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Quote: "It is doubtless impossible to cut off all abuses at once from rough hearts, just as a man who sets out to climb a high mountain does not advance by leaps and bounds, but goes upward step by step and pace by pace."
Gregory (c. 540 - 604) descended from Roman nobility and was himself a propertied government administrator. But the church was in his blood. Three aunts were nuns, as was his widowed mother, Silvia, and his great-great-grandfather was Pope Felix III.
Wave after wave of barbarian armies have brought ruin to the region. His dream is to escape, though not to the monastery. "Late and long," he recalls, "I put off the grace of conversion." But in his mid-thirties he leaves behind his government post, donates his property to charity, and sets out to establish Benedictine monasteries. Later he becomes a cloistered monk himself. In 579 he is appointed papal ambassador to Constantinople, where he becomes embroiled in a theological controversy.
Gregory (at this time only a deacon) confronts Eutychius, the patriarch of the city, who argues against the bodily resurrection of believers, while Gregory insists that just as Christ's physical body was raised from the dead so also would the bodies of his followers be raised. Eutychius' treatise is condemned and burned. Gregory returns to Rome to serve as abbot of St. Andrew's monastery before he is elevated to the papacy in 590. For nearly a century the church has not demonstrated strong leadership in the West, but Gregory quickly consolidates his power. A self-described "servant of the servants of God," he defends his absolute authority over the church.
During his fourteen-year reign as pope, Gregory serves virtually as head of state during wartime, overseeing welfare for refugees and others displaced by hostilities. But he is primarily a preacher who speaks with urgency, convinced that he is living in the end times. At the same time, he seeks to bring solemnity to public worship, establishing a training school for church musicians. The hauntingly beautiful Gregorian chants date to this period, as do standard liturgies of scripture readings and prayers for each Sunday of the year.
Pastoral care is also one of his passions. He writes Liber Regulae Pastoralis (Book of Pastoral Rule) in response to questions on the topic, using the symbols wine and oil offered by the Good Samaritan to denote the balance between discipline and compassion.
Gregory also plays a major role in theological matters, particularly in advancing the concept of purgatory, with its corresponding merit of the saints, particularly those who were miracle workers. His Dialogues, filled with miracle stories, ranks high as popular devotional literature for more than a thousand years. One story that Gregory reports in his Dialogues goes to the heart of his belief in purgatory. Justus, a monk at his monastery who has earlier stowed away money, dies repentant of this sin. However, Gregory, concerned for his soul, offers a month of Masses for him. On the thirtieth day, a visionary Justus appears to another monk, announcing that he has been freed from the flames of purgatory. These thirty Masses are believed to be so effective that the practice—known as "Gregorian Masses"—continues for centuries, particularly in Benedictine monasteries.
Even as barbarians plunder Italy and neighboring regions, Gregory is setting the stage for medieval missionary outreach. In 596 he commissions Augustine, the prior of St. Anthony in Rome, and forty monks to serve as missionaries in Britain. It is a dangerous mission, and before they arrive at the destination Augustine has second thoughts and turns back to Rome. But when word reaches Gregory, he orders them to turn around and carry on with their journey. On Christmas 597, soon after they arrive, Augustine baptizes ten thousand people. The mass baptism, remembered as the "Miracle of Canterbury," paves the way for the reestablishment of the church in that region. Gregory's concern for this mission venture is evident:
The heathen temples of these people need not be destroyed, only the idols which are to be found in them. . . . If the temples are well-built, it is a good idea to detach them from the service of the devil, and to adapt them for the worship of the true God.
Gregory later promotes Augustine to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury. Augustine dies in 604, just months after the death of Gregory. Their combined efforts leave the church in this region on a solid foundation.
Today's reading is from Parade of Faith: A Biographical History of the Christian Church by Ruth Tucker. © 2010 by Zondervan. Used with permission. All rights reserved. The book's title must be included when sharing the above content on social media.


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Oct. 9, 2012
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Christopher Maurice Barrio, 26, 141 Louis Lane, Napoleonville, possession schedule II drug.
Bernard Baker Jr., 29, 309 Johnson Ridge Lane, Schriever, two counts failure to appear.
Claude Herman Galmore, 52, 4703 La. 1, Matthews, theft of goods (multiple offender), entry and remaining after being forbidden, parole violation.
Della Ann Wilson, 43, 213 Linda Ann Ave., Gray, disturbing the peace by fighting, two counts simple criminal damage to property.
Juan Alejandro Marquez, 25, 1901 East Tunnel Blvd., Houma, holding for other agency.
Caleb Wayne Edwards, 23, 100 West Oak St., Eunice, holding for other agency.
Santee Dale Leblanc, 24, 4431 Bayouside Drive, Chauvin, two counts failure to appear.
Houma City Police
Steven Eugene Handy, 32, 8053 West Park Ave., Houma, domestic abuse battery, disturbing the peace by intoxication.
Devante Darel Dillard, 19, 1104 Miles St., Houma, obstruction of justice, possession schedule II drugs, failure to appear, disregarding stop sign.
Valerie Ann Gaubert, 21, 1207 Ethel St., Lockport, possession of stolen things.
District and City Courts
The individuals whose names follow were incarcerated on the order of a court or processed following a judicial determination.
Ernest Joseph Broussard, 52, 4450 La. 56, Chauvin, DWI, following too close, hit and run.
Darrell Joseph Leblanc, 45, 836-A Bayou Gardens Blvd., Houma, third offense DWI, two counts disregarding stop sign, open alcohol container in vehicle.
Natasha Denise Moliere, 31, 132 Matherne St., Bourg, theft more than $500.
Shawn Spencer Langford Jr., 20, 216 Wimbledon St., Houma, underage DWI, improper vehicle equipment, seat belt violation.
Johnathon Paul Dupre, 25, 1324 St. Marie Drive, Houma, criminal trespass.
Travis Michael Dupre, 35, 1324 St. Marie Drive, Houma, criminal trespass.
Kendrick Lynn Newton, 36, 243 McKinley St., Houma, contempt of court (child support).
Jonathon Joseph Dufrene, 20, 162 Lasagne Drive, Bourg, probation violation.
Thibodaux Police Department
Demarko Hutchinson, 27, 1804 Badt Ave. Apt. B, Thibodaux, domestic abuse battery, false imprisonment.
Michael Converse, 47, 605 Poplar St., Thibodaux, contempt.
Shannon Mcintyre, 23, 403-A Carol St., Thibodaux, disturbing the peace by engaging in a fistic encounter.
Deneisha Thomas, 23, 506 Lafouche Dr. #3, Thibodaux, contempt.
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office
Michael Robertson, 56, 125 Star Ct., Houma, contempt, theft (misdemeanor).


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TOLEDO, Ohio, August 26, 2008 (ENS) - At Oak Harbor, Ohio, 21 miles southeast of the city of Toledo, lies the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, where a hole the size of a football was discovered in the head of the nuclear reactor vessel in March 2002.
Today, a federal jury in Toledo convicted a former reactor coolant system engineer at the facility of lying to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about the safety condition of that reactor vessel head.
"Today, after hearing all the facts, a federal jury convicted Andrew Siemaszko for concealing the truth from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," said Ronald Tenpas, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division. "The effectiveness of the NRC's regulation and the safe operation of the nation's nuclear power plants depends on honest and forthright information."
The evidence at trial showed that during the fall of 2001 Andrew Siemaszko falsely represented to the NRC that past inspections of the reactor vessel head at Davis-Besse were adequate to assure safe operation of the facility until spring of 2002 when the utility operator, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, had scheduled a regular refueling shutdown.
During that refueling outage, workers discovered the hole in the head of the reactor vessel, the container where the nuclear reaction occurs.
Analysis showed the hole resulted from a leak of corrosive reactor coolant containing boric acid through a crack that had opened where control rod guide nozzles were welded to the lid of the reactor vessel.
Boric acid is dissolved in a plant's reactor coolant water. Inspections revealed that there were deposits of boric acid on the reactor head that got worse over time.
Siemaszko's false statements to the NRC were in response to a bulletin issued by the agency in August 2001 that warned of a cracking problem at similar plants and sought information about Davis-Besse.
This nozzle cracking problem had first been observed at similar U.S. plants in late 2000, and the NRC warned in the bulletin that it could lead to breaks where the nozzles penetrated the lid of the steel-walled reactor vessel.
Such a break could release pressurized reactor coolant water into the containment building. The NRC estimated that if Davis-Besse had operated for another two to 11 months, the damaged reactor vessel head could have failed, causing a serious loss of coolant accident. A near-meltdown had been averted.
The NRC bulletin warned that small boric acid deposits were a sign of nozzle cracking. In the bulletin, the federal agency required FirstEnergy Nuclear and other utilities to report on their plants' susceptibility to cracking, the steps they had taken to detect it and their plans for addressing the problem in the future.
Because FirstEnergy Nuclear chose not to inspect the nozzles before December 31, 2001, it was also required to justify operation beyond that date.
In the months following the issuance of the bulletin, FirstEnergy Nuclear submitted to the NRC five letters that included details of past inspections.
The jury determined that they were based in part on false information that Siemaszko contributed about his own inspection of the reactor vessel head and information based on video records of inspections conducted by others.
Video evidence presented to the jury of the inspection performed by Siemaszko in 2000, showed that the camera used for inspections was physically blocked by boric acid deposits and that very few of the nozzles that were the subject of the NRC's bulletin could be assessed for cracking.
At trial, the government proved that Siemaszko knew that he had given false reports and that he presented information orally to the NRC that emphasized false conclusions, including the statement that he was "at peace in his soul" regarding the 2000 inspection results.
Siemaszko was convicted of concealing the condition of Davis-Besse's reactor vessel head and of concealing how poor past inspections of that head had been.
He also was convicted of using false writings in FirstEnergy Nuclear's interactions with the NRC, including false statements about the extent of inspections done in 1996, 1998 and 2000.
After the cavity in the Davis-Besse reactor vessel head was discovered, FirstEnergy Nuclear disciplined a number of its employees. Siemaszko was fired and brought a whistleblower complaint against the company.
According to a Department of Labor investigator who testified at the trial, the complaint was fully investigated and dismissed. The investigator testified that Siemaszko admitted during the whistleblower investigation that he lied to the NRC and was terminated for that reason.
Special agents of the NRC's Office of Investigations and a senior reactor inspector from NRC's Region III developed the case and referred it to the Department of Justice.
The investigation and prosecution were conducted jointly by the Justice Department's Environmental Crimes Section and by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio, as well as the NRC Office of Investigations.
Siemaszko's co-defendant David Geisen was convicted on October 31, 2007, on similar charges. Another co-defendant, Rodney Cook, was acquitted. Sentencing in for Siemaszko has not yet been scheduled.
Siemaszko has supporters who do not believe that he is guilty as charged. The Union of Concerned Scientists and the advocacy group Ohio Citizen Action both say Siemaszko is innocent.
Ohio Citizen Action composed a letter for its followers to send to government officials that says, "The records of Mr. Siemaszko's actions show that he was carrying out his job of cleaning the reactor head in good faith until management brought a halt to the work. By FirstEnergy's own admission, the root cause of the problem began in the mid-1990s, several years before Mr. Siemaszko was even employed at the plant."
FirstEnergy Nuclear is a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp, based in Akron, Ohio. In April 2005, the company was fined $5.45 million over the Davis-Besse reactor head incident, the largest single fine ever proposed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The main violation was that the utility restarted and operated the Davis-Besse plant in May 2000 without fully characterizing and eliminating leakage from the reactor vessel head, which led to significant corrosion damage.
Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2008. All rights reserved.


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Samsung specs up updated UMPC phone
Big handset or small PC?
Samsung has unfolded the specs of its second-generation fold-open UMPC-like phone - or should that be 'phone-like UMPC'?
Samsung's SPH-P9200: phone and a PC all in one
Like the earlier SPH-P9000, the as yet unlaunched SPH-P9200 has a 1GHz CPU, but its memory has been upped from 256MB to 512MB. The Windows XP-based model still ships with a 30GB hard drive.
The P9200 is well connected. A SIM card slot allows users to tune in to GSM/GPRS/Edge and 3G HSDPA cellular networks, and the machine features WiBro, Korea's answer to Mobile WiMax. Wi-Fi connectivity - most likely 802.11g - is built in too, but there's no mention of Bluetooth in the new model's specs, even though it featured on the P9000.
However, since portability's still the main aim, it's no surprise to see that Samsung's retained the previous model's 5in WVGA display and split Qwerty keyboard design on the P9200, making it look as though it's suffered badly at the hands of a Judo master.
Samsung's also put more thought into the SPH-P9200's appearance, rounding off edges and opting for a consumer-friendly iPod white colour scheme, instead of the P9000's silver surfaces.
Samsung's SPH-P9200: folds to a handy size
No video? You'll need to download Adobe's Flash Player
The screen's principally operated by a stylus, although a mouse could be connected through one of the machine's multiple USB ports for use on a desktop. Samsung hasn't upped the built-in camera's capability, leaving it at 1.3 megapixels, but at least you'll still be able to use it as a half-decent camera phone.
Users will get around 2.5 hours of life with the standard battery, although a chunkier extended battery gives up to five hours' life. The machine weighs 650g.
Samsung hasn't yet confirmed when the SPH-P9200 will make it onto the market, but in time for a Korean Christmas could be a good guess.


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Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced late Wednesday afternoon that Lindy Ruff was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Buffalo Sabres. Regier also announced that Ron Rolston will serve as the interim head coach of the Sabres, beginning with the team's game against Toronto on Thursday, and continuing through the remainder of the season.
"The hockey world knows how I and the entire Buffalo Sabres organization feel about Lindy Ruff, not only as a coach, but also as a person," said Sabres owner Terry Pegula. "His long tenure with the Sabres has ended. His qualities have made this decision very difficult. I personally want Lindy to know that he can consider me a friend always."
Rolston becomes the 16th head coach in franchise history and joins the Sabres after spending the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons as head coach of the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. As head coach of the Americans, Rolston compiled a 63-44-17 regular-season record.
Prior to joining the Americans, Rolston spent seven seasons as head coach with USA Hockey's National Team Development Program, where he became the first coach in U.S. history to lead the U.S. Under-18 team to three gold medals (2005, 2009, 2011) at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship, adding a silver medal (2007) in his other appearance as head coach.
In addition to coaching at the Under-18 and Under-17 levels, Rolston also served as head coach for the U.S. National Junior Team at the IIHF U20 World Championship in 2007 and 2009. In 2007, he led Team USA to the bronze medal.
Rolston joined USA Hockey after serving as an assistant coach at four different NCAA Division I hockey programs (Lake Superior State University, 1990-95; Clarkson University, 1996-99; Harvard University, 1999-2002; Boston College, 2002-04) between 1990 and 2004, winning National Championships in 1992 and 1994 with Lake Superior State University.


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Orange County's four voting sites saw another uptick as 170 voters cast their ballots Wednesday. However, 2011's totals averaged to more than 300 voters per day with peaks at more than 500.
There's still time to check the box with polls open through Saturday.
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Indoor picnic Shabbat Feb. 17
The community is invited to a winter indoor picnic Shabbat, Fri., Feb. 17 to be held at Temple B'nai Torah, 2900 Jerusalem Ave. at Oakfield Avenue. Dress comfortably and bring your blanket and picnic dinner at 7 p.m. and stay for the service at 8 p.m. with Rabbi Bellows, Cantor Sher and the TBT Teen Choir. For more information, call 516-221-2370.
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The University of Houston is focused on becoming a "vibrant and meaningful partner" with the energy industry in its efforts to meet the world's energy needs, President Renu Khator said Thursday.
Speaking to the Offshore Technology Conference, Khator discussed the vision for UH's Energy Research Park (ERP), a 75-acre campus just south of UH. The development of the ERP will help fuel the industry's future workforce needs, offer a challenging environment for research and foster innovative public-private partnerships.
Khator said UH "has a very focused agenda" in regards to becoming a major resource for the energy industry. It has already spent or committed $60 million on the ERP and it expects to spend an additional $50 million on new programs and facilities.
"Our strategy became energy, because we knew that we had to sync ourselves with the strength of the community and that itself is our pathway," Khator said.
Khator said the university already is making progress with its energy initiatives, including explosive growth in its undergraduate petroleum engineering program and the establishment of the nation's first subsea engineering certificate program.
"If we cannot produce the workforce that the industry needs, then we are not really fulfilling our obligation," Khator said.
UH also is a home to a variety of energy research efforts, including the development of a high temperature superconducting wire that could be used instead of copper wires to increase efficiency in electric power transmission and distribution.
"Once we are successful in this, and successfully we can demonstrate it, I think this could be a great contribution," she said.
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Samantha Hess, 29, made headlines last year for her strictly non-sexual cuddling service in Portland, Ore. Now, she is looking for a brick-and-mortar location to set up shop, and she is hiring six new employees who will go through a 40-hour cuddle training session.
Cuddle sessions at Cuddle Up to Me are offered in 30- or 60-minute increments — $35 for 30 minutes and $60 for 60 minutes.
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Cuddlees are of all genders, sizes and relationship statuses — anyone 18 or older, from people who are disabled to those who are simply lonely.
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MALDEF Mourns the Loss of Legendary Mexican American Actress, Lupe Ontiveros
Dear Friend to MALDEF, a Forceful Voice for Social Justice, and a Trailblazer for Latinas Nationwide
LOS ANGELES – Today, MALDEF is saddened at the passing yesterday of pioneering Mexican American actress, Lupe Ontiveros. Originally from El Paso, Texas, Ontiveros starred in several iconic Latino roles throughout her decades-long career.
"Yesterday, my mother passed away at 10:20 p.m. in the company of her family," said Ontiveros' son, Elias Ontiveros. "My father Elias, brother Nicholas, and I were in her presence as she took her last breath."
MALDEF Vice President of Strategic Development and Communications David Damian Figueroa stated, "I'm heartbroken by the passing of my dear friend, mentor, and confidant Lupe. I will be forever grateful to her family for including me in her last hours. Lupe was a warrior in the fight for Latinos and civil rights. She was always willing to support MALDEF and her community. We owe her a great debt for her trailblazing contributions in the arts and as a tireless community servant. We have lost a great American icon."
Ontiveros rose to prominence in 1983 for her role as a seamstress, maid, and mentor to an immigrant girl from Guatemala in the film El Norte, which was nominated for an Academy Award; and is best known for her role in the feature film Selena. She also starred in the theatrical and film versions of Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit; acted alongside Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets; starred in Steven Spielberg's Goonies; and garnered an Emmy nomination for her role on ABC's Desperate Housewives. The National Board of Review granted Ontiveros the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Chuck and Buck. Ontiveros was frequently cast in roles as a maid throughout her career, but she was known for proudly accepting those roles as a means to create opportunities for future Latina actors.
Actor and MALDEF Board Member Eva Longoria stated, "I'm deeply saddened at the news of my dear friend Lupe Ontiveros' passing. She was more than a colleague to me, she was my family. My heart is with your family Lupe..."
Ontiveros was a social worker for 18 years prior to becoming an actor. She maintained her activist spirit throughout her career as an actor, working to prevent domestic violence and promote awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention. She was a staunch supporter of MALDEF's legal and advocacy work, joining MALDEF in 2010 in the effort to increase Latino awareness about the Census and frequently appearing at MALDEF events.
Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel, stated, "In an industry that too often ignores the largest minority group in the country, Lupe fought for recognition of the very existence and the dignity of immigrant and working Latinos. In all of her roles and in her irrepressible and irreverent humor, Lupe's deeply heartfelt respect for her community always shined through. We were enormously privileged to have her support at MALDEF, and we will long feel this terrible and untimely loss."
From Left to Right: Thomas A. Saenz, Nydia Rojas, Dolores Huerta, Antonia Hernandez, Lupe Ontiveros, Linda Ronstadt, Eva Longoria, and David Damian Figueroa.
Founded in 1968, MALDEF is the nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization. Often described as the "law firm of the Latino community," MALDEF promotes social change through advocacy, communications, community education, and litigation in the areas of education, employment, immigrant rights, and political access. For more information on MALDEF, please visit: www.maldef.org.


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Editor's Preface: It is a real thrill to publish the following article here at THL. As events unfold in Washington, I have found my own thoughts turning more and more to nullification as a means to defend our liberties. Here, Daryl Luna, who blogs at In Defense of the Constitution, explains what nullification is and skillfully lays out the historical, Constitutional, and political case for nullification and the 10th Amendment assertion of states' rights against an ever-more-abusive Federal government. I'll let Daryl take it from here:
Thomas Jefferson once proclaimed when referring to the checking of federal power, "In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
In our current age it is rare to find anyone who reveres the rule of law, understands adherence to a standard, or seeks preservation of a covenant. Because of a deficiency in those willing to check federal power we have seen our Constitution and the liberty it protects trampled at every turn. Therefore, if freedom is to long endure and weather this current storm, we must fight back against unconstitutional encroachment. Nullification may be the most viable option to see this accomplished.
Nullification is the act of a state declaring federal legislation that is repugnant to the Constitution to be unconstitutional, thereby rendering it void and inoperative within the borders of that state. In other words, nullification is an act by the state to resist unconstitutional acts by the federal government and thus protect liberty. With the feds lacking legal authority for such legislation, a state has every right and duty to protect its citizens. In fact, this concept is at the heart of Federalism and American Constitutionalism.
The concept of nullification truly found its genesis in America after the passage of the grossly unconstitutional Alien and Sedition Acts under President John Adams. Seeking fidelity to the Constitution and wanting to protect the liberty of the citizenry, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison crafted the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (respectively), asserting that a state could judge the constitutional merits of federal legislation and—if found wanting—nullify the law.
Since that time nullification has been evoked a number of times with differing degrees of success. While it has throughout our history been admired by those who love liberty and have a strong view of states' rights, statists of all sorts have long been harshly critical of the concept. Whether their motive be a desire for concentrated power or one's own ambition exceeding the bounds of the Constitution, those who have made themselves enemies of nullification have often been enemies of liberty (see Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson for proof). But not even all who favor strong, centralized power have been against nullification. Our very own "big government" Founder, Alexander Hamilton, legitimized the idea in Federalist #85 noting, "We may safely rely on the disposition of the state legislatures to erect barriers against the encroachments of the national authority."
Nullification is definitely one such barrier, and it can be an effective one at that. For proof of this, remember how the Bush-era Real ID Act was gutted by state legislatures. But we must ask, "Is nullification a constitutionally permissible barrier for states to erect?" I would answer, "Absolutely." In fact, nullification is more than merely permissible; it is necessary for liberty to prosper and our Constitution to be protected.
A general understanding of the Constitution makes a few things clear. First, as Madison noted in Federalist 45, "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." The Tenth Amendment is meant to assure this truth, and conversely, that legitimate federal power is indeed quite limited. Second, only the powers laid out in the Constitution are legitimate, which we can clearly see from looking to Article 6 paragraph 2 of the document:
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding." (emphasis added)
As can be seen, only laws made in pursuance of the Constitution are to be the supreme law of the land. It follows, therefore, that laws not made in pursuance of the Constitution are not the supreme law of the land. The Constitution sets the legal bounds in which government can operate. When our government acts outside these bounds it practices lawlessness; Alexander Hamilton called such unauthorized lawmaking an "act of usurpation." Therefore, state governments have a duty to not adhere to these liberty-forsaking "acts of usurpation." In fact, such state protection is one of the very reasons our Founders chose federalism for our governing system: the states could act as a check on federal actions.
Only legitimate acts should be treated legitimately. Federal acts which break the covenant with the people of the states and their government are and must be void. And it is up to the very states that entered into that covenant agreement (i.e. the Constitution) to protect the liberty of its citizenry through nullification.
As I have already mentioned nullification has spanned our Constitutional history in this nation from the founding to the present—the Real ID nullification being a good, recent example. Currently, "Tenth Amendment" legislation proposed (and in many cases passed) by state legislatures has been a shining example of states seeking to nullify federal firearms legislation within state lines. Moreover, some states have fought back against the federal drug war, seeking to allow the states to handle their internal matters.
Furthermore, plagued with the looming possibility of a national health insurance mandate, the state assembly of Missouri has introduced a bill which would prohibit the federal government from compelling national health coverage its citizens. These are all great examples of how liberty has been defended through nullification. If we had a proper view of nullification, things like the national healthcare plan would not scare us as greatly. Federal tyranny finds no roots when states stand for liberty and constitutional obedience.
I am convinced the issue of state sovereignty as laid out in the Constitution will be the battle line on which our cause for liberty will be won or lost. We cannot give up ground on the issue of states' rights and we cannot expect to succeed in protecting our liberty from federal encroachment without states willing to nullify legislation that is repugnant to the constitution. It is not the job or the responsibility of the court to do so. It is up to you and me and who we choose to represent us.
We have the tools to call for an end to this usurpation of our rights and liberties. We can demand faithfulness to the constitution and nullify any law that fails in that regard.
If we elect governors and representatives at the state level who are willing to let the Constitution be their guide, stand up against a federal government that's out of control, and invoke nullification as a legitimate means of protecting liberty and the Constitution meant to defend it, there may yet be hope. If we neglect to stop unconstitutional acts at the state level, our liberties will die at the hands of unchecked tyranny.
In Defense of the Constitution,
Daryl Luna
Note: For answers to some common criticisms and a more thorough study of nullification I recommend the articles found here and here.


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That's exactly the service that Google unveiled with its Custom Search Engine. Now you don't need to be a programmer to create a search engine; what's more, the search engine you create will be vertical, based on the topics and web sites you choose. Do it right, and users of your custom search engine (including you, of course) will benefit from results that are far more relevant to their needs than what they can find at Google itself.
As we've often seen, Google isn't the first company to enter this arena. Other companies that offer customized search include Rollyo, PSI, and Yahoo. But Google is throwing its brand, coolness factor, and – let's face it – almost intuitive grasp of what should and should not be part of a user-friendly interface into this project. As an outgrowth of Google Co-op, this move throws Google right into the midst of the social search and web 2.0 world, a field in which the search engine giant had actually been lagging behind Yahoo.
From a user's perspective, the most exciting part of it is that you don't need to be a programmer to build a search engine anymore. You just need to have reasonable web surfing skills and an area of expertise (or at least a good hobby, preferably one you pursue with a certain amount of passion). Google is aiming its Custom Search Engine service at bloggers and others with web sites who want to offer focused searches to their users, and its potential is nothing short of enormous (more on that later).
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So how do you build your very own search engine? There isn't enough room in one short article for me to take you through the whole process; at best, I can give you an overview of the options, information, and interface that Google offers. To quote Google's site, when you build a custom search engine, you can:
- Place a search box and search results on your website.
- Specify or prioritize the sites you want to include in searches.
- Customize the look and feel to match your website.
- Invite your community to contribute to the search engine.
Google has an excellent link to documentation for its custom search engine (http://google.com/coop/docs/cse/) which includes an FAQ and other materials you'll want to read before you attempt to build your own engine. But let's say you're the sort that prefers to simply dive in. What will you find?
First of all, you need to have some kind of Google account. Assuming you have one, you can go to the Google Co-op link for new search engines (http://google.com/coop/manage/cse/) where you'll see a number of text boxes and radio buttons. I'm sorry if the images are a little blurry, and that I couldn't fit everything into one image, but it's too much information for one browser screen.
On this part of the page, Google is asking for basic information. You have to name your search engine (I resisted the urge to name mine something like "Fred") and describe it. Then you choose the keywords on which you want it to focus. I thought I'd build one focused on SEO, and limit it to one site; this was only a test after all. I discovered that there is a character limit in the search engine keywords box, so choose wisely when you build yours.
Scrolling down, you can put URLs into the next text box, one per line. At your option, your search engine will either search only those URLs, or the entire web but with a focus on the URLs you specify.
You'll notice a reference to Google Marker in this section. That's something you can add to your web browser that makes it easy for you to add and label sites for your custom search engine. It's as easy as adding it to your favorites or bookmarks. When you find a page you want to add, you just click on Google Marker – and the nice thing is, you can choose to include OR exclude the entire site, or just that one page. So if you're creating a search engine for a website on the science of global warming, and stumble across some sites that deliver a highly politicized twist on the topic, eliminating them from your possible results is as easy as hitting a couple of radio buttons. You can also label sites and pages with Google Marker.
The Collaborate with Others radio button unleashes the potential to make this a truly social search engine. You can choose to work on the search engine yourself, or you can allow others to volunteer to add to yours. You always have the final say over volunteers; you can accept them or reject them, and you can even reject them after accepting them (though all of their contributions are taken out of your search engine if you do so). If you just want to invite others rather than have them volunteer, you receive a limited number of invitations to send out (about 100). It's all covered in the CSE FAQ.
The next screen lets you actually try out your search engine with your very own search box. If you like your results, you can click "Finish," but even then you're not done. You get links to your engine's home page, control panel, and a "delete" link if you don't want to keep it. The control panel looks very much like the page you started with, and allows you to make changes.
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A number of people and organizations have already built custom search engines to suit their needs and the needs of their users. To take the example I hinted at of a search engine that focuses on the science of global warming, Real Climate (http://www.realclimate.org/) focuses on the science without the politics; all entries are vetted by scientists in the field before they're added to the engine. Searching on ethanol in this engine, for example, delivers a nice assortment of news items and highly scientific articles.
Intuit offers Jumpup (http://www.jumpup.com), a search engine specifically aimed at helping small businesses find the resources they need. This is a full-fledged site, with all sorts of resources on its own, and an apparently thriving community. You can choose to search only the Jumpup site, or top business resources selected by Intuit. Unlike Real Climate, when you do a search on Jumpup, you get a set of sponsored results to the right of the organic ones (more on that later).
Excavator (http://www.winexcavator.com) is a vertical search engine focused on Microsoft technology and news. You can do a general search, or try an advanced one (which offers the familiar options of looking for "all of these words," "exact phrase," and others). You can perform a search based on a predefined term; there are fourteen to choose from on the home page, covering security, networking, development, news and analysis, and more.
Tech Stuff (http://vik.singh.googlepages.com/techstuff) lets you enter a search term, then filter your results for reviews, forums, news, and several other categories (one at a time). Like Jumpup, this website displays ads.
AI Research (http://vik.singh.googlepages.com/machinelearningsearch2) is a custom search engine devoted to machine learning. I asked it "what is machine learning?" and received some interesting options before the organic results (though sponsored links came up first). There were a variety of links I could click on sorted by the level of the material, the specific application, the methodology, and the algorithm style. This is the kind of search customization that you can't get from a general search engine, but is practically indispensable if you're doing intense research on scientific and/or scholarly areas.
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I mentioned that some of the search engines already built with Google Custom Search Engine included sponsored links. These were supplied by Google. That's right, building a search engine with Google is free, and it can make you money! This is perhaps the real reason Google is offering CSE, lurking behind Google's statements about improving search experiences for people; it's another way for Google to deliver a highly targeted audience to its advertisers.
Aside from the purely monetary aspects though, the ability to create your own search engine without having to know code opens up a plethora of possibilities. Imagine parents and teachers – maybe whole schools – creating search engines that can help students with their homework and research, which exclude misleading (or even unsafe) web sites. Or how about a small group of hobbyists building a web site around their hobby, complete with its own search engine that makes it easy to share newly-discovered resources? And speaking of discoveries, scientists in any field could benefit from building a customized search engine to help further the exchange of ideas.
In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb and make a prediction. As a result of this new service from Google, within two years we will see the rise of a new occupation: search engine designer. Remember, before SEO became a separate occupation, everybody was responsible for doing it for their own sites; and while it's still possible to learn how to do the basics yourself, many companies trying to win high rankings in the SERPs for competitive keywords find themselves turning to professional SEOs.
Google CSE is rather like Dreamweaver and other website design programs, but for search engines; you don't need to be able to code from scratch (which opens the field to far more people), but there are still certain things you will need to know, and be prepared to put in the time to learn, to make a really good vertical search engine that people will want to use. Since more people want web sites than have the time or know-how to create and maintain them, we have web site designers. Since more people want to score high in the SERPs than want to spend the time learning SEO, we have SEO professionals. Like web site design and SEO, building a good customized search engine will be found to be as much an art as a science; many will create such engines to feed their own passions, but many organizations will turn to professionals to get the job done. SEO and SEM, meet SED.


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|I know this is late, but this is one of the dishes I made for my mom for mothers day. It was the first time I made it, so I was worried that it wouldn't rise and crisp like it should. But guess what? It worked perfectly. It was so easy, I swear. The oven does all the work. All you have to do is mix up the batter and it comes out thin, puffed, bubbly and crisp at the edges. Here is a short history on the German pancake if you're interested. Most people fill it with apple slices on top with powdered sugar. I squeezed lemon juice, then pear preserves, then powdered sugar. Amazing. Any topping would work though so feel free to be creative. Enjoy!
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German Pancake
7 comments:
- Karyn - (French Charming) said...
Yummy...I want to dive in that picture and take a bite! I'm hopelessly inept in the kitchen; thank goodness my man does all the cooking. You have quite the lovely blog and your graphic designs are fantastic!!
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for your comment, I'm off now to go through more of your blog.
- May 26, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- Kristin said...
Oh, look how your pretty blog is coming! You came across my mind many times this morning and I thought you know what I am going to email her after work. I miss you too!!! Call me. We need to do lunch or something.
Oh I am loving your images on your blog! You are doing great girly!
Talk soon.
Hugs to you-kristin
- May 26, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- Erin said...
This looks like "Dutch Baby" pancakes, which my mom would make when I was a kid. The first time I told my husband about Dutch Baby he thought I was nuts... maybe telling him about "german pancakes" would go over better :)
- May 26, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- Mrs. L said...
I love these pancakes. I made one a few weeks ago that tasted great but stuck like crazy to the pan. Your's looks great.
- May 27, 2009 at 2:17 AM
This looks delicious. Thanks for sharing!
- May 27, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- Kristen said...
Thanks for checking out my blog! I'll have to try this German pancake version and see what it's like (you can never have too many pancake recipes)
- May 27, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- Sophie said...
MMMMM...this looks so aprt & delicious! great pancake twist!
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The farm was established in the 1940s by Vartan Apkarian, one of many local grape growers of Armenian heritage. He and his wife, Betty, were joined in the business by their son Don, who married a banker, Linda Caplener, in 1988. Vartan died of a heart attack at the Santa Clarita market in 1995, and the next year Linda quit her bank job and moved to the farm with Don. They cultivated 40 acres, half of them grapes and the rest mostly stone fruit. But in 1999, Don died at age 50, leaving Linda, whose knowledge of farming was limited, bereft in the middle of harvest.
"It was September, and I still had grapes on the vines," she recalled. "It was kind of a lifesaver for me, because I couldn't stop and dwell on everything. I had to keep going."
Vartan and Don had put in a test plot of experimental selections bred by David Ramming of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Ramming and his assistants helped teach Linda how to farm. She also met Brian Raphael, a divorced Reedley native who had farmed raisins in Selma and had done some work for Don. He started helping her sell at farmers markets, and they got to know each other on the 3½-hour ride to and from the Southland. One thing led to another, and on Oct. 1 they celebrated their 11th anniversary with lunch and a movie in Fresno.
The Raphaels grow 25 grape varieties, which they pick from early July to late October, or as late as they can before heavy rains end the harvest. Many late-season grapes have a thicker skin and firmer texture, which enables them to withstand autumn rains and keep in storage.
Autumn Royal, introduced by the USDA in 1996, is the leading late black grape in California, and for the Raphaels. Large, oval and purplish-black, it has firm, meaty flesh with a mild sweet taste, called "neutral" in the trade, although the thick, dark skin does prove a spicy tinge.
Autumn King, a large, blocky green grape released by the USDA in 2005, is similar in flesh texture and flavor, although the skin is somewhat less thick. It's like a later version of Sugraone, a widely grown early green grape.
For red grapes, the Raphaels are just starting their harvest of Crimson, a standard late variety with elliptical berries that are firm, modest in size and very sweet, although they don't always color up as fully as marketers would like. They also have Scarlet Royal, a 2005 USDA release with deep red skin and medium-sized berries, mild and not quite as firm as Autumn Royal.
They're one of the few growers to sell Crispy, a very firm and crunchy USDA test variety that was originally nicknamed "Crimson Killer," because it was hoped that it would replace that variety. It was never released officially, because the bunches can be scrawny, the berries tend to detach from the bunch and the berries often have vestigial seeds, but if you want a grape that's almost as crunchy as an apple, this is it.
Linda and Brian love muscat grapes, which are very sweet and have an intense aroma but were falling out of cultivation as table grapes until the last decade, when seedless varieties were introduced. Linda's favorite is Sweet Scarlet, a midseason variety that has muscat flavor of medium intensity, in a deep red, modest-sized, firm-fleshed grape.
She and Brian still have Italia, a seeded white muscat hybrid with a softer texture, scorned by modern fruit commerce but prized as voluptuous by traditionalists. They are just starting to pick a mysterious very late white seedless muscat, a variety that they obtained from friends who say it was in a batch of Italia vines that they ordered from the nursery. The Raphaels have a limited crop of it but will continue selling other late grape varieties and raisins through Christmas.
"By this time of year, we're so tired we're just about ready to fall over," said Linda, whose gentle smile belies all that she has been through. "But I really enjoy the customer contact, and not sitting behind a desk all day."


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What we're about
This is a group for coffee lovers...and more. It is generally folks that are 55+ in age. We patronize coffee shops and restaurants in the Cape, with an occasional foray into Ft. Myers. Meet-ups are usually every Saturday morning at 10 AM, and we also have some meet-ups during the week. I encourage members to suggest new and favorite venues to visit.
This group was started by Julie Wolfe in 2010 in order to bring people together to have fun and to develop lasting friendships. She has far exceeded her goals, as our members love to get together and laugh, and countless friendships have been made. As of December 2016, we have had over 550 meet-ups.
If you love coffee (or tea), want to make new friends and like trying new places, this is the right group for you. All you need is a POSITIVE attitude and be open to having a good time.
Dues are $4/year. You can pay me directly or you can pay dues through the site using a credit or debit card. Your payment will cover 1 year from the date you joined. You can join for free and try us out, but will need to pay dues to continue to come to events.
Group Policy:
- You must have a picture of yourself posted on your profile to be accepted into this group.
- This group is open to all, but this not a "dating site". If that is what you are looking for, you need to look for another group - please don't use as a way to meet other singles.
- This is a social group, not a business networking group. Although talk about our work/jobs come up tangentially, we do not use this group as a way to promote our businesses or products.
- Any inappropriate behavior will result in the member being removed from the group.
Meet-up guidelines:
- The RSVPs for our meet-ups are on an individual basis, and a waiting list is kept (people often have a change of plans after they RSVP). Couples are welcome, but each needs to sign-up and RSVP individually.
- It is your responsibility to be aware of the RSVPs you have made and it is expected you will attend the meet-up unless you remove your RSVP. If you are on the waiting list, please keep aware of whether you have been bumped up. We want to make sure there are not "no shows" so that everyone has a chance to attend.
- If you show a pattern of not showing up when you have RSVP'd, you will be removed from the group.


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This is an excerpt from Geocaching for Schools and Communities by J. Kevin Taylor, DuAnn Kremer, Katherine Pebworth, and Peter Werner.
Chapter 6 of Geocaching for Schools and Communities includes beginner learning experiences that can be used in classroom, community, and recreational settings. Each learning experience focuses on language arts, math, science, or social studies.
Gaining practice in reading and writing by exchanging messages with fellow geocachers concerning the adventures of travel bugs
10- to 13-year-olds
Students will purchase and activate a travel bug and will track the bug as it moves on its adventure from school to school or community to community.
By participating in this learning experience, students will improve their ability to do the following:
A travel bug, digital camera, paper, 3 x 5 index card, pen or pencil, and computer
In the beginning phase of this learning experience, students will work together as a whole class or in small groups of three to five students. Once the travel bug or bugs are placed, students may work more individually when checking for travel bug movement. Each time the travel bug is moved, an individual student can be responsible for reading the message on the computer, viewing (and downloading) any digital picture submitted, writing a return message thanking the geocachers for moving the travel bug, and reporting to the class regarding the travel bug's new location.
The beginning of this learning experience can be designated as a whole-class or small-group activity. This depends on how much you want the students to participate and how many travel bugs you are willing or able to purchase. (One suggestion is to purchase travel bugs using school or PTO funds or to do a small fund-raiser. Currently, single travel bugs cost $5.99. Four to seven travel bugs cost $5.00 each. Eight or more travel bugs cost $4.25 each.) In addition to purchasing the travel bugs, it would be good to include a small toy (stuffed animal, caricature from movie promotion, school pencil/eraser/mascot) to attach to each travel bug created.
Teach the students how they can go online to groundspeak.com to order one or more travel bugs. Next, go to geocaching.com and click on Trackables (on the left side of the page) and then click on Travel Bug FAQ (frequently asked questions). Discuss with the students all of the information provided about travel bugs and tell them about your intended project. The goal for the class is to purchase one or more travel bugs, send them on a mission such as visiting schools around the United States, and correspond with cachers who find the bugs.
Once the travel bugs are purchased, students need to go to part 2 (owner questions) on the Travel Bug FAQ page of the Web site to learn how to activate their travel bug. They will need to use the activation wizard on the Web site and the activation codes provided on the travel bugs. Make sure you develop a small note or description of your travel bug and its desired goal. You could take a digital picture of the travel bug and write about your goal of having the bug visit different schools. Mention that the goal includes having the bug get its picture taken with cachers at school sites before being relocated to a new cache nearby. Put this information on a three-by-five-inch index card (using both sides if necessary), laminate the card, and attach it to the key chain provided with the travel bug. Include a request for cachers who find your travel bug to send you their picture over the Internet, which they can do when they register the find. (Once the travel bug is registered, it will have a special code assigned to it. Anyone who finds the travel bug in a cache as it travels can use the information to contact the owners of the cache.) In addition to requesting a picture, you should ask the cachers to send the coordinates for the new location of the travel bug and any information about the school or area where they placed the bug.
Now the adventure begins. After the travel bug is activated, the next task is to place it in a nearby cache. To create a flurry of initial activity, you could ask several students to grab the travel bug on a family excursion after school or on the weekend. These students would take a picture at a local school, place the travel bug in a new location, and register the find online. You could develop a sign-up sheet for taking turns and checking out a GPS unit.
At some point, independent geocachers will grab the travel bug and take it to a location of their choice—perhaps a school in a nearby town, or, who knows, perhaps a new county or even a new state!
Now it is the students' job to take turns corresponding with the finders of the travel bug by using the Internet. Students should thank the cachers for their pictures and the messages they send. Have the students provide the cachers with some information about your school and project. Students should encourage the cachers to take the travel bug to a new school soon.
Create a form for students to use when reporting to the class regarding the whereabouts of their travel bug (see figure 6.1).
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Knits with Sense of Place by Jared Flood
We recently found the work of Jared Flood on his blog, Brooklyn Tweed. His warm knits are made for the body and for the home and, according to his book, Made in Brooklyn, are very much rooted in a sense of place.
"Throughout the weeks and months spent conceiving of, knitting, writing and photographing these designs, I became increasingly indebted to Place as the primary informant of this work—the Places that inspired it, the Places that housed its growth, and perhaps most importantly, the Places through which the work will pass after leaving my hands.
I hope you enjoy this collection—inspired by the streets and avenues on which I walk every day. May these works delight your own love of process as much as they have mine."
We've gathered some of Jared's beautiful photography of his work here. This imagery alone speaks to us about that very sense of place he holds so important in his work.
For more, see Brooklyn Tweed and find his book, Made in Brooklyn, right here.


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New Atlantic City ads: Do AC, and do it now!
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Knowing their resort has a lot going for it — and a lot of challenges potentially holding it back — Atlantic City tourism officials commissioned a survey of potential vacationers.
It found that 85 percent view the seaside gambling resort as "a great place for a quick, spontaneous getaway" and even more said it has a "variety of appealing activities."
But the same online survey also found that only 21 percent of respondents consider Atlantic City a "very clean place to visit."
Those findings go the heart of what Atlantic City tourism officials hope to address with a new $20 million ad campaign designed to attract more visitors, more quickly.
The "Do AC" campaign has a new element, urging people to do it now. Most of the more than 3,000 TV ads, 5,000 radio commercials, and print and online ads starting next week end by featuring a specific Atlantic City event on a specific date.
Liza Cartmell, president of the Atlantic City Alliance, the new marketing arm of the casinos that was formed as Gov. Chris Christie's five-year plan to turn around the struggling resort, said the survey results were a classic good news, bad news situation.
"When you look at 85 percent of the people who say it's a great place for a getaway, but only 21 percent think it's a clean place, that is the perception," she said. "And that is what we're battling."
The city has undertaken massive cleanliness efforts over the past two years, including more litter pickup, power-washing sidewalks and the installation of 990 seagull-proof trash cans on the Boardwalk. But clearly, not enough people know about those things.
The Alliance has a $30 million budget to carry out a massive advertising campaign, something that has been lacking here for years, even when Atlantic City was the nation's second-largest gambling market after Nevada; it has since fallen behind Pennsylvania into third place.
Since hitting a high of $5.2 billion in 2006, Atlantic City's casino revenues have fallen to just over $3 billion last year as neighboring states continue to open new casinos and expand the offerings at existing ones.
That prompted Atlantic City to focus much more intently on the things it offers to visitors that don't involve gambling. The city was touted as an ideal place for a girls' night out, for guys' bachelor parties, as a thumping nightspot, a place for a spa or golf day, and a mecca for fine dining with world-famous chefs serving their fare by the ocean.
The Alliance started the popular and widely distributed "Do AC" campaign last year, aimed at improving the resort's image and consciously leaving gambling out of the equation.
All those non-gambling things are back again this year — along with cards, betting chips and casino tables. One print ad proclaims "Your tables are ready," and shows photos of a restaurant table, a massage table and a casino table.
This year's campaign is much more targeted to specific events and dates. The idea is not just to think positively about the idea of doing AC, but to actually do it, right away.
The last image on most of the TV ads is a tag line urging the viewer to "Do AC" on a certain date, like the Atlantic City Air Show on June 26, its Fourth of July fireworks display, a Boardwalk rodeo Oct. 5-6, and of course, the return of the Miss America pageant in September.
The campaign will include a mobile "Do AC Roadshow" in the northeast including New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. It will likely involve semi-trailers brought to public places to promote Atlantic City.
"For example, in July, the hottest month of the year, we represent sea breezes, relaxation and cooling off, so maybe we'll do hydration and cooling stations to get the idea across that we're all about cooling off in Atlantic City," Cartmell said.
The trailers will include interactive features and staff will hand out gifts and prizes.
The campaign also features tongue-in-cheek ads aimed at competing casino markets. For instance, one bound for New York's congested Hudson River crossings says "Tunnels are made to escape. Do AC." And one for roads leading into Philadelphia, one of Atlantic City's main gambling competitors, says, 'You're heading in the wrong direction. Do AC."
Wayne Parry can be reached at http://twitter.com/WayneParryAC


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They might have signed peace with the All India Tennis Association but that has not stopped the disgruntled players, led by Somdev Devvarman, from forming the Indian Tennis Players Association to handle "contemporary issues" that have not been addressed by AITA.
A few days after ending their revolt and making themselves available for the Davis Cup tie against Indonesia later this year, the 'rebels' have now come up with the ITPA to address players' concerns.
"A Not-for-Profit association, the ITPA is being constituted as a Section 25 Company and is built on the premise that the existing structure of tennis administration in the country does not represent or adequately address contemporary issues faced by players in the country," the players said in a statement.
The founding members of the ITPA include Jaidip Mukerjea, Mahesh Bhupathi, Karti P Chidambaram, Enrico Piperno, Manisha Malhotra, Prahalad Srinath, Somdev Devvarman, Rohan Bopanna, Aditya Sachdeva and Mustafa Ghouse.
"We believe that the ITPA will provide the players a voice that will stand united in our concerns and suggestions for the improvement of the sport in the country," said Somdev.
Mukherjee has been made interim President of the body.
"Mr. Jaidip Mukerjea, will act as interim President in the ITPA's formative period until the General Council and the General Body of the ITPA formally meet.
"The founding member players of the ITPA believe that Mr. Mukerjea will bring a balanced and objective view to the running of the organisation given his past accomplishments as a Davis Cup player and captain as well as a respected statesman," the statement read.
The 11 revolting players, led by Somdev Devvarman, had put forward a charter of demands before AITA ahead of the Chennai Open.
AITA yielded to most of the demands but the players refused to compete in the Korea tie since they did not get a few assurances in writing.
The AITA recently gave all the assurances in writing which ended the rebellion.
AITA agreed to increase players' share in Davis Cup prize money, change the support staff and consult them for choice of venue and surface. The parent body also agreed to give the players business class airfare, a six-member squad for even away ties, and agreed to consult them for the appointment of team physiotherapist.
The players the ITPA is their way of improving the game's standard in the country.
"The ITPA will comprise of and has opened its membership to all current and former international and national tennis players. It will primarily function as a forum and platform to represent the professional interests of its members and, thereby, improve the standard of tennis in the country," the players' statement explained.
"The players constituting the ITPA membership strongly believe in the principles of self-governance and consultative dialogue in arriving at key decisions impacting professional tennis in the country," it added.
The players said that the ITPA's general body would take office after an election. "All members will have equal voting rights and will participate in a democratic process to elect a General Body that will be responsible for the operations of the ITPA," their statement said.
"Modeled around the functioning of the ATP, that encourages and allows players to make decisions for the benefit of the sport, the ITPA will focus on the overall development of the sport from the players' perspective", the statement said.
"The ITPA will also focus energies on building programs that will address the welfare of former players and mentor and support current players, while nurturing future talent," the statement added.
The ITPA got the backing of AITA vice-President Karti P Chidambaram, who is not on very good terms with the national body.
"Tennis in India needs a players' collective. The ITPA is the right forum for all the players to come together. Initially, the ITPA will be funded by membership fees. Eventually, we will seek support from Corporates and Private Individuals to fund our activities," he said.
India's next Davis Cup tie against Indonesia is scheduled for April 5-7 and is likely to be hosted by Karnataka Lawn Tennis Association in Bangalore.


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Never used a leash ever, and never thought is was a good idea, but I've seen a in a number kite mags a lot kiters using them in surf (surf style of leash).
Is it ok to use leashes in surf vs. TT with a recoil type of leash?
I'm heading to Barbados this March, and saw a comment that a leash might be a good idea because of the rocky shore line. I guess this makes sense, but still concerned about getting smashed in the head with the board.


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Report: LGBT Workers Live And Work Under "Broken Bargain"
In a land where LGBT employees can still be fired for being gay in more states than not, the American dream is not exactly a reality, according to a new report from a joint coalition of economic and LGBT groups. Due to persistent inequality in the workplace, LGBT workers live and work under "a broken bargain" according to research available in the new report.
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A Broken Bargain: Discrimination, Fewer Benefits and More Taxes for LGBT Workers illustrates how America's basic bargain—that those who work hard can get ahead—is broken for LGBT workers. The report vividly shows how antiquated and discriminatory laws make it harder for LGBT workers to provide for themselves and their families, and offers detailed policy recommendations for addressing those inequities.
While the nation focuses on recent advances in securing marriage for same-sex couples, 40 years of advocacy have yet to yield federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBT workers. Driven by the need to respond to this need, this report brings together a coalition of leading LGBT organizations, policy experts and business advocates that includes the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), the Center for American Progress (CAP), and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), in partnership with Freedom to Work, National Center for Transgender Equality, National Partnership for Women and Families, Out and Equal Workplace Advocates and SEIU—with a foreword by Small Business Majority.
"The ethical and business case for Workplace Equality has transformed corporate America. The companies we work with are leading the way and now is the time for our legislators to do the right thing for business, the right thing for social justice, the right thing for equality and follow suit. An inclusive ENDA when passed will be the prelude to our greatest work and greatest challenge – creating cultures of inclusion that permeate all our workplaces," said Selisse Berry, Founder and CEO, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates.
Head here for the full report and for recommendations on affecting policy change to fix the "broken bargain."
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