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Volume 18, Number 4
June 2001
We've Come a Long Way, Baby
By Alan Pearlman and Stephen J. Lief
Approximately 20 years ago, our world began a significant change that would affect most if not all of our lives forever. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the personal computer—and, again, note this is "approximately!" Using an approximation is the only way to phrase it, because it is actually very difficult to determine the moment of creation of the first truly personal computer. Some might say that Tandy-Radio Shack's TRS-80 counts in the mix. Likewise, others argue that the Heathkit hobby computers belong in the forefront. And, of course, many would muse that the Altair, NorthStar, Zilog, and others belong on the list. At this rate, the list would be far too long to print, and still some would be missing.
The development of the PC for the legal professional can be compared in importance only to the development of the ballpoint pen, the successor to the quill pen that was the successor to the feather pen. Yet, some among us have yet to fully embrace computers! Certainly, the advent of the PC has dramatically changed the practice of law—many lawyers now type their own documents, eliminating or reducing the necessity of secretarial help for rote transcription services.
Remember the Manual Typewriter?
The debate began with the introduction of the PC into law practice. Could the expensive PC really replace the less expensive typewriter? We can remember the days of blackouts, floods, and other disasters, natural and otherwise, when law firms simply turned off their newfound friend, the IBM Selectric, and dragged out the old manual version from the storehouse. Today, a firm would need a very large alternative power supply to run the system, or they may as well go home for the day!
Let's take our time machine back a few short years. Do you remember when your first PC had 512K of RAM? That was a lot; 64K was standard, and committees decided on upgrades to 128K. The maximum supported standard was 640K. All your friends would ask "What in the world do you need so much power for? You can never fill that thing up!" We fondly recall my TRS-80 ("trash 80" as we all referred to it), with 25-minute waits to load my word-processing program, ScriptSit! What fun that was! You had to load the program into the PC via a Radio Shack tape recorder. After the load, you had a computer word processor. We laugh at this now, but remember carbon paper and onion-skin paper? That was how some of us produced and processed our divorce matters and copies, so this system was a real boost to productivity when it came to saving work product, although you had to backward load it to a blank cassette tape. What fun it was to go back and find that copy of the petition by following the numbers on the tape counter. It was long, tedious, and cumbersome, but it was computing.
We now have CD-ROMs, but before that there were 31/2-inch floppy disks; before that, 51/2-inch and 8 1/8-inch floppies, and before those, cassette tapes that served as a storage medium, blithering with every bit read, copied, or loaded. West gave the biggest boost to the CD-ROM era when it came out with law on CDs; but, boy, how we panicked: Do we really have to change CDs? Many speaking engagements centered around such challenging questions as, "How many CDs will West put the law on?" and "How hard is it to change from disk 1 to disk 2?" One stock answer: "Well, let's see, you go through three years of college, then three years of law school, then pass the mother lode of all exams with the bar—and you're still having trouble taking out CD 1 and inserting CD 2?"
Next was the advent of CD towers and jukeboxes to house the vast collection of discs. Some firms had one of every case ever designed in the United States, preferring licensing LoisLaw's oh-so-many gigabytes of data on their CDs to searching Lexis or West online.
Software Madness
Don't get us started thinking about word processing systems, oh, too late. Who remembers WordStar? Or, better yet, my first purchase of WordStar 2000 plus Legal Edition. (It's in a nice box taking up space next to a TRS-80 in the basement.) Do you know that there is still a version of WordStar for Windows 2000? You needed to combine certain keyboard strokes to perform a task—i.e., Control S to save—and a secretary or temporary assistant who mastered the system became worth his or her weight in gold. Support staff who mastered the system in the early years could write their own tickets, for if they left you, they left you hangin'! There was almost nothing along the lines of help using WordStar. Back then, the competition was MultiMate and IBM's DisplayWrite, the first dedicated desktop computer system (which could have been a PC), and their subsequent versions. Who could stand "paginating" their documents, or spare the time to do it—but paginate we did, at least if we wanted to print out the documents we had created.
There was Samna (later AmiPro and after acquisition by Lotus, WordPro). By far the most advanced system was Xywrite, a memory-dependent and -intensive program way ahead of its time, supporting features such as allowing the user to open and work on as many as nine documents simultaneously. Try that trick now! (Incidentally, we have an unopened Xywrite, found in the bowels of the basement, and first person to contact us gets it.)
To jog your memory a bit more—can you recall Satellite Systems, Inc.? Okay, but what program did they develop? Yep, they called it WordPerfect, generally accepted as the most common denominator of word processors: pre-Microsoft Word, the classic WP5.1.
Let's also reminisce about document assembly programs. In terms of indescribable systems development, there was HotDocs for document assembly, and before that, WorkForm and WorkTool. From the Blumberg Company we had Excelsior Legal's Document Libraries. Today, lawyers wonder what they would do without their document assembly program to punch out quick and efficient documents.
As for contact management, remember those past greats, the pop-up programs such as SideKick, Lotus Metro, PackRat, Ecco and EccoPro, and, of course, Act from Symantec? PackRat was infamous for one of its upgrades that deleted previous entries instead of converting them to the new version's format. Today, most if not all of us use Microsoft Outlook (referred to fondly by the pros, due to its extreme security failings, as Microsoft LookOut). Still, some use Goldmine and/or Act, both great contact management tools. Also available to the highest bidder: sealed basement copies of PackRat, Ecco, and EccoPro. (Somebody, please help clean up some basement space!)
Then, there were highly valuable program tools: Arborist's decision tree analytic system, Lotus Agenda (a database program that escapes categorization and description), developed such a loyal user base, the developers couldn't pull the plug on the product, even after the company clearly had bet its future on Notes. By the way, anyone remember cc:Mail? Anyone still using cc:Mail? It is amazing that Lotus created the first truly commercially successful spreadsheet, a very credible contact manager in Metro, Agenda, cc:Mail, and then Notes. Talk about a software company repeating its formula for success—that's so very hard to do!
Further jogging of our memories recalls relics of the past (and some very good case management programs that developed the adage "here today—gone tomorrow") such as Power Law and Gravity's Verdict. Now, we seem to have a choice among Amicus Attorney, TimeMatters, or ProLaw. We also still have a few Microsoft goodies in our stash—the most favorite was Microsoft's Bob, the guy who was suppose to teach you how to become more computer literate and the forerunner to the pesky Clippy, the damned paper clip that never goes away in Microsoft Word.
Fun Toys
Again, the basement storehouse has plenty of good and not-so-good packages. Recall the neat handheld scanner WordWand, a small pencil-like device that skimmed over text in books and transformed it to Word or WordPerfect within your word processor? Look at new trade paper ads today—it was the forerunner to the C-Pen, from C-Technologies, being marketed now. Remember the video collections of how-tos that preceded help files? It was always fun to watch a videotape while sitting at the computer desk; it walked you through things, but you had to run back and forth between the computer room and the room with the TV and VCR!
No article of this nature would be complete without a reference to the Internet. Who would have thought that this medium would have taken off in light speed! Although, if you are truly a computer aficionado, you know that the Internet was developed in 1945-1946 and was used by a group of scientists to discuss Cold War and global issues via a green screen terminal. Anyone who envisioned the takeoff of the Internet could have been rich today! It goes without saying that in about 75 years, someone will be writing about the old technologies of the past and the by-then obsolete Internet, and dot-com winners and losers will be among their noteworthy praise.
All in all, when you take a look back at whence we came, we can truly say, "We've come a long way, baby." And we finish that sentence with the rest of the verse: "But we've still got a long way to go!"
Alan Pearlman is a practicing attorney in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. In addition to his 28 years of active trial practice, he is the author of the nationally syndicated column, "The Electronic Lawyer" and a frequent speaker at national legal technology seminars. Stephen J. Lief advises his fellow attorneys on the latest in practical and profitable technology applications, including automated litigation support, document imaging, and voice recognition systems.
I'm Still Waiting
Even though we have come a long way, we really do have a long way to go. In that regard some of our friends and colleagues have given us some food for thought about what they're still waiting for:
• [I'm waiting for] truly effective voice dictation that can also run the various software I use (Amicus, PCLaw, WP8.0), a PDA that incorporates a phone with an earpiece, and an earpiece for my cell phone that has an "answer/hang up" button on the cord near the mike.—David Zachary Kaufman
• [I'm waiting for] a scanner that will scan a form to your screen and allow both direct fill in from the word processor and printing. And I'm still waiting for Scripsit for Windows.—Art Mouton
• You've really opened up a sluice for my wishes/unfulfilled expectations. Tired of being treated like a red-headed stepchild, I demand more consideration and greater availability for applications for Macintosh users! For example: Telephony for the Mac, á la PalTalk, etc.; desktop ASPs—c'mon now, it can't be all that hard! And cross-platform applications.—Judith Jones


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Preheat oven to 350°F.
Wash the turkey breast and pat dry; then place in a shallow roasting pan (breast side up) on top of two sheets of aluminum foil placed perpendicular to each other so that the pan is completely covered and there is enough foil left to lift the bird from the pan when holding all ends. Slip a bay leaf under the breast at the north and south of the bird.
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The traditional foods of Purim include hamentaschen (literally, "Haman's pockets'), a triangular fruit-filled cookie said to emulate the shape of Haman's three-cornered hat.
The Book of Esther (in Hebrew, Hadassah, meaning "myrrh") is an oddity (or some would say, a rarity) in the canon of Jewish scriptures for several reasons. First, it is one of only two books named after women (Ruth being the other); second, it is one of the only books in the Bible not to mention God (although there seems to be a vague reference in the text to an entity that will save the people, if it is not Esther); third, the story it tells of the deliverance of the Jewish people from near certain annihilation thanks to the political savvy of a Jewish woman married to a foreign king demonstrates once again (as in the case of Ruth) Israel's tolerance and adaptiveness to marriage "outside of the tribe" in certain eras of its long history. Though some scholars believe the story takes place during the reign of Xerxes (also called Ahasuerus, King of Persia, in the 6th century b.c.e.), most scholars date the writing of the book to the 4th century b.c.e., about the time of the death of Alexander the Great.
As a result of this remarkable story, the Jewish people added another feast day to their already celebratory calendar, one of the most joyous of all Jewish holidays known as Purim (Hebrew for "lots"). In the biblical selection above, Queen Esther has foiled Haman, the evil advisor to the king, and all his plans to eradicate her uncle, Mordecai, and the Jewish people as well. At the advice of her uncle, Esther had never revealed to the king her true ethnic identity, and taking a gamble that he loved her enough to grant her wishes despite her background, she saves her countrymen and -women and vanquishes their scheming foes. Hence Esther is celebrated as a savior of the people, and Purim is both her feast and theirs.
Esther's skillful maneuvering within the court of the Persian king centers around two banquets by which she carries out her plan to unveil Haman's evil plotting and to demonstrate how his jealousy and prejudices will cause his undoing. We are never told exactly what was served at either of these meals, although one can imagine that a dinner with the King of Persia would not have been a simple affair. Perhaps as a continuance of the spirit of Esther's banquets, Purim celebrations center on a meal—a meal that over time has developed its own protocol. The holiday is preceded by a minor fast to commemorate Esther's three days of eschewing food prior to approaching the king with her supplications. On the main day of Purim itself (usually sometime around the end of February), the book of Esther (called the megillah, or "scroll") is read, either in its entirety or in some shortened form. It is customary for the listening audience to boo, hiss, stamp their feet, and rattle graggers (noisemakers or clackers) at the mention of Haman's name: the purpose is to "blot out the name of Haman," just as he had tried to blot out the lives and the spirit of the Jewish people.
The Talmud instructs that everyone should "eat, drink and be merry" to the point where the difference between "cursed be Haman" and "blessed be Mordecai" cannot be distinguished. But revelry is not the only focus: the festival places a great emphasis on gifts to charity, the "sending out of portions" of food and drink. Purim celebrations also often include plays and beauty contests that tend to have a carnival-like atmosphere. For these reasons, Purim is greatly anticipated and widely celebrated among all Jews, though in a unique way within each community.
The traditional foods of Purim include hamentaschen (literally, "Haman's pockets"), a triangular fruit-filled cookie said to emulate the shape of Haman's three-cornered hat; latkes (potato pancakes); vegetarian fare (tradition holds that Esther kept kosher by eating beans and peas while living in the Persian capital of Susa); poppy seeds (a symbol of Esther's fasting), and other seeds as well; kreplach (ground meat wrapped in dough, much in the same way and shape as hamentaschen); braided challah (as a remembrance of the rope that hung Haman); folares (in the Sephardic tradition, pastry dough wrapped around hard-boiled eggs); fish (baked in vinegar, raisins, and spices); turkey; and of course, wine for the drinking portion. All are served at a festive meal, held late in the afternoon, called the Seudah. It is usually celebrated with family and friends, with a menu not unlike what follows.
In 539 b.c.e. King Cyrus II (also known as Cyrus the Great) of Persia conquered Babylon and issued what has come to be known as the Cyrus Cylinder, a declaration that the Persians would destroy neither the Babylonians nor their culture. He also decreed that the peoples exiled under the Babylonians could return to their homelands. While the document did not mention the Jews specifically, the policy allowed many Jews (some scholars say 42,000) to go back to Jerusalem; many more (perhaps up to 1 million) remained in Persia, for the Persians were tolerant of all religious practices (though many Persians had adopted Zoroastrianism), including the Jews' observance of the Law and worship of God. Upon reaching Jerusalem, the returning refugees began rebuilding the Temple, and immediately ran into conflict with the Samaritans of the area, who did not hold the Temple as the center of religious life and did not want to lose their privileged position in society. Threatening rebellion, the Samaritans petitioned Cyrus for a stop-work order on the Temple, which he granted.
Previously, Cyrus had united the Persian kingdoms in 559 b.c.e. and had defeated the Medean Empire in 550 b.c.e. and annexed Lydia. Cyrus died (probably in battle) about 530 b.c.e., and rule passed to his son, Cambyses II, who conquered Egypt. Cambyses' reign was short, and in 521 b.c.e. power passed to his relative, Darius (Dariush) I. After quashing a number of rebellions and consolidating power, Darius married Atossa, a daughter of Cyrus the Great. Darius reformed the legal code and the military while extending the empire as far north as the Caucasus. Governing such an enormous area proved unwieldy, so he divided the empire into twenty semiautonomous provinces (called satrapies) and appointed a satrap to administer each one. He also had a canal excavated to join the Nile River to the Red Sea and had a new capital built at Persepolis. Under Darius, Persia became a mighty economic power, trading as far west as Sicily and Carthage and as far east as the Indus River. When he died in 485 b.c.e., his son Xerxes I came to the throne. Like his father, who suffered defeat at the Battle of Marathon, Xerxes tried to invade Greece but was unsuccessful; afterward, the empire fell into a state of unrest, and Xerxes was murdered in 465 b.c.e., at which point Artaxerxes I became king. He ruled until 424 b.c.e., succeeded by his son Xerxes II, who was assassinated after only forty-five days in office. Xerxes' halfbrother Ochus seized the throne and took the name Darius II; he died in 404 b.c.e., and Artaxerxes II came to power.
Scholars are quite divided about how the narrative related in the Book of Esther fits into the historical chronology, or even if the narrative is actually historic or purely allegoric. Some claim that Ahasuerus (also known as Achashverosh) may be the same ruler otherwise known as Xerxes I; others, that he may have been Artaxerxes II. A number of scholars also claim that the reason Darius II allowed the Jews to recommence reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple was that he was the son of Esther and Xerxes I. As there are no extrabiblical accounts of a Queen Esther of Persia, the historicity of the narrative remains a subject of contention, particularly since the story continues to serve as the basis for the Jewish folk holiday of Purim.
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I was born and raised in this country and was just as shocked as everyone else to learn there were people on this earth so vile as to commit such a horrific attack – or to even think about doing it.
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Just one of a range of durable tablets that Steatite Rugged Systems supplies, the portable Algiz 10X is IP65 rated, so meets military standards of proofing against dust, sand, water, vibration, drop and extreme temperatures.
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Steatite Rugged Systems http://www.rugged-systems.com has expanded its rugged tablet offering with the inclusion of the new Algiz 10X Ultra-Rugged Tablet Computer.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A German delegation is visiting the White House on Wednesday to discuss ways to intensify U.S.-German intelligence sharing after reports that the U.S. National Security Agency monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
President Barack Obama is under pressure to reassure allies a week after reports surfaced about the scope and scale of U.S. intelligence gathering.
German's national security adviser, Christoph Heusgen, and the German chancellery intelligence coordinator, Guenter Heiss, are to meet White House national security adviser Susan Rice and Obama's homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco.
U.S. national intelligence director James Clapper and the deputy director of the National Security Agency, Chris Inglis will also participate.
Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the National Security Council, said the meeting grew out of Obama's telephone conversation last week with Merkel. In that conversation, Obama told Merkel the United States is not now and will not in the future monitor her mobile phone.
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Life expectancy at birth in the UK has reached its highest level on record for both males and females. A newborn baby boy could expect to live 78.1 years and a newborn baby girl 82.1 years if mortality rates remain the same as they were in 2008–10.
The chart shows that females continue to live longer than males, but the gap has been closing. Although both sexes have shown annual improvements in life expectancy at birth, over the past 28 years the gap has narrowed from 6.0 years to 4.1 years. Based on mortality rates in 1980–82, 26 per cent of newborn males would die before age 65, but this had reduced to 15 per cent based on 2008–10 rates. The equivalent figures for newborn females were 16 per cent in 1980–82 and 10 per cent in 2008–10.
Life expectancy at age 65 – the number of further years someone reaching 65 in 2008–10 could expect to live – is also higher for women than for men. Based on 2008–10 mortality rates, a man aged 65 could expect to live another 17.8 years, and a woman aged 65 another 20.4 years. The difference between male and female life expectancy in the UK at age 65 has decreased from four years in 1980-82 to 2.6 years in 2008-10.
Within the UK, life expectancy varies by country. England has the highest life expectancy at birth, 78.4 years for males and 82.4 years for females, while Scotland has the lowest, 75.8 years for males and 80.3 years for females. Life expectancy at age 65 is also higher in England than for the other countries of the UK.
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Table source: Office for National Statistics
The largest increases in life expectancy at birth since 2007-09 were seen for Scottish and Welsh males, each with an increase of 0.4 years to 75.8 and 77.5 respectively. All countries within the UK have seen a year on year reduction in the difference between male and female life expectancy at birth. In 2008-10 Scotland has the largest difference between male and female life expectancy at birth at 4.6 years.
The life expectancy figures above make no allowance for future changes in mortality. If the UK continues to see improving mortality rates, especially at older ages, life expectancy at birth and at age 65 will continue to increase for both males and females in future years.
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I have a customer who is adamant that we supply them with PubKegs in corrugated outers. Rehrig have been a bit inconsistent with their loading/packing/stacking specifications and I am wondering what other folks do.
I plan to load two layers of 20 kegs (4x5) stacked vertically with a slip sheet between the layers, corner boards and a lot of pallet wrapping around it all.
Can I stack more on this and go higher?
For filling: do the inners come out of the cardboard so that I can avoid staining or wetting the card and repack them once they are rinsed down and dried off?
Feedback or advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Incredible Cherry Pie", that my number of post readers quadrupled! So, there you go. Omni and Paleo Dieters... my hat's off to you-- I would have a really hard time giving up white flour and sugar, forever, and I doubt that I am alone
Thank goodness that I have a young adult son who stands at 6'4" in his stocking feet. His BMI numbers are really low-- essentially, he is very lean, and his doctor told him he needs to gain more weight. The flu and some health issues took a toll on his frame. Now that he's well, he is drinking protein shakes and emptying out the refrigerator faster than I can stock it! For a mom who loves to cook and bake, this is music to my ears. That I have yet, another one week staycation, for Spring Break, means I can crank up the oven and plug in my stand mixer more often than usual.
Rainbow Cookies". They are, pretty much, a very thick and chewy chocolate chip cookie that is made with melted butter-- and they are really good. By this morning, they were all gone. They are a good cookie (of course, they are a Cook's Illustrated recipe).
I've been spotting chocolate chip cookie recipes that uses vanilla pudding mix. When I saw that "Bunny's Warm Oven" (one of my favorite baking sites) posted these, and she raved about them-- I had to see, for myself, what the fuss was all about.
These are baked at 370F for exactly 10 minutes. No a minute more!
The cookies might look unbaked in the center, and slightly brown on the edges. This is good. They do spread out a bit thin, and will be puffy in the center. Wait a few minutes, and then carefully put them on a cooling rack.
Once they are cooled, they will be thin and firmer to the touch.
TASTING NOTES: Until I try another of the many "best" chocolate chip recipes I've seen-- these are now my favorite chocolate chip cookie! Who knew? The balance of vanilla is pronounced, but it's not over-the-top. The texture is just the way I like for a cookie to be-- crispy on the edges, chewy and tender in the middle.
I "halved" the recipe, which yielded almost four dozen cookies.
Once again, I am practicing great restraint from eating more than my fair share of these. My son, on the other hand, is eating these with abandon. Doctor's orders! I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that my husband is also fairly tall and lean. He also has a wicked sweet tooth, so desserts disappear fast-- into their tummies. Is it fair that men can lose weight so easily? Sigh.
It looks like I need to keep a box or two of vanilla pudding mix, on hand. I have a feeling these cookies will become a regular request. A printable recipe card is at the very end of this post.


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W. Douglas Call, former Genesee County sheriff
March 2, 1940 – April 14, 2013
W. Douglas Call, former sheriff of Genesee County, with a half-century of public service as an attorney, justice of the peace, lay minister, and sheriff, died Sunday in his home in Stafford while he was under the care of Hospice and Home Care.
A native and lifelong resident of Stafford, he was 73.
Mr. Call was a graduate of Cornell University, Richmond Law School and Colgate Rochester Divinity School. He served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force for seven years.
He was a Monroe County director of public safety, and had a long tenure as a justice of the peace in Stafford.
He served as sheriff for seven years in the mid-1970s. He also was a Presbyterian lay minister.
During his time as sheriff, he helped start Genesee Justice, an innovative program that supervised nonviolent criminals instead of incarcerating them.
Surviving are his wife of 50 years, the former Donna Hunt; two sons, Christopher and Mathew; a daughter, Courtney; a brother, Murray, and four sisters, Carolyn Hotchkiss, Phoebe Dill, Roxanne Graney and Abigail.
A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church of Le Roy, Main and Clay streets.


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By Melinda Dickinson and Sherrel Stewart
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County expects to file a plan by late June to exit its landmark $4.2 billion municipal bankruptcy, a lawyer for the county said on Thursday.
The 18-month-old case is a testing ground for how bondholders fare when a local government debtor becomes insolvent. Jefferson County, whose exit plan appears certain to be opposed in court by some creditors, looks likely to become the first big local government since the 1930s to impose losses on bondholders.
"We are looking at a largely consensual plan by late June, a hearing in August, voting 30 days after approval," Kenneth Klee told a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday.
Jefferson County is the largest local government in the United States to have ever filed for bankruptcy mainly because of debts taken on for a costly overhaul of its sewer system. It hopes to see its plan confirmed in October or November and to see it put into effect by year's end, Klee said.
"I believe we have made substantial progress toward a consensual agreement," Klee told Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett.
But creditor lawyer David Lemke, representing Bank of New York Mellon, which is not among creditors such as JPMorgan Chase, hedge funds and mono line insurers bargaining with the county, told the judge the schedule was unlikely to be met.
Klee gave no details of terms that may be part of the county's plan of adjustment, but told the court the county aimed to file a consensual plan with terms largely negotiated with creditors.
"We have a consensual, or largely consensual, plan, that will fulfill the objectives that we sought to reach from the first day," Klee said. "If we don't, then county will file a non consensual, or 'cram down,' plan in the same time frame."
U.S. law gives Jefferson County, among a handful of governments in municipal bankruptcy, exclusive rights to develop and present a plan to adjust its debts and fund local government services.
Such a plan must be fair and equitable and be approved by Bennett but can contain principal cuts and other terms opposed by some creditors. A consensual plan containing terms negotiated by many creditors would have a better chance of approval.
Klee said a 'cram down' plan would likely involve further legal battles in a case already costing the cash-strapped county about $2 million a month in fees and delay Jefferson County's exit from bankruptcy.
The head of the Jefferson County Commission has repeatedly said he expects savings of about $1 billion when the county, which is the most populous in Alabama, exits bankruptcy. Some investors expect bondholders to take losses.
The county's proposed timetable may be too ambitious, particularly because the legal claims to payoffs from the county held by creditors and their financial interests vary a great deal, according to John Mousseau, portfolio manager and vice president at Cumberland Advisors Inc.
"The judge looks at all that and says each has a way to go," Mousseau said. "If you are a senior-lien bondholder, why would you want to take a haircut?"
Klee said the county may as early as next week approve an agreement with owners of some debt but that the talks over $3.2 billion of sewer debt were "very complex" and include JPMorgan Chase, hedge funds and mono line insurers.
"We are extremely close with JPMorgan in resolving all our differences. We are extremely close with the hedge funds in resolving all our differences. And we are close with the mono line insurers; we have a ways to go there," Klee said.
Klee said managers at one creditor, Bayerische Landesbank, were to decide soon on a deal to settle claims against Jefferson County. Bayerische Landesbank holds more than $105 million of the county's debt, Klee said.
Jefferson County already has in place deals with creditors Ambac Assurance Corp and Depfa Bank Plc on some claims and has slashed spending by laying off workers, closing some operations and reducing services since 2011.
(Reporting By Michael Connor in Miami; Editing by Alden Bentley, Tiziana Barghini and Leslie Gevirtz)


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Hartsville, SC- In the 50th meeting between the Coker and Francis Marion men's basketball teams it was the Cobras who opened the season with a 62-47 victory on Wednesday night in collegiate basketball. The series now stands with FMU leading 39-11 overall, but for the next year the Cobras have bragging rights in the
The first half played just as most would expect as the Patriots and Cobras were dead locked at 25 going into the half, but then the Cobras three-point shooters got hot. As a team the Cobras were 11 for 20 from behind the arc, scoring 33 of their 62 points. Cobras hottest hand came from Ben Brim who as five for eight and finished the night with 21 points. Also scoring in double digits for Coker was Lukas Varga, who finished with 10 points, while Abram Ludd ended the night with nine points.
For the Patriots, Rodrick Burton had 13 points and three rebounds, while Dominic Bishop had 10 points. Raymond Dorsey finished the game with nine points and three rebounds.
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Palace Malice rallies to win Gulfstream Park HandicapMar 8th, 2014 | By TrackSide View | Category: Race Results
Gulfstream Park report
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.– Palace Malice opened his 4-year-old season in dramatic fashion, surging in deep stretch after being passed by two horses to win the $250,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (G2) on Saturday. Making his first start since finishing sixth in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) on Nov. 2, Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Palace Malice hit the wire in 1:33.80 for the one-turn mile, just .67 off the track record set by Normandy Invasion on Feb. 22.
Favored at 6-5 in the field of seven, Palace Malice ($4.60) found another gear running on the inside under Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez to beat 2012 Travers (G1) winner Golden Ticket by a head. It was another half-length back to Canadian classic winner Uncaptured in third.
Preakness (G1) runner-up Itsmyluckyday, running for the first time since last June, was fourth, followed by Navarez, Sr. Quisqueyano and Gulfstream Park Sprint (G3) winner Falling Sky.
"He pressed solid fractions, was carrying top weight and went a little wide. It looked like they took a couple big runs at him and he fought back," winning trainer Todd Pletcher said. "It was a heck of a horse race, and a huge effort off the layoff. Those are good horses, too. You've got a Travers winner and a Prince of Wales winner and the runner-up in the Preakness. It was a good race, I thought."
Falling Sky and Itsmyluckyday took turns setting the early pace through a quarter-mile in 23.34 seconds and a half in 45.46, with Velazquez and Palace Malice tracking them in third on their outside. Palace Malice moved up to take the lead around the far turn as Falling Sky dropped back.
Uncaptured swung around Palace Malice and went by to take the lead into midstretch, as Golden Ticket made a bold run on the far outside to challenge. Palace Malice continued to dig in along the rail and came on again to get his head in front.
"Once he got to the top of the stretch, he kind of idled a little bit and kind of got surprised by the horses on the outside of him," Velazquez said, "but I got after him and he responded right away. He got to the front and thought he was finished, basically. The other horse came on the outside of him and surprised him, but he got back into the game. He was very gutsy and I'm proud of him that he did it."
The Gulfstream Park Handicap was the shortest race for Palace Malice since finishing second in a seven-furlong allowance at Gulfstream last January. He won the 1 ½-mile Belmont in June and the 1 1/8-mile Jim Dandy in July, and was fourth by less than a length after a troubled start in the 1¼-mile Travers last year.
"He ran every step of the way and put himself in the game early, which we wanted to do," Pletcher said. "It's pretty rare you have a horse that can win the Belmont and also run 1:33 and change and stalk solid fractions. It tells you how good of a horse he is and how much quality he has."
Golden Ticket, who dead-heated with Alpha in the 2012 Travers and was second in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) last fall, went off at 7-1 in his first start of the year for trainer Ken McPeek.
"He ran super. It was a really, really good race," McPeek said. "He's a really good horse. He never should have been 7-1. That was a joke. He's just classy. He runs good off a layoff and he likes a flat mile." Itsmyluckyday won the Gulfstream Park Derby and Holy Bull (G3) and was second in the Florida Derby (G1) last winter before finishing 15th in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and 1¾ lengths behind winner Oxbow in the Preakness. His season ended after sustaining a pelvic fracture in the Pegasus (G3) at Monmouth Park.
"He was a fresh horse. I thought he'd show speed," trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. said. "I would have preferred if he was sitting off those horses a little and stalked them, but he got tired. He had a license to get tired, and he'll get a lot out of this race. He'll be tough next time."


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For Release October 2, 2013
Sacramento, CAundefined Today, Real Diaper Industry Association (RDIA) board Executive Committee announced the hire of Janelle Cridland as Executive Director of the Association. This is the result of a campaign launched early in 2013, culminating in a nationwide search and interview process. Ms. Cridland comes to the association with over 30 years experience managing both non-profit and for-profit organizations and supporting associations. The board looks forward to her leading the association, enabling it to grow in a structured, supported and strategic manner. She believes associations provide the tools that enable smaller organizations to work together toward common goals that would otherwise be unreasonable to achieve. To assist Ms. Cridland, the board has hired Michelle Dominguez as Assistant Executive Director. Ms. Dominguez also has extensive non-profit management experience and has served as our 2013 Conference Planning Chair and worked on the organizing committee for the 2013 Great Cloth Diaper Change event. Michelle's passion for cloth diaper advocacy and experience will compliment Janelle's skill set in strengthening the association programs and expanding its member benefits.
Founded in 2008, Real Diaper Industry Association is an international association that strives to make reusable cloth diapers the primary choice for babies' parents and caregivers while emphasizing responsibility and sustainability through a focus on people, planet, and profit. RDIA works toward these goals by providing service and opportunities through business education, industry research, collaborative marketing, and group benefits.
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YES! Music Picks: Spring 2012
Musical inspiration while putting together the Spring 2012 issue.
Peace Love Ukulele
Jake Shimabukuro
"If everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place," says Jake Shimabukuro. He gives a surprising dignity to "Bohemian Rhapsody." And the world really needs this one last version of "Hallelujah."
Monsters of Folk
Jim James, Conor Oberst, Mike Moggis, and M. Ward
Quartet of standout singer-songwriters Jim James, Conor Oberst, Mike Moggis, and M. Ward. This is a rich blend, and they all take turns at lead vocals. Oberst's distinctive voice is the album's North Star ("Ahead of the Curve"). He shines better here than with Bright Eyes.
Chimes of Freedom
Eighty(!) artists interpret Bob Dylan to benefit Amnesty International. Favorites: a bouncy "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" from Brett Dennen and Diana Krall's elegant version of "Simple Twist of Fate" on piano.


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In 2007, I gave the keynote speech at the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. At the time, I thought the talk was too conference-specific to develop beyond that occasion, but I've since changed my mind and am currently working on turning it into an article, tentatively titled the same as my speech: "Unwilling to Listen: How Do You Have a Civic Dialogue When Each Side Isn't Civil."
I'm revisiting this speech because it addresses the following question that I often get about rhetorical listening: "What's Next?" Sadly, given the Arizona shootings of January 2011, Sarah Palin's call for radical individualism, President Obama's subsequent call for more political civility, and the current political protests in Wisconsin, my talk also invokes the questions:
What happens in civic discourse when people are "unwilling to listen"? (hence my article title); and
How Do You Have a Civic Dialogue When Each Side Isn't Civil? (hence my article's subtitle--and I'd be remiss if I didn't give a shout out here to the 2007 conference organizer Barb L'Eplattenier who posed these questions to me).
So, I begin by asking, How Do You Have a Civic Dialogue When Each Side Isn't Civil? The most obvious response is: "You can't." But if we (and every time we use "we," we should remember Mary Daly's pronouncement that pronouns are our most persistent problem when talking across differences) take "You can't" as a first premise, then a cultural logic unpacks as follows: if we believe we can't have a civic conversation because each side isn't civil, then one effect is that we stop trying to talk to each other. A corollary effect is that we become unwilling to listen to each other and to ourselves. Of course, an unwillingness to listen is accompanied by the following rhetorical stances:
(1) Rigidification of Personal Beliefs, which results in a limited space for negotiation between and among people, communities, institutions, and countries.
(2) Personal and Cultural Defeatism.
(3) Personal and Cultural Nihilism.
(4) Personal and Cultural Despair.
(5) War.
I believe that the above cultural logic and its accompanying rhetorical stances dominate the discourse in our country today, driven by individuals' feelings of isolation within a global economy, driven by the busy-ness of our everyday lives, driven by our fear about the economy, and driven by a politics of fear and power … power and fear. All of this is dysfunction in our discourse… and needs to change.
But let's pause for a moment. . .
John Schilb has written a book, Rhetorical Refusals, which theorizes moments when we purposely choose not to listen. These moments are different for all of us, depending on our individual identifications. Sometimes these refusals are necessary, psychologically and/or culturally. For example, I'm not going to entertain an outrageous request from my child; nor do I feel compelled to listen to groups, such as the KKK, rehash age-old prejudices. But sometimes these rhetorical refusals are dysfunctional, as in my aforementioned discussion or our current politics of power and fear… and do need to change our rhetoric(s).
So back to the question of my article's subtitle—How Do You Have a Civic Dialogue When Each Side Isn't Civil? If the obvious answer is "you can't," then perhaps we should listen to that question differently—(a) redefining terms, (b) redefining cultural logics, and (c) redefining rhetorical stances.
One suggestion is that we could redefine terms by complicating them with feminist theory. For example, one phrase that has haunted civic dialogues is public sphere. That raises the question: what, exactly, is the public sphere? The most famous answer to that question is the Habermas-Lyotard debate, which pits Enlightenment ideals again postmodernism. Yet I believe that this debate may be productively complicated with feminist theories.
For example, Robin Goodman brings a feminist lens to this debate in her book on critical pedagogy entitled World, Class, Women: Global Literatures, Education and Feminism. The book explores how the "shrinking of the public sphere and the rise of globalization influence access to learning, definitions of knowledge, and possibilities of radical feminism." She opens her book as follows:
In 1938, as Europe was about to lead the world in to a brutal conflagration, Virginia Woolf recognized the urgency for a fundamental educational change. This educational change would necessarily include economic transformation. As well, Woolf understood [in Three Guineas] that without this change, there would be an inevitable spiraling toward escalating militarism and widespread destruction. Today, … Virginia Woolf's lesson remains unlearned.
In The Return of the Political, Chantal Mouffe identifies another unlearned lesson about the public sphere: the need for civic virtue and collective action. Mouffe claims:
the liberal illusion that harmony could be born from the free play of private interests, and that modern society no longer needs civic virtue, has finally shown itself to be dangerous; it puts in question the very existence of the democratic process . . . . It has generally been admitted that the "liberty of the moderns" consists in the peaceful enjoyment of private independence [; and that] this implies the renunciation of the "liberty of the ancients," [which is] the active participation in collective power, because this leads to a subordination of the individual to the community.
Although we must be careful not to romanticize past civic spheres where feudalism, slavery, and gender inferiority were accepted, I think Mouffe's point about contemporary individualism is well taken. In addition, in "Rethinking the Black Public Sphere: An Alternative Vocabulary for Multiple Public Spheres," Catherine Squires reminds us that the public, or civic, sphere is not only collective but also multiple. She imagines this multiplicity … in ways that escape a naïve identity politics but that foreground power structures and power differentials.
So, if we contemplate the public sphere via Goodman's education and economic reform, Mouffe's civic virtue and collective action, and Squires' multiplicity (and I'm interested in investigating more theories of public sphere that foreground race), THEN . . .
With such a feminist lens, we may be able to redefine cultural logics. When confronted with the question—"How Do You Have a Civic Dialogue When Each Side Isn't Civil?"—we might be able to imagine responses other a than: "You can't." Indeed, we might be able to imagine this alternative response: "You keep reframing your ideas in ways that help other sides hear you, and you share that burden because no one person or institution can do it 24/7."
This response is not particularly new, nor does it ensure success. But it is worth reconsidering because it offers an alternative cultural logic, which unpacks as follows: If you keep alive the idea of reframing your ideas, then you also keep alive the possibility of success. One effect of this alternative cultural logic is that we keep trying to talk with others. A corollary effect is that we may remain willing to listen. An intentional willingness to listen rhetorically is important because hearers assume the possibility of success and a belief in agency and hope.
Belief … possibility … agency—these tropes are endemic to rhetoric. And hope—that trope is endemic to feminism. So just imagine the potential power that undergirds feminist rhetorics.
Linking the tropes of belief, possibility, agency, and hope has the potential to redefine the following rhetorical stances:
(1) Personal Rigidification can be reimagined not as the inevitable status quo but rather as a point on a continuum . . . with the another point being Personal Openness.
(2) Cultural Rigidification can be seen not as an inevitable status quo but rather as a point on a continuum . . . with another point being Cultural Openness.
(3) Defeatism can give way to Hope.
(4) Nihilism can give way to Hope.
(5) Despair can give way to Hope.
(6) War, please God, can give way to Peace.
Such claims resonate naively in today's world, don't they? But perhaps, instead of succumbing to postmodern skepticism, we ought to embrace postmodern possibilities—specifically, the ways that people can redefine tropes, as well as change people's minds, lives, and worlds.
In the article, I plan to demonstrate this claim by invoking case studies from around the world, where race and gender and nationality and class intersect in the performance of belief, possibility, agency and hope. These case studies serve several purposes: to broaden readers/listeners knowledge of the world, to broaden rhetorical theorists ideas of effective tactics related to rhetorical listening across differences, to demonstrate the importance of analyzing rhetorical tactics, such as rhetorical listening, within particular historical/cultural sites, etc.
But for this blog, I'll simply conclude by saying that the work toward accomplishing the above rhetorical stances may be never-ending. That fact does not render the work useless. Rather, it makes the work even more imperative. It reminds us [remember Mary Daly's pronoun pronouncement] of what it means to be human … that is, what it means to be human beings who are all both similar and different.


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Yankee Wallace Wade Combee
Yankee Wallace Wade Combee, 7 months old, of Alexander, died Nov. 5, 2013. He was born on April 16, 2013 in Little Rock.
He was preceded in death by two great-grandfathers, Morris Combee and Wallace King.
He is survived by his mother, Rosie Crone; his father, Brandon Combee; one brother, Braxton Ledbetter; his grandparents, Harold Crone, Terri Hoffman, and Wallace Combee; his great-grandparents, Rosie Hobby, Elizabeth Strickland, and Margie Combee; his step-grandmothers, Amy Crone and Heather Davis; his aunts, Patience Addie, Billie Jean Crone, Tabetha Ghere, and Amber Wells; his uncles, Bryan, Harold, Eli, Nic, and Hayden Crone; other relatives and friends.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at Roller-Ballard Funeral Home with Brother Allen Ledbetter officiating.
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Speaking Pictures
The Renaissance Imagination: Essays and Lectures
Poems are like pictures. But some poems are more like pictures than others. Milton Klonsky's delightful, provocative, but somewhat confusing book is an annotated anthology of what he calls "pictorial poetry," mostly in English, from the sixteenth century to the present. By pictorial poems he means very different sorts of texts. The first and most important of these is the Renaissance emblem poem. Indeed Klonsky's own concept of the pictorial and its role in linguistic texts derives from the emblem poem, which probably partly accounts for his beginning his selection in the sixteenth century, instead of in Hellenistic times.
Emblem books were all modeled on the original Latin Emblemata of the Venetian lawyer Andrea Alciati published in 1531. This consisted of a collection of woodcuts of objects, of figures and scenes from classical mythology, and of persons representing some moral quality. Each was labeled with its "meaning"—a moral concept, a virtue, a vice, or, in subsequent emblem books, a proverb or a classical tag—and each was interpreted by a set of verses printed beneath the picture.
These poems depended upon elaborate chains of metaphor, called in Italian concetti and in English "conceits" ("concepts"), which connected the picture with its meaning. Some of these readings or allegorizations seem obvious to us now: a falling tower represents pride (as if every collapsing structure were a Tower of Babel), for example. Others are not: a serpent biting its own tail is an emblem of eternity, a pitcher pouring water into another full of wine "means" temperance, and so forth. Alciati's handbook of visual significances became very popular in the sixteenth century, went into many editions, and was adapted and translated into Italian, French, English, and other vernacular languages, with new or borrowed engravings.
The first English emblem book was Geoffrey Whitney's Choice of Emblems (1586), and was followed by Henry Peacham's Minerva Britanna (1612), George Wither's A Collection of Emblemes (1635), and the less typical, but for several centuries the best known, Emblemes and Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man of Francis Quarles. In the seventeenth century, emblems appeared to divide into two sorts, the depicted object or personification with a meaning, and the genre scene which illustrated some proverb in a more homely and less poetic manner. The former remained more of a Catholic, southern tradition, the second, specifically Dutch and Protestant. We find emblems in painting, sculpture, prints, and drawings up through the eighteenth century. But these are not included in Speaking Pictures: Mr. Klonsky is mainly concerned with words, with how and why the poems accompanying them draw a moral from the scene.
In addition to examples from Renaissance emblem books, Mr. Klonsky reprints in facsimile some later examples of emblem tradition which either parody or otherwise ironically adapt the form (Blake's The Gates of Paradise), or domesticate it for children (Bunyan's A Book for Boys and Girls, Robert Louis Stevenson's Moral Emblems)—but there is something arch about this later tradition. Mr. Klonsky's next sort of pictorial poem is…
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East Baton Rouge Parish
8 a.m.: Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, Mount Gideon Baptist Church, 38289 Henry Road, Prairieville, with Judge John Michael Guidry as the speaker.
9:30 A.M. and 11:15 A.M: Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative services, Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, 8470 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, featuring LSU's MLK Dance Ensemble.
Ascension Parish
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.:Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Nu Gamma Omega Chapter, 1747 Main St., hosts a dinner patterned after the dinners hosted by King during the height of the civil rights movement to discuss social and economic issues that plague the community and possible solutions.
East Baton Rouge Parish
6 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination Project officials are partnering with Mayor-President Kip Holden's office and members of the Baton Rouge alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority to clean up seven schools and a few houses in the 70805 ZIP code area. Southern University students are also participating. Living Faith Christian Center, 6375 Winbourne Ave., is headquarters for the event.
8 a.m. to 10:30A.M.: Martin Luther King Jr. march, Mount Zion First Baptist Church, 356 East Blvd. Representatives from the city's faith community, as well as civic and governmental leaders will participate in the march for peace from the church to the Baton Rouge River Center.
8 a.m.: Martin Luther King Jr. Day legacy march and celebration, Baker Municipal Center, 3325 Groom Road. Guest speaker, James Kador, assistant principal at Baker High School.
8 a.m.: Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative celebration. LSU students, faculty, administrators and staff will travel to McKinley High School, 800 E. McKinley St., for a day of service in revitalization efforts, including cleaning and painting.
8 A.M. to 1 P.M.: ExxonMobil YMCA, 7717 Howell Blvd., members of the Baton Rouge Fire Department and the American Red Cross are joining volunteers from several organizations to go door-to-door to discuss fire safety and other emergency preparedness techniques with residents. Volunteers will provide fire safety materials, including information about smoke alarms, creating a household fire escape plan and tips for cooking and heating a home safely. Speakers include Metro Councilwoman Tara Wicker; Ron Smith, executive director of ExxonMobil YMCA and Baton Rouge Fire Department officials. Lunch provided to volunteers following the event, courtesy of Walk-On's Catering.
9:30 A.M. TO 2 P.M.: Capitol Middle School, 5100 Greenwell Springs Road.City Year Baton Rouge will mobilize volunteers for a Day of Service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. At the opening ceremony, the JPMorgan Chase Foundation will announced a $50,000 investment in City Year Baton Rouge, the local branch of a national organization that unites teams of young people for a year of service in high-need urban schools and others for community service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
2:15 P.M.: Belfair Teen Center, 4390 Fairfield St., Baton Rouge, with the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge and the Belfair Teen Center as sponsors and Judge John Michael Guidry as speaker.
6 p.m.: Candlelight vigil and march sponsored by National Pan-Hellenic Council at LSU Memorial Tower. After a short program, a march will be held to the LSU Student Union in the spirit of King and the civil rights marches of the 1960s.
6 p.m.: March from Zachary City Hall to New Pilgrim Baptist Church, 4415 Old Weis Road, Zachary. Guest speaker is the Rev. Errol Domingue and music by a community choir. School supplies to be given to children in attendance.
Ascension Parish
6 p.m.: Christian Assembly Church, 42158 La. 941, Gonzales, with Judge John Michael Guidry as speaker. Donations will be collected for the church's Haitian mission.
Iberville Parish
10 a.m.: Plymouth Rock Baptist Church, 58830 Iron Farm Road, Plaquemine, with the Iberville Parish Ministers' Conference as host, the Rev. Fred Jeff Smith as the keynote speaker, and music by Clarence Jones and Heritage.
Livingston Parish
9:15 A.M.: Club Outreach Center, 30277 Sunset St., Walker. Following a march, Judge John Michael Guidry will be the guest speaker. A skit and re-enactment of King's assassination will be presented.
East Feliciana Parish
2 p.m.: Freeman Baptist Church, 4628 La. 955, Ethel, with the East Feliciana Parish Minister's Conference as host and the Rev. Perry Jones Jr. as speaker.
East Baton Rouge Parish
6 p.m.: LSU Union Theater. Author, scholar and social commentator Michael Eric Dyson will deliver keynote address at the MLK Commemorative Celebration. Address is free and open to the public.
East Baton Rouge Parish
6 p.m.: LSU Union Theater, MLK Performing Arts Night. The event is free and open to the public. LSU students to celebrate the life and legacy of King through poetry, dance and musical expression.


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Greetings! I'm Scott Nicholson, author of Everyone Plays at the Library: Creating Great Gaming Experiences for All Ages, and an associate professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. During the 2011-2012 academic year, I was on sabbatical as a visiting professor at MIT, where I worked with the GAMBIT game lab. When I returned to Syracuse, I started the Because Play Matters game lab, which focuses on the creation of transformative games and play for informal learning environments. "Transformative games" is a term coined by Jesse Schell for games designed to change people; these also are known as serious games or games for change.
One area that I have focused on since then is Gamification. Gamification is a new term for an old concept: using game design elements for a real-world context (Deterding et al., 2011). Libraries have been doing this for decades through summer reading programs where patrons track books read and then receive a reward. Many modern gamification applications are based upon the game design elements of role-playing games. Upon accomplishing something in the real world, players receive points. As players get enough points, they are reward by gaining levels or status on a leader board. Additional challenges can earn players achievements, and players are rewarded with badges that are publicly displayed. My term for this type of gamification is BLAP: Badges, Levels & Leaderboards, Achievements, and Points.


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The 5th Annual Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Benefit is a ride that benefits combat wounded veterans.
Registration will begin at 10 a.m. on May 4 at CrossRoads Harley-Davidson in Wilkesboro.
Registration fees are $20 for a single rider and $25 for two on a bike.
The 52 mile, police-escorted ride will begin sharply at 1 p.m. and will end at River City Bar & Grill in Lake Norman.
The event will include a live band, food and beverages, silent and live auction and a 50/50 giveaway. At last year's event, the 50/50 winner won $800.
There will also be a presentation to the "Oldest Living Veteran in the High Country," at CrossRoads Harley-Davidson followed by more live bands, presentations at River City Bar & Grill in Lake Norman, the ride's ending location.
This ride's sole purpose is to aid veterans. In the past this ride has benefited: The Fisher House of NC, Purple Heart Homes, Project Rover, Project Healing Waters, Project Healing Hunt, Welcome Home Vets and several individual veterans in need.
CrossRoads Harley-Davidson's objective is to help the Combat Veteran Motorcycle Association reach their goal of 700 bikes participating in the ride this year. Be a part of the largest ride in our area, thank our veterans and help our combat wounded by coming out, giving and showing your support.
About The Combat Veterans Association
From all branches of the United States Armed Forces, the Combat Veterans Association is a group that rides motorcycles as a hobby. They have members from nearly all 50 states and living abroad. Many members continue to serve in the Armed Forces, with several serving in combat areas now. They sponsor and/or participate in many motorcycle-related charity events each year, and as a non-profit organization, donate to various veteran care facilities and veteran charities. http://cvmaride.com.
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Candle: The Power of the Flame
Candle: The Power of the Flame's visuals are presented as beautiful hand-drawn watercolour images - all the layered backgrounds, characters and objects have been individually painted and scanned into the game. It feels as though you are playing a living painting. Candle: The Power of the Flame is an action adventure with an emphasis on solving puzzles and surviving a hostile environment. The combination of the remarkable graphics, simple yet testing gameplay and beautiful South American flavoured soundtrack all conspire to make Candle: The Power of the Flame and experience you won't forget.
Sea of Solitude
The second title in the EA Originals lineup, Sea of Solitude is an adventure game where humans turn into monsters if they get too lonely. From the Berlin-based Jo-Mei Games.
The Last Crown: Blackenrock
Join ghost-hunters Nigel Danvers and Lucy Reubans on a spine chilling haunted adventure, packed with real paranormal activity, to unravel tales of murder and mystery. Be warned, seeking answers from the dead can have bitter consequences.
The Last Crown: Blackenrock is the highly anticipated next instalment in the spooky horror adventure series of 'Crown' games. In Blackenrock, you join ghost-hunters Nigel Danvers and Lucy Reubans on a spine chilling adventure, packed with authentic paranormal activity, to unravel tales of murder and mystery. Be warned, seeking answers from the dead can have bitter consequences.
Haunting Ground
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Infliction is a story driven first person physiological horror experience. Set in a regular suburban home, the story is told over alternating time periods spanning 13 years.
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Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.
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Everyone's favourite feline has managed to get himself on a plane to London by sneaking himself in Jon's luggage. In a case of mistaken identity, Garfield find himself at Carlye Castle, where the animals of the castle believe Garfield is the new lord of the estate. While enjoying his stay and taking complete advantage of the free food, Garfield discovers that there is a problem. The real lord of the castle, Prince has been kidnapped by the evil Lord Dargis who seeks to control over the estate of his own purposes. Soon, Garfield discovers the secret plans of Dargis and convinces the castle animals to rebel and take back the estate from Dargis and return it to its rightful heir Prince. Play through exciting scenes from the movie with an impressive variety of action. Fans both young and old can enjoy Garfield in this story of adventure, teamwork, and most importantly fun.
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The Last Journey
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Dude Simulator
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"Day of the Tentacle" - the cult Adventure game, that each of us know and loves, continues! With "Return of the Tentacle" we want to make a worthy sequel to the former point-and-click successor!
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Besides familiar faces from the predecessors, you'll also meet guests which actually do their mischief in other games.
The prologue of our Fan Adventures will be released this summer for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Super Seducer
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VR Kanojo
Looking for a unique VR experience? Well, look no further!In VR Kanojo, you can hang out with the lovely girl-next-door, Sakura Yuuhi. You'll practically feel her breath on your cheek and the warmth of her fingers on your arm as you laugh and talk the day away. Better yet, VR controllers simulate your hands in-game, letting you interact with her more directly. Just imagine all the possibilities!Oh yeah! And you can customize Sakura's appearance with a variety of different outfits too. Sound like fun? You bet it is!So, thanks for buying VR Kanojo, and we hope you enjoy your time with Sakura Yuuhi!


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They can get Taboo in B.C. but I understand that Absinthe Classics Canada has had problems shipping more broadscale. Pernod are Hill's are in several provinces. The one remaining European shipper has put their prices up. La Clandestine is in one bar and we have another order on the way ...
The main problem continues to be the Liquor Boards, either saying that there is no demand (with the current general brand choice, I wonder why!) or hiding behind Health Canada guidelines (quoted as below 1 ppm or below 5 ppm by different people).
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I needed to load my portable generator and lawn mower on my Ranger Truck unassisted. I followed the instructions carefully but please note, Douglas Fir knot free 2x8's are not that easy to find, so I opted for best construction grade I could find. I wanted a safety rail on the outer edges of the boards anyway to guide wheels and fastened metal 2x4's to provide added strength. The ramps worked perfect, but as always make sure you load with all safety rules in mind.


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Alma D. Slate
Alma D. Slate, 78, of Loveland Colo., died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 at her residence after a short illness. She was born Oct. 29, 1934 in St. Marys, PA, daughter of the late Dort and Ottie Urbancic. On Sept. 19, 1959, in Denver, Colo., Alma married Clarence E. Slate, who preceded her in death on May 24, 2009. After graduating from high school, Alma entered the United States Navy. She served five years, with her last position bringing her to Denver, Colo. Alma was devoted to her family and friends and was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.Alma is survived by her sister, Susan Driggs; sons Mark, David and Steven; daughters Sandy, Jennifer and Julie; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and many friends. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Misty (Otto) Urbancic in 2006.Family and friends of Alma D. Slate are invited to attend a memorial service at Viegut Funeral Home today, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 at 6 p.m. Viewing will be held on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. At Alma's request, cremation will be completed. Private inurnment will be held at Foothills Gardens of Memory in Longmont. Visit www.viegutfuneralhome.com for condolences.


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Kenneth W. Parks
A memorial service for Kenneth W. Parks, 97, who died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, will be conducted on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 10:30 a.m. at the Anthony F. Ferragine Funeral Home, 401 Chestnut St., Johnsonburg. There will be a James W. Brown Lodge #675 F&AM service and military honors accorded by the Johnsonburg-Wilcox Servicemen's Detail following the memorial service. It was mistakenly reported in another publication that the service had taken place on Saturday, Nov. 12.


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The Hill-Side Scarf - Diamond-Quilted Gauze Stripe
Brother-owners Emil and Sandy Corsillo of Hickoree's Hardgoods in Brooklyn, NY created a small U.S. made textile company called The Hill-Side. They scour the world for beautiful, uncommon textiles that they source in places like Guatemala, South Africa, the U.S. and Japan. They use those textiles to make neckties, bandanas, and scarves with narrow and streamlined designs. These scarves are a great functional and stylish extra layer. Each piece is handmade, cut and sewn at a small factory in New York City. Diamond-Quilted Double Faced Gauze Stripe, 72% cotton 28% polyester Japan navy/multi.
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