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The Austin American-Statesman yesterday ran a New York Times editorial by Nicholas D. Kristof. It began:
"Karachi, Pakistan–Afterward, they comforted each other with the blasphemy: 'It was God's will.'"
So, how could I not be intrigued, especially because most Christians I know have a vague notion of god as all-powerful, all-knowing, and the creator of all things, that would make the phrase "it was god's will" a logically inescapable conclusion and necessary description of any event occurring in this universe. I had the feeling that whatever Kristof would describe would be absolutely within the realm of this "god's will"–according to the model of god most believers seem to put forward. But I wanted to see for myself, so I read on.
Not surprisingly, I was correct. The story is about the family politics of a pregnant woman's husband–and the politics of many women's families in this region. The $3.75 ride to a hospital was considered far too extravagant when the time came for the baby to arrive. Lest your sympathies get the better of you, one aunt said that if the family had known the child was going to be a boy (which it was), they'd have paid far more for the cab fare. It was less a question of poverty than one of concern. No the family is not well off, but their logic was that it was silly to waste money on a hospital.
While the article was more about a misogynistic society (which I feel sure a fundamentalist religion based on the great "He" doesn't help), I kept looking for the "blasphemy" in the statement about god's will. After the child dies (the mother lives), the mother is devastated, and the father says, "It is God's will. There is nothing we can do."
I agree with Kristof's call of "bullshit" on this one. But where is the blasphemy if I were to call myself a believer? As a nonbeliever, I want to call this one blasphemy against humanity, if there can be such a thing. Certainly it was our will for this child to die–humanity's will. It could have been avoided by human intervention. It was not necessary in a purely human world without gods. But the child died. And humans are responsible. To say that what humans do and allow–whether good or bad–has anything to do with gods is a blasphemy against our own species. But it's no blasphemy against god. If god is what people claim god is in many cases, it's a reality–a truth–to call any event "god's will."
Did god create everything–a universe where we cannot escape cause and effect? If so, this child's death was written into the "stars" (if you will) the moment the singularity popped, or the moment he spoke it all here 6,000 years ago. If he didn't create it, he's off the hook. If he did, he killed this child as surely as the child's own family.
Does god know everything? Did he know what he was doing? Does he understand the universe or not? If he built it and had so little understanding of what he was doing, he's off the hook in much the same way a mentally challenged person might be off the hook for a double-homocide. He still caused the harm; he's just too irresponsible to be held accountable for what he caused. If god built it and understood it–this god has no excuse. He actually produced the universe in such a way that this child would die, and either did not care, or meant it to be so.
Does god have the power to alter anything in this universe or impact human events? If god was aware of this child's plight, and was able to intervene, but did not, then he's just as guilty as the family members (ironically it was the men in the family) who felt the hospital was the best place for this mother, but did nothing to enforce their preference. If there is a god who is aware, cares at all, and can help, who does not, then this child's death was as much that god's choice as the family's.
Is it blasphemy to say god is not the creator? God is retarded–as gods go? Or that god lacks the power (is too castrated) to intervene in our lives?
Does our society truly embrace a god that keeps players safe at sporting events, but can't be expected to help a woman in difficult labor to be healthy and well and have a live baby in the end? It sure looks that way.
When I say "god did not create the universe," or "there is no god that is all powerful and gives a care," or "there is no god that knows everything"–or "there is no god," I'm sure to be lambasted by Christians everywhere for my arrogance and, well, blasphemy. They may not call it "blasphemy" much in these times, but that's what it is and why it offends so many believers to say such things.
Who gets to say what is blasphemy in the world of believers? To many, It's blasphemy to claim god doesn't have his finger on the pulse of the whole universe, as Kristof implies. But to Kristof, when one injustice occurs, it's blasphemy to say god had any knowledge or power to alter events. What sort of ineffectual god does Kristof imagine, I wonder? I have to think he imagines something, because he brought up the "god's will" phrase twice in a small article, and called it a blasphemy both times; and the story itself had precious little to do with gods, and everything to do with humans and human society.
I wish he would have clarified it was only a blasphemy to humanity, and could not possible be a blasphemy for any god model that would matter in this universe. I wish Kristof would have explained what he means by "god." But he did neither, unfortunately. But I think, disappointed as it makes me, he meant it in the same ludicrous apologetic way we hear it used all the time: With god all things are possible, but, somehow, helping an infant, unable to help itself, was way too much to ask–way beyond god's scope.
It's called having your cake and eating it, too. And it's logically impossible. But try telling that to someone who's been sufficiently indoctrinated. If that is really what Kristof meant, he's as guilty as holding to irrational, unhelpful beliefs as the culture he's writing to criticize. Like many Christians, he would be promoting that it's OK to devote some part of one's worldview to a logically inconsistent, impossible god who helps us not at all–and credit that god with all things good while blaming humans for all things evil. And that sort of hosed up religious belief is a part of the foundation that ultimately killed this child of a Muslim world, isn't it?
Perhaps instead of writing about gods and blasphemies, he should have "kept it real" and just said, "People could have helped this child. People did not. Dragging god into this as a 'will' or a victim of 'blasphemy,' helps us not at all. It adds nothing to this equation that can only possibly examine what people can do, what they did/did not do, and what other people could have/might have done to impact the reasons for these poor choices and tragic outcomes." And if I can add, reasons like holding to irrational beliefs about women and gods that led to this child's death.
I'm not sure how much impact a writer like Kristof can have in cutting the rope of irrationality that holds these people to unhealthy decisions, while he's involved in actually braiding more of that same rope. It's not reasonable to condemn real-world injustices that are the result of a god model I personally support.
I can't know that Kristof doesn't have some minority deistic ideology. But I can know that many people reading what he wrote–and he would know this as well–are interpreting it as, "That's right, my loving creator-of-all-things, all knowing, all powerful god would never allow something like this; how dare anyone blame this evil on god." It would escape them that the fact that this event actually occurred should be evidence that, if their god model exists, it would and did allow such an event–and therefore becomes logically inconsistent and, tah-dah, nonexistent. But I will almost guarantee you that hundreds of
thousands read his column, held this model of god, and condemned this "blasphemy" in like manner. They want their cake, but they want to eat it, too. And that's impossible. And the scariest part is that no matter how much you try to explain that eating the cake will result in the cake being gone, they will insist that you are the one who simply does not get it.
To some, unfortunately not so small degree, it truly is a mad world.

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The Warwick Vets football team went into Coventry last week hoping for its second league win of the year, one that would put it in prime position in the race for one of Division II-A's four playoff spot.
Instead, the 'Canes got a healthy dose of the Oakers ground game and lost 40-8.
There wasn't much solace in losing by 32 points, especially after losing by 29 to Woonsocket the previous week. But there was some solace in looking at the big picture.
While Vets was losing games it expected – or at least hoped – to win, the rest of the league was following suit. Westerly, which was previously the top-ranked team in all of Division II, lost 19-18 to Woonsocket this past weekend.
Previously winless Mt. Hope, thought to be perhaps one of the division's bottom feeders, dominated a solid Chariho team 27-7.
Vets, now at 1-2, finds itself on the outside of the playoff bubble at this point, but it also has the hope in knowing that just about anything can happen in the wild world of D-II.
What seemed like an obvious pecking order just one week ago can now be thrown out the window. It's all still up for grabs.
Johnston leads the division at 3-0 and Toll Gate is alone at the bottom at 0-3. In between, six teams are at 2-1 or 1-2, and beating each other with no rhyme or reason other than cementing the fact that parity has become commonplace.
"Division II has always been a tough division," Vets coach Bryan Nappa said. "There's always been a couple that are on top of the league, but in our division it's anybody's game at any point. Everyone is pretty evenly matched, for the most part."
The 'Canes' opponent this week is Chariho, a 1-2 team that is in exactly the same boat as Vets. With a win, it would get a little higher up the chain in a crowded division.
With a loss, it would fall below the cut line and would have to either run the table or come very close to get in playoff position.
"With everything that happened this weekend, everyone is right in the mix," Nappa said. "With a non-league game next week, we're playing this like it's our last game of the season. This is our big one. The boys all understand that we still control our own destiny. We make our own choices this week, and how hard we work is going to determine if we're still in the race or not."
In fact, the parity – and unpredictability – of the division is serving as both a positive and a negative.
On one side, teams are rarely out of it because of the weekly upsets.
However, one loss against another team in that middle pack can send a team spiraling, losing a precious game in the standings and a tiebreaker, something that will almost certainly come in to play when determining the four playoff teams.
Nappa has a total number of wins set as a goal for the team, a number that he thinks Vets needs to reach in order to get in that top group. While he won't reveal it, he knows that every game is crucial from here on out in order to get there.
"We do have a number in mind," Nappa said. "We're going to keep that in house though. I think every coach compares himself up to the league, and everybody's got a target number. We know where we stand on that. We've got to work a little harder to get there, but it's definitely within reach."
The 'Canes are hoping to get a big boost this week with the return of some injured players. Some younger linebackers are finally healthy, while first-teamers Dennis Scalzo and David MacDonald are in practice and hoping to play for the first time in three weeks.
And right now, with so many teams still in it and the games being so important, Vets needs all hands on deck.
"It's definitely still anybody's race at this point," Nappa said.
And that includes the 'Canes, who have lost their last two games by a combined 76-15 but sit one-game out of a playoff spot.
With a win, and a couple of D-II's patented upsets, Vets could just as easily be on the inside of the bubble next week.
The 'Canes have put the losses in the past. They want to be the ones pulling off the big win this time around.
"A lot of it is just teaching them how you can relate these things to the adversity they see in their own life," Nappa said. "You have to put things that set you back in life behind you, just like on the football field. It's no different here between the white lines than it is in life or in the classroom or at work."
The game against Chariho will be played on Friday at Vets at 4:30 p.m.


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Rockies beat Padres 10-2
Rockies beat Padres 10-2Colorado Rockies' Michael Cuddyer (3) high-fives teammate Carlos Gonzalez (5) after driving him in on a two-run home run hit off San Diego Padres relief pitcher Alex Hinshaw during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Denver, Friday, June 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey
DENVER (AP) -- Jeff Francis has found a comfort level in Colorado's four-man rotation.
He threw six scoreless innings for the Rockies in a 10-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday.
Rex Brothers bailed out newly recalled Tyler Chatwood in the eighth before Michael Cuddyer and Wilin Rosario hit two-run homers in the bottom of that inning to secure Francis' first win in the majors since Sept. 15, 2011, when he was pitching for the Kansas City Royals.
Francis became the first Rockies starter to win since June 4, which is the last time the Rockies won consecutive games.
''I hope a lot of our young people are paying close attention as to what you can do with 75 or 80 pitches if you do it correctly,'' said Manager Jim Tracy, referring his starters' pitch limit.
Francis threw 82 pitches, 49 strikes, as he became the second Rockies starter to pitch six innings they implemented the four-man rotation June 19. The other was Christian Friedrich on June 22 at Texas.
The Rockies have won four of the five games started by Francis (1-1) who has allowed three runs in 16 innings in his past three starts. Asked the key to his recent success, Francis said, ''just commanding both my curveball and changeup and being able to throw them for strikes and being able to throw them for a ball out of the zone when I need to.''
Former Rockies pitcher Jason Marquis (1-4) held Colorado to two runs through five innings before they scored four in the sixth.
Tracy had seventh-inning specialist Brothers warming up with the Rockies leading by two runs but turned to Chatwood, called up earlier Friday from Triple-A Colorado Springs, in the seventh with the Rockies ahead by six runs. Tracy said he intended to have Chatwood finish the game.
But he allowed a leadoff homer to Carlos Quentin in the seventh and a run-scoring single to pinch hitter Will Venable in the eighth. Brothers came on with none out and runners on first and second to face the Padres No. 3, 4 and 5 hitters. He struck out Chase Headley and Quentin on sliders and got Yonder Alonso to line out.
''The pitch of the night actually is the 3-2 pitch to Chase Headley, the slider that struck Headley out,'' Tracy said. ''Because if that's ball four, we've got a bases loaded situation with a 6-2 game and nobody out and Carlos Quentin standing up there at home plate. That's not where you want to be.''
Since being recalled from Colorado Springs on June 2, Brothers has allowed two runs, one earned, in 13 2-3 innings with three walks and 21 strikeouts while stranding the eight runners he has inherited.
''I guess that's kind of the job description of the bullpen is to come in late in the game and lock things down,'' Brothers said. ''My only mind set was to stop things right where they were.''
The Rockies scored a run in the first and another in the third.
Marco Scutaro doubled with one out in the first, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Carlos Gonzalez's ground out. Scutaro's two-out single in the third scored Rosario, who led off with a single and was sacrificed to second by Francis.
Marquis began his third trip through the lineup in the sixth and proved vulnerable. He had allowed three hits to that point but gave up three straight extra-base hits in what became a four-run outburst with help from the Padres defense.
Dexter Fowler led off with a walk and was sacrificed to second by Scutaro. Gonzalez tripled into the right field corner and scored when second baseman Logan Forsythe's relay throw sailed into the stands. With two outs, shortstop Everth Cabrera misplayed Chris Nelson's grounder, and Colvin scored to make it 6-0.
''I threw quality pitches early in the game,'' Marquis said. ''Then in the sixth inning, putting Dexter on with a walk, which you don't want to do. Then I wasn't able to put away Gonzalez and Cuddyer away with two strikes. I left two balls up. Probably the two mistakes all night and I paid for it.''
Francis retired 10 batters in a row before Headley singled with one out in the fourth, but Francis got Quentin to ground into a double play.
John Baker led off the Padres sixth with a sharp grounder into right field for a single, the third and final hit off Francis. After Marquis' sacrifice, Francis issued his only walk, but Forsythe flied to left and Headley grounded to third.
''I used to be able to get a fastball by some guys, which I don't do anymore,'' said Francis, who underwent shoulder surgery in February 2009. ''I have to find other ways.''
Marquis, who went 15-13 with a 4.04 ERA for the Rockies in 2009, is 10-7 with a 3.78 at Coors Field in 22 games, 21 starts. In his past four starts, the Padres have scored a total of five runs.
''The only time I can control that aspect of the game is when I'm standing in the batter's box,'' Marquis said. ''So I don't tend to worry about it too much. I've been around the game long enough. When you are younger it tends to bother you a little bit more. It is what it is. You can only control your job and that's what your focus should be.''
NOTES: To make room on the roster for Chatwood, the Rockies optioned left-hander Edwar Cabrera to Triple-A Colorado Springs two days after he struggled in his major league debut. ... Jhoulys Chacin (nerve irritation in chest muscle) threw a 30-pitch bullpen, all fastballs. He last pitched for the Rockies on May 1. Tracy said, ''My understanding is there was a lot more coming out today. He is definitely progressing. I was pleased to hear that.'' ... Friedrich (4-5) will start for the Rockies against Edinson Volquez (4-7) of the Padres on Saturday.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Looking to bolster the backcourt for the 2013-14 season, Lipscomb men's basketball head coach Scott Sanderson has announced the signing of standout guards Payton Hulsey and Matt Panaggio to national letters of intent.
A standout for powerhouse Southwind High School, Hulsey continues the tradition of players signing with the Bison program from the talent-rich Memphis area. Hulsey has led the Jaguars squad to a No. 9 ranking by MaxPreps.com and a No. 15 ranking by USA Today nationally along with a No. 1 ranking in the state.
"Payton's a combo guard that controls the game," said Sanderson. "He can shoot the basketball very well, guard multiple spots and is a good decision maker.
"We always like to get guys that can play multiple positions both offensively and defensively and he can do a lot of those things."
As a junior last season, the 6-foot-5 inch Hulsey was named to the "Best of Preps" Class AAA boys team by the Commercial Appeal.
A standout at Father Lopez High School in Daytona Beach, Fla., Panaggio led the Green Wave to a 26-5 record as a senior before enrolling in Worcester Academy, a prep school in Worcester, Mass.
"Matt's a very talented shooter and is very skilled on the perimeter," said Sanderson. "He has a great feel for the game and is a hard-nosed defender.
"He's very versatile as well and understands how to play and how to get open. Both of them have a skill set, both offensively and defensively, that will be great for our basketball team next year."
Named to the Orlando Sentinel All-Central Florida team last March, the 6-foot-4 inch guard averaged 16.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists last season.
The Bisons head to Ole Miss to take on the Rebels at Tad Smith Coliseum on Friday at 4 p.m. before returning home on Nov. 26 hosting Murray State at 6:30 p.m. at Allen Arena.


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Feb. 15, 2011 - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), in coordination with the Office of Community Development (OCD) - Disaster Recovery Unit, and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), began distributing nearly $8 million last month for the Wholesale, Dealer, Broker Grant Program, a federally funded program aimed at aiding certain fisheries-related businesses that were affected by hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
"Our fishing communities have spent the last five years battling back from disaster after disaster. Each time, they find a way to rebuild and get back to work. This program is an incredible opportunity to help our fishing communities continue to recover from hurricanes Gustav and Ike," said LDWF Secretary Robert Barham. "We are grateful to our state and industry partners for helping us make distributing assistance funds a reality."
The $8 million Wholesale, Dealer, Broker Grant Program was designed to assist certain fishery-related businesses that were in the industry in 2008 and currently remain in business. In order to qualify, businesses were required to provide supporting tax documentation and to be able to document a minimum $15,000 tangible loss or decline in business. Once grant qualifications were met, applicants became eligible for a grant of the amount of their loss, not to exceed $100,000.
"The fishing and seafood industry is a vital part of Louisiana's economy, and the state is committed to helping local fishermen continue to recover from hurricanes Gustav and Ike," said Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater. "The funds from the Wholesale, Dealer, Broker Program, along with the upcoming grants through the Commercial Fisheries Program, will help Louisiana's fisherman and help boost seafood businesses."
Louisiana also created a Commercial Fisherman Grant Program to assist Louisiana fishermen who held a commercial fishing license in 2008, are still licensed, and continue to recover from the impacts of hurricanes Gustav and Ike. It is anticipated this program will begin in early March.
"The Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority under the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry was already set up to help distribute relief funds for our agricultural producers," LDAF Commissioner Mike Strain said. "We were asked to help LDWF and LAFA was the perfect fund-distribution mechanism for the program. We got the money in the hands of seafood dealers quickly and efficiently."
Individuals who held both a Wholesale/Retail Dealer license and a Commercial Fishing license were only allowed to participate in one program.
Both programs are funded using Community Development Block Grant (CBDG) funds, which were set aside for aid to the fishing industry after it suffered more than $750 million in losses in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina, Rita Gustav and Ike. In total, Louisiana received more than $1 billion in CDBG funding for recovery from hurricanes Gustav and Ike, most of which the state has allocated directly to parishes for community recovery activities.
LDWF, OCD and LDAF hosted a series of outreach meetings during the spring of 2010 in coastal communities to provide more information to interested individuals.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ldwffb or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.
The Disaster Recovery Unit within the Office of Community Development is dedicated to helping Louisiana's citizens recover from hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike. As the state's central point for hurricane recovery, the OCD-DRU manages the most extensive rebuilding effort in American history, working closely with local, state and federal partners to ensure that Louisiana recovers safer and stronger than before.
For more information from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, please contact Laura Deslatte at (225)610-2363 or at email@example.com. For more information from the Office of Community Development, please contact Christina Stephens at (225) 603-3896 or email@example.com. For more information from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, please contact Sam Irwin at (225) 922-1256 or email@example.com


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FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH (WOIO) - The Franklin County Coroner is criticizing the Ohio Prison System saying Ariel Castro did not die of auto-erotic asphyxiation.
Dr. Jan Gorniak says Castro committed suicide and died from hanging.
Dr. Gorniak performed Castro's autopsy and tells 19 Action News Reporter Scott Taylor that officials at the Correctional Reception Center didn't consult with her before releasing the auto-erotic asphyxiation theory.
The Ohio Prison Systems released their internal findings on the convicted kidnapper and rapist's suicide Thursday. Read the complete report HERE.
Castro had been sentenced on August 1 to life in prison, plus 1,000 years, for kidnapping and sexually assaulting Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus while holding them captive in his Seymour Avenue house for over a decade.
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No-sew Clown costume for dressup. Kids Clown costume for Halloween.
Such a fun Clown costume to make. Kids can play dressup all year long and, of course, it's a perfect Halloween costume. Easy no-sew costume to make.
Items needed:
- Colorful Pillowcase
- 4 Big Colored Pom Poms
- Elastic cording or 1/4 inch elastic
- Craft glue
- Scissors
- 1 large safety pin / 4 medium safety pins
- Dollar Strore accessories
- Iron pillowcase to remove creases and wrinkles first.
- Fold pillowcase in half, lengthwise, and then cut a small opening, on folded side, for the neck . Unfold and then cut a slit down the back, only, about 5 inches long from the neck opening.
- Across from the neck opening, at each side seam, cut away a 1/4 inch slice for the arm holes.
- Dab a bit of white glue onto the cut edges to prevent fraying, if desired.
- Cut a piece of elastic that will fit around your child's thighs, adding about 6 additional inches.
- Cut a small slit on the inside of the double thick bottom border, making sure not to cut into the front layer of fabric.
- Attach the large safety pin to one end of the elastic and then insert this into the opening of the border. Making sure to keep the other end free, weave the safety pin through the entire border, gathering as you go. Tie off end, leaving a short tail and push into border.
- Attach Pom poms to the center front of the costume or attach with hot glue if desired. You can either make a big bow from a piece of fabric, folding over ends and tying in middle (attach to front of costume) or we found our clown nose, gloves and bow tie at the dollar store.


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Выбор редакции
- Dot Com part deux: Investors are showing increasing hunger for initial public offerings of unprofitable technology companies (WSJ)
- Poll Finds GOP Blamed More for Shutdown (WSJ)
- House, Senate Republicans Offer Competing Plans on Debt-Limit, Government Shutdown (WAPO)
- Obama, Republicans aim to end crisis after meeting, hurdles remain (Reuters)
- US Rethinks How to Release Sensitive Economic Data (WSJ)
- Chinese East Oil Fuels Fresh China-US Tensions (WSJ)
- ECB Agrees on Swap Line With PBOC as Trade Increases (BBG)
- China September Auto Sales Surge 21% on Japanese Rebound (BBG)
- JPMorgan Taps Taxpayer-Backed Banks for Basel Rules (BBG)
- Malala, survivor of Taliban, resented in Pakistan hometown (Reuters)
- Twitter Said to Pay 3.25% Bankers' Fee for Market Debut (BBG)
- Brevan Howard unchanged YTD (Reuters), Said to Start Fund With Ex-Deutsche Bankers (BBG)
Overnight Media Digest
* President Obama held talks with House Republicans on a GOP proposal to extend the nation's borrowing authority for six weeks, marking a new opening in the stalemate. Until now, Obama had refused to negotiate until the government was reopened and the debt ceiling raised. Republicans, in turn, said those steps must be paired with a deficit-reduction plan and changes to the 2010 health care law that they knew Obama wouldn't accept.
* China is overtaking the United States as a buyer of Middle East oil, adding fuel to diplomatic tension between the nations over security in the region.
* Federal officials are discussing changes to how the government releases sensitive economic data, seeking to bring the system in line with fast-moving financial markets.
* A Tesoro Logistics crude pipeline spilled about 20,000 barrels of oil in a rural field in northwest North Dakota, in what appears to be the largest spill in the Bakken shale formation to date.
* Clothing exports from Bangladesh soared over the summer because global retailers expanded orders despite a string of deadly industrial accidents.
* Auction house Christie's is branching out to attract less wealthy customers, while Sotheby's has targeted millionaires. The differences also show up in Sotheby's lagging sales. The divergent results have prompted investors and collectors to look more closely at the auctioneers' game plans.
* BlackBerry Ltd co-founder Mike Lazaridis has hired bankers to explore a joint bid for the smartphone company that forced him out as co-chief executive less than two years ago.
* Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has led a $206 million investment in a rival to Amazon.com Inc one of its biggest U.S. moves as the Chinese e-commerce giant considers an initial public offering here.
* Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd plans to reduce its global workforce by 10 percent, or 5,000 employees, underscoring growing competitive pressures in the generic-drug industry.
The United States seems to have staved off a debt default after the White House and Republicans moved towards a temporary agreement on a short-term extension of the U.S. debt limit.
Google saved billions in tax last year by channeling royalty payments to Bermuda, which helped it reduce its overseas tax rate by 5 percent.
CEO of energy company SSE, Alistair Phillips-Davies, has blamed the rising cost of green policies for the price rise and has called for a government rethink on the green policy.
British politicians are close to agreement with the British press over an revised royal charter over the press regulation.
Royal Mail has turned back people who bid for more than 10,000 pounds of shares in its over-subscribed IPO leading to institutional allocations having been severely scaled back.
A report says the peripheral eurozone's small- and medium-sized businesses are paying bank loan interest rates that are up to three times higher than German SMEs.
Aluminium smelters such as Alcoa and Rusal are up in arms against a proposal by the London Metals Exchange which will cause the price of aluminium to fall.
Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne denied reports that he had warned off potential investors in the U.S. carmaker's forthcoming IPO as the battle over the future of Chrysler turned increasingly complex and bitter.
* President Obama and House Republicans failed to reach an agreement on a six-week extension of the nation's borrowing authority during a meeting on Thursday, but the two sides kept talking, and the offer from politically besieged Republicans was seen as an initial step toward ending the budget standoff.
* In the exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans offer name recognition and price advantages. Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans have typically been the largest insurers providing coverage primarily to individuals and small businesses, and they remain a staple on the new exchanges. What is not yet clear is whether the Blues plans are offering low prices to gain customers, only to raise prices in later years.
* With enthusiastic backing from state officials and an estimated seven million uninsured, California is a crucial testing ground for the success of President Obama's health care law. California is building the country's largest state-run health insurance exchange and has already expanded Medicaid coverage for the poor.
* A lawsuit accuses Warner Brothers of stealing the screenplay of its 2012 movie "Trouble With the Curve" and of manufacturing evidence in their defense. In an unusually sharp response to a lawsuit filed last week, the studio publicly called the accusations of script theft "reckless and false".
* Carmen Segarra, a former bank examiner for the New York Federal Reserve, claims in a suit that she was fired by the Fed for refusing to back down on a plan to downgrade Goldman Sachs Group Inc for its conflict-of-interest policy.
* Investors embraced signs of a political compromise that could avert a default on government debt, sending stocks surging on Thursday, but the air quickly went out of Wall Street's balloon after it remained clear that a deal was not yet at hand.
* The two men who founded the company that became BlackBerry Ltd may now try to save it. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin said that they were considering a bid for the 92 percent of the company that they do not own. They also said they had hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Centerview Partners as advisers.
* The Securities and Exchange Commission says that Rodrigo and Michel Terpins acted on inside information about the H.J. Heinz Co takeover to turn $90,000 into $1.8 million. After receiving a confidential tip that the Heinz deal was looming, Michel Terpins alerted his brother, who then served as the trader, the SEC said. The Terpins brothers routed their trades through a Goldman Sachs account in Zurich, where laws largely shield the account holder's identity.
* The Delaware Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reversed a lower court ruling on Activision Blizzard Inc's move to buy back most of Vivendi SA stake in the video game maker for $8.2 billion, letting the transaction move forward. The deal is now expected to close next week.
* A jury in Los Angeles cleared Toyota Motor Corp of fault on Thursday in a fatal 2009 accident in which a 66-year-old woman crashed her Camry. The case is the first of about 85 personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits brought against Toyota in the California state court because of complaints related to sudden, unintended acceleration and the resulting wave of recalls in 2009 and 2010.
* The head of Ontario's horse racing regulator has stepped down on the eve of a major restructuring of the industry and the unveiling of a new formula for how public money is funneled to tracks. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne will release the new blueprint on Friday at the Grand River Raceway north of Guelph, Ontario.
* Rogers Communications Inc said a software glitch created a big spike in "signaling traffic" that caused one of the worst wireless network outages in the company's history. Canada's largest wireless carrier determined that root cause on Thursday roughly 18 hours after implementing a fix that restored voice and text services for customers across the country.
Reports in the business section:
* BlackBerry Ltd's co-founders say they may launch a takeover bid for the beleaguered smartphone maker, intensifying a battle over whether the company survives as a stand-alone entity or is carved into pieces.
* The days of Ontario bragging about being the largest auto-making jurisdiction in Canada and the United States are coming to an end. Michigan has roared into first place in vehicle manufacturing among states and provinces this year, knocking Ontario off the perch it has enjoyed since 2004.
* Canada's aerospace industry could lose about C$10.5 billion ($10.11 billion) worth of contracts over several decades if the federal government ultimately decides not to purchase the controversial F-35 Stealth Fighter, says a senior executive at Lockheed Martin Corp.
* Jana Partners, the New York activist hedge fund that waged a proxy fight against Agrium Inc, said on Thursday that it has reduced its stake in the fertilizer giant. Still, the fund will remain among Agrium's biggest shareholders with a 2.7 percent stake, down from its previous 7.6 percent position.
* Enbridge Inc is working to open a major new pathway to the U.S. Gulf Coast for Alberta bitumen, solidifying a commercial link between the world's No. 3 crude deposit and the Texas refining corridor that has so far eluded industry planners.
- Pci-Suntek Technology Co Ltd plans to open a private bank in Guangzhou in a collaboration with other private enterprises. The company is currently soliciting opinion on the venture from collaborating firms.
- Subsidiaries of Chinese funds are suffering amid a tighter regulatory environment, according to sources. Regulators asked Minsheng Royal Asset Management Co Ltd to suspend cash pooling activities, which it was engaged in on a large scale, they said.
- South China Sea disputes between China and members of ASEAN should not be dealt with during public forums, the paper said in an editorial. They should instead be resolved peacefully between the countries involved, it added.
- The Chinese government's crackdown on excessive spending was apparent during the National Day holiday, said an editorial.
7:00 AM Fly On The Wall Market Snapshot
Assurant (AIZ) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA/Merrill
BNP Paribas (BNPQY) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Macquarie
Citrix (CTXS) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at JPMorgan
Digital Realty (DLR) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Cantor
J.B. Hunt (JBHT) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman
LG Display (LPL) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup
Pharmacyclics (PCYC) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman
Philips (PHG) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman
Safeway (SWY) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan
Spirit Airlines (SAVE) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup
Texas Industries (TXI) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Longbow
Annie's (BNNY) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at SunTrust
AstraZeneca (AZN) downgraded to Underperform from Hold at Jefferies
Corning (GLW) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Jaffray
Deutsche Bank (DB) downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Macquarie
Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo
Eli Lilly (LLY) downgraded to Underperform from Hold at Jefferies
Intel (INTC) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie
Iron Mountain (IRM) downgraded to Underweight from Equal Weight at Barclays
L Brands (LTD) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse
Merck (MRK) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies
Micron (MU) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo
Sonoco Products (SON) downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Goldman
Synaptics (SYNA) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan
Walter Investment (WAC) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo
Apollo Global (APO) initiated with an Overweight at Evercore
Becton Dickinson (BDX) initiated with a Buy at SunTrust
Blackstone (BX) initiated with an Equal Weight at Evercore
Carlyle Group (CG) initiated with an Overweight at Evercore
Cepheid (CPHD) initiated with a Neutral at SunTrust
Crestwood Midstream (CMLP) initiated with an Outperform at Wells Fargo
Given Imaging (GIVN) initiated with a Buy at SunTrust
Hawaiian Electric (HE) initiated with an Outperform at Wells Fargo
KKR & Co. (KKR) initiated with an Equal Weight at Evercore
Manpower (MAN) initiated with a Buy at Jefferies
Myriad Genetics (MYGN) initiated with a Reduce at SunTrust
NGL Energy Partners (NGL) initiated with a Hold at Deutsche Bank
On Assignment (ASGN) initiated with a Buy at Jefferies
Robert Half (RHI) initiated with a Hold at Jefferies
Sinclair Broadcast (SBGI) initiated with an Outperform at Credit Suisse
UMB Financial (UMBF) initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill
Vantiv (VNTV) initiated with an Outperform at Oppenheimer
Western Gas Equity (WGP) initiated with an Outperform at Credit Suisse
Westpac (WBK) agreed to buy Lloyds (LYG) Australian assets for A$1.45B
Osiris (OSIR) sold stem cell business to Mesoblast (MBLTY) for up to $100M plus royalties
Federal Reserve Board said it reached accord with SunTrust (STI)
Safeway (SWY) to exit Chicago market
GenCorp (GY) filed to delay Form 10-Q
Chemtura (CHMT) to sell consumer products business to KIK Custom Products for $315M
USA Truck (USAK) filed breach of contract suit against Knight Transportation (KNX)
Companies that beat consensus earnings expectations last night and today include:
Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK), E2open (EOPN), Safeway (SWY), AngioDynamics (ANGO)
Companies that missed consensus earnings expectations include:
Silicon Graphics (SGI)
- Investors are showing increasing hunger for IPOs of unprofitable technology companies and the potential for big gains that they bring. Sixty-eight percent of U.S.-listed technology debuts this year, or 19 out of 28 deals, have been companies that lost money in the prior fiscal year or past 12 months, the Wall Street Journal reports
- Federal officials are discussing changes to how the government releases sensitive economic data, seeking to bring the system in line with fast-moving financial markets, the Wall Street Journal reports
- While officials of the Fed have disagreed over whether the U.S. central bank should continue full-bore with its massive bond-buying stimulus, two Fed presidents with differing policy views, San Francisco's John Williams and St. Louis's James Bullard, agreed that a national debt default could have devastating effects, Reuters reports
- The Pentagon said it would stop work on a second pilot helmet being developed for the F-35 fighter jet by Britain's BAE Systems (BAESY), and focus exclusively on the main helmet built by Rockwell Collins (COL) and Israel's Elbit Systems (ESLT), Reuters reports
- France's constitutional court upheld a ban on hydraulic fracturing, the energy exploration technique known as fracking. The 2011 law "conforms to the constitution," the court said, Bloomberg reports
- Toyota Motor (TM) has long held out hydrogen as the ultimate alternative to gasoline for powering autos. Soon, consumers will be able to kick the tires of its fuel cell-powered car and those of other automakers, Bloomberg reports
Apricus Biosciences (APRI) files to sell 395,018 shares of common stock for holders
Buckeye Partners (BPL) 7.5M share Secondary priced at $62.61
Envestnet (ENV) 5.045M share Secondary priced at $29.25
Lexington Realty (LXP) files to sell 10M shares of common stock
New Mountain Finance (NMFC) files to sell 6M shares of common stock
Seaspan (SSW) terminates public offerings of common shares and convertible notes


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MrJobs needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 14 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
We are wanting 5 separate graphics designed.
Expatriate and bilingual professionals.
We are wanting 5 separate graphics designed - all 220px x 100px.
We like the slick look and feel of skype, so this should be your design level. We also want to keep as close to the attached examples as possible.
We require the following colour codes to be used:
Primary: 00adef
Secondary: 6ccfff6, c7eafb
Highlights: f00a81
All files to be provided as layered psd.
The winning designer will be offered further work on completion.


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Next Episode of Ace of Cakes is
not planed. TV Show was canceled.
"Make it bigger; make it badder; make it awesome!"
Ace of Cakes focuses on the creations made by Charm City Cakes, a custom cake shop in Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by baker Duff Goldman, who is not your typical baker. His favorite methods require the use of various power tools, and explosions and fireworks are incorporated as often as possible. His relaxed rocker attitude and innovative ideas effect an entertaining experience for viewers.
With its popularity continually growing, Charm City Cakes needs the support of a staff with the skills and ingenuity to create whatever its customers request, from the traditional wedding cake to the truly bizarre. Many of the workers are past friends of Duff, which creates a mellow work environment that allows him to completely trust his employees' visions.
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Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Planning to Make A Pickup Truck
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk says the electric car company will make a pickup truck after the release of its next model.
In a message on Twitter late Tuesday, Musk said: "I promise that we will make a pickup truck right after Model Y." The Model Y is an electric SUV that's due for release in about two years.
He said the pickup would probably be slightly bigger than a Ford F-150.
Musk, who had previously hinted that a pickup model was due, was responding to suggestions he had solicited through Twitter about what the company could improve.
Tesla has mainly focused on producing passenger cars over the past decade but has branched out in recent years. It plans to make electric semis and has invested in battery production.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Preparing lesson plans for a business class: idea's? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Preparing lesson plans for a business class: idea's? Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message psychedelicJoined: 11 Feb 2003Posts: 167Location: China Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:55 am Post subject: Preparing lesson plans for a business class: idea's? Hi, I have to submit a lesson plan for a business class. (small class,the students work for a large,international company) Teaching materials are my choice..magazine and newspaper articles,etc. ** Can anyone give me some ideas/suggestions for putting a lesson plan(s) together? This is all new for me. Thank you!!! Back to top RogerJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 9138 Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:34 am Post subject: You should add the country's name or your students' nationality as I can't see how you could be expected to be teaching identical things to students in different countries! If your students happen to be Chinese, they will need a lot of basic information on how a free market operates, what a contract is, what WTO stands for, that laws are there to protect rather than inhibiting free enterprise. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:44 am Post subject: ideas or idea's ? Maybe you can start by reviewing the use of the apostrophe in Contemporary English. OR Sign up with The International Society For The Abolition Of The Apostrophe Maybe it was a typo, but is seems to me that an increasing number of "native speakers" do not understand the use of the apostrophe to mark the possessive.Last edited by scot47 on Thu Mar 27, 2003 2:15 pm; edited 2 times in total Back to top Shonai BenJoined: 15 Feb 2003Posts: 615Location: on the floor Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:49 am Post subject: The students should be able to introduce themselves as though they are on a business trip in the states. This often takes place when the company sends them abroad so this is a practical excercise as well. Standing in front of a group of strangers and talking about yourself is challenging and will probably take a lot of practice. Also important is Telephone English.They probably will at some time have to have an English conversation on the phone with a native speaker. These are just a few basic ideas to get you started. Hope it helps. Back to top SherriJoined: 23 Jan 2003Posts: 749Location: The Big Island, Hawaii Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 11:18 am Post subject: What level are the students and what are their goals? Back to top psychedelicJoined: 11 Feb 2003Posts: 167Location: China Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:00 am Post subject: Preparing lesson plans for a business class: ideas? scot47, Dude, why don't you chill? Typo..okay? Geesh. How about reviewing and to? Peace Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 6:45 am Post subject: my 2 Rubles for ya Hello Psychedelic I've taught a few corporate classes myself over the years, including Intel Corp, British-American Tobacco and Coca-Cola, and I'm happy to offer you a few humble tips and suggestions. One of the strategies that seems to work well for me is this: First, do a web-search on the company you'll be teaching for. Collect some recent press-releases, marketing reports, the annual report, and maybe even a chart which shows the company's stock values over the past year. I like to use http://news.google.com for collecting this kind of info. Then ... after weeding out the good stuff from the bad, you can introduce one of the above documents, along with some specific vocabulary and/or grammar, and discuss it in more depth. Another good idea: Find out, for example, who the main competitors are for THAT particular company, and consider presenting a lesson plan on the competitor. For Coca-Cola, it was easy: Can you say P E P S I ?? Business students are sometimes "wowed" by this kind of stuff, because it's interesting, relevant and always contains some useful tidbits and vocabulary related to their own company that they themselves didn't know about or understand fully. Of course, you need to be very careful about keeping the lesson plan geared to the proficiency-level of your class, and this is sometimes easier said than done. It's also a very good idea during the first class to play the 'doctor-patient' game with them ... in which you (as the doctor) find out from THEM (the patients) exactly how and when they actually use English in their day-to-day corporate life. Are they using it on the telephone, face-to-face with foreign managers, or writing emails? etc. With this information, you can now 'tailor' your lesson plans to better meet their needs. Hope this helps. Warm regards, kENtLast edited by Kent F. Kruhoeffer on Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:43 pm; edited 4 times in total Back to top psychedelicJoined: 11 Feb 2003Posts: 167Location: China Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 7:08 am Post subject: Preparing lesson plans for a business class: ideas? Roger, Actually, if you look at my message you'll see that my location is Seoul..as in South Korea. My students nationality is Korean. Good day Back to top AlbulbulJoined: 08 Feb 2003Posts: 364 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 10:04 am Post subject: COREA ! Get thou to the Korean Page, varlet ! Back to top EricaJoined: 20 Jan 2003Posts: 6 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 1:15 pm Post subject: Hi. Another thing you could try out is having them give you a virtual tour of the company, how things work, etc. just as they would do for a visiting foreigner to their company. Get them to anticipate the questions that the foreigner would ask and try to make replies to these questions. Get them to research a similar company (competitor) in another country and see if their mission statements and management styles are the same. This can be done through the internet. It's also always good to go through negotiation styles, and specific cultural business styles. For example, someone from the west will be fairly blunt and to the point, whereas someone from Japan would consider this very insulting. Someone from Korea, on the other hand, may like to do business over lots of soju. You may also want to think about describing trends and graphs - rising, peak, falling...etc and being able to say why. Good luck. There are several good books out there, Business Basics is ok for low-intermediate level students. Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 6:45 am Post subject: PS: a decent business text PS: As Erica mentioned above, there are tons of business text books out there to choose from. One that I like in particular is: "Market Leader" by David Cotton, David Falvey and Simon Kent; published jointly by Longman and the Financial Times. You can get additional info or order at: at www.market-leader.net Regards, kEnT Back to top ShowemJoined: 29 Jan 2003Posts: 31 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 8:42 am Post subject: I just want to know why you all don't go to the other forum, which has specific topics for business English, games & activities, teaching adults, teaching to deaf students, etc etc. Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 11:17 am Post subject: Why? Dear Showem: Why? Because 'Business English' clearly falls within the boundaries of "General EFL Discussion Forum", which is exactly what this is. Considering all of the off-topic, fluffy crap posted on this forum on a daily basis, I can't believe that I need to be here, defending Business English as an acceptable topic for discussion. I feel sorry for Psychedelic, insofar as the majority of replies to his honest and legitimate question were met with less than helpful messages. Just calling 'em like I see 'em. Regards, kEnt Back to top ShowemJoined: 29 Jan 2003Posts: 31 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 11:54 am Post subject: Dear Kent, Does Business English fall clearly within the boundaries of Job Discussion/Employment? That's how I interpret this forum. But to make up for my lack of advice, planning a lesson plan for a business based class should come after doing a needs analysis of the students. What do they need? Do they have to speak on the phone? Do they send emails? Do they attend meetings, give presentations, etc? Where do you see their weaknesses, grammar, vocab, pronunciation, etc? Base the lesson plan on the combination of the two. Concentrate mainly on one thing per lesson and make sure there is a variety of different things over the course; business skills, vocabulary building, fluency, grammar, etc etc. My final advice is to post in the correct forum. I personally rarely check this one, as I have a job and am not looking for another one, nor do I enjoy the other "fluff" as Kent describes it. Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 1:48 pm Post subject: my interpretation only Hello Showem Sorry if my first reply sounded a little harsh. Thank you for your input. Now, I may be wrong on this, but when I read the small print under the main header entitled "General Discussion Forum", it says, and I quote: "a general discussion on teaching around the globe". To me, that's pretty vague, and would imply that content-related EFL topics (like Business English) are OK, as well as discussions about finding jobs, reputable employers, crappy fluff , and the like. 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Dinner benefits the hungry and homeless of Niagara County
Community Missions of Niagara Frontier will hold its third annual lobster fest on Thursday, Aug. 15, at the LaSalle Yacht Club in Niagara Falls.
The event will begin at 5 p.m. and continue to 8 p.m. or until the lobster runs out. Tickets are $50 per person and include a whole lobster, clam chowder, sides, dessert, and two free drink tickets (beer, wine or soda). A steak alternative is available upon request prior to the event.
In addition to dinner, the evening will feature a basket auction, 50/50 split, a raffle, and live music from Tom Keefer and Celtic Cross.
All event proceeds will benefit the missions' crisis services programs, which include the community kitchen, homeless shelter, clothing closet and food pantry. This signature event will assist in continuing to provide food and shelter to the neediest neighbors of Niagara County.
In addition to purchasing tickets, basket/prize donations and sponsorship opportunities are also available and greatly appreciated. For more information on how to become a sponsor, donate or purchase tickets, contact Andrea Gray at 716-285-3403, ext. 2225 ([email protected]).
Since its founding in 1925, Community Missions has provided a unique blend of referral, crisis, community support, and residential services for youth and adults. In 2012, the missions' crisis services programs served more than 70,000 meals, provided crisis housing to more than 600 individuals, and provided more than 9,000 nights of care to neglected or abused children and homeless adults.
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Spammer's $11 Million Win Against Anti-Spammer Spamhaus, Reduced To $27,000
from the that's-a-bit-different dept
Spamhaus initially ignored the whole thing, again claiming US courts had no jurisdiction over it. However, after e360 sought an injunction to get Spamhaus shut down for failure to pay, Spamhaus got involved. Thankfully, a judge refused to shut down Spamhaus, and while an appeal didn't buy many of Spamhaus' arguments, it did throw out the $11 million award, and send it back to the lower court to recalculate the damages.
So, now, four years after the initial $11 million ruling, the court has reduced the damages award to $27,002. Quite a difference, huh? I would have to guess that e360's legal bills cost a hell of a lot more than $27k. It turns out that there were a bunch of problems for e360, and once it had to actually prove how much damage being on the list had done, suddenly it wasn't so interested in giving a straight answer or, at times, answering at all. As Venkat Balasubramani notes:
Despite litigating the case vigorously up to this point, when it came to damages, e360 seemed to muster a lot less energy. According to the court, e360 was "slow to provide information requested by Spamhaus . . . [and] missed several [d]eadlines." I'll spare readers a detailed discussion on damages, but the court's take can be summed up as follows:Yeah, if you've made a total of $332,000 in profits over the course of five years, perhaps don't claim $11 million in damages just because some company (most likely accurately) put you on a list of spammers.The unreliability of [e360's] approaches is unmistakably demonstrated by the profound differences in claimed damages profferred at various points during these proceedings. Finally, it strains credulity that a company that made only a fraction of the profits [e360] asks for over the course of its five-year lifespan would have garnered profits in the amounts [e360] set out in [its] testimony or documentary evidence. The profit and loss statement [e360 provided] sets out the company's overall profits at $332,000. . . . .
At the time of default judgment, the damages claimed were $11,715,000. During discovery, Exhibit 5 was proffered reflecting damages of $135,173,577. At trial, proffered Exhibit 5(a) showed damages of $122,271,346. During final argument, the claimed amount was $30,000,000.
As for that big question of whether or not the company was involved in spamming. Well, others have certainly thought so. In the past, we've noted that the company had been sued for violating CAN SPAM, and in another lawsuit e360 filed (against Comcast for filtering its spam), the judge stated pretty clearly that e360 fit the description of a spammer. On top of that, in the blog post above, Venkat points out that, just in going through this lawsuit, e360 appears to have now put on public record an awful lot of evidence that its activities fall under the definition of what most people would consider spam:
Ironically, through litigating this dispute, e360 caused to be memorialized in a court order, facts about its email practices (and the email marketing industry in general) that I'm guessing it would prefer not be in the public eye. Two facts jumped out at me from the order. First, e360 sent out 6.6 billion (!) emails through the course of its five year existence. Second, there were some familiar faces among the list of its customers: SmartBargains and Optinbig.


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It was 1951, and Tania Grossinger was a 13-year-old kid living at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel in New York. The hotel, owned by some of Tania's relatives, was legendary, with a staff of 1,200 catering to thousands of visitors a week.
But one visitor made a lasting impression on her: Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers ballplayer who had broken baseball's color barrier in 1947 and who, with his family, was a frequent guest at the resort.
"Most of the celebrities were Jewish comedians — Buddy Hackett, Joey Bishop, Dick Shawn," recalls Grossinger, a public relations consultant based in Manhattan. "They came up all the time. ... But Jackie was Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson! No explanation needed."
At their first meeting, Grossinger was one of many kids from the hotel introduced to Robinson. When someone told him that she was an excellent pingpong player, he invited her to play later that day. Being just a kid, and him being Jackie Robinson, she didn't take him seriously — until her phone rang and he asked her where she was. He was waiting for their match. They played, and a lifelong bond was created.
Grossinger has turned that meeting and her subsequent friendship with Robinson, which lasted until his death in 1972, into a children's book, "Jackie and Me: A Very Special Friendship" (Sky Pony Press). Aimed at kids ages 5 to 8, it comes out in April, the same month as the new Robinson biographical film, "42."
Here's an edited transcript of our conversation about Robinson and her book.
Q: Kids today are largely unaware of Jackie Robinson and what he accomplished. Maybe even many parents. Do you think this will get his story re-told?
A: I would have hoped their parents would have known (about Robinson). And maybe going through the bookstore, a father or mother would see the cover and would want to pick it up and share their feelings about it, about Jackie.
Q: Were you a big baseball fan?
A: Not especially. I never saw Jackie play. I was in high school; I was in college. I don't even remember trying to go see him. I didn't know how to get from Grossinger's to Ebbetts Field (the Dodgers' ballpark in Brooklyn). So my relationship with him was person-to-person. Maybe (it was special) because our relationship wasn't (about) baseball; I didn't ask about strikes and hits and averages.
Q: On the surface, you didn't have a lot in common.
A: What I felt was like an outsider. He knew what that was like. I was a Grossinger but not a real Grossinger that owned the hotel. I was never able to show feelings, express my feelings or show anger. And later, in retrospect, I realize neither could he (on the field). We didn't talk about that. But he just seemed to get me.
Q: What lessons did you learn from him? Trust? Determination?
A: I would take his letters that he would send — he'd scribble a few lines on a menu, and my mother would mail it to me. When I graduated college, he said he couldn't believe I'd already graduated, that it made him feel like an old man. I'd clip those parts (of the letters) and carry them in my wallet. When I felt insecure, I'd take them out and read them. And I'd get a sense of, if Jackie likes me, there must be something about me.
Q: What message would you hope to get across to kids with the book?
A: Never be ashamed of who you are. That's what makes you so special. ... And also, never give up.
To see a copy of a note Robinson sent Grossinger, go to taniagrossinger.com (click on the "celebs" link).


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I used Kokka Trefle Folklore Owls fabric for my brooch, but you can use anything! The possibilities are endless and these brooches are a great way to use up fabric scraps.
You need:
- scrap of fabric
- a self covering flat back button (I used size 45)*
- self covering fabric button tool (clear is best)*
- small brooch pin*
- hot glue gun or E6000 glue*
* All these items can be purchased at a craft store, or more easily online using craft supplies sites such as Etsy & Craftumi.
Take your fabric and button front piece, and place fabric over the button. Push into the large piece of the button making tool.
I recommend getting a clear tool if you can, so you can check the positioning of your fabric once your button has been pushed in.
Once you are happy with the position of your fabric, go ahead and use the tool to complete making the button. If you haven't made a fabric covered button before, here is a great tutorial by Cass Can Sew.
Turn the button over and carefully place a small amount of glue on the back of the button.
Press the brooch pin into the glue firmly. Be fast if you are working with a hot glue gun as the glue will dry very quickly.
Allow the glue to dry and you are finished!
Now go and make a whole bunch more with your scraps!
If you make some brooches using this tutorial I'd love you to share! Tweet me, post a picture to my facebook timeline, send me the link to your blog or upload a picture to my Flickr pool! I love seeing what people make from my tutorials, it makes my day!