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Courtesy of MLB.com
MLB Unveils Urban Youth Academy
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
COMPTON, Calif. -- After the marching bands and the speeches, the accolades and the lemonades, Commissioner Bud Selig proclaimed that Tuesday was "a big day" for Major League Baseball in this community just south of the City of Angels.
Under a cloudless sky, Selig used oversized wooden scissors to cut a red ribbon that was stretched baseline-to-baseline across the main field of the first U.S.-based Urban Youth Academy, now nestled on 10 acres behind Compton Community College.
"This is the first of what I hope is a series of academies all over America," Selig said. "So this is a very big day for us, a very, very good day. I really do think things like this will change the history of our sport. There's a lot of days when being the Commissioner is not a joyride. But this indeed is a great day to be the Commissioner of baseball."
The list of dignitaries attending the noon PT event was long and distinguished. Aside from Selig, Dodgers chairman Frank McCourt, Angels owner Arte Moreno, Hall of Famers Dave Winfield and Joe Morgan, and of course, Jimmie Lee Solomon, the MLB executive who spearheaded the project, were all front and center.
Other former Major Leaguers, many of whom grew up on that strip of land that runs south of downtown Los Angeles, mingled among the crowd of about 500: Reggie Smith and Ken Landreaux. Bill Russell and Sweet Lou Johnson. Enos Cabell and George Hinshaw. Bobby Castillo and Hubie Brooks. Just to name a few.
Astros general manager Tim Purpura, who cut his teeth in the Angels organization, made the excursion from Houston's Spring Training base in Florida. The Astros and Cabell, who grew up near Compton and now works in the Houston organization, donated $70,000 for batting cages that will be named in honor of Cabell's father, Enos Sr. Rockies chairman Charlie Monfort was there, as was John Young, the founder of RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities).
Young's group, which began the redemption of baseball in urban L.A. long before the academy was the gleam in anyone's eye, announced that it would stage its 14th annual RBI World Series this August on the four fields that were created out of hardscrabble at the cost of $3 million.
Moreno, who is entering his fourth season owning L.A.'s American League baseball team, donated $500,000 in the name of the Angels over the next five years toward college scholarships for the thousands of kids who are expected to use the facility -- the main field, the auxiliary field, a girls' softball field and a youth field.
"A big part of what we're looking at that revolves around baseball and softball at the academy is education," Moreno said. "The education component is so important to what happens here. We want to give these young people the opportunity not only to finish high school, but to move on to the next level, to junior college at Compton, or to one of the major universities."
Completion of this academy was a six-year endeavor that began as a nationwide search for a suitable site and later turned into a major land acquisition, permitting and construction project. When the daily routine begins in earnest this coming June, 125 kids a day are going to be given instruction from professional level coaches on how to play the game.
They will have their own clubhouses and training facilities and will have access to the college's classrooms, computer rooms, locker rooms and refreshment stands.
MLB studied other locales as home to its first U.S. academy, but Compton, in the cradle of rich baseball history, seemed to be the applicable place.
"This is a perfect area for it," Selig said. "It's an area that needed something like this. It's an area where we need to have representation. You have to pick the right place to start."
U.S. Representative Juanita Melinda McDonald (D-Calif.), whose district includes Compton, queried Solomon about MLB putting a satellite facility at the college. But Solomon said after visiting the site that he was sold on it by McDonald.
"I came, I saw and I was conquered," Solomon said.
McDonald added on Tuesday that the day's invocation felt like "I have finished giving birth to my baby."
"We turned an ambitious dream into a state of the art reality that we are celebrating here today," said Solomon, who was promoted by MLB to the position of vice president of baseball operations while the project was running its course. "This facility is a prototype of what we envision and strongly believe to be an exciting catalyst for positive change among the youth of urban America."
Next up is Washington, D.C. As part of the stadium package under negotiation with the City Council for the Nationals, MLB has agreed to fund a $3.5 million inner city academy in the nation's capital.
Winfield, who is a Padres vice president and has been in the forefront of minority initiatives for the ballclub in San Diego, said that baseball had shown him the right way to move forward into his adult life and that he hoped the academy would provide the same advantages to others.
Aside from baseball on the field, the academy will offer free seminars in other industry jobs: umpiring, athletic field and turf development, sports and broadcast journalism, public relations and statistics and sports medical training.
"I did it the right way," said Winfield, who also starred in football and basketball and could have played professionally in the other two sports. "I let them teach me, show me. And I took it in. And now MLB has created this academy to show young people that they have the same opportunities in front of them, whether it's on the field, whether it's in the front office, whether it's in ancillary jobs. There's a lot of competition out there, but we think baseball is still the best way."
Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com. MLB.com national correspondent Ben Platt contributed to this story. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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In part two of my article series we tackle the following:
–50+ hour workweeks.
–Mandatory overtime.
–24/7 on-call employees via cell phone access.
–Irrational investor and stockholder indebtedness.
–Ludicrous employee engagement initiatives that treat staff like children instead of motivating towards increased performance and the understanding of how their work benefits the client.
Corporate America, you have given yourself a "gimme" on the crass decision to no longer view employees as humans – you have taken the human out of Human Resources. Human Resources, was in its very essence, created to be a resource to the human not the other way around. Resource, capital, investment, or whatever you call your employees, lets you feel better about treating them poorly and supposedly absolves you of the responsibility of being a good citizen.
If they aren't "humans" you can:
–Work staff well over 40 hours week or give them the work of two and three people (or both) and say, we are doing all we can as a company and we need you to give more, and you have to do more with less. You can also declare Mandatory Overtime.
There have been numerous studies stating working anyone over 50 hours a week makes employees ineffective and is unhealthy – see CNBC's Long Hours Make You Less Productive Inc's Why Working More Than 40 Hours a Week is Useless and Forbes Working More Than 8 Hours a Day Can Kill You and yet, you still make employees feel guilty if they don't give more. Quite frankly, unless there is an emergency, why are your employees working more than 40 hours a week. And if you don't find this a problem then why did the federal government recently raise the base salary requirements for those receiving overtime? I certainly understand there will be occasions when big projects are due, you have a new client onboarding and it requires extra time, or a seasonal issue like tax season means a few more hours, but truly you have lost sight of YOUR responsibility as an employer.
The mandatory overtime you frequently require is an abuse of your workforce. Just because you are too cheap to hire a few more people to help doesn't excuse your taking employees away from their families and other obligations or overworking them. If your company is habitually requiring mandatory overtime, then the problem is your management as an executive team!
I hear from my clients nearly daily that they are told "we need you to give more," "do more with less," and the "company has given as much as they can." Have you really given all you can, or are you as a corporate officer loving that bonus and/or those company stocks you get a little too much. Remember, to whom much is given, must is expected – and yet, I don't see most corporate officers giving. Clients, articles and blogs in mass, complain of the following:
–Executives sitting in their offices all day long, only coming out for an occasional meeting, to eat food lower paid staff have brought (of course the executive didn't bring anything and never does), to berate the staff, or to chat up their favorites for a few minutes ignoring everyone else and going back in their office.
–Hinting that if the employee(s) don't start voluntarily working additional hours, they will be forced to – and isn't voluntary better?
–Boards of Directors having lavish parties or meetings, but won't buy Jimmy John's or even McDonald's for their employees staying until 8:00 PM or 9:00 PM every night.
–Rarely if ever give positive feedback but are the first to complain to their employees.
–Take credit for their employees work.
–Will throw their employees under the bus for any problem that arises so they don't take the hit.
–Telling employees they can use luxury boxes at local sports stadiums, or a special room at a local restaurant or bar, or tickets for events, UNLESS an executive or board member decides at the last minute they want to go. Oh, and the employees can't bring spouses or significant others, but the executives and board members can.
–Awarding raises that are lower than the annual cost of living increase while telling the employees they should feel good about that "great raise." Of course the stockholders receive lovely returns.
Oh, and this information doesn't just come from mid-level management or traditional hourly employees. I also work with C-level executives, many of them from Fortune 500, Fortune 100 and a couple of Fortune 10 over the years! They regale me with tales of Boards of Directors and fellow execs relishing layoffs, calling employees whiners because they are being ask to do the jobs of two to three (or more) people, not giving raises for years or such a pittance of a raise because the employees need to "sacrifice" for the company and meanwhile the corporate stock is hitting a new high. These very smart, very talented clients/executives are leaving your corporate arena and going into smaller organizations that aren't publicly traded, are in the non-profit arena, or starting their own companies because of what they are seeing. You know this is happening and you do nothing but collect your check, and revel in the potential of how much your bonus and stock might be worth if you get rid of more employees or let positions sit unfilled! Operate lean you say. While I agree that organizations should be lean (we certainly don't need employees just sitting around) many organizations are operating at skeletal levels.
Companies often demand 24/7 availability from employees via their phones, and get upset if employees don't answer calls or texts right away. I have had clients with bosses who commanded them to take their phones and be constantly available on bathroom breaks, on vacation, while their spouse was having a baby at the hospital, during family emergencies, and even funerals.
First, your employees don't need to be available 24/7 – you are getting paid the big bucks. You do! Secondly, hire enough staff to do the job, including a couple of people who are there overnight to attend to problems while also performing other tasks. There, problem solved.
Recently I see a perceived need to move staff around like cattle throughout office space to justify corporate officer's positions in the company, and that includes constantly changing people's job responsibilities. When did moving employees, which by the way is a huge expense per employee each time it is done (relocate desk, computer and peripherals, office cubes, file cabinets, hook computer and peripherals back up, make sure their working, etc.), become a corporate game? It's like you have some sort of weird chess board and sit all day plotting where you will move people next.
How about those organizations or senior management promising a promotion or day time hours or a new assignment/position within a given amount of time, if you will just "do this" for us, and then never delivering? They make their employees take on extra work, an assignment they don't want or a promotion without the pay, promising they will "make it up" to the employee, but never do.
Can employees complain to HR about any of the above? Maybe, maybe not? I have a list of no less than 10 large companies who have gone to a new Human Resources structure where employees have no dedicated HR advocate. Managers and staff above them have HR advocates, but the employees have to call a supposed "anonymous" 1-800 number to complain and someone will hopefully get back with them. Who is listening to these calls? Where is the Human Resources advocacy for the employee? I have news for these companies – your employees are too afraid to call the 1-800 number for fear of retribution, because you provided management HR protection, but left the employee without any assurances of privacy or real help. I had a client who called one of these 1-800 HR numbers recently and she has never gotten a call back (she called over a month ago). She is too fearful to call again to report a boss who is constantly taking credit for her work and hinting she needs to work extra time voluntarily because of a substandard performance, even though he has never met with her to discuss any performance issues and her performance appraisals are stellar. What is she supposed to do? Where is her advocate?
Next, we visit the issue of why employee engagement initiatives aren't working? Well, it isn't just the shameful way you treat your staff, it's the goofy engagement programs you do implement. From having your employees play silly games to giving everyone two ounces of ice cream in a little cup and telling them "Happy Employee Day" we "celebrate and value" you, the examples are plentiful. One of my executive clients created an entire set of engagement initiatives for their company that would truly involve the employees, help them see the value of their job to the customer, upgrade everyone's office area (at a very low expense to the company), and provide additional development opportunities to the employees over time. The company did go forward with implementation and became one of the top companies to work for in several annual polls. They have since quit doing these engagement initiatives, and the response from executives as to why, was… but that will cost money and lower our bonuses! These same executives also don't understand why they are no longer highly ranked in those top company polls. Now, why aren't those engagement initiatives working again?
Lastly, I want to bring up excessive public company groveling to investors. I am not saying that a company shouldn't take care of its P&L, but the constant, unnecessary cutting of staff, leaving essential positions unfilled for months or even eliminating them, giving no raises or raises well below the cost of living, and constantly requiring more from employees to produce a better return for investors is beyond outrageous! You cannot cut your way to profit. I repeat; you cannot cut your way to profit. Something always suffers, and that will always be your customer, and then your products and services, and of course, your employees. If you take care of the employees and customers, the profits will take care of themselves. You don't need to hire employees just to put a body in a chair, but you need enough employees to do the job in a normal amount of hours (40 hours weekly) and for goodness sake, stop giving employees the jobs of two and three people and then asking why they are having trouble keeping up.
Is all dark and gloomy? No it isn't. I do have clients who work for organizations that truly care. They treat their employees like an asset to the organization – better yet, like a customer. Pay is good, raises come annually, everyone can get a bonus or profit sharing based on total company performance, employees feel appreciated and love their work, employee and client retention is high, executives sit out on the floor with the employees, no one has their own office and that includes the CEO, they follow employment laws, and there is a true open door policy without retribution. These clients come to me because they want to get a new job in their current organization. Sometimes my clients have left a past organization that treated them well only to find the craziness described throughout this article, and want to get back into the company they left. It's all about the organization's leadership!
Yes, I am doing it again, making friends and influencing people in big corporate America, but I feel very strongly somebody has to call out executives and various layers of management for treating employees like sub humans. In part three we will tackle the following:
–Paying lip service to employee engagement or having staff participate in hangman and tic-tac-toe contests to show how much you "love" them, versus serious engagement programs, which embrace a culture of employee satisfaction and listen to what the employees are telling you in those annual surveys.
–Performance reviews, goals and annual raises done for the benefit of the company and management/executive bonuses, not the employee.
–The new and increasing crisis of anxiety and job-related stress as FMLA and potentially ADA issues.
–Taking away employee vacation or sick time benefits, going to a "combined personal time off" model, or creating a new schedule that actually means more hours and less time off to save a little money.
–Stating you have an open-door policy for employees to express opinions when that really isn't true. Then, when an employee comes to your office and says something is wrong with product or service quality, a project, or employee morale, they are soon to be out on the street looking for a new job, or at the very least persona non grata with management.
Until The Beatings will continue until Moral Improves III, adieu.
Karen Silins is a multi-certified, award winning resume writer, career, business and personal branding coach working with individuals and small businesses. After graduating with degrees in education and vocal performance, she made her own career transition into the Human Resources realm. Karen left Human Resources to become an entrepreneur and help jobseekers and fellow entrepreneurs achieve their goals. She keeps current regarding trends in the resume writing, coaching, HR, small business and marketing industries by working daily with individual clients on resume development and career coaching, consulting for small businesses in business plan development, marketing, blogging, hiring and overall HR processes, and providing 50-70+ seminars and workshops annually to a variety of organizations in the greater Kansas City area. She can be reached via her website at www.careerandresume.com.

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5 Excellent Twists on the 'Breaking Bad' Finale
After five seasons, 'Breaking Bad' has finally come to an end. If you watched the show, we're going to go ahead and assume you've spent the majority of the past few days reading countless blog posts about the show to get a fix before you realize it's actually gone forever.
To that end, here are some videos that take funny and unique looks at the show's ending, so you can relive it over and over again, but this time with LOLs. **SPOILERS** (Obviously, duh.)


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Interest Groups
Politically speaking, two major and interconnected issues emerge when considering small and rural schools in Europe: the efficiency problem, and the inequality of the provision of education.
In November 2019, the Steering Committee of European Schoolnet created the Small and Rural Schools Interest Group to explore issues of mutual concern related to small schools at a European level, as quite a lot of other countries are concerned with similar problems. The objectives of this Interest Group are to:
- 1. Collect and share different research findings across European countries.
- 2. Work at the European level on the collection and sharing practices on the use of ICT, to overcome isolation.
- 3. Collect and share experiences on learning practices in multi-age classes.
- 4. Collect and share experiences on models of school organisation and links with local communities.
- 5. Consider the opportunity to offer an open community of practices for all practitioners working in small and rural schools, and the chance to create a European network of small rural schools.
- 6. Offer a capacity-building programme for small and rural schools in Europe.
The Small and Rural Schools Interest Group is composed by 13 countries (Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Slovakia, Spain and Turkey). It is supported by European Schoolnet and INDIRE — the National Institute for Documentation, Innovation and Educational Research, which is the Italian Ministry of Education's oldest research organisation. In 2023, the Small and Rural Interest Group presented its first publication titled "Rural Schools Under Focus".
This publication features 11 monographies, covering 11 countries (Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Spain) in 11 languages, the executive summary and a comparative analysis of the findings of these monographies.
You can find the report, the executive summary and the monagraphies.
The Interest Group was created to better understand and discuss the benefits and challenges of digitally processed data on student learning. The topic has become particularly important for education since the emergency move online of teaching and learning during the pandemic. In 2023, the members of the Interest Group have addressed in particular the question of Learning Analytics, in a discussion building on a presentation by Barbara Wasson, University of Bergen about Four Dilemmas from the Perspective of Norway. The dilemmas discussed were the following: the need for information versus the need for data protection; learning as an Individualised process versus social process; centralisation versus autonomy; and competence needs versus competence reality.
A case study about educational data in Croatia has been the other point discussed by the Group. Jurica Vratarić and Mirta Janeš from CARNET presented different services and support CARNET provides for whole education system, on national level, like: enrolment and registry system, eDiary, elassroom management system, education and learning analytics (encompasses measuring, collecting, analysing and reporting), digital education material management, career management system for students, professional development system for teachers and support for schools through helpdesk, webpages, and financial system. In addition to the thematic discussions, each meeting of the Group organises a What is going on? tour de table enabling all members to be aware and share their respective recent development in countries concerning educational data about students learning.


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Welcome to our Oslo Guide!
Our Oslo Guide aims to be your number one source on the internet for information on the capital of Norway. Lots of tourists come to our beautiful city all year round to see the beautiful landscape, the special buildings, the new Opera house, to travel on a fjord cruise and to see what life is like in the Norwegian capital.
In our travel guide, you will find information about the most important sights and attractions in Oslo. Read about the famous Vigeland's park, find information on the Holmenkollen Ski jumping facilities and read about other important sights as well. We also describe cool activities and family programs available. If you are looking for a place to stay while in Oslo, then check out the description of some nice Oslo hotels and do not miss out on our practical advice on public transportation and other travel issues in Oslo.
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Truth and Value
This transformation is a process to dive into the truth and value of who you are. Sometimes your value feels unappreciated or undervalued. Come back into the truth of you and true value that leaves no competition for others around. There are no competitors when you are in your truth and in the expression of your ideas and insights.
Find endless energy for infinite wisdom and life force to flow through you.
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The Nintendo Switch may soon be a haven for hackers, but not the kind that want your data — the kind that want to run SNES emulators and Linux on their handheld gaming consoles. A flaw in an Nvidia chip used by the Switch, detailed today, lets power users inject code into the system and modify it however they choose.
The exploit, known as Fusée Gelée, was first hinted at by developer Kate Temkin a few months ago. She and others at ReSwitched worked to prove and document the exploit, sending it to Nvidia and Nintendo, among others.
Although responsible disclosure is to be applauded, it won't make much difference here: this flaw isn't the kind that can be fixed with a patch. Millions of Switches are vulnerable, permanently, to what amounts to a total jailbreak; only new ones with code tweaked at the factory will be immune.
That's because the flaw is baked into the read-only memory of the Nvidia Tegra X1 used in the Switch and a few other devices. It's in the "Boot and Power Management Processor" to be specific, where a misformed packet sent during a routine USB device status check allows the connected device to send up to 64 kibibytes (65,535 bytes) of extra data that will be executed without question. You need to get into recovery mode first, but that's easy.
As you can imagine, getting arbitrary code to run on a device that deep in its processes is a huge, huge vulnerability. Fortunately it's only available to someone with direct, physical access to the Switch. But that in itself makes it an extremely powerful tool for anyone who wants to modify their own console.
Modding consoles is done for many reasons, and indeed piracy is among them. But people also want to do things Nintendo won't let them, like back up their saved games, run custom software like emulators, or extend the capabilities of the OS beyond the meager features the company has provided.
Temkin and her colleagues had planned to release the vulnerability publicly on June 15 or when someone releases the vulnerability independent of them — whichever came first. It turned out to be the latter, which apparently came as a surprise to no one in the community. The X1 exploit seems to have been something of an open secret.
The exploit was released anonymously by some hacker and Temkin accordingly published the team's documentation of it on GitHub. If that's too technical, there's also some more plain-language chatter about the flaw in a FAQ posted earlier this month. I've asked Temkin for a few more details.
In addition to Temkin, failOverflow announced a small device that will short a pin in the USB connector and put the device into recovery mode, prepping it for exploitation. And Team-Xecuter was advertising a similar hardware attack months ago.
The answer to the most obvious question is no, you can't just fire this up and start playing Wave Race 64 (or a pirated Zelda) on your Switch 15 minutes from now. The exploit still requires technical ability to implement, though as with many other hacks of this type, someone will likely graft it to a nice GUI that guides ordinary users through the process. (It certainly happened with the NES and SNES Classic Editions.)
Although the exploit can't be patched away with a software update, Nintendo isn't powerless. It's likely that a modified Switch would be barred from the company's online services (such as they are) and possibly the user's account as well. So although the hacking process is, compared with the soldering required for modchips of decades past, low on risk, it isn't a golden ticket.
That said, Fusée Gelée will almost certainly open the floodgates for developers and hackers who care little for Nintendo's official ecosystem and would rather see what they can get this great piece of hardware to do on their own.
I've asked Nintendo and Nvidia for comment and will update when I hear back.


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Hi girls! How's going on? Hope your weekend were nice! I couldn't stop at any moment but that's like is going to be my weekends the next three months. I have headache so I'm not going to do a big post today, just tell you a little bit about this outfit. It's perfect to go to work and afterwork: versatile, elegant and cozy. That day I wanted to wear hight boots but if you want a more military style you can wear some boots like this one (here) and it would look great. I also had on mind use this bag, but I recognize that a bag with a pop of leopard like this one (click!) would be perfect too, don't you think? I know this outfit it's maybe too dark, but as Chiara Ferragni says "I'll stop to wear black when they invent a darker color" :) Big kiss and happy monday!
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Coat: Sheinside (same here/igual aquí)
Bag: Persunmall (igual aquí/same here)
Pants: Queen's Wardrobe
Boots: Zara
Jersey: Natura
Shirt: SUCHN


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Q. How often should I have my carpets professionally cleaned?
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Location: Benowa, QLD, Australia


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Another way we can honor God through our work is by being good stewards. This applies to our personal finances as well, so we'll be looking at it in more depth when we talk about stewardship. However, the concept of stewardship has strong implications for our work lives as well – whether self-employed or working for someone else.
Pay Attention!
Proverbs provides good advice for any person involved in business, but especially those involved in managing or overseeing the operations:
23 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds: 24 for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
Proverbs 27:23-24 (WEB)
A good manager knows the condition of every aspect of the business he manages. Whether it's your own business or someone else's, you should be careful to pay attention to what's going on. Being a good steward doesn't mean you do just enough to get by. A good steward looks to maximize whatever has been put under his care – he wants to return it to his superior in a better condition than he found it. Being especially careful with things that belong to others in addition to our own things provides a strong witness that we care about the person those things belong to.
Be Faithful in All Things
Jesus challenged us to be faithful in all things whether great or small. His teaching can apply to our business lives, our personal lives, and most definitely our spiritual lives.
10 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon (money), who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
Luke 16:10-12 (WEB)
In anything that is assigned to us, we should be honest and faithful regardless of how unimportant it may seem. We build trust with others by first proving ourselves trustworthy with small and seemingly insignificant things. Then we begin to build a stronger relationship and deeper trust as bigger and more important responsibilities are given to us. While those small things do not seem like they matter at first, how we handle them can have huge implications for our future relationships.
Jesus' teaching here applies to many different aspects of our lives – not just business – and most specifically it applies to our spiritual lives. Jesus goes on to talk about how we cannot serve both God and money. The way Jesus taught us to handle the money and possessions God has entrusted to us is vastly different from the ways of the world. Jesus teaches us here that if we cannot handle something so unrighteous as money according to His teaching, how can we expect God to give us true riches? We must prove to be faithful in the small things (money) in order to receive the greater things (the true riches of Heaven and eternal life).
As we continue to examine God's Provident Plan for our finances, we'll see that He calls us to approach money and possessions with a mindset the world cannot understand. You see, the financial advice God gives us in the Bible can be applied successfully by anyone. Spend less than you earn, earn more, manage your money well, avoid debt – all of these ideas are good advice for Christians and non-Christians alike. But the results God desires – generous and sacrificial giving – are far different from the worldly views of retiring early, getting the car you've always dreamed of, living in a nicer home, traveling the world, or just doing anything you "deserve" because of your hard work and smart decisions. Following God's plans to achieve His desire requires that you understand His plan and His view of the world and that you have a relationship with His Son, Jesus. You will never understand the idea of following God's financial principles so you can give generously unless His Spirit lives in you.
However, the rewards are vastly different as well. Instead of amassing worldly wealth that will pass away and do you absolutely no good when you die, you'll inherit eternal life and true riches. You'll take hold of that which is truly life and enjoy God's creation as He meant you to. You'll find the contentment in Christ that no one can take away from you. And that's worth much more than any pile of cash you can put in the bank.
I've gotten away from the main point here, but it's important to understand what it really means to be a good steward and why we should even worry about how Jesus taught us to handle our finances. God wants us to handle money as if it doesn't matter. He wants us to use it not to just make ourselves comfortable but to further His Kingdom. And that mindset of living sacrificially will lead us to follow all of His teaching on personal finances naturally. With His Spirit living in us, we will approach our spending and working with His love and understanding. And we'll glorify Him with all of it.
Next week we'll finish up this study on work, and then I'll put together a summary post for easy reference.


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By Serena Norr
It's a spooky edition of The Celebrity Beat. These famous haunted houses will thrill and shock you with their ghastly tales. Don't be too scared, after all these are just homes, right?
The Amityville House - (Photo Credit: Zillow.com)
1. The Amityville Horror House Location: 108 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York
This haunted abode inspired by a book of the same name and five movies is often considered one of the scariest houses in America. Though we can't say if it is haunted or not, the home located in Amityville, New York, was the scene of the horrific murder where Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot his parents and four siblings in 1974. Later sold to the Lutz family in 1975 who left after only living in the house for 28 days citing that they saw "slime oozing down walls, furniture moving, swarms of flies in the dead of winter and slamming doors," as stated on Zillow.com. It was recently sold again (after only being on the market for 70 days!) for $1.15 million to a retired couple who states that the scariest thing about the house is the onlookers that visit it.
The Haunting in Connecticut House - (Photo Credit: AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
2. The Haunting in Connecticut House Location: 208 Meriden Ave, Southington, Connecticut
Dubbed the Amityville of Connecticut, this former funeral parlor, located in Southington, was converted into multiple family apartments in the 1980s. In 1986, a New York family called the Snedeker's moved into the house and began seeing demons — "one with high cheekbones, long black hair and pitch black eyes and another that wore a pinstriped tuxedo whose feet were constantly in motion," according to the Daily Beast. The family also reportedly noticed foul smells, heard unexplained noises and personality changes in their eldest son, Philip, who started dressing and talking differently. The Snedeker's later recruited Ed and Lorraine Warren (also involved in researching the Amityville). They reportedly had an exorcism that cleared the home of its ghosts in 1988. This story was later adapted into a movie in 2009 called The Haunting in Connecticut.
The Kresiher Mansion - (Photo Credit: http://prodigalborough.com)
3. The Kreischer Mansion Location: 4500 Arthur Kill Road, Staten Island, New York
A prolific brick-supplier in the 1800s, the Kreischer family built two Victorian-style homes in Staten Island for the family- one home for the parents and the second, located on a secluded hilltop, was for their son. Shortly after the second home was built, the son, Edward Kreischer, shot himself and the house later mysteriously buried down. It is believed that the home is haunted by the son and his wife where guests have heard noises and doors banging. In 1996, the home was converted into a restaurant where guests and workers heard noises and doors slamming.
The Franklin Castle - (Photo Credit: www.prairieghosts.com)
4. The Franklin Castle Location: 4308 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio
Considered the most haunted house in Ohio, the Franklin Castle, the home was built in 1865 by Hannes Tiedemann for his family. Over three years in the house, three of Tiedemann's children died as well as well as his mother. Since his wife, Luise, was haunted by the family tragedies Tiedemann decided to expand the home to take her mind of the strange deaths. The additions included secret passageways, secret rooms, and hidden doors. Following Tiedemann's death in 1908, it was reported that these secret rooms were not only a clever construction project. Here, he reportedly killed his niece by hanging her and is believed to have murdered a young servant girl. Additionally, a future homeowner found dozens of human baby skeletons in some of the secret rooms. Those that have lived or stayed in the home reported that they have heard strange sounds in the home like a women chocking, babies crying, organ music and footsteps. Currently, the home is dormant but it is reportedly being converted into a tourist attraction.
The mysterious Bell Witch Cabin - (Photo Credit: www.bellwitch.org)
5. Bell Witch House Location: Adams, Tennessee
It is reported that the Bell family resided in this home in the early 1800s and started to hear strange noises. The youngest daughter, Betsy, also began to feel a gnawing like an invisible rat and the parents said they started having their blankets pulled over their heads. The Bell children also woke up with bruises on their face when the father decided to seek help. The community soon learned about the haunting and wanted to talk to the "witch" where it was reported that something from the house spoke in a husky whisper who said she was Kate Batts. As the years went on the Bell family continued to live at the house – where the witch apparently continuously beat and caused havoc to the Bell's. Charles Bell, one of the brothers, even wrote a record of the haunting called in 1935 The Bell Witch: A Mysterious Spirit, or Our Family Troubles.
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28 August 2008
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
During National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, we pay special tribute to the thousands of innocent victims who died on September 11, 2001. Our Nation honors the brave citizens, service members, police officers, and firefighters who heroically responded in the face of terror. On these important days, we reflect on the terrible events of September 11, 2001, and lift the victims and their families in our prayers.
Our Nation will never forget the individuals who lost their lives in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. America remains inspired by the countless acts of kindness and sacrifice we saw that day -- fearless rescuers who rushed toward danger, a beloved priest who died helping others, two office workers who carried a disabled person 68 floors to safety.
We also pray for the safety and success of the members of our Armed Forces now serving freedom's cause. We seek God's grace on their families, and commit to Heaven's care those brave men and women He has called home. We ask the Almighty to watch over America and pray for His providence and continued blessings on our country. May He always guide the United States of America. As we defend our country against its enemies, we pray for help in protecting the gift of freedom from those who seek to destroy it, and we ask the Almighty to strengthen all those securing liberty on distant shores.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 5, through Sunday, September 7, 2008, as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance. I ask that the people of the United States and their places of worship mark these National Days of Prayer and Remembrance with memorial services, the ringing of bells, and evening candlelight remembrance vigils. I also invite all people across the world to share in these Days of Prayer and Remembrance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.


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There are so many amazing events happening this weekend that my google calendar looks like a piece of psychedelic art! Sadly you can never do everything but here are my suggestions!
First off, don't forget to check my previous post for great events taking place tonight!
Tomorrow night you're going to have to make some tough choices; there are eight events I feel compelled to post.
First, Gemini and Scorpio are hosting a Nouvelle Époque Cabaret-Salon at The Players Club:
The legendary Players, boasting such luminary members as Mark Twain, Eugene O'Neill and Ernest Hemingway, is a members-only social club founded by the famed 19th century Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth. The Players' landmarked home is a magnificent Victorian mansion with a wrought-iron balcony overlooking Gramercy Park.
JC Hopkins' Biggish Band plays rollicking hard bop swing all night featuring guest vocalists tap-dancing sensation DeWitt Fleming Jr, velvet-voiced Jolie Holland, and Tony-nominated downtown icon Justin Bond, in addition to JC's resident front-woman Queen Esther. The always-surprising Julie Atlas Muz (Miss Exotic World 2006), the jaw-droppingly stylish MsTickle, and hilariously naughty Trixie Little & Evil Hate Monkey perform feats of burlesque to live accompaniment by the band all night. In band breaks, 1920s tap sensation The Minsky Sisters amuse and titillate you.
The dress code calls for top hats and opera gloves… All this and I get to play dress-up? Sign me (and Cinderella) up!
For a slightly more actively artistic salon experience pick up a ticket to the exclusive Draw-a-Thon event happening in Michael Alan's private studio. The drawing will actually be taking place on the roof of the studio in Williamsburg; the models will be posing as animals against the backdrop of the sun setting over Manhattan- sounds inspiring!
There are five great concerts Friday night, ranging from highbrow to hipster. The first, the Philharmonic Concert in Central Park, I've already mentioned. The Metropolitan Opera is performing their final outdoor recital in Crotona Park in the Bronx. This one should be much less crowded than the Summerstage shows so if you're up for the trek I'm sure it will be worthwhile.
For a more contemporary outdoor concert experience check out Robert Cray and The Sweet Divines at the Prospect Park Bandshell. Check out these ladies:
If you want to stay indoors you can head over to Mercury Lounge to rock out with The Spinto Band. I wrote about them some time ago; I've had some of their songs in my subway playlists since then and I've definitely become quite fond of them.
You also have another chance to see Black Taxi! I saw them perform at Pianos a couple of weeks ago and I've been meaning to post a full review of their amazing performance- I promise I'll get that to you soon but for now let me just say I am certain their show at Le Poisson Rouge will be a blast!
Last but not least, I am very excited to announce that there will be a GIANT GAME OF CAPTURE THE FLAG taking place Friday night. Newmindspace has organized this carefully structured game in Williamsburg- play nice!
On Saturday pull yourself together (I know, Friday is going to be intense but you can do it!) and get out to Coney Island for the annual Siren Music Festival! This year performers include Monotonix, Micachu & The Shapes and Spank Rock (to name but a few). After the shows there's a hot afterparty at The Music Hall of Williamsburg (where there will be even more shows!). Check out the awesome drawing that adorns the press releases:
If you missed out on François Truffaut's New Wave masterpiece The 400 Blows last week you have another chance to see it on Saturday, this time as part of the ongoing French New Wave Essentials series at the Museum of Arts and Design.
On Sunday Dare Dukes is playing at the Rockwood Music Hall. Listening to him croon lovely urban folk songs should be an excellent way to wind down the weekend.
There are two exciting outdoor film screenings to consider attending Monday evening. Harold and Maude is showing in Bryant Park:
Teenager Bud Cort and sexagenarian Ruth Gordon both like to go to funerals of people they don't know, and meet to embark on one of cinema's great relationships. Audacious and heartbreaking, Hal Ashby's superb black comedy also features a perfect soundtrack by Cat Stevens.
And downtown, on The Elevated Acre, you can see West Side Story.
Enjoy and stay tuned for additions!


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States and schools are signing over private data from millions of students to companies and researchers who hope to glean secrets of the human mind.
Nine states have sent dossiers on students —including names, Social Security numbers, hobbies, addresses, test scores, attendance, career goals, and attitudes about school —to a public-private database, according to Reuters. Standardized tests are beginning to incorporate psychological and behavioral assessment. Every state is also building databases to collect and share such information among agencies and companies, and the U.S. Department of Education has recently reinterpreted federal privacy laws so that schools and governments don't have to tell parents their kids' information has been shared.
Promises of researchers' and governments' good intentions are not enough to justify this, especially when tax dollars are involved and government entities are helping invade students' privacy without parents' or even school officials' knowledge.
Very few U.S. citizens want to see their government even slightly imitate that of China, which keeps dossiers on all citizens' performance and attitudes. These records influence work, political, and school opportunities. Because "everything they do will be recorded for the rest of their life … the dossier discourages any 'errant' behavior," says Chinese professor Ouyang Huhua. This is not to say big databases equal communist oppression. But we do things differently in the United States because we trust our citizenry and we believe in self-rule.
Any researcher or organization wanting to plumb data – perhaps to help kids learn more, faster – can do so without trampling individual rights. First, the historic and accepted practice with student records has been to keep them anonymous when shared outside of schools. Researchers and government accountability gurus don't need to know that Sally Smith failed Algebra I, even if her parents and teachers do. Researchers do not need personally identifiable information such as names, Social Security numbers, and addresses. They just need to know, for example, whether lots of students are failing Algebra I. Schools and states should check these privacy firewalls.
Second, students and their guardians should have full access to their own records, with the ability to correct false information. They also should be informed of and able to opt out of all data-sharing involving their records. Schools need parent consent to give children so much as an aspirin. They should get consent to share a student's psychological evaluations or test performances.
Third, agencies should be required to explain exactly how they will keep the sensitive information in their hands from being hacked or exposed. The more people and organizations have access, and the bigger a treasure trove these databases become, the more likely security breaches become. Hundreds of thousands of people were put at risk of identity theft in 2012 because of security breaches in government databases, including one affecting three-quarters of South Carolinians. And child identity theft is often not discovered until adulthood, which makes youngsters' records even more attractive to thieves.
Because the U.S. Department of Education has unilaterally knocked down federal privacy protections, lawmakers need to rebuild that wall. Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, New York and Oregon are a few states considering such legislation. They should act swiftly, and so should others.
[First published in the Washington Examiner.]


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Hudson Gavin Martin Corporate Art Collection
Alt Group Limited, Auckland, New Zealand, 2008
Hudson Gavin Martin is a boutique legal practice formed by three partners who advise on Intellectual Property and Technology Law in Australasia. All good (and bad) things come in threes. Three is more than a partnership—it's a team. Culture and customs offer up all sorts of threesomes, humorous and otherwise. We eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a knife, fork and spoon. For lunch we'll have a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich, for dinner a three-course meal.
We began a witty and engaging conversation revealing "ideas" that come in threes. The three wise men—Hudson, Gavin, Martin—are cool, calm and collected; they advise on clients' assets, equities and liabilities and are ready, willing and able. The identity uses the copyright, trademark and registered symbols to directly reference the firm's core business.
Juror Notes
The best law firm identity we have ever seen. Three partners, use of triplets. Bold graphic and whimsy create the unexpected. We congratulate the collaborations.
- Design firm
- Alt Group Limited
- Creative director
- Dean Poole
- Designers
- Toby Curnow, Clem Devine, Aaron Edwards, Dean Poole, Tony Proffit
- Photographer
- Duncan Cole
- Typefaces
- Helvetica Neue, Didot
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Chamaenerion angustifolium
(L.) Scop.
Narrow-Leaf Fireweed,
Chamerion angustifolium
(L.) Holub,
Chamerion spicatum
Epilobium angustifolium
Epilobium angustifolium angustifolium
Epilobium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
Epilobium angustifolium var. angustifolium
Epilobium angustifolium var. intermedium
Epilobium angustifolium var. pygmaeum
Epilobium spicatum
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Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Perennial from coarse, running, rhizome-like roots, erect, usually simple-stemmed, 1-3 m, puberulent in the infl, often otherwise glabrous or nearly so; lvs alternate, numerous and crowded, lanceolate or lance-linear, to 1.5(-2) dm, sessile or subsessile; racemes terminal, elongate; fls many, pink-purple (white); pet 1-2 cm, short-clawed; hypanthium not prolonged beyond the ovary; style basally hairy; stigma deeply 4-cleft; fr 3-8 cm; 2n=36, 72, 108. Many habitats, especially moist soils rich in humus, often abundant after fires; circumboreal, s. to N.J., O., n. Ill., Nebr., and N.M. June-Sept. (Chamaenerion a.; C. spicatum) Ours represent the tetraploid var. canescens A. W. Wood, in contrast to the more northern, diploid var. angustifolium.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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: Perennial, colonial, 0.5-2.5 m tall; stems solitary or clustered, erect, usually simple, often purplish, at least above; roots rhizome-like.
: Numerous, crowded, cauline, alternate, lanceolate, lance- elliptic, or linear, 5-15 cm long, 0.5-3 cm wide, puberulent above, glabrous or nearly so and paler below, margins entire to obscurely and minutely dentate; blades sessile or nearly so.
: Inflorescence a spike, nodding; floral tube 1.5-3 mm long, glandular-puberulent; sepals 1-1.5 mm long, reflexed at time of flowering; petals 1.5-3 mm long, white, fading to pink upon wilting; style surpassing the floral tube; flowers May-October.
: Capsule, 3-8 cm long, slender, elongate, puberulent; seeds numerous, possessing a tuft of hairs 10-17 mm long, white to off-white.
: Various habitats, especially moist soils, roadsides, montane slopes, meadows, often abundant after fire; 2100- 3500 m (7000-11500 ft); Apache, Coconino, Graham, Greenlee, and Navajo counties; widely distributed throughout North America.
: Fireweed looks like a robust Epilobium, but lacks a floral tube and has longer petals (1-3 cm). It sprouts readily from rhizomes following fire, hence the name. It is an important forage plant for wild ungulates, including elk, and is an important nectar producer. It has been used medicinally both internally and externally to reduce inflammation. The young plants are edible and eaten by members of many tribes, and the fibrous stems are used for cordage, thread, and nets.
: Springer et al. 2008
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Some polls are going on too long and getting votes after the item has gone on the wall. Or something.
If that's right, then how come some things are not where they should be?
My hair is not the only thing in the wrong place.
For example, my hair got 4 votes for cool and only 3 for seriously uncool! So why is it deemed seriously uncool?Even if you combine the votes, it still got more for cool and sub-zero than it did for uncool and seriously uncool.


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You can read a description of the boundaries of the proposed BID in the ordinance, although it's a little hard to follow even for someone who grew up out there. The District seems to be bounded roughly by the Boardwalk on the West, by North Venice Boulevard to the South, by Pacific Avenue to the East, and by Rose on the North. Now, I don't know how much you know about the history of race relations in Venice, but it's essential to an understanding of the deep politics of this BID1 to know that the area roughly bounded by Electric Avenue, North Venice Blvd., Lincoln Blvd, and (maybe) Brooks Avenue, known as Oakwood, was originally the only area of Venice that non-white people were allowed to own property in. Thus ownership of commercial property in the area encompassed by the proposed BID, like most such areas in Los Angeles, was restricted to white people only until sometime in the late 1960s, and then only as a matter of law. There is no question that the huge majority of that property is, even now, due to the way that commercial property is passed down in families, owned by white people.
Continue reading A Dark Day in Los Angeles: Venice Beach BID Ordinance Approved by Council on Friday. Final Hearing August 23 at 10 a.m. in Council.
A Dark Day in Los Angeles: Venice Beach BID Ordinance Approved by Council on Friday. Final Hearing August 23 at 10 a.m. in Council.
On Friday, July 1, the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles signed an ordinance of intention to establish a Venice Beach BID. It seems that this isn't final, and there will be a hearing on August 23, 2016 at 10 a.m. "to determine whether to establish the District." Please mark it on your calendars and come put the integrity of our City Council to the test. After all, if 169 signatures below one of the most eloquent anti-BID statements I've ever had the good fortune to read didn't sway them, I don't imagine that a huge public outcry will do much. But that's no reason for remaining silent.


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Believe it or not there are a number of assets that you can sell that do not trigger a capital gains tax (CGT) liability. The list, published on HMRC's website is as follows:
- Your car
- Personal possessions worth up to £6,000 each, such as jewellery, paintings or antiques
- Stocks and shares you hold in tax-free investment savings accounts, such as ISAs and PEPs
- UK Government or 'gilt-edged' securities, for example, National Savings Certificates, Premium Bonds and loan stock issued by the Treasury
- Betting, lottery or pools winnings
- Personal injury compensation
- Foreign currency you bought for your own or your family's personal use outside the UK
And, you can sell your private residence without capital gains tax complications as long as you have lived in the property for your entire period of ownership.
Certain gifts to certain registered charities may also be exempt.
If you would like an opinion about the CGT implications of a disposal you are about make, or have made, please call.


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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along, so I thought I would play for fun! Just do the following
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teaser.
The message buzzed in: what part of CAR COMING! GET OUT! confused u?!? HURRY, DOPE!Taken from page 39 of Shelter by Harlan Coben.
It seems as if my mother is breathing now but I can't tell. And I can't ask. And I want to put my hand on her but I don't because she is no longer mine, she belongs to the paramedic.Taken from page 151 of Heft by Liz Moore.
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You can't keep a good Weiner down.
I believe it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who said there are no second acts in American lives, unless you're a Twitter perv pitted against a field of charisma-less no-name losers.
Weiner leads [City Council Speaker Christine] Quinn 25 percent to 20 percent among registered Democrats, the poll by Marist found. That's a flip-flop from the last survey in May, when Quinn, the longtime front-runner, led Weiner 24 percent to 19 percent.
Just as telling is the number of registered New York voters who said they might vote for Weiner. Forty-nine percent said they'd consider it, up from 40 percent two months ago, before Weiner entered the race. Those who said they wouldn't consider voting for him dropped from 52 percent to 45 percent…
Weiner, meanwhile, saw his favorability rating among Democrats jump from 44 percent to 52 percent. His negative rating dropped from 44 percent to 36 percent…
Miringoff attributed the Weiner-Quinn reversal to the fact that Quinn, as the early front-runner, became the target of her rivals' criticism as she tried to find the right balance of allegiance to — and independence from — outgoing mayor Michael Bloomberg. That drew some negative attention from Weiner.
This is good news, for two reasons. One: It's good for blogging. The mayoral race will get much nastier now, with Quinn and the rest of the field in too much trouble not to rub Weiner's face in Twittergate. Lots of easy content there, although I'm not sure it'll hurt him at this point. Weiner's whole strategy since he got in has been to eat shinola about his, er, peccadilloes when necessary but otherwise stick firmly to policy to show he's a serious guy. The more Quinn tries to drag him into the mud, the easier it is for him to say that he's the one candidate who's interested in solving problems. The X factor is whether, as Weiner himself admits is possible, there's more stuff out there from his Twitter fiasco that hasn't been discovered yet. Maybe that won't be a big deal. Maybe it will be.
Two: It's going to make national Democrats sweat, especially Weiner's mentor — and new GOP BFF — Chuck Schumer. Schumer's been asked before about his candidacy and politely declined to comment. I wonder if that'll change if Weiner's lead starts to open, or if he'll forever remain too skeevy for big-name Dems to buddy up with again. If Democratic leaders decide he's too much of a liability to have back on a stage as big as Gracie Mansion, they'll start helping Quinn in various ways — endorsements, donations, maybe a little oppo. The great fear for them is that he sneaks into the nomination with something like 41 percent of the vote among a crowded Democratic field and then his opponents' supporters unite in disgust behind the Republican in the general election. Quinn is the safer choice as nominee, both in the general and as mayor. Time for national Democrats to answer the bell.
Exit question: Given that this poll basically confirms that any liberal with high name recognition can get a look from zero-standards New Yorkers, don't you think Alec Baldwin regrets that he decided not to get in? Why should we have one boorish left-wing loudmouth who's never passed legislation in the race when we could have two?