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Bring back men in black
Religious clothing allows Catholics to make a fashion statement about their faith, says a young priest who sports the look that a previous generation put away.
Like it or not, religious garb and clerical dress are making a comeback. This phenomenon can be hard to swallow for a certain generation of Catholics. It may seem that younger Catholics are attempting to undo their hard work and move backward into a church that placed a greater emphasis on distinctions between the clergy and the laity rather than celebrating the common priesthood of the baptized. Some have even accused wearers of religious garb of being insecure, out-of-touch, and intellectually second-rate. But today I find the youngest, brightest, healthiest, and most joyful consecrated religious and clergy seem perfectly at home in religious garb. What happened?
When asked how she reconciled her Catholicism with using violent, grotesque imagery, the great fiction writer Flannery O'Connor, herself a young Catholic who was often misunderstood, said: "To the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind you draw large startling figures." It seems that the same philosophy is at work in the minds of young Catholics who are drawn to religious garb; they desire to communicate the gospel through sign and symbol to a world whose senses have been dulled. And if their clothing can help people to hear and see Christ, then it's a no-brainer.
The history of religious garb directs our attention to two important elements: identity and simplicity. Some religious orders pattern their habit on the garb of St. Anthony of Egypt (251-356), who most often prayed and worked in the desert and wore a simple robe with a thick leather belt. St. Francis of Assisi's garb looked like the cross when a friar stretched out his arms, and he added sandals and a cord with knots symbolizing the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Mother Teresa adopted the sari, the traditional dress of Indian women, for the Missionaries of Charity. These three prominent examples were easily identifiable by their dress, which also pointed to the simplicity and poverty of Jesus.
Clerics, too, could be identified by their garb. According to The Catholic Encyclopedia, the cassock and collar were responses to clerical extravagance. In the 13th century many priests were dressing like knights, with bright colors and ornate embroidery, so a mandate was issued that the cope of a cleric would be simple, ankle length, and buttoned in front. Thus the cassock was born. In the 17th century clerics would cover beautifully decorated collars with a white band to prevent wear and tear. The ornate collars caused scandal and were eventually forbidden, but the white protective band remained and became the Roman collar. For clerics and religious, garb marked a person as a disciple of Christ.
The pastor at my first parish assignment was ordained in 1968, and he used to tell me stories over dinner of life before, during, and after the Second Vatican Council. In his seminary years the cassock was the dress code, and with the exception of recreation, the seminarian was expected to be in it. He resented having to put his cassock on to use the restroom in the middle of the night. I don't think he's worn a cassock since his seminary days, and I understand why.
The Second Vatican Council stated that the religious habit was an outward mark of consecration to God and that it should be simple, modest, and poor. The habit was to meet the requirements suited to the time and place and to the needs of the ministry involved, and, moreover, habits that did not conform to these norms were to be changed.
For women's orders, some needed no changes. Others simplified their garb; many modernized by sporting a simple veil, blouse, and skirt; and others opted to dress like the laity, as was the practice of their founder. Many of those orders that did away with religious garb argued they were following the gospel mandate of not bringing attention to oneself. They also hoped that abandoning the habit would lead to greater approachability and help the religious focus on the internal life rather than being distracted by externals.
The years immediately following a church council tend to be disorienting. The post-Vatican II years were no exception. In the '60s even Father Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, was wearing a tie, if that gives any indication.
In a U.S. Catholic interview last year, Father Ronald Rolheiser, O.M.I. said, "I don't think wearing a collar in public converts anybody. A lot of people in my generation don't feel that public witness should be in anyone's face." Reflecting on all that Rolheiser's generation has gone through, such a reaction is predictable. But it has been more than 40 years since Vatican II. Now is the time for memories to be healed, purified, and reconciled, to move into the future with a fresh perspective. As Pope Benedict XVI said in his first homily as pope, "The church is alive and the church is young!"
Generation X and millennial Catholics have never experienced a pre-Vatican II church and don't carry around the baggage of the previous generation when dealing with the issue of religious garb. Habits and collars are not oppressive or clerical but courageous, especially in light of the sex-abuse scandal. The first time I ever wore my cassock at a youth gathering at my first parish, the young people thought I looked like Neo from The Matrix. Rigid seminary formation was the last thing on their minds.
A great blessing of Vatican II was a greater awareness of the importance of sign and symbol. Miniature baptistries have been replaced by large baptismal pools, the holy oils have been given a more prominent place in glass ambries, paschal candles are to fit the size of the church, and even the principal host consecrated at Mass is to be big enough so that all can see it.
If being a visible, sacramental, and incarnational church is so important, doesn't it follow that religious garb has an important contribution to make as well? Young people think so. (And so do the folks who create the annual poster promoting the religious retirement fund, which consistently depicts elderly sisters in religious garb.) Unfortunately, many religious communities miss this crucial point, and they are going extinct in part because of it.
Today's youth live in a culture that forces them to say something about who they are and what they believe. The tattoo and body-piercing craze gives perfect witness to this condition. It's even hard to find a young person wearing a T-shirt that doesn't have words, numbers, or images on it. This is why more Catholic youth are wearing crosses, medals, and devotional bracelets. It should come as no surprise that younger Catholics would rather see priests in clerics than clothes from J. Crew and would rather see sisters in habits than pantsuits with lapel pins.
They want priests and religious to be recognizable, just as police officers and firefighters are recognizable by their uniforms.
Now I'm not suggesting that every priest and religious must live in their religious garb, although I have great respect for those who do. I dress down when I am in the rectory, on my day away, as well as when I exercise, but I have never seen the need to change out of my clerics when I am engaged in an activity that isn't strictly pastoral.
I am never embarrassed to be recognized as a Roman Catholic priest. Sure, I have been persecuted at times because of my clothing, but the gospel tells us that such is to be expected. I can't begin to count the number of times I have heard Confessions, anointed the sick, or simply reminded someone that God is not dead precisely because I was wearing my clerics.
The John Paul II and Benedict XVI generations have been accused of wearing religious garb to bring attention to themselves. Unfortunately, in every way of life there are folks who love attention, honor, and power. For the majority of young Catholics, however, this simply isn't the case.
They desire to bring attention to Christ with their whole lives, including their wardrobe. These young people want to be part of something greater than themselves. And they are willing to give up their lives to do so. They want to imitate saints like Anthony, Francis, and Mother Teresa in their love of Jesus and service to the community-even in their dress.
So, in the spirit of the late Flannery O'Connor, the next time you see a young priest dressed in his Roman collar and you feel that he is shouting at you, or you judge a religious in her medieval habit to be a large startling figure, well, maybe that's the point. A thank you may be in order.
This article appearedin the May 2008 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 73, No. 5, page 30-35).


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He hit 609 home runs and created one grand slam of a Pinterest page. Now, former Cub Sammy Sosa wants to answer any and all questions that you might have.
Sosa announced on his Facebook page that he'll be hosting a live webcast today at noon, broadcasting to the masses live from Ft. Lauderdale.
So why's he doing something like this now? His spokesperson Maggie Curran says he wants to prove to the internet that he's more real than Lennay Kekua.
"After getting involved with social media Sammy realized he had many fans that were trying to reach out to him," Curran said. "His Facebook page, The Official Sammy Sosa, has really taken off with fans leaving questions. Rather than try to answer everyone individually, Sammy wants to do it in real time. It's also the definitive way to show that, yes, 'I am the real Sammy Sosa.'"
Sosa, who was recently denied election to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility after receiving only 12.5 percent of the vote, has a pair of businesses including Injex 21, a company that makes needle free technology for drugs that are injected, and Riverhead Homes.
Curran said Sosa isn't planning on answering a set number of questions but will respond to as many as he has time for, including a mix of questions that have been submitted via his social media channels as well as answering questions in real time.
As for what he's planning on covering, Curran says that's really up to what the fans want to know and what Sammy wants to answer.
"We think that any questions that are obviously meant to be hurtful should be off limits, but Sammy is in charge," she said. "People want to know lots of things about his baseball career, his personal life, his businesses, his opinions."
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Eagle girls fall to Mullen 47-37
Coach says Brady must prepare for the finish.
A lot can happen in a minute.
In four of five losses this season, the Brady girls basketball team has had the opportunity to tie or take the lead with less than a minute on the clock.
"We were still very much in the game with 40 seconds left," Eagle coach Darren Tobey said of Saturday's home matchup with Mullen.But once the Broncos got the upper hand in those final seconds of the game, they never let up. Mullen defeated Brady 47-37.
"The girls battle and they play hard," Tobey said. "They never give up. We just need to prepare to finish the game and I take some responsibility in that."
The Eagles played evenly with the pre-season state-rated Broncos through much of the game.
At the end of the first quarter, Brady held an 11-9 advantage and at halftime Mullen was up 21-19.
"We were right there the whole time," Tobey said.
Even in the third period when Mullen pulled ahead 33-26, Brady never backed down.
"These girls are going to go hard every play," Tobey said. "I just think when it came down to it, we panicked and that's not like this team."
With under a minute to play, Mullen held a one possession lead with stand-out post player Megan Hoesing in foul trouble.
Brady went to the line 10 times in the fourth period, putting in seven free throws.
But when it mattered most, it was Brady's fouls and Mullen's pressure defense that made the difference.
The Broncos turned a three-point lead into a 10-point win in the last 40 seconds of the game.
"It doesn't help that we missed seven straight two-foot shots," Tobey said. "Again, you've got to finish."
Hoesing led all scorers with 25 points. Brady's top scorer was Megan Polt with 18 points.
"We've got to be able to take a step forward and win those close ones," Tobey said. "I think we'll get there but we've got to start now."
Before Tuesday night's game at Maxwell, the Eagles were 4-5 on the season with a 61-52 loss to Wauneta-Palisade in the Brady Holiday Tournament championship.
Brady travels to Arthur County on Saturday to face the 2-4 Wolves.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican federal police who ambushed a U.S. Embassy vehicle, wounding two CIA officers, were not investigating a kidnapping in the area, the attorney general's office said Sunday, contradicting the official police explanation of the shooting.
The CIA officers were heading down a dirt road to a military installation south of Mexico City on Aug. 24 with a Mexican navy captain when a carload of gunmen opened fire on their SUV with diplomatic plates and gave chase. More vehicles joined in the pursuit, and the armored SUV was riddled with bullets.
The two CIA officers, who have not been identified, received non-life threatening injuries. The captain was not injured.
Mexican federal police maintain it was a case of mistaken identity since the officers were investigating a kidnapping of a government official in the area. Police suggested the officers might not have noticed the vehicle's diplomatic plates and thought they were shooting at criminals.
But on Sunday assistant prosecutor Victoria Pacheco Jimenez said the federal officers charged with attempted murder in the case were not working on a kidnapping at the time.
Pacheco said there was a kidnapping but "objectively it is unrelated to the investigation."
She said the investigation has shown that it was a direct attack on the U.S. Embassy vehicle carried out by 14 federal police officers, all of whom have been detained.
Arrest orders were issued for four commanding officers for allegedly planning the attack and ordering agents to lie, but they have sought legal protections and remain free. A fifth commanding officer accused of covering up evidence has given his declaration to a judge and been released on bail.
All the gunfire came from the gunmen, discounting versions that the embassy vehicle fired first. The bullet-proofed SUV was struck by 152 bullets, 40 percent reaching the driver and passenger-side windows after the vehicle had come to a stop.
Pacheco didn't give a reason for the attack.
U.S. and Mexican officials have told The Associated Press that evidence points toward an intentional attack, perhaps ordered by a drug cartel.
A senior U.S. official has said there was strong circumstantial evidence that the officers were working for organized crime in a targeted assassination attempt. He spoke on condition of anonymity.
The rural road where the attack took place near Cuernavaca is known territory of the remnants of the Beltran Leyva gang. The once-powerful cartel has been run by Hector Beltran Leyva since Mexican marines killed his brother, drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, in Cuernavaca in late 2009.
Prosecutors say the police officers were dressed as civilians and were in private cars at the time of the attacks.
Asked if the attack involved organized crime, Pacheco said: "The assistant attorney general's office in charge of the case does not have that line of investigation."
Federal police spokesman Jose Ramon Salinas said Sunday he had no comment.
Federal police commissioner Maribel Cervantes earlier told the Mexican newspaper Milenio that she had spoken to U.S. authorities and assured them that it was not an ambush or an attack, and had presented them with documentation backing the explanation that the officers were investigating a kidnapping.
The detained police face charges of attempted homicide, damage to property, carrying restricted weapons and covering up evidence.


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REUNION, Fla. – Three of the five Coker golfers shot 73 (+1) in Monday's second round of the Golfweek Division II Invitational at the Independence Golf Course in Reunion, Fla. On the day, the Cobras shot a team score of 293 (+5), the second lowest team score of the day, giving them a two day total of 599 (+23). With their much improved play, the Cobras are just 10 strokes back of the leader, Nova Southeastern 589 (+13), with one round left still left to play on Tuesday.
Jake Murphy (Hamilton, N.J.) continues to lead the way, shooting another 73, moving him to a two round total of 146 (+2) and a tie for eighth place. Ben Conroy (Durham, Conn.) is just three shots back of Murphy at 149 (+5), after shooting 73 in the second round, and Jay Goldenberg (Toronto, Ontario) was the third Cobra to shoot 73, improving his two round total to 152 (+8). Seniors Chris Marsh (Georgetown, S.C.) and Jimmy Gillam (Tyrone, Pa.) are just one stroke apart with Marsh at 156 (+12) and Gillam at 157 (+13).
Coker will tee off for the third and final round of the Golfweek Invitational on Tuesday morning starting at 7:20 a.m. Fans are encouraged to follow the action live on www.golfstat.com.


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Seventh gold: 100 fly -- Aug. 16
So much history can be decided by fractions of a second in swimming. But never in the history of the sport has so much been at stake with so little time as there was today in the 100-meter butterfly.
Michael Phelps should not have won. It looked, from every angle, as if he did not win. But somehow, by .01 of a second, he did.
In what will almost certainly go down as the most dramatic -- and perhaps most controversial -- race of Phelps' career, he out-touched Serbia's Milorad Cavic to win his seventh gold medal.
Officially, Phelps got his fingertips on the touch pad in 50.58 seconds, and Cavic touched in 50.59. After a protest by Serbian coaches, officials of FINA, the international swimming federation, took a replay of the backup video and slowed it down to a 10,000th of a second.
A few frames showed Phelps getting his hand on the wall first. Serbian team officials, according to FINA, were satisfied with the judges' conclusion.
Phelps had to whip off his goggles to see the scoreboard after he touched the wall, and when he saw first place next to his name, the 23-year-old pumped his fist and let loose a primal yell.
"It just shows you anything's possible," said Phelps, who earned a $1 million bonus from Speedo by tying Mark Spitz's gold-medal mark at a single Games. "When you're really focused on your dream, anything is possible. I saw so many quotes saying it's impossible, it won't happen. It shows you."
After Phelps' 100 butterfly win, he appeared on NBC with Spitz, who was in Detroit. Spitz said it was "a tribute to Phelps' greatness" that he tied his record and will likely surpass it with one race remaining.
"I'm proud of you. America is proud of you," Spitz said. "He's the best Olympian of all time, not just in the pool, but in the way he's handled himself."
- Kevin Van Valkenburg
100 fly
Silver: Milorad Cavic, Serbia
Bronze: Andrew Lauterstein, Australia
Time: 50.58
World record: 50.40
Key to the victory: In the most exciting finish of these Olympics, and maybe in Olympic history, Phelps out-touched Cavic at the wall, beating him by 0.01 of a second.
Highlight: After a protest by Serbian coaches, officials of FINA, the international swimming federation, took a replay of the backup video and slowed it down to a 10,000th of a second. A few frames -- according to Mark Schubert, coach of USA Swimming -- showed Phelps getting his hand on the wall first.
Quote: "I felt a little bit of everything. Relief, excitement, everything. ... When I saw the [first] next to my name, that's when I sort of let out my roar." -- Phelps


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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a multifactorial disorder marked by recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort and altered bowel function. It affects between 10 and 20 percent of people in the developed world, about one-third of whom have IBS associated with diarrhea (IBS-D).
Certain factors that alter gastrointestinal function can contribute to IBS symptoms, including stress, prior gastroenteritis, changes in the gut microbiome, and bile acids and short-chain fatty acids, which may stimulate serotonin (5-HT) release and increase colonic permeability and motility.
Still, the underlying cause of IBS in many cases remains unknown. Michael Camilleri, M.D., of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., says the ultimate goal "is a better understanding of the mechanisms behind this syndrome so we can foster individualized, specific treatment for IBS patients." So far, that goal remains unrealized.
The only drug currently approved for IBS-D is alosetron, a 5-HT3 antagonist that may relieve abdominal pain and slow colonic and small bowel transit. Alosetron was withdrawn from the market for safety reasons in 2000 and was reintroduced in 2002 with a more restricted indication. Today, incidence rates of adverse events, including ischemic colitis and complications of constipation, are similar to those before the drug was withdrawn.
Given the limited number of drugs marketed specifically for IBS-D, other medications are often used to treat symptoms. They include:
This synthetic mu-opioid agonist decreases intestinal transit while increasing intestinal water and ion absorption. In a small, placebo-controlled study, loperamide improved pain, stool consistency, urgency and overall subjective response, but it must be carefully titrated for individual patients to avoid constipation.
Roughly 30 percent of people with IBS-D have diagnosed bile acid malabsorption, and for this subset of patients, bile acid sequestration may relieve the cholerrheic effect of bile acids. Some evidence suggests that certain genetic variants may influence response to the bile sequestrant colesevelam, a medication that may be preferable to cholestyramine.
Tricyclic agents such as amitriptyline and imipramine were initially prescribed to IBS patients with significant depression. Today, they are frequently used to treat patients with severe or refractory IBS symptoms and may have analgesic and neuromodulatory benefits in addition to their psychotropic effects. In one trial, nearly 70 percent of patients receiving 10 mg of amitriptyline experienced a complete loss of IBS symptoms compared with 28 percent of those on placebo.
Of increasing interest in many gastrointestinal disorders, single or combination probiotics have been investigated for IBS-D in several small trials. In these studies, bloating and distension improved but not diarrhea.
Gastroenteritis precedes IBS-D in about 25 percent of people. Two anti-inflammatory agents have been used for this subset of patients: mast cell stabilizers such as disodium cromoglycate and ketotifen, and 5-ASA, which has shown mixed results for IBS-D in four small trials.
Currently under development or in clinical trials, these drugs are more likely than others to play a role in the future management of IBS-D.
LX-1031 is a tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitor that reduces local 5-HT synthesis and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) excretion. Unlike previous 5-HT inhibitors, LX-1031 does not cross the blood-brain barrier, thereby reducing the risk of depression and central nervous system disorders. A randomized, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial in 155 patients showed reductions in urinary 5-HIAA and blood 5-HT as well as improvements in pain and stool consistency.
In two placebo-controlled, parallel-group studies of 1,000 patients with IBS-D, this selective 5-HT3 antagonist increased self-reported global assessment of relief of IBS symptoms. Constipation occurred in roughly 5 percent of participants — less than the rate observed with alosetron.
AST-120 is a preparation consisting of spherical carbon particles that adsorb bacterial toxins, inflammatory mediators and bile acid products and prevent them from entering systemic circulation. In a phase II randomized, controlled eight-week trial of AST-120 in 115 patients, improvements in pain and bloating were short-lived and there was no significant improvement in stool consistency.
The benzodiazepine receptor modulator dextofisopam binds to benzodiazepine receptors in the brain, not the GI tract, without a sedating effect. In animal studies, it exhibited the potential to reduce colonic motility and visceral sensitivity in response to stress. Further studies are needed to determine the mechanism of action, safety and efficacy in humans.
Asimadoline, a kappa-opioid agonist, is being evaluated in clinical trials. So far, it has shown a good safety profile and reduced pain, urgency and stool frequency in IBS-D patients.
In spite of ongoing studies, Dr. Camilleri says several challenges must be met in order to achieve therapeutic advances, including "significant advances in research to understand the pathophysiology and clinical phenotyping of diverse patients with IBS-D, interest and investment by the pharmaceutical companies to develop the next generation of compounds, and greater definition of study endpoints by regulatory agencies to identify a clear path for approval and marketing of those medications."
Camilleri M. Current and future pharmacological treatments for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 2013;14:1151.
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
(Terrible sequel)
Nicolas Cage overacts with a vengeance in this terrible sequel.
Cage is Johnny Blaze, the motorcycle rider who has given his soul to the devil, but now has a chance to redeem himself by saving a young boy from a satanic cult.
It was pure torture sitting through this one, watching characters turn to stone and crumble from menacing creatures. Even worse was watching Cage's contortions as he evolved from Johnny to a jawboned blazing skeleton riding a fiery cycle.
The quasi-religious overtones had Johnny taking a weird communion with a church prophet before wiping out the satanic cult and its leaders.
Johnny rides around eastern Europe with the boy and his mother, being chased, caught and escaping before the final, dragged out conclusion.
Is the boy the son of the devil himself? Will Johnny, the boy, and his mother be saved?
There are loads of quick-cut and fast-forward scenes that only add to the mess of a plot. The 3D effect adds nothing to the confusion.
Ghost Rider didn't have a rating, but it is at least PG-13 because of the violence.


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STOCKTON - Many of those charged with "non-violent, "non-serious" and "non-sexual" felonies under the new criminal justice realignment law, aren't so "non-" when looking at their criminal backgrounds and risk rate for reoffending.
STOCKTON - Many of those charged with "non-violent, "non-serious" and "non-sexual" felonies under the new criminal justice realignment law, aren't so "non-" when looking at their criminal backgrounds and risk rate for reoffending.
It's a major concern for critics, who say the shorter jail sentences pose greater public safety problems.
It's been just more than a year since the AB109 realignment law was passed by state legislators, shifting responsibility for lower-level criminals from state prisons to California's 58 counties. It was part of a federal court order that required state prisons to reduce overcrowding.
Counties must adhere to those laws, said county Chief Probation Officer Stephanie James. But county stakeholders are addressing the high violence risk at the local level.
Highly violent offenders in San Joaquin County can expect more intense supervision in the second year of realignment.
County supervisors passed a plan outlined by the probation department last week, and officials are ready to mitigate some of the problems with high-risk offenders that stood out in the first year of realignment.
A high-violence court funded by AB109 dollars is expected to be fully functional in November or December, James said.
"The legislation specifically indicates (AB109) applies just to current offenses," James said. "While these are categorized as non-violent offenders, 57.6 percent are at risk of committing a violent crime," James said.
San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Richard Vlavianos, who helped propel the idea forward, said the new court also responds to observations from deputy district attorneys, who say many of those released are involved in gang activity.
"They've served their time, and now it's a matter of supervising the best you can (in the interest of) public safety," Vlavianos said. "The research shows the model is effective."
The high-violence court is modeled after DUI and felony drug courts, concepts that focus on rehabilitation programs and regular contact with a judge.
Preliminary data from an 18-month study of Stockton's DUI court indicates participants have half the accidents and less than half the accidents associated with drinking when compared to local DUI offenders who are not monitored by a judge.
"Court appearances and accountability gets you improved behavior," Vlavianos said.
Based on the success of that model, officials anticipate the high-violence court will improve AB109 recidivism.
Probation will refer a released inmate to programs based on the person's assessed risks and needs. Programs include drug and alcohol treatment and classes on behavior, aggression and parenting.
The goal is to change criminal thinking and transition offenders into positive lifestyles, said Helen Ellis, manager of the collaborative courts of the Superior Court.
Any violations or failures to follow programs will lead to flash incarcerations or other sanctions.
The judge can also reward progress with gift cards, referrals to community resources and other positive reinforcement.
"The key thing we're doing is they have to go back to court once a week," Ellis said.
County supervisors also approved the addition of a Violent Crimes Unit at the probation department to handle violent offenders.
San Joaquin County is viewed as a leader in developing local realignment strategies.
In a broader sense of the issues statewide, critics say highly violent AB109 convicts out in communities place the public in danger.
The Sacramento-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation says hundreds of violent crimes and various homicides have been committed by AB109-released felons in the past year.
Counties are overwhelmed, and overcrowded jails are forced to release people early, according to the foundation.
In San Joaquin County, of those prisoners released under realignment, 1,752 had parole violations during the first six months after the law went into effect, a startling figure from 82 originally projected.
It is unclear how many of them have committed violent crimes after their release.
"Our numbers are big, but what you're not seeing is how many are in custody," James said. Most spend minimal time in jail for technical violations, James said.
At the local level, the Manteca City Council is concerned about the potential effects of split sentences and shorter incarceration for probation violations and is joining efforts to repeal the law.
"Compounding the horrifying nature of this law, everyday Californians were not allowed to vote for or against this law," Manteca City Manager Willie Weatherford wrote in a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown.
James and Vlavianos expect the extra attention on the AB109 offenders will get to the root of their criminal behavior and reduce recidivism in the long-run.
"We know that incarcerating people alone doesn't change their behavior," James said.
Realignment law requires offenders' sentences be split if any probation time is applied.
"It's actually tough law," Vlavianos said, adding that the continued monitoring post-incarceration is "much harder on them."
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or email@example.com. Visit her blog at recordnet.com/courtsblog.


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by Robert Windeler
New York Times
October 23, 1968
Joan Crawford, the 60-year-old screen queen, will play a 24-year-old housewife in the daytime soap opera THE SECRET STORM for four segments beginning Friday, in place of her daughter, who is recovering from an operation.
Christina Crawford, who is 27, and the eldest daughter of Joan Crawford's four adopted children, is a star on the Columbia Broadcasting System serial. She plays the woman in the midst of a divorce action. She became ill last Wednesday during shooting of the daily series and was rushed to University Hospital, where she underwent surgery for an ovarian tumor.
Joan Crawford volunteered to fill in for her daughter "because I didn't want them to give the part to someone else," she said yesterday. "They panicked at C.B.S. and said, 'You've got to be kidding. We can't afford you.' I said 'I'll do it for nothing,' but I'm afraid they'll have to give me scale. I'll pay my hairdresser with my scale."
Scale for each half-hour segment of a daytime taped series is $165, according to the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists contract with C.B.S. However, Miss Crawford will make $595 for the four shows under a package rate.
Miss Crawford said she told her daughter: "I'll never be as good as you, but I'll keep the spot warm for you."
"They asked me about it the day after I was operated on," Christina Crawford recalled yesterday. "it was coming to me through a fog, and I couldn't exactly jump up and down in bed about it, but I do remember thinking that it was fantastic that she would care that much."
Joan Crawford is playing opposite Keith Charles, an actor in his late 20's, who plays Christina Crawford's husband, Nick Kane, also in his late 20's, in THE SECRET STORM.
This was no problem for Joan Crawford: "Isn't he beautiful, I thought to myself. So be 24."
Mark Lediar, the show's associate producer, said of the sudden switch: "The viewers become so involved with these people who perform that any change of player is an intrusion on their involvement. Credibility is already thrown to the winds anyway."
The only rewriting done by John Hess, the show's writer, was to limit Joan Crawford's appearances to five major scenes in four segments (this Friday, next Monday, Wednesday and Thursday). The character will then be written out until Christina Crawford is able to rejoin the show. She says her doctor has said that will be "after November 11."
THE SECRET STORM, seen here at 3 P.M. on Channel 2, is in its 17th season. The show is taped, but usually only three days in advance. Christina Crawford joined the show last April and has a contract that will keep her on at least through next September.
Miss Crawford has taped two of the shows and will tape two more Sunday.
Christina Crawford was previously in the national company of "Barefoot in the Park," and several films, among them the current Faces.
The mother and daughter Crawfords have never appeared together, except on television talk shows and one telethon, but Joan Crawford says she has always encouraged her daughter in show business.
"She was literally wheeled onto the set of my pictures as an infant. She grew up surrounded by lights. I've introduced her to every actor and director I've ever worked with. And then I started with the producers here: She wants to do only theater."
Audio from Joan's appearance on THE SECRET STORM was recently uploaded to YouTube! Listen below.
***Special Thank You to Robert Reid for sharing this clip!
- FLASHBACK: SECRET STORM Canceled (Coming Daytime Trends) 1974
- FLASHBACK: Daytime Delilahs 1964


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Charter school leases Fort Collins building
Liberty Common High School School will open this fall in a 27,000-square-foot building in Fort Collins recently purchased by real estate developer McWhinney.
The charter school will offer coursework for grades 7-10 in the new facility. Kindergarten through 6th grade will continue at its present location off East Prospect Road.
McWhinney is leasing the building at 2745 Minnesota Drive to the school. The new building will allow Liberty Common School to increase its overall enrollment from 575 to about 900 students and introduce a college-preparatory, classical liberal-arts curriculum to 10th-grade students this fall.
Over the next two years, Liberty will add classes for 11th and 12th-grade students.


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Opening statement…"We have another big game on the road against the Arkansas Razorbacks. They are a team that the last five times we have played them, we have only won one game; that was the year we had Cam Newton and it was an offensive slugfest. It is a tough place to play and they have had a week off. I know the extra week will help prepare them. I know our week off a few weeks back was real pivotal for us, especially being a first year coach at a program. We know we have our hands full and we know we are going to get their best effort.
"Regarding the film exchange issue that was brought to my attention yesterday, I will say this: we will always operate with the utmost integrity in everything we do. If there is ever anything that I don't know about that is brought to my attention, we will deal with it in a prompt manner. The SEC office is aware of all the details on both sides. That is all I am going to say regarding that." Has any other team has raised any issues with the SEC…"No. That is all I am going to say. I have already addressed it."
On the progression the offense has made…"Each week we have improved in our execution of the run game. The fact that we have had three different running backs all do a solid job, our offensive line has done a solid job and the fact that our quarterbacks have been able to run has been the biggest factor."
Status of Nick Marshall…"He practiced Sunday. He will practice today. It is day-to-day. That is really all I know right now." Will Marshall practice today…"We hope so. It is day-to-day right now. The fact that he was out there practicing on Sunday, I thought was a positive. We will know more each day."
Was he aware of Nick's injury in the first quarter…"I was not aware of that. After the game obviously things were brought to my attention that he tried to run the guy over. We have to do a better job of educating him on when to get down or get out of bounds."
Is he is anxious to coach in his home state of Arkansas…"This will be the fourth time that I've done that. The first time or two it was definitely different, but I don't expect it to be any different than a normal game on the road." Does he feel added pressure going back to Arkansas…"Right now with where we are going each week, we're trying to do everything in our power to win and it doesn't make any difference if we are going to Arkansas or going to (Texas) A&M or anywhere else. There's enough to it without anything else added to it."
On the difficulty of teaching a quarterback to avoid unnecessary contact…"Any time, like I said before, you have a quarterback that didn't go through spring and you're still learning about him. Cam was the same way. There were times we had to tell him to get down and stuff like that. There's no doubt in mind that Nick (Marshall) will learn from it and be better for it next time."
On developing a balance between a QB avoiding unnecessary contact while still producing in the run game…"He's a great competitor. There's no doubt. You'd rather have to pull him back than have to prod him on. He's a great competitor, he's a tough guy and we've just got to be a little bit smarter next time we are in that same situation."
How will the practice reps be split between Nick Marshall and Jeremy Johnson…"We are going to go about it the normal way, and we'll see what happens."
On his relationship with Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema…"Just to be completely honest, when I was standing up for our no-huddle (offense), it wasn't directed at any one person. As a matter of fact, at the time, there were a lot of people that were coming out and saying stuff regarding that, and I was just standing up for our philosophy and what we believe in on that. As far as he is concerned, he is an excellent coach. Look at his track record. I've got a lot of respect for him. He's won everywhere he's been, and I know they are going to be prepared. He's also got a very strong staff with him."
Is he excited to play in his home state…"Yeah, I think if you ask our players and our coaches, I get excited no matter who we're playing. I try to be very consistent. This is a big game. We are going on the road; another road test for us. They've had an extra week to prepare; and that definitely concerns me. So we expect it to be a tough one."
Is more family coming to the Arkansas game…"There's no doubt. My parents, my wife's parent, a lot of friends…That's where we grew up."
On Arkansas's defense…"I'll tell you what concerns me. They're one of the best, if not the best, in the conference getting after the quarterback. They're very explosive on the ends. They're very long. They do a good job with their pass rush. They got a very solid defensive front."
On the biggest turnaround on the Auburn offense…"We say every week about getting better at executing, and I feel like we have, as far as the little things as execution. We still haven't got there yet, but we have improved. Any time you can run the football, that opens other things up. So far we've been effective running the football. "
Adjusting as a new head coach…"I've been fortunate enough to have a lot of good players to coach in new situations. This situation is no different. Our players have bought into what we're trying to establish. We've got very good coaches that are teachers, and the players have responded to them."
What challenges does the offense face..."We've faced some good defensive fronts, but getting after the passer, this may be the best defense we've faced. They can flat-out rush the passer. They have harassed just about every quarterback they have played."
Who is the starter at right tackle..."We'll know by the end of the week."
Will Patrick Miller practice with the first team..."Yes, he will practice. We will mix and match like we've done before on first team."
Does his team's confidence override the increasing pressure of the season..."I would say this, they are getting more confident each week, but each week presents its own challenges, especially in this league. You've got to be prepared each week. You've got to improve. That's been our message. I know I sound like a broken record, but our only focus is Arkansas. We've got our hands full with them, and we are going to have to improve from our last game."
On Kiehl Frazier playing in his home state..."He's been back one previous time, but I think that goes for all players from a certain state. Any time they go back home, it's a special deal."
On the appeal of his offense to recruits..."I think recruits are looking for an offense that will showcase their skills. They get more touches. If you look at different stats from different position, there's been success in each one."
On Tre Mason..."He's a veteran guy. He understands blocking schemes. Probably the biggest thing that has impressed me this year is his ability to make the first guy miss and his yards after first contact. He's stronger. He's very durable. He's made a lot of tough yards for us this year."
His comfort level of Jeremy Johnson playing on the road if Marshall can't..."The good thing is Jeremy has gotten two games of experience. The big challenge will be on the road, but he has got a lot of reps. Even when we played on the road at LSU and Texas A&M, when you throw the sound in and everything like that, he has gotten a lot of reps during that time. I have to believe that will help. He is a pretty calm guy, too. I know our offensive players have a lot of confidence in him and I know that is very important."
On his timetable for making a quarterback decision..."You would like to as early as possible, but any time a guy is day-to-day, you get out there on the practice field and see what he can and cannot do. So the sooner the better, but at the same time it is hard to say right now."
On the receivers..."Our receivers have gotten better each week, specifically in the blocking area and that is very important to what we do. They have gotten more consistent with catching the football, too, and I think that is very important. That is a group just improving. We are going to need them to keep improving."
On Brandon Fulse playing this weekend…"It is possible."
What did he do to celebrate his birthday..."Not much, same routine really."
On coaching at Arkansas under Houston Nutt..."I will say this -- I will be forever grateful for Houston Nutt for giving me the opportunity to get into college football, especially being a high school coach. High school coaches are looking for opportunities, so I will be forever grateful for that."
INFORMATION SOURCE: Auburn Athletics Dept.


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Google's Schmidt plans North Korea trip
Google Inc's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, will travel this year to reclusive North Korea, where Internet use is subject to some of the world's tightest controls, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
Schmidt, one of the highest-profile leaders of the U.S. technology industry, could visit as early as this month, the AP said. The announcement was made days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the third member of his family to rule the country since its inception in the Cold War, signaled a willingness to improve relations with South Korea.
It was unclear whom Schmidt will meet or what his agenda might be, the AP reported. Internet access is largely restricted to all but the most influential officials of the reclusive state. Media content is also rigidly controlled, although basic 3G cellphone use is said to be rapidly expanding.
Google did not directly respond to a question about whether Schmidt was going to North Korea, although a spokeswoman's response suggested a visit would not be for company business.
"We do not comment on personal travel," spokeswoman Samantha Smith said when asked about the AP report.
Schmidt, Google's main political and government relations representative, has also been a prominent supporter of President Barack Obama.
Google famously espouses a "do no evil" philosophy and campaigns for Internet freedom. It pulled its search service from mainland China in 2010, relocating it to Hong Kong because it said it could not conform with censorship requirements.
Last year, the company flew in North Korean defectors from Seoul for a panel discussion at a summit it hosted focusing on global illicit networks. It has also hosted North Korean officials in Silicon Valley, according to the Asia Foundation, which co-hosted part of a trip by the North Korean delegation.
"I think this is part of Google's broader vision to bring the Internet to the world, and North Korea is the last frontier," said Peter Beck, the South Korean representative of the Asia Foundation, a non-profit organization. "I suspect that Google's visit is more philanthropic than financial."
Beck said the North Korea delegation had been shown a Google Earth view of their capital Pyongyang.
Schmidt is writing, with former U.S. state department official Jared Cohen, a book due in April called "The New Digital Age." It will address how the Internet and technology can empower people and drive fundamental social, political and economic change.
"Perhaps the most intriguing part of this trip is simply the idea of it. The restricted control of information lies at the heart of the DPRK state and yet it is about to host one of the West's greatest facilitators of borderless information flows," said Victor Cha, a senior adviser and Korea expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name.
"If Google is the first small step in piercing the information bubble in Pyongyang, it could be a very interesting development," Cha wrote on the center's website on Wednesday.
Schmidt's visit will make him one of the most prominent American businessmen to visit the country.
The AP cited two people familiar with his plans as saying the ex-Google CEO will join a private group led by former United Nations Ambassador and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, a frequent visitor to North Korea.
Their visit follows a long-range rocket launch that has triggered a drive for further United Nations sanctions. North Korea is banned from testing missile or nuclear technology under sanctions imposed after its 2006 and 2009 nuclear weapons tests.
A second aspect of Schmidt's visit as part of Richardon's delegation could be to try to obtain the release of Korean-American tourist Kenneth Bae, accused of crimes against the state. Richardson has helped negotiate the release of detained Americans in the past.
"Richardson has had a history of trying to jump-start dialogue at low points in the U.S.-DPRK nuclear talks. He is a well-known quantity to North Koreans and does have credibility with them," Cha wrote.
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Behind the scenes at the Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Article by Marc Gunther at Greenbiz.com: http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/07/26/behind-scenes-sustainable-apparel-coalition?utm_source=E-News+from+GreenBiz&utm_campaign=21c7056b94-GreenBuzz-2012-27-07&utm_medium=email
The story of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition begins with a letter designed to get the attention of even a busy CEO. At the top: the logos of Walmart and Patagonia. John Fleming, who was then Walmart's chief merchandising officer, and Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia's founder, signed the letter, which invited chief executives of some of the world's biggest clothing companies–fierce competitors, ordinarily — to join together to develop an index to measure the environmental impact of their products.
Their pitch, in part, read like this:
Creating a single approach for measuring sustainability in the apparel sector will do much more than accelerate meaningful social and environmental change. Standardization will enable us to maximize sustainability benefits for all buyers without investing in multiple sustainability technologies and certification processes, and ultimately empower consumers to trust claims regarding sustainably sourced apparel.
Finally, as an industry, we will benefit from the unique opportunity to shape policy and create standards for measuring sustainability before government inevitably imposes one.
…The time is right and the need is great for the apparel sector to move forward now, without further delay, in unison, with strong partners like you.
It was a risky proposition. What if it turned out that a competing company had a better sustainability story to tell? Would consumers be given access to the index? NGOs? Regulators? Most big retailers knew that they had very little visibility deep into their supply chains. Did they really want to find out, for example, that a supplier to one of their suppliers, in a factory they had never visited in China or Vietnam, exploited workers or dumped pollution into a nearby river? Any meaningful index would require companies to ask tough questions and, eventually, face demands from others to share what they had learned.
The letter went out on October 1, 2009. Less than three years later, despite those risks, the apparel industry has made major progress towards creating a global sustainability index, the Higg Index, to measure and score products, factories and companies. A first version was released today by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, the nonprofit group that developed the index.
Its vision? Nothing less than "an apparel and footwear industry that produces no unnecessary environmental harm and has a positive impact on the people and communities associated with its activities." The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) hired an executive director, Jason Kibbey, in January, and today it has more than 60 members, representing brands, retailers and suppliers who together account for more than a third of the global apparel and footwear industry.
Consumers won't see labels with scores attached to their T-shirts, dresses or sports jackets for years, but some companies are already using the tool to measure the energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, chemical use and waste of their factories around the world.
The coalition and the index mean to do more than drive incremental change, Jason Kibbey (below) told me when we spoke last week. "This is about industry transformation so everyone can benefit from reduced risk as well as efficiency," he said.
How and why did the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and the Higg Index come together so quickly? To find out, I interviewed key players including Kibbey; Rick Ridgeway, the vice president of environmental initiatives at Patagonia and a member of the SAC's board; Mary Fox, a former Walmart executive, who with Ridgeway got the coaliation going; Michelle Harvey of Environmental Defense Fund, a member of the group's board; and John Whalen, a principal at BluSkye, a boutique consulting firm that helped guide the process. This story shows what an industry can do when people get together, commit to a goal and set aside as best they can their personal and corporate agendas.


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Old Globe Theatre Presents RAFTA, RAFTA, 3/24
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the complete cast and creative team for Ayub Khan-Din's Olivier Award-winning comedy, Rafta, Rafta..., based on All in Good Time by Bill Naughton. Directed by Jonathan Silverstein, Rafta, Rafta... will run in the Old Globe Theatre March 19 - April 24. Preview performances run March 19 - March 23. Opening night is March 24 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
Winner of the 2008 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy for its acclaimed run at The National Theatre in London and a hit with critics and audiences in New York, Rafta, Rafta... takes a hilarious look at the generational divide on sex and marriage within a close-knit Indian family living in England. Following their wedding, two newlyweds find that starting their life together under the groom's family's roof is no honeymoon. With warmth and humor, this British comedy examines what happens when a young couple must choose between saving money or their marriage.
The cast of Rafta, Rafta... features Shalin Agarwal (Etash Tailor), Ranjit Chowdhry (Eeshwar Dutt), Geeta Citygirl Chopra (Lopa Dutt), Amir Darvish (Jivaj Bhatt), Nasser Faris (Laxman Patel), Ariya Ghahramani (Jai Dutt), Mahira Kakkar (Vina Patel), Caralyn Kozlowski (Molly Bhatt), Gita Reddy (Lata Patel) and Rachid Sabitri (Atul Dutt).
The creative team includes Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design), Christal Weatherly (Costume Design), Lap Chi Chu (Lighting Design), Paul Peterson (Sound Design), Gillian Lane-Plescia (Dialect Coach), Reetu Patel (Movement Consultant), Mark Danisovszky (Music Consultant) and Diana Moser (Stage Manager).
Playwright Ayub Khan-Din was born in 1961 and grew up in Salford, Manchester. After leaving school he worked briefly as a hairdresser before enrolling in drama school, where he wrote his first stage play, East is East (1997), for Tamasha, a theater company in London. An autobiographical story of a mixed-race family growing up in an overcrowded terraced house in a white, working-class area of Salford in the early 1970s, it was first staged at The Royal Court Theatre in London and subsequently adapted (by himself) into a highly successful feature film. His second play, Last Dance at Dum Dum (1999), concerns the septuagenarian members of the dwindling Anglo-Indian community in Calcutta, still clinging tightly to their old imperial past. Notes on Falling Leaves (2004) was first performed at The Royal Court Theatre, and Rafta, Rafta... (2007), a comic adaptation of Bill Naughton's 1960s story All in Good Time, won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 2008. His new film, West is West (a follow-up to East is East), will open soon and the film version of Rafta, Rafta... will follow in June. He recently delivered his commissioned play, Fauzi, based on Marlow's Doctor Faustus, to Lincoln Center Theater. Khan-Din's latest play, All the Way Home, will premiere in Manchester, England, and he is currently working on a musical for the Royal National Theatre called Bunty Berman Presents.. Khan-Din also works as an actor and has appeared in many films including My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.
Director Jonathan Silverstein helmed the acclaimed Off Broadway world premiere of The Temperamentals by Jon Marans, produced by Daryl Roth, Stacy Shane and Martian Entertainment (Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble). His other Off Broadway credits include revivals of A.R. Gurney's The Dining Room (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Director, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble), Robert Anderson's classics Tea and Sympathy and I Never Sang for My Father and John Patrick's The Hasty Heart, all for Keen Company, where he serves as Resident Director. His other New York credits include Red Herring by Michael Albanese (New York International Fringe Festival, Outstanding Direction award), Blueprint by Bixby Elliot (Summer Play Festival), Cocteau's Indiscretions and A Perfect Analysis Given by a Parrot (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble), The Rats Are Getting Bigger (New York International Fringe Festival and The Public Theater's New Work Now! festival), Greater Messapia (Queens Theatre in the Park) and The Train Play (Clubbed Thumb). Silverstein's regional credits include The Fantasticks (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), Merton of the Movies and Marry Me a Little (Dorset Theatre Festival), The Triumph of Love (Cleveland Play House), Urinetown and tick, tick. BOOM! (Cape Rep Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing and Cymbeline (The Theatre at Monmouth) and Ionesco's The Chairs (Sledgehammer Theatre). Silverstein was featured as one of 2009's Out 100, Out Magazine's annual list of the most outstanding and inspiring men and women of the year.
TICKETS to Rafta, Rafta... can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. Performances at the Old Globe Theatre begin on March 19 and continue through April 24. Ticket prices range from $29 to $85. Performance times: Previews: Saturday, March 19 at 8:00 p.m., Sunday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, March 23 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Performances: Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m. There is also a Wednesday matinee on April 13 at 2:00 p.m. and no Saturday matinee performance on April 16. Discounts are available for full-time students,patrons 29 years of age and under, seniors and groups of 10 or more.
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I have been working with Java, and I was taught that one either makes an application which runs in DOS or one writes an applet.
The problem is that I'm making a calculator, and I'd like it to resemble - well - a software application. That is to say, double click on the .exe file which opens the window, and - sha-ZAM! - the calculator is there!
The problem is that I haven't found literature for Java software applications that is applicable to the situation.
Am I condemned to DOS with Java? Will I have to choose another language? Or could I create a software app with Java?


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Weather hampers fighting of New Ipswich blazeBy NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Union Leader Correspondent
January 03. 2014 9:12PM
NEW IPSWICH — No one was injured when a fire tore through a home on Friday morning, but firefighters had a difficult job putting out the blaze due to frigid temperatures.
A New Ipswich Highway Department employee was driving by the single family home at 77 Stowell Road around 5:30 a.m. Friday when he noticed smoke coming from the building, said Fire Chief David Leel.
"He saw it and called it in," said Leel, "and then he stayed to plow the driveway so the firefighters didn't have to walk through the snow."
The owners of the home are currently in North Carolina, but two family members were staying at the house, including a man who was working when the blaze broke out, and a teenager who was sleeping but was woken up by the smoke detectors, Leel said.
"He was able to get out just fine," said Leel, "and they're now staying with family."
But for firefighters, the temperatures which hovered just above zero degrees at 5:30 a.m. caused a number of complications. The all-call fire department had to get to the fire station on slick roads, and once the fire trucks were at the scene things started freezing up, said Leel.
"The weather did not enhance firefighting efforts at all," he said. "When it's two or three degrees out, it hampers everything, and makes our job so difficult."
As the equipment came in contact with water, freezing occurred, and once those problems were solved, the water hitting the ground created dangerous conditions for the firefighters. But just finding water became an issue, the chief said.
"We had trouble getting water at the water hole we use so that slowed down filling the tankers," he said. Then there was difficulty drawing water from the town's dry hydrant so the tanker was sent to Greenville. But that hydrant failed to yield water as well, Leel said. "We never ran out of water, but we came awful close," he said.
The other struggle was keeping the firefighters who rotated out of the front line from freezing, but that effort was supported by Souhegan Valley Ambulance Service which kept a rig on site so that firefighters could come in and get warm before heading back to the fight.
Leel said it took close to two hours to get the fire under control, due largely to the difficult weather conditions.
"If it had been June we would have knocked this down in a half an hour," he said.
Leel said it appears the fire started in the rear right-hand side of the house, and early indications are that the fire was electrical in nature. However, the investigation into the cause of the fire was just starting on Friday afternoon and Leel said there was no way to make a definitive determination until the investigation is complete.


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Since its inception, Microsoft SharePoint has used SQL Server to store its content, configuration, and application service data. SharePoint simply won't function without SQL Server. SQL Server also has a growing reliance on SharePoint, especially in the area of business intelligence (BI). Whether you're a SQL Server or SharePoint administrator, you need to be familiar with the important points regarding the products' integration and dependencies.
As Figure 1 shows, the components necessary for delivering enterprise and self-service BI include PerformancePoint Services, Excel Services, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Power View, and PowerPivot for SharePoint. Table 1 provides a quick rundown of them. I'll walk you through each of these components in more depth so that you have a full understanding of them.
Figure 1: Highlighting the components involved in enterprise and self-service BI
PerformancePoint Services and Excel Services
Many organizations model business processes (e.g., sales, forecasting) with SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) so that end users can easily explore the data with tools like Microsoft Excel PivotTables. In the traditional multidimensional mode, SSAS has no dependency on SharePoint. The same can be said for the new tabular mode introduced in SSAS 2012. With SSAS and an Excel front end, an organization can implement an effective BI solution. However, many organizations will likely want to use SharePoint to provide additional front ends to SSAS. Two technologies built directly into SharePoint 2010 Enterprise—PerformancePoint Services and Excel Services—can provide these additional front ends.
PerformancePoint Services. Because BI dashboards and scorecards have become very popular, all the major BI vendors have added dashboard and scorecard features to their products. A scorecard usually consists of multiple Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), often grouped into different objective areas. A typical dashboard is a collection of one or more scorecards and supporting details and reports, which are often linked together through predefined connections or common filters.
Microsoft initially provided dashboards and scorecards through a product called Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager (BSM) 2005. In 2006, Microsoft acquired ProClarity, which was the most popular partner front end for SSAS at the time. BSM and ProClarity were folded into a standalone product named PerformancePoint Server 2007. PPS 2007 offered three major capabilities: monitoring (dashboards and scorecards), analytics (interactive grids and charts), and planning (forecasting and budgeting). Although it was a standalone product, the PPS 2007 dashboards, scorecards, grids, and charts were almost always deployed to a SharePoint 2007 environment.
In SharePoint 2010 Enterprise, PPS is now the built-in PerformancePoint Services. A PerformancePoint Services scorecard can include KPIs that leverage values from multiple sources, but the PerformancePoint Services analytic grids and charts only work on top of an SSAS cube or PowerPivot workbook deployed to a SharePoint library. (Note that the planning capabilities in PPS 2007 are no longer available.)
Excel Services. Excel Services is a built-in service in the Enterprise edition of SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2007. It allows an entire Excel workbook or an Excel workbook component (e.g., chart, named range of cells) to be published to a SharePoint document library and then displayed in a browser. For example, in Figure 2, the right side of the dashboard is a named range from an Excel workbook. When a user clicks on a particular KPI in the scorecard on the left (or selects a different year in the Fiscal Year filter), the Excel workbook is refreshed to display the selected KPI's information. Note that Excel Services can display any workbook, regardless of whether it's connecting to an SSAS cube. What I really like about Excel Services is that it effectively turns Excel into a report authoring tool, decreasing the training time needed for end users to create and share their analyses with others.
Figure 2: Displaying a named range of cells from an Excel workbook in a dashboard
Scorecards and KPIs aren't limited to Excel Services and PerformancePoint Services. Multiple Microsoft products offer some form of support for them. For more information, see the sidebar "Scorecard and KPI Overload?"
SSRS and Power View
To understand the integration of SSRS and SharePoint, it's helpful to know a bit about SSRS's history. When SSRS was first released in 2004 as a SQL Server 2000 add-on, there was only one deployment mode (what's now called native mode) and no integration with SharePoint. The only option for displaying reports within SharePoint was the generic Page Viewer Web Part. This Web Part, which comes with any SharePoint installation, acts as an HTML frame to display web content from a specified URL.
In 2005, Microsoft provided the Report Explorer and Report Viewer SharePoint 2.0 Web Parts as part of SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services SP2. (Note that these Web Parts continue to be available in current releases and are still a viable option for customers with SSRS native mode deployments.) The Report Explorer Web Part is configured to display a list of folders and reports from a specified SSRS folder in a native mode deployment. It also passes the name of a selected report to the Report Viewer Web Part.
In SQL Server 2005 SP2, the SharePoint integrated mode was introduced in SSRS to offer a tighter level of integration with SharePoint. The SharePoint integrated mode offered several potential benefits, including:
- The ability to store reports in a SharePoint document library. SharePoint document libraries support capabilities such as versioning, check-in/check-out, and additional columns to describe or categorize reports -- capabilities that SSRS's native mode lacks.
- The ability to configure user authentication and authorization in one place. In SharePoint integrated mode, SSRS doesn't have its own users and roles. Instead, SharePoint users and roles are used to govern report access and permissions.
- A new document library extension for report subscriptions. Report subscriptions let you deliver reports directly to a document library, which is handy if you need to keep a history of rendered reports in one location. Note that in SSRS 2005, SharePoint integrated mode supported only user-defined, and not data-driven, subscriptions. SSRS 2008 introduced support for data-driven subscriptions.
In SQL Server 2005 SP2, SharePoint integrated mode had a few potential drawbacks. Some SSRS native mode features weren't available, such as My Reports and Linked Reports. And from an administrative standpoint, SSRS still had to be configured and maintained as a separate service. For example, a scale-out deployment of SSRS couldn't take advantage of the automatic scale-out architecture available to the built-in SharePoint services.
The key drawback, however, was performance. In SharePoint integrated mode, SSRS was still a standalone service, which had two ramifications. First, the report server still had to provide data processing, rendering, and delivery capabilities. Second, there was additional communication required between the SharePoint object model and SSRS for each report request.
In late 2010, the SQL Server Customer Advisory Team (CAT) did a thorough test of both SSRS 2008 and SSRS 2008 R2. In the "Reporting Services Performance in SharePoint Integrated Mode in SQL Server 2008 R2 " technical note, it reported, "There is a measurable amount of additional overhead associated with SharePoint integrated mode that impacts report performance (between 250 milliseconds and 500 milliseconds of additional overhead to view the first page of any report)." Some customers noted an even higher overhead between native mode and SharePoint integrated mode.
Let's now fast forward to 2012. In SSRS 2012, the SharePoint integrated mode is re-architected to be implemented as a SharePoint 2010 shared service. You can think of a shared service as a component of SharePoint that does work, such as the Search and User Profile services. In terms of performance, this means that the additional communication overhead is gone, as is the performance hit. A SharePoint integrated mode deployment in SSRS 2012 is around 30 percent to 60 percent faster than that in SSRS 2008 R2 and at parity with a native mode deployment. There are also other benefits to the new shared service architecture:
- You can use the SharePoint Central Administration console to configure the SSRS SharePoint integrated mode.
- SSRS can use SharePoint's scale-out and load-balancing functionality.
- SSRS supports claims-based authentication.
- SSRS supports SharePoint backup and recovery and end-to-end SharePoint logging through the Unified Logging Service (ULS).
In addition, Microsoft decided to provide some new capabilities in SSRS 2012 that are available only through SharePoint integrated mode. One of those capabilities is data alerts. As Figure 3 shows, end users can create a schedule and set of rules for being notified when data in a report changes. The other capability is Power View, a new data visualization and exploration technology that I wrote about in "Introducing Microsoft Power View" (June 2012).
Figure 3: Creating a data alert
Data alerts and Power View are only available in the Business Intelligence edition or Enterprise edition of SQL Server 2012. To find out more information about them, see "What's New (Reporting Services)" in SQL Server 2012 Books Online (BOL).
PowerPivot for SharePoint
Following a long period of acquisitions and consolidation, the BI market has seen a resurgence of pure-play vendors in the past several years. Often, these solutions let business users bypass traditional IT tools and processes to gather, store, model, analyze, and share information. I know several IT professionals who have discovered these solutions in their organization only after they've been purchased by a business unit. For this reason, I recommend that you get well acquainted with what SQL Server, SharePoint, and Office can provide in terms of self-service BI. It's an opportunity for you to become a hero to your business users by leveraging products that they don't need to purchase and are already familiar with.
Specifically, Microsoft delivers what it calls "managed self-service" BI through its PowerPivot offerings for Office and SharePoint. The PowerPivot for Excel 2010 add-in lets business users gather, store, model, and analyze data from multiple sources. Behind the scenes, users are actually building an OLAP cube that runs in-memory inside of the Excel process. (This cube is saved as part of the Excel workbook.)
PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010, first introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2, is an instance of SSAS integrated into SharePoint. PowerPivot for SharePoint is installed and configured as a SharePoint shared service. When a user publishes an Excel workbook that contains a PowerPivot model, PowerPivot for SharePoint (along with Excel Services) makes it possible for other users to view and interact with the workbook through a browser. PowerPivot for SharePoint also lets other technologies (e.g., SSRS, Power View) connect to the workbook. Note that PowerPivot for SharePoint is only available in the Business Intelligence and Enterprise editions of SQL Server 2012 and in the Enterprise edition of SQL Server 2008 R2.
I only scratched the surface of the capabilities in PowerPivot for Excel 2010 and PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010. For more information about these tools, see the articles listed in the Learning Path.
BI Shared Service Deployment
Given the BI capabilities you can gain, I hope that you're considering setting up a SharePoint farm for BI. Even if you already have a SharePoint farm, I recommend that you set up a separate one dedicated to BI, which is referred to as a BI Shared Service deployment. This recommendation might seem counterintuitive. After all, if SharePoint provides BI capabilities (and SQL Server integrates itself into SharePoint), why not enable these capabilities directly within existing farms? Won't a separate farm negate the integration benefits?
At first glance, it seems that a separate farm increases complexity and provides no benefits. A new farm involves separate servers, which means additional monitoring, backups, user permissions to manage, and so on. Plus, the integration of BI content into existing site collections is relegated to links and frames because none of the BI capabilities are cross-farm services. (If you're unfamiliar with what a cross-farm service is, see the sidebar "SharePointTerminology 101.") With that said, I've spent many years helping customers evaluate and adopt Microsoft's BI platform. I've seen several BI initiatives stall due to concerns over:
- Edition mismatch. The existing SharePoint farms run on SharePoint 2007 or the SharePoint team plans to migrate from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 "sometime next year."
- Workload conflict. The SharePoint team members are typically wary of placing an additional workload on the farm, especially a workload they don't understand.
- Non-SharePoint integration. The SharePoint team members are concerned that many of the BI services aren't built-in SharePoint capabilities but instead are SQL Server services.
Setting up a separate BI farm can alleviate these concerns and allow BI capabilities to be rolled out or upgraded independent of other SharePoint workloads. SQL Server and SharePoint administrators can work together to become familiar with these new BI services without jeopardizing the performance and availability of existing SharePoint functionality and services. The HP Business Decision Appliance is a great way to provide a smaller BI Shared Service deployment that uses a single server.
Tied at the Hip
Clearly, SharePoint is "tied at the hip" to SQL Server for the storage of its configuration, content, and service data. The same can now be said of SQL Server's reliance on SharePoint for exposing its BI capabilities. SQL Server and SharePoint administrators will be well served to learn more about these dependencies to successfully deliver BI in their organizations.
To learn more about Power View and PowerPivot:
"Introducing Microsoft Power View"
"Introducing PowerPivot for SharePoint"
"A Walkthrough of PowerPivot for Excel 2010"


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In the midwestern United States, outbreaks of St. Louis encephalitis (SLE)
appear to be associated with a sequence of warm, wet winters; cold springs;
and hot, dry summers (Monath, 1980). In the western United States, a 3-5°C
increase in mean temperature may cause a northern shift in the distribution
of western equine encephalitis (WEE) and SLE outbreaks and a decrease in the
range of WEE in southern California (Reeves et al., 1994). In Canada,
the ranges of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), snowshoe hare virus (SHV),
and WEE probably would expand with global warming. All three already have been
reported in Canada or adjacent U.S. states, albeit sporadically (McLean et
al., 1985; Artsob, 1986; Tourangeau et al., 1986; Keane and Little,
1987; Heath et al., 1989; Carman et al., 1995; Duncan et al.,
In the United States, sporadic autochthonous malaria transmission was observed
in New York and New Jersey during the 1990s (Layton et al., 1995; Zucker,
1996). Malaria is imported into Canada, however.
According to studies by Martens et al. (1995), Martin and Lefebvre (1995),
and Duncan (1996), with global warming, malaria may extend northward into temperate
countries. These studies note, however, that many of these countries had regular
epidemics of malaria in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
and that continued and increased application of control measuressuch as
water management, disease surveillance and prompt treatment of casesprobably
would counteract any increase in vectorial capacity.
Malaria once prevailed throughout the United States and southern Canada (Bruce-Chwatt,
1988). As recently as 1890, the census recorded more than 7,000 malaria deaths
per 100,000 people across the American South and more than 1,000 malaria deaths
per 100,000 people in states such as Michigan and Illinois. It is important
to note that diagnoses and reporting did not meet today's standards. By
1930, malaria had been controlled in the northern and western United States
and generally caused fewer than 25 deaths per 100,000 people in the South. In
1970, the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Advisory Panel on Malaria recommended
that the United States be included in the WHO official register of areas where
malaria had been eradicated.
In Canada, vivax malaria became widespread at the end of the 18th century,
when refugees from the southern United States settled in large numbers as far
north as "the Huron" in the aftermath of the American War of Independence.
Malaria was further spread with the building of the Rideau Canal (1826-1832)
(Duncan, 1996). By the middle of the 19th century, malaria extended as far north
as 50°N. In 1873, the great malarious district of western Ontario was only
a fraction of a large endemic area, extending between Ontario and the state
of Michigan. In Canada, the disease disappeared at the end of the 19th century
(Bruce-Chwatt, 1988; Haworth, 1988; Duncan, 1996).
The history of malaria in North America underscores the fact that increased
temperatures may lead to conditions that are suitable for the reintroduction
of malaria to North America. Socioeconomic factors such as public health measures
will continue to play a large role in determining the existence or extent of
such infections (Shriner and Street, 1998).
Although the Aedes aegypti mosquito already is found in the southern United
States, socioeconomic factors play a large role in determining the actual risk
of climate-sensitive diseases (see Chapter 9). For example,
socioeconomic differences between Texas and bordering Mexico determine disease
incidence: A total of 43 cases of dengue were recorded in Texas during 1980-1996,
compared to 50,333 in the three contiguous border states in Mexico (Reiter,
Lyme diseasethe most common vector-borne disease in the United Statescurrently
circulates among white-footed mice in woodland areas of the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast,
upper Midwest, and West Coast of the United States (Gubler, 1998). In 1994,
more than 10,000 cases of the disease were reported (Shriner and Street, 1998).
Although possible tick vectors have been reported in various parts of Canada,
self-reproducing populations of infected ticks are believed to occur only in
Long Point, Ontario (Barker et al., 1992; Duncan et al., 1998).
Lyme disease has been predicted to spread within Canada with increased temperatures
(Grant, 1991; Canadian Global Change Program, 1995; Environment Canada, 1995;
Guidotti, 1996; Hancock and Davies, 1997). However, in assessing climate-induced
risks for Lyme disease, the ecology of two mammalian species along with projections
for land use make predictions very difficult (see Chapter
9). Finally, Grant (1991) has suggested that, with warming, Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever might increase in some localities in Canada.
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The school based IEQ team identifies potential issues/concerns before they reach the level where occupants' health and safety are at risk, provides an avenue of communication through which any concerned individual can report potential indoor environmental problems, and increases education and awareness of the importance of maintaining proper indoor environments.
The IEQ standardized walk-through reviews designated areas of the school. The walk-through team led by an IEQ School-based Team Leader is composed of a diverse representative group of HCPSS facilities personnel, school staff, parents, students and community members. The HCPSS IEQ Coordinator in the HCPSS Department of School Facilities monitors all school/facility teams.
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Complete the IEQ Concern form to submit a concern about the indoor environmental quality of a HCPSS building or facility. The form is to be submitted to the HCPSS IEQ Coordinator by emailing it to firstname.lastname@example.com. You will be contacted within 5 working days regarding your concern.
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