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"We're into this," said Michele Kelm-Helgen, head of the public authority overseeing the $975 million downtown Minneapolis development. "We're spending money and the project is underway."
Kelm-Helgen's comments came as some lawmakers, critical of the stadium financing deal, are pushing to reopen stadium financing talks and shore up the state's commitment to the project. Among the ideas surfacing at the State Capitol are adding a tax on professional sports memorabilia and revisiting the concept of a racetrack casino, where slot machines and other electronic games would be installed at the state's two racetracks.
"If nothing changes and the shortfall continues and they [sell] the bonds, the money will come out of the general fund," said Sen. Sean Nienow, R-Cambridge, who plans to introduce a bill this week to put stadium construction on hold until the issue is resolved. "And three-fourths of the general fund goes to education and health care."
Concern over the state's financial commitment surfaces just weeks before the first schematic design is expected to be unveiled.
Kelm-Helgen said that to date, the first $50 million of project expenses, as required by the legislation, are being paid by the Vikings. But that money will probably run out by the time the team plans to break ground on the stadium, to be located on the current Metrodome site, she said.
At that point, the authority would begin tapping proceeds from the state's bond sale, tentatively scheduled for August. Kelm-Helgen said the state does not have to start repaying bonds until spring 2014, giving Gov. Mark Dayton, her former boss, and charitable gambling officials more time to tweak and evaluate the e-pulltab and bingo financing strategy.
If revenue still fell short, "they could make a midcourse adjustment next session," she said.
Finding a solution
The stadium financing legislation approved last spring calls for the Vikings to pay $477 million of the $975 million stadium construction cost. The city of Minneapolis is on the hook for $150 million, with the state responsible for $348 million through revenue generated from electronic pulltabs and bingo.
The state initially projected that the games would generate about $34 million in revenue by the end of 2013, but as the games have struggled, that has been cut to $1.7 million by year's end. The number of bars installing the games has been less than one-tenth the number projected.
While Dayton has consistently said it will take more time for the games to develop momentum, Rep. Jim Davnie, DFL-Minneapolis, said Monday that he shares Nienow's concern that a backup financing plan is needed sooner rather than later.
"I think there are an awful lot of members in both parties who are pretty motivated to find a solution this year," he said.
Dayton staffers met late last week with the chairs of a legislative panel that oversees the stadium authority and representatives of the state's gambling control board, lottery and revenue department to discuss the two backup funding options already approved in last year's stadium legislation.
The first is the creation of a sports-themed lottery game that would be expected to generate at least $2.1 million annually. The second is a 10 percent tax on stadium suites, which wouldn't kick in until after the stadium was built.
Allen Lund, executive director of Allied Charities, which represents charitable gambling groups and who attended the meeting, said Monday that much of the discussion centered on finding ways and resources to market and promote the electronic games once more of them are up and running in the next month.
Lund said the games currently are in less than 5 percent of the possible sites.
"If we can just let this play out, I think we'll be OK," he said. "We just believe we need to wait until we have a presence in a larger number of sites before we go and try and create excitement for what we believe is going to be a very exciting product."
Ed Van Petten, executive director for the lottery, said that he has had several discussions with Dayton's staff about backup funding options, but has yet to talk about anything seriously. He plans to meet with the governor's staff again Tuesday.
Van Petten said it's possible that a combination of games — from scratch-offs, which could raise several million dollars, to electronic poker or Keno — could be part of a solution to help bridge the funding gap.
"But my fear in doing that is we'll cannibalize charitable gambling and jeopardize those great programs," he said. "We've got to be careful we're not taking away from other good causes."
That said, Van Petten said that he believes electronic pulltabs and bingo games will eventually catch on, and in a big way.
"I really do think once they get the bugs worked out of those e-pulltabs, it'll generate a lot of money," he said.
Several other ideas, including user fees on tickets, concessions and parking, adding a tax on professional sports memorabilia and installing games at the state's two race tracks, Running Aces and Canterbury Park in Shakopee, also have surfaced at the Capitol.
While the state's tribal casinos have historically opposed the racino concept, Rep. Tom Hackbarth, R-Cedar, said that, if approved at both tracks, it could generate more than $100 million per year.
"It's not taxpayer dollars, it's voluntary contributions to folks that want to go and play slot machines," Hackbarth said. "We're looking for money now. ... So I think this is a good alternative to get money for the state general fund."


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Pawlenty announces candidacy -- and then unannounces
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty made his most direct statement yet about his presidential ambitions during an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan Tuesday. And then started backtracking.
Morgan asked Pawlenty whether he would consider running as a vice presidential candidate with Donald Trump.
"I'm running for president," Pawlenty said. "I'm not putting my hat in the ring rhetorically or ultimately for vice president. So I'm focused on running for president."
When Morgan said he thought that sounded like an announcement, Pawlenty replied a formal announcement would come soon but he's headed in that direction.
Pawlenty moved quickly to knock down any speculation that he had officially entered the race.
Spokesman Alex Conant says the quote was taken out of context. He says a formal announcement by Pawlenty about running for president would come later this spring. Morgan's PR representative didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment sent Tuesday night.
Pawlenty formed an exploratory committee last month.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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The Commission on the Status of Women: Women in the Changing World of Work
By: Robin Lerner and Aldrinana Leung, who both in the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues at the U.S. Department of State
Over the past two weeks, thousands of representatives from government, international organizations, civil society, and the private sector descended upon New York City to discuss economic growth and sustainability. They came to take part in the sixty-first session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (#CSW61). The annual CSW convening is the United Nation's (UN) largest gathering dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. This year's theme, Women in the Changing World of Work, acknowledges a key component to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: women's economic empowerment.
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley echoed that same message in her remarks to the CSW, underscoring that safety, education, and fairness, and economic opportunity are critical to advancing women's rights. "We want to make sure that our governments support girls and support women so that they always feel like they can show the power of their voice and also be free to act accordingly. We should encourage every country to support these basic rights, and we should help them in any way that we can," she stated.UN Secretary-General António Guterres acknowledged in his CSW opening address: "We are all better off when we open doors of opportunity for women and girls: in classrooms and boardrooms, in military ranks and at peace talks, in all aspects of productive life."
When women participate at equal rates to men in the economy, everyone wins. Research shows that global GDP would increase by $28 trillion by 2025 if we closed the gender gap in employment. The United States alone could add over $4 trillion to our GDP in that same timeframe.
Yet there's still a long way to go in closing the gender gap. Women in many countries around the world — including the United States — participate at lower rates in the labor force, are disproportionately overrepresented in low-wage occupations and jobs, and earn less than their male counterparts for similar work. The root cause of such disparity often stems from issues, like the disproportionate burden of unpaid care and domestic work, rigid workplace policies (such as lack of parental leave, or inflexible work schedules), and sexual harassment.
Partnerships are Key to Progress
It was apparent at CSW that progress towards gender equality in the economy requires efforts from all stakeholders: international organizations, government, civil society, the private sector, and citizens. Dozens of side events at this year's session sought to address equality in the workplace, women in supply chains, and stereotypes that hinder women's and girls' equal participation in the economy, with participants sharing inspiring models to scale. For example, Unilever highlighted their efforts to "unstereotype" their marketing, promoting gender-positive messages that contribute to culture change through the reach of corporate advertising.
Throughout CSW, corporate and nongovernmental organization leaders emphasized the business case for women's economic empowerment: investing in women to achieve their full potential results in significant positive impacts on business productivity and the bottom line. Many companies are championing change through diversity and inclusion initiatives aimed at empowering women in their workforce, and investing in the talent pipeline starting with young girls. At the Women's Empowerment Principles Forum on the sidelines of CSW, a new tool to assess gender equality performance across the workplace, marketplace and community, was launched to help stakeholders accelerate the pace of change.
CSW's theme this year explored expanding economic growth through women's entrepreneurship and women's participation in sectors where they are underrepresented such as the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Discussions ranged from promotingequal access to education and capital, to the impact of increased mobility and informality, to empowering women to become creators and drivers of innovation.
Gender-Based Violence Hinders Women's Economic Participation
CSW is also a chance to examine interrelated issues that are policy priorities for the U.S. government, such as the link between gender-based violence and economic participation.
This year, the United States joined Canada in hosting a side event with the Equal Futures Partnership on violence against indigenous women. Women tribal leaders and advocates shared the experiences of indigenous women: because they face greater discrimination and vulnerability, they are less likely to seek employment outside their community and suffer long-term impacts. The Yukon Minister of Tourism and Culture Jeanie Dendys, a member of the Yukon First Nations, shared a model of community partnership to understand the rates of violence in their community and take ownership. She reminded the audience: "Any solutions for indigenous women should engage them in the process."
This side event was a reminder of the power of CSW: providing a platform to amplify the voices and experiences of women everywhere will help inform coordinated action towards achieving gender equality.
On the final day of the conference, UN Member States did just that, closing CSW with a pledge to ensure women's full and equal participation and leadership in the economy, as well as women's right to work and rights at work, with the adoption of the CSW Agreed Conclusions. As Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the executive director of UN Women summarized, "This is a message about leaving no one behind."
The White House reiterated the importance of women's economic empowerment in its March 8 International Women's Day statement, reiterating, "The United States remains committed to empowering women around the world to realize their full potential within the global marketplace. Our policies will work to advance the economic empowerment of women by promoting entrepreneurship and equal access to education, employment opportunities, and training adapted to a new economic landscape."
This entry originally appeared on DipNote, the U.S. Department of State's Official Blog.


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The LiMo Foundation, which aims to collectively develop a Linux-based platform for mobile phones, announced yesterday that handsets running the LiMo platform will reach the market by 2008. The organization, which also announced the addition of new members, works collaboratively with the open-source software community and other companies in the mobile industry.
Originally founded by Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, Vodafone, and NTT DoCoMo in 2007, LiMo was created to combat fragmentation in the Linux mobile ecosystem and fill the need for a standardized mobile platform that can be developed transparently and used without the need to pay licensing fees. In the past six months, Aplix, Celunite, LG Electronics, McAfee, and Wind River have become Core members of the LiMo Foundation and will become active participants in LiMo's governance board. ARM, InnoPath, KTF, Ericsson, Broadcom, and MontaVista have joined LiMo as Associate members.
Although the LiMo stack makes extensive use of open-source software technologies, some of the top-level APIs are, unfortunately, proprietary. Proprietary components included in the LiMo Core will be available to third-party developers under a royalty-free license that covers both patents and copyrights. The licenses for proprietary components outside of the Core are not required to include patent grants, so patents for some non-Core technologies may have to be commercially licensed. This detracts from the openness of the platform and makes it less community-driven than more open mobile phone platforms like OpenMoko.
Guido Arnone, director of terminals technology at Vodafone, comments, "There are fantastic opportunities for new members to create a true mass-market platform and surrounding ecosystem which will help deliver ever more compelling handsets and experiences to consumers." An important part of that ecosystem is the GNOME Mobile and Embedded (GMAE) platform, which provides a robust assortment of high-level software building blocks for mobile Linux application development. Version 2.10 of the GTK toolkit, which is part of the GNOME Mobile and Embedded platform, is a key component of the LiMo Application UI Framework. The LiMo platform's use of GTK will vastly simplify the process of porting existing GTK applications to LiMo-based phones.
GTK is used extensively on other Linux-based devices, including Nokia's N800 web tablet, the One Laptop Per Child project's XO laptop, FIC's Neo1973 mobile phone, the Access Linux Platform, and Intel's MID system. GTK was also chosen to serve as the basis of the user interface services specification of LiPS, another organization that is creating an open, Linux-based platform for mobile phones.
The broad use of open-source software—particularly parts of the GNOME stack—in the mobile Linux market will promote interoperability and make it much easier for independent third-party developers to write applications that can target multiple Linux-based mobile platforms.


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The killing of Justine Swartz Abshire
Events that began on the evening of November 2, 2006 led to the death of a kindergarten teacher on a lonely road near Barboursville. It was case that was initially described as a hit-and-run.
For months, investigators declined to say what they had long suspected, that the death of the 27-year-old was no accident. As the family of the victim moved toward a civil suit against the person they believed responsible for the killing, police assembled the pieces of what turned out, controversially, to be an almost completely circumstantial case. But it was a case that convinced a jury, and when it was over, a juror revealed that they were "110 percent sure" of their work.
Five years after the death of Justine Swartz Abshire, her husband, Eric, was convicted of first-degree murder.
|Life behind bars: Eric Abshire defiant at sentencingPublished on Jan 13th, 2012After declaring his love for his late wife and his innocence in her death, a defiant Eric Abshire, convicted in October of killing Justine Swartz Abshire, spoke aloud in...read more
|'110 percent sure': Jurors say no doubt in Abshire's guiltPublished on Oct 31st, 2011"There's a verdict!" The cry at the Orange County Circuit Court at around 4:20pm on Tuesday, October 25 brought family and friends of the late Justine Swartz Abshire racing...read more
|Jury: He did it. Abshire murder trialPublished on Oct 25th, 2011As the jury weighed its decision in the first-degree murder trial of the Greene County dump truck driver accused of killing his wife for a $1.5 million in insurance payout in...read more
|Trial set: Eric Abshire pleads not guilty to wife killingPublished on Mar 3rd, 2011The Greene County man accused of killing his wife and staging her death as an automotive hit-and-run pleaded not guilty to first degree murder at his arraignment Thursday,...read more
|History of strangulation? Abshire denied bond after allegations of violent pastPublished on Feb 10th, 2011Although his court-appointed attorney argued that his client poses neither flight risk nor danger to the community, accused wife-killer Eric Abshire will remain behind bars...read more
|No bail: Abshire pleads poverty in first court appearancePublished on Jan 7th, 2011Eric Abshire made his first court appearance Thursday in the Orange County Circuit Court. Inset: Abshire at a November 3, 2007 vigil for Justine. PHOTO BY COURTENEY STUART/...read more
|Breaking news: Eric Abshire arrestedPublished on Dec 17th, 2010Eric Abshire and Justine Swartz Abshire on their wedding day in May 2006. She would be dead less than six months later. PHOTO COURTESY SWARTZ FAMILY Eric Abshire will spend...read more
|Painful puzzle: Abshire talks about the fatal nightPublished on Aug 14th, 2008 ABC NEWS It was first considered a tragic but straight-forward incident of hit and run on a winding, moonlit country road in Barboursville. But the 2006 death of Justine...read more
|Closing in? Foul play now cited in Abshire deathPublished on Mar 6th, 2008 Grief over the death of their daughter is compounded by the pain of not knowing how she died, says Steve Swartz, seen here dancing with Justine at her wedding on May...read more
|COVER-Justice for Justine: Investigation 'very active' in hit and runPublished on Jun 7th, 2007 In May, Justine Swartz Abshire's parents increased the award for information leading to an arrest in her death from $10,000 to $50,000. From Charlottesville, the path...read more


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Untold Story
A Novel
Monica Ali
Scribner: 259 pp., $25
Fairy tales are the Euclidian geometry of fiction. Reading them — and having them read to us — are the moments when we first divide reality. We teach our imagination to leap, hit the ground and keep on running. We willingly take that leap — children, adults and everyone between carrying that tiny grain of disbelief in the "real" world of facts and plunge instead into a world of fables.
So Monica Ali's "Untold Story," a novel of "what if," will come as no surprise. It is based on the idea that Princess Diana staged her own death and ran away, most painfully from her two boys, to create another life. One wonders, why didn't someone write this novel sooner? After all, few of us believed the car crash in the Paris tunnel in 1997 that killed the princess was a simple story. Many of us disbelieved at least some of the facts, beginning with the princess is dead and ending with the explanation that it was an accident.
When she appears in Ali's novel—in the little American town of Kensington, working at the Kensington Canine Sanctuary, living alone in a pretty house with a pool (the real Diana was a swimmer), with a few friends and a regular suburban life—we do not have to leap too far to believe. The middle-American town, like so many, is sprinkled with British names: Kensington, Albert Street, Victoria Street. The princess calls herself Lydia Snaresbrook, a name that her co-conspirator, Lawrence Standing (her private secretary in the old life), found for her.
"Untold Story" begins 10 years after the accident, in 2007, though in Ali's telling the princess chose death by drowning, perhaps a shark attack, off Brazil where she was vacationing with her lover. Lydia has a new lover; he is not a sheik, not a bodyguard, not a tennis pro, no, he is a kind, patient, simple man, a claims adjuster for an insurance company, and he knows nothing of Lydia's past.
Some chapters are told by the omniscient narrator, cleaving to Lydia's thoughts as they wander back to her old life, to her children, and through the precarious present tense. Some are gleaned from Standing's journal entries from 1997-98. After the "death," Standing, who had arranged everything at the princess' urging, rowed her to shore, hid her for a few months, found a plastic surgeon and made sure she was safe in the U.S. before he died of a brain tumor. His devotion includes adoration, real love and everlasting duty, and his perspective helps to explain the chain of events that brought Lydia to Kensington.
There is a third perspective in the novel: Grabowski, a photographer from England, one of the paparazzi, who hunted the princess, some say to her death. Grabowski is old school; he has limits. When he turns up, quite by accident, in a boardinghouse in Kensington and is asked what he might be doing in these parts, he tells his interlocutors that he is putting together a Robert Frank-style book on small American towns.
Which is true in the most half-hearted sense until Grabowski meets Lydia. It's the eyes that give her away, after changing her hair, her voice, her nose, it is the shape and coloring of her iris that Grabowski recognizes. And so the hunt begins again. Grabowski wants to be sure — to cover every angle and to have the story: "Shock Waves Felt Around the World … Princess 'Discovered' in U.S. Backwater … Risen From the Dead."
Ali's great strength in her previous novels, "In the Kitchen" and "Brick Lane," and also in "Untold Story," is the way she circles her characters, using various perspectives to strip them down to their core fears, hopes and motivations. In "Brick Lane" (a runaway bestseller that was made into a movie in 2007), the central character was a young Bangladeshi woman named Nazneen; "In the Kitchen" had a middle-aged chef named Gabriel Lightfoot. (A third work of fiction, "Alentejo Blue" was a book of joined stories.) In all of her books the reader is lulled and shocked, lulled and shocked, as new information is made available. No matter how mundane the setting, her stories are never predictable. She is, at heart, and like so many writers of fairy tales (complete with monsters, predators and evil in every guise), a true thriller writer.
"Untold Story" quickens as the circle closes around Lydia. Ali has re-created an already sympathetic character: a good mother, a confused and fragile young woman addicted to excitement, betrayed by everyone around her, uncertain whom to trust, a victim of her painfully low self-esteem. Grabowski is predatory; Lawrence avuncular. As the story becomes more and more of a thriller, Ali, to her credit, holds her cards so tightly that the reader has a hard time knowing how the story will end.
Of course, the beauty of the story was that it had no end. Speculation and imagination require similar skills and similar timelines. Diana's death was a story that didn't end, it simply faded to black, as they say in the movies.
Ali allows her princess to do the same.
Salter Reynolds is a Los Angeles writer.


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Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached nearly 200 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--including one of 2016's most popular TED talks. She also has prepared speakers for presentations, testimony, and keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
What's the big idea? What those TED-like talks are looking for
That's because if you're going to make the most of those 3- or 5- or 15- or 20-minute opportunities, you need to narrow your focus down to one big idea. To stay in the minds of the live audience and get liked and shared by the online audience, just one idea will do. Not 50, not 15, not even three, but one. And that's the tripping point for many would-be givers of big talks. What's the big idea? That's the question they can't answer. A big idea requires a point of view, an opinion, the ability to zero in on a target.
Close readers of the blog will recall that I advise breaking your message into three key points, as most speaker coaches do--that's because we remember things best in threes and are almost hard-wired to do so. (And that's true for both speaker and audience.) Here's the connection: You'll use your three key points to put across your big idea. They're the three reasons we should decide to do that crazy thing you just proposed, the three arguments against that popular trend, the three things you're missing when you decide to do x. But you still need to give us that big idea to move toward, even as you lay out the steps to get us there.
I know, you have lots of ideas. And lots of facts to share. And, oh, those opinions-by-the-score. I'll even let you work some of them into the three points you'll get to undergird your big idea, if you promise to just focus on one big idea for this big talk. For technical experts and scientists who are used to backing up and giving us all the background we might possibly need to grasp the big idea, this can be a particular challenge. But I promise, your audience will sit in the palm of your hand and do so more happily if you can winnow it down to one idea.
Don't forget that the audience you need to win over starts with the conference organizers, by the way. The folks who put together these high-stakes conferences want smart people who can share new thoughts and approaches...if they can focus on one big idea. Failure to focus when you are proposing a big talk, or when you're approached to give one, can mean you don't get the opportunity...or if you get up to speak and that big point doesn't come across, it may mean you won't be asked back.
Here's one example of a detail-filled talk with a wonderful big idea for cancer patients: A surgeon describes a way to make cancer tumors and nerves fluorescent so they can be surgically removed (or avoided) with more accuracy. It's worth taking the time to develop a message with your big idea in it before you pursue those big-talk opportunities--and so you're ready when the call comes. Let me know if I can help you work on that; just email me at info[at]dontgetcaught[dot]biz.
Looking for famous speeches by women? Check out The Eloquent Woman Index of Famous Women's Speeches, with a wide variety of women speakers, types of speeches and topics to inspire your next speech. Each one comes with lessons for speakers, plus video or audio and a transcript, where available.
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Emergency cleanup and drying services from floods and water damage disasters water mitigation and restoration. When the need for emergency cleanup and drying services from flood and water damage is needed the need is usually immediate. Also what is needed is a contractor who will do the job right. There is much at stake here, The integrity of your structure and even more importantly the health and safety of your family could very well be on the line. Lets look at what a contractor should do in cleaning up flood and water damage. These will hold true whether it is your residence or your place of business.
Of course when you require emergency cleanup after a flood or other water disaster one of the first moves a cleanup contractor will make is to remove the water from the structure so as to minimize and to to help facilitate the drying process and to minimize additional damage. Pumps, squeegees and drying agents will be used for this task. After the gross contaminants ( large amounts of water and possible mud and other sediments) will be removes. Brooms, shovels vacuums and other tools will be put into use for this.
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Then comes fans, blowers and possible heaters. The idea is to move large amounts of air in order to facilitate drying of your structure and its contents. This is also the time you will see dehumidifiers u
After the large amounts of water is removed from your home and the drying has begun the real work now begins. Typically any carpeting and its padding needs to be removed. The damage might be severe enough to require the removal and replacement of other floor structures such as the sub floor.
This is also the step in the process where the walls may come down or your contractor will use special equipment to "see" into the walls for mold growth and other hidden damage to hidden systems such as water, electrical and waste systems. If any mold is found the walls may have to come down and a mold killer and deodorizer will be used. If any damage to your house systems such as the electrical is found, this is the point in the restoration process that those would be repaired also. Your contractor will be able to either complete this part of the restoration process or have access to qualified contractors who can complete the job in a timely and correct manner.
Water removal and restoration is a big job. You want the most qualified contractor to complete the job whether the water is sewage, flooding or hurricanes. The job is too big and your families well being is too big to not leave it to the experts.
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Annual events
Annual Events (and a few semi-annual and seasonal events)
Ash Lawn Opera Festival - Since 1978, opera fans and others who just like a country picnic and music have enjoyed operas in English and special events for children at the home of James Monroe. Now productions are staged inside at the Paramount Theater on the Downtown Mall, which will be the home for the festival's running productions of Puccini's La Bohème and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel. $47-$65. 293-4500 (July & August 2013).
Albemarle County Fair - Head to Ash Lawn-Highland Fairgrounds, once the home of President Monroe for a county fair experience to remember. Check out entertainment and activities that emphasize the agriculture of Central Virginia and enjoy crafts, games and live music as well. Email email@example.com (August 1-3, 2013) .
First UVA football game - Scott Stadium- This year it's against Brigham Young University. The night before marks Paint the Town Orange night, a sort of city-wide pep rally sure to get the orange-and-blue blood flowing. Ticket info: 800-542-UVA1 or locally 924-UVA1 (August 31, 2013 @ 3:30 p.m.)
Charlottesville Women's Four-Miler- Starting in June, several thousand women train together for the late summer race, which raises money for breast cancer research. The race happens out at Foxfield on Garth Road. Make sure to register early for 2014— this race, the largest all women's walking/running event in Virginia, fills up fast! (August 31, 2013)
Interlocken Music Festival- Zac Brown, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, the String Cheese Incident, The Black Crowes and many more bands are expected to attract over 30,000 music lovers to the Oak Ridge Estate in Nelson County this September. Charlottesville has gained quite the reputation as one of the best music destinations in the state, and this festival will only bolster that status. Visit the festival website interlockenfestival.com for tickets or email email@example.com. (September 5-8, 2013).
Louisa County Air Show- A real barn-stormin' festival with parachutists, biplanes, and aerial stunts. Free admission, but canned food donations encouraged. Louisa County Airport/Freeman Field. 540-967-0050 (September 7, 2013 from 11am to 4pm)
Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival- UVA's Old Cabell Hall- Does Mozart get your motor runnin'? Does Haydn make the hair on your arms stand up? If so, get your dose of chamber music and then some at this month-long event. Most recent prices, $6-$22/individual concerts, $25-$100/serious subscription. (September 8-22 at the Paramount Theater and Old Cabell Hall). Call 295-5395 or email email@example.com.
Foxfield Steeplechase Races- Garth Road- The fall Foxfield horse races are more family-oriented, so you don't have to worry about events like the one which made the business almost have its license yanked because some youthful attendees find public intoxication (and urination) to be part of the fun. With pony rides, Jack Russell Terrier races, and a stroll around the course, the whole family can get in on the excitement. Tickets go quickly amongst the horsey locals, so be sure to snatch them when they go on sale September 1. 293-9501 (September 29, 2013).
Fall Fiber Festival- James Madison's Montpelier- Not to be confused with a shindig celebrating Metamucil, this one's all about the fleece. Sheep-shearing and wool spinning, knitting, rug-weaving, a fiber fashion show, and a fleece sale allows shepherds to make their own fleeces available. $5 adults; under-16 free. (October 5-6, 2013). Email email@example.com
The Festy- This three-day music festival happening at the Concert Ground of Devil's Backbone Brewing Company features some of the top national and regional music acts. And there's camping for people who plan in advance. (October 11-13, 2013). See website for more information and ticket pricing.
Martha's Market- John Paul Jones Arena- More than 70 boutiques from around the country set up shop in John Paul Jones Arena for a one-of-a-kind marketplace experience. Put on by the Women's Committee of Martha Jefferson Hospital for the 20th consecutive year, all vendors donate a percentage of their sales to benefit breast cancer treatment at the hospital. 654-8173 (October 4-6, 2013; Preview Party October 3)
Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival- Claudius Crozet Park- Pottery, textiles, leather, glass, wood, metal, photography, and art provide a tantalizing array of beautiful handmade articles for sale. This two-day event makes a fine outing for the entire family. $6/adults; under-12/free. 823-2211 (October 12-13, 2013)
Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival- Rebec Vineyard, Rt. 29 south just north of Amherst- Leave all of your olfactory concerns at the door, because this festival is part feast, part comedy routine, and all fun. Kids activities, contests, food, petting zoos, crafts fair, magicians, wine tastings, live music, and more. Don't miss the crowning of the Garlic King! Tickets between $14-$19 online, $20-$25 online, and discounts are available if you buy them in advance or in a group. 946-5168 (October 12-13, 2013)
Halloween happenings:
The Spirit Walk- Downtown- Since 1995, the local historical society has been mixing ghouls and history, and history always wins in this clever walking tour taking in ghostly haunts such as the Maplewood Cemetery and infamous murder sites downtown. Tours get started at the Historical Society's building just off the Downtown Mall. 296-1492. Dates yet to be finalized, but the walks usually happen two weeks before Halloween.
Trick or Treat on the UVA Lawn- What started as a big brother/big sister gig now brings several thousand parents and kids to the Academical Village each Halloween afternoon for the most car-free trick or treating on the planet. (Usually takes place on Halloween night, October 31, 2013 from 4-6pm)
Virginia Film Festival- UVA and Downtown- Founded by the state with a little help from local benefactor Patricia Kluge back in 1988, this is the event that has brought to town such stars as Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, Vanessa Redgrave, Ann-Margret, Nicolas Cage, and Sigourney Weaver. 982-5277 or for tickets call 924-3376. (November 7-10, 2013)
The Montpelier Hunt Races- Montpelier Station (45 min. north- Orange County)- A bit farther away than Foxfield, but it may actually take less time thanks to its smaller scale. And unlike Foxfield's reputation as a boozefest rather than an athletic event, this Montpelier Hunt Race will be the 77th running and is one of the nation's oldest and most respected steeplechase events. Admission/$15, under-12/free, parking/$20, or spend anywhere from $1,750 to $9,000 to make a private, all-accoutrements-included party of it. 540-672-0027 (November 2, 2013)
Jeffersonian History Festival- Grace Covenant Church across from City Hall. Gone are the days when a parade on the Downtown Mall and reenactments would launch the Thanksgiving season, but there's still history fun to be had. This year, there's a sort of public discussion– in costume! (November 11, 2013)
Last home UVA football game- Scott Stadium- UVA takes on instate rival Virginia Tech. Ticket info: 800-542-UVA1 or locally 924-UVA1 (November 30, 2013)
Graves Mountain Lodge Thanksgiving Dinner- For a delicious and hassle-free Thanksgiving, make reservations for you and yours at Graves Mountain Lodge (540-923-4231) in Madison County for the all-you-can-eat buffet-style Thanksgiving dinner. Not only do they serve turkey with all the trimmings, but also Old Dominion delicacies like Virginia ham and fried oysters.
Downtown for the Holidays- Downtown Mall- Holiday City Market. The festival offers a variety of holiday events along the Mall, helping families enjoy the spirit of the season. Don't forget to check out the tree lighting on the 28th, Santa when he comes to town on the 29th, and book your tickets for the Holly Trolly! (November 24-December 22, 2012 8am-1pm)
McGuffey Art Center Holiday Open House- McGuffey Art Center, Second St.- It's the rarity of rarities: all studios in the subsidized-rent palace of art will probably be open. There's entertainment, and, in the Gallery, a holiday group show by all members. 295-7973 (December 7 or 14)
First Night Virginia- All over Downtown- For years, visitors have enjoyed entertainment, food, alcohol-free events, and fireworks. The program attracts huge crowds to the festivities every New Year, and as always an admission button gets you into everything. Prices have yet to be set for this coming year, but last year prices were $15/adults, $5/kids ages 6-16, kids under 5/free. Discounts on pre-sale tickets and family packs. 975-8269 (December 31, 2013)
ACC Basketball at UVA- John Paul Jones Arena- For decades, the Atlantic Coast Conference has been the premiere conference in the nation for men's and women's college basketball. Led by former Washington State coach Tony Bennet, the men's team had a fairly successful season going 23-12 and 11-7 in the ACC. Ticket info: 800-542-UVA1 or locally 924-UVA1 (Schedule TBA)
Virginia Festival of the Book- All over town- Bringing together noted authors and eager author groupies, this popular event celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014. The event has featured such luminaries as Garrison Keillor, Helen Thomas, the Fellowship of Southern Writers, Clyde Edgerton, Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Chabon. Most events at the five-day fest are free. 924-7548 (March 19-23, 2014)
Charlottesville Marathon, Half Marathon and 8K- All over town and then some- To paraphrase Merle Haggard, it seems Charlottesvillians were born the running kind. After years of the Ten-Miler growing in popularity, Charlottesville had its first marathon and half-marathon in 2002, and it's been a hit every year since. It's become so popular that the New York Times rated it one of the top five marathon destinations in the country. The starting gun goes off at 6:30am. (April 5, 2014)
Charlottesville Ten-Miler- Streets of Downtown- The town's biggest running race draws participants from all over the state and beyond, and blocks off city roads, streets, and alleys. In 2012, 2,244 entrants participated. Fee to run to be determined (probably $15-20). Fee to watch? Priceless. (TBA, mid-spring 2014) Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tom Tom Founders Festival- Started in 2012 as a month-long affair spotlighting innovation, the second Tom Tom was a shorter— but no less inspiring— event spanning three days in mid-April and featuring dozens of musical performances, lectures by local luminaries, and entreprenueurial competitions sponsored by UVA's Darden School. A smaller offshoot event, Tomtoberfest, celebrates innovation at UVA and beyond grounds with celebrations on the Corner. (TBA, April 2014) Tomtomfest.com
Annual Dogwood Festival- McIntire Park, Downtown and other sites- Two weeks packed with events: the biggies are the Dogwood Festival Parade the City's major annual struttin' happenin', and the Dogwood Queen's Ball, both on April 26, 2014. Along the way, there's the coronation of the Dogwood Queen, Garden Week, and even fireworks lighting up city skies. Some events are free; most have a modest entry fee. 961-9824 (TBA, mid April 2013)
Fridays After 5- Every Friday from early May to late September, this massive free party fills the air with sounds from some of the region's (and nation's) best musical artists. Attendance is still free, but a cup of beer's gonna cost you $5. 817-0220 (May through late September 2013 & 2014)
Historic Garden Week in Virginia- Various backyards and estates- This is a chance to visit the gardens– and in a few cases the interiors– of some rich and famous locals. Recent years have included John Grisham's secret garden and Coran Capshaw's elegant Seven Oaks in Greenwood– as well as those perennial favorites, UVA Lawn Pavilions. Tickets range from $15- $40. 804-644-7776 (April 26- May 3, 2014).
The City Market- Downtown in the public parking lot at Water and First streets- In most cities, this is called the Farmers' Market, but then again, in most cities, the local college has a "campus." Fresh fruits, veggies, baked goods, flower bouquets and plants are offered for sale, while a spirit of civil disobedience simmers with goats' milk cheese purveyors– who since the state banned their sales, have given away their yummy products as of late! Saturdays, 7am-noon. 970-3371 (April through December 2014)
Foxfield Spring Races- Garth Road- Same concept as the fall races, except this shindig is heavily attended by UVA undergrads–more often intoxicated than not. Popular to purchase some tent space, and grill out or hang with a group of friends. Tickets can usually be purchased right up to the date of the event. 293-9501. (Date TBA)
Montpelier Wine Festival- Orange County- No other Virginia wine festival can compare to this two-day extravaganza at Montpelier, the home of James Madison 45 minutes north of town. Price of admission includes tastings, a commemorative glass, food, live music and a lot more. $15 advance, $25 the days of the festival. 1-800-594-8499 or 540-672-5216 (TBA May 2014)
Charlottesville Festival of Cultures- A free, family-friendly celebration of diversity in our community with performances, cultural exhibits, hands-on activities, vendors, service agency information booths. 245-2819. (TBA, May 2014)
Bike to Work Day- Nationally, this is an important event. Unfortunately and ironically in a town with so many "green" efforts, no local organizer has really claimed ownership of the event. Heck, we don't even know when it might happen in 2014, even though it usually happens sometime in May. (TBA, May 2014)
Design House- For the interior decorator and fancy house voyeur in all of us. (TBA, May 2014)
The Discovery Dash- This used to be a cute little photo opportunity for the kiddies on the Downtown Mall. Now, in its 23rd year, the race is a full-blown running competition held at Monticello High School. 977-1025 (TBA, May 2014)
James River Batteau Festival- This annual week-long river float has revived the days of moving hogsheads (big barrels) of tobacco along the James. The batteaux put in at various stops along the River from Stapleton (east of Lynchburg) to Maidens (west of Richmond). Free. 528-3950 (June 14-21, 2014)
Charlottesville Festival of the Photograph- Every spring, the trees on the Downtown Mall are suddenly adorned with massive, gorgeous photographs and it can mean only one thing: the Look3 Festival of the Photograph is approaching. Bringing big name photographers to present their work and dozens of events aimed at shutterbugs professional and amatuer, Look3 has become a highly anticipated annual staple.
July 4 happenings
Monticello Independence Day and Naturalization Ceremony- Monticello- Naturalization of approximately 75 new citizens. Guest speakers have included Secretary of State Colin Powell, architect I. M. Pei, large-scale artist Christo, former President George W. Bush, and most recently, Dave Matthews. Patriotic music by the Charlottesville Municipal Band helps set the tone. Admission to ceremony and grounds is free but tickets are issued by reservation. 984-9828
McIntire Park Fireworks- Fees for some events, but the fireworks are free. The premiere fireworks show in Charlottesville.
Crozet Carnival- Claudius Crozet Park- Games, rides, live bands, a parade, and great fair food. Hosted by the town's volunteer fire department. 823-4758
Scottsville Parade- Scottsville- The little river town pulls out all the stops for the Fourth, starting with a big parade through town. Arts and crafts vendors, food, an antiques fair, a flea market, live music at The Rhythm on the River concert, and fireworks keep the festive mood going all day. 286-9267.
Putting on your own fireworks display at home? Anything more serious than sparklers, spinners, and fountains is prohibited in both Charlottesville and Albemarle. Not okay: bottle rockets, roman candles, and M-80s.
Charlottesville Restaurant Week- all over town- Twice annually, fine restaurants all over this foodie Mecca of ours throw open their doors and, for one week, offer a special three-course, prix fixe meal for the low, low price of $26 ($1 goes to a local charity). Last time, restaurants booked up weeks in advance, so make yours early! More info at cvilleyum.com. 295-8700 ext. 227. (TBA, January and July 2014)
African-American Cultural Arts Festival- Booker T. Washington Park- Education and entertainment celebrating the heritage of people of African descent. Events include storytelling, crafts, live music, and dance performances. Free. See website for more information. (Last weekend of July 2014)


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The Mysterious Presence of Baby Adam
By Jack Smith
"His presence among us was a mysterious sign of that peace the world cannot give." -Christopher deVinck, The Power of the Powerless
Imagine being told by your doctor that the child you are carrying will likely die hours after birth. Then imagine carrying that knowledge through the next several months of pregnancy and through labor and delivery.
For me, as a man, it stretches the credibility of the Church's absolute teaching in defense of life from the moment of conception. I certainly would not want my wife to go through those months of physical and psychological torture only to deliver a child who would soon die in her arms. What is the point?
How much more the pain for a young woman who would have to endure this ordeal.
When she was three months pregnant with her first child, my college friend Amy was given the news by her doctor that her child had anencephaly, a neural defect, and would surely die soon after birth. As a military wife, she was living far away from friends and family who could give her support. She chose, nonetheless, to go on with the pregnancy.
After her child was born and died, she sent out a letter to her friends. I had already known what happened, so when I started to read the beginning of the letter, I found it strangely macabre. It was a birth announcement:
Patrick and Amy McNamara
proudly announce the birth of their son
Adam Christopher McNamara
June 15, 1994
5 lbs. 9oz., 19 in.
proudly announce the birth of their son
Adam Christopher McNamara
June 15, 1994
5 lbs. 9oz., 19 in.
Proudly? Why announce it at all, I thought.
She went on to say:
"Adam was our son for nine months and four hours on this earth. The duration of his life was spent in our arms and in the arms of his grandmothers. Four hours was enough time to baptize and confirm Adam, to appreciate his perfectly formed body, to shower parental affection on him, and four hours was enough time for Adam to touch our hearts in a way that we would have never dreamed of only a few months before.
Our son brought an immeasurable amount of joy into our lives. When we miss Adam and sadness begins to descend, we recall this joy and pray that the strength of this memory will sustain us."
I couldn't believe how Amy had found any joy in this incident. I would have been devastated and angry at God. I started to understand when I read on.
Not only did this young woman demonstrate remarkable strength through this trial, but she found beauty in it and was strength to her husband. She included a poem which she wrote for her husband Patrick on Father's Day, just a few days after his son had died:
A Father wants many things for his child...
To always be there for him through joy and sadness.
To hold him close in warmth and comfort.
To see him triumph despite hardship and struggle.
To watch his life unfold and mature into greatness.
To guide him toward truth and goodness.
And, ultimately, a Father hopes his child will rest for eternity in God's embrace.
Very few Fathers can say,
"Yes, I was there every moment he needed me, I held him from
birth until death, his every action was a triumph, the span of his
life was never wanting for truth, and I know for certain that he
will rest for eternity in the palm of God's hand."
Amy has two beautiful children now. But now I understand why she's proud to have had three.
I asked Amy permission to print this personal information and she sent me back her approval along with this reflection on the value of Adam's life seven years after his death.
"The mysterious presence of Adam continues to unfold. We have a memory box in our house with mementos and pictures from the few hours we had with him. We have always allowed Monica supervised access to the box. She likes to flip through the phots in our little album. Even though she's only four, she talks freely about 'my brother,' often in a wondrous voice as she ponders that he is in heaven looking down on her, and once in a while with sadness as she wishes she could play with him. She has always been a perceptive and sensitive child, but just a few days ago I was surprised to learn that the beautiful mystery continues already with two year old Claire.
"Patrick has been overseas for seven weeks (with five to go) and Claire has felt his absence most painfully, so we talk about what it means to be a family; that we are a family, all of us, even when Patrick is on the ship 'he's always with us in our hearts.' This brings some comfort to the girls. So a few days ago I was asking Claire who is in her family. She said, 'You, Daddy, Adam.' I had to prompt her for Monica's name, not Adam's! I had no idea that she already understood.
"Adam was born about a month after we moved into this house seven years ago. My mom, then and now, credits a unique peace she feels when at our home to his presence. We are always flattered by her sense of peace when visiting, but never feel we can take credit for it."


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As holiday season approaches, gift giving is on most peoples mind. So ladies, if you want to buy one item that will dramatically affect the look of your man then buy him a cardigan.
As you can see from this shot, this gentleman would look great with just the shirt and jacket. However, he looks so much more refined (while maintaining a casual feel) by adding the cardigan.
The cardigan can also be very slimming. It eliminates that hard visual line where the shirt meets the pants and reigns in the visual paunch of a shirt that blouses out too much at the waist.
I was thinking about doing a set of "gift giving" posts. Little gifts that have a huge impact on a man's look. I guess I'm getting ahead of myself because a good cardigan would be at the top of my list.


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The 22-year CIA veteran-turned-whistle=blower resigned from the agency in 2004, disgusted by the government's lies surrounding the terror war. And he's been embarrassing the U.S. establishment ever since.
In 1995, Scheuer was selected to lead the spy agency's bin Laden efforts. By then the militant Islamist was exiled in Sudan after angering Saudi authorities. Bin Laden was running several businesses in the African nation that Scheuer suggested disrupting. "We formulated operations and submitted them for approval but they would not approve any of them," the ex-CIA official told the Daily Telegraph. "If we had been able to deal a serious economic blow it could have been a show-stopper."
The next year, bin Laden declared war on the American government. And in 1997, when bin Laden was again living in Afghanistan, Scheuer said his team groomed a band of Afghans to capture the suspected terror boss. There were at least two "clear opportunities" to bring down bin Laden by the middle of 1998, according to Scheuer. But in both cases, he said, CIA bosses refused to proceed.
Then, in August of that year, bin Laden's al-Qaeda network bombed two American embassies in Africa. Bin Laden said the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, was targeted for serving as a U.S. intelligence hub for the CIA. The attacks killed numerous U.S. diplomats and at least two CIA agents, according to the Associated Press.
Scheuer told the Telegraph that following the missed opportunities to kill or capture bin Laden in 1998, there were at least eight other chances to get the terror mastermind. By that point, bin Laden was supposedly among the U.S. government's most wanted criminals. But for some unknown reason, senior officials refused to authorize his capture or assassination.
"One 50-cent round could have put us all out of our agony," Scheuer explained. But that didn't happen, as high-level authorities consistently ordered the CIA unit not to stop bin Laden.
In 1999, Scheuer told the paper that he sent an angry letter to higher-ups demanding to know why his men were risking their lives for somebody the U.S. government did not seem to want stopped. "I don't know what you are doing when you talk to the President but he will not get a better opportunity than this," Scheuer explained to his superiors.
Eventually, the bin Laden-unit chief, Scheuer, was dismissed from his position before being reinstated after the September 11 attacks. A few months after that, the U.S. government and its allies had bin Laden surrounded in the mountains of Tora Bora in Afghanistan. But yet again, high-level officials let him escape.
A Senate investigation from 2009 explained some of the details in its summary. With bin Laden trapped, "calls for reinforcements to launch an assault were rejected. Requests were also turned down for U.S. troops to block the mountain paths leading to sanctuary a few miles away in Pakistan," the document states. "The vast array of American military power … was kept on the sidelines."
And according to the report, the decision not to capture or assassinate bin Laden, or at least cut off his escape route, was made by then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his top commander, Gen. Tommy Franks. Despite subsequent Bush administration protestations to the contrary, "the review of existing literature, unclassified government records and interviews with central participants underlying this report removes any lingering doubts and makes it clear that Osama bin Laden was within our grasp at Tora Bora," the Senate report concluded.
More than a few other reported examples of bin Laden being deliberately allowed to escape by senior officials in the United States and other governments have surfaced over the last decade. But according to the current version of President Obama's ever-changing narrative, the terror leader was finally shot through the head by U.S. forces after being found unarmed at a hideout in Pakistan. His body was then supposedly dumped in the ocean for unknown reasons.
But questions continue to plague the government on almost every front. Since resigning over government lies, Scheuer in particular has been a persistent thorn in the side of American officials. He has published several widely acclaimed books criticizing U.S. policies including Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror and Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq. And he regularly makes inflammatory statements in media appearances and speeches, too.
Last month, speaking in the U.K., Scheuer said American and British officials including Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron "don't have a clue" about the terror war or what is going on in the West. "The main recruitment sergeant for al Qaeda is Barack Obama," he charged.
And according to Scheuer it has nothing to do with America's rapidly vanishing freedoms, as the government continues to claim. "We are being attacked in the West and we will continue to be attacked in the West as long as we are in Afghanistan, as long as we support the Israelis, as long as we protect the Saudi police state," Scheuer told the crowd. "They can't cope with the fact that it's nothing to do with the way we live. It doesn't have anything to do with elections or democracy or liberty." He asserted that the West was being attacked for "supporting fascism across the Middle East," not so-called "gender equality" or any such notions.
In the recent past, Scheuer also accused the U.S. government's 9/11 Commission of deliberately hiding the truth about the attacks. "It was a whitewash and a lie from top to bottom," he told Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Numerous lawmakers and high-level officials have also made various allegations about why it took the government 10 years to get bin Laden. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), for example, accused then-President George W. Bush of "intentionally" allowing bin Laden to elude capture to justify the invasion of Iraq.
As The New American reported recently, bin Laden, his al-Qaeda network and other Islamic extremists have indeed enjoyed a sort love-hate relationship with the American government for decades. Even now, the Obama administration and the United Nations are backing an insurgency in Libya against its former ally, dictator Moammar Gadhafi, where certain leadership elements are known to be affiliated directly with al-Qaeda and related groups.
Why high-ranking officials in the U.S. government would have let bin Laden escape on so many occasions is certainly a matter that should be investigated by the press and authorities. Speculation has been running rampant for years. But unfortunately for Americans, analysts don't expect serious inquiries to happen any time soon.
Photo of Osama bin Laden: AP Images


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A sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles has completed a 4-month journey across the Pacific Ocean meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.
The Plastiki, a 60-foot (18-meter) catamaran, and its six crew weathered fierce ocean storms during its 8,000 nautical miles at sea. It left San Francisco on March 20, stopping along the way at various South Pacific island nations including Kiribati and Samoa. It docked Monday in Sydney Harbour.
"This is the hardest part of the journey so far - getting it in!" expedition leader David de Rothschild yelled from the boat as the crew struggled to maneuver the notoriously tough-to-steer vessel into port outside the Australian National Maritime Museum.
A crowd of about 100 erupted into cheers after the Plastiki finally docked. De Rothschild - a descendant of the well-known British banking family - exchanged high fives and hugs with his crew, pumping his fists into the air in victory.
"It has been an extraordinary adventure," he said.
De Rothschild, 31, said the idea for the journey came to him after he read a United Nations report in 2006 that said pollution - and particularly plastic waste - was seriously threatening the world's oceans.
He figured a good way to prove that trash can be effectively reused was to use some of it to build a boat. The Plastiki - named after the 1947 Kon-Tiki raft sailed across the Pacific by explorer Thor Heyerdahl - is fully recyclable and gets its power from solar panels and windmills.
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Cake Wrecks Turns One!
I know you're still reeling from the heady celebration of my own birthday, but now we have another excuse to wreck some cakes, sing songs, and get sloshed on sprinkles:
Let the rejoicing...[dramatic pause]...begin.
Yep, one year ago today I was thinking, "Hey, this might be a fun diversion for a few weeks. Thank goodness for the anonymity of the internet! No one will ever know."
Still, to all of you who have become faithful readers, loyal fans, and virtual friends*, thank you. You've helped make this the most exciting year of my life, and I am forever grateful.
And to you persnickety trolls who continue to inform me, in many and colorful ways, just how vast the suckage quotient of this blog is: May you someday start a blog and moderate your own trollish comments. (Harsh, yes, but it's got to be said.)
Also, a quick reminder: although the retail price of my book Cake Wrecks is $12.99, there are some fantastic discounts to be had if you pre-order it online now. It's currently available at Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Amazon.
Thanks, guys, and Wreck on!
- Jen
(*I mean that in a good way.)


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MARCH 26, 2012 – Extreme Reunion announces their second official match for Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory in Northeast Philadelphia, PA with "An Extreme Wrestling Purist's match" between AL SNOW W/HEAD vs CW ANDERSON which promises to be a technical wrestling classic. Purchase tickets now online at http://www.extremereunion.net/store More matches to be announced.
Al Snow vs CW Anderson joins the first match announced for EXTREME REUNION 4/28 in "The Final Battle" THE F.B.I. vs THE B.W.O. This tag match is unique as these two tag teams have been in many fights together over the years, and it is finally time for their final battle. Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke w/Tracy Smothers will bring a taste of Little Italy to Stevie Richards and Blue Meanie's home town of Philly on 4/28 for an Extreme Reunion, and their final battle once and for all.
Extreme Reunion will reunite alumni of the ever popular professional wrestling company, Extreme Championship Wrestling (E.C.W.) as they pay homage to the past, and look forward to restarting a type of wrestling company that has not been seen since the original E.C.W. went out of business in 2001 and purchased by the WWE.
Talent confirmed for Extreme Reunion include "The Franchise" Shane Douglas, Raven, Sabu, The Sandman, Al Snow w/head, Justin Credible, Rhino, Jerry Lynn, The BWO (Stevie Richards, The Blue Meanie), The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido, Tony Mamaluke, and Tracy Smothers), The Original Gangstas (New Jack and Mustafa), Axl Rotten, Balls Mahoney, CW Anderson, PG-13, and more to be announced*.
Years after E.C.W. closed, the popularity of the brand carried on as Vince McMahon's WWE released the very successful "Rise and Fall of ECW" documentary DVD in 2004, followed by a 2005 ECW reunion Pay Per View event "One Night Stand". That same year ECW originals, independent from the WWE, promoted "Hardcore Homecoming" wildly successful reunion shows with their debut at the original ECW venue in South Philadelphia, drawing more than the original company ever did in that building. The company also released very popular DVDs of the events and documentary. Finally in 2010, TNA wrestling brand (seen on Spike TV) presented their version of an ECW reunion show as part of their "Hardcore Justice" Pay Per View event which drew the promotion's best numbers in years, quadrupling their normal monthly buy rates.
With the announcement of Extreme Reunion, the response from the fans has been overwhelming, and tickets for this event are selling very quickly. Extreme Reunion will ignite a revolution in pro wrestling to give fans old and new what they have been longing for. From entertaining, non-PG, multi-layered storylines presented with athletic professional wrestling and characters, to the Rocky Horror-like audience participation. The fan base that supports the extreme brand is extremely loyal and rabid, willing to travel hundreds of miles to events, search out TV shows, DVDs, and ancillary products that invoke and support the Extreme brand and talent. To say the fans are passionate is an understatement.
Extreme Reunion will take place Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory is located at 2700 Southampton Road at the corner of Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia, PA 19154.
Extreme Reunion "Fan Fest" will begin at 9am until 12 noon with a meet and greet of talent appearing on the event later that evening, with opportunities with all the stars of Extreme Reunion.
Extreme Reunion professional wrestling live event will begin at 7pm, with doors opening at 6pm.
Tickets: For both the Fan Fest and Extreme Reunion can be purchased ONLINE at www.extremereunion.net/store or IN PERSON at The Beer Box 3350 Grant Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19114 / 215-673-7837
Advertisers and Sponsorships: for Extreme Reunion Fan Fest & Event are available by contacting us at email@example.com or by phone (business calls only!) 215-385-5117. Custom packages can be catered per sponsor specifications. Product placement also available.
Website: Branded company website www.extremereunion.net
Media: Want to interview Extreme Reunion talent for your TV Show, Radio program, podcast, blog, website, or any other media outlet? Contact email@example.com
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So did you catch the big live-streamed event in which Rob Bell discussed Love Wins? What did you think? (If you missed it, don't worry. It will replay here on a continuous loop.)
My impressions:
- Lisa Miller asked some fantastic questions.
- One of Rob's best points was that "the question behind the question" has to do with the character and nature of God. Definitely!
- I'm hoping Rob will bring the honest answer of "I don't know" back into style.
- Unfortunately, I fear that Rob may have given his detractors more ammunition rather than less. For example, they are NOT going to like his "we're all okay" response to the question about good works and salvation. I wasn't crazy it about myself, frankly.
- My conclusion: Rob has reintroduced some old ideas to a new audience. I believe that others like NT Wright and Greg Boyd have perhaps articulated these ideas better (see Why Wait for 'Love Wins'?), but I'm so very glad we're having this conversation!
Favorite quotes:
- "God is love and love demands freedom."
- "Resurrection says that this world matters."
- "Grace and love always rattle people."
- "..Don't turn your speculation into dogma."
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An Interview with Rob Bell
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Why Wait for Love Wins? – Resources on Heaven and Hell
Let Love Win in Me
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The Winnebago Outlook is back and better than ever! The Outlook is a reimagined Class C motorhome that gives you the RV lifestyle you have been dreaming for, and at a price that meets your budget.
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National Museum of Australia, Canberra main content.
Part of the Water: H2O = Life exhibition.
The National Museum of Australia has a rich collection of rare historical artifacts and compelling personal stories which help visitors to discover what it means to be Australian.
The Museum is devoted to the preservation and interpretation of Australia's social history, exploring the key issues, people and events that have shaped Australia.
"Australia is the world's driest inhabited continent and the nation's history has always been linked to issues of water and its relative scarcity. We now face the added threat of climate change, which may have far-reaching impacts on the Australian environment and economy.
"The National Museum of Australia is proud to support the American Museum of Natural History in developing this major international touring exhibition on the environmental and cultural history of water and water use. We think this is an important exhibition that all Australians should have the opportunity to see."
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Bob Vila's "Dream Patio Give-Away"
Every day in April, beginning today, you can enter to win one of four fabulous prizes in the Bob Vila Dream Patio Give-Away. Each week, we will be giving away one prize, courtesy of online retailer Wayfair, to celebrate the official arrival of spring and help you ready your patio, deck or lawn for summer. To increase your chances of winning, like us and enter on Facebook too!
This week (through midnight ET Saturday, April 7), the prize is an Oxford Garden Classic Patio Dining Set. Inspired by timeless English outdoor furniture design, the set includes a 42" square table, four armchairs, and a 9' umbrella. Made in shorea wood—a tropical hardwood known for its strength and durability—the table and chairs may be treated with teak oil to maintain the wood's golden beauty or left to weather naturally over time. The set, valued at $1,390.98 (MSRP), complements a full array of additional Oxford Garden furniture at Wayfair.
Increase your chances of winning this month by entering on Facebook as well as on BobVila.com. And bookmark us to be sure you see what terrific prizes are in store from Wayfair for weeks two, three and four our give-away.
The "Bob Vila Dream Patio Giveaway" sweepstakes is open only to permanent legal U.S. residents. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Contest Period runs from 12:00 a.m. (EST) Sunday, April 1, 2012 through 11:59 p.m. (ET) Saturday, April 28, 2012. One entry per household per day on BobVila.com and/or Facebook. Alternative means of entry for each Drawing is available by faxing your name and address to 508-437-8486 during the applicable Entry Period. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. See Official Rules.


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I read that quantum decoherence is subjective, in the sense that two observers may not have the same "environment" and after each one has traced over those degrees of freedom they will end up with a different density matrix for the couple system-apparatus.
I kind of understand the idea, but has an example of this calculation already been done? With the same system looked at by two different observers, and both density matrices calculated/compared.