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Genevieve "Sally" E. Gillespie, 97, of Towanda, formally of Scotrun, died on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the home of her son, Jack Gillespie.
Born in Rensselaer, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Xavier and Aniela (Cichowska) Zielenski.
Sally was residing with her son for the past eight years. Prior to that, she lived in the Scotrun area for several years and prior to that she resided in the Flemington and Maywood, N.J. areas.
She was employed as an office manager for the Crestfoam Co. of Moonachie, N.J. for 20 years, retiring in 1985. She was of the Catholic faith.
Sally was a member of the Grandview Grange 124 in Trenton, N.J., and also a member of the Senior Health Services and the Senior Bowling League.
Sally is survived by two sons, John R. "Jack" Gillespie of Towanda and Richard J. Gillespie of Hopewell Township, N.J.; a sister, Loretta Cross of Clearwater, Fla.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 8, from the Pula & Bensing Funeral Home, 23 N. Ninth St., Stroudsburg. Entombment will follow the services at the Mountainview Mausoleum, Prospect Cemetery, East Stroudsburg.
Visitation will be 9 to 10 a.m., time of the services, Monday, Oct. 8, at the funeral home. The Rev. Timothy Bertolet of Mount Pocono Bible Fellowship Church will officiate the service.
Memorial donations can be made to the Towanda Memorial Hospital Hospice, Unit 91, Hospital Drive, Towanda, PA 18848.
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Genevieve "Sally" E. Gillespie, 97, of Towanda, formally of Scotrun, died on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the home of her son, Jack Gillespie.


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I taped Oprah today. When Jim was on with Jenny, Oprah said that Jim wrote a chapter in the book "Mother Warriors" - by Jenny. I am buying the book this sometime this week, so I will be sure to read it!
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I'm going to make it exciting
Usually the New Year brings more forward-looking sentiment with resolutions and plans for great things on the horizon.
But this year I find myself looking back at 2013. It was an interesting year.
I would love to call it a good year. In many ways it was.
But I guess maybe the past couple of years were a little too good for 2013 to live up to them.
In 2011, I spent two weeks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia adopting a little boy. That's hard to top.
But I tried to top it in 2012. I ran for President as a write-in candidate in Kansas.
That was really fun and interesting. I spent about three months campaigning against the Electoral College and how it places more value on the votes of people in swing states and small states while voters in states with higher population and one-party states are worth less.
So without a new child and a presidential campaign, 2013 felt a little dull.
But it wasn't like there weren't some exciting times. The Augusta Daily Gazette actually won the Sweepstakes award in our circulation division.
But by the end of the year, we were combining all three of our small newspapers in Butler County into one bigger product that has already seen almost 200 new subscribers added.
I guess the Gazette went out on a high note as the best newspaper in its division and the Times-Gazette has come in with exciting new circulation growth.
Both of those are great professionally, but neither really means as much personally as adopting a child or trying to become President.
So what will 2014 hold for me? Will I work less? Not if the past is any indicator.
Will I lose a bunch of weight, learn to ride a bike or maybe stop drinking Diet Coke?
I doubt it.
I made those resolutions for years and apparently the fact that I really don't want to ride a bike, I do like drinking Diet Coke and I enjoy candy and ice cream more than being skinny have a lot to do with me never keeping them.
So I have a very nebulous resolution for 2014.
I'm going to make it exciting. I'm going to do something I've never done because I have never done it.
I don't know what 2014 will bring my way. But my eyes will be ever open looking for that opportunity that will come around that has never come my way before – and may never come again.
In 2014, I resolve to take chances like I did when we decided to adopt or when the crazy idea to become a write-in candidate for president was first the punchline of a sarcastic joke.
Mark Twain once said, "I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one."
I want to live 2014 more like Benjamin Disraeli who said, "One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."
This year, I'm going to look for those opportunities and be ready.
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I just became aquainted with a dog rescue group that needs to computerize. They are doing a great job of rescue and placement! Now they need to move into the computer age to help track animals, including descriptions, health etc.
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In Memoriam: John Cawthorne
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (August 2012) — John Cawthorne, an urban education expert whose care and regard for students made him one of the Lynch School of Education's most popular administrators, has died of cancer at the age of 70.
Dean Cawthorne officially retired this past spring from Boston College after having served for 13 years as associate dean for students and outreach at the Lynch School. In addition to coordinating the Office of Professional Practicum Experiences, he provided advising services to undergraduate and master's degree students.
"John Cawthorne was a tremendous advocate for our students both inside and outside of the classroom," said Lynch School Interim Dean Maureen Kenny. "His passing is a tremendous loss to our community, but the impact of his work and his dedication to the Lynch School will live on through the accomplishments of the many persons whose lives were transformed by his heart and his spirit."
Read tributes to Dean Cawthorne from a Spring 2011 BC reception: 'Remembering John Cawthorne'
As a faculty member and then as associate dean, he earned the love, admiration and respect from numerous students, who valued his level of commitment and willingness to help them find their professional and personal callings.
"He has instilled in us a sense of confidence that we do deserve to be successful and that we do deserve to have such a wonderful person in our lives," said Robyn Antonucci '11, at a gathering held for Dean Cawthorne in April 2011 after he had announced his forthcoming retirement.
At the event, Bryan Ramos '10, M.Ed.'11 recalled how he had once asked Dean Cawthorne the easiest way to transfer out of the Lynch School. "He simply looked at me with a blank stare, like he normally does, and goes, 'You won't want to.' And five years later, John is my mentor. He's definitely influenced my passion to want to go into a higher education institution, and be the dean that he is and was for me."
Matthew McCluskey '11, M.Ed.'12 noted that Dean Cawthorne not only convinced him to study education instead of law, but had helped him land a one-month teaching placement at a South African high school. "I still go to him with questions, and he doesn't give me answers. He gives me questions back. And that's what I try to do with my students. And it's brilliant. And it's empowering. It teaches students self-efficacy and allows them to realize they have the answers themselves."
In 2002, Dean Cawthorne received the Mary Kaye Waldron Award presented annually to the Boston College administrator or faculty member who has done the most to enhance student life at the University.
Among his other achievements and activities, Dean Cawthorne helped organize a drive to help the financially troubled Holy Family School of Natchez, Miss., one of the oldest African-American Catholic schools in the country. He and Lynch School students made the 4,000-mile trip to bring supplies and support to the school, and stayed to help do clean-up and construction projects and play with the schoolchildren. The Natchez Immersion Trip has become an annual service opportunity for the Lynch School.
Dean Cawthorne, who began his association with the Lynch School in 1989 when he joined the school's Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation and Educational Policy as a research associate, was a widely acknowledged advocate for urban education. He served as a consultant to school systems in Boston, Cambridge and several other Massachusetts communities, as well as in Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and Atlanta.
An active member of the National Urban League, he became NUL vice president for education in 1995, and in concert with his one-year appointment the organization's educational office was relocated to the Lynch School's home in Campion Hall.
"By taking advantage of the natural alliances between parents and teachers, we will help bridge the gap between communities and schools," he said in an interview after his appointment, "and that gap is wide in urban communities. The issue is how do we work with schools and families to create new structures — structures that incorporate and reflect home, community and school experiences and priorities."
In 2003, the Lynch School established the John E. Cawthorne Chair in Teacher Education for Urban Schools, awarded to a senior Lynch School faculty member who, through his or her scholarship and research, works to enhance the education of teachers for urban schools. The chair was endowed by a pledge from the Mahoney family, whose members include Jay Mahoney '69 and his daughter, Erin '02. The professorship is currently held by Marilyn Cochran-Smith.
Dean Cawthorne earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1964 and a master's degree in teaching from Antioch-Putney Graduate School of Education in 1969.
A memorial celebration will be held on Saturday, September 8, 2012, at Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St., Roxbury, MA from 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Donations in Cawthorne's memory can be made to the American Cancer Society or the Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute/The Jimmy Fund.
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The "Cage Stage" Calvinist
"A lot of new and ignorant Calvinists need to...well, shut up. I know that isn't the politest phrase in the book, but it is the truth. Most of the damage done in these matters is done by people who are in what Calvinists call the "cage phase," those inaugural few months when you know very little except some version of TULIP and you won't be quiet about that. These are people who need to get a very large stack of books and get some roots going, but instead they go and pick a fight with whoever is least likely to understand what they are talking about. These converts- often impressionable students or very unread laity- can be obnoxious, immature and thoughtless in their assaults. They've done a lot of damage and there is no apologizing for them. I would say they should be recognized for what they are- untaught, ignorant, and often, young. Most them will grow out of it. A few remain that way until their next phase." - Michael SpencerThis post is an important reminder to all of us, and especially to me, who are passionately and unapologetically Calvinistic. I would imagine that every Calvinist who first embraces and experiences the joy in discovering TULIP would have undergone the "cage" stage where we were extremely zealous for the doctrines of grace (I do believe I still am!). The new Calvinists would typically display a disdain for anything and anyone remotely Arminian, often times go around looking for debates with Arminians to fuel their hyper-evangelistic zeal for the absolute sovereignty of God.
While I believe that having zeal for the doctrines of grace is not a bad thing, what's also important is that we must always show grace and kindness to those who have not yet arrive at our Reformed position. After all, we are preaching the doctrines of grace! The reason we are now able to rejoice in these biblical truths is solely due to the grace of God and not because of our own intellect. Hence, the doctrines of grace are supposed to humble us, not to make us spiritually proud.
That being said, I do regard historic Arminianism as heresy. I strongly believe that Arminianism qualifies as a false gospel because of its opposition to biblical truths. However, in spite of this, I also believe most Arminians are quite inconsistent in their theology. Most Arminians, in actual fact, do pray like Calvinists and have not fully examined the worked-out implications of Arminianism. And this is why I generally regard Arminians as my brothers and sisters in Christ and will continue to have Christian fellowship with them.
There are two extremes we must avoid. The first is to abandon the truth for the sake of love, while the second is to speak the truth without love. The former is regrettably quite common in Christianity today, while the latter is perhaps why we Calvinists are sometimes accused of being self-righteous and judgmental. I do think that in most cases, the accusations are often without basis and are usually cheap shots fired at us when our critics find themselves cornered in arguments.
Therefore, let us always bear in mind the teaching to "speak the truth in love" (Ephesians 4:15). Even as we fervently believe as Spurgeon believed, that "Calvinism is the gospel," we must constantly be conscious of our attitude towards others. Our goal should first and foremost be to preach Christ, not merely to win theological arguments.
Further reading:
- Why Calvinists Have a Poor Reputation
- Baby Calvinists Should Be Shackled!
- Quick-and-Dirty Calvinism
- Reformed Theology vs. the Reformed Attitude
- A Farewell to Calvinism
- You Might still be in the Caged Calvinist Stage If....
- Top Ten Signs You're a Calvinist– Who's Still in the "Cage Stage"
- Loving Calvinists: An Oxymoron?
- Is Arminianism a False Gospel?
- Are All Arminians Unsaved?


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March 01, 2013, 12:41:22 AM »
Well Jack having attended law school I am sure you encountered many people who said they never wanted to be lawyers. I think it is stupid to attend law school if you don't want to be a lawyer, but I am sure you encountered numerous people that said that I know at my school I did.
Furthermore, you know that many law school graduates do not pass the bar exam or even take it. That makes a substantial change in the percentage because as you know it is unauthorized practice of law to work as an attorney without a license.
I don't know what state you took the bar in, but California takes 4 months to release results and you don't get them until the week before thanksgiving when nobody is hiring. You essentially have to wait until January to start looking for work as a licensed attorney, which is 8 months after law school ends in California. The statistics require reporting 9 months after and law students really have a month to look for a job at that point.
When I was waiting for bar results I got numerous interviews and some clerk jobs, but nobody was going to hire me as an attorney until those results came in. I would be very curious to know what the numbers were 2-3 years after graduating from law school, because honestly everyone I went to school with that passed the bar has a job.
Further still money is not everything. I do not think law school is a great financial investment by any means it is far to expensive for what it is. However, being a lawyer lets you do things you cannot do otherwise. I love going to court and representing people, I get to get warrants for cops to bust crack houses, I get resolve nuisance problems through litigation and do all kinds of awesome things I could not do without a law license, but I am not making insane amounts of money either, but I love being a lawyer.
If it was all about dollars and cents I would have worked for this clinical psychologist that loved me in undergrad. He was making bank and wanted to pay for a clinical psychology degree to work for him, but I have no desire to be a psychologist it does not interest me. I am happy with my choice to attend law school.
Now with that to any OL's if you are looking to make big money law school is NOT the place to go. It is very expensive and to expensive in my opinion for what it is, but if you really want to be a lawyer when you pass the bar you have the right to represent client's and do some great things, but what you do with your law license is up to you.
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March 01, 2013, 08:13:07 AM »
Fair point, but lets say an OL wanted to do what you are doing.. you know, busting up crack houses.
I went to the best school in a particular metro region. The biggest DA's office was hiring 7 clerks. They conducted 35 interviews out of 200+ applications. I got one of the clerkships.
Those odds aren't horrible. I mean, you've got a 1/30 chance or so. The clerkship was a great experience. But that DA's office only added between 1-3 attorneys per year. And those attorney spots were coveted by current clerks, former clerks, graduating law students and criminal attorneys in the area. The DA told me they typically got 150
applicants for every position, and they usually went to the best clerks from the past three years.
Of course there are other city offices and other counties you could apply to, but it was tough all over. I can't give you the exact stats, but I'd be blown away if your chances to end up in a job like yours were better than 1/15 when you enter law school. If someone goes to law school with that dream, but they end up doing commercial collections work or personal injury processing, they are going to be pretty pissed off.
So while I agree with what you are saying, I hope you recognize that you were fortunate. In my opinion, the only job that is available to any licensed attorney is a spot as a solo practitioner. If you have a passion to run your own little family law firm, then yeah, law school is going to get you there.
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March 02, 2013, 02:12:26 AM »
Certainly I was fortunate and in many of your other posts I agree with you that from a pure economic standpoint law school is not a good investment. I think many people attend law school thinking it is an easy way to get rich, but if money is the most important thing to a OL I would dissuade them from law school. Despite having never met you I think you would have preferred being an economist or MBA based on your posts and economic analysis of the situation.
However, there are many people who have some cause they believe in and want to be lawyers or just care more about going to court and being licensed to practice law. To those people I think law school can be a wonderful experience as it was for me, but I know many people at my school thought law school was a quick way to get rich and based solely on the financial aspect I don't think law school is a great investment. However, my belief is that there is a lot more to life than a few thousand more dollars in your bank account. For example had I not attended law school I might very well be making more money working for this clinical psychologist I worked for during undergrad who wanted to put me through graduate school and have me be a partner in his practice. I guarantee had I done that my bank account would have been bigger than it is now he had a money making machine, but I would have been bored out of my mind listening to rich white people complain about how they don't feel loved. There are plenty of people that would love doing that it is just not me.
However, as a lawyer you have the ability to represent clients, go to court, and get judgements to resolve issues, which you cannot do unless you go to law school. I love going to work everyday it is an exciting challenge, but if money was the number 1 or very high priority to me law school would not have been a good choice.
So again that goes to my overall point that each person's situation is unique. If you look purely at statistics and costs law school is not a great financial decision, but it can be a very rewarding career for the right person, but to anyone who thinks law school is a quick way to get rich do not go. If you really have some cause you want to fight for or find the idea of litigation exciting then it may be a good career choice.
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(August 13, 2008) -The East Tennessee State University women's soccer team was picked to finish fourth in the Atlantic Sun Conference preseason poll, by the league's coaches, Wednesday.
Two-time defending champion Kennesaw State took 11 first-place votes, to headline the poll with 121 points, followed by Mercer (100), Florida Gulf Coast (97), ETSU (86), Belmont (72), Stetson (69), UNF (58), Jacksonville (46), Campbell (38), USC Upstate (25) and Lipscomb (20).
"The great thing about our conference is that each team knows they must come out and perform to win each game and earn a spot in the conference tournament," ETSU head coach Heather Henson said. "Each game marks your path to the conference tournament, which makes each contest very exciting to watch."
The Bucs have a lot to be excited about heading into the 2008 season, after finishing in fourth place in the A-Sun in 2007. In the process, ETSU made history last year, claiming its first-ever postseason victory after defeating Stetson, 2-0, and advancing to the Atlantic Sun Tournament semifinals. The Bucs return 18 letterwinners from the 2007 team, including two all-conference selections in junior Jordan Monty and sophomore Kelly Brinkman.
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Confidence is not a term strictly associated with Tennis by no means. It is a factor of life that one gains or loses. You can be confident about certain aspects of your life or deed or you can lack confidence. Within the World of Tennis however, confidence is very important. When you strike a ball, you are going to hit it with confidence or you're going to hit it with a feeling that you might flub the shot if you go for too much so maybe you had better pull back a bit.
We have a sort of team tennis setting at school. I pair the kids up and there's a point system in place and stuff like that. I look for many things during play and one of the factors I watch for is if the Player is playing with confidence. In other words, I watch to see if one of my kids is going for their shots or just doing enough to get the ball back over the Net. If I gather the latter, they get pulled from that round. I tell my kids, I'd rather see the ball fly over the fence when you were going for your big forehand inside out top spin shot then you hitting the ball as if you were afraid to put too much into it. I know that if you are having problems pulling the ball down on your top spin shots, that can be corrected but hitting the ball as if you are afraid of making a mistake, is not something we can correct. That is something within your head that you have to correct.
Words you will hear the Coaches say constantly is "Swing Out - Let it Rip - Go For it"
So all I can say is, when you're playing a match that you really want to win badly, you may have a tendency to put too much pressure on yourself to play conservatively. If you are playing a competent opponent, they will eat you up. Read my signature All it means is, try not to beat yourself win playing in any competition. Do your best to bring your game from beginning to end and if you still get beat, then your opponent was better. If you lose because you patty caked the ball and pulled back on your shots to a point where your opponent slammed winners at you all day long or you failed to hit with follow through that brings the ball down on top spin shots because you weren't sure if you could make the shot or not, then you lost because you lacked confidence.
If you made a certain shot in the pass, then you can do it again. Simple as that. If you served an ace out wide or down the center at least once, then you can do it again. Anything you tried to do on the Court that turned out successful and went as you planned, then you now have that in your list of weapons just sitting there waiting for you to use again.
If yo lose a Tennis Match, that's all that happens, you lost a Tennis match. Nothing else happens. Nobody gets hurt. The World doesn't come to an end.
World Peace is not dependent on you winning or losing. You walk over, shake the person's hand and tell them, "good game" and you go home. Hopefully you reflect on what you did or didn't do that resulted in a loss and try to correct that but if you lose because you lacked confidence and you dont' correct that, you will lose again and again until you go out there with a feeling that you are going to play your best game win or lose.
When I'm down 0-40 serving, I never panic because I have confidence on my serve. I always feel I can get back to deuce just with a couple of well placed serves. I don't build my game around my serve but I know that my serve is pretty good and if I'm down, then I concentrate on getting back on track with that part of my game.
Andy Roddick, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl, they all had that gift of knowing when in trouble, all they need to do is pop a few good serves in and their back in it again and because they have that confidence in their serve, that's exactly what happens more than not.
If your serve isn't strong, then practice your serve. Take a bucket of balls down to the court and hit serves until your arm is tired. If you don't have good technique with the serve, then first get someone to help you figure it out because you don't want to hit a 100 bad servers.
Pay attention to where your serves are going. That will tell the story on what you need to work on. If you are having problems with your serve. Let us know where most of your serves are going and we'll try to offer some help.


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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The offense reached the end zone on seven of its first nine drives while the defense held the opposition scoreless in a near flawless performance to defeat Whittier 56-0 at William Rolland Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Box Score: CLU 56, WC 0 - F
Again it was a tale of two halves as it was the week prior. The only difference is this story was enjoyable for Cal Lutheran fans from start to finish.
In the first half Cal Lutheran did its damage through the air as quarterback Jake Laudenslayer threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns. He amassed 424 first half yards including 77 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
In the second half the Kingsmen rushed for 227 of its 343 yards highlighted by Daniel Mosier's 11 carries, 137 yards and three touchdown performance. Mosier carried the ball five times for 110 yards and two scores in the second half alone.
The Cal Lutheran defense forced nine Whittier punts and seven three-and-outs in total. Tack on 17 tackles for loss including six sacks and average of only four feet per rush, it was a long day for the visiting side.
The shutout was secured courtesy of two crucial plays. After giving up a 47-yard pass play Luis Villavicencio punched the ball from behind and out of the arms of Matt Asaro and into the hands of CLU teammate Broc Galbreth. It was the Poets longest play from scrimmage on the afternoon.
Trailing by 35 late in the first half Whittier elected to push on from the Cal Lutheran 13-yard line with no timeouts. Chris Carr took down WC quarterback Chris Lopez for one of the team's six sacks to drain the final seconds before halftime.
Nearly 500 yards of total offense highlighted the Cal Lutheran offensive attack. It is more impressive considering that was achieved by halftime as Cal Lutheran headed to the locker room leading 35-0.
The Kingsmen reached the end zone eight times in all with the first three coming on touchdown passes from Laudenslayer. The senior found his favorite target Eric Rogers six times for 206 yards and two touchdowns.
Appropriately enough their first hook-up for a 51-yard TD put both of them in the Cal Lutheran career records books. Laudenslayer and Rogers moved into 10th on the all-time CLU passing yardage and receiving yardage list in program history on the same play.
Rogers became the first Kingsmen to surpass 200 receiving yards in a home game, falling just short of his own overall record of 216 yards set during last year's playoff game at Linfield.
Laudenslayer connected with Rogers for the second score of the game. On a third-and-goal from the Whittier 20-yard line Laudenslayer scrambled to his left and found Matt O'Brien for his third scoring toss of the game. The senior quarterback took over another spot on the CLU career leaders list tossing his 25th career touchdown pass.
Eight of Cal Lutheran's nine touchdown drives took less than three minutes with the final score a drive that last 4:01 featuring seven running plays totaling 37 yards. Backup quarterback Kevin Ramay played most of the second half and capped off the scoring with a 4-yard keeper.
CLU kicker Peter Keks tied a program record by booting through all eight point after tries following Kingsmen touchdowns.
In spite of CLU's offensive success the Poets did stop the Kingsmen on a fourth-and-one at the Whittier 5-yard line and an Alex Mitchell interception at the goal line prevented another CLU first half score. However the Kingsmen defense retuned possession to its offense within three snaps on both occasions.
CLU nose guard Rian Younker wrapped up 2.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss to pace the Kingsmen defense. Caius Radu led the defensive unit with seven tackles and two pass breakups in the victory.
Whittier was outgained 690-216 in total offensive yardage on the day. Lopez led the SCIAC in passing yardage prior to Saturday's contest averaging nearly 270 yards per game. He completed 13-of-28 passes for 171 yards in the loss.
Rufus Osby led the Poets rushing attack gaining 20 yards on only three carries. As a team Whittier gained just 45 yards on 34 attempts.
The Cal Lutheran defense has not allowed an opponent to score over the past six quarters following a second half shutout of Redlands and today's performance. The scoreless and SCIAC win streak of 16 games will both be on the line on the road Saturday, Oct. 15, when the Kingsmen head out to La Verne.


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Review Group Week 202 - HELLBOY: THE BRIDE OF HELL
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by 48THRiLLS » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:46 pmHellboy: The Bride of Hell
I have no previous knowledge of Hellboy except the movies which I enjoyed. I haven't read a Hellboy comic for the same reason I have not read Fables or Sandman... which is the fact that there is a whole lot of volumes going on and I just haven't had the cash to dive in. Anyhow, this was not quite a Hellboy comic but more of a comic that had Hellboy in it, so from that standpoint I was a bit disappointed. Aside from that however this was a neat little one shot, I definitely did not see the twist at the end coming at all. This was not a great comic but it was a inoffensive safe fun read it may not have me running to amazon with my credit card to purchase volumes and volumes of Hellboy books but it gave me an idea of what I am missing in this title and maybe I will check out some of the trades sooner than later. The art on this was very stylistic, I didn't quite love it but it didn't make my eyes hurt either.
by guitarsmashley » Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:45 amwhy isn't my review in there?
by ****** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:59 am
I think the answer to that is pretty obvious.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:08 am
When I did a google image search for "it's in there prego" I got about 5000 pictures of women taking digital pics of their bellies swollen with child in mirrors.
by guitarsmashley » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:27 am
I actually wrote a pretty good one.
by GHERU » Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:38 pmFinally was able to read this book
To be honest, I am not the biggest fan of Hellboy comics and I think that it because none of the ones that I have read ever "feel" like the movies. I know that I should be able to separate the movies from the comics, but for some reason in this case I cannot, maybe that's due to the fact that the moves felt so very much like a comic, or whatever.
But, in the case of "Bride of Hell" I think I finally found that Hellboy book that I really enjoyed. This book was touching in a very weird way where I ended up feeling bad for the demon and his bride. Although the book still lacked the humor that I like from the movies, it did provide an empathetic quality that I appreciated.
story 8
art 7
overall 7.5
by Jess Nukem » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:10 pm
by Punchy » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:14 pmI got a copy of this today and read it on the train, I liked it, it was a bit too expositiony, but the art was great, and the way it played with perceptions of who was good and who was bad was clever.
Review tomorrow if I'm not too hungover.
by Old Man » Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:43 pm
Buy less booze = buy more comics.
by Punchy » Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:57 pm
I bought more comics than I should have anyway!
by Punchy » Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:47 pmHellboy: The Bride Of Hell - 'The Bride Of Hell' - Mignola and Corben
Story - For reasons that are unknown even to myself, I've never read a Hellboy comic before this one here. I don't understand why that is, I like the movies, I like Mignola's art, there is no good reason for me to not have read Hellboy before in my life. But there it is, no Hellboy until now. So what did I think of this one-shot?
It was OK.
Just OK, there were some good ideas present here, and I liked how it played with perceptions of good and evil, but there was too much exposition, and there was nothing here that set the book apart from anything else. I understand this is part of Dark Horse's one-shot initiative to pick up readers who are bored with Crossovers at bigger companies, but I can't help that feel this might have needed more substance to hook these disillusioned superhero fans, this just seemed like a normal superhero story, albeit with a bit more research put into the mystical mumbo-jumbo. From what I've read Mignola is playing with some truly epic mythology in the book's main plots, and that would have been more useful here, rather than a big red dude punching a monster.
Because that's basically what this issue is, an American tourist has gone missing, and Hellboy tries to save her from a big monster. I was kind of disappointed that this was just Hellboy, and that Abe Sapien or that Pyrokinetic character weren't involved, I like Abe Sapien a lot from the movies.
You can't fault Mignola for his love of mythology, it fuels the whole book, but over half of this issue was taken up by exposition about the history of this monster, of warring groups of Knights, of King Solomon, and it was just a bit too much, I'd prefer some more action and characterisation from Hellboy himself (who only has like 10 lines of dialogue) in a one-shot designed to make me go back and make an expensive commitment to an entire library of trades.
That said, the way Mignola switched it around in the end, with the Monster being innocent, and the kindly priest being evil was pretty clever, and played with my idea of which side of good and evil each religion is, in Western society, you tend to automatically assume anything Christian is right and good, but it's not necessarily true, Christians have done some shitty things, such as murdering a Monster's wives!
This was an OK issue, there were some interesting ideas, but Mignola spent too much time teaching us about Mythology, and not enough time actually writing his title character. It may be a brief respite from Dark Reign and Blackest Night fever, but afterwards, I felt like I needed something a bit more substantial (So I read Dark Avengers #12).
Art - Richard Corben is an artistic legend, and rightly so, his blocky style is unique, and perfectly suited for the dark, horror tone of a Hellboy series. One thing I found interesting was that he rendered much of the book in his own style, but Hellboy looked much more Mignola-esque, which is only appropriate. While I'd rather see Mike Mignola write and draw his stories, Corben is a more than adequate substitute.
Best Line - 'This is just the kind of crap gives people nightmares'
by thefourthman » Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:52 pmis it me or is a large part of Punchy's review contradicting another large part of his review?
by Punchy » Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:53 pm
I think it's you.
by thefourthman » Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:57 pm
I don't know dude, you spend a fair amount in the beginning saying there is nothing there, just a big red guy punching a monster. Then you say that it spends too much time on mythology and you would like more action. Then you say you went to read some Dark Avengers for more "substance" or some such shit. It seems like you go to one extreme to dislike it then say you dislike for the opposite extreme. Actually your review made my head hurt more than Final Crisis.
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Maggie is a brindle-colored Boston Terrier who loves every dog and person that she meets. She loves to fetch, take naps, and chase her mommy's feet when she is wearing flip flops. Maggie's adorable look and her sweet personality make her the center of attention wherever she goes!
My name is Hope. I'm a redheaded Boston Terrier.
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Oliver loves to run around and play in the park. He can chew on his favorite toys for hours, but when he's done with that he wants to cuddle with me and take a puppy nap!


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I know it's late for Cinco De Mayo. Did you celebrate? I didn't but I made this dish to honor the 5th of May. If you'd like to know more about Cinco De Mayo, please check out this post from Nancy @ Spicie Foodie. She will tell you about the history and the importance of this day.
PS: If I haven't been around your blog much, please accept my apology! I'm looking for a new job and the free time has gone to that part a lot lately (good thing my boss doesn't read my blog *wink*)
Mexican Lasagna Cupcake
Yield: 24 cupcakes
1 package spinach tortilla or any kind you like
1 lb ground chicken thigh
1 lb ground pork
1 cup frozen or fresh corn
2-3 zucchini, think julienne
1 can black bean, drained
1/2 yellow onion, diced
1 Tbs chili powder
1 Tbs chipotle powder
1 tsp cumin
1 cup Taco sauce. I used medium spicy (if I could find hot, I would use the hot one)
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups Cheddar and Monterrey Jack mixed
Vegetable oil
Chopped cilantro and green onion
Muffin pan
Vegetable oil spray
Biscuit cutters 3" and 2.5"
- Use a biscuit cutter cut tortilla into 2 different sizes. The bigger ones will be go to the bottom of the muffin pan and the smaller ones will be at the top. Set aside cut tortillas.
- Pre-heat oven to 375 F
- I used a wok because I just loved using wok. Heat u a wok on high heat. Add oil and swirl to coat.
- Add meats and use a wooden spoon to break it apart until it's cooked though.
- Add onion and stir fry it until the onion is translucent. Add all the seasonings - chili powder, chipotle powder, cumin, salt and pepper.
- Stir well. Add corns, beans and zucchini and finish with taco sauce. Cook until everything is mixed and cooked through.
- Spray vegetable oil to muffin pan only the first time.
- Place bigger cut tortilla at the bottom of each cup. Add meat mixture about 1 Tbs. Add cheese on top and on the side. Cheese will work as a glue in this cupcake.
- Add another later of meat and top with cheese. Don't forget to add cheese on the side of meat too.
- Top with smaller cut tortilla and top with cheese.
- Bake for 8 mins.
- After it's done, let it cool and set about 5-7 mins.
- Remove by using a big flat spoon and a dinner knife to help.
- Place it on a plate and top with sour cream and cilantro/green onion.
|Sprinkle cheese on top and the side
|Top with cut tortiall and more cheese
|Baked and awaiting for it to be set
|Serve with sour cream and cilantro, and green onion
|MAGNUM! To show how good it is, I finished it all and even licked the stick!
Thanks to FoodBuzz's Taste Maker program and Magnum Ice Cream for a great product. I confirm it's good!


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Here's a quick summary of the main nationalities that you'll find in my family tree.
Most of my research has been done in regard to my maternal great grandmother's ancestors, though I have since expanded research to include nearer ancestors to myself and my own children and spouse.
Be sure to scroll down an view the slide show of coats of arms.
English Descent:
The Pilgrims of Plymouth, MA in my family tree are descended from Jenny Lucy Currier Walton's materal grandmother, Lucy Ann Pond's line.
First settlers of Essex County, MA mostly have their descent through Jenny Lucy Currier Walton's pateral grandfather, George E. Currier
Scottish Descent:
Samuel Currier (paternal line)
William Dickie (maternal line)
Ulster Scot:
John Mitchell
Welsh Descent:
Walton, Felch, Eaton
Greenleaf, Coffin
Royal Descent:
Joseph Bolles
Sweden – Kenneth Olson (father of Carla Olson Gade)
Norway and Sweden – Bradford Gade(my spouse and sons).
Some ancestors migrated to Canada for various reasons, not withstanding for political causes. Oliver Mitchell (Quebec), Moses Estey (Maugerville), Pond, Bradley, James Dickie (Marysville)
Mass Bay Colony
Plymouth & Essex County
Maine: Frost, Bolles
New Hampshire:
Rockingham/Hudson area: John Mitchell


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Robotic-assisted surgery for invasive bladder cancer caused less bleeding and allowed patients to return home sooner with no difference in oncologic outcomes compared with conventional surgery, investigators reported in a small pilot study.
Initial results from an ongoing randomized trial showed no significant difference in the rate of positive surgical margins or number of lymph nodes evaluated with robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery versus open radical cystectomy, Dipen Parekh, MD, of the University of Miami, and colleagues wrote in the Journal of Urology online.
Robotic surgery was associated with 50% less blood loss, more than a threefold increase in the proportion of patients who left the hospital within 5 days, and a 20% reduction in the rate of transfusion in the first 47 randomized patients, they added.
"Our study validates the concept of randomizing patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy to an open or robotic approach," the authors concluded.
"Our results suggest no significant differences in surrogates of oncologic efficacy," they said of this pilot study. "Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy demonstrates potential benefits of decreased estimated blood loss and decreased hospital stay compared to open radical cystectomy. Our results need to be validated in a larger multicenter, prospective, randomized clinical trial."
Open radical cystectomy has proven highly effective for control of muscle-invasive bladder cancer and selected patients with high-grade nonmuscle-invasive disease. However, the surgery is associated with substantial perioperative morbidity.
Over the past decade, minimally invasive surgical procedures have emerged as viable alternatives to several types of open surgery. More recently, studies have demonstrated the feasibility of minimally invasive surgical treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer, according to the authors.
Most of the favorable data for robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) has come from retrospective studies. The only prospective comparison suggested equivalence between RARC and open cystectomy with respect to pathologic outcomes and suggested potential advantages for RARC in terms of perioperative morbidity (Eur Urol 2010; 57: 196).
To add to the prospective data, investigators in 2009 began to screen and enroll patients in a randomized trial of RARC and open cystectomy. The primary objective of the study was to determine the feasibility of randomizing patients, collecting preliminary data on oncologic outcomes, and assessing perioperative outcomes.
Parekh's group reported findings for 40 evaluable patients enrolled through June 2011. No patient randomized to robotic laparoscopic cystectomy required conversion to open surgery.
The two groups, all of whom had biopsy proven bladder cancer, did not differ significantly with respect to baseline characteristics or perioperative pathologic outcome. One patient (5%) in each group had positive surgical margins (both patients had T4 disease). The median lymph nodes evaluated in the RARC arm was 11 versus 23 with open surgery (P=0.135).
Comparison of operative outcomes showed no difference in median operative time, median units transfused, percentage of patients requiring transfusion, median length of stay, or complications.
Results favored robotic surgery with respect to median blood loss (400 mL versus 800 mL, P=0.003) and the proportion of patients who left the hospital within 5 days (35% versus 10%, P=0.030).
Additionally, there was a trend toward fewer transfusions in the RARC arm (40% versus 50% in the open-surgery arm), but the difference was not significant (P=0.26).
The study was limited by the sample size and the lack of power to detect differences in oncologic efficacy as well as perioperative outcomes.
Parekh and co-authors acknowledged the need to validate the results in larger studies, and toward that end, he and his colleagues launched a phase III, multicenter trial to compare RARC and open radical cystectomy.
They also said they are assessing data on quality of life, activities of daily living, hand grip strength, and mobility data for all patients who have completed current analysis.
Parekh has disclosed a relationship with Intuitive Surgical.
- Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner


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After Sandy, How to Recover Stock Certificates
One of the bigger custodians/clearinghouses for Wall Street, Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., reported that a flooded vault had jeopardized roughly 1.3 million stock certificates it had stored there. MarketWatch's Chuck Jaffe discusses how to get back those valuable pieces of paper.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... you're looking flooding and in turn outside the New York Stock Exchange plane seen the team on shore Lance week and the resulting damage that occurred ... and that damage includes some very important documents like stock certificates ... and here to talk about how to recover some stock Stockton to be gets this Chuck Jaffe for MarketWatch Chuck a goat ... in the store is amazing because it is digital ... there ... were still talking to opt out ... damages to paper ... explain you how how you can do ... why why this is still an issue and and if it is heightened about recovery ... well the good news is ... that he's always order marginally in issue it it sounds worse than it is a need ... from the standpoint of being institutions ... of Depository Trust Clearing Corporation which has the balls in New York City the ball was flooded with seawater ... it had one point three million certificates ... the estimates of the value range ... north of thirteen trillion dollars effective ... was it also had electronic Records and disappoint ... electronic records for sufficient ... so that you don't need to have the certificate sent ... to separate electronic records were kept ... absolutely ... aam and so ... functionally they had this shot down and start to go to rethink what they wanna do with the certificates and what they can read dude cetera ... when somebody has to take the kids that were held in their ball ... functionally they were also ... aware that electronically I was like this is your only record so since this is something to learn your ally ... and I think it's mostly for Iraq my column about a woman in New Jersey ... who had come from her parents she had the papers we are ... going into the storm she doesn't want to get what she needs in her car ... and basically train crash ... takes our car ... with the front seats on and everything else and then the overture to get ... through this it's easy enough to avoid ... but it you're gonna insist on having paper certificates ... take and ... make a copy of them keep the top three separate from the originals and then if anything happens like this you got a place to go to say ... here's all my information ... to make it easier ... putting them in her case where ... the certificates are real and ... does not have too much trouble ... getting ... the certificate replies to the point that when you when you're preparing for a stormy night you load up on a flashlight Sandy nonperishable food is up but ... there are deals that did ... to to think about that one paperwork and securing that ... if however that the board to get them and what are some of the ways that people can do to to get that stuff back ... well there's a variety of things in some of it depends on how you own this summer to hold a certificate in ... socially and you have everything we have the front and back you're gonna be able to contact ... the transfer agent and figure it out but ... the thing is important is finding out who the transfer AG is and I'm going to read their process ... the SCC has a well defined process ... and the only real issue you have ... in Rachel's case ... she was looking for her parents are potentially valuing and then selling some of the securities pushing out can sell them to Joshi first replaces ... so ... that's the problem by ... your contract you know as the company go to the investor relations department Corporation a cure all but ... as a Hoosier trades breaking ... their ... record a new ... European will work with them ... to reconstruct the certificate to get back the paperwork that you need it won't ... be fought ... an insult to injury honesty ... and truth is ... ten percent of the kids are really necessary ... I know people like to have them ... but this is one of those times you go I'd rather just be in St and and ... this is not the only disaster go back to nine eleven where after the towers fell and some papers everywhere ... well received ... electronic entry is good enough ... those folks who rely a lot of papers ... many of the old fashioned


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BAKER � Graduation didn't hit the Baker School boys basketball team too hard. The only senior the Gators lost was post player Garrett Sanders, but there is still plenty of work for Coach Mike Martello to do.
BAKER � Graduation didn't hit the Baker School boys basketball team too hard. The only senior the Gators lost was post player Garrett Sanders, but there is still plenty of work for Coach Mike Martello to do.
The Gators also took a big hit when starting point guard Josh Hartzog transferred to Laurel Hill.
"Senior wise we only lost Garrett Sanders," Martello said. "He was a strong presence for us on the inside. We've got some strong bodies but nobody that has the experience he had so we've got a little growing up to do there.
Josh Hartzog was by far our best ball handler. He really gave us an aspect we lack this year in handling the ball when facing defensive pressure."
One of the options to replace Hartzog at point guard is Justin Morgan, who is probably the best returning player on the team. Morgan would ideally play on the inside, but Martello may not have that option as the Gators will probably use a number of players at the guard positions.
"Morgan is probably going to have to come out and handle the ball because we don't have a true ball handler," Martello said. "It could be a combination of (Austin) Hicks, (Austin) Walters and Morgan up top. Or we could go with (Brooks) Taylor, Hicks and Morgan up top.
"It's just a matter of finding what personnel works best for us."
The Gators might be inexperienced on the inside, but Martello is confident that they will be OK in the paint.
"I really like (Richard) Stroheker and (Austin) Martin underneath," Martello said. "I think Montae Barto will help us.
"I'm pleased with him. He's a big, strong guy and he's picked up things really quick."
Several football players recently joined the basketball team and Martello believes they will contribute in big ways as the season cranks up.
Stroheker, Martin and Barto are football players as are Calvin Blakenship, Jonathan Gatewood and Wilder Kersey.
Kersey is an option at both guard and forward. Blankenship is a first-time player who seems to have a good upside. Gatewood, who is a junior, gained valuable experience on the junior varsity last year and is expected to contribute.
Colton Kilpatrick started in the season opener against Rocky Bayou Christian. Kilpatrick will continue to be in the mix for a starting position.
Taylor, who missed the opener, gives the Gators a deep threat shooting the 3-point shot.
Baker's District 3-1A is again shaping up to be a gauntlet. Northview, Chipley and Holmes County are always tough. Jay has everyone returning from last year. And Freeport is an unknown with a new coach.
"We've got a lot of work ahead, but I feel confident these guys have got it in them to get the job done," Martello said. " I know we are not going to frighten anybody with athleticism.
"I hope that we will get out there and play hard. We've got a pretty deep bench and that's another strength we will have."
Randy Dickson is the Crestview News Bulletin�s sports editor. Email him at email@example.com, tweet him @BigRandle, or call 682-6524.


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Sam Kramer admitted to having had falcon fantasies as a kid; suiting up in the light armor of his imagination before mounting a war horse and ordering his squire to hand up his hooded falcon.
"I never really thought about having one, but it was in the back of my mind. I kept looking into it. I always had a passion for birds and bird watching," the Ross School senior said last week between classes.
He grew up in New York City, and his fantasy was built upon by the book "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George, about a boy who leaves his family's cramped apartment in New York City to survive in the Catskill Mountains using Indian skills, with air support provided by Frightful, a peregrine falcon.
"I felt connected to the story," Mr. Kramer said, but it wasn't until a friend of his father's, Dennis Roy, chief of the Southampton Fire Department and a falconer, invited him to meet his female goshawk that he decided to use the Ross School's senior project program to turn fantasy into a soaring reality. "I never thought I would have the time for it. It was my opportunity."
The first step was to find a bird — a juvenile red-tailed hawk was his raptor of choice. Falconry is strictly regulated by the State Department of Environmental Conservation, and an apprentice falconer can only have a red-tail or a kestrel to train with. Would-be falconers are required to work for five years under a master falconer in order to obtain a license. Other types of raptor can be used after two years of the apprenticeship.
"We drove around the North Fork looking for a first-year bird, but couldn't find one. I was getting worried. It was late in the year."
Through the New York State Falconry Association, Mr. Kramer learned of a man named Brian Bunt in Monroe, N.Y. A trip was made and on Nov. 3, two young male red-tailed hawks were trapped. "I took the bigger of the two," a bird the novice falconer has named Atlas.
Trapping the hawk "was a sport in itself," he said. A pigeon is used as bait, one wearing a harness tethered to a pole by a long string. "The birds come in, hit and stun the pigeon. The falconer pulls the pigeon under a net. The hawk follows it."
Since capturing Atlas, Sam Kramer has been training his future hunting partner, a long process. First, suitable indoor housing for the hawk must be provided. Mr. Kramer renovated a 12-by-12-foot shed for the purpose. The facility has to pass D.E.C. inspection. Mr. Roy has shown him out to attach "jesses," long leather straps for the hawk's ankles with a metal swivel to prevent the anklets from twisting.
"I hold on to the tether. Training is based on food. For the first few days, the hawk spends time on your fist [inside a thick leather glove] while you try to get him to eat. If he doesn't eat there, he doesn't eat. This guy was stubborn. It took nine days for him to eat. Now he eats like crazy."
Mr. Kramer said that once Atlas was eating, he worked at getting the hawk to jump onto his fist to get food. "He comes to believe you're his source of food. You use a lure, a padded leather thing. He learns it means food. He gets food when he retrieves it from longer and longer distances."
And, speaking of food, it is most important to manage a bird's weight carefully, Mr. Kramer said. "Always keep the bird hungry enough to want to hunt and respond to a signal."
The falconer said it would be a few more weeks for Atlas to be ready to go into the field. "I've read that for the first 10 kills, you allow the bird to gorge on his prey. Then, if I want the whole pelt, or the meat, I will put food, a piece of chicken, on my glove, and while he's eating, slide the rabbit or quail out of sight."
"I don't think I've ever eaten rabbit, but I'll try it."


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Congressman James Langevin said Friday that he's working to bring legislation to the House floor that would delay higher flood insurance premiums for four years.
"It has my attention and the attention of my colleagues," Langevin said of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act.
The act that took affect last July phases out federal subsides of the flood insurance program. As a result, homeowners with subsidized policies are seeing premium increases that Rhode Island realtors report have adversely impacted the market and have some people questioning whether they can afford to keep their homes.
"I know my constituents are feeling pain," Langevin said.
The congressman said that if nothing is done, the legislation, which he and the rest of the Rhode Island Congressional delegation voted for, would adversely affect neighborhoods. The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act addresses the $24 billion flood insurance program debt by eliminating government subsides. Now, however, homeowners with flood insurance are realizing the impact of the program.
"If we don't do something, it's going to alter the neighborhoods," Langevin said.
In Warwick, 1,871 homeowners have flood insurance policies. Of that number, about 40 percent are subsidized. Flood insurance is required for mortgaged homes within a flood zone that is determined by maps drawn by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The risk that a property is subject to affects the premium, and is determined by the flood zone and its elevation above the base flood level.
In Conimicut, Oakland Beach, Riverview and other low lying coastline Warwick neighborhoods, some that have survived successive storms, including the 1938 hurricane, don't meet today's flood codes. Those homeowners are seeing dramatic increases in their premiums, with reports of a policy costing $4,500 escalating to $32,000 to cover $250,000 in damage.
Last month, the Senate majority approved the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act. The legislation includes an amendment introduced by Senator Jack Reed that calls for a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance programs.
"This kind of voluntary, community-based flood insurance plan could potentially give communities the option to purchase blanket policies for all properties in their communities or a portion of their communities," according to a release from Reed's office.
Langevin didn't offer an opinion on Reed's provision, but he is pushing for a bill to delay premium increases.
"We have to do the right thing," he insisted.
But getting the bill to a floor vote in the House has proved challenging. Langevin said 185 Representatives have signed onto the bill, which is short of the 218 needed for a clear majority. He said, without that majority, the House leadership wouldn't bring the bill up for a vote.
"I'm going to try to raise the volume to get the Speaker's attention," Langevin said.
If the bill reached the floor and gained approval, it is still unknown what will become of those people who have already lost subsidies and are paying higher premiums.
Would they get a refund? Will the difference be applied to future premiums?
Langevin didn't have an answer.
"That would have to be taken up in conference," he said.
Well perhaps then, he shouldn't have voted for the initial legislation in the FIRST PLACE! Good grief! When are people going to wake up and stop voting these fools into office?
This article would hold much more water (no pun intended) with the voters, if he and his colleagues just came right out and admitted their error. Now he's trying to play "hero" when in all reality he is the villain who voted for it in the first place!
"We have to do the right thing," he insisted. In other words, 'We need to undo what we've done.' This would be comical if it weren't so infuriating.. And the scary part is that people will continue to line up and vote for this guy because they feel sorry for him. Nice guy, even admirable guy. But a guy who manufactures a problem for his constituents, then pounds his chest when he attempts to fix the problem that he, himself, has created. Time for Jim to be introduced to the dreaded private sector.
Help us Stop FEMA and Save Our Homes and Communities.. We are a local community organization dedicated to stopping this flood insurance mayhem that congress is responsible for creating. Someone(s) are getting very rich over this. When I first contacted the legislators about this in July, they had no idea what I was talking about. Later in a follow-up call I was told that it was tagged on to the transportation bill that they didn't know was there. Proves that they never read what they vote on. This is seizure by proxy. The government is using the banks to take our homes by foreclosure. Help us fight this injustice. Remember this when you vote in November.
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There are only two major reasons we lost today.
1) Our lines got beat up all game. They have very good offensive and defensive lines who beat us up all game and in the fourth quarter they basically died - especially our defensive line who looked gassed by the beginning of the fourth. Maybe the heat played into it as well but our lines were the biggest disappointment this game - they clearly were not up to the task.
2) Trufant is bad. They basically kept Bess in the slot all game and we never doubled him even though an inferior corner was on him and couldn't handle him. But our defensive line didn't help out much today.
I thought play calling was adequate but you aren't going to win games when you give up 17 points in the fourth quarter and can't run the ball.


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Barbie has always been known for her curves – but a new doll from Mattel is upping the ante, much to some parents' consternation.
The Barbie "Back to Basics" collection is a new line of Barbie dolls dressed in stylish cocktail attire: Little black dresses, off-the-shoulder frocks and tiny strapless numbers. But one doll in the line is grabbing all the attention: No. 10, who's quickly earned the nickname "Busty Barbie."
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Part of the Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture exhibition.
Part of the Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture exhibition.
Adventures in the Global Kitchen: Root Vegetables with Alex Guarnaschelli
Join Alex Guarnaschelli, executive chef at Butter restaurant and The Darby, on Wednesday, December 12, as she discusses the importance of sustainable agriculture. By creating savory vegetable samplings, Guarnaschelli will inspire you to make smart buying choices and raise awareness of how necessary such often undercelebrated root vegetables as celery and rutabaga are to Earth's ecosystem and biodiversity. Chef Guarnaschelli will be joined by Eleanor Sterling, Director of the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation and co-curator of the new exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture. Click here for more information and to buy tickets.
Kwanzaa 2012: First Fruits of the Harvest
Join the Museum's 34th annual Kwanzaa celebration on Saturday, December 29, to experience the rich traditions of Kwanzaa—which means "first fruits of the harvest" in Swahili—and honor the holiday'sseven guiding principles. The festival, hosted by storyteller Linda Humes, will include a special Karamu (African Feast) on-stage interview with pioneering transcultural lifestyle expert and successful restaurateur B. Smith, family-friendly hands-on activities, and an international marketplace. Restoration Dance Theatre Company and Balance Dance Theatre, led by acclaimed choreographer Obediah Wright, will perform in an exciting program that also includes newcomers Soul Steps and Underground System Afrobeat. Free for Members or with Museum admission; click here for more information.
How to Feed a Growing Planet
On Thursday, January 10, join us for an exciting evening panel discussion exploring a variety of viewpoints on global food security. Panelists include Raj Patel (Food First Policy Fellow, researcher, activist and best-selling author of Stuffed and Starved, Food Rebellions, and The Value of Nothing), Molly Jahn (Professor in the Laboratory of Genetics and Department of Agronomy at the University of Madison-Wisconsin; former Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics at the USDA); and Chef Marcus Samuelsson, UNICEF Ambassador and owner of Harlem's Red Rooster restaurant. Click here for more information and to buy tickets.
Adventures in the Global Kitchen: American Foods, Indian Flavors
On Tuesday, January 22, take a culinary journey across the globe with Chef Floyd Cardoz, Bravo's season 3 Top Chef Master and executive chef of North End Grill. Through his use of signature Indian spices and taste memory Chef Cardoz will discuss the techniques and incorporation of Indian flavors used to successfully blend culinary traditions with Western cuisine—sharing stories of gourmet inspiration from his native country along the way. Food tastings included. A book signing of Chef Cardoz's cookbook One Spice, Two Spice to follow. Click here for more information and to buy tickets.
Festival Luna
In anticipation of the upcoming Lunar New Year, this two-day Global Weekends festival will take place on Friday, January 25, and Saturday, January 26. Festival Luna invites visitors to explore and experience traditions old andnew that celebrate the Moon. Enjoy a meditative reflection on the dawa (moon) with a Lama from Tibet; learn a Grandmother Ehnita song from singer-songwriter Bear Fox and Akwesasne Women Singers of the Mohawk Nation; and create your own Dong Ho Vietnamese folk painting. Fly to the moon with Chinese Theatre Works, dance to the majestic sounds of the Korean Daegeum bamboo flute, music by Paul Yeon Lee and the New York Korean Traditional Marching Band, share favorite holiday stories at the Kitchen Conversations mobile recording booth, and look forward to the Year of the Snake by learning about Chinese culinary holiday traditions with master wok chef Grace Young. Free for Members or with Museum admission; click here for more information.
Sackler Brain Bench One-Day University: Your Food, Your Future
Humans have been domesticating crops and animals for more than 10,000 years to suit our needs, with both positive and negative consequences to human health, the evolution of various species, and the environment. What will we do in the centuries to come to feed a growing global population? How will we protect the seeds of valuable crop species? Will we be growing meat in laboratories? Will vertical agriculture become commonplace? Find out the difference between science and science fiction on Saturday, February 2, a day of learning designed to bring you into conversation with leading experts on this subject. Click here for more information and to buy tickets.
The Future of Food
What are the hidden forces that shape what we eat? How will biotechnology and trade change our food systems in the future? Are genetically modified foods the problem, the solution, or besides the point? Can we "patent" nature? What are the legal and ethical implications at play? Bust through common myths and discover the real science and issues beyond the headlines in this groundbreaking conversation with experts from diverse fields at this special program on Tuesday, March 5. Join plant geneticist Paul Gepts, economic journalist Fred Kaufman, ethicist Paul Root Wolpe, and intellectual property lawyer Rochelle Dreyfuss for an intellectual feast about the future of food. Click here for more information and to buy tickets.
Milstein Science Series: Ocean Eats
Explore the relationship between humans and the oceans, from cultural traditions and fishing practices to sustainable seafood, and learn how to be a steward of Earth's seas in this family-friendly program on Sunday, March 10. Join host Mark Siddall, scientist Eleanor Sterling, chef Chris Young, and author Mark Kurlansky with his daughter Talia Kurlansky as they discuss the challenges of sustainable practices. Enjoy hands–on activities and a performance by the Story Pirates. Click here for more information.
Adventures in the Global Kitchen: Foraging
Join Tama Matsuoka Wong, forager for Daniel, the renowned New York City restaurant of Daniel Boulud, and author of Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer's Market on Thursday, March 21, to learn how eating from nature's garden can add to the modern dining table. Food tastings included; a book signing will follow. Click here for more information and tickets.
Come early and visit the exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture. Ticket holders will receive free admission to the exhibition from 5:45–6:15 pm.
Adventures in the Global Kitchen: The Art of Fermentation
Learn how simple it is to make your own kimchi, kefir, and other fermented delicacies in a lively conversation with Sandor Katz, fermentation specialist and author ofThe Art of Fermentation, Dan Felder, head of Research & Development at Momofuku's Culinary Lab, and Eleanor Sterling, director of the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation and co-curator of the new exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture, on Wednesday, April 24. Discover the healing qualities and nutritional importance of live-culture ferments, as well as their integral role in human cultural evolution. Click here for more information and tickets.
Come early and visit the exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture. Ticket holders will receive free admission to the exhibition from 5:45–6:15 pm.
Sackler Brain Bench: Why We Eat What We Eat
In this informal, salon-style series over the course of four Mondays, April 15-May 6, participants will be able to probe the science, psychology, and social norms that shape the food choices we make—choices that have grown more complex than at any other time in our species' evolution. Experts will lead each session, with participants encouraged to bring in their questions, shopping lists, myths, and opinions about food and health, longevity, and taste, and come away with decisive understanding about the food we eat. Participate in individual sessions or in the series. Click here for information and tickets.
The Museum greatly acknowledges The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. for its support to establish The Sackler Brain Bench, part of the Museum's Sackler Educational Laboratory, in the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, offering ongoing programs and resources for adults, teachers, and students to illuminate the extraordinary working of the human brain.
SciCafe: Flavor Labs: Demystifying the Science of Taste
Ever wonder why some can eat Brussels sprouts by the bushel while others cringe at the thought? Is it only a matter of "taste" or perhaps something more? Join Barb Stuckey, professional flavor developer and author of TASTE: Surprising Stories and Science About Why Food Tastes So Good, on Wednesday, May 1, at SciCafe for a discussion on the science and meaning behind taste—revealing how much we actually know about how taste works. Click here for more information.
Adventures in the Global Kitchen: Japanese Sake
Join writer and sake "samurai" Timothy Sullivan on Thursday, May 16, as he reveals behind-the-scenes details about Japan's famous Hakkaisan Sake Brewery. Learn all about the classification, brewing process, and historical significance of what the Japanese sometimes call the "drink of the gods." A selection of premium sake from Hakkaisan Sake Brewery will be served. Ticket holders to this event are invited to arrive early and visit the exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture free, from 5:45–6:15 pm. Click here for more information and tickets.
Adventures in the Global Kitchen: Exotic Flavors in Fine Dining
How have immigrant culinary traditions of New York City influenced the food served in its fine restaurants? On Thursday, June 6, Chef Daniel Humm and General Manager Will Guidara of acclaimed restaurant Eleven Madison Park will discuss how they've melded Jewish, Italian, Irish, and other traditions during New York City's mass immigrations into contemporary fine-dining cuisine. Humm and Guidara will be joined in conversation by Mitchell Davis, executive vice president of the James Beard Foundation. Tastings from Eleven Madison Park included. Ticket holders to this event are invited to arrive early and visit the exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture free, from 5:45–6:15 pm.
The Presenting Sponsor of the Museum's cultural programming is MetLife Foundation.
Support for Kwanzaa 2012! is made possible, in part, by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., and the family of Frederick H. Leonhardt.
Kwanzaa 2012! is co-presented with Community Works and New Heritage Theatre Works. The Kwanzaa Marketplace is organized by the Harlem Arts Alliance.
The Museum greatly acknowledges The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. for its support to establish The Sackler Brain Bench, part of the Museum's Sackler Educational Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Human Origins, in the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins.
The Milstein Science Series is proudly sponsored by the Paul and Irma Milstein Family.
SciCafe is proudly sponsored by Judy and Josh Weston.
The exclusive corporate sponsor for Our Global Kitchen Education Programs is Chase.
Global Kitchens tasting experiences presented by Whole Foods Market.


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by Lou Mancinelli
Although he did not win, Patrick McCauley, Ph.D., a philosophy and religious studies professor at Chestnut Hill College, was nominated for Most Valuable Professor in a nationwide contest sponsored last month by Questia, an online collection of books and newspaper, magazine and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences.
Voting for the top ten finalists – professors from Boston to Michigan to California – took place in late April. In addition to the award, Questia will create three $2,500 scholarships to be awarded in the MVP's name, according to a news release.
"I wasn't getting too wrapped up in it because it's kind of a national thing," McCauley said.
If he had won, he said he might have arranged for one of the scholarships to be connected to the school's service mission and another perhaps for a student faced with unforeseen economic misfortune.
"The very idea that I could do something that would show up in the newspaper like this and kind of give notoriety to the school is great," said McCauley, who teaches philosophical thinking, fundamentals of moral theology, global perspectives on Christian spirituality, world religions and more.
Before teaching at Chestnut Hill, McCauley, 47, who was raised outside of Boston, worked as a camera technician for two years before the turn of the century on movies like "Analyze This," "How Stella Got Her Groove Back", and "Witches of Eastwick." He majored in film and minored in English literature, philosophy and religion at Ithaca College in upstate New York, A few years later he earned a master's degree in 20th century English literature and literary theory from Binghamton University.
But even before working in the world of film alongside major players, McCauley realized his future scene would be a classroom. He recalled a professor at Ithaca College telling him, "A movie is megaphone without ears."
That's when McCauley realized he preferred a life of discussion to a life of production. Making a movie, he said, wasn't "as interesting to me as getting into a classroom and trying to really make a best effort to improve someone's life – that's where it manifests for me. And I'm not the only one like that at Chestnut Hill [College]."
After teaching at Iowa for a few years, he moved with his wife, Kathryn West, a social worker raised in Philadelphia, to West Chester in 1998. He taught at Rosemont College and then, because of what he explained as proximity, accepted an offer to teach at West Chester University, where he taught for seven years before joining CHC in 2006, the same year he finished his dissertation.
Though he finished his doctoral class work in 2001, the years in between were spent working and raising a family. He is the father of two boys, 5 and 7. And though his dissertation, "Reading by the Light of a Burning Phoenix," published last year by Lambert Academic Publishing, is a learned, academic, Kantian interpretation of Herman Hesse's "Steppenwolf," McCauley teaches his introductory philosophy students, who are majoring in other areas, by appealing to their own sense of self-value and self-excellence.
To convey the message of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," McCauley plays clips of various commercials that he claims have a tendency to cast light-skinned people in powerful or privileged positions and darker-skinned people in service roles.
The "Allegory of the Cave" is a story in which Socrates describes a group of people who spend their lives chained to the wall of a cave looking at a blank wall. They see shadows of images projected by things that pass before a fire outside the cave, and the people begin to ascribe forms to the shadows. McCauley explained it as a parable of people being affected by a culture yet unaware of its influence.
"I'm trying to show people prejudices are in their head they are not aware of," he said about the commercial clips. The specific casting was something he learned while working on film in Hollywood and New York.
He said students, who are often overwhelmed by or uninterested in philosophy, often responded to the subject when presented with issues like deciding what one should do or not do, or moral philosophy. Are you friends with someone because of what you get from them or because you value their character?
To do that, he leans on his movie background, where, for McCauley, a film's themes are the most important part of the production. He has a list of dozens of films he may show during class, including American History X, with its tale of looking at the true human behind an extremist supremacist identity.
And it's the meaningful themes of life he wants to discuss with his students and incorporate in his role as an individual, father and professor.
"[It's] not to just to show them Socrates said 'X' and Immanuel Kant said 'Y,'" McCauley said, "but, how do you decide how you behave? How do you prioritize"?
He introduces students to the idea of "eudaimonia," a concept of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and a preferred theme of St. Thomas Aquinas. Eudaimonia is the idea that everyone desires his or her own individual excellence, McCauley explained.
"You have to figure out what is so important to you that you would do whatever it takes to be great," he said.
He said underneath all his work and philosophical excursions runs the common theme of self-improvement and the desire for that to lead to the improvement of others, something that runs true with the CHC mission and vision of the Sisters of Saint Joseph who founded the school.
"The Sisters of Saint Joseph are built on the idea of reaching out to the dear neighbor," said McCauley, referring to the dear neighbor concept, a social theme presented in Kant's work that McCauley studied for his dissertation and that connected his past to the present.
"I'm a huge believer in the spirit of Chestnut Hill [College]," McCauley said. "We don't just teach the class. We try to be a professor for the whole student. As teachers, we are as involved in the learning process as the students."


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