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Kindling is cut to 8 inch lengths and is usually pine or poplar.
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Formation and Education for the Life of the Church
To enter the grounds of Saint Meinrad Monastery deep in the
hills of Southern Indiana is to enter a different world. Early one
evening after a hectic day at the office, I drove out to Saint
Meinrad for a quiet retreat. It had recently rained. On the path
from the outer parking lot to my room, I became acutely aware of
the smell of lush greenery and the stillness.
A few yards away, a solitary robin pecked at a tiny insect. I
had almost forgotten the wonderful quiet of an evening in the
country. Only one person met me on the path. She graciously changed
direction to escort me to my room. That night I opened my windows
to soak in the fresh air and quickly fell asleep.
Dreams of making this my permanent home were interrupted by a
clamor of bells that announced to the countryside the beginning of
a new day. I chuckled to myself as I remembered that Saint Meinrad
has a sunrise service every morning, not just on Easter.
The monks gathered for prayer as the first rays of the summer
sun peeked over the fields and lit up the very tops of the stained
glass windows. Saint Meinrad is on God's time. Morning is a
time for praise.
The pace was slow compared to my average "work" day, but I never
felt bored. God's time is full of the real business of life. We had
much spiritual food to reflect upon and time to study and pray.
With the absence of the distractions so common in the business
world, I found myself more in time with the rhythm of faith.
Ann has likened Saint Meinrad to a wellspring where one finds
fresh water; the kind that renews our strength and our spirit.
Thirsty people have always sought out deep wells. Once by a well,
Jesus met a woman who was thirsty, more in spirit than body. The
spiritual water she found at the well so delighted her she hurried
to share it with others.
A wellspring is a special place where hope is renewed and Easter
happens every day. We are blessed to have such deep springs close
at hand. Sometimes, we forget we are all connected to Christ, the
true source of our living water. The retreat poured living water
into the dry channels of my spirit and helped me rediscover my own
springs of faith.
First published in The Message, Evansville, Indiana
(Between 1997-2002).
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Verbum et Ecclesia
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Verbum Eccles. (Online) vol.30 no.2 Pretoria 2009
Leadership in Acts through a social capital lens
Ian A. Nell
department of Practical Theology and Missiology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Social capital can be defined in various ways. In most of these definitions at least three dimensions can be distinguished. First there is 'bonding' (the horizontal relationships between people operating within different social networks and with specific norms and values). The second dimension is 'bridging' (bonds that transcend differences in religion, ethnicity, culture and socio-economic status). This dimension prevents horizontal ties from becoming the basis for narrow and even sectarian interests. Normally, a third dimension called 'linking' also forms part of social capital, and ideological aspects come into focus here. This dimension includes aspects such as justice, political power and the equitable distribution of income and property. When leadership in Acts is analysed through the lenses of these multi-focal spectacles, interesting perspectives are discovered that can enrich theories on leadership. These discoveries can also open up new perspectives on aspects of being a missional church in our South African context from within the context of Acts.
Keywords: leadership; Acts; social capital; faith communities; post-apartheid South Africa
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Ian Nell
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Faculty of Theology
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South Africa
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Received: 25 Aug. 2009
Accepted: 04 Nov. 2009
Published: 14 Dec. 2009
Note: This article was previously delivered as a paper at the Acts conference, 'Missionary Church in Acts? A joint project of the Faculty of Theology of Stellenbosch and Communitas', 18-20 May 2009. This material is based on work supported by the National Research Foundation under Grant number 65620. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and the NRF does not accept any liability in regard thereto.


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WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- The YMCA of Northwest North Carolina is in final negotiations to lease a closed Peak Fitness facility in Winston-Salem, NC, the organization announced last Friday.
YMCA officials said they plan to turn the former 55,000-square-foot Peak Fitness building into a full membership Y branch. In addition to fitness equipment, the branch potentially would offer health and wellness programming, youth programs and a baby-sitting area.
"We hope to be able to make an official announcement very soon," Mark Bachman, chief operating officer for the Y, told the Winston-Salem Journal.
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From the Partners Behind Fort Greene's Luz. Cienega in New Rochelle is Stylish and Delish.
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Fragrant, saffron-haunted cream forms the base of this silken, sunny chupe, while a soft-cooked quail's egg tips the scales with added luxury.
At first, the news was forbidding: a Nuevo Latino restaurant going into the awkward Steam Eat space on the Post Road, the one that's tucked under sidewalk-crowding condos, overlooking a car dealership. And isn't Nuevo Latino cuisine a busted '90s trend, interred in the trend graveyard with comfort food, brewpubs, and dessert bars? The restaurant is risky in many ways, but, ultimately, at Cienega, the risks pays off—con gusto.
Cienega's space is a nightmare that's been transformed into a dream, where its shallow, wide volume is celebrated by masterful strokes of modern design. One long wall is horizontally slashed by a lit panel, effectively mimicking a horizon, which carries into a glass slit that offers a teasing glimpse into the restaurant's kitchen. Rough-cut white stone walls soar into shadowy ceiling recesses, while a blurred landscape in slate sea hues lends a dreamy sense of tranquility. It shouldn't be surprising to anyone, as they sit to their buttery amuse of pandebonos (Colombian cheese breads), that Cienega's owners, Pedro Muñoz and Vivian Torres, are both practicing architects. Cienega is the husband/wife team's second restaurant venture—critically successful Luz, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, is their first.
Chef Jorge Adriazola, formerly of Sushi Samba and Patria in Manhattan, oversees the kitchens at both Luz and Cienega. He brings a revisionist's eye to a variety of Latino dishes that, at first glance, seem familiar. A starter of "cubanito," for instance— a play on a Cuban sandwich—arrives as a quartet of breadless, deliciously crisp-shelled pork roulades, whose melting, bacony shells yield to molten Swiss cheese and pickles. Delicious pickles (this time strawberry) as well as a slaw of pickled celery and cucumber also accompany a lobster ceviche. We may have wished for larger lobster chunks, but this dish's briny salt and acid were ideally poised—and exactly what we wanted on this sultry night.
Wisely, Cienega's bar slings the classic Latino resort cocktails, with Pisco sours (Chile and Peru), margaritas (Mexico), Caipirinhas (Brazil), mojitos (Cuba), coladas (Puerto Rico), and sangria (Spain) rounding out the spread. While Cienega's cocktails were mostly fine, on average, they were dialed toward the American love of sugar. After a survey, we settled on Cienega's thoughtful by-the-glass wine list. Favorites included a crisp San Neval Albariño from Spain, and a soulful Luigi Bosca Malbec, not surprisingly from the region of Mendoza, Argentina.
Chef Adriazola's chupe was the sort of dish that causes reviewers pain. Having ordered the Peruvian chowder twice (because it was so delicious), we could not, in all honesty, order it again. The chupe looked like liquid sunlight, saffron-tinged and silken, while its sweet, golden corn was offset by a lingering chili tickle. Perfectly cooked shrimp snapped at every bite, while an oozy poached quail's egg added extra luxury—it's a killer.
There were some off-notes in the meals, like a trio of over-salted and slightly greasy empanadas, and a main of the dry toasted Spanish pasta, fideos, served with an assortment of shellfish. The pasta, cooked in salty seafood broth, was (not surprisingly) too salty, plus over-boiled and mushy and studded with unappealing, dry lobster and crabmeat shreds. Not even the juicy clams and mussels gracing this bowl could save it from failure. Also, a thin, tail-end salmon steak al pimienton (red-pepper-glazed Alaskan king salmon) landed cooked to a uniform, opaque peach—this is a few seconds past the ideal, coral-tinged center.
Yet mains like cordero ron y caña redeemed any flubs. In it, an armada of succulent, up-tilted baby lamb chops are slicked with spicy Caribbean rum and cane juice. They're served in sweet, carnivorous glory with a starchy goat-cheese/malanga mash and tangy huacatay sauce. Sure, it's just a twist on meat and potatoes—but the malanga (a relative of the potato-like tuber, taro) and the huacatay (a pungent ancient Incan herb) offer an intriguing alternative. Unfortunately, the lamb chops' one fault were their dated "vertical plating"—a trend whose origins are often attributed to that mid-'80s icon, Gotham Bar and Grill. The plating style (which, to modern diners, is as jarring as Dynasty-era big hair and shoulder pads) was echoed in the bunny-ear plantain chips stabbed into Cienega's lubina. Once removed—pluck, pluck—the food was delicious: perfectly cooked, plantain-wrapped striped bass, served with sweet plantain mash whose sugar was nicely offset by acidic lobster escabeche.
Desserts are well worth saving room for, especially (it must be said) a slightly outdated, deconstructed Key lime pie, where the plate's toasted swoosh of meringue made an alpine bed for a sphere of tart lime curd and Graham-coated vanilla ice cream. We also loved a light tres leche cake, whose sponge was soaked in banana liquor, and whose plate was studded
with soft, buttery, caramelized bananas. Admittedly, we winced when another
busted trend reared its ugly head in the form of the last dessert's dulce de leche foam. It seems almost shocking in Cienega's stylish digs, but—in, out—judgments were all lost in one sip of Ron Zacapa Centenario rum and a look around Cienega on a warm summer night.
Cienega ★★★
179 Main St, New Rochelle
(914) 632-4000; cienegarestaurant.com
Hours: lunch, Mon to Fri 12:30-3:30 pm; dinner, Sun to Wed 4-10 pm, Thurs to Sat 4-11 pm; brunch, Sunday 11 am-4 pm
Appetizers: $6-$14; entrées: $19-$29; desserts: $7-$9
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Best Practices to Solve Sales Pipeline Problems
Despite the amount of money and time spent on sales technology and training, barely half of salespeople make quota.
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Ubuntu 12.04, aka the 'Precise Pangolin,' isn't just any Ubuntu Linux release, it's an LTS (long term support) release, the first such release since the 10.04 Lucid Lynx release in 2010. LTS releases carry five years of support and are essentially enterprise releases.
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The final Ubuntu 12.04 release is currently scheduled to be generally available on April 26.
2. Fedora 17 Alpha
While not an enterprise release, the Red Hat sponsored Fedora Linux community is relishing it upcoming release. Fedora 17 is codenamed the Beefy Miracle, and it is set to include a long list of condiments, err make that new features not seen in Fedora before.
Among those features are new security components, including a unified firewall service called 'firewalld' that will replace iptables. There is also support for DNSSEC on workstations.
This release also sees a whole lot of OpenStack love from Fedora with support for the new Quantum networking module as well as the Open vSwitch virtualization switch.
"When we said Beefy, we weren't kidding: an a-bun-dance of condiments, err, features, are available to help you feed your hunger for the best in free and open source software," Fedora developer, Dennis Gilmore wrote in the release announcement. "We take pride in our toppings, and in our fine ingredients; Fedora 17 includes both over- and under-the-bun improvements that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing state of free (range) software."
The final Fedora 17 release is currently scheduled to be generally available on May 8.
3. Linux 3.3 RC 6
While there are lots of differences between different Linux distributions, at the core of all distributions is the Linux kernel. This past week, Linus Torvalds moved a step closer to the final release of the second Linux kernel of 2012, with the Linux 3.3 rc 6 release.
"Hmm. Nothing much to say about this -rc: it really is all small fixes and cleanups," Torvalds wrote in a mailing list posting. "In fact, it's been calm enough that this *might* be the last -rc, but we'll see how the upcoming week goes. If it stays calm (and hopefully even calms down some more), there doesn't seem to be any major reason to drag out the release cycle any more."
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of the IT Business Edge Network, the network for technology professionals. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.


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'Community' Season 5: Dan Harmon Will Return… But Only if Chevy Chase Does
At first, we heard it as a dismissible rumor. Yesterday, the words purportedly came from his own mouth. Today, we have confirmation that 'Community' creator and previously ousted showrunner Dan Harmon has begun talks to return to the perpetually troubled series for season 5! Even then, might Harmon's return bring back series star Chevy Chase as well? Find out inside!
The last few times rumors of 'Community' creator (and recent 'Arrested Development' cameo) Dan Harmon possibly returning to the series for season 5, we didn't want to get our hopes up. And while we'd still advise keeping measured expectations, The Hollywood Reporter has officially confirmed that Harmon has entered preliminary talks with Sony TV to return for 'Community' season 5 in some capacity.
It remains to be seen how precisely Harmon would return, considering he previously turned down the offer for consulting producer when Moses Port and David Guarascio were brought on to replace him, or perhaps if Sony TV would return him to the position of showrunner proper.
When Harmon first said aloud in his podcast recording that Sony and he had begun talks, the creator somewhat jokingly implied that he would only return if departed series star Chevy Chase returned as well, Harmon having famously had public difficulties with the legendary comic star. But hey, if the talks have come this far, could it really prove so farfetched?
What say you? Do you think Dan Harmon will return to 'Community' season 5 after all? What would you like to see befall the Greendale Gang when the new episodes bow at NBC midseason?
UPDATE: Deadline is reporting that former 'Community' writer-producer Chris McKenna has also been approached to return alongside Harmon, in what could ostensibly prove the final 13 episodes of 'Community.' Current series showrunners David Port and Moses Guarascio have reportedly opted not to renew their one-year contracts.


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Poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) is a well-established biodegradable polymer used in medical devices and drug delivery applications. In comparison to poly(L-lactide) (PLLA), PLGA offers control over degredation rate and reduced glass transition temperatures (by increasing glycolide content).1 The control of these properties makes PLGA especially well suited for applications where medical devices are only needed for weeks (e.g. drug
Synonyms: PDLGA, PLGA, DL-PLGA
1. Middleton, John C., and Arthur J. Tipton. 2000. "Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers as Orthopedic Devices." Biomaterials 21 (23): 2335–46. doi:10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00101-0.
2. Grayson, Amy C Richards, Insung S Choi, Betty M Tyler, Paul P Wang, Henry Brem, Michael J Cima, and Robert Langer. 2003. "Multi-Pulse Drug Delivery from a Resorbable Polymeric Microchip Device." Nature Materials 2 (11). Nature Publishing Group: 767–72. doi:10.1038/nmat998.
3. Dawes, G J S, L E Fratila-Apachitei, K Mulia, I Apachitei, G-J Witkamp, and J Duszczyk. 2009. "Size Effect of PLGA Spheres on Drug Loading Efficiency and Release Profiles." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 20 (5). Springer: 1089–94. doi:10.1007/s10856-008-3666-0.
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There are times when one wonders if the hazards of the calendar are not intended to throw oil on the fire or salt on the embers. This is how Valentine's Day this year is likely to turn to disaster, the fiasco, Berezina conjugal or not. While, for several years, the world must stop turning to free lovebirds and turtledoves every February 14 that succeeds on Earth, this year, devious minds have decided otherwise.
Valentine's Day 2019
Even if the restaurant owners display their special menus, the medianoches lovers are supposed to gather all those who live in pairs without worries of the kind-because our valentine Valentine's Day would not have endorsed the extravagances of the demo for all or even positions too rigorous Penelope and Ulysses doing tapestry in front of their unique bank account – the risk is great to have a fiasco this year. The party will be a white cabbage and no birth will come from this poor vegetable.
Not that lover will hurry into political rallies. When we love life a little bit, here is a place to avoid, but well, because the sirens of the division will resound, once again, in our country. The choice offered to the riders, very cavalier, will undoubtedly, undoubtedly, very revealing of their supposed love for their beauty.
To offer a bouquet of roses was already to take the risk of a return of thorns or, more certainly, a poisoning with pesticides, which, let's face it, is very little recommended, especially when one affuble its playmate of the delicate nickname of "My dear!"But this time, the drama is of a different nature and greatly worries the professionals of the festive nonsense.
On Tuesday, February 14th, Valentine's Day and the goujats, the malotrus, the gougnafiers, the imbeciles and other strange specimens of the men with very weak intellectual capacities, will prefer to their beautiful, their marvelous, their so tender companions, a troop of young men exposing their legs without any shame. The shift of this society towards a planetary exhibition of the most primary impulses is under way.
For this turning point in the history of mankind to have occurred, it took the funding and complicity of the oil princes, the money powers and the media of futility. The buttocks must recoil in front of the thigh; the wing is preferred to the delicious "beaks" of lovers. The poor companions of these dreadful lurons will see them wallowing on sofas in the company of accomplices as unshaven as they. Many men have thus transferred their cuti and prefer that evening romp with their fellow rather than with their companion.
Beer and pizza will replace the delicate champagne bubbles and petits fours expertly cooked by the specialists of the frozen products of first price. The love will make an oven and a cold snap will settle in the men-women relations at the end of the evening. The large flat screen will be preferred to the round table decorated with candles; the tete-a-tete will be supplanted by the tete-tail of the selfish pleasures of man.
There will be no Valentine's Day when the fate of the twenty-two young people in shorts will be played in front of the television cameras and a few million spectators and television viewers admiring and fanaticized. Ladies, do not wait for your mate to invite you that evening to the restaurant: he will have much better things to do than to pay attention and compliments; the European football match between PSG and Barcelona will be his only concern.
I invite you to better choose the next time, to avoid those crazy and boisterous beings. Love may be blind, but it must also be deaf and with immense patience to support such characters. There must be gallant characters in the country capable of inviting you and not taking you to these infamous restaurants where television is a place of conversation. If necessary, do three or more cleaning, even if the applicants are rare. In any case, it will be much better than the fine part of your buddy gougnafier with his twenty-two idols.


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Gord Dineen Named Marlies Head Coachby Staff Writer / Toronto Maple Leafs
David Nonis, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Tuesday that Gord Dineen has been named head coach of the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies. Dineen becomes the fifth head coach in Marlies franchise history. Along with the appointment of Dineen, Derek King has been promoted to associate coach.
Dineen, 51, had previously served as an assistant coach with the Marlies for the past five seasons. Over that span, Dineen helped lead the team to a record of 202-139-17-30, three consecutive North Division championships and one Western Conference title.
Dineen has served as a head coach in the American Hockey League on one previous occasion, leading the Iowa Chops to a record of 33-33-0-14 in 2008-09. Throughout his coaching career, Dineen has also been an assistant coach with the Springfield Falcons, Utah Grizzlies, San Antonio Rampage and Portland Pirates.
The Toronto, Ontario native was drafted 42nd overall by the New York Islanders during the 1981 NHL Draft. During his playing career, Dineen registered 106 points (16 goals, 90 assists) in 528 NHL games as a defenceman. Over his NHL career, he played for the New York Islanders, Minnesota North Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators.
King, 47, had spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach with the Marlies alongside Dineen. King started his coaching career as a player-assistant with the Grand Rapids Griffins in 2002.
The Hamilton, Ontario native is a former 13th overall draft pick of the New York Islanders in the 1985 NHL Draft. During his playing career, King registered 612 points (261 goals, 351 assists) in 830 NHL games while playing for the New York Islanders, Hartford Whalers, Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues.


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After death, life can continue online
Nearly two years after the death of Jay Feldman, his wife, Tracy, hasn't closed out his Facebook account.
"At some point, yes, it will be taken down, but I'm not ready yet," said Feldman, whose 55-year-old husband died suddenly Dec. 5, 2012.
"It's still a link that I can't extinguish," said the East Lyme woman left to raise the couple's three children.
For Feldman and other bereaved family members who lose a loved one with digital accounts like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, there are nagging questions about what to do with the departed's online assets.
This summer, the national, nonpartisan Uniform Law Commission drafted a proposal dealing with the issue and asking states to adopt it. If enacted, the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act would allow a fiduciary with access to tangible assets like property or bank accounts the same access to digital assets.
Beyond social media, those assets could include online photograph, video or recipe collections, manuscripts, poetry, letters and emails. Today, most documents and photographs are stored electronically - no longer tucked away in manila folders in desk drawers or filing cabinets.
"In the modern world, digital assets have largely replaced tangible ones," said the Uniform Law Commission in a press release it issued after it passed the act on July 16. "Documents are stored in electronic files rather than in file cabinets. Photographs are uploaded to websites rather than printed on paper. However, the laws governing fiduciary access to these digital assets are in need of an update."
The group, meeting as the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, said the act it passed will help to handle resolution of digital property when a person dies.
"We all have digital assets and we are all concerned about what happens to them when we are not able to access them ourselves," said attorney Suzanne Walsh of West Hartford, who is a member of the group and chaired the digital assets act drafting committee.
"The way we are thinking is, let's treat digital the same as other assets," she said.
The model legislation has been forwarded to states with the goal of getting it enacted as law, said Walsh.
Delaware has adopted it, and she said there is great interest from state lawmakers across the country to sponsor and help pass the act.
"I've never had a case, but I can see the battle with personal property issues," said Judge Jeffrey A. McNamara of the Niantic Regional Probate District, of digital property.
Vincent J. Russo and Thomas E. Gaffey, administrators of Connecticut's Probate Court, said they are not aware of any instances in Connecticut's probate courts that have dealt with digital issues.
"There was some talk of a bill the last couple years at the legislature but nothing passed," Russo said in an email.
Comforted by memorials
Sometimes, before a death, family members might think to secure passwords and account information so they can later access their loved one's accounts. But in virtually every circumstance, that is a violation of licensing or service-term agreements, and violators may be prosecuted.
When there is a young or sudden death and passwords have not been shared, grieving relatives are left in limbo, unable to access accounts or social media profiles, occasionally prompting legal battles.
Shortly after her husband's death, Tracy Feldman said, she was too distraught to visit her husband's Facebook page, but later, when she looked at it, she was comforted by the memorials and photographs posted there by her husband's Facebook friends.
Facebook friends also posted tributes and photographs when Barbara Ramus Major died July 10, and continue to do so today. The 61-year-old New London woman was the city's registrar of voters for two decades, served on the school board, and was active in schools that her five children attended.
Her oldest daughter, Melissa Ford, said she's not sure what will eventually happen to her mother's Facebook page.
"We're a large family, and that's a family discussion," she said. "It's something we need to take care off, but not now. It's kind of like going through the estate. We all have different ideas and the Facebook page now is like part of the estate."
Ford did say that around the time of her mother's death, some misinformation was posted on her mother's page, prompted in part by automated updates posted by sites Barbara Major had liked or followed. But mostly, Ford said, Facebook was a good thing for the family.
They used it to get out the word about their mother's memorial service and liked it when people posted photographs of her that they didn't have.
"We were able to use some of those photos at her service," Ford said.
It also allowed the siblings to see their mother more completely.
"Some people may have known my mother as a childhood friend, or a neighbor, or through politics, or as a mom - but it gives a fuller understanding of all the different layers of the person," she said.
And since her mother was cremated, not buried, Ford said Facebook is now "like a headstone at a cemetery" where relatives and friends can visit her.
Accessing email is difficult
For those who want to close down a page, Facebook has a process for "verified immediate family members" to request the removal of a loved one's account from Facebook.
Or, they offer the option of memorializing an account upon receipt of a valid request.
Accessing a deceased person's email can be more difficult.
"If you need access to the Gmail account content of an individual who has passed away, in rare cases we may be able to provide the contents of the Gmail account to an authorized representative of the deceased person," reads the Google policy.
"At Google, we're keenly aware of the trust users place in us, and we take our responsibility to protect the privacy of people who use Google services very seriously. Any decision to provide the contents of a deceased person's email will be made only after a careful review.
".... Because of our concerns for user privacy, if we determine that we cannot provide the Gmail content, we will not be able to share further details about the account or discuss our decision."
Some sites will shutter a page or content if there is no activity for an extended period of time, perhaps two years. But in many cases with social media, such as Facebook, friends and family continue to post, keeping the page active.
For Kimberle Bobinski, whose husband Joseph Bobinski, 60, died in Maryland on May 8, "Joe's FB page is a healing tool for us and many other people," she said in an email.
Joe Bobinski was raised in Niantic and graduated from St. Bernard High School in Uncasville in 1972, and kept in touch with many people in southeastern Connecticut through Facebook.
When he died after a decade-long battle with prostate cancer, the family posted a letter that Bobinski had written when he knew his end was near.
It read, in part, "As I write this I am entering the final stages of my life. It has been a good run and I tried my hardest to do the best I could to make a difference."
The message was posted May 9 with a footnote saying Joe had died the night before.
His wife said she found her husband's final note as well as some other sentiments, poems and scriptures several weeks before he died and decided to post the final message upon his death. Bobinski shared his passwords with his family so they could access his online files, and Kimberle Bobinski said that helped her to settle his estate as far as online accounts and other business that Joe transacted there.
"Without access to his digital accounts, life during and after his death would be much more difficult, creating a longer healing process," she said.
Today, family and friends still regularly visit and post on Joe's Facebook page.
Recently, daughter Kristen uploaded a video there of her young daughter Kendall riding in the back seat of her car.
The window was down and Kendall was talking out the window. When Kristen asked the 4-year-old who she was talking to, she replied: "Poppy," and added, "Up in the sky."
"What's he doing?" Kristen asked.
"Loving me," said Kendall.
Kimberle Bobinski said she's not sure how long the family will continue the page, but for now it is therapeutic.
For Marianna McGuirk of Waterford, whose husband, Brendan, died Aug. 3, it's too soon to decide what will happen to his Facebook page, she said.
But Brendan McGuirk, 63, a Navy veteran and longtime New London firefighter, found comfort on Facebook during his long fight with cancer.
"I know it sure gave Brendan a life when he was in the hospital," she said. "In the middle of the night, he would be on there."
Tracy Feldman said her husband was active on Facebook, too, promoting their oldest son Noah's music career. So shuttering his page would be akin to getting rid of some of his favorite possessions.
"It's like all the stuff in his truck," she said, explaining that "Jay practically lived in his truck when he wasn't home, and he had all kinds of stuff in there."
She sold the truck after his death but still has all the personal belongings her husband kept in his vehicle.
His Facebook page is like those possessions and she's not able to part with it, she said.
"I'm just not ready yet," she said.
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Memorializing a Facebook account
What happens when a deceased person's account is memorialized?
Facebook does not allow anyone to log into a memorialized account.
Memorialized accounts cannot be modified in any way. This includes adding or removing friends, modifying photos or deleting any pre-existing content posted by the person.
Depending on the privacy settings of the deceased person's account, friends can share memories on the memorialized Timeline.
Anyone can send private messages to the deceased person.
Content the deceased person shared (ex: photos, posts) remains on Facebook and is visible to the audience it was shared with.
Memorialized Timelines don't appear in public spaces such as in suggestions for People You May Know or birthday reminders.
Creating an account in remembrance of a deceased person is not allowed. Facebook encourages a page or a group be created for this purpose instead.
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If newly introduced House legislation passes, trade and travel to Cuba will be much easier. Put forward by Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, House Agriculture Committee chairman, and 30 co-sponsors, the "Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act — H.R. 4645" would allow U.S. agriculture exports to dramatically increase, according to agriculture advocacy organizations. The House Agriculture Committee is expected to debate the reforms within weeks.
"Helping feed Cuba is good for the U.S. economy and for the Cuban people," said Peterson in a statement. "This bill increases the ability of our farmers to sell their products to Cuba just like they do with our other trading partners."
Further, "U.S. producers are the closest suppliers that can help meet the food and agriculture needs of the Cuban people. Opportunities to sell to paying customers in Cuba have been hindered by bureaucratic red tape and by arbitrary prohibitions on the ability of U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba. This bill cuts the red tape and allows that trade and travel to happen."
Last year, the Obama administration loosened restrictions on Cuban-Americans who want to travel to see, and provide money to, relatives living in the communist nation. While this action further widened a recent crack in the nearly 50-year-old embargo between the United States and Cuba, U.S. business interests — including an especially vocal agriculture sector — said it wasn't enough. Onerous restrictions regarding banking and shipping inhibit trade and remain in place.
Aimed at those restrictions, Peterson's legislation would allow direct payments between Cuban and U.S. banks — something that is now prohibited. Currently, Cuba must make payments for U.S. commodities through a third party and, in the process, incur whatever conditions and fees the third party deems appropriate. Payment for whatever commodity is being purchased must also be made prior to shipment.
If passed, Peterson's legislation would also allow any U.S. citizen to travel to Cuba.
And it isn't just House members that are pushing for the embargo reform. Many Mid-South politicians have long backed normalization of trade with Cuba.
"I applaud Chairman Peterson for joining me in my on-going efforts to open trade with Cuba," said Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. "By introducing a bill (titled 'Promoting American Agriculture and Medical Exports Act, S1089') that is nearly identical to legislation I introduced last May with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, Chairman Peterson is helping move us one step closer to giving our producers access to this important market."
Agricultural organizations have lined up to endorse the House move.
"Even though U.S. firms offer reliable trading partners, quality products and competitive prices, current U.S. policy hampers their ability to supply the Cuban market — if the United States is not the supplier, the European Union or Brazil will be happy to take our place," said Roger Johnson, National Farmers Union (NFU) president.
"Agricultural producers in the United States are well-positioned to benefit from additional trade in Cuba. This will also assure Cubans a source for sustainable, high-quality food for its people."
If the embargo is lifted, or significantly loosened, U.S. rice is among commodities expected to receive a substantial sales boost. Right now, Cuba buys most of its rice from Vietnam.
Peterson's bill "would correct the Office of Foreign Asset Control interpretation of the 'payment in advance' rule for shipment of agricultural products to Cuba and permit direct payments from Cuban to U.S. financial institutions for U.S. agricultural exports," said the USA Rice Federation in a statement.
"USA Rice Federation has proactively worked for the past 15 years to remove agricultural trade barriers with Cuba," said Betsy Ward, USA Rice Federation president and CEO. "Cuba has the potential to be a 400,000 to 600,000 metric ton market for U.S. rice and we applaud Chairman Peterson's proposed legislation, which would not only provide Cubans with more of the rice they have said they prefer, but would also help boost the U.S. economy."
The American Soybean Association (ASA) is also pushing for the reforms. In 2008, according to the ASA, more than $134 million worth of U.S. soy products were exported to Cuba.
"ASA opposes restrictions on exports of U.S. agricultural commodities for national security or foreign policy reasons that are not supported by all other major world producers and exporters," said Rob Joslin, ASA president and soybean producer from Sidney, Ohio. "ASA favors a normal trading relationship with Cuba including direct banking and elimination of the cash in advance rule. ASA also supports the country's eligibility for the Foreign Market Development and Market Access Programs."
U.S. producers are "well-positioned to benefit from additional trade in Cuba," Joslin said. "U.S. suppliers can reach the three major Cuban ports in a matter of one day or less, compared to 25 days from Brazil."
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Let's say you've got a junky old Mitsubishi Mirage. Let's say you want to roll it for fun (and who wouldn't)? It might not be as easy as you'd think.
This guy set up a sweet one-wheel ramp, got a good run up, but still wasn't able to get the car to tumble. This is the caption to the video from 2008.
My brother and I trying to roll a Mitsubishi
See? Not as easy as it looks.