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I support a woman's right to breastfeed in a safe, clean space for as long as she'd like. But I'm not so sure about a woman's right to breastfeed a pet baby monkey or a guinea pig. Is this for real?
Over at her blog Medelabreastpumpreview.net, Amy Leigh writes about 15 women around the world over the years who have breastfeed all sorts of creatures big and small including cats, dogs, monkey, deer, and even baby tigers.
"Here's food for thought: why is it accepted for a cow to breastfeed our children, while the idea of a woman breastfeeding a calf is seen as absurd? Does it violate the rules of nature? Why, then, are we giving our children cow milk if interspecies feeding is so appalling?" asks Leigh, who highlights some amazing stories.
There's Vijay Luxmi Sau, an Indian woman who adopted an abandoned baby fawn. After finding the hungry fawn, she began breastfeeding it along with her own human baby.Then there's Namita Das, who began breastfeeding a baby monkey after her older children left home.
Das, who considers the monkey her son, reportedly suckled him for four years. The neighbors consider Das' devotion to the monkey "abnormal," and say she is "overdoing her affection" for him.
Kura "Kat" Tumanako of New Zealand breastfed her staffordshire bull terrier pup because she wanted to raise him as a brother to her baby girl.
"It's my life, my responsibility. I make my own choices," she told The Age back in 2004. "I'm going to look after me, my baby and my puppy."
"From a veterinarian viewpoint it's always better for any species to have its own milk. If a bitch was available that would have been better," Sharon Marshall, a veterinarian, said at the time. She added that it's unusual, but not unheard of, for one species to provide milk to another. For instance, there have been cases of dogs providing milk for cats. And women from Papua New Guinea hill tribes have been known to breastfeed pigs.
A Missouri woman, Janine Hammond, had no success nursing her son. But had no problem nursing her cat, a guinea pig and even a horse!
"People will think it's weird, but it's an amazing experience. Flash (her cat) loves it, and feeds twice a day. Nobody should knock it until they try it," she told Closer Magazine.
Call me close-minded, but I'm afraid I'm going to knock it before trying it! What about you? Would you consider nursing another species?
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Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien laid down the gauntlet after his team's meeting Monday, the morning after its lackluster effort in its Game 2 loss to Carolina.
"I think our fourth line, it was all about work ethic (Sunday) night. And they worked hard. They forechecked, they finished their checks, they created some opportunities. And had we had the rest of the guys with that same sort of focus, we would've had, probably, better results."
When asked about Shawn Thornton and Stephane Yelle, the two mainstays of the fourth line, in particular, Julien continued:
"You switch a guy here or there, and overall, that's their role, they know that. You hope that your other lines can inspire themselves by them when they're out there coming back after a good shift, you'd like to have a follow-up."
There's no telling how the Bruins' other three trios will respond in tomorrow night's pivotal Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Hurricanes in Raleigh or beyond. But there's never any question about the effort the Bruins will get from Yelle, Thornton and the winger of the day (most recently P.J. Axelsson).
"That's our role; that's our job," Yelle said today after the club's pre-departure practice in Wilmington, Mass. "To show up every night and create some energy if we can. And hopefully we'll chip in with some more goals down the road."
Said Thornton: "As far as the hard work part goes, if we're not working hard, we're not in the lineup. We're going to give an effort every night."
In the Bruins' lineup, most of the centers and right wingers have been paired for the entire season. That's allowed chemistry to build between the duos, and Thornton and Yelle — while not as gifted offensively — have benefitted from that.
"He's always in the right position. I know that sometimes, even without seeing him, I can throw the puck to where he's supposed to be and he's there," Thornton said. "When you play with someone for whatever it was, 70 games, you start to feel each other out, you know where each other's going to be, and that helps."
Although they didn't now one another before this season, Thornton and Yelle were actually in camp with Colorado a lot of years ago. Thornton, an Oshawa native, also remembered Yelle from the center's days with the Generals of the OHL.
"I thought he was like 40. I'm surprised he's only a few years older than me because I thought I was 10 (back then)," joked Thornton, who is 31 to Yelle's 34.
While Julien was pleased with the fourth line's effort (Yelle says it's OK to call them the fourth line), Yelle and Thornton weren't satisified just putting the heat on the opponent. They want some goal-scoring glory to go with the energy.
"As far as getting chances and stuff, we have to start burying some of them too. We can't be relying on the same guys every night," said Thornton, who chipped in with a career-high six goals in the regular season. "We did get some chances last game and that's up to us to get those chances and put them in the back of the net because just working hard and cycling and cycling, it's all fine and dandy. But if you're not putting the puck in the back of the net, you're not accomplishing as much as probably you could be and we're not taking as much pressure off the big guys as we could be."
That's the attitude you'd expect from guys like Thornton and Yelle. They're never satisified. And if you think back, you probably can't find a game all season that featured anything less than a 100-percent effort from both players.
"We are, as players, where we're at because of our work ethic. You can't take any nights off. Sometimes it doesn't go as you plan on, but I think if you work hard every night things should go your way," Yelle said.
They're teammates appreciate their approach.
"They come to battle every night. They're warriors," said winger Michael Ryder. "When you have guys like that jumping out there on the ice and going to bat for you, they're competing, it gives guys on the bench and the whole team a little jump."
In an effort to bounce back from their first postseason loss, the Bruins must take their cue from Yelle and Thornton — no more nights off.


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First, start putting a little money aside now for the college education of your children, no matter how young they currently are. Getting a jump on the cost of college will make it easier for you to do some retirement planning for yourself.
Second, if you have time, take a course on retirement planning through your local junior college or some neutral organization. Don't sign up with someone who will want to pressure you into buying their particular retirement package.
Third, fully explore the retirement investment options offered by your current employer. IRAs and 401(k) plans didn't exist when I was 30 but many employers will offer at least a partial match for what you set aside on a regular basis. Find out what your options are and then make a decision that is right for you in your current economic situation.
Make an initial investment in the stock market (it doesn't need to be very large) so that you will start following the market and learn what equity investing is all about. Pick a company that has a product or service that you personally like. When my children were small, I purchased stock for their college accounts in companies like Walt Disney, Coca-Cola and McDonald's that they could relate to. Our five-year-old grandson recently visited Disney World and wanted to know what part of the park he owned. His parents explained that his investment probably accounted for a few blades of grass, but at least he was curious to know.
Once you can afford to do so, buy rather than rent so that you are building up equity in a house. The real-estate market can be fickle but over the long-haul you will probably come out ahead.
Avoid credit-card debt like the plague. You don't want to find yourself in a situation where you have a big debt service each month and have nothing left to save. I know that credit-card debt is tempting because it is so easy to get multiple cards these days, but don't paint yourself in a corner.
Finally, save a little something out of each paycheck. You can start small but get in the habit. Once your income goes up you can start saving a little more. And once your savings reach a certain amount, invest what you have rather than earning next to nothing in interest. Be conservative in your investments, but put your money to work for you.


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Improvement of functional outcome after radical surgery in glioblastoma patients: The efficacy of a navigation-guided fence-post procedure and neurophysiological monitoring
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Objective: This retrospective study investigated the functional outcomes of patient with glioblastoma receiving radical surgery before and after the adoption of the navigation-guided fence-post (NGFP) procedure and neurophysiological monitoring.
Methods: We investigated the functional outcomes of 42 glioblastoma patients receiving radical surgery in our institute between 1980 and 2005. Of the 42 patients, 18 patients from 1980 to 1996 (1st term) underwent radical surgery without navigation system guidance, NGFP, or neurophysiological monitoring; 11 patients from 1997 to 2002 (2nd term) underwent surgery with simple navigation system guidance but without NGFP procedure or neurophysiological monitoring, and 13 patients from 2003 to 2005 (3rd term) underwent surgery with the NGFP procedure and neurophysiological monitoring as appropriate. There were no significance differences between any of the three term groups in age, gender, preoperative KPS score, or "surgical staging for glioma" according to the difficulty of surgery.
Results: The rates of 95% or greater volume reduction in each term were 38.9, 54.5 and 76.9%. The rates of morbidity were 38.9, 18.1% and 0%. The change in KPS scores (delta KPS) before and after the perioperative period in each term were –16.1±6.6SEM, -9.0±5.8SEM and +8.5±3.7SEM, respectively. The delta KPS in the 3rd term was significantly better than those of 1st and 2nd terms (p<0.01, Kruskal-Wallis rank test). The rate of patients who were discharged to home and who resumed daily useful life without assistance was 38.9, 63.6 and 84.6% in each term, respectively. The mean survival times in each term were 9.9, 14.0 and 16.8 months.
Conclusions: The introduction of the NGFP procedure and neurophysiological monitoring in glioblastoma radical surgery improved the functional outcome of patients.


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In a beautiful piece called "Tinkerer's Sunset", Mark Pilgrim writes about how devices like the iPad will eventually mean the end of 'tinkerers'. It starts with the cringe-inducing anecdote about DVD Jon, who ended up in court over breaking CSS on DVDs. He was accused of "unauthorized computer trespassing", and DVD Jon's lawyers logically asked the prosecutors the following question: "On whose computer did he trespass?"
"His own," the prosecutors answered.
Mull over that one for a second.
Just like Pilgrim, I grew up in a household with computers - albeit much later than him, of course (since I'm considerably younger). We got our first personal computer in 1990 or 1991 (I was 6 or 7 years old), a 286 with MS-DOS and Windows 3.x. I still have the incredibly detailed manuals for this machine, from monitor to motherboard, to dot-matrix printer and more. I also have two gigantic manuals for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x, which also came as part of this machine, as well as the original, pristine 3.5" floppy disks for DOS and Win 3.x.
The father of a friend of mine ran a computer shop during those days. I didn't know him yet back then, but a few weekends ago, that friend surprised me with promotional materials and price listings from those days - and it turned out it was about, among others, the exact same machine I had as a child! Reminisce abound (supposedly, they have a few old 286 and 386 laptops lying around from those days, so hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on one for OSNews).
Back in those days, I, too, dabbled with programming. I don't know why, exactly, but at some point I decided not to pursue that particular past time. Coincidentally, this was around the time I got a NES for my birthday, and on top of that, I pretty much spent my entire childhood playing outside anyway.
Pilgrim's path is different, obviously, and I'm sure many can relate with him. One day, when Pilgrim was 10 years old, his father came home with a computer, an Apple ][e. "As it happens, this computer came with the BASIC programming language pre-installed. You didn't even need to boot a disk operating system. You could turn on the computer and press
Ctrl-Reset and you'd get a prompt," Pilgrim writes, "And at this prompt, you could type in an entire program, and then type
RUN, and it would run."
"By age 12, I was writing BASIC programs so complex that the computer was running out of memory to hold them," he adds, "By age 13, I was writing programs in Pascal. By age 14, I was writing programs in assembly language. By age 17, I was competing in the Programming event in the National Science Olympiad (and winning). By age 22, I was employed as a computer programmer."
Pilgrim argues that you don't become a programmer by hacking, but by tinkering. "It's the tinkering that provides that sense of wonder," Pilgrim states, "You have to jump out of the system, tear down the safety gates, peel away the layers of abstraction that the computer provides for the vast majority of people who don't want to know how it all works."
The paradigm that the iPad and similar devices present do not enable this tinkering. While that may not be a problem for people who already are programmers, it will become a problem for people who don't yet know they're programmers. Yes, you can develop for the iPad too, but you need to pay for it, which will give you a certificate - which is actually a cryptographic key giving you slightly more access to your own computer.
Sure, you can jailbreak, but that's besides the point, Pilgrim argues. "I don't want to live in a world where you have to break into your own computer before you can start tinkering," he writes, "And I certainly don't want to live in a world where tinkering with your own computer is illegal."
I find it very hard to disagree with him. Do you want to live in a world where there's no such thing as "your" computer? Where you can go to jail for breaking into "your" computer? A world where children are discouraged from learning how "their" computers work? It seems that this is clearly the direction Apple is going towards. I wouldn't be surprised to see that 5-10 years from now, Macs will be just as closed as iPhones and iPads.
"Apple has declared war on the tinkerers of the world," Pilgrim concludes his post, "With every software update, the previous generation of 'jailbreaks' stop working, and people have to find new ways to break into their own computers. There won't ever be a MacsBug for the iPad. There won't be a ResEdit, or a Copy ][+ sector editor, or an iPad Peeks & Pokes Chart. And that's a real loss. Maybe not to you, but to somebody who doesn't even know it yet."


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New D2424MK2 recorder offers flash RAM back-up.
The new version of the popular Fostex D2424 harddisk recorder is now available in the UK. The D2424LVmk2 is a perfect successor to the reputed D2424, now with a great new solution for transferring to computer with minimum stress.
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"Modern Family" star Sarah Hyland was allegedly indecently groped on the chest by a man who asked her to pose for a photo during a Thursday night event in Sydney, Australia.
The 23-year-old actress abruptly left the scene near tears, according to E! News, which cited eyewitnesses who said Hyland pushed the man away and yelled "Don't touch me there!" before security guards got involved.
A 29-year-old man was arrested on the scene and charged with assault with an act of indecency, New South Wales police told the Sydney Morning Herald. He's now out on bail, ordered to return to court March 14.
Hyland and the "Modern Family" cast have been Down Under since Tuesday shooting scenes for a holiday episode, the newspaper said, and had been filming earlier in the day Thursday. Shooting will continue next week in other locations.
As quick as she was to leave, Hyland was quick to apologize for her departure.
"Sorry to all the fans outside the #quantas event that I didn't get to say hi to but I had to leave due to an inappropriate touch of a fan," she said on Twitter.
Her boyfriend, actor Matt Prokop, was angrier in his tweets.
"To the ... who assaulted Sarah tonight I hope to God you don't see next week," said Prokop, who's been traveling with Hyland. "All Sarah wanted to do tonight was say hi to the girls who were waiting outside one douche can ruin it for everyone. Goodnight."
After apparently getting some flak over wishing another person ill, Prokop basically told Twitter to take a hike, saying he really did believe that anyone who assaulted a woman "or a man for [that] matter" deserved a lousy life.
The incident marred a trip that had by all signs been going well to that point. "We almost didn't turn up to work today, just because we were having so much fun," costar Rico Rodriguez told the Morning Herald prior to Thursday night. "But we have to work -- and then we're going back to play."
Hyland had posted a shot of herself Wednesday with Rodriguez and Ashley Winter at an aquarium on Wednesday, and another of herself with Winter and Sofia Vergara captioned, "Here's to the ladies who lunch." Vergara and Eric Stonestreet posted social media messages while separately attending a Bruce Springsteen concert Wednesday in Sydney, Vergara posing in her WhoSay picture with fiancé Nick Loeb.
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Odd Man Rush: Santana injury leaves Mets with big void
Philadelphia, PA – Depth was certainly not considered to be a strength for the New York Mets for the upcoming season, so Thursday's news that starter Johan Santana is likely lost for year made a bad situation even worse.
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson held a conference call to announce that Santana suffered a re-tear in his left shoulder, a diagnosis made by team orthopedist Dr. David Altchek and confirmed by the famous duo of Dr. James Andrews and Dr. Lewis Yocum.
It's hardly ever a good thing when Andrews and Yocum enter the conversation.
Santana's first shoulder injury caused him to miss all of the 2011 season and with a second surgery likely according to Alderson, there stands a good chance that Santana will never pitch for the Mets again. This season is the final of his six-year, $137.5 million contract, with the club holding an option for 2014. Given the latest setback, it is all but assured that the Mets will exercise their $5.5 million buyout instead.
The Mets came into spring training thinking they would have Santana at full strength, but he was soon diagnosed with left shoulder weakness and was expected to begin the regular season on the disabled list. Alderson said it is unknown when the 34-year-old lefty actually injured his shoulder again.
However, the wear on the tires was already starting to show, especially after Santana provided the highlight of his Mets tenure with the franchise's first ever no-hitter on June 1. He stood 3-2 with a 2.38 earned run average after that outing, his 11th start of the season, but obviously the career-high 134 pitches he unleashed to accomplish the milestone took a toll.
Santana was rocked for six runs over five innings in a loss at the New York Yankees seven days later and the rest of his season was hampered by ankle and back injuries. He went 3-7 with an 8.27 ERA over his final 10 starts, including an 0-5 mark and 15.63 ERA in the last five.
The Mets would have been fooling themselves if they thought that Santana would return to his previous dominance this season, a form that netted him two AL Cy Young Awards and a third-place finish in the voting for the NL honor in 2008. But Alderson was looking to buy time until top prospect Zack Wheeler was deemed ready for the majors.
Wheeler is likely to join New York's rotation some time before the end of the season, similar to how the Mets handled prospect Matt Harvey a season ago, bringing up the talented righty in late July, and won't rush Wheeler despite the latest setback to the rotation.
"We will bring him up when he is ready and no immediate need will impact that," he said.
But Alderson will have to have a call to arms given the Santana injury and the lingering neck ailment to right-hander Shaun Marcum, who was signed this offseason to replace the traded R.A. Dickey. Righty Jeremy Hefner was already slated to replace Santana and Alderson said that the Mets are not currently in the market to add pitching.
"We are not terribly deep right now with Santana out indefinitely and Marcum's current situation. On the other hand, we do feel that we have not just depth in the system but also some exceptional talent coming through the system. We'll just have to see how our needs and the maturation of that talent connect," said the GM.
"What we have will suffice us."
What the Mets won't have is the services of Santana, who went 46-34 with a 3.18 ERA in 109 starts with the Mets after he was acquired from the Minnesota Twins on Feb. 2, 2008. However, New York has not made the postseason since acquiring Santana.
Still, the Mets knew the risks when they went after Santana and handed him a long-term deal and you would be hard-pressed to find a fan willing to trade his no-hitter for anything.
Plus, the return that the Twins got on Santana -- four players that included Carlos Gomez and Philip Humber -- haven't done much in the majors and certainly wouldn't be much of a help to the Mets now.
After trading away Carlos Beltran in 2011 and losing Jose Reyes to free agency before the start of last season, the Mets knew that a rebuilding phase was coming. Santana's injury expedites that process even if it won't impact New York's plans for its talented young starters.


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Covered by Reuters earlier today, the Fitch ratings agency shifted the debt rating of consumer electronics companies Panasonic and Sony down to "junk" status. This marks the first time that either company has been downgraded to this status level. Specifically, Panasonic's rating has been shifted from a BB status to a BBB- and Sony's rating has moved from BB- to BBB-. These new ratings indicate that Fitch believes any form of economic recovery will be extremely slow in the coming years.
Within a press release regarding the change in debt rating, Fitch representatives stated "Fitch believes that continuing weakness in the home entertainment & sound and mobile products & communications segments will offset the relatively stable music and pictures segments and improvement in the devices segment which makes semiconductors and components."
When combined with Sharp Corp., the total losses for the three companies over the past year is over $20 billion. Both Sony and Panasonic are currently changing organizational structure by cutting jobs as well as selling off assets.
The decrease in the profitability of Sony and Panasonic is related to the slowing demand for new television sets, the strength of the yen and increased competition from Samsung and Apple in the consumer electronics space. With more people shifting to consuming entertainment on tablets and smartphones, it's been difficult for Sony and Panasonic to compete in those spaces.
Over the last year, Sony's stock has fallen by approximately forty percent and hit an all-time, 32-year low last week at 793 yen. Similarly, Panasonic's stock hit a 34-year low on November 13 at 384 yen. It's likely that this news could cause stock prices to fall even lower throughout the end of the year. Panasonic is in a slightly better position than Sony for economic recovery as the company isn't as dependent on core consumer electronics like high definition televisions and home theater components.


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This is unusual. The last one was nearly comatose during the end of his contract. Why the change of tradition in an organization that is entirely, and rigidly, traditional?
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Male - obviously
Maybe under 65, but no younger than 60
Married - again, obviously not - but that doesn't mean he's a virgin by any stretch!
European or North American is my guess. I'll put a buck ($1.00 US) on Timothy Dolan of New York. He's jovial, serious, really good on camera (lot's of training on how to deal with the press), so conservative he's three shades to the right Herman Goering, a staunch defender of the institution while crushing the victims of child abuse with a bulldozer - all with a smile and/or the eyeglasses on the nose serious look, and to old Catholic women who pray to Jesus on the velvet painting with Elvis, he's a sex symbol.
Then again, I have the papers from a bishop of the Doctrine of the Congregation of Faith (Inquisition) officially excommunicating the Church from my life, so what the hell do I know?
I think he's sick and knows he's going to die, and wants to name his successor. No evidence for that, but I have a suspicious mind.
I seriously doubt he will out-and-out "name" a successor publicly. What he WILL do is lobby the College of Cardinals about his interests and desires regarding just WHO the white smoke should puff for, along with the too-usual "Vow Of SECRECY!!!" (Ooooooo!). As regards that last, let's be real, here: those guys couldn't do something transparently if their lives depended on it. The problem is that the situation is getting to the point were their lives, or at least their livelihoods WILL depend on dealing with the priest child abuse scandal with a degree of openness that none of them are used to.
Regardless of whom they elect, the next pontiff will be facing a shit storm, and the way he deals with it may determine how well (and how LONG!) the catholic church can sustain itself in an era when hostility toward the church is increasing by the day.
Loren, I get the feeling you are not impressed by the catholic leadership? Maybe even that you don't trust them!
Benedict has said that he will not apply any pressure on the College of Cardinals with his suggestions for a successor.
I would also point out that he has been exceedingly frail in recent public appearances, and has been told not to travel by physicians.
While we like to pick on the pope (or any Christian leader), there is no particular reason to assume anything other than what he has said about his resignation than what he claims: that he is too elderly and ill to continue ruling the Church. There is a difference between scepticism, evidence, and speculation.
Even the Vatican itself was suprised by the announcement. As noted in the English language edition of L'Osservatore Romano (the official newspaper of the Holy See - article continues at this link
Dismay, surprise, astonishment and emotion were the immediate reactions to Pope Benedict XVI's announcement to "renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome" in the Consistory Hall on Monday, 11 February. These sentiments were etched on the faces of the cardinals, bishops and prelates — assembled for the Ordinary Public Consistory — who heard the startling announcement in the Pope's own voice.
Eyes met and a murmur grew in the hall as surprise faded into sorrow. However, after the first few minutes of confusion, the unanimous recognition of the Pope's extraordinary act of humility rippled through the hall. In addition to the Cardinals, among those present were the papal masters of ceremony, representatives of the postulations, choristers of the Sistine Chapel Choir, papal chair bearers and technicians.
I'm not sure I would believe Benedict's claims about his planned behavior. So I would remain skeptical. You are right, the rest is speculation.
I read that at least some in the Vatican knew of his plan to retire, and that his retirement home has been under construction for some time. I guess for everyone else, "what's going on with that building" was answered by "It's a surprise!". Probably most did not know.
I was searching the CBS News website for stories related to the whole priest child abuse scandal and found the following. In the light of Benedict's pending departure, I thought it was interesting, particularly one element which is mentioned toward the end of the piece:
And yes, I mean the issue of resignation. Worthy of note: this report was filed on 18 April, 2010!
Hah! The butler did it! That's probably why he was spared jail time for the theft of J.R.'s papers - the Firm got the worst of them back. Just a possibility. Do you think there may still be a rack in the basement?
yes, in reality, there's only one way out of this thing of ours..
Very interesting Loren! Thanks for the video embed. It's interestiong, this pope is considered one of the most traditional of popes in a long time. So he does this, very nontraditional thing. I guess when it suits him, he can defy tradition.
My tendency to find conspiracies 'neath every bed leads me to the notion that the pope's visit to his butler's jail cell revealed that the letters the man had stolen from his boss had fallen into the wrong hands and that he was blackmailed into resigning, afraid that his hand in the pedophile priest scandals was going to be made public by some cut-rate Julian Assange. While his palatial digs on a property adjoining the Vatican are not quite up to Castel Gandalfo, rest assured he will still enjoy his Chateau Neuf du Papa with his filet mignon and a glass of Chateau d'Yquiem for dessert. This old Nazi will live in the lap of luxury and take many secrets with him when he kicks.
seems quite plausible to me.
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cthomrun brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
2 Gewinner wurden aus 37 Designs von 17 Designern ausgewählt.
2 contests:
1. Need a logo for a villa called Chez Mango Villa, which is located in Montserrat ( a small island in the Caribbean next to Antigua)
2. A simple yet modern wordpress theme based on Logo color scheme. (Detailed menu and desired features in Design brief)
Chez Mango Villa
Suggestions appreciated...
Desired Color Scheme:
Caribbean Colors, Yellows, Greens, Blues, etc
Desired Style:
Carribbean, Beachy, Summer, Relaxful, etc
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We are looking for a colorful logo for a villa on Montserrat (a very small island in the Caribbean) called Chez Mango Villa similar to the logo found on this site http://www.tradewindsmontserrat.com/.
Please use Caribbean colors and themes like greens, yellows, blues, mangoes, coconuts, beaches, birds, etc
Contest 2
Once the logo has been designed I would like a very simple WordPress theme who's objective is to rent out or sell the villa.
We really like the design and simplicity of this site http://www.barbadosapartmentrental.com/
We specifically like the warmth and excitement of the blue background. The features are well placed and the little sandals gave a feel of relaxation.
The description was inviting and pictures gave you a good sense of what to expect.
The location, gave you and idea of the geography and location to the capital as well as the airport.
The booking allowed for a direct sale and there were additional links that gave more inviting info to the island.
So we strive to have a one page master design similar to this, however we also want a menu option to the actual blog.
We will use the blog to generate traffic by providing information about the island ie current weather, nightlife, etc.
We also want to incorporate as many social media widgets ie forward to a friend, social bookmarking, videos, etc there in a very elegant way.
More details about the WordPress theme/template will be provided shortly as we are gathering the clients requirements now.
Here are some other sites that provide more details about the look and feel of Montseratt.
The best resemblance of a Montserrat beach seen in this link:
Also, you can get additional website ideas from these are they are the competition:
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- Logo Design
- Web Page Design (Coded)
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Roster trimmed, Miller on the mound
I'm back on the clock. My apologies to those of you who check back regularly and found no update yesterday. Between cursing my bracket and getting ready to move into our first house, time has been tight. My question, how did we get all this "stuff" in just one year in Buffalo? I digress. Back to the task at hand and what happened in the last few hours:
Here's some 'three dot data' from the Tribe on Thursday… Indians optioned OF BRAD SNYDER to AAA Buffalo and reassigned RHP MATT GINTER, RHP JEFF HARRIS, LHP RICH RUNDLES, CA ARMANDO CAMACARO, CA DAVID WALLACE, INF AARON HERR & INF DANNY SANDOVAL to minor league camp leaving just 36 players in Major League camp… Among the 36 players, there are 17 pitchers, 9 infielders, 7 outfielders and 3 catchers… RHP BRENDAN DONNELLY, who was signed to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training on February 6th will not report to camp until the end of March to begin his rehab after undergoing Tommy John surgery last August. More details here!
Also, Adam Miller was back on the mound. In the 5-2 Buffalo win versus Akron, the Tribe's top prospect worked two innings, allowed one hit, a walk, one punch out, and no runs. The Texan has already been slated to be part of the Herd's roster if all goes well. The game scheduled against Toledo was rained out. Details here.
Good luck on your second day of bracket watching and capping off a less than productive work week 🙂


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I'm hoping to receive some replies to help with an issue we have with our cat Smokey. We had to have his older brother put down a few months ago and ever since he's been more affectionate and at night he meows and scratches at the door. His brother used to do that once in a while when we still had him but Smokey does it every night. We can't have him in the bedroom at night because he won't let us sleep, he will lick our faces and climb all over us until we give him attention. Does anyone have any ideas on how to stop this behavior?
I don't have advice in how to stop it because we, mostly DH, ended up getting up at 3AM for 6 months after Snowball passed away to walk Puddles around the house over his shoulder. That was Puddles and Snowball's time to play . It did subside over time. Now she is content to come up on the bed (something she did not do while Snowball was alive, long story there), and sleep where his place on the bed used to be.
Cat maid to:
Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014)
Puddles RIP (1996-2014)
Snowball RIP (1991-2005)
In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.-English Proverb
While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. Stephen R. Covey
It's called "tough love". Just don't have Smokey in the bedroom at night at all. We have the same problem and both hubby and I need a good night's sleep to function properly, so our cats go to our basement-level recreation room at night. Set up Smokey's food, water, litter box in another room (rec room, bathroom, spare bedroom, laundry room), or if you don't have a spare room use a large dog crate. Our cats do get a snuggly cuddle time in bed during a rest before dinner. Give Smokey lots of cuddles and attention before you go to bed and feed him his evening meal then.
Obviously, he's missing the companionship of his brother. Have you considered a kitten for a new cat friend? An adult cat usually gets along better with a kitten than an older cat (say over 8 mos.). Generally speaking, two cats do better than one alone, as they can stimulate and play with each other.
"We humans are indeed fortunate if we happen to be chosen to be owned by a cat." -- Anonymous
I say tough love as well. I have 2 cats that would not initially let me sleep and I locked them out of my room. Now (several months later), they are allowed back in my room and they take their respectful places on the bed without a peep or a pester.
It was very hard to do, however now we all live harmoneously together, nuzzled and cuddled.
Thanks for the replies. I should have mentioned that we do have another cat. She didn't grow up with the boys and was only introduced about two years ago to them. Smokey and her get along great. We don't have another room to put Smokey in since we live in the lower level of a duplex and it's a one bedroom. My husband is allergic to cats and needs to sleep in a dander free room so we never have the cats in the bedroom with us at night. This behavior only started a couple of weeks after we had our other cat put down. They are on a routine of being fed before we go to bed for the night and we have cuddle time before turning out the lights but it doesn't seem to help
It's very possible that he requires reassurance due to the loss of his feline companion. I know for a fact that animals do go through a grieving period though it is not known whether it actually grieving or just a period of readjustment. I think they know and I interpret this behaviour as grief.
I guess try to maintain your normal routine and things should fall into place in time. My mother's cat whom died last year, left a void in the life of the other cat. Though she is no longer 3rd wheel in the animal household, she has declined in activity and now health. Something is to be said about the loss of our pets. I truly think that both humans and animals equally feel a void.
Do you give Smokey extra cuddles and reassurances before you go to bed? Tell him he is loved and spend some important snuggle time with him. He is missing his playmate and needs to know not everyone who he loves has left him. Have you by any chance taken him in to the vet for a complete work up and blood work? Maybe he isn't feeling well and is trying to tell you.
Assumptions do nothing but make an ass out of u and me.
We can stick our heads in the sand for only so long before it starts choking us. Face it folks. The pet population is bad ALL OVER THE WORLD!
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March 13, 2005
HOLLAND, Mich. - Freshman Doria Holbrook became just the second athlete and the first diver in the history of the MIT swimming and diving program to win a national title after taking first overall in three-meter diving at the NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships.
Holbrook totaled a score of 453.40 in the three-meter diving competition, easily outpacing second-place Kate Shaw of
Holbrook earned two All-America honors over the weekend, finishing third overall in one-meter diving. Serving as MIT's lone national representative, she totaled 36 points en route to 25th out of 53 in the team standings.


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The choice facing Minnesota's movie theaters is clear. Rewire or retire.
The whirring mechanical equipment that has projected films for the past century is about to go extinct. Taking its place is a suitcase-sized digital system that costs $70,000 to $85,000, four times as much as a mechanical projector.
By the end of 2013, the six major studios will release new titles in digital format only. There will simply be no new 35-millimeter studio releases to project.
With every revolution comes some bloodshed. The extensive, expensive task of going digital means that many small theaters and some chains will fall victim to changing times and technologies. Some industry observers estimate that Americans will lose one-fifth of their cinemas, about 10,000 screens. John Fithian, president of The National Association of Theatre Owners puts it bluntly: "Convert or die."
The cost of outfitting 15 screens with all new digital equipment was among the complex of issues facing the 10-year-old AMC Block E. Minneapolis' only downtown movie theater will close in September.
This is probably the final summer for the Cottage View, one of the last two drive-in theaters in the Twin Cities. Steven Mann, whose locally based theater company operates the Cottage Grove landmark, said he doesn't plan to retool it.
Mann completed work on the St. Louis Park 6, the last of his complexes to go digital, in early August. The tab for converting his 10-theater chain was a daunting $4 million. And it won't bring in additional revenue at the box office, he said.
Joe Minjares, owner of the Parkway Theater in south Minneapolis, is caught in the now-or-never squeeze and uncertain about the future.
"I'm at a loss," he said. "The economy being what it is, getting any kind of funding is difficult. Maybe we can get vault prints from the studios and show old movies, but I'm not sure what the market is for that."
Savings go to the studios
The push for digital began five years ago with the new wave of 3-D movies, gained momentum with the success of 2009's digitally filmed blockbuster "Avatar," and now has taken on the momentum of a tsunami.
Underscoring celluloid's imminent demise, the home of the Academy Awards, once called the Kodak Theatre, was renamed the Dolby Theatre in May following the film manufacturer's bankruptcy.
Digital brings subtle improvements -- brighter projection, no more scratches or blemishes on the image, no melting film to stop the movie -- but the average consumer won't notice much difference in presentation quality.
Cost-focused film studios pushed the conversion process. By one estimate, studios spend $850 million a year making film prints and $450 million getting them to theaters. Studios were eager to stop delivering 80-pound canisters of perishable celluloid in favor of hard drives the size of a paperback book that cost about $100 to ship. Digital distribution also offers anti-piracy controls to keep films from being copied and sold illegally.
"It's always been about the studio. For the typical film, digital is neither necessary nor desirable," said Ted Mundorff, president of Landmark Theatres, the nation's largest independent chain.
Part of the sales pitch has been the promise that exhibitors could use the new gear to present video programming. "Maybe you broadcast the Academy Awards, the NCAA basketball tournament, the World Series," Mundorff said. "But it won't outweigh the cost. I can show a lot of NCAA and still not make up for a $350,000 conversion" for a multi-screen theater.
While studios offer financing agreements to defray a portion of the changeover expenses, "they really don't care if single-screen theaters go away," said Tom Letness, owner of the Heights Theatre. The 86-year-old Columbia Heights showplace, with its vintage Beaux Arts décor and Wurlitzer organ, is the Twin Cities' longest continuously operated cinema. Letness recently converted to digital, but he doubts the new systems will last more than 50 years, like some of his classic reel-to-reel machines.
"This theater has been through sound, different film formats, Cinemascope" and the tinted-glasses 3-D craze of the 1950s, said Letness, a film history buff who maintains a variety of specialized projectors to show films, from restored Vitaphone talkies to 70-millimeter widescreen extravaganzas.
Bigger exhibitors got a break
During the industry's earlier innovations, change was slow; the switch from silent to talkies lasted from 1926 to about 1932. Smaller, less profitable theaters could buy used equipment from early adopters. In the current scramble to retrofit before next year's deadline, it's every exhibitor for himself.
Multiplex cinema chains, which converted early, had an advantage in replacing motors and gears with transistors and chips. Each time they showed a film, they'd receive a partial equipment subsidy, called a Virtual Print Fee, paid by movie studios to encourage the switch to digital. The program favors bigger exhibitors because they show more first-run movies. With those payments, theater owners could recoup much of their equipment investment over seven to 10 years. The VPF will end soon, and exhibitors who are not on board will find their options limited to old films or niche independent fare.
Landmark, which operates the Edina, Lagoon and Uptown theaters, has outfitted all of its local screens with new projectors, but Mundorff predicts that marquees will go dark on smaller cinemas that served their communities for generations.
"If you're a mom-and-pop theater owner in Tattoo, N.D., you've got yourself a problem," he said. "It's a very scary moment for independents."
Minnesota has about 200 mainstream movie theaters. Half of those are one- or two-screen affairs with razor-thin profit margins. For the first month or two of a film's release, the lion's share of money from ticket sales goes to the movie studios, while the theaters are sustained by popcorn and soda sales.
One theater's solution: a tip jar
At a time when bank loans are hard to land, many theater owners are using innovative strategies to finance the new equipment. The Parkway's Minjares is considering a Kickstarter social media campaign to collect Internet pledges. Some outstate theaters have sought tax-increment funding or reorganized their finances, taking contributions as nonprofit organizations.
Others have reached out to the communities they serve. Last fall the single-screen Jem Theatre in Harmony, Minn., 150 miles south of the Twin Cities, turned to the town's 1,080 residents for help with its $75,000 upgrade.
A plastic juice jug on the concessions counter raised more than $7,000 from customers. Owners Paul and Michelle Haugerud found a near-new projector for $55,000 and a local bank agreed to finance the balance. Additional support came from a private community development agency, a philanthropic trust and a fundraiser at a local bar and grill. The effort was so successful that the theater's debt was retired this spring.
"It's taken me a long time" to accept the necessity of investing in new equipment, but that's what you've got to do," said Loren Williams, owner of the discount second-run Riverview Theater in south Minneapolis. He began experimenting with digital media a decade ago, showing local filmmakers' work on DVD digital projectors. He plans to upgrade his system to conform to the new studio standards soon.
"It's the cost of doing business," Williams said, comparing it to the expense of a new heating-cooling system. "Fortunately, we're not operating on the edge, so we'll get by. "
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CHICAGO -- Adding his bit to rampant Wrigley Field nostalgia, Clint Hurdle was reminiscing Tuesday afternoon about his first game here as a player, in 1982, soon after he'd been traded by the Royals to the Reds.
"A freezing cold day, with only a few hundred people in the stands," the Pirates manager laughed about that April 27 afternoon, when 3,743 fans were in the seats.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- Adding his bit to rampant Wrigley Field nostalgia, Clint Hurdle was reminiscing Tuesday afternoon about his first game here as a player, in 1982, soon after he'd been traded by the Royals to the Reds.
"A freezing cold day, with only a few hundred people in the stands," the Pirates manager laughed about that April 27 afternoon, when 3,743 fans were in the seats.View Full Game Coverage
There were a few thousand more people, but not many more degrees at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night -- 48, to be exact -- when Coldplay was at the top of everyone's playlist. A crowd of 26,177 saw the Bucs tenaciously outlast the Cubs, 7-6.
And there was quite a bit of "Magic" to the eighth-inning rally the Pirates used to snap a 6-6 tie: It began with Starling Marte drawing his second walk of the game, something he had not done since Aug. 8. Righty Pedro Strop also walked Andrew McCutchen before being replaced by lefty James Russell -- who walked Pedro Alvarez to load the bases for Russell Martin's go-ahead sacrifice fly.
Marte and Alvarez walk in the same inning? The winning run on a sacrifice fly -- something the Pirates could not produce in a 36-game stretch at one point last season?
"It's just the discipline," Martin said. "We get a little over-aggressive and swing at the pitcher's pitch, so I think this is us growing up as a team, with everybody trusting each other. If we're going to be disciplined like that throughout the year, we're going to be a tough team to play, man."
"It's a mentality -- something that was talked about showing up a little bit right now," Hurdle said, with obvious satisfaction. "That's something we didn't see a lot last year, but if the offense can improve just a little bit, it's gonna make us a whole lot better in the long run."
Added a proud batting coach, Jeff Branson, who saw payoff for months of preaching:
"They see how the work they put in can help the team do exactly what we did tonight -- we were able to manufacture a run. We can't rely on the pitching staff every night."
Definitely not this night, when laws of averages caught up with a pair of Buccos pitchers.
"The Hardest Part" for the Pirates was watching Charlie Morton humbled by a stunning development. The tough sinkerballer had gone 93 innings without allowing a home run to a right-handed batter, until Starlin Castro hit two of them in a four-inning span.
"That can't happen. I'll learn from it," Morton said flatly. "I threw a four-seamer trying to go down and away, and the ball got in and he got under it. Then, a curve ... just terrible. Two terrible pitches."
Castro's first crank, a three-run shot in the third, tied the score at 4. His second, in the sixth, only dented the Bucs' lead, shrinking it to 6-5.
So the Cubs relied on old reliable, drawing even in the seventh when Anthony Rizzo's single scored Emilio Bonifacio, who had led off with his third hit of the game -- and 14th in four games against the Bucs -- against Tony Watson. Bonifacio moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and stole third before scoring the first run off Watson since Aug. 3.
"It was a fistfight off the mound for us most of the night," Hurdle said. "But we finished strong out of the bullpen; that was really good to see."
The end-game tandem of Mark Melancon and Jason Grilli then took care of matters before there was any more "Trouble."
Morton began to give up the early 4-0 lead on a second-inning RBI single by Bonifacio -- of course.
Castro's first drive, hammered into the left-field corner, was a tipoff that Morton simply did not have it Tuesday. The last time a righty had homered off Morton was on July 22, 15 starts earlier.
But it all ended in "Paradise," because the Bucs kept responding every time the Cubs made a move on them.
"They just kept playing," Hurdle said. "It's not about what's not going right, but about what you've got to do next."
With their early lead gone, the Bucs reloaded in the fourth. Marte walked with two away, stole second and scored on McCutchen's single. In the fifth, Martin doubled before Travis Ishikawa's triple made it 6-4.
Through the season's first week, the Pirates had not been a quick-strike club. In fact, they scored a total of three runs in the first three innings of six games. That changed, with four runs in the first inning alone off Chicago starter Edwin Jackson.
Marte led off with a double, which was only appropriate. Every Pittsburgh game has begun with a hit, although this was the Pirates' first chance to do the honors on the road. Plus, Marte in Wrigley Field is like a guy in Las Vegas holding 11 at the blackjack table -- he always hits. He is 15-for-36 in the course of a nine-game hit streak here.
After Marte moved to third on a pop fly and McCutchen walked, Alvarez doubled to drive both home. Martin was hit by a pitch, then Neil Walker's RBI single and Ishikawa's sacrifice fly doubled the lead to 4-0.
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Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita Urges Graduates of IUPUI's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) to Practice Responsibility and Leadership
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Secretary Rokita suggests graduates could be so good at their work, they could make themselves unneeded
(Indianapolis) – Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita delivered the commencement address to outgoing graduates of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) this weekend. The graduation ceremonies were held Sunday, March 10, 2009, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
The text of Secretary Rokita's prepared remarks follows:
Thank you Dean McSwane.
I want to add my thank you and congratulations to each of you out there who are mothers because you are very responsible in many ways for this day. On behalf of the graduates, thank you very much, and I hope this school and others across Indiana continue the tradition – as much as they can – to have these ceremonies, like this ceremony, on Mothers' Day.
I know my place in this ceremony by the way. I'm in the way of you getting your diplomas. I'm in the way of some good "eats," good festivities for sure, and some well-deserved time with your family. So, I promise not to go more than 50 minutes or so.
There are some things I do want to get out to you all as fellow public servants. And I use that term specifically today. The first is – going back to mothers – never ever let this work, this work we do together, get in the way of your family. This job isn't that important, no job is that important. I've seen it time and time again in my own staff, in my colleagues, fellow statewide officials. Because this is the kind of work we're in, serving others – we end up serving others more than we serve our own families. It's addicting. It can happen. It's real. Don't let it. No work, even that of public service, is so important that you would be better off to sacrifice your family.
I take immense joy in being your Secretary of State, mainly because I love Indiana right down to every corn field and neighborhood. And when you go to all 92 counties every year, you have to love it! But unlike other statewide office holders – maybe the governor, or maybe superintendent of public instruction – my title, "secretary of state," is like a title you may have when you use your degree. It's a little bit amorphous; it's different from state to state. It makes for some interesting moments.
I remember one time not too long ago where a lady came up to me because she heard the Secretary of State was in the room. She was very particular about telling me she was going to come to the statehouse the next week to see all of the offices. She was going to be there on a particular day and at a certain time and she intended to see the governor. Like many of you would probably do in the same situation, I nodded my head politely and smiled. She finally got so frustrated with me that she stuck what was her boney finger in my chest and said, "Young man, young man, why aren't you writing any of this down?" So, I did and I started writing it down. It wasn't until two conversations later that I realized what she was talking about: I was the secretary … of the state, as if I take notes for the governor! So I did. The next day I went to the governor's office and said, "This lady thinks she has an appointment with the governor, and I suggest he see her."
The best way to describe my job is that it's the intersection of law, business and government. Dean McSwane was nice enough to tick off several of our office's accomplishments. If it was any other group that I was speaking to, I would have jumped up and cut him off, but I wanted you to hear some of these things we have been able to do because they are not my accomplishments, they are all of ours. As graduates of SPEA, this is what drives us: effectiveness in public service, performance measures. This is what gets us out of bed everyday – the idea that we might serve others. Again, this is what drives us – that love of service for others.
But I want to be clear that today is not my day. It's not the state's day. It is Mothers' Day as we mentioned. It's your family's day to a certain extent, but mostly and especially with regard to the ceremony, this is your day. So, I offer these remarks in that spirit in complete honor of you and in complete congratulations, with the humble hope that you may use some of these remarks not only in your professional practice, but especially in your practice of life.
Note that I've called you public servants. Note that I named you fellow public servants. I said that specifically, first out of respect for each and every one of you for your work, but also to signify that we are indeed in this together and we serve the same public regardless of educational background, regardless of faith background and regardless of our philosophy of governing.
(By the way, it is true, while I studied political philosophy in the finest liberal arts fashion at the alma matter of Dean McSwane, your curriculum appears to be less esoterical, more "nuts and bolts," more practical, which means one clear and obvious thing to me: and that is, unlike me, you are employable! So, congratulations on your choice of disciplines.)
I also want to note here what SPEA stands for, and not just the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. That's easy enough. I'm thinking about your publicly stated core values: community involvement, responsibility, purposeful action, positive change. Nice words all of them, but what do they mean? What do they mean to you? Can you apply your degrees to these core values? Did you know your school had core values?
We have core values at the Secretary of State's office, but I will be the first to admit that we probably don't visit with them enough. They are posted, but how do we know they are employed on a day-to-day basis? What will guide our staffs that we manage? I want to at least focus on one of them now: responsibility.
I am pleased to see that you and your faculty recognize the role that responsibility plays in the lives of those who are part of what is supposed to be – supposed to be – a free society. I am especially encouraged to see such a core value used at an institution that prepares individuals for careers in government, because if you view government the way I view government – that is to say the correct way – it's that there is an indirect correlation to the size and scope of government and the degree of responsibility an individual has to maintain in that society.
One way of saying this is: the bigger and more controlling a government is, the less responsibility individuals need and indeed are allowed to have. And a third and final way to describe this form of government is to call it a "nanny state."
So let me say right from the beginning that our Founders intended for us to carry out a form of government that was anything but a "nanny state," the opposite of such, in essence… a very limited government, that would in turn allow, in fact promote and demand, that individuals prosper and grow because of the freedom to do so. And to bear the fruits of their own labor – without government interference.
The one required ingredient for all of this is your core value: responsibility.
Limited government only works when people – individuals and small groups – are largely responsible for others, and when we are responsible, ultimately, for ourselves.
Of course, this all points to (you know where I'm heading) needing less government. And I dare say, if we need less government because we teach, encourage and demand more personal responsibility, then we might eventually come to the conclusion that we need less SPEA graduates because we've gotten our government so small – maybe even down to 1987 dollars like the budget my office just turned in.
But what a dream and what an accomplishment I would think that would be and that's why I'm so pleased to see responsibility as one of your core values.
So, I ask you graduates this question: Which ones among you would take your public service so seriously as to follow the intent of our Founders, as laid out in the Declaration of Independence and our Constitutions? – Something I don't think our government overall has done very well recently.
Which ones of you are willing to be so good at what you do, that your job won't be needed anymore because you accomplished the ultimate? Not just budget targets, not just online service, not just fair and accurate elections – that stuff is easy, I'm talking about the ultimate; being so good at what you do that your job, your career line is not needed anymore. Not needed anymore because you have given the ultimate in public service: you have reminded and showed how we can be responsible to each other, for each other and for ourselves without needing government to do it for us!
Are you up to that challenge? Because given the current state of fiscal and social affairs, I think you need to be.
In one sense, I take the time to lay some of these thoughts out so that you know exactly where I come from as your secretary of state and the philosophies I employ. I am showing you my cards in the most honest way I know how, just as I'm sure your teachers have been that honest with you when they describe problems they have taught you over the years. But mainly, I have made the descriptions to this point to make the larger point that even though you have studied very tangible subjects in a way that has given you the knowledge and the skill set to apply them to very real and pragmatic situations, it is of utmost importance to be guided by the core values and philosophies that are hard wired in your brain, that pump through your heart like your own blood itself and show evidently to the world on your shirt sleeve.
Now, it is my hope that your core philosophies in fact are the ones shared by the Founders, mainly because many that have come before you did not do that. Others have been selfish – and we only need to look at $50 trillion worth of debt and promises that this country now owes to its people and foreigners – to make my point.
But, I probably shouldn't assume that each one of you feels this way, at least not yet. So I ask: What is it that will guide you in how you use your degree? In what direction will you take your career? Who will you be with your degree? What will you do? How will you practice your trade, if not the way I just described it? What will the ultimate outcomes of your work be if not to make you less needed? And when you look back on your long career (many advise to do this) will you be satisfied with those outcomes?
Frankly, these are things that go beyond your professional work – what you've learned how to do here. These are things that will also determine what type of mother or father you will be; what type of son or daughter you will be, what type of citizen you will be, and most important to this discussion here today, what type of leader you will be to your fellow man.
And we need leadership right now. America's and Indiana's problems, the problems you will be inheriting – and I put myself in with you – the problems you will be tackling are not just ones of a trade deficit, not just ones of a budget deficit. It's a problem of a much more dangerous and larger deficit: a leadership deficit. You only get to a $50 trillion mark in debt when you don't have leadership; when there is no courage to say "no"; when there is no interest in that core value that your school now professes you have: responsibility.
In a few moments, you'll be handed a diploma – that license to practice that I have talked about today. But as I say it's much more than a license to practice a trade. It's a license to continue learning.
When you have a degree like yours, you have the ability to better or worsen the lives for all of us. Not just us, but for generations to come. And that is a very, very powerful thing.
Will it be used to grow government, make it smaller, or neither?
Will it be used to preserve God-given rights? Or will you use it to give and take away rights because you think they are the government's to give and take away? These are real debates that are happening everyday at the statehouse and other places of civic engagement, right now! And your degree has the power to put you right in the middle, right on the front lines.
Will you work for economic freedom that has historically unleashed more entrepreneurial spirit than the world has ever known, and consequently, has secured more prosperity across all demographics than the world has ever seen, or will you be part of a different way?
Will you work for individual rights that are just as important to a free spirit and country, or will you be working for another way?
Let me conclude by reminding us of a true story about Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founders I have referred to today and one of the architects of the very system of government that you and I have entered into: a system we were blessed to be born into; down right lucky if you ask me.
Benjamin Franklin was approached outside Constitution Hall in 1787, just after our constitution was written, and he was asked, (perhaps by a lady who had the same type of personality as the nice lady I mentioned earlier) "What kind of government, sir, did you give us?" And Franklin brilliantly and simply replied, "You have a republic, if you can keep it."
As you embark out into Indiana and the world as a Hoosier, as an American, or as someone who, I hope, at least appreciates the individual freedoms and personal responsibility that a free and open society promotes and requires, that you think about Benjamin Franklin's answer and about all this discussed today and decide who you will be; how you will commit; and what you will do for the rest of your professional lives,--using all the while this powerful weapon you have, this degree that you are about to get and you worked so hard for --- 'To keep this Republic'.
Thank you very much.
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The United States Department of Labor was correct in reversing its decision to impose severe restrictions on the tasks young people may perform on family farms.
We don't doubt that these proposals were well-intentioned and designed to protect young people from injury. But restrictions went too far, far enough, some claimed, that youngsters would no longer have been allowed to show animals at stock shows, county fairs and other venues. Claims also suggested that young people would be banned from using tools as simple as battery-powered screwdrivers. The devil, as they say, is always in the details and whether regulations would have gotten that extreme we can't know and is now a moot point.
Fortunately, the Department of Labor reversed its decision and has vowed to work with Farm Bureau and other entities to develop reasonable safeguards for youth working on family farms.
That's a good thing. In the 35 or so years I've been covering agriculture throughout the Sunbelt, one thing has always stood out. Nowhere in the United States can you find youngsters more willing to work hard than on family farms. Nowhere can you find youngsters who are more responsible than farm kids. And nowhere can you find youth who are more polite or more trustworthy.
A family farm serves as a unique teaching laboratory—offering courses in animal husbandry, soils, horticulture and economics. It's also a good place to learn about risk and reward and the suddenness with which good things can turn sour. Farms also teach youngsters how to regroup when a crop fails or a calf dies. Such lessons are hard, but they are learned with the support structure of what is usually a close-knit farm family.
I've met farm kids—young adults in many cases—who had amassed a pretty good college fund by the time they graduated from high school. Some of those funds came from showing cattle, swine or other livestock at those shows. Some came from crop receipts—acreage they were granted to make their own crops and to experience the joys and frustrations that come with bountiful crops and bad failures.
Those lessons will be important when these young people take responsibility for the family farm and begin teaching the next generation of farmers and ranchers.
Farm families should also remember that agriculture can be dangerous, even for the most seasoned farmer or rancher. Animals can be unpredictable and they are large and can be deadly. Machinery demands constant focus and appropriate safety accessories—for all operators, not just young ones.
Remember, too, that a young person is often more prone to take risks than more mature adults. Consequently, it is essential that parents make certain that chores are age-appropriate and that young people gain necessary experience through close supervision and that they get ample instruction.
Unfortunately, in the 35 years that I've covered agriculture across the Sunbelt I've witnessed young people performing farm tasks for which they were too young. It's understandable that younger children want to take part and they may beg to perform chores that their older siblings get to do. And parents may take some pride in knowing that the youngster is interested in the farm and wants to participate in the work.
But patience is also an important lesson and one that should be included in the on-farm curriculum. Keep them safe.


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Tree Fell on Home, Buyer to Verify
Burbed gets some pretty amusing listings sent in, but this one stands head and shoulders above most of them. Or should I say it made quite an impact. Thanks very much to Burbed reader nomadic for sharing it.
21431 BERTRAM Rd, San Jose, CA 95120
LOT SIZE: 6,348 Sq. Ft.
PROPERTY TYPE: Detached Single Family
COMMUNITY: Almaden Valley
COUNTY: Santa Clara
SOURCE: MLSListings
STATUS: Pending With Release
ON REDFIN: 56 days
SHORT SALE. Contractor Special!!! Beautiful Creek Setting. Tree Fell On Home. Buyer to Verify Allowable Re-Build With County. In A Historical District. Do Not Go On The Property!!! View From The Street. Offers are still being taken. They will be presented to 1st lender when negotiations are completed with second.
I really appreciate truth in advertising, and real estate is one field where creative descriptions (which is a rather fancy way to say "lies") are the norm. So a listing that calls it like it sees it is truly more than a breath of fresh air. Observe the economy of prose that tells nothing but the unvarnished truth.
SHORT SALE. Ahoy, bank trouble ahead. Contractor Special!!! Yes, that often goes with Short Sale, usually. Lots of exclamation points, agent is excited. Maybe agent owns a hardware store?
Beautiful Creek Setting. That's true, and here's a nice picture of the beautiful creek setting. So far, this listing reads like most of the distressed properties we've seen FBs lose when they couldn't pay their bubblicious loan payments. So, no surprises yet, but wait, there's more!
Tree Fell On Home. Oh. My. Definitely. Short, descriptive, and resonant. Hemingway couldn't have said it better.
Buyer to Verify Allowable Re-Build With County. Beautiful. A few choice words with just a hint of endless bureaucracy and red tape. This property is a complete crapshoot: you pays your money and you may not get to do anything with it. We've moved from Hemingway to Kafka.
In A Historical District. See. this place isn't a complete loss! Here's a lovely picture to show why you'd want an uninhabitable 1923 structure.
Do Not Go On The Property!!! View From The Street. Now the writer injects a note of warning into what had been informative and down-to-earth beforehand. The plot thickens! Plus they don't want you on the property because this is one ginormous liability suit just waiting to happen.
Offers are still being taken. The listing concludes on a note of hope and perseverance in the face of adversity.
They will be presented to 1st lender when negotiations are completed with second. Hope, with a bemused eyeroll. This admitted disaster is not only a short sale, there are negotiations with not one, but two banks. That's going to make dealing with the county planning department as easy as falling off a log.
Wow! Now tell us the bad news.
This listing spoke the whole truth. This is definitely a Contractor Special, in the sense that certain kids are "Special." View it from The Street!
UPDATE: Burbed reader nomadic sent in two more pictures taken right at the site later today (3/31/11) plus some on-site commentary. I hope they were viewed and taken from The Street as advised.
Here's what the tree house looks like now. I didn't take a long shot to show that 2/3 of the house wasn't crushed – it appears that the front room (main living area) was flattened, but not the rest. Too bad another picture I took was too dark to show the kitchen where one wall was missing. There were GRANITE countertops!
In the background you can see how massive the fallen branch was. There is more of the same tree hanging over the next door neighbor's house. To be fair, I'm not sure the owner would have known what a risk there was. The tree doesn't look completely dead. It's one of those scrubby looking oaks or something. There are many huge trees all along that street and nearly every home could have one fall on it.
Here's the firewood pile nearby; I'm pretty certain it was the fallen branch.
The firewood had better be included for $175,000.


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BOISE, Idaho - Prosecutors say the man accused of killing a monkey at Boise's zoo hoped to steal the animal, but he was bitten and then he clubbed it to death with a tree branch.
Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Fafa Alidjani said Wednesday that Michael J. Watkins entered the zoo Saturday morning, manipulated a lock to get into the primate enclosure and removed the patas monkey by wrapping it in his jacket.
Fourth District Judge Henry Boomer denied a request from Watkins' public defender to reduce bail from $150,000 to $10,000.
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Moorestown-based Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation announced Thursday its initial public offering, consisting of 6.5 million shares at $20 per share. The stock begins trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CHMI.
According to the announcement, in connection with the offering, the company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 975,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on October 9, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.
Barclays Capital Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC are serving as joint book-running managers for the offering. FBR Capital Markets & Co., JMP Securities LLC and Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. are serving as co-managers for the offering, the company said in a statement.