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GUAIMARO, Cuba — After two papal visits, the Roman Catholic Church enjoys growing support from long-suffering Cubans yet support from the Communist Party that rules this island nation can be described as reluctant at best.
Priests from Cuban interior, far from the large cities of Havana and Santiago, say it remains nearly impossible to operate with a semblance of normalcy. They cannot approximate the kind of church services or evangelical outreach that's commonplace in the rest of Latin America.
There's a strain here on what elsewhere in the Americas is taken for granted — whether it's being forced to celebrate Mass in someone's crumbling home, or having government agents sitting in on sermons to keep a leash on what's said from the pulpit.
"This place is at zero as far as I'm concerned," said Rev. Alberto Reyes, a 44-year-old parish priest in the central Cuban town of Guaimaro, 250 miles east of Havana.
While Pope Benedict XVI's three-day visit to Cuba last week highlighted what is considered the improvement in church-state relations that has taken place in the years since Pope John Paul II made his historic trip to Cuba in 1998, a visit to Cuba's rural parishes shows the limits of that rapprochement.
The Cuban government still won't let the church build new places of worship. Only the restoration of Roman Catholic churches that predate the 1959 revolution is permitted. There are newer hotels, but in most cities across the country, buildings generally either predate the revolution or were constructed before the collapse of the Soviet Union_ the Cuba's economic provider.
Churches in the interior are largely in the same crumbling state as the rest of Cuba's buildings, creatively cobbled together and often hanging together by a thread. In the church where Reyes ministers, the ceiling has been repaired but many of the cross-shaped windows cut delicately into brick years ago for ventilation no longer have their storm covers. They're now just open spaces where water pours through when it rains and birds and insects enter at will.
Reyes hopes Benedict's trip will allow for new churches to be built in Cuba and that he can spread the church's message on a wider scale. But he isn't holding his breath.
"The church can teach what it wants to teach, but within the church," he said, noting that absent new churches, the task is made much more difficult.
With Cuba's priest shortage, Reyes ministers to several towns in an area with a population of about 47,000. There are one or two old churches where he can hold services and where volunteers can do charity work such as breakfast for the aged.
But in most of the towns, Reyes celebrates Mass in someone's home.
Often, he says, it's the only place that also has a television and a DVD. Reyes sometimes shows up to find a large crowd of people in the middle of a movie.
"If I try to give Mass it means they'll have to stop the movie. They'll hate the priest," said Reyes. "If I had a small church, it would put an end to that."
Rev. Jose Santana can relate. He is a Colombian from outside Bogota who has led a small Catholic Church for the past two years on the outskirts of Pinar del Rio, a mid-sized Cuban city a couple of hours west of Havana. Upon arriving in Cuba, he learned that he'd tend to communities spread out in the countryside but with no church where the faithful can congregate.
"It's distinct because ... it's not a neutral place," he said of the homes in which Mass is offered. "The place is small, there is no silence (for reflection). People get distracted. The neighbor plays music, or they are talking. And there's the unpleasant smell of pigs."
Yes, pigs. The worshipper who offered up a home for Mass raises swine, and that isn't a clean or quiet task.
Then, there are the secret agents who attend services, Santana said, citing word from his followers.
"They view us as a threat," the diminutive priest said. Of particular concern, he said, is any message against abortion, a central tenet of the church.
Cuba officially was an atheist state until a constitutional change in 1992 that declared the nation secular. Abortion is a state-provided service, along with inexpensive birth control offered at state companies. It's an issue that government officials do not welcome discussion on, and Santana said he's twice been the subject of complaints to his superiors from government minders.
The long history of official state atheism led many Cubans to reject religion or practice it in hiding since it could cost them their livelihood. Today the state tolerates greater expression of religion but people are still nervously flirting with a formal relationship with the church.
"It's like we are starting over," said Santana, who noted last year was the first time in 53 years that the church was allowed to send the statue of Our Lady of Charity of Cobre — Cuba's patron saint — to parishes across all of Cuba
"People want to express their religiosity but have not been sufficiently able," he said.
Cuba's Roman Catholic leaders say being allowed to build new churches, rather than just restore ones that are in varying degrees of ruin, would be a start. So would be allowing the church to offer education in parallel with public schools, or having some exposure to religious tenets in schools.
But Benedict's recent visit, while raising the profile of the church through huge outdoor church services, did not conclude with any promises of further liberalization. Relations between church and state have improved, but for the operational side of church activities not so much still.
"In the concrete, there has not been an opening," he lamented.
Will that change after the death of the ailing Fidel Castro, 85, or his brother Raul, who'll turn 81 in June?
"That's the million-dollar question," said Alfredo, 47, a Jehovah's Witness in Havana who practiced his faith clandestinely for most of his life but now is more public about his beliefs.
Jehovah's Witnesses, known for going door-to-door to preach their faith, have been allowed large temporary assemblies in Cuba but like the Catholic Church are prohibited from building new churches. They must conduct services in makeshift fashion. Concerned about retribution, Alfredo asked that his surname not be used.
Andres Oppenheimer: Everybody won and lost in Pope's trip to Cuba
Pope Benedict ends Cuba trip with a meeting with Fidel
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Carlson, Wash. Post misinformation on Social Security's "solvency" furthered Bush administration's crisis rhetoric
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CNN co-host Tucker Carlson and The Washington Post bolstered the Bush administration's crisis rhetoric on Social Security by providing misleading accounts of the federal program's "solvency."
On the December 16 edition of CNN's Crossfire, Carlson purported to "correct" former Clinton national economic adviser Gene Sperling's statement that "Social Security does not become insolvent until 2042." Carlson responded: "In 2018, just to correct you ... that's, again, only 14 years. Benefits will overtake revenues."
In a December 17 article in The Washington Post, after noting that President Bush "said Social Security will be paying out more than it collects" by 2018, staff writer Peter Baker reported that congressional Democrats are "[c]iting different accounting than the president's" to "argue" that under the current system Social Security will "still be solvent for nearly 50 years."
In fact, Sperling is correct in noting that Social Security is projected to remain solvent until 2042, according to the same authoritative U.S. government report upon which Carlson relied: the 2004 annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds (OASDI). 2042 is the year that the Social Security trust fund is projected to run out; the year Carlson cited, 2018, represents the time when the program's payouts to retirees are projected to exceed tax revenue. At that time, the government will have to supplement revenues with the Social Security trust fund to meet payment obligations to retirees, but the system will not be insolvent.
The Post's Baker, on the other hand, misleadingly suggested that one's view of when Social Security becomes insolvent is a matter of partisan opinion. It is not. Bush is talking about one thing -- what is projected to happen in 2018 -- and the Democrats are talking about another -- when the system is projected to become insolvent. By conflating the two issues, Baker suggested that the Democrats are being partisan in their assertions about projected insolvency. In fact, Sperling's and the Congressional Democrats' assertions reflect, respectively, the presumably nonpartisan (though the Bush administration is well-represented) Social Security Board of Trustees and the at-least-equally nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which projects insolvency by 2052, rather than 2042.
From the December 16 edition of CNN's Crossfire:
SPERLING: I do believe that, even though Social Security does not become insolvent until 2042, we as a country would be better to take on the problem now.
CARLSON: In 2018, just to correct you, in 2018, which is only 14 years from now, according to the board of trustees of overseers of Social Security, that's, again, only 14 years. Benefits will overtake revenues. So that's actually pretty soon.
From Baker's December 17 Washington Post article, "Bush Lays Out a Plan to Revise the Social Security System":
Bush made clear [in the White House economic conference] that he intends to expend considerable political energy in pushing for a partial privatization of Social Security to help secure the program, which faces sizable shortfalls over the next few decades. By 2018, he said, Social Security will be paying out more than it collects, and over the long term the system faces a $10.4 trillion unfunded liability. ... Congressional Democrats dismissed the conference as a public relations exercise distorting fiscal reality. Citing different accounting than the president's, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) argued that Social Security would still be solvent for nearly 50 years.
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It's interesting that Mr. Alford believes oystermen "find an unlikely ally in the oil and gas industry."
I believe that comment couldn't be farther from the truth.
It's interesting that Mr. Alford believes oystermen "find an unlikely ally in the oil and gas industry."
I believe that comment couldn't be farther from the truth.
Mr. Briggs is absolutely right that oysters are "resilient critters" and that oysters have survived all kinds of natural environmental disasters.
But the poor "little critters" find the Deepwater Horizon environmental catastrophe a horse of a different color.
An estimated 5 million barrels of oil released from the DHW well and nearly 2 million gallons of dispersant to scatter the oil has caused more damage to oysters than we may ever know.
The Pontchartrain Basin has never experienced negative impacts to the magnitude of the DWH disaster from the Caernarvon diversion, openings of the Bonnet Carre Spillway or hurricanes.
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If it's true that Dr. Soniat concludes in the study he released "oysters at oil-exposed areas in Louisiana revealed no contamination or biological implications of exposure," I have to disagree as someone who has experienced the ups and downs of oyster production far longer than he's been a Phd.
Dr. Soniat obviously hadn't monitored the conversation on the impacts on oysters following the DWH disaster at the Oyster Task Force that was established in 1988 or at the Governor's Oyster Advisory Committee.
Those groups discussed that oysters on the eastside of the Mississippi river have spawned, set on new or existing reefs, but have only survived to a very small extent market size since the DWH disaster.
And without market-size oysters from the most prolific oyster growing area in the world, Louisiana continues to decline from its pre-DWH No. 1 designation.
In closing, P & J Oyster Co. has served billions of oysters to customers around the world for 136 years, and I can tell you firsthand BP has not "made it right."
The oysters that we have made our name with have been harvested from certain special leases and public oyster grounds in the Pontchartrain and Barataria basins.
That's no longer the case, and our company and the employees we've laid off feel the pain.
So Mr. Briggs and Dr. Soniat are just flat wrong that the "little critters" are doing just fine following the DWH disaster.


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The Pizza Highball/
This one's been on my bucket list (it's a champagne bucket, a-doy) ever since the PhoBlograpHusband and I date-nighted at one of New York Vintners' pizza-and-wine tastings: Come up with a cocktail that goes with pizza. A potable that pairs reliably with a slice or a pie -- why/how is this not a thing?
The obvious answer: Because a nice glass of red ain't broke, so why invent something to fix it? Backup answer: Pizza likewise does nicely with crisp Pilsners and not-too-hoppy IPAs. And thirdly, there's something about a pizza cocktail that just doesn't sound quite right, even to a boozehound like me. Is it that cocktails are meant for sipping while pizza's meant for houncing? Do I have some unfounded fear that the cocktail's going to reach room temperature before I'm done eating? (When I eat pizza, I eat lots of pizza.) Is it the bread, maybe, that eating large quantities of crust just doesn't feel right with a liquor accompaniment. Is a liquor/'za pairing all too much grain, like eating the meat and the egg of a chicken at the same meal? WTF IS IT??!?
Whatever the seemingly insurmountable conundrum -- and really, for a long while I couldn't think of an entry point for the Pizza Cocktail other than Lambrusco -- I got help big time from the soda aisle at my Montreal supermarket, where I found Brio Chinotto, a quinine-tinged, it's-a-Canadian-thing cola. The label suggests enjoying Brio "simply on ice with a slice of lemon, or add zing by mixing Brio with vodka or rum. Fantastic with pizza!" According to my rudimentary Googling, chinotto is a type of cola found in Italy, while Brio is the brand name of that style of cola as sold in Canada; on this blog, a commenter claims that pizza and Brio is a traditional Canadian-Italian weekend treat.
So my cocktail would be a highball. Now I've said before that I have no formula, no hard and fast rules for how I develop my recipes, but even I admit that when this one manifested in my skull, I tried to ignore my every instinct, all of which were shouting at me, "Bourbon and gin! Yes, together!" I don't know why. Call me the Long Island Ice Tea Medium. The two vermouths I clearly chose because I want every cocktail I drink to be a Manhattan.
All of those ingredients plus Brio equaled something a lot like plain cola (albeit, ahem, a homemade cola). Then came the homemade oregano shrub syrup. I'll pause for a moment while you roll your eyes at the dreadful of-course-oregano-ness of it all (gosh, Rose, how about a pepperoni rind garnish? pfffttt...) but it did make the difference. Sean described the result as "an herbaceous cream soda and a stiff drink at the same time." Not even a 99-cent slice can beat that.
The Pizza Highball
3/4 ounces Heaven Hill Bourbon
3/4 ounces Bombay Dry Gin
1/4 ounce Stock Sweet Vermouth
1/4 ounce Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth
1/2 ounce oregano shrub syrup
Brio Chinotto, to fill
Combine liquors and syrup in an ice-filled cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into ice-filled highball. Top with Brio Chinotto.
Tasting Notes
My recipe for oregano shrub syrup, paraphrasing the raspberry shrub syrup recipe published in Eric Felten's How's Your Drink?: Whisk a cup each of water and sugar together at a boil. Reduce heat for a few minutes, add a cup of fresh oregano (I'd tear up the leaves beforehand) and stir occasionally for about 10 minutes. Add 2 cups white wine vinegar and bring to a boil for two minutes. Strain, cool and refrigerate or freeze (it lasts several months if you do the latter).


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Last week, at School Without Walls Senior High School in Washington, D.C., Secretary Duncan named 304 schools as "2010 National Blue Ribbon Schools." This program recognizes high-performing schools (schools, regardless of their students' backgrounds, that rank among the state's best performing as measured by state assessments [public] or that score at the highest performance level on nationally normed tests [private]) and improving schools (schools, with at least 40% of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds, that have reduced the achievement gap by improving performance to high levels, again as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests). Chief State School Officers nominate the public schools. The Council for American Private Education nominates the private schools. Of the schools nominated by each state, at least one-third must have 40% or more of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and public schools must meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements, as defined by their states. All schools will be honored at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C., November 15 and 16. The principal and a teacher will receive a Blue Ribbon School flag and plaque.
Back to School
On September 14, President Obama delivered his second annual Back to School speech at Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration Schoola 2010 National Blue Ribbon Schoolin Philadelphia. Like last year, this was an opportunity for the President to speak directly to students. The speech was broadcast live (on CNN and online) and shown in schools across the country.
Some excerpts:
- "I came to Masterman to tell you what I think you're hearing from your principal and your superintendent and from your parents and your teachers. Nobody gets to write your destiny but you. Your future is in your hands. Your life is what you make of it. And nothingabsolutely nothingis beyond your reach, so long as you're willing to dream big, so long as you're willing to work hard. So long as you're willing to stay focused on your education, there is not a single thing that any of you cannot accomplish. I believe that. And that last part is absolutely essential, that part about really working hard in school, because an education has never been more important than it is today…. There is nothing more important than what you're doing right now. Nothing is going to have as great an impact on your success in life as your education, how you're doing in school."
- "Excelling in school or in life isn't mainly about being smarter than everyone else. It's about working harder than everybody else. Don't avoid new challengesseek them out, step out of your comfort zone, and don't be afraid to ask for help. Your teachers and family are there to guide you. Don't feel discouraged or give up if you don't succeed at something. Try it again, and learn from your mistakes. Don't feel threatened, if your friends are doing well. Be proud of them, and see what lessons you can draw from what they're doing right…. The truth is, an education is about more than getting into a good college, or getting a good job when you graduate. It's about giving each and every one of us the chance to fulfill our promise, to be the best version of ourselves we can be."
- "What I want to say to you todaywhat I want all of you to take away from my speechis that life is precious, and part of its beauty lies in its diversity. We shouldn't be embarrassed by the things that make us different. We should be proud of them. Because it's the things that make us different that make us who we are. The strength and character of this country have always come from our ability to recognize ourselves in one another, no matter who we are or where we come from, what we look like or what abilities or disabilities we have."
During the speech, President Obama also announced the second High School Commencement Challenge. In the coming months, public schools will be invited to submit applications to have the President speak at their graduation next spring. This spring, he spoke at Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan.
Back to School (Cont.)
This week, Secretary Duncan addressed an international education symposium in Canada, highlighted a turnaround school in North Carolina, and hosted Race to the Top grantees in Washington, D.C., as well as released a progress report on key Department-wide education initiatives.
In Toronto, he participated in a conference titled "Building Blocks for Education: Whole School Reform," sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Education, which convened education policymakers and experts from six nations to share ideas and look at new ways to solve issues. "Systemic change... takes time," he said. "Yet, I am convinced that the U.S. education system now has an unprecedented opportunity to get dramatically better and that nothing is more important in the long-run to American prosperity than boosting the skills and attainment of the nation's students." This was the Secretary's first official trip outside the U.S. as a Cabinet member. The Secretary will travel to Paris in November to attend the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Ministerial Conference.
In Charlotte, he joined Governor Bev Perdue and State Board Chairman Bill Harrison at Sterling Elementary School, which has greatly improved student achievement under the district's Strategic Staffing Initiative. There, he facilitated a roundtable discussion with teachers, staff, and community leaders on turning around low-performing schools and visited a fourth-grade classroom. North Carolina recently won a Race to the Top grant.
Then, in Washington, D.C., he welcomed all Race to the Top grantees for a discussion of the work ahead. This session was part of a day-long grantee meeting focused on finalizing each state's Race to the Top budget, hearing directly from grantees about how the Department can support their reform efforts, and providing the opportunity for grantees to collaborate as they begin their work to significantly improve student outcomes through this unprecedented federal investment in reform. Members of Congress and representatives from key education associations also attended.
Meanwhile, the Department released its 2010 Education Progress Report, including distributing nearly $100 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to help save roughly 400,000 jobs, support historic reforms at the state and local level, and boost college enrollment with billions of dollars in additional grants and loans.
Also: Before the end of the month, the Administration will announce Investing in Innovation (i3) (notably, all 49 highest-rated applicants secured their required private sector matches), Promise Neighborhoods, and Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grant winners.
Challenge to Innovate
On September 7, the Department and the National Education Association (NEA) Foundation launched a new program for teachers to identify and solve education's most pressing classroom challenges. "Challenge to Innovate" (C2i) enlists teachers to think creatively and implement innovative classroom ideas. C2i also recognizes the urgency of improvement by providing a new model that moves rapidly from idea conception to implementation and evaluation, while simultaneously supplying critical support to educators. The Department's Open Innovation Portal will host the three-phase C2i. Phase 1, through October 19, asks teachers to share their most pressing classroom challenges that can be solved with $500 or less. The five ideas receiving the most votesjudged by the portal's communitywill receive $1,000 from the NEA Foundation. In Phase 2, from November 16 through January 14, teachers will post the best solutions to the five winning challenges. Up to 10 solutions will receive a $2,500 implementation grant from the NEA Foundation. In Phase 3, from January 17 through February 4, the NEA Foundation will select up to three solutions to receive a $5,000 planning grant and technical support. These solutions will be posted on the Donors Choose web site, where teachers will be invited to submit requests to receive up to $500 in implementation costs. The NEA Foundation, with citizen philanthropists, will provide the funding for teachers to implement and test these innovation solutions.
Student Loan Default Rate
The Department announced this week that the Fiscal Year 2008 national student cohort default rate increased to 7%, up from the FY 2007 rate of 6.7%. This default rate is a snapshot in time, representing the cohort of borrowers whose loan repayments came due between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008, and who defaulted before September 30, 2009. Some 3.4 million borrowers entered repayment during this time, and 238,000 borrowers went into default. They attended 5,860 participating institutions. (Borrowers who default after their first two years of repayment are not measured as defaulters in this data.) As a historical comparison, in FY 1990, nearly one in four borrowers defaulted on their federal loans when rates set an all-time high of 22.4%. The rate dropped to a record low of 4.5% in FY 2003. Schools with excessive default rates (of at least 40% in a single year or 25% or greater for three consecutive years) may lose eligibility from one or more federal student aid programs. This year, five sites are subject to sanctions. (Note: The public can search for individual school default rates online.)
Also: For 2008-09, students at for-profit schools represented 26% of the borrower population and 43% of all defaulters. The median federal student loan debt carried by students earning associate degrees at for-profit institutions was $14,000. The rapid growth of student enrollment, debt load, and default rates at for-profit schools in recent years prompted the Administration to embark on a year-long negotiation with the higher education community to develop a set of proposals that strengthen the integrity of federal student aid programs and ensure that taxpayer funds are used appropriately. Thirteen issues were addressed in a proposed regulation published on June 18. Another proposed regulation, published on July 26, aimed to protect students by requiring for-profit schools to better prepare students for "gainful employment" or risk losing access to federal student aid. The Department is now developing final regulations on the issues, which it anticipates publishing in the coming months.
Odds and Ends
A new brochure written by teachers and for teachers, "Built for Teachers: How the Blueprint for Reform Empowers Teachers," spotlights issues in the Secretary's plans to revise and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), focusing on those of particular concern for educators.
As part of his "Educate to Innovate" campaign to raise American students to the top of the pack in math and science achievement over the next decade, President Obama announced the launch of "Change the Equation," a CEO-led effort to dramatically improve education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). (Note: The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has issued a plan for improvements in K-12 STEM education.)
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On the SAT, this year's college-bound seniors averaged 501 (out of 800) in reading, 516 in math, and 492 in writing. Students' math scores have experienced an upward trend and are now two points higher than in 2000 and 15 points higher than in 1990. Meanwhile, students' reading scores have declined four points in the last decade but are one point higher than in 1990.
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All The Traditions Moving To Sunday Evenings
Happy New Year! I wanted to let you in on some exciting news that I announced on All The Traditions today: beginning next Sunday, January 8th, we'll be moving our weekly kitchen party to Sunday evenings from 7-10 p.m.!
In the 40-plus years that I have been hosting radio programs in our area, this is the very first time that I have ever had an evening show! The show will continue to feature the best folk music from Vermont and around the world, plus live performances and my weekly calendar of upcoming concerts and events. Plus, the new time may also provide opportunities to add some occasional live performances by local and touring musicians.
I hope you'll join me for this new adventure! You can read more about the other changes to VPR's Sunday schedule here.
Best wishes for a happy and musical new year!
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- AnonymousJanuary 1, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Sorry that your program is moving to 7 to 10 pm.I for one do not like this change, I plan my Sundays around your show and will miss it. Guess I will have to listen to anouther channel on Sundays. 10 pm is to late for me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 1, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Yay...I will no longer have to figure out where to find WiFi or to smuggle along a small radio on beautiful Sunday afternoons outings. We are so fortunate to have wonderful public radio here in Vermont, and All the Traditions is one of the shows that makes VPR so special.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJanuary 1, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Yes, I must admit, doing Sunday chores, gardening, going back and forth from inside to outside, especially during the summer months, it's such a simple joy to hear the folk music playing all afternoon. Seems like the afternoon is a more appropriate time than the night for this type of music. I looked forward to this music on Sundays so much !!ReplyDelete
Oh well, good luck on the new time change.
A bittersweet change, to be sure. As a recent transplant to the VPR listening area, my husband, our young daughters, and I enjoyed Sunday afternoons with Robert Resnick, traveling home from camping and hiking trips or cooking and hanging out in our house, always with the interesting, surprising, thoughtful, and thought-provoking sounds of All the Traditions. Now, my poor daughters will be sleeping, missing out on the edifying tunes offered up to us on Sunday afternoons. At least this announced change allows me to thank Robert Resnick for broadening our ears, no matter the time of day.ReplyDelete
I love Robert Resnik's program and I will miss its time period in the middle of Sunday Afternoon. I listen while driving, mostly, and I am often in the car for long periods (sometimes driving to Boston) when Mr Resnik's program runs. I wonder whether the great, ever receptive VPR actually asked its listeners (not me) or if it decided on other evidence. Or none.ReplyDelete
I am less than happy, FWIW
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2012 at 11:36 AM
We love Robert Resnick's show and are loyal listeners. We're sorry to hear about this change in the time for "All The Traditions" as it has become one of our own traditions to take the radio outside nearly every Sunday afternoon from spring to fall and listen when we are working outside in our gardens. In the winter we listen as well doing household chores or cooking and baking. Also the new time will conflict with "The Folk Show" on NHPR, another excellent show. Now we will have to choose one or the other. Count us as 2 negative votes on the new time change.ReplyDelete
Cynthia & Richard Harris, Colebrook NH
- neville hallJanuary 5, 2012 at 7:40 AM
i am pleased to be able to hear" all the traditions" in the evening. especially in the summer i would regularly miss the show due to being out and about on sunday afternoon. now i just have to stay awake til 10pm to hear the best homegrown show on vpr! neville hall, burlington.ReplyDelete
- Larry Weil, Salem, NHJanuary 8, 2012 at 1:43 PM
I know VPR's listening area overlaps quite a bit with that of New Hampshire Public Radio, so it does not make sense to me to have your program on at the same time that NHPR has their weekly folk show. I usually listen to both, your show via streaming (except when I'm traveling in VT) and the NH Folk Show over the air. Now I will have to make a choice to listen to one tor the other.ReplyDelete
- Tim FlynnJanuary 8, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Thanks so much for all of the years of Sunday afternoon listening. Your show has been my company during so many home projects, always knowing it would make my work lighter. I'm sorry to see the change and hope that it has been your choice. A repeat of programming I've already heard on Saturday....well... I will tune in at the evening slot as often as I am able.
- tadrichJanuary 8, 2012 at 9:56 PM
I have to say I was initially shocked to hear the schedule change news having listened to your most excellenet show since its beginning. I've heard so much good music and have a warm spot for Finest Kind and their sea shantys. Your show creates a special mood for my Sunday afternoons.
However, it is 2012 and I have just installed TuneIn on my iThings because for $0.99 it lets me schedule and record streaming audio. So now I can record your show and listen when I want or maybe record NHPR's folk show on Sunday night and play it on the next Sunday afternoon then listen to you live.
It is a brave new world. Keep up the good work. You are greatly appreciated. -tr
Goodbye Robert. I will miss your show.ReplyDelete
Dear Robert, your Sunday afternoon program has kept us company for so many years. Thank you for introducing us to old and new talent as we go about our gardening or renovating projects. My husband and I believe that All the Traditions is the best of the best VPR has to offer in terms of music programs. We are sad about the change....now we will turn VPR off during the duplicate Sunday programs. Your program would definitely be worth hearing twice each week but certainly not Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. We are hoping this change is just a station glitch.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2012 at 2:15 PM
I was shocked Sunday when I tried to listen to Says You and got all the traditions instead. I like All the Traditions, but can't see any logic to running it against the Folk Show on NHPR. Says You has always been the unofficial "end" of our weekend, with Traditions provided nice listening in the afternoon. I'm sorry to see another case of fixing something that was not broken.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 4:54 PM
I am so disappointed that All The Traditions has moved. Every week I would look forward to a relaxing Sunday afternoon, listening not only to the music, but to Robert's informative tidbits. It was my favorite three hours of the week! I'm not much of a night person and definitely don't stay up late on a Sunday evening.ReplyDelete
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According to the Beaver County Times, Steelers rookie RG David DeCastro "hasnt exactly been a camp sensation."
DeCastro has yet to unseat incumbent Ramon Foster, and admitted to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger he's struggling with the physical aspect of the NFL game. The Steelers didn't take the rare step of using a first-round pick on a guard to have him sit on the sideline, but it sounds like DeCastro is going to need every preseason rep he can get in preparation for Week 1.
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Just like Coples, the story is nowhere near yet written on this kid.
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Steelers will have 2 rookies STARTING on their Oline, in a new offense, with Big Ben playing with a tear in his rotator cuff & no Mendenhall & possibly Wallace with no time in camp!
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Without even hesitation he's like, NO!
Then he goes on talking his crap that the Bills are now the teamon the rise & blah, blah, blah, blah!
Has Mario Williams even played a full 16 game schedule in his career?
Boomer, Shein, Baldinger, & on & on & on!
But here's the funny thing, 2 guys have said, I think this Tebow thing can work if the Jets can handle the negative media spin. Do you know who they were?
Bill Polian & Bill Parcells!
2 guys that have resurrected more than their share of teams in this league!
It's hilarious that we even discuss the notion that Tim Tebow for a 4th round pick to be our backup, (FOOTBALL PLAYER), will be the most horrible mistake that the Jets have made in 44 years!
Really, what has become of this sport & how it's reported.
While Boomer is criticing every one in sight, I'm remembering him single handedly throwing away a game vs Miami when we had a 17 point lead!
And he was a veteran, not some kid like Sanchez learning on the fly!
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When these guys jump from college to pros, they are dealing with a whole different level of opposition, especially strength.
Going back in time, even Alan Faneca wasn't instant good. any rookie OL will have ups and downs. Decastro will probably be great in year 3 or 4.
when i see posts blaming the front office for not drafting a right tackle or whatever, those posters are forgetting about the incubation time for trench players. A 2012 draft pick often doesn't fix a 2012 problem. Even a guy like Matt Kalil is going to be average while he develops. Average is an upgrade on what they had before (just like how Dbrick was an upgrade when he arrived) but these players are far from reliable as rookies. The only situation I can recall where a rookie OL made the pro bowl as a rookie was Joe thomas.
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I am all for upgrades but by and large the Jets OL situation is fairly healthy.
JMO if the quarterback could deal with an average amount of pressure in 2011, no one would mention the OL. Keep in mind the Super Bowl champion Giants allowed over 100 more pressures on Eli than the Jets allowed on Sanchez.
Certainly Hunter and Slauson are not as good as Woody and Faneca, but there are about 20-25 NFL qb's who would take the Jets line over their OL, no questions asked.
Takes time to adjust, grow, and get stronger. Common sense.
Great QBs make an Oline. QB's with quick releases, great footwork and read defenses make a bad oline good and a good oline great.
Watch some of the great QB's play. They know when and where to get rid of the ball and have a feel for when and where pressure is coming.
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shot Harambe, a magnificent silverback gorilla, after an inquisitive child fell into the exhibit. The tragedy is painful for everyone: the person who pulled the trigger, keepers who loved and cared for Harambe, the visitors who admired him throughout his life and who witnessed the horror, the boy and his family, and the other gorillas in Harambe's close-knit group.
It isn't the first time that zoo keepers have had to deal with this kind of horrible experience. In 1996, a boy fell into the gorilla exhibit at Brookfield Zoo. Ten years earlier, a boy fell into the gorilla exhibit at Jersey Zoo, in the United Kingdom.
Many experts believe that Harambe was not trying to harm the boy; but zoo officials should not be put in the position of having to make the choice to kill. It is time for zoos to make zoos safer for their gorillas and other great apes.
Through the decades, zoos have evolved from entertainment arenas to educational facilities dedicated to improving the visitor "experience" and encouraging wildlife conservation. I hope people will sign a petition urging zoos to evolve again, into organizations that put protection of animal welfare above all other considerations. They must make ape exhibits childproof and "dummy-proof" (for those drunk or deluded visitors who imagine they have some sort of special connection with animals). This petition urges the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and specifically the Gorilla Species Survival Program, to raise exhibit standards to "impenetrable," to improve the welfare and protect the lives of the apes under their care. This petition further urges the Gorilla SSP to be transparent and inform the public of their decisions on this issue.


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Ever since the activist organization released videos of slsughtered crocodiles and aligators used to make these bags, a lot has changed in Hermés' life. These are turbulent times for the brand, but damage control is essential. After the French actress disclosed her concerns in being associated with the brand, a 34-year old relationship is ending with 'talks'. Meanwhile they are a sinking ship staying afloat on a flimsy log of wood so Birkin or not, the show must go on. They have got a lot of mileage and coverage with this incident if nothing else, and that could have done some good. There are plenty of very VERY rich women who won't be snapped the minute they allow a ray of sun to touch their toes, and who can proudly flaunt their 'Birkin bags' on holiday or leisure. When a bag sells at a cost close to small state's GDP, you are bound to flaunt it somewhere. Even if it's just to a country club in the Middle East.
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Unless you're brand new to Céline, you're well aware that the brand tends to show far more unusual and conceptual bags on its runways than the majority of what actually ends up getting stocked in stores. Instead of Luggage Totes and Trapeze Bags, Céline's Spring 2016 runway show was full of voluminous, pillowy leather satchels and hard-edged little hand totes with snap-on front compartments.
There was one gorgeous lavender crocodile Classic Box Bag, as though to remind consumers that the brand also makes bags that many of them enjoy buying. Personally, I would love to get my hands on one of the puffy, soft satchels, but only in the most literal sense; they look like they're made of the softest lambskin in the world, and I'd like to touch them.
Deflated slightly, I could see those bags having a certain amount of consumer appeal, but for the real handbag fireworks, we'll have to wait until Céline's Spring 2016 lookbook appears online. (As soon as it does, we'll bring you all the photos.)
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Alessandro Michele's previous Gucci show may have been relatively light on handbags, but based on the brand's Spring 2016 runway in Milan earlier this week, that's not the new creative director's preference all the time. For the upcoming season, the Gucci Dionysus, among others, are getting a remixed look with lots of extra details.
The bags, including some brand new shapes, had an overall ladylike bent, with lots of structure and a newly introduced top-handle version of the Dionysus. That's where the traditionalism ends, though; most of the bags are done up in embroidery, webbing, Cuban link chains, beading, sequins, painted prints and exotic textures. Shrinking violets, they are now.
There were a few designs that tended toward a more classic look, but on the whole, the Spring 2016 Gucci girl is looking to turn most of the old rules on their heads. Check out the full collection below.
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Louis Vuitton Has Seriously Expanded Its Selection of Exotic BagsCategories:Louis Vuitton
It's an interesting time to be in the ultra-luxury business because no one really knows where the top of the market is. In a climate when a pre-owned Birkin can break records by selling at auction for well into the six figures, there's a seemingly insatiable thirst for novelty and rarity among the world's super rich.
There are relatively few brands in a position to sate that thirst, but those who can have been publicly offering ever more exotics over the past few seasons. The most notable exotic push in recent memory, though, is the one Louis Vuitton is making right now, and many of the bags have recently become available for perusal, including price information, on the brand's website. That is a shift in course in and of itself; for years, the brand kept its most expensive bags off general consumer radar.
Doing more top-tier leather goods has been a stated goal of LV's for some time now, and the bags below seem to represent the logical extreme of that strategy. They range in prices from a little over $7,000 to $50,000, with several priced above $40,000. If you had that much to spend on a bag, would these make your list?
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LOUIS VUITTON FASHIONS FLORE FOR ITS PARNASSÉA COLLECTIONCategories:Louis Vuitton
If, like me, you too had grown tired of the metal-studdeds and the Swarovski-encrusteds, this will come as a breath of fresh Champs-Elysees air to you. The latest addition to Louis Vuitton's luxurious Parnasséa collection is Flore, the ultimate carryall in calfskin.
Flore combines a practical design with an array of refined details such as braided handles and Louis Vuitton's heritage Articles de Voyage signature in subtle and pinpoint perforations. Crafted in beautiful Veau Soie calfskin with its fine and natural grain, it is the perfect neutral accompaniment, fashionable day out and in.
Its practicality extends to its generous interior space. An elegant, suede calfskin lined central compartment is complimented by zippered pocket space. Available for $4,000 in a lovely hazelnut, Noisette, the bag has a removable shoulder strap and bottom studs that protect its base.
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Derived from the Mediterranean island of Capri, Caprese is a brand dedicated to bag lovers. Following fine Italian traditions, Caprese works towards pleasing aesthetics and enduring quality. With its priorities in the right order, Caprese prides itself on being a brand that is affordably luxuriant, which offers a wide plethora of bags that are airy, vibrantly hued and precisely crafted.
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SCORE partnered with Verisign to offer the Small Business Success Virtual Conference, a free, half-day online training event for small business owners on November 9, 2017.
Click the links below, and register to view the presentations:
- Idea to Execution: How to Launch or Grow Your Small Business by P. Simon Mahler, SCORE Mentor and Entrepreneur
- Hit the Refresh Button on Your Social Media Presence by Christine Landry, Senior Social Media Editor. Sponsored by Thryv
- 7 Crucial Moves to Master Everyday Employee Management by Jaime Lizotte, HR Solutions Manager & Shanna Wall, Compliance Attorney. Sponsored by ComplyRight
- Buying Attention in a Distracted World - Online Advertising by Ramon Ray, Entrepreneur & Publisher, Smart Hustle Magazine. Sponsored by AT&T
- 3 Steps to Building a Profitable Digital Brand by Juntae DeLane, Founder, Digital Branding Institute
- Small Business Start-Up Steps: Selecting a Business Entity, Income and Payroll Tax Decisions by Denise Wilson, Bonnie Blake, and Catherine Varosy. Sponsored by Block Advisors
- Succeeding in a Micro-Moments World by Matt Weber, Certified Google AdWords Trainer. Sponsored by Google
- Hot Businesses, Markets & Trends for 2018 by Rieva Lesonsky, Co-Founder & CEO, GrowBiz Media and SmallBizDaily
- The Power of The Campaign by Jennifer Shaheen, President, Technology Therapy Group
- The Secret of Getting Better Customers by Jeanne Rossomme, Author and Founder, Roadmap Marketing
Here's what attendees said about our last virtual conference:
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An Incentive for Starting a Build Log
The NRG's Generic East Coast Oyster Sharpie plan sets have been selling out – we had to reorder prints 2X already.
BUT nobody has started a build log yet. As an incentive we have decided to reward the first three (3) MSW / NRG members who purchase the plans and start and continue* actual build logs** from the plans.
The build logs should be started in the scratch built forum and labeled with Generic Sharpie – by "your ID". When we have six or more build logs up and running we will set up a group build area for the Generic Sharpie build logs.
The winners will be able to pick any one of the prizes listed below:
Free registration for one day at 2018 or 2019 NRG Conference ($145 value)
Shop Notes 1 and 2 set ($60 value)
Nautical Research Journal – all content set ($145 value)
4 CD's or 1 flash drive
Continental Galley Washington Plan set ($65 value)
1 year NRG membership or extension ($50 - $62 value)
*"Continue" means that multiple posts containing build log content must be made for a minimum of 30 days after the initial post. Logs will be tracked by starting date and the first 3 that have continued for 30 days following their initial post will be declared the winners.
**Note the words "actual build logs" – no fair showing a few pieces of wood and going no further just to win.
The NRG has a new set of plans available for purchase with a free 200+ page full-color monograph . Check the NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD NEWS forum below for details. This plan set is developed for the first time scratch builder with limited tools and experience. All materials are standard strip stock available from hobby wood suppliers. However, it is also a great project for the more experienced builder looking for a smaller project to take a break from the bigger builds. Remember MSW Members who provide us their real name are considered members for the discounted price. An email or call to the office before you order with your real name and MSW user name before you order is needed for the discount code.


text: With the start of the new school year and my head halfway in Sardinia, I'd almost forgotten to tell you guys about how I got to meet the inimitably chic Mr Roland Mouret! Chiefly known for his figure-hugging Galaxy it-dress and his projects with Victoria Beckham, the French designer is now in charge of continuing Robert Clergerie's shoe empire legacy. I was kindly invited by Delvaux, the original luxury Belgian leatherware maison, to wallow in the beauty that Mr Mouret has produced. The shoes are all for sale at Delvaux. Whether you choose to impart this wisdom onto your girlfriend, is up to you. Especially if you're paying. It was a wonderful evening, Mr Mouret was ever so kind (and handsome, let's not fib). He was constantly being swarmed by glamazons, but I managed to steal him away for a second (after hovering around him for 45 minutes). It wasn't easy, but I got the money shot!


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Trinkets are pretty things.
Trinkets are small and shiny.
It is it nothing but your best interest to get your grubby paws on as many trinkets as you can as quickly as you can.
Kidding aside, whatever two trinkets you decide to toss into those slots will make a huge difference to your gear choices and how you approach specific fights and hurdles that would otherwise be a problem.
Unfortunately, there really aren't that many choices when it comes to trinkets as in any given tier of content, there are usually only two or three trinkets that are worth going for.
To prepare for the upcoming expansion in December, it would behoove you, as a tank, to snag the strongest ones that you can for the current content to aid you in potentially leapfrogging the early dungeons or making it a little easier on your inevitable pug healer woes.
To that end, I'm going to highlight the strongest choices for trinkets in this current tier of content, in the hope that you still have a decent amount of time to shoot for them and hopefully snag one or two.
The two strongest trinkets are probably both ones found in ICC.
The strongest one is Sindragosa's Flawless Fang which drops off of (surprise!) Sindragosa herself. The huge chunk of stamina on the trinket is definitely welcome but it also sports a deceptively useful "use" effect which can make a big difference in any number of fights sporting sudden spikes of elemental damage. Notably, something like the Festergut fight if you happen to miss a stack or two of the debuff or a Deathwhisper fight when your interruptors are a little lacking can be saved with a judicious use of this trinket.
The second trinket to keep an eye out for is actually a bit of a tossup. There's something to be said for the trinket from Professor Putricide in the 10 man difficulty, whether it's the heroic version or not. While it doesn't have any neat use effects, more health, especially in light of the percentage scaling ICC buff is hardly something to laugh at and the trinket enjoys a pretty consistant uptime.
On the other hand, the tanking trinket that drops from Halion can be given mention too. While it doesn't sport the extra health, the large amount of bonus armor can definitely boost your survivability when it comes to bosses that deal a great deal of physical damage while the dodge proc definitely has potential to save you from an untimely demise. The only problem with it is, of course, being dodge, while it MAY save your life, there will also be situations where the trinket procs and the extra chance to dodge doesn't go your way and gets you killed anyway.
So that one's really a matter of personal preference depending on your playstyle, whether you'd rather stack the surefire health which will help against all forms of damage consistantly, or if you want to stack some armor for mitigation and rely on the fickle mistress of Chance to see you through a trinket proc safe and sound.
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Video: Pizza Delivery Robots
The team of engineers on the Discovery Channel's program Prototype This tackled the task of building a pizza delivery robot for the city streets of San Francisco. This show first aired in December, but after running a post on pizza vending machines last week, I got curious about what other automated pizza-related innovations are out there.
The delivery system comes complete with a warming box for the pies and a credit card validation system that ensures only the person that ordered the pizza can retrieve it from the robot. In the four block trial run with the prototype, aptly named "Luigi", the team attempts to throw in some real life obstacles that a delivery guys encounter in an average route. The obstacles are pretty basic, but [spoiler alert!] Luigi passes with flying colors. Honestly, this robot would have a lot more to contend with in real life, but tt's kinda crazy to think that we could share the sidewalks with delivery bots.
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The Miami Heat are pulling out all the stops in tonight's crucial Game 4.
LeBron James is attacking the rim like crazy, Dwyane Wade is flying all over the place on defense, and Chris Bosh is drawing fouls with egregious flops.
Tim Duncan was called for a foul on this play for a moving screen. The referee probably saw Duncan's arm extend, but Bosh flailing like a wild man probably affected the call as well.
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Wednesday evening, from 4 p.m.-close, it's throwback time! The Blast from the Past special includes unlimited ice skating, mini golf, mini bowling, and non-ticketed video games! For just $12 you can enjoy those attractions and games as much as you'd like, plus you get the unlimited buffet and drink, too! Let the good times roll!


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CAMBRIDGE, MA-Three members of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's outdoor track and field team finished eighth and earned All-New England honors on the first day of competition at the two-day Open New England Championships Friday at MIT's Henry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium.
In the javelin, junior Joe Texeira (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk HS) finished eighth with a throw of 189 feet, 11 inches. Senior Robert Yarbough (Fall River, MA/Durfee HS) was eighth in the hammer with a toss of 174 feet, two inches, which is his second best throw in that event.
Sophomore Krista Chauvin (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk HS/Stonehill) finished eighth in the hammer at 163-10 and also earned All-New England honors.
Freshman Phito Gondre (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) won his heat at 100 meters in 10.86 seconds and qualified for Saturday's final. He also ran the 200 in 22.29 seconds, but did not advance.
Senior Courtney Testa (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton HS) finished 11th of 19 runners at 10,000 meters in 39:24.88. In the 400 meter hurdles, freshman Jacob Texeira (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk HS) finished in 55.97 seconds, and freshman Kainoa Culverhouse (Salisbury, MA/Triton Regional HS) ran the 110 meter hurdles in 16.07 seconds, and neither advanced to the finals.
"It was good to see Rob (Yarbough) put a good throw out there for the second best throw of his life," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner.
"Despite the fact that Krista put a little pressure on herself because she is ranked high in the hammer and has a chance to go to nationals, she still came through and threw within about a foot of her best throw," said UMass Dartmouth Assistant Coach Jon Hird. "She stood in with some good throwers. This is the first time Courtney has run 10,000 meters. Once she got the fourth mile out of the way, she picked it up and ran well."
The meet will conclude Saturday.