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Judge David S. Cunningham III
Maxcy Filer
Judge Kelvin D. Filer
Dr. Walter R. Tucker, Jr.
Walter R. Tucker III
*** Legends ***
Yussuf J. Simmonds
"They shared elected offices with the family"
A father's presence has a special significance in the life of his son, and there is a natural kinship between father and son. For example, whenever parents end up in court and custody arrangements are made, most often the judge would require the father to spend TIME with his children. And where there is a father and son involved, the male presence is usually a stabilizing and positive force in a boy's life. In honor of Father's Day, the Sentinel has highlighted three fathers, and the sons who have demonstrated their examples of fatherhood.
DAVID S. CUNNINGHAM, JR. was appointed to the Los Angeles City Council's 10th district in 1973 to replace Tom Bradley when Bradley became the mayor, and he served in that capacity until he retired in 1986. That was a very diverse district and, like his predecessor, Cunningham followed, representing the 10th district, which included Pico-Union and Koreatown. Prior to becoming a city councilman, he had a very diverse career in the private sector after earning his A.A. degree from Stowe Teachers College and serving in the United States Air Force as a cartographer until 1960.
Starting off at the historic 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California (where John F. Kennedy was nominated), Cunningham got a taste of politics. However, as prudency would dictate, he enrolled in UC Riverside to earn a Bachelors degree in economics and political science in 1962 before venturing off into the private sector. The following year, he did a public affairs internship serving as administrative aide to Assemblyman, Charles Warren and then moved to Lagos, Nigeria to become West Africa regional manager for the DuKane Corporation.
Back in the United States, Cunningham served as manager of community relations for Hughes in 1967 before founding Cunningham, Short, Berryman & Associates the next year as a management consulting firm to government and small businesses. In addition to being appointed to fill the vacancy created by the new mayor in 1973, Cunningham also received his Masters degree in urban studies the same year–the formal start of his entry into elective politics.
As a city councilman, he worked closely with the mayor in creating legislation to aid small businesses. Cunningham also pioneered the use of government grants to restore public buildings; created a system of community senior citizens centers; and served as chairman of the Grants, Housing and Community Development Committee. While on the council, he served in a leadership capacity developing legislation in the field of housing, public financing and intergovernmental relations. Cunningham served as state chairman of the California Delegation to the Democratic National Committee in 1976.
After his tenure as 10th district city councilman, Cunningham became the senior vice-president of the investment banking firm, Cranston Securities, where he utilized his experience in public financing; and then served in the same capacity at the Community Housing Corporation. He formed the consultant firm of Dave Cunningham and Associates, working as an advocate for various clients in the public and private sectors.
The David S. Cunningham Jr. Multi-service Center for senior citizens on west Washington Boulevard is named in his honor and he serves on the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center Authority. Cunningham is the recipient of numerous awards including the Alex Haley Award and the Southern California Fair Housing Award. A politician and consultant, he is listed prominently in The History Makers.
David S. Cunningham, Jr. is the father of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, David S. Cunningham III.
JUDGE DAVID S. CUNNINGHAM III has been a fixture in the community for over three decades as a lawyer and a community servant. In 2001, he was appointed as a member of the Los Angeles Police Commission and eventually became its president. While on the commission, he dealt with several high-profile issues regarding police shootings and the use of excessive force, and worked to institute changes in the department's policies as they relate to proper policing and good community relations.
LAPD Commissioner John Mack, who followed Judge Cunningham as one of the police commissioners said, "I think the appointment of Judge Cunningham III to the Superior Court is an excellent move and represents a great choice. I had the opportunity of working with him initially when he served as a very outstanding and committed member of the Los Angeles Urban League board during my tenure as president of the League. He demonstrated a strong commitment to the community, a deep commitment to justice and later on, he preceded me as a member of the police commission." Commissioner Mack seemed to mirror some of the changes that his predecessor implemented while he was on the commission, laying the groundwork for those who follow. "Every step of the way, he has demonstrated himself to be an outstanding legal mind," Mack continued, "With a great judicial temperament and I think he will bring the kind of balance that we need to make sure that he interprets the law as it is. In my opinion, he will also have a real sensitivity for some of the challenges and issues the African American community have had to deal with in our experiences with the criminal justice system."
In trying to learn how Judge Cunningham arrived at his judicial temperament and his commitment to the community, the Sentinel reached out to Cunningham, Jr., the judge's father, who stated emphatically, "I'm really honored by his appointment; I really believe that he will be a very excellent judge. He has always had the judicious attitude about his approach to decision-making. He's always been a lover of the law and a number one student of the law. So I'm really proud as any father would be."
In projecting the work that lay ahead for Judge Cunningham, it is not difficult to predict the quality of his judgeship. He has a sterling legal background since graduating from law school. And the caliber of those who attended the judicial swearing-in ceremony highlights Cunningham's integrity, including the Honorable Terry Hatcher, the federal judge for whom Cunningham served as a research clerk, assistant LAPD Chief Earl Paysinger and assistant Sheriff Paul K. Tanaka, who is also the Mayor of Gardena. Those who came to wish him well forebode the bright future ahead for Judge Cunningham as a member of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Since becoming an esteemed member of the judiciary, Judge Cunningham has continued his commitment to bettering the Los Angeles community through his legal work, and his involvement on and off the bench.
MAXCY D. FILER. Next to the definition of the word, "persistent," there should be a picture of Maxcy D. Filer, for he has probably sat on the California State Bar examination more times than any other living lawyer–past and/or present. But he has also been a diligent advocate for civil rights, and well known for his service to the Compton Community. Born in Mariana, Arkansas, Filer served in the US Navy from 1946 to 1949 before attending AM & N College in Pine Bluff, Arkansas before moving to Indiana where he married Blondell Burson of Elkhart, Indiana.
There Filer attended Elkhart Business University while working the night shift at Whitehall Pharmaceuticals; he graduated as a dental technician in 1952, the same year he moved to Compton. Having a new bride and a young family, as soon as he arrived in the Southland, Filer began working at Hearns Repair Service where he assembled aquatic equipment including swim fins, diving masks, snorkels and goggles. After a couple of years, he returned to the pharmaceutical industry at Diketan Pharmaceuticals in Culver City. In addition to working the day shift at Diketan, he worked the night shift at North American Aviation, working a 16-hour day.
In 1959, Filer continued his education at Compton College majoring in Public Speaking and then went on to Los Angeles Metropolitan Junior College where he earned an Associate of Arts degree. About the same time Filer began to ease into legal work doing legal research at the L.A. City Attorney's office, and then as an agent settling disputes, and handling negotiations and arbitration for the U.S. Department of Labor. During the 1970s, Filer did legal research and interviewed clients for Compton's Neighborhood Legal Services, and was a senior analyst for the Community Redevelopment Agency.
As a part of his community service, Filer initiated voter registration drives and represented the California delegation at the 1963 March on Washington. He was the president of the Compton NAACP during the 1965 Watts Rebellion and testified before the McCone Commission as to the cause of the unrest. Filer described the following as some of the root causes: the lack of affordable housing; the high rate of unemployment; and the lack of facilities for good medical care.
Being a witness to some of the inequities in the community made Filer more resilient in his efforts to raise and protect his family, and to contribute his time and energy towards community service. He was appointed to the Compton Personnel Board in 1971 where he served for six years and then was elected to the Compton City Council as the first district council member. There he had a lasting effect on the quality of life issues of the city.
In1989, Filer authorized a controversial city ordinance banning semi-automatic rifles which brought the city onto the NRA radar. But as controversial as it was, the ordinance was a step in the direction to curtail the violence that the city was notoriously known for, in addition to being the right thing to do.
Eventually Filer passed the State Bar Exam in 1991 and the entire city celebrated. He went from being his son's law clerk to his son's law partner, and he has continued to practice law up to the present.
Now semi-retired at 80, Filer spends his time enjoying his children and grand-children. The Compton Fire Department honored him for his outstanding and devoted service to the community, and periodically he has been the recipient of similar tribute for his life's work.
Maxcy Filer is the father of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kelvin D. Filer in addition to Maxine, Duane, Stephanie, Anthony Dennis and Tracy.
JUDGE KELVIN D. FILER is the personification of 'Straight Outta Compton.' Born, raised, and educated in Compton, he insists on emphasizing that he is from Compton because historically, we tend to hear only negative things about the city. His message is not one of "look at me"- rather to tell the students and young people in Compton that if I made it, so can you!
As president of the Compton NAACP, Judge Filer's father, Maxcy Filer, was inspiration for him to become an attorney. According to the judge, he would often sit in on the NAACP meetings about tactics, boycotts, demonstrations, etc., and a constant reference was made relative to "our lawyer" or "the attorney." It piqued his curiosity as to "this person" to whom everyone was showing respect subliminally suggested that it was something that he wanted to aspire to become. He decided that he wanted that admiration and authority, and with suggestive nudging, from his father, set out to become a lawyer.
After graduating from Compton High School in 1973, he went the University of California at Santa Cruz where he majored in politics, receiving a Bachelors of Arts degree in 1977 while graduating with "college honors" (the top 30 students at Stevenson College). While at UCSC he was a member of the Black Student Alliance for four years and was a member of the Basketball Club for three years. He subsequently received his Juris Doctorate degree from UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1980.
In 1980, Judge Filer started practicing law as a Deputy State Public Defender for two years. It was during this period that he argued and won a landmark case before the California Supreme Court in 1980. The case was People v. Taylor (1982) 31 Cal 3d 488–a unanimous decision holding that criminal defendants have a right to wear civilian clothing–"the garb of innocence" during their trials. In 1982 he opened his own private law practice in his hometown of Compton, California, and he maintained a general criminal/civil practice with an emphasis on criminal defense work.
In July 1993, Judge Filer became a commissioner for the Compton Municipal Court and was later served as a Superior Court Commissioner after unification of the courts in 2000. He became a Superior Court Judge in 2002 where he is presently.
DR. WALTER R. TUCKER, JR., a dentist by profession, was born in Oklahoma and attended dental school at Meharry University in Nashville, Tennessee, before moving to Compton, California in the 1950s. Tucker Jr. was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and while in dental school at Meharry in Nashville, TN, he had met and married Martha Hinton, a student at Fisk University. Tucker, Jr. came from a family of educators; his father was principal of the local high school in Haskell, OK, and his mother was a teacher there. Out of eight children, all obtained college degrees; Tucker, Jr. and two of his brothers were doctors, and the five other siblings obtained master's degrees and became educators.
Tucker's entry into politics was as a Compton City Councilman. In 1969, he lost a run-off with City Councilman Douglas Dollarhide to become the city's first Black mayor. Eight years later, Tucker, Jr. lost a close race against Lionel Cade for the same position. Tucker was known for his persistency and finally in 1981, he tried again for the mayor's post and was successful against the incumbent, Lionel Cade, whose tenure had suffered the misfortune brought on by Proposition 13. In addition to being mayor–which was a part time, ceremonial position, since the city manager was the actual day-to-day administrator of the city–Tucker, Jr. was a family man, a father of four children.
A full time dentist, circa 1970 Tucker bought land and built a medical building with his brothers, Booker T., an oral surgeon, and S. Edward, an OBGYN. At the time, they were in a small group of African American doctors in Los Angeles who owned their own medical building. Serving the Watts community for many years, the brothers finally sold the building in the 80's and the area was redeveloped into a strip mall. In addition to practicing dentistry and holding political office, Tucker, Jr. served as an Associate Pastor at Zion Baptist Church.
As mayor, he presided over a period of reduced city revenues and guided the city through an era of fiscal austerity, brought on in the wake of Proposition 13. Tucker, Jr. served two full terms as mayor and died shortly after being elected to a third term in 1990 at the age of 66.
Dr. Walter R. Tucker, Jr. was the father of former Compton mayor and congressman, Walter R. Tucker III, and three other children: Camille, Kenneth and Keta.
WALTER R. TUCKER III became the mayor of Compton after his father, Dr. Walter Tucker, Jr., died in 1990. Tucker, III was born and raised in Compton, California, and was scion to a political dynasty known as the "Kennedys of Compton". As the son of the mayor, he attended some of the nation's premier universities. After graduating from Compton Senior High School as class valedictorian, he attended Princeton University 1974-1976, and then the University of Southern California 1976-1978. He graduated from the Georgetown University School of Law with a Juris Doctor, 1981; was admitted to the bar in 1984.
After being admitted to the bar, Tucker, III joined the district attorney office as a deputy and after his father died, he won a special election to replace him. He seemed to be following his father's footsteps–a professional who became the mayor and an ordained minister. However, Tucker did not stay very long as mayor; upward mobility beckoned him; he served from 1991 to 1992. Around the time of the civil unrest in Los Angeles County spawned by the Rodney King verdict, he was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat to replace retiring Congressman Mervyn Dymally in 1992. After Tucker, III won the election to Congress, his brother attempted to carry on the family tradition as mayor, but was unsuccessful. For the first time in more than two decades a Tucker did not hold local political office in the City of Compton.
While in Congress, Tucker III served on the Committee on Public Works and Transportation and the House Small Business Committee. He held the respect and esteem of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle for his thoughtfulness on issues and his willingness to work with both parties. Tucker III was an ordained minister who was known to give the occasional Sunday morning sermon while visiting a church in his congressional district or even host bible studies in his Capitol office. He introduced legislation promoting Random Acts of Kindness, opposed passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), fought to save the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, and worked to ensure the successful development of the Alameda Corridor Project. He also worked with the Army Corps of Engineers to secure federal funding to repair the long neglected Compton Creek, thus eliminating the possibility of costly flood damage to the homes and property on either side of the waterway.
Tucker III served on committees, earned the respect of his colleagues and visited his congressional district as time permitted. He boasted a young, energetic professional staff lead by his twenty-two year old Chief of Staff, Marcus Sebastian Mason, his District Administrator, Audrey Gibson (currently a member of the Florida Legislature representing Jacksonville) and Tyrone D. Bland (twenty-two), Director of Field Operations. Both Bland and Mason were natives of Tucker's hometown of Compton.
Tucker III's political career came to an abrupt end when he resigned from Congress in 1995, due to scandals involving accepting and demanding bribes while mayor of Compton. Tucker was sentenced to 27 months in prison in 1996 for extortion and tax evasion. After his release, he returned to Los Angeles, stayed a while and moved to the Chicago area, where he lives with his wife and two children: Autumn and Walter R. Tucker IV.


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There are many ways the world could end in real life. We could get whacked by an asteroid or nuke ourselves to hell. But there's no way the end of the world could be as bizarre as some of the scenarios that Hollywood has already filmed — or put in the pipeline recently.
Here are some of the weirdest, silliest and just dumbest apocalypses that Hollywood has cooked up. Not including monster movies, zombie movies or alien invasions, because those are sort of different.
The Day After Tomorrow
Climate change causes four superhurricanes, wrapping around the Earth. Which causes crazy flooding — way more than the polar ice caps melting would account for — and then the eye of the superhurricane causes rapid temperature drops so that New York is suddenly frozen and people are chased around by cold. Paleoclimatologist William Hyde has been quoted as saying, "This movie is to climate science as Frankenstein is to heart transplant surgery."
The Core
The Earth's core stops spinning, because the military is evil. And this phenomenon causes huge disasters all over the world, like pigeons crashing in France and stuff. And soon, when the core is no longer spinning at all, our magnetic field will be gone and we'll all be microwaved to death. But luckily, a team of scientists takes an experimental ship, using lasers and shit, to drill through the Earth to set off nukes at the center of the planet. If only they can get past the giant diamonds. Yay!
Deep Core
This was The Core before The Core. Basically, there's a billionaire industrialist who has developed the ultimate laser for use in mining operations. Because it can cut through anything. The creator of the machine warns that it could cause Earthshaking consequences, because it's too good at lasering, and won't stop until it lasers to the center of the Earth. So he destroys his machine. But years later, someone recreates the ultimate laser, and indeed there are a string of disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. So a team of scientists have to go to the center of the Earth and set off some nukes. But a bad guy decides to sabotage their mission for the Chinese military. Guest-starring Star Trek's Terry Farrell and Wil Wheaton!
The Void
Basically, Amanda Tapping discovers that the same irresponsible industrialist whose crazy experiment killed her father years ago is now planning a bigger experiment — which threatens to unleash a black hole on Earth. Oh, and the irresponsible industrialist is Malcolm McDowell. Of course. Why does Soran want to unleash a black hole on Earth? It's some kind of magical cheap clean energy scheme — basically, in the movies, any time someone has a way to get cheap clean energy, or cure cancer, it's the end of everything.
The Happening
This is another movie that's such a huge punching bag, we almost feel guilty about dumping on it one more time. But... yeah. This is the one where the trees turn evil. And they give off some kind of chemical that causes everybody to commit suicide, by accessing the suicide centers of your brain. Which is a part of your brain that you have. Mark Wahlberg looks slack-jawed and dazed as people off themselves all around him.
The Apocalypse (1997)
Sandra Bernhard from Hudson Hawk stars in this low-budget film about a spaceship that's abandoned when its pilot goes crazy. And then the ship's computer starts quoting Shakespeare uncontrollably. Years later, some criminals get hold of the spaceship, pack it with nuclear weapons, and set it to crash into the Earth — potentially destroying the whole planet. The only one who can save us is a crew of salvage experts, led by Bernhard. Check out the way Bernhard helpfully explains that the ship's collision will cause "a little tiny nova." Thanks, Sandra!
Actually, the means by which the world is destroyed in this movie are not terrible — there are solar flares, which seems like a thing that could happen, although probably not on the timescale that we see here. What's less plausible is the set-up. Aliens foresee the deadly solar flares 50 years ahead of time. Do they come and warn the human race, so we've got 50 years to figure out an evacuation plan? No. They figure out a way to get one little kid to write down the dates, locations and death tolls of every disaster for the next 50 years, up to and including the solar-flare apocalypse, and then get her to bury that list of incomprehensible numbers in a time capsule — on the off chance that it'll be dug up just before the end of the world. Or something. Also, the aliens only want to rescue a few kids and one rabbit, even though they have huge spaceships and they're taking the survivors to a huge empty planet.
Absolute Zero
This is a direct-to-video film that probably appeared on Syfy at some point, but we still have to include it because of the sheer loveliness of its premise. Basically, the apocalypse in this film is caused by Global Tilting. The Earth tilts on its side, and this causes the poles to swap around or something. That, in turn, causes the Earth's temperature to lower to... absolute zero. Yep, that's right. Not just extremely cold, but the theoretical state of having zero heat energy. Luckily, you can still outrun this cold. And a big metal door will keep the cold out. Check out a clip from this masterpiece here.
Perfect Sense
Not sure if this is actually a Hollywood movie, but it's too demented to leave out. The film about an epidemic that makes people lose their sense of smell, and then the other four senses one by one, starts with a voiceover that says, "There is darkness. And there is light. There are men and there are women. There is fruit. There are restaurants. Disease. There is work. Traffic." Ewan McGregor and Eva Green celebrate the sensory apocalypse by having lots of sex and eating soap.
And here's another usual punching-bag movie. Poor Roland Emmerich, he just wants to live in a world of cartoon physics and "because I said so" premises. In 2012, it turns out that the Maya predicted that neutrinos from the sun would melt the Earth's core, because the solar cycle has reached its maximum. The solar neutrinos travel through everything on Earth and then destabilize the planet's core, causing huge and extremely sexy natural disasters. Intensely sexy. In any case, enjoy this alternate trailer for 2012, created by our own Garrison Dean.
And here's the other movie that people love to take potshots at. Really, you should just read Phil Plait's review. We can't compete with Phil's amazing analysis.
The ultimate silly virus-pocalpyse movie. The super-deadly Motaba virus travels from Zaire to a small town in California, where it threatens to overwhelm the entire world. This movie frequently appears on lists of movies with the worst science, because a virus that killed its host as fast as this one would burn itself out before it could spread. And it only takes a few moments for Dustin Hoffman to come up with an antiserum from the one African monkey that's immune — and it works on humans.
The Vanishing on 7th Street
This is one of those "inexplicable weird apocalypse" movies — in this case, the shadows start swallowing everything up, and when the shadows get you, you're just gone. Most of the human race has already vanished — but a small group of humans, led by Hayden Christensen, hides out in a bar where they're able to keep the lights on and keep the evil shadows at bay. If you think that being trapped in a tiny bar with Anakin Skywalker would be almost as bad as being devoured by monstrous shadows, then you've basically already seen this film.
4:44 Last Day on Earth
This is a small indy movie, so it seems mean to include it — but basically, Abel Ferrara's recent disaster movie involves the world ending because "Al Gore was right." That's pretty much the only explanation we get, too, as far as I remember. People hang their heads and watch old Al Gore videos and lament that they didn't listen to the former Veep.
Time Zones
Changing gears slightly, this is a movie that's in the pipeline right now. Marc Guggenheim (Arrow, FlashForward, Green Lantern) is writing this Disney movie about a catastrophe that causes the world to fracture into different time zones. So in France, it's 1750. In New York, it's the mid-21st century and in China it's 300 B.C. A guy has to race against time, while also racing through time, to save his already dead wife — because "time travel is now a matter of geography."
Untitled L.A. Dinosaur Project
Another movie that's currently in development. What's more insane than dinosaurs attacking in the modern world? "Rapidly evolving" dinosaurs wreaking havoc in L.A. Why are the dinosaurs evolving rapidly, and what are they evolving into? We don't know yet. But John Clisham, a longtime employee of James Cameron, is directing.
The God Particle
Formerly called Collider, this is J.J. Abrams' next mind-frak. Basically, the Large Hadron Collider goes wrong, and causes the WHOLE PLANET EARTH TO DISAPPEAR. Poof. The only people left are the crew aboard the International Space Station. (So, sort of like the pilot for Odyssey 5.) It's being written by Oren Uziel (Mortal Kombat: Rebirth) and directed by newbie Julius Onah.
This was a movie that was in the pipeline a while back, and is probably not happening now. But we still have to mention it because the premise is so amazing, and it's a great example of Hollywood disaster movie science. As it was described back in 2010, "It's about a father who has to search for his lost child as the world stops spinning and Earth begins to lose its gravity." Yeahhhhh. Louis Leterrier (Incredible Hulk) was signed up to direct.
Additional reporting by Robert H. Dawson.

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Networking Austin
Name: Networking Austin
Date: June 1, 2018
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Website: http://www.networkingaustin.com
Event Description:
Networking Austin's new club! The West Austin Chamber partnered with Networking Austin to bring you Austin's original networking group in a new, lunchtime setting! Join us Fridays at Riverplace Country Club, where the meeting will begin at 11:30am and end at 1pm. We encourage you to arrive around 11 for an opportunity to meet other members. We hope to see you there!
Please RSVP with Jim McCullick at email@example.com
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CDO/Hibernate Store/Quick Start
The quick start of the CDO Hibernate Store takes you through the following steps:
- download and install
- download example projects from cvs
- start the CDO Server
- run client side junit tests to see interaction between the client and server
Download and install
Download the required software:
- Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)
- EMF 2.6, is normally included with the Java EE and Modeling version of Eclipse
- Hibernate and other 3rd party libraries:
- use the Eclipse update manager with this update site: http://net4j.sourceforge.net/update
- for Teneo 1.1.2 Hibernate dependencies, use update site: http://www.elver.org/eclipse/update_1.1.2
- for Teneo 1.2.0 Hibernate dependencies, use update site: http://www.elver.org/eclipse/update
- Teneo: use the Eclipse update manager with this update site: http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/teneo/updates/1.2.0/interim/
- CDO: use the Eclipse update manager with the following update site: http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/cdo/updates/3.0-releases, select the CDO Server Hibernate feature
To install Eclipse plugins, see Eclipse p2 getting started.
Download the example projects from cvs
After installing Eclipse and the plugins, start Eclipse and in a workspace import/download the following three projects from CVS:
- org.eclipse.emf.cdo.examples.company: contains the example model which has already been prepared for CDO (see here how this is done)
- org.eclipse.emf.cdo.examples.hibernate.server: contains the server configuration and server launch config
- org.eclipse.emf.cdo.examples.hibernate.client: shows client connection code and contains junit tests creating and querying for data
The cvs location of these projects is:
- dev.eclipse.org
- /cvsroot/modeling
- paths:
Note: the examples in HEAD branch require CDO 4.0. It's probably better to checkout the R3_0_maintenance branch.
You can also browse the CDO CVS with ViewCVS.
Start the CDO server
To start the CDO server open the org.eclipse.emf.cdo.examples.hibernate.server project and right-click on the CDOHibernateServer.launch and then: Run As > CDOHibernateServer.
Check the console view, after 5-10 seconds you should see:
main [debug.lifecycle.dump] DUMP TCPAcceptor@20 Acceptor.config = TransportConfig[receiveExecutor=java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor@46f93, bufferProvider=BufferPool[4,096], protocolProvider=org.eclipse.net4j.ContainerProtocolProvider$Server@139358c, negotiator=null] Acceptor.connectorListener = org.eclipse.spi.net4j.Acceptor$1@ea9bc8 Acceptor.acceptedConnectors = selector = TCPSelector startSynchronously = true synchronousStartTimeout = 20000 serverSocketChannel = sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl[/0.0.0.0:2036] address = 0.0.0.0 port = 2036 [INFO] Net4j extension started [INFO] CDO server started Application Started: 8521
As a default the CDO Hibernate server uses hsqldb.
For your info, the CDO server uses the config file: cdo-server.xml in the config directory in the org.eclipse.emf.cdo.examples.hibernate.server project.
Run client side code
As a last step run some client side code to see the CDO server storing and retrieving data. Open the org.eclipse.emf.cdo.examples.server.hibernate.client project, go to the junit classes in the src directory:
- QuickStartTest: a very simple test which creates one resource and stores a new address in it
- HibernateQueryTest: extensive test which creates a complete test data set and then show various HQL queries.
do right click on one of these two classes and then: Run As > Junit Test. Or to get better visibility on what happens place some breakpoints in the test cases and run in debug mode.
Quick Next Steps
The CDO Server uses hsqldb as a default. To change this to mysql (or another database) change the properties inside the cdo-server.xml file in the org.eclipse.emf.cdo.examples.hibernate.server/config. The file contains a commented block for mysql, change the url/passwords etc. to fit it to your situation.
Note that for mysql and most other databases Hibernate will not create the database itself for you. So you need to manually create a database and set the database name in the url in the cdo-server.xml.
As a next step create your own junit test case in the org.eclipse.emf.cdo.examples.hibernate.client project, extend the BaseTest class in that same plugin.
You can also try the standard CDO View.


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Baby showers are typically thrown to provide expectant mothers with the items they need to provide for their new baby. However, in some cases, the focus of the shower is best placed squarely on the mom herself. For instance, if you are throwing a sprinkle shower for a mom who already has children, she may already have most of the supplies she needs. In other cases, the mom may be the recipient of more than one shower, or have already stocked up on most of the essential items. In these cases, a growing trend is to throw a shower intended to pamper the mom herself. There are numerous gift ideas for these types of parties, but following are a few of the most popular.
Most expectant moms are sore and uncomfortable at least some of the time. And, after the baby is born, that mama will need time to relax and unwind even more than she does now. As a result, gift cards for massages, and other pampering events like manicures and pedicures, can be essential in helping the mom to feel relaxed, healthy, and cared for. If she can steal away for an hour to have tense muscles relaxed, or feel more elegant because her nails are done even though there is spit up in her hair, she will be better equipped to handle the ups and downs of motherhood.
Date Nights
Another thing in short supply for new mothers is time alone with her husband or significant other. Money is usually tighter, and it can be difficult to find a sitter for a small baby. As a result, providing her with the opportunity to get away with her partner for an evening or two can make a great pampering shower gift. Guests can provide gift cards to restaurants, offer babysitting services, or provide the expectant mom and her partner the opportunity to pursue one of their joint interests together.
Pregnancy Luxuries
Finally, you can provide gifts for the expectant mom to help ease the last few weeks or months of her pregnancy. For instance, pregnancy pillows can help her to sleep better as her belly grows. Epsom salts can help her to soak her sore feet at the end of the day. Scented candles, housecleaning, and other gifts can help to alleviate the discomforts and difficulties that can accompany the last trimester of pregnancy.
Pampering the expectant mom at the baby shower can be an effective way to communicate your love and support for her. There are many gifts you can purchase for the mom herself. Something celebratory, like these gift baskets, or other gifts like massages and pregnancy pillows, can help your friend or family member feel loved and cared for.


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A new utility tractor made in China is now available for U.S. farmers. The Iron Horse Tractor with a 28-hp, 3-cyl. diesel engine sells for $8,995. The transmission provides 12 forward speeds and 4 reverse speeds to handle most small utility jobs. It is equipped with a 540/ 1,000 rear PTO shaft and 3-pt. hitch for up to 1,200 lbs. of lift. Contact Iron Horse Tractor Inc., Dept. FIN, 305 Union St., Franklin, MA 02038, 508/ 520-1032, www.ironhorse tractor.com.
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Who Will Star in the 'Steel Magnolias' TV Remake?
If you've ever watched the classic 1989 film 'Steel Magnolias' and thought to yourself, "You know, I wish a cable channel would remake this with an all African-American cast," your wish has apparently been granted.
Lifetime has just put the finishing touches on the line-up for its upcoming reboot, with Queen Latifah starring in and executive producing the project. The movie further expands her relationship with Sony TV, with whom she's already working on a syndicated talk show.
While many of the original movie's devout fans will see a remake as nothing short of heresy, Nancy Dubuc, Lifetime's president and general manager, said in a statement, "We could not be more thrilled and honored for [our stars] to bring Robert Harling's poignant story about the strength of women to a whole new generation."
Here's the cast list, along with a reminder of who played each role in the first movie:
Queen Latifah as M'Lynn (Sally Field)
Phylicia Rashad as Clairee (Olympia Dukakis)
Alfre Woodard as Ouiser (Shirley MacLaine)
Jill Scott as Truvy (Dolly Parton)
Condola Rashad, Phylicia's daughter, as Shelby (Julia Roberts)
Adepero Oduye as Annelle (Daryl Hannah)


text: There were a lot of raise-your-eyebrow commercials at this year's Super Bowl, and sadly they were much more memorable than any of the traditional, so-called "hilarious" Super Bowl entries. The most controversial entries was the lengthy 84 Lumber commercial where mother and daughter encounter a giant concrete wall on the US border, and the American Petroleum Institutes praise-spot for Big Oil. In addition to the barrage of propagandized TV spots and beer commercials were a number of upcoming blockbuster movie trailers. Among them were those for The Fate of the Furious, Baywatch, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, John Wick: Chapter 2, and Transformers: The Last Knight. The most impressive movie trailer, however, came from up-and-coming director Daniel Espinosa's Life with Jake Gyllenhaal (Prisoners, Nightcrawler), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, The Girl on the Train), and Ryan Reynolds (Waiting, Safe House). Continue reading


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Effective Date: 01/01/03
Reference: 89 Ill. Adm. Code, Chapter IV, §50.110
Parents are responsible for providing income verification and all other information required by the Department in order to determine eligibility for child care services.
Verification of Applications
Parents must provide true, correct and complete information at application or redetermination. Springfield Child Care and Development and CCR&R staff are to use available state data bases to verify the information received. The Illinois Public Aid Communication System (IPACS) is a good source of information regarding the families applying for child care subsidy. This system can provide information such as verified social security numbers, income, family composition, child support, unemployment compensation and SSI/SSA.
The information in IPACS is not to be used to automatically deny or cancel a case. If the IPACS information is not consistent with the information received, the client must be given the opportunity to show that the information they have submitted is accurate. If there is a conflict, request additional information.
The Bureau is presently conducting IPACS training statewide. The training will ensure staff are properly trained in the use of the system, that all applications are reviewed in the same way, and that the information gained from the system is applied to each case in the same manner. Staff who have received the training must submit a monthly IPACS Tracking Report. The report lists the results of verifying applications using the IPACS system. Upon completion of the training and review of the results listed in the IPACS Tracking Reports, final procedures will be distributed. Until that time, the IPACS Training Manual for Child Care Assistance Specialists is to be followed as the Bureau's procedures for the use of IPACS. Verification of Employment Documentation
Site Administered Providers and CCR&R staff may call the employer to verify the validity of employment documentation submitted if a client submits an Employment Verification Letter, an Employment and Income Verification form, or a computer printout. If there is reason to question the documentation submitted, call the employer for verification.
Staff are empowered to verify any other information whenever there is a reasonable question to clarify an issue.


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Minnesota Green Hotel Supports the Environment by Creating a Rain Garden
The Lodge on Lake Detroit opened in May of 2006 and because of our development's close proximity to Big Detroit Lake, we were concerned about protecting our lake from run off. A typical treatment for run off is a settling pond which would have involved creating large, unattractive, deep holes surrounded by rocks on our property to hold water. Instead of a settling pond we decided to explore a rain garden alternative.
Our Lakeshore Restoration project, started in June 2007 and completed in June 2008, encompassing 400 feet of our total 550 feet of shoreline. There is a total of 11,250 sq. ft. of area that has been planted bringing the total native plants on our property to approximately 10,000. Our exterior gardens enhance our ecological initiatives at The Lodge on Lake Detroit. As a steward of the land on which our hotel stands, there is great satisfaction in knowing that we are helping to preserve the past and future environment of Big Detroit Lake.
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Technology watchers are already gearing up for the busiest shopping day of the year, and retailers are beginning to share information about store hours and sale items.
The frenzy is known as Black Friday – the day after Thanksgiving – but the pushing and shoving and long lines will actually start on the holiday itself again this year. Last year, some retailers opened at 10 p.m. Thursday.
This year, Sears and Wal-Mart will open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, with Target following suit an hour later, according to leaked ads. Wal-Mart will offer shoppers $89 Wii consoles and a $38 Blu-ray player. Sears is giving perks to members of its shopper loyalty program.
Want to get the scoop on the deals you can score at many of the big box stores? Check out the website The Coupons App, which shows leaked ads from retailers such as Best Buy, Cabela's, Kmart, Mills Fleet Farm, Toys R Us and more. If you want the sale information on your mobile device you can get the app from Google Play, iTunes or the Amazon App Store.
"The unique thing about our app is that it utilizes a GPS locator to find deals close to you. Not only are you saving money with coupons, you are finding the best deals with the least amount of travel," says the developer.
If you're looking for an HDTV deal, look no further. Amazon's Black Friday sale is already in motion and includes a 19-inch set for $80.
Best Buy's deals start at 12 a.m. on Black Fridayand include a 26-inch for $100, a 40-inch for $180 and a 55-inch 3-D LCD TV for $800. As for Wal-Mart, it tries to keep things sane by staggering its deals, including a 70-inch Sharp LED LCD for $1,798 and a 60-inch Vizio LED LCD for $688. Sears will offer a no-name 32-inch LCD for $97, a 39-inch Seiki LCD for $199 and a 50-inch Panasonic plasma for $299.
This story, "Black Friday shopping: What to expect" was originally published by PCWorld.


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Many people who were hopeful for change in the wake of Barack Obama's election have become disillusioned by the rancorous politics of the last few years. What does it take to sustain the struggle for justice over the long haul?
The Bible-inspired movement set the standard -- and the inspiration -- for future campaigns for change.
The Bible speaks of a "year of the Lord's favor" -- the year of Jubilee. We need it now more than ever.
An interview with theologian Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz on solidarity, public life, and the blessings that come when you really listen.
In the wake of last year's Fukushima disaster, German chancellor Angela Merkel announced the country would phase out nuclear power. Churches are at the forefront of Germany's new solar revolution.
A new wave of arrivals makes its mark in America's dairy country.
Clergy to Village Voice: It's not okay to help the sex traffickers.
The fight against mass incarceration is joined by an emerging faith-based movement.
Lessons from Vietnam
The U.N. climate change talks in South Africa were a major disappointment -- but the struggle continues.
Who knew hideous sea creatures had their own club?
Chris Stedman's "faitheism" doesn't hate God, it loves people.
"Do you invest it in revenge, or do you think creatively?"
The bigger the financial corporation, the quicker your dollar exits your community.
Occupy has already succeeded, its legacy already established: It has changed the conversation.
Culture Watch
The tattooed former meth cook, Zach, is at the heart of the business—the artisan coffee roaster.
Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America; The Amish; Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit; The Ethical Vision of Clint Eastwood.
A dispatch from the shrinking middle class.
The Cross and the Lynching Tree, by James H. Cone.
Muslim cops and football coaches (oh my!) -- the next step in the right wing's efforts to keep Americans in fear.
A perfect time to catch up on the 10 best Blu-ray releases of the past year.
Excerpt from Accidents and Providence by Stacia M. Brown, 2012.
I was delighted to see the article on forgiveness by Brittany Shoot ("Forgive and Forget?") in your January 2012 issue. Since she mentioned Archbishop Tutu in her article, I thought your readers would appreciate seeing an original quote from one of his 2007 speeches.
The fact that the February 2012 issue contained three articles about human trafficking ("Humankind's Most Savage Cruelty," by Stewart Burns; "Here?" by Abayea Pelt; "Works of Mercy" by Sylvia Yu) is encouraging.
We are the lay of the land— / pocked, hilled, knowing every ember / and seed imprinted on our bones.
Reflections on the Common Lectionary, Cycle B
Harry Potter is no Gandhi.
In "Critical Mass" (January 2012), Karen Sue Smith's summary of changes in the U.S. Catholic Church since Vatican II, I was dismayed not to see any mention of the profound influence of the sections on peace in "The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World."


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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Wubbzy Bread (AKA lemony lemon bread)
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Lemon bread always reminds me of my mom. Having a skice fir breakfast is such a great way to start the day.ReplyDelete
I just pinned this! Would love for you to share with my readers if you get the chance. This looks soooo goood!ReplyDelete
I would love to share this with your readers! I'll head on over right now... thanks for the opportunity :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Can't wait to make this! Lemony lemon...YUMMY!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing!!!
Hi! Im visiting from 52 mantels. I love lemon anything.. I cant wait to try this! I pinned it :)ReplyDelete
Yum! I will have to try this very soon! Looks fabulous! I found you from 52 mantels and am a new follower :)ReplyDelete
That looks AMAZING! I love lemon cake/bread/cookies anything, really! I'm jealous of people with mad baking skills.ReplyDelete
Thanks for linking this up!!Replies
Thanks for the invitation to link up! Stay tuned for a new blog post today! :)Delete
- BrittanyFebruary 4, 2012 at 5:19 AM
The recipe says "sift both flours." Is there a second flour missing from the ingredients list or am I reading it wrong?ReplyDeleteReplies
I am sorry it's a typo! Should be "sift THE flour"! :)Delete
Thank goodness for the internet history thing on the computer. I came across this recipe yesterday via Pinterest and it looked absolutely amazing until I got to the ingredients list and saw sour cream (I have food related migraine triggers and sour cream is one of them.) so I didn't pin it and then later I came across a sour cream substitute that I think would work with this recipe and was disappointed in myself for not pinning it. I can't wait to try this. Thanks for the recipe!ReplyDelete
*P.s. for anyone in the same boat or anyone who isn't keen on sour cream, the substitute is Greek yogurt.Replies
Tiffany thank you so much for your thoughtful substitution! I am so glad you were able to make this recipe work for you and possibly help someone else going through the same thing! I think the tartness of the Greek yogurt will pair wonderfully with the lemon! Enjoy and let meDelete
Know how it goes when you make it :)
I love lemons and anything lemon with glaze on it. Your bread looks fantastic, I can't wait to bake it and compare it to my recipe, thanks! http://www.cookeatdelicious.com/fruit-recipes/lemons-recipes/luscious-lemon-bread-cake-recipe.htmlReplyDelete
Raven- I love anything with lemon too! Your bread looks amazing also. Thanks for stopping by :)ReplyDelete


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TxDot increases speed limit on some highways
Texas motorists may notice some changes to speed limit signs in
the next several months, as new laws regulating speed limits on the roadways
of the state highway system begin to take effect.
The 82nd Texas Legislature passed and the Governor signed House Bill
1353, which takes effect on September 1. This legislation allows the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to create a 75-mile per hour speed
limit on any state highway found to be reasonable and safe through a speed
study. TxDOT will be reviewing existing 70-mile per hour speed limits to
determine where a 75-mile per hour speed limit may be safely posted.
HB 1353 also eliminates the 65-mile per hour nighttime speed limit and
all truck speed limits. On September 1, the existing nighttime and truck
speed limits are repealed and no longer enforceable.
TxDOT awarded maintenance contracts in August to remove the nighttime and
truck speed limit signs and is also in the process of hiring consultants to
perform the required speed studies needed to implement the higher speed
"We will be removing the existing nighttime speed limit signs, truck
speed limit signs, and evaluating approximately 50,000 miles of state
highway with a current 70-mile hour speed limit," said Carol Rawson, TxDOT
Director of Traffic Operations. "With these contracts in place, we are
moving steadily ahead to implement these new laws. However, it is important
to remember that any increases to speed limits are not effective until the
new speed limit signs are actually installed."
Speed limits in Texas are set by the 85th percentile method, which
represents the speed the majority of drivers are traveling at or below. This
is a sound engineering principle used to set speed limits on highways
nationwide for the past 60 years. For more information on speed limits see:
The existing 65-mile per hour night and truck speed limit signs should be
removed by the end of this year. The complete evaluation of the state
highway system and posting of all new 75-mile per hour speed limits should
be complete by early 2013.


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creiter wrote:Emma's Mama... seriously thank you so much! It is just wonderful to know that someone understands. How is Emma doing now? If you can think of any serious no-no's you did with Emma that I can avoid, or anything that especially worked well, I would love to learn from your experience. I have purchased just about every positive/clicker/behavior adjustment training book out there. I learned quickly not to trust the whole "alpha/dominance/physical force" theories and have stuck to clicker training and showing the dog what he SHOULD do as opposed to setting him up to fail and punishing him for it.
Let me know if anything really worked for you and Emma. Sounds like she is a lucky pooch too! When I think about the chance that Duke had gotten adopted by someone without the patience who might have choosen to give up and euthanize/put him back in a kill shelter, it breaks my heart. So although somedays I wish I had adopted a "NORMAL" puppy (I had originally dreamed of training a therapy dog... not yet given up on that dream of course just extremely delayed haha!), in the end I know that Duke needed me and I, honestly, needed him.
We are a special breed, us dog rescuers! For better or worse
The only no-no's I can think of, it sounds like you're already smart enough to avoid! I followed poor advice and initially used a choke collar and lots of firm corrections. But it doesn't look like Duke has to worry about that, thankfully!


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Dear Kababayan, Over the years, users have changed the way they watch. From large TV screens to desktop monitors, and now, watching from the palm of their hands made available through a mobile device. With this at hand, a new challenge emerged that became a new mission for us to fulfill. Last year, My Pinoy TV has launched a mobile application for different platforms to ensure the best experience of on-demand entertainment. All to adhere to every Filipinos' constant craving for high-quality entertainment, whenever and wherever possible. The future brings new possibilities and more challenges for us in the field of the digital world. We are more passionate than ever to push our limits and engage on to the next level. In order to fulfill this mission, our website and mobile application will undergo technical improvements. Taking this renewed vision from our main roots: to deliver high quality content and give the best streaming service possible as technology permits in our time. This would all be possible with continuous efforts on technical improvements, a long procedure that needs to be developed and performed offline. This is not a goodbye. This is a start of something new, an opportunity for us to grow. We want to make sure we are ready for the changes and challenges of the dynamic digital landscape, for better viewing experience. Our online streaming for web and mobile apps will be unavailable effective this end of July 2016. This temporary closure is needed to perform updates and fixes on our website and mobile applications. My Pinoy TV, now signing off (for a while).
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Not a very productive day today, due to L.A. traffic, which ranks just below kidney stones on my "Things I Hate" list.
Though I spent about 10 hours in the car, I only managed to visit 8 bookstores:
Borders Orange County, signed 1 hardcover, 6 paperbacks.
Barnes & Noble in Irvine, signed 3 hardcovers, 2 paperbacks.
Barnes & Noble #2 in Irvine, signed 4 hardcovers, 8 paperbacks.
Borders in Beverly Hills, signed 1 hardcover and 3 paperbacks.
Borders in Westwood, signed 2 hardcovers and 3 paperbacks.
Barnes & Noble in Westwood, signed 4 hardcovers (couldn't find the paperbacks... I fear they were stripped)
Barnes & Noble at Farmer's Market, signed 4 hardcovers, 6 paperbacks.
There were plenty of other stores I could have visited, but just didn't have the time.
My event tonight was at the Mysterious Bookshop in Westwood, and at 7:00pm I was greated by my throng of fan.
No typo there. One guy showed up (thanks, Stephen Blackmoore!)
That didn't discourage me, because, hey, one guy showed up. Steve's a writer too, and we talked shop for a while. He discovered me through my blog, which was a nice thing to hear---it's nice to know that my words are getting through to you folks. Or, at the very least, getting through to Steve.
Happily, the bookstore had a stack or pre-orders for me to sign, as well as a big pile of stock, which always makes me happy. It was great meeting the managers, Bobby and Linda. They're good people.
Then I signed the infamous Jail Register, a massive book that they've been keeping since the year 2000. Every author that comes in signs their name and vital stats, and everyone tries to be clever.
I saw a lot of famous names, which was cool.
I also saw many more names that I didn't recognize at all, which was very uncool.
I know quite a few folks in the writing community, but about 75% of those names were alien to me.
Hundreds of unknown writers. How many never wrote a second book? How many lost their publisher? How many are chugging along at book #7 and still midlist?
Five years from now, will I be one of the reconizable names, or one of the forgotten hundreds?
Scary, sobering stuff...
As I promised, I wanted to share with my blog readers (hi, Steve!) some names of other authors who also kick-butt on the self-promtion front, to prove that I'm not the only grunt in the trenches.
Barry Eisler has been touring for a solid month, driving coast to coast and visiting dozens of stores. He's also fitting in an occasional TV and radio gig. Barry is very savvy when it comes to promotion, and is a wealth of information and ideas when it comes to that subject. Most importantly, it's working for him. His driving tour is costing his publisher less than the flying/escort standard, but he's able to get more done.
Is it working? He's got a movie option, a Barry Award nomination (no relation), a second printing on his latest book, and he's an IMBA bestseller.
Julia Spencer-Fleming may actually be doing more than I do on the self-promotion front. Assisted by her marketing-genius husband Ross, Julia does drive-bys like crazy. She calls them 'force mulitpliers' (great term) and believes they've helped double the sales of her latest book at the chains. She also does massive mailing campaigns, and networks like crazy.
Is it working? She's an IMBA bestseller, is currently nominated for a Barry Award, and appeared on the Amazon top 25 for her latest book.
I'll list more authors tomorrow. Now. Must. Sleep...
FUN FACT ABOUT LOS ANGELES: The traffic sucks.
Friday, July 22, 2005
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Ask Me Another 2
This is a continuation of the "Ask Me Another" conversation with Stephanie Kelley-Romano, associate professor of rhetoric.
What did your advisers at Kansas say when you said you wanted to interview people who believe they've been abducted by aliens?
They all said, "No, you can't do that. It's not real." That made me want to do it, because they said I couldn't.
Stephanie Kelley-Romano meets with Breana Milldrum '08, who is writing an honors thesis on the portrayl of narcotics addicts on television.
Scholars agree that cultural myths — from the Greek's gods to alien abduction — are valuable because they explain the how and why of life. Yet mythmaking isn't embraced in today's society.
We are no longer comfortable, as a society, making statements out loud about our personal myths, particularly those around religion or other proscriptive myths. It feels too personal or intimate, or we worry about offending. But we still have a need for public, cathartic spiritual displays, so while we've taken our public spirituality and pulled it into ourselves, we have it demonstrated and applauded in sport.
A large amount of religion, spirituality, and faith is being infused into sports. Like in the 2007 Super Bowl, there was the narrative of two black head coaches in the Super Bowl. Undergirding both those narratives was a narrative about faith and Christianity. We saw them praying, we heard them saying they owe everything to Jesus Christ.
Similarly, when bad things happen to athletes, faith undergirds the story. When Sean Taylor from the Redskins got killed, there were sketchy issues and issues of race. But the overpowering stories were about him as a lost soul, and how now he has redemption.
Take the Baltimore-New England game, right after Taylor's death. Ray Lewis, Willis McGahee, and Ed Reed put their heads together to dedicate the game to Taylor. You could hear them say, "This is family right now. One of our brothers is gone home. Let's see him home right." It gets really spiritual.
Might there be other explanations for why so many people say they've been abducted?
Amy Bradfield [a Bates associate professor of psychology] and I have co-authored an article that says that alien abductees are more suggestible than the average person. Which is not surprising. Another explanation is sleep paralysis, a dreamy state where people can be influenced, through cultural factors, into believing it's an abduction. Two percent of the population believes they've been abducted by aliens, and that's the same number with sleep paralysis.
The '70s seemed like the heyday for things like the Bermuda Triangle and UFOs. Is there less room for stories of the unreal today? Even The Weekly World News folded.
I'm sad about WWN. It's the end of an era. Maybe it's cynical and pathetic, but I think that weird stories like the ones in WWN took intellectual engagement and curiosity on the part of the reader. Now we get celebrity culture spoon-fed to us with ease and convenience.
Do you get any static for teaching "The Rhetoric of Alien Abduction"?
Students tell me their parents are mad because they're paying so much while they take a course on alien abduction. So I ask why they're taking the course, and they say because it's going to be fun. And I say, "We'll see about that."
We start talking about how you justify what you believe. About skeptical discourse and evaluating evidence. I let them stay in their nice, fenced-in area of discussion, where it's all about "those" people being a little crazy for believing in abduction. Then I whip out religion, and ask why belief in God is any more rational than a belief in aliens. And that gets people upset.
So I play devil's advocate, suggesting that the story of the first famous abductees, Betty and Barney Hill, is like Genesis. The students then have to think about the ways alien abduction is different or the same as a religious myth. What's the difference between the form of a story and the way that it functions? How do functions determine form? What's the interplay?
Then they look at out-of-body experiences or other pseudo experiences, like the stories of all the satanic rituals that supposedly went on at daycare centers in the 1990s. None of it was true! We talk about mass-hysteria. About recovered memory and what you do you believe you know, and how do you know that you know. And that's a trip.


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It's a different style of game over there and Jensen will adjust to the style of game that is played over there and then when he comes back he'll have to adjust again. The fact that Jensen showed he can translate his game to the AHL and even the NHL suggests that the OHL is a good developmental league for Jensen. Then again, going into the draft, one negative about Jensen was that he didn't always engage himself and Jensen didn't improve his production this season so maybe Gillis saw something in Jensen's game that he felt would be better developed in Sweden. I don't know.BladesofSteel wrote:Jensen already has two years of "North American" hockey under his belt. At this stage, he should have a pretty good grasp of the style.
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Home Depot to Beat Verizon to Bond Market
Home Depot may want to sell bonds ahead of Verizon Communications
The home-improvement chain filed a registration statement on Tuesday to sell medium- and long-term bonds, which whispers on Wall Street put at $3.25 billion. Traders expect the three tranches of debt to yield between 2.29% and 4.94%, according to S&P Capital IQ's Leveraged Commentary & Data unit.
As recently as two weeks ago, and as far back as February, Home Depot Chief Financial Officer Carol Tomé had maintained the company might issue debt again closer to year-end. Home Depot has $1.25 billion in debt maturing in December.
However, Home Depot could be accelerating its debt sale because of Verizon's pact to buy the 45% of Verizon Wireless that it doesn't already own from Vodafone Group PLC. According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal will result in Verizon issuing up to $50 billion in bonds, and CFO Fran Shammo told investors Tuesday morning that "the timeline [to issue the debt] is as short as we can make it and as much as the market will bear."
In February, Ms. Tomé told investors that, when considering the timing of bond offerings, "we'd also look at other big issuers who are coming to market, because we don't want to crowd the market; we'd like excellent execution, obviously."
John Atkins, an analyst at S&P Capital IQ, said, it "looks like Home Depot is just trying to get the funds while the getting is good."
A Home Depot spokesman couldn't immediately comment.
"Maybe it is a little quicker than I would have expected," Michael Baker, a Deutsche Bank Securities analyst, told CFO Journal. But that doesn't concern him, because the company still has the ability to add debt and remain under its self-imposed leverage limit. He said he expects Home Depot to exceed its projections to buy back $6.5 billion in shares this year, which is "good news."
Home Depot stock has dropped roughly 7% in the past three weeks, and Ms. Tomé told CFOJ after the earnings call last month that the company will continue to buy shares despite being near record prices because executives believe the stock trades below its intrinsic value.
Home Depot isn't the only company hitting the corporate bond market. According to the WSJ, at least nine companies and related units on Tuesday said they are issuing debt, after a lull before the Labor Day holiday and ahead of possible volatility if tensions in Syria flare or if the Federal Reserve begins to taper its bond-buying program, which has helped keep interest rates low.
Rates have been rising of late, but Ms. Tomé told CFOJ in August that they remained so low that even further increases don't concern her.
"So what?" she said. "On a historical basis we are living in nirvana from a debt-capital-raising [perspective]."
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Brussels, 21 June 2013
Croatia's accession to the European Union
Croatia's accession to the European Union on 1 July will mark another milestone in completing the construction of the EU. It provides fresh evidence of the transformative power of EU enlargement policy: torn by conflict only two decades ago, the country is now a stable democracy, capable of taking on the obligations of EU membership and of adhering to EU standards. This is a powerful signal for the whole Western Balkans and also a proof of the credibility of the EU enlargement policy .
This document outlines the institutional implications of the accession of Croatia to the European Union as it becomes its 28th Member State.
European Commission: appointment of new Commissioner
Mr Neven Mimica was named by Croatia as Commissioner-designate on 25 April 2013. President Barroso has indicated his intention to assign to Mr Mimica the portfolio of consumer protection.
After the necessary consultation of the European Parliament earlier in June, the Council will now appoint, by common accord with the President of the Commission, the new Commissioner, so as to allow him to take up his post on 1 July 2013.
Mr Neven Mimica is currently the Deputy Prime Minister for Home, Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia. He has a long-standing commitment to European integration with extensive experience as a Minister and diplomatic adviser.
Seats in the European Parliament
Croatia will hold 12 seats in the European Parliament. The first elections for Members of the European Parliament took place in Croatia on 14 April. In accordance with the Lisbon Treaty, the number of Members of the European Parliament must be reduced from 766 after Croatia's accession to 751 – this will be applicable for the elections in 2014.
European Council
Croatia will have 7 votes. The qualified majority threshold will raise to 260 (out of a total of 352 votes).
Representation of the European Commission in Croatia
On 1 July, the current Delegation of the European Union will close its doors, and, instead, a Commission Representation will open. The latter's role is to support the Members of the Commission, to provide political information and analysis to headquarters, to speak for the Commission as an interface with national regional and local authorities as well as the media, and to reach out to citizens.
Since the new Representation will not have the same diplomatic function as the previous Delegation, the size of the Representation will be less than one-fourth the size of the Delegation (18 staff members plus the Head of Representation). The appointment of the first Head of the Commission Representation has been announced today, 20 June – see IP/13/591
The new premises of the Representation are in the centre of town: Ban Centar, Ulica Augusta Cesarea 4-10, HR 10 000 Zagreb. This "Europe House" will also host the European Parliament Information Office. This ensures cost efficiency and optimises the space for both European Union Institutions to welcome interested citizens and visitor groups.
The official inauguration of the "Europe House" in Zagreb will be on 1 July.
Croatian officials joining the EU institutions
Until now, competitions addressed to Croatian citizens for 375 posts in all EU institutions have been launched. More than 9000 applications have been received. There has been effective collaboration between the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO), the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission Delegation in Zagreb, the Commission's Directorate-General for Translation, our EU Careers Ambassador and media contractors in order to conduct targeted information campaigns on each of the competitions.
The European Commission's own overall recruitment target is 249 recruitments by 1 July 2018, of which, per function group:
Out of the 149 recruitments at administrator level, the management recruitment targets are:
Accession events
President Barroso, Vice-President Reding and Commissioner Füle will participate in the accession events in Croatia on 30 June and 1 July. Detailed information will be released in the next days.
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1. Pussy.
3. Why aren't there more garbage bags? Who forgot the fucking garbage bags?
4. Pussy (while standing on the street.)
5. When lunch would happen because it was eating time!
6. Respecting women so that they wouldn't leave you.
7. Why one of the guys on the crew made so many mistakes. [Why is he so stupid?]
8. Ladyparts.