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Subject: Counterfeit Official Checks
Date: November 7, 2007
Description: South Carolina Bank and Trust, N.A.
Counterfeit Official Checks of South Carolina Bank and Trust, N.A., Orangeburg, SC
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit official checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 011007092 are being presented for payment both locally and nationwide in connection with a mystery shopping scam.
While counterfeit items have a strong resemblance to authentic items, the counterfeit checks may be identified by the following: the checks are blue and green in color and printed on versa paper. The following security statement is located within the top border: "FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COLORED BACKGROUND AND MICROPRINTING IN THE BORDERS." The following statement can be found in the bottom-center portion of the instrument enclosed by padlock icons: "SECURITY FEATURES INCLUDED. DETAILS ON BACK." The counterfeit items are devoid of the thermal-heat security feature contained within the authentic items.
Checks presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $3,999.99, contain an authorized signature of Ann Anderson, and use a remitter name of Steve Collins. Due to possible variations of appearance of the counterfeit items and scams, it is suggested that officials of South Carolina Bank & Trust, N.A. be contacted to verify authenticity of the bank's official checks, if received from an unknown or questionable source.
Correspondence accompanying the counterfeit instruments may contain the letterhead of "Money-Op Market Research Inc., www.money-op.com, P.O. Box 1400, New York, NY 10040, Tel: 1-226-200-0281, Fax: 1-866-544-7540." The letter informs the recipient that he or she has been selected to participate in a paid consumer research program. It is explained that the enclosed check is to be used to purchase merchandise at various nationally known merchants as well as to transfer money using a nationally known wire service. The funds to be spent at each location are broken down with a specific dollar amount, with the shoppers being allotted a portion as payment for their mystery shopper service. The total breakdown of expenses equates to $4,999.99, which is $1,000 less than what the counterfeit check is made payable. Recipients are instructed to contact the accounts manager at 226-200-0281 for details on how to complete the remittance forms. Note that this telephone number originates from Kitchener, Ontario. The offer has an expiration date to further entice potential victims to act quickly. The letter may be signed by Serge Burns, Director Human Resources.
For additional information and guidance or to verify the authenticity of South Carolina Bank and Trust, N.A.'s official checks, please contact Dennis Chapman, Security, at 983 John C. Calhoun Drive, Orangeburg, SC 29115, by telephone at (803) 531-0902, by fax at (803) 531-4389, or via e-mail at [email@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
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For additional information on this and other types of financial fraud, please visit OCC's anti-fraud resource at: https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html.


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January is as good a time as any to sniff the air to find out which genres, trends, moods and artists to watch out for in 2015. The polls are out, with Universal Music's own Years & Years, James Bay and George The Poet making the strongest showing
Indie music stores get festive fillip from Universal Music with "12 Days Of Christmas" promotion
Universal Music UK is offering independent music retailers an early seasonal boost in the form of 12 exclusive vinyl releases to roll out onto their shelves from December 1st.
Universal Music has become the first UK record company to submit a music video to the British Board of Film Classification to be rated as part of a groundbreaking scheme to bring rock and pop videos in line with movies and other DVDs.
Further proof that video game music is now on a par with TV and movie soundtracks arrived this week with the launch of the latest edition of the FIFA series and a major London conference to celebrate the composers and artists behind gaming music.
Pretty much everything in the music business has a number, figure or statistic attached to it. What hasn't been so easy to pin down, however, is a definitive number that accurately measures the size and scale of the UK music industry itself.
A creative venture between Globe, Universal's creative and commercial department, and some of the UK's top composers looks to set to redefine the creation of music for advertising. The groundbreaking project launches with composers including Grammy winner David Arnold and Bafta nominated Ilan Eshkeri.
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A study published in August's "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" stated that rats, like humans, may experience so-called "near-death experiences" (NDEs). These can include feelings of levitation, detachment from the body, serenity, warmth and the presence of light. (I am not making this up. It has been widely reported in online sources.)
In order to reach this conclusion, researchers from the University of Michigan placed monitoring devices in the rats' brains, killed them and noted a brief spike in brain activity. They were unable to do any follow-up interviews with the dead rats, but they're pretty sure they're onto something that will require more wasteful spending of our increasingly scarce tax dollars.
Popular interest in NDEs was initially sparked by the founding of the International Association for Near-Death Studies in 1981.
Parapsychologists, religious believers and some scientists have pointed to NDEs as evidence of an afterlife. According to a Gallup poll, approximately eight million Americans claim to have had such an experience.
I know that some Local readers have said they've had near-death experiences when reading my column (you're welcome), and I myself had the following NDE last Christmas, while standing in line at the Mt. Airy Post Office:
After waiting for about two hours, I found myself drifting into a dream state. I seemed to be walking down a long tunnel. There were lots of people ahead of me, all carrying voter ID cards. I was worried because I didn't have one. There were also signs along the way: "Three lanes to Heaven," "EZ pass, keep right" (I knew I should have gotten one of those things), "New Jersey, next two exits" and "No shirt no shoes, no salvation." I felt relieved once I got past the "Road to Hell" (which was paved with good inventions). Then I saw a bright light up ahead and heard a booming voice saying "NEXT!"
I came to. It was the postal clerk speaking. Still dizzy, I answered slowly.
"I'd like to mail this fruitcake to New Zealand, please."
"Where in New Zealand?" she barked.
"I don't care, anywhere."
"Well, you're gonna need a form 1527-B. Get one in the lobby, fill it out and get back in line."
I stumbled out to the lobby but was too shaken to fill out a form, so I took my fruitcake and went home. As unsettling as that experience was, I now feel relieved to know that rats undergo the same thing. In fact, whenever I partake of any dangerous behavior, whether it's smoking, snorting cocaine or squirting hair spray into my eyes, I always say to myself, "Thank God they've tested this on rats. Now I can really push the envelope."
You see, we humans have long believed that we are entitled — obliged even — to use the animal kingdom as our own laboratory for every reason imaginable. It all goes back to the Bible, Luke 6:31, which, in some translations, reads "Do unto others before they can do it unto you." Then there's the Hippocratic Oath, which states, "First, do lots of harm to 'lower' animals." Anyway, of all the "animal models" that we use as tools, rats have become the favorite.
A little history: In 18th-century Europe, rat-baiting was a popular sport which involved filling a pit with rats and timing how long it took for a terrier to kill them all (a precursor of reality TV). Over time, breeding more interesting rats for these contests produced the "lab rat," the first animal domesticated for purely scientific reasons.
Today, there are many strains of lab rats — fat ones, hairless ones, shaking ones, you name it. They are often named after their developers. One of the most popular is the Wistar Rat, invented right here at the University of Pennsylvania. In America, any children who study hard can grow up to have lab rats named after them.
So, while wild rats are out there running around willy-nilly, and pet rats are living lives of luxury, the lowly lab rat is busy every day, giving his or her all so that you and I can safely do whatever the heck it is that we do. I'm not sure if there actually is an afterlife (I'm getting an ID card just in case), but if there is, when I get there I'll offer each and every lab rat a hearty "Thank You" and a big piece of fruitcake.


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The Emerson Channel is a leading college television network that functions as both a content distributor and producer, and is the College's premier outlet for students' film, video, and other creative works. The student-run organization is maintained by a staff of more than 100 who are involved in production, broadcast operation, promotion, and programming. The Emerson Channel is dedicated to training students in a professional environment in preparation for life after graduation.
Emerson Independent Video (EIV)
The student-run Emerson Independent Video organization serves the College community and gives students hands-on experience in all phases of television production in a professional environment.
Emerson Talk and Information Network (ETIN)
ETIN is Emerson's student-run talk radio channel, featuring sports, news, politics, and talk programming. Visit ETIN's website to listen to live streaming audio.
Students enrolled in the Department of Journalism produce an online news website and videos at WEBN-TV as part of their regular classroom work.
WECB is one of Emerson College's longest running organizations. We are Emerson College's freeform radio station, which is an outlet that provides Emerson College students a way to be creative while getting valuable experience in broadcast communications and radio. It is an organization that is open to all students regardless of previous experience.
WERS-FM (88.9 MHz), the nation's highest rated student-run radio station, reaches a potential audience of three million people with its eclectic blend of music, news, and public affairs programming. Visit www.wers.org to listen to live streaming audio and performances.
Visual & Media Arts Organizations
Beat Dynamics
Recognized in Spring 2016, the purpose of Beat Dynamics is to create music videos, allowing students to participate in all aspects of production and providing the opportunity for musicians to have their music visualized and promoted. We assist in the organization, production, and funding of each music video as well as the promotion and distribution of the final product.
Captured Emotion
Captured Emotion is a student-run organization dedicated completely to the documentary and nonfiction work. Captured Emotion provides the experience of pre-production and research, production, and post-production. Each semester, Captured Emotion commences with a pitch session, driven by the students, in which each member prepares an idea for a production relevant to the field of documentary and nonfiction work. The organization seeks to give out experience, while requiring quality as an end product.
Emerson College eSports
The Emerson College eSports Organization is dedicated to providing the undergraduate video game community at Emerson with organized events that promote competition, community building, and professional development. We aim to provide passionate players the necessary resources for them to mix their interests in gaming with their skills in communication.
Emerson Professional Shots, Stunts, and Safety (EPSSS)
The purpose of EPSSS includes but is not limited to the following: to produce large scale filming scenarios and execute them in a professional Hollywood manner with all safety precautions takenlearn how to create and produce multiple difficult tasks as if we were producing a large budget movie with little to no budget, practice practical effects as well as special effects in an effort to teach ourselves how to produce award winning content.
Fashion Society
Recognized in the spring of 2007, PE:FS seeks to represent the creative ideals of all aspects of the fashion industry. It aims to provide an outlet for students who are passionate about the fashion industry and the professional opportunities in this field. The group provides resources for the undergraduate community of Emerson as they develop their personal and professional styles.
Films from the Margin
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Frames Per Second (FPS)
Named Student Organization of the Year for 2003–2004, FPS is a student-run organization dedicated entirely to teaching professional film production. It is the only organization on campus that involves many students in the pre-production, production, and post-production of films. It is an opportunity for students to learn every aspect of filmmaking, hands on, before they reach their first production class. FPS turns students into teachers.
Office Location: 150 Boylston Street, Room L147A
spec was founded to develop a forum for students interested in the art of screenwriting; to provide a means for students to explore artistic abilities; and to promote and nurture the interests of those who wish to pursue an education in the field of screenwriting. spec serves the video and filmmaking community by conducting workshops and by hosting annual performance-style readings.
Sweet Tooth Animation
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Through teamwork, determination, and the exploration of current technologies, members of this organization create films/digital videos in the genre of action and all sub-action genres and crossovers.
Wax on Felt (formerly Emerson Records)
Wax on Felt (formerly Emerson Records) is a student–operated record company. Students record, promote, and release audio CDs in the commercial market. Students work in production, engineering, marketing, public relations, business management, new media, and graphic design.
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Thursday, 10 May 2018 from 06:30 to 09:00 (BST)
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We meet at DoubleTree by Hilton Southampton @ 6.30am to 9.00am on Thursday - Biweekly
Attendance fee for this business meeting is £15.00, which includes a breakfast.
Our business meetings are structured for business owners who understand the benefits of successful collaboration and being part of a team. During our meeting, you will have the opportunity to introduce your business to your prospective sales team through an elevator pitch for 60 seconds.
Our existing members intuitively understand the value of a virtual expert support network. They know it helps their own clients, and to furthers their own business objectives. If these concepts chime with your own business philosophy, come along to one of our business meetings hosted by Enterprise Connexions and experience first-hand, how being part of such a business group can enhance your business.
Our biweekly business meeting agenda is:
- 6:45 – 7.15 AM Registration
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- 7.45 – 8.45 AM Meeting
- 8.45 – 9.15 AM Open Connexions
We are looking for various business categories to join us for breakfast, to increase our virtual expert support network.
What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?
There is complimentary onsite parking.
What can I bring into the event?
Business card and Marketing material. Roll up banners are not permitted for non-members / visitors
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Thursday, 10 May 2018 from 06:30 to 09:00 (BST)
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Idaho is a state located in the northwestern region of the United States of America. Idaho is the 14th largest state by area, ranks 39th by population and 53rd by population density of the 50 United States. Idaho was the 43rd state to be admitted into the Union, on July 3, 1890. Idaho is landlocked, being bordered by Canada on the north and the states of Washington and Oregon on the west, Nevada and Utah on the south and Montana and Wyoming on the east. Idaho is nicknamed "The Gem State" because nearly every known gemstone is found within the state. Idaho is also famous for producing about one third of all potatoes grown in the USA. Idaho also hosts the largest barrel cheese factory in the world, producing 120K metric tons of cheese per year. There is some ambiguity as to where the name "Idaho" came from, but it is generally believed to have simply been made up by George M. Willing. There is a possibility it was derived from a Native American phrase. Idaho is very mountainous and is a popular outing destination of the outdoorsman. The state population was about 1.58M in July 2011 with 84% being Caucasian, 11.2% Hispanic and 1.1% Native American. The state capital and largest city is Boise.Source: wikipedia


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Excellent Book on Gay Men's Health
June 23, 2000
Men Like Us, "the GMHC complete guide to gay men's sexual, physical, and emotional well-being" written by the Gay Men's Health Crisis and Daniel Wolfe (Ballantine Books, April 2000, paperback, 656 pages, $24.95 -- hard cover also available) deals with health, sex, people, communication, relationships, and spirituality; almost everyone will learn something from this book. It includes humorous comments as well as serious information, and is particularly valuable for the quotes and sidebars in which people tell what is actually going on in their lives.
From the Introduction: "Why would GMHC -- an AIDS organization -- write a book as broad as this one? Because nearly two decades of experience with gay men have shown that issues raised by HIV are much bigger than condoms to stop the virus or pills to treat it. For gay men, effective HIV prevention and treatment has meant grappling with the full scope of issues raised by how we live and love: how we think about ourselves and others, sexual communication, relationships, spirituality, and aging. These pages try to communicate some of that wisdom, and recognize how important it is to build on it as the lives of gay men with HIV -- and the lives of gay men who don't have the virus -- stretch into the new millennium."
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It appears the Chinese censors are not big fans of the popular U.S. sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," as well as fellow television hits "The Good Wife," "The Practice," and "NCIS."
These four U.S. TV series have been ripped down from from China's major streaming sites as of Saturday. On the websites — including Youku.com and Sohu.com — the original links display the message "This video can't be viewed due to policy reasons."
The removal of "The Big Bang Theory," which enjoys a huge Chinese fan base, along with others, has prompted an immediate backlash on China's social media. The topic has ranked on the Top 10 list on Sina Weibo (China's version of Twitter) since Sunday, generating more than 300,000 comments so far.
"The reason that 'The Big Bang Theory' was banned is because it's just too hot in China," said Lou Hongyu, a Weibo account user in Shanghai.
"Why were these four TV shows banned? The authorities may be making an example of a few, but who are they going to frighten?" asked The Oriental Daily in another Weibo post, quoting a seemingly sarcastic line from the character Sheldon in the "Big Bang Theory": "I like China. … See, they know how to keep people in line."
Foreign films and television shows are extremely popular among Chinese online audiences, who find it easier to get around the country's strict censorship by watching them on streaming video websites. Topping the most-watched lists on these sites include the U.S. zombie drama "The Walking Dead," which has generated more than 700 million views on Youku.com for its four seasons. Also highly popular are the sitcom "2 Broke Girls," and the political drama "House of Cards."
However, a new regulation issued last month by China's state-media watchdog to strengthen the censorship of both foreign and domestic entertainment has worried many avid online watchers.
Under the new rules, every U.S. or U.K.-produced TV series may not be aired online until being vetted, with violating websites risking severe punishment, including the revocation of its license.
In fact, the Chinese Internet giant Sina Corp was stripped last week of its licences for video and audio publication after some users allegedly posted pornography. (See previous MarketWatch Asia blog report.)
However, Chinese fans of U.S. TV shows could have another option — watching the censored versions of the series on state-run television stations. CCTV, China's top TV broadcaster, just began airing HBO's medieval-themed serial "Game of Thrones" with Chinese dubbing, although many wonder how much the censors have already cut out of the seemingly adult-oriented drama.
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by LEN LEAR
About 30 years ago, Georges Perrier opened Le Bar Lyonnais as an homage to his native Lyon, France, and as a lower-priced, more casual alternative to the opulent Le Bec Fin upstairs at 1523 Walnut St.
But times have changed, to put it mildly. A couple of decades ago, quite a few center city restaurants — Le Bec Fin, the Fountain Room and Prime Rib, to name a few — had a strict dress code; jackets and dresses or pants suits required, no baggy jeans, tee-shirts, sneakers, flip-flops, etc. I can remember an article by Jim Quinn, who wrote restaurant critiques for the Philadelphia magazine and Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, who blasted Downey's at Front and South Streets for insisting that he wear the jacket they handed him when he walked in wearing a poncho.
Nowadays, however, even the fanciest emporiums will not turn away any creature with two legs and a non-expired credit card. A couple of summers ago we sat in the main dining room of Le Bec Fin as a couple who appeared to be tourists were ushered in wearing tee-shirts, shorts and sandals as if they were in Avalon or Wildwood. In other words, the fashion wars are over, and the upscale restaurants have lost. Two years ago, a manager at Prime Rib told me they had no choice but to do away with their jackets-only rule.
So late last year, when Perrier and chef Nicholas Elmi rescinded their idea of selling the building that houses Le Bec Fin, they decided to remake Le Bar Lyonnais, which was gutted. The bar/restaurant replacing it, which debuted in late August, is now called Tryst (a meeting, often clandestine, of lovers).
The former cloakroom at the bottom of the steps is now a seating area. The bar area has contemporary leather banquettes and small black-topped tables behind a wavy wall sculpture. The bar, now sporting a frosted, lighted glass top, is beautifully framed in whitewashed antique wood molding, but the emphasis is on casual.
By the way, because of its prices and Versailles Palace-like ambience and formal attire the staff used to wear, I have had people (including some who had never been there) tell me that service at Le Bec Fin is stuffy and intimidating. Our experiences have been the exact opposite. Perrier has long been fanatical that his staff eviscerate all vestiges of stuffiness.
I mention this because just last week we visited a new, pricey restaurant in center city with outstanding food, but the server had a facial expression all night long as if his day job were in a morgue. We all know that service is a major contributor, for good or ill, to one's restaurant experience. And during our recent dinner at Tryst, its manager, Erik Lombardo, was the mortar in Tryst's facade with his genuine friendliness, attentiveness and encyclopedic knowledge of the menu and wine list. A French gentleman named Sylvain who greeted us was also super-friendly. He even gave us some information that has saved us money. (He told us that all parking at center city meters on Wednesday nights is free. No money is required.)
The handsome Lombardo went to Cornell University but not to its famous restaurant management school. "I went for psychology," he said, "an irony that is not lost on me. My knowledge of food/wine/cocktails comes from my passion for them. My mother is a chef, and I like to say that I grew up in a kitchen, so it wasn't much of a stretch for me to turn that passion into my area of focus."
Drink prices are serious at Tryst ($13 for cocktails, but there are some good wine selections for less than $10 a glass). If you do get a cocktail, try the Delicious Sour, sheer peach heaven. Food prices are quite reasonable, between $5 and $21. Dishes that completely blew us away were classic escargots with hazelnut and garlic butter ($16), a wig of moist, soft tagliatelle with dried chile and Italian cheeses ($12), toothsome mushroom ravioli draped with a subtle ivory sauce ($13) and sublime Burgundy short ribs ($17).
A dessert of sour cream coffee cake from executive pastry chef Cedric Barberet was ambrosial, unlike any coffee cake we had ever tasted. In fact, next week we are entering a 12-step program to wean us off of coffee cake.
The only negative during our visit was a group of 12 people at an engagement party at a nearby table. They were about as loud as the fans at a Phillies game. But I heard the groom-to-be say that he had asked his girlfriend's father for her hand in marriage. The last time that happened was in a Jane Austen novel.
With the top-of-the-line food, drinks and staff at Tryst, it looks as if it has turned into one of the hottest bars in the area. When we arrived at 7:20, the place was less than half-full, but by 9 p.m., it was so packed, one of us almost had to inhale while the other exhaled. More information at 215-567-1000 or http://trystlebar.com/.


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Can you believe we have never fingerpainted in our home? Well, except once when Lou was 2 (she's nearly 8 now!) . That was enough for me. I was a bit too worked up over the mess that was made and have never revisited the technique . . . until now. But this time I decided we would try tinting some shaving cream with food coloring and use our hands to paint with it.
I cut out our paper shopping bags to fit into some baking trays so we could somewhat contain the mess. The thickness of the paper bags held up well to the moisture of the shaving cream and didn't wrinkle much.
I squeezed out some shaving cream onto the paper bag and added a few drops of color. Mina was a little apprehensive about putting her fingers in it at first.
Oh, but once she felt the soft and smooth consistency of the stuff she was hooked.
If anything, this was more of a sensory experience than anything. She had a good time mixing the color throughout the shaving cream.
Maisy was so excited to get her hands into it also.
And soon enough, Lou was home from school and joining in the fun. They loved mixing the colors together and feeling the soft squish between their fingers.
And working the shaving cream in their hands. If anything, I can say they ended up with very clean hands that day.
Oh yeah, and they smeared it around on the paper also.
We ended up with a couple of unique pieces of art.
I let them dry over night and then again for another day. The foamy pictures never really dried completely. I think the next time we try this, we'll use just a little shaving cream and add paint to it for color {like we've seen from Quirky Momma}. Then maybe it will dry? I guess we'll have to see.
Or maybe we can try one of these other fabulous methods:
Swirling paint in the shaving cream and making prints {Little Wonders Days}
Simply playing and drawing in the shaving cream {Keeping Life Creative}
Mixing the shaving cream with glue {Juggling with Kids}


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Thursday, December 9, 2010
42 comments:
- Judy said...
Some of these should come with a warning -- I about hurt myself laughing at this!
- December 9, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- Beneath the Firmament said...
Is this worshiping Jesus or Abraxas?
- December 9, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- Zana said...
Ouch. What do you want to bet he's at Cursillo? (Don't they do the rooster thing?)
- December 9, 2010 at 5:29 PM
- Father John Toles said...
"I say, son... that's about the dumbest thang I've ever seen." - Foghorn Leghorn
- December 9, 2010 at 5:53 PM
This is not a vestment nor a church event.
This photo was taken at Aunt Mo's Chicken Shack out on Rte 22. The garment is known as the "Big Boy Bib" and it is worn by the individual attempting the task of eating10 pounds of fried chicken in 10 minutes.
A little research could have prevented this error.
- December 9, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- Eric said...
He's a chicken!!! errr.... He is risen!!!
- December 9, 2010 at 8:45 PM
- Theocentrica said...
Commemorating the most underrated character in the Easter Story?
- December 9, 2010 at 8:49 PM
- Tim said...
Maybe he is French.
- December 9, 2010 at 9:22 PM
- anonymous said...
Obviously, it's because the proper observance of Advent must commemorate the fact that the cock crowed between two and three times and Peter wept...reminding us not to follow the same path as we prepare for our Lord's second coming.
- December 9, 2010 at 10:02 PM
I'm with Nick. That bib is a legend.
- December 9, 2010 at 10:35 PM
Reclaiming the lost voice of the cock whose crow Peter heard after denying Christ.
- December 10, 2010 at 7:19 AM
This photo was taken at Aunt Mo's Chicken Shack out on Rte 22. The garment is known as the "Big Boy Bib" and it is worn by the individual attempting the task of eating10 pounds of fried chicken in 10 minutes.
A little research could have prevented this error.
Can you provide a link? I can't seem to find this. If you are correct, then yeah, foul ball.
- December 10, 2010 at 7:26 AM
re: Can you provide a link? I can't seem to find this. If you are correct, then yeah, foul ball.
I can't help myself. ...fowl ball.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:02 AM
Cursillo without a doubt. I did hear recently that the Cursillo folks in the Dallas–Fort Worth area are trying to distance themselves from the rooster. -- Elle
- December 10, 2010 at 8:35 AM
I think it's a load of old cock, actually.
- December 10, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- Paul Woodrum said...
In some uses, the Sarum for example, blue is the liturgical color for Advent. The cock, because it crows early in the morning, is a symbol of watchfulness and vigilance. Ergo, an Advent chasuble for a priest or pastor either with a great sense of humor or questionable taste.
- December 10, 2010 at 10:04 AM
And tie-dye. Like it wasn't bad enough to start off with.
- December 10, 2010 at 10:07 AM
"I can't help myself. ...fowl ball."
Groan. Just for that I may have to tell my joke about the Mafia putting a hit on Johann Sebastian but calling it off because they decided it wasn't right to be Offenbach.
- December 10, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Ah, he's preparing for Christmas midnight mass, aka "Misso de Gallo" as it's called around here?
Didn't think so.
- December 10, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Nârwen said...
I think the Cursillo thing is probably the most likely.
"A story from the early days of the movement in Spain tells of an occasion where a group of men were returning from a Cursillo weekend when their bus broke down. They began to sing De Colores, a traditional folk song. The use of the song in Cursillo took hold, and has held up as the movement has spread outside the Spanish-speaking world and to other denominations. The use of a multi-colored rooster as a symbol for the Cursillo movement is believed to have originated from one of the verses of that song. "
from Wikipedia...
That said, it's still tacky...
So's this : http://www.saintclarestudio.com/catalog/item/2273678/1756926.htm
- December 10, 2010 at 2:59 PM
- Nârwen said...
Actually, even without the rooster, that chasuble is ugly...
- December 10, 2010 at 3:07 PM
- Richard F Watson said...
just looks like a cock to me
- December 10, 2010 at 8:10 PM
well, you all know that since the Episcopalians started ordaining practicing homosexuals it was only a matter of time before cocks had a liturgical season devoted to them... FABULOUS!!!!
- December 10, 2010 at 11:56 PM
It's really an apron for making the breakfast special. Cock-a-doodle-do! Eggs sunny side up or over easy?
Would some enterprising soul please get started on the matching oven mitts?
BTW - is that a magenta shirt peeking out from under the apron? If so - who might it be?
- December 12, 2010 at 9:37 AM
I bet it's the feast of St Peter! ("before the cock crows three times, you will betray Me...")
Lawdy, that's too dang ugly
- December 13, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Cursillo. Definitely Cursillo. Probably a closing Eucharist where everyone is so punch-drunk that they don't even notice that the thing the priest is wearing is just awful!
- December 14, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Chris said...
Many chasubles look better* worn at an eastward-facing altar. With older vestments this is because the main decoration is on the back; with many modern examples it's because the main decoration is on the front.
*n.b. this is a relative term.
- December 15, 2010 at 2:09 PM
- Cantor Nikolaos said...
This is not something worn at a chicken place.
These people seem to specialize in making vestments of bad taste!
It is true that in the Sarum usage of the Mass, Blue is a color for advent, but it is nothing like this!
- December 15, 2010 at 11:51 PM
- Nârwen said...
From the link given above it seems to be verified that this is for Cursillo. Since some of the pictures with the rooster chasuble also have female clergy in them, I'd guess it's a non-Catholic version. (It's identified as "Nebraska Cursillo", and there is a "Nebraska Episopal Cursillo". Maybe that's it ? )
- December 16, 2010 at 9:23 AM
[...] before the cock crow twice [...]
- December 16, 2010 at 1:17 PM
Feast of Blessed Col. Sanders?
- December 17, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- The Archer of the Forest said...
This is actually the Episcopal Bishop of Nebraska, Joe Burnett, and its actually something a Diocesan youth convention cooked up for him as a joke.
- December 18, 2010 at 3:30 PM
That, friends, is the Rt. Revd. Joe Burnett - former diocesan of Nebraska, now assisting in Maryland. And oh, my. Please take that picture down. My Anglican sensibilities have gone all Presbyterian.
- December 19, 2010 at 3:17 PM
It's Gallo del Cielo!
"Fr Carlos Saragosa left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was full..."
- December 20, 2010 at 10:53 PM
This looks like The Rt. Rev. Joe Burnett of the Diocese of North Dakota...I remember when he was a simple parish priest.
- December 21, 2010 at 5:31 PM
It looks like the cock crowed trice and this guy just realized that he has denied Jesus thrice -- throwing up his hands and saying, "By golly, Jesus was right!"
- December 30, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Cantor Nikolaos nailed it.
Can't claim to know much about sewing, but most of the women in my family do. Isn't there a concept called "drape"? Shouldn't it hang well, rather than tuck under like that?
So: ugly materials, badly put together.
So Episcopalian....
- January 8, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- gretchen said...
Gosh, I thought he was promoting Chianti as sacramental wine...
- January 8, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- Anthony S. "Tony" Layne said...
I'm stunned and aghast that any fellow Nebraskan would wear that, purchase it or otherwise allow it to see the light of day. The most articulate thing I can say about it is "GA-AAA-AH!"
- February 5, 2011 at 4:46 PM
Shame on you all. This chausible was designed for the annual Mexican folk-feast, "the Blessing of the Game Cocks" It's pure "Poultry in Motion".
- May 17, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- HappyFox said...
Is that the Kellogg's Corn Flakes rooster?
- June 10, 2011 at 3:40 AM
A rooster is a symbol in one of the great heresies: Gnosticism. (Also known as New Age)
- June 14, 2011 at 4:23 PM


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21 cities, 11 countries, One Year as a Developer EvangelistMartyn Davies
Friday 27th July 2012 was the day I concluded the interview process for the role of Developer Evangelist at SendGrid.
After talking with all of the team and the VP of Marketing, my final 'chat' was a late afternoon call with CEO Jim Franklin. An interview that will stay with me because we hardly talked about work stuff, mostly the kind of British food Jim liked and, somehow, something about trousers.
Jim wrapped up the call by saying that he should probably let me get on. After all, wasn't the Olympic opening ceremony about to start?
It was a great interview process, very different to the usual two interviews I had done for previous roles. Each member of the team brought something different to it, from my initial screening call with Director of People Josh Ashton, to my slightly awkward call with Swift that was split into several component calls as his Skype connection kept dropping whilst taking the train from New Jersey to Manhattan. Every conversation topic, whether it be code, beer, events, travel or trousers made me want to work there more.
I had some backup too. Sitting on the roof of the office I was sharing with Soundcloud, Mobile Roadie and Urturn on Rivington Street with my friend Stevie Graham (then of Twilio) a few weeks earlier, I mentioned my upcoming chats with the SendGrid team.
"I know those guys, Fallsy Baby (referring to Director of Developer Relations Tim Falls), B-Money (long standing Developer Evangelist Brandon West), Swift (Swift). I'll email them if you want."
He did so. His email was along the lines of "If you don't hire him, then we will." Much appreciated, Stevie!
Fast forward a year and I'm writing this whilst sitting in Moscow's Domodedovo airport with PayPal's John Lunn, heading back to London after working at their Battle Hack event this weekend. Russia, along with India and Israel is just another country I've been to this year that I didn't think I'd be visiting any time soon.
If I had to sum up the last year in a word, it would be 'travel'. I knew coming into the job that being the only Developer Evangelist outside of the US (until very recently) meant I was going to have to cover a lot of ground but I couldn't even imagine some of the trips I'd end up making. Ticking off countries I probably would never have visited otherwise but had always wanted to see.
From hackathons and technical workshops, to conference speaking, mentoring and community support, I've done at least one of these things each week for a year. Professionally, I feel I've taken a huge stride, mostly because there are very few limits to doing this job and that has allowed me to stick all ten fingers and thumbs into as many pies as possible and really stretch being the only public face of a US technology company in Europe to the limit. I've learned a lot and I know I'll continue to do so.
I live in London and there's some sort of tech meetup, hack day, conference, event, drinks every day of the week, with plenty of companies willing to support them and foot the bill for pizza and beers – London's startup community didn't really need my help. The UK startup/tech scene is bigger than just London and there are great things happening in Scotland, Newcastle, Manchester and Birmingham that don't always get the support or the recognition they need to grow.
So that's where I spent my time. Lending support where I could to ensure, if nothing else, people who work in tech in some of those cities can get together each month, have a drink and discuss ideas.
Every month I go to Newcastle and Manchester and spend a day meeting companies (whether they use us or not) and in the evening anyone is welcome to come out and have a drink.
I felt it was important to just have a regular presence in those cities, to show them that our support for the tech community in the UK wasn't fly by night. I've met loads of great people doing this and these events are a real highlight of my month.
I've been fortunate to have always had great jobs. Each move building on how good the last job was, but right now, I can confidently say that this is the best job I've ever had and I can't wait to see what the next 12 months will bring.
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Among their big predictions, Goldman is targeting a 12-month target of 1,575 for the Standard & Poor\'s 500 index , which they say implies a 12% potential return on stocks — corporate fundamentas will support continued profit-cycle expansion.
Revenues for the S&P are expected to rise by more than 4% in 2013 and 2014, with margins hovering around the current 8.8% to 9%, earnings climbing by more than 6% and the price/earning multiple getting a modest bump — from 13.2 times to 13.8 times by the end of 2013.
And that pesky \"turbulent political environment that curtailed corporate risk-taking in 2012,\" is, whew, going away, says Goldman. The fiscal cliff will be avoided, but taxes will go up and federal spending is coming down.
And the U.S. economy will gain strength as the new year progresses, says Goldman, growing 1.9% in 2013 and 2.9% in 2014.
Other targets from Goldman: S&P 500 at 1,450 in three months and 1,500 in six months.
They also lay out five growth-capturing strategies for the new year.
1) Stocks will outperform treasuries
2) Equities will beat credit returns, though not on a risk-adjusted basis
3) Cyclical sectors will beat defensive sectors — materials, industrials, information technology over consumer staples, telecom and healthcare
4) Double Sharpe Ratio stocks offer high risk-adjusted earnings growth and prospective returns. Here\'s an explainer for the Sharpe Ratio explanation and the Double Sharpe Ratio, which includes estimation risk. Rocket science, for sure.
5) Stocks with high sales exposure to Brazil, Russia, India and China will beat domestic-facing firms.
Bonus holiday offer: Goldman\'s top ten market themes for 2013:
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2) More unconventional easing in the G4
3) Termites eat away at the foundations of the \'search for yield\'
4) Housing stabilization and private-sector healing in the U.S.
5) Euro area a smaller driver of global risk, but still a source of tails
6) Continued divergence between core and periphery in the euro area
7) EM growth pick-up revisits capacity constraints
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In a letter published today in the nation's two most prestigious scientific journals — Science and Nature — bird flu researchers say they need to perform research on the H7N9 virus that would make it more dangerous.
The researchers say that's necessary in order to prepare for its possible spread between humans, perhaps as early as this winter.
The paper comes on the heels of a new study in the British Medical Journal that shows the first probable transmission between humans of the H7N9 virus.
- Carey Goldberg, co-host of WBUR's CommonHealth blog.
Well, one way some scientists say they can prevent the spread of this new strain of avian flu is to make it even deadlier so they can study it. Carey Goldberg, health reporter here at WBUR, joins us to talk about that. And, Carey, before we get to what the scientists are trying to do, why does it seem like - whether it's H5N1 or H7N9 - that the avian flu will not go away?
CAREY GOLDBERG, BYLINE: Well, it's because the threat just keeps on looming, Jeremy. I mean, it's not my favorite topic, these sort of potential bird flu pandemics that could sweep humanity and kill millions, but it is a real threat. And researchers say that it has happened before, that there have been strains of flu that crossed from birds and created epidemics in humans. And they're just very concerned that it could happen again on a global scale now that we live a global life.
HOBSON: Well, so tell us about this news today of a debate among scientists about creating more dangerous avian flu viruses for research purposes.
GOLDBERG: Right. It seems counterintuitive. But today, what these scientists are saying - these are some leading avian flu researchers - and they are publishing a public letter in the two most prestigious American science journals, Nature and Science. And they're saying that they think it's really important that they go ahead and work on modifying this new virus, H7N9, that we were just hearing about from Dr. Horby to make it even more dangerous, more resistant to drugs and more easily transmitted. And they call this gain-of-function research.
HOBSON: And haven't we heard this before in 2011 when the other strain of the avian flu, H5N1, was considered a threat?
GOLDBERG: Yes. Good memory. In fact, you have heard these arguments before. There was a very similar back and forth a couple of years ago over the virus H5N1. There was this controversy over whether this sort of gain-of-function research should be done because it would create these potential super viruses. And the controversy was over whether that research also should be published because the fear was that it could be used by potential bioterrorists. So researchers actually called a halt to it for a while, and the federal government has been working out additional safeguards for work like this.
HOBSON: Yeah. So it sort of sounds like a Stephen King novel or a...
GOLDBERG: Yes.
HOBSON: ...Dan Brown novel, scientists playing around with these dangerous bugs. But aren't these viruses carefully contained in alabamine? How much of this threat really exists?
GOLDBERG: Well, yes, we'd like to think they're carefully contained. They are, but it depends on who you talk to. Now, the scientists who want to do this research say there are multiple levels of safeguards and the potential benefits outweigh the risks. But I spoke with Professor Marc Lipsitch, an expert on the epidemiology of flu at the Harvard School of Public Health. And he says the trouble is that if the experiments work, they could produce a virus that has an almost unprecedented combination of being able to spread and being able to kill people.
MARC LIPSITCH: Viruses get released from very high containment labs. Doesn't happen much and, you know, we're pretty good at containing things. But pretty good is not good enough if the threat is of a strain that can transmit and really infect large factions of the local population.
GOLDBERG: So that's a very scary prospect. Pretty good doesn't sound so good.
HOBSON: Yeah. So, Carey, quickly in the few seconds we have left, should we be scared that this new strain is going to become the pandemic that everyone's worried about?
GOLDBERG: Well, personally, I can always be scared. But let's end on a reassuring note. Professor Lipsitch says that, first of all, it's not for sure that this case in China really was human-to-human transmission. And even if it is human to human, he says that's not unprecedented. The really scary thing that's not happening at this point is an avian flu virus that's easily transmitted from human to human. There is no sign of that at this point.
HOBSON: Carey Goldberg of WBUR. You can find her CommonHealth blog at hereandnow.org. Carey, thanks so much.
GOLDBERG: You're welcome.
HOBSON: And up next, Robin interviews actor Ethan Hawke. You're listening to HERE AND NOW. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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HR 3 - Juvenile Crime bill - National Key Vote
Jesse Jackson, Jr. voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
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Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - May 8, 1997
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May 8, 1997(Key vote)
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Title: Juvenile Crime bill
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Vote to pass a bill that allows juveniles that commit violent crimes or specific drug offenses to be tried as adults more easily.
- Allows the Attorney General to determine if a 13 year old, who has allegedly committed a federal offense, should be tried as an adult.
- Allows juveniles 14 or older to be tried as adults for federal violent crimes and for federal drug crimes.
- Calls for juvenile records to be kept and available to the public in the same manner as adult offenders' records.
- Indicates that juveniles cannot be held in jails with adult offenders before or after trial.
- Calls on the Attorney General to establish an armed violent youth apprehension program to run for 5 years.
- Appropriates $1.5 billion for the fiscal years 1998 through 2000 to carry out the provisions within the bill.
- Calls for incentive grants for states to implement various programs, including: building correction or detention facilities, hiring additional juvenile judges, probation officers, court-appointed defenders and prosecutors, and establishing interagency information sharing programs to include juvenile and criminal justice system, schools and social services agencies.
- Stipulates that special priority be given to funding for law enforcement initiatives related to gangs.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 7, 1997
Title: Juvenile Crime bill
- Bill McCollum (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Laurence 'Bob' Barr Jr. (GA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Ed Bryant (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles T. Canady (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Lynn Christensen (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Howard Coble (NC - R) (Out Of Office)


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Napoli were charged by the Italian football federation over match-fixing on the final day of the 2009-10 season and sanctioned by UEFA on Friday over stadium and fan problems this term.
The club, their former third choice goalkeeper Matteo Gianello and ex-footballer Silvio Giusti will go before the federation's disciplinary committee after information regarding the home match against Sampdoria in 2010 was passed on from a criminal investigation in Naples.
Samp won the game 1-0 and entered the preliminary stage of the Champions League as a result.
Current Napoli defenders Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava have also been charged for failing to report the alleged fix.
The moves come as part of a wide-ranging criminal and sporting probe into illegal betting and match-fixing in Italy which has already led to several high-profile arrests and bans.
Juventus coach Antonio Conte was banned for four months for not reporting match-fixing while boss of Siena in the latest corruption scandal to hit the Italian game.
Napoli suffered a further blow on Friday when UEFA announced it was fining them and threatening them with a ban on European games being played at their San Paolo stadium for how their Europa League Group F match with AIK in September was managed.
They have been punished "for the inappropriate conduct of their supporters, insufficient organisation in the stadium and non-respect of UEFA directives related to stadium security" at the game.
UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body has banned the club from selling tickets for several sections of the San Paolo stadium, including the disabled section, for their next European fixture with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on November 8.
Napoli will now have to show UEFA photographic evidence from an independent construction company that the required work has been at least partially carried out by November 6 or risk being banned from playing home European games at the decaying ground.
"Furthermore, the Control and Disciplinary Body ordered Napoli to play one UEFA competition game behind closed doors, subject to a probationary period of five years. The Italian club have also been fined 150,000," the UEFA statement continued.
A group of Swedish fans were attacked by a gang of Napoli supporters wielding bats and knives, with two being stabbed during the confrontation, a day before the match with AIK.
Napoli have three days from the dispatch of the reasoned decision to appeal the UEFA decision.


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That's because "Idol" makes us crazy. For five months, our sanity takes off for parts unknown. It doesn't happen all at once, of course. That would kill us. No, it just sort of quietly dribbles away until people who were once rational, clear-thinking individuals (I don't know you personally, but I'm assuming) have been transformed into raving loons.
love that quote lol when chris richardson was on he made top 6 the season jordan won, any way i would stay up and vote for 4 hrs omg i was out of my mind..looking bk. but he does live in my city and well i have seen him aroud town a lot and i did watch ai with his friends and family every week. sooo i guess i have an excuse. oh and last yr i did not vote untill like the lastfew weeks..i had unlimeted texting att it wasn't pretty lol..
yea my texting finger was still in recovery from the yr befor lol..i did vote for d cook tward the end though.. i am a junkie...
Whoohoo!! One more night and then a two hour audition show! I. can't. wait! I think this will be a good year, especially bringing back the wild card.
LOL, but maybe a diamond among the heaps of coal???
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