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Monroe Suderman
My Mom and Dad always sang in the church choir. Each had a good sense of humor. Years ago I received a letter from my dad that started like this: "When your mother and I join that Great Heavenly Choir in the Sky, your mom and I will be toe-to-toe on the sixth floor of the Oak Lawn Mausoleum in Conroe, Texas."
It actually didn't work out that way. Instead, they moved to Oshkosh to be closer to family. However, if they needed a good bass, Dad surely joined that Heavenly Choir when he passed away on May 21, 2014, at the age of 93.
Born Sept. 21, 1920, to Mennonite family John and Mary Suderman (nee Nickel), he had three sisters who died before him: Ruth, Erna, and Ruby. An infant sister predeceased as well. Monroe lived his early years in Hillsboro, Kansas. He had so much affection for his parents and the three older sisters who helped raise him. He cherished his Mennonite origins and the grounding that the faith gave him.
A gifted intellect led him to Kansas State University where he majored in chemical engineering. He married his best girl, Ruth Jost, in June of 1942. They had a long and wonderful marriage until her death in 2009.
In college, Monroe was better known to his friends as "Dutch," an affable nickname that stayed with him the rest his life. During his work life, Ruth and Dutch moved from Illinois to New Jersey, to Pennsylvania, back to Illinois, followed by a move to Virginia, to Texas, and on to Wisconsin toward the end of their lives.
In the course of these times this gentle, humble man exhibited the essence of leadership and volunteerism. He was president of numerous service organizations and served in virtually every leadership role in his lifelong membership in the United Methodist Church. Along the way, Dutch had a myriad of employees who, without exception, told us how privileged they were to work for him.
Additionally, Dutch was elected to the local school board when he lived in Streator, Illinois.
He loved golf, traveling abroad, and singing. He combined two of these passions by joining the Montgomery County Chorale, which performed concerts in a number of cathedrals in Europe including Austria and Germany.
When he was in his 80s, Dutch was driving the back roads of Texas delivering Meals on Wheels — this despite my admonition that, at this stage in his life, he ought to be getting the meals rather than giving them. It was also during this time that he taught English to Spanish-speaking elementary school children in Texas. This particular service exemplified his altruistic, generous nature. He was Christian to his core and lived a life of servant leadership.
Devoted to his family, he was proud of his children, Steve (Barbara) Suderman and his daughter, Marcia (Carston) Larson. He enjoyed his grandchildren Allison Carrick, of Oshkosh, Jonathan (Lisa Sagan) Hoyt of Chicago, Mary Robyn (Craig) Peotter of Menominee Falls, Laurel (Jim) Blinka of New Berlin, Kristin Larson of Chicago, and Wendy (Darin) Osmundsen of Phoenix.
Papa Dutch always loved babies and little kids, especially his nine great-grandchildren Emmaline and Audrey Carrick, Charlie, Harry, and Maggie Blinka, Henry, Kate, and Elizabeth Peotter, and Jameson Hoyt. He was especially looking forward to meeting Wendy and Darin's twins expected this coming fall.
Dad was blessed with a marvelously witty, good-natured disposition. His was a life well-lived. He valued faith, family, music, golf and his work. No other presence could fill the void he leaves in our family. We are both bereft and blessed, comforted in the knowledge that he is enjoying his eternal reward. Dutch Suderman was an amazing man, and that thought was continually validated by other people, whether it was friends, employees or his doctors and caregivers. We were fortunate to have him.
Special thanks to nephews, Richard and Raymond Franz, for traveling such great distances to see their uncle before his passing, as well as to son-in-law, Carston Larson, for all his loving care.
Funeral service was Tuesday, May 27, at Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church Choir/Organ Fund.


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A friend of mine recently decided to pay a very expensive accountant to do a complete analysis of his business. He felt obliged to do this because he wanted to see whether something was going on in his business that he was completely missing. For years he had struggled, working 18-hour days, skipping vacations, and taking out second mortgages. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, it seemed everything began to pay off. His profits were up 20% over the previous year, job orders were piling up, and all the new efficiencies that he had wrangled his employees to adopt over the past few years were finally allowing him to go home on time.
For most of us it would have been the excuse to kick back, buy a bass boat and a six pack, and start to enjoy the fruits of all our hard work. My friend, however, found himself lying awake at night, worrying that things were running too well, and spending his days in the office expecting that the one variable he had overlooked would sooner or later bring it all crashing down around him. So, he finally decided to hire a professional to tell him what his unsettled mind would not allow him to believe—that he really had built a successful business.
The audit was exhausting and meticulous, and the accountant was a nuisance for several days. The accountant then announced that he would retreat back to his office to crunch the numbers and write the final, definitive report. Days passed with no news. Then, late one Friday afternoon, my friend got the call he had been waiting for. The report was finished, and he and the accountant carved out several hours early in the next week to go over the report in detail. A few more sleepless nights and he would have his answer.
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Debunking the Russia/War of Gog and Magog Myth
By Jeffrey Goodman, Ph.D.
One of the more popular topics among Christians today is the "end times." With each significant news story, a correlation between it and end times events prophesied in the Bible is sought. Because of recent military activities and tensions in Russia and Israel, the end times event prophesied in the Bible called "The War of Gog and Magog" is now a red hot topic. Ezekiel 38/39 tells how Gog, the powerful leader from the land of Magog, will lead a confederacy of nations to invade Israel during the end times and start a war of unprecedented size and devastation.
Many end times aficionados believe that Magog represents Russia and that Russia will soon come to invade Israel. However, the ancient Assyrians had dealings with Magog, and their Court records clearly identify Magog and it is not Russia. For decades Christians have been deceived and have been unwittingly deceiving others about who is to be involved in the prophesied invasion of Israel. Russia has absolutely nothing to do with Magog and being the nation that will lead an invasion of Israel.
While many may picture Russia as an "evil empire," personal opinions, traditional views, incomplete research, and current events cannot be the basis of the identification of Gog and Magog and the interpretation of Ezekiel 38/39. The correct identification and interpretation of Ezekiel 38/39 must be based on scripture, with the aid of the archeological and historical context of these scriptures.
While everyone is entitled to their own opinions, everyone is not entitled to their own set of facts. Although opinions may abound, there is not one verifiable fact or any primary evidence to support the belief that Magog represents Russia. Any interpretation of Ezekiel 38/39 requires recognition of the historical truth.
The brief report below explains the great deception about Russia and the War of Gog and Magog. Complete details about this topic and other end time events are available in my new book THE COMETS OF GOD.
Russia and the War of Gog and Magog
While most end times Bible prophecy authors have argued that Russia's origins trace back to the ancient nation of "Magog" described in Ezekiel 38-39, this is simply not true. This myth that traces back to the mid 1800's is built on historical statements that were deliberately altered, and on the assumption that the similarity of certain words could mean something else in another language. Although ancient records have been found that tell a different story about the identity of Magog and about Russia's origins, the "Russia is Magog" myth persists.
Assyrian Court Records
The popular identification of the nations of Ezekiel 38-39 is not correct. Despite the traditional viewpoint, professional archeologists know the identity of these nations from the Assyrian Royal Court records. The reliable, clear and detailed records of Assyrian Royal Court show they dealt directly with each of these nations about 100 years before Ezekiel wrote. These are the same records that are referred to in Ezra 4:15, 19 and 5:17-6:7. These passages tell how the Jews of the fifth century BC 538 BC–457 BC overcame opposition by the local Persian governor to the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem by referring to these same Assyrian cuneiform court records. They are also the same records Bible scholars now use to provide independent verification and edification of the Bible's historical accounts from about 805 BC to 530 BC.
The Assyrian Royal Court records provide direct evidence and represent an incontestable primary source on this subject, since they were written during the time period in question by people who were directly involved. Primary sources have greater value than secondary sources, which can include generalizations, speculation and interpretations made long after the occurrence of the events. On this particular subject, too often what has been written about these countries constitutes secondary evidence and is not based on facts. In some instances statements are the product of mischief, bias or not studying all of the available information.
The Assyrian Court records show dealings with Magog, Meshech, Tubal, and Togarmah (Ezekiel 38:3-6), the nations that stretched across ancient Asia Minor (modern Turkey) from west to east. From these records we also learn that the ancient nation of Gomer (Ezekiel 38:6), an enemy of the Assyrians invaded Asia Minor by coming down from an area around the northeast shore of the Black Sea. Archeologists know that the militant leader called "Gog" in Ezekiel 38/39 led a confederacy of these nations against invading Gomer.
Who and what are Gog and Magog?
Gog is a historical man who the Greeks called Gyges of Lydia. In Gyges of Lydia we have the leader the Assyrians called "Gugu, King of Ludu," and "Gugu of Magugu," who is referred to in the Bible as Gog of Magog. "Magog" simply means "the land of Gog." In Akkadian ma means land, so in Akkadian Ma- gugu means "the land of Gugu," which becomes our Ma-gog. (Just as the Assyrian eponym for the land of the leader called Zamua is rendered as Ma-zamua). Magog is an eponym for the ancient nation of Lydia that was in the westernmost part of Asia Minor. The Assyrians often referred to a new land by the name of the first leader they learned of from this land. The Assyrians dealt with Lydia through Meshech, who were subsequently defeated by Gomer, and thus the Assyrians finally came to deal with Lydia directly. In the prophecy of Ezekiel 38/39 Gog is being used as a "historical type" of the "antichrist" who is prophesied to come during the end times, and Magog is being used as a "historical type" of "the land of the antichrist."
It has been mistakenly believed that the ancient nation of "Magog" in western Asia Minor was the ancient "tribal name" of the "Scythians," a group of Iranian speaking nomadic tribes from Central Asia (north of Iran) that traveled across the Russian steppes, and came to live in the territory north of the Black Sea. Then, in turn, and again in error, it has been believed that the ancient Scythians were the progenitors of the modern Russians. In Foes from the Northern Frontier Dr. Edwin Yamauchi, a professor of history at Miami University in Ohio emphatically explains that none of the ancient nations referred to in Ezekiel 38-39 can possibly be related to modern Russia. Further, Yamauchi says:
"Even if one were to transliterate the Hebrew rosh as a proper name (as does the NAS) rather than translate it as 'chief' (as does the KJV, NIV, and Hebrew Tanakh), it can have nothing to do with modern 'Russia.' This would be a gross anachronism for the modern name is based upon the name Rus, which was brought into the region of Kiev, north of the Black Sea, by the Vikings only in the Middle Ages."
Daniel I. Block, a professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois in The Book of Ezekiel writes,
"The popular identification of Tubal with Tubolsk in Russia (H. Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth 1970, p.53) is ludicrous . . . The popular identification of Meshech with Moscow (of Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth p.53) is absurd.
How did Russia become associated with Magog?
The erroneous belief that Russia is Magog can be traced back to a small group of 18th and 19th century theologians who wrote long before the primary evidence from the ancient Assyrian records was discovered, translated and made available to the public. Instead, they based their assertions on secondary sources, historical works written over 500 years after the time of Ezekiel, and to make matters worse some of these sources had come to be purposefully altered. These altered references include statements attributed to the first century AD Jewish historian Josephus, and first century AD Roman historian Pliny.
In his book The Antiquity of the Jews Josephus says that the Greeks called the "Magogites" the "Scythians" despite the fact that the Greeks did not call the Magogites the Scythians. In this same passage there are other errors in the identification of other ancient nations of Asia Minor. This passage shows that the author did not understand that Ashkenaz is the Hebrew word for the Scythians. (Interestingly, the Assyrian word for the Scythians, Ishkuza or Ashguza is similar to the Hebrew word for the Scythians – Ashkenaz.) This passage also comes into conflict with what the ancient Greek historian Herodotus who after living with each group wrote about the Scythians and the Lydians in his book The History. Since Josephus used Herodotus' book as a reference, one can only speculate how and why these obviously wrong statements are in Josephus' book. Were these inaccurate statements the products of Josephus' imagination, or were they the result of alterations to the few copies of Josephus' work that existed in medieval times? (Jews did not preserve the writings of Josephus because they considered him to be a traitor.) Beginning in the 11th century these surviving manuscripts were copied by Catholic monks, and obviously altered in some places to suit prevailing beliefs. Ecclesiastical acceptance of the erroneous connection between Magog and the Scythians traces back to Saint Jerome of the late fourth century AD. Unfortunately, the oft quoted statement that has Josephus connecting Magog with the Scythians is an act of document forgery.
Similarly, the oft quoted statement that has the ancient Roman historian Pliny in his work The Natural History that connects Magog with the Scythians is another forgery. Nineteenth century Scottish Reverend John Cumming is credited as being a leading promoter of the Bible interpretation that calls for Russia invading Israel. In his book The Destiny of Nations Cumming quotes a passage from Pliny's book about Magog which he purposefully altered.
Reverend Cumming on page 126 wrote: "Pliny says 'Hierapolis taken by the Scythians was afterwards called Magog.'"
Pliny on page 439 actually wrote: "Bambyx (a part of Lydia) the other name of which is Hierapolis, but by the Syrians called Magog."
Pliny's statement has been misquoted by Cumming in a way that makes it seem that Magog was related to the Scythians rather than the Lydians. Unfortunately, this same misquote of Pliny has been carried forward in time and appears in Hal Lindsey's book The Late Great Planet Earth (page 53). This alteration is easily verified by going to a copy of Pliny's book and seeing how key words were changed and switched around. It is difficult to believe that none of the many authors of books that discuss Ezekiel 38/39 and the war of Gog and Magog have not discovered this sleight of hand and exposed the deception. (While many contemporary Evangelicals gave Cumming's books on prophecy favorable reviews, an article in the Westminster Review in 1855 about Cumming attacked him for his "intellectual dishonesty, anti-Catholic bigotry, and moral and spiritual perversion.")
The correct identification of Magog with Lydia and not Scythia is consistent with the ancient texts of the Assyrians, who at various times were either the allies or the foes of the Scythians, but had peaceful dealings with the Lydians, who they also referred to as "Magog." Within academia today, no professional archeologists, historians or serious Bible researchers associate Magog with the Scythians or the Scythians with the Russians. The truth is that modern scholars have unequivocally documented that a group of Scandinavian Viking traders called the Rus began the Russian state during the mid AD 800's, and gave their name to Russia. Therefore there is no historical or factual basis for any connection of Russia to Magog.
ANCIENT NATIONS OF EZEKIEL 38/39 Ezekiel 38/39 makes reference to a group of ancient nations that are all found in Asia Minor: Magog (Lydia), Meshech, Tubal, Togarmah and Gomer. The correct identification of these nations comes from the "Royal Court Records of the Assyrians"; the primary source on this subject. These same Assyrian Court records are referred to in the Bible (Ezra 4:15, 19).
LYDIAN MIGRATION TO ITALY An early Lydian dynasty experienced a prolonged famine which caused half of the Lydian population to migrate to the west coast of Italy, just north of Rome. The Romans called these Lydian migrants "Etruscans." The Etruscans settled in an area called Tuscany and they helped found the city of Rome and jump start the Roman civilization. Hundreds of years after this migration, the Lydian population in Asia Minor came to be ruled by a militant ruler whom the Greeks called "Gyges of Lydia." To the Assyrians this same leader was known as "Gugu King of Ludu," and "Gugu of Magugu." Ezekiel referred to this same leader as "Gog of Magog" where "Magog" means "the land of Gog."
Why understanding Gog and Magog is important
As for comparing Gog and Magog of Ezekiel 38/39 to Gog and Magog of Revelation 20:7-10, two different wars are being referred to and the terms Gog and Magog are not being used literally but being used as "historical types." As referred to in Ezekiel 38-39, the historical Gog who was a "prince" of the nations of Magog, Meshech, and Tubal, serve as "historical types" of the "antichrist" and the multi-national confederacy over which the antichrist is to rule during the tribulation period. The Bible uses the historical leader Gog as a historical type of the antichrist to come in the exact same ways the Bible uses the historical King David as a type of Jesus' Second Coming (Ezekiel 34:23 and Ezekiel 37:22-24). Similarly, in Matthew 11:14 (also see Malachi 4:5) and Matthew 17:10-13 ("if you will receive it") Jesus in effect says that John is a historical type of Elijah. In other words, "Gog and Magog" (remember in Akkadian "Magog" means "the land of Gog") in their most basic meaning, are taken to be types or references to any "antichrist" and "the land of this antichrist;" just as I John 2:18, 22, 4:3, and II John 7 says "there are many antichrists." Thus, Revelation 20 tells of a second and separate battle involving another Gog and Magog, that is, a different battle involving another antichrist and the lands of this antichrist that takes place around 1,000 years after the battle of Gog and Magog of Ezekiel 38/39. The Gog or antichrist of Ezekiel 38 is involved with one war that is to occur before Jesus returns, and the Gog or antichrist of Revelation 20 is involved with another war that is to occur after Jesus returns and dwells with mankind for one thousand years.
The bottom line for what is said in Ezekiel 38/39 is that just as a real person called Gog led a confederacy of nations around 660B.C., Ezekiel is using Gog as a historical type of the antichrist, and Magog as a historical type of the nations the antichrist is to lead, for a war that Ezekiel is prophesying to occur during the end times. This could be fulfilled by the appearance of an antichrist and a confederacy of European nations representing a revived Roman Empire. Ecclesiastes 1:9 and 3:15 teach that which is to be hath already been and that there is nothing new under the sun. Has such an invasion of the Holy Land and effort to kill Jews by a confederacy of European nations ever occurred before? Yes, deadly invasions of Israel have taken place a number of times. These invasions are called the Crusades of the Middle Ages. A confederacy of European nations has invaded Israel before and according to scripture it seems that these nations will do so again. While Russia's anti- Israel actions regularly appear in the news, it is interesting to note the ever growing anti-Israel attitude and actions of the European Community.
End Notes
Recently, I published an overview, entitled "Christian Archeologist Exonerates Russia in the End Times," about the war of Gog and Magog. This overview (http://christiannewswire.com/news/9509017871.html ) ties to two free downloads on my website (www.thecometsofgod.com) which give the evidence and explanations supporting this overview:
1-"Russia Is Not Magog" - http://www.thecometsofgod.com/dwnlds/appndx-b.pdf
2- "Armageddon, Magog, and the War of Ezekiel 38/39" - http://www.thecometsofgod.com/dwnlds/chap9.pdf
About the author:
An archeologist and a geologist, Dr. Goodman has devoted over twenty- five years to the study of the Bible. He holds a geological engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines, a M.A. in anthropology from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in anthropology from California Coast University. He also earned a M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He was accredited by the former Society of Professional Archeologists. Goodman is a Messianic Jew who was saved in 1987.
The report below is posted on my blog www.newscientificevidenceforgod.com


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is a Laptop Car Adapter?
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- Charge your laptop battery while your on your way
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- Take your office with you in the car! Run both
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- Give your kids someting to do besides fighting!
Let the kids watch a movie on the DVD player, or play the
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- Run you laptop from any 12V DC source/car cigarette
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WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Tuesday to narrow the circumstances under which an alien can be deported for a marijuana offense.
Under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, a non-citizen convicted of an "aggravated felony" is not only deportable, but also ineligible for "discretionary relief" -- in other words, no special consideration.
Among the aggravated felonies covered by the INA is "illicit trafficking in a controlled substance."
However, a conviction under state law "constitutes a felony punishable under" the Controlled Substances Act only if it proscribes conduct punishable as a felony under that federal law.
Adrian Moncrieffe, a legal Jamaican immigrant, was found by police in Georgia to have 1.3 grams of marijuana in his car and pleaded guilty under state law to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. The U.S. government sought to deport him.
The Board of Immigration Review and a federal appeals court ruled against his request to stay in the country.
However, Moncrieffe's conduct was not necessarily a felony under federal law, which requires that he receive some remuneration for the drug and more than a small amount of marijuana -- not the 1.3 grams that brought the Georgia felony.
Writing for the court majority, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said if a non-citizen's state conviction for a marijuana distribution offense "fails to establish that the offense involved either remuneration or more than a small amount of marijuana, it is not an aggravated [federal] felony under the INA."
The ruling reverses the lower court and the board and sends the case back for a new hearing to conform with the opinion.


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It was difficult for parents across the U.S. to watch their children leave for school or take them there Monday — the day funerals began for victims of Friday's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
It was difficult for parents across the U.S. to watch their children leave for school or take them there Monday — the day funerals began for victims of Friday's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Not surprisingly, there was an increased police presence around area schools. Some parents found that reassuring. Others sadly questioned what has happened to this country, and its people, for such measures to be necessary.
We share that sense of lost innocence (kids exposed to such things, in the news or personally, are being introduced to adult concerns way too soon).
We also accept that no matter how hard people try, from whatever angle, to be proactive, the responses to these nightmarish incidents invariably will be reactive.
Security cameras, door buzzer systems and resource officers are the norm on today's school campuses. We're sure even stronger safety protocols soon will be in place.
Should they include allowing administrators, teachers and other school personnel who are licensed to carry concealed firearms to bring those weapons on campus, or having firearms on hand at schools for such situations?
That argument is being made, loudly, by those who think it could have saved 26 lives at Sandy Hook. Legislatures in six states plan to consider such measures next year.
A Texas congressman, speaking of the school's principal (one of gunman Adam Lanza's victims), said: "I wish to God she had had an M-4 in her office, locked up so when she heard gunfire, she pulls it out and she didn't have to lunge heroically with nothing in her hands, but she takes him out, takes his head off before he can kill those precious kids."
Maybe that's how it would've played out. Maybe a teacher packing a personal pistol could've drawn it and stopped Lanza.
Maybe not.
This presupposes that everyone licensed to carry a weapon doesn't just know how to use it, but has had sufficient training to know how to use it under pressure — to know how to use it, and shoot straight, while surrounded by madness that is happening so fast one has no time to think, only to react on instinct.
It presupposes that everyone licensed to carry a weapon can, on demand, turn into John Rambo, Dirty Harry and John McClane, combined. That's unrealistic.
Opponents fear a situation where a suicidal or homicidal student might take a gun away from a teacher. We're more concerned about whether a teacher, even in a "him/her or me" situation, could point a gun at a student and pull the trigger, while looking that student in the eye, without hesitating.
We think having a weapon available at schools for emergency situations and training staff members to use it, even if some view that as distasteful and disillusioning, can be justified. Throwing things wide-open and letting everybody with a license pack weapons can't be.
It's not a gun control issue. It's a "reviving 1880s Dodge City, Kan., isn't going to solve this problem" issue.


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Oneyed wrote:natty is here any chance that you can help me with these cities?
Like they say - if you give a hungry man a fish, he's fed for a day; but if you teach him how to fish, he's fed for the rest of his life...
Try this: set your zoom at 300%, then select the lasso tool. Now draw the city shape without ever taking your finger off the mouse, don't just click points with it... just draw with it like you draw with the paintbrush. Draw the city shape with it this way and you should get a selection with smooth edges.
Then just do the rest of the steps like I said... fill with black, then shrink selection by 2 (in the selection menu, select shrink) and then fill with grey.


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This is for all those who've asked, "What do I do now?" after the hurricane. Do you wait for your insurance company? Do you clean up now, and get the furniture out? Here are the 10 D's I recommend.
1.Despair. Get it out of your system. We need to vent so we have room in our psyche to cope.
2.Deep breathe to clear your head from this deluge.
3. Document. Take lots of pictures — while the water is still there if you can — including the waterline on your building. Step back while snapping pictures for a perspective of the proportion of the damage. Close-ups are hard to relate to. Get details and photograph at every step as you go.
4. Drain. Get the water out. Leaving the toxic soup sloshing around in your home causes more damage. I doubt that an insurance company gives extra points for doing nothing.
5. Discard. Get everything out that's flooded.
6. Divide. Not everything is permanently damaged. Plastic products, stainless steel and synthetics that have special meaning to you may be saved if they are cleaned promptly in bleach, vinegar or alcohol, depending on color-fastness and manufacturer's cleaning instructions.
7. Disassemble. Remove wet sheetrock from the wall studs and pull out wet fiberglass insulation. The longer the paper backing and wetness remains in the wall cavities, the greater the microbe growth will be. Spray with bleach. Mold deep in wood wall stud fibers will be nearly impossible to remove later.
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The WikiLeaks release of 250,000 documents is, of course, big news – it's the largest number of published leaked secret documents ever.
There is much excitement about the content, understandably so. The US Administration is less excisted and is apparently concerned about the leaks with the following statements being made:
- "Such disclosures puts at risk our diplomats, intelligence professionals, and people around the world who come to the United States for assistance in promoting democracy and open government"
- "President Obama supports responsible, accountable, and open government at home and around the world, but this reckless and dangerous action runs counter to that goal."
- "place at risk the lives of countless innocent individuals
- "place at risk on-going military operations,"
- "place at risk on-going cooperation between countries."
So, the US administration and US Intelligence seem to be pretty concerned about the "risk".
Clearly, such damaging material would be kept under incredibly tight security? They would probably take the following actions to minimize risk:
- Partition the information – so only certain people could access certain information
- For example, there is no need for all the Brazil analysts to access information on Italy.
- Remove any network connections
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- High security rooms, CCTV, armed guards, those fancy double key entry rooms you see in movies, etc, etc
- ZERO ability to copy data.
- Systems to prevent photography, printing, etc (obviously USB devices would be blocked
Errr, will no.
Those statements are probably true for critical intelligence, but these cables are NOT even Top Secret. They were just "Secret", which is pretty low in the world of intelligence, in fact Top Secret is when intelligence circles really start to operate and there several levels above Top Secret.
The data that was stolen was copied from a centralized system, which around 3 million US military and US government workers had access to; from very junior levels upwards.
Much of the data was, according to the Guardian who are involved in leaking the material with WikiLeaks, copied to a CD! I.e – it was nothing more than a drag and drop exercise.
Hardly, high-tech and hardly highly protected data.
There is a staggering lack of security around these secret files. Probably because they contain opinions rather than hard intelligence, source names or signal frequencies.
Given the numerous cases of spying and espionage (see a small sample below, more available here) its likely these cables would already have been seen by other intelligence agencies.
Examples of Spying
- China has previously been accused of (attempting to) stealing information about the F35 and hacking US DoD systems.
- NASA has been previously hacked (presumably by China)
- Robert Hanssen spied for the Russian's for 22 years, while working for the FBI, during the cold war.
- Iyman Faris aka Mohammad Rauf worked for the FBI and Al Qaeda
- Cambridge Five: Five British agents worked for the Soviets during the cold war.
It highly unlikely that all cases of spying are discovered and made public.
Given the alleged "risks" this data poses, with "countless lives at risk" there was little security around the actual data. In fact it sounds like its harder to get onto a plane with a 500 ml bottle of water than get hold of the "secret" cables.
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HOUSTON — Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday and The Sundance Kid had nothing on Rockets G.M. Daryl Morey.
The itchiest trigger finger in the NBA got things rolling in the countdown to the trade deadline by shipping out two power forward candidates who hadn't panned out and bringing back another with plenty of talent and still something to prove.
Officially, it was Patrick Patterson, Toney Douglas and Cole Aldrich going to the Kings for Thomas Robinson, Tyler Honeycutt and Francisco Garcia and Marcus Morris going to the Suns for a second round draft pick.
But the essence of the deal was the Rockets taking a shot at the 6-foot-10 Robinson, who was the No. 5 pick in the 2012 draft and a bundle of raw ability that many evaluators thought was the No. 2 pick of the litter eight months ago.
In two seasons, Patterson never established himself as a low post player on offense and did not carry his weight as a rebounder. Morris, too, is a decent mid-range shooter who also does not make his presence felt on the glass.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Too many times this season it seems the Yale men's soccer team has been on the wrong end of dramatic finishes. So it was nice for the Bulldogs to have some late-game heroics of their own on Tuesday afternoon at Providence. Brad Rose scored with 3:32 left in the second half as Yale earned a hard-fought 1-1 tie with the Friars on a breezy afternoon at Glay Field.
"It was a very scrappy performance by our guys," said Yale head coach Brian Tompkins. "We still have some tough Ivy road games ahead of us, so this was good experience."
The Friars (5-5-2) grabbed the early lead when Matt Marcin headed in Andrew Sousa's cross just 3 minutes, 26 seconds into the game.
It looked like that might be the only goal of the game until Rose struck late in the second half. His shot from 22 yards out was deflected in front and went into the left corner of the net.
Rose nearly won the game two minutes later but his header glanced high off the left post and out.
"Our guys showed great character to withstand a lot of pressure from Providence in the first half and find their way back into the game," Tompkins said. "I thought we got better and better as the game went along. We worked hard to find an equalizer."
Goalkeeper Travis Chulick helped keep Yale in the game, finishing with six saves. His best stop came midway through the second half when he turned away a Daniel Fabian shot from point-blank range.
The Bulldogs (3-5-3) outshot Providence 4-1 in the two 10-minute overtime periods.
Yale returns to Ivy play on Saturday, hosting Cornell. Kickoff at Reese Stadium is slated for 7 p.m.
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns expressed disappointment that the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management rejected most of USDA's suggestions for revamping the commodity title in the 2007 farm bill.
But Johanns' expression of disapproval didn't sit well with some farm-state members of Congress, including fellow Republican, Rep. Mike Conaway, a member of the subcommittee who represents the 11th Congressional District in west Texas.
Johanns said that while he was encouraged that subcommittee members indicated the legislation was only a starting point for the new commodity title, he felt the subcommittee's vote to extend the current law five years did not meet the needs of the farm community.
"We must address farm policy that provides the highest payments when abundant yields lead to moderate prices and provides no payments when low or no yields lead to high prices," said Johanns. "The bill advanced by the subcommittee offers no remedy. The administration's revenue-based counter-cyclical program proposal is far more responsive."
Johanns also said the House subcommittee draft failed to bring greater equity to farm policy, providing guaranteed payments to some farmers while leaving others out in the cold when it comes to farm program benefits.
"The administration proposes not direct subsidies, but rather more research and other forms of support. The USDA proposal is more equitable among crops and farm sizes.
"Beginning farmers legitimately question policy that delivers more than half of government payments to 9 percent of farms — large, commercial operators. Yet the House draft continues this disparate policy."
The secretary also called for "graduating" successful farmers from subsidy programs, and eliminating subsidies for farmers with adjusted gross incomes of more than $200,000 or more, averaged over three years. The House bill also paints a "bulls-eye" on farmers' backs (in the World Trade Organization), he said.
Conaway said he believes Johanns comments about the subcommittee language will make it difficult for the full ag committee to work with him on the farm bill before it expires Sept. 30.
"After reviewing the comments made by Secretary Johanns, it is increasingly evident to me that the secretary and the USDA have little or no interest in actually working with the House Agriculture Committee," Conaway said in a statement released by his office. "Comments such as the ones the Secretary directed at the Committee in such a public arena do nothing to assist in the process and, in my opinion, hamper credibility. The unflappable certitude with which the Secretary promotes his position demonstrates arrogance not previously present in his personal appearances before the Committee."
Conaway called Johanns' statements regarding payments to the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans an "appeal to class warfare" among interest groups within the agriculture industry.
He also suggested the secretary not confuse "kind and thoughtful" comments made by subcommittee members regarding the administration proposal with approval, noting the subcommittee rejected it with a unanimous vote.
"I also ask the secretary to refer to research regarding the effects of the administration's proposal on net farm income, which has been conducted by very reputable institutions such as Texas Tech University," said Conaway.
"Texas Tech came to the conclusion that net farm income would be adversely affected by the proposal that the USDA has set forth. Other institutions have reached similar conclusions as well." (To see the study, go to http://www.aaec.ttu.edu/ceri/policy/USDA%202007%20Farm%20Bill%20Proposal(4).pdf.)
In his statement, Johanns claimed the House draft offers no overall funding increase for conservation, while the Bush administration put forth a proposal to increase funding by $7.8 billion. A subcommittee spokesman said conservation funding was outside the purview of the commodity title.
The secretary said he still hopes to be able to work with the House ag committee and its subcommittee as they continue work on the commodity title and other sections of the next farm bill.
"We have much work ahead," he said. "I take committee members at their word regarding their interest in incorporating the ideas offered by the administration to strengthen the current bill. I look forward to working with them to do what I firmly believe is right for American agriculture."
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The Saints defense is turning in its second straight strong performance against the Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon, but they'll need to continue the task without cornerback Patrick Robinson for the rest of the day.
Robinson was carted off the field in Tampa after going down while being blocked on a running play. The cart came out as quickly as we can remember any cart appearing on the field and the Saints medical staff was quick to put an air-cast around the leg during the short wait for assistance getting off the field.
Robinson had to leave last week's win over the Falcons with a foot injury, making it two straight weeks that New Orleans has been thinned out in the secondary. It hasn't impacted them thus far as Cam Jordan forced Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman to fumble on a sack shortly after Robinson left the game.
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The VUE Charlotte is remaining a condominium building. Nothing has changed. Several of its European mezzanine lenders are attempting to sell their junior mortgage to a third party investor. The VUE Charlotte has nothing to do with this process and will continue to sell condominiums as it always has. The VUE Charlotte has not been in default on its mortgage.
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Vue developer says condo tower won't turn into rentals
26 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Darn it. the Bachelorette already picked that mansion to do their filming.
- March 9, 2012 at 7:11 AM
- angus said...
The VUE developers continues to live a fantasy. You want to sell, price your units to the economy and count your blessings you're not in bankruptcy.
- March 9, 2012 at 7:18 AM
- angus said...
yeah just hink how many single wanna be's they could pile into 200 empty condo units!
- March 9, 2012 at 7:19 AM
- Archiguy said...
Translation: McLean will continue to try to sell condos until his majority partners force him to convert the building to apartments. Which could happen any day now.
- March 9, 2012 at 8:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Granted the apartments are too expensive. But the area doesn't help. I'm sure buyers of that caliber want an area with everything. With uptown Charlotte lacking a few amenities, particularly shopping, I think it's a hard sell.
- March 9, 2012 at 9:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
Spot on anonymous at 9:21am- Why would anyone want to pay that type of money for an uptown area, that does not offer a whole lot. -Lack of shopping/1grocery store/no outdoor cafes or coffee shops/No breathtaking views. - Shall I go on.
- March 9, 2012 at 9:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
charlotte will never have a thriving uptown residence program because there is no retail uptown. go to chicago, philli, ny anywhere and uptown is developed around a thriving retail section which includes cafe's and meusems. charlotte has no reason to be uptown browsing on the weekends.
- March 9, 2012 at 9:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
It's really a shame. There is definitely a lot of potential, perhaps instead of that baseball field they should take down a few of those parking lots and develop retail with residency above.
- March 9, 2012 at 10:04 AM
- Anonymous said...
"charlotte will never have a thriving uptown residence program because there is no retail uptown. go to chicago, philli, ny anywhere and uptown is developed around a thriving retail section which includes cafe's and meusems. charlotte has no reason to be uptown browsing on the weekends."
It's very much a chicken-egg scenario. No retail exists because of low uptown population. Low uptown population (partially) exists because there are few retail amenities.
I like Uptown, and live there, but it isn't really a fully livable area. You have to leave to go shopping and do other essential tasks sometimes.
Metropolitan at Midtown is definitely a step in the right direction, but it is not actually in Uptown.
Southpark is more developed a self contained community in my opinion. Many residents near the heart of the Southpark region can walk to grocery stores, book stores, dozens of restaurants, and excellent shopping options.
Uptown will improve, but I definitely agree that it is not worth paying Vue prices to live there.
- March 9, 2012 at 10:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
I have very nice condo there and could not be happier. What makes me different is the fact that I knew what I could afford and am now reaping the benefits. It pays to do your homework people and stop complaining about your lot in life!
- March 9, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- Anonymous said...
First of all...what benefits....Oh please do share about your 'benefits'. and secondly no one is complaining. The writing is on the wall with uptown Charlotte. Uptown Charlotte defintely needs a complete overhaul, if the Vue continues to command those outlandish prices.
- March 9, 2012 at 11:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
The reason there will NEVER be any street-level retail in Uptown is due solely to the Overstreet Mall and all of its connections. You can walk from the Hearst Tower and Epicentre to the Ratcliffe without ever seeing the street. And there will never be the will to tear it down, ergo, there will never be street-level retail. I believe they passed an ordinance at some point to prohibit the acres and acres of bank lobbies that front Tryon, but of course the banks complained, and it was either repealed or never enforced.
- March 9, 2012 at 12:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
"It's very much a chicken-egg scenario. No retail exists because of low uptown population. Low uptown population (partially) exists because there are few retail amenities."
This is just a cliche excuse. Build both at the same time, as already suggested by another comment. With rental property at a premium there's definitely a market, especially for young bankers.
As for the 12:34pm comment. Those routes are used mostly during business hours anyway for lunch breaks, not shopping. Also, if it wasn't for the banking industry in Charlotte i'm pretty sure there wouldn't even be an "uptown". I'm okay with a few bank lobbies...
- March 9, 2012 at 1:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
"This is just a cliche excuse. Build both at the same time, as already suggested by another comment. With rental property at a premium there's definitely a market, especially for young bankers."
You can build it all you want, but that doesn't mean anyone will actually occupy it.
There is unused retail space at epicenter. There is unused retail space in the bottom of Vue. There is unused retail space in the bottom of Catalyst. There is unused retail space in Founders Hall. There is unused retail space in the Duke Energy Center. There is unused retail space in several other places in Uptown...
The critical mass does not exist to support retail in Uptown. There needs to be enough foot traffic to support retail in Uptown because Northlake and Southpark are short drives away and will attract all the suburban shoppers over a gridded city street that requires more walking and less convenient parking.
How do you get more people to live uptown? Well, you can built more residential units of course, but until more retail exists in Uptown, there will be a lot of people that don't really see the value in living in Uptown.
I like living Uptown, but I can understand why everyone doesn't want to live there.
- March 9, 2012 at 1:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
I just returned from Minneapolis for a business trip (Wells Fargo). Major difference between downtown Minneapolis and uptown Charlotte - shopping options. Downtown MPLS. has stores like Neiman Marcus, Macy's, Target, Sak's, Banana Republic, etc... I saw two downtown grocery stores under construction, including a Whole Foods. What I don't understand is how can a downtown area like MPLS remain so active when both the Mall of America and downtown St. Paul, which also has retail, are only 10 miles away and uptown Charlotte can't get anything going.
- March 9, 2012 at 1:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
The city of Charlotte has a chance to improve the life and energy of the Uptown. Build the ballpark! The investment of $10M in the ballpark is relatively small to bring in a business that brings up to 10,000 people to the area 72 days during the summer. Triple A ball is one step away from the Majors! Check out the parks in Louisville, Indy, Lehigh Valley, and more. The impact of these parks is enormous on the community in so many ways.
- March 9, 2012 at 1:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
Cosign with the comment at 1:40pm. - I am a native of Charlotte, born and bred, but make my home in Minneapolis. Im sorry, it's my hometown but Charlotte's downtown area is just plain sorry. Why would anyone in their right mind pay those prices for the Vue. No downtown shopping/No outdoor cafes/no 24hr coffeehouses/no happening entertainment venues..Just not enough going on to make me want to jump and say, "Lets live in uptown Charlotte"...
- March 9, 2012 at 1:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think that starting with general, highly desirable stores like Target or grocery stores bring in a desire to live by them. Once those are in place, more stores like specialized clothing and other goods add additional value. The issue is that uptown is missing those basic, everyday convenience stores that places like Minneapolis have.
- March 9, 2012 at 1:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
Dear anon, 10:42, glad you enjoy the Vue and have enough capital to survive the large loss of value you will realize when you sell your unit in a couple years. Wait until the tenants quit paying the monthly fees, then the slide will be more profound.
It would make for mighty fancy Section 8 housing though.
- March 9, 2012 at 2:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anon 2:29. Let me know when you get a big boy job and move out of your mother in law's house..LOL!
- March 9, 2012 at 3:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
Dear anon 2:29 Anyone who bought a house or condo in 2006 has lost a lot of money. I doubt the VUE has lost more value than Avenue or properties in Balantine. It isn't a VUE issue, it is a housing issue.
There are a lot of people who live uptown. I am one of them. I love it there. I do have to do some shopping elsewhere, but if you live in the burbs you have to drive to EVERYTHING. I have to drive to do some shopping--and I hate shopping. I can walk to dinner, the movies, theatre and yes a Harris Teeter. Uptown is alive with events, arts and great people. It is not for everyone, but everyone I know that lives there doesn't have any desire to trade their lifestyle for the burbs.
And btw, the tenets are not paying any monthly fees now, the developer is. The building is way to nice to stay an apartment building. If it does go apartments, it will certainly convert to condos, like 5th and Popler did, when times are better. I am not sure why you are so hostile to people who have made a different choice than you would.
- March 9, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Uptown Charlotte needs to lower the commercial lease rates to attract the businesses. If they did this, business could afford to get in the door, attract clientele, build the population, then pay a higher rate later. Charlotte needs to get it together quickly and offer some incentives. The unemployment rate is high in the city, the DNC is coming, layoffs are coming, and the World will be watching in a few short months. The City has one good shot to show the World a thriving business infrastructure, incentive's for new business in Uptown should be one our highest priorities.
- March 9, 2012 at 6:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
It's funny that some of you try to compare Charlotte to Minneapolis, Philly, Chicago, NYC for amenities in downtown, when all you have to do is look at smaller cities in the region. Asheville, Winston and even Salisbury have more amenities than downtown Charlotte. If you want to buy say, guitar strings, you can't do that in Charlotte but you can in Winston and Asheville. Is there a beer store in Uptown, there are 2 in Asheville and one in Winston and Charleston. Yes, those just 2 examples, but Uptown just lacks amenities and storefronts. E
Sorry Charlotte, but your downtown is just one dimensional. Banks, bars, restaurants and a few museums. You can find the same things in Asheville, WS, Gso and Greenville to name a few.
I like cities, they can be interesting, but Charlotte is the worst. I now people who gave uptown living a chance, but they go tired of drunk 20 something bankers coming home beligerent because they didn't score.
- March 11, 2012 at 12:28 AM
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- March 15, 2012 at 3:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
Charlotte has made amazing progress in the past 15 years. It takes time people. We can really blame SouthPark mall for the death of uptown.
Im sure MSP and other mentioned cities didn't always have the shopping options they do know.
Also, what about the thousands of hotel rooms uptown. Visitors from out of town coupled with residents in uptown could support additional retail.
People LOVE to hate on uptown Charlotte but recently had an out of town friend in town and they thought it was lovely. They are from Philadelphia. Of course they commented on how clean Uptown is.
Either way Uptown will continue to get better.
- March 22, 2012 at 2:17 PM
- matthewsstar said...
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Relive the Roses
Dec. 19, 2007
By Jason Krump
As a linebacker for the Washington State Cougars and a special teams performer for the New Orleans Saints, Steve Gleason has been involved in numerous plays where he contributed his share of hard hits.
For all of his memorable blows, Gleason's most noteworthy play wasn't a hit, but a block, which provided the city of New Orleans an enormous assist to an ongoing recovery from the hardest hit a city could endure.
The story is well-documented. On August 28, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the southern coast of the United States with New Orleans right in its crosshairs.
That day served as the beginning of what continues to be a tumultuous time for the city. As Katrina approached, the Louisiana Superdome became a shelter for those to ride out the storm. After the storm, it became a symbol of the city's plight.
'I still walk around New Orleans and people tell me it was the greatest play in the history of the Saints.'
-Steve Gleason
But nearly 13 months to the day after Katrina, on Sept. 25, 2006, the Superdome reopened and welcomed back its primary tenant, the Saints, a team that was displaced to San Antonio by the effects of Katrina during the 2005 season.
Over a year of anticipation created an atmosphere in the building equaling that of a Super Bowl and, with the game just minutes old, that atmosphere was ignited by a play that will live on forever in New Orleans history.
'I still walk around New Orleans and people tell me it was the greatest play in the history of the Saints,' Gleason said.
After a three-and-out on their opening possession, the Falcons were forced to punt, but punter Michael Koenen's effort met the outstretched arms of Gleason, who had sprinted untouched through the heart of the Falcons' line.
The ball bounced into the end zone where the Saints' Curtis Deloatch fell on it for a touchdown that gave New Orleans a 7-0 lead, but, more importantly, gave the city a chance to cheer again.
'I know it is a cliché but I never heard a stadium that loud, ever, and I know I probably never will,' Gleason said. 'Everyone had a strong emotional tie to the game and everyone was cheering for the Saints.'
The cheers weren't just confined to the Superdome.
Thousands of miles away, in a classroom on the Washington State campus, Steve Gleason's mother was listening to the broadcast of the game.
A WSU College of Education doctoral student and graduate assistant, Gail Gleason was giving her undivided attention to her laptop computer . . . not for taking notes but for following the game.
When the blocked punt happened, Gleason could not contain her excitement, and in the process blew her cover.
'I had to explain to everybody that I really wasn't taking notes,' she said with a laugh.
As important as the play was in giving the Saints an early lead, its significance was felt well beyond the boundaries of the football field.
'There was so much frustration, hardship, anger, sorrow, and so many emotions that had been tied up in that whole hurricane experience; there were so many anticipating being in the dome that night,' Steve Gleason said. 'For me to make that play in the beginning of the game was just a way for everyone to let out of all those emotions.'
The blocked punt made Gleason a household name throughout the nation; however, for Cougar fans, Gleason had already been hailed as a fiery, intense, hard-hitting player throughout his career as linebacker for Washington State from 1995-99.
'Steve wanted to be a Cougar,' Mike Price said. 'He played hard and was invaluable to team.'
'Gleason was a great leader,' Mike Walker said. 'When he spoke, they listened. That's how tough he was.'
That toughness was epitomized in one play during the 1997 Apple Cup.
Nearing the midpoint of the second quarter, the Huskies faced a third-and-eight, and Brock Huard lobbed a screen pass to Cam Cleeland, who started running up the field for what would be a 20-yard gain.
Near the end of his run, Gleason, who was outweighed by Cleeland by over 60 pounds, came flying in and nailed the Husky tight end right between the '8' and '5' on his uniform.
Cleeland managed to stagger a few more yards before going down and, though Gleason was woozy from the hit, he was able to jog off the field, Cleeland, however, remained on the turf.
'It was pretty reckless on my part,' Gleason said of his hit. 'If there is anytime for recklessness it was a game like that. I probably took the worse of it but I didn't miss any plays. I still might be feeling that one.
'What I mostly remember coming off the sidelines was thinking I wasn't going to be able to go another play and I was going to have to take a rest,' continued Gleason, who earned All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention while leading the Cougars with 100 tackles at linebacker during the 1997 season, including nine in the Rose Bowl. 'But someone came up to me and said he (Cleeland) is not getting up. As soon as I heard that I was like, `Yeah I'm okay,' so I just walked back on the field.'
After completing his playing career at WSU, Gleason signed with the Saints in 2000 and has been with the NFL team ever since. Classified as a safety on the Saints roster, Gleason's greatest impact, as demonstrated by his blocked punt against Atlanta, has been on the special teams unit.
With the help of his mother, Gleason's impact to assist New Orleans' recovery was not limited to what happened on the playing field.
The devastation Katrina inflicted affected every aspect of the city, including its public school system. To assist with the tens of thousands of school children displaced by the storm, the Gleasons, through Steve's 'One Sweet World Foundation,' partnered with WSU to create 'Backpacks for Hope,' an effort that gathered and delivered backpacks with school supplies to the children.
'That's the cool thing about that play. It meant a lot more than just a blocked punt. It meant that this city has returned. It is still here and the heartbeat is still strong.'
-Steve Gleason
Individuals were asked to drop off backpacks at several sites throughout the fall of 2005, including two Cougar football games, one in Seattle against Grambling State and the Stanford game in Pullman a month later.
Donors were requested to identify the grade level of student they wished to help, buy a grade-level appropriate backpack, and write the grade on a piece of tape affixed to the outside of the backpack. In the pack they were asked to place school supplies, including a journal or notebook for the child to write down his or her personal story of how the hurricane has affected his or her life.
'At the Seattle game we had people literally drive up with trucks and bring in a truckload of backpacks at the Event Center and north parking lot,' Gail Gleason said. 'A lot were teachers who could relate to the idea, and got their kids involved to make them aware of what other kids were going through.
'None of them came and just dropped them off, they all told the story,' she continued. 'It was amazing, absolutely phenomenal.'
So phenomenal that what was expected to garner 1,000 packs turned into an effort that brought in thousands.
'I'm really grateful the Washington State community has supported me and New Orleans in our rebuilding efforts,' said Steve Gleason, whose 'One Sweet Word Foundation' is a charitable foundation that focuses on environmental sustainability and literacy program development. 'We were hoping for about 1,000 backpacks and we had about 10,000.'
Every pack was distributed, some in San Antonio, where many of the children were forced to relocate, and the others in the hardest hits regions of Louisiana and Mississippi.
But for Gail, there is much more to be done in a recovery that continues. While the students were in need of supplies, an overlooked aspect of the school system's troubles were the teachers and their needs.
'When I ask the teachers how they are doing they can't even answer,' she said. 'They all lost everything, including all teaching supplies.
'I don't know how they are going to survive, I really don't,' she continued, 'because they never stopped to take care of themselves. Teacher's want someone to tell their story.'
And that is what the topic of her dissertation -- telling the stories of the teachers of New Orleans; one of the countless number of stories Katrina created in her aftermath.
When the story of New Orleans recovery is told, undoubtedly, the blocked punt by Steve Gleason will be a primary chapter in it.
'For me to be able to make that play I am just grateful,' Gleason said, 'because we all grow up wanting to do something significant that means more than just a great play.
'That's the cool thing about that play. It meant a lot more than just a blocked punt. It meant that this city has returned. It is still here and the heartbeat is still strong.'
Relive the Roses
- Chapter 1: Motivation
- Chapter 2: Fourth and Roses to Go
- Chapter 3: The Catch. The Block. Vanquishing History.
- Chapter 4: The Nation Begins to Take Notice
- Chapter 5: Fabulous!
- Chapter 6: Getting Defensive
- Chapter 7: 63 and 6-0
- Chapter 8: In Elite Company
- Chapter 9: Fumble, Then a Recovery
- Chapter 10: Stepping Up to the Challenge
- Chapter 11: Memories of a Memorable Man
- Chapter 12: Confidence
- Chapter 13: A Storybook Championship
- Chapter 14: Leading up to New Year's Day
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Cesarean scar integrity in future trials of labor is a big topic in birth circles. Someone on my ICAN list found a great entry on scar integrity, and the link is recirculating on that list as I write.
I appreciate and sympathize with her regarding the reason for such a journal entry:
People keep approaching me with "honest concern" regarding risk of rupture in a VBAC. Unfortunately, not a single one of these people has told me something that is true. There are many myths about c-sections and VBACs, most of which are perpetuated by caregivers forced to only offer repeat c-sections for liability and VBAC bans.
I especially like what she has to say with regard to healing time. I've heard this myth circulated even in the homebirth community. Shame on them!
Babyslime reference a post found at Joyous Birth. I particularly adore this paragraph:
If your old surgeon questions the integrity of your healing, then he or she is expressing a complete lack of confidence in his/her work. Point that out. They need to think about this. If your new OB or midwife is questioning the integrity of your womb, then they need to be confronted about doubting the surgical skill of your previous surgeon. If they doubt his or her skill that seriously, perhaps they need to express their concern to the medical board.
I hope you'll read both posts and then do your own research with regard to uterine rupture and scar integrity. A couple of sites I usually send people to right away include:


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Geneva, 6 December 2011. The first Prix1 Ars Electronica2 Collide @ CERN3 was today awarded to the 28-year-old German artist, Julius Von Bismarck for the quality of his ideas and his ability to make playful creative collisions between the arts and science.
With a growing international reputation for his diverse and experimental artistic practice, Von Bismarck was given the award by the jury for "his proposal and work which manipulates and criticises our notions of reality in unpredictable ways, often with inventive use of video, objects and public interventions". His works are also characterised by his fascination with complex philosophical and scientific ideas.
"We're very much looking forward to welcoming Julius Von Bismarck as our first artist in residence to CERN next year", said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer. "This is an important step forward in our growing engagement with the arts."
"The large international participation as well as the artistic quality and inspirational power of many of the submissions are encouraging indicators that this residency program is perfectly meeting the growing interest and excitement about sciences," said Ars Electronica Director, Gerfried Stocker.
The award was made following the jury meeting to assess 395 entries from over 40 countries around the world, after the 7 week open call was announced at the Ars Electronica Festival September 2011. The high quality of ideas and range of disciplines shows the strength of interest and focus on the importance of science and technology in our world as a source of inspiration across the art forms.
The artistic fields ranged from experimental sound work and music, architecture and new design, sculpture, generative art and film to social media projects and new design that explore how people relate science and technology. In recognition of the high level of interest and participation in the competition, as well as the quality and range of ideas shown by the international artists, the jury decided to create an additional category of Honorary Mentions.
The Prix Ars Electronica Collide @ CERN Honorary Mentions are awarded to the new media artist Natasa Teofilovic (Serbia); the interdisciplinary music theatre collaboration between composer Arnoud Noordegraaf (Netherlands) and writer Adrian Hornsby (UK); and the generative artist Eno Henze (Germany).
Both CERN and the Ars Electronica Futurelab transdisciplinary team are looking forward to working with Julius Von Bismarck who is eager to explore new territories to create artistic expressions inspired by his engagement with CERN.
As Von Bismarck said: "The root reason as to why I am an artist is the same as it would be for being a scientist: finding out what there is out in the world and how I can contribute to our understanding of it. In fact, I didn't know if I would study physics or art, but in the end decided to study art, reading about physics and research in my spare time. I am interested in responding to the science in my work in a sense-able way – through the body and its senses. I am very excited by this opportunity and can't wait to start."
Von Bismarck will visit CERN with his mentor from the Ars Electronica Futurelab in January 2012 for an initial one-week visit, when he will choose his CERN science inspiration partner. He is expected to start his two-month residency at CERN March 2012, following it with a one-month residency with the transdisciplinary team at Futurelab at Ars Electronica, Linz. The work and experience of this joint collaborative residency will be showcased at the next Ars Electronica Festival in 2012.
Von Bismarck recently studied with the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson in Berlin and won the Golden Nica of the Prix Ars Electronica in 2008.
Ariane Koek, arts@CERN,
Further information:
1. The Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN Jury 2012 comprised
Gerfried Stocker – Director, Ars Electronica
Horst Hoertner – Director Futurelab, Ars Electronica
Ariane Koek – International Arts, CERN
Dr Michael Doser – CERN Cultural Board member and physicist
Program Coordinator: Matthew Gardiner
2. The residency will be at CERN for 2 months and Ars Electronica for 1 month.
The artist will choose a science inspiration partner for the duration of his residency as well as having a mentor from Futurelab for technical development and artistic production. The artist and his two mentors will participate in a creative blog by which the public can follow the creative process. The artist will have an office on site at CERN and give fortnightly lunchtime laboratories to the CERN community. At the start and end of the three-month residency period, the artist in residence will give a joint lecture with their science inspiration partner at the Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN. The work emerging from the residency will be showcased at the Ars Electronica Festival 2012. Ars Electronica, Futurelab provides 10,000 Euros Prize money. The residency is fully funded thanks to two private donors.
3. Julius Von Bismarck
Von Bismarck currently lives and works in Berlin, and recently studied with the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson at his Institute for Spatial Experiments. Prior to that was on the MFA programme of Hunter College, New York. In 2008, he won the Golden Nica of the Prix Ars Electronica 2008 for his work 'Image Fulgarator.'
Recent works include Von der Decke zum Boden in Berlin (a metal sphere, falling from the ceiling to the ground) which played with ideas of gravity and movement; Public Face 2 - the Fühlometer) an eight-metre-high smiley made out of steel and neon tubes, installed on a lighthouse, showing the present emotions of the citizens of Lindau; and Self revolving Torus – a kinetic sculpture of the universe. For more examples of his work see http://www.juliusvonbismarck.com/bank/index.php?/test/
4. Honorary Mentions
Honorary Mentions
Natasa Teofilovic (Serbia)
Works in diverse media including experimental video, 3D animation interactive performance and graphic representations of space. Key works include
Arnoud Noordegraaf (Netherlands) and Adrian Hornsby (UK)
The new interdisciplinary music theatre collaboration between composer and director Arnoud Noordegraaf and writer Adrian Hornsby began in 2008, with the making of two multi media operas which are both currently in production.
Eno Henze (Germany)
This prolific generative artist and coder, who has a background in physics, is now starting to work with live performance, dance and music.
1. The Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN is the digital arts strand of the 3 year Collide@CERN programme initiated by CERN in 2011The digital arts prize marks a 3 year science/arts cultural partnership and creative collaboration between CERN and Ars Electronica – which began with CERN's cooperation with Origin – the Ars Electronica Festival in 2011.
2. Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is part of UNTERNEHMENSGRUPPE STADT LINZ. Incorporated in 1995, Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is in charge of planning and producing the Ars Electronica Festival and the Prix Ars Electronica, and responsible for the operation of the Ars Electronica Center and the Ars Electronica Futurelab. Funding is provided by the city of City of Linz, the Province of Upper Austria and the Republic of Austria. The managing executives of Ars Electronica Linz GmbH are Gerfried Stocker (artistic director) and Diethard Schwarzmair (chief financial officer).
3. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's leading laboratory for particle physics. It has its headquarters in Geneva. At present, its Member States are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Romania is a candidate for accession. Israel is an Associate Member in the pre-stage to Membership. India, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, Turkey, the European Commission and UNESCO have Observer status.