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Ernie Johnson, El Rancho High School and the city of Pico Rivera could not have been a better match in the 1950s and 60s.
Johnson was from a working-class background and was a World War II and Korean War veteran. His students and players at El Rancho — he became a teacher when the school opened in 1954 and became head football coach in 1956 — were the children of working-class parents, many of whom were veterans themselves. Johnson and the parents of his players shared history, values and beliefs and the parents trusted the lessons they taught at home would be continued on Johnson's practice field.
"He said many times it was a perfect place and a perfect time," his widow, Vicki, remembered. "It was a perfect storm."
Johnson passed away peacefully Sept. 15 at the age of 87. Private services already havev been held, but El Rancho will honor him with a pair of upcoming ceremonies. On Nov. 1, Johnson will be remembered at halftime of the Dons' football game. On Nov. 3, a memorial will be held in El Rancho's gym from 1-3 p.m., with several of his former players scheduled to speak.
Johnson taught and coached for nearly 40 years and left a lasting impact on just about everyone he encountered. Even 50 years later, his former players and assistant coaches get together regularly to share laughs and swap stories about the man they still refer to as "coach."
"He really knew how to draw you in," said David Verdugo, a senior on Johnson's 1968 team. "His connectivity with the youth of Pico Rivera was amazing."
Longtime Cerritos College head coach Frank Mazzotta grew up in the shadow of El Rancho High, and still remembers the thrill he got from being an El Rancho water boy in junior high. He called Johnson "the pied piper" because of the way people seemed to flock to him.
"He affected so many lives," said Mazzotta, a 1962 El Rancho graduate and a member of Johnson's first CIF championship team in 1960. "I don't know where I'd be right now (if not for Johnson). I don't know which direction I would have gone."
Johnson did remarkable things with the youths of Pico Rivera during his 12 years as El Rancho coach. Between 1956 and 1968, Johnson's teams went 108-31-5 and played in five CIF finals. The Dons won three of those games and the 1966 team went 13-0 en route to CIF, state and mythical national titles.
His coaching style was gruff and direct, no doubt the residue of his military experience. And because most of his players were the children of veterans, they got little sympathy at home if they complained about football practice.
"It was a perfect time for a guy like him," Verdugo recalled. "All of our dads were vets."
He could wilt a mischievous player with just a stare, but he also was a great motivator and builder of confidence.
"He was an all-time master psychologist," said Lew Tetley, a 1960 El Rancho grad.
"Even after he kicked your (butt), he had a way of building you back up," Verdugo said.
Former players Dennis Deiro and Reggie Fielder each remembered Johnson as funny and a great story teller. Deiro, a reserve offensive and defensive lineman, said he felt just as cared for by Johnson as any of the star players.
"I was the furthest thing from a star," Deiro said, "But he didn't look at me any differently."
Johnson also knew how to harness street toughness and helped turn more than one potential thug into a football player and productive citizen. His esteem in the community was such that, according to a story told by several former players, gang members returned the hubcaps stolen from his new car after they learned they were his, plus several other sets as well.
"There are a lot of guys who would be in jail if not for Ernie Johnson," Mazzotta said. "He wanted to take that (tough) element off the streets and put it on the football field."
Johnson left El Rancho after 1968 and was an assistant at Long Beach State for a season before turning around Newport Harbor's moribund program in 1970. In 1971, Johnson became head coach at Cerritos College, a job he held until 1977. He was succeeded by Mazzotta, who's held the post ever since.
Mazzotta still uses many of the same coaching strategies he learned from Johnson and finds himself often repeating the things he heard on the El Rancho practice field as a youngster. On his office wall, Mazzotta keeps photos of Johnson and himself taken during games pinned together, each with the same vexed expression on his face.
"I probably talk like him, probably act like him," Mazzotta laughed.


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From the award-winning photographer of Aperture's Living with the Enemy, now in its fourth printing, comes Donna Ferrato's second book, Love and Lust, a close-up look at human relationships. Ferrato's first book tackled the difficult subject of battered women and, in doing so, made public an important issue that freed many women from the bondage of destructive relationships. Now, Ferrato turns her inquisitive eye on the broader theme of love in its many facets, from the emotional bond of a boy and his dog, to full-blooded sex orgies at private homes and public places such as Plato's Retreat.
The constant question regarding Ferrato's work is, "How does she get these astonishing pictures?" Readers will wonder the same as they page through these bold, sometimes shockingly intimate photographs. This is anything but a sentimental journey. Non-judgmental, wide-eyed, and completely embracing every expression of human emotion, Ferrato moves from puppy love to orgasm, from a peck on the cheek between friends to sexual role-playing, with the assurance of one who has been everywhere and seen everything on the relationship front. In these photographs, representing nearly thirty years of her work, Ferrato never seems heavy-handed or crude. Rather, there is always the sense that she is winking at the viewer, encouraging a relaxed acceptance of all the positive expressions of human feeling, be they childlike or fabulously steamy.
Donna Ferrato has won numerous awards for her work: the Crystal Eagle Award for courage in journalism from the International Women's Media Foundation; the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Humanistic Photography; and the W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography. Her photographs have been widely published in magazines such as Life, Time, People, Fortune and Stern, as well as in the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer magazine. She is founder of the Domestic Abuse Awareness Project (DAAP).
Photographs by Donna Ferrato
Text by Donna Ferrato
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One of Utah's biggest school systems apologized Thursday and told angry parents it was investigating why dozens of elementary school children had their lunches seized and thrown away when they didn't have enough money in their accounts.
"This was a mistake," said Jason Olsen, a spokesman for the Salt Lake School District. "There shouldn't have been food taken away from these students once they went through that line."
The district came under national criticism after as many as 40 kids were given fruit and milk and their real lunches were thrown away Tuesday at Uintah Elementary in Salt Lake City.
"She took my lunch away and said, 'Go get a milk,'" fifth-grader Sophia Isom told NBC station KSL. "I came back and asked, 'What's going on?' Then she handed me an orange. She said, 'You don't have any money in your account, so you can't get lunch.'"
Sophia's mom, Erica Lukes, called the move "traumatic and humiliating" and told the Salt Lake Tribune she was all paid up.
"I think it's despicable," she said. "These are young children that shouldn't be punished or humiliated for something the parents obviously need to clear up."
Olsen said that parents had been notified about negative balances Monday and that a child nutrition manager had decided to withhold lunches to deal with the issue. They were thrown away because once food is served to one student it can't be served to another, he said.
That brought a storm of criticism on the elementary school's Facebook page, where scores of people denounced school and district officials as "heartless" and "inhumane."
Many of the complaints accused officials of being bullies — an assessment shared by state senators who showed up at the school Thursday to insist that no Utah schoolkid should ever go hungry.
"To me this rises to the level of bullying," Republican Sen. Todd Weiler said. "Children were humiliated."
"I think it's an abuse of power," Weiler said.
Kim Loveland, of the state Office of Education's Child Nutrition Program, told KSL that each school district has a website where parents can learn their children's lunch balances.
Districts "are trying really hard to make sure parents know at the beginning of the school year and throughout the school year of their policies and where students' accounts are," she said.
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Jon wanted to create what he called a "crazy sound for Gira". So that's exactly what he did. The bass came from a simple melody he had in his head. Naturally, I loved it, and I added on a second half. John complemented this by adding all of the layers of horns and drums you hear.
The lyrics came really from a visualization of listening to the music. I wanted to take people on this metaphysical journey that would eventually unlock secrets that we keep from ourselves simply by not taking the time to tune in to the ether realm. Some call this intuition, spirit guides, our ancestors—Oh, and God—depending upon your beliefs or disbeliefs. (I'm cool either way; no judgment here.)
I wanted to remind people of the original definition of "humanity." This earth remembers what that was like, but we, as humans, are like aliens to the very earth we live on. Our humanity is dying every day with every murder, every enslavement and every right that is taken or given away. The moon, our mother, sighs in disbelief. Can you hear? Take the time to tune in, into the tune "Origins" that is! Tune into the origin of yourself.
Gira Dahnee believes that music is a passageway to the metaphysical realm. Born in Tampa, FL, her musical upbringing includes several genres from jazz, gospel, rock and music from the Yoruba culture. Upon moving to the Chicagoland area, she has had the pleasure of performing at many venues, including Velvet Lounge, Jazz Showcase, TwelveWest Nightclub, and the Tonic Room. She has worked with artists such as Willerm Delisfort, Lance Powlis, Cody Chesnutt, David Boykin and Saalik Ziyad. She has attributed her success to working with wonderful musicians who love music just as much as she does.
Her motto is "Follow your heart; it will take you where it you need to be." Gira's sultry alto voice will take you across lifetimes, reaching the reaching the purity of soul.
Her first EP, Future Geechee, is expected in early 2014.
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Gira Dahnee, Vocals
Jonathan "Abseryd" Woods, Horns, Drums
Produced by Jonathan "Abseryd" Woods and Gira Dahnee
Lyrics by Gira Dahnee
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TOWN OF MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Logistics, a subsidiary of C&S Wholesale Grocers, plans to close its warehouse at 124 Bracken Road between mid-May and early June, leaving as many as 38 workers without jobs.
TOWN OF MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Logistics, a subsidiary of C&S Wholesale Grocers, plans to close its warehouse at 124 Bracken Road between mid-May and early June, leaving as many as 38 workers without jobs.
A state Department of Labor notice said 29 nonunion and nine union workers will be affected. There are actually 29 union workers, said Jerry Ebert, business agent for International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 445 in Rock Tavern, which represents the workers.
Executives at the company's Keene, N.H., headquarters did not respond to a phone call and emails seeking comment.
Ebert said the union offered concessions, but even substantial pay cuts wouldn't compensate for increasing rent.
Town of Montgomery Supervisor Michael Hayes said he hadn't heard about the closure.
"I'm wondering if those jobs are moving to Chester, and if they're consolidating operations there," he said.
The workers have been told they can apply for jobs at C&S warehouses in Chester and the Town of Newburgh, Ebert said.
He said he was told by company officials that C&S was reluctant to leave Montgomery, but its lease was too costly to renew.
He said the company has an underused site in Brattleboro, Vt., where some of Montgomery's work might be shifted.
"As they put it, the economics made the decision shockingly simple," Ebert said.
In 2009, the Orange County Industrial Development Agency awarded C&S a 15-year property tax break on its warehouse expansion in Chester.
The town, village and school district unsuccessfully sued to void the tax break, arguing that it was unnecessary because C&S had already begun the project.
The scheduled closing of the C&S subsidiary's warehouse follows the November closure of a neighboring Hostess distribution center, also on Bracken Road. That cost 36 workers their jobs.
The town, meanwhile, will soon be looking for a new tenant to occupy a town-owned building adjacent to Town Hall, also on Bracken Road, Hayes said.
Friday morning brought a fleet of moving trucks to haul the belongings of Customer Linx, a call center, from the town building to a larger space in the Town of Newburgh, Hayes said.
He said Customer Linx's rent was about $120,000 annually. The town has a budget of about $11 million.
"They just notified us last month that they were moving," Hayes said. "You're not happy to lose them, but we couldn't accommodate their expansion plans."


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This morning when the alarm clock radio went off, as is often the case the first thing I heard was not the classical music for which I listen to this particular radio station, but rather a summary of news headlines from NPR. The second of these headlines included an audio clip from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, who was defending herself against calls for her resignation as a result of the thus-far tortured attempts to implement the Affordable Health Care Act. Rarely do I sit bolt upright in bed because of something I hear on the news, but in this case it would have been difficult to do otherwise.
"The majority of people calling for me to resign," Secretary Sebelius commented at a press conference, "I would say are people who I don't work for. And who do not want this program to work in the first place." You can watch Secretary Sebelius actually making this comment by following this link.
Sometimes one can almost audibly hear someone's career hitting the skids, and this is one of those moments.
Over the course of her service in both elected and appointed government office, Secretary Sebelius has done many things which those of a different political persuasion from hers have taken issue with. That of course is the nature of politics, and indeed of representative democracy. She has also taken on a rather antipathetic view of her own Catholic faith, a view which she appears to value more than the fraternal correction she has received on numerous occasions from many of her fellow Catholics, including her own bishop. One can debate whether and to what extent an individual's religious beliefs become relevant to their place in the public square, or the obligation of public officials who are Catholics to adhere to the tenets of their faith. I will leave that to those more adept than I at addressing such matters, and refer you for example to Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia's superbly-written book on this subject, "Render Unto Caesar".
However in this case we are no longer dealing only with someone who has headed off in a policy direction which runs counter to and in fact openly attacks the institutions of her own faith, but someone who does not appear to understand the basic principles of civics, as practiced in the United States. For as any reasonable American must acknowledge, regardless of their political affiliation, a public servant is the servant of all. Secretary Sebelius is not simply the employee of the person who appointed her to the position which she presently holds, or of the political party which she happens to belong to, or of those who happen to agree with the policies she is attempting to implement. She is, whether she likes it or not, here to serve all of us.
It cannot be that we simply accept or ignore the revelation that someone who was appointed to serve all of the people of this country equally has concluded that, in fact, she must only serve those whom she personally prefers. This is not simply bad governance, it is the very definition of arrogance. It betrays what is clearly a deeply-held, personal belief, spoken perhaps without thought as to its implications, but nevertheless revealing of the philosophical principles of the speaker, that to be a public servant is to be selective in one's servitude.
Our American system of government cannot function when our public servants are only capable of serving those whose views mirror their own. So when a public servant of the people of the United States cannot come to grips with that fundamental concept, then that servant must either step down or be dismissed. There are no two ways about it.
Whatever happens with respect to the implementation of Obamacare, clearly Secretary Sebelius has revealed by her own words that she is personally incapable of continuing to serve all of the American people effectively. If she cannot serve all of us, then she should not be permitted to serve any of us. And for her own sake, as a fellow Catholic, I hope that when she does leave, as she now must, she will take the time to reflect on what she has done during her time in office, not only with respect to the principles of civil governance, but particularly with regard to the Church to which she belongs. Let us hope that her replacement, whoever that will be, will be more willing and able to serve the people of this country effectively and professionally.


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"The Weather Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television channel which broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news and analyses, along with documentaries and entertainment programming related to weather. Launched on May 2, 1982, the channel broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news and analysis, along with documentaries and entertainment programming related to weather."
"As of February 2015, The Weather Channel was received by approximately 97.3 million American households that subscribe to a pay television service (83.6% of U.S. households with at least one television set), which gave it the highest national distribution of any U.S. cable channel. However, it was subsequently dropped by Verizon FiOS (losing its approximately 5.5 millions subscribers), giving the title of most distributed network to HLN. Actual viewership of the channel averaged 210,000 during 2013 and has been declining for several years. Content from The Weather Channel is available for purchase from the NBCUniversal Archives." (Wikipedia)
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The Weather Channel has a cyber security problem. Hacker can exploit it by XSS bugs.
Almost all links under the domain weather.com are vulnerable to XSS attacks. Attackers just need to add script at the end of The Weather Channel's URLs. Then the scripts will be executed.
10 thousands of Links were tested based a self-written tool. During the tests, 76.3% of links belong to weather.com were vulnerable to XSS attacks.
The reason of this vulnerability is that Weather Channel uses URLs to construct its HTML tags without filtering malicious script codes.
The vulnerability can be attacked without user login. Tests were performed on Firefox (34.0) in Ubuntu (14.04) and IE (9.0.15) in Windows 8.
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http://www.weather.com/home-garden/home/white-house-lawns-20140316%22–/"–/>">t%28%27justqdjing%27%29%3E
http://www.weather.com/news/main/">
The Weather Channel has patched this Vulnerability in late November, 2014 (last Week). "The Full Disclosure mailing list is a public forum for detailed discussion of vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques, as well as tools, papers, news, and events of interest to the community. FD differs from other security lists in its open nature and support for researchers' right to decide how to disclose their own discovered bugs. The full disclosure movement has been credited with forcing vendors to better secure their products and to publicly acknowledge and fix flaws rather than hide them. Vendor legal intimidation and censorship attempts are not tolerated here!" A great many of the fllowing web securities have been published here, Buffer overflow, HTTP Response Splitting (CRLF), CMD Injection, SQL injection, Phishing, Cross-site scripting, CSRF, Cyber-attack, Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards, Information Leakage, Denial of Service, File Inclusion, Weak Encryption, Privilege Escalation, Directory Traversal, HTML Injection, Spam. This bug was published at The Full Disclosure in November, 2014.
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The University has adopted a model for teacher education that has the teacher as a reflective decision-maker at its core and sees the teacher functioning in a changing society. Each program in the unit reflects a systematic design based on established research, essential knowledge, and sound professional practice. Each instructional certification program requires professional studies in methodology. Professional education courses provide students with varied and rich clinical experiences, including work with international, culturally diverse and exceptional populations. Not only is this model aligned with the unit's Conceptual Framework but its implementation is evident through a review of annual assessment reporting of LHU teacher education programs' student learning. LHU continues to require its program completers to reach high standards expected of beginning teachers and the success of our graduates in securing teaching employment reflects the high standard of teacher preparation at Lock Haven University.
The Council for Educator Preparation (CAEP), formerly NCATE, is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and numerous national organizations as the accrediting body for universities that prepare teachers and other professional personnel for work in P-12 schools. CAEP ensures that accredited institutions hold high standards and produce competent, caring, and highly qualified educators and administrators who have proven they can support the learning of all students. LHU's teacher education programs and unit are nationally accredited by CAEP (formerly NCATE). All academic programs with certification are also nationally accredited by their respective professional associations. This is a significant accomplishment because it demonstrates to parents, students, and other constituents that we are committed to a rigorous compliance and accreditation process based on high standards. As of Fall 2013, there are only 20 institutions in the state of Pennsylvania nationally accredited by CAEP / NCATE, LHU being one of them, showing a continued commitment to quality teacher preparation.
Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) provides leadership, guidance, and resources to help P-20 schools meet the educational needs of all students. PDE also provides support for and oversight of Pennsylvania Educator Preparation Programs.
The LHU Teacher Education Office monitors and reports on annual assessment of student learning for all of its certification programs meeting compliance requirements for national, regional and state accreditation. The annual assessments are based upon the NCATE/CAEP and Specialized Program Assessments (SPA) standards and learning outcomes. Additionally, faculty make data-driven-decisions each year based on these annual assessment results for program improvement. These annual assessments of student learning are aligned well with LHU's Conceptual Framework of the Teacher Education programs and unit.
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Lewis & Clark senior art exhibition 2014
May 25, 2014
As the capstone experience for graduating art majors, the Senior Art Exhibition represents more than just students' studio art experiences. For students of the liberal arts, the exhibition is the culmination of diverse undergraduate careers, with work infused by lessons in philosophy, mathematics, music, and computer science.
Bringing together artwork made by 25 graduating seniors in the Department of Art, the Senior Art Exhibition opens April 4 at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark.


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Marc Boorstein
Age: 44
Company: MJ Partners Real Estate Services Inc.
Title: CEO
Time in current role: Fourteen years
Biggest accomplishment: Persuading large institutional investors to consider self-storage a legitimate real estate class
Short-term goal: To stay ahead of competing brokers and consultants who are beginning to crop up in self-storage
A decade ago the self-storage industry was a business that lawyers or accountants invested in after hours as a sideline. But today institutional investors are eagerly pouring equity into developing and acquiring self-storage assets. Much of this change has been engineered by Marc Boorstein, principal of Chicago-based brokerage MJ Partners Real Estate Services Inc.
When Boorstein began representing self-storage sellers in the 1980s, developers mainly considered local zoning rules and competition within three miles. No one thought about building and selling portfolios of properties. Boorstein demonstrated to skeptical investors that portfolios could be combined and sold to achieve superior returns.
Today there are four publicly traded self-storage REITs, and offshore capital is pouring into the sector, valued by analysts to be roughly $120 billion. Boorstein's firm is now scrambling for deals from Los Angeles to Boston, and has become expert at finding capital for developers.
The firm receives 52% of its brokerage volume in self-storage and the remainder from other sectors, primarily office. With a staff of 10, last year MJ Partners brokered $180 million in self-storage transactions, up 10% from 2005.
Boorstein was exposed to self-storage early on. His father, a Chicago attorney, owned two self-storage facilities as well as a shopping center. After graduating from the London School of Economics with a finance degree in 1984, Boorstein went to work for Chicago auction specialist Sheldon Good. There he noticed that the self-storage assets often attracted little notice. "Self-storage was barely a blip in commercial real estate back then," he recalls. Intent on changing that, by 1993 he was ready to strike out on his own, and co-founded MJ Partners.
Why storage? Boorstein is drawn to the economics. The 10 biggest self-storage companies own less than 20% of the industry's assets, meaning that the mom-and-pop owners still have lots of property left to sell. Facilities break even financially somewhere around 60% to 70% of capacity, which most achieve shortly after opening. Real profits begin at 85% of capacity, and the national average is close to 88%.
In the 1990s, Boorstein arranged transactions where the buyers could count on an annual return of 10%. Today the deals are made at returns close to 6%, and few in the industry believe prices can go much higher. Nevertheless, there is still room for plenty of new construction, with surveys showing that many metro markets are still underserved as American consumers collect more material items than they have room for in their own homes.
Boorstein has scrambled to stay on top of the rapidly changing industry. New facilities have gotten 50% larger than a few years ago, and are now often built as brick and glass construction located in high-profile retail strips, rather than the traditional eyesore industrial sites. Boorstein has more competition, too, as brokerages like CB Richard Ellis establish self-storage groups.
Meanwhile competition for the best assets threatens to become overheated. In one of his most celebrated deals yet, Boorstein last October sold a seven-facility portfolio owned by Life Storage Centers LLC of Elgin, Ill. for $52 million to an Orlando, Fla. partnership backed by investors from the U.K. The acquisition was highly unusual in that two of the facilities had not been built yet, and were only zoned for construction.
"A number of people warned us that we were coming to the market too early to sell," says Christopher Barry, owner of Life Storage. "But Marc Boorstein saw things that our feasibility people and appraisers didn't see. He delivered a deal for us that nobody thought was possible. In the self-storage industry, he's a trailblazer."


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M.I.A., Janelle Monae perform hologram duet
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. >> Singers M.I.A. and Janelle Monae shared the stage during separate concerts on opposite coasts through the magic of holograms.
M.I.A. performed in New York with a 3-D projection of Monae Thursday night while Monae sang on the West Coast with M.I.A.'s likeness.
Both artists have ideas for how they might use performance holograms beyond their bi-coastal duet, which was sponsored by Audi to launch its A3 model.
The high-tech duet required more advanced 3-D projection and video mapping technology than Tupac Shakur's hologram debut at the annual Coachella music festival in 2012. M.I.A. and Monae performed together in person to help create the holograms, but each saw the results for the first time onstage.
"I wish I were in the audience because I'm sure it looked cooler from the audience, but it felt great," Monae said after closing her 40-minute set at Quixote Studios by singing with a hologram. "I felt M.I.A.'s spirit up there."
A life-size hologram of the British rapper joined Monae onstage with an original addition to her song "Q.U.E.E.N." Wearing a spangled top and pants reminiscent of C-3PO, M.I.A. appeared to dance and sing, her image at times bathed in colored lights. Monae's hologram sang a verse of M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls" with her at New York's SIR Stage 37.
Neither artist got to see what their own hologram looked like ("I'm going to go online and see if I could see it," Monae confessed), but both said they'd try the technology again.
"I think if you can have artists be a hologram and you can access it, and you have them life-size, in your house, it could be kind of cool," M.I.A. said by phone. "It's definitely cool for us and it's cool for me. I could be in 10 places at once."
The technology has been prohibitively expensive and cumbersome to use on tour, she said: "I hope they get it together to the point that it's accessible."
If so, Monae has some ideas about how to apply it.
"I'd be honored to experiment more with holograms and maybe make a whole band - but I love my band, I wouldn't want them to be holograms," she said. "I would do some experimenting with different versions of myself, playing different instruments."
Not that either artist has the time to go hologram crazy. Both are touring in support of albums released last fall: M.I.A.'s "Matangi" and Monae's "Electric Lady." Monae also contributes the theme song to the upcoming animated film "Rio 2," and covered David Bowie's "Heroes" for a Pepsi global ad campaign. M.I.A. is busy with her fashion collection for Versace and her ongoing snarl with the National Football League, which is seeking $16 million from the singer on claims that she ruined the league's reputation when she stuck out her middle finger during a halftime performance with Madonna two years ago.
M.I.A. has been vocal about the NFL issue on Twitter but when this reporter asked where things stand, a publicist interjected, saying, "That is one topic we cannot cover during this interview, unfortunately."
Maybe her hologram would like to answer?


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Lansdale Mennonite Church (Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA)
Lansdale Mennonite Church (Unaffiliated Mennonite), in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, was established as a mission in 1935. It was under the direction of the Franconia Mennonite Conference Board of Missions and Charities until 1951, when it became a church. In 1954 it had a membership of 60, with Jacob Rittenhouse as pastor.
In the early 1970s the congregation withdrew from the conference, and continued as an unaffiliated Mennonite Church. In 2007 it had 49 members; Larry D. Bergey served as Bishop.
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Address: 520 York Avenue, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Phone: 215-362-2659
Website: Lansdale Mennonite Church
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|Samuel J. Steiner
|Date Published
|February 2008
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Located conveniently near Charlotte, NC and the town of Davidson, River Run is one of Charlotte's leading golf course communities. River Run has all the amenities you would expect including indoor and outdoor tennis, hiking trails, several pools with lazy river and water slide, Clubhouse and fitness center, childcare facility - all situated in a natural rolling terrain with century old forests, four lakes and a small town feel.
River Run offers a wide range of recreation and entertainment options. The River Run Championship Golf Course at River Run Country Club, was designed by master course architect, Robert Walker. This challenging par-72 course is beautifully situated on 394 acres, making it a true pleasure to play. Brand new greens were installed summer/fall 2007.
River Run is located approximately 25 miles north of center city Charlotte, which is about a 30-40 minute commute in rush hour traffic.


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Dennis Bermudez (10-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) survived a big knee from Tommy Hayden (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in the first round, then took advantage of Hayden's shot. Bermudez locked up a standing guillotine choke to win in the first round – and take home $60,000 for "Submission of the Night."
Full fight video highlights are now available of the bout.
UFC 150 took place at Denver's Pepsi Center with Henderson-Edgar as the main event of the pay-per-view.
After eating a big knee from Hayden early in the fight, Bermudez was stunned and had to fight through it. But once he recovered, he landed a kick to Hayden's chest, then took advantage when Hayden missed on a takedown attempt.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Dolphin Research Center Seeks Public's Help Finding Entangled Manatee
Grassy Key… Dolphin Research Center (DRC), Licensed Manatee Rescue Team for the Florida Keys, is asking the public to help find a badly entangled manatee. The manatee, named Scott, has mounds of monofilament fishing line wrapped around and embedded in both of his pectoral flippers. The animal is approximately 9 to11 feet long and was recently spotted in the Marathon area, although he often travels throughout the Florida Keys in winter months. Anyone who sees Scott should immediately call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC) at 1-888-404-3922 to report his location. DRC's trained team will then attempt to outfit him with a belt and tracking tag so that a rescue mission can be coordinated.
Rescuing a manatee is a complicated process that often takes days or even weeks. Many factors come into play including whether the animal is in an area where it can be netted and brought onto the boat for assessment and transport. Weather, the availability of limited resources, and other things may also impact when a rescue can be tried. Often officials must wait for optimal conditions, which is frustrating for them as well as the public that observes the manatee. Fortunately, Scott's condition isn't life-threatening and he is fully mobile. However, as the entanglement worsens, it can create complications including self-amputation of the pectoral flippers, infection and other problems. So, assessing him is a priority.
Anyone who sees Scott should not attempt to assist him themselves or cut away any of the entangled line. Properly helping a manatee in distress requires training and experience to minimize risk of injury to the person assisting as well as to the animal. Identifying the location, including GPS coordinates if available, and contacting the FWCC with the timely information, is the best help that the public can provide.
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Dolphin Bumper Cars
|The kids love to crawl all over each other.
In the front lagoon, you never know what's going to happen. Seven youngsters share the space with one adult. As you can imagine, it gets pretty chaotic on occasion, especially when you're dealing with little boys.
During a session, Louie, Delta, Gambit, and Flagler were playing at different docks but took the opportunity to be silly with one another. All of them were asked to show their tummies to the crowd and they did, but not before playing a little bit of dolphin bumper cars.
Louie floated into the middle of the lagoon and went right over Delta, who decided to go over Flagler. Gambit managed to get through without being bumped but still played along with the rest of the boys. When the trainers blew their whistles, the signal that says, "That's great, now return to me", all of the boys flipped over at the same time and tried to go through each other to get back to the dock.
Don't worry though; it's natural for the dolphins to climb over each other. Sometimes when a dolphin is asked to go from one side of a dock to the other to wait their turn, they swim right over their friend's back. The dolphins are a lot like kids! Extremely playful and energetic. They cannot wait to go back, see their human friends, and have fun.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
DRC Cares For All Animals
|Mandy Rodriguez, co-founder and COO, was able to coax the pelican over to him.
We may be called Dolphin Research Center, but the staff and volunteers at the facility are committed to helping all critters. Every animal that resides on DRC's grounds is ensured a safe environment. Whether they're an iguana that has decided to call us home or a bird that is flying in to try to grab a meal, our mission is to give them an excellent quality of life.
The other day, staff members noticed a pelican in distress. Our very own co-founder and COO, Mandy Rodriguez, watched it to see if it was exhibiting any odd behavior. It seemed as if it needed help, so Mandy decided to catch it to offer assistance.
The pelican was hesitant to come to Mandy, so to get closer to the bird, he got into the water. As he entered, the bird became more comfortable and, with the help of some fish, Mandy coaxed the bird into his arms.
Never one to miss an opportunity for education, Mandy took the time to tell onlookers about the bird. Based on the size of the bill, we were able to determine that it was a female, so we affectionately named her Beverly. Mandy also explained that Beverly was obviously not in a tremendous amount of distress because she was attempting to eat. As he talked more about the pelican, guests were amazed by how calm the bird was in his arms.
|Mandy and staff member, Willy Cotto, discuss pelicans with guests.
We quickly checked her out. Wanting to err on the side of caution, we took her to the Wild Bird Sanctuary in Marathon, Florida. After we dropped her off and staff thoroughly looked her over, they determined that Beverly had a hook in her neck.
Beverly's ailment was a direct effect of improperly discarded fishing gear. We are happy that we were able to help her but there are many other birds, as well as other animals, who suffer a similar fate without being saved. It is important to make sure that fishing gear and trash are securely thrown away in order to keep animals safe.
We're happy we were able to get Beverly the attention that she needed. We wish her the best on her journey to recovery!
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Speed Dolphins
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Disco Delta
|Delta loves to boogie.
We love to see our family members' dolphinalities shine. It's interesting to talk to staff about each animal, because we see each of them uniquely. Sometimes a certain person spends a lot of time with one dolphin, while another focuses on another family member. While all of the trainers work with all of the dolphins, there is always something new to uncover about each member of the pod.
Delta, who lives in a lagoon with six other juvenile dolphins, has begun to really show off his quirky side. He loves to have a great time. He's very curious and has shown that he likes to do things on his own terms.
During an afternoon session with volunteers, Delta had fun as the volunteers spent time with him and the other dolphins in the front lagoon. Suddenly, one of the volunteers asked Delta to dance. He then started to wiggle one of his pectoral flippers. Not only was it adorable, but it resulted in a great new nickname for him, "Disco Delta"!
The volunteers decided that Delta was getting his groove on to the beat of his own song, which apparently was a medley from the disco era. On occasion, Delta waves the same pectoral flipper when asked to dance. It seems that Disco Delta may have found his signature move.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Happy Birthday Calusa!
Born to Merina and Rainbow at DRC in 2001, Calusa came into this world with the same zest for life that she has today! She loves to squeal at guests for attention, is full of dolphinality, and adores hula hoops. If you see a pretty girl with a dorsal like a lasagna noodle, you've found our little goose.
Happy Birthday Calusa! We love you.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
|Mandy getting a kiss from his buddy, Tanner.
Have you ever been asked a question that completely stumped you? Dolphin Research Center's very own co-founder and COO, Mandy Rodriguez, asked several children in the crowd during a session with his buddy Tanner, what they think happens when he presses a dolphin belly button. The kids shrugged their shoulders and looked at their parents, who also had no idea of the answer. The entire audience had an immensely confused looks on their faces. What does happen when you push a dolphin's belly button?
It turns out that they make bubbles! Well, the dolphins at DRC do at least. They not only blow bubbles, but wiggle their flippers when they're tickled, and blow raspberries, which we joke they learned from the male workers at the facility.
The kids in the audience loved all of the behaviors Tanner showed off that were just like human activities. Not only was the session fun but it was informative too! We believe that's the best way to learn.
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Sea Rescue!
|Our little super star, Jax.
Our very own Jax and Mandy Rodriguez will be featured on the February 16th episode of Sea Rescue. Tune in Saturday morning, or set your DVR's, to hear all about this incredible story.
Be sure to let us know what you think by hitting us up on Facebook after the show.
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Dolphin Snacks
|Louie and Luna are like two peas in a pod.
One of the most common questions staff and volunteers are asked at Dolphin Research Center is, "do the dolphins eat the fish in their lagoons"? Our typical response is that they get free room service every day, so they're pretty content with eating what's in their bucket. However, the dolphins do enjoy playing and eating fish in their lagoons.
Louie, being a rescue from Louisiana, loves to munch on shrimp. He's been known to wander away from his dock and chase them around the lagoon. This begins as a play time session that turns into building anticipation as his crowd wonders whether he will or will not gobble it down. Just when we think Louie is going to let the little shrimp swim off, he's swallowed them.
While he does like to chomp on the shellfish in between sessions, he loves to make a big production out of eating in front of an audience. Being a smart little guy, Louie may listen in on narrations and know that his human friends get asked that question every day. What better way to educate the public than have a dolphin show them?
Louie isn't the only young dolphin who loves to play with fishy lagoon friends. Luna spends a lot of time chasing minnows around the water. You'll often find her swimming in circles by herself with her mouth open. To her, they're like dolphin popcorn.
Cayo has gotten in on the action too. She enjoys a sardine chase. Cayo can often be seen speeding around the lagoon. While she's not food motivated, Cayo is a very active dolphin. She entertains herself by giving the fish a food scare.
Some of the dolphins use the fish in their lagoons as a bargaining tool. When she finds one, Santini shows it off to her trainers and makes a big production out of having grabbed one. She knows that the trainers will trade her herring to try to save the fish.
Like every other behavior, the dolphins learn how to hunt their prey from their mothers. You'll find that a calf reacts to fish the same way that their mothers do. Dolphins like Louie, have learned how to hunt fish from his adoptive family here at DRC.
The dolphins do different things with the fish and critters that live in their lagoons. Some eat them, some chase them, some scare them, and some use them for entertainment. Living in a natural environment, there are lots of dolphin snacks and play things swimming around.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Happy Anniversary Louie!
Happy Anniversary to our little man from Louisiana. Louie is a young male dolphin that was discovered on Fourchon Beach, LA, on September 2, 2010, covered in oil and suffering additional injuries. Estimated to be between one and two years old when rescued, and lacking adequate skills to survive on his own, he was deemed non-releasable by the federal government. Two years ago today, on February 6, 2011, we welcomed Louie into the Dolphin Research Center family. We love this little man so much and are so happy to provide him with his forever home.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
A.J. Sets Up His Target
|A.J. with his saber.
In the pod of three young males, A.J., Tanner, and Jax, A.J. is the laid back one. He's happy to just hang around the causeway and also loves high energy sessions. A.J. is absolutely hilarious and will do almost anything to put a smile on somebody's face. Even though he is a very relaxed dude, A.J. sometimes does some very interesting things.
After a session, one of the trainers left a target pole for the boys to play within the lagoon. A.J. carried it around like it was a saber. Under his flipper, he took it from one lagoon to the other as if he was a king with a scepter.
He must have been in a royal mood, because when Jax tried to swim through the gate to follow his buddy, A.J. blocked the gate. He held the target pole vertically across the opening which kept Jax from swimming through to the other side.
Jax did a little tango with his friend, as he tried to go through but A.J. kept him out. It seemed that Jax gave up and swam away. However, the spunky little man had one more card up his flipper. When A.J. let his guard down, Jax swiftly swam through to the shallows. He squealed in delight as he did a victory lap.
Don't worry though; these two are still great friends. A.J. even let Jax carry the target pole around the lagoon after the adventure.
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NEW YORK — Thanks to public demand, and a certain American president, Margaret Atwood is writing a sequel to her million-selling "The Handmaid's Tale."
"The Testaments" will be published next September by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, the publisher announced Wednesday. The book is set 15 years after the final scene of Offred, narrator of "The Handmaid's Tale." Atwood's novel about a dystopian society in the imagined land of Gilead was a best seller when first published in 1985 and was back on the charts after Donald Trump's election in 2016. The novel is also the basis for an acclaimed miniseries on Hulu.
Atwood, a Canadian author, said in a statement that the sequel was inspired by readers' questions about Gilead and by the "world we've been living in."


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Until the sixth inning of last night's game against the Padres, Clayton Kershaw hadn't allowed a run since June 13. The Dodgers lefty spun one of the greatest nine-inning games ever pitched in his June 18 no-hitter against the Rockies, and then just continued to reel off scoreless gems against the Royals, Cardinals, and Rockies. Before last night's game, Kershaw had lowered his ERA to 1.85, which puts his ERA since the beginning of 2011 at 2.16. It's the kind of run you normally associate with names like Koufax, Maddux, and Martinez, and it's happening right now, before our eyes.
The streak came to an end at 41.2 IP, when he gave up a solo homer to Chase Headley in the sixth inning Thursday night. It didn't seem to unsettle anything; Kershaw went the distance for a 2-1 Dodgers win and his third complete game of the season. Maybe this is just the beginning of a new scoreless streak.
This one was good for third all-time in Dodgers history, behind Orel Hershiser (59) and Don Drysdale (58). But Kershaw struck out 50 batters over his run, compared to Hershiser's 38 and Drysdale's 45. Some other eye-popping stats: Over Kershaw's scoreless streak, he walked just six batters, and opponents held a .122 batting average against him.
You really have no reason not to watch Kershaw. Near-flawless mechanics, a high strikeout rate, and a desire to never come out of a game... what's not to love, unless you're a fan of another NL West team?
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Apparently FindmyPast is creating a worldwide Irish family history day next week, but of more importance is news of what appears to be another platform for the Irish civil BMD indexes. Here's the announcement:
From FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
Findmypast.co.uk announces inaugural Irish Family History Day and launches 21 million new Birth, Marriage and Death Records
- Over 60 million historical Irish records now available as part of a world subscription -
18 January 2013 – Family History website findmypast.co.uk will be supporting its sister site findmypast.ie in celebrating the inaugural Irish Family History Day on Thursday 24 January by launching 21 million Irish Birth, Marriage and Death records online. The records covering the island of Ireland from the 1840s right up to the 1950s will be available as part of a World subscription at www.findmypast.co.uk. On Irish Family History Day the 20 million people of Irish extraction currently living in the UK will be encouraged to learn more about their Irish roots with this new resource.
Debra Chatfield of findmypast.co.uk, said: "The addition of 21 million new birth, marriage and death records to our website on Irish Family History Day means we will have more than 60 million Irish records on our website – including census and parish records – enabling people to discover their Irish past, no matter where they are in the world. There has never been a better time for people to explore and discover the lives of their Irish ancestors."
Findmypast.co.uk carries the most detailed and thorough collection of Irish records ever seen in one place through the World subscription – providing a fascinating insight into Ireland's history and making Irish family research easier and more accessible than ever before. The World subscription also includes records from the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Irish Family History Day will also be celebrated in other countries around the world, including the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand, who will also be able to access these records available through their respective findmypast sites
COMMENT: Every day in my house is Irish family history day - I was at a funeral yesterday in Belfast, and learned more about an uncle from a cousin of mine than I had ever learned before, as well as about my aunt who had passed away.
At a guess these are the Irish civil BMD indexes already available from 1845-1958 via both FamilySearch and Ancestry.co.uk. If so it will likely have the same caveats that the records cover the Republic from 1845-1958, but for the north mainly from 1845-1921 - until the thing is online we won't really know.
One thing Ancestry does with its presentation of the collection is allow for a possible identification for a spouse to a marriage, which FamilySearch does not allow easily. If FindmyPast has created a fully searchable database that allows for a search with two spouses - as with its English and Welsh records - this will certainly be something to celebrate. If not, it will still be another useful online platform, but just one of three offering the same thing. Looking forward to seeing how it is presented.
(With thanks to Myko Clellan at FindmyPast)
UPDATE: The indexes are in fact live on FindmyPast Ireland and FindmyPast.com in the US. As hoped, the collection is searchable with a second name, in the What Else box. There are pages outlining more about the records as follows:
Births www.findmypast.ie/articles/world-records/full-list-of-the-irish-family-history-records/life-events-birth-marriage-death/ireland-births-1864---1958
Marriages www.findmypast.ie/articles/world-records/full-list-of-the-irish-family-history-records/life-events-birth-marriage-death/ireland-marriages-1845---1958
Deaths www.findmypast.ie/articles/world-records/full-list-of-the-irish-family-history-records/life-events-birth-marriage-death/ireland-deaths-1864---1958
These pages essentially state the holdings to be as follows:
Births and Deaths
1864 – 1921, all 32 counties in Ireland
1922 – 1958, 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland
1845 – 1863, all non-Catholic Marriages, 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland
1864 – 1921, all marriages in all 32 counties in Ireland
1922 – 1958, all marriages in 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland
This would seem to suggest that Northern Irish marriages from 1845-1863 are missing, but I've just done a few test searches and they do seem to be there, so not sure if this is just a typo. A useful addition.
UPDATE 20 Jan: Thanks to FindmyPast Ireland for correcting the coverage for its marriage indexes in its 'about' section - it does indeed cover all 32 counties from 1845-1921. Also see http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/free-access-to-irish-bmd-indexes-on.html for news of free access to the collection on January 24th.
Pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, through Pen and Sword (30 April 2013), or purchase early at Who Do You Think You Are Live 2013 in London. For my other genealogy books, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html; whilst for my online Scottish based genealogy courses please visit the Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd site.
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Friday, 18 January 2013
FindmyPast launches Irish BMD indexes
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DOVER — Firefighters worked quickly Saturday morning to knock down a fire on Charles Street that resulted in an estimated $75,000 worth of damage to a duplex home there.
Dover Fire Captain Troy Brown said the occupants were alerted to the fire by smoke detectors at 1:51 a.m. Saturday. Occupants of both sides of the building made it out without injury.
"We always like to point out, it's the best protection you can have for getting out of a building alive to have working smoke detectors," Brown said.
The second floor of one unit of the duplex was destroyed, and the people living there were displaced, though residents on the other side of the building were able to return home, Brown said.
Fire officials believe the fire started accidentally, though an investigation is still under way.
Brown said crews knocked down the fire by 2:23 a.m. He said the speedy response was due in part to a resident who had thoughtfully shoveled out a nearby fire hydrant beforehand.
Brown stressed all Garrison City residents should consider shoveling out their hydrants to ease the fire department's response to emergencies.
"This is an opportunity to remind residents if a hydrant is in close proximity, they should help us out and get that opened up," he said. "That obviously saves time and makes us more efficient as a unit when we show up."
He also called it a "blessing" that the home that caught fire was located close to the South End fire station. Dover firefighters were already tied up responding to another medical call in the city when it broke out, he said.
With a recent rise in medical calls, the department has had to adjust to working with limited resources, and sometimes "the decisions you make in the first five minutes of a call set the tone for the next two hours," Brown said.
Firefighters from Durham, Somersworth, Rollinsford, Rochester and the Pease Air National Guard Base Fire Station provided mutual aid during the event.


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To refresh: in 2002, Nintendo were hit with one of the biggest fines in the history of the European Union, when they were found guilty of colluding with their distributors to artificially raise the prices of their games and consoles between 1991-1998. It cost them €149.1 million. So, yeah, not small change. Anyway, Nintendo popped into the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg on Monday, and argued that they shouldn't have to pay that much, because - according to Nintendo's lawyers - "the penalty was unfair, illegal, even shocking". Unfair! Shocking! I'm sure a few million Nintendo fans in Europe could be counted on to testify they've experienced similar treatment... from Nintendo.
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Pedro Almodóvar follows his international success Pedro Almodóvar with an offbeat drama that explores the friendship of two men brought together under unusual but strangely similar circumstances. Benigno (Javier Camára) is a male nurse whose apartment overlooks a dance studio run by Katerina (Geraldine Chaplin); he often sits on his balcony and watches one of Katerina's students, Alicia (Leonor Watling), and he finds himself becoming infatuated with her. When Alicia is severely injured in an auto accident that leaves her in a coma, Benigno discovers she has been admitted to the hospital where he works, and he spends his days caring for a woman he now deeply loves but has barely met. Marco (Darío Grandinetti) is a journalist who was assigned to interview Lydia (Rosario Flores), a well-known female bullfighter whose on-the-rocks romance with another toreador, "El Niño de Valencia" (Adolfo Fernández), has made her the focus of the tabloid press. During Marco's interview with Lydia, he goes out of his way to treat her kindly, and she appears to return his attention. During the bullfight which follows, Lydia is gored by the bull, and is now in a coma; Marco is certain his interview broke her steely concentration, and he spends most of his days at the hospital, convinced her injuries are his fault. Alicia and Lydia are both housed in the same ward of the same hospital, and in time Benigno and Marco become close friends, bonding in their shared devotion to women who cannot return their affection. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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In her cabinet role, Perkins gave numerous speeches and represented the FDR administration in a variety of settings large and small, such as the time she described social insurance for the U.S. in a nationwide radio broadcast in 1935, outlining what would eventually become the Social Security programs. When FDR died, she hoped that President Truman would appoint her to run the Social Security Administration, but he did not. Many decades later, however, she returned to the Social Security offices in Baltimore, Maryland, to give a 1962 address to the staff about the origins of the law that governed their work. "The Roots of Social Security" is an astonishing speech, full of the types of details that often get lost in the shuffle of history--details that make this a fascinating personal account from a woman who made it her business to bring about social insurance. And from her opening lines, she also made it clear that she had strong opinions about the issue:
I must say I feel very much at home even though I just arrived. I feel at home because the Social Security Administration has, ever since it was established, been a sort of special concern of mine, although by the chicanery of politics it was not placed in the Department of Labor. I, of course, thought it should be.No word-mincing there. Perkins at this stage of her career was an almost irreplaceable source of small historic details, and they're peppered throughout this speech, as in the moment when she describes how social security records were retrieved for citizens in the pre-computer era:
I remember seeing ladies climbing up on great high stepladders and getting files out of shelves--dusty, dirty--many wearing gloves so they wouldn't get their hands dirty while hunting through the files for John Jones' record. A terrific problem of recordkeeping! You don't do that today.And she recalled how her appointment as Secretary of Labor came about:
Before I was appointed, I had a little conversation with Roosevelt in which I said perhaps he didn't want me to be the Secretary, of Labor because if I were, I should want to do this, and this, and this. Among the things I wanted to do was find a way of getting unemployment insurance, old-age insurance, and health insurance. I remember he looked so startled, and he said, "Well, do you think it can be done?" I said, "I don't know." He said, "Well, there are constitutional problems, aren't there?" "Yes, very severe constitutional problems," I said. "But what have we been elected for except to solve the constitutional problems? Lots of other problems have been solved by the people of the United States, and there is no reason why this one shouldn't be solved."She also describes visiting the home of Supreme Court Justice Harlan Stone for a social tea during the time she was working to create the establishing legislation for what became the Social Security Administration. When the justice inquired about her progress, she confided that the issue of where to find the constitutional authority for the legislation was problematic:
He looked around to see if anyone was listening. Then he put his hand up like this, confidentially, and he said, "The taxing power, my dear, the taxing power. You can do anything under the taxing power." I didn't question him any further. I went back to my committee and I never told them how I got my great information. As far as they knew, I went out into the wilderness and had a vision. But, at any rate, I came back and said I was firmly for the taxing power. We weren't going to rig up any curious constitutional relationships. "The taxing power of the United States--you can do anything under it, " said I. And so it proved, did it not?Here's what you can learn from this famous speech:
- Recreate conversations: Don't just summarize important discussions you've had. Once in a while, it pays to recreate a conversation to add drama and interest to your narrative. In this case, Perkins chose wisely, recreating two highly significant conversations that others could never have overheard.
- Talk like an eyewitness: Describing the little details--such as the clerks wearing gloves and climbing ladders to retrieve dusty files--adds immediacy to history and brings the past alive. If you were there, it helps us to feel as if we listeners were there alongside you, and that makes for a gripping speech.
- Have fun with it: Despite discussing far-reaching legislation and big political battles, Perkins does so with tongue firmly in cheek when she says "As far as they knew, I went out into the wilderness and had a vision" of her confidential chat with a Supreme Court Justice. So should you, when you're talking about the historic and important. Bring it back down to earth with a little humor, and you'll avoid sounding self-important, to boot.


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DETROIT – The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 1.7 million pots and pans.
The cookware can collapse, crimp, or severely deform when exposed to heat posing a burn and fire hazard to the consumer and nearby property.
The company is aware of 1,136 incidents, including one report of a person getting spattered with hot oil when a pan collapsed inward while cooking.
The product is called Royal Prestige 9-Ply Thermal Wall Cookware. It's made my Hy Cite Enterprises of Madison, Wisconsin and was sold door-to-door. The prices ranged from $250 to $800 for individual products and from $800 and $3,500 for sets.
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Archbishop Aquila Recognizes Courage of Shooting Victims
'Christ himself is the one who has conquered sin. He has conquered death,' the archbishop said. 'By recognizing that, one's heart can be moved to forgive the perpetrator of this kind of violence.'
Those who offered their lives to save their loved ones in the recent Colorado theater shooting exemplified the Christian virtues of courageous sacrifice and selfless love, said Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver.
Such acts of courage testify to "the natural goodness that is present within the human person," he told EWTN News July 24.
Stories of heroism are beginning to emerge from Aurora, Colo., where one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history took place early on July 20.
Twelve people were killed and 58 more injured when a gunman entered the theater during the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises and opened fire on the crowd.
Reports have emerged that four of the victims were young men who died while shielding their girlfriends from bullets.
Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn, Alex Teves and John Larimer all gave their lives to protect their girlfriends (Jansen Young, Samantha Yowler, Amanda Lindgren and Julia Vojtsek, respectively) from the gunfire in the theater.
Several of these women spoke to the media after the shooting, crying as they told how their boyfriends, who were all in their 20s, used their bodies to block them from harm, knowing that they were risking their lives.
In another story of heroism, 21-year-old Stephanie Davies reportedly rescued her friend Allie Young by pulling her into an aisle and applying pressure to the bullet wound on her neck, refusing to run or hide, despite her friend's urging.
Archbishop Aquila said that these accounts remind him of the Gospel passage from John that says, "No greater love has one than to lay down one's life for one's friends."
He explained that for people of faith, those who truly seek the common good and those of great character, the response in a crisis situation is "to always protect the other."
"We see within that a living out of the Gospel values and also the dignity of the human person," he said. "There's a natural instinct to protect life."
Archbishop Aquila also commented on the spiritual courage displayed by victim Pierce O'Farrill, who survived after being shot three times in the theater.
Shortly after emerging from surgery, O'Farrill was interviewed by radio host Todd Schnitt. Asked what he would say to James Holmes, the alleged shooter, he responded, "I'm truly blessed to have forgiveness in my heart, and I do forgive him completely for what he's done."
"I honestly would like to see him. I would like to talk to him. I'm a man of deeply devoted faith," O'Farrill explained. "Jesus is my world, and Jesus is how I get through every single day; and that's how I got through this ordeal."
O'Farrill said that he has been praying for Holmes, and if he had the chance to speak with him, "the first words that I would say are: 'I forgive you, James.'"
The 28-year-old, who works as the vehicle donation coordinator for the Denver Rescue Mission, said that he "was blessed" to survive the shooting and emphasized that what happened was "not God's fault."
He also said that he believes Holmes should receive life in prison rather than the death penalty.
Archbishop Aquila said that O'Farrill's willingness to forgive such a "heinous evil" shows "the depth of his faith."
"Christ himself is the one who has conquered sin. He has conquered death," the archbishop said. "By recognizing that, one's heart can be moved to forgive the perpetrator of this kind of violence."
He stressed that while it might take time, forgiveness is important in ultimately healing the wounds left by sin and avoiding continued resentment and bitterness.
"Forgiveness for the Christian is absolutely essential," he said. "We have to remember that Jesus Christ himself died a violent death and that he forgave from the cross."
Archbishop Aquila recently visited the parents of one of the victims of the shooting. He told them to think of themselves as standing under the foot of the cross with Mary and John, and he encouraged them to go to Mary, a finite human being like themselves, who "watched her Son die a violent death."
"She knows the suffering that is present in the hearts of these parents who have lost their child in the shooting," he said.
The archbishop encouraged continued prayer during the coming weeks and months, that God may bring comfort and peace to the victims of the shooting and their families: "The Holy Spirit is present."


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Monday, March 31, 2014
I will be exactly where I need to be
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
I Do All Things Well
I think I can do anything. When I see somebody do something I immediately think well if they can do it, so can I. This is a good and bad thing. On one hand, this is extremely arrogant and I need to be a bit more humble; but on the other hand, it's great motivation to work hard and attempt new things. I'm not attempting to diminish anybody else's accomplishments, it's just that I think I'm the greatest of all time even when I'm clearly not. One of the affirmations I get Judah to say is "I do all things well" because I want him to always be motivated to stick with a task until the statement is true.
Yesterday I was in a classroom to fill in for a teacher that needed to attend an IEP meeting and I saw a sign that was posted in the class. The sign read "No late work accepted unless you have an excused note within 3 days assignments were due is presented." Read that again. Read it one more time. It makes absolutely no sense. I thought to myself, if she can be a teacher, surely I can too.
If you follow me on twitter then you see me talk about my daily interactions at school. I frequently talk about the head teacher in my classroom. He doesn't know how to manage the classroom, he's never as prepared as he should be, and the kids can barely understand what he's saying. I look at him everyday and tell myself that if he can be a teacher, then I can be a teacher too.
I've been doing this job since October and I frequently see things that I could do better and that I would do differently. I don't believe in complaining about something that you can change. If you don't like something, do something about it. It's with that sentiment that I've decided that I'm going to become a teacher.
A few months ago, Singlema posted on twitter something about living your best life. It was asking about what's stopping you from living your best life and it mentioned not letting fear stop you. The only thing stopping me from being a teacher is fear. What if it turns out I can't run a classroom? What if the kids stage a mutiny and overthrow me and I have daily chaos in my classroom? What if during my evaluations they decide I suck and fire me? Will it take away from spending time developing my own kids? In my position now, there is no pressure on me and when everything is going wrong, it's on the teacher and not me. I don't have to fill out paperwork, I don't have to do individual education plans, and when I leave work, I'm done. It's a very easy life, but what about all the ideas I have? What about the lesson plans I keep coming up with in my head? What about the children stuck with a subpar teacher because I'm too scared to take the next step?
Living beneath your capabilities is a disgrace and does a disservice to God and the people He placed you here to impact. I love my job, it's time to kick it up a notch. If y'all don't hear me talking about getting my certification please shame me into action. This week my goal is to sign up for the Praxis. Here we go...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
My book club just finished reading Harry Potter. Mannnnnn, it was so good. I was glued to those books for 2 weeks. Next week I start on The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Norwich man arraigned in killing and robbery
A city man was arraigned Tuesday in Superior Court in Norwich in connection with the death of 31-year-old Namdi Smart, who was gunned down Thursday night near his home.
Darnell X. Moore, 21, of 35 Western Ave., is charged with murder and criminal use of a firearm. Norwich police responded at 10:55 p.m. Thursday to the area of Smart's Lake Street residence, where they had found him dead of a gunshot wound to the head.
Norwich police also charged Moore Monday in connection with a strongarm robbery that occurred on Lake Street hours before the murder.
In the robbery, Norwich police charged Moore with first-degree robbery, second-degree larceny and second-degree assault. The warrants in both cases are sealed.
Moore appeared in court in blue jeans and a white T-shirt, his wrists cuffed and his legs shackled. He sat on a bench with other defendants while Judge Edward J. Dolan advised them or their rights. Smart's wife, Thaniyyah Hutchinson, walked into the courtroom and started to sob when she saw Moore.
She yelled, "How could you do this?" and cursed at Moore.
Judicial marshals escorted her from the courtroom and advised her to compose herself if she wanted to watch the arraignment. A short time later, after an older woman had comforted her and the marshals provided her with a cup of water, she returned and watched calmly as Moore appeared before the judge. She declined to comment after the arraignment.
The judge kept Moore's bond at $1.75 million, the amount that had been set by Judge Kevin P. McMahon when he signed the arrest warrants. Moore's case was transferred to Part A in New London, where major cases are heard, and scheduled for Sept. 13.
Police said the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call Norwich police at (860) 886-5561 or the Anonymous Tip Line at (860) 886-5561, extension 500.
Moore was released from prison on March 27 after he was sentenced in January 2008 to three years in prison and three years' probation on robbery and possession of narcotics with intent to sell. He also had been convicted of possession of marijuana in 2005 and had pending cases involving motor vehicle offenses.
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You can hear him now, honking on his saxophone, echoing through the streets of Blackheath on a Sunday. The farmers market customers walking past, and dropping coins in appreciation. I spotted this photo on Flickr, as it was tagged Blackheath. What I didn't realise what that Flickr user Julie70 is also a prolific blogger, documenting her time since moving to in London in the blog Life in London After 70. Somehow she manages to write nine other blogs, mostly in French.
She also has a nice post about Blackheath here.