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Embarkation was quick and easy. The staff was efficient and friendly from the first moment. We had originally booked a concierge class room for my husband and me, but a family veranda became available for an additional $400 so we grabbed it. These staterooms are usually only available for parties of five or more, but when not booked, can be taken by anyone. We'd done the same thing on our last cruise on the Summit and because our cabin 9156 was aft and on the corner, we had an enormous balcony and living area that we thought would be handy for entertaining and hanging out with the other seven adults and two children that were cruising with us. It was also great for having the grandkids sleep over since the living area can be converted into a private sleeping area. Our attendant, Edwin, was great! Always available when we needed him, but never in the way.
Since this was the first cruise for our children and grandchildren, we had a lot of activities planned on the islands. We snorkled with turtles on Barbados, privately chartered a catameran on St. Lucia (You rock, Mystic Man Tours!), sailed and snorkeled on a pirate ship excursion and visited beaches and towns on the other islands.
The Summit is lovely after it's refurbishment. A mid-sized ship - big enough to have lots to do, but not overwhelming. The entertainment was decent, not spectacular. The musicians in the lounges were wonderful One of the best surprises was the kids program, the Fun Factory. The three kids with us, ages 10 and 5, had so much fun there that we sometimes had to drag them out to participate in family activities. Jaime, who I believe was the crew member in charge, was absolutely fabulous with the kids! We'd met her at muster night where she explained the kids' program to us, and it was all she said and more. On our last night, the kids of all ages had a talent show for the parents which was a blast. Everyone had a talent, from singing to hula-hooping - everyone was a star!
The major issue we had with the ship was the decline of the meals in the main dining room. Our previous experiences had been so good that we'd not felt the need to eat at any of the upgraded restaurants. But this time, the service and the food quality itself in the Cosmopolitan were big disappointments. And we are not major foodies. Perhaps it was due to the Select program where you can eat whenever you want rather than having a set dining time and table like we usually do. Some diners entrees would be arriving before others had received their appetizers. It seemed very disorganized. We did eat a couple of times in Bistro 5, a creperie with a $5 upcharge. The crepes were delicious the first night, but on our second visit, again, very disorganized. I was eating my dessert crepe as others at our table were just being served their entree crepes. And a couple of entree orders had the incorrect ingredients. The restaurant never seemed to be very busy so I couldn't understand why the service was so slow. A shame because it's a very pretty little restaurant and the crepe concept was a lot of fun.
The fitness center is well equipped and was not crowded at the times I went. No time for any spa treatments this trip, so I can't comment on those.
Overall, it was a fabulous family cruise! We will certainly cruise on Celebrity again - it's our favorite line - but I hope our poor dining experiences were a fluke and not the norm for Summit.


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Protecting your site and your clients
Site Security Policy
Site Security Policy is an interesting approach that is still in the formative stages [3]. The idea is that a web server hosts a file that specifies how a client should interact with the server, thus preventing unsafe interactions such as cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or cross-site request forgery attacks. On the client side, there is either built-in support for this standard, or a plugin – available for Firefox – that allows the client to download and parse the policy file before interacting with the web server.
One interesting side effect to this approach is the possibility of having web proxies such as Squid support the standard, in effect protecting all the web clients behind them from potentially unsafe actions at sites that choose to support the Site Security Policy standard.
Web security has no simple solution: No matter how hard we try, the bad guys will either run hostile web servers or compromise other web servers. On the client side, things are basically a disaster. If you are running Linux, however, chances are quite low that you will be targeted, and chances are good that you keep your software up to date because almost all distributions update automatically by default, thus putting you ahead of the game!
By plugging the holes as they are identified and by applying additional security measures – such as NoScript and ModSecurity – you can improve the chances of "healthy" servers and clients staying that way.
Ultimately, this reduces the time and energy you have to spend on repetitive cleanup, which is something everybody wants, anyway.
- NoScript plugin for Firefox: http://noscript.net/
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Cutting Through the Data Clouds to Build Strong Customer Relationships
June 17, 2014
Successful companies today run largely on data and analytics. The more precisely you can measure the various aspects of your business, the better you can fine-tune its performance. With e-commerce companies especially, everything can be measured, which has provided some amazing opportunities to improve performance -- but sometimes it can lead to issues.
Conspiracy of Culture: 5 Contributors to CRM Failure
June 12, 2014
Most companies of any size have a CRM application. Every company says it wants to build great relationships with its customers. Almost as many businesses say they want to be "customer-centric." However, as any customer can tell you, the companies that attain these goals are few and far between. What is it that's keeping businesses from doing what they know they need to do? It's not one thing.
New Treehouse Tools Gauge Marketing Campaign Success
June 09, 2014
TreeHouse Interactive has rolled out an enhanced version of its Marketing View application, infusing it with advanced reporting and analytics features and a spruced-upped user interface. The point of the upgrades, said Erich Flynn, CEO of TreeHouse Interactive, was to provide and display all the necessary campaign-related statistics a marketer would need to judge the performance of a campaign.
Cloud Providers Profit by Serving Nonprofits
June 06, 2014
One of the sure signs of a maturing company, or even an entire industry, is the ability to offer free services to nonprofit organizations in order to demonstrate benevolence. However, such charitable acts aren't just about being altruistic. As a growing number of cloud providers are discovering, there are plenty of new revenue and profit opportunities in the nonprofit sector.
Subscription Economy Gold: Retention
June 05, 2014
The idea of the subscription economy is not new -- at least not to anyone who's familiar with the idea of software as a service -- but it's an idea that can sneak up on businesses. Many in the SaaS space started as more traditional vendors that saw subscriptions as simply a different delivery mechanism and a way to reach customers who couldn't afford massive upfront cash layouts.
What's the Future of Selling?
June 04, 2014
I think about the future -- perhaps too much. I recently read Jeremy Rifkin's new book, The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism, and it made me think about the future of work. Rifkin's thesis is that automation is taking on more and more jobs that once were thought to be the province of skilled labor.
Microsoft Dynamics Steps Out of Shadows
June 03, 2014
Microsoft on Monday announced global availability of the latest feature set in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, which was introduced earlier this year. It offers new marketing functionality, enhanced customer service features, a Unified Service Desk for call centers, and additional social listening features. The marketing functionality in this version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM has been rebuilt.
SAP Seeds the Cloud With Industry-Specific CRM Applications
June 02, 2014
SAP has updated its cloud-based CRM portfolio with the rollout of three industry-specific applications. These applications, designed for the insurance, utilities and retail sectors, are the first cloud-based verticals for CRM, aside from a broader-based application with functionality tailored for consumer goods. In addition, SAP has introduced a cloud-based marketing performance dashboard.
Salesforce, MS Deal Could Put Mobile CRM on Steroids
May 30, 2014
Now "anyone can run their business from their phone," Salesforce.com recently promised when it announced its Salesforce1 Mobile App. Many company announcements tend to overpromise, and Salesforce has a tendency to be particularly exuberant, so I took it with the customary grain of salt. My skepticism vanished on Thursday, when Salesforce and Microsoft announced a global strategic partnership.
Kudos to Xactly
May 28, 2014
Xactly, the SaaS-based incentive compensation solutions provider, has kicked it up a notch. The user meeting I attended last week in San Francisco was very successful -- but more importantly, it made some real news in the compensation space. Conferences like this often are news generators -- or, more precisely, they're PR engines. Everybody with a show announces something.
Salesforce1 Mobile App Drives Internet of Customers
May 27, 2014
Salesforce.com has announced that its Salesforce1 Mobile App will be generally available in the company's summer release. The app will be accompanied by an enterprise ecosystem consisting of some 65 partner apps, a new connector for SAP, and a slew of new features around sales, service and marketing functionality, said Michael Peachey, senior director of mobile products for Salesforce.com.
5 Ways Social CRM Builds Indirect Channel Relationships
May 23, 2014
The concept of social CRM has been around so long now that, if you listen to the pundits, we should stop saying it and just include it as part of CRM. That assumes most companies have fully digested what "social" means and have made plans to use it effectively -- which is assuming a lot. That said, there's another area where social media needs to be incorporated: partner relationship management.
SuiteWorld's Vision
May 22, 2014
Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite, talked a lot about CRM in his recent keynote at SuiteWorld. You might not think that's unusual, given that the company has a whole suite of cloud-based ERP-CRM-E-Commerce, but it represents a departure -- and I don't know if even Nelson is fully aware of it. NetSuite built its reputation and a half-billion dollar business around front- to back-office integration.
Zero Patience, Zero Wait: The New Customer Reality
May 19, 2014
Gone in half the blink of an eye. Online customers, that is. Visitors are less likely to return to a site that is even 250 milliseconds slower than a competing site, according to Harry Shum, a Microsoft executive who led research and development efforts for the Bing search engine. That's an increment of time equal to about half the amount of time it takes a human to blink. Milliseconds matter.
Maximizing a Product Rollout
May 14, 2014
Bringing a new product -- or even a new version -- to market is not what it used to be. Back in the day your market was probably empty, a green field where you could find opportunity under a rock. Everybody needed what you had, and selling was relatively easy. Things don't stay that way for long, though, and today you have to work hard to insert a new product into a crowded market.
FirstRain Mobile Showers Sales Reps With Data
May 13, 2014
FirstRain has released its third iteration of the mobile version of its personal business analytics app, enhancing it with social sharing functionality and building in a new contextual layer that gives users more information about the data they receive. FirstRain also debuted a version for Windows Phone with this rollout. These changes are preceding what FirstRain is doing on the desktop.
Is a Poor Portal Ruining Your Partners' Experience?
May 08, 2014
Selling direct is a breeze -- kind of. You control everything -- you choose the salesperson, you provide the training, you establish the payment structure, and you decide on the marketing message used to reach customers, among other things. When you sell through the channel, howevr, things get complicated. You need to depend on your partners to hire, train and motivate sales people.
Sub-Ledger for the Hybrid Enterprise
May 07, 2014
There is a business problem that comes up in the life of every company, and these days it seems that a lot of companies face it at once. It's the question of how to transition from one business model to another without clobbering your current revenue flow. Even if a company's executives really want to change its model, there is always a faction that says, "not yet."
Mobile CRM May Widen the Big Data/Privacy Divide
May 06, 2014
The White House last week added to the ongoing national discussion about online privacy and tracking with the release of a review counselor John Podesta conducted on Big Data and privacy issues. Among other things, privacy advocates hope the findings will spotlight the role of mobile in the gathering of consumer data by companies. Mobile technologies have a particularly voracious appetite.
OnSip Invites Customers to Push Its Buttons
May 05, 2014
Amazon's Mayday button has intrigued CRM industry users as well as consumers. Introduced about a year ago, Mayday is a button customers can press on their mobile devices to get service or tech help. Salesforce.com last month debuted its version of Mayday. Now other tech providers are introducing variations on the theme. One such company is OnSIP, which has just debuted InstaCall.
4 Ways to Embrace Crowdsourced Knowledge
May 02, 2014
Traditional knowledge management programs focus on distilling knowledge into systems of record, which end up being underutilized, chiefly because they cannot contain the long tail of knowledge. Conversely, nowhere are successful KM programs as impactful as where they intersect the customer experience -- from customer support to sales to marketing and product development.
Whodunnit? 4 Suspects in CRM Murder Mystery
May 01, 2014
CRM is often mistakenly viewed as a technology, but it is really a discipline -- and it's not a solo discipline, like a martial art or meditation. It's a team discipline in which every customer-facing employee can make a contribution. Whether those contributions are positive or negative depends on the teammates. In most cases where CRM is decreed to have "failed," the cause isn't the technology.
Partner Selling
April 30, 2014
If there's one thing that vendors and channel partners agree on, it's selling. Everyone agrees that more selling is better, but the discussion can diverge greatly from there. Vendors and their partners are not immune to the virus that affects direct sales people. We often hear direct sales people say their leads are no good and we hear marketing say that sales doesn't follow up. Sound familiar?
Using Reporting Tools to Turn CRM Around
April 28, 2014
Whenever the term "business intelligence" is bandied about, thoughts immediately turn to the customer. BI, it is thought, should allow you to learn things about the customer by correlation, inference and comparison. However, BI is a two-way street. In the course of using CRM -- which becomes the repository of data that BI then analyzes -- you also record data about the way your business uses CRM.
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2008-09: 41-31-10 (6th in the West - Eliminated in Conference Quarterfinal by Canucks) TSN.ca Pre-season Power Ranking: 12th General Manager: Larry Pleau (13th Season) Head Coach: Andy Murray (4th Season)
What They Did In The Off-Season:
The Blues took care of most of their housekeeping prior to the opening of free agent season, locking up veterans Keith Tkachuk, Jay McClement, Mike Weaver and Brad Winchester, buying out Jay McKee and letting Jeff Woywitka leave via free agency. Ty Conklin was brought in for some additional insurance in net and the Blues also took a chance on blueliner Brendan Bell.
Biggest Issue facing the team:
After a season that started off disastrously and ended with the team's first playoff appearance since the lockout, what do the Blues do for an encore?
Prior to last season, many pundits picked the 'Baby Blues' to finish dead last in the Western Conference and suggested that head coach Andy Murray would be the first one put on the chopping block. The Blues then went through a series of mishaps that would have made Inspector Clouseau blush. Prior to training camp, defensive stud Erik Johnson was lost for the season in a freak golf cart accident.
The absurdity didn't stop there as starting netminder Manny Legace injured himself after tripping over a red carpet laid out for a pre-game ceremony involving American Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. When the team suffered devastating injuries to Andy MacDonald and Paul Kariya, it appeared that the writing was on the wall. But instead of feeling sorry for themselves, the Blues took another path. They took their game to another level.
Murray willed every ounce of effort from every man on the roster, as his club climbed the Western Conference standings to finish sixth and earn a playoff berth. While they were swept away in four games by the Vancouver Canucks, hockey fans in the Gateway City had something to be optimistic about for the first time in a long time.
In a strange way, losing in four straight games might have been the best thing that could happen to the Blues in the sense that it showed some of the team's promising youngsters what it takes to win in this league. With Johnson, Patrik Berglund, B.J. Crombeen, T.J. Oshie and David Perron already in the lineup and Lars Eller and Alex Pietrangelo on the way, the Blues have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to young talent.
The problem with young talent is that they often start believing in their own hype. A four game walkover at the hands of the Canucks should serve as a wake up call for a group that could have become complacent with what they have already achieved. Murray will face a big challenge this season in keeping his team focused on the ultimate goal.
Player to watch:
Some eyebrows were raised when centre Andy MacDonald received an invite to Canada's Olympic orientation camp in August. He initially seemed an odd choice, but when you analyze the situation you can see the thinking of Team Canada's brass. MacDonald is a solid playmaker and power play specialist with great wheels. And he was a point-per-game performer when he was healthy. He also has a championship resume, as he helped the Anaheim Ducks capture the Stanley Cup in 2007.
While MacDonald remains a long shot to make the Olympic squad, he now has added motivation to put up a big season with the Blues. A full campaign of riding shotgun to Brad Boyes and David Backes means that the Strathroy, Ontario native has a real chance to post the best statistical season of his career. He will also be looked at as one of the leaders in a very young Blues dressing room. The young legs may carry this club, but the veteran experience will make sure that they are pointed in the right direction.
Scott Cullen's Fantasy Take:
A young team on the rise, with a dash of veteran savvy to lead the way, the St. Louis Blues will be a team to watch in 2009-2010, both for increased expectations on the ice and, not coincidentally, improved fantasy value for their individual players.
An offensive leader for the Blues, 27-year-old Brad Boyes has tallied 76 goals while playing every game over the last two seasons. The 27-year-old is in his prime, so that kind of production ought to continue, but his value would increase if he was significantly better than last year's minus-20.
Read more of Scott Cullen's fantasy analysis of the Blues, including a look at St. Louis' projected depth chart for this season.
TSN's Bob McKenzie sets up the start of training camp, going one-on-one with the GMs from all seven Canadian teams.
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KALAMAZOO (WQLR) – "Can't, won't, don't".
These three words have officially been eliminated from the WMU football program with the introduction of PJ Fleck as their new head football coach. The exuberant 32-year old spoke of his plans to move the football team forward Tuesday at an introductory press conference held at the Seelye Center.
"I'm proud to be a Midwest man, and proud to be home." Fleck, a native of Illinois, said. A 2003 graduate of Northern Illinois, PJ recorded the second most receptions in a season (77), and led the Huskies in receiving yards in 2001 with 732 and in 2003 with 1,028. He also is in the record books with the most career punt returns (87), and has the second most punt return yards in a career with 716. He was most recently the wide receivers coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after stops at Ohio State, Northern Illinois and Rutgers. He played two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers before being sidelined with a shoulder injury that started his coaching career.
"We are extremely happy to have Coach Fleck lead our football team and our student athletes into the future." Athletic Director Kathy Beauregard said in a statement. "We wanted a coach that would bring limitless energy, passion, enthusiasm and opportunity to our football program on and off the field. We know that Coach Fleck is that person."
PJ Fleck was hired to his alma mater in 2007 as their wide receivers coach, but also spent time as the recruiting coordinator before leaving for Rutgers in 2010. With recruiting experience in the MAC, Fleck made it clear where he would be drawing his talent.
"I recruited against Western Michigan for many years, and I know the challenges of building a successful team in this conference."
Many of Fleck's recruits make up the Northern Illinois team that is playing in the Orange Bowl this season, and he brings that same mentality to Kalamazoo.
"There's no reason that Western Michigan can't play in those games, sooner rather than later." Fleck said to the applause of the crowd of media, fans, and alum on hand for his introduction.
Fleck and his wife have two children, a son CJ, and welcomed a daughter, Paisley on December 17th.


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The Leisure Hive is one of the most stylish-looking stories of Tom's era, but I do find at times the direction is so flashy it almost seems to be showing off, at the expense of getting down and telling a good story. The opening shot is a case in point where we get an endless tracking shot of Brighton Beach and lots of beach huts. Stylish, but rather pointless. This was where everything changed for the Tom Baker era with the taking over of John Nathan Turner as producer and, watching The Leisure Hive, it seems like he wanted to change as much about the show as he could. Gone is the familiar title sequence and logo replaced with the (very eighties-looking and actually less impressive) starfield and neon tubular logo, the reasurring music of Dudley Simpson replaced with completely synthesized music, an almost total irradication of humour and a very muted Tom Baker, not to mention his change of costume to an all burgundy affair which, while very stylish, is far too uniform and just doesn't look natural on Tom.
It's actually the change in Tom which I find the most noticeable change about this last series, and The Leisure Hive is actually his most lethargic and dis-interested performance. He's still watchable of course, but the change in him is so glaring after his zany antics in season 17, that his muted performance here is quite a shock. Now this could have something to do with the fact that he was purportedly quite ill at the time of his last season, (and he does look it - thinner, haggered and hair beginning to grey) and also the conflict between him and the new production team, but he just doesn't seem the same person at all for most of his last season. Compare him in, say, City of Death to him in The Lesiure Hive and it's like he's aged 10 years and suffered several bereavements.
Anyway, the story itself is lovely to look at and the production values look a lot better than the last series. The music is very lush and atmospheric, although a little overbearing at times, and the costumes and acting are of a high standard. Having the Doctor be drastically aged further enhances Tom's tired and toned-down performance but the old age make up is very impressive. The story seems slightly rushed towards the end and the Foamasi are rather cumbersome-looking monsters (and just how do they fit those masks over their bulky frames?).
So, I find The Leisure Hive something of a case of style-over-substance but I do find the change in Tom somewhat depressing so it's not one of my favourite stories.


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Porter started as a GS-2 working in the mail room. He followed his interest in writing and rose to become head of the FBI's public affairs department.
Thrift Savings Plan
Porter recommends that federal employees put in as much money as they can into the Thrift Savings Plan.
"I'm pretty much a supporter of the L-fund concept. Pick one closest to the year you plan to withdraw the money, not necessarily when you plan to retire," he said.
Interim retirement pay
While the Office of Personnel Management finalizes processing your separation of service, you will receive "interim" payments, which will not be your full annuity.
"What's hurtful for retirees sometimes is getting less money than expected," Flanagan said.
According to OPM, "These payments represent a portion of your final benefit and are usually made on the first business day of each month."
Flanagan said that some federal employees who are planning to retire accumulate their annual leave days in the months or even year before retiring so they can receive a pay-out for the unused annual leave.
Long-Term Care
For the first time since the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) started eight years ago, OPM is holding an open season, starting in April.
The federal register stated the open season will end in May, but Flanagan said the end date will actually be in June.
Employees and retirees can enroll anytime of the year, not just during the open season. However, during open season, the process is simplified. Enrollees don't have to answer as many health-related questions during open season, Flanagan said.
As Federal News Radio reported previously, employees who are no longer in the workforce must apply under full underwriting, a longer process that requires more proof of their health status.
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In the world of "Drunk History," Nixon's response to Watergate follows the actual history — to a point. "I am not a crook," he says, his voice slurred. "Hand me some cookies."
The star-studded new show, which premieres Tuesday on Comedy Central, is based on the popular Internet series of the same name. Comedian Derek Waters and filmmaker Jeremy Konner began making the five-minute online videos on a lark in 2007. "It was immediately on the front page of YouTube," Konner said. "By the end of the week, we had a million views."


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If the year ended today, there would need to be a top 10 albums of the year in place. So since 1/3 of the year is about over, we will go with what we got. This list is bound to change up several times before the actual end of the year hits. But for now this is how I see it:
1. My Head is an Animal - Of Monsters And Men
2. Something - Chairlift
3. Be the Void - Dr. Dog
4. Come Back As Rain - Good Old War
5. Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit
6. Plumb - Field Music
7. Beware and Be Grateful - Maps & Atlases
8. Port of Morrow - The Shins
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Sept. 8 - Enrique Gonzales Brito, 38, Clarksville, IN, was arrested on I-71 37 MM NB, Campbellsburg by Trooper Phelps for speeding 20 MPH over the limit; careless driving; failure to wear seat belt; operating on a suspended OLN and no insurance
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Megan N. Nielson, 30, Cincinnati — arrested Aug. 28 by Trooper Hindman at 205 Pendleton Road, Sulphur for DUI 1st; operating a vehicle with expired OLN
Carrie L. Walling, 42, LaGrange — arrested Aug 28 by Trooper Brewer at 651 Manor Drive, Sulphur, for execution of bench warrants
EPD arrests
Kayla Ann Puckett, Turners Station — arrested July 11 at 10:14 p.m. at Elm Street for a misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia charge.
KSP Arrests
Keegan Berry, 25, arrested July 7 by Trooper Phelps on the execution of a bench warrant.
Jeffery Acree, 40, arrested July 10 by Trooper Stucker for possession of Marijuana; Possession of drug paraphernalia; No registration receipt; Failure to produce insurance card; Speeding 10 MPH over the limit
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Katherine Jett, 19, Florence — arrested by Trooper Dykes June 24 at 5375 Lake Jericho Road, Smithfield, for assault 4th-domestic violence, minor injury
Justin T. Oak, 41, Carrollton — arrested by Trooper Brewer June 25 at 5799 Castle Highway, Pleasureville, for assault 4th-domestic violence, minor injury
Peggy L. Ast, 53, from Amelia, Ohio — arrested by Trooper Stucker June 26 at I-71 28 MM SB, Pendleton, for possession of marijuana; possession of drug paraphernalia
KSP arrests June 14-22
Kayce D. Proctor, 26, from Pendleton — arrested June 16 at Drennon Road in New Castle by Trooper Phelps for manufacturing meth; unlawful possession of meth precursor
Westley Renfro, 25, from Pendleton — arrested June 16 at Drennon Road, New Castle for manufacturing meth; unlawful possession of meth precursor, failure of owner to maintain required insurance; no registration plates
Eminence Police Arrests
Robert Wilson, Smithfield, DOB July 31, 1968. Arrested June 13 by Officer Wilson for driving under the influence and having an open alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle.
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EMINENCE arrests
Matthew T. Wells, New Castle — arrested May 30 at West Broadway after police served two warrants for another police agency.
Desmond Mason, Eminence — arrested May 31 at Circle Drive for alcohol intoxication in a public place (first and second offense); disorderly conduct, second degree; resisting arrest; criminal mischief in the second degree.
Sheriff Arrests
Joseph Moore, arrested May 21 by Rick Nelson for contempt of court.
Charles Graves, arrested May 23 by Rick Nelson for failing to comply.
Clay Roberts, arrested May 23 by Rick Nelson for failure to appear.
Jonathan Whitehead, arrested May 28 by Rick Nelson for failure to appear.
Carl Downey, arrested May 28 by Rick Nelson for failure to appear.Lindsey Brian, arrested May 30 by Dean Murray for failure to appear.
Eminence Police
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Kristin Norton, 37, Sulphur, arrested 5-13-14 by Officer Hazelett upon the execution of a bench warrant from another agency.
John Armstrong, 19, Bethlehem, arrested 5-18-14 by Officer Brewer for a DUI, failure to produce an insurance card, his rear license plate not being illuminated, failing to wear a seatbelt and speeding nine mph over the limit.
Loren Scroggins, 33, Madison, Indiana, arrested 5-18-14 by Officer Brewer for a DUI, failing to notify the DOT of an address change and careless driving.
HC Sheriff Arrests
Larry Payton, 41, Campbellsburg – arrested on Summit Road on May 6 by Officer Hindman for Manufacturing meth 1st; Trafficking in controlled substance 1st-meth
Christopher W. Harbaugh, 29, Bedford – arrested on Pendleton Road on May 6 by Officer Brewer for parole violation warrant
Thien Do, 22, Louisville – arrested on May 9 on I-71 by Officer Hindman for DUI 1st; Improper parking/block traveled portion of hwy; Reckless driving
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Blues at Oilers, G69/08-09
This is Frank St. Marseille. I believe that's Wayne Merrick (#20) checking him and #16 was probably Pierre Plante. I don't have a number but I think it's Steve Durbano (although I'm not sure he wore an "A") in background which would make this 1973 or 1974. This photo should be of Frank in a Blues uniform, but all I could find were staged shots and this one is so wonderful (the Kings uniform, Frank's helmet, etc).
Before the 1967 expansion draft, St. Marseille was probably the best player in the IHL. That league would have been behind the AHL, WHL (the old pro league) and the CPHL among minor leagues at that time. I've read several references from the era that considered the IHL and EHL semi-pro leagues although the actual quality is unknown.
This is how St. Marseille got to the show. The Douglas Hunter book Scotty Bowman: A Life In Hockey (pages 106 and 107): "Two years earlier (1965), Lynn Patrick (the Blues GM at expansion) had been managing the Los Angeles Blades of the WHL (pro) league when he received a letter from St. Marseille's brother, a singer in town. The letter extolled the skills of Frank, who was playing for Port Huron of the IHL. Frank's brother urged Patrick to give him a tryout; Frank would pay his own expenses to Los Angeles and stay with his brother.
Patrick never bothered replying, but then started noticing Frank's name in the lists of the top IHL scorers (note: probably the Hockey News, who gave weekly coverage of the IHL and EHL). When Patrick was hired to put the Blues together, he decided he should have a look at this playmaking right winger. (Scotty) Bowman scouted him and pronounced him the Gordie Howe of the IHL. When Patrick and Bowman saw him play in the IHL All-Star game, they were disappointed in his performance but decided he still merited attention. Patrick and Bowman took Sid Salomon III on his first scouting trip to see St. Marseille play in Toledo. No NHL team had his rights: he was 28 years old. After the game they got St. Marseille's signature on an "A" form, which committed both parties to nothing more than St. Marseille coming to the Blues first training camp.
"I thought he was the best player at our training camp," Patrick would recall. "Scotty and I talked it over and decided that he can't be as good as he seems to be and we decided to send him to our training camp in Kansas City and see what happens."
Note: They called him up November 23, 1967 and he played in the show for a decade.
I love hockey stories like that one. Baseball has thousands of stories about pitchers so addled they chased fire engines during their off days, but hockey has never been able to get the attention of enough people to grow the legend of a lounge singer in Los Angeles who wrote a letter and made his brother a star. They can make a movie about a Shark who searches out a specific family across oceans, but they can't make this one? They could call it "A Saint in the City of Angels."
Just saying.
I don't know what to say about tonight's game. The Blues are coming on strong and the Oilers are still figuring out their depth chart. The Oilers could outplay St. Louis at EVs and still lose because of special teams.
Still, there's Gagner coming on a little and Ales Hemsky's last few games are like watching Tim Raines after hitting two line drive outs and being 0-for-12 about 1986. You know it's coming, it's just a matter of when.


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What are the opinions on the view of moving away from lecturing to facilitating shared learning in a more creative environment?
Recently I have looked a lot at shared learning, this is centred around the idea of peers helping each other learn through creative thinking. With the vast knowledge available through the internet and companies such as Ted, twitter, you tube a student can learn so much on their own from industry leaders. Does this mean a change in how we learn is needed moving away from lectures to sessions which encourage shared learning from peer to peer. The idea of facilitating is still quite new but a conversation and a dialogue should begin now about how this can be incorporated into education to make it more useful, relevant and up to date.
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May 14 2011: I recently took part in a programme called fresh taken by a man called conann Fitzpatrick. The idea spawns from him.
My idea of a class. Lets say its a marketing class at degree level. To start imagine the topic being given lets say it was to discuss how services marketing is changing. Now the theory that will be taught is old and outdated authors such as Lovelock etc. Now although this is a good base for starting the studies how can it be as up to date as a video Seth Godin posted on an idea virus, or a journal document written by Pines and Gilmore (brilliant services marketing theorists)
So would it not be useful for each student to go away for a week and look at the taught theory i.e. Lovelock and use their own shared learning to see other views. New views and how this is incorporated in then come back and teach each other what they have found. The information available through websites like TED and social networks like twitter allows them to do this.
Within this context critical thought can be judged and graded through its relevance and in terms of marking it on a level of would it work and how have you justified that it would work.
What do you think?
Thanks to Colin and Wendy for the input I will look at the drive book. what is the idea with the school Wendy?
May 14 2011: So context, relevance and complexity/simplicity of end product is how you would grade critical thought or artistic thinking. Good job! It is relative to rubric lessons. Consider group learning also!
I came to similar conclusions involving science fiction teaching. Here,
You are thinking in the right direction, keep pushing the issue of critical thinking, it is so important and so unpopular today.
May 15 2011: yeah that is exactly my thoughts. To further the idea... All students take part in critical thinking and then work in teams to develop each others ideas. this will build connections between them and root out any ideas that will not work. Critical thinking is a very important and somewhat overlooked skill and it something I always focus heavily on.
May 15 2011: I agree,
I actually brought this up to my friend and he said even a one course change in the modern curriculum would be service to all. A "Critical Thinking Workshop" class in which the teacher challenges students and prepares them for future criticism of their thoughts and opinions. Basics of logic, psychology, philosophy, education, anthropology, and [but not limited to] linguistics.
I think it is vital to dictate to children, original thoughts do not exist, but creative thoughts do.
Also that explorations are not done yet, we have a large ocean, a lot of layers of earth and the stars to explore. Need to feed the natural human drives of curiosity in the best of manner, entertainingly enhanced!
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That would be a better representation..
It doesn't need a review. It just needs to be equal and done for having bags searched to go upstairs (3rd floor)... not that hard.. but it does require a person to do it.
What recently occurred in Kaufman County, Texas, outside of the courthouse environment does comes more to mind, than does drawing any conclusions from what occurred at this years Boston Marathon.
From my perspective, and I am certainly no expert, I see the danger more outside of the courthouse in the parking lots, and the sidewalks that surround the building.
Just my opinion, not that my opinion matters.
For what it is worth, there have already been at least two shootings at the Courthouse. One of these was in the early 70's. If I recall correctly it started outside a Court Room during a Divorce. Idiot shot his wife. He fled and was shot at the bottom of the stairs by a Deputy who, was in the Sheriff's Office and ran up the hall in response to hearing shots. It was a long time ago and I'm not sure I'm remembering all the events, but the basic facts are there.
The second one was in the very late 70's or very early 80's. A prisoner was being arraigned on a some misdemeanor and Felony charges. As I recall, the prisoner had a couple of fellows come to the arraignment. They jumped the single escorting Deputy. During the assault on the Deputy, who was pretty badly injured, the prisoner got the deputy's revolver. All 3 men fled. An off duty Portland Police Officer who just happened to be in court (different room) that day, gave pursuit on foot when he found out what had happened. He had very little information to go on as far as who the bad guys were.
He chased two men down along 5th street. He was walking them back to the courthouse not knowing there was a 3rd person armed with the deputy's revolver, hiding behind a pickup, waiting to ambush the PPB officer. The ambush was successful and the officer was hit high center chest. He was able to fire off 6 rounds as he crumpled to the ground, but didn't hit the suspect. A Mac Officer responded from the Sherriff's Office after hearing the shots.
The security system at the YCCH came only after these incidents. Judge Collins was there for the last incident. If he sees a problem, they might want to see what can be done. Static security is compromised security. It might be something as simple as moving a few things around.
Maybe Nathalie could go archive diving for a follow up piece.
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We eat a lot of chicken at our house, and a lot of recipes call for shredded chicken- from casseroles to Mexican dishes to chicken salad. I buy a bag of frozen chicken breasts, stick them in the crockpot with a little bit of water and 8 hours later you have chicken falling part and easy to shred. You can stick it in the fridge and use it for your recipes that week. I assumed everyone did this, but I have found that many people bake the chicken breasts or bake an entire chicken and debone it, etc. The crockpot way is the easy way!


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Depends on what we are playing.
I am horrible at video games.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
I have the result, but I do not yet know how to get it.
All physicists, and a good many quite respectable mathematicians are contemptuous about proof.
No. I just set the computer's name to bobbym and the User julianthemath.
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It depends on the quality of the program. Some 'against the computer' games allow you to set the skill level. Some games are definitely 'winnable' if you know the trick. eg. NIM if you go first.
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The man asked the victim if the store had any size 3X t-shirts. When he was told that the store didn't have any, he allegedly walked around the counter and beat the victim in the head and body with the bat, according to police.
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The TV List 12.23.12: Top 10 Favorite Holiday TV Episodes
Posted by
Michael Ornelas
on 12.23.2012
South Park
's "A Woodland Critter Christmas" and "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" to the Festivus-celebrating episode of
Modern Family
's "Undeck the Halls" and more, 411's Michael Ornelas lists his 10 favorite holiday TV specials!
Happy holidays! Whatever you're celebrating this year, we made it past the Mayan apocalypse and assumedly will see 2013! That is exactly why
next week
's column will be a super special "best of 2012" that addresses many top 10s from this year.
I would love suggestions for categories in the comments.
So far I'm planning on top 10 dramas, top 10 comedies, top 10 characters, 10 funniest characters, 10 guilty pleasures, and top 10 non-US shows. I have room for up to four more categories. Maybe animated shows? I don't know, but you can help decide!
This week, I'm diving into my 10 favorite holiday-themed episodes of shows, past and present. Having been raised Catholic, there are only a few episodes on this list that focus on something other than Christmas, but it's pretty much mentioned in all of them. That being said, let's get on with the list.
Just outside the top ten:
My Own Personal Jesus (Scrubs), Kegel the Elf (The League), A Very Sunny Christmas (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Red Sleigh Down (South Park), Unholy Night (American Horror Story – Asylum)
Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (South Park)
South Park _ Mr. Hankey Construction Set
South Park
was the only show able to pull off two episodes on this list, and to be honest, they were very close to having three – the boys from Colorado know how to do Christmas. This is from the very first season of the show and, to my knowledge, was the first acknowledging of the trend involving deChristmasizing the holidays and making them much more religiously neutral. Of course, they all still end up celebrating Christmas, but the town takes Jesus out of the equation for Kyle's family is Jewish, and replace it with Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (who, for most of the episode, was in Kyle's head and a justification for him to actually play with his feces in some pretty hilarious scenes). This is easily one of the funniest poop gags I can remember on TV, and led to a character that was much more popular than we should ever publicly admit as a society.
Xmas Story (Futurama)
is consistently one of the best shows on TV that, despite the love it gets, still doesn't get enough love. In its first run, on FOX, they had a very solid holiday episode in "Xmas Story" – actually pronounced with the X. It's a twist on the conventional Christmas stories, in that Santa Claus is an evil robot who deems everyone naughty and kills them after dark on Xmas Eve. Of course, Fry stays out too late in an effort to get an Xmas gift for Leela, and the crew has to confront and defeat the metallic St. Nick. It's almost Terminator meets every Christmas cliché, and for
, it just works and is a part of my traditional Christmas viewing each year.
A Very Venture Christmas (The Venture Bros.)
The tone of
The Venture Bros.
is different from pretty much any other animated comedy for some reason, and it works really well. I wish they had more episodes, but the four seasons we have to choose from are still pretty good. They even did a Christmas special, in which The Monarch takes advantage of Dr. Venture's tradition of putting his porcelain Jesus in the manger at midnight by booby trapping it to blow up and ruin Venture once and for all. The episode has it all, from a krampus to a Wookiee "life day" reference from the wonderfully bad Star Wars Christmas Special. I actually just got into the show in the past year, but I will watch this on a yearly basis.
Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas (Community)
I didn't like any of the clips I could find of the actual episode, so I included that gem from season 3's Christmas episode.
I consider the second season of
to be one of the best-crafted seasons of any comedy in television history. This episode was actually one of my least favorites of the season, and it was still good enough to make a top 10 list for something – that speaks volumes as to the quality of that season. I think some of the performances we're used to in the show were dragged down a little bit by the lack of a physical presence of the actors who were instead doing voice work for the Claymation stuff. What made this episode still work, however, was that it was all perfectly justified by being in Abed's head, and this season was largely about figuring out what made Abed the way he is. This was very good at being one of those "we now understand you a little better, Abed" episodes and I felt like the group was closer after it was all said and done. If you're not a fan of
, you probably won't appreciate this one as much.
Undeck the Halls (Modern Family)
Modern Family
really is the perfect family-focused modern sitcom (hence the show's name), and their first Christmas episode was their best so far. The Dunphy family is trying to get to the bottom of a burn mark on the couch, leading to Phil cancelling Christmas for the kids on account of he and Claire thinking that someone was smoking. Meanwhile, Cam deals with the caroling group he was kicked out of, and Jay gets used to Christmas with Colombians. Overall, it brought out the heart that this show has every week, and it's one of my favorite episodes of the first season.
A Woodland Critter Christmas (South Park)
This is so wonderfully twisted, and I'll never forget the first time I saw it. It was actually right around the time I started to get into
South Park
that this aired, and my mind was blown by how evil it was (and that it was actually allowed on TV). Words cannot do this episode of
South Park
justice, but it essentially starts off like every holiday classic, complete with rhyme and cute animals, but then it devolves into Satanism and the obligatory razzing Kyle for being Jewish. Maybe it's my dark sense of humor, but this is one of the best Christmas specials ever but it is definitely not for everyone.
The Strike (Seinfeld)
This is such a strong episode of
– every story hits on all cylinders. We have Kramer returning back to work after a 12 year strike, Jerry going out with the "two face" (girl who's attractive in the right lighting, but in the presence of darkness…not so much), Elaine getting her comeuppance for giving away the wrong number to guys she wasn't interested in, and, most importantly, Frank Costanza and the celebration of Festivus. The traditions are absolutely absurd – a Festivus pole, the airing of grievances, and feats of strength. The climactic dinner scene where all the stories converge is a
classic, and Jerry Stiller was at his best. It's a Festivus for the rest of us.
Dear Santa, Go Fuck Yourself (Trailer Park Boys)
Trailer Park Boys
is one of those shows I've been waiting to talk about in this column, and finally I have an opportunity. It sits atop my list of personal favorites along with
Arrested Development
, but due to its being from Canada, a lot of people aren't familiar with the series. It's one of those shows that starts out slow in terms of the plots, but once you know the characters, you are totally hooked (or at least that's how it worked for me). A lot of the best episodes, I'd have a hard time summing up the story because that's not what makes me like them. This Christmas episode is a flashback that aired after the fourth season, but takes place before the first season. It's kind of an origin story for Bubbles, but beyond that, it addresses Mr. Lahey's alcoholism and plays up Ricky's enjoyment of jail to great effect. I'm excited for the recently announced third movie in the franchise, and watching this special was how I celebrated the news this holiday season.
Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
For a show that has so many horrible episodes (or at the very least, ridiculously absurd), I think this special is an absolute riot. A lot of it has to do with the cadence the robot uses to speak, but the story about the origin of Santa Claus and the inclusion of Danzig and his blood obsession is so crazy that I can't help but crack up. This episode is both over-the-top and mundane at points that it just works. And Carl's Christmas past is so depressing that you can't help but laugh at his misfortune. Or maybe that's just me and I'm a terrible person.
Snowflake Day (Clone High)
This is indisputably my favorite "avoid Christmas because it's religiously exclusive" episode of any show, as well as just my favorite holiday special.
Clone High
was tragically cut short after only one season, but the premise was great, and I wish they'd gotten a chance to further dish it to teen dramas via historical figures. The running gag in this episode of Abe Lincoln's face continually getting sliced open with various things, Joan of Arc's hating Christmas, and the invention of the knork are all reasons I absolutely love this episode. It's a little bit more ridiculous than most things I watch, but there wasn't a single episode of this series that I didn't love, and this one topped my list. Also, Mandy Moore.
Again, thank you for reading and please post categories for my end of the year TV List Awards next week in which I'll do 8-10 top 10 lists chronicling the best of the year 2012. And let me hear YOUR favorite holiday episodes below!
Shows of which I have seen every episode (including shows still on the air):
Da Ali G Show; American Dad!; American Horror Story; Andy Barker, P.I.; Andy Richter Controls the Universe; Angry Boys; Aqua Teen Hunger Force; Archer; Arrested Development; The Batman; Batman Beyond; Batman: The Animated Series; Beast Wars; Better Off Ted; The Big Bang Theory; Big Bite; Black Mirror; Bob's Burgers; The Boondocks; Bored to Death; Boss; Breaking Bad; Brickleberry; Bunk; Burning Love; Childrens Hospital; China, IL; Clerks: The Animated Series; The Cleveland Show; Clone High; Comedy Bang! Bang!; Community; Conan (on TBS); The Critic; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Delocated; Dexter; The Drunk & On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour; Eagleheart; Eastbound & Down; Ed; Entourage; Episodes; Family Guy; Firefly; Flight of the Conchords; Franklin & Bash; Freaks & Geeks; Friends; Frisky Dingo; Futurama; Game of Thrones; Go On; Happy Endings; Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law; Homeland; House of Lies; How I Met Your Mother; Human Giant; Hung; The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret; The IT Crowd; It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia; Jackass; Jon Benjamin Has a Van; Justified; Key & Peele; Kid Notorious; The King of Queens; The League; Louie; Lucky Louie; Luther; The Middle; The Mitchell & Webb Situation; Modern Family; Monk; Mr. D; Mr. Show with Bob & David; My Name Is Earl; NTSF:SD:SUV::; The Office (UK); The Office (US); Parks & Recreation; Party Down, Portlandia; Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings; Scrubs; Sealab 2021; Seinfeld; Sherlock; The Simpsons; Sons of Anarchy; Sons of Tucson; South Park; Spiderman: The Animated Series; Sports Show with Norm MacDonald;
; Star Wars: Clone Wars; The State; Summer Heights High; Superjail!; Tenacious D; That '80s Show; Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!; Titus;
Todd & the Book of Pure Evil
; Tosh.0; Trailer Park Boys; Twin Peaks; Ugly Americans; Undeclared; Unsupervised; Up All Night; Upright Citizens Brigade; The Venture Bros.; Viva La Bam; The Walking Dead; We Can Be Heroes; The Whitest Kids U' Know; Wildboyz; Wilfred; Workaholics;
A Young Doctor's Notebook
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Wednesday has arrived. Hopefully the birthday boy from yesterday will come by and tell us what he received. That should make it interesting. especialy if he received the Kama Sutra from his wife! Hopefully we won't interrupt Howie's nap time or Winger's long weekend. Please come to chat. For those of you who may have forgotten, chat gets started around 9:30 PM for those of us on the east coast, 8:30 PM for those of you in Chicago and 9:30 in other parts of fly over country. I guess that means 6:30 PM on the left coast. If my calculations are correct everyone in NZ needs to join us at 3:30 PM Thursday and Australia at 1:30 PM on Thursday afternoon for those in Sydney and eastern Oz. It will be an ungodly 3:30 AM in Israel and Helsinki, 2:30 AM in Paris, and Berlin, and 1:30 AM in London. Of course it is all worth the sleep deprivation. Come in early and see who is here. Don't be late!!!!! (I hope I have the time changes down.If not, let me know!)
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Troubled Waters is the fourteenth tale in Dewey Lambdin's classic naval adventure series.
It is the spring of 1800. Captain Alan Lewrie, fresh from victory in the South Atlantic, is back in England and fitting out his new frigate, the HMS Savage. But true to fashion, Lewrie can't stay ashore too long with out trouble arising. A Jamaican court has tried him in absentia and sentenced him to hang for the theft of a dozen Black slaves. The vengeful slave-owner has made his way to London to seek Lewrie's end . . . with or without the majesty of the law!
To complicate matters further, Lewrie must also deal with allegations that he is a faithless rakehell, his wife has informed through anonymous letters. Despite shoreside legal matters, Lewrie takes the Savage on King's business to Sou'west France to plug the threat of enemy warships, privateers, and neutrals smuggling goods in and out of Bordeaux. It could be dull and plodding dreariness, but a bored Captain Alan Lewrie, safe in his post (for the moment), can be a dangerous fellow to his country's foes . . . if only to relieve the tedium!
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"The best naval adventure series since C. S. Forester." --Library Journal
"Lewrie is a marvelous creation, resourceful and bold." --James L. Nelson, author of the Revolution at Sea Saga
"[A] rousing series of nautical adventures." --Booklist
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Imagine visiting your bank on a weekday morning to make a withdrawal only to be told you could not access your money until further notice. That would cause you some anxiety, wouldn't it? That's exactly what happened to investors this past week.
In a rare occurrence, the New York Stock Exchange and other major stock exchanges were closed on Monday and Tuesday thanks to Hurricane Sandy. Flooding, power outages and subway closures made it impossible for Wall Streeters to get to work.
While the vast majority of stock trading is now done electronically, human beings are still critical to that process — no people, no trading. And no trading means no access to your money. Once a skeleton crew was able to reach the Exchange, trading was back up and running on Wednesday.
Such market shutdowns act as a circuit breaker, a protection mechanism to prevent the markets from spinning out of control in times of chaos. Here are a few other events that forced an unexpected market closure:
Aug. 8, 1885 - Funeral of Ulysses S. Grant
Mar. 12-13, 1888 - Blizzard of 1888
Jul. 31-Nov. 27, 1914 - Outbreak of World War I
Jun. 13, 1927 – Celebration parade for Charles Lindbergh
Aug. 15-16, 1945 – V-J Day marking the end of World War II
May 25, 1946 – Great railroad strike
Nov. 25, 1963 – Funeral of President John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Jul. 14, 1977 – Blackout in New York City
Sept. 27, 1985 – Hurricane Gloria
Sept. 11-14, 2001 – Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center
Counting Sandy, that's 11 emergency closures in 127 years — not even one per decade.
The market is able to survive even the worst situations, overcome lost trading days and find its way back to normalcy. If the market can trend up over a century of natural and man-made disasters, it surely can survive a few bad earnings reports.
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Talking With "Gospel of John" Executive Producer Sandy Pearl
- Monday, March 29, 2004
Sharing the commitment to produce an accurate version of "The Gospel of John" was Sandy Pearl, who credits the Advisory Committee of the film with bringing an unprecedented level of factual accuracy to the production. The decision to involve a committee in the process came about as a result of the need to ensure the film would be faithful to the text. Explains Pearl, "It would be pure hubris to think that we, in any way, shape or form, could have an understanding or enough of an education in this area to be mindful of everything involved. So there was a phenomenal committee put together of outstanding scholars from the different religious denominations."
According to Pearl, their role in providing background and research for the film was vital. Not only were they able to consult on theological issues, they were a valuable source of information regarding the historical locations and sites which would have figured in the story. Notes Pearl, "Peter Richardson, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee has participated in archaeological excavations from this period in history. We had the good fortune to benefit from his slides and pictures of what the world was like at the time of Jesus."
As the committee is comprised of theological scholars from numerous religious denominations, they were able to bring tremendous insight to the many elements contained in the Gospel. According to Pearl, their importance to the production cannot be overstated. "The Advisory Committee was brought on because a commitment was made to produce word for word films based on the Bible. It was through conversations and meetings with them that the decision was made to proceed with "The Gospel of John" as the first film in the Visual Bible series. The Committee was actually in place prior to our deciding which Gospel we were starting with."
According to Pearl, the Advisory Committee was involved with virtually every aspect of the film including production design, costumes and issues relevant to the text. "Was the meal at the Last Supper a Passover meal? What did they serve, would there be women in the synagogue, and what was the role of women at that time? We would have these fascinating conversations and benefit from their years of study and research."
Pearl believes that the addition of renowned screenwriter John Goldsmith to the production team was as key an element to the success of the film as the involvement of the Advisory Committee in the production process.
"Across the board there was this commitment to the purity of research and education connected to this environment. But we are still making a movie. We had to dramatically represent this story. It's not interpretive, it's literal. Key to all of this was the writer, John Goldsmith."
Goldsmith, who was born in the United Kingdom, had a tremendous amount to contribute to the production as not only is he an accomplished screenwriter; but he is also a student of the Bible. "It wasn't that we just hired a great writer, because there would have been way too much of a learning curve. I don't know that we could have done it with a writer who viewed this as just another project. John was as sensitive as the members of the Advisory Committee as to what we were dealing with, and the kind of respect that was required to ensure the safety of the words. He was phenomenal in taking "The Gospel of John" and creating a screenplay for film. The Advisory Committee was actually awed by it – the way he did it, and his profound understanding of the Gospel. "
Pearl credits each member of the production team with bringing an exceptional level of expertise to the production process. "Don Taylor, our production designer did a magnificent job in picking locations, areas where there were remains of the past that could be enhanced so that they were truly representative of the time. Our costume designer, Debra Hanson, with her background in costume design from Stratford, was steeped in an understanding of how to approach a period piece. The research on all fronts of this project was tremendous and that's what has given the film its richness."
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