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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2012) - C.A. Bancorp Inc. ("C.A. Bancorp" or the "Company") (TSX:BKP) today announced its consolidated financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.
In connection with the advancement of the Company's Realization Strategy effective October 1, 2010, the Company, in preparing its financial statements (i) applied Accounting Guideline 18 - Investment Companies ("AcG-18") and (ii) adopted the liquidation basis of accounting. As an Investment Company under AcG-18, C.A. Bancorp has received exemptive relief from the requirement to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") until January 1, 2013.
Third Quarter 2012 Financial Highlights
For the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Company reported:
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company reported:
As at September 30, 2012, the Company's:
Realization Strategy Update
The Realization Strategy has to date been successful. Since June 2010, the Company has (i) successfully completed the dispositions of a number of assets for aggregate cash proceeds of approximately $51 million, (ii) completed a $30 million issuer bid at a purchase price of $2.09 per share which was accretive to other shareholders, (iii) significantly reduced its operating expenses and eliminated all long term debt, and (iv) increased the Company's net book value from $2.33 per share as of September 30, 2010 to $3.35 as of September 30, 2012. During that time, the trading price of the Company's shares on the TSX has almost doubled. As at September 30, 2012, the Company had cash of approximately $25 million; $22 million of which was realized from asset dispositions subsequent to the December 2010 issuer bid.
The Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") and management team continue to believe (subject to their fiduciary duties) that distributing the net cash proceeds from asset dispositions to shareholders is in the best interests of the Company.
Proposed Cash Distribution to Shareholders
At the Company's 2012 annual and special meeting, shareholders approved a special resolution authorizing a reduction in stated capital, which facilitates the making of cash distributions to shareholders. Following that approval the Company re-initiated discussions with the tax authorities on a tax ruling which, if obtained and followed, would permit the Company to make cash distributions to shareholders generally on a more tax efficient basis.
Subject to the Company receiving comfort from the tax authorities that the proposed cash distribution will be treated as a return of capital for tax purposes, the Company currently intends to make an initial cash distribution to its shareholders in an amount between $1.50 per share and $1.60 per share, prior to December 31, 2012. The cash distribution will be comprised of cash realized from asset dispositions subsequent to the December 2010 issuer bid. The Board will determine the final amount and timing of the cash distribution taking into account present, future and contingent liabilities of the Company as well as maintaining a cash balance to support existing investments in the best interests of the Company.
There can be no assurance as to the timing or amount of any cash distribution, or as to its characterization. Details of the cash distribution, once determined, will be communicated by press release.
Completing the Realization Strategy
The Company's remaining investments consist of common shares in Blue Ant Media Inc. "Blue Ant"), subordinated debt and common share warrants in Salbro Bottle Group ("Salbro"), and the Company's most significant investment, its debt and equity interests in Digital Payment Technologies Corp. ("DPT").
Management is considering alternatives, which are at various stages of advancement, concerning the disposition of its interests in Blue Ant and Salbro, in the context of the Realization Strategy. The Company is continuously evaluating the benefits and costs of, and working to identify and develop, alternatives concerning its interests in Blue Ant and Salbro.
With respect to the Company's investment in DPT (the Company's most material asset), the Company has been managing and monitoring its interests with a view to maximizing their value in the context of the Realization Strategy, by among other things providing active support to DPT's management.
DPT has enjoyed success this year in winning a material number of new business accounts, resulting in DPT increasing its North American market share. The North American parking industry itself has been active in 2012, as the number and size of new sales opportunities in both the off-street and on-street markets has been greater than in previous years. These factors have had a positive impact on DPT's sales, size of its installed base of paystations and baseline recurring revenues generated from software as a service and after-sales support. The Company continues to be bullish about the market opportunities in the North American parking industry and is optimistic about the long-term prospects of DPT. These considerations factor in the ongoing management of the Company's investments in DPT and the timing of any realization event.
In anticipation of growth within the DPT business, DPT (subsequent to September 30, 2012) completed a refinancing resulting in a repayment to C.A. Bancorp of approximately $0.6 million in principal and interest owing under the promissory note. Subsequent to the refinancing, $0.25 million remains outstanding under the promissory note and $7.9 million under the debenture. As a condition of the refinancing at DPT, the Company agreed to extend the maturity date of the promissory note and debenture from September 30, 2012 to December 31, 2013. The Company continues to preserve its rights under the DPT shareholders' agreement, including its liquidity rights.
As the Company has only one remaining material asset (DPT), the Company is considering alternatives to reallocate its management resources, whereby those resources can provide greater time and effort to maximization of the value of the Company's investment in DPT. Any reorganization would preserve continuity to carry out the Realization Strategy. The financial objectives, at the time of monetizing the Company's investment in DPT, are to increase the net book value of the Company and the cash available for distribution to shareholders. The Company expects to be in a position to provide details of the reorganization of its operations in the near future.
Financial Results Discussion
|Statement of Operations and Earnings Highlights
|Three Months Ended
Sept 30,
|Nine Months Ended
Sept 30,
|In C$ millions except per share amounts
|Net results of investments
|Expenses and taxes
|Net earnings
|Net earnings per share
Consolidated revenues increased slightly for the three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 as the Company generated additional investment income from its investment in DPT. For the nine month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company's revenues declined compared to the same period in 2011 as the Company terminated its asset management agreements in connection with the sale of its interest in NorRock Realty Finance Corporation (formerly C.A. Bancorp Canadian Realty Finance Corporation) in the second quarter of 2011. This was partially offset by an increase in interest income related to the Company's investment in DPT.
Consolidated net results of investments for the three months ended September 30, 2012 yielded a net result of nil compared to a net gain from results of investments of $1.1 million related to the Company's previous investment in High Fidelity HDTV Inc. ("High Fidelity"). The net unrealized gain in the first nine months of 2012 was as a result of an unrealized gain related to the Company's investment in DPT compared to an unrealized gain related to the Company's previous investment in High Fidelity.
The Company's operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 were effectively flat as the majority of headcount reductions occurred in the second quarter of 2011. The majority of the Company's operating expenses is related to being a public company and is generally fixed and recurs on an annual basis. The Company is continuously assessing different operating structures to further reduce or eliminate certain costs as the Company continues to execute the Realization Strategy.
|Balance Sheet Highlights
|In C$ millions except per share amounts
|September 30,
|December 31,
|Cash and liquid assets
|Investments in private entities and loans receivable
|Other assets
|Total Assets
|Total Liabilities
|Total Shareholders' Equity
|Number of shares outstanding (millions)
|Net book value per share
|Closing market price per share
|Market price discount to net book value
|(1) Rounding.
As at September 30, 2012, the Company had cash of approximately $25.4 million, no debt and total accrued liquidation costs of $1.0 million. The Company is required to make significant estimates and exercise judgment in determining accrued liquidation costs. The Company reviewed contractual commitments such as lease termination costs and professional fees to determine the estimated costs to be directly incurred through the Realization Strategy period. The Company has not accrued the ongoing operating costs that are anticipated to be incurred through the Realization Strategy period such as payroll and related expenses, general and administration costs and other corporate expenses.
Subsequent to September 30, 2012
On October 31, 2012, DPT completed a refinancing resulting in a payment to the Company of approximately $0.6 million in principal and interest owing under a promissory note. Subsequent to the refinancing, $0.25 million remained outstanding under the promissory note. As a condition of the refinancing, the Company agreed to extend the maturity date of the promissory note and debenture to December 31, 2013.
Company Adopts Advance Notice By-Law
The Company also announced today the approval and adoption by the Board of a by-law (the "By-Law") which includes provisions that require advance notice to the Company in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the Board are made by shareholders of the Company other than pursuant to: (i) a requisition of a meeting of shareholders made pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (the "Act"); or (ii) a shareholder proposal made pursuant to the provisions of the Act.
The purpose of the By-Law is to provide shareholders, directors and management of the Company with a clear framework for nominating directors. Among other things, the By-Law fixes a deadline by which holders of common shares of the Company must submit director nominations to the Company prior to any annual or special meeting of shareholders and sets forth the minimum information that a shareholder must include in the notice to the Company for the notice to be in proper written form.
In the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, notice to the Company must be made not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date of the annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made, notice may be made not later than the close of business on the 10th day following such public announcement.
In the case of a special meeting of shareholders (which is not also an annual meeting), notice to the Company must be made not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting was made. The By-Law is effective as of the date it was approved by the Board and will be placed before shareholders for ratification at the next annual and special meeting of shareholders.
Financial Information
For a comprehensive review of the Company's results, shareholders are encouraged to read (i) the Company's third quarter 2012 unaudited consolidated financial statements and accompanying Interim Management's Discussion and Analysis and (ii) the Company's 2011 audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying Annual Management's Discussion and Analysis, copies of which will be available on the Company's website at www.cabancorp.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
C.A. Bancorp Inc.
C.A. Bancorp is a publicly traded Canadian merchant bank and alternative asset manager that provides investors with access to a range of private equity and other alternative asset class investment opportunities. C.A. Bancorp has historically focused on investments in small- and middle-capitalization public and private companies, with emphasis on the industrials, real estate, infrastructure and financial services sectors. The Company is currently executing its Realization Strategy.
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This release includes certain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "should", "plans" or "continue" or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, there can be no assurance of any kind that the Realization Strategy will yield a value equal or close to the net book value per Company common share. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Reference should be made to the risk factors in the Company's Annual Information Form, in the Management's Discussion and Analysis for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and the year ended December 31, 2011 and in the Directors' Circular dated June 4, 2010 and in our other filings with Canadian securities regulators. Additional important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, among other things, general economic and market factors, competition, interest rates, tax related matters, loss of personnel, reliance on key personnel, ability of the Company to generate positive future returns for investors, ability of the Company to execute the Realization Strategy or any alternative strategy, Company's success in preserving capital, managing debt, maintaining liquidity and managing operating costs, the decision of the Board of Directors as to the timing and amount of any cash distribution, inability to secure a satisfactory tax ruling from the regulatory authority, negative performance of the parking industry, other changes that impact the ability of the Company to effect a reorganization and the timing thereof. This news release makes reference to the net book value per share which is a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company calculates the net book value per share as it believes it to be an important metric that shareholders use and frequently request and refer to because shareholders often view the Company as an holding company of investments in private entities. Net book value is a non-GAAP financial measure that does not have any standardized meaning prescribed by Canadian GAAP and therefore it is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. This classification is not a Canadian GAAP measure and should not be considered either in isolation of, or as a substitute for, measures prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP.
Cautionary Statement Regarding the Valuation of Investments in Private Entities
In the absence of an active market for its investments in private entities, fair values are determined by management using the appropriate valuation methodologies after considering the history and nature of the business, operating results and financial conditions, the outlook and prospects, the general economic, industry and market conditions, capital market and transaction market conditions, contractual rights relating to the investment, public market comparables, private market transactions multiples and, where applicable, other pertinent considerations. The process of valuing investments for which no active market exists is inevitably based on inherent uncertainties and the resulting values may differ from values that would have been used had an active market existed . The amounts at which the Company's investments in private entities could be disposed of may differ from the fair value assigned and the differences could be material. Estimated costs of disposition are not included in the fair value determination.
|C.A. Bancorp Inc.
|401 Bay Street, Suite 1600
|Toronto, Ontario M5H 2Y4
|Telephone: (416) 214-5985
|Fax: (416) 861-8166
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In 2008, all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sat national literacy and numeracy tests for the first time. Prior to this, each state had a set of tests that were equivalised to national benchmarks. The most recent results available for NSW tests are for 2007, and are for years 3, 5 and 7 only. In 2007, the minimum NSW standards for literacy were not met by 8.5% of Year 3 students, 5.0% of Year 5 students, and 3.7% of Year 7 students.
The strength of the tests is that they highlight populations or regions that are doing less well. For both literacy and numeracy, there was a substantial gap between Indigenous achievement compared to the results for all students. The proportion of Indigenous students not meeting the NSW literacy benchmarks were considerably higher than for all students: 25% of Year 3 students, 17% of Year 5 students, and 13% of Year 7 students.
Basic numeracy benchmarks were not met by 8.5% of total Year 3 students, 6.5% of Year 5 students, and 6.6% of Year 7 students. For Indigenous students, numeracy benchmarks were not met by 22% of Year 3 students, 18% of Year 5 students, and 20% of Year 7 students.
There were 72,000 overseas students at NSW universities in 2007, comprising 22% of all higher education students. This represents an increase of 8.6% from 2006. Over half (52%) of overseas students were studying management and commerce, as compared to 29% among all students.
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Uniform Fee Schedule
Under 1 V.S.A. 316(d) the secretary shall adopt, by rule, a uniform schedule of public record charges for state agencies. The current rule was adopted November 14, 2003 and became effective on December 1, 2003. The schedule also applies, under 1 V.S.A. 316(e), to political subdivisions whose legislative bodies have not adopted a uniform schedule. The schedule does not apply to public records governed by fees otherwise established by law.
Uniform Schedule of Public Records Charges for State Agencies (CVR 04-000-002)
Pursuant to 1 V.S.A. 316(d) and Acts 1996, No. 159 section 1, the following fees are established as the actual cost of providing a copy of a public record:*
- For staff time involved in physically duplicating a record, $.33 per minute after the first 30 minutes.
- For senior-level staff time, and information technology specialists' time spent extracting data from databases, or performing similar tasks necessary to comply with a request to create a new public record, $.57 per minute.
- For any other staff time for which cost can be charged and collected under this section, $.45 per minute.
- For photocopies, $.05 per single-sided page, $.09 per double-sided page for pages up to 8.5 by 14 inches.
- For color photocopies, $1.00 per single-sided page.
- For computer-generated paper copies, $.02 per page for pages up to 8.5 by 14 inches.
- For computer diskettes, $.28 each for 3.5-inch diskettes.
- For compact discs, $.86 each for write-once CD w/case, $2.31 each for re-writable CD w/case.
- For audio tapes, $.81 each.
- For video tapes, $1.69 each.
- For DVDs, $2.00 each for write-once DVD w/case, $4.00 each for re-writable DVD w/case.
*Note: there are fees for copies of public records that are established by statute that may override the fees established by this schedule.


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I never got around to telling you why I had such a long absence here over the summer. I didn't even tell you about our trip to Thailand. (!!!!)
That's because all my online time was getting sucked into this:
That there is a screenshot of the front page of my website. I poured myself into it for a couple of months. I had a pretty clear plan of what I wanted when I started, so I figured it wouldn't take long, but… well, you know how it goes, right?
So my new website is where my other blog lives, of course, and it's also the place where I post upcoming shows. I'm going to add a store once my album is ready.
Oh right, did I mention? I'm going to be in the recording studio starting this Friday. THIS FRIDAY!!!! So yeah, there's a lot of work that has been going into that, too. (I'm going to tell you a secret: I'm excited, but I've got big butterflies. GIANT butterflies.)
One of my very favourite things about my new site is that there's a spot on it for you to sign up for my newsletter. I am very excited about this! And I'd LOVE for YOU to sign up for my newsletter! I'm planning to send out the very first issue next week, with stories about how recording is going, photos of the work happening in the studio, and other fun stuff that I won't post anywhere else. So you'll totally be part of an exclusive club. (Besides that, when you sign up, you get a free download of one of my songs.)
So that's where I've been between the end of Frantic Follies season and the beginning of my Nunavut/Ottawa tour. I'm about to plunge headlong into the next step of my music career, and I'll come up for air here when I can. It's been quite a journey here, hasn't it? I feel like I've been so many different people on this blog — newlywed up north, Yukon transplant, new mother, grieving mother, health advocate, ketogenic cook, gluten-free cook, musician… Thank you for coming along for the ride.


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Paula Abdul found herself at the center of a paparazzi melee on Thursday after stepping out for lunch with her employees.
On Thursday, Paula Tweeted that she took her "office staff to the Ivy for lunch."
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The Ivy is a well-known spot not only for Hollywood business lunches, but also for a heavy paparazzi presence, which Paula attracted.
"lunch today was paparazzi madness," Paula Tweeted late Thursday evening.
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The pint-sized singer said once the snappers got a whiff of her celebrity scent at the eatery, they trailed her as she ran errands.
"but it didnt end there," she continued. "they followed me 2 my chiropractor appt and was bombarded in the parking lot!"
Paula said things got so bad, her doctor had to help out.
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"i was accosted in an underground parking lot with my chiropractor running interference!" she Tweeted.
In fact, Paula later claimed to need police protection.
"and it didnt end there! thank god for my friend officer mike who stopped traffic to assist in the great escape," she continued.
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How large of a down payment do I need?There are mortgages now available that only require a down payment of 5% or less. But, generally speaking, the larger the down payment, the less you have to borrow, and the more equity you'll have. Mortgages with less than a 20% down payment generally require a private mortgage insurance policy (PMI), which can be expensive.
Nevertheless, PMI is a fact of life for many homeowners. Even if you begin your mortgage with PMI, with time and appreciation, you often can reach 20 percent equity – at which time you can have the PMI removed. Often, removing PMI is just a matter of asking the lender, paying for an appraisal, paying a fee to the lender (approximately $300 - $500) and providing the necessary paperwork.
What does the interest rate really mean to me?A lower interest rate allows you to borrow more money than a high rate with the same monthly payment. Interest rates fluctuate from day-to-day, so ask lenders if they offer a rate "lock-in," which guarantees a specific interest rate for a certain period of time.
Remember that a lender must disclose to you the Annual Percentage Rate (APR), which shows the cost of a mortgage in terms of an annual interest rate. Because it includes the cost of points, mortgage insurance and other fees, the APR generally will be higher. It will provide you with a good estimate of the actual cost of the loan.
What happens if interest rates drop after I finalize my fixed-rate loan?If rates drop more than two percentage points or so and you plan to be in your home for the next 18 months, you may want to consider refinancing. However, since refinancing may require you to pay many of the same fees paid at the original closing, plus origination and application fees, you should make this decision carefully.
What are discount points?Discount points (or just plain "points," as they are frequently called) allow you to lower your interest rate by paying prepaid interest up front. Each point equals 1% of the loan amount, and generally, each point paid on a 30-year mortgage will reduce the interest rate by 1/8 (or.125) of a percentage point. Sometimes lenders will provide you with the opportunity for a "buy down" – which literally offers you a chance to buy down the cost of the loan by paying more points up front.
When you shop for a loan, ask lenders for an interest rate with no points. Then, ask them how much the rate decreases with each point paid. Discount points are smart if you plan to stay in a home for some time since they can lower your monthly loan payment. Points are tax deductible when you purchase a home and you may be able to negotiate for the seller to pay some of them.
What's considered a reasonable loan fee?In most cases, loan fees should not exceed 5 percent of the loan amount, unless you are paying for a lower interest rate. However, there may be exceptions. I can help you evaluate loan fees and to understand exactly how much the entire loan will cost. It's important to know all your loan costs up front.


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Opinion: Ryan Budget: Fact or Fiction?
Editorial board member Joe Rago on Paul Ryan's budget proposal. Photo: Getty Images
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... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... Paul Ryan unveiled his budget plan yesterday and the Democratic spin machine in Washington ... kicks into overdrive so we got here ... and OpinionJournal we would separate the fact from the fiction ... editorial board member Joe rego is with us ... Joe what's start off with ... the big claim that this budget destinies health care in America fact or fiction ... bright will it if you look at the actual numbers instead of increasing spending over the next ten years at ... five percent with an increase in at ... three point four percent ... so the the idea that this is sort of a return to the blacking factory in and ... you know orphans and in turn down the street is is just it's just not to get what what happens in people with gun coverage or for Obamacare today ... I get to be left out on this tree isn't it the Paul Ryan budget actually go into effect that this is actually consider Brell omission ... in in the bunch and one thing that we pointed out ... in in our editorial this morning which is that ... the heat cuts alot of ... it cuts the Affordable Care Act cuts to Medicaid expansion but it doesn't ... really have a larger on plan for for U S health care reform when in actual reform ... I would look like so tuned to the extent ... that criticism is being made it is ... a failing of the Republicans ... I know what one thing if the understand about I'm I'm just the stock and it's a consensus document has to get support ... across the Caucasus is still an ... interim year-old today it's going on among Republicans that ... there hasn't been results I think ... on these you've you've got a lot of our forces um working against each other when you comment sins of omission not a critique is that Paul Ryan ... didn't explain what is good deal on tax reform that the budget basically says hey Dave Camp ... um go ahead and figure that out what's your take on ... what I mean that's silly ... the wheezing is committee has jurisdiction ... over the tax code ... so what if the budget does that and this is how the budget processes work since the nineteen seventies which is the Budget Chairman ... gives instructions to the committee's general parameters for what he wants to do in terms of the overall risk ... and says here ... you are the experts you have jurisdiction you do the work so the the ... the criticism that this lacks the tale ... I think is coming from people who are are not familiar with how Congress ... works rate now and has worked for for several baking a cake The lasted a good time though we will see a question about it from the left York Times says it's going to reverse economic growth if you put this thing into a fact which he said ... well look ... I think that's I think that's silly ... is it that that that is what Paul Ryan is proposing is ... better policy ... to increase ... economic growth I think if you if you look at some of the the most committed liberals are friends of the times and so forth ... they think that growth comes from ... government spending and therefore if you cut government spending in the growth ... of Paul Ryan is getting in different philosophic vision ... of hell an economy grows and and and it's one where the government makes the public investments needs to make but it doesn't continue ... consuming ever larger share of national eight as the one more week a lesson in a lush I wanna get it ... I in here ... is it realistic to balance the budget should anyone be that goal ... will be not not mind you ... I think it ... I think it's a silly goal ... and his previous budgets I actually balance the budget ... over several decades a much more graduate transition ... this this is kind of that the focus should be on growth and spending restraint which is the best way to deal with that over time to make it manageable ... over time than the people ... coming and saying you know we we have to balance the budget we've we do that sort of of ... it that they wanna make ritual sacrifices that the sample House Budget ... they're they're really putting that ... um ... head of economic growth ... and really the only way ... to make the budget balance ... over ten years is to play around with the science and so forth assuming he'll get more revenue than ... maybe Lakshman can make cuts that you will actually make and practice ... so I think it's it's more of an illusion ... and it's and it's putting political symbolism over fiscal substance and when I actually ask Paul Ryan the question yesterday on this show so if you wanna ... see what he set about the plane with the baseline you can see it WS J dot com ... for its lush opinion on Opinion Journal editorial board


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I've always liked Thomas Paine's point about revelation in The Age of Reason.
Every national church or religion has established itself by pretending some special mission from God, communicated to certain individuals. The Jews have their Moses; the Christians their Jesus Christ, their apostles and saints; and the Turks their Mahomet; as if the way to God was not open to every man alike.
Each of those churches shows certain books, which they call revelation, or the Word of God. The Jews say that their Word of God was given by God to Moses face to face; the Christians say, that their Word of God came by divine inspiration; and the Turks say, that their Word of God (the Koran) was brought by an angel from heaven. Each of those churches accuses the other of unbelief; and, for my own part, I disbelieve them all.
As it is necessary to affix right ideas to words, I will, before I proceed further into the subject, offer some observations on the word 'revelation.' Revelation when applied to religion, means something communicated immediately from God to man.
No one will deny or dispute the power of the Almighty to make such a communication if he pleases. But admitting, for the sake of a case, that something has been revealed to a certain person, and not revealed to any other person, it is revelation to that person only. When he tells it to a second person, a second to a third, a third to a fourth, and so on, it ceases to be a revelation to all those persons. It is revelation to the first person only, and hearsay to every other, and, consequently, they are not obliged to believe it.
It is a contradiction in terms and ideas to call anything a revelation that comes to us at second hand, either verbally or in writing. Revelation is necessarily limited to the first communication. After this, it is only an account of something which that person says was a revelation made to him; and though he may find himself obliged to believe it, it cannot be incumbent on me to believe it in the same manner, for it was not a revelation made to me, and I have only his word for it that it was made to him.
When Moses told the children of Israel that he received the two tables of the commandments from the hand of God, they were not obliged to believe him, because they had no other authority for it than his telling them so; and I have no other authority for it than some historian telling me so, the commandments carrying no internal evidence of divinity with them. They contain some good moral precepts such as any man qualified to be a lawgiver or a legislator could produce himself, without having recourse to supernatural intervention. [NOTE: It is, however, necessary to except the declamation which says that God 'visits the sins of the fathers upon the children'. This is contrary to every principle of moral justice.—Author.]
When I am told that the Koran was written in Heaven, and brought to Mahomet by an angel, the account comes to near the same kind of hearsay evidence and second hand authority as the former. I did not see the angel myself, and therefore I have a right not to believe it.
When also I am told that a woman, called the Virgin Mary, said, or gave out, that she was with child without any cohabitation with a man, and that her betrothed husband, Joseph, said that an angel told him so, I have a right to believe them or not: such a circumstance required a much stronger evidence than their bare word for it: but we have not even this; for neither Joseph nor Mary wrote any such matter themselves. It is only reported by others that they said so. It is hearsay upon hearsay, and I do not chose to rest my belief upon such evidence.
1793, he wrote that. Yet it hasn't sunk in yet.


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Crain's Detroit Business earned eight editorial excellence awards over the weekend at the annual Alliance of Area Business Publishers conference in Baltimore.
The annual competition recognizes excellence in journalism, photography and design achieved by regional business publications.
Crain's earned top honors — gold awards — for its coverage of the Detroit bankruptcy, for its headline writing and for the "Table Talk" blog about dining in metro Detroit. It won a bronze for "Best Newspaper."
More than 600 entries from 43 publications in five divisions were judged by faculty members from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
The alliance is a nonprofit national organization representing 64 independent magazine and newspaper members in the United States, Canada and Australia.
Here is a detailed look at the Crain's Detroit Business awards:
Gold Award, Best Coverage of Local Breaking News. "Detroit Bankruptcy: The Next Chapter," reported by Chad Halcom, Bill Shea, Dustin Walsh, Kirk Pinho and Chris Gautz.
"This package of online and print reporting gives readers all they need to know about the bankruptcy," the judges said about the package of stories related to the bankruptcy filing last summer. "When the news broke, Crain's Detroit published an extensive story online, along with another containing reaction from business leaders. Just days later, in its print edition, Crain's shifted into forward-looking mode with wide-ranging coverage on the expected fallout."
Gold, Best Headlines. Bob Allen and Gary Piatek.
Headlines like "Gilt Trip," for a story about the multimillion-dollar courtroom where Detroit's bankruptcy proceedings are unfolding; and "Pressed for Success," for a story about new revenue streams for dry-cleaning entrepreneurs, "are stellar examples of what good headline writing should be," the judges wrote.
Gold, Best Staff Blog. "Table Talk," by Nathan Skid.
"Mr. Skid has found the perfect recipe for a dynamic food blog," the judges wrote about his series of blogs about the metro Detroit restaurant industry. "He employs a conversational style that clearly engages readers — just look at all the comments — and he finds interesting angles that make his posts a pleasure to read."
Silver, Best Ancillary Publication. "Detroit 2.0."
"This publication highlights a new sense of optimism despite bankruptcy in Detroit," the judges wrote. "The editors picked a narrative focus that showcased economic development and scrappy success stories. They found lots of ways to do this — with excellent photography and great storytelling. The judges felt as though they really understood who was living and working in Detroit."
Bronze Award, Best Body of Work, Single Reporter. Tom Henderson.
Wayne State University is one of Michigan's three major research universities, but changes in key university jobs led to the middle-of-the-night eviction of Dr. Greg Auner from his research space and cost several members of his team their jobs. Henderson interviewed roughly 20 sources, reviewed stacks of emails and conducted numerous follow-up interviews for this report.
"Henderson places the reader behind the scene in a dispute between a well-respected researcher and his university in a fascinating story about academics gone haywire," the judges wrote about this report. "We learn what happens when a well-known and highly recruited academic runs out of money — and what it means to a university's pride. Henderson has a creative way of diving into stories that are important but would likely not be reported by lesser talent."
Bronze, Best Newspaper.
"This publication shows a level of high-quality, sophisticated reporting that focuses on what is important to its community," the judges wrote. "Stories are well-written, authoritative and sharply edited. Content throughout the section is strong; it's easy to feel like you're in the know without actually being in Detroit. The publication shows the complexity of the economic situation for the city and region, as well as how it affects the broader economy of the nation."
Bronze, Best Byline Commentary. "News flash: Reporter signs up for Obamacare: What's the fuss?" by Jay Greene.
"Instead of merely writing about the well-known troubled rollout of Healthcare.gov, Jay Greene gives readers an informative first-person account of his attempts to sign up," the judges wrote. "The ups and downs recounted in rich detail show that — in the end — signing up for insurance is possible for the persistent. Also, kudos to the reporter for engaging with audience members who posted comments to the commentary."
Bronze, Best Scoop. "Campbell-Ewald and Cadillac deal," by Bill Shea.
"This is what happens when a reporter takes a tip and runs with it," the judges wrote about Shea's reporting on Cadillac's hiring of Campbell-Ewald as its agency of record. "It creates a scoop that explains the larger ramifications of what a 'small' overlooked event might mean before anyone else. The story's depth was excellent. There were multiple layers of reporting and knowledge giving the story credibility and giving testimony to the writer's ability to take a news tip and turn it into something more."
For more about the awards, visit www.bizpubs.org.


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Fans attending a 2013 Grapefruit League Spring Training game in Florida are able to purchase a Bullpen Reserved or Baseline Reserved ticket to either of the two World Baseball Classic games taking place on Tuesday, March 12 (1:00 p.m. ET & 8:00 p.m. ET) for $5, while supplies last. Fans must present their ticket from any Spring Training game at the Marlins Park Ticket Office to take advantage of the $5 ticket offer. This offer is valid for fans who have used the ticket or who possess a ticket for a future 2013 Grapefruit League game. The Second Round in Miami will feature the Dominican Republic, Italy, Puerto Rico and the United States.
In addition, all fans that come to the Marlins Park Ticket Office Monday to purchase tickets to any game of the World Baseball Classic are invited to attend the workouts free of charge. Those who purchased tickets earlier are also invited to attend. Game tickets (for any game) must be presented for entry to the workouts.
Tickets for World Baseball Classic games are available at www.worldbaseballclassic.com as well as at the Marlins Park Ticket Office.
The World Baseball Classic, which is officially sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), will for the first time in 2013 be recognized as the official national team World Championship, with the winner being crowned the 2013 World Baseball Classic Champion and the IBAF World Champion. The World Baseball Classic is being televised by 39 international broadcasters in 14 languages in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.


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Father of the iPod Tony Fadell has compared the difference between designing new products at Apple and Philips.
Fadell was hired by Philips in 1995, but went on to start up his own company Fuse where he developed a music player that he pitched to Apple. That idea became the iPod. Fadell was senior vice president of the iPod division at Apple until 2008.
Speaking at the Bloomberg Design conference, Fadell described the differences between developing new products at the two companies.
At Philips projects can be killed at any time: "Nine times out of ten, or 99 times out of 100, they would kill the project, either at the beginning, the middle or right before the product was supposed to be shipped," Fadell said, according to Gigaom.
This mentality means that the people working on new projects are less motivated, as they don't know if they have a future.
Such a culture means that designers don't do their best work. They just go through the motions of creating a product, Fadell explained.
In contrast, at Apple 99 percent of projects that made it past certain milestones ship, said Fadell.
"When you're in a culture that has a point of view, and drives to launch everything it does, you know you're on the hook and you better bring your best game every time," said Fadell.
Fadell indicates that when a project commences at Apple everyone, management, designers and marketers, understands the message and the customer envisioned for the product. Presumably nobody at Apple wastes time developing a project that doesn't meet approval from the very beginning.
In an interview with the BBC last year Fadell suggested that Scott Forstall "got what he deserved" when he was ousted from Apple. Fadell revealed in an interview with the Telegraph that Apple never foresaw that the iPod would lead to the iPhone and the immense success that Apple is enjoying today.
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PORTSMOUTH — March 8-10, Pontine Theatre will present William George in his solo adaptation of Henry David Thoreau's Walden.
George is a founder of Bethlehem PA's Touchstone Theatre. Published in 1854, Thoreau's literary classic is an elegantly written record of his experiment in simple living that has engaged readers and thinkers for more than a century.
Walden, a lyrical contemplative performance, mediates on the simplicity and pleasure of a life without the confines of social constructs and unnecessary financial restraints. It tells the story of a young Thoreau who, troubled by his times and dissatisfied with many of society's assumptions about living, retreats to the woods, to live in a house of his own construction and earn his living "by the sweat of his brow." In his retreat to Walden Pond, he discovers the sublime beauty of nature and the inherent transcendent power of the individual and creation.
"George is one of Pennsylvania's finest theater artists, recipient of the Fringe First Award for outstanding new work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Pennsylvania Solo Theatre Artist Fellowship," says Pontineu Co-Director Marguerite Mathews.
According to George, "The key thing in Walden is the language, the sincerity of it, the uplifting transcendent and youthful honesty — such a great luxury to bask in it, soak in the truth of it."
The production features the classic story and text of Thoreau's Walden, and the simple but evocative gestural skills of George, as the audience is taken out "on the pont" or the wood lot behind his "house" to observe the "war of ants." Through gesture, sound, music and text, we travel with Thoreau on his journey of discovery — of himself, and the spirit of a young America.
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." --- Henry David Thoreau
Performances: Friday, March 8, 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 9 , 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, March 10, 2 p.m. Tickets: $24 at www.pontine.org or at door half-hour before each performance (cash/ checks) based on availability. Pontine is located at 959 Islington St. The theater is not visible from the street; look for the big 959 on the signpost at the head of the drive. For information, contact email@example.com / 603-436-6660.


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From choreography and composition to set construction and costume design, we work with children and adults of all ages to develop their creativity. We offer lots of different projects to enable people to take part in opera, ballet, music and dance, and this short film shows some of the things we've been up to over the last year.
If you'd like to find out how to get involved in any of the projects featured, including Fanfare, Chance to Dance, Write an Opera or the Thurrock Community Chorus, then visit the Learning area on our website.


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Myers Motors is now taking pre-orders for its $29,995 two-seat Duo electric tricycle ahead of a planned 2010 release, AutoblogGreen reports.
That price could be subject to change. The company said that with every 200 pre-orders it receives, each with $250 deposits, it will drop the final price of the car by $1,000--up to a $5,000 total savings--all thanks to volume discounts in parts manufacturing, according to the report. That's before an estimated federal tax credit of $2,500.
In other words, the Duo could end up costing as little as $22,495. That said, we know next to nothing about this thing, other than the fact that it comes with a lithium ion pack good for a 60 mile range, and that there are 80-mile and 100-mile upgrades available. Oh, and that it has three wheels and two seats.


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Hello.. I was wondering about different select() approach in my multi-client application which will use a lot of sockets at once..
So instead of setting X sockets to fd_set (which has limitation 64 sockets on wins) and then calling select() for this fd_set, I made a class for each socket (every socket with own fd_set) and when I want to check if socket is readable/writeable/.. I just call select on fd_set of each socket.. This would mean I would have to call select() more times (for each socket) not only once for all sockets.. Would this slow down my program? It would make bypass fd_set limitation but would it affect the application speed?
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Click here to download TV listings for the week of Nov. 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format
Hawaii Five-0 As Thanksgiving approaches, McGarrett's Aunt Deb (Carol Burnett) visits and shares a secret in this new episode. 9 p.m. CBS
Nikita In the season premiere, Nikita (Maggie Q) is on the run after being framed for assassinating the president. 9 p.m. KTLA
Raising Hope Sabrina (Shannon Woodward) discovers Jimmy (Lucas Neff) never went on a real vacation growing up in this new hour-long episode. 9 p.m. Fox
JFK assassination anniversary: Three specials focus on the tragic incident in Dallas. In "JFK Assassination: The Definitive Guide" Kennedy assassination experts Gerald Posner, Robert Groden and Vincent Bugliosi dissect some of the conspiracy theories and examine the evidence. 8 p.m. History. "Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live" retraces the assassin's steps leading to and following the shooting. 10 p.m. History. Tom Brokaw hosts "Where Were You: The Day JFK Died" in which the veteran newsman shares his own memories of that day — he was at a television station in Omaha and broke into a garden show to report on the shooting. Dan Rather and Stephen Spielberg are among others who share their own recollections. 9 p.m. NBC
Nashville 2.0 Rosanne Cash, the Avett Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Mumford & Sons, Richard Thompson, Carolina Chocolate Drops and many more perform in this new special celebrating "Americana Music." 9 p.m. KOCE
The Call A 911 operator (Halle Berry) tries to save a kidnapped teen (Abigail Breslin) when the girl makes an emergency call for help Morris Chestnut and Michael Imperioli also star in this 2013 thriller. 9 p.m. Starz
CBS This Morning Dr. Bryan Schwartz; Jonathan Ive; Claire Danes. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS
Today Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather; Michael Weiss; chef Giada De Laurentiis. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC
Good Morning America Lenny Kravitz and Elizabeth Banks; Pitbull previews the American Music Awards; Bono; Gail Simmons. (N) 7 a.m. KABC
Good Day L.A. Tom Bergeron ("Dancing With the Stars"); author Al Sharpton ("The Rejected Stone"); Bernie Taupin; Matt Atchity, Rotten Tomatoes; Chris Wallace. (N) 7 a.m. KTTV
Rachael Ray Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Sara Moulton. (N) 8 a.m. KCAL
Live With Kelly and Michael Jennifer Hudson; Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWoww" Farley; Michael Gelman. (N) 9 a.m. KABC
The View Demi Lovato performs; Kurt Russell; Pitbull. (N) 10 a.m. KABC
The Wendy Williams Show Don Lemon, Siggy Flicker and Jane Velez-Mitchell. (N) 11 a.m. KTTV
The Talk Larry King; Hill Harper; Marcela Valladolid. (N) 1 p.m. KCBS
The Queen Latifah Show Jason Statham and Izabela Vidovic; Robert Herjavec. (N) 2 p.m. KCBS; 7 p.m. KCAL
The Dr. Oz Show Squashing; Dr. Drew Pinsky; food phobias; Joe Manganiello. (N) 2 p.m. KABC
Dr. Phil A man's fiancee may have a negative influence on him. (N) 3 p.m. KCBS
Steve Harvey Lawrence Zarian. (N) 3 p.m. KNBC
Katie Vince Vaughn; Oliver Stone discusses the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination; The River Fund. (N) 3 p.m. KABC
Ellen DeGeneres Simon Cowell; Mario López; tWitch; Fifth Harmony performs. (N) 4 p.m. KNBC
The Doctors Colonoscopies; a man struck by a car while saving a life. (N) 5 p.m. KCAL
Washington Week With Gwen Ifill Filibuster rule change: Susan Davis, USA Today. Afghanistan: James Kitfield, National Journal. Sexual assaults in the military: Martha Raddatz, ABC. President Kennedy's Legacy: Michael Duffy, Time. (N) 8 p.m. KOCE
Real Time Dan Savage; Wendell Pierce; Paul Begala; Bob Ehrlich; Katty Kay. (N) (Season Finale)10 and 11 p.m. HBO
The Arsenio Hall Show The Rev. Jesse Jackson; Babyface and Toni Braxton perform. (N) 11 p.m. KTLA
Tavis Smiley Dave Stewart. (N) 11 p.m. KOCE
Charlie Rose (N) 11 p.m. KVCR; 11:30 p.m. KOCE
The Tonight Show Jim Parsons; John Downer; Cassadee Pope performs. (N) 11:34 p.m. KNBC
Late Show With David Letterman Howard Stern; Adrienne Iapalucci. (N) 11:35 p.m. KCBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live Sarah Silverman; David Blaine; Charlie Wilson performs. 11:35 p.m. KABC
Late Night: Jimmy Fallon Sarah Silverman; Lenny Kravitz; Michael Anthony. (N) 12:36 a.m. KNBC
The Late Late Show Tim Meadows; Helen Fielding. (N) 12:37 a.m. KCBS


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GREENSBORO, N.C.(9-11-10) - Travis Murphy's eight-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Autry with 7:56 to play gave visiting Methodist University a 26-21 football win at Guilford College Saturday night.
Murphy completed 17-of-24 passes for 200 yards and four touchdowns to four different receivers in his second career start. The sophomore also ran for 39 yards on 13 attempts. Jason Talbert was his favorite target with seven receptions for 86 yards, including an 18-yard score that gave the Monarchs (1-1) at 14-7 halftime lead.
The second half featured a gallant comeback and a handful of key plays that determined the game's final outcome. An errant snap into the end zone resulted in a Guilford safety early in the third quarter and brought the Quakers (0-2) to within 14-9.
Methodist recovered a muffed punt by Guilford's Kenneth Hyman III on the Quakers' 25-yard line later the in third. The recovery set up Murphy's 25-yard touchdown pass to Corey McGuire on the very next play, which opened a 20-9 Monarchs' lead. Guilford's Justin Williams-Blackwell blocked the point after attempt.
The Quakers answered with a nine-play, 76-yard drive capped by a 27-yard touchdown pass from Luke Vandall to Tyler Hasty. Vandall's pass attempt failed and Methodist held a 20-15 edge after three quarters.
After Tyler Mosko's 50-yard field-goal attempt fell short early in the fourth quarter, Vandall moved the Quakers downfield again, this time scoring on a one-yard keeper to give Guilford its first lead of the game, 21-20, with 10:24 left in regulation.
The Quakers were penalized 15 yards on the ensuing kickoff due to excessive celebration after the go-ahead score. A Guilford personal foul penalty at the end of the kickoff return gave the Monarchs the ball at midfield. Murphy spread the ball around with four completions to four receivers in a six-play drive, the last his eight-yard scoring toss to Autry. Murphy's two-point conversion pass failed, which kept the score at 26-21.
Methodist's defense preserved the lead with big plays on Guilford's final two possessions. First, James Shipman picked off Vandall on the Monarchs' 26-yard line. After a three-and-out by Methodist's offense, Michael Doyne sacked Vandall for an eight-yard loss at the Quakers' 39-yard line with 2:49 remaining. Daniel Castillo broke up Vandall's fourth-and-18 pass intended for Hasty to close out the win.
Vandall completed 22-of-40 passes for 304 yards, an interception and two scores, all career highs. Ben King made a game-best 11 grabs for 188 yards, including a 35-yard second-quarter screen pass that scored Guilford's first touchdown.
Jacob Hunt's seven tackles led Methodist's defensive effort that held Quakers to four-of-15 on third-down conversion attempts and one-of-three on fourth down. The Monarchs also limited Guilford to one score on three trips into the red zone.
Guilford hits the road next week to play Averett University at 1:00 p.m. Following a bye week, Methodist visits Emory & Henry College Sept. 25 at 1:00 p.m.


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Democrat Jay Inslee has won the Washington state governor's race, NBC News projected Friday night.
Republican Rob McKenna called Inslee shortly before 6 p.m. Pacific Time to concede the race and congratulate the governor-elect on winning, Randy Pepple, McKenna's campaign manager told reporters, the Seattle Times reported.
With the Washington race conceded, Democrats won seven out of 11 governor races this year.
Inslee thanked McKenna, Washington's attorney general, for what he described as a gracious conversation, The Associated Press reported. Inslee was a U.S. representative but resigned last March to focus on running for the governor's seat.
The decision brings to end one of the most-watched, most-expensive gubernatorial races in the country. The two candidates and outside political groups raised and spent some $40 million in the race.
Inslee's campaign was built largely around his plans to spur job growth by investing in clean energy and other specific sectors.
Both candidates vowed to not raise taxes, but in January lawmakers will begin negotiations over how to deal with a budget shortfall and the need for more education funding.
Inslee has already started the process of forming a team that will help him transition to office, AP reported.
Inslee had steadily held a 51 percent advantage in the race as ballots were counted this week.
Republicans last won a Washington governor's race in 1980, when John Spellman was elected.


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(CNN) -- Matt de la Peña wasn't a reader, until the words finally spoke directly to him.
It wasn't until college that de la Peña read an entire novel, "The Color Purple."
At first, he didn't like it. But by the time he finished, he was on the verge of tears. That story, and others, became his gateway to literature, while spoken-word poetry was his gateway to writing.
"'Drown' by Junot Diaz was the first book that made me think I might be able to make writing my livelihood," de la Peña said. "And I thought, 'Wait, people publish the kind of stories I write?' That novel made me feel like publishing was a possibility. And then I started digging in on the hard work."
Finding himself on the page -- and characters he could relate to -- made him who he is today. He's now a creative writing teacher and award-winning author of "Ball Don't Lie," "Mexican White Boy" And "The Living." He writes his experiences, usually with stories starring Mexican-American characters.
"Where's the African-American Harry Potter or the Mexican Katniss?" de la Peña asked. "That would change the game."
According to the Cooperative Children's Book Center, fewer children's books were written by Latinos or African-Americans in 2013 than in previous years. Numbers increased slightly for American Indians and Asian-Americans.
There were also more books written about Latinos and American Indians, but fewer about African-Americans and Asian-Americans.
This concerns some in the industry, as American youth become more diverse. Young people from ages 10 to 18 represent 13.6% of the U.S. population, according to the 2012 Census. More than 16% are African-American, 12.2% are Asian-American and 17.7% are Hispanic.
Teens "are hungry for good literature and it hurts me because we're not offering them enough of what they need," said Sharon Draper, author of award-winning books like "November Blues" and "Copper Sun."
In 2014, the movement to publish more authors of color and write multicultural main characters remains slow and incremental.
This is not a new discussion: There has long been criticism about the lack of diversity in young adult literature, books written for readers ages 12 to 18. Experts and authors like Walter Dean Myers point back as early as 1965, when educator Nancy Larrick stirred the conversation with an article entitled "The All-White World of Children's Books."
Myers recently wrote about the topic in The New York Times:
"As I discovered who I was, a black teenager in a white-dominated world, I saw that these characters, these lives, were not mine," he wrote. "What I wanted, needed really, was to become an integral and valued part of the mosaic that I saw around me."
Even though young adult literature is enjoying a golden age and authors are working to diversify their stories, lead characters of color or characters who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender are still slow to appear in popular mainstream young adult fiction.
Without these characters, the landscape of young adult literature isn't reflective of our society, author Sherman Alexie said. He's one of many authors, teachers, librarians, publishers and editors have ideas of how to transform this persistent negative with positive changes.
Reaching more readers
Cindy Pon and Malinda Lo discovered each other when they published their Chinese young adult fantasy stories.
What began as a book tour grew into a website, Diversity in YA, where they emphasize that books featuring diverse characters are for everyone -- not just people who relate directly to the characters.
"Readers look at our books and if they aren't into Asian culture, they think it's not for them," author Cindy Pon said, "Our books are for everyone. It's not just about identity."
After realizing his other books spoke strongly to the Mexican-American identity angle, de la Peña decided to write a story with more mass appeal, "The Living." He's currently writing a sequel.
"There is an evolution within our own work," he said. "When you are writing with race as one of the elements of the story, early on, you write about race. As you do more work, the race becomes part of the story and not the story. I think that will be the biggest boost for multicultural literature.
"But on the flip side, I get worried about people who just make the character black on the outside, but not on the inside."
Facing down challenges
Sherman Alexie's book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" is a National Book Award winner that was hailed as one of the best reads for young people in 2007. It's also one of the books most often challenged or banned in schools and libraries.
With young adult fiction, "you can make real significant social change," Alexie said. "There is a political, social meaning and everything I believe about the way the world should be has been reflected in the way that my book has been treated, appealed to and offended people."
Currently, there are more than 500 federally recognized tribes of Native Americans in America, according to the National Congress of American Indians.
But in young adult fiction, they are often misrepresented as romanticized "mystical Indians" and they don't reflect the experience of Native kids growing up on the reservation, said Debbie Reese, founder of American Indians in Children's Literature.
Authors such as Alexie, Eric Gansworth, Cynthia Leitich Smith and Debby Dahl Edwardson are working to fight stereotypes that American Indians can only be present in "buckskin and beads" by writing the real experience the Native American teens have on the reservation.
"I'm not this tragic figure from the past," said Gansworth, author of "If I Ever Get Out of Here," said.
Sites such as Diversity in YA encourage all writers to diversify their book characters; after all, not every book including multicultural characters comes from an author of color. But for any writer deviating from his or her own experience, it requires extensive research and cultural immersion to avoid stereotypes or misconceptions.
Still, some authors feel that the publishing industry is reluctant to take risks by marketing books that don't mimic previous successes.
Cheryl Klein, executive editor of Arthur A. Levine Books, said publishers don't see "enormous numbers" of books from writers of color, and publishers turn down 97% of manuscripts they receive, regardless of the topic.
Klein, co-founder of the Children's Book Council Diversity Committee -- a group of editors passionate about publishing books that reach and reflect the demographics of their readers -- said there's room for improvement.
"We want to keep hearing more and more voices," she said. "It's important to have advocates at every stage, from editing to marketing, from librarians to authors, so it's an industry-wide effort."
Changing the publishers
Authors like Alexie and Walter Dean Myers see the growth of small press publishers of color as one way to expand multicultural representation in young adult fiction.
"We see it time and time again: Innovation comes from the small press world," Alexie said.
At the National Council of Teachers of English convention in late 2013, Myers spoke about his dream of subsidizing publishers. His vision? Teaming up with a university press to host a yearly contest for people of color who write young adult fiction.
The exposure to editors and publishers would benefit talented writers who otherwise have a difficult time being seen.
"Hypothetically, here are five finalists who would be exposed to all aspects of the publishing community whose voices might never be heard otherwise," Myers said.
It could be the beginning of real change in young adult fiction.
"Looking at these kids when I'm speaking, I think, 'This is the generation,' " de la Peña said. "They are going to write what they want and feature themselves."
What young adult books did you relate to as a teen? Share your thoughts in the comments, on Twitter @CNNLiving or on CNN Living's Facebook page!


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How would the AAFP improve CMS' proposed 2012 Medicare physician fee schedule(www.gpo.gov)? It took AAFP Board Chair Lori Heim, M.D., of Vass, N.C., 26 pages to detail all of the Academy's recommendations.
In her Aug. 29 letter(26 page PDF) to CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, M.D., Heim urged CMS to make multiple revisions to the schedule -- from how the agency measures the value of primary care to its plan to include a mandatory health risk assessment in Medicare's annual wellness visit.
Fairly Value Primary Care Services
Heim hit the issue of potentially misvalued services early and hard. She pointed out the well-documented and widening income gap between cognitive and procedural physician specialties, and the resulting downstream effect that is dramatically reshaping the physician workforce.
"Effectively revaluing primary care and other cognitive codes will be essential to ensuring that there are a sufficient number of primary care physicians in the future," said Heim.
"The critical shortage of primary care physicians, who best manage the complexities of chronic care, results from the current flawed payment structure," said Heim. She urged CMS to improve the existing payment disparity by
- paying for services that currently are not covered, such as telephone calls and online medical evaluations;
- revisiting and adopting the median relative value units for outpatient evaluation and management codes that were originally submitted to the AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee, or the RUC, in 2007 (those values were substantially reduced by the RUC prior to adoption); and
- reimbursing certain "G" codes that relate to care provided in practices that offer patients a "certified" patient-centered medical home.
- In feedback on CMS' proposed 2012 Medicare physician fee schedule, AAFP Board Chair Lori Heim, M.D., focused attention on the need for CMS to more fairly appraise the value of the services primary care physicians provide to patients.
- Heim objected to CMS' proposal to require a health risk assessment as part of the annual wellness visit in 2012.
- The AAFP urged CMS to ensure proper metrics have been identified and vetted before launching the next phase of its physician performance reporting program.
Heim pointed out that tools that didn't exist 20 years ago are available today to assess work intensity, practice expense and the cost of training, and she urged CMS to "establish a more rapid review of misvalued services."
Given the usual RUC process, potentially misvalued services remain that way for a full two years after they are identified, said Heim. "If CMS and the RUC are unable to develop a more timely process, then CMS should proceed to identify and adjust misvalued codes independently of the RUC."
The Academy asked CMS to continue its involvement as an observer to the Academy's newly created Primary Care Valuation Task Force, which is charged with finding ways to more fairly appraise the value of evaluation and management services. That task force of health care policy experts held its initial meeting on Aug. 22 in Washington.
Postpone Health Risk Assessment Requirement
The Academy also objected to CMS' proposal to require a health risk assessment, or HRA, as part of Medicare beneficiaries' annual wellness visits, or AWV, in 2012.
Heim made it clear that although the AAFP supports the concept of the HRA as an evaluation tool that helps gather accurate information about a patient's health status, injury risks, modifiable risk factors and urgent health needs, CMS has yet to provide guidance to FPs on how to do this.
The HRA model, which was mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has yet to be formulated. Development and availability to the public of an HRA model was supposed to be completed no later than 18 months after the Affordable Care Act was passed, but HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has yet to meet this requirement.
Heim pushed the point: "While we understand CMS' desire to comply with the inclusion of the HRA into the AWV, it is unfair to hold physicians accountable for this portion of the Affordable Care Act when the Secretary has not yet fulfilled the crucial step of providing an HRA model.
"How can physicians successfully implement an HRA in January of 2012 when no model and no guidance are available?"
Furthermore, said Heim, the majority of HRAs in the current Medicare population will be handled by phone or during the patient's AWV and "will add a significant burden of time and expense for the practice."
CMS also underestimated the complexity of the documentation needed for each HRA completed, said Heim. The AAFP expanded the two-page form used to capture the elements of Medicare's initial preventive physical exam into a six-page form just to capture the additional elements of the AWV. The inclusion of an HRA "will reach another level of complexity," said Heim.
Improve Physician Quality Reporting System
Heim also ticked off a number of necessary improvements to the agency's Physician Quality Reporting System, or PQRS, a program aimed at delivering payment incentives to physicians who successfully report data on quality measures during a specific reporting period.
Heim suggested that CMS
- continue to offer as many PQRS reporting options and timeframes as possible to facilitate successful participation by small to medium-sized groups,
- allow physicians to form "virtual" groups for PQRS reporting proposes,
- accelerate the requirement definition and the review process for qualifying PQRS registries,
- hold vendors accountable for successful data submission, and
- minimize administrative burdens if physicians are required to report on PQRS core measures that focus on cardiovascular conditions and only use measures endorsed by the National Quality Forum.
The Academy also urged CMS to refrain from basing the 2015 PQRS penalty on 2013 performance, and provide physicians with more timely access to PQRS feedback reports.
"The current 18-24 month lag time between the point of care and access to a feedback report is fundamentally not helpful from a quality improvement perspective," said Heim. "If the PQRS program is truly intended to improve the quality of physician services, the AAFP believes CMS must begin offering timelier (monthly or quarterly) interim feedback reports to PQRS participants."
Ensure Readiness Before Moving Ahead
Additionally, the Academy noted that, in some instances, CMS must not move ahead with a program before the necessary infrastructure is in place. For example, Heim urged CMS to refrain from prematurely posting information on physician performance on its "Physician Compare" website -- as required by the Affordable Care Act -- before standardized metrics for assessment of safety, effectiveness and timeliness of care and assessment of continuity and coordination of care are created.
"The AAFP reminds CMS that the Affordable Care Act stipulates that public reporting should only occur to the extent that scientifically sound measures are developed and available," said Heim. "The AAFP urges CMS to be aware of the possibility of penalizing physicians who see patients who are less willing or able to adhere to recommended care," she added.
Heim also advised CMS to avoid rushing the implementation of the next phase of improvements to the physician feedback program and the establishment of a new value-based payment modifier scheduled for implementation in 2015.
According to the law, CMS is to establish quality measures for the value-based modifier by 2012.
"CMS should not rush implementation of the value-based payment modifier and hastily adjust physicians' Medicare payments" before CMS' payment policies are clear, said Heim. "CMS must publicly develop further specifications surrounding this program while significantly improving the agency's capability of processing Medicare claims and performance data in a more meaningful and real-time manner," she added.
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Joe Johnson scored 21 points, Brook Lopez had 15 and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 98-85 on Sunday.
Brooklyn has won five straight games at Barclays Center. The 6-1 beginning on its new home court is the Nets' best start since the 2002-03 season when they won 18 of their first 19 at home.
Wesley Matthews scored 20 points and J.J. Hickson had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who were without LaMarcus Aldridge. The All-Star forward was out with a stiff back.
Rookie Damion Lillard added 12 points, six rebounds and seven assists. The Blazers selected Lillard with the first-round draft pick they acquired in the Gerald Wallace trade with the Nets last spring.


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…and indeed it was not. She had but three words, "it's roast dog!" The photo was taken by her friend who just returned from a trip to Hanoi. Ahhhh, what a way to start off the week.


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CORRECTION: The CHP confirmed to NBC4 on July 7 that the officer in the video is on desk duty, not on paid administrative leave, as stated in earlier articles.
A California Highway Patrol officer was on desk duty Friday as investigators began looking into an incident that was captured on video in which the officer threw a woman to the ground and repeatedly hit her in the head on the side of the 10 Freeway.
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Cellphone video posted to YouTube on Wednesday shows the officer pinning the woman on her back and quickly striking her about a dozen times as she shielded her face.
CHP officials said the officer was responding to a call about a pedestrian on the freeway and that the woman was "unresponsive" as the officer tried to stop her. The video shows the officer trying to grab the woman's arm as she appears to resist.
"We will leave no stone unturned," said CHP Assistant Chief Chris O'Quinn during a news conference Friday afternoon. "We're looking at every possibility, every fact, every circumstance that contributed to this situation and we're going to try to come to a just conclusion to why it occurred."
The incident, partly captured on video by a driver who was entering the freeway, took place Tuesday on the eastbound 10 Freeway near La Brea Avenue.
O'Quinn said the woman crossed lanes of traffic, "endangering herself and the motoring public."
CHP officials did not identify the officer or the woman. They said she was not hurt in the incident and being held for a mental health evaluation.
"What it looked like to me is what I refer to oftentimes as contempt of cop, and that is when you make me mad, you're going to pay. And so it looked to me what he was doing was more about punishment," said Cheryl Dorsey, a retired Los Angeles police sergeant who used to investigate allegations of misconduct.
Activists believe the woman is homeless, possibly from an encampment near the 10 Freeway.
"Even in my wildest imagination, I could not come up any justification for punching a woman like that," said activist Jasmyne Cannick.
O'Quinn said he expected the multilevel investigation to be completed in the following weeks.
"We will do the right thing with regard to dealing with the employee or the member of the public in accordance with the law and policy," he said.
Kim Baldonado contributed to this report.


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Salvatore Giuliano [1961] [Criterion] (DVD)
Francesco Rosi
2-Disc set.
July 5, 1950, Castelvetrano, Sicily-infamous bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, trying to gather the truth behind the young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, is Italy's most wanted criminal and celebrated hero of his day. In this groundbreaking work of investigative filmmaking, director Francesco Rosi harnesses the facts and myths surrounding the true story of Giuliano's death, creating a searching and startling expose of Sicily and the web of relations between her citizens, the Mafia, the military, and government officials. Pushing the boundaries of Italian neorealism, Salvatore Giuliano established Rosi's reputation and secured his place in cinema history.
Product Details
- Starring: Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi, Sennuccio Benelli
- Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: Italian
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: The Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 02/24/2004
- Run Time: 125 minutes
- Catalogue #: 228
Special Features
- New transfer with restored image and sound elements
- Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie
- Francesco Rosi: a 55-minute documentary made by Italian television surveying the director's career to date
- Witness to the Times: a new discussion with Rosi and film critic and author Tullio Kezich
- Excerpt of the Italian newsreel footage of the real life events
- New essay by film historian and critic Michel Ciment plus written tributes by Martin Scorcese, Federico Fellini, and Francis Ford Coppola


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LUMBERTON, N.C. - The GEICO Peach Belt Conference Cross Country Championship starts Saturday, beginning with the women's race at 8:30 a.m., and the Georgia College & State University cross country teams are looking to obtain that first elusive PBC title on both sides.
The cross country programs at Georgia College have continued to improve in each of the recent seasons, and both teams have championship banners in sight. The highest finish for the Bobcat men came in a runner-up slot in 2006. For the women it was third place, obtained in the 2007 season.
Columbus State University is the perennial superpower, taking both the men's and women's championships in 2008, but the Bobcat women beat CSU earlier this year in the Mercer University race, and both teams continue to take the steps to battle for that top spot.
The women are led by a two-time PBC Runner of the Week in senior Heather Raines (Lawrenceville, Ga.). Raines has finished in the top-10 in three of her five races this year, and hasn't come any lower than 27th. She also won the Southern Challenge at Chattahoochee Tech.
Pushing Raines for that top spot is classmate Virginia Balkcom (Fayetteville, Ga.), who was tops on the team at the aforementioned Mercer meet. Team titles are often won by the next placing spots, and it could be sophomores Karissa Ekstrom (Alpharetta, Ga.), Sarah Balkcom (Fayetteville, Ga.) and Victoria Dobson (New Hamburg, Ontario) or senior Alycia Hayes (Cumming, Ga.) that provide the times necessary.
On the men's side, two-time All-PBC harrier Josh Hollar (Canton, Ga.) will compete in his last PBC Championships as a senior. He's only run in a pair of races this year, battling injuries and illness for the majority of the season, and will do his best to lead the 'Cats at the conference meet. He did lead GCSU in both the meets he ran this season, highlighted by taking 11th overall at Division I University of Texas-San Antonio. Junior Tim Cary (Monroe, Ga.) has shown himself as a team leader, pacing the Bobcats at two races this season, including a pair of top-20 finishes among four races.
Sophomores will be key to the men's team success, as the emerging Travis Knight (Oxford, Ga.), joins Rob Manning (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Michael Heuett (Snellville, Ga.) and Colin Conroy (Dacula, Ga.) finish in any order to displace points for the team.
The men's race begins at 9:15 a.m.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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The Christmas season is the perfect time for that fun-loving, loud laughing, magic trick knowing, secret having, happy go lucky conspirator that we call Uncle. Be it a quarter behind the ear or a free floating finger, Uncles always have the best surprises. Surprise that wild and whacky (or steadfast and stoic) man, with a card that tells him his presence makes every season magical.
Be it loading a fireplace for a yuletide family gathering, or loading a YouTube video of Christmas choirs wassailing; no Christmas season would be complete without loading your uncles heart with love and gratitude for all that he is and does! Sending this fun Holidays Loading card will remind that charming gent that you are excited that he's a part of your family, and that you get to share Christmas with him.
He wins Ugly Christmas sweater parties he didn't attend. He once saved both Earnest and Christmas. A Yeti isn't as cool as he is, because your uncle is the Coolest Uncle in the World. He makes every family gathering better just by being there. This season, tell the man he's as warm as a hand knit scarf, and even more beloved, by sending him the Blue Sweater Merry Christmas Card.
Oh boy! Santa's making a list, and he's checking it twice! Will your Uncle make the "nice" list this year? Your Uncle frequently teased you growing up, so send him this card to gently tease him back by suggesting his name usually appears on Santa's "naughty" list! He's really an awesome Uncle though, and he never has to fear waking up to coal in his stocking!


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Kent State University announced Monday the finalists competition to select an architecture firm to design the new building for the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.
The four teams selected for the last stage of the design competition are:
Bialosky and Partners Architects, with offices in New York and Cleveland, in association with Architecture Research Office of New York
Richard L. Bowen and Associates Inc. of Cleveland in association with Weiss/Manfredi of New York
The Collaborative Inc. of Toledo in association with the Miller Hull Partnership of Seattle
Westlake Reed Leskosky with offices in Cleveland and four other cities
The new building is planned to sit on the new section of the KSU Esplanade, a pedestrian walkway through campus that is currently being extended into downtown Kent.
"This design competition has been an exciting process, and the anticipation only grows as we prepare for the final steps," said Douglas Steidl, dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. "We perceive this as a building that will focus on the future, be a building that sets a new standard for collaboration between constituencies and reflects a high level of respect for the built environment while respecting the natural systems of our planet."
The estimated cost of the new facility is $40 million.
Kent State received 37 entries in the design competition from a group of internationally recognized architecture firms interested in working on the building.
"The list of interested firms was unprecedented for a Kent State project," Steidl said.
The design goals established for the project include:
Facilitating peer-to-peer learning by consolidating the College of Architecture and Environmental Design in one location.
Recognizing through architecture that Kent State is an economic and design force in Northeast Ohio.
Facilitating collaboration between all constituencies within the college and within the larger community.
Providing a structure that demonstrates a commitment to sustainable practices, approaches zero energy/zero carbon dioxide emissions and demonstrates that commitment to the users, the university community and the public.
Offers spaces for design and construction research.
Provides future flexibility of use.
In January 2013, the four selected teams will present their design concepts, sustainability data and a cost estimate to the selection committee, followed by an abbreviated presentation that will be open to the public, including College of Architecture and Environmental Design students and faculty. While the sustainability data is analyzed and the cost estimate will be reviewed by independent sources, the presentation materials will be further evaluated by the jury to determine the winning design scheme. The winner of the competition is expected to be announced in February 2013.