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Slaughter to lead Rice task force
Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs,
has been selected to chair the U.S. Secretary of State's Advisory
Committee on Democracy Promotion. The group met for the first time Nov.
6 in Washington, D.C.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice established the committee to convene external experts to provide her and the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with advice on issues related to democracy promotion in the formulation and implementation of foreign policy and foreign assistance.
Rice participated in the inaugural meeting, along with Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Randall Tobias and with Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, who serves as executive director of the group.
Other committee members include former U.S. government officials and representatives of corporations, not-for-profit nongovernmental organizations, public policy organizations and academic institutions. They were selected for their expertise and extensive experience related to foreign policy or foreign aid issues on democracy promotion.
Slaughter is an expert in international law and international relations. She writes and teaches broadly on global governance, international criminal law and American foreign policy. She is the author of "A New World Order" (Princeton University Press, 2004), in which she identifies transnational networks of government officials as an increasingly important component of global governance. A 1980 graduate of the Wilson School, she has been its dean since 2002.
Other committee members with Princeton affiliations include: Aaron Friedberg, professor of politics and international affairs; and Jennifer Windsor, executive director of Freedom House, who earned her MPA from the Wilson School in 1991.


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DETROIT (AP) — The federal judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy set the first hearing in the case for Wednesday after the city urged him to stop pensioners from filing lawsuits that could gum up plans to restructure billions of dollars in debt.
It will be the first hearing less than a week after Detroit became the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy. Judge Steven Rhodes said Monday he'll take up just a few issues.
The city wants Rhodes to suspend lawsuits and prevent new ones, especially in state court. In one lawsuit, pensioners have complained that retirement checks could be in jeopardy in violation of the Michigan Constitution. An Ingham County judge ordered Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr and Gov. Rick Snyder to not take any more action in the bankruptcy.
The status of employee pensions is expected to be a key issue in the bankruptcy. Orr has said that pension benefits could be reduced along with other debts as the city returns to sound financial footing.
Lawyers for the city said U.S. Bankruptcy Court is the only appropriate venue for matters related to the case. It's routine, they said, for all other litigation to be stopped, giving a debtor such as Detroit a "breathing spell" as it works to protect assets and restructure debts.
Employee unions are citing a provision in the Michigan Constitution says pensions for public employees "shall not be diminished or impaired."
In her ruling Monday, Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said, "I don't think the constitution should be made to be Swiss cheese. Once we erode it with one hole, there will be others."
Ron King, an attorney for Detroit's pension funds, said the funds aren't trying to stop the bankruptcy, just limit its reach.
"It's very narrow, very straightforward," King told reporters. "It's simply an issue of upholding the constitutional protections that are in place. This is what the people of the state of Michigan decided was important."
Snyder wants the bankruptcy judge to sort out pension issues, not Aquilina, although he conceded that smaller checks for current pensioners "could be one of those unfortunate things that comes out of this process."
"Everything's on the table in terms of going through these issues in bankruptcy court," the governor told Detroit radio station WWJ.
University of Michigan law professor John Pottow said Rhodes has a few options, including a time-out in the bankruptcy case to let Michigan courts sort out the impact of the constitution's pension provision.
"There is no precedent for this," Pottow said.
Eggert reported from Lansing, Mich.
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Tatum got a free road
Some very interesting points I would like to make not printed (purposely or otherwise) in your July 8 cover story ["River bluff: How to save a park– sort of"].
From your article: "One Locust-area landowner did step forward to build a public access point over his property: Stan Tatum."
Is it a gift when the city for free paves the streets for Tatum in his new housing unit? I would certainly think not. What would be the price tag to have done this paving privately?
The small Rivanna Trails sign sits in the corner, and a large sign right beside it states, "private property." I do live in the Locust Avenue area, and you would have to know where the detour is to begin with, or you surely would never find it.
I will be waiting to see if you print this info or if your reporting will continue to report only things that you want to report. Will be watching!
Thomas Moor
Tatum says that regulations stipulate that roads accepted onto the City grid must be asphalted by City crews. –editor


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Game on! Off to Adelaide 2mrw for the big show but first, I have all your #AFLFantasy needs right here. https://t.co/ftDopmGNAx
— Calvin (@CalvinDT) April 18, 2018
Yep, it's not too late to get tickets to our LIVE Show and come along to have a beer and a Fantasy chat with myself and the other lads. I'll be in the green vest, to make it easy for you to find me.
On Saturday night… we'll be at Adelaide Oval to see Rocky (who is coming to our show) taking on Patrick Dangerfield. Danger was awesome last week scoring 52 in the first quarter but only 28 in the last half to finish the day with an iced-up calf and just 97pts.
Precautionary I believe but I don't know for sure. He scored 125 on the Power last year and 115, 90, 120 and 113 before that. He loves playing in Adelaide and has scored 112, 129 and 115 there since joining the Cats.
Joel Selwood hasn't scored a ton for the last two weeks but posted 122 and 134 on port in his last two runs.
After having 93 in his comeback game, Mitch Duncan should be better for the run and has scored well against Port in the past with 109, 110 and 101.
Running hot is Sam Menegola with 118 and 120 in his last two but the one to keep an eye on here for your Moneyball teams is Zach Tuohy. Hurley claimed 15 marks on the Power last week and just might be the guy to cash in here if they are letting him roam free across that backline.
Adelaide – Thursday 19 April, 2018
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Ok, so last week our beloved Tom Mitchell was tagged and tagged superbly (if there is such a thing) by Nathan Jones who held him to 83. Many of us thought that this would be Vince, but it wasn't and he was convincingly dominated by the veteran.
This week, he will be tagged again by Ben Jacobs… so let's break this down and dig deeper into what will go down on Sunday afternoon.
North Melbourne Tagged him in 2017: Yes they did. Not with Jacobs though because he was injured but with Trent Dumont. This indicates that the tag will be happening again but with Jacobs.
Ben Jacobs is a Pure Tagger: What I mean by this is… it's his sole role. He tags and tags hard and doesn't need to win his own ball. So far this year he has claimed Cripps (76), Oliver (88), Ross (91) and Lyons (84). Although none of these guys achieved their average, they still actually scored reasonably well, well enough not to score something really dirty.
When he was Tagged in 2017: Mitchell was tagged four legit times last year for scores of 120 (Libba), 143 (Kerridge), 118 (Dumont) and 99 (Prestia).
The Pig is Under the Roof: Mitchell only played under the roof on two occasions last year and those were the games above when he was tagged by Libba (120) and Kerridge (143) in the final two games of the year.
The Marking Concern: When he was tagged last week, he didn't take a single mark. These uncontested marks turn a big score to a pig score. The last time this happened was back in round 18, 2016. Over the last two weeks when Ben Jacobs has been tagging, he has held Cripps and Oliver to only 3 marks between them. Last week, Cripps just took one mark and prior to that, he was averaging 5 a game, which is the same as Titch before last week's zero.
The Hawks Won: Hawthorn didn't need Titch. When he was being tagged, others stood up around him and I'm tipping they are perfectly happy with this. O'Meara got busy with 26d and 2 goals while Liam Shiels racked up 31 of his own. Will the Hawks be concerned about Tom being tagged this week? Unlikely if the others can step up and dominate like they did when they thumped the Demons by 77pts.
Midfielders Struggle v North in 2018: From the midfielders who have played North Melbourne this year, only Jack Steven (112), David Swallow (111) and Nathan Jones (106) are the only ones to score triple figures on them. But with that said, they haven't really had a tough crew to play against have them? Carlton 18th, St Kilda 16th, Gold Coast 14th and Melbourne 12th.
Cal's Final Verdict:
It's the pig and main issue here is… we really have no one else as a huge stand-out option.
Danger only scored 28pts in the second half last week with ice on his calf. Merrett can't be trusted as far as you can kick him off the back of one good game. No gun rucks have what you'd call an easy game. Gibbs is at the SCG v Sydney. Dusty might cop a Nathan Jones tag this week like Titch did. Grundy's record v Essendon isn't great and list goes on and on.
He has been so good to us for such a long and consistent period of time. He has a snout. Although, this would be the perfect time to jump off him after having 83 last week, it's also the time to stay strong.
ANZAC Day Football is one if the greatest things ever. If you've never been to a game, put it on the "Bucket List" and be sure to get there soon.
The #1 man in the game based on form will be there by the name of Brodie Grundy who has averaged 131 over his last 3 games. The issue is… Essendon are the only team he has failed to score a ton on and that's after 7 games against them. Surely that changes here but the stats suggest otherwise.
Essendon are the 4th easiest team to score on at the moment and #1 when it comes to giving up 100+ scores. This indicates that Adam Treloar should be great. 57, 144, 129, 102 and 130 are his last five against the Bombers and that 57 wasn't a tag, just a poor game.
Steele Sidebottom scored 108 and 90 on the Bombers last year and has been in ripping form scoring 137 and 130 over the last two weeks.
Then we have Zach Merrett. What can we say… is he back or was he just tricking us? He scored a very nice 121 on the weekend after being below average for the first part of the year. He scored 105 and 137 on the Pies last year and should run tag-free on Wednesday afternoon.
Luke Parker v Adelaide @ the SCG: 87 last year on the Crows and just 71 and 97 at the SCG this year.
Dayne Zorko v Gold Coast @ the GABBA: A career-high 181 on the Suns last year has me excited. His form though… not exciting. Still… no tag coming here and although he's dropped $145K, he should bounce back.
Dusty Martin v Melbourne @ the MCG: You'll be waiting till Tuesday night to see this game but will Nath Jones continue to tag this week and target Dusty? Good luck, cause Dusty will take him forward and kick a bag like he did last week for his 111. He scored 125 on the Demons last year.
Bryce Gibbs v Sydney @ the SCG: 113 last week was his equal lowest score for the year and last week against the Swans, Macrae (128) and Dunkley (117) scored with ease.
Patrick Cripps v West Coast @ the MCG: Amazingly, Cripps has only played the Eagles once in his career (109pts) which is strange considering he has played the Pies 6 times.
Lachie Neale v Bulldogs @ Optus Stadium: 88 last year against the Dogs. At home though and will be better.
Sam Jacobs v Sydney @ the SCG: If English can score 90 on the Swans, Jacobs can go much bigger. Had 106 on them last year.
Josh Kelly v St Kilda @ Etihad Stadium: 111 on them last year for those who held after his injured groin. A risky option would be putting it nicely here.
Rory Laird v Sydney @ the SCG: 38 touches last week and carries a lowest score of only 115 this year. Had 116 on the Swans last year and should be huge once again.
Nat Fyfe v Bulldogs @ Optus Stadium: 91 last week but is still averaging 119 in his last three. Posted 110 on the Dogs last year.
Rory Sloane v Sydney @ the SCG: 46 and 67 in his last two games, however, this will be different. No tag coming here just like in the past when he has scored 153, 109 and 112 on the Swans.
Stephen Coniglio v St Kilda @ Etihad Stadium: Saints are the 3rd easiest team to score against and Cogs has given them a touch up in the past with scores of 115, 123 and 132. I really really like him this week! Maybe a tag by Dunstan, but I strongly doubt it.
Jack Macrae v Fremantle @ Optus Stadium: #2 man in the game based on form averaging 126 in his last three. Freo are the second easiest team to score against but they have a tagger… Banfield. He has kept Whitfield (66) and Hall (14) very quiet in recent weeks and will tag again. Macrae or Bont?
Dayne Beams v Gold Coast @ the GABBA: 143, 103 and 119 are his last three scores against his favourite team to score against and this one is at the GABBA. Form hasn't been great but surely this will be a turning point.
NEW LOOK TOP 5 – It's not a top 10. As requested, I will now extend my top 5 to benefit not only those who wonder what is next, but those who are looking at a trade option or a Draft captain. You speak, Cal listens… he's the people's pirate.
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Thanks Calvin. Cogs for me
Cogs for me too.
Cheers for the article Cal, helps us all out a lot.
What do you see these blokes averaging for the year?
I wouldn't worry about midfielders not scoring against the kangas atm as the kangas have only played against weak opposition
Mad doggin' it with Zerret…the rush of waiting for a Wednesday captain is irresistible
Scott pendlebery an option for captain at all? Usually goes well on ANZAC day and the worst he'll get is 110
Max Gawn?
Can taggers just die please, seriously, win your own bloody footy
Im going Maxy atm
Interesting Read…. no mention of Stef Martin?
Lyons against Brisbane?
Still no mention of Pendlebury whose lowest score this year is 104 yet still mentioning spuds like Sloane who's averaging 55 in the last 2 weeks…
Yeah I reckon mate had him as a pod since the start and don't know why he's so unpopular. One of the most consistent players in the AFL and can produce 130+ occasionally as well, might give him the C for ANZAC day
Any thoughts on potential dpp
Would it Bev wrong of me to move English into my forward and have no playing emergency in the ruck – his average is better then my other tools in fwd line
IMO it's not a good plan.
1. English may not be getting as much ruck work and his role may change as injured Doggies are rumoured to be coming back into the side, and
2. DON'T HAVE NO EMERGENCY COVER!!! There are coaches who'll tell you it's fine, that it's worked for them. But that's just because they've been lucky not to have a late withdrawal (as has happened to me when I've taken the risk … back in my rookie coaching days)
Yep, team announcements tonight include statement that TEAMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNWSDAY GAMES WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT MONDAY
Thanks! Looks like I'll trade Fritsch when I'd likely hold if I knew teams and he was named.
Cogs for me this week he'll kill the saints. Jacobs to much of a worry to risk.
no there isn't no idea why.. fantasy got it wrong this week. RDT and SC full rolling
Is there a partial lockout this week?
I think it's a standard full lockout on Friday … which is pretty ridiculous given that the round doesn't end until next Wednesday.
And I read earlier this week (in an article about the Demons' and Tigers' extra long break and preparations for their Tuesday match) that their squads don't even have to be announced until Monday! And if that's so, then presumably neither would the Pies and Bombers?
Which begs the question – why have we heard nothing from our friendly Fantasy experts about how this round will work?
Please Calvin, could you & the Traders give us a shout out re lockout and various team announcements over this looooong round?
Gurantee as soon as we all take the c off titchy he will score big
+1 lol
D. Billings to Menegola
How was Gawn not in the top 10?
Rookie error Pirate. I'll take big Maxie's double points though!


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Glacial Pace has announced that they are reissuing the 1999, Japanese only, Night On The Sun EP. The EP should not be confused with the slightly more common Night On The Sun 12".
As mentioned, the EP was originally only released in Japan during Modest Mouse's 1999 tour, only on CD, and limited to 700 copies. The reissue will be released on both CD and vinyl. It also seems that it will feature slightly altered artwork.
The 6 track EP is available now for pre-order, with shipping/delivery occurring closer to the July 29th release date.
In other reissue news, it has also been announced that a 12" test pressing of the Whenever You See Fit reissue, has been donated for a charity auction to Studio for Schools. A non profit organization that seeks to design and build music and film production studios in low-income schools. Find out more about the auction and the charity here.
Source: Modest Mouse "Night On The Sun" EP Re-Issue – Glacial Pace Recordings


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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Fun at the pool
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
July Fun
For the fourth we had Chris's brother Dallas and his wife Andrea over for dinner. Chris and I have come to realize our only source of entertainment for guests is taking pictures. So we went out and played with some of Chris's new photography gear.
After that we headed out to the fireworks. There was a lot of traffic on the way there so we just ended up pulling over on the side of the road and watched them.
Crew was somewhat intrigued by the fireworks but seemed to think the passing cars and Ooh's and Ahh's of people near by were more exciting. Ah well, next year. . .
Yesterday we had a belated birthday dinner for me with the Paxman's at Pei Wei.
I'm always happy to eat good food!
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Posted by Ancestry Team in Miscellaneous
Project Idea: Favorite childhood stories
16 Aug 2010
If you're struggling to come up with ideas of what type of stories to share on your Mundia family tree, here's another idea to get you started: Share your favorite childhood story.
Childhood is meant to be silly and carefree. Why not use your Mundia family tree as a way to preserve and share those with the rest of your family, including your own children? Those silly, inside jokes you share with cousins, or siblings are great stories that help your children to see their parent in a new light. It's also great fun to reconnect with those siblings and cousins to have them add details you may have forgotten about the story.
Did you take an annual family camping trip? Have a silly holiday tradition? Play silly games at family reunions? Did your grandparent used to enjoy telling ghost stories, or "when I was a kid…" stories? Did you used to beg mom or grandma for a particular homemade cookie? Maybe you and your brother or sister shared your vegetables with the family dog under the table?
Family stories are treasures that should be cherished and preserved to be handed down from generation to generation. Start sharing your family stories on Mundia today!


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2013 Biological Photo Contest
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This page showcases the entries to the 2013 Biological Photo Contest. Voting will commence in the week preceding the Grad Symposium with winners announced at the end of the Symposium. To enter, send your full resolution photo and caption to firstname.lastname@example.com and it will be put on this page.
|Phylogenetic tree of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), drawn using neighbor-joining method. The tree illustrates the evolutionary history of tomatoes in the simplest form ever, so that even Bill Ryerson will understand (in response to his picture caption in Grad Symposium 2012) - Hamid Razifard
|From one of the miniature plants of South Africa's Knersvlakte, these immature leaves stand less than 2 inches tall. Yet as they mature, they transform from folded ribbons to crimped extensions to long and flattened, fully-expanded leaves with only an occasional wrinkle, pointing out from the quartz gravel like TV antennae! - Kerri Mocko
|I don't know what Hamid is going on about. THIS is neighbor joining, and now its a party. - Bill Ryerson
|A sally light-foot crab (Grapsus grapsus) living a very comfortable life in the Galapagos Islands. - Colin Carlson
|Bill, please enter my photo in the 'Plant' category. Thanks, Kurt - Kurt Schwenk
| Bromeliad on a Mountain: A "Home" Plant
Here at Cuerici Estación Biológica, bromeliads are not just house plants, they are at home, in their native ranges. - Holly Brown
|In Maori, the name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, or "Land of the long white cloud." After seeing more rainbows during a year in New Zealand than during the rest of my life combined, I got the sense that the name could aptly be "Aotearainbow," instead. - Alyssa Borowske


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ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Steven Spielberg says he plans to begin shooting his Abraham Lincoln movie, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, in Virginia soon.
Spielberg has been developing the picture about the 16th U.S. president for years.
He told the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel he wants to make the movie in Richmond because "a lot of the buildings there, government buildings, look like Washington looked back during the Civil War."
Spielberg said his big-screen adaptation of Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, "Team of Rivals," is "not a battlefield movie." Instead, it will focus on the last four months of Abraham Lincoln's life.
"There are battles in it, and being in Virginia, we have access to those historic battlefields. It is really a movie about the great work Abraham Lincoln did in the last months of his life," the director told the Sentinel. "The movie will be purposely coming out after next year's election. I didn't want it to become political fodder."


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ATLANTA, April 15 (UPI) -- Chipper Jones bashed a three-run homer and Brandon Beachy tossed seven strong innings Sunday in the Atlanta Braves' 7-4 win over Milwaukee.
Jones' homer came in the third inning and put the Braves ahead for good at 4-1.
Jason Heyward added a solo shot and Eric Hinkse contributed a two-run single for the Braves, who completed a three-game sweep of the Brewers and notched their fifth straight win.
Beachy (1-1) yielded only one unearned run on three hits over seven frames, walking two and striking out six.
Milwaukee starter Chris Narveson (1-1) was tagged for five runs on four hits before being yanked after four-plus innings.
Jonathan Lucroy went 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs for the Brewers, who dropped their fourth in a row and eighth straight in Atlanta.


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Hi. It's fall. No, really, it is, even if it was 75 degrees today for some reason. I've been drinking cider and eating fall things like brisket and mashed potatoes and apple pie and the other day I had a craving for coffee cake. You remember, the one I made a while back, that's like those delicious coffee cakes you get in NYC?
We were going to a pig roast where we had to bring a dish that was slightly seasonal, so I put in some apples and cider into the recipe. It was delicious, but make sure you eat it the same day you make it or else the apples will sog through the cake. It'll still taste delicious but be a little soggy.
Apple cider coffee cake
From America's test kitchens best-ever recipes, previously blogged about here
Crumb topping
8 T melted unsalted butter, still warm
2 T apple cider
1/3 c white sugar
1/3 c brown sugar, packed
3/4 t cinnamon
a pinch of salt
1 3/4 c rice flour mix
1/4 t xanthan gum
Mix together butter, cider, sugars, cinnamon and salt together, then stir in the flour and xanthan gum. Set aside to cool and harden a bit.
1 1/4 c rice flour mix
1/4 t xanthan gum
1/2 c white sugar
1/4 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
6 T softened butter, cut into slices
1/3 c greek yogurt
1 whole egg plus 1 yolk
2 t vanilla
1 apple, cut up into hunks
1 T brown sugar
1 t cinnamon
Preheat oven to 325. Line an 8x8 pan with foil and spray with cooking spray. Whisk the flour, xanthan gum, sugar, baking soda, and salt together in the bowl of a mixer. Add the butter, one slice at a time until mostly incorporated. Add in the yogurt, eggs, and vanilla and beat on medium-high until batter is light and fluffy. Scrape into the pan, and smooth the top with a spatula. Toss the apple with the brown sugar and cinnamon and spread over the cake.
Break up the crumb mixture with a fork, leaving as many pieces that are about the size of a dime as you can. Spread the crumb mixture over the top of the cake, and bake for 40-45 minutes on the shelf on the top third of the oven. Cool on a wire rack. Makes about 9 servings


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WLIW21's Autumn Gourmet Classic will take place Wednesday, September 9, at The Astor Center in Manhattan and feature popular public television chefs Lidia Matticchio Bastianich of "Lidia's Italy," longtime cooking partner of Julia child and host of "Fast Food My Way," Jacques Pepin, and John Barricelli of "Everyday Baking from Everyday Food."
"We know there is a – no pun intended – huge appetite for our audience to meet our television chefs and hear about food," said Laura Savini, vice president of marketing and communications for WLIW. "This is an opportunity for those who really care about high-end food and television to meet in one place."
Savini said that the station has hosted demonstrations and tastings with individual chefs in the past, but this is the first time WLIW has brought together three big personalities from the food/television world for one event.
"We wanted to make it a food festival," she said.
Bastianich, who is from Douglaston, will be signing copies of her cookbook, which is included in the price of the ticket, and speaking with guests. Meanwhile Pepin and Barricelli will give cooking demonstrations in The Astor Center's state-of-the-art kitchen galleries.
According to Savini, Pepin will demonstrate a method for instantly curing salmon, while Barricelli will be making mini-raspberry tarts for guests.
"You are going to experience food theater," promised Savini. "We really look at our chefs as entertainers."
In addition to the meet-and-greet session and the demonstrations, guests will also be able to sample food from various area restaurants, including Industria Argentina, Paladar, CoolFish Grille & Wine Bar of Syosset, and Stone Creek Inn of the Hamptons. They will also be able to try a wide variety of wines from Italy, Spain, and Argentina, as well as wines by Jean Luc Colombo, who is hailed as the "winemaking wizard" of the Rhone.
There are a limited number of tickets for the event, and while some are still available, they are being snatched up fast.
"We didn't want it to be jam-packed," said Savini. "We wanted to put it in a nice place where you didn't have to wait on a long line and push yourself through a crowd just to try a wine."
Savini has been with WLIW for approximately 20 years, during which time she has seen cooking shows evolve from the days when Pepin and Child ruled the airwaves.
"The shows have become a lot more diverse and specialized," she said. "WLIW has really been at the forefront of food television."
Single tickets for the WLIW21 Autumn Gourment Classic are $250 for a single ticket; $450 for a pair. The price of the ticket includes a cookbook by either Lidia Bastianich or Jacques Pepin. For tickets or additional information, visit wliw.org or call (800) 767-2121.


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Today I am posting an academic calendar for the school year 2012-2013. This year I drew one with a school varsity look. It is sometimes hard to come with an idea that is good for girls and boys ages 5 to 18! I try to avoid flowers and girly things so that boys will like it. The calendar has no music symbols on it, so it can also be a general use calendar.
In the center I list all their events for the year, including "memorize by" dates, group lessons, holidays, recitals, festivals, and tests. It is so helpful for planning out dates to memorize sections. It also helps my older students to set priorities, and even to schedule around school projects.
I like to put the calendar in the see through plastic cover on their binder so they can refer to it easily. (I request they use that kind of binder. They are always on sale at the beginning of the school year, so I often buy a few extra). If you use a spiral notebook, cut around the white space and tape or staple it to the notebook.
I suggest you center your name, phone number, and email address under the header in Times Roman font to coordinate with the calendar.
If you have trouble printing on templates, read on. If not, I hope you enjoy my calendar!
- Print the PDF of my graphic and set it aside. You will need to have Adobe Reader installed, which is a free program to download from Adobe's website. For best results, use the latest version.
- Draw an X on a plain piece of paper. Put it in your printer and make note of what side your printer prints. It may take several tries. I suggest you write it down to keep for future use.
- Open Word or another word processing program. In "Page Set Up" set the left and right margins to 2.5 inches (6.4 cm), the top margin to 1.6 inches (4.1 cm), and the bottom margin to 1 inch (2.5 cm). If you are not in North America, I hope you know how to adjust for A4 paper.
- Type your events and adjust the spacing and font size to fit.
- Remembering what side your printer prints on, insert my graphic into your printer.
- Print a test copy, adjust the margins, and try again if necessary.


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Dear Gadkari Ji ,
Last few weeks Indians across the country have voiced their opinion in demanding safety and respect to women. That BJP has been in forefront to demand the same and that is well appreciated. The world has an eye on us.
It was around 20th December that Congress spokesperson Mr Sanjay Nirupam , during a TV debate allegedly used many derogatory remarks on Ms Smriti Irani which insinuated on her character and even on her marriage, which is completely unacceptable by entire nation.
We in the social media took cognizance of the matter and took up the issue and objected to Mr. Sanjay Nirupam's behavior also made sure that he was exposed. Many across party lines and religious divide chose not to ignore the comments and expressed their displeasure in public. Very promptly senior BJP leader and National spokesperson Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad addressed a press conference and announced BJP's official boycott of Nirupam until he apologies and no BJP leader or spokesperson shall not appear on TV Panel Debates where, Nirupam is another panellist. This was well appreciated by all.
However yesterday, it was shocking to see Mr. Venkaiyah Naidu debate on the same panel as Mr. Sanjay Nirupam on NDTV 24×7. As a normal TV viewer BJP seemed to have compromised on its resolve and the dignity of its own leader. It appeared as a party that didn't keep to its own words or a faction of it didn't care about the rest.
As BJP sympathisers, we felt deceived by the leadership and seemed as if we simply don't understand what the party stands for. As a citizen we felt that respect for women wasn't important. It seemed like a casual attitude towards abusers. For BJP debating for party seemed to hold more value than anything else.
Gandhi Ji had said – I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.
Sir, we wish to know & understand
1. Does the BJP leadership not know of the public announcement made ?
2. Someone suggested that Mr Venkiah Naidu was not informed about presence of Mr Nirupam on the panel. So when Mr Naidu became aware of Mr Nirupam's presence , Why didn't he walk out ? This would have conveyed a strong message .
3. It is also suggested that Mr. Venkaiyah Naidu did protest in the break time. If he indeed did so, do we infer that the channel gave no value to his protest and everybody continued debating? Is that how they treat BJP leaders?
4. What action has party taken to convey the message to the channel?
5. Considering Mr. Nirupam is a member of LokSabha and Mrs Smriti Irani a Rajya Sabha Member, has the party sent letter to speakers of both the houses over 'these remarks' ? If yes, can it be made public?
6. Has the defamation case been filed?
We in the social media are fiercely independent and committed to the cause thus we cannot close our eyes to errors such as these. We wish to see our leaders take a strong stand for them and for the ideology with effective media management. We wish the party reciprocates the sentiment and takes adequate measures that would assure us of the same.
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We now know where Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, and the members of Lady Antebellum will be on December 10.
That's because the American Country Awards has announced those artists as performers on the third annual award show.
Further performers at this year's award show include Dierks Bentley and Little Big Town. In addition, many more artists are slated to appear, including Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Casey James, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Brice, Jana Kramer, Dustin Lynch, and Chris Young.
The show, taking place in Las Vegas, will be hosted by Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth. More performers and presenters will be announced as the date draws near.
Fans can vote for artists in all categories through Nov. 12, by visiting TheACAs.com. The voting period for the Artist of the Year, though, runs longer, through Dec. 7.
The American Country Awards ceremony airs live on December 10, starting at 7pm ET on Fox.
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Medicare By the Numbers: A Look at Health Care Security for Americans 45 Years after Launching
Since launching the Medicare program on July 1, 1966, Democrats have fought to improve health care security for America's seniors by ensuring reliable and affordable health care coverage. For forty-five years, Medicare's guaranteed set of benefits and affordable premiums have improved health care coverage and quality of life for seniors substantially. Here's a look at the numbers:
|Only 51 percent of seniors had health care coverage
|Virtually all seniors have health care coverage
|Nearly 30 percent of seniors lived below the poverty line
|7.5 percent of seniors live below the poverty line
Today, 39 million seniors and 8 million people under age 65 with disabilities are covered by Medicare and the majority of Americans consider Medicare extremely or very important to their retirement security. Democrats are committed to preserving this bedrock program that was created after the private market failed to adequately insure senior citizens and have strengthened the program through the Affordable Care Act.
While Democrats want to protect and strengthen the program, Republicans have voted twice to end Medicare and raise costs for seniors while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans.
The numbers make it clear the Republican plan to end Medicare is the wrong choice for America's seniors:
- More than $6,000: the average increase in each seniors' health care costs each year
- 68%: the percentage seniors would pay for their health care costs by 2030, while a voucher would only cover 32% of costs.
- Four million: number of seniors who would fall into the prescription drug donut hole that would reopen, costing seniors $44 billion by 2020, including $2.2 billion in 2012 alone
- One million: number of seniors and people with disabilities to who would have to pay over $110 million more for wellness visits in 2012
- $182,000: Additional money 54-year-olds would have to save to cover health care costs


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When people relinquish their intentions, they possess the utmost wisdom. Because in the moment when you are not articulating yourself you appear immeasurably large, you become part of nature. When you act for yourself, you are merely representing yourself, and in comparison with nature you are infinately small. -Ai WeiWei


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You know what goes hand in hand with the holiday season? Booze. Lots of booze. This means that buying someone a gift that is either booze or something that will help them drink more booze is a really good idea. Let's make a list of the best gifts to get the drinker in your life. Share your suggestions in the discussion section.
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Recently, World Cultural & Entertainment Brands Alliance (WCEBA), a platform of global culture and tourism IP resources, was established in Beijing. Supported by World Leisure Org which enjoys a status of consultation in United Nations, it cooperates with World-class Quality Brands Alliance, and American, Italian, French, Canada, Spain, Switzerland, and Benelux embassies in China and chambers of commerce. It is a joint economic organization with many well-known recreation IP resources as its alliance and initiated by Riverside Group and other cultural tourism organizations. Headquartered in Beijing, it was registered under Chinese government.
It is introduced that the development of cultural tourism is the core business of this alliance. Its businesses involve the global IP brands in many fields, including culture creation, animation, game, amusement park, parent-child and travel. Aiming at building the big-IP of global cultural tourism to protect the intellectual property rights of global recreation brands and develop cultural tourism and leisure industry, this alliance will end this chaotic era where current cultural tourism industries rivaling with each other and the whole industry is in a mess.
Ouyang Jinsen, the executive director and secretary-general of WCEBA, told reporters that cultural tourism is the carrier, cultural recreation is resource, tourism is the demand and entertainment is content. After the initiate of the alliance plan, it will accumulate the superior culture and recreation program and IP resources around the world on the basis of domestic cultural tourism industry. Based on the alliance, taking resources as capital will greatly promote the development of culture, business, tourism, consumption, transportation, real estate and other comprehensive services in related regions in China to form a chain of tourism industry, including food, accommodation, travel, entertainment and purchase. Ouyang Jinsen said that the alliance will gradually establish the core advantage as the leading organization to Chinese cultural tourism industry in one or two years. On the basis of the vigorously promotion of national policies, it will cooperate with related institutions to set up the new standards concerning the development of cultural tourism and form an industry pattern which the culture, tourism, entertainment and consumption can achieve integration development.
It's known that the first council of World Cultural & Entertainment Brands Alliance in China has been established in Beijing. Currently, Ms. Critina Ortega Nuere (Chief Operating Officer of World Leisure Organization), Mr. Arnold Obermayr (Cultural Counselor of Austrian Embassy in China), Mr. Jyri Lintunen (News and Cultural Counselor of Finland Embassy in China), Mr.Tadeusz Chomicki (Ambassador of Foreign Minister in Poland) and many ambassadors in other countries have reached a partnership relationship; the aim is to establish global resource sharing think tank to promote the healthy development of global superior cultural tourism and recreation brands and IP programs
European Commission delegation to China, MR. Nicolas Dandois, Law Counselor of Italian Embassy in China, Mr. Federico Antonelli, and other people highly praised the alliance.
Nowadays, cultural industry rises sharply and becomes a new value of China's economic development; meanwhile, it is also a new economic momentum that has advanced the whole industry during the period of 13th Five-Year Plan. A "new blue ocean" is taking place. The chairman attaches greater importance on the construction of cultural industry and proposes the spirit that "culture carries the morality, appearance expresses spirit, culture knows truth and culture educated people", guiding the direction for industrial development.
The data of National Tourism Administration shows that the investment of China's tourism keeps in strong growth in 2015. The total investment is 1007.2 billion Yuan in the whole year, with a year-on-year growth of 42% and an increase of 10 percent points to last year. In history, it is the first breakthrough over trillion Yuan. Tourism has become an important driving force to promote economic growth and expand consumption supply. It is reported that China's cultural tourism is expecting to reach 30 trillion to 50 trillion Yuan in ten years, equivalent to 73% GDP (67.67 trillion Yuan) in 2015. According to the date in recent years, China's domestic tourism revenue rose from 2.6 trillion Yuan in 2013 to 3 trillion Yuan in 2014, and it has reached 4 trillion Yuan in 2015. However, at present, China's per capita GDP has reached 9600 US dollars and a new tourism era is coming. We can call it, "An era of full support and an industry of playing."
In September 2016, the Ministry of Culture issued the Opinions on Promoting the Transformation and Upgrading of the Culture and Entertainment Industry which put forward the opinions on the standardization and standardization of the culture and recreation industry to form brand and scale effect. Besides, the 2017 government work report also mentioned culture and recreation industry. "Promote model creation service industry and cross-border integration, and develop some new emerging consumption of medical and care integration and culture creation. Improve tourism facilities and services, and vigorously develop countryside, leisure and global tourism, and expand information consumption, like digital family and on-line education." Under this policy, the chains concerning sports, tourism, leisure and culture release a huge consumptive power. With the profound changes of global economy and the increasingly growth of China's economic downward pressure, the cultural tourism industry is more powerful together with culture and recreation industry, showing vigorous and sustained development. It no wonders that people exclaim its broad prospects.
Professionals believe that the development of tourism industry cannot be separated from the support of entertainment, and the cultural tourism industry will be the incubator of culture and recreation brand. Under the background of the development of cultural tourism industry, the IP resources of culture and recreation will be the core competitiveness of cultural tourism industry. The establishment of the platform of WCEBA is bound to attract great attention of various industries. This is also means that China's cultural tourism industry will have more culture and recreation platforms for creation and revolution. Through this platform, it enables to unite many leaders, enterprises and united powers in various fields to achieve collaborative development, create a new platform for ecological business model and advance deep industry integration. This platform plays an important role in the transformation and upgrading, pattern reshaping, business innovation of cultural tourism industry.
With the promotion of policies, the chains concerning sports, tourism, leisure and culture release a huge consumptive power. With the profound changes of global economy and the increasingly growth of China's economic downward pressure, the cultural tourism industry still develops against the current, showing vigorous and sustained development. It no wonders that people exclaim its broad market prospects.


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Here is Sunday' Minor League recap, it's not pretty as the whole organization took an o'fer.
We were in Kane County for this game, you can check out our recap here. Kyler Burke didn't get any help from his defense on Sunday as he went five innings giving up five runs but only two of them were earned. Javier Baez didn't start the game, but stole the show over the final four innings. In his first plate appearance he took the first pitch he saw and deposited it roughly 430 feet away over the center field wall to tie the game at five. Baez was also tremendous with the glove making three or four great plays, including two web gem efforts, just awesome. Taiwan Easterling was 2-for-5 at the plate with a double, and Oliver Zapata was 1-for-4 with a solo home run.
PJ Francescon didn't have his best stuff, but it really didn't matter as Daytona only managed one hit on the afternoon. Francescon went five innings allowing four runs on five hits, he suffered his second defeat of the season. Congratulations to Greg Rohan for getting the only hit for the D-Cubs in the loss. What hurts the most is coming into the game Boer had an ERA that was over 10, was expecting Daytona to tee off on him, but it wasn't meant to be I guess. Matt Szczur didn't play again, trying to get some updated information on him, hopefully it's nothing too serious.
Nicholas Struck and company held Montgomery to two measly hits, but that was enough as they knocked off the Smokies 3-2. Struck tossed five and two-thirds of pretty good baseball only allowing three runs on two hits while walking two and striking out seven. The loss drops Struck to 5-6 on the season with a 4.41 ERA. The Smokies offense wasn't much better than their opponent on Sunday. They only managed to plate two runs on five hits, with both runs coming in the 6th inning. Rebel Ridling was 1-for-3 with an RBI, and Michael Burgess was 1-for-4 with a double and the other RBI for the Smokies.
It was a weekend to forget for the I-Cubs as they dropped games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was an on and off day for Brooks Raley as he worked five innings and allowed five runs on nine hits, but he only walked one guy and struck out nine, he must have had too much of the zone too often. The I-Cubs bats got Raley off the loss, but unfortunately they couldn't completely rescue the team as the I-Cubs fell 6-5 to Oklahoma City. Ty Wright was 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and an RBI. Anthony Rizzo, who has proven healthy that last couple days was 1-for-3 with a run scored and a walk.
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> "... got an opportunity to design a newspaper and magazine for a > non-profit organization. ... wanted to just up the print 10-15% > and make commission off of the ads sold! > Basically, how do I price for this newspaper? > How do I price for this -- full color, about 50 pages -- > How much should I charge??
Pricing Creative Services...
This is a tough question... it's always a tough question, and I really cannot provide the "canned" answer -- mainly because it relies on a lot of conditions.
Having said that, I'll share just a few bullet points that I've learned in my 35+ years of experience in the field...
What does it cost?
Many people price from the hip and really haven't gotten a handle of what it's actually costing them. Read my lips:
You will never know how much to charge for your work, until you know how much it costs you to do the work!
Freelancing, like any other business, should have standard accounting practices applied. This helps you establish how much it costs you -- leading to how much you should charge. It's simple math.
Overhead costs:
Add together:
- your 'fixed' overhead -- a portion of rent, heat, electricity, internet connection, and phone, etc.
- materials used / consumed. Don't forget any sub-contractors ;
- an adjusted amount of "depreciation" on your equipment, vehicle, travel, maintenance, etc.
Now, decide how much your time is worth -- or more simply put, how much you would like to make. Take an hourly amount, then multiply that times the number of hours you plan to work.
Now, divide your "overhead" by the number of hours, then add the 'hourly' wage and there's the amount you charge per hour.
What's your GPM?
Now you ask, how much do you want to make? Your hourly charges above cover 'real' costs. You need to mark that number up in order to make a 'profit' ... this is called your gross-profit-margin, or GPM. This is the extra you squirrel away into your business to grow, expand, and take lavish island vacations. The GPM is also where you can "play" with the quotes you give. For instance, some bigger jobs can cut back on the GPM. Small, one-shot jobs for deep-pocket clients, you can ratchet up that GPM.
(I started as a freelancer, and worked up to nine employees billing between half-million and a million a year -- in 1980s money. I followed a hard and fast rule from my advisors to mark everything up 30% in the "fixed overhead" and "consumables" categories. I calculated estimates on time and costs. The biggest profit center was brokering the printing, signs and advertising. I billed 2.9% times the wage I paid my employees to cover their overhead. We made money. Lots of money. And everyone got paid vacations, a week paid sick leave, and paid "birthday off" ... we were happy!)
A typical forumula:
* how much it costs: (eg) $12 per hour
* take-home for you (eg) $30 per hour
* how much the biz needs to profit: (eg) 30%
* EQUALS: how much to charge. = $54 per hour
Keep in mind, those were 1980s money. These days in time, it is not unusual to find $150 to $250 per hour fees. Some attorneys charge in excess of $1,000 per hour, and I know I'm as good at what I do as they are at being a lawyer. So, hold that thought -- the NEXT bullet point would be:
What's the Market?
Research other designers, freelancers and agencies including printers in the area and find out how much they charge. That's a good yardstick. Then you have to factor in whether or not you want to do this nonprofit a favor -- how much exposure you'll get from the publications to bring in new clients.
One person asked the question... "Should we produce a magazine for a client based on ad revenue -- as a sound business model?
This could be a good business model, HOWEVER NOT FOR A NEW PUBLICATION. If they have already established an ad base, with ongoing ad revenue, then working for ads will make a lot of money. But NOT at 15%. You need to get more like 30% to 50% of the ad revenue, depending on their ad rates -- and who sells the ads. They used to say it costs YOU $125 per sales call to actually make the sales call. That was 15 years ago.
Also consider that if the magazine is going great guns in the ad department, why would they want to give that to someone else to produce the magazine?
In my opinion, you need to know a LOT more. You can also strike a 'happy' agreement to work with the client if there is some give and take. He has to understand you have to make a living.
How much for a page?
There's also the "per page" rate that seems to make clients happy because they can see a tangible cost for product. Many good production shops use the per-page rate because they know they can do it and make money. You can't do it yet because you don't know how much it costs, how long it takes, to produce a finished page.
Best Practice:
Provide a flat rate for the "first" trial of the publication -- say $500. (off the top of my head) That's ten-bucks per page -- providing THEY set up ALL the content, photos and edit/proofing. You can probably do five pages an hour = $50 bucks an hour for you.
However, have the understanding that the flat rate is for the "TRIAL" and you will reevaluate the costing after the first issue goes to press.
Once you've done it, you'll get a much better idea of how much it costs, and what the client pitfalls are. I've seen many $50-buck jobs turn in to $300-buck jobs because of the famous "PIA" factor. (That's when the client gives you a pain in the ____!)
I hope others chime in to this discussion.
Good luck, my friends.
And, thanks for reading
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Poor Clare Sister Fundraises for Original Convent
One Poor Clare nun played the violin to raise money for her monastery's restoration.
When the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration decided to re-open their Cradle Monastery in Troyes, France, they knew it was in need of major renovations, from the chapel to the earliest parts of the monastery, which date to the 14th century.
The goal to rebuild was significant for the Monastere Notre Dame des Anges (Our Lady of the Angels Monastery), which opened in 1856. The order blossomed to nearly 40 monasteries in eight countries.
The sisters re-opened the Cradle Monastery in 2007. Thanks to a major benefactor, the chapel was renovated in 2011. On Dec. 7, 2011, the vigil of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Troyes Bishop Marc Stenger consecrated the altar at the Mass to re-open the chapel.
With the chapel renovated for Our Lord to re-establish his Eucharistic throne in the heart of France, the next most urgent need is repairing the roof, a very expensive project hampered by the difficulty of raising funds in the ongoing financial crisis.
But one Poor Clare hit the right note for helping raise funds in the best "Let's put on a show" tradition.
"We decided to try making a violin CD," said Sister Marie Antoinette, who was assigned from the United State to Troyes to assist with the re-founding. She was a professional violinist before she entered the Poor Clares.
"It might be too optimistic to think we could sell enough CDs to repair the roof," she explained, "but at least it would help pay part of the expense and might make us known to people who would have the means to help us with major funding. So you could say I was 'fiddling' for the roof!"
With the blessing of Bishop Stenger and Mother Emmanuel, the mother superior, she recorded Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with international concert artist Michael Matthes in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul. For good measure on the CD, she added 18th-century Italian composer Veracini's Concert Sonata with her own credenzas.
"The Cathedral of Troyes is blessed to have an outstanding musician and performer as the 'titular organist,' Mr. Michael Matthes, who is very much in demand as a concert organist throughout France and internationally as well," said Sister Marie Antoinette.
The recording was made when the historic cathedral closed in the evening. The Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration's founder, Capuchin Father Bonaventure (Jean-Baptiste) Heurlaut, was ordained in this cathedral.
Sister Marie Antoinette is no stranger to the violin or Vivaldi. She started playing at the age of 9 and earned a bachelor's degree in music studying violin with renowned teachers Raphael Bronstein and Ariana Bronne at Hartt College in Hartford, Conn. Then she played with the Hartford Symphony and the Connecticut Opera. In 1969, she joined the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony and also taught violin at Loyola University in New Orleans.
As a Third Order Franciscan, she was attracted by the Franciscan spirituality, devotion to Our Lady, and the charism of Eucharistic adoration she found when she visited Mother Angelica's community. In 1984, she entered Our Lady of the Angels Monastery outside of Birmingham, Ala.
The idea for her CD has roots in those early years.
"When Mother Angelica accepted me into the order, EWTN was then in its third year on air," Sister Marie Antoinette recalled. "The community was still small, and I was blessed to be among the original founding sisters — those brave pioneers who accompanied Mother Angelica in her great mission to found a monastery of our order in the South.
"EWTN had only four hours on the satellite, but the cost was outrageous. It was the first vicar of the monastery and Mother's faithful friend and helper for 40 years, Sister Mary Raphael, who got the inspiration to have a telethon to raise enough funds to keep EWTN on the satellite. I was one of the sisters who answered the phones to receive pledges from viewers."
For one of the telethons, Sister Marie Antoinette accompanied a singer for Schubert's Ave Maria that she arranged for her violin from the piano score.
That was to be her first television performance.
"When EWTN began to televise the nuns' Mass from the Irondale, Ala., chapel, there were many violin solos, especially after holy Communion," she said. "I played the Ave Maria of Bach-Gounod frequently, with organ accompaniment. Many viewers commented that they enjoyed it because it was very prayerful."
"When Sister Marie Antoinette played the violin, it was breathtaking and moved you in the depths of your heart," said Lisa Gould, vice president of viewer services at EWTN, also the Register's parent company. "It almost gave you a tiny glimpse of heaven. Her music touched many souls."
Then came the move to the new monastery in Hanceville, Ala., the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
When Sister Raphael, the archivist and historian of the monastery, as well as chronicler of all of Mother Angelica Live shows, died, Mother Angelica asked Sister Marie Antoinette to take on the those duties as well as to do research for Raymond Arroyo's biography of Mother Angelica.
When Sister Marie Antoinette received a copy of the order's history in French from the archivist at the Troyes Monastery, she studied French on her own so that she would fully understand.
Mother Angelica sent her in 2005 to help re-open the Cradle Monastery. "It is a place precious to all the sisters because it was here that the founder and foundress established the original community and its charism of perpetual Eucharistic adoration in 1856," she said. "Our foundress, Mother Marie of St. Claire Bouillevaux, is buried in the monastery garden behind the Oratory of St. Antoine."
Connection to the history guided her work with the CD. She chose Vivaldi's The Four Seasons because it is "one of the most popular of all classical music pieces," she said. "I had successfully performed these violin solos several times in New Orleans during my professional playing and teaching career before entering the monastery, so I felt I could still do them justice. Playing them with an orchestra was out of the question, so I had the inspiration to try playing them accompanied by pipe organ. There are hundreds of recordings of The Four Seasons, but I had never heard one with organ accompaniment instead of an orchestra. So we thought it might be something different, a new twist that might help it to sell."
"But, most of all, I just love the music, and it was such a joy to be able to play them with Mr. Matthes," she added. "The wonderful acoustics under the Gothic vaulted arches of the cathedral added to our enjoyment. The artistic mastery of our sound engineer, Luc Fourneau, enabled him to capture that joy in the recording."
It's a favorite with the sisters. "When we have sisters visiting from other monasteries or occasional student presentations in the parlor," she added, "I usually play the first movement of 'Spring' from The Four Seasons. It's so much fun to play, and everyone likes it."
As for the other selections, she said, "It seems that the Ave Maria of Bach-Gounod is everyone's favorite as a violin solo during Mass, even when played with no accompaniment, just the solo violin. We had no organ or other keyboard in the chapel before the renovations, so for our first four years here in Troyes, I played everything solo. Of course, I also play the Ave Maria by Schubert, another all-time favorite religious piece. Other favorites for Mass are Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart and Panis Angelicus by César Franck. I have also made some arrangements of Gregorian chant melodies to play as violin solos and even a melody from François Poulenc's Mass in G, the Benedictus."
Although these might suggest themselves for another CD in the future, right now the sisters hope EWTN will sell hundreds of this CD to carry on the needed renovations.
"It has been a great blessing to me that Mother Angelica, and now Mother Emmanuel, our abbess here in Troyes, both love and appreciate the violin and have made it possible for me to continue playing at Mass," concluded Sister Marie Antoinette.
"Incidentally," she added, "the patroness of our chapel and monastery is Our Lady of the Angels. Mother Angelica had no way of knowing this when she chose the same name for the Alabama monastery in 1962. Everything that the Lord has done through Mother Angelica and EWTN had its beginnings right here."
Joseph Pronechen is the Register's staff writer.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons CD, Item HCVFS, at EWTNReligiousCatalogue.com or (800) 854-6316


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Iraq's insurgency has drawn from many different groups in Iraq, but two major ones were the tribes and Salafis. Many sheikhs turned against the United States in 2003 due to the actions of the military and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). In the 1990s Saddam Hussein started his Faith Campaign, which led to the growth of Salafism in the country. That ideology fueled many to join Islamist insurgent groups later on. To help explain these two phenomena is Dr. Amatzia Baram Professor Emeritus at the Department of History of the Middle East and Director of the Centre for Iraq Studies at the University of Haifa. He has authored several books on Iraq, his most recent being Saddam Husayn and Islam, 1968-2003: Ba'thi Iraq from Secularism to Faith.
1. Few expected the secular Baathist regime in Iraq to turn to religion but it did in the 1990s with Saddam's Faith Campaign. Since then historians have disagreed whether this was just an operational move to shore up support for the regime when it was struggling under sanctions or whether there was true belief behind it. Where do you stand on the issue?
The process of Islamization and what it meant is described in my book in some detail, based on a combination of open and internal Ba'thi documents. The last party congress convened to combat al-tadayyun (religious devotion, piety) was convened in June 1982. The first (secret) meeting of the party's Regional-Iraqi and Pan-Arab leaderships designed to legitimize a 180-degree about-face took place in July 1986. Since then, Saddam pushed the party leadership (less so the rank and file) relentlessly to Islamize itself and with it the whole state system. Upon his death in 1989 the party declared Michel Aflaq, the party's founder, to be a convert to Islam. This was the first public sign of the new party-line. Affixing allahu akbar to the national flag on the eve of the 1991 Gulf War came next, and other steps followed in rapid succession. There may be no doubt that the "return" to Islam was at first a cynical, utilitarian policy designed to win the regime support at home and in the Islamic-Sunni world in time of crisis (the war with Iran was going very badly). Saddam was saying as much. Many Ba'this remained more-or-less secular even today, in 2015. However, there are three developments that need to be understood and appreciated.
1. In Islam, like in Judaism, rather than believing in a doctrine, the public demonstration of religiosity, i.e: fulfilling certain precepts, is the most important component. Those precepts are mainly the five arkan al-islam or "al-ma'ruf", "thou shalt do"(in Hebrew: mitzvot) and fulfilling them has the highest value when a person's religiosity is considered. Nearly the same applies to the public avoidance of "al-munkar", "the forbidden". Thus, not touching liquor in public for example is seen by one and all as a sign of religiosity. Likewise, praying in the public eye serves as an indicator of faith, certainly at the Friday public prayers, at least when it comes to the Sunna. The Ba'th regime went through these and other motions and therefore it created the impression of going Islamic. This was accepted by many Sunnis in Iraq though not by the Shias. Over time (1986-2003) Islamic practices in the public domain brought many Ba'this closer to religion even though, as pointed out above, they did not necessarily become mutadayyinin (deeply religious or pious).
2. Some party members who were fairly religious to begin with (Izzat Ibrahim al-Dury for example) but who still believed in the principle of a secular state became overtime more religious once leader and party encouraged it. Furthermore, the regime supported intellectual-academic circles that gradually became Sunni Salafis. In the 1970s they were persecuted and even eliminated, but in the 1990s they thrived. As long as they did not come out against the regime and did not establish opposition parties they were between tolerated and encouraged. Abu Bakr al-Baghdad (Ibrahim 'Awad Ibrahim al-Badri al-Samarra'i) is himself a product of such a circle in Baghdad University.
3. Most importantly: until the early 1980s the Ba'th party's approach to religion and even more so to the religious establishment was scornful and disrespectful. Very religious people and the clerics were seen as primitive, a remnant of the backward past. Saddam defined the shari'ah publicly as irrelevant to modern life. The new policy eradicated this attitude altogether. Moreover: the Ba'this recognized the power of Islam as a legitimizing force. Later on, after 2003, Sunni Islam became an important banner that proved useful to attract supporters in Iraq, Syria and abroad. Traditional party discipline and the proven utility of religion has been sufficient to keep even unhappy Ba'this in line behind Saddam. After his demise Islam's usefulness was even more obvious. At the same time, though, as pointed out above, some party members, especially the younger generation, were more deeply influenced. Finally: drawing upon recorded secret meetings and the private diary of Saddam's half-brother, Barazan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, there are a few indications that Saddam became personally a born-again-Muslim of sorts. He still consumed alcoholic drinks, but he prayed, and his 2002 personal secret letter to God is strengthening this impression.
2. How did the Faith Campaign create a pool of people that would later join the insurgency?
The main contribution of the 1990s towards the post 2003 era is the fact that even secular army officers who remained essentially secular identified the power of Islam as a magnet that later became crucial for recruiting supporters. Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri influenced many army officers to join Sufi-mystical orders, mainly the Naqshbandis who are combining Sufism with Orthodoxy. The army officers, having been dismissed from the military, joined the insurgency, forming a number of groups, some with perfectly secular, even all-Iraqi ecumenical names like, "The 1920 Revolution". Some joined the radical Salafist Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi. As far as I know, though, in most part people joined an organization based on personal friendships and family-tribe relations rather than on their level of religiosity. In 2006 the Naqshbandis joined the fray in protest against Saddam's execution. By 2009 AQI (or the Islamic State of Iraq) was essentially defeated by the American Surge and the Tribal Awakening (al-sahwah) and most of these officers fled to Syria. There they established ISIS (The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) which came under a unified leadership that was definitely Salafist.
Many of these Salafis were themselves the fruits of Saddam's Faith Campaign part of which was transforming Iraq's whole educational system from secular to religious. Not only in universities but also children between the first and twelfth grades were now encouraged to spend time in the mosques, something the Ba'th of the 1970s would see as a calamity. They were taught more hours per week Islam, including Quran and Hadith, Islam teachers became the most prestigious in school and the whole atmosphere became quite religious. More profoundly, Saddam attempted to create a kind of a Sunni-Shi'i ecumenical Islam but failed: what he created was in fact a soft Islamic-Sunni educational system. This prepared a whole generation of Sunni children for ISIS (Daesh). Also: in the 1990s all Islamic interpretations other than those approved by Saddam were suppressed, this time not as before, in the name of Ba'thi pan-Arabism, but in the name of Islam. This included the practice of giving Saddam a bay'ah, an oath of allegiance, as was the practice under the caliphate. The latter-day caliph Abu Bakr, too, demands absolute allegiance and strict adherence to his version of Islam.
Last but not least: to Saddam, Islamization also meant brutalization. Severing hands and feet for any financial crime (defined as "theft") became quite widespread, and beheading "prostitutes" was practiced as well. These practices paved the way for even more fiendish practices by ISIS. The main contribution of Saddam's Faith Campaign may be seen therefore in three respects: 1. Demonstrating religiosity became bon ton or "in vogue" and no longer was a source of embarrassment even for secular officials and officers. 2. Islam was recognized as a useful tool to attract new recruits, and 3. The penal code went through a brutal quantum leap.
3. Besides Islamists, Iraq's tribes have been another fertile recruiting ground for militants. From 2003 to the present the country's tribes have been divided into three major groups. Some are with the insurgents, some are with the government, while others are sitting on the fence. What are some factors that have led to this three-way divide?
A few Sunni tribes approached the American military commanders as early as 2005 for cooperation against AQI. Each had its own reasons. For example, by the spring of 2005 Albu Mahal near al-Qaym on the Syrian border approached the Marines for cooperation against AQI because the latter denied them reasonable profits from their traditional smuggling operations ("import-export business"). A few months later they were joined by a section of Albu-Nimr a little further south east. It may be that the latter had similar reasons but they had definitely an additional one: in 1995 Saddam cracked down severely on Albu-Nimr and they could not forget nor forgive it. Joining hands with the Americans against the pro-Saddam insurgency was one way to get their revenge. By September-October 2006 Albu-Risha in Ramadi joined hands with the American brigade there against AQI for a different reason: even though beforehand they had collaborated with AQI, they experienced a fall-out as a result of some disagreements and immediately suffered casualties at the hands of AQI. Among those assassinated were also members of the shaykhly family. Albu Risha killed a few AQI operatives in revenge and accepted an American offer to join hands. Many other tribes joined in as they became profoundly disillusions about AQI and the US offered them military and financial support. Even Baghdad eventually agreed to "hire" the Sunni tribes of al-Anbar. In other parts the Sunnis remained connected to the Americans.
Today, all the first three Anbar tribes that had initiated the cooperation with the Americans are still supporting Baghdad: they are paid from Baghdad, but I am not certain about support in weapons and ammunition. A minority, a few sections of tribes (even a small section of Albu-Nimr and another of the super federation of Shammar Jarbah) are supporting ISIS, either because they have been coerced, or because they are being offered deals, or because they are more hostile to Baghdad, that oppressed them under an American-sponsored Nuri al-Maliki, or all the above. The majority however are still waiting for an American-Iraqi offer that will not leave them again at the mercy of a bigot and hostile sectarian government in Baghdad once ISIS is driven out.
4. Finally, part of U.S. strategy in Iraq is based upon the belief of creating not only a new Sahwa of tribal fighters but to recruit more Sunnis into the security forces. Prime Minister Abadi seems to support this idea as well as he's backed Sunnis joining the Hashd for example. What needs to happen to make this successful, and what kind of affect would it have on the war against the Islamic State?
The tribal troops of Albu-Nimr and Abu Risha are already considered part of al-Hashad al-Sha'bi, but this is purely symbolic because they are operating under their own command and there is no mixing between the two sects in the Hashad. Abadi is indeed ready to integrate Sunni officers into the national army as he is ready to provide the neutral Sunni tribes and the rest of the Sunnis with guarantees that they will be properly integrated into the Iraqi political and bureaucratic system. He is even not opposed to change radically the de-Ba'thification laws so as to enable Sunni ex-Ba'this to be reabsorbed into the professional and bureaucratic system (many Sh'is have already been integrated). Indeed Abadi is not even clearly against the Sunni demand for autonomy including National Guard units. The demand to change the de-Ba'thification laws while acceptable to some Shi'is, came up against objection not only from the pro-Iranian Shi'i militias and politicians but also from certain Sunni quarters. One such group is the Iraqi Islamic Party (The Muslim Brothers). A few senior Sunni politicians too are against it for fear that the rehabilitated Sunnis will eclipse them and, in some cases, due to inter-Sunni grudges. The autonomy demands met with strong opposition on the part of the pro-Iranian Shi'i militias and politicians (the latter led by the former PM Maliki) and has even been opposed by Muqtada al-Sadr and his political party, even though they are relatively independent of Iranian tutelage.
The US administration has been trying to influence PM Abadi to accept the Sunni demands but he proved unable to "sell" it to the various Shi'i political circles. Unless he manages to do it, the prospect of liberation or "conquest" of Mosul, Falluja, Ramadi and other parts of the Sunni area from ISIS by Shi'i troops under Iranian command is far from being a good solution. The US will have to provide air support for the Shi'i troops and the Hashad in reoccupying the Sunni areas. This, too, is problematic because they will appear as allies of Iran and enemies of the Sunna. NATO troops doing the same work (however unlikely such a development is) will be accepted more readily by the Sunni population, but without guarantees from Baghdad for Sunni political rights, as soon as the foreign troops leave another insurgency will erupt. The US needs to take advantage of the fact that Iraqi Shi'is prefer that the Iranians stay in Iran, and to bear in mind that it has pressure points in Baghdad. It needs to apply much more pressure to meet the Sunnis' (and Kurds') minimal demands. After ISIS conquered Mosul from Maliki's corrupt and degraded Iraqi national military it became clear that the highly-centralized Iraq was dead. The question is: can a decentralized Iraq still survive. The answer is to be found in Baghdad and in Washington, DC.


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