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Anne Schwartz
Environmental Writer
Election Special--The Parks and the Polsby Anne Schwartz, Oct-Nov, 2000
Few candidates have put a high priority on the need for open space, greenery, or recreation in the city. But there are many issues the candidates could be talking about.
Parks are a top quality-of-life issue for any city, especially a city that is as densely built as New York. Parks and the recreational opportunities they afford are far more important to a city's well-being, economic and otherwise, than is generally recognized. Imagine living without trees; without places to play or picnic; with no view of greenery or open water. Yet according to a recent study, New York City allocates far less money to parks and recreation than most major cities in the country, just $42 per capita. Many people also feel that the state shortchanges the city when it comes to spending money from the Environmental Bond Act and other state funds on city parkland and open space. Federal funding for New York City parks has also declined.
New York City's minority neighborhoods have the fewest and most poorly maintained parks and recreational amenities in New York City. This is one of the many "environmental justice" issues the city faces. In some sections, the only green places are the community gardens, planted and tended by the residents on vacant lots owned by the city. When the city began leasing the lots to gardeners 20 years ago, it was with the understanding the land would eventually be reclaimed. Nevertheless, many of the gardens have come to serve a vital function for their community.
Recently, the city has begun auctioning off gardens to developers, in some cases for housing, which is also a pressing need for these communities. But garden advocates point out that there are numerous vacant lots with no gardens on them, and the communities need both housing and open space. In some neighborhoods, like the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the gardens themselves have contributed to the increase in property values in the neighborhood, reviving developers' interest in lots that were abandoned decades ago.
Legislation is before the City Council that would require a thorough public review before a community garden could be developed, and provide a way to transfer gardens to the parks department or a land trust. New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has filed a lawsuit to stop the city from auctioning off gardens without following the established public-review process he contends is already required by law. In the State Senate, John Sampson of Brooklyn introduced a bill that would, among other things, dedicate community gardens as parkland. Senator Velmanette Montgomery sponsored another bill that would allow non-profits to apply for Environmental Bond Act Funds to purchase community gardens. Neither bill made any headway in Albany.
Last winter, Governor Pataki and Mayor Giuliani finally reached an agreement about what should be done with Governor's Island. Their plan includes a significant amount of open space. Legislation introduced by Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Charles Schumer, and Representatives Benjamin Gilman, Jerrold Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, would transfer the island at no cost to the Governor's Island Redevelopment Corporation, which is in charge of the preservation and development effort. The bill would place the historic sites on the island in the National Park System. But time is running out. If the bill is not passed in this session of Congress, the city could lose the chance to regain the island at no cost.
Two new waterfront parks are in various stages of progress -- the Hudson River Park and the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Although both parks have widespread support among area residents and local civic and environmental groups, there are also vocal opponents who object to the scale of the development and the inclusion of commercial elements to help finance the parks' upkeep. Opponents see the parks as development in disguise; they want to see more traditional green spaces. Supporters of the parks take a pragmatic approach, believing that with the current reluctance of government to fund and maintain parks, plans that make room for sports complexes, restaurants, and other money-making enterprises are the only realistic way to reclaim the waterfront as parkland.
Battles are being waged in different parts of the city over plans to use public parkland for private concessions or for what some believe are inappropriate public uses. Although the specific issues are quite different in each situation, the larger concern is that this sets a dangerous precedent of taking away, rather than adding to, public open space.
The city wants to build a chemical water filtration plant in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The plant would filter water from the Croton Aqueduct, satisfying the requirements of a federal water-quality lawsuit against the city. The city plans to build the plant underneath 30 acres of the Mosholu Golf Course, rebuilding the course on top when the project is completed in about five years. Opponents of the plan contend that the filtration plant will actually rise 30 feet above existing ground level, and increase noise, traffic, and pollution in the area. In May, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the Parks Council and community groups against the plant. The groups are appealing the decision.
At Ferry Point in the Bronx, a former city dump that was transferred to the parks department is being turned into a luxury golf course by a private developer. Seven of the 400 acres will become a public park near a low-income housing project on the east edge of the site. But a 30-foot-high wall will block access to the rest of the park, including a waterfront esplanade, from the residential areas. The New York Environmental Justice A lliance opposes the plan as the privatization of public space that excludes low-income residents. Aside from the environmental justice concerns, there are also many troubling environmental questions, beginning with the toxic chemicals still remaining from the site's previous use.
Environmental groups in Staten Island are opposing the city's plan to build a complex of sports fields in a natural wetland area in Bloomingdale Park. They say there are other potential recreational sites that are not wetlands and have lower associated construction and maintenance costs. Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari has pushed the plan, citing the need for soccer and other fields for the borough's increasing number of young families. Because the Department of Environmental Conservation has not designated the area as a state-regulated wetland, construction can proceed; environmental groups are contesting the DEC ruling.
Most of the candidates have not campaigned on issues relating to parks or community gardens. Few responded to inquiries about their positions on the issues, although a number of incumbents have records in support of parks.
One of the exceptions was Liz Krueger, who is challenging Senator Roy Goodman for the Manhattan district he has represented for 32 years. She called back herself to discuss her strong support for parks and community gardens. "We have way too little park space and open space throughout New York City," she said, "and it's a true quality-of-life issue for the future of our city."
Also responding to our inquiry, an aide to State Senator Eric Schneiderman said that getting more green space in the city was a high priority of his. Senator Schneiderman, who represents parts of Manhattan and the Bronx, is ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation.
The elections that could make a difference in the city's financial commitment to maintaining and expanding its parks will not be held until next year, when a new mayor, new borough presidents, and a largely new City Council will be elected. Some of the incumbent state senators and assembly members have supported state funding for city parks or worked to get funding for parks in their districts, including Senator Martin Connor and Assemblymen Joseph Lentol. State Senate candidate Liz Kreuger supports increased state funding for urban parks. She is also particularly interested in working with community groups to make the waterfronts more accessible, and sees the need to coordinate federal, state, and city efforts in that area.
Both Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio have made general statements supporting federal funding for urban parks (available on the web site of the League of Conservation Voters). They support the federal Conservation and Recreation Act now being considered by Congress. The Act would establish a separate trust fund for open space conservation, including money for urban parks and recreation.
The presidential candidates also support the concept of a federal land conservation trust fund, although George W. Bush takes care to emphasize his belief that any federally funded land acquisition must not trample private property rights. Audubon magazine published the candidates' statements on this and other environmental issues.
Two state senators have introduced legislation in Albany: Velmanette Montgomery and John Sampson. Liz Kreuger says she is a strong supporter of community gardens, and although she is not yet familiar with the details of the past legislation, she would support state efforts to promote the gardens.
The Green Guerillas, a garden advocacy group, has begun a campaign called Plant the Vote. By registering voters and educating people about the community garden issue, it hopes to get garden supporters elected in next year's citywide elections.
Although both United States Senate candidates have made general statements in support of environmental justice initiatives, only Rick Lazio specifically mentioned the need to redress the lack of open space in the inner city. His statement to the League of Conservation Voters said, "Ĺó|we need more parks and recreational opportunities throughout this land, but the need is highest in our crowded urban areas. That is why I have consistently supported funding for the Urban Parks and Recreation Program." Ralph Nader calls for an Urban Policy Initiative, but its various recommendations omit any mention of investing in urban open space or recreation.
Rick Lazio is a cosponsor of the legislation to turn Governor's Island over to New York. In answer to a question at a recent Manhattan environmental forum, Hillary Clinton said she was hopeful for the bill's passage. If the bill doesn't pass, she said, "I would certainly take up this cause in the next Congress."
Hillary Clinton has issued a statement opposing the Van Cortlandt Park filtration plant. At the environmental forum, she said, "I have stated that I am not in favor of the filtration plant." She expressed her belief that the water quality problems should be solved instead by stronger efforts to protect the watershed. Rick Lazio has not responded to inquiries about his position on the plant. Both State Senator Eric Schneiderman and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who represent the area, oppose building the plant in Van Cortlandt Park. Both worked to stop a previous effort to put the filtration plant at the Jerome Park Reservoir, and have proposed legislation in Albany to designate Jerome Park as official parkland. The land around the park is now closed to the public. The bill, however, did not advance because of opposition by the mayor and other Republicans.


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Last night, Google reported financial results for the second quarter of 2010. While revenue growth was up 24% year over year, revenue was fairly flat compared with Q1 of 2010. Moreover, earnings fell short of average street estimates sending Google down $20 per share (4%) in the aftermarket. Based on current estimates (which might change tomorrow), Google currently trades at 18 times the street average for 2010 earnings, and 15.5 times the same number for 2011. These represent price/revenue multiples of 7.5 and 6.5 for 2010 and 2011 respectively. For a long-term tech investor, these valuation multiples seem surprisingly low for a proven market leader. What gives?
Over the past 30-40 years of tech investing, public investors have come to expect the market leaders in each sector to trade at valuation premiums. On average, these market leaders have had respectful PE multiples of over 30X forward 12-month earnings, and price/revenue multiples in the 6-10X range. As examples, Microsoft and Cisco held 30X+ PEs for many, many years. With this as a backdrop, many are surprised that Google, which is relatively young at only 12 years old, is burdened with a PE multiple that is typically associated with the senior-citizens of tech leadership. Google's forward current PE multiple isn't remarkably higher than Microsoft (12.75) or Cisco (15).
While there is no exact science for what leads to higher PEs, there are many theories. Some argue that PE's relate to growth. That said, Google's growth is much higher than Microsoft and Cisco, and yet it doesn't have that much higher a multiple. My good friend, Mike Mauboussin of Legg Mason, suggests that higher PEs reflect more concrete competitive advantages. I have always been a huge fan of this theory he calls CAP (which stands for Competitive Advantage Period). It also dovetails nicely with Warren Buffet's competitive moat theory. However, when I look at Google, I see a company that is well positioned strategically. All attempts at dislodging their leadership have been unsuccessful to date. As such, I don't think they suffer in this area. One other area typically cited is the more amorphous category of "execution." I also have a hard time seeing this as the culprit, as Google's recent execution on Android is pure genius. Moreover, the Google Apps progress is extremely impressive.
So if its not growth, competitive position, or execution, what is the shortcoming that hurts Google's valuation? Believe it or not, the problem is that their initial business model was "too good." Before I explain take a look at the included chart. Microsoft was founded in 1975, it went public in 1986, reached $10B in sales in 1997, and fell below 20% growth in year 2000. Google was founded in 1998, went public in 2004, hit $10B in sales in 2006, and fell below 20% growth in 2009. So it took Microsoft 22 years to hit $10B in sales. Google did it in 8 years. Resultantly, Microsoft had growth of greater than 20% for 26 years; Google for only 11.
I would argue the reason for the noted disparity is pricing optimization and pricing power. When Microsoft first established DOS as a market standard, they reaped about $10/PC in royalties. By the heyday of Windows NT, Microsoft was receiving well over $120/PC in the enterprise. Additionally, they layered in Microsoft Office on top of the OS, which took revenue/PC well north of $200. That's a 20X increase from where they started. Google's brilliant bid/market based ad product optimized pricing remarkably quickly. As such, Google reached $10B in revenue in about 3X more quickly than Microsoft. Unfortunately, this coin has two sides.
With its ad optimization engine so amazingly efficient, Google has no obvious pricing power against its current installed base. There is simply no way to "double" the amount of spend from each customer, much less a way to take it up 20X. Additionally, they have not yet identified a product that would represent the Google's version of Microsoft Office in terms of revenue leverage. The Enterprise Apps offering is phenomenal, but the numbers are simply too small relative to search. More importantly, the Entprise App product does not "sit right on top of" the search franchise (as Office was to Windows), limiting the ability to leverage the success of one product into the other.
Of course, there is little reason to weep for Google. As mentioned earlier, they appear to be rocking in many areas. Google mail and calendar are now used by over 2 million unique organizations. Also, the execution of the Andoid team will be talked about for decades to come. And even though they may be limited in their price leverage on core search advertising, they still have that blank wide open home page, that I suspect is at least $1 billion in forgone annual ad revenue.

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He has appeared on numerous media including the Today Show, Larry King, Talk of the Nation, Charlie Rose, and has been profiled or featured in hundreds of articles including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Washington Post, Business Week, Esquire, and US News and World Report. His writings have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Resurgence, New Statesman, Inc, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, Utne Reader, Orion, and many other publications.
He authors articles, op-eds, and peer-reviewed papers, and has written seven books including four national bestsellers The Next Economy (Ballantine 1983), Growing a Business (Simon and Schuster 1987), and The Ecology of Commerce (HarperCollins 1993) and Blessed Unrest (Viking, 2007). The Ecology of Commerce was voted in 1998 as the #1 college text on business and the environment by professors in 67 business schools. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (Little Brown, September 1999) co-authored with Amory Lovins, has been read and referred to by several heads of state including President Bill Clinton who called it one of the five most important books in the world today. His books have been published in over 50 countries in 27 languages. Growing a Business became the basis of a 17-part PBS series, which Mr. Hawken hosted and produced. The program, which explored the challenges and pitfalls of starting and operating socially responsive companies, was shown on television in 115 countries and watched by over 100 million people.
Paul has founded several companies including some of the first natural food companies in the U.S. that relied solely on sustainable agricultural methods. He presently heads OneSun, Inc., an energy company focused on ultra low-cost solar based on green chemistry and biomimicry.
Paul is founder of the Natural Capital Institute (www.naturalcapital.org), a research organization located in Sausalito, California. The Natural Capital Institute created Wiser Earth (www.WiserEarth.org), an open source networking platform that links NGOs, foundations, business, government, social entrepreneurs, students, organizers, academics, activists, scientists, and citizens concerned about the environment and social justice.
In 1965, Hawken worked with Martin Luther King Jr.s staff in Selma, Alabama prior to the historic March on Montgomery, Alabama. As press coordinator, Hawken registered press, issued credentials (he describes it as a battle zone, and people needed to be identified), gave dozens of updates and interviews on national radio, and acted as marshal for the final march. That same year, Hawken worked in New Orleans as a staff photographer for the Congress of Racial Equality, focusing on voter registration drives in Bogalusa, Louisiana and the panhandle of Florida, and photographing the Klan in Meridian, Mississippi, after three civil rights workers were tortured and killed. During this time, Hawken was accosted and seized by Ku Klux Klan members, but escaped due to FBI surveillance and intervention. Hawken has spoken, conducted research, and traveled extensively throughout the world, undertaking journeys into insurgent-held territories of Burma to research tropical teak deforestation, as well as a 1999 humanitarian / photojournalistic trek to war-torn Kosovo and Macedonia.
As a speaker, he has given keynote addresses to the Liberal Party of Canada, the King of Sweden at his inaugural Environmental Seminar, American Booksellers Association, Urban Land Institute, SRI International, Harvard University, Stanford University, the Wharton School, Cornell University, Prime Minister of New Zealands Conference on Natural Capitalism, US Department of Commerce, Australian Business Council, Yale University and Yale University Commencement, University of California (Berkeley) Commencement, Ministry of Agriculture France, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Prince of Wales Conference on Business and the EnvironmentCambridge University, Commonwealth Club, Herman Miller, National Wildlife Federation, State of Washington, American Society of Landscape Architects, American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Graphic Arts, American Solar Energy Association, Apple Computer, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Cleveland City Club, Conference Board, U.S. Forest Service, Ontario Hydro, Environment Canada, EPA, and several hundred others.
He has served on the board of many environmental organizations including Point Foundation (publisher of the Whole Earth Catalogs), Center for Plant Conservation, Conservation International, Trust for Public Land, Friends of the Earth, and National Audubon Society. Among recognition and awards received are: Green Cross Millennium Award for Individual Environmental Leadership presented by Mikhail Gorbachev in 2003; World Council for Corporate Governance in 2002; Small Business Administration Entrepreneur of the Year in 1990; Utne One Hundred Visionaries who could Change our Lives in 1995, Western Publications Association Maggie award for Natural Capitalism as the best Signed Editorial/Essay in 1997; Creative Visionary Award by the International Society of Industrial Design; Design in Business Award for environmental responsibility by the American Center for Design; Council on Economic Priorities 1990 Corporate Conscience Award; Metropolitan Magazine Editorial Award for the 100 best people, products and ideas that shape our lives; the Cine Golden Eagle award in video for the PBS program Marketing from Growing a Business; California Institute of Integral Studies Award For Ongoing Humanitarian Contributions to the Bay Area Communities; Esquire Magazine award for the best 100 People of a Generation (1984); and seven honorary doctorates.


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Last week when I was out in New York, I enjoyed a dinner meeting of the Troy Irish Genealogy Society. Why, you ask, would I traipse off to a meeting, when I am not a member, and do not know a soul?
It comes down to the TIGS website. Well, perhaps it is the information they *post* on their website. Click on over there, and take a look at the "Projects" page. Look at the transcriptions done by the Society.
There are many, and they are useful. Especially useful is the Rensselaer County Marriage Index, and I found some members of my family in that.
The collective knowledge of the group and their research experience in the area really shine on the "Resources" page. One of special interest to me was the link titled "Troy Genealogy Research Tips". This was a great place for me to get familiar with the area, and see what was available.
Another great resource is a two page document written by Donna Vaughan, access able from the "Resources" page. Information on how or where to access information on your New York ancestors is clearly described and linked in the document.
I enjoyed the dinner, and was happy to meet an enthusiastic group of genealogists focused on helping other researchers. If I happen to be out that way again on a meeting day, I will be joining them again, it was a great restaurant. My only question, why does the Irish Genealogy Society meet at an Italian restaurant?
Do you know of a genealogy society that is remarkable in some way? Who are they, and what makes them special?


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I've been asked to do a new project this year. Brian C. Wilson of iplayeuphonium.com is working to obtain recorded examples of the all-state audition pieces for all 50 U.S. states. I am doing the example for Minnesota.
In this state a composer writes a special etude each year, which is one way to make sure there is an even playing field (i.e. the chosen piece is not one that anyone happened to have played in a lesson last year or something). Composer Timothy Mahr includes quite a lot
Competition season is fast approaching. A few days ago I posted the music for the Falcone International Competition. But there is also an international competition from the International Tuba-Euphonium Association (ITEA). Deadlines and registration details can be found at the link here: http://www.iteaonline.org/conference...e=Competitions
Below is the music required, with links to as many as I could find online.
In previous posts I have covered some of the fundamentals of preparing for an audition. Now let's look in more depth at some of the other considerations of preparation and also consider some of the actual "performance" considerations of auditioning. In many ways, auditions are like performances. Both require careful practice and preparation. Both can involve stress, and with stress can come an "oops!" moment or two. Most importantly, your mental attitude and its effect on your appearance matter!
Here is the music for the Falcone competition. In the case of the books listed, a piece will be selected from the book. Even if you are not entering this year, it is good material to practice!
Links will take you to online resources to purchase:
Student, Euphonium
Preliminary Round (recorded with piano accompaniment)
Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique for Trombone and Piano
Sheet Music Plus
Semi-Final Round (unaccompanied)
I plan on writing an article with some advice on performing a good audition. It will be based on my experience with hearing many real auditions and mock auditions, plus my observations from the instructional auditions we do at the University of Minnesota.
In the meantime, here is a great article written about trombone auditions. It from a few years ago, but is just as valuable today, and most of the reflections are applicable to euphonium and tuba as well as trombone.
This topic comes up regularly on the Euphonium-Tuba Forum and in many other venues: what should I play for a college euphonium audition? A complete list of possibilities would be very, very long, but in this post I will suggest titles that often appear on lists and that I often hear in auditions.
Each piece below would be appropriate for a college-level audition. Many would also work well for the prepared portion of a service band audition.Each has a link to purchase it at Sheet
The United States Coast Guard Band, located in New London, CT, is looking for a euphonium player. Danny Vinson is retiring as principal and going to North Texas State University to study, so this creates a valued opening for euphonium players! Complete information is posted on our site's forum:
Coast Guard Band Euphonium Audition
George Mason University offers euphonium players some great competitive and non-competitive playing opportunities at their Potomoc Festivals International Euphonium and Tuba Competition. Details are in our forum in the Euphonium - Auditions category:
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The following day's brewery visit took me in a completely different direction, to Ozawa Shuzo in scenic Sawai, nestled among verdant mountains about two hours west of the city, but still in Tokyo prefecture. This time, a pleasant five minute walk through the picturesque village led me to my destination, the kura that brews one of my favorite sake, Sawanoi Kiokejikomi Iroha Kimoto Junmai. My guides Kubo-san and his assistant were gracious and informative, making sure that I saw the cedar tank (kioke) used in making the aforementioned brew, the underground springs that are their two water sources, and a wall of koshu (aged sake) vintages dating back 20 years.
Another highlight of the visit was a perfect lunch at their fabled tofu restaurant perched serenely just above the rapids of the Tama River. As my server presented each in a series of delectable tofu dishes, I sipped from the flight of four Sawanoi sake that I had pre-selected while gazing at the natural beauty of the tableau spread out before my windowside table. Even as rain began to fall, it only enhanced what couldn't have been a more peaceful and relaxing experience!


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 * Restart Apache by =/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S85httpd restart= . * Test that the =twiki/bin= directory is CGI-enabled by trying visiting it in your browser: * Enter the URL for the =bin= directory, =http://yourdomain.com/twiki/bin/=. * Your settings are OK if you get a message like ="Forbidden. You don't have permission to access /twiki/bin/ on this server"=. * Settings are NOT correct if you get something like ="Index of /twiki/bin"= - recheck your =httpd.conf= file. * _Go directly to [[#StepTwo][Step 2]]..._ #StepOneB ---++++ Step 1 for Non-Root Accounts To install TWiki on a system where you don't have server administrator privileges, for example, on a hosted Web account: * Download and unzip TWiki on your local PC * Using the table below, create a directory structure on your host server * Upload the TWiki files by FTP (transfer as _text_ except for the image files in =pub=)
 | *TWiki dir:* | *What it is:* | *Where to copy:* | *Example:* | | =twiki/bin= | CGI bin | cgi-enabled dir | =/home/smith/public_html/cgi-bin= | | =twiki/lib= | library files | same level as =twiki/bin= | =/home/smith/public_html/lib= | | =twiki/pub= | public files | htdoc enabled dir | =/home/smith/public_html/pub= | | =twiki/data= | topic data | outside of htdoc tree (for security) | =/home/smith/twiki/data= | | =twiki/templates= | web templates | outside of htdoc tree (for security) | =/home/smith/twiki/templates= |
 #StepTwo ---+++ Step 2: Set File Permissions * Make sure Perl 5 and the Perl CGI library are installed on your system. The default location of Perl is =/usr/bin/perl=. If it's elsewhere, change the path to Perl in the first line of each script in the =twiki/bin= directory, or create a symbolic link from =/usr/bin/perl=. * *IMPORTANT:* On ISP-hosted accounts, Perl CGI scripts usually require a =.cgi= extension to run. Some systems need =.pl=, the regular Perl extension. Modify all =twiki/bin= script filenames if necessary. * To be able to edit the Perl scripts and =.tmpl= files it is necessary to =chown= and =chgrp -R twiki= so all the files have the owner you want. * __NOTE:__ This Guide assumes user =nobody= ownership for all files manipulated by the CGI scripts (executed by the Web server), and user =twiki= for all other files. You can: * replace =nobody= with another user if your server executes scripts under a different name (ex: default for Debian is =www-data=). * *HINT:* Run the =testenv= script from your browser: =http://yourdomain.com/twiki/bin/testenv=. It will show you the user name of the CGI scripts, a table listing all CGI environment variables, and a test of your =twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg= configuration file (you'll configure that in a minute). * replace user =twiki= with your own username * Set the file permission of all Perl scripts in the =twiki/bin= directory as executable to =-rwxr-xr-x= (755). * Set the permission of all files below =twiki/data= so that they are writable by user =nobody=. A simple way is to =chmod= them to =-rw-rw-r--= (664) and to =chown= them to =nobody=. * Set the permission of the =twiki/data= directory and its subdirectories so that files in there are writable by user =nobody=. A simple way is to chmod them to =drwxrwxr-x= (775) and to =chown= them to =nobody=. * Set the permission of the =twiki/pub= directory and all its subdirectories so that files in there are writable by user =nobody=. A simple way is to =chmod= them to =drwxrwxr-x= (775) and to =chown= them to =nobody=. * __NOTE:__ The =twiki/data/*/*.txt,v= RCS repository files in the installation package are locked by user =nobody=. If your CGI scripts are __not__ running as user =nobody=, it's not possible to check in files (you'll see that the revision number won't increase after saving a topic). In this case, you need to unlock all repository files (check the RCS man pages) and lock them with a different user, ex =www-data=, or delete them all - new files will be automatically created the first time each topic is edited. A simple way to change ownership is with a search-and-replace in all files; for example, using sed:
 =for f in *,v; do sed 's/nobody\:/www-data\:/' $f > x; mv x $f; done= ---+++ Step 3: Set the Main Configuration File * Edit the file =twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg=, setting the variables to your needs. * Set the file extension in the =$scriptSuffix= variable to =cgi= or =pl= if required. * Make sure RCS is installed. Set =$rcsDir= in =twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg= to mach the location of your RCS binaries. * *Security issue:* Directories =twiki/data= , =twiki/templates= and all its subdirectories should be set so that they are __not__ visible as a URL. (Alternatively, move the directories to a place where they are not visible, and change the variables in =twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg= accordingly) * Test your settings by running the =testenv= script from your browser: =http://yourdomain.com/twiki/bin/testenv=. Check if your =twiki/lib/TWiki.cfg= configuration file settings are correct. ---+++ Step 4: Finish Up from Your Browser * Point your Web browser at =http://yourdomain.com/twiki/bin/view= and start TWiki-ing away! * Edit the TWikiPreferences topic in the TWiki:%TWIKIWEB% web to set the =WIKIWEBMASTER= email address, and other preferences. * Edit the WebPreferences topic in each web, if necessary: set individual =WEBCOPYRIGHT= messages, and other preferences. * Enable email notification of topic changes, MonitoringSiteActivity has more. * Edit the WebNotify topic in all webs and add the users you want to notify. * Add the TWiki:Main/PoweredByTWikiLogo to your %MAINWEB%.WebHome topic. * You can add new =%<nop>VARIABLES%=. Define site-level variables in the TWikiPreferences topic. See also: TWikiVariables. That's it for the standard virgin installation of TWiki. Read on for server-level customization options. ---++ Additional Server-Level Options With your new TWiki installation up and running, you can manage most aspects of your site from the browser interface. Only a few functions require access to the server file system, via Telnet or FTP. You can make these server-level changes during installation, and at any time afterwards. ---+++ Enabling Authentication of Users * If TWiki is installed on a non-authenticated server - not using SSL - and you'd like to authenticate users: 1. *Rename* file =.htaccess.txt= in the =twiki/bin= directory to =.htaccess= and change it to your needs. For details, consult the HTTP server documentation (for Apache server: [1], [2]). In particular, the following red part needs to be configured correctly:
 =Redirect /urlpath/to/TWiki/index.html http<nop>://your.domain.com/urlpath/to/TWiki/bin/view=
 =AuthUserFile /filepath/to/TWiki/data/.htpasswd=
 =ErrorDocument 401 /urlpath/to/TWiki/bin/oops/TWiki/TWikiRegistration?template=oopsauth= * __NOTE:__ In case you renamed the CGI script files to have a file extension you need to reflect that in the =edit=, =view=, =preview=, etc entries in =.htaccess=. * __NOTE:__ The browser should ask for login name and password when you click on the Edit link. In case =.htaccess= does not have the desired effect you need to enable it: Add "AllowOverride All" to the Directory section of =access.conf= for your =twiki/bin= directory. 1. *Copy* the TWikiRegistrationPub topic to TWikiRegistration. Do that by either editing the topics in the%TWIKIWEB% web, or by renaming the =.txt= and =.txt,v= files in the =twiki/data/%TWIKIWEB%= directory. * __HINT:__ You can customize the registration form by deleting or adding input tags. The =name=""= parameter of the input tags must start with: ="Twk0..."= (if this is an optional entry), or ="Twk1..."= (if this is a required entry). This ensures that the fields are processed correctly. * Register yourself in the TWikiRegistration topic. * __NOTE:__ When a user registers, a new line with the username and encrypted password is added to the =data/.htpasswd= file. The =.htpasswd= file that comes with the TWiki installation includes user accounts for TWiki core team members that are used for testing on TWiki.org. You can edit the file and delete those lines. * Create a new topic to check if authentication works. * Edit the %MAINWEB%.TWikiAdminGroup topic in the TWiki:%MAINWEB% web to include users with system administrator status. * Edit the TWikiPreferences topic in the TWiki:%TWIKIWEB% web to set access privileges. * Edit the WebPreferences topic in each web, if necessary: set access priviliges. #CreateWeb ---+++ Adding a New Web To create a new web: 1. *Create* a new web data directory under =twiki/data= and check the file permission of the directory. * Use a name starting with characters =A..Z=, followed by =a..z= and/or =0..9= characters, but __not__ a WikiWord. 1. *Copy* all files from the =twiki/data/_default= directory to the new data directory, preserving the original files' owner, group and permissions (on Unix, use =cp -p=). The data files must be writable by the owner the CGI scripts are running on (usually, =nobody=). * __HINT:__ You can set permissions of =.txt= and =.txt,v= files to =-rw-rw-rw-= (666) and then edit the topic using your browser; RCS will restore the file permissions correctly when saving the topic. 1. *Add* the new web to the web list (visible in the upper right corner of each topic) by editing the site-level preferences, %TWIKIWEB%.%WIKIPREFSTOPIC%: * Add the new web to the =%<nop>WIKIWEBLIST%= variable. 1. *Update* the web settings by editing the <nop>WebPreferences topic of the new web: * Customize the =%<nop>WEBTOPICLIST%= variable to contain the web-specific links you prefer. * Set the WEBBGCOLOR variable to a color. The number represents the unique color for the web. * Set Plugins, access privileges, custom variables, other web-level options (ex: =%<nop>WEBCOPYRIGHT%= can be set for an individual web). 1. *Add* the new web to the color-coded web directory table by editing the %TWIKIWEB%.TWikiWebsTable topic. 1. *Test* the new web: view pages, create a new page. That's it for a basic new web set-up! Optionally, you can also: * Create custom web-specific templates in a new =twiki/templates/Someweb= directory (otherwise, templates are inherited from =twiki/templates=). * Add TWikiForms for form-based page input that's stored separately from the main free-form topic text. __NOTE:__ User home topics are located in the %WIKITOOLNAME%.%MAINWEB% web - don't try to move them or create them in other webs. From any other web, user signatures have to point to %WIKITOOLNAME%.%MAINWEB% web, using a =%MAINWEB%.<nop>UserName= or =%<nop>MAINWEB%.<nop>UserName= format. (The =%<nop>MAINWEB%= variable is an advantage if you ever change the %MAINWEB% web name, but the standard =%MAINWEB%.<nop>UserName= is easier for users to enter, which is the bottom line! ---++ TWiki File System Info See [[AppendixFileSystem][Appendix A: TWiki File System]] for an installed system snapshot and descriptions of all files in the TWiki 01-Sep-2001 distribution. -- PeterThoeny - 13 Sep 2001
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Brent T. Barnes, (Guest Actor/Vocal Coach) is an actor/teacher/vocal coach. He was an ensemble member of Hypatia Theatre Company in Chicago. He appeared Off-Broadway in Grasmere by Kristina Leach, continuing on with the production to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Recent Chicago credits: The Three Sisters and What Dreams May Come: American Visions Through Jewish Eyes, directed by Joyce Piven at Piven Theatre Workshop; Pans of the Messiah and Into the Numbers" at Silk Road Theatre Project; Romeo and Juliet with Theatre Classics; The Christmas Schooner at The Bailiwick; and the 1st workshop of Angels \/ Angles for Hypatia Theatre Company.
Regional Theatre credits: he has been a company member with the Utah Shakespearean Festival for the past sixteen seasons - Currently: understudy for Lloyd, Freddie and Selsdon in Noises Off and Charlie Cowell, Olin, Oliver, Ewart and Jacey in The Music Man. Selected roles from 9 seasons: Flute/Thisby in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Russell Treyz); Burgundy in King Lear (Robert Cohen); Aeneas in Troilus and Cressida (Paul Barnes); Amiens in As You Like It (Henry Woronicz); Levi in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor...(Fred C. Adams); A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre; and the U.S. premiere of The Parfumerie by Miklós László at Summer Studio Theatre Company in Urbana, IL. He was voice and Text Coach for The Lover and The Collection at Piven Theatre Workshop.
Brent Barnes is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a Master of Fine Arts in Acting.


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To support the continuing growth of the company, Exactal is now advertising for an additional three positions to join its motivated team in Brisbane.
Exactal was originally established in 2003 and since then, the company has continued to grow at a fast rate to support its customer base and its expanding line of software. CostX® today is actively marketed in over 50 countries around the world using its highly trained reseller network and these latest three positions are a further sign of Exactal's commitment to the quantity surveying, estimating and construction markets.
The shift to new premises in October last year has allowed the company to improve its working conditions and the environment for its staff. The new location in Toowong is ideally located for private and public transport alike and creates a positive working environment to support the dynamic marketing, product and software development teams.
Further information on these new positions can be gained from the Exactal web site at http://www.exactal.com/company/careers


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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – For nearly three months, outspoken Honduran journalist Karol Cabrera and her two children have been living like refugees inside a cluttered military hospital room not much bigger than a jail cell.
Cabrera has already recovered from her surgeries after an assassin's bullets shattered her left forearm and lodged in her ribs, but the death threats keep coming. And she knows they're no joke.
"You saved yourself, you garbage bitch. But we will kidnap you and rape you; we know where you are and no one is going to save you or your daughter. We have you on the list and we are just waiting for the moment," reads a message texted to Cabrera's cell phone March 17, two weeks after the attempt on her life. Her cell phone in-box is full of similar text-message threats.
Cabrera's colleague, who was riding alongside her in the vehicle during the March 1 attack, wasn't so lucky. One of the gunman's bullets ended Joseph Hernandez Ochoa's life, making him the second of seven Honduran journalists killed during the first five months of 2010.
Since the violence of last year's military coup, Honduras has arguably become the most dangerous country in the world to be a journalist. Not only are journalists in Honduras being killed at a rate that eclipses that of any warzone in the world right now, but their families, friends and loved ones are also being targeted.
Cabrera knows that as well as anyone. In addition to watching her colleague die in the seat next to her, Cabrera also lost her 16-year-old pregnant daughter in a similar attack on the same road Dec. 15. Cabrera believes she was the intended mark in that attack as well.
Now she's not taking any more chances. Cabrera has pulled her other two children (ages 15 and 4) out of school and forbids them to leave the tight confines of her hospital room, located on a military base outside of the capital.
The journalist says she and her family won't budge until they have guaranteed safe passage out of Honduras and refugee status in another country – something she expects will happen before the end of May.
"I refused to leave. I told the director of the hospital, 'I am not leaving here, sorry.' The only way they will get me out of here is if they bring in all the military troops or police and drag me out," Cabrera told The Tico Times in a recent exclusive interview.
The fact that Cabrera only feels safe under armed guard at a military barracks demonstrates the level of uncertainty facing other journalists on the outside. Many journalists complain of death threats, being followed, harassed or even attacked.
In the northern city of San Pedro Sula, several journalists have started wearing bulletproof vests to work, while in the capital, a prominent TV anchorwoman has been assigned a full-time police detail to escort her around the city.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights sent a top level delegation to Tegucigalpa earlier this month to demand answers about what is going on, and what the government is doing about it.
President Porfirio Lobo, meanwhile, took advantage of his May 19 meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to ask the Spanish government for help investigating the journalist killings in his country.
Politically Motivated Killings?
Since the June 28 coup, which started when the military ousted former President Manuel Zelaya at bayonet point, Honduras has gone from being a country that is deeply divided to one that is dangerously so.
Journalists on the left and right of the political divide report wildly different interpretations of the news, oftentimes making it hard to believe they're reporting on the same events – or even talking about the same country. But the one thing many of them seem to agree on is that the recent wave of violence towards journalists is politically motivated (they just don't agree on who's behind it).
Luis Galdames, an outspoken radio journalist with the leftist Radio Globo, insists the violence against journalists is state-sponsored, targeting only those who "sympathize with the resistance" and oppose the Lobo government.
"This is a policy of the state to silence the independent press, to silence the voices of the people," said Galdames, who seems to shout even in casual conversation. "This government is the succession of the coup. What this country is experiencing is a violent climate where journalists are silenced."
Galdames, who was briefly detained during the coup and later fled to the hills where he broadcast guerrilla radio for several months, said the culture and structure of the military coup continues in the Lobo government. The killing of journalists, he asserts, is about maintaining political control.
"They have a policy of terror against the people and the independent media," Galdames bellowed.
Journalists on the right agree the violence is political, but they claim those perpetrating it are members of the left-wing resistance movement.
"The violence (against journalists) has to do with the political situation from last year," says Cabrera, who has received explicit text messages warning her "You are going to die like the other coup-supporting journalists."
Rights activists also claim the violence is political in nature, but they blame it on the oligarchy.
"The motive is definitely political and economic," said feminist activist and resistance member Gilda Velasquez, director of the human rights group Amparo Sin Limites. "The biggest newspapers, radio and TV are owned by the same people who financed the coup and who lobbied Washington. They don't want the world to know that Hondurans are still demanding a new constitution and a new social contract."
Velásquez insists it's not only independent journalists who are being targeted, but activists as well. She says the killings are part of the oligarchy' campaign to limit freedom of expression and silence dissidentvoices.
Authorities Investigate
While the source of violence remains a topic of hot debate in Honduras, both the right and left claim impunity rules as police and state prosecutors do little or nothing to investigate acts of violence or bring to justice those responsible. The authorities, however, claim that's not the case.
Security Vice Minister Armando Calidonio said police investigations in three of the seven cases of murdered journalists are "extremely advanced," while two of the other investigations are "advancing" and the last two are "lagging behind, but are being reinforced by more officials."
"At this point in the investigations, there is no information to suggest that the motives were political or even related to the victims' work as journalists," Calidonio told The Tico Times last week during an interview in his Tegucigalpa office.
"We are about to present the first case and there are going to be surprises," he said. "There are people who want to believe that this is violence against journalists – because it would be like a badge of honor. But in the first case we are about to present, I can tell you with 95 percent certainty that there are going to be surprises that will not be pleasant for the family of the victim."
Calidonio insisted there is no problem of impunity or freedom of expression in Honduras. He defended the police's investigations of the murders and said time will show that the law and due process work in Honduras.
Corrupt Journalists?
Several sources interviewed by The Tico Times suggested that one of the main issues behind the recent wave of journalist killings is the role reporters play in perpetuating Honduras' culture of corruption.
TV journalist Giovanny Castro said there are many cases of journalists, or people posing as such, who are contracted by third parties to launch smear campaigns against certain individuals in the name of journalism. In Honduras, he said, many "independent reporters" have to buy their own TV or radio time slots, making them the owners of their own programming and giving them full editorial control. But in a poor country, that situation opens the door to corruption, allowing people with economic means to buy journalists and airtime for the purpose of attacking or slandering their enemies.
Those who are subject to constant media attack by their enemies usually don't appreciate the bad publicity, and in some cases they quite literally decide to shoot the messenger.
"I don't think (the killing of journalists) has anything to do with the political situation from last year; I think it has to do with personal relationships and agendas," said Castro, who covers politics and says he's never received any type of threat.
The increase in organized crime – especially drug trafficking – has made the situation even more corrupt, according to journalists. One reporter told The Tico Times that journalists have become active agents in Honduras' organized crime, to the point where it has become common for journalists to extort public figures by threatening to slander them in the media if they don't pay hush money.
A source involved in the investigations of the seven murdered journalists told The Tico Times that at least two of the slain journalists had been trying to extort money from drug traffickers.
As one journalist put it, Honduras has become "one giant snowball of corruption." Meanwhile, back in the crowded military hospital room, Cabrera insists she will continue to try to expose such corruption as long as she has a voice to do so. Though the political left says she is hysterically right-wing and siding with the oligarchy, Cabrera, who comes from an impoverished upbringing, insists she's always been equally critical of power, regardless of who the president is.
She says her friends are urging her to cool it after the attempt on her life, but she insists she's in too deep to back out now.
"How am I going to leave it alone if it has already taken the lives of my daughter and my granddaughter?" Cabrera demanded. "God wanted me to stay alive so that I keep insisting and pushing to find out what the f*ck is going on in this country."
Only from now on, Cabrera's reports will most likely be filed from the United States or Canada, depending on which country is the first to grant her refugee status.


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Interview with Brooklyn College Professor Manny Ness on the crisis at the Graduate Center for Worker Education
By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Introduction: For two years I taught as the Belle Zeller Visiting Professor in Political Science at Brooklyn College-City University of New York. As part of my work, I taught a graduate class through Brooklyn College's Graduate Center for Worker Education which is based in downtown Manhattan. The program was targeted at adults, most of who worked, who sought to secure a graduate degree. The student population was as fascinating as it was diverse. They had varying experiences in the "real world." Some of these students were activists, but most were not. They were working class New Yorkers who were not only trying to better themselves, but wished to involve themselves in a progressive academic environment. It was an honor to have been associated with the program.
It was, therefore, with great distress that I began to hear rumors of efforts to deconstruct the program. These efforts began with allegations against the head of the program, Professor Joseph Wilson, that were soon followed by what can only be described as a purge of the Center. The Center soon became nothing more than a shell of its old self.
A struggle has unfolded aimed at saving the Graduate Center. The following is an exchange with Professor Manny Ness who, for years, was attached to the Graduate Center. I asked him to help us understand what has been transpiring at Brooklyn College as well as the broader implications.
Bill Fletcher: There has been a crisis unfolding at the Graduate Center for Worker Education at Brooklyn College-City University of New York. Please tell us about the nature of the crisis? Also, why do you believe that anyone outside of Brooklyn College should be concerned about these events?
Manny Ness: The crisis is the retrenchment and effort to close a landmark worker education program at Brooklyn College, the Graduate Center for Worker Education (GCWE). For more than 30 years, the GCWE provided graduate education in the humanities and social sciences to working people, who went on to transmit their knowledge as leaders in trade unions, within under-served and impoverished communities, health care institutions, and through government service. Crucially, many have gone on to work in the labor movement as educated and informed activists and trade unionists.
The attack against the GCWE is part of a broader offensive against the working class by the capital and the right wing. Worker education programs are not considered income-generating institutions within the academy, but as a remnant of the workers, civil rights, and women's movements. What is alarming about the dismantling of the GCWE are the culprits who are avowed liberals in Brooklyn College and City University of New York (CUNY). But as we know, today's liberals are also supporters of free market and profit-driven solutions. Some have used neo-liberal excuses: the former dean told an elected official that CUNY was seeking to eliminate redundancy. This logic supported those who are simply ignorant of the program's purpose: the interim director, a self-described labor activist, said the GCWE accepted too many students and wanted to create a labor research program. In effect, the interim director sought to change the goals and mission of the program without any consultation. For 30 years, the objective and mission of the GCWE has been to train working people in the humanities so they also may have the chance to influence society from the perspective of the working class. Indeed the interim director of the GCWE did not even know that the program he ran was intended to broaden knowledge in the humanities and social sciences to workers who would go on and serve unions and community groups. As worker education programs are undermined by conservative and liberal opponents, civil society and our way of life is diminished as those in higher education seek to insulate their professions from the daily lives of the majority of people in the world. Let's face it: worker education programs in New York serve primarily working class people of color.
The Committee of Concerned Students, Alumni, Faculty and Staff to Save the GCWE, formed in the fall of 2012, is distressed that students who want to apply knowledge to create a better world will no longer have the same opportunity that their predecessors had; leading to the further evisceration of the labor movement in the USA. I have heard many rumors that it is being replaced by a US State Department funded Iran democracy project, or, ultimately, an extension of Brooklyn College's film school.
The defense committee believes that worker education is crucial to the development of an equitable and just society through developing and sharpening the intellectual skills to low-wage working people who only have time to attend evening classes. For the past two centuries, under capitalism, the upper-class and elitists have always considered working people unworthy for the academy that has been dominated by the wealthy and the 'gifted.' As historian David Brody writes, business will always act like 'beasts of the field.' An educated worker is anathema to a plutocratic society. Sociologist Joseph Schumpeter and his acolytes in the social sciences were comforted that an uneducated working class is a necessary bulwark against the creation of effective democratic institutions in society. The GCWE was created as a means to educate working people and was organized in the tradition of the Workers' Educational Association in the UK, Ruskin College at Oxford University and other programs established and guided by the opposing idea that cultivating worker-intellectuals is essential to promote an equitable society which provides knowledge to the majority who are denied access to ivory tower universities.
BF: The attack against GCWE appears to be illustrative of a process unfolding all over the USA. What makes the situation at Brooklyn College noteworthy?
MN: As noted, the attack at Brooklyn College is taking place in the City University of New York, a liberal, ostensibly pro-labor redoubt for organized labor and center of public sector unionism. New York City Mayor Bloomberg has first and foremost sought to destroy unions in the public sector: refusing to negotiate collective bargaining agreements, and thereby demoralize rank-and-file workers who are losing faith in feeble unions to which they pay dues, but less able than ever to provide members with wages and benefits of previous decades. How different is New York State from Wisconsin? New York has achieved budget cuts without the outcry and public debate in Wisconsin. Leaders and activists within Occupy Wall Street, located in Zuccotti Park, just four blocks from the program, were drawn from Brooklyn College students and the GCWE ambit. OWS helped sponsor public events at the program! Clearly we were doing something right. Ironically, at the very same time, GCWE was under attack by CUNY.
Like many other worker education programs, government and university administrators cut budgets year after year without public debate and public discussion. By making a scapegoat out of the administrator who tried to keep the Graduate Center for Worker Education afloat for more than a decade by following directives to generate revenues while budgets were cut, the entire program was destroyed. In any department, college and university, there are internal personal divisions, but the attack and dismantling of the GCWE rises to a new level, where an entire program is dismembered. As noted, what's telling is that the Brooklyn College Dean even told New York State Assemblyman Joe Lentol that the program was under scrutiny in an effort to "look to eliminate redundancies." Those in urban liberal locations who believe they are immune to the assault against organized labor and racial equality are closing their eyes to the hypocrisy of elected officials and university administrators who are opposed to labor unions and who seek to reduce access to university education to people of color. We need to be more attentive as other programs are surely on the chopping block in New York and throughout the USA.
BF: There are those who take issue with your analysis and suggest that the Graduate Center was not doing the sort of work that it needed to do; that it did not have a relationship with the local labor movement; and that it mishandled resources. What do you say in response to such allegations?
MN: The ad hominem attack by some members of my own department and their supporters against the Graduate Center has been already disproved. The allegations are baseless and cannot survive the light of day. The program, among other things, has helped to promote a new generation of trade unionists, many of whom come out of the public sector. As to whether there were problems in the program, certainly any program can be improved with greater resources. One must keep in mind that the program ran with only one full-time staff person, and it was a success, as faculty and staff were a constant presence, even if unpaid. We know it is easy to destroy a program and then say it doesn't work. In effect, that's precisely what the interim director did. Admissions were halted and then severely restricted, effectively destroying a vibrant program that served students and graduates alike. All public programs were cancelled aside from the Labor and Working Class History Association conference, drawing 600 labor activists and scholars. The interim director who launched the attack against the very program he presided over, did not even realize that he was overseeing a worker education program intended to educate union members and future leaders in urban and government relations, public policy, and the political process and to go on to rebuild the workers movement. Instead, he thought the program was a labor education program, akin to the National Labor College, where graduates were trained in union organizing, collective bargaining, labor-management relations, and pension fund administration. But even labor education programs have classes in history, social sciences, and public policy.
So far as mismanagement of resources, in the first place, there were very few resources. In these times of neoliberal privatization, public universities are forcing programs to raise money through outside sources. While I have no knowledge of mismanagement, I remember that the program did a lot with few resources. The Graduate Center sponsored events and national conferences for which it had to raise funds, this because the program was under assault. I am proud that the Consortium for Worker Education helped sponsor the Labor and Working Class History Association, which burnished the image of a withering worker education program. Not once was a public discussion held on the future of the GCWE. As a faculty member, I was not consulted even once about the fate of the program. I believe that those who have positions of authority in public institutions hold the responsibility and duty to share their plans with faculty. Not once were faculty members notified of any plans.
Sometimes academics forget that their main responsibility is to ensure the education of students. In my view the actual malfeasance is the revisionist history that was shaped by those who were ignorant of the program. The question that many wonder is what type of institution is CUNY: to most observers, attention is directed at elite programs and schools that generate income from the private sphere. That's precisely what corporations do: focus resources where they can extract the most income and turn a huge profit. Stewardship over the academy is not about profits but education. The malfeasance began with the reduction of resources by state and city officials. Those administrators who are presiding over the program's dismantling are only the most recent chapter in this tragic situation. It is my hope that those CUNY administrators who recognize the significance of worker education will do the right thing and restore this highly respected program.
BF: Thank you very much.


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bloomingdale civic association meeting
(i'm a little remiss in not getting this information up on monday night right after the meeting, so i apologize for that. i do want to make sure that the neigborhood stays up-to-date on all the information that i can get out there regarding bloomingdale, and will be sure to have the blog back up to full speed very soon....)
on monday, september 15th, the bloomingdale civic association held its monthly meeting in the basement of st. george's episcopal church at the southeast corner of 2nd and U streets. representatives from howard university came by to talk about this year's homecoming parade, which takes place on october 18th. they wanted to make sure that all neighborhoods near the school, not just ledroit park, would be aware of what was happening.
a church representative updated everyone on the ongoing construction at the church (which is coming to an end soon). they will be holding an open house after the construction is finished (i forget what the date will be for that, but it will certainly be posted to the neighborhood listserv).
members from kwame brown's office stopped by to inform the civic association that they would continue to be available to help constituents in the area. ms. cassandra costley, the association president, asked if there would be follow-up by the councilmember's office in response to the meeting that took place in june at big bear. we were informed that there is ongoing dialogue concerning how to help new businesses on both north capitol and new york avenue.
the big reason that everyone (everyone being approximately 10 people....c'mon, bloomingdale, do you have any neighborhood pride or not? show up at your meetings and make your voice heard!) came to the meeting, though, was to hear what had to be said regarding the proposed restaurant/tavern/bar at the corner of 1st and T, NW, and its liquor license.
there was about 45 minutes of serious discussion regarding how the establishment would affect the neighborhood. one resident was opposed to the license and asked how it could be guaranteed that the business would not get a license. another resident, a member of shiloh baptist church in shaw, told those in attendance that his church had spent $40,000 fighting the liquor license of queen of sheba restaurant, and they had failed. he warned that he felt the liquor license would be granted regardless of what happened at the meeting.
in the end, discussion seemed to coalesce around the idea that most in the neighborhood were welcoming of the possibility of a restaurant in the neighborhood, but the consensus was that the ownership needs to be more serious about their application (it was riddled with errors, some comical, some serious), they need to conduct more outreach with neighbors, and they need to present a serious business plan to assuage fears that this restaurant isn't well planned.
now, i've made it clear that i'm in favor of this establishment opening up on the block where i live. i think it has the ability to be the tipping point that helps bloomingdale's "main street" (1st street) become a viable little commercial strip. we have some good businesses now, but i feel this would help us prove there is enough foot traffic around here to fill up the other vacant places on the block. there is talk of a yoga studio moving in, and it was announced that kumon learning centers is planning to move in to the long-vacant shell next door to the proposed restaurant. but i agreed with the civic association when it voted in favor of a formal resolution protesting the liquor license application for "baraki".
the ownership needs to make an effort to reach out to the neighbors and the official neighborhood organizations in bloomingdale. as kris hammond notes, anc 5c voted to challenge the license as well. unfortunately, the term "protest" sounds more confrontational than it needs to be regarding this process. it's the only way that an official neighborhood organization can get on the agenda at the meeting when the license proposal will come before the ABRA.
ms. costley stated that she is in favor of baraki opening up in our neighborhood, and she will be the voice representing the civic association at the license hearing. but she wants the owners to answer some questions, fix up their application, and compromise with the neighbors over issues like parking, trash, noise, and opening hours. i agree with her. if the restaurant owners aren't willing to come to the neighborhood and discuss these things (no one representing the owners showed up at the meeting), then they're going to find quickly that they'll be in trouble. humbly coming before the neighbors, looking to become a neighbor yourself, would do them well here in bloomingdale. i hope the owners are listening.


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Indonesian Cassava Fritters Stuffed with Coconut Sugar - A Guest Post from Indonesia Eats
Pepy is thorough and educated in her research and is a fountain of culinary knowledge. Always has incredible suggestions for substitutions due to dietary restrictions. In her recent post she suggested I use katsuobushi, a Japanese smoked fish flakes, made from skipjack tuna, instead of ground dried shrimp asked for in her most recent Palembangese Stuffed Fish Cake With Green Papaya post.
But let me take few steps back, I do have much respect for the content on Pepy's site but what grabbed me first was her sense of style. Among so many talented photographers and food stylists her unique photographic vision sets her apart. Pepy's site transforms you to exotic yet accessible culinary world. So it won't come as a surprise to you that she was one of the inspiring Asian food sites in my Blog Awards and Happy Year of the Rabbit post.
When she emailed me the introduction my heart was filled with warmth. This recipe was especially developed for me and this site, I am honored. Make your holiday extra special and go and pick up frozen shredded Cassava (Yuca) at the Asian grocery store or fresh Yuca at the Hispanic/Mexican supermarket. Shredded fresh Yuca works just as well and I have seen the root at main stream area supermarkets as well. Without further ado let me introduce to you, Pepy!
My fourth guest post for other bloggers. Shulie of Food Wanderings, is such a sweetheart who loves learning other cultures' dishes. Both of us have been tweeting along for quite some time now. I still recalled the day when she told me that she finally found fresh turmeric and how she loves the distinct flavour of fresh one compare to the powder ones.
One day, she sent me a DM. . She asked me if I can be her guest blog post. Being a reader of Shulie's tweets on a daily basis, I was kinda grabbing the basic of Shulie's blog. To be safe, I asked her if she needs any special diet for this post. I was a former cook by trade for a commercial kitchen so I'm aware for some different dietary restrictions. This cassava fritter is especially made for Shulie.
There are 3 different names that I know for this cassava fritters stuffed with coconut sugar. Javanese knows as jemblem while Sundanese (West Javanese) calls it misro (amis di jero - meaning sweet inside) and the Balinese calls it pulung-pulung ubi.
Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also called yuca or manioc, is a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) native to South America. There are two names for cassava in bahasa Indonesia, singkong and ubi kayu.
Based on my late grandmom's story, back when Indonesia was still occupied by the Dutch, cassava was an Indonesia's main carbohydrate source and staple food instead of rice because it was affordable. In fact, the Indonesians today will say that they haven't had any meal yet if they haven't eaten any rice.
Nowdays, we steam, boil, deep fry, or bake cassava as a snack. I love eating steam cassava with a bit grated coconut or just sugar and salt or my late mom made it a bit fancy by adding cheese and baked.
Thank you Shulie for giving me this opportunity. I decided to share a vegan sweet snack that is popular in two islands in Indonesia, Java and Bali. Enjoy these fritters with a glass of warm jasmine tea with no sugar added or kopi tubruk (Indonesian black coffee).
How to make these easy peasy cassava fritters which only need 4 ingredients? Upps in this case, I did cheat by using frozen grated cassava. So, no need to peel and grate it. ================================================================
Jemblem/Misro/Pulung-Pulung Ubi
(Indonesian Cassava Fritters Stuffed with Coconut Sugar)
1 pack (about 454 grams or 1 lb) frozen grated cassava, thawed
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
75 grams coconut sugar (I used palm sugar)*
cooking oil for deep frying
Combine grated cassava with salt. Take 2 tablespoons of cassava mixture. Shape into balls, flatten, and place 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon coconut sugar on the middle. Re-form into balls with filling in the centre to an oblong shape.
Deep fry on medium heat until golden brown and done. Drain excess oil and serve warm. I like using brown paper bag to absorb the oil.
Cook's Note:
• I often tell my readers to substitute coconut sugar for palm sugar. I did substitute due to short of coconut sugar in my pantry. However, in this recipe, if you use palm sugar, it will be too sweet and darker. You probably need to reduce the amount of palm sugar in case you substitute it. No coconut sugar? No palm sugar? Don't worry use regular brown sugar.
Indonesian food on Food Wanderings: Padang Fish Curry (West Sumatra, Indonesia) & the 411 on Fresh Turmeric post here.
26 comments:
Shulie! So this was what it was:-) So glad to see Pepy's post. Love her blog and her wonderful photographs. Reading through her recipes is like making an exotic alluring journey to a land I would love to visit. Such a beautiful recipe. makes me wanna bite into and close and eyes and feel the inside of these fritters.ReplyDelete
Happy to see Pepy's guest post!ReplyDelete
When Pepy wrote, "In fact, the Indonesians today will say that they haven't had any meal yet if they haven't eaten any rice." ~ I can totally relate. A meal would have RICE, and a sandwich no matter how fancy it may be is just a SNACK.
Beautiful post! I shall try your recipe sometime. What I'm familiar with is the boiled cassava with grated coconut and sugar. Oh, the memories your post brought back! THANK YOU!
Thank you Shulie for having me!ReplyDelete
Soma, happy to see your comment that I can bring you a culinary journey to the land that you haven't visited yet.
Annapet, yes... We are from the same root. Our foods and memory are quite similar. I'd love to visit the Philippines one day.
Beautiful post! Pepy, so glad to you have been introduced to your blog via Twitter--I'm now a fan, too. :-)ReplyDelete
Shulie, it takes a wonderful blogger like Pepy to match the quality of content that you produce for your readers/fans (me!). I'd say you chose very well for your first guest post here. :-)
You both have a great weekend! :-)
lovely guest post love both of your blogs and learning about your culturesReplyDelete
Hey lovely post.Must follow Shulie on twitter too.ReplyDelete
How great to see Pepy here guest posting, I met her through Flickr a while ago. She's a very talented photographer and a lovely person.ReplyDelete
such a pretty post. I must agree Pepy's blog is like a journey to another world. I always learn something new about the cuisine which I have little knowledge of! Both of you are so talented and inspiring :-)ReplyDelete
Such a cool post, exotic recipe and pretty photos.ReplyDelete
Beautiful guest post and a perfect fit on your blog! These sweet fritters sound awesome, especially with that coconut sugar.ReplyDelete
I love the exchange of cultural ideas and the gastronomy sharing. This is what a food blogger community should always be about.ReplyDelete
I have yet to try an Indonesian dish and a snack or a treat is great way to start with.
Great job ladies. It is indeed refreshing to see guest posts like this one!
I hope you are having a great weekend.
Look at those fritters! I have some Coconut Sugar at home... I'll have to make these!ReplyDelete
To all who already knew before, thank you for very nice comments here.ReplyDelete
@Sanctified Space & Malou: Nice to meet you here.
@Brian: Looking forward for your trial :)
Shuli and Pepy, thanks for posting this recipe. Growing up in Indonesia, cassava and palm sugar were my regular snacks. This post took me down the memory lane, thank you! I added you both to my twitter list ;-)ReplyDelete
Thank you everyone, happy to introduce Pepy and Indonesian cuisine to those that are new to it. Those of you who are familiar I am happy this was a trip down memory lane.ReplyDelete
I feel as though this fritters transcend through cultural barriers. So relatable!
Well, I learned about a new ingredient!ReplyDelete
These sound wonderful and so easy. Great post!ReplyDelete
Awesome guest post! Love your site always for something to learn and of interest. Happy Passover to you!ReplyDelete
These look wonderful! I'm intrigued by the coconut sugar-I'm going to have to track some down, for sure!ReplyDelete
@Elle: please find a brief explanation about coconut sugar on my old post back on October 2007. http://indonesia-eats.blogspot.com/2007/10/gula-jawa.htmlReplyDelete
fritters with this combination looks deliciousReplyDelete
Thx kat, Elle, Alison, Megan & @Torviewtoronto Pepy here left a link to coconut sugar explanation. Isn't it fascinating?! Must admit I never used it before, on my list for next grocery shopping!ReplyDelete
Well done, Pepy! This is a great post! I love cassava fritters and these stuffed ones look yum!ReplyDelete
This is my first visit to your blog and I am already in love with your space. Dropped here from Indonesia Eats and it was my first visit to her blog too. :D Two amazing blog discovery on one day !ReplyDelete
I LOOOOOOVE cassava, or yuca as my familia calls it. I've enjoyed it since I was a little girl and am always looks for new and creative ways to cook with it. These fritters look and sound incredible delicious and will be coming out of my kitchen very soon!ReplyDelete
@Eliana: Looking forward to see it!ReplyDelete
@Mycookinghut: should I make the savoury version that I told you earlier? :)


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Free Fight
"I'm looking for a three-round war, and I'm expecting him to be tough as nails, but I'm going to get that W no matter how it ends." - Stipe Miocic
There is something magnetic about the heavyweight division.
No matter how much talent resides in the lighter weight classes or how frequently the mighty mites of the sport put on incredible displays of technique and conditioning bouncing around the cage and punching each other in the face non-stop for 15 minutes, there is still something uniquely enticing about seeing a pair of heavyweights staring each other down across the cage.
While the various other divisions within the UFC have consistently boasted deep, talented ranks, the heavyweight division has experienced good times and bad. Even now, with the division deeper than perhaps it's ever been, the need for identifying prospects and putting them through the paces to see if they have what it takes to contend with the best heavyweights in the business is both daunting, and crucial.
Finding solid additions to the roster is challenging enough, yet alone coming across a six-foot-four-inch, 240-pound collegiate wrestler with Golden Gloves credentials who is athletic enough that he got a look from Major League Baseball once upon a time. That's why people have been paying close attention to Stipe Miocic's arrival and advancement in the UFC heavyweight division.
The 29-year-old Strong Style Fight Team member entered the UFC having generated a great deal of buzz in earning six consecutive stoppage victories on the regional circuit. None of his foes lasted to the third round; three didn't make it out of the first.
His potential was put to the test in his opening appearance in the Octagon in a matchup against durable veteran Joey Beltran at UFC 136 in Houston, Texas. He went to the cards for the first time in his career, but as he had in his previous six bouts, Miocic came away with the victory.
Four months later, the Croatian-born Cleveland native showed the power that made him such an intriguing prospect on the regional circuit when he needed just 43 seconds to dispatch fellow unbeaten up-and-comer Phil De Fries in a Knockout of the Night-winning performance in February.
"It's awesome. I really can't say much," Miocic offers, truly at a loss for words when asked to explain how his two-fight tenure in the UFC has been. A staccato burst of expression is all he can muster. "It's fantastic. I'm excited. It's been great, and keeps getting better. Keep winning, that's the name of the game."
The chain reaction of changes to the UFC 146 fight card resulted in Miocic being presented with a third opportunity to step into the Octagon by filling the opening opponent slot opposite fellow undefeated prospect Shane del Rosario in the former Strikeforce standout's UFC debut.
Getting the call on short notice doesn't give Miocic any reason for concern, and he's well aware that del Rosario is going to be looking to make a strong first impression when they collide Saturday night in Las Vegas.
"I've been training, so I'm in shape. He's a gamer; he's a tough dude, and I'm sure he's going to come to fight. My coaches have been breaking videos down, but it's hard to say (what's going to happen) because he's been out of the cage for a year-and-a-half after a terrible accident."
After pushing his record to a perfect 12-0 with a first-round submission win over Lavar Johnson in February 2011, del Rosario's car was struck by a drunk driver, forcing him to withdraw from a scheduled bout with Daniel Cormier, and press pause on his promising career until now.
Each win thus far has increased the attention on Miocic, and should he emerge from his meeting with del Rosario with a zero still holding down residency in his career loss column, the spotlight is sure to get even brighter. That kind of scrutiny can be unnerving for some, regardless of age and experience, but the former Division I All-American from Cleveland State University isn't worried about succumbing to the pressures or buying into his own hype.
"(The key is) just having the right people behind you — coaches, family, and friends — and not worry about the hype," says Miocic. "Just keep doing what you've been doing; the reason you got there.
"I just take it in stride, (and try to) keep getting better each fight. I have my coaches on me, telling me stuff to keep working on. I have no say in who I fight — they give me the call, and I'm fortunate and thankful that they've given me this fight at UFC 146. (It's a great opportunity), but you've got to keep getting better, and keep winning. That's what people want to see."
Miocic gives a great deal of credit to the team of coaches and fighters he trains alongside as a part of the Strong Style Fight Team, a group that includes former UFC competitor Forrest Petz, and Bellator veterans Chris Lozano and Brian Rogers.
"We're hard workers, and we're a close, tight group with great coaching. (Head coach) Marcus Marinelli is phenomenal. He helps us get better at our games, and uses things that are going to help us, not just give us stuff that we should try. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, and he'll think of something that would work in our arsenal."
The 8-0 heavyweight prospect already possesses a solid arsenal, with his weapon of choice being the big right hand he used to halt De Fries' unbeaten streak in Omaha, Nebraska earlier this year. After getting tagged with a couple early shots, Miocic seemingly decided, "Enough is enough" and went on the offensive, an explanation he agrees to with a laugh before elaborating.
"I just started off slowly, and I can't do that. I thought he was going to take me down; I didn't think about his hands too much. He hit me, but (it wasn't anything) I wasn't prepared for; I think I can take a punch. And then I hit him with the right hand."
Simple as that — "and then I hit him with the right hand."
That's why heavyweights draw casual and hardcore audiences alike, and why the upcoming battle of the unbeaten prospect between Miocic and del Rosario might be the most intriguing fight on the all-heavyweight main card at UFC 146.
Miocic is eager to get back into the cage and test himself against his toughest opponent to date. But where some fighters are worried about living up to the hype, the talented heavyweight prospect is focused on one thing and one thing only.
"It's going to be a war; I'm looking for a three-round war, and I'm expecting him to be tough as nails, but I'm going to get that W no matter how it ends. Decision, submission, knockout, I don't care — just get that W."


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Aaron Rodgers, James Starks lead Packers past Eagles, into divisional round
PHILADELPHIA -- Aaron Rodgers simply threw his hands in the air and pumped his fist. No, he doesn't celebrate like Brett Favre.
Rodgers doesn't have to worry about the ghost of Favre anymore. He's made his own name with the Green Bay Packers, even moreso with his first playoff victory.
Rodgers threw three touchdown passes, seldom-used rookie James Starks ran for 123 yards and the Packers beat Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles 21-16 in an NFC wild-card game Sunday.
"I never felt like there was a monkey on my back," Rodgers said. "I'm just so proud of these guys."
Rodgers had to watch from the sideline while Vick nearly led the Eagles back. But Tramon Williams intercepted Vick's pass for Riley Cooper in the end zone with 33 seconds left to seal the win.
Favre may have run on the field and carried Williams off on his shoulder after that play. Rodgers is a little more subdued than No. 4. He grabbed his helmet and went out to kneel down for the final play.
"We fought hard today," Rodgers said. "Big interception by Tramon who's had a great season for us."
The sixth-seeded Packers (11-6) are heading to Atlanta (13-3) for a divisional playoff game next Saturday night.
Rodgers patiently waited three years to become Green Bay's starter and took over after Favre's messy departure before the 2008 season. He long ago made Packers fans forget about Favre, and now has punctuated his impressive resume with his first playoff win in two tries.
"Defense played great. They've been carrying us a lot this season," Rodgers said. "We had three touchdowns tonight, it was enough to win."
It wasn't Rodgers' fault Green Bay lost 51-45 in overtime to Arizona last January. These aren't the same Packers. This patchwork squad has 10 different starters, and a much stronger defense.
Clay Matthews, Charles Woodson and Co. contained Vick for the most part. Vick threw for 292 yards and ran for 33 in his first playoff start since losing the 2005 NFC championship game on the same field as a member of the Atlanta Falcons.
"I feel like I got greedy and took a shot at the end zone," Vick said about his last pass. "I didn't throw the ball I wanted and got picked. It's not the way I wanted to go out, but I went down swinging. I have to learn from it."
Vick has come a long way since he was one of the game's biggest stars during his days in Atlanta. He missed two seasons while serving 18 months in prison for his role in a dogfighting operation, played sparingly in a backup role last year and only got his chance after Matthews knocked Kevin Kolb out in Green Bay's 27-20 win in Philadelphia in Week 1.
Vick made the most of the opportunity. He had the best season of his career and was selected to start the Pro Bowl for the NFC.
Vick can go to Hawaii now because the Eagles (10-7) are going home.
This was Green Bay's third straight win in an elimination game. The Packers routed the Giants on Dec. 26 to stay alive in the playoff race, and beat Chicago last week to secure a playoff berth.
The Eagles were the talk of the NFL after a sensational comeback win at the New York Giants on Dec. 19. But a stunning loss to lowly Minnesota on Dec. 28 cost the NFC East champions a chance at a first-round bye, and it seemed their Super Bowl hopes went down with that defeat.
Then again, the Eagles might have advanced if Pro Bowl kicker David Akers hadn't missed field goals of 41 and 34 yards.
"We can all count, and those points would have helped," Eagles coach Andy Reid said.
The supposedly one-dimensional Packers found a running game by giving the ball to Starks. The sixth-round pick who played in just three games had 101 yards rushing all year. The Packers had trouble running all year after Ryan Grant went down for the season in Week 1. But they exposed weaknesses in Philadelphia's defense.
The Eagles got within 21-16 when Vick sneaked in from the 1 with 4:02 left. The 2-point conversion failed, but the defense held and Philadelphia got the ball back at the Packers 34 with 1:45 left.
Vick completed passes of 28 yards to DeSean Jackson and 11 yards to Cooper before he threw the pick from the 27.
Jackson and Cooper both thought Vick should've spiked the ball and called a huddle. But he had other ideas.
"I just feel we rushed that last play and we didn't have to rush it," Jackson said. "That's what I was trying to say. 'Just down the ball, just spike the ball, just kind of get back to the huddle and regroup.' But he called 'All go.' We just ran what was called so that's neither here nor there. It's just unfortunate."
Vick had 175 yards passing and 103 rushing in the season opener against Green Bay, nearly rallying the Eagles back from a 17-point deficit. He said afterward that he wished he played the whole game because he thought the outcome would've been different.
He had his chance, and fell short.
Down 14-3, the Eagles got back in it when their struggling defense forced a turnover on the first possession of the second half. Darryl Tapp knocked the ball out of Rodgers' hands and Juqua Parker recovered at the Packers 24.
Vick then made a perfect 24-yard TD pass over the middle to Jason Avant, who was surrounded by four defenders, to cut it to 14-10.
But Green Bay responded. Rodgers threw a 16-yard TD pass to Brandon Jackson to extend the lead to 21-10.
The Eagles failed to convert on third-and-1 from the Packers 16 early in the fourth and Akers was wide right from 34 yards out.
The Packers went ahead 7-0 late in first quarter on Rodgers' 7-yard TD pass to Tom Crabtree. Rodgers kept the drive going by scrambling away from trouble and tossing a 9-yard pass to John Kuhn on third-and-7. He found a wide-open Crabtree on the next play. It was the first career TD for Crabtree, who had just four catches the entire season.
On Green Bay's next drive, Rodgers ran for 8 yards on third-and-5. Then his 9-yard TD pass to James Jones made it 14-0.
The Packers should've led 21-3 at halftime except Jones dropped a perfectly thrown deep pass in the final minute that would've been a 63-yard TD. Jones beat Asante Samuel on a fly pattern, but the ball bounced out of his hands.
Jones had issues with drops during the season. A disappointed Rodgers fell to his knees and put his hands on his helmet when he saw the ball hit the ground.
The Packers were preseason favorites to reach the Super Bowl, but a slew of injuries took a toll. Fifteen players went on injured reserve, with Grant and tight end Jermichael Finley among the six starters.
Game notes
The Packers are 1-2 in three road playoff games against Philadelphia. ... The Eagles beat Green Bay in the 1960 NFL championship game, giving Vince Lombardi his only playoff defeat. In January 2004, Philadelphia beat the Packers in overtime in the divisional round after converting on fourth-and-26 with 1:12 left in regulation. ... Starks had the most yards rushing in the postseason by a rookie in franchise history. ... Jackson missed a couple series in the first half with a left knee injury.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Pete Morelli