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Re: "Is our compassion consistent? Our laws protect animals from abuse, but not unborn children from abortion," Oct. 3 Colorado Voices column.
Mark Hillman's attempt to place the painful decision to abort a child in the same category as abuse or mistreatment thereof, while predictable, just doesn't wash. We simply cannot control the thought and actions of all human beings, much as we might like to. We pro-choicers are not pro-abortion. No one is. The decision to abort a child is not borne of cruelty or malice, nor should it be compared to the callous mistreatment of animals.
While I agree totally that the decision to abort is a tough one, and that sexual irresponsibility is not condonable, I believe that this decision is almost never taken lightly.
Hillman didn't state in his column that he would like to see the right to an abortion rescinded but, when I see him point the finger twice at "the mother," I tend to suspect he'd like them women-folk put in their places. In actuality, the father is often an accomplice in this decision. Most of all, as the decision to abort is not made from a place of hatred or malice, it is a private one and nobody else's business.
Anne Culver, Denver
What an excellent column by Mark Hillman. He is absolutely correct that America sadly is turned completely upside-down in its logic. Animals have become more valuable than humans. Unbelievable.
Liberals constantly decry the number of soldiers killed while bringing democracy to Iraq. But we never hear a peep from them about the millions of babies who are being murdered every year. Why the stark inconsistency in their compassion?
It's time for people of morality to confront the abortionists about their incessant lies. We also need to vote only for government leaders who fully support the value of human life.
Thanks again to Mr. Hillman for bringing this egregious logic to our attention.
Lawrence Bell, Greenwood Village
Former state Sen. Mark Hillman presents an unapologetic attack on a woman's right to make personal, private decisions about her life and her health.
Contrary to Mr. Hillman's assertion that late abortions occur for no reason, the National Abortion Federation says less than 2 percent of abortions occur after 21 weeks. Abortions after 26 weeks generally involve tragedy – when pregnant women survive car crashes or are diagnosed with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses whose treatments could restrict fetal development; or when a fetus has an undeveloped brain or failure of vital organs.
How many women and families will Mr. Hillman sacrifice in the name of "consistent compassion" by making abortion illegal?
Pro-choice isn't pro-abortion. Being pro-choice means realizing that these situations are personal, private and complicated, and decisions in these situations should be left to a woman and her doctor, in consultation with her family, and in keeping with her own religious beliefs.
If Mr. Hillman wanted to end abortion, he would support efforts to prevent unintended pregnancy – not to criminalize doctors and women. Emphasizing prevention in reproductive health care empowers Coloradans to make responsible, informed decisions that lead to healthy lives, families and communities.
Kathryn Wittneben,
Executive director, NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado, Denver


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April 16 press release following Awards Ceremony
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Mayor's Third Annual Green Awards celebrate Boston's sustainable leaders
Awards honor residents, businesses, and bike-friendly businesses for helping to "green" the City
Mayor Thomas M. Menino today honored numerous residents and businesses for their commitment to promoting environmentally sustainable practices in the City of Boston during the Third Annual Mayor's Green Awards. The awards ceremony was hosted by the Boston Children's Museum, which received a 2008 Green Award and has been recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council with LEED Gold Certification for incorporating many elements of green design. For the second consecutive year, the Mayor's Green Awards included a separate category for bike-friendly businesses in Boston. In total, the awards honored 3 residential leaders, 11 businesses, 4 hotels, and 33 bike-friendly businesses, including 2 that received special recognition.
"The breadth of the winners in all categories is only surpassed by the range of actions you are taking to mitigate climate change," Mayor Menino said. "Whether they promote healthy and sustainable food sources, provide great eco-tourism options, use renewable energy and green cleaning products, or recycle, today's winners demonstrate that we can all do our part to continue to make Boston more sustainable."
The Mayor's Green Residential Awards recognize residents and residential organizations in Boston that are committed to sustainable living. Winners in this category demonstrate exemplary sustainable practices in their community and in their homes. 2009 Green Residential Award winners include:
Leadership Award: West Roxbury Saves Energy – West Roxbury
West Roxbury Saves Energy is a community based organization committed to promoting ways that individuals can easily save money and protect the environment. Their website, www.westroxburysavesenergy.org, provides excellent information, including 10 easy actions that will save money and energy.
Waste Reduction Award: Joseph Porcelli and Dan Goldsbury – Jamaica Plain
Joseph and Dan's passion for the environment and their community led them to establish The Mug Project. They have reached out to individuals and organizations to reduce waste by using reusable mugs instead of single-serve beverage containers. Their commitment to this issue has not wavered, as they have spread the word throughout Boston to help people realize how much unnecessary waste is generated by using single-serve containers.
Green Home Conservation Award: Walter Hope and Jeff Doretti – Charlestown
Walter and Jeff live on a 50' boat at a marina in Charlestown, giving them a unique perspective on the environment. They have incorporated green cleaning methods both inside and outside of their boat, including laundry, dishes and the boat wash. The boat is powered by ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and utilizes recycled oil. Lighting is provided by LED and florescent lighting, and Walter and Jeff recycle, of course!
Green Business Awards were given to 11 businesses and 4 hotels that demonstrated extraordinary performance related to sustainable environmental practices. 2009 winners of the Mayor's Green Business Awards include:
Lights Out Boston – Downtown business
Lights out Boston (LOB) is a partnership between the City of Boston, large property owners, and Mass Audubon to turn off architectural and non-essential, internal lighting at night during the bird migratory seasons. LOB can reduce the amount of electricity that a building uses for lighting, and the associated electricity costs, by up to 25%. The program also reduces greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, associated with the production of electricity. Buildings committed to this program save money, reduce the risks of climate change, and protect wildlife.
Boston Green Building – Allston
Allston-based Boston Green Building is a new residential construction company focused on using sustainable and green alternatives to conventional construction development. Their own building features recycled materials, renewable energy generation, and a rainwater collection system.
Boston Sand & Gravel – Charlestown
A local company with a maintenance garage in Charlestown, Boston Sand & Gravel recently completed an energy efficiency retrofit that reduced energy consumption by 81%. The company worked with Nexamp, Inc. to identify and implement a clean energy plan to reduce energy use. This reduction was achieved by installing more energy efficient lighting and the state's first 100kW+ solar energy system on the facility's roof.
City Feed and Supply – Jamaica Plain
City Feed and Supply is a local sustainable grocery and retail shop in Jamaica Plaint that reflects and serves the needs of the neighborhood that sustains it. The store thrives on being a pedestrian market in a dense urban area with nearby public transportation. City Feed provides healthy food from local producers and works to build and maintain relationships with its employees, customers and vendors to better the local community.
Equal Exchange Café – Bulfinch Triangle
Equal Exchange has been a leader in the fair trade movement with chocolate and coffee producers, and now offers a long list of organic and locally sourced foods. They recently opened their first major retail location in the Bullfinch Triangle near North Station. The café employed low-impact construction methods, and the company is committed to recycling and composting, as well as using green cleaning products.
Hostelling International – Fenway
Hostelling International's Boston office in Fenway has committed itself to a series of green initiatives, including the purchase of fair trade coffee, eliminating paper products in the kitchen, and offering "in-room" recycling to guests, in addition to using low-flow water fixtures. The hostel shares these initiatives with over 30,000 guests annually.
Katsiroubas Bros. – Newmarket Square
This family-owned wholesale fruit and produce distributor in Newmarket Square is a member of the Sustainable Business Leader program. By implementing the findings of a company energy audit, Katsiroubas Bros. have dramatically reduced their energy use, saving over $13,000 per year. The business has reduced its carbon emissions by eliminating two truck runs per day, while also shifting its fleet to idle-free vehicles with automatic shutoff capacities.
Nitsch Engineering – Leather District
Located in the Leather District, Nitsch has been leading the engineering community in sustainable practices for over 10 years. As a member of the Sustainable Business Leader Program, Nitsch Engineering has been aggressively greening its own office as well by eliminating the use of paper and plastic in the kitchen, upgrading its lighting system, and working with the property's landlord to embrace building-specific green practices. The company's goal is to become carbon-neutral.
OMBE – Back Bay
OMBE is a health center in Back Bay that synergizes Eastern and Western medical techniques. Also a member of the Sustainable Business Leader program, the company has created a healthy environment for its customers by using green cleaning products, implementing a rigorous recycling program, and promoting energy-neutral policies.
Studio G Architects – Jamaica Plain
Located in Jamaica Plain, Studio G Architects promotes the use of sustainable design in its work and at its office. The company helps clients maximize natural light, minimize water use, build with recycled materials, and be as energy efficient as possible. Studio G highlights this commitment at its office, a transit oriented location in a historic building, by taking a leading role in getting building tenants to recycle.
As part of the Green Business Awards, Mayor Menino also gave special recognition to Dan Ruben of Boston Green Tourism for his continued work to green hotels and promote environmentally sustainable practices among businesses. The hotels that received recognition included the Colonnade Hotel in Back Bay, the Eliot Hotel in Back Bay, the Hyatt Regency in the Financial District, and the Westin Copley in Back Bay. Urban AdvenTours, a downtown waterfront business offering guided bicycle tours of Boston as well as bike rentals also received special recognition as a green tourism business.
For a second year in a row, Mayor Menino honored bike-friendly businesses in Boston in a separate award category. These businesses have adopted practices that make bicycling more accessible for costumers and employees. 33 businesses received recognition for being bike-friendly, while 2 businesses received special recognition as part of the Green Bike-friendly Business Awards. Special recognition went to:
Most Improved over 2008: Urban AdvenTours – Downtown Waterfront
Urban AdvenTours nearly doubled its bike-friendly score since the 2008 Green Awards. Improvements since 2008 include opening a storefront in the heart of the tourist district, which makes bikes accessible for tourists, offering a guaranteed ride home program that uses a bio-fuel bus, and plans to generate a map of bike tours for visitors to Boston.
Most Bike Friendly Business: Landry's Bicycles – Allston
Landry's total of 19 points on a scale of 20 for bike-friendliness exemplifies why they were recognized as the most bike-friendly business in Boston for 2009. Landry's also made history earlier this month by being the first bike shop to host an official hearing for the Boston City Council.
Both Landry's and Urban AdvenTours were among just a handful of Nationally Recognized Bike Businesses by the League of American Bicyclists.

subset: commoncrawl


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As the mayor and city councillors look back on 2012, they likely feel a sense of pride about their accomplishments during an unusually busy year. Hey, if you're Jim Watson, as the mayor of a big Canadian city, just keeping your job throughout 2012 was an accomplishment of its own.
Council kept tax increases to within their promised envelope. They overcame a blitz of legal challenges and carried the Lansdowne Park redevelopment across the goal-line. And they passed major milestones on the $2.1-billion light rail project, for which construction is likely to begin early in the new year.
For the first half of council's mandate, big decisions have been made co-operatively and with little friction. But further down the track are big challenges that will make the decisions about the first phase of light rail look easy in comparison. And while it's reasonable to think that the mayor and most of this council are headed for re-election, the remarkable consensus that has prevailed throughout this term could eventually fracture over some particularly thorny issues.
The work plan for this council was largely written by the previous one. Neither Lansdowne nor the light rail project was Watson's idea; indeed, if he'd become mayor four years earlier, the city might have taken a dramatically different approach on each file. But Watson's job, as he clearly outlined it during the last election campaign, was to see light rail and Lansdowne through to completion.
Even Watson's other key commitment — to keep tax increases to 2.5 per cent or lower — was also set in motion by the previous mayor and council. After Larry O'Brien's infamous and unfulfilled promise of a four-year tax freeze, Watson ran on a more achievable objective. Council has delivered three budgets, each with a lower tax increase than the previous.
(City news releases now refer euphemistically to these increases as "tax changes," as in "the lowest tax change in six years." Doesn't that sound better? You're taxes aren't going up; they're just changing!)
Next year's budget, the final one before the mayor runs for a second term, will certainly have an even lower tax change, something in the range of 1.5 to 1.9 per cent. Then it gets tricky: in the fall of 2014, Watson will be expected to make a new commitment for the next four years.
In past election campaigns, it was enough for candidates to talk about doing their best to keep taxes down or bragging about their experience at keeping costs under control. The last two races, however, have established a new and permanent expectation in Ottawa: a firm commitment on the maximum annual tax increase for four years.
After consistently outperforming 2.5 per cent, simply renewing that promise won't seem sufficiently aggressive. So Watson will likely have to commit to doing even better. Will that box him in as cost pressures and other demands increase? If it means tough decisions about spending, will the next council be equally supportive of his target? A new, lower commitment could set up more difficult budget deliberations and council meetings in the next term. Of course, after three years of virtual unanimity on fiscal issues, that's not saying much.
On Lansdowne Park, almost all the heavy lifting is done. Assuming everything is completed on time, the mayor and councillors will have the opportunity to cut the ribbon at the new facility and attend a full season of CFL football before the next election. Perfect timing.
However, on the biggest project of them all, the biggest obstacles and toughest decisions are still ahead. The city has taken a bold step by approving the plan and the consortium that will build the first phase of light rail, including the downtown tunnel. But that was the easy part: the mayor and councillors were following through on the mandate given to them by the people in the last election campaign. Now it gets a little messier.
The issue won't likely be cost overruns. Watson has staked his reputation on keeping the project on budget, so there's little chance he'll let that slide. We won't be experiencing what Calgary just went through: a light-rail phase that was budgeted for $700 million and cost $1.5 billion.
But the city is going to experience significant traffic chaos once construction begins. The current Transitway, which whisks people toward downtown from east, west and south, is about to be ripped up. We're about to experience the traffic challenges on the scale of the bus strike, only for several years.
Second, the city still has no idea where some future phases of the system will be located or how they will be funded. How is it going to get to Kanata? We don't know. And even if we did, federal and provincial governments are in cost-cutting mode, so it's not realistic to expect another $1.2 billion to fall from higher authorities into our laps in the next decade.
The consensus on phase one — both in the community and around the council table — was built on the expectation that the system would eventually serve constituencies and voters far beyond the downtown core. When choices have to be made between competing route options, some of which could dramatically change neighbourhoods, that harmony could quickly turn into discord.
There is already significant opposition developing to some of the proposed routes beyond Tunney's Pasture, the western terminus of the first phase. It will be difficult to choose any route through Westboro or any other neighbourhood that doesn't upset some residents or pit one community against another.
Further complicating the matter will be the fact that for all the hype and construction inconvenience, the completed first phase of the system won't save many transit riders very much time. In fact, it will likely take longer for many riders to get to their destinations.
Right now, suburban residents of Kanata and Orléans can take a single bus all the way downtown and exit at street level at one of four stations in the core. In 2018, those same riders will have to take buses to either Blair Road or Tunney's Pasture and then transfer to a train. The stations will be much farther apart — there will be two instead of four. And they'll be located one to two blocks farther north — on Queen instead of Albert or Slater — meaning that most users will have to walk farther to their destinations once they disembark. Oh, and they'll also have to ascend three or four storeys from underground before they do.
Somehow this is supposed to add up to a time savings for everyone on their daily commute. Indeed, one city councillor recently suggested that the first phase of the light-rail project will be so successful that Ottawa residents will be pressuring politicians of all levels to proceed with the next phase. His theory is that, despite their fiscal challenges, the provincial and federal governments will have no choice but to put more money into our light rail system.
Even if light rail is delivered on time and on budget, will the benefits of the system be so obvious to residents that they will be begging to spend billions more on future projects? More likely, we'll have spent $2.1 billion on the backbone of a system without knowing where the arms and legs will be located.
It's concerning that such details and strategic questions are rarely discussed or explored by council or city staff. The consensus is so firmly established that nobody challenges any of the assumptions about the project. The response to any question is always something simplistic like "We simply have to do it!" or "The downtown is chockablock with buses right now!"
Much has been written about the consortium of companies that will build the light-rail system. But there's a consortium at City Hall, a consensus of politicians and bureaucrats with which almost every stakeholder has so far fallen in line. It's difficult to be a light-rail doubter in this city. But so much of the future of this enormous project is undetermined. When challenges and difficult decisions present themselves, it will be interesting to see whether they can keep everyone on the same train.
Mark Sutcliffe is an Ottawa Citizen columnist.


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Results from a study by the Australian Computer Society released today reveal that almost a third of ICT job seekers believe they have been discriminated against, based on gender, age, ethnicity or other factors, when applying for positions in the sector. An ACS salary survey also found that men working in the sector were on average earned 9.8 per cent more than women.
According to the study, although women enter the industry with comparative or slightly better salaries, within three to five years men have a salary that is on average 5 per cent higher than women.
The 2012 ACS Employment survey, which gathered responses from 2250 ICT professionals, found that more women than men are likely to be employed on a part-time bases.
ACS president Nick Tate said that although Australian industries all suffer from gender pay inequality, "few are in as much need as ICT to tackle it head on".
Close to half — 46.8 per cent — of the women surveyed indicated they felt they had experienced discrimination when applying for an ICT job, based on gender, age, ethnicity or other factors.
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This contrasted with 70.6 per cent of the men who were surveyed who indicated they hadn't faced any discrimination when applying for jobs. Over 17 per cent of women said they had faced discrimination based on gender, compared to 10.2 per cent of women who faced discrimination based on age and 6.8 per cent based on ethnicity.
The ACS study also found that 35 per cent of those surveyed, both men and women, who were 55 years old or older felt they had experienced discrimination based on age.
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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure Trailer: Down on His Luck
A blast from the past is coming to PC and Mac thanks to Atlus. Folks, say hello to Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure.
Tex Murphy is a classic video game character who's portrayed by his creator, Chris Jones. He first appeared in the late '80s in a game called Mean Streets, which was an adventure game that utilized live action footage and digitized actors. The proceedings play out like an interactive movie, with players pointing and clicking throughout the adventure and then full motion video scenes playing out accordingly.
Tex returns in Tesla Effect, published by Atlus, on April 22. Not much is known about the game except that Tex will do what he's famous for doing and get beat up while trying to solve a mystery. Until then, enjoy the classic montage of Tex getting the snot punched out of him above.


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Thieves steal a U-Haul trailer with a casket, body inside of it
A happy ending for a family heading to Kirtland, New Mexico to bury their loved one.
Late Sunday night, police say an SUV hauling a U-Haul trailer was stolen outside a Residence Inn in southeast Albuquerque. Inside that trailer was a casket and the body of the family's loved one.
Police say the couple was traveling from Oklahoma to Kirtland, NM to bury the woman's father.
Around 11 a.m. APD says it found the stolen SUV, trailer and casket with the body inside near Gibson and Girard.
The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office confirms deputies arrested Anthony Serna, Jeremy Soliz, and Daniel Gonzalez this morning after they were spotted driving recklessly near Isotopes Park in a red pick-up truck.
Witnesses say they saw the same red pick-up truck at the hotel just before the U-Haul was stolen.


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18 months ago I relocated from my home town of Glasgow, to London, just 400 miles away. An important reason for the move was because I had just started working on my new startup, Teamly, and I know that location matters, even when running an internet business. Don't kid yourself otherwise, your chance of success is seriously improved when you're in a startup hub.
18 months later and moving to London has proved to be a smart move, for all the expected reasons, as well as the unexpected recognition by the UK Government of London's startups with the launch a year ago of "TechCity".
Y-Combinator partner Paul Graham recently wrote an essay, "Why startup hubs work":
If you're in a startup hub, unexpected good things will probably happen to you, especially if you deserve them.
And it's not just the increased likelihood of serendipity, but to do your best work, who you hang around with matters.
Jim Rohn said:
"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with."
Hanging out with likeminded people is only possible when they are nearby and accessible.
What better way to get to know people than to have coffee with them? VC Mark Suster blogged on "Why you need to take 50 coffee meetings". He says whether hiring (or being hired), building rapport with journalists, raising money or understanding customer needs, you need to get out of the building and meet people face-to-face. If you're not in the right location you could probably still have your 50 meetings, but would you be meeting the right people?
The quantity and quality of meetings – whether planned or by chance – will be influenced by what Brad Feld calls "Entrepreneurial Density".
Following his formula, I've calculated the entrepreneurial density of some of the top startup cities, using Startup Digest subscriber numbers as an inexact, but best guess at the size of the startup community, divided by the general population in the metro area, using figures from Wikipedia . (Then I've multiplied by 10,000 to get an integer).
- Boulder: 52
- San Francisco: 30
- Austin: 15
- Boston: 10
- Seattle: 8
- New York: 6
- Washington DC: 6
- Berlin: 5
- London: 4
- Chicago: 3
- Los Angeles: 3
- Paris: 2
The problem is not that most towns kill startups. It's that death is the default for startups, and most towns don't save them. Instead of thinking of most places as being sprayed with startupicide, it's more accurate to think of startups as all being poisoned, and a few places being sprayed with the antidote.
Finally, here's a few examples from my last trip to Silicon Valley:
1. At TechCrunch Disrupt I (literally) bumped into the founder of a long-established and very successful enterprise software startup, and ended up talking to him for an hour, and getting some great advice. He wasn't even attending Disrupt, he'd come along for his buddy's book launch. (His buddy was Eric Ries!).
2. I got an intro from a Scottish ex-pat, to a Palo Alto VC, who in turn connected me with one of Google's Mountain View engineers responsible who worked on Google Apps from the start. Again, a long conversation and great advice followed.
3. Another entrepreneur friend tweeted an entrepreneur, and suggested coffee. That coffee meeting resulted in an introduction to Matt Mullenweg of WordPress, a really great intro for my friend given what his start is doing.
4. I was parking my rental car on University Avenue, Palo Alto when I looked up and saw an entrepreneur I know from London walking down the street. So I quickly jumped out the car and ran over to say hi. The guy he was with turned out to be James Hong, founder of Hot or Not.
Thanks for reading, I'd love to know your thoughts. Have you relocated, if so why? Would you NOT relocate, if so, why not?


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Yossi Beinart, chief executive of the North American Derivatives Exchange, wanted to be up and running with a new set of options this week that would have allowed investors to bet on the 2012 election.
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Who will be president? Which party will control the House or Senate? People would have been able to trade futures contracts on these questions.
Instead, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday decided to put this proposal under a 90-day review. Meantime, one of the regulator's five commissioners has said Beinart's idea amounts to "political poker." Imagine that. Investors playing cards with political candidates instead of, say, subprime mortgage securities or credit-default swaps.
The CFTC, which regulated Enron and more recently MF Global, is apparently concerned that a little wager on Mitt Romney or Barack Obama might be tantamount to gambling.
Perhaps commissioners never got the memo when the casino industry and global financial markets merged. Or when Wall Street and Washington became the same fashionable shopping mall with a revolving door in the middle.
By now, just about every conceivable objection to Beinart's proposal has been heard. Here are just a few of the nuttier ones:
It might entice a candidate to throw the race, like a prize-fighting boxer in a B-movie. It may create an incentive for someone to dig up dirt on a candidate to extort them or dash their campaign for a quick profit. It could even lead to candidate assassinations...gasp!
Chicago-based Nadex, however, is a tiny exchange geared toward retail investors. The way its proposal is structured, the most one could profit from a bet on a political event is $250,000. That's hardly incentive enough for a grand conspiracy. It doesn't even compare to what a Wall Street powerhouse could make getting Moody's or Standard & Poor's to put a triple-A rating on a bag of horse manure and trading that over an exchange.
There's already an exchange called Intrade in Ireland that takes bets on the next U.S. president or even whether Israel will launch an air strike against Iran.
"Americans trade on it," Beinart said. "Why wouldn't you want this market here?"
To a limited extent, it's already here. The Iowa Electronic Markets, an experimental exchange operated by the University of Iowa's business school, has been allowing investors to buy and sell futures on election results since 1988.
I say American politics is so filled with nonsense, it is high time we apply some basic market discipline. I, for one, couldn't stand all these Republican candidates in Iowa complaining about Obama being a socialist while preaching to a state that thrives on enormous federal subsidies for ethanol.
"The fact that there's a market trading these options will take some of the B.S. out," Beinart said. "It's another voice that may be slightly more rational."
Wouldn't it be fun to hear how much money gets lost by ideologues and amateur political junkies who are so easily manipulated by the absurd labels campaigners toss at them?
Wouldn't it be fun watching Herman Cain options drop to zero as one woman after the next popped out of his past? Or options on Rick Perry plunging as the nation discovers he cannot even count to three?
Pundits had bet Ron Paul would take Iowa. Can you imagine the run-up we'd have seen in Rick Santorum options as he unexpectedly grabbed the lead in the anyone-but-Romney race?
I might have bet Newt Gingrich was finished after reading how much money he made working for the failed government agencies--Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--that he's roundly blamed on Democrats. Gingrich is still in the running, although his little hissy fit after placing so low in Iowa might have sent his options tumbling lower.
Beinart guessed options on Obama winning the next election might be priced at $56 if they were trading today. After the election, they would be priced at $100 if Obama won, and zilch if he lost, but they would trade up and down in the meantime, as the race develops.
Having a bet on a particular candidate might make voters think more clearly about their choices. It's one thing to knee-jerk along to a slogan, and another to put down your money and keep vigilant tabs on what's really going on.
"There's polling. There's pundits. And there's your neighbor's opinion," Beinart said. "This will be an additional source of information."


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by Bankole Thompson
Michigan Chronicle Senior Editor
The leadership challenges facing Detroit are begging for answers that are hard to find in this town.
Because failed political leadership, accompanied by an enabling resistant culture, is the order of the day, and people for so long have not demanded much from those who have been guardians of the status quo at city hall, it is difficult to believe that the current crop of candidates running for mayor and city council have answers for a city that is on the brink of bankruptcy and serious financial reform.
It's problematic to even remotely suggest that those who are currently seeking to be entrusted with serving in Detroit government will offer anything different from the current political and economic turmoil that the city is faced with as a result of those in government today.
A reorganization is in order if Detroit is going to make any headway in the public interest. The present challenges are crippling the city politically as well as financially.
Let's begin with the sweeping scandal of Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh disappearing from public sight and now under a police investigation, following allegations of inappropriate relationship with a teen. Without knowing much detail in this titillating scandal, still, Pugh, as head of the largest municipal government in this region, owes Detroiters an answer. And running away is not the answer for a man who was elected to serve on the council as well as be its president.
When former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's scandals began to unravel, he too disappeared from public sight and later surfaced at a church to render a televised apology for his misdeeds.
When the going gets tough Detroit expects its leaders to face the difficult choices head-on, not to go into hiding.
Whatever is driving the scandal is Pugh's personal issue and the city, at a time when it is facing tough choices on reform, should not be a victim to the personal choices of its leaders.
Added to the Pugh conundrum is the resignation of his deputy president on the council, Gary Brown, who grabbed a $225,000 job on the 11th floor of the Coleman Young Municipal Building working as top deputy for emergency manager Kevyn Orr.
In this unexplained and yet to be defined position, Brown will serve as chief compliance officer for the city, leaving a city council that is already in a political transfix, further rendering the legislative body toothless even though it's mandated to take care of much day-to-day business.
Since compliance by definition requires some regulatory certification or requirement, as former council member Sheila Cockrel rightly put it during a live broadcast of "Flashpoint," WDIV's Sunday morning political show, the public has yet to learn what in Brown's background makes him the appropriate choice for compliance manager for the city.
Would it have served the public better for Brown to stay on council until the end of his term and then announce his next public venture, instead of jumping ship in the midst of a political crisis that's already fractured the legislative body for a highly lucrative position?
In the private sector you can change positions any time and in any way without much explanation. It won't merit a mention in the media. But in the public sector, where taxpayer dollars are on the line, there is explaining to do for these kinds of moves even if it is tactical and calculated for Brown, given his supposed relationship with State Treasurer Andy Dillon.
If and when Orr exits after 18 months as emergency manager and heads back to Jones Day law firm, is Brown being positioned or positioning himself to be the next emergency manager or de facto mayor until all of the reforms at city hall are complete?


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Small child among 4 injured in shooting near Alabama church carnival
Several people were reported to be injured by gunfire, near a church carnival in Center Point Saturday night.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says shots were fired near the carnival in a parking lot of the church.
The Center Point Fire District Chief Donnie West says four people suffered gunshot wounds, including a child less than one year old.
Three of those victims were taken to UAB Hospital, and one victim was taken to Children's Hospital.
All victims had non-life threatening injuries.
The Sheriff's Office reported at least two people with reported gunshots wounds.
A pregnant woman was also injured and taken to a hospital, after she was knocked to the ground by people running from gunfire.
The Sheriff's Office says five people have been taken into custody for questioning.


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Although Caucasians are still statistically overrepresented, the class of U.S. seminarians due to be ordained priests in the next couple of months shows a continuing increase in the racial and ethnic diversity of ordinands in recent years, according to data released in April by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and compiled by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.
The new study shows Asian-Americans represent 11 percent of this year's ordinands—the term for those about to be ordained—even though Asian-Americans account for only 3 percent of the total U.S. Catholic population. Most of the ordinands of Asian descent were Vietnamese (6 percent of the total), or Filipino (2 percent). After years of underrepresentation, African-American Catholics have apparently regained a proportional representation among those being ordained. About 3 percent of U.S. Catholics are black, and the same percentage of this year's ordination class is black.
Non-Hispanic Caucasians now make up only about 58 percent of the U.S. Catholic population, but they continue to constitute a larger majority of ordination classes—72 percent this year. The most underrepresented group was Hispanics. U.S. Catholics of Hispanic or Latino heritage make up an estimated 34 percent of the nation's Catholic population. But only 12 percent of the ordinands answering the CARA survey described themselves as Hispanic.
The total annual number of U.S. ordinands has been stable for several years at around 450. But that is barely half of what would be needed to replace fully those priests leaving active ministry each year because of death, retirement, illness or other reasons. The average age of this year's ordinands is 36, consistent with the average over the past five years. The average age at ordination in the 1950s and 60s by contrast was 26, but that gradually climbed in the next three decades. It now has apparently leveled out. Age at ordination is significant for projecting the future pool of active priests, because a man ordained at 26 might be expected to have as many as 50 years of active service, while one ordained at 36 would more likely have at most 40 years ahead of him before retiring or removal from service by illness, death or other causes.
A senior research associate at CARA, Mary L. Gautier, said that another recently completed but not yet published CARA study found that only 64 percent of the nation's 27,614 diocesan priests are fully active. She said that study's findings are consistent with figures from the 2008 Official Catholic Directory, which listed 8,433 of the country's diocesan priests, or 31 percent, as retired, ill or absent on leave. Just 10 years earlier, the directory reported that there were some 4,000 more diocesan priests, but at that time only 24.6 percent of them were listed as inactive because of retirement, illness or leave of absence. Thus the number of active diocesan priests has dropped from nearly 24,000 in 1997 to a little over 19,000 in 2007.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Reports are circulating that an important nuclear facility in Iran has been at least partially destroyed in a massive explosion. The news comes just days after an ex-Iranian diplomat who defected to the West warned that if Iran obtained a nuclear weapon, it would use that weapon against Israel.
The explosion reportedly took place at the Fordo nuclear facility near the city of Qom. Fordo is buried deep under a mountain, making it nearly immune to aerial assault, and therefore a perfect location for a significant portion of Iran's uranium enrichment activities.
According to reports in the American news website WorldNetDaily, which cited a former Iranian defense official who fled to the West, the explosion caused a collapse of the elevators that descend nearly 300 feet into the mountain facility, trapping some 240 personnel inside.
Tehran is said to be blaming the explosion on sabotage. Both Israel and the US are known to have taken various measures against Iran's defiant nuclear program over the past several years. Though Israel did not officially respond to speculation that it was behind the blast, Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter told Yediot Ahronot that "any explosion in Iran that doesn't hurt people but hurts its assets is welcome."
The debate over whether or not to take decisive action against Iran's nuclear program has been intensifying, especially after Iran's former consul in Oslo, Mohammed Reza Hedyari, told Israel's Channel 2 News that Iran is only one year away from fielding a nuclear weapon, which it will turn on Israel.
"If Iran is given more time, it will acquire the knowledge necessary to build a nuclear bomb within a year," Heydari told Israeli television viewers last Friday. "If Iran gets to the point where it has an atomic bomb, it will certainly use it, against Israel or any other enemy state."
The former diplomat suggested that it was a grave mistake for Western leaders to think that the Iranian leadership will be pragmatic with its nuclear weapons, in the way former Soviet leaders were.
Iran's leaders "are busying themselves with ideological preparations for the arrival of the 'hidden Imam' (a kind of Muslim messiah)," he said. "For this purpose, they are willing to spill much blood and destroy many countries."
Heydari defected to Norway in 2010.
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Rhode Island recently started (finally) getting in bottles of Ransom Old Tom Gin; having heard so much about it over the last two years or so, I had to buy a bottle and try it.
The only other Old Tom I've had is Hayman's, and I have to say, these are very different products. Both are excellent in quality and great in flavor, but the Ransom has a maltiness to it that makes it stand out just a bit. I suspect each Tom will shine brightly in specific cocktails, so I can see both of them having a place on my bar.
A cocktail in which the Ransom excels is the Martinez, the martini precursor that uses gin, sweet vermouth, bitters, and sometimes either curacao or maraschino. Historically, the Martinez calls for equal parts gin and vermouth. I like them prepared that way, but I prefer a little more gin in mine.
Here's my recipe:
- 2 oz. Ransom Old Tom Gin
- 1 oz. Carpano Antica sweet vermouth
- 1 dash orange bitters
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
- lemon twist
Stir all ingredients except for lemon twist in an ice-filled mixing glass. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Twist lemon peel over drink and discard.
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From space: incubation programme creates a thousand jobs
The creation of a thousand new high-tech jobs over the last nine years was celebrated at the Agency's business incubator in southern Germany on Wednesday. The centre and its start-ups are important contributors to the regional economy and the growing job market.
Incubation efforts in Bavaria have resulted in 66 new companies – 34 of them stemming from ESA's incubator – and a thousand new jobs.
ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain, Bavaria's Minister for Economic Affairs Martin Zeil and German Aerospace Center DLR board member Dr Gerd Gruppe took part in the ceremony to mark the milestone.
Mr Dordain noted, "Technology transfer and its business incubation activity are at the heart of ESA. Helping start-ups to use space technology for novel applications is the best way to demonstrate how space can improve our daily lives through growth and competitiveness.
"Creating new high-tech jobs in Europe is always a good investment. ESA helps in the important seed phase and our incubation effort is one of the biggest in the world."
Mr Zeil added, "The consistent commitment of the Free State of Bavaria has over the years been able to effectively help utilise the potential of space technology by start-up companies and to shorten the critical path to marketable products. This has created high-quality jobs and strengthened the high-tech industry in Bavaria.
"This is a great success and documents very clearly how our technology policy is permanently advancing the high-tech industry in Bavaria."
Mr Dordain and Thorsten Rudolph, CEO of Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen (AZO), which operates the Bavarian centre under contract to ESA, signed an agreement to extend its incubation efforts, allowing new start-ups to be selected and guaranteeing economic growth for the region. Overall, it will support up to 90 more start-ups by 2019.
Frank Salzgeber, Head of ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office, noted: "Throughout Europe, more than 180 new companies have been launched as a direct result of ESA's business incubation initiative at its seven centres in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Italy and Belgium. We are helping more than 60 new start-ups each year."
The seven business incubators across Europe promote the use of space technology, systems and knowhow for non-space applications. New start-ups receive financial and technical support during their two-year incubation period, leading to the launch of a new company, a new product on the market and new jobs for the region.
"These centres are great tools for reaching the regions, and create true value – new business and often innovative leading-edge technological solutions that strengthen Europe's competitiveness in the global economy."
To continue supporting the companies after their incubation, ESA has set up as a limited partner the Open Sky Technology Fund, a €100 million venture fund.
ESA Business Incubation Centre (BIC) Bavaria is located in Gilching near Munich, Germany. It opened in 2009 under the name ESA BIC Oberpfaffenhofen, changed in 2011 to ESA BIC Bavaria after it was enlarged with two additional sites in the region, Nuremberg and Berchtesgadener Land.
The scientific expertise and development network includes its neighbour, the DLR German Aerospace Center, as well as the nearby Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits IIS and the economic development corporation Berchtesgadener Land.
ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office aims to strengthen European industry by identifying new business opportunities for providers of space technology and systems. It plays an important role in raising the knowhow and competitiveness of Europe, while broadening its business horizons and creating jobs for its citizens.
Its four lines of business are the incubation centres, the Technology Broker Network, ESA's wealth of Intellectual Properties and the Open Sky Technology Fund.


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HOW TO: Move To New York City Sane And Not Broke
How do you move to New York City and stay sane and not be broke?
Look at this kid. That's Ben Popken on the night he moved to New York City. He just spent the past three days on a Greyhound from Denver to Manhattan. The last leg of the journey was shared with twenty just-paroled convicts. Look at his smile. He has no idea what he's in for.
After reading our post, "HOW TO: Re-Up Your Lease, Keep The Same Rent," Tim in Wisconsin Falls, Wisconsin, asks,
- "You pay $1650 a month rent for an apartment. What do you eat? I am barely getting by with $425.00 a month for a house. I understand it is New York but I have always wondered how New Yorkers manage to eat after paying huge rents each month. I have never been to NY so I cant say much but I have been told that New York doesn't pay that much more than other cities do. Do you have to have 50 roommates in a one bedroom apt to make it or what?
How does one move to New York and survive? "
Here's how…
First, ask yourself…
DO I REALLY NEED TO MOVE TO NEW YORK? Answering no to this is the easiest way to avoid the inevitable hassle and heartache of. New York City is a glittering emerald slut, full of potential and promise, but it can also be a total bitch. Nightlife is down ever since they enacted that cabaret law. The city's conduits of power are increasingly rusty and incestuous. Parts of the city are becoming, or already are, Disney versions of themselves, like the Lower East Side and Times Square, respectively. There's lots of other great cities in the world. The Bay Area has nicer weather. Philadelphia has dirt cheap rents. Even so, New York is awesome and is still the capital of the world for many a human endeavor. Let's move!
TAP PERSONAL CONTACTS. The easiest way to move to NYC is to have a friend, or a friend of a friend, who will let you crash in their apartment until you get your shit together. Be cool and offer to help out with rent as much as you can. If you're broke, maybe offer to clean up the apartment really nice all the time.
SCOPE OUT THE RENTAL MARKET. Determine where you would like to live and how much you can pay. Personal finance gurus recommend spending no more than 25% of your expected salary on rent. Realistically, you may have to spend up to 50%. But if you lock yourself into a high rent so you can live in "the cool spot" you may end up spending all your time inside your stupid little apartment cause you can never afford to go out. Think smaller and cheaper.
On this note, Brooklyn is a nice, cheaper-than-Manhattan place. Fort Greene and Carrol Gardens are good spots to look at in Brooklyn. Rents are relatively affordable, amenities are there, it's not too far from Manhattan, and they're fairly safe. Living near but not next to housing projects is a sure way to get more apartment for your money.
If you must live in Manhattan, Upper Upper West Side (past the 100's) has become affordable. There's places to be found on the more easternly points of the Lower East Side.
Cruise Craiglist for the going rates in your desired area(s) for 2+ roomies. Hone in what rent you think you're going to be paying each month. This number will rule your life.
SAVE Five times your expected monthly rent. To move into a lease, you will probably have to put up two month's rent + security deposit (usually another month's rent). There may even be a broker's fee, which is at least another month's rent. You will need the rest of the money to feed yourself and not feel like a loser. Stuff it in a high-yield online savings account, like HSBC or INGDirect.
DUMP YOUR JUNK. You probably don't need about 90% off what you own. Hold a yard sale. Donate. Digitize everything you don't need a real-world copy of. Put stuff in local storage. Throw it away. Whatever you do, just get rid of it. A good goal is reducing your belongings to an essential wardrobe, books, and your "tools of the trade." For most people this means a computer. For you it may be a welding torch. Shipping costs. Space in NYC is at a premium. Less stuff means less stuff you don't have room for.
LINE UP JOB PROSPECTS. Send out feelers and resumes before you arrive. Tap those personal connections. Let people know you're coming. If you went to college, call up the alumni office and see if they can hook you up with former students in New York. Monster.com has never done anything for us. Craigslist has. Don't get discouraged if people don't initially seem that interested in you. Tons of people say they're going to move to New York but never do, so NYC veterans learn to take a policy of, "I'll see it when I see it." That's okay, just start cranking the wheel on getting a cash flow going as early as possible.
MOVE. Go Greyhound. Fly coach. Drive yourself. U-Hauls and the like can be expensive over long distances, so its cheaper to ship your stuff freight with a trucking company like ROADWAY and then get to NYC by other means. If you've already reduced everything to two pieces of luggage, bonus.
Once you're here…
DO MASLOW. Take care of your pyramid of needs, working from the bottom up. If you have a choice between doing something at the top of this pyramid, versus something at the bottom, do the thing at the bottom. Not taking care of your needs at the bottom will thwart your attempts to do the ones at the top.
At the same time, maybe you will have to eat only one box of pasta a day so you can afford to go out for social drinks. That's fine, just don't make it a habit, or you may end up begging for quarters in Union Square.
GET A JOB. Even if it sucks. You need to make money just to tread water. Our first job was as a bike messenger. In winter. Saner folk go the temping route. Atrium is a fantastic temping agency. Tell them Ben Popken sent you. If you refer people to them who stay on for a few months, you get a small finder's fee.
LEARN TO ENJOY SOLITUDE. It's easy to feel lonely in a city of a gazillion people. That's because you are alone and no one wants to talk to you. Be prepared to have no new friends for at least a year. Be prepared for people who say, "Oh, we'll totally hang out once you're here," and then stand you up even after you set a date. Everyone's got crazy schedules here so "hang out with the new guy" may rank pretty low. Be glad people do this, so you can scratch 'em off your list before they have time to really disappoint you.
BECOME AWESOME. Whatever your deal is, be it your job or your hobby, get really good at it. You will have lots of free time to work on this because you have no friends. Socializing is often centered around people who have "your thing" in common, so it helps to be dedicated and skilled in it. This is for both personal satisfaction, and that other people will take you seriously if you're taking your thing seriously.
TUNNEL. Use the resources of your current crappy job to get you your next, better job. With the money from bike messengering, we bought clothes that made us look presentable for the temp agency. Between directing phone calls at the temp job, we blasted out hundreds of resumes that eventually landed us a job at an online marketing firm. While at the online marketing firm, we started an advertising blog on the company's behalf that ended up getting us a job with Gawker. Now we're tunneling towards building a six-month emergency cushion and doing more personal creative projects.
DON'T MOVE BACK. A lot of people quit New York less than a year after moving. That's a personal choice, but if you're trying to be in New York, obviously leaving it is not a viable solution. If things get so hard you want to move back, ask for help from family and friends. Evaluate the choices you're making, the things you're buying, and see where you can cut back. Realize you're not going to get that super-star job right off the bat (see: BECOME AWESOME). Stiffen that upper lip. Or cry. Whatever you need to do, just don't move back. Life is hard. Welcome to it.
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Sacred Heart
Of Jesus
Heart of Mary
Blessed be the Most Loving Heart and Sweet Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the most
glorious Virgin Mary, His Mother, in eternity and forever. Amen.
....Only the Heart of
Christ who knows the depths of his Father's love could reveal to us the abyss of his mercy
in so simple and beautiful a way ----From the Catechism. P:1439
From the depth of my
nothingness, I prostrate myself before Thee, O Most Sacred, Divine and Adorable Heart of
Jesus, to pay Thee all the homage of love, praise and adoration in my power.
Amen. - - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
The prayer of the
Church venerates and honors the Heart of Jesus just as it invokes his most holy
name. It adores the incarnate Word and his Heart which, out of love for men, he allowed to
be pierced by our sins. Christian prayer loves to follow the way of the cross in the
Savior's steps.-- From the Catechism. P: 2669
The Salutation to the Heart of Jesus and Mary
An Offering of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Prayer to Sacred Heart of Jesus
Prayer to
the Wounded Heart of Jesus
Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart
& Novena Prayer on the Sacred Heart
Beads to
the Sacred Heart
Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Solemn Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
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It seems like a lifetime ago, but after joining the US Army in February of 1972, I found myself stationed in Aschaffenburg, Germany, in early July, 1972. I still remember getting picked up at the the railroad station by a guy named Denmark, who hailed from northern Florida, with an accent to match — and could he play the guitar!
Denmark loaded all my belongings, all in a duffle bag, into his jeep, and after a short drive, we arrived at Fiori Kasserne, a US Army base that I later learned had been built as a German Army training camp for World War I.
I didn't get settled in right away because the radar machines I had been trained to repair had been obsolete for years, so I never saw one in the field. I wasn't trained to operate the machines, so I couldn't be of much use in the platoon that operated the newer machines.
Fortunately, I got transferred to the maintenance platoon. That was better, and I met a guy in my platoon — William Mace Martin, from Logansport, Indiana — who took me under his wing. Bill and I had a lot in common, even though he was married and had an apartment off base. Bill and I became good friends and hung out together a lot — sometimes the two of us, sometimes with his wife.
My formal Army training didn't really qualify me to do anything, and Bill said it would be a good idea to get a military driver's license. Of course, I knew how to drive, but Bill taught me how to drive a monstrous 2½-ton truck — or, deuce and a half, in Army lingo. It had 10 speeds, rear-wheel or all-wheel drive, air brakes, and other macho features. Nonetheless, Bill had me driving around the base in no time. And more importantly, he taught me how to back up a trailer — which is still useful today whenever I have to back my camper into a tight spot. He often taught me on his own time, on Saturdays. So, yeah, Bill was a great guy and a good friend.
Bill and his wife didn't like their situation in Germany, so after several months, he was able to get a transfer back to the states. I was genuinely happy for them, but just before his scheduled departure, Bill approached me on pay day. He said the Army wasn't covering all his moving expenses, and he really needed some cash. He asked to borrow $100, what amounted to most of my bi-monthly take-home paycheck. I was reluctant, but he promised me he'd be good for the money, and that I knew the kind of person he was and that he'd certainly pay me back once he got settled. I gave him the money, but I never heard from again.
I was probably bitter by getting burned by my friend at first, but it never really ate away at me. I'd sometimes wonder how much the money would be worth — with interest — in today's dollars. I even tried looking him up a few times, but to no avail. Besides, maybe something serious happened that prevented him from sending me the money, or maybe he just lost my contact info. So, no, I didn't become bitter, but I couldn't forget, either.
Then I came to a realization that what Bill did for me was far more valuable than the money he never repaid. When our battalion went on field maneuvers, truck drivers, like me, got to sit in a heated cab on a padded seat, rather than on a wooden bench in the back of a cold, windy truck — which even many sergeants had to do. I drove for the mess hall, so instead of crawling around in the mud and snow, I drove the cooks and food around all day so my comrades could be fed in the field. And back at the base, I drove for the supply sergeant, and at least once a week we'd head up to division headquarters for an enjoyable day replenishing supplies.
So, Bill, if you're still out there, your debt is forgiven. In fact, I'd love to get back together to find out what happened to you and share some interesting stories I enjoyed driving that big ol' deuce-and-a-half all over Bavaria!


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ALFRED, Maine — The status of a key witness in the high-profile trial of Mark Strong Sr., the Thomaston insurance broker accused of helping run a prostitution business out of a Kennebunk fitness studio, has been called into question by attorneys representing the town police department.
A letter from attorney Natalie Burns of the Kennebunk firm Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry suggests that the personnel records of town police may not be available for the trial because they are periodically deleted.
The apparent department "purging" of past files may deal a setback to the defense attorneys, who likely planned to reference the records in their cross-examination of Officer Audra Presby, who led the investigation into the alleged prostitution business and is the central figure in Strong's allegations of police retaliation in the case.
Strong faces 12 counts of promotion of prostitution and one count of conspiracy to promote prostitution for his alleged role helping Kennebunk fitness instructor Alexis Wright run a prostitution business out of her studio. Wright is scheduled to face a separate trial in May.
Strong has alleged that he has been charged in the case as police payback for his research into alleged misconduct on the Kennebunk Police Department, including a previous affair between Presby and her supervisor, as well as subsequent custody battles over her supervisor's child from his marriage at the time.
Kennebunk police Lt. Anthony Bean Burpee has stated publicly in the months before Strong's trial that Presby was disciplined for the incident long ago, and that it has no relevance to the department's pursuit of Strong. The supervisor in question is no longer with the department.
In an earlier decision, Mills had ruled that Lilley could pursue the payback argument, rejecting a motion by prosecutors to bar discussion at the trial of alleged retribution by law enforcement.
However, shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday, almost an hour after the lunch recess was scheduled to end, Mills told attorneys from both sides in the case that Presby would not testify during the afternoon session while questions raised by Burns are investigated.
Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan clarified before the court later in the day Thursday that, because of a provision in the union contract, personnel files at the department are periodically purged, and suggested there is no longer any record of the conduct Lilley plans to discuss.
Mills called another recess to allow prosecutors from the York County district attorney's office to seek another witness to testify in what had been Presby's time slot, after McGettigan told the judge the prosecution had no other witnesses previously scheduled for Thursday.
Mills noted that Burns seemed to suggest in her correspondence that the department's law firm had been in touch with the district attorney's office regarding the personnel records as early as Feb. 10, and the judge seemed irritated the Thursday letter represented the first time she or the defense received word of the dispute.
Mills said she did not believe Presby's personnel records were "confidential" and added that she already ruled they were "relevant" to Strong's argument of police retaliation in the case.
The Strong trial has been marked by regular and lengthy delays in the proceedings. On the third day of jury selection on Jan. 24, the Portland Press Herald and its parent group, MaineToday Media, put the case on hold by appealing to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court the decision by Mills to block public and media access to jury selection.
The high court ruled in the newspaper's favor, but before jury selection could continue the next day, the case was appealed again to the state supreme court by prosecutors, who challenged Mills' ruling in favor of a defense motion to dismiss 46 privacy invasion charges against Strong. The high court upheld the charge dismissal in a ruling more than three weeks later.
Taking Presby's place in the Thursday afternoon witness lineup was Maine State Police Detective Lauren Edstrom, who said she participated in the execution of a search warrant at Strong's Thomaston insurance agency and described the process by which investigators bagged and logged evidence.
Asked to identify the contents of several brown paper bags of evidence collected from the agency, Edstrom picked out several cameras, DVDs and what she called "miscellaneous paperwork."
Court broke on Thursday afternoon before the defense's cross-examination of Edstrom. Lilley is expected to begin his questioning of the detective soon after the trial resumes Friday morning.


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Houseboater at Heart
1986 Mainship 36 Dual Cabin Pointed Ended House Boat
You will be selling it because it's an underpowered single engine boat that is a PITA to handle and dock.
All that being said You will have gained experience and will not lose too much money.
If your handy and like to putter (I am) a boat is a good choice to work on. It's fun and you get to ride your hobby.
Good Luck what ever your decision.
The fries are cold so we gave you extra.
The thing I would be concerned about is a single engine. I have driven several. They do not track staright. You always have to counter steer to maintain a some what straight line.
With twins, set your course, and put your feet up.
So, if you are going to be dock sitter, no problem.
But if you are going to use it away from the dock, you will not like manuvering it. And when you do, have lots of large fenders down.
I would only own a twin.
Hey guys thanks for all the input. That why i like this site,others helping others.I am still on the search for a good twin .The lake i am on is pretty open, so docking is where twins would be a great help.My travels would be leaving the dock and looking for a quiet cove to hang out in for the weekend.
Go for it then.
The fries are cold so we gave you extra.
You only need a single engine. Sure, twins are super nice to have (you can turn in your own length--big deal) but the fuel and maintenance is a lot higher. This will be your first houseboat. That means if you really enjoy this hobby you will want something bigger, further down the road. If you don't want to continue, then it hasn't cost you as much and you have learned a lot.
I travelled over 3000 miles on my single engine houseboat, under all kinds of conditions. Having twin engines would have made life easier some times.. But, there are a lot of things that would have made life easier!
Well i bit the bullet and bought my first houseboat. A 1982 Gibson Lazycruz 50' with a single volvo 145a and 280 outdrive. I know it will be a pig to drive,but hey its big. So the fun begins on the remod. It is dry and really solid has spent the last several years under cover and got a great slip with the boat. So the questions will begin shortly!
Good work. If I were choosing an outdrive for that vintage boat, a Volvo 280 would top my list. They shift smoothly and are pretty much bulletproof. Volvo used them behind 350 chevys that they rated around 240hp and they performed admirably. It should serve very nicely behind a 145hp motor.
Congrats on your new houseboat.
Enjoy the heck out of it.
Tony B
Houseboater at Heart
1986 Mainship 36 Dual Cabin Pointed Ended House Boat


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Shujaa's BBQ
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- Little Five Points
- Barbeque, Halal
In the South, it can seem like once you've seen one BBQ restaurant, you've seen 'em all — but you probably haven't seen one that sticks strictly to halal beef, or includes African chicken sausage on their menu, or even has an option for vegans.What makes Shujaa's our new favorite hidden gem? Well, for one thing, it truly is hidden—you don't exactly stumble onto it. But we're letting you in on a little secret: this new Little Five barbecue restaurant is quietly serving up some of the best ribs around. Don't believe us? Just head inside the Four Corners Market next to Variety Playhouse, walk past the vendors selling their international wares, and aim for the white swinging doors at the end of the hallway. There, you'll find a barbecue spot that feels more like a secret supper club than a restaurant that opened up earlier this year in the heart of Little Five Points, an eatery where barbecue reigns supreme.
In the South, it can seem like once you've seen one BBQ restaurant, you've seen 'em all — but you probably haven't seen one that sticks strictly to halal beef or includes African chicken sausage on their menu or even has an option for vegans (no, not an iceberg lettuce salad). That's what makes this place a true hidden gem: not just their off-the-beaten-path location, but Chef Shujaa's creative, international approach to an oft-repetitive genre. Try his rib tips, already a crowd favorite, and the African chicken sausage, for something a little different. And just be sure to save some room for the homemade desserts... we hear that carrot cake isn't messin' around.
Menu Highlights:
Beef Rib Tips Plate, $10
African Chicken Sausage, $4—$7
Boneless Chicken Thigh, $5.50 — $10
Vegan Meatloaf, $9
Wednesday & Thursday, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday, 4 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.


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DUE WEST, SC — Coker ran its winning streak to three games Monday night with a 56-43 victory at Erskine College in men's collegiate basketball. Coker improves to 5-6 overall and 3-1 in the CVAC, while Erskine falls to 3-6, 1-2 in the conference.
The Cobras trailed by as many as seven during the first half but cut the deficit to 22-20 behind eight points from senior Jamie Jenkins/Columbia, SC. The Flying Fleet went on a 9-1 run to open the second period and led 31-21 just over four minutes played.
Coker came back to take the lead at 38-36 on a jumper by junior Johnny Jackson/Hartsville, SC with 10 minutes to play and never trailed again. CC quickly pushed the margin to eight points and, with the Fleet struggling to score, ran away with a 13 point victory.
Senior Michael Pierce/Whiteville, NC led the Cobras with 15 points and eight rebounds and Jenkins totaled 11 points, seven boards and three assists. Senior Blake Miller/Moncks Corner, SC provided a spark off the bench with 10 points and Jackson added seven.
Coker hosts Mt. Olive now on Thursday night, January 13, at 7:30 PM. The Trojans are off to a 9-1 start on the year and are 3-0 in the CVAC.


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- curses window background manipulation routines
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lcurses [ library ... ] #include <curses.h> int bkgd(chtype ch);
void bkgdset(chtype ch);
void wbkgdset(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);
int wbkgd(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);
The bkgdsets() and wbkgdset() routines manipulate the background of the named window. Background is a chtype consisting of any combination of attributes and a character. The attribute part of the background is combined (ORed) with all non-blank characters that are written into the window with waddch(). Both the character and attribute parts of the background are combined with the blank characters. The background becomes a property of the character and moves with the character through any scrolling and insert/delete line/character operations. To the extent possible on a particular terminal, the attribute part of the background is displayed as the graphic rendition of the character put on the screen.
The bkgd() and wbkgd() routines combine the new background with every position in the window. Background is any combination of attributes and a character. Only the attribute part is used to set the background of non-blank characters, while both character and attributes are used for blank positions. To the extent possible on a particular terminal, the attribute part of the background is displayed as the graphic rendition of the character put on the screen.
bkgd() and wbkgd() return the integer OK, or a non-negative integer, if immedok() is set. See curs_outopts(3CURSES).
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
curs_addch(3CURSES), curs_outopts(3CURSES), curses(3CURSES), attributes(5)
The header <curses.h> automatically includes the headers <stdio.h> and <unctrl.h>.
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