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Title: Jan-Henry Groenen papers
Dates: 1966-1973
Collection Number: 83075
Creator: Groenen, Jan-Henry.
Collection Size: 1 manuscript box (0.4 linear feet)
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Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Questionnaires, studies, serial issues, and other printed matter, relating to Polish perceptions of American politics, and to political conditions in Poland.
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Languages: English Polish Dutch
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Peter Webber (Hannibal Rising) will direct The Spider's House, a romantic drama following two ex-lovers who meet again in 1950s Morocco, on a backdrop of growing tensions between freedom fighters and French colonials. It is adapted by newcomer Laurie Cooke from a novel by Paul Bowles (The Sheltering Sky).
The 1987 classic supernatural thriller Angel Heart is getting the remake treatment. The original film was written and directed by Alan Parker (The Life Of David Gale), based on a book by William Hjortsberg (Legend), and stars Mickey Rourke (Stormbreaker), Robert De Niro (Righteous Kill) and Charlotte Rampling (The Duchess) among others. Watch the original's trailer below.
Jack Black (Tropic Thunder) will star in an untitled spoof of the Bourne films, from the screenwriters of Kung Fu Panda, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Black will play an amnesiac who's convinced he must be a spy…FYI, this movie was already made last year into the very unfunny Code Name: The Cleaner.
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War) will voice Max in Mary And Max, a claymation film about two penpals, an 8 year old Australian girl and a 44 year old Jewish New Yorker dude. In the meantime you'll be able to catch him in the incredible looking films Synecdoche, New York (see the trailer) and Doubt (see the trailer).
British actor Michael Sheen (Blood Diamond) just signed onto two films: the new Alice In Wonderland movie from director Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street) and the terrorism-themed thriller Unthinkable from Australian director Gregor Jordan (Ned Kelly), also starring Samuel L. Jackson (Lakeview Terrace) and Carrie-Anne Moss (Disturbia).
Director Martin Scorsese (The Departed) is set to reunite with regular star Robert De Niro more than 13 years after the mob flick Casino. The new film will be based on the non-fiction book I Heard You Paint Houses from author Charles Brandt, as adapted by multi-award winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (American Gangster).
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You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure.
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So, I have this adorable son... and I love him very much. He knows his numbers (he recognizes all single digit numbers, he can count to 14, and can count by tens to 100). He knows some letters (maybe 6 of them or so) and can sing the alphabet. But his latest accomplishment is drawing. He has mastered the circle. And the straight line. And the not so straight line. So I figure I would share with you his latest accomplishments... **NOTE TO READERS: THESE ARE ALL FROM THE SAME DAY**
Beautiful, I tell ya. At two and a half he is the next Picasso!
Here is a beautiful example of his amazing work. Look at the detail! My staircase has never looked better...
Good thing we are painting the staircase any day now...
Though to cover up his beautiful artistic talents with paint seems a travesty.
But wait! It's okay... we have more of his works memorialized in the newly finished basement! We call this one "Parent's reaction." It was made with ball point pen. It's not going anywhere...
And in case his sisters feel left out, he personalized their bedroom walls too!
What a thoughtful and caring boy he is... I know Lacey and Lilia appreciate his work.
It seems here he was just trying to match the rest of the house. You see, I have painted most of the doors in my house a nice brick red. This one hasn't been painted yet, so Matthew feels the need to help me out.
We call this piece "Turmoil" and it can be found on my bathroom wall in a brilliant shade of "permanent marker purple". No amount of anything will get this one off... believe me, I have tried...
More swirly curly art work from my masterful son...
Just when I thought I found all his art work a few more popped out at me. This one has been dubbed "ghouly ghosty" by my eldest child...
Such great shading and use of a crayon. It's amazing, I tell ya.
Oh look! He has even adorned my new floors! What talent!
His use of color in this one is striking. (No worries- no striking has happened yet... though it is tempting)
In case I am in need of portable art work he adorned the bottom of the laundry basket.
And made his signature "mickey mouse" on the inside of the same basket. He LOVES Mickey, and I must admit, I am seriously impressed by this one.
He even found it in his heart to decorate the bottom of the ping pong table.
Here he is, the artist himself! With is "nigh - night" wrapped around him like a scarf he just oozes creativity.
I tell ya, it's a good thing he is cute. It may be what keeps him alive.


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My setup:
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Both the VMs are running off VM Player and using
Bridged: connected directly to the physical network and replicating the physical network state. The user will connect to the Windows 7 box via a remote application like LogMeIn then have access to the Linux box as well via the Windows box to development testing.
This however would in turn give them direct access to my personal inside network as well if I am right. Is there a way to set this up and prevent that?


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An eight-game winless streak. The Chicago Fire. With a 2-0 victory on Saturday night, the Columbus Crew extinguished two terrible blights that have irritated all of Crewmanity.
Notes, quotes and weirdness from a wonderful night at Crew Stadium…
What's a guy to do for an encore after winning the MLS Player of the Week Award for a two-goal, one-assist performance in Portland? And after being the subject of a Columbus Dispatch profile on game day morning that featured glowing comments from Crew royalty Brian McBride, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, and Frankie Hejduk?
For Federico Higuain, the answer was to put the game away early by delivering two Crew goals via wonderfully-weighted passes behind the Chicago defense.
The Crew took the lead in the 10th minute when Higuain split four defenders to hit Ethan Finlay in stride. Making his first start of the season, Finlay converted his breakaway opportunity by dribbling around Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson and then hitting the far side netting from the tightest of angles near the end line.
"I'm the type of player who likes to check in and then get behind," Finlay said. "When you have a world-class player like Pipa who can measure a ball to the inch, it's fantastic. I made a slight movement and saw that Cochrane was going to be out of position so I just went. Pipa, being the player that he is, saw it and he could have played that ball with his eyes closed. It was so perfect. Honestly, when I first took my touch, I thought it was going to be a tough angle. I haven't seen the replay to know if I should have gone inside on (Johnson), but when he came out I knew I was definitely going to round him. It was a good touch and an even better finish."
In the 25th minute, Higuain played another perfect pass that allowed Jairo Arrieta to muscle past Patrick Ianni for yet another breakaway. Arrieta put the ball through Johnson's legs to double the Crew's advantage. It was the dagger that effectively ended the game.
The Fire were left to lament Pipa's wizardry.
"He's pretty close to the best in the League," said Fire coach Frank Yallop. "He sees the game well. He sees the game how it should be looked at."
"Higuain is a class player," Johnson said. "He's been doing it all season. We've got to do a better job of being aware of the kind of things he likes to do. He's a crafty player; very good on the ball. It's not any surprise to us that Higuain is capable of threading those passes and putting himself in those spots. It's just up to us to deal with those things better."
Running out a back line featuring precisely zero opening day defensive starters, the Crew posted their first shutout since the season opener. The back line of Chad Barson, Tyson Wahl, Eric Gehrig and regular midfielder Hector Jimenez played a big role in blanking the Fire.
"Chicago hasn't been shut-out yet this season," said Crew Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter. "I think that speaks for itself. The guys did it with determination. Guys like Eric, Tyson, Hector...I mean, I thought Chad Barson was great as well with his defensive responsibilities."
With three World Cup related absences from the starting lineup, Gehrig said the back line knew what was at stake.
"There is pressure," he said. "We hadn't won in two months, they're a high-scoring team and we were missing our regulars in the back. There's going to be pressure and you're going to feel pressure, but these are the opportunities you have to take and run with. The guys did a good job. I don't mean just the back four, but Steve and the rest of the team too. It's a good win."
Although he didn't have to make his usual dazzling array of flashy saves, Berhalter was impressed with goalkeeper Steve Clark's performance.
"Steve Clark was very secure today," Berhalter said. "On crosses, he didn't give up any rebounds today and that's what you want from a goalkeeper."
From Clark's point of view, the shutout was the result of both process and performance.
"A lot of the guys stepped in and the back line played fantastic," he said. "We did the little things really well, and when you do that, you get shutouts."
For a stretch, the defense had no margin for error when the team wasn't scoring goals. In Portland, the team scored goals, but also leaked goals. Finally, the mix was just right.
"It's a long season and there are ebbs and flows," Clark said. "Right now, we've got a lot of goals going, which is great. It was important to get the shutout so that we know that we can do it. It's been a while for us, but for me and my game, it's about the process. I need to make sure that my mentality is right every single minute of the game, and if you give up a goal, you do, and if you don't, that's great. So we continue on."
There was hardly a soul in Crewville who expected Michael Parkhurst to be in uniform for this match. The Crew's captain had been named to the USA's provisional 30-man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The roster wasn't required to be trimmed to 23 until June 2, and many expected Parkhurst to be on the plane to Brazil.
The cuts came early, and in a week where the stunning exclusion of Landon Donovan made all the headlines, Parkhurst had to face down the reality that his likely last shot at realizing his dream of playing in the World Cup had been extinguished. Playing in the World Cup is the dream of every soccer player, so to come so tantalizingly close had to be difficult, especially when many thought the odds were in his favor.
After receiving the news, Parkhurst tweeted that he had no regrets because he knew he gave his best and made it as hard as possible for the coaches, but the reality is that it hurt. He wouldn't be human if it didn't. Nobody in their right mind would have criticized Parkhurst if he sat out the weekend to regroup mentally, but he wanted to play. Berhalter put him in the 18, but didn't want to risk injury with a start considering Parkhurst's training schedule and red-eye, cross-country flight.
Apart from the unfortunate fact that the situation even existed in the first place, the events could not have lined up more beautifully. The reconfigured backline was pitching a shutout, Parkhurst was not put an undue risk for 90 minutes, and then he got to sub on in the 87th minute. That's when it happened. The fans greeted Parkhurst with a standing ovation, then the whole stadium—from the Nordecke to the club seats to the nosebleeds—began chanting "MICH-AEL PARK-HURST!" It was the high-decibel equivalent of 15,290 hugs.
"I think the fans were spectacular to give him that ovation and really cheer him on," Berhalter said. "He's been through a lot these last couple of days and it's nice for him to feel that everyone supports him. It's the team, the fans and the community supports him."
The moment wasn't lost on Parkhurst's Crew teammates.
"He deserves all of that," said Josh Williams. "I hope he knows what we think of him as a person and a player. He's an even better person than player, and that's saying a lot. We're all in shock. I even told him I thought he was a 100% lock, so when the news came out, we were all shocked. We feel bad for him, but he handled it like the professional that he is when he came back. It was good to see the fans recognize that and give him the ovation that he got."
"From the second he got here, I could see that Michael is a first-class person," Gehrig added. "He's obviously an exceptional player too. It's been that way since we first signed him and that hasn't changed. Obviously, we feel for him, and we saw tonight that the fans feel for him, so I'm sure he appreciated that."
He did.
"It was a really nice ovation when I came on the field and I heard everybody," Parkhurst said. "I was really appreciative of that and the support that everyone has given me here."
For Parkhurst, getting back to work with the Crew is the best way to move past his personal disappointment.
"You have to bounce back and be professional," he said. "Now my whole purpose is the Crew."
Naturally, Parkhurst was the first major target of the postgame media scrum. As goalkeeper Steve Clark walked to his locker, he marveled at the dozen or so reporters crammed around Parkhurst, noting aloud that the defender only played six minutes, yet was still the focus of the media's attention.
Parkhust laughed and briefly interrupted his interview to offer Clark the following aside: "It was a solid six, though, Steve."
You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone associated with the Crew in any capacity who isn't delighted by Ethan Finlay's recent goal scoring emergence. From his coaches and teammates to the front office, they will describe him as a joy to work with.
In his rookie year, not only did he have to learn the professional game, but he also had to face the sudden and tragic passing of his longtime friend and teammate Kirk Urso. (Upon scoring on Saturday, Finlay raced to the Nordecke and made a 1-5 signal with his hands, honoring Urso, who wore number 15 with the Crew.)
In his second year, Finlay tore it up in preseason and in reserve games, but the goal scoring did not translate to the first-team level. In July, he had a surefire first goal miraculously tipped over the bar by Portland's Donovan Ricketts. Alas, he went into his second offseason with the O'Rourke-ian total of zero goals.
Now in his third year, the goals are coming. In a bit of karmic retribution, Finlay scored his first career goal against Ricketts in Portland, when his shot to the far post picked up a deflection and caromed inside the near post. Finlay was finally on the scoresheet and he and Ricketts were even. Then on Saturday, Finlay scored his second MLS goal in as many weeks. This time he dribbled around the goalkeeper and buried a shot from an extremely tight angle. It was a goal that exuded confidence.
"He was excellent," Berhalter said of Finlay's performance. "This game isn't something that comes out of the blue. If we look at what he's been doing these last couple of weeks, he's been leading up to this. I'm most happy with the fact that he was a guy that isn't a starter, he works his way to the 18, he works his way to the starting lineup, then he performs like this. You can see the progression and he makes other guys believe there's a chance. He makes other guys believe that if they work hard and train hard that they will get an opportunity."
Teammate Eric Gehrig said Finlay's movement up the ranks and recent success is well deserved.
"He's one of those guys who puts his head down and works every day," Gehrig said. "Obviously everyone wants to play and it's not easy to work that hard every day if you're not playing, but Ethan's one of those guys who brings it every day, has a good attitude and works his butt off. I'm a big fan of hard work and I think that stuff pays off, and you're seeing that now with Ethan. He's finding some confidence and making some great decisions in front of the goal. He's getting rewarded and it's nice to see."
As for Finlay himself, he's happy to be contributing and describes scoring goals for the first team as an unbelievable feeling, but he still sees plenty of room for improvement.
"I had a pretty good game, but I still personally think it could have been better," he said. "I had a couple where I wasn't sharp enough playing the ball to Arrieta. There were some plays where we could have taken the pressure off the defense by putting a couple more away."
As the teams took the field, the following poem wrote itself inside my brain…
Chicago is red
Yellow's the Crew
Wait, what the (bleep)?
Why's this white vs. blue?
Well, I at least understand why the Crew broke from tradition. Since the game was dubbed Military Appreciation Night, the Crew wore their white jerseys because it enabled them to add camouflage numbers. The Crew auctioned off the special jerseys, raising over $11,000 for USO of Central & Southern Ohio and Fisher House of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Barring a jersey clash or a charitable endeavor, the Fire have no good reason to wear blue. Ever.
Cleveland sports fans are abuzz after a series of recent draft-related success on the North Coast. First, the Browns used one of their two first-round selections to acquire quarterback Johnny Manziel, aka Johnny Football. Then the Cleveland Cavaliers, despite having just a 1.7% chance, managed to win the number one pick in the NBA's draft lottery. As a Northeast Ohioan, is Josh Williams pumped or what?
"How can you not be?" Williams said. "Is there a draft for the Lake Erie Monsters? I'd be excited for that. We're on a roll."
Yes, Josh is so psyched up that he is now conceptualizing minor league hockey drafts. It's an exciting time in Cleveland.
"Not much good has happened for the city since LeBron left, so there has to be a buzz, right?" he said. "I haven't been up there, but it's a good time to be a Cleveland sports fan, which is rare."
Speaking of LeBron, he can opt out of his Miami Heat contract at the end of the season. Since Williams is from the Akron area, I wondered if he'd had some words with LeBron about coming home to the Cavaliers.
"There's a few whispers," Williams said. "I'm trying to send a few things through the grapevine. Whether they'll reach him or not is another thing. I mean, he's got to be contemplating it, right? It's at least got to be a serious thought, whether it actually happens or not. Man, my head would explode."
Johnny Football, the number one NBA pick, and LeBron's return … apparently such a confluence of good fortune would be too much for Williams' skull to contain.
"My head would explode," he reaffirmed. "I don't know if I could handle all that."
In other Northeast Ohio news, the Crew will play their first Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match at FirstEnergy Stadium on the campus of the University of Akron. The game will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, against the Indy Eleven.
Not only will the game be a rare proximal experience for existing Crew fans in the Cleveland-Akron area, but the club also hopes that it serves as an introduction to other potential fans in the state's largest media market.
"It's a great opportunity for us to expand our brand into other areas of Ohio," Berhalter said. "We're Columbus' team, and Ohio's team, and we're proud of that. It gives us a chance to play in another market and reach another fanbase."
Even more special, three of the Crew's Homegrown Players have ties to the Akron Zips program: Wil Trapp, Chad Barson, and Ben Speas, won an NCAA title with the Zips before transferring to North Carolina and winning another national championship with the Tar Heels. The Crew also has two Akron-area natives in Speas (Stow) and Josh Williams (Copley.)
"That's something that I never thought I'd be able to experience professionally, to play that close to where I grew up." Williams said. "I used to go to Akron games as a kid and I got to play there once with Cleveland State, but to now be able to go back and play on that field as a member of the Columbus Crew in front of my hometown would be incredible. Hopefully a lot of the hometown fans will come out and support us and we can pack that place."
In a pre-game text conversation, Director of Team Operations Tucker Walther made a prediction. He declared that Ethan Finlay would score a goal that night for the Crew. Ten minutes into the game, Tucker was proven correct, eliciting a text response of "You are the man."
After the game, Tucker was so proud that his faith in Finlay was rewarded that he silenced all doubters by showing people proof of his prescience. So to prove it to the world, here's a clip of the screenshot from Tucker's phone:
Well done, Tuck! Now if only Frankie also made some sort of weird pregame prediction sort of thing that came true…
Prior to kickoff, Frankie Hejduk took to the concourse imploring fans to send positive vibes down onto the field. With the Crew mired in an eight-game winless streak, Hejduk felt the good vibes, coupled with the team's hard work, would put the Crew in the win column. Hejduk then told me that he gave Higuain a lucky rabbit's foot to get the good vibes flowing.
That's the thing about Frankie. When he tells you something like that, you get caught in that weird limbo where you don't know if he's serious or not. On one hand, he probably didn't mean it literally. On the other hand, it's Frankie. One could easily imagine him handing Pipa a rabbit's foot and saying. "Rabbit foot, bro! Good vibes, dude!"
After Higuain delivered a pair of picture-perfect assists, I circled back to the Dude to find out more about the lucky rabbit's foot. I was hoping it was real, so that's how I approached the subject.
"No, no, I was kidding about that," Hejduk said. "That would have been cool if I would have, though. Duncan (Oughton) and I used to always talk about guys having a rabbit's foot stuck up their butt. There are certain players who had that success and we'd say we need some of our players to have this. Pipa subliminally heard me say it. It was a bit of a white lie, but it worked. The vibes went out and the rabbit smelled something and then he came and was here. It worked."
After that explanation, I'm still not entirely sure what happened in Frankie's world, but he's right about the most important thing… it worked. Well done, Dude.
Questions? Comments? Have anything about your future that you want me to ask Tucker and Frankie? Feel free to write at firstname.lastname@example.com or via twitter @stevesirk.


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Peter Fassbender was just a year into his third term as mayor of Langley City when he got the call, or rather, a direct face-to-face invitation, from Premier Christy Clark to run for the B.C. Liberals.
It came at the party's convention last October, where Fassbender was called upon to co-chair Free Enterprise Friday — an open session orchestrated by the B.C. Liberal brass to help piece together the shrapnel from an explosion in the party's right-of-centre coalition.
Fassbender did the job handily, working with co-chair, and now fellow incoming Liberal MLA Michelle Stilwell, to help the dialogue flow.
After the session was over, Clark made clear the other reason he'd been called to Whistler for the weekend.
"You know," she told him, "we need you on the team."
Her meaning was clear. Clark wanted him as a candidate.
Fassbender initially equivocated, not sure he wanted to leave a job he loved, but in the end, he was among 25 new faces elected on Tuesday as part of the B.C. Liberals' new majority government.
Beyond his unlikely victory — knocking off popular two-term NDP incumbent Jagrup Brar — Fassbender's very presence on the ballot stands as a stark illustration of how Clark was able to beat the odds well before her surprise victory Tuesday night.
When a significant portion of the right-of-centre vote had fled to the upstart B.C. Conservatives, and when the polling numbers showed a likely blowout, Clark was out recruiting candidates.
She was able to convince more than a dozen well-known, well-connected and well-respected municipal politicians from across the province to align themselves with the badly tarnished B.C. Liberal brand.
Using municipal politics as a farm team for the province is hardly a new strategy. Of the 25 returning Liberal MLAs (not including Clark, who did not win her seat), the Union of BC Municipalities says 11 came to the job with previous experience as mayors, councillors or school trustees.
But what makes this time different is that all the people Clark approached likely believed when they were signing on that a best-case scenario would be a seat on the opposition benches.
Still, they came in droves.
Of the 25 new faces elected for the B.C. Liberals on Tuesday, 15 have some form of experience in municipal government.
They include mayors like Mike Bernier in Dawson Creek and Dan Ashton in Penticton. Also on the list are former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan and former councillor Suzanne Anton.
In the election, they brought the Liberal campaign a recognized name and a base of contacts who could be immediately activated in their ridings as volunteers and validators.
Liberal campaign director Mike McDonald said that in some ridings, he believes the name recognition and network of municipal candidates helped swing the balance.
He pointed to Vancouver-Fraserview, where Anton beat out the NDP's Gabriel Yiu.
Or Fraser-Nicola, where Ashcroft councillor Jackie Tegart unseated the NDP's popular Harry Lali.
"If it had not been for Jackie, I'm not sure we would have won that seat," said McDonald.
"We needed someone with that type of strength to run against Harry Lali."
The municipal leaders and other high-profile candidates now on their way to Victoria offer Clark a wealth of experience to choose from if she wants to add new faces to her inner circle.
"We've got some real firepower. Frankly, I don't know what the premier is going to do in terms of picking a cabinet," said McDonald.
"She's got an embarrassment of riches. We'll have to find good roles for everybody to feel like they're contributing."
The day after her election victory, Clark said she knew from the beginning that the only way to have a chance of overcoming the odds was putting forward a slate of fresh and credible candidates in key ridings.
"When I ran for leader I said I wanted to renew the party and you can't do that without new candidates. You can't do that without presenting a fresh face for people," she said.
It's an easy thing to say, but much harder to execute, especially given the bleakness of the outlook when she was trying to get people onside.
"For some of them it was a long process," Clark acknowledged Wednesday.
"There were a lot of lunches and dinners and phone calls. But I was tenacious about it because I knew that in order to win this election we had to present a renewed team with respected, competent, capable people."
Clark said she went straight to an argument of ideology and public duty when she was dealing with the municipal leaders.
"I said to them all, 'We have the most important election in our history coming up and you have a duty to stand up for your province. You have a duty to step up. When public service calls you and you don't step up, you haven't done your duty,'" she said.
"Many of them have served in public life. They all have a strong sense of public service. That's how I persuaded them to do it."
In Fassbender's case, Clark got a lukewarm reaction at the convention in Whistler.
"I'm flattered," the longtime Liberal told her in reply, "but I need to think about it."
In the weeks that followed, McDonald and others at the party walked Fassbender through a scenario where he could win Surrey-Fleetwood over Brar, who had dominated in the previous election.
They told him the riding overlays with a federal one that goes Conservative. There was also a strong base of evangelical voters, McDonald said, which he told Fassbender he could appeal to as an active Pentecostal.
"Last election, in 2009, we had a good candidate but he didn't have the resources that Peter did. So we ran a real campaign there this time," said McDonald on Thursday.
"The 11-point lead in 2009 was a bit of an allusion because it wasn't really a full-on campaign in 2009, despite the candidate's best efforts in that election. In 2013, we threw everything at it."
Fassbender made his decision in February, but acknowledged it wasn't easy: the three-term mayor loved his job and had just been re-elected the year before.
"When you enjoy what you do, you feel like you're making a difference. You don't just jump from one thing to another."
But at the same time, he said, he felt a duty to the party.
"It was the beginning of the turnaround for the party," Fassbender said.
"I did feel it was time people like me who bring experience, not just at the municipal level but my business experience before that … it was time for the team to come together and help the premier move the agenda forward."
The process was longer with Marvin Hunt, a Surrey councillor from the right-wing Conservative side of the fracturing B.C. Liberal coalition.
Hunt had long rebuffed overtures from the B.C. Liberals, once telling former premier Gordon Campbell: "Change the name of the party and I'll run. Liberals and Hunt don't go together."
He said he delivered the same message to Clark when she first came asking.
But then scandal broke, and the party's candidate in Surrey-Panorama, Sukh Dhaliwal, had to step down.
It was the economy, Hunt said, that changed his mind this time around.
Hunt, who was elected in the riding Tuesday, said he was compelled to run for the Liberals because he "endured the 1990s and many of the same actors," such as Surrey-Green Timbers NDP MLA Sue Hammell and NDP leader Adrian Dix, were still in Victoria.
"There was not going to be radical change from what they did back then. I couldn't stand back and watch it happen," Hunt said.
"(I ran) for the sake of the province."
There were others who came to the party much easier.
In Penticton, Mayor Dan Ashton had an eye on Bill Barisoff's riding, and approached the party once the outgoing Speaker announced his retirement.
He had to fight a four-way race for the nomination, and says he believes his municipal political experience — which also includes a five-year tenure with the Municipal Finance Authority — will be invaluable in Victoria.
"It lets you know, No. 1, how government works. It also puts you in (contact) with the individuals you are going to represent. You get to know their likes, their dislikes, their demands," he said.
"You are able to hit the ground running. A lot of the decisions in Victoria don't come from elected officials, they come from those hard-working civil servants. We (at the municipal level) deal with them on an ongoing basis whether it's air quality issues, water issues, transportation issues. I'm on a first-name basis with many of them."
Bernier, mayor of Dawson Creek who won the Peace River South seat for the Liberals, said he too jumped at the chance.
"When Blair (Lekstrom) announced (last September) he wasn't going to run again, I put my name forward right away," he said.
Bernier acknowledges he was running against the odds, but said there was never any question in his mind.
"I was probably one of the first candidates in the province to announce I was going to be running in the next election and I did that at a time when we were at the lowest in the polls that we had ever been," he said.
"But it really boils down to: the Liberal Party is where I wanted to have my name, because the ideas, the convictions, my passion in northern B.C. to make sure we have a strong economy and jobs, all of that kind of lined up from the get-go," he added.
"At first I had to look at that and say, 'I'm going in to do my best to win with a good understanding that I could end up being in opposition.' I was willing to take that chance and as we started to see more and more I would say star candidates, coming out and putting their names forward for the Liberals in the last few months I started to feel a lot more optimistic."
McDonald said the party's message of keeping the free-enterprise vote united resonated throughout the base, even when the public had written the party off.
"On our side of the ledger, in the free-enterprise movement in B.C., there is a real resilience in the grassroots level that these policies are important. And there's a real fear of the NDP as well," he said Thursday.
He said the momentum began in the Chilliwack-Hope and Port Moody-Coquitlam byelections in April 2012, when the Liberal candidates finished second, ahead of the B.C. Conservatives.
He said the momentum continued into the party's convention last October.
"The convention was really a revelation to a lot of outsiders that we were that strong inside the party," he said.
"We closed the deal on a number of candidates at that convention. There were candidates who came thinking of running and they left committed."
Throughout that time, McDonald was there to support Clark in convincing people to run.
"My job on behalf of the premier was to try to demonstrate to people there was a pathway to victory," he said.
"I never personally gave up that belief," he added.
"I never thought we were ever out of it."
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CONNECTICUT -- Westport police arrested an 86-year-old woman accused of bringing a BB gun to a town meeting.
When detectives retrieved the gun, Estelle Margolis, 86, of Westport, Conn., told officers she brought it to make a point during a discussion about gun control to show how easy it is to purchase a gun, according to police.
At 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, a Representative Town Meeting member approached a Westport police officer and reported that he and another RTM member believed a woman walked into the auditorium with what they believed was a weapon under a white cloth, police said.
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The Westport officer and a detective retrieved the rifle from the auditorium where the public meeting was in session and then found Margolis in the main lobby, police said.
Officers determined that the rifle was a BB gun rifle and Margolis told officers that she was planning to go up on the stage when the topic of gun control came up and make a point to the audience on how easy it was for her to purchase the gun, according to police.
In addition to the BB gun rifle, the woman had a box of 46-caliber pellets with her at the meeting, police said.
Margolis was issued a misdemeanor summons for breach of peace second and is due in court date.
"Regardless of what her reasoning was to bring the BB gun rifle to the meeting, it was a poor decision that created alarm and concern to the public. This incident could have clearly escalated into a tragedy," police said in the news release.


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Taking inspiration from EdwardCash and his interest in building a better backpack, I was thinking of contacting my friend in LA who designs clothes to have her make some wool pants since they seem to be such an elusive item. I don't know a whole lot about them other than what I've read in other posts so I'd like to gather your level of interest in the idea as well as any input into their design/construction. I'm going to meet with her tomorrow over lunch and discuss the idea and show her some of the other posts on here about them as well as the relevant ebay links from Gear Post 2012.
After visiting the Airstream factory in Jackson Center, Ohio I headed in a northerly path towards Detroit. It was a blistering humid heat during the course of the factory tour but within minutes of pulling out of the driveway I could see a storm brewing out on the horizon. As I got closer and closer to the freeway the clouds got darker and darker. Suddenly it looked as if I was headed straight into the depths of hell! The winds had picked up to a dangerously ferocious speed, whipping the RV side-to-side on the road. I let off the gas and slowed my pace in order to regain control of the vehicle. Just then a huge gust smacked the side of the camper and somehow managed to suck half of the awning out from around it's spool.
WOOSH! FWACKA FWACKA WFAWKA! The awning was now flapping vigorously in the storm against the broadside of the vehicle.
I found myself trying to keep this 24' RV in between the lines and was fighting to counteract the gale force winds that were magnified by the fact that I now had what amounted to a giant sail attached to this land-boat! Not a good situation. I turned off the road and into the first driveway I could find to let the line of vehicles behind me pass.
I opened the door to take a look at what was going on with the awning and the second I did, a giant lightning bolt lit up the sky followed by a thunderous rumble. I was now smack dab in the middle of the storm. To make matters worse it started hailing! So I was left with a decision:
Do I, A: venture outside and try to open up the awning all of the way in order to try and re-wrap it around the spool?Or do I, B: wait out the storm and risk having the entire awning and support bars get ripped off by a gust of wind creating an even bigger and more urgent set of problems?
I'm trying to make it a habit each year to reflect on the most memorable moments of the previous 365 days. Here's my top 101 experiences of 2012:
Hi Daniel, I was checking out your To Do list after reading through your GX1 post on Tynan's site and thought I'd let you know about a pretty insane deal to Maldives.
Washington DC (IAD) to Male (MLE) for $675, round trip incl taxes. $1200 is a normal fare. Departure dates beginning February 18th, with returns up to a month out. This is an extremely limited sale.To book directly visit: http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-us/ and select "flexible with dates" to find the best pricing. Tip: Put in your United Airlines ( a Turkish partner) frequent flier number and earn an amazing 18,000 miles.
I've been looking for flights to India for March to photograph the Holi festival which I'm sure would be right up your ally! The colors there are incredible! So I'm using this flight deal to get me there and then just taking some short flight to India for about $250 one way and then back again. It'll work out to roughly the same cost as getting to India, but I get a free stop over in Turkey and Maldives. A win win.
I've been waiting for something like this! Just announced at CES, this ASUS WL-330NUL Pocket Router could be useful for "borrowing" some wifi from places that charge an arm and a leg (like Hotels). Just find their business center and plug the cat5 cable that was in their computer into this little guy and you should be able to get free wifi. Just remember to put everything back the way you found it so as not to screw over others that come after you. :)
I'm sure many of you that follow Tynan's annual Gear Posts are familiar with the magic of Merino Wool shirts. So I just wanted to share this KickStarter project by Wool & Prince for Merino Wool t-shirts and polo shirts that is ending soon. Wool & Prince is the same company behind the Better Button-Down Shirt that Tynan recommend in the most recent gear post, and now they are making t's and polos!
For comparison, the IceBreaker Tech-T is $65 if you get just 1 shirt on the Kickstart page it's only $58. There are other pledge options too which further increases the savings -- buying 4 brings the price down to $52/each which is pretty darn cheap for Merino Wool shirts.
The project is already funded so you're pretty much guaranteed to get the deal price. There's only 6 days remaining to get your orders in, and if they hit their stretch goal ($100,000) they will make the navy blue shirts.
Disclaimer: I want the blue shirt myself so that's why I'm promoting this campaign! :) I've actually pledged $426 myself for 2 polos and 2 t-shirts + and additional 3 t-shirts. I emailed them already and they are fine with that arrangement.
Support the project here: http://kck.st/1eA65IP


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For the two past weeks I have been following the news and image feeds for all the celebs that attended the Cannes Film Festival and lucky for us Cannes regular Fan Bing Bing (who never fails to impress on international red carpets) brought her A-Game (aka her incredible style) to the festival.
There is never a Cannes event where Fan Bing Bing doesn't wear something from her designer friend Elie Saab. Here she is in a Elie Saab Spring 2012 Couture dress with a matching cape
The Mother of Fashion Reinvention, channeled her inner dynasty goddess by showing up in an embroidered Christopher Bu gown
Frieda Pinto failed to impress in this bubblegum pink Atelier Versace featuring a poofy peplum and embellished bodice
Freida's second Atelier Versace dress managed to gain more attention with its bright chartreuse color and futuristic cut
Former LOST star Kim Yun Jin glowed in this beaded strapless Zuhair Murad dress
Not to be outdone by the other Bing Bing - Li Bing Bing had her very own princess moment in this yellow chiffon gown
This black strapless dress was my favorite of all three of Bing Bing's Cannes looks
For her 3rd red carpet appearance, Bing Bing went with a darker look in this forest green Gucci dress. Bing Bing finished this look with a dark red lipcolor and slicked back hair
Victoria's Secret model Liu Wen graced the red carpet in this deep-v Roberto Cavalli dress
TiangJia Chen silver phoenix dress was kind of epic with the fringed wings and tail, no accessories necessary, just let the dress do all the talking.. or flying in this case
Yang Mi opted for this canary yellow Elie Saab and a Bally Palace clutch, not her best look as it was shapeless and you guys know how I feel about yellows wearing yellow (it doesn't look good on us)
For her second Cannes outfit Yang Mi channeled her inner Audrey with the blunt bangs and black dress
Zhou Xun is the ultimate Chanel ambassador as she shows up in yet another Chanel dress.


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From Satellites to Trading Technology, Colin McCaughey '05 Makes Expensive Stuff Work
Whether it's controlling autonomous spacecraft or high frequency trading algorithms, there isn't an engineering challenge that Stevens alumnus Colin McCaughey can't solve – at least not one he's found yet.
McCaughey has two degrees in electrical engineering – a B.E. from Stevens (2005) and an M.S. from California Institute of Technology (2006). Fewer than 10 years after graduating from Stevens, he already has experience designing and optimizing advanced technologies behind army weaponry, satellites and electronic market making systems – in part thanks to his participation in the Stevens Cooperative Education Program (Co-op), which provides students with full-time, paid jobs at leading employer partners while pursuing their degrees.
"I'm not sure if there is any other university where work experience exposure is as central to the overall education as it is at Stevens," said McCaughey.
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Today, McCaughey spends his days bringing his engineering expertise to the world of finance. For more than a year, he's worked as a core operations engineer at Virtu Financial, a leading electronic trading firm and market maker based in Manhattan.
His job is to monitor the overall health of the company's technical systems.
"If there is a technology problem, I'm the first responder," said McCaughey.
Technical issues – such losing connection to an exchange – could cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars within minutes if managed incorrectly.
"I like having a central view into how it all works and plays together," McCaughey said. "The agility and control of my team enables us to react quickly and take care of what needs to be done."
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Virtu Financial is a world away – in distance and function – from Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems in California, one of the world's premier aerospace firms and the company where McCaughey spent most of his post-graduate career. There, McCaughey specialized in optimizing navigation and control technologies of million-dollar satellites.
"There is a lot of detailed engineering to successfully get a satellite from separation [from the rocket] and into orbit," said McCaughey, who won Boeing's World Class Engineering Award in 2012. "After that, it is a lot of analysis. Once a satellite is launched, it's gone – you can't send out a tech to fix it. For every satellite that we launched, engineering teams would spend one to five years drilling down into the details of all of the ways the satellite can bend and flex, and how we can control it better."
McCaughey likened his work at Boeing to one of his favorite Stevens courses – Introduction to Control Systems – which combined mechanical engineering and electrical engineering theory and equations to give students the practical tools to control machines.
He also said he benefitted from having prior experience working with government contracts, which he gained during two co-op assignments with the U.S. Army, where he helped develop code to remotely fire missiles and electronics that go into artillery cells.
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After six years at Boeing, McCaughey decided to move back east, where both he and his wife, also a Stevens alumna, had family. It was hard for him to envision an aerospace career in the New York City metropolitan region, so he set his sights on finance, where job opportunities abound, and soon landed at Virtu Financial.
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January 27, 2014
The President's Strategic Initiatives Fund provides annual support for projects that help Lewis & Clark advance key initiatives. In order to be considered for funding, one or more Executive Council members must sponsor each project.
After reviewing Strategic Initiatives Fund proposals for 2013-14, President Glassner and Executive Council have approved the following projects:
- Funds for faculty/student research in all three schools to give greater numbers of students the experience of collaborative research with faculty
- Funds for the CAS Admissions admitted student fly-in program, collaborative recruiting program, student recruitment in Indonesia and China, and a new student-to-student phone call program
- Support for first-year, transfer, and international/Third Culture Kids as a means to facilitate cohort identity
- Support for Sustainability Council initiatives for the 2013-14 academic year to sustain successful projects and promote institution-wide sustainability practices in education and operations
- Development of a pre-collegiate summer program pilot offering short courses to high school students
- Retention Student Tracking Software
- Scholarships to erase the financial gap for upperclassmen with multiple risk factors who are on target to graduate within four years
- Funds for the 2014 Davis Scholars Summit to mark the 10th anniversary of Lewis & Clark's involvement in the Shelby Davis United World College Scholars program
- Funds to expand career development partnerships with potential employers in the Portland metro area
- Support for a "Pio-Points" initiative to encourage greater participation at campus events
- DonorCast customized research to help identify major gift prospects
- Funds for the graduate school's 30th anniversary celebration
- Support for implementation of the graduate school's signature conference
- Development of a new M.A. program in Higher Education Leadership
- Development of an online LL.M. postgraduate law degree in Animal Law and support to promote our program at a European conference on animal law
- One-time grants to increase yield on first-year evening law school students
- Implementation of a new summer program offering foreign attorneys a Certificate in Environmental Law
- Funds to coordinate faculty partnerships with attorneys working in federal government agencies and to increase the hiring of Government Honors Attorneys
- Support for the Environmental and Natural Resources Law program's first Junior Scholars Writing Workshop
- Law student career fair and conference travel
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BREAKING: KERRY SWORN IN AS SECRETARY OF STATE… State Dept Spokesman Victoria Nuland said that Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan swore in Secretary of State John Kerry at 4 p.m. Friday. According to a source close to Kerry, Kagan spoke briefly about the privilege and Kerry thanked her, family and staff in brief remarks. At his side, wife Teresa Heinz Kerry looked on, holding a Bible. Kerry's Senate staff purchased and presented him with his chair from the floor of the Senate that he used for 28 years. – Elise Labott
BROWN OUT: BROWN WON'T SEEK KERRY'S SENATE SEAT… Former Sen. Scott Brown said Friday that he won't make a bid this year to return to Capitol Hill. "I have given serious thought about the possibility of running again. … I have received a lot of encouragement from friends and supporters to become a candidate and my competitive instincts were leading in the same direction," Brown said. "Even so, I was not at all certain that a third Senate campaign in less than four years, and the prospect of returning to a Congress even more partisan than the one I left, was really the best way for me to continue in public service at this time. And I know it's not the only way for me to advance the ideals and causes that matter most to me. "That is why I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for the United States Senate in the upcoming special election."
Scott Brown took one look at yesterday's Hagel hearing and said, "I want to run four times in four years to be part of THAT?"—
Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) February 01, 2013
BIG MONEY: THE $7,000,000,000 CAMPAIGN… The 2012 campaign was expensive. Like 70 private islands expensive. In total, candidates, parties and outside groups spent $7 billion during the 2012 election cycle, a record breaking – though not surprising - figure for campaign expenditures, according to the Federal Election Commission. "That's not really unusual. They're all record breaking," FEC chairwoman Ellen Weintraub said during the panel's meeting Thursday. – Kevin Liptak
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What caught our eye today in politics
Then Sen. Robert Kennedy choose the Caucus Room of the old Senate office building – the same room where his brother declared he would run for president in 1960 – to announce his run for the White House in 1968.
"I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man, but to propose new policies," Kennedy said on March 16, 1968. "I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done, and I feel that I'm obliged to do all I can."
Stunningly, Lyndon Johnson, the incumbent president, dropped out of the race on March 31, leaving Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota and Johnson's vice president, Hubert Humphrey, as Kennedy's biggest Democratic challengers.
Standing on a platform of racial justice, a more passive foreign policy and equality, Kennedy's campaign began to pick up on May 7, when he won the Indiana primary, and on May 14, when he won the Nebraska primary. Going into the June 4 California primary, Kennedy campaign leadership felt that a win there could propel him to a win at the national convention in Chicago.
Kennedy would go onto win the California primary. Taking the stage on June 5 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, Kennedy thanked his supporters and rallied for more support. Shortly after leaving the stage, however, tragedy struck when Kennedy was shot and killed in a crowded ballroom kitchen by Sirhan Sirhan.
Kennedy's tragic death totally distorted the rest of the race. The Chicago convention turned into a struggle for power between the anti-war McCarty and Humphrey, the establishment candidate. Humphrey ended up winning the nomination, but lost to former Vice President Richard Nixon in the general election.
But what if we could erase that day in history and instead have Kennedy go on to secure the Democratic nomination in 1968. Could RFK have won in a match up with Nixon in the general election?
Most said RFK would have won:
Connie Beach Maltin: is there a doubt? Bobby of course!!!
Anthoney Obasi: Yes, I believe so. Hubert only lost by around 500K, and he was the VP under an unpopular LBJ. RFK was an open critic of LBJ.
John Smyre: RFK in landslide
But Nixon was not shut out:
Todd Alexander: It would have been incredibly close. I still think Nixon would have won.
Robert Yoon, CNN Political Research Director: Nixon still wins. The electoral map in 1968 is a little different than it was for JFK in 1960, and not in RFK's favor. A lot of states JFK won like Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia were worth fewer electoral votes 8 years later. RFK could have peeled off some of the states Nixon won in 1968, like Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico and maybe Missouri. Maybe Illinois, but that was obviously a close race for JFK. That only gets him to 256 electoral votes. JFK won a bunch of southern states with the help of Johnson, but even if RFK's anti-poverty efforts energized poor southerners, I think the best he could have hoped for in the south would have been to flip a few Nixon states to George Wallace and a few of the Wallace states to Nixon.
Bob Kovach, CNN coverage manager: "When Kennedy entered the race he started to take over the base that McCarthy had built up and was working to capitalize on the Vietnam War. Kennedy had lost Oregon to McCarthy but moved ahead winning California the night he was killed. 1968 was they year of the Tet Offensive, one of the key events of the war which really turned public opinion against U.S. involvement. Nixon did not have a plan to get out of the war at that time and Kennedy was running on getting the US out of Southeast Asia. But because he entered the race so late he may never had gotten the nomination from the party because of the number of delegates both Humphrey and McCarthy had secured.
But one answer we liked because of its awe at the thought … and humility in the face of political prediction:
Jonathan M. Williams: This might have been the most compelling Presidential race of the 20th century...Considering the turbulence of the times, ANY outcome must be treated as plausible.
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Leading CNNPolitics: Clinton's farewell marred by embassy bombing
A final meeting with the president. A farewell address to the State Department staff. A terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey. Hillary Clinton's last day as secretary of state on Friday seemed to be a microcosm of her four globe-trotting years as America's top diplomat. – Tom Cohen
Leading Drudge: How High?
An encouraging U.S. jobs report propelled blue-chip stock above the closely watched 14,000 bulwark on Friday, with investors momentarily downplaying fears about the economic recovery. The government reported that nonfarm payrolls rose 157,000 in January, while the unemployment rate inched up by a tenth of a point, to 7.9 percent. The figures were broadly in line with Wall Street's expectations, and unlikely to change the Federal Reserve's plans to inject the economy with massive stimulus. – Javier E. David
Leading HuffPo: Unemployment Rate Up, 28 Days Til Cuts
The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs last month, as the unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.9 percent, the Labor Department revealed in the January jobs report, released Friday.
Leading Politico: Thank Hillary Clinton (and leave your data too)!
Dear reader: A Democratic interest group needs you – yes, you! – to help thank Hillary Clinton for her service as secretary of State.
Over the last week, countless thousands of liberal-leaning voters have received emails from advocacy organizations enlisting them in a triumphant sendoff for the former first lady. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, EMILY's List, Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign have all contacted supporters with a simple request: sign a thank-you card for Clinton and show her how much you care. – Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman
Leading The New York Times: Energy Secretary to Depart, as Administration Vacancies Mount
Energy Secretary Steven Chu will leave office soon, possibly by the end of this month, he told colleagues in an e-mail this morning, according to Energy Department employees. His departure had been widely expected, although as late as Thursday afternoon he was refusing to answer questions on the subject. The open slot at the Energy Department adds to a constellation of vacancies at the top of related agencies: the Environmental Protection Agency, the Transportation Department and the Interior Department. – Matthew Wald
The political bites of the day
- Clinton says goodbye -
HILLARY CLINTON IN HER FAREWELL SPEECH AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT: "I'm proud of the work we've done to elevate diplomacy and development, to serve the nation we all love, to understand the challenges, the threats and the opportunities that the United States faces and to work with all our heart and all of our might to make sure that America is secure, that our interests are promoted and our values are respected. … I know that the world we are trying to help bring into being in the 21st century will have many difficult days but I am more optimistic today than when I stood here four years ago because I have seen, day after day, the many contributions that our diplomats and development experts are making to help ensure that this century provides the kind of peace, progress and prosperity that not just the United States by the entire world, especially young people, so richly deserve."
- White House labels Turkey bombing a terrorist attack… -
PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY AT THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING: "A suicide bombing in the perimeter of an embassy is by definition an act of terror. It is a terrorist attack. However, we do not know at this point who is responsible for the motivations behind the attack. The attack itself was clearly an act of terror."
- … while State defends the embassy security in Ankara -
VICTORIA NULAND, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN, AT A PRESS BRIEFING: "The level of security protection at our facility in Ankara ensured that there were not significantly more deaths and injuries than there could have been. … Where this happened was on an external perimeter access site far from the main building. It is that kind of setback, that kind of hardening, that kind of structure that we've been working on over the past ten years that actually ensured that this wasn't far worse than it could have been."
Gut Check DVR: Sunday on "State of the Union," Candy Crowley talks with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey about defense secretary nominee chuck Hagel's confirmation hearings, the U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan and the al Qaeda threat in North Africa.
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Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan is retiring, effective Feb 22d, per SS source. After 30 years in the service + 1 Cartagena headache.—
Jessica Yellin (@YellinCNN) February 01, 2013
George W. Bush's Scottish terrier Barney has died. RIP Barney 😦 http://t.co/dpR4le0d—
(@BuzzFeed) February 01, 2013
In an interview with @ABC's @dianesawyer in 2003, Bush 43 referred to Barney as "a fabulous little guy. He's the son I never had."—
Karen Travers (@karentravers) February 01, 2013
CONFIRMED: Former NYC Mayor Ed #Koch died this morning of congestive heart failure at the age of 88, per his spokesman #CNN #RIP—
Marlena Baldacci (@MarlenaCNN) February 01, 2013
"No matter where you're going today, take the Edward I. Koch Bridge to get there. He would love it." - @MikeBloomberg at @GrandCentralNYC—
Michael Paulson (@MichaelPaulson) February 01, 2013
Dow 14,000, first time since Oct. 2007 (record high 14,164 from same month). Not sure what's more absurd - Dow at 14,000 then, or now.—
Jamie McGeever (@ReutersJamie) February 01, 2013
Every time the Dow reaches 14000 we get a recession and financial crisis.—
Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) February 01, 2013
HHS offers contraception insurance option: The new plan attempts to resolve the contentious issue... bit.ly/11u3j0f #politics #cnn—
Erica M. Simmons (@ericamsimmons) February 01, 2013
ObamaCare still mandates contraception coverage, but here's the White House's latest attempt to pretend it doesn't bit.ly/UKhQ8s—
Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) February 01, 2013
Sorry, @NatsBigChief27. You look more like funnyman Rip Taylor than William Howard Taft. @letteddywin @Teddy26Nats http://t.co/9yjM2RJJ—
Robert Yoon (@yoonCNN) February 01, 2013
TRIVIA ANSWER from @DanMericaCNN
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was named after a Joni Mitchell song called "Chelsea Morning."
Bill and Hillary reportedly loved the song and even though it was released in 1969, they used it to name their only child in 1980.
The word "Chelsea" in the song actually referred to the New York City neighborhood and the song was inspired by the Chelsea apartment that Mitchell lived in.
"Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard
was a song outside my window," Mitchell sings in the song's first lyrics. "And the traffic wrote the words, It came a-reeling up like Christmas bells, and rapping up like pipes and drums."
Chelsea Clinton has long been a child in the national spotlight. Chelsea spent eight years growing up in the White House and now works closely with her father's high profile foundation, the Clinton Foundation. When her mother ran for president in 2008, Clinton was regularly seen on the campaign trail, especially speaking on college campuses.
Hillary Clinton said in her exit interview with CNN that she hopes to work with her daughter in the coming years.
CNN's Jill Dougherty: You've got President Clinton, International health. Chelsea, who studied international health. You are interested in women, development, health issues. What do you do? Is there a chance that you would all work together?
Clinton: I hope so. I mean that is one of the things that we all have to work out. I am very proud of what my husband has done in the last 10 years. I mean, his foundation, his entrepreneurial philanthropy with the Clinton Global Initiative, his work on getting the price of AIDS drugs down so that more people can get treatment and so much else. And he has also focused on the health of children here in this country, through the healthy alliance. He is doing things that resonate with me, as well as with him. We are going to see how we can join our efforts together.
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"Scott Brown took one look at yesterday's Hagel hearing and said, "I want to run four times in four years to be part of THAT?""
Scott Brown took one look at the offers he's been receiving from K Street and said, "I want to be part of THAT!!!"
"ObamaCare still mandates contraception coverage, but here's the White House's latest attempt to pretend it doesn't"
No. What he did is offer a compromise that religious institutions and GOPers/Teatrolls can't refuse unless they want to paint themselves into a corner where they can be easily accused of really just wanting to be able to mandate that their employees must live all aspects of their lives according to their religious employers' belief systems. And you, Captain 999, being the anti-genius that you are, bit the bait hard.
This whole debacle will be settled by the Supreme Court.
That's the one thing I like about Obama. His unwavering ability to make the Republicons make themselves appear to be exactly what they are... He doesn't make them look bad, he gives them the opportunity to do it themselves, and they always do. He comes out smelling like a rose, and they come out smelling like... Well, you get my point.


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Feast Down East Holds 3rd Annual Regional Conference
Friday, February 22, 2013
Wilmington, NC - Feast Down East (FDE) and its partners are holding the 3rd Annual Regional Local Food Conference on Friday, March 1, 2013, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Burney Center, on the UNCW campus. The theme of the conference is "Connecting Local Food & Local Folks."
The focus of the conference is two-fold: to empower small farmers with knowledge and skills to grow and sustain their farm businesses and to help consumers learn to advocate for and use local food in their communities.
"We are trying to build and support systems that will make it easier for people to purchase food from our local farmers and instill in them an appreciation of where their food comes from," said Jane Steigerwald, Feast Down East director and conference organizer.
For the first time, FDE will bestow the "Feast Down East Agrarian Stewardship Award" on two individuals, one chef and one farmer who have supported the work of FDE and our local farm communities in an exceptional way.
Roland McReynolds, the Executive Director of Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) will kick-off the conference. The conference will include workshops on biodynamic farming practices, irrigation, aquaponics, natural pest management, farm business planning and marketing, local food advocacy, navigating the local food landscape seasonal menu planning and more.
Feast Down East, headed by UNCW sociology professor Leslie Hossfeld, in partnership with many local grassroots organizations, agencies and community leaders, has worked to build a sustainable local economy by supporting and marketing local farms. Its goal is to bring more local, fresher food choices directly to consumers, area restaurants, grocers, schools, college campuses, hospitals and other institutions.
"The conference is a major Feast Down East initiative, centered on helping our small farmers build capacity and strengthening our local food system," said Hossfeld, executive director and co-founder.
If you are a farmer or someone who wants to help bring more fresh, healthy local farm food into your community, register online at www.feastdowneast.org or contact Jane Steigerwald at email@example.com for more information.
The conference is free with the donation of a non-perishable food item and open to the public. Donated items will be given to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. Seating is limited to 280 participants with priority given to farmers.
Media Contact: Andrea Weaver, Office of University Relations, email@example.com or 910-962-7631.


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Lakers, Knicks interested in Ramon Sessions?
No deal is imminent, but the Lakers view Sessions as a candidate who could help their depleted backcourt.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: I like Ramon Sessions. You like Ramon Sessions. And the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks both like Ramon Sessions enough to call the Cleveland Cavaliers and inquire about his availability.
Sessions, however, isn't the answer. At least long-term.
The Lakers and Knicks must view the former D-League star as a stop-gap until this summer when both franchises can make a decision about the one-spot.
Perhaps the Lakers then push for free-agent-to-be Deron Williams. Perhaps the Knicks sign ageless wonder Steve Nash for the mid level exception.
Either way, Sessions will fail in L.A. or New York if either team acquires him and expects the jitterbug point guard to be a mid-season saviour.
Sessions, while talented and dynamic, isn't capable of jumping into the Staples Center or Madison Square Gardens pressure cooker and rectifying things at, say, the trade deadline.
(Of course, both clubs have options. The Lakers recently sent Rafer Alston to their D-League squad, while Baron Davis may help when he gets healthy.)
Sessions would help the Lakers and Knicks. But he wouldn't be the answer.
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Beaver Dam man at center of large child porn bust
Justin Peterson charged with multiple counts of possession of child porn
A Dodge County man at the center of one of the largest child pornography busts ever in the United States is scheduled to be in court Friday afternoon.
Federal investigators said a 27-year-old Beaver Dam man is one of 245 people arrested across the country.
They said its one of the most successful raids in helping young victims of sexual assault.
WISN 12 News first reported on the child pornography charges against Justin Peterson when he was first arrested by federal agents in October.
Investigators out of Arizona had originally tipped off Greenfield police to Peterson's alleged child porn sharing activity through an international website.
Peterson was accused of exchanging images of at least three underage children and potentially abusing them while he was staying with a friend at her Greenfield home. One of the children was her 8-year-old daughter.
Now, WISN12 News has learned Peterson's arrest is part of one of the largest child pornography busts across the country.
In just the last month and a half, the Department of Homeland Security arrested 245 people on charges of possessing and producing child porn.
Cathy Arney, vice president of Pathfinders, a group that helps children of sexual abuse and human trafficking, told WISN 12 News it's a huge problem in Milwaukee and across the state.
"It happens at every age. It happens in every community, with every racial makeup, with every income level. This is not just something that happens in Milwaukee's inner city to African-American families, this happens across the city. There's not a part of this city that we haven't seen a youth from," Arney said.


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The late breakfast crowd at Mom's Restaurant in North Uxbridge wasn't talking a lot about politics this morning, focusing more on coffee, eggs and toast than on the previous day's events.
But Gloria Marshall of Uxbridge seemed pleased that State Rep. Kevin J. Kuros, an Uxbridge Republican, will retain his seat in the 8th Worcester District. Mr. Kuros narrowly beat challenger Robert J. Dubois, a Blackstone Democrat and longtime selectman, by a vote of 10,475 to 9,972, or 51.2 percent to 48.8 percent.
"I voted for him because he was local," Ms. Marshall said.
Mr. Kuros carried Uxbridge with 60.7 percent of the vote. He was edged out in Blackstone (receiving 41.1 percent) and Bellingham (48.4 percent), and squeaked by in Millville, whose hand-counted votes didn't come in until the early morning, with 51.6 percent, a margin of 49 votes.
The dramatically restructured district influenced how Mr. Kuros ran his campaign. "We ran the race like it was an open seat," he said. "The district had changed so much."
Mr. Kuros said he has already started working on legislation he wants to file when the next session starts the third week in January, shortly after legislators get sworn in.
"That kind of sneaks up on you. We're going to work diligently to be prepared," he said.
Mr. Kuros' legislative priorities include improving "business friendliness" for start-up companies, to encourage investment. He also plans to clear up "silly stuff" like the definition of who can participate in a tip jar at counter-service restaurants; advocate for a restaurant meals tax holiday to stimulate business and hiring; continue to focus on local aid; and reform electronic benefit transfer cards further to prevent abuse.
Mr. Dubois said today, "I think it's too early to tell" about the final outcome of the race.
But whatever happens he said, "We plan to still stay involved in politics and government. I've been active in government for 30 years. I don't see myself retiring."
He said he doesn't plant to run for the state representative seat again, however. Ten years ago he lost a bid for the seat to Jennifer Callahan, by two votes in the primary election.
"Out of 20,000 votes, we lost by 500," Mr. Dubois said. "We ran a very clean campaign. I'm very proud of it.
"This area has turned very Republican in recent years as can be seen by the Scott Brown vote. We tried our best, but things didn't fall our way."


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Events Listings
Exhibits-East Bay Through October 3
"El Corazon de la Communidad: The Heart of the Community",
Painted by Joaquin Alejandro Newman, this mural installation
consists of four 11-foot panels that mix ancient Meso-American and
contemporary imagery to pay homage to local activists Carmen Flores and Josie
de la Cruz.
Free unless otherwise noted. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 1637
Fruitvale Ave., Oakland. (510) 535-5631.
"NanoZone," Discover the science of the super-small:
nanotechnology. Through hands-on activities and games, explore this
microworld and the scientific discoveries made in this area.
"Forces That Shape the Bay," A science park that shows
and explains why the San Francisco Bay is the way it is, with information on
water, erosion, plate tectonics and mountain building. You can ride
earthquake simulators, set erosion in motion and look far out into the bay
with a powerful telescope from 1,100 feet above sea level. The center of the
exhibit is a waterfall that demonstrates how water flows from the Sierra
Nevada Mountains to the Bay. Visitors can control where the water goes. There
are also hands-on erosion tables, and a 40-foot-long, 6-foothigh, rock
compression wall.
"Real Astronomy Experience," A new
exhibit-in-development allowing visitors to use the tools that real
astronomers use. Aim a telescope at a virtual sky and operate a
remote-controlled telescope to measure a planet.
"Biology Lab," In the renovated Biology Lab visitors may
hold and observe gentle animals. Saturday, Sunday and holidays, 1:30 p.m. to
4 p.m.
"The Idea Lab," Experiment with some of the basics of
math, science and technology through hands-on activities and demonstrations
of magnets, spinning and flying, puzzles and nanotechnology.
"Math Around the World," Play some of the world's most
popular math games, such as Hex, Kalah, Game Sticks and Shongo Networks.
"Math Rules," Use simple and colorful objects to
complete interesting challenges in math through predicting, sorting,
comparing, weighing and counting.
"Kapla," The hands-on exhibit features thousands of
versatile building blocks that can be used to build very large, high and
stable structures and models of bridges, buildings, animals or anything else
your mind can conceive.
$6-$12; free children ages 2 and under. Daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
University of California, Centennial Drive, Berkeley. (510) 642-5132,
LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM This is the oldest and largest wildlife
rehabilitation center in America, taking in 6,000 injured and orphaned
animals yearly and returning 40 percent of them to the wild. The museum
offers a wide range of educational programs using non-releasable wild animals
to teach children and adults respect for the balance of nature. The museum
includes a state-of-the art wildlife hospital which features a permanent
exhibit, titled "Living with Nature,'' which houses 75 non-releasable wild
animals in learning environments; a 5,000-square-foot Wildlife Hospital
complete with treatment rooms, intensive care, quarantine and laboratory
facilities; a 1-acre Nature Garden featuring the region's native landscaping
and wildlife; and an "Especially For Children'' exhibit.
WILDLIFE HOSPITAL -- September-March: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The
hospital is open daily including holidays to receive injured and orphaned
animals. There is no charge for treatment of native wild animals and there
are no public viewing areas in the hospital.
$5-$7; free children under age 2. June 16-Sept. 15: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wed.-Sun.; Sept. 16-June 15: noon.-5 p.m. Wed.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
1931 First Ave., Walnut Creek. (925) 935-1978, www.wildlife-museum.org.
"Oakland's 19th-Century San Pablo Avenue Chinatown," A
permanent exhibit of new findings about the rediscovered Chinatown on San
Pablo Avenue. The exhibit aims to inform visitors about the upcoming
archaeological work planned to explore the lives of early Chinese pioneers in
the 1860s.
Free. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Pacific Renaissance Plaza, 388 Ninth St., Suite 290, Oakland. (510) 637-0455,
"Going Away, Coming Home," A 160-foot public art
installation by Mills College art professor Hung Liu. Liu hand painted 80
red-crowned cranes onto 65 panels of glass that were then fired, tempered and
paired with background panes that depict views of a satellite photograph,
ranging from the western United States to the Asia Pacific Area. Terminal 2.
Free. Daily, 24 hours, unless otherwise noted. Oakland
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