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Robert M. Wald Jr, MD, FACS
About the Practice
Practice Philosophy
Our office is dedicated to patient care. It provides the most complete cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery services by a staff committed to compassion, education, and excellence. Our primary goal is to make our patients feel comfortable and achieve results that are compatible with their desires.
Practice Specialization
Breast Augmentation, Breast Lift, Breast Reduction, Breast Reconstruction, Inverted Nipples, Nipple and Areola Reduction, Gynecomastia, Brachioplasty, Face necklifts, Cheeklifts, Blepharoplasty, Rhinoplasty, Septoplasty, Otoplasty, Endoscopic Browlift, Chin Augmentation, Liposuction, Abdominoplasty, Thighplasty, Skin lesion/mass removal, Skin Graft, Bariatric Surgery, Laser Resurfacing.
Background & Certification
Board Certification
Certified by American Board of Plastic Surgery and American Board of Otolaryngology
Professional Background
Dr. Wald has been in private practice since 1986. He completed his plastic surgery residency at UCLA. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology. Dr. Wald is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a past President of The Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons and has been named one of the Top Doctors in Orange Coast Magazine for the last 7 years. He is also on the clinical faculty at Harbor UCLA, where he teaches the residents plastic surgery. Dr. Wald has extensive experience in cosmetic surgery. He prides himself on achieving excellent results.
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Robert M. Wald, Jr. attended Medical school at the University of Southern California where he achieved highest honors. Following graduation in 1978, he spent two years at the University of Colorado performing general surgery. He then completed a four-year residency in Otolaryngology and a two year residency in Plastic Surgery, both at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). During his eight- year combined residency Dr. Wald published numerous scientific articles and completed several research projects. Since completing his residency at UCLA, Dr. Wald has been in private practice in Fullerton. He is on the clinical faculty at Harbor UCLA, teaching plastic surgery residents. He became certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology in 1986, and the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1988, and he has been a Fellow of the America College of Surgeons since 1990. Dr. Wald holds active privileges at St. Jude Medical Center and Placentia-Linda Hospital. At St. Jude Medical Center, he served as Director of Medical Education for eight years and chief of surgery in 1995 and 2004. He is active in both Orange County and National Plastic surgery societies and regularly volunteers his plastic surgery services to underprivileged residents of Orange County.
Teaching Appointments
Medical Staff appointment in the Research and Education Institute, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center; Assistant Clinical Professor, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center
Awards & Honors
Resident Teaching Award UCLA Medical Center, 1985; Orange County Top Doctors, Orange Coast Magazine, 2000-2010; America's Top Plastic Surgeons Award, 2004, 2006, 2008; Best Doctors in America Award, 2003-2007; Physicians of Excellence Award, St. Jude Medical Center-Plastic Surgeon, 2006; Los Angeles County Magazine, 2010
Affiliations & Memberships
Hospital Affiliations
St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, CA; Placentia-Linda Hospital, Placentia, CA
Society Memberships
American College of Surgeons, California Medical Association, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA Plastic Surgery Society, The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
Offices Held
Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons, Secretary-Treasurer: 993-1995, Vice President, 1995-1996, President, 1997-1999; Chairman of Plastic Surgery at St. Jude Medical Center, 1998-2001; Chief of Surgery, St. Jude Medical Center, 1995 &2004
Your Consultation
There is a fee for a cosmetic surgery consultation. This fee will be applied towards surgery if you schedule a procedure. Insurance consultations will be based on your individual plans. Call the office at (714)738-4282 to schedule an appointment.
Staff & Facilities
Surgical Facility
Dr. Wald performs aesthetic procedures in his surgical center, which has received the highest level of certification by the AAAASC and Medicare. Anesthesia is provided by a Board Certified Anesthesiologist with over 20 years experience and our staff is comprised of registered nurses who are certified in ACLS. The facility is located adjacent to Dr. Wald's offices, directly across the street from St. Jude Medical Center.
Skin Care Products
Dr. Wald offers skin care products from Colorscience, Skin Medica, Skin Ceuticals, and Obagi.
Languages Spoken
Payment Options
Accepts cash, checks, and most credit cards. For cosmetic procedures also accepts CareCredit and e-Medical Financing Solutions. Dr. Wald is on most PPO, POS, EPO plans and some HMO plans. The patient is responsible for all insurance co-pays and deductibles.
Robert M. Wald Jr, MD, FACS
100 E Valencia Mesa Dr, #300,
Fullerton, CA, UNITED STATES,
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CHAPEL HILL – Even if you never knew Faith Hedgepeth, just looking at a picture of the 19-year-old, you could still feel the warmth radiating from her smile. On Saturday, a year will have passed since the UNC student was murdered in her apartment, and yet her killer's identity remains a mystery.
To remember Faith, the Carolina community is coming together on Saturday evening with a memorial walk across campus.
Amy Locklear-Hertel is the Director of UNC American Indian Center. Faith, who belonged to Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, was a member of the Center. Locklear will be speaking at the event Saturday at 7:30 p.m., beginning at the Bell Tower Amphitheater.
Following brief remarks, the UNC a capella groups, Harmonyx and Unheard Voices, will perform a musical tribute. A silent walk will start at the amphitheater and end at the Old Well, where participants will leave carnations in honor of Faith.
"She was just beautiful, just stunning and had just this warmth about her that you just wanted to talk to her and engage her because she was so welcoming and just this innocence and trusting about her." Hertel said.
She added, "There will be people all across [the state] remembering Faith on Saturday, and we are all keeping the faith that there will be closure hopefully to this case in the not-so-distant future."
Faith's body was found by her roommate at 11 a.m. on September 7 of last year in their Hawthorne at the View apartment. Chapel Hill police announced in January that they had found a man's DNA evidence at the scene, but are still searching for the killer. The apartment complex is inside the Durham County line, and the Durham District Attorney's Office will prosecute a suspect, if one is ever found, though the CHPD is the investigating agency.
Interim Durham County District Attorney Leon Stanback says that his office will continue to ask the courts to keep the investigation documents sealed to protect information that only investigators and her killer would know.
"We feel that the information contained in those files may tend to compromise our investigation so they are going to be sealed for as long as the courts will permit us to leave them sealed," Stanback said.
The CHPD issued a public appeal Thursday asking for the community to help provide information surrounding the murder.
"The fact that there's no closure, it is one thing to lose someone, a significant member of your community, and it is another to not have closure over that loss because someone was taken unfairly." Hertel said.
And the UNC campus hasn't forgotten the 19 year old, who was 19 days from her 20th birthday at the time of her death. Her college advisor, Marcus Collins, mentored Faith as part of the UNC Summer Bridge Program and also did work with the American Indian Center.
"There was something about her, and you sensed this welcoming spirit. She had just a positive energy, and we often comment about her smile and how it would light up the room," Collins said.
Collins says Faith's death had a significant impact on the entire campus, especially the close Native American community. Through interaction with Faith's peers and professors, he says her spirit is still a part of their daily lives.
"You want justice to this situation. It is my hope that it is the reason that we don't have answers because they are continuing to solidify what they need in this case to make that happen," Collins said.
Hertel says she looks forward to Saturday's ceremony as a time to remember Faith and recognize that her killer has not yet been brought to justice.
"No one wants her memory to be forgotten and we certainly want to maintain a public awareness about the case so that it can be solved," Hertel said.
Anyone with information should call the Chapel Hill Police Department at 919-614-6363 or Crime Stoppers at 919-942-7515.


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What's the opposite of a Black Friday sale? That's what's happening to RIM's stock today as it jumps as much as 13% this morning.
Part of the jump has to do with a long time RIM skeptic changing his mind. Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports:
"Kris Thompson, analyst with National Bank Financial, said the BlackBerry 10 line of smartphones will sell better than expected. The new phones, scheduled to go on sale in February, should post shipments of about 35.5 million units next fiscal year, up from a previous estimate of 31.6 million."
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McDonald's Taps Former Executive to Turn Around U.S. Sales
Mike Andres, Previously Head of Boston Market, Will Be Third Division Leader in Two Years
McDonald's Corp. is naming a new head of its U.S. business for the second time in less than two years, amid a lengthy period of flat or declining sales in its domestic market.
Jeff Stratton, the current president of McDonald's USA, is retiring at age 58 after 41 years with the company. Mr. Stratton was appointed head of the U.S. business in November 2012, succeeding McDonald's veteran Jan Fields one month after the fast-food chain posted its first drop in monthly same-store sales in nine years....


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Movie Review – 'Lincoln'
Written by J.T. Johnson
"Lincoln" is not a movie about the legend of the president who freed the slaves. Instead, it is a real attempt at taking a look at a man that struggled to pass the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery. It looks at a man who had obscure war powers which allowed him to bend the rules of law. It is also about a man who had to contend with his emotionally unstable wife and a Congress that was definitely not on his side.
The film also does not look at the whole of Lincoln's life. The audience does not follow him from birth to death. Instead, the film is a drama about the last few months of Lincoln's time in office. He has already given the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. Now, before the war's inevitable end, Lincoln wants to abolish slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment so there can be no way of going back to slavery after the war.
It definitely won't be easy considering that the Republican president has to contend with a hostile Democratic Congress led primarily by Congressman Fernando Wood (Lee Pace). Mostly for the sake of peace, Lincoln also has to contend with his friends who think that he is simply prolonging the war a little longer in order to get the amendment passed. This includes his Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) and Francis Preston Blair (Hal Holbrook), an influential Republican who could cause some in Congress to turn against the amendment if peace is not guaranteed.
The first thing to note about this film is that it is a film that is driven by dialogue and very little action. "Lincoln" is more of a political thriller rather than a biopic of the man in the center of the debate. It is this fresh look at the very real politics that went behind ratifying the thirteenth amendment that separate the film from the rest of the movies that are about Lincoln.
Thankfully, Steven Spielberg successfully found the right person to play Lincoln and bring out the man's real humanity. Originally cast was Liam Neeson, but after a few months and no progress on the production of the film being made, Neeson left because he felt he had grown too old for the part. Luckily, chameleon actor Day-Lewis was there to step in and what a performance he gives.
Day-Lewis genuinely paints a picture of an extraordinary man who put the country back together, but manages to stay away from the icon that has carried on throughout the years since. This is a man who has to contend with personal issues such as his own son wanting to join the Union Army and Day-Lewis is flawless when dealing with both the iconic moments and the personal trials.
The actor also has a great supporting cast at his side as well. This includes Sally Fields as the troubled Mary Todd Lincoln who feels she alone bears the grief of a lost son while her husband has to be the politician the people love. Then there is Strathairn as Seward, the loyal aide to the President but a firm believer that peace should be sought out over anything else including the Amendment.
Still, the greatest supporting player is that of Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, the leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress who wants full equality for former slaves. Stevens is a gruff man who has been beaten up by years of politics, but he is still dedicated to his mission of abolishing slavery. Through his tough exterior, the audience also sees the doubt he has, even in Lincoln, to get the amendment passed. Along with Day-Lewis, Jones also deserves an Oscar nod for his performance.
The film does drag from time to time. The dialogue is a bit too heavy in a movie that could have had a little more momentum, but this is not the biggest problem the film could have had had Spielberg decided to go in another direction. Had Spielberg given another film about the legend that is Lincoln, it would have fallen to the wayside with several other films about the 16th President. Instead, Spielberg skillfully crafts a film that looks at the very human Lincoln who had to contend with the one thing standing in the way of his goals: politics.


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For the last two weeks, we've been trying to survive an intense heatwave here in New York. As in, temperatures ranging from 90 to 100 degrees F every single day. I've been trying to keep cool by working next to my wonky AC, though unfortunately I can't glue myself to it.
Walking around outside any time before 7pm can be quite brutal. As is waiting for the subway any time of the day. When you look forward to the sun setting so the temps can cool down to 91 degrees, that's a bad sign.
Evidence from New York Magazine: "How hot is it in New York right now? This Hot."
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The Butler volleyball team stayed undefeated on the season and recorded a win over a team ranked in the top 10 nationally with a straight-set win over Johnson County.
The Cavaliers came into the Power Plant with a 9-1 record and a No. 7 ranking in the latest NJCAA national poll, which was released earlier on Wednesday. But they ran into a Butler team that refused to lose. The Grizzlies battled their way to an intense 29-27 win in the opening set, then controlled the entirety of the second set on their way to a 25-22 win.
Butler fell behind quickly in the third set but eventually powered their way back to sweet the match with a 25-21 win.
The win is the first against perennial power Johnson County in Rick Younger's 10 years as head coach. It puts Butler in a tie with No. 1-ranked Cowley County atop the Jayhawk Conference standings with a 2-0 conference record and an overall record of 6-0.
The victory also ties the record for the best start to a season for a Younger team, as the 2010 teams also started with a 6-0 record.
As a team, Butler had a .286 hitting percentage. Hanna Flaming led the way with 12 kills, two aces and seven digs. Jordan Hoheisel had 10 kills and two blocks. Haleigh Lewis had eight kills and three blocks. Hope Harsh had 19 assists and one service ace while Kailan Kuzmic had 15 assists and six digs.
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Get the Look: Sophia Vergara at the Smurfs Premiere./
Sofia Vergara looked as stunning as usual at the Smurfs Premiere earlier this week. With her makeup done by Celebrity Makeup Artist Kayleen McAdams for COVERGIRL and hair done by Jen Atkin for Fekkai, her look can be achieved with the following rundown of products and tips.
From Kayleen:
Sofia had the most beautiful purple dress so I wanted to do a shimmery bronze eye so the makeup would be more subtle and the dress could take full focus. Because of the heat we layered bronzers on both the cheeks and eyes with other products so it would have staying power all night.
On her face I used COVERGIRL NatureLuxe Silk Foundation in Chestnut, COVERGIRL TruConceal #4 and COVERGIRL Clean oil-control Pressed Power in Soft Honey to eliminate any shine.
To highlight her cheeks and give a touch of color, I used COVERGIRL TruBlend Minerals Bronzer in Natural Bronze and COVERGIRL Cheekers Blush in Classic Pink.
To get her shimmery bronze eye, I applied COVERGIRL Intense ShadowBlast in Brown Bling (I used this first on the lid with the shadow on top to give it staying power in this heat) followed by Queen Collection Eye Shadow in Fire It Up all over the lid and along the bottom lash line and COVERIGIRL Queen Collection Eye Shadow in Copper Penny on the outer corners. I lined her eyes with COVERGIRL LiquilineBlast eyeliner in Black Fire and finished the eyes with multiple coats of COVERGIRL NatureLuxe Mousse Mascara in Very Black.
To create Sofia's soft, shiny pink lip, I applied COVERGIRL LipPerfection lipliner in Splendid followed by COVERGIRL LipPerfection lipcolor in Entwined.
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Will Hot-Headed Romney From 2008 Re-emerge?
Will the hot-headed --real-- Mitt Romney return? He's done a better job this election cycle as the PACs do the dirty work for him. Between his campaign and the PAC nearly $3 million went into destroying Gingrich.
[Election 2012: From The Archives]
We know politicians lie; the only difference is how blatantly and frequently each lies.
Mitt Romney is the front-runner when it comes to naked lies, dating back to the 2008 presidential campaign as a classic encounter with an Associated Press reporter at the time shows.
(In the next few weeks we will profile Romney's flip-flopping on several fundamental positions, including shifting his stance on a woman's right to abortion.)
At the 2008 incident in Columbia, South Carolina, Romney had claimed that he was the candidate who wanted to go to Washington to work on behalf of the American people and; that he didn't have lobbyists "running" his campaign.
An AP reporter, Glen Johnson, did something which is rare in the world of corporate journalism. He actually challenged Romney --which is the kind of stuff you'd imagine they taught at journalism schools. The reporter even threw the name of the alleged lobbyist at Romney; Ron Kaufman. Candidate Romney denied that Kaufman was "running" his campaign.
"Listen to my words," Romney said, berating the reporter, "Beth Myers is running my campaign."
The AP reporter would not buy it; Romney was shaken up. The candidate wasn't used to this kind of backbone from a reporter. Who could blame Romney for believing that the reporter would've curled into a fetal position once he berated him?
Instead, Johnson continued to challenge Romney and got him to concede that Kaufman was an "advisor." Romney stressed that Kaufman wasn't paid --which was even worse because it meant Kaufman would have come in to cash his I.O.U had Romney won-- and that Kaufman didn't even participate in senior strategy sessions.
After Johnson got Romney to admit that Kaufman did sit in on debate preparations, Romney was reduced to foolishly asking the reporter: "Is that a senior strategy session?"
Of course it is. Fast-forward to the current election cycle. Newt Gingrich rose to the forefront briefly because of his stellar debate performance. Gingrich was torpedoed by negative advertisements paid for through PACS, with the use of unrestricted donor money, on behalf of Romney, before the Iowa Caucuses.
Romney is playing the game differently for the 2012 election. For one thing, he does not need lobbyists to be physically close to his staff or on his campaign plane. With the Supreme Court's Citizens United debacle of a decision, unregulated money, through PACs can now flow freely to bolster his candidacy; one pro-Romney PAC is "Restore our Future."
One of this PAC's operatives is Larry McCarthy, the same person who designed the infamous Willie Lynch race-baiting ads that doomed candidate Michael Dukakis.
Romney is a hot-head as the clip from the archives show; it looked like he wanted to go fist-to-fist with the Associated Press reporter. After the press conference, he actually made a detour and went to try and intimidate Johnson.
"He's not running my campaign; he's not running my campaign--listen to my words," Romney insisted, speaking of Kaufman to the reporter who remained unimpressed and unconvinced.
"Let's talk; let's you and I talk," Romney concludes, sounding more like he's threatening the reporter than inviting him for lunch.
The best part of video clip from the encounter is actually at the end, when Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom tells the reporter who exposed his boss: "Save your opinions and act professionally."
What Fehrnstrom meant was that the reporter was out of line when he actually engaged in real journalism. In a world dominated by corporate toe-the-party-line media, the reporter was supposed to "act" professionally, not actually "work" professionally.
Will the hot-headed --real-- Mitt Romney return? He's done a better job this election cycle as the PACs do the dirty work for him. Between his campaign and the PAC nearly $3 million went into destroying Gingrich.
This Sunday on "Meet The Press's" Presidential debate, Romney faces a vengeful Gingrich; and Rick Santorum, seeking to improve on Iowa, will also toss some grenades.
A hot-headed version of Romney, should he return, would have to forget about debating President Obama, who has ice running in his veins.
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Eight years ago, the city of Richmond faced the prospect of bankruptcy as it nearly ran out of cash to pay its bills.
Thanks to new management, the city has started climbing up from the bottom of the hole. But it's still far from reaching daylight and could easily slip back to the bottom without quick corrective action.
That's why we are disturbed by the lack of concern among the 11 candidates, including two incumbents, running for three seats on the City Council. As we talked with the 10 we were able to reach, none understood the seriousness of the situation.
Some proposed job training programs without recognizing the amount already spent on such assistance. Some seemed to feel that the city could wave a magical wand and businesses would suddenly start rushing in.
Richmond does indeed have a lot to offer businesses looking to relocate. But even the most successful recruitment effort won't put a dent in this fiscal plight.
The city has $539 million of debt due to underfunding of its employee pension and retiree health programs. That's roughly 71/2 times what the city spends on base salary for its employees in a year. Put another way, it's equal to about $5,200 for every resident of the city.
Think of that as the credit card balance. Right now, the city isn't even making its minimum payment and so the balance continues to grow, leaving future generations to pay off debts from the past. It's irresponsible and morally wrong.
Making even those minimum payments would leave the city general fund budget short $9 million next fiscal year and nearly $17 million in 2016-17. Clearly, much more belt-tightening must begin quickly.
So which candidates are best equipped to do that? Since none grasps the seriousness of the situation, we are left to choose based on whom we feel would best educate themselves, smartly analyze the complex finances, and stand up to shortsighted special interests.
Incumbent Tom Butt and former Councilman Gary Bell have demonstrated independent and critical thinking during their tenures on the council. They both went through the fiscal crisis of nearly a decade ago and should be well-grounded to attack the next difficult challenge.
For the third seat, we support Jael Myrick, a field director for Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner who brings experience and youth. While only 27, he has been politically active most of his adult life. He appreciates the need to bridge political factions that divide the city and the council and, significantly, to balance delivering city services with fiscal stability.
It's a balance that all seven council members must respect as they move forward. The current path leads off a cliff. We don't want to go there.


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I'm very happy to share this set of images with you, which were taken on a sunny day back in September which still felt like summer. I intended to share them on the blog shortly after, but the blog was still under construction, and then the season changed to autumn. But now spring is in the air (at last!), and I feel my seasonal depression beginning to lift, slowly but surely. I'm super excited to feel warm again, and start wearing the summer clothes which have been put away for months. Longer days are also something I'm looking forward to, and the sense of possibility they bring. It's come to my attention that I'm more than a little obsessed with the weather, but maximum temperatures and prevailing winds are such important considerations, don't you think, when it comes to getting dressed?
Anyway, while looking through these images, the notion of an urban, nine to five goth came to mind. I would describe the outfit as gothic-inspired like many of the things I wear, but a little softer for daytime, and my favourite kind of outfit to wear for official business.
Blouse - Ebay (originally L'ART De River Island), Blazer - A Wear, Trousers - Principles Petite by Ben De Lisi (similar), Footwear - Lonsdale, Sunglasses - Ted Baker at T.K Maxx, Deer Brooch - Vintage (Ebay - similar), Pearl Bow Stud Earrings (below) - part of a multi-pack from Oasis, Handbag - Voodoo Vixen (similar)
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Are you dying to wear your spring / summer clothes, like me? What are the things you look forward to most about spring? Please leave your comments below, and don't forget to include blog links, so I can visit your blogs too!


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About the Education and Youth Success Policy Expert Group
The Education and Youth Success PEG will consider policies related to educational facilities: how they can accommodate projected growth, flexibly provide multiple functions and serve as intergenerational community anchors. This group may also explore complementary community investments that will help advance the Cradle to Career partnership's strategies to support youth academically, socially and physically. (Implementing the Equity Framework and Thriving Educated Youth strategy of The Portland Plan.)
Meeting Schedule
Education and Youth Success PEG meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Room 7A. The June 18th meeting will be held at City Hall (1221 SW 4th Ave) in the Pettygrove Room. For transit directions, we recommend TriMet Trip Planner. For driving and Biking directions, we recommend Google Maps. There is on-street metered parking and a parking garage located beneath the 1900 Building. Check our News and Updates page for more information including meeting agendas and minutes.
Potential Topics
The Education & Youth Success Policy Expert Group will consider policies related to educational facilities: how they can accommodate projected growth, flexibly provide multiple functions and serve as intergenerational community anchors. Specifically, this PEG will consider:
- Collaborative planning with school districts to ensure that projected growth can be accommodated by existing and future facilities, particularly on the eastside schools and in the Central City;
- Locating new school facilities to activate neighborhood centers and optimize accessibility by transit, walking and biking for students and community members;
- Regulatory flexibility for school districts to adapt to enrollment changes, technological advances and other emerging needs while maintaining accountability to neighborhood concerns regarding impacts;
- Issues related to private and charter schools that locate in residential neighborhoods;
- Shared use of public school grounds and facilities for multipurpose and intergenerational use; and
- The relationship between growth management policies and school enrollment.
Community members have been chosen for their experience and ability to draw on the feedback and experiences of a larger community or constituency regarding perspectives on the topic of their PEG, and for their ability to collect feedback from that community or constituency when needed. Agency staff members have been chosen to bring an agency perspective to PEG discussions and to be able to take back and share PEG developments within their agencies, getting feedback when needed.
Paul Cathcart: Land use planner in the Portland Public Schools Office of School Modernization
Lois Cohen: Community Involvement Committee member, self employed communications and public engagement professional; formerly Director of Community Partnerships for PSU's Graduate School of Education
Ernesto Contreras: Architect with experience working on school campus design throughout the country; actively involved with Hillsdale Main Street and member of its design committee
Karen Fischer-Gray: Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission member; Parkrose School District Superintendent
Will Fuller: Volunteer and board member for Elders in Action; Chair of Southwest Neighborhoods Inc. Schools Committee; long-time community schools advocate through Community and Parents for Public Schools and other organizations; served on PPS Strategic Planning Committee and Citizen Budget Review Committee
Bob Glascock: Bureau of Planning and Sustainability staff; BPS liaison with Portland Public Schools long range facilities planning process
Gabe Graff: Bureau of Transportation Active Transportation Division staff; manages the City's Safe Routes to Schools Program
Diana Hall: Multnomah County Program Supervisor for the SUN Service System; key participant in the Cradle to Career Partnership; educator by training
Douglas Hardy: Bureau of Development Services staff – land use review and regulatory issues
Michelle Lagos: Recent MBA grad with marketing and arts background; small business owner and member of PABA (Portland Area Business Association); volunteer with at-risk youth through SMYRC and Outside In
Mary Richardson: Portland Parks and Recreation, Program Manager, SUN Community Schools, Senior Recreation and Adaptive and Inclusive Recreation
Scott Rose: Educational facilities planner for 23 years, including 17 years in Portland; has developed educational master plans for 36 school districts in Oregon; East Portland Action Plan member
CJ Sylvester: Portland Public Schools Chief Operating Officer, with oversight of the district's Office of School Modernization and Facilities and Asset Management, among numerous other departments
Troy Tate: Urban League Social Justice and Civic Leadership representative; director of non-profit church-based preschool in NE Portland; active with Overlook Neighborhood Association and other community organizations
Stacey Triplett: Metro Sustainability Center staff, currently Intertwine Conservation Education lead; experience in and dedication to environmental literacy and connecting green infrastructure with the social, physical and academic success of youth
Lilly Windle: Visual arts teacher at Lincoln HS; previously taught at Whitaker MS and Wilson HS; participant in equity initiatives at Lincoln and visioning process for PPS high school redesign
Helen Ying: Former Parkrose School District administrator and educator; representing the interests and perspectives of Centennial, David Douglas, Parkrose, Reynolds School Districts on the PEG
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Microsoft just made an aggressive move into mobile. But Cramer wouldn't put money behind it.
This week Microsoft announced plans to acquire Nokia's mobile phone business, the number two handset maker, in an attempt to compete more effectively with Apple, Samsung and other major players.
CEO Steve Ballmer has called the acquisition a pivotal moment for the software giant.
"It's a bold step into the future — a win-win for employees, shareholders and consumers of both companies," Ballmer said. "Bringing these great teams together will accelerate Microsoft's share and profits in phones and strengthen the overall opportunities for both Microsoft and our partners across our entire family of devices and services."
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InfosecEvents.net is a brand new blog that covers the good and the bad sides of computer / information security. Logo should be able to represent both sides. Possible, but not required feel is ying/yang to represent the whitehats and blackhats of the security world.
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Randy Seaver of GeneaMusings posted earlier today his 12 Genealogy Mysteries I'd Like to Solve. He got the idea from 12/12/12 Twelve Genealogy Questions that he saw on Leaves & Branches blog by Colleen Pasquale.
I decided to give this prompt a try with my ancestors, because, like Randy says, "Maybe someone will read it and know the answer, or provide the clue needed to solve the problem and answer your question".
Here are the 12 genealogy mysteries I'd like to solve:
1) In which munitions factories or shipyards in the USA did my paternal grandfather Fred Belair (1889-1991) work during World War I? Many years ago, my grandfather Fred told me about this work, but he never specified where or for which employers.
2) What circumstances led my maternal grandfather Eugene Desgroseilliers (1900-1960) to go from being a modest farmer in Moonbeam, Ontario in the 1920s to chief of police of Hearst, Ontario in the 1930s?
3) Is "Pierre Vrille", who was buried on 28 December 1848 in Pointe-Gatineau, Gatineau County, Quebec, the same man as Pierre Janvry dit Belair, who died between 1845 and 1851? Unfortunately, Pierre's burial record doesn't indicate the name of his wife, which would help identify him. I suspect that "Vrille" is a phonetic (mis)spelling for Janvry (Jeanvri).
4) When and where was Louise (Eloise) Drouin (Derouin) born? She was the daughter of Pierre Drouin and Marie Reine Poirier dit Desloges. According to her baptismal record (created over a year after her birth), she was born about July 1835 somewhere in Upper Canada (now the province of Ontario), where her father worked for a time.
5) Where did brothers Olivier and Joseph Vanasse live from the time they were adolescents in the 1840s in Yamaska County, Quebec and when they were adults in the 1850s in Pontiac County, Quebec? They aren't at home in Yamaska County on the 1851 census and they can't be located on that same census for Pontiac County because the records are lost or missing.
6) Who are the parents of Toussaint Laronde (about 1783-?), who married his first cousin Marie Kekijicakoe? Toussaint, who worked in the fur trade, is supposedly the son of Louis Denis de La Ronde by his Aboriginal wife Marie Madeleine Wosneswesquigigo.
7) When and where did Joseph Léveillé (born 1839) die? He was buried on 21 October 1922 in Limoges, Russell County, Ontario, according to the church burial record, which unfortunately doesn't state the date or location of death. I searched for, but didn't find, him in the death registration databases at Ancestry.ca and FamilySearch.org.
8) When and where did Pierre Beauvais (born 1838) die? I know it was between 19 August 1895 (when his daughter Odile married) and 16 August 1897 (when his son Joseph married). A family source says he died in the autumn of 1896 in Chénéville, Papineau County, Quebec, but a search of this parish's records did not yield his death or burial information.
9) When and where was Arline Deschatelets born? It was sometime between April 1844 and April 1847 in the province of Quebec, based on census records. A younger daughter of Joseph Deschatelets and his wife Angélique Caillé, Arline was possibly born in St-Jérôme, Terrebonne County or Montebello, Papineau County, Quebec, where her siblings were born before and after her.
10) Who are the parents of Michel Frappier? He was born about 1794, according to his age at death. He might be a son of Antoine Frappier and his wife Josephte Neveu of St-Cuthbert, Berthier County, Quebec. His marriage record leaves out the name of his parents and his usual place of residence.
11) Who are the parents of Louise Neveu, wife of Michel Frappier? Their marriage record doesn't indicate the name of her parents, nor her parish or place of residence. I don't even know when or where she was born. I do know that she was living in 1836 in or near Ile des Allumettes in Pontiac County, Quebec.
12) When and where did Olive Huot (born 1815) die? She married as his first wife Charles Bouvet (Beauvais) in 1835 in Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Terrebonne County, Quebec. Despite my searches, I haven't found Olive's date and place of death or burial. She died on or after 25 July 1840 when her daughter Céline was born in St-Jérôme, Terrebonne County, Quebec, but before 28 January 1846 when her husband's child Philomène by his second wife was born in Montebello, Papineau County, Quebec.
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Although we can't usually see them, microbes are essential for every part of human life -- indeed all life on Earth. The emerging field of metagenomics offers a new way of exploring the microbial world that will transform modern microbiology and lead to practical applications in medicine, agriculture, alternative energy, environmental remediation, and many others areas. Metagenomics allows researchers to look at the genomes of all of the microbes in an environment at once, providing a "meta" view of the whole microbial community and the complex interactions within it. It's a quantum leap beyond traditional research techniques that rely on studying -- one at a time -- the few microbes that can be grown in the laboratory. At the request of the National Science Foundation, five Institutes of the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Energy, the National Research Council organized a committee to address the current state of metagenomics and identify obstacles current researchers are facing in order to determine how to best support the field and encourage its success. The report recommends the establishment of a "Global Metagenomics Initiative" comprising a small number of large-scale metagenomics projects as well as many medium- and small-scale projects to advance the technology and develop the standard practices needed to advance the field. The report also addresses database needs, methodological challenges, and the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in supporting this new field.


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When will fall colors pop?
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EAGLE COUNTY – The weather in Colorado has been odd this year – minimal snowfall, drought, excessive heat, you name it – which is why the fall foliage season might be out of the ordinary, too.
Colorado's fall colors are some of the most vibrant anywhere. Taking a scenic drive through an aspen forest is one of the state's big draws.
But no two seasons are alike in terms of when fall colors pop and how bright the leaves become. And foresters aren't sure how this year's weather will affect the fall season.
Aspen City Forester Chris Forman told the Associated Press that early signs of fall color could indicate trees are stressed, which could cause an early and shorter season of fall colors.
A combination of light, temperature and available water causes leaves to change from green to yellow or red in the fall, according to the Colorado State University Extension. Less light on the trees because of shorter days cause trees and shrubs to enter an energy-saving mode.
"Short days and falling temperatures signal trees and shrubs to quit producing chlorophyll, which converts sunlight into sugars through a process called photosynthesis," according to the CSU Extension. "As chlorophyll breaks down, leaves reflect the remaining leaf pigments that were there all along. Yellow is produced by carotenoids, the same pigment that gives carrots their color. The red color is produced by anthrocyanins."
During a moist fall, leaves can remain bright for a longer period of time, but dry conditions cause leaves to fade to brown and drop.
The Extension reports that cooler temperatures also support a longer period of color, which explains why fall colors last longer in the mountains than along the Front Range.
If trees are under stress from this year's extreme drought, however, that will also become a major factor in this year's fall foliage.
"The normal season for autumn color is September and October," according to the CSU Extension. "On average, the best color occurs in late September and early October. Of course, with Colorado's temperamental weather, fall color can occur earlier or later."
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It's only Thursday, so while the weekend's still a couple of days away, the good news is that Mother's Day is too. Here are a few quick gift ideas that won't break the bank but will let mom know you're thinking of her—and value her love and advice. Be sure to order now, before it's too late! And don't forget a card or a handwritten note. Chances are she'll cherish that the most.
The best thing about Teleflora, other than the fact that they bring fresh flowers on demand to virtually everywhere in the U.S., is that this Mother's Day they've teamed up with Spafinder to offer spa eGift Cards along with their arrangements. So now you can treat mom to a bouquet and a massage in one swoop. She can redeem the gift card at any of the 20,000+ local spas that belong to the SpaFinder network. Choose from four styles, each with a keepsake vase, and three different eGift Card denominations ($25, $50 or $100). Shown above is the Pink Bliss bouquet. Teleflora.com, from $83 for a standard bouquet and a $25 eGift Card
One of these lovely porcelain plates makes for the perfect finishing touch on a dresser, vanity or nightstand, where mom can use it to stash her rings and bracelets. Or pair the plate with a sweet-smelling bar of soap; it's the ideal soap dish for a powder room. Shown above is the Porcelain Word Plate in Je t'aime. Cwonder.com, $18
Think you can't afford to buy her diamonds? Simply not true! Get her a diamond candle, and once she's finished burning it, there'll be a ring with a bright sparkler inside, valued at $10 to $5,000. A modest jewel is the most likely outcome, but she'll definitely enjoy the thrill of burning the candle to reveal the spoils—and for the pretty scent it'll bring to the house in the meantime. Diamond Candles, diamondcandles.com, $25


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The student's parent(s) and school personnel work together to make decisions about a student's education, and this working relationship is generally a good one. However, there may be times when the parent(s) and school personnel do not agree about something. Sometimes it will be a small disagreement that can be resolved by a meeting between the parent(s) and a school representative or by having another Case Conference Committee (CCC) meeting. By working together to reach an agreement, the parent(s) and school personnel are able to continue a positive relationship and can often find a solution to the disagreement in less time than using a more formal process such as a due process hearing.
Tips for parents when a disagreement arises:
- Have you contacted your local special education director or the school principal to make him/her aware of your concerns?
- Have you looked at your student's Individualized Education Program (IEP)? Are you familiar with what it requires? Are you able to explain your specific questions and concerns?
- Have you referred to Indiana's rules for special education, commonly known as Article 7? Have you referred to Navigating the Course?
- Have you contacted a parent advocate?
- About Special Kids (ASK), (800) 964-4746 www.aboutspecialkids.org
- Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs (IN*SOURCE), (800) 332-4433 www.insource.org
- Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission, (800) 622-4845, www.in.gov/ipas/
- Have you asked to hold a Case Conference Committee meeting to address your questions and concerns with the school?
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- Requesting and participating in Mediation, (Article 7, 511 7-45-2)
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After growing up polka dancing in the Christmas City, Raegan Medgie headed to the City of Brotherly Love to study Journalism, bungee jumped in Switzerland with her brother Ethan and worked with Mickey Mouse in Disney World. This is just the beginning of her journey to Newswatch 16.
Raegan began her professional journalism career in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where she worked at the cable news station, TV2 News, Service Electric.
After hitting the streets in the Lehigh Valley, Raegan headed north to Elmira, New York to work at WETM. She started out reporting and ended up as the main co-anchor for the area's only two-hour morning newscast. Raegan would start her day when most people were sleeping.
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This section describes a data view that routes all requests to a data source pool, irrespective of the target DN of the request. This data view is called the root data view. The root data view is created by default when an instance of Directory Proxy Server is created.
The example in this section has multiple data sources that contain the same set of subtrees. The data sources are data-equivalent and pooled into one data source pool for load balancing. A data view is configured with a base DN at the rootDSE, represented as " ". Figure 17–3 shows an example deployment.
Because the base DN of the data view is the rootDSE, the data view encompasses the base DN of all possible requests. All requests are forwarded to the data source pool, irrespective of the target DN or whether the data source contains an entry for the request.
If Directory Proxy Server receives a request with a target DN that does not exist in the data source, the request is forwarded to the data source pool. The data source that responds to the request returns an error.
For information about how to configure the data view in Figure 17–3, see Data Views That Route All Requests, Irrespective of the Target DN of the Request in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.


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ICE Seizes 300 More Sites; Can't Have People Watching Super Bowl Ads Without Permission
from the advertisements-without-permission? deptDespite the massive failures of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) program to seize domains on questionable legal theories, it's right back at it. ICE has just seized over 300 domains apparently all related to the Super Bowl (of course). They did this last year too... and now the US government is in court over it with the Rojadirecta sites. Many of the sites were selling counterfeit merchandise, which is a more reasonable target, but still seems to be overblown. I'm still at a loss as to how this is any of the government's concern, rather than a civil issue that could be taken up by the NFL itself. Do we really want law enforcement officials spending time working for the NFL?
Sixteen of the sites in question, however, were supposedly offering video streaming -- which is what Rojadirecta was accused of doing (under a bogus legal theory, since it didn't actually offer the streams, but merely links). In this case, ICE also arrested one guy for running a streaming site:
Additionally, Yonjo Quiroa, 28, of Comstock Park, Mich., was arrested Wednesday by special agents with HSI. He is charged with one count of criminal infringement of a copyright related to his operation of websites that illegally streamed live sporting event telecasts and pay-per-view events over the Internet. Quiroa operated nine of the 16 streaming websites that were seized, and he operated them from his home in Michigan until yesterday's arrest.Of course, this has to raise a pretty significant question: exactly how is someone streaming the Super Bowl harming... well... anyone? The entire point of the Super Bowl is to get as many people watching the advertisements as possible. Having the game streamed only increases the number of people watching those ads. Who, exactly, is harmed by this?
The website seizures during Operation Fake Sweep represent the 10th phase of Operation In Our Sites, a sustained law enforcement initiative targeting counterfeiting and piracy on the Internet. The 307 websites are in the process of being seized by law enforcement, and will soon be in the custody of the federal government. Visitors to these websites will then find a seizure banner that notifies them that the domain name has been seized by federal authorities and educates them that willful copyright infringement is a federal crime.
In discussing these particular website seizures (not the ones about counterfeiting products), ICE ridiculously declares that it's somehow protecting American ideas from being stolen. Do they even realize how idiotic that sounds? What "idea" is being stolen when someone makes it easier to watch the ads that go with the Super Bowl?
Filed Under: censorship, copyright, dhs, domains, ice, streaming, super bowl
Companies: nfl


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Written by Grant Cameron Sunday, 02 August 2009 01:14 President Carter, Daniel Sheehan, and Donald Menzel: The Congressional Research Service UFO Studies for President Jimmy Carter "Knowledge will Forever Govern Ignorance And a People Who Mean to be their Own Governors Must Arm Themselves with the Power Which Knowledge Gives" The Words of President James Madison as inscribed on the Madison Building in Washington D.C., where Daniel Sheehan claimed he was allowed to view the classified sections of the USAF UFO Project Blue Book in 1977, and where he said he discovered the picture of a crashed flying saucer. "It's always difficult to strike a balance between the public's right to know and NASA's need for candor." Marcia Smith, a space policy senior analyst at the Congressional Research Service in Washington, DC., as quoted by James Oberg Shortly after President Carter came to power in January 1977, Daniel Sheehan, then General Counsel to the United States Jesuit National Headquarters - National Office of Social Ministry in Washington, D.C., was reportedly approached by Marcia S. Smith, Director of the Library of Congresss Science and Technology Division of the Congressional Research Service. From 1984-1985. The Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress is a research group of more than 400 people who do research for congress and the White House. They have played more than a passing interest in the UFO problem over the years. Every one of these UFO research efforts has been led by Marcia Smith. Sheehan reported that he was asked by Smith "to participate in a highly classified major evaluation of the UFO phenomena, and extraterrestrial intelligence." The person who made the offer was Marcia Smith. She made Sheehan a special consultant to the Congressional Research service. Marcia had in turn learned of Sheehan from her friend Rosemary Chalk, who at the time was the Secretary to the National Science Foundation. Chalk and Sheehan attended the same church in Washington. During one conversation between the two Sheehan had told Chalk that he had wanted to be an astronaut as a young man, but that the appointments he has sought to attain this goal had been given away as political prizes to others. He told Chalk that his goal had been, "to become an astronaut and to go out into outer space, and meet other civilizations." When Sheehan was finished telling his story about how he ended up becoming a lawyer, Chalk was surprised. She said, "Wow, I never imagined that was true, but I have someone that you have to talk to." The person who called was Marcia Smith. A part of this contact with Marcia Smith and the CRS involved Sheehan being asked to use his position inside the Jesuit community to obtain the UFO documents held in the Vatican library. Sheehan made an approach to his contact at the Vatican. "She called," recalled Sheehan, "and asked me if as Legal Counsel for the Jesuit Headquarters whether I could get access for the Library of Congress from the Vatican library. The Vatican library has a fairly large section concerning the issue of extraterrestrial intelligence, and UFOs. I undertook to contact the Jesuit who actually runs the Vatican library, and much to my shock, they said we couldnt have access to it... I related this to Marcia Smith." After the discussion with Marcia and Father Bill Davis, who was the Director of the National Office
Sheehan made a second approach to the Vatican Library. I sent back a second letter to the Jesuit who was the head of the Vatican library, and explained to him that this was an official request that had come from the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress - that it had come from the Congress of the United States, and that the President himself had wanted to get this information. So I thought that would get us the information, but I received a second response from the Vatican Library saying no - the Jesuit National Headquarters would not be provided with this information. So I had to regretfully report that back to Marcia Smith letting her know that I was not able to get it." Sheehan recalled the encounter with Marcia where she related to him the reasons behind the study. "She (Marcia Smith) informed me that she had been contacted by the Chairman of the Science & Technology Committee of the House of Representatives, (Congressman Olin Earl Teague) who in turn had received a directive from the President of the United States, informing the Committee that he ( Carter) in fact had personally seen a UFO while he was in Georgia." Marcia further informed Sheehan that Carter had approached the House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee based on information he had obtained from former CIA director George Bush. Marcia Smith stated that Carter had approached Bush and stated, "I want to have the information that we have on UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence. I want to know about this as President." George Bush, according to Smith said, "no ... that he wasnt going to give this to him ... that this was information that existed on a need to know basis only. Simple curiosity on the part of the President wasnt adequate." This Carter-Bush UFO question, referred to by Smith, was probably asked during the first 45 minutes of a multi hour briefing on November 19, 1976. This is the only time that Bush and Carter met while Carter was President-elect. Bush was replaced as DCI, once Carter became President, so there was never a meeting between the two after Carter entered the White House. The 45 minute segment of the briefing given to the President-elect, was described by the CIA as a briefing on certain "exotic weapons and very closely held items relating to sources and methods." The then Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for President Ford, George Bush, and his assistant Jennifer Fitzgerald, took Carter and Walter Mondale to the Carter living room to provide the selected sensitive information. The other six senior agents apparently werent cleared for this part of the briefing. They remained waiting in the Carter study till this key part of the briefing was completed. No matter where the Bush/Carter encounter had taken place, the fact remained that Carter was refused the requested UFO information from the CIA Director. Once Carter had been denied the requested information on UFOs, he decided to follow a suggestion that Bush had made for getting the information that Carter wanted on UFOs. " If he was going to do this he would have to follow a different procedure," stated Sheehan, "that was going to involve all the different branches of government in authorizing this information, because they were afraid that President Carter was going to somehow publicly reveal this. Bush told him that he was going have to go to the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives, in the legislative branch, and have them ask the Congressional Research Service to issue a request to have certain documents declassified so that this process could go on." "They were," said Sheehan, "trying to stall this thing. That was going to take a long time...the NSA, the CIA...all these groups were going to hold back documents. So the President much chagrined, decided that
rather than having a major confrontation with Mr. Bush, (he) would follow this process. He contacted the science and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives. They in turn contacted the Library of Congress Research Service, and they undertook two major investigations." 1. 2. To determine whether extraterrestrial intelligence existed in our galaxy. Determine what the relationship of this UFO phenomena might be to extraterrestrial intelligence.
Marcia Smith was at the time Analyst in Science and Technology, Science Research Division, at the Congressional Research Service. She was not ignorant about the field of UFOs, and classified research. Records show she had been involved in at least five UFO or SETI related investigations by the Congressional Research Service. In 1976, just before Carter won the Presidential election Smith wrote "Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Unidentified Flying Objects: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography" for the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service. In 1975 and then in a 1978 update, Marcia Smith joined with Dr. George Gatewood, Director of the Allegheny Observatory and the NASA Ames research Center SETI Program office, to write a report for the Congressional Research Service called "Life Beyond Earth." This paper (later turned into a book), was not about UFOs. "The paper is," wrote Smith, "instead, a synthesis of past and current thought on the possibility that there is extraterrestrial life in the universe, together with discussions of the possible impacts of making contact with it." In 1976 Smith also co-authored a report called The UFO Enigma which was produced for the Congressional Research Service. The report was an overview of the U.S. government involvement in solving the UFO puzzle, and information that had been released under the Freedom of Information." In 1983 Smith produced an updated report by the same name updating the report with events that had occurred between 1976 and 1983.
These CRS UFO related reports were very basic UFO reports with nothing of a controversial or classified nature. Part of the reason for this is that the reports were publicly published, and also the fact that UFOs was not a popular subject to be writing about inside the government James Oberg, a former NASA consultant, worked in the 1970s with Marcia on Congressional research reports. Both had an interest in UFOs, but they also shared an interest in Obergs specialty - the Soviet space program. Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine eventually came to refer to Marcia Smith as "The Congressional Research Service Russian space guru." Oberg recalled Smiths reticence to writing reports on UFOs. "Back in the late 1970s," Oberg told this writer, "we briefly discussed the overview of The UFO Enigma (written the year before Carter became President) and she expressed exasperation at having to put something like that together, but basically the CRS researches what Congress asks them to do..." When the story broke that Smith had done two reports for President Carter in 1977, Oberg contacted this author and provided him with Marcia Smiths E-mail so I could obtain her comment. Smith did not respond to the E-mail, but it appears that she and Oberg did discuss the two reports. In a second E-mail, Oberg wrote, "She is talking to me. Is she talking to you." Asked what Smith had told him about the ETI and UFO studies, reportedly done by Smith in 1977, Oberg refused to say anything. A researcher out of Washington, D.C. wrote Oberg asking for smiths phone number, but this request was also ignored. Oberg, always ready with an opinion about anything and
everything, was forced to a position of complete silence. The reason for this silence was the fact that anything Oberg would say pro or con would simply increase the pressure on Marcia Smith to confirm or deny the Sheehan recollections. Smith had no intention to talk, and Oberg planned to do what he could to help his long time friend. Besides the high school level UFO - related reports listed by the CRS, as being authored by Marcia Smith, there were two that wont be found listed in an CRS directory. Those two reports were the two 1977 reports requested by President Carter on extraterrestrial intelligence and UFOs. These two reports, according to Sheehan, were also written by Marcia Smith. From Sheehans description of the reports, these two reports were no high school level reports. Sheehan had know of the writing of the two reports, due to his role as a special consultant for the CRS. Sheehan reported that he even was able to read the two reports before they were sent of to the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives. Sheehans role for the CRS was to help obtain the Vatican UFO files, and a second more dramatic role in reviewing classified UFO files from the former USAF Project Blue Book which was closed in 1969. This incident occurred in a vaulted room in the basement of the Library of Congress Madison Building in downtown Washington, D.C. The new Carter administration had reinstated funding for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and Marcia had phoned Sheehan asking him to speak to the scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in the SETI program. The topic of the presentation would be "the potential theological religious implications of potential contact with extraterrestrial civilizations." Sheehan qualified for this because of his degree in religion. Sheehan reported that he told Smith, "Look if I am going to be doing this, which I am totally delighted to do, I would like to be able to get access to some of the data that you might have available in the course of your doing this investigation for the Science and Technology Committee in Congress." Asked what data he would like, Sheehan stated he wanted to see "the classified sections of the Project Blue Book." Marcia, according to Sheehan stated she didnt know if she could get the Air force and defense department to release those files, but agreed to try. "She contacted them," recalled Sheehan, "and shortly thereafter she called me and she said, much to her surprise, They have agreed to do this." "She gave me a particular date and time and told me that I should go over to the new building at the Library of Congress," Sheehan stated: "This building had not even been opened yet. There were no people in it. She told me they are going to bring the files down to the new building...They had this big vault room downstairs." Sheehan continued to tell what has now become a very controversial series of events that occurred two hours into the search. It is a story he told Marcia Smith just after it occurred, and a story he has told dozens of times since. There was a room and these two security officers there at the door and there was actually a third, plain clothed, sitting at a desk to the right of them. As I came in there I showed them all my identification, and they checked some documentation that they had,
and said "Yes. I was supposed to be here." As I started to go in, the man sitting at the desk told me I had to leave my briefcase there. I wouldn't be allowed to take any notes. It turned out I had a yellow pad under my arm, so I set the briefcase down, gave it to him, and I went into the room. I was in there for some time. There were a bunch of documents there. There was actually a film machine. It was like a little reel-to-reel - kind of a film machine there. I don't know if it was 35mm, or whatever those things were. So there was actually some little films there. I looked at some of the films and they were like the classic films that you have seen, sort of far distant shots of strange moving vehicles. So I decided I wasn't making much headway on this, so I began to look into these little boxes, that had these canisters there. There was one of these overhead filmstrip machines that was sitting in the room. I began to take these little canisters out, and open them up, and put the filmstrips in and look through these things. I don't know how many I had gone through. I had gone through several, or at least a few of these boxes, when I hit upon this one canister that had film and pictures. I started going through, turning the little crank and there it was. Again I have told people about this a number of times. There were these photographs of unmistakable - of a UFO sitting on the ground. It had crashed, apparently. It had hit into this field and had dug up, kind of plowed this kind of trough through this field. It was wedged into the side of this bank. There was snow all around the picture. The vehicle was wedged into the side of this mud like embankment kind of up at an angle. There were Air Force personnel. As I cranked the little handle, and looked at additional photos, these Air Force people were taking pictures. In the photograph they were taking photographs of this vehicle. One of the photos actually had the Air Force personnel with this big long tape measure measuring this thing. You could see that they had these parkas on, with little fur around their hoods. You could see that they had the little name tags on their jacket. They were clearly U.S. Air Force personnel. I was kind of in this strange state saying, "Here it is!" So I turned the crank for more pictures, and I could see on the side of this craft these like little insignias - little symbols. So I turned ahead a couple of pictures to see if there was a closer picture. Sure enough there was. One of the photos had kind of a close-up picture of these symbols. So what I did is, I was getting nervous. I looked around, and the guys weren't watching or anything. They were outside of the room, so I took the yellow pad, and I flipped it open to the little grey cardboard backing and I flipped it under the screen. I shrank the size of the picture to the exact same size as the back of the yellow pad, and traced the actual symbols out in detail, verbatim of what was there. Once I had actually seen these pictures, and actually chosen to copy down and trace these symbols from this craft, I just decided that I should get out of there. So I got up closed the little pad, and I put the film back in the canister. I put all the boxes back where they were, and put the yellow pad under my arm, and just walked out. As I came through the door, I went over to get my briefcase up, and the man at the little desk that was sitting there pointed to the yellow pad under my arm, and he said, "What's that you've got there?" I said, "That's the yellow pad that I had with me." He said, "Let me see that." He reached out and I handed it to him. He flipped through the yellow pages, and never looked at the back, never looked at the inside cardboard backing, and handed it back to me. So, I just put it under my arm, got my briefcase and walked out of there. I took this with me, and I reported the details to Marcia. I also prepared my three hour seminar for JPL. Marcia then drafted the two reports for the House Science and Technology Committee. "I ended up getting copies of the two reports," said Sheehan, "one on extraterrestrial intelligence, and the other on the
phenomena of Unidentified Flying Objects. "The first report on extraterrestrial intelligence," said Sheehan, "stated the Congressional Research Service of the official United States Congressional Library, in its official report to the President, through the House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee, concludes that there are from two to six highly intelligent, highly technologically developed civilizations in our own galaxy over and above our own." "In the second report they had drawings of different shapes of UFOs that have been sighted," continued Sheehan. "They didnt site any particular cases, but they said that they believed there was a significant number of instances where the official United States Air Force investigations were unable to discount the possibility that one or more of these vehicles was actually from one of these extraterrestrial civilizations. They put this together, and sent it over to the President. I ended up seeing a copy of it." Sheehans contact with the CRS went only to Marcia Smith. It did not extend to Smith boss, Dr. Jack Gibbons. Sheehan told this writer that he was not even aware of whom Gibbons was. It is assumed that Gibbons knew, and approved of the UFO related reports that Smith was writing. This would extend to the secret UFO report prepared for the House of Representatives, and President Carter, if the story Sheehan tells is true. This connection is important because following a long period as the head of the Office of Technological Assessment for the Congressional Research Service, Dr. Gibbons went on to become Assistant to the President for Science and Technology in the Clinton White House. As science advisor to President Clinton, Gibbons dealt with the Rockefeller White House UFO initiated by Lawrence Rockefeller. Despite his close relationship to the UFO investigations that were being conducted by Marcia Smith, during and just after the Carter administration, Gibbons strangely told Rockefeller in 1993, that he was totally ignorant of the UFO subject. According to 1,000 pages of UFO documents released by the Clinton Office for Science and Technology Policy, Gibbons quickly overcame his claimed UFO ignorance. He not only met with Rockefeller and his representatives about UFOs, but he headed up a White House initiative to declassify documents that it was hoped would reveal the true story of the events surrounding the crash of an object near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947. Finally, in research to discovery if Smith produced a secret UFO report for President Carter, a strange discovery was made. As noted above, in 1976 Marcia Smith headed up a research report prepared by the Congressional Research Service titled "The UFO Enigma." Strangely, the very next year, 1977, a book using exactly the same title "The UFO Enigma" was published by Doubleday. The author was arch-debunker of UFOs, Donald Menzel.


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Sunday Sweets: Big Top Treats!
DA-da-da-da-da-DA-da-da-da-da ... ... ...
Wow. Sorry.
As you may have guessed, (but probably not) today's cakes are circus-themed!
(It's really hard to type out circus music).
Almost as hard, Jen tells me, as hunting down circus clown cakes that aren't creepy. But they DO exist, and here comes one now!
By Chocmocakes
It doesn't hurt that she's a pink widdle bear-clown waving a tiny flag, either.
Yessiree, boys and girls, prepare for adventure, because the circus has rolled into town!
By Studio Cake
Circus, and train, and Curious George themed? This cake is a total triple-whammy! I bet birthday boy Lance passed out from sheer excitement.
Now hurry, hurry, get your tickets today for the finest show under the big top!
By Doodle-Cakes
And look at those details!
We promise nonstop entertainment and thrills! And seals! And pinwheels!
That's right, getcha' popcorn, getcha' peanuts right here, folks, and getcha' self a good look at this circus spectacular:
I don't know what I love more, that ruffled layer or the "ropes" holding the whole thing up. (Side note: those ropes are actually called "guys" in circus-talk. Oh yeah, I researched to write about the circus, y'all. Now you are smarter.)
Now please, take your seats and turn your attention to the center ring, where Jumbo the elephant is about to perform a death-defying stunt atop a ball, atop some giant popcorn, atop a cake, atop another cake!
Another circus fun-fact: The circus invented the word 'jumbo!' It was a name made up by combining Swahili words and given to a large elephant owned by P.T. Barnum, who promoted him as the largest elephant on earth, and now we use it as an adjective!
Ok, ok, fine. I'll stop with the trivia. Sheesh.
Now this one has it all: Clowns and seals and stars! And a monkey ringmaster!
By Sang's Cakes
All in a vintage color-scheme that I love so much, I am seriously considering taking the whole thing in to the paint counter for some color-matching.
Hey, it looks like someone remembered to send in the clowns, because this cake is crawling with them!
Admit it: you were a little freaked to scroll down to see a cake crawling with clowns. Don't be scared, though; they're super cute! Do you see the little one doing a hand-stand?
Pop-quiz: What is the best theme ever for a topsy-turvy cake? Take your time.
Did you say "circus theme?" Then you are correct! Loving the bright colors here.
And step right up for another topsy-turvy treat!
By Chocmocakes
Note to friends: I have just decided to change my name to Eva, and turn one this year, and I request this exact cake to be served at my first birthday party, thank you.
I will also accept this cake, but I might burst into tears at the intense adorableness of it.
By Baking Arts
I love the clean and modern look, I love the simple colors, and I love how the top is recessed a tiny bit.
But ladies and gentlemen, you haven't seen "recessed" yet! You haven't even begun to see it!
By KaKE
Do you see it?
Holy smokes.
The figures are recessed into the cake! Absolutely incredible. I know I say this a lot, but SO MUCH DETAIL HERE! Drink it in!
And now, hold on to your hats, folks, 'cuz it's the moment you've all been waiting for.
The Grand Finale! Behold:
By Frosted Art Bakery
(More pics here)
*cymbals crash, acrobats soar in the background, confetti canons explode, clowns go crazy, audience claps their hands off, everyone takes a final bow*
You just can't top a cake that requires an electrical outlet.
(Yep, it had motors! I think all the tiers rotated independently.)
We hope you enjoyed the show!
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