in her senior season as she led the high school version of the Cougars to the A1 Division II state championship. The 6-foot forward averaged 12 points on 53 percent shooting (73-of-138) en route to earning the Idaho Statesman Division II Player of the Year award.
A pair of guards from Arizona come to the Palouse to shore up the losses suffered at that position, including the absence of Katie Nyseth, the 2000-01 team MVP and Pac-10 honorable mention selection.
McCurtain hails from Winslow High School at Winslow, Ariz. After her senior season the 5-foot-9 guard was named the Arizona Republic's Small School Player of the Year, which encompasses the 1A through 3A classifications in the state. In addition, McCurtain earned the Navajo Times Female Player of the Year as well as Winter Sports Athlete of the Year.
Perry is a 5-foot-6 guard from Phoenix's Shadow Mountain High School. Perry comes to WSU as her high school's all-time leader in points, steals and assists. Along with Collins, she will share the point guard duties on the team.
'The point guard spot will be a key for us,' said Przekwas. '(Jessica) Collins is returning and she is going to bring experience and (Jessica) Perry is coming to us with great talent but a lot to learn. They should complement each other well.'
The duo of McCurtain and Perry joins Fields as Arizona natives on the Cougar squad.The newcomers are rounded out by an international import, Emma Joneby. Joneby, a 6-foot-2 forward from Vesteras, Sweden, will provide a significant presence on the frontline for WSU.
'We feel quite fortunate to have Emma in the program,' said Przekwas. 'Pippa (Pierce) worked hard to sign her and we think she will make an impact.'
The 2001-02 edition of the schedule once again features the always tough Pac-10 slate of opponents, however, like last year, the Cougars will not be spending all of the season in the Pacific Northwest.
While the team traveled east to Washington, D.C., and New York City during November of 2000, the squad will head west with a trip to Hawaii to participate in the Wahine Basketball Classic, Nov. 17-18. The Cougars will join Portland State, Texas A&M and the host University of Hawaii in the two-day tournament.
In addition to the Hawaii trip, the Cougars' non-conference schedule is highlighted by a trek to Utah to play BYU along with a journey across the Cascades to Seattle for the Pac-10/Big Ten Challenge. WSU will face Indiana and Michigan at the Challenge.
During the 2000-01 season, WSU faced six teams that advanced to the 2000 NCAA Tournament and eight teams the year before that. This season's schedule features five teams (Michigan, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, Washington) that made it to the 2001 dance.
An invitation to the Pac-10 party is guaranteed for the Cougars when March 2002 rolls around. But where they will be seated is to be determined by how the squad navigates the trail that leads to Eugene.
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Attract, Don't Attack, Helpful Garden Critters
August can be a busy time in the garden - not only for you, but also a number of unwelcome garden critters. However, don't be too quick to scare away every creature. Remember that not all pests will pester your garden. In fact, certain garden animals and insects can be beneficial to your plants.
Instead of working to deter every garden animal from your outdoor space, invite some of these critters in to help:
- Bats: Bats provide a number of benefits to the garden, including pollinating food crops and feasting on mosquitoes. They also can help take care of moths and beetles, which both tend to bother vegetable gardens. Mount a few bat houses to your trees to attract bats each night.
- Ladybugs: These little insects provide more than just a colorful accent in the garden. Eating up to 60 aphids a day, they can be a gardener's best friend. Plant umbrella-shaped flowers, like dill and yarrow, to keep the ladybugs around.
- Frogs and Toads: While not the most attractive garden animals, they feed on slugs, flying insects and plant-destroying cutworms. If you'd rather not install a pond, you can build a shelter by partially burying a terra cotta pot on its side in a cool, shady spot where bugs gather.
- Bees: As your kids can probably tell you, bees are important pollinators, increasing productivity in your fruit, vegetable and flower gardens. Consider leaving the dandelions in your lawn just long enough to attract the bees. Although some lawn enthusiasts consider them an eyesore, the weeds actually provide bees with a good source of pollen and nectar.
- Spiders: They might scare you, but spiders will do a lot more harm to beetles, mosquitoes and flies than they will to you, so have no fear. Include plenty of plants from the sunflower, daisy and parsley families in your garden to keep these eight-legged creatures nearby.
- Birds: Birds can be very helpful in the garden and are easy to attract. Hummingbirds prey on gnats, flies and aphids, picking them right off the leaves. Lovers of nectar, they make great pollinators as well. Wrens eat many times their weight in insects each day, with plenty of young to keep fed. Invite these and other birds to your garden with berried shrubs, birdbaths, birdhouses and feeders.


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High school agricultural education students from across the state were invited to participate in a day of learning at the farm. Speakers presented information about ongoing research and related agricultural topics. Students participated by going on three separate tours around the farm with short information stops on each tour.
In one of the sessions, Steelville students discussed several ways in which computers could be used on farms. Together they composed a list including: manage finances, networking with other farmers, advertising, soil testing online, and monitoring productivity.
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Graham Rowntree has called on England to use their magnificent win over New Zealand as a springboard for their Six Nations campaign.
England recorded their biggest win over the All Blacks with a 38-21 triumph at Twickenham at the beginning of this month. And the England forwards coach insists Stuart Lancaster's team must use that performance as a benchmark for future displays - starting with the Six Nations opener against Scotland in February.
"The year was rounded off by that All Blacks win and it showed what we can do when we get everything right," he told the Rugby Paper. "That's got to be our benchmark going forward and our challenge now is to do that against Scotland and hit the Six Nations running.
"As a coach, it doesn't come much better than beating the All Blacks, especially when they're the reigning world champions, and it was right up there. It's well documented how much we were hurting after losing to Australia and South Africa, but the beauty of our crew is we're learning, and learning very quickly.
"It was a great sign of our character and there was a real sense of belief during that last week that we wanted to get the win we'd worked so hard for. We're not the finished article by any means, but we showed we could win ball at the set-piece and breakdown and use it against top teams.
"We didn't do it against Australia and that was a major learning experience for us, but overall we're quite pleased with where we're going."
England skipper Chris Robshaw endured a mixed autumn series as he came in for criticism for a couple of decisions he made against Australia and South Africa before responding with a terrific performance against All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw. And Rowntree is full of admiration for the Quins flanker, whom he believes is a top openside.
"I've said before how I consider 'Robbo' as a No.7, because he can do all the roles of a natural No.7," said Rowntree. "But Robbo is also a lineout threat and a ball-carrier, as are all our back rowers, and in the last two games of the autumn his game really kicked on.
"He showed a great deal of composure and leadership following the South Africa ame, because he was being lambasted by everyone. The coaches got behind him, the ream got behind him and he really showed his worth in that last game against New Zealand. He came through with flying colours, as did all of our back rowers and the whole forward pack."
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Rare Rothschild giraffe born at Greenwich conservation center
Rothschild giraffe born at conservation center
When a rare, nearly 6-foot-tall giraffe was born Friday morning at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center, she had a crowd waiting for her.
Petal, a 6-year-old Rothschild giraffe -- which are classified as endangered -- gave birth to a healthy female calf with a group of other giraffes and conservation center staff watching.
"She's a great mom," said Marcella Leone, founder and director of the center. "She was very proud, trying to show off her newborn."
Petal, now a second-time mother, has already bonded with her newborn, who looks like her, with a mix of dark patches broken up by bright cream channels.
Though center staff were on hand for the birth, Petal didn't need any help, Leone said.
"Mom did it on her own," she said.
Petal cleaned her calf with her 18-inch tongue, and within 30 minutes of the birth the calf was standing and nursing, Leone said.
"It's really astonishing how a huge animal like that ... how delicately and in such a nurturing way she approaches caring for her calf," she said.
The young animal is also very curious, approaching humans early on in its first day of life, she said.
Following an average 15-month gestation period -- Petal's gestation period fell right into the average -- mother giraffes give birth while standing.
When fully grown, the newborn, who will mingle with the herd of five giraffes -- two of which are pregnant -- could reach 18 feet in height, Leone said.
The calf is the first giraffe born at the off-exhibit conservation center and possibly the first in state history.
A contest to name her has been up on the center's website (leozoo.org/giraffe-baby-contest/). The person who guesses the closest to the actual day and time of birth will be invited to visit the newborn with their immediate family.
Rothschild giraffes are classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List, as there are fewer than 670 left in the wild in their indigenous Kenya and Uganda.
They were first named and described by Lord Walter Rothschild, a British zoologist, following an expedition to East Africa in the early 1900s.
Leone added that the birth is a noteworthy event for the center, and is an example of its goals coming to fruition.
"This is serving our mission," she said. "What we're doing is working. Being an off-exhibit facility, it means so much for the animals to live that low-impact life."
LEOZCC is a nonprofit, accredited conservation center and off-site breeding facility specializing in species at risk and conservation-based education programs. The mission of the Lionshare Educational Organization, which manages LEO Zoological Conservation Center, is to inspire conservation leadership by engaging people with wildlife and the natural world.
Though it is not a zoo, the center does offer opportunities for people to visit with the animals. Details are available at leozoo.org
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Tom Eblen: After Obama's weak debate performance, all eyes on Danville
Who could have guessed that President Barack Obama would suddenly be depending on Vice President Joe Biden's communications skills to get his re-election campaign back on track? That's right, the same Joe Biden who has an uncanny ability to say the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time.
But that's the way it is as Centre College in Danville plays host Thursday to Campaign 2012's next big event: the only vice presidential debate between Biden and his Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
Centre was already feeling good about having been chosen to host the veep debate for the second time in a dozen years. Now, thanks to Obama's feeble performance last Wednesday in his first debate with Republican nominee Mitt Romney, even more attention will be focused on Danville.
"The interest and the contacts have really picked up in the past few days," said Centre spokesman Michael Strysick.
More than 3,200 media credentials have been issued for the debate, including 600 to international journalists and broadcast technicians from 40 countries.
Credentialing closed a couple of weeks ago, but interest was already strong because of Ryan's selection for the GOP ticket. It raised hopes that this would be more than the usual vice presidential debate — a sparring match between two people whose election is of no real consequence unless something happens to the president.
When Biden faced off four years ago in St. Louis against Sarah Palin, much of the anticipation focused on whether she would be able to convey a coherent thought.
But Ryan is the anti-Palin: smart and articulate, with a strong command of policy and data. He is one of conservatism's rising intellectuals. Among many GOP faithful, especially Tea Party types, Ryan is more popular and respected than Romney.
During 14 years in the House, Ryan has become a leader in developing and proposing conservative fiscal policies. He is most famous for his draconian budget plan that would cut $5 trillion in government spending over a decade.
While Biden is an experienced legislator who campaigns with a man-of-the-people folksiness, he has never been considered a thought leader. House Speaker John Boehner predicted this summer that the Ryan-Biden debate could be "the greatest show on the planet."
"With these two on the same stage," Village Voice political blogger John Surico wrote last week, "we have a situation that is akin to a Thanksgiving Dinner where the dorky cousin is trying to outsmart the drunken uncle."
But if Biden can avoid his gift of gaffe, he has a chance do well on Centre's stage. That is because televised debates are more about performance than policy. They favor showmen over wonks, which is a big reason that Romney came off looking so much better than Obama did last Wednesday night.
Obama didn't make mistakes; he just missed opportunities. He rambled while Romney was crisp. He was passive while Romney was assertive. Romney's sudden shift from right-wing rhetoric to moderate reason seemed to throw Obama off balance. Romney looked straight into the camera when he spoke; Obama's eyes were too often focused elsewhere.
The single vice presidential debate is particularly well-suited for sharp elbows. The debaters often can get away with saying meaner things than the top guys on the ticket. Both Ryan and Biden are likely to spend more time going after the presidential candidate who isn't there than the guy across the stage.
Debates tend to favor challengers, because incumbents have a record to defend. But, in this case, Biden has an opportunity to make hay by attacking Ryan's radical proposals for reshaping the federal budget and Medicare.
Ryan is coming to Danville to attack the Obama administration's record, but also to try to sell his and Romney's ideas.
Biden's challenge will be to defend the administration's record and explain why Romney and Ryan are wrong. He must show more passion and energy than Obama did last week. But here's the question: Can Biden go on the offensive without being offensive?
Kentucky's moment in the campaign spotlight should be a good show.