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Former Colorado U.S. Attorney General Named Head of MALDEF
Henry Solano, veteran board member, to take helm of MALDEF during interim period
April 9, 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA — Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) Board of Directors named longtime Board member Henry Solano to serve as interim president and general counsel. Solano replaces John Trasviña who was recently tapped by President Barack Obama to be the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Trasviña served as the head of the organization since November 2006.
Solano has been an active member of the MALDEF Board with decades of litigation, public policy and advocacy experience behind him. Most recently, Solano led the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP trial team in his firm's pro bono litigation with MALDEF in Vicente v. Barnett to bring justice against a border vigilante in Arizona who threatened and assaulted a group of Latino men and women. He also currently chairs the Program and Planning Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee on the Board. Named one of Hispanic Business Magazine's 100 Most Influential Hispanics, Solano is a well-respected veteran of state and national policy making and community service. Solano was a tireless advocate for safe communities and enforcing worker and workplace protection laws while serving as Colorado U.S. Attorney and Solicitor at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Clinton Administration. He began his career as a poverty law attorney emphasizing farm-worker and immigrant legal protection at Colorado Rural Legal Services, Inc which was headquartered in Denver, Colorado. He has continued his community involvement throughout his career including serving on the board of directors for the National Hispana Leadership Institute and the National Latino Children's Institute.
Solano's practice as a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in New York covers a wide range of employment and labor law as well as litigation. Dewey & LeBoeuf is an international law firm headquartered in New York with more than 1,400 lawyers in 14 countries, namely the United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, China, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Around the world, Dewey & LeBoeuf lawyers are engaged in a wide variety of pro bono projects; taking on large-impact civil rights litigation to advocate for those who have been historically disadvantaged; helping victims of domestic violence re-establish their footing; preventing the eviction of low income tenants; providing legal services to worthy not-for-profit organizations and microenterprises, both domestically and internationally; representing indigent defendants in criminal cases at trial and on appeal and preventing the deportation of asylum seekers who are facing persecution if they are forced to return to their native lands.
Dewey & LeBoeuf has been recognized for its efforts through Community awards including the Thomas L. Sager Award for the Northeast Region by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) (2008); named "Employer of the Year" for pro bono by the National Mentoring Consortium in the UK (2007, 2008); and Pro Bono Visionary Award by Legal Services NYC (2008); and receiving the Latino Justice/Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund "Pro Bono Publico Award" for its involvement in a potentially landmark federal lawsuit alleging that the rights of Latino day laborers were violated in Westchester County.
"Today, the Latino community is facing uncertainty on varied fronts: fair wages, access to higher education, healthcare, voting rights and more. In these times, MALDEF's work through our offices and attorneys across the nation has proven to be the difference for thousands of Latino families," stated MALDEF Chairman of the Board Patricia Madrid. "Under the leadership and experience of Henry Solano we will continue to stand strong against intolerance and injustice toward Latinos."
The MALDEF Board also announced that it would undertake a national search for a permanent successor. Solano is not a candidate for the position.
About Henry Solano
Prior to assuming the temporary position as Interim President and General Counsel of MALDEF, Henry L. Solano was a Partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in the Litigation and Compensation, Benefits and Employment Departments. With extensive litigation experience in the private sector, representing fortune 100 companies, and in the public sector with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor and the Attorney General's Office for the State of Colorado, Mr. Solano has handled numerous complex matters, developing effective and successful trial and appellate strategies. He also has a breadth of policymaking and public sector management experience on both the federal and state level. Mr. Solano served the U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor under President Clinton as, respectively, Colorado U.S. Attorney and Solicitor of Labor and Acting Secretary of Labor. He served as a Colorado Cabinet Member under Governor Roy Romer, leading three departments - twice running two simultaneously - when the Republican Party held majorities in both legislative houses. Mr. Solano has also served as a professor at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, lecturing on public sector policy development and department/agency management.
Throughout his public career, Mr. Solano has been involved in providing effective and strategic legal and policy reform, effectuating change, improving coordination and collaboration, and enhancing program and service delivery. For the Departments of Justice and Labor, Mr. Solano developed a specialized and improved appellate (and conflicts counsel) practice; worker and workplace protection policies and enforcement initiatives; and enhanced litigation enforcement among regional and national litigation offices. Throughout his entire public sector management career he has improved the amount and quality of diverse attorneys and staff at all levels, including senior management, while also broadening career ladder opportunity for support staff. As U.S. Attorney, Mr. Solano implemented job sharing among female prosecutors beginning to raise a family and expanded federal legal services by, unprecedentedly, opening two branch U.S. Attorney Offices in the rural and Native American regions of Colorado.
As the Executive Director of the Colorado Departments of Regulatory Agencies, Institutions and Corrections, Mr. Solano oversaw the response to Savings & Loan crisis, converting 24 state chartered financial institutions to FDIC and /or FSLIC protection, while limiting the closure of state chartered savings & loan institutions to less than eight; restructured service delivery in both the mental health and developmental systems, removing the developmental services program from federal court supervision; and revamped the juvenile delinquency and social services system to improve and increase early childhood and youth services/intervention programs. In addition, Mr. Solano developed and initiated the omnibus legislative bill that led to comprehensive adult prison funding, including a needed construction program that provided appropriate multi level prison beds, improved inmate classification and sentencing systems, and increased diversion and post confinement offender services, allowing the correctional system to be removed from federal court supervision.
Mr. Solano has maintained strong community involvement as a member and officer (President or Chairperson) of the Board of Directors for community and religious organizations such as the Parish Council of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, the Denver Metropolitan Regional Transportation District, the National Latino Children's Institute, the National Hispana Leadership Institute, Mile Hi United Way and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
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I supposed I should also mention that I'm planning to use the element in my boil kettle to maintain mash temperatures, via HERMS coil.So...The element will not be strictly a boil element...I will need to be able to control any step mash temperatures, as well.
Ok, 4500 watts @ 240V is about 20 amps so I recommend a 50amp SSR. You would put the temperature probe in the mash tun and then when you are ready to boil, switch the PID to ON/OFF mode and dial it up to 100%. When the kettle gets going, dial the PID back to whatever % will maintain a rolling boil.Try Auberins.com SYL-2352
why not a 30amp? he'll be considerably less than the 80% max for a 30amp.Just asking since the 50 will be more expensive.
Quote from: brewer'78 on November 30, 2011, 09:15:59 PMwhy not a 30amp? he'll be considerably less than the 80% max for a 30amp.Just asking since the 50 will be more expensive. Paul,The 80% metric is for circuit breakers and electrical wiring. Those SSRs generate a LOT of heat when they are on 100% and we all know heat is bad for electronics. The cost difference between a 25 and 50 amp SSR is negligible compared to what a PIA a failed SSR on brewday is going to be.
if you use a 25 or 30 amp SSR with a 20AMP load then you HAVE to put a heat sink on it, then what do you do when you decide to put a 5500watt element in the kettle?You can get a 50A SSR with heat sink for $23 on Ebay with free shipping. Less from China. I don't care for the SSRs that Auberins offers.I also recommend one of the 4500 or 5500 watt 'Sandhog' super low watt density elements to help prevent scorching the wort.($35)
I just looked and the panel I am buying has 2 5500W and 2 40amp SSRs with a giant heat sink, so its probably in the middle of what you're recommending.
What SSR manufacturer would you recommend?

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Pro tip: If you're going to reach down onto the field of play to scoop up a foul ball, make sure that you have everything on your person securely stowed, so that when you fall over the railing like a boob and everyone gets a good laugh at your bumbling imbalance, it's not also because everything in your pockets scattered onto the turf.
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Landmark Hate Crimes Prevention Legislation Clears U.S. Senate, Heads To President Obama's Desk
Senate passes DoD Authorization Conference Report, includes hate crimes provision
October 22, 2009
Specifically, the law will enable U.S. Department of Justice lawyers to prosecute individuals who commit crimes motivated by certain forms of bias. Increased prosecution may stem from crimes motivated not only by a victim's race, religion, or national origin, but also those motivated by a victim's sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. In addition, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act will dedicate more resources to the prevention and prosecution of hate crimes at the national, state, and local levels.
"The Shepard and Byrd Act is a much-needed step to deter the alarming rise in hate-motivated violence that is increasingly targeted at Latinos. This law will help to bring a measure of justice to victims and their families and deter or prevent the commission of these heinous crimes," noted Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel.
MALDEF urges President Barack Obama to sign this important bill in order to increase justice for victims of hate crimes. The bill provides state and local law enforcement with the necessary assistance of federal authorities in hate crime investigations.
"This long-awaited legislation will guarantee that a person who is targeted because of his or her race, religion, or because he or she is gay, transgender, or disabled has some legal recourse for a bias-motivated assault or other crime," stated Claudine Karasik, MALDEF Legislative Staff Attorney. "While this relief comes much too late for some victims, like Luis Ramirez and his family, MALDEF believes this law is a pathway for future hate crime victims to achieve the swift justice Mr. Ramirez did not." In July 2008, Luis Ramirez, a Mexican immigrant, was brutally murdered in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania by a group of teenagers yelling ethnic slurs before, during, and after the attack.
MALDEF would like to thank Senator Harry Reid for his leadership on this issue and for shepherding this legislation through. Many lawmakers, law enforcement entities, lawyers, community groups, and concerned citizens worked diligently over recent years to effect this change in the law. MALDEF is proud to stand among such partners. President and General Counsel Saenz added, "MALDEF and the Latino community will continue to advocate for justice against perpetrators of hate crimes, as we look forward to one day ending this senseless violence that has no place in our American society".
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Saffron Ricotta with sweet carrots
Love gajar halwa and growing up always ate the grated kind. Jeeves has grown up eating the one made to a smooth paste..so now i make it as a mix of both. I grind the carrots coarsely in the mixie..so it has a bite and is kinda smooth . There are so many ways of making this halwa..amma always makes it with milk, my sis makes with khoya...i thought why not make it a mix of both..so this is a light version tho pretty rich on taste.
Here is the recipe:
Carrots - 6 large
Low fat Ricotta - 12 oz
Fat Free milk powder - 4 tbls
Fat free milk - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 2 cups
Saffron - 2 generous pinches
Mixed Nuts - 1/4 cup ( cashews,raisins,almonds)
Butter - 2 tbls
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp.
1.In a large pan, mix the ricotta and the milk powder and cook over medium-low heat till all the moisture evaporates. Add in the saffron and keep aside in a bowl.
2. Cut the carrots in small cubes and grind them coarsely in the blender adding some milk to help it along.
3. Add 1 tbls of butter in a kadai..make it into ghee and add the nuts. When the raisins plump up remove the nuts in a bowl and keep aside.
4. Melt the remaining 1 tbls butter to make into ghee and add the ground carrots with the sugar and cook till the mixture reduces and starts to thicken.
5. Add the saffron ricotta in, cook over low heat for 15-20 mts. Add the nuts and remove from heat. Now serve urself a generous portion and think about the calories after you finish eating it ;)
1. Can reduce the sugar to 1 1/2 cups.
2. Can use ghee instead of butter..i just like freshly made..i know..what a nut!
3. The halwa is really creamy and tastes rich..tho it has a lot of low fat elements to it.
This is off to Sunita of Sunita's World and who is hosting the Think Spice Event- Saffron...
29 comments:
- Kribha said...
Ooooo...that's looks ooey gooey good. I don't know why I smell carrot halwa here. Nice idea of using saffron in this. It's not bad at all. Love this.
- Fri Oct 19, 09:28:00 AM EDT
- TBC said...
Oooh! loved your fancy name for gajar ka halwa:-)
It looks delicious
- Fri Oct 19, 09:45:00 AM EDT
- Sirisha Kilambi said...
wow Rajitha Darling......Loved it....great colors........rich succulent sweet :-)
- Fri Oct 19, 09:54:00 AM EDT
- Laavanya said...
Rajitha, that looks lovely. Am sure the ricotta cheese stood in quite well for the khoya. The name for this dish is very cute.. I didn't for a second relate it to carrot halwa until I read your first sentence... ha ha
- Fri Oct 19, 09:56:00 AM EDT
- Asha said...
Perfect entry for Saffron.I can imagine the aroma in your kitchen!:))
- Fri Oct 19, 10:07:00 AM EDT
- Happy cook said...
Wow such a beautiful colour. I am sure it was tasting great too.
Would love to have them.
- Fri Oct 19, 11:28:00 AM EDT
- sra said...
Smooth carrot halwa? Don't think I ever came across that! Your creation looks great!
- Fri Oct 19, 12:40:00 PM EDT
- Tee said...
Wow! Ricotta with gajar halwa sounds interesting. The halwa must be getting very rich and creamy texture due to the ricotta. Looks Beautiful and I am sure must be tasting even better! :)
- Fri Oct 19, 01:21:00 PM EDT
- Madhu said...
This is gajar halwa to the ultimate. Delicious...wish I could taste some.
- Fri Oct 19, 01:46:00 PM EDT
- Richa said...
that looks delish :) my fav winter sweet.
never heard of a smooth paste version of the gajar halwa though!
- Fri Oct 19, 01:49:00 PM EDT
- Namratha said...
Yumm, this looks so gooey and delicious, trust me I tried clawing at the picture to get a bite..hehe! And loved the new name, it sounds more exotic and special, keep it coming girl!:)
- Fri Oct 19, 02:02:00 PM EDT
- Dhivya Karthik said...
Never ever tried Gajar halwa this way! i have some ricotta lying around...will use it for this :)
- Fri Oct 19, 02:07:00 PM EDT
- Puspha said...
SLURP!!! Making me drool all over.
- Fri Oct 19, 06:19:00 PM EDT
- Kalva said...
simply deliciaso!!
- Fri Oct 19, 08:08:00 PM EDT
- Suganya said...
Old wine in a new goblet :D. But then, older the wine, better the taste ;)
- Fri Oct 19, 08:37:00 PM EDT
- Sreelu said...
Carrot halwa with ricotta too much innovation happening here, I am sure this tastes heavly, which also means few extra hrs on the threadmill :(
- Fri Oct 19, 10:53:00 PM EDT
- Rina said...
Please send me the bowl here.. sounds delicious.
- Sat Oct 20, 12:27:00 AM EDT
- Sig said...
Love the color...very fancy schmancy gajar halwa.. and look at all those nuts YUMMEEE :)
- Sat Oct 20, 01:04:00 AM EDT
- KayKat said...
Really neat idea - I love the idea of using ricotta with carrots, can't wait to try it out. :)
- Sat Oct 20, 02:09:00 AM EDT
- Rajitha said...
kribha - i had to insert safron..i was kinda desperate ;)
tbc - ha ha..i wanted saffron in the name of the dish ;)
sirisha - thnks girl :)
laavanya - the ricoota mixed with milk powder and the moisture out..tastes like khoya...so i took the chance..it worked!!
asha - it smelt reay good :)
happy cook - u are aways welcome to a bowl or 2
sra - thnks..many south-indians esp. tamilians make the smooth and grated variety..
tee - i know..the ricotta was low in fat but didi add a different element to the halwa
madhu - wish i could pass u a bowl too :)
richa - thnks.. tamilians sometimes make the smooth kind :)
namratha - let us do this we can start airmailing each other our food..esp. all that chat u make :)
dhivya - do let me know how it comes out..
pusha - :) thnks!
kalva - thnks :)
suganya - ha ha..u are so right ;)
sreelu - the best part is i am not a bog fan of sweets, so i only had a cup!!
rina - sure girl..wish i coud send u a bowl too :)
sig - ha ha...as usual i was out of milk...have an obsession of making yogurt...soo i improvised ;)
kaykat - thnks and welcome to my blog :)
- Sat Oct 20, 09:49:00 AM EDT
- sunita said...
Lovely halwa there...and I like the fancy name as well ;)...thanks for sending it over.
- Sat Oct 20, 12:24:00 PM EDT
- Nupur said...
This looks gorgeous, Rajitha! Am book-marking this to make during Diwali.
- Sat Oct 20, 05:59:00 PM EDT
- Latha Narasimhan said...
nice halwa rajitha!:)) But do you really require saffron for kajar halwa?!:)) I suppose there will be only one kajar ka halwa for the event! so good for you!:))
- Sat Oct 20, 09:42:00 PM EDT
- TBC said...
Hey Rajitha,
Thanks for checking...just a tad busy... u know how life can get in the way sometimes!;-)
Will post soon... at least for your sake;-)
- Sat Oct 20, 10:57:00 PM EDT
- Sandeepa said...
yes yes...what a name ;-) but what is in a name...it looks and tastes yumm I am sure
I have never made gajar halwa with Ricotta, you give me ideas girl, this is going to make it quick
- Sun Oct 21, 12:34:00 AM EDT
- Rajitha said...
sunita - wel i love saffron...so had to participate
nupur - thnks! it is super easy...let me know how it comes out :)
latha - i was out of elichi..just had very ittle..wanted a spice..i think it does add a flavor element to the dish...i was pretty surprised myself :)
tbc - yaay!!
sandeepa - ha ha...it is pretty short on time compared to the mik version and getting to the right consistency
- Sun Oct 21, 09:51:00 AM EDT
- Vcuisine said...
Lovely Rajitha. Ricotta makes unique taste in recipes. Very nice. Viji
- Mon Oct 22, 03:43:00 AM EDT
- Padma said...
Rajitha, that looks so colorful and yummy, I love the sweet combination of ricotta with saffron...cool n works for me!
- Tue Oct 23, 10:46:00 AM EDT
- Shweta said...
How did I miss this?? Looks so totally yummmmmm!
- Mon Nov 12, 06:09:00 PM EST


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Putin peace claims 'not credible'
President Vladimir Putin's claims to desire a peaceful solution to the crisis in Ukraine are "not credible" while tanks roll across the border, David Cameron has said.
The Prime Minister said he was "extremely concerned" about reports of major troop movements from Russia into south eastern Ukraine and warned the activity must stop immediately.
The crisis in Ukraine will be at the top of the agenda of next week's Nato summit in Wales, where Mr Cameron will meet with other alliance members to discuss collective security at Europe's eastern border.
David Cameron (right) said Vladimir Putin's claims were "not credible"
Shots have been fired and around 1,000 Russian troops have crossed the border into Ukraine. Nato estimates another 20,000 Russian troops are stationed on their side of the border.
In a statement, Mr Cameron said: " I'm extremely concerned by mounting evidence that Russian troops have made large-scale incursions into South Eastern Ukraine, completely disregarding the sovereignty of a neighbour.
"The international community has already warned Russia that such provocative actions would be completely unacceptable and illegal.
"President Putin has said that Russia is willing to find a peaceful solution to the conflict but this is not credible when Russia is supporting pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine with arms and troops. It is simply not enough to engage in talks in Minsk, while Russian tanks continue to roll over the border into Ukraine. Such activity must cease immediately.
"We urge Russia to pursue a different path and to find a political solution to this crisis. If Russia does not, then she should be in no doubt that there will be further consequences."
Earlier, Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko said: "Russian forces have entered Ukraine."
Mr Poroshenko summoned his national security council as the strategic south-eastern town of Novoazovsk appeared firmly under the control of separatists and their Russian backers.
The moves open a new front in the war in eastern Ukraine between the separatists and his government in Kiev.
Speaking at Nato headquarters, Brigadier General Nico Tak, Dutch commander of Nato's crisis operations centre, said the ultimate aim of Russia was to stave off defeat for the separatists and turn eastern Ukraine into a "frozen conflict" that would destabilise the country "indefinitely".
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said: "The reported incursion by Russian armed forces into eastern Ukraine is clearly a provocative step.
"The international community has repeatedly called on President Putin to change course and urged him to pursue a political resolution to this crisis. Yet he continues to inflame tensions in eastern Ukraine, instead of easing them.
" As EU leaders meet again this weekend in Brussels, they must be prepared to consider what further co-ordinated economic and diplomatic measures - including possible tier three sanctions directed towards the Russian economy - can now be taken to ensure that Russia feels both the costs and consequences of its continued aggression towards Ukraine.
"The prospects of escalation remain very concerning, but continued Russian aggression must be met with a robust, co-ordinated and united international response aimed at altering the calculus of risk in President Putin's decision making over Russian actions in eastern Ukraine."
Following a call between Mr Cameron and Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, a Downing Street spokesman said: "They ... discussed the extremely worrying situation in Eastern Ukraine and agreed that the European Council must address this.
"T hey reiterated the need for de-escalation and for Russia to stop fuelling the military conflict and instead to seek a political solution to the crisis.
"They agreed that the European Council should also address the situation in Iraq and that the upcoming Nato Summit in Wales will be a vital forum for addressing both this and the conflict in Ukraine."
European leaders are due to meet at a summit on Saturday.
Speaking at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, UK ambassador Lyall Grant said: "The United Kingdom is deeply alarmed by the escalation of Russian military intervention in eastern Ukraine over the past 72 hours.
"Formed units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation are now directly engaged in fighting inside Ukraine against the armed forces of Ukraine ... t his incursion is a clear violation of sovereign Ukrainian territory by the Russian Federation.
"Russian denials of this reality fit into the pattern of Russia's dishonest approach to Ukraine from the very beginning of this crisis.
"It is simply not credible for Russia and its proxies in Donetsk and Luhansk to keep claiming that these serving members of the Russian armed forces are in Ukraine 'by accident' or 'on holiday'. Nor is it credible for Russia to continue claiming to the whole world, including to the Russian people, that Russian soldiers are not present on Ukrainian territory. The increasing number of Russian casualties and captured soldiers gives the lie to that.
"President Putin has said that Russia is willing to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. These words have little value against this clear pattern of escalating Russian military involvement in eastern Ukraine.
"Violating international law and the UN Charter in such a brazen manner is not compatible with Russia's responsibilities as a permanent member of the Security Council. We again call on Russia to immediately withdraw its military forces from Ukraine, stop its flow of weapons to the separatists, and instead help to secure a political solution to this crisis."
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This morning, I experienced the nerd equivalent of a Black Friday $50 iPad sale. At 07:00 CET, the first batch of the much-anticipated Raspberry Pi went on sale, and while Raspberry Pi itself was very properly prepared, the two large international retailers actually selling the device weren't - despite warnings from Raspberry Pi about the enormous amount of traffic that would come their way, the two sites crumbled to dust within seconds. There's good news too - the cheaper model A has seen its RAM doubled at no additional cost.
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There is nothing normal about "Next to Normal"at Columbia's Red Branch Theatre Company. This 2009 Broadway musical is a tuneful consideration of a family that is being ripped apart by the mother's mental illness. It's not the cheerful musical norm, that's for sure.
The rock-oriented score by Tom Kitt energizes the book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey. Anything but shy when it comes to tackling such a sensitive topic, Yorkey even boldly rhymes "sociopath" with "Sylvia Plath," a poet who committed suicide. He also spikes the dialogue with infinitely more expletives than you'll hear in a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
Thank goodness for their musically lively and frequently humorous take on this subject, because otherwise the pain would be hard to take. What's most striking about this distinctive musical is how astutely it balances the humor and the pathos of the situation. The Red Branch Theatre Company production does a fine job of maintaining that emotional balance.
The main character, Diana (Wendy Baird), certainly has lost her mental balance. This middle-aged woman's emotional ups and downs seemingly prove resistant to countless bottles of pills and just as many therapy sessions. Baird brings a sad focus to this role, as when she mournfully asks, "Do you know what it is to die alive?"
Although the character has wobbly confidence, Baird is confident as she sings numbers including "I Miss the Mountains" and "You Don't Know."
It's inevitable that audience members will engage in armchair psychoanalysis as they try to figure out why Diana is losing touch with reality. You'll find yourself examining even the most seemingly normal domestic scenes for psychological clues. The opening scene in the play, for instance, has Diana still awake in the middle of the night as her teen son, Gabe (Brady Stevens), returns home. For reasons that eventually become clear, their relationship bears watching closely.
The musical's alertness to how its characters suffer and yet also proclaim their determination to embrace life comes across with piercing effectiveness when Gabe sings numbers including "I'm Alive." Stevens' sensitive and intense performance is one of the emotional constants in this production.
Diana seems to have a palpable sense of connection with her son, but her relationship with her husband, Dan (Dean Allen Davis), is more frayed. Dan is an emotionally stable guy who is totally bewildered by his wife's mental meltdown. Although Davis conveys this character's frustration in his dialogue, the actor consistently pushes his singing voice higher than its comfort zone. If Davis brought it down a notch, it'd be easier on the audience ears.
Diana and Dan also have a teen daughter, Natalie (Jennifer W. Culotta), whose nervously intelligent personality is beautifully conveyed by Culotta's performance. This actor has real stage presence, and her clearly phrased singing remains strong throughout the show.
Natalie, who is studying classical piano in high school, is so upset by her dysfunctional family life that she's afraid to bring her new boyfriend, Henry (Noah Mitchel), home to meet her mom. Culotta and Mitchel incisively portray how their already-image-conscious characters are further challenged by that domestic crisis.
Rounding out the cast is Mark Allen, who plays two different doctors treating Diana. It's in the spirit of this show to note that she's more than a single doctor can handle.
"Next to Normal" is broken up into so many short scenes and has so many equally short songs delivered by variously sized ensembles that it's to the credit of director Stephanie Lynn Williams that the action flows pretty smoothly.
Likewise, the band playing off to the side capably handles the show's numerous musical selections. Music director Wil Lewis III is pianist and conductor for a band whose other members are Chris Marino, Dustin Merrell, Allen Bernard Branch, Gordon Green and Jason Barteck. If anything, the band is so enjoyably assertive that it tends to ride on top of the vocals. Diana is unbalanced, but that doesn't warrant such a musical imbalance.
The set design by Don Gibbin relies upon uncluttered platforms that facilitate the many changes in location. Although this set serves that purpose well, it's otherwise rather drab.
Fortunately, this family is anything but drab. They are completely alive expressing their anguish, and it doesn't hurt that they complain to a rock beat.
"Next to Normal" runs through April 22 at Red Branch Theatre Company, 9130 Red Branch Road in Columbia. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $16- $20. Call 410-997-9352 or go to http://www.redbranchtheatre.com
Red Branch Theatre Company is partnering with the Howard County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to host an audience talkback session following the April 15 performance; it will be hosted by Steve Gray, the Howard County chapter's director of Programs and Development. Also, NAMI is holding a fundraiser in conjunction with the April 19 performance.


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Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.clearly overlooked one salient fact in his oh-so-reasonable but ultimately bigoted column ("Drawing a line at same-sex marriage," April 15). Gays are not "an influential interest group." Rather, they are people who are demanding the same rights that he and the other opponents of gay marriage take for granted.
The fact that they've never enjoyed this right is not a reason to deny it to them now. Marriage is a legal institution as well as a cultural and religious one, and according to the U.S. Constitution, everyone deserves equal protection and equal rights.
And by the way, how "influential" are gays when (as Mr. Ehrlich notes) 31 states have voted against gay marriage?
Herman Meyer, Baltimore


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By Marc Livitz: Tim Bradley never wanted nine months of inactivity through no fault of his own. Whether or not he did or did not indeed best Manny Pacquiao last June is left to pugilistic history. Still, Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley of Palm Springs, California sunk into a bit of a hole before he finally acknowledged that the show must go on. He and his family received death threats, taunts and consistent jabs from the media. Tonight was his chance to shine once again. The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calfornia, which isn't much of a drive from Bradley's hometown would be his showcase to put his name back on the map. He managed to do it.
A lead foot is by far inadvisable on the road, yet a pair of lead feet could save your life in the ring.
Tim's opponent would be Ruslan Provodnikov, originally from Beryozovo, Russia and now calling the famous Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California his home base. Bradley carried his undefeated record into the fight, while Provodnikov had but a single loss on his ledger. The first two rounds easily went to Provodnikov, as the Siberian fighter walked through the peppering jabs of Bradley and had the southern California fighter out on his feet in the first after solid right after solid right. Tim Bradley's mettle would surely be tested this evening.
Tim recovered in the third and fired back. Ruslan did close to nothing and Bradley easily took the period to his credit. He landed multiple left jabs in the fourth, which at times were followed by counter rights from his Siberian cum Californian foe. Bradley used smaller, "tip-tap" style jabs to keep Provodnikov at bay in the fifth, but the sixth would beckon the fighting spirit from "Desert Storm" Bradley once again. Ruslan squared up at times in the period and landed hard rights once again to close the round as the two contestants exchanged shots to the closing bell. Dazed and disoriented, Tim made his way back to his corner.
Bradley seemed to know better than to get too close to his opponent in the seventh as he used his jab as well as the entirety of the ring to his advantage. Provodnikov sought to increase the output level and urged Tim to bring the fight onward. He landed a meaningful left hook to Bradley's head with about twenty seconds to spare in the round, however Tim scored with an important left-right combination to end the period. He used the ring once again in round eight and stayed clear of the corner. Ruslan's face was now swollen and red thanks to Tim's constant jabbing and follow-through rights.
The left eye of Provodnikov opened up in round nine. He kept coming forward and was looking to land a decisive bomb to close the show. There were no headbutts from Bradley which have gained him pugilistic infamy over the years. Tim knew how to fight on the inside and how to keep his distance otherwise. Near the end of the tenth round, a left hook from Ruslan sent Tim across the ring.
Provodnikov was the busier of the two to start round eleven, yet Bradley continued to move and started to go to the body. The two contestants slugged it out to close the period. Bradley was doing more and perhaps he was hoping for the eyes of the judges to recognize this.
Ruslan was looking for the knockout and he almost got it. He had to settle instead for a knockdown. With just thirty seconds to go in the twelfth and final round, another hard right from Provodnikov staggered Bradley and nearly sent him to the floor once again. Tim wisely reached out and held on for dear life. Another hard right sent Bradley to a knee with just seconds to spare, yet the WBO welterweight champion made it to his feet and made his way out this evening.
The inexplicably sparse crowd at the Home Depot Center was treated to perhaps an early fight of the year candidate. Ruslan Provodnikov showed he belonged, while Timothy Bradley proved why he holds the belt and more importantly the sheer guts and will of a champion. The three ringside judges unanimously rewarded Bradley's near doubling of punches thrown and activity level with the following scores: 114-113(x2) and 115-112. Bradley retains his WBO welterweight crown and stays unbeaten at (30-0,12 KO's), while the tough and hopefully now feared Provodnikov falls to (22-2, 15 KO's).
March 16, 2013
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It's just as well we don't have any beach weather yet — it puts off all the parking hassles we're in for.
Between Mother Nature, the government, developers and environmentalists, we are probably looking at hundreds fewer parking spaces on Folly Beach, and perhaps even Kiawah, this summer.
And that's going to stick in everyone's craw like wet sand.
Folly Beach County Park is expected to be closed for the second year in a row, pending the outcome of a tiff between the Park and Recreation Commission and the Coastal Conservation League.
And that's going to continue to put pressure on Beachwalker County Park on Kiawah. Trouble is, at some point developers are going to start building a road through Beachwalker's parking lot.
The islands are doing everything they can to accommodate folks, but before long the law of supply and demand is going to overwhelm them.
Folly Beach County Park has been missing in action since Hurricane Irene gave it a passing smack in 2011.
That storm tore out the dunes and pretty much washed away the popular park. The PRC wants to put in a groin to shore up the shore, but the Conservation League is worried the groin could damage shorebird habitats.
But as it stands, not doing anything is seriously hurting the marsh on the backside of Folly. Which is some other critters' habitat.
Mayor Tim Goodwin says the park's problems are having a ripple effect, silting in the Folly River and Stono Inlet, which hurts shrimpers and recreational boaters.
Too bad the Army Corps of Engineers doesn't have the money to dredge that river anymore — they used to put all the spoils on the beach near the park, which helped erosion somewhat. So much for that runaway spending everyone complains about.
We may not have a beach, but we're really cutting into that deficit.
Too bad we can't boogie board on that tide of money flowing into the Treasury.
As a result of the Folly park closing, folks who want a beach with bathrooms have been flooding onto Kiawah.
The town is letting people park on the road and at town hall. But after a state Supreme Court ruling last week that a developer can build a road from the park to Captain Sam's spit, there soon could be even less parking there.
Kiawah Mayor Charles Lipuma says that although the island has limitations on parking, "we will make sure the roadway is open."
"We can't just shut down Kiawah," Lipuma says. "We will make sure people can get to the beach."
Folly and Kiawah are doing all they can, but you can bet this problem will soon bleed over onto Isle of Palms and Sullivan's, too.
This is getting ridiculous. We are the coast, but unless something gives, the next time you go to the beach, it won't exactly be a day at the beach.
It'll be two-hour hunt for a parking space.
Reach Brian Hicks at email@example.com or read his blog at blog.postandcourier.com/brians-blog.


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June 23, 2013
Pageland, SC - Formerly of Monroe, NY
Mr. John Joseph Carroll Sr., 86, of Pageland, SC, formerly of Monroe, NY, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2013, in Charlotte, NC.
Mr. John Joseph Carroll, Sr. was born in Bronx, NY to the late James and Alice McHenry Carroll. Mr. Carroll served in the US Navy and fought during World War II.
He was a Superintendent for the New York City Housing Authority. Mr. Carroll was predeceased by his son, Brett Carroll.
Mr. John Joseph Carroll Sr. is survived by his wife, Joyce Carroll of Pageland, SC; sons: John J. Carroll Jr. of Pageland, SC, Kurt J. Carroll of Pageland, SC, Kevin J. Carroll of Pageland, SC, Todd C. Carroll of Raleigh, NC and John Diem of New York; daughters: Lois Ross of Burlington, NC, Tara Rawlins of Montgomery, NY, and Serana Senatore of Pageland, SC; 24 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, June 30th, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Flynn Funeral & Cremation Memorial Centers, 139 Stage Road, Monroe, NY, 10950.


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January 29, 2006
Sunday of the Canaanite Woman
Father Pat's Pastoral Ponderings
Real pagans, if they are also good and sane pagans, are obliged to agree on certain rules among themselves, a set of common expectations, in order to make social life possible. Indeed, they must exert this effort simply in order to survive. They have to establish minimum social standards of behavior, with a view to discouraging murder, adultery, fraud, and other conduct harmful to one another. In pursuit of this purpose, they promulgate laws, establish forums of adjudication, and provide for sanctions against offenders. Philosophers call this cooperative effort the Social Contract, which strives to preserve at least a manageable level of public decency and order, sufficient to make civic life possible, even enjoyable.
The goals of a decent, stable society are modest. Its standards are not necessarily demanding. It endeavors to form citizens, not saints. It does not command holiness. It does not require fast days and the maintenance of vigils. It imposes on no one the obligation to strive for sanctity, and except during wartime it does not normally exact heroic virtue of its common citizens.
On the other hand, a society of this sort should hardly feel threatened when some of its own members, not entirely satisfied with the modest goals of civic life, desire to strive for something higher. Ordinarily a good, sane pagan society should have no objection to a few saints and ascetics in its midst, as long as these saints and ascetics are also solid citizens.
Early Christian apologists made this point over and over, tirelessly explaining to the pagans of their own day that the higher calling of the Christian faith posed no threat to the stability and wellbeing of ordinary society. They assured their readers that Christians, precisely because they held themselves to more a demanding spiritual criterion, could always be counted on to maintain the minimum moral expectations of the social order.
To the chagrin of reasonable pagans, however, it sometimes happens that those professing adherence to the higher norms of religious faith nonetheless fall below--even far below--the elementary, minimum level of goodness expected in a decent society. How can this be?
Indeed, it is a demonstrable fact that the people of God, when they fall, often enough do not fall to the level of good paganism, but much lower. They sink down so far that even the law-abiding pagan is bewildered. And this bewilderment constitutes scandal in the strict sense, because it testifies that the people of God are truly bad people. It convinces the unbeliever that they are hypocrites, who do not truly believe what they declare.
How will pagans take seriously those who profess to be better than the world, when in fact they live by norms conspicuously lower than those of the world? How can a Christian church hold its bishops, for instance, to lower ethical expectations in matters of business than the chairman of an ordinary corporation? How can a priest not be unfrocked for offenses that would promptly send a school counselor to prison?
The Books of Maccabees, which describe at length the severe pagan persecution of the Jews during the second century before Christ, tell also of the scandals caused in the pagan world by very bad but highly placed Jews. What would prompt the serious pagan of that day to take the biblical faith seriously, for instance, when he saw its adherents shamelessly competing with one another in ever greater efforts of bribery to obtain the honor of the high priesthood?
Among the worst of these latter was a character named Menelaus, who simply outbid the previous high priest, Jason, who also had obtained that office by bribery. Indeed, by his cunning use of riches stolen from the temple treasury, Menelaus became for a while a major player in the politics of the Middle East.
The treachery of Menelaus was shocking even to the pagans of the time. When he arranged for the murder of Onias, an earlier high priest, the deed touched the moral sensitivity of the whole region, even of that cruel persecutor of the Jews, Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Maccabees 4:35-38). Later, when a delegation of Jews complained of Menelaus to the king, the high priest arranged to have them murdered as well, an act that horrified even the not usually sensitive Phoenicians (4:44-49).
The Books of Maccabees, while describing the persecution of God's people by the pagans of that day, make it clear that their worst enemies were sometimes their own coreligionists. Alas, among God's people this seems often to be the case.
Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon is pastor of All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois, and a Senior Editor of Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity.
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The nation's focus on alternative energy sources is causing dramatic shifts in commodity markets and cropping plans — and farmers attending this year's Mid-South Farm & Gin Show will have the opportunity to learn how these trends may affect their businesses.
"Farmers are probably facing as many questions and unknowns as they've had in years," says Tim Price, executive vice president of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association, which sponsors the annual event, set this year for March 2-3 at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis.
"We'll be offering a very timely, informative lineup of sessions on markets, legislation, and alternative fuels, presented by experts in those fields."
The show, co-sponsored by Delta Farm Press, has been a must-attend event for years, but Price says this year's program roster has been beefed up "to give farmers the best, latest information available as they go into the new cropping season."
And as always, they'll have two days to wander through more than 200,000 square feet of exhibit space, featuring the latest in equipment, agrichemicals, and other products and services.
"We're going to have the biggest lineup of new products in several years," Price notes. "This will be a great chance to see everything firsthand and to talk face-to-face with representatives from the companies."
Here's the schedule for the information sessions and other events:
Thursday, March 1: The annual meeting of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association at the Peabody Hotel will feature a discussion on the impact of cotton and ginning research on cotton quality.
Emphasis will be on international customers for U.S. cotton, what they're looking for, and best management practices farmers and ginners can use to meet those demands.
Rick Byler, USDA Cotton Ginning Laboratory, Stoneville, Miss., will also discuss SCGA-supported research on moisture measurement in ginning.
Anyone interested in these topics is invited to attend the meeting.
Friday, March 2: Speakers for the Ag Update sessions at 8:30 a.m. will include John Pucheu, Tranquillity, Calif., cotton producer, who is the 2007 chairman of the National Cotton Council, and Joe Nicosia, chief executive officer of Allenberg Cotton Co., an authority on commodity markets and trends.
The show exhibit halls will open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. There is no charge to attend, but registration is required for admittance to the exhibit halls.
New this year will be a mid-morning session on practical crop marketing strategies.
"We're fortunate to have Mike Stevens, cotton specialist for the commodity division of Swiss Financial Services, conduct this seminar," Price says. "Mike has been a cotton broker for nearly 40 years, is very knowledgeable of markets, and is an excellent teacher who can help farmers understand what's going on in the markets and what it means in terms of farm-level marketing."
The day's events will conclude with a dance that evening at the Peabody, featuring The Dempseys, a high octane rockabilly group that entertained President Bush and the prime minister of Japan during a recent visit to Graceland.
Saturday, March 3: The 8:30 a.m. Ag Update session will feature Richard Brock, president of Brock and Associates, who will conduct a grains marketing seminar.
"Richard's seminars are always standing room only," Price says, "and we're pleased to have him with us again this year."
The show exhibits will open at 9 a.m. and close at 4:30 p.m.
Another special information session, "Energy Outlook: Challenges and Potential for Agriculture," will be held at 1 p.m.
"The 2005 energy bill mandates production of 7.5 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2013," Price says. "Last year, production of ethanol from corn was up 24 percent, and the price of corn has doubled, which is having an impact on all commodities.
"This seminar will offer an in-depth look at what all this means for biofuels, crop prices, acreage shifts, and the impact on Mid-South agriculture."
Speakers will be Jim Allwood, vice president of Informa Economics, Memphis, and Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark.
"Informa Economics is one of the world's leading sources of agricultural market data," Price says, "and they've recently restructured to capitalize on opportunities in biofuels research and commodity risk management.
"Congressman Ross is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is himself introducing energy legislation that will encompass biofuels.
"These two speakers will offer a unique insight into what's going on in the biofuels sector, and what we can look for in the years ahead," Price says.
To close out events for this year's show will be a dance Saturday night at the Peabody featuring the Krackerjacks, who've been playing old-time rock 'n' roll for more than 20 years.
Additional information on the show is available at http://www.southerncottonginners.org.
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{This post is part of the art together series. You can see all the posts in the series here.}
I suspect watercolor paints are one of the most common art supplies offered to kids, because they seem fairly tidy. The colors are contained in their little trays, the drips are easily wiped up, everything closes up shut at the end and stores neatly. But I think watercolors have the potential to be one of the most frustrating mediums, especially for kids who are trying to paint something specific but don't quite know how to control the paint. Watercolors depend on water, and water is so runny! It flows everywhere. How do you get more pigment? Add more water to your brush? But then the color is even runnier on the paper… and if you try to paint with wet paint next to paint that hasn't dried yet, it's all going to bleed together into a frustrating, tear-inducing mess.
Now, you know I don't like to micromanage my kids' art experiences. We're not going to sit down and "create" step-by-step to all produce the same thing. I value the individual vision, but I also want them to have the tools necessary to execute that vision, which means we need time and space to experiment with different materials to see what they can do, before we try to use them in a specific project. I was an adult, taking an art class in college, before I realized that watercolor existed outside of those little plastic trays. (Tubes! It comes in tubes!) I vividly remember walking into the art supply store in the city, supply list in hand, feeling like an impostor. Truly, going into that store knowing nothing and needing so much was an act of bravery. Nowadays, I'd just search it online and know exactly what I was looking for, but back then, the list may as well have been written in Greek. I was so confused. To hopefully save you from similar confusion, I've updated the Materials page with more specific information about watercolor options.
Whatever watercolor you choose, before you sit down to try to paint something specific, take time to just play and explore the material. When I get a new-to-me art supply, the first thing I do is play with it. Doodle, draw, scribble, if it's a marker or pencil; dab, swirl, smear, if it's a paint. What can it do? Watercolor behaves differently from acrylic. If we—meaning you, me, and our kids—want to be able to execute our idea, we need to know which medium is best for the job. What effect do we want? How do we know, if we haven't played with a whole bunch of stuff? The more we experiment, the larger art vocabulary we have.
A quick word on paper: I usually use a cold press, thus slightly toothed, watercolor paper. Regular printer paper or drawing paper isn't heavy enough to support the wetness of paint. Tooth means the paper has a bit of roughness to it. That's helpful with watercolor, since it absorbs the paint better than a slick surface would.
For this session, my kids and I browsed through Water, Paper, Paint by Heather Smith Jones and chose some prompts as our starting point. My younger two kids and I liked the idea of painting circles and adding colors to them while wet. My oldest wanted to painted a checkerboard pattern, letting the first color of squares dry before painting next to them with the second color. We used pan watercolors and began to experiment. I can tell you that wet paint on wet paint will bleed together, and you can tell your kids, but it's better for everybody if you sit down and do it yourself. Then you will know it.
Sometimes that's exactly the effect you'll want in your painting. Other times you'll want more detail and a sharper edge. What happens when you brush wet paint next to dry? What kind of an edge do you get then?
Which is a better way to mix colors right on the paper—wet on wet or wet on dry? Do they both work? What's the difference? Only by experimenting in this way and observing what happens yourself will you really begin to understand what you can do with the medium. Plus, it's just plain fun to make designs on the paper without any real plan in mind. It's like doodling with paint.
My 8yo, 4yo, and I played with wet colors into wet colors.
It's just fun to lay down some color and "see what happens." When you go into it with the idea that you're experimenting, there are no mistakes, just unexpected outcomes. When my 8yo layered white on top of a color he thought was dry but the white looked muddy, we talked about it. Was the white paint itself muddied in the tray? Let's wipe it off and try again. He experimented with having black as the first color—would anything at all show up on it? This is knowledge he'll take with him the next time he paints. This is how we get to know a material so that we don't try to make it do something it just can't do.
"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
–Vincent van Gogh
Further Resources:
I often turn to books for adults to use with my kids. Techniques are techniques, and we all use the same materials and try the same things. I really like Water Paper Paint as a resource for techniques and ideas, as well as specific information on materials.
A Waldorf-specific method of wet-on-wet watercolor painting can be found here at The Magic Onions.
Take it Further:
All my previous posts that include watercolors can be found here.
Lori shares a post on watercolor techniques over at the Camp Creek blog, with some specific instructions on guiding your kids and yourself through some experiments with watercolors.
Share Your Work:
Reminder, you can share photos in the {Art Together} Flickr group, and that's where I've posted photos of our finished watercolor paintings.


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From The Daily Show to the doughnut shops of America, it looks an awful lot like 2008 all over again — and not just because 1,000 candidates are actively engaged in heated debates across the nation in the quest to control Congress in January. It is because once again, Barack Obama of Illinois is working the campaign trail, attempting to be a transformational figure that inspires voters to give him and his party a chance to govern.
The difference between then and now, of course, is obvious. In 2008, Obama was a candidate for president running against a record of failure; now he is a sitting president with a record of failure to defend.
The economic policies of the past are no longer the primary focus of the economic debate — not with unemployment at nearly 10 percent on President Obama's watch. President Bush's TARP bailout is not so visible, with Obama's car bailout and failed stimulus package actively in the news cycles. Bush's decision to increase funding for entitlement programs such as prescription programs for senior citizens pales in comparison with the diatribes over Obamacare.
Of course, just as Bush's plans passed with a majority of Republicans co-signing despite opposition from Democrats, Obama's health care reform (in its current form) and the stimulus package were done with the blessings of Democrats overcoming the angst of today's Republicans.
The problem with these comparisons is that Bush never ran as a post-partisan figure. But Obama cast himself as someone who was trying to transform the internal problems facing the nation with a unifying presence that trumped party politics and social divisiveness. While campaigning diligently to salvage congressional seats for Democrats on Capitol Hill, he and the Democratic National Committee are quickly learning that the magic of 2008 will not work the same way now. In part it is just being the face of failed Washington policies over the past election cycle (unlike running against that image in 2008), but it is also because of one small reality: You simply can't make a good first impression more than once.
The president's latest media blitz does not have the novelty of his 2008 tour. Everything, from his appearances on the Michael Smerconish Show to his sit-down interview with Jon Stewart, has been done before, leaving these appearances lacking the one ingredient that Democrats need most: persuasiveness to lure people back to the polls.
Now, two years after the history-making night of Nov. 4, 2008, and on the heels of more partisan bickering than ever — much of it either condoned or encouraged by the president — the image of what Barack Obama meant to America in 2008 has been washed away by the realities of what President Obama has been as the leader of the free world since January 2009. It is very easy to inspire people for change — and prompt people to vote — without a presidential and congressional record to answer for.
The failure to lower unemployment and the scandalous backroom deals needed to pass Obamacare have had a negative impact on the Obama charm. They marginalize Obama's media image in pop culture, transforming him from a catalyst for votes in 2008 to a reason to tune in to TV shows in 2010, something great for Nielsen ratings, but not enough to significantly alter poll numbers that indicate Democrats may lose both chambers of Congress.
By failing to live up to the campaign rhetoric and hopes that lifted candidate Obama to victory during the campaign of 2008 (with major disappointments coming from both his political left and right), President Obama may be learning that affability alone is not enough to turn the electoral tide. Great photo ops may suit the president as well today as they did in 2008, but they will not help his party maintain absolute power on Capitol Hill.
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Web Posted: 04/16/2007 05:58 PM CDT
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University of the Incarnate Word president Louis Agnese will announce Tuesday the school is starting a football program and could begin play as soon as 2009, sources told the San Antonio Express-News on Monday.
The announcement will come at 2 p.m. at a news conference at the McDermott Convocation Center on the school's campus.
New Orleans Saints owner and UIW booster Tom Benson will attend the news conference with his wife Gayle and several Saints players to help Agnese make the announcement.
Benson, a San Antonio auto magnate and banker with strong ties to the city and school, funded the faculty chair for banking and finance at UIW two decades ago.
Agnese told the Express-News in 2004 that UIW has discussed adding football twice during his 19-year-tenure as president, but because of a desire for equal numbers of male and female athletes, a football program has never come to fruition.
Also in 2004, Lone Star Conference officials visited the school in what the league's commissioner called a "fact-finding mission."
UIW is currently a member of the Heartland Conference and competes with the LSC in NCAA Division II.
Old Tommy Benson is such a tease:
Asked if the agreement diminishes San Antonio's chances of joining the NFL, Benson said, "No, I always said I thought San Antonio would be a great NFL city ... right now, we have four more years on a lease in Louisiana, and we all know about the tragedies there. We can't get involved in thinking about moving. We have to help that city and state restore itself, and then we'll see how things play out.
"But San Antonio, in my opinion, is ready for an NFL club whether it's the Saints or an expansion club. They have my support. If it's not mine, I would certainly support someone else coming here."
I think the list went somethign liek this:
1) get enough women's athletics to get teh ratio up
2)Get basketball program back in line with new coach
3)Try to move in to conference USA or other more prominant one.
I also remember hearing we would play at the alamodome, but the school actually wanted to play in their own stadium on campus to promote the campus community.
so all in time. Int eh meantime if you really really want UTSA footbal and your an alumnus, send a few bucks to the athloetics program. we might not have billionaire alumni, but we certainly have a tens of thousands of graduaes that could donate small amounts.
Mike Finger: We've come a long way, or have we?
Tom Benson says "the timing is right," which should make the folks at Incarnate Word a bit nervous. In matters of football, dollars and San Antonio, Benson's internal clock has malfunctioned before.
But whether he's been selling cars or racking up millions in banking, he's always been able to do the right math. And when he crunched the numbers on his longtime goal of bringing big-time football to the city he calls his second home?
He likely came to the only logical conclusion.
That this — a Division II start-up program at UIW — is as good as it's going to get.
Benson still publicly says he thinks San Antonio is ready for an NFL team, and part of him probably wishes that were true. But he knows as well as anyone it's not going to happen. His lease with the Superdome keeps the Saints in New Orleans through at least 2010, and even when that ends, San Antonio still won't have a viable stadium option.
Local leaders finally have done the same math and realized that pursuing new pro sports franchises would be pointless. Bexar County consultant Michael Sculley said as much last month when he urged commissioners to forget plans to woo the NFL and Major League Baseball, two leagues who have always seen San Antonio more as a bargaining chip than a true expansion possibility.
So only 16 months after the Saints were headquartered downtown and Benson had realistic thoughts of keeping them here for good, he came back Tuesday to offer the city a consolation prize.
It's actually a pretty good one. The people at UIW were justifiably giddy Tuesday, because they're about to fill one of the most gaping sports voids in the country.
Until Benson whipped out his checkbook for a gift he said could end up as big as $30 million, there were no scholarship football programs in the nation's seventh-largest city. In the town that produced Kyle Rote, Tommy Nobis and Priest Holmes, the Division III Trinity Tigers were the biggest team in the city limits.
UTSA had hoped to be the school to make the big gridiron leap, but that's proven to be an eternally slow struggle. No one knows if the Roadrunners ever will raise enough money to make any headway, and things are looking so bleak that when the student government called for a vote to increase fees, it was afraid to use the word "football" in the ballot language.
Turns out, UTSA should have been less worried about semantics and more concerned with finding a sugar daddy. Whereas UIW has Benson and St. Mary's has Valero CEO Bill Greehey, UTSA has no one to turn to when it comes time to erecting a multimillion-dollar sports facility.
Not that Benson has limited himself to shoulder pads and stadiums. A Roman Catholic who says he identifies with UIW's faith-based curriculum, Benson donated money to help the school's banking and finance programs, and his daughter has served on the university's board of trustees.
But this will be his biggest investment, and he pulled out all the stops to commemorate it. Many schools have announced plans to start Division II football programs, but few have done so with an NFL general manager and a Pro Bowl defensive end in attendance.
Will Smith, the standout Saints lineman who tagged along with Benson for Tuesday's ceremony and once lived just up the road from UIW when the Saints played in San Antonio, said he agreed to make an appearance because players were told they'd get credit for an offseason workout if they attended. It was only a joke, but on how many NFL teams would such an idea even have been plausible?
Think Jerry Jones would ever ask Greg Ellis to come with him to make a donation to a school in Little Rock? Or that Bob McNair would ever bring Mario Williams along for a ribbon-cutting in Saratoga Springs?
The truth is, Benson brought the players because he wanted a show, and because he wants to be a big deal here. This is the city where he made the bulk of his fortune, but it's also the place where he wanted to bring his one true sports passion.
Now, after trying and failing before, he's finally done it.
It's not as big as he once thought it'd be.
But in San Antonio, it's big enough.
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Today is a hard down day, long due after intense work around the aircraft and the two flights of yesterday. Things are definitely getting dirtier, and we started observing a decent amount of aerosols all along our flight trajectories.
I stitched this panorama of the McClellan airfield in between the two flights (2: 15 pm local time). On the extreme left, the tail of a 747, then that of a DC-8. Sometimes things just don't fit right.
At right, the NASA King Air B-200 and the Department of Energy G-1 aircraft under careful maintenance of a member of the crew ("Wax on, wax off"). Note the sniffing tools (in gold color) close to the nose of the aircraft. Yummm…aerosols.
You can also see the presence of high cirrus clouds, not common in this season here in Sacramento. I'd much prefer not having them since they veil the Sun, which should instead shine unobstructed to guarantee a perfect interpretation of my polarimeter's data (more about it in the next post).
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The reaction is 'Meh' because everyone already knew Motorola sucks. There's a reason why they haven't been relevant since the 1990s. I don't see why you were considering one.
Edit: Of course, I only know that Motorola sucks because I was considering one: they seem like sturdier phones. No software upgrades and mediocre hardware for the price, though.
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Ahead of Siemens's AGM in Munich on 26 January 2016, Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt, Director, explains why Hermes EOS will support the early re-election of three members of the supervisory board and its significance for the succession of the chair.
"Hermes EOS, on behalf of the institutional investors it represents, will welcome the progress Siemens has made in the implementation of its strategy, Vision 2020, the 2015 financial results and vote for the early re-election of three members of the supervisory board at the company's AGM in Munich. We will also request more tangible evidence that the company's programme to create an ownership culture has a practical impact."
Early re-election of three members of the supervisory board
"At the 2014 AGM, we raised strong concerns about the composition and work of the supervisory board, following intensive private engagement with Siemens at all levels, including the chair. We questioned the ability of the supervisory board to challenge and support the management board on key strategic issues.
"The company has reacted decisively to criticism at the AGM in 2014. It carried out an externally facilitated board evaluation, revamped a key committee and proposed to replace two supervisory board members at the 2015 AGM – three years prior to the expiry of their mandates. The replacement of two supervisory board members at the 2015 AGM, following the previous change to its composition in late 2013, is remarkable, given that all 10 shareholder representatives were elected for five-year terms in January 2013, and in our view evidences the company's commitment to cultural change.
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Similar to my request on AoM, can this XML be reduced?? By what I gathered from that thread, continents can't be included as components. But can territories??? If so, that would reduce this XML as well.
(By the way, I'm looking at creating a map with a friend, and I would be the one doing the XML, which is why I've been trying to pick up on things.)