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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:27 am
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The last set of statistics are the most chilling.....
Just in case you have not seen these very interesting statistics:
A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very
interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations
International Health Organization.
Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after
England 46%
Canada 42%
Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment
within six months:
England 15%
Canada 43%
Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within
England 15%
Canada 43%
Percentage referred to a medical specialist who sees one within one
England 40%
Canada 43%
Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
England 14
Canada 18
Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in"
excellent health":
England 2%
Canada 6%
I don't know about you, but I don't want "Universal Healthcare"
comparable to England or Canada.
Moreover, it was Sen. Harry Reid who said, "Elderly Americans must
learn to accept the inconveniences of old age."
He is "elderly" himself but be sure to remember his health insurance
is different from yours as Congress has their own high - end
coverage! He will never have to learn to accept "inconveniences"!!!
The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the
private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet.
You know what the private business sector is... a real life business,
not a government
Here are the percentages.
T. Roosevelt........ 38%
Wilson ................52%
Coolidge.............. 48%
Hoover................. 42%
F. Roosevelt......... 50%
Kennedy.............. 30%
Nixon................... 53%
Ford.................... 42%
Carter.................. 32%
GH Bush............. 51%
Clinton................. 39%
GW Bush.............55%
And the winner is:
Obama................ 8%!!!
Yep! That's right! Only Eight Percent!!!..The least by far of the
last 19 presidents!! And these people are trying to tell our big
how to run their business? They know what's best for
GM...Chrysler... Wall Street... and you and me?
How can the president of a major nation and society...the one with
the most successful economic system in world history... stand and
talk about business when he's never worked for one?.. Or about jobs
when he has never
really had one??! And neither have 92% of his senior staff and
closest advisers! They've spent most of their time in academia,
government and/or non-profit jobs....or as "community organizers"
May want to pass this on, we will NEVER see it in the main street
media, I gar-0n-tee!!!
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:01 am
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Re: Health care statistics
Careful of those numbers on access to specialists etc. There is a lot of variation in what is considered a specialist, what is considered a cure and which survey is compared to which. I have read a dozen comparisons and they are all over the map.
Remember, we spend almost 17% of GDP and most of the other nations spend far less (around 12% of GDP).
I think our health care system is the best in the world, if you are seriously sick or injured. It is not the best at keeping us healthy. This is complex, since our country's lifestyles are not as healthy as many Euro nations and Canada.
And, a lot of us spend more than we NEED on health care, and houses, and energy and ......
Mat-ty - If you are really interested in the costs and challenges in health care for seniors, I would suggest you read "The Brave New World of Health Care" by Richard Lamm (ex gov. of Colorado).
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:05 am
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Why would you need capitalists, when you are no longer a capitalist nation?
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:41 am
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I would be interested if your source compared the US health care system to the Dutch system.
Their system is a lot like our new HC plan, that allows a mix of public and private funding, insurance regulation and reform. Rationing is minimized (impossible to eliminate BTW - exists now). However, costs are lower. There is still a lot of choice available to the consumers.
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:05 am
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I just watched a special on PBS about healthcare. They went to Canada. England, Germany, and Taiwan. Very interesting, they kept implying that there system was better than ours. Which may be true, but they never mentioned TAXES!!!! last time I checked , nothing is free.
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:20 am
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Medicare already costs 9 times its projections. Why will universal health care projections be any better?
From the National Center for Policy Analysis:
Medical care in the United States is derided as miserable compared to health care systems in the rest of the developed world. Economists, government officials, insurers and academics alike are beating the drum for a far larger government rôle in health care. Much of the public assumes their arguments are sound because the calls for change are so ubiquitous and the topic so complex. However, before turning to government as the solution, some unheralded facts about America's health care system should be considered.
Fact No. 1: Americans have better survival rates than Europeans for common cancers.[1] Breast cancer mortality is 52 percent higher in Germany than in the United States, and 88 percent higher in the United Kingdom. Prostate cancer mortality is 604 percent higher in the U.K. and 457 percent higher in Norway. The mortality rate for colorectal cancer among British men and women is about 40 percent higher.
Fact No. 2: Americans have lower cancer mortality rates than Canadians.[2] Breast cancer mortality is 9 percent higher, prostate cancer is 184 percent higher and colon cancer mortality among men is about 10 percent higher than in the United States.
Fact No. 3: Americans have better access to treatment for chronic diseases than patients in other developed countries.[3] Some 56 percent of Americans who could benefit are taking statins, which reduce cholesterol and protect against heart disease. By comparison, of those patients who could benefit from these drugs, only 36 percent of the Dutch, 29 percent of the Swiss, 26 percent of Germans, 23 percent of Britons and 17 percent of Italians receive them.
Fact No. 4: Americans have better access to preventive cancer screening than Canadians.[4] Take the proportion of the appropriate-age population groups who have received recommended tests for breast, cervical, prostate and colon cancer:
* Nine of 10 middle-aged American women (89 percent) have had a mammogram, compared to less than three-fourths of Canadians (72 percent).
* Nearly all American women (96 percent) have had a pap smear, compared to less than 90 percent of Canadians.
* More than half of American men (54 percent) have had a PSA test, compared to less than 1 in 6 Canadians (16 percent).
* Nearly one-third of Americans (30 percent) have had a colonoscopy, compared with less than 1 in 20 Canadians (5 percent).
Fact No. 5: Lower income Americans are in better health than comparable Canadians. Twice as many American seniors with below-median incomes self-report "excellent" health compared to Canadian seniors (11.7 percent versus 5.8 percent). Conversely, white Canadian young adults with below-median incomes are 20 percent more likely than lower income Americans to describe their health as "fair or poor."[5]
Fact No. 6: Americans spend less time waiting for care than patients in Canada and the U.K. Canadian and British patients wait about twice as long - sometimes more than a year - to see a specialist, to have elective surgery like hip replacements or to get radiation treatment for cancer.[6] All told, 827,429 people are waiting for some type of procedure in Canada.[7] In England, nearly 1.8 million people are waiting for a hospital admission or outpatient treatment.[8]
[I phone specialists directly and get in within a few days if my problem is not urgent. I consulted about 8 specialists in several weeks regarding my prostate cancer.]
Fact No. 7: People in countries with more government control of health care are highly dissatisfied and believe reform is needed. More than 70 percent of German, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and British adults say their health system needs either "fundamental change" or "complete rebuilding."[9]
Fact No. 8: Americans are more satisfied with the care they receive than Canadians. When asked about their own health care instead of the "health care system," more than half of Americans (51.3 percent) are very satisfied with their health care services, compared to only 41.5 percent of Canadians; a lower proportion of Americans are dissatisfied (6.8 percent) than Canadians (8.5 percent).[10]
Fact No. 9: Americans have much better access to important new technologies like medical imaging than patients in Canada or the U.K. Maligned as a waste by economists and policymakers naïve to actual medical practice, an overwhelming majority of leading American physicians identified computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the most important medical innovations for improving patient care during the previous decade.[11] [See the table.] The United States has 34 CT scanners per million Americans, compared to 12 in Canada and eight in Britain. The United States has nearly 27 MRI machines per million compared to about 6 per million in Canada and Britain.[12]
Fact No. 10: Americans are responsible for the vast majority of all health care innovations.[13] The top five U.S. hospitals conduct more clinical trials than all the hospitals in any other single developed country.[14] Since the mid-1970s, the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology has gone to American residents more often than recipients from all other countries combined.[15] In only five of the past 34 years did a scientist living in America not win or share in the prize. Most important recent medical innovations were developed in the United States.[16] [See the table.]
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:58 pm
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Assuming that American healthcare is in fact superior, seems to me that extending that care more universally to more Americans through mandated health insurance coverage would improve our stats even more, and additionally, ultimately help drive down the rising costs.
Regarding the National Center for Policy Analysis, one had to wonder when they were gathering their information whether they took into consideration those folks whose only source of healthcare is received from hospital emergency rooms. I would tend to doubt it.
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:35 pm
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Excellent points Isobars.
I have seen a lot of this information also. In addition, my personal experiences and observations tell me the same thing.
We have the best health care INFRASTRUCTURE in the world. IMO without question. But, we better; it costs a lot more!
The biggest problem with the current health care system, is not the services that are provided, it is the disorganized and highly variable ways it is paid for. Medicare, for example, often, reimburses providers at rates less than 25% of other insurers. Medicare is being supported by those with better insurance. This is unsustainable.
And, lots of folks receive expensive care in ER's, with no intention of paying for it. I, for one, am not prepared to send sick people back into the streets because they cannot afford basic health care.
I think it is also important to point out that if you are lucky enough to be employed or retired from a large company, government job or the military you are in a different marketplace than those in small businesses or the working class. Those group policies provide a much higher level of security than available for the rest of us.
This is how I have reconciled the requirement for purchasing insurance within the plan. Really, it is the plan! This is why insurance reform is necessary.
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:07 pm
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1. I, for one, am not prepared to send sick people back into the streets because they cannot afford basic health care.
2. insurance reform is necessary.
1. What is "basic health care"?
WHY can they not afford it? If they dropped out of school, got wasted, bought a new pickup instead of insurance, watched American Idol rather than working a second job, had kids they could not afford, eat in restaurants, own big TVs, buy movie popcorn, wear $50 sneakers or $30 jeans, do not max out their matched-fund 401ks, have an aftermarket sound system in their car, smoke, live in a home worth more than their annual income, go to rock concerts or pro ball games, own a smart phone, have satellite TV, buy new furniture, etc., they chose not to have money for insurance. That gives them zero right to have the government take my money at gunpoint for their benefit. I'm neither their damned nanny nor their money pot. Anyone who feels otherwise is welcome to support them but has zero right to force me to reward their bad decisions.
2. I'll bet that not one person in North America disagrees with that.
I'll bet virtually NO non-socialist and INFORMED person in North America believes the best solution is S-P, G-R, UHC, aka socialized medicine, as Barack Obama explicitly stated is his goal.
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:30 pm
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As unfair as this is, those people, currently get health care, at least in Colorado, due to a law that requires any ER getting ANY state funds to treat ANYONE coming through the door. That is EVERY rural hospital.
Mandated insurance is addressing this. Yeah, this sucks for the government to have to babysit. At least these folks will have to pay SOMETHING under the new plan.
These folks don't opt out of medical treatment. They just opt out of paying for it.
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After spending all day Monday in the Hilton, I wasn't too surprised when my first session on Tuesday brought me back to the Hilton. Stephen Colebourne and Roger Riggs and presented "From Instants to Eras, the Future of Java" in the Hilton Yosemite A/B/C conference room. This presentation was high on my list of those to see because, after lambda expressions, the new date/time API is the feature of JDK 8 that I'm most looking forward to. Indeed, as Mark Reinhold stated in the Technical Keynote when trying to soothe concerns over the booting of Project Jigsaw to JDK 9, lambda expressions and the Date/Time API are among the many changes coming in JDK 8 that still make it an exciting release.
Colebourne showed an image of complicated clock machinery and stated that the photograph is representative of the complications inherent in attempting to write a satisfactory date/time for Java. He, of course, had a plug for Joda Time, which is the inspiration ("similar, but not identical") for JSR 310. He pointed out that JSR 310 was approved back in January 2007, but it is expected to be Feature Complete (M6) by January 2013. I agreed with his point that it's better to take time putting this in rather than to introduce yet another unfinished or poorly finished API into the SDK (think Date and Calendar).
Colebourne covered several design principles behind the new date/time API. These include fluency, immutability and thread safety, extensibility, IDE friendliness, clarity, and more.
Colebourne showed a colorful slide with numerous words and concepts sprinkled throughout. The point is how many different terms, concepts, and meanings there are in the date/time space. One of his bullets pointed out, "'time' is overloaded with many meanings." One of the goals of JSR 310 is to "define a consistent language for the domain" and "help teams communicate."
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"Colebourne went on to address the "weird" aspects of date/time: "There is such a time as 23:59:60." He talked about leap seconds and "real life." He pointed out that, "The length of a day changes, but the length of a second does not change." Java's current implementation counts milliseconds since 1970-01-01 (Java's epoch time), but "UTC only started properly at 1972-01-01" (scientists' current definition at this time).
To address issues like these, JSR 310 defines "Java time-scale relative to civil time." "Civil time" is currently UTC, but by having a different name, it can be associated with anything that might replace UTC in the future. He stated that "Midday always matches civil time exactly" and that a Day already has 86640 sections.
LocalDate is a "date without reference to time or timezone." Colebourne pointed out that this is better than trying to set java.util.Calendar to a date with 0 for hours, minutes, and seconds. Similarly,
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Colbourne talked about timezones and JSR 310 classes such as
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ZoneResolver, which uses the Strategy Design Pattern to deal with difficult/weird timezone issues. The
ZonedDateTime class combines all of this into a single class supporting dates, times, and timezones.
Other classes and enums in JSR 310 include
DayOfWeek, and so forth.
Because JSR 310 objects are immutable, they provide "with" methods rather than "set" methods. The "with" methods return a new instance based on the target instance modified by the value passed to the "with" method. Colebourne likened this approach to that used by String.lowerCase().
Riggs talked about integrating the JSR 310 implementation into the Java SDK. While JSR 310 concepts and constructs will show up in
Calendar, the current plan is to prevent "pollution" from
Date and
Calendar creeping into the JSR 310 constructs. I definitely think this is the correct approach.
Riggs also discussed JDBC and database support for JSR 310. His bullet stated that "JDBC group represented on JSR-310." He showed a mapping of JSR 310 classes to JDBC classes.
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Duration and
Period is that the former supports machines and the latter supports humans. [Later Update: An audience member asked about the difference between these two concepts and Colebourne answered similar to what I assumed, but he added that there is a more subtle difference: duration takes into account Instant timeline (timezone considered) while the period takes into account the clock on the wall (timezone not considered).]
Riggs returned to the concept of the "current 'civil' calendar," which is based on ISO-8601. They are working on a calendar-neutral system for using non-ISO calendars and lookup the alternate calendar systems by name ("Coptic", "Hijrah", "Japanese", "Minguo", "ThaiBuddhist"). As currently implemented, this non-civil support is only available for dates. All of these are convertible to the ISO ("civil") standard.
One of the difficult things that Riggs talked about related to regional calendars is the concept of eras.
Chronology and
ChronoDate support methods for dealing with eras and other less common date measurement concepts. A goal of JSR 310 is to be extensible so that new calendars can be added.
So far, I like what I've seen from JSR 310 related to handling different calendars. It is obviously nice to allow support for anyone's preferred calendar, but it seems silly to make everyone deal with strangeness and difficult APIs to accommodate a minor fraction of developers (think
Calendar interface). The JSR 310 approach seems to provide easy-to-use APIs for the majority of developers while not precluding developers needing special cases from having the support they need.
Riggs showed a code example of acquiring
Instant that used the
Clock class to initialize the
Instance instance. JSR 310 retains its immutability in its date/time formatter called
DateTimeFormatter. There are common formatters in
DateTimeFormatters and an ISO-8601 compliant string is returned by
The core date time model, according to Riggs, consists of the
DateTime interface and the
AdjustableDateTime interface.
Rigg's slide on "Open Issues" was also interesting. They would like to use Java 8 (Lamba) features. They also still need to work out details of the
Period to SQL mapping. They have several design issues still to address. One of their next steps is to integrate ThreeTen (JSR 310 reference implementation) into OpenJDK. Other "next steps" are "more implementation" and "more unit tests." Finally, they need "review by OpenJDK reviewers."
As with many other sessions at this JavaOne, Riggs mentioned that JSR 310 is open ("very open!") and listed some ideas for community help (joining mailing list, comment on Wiki, reviewing the API). Colebourne reiterated the point about its openness and the desire for community feedback.
Before answering audience members' questions, Colebourne had some questions for the audience. My guess is that he was looking for community feedback on certain design issues. One of his questions was how many people using a production system used a date older than 1900. There were, surprisingly, several of these. However, only one person answered the second question affirmatively (how many of you have used a non-ISO calendar system in Java?). This is not surprising to me, but audience members made a good point that this should be asked in JavaOne in Brazil, Japan, and Thailand.
In response to an audience member's question, Colebourne said he plans to update Joda Time to implement JSR 310 interfaces, giving developers an option to use those implementation classes rather than the JDK classes (and an easier way to migrate if necessary). He mentioned that a disadvantage of this is that there will be class name clashes requiring fully specified package names in some cases.
Although this session was decently attended (room was about 20% full), I was surprised that it wasn't much more full than it was given the significance of this change, given the itch that it scratches, and given that it is one of the more exciting features of forthcoming JDK 8. Like Lambda, this seems to be maturing nicely and I doubt that much that is learned now will be wasted (will change dramatically before the JDK 8 release). Riggs called JSR 310 a "very robust, very complete" API for handling date and time and that definitely seems to be the case.
The questions in the question and answer section proved that while the audience was smaller than I had anticipated, there are still many people very interested developers in attendance. There were lots of great questions that showed familiarity with the pains of date/time and interest in the new API.
Like The Road to Lambda, this presentation met my expectations and left me excited about its subject matter. Some have stated that JDK 8 should not be delivered without Jigsaw, but my feeling is that Lambda and JSR 310 alone make JDK 8 well worth delivering as soon as possible.


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The Dynamo are off to their best start in franchise history, after defeating the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Saturday afternoon at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif. Brian Ching earned a 14th-minute penalty kick and Brad Davis slotted the ball home to give Houston its first ever 2-0 start to a season.
The goal was Davis' 36th career regular-season goal and his 22nd as a Dynamo player.
While possession was very even throughout the match, San Jose had the better of the chances on goal, outshooting Houston 22-8.
Former Dynamo striker Chris Wondolowski nearly gave the Quakes the lead in the ninth minute after he beat Tally Hall to the ball from a long throw-in. Wondolowski took a touch around the Dynamo goalkeeper but his outside-of-the-foot attempt hit off the near post.
The play which resulted in the Dynamo penalty kick began when midfielder Adam Moffat lofted over the Quakes defense into the penalty area. San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch came off his line to clear the ball after in bounced near the six-yard box but collided with Ching. The spot kick was awarded and Davis, who converted all three penalty attempts in 2011, buried the chance past the out-stretched arm of Busch.
In the second half, Wondolowski sprung clear behind the Dynamo defense and fired a hard shot from the top of the penalty area, but Hall came off his line well and parried the shot away.
In the 81st minute, San Jose substitute Tressor Moreno played a deft ball to Shea Salinas on the left side of the area. Salinas' shot from 12 yards was on the wrong side of the near post for another missed chance.
The Dynamo survived two late free kicks from San Jose from just beyond the penalty area. Marvin Chavez sent the first over the crossbar before Wondolowski's effort in stoppage time was blocked by Houston's wall.
Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall recorded five saves in the game to record his ninth career shutout.
The win was also the 102nd regular season victory for Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear.
The Dynamo continue their seven-game road trip on Friday in Seattle, when they face the Seattle Sounders at 9 p.m. CT (NBC Sports Network).
Houston Dynamo (2-0-0) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (1-1-0)
March 17, 2012 – AT&T Park, San Francisco, Calif.
Scoring Summary:
HOU – Brad Davis 1 (penalty) 14
Houston Dynamo -- Tally Hall; Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Geoff Cameron, Jermaine Taylor; Colin Clark (Nathan Sturgis 82), Adam Moffat, Je-Vaughn Watson, Brad Davis; Brian Ching (Cam Weaver 67), Will Bruin (Calen Carr 67).
Substitutes Not Used: Alex Dixon, Macoumba Kandji, Tyler Deric, Brian Ownby.
San Jose Earthquakes – Jon Busch; Steven Beitashour, Victor Bernardez, Justin Morrow, Ramiro Corrales; Shea Salinas, Sam Cronin (Sercan Guvenisik 81), Khari Stephenson (Tressor Moreno 63), Rafael Baca (Marvin Chavez 46); Chris Wondolowski, Steven Lenhart.
Substitutes Not Used: Simon Dawkins, Jason Hernandez, David Bingham, Jean-Marc Alexandre.
Misconduct Summary:
SJ – Steven Lenhart (caution; Reckless Foul) 50
HOU – Jermaine Taylor (caution; Reckless Tackle) 53
HOU – Geoff Cameron (caution; Reckless Tackle) 63
HOU – Andre Hainault (caution; Reckless Tackle) 83
Referee: Chris Penso
Referee's Assistants: Brian Poeschel; Mike Rottersman
4th Official: Yader Reyes
Attendance: 21,816
Weather: Cloudy-and-55-degrees


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New analysis breaks down highest counties in both total foreclosures and foreclosures per capita; Mecklenburg, New Hanover and Brunswick counties make both lists
RALEIGH, NC – November 8, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — North Carolina will break last year's foreclosure filing record later this month, according to a data analysis released today by the NC Justice Center.
"These projections show that, now more than ever, we have to protect homeowners by preserving the Housing Trust Fund and supporting effective, common-sense anti-foreclosure programs," said Bill Rowe, director of advocacy with the NC Justice Center.
The Justice Center analysis breaks down both total foreclosures in North Carolina by county and — for the first time — per capita foreclosure data organized by county. A list of the top 10 counties in each category is included with this news release.
This year, North Carolina is on pace for 70,476 total foreclosure filings, far outpacing 2009's previous record of 63,286. Based on filings through the third quarter of this year, North Carolina projects to break last year's foreclosure record on Nov. 23 of this year.
Mecklenburg County far outpaces every other county in total foreclosure filings with 8,785 so far in 2010. If that pace continues, it will reach 11,713 total foreclosures.
The per capita foreclosure rates are equally unkind to Mecklenburg. Mecklenburg, New Hanover, and Brunswick are the three counties that make the top 10 in both categories. Cabarrus County is 11th on both lists.
Dare County has topped the per capita foreclosure list for two years running. The extremely high rate of foreclosure (3 percent in 2009, 2.76 percent in 2010) is nearly double that of second place Brunswick County.
The per capita figures understate the problem considerably, said NC Justice Center Communications Director Jeff Shaw because the per capita figures include everyone living in a given county – including children and non-homeowners. Still, it provides a thumbnail sketch of how widespread foreclosure is throughout North Carolina.
"Foreclosures continue to cause significant damage to low and moderate income neighborhoods," said Chris Estes, Executive Director of the NC Housing Coalition. "The solution is more investment by all levels of government in quality affordable rental housing that will create construction jobs and stabilize households in a quality home they can afford."
This will require more investment at the state and federal level, said Estes, and more support by local governments to ensure that these new developments get built in desirable locations.
"This would provide positive living options for working families and persons with disability," said Estes, "so they can live with dignity and opportunity."
The analysis comes from foreclosure filings through the third quarter of this year, projected out to the end of 2010 and compared to population figures in all of North Carolina's counties.
An Excel spreadsheet with data for every North Carolina county — dating back to 2000 and updated through Sep. 30, 2010 — is available to reporters upon request.
Mecklenburg (11,713)
Wake (5,800)
Guilford (4,360)
Forsyth (2,532)
Union (2,132)
New Hanover (1,979)
Durham (1,900)
Gaston (1,828)
Brunswick (1,801)
Cumberland (1,698)
Dare (2.76 percent of individuals)
Brunswick (1.63)
Currituck (1.45)
Mecklenburg (1.29)
Clay (1.16)
Cherokee (1.13)
Union (1.06)
Pender (1.05)
New Hanover (1.01)
Jackson (.97)
Jeff Shaw, Director of Communications, NC Justice Center, 503.551.3615, jeff (at) ncjustice (dot) org; Bill Rowe, Director of Advocacy, NC Justice Center, 919.856.2177, bill (at) ncjustice (dot) org; Chris Estes, NC Housing Coalition, 919.881.0707.


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The album is an accompaniment to a documentary-film called Confluence, by Jennifer Anderson and Vernon Lot. The film documents cases of missing and murdered young girls in Idaho in the 1980s. Below is the tracklisting and album art:
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- The Last Christmas
- We Didn't Find Anything
- Some Fisherman On The Snake River
- We Enjoyed Life Together
- She Just Quit Coming To School
- It Wasn't A Deer Skull
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- He Was Inside That Building
- The Person Of Interest
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Monday March 6, 2013 - Day 4
We began by taking the INTA shuttle to the convention center only to realize on arrival that the Opening Ceremony was being held at the Omni Hotel. After brisk walking we made it to the Ballroom for the opening. The Guest speaker Jerry Jones owner of the Dallas Cowboys was both humorous and engaging as he told us how he developed the Cowboy franchise which he bought in 1989 into the second most valuable sports brand in the world. Manchester United is the number 1 brand.
I then attended in the same Ballroom as the opening ceremony the Session on Social Media: Sidestepping Problems and Pitfalls. When that session finished I rushed over to the Exhibit Hall to examine a few booths and then rushed back for the next session Do We Launch: Assessment of the new gTLD Program. After this I found Dianne Daley and we headed for the Millen White, Zelano & Branigan luncheon at the Union Station which was terrific. Great food and award winning beer. We met some new colleagues, were encouraged to go to Hong Kong, participated in a review of the previous days receptions and discussed the upcoming receptions that could not be missed. After this we rushed (a word used frequently at INTA) back for the next session with start time 3:30 pm. My session was Trademark Bullying. I reserve comment on this topic/concept as it appears did the rest of the attendees of the session as when it came time for Q&A no one had any questions.
With the sessions over we headed off to the various receptions. Monday tends to be the most packed day for firm hosted receptions. We began at 5pm by attending the Knobbe Martens reception at the W Hotel, I think on the 33rd Floor. It was a nice reception. We left that reception and went to the Iron Cactus Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar for another reception only to discover that we mixed up the days and the reception is on Tuesday.We were not deterred and simply moved on to the next reception which was held at the Sambuca Restaurant hosted by Honigman. Yet another great reception with wonderful food and drinks. We left that reception went to another and then attended the Haynes Boone reception at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Special mention to our friend Phil now the Managing Partner of the firms Washington Office. I have included pictures. Food as usual wonderful catered by ....who else Wolfgang Puck.
At this point I need to bring up the issue of taxis. Dallas has tons of taxis but as I heard one attendee remark they do not appear to know the city. Our cab driver had to use GPS to find the Perot museum!
Our colleague Joanne Wood Rattray and her husband Robin encouraged us to attend the Groth & Co. Reception at the Dallas Aquarium. Excellent reception hosted by A Swedish law firm. For every guest who attended they contributed to a charity in Africa. We saw Manatees, sea snakes, tarantulas, and even penguins...go figure.
We left that reception, and moved to the Arent Fox reception at the Tower Club. Another great view of the Dallas skyline at night. After that we were off to the Merchant & Gould reception. After some dancing we called it quits at 11:30pm.
Sunday March 5, 2013 - Day 3
We began the day by joining yet another long line. We were invited to the Vivien Chan brunch reception. After about 45 minutes we reached the entrance to the banquet hall. As per usual, our Host the lovely Vivien Chan herself, the grand dame of IP in China was at the entrance to personally greet every guest. The breakfast was another success with Salmon, cream cheese, bagels, omlettes made on demand, fruits, cereals, scrambled eggs, bacon, pork sausages you name it. During the reception Vivien Chan encouraged us all to attend next year's INTA in Hong Kong her home town. She will be hosting some very special receptions in Hong Kong and looks forward to us all getting there to experience Hong Kong.
We left that reception and went to the Seyfarth Shaw reception at restaurant Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck. Suffice it to say everything was EXCELLENT! It's hard to beat drinking champagne at 11:00am looking out at a spectacular panoramic view of Dallas 560 feet up. We were offered several Asian inspired appetizers including a quail egg on glazed pork belly, lacquered duckling and a fabulous wild mushroom fried rice to name a few delicacies.
We left that reception and went to three more receptions including the Heenan Blakie reception at Nobu Restaurant. Brilliant sushi and other appetizers and wonderful sake (3 different blends). We also went to The INTA welcome reception featuring authentic Texan cuisine and again saw a number of our Caribbean colleagues. We returned to Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in the night to attend the Bracewell & Giuliani reception.
We followed this up by attending the Fulbright Norton Rose reception at the Basher Sculpture Center which was a wonderful setting.
We signed off on Sunday a little early at 10:30pm.
Saturday May 4, 2013 - Arrival in Dallas
We are here in Dallas Dianne Daley, our colleague and INTA traveling companion Arturo Stewart and myself, Nicole Foga your INTA tour guide. The morning kicks off with the Caribbean Breakfast at 9pm. There are 22 of us from Jamaica, Haiti, Suriname, Barbados, Dominica, Cayman Islands, St.Kitts and Nevis, Angulla, Turks & Caicos Islands, Trinidad &Tobago (T&T). The Annual Caribbean breakfast was started years ago by our colleague the indefatigable Anne-Marie Feanny who was unavoidably absent from INTA for the first time in a decade. We miss you Anne-Marie. This BLOG was started in your honour.
Once the breakfast was over we went our separate ways to meet with agents and colleagues before registration at 12:00pm. I let Dianne meet with a colleague while Arturo and I went to the nearby public park to see bronze sculptures of Texas Longhorns (big cows!) on the recommendation of our colleague Olive Ramchand from T&T who is actually Jamaican by birth and some legal training.
We left the Park and went to registration which was swamped with people. The line was so long that it stretched to the bathroom. As a true Jamaican I was challenged by the length of the line. Dianne was far advanced but I thought jumping the line with Arturo may have pushed tolerable limits of decency. I decided to undertake a reconnaissance mission. You must understand that the length of the line brought back memories of lines when visiting a foreign country! I discovered when I did my advanced scouting of the area that while the self registration line was designed to expedite registration it was intolerably long by any standard while the registration line by contrast was much shorter. I picked up Arturo who had only moved 12 inches from the bathroom since I left him and joined the ordinary registration line and we were soon good to go.
After registration we met with two Australian colleagues who intend to visit Jamaica and returned to our hotel to rest for the start of the Firm receptions at 5:30pm. For those who know me I decided that 2hrs was too much time to rest so I went to explore the area around the hotel. 1 hour later I returned. I liked the modern trolley cars I saw on my adventure but apart from that it was an empty downtown district no convenience stores anywhere. This is a major disappointment!
At 5:00pm left for the Adams & Adams (South African law firm) reception at South Fork....yes that's right, home of JR Ewing. For you youngsters Google it! On Board the shuttle bus that took us to the ranch ( approx 30 minute drive) sat with my good buddy from Cayman Islands Hue Moses formerly of Appleby and we had a great conversation about Dallas, the practice of law and the new KYC requirements. The reception was brilliant. Our hosts were very gracious, we saw real Texas longhorn steer and toured the Ewing home. They even had a room which contained the set for when JR was shot! There was real fake blood!
The food was great, really enjoyed the lamb chops, vegetable samosas and quesidilas. We left at around 7pm and headed to another reception. We called it quits 10:45pm.
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Dog rides scooter for Guinness record | News
CANTON, Ga. -- If you spend any time with Norman, the 3-year-old French sheepdog, you will see some strange things.
The dog with the human name does human things.
He puts his dirty dishes in the dishwasher. He opens the fridge to grab a snack. He drinks from his water bowl (like a dog), but then wipes his mouth neatly on a towel (like a human).
He also rides a bicycle. Like a human.
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And yet, the fact he can do all of this things is not why we went to his owner's home in Canton.
We went because Norman is trying to get into the record books -- the Guinness Book of World Records. And if he can ride a scooter, unassisted, for 98 feet, he's in.
"I think he likes to be able to stand up and move and move quickly," owner Karen Cobb said.
Cobb said Norman has loved scooters since he was a pup, since they sat him on one and he started pushing off with his back foot. And this week, Norman will try to set the record.
Norman's attempt will be Friday, July 12 at All Tournament Players Park
(ATPP) between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. He must ride 30 meters in less
than 30 seconds.
To watch him practice on the street in front of his house is to witness a staggering sight.
"It's amazing," said Ferrell Wilkerson, who had to stop his car when he saw a dog cruising down the street on a scooter. Wilkerson was on the phone with a friend at the time. "I told him there was a dog riding a scooter. He thought I was crazy."
Neighbors come out of their houses with their iPhones recording, kids at the nearby pool shout "Norman!" and run to the fence to watch him pedal across the basketball court on his bike.
It's safe to say that when most people say "it's a dog's life," this is not what they mean.
But come Friday, this may be the story of this dog's life -- one that lands him in the record books.
"I never want to jinx myself but I'm hoping that we set it without any problems," Cobb said.
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The event will raise money for Road Trip Home, a group that rescues animals from kill shelters.
According to Norman's website:
Norman is a dog who loves to perform for an audience. He has already appeared on Cartoon Network, The Late Show with David Letterman, Inside Edition and Good Morning America. Currently he can be seen every week on the Hallmark Channel show "Who Let the Dogs Out?"


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Royan International Research Award was founded by the late director of Royan Institute, Dr. Saeid Kazemi Ashtiani with the aim of encouraging the researchers, appreciation their efforts and preparing a friendly scientific atmosphere for researchers to exchange their knowledge and experiences. Kazemi had wonderful ideas to bring researchers together and motivate them to increase their efforts and perform high level researches that one of them was research award. Royan's staff lost their beloved director in January 2006 by heart attack, May he rest in peace.


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Good Morning,
Futures are down this morning with that Gravestone doji on the NDX being prescient so far as the NDX is down more than 20 points on a poor outlook from Cisco, while the DOW and S&P futures were trying to stay even but folded on the unemployment numbers. The XLF is down, well below $9…
Weekly jobless claims rose to a 26 year high, coming in at 626,000, up 35,000 from the week before. This is a very large number for the week, to say the least. Tomorrow, the monthly employment numbers are released and that's sure to be a market mover one way or the other. My caveat, as always, with these numbers is that they are not fully believable as they are open to manipulations of all types.
The Bank of England cut rates by .5% to get them to 1%. That helped to strengthen our dollar and the Yen, which will apply further pressure to equities.
With ramping unemployment, worker productivity is increasing, rising 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Any wonder why?
Can't tell you how disappointed I am to learn that Obama is going to let all the current execs skate on his salary cap. Goes to show you who owns and runs the world. Frankly, I was very surprised he took such a bold step as to do something not in the central banks favor, as that's a great way to wind up wearing cement boots. Evidently he, or his administration, must have gotten "straightened out" yesterday evening. How disappointing.
Yesterday produced a small change in the McClelland Oscillator, so we should expect a large movement today or tomorrow (direction unknown). The short term oscillators are starting to get a little oversold, so be a little careful. I would not be surprised by a lower start, but a ramping finish. It would seem that people are actually still believing that the administration can "do something" to stem the flow, and are all giddy about the coming "big bang" announcement supposedly next week. Will that be a rocket ride or a sell the news event? I don't know, and wouldn't bet money on it one way or the other. I would think that a short term launch would be possible only if they surprised the market with something that sounds good in the short run, but will be, I'm sure, disastrous in the long run.
Tomorrow's unemployment numbers will be important, make sure you are positioned thoughtfully at the close. That's about all I have, I'll let Springsteen express the rest for me:
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Marlins' all-time Top 5 in-season trades
Will the Marlins swing a deal before the July 31 Trade Deadline? Sometimes it takes years to determine how well a team did in a trade. With the benefit of hindsight, the following are the five most notable trades in franchise history that were conducted during the regular season, according to Joe Frisaro. Agree? Disagree? Comment below:
1) July 27, 1997: INF Craig Counsell from Rockies for RHP Mark Hutton
The Marlins had a veteran team, but an inexperienced second baseman at the time in Luis Castillo. Because Castillo labored on a team primed to win, Counsell was brought in from Colorado. He provided a spark and ended up scoring the biggest run in franchise history. In Game 7 vs. the Indians, Counsell leaped across home plate on Edgar Renteria's single to center, giving the Marlins their first World Series title.
2) July 11, 2003: RHP Ugueth Urbina from Rangers for INF Adrian Gonzalez, OF Will Smith, RHP Ryan Snare
Rolling the dice, the Marlins parted with Adrian Gonzalez, a future All-Star first baseman, to acquire a rental in Urbina. It was a huge move that panned out for the Marlins, because they went on to win the second World Series in franchise history. Urbina was regarded as the top reliever on the market that year, and he solidified the bullpen.
Urbina closed out the ninth inning in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. And he was on the mound in the NL Division Series when Jeff Conine threw out San Francisco's J.T. Snow at the plate in a famous finale, where catcher Ivan Rodriguez held onto the ball after the collision, advancing the Marlins in the playoffs.
3) June 24, 1993: Marlins acquire INF Gary Sheffield and LHP Rich Rodriguez from Padres for RHP Trevor Hoffman, RHP Andres Berumen and RHP Jose Martinez
In their inaugural season, the Marlins made a statement by acquiring young slugger Gary Sheffield. It turned out being a monster deal because they parted with Trevor Hoffman, who became MLB's all-time saves leader.
Sheffield gave the franchise a rising star who played a key role in the progression of the club to World Series champions four years later.
4) Aug. 31, 2003: INF/OF Jeff Conine from the Orioles for RHP Denny Bautista, RHP Don Levinski
In contention for the NL Wild Card, the Marlins received a blow on Aug. 30 when All-Star third baseman Mike Lowell suffered a broken bone in his left hand after getting hit by a pitch. Desperate to find a veteran to help pick up the slack, Conine was acquired from the Orioles right on Aug. 31, the deadline in the waiver Trade Deadline period.
Conine became a big part of the club's push to win the 2003 World Series championship.
5) July 21, 1997: C Darren Daulton from Phillies for INF Billy McMillon
In Daulton, the Marlins acquired a clubhouse leader and veteran presence who played a major role in the club winning the '97 World Series. It was his stature with the team that stood out even more than his numbers, as he played some outfield and first base on a team that had Charles Johnson as its regular catcher.


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7 November 2013 • 75th Anniversary • Deborah (Malacky) Belonick
[2]During St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary's 75th Anniversary gala celebration on November 7, 2013, seminary leaders made several noteworthy announcements, including a stellar report about accreditation renewal, the reception of significant donations earmarked for endowed scholarships and special programs, and [3] the bestowal of rare gift from the Ukraine: the relics of the Holy and Great Prince Vladimir, patron of the Seminary. More than 430 guests gathered for the black tie dinner hosted by the Seminary's Board of Trustees at Glen Island Harbour Club, New Rochelle, NY, and celebrated the good news during an evening designed to evoke remarkable memories and point out significant milestones for the Seminary, begun in 1938 in rented quarters in New York City and now situated on 12 beautiful wooded acres in Westchester County.
"The Evaluation Committee from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) Commission on Accrediting [4], which visited our campus recently, will recommend a 10–year reaccreditation for our school and its programs, without any notation," said The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, dean of St. Vladimir's. "This recommendation means that St. Vladimir's is recognized to be working at the highest standard possible.
"The Evaluation Committee were especially commendatory about the culture of excellence, transparency, and critical-self reflection that they found at our school, and that does, indeed, mark everything we do and have done for the past seventy-five years, and will continue to do," noted Fr. John.
[5]The ATS team visited the campus October 21–24, interviewing students, staff, faculty, and administrators. Immediately after its visit, the team notified both Fr. John and seminary Chancellor/CEO The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield of its recommendation, which will be reviewed for final approval by ATS's national Board of Governors in February 2014.
Throughout the evening, Master of Ceremonies Theodore Bazil, longtime former Director of St. Vladimir's Seminary Press and now senior advisor at the Seminary, made public recent gifts, all of which are earmarked as endowments for either student scholarships or special projects. Among these were significant donations from two seminary trustees: a $750,000 donation from Trustee Protodeacon Peter Danilchick, and his wife, [6] Tanya, to establish the "Danilchick Family Endowment for Pastoral Studies" for students enrolled in the Seminary's new Doctor of Ministry program; and a $50,000 donation from Trustee Brian Gerich, to establish the "Dr. Albert Rossi Endowment" for student scholarships.
Additionally, $250,000 from an anonymous donor was given to establish an endowment for the newly envisioned "Institute for Sacred Arts at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary." The Institute is an element of the Seminary's 2020 Strategic Plan and is being proposed as a center where theological scholarship and practical artisanship will comprise student training, eventually leading to a Master of Sacred Arts degree.
Several bequests to the Seminary, all earmarked as endowments for student scholarships, also were announced, including: a $1M bequest from Lydia Meshenko, held by The Pittsburgh Foundation; a $154,000 bequest from Susan Kushner; and a $110,000 gift from the estate of longtime seminary chapel member Georgia B. Toumbakis.
[7]"These endowments are gifts to be held in perpetuity, and they represent a high level of trust and commitment by our donors to our institution," said Mr. Bazil. "With their reception, the Seminary is charged with the responsibility to preserve, protect, and steward these gifts."
Father Chad also expressed deep gratitude for the many recent monetary gifts received by the Seminary on the occasion of its Diamond Jubilee, observing, "These gifts are essential for our special projects and scholarships, but I remind all of our generous supporters that we annually draw only a small percentage from these endowments to keep the principal amounts in them stable and sound, and that our operational costs, which are covered by our Annual Fund, are still underfunded." [8]
"Perhaps the joy of this 75th Anniversary celebration will resonate with our friends and church family to increase support for our day-to-day operations," he quipped, "which, as I understand, have historically run on 'shoe-strings.' —I'd like to see those shoe strings turn into strong life lines."
Father Chad in turn acknowledged the extraordinary gift of the relics of St. Vladimir [9], received through His Eminence, The Most Rev. Metropolitan Philip, archbishop of Poltava and Myrhorod, of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, in Kyiv, saying, "When the relics were brought to St. Vladimir's three years ago, we thought that was a once-in-a-lifetime blessing, but now the Church in Ukraine has graced us with the permanent blessing of the relics of our patron saint, along [10]with a valuable Book of Gospels commemorating the 1025th Anniversary of the Baptism of the Rus'."
Adding to the joy of the occasion were the presence of guest speakers His Grace, The Right Rev. Basil (hon. D.D.), bishop of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America; and The Very Rev. Dr. John McGuckin, The Ane Marie and Bent Emil Nielsen Professor in Late Antique and Byzantine Christian History, Union Theological Seminary, and Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies, Columbia University. Each noted the remarkable contribution that St. Vladimir's has made to the Church and the Academy alike worldwide. His Grace Bishop Basil noted that in speaking at the 75th Anniversary, he had come home to "the place that made me all that I am," and that the Seminary likewise has had a "sustained impact in Orthodoxy throughout the world." Dr. McGuckin spoke specifically about "The Contribution of St. Vladimir's Seminary to the Discipline of Theology," reiterating the school's academic history and noting its continued insistance upon highly qualified instructors to ensure academic excellence. [11]
Regrettably, the President of the Seminary's Board of Trustees, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) was unable to attend the gala due to illness from pneumonia. (The Metropolitan sent a message stating he is recovering but doctors' orders currently required bed rest and avoiding travel.) However, he sent a congratulatory message [12], which was read by His Eminence the Most Rev. Nikon, archbishop of Boston, New England, and the Albanian Archdiocese of the OCA, which stated in part: "St. Vladimir's Seminary has always provided a place where these inspired leaders, together with those who taught, counseled, and administered at their sides, could share the life-giving truths of Christ and His Church with all [13]who came, and continue to come, to this institution for spiritual and intellectual refreshment."
Co-chairs of the 75th Anniversary Committee were Alex Machaskee, who serves as Executive Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Seminary, and Anthony Kasmer, chair of the Audit Committee of the Board. Mr. Machaskee thanked those who planned the banquet, Co-chairs Anne Glynn Mackoul, Matushka Sharon Rubis, and Tatiana Hoff, and those who planned events throughout the entire anniversary year and read a congratulatory letter from Serbian Patriarch His Holiness Irinej, archbishop of Pec and metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, which expressed best wishes and offered prayers for the "successful establishment of the St. Vladimir's International House of Studies, including the St. Sava House of Studies. [14]" The International House of Studies [15] is also part of the Seminary's Strategic Plan 2020, and it will include faculty and student exchanges with several Orthodox Christian seminaries around the globe. Several other congratulatory letters [16] from church and political leaders were also read.
Other honored guests included: His Eminence, The Most Rev, Justinian, archbishop of Naro-Fominsk, [17] administrator of the Russian Orthodox [18]Church in the USA; His Eminence, Metropolitan Savas, archbishop of the Metropolis of Pittsburgh (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America); His Grace The Right Rev. Michael, bishop of New York and New York and New Jersey (OCA); His Grace The Right Rev. Melchisedek, bishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania (OCA); His Grace The Right Rev. Irénée, bishop of Québec City and administrator of the Archdiocese of Canada (OCA); His Grace The Right Rev. Nicholas, auxiliary bishop for Brooklyn, and resident assistant to His Eminence Philip, archbishop of New York and metropolitan of All North America, of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA); His Grace The Right Reverend Bishop John, auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Worcester and New England (AOCANA); The Very Rev. George Roschin, representing Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, and member of the Board of Trustees of St. Vladimir's Seminary; The Very Rev. Dr. Stephen Voytovich, dean of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary, South Canaan, PA; The Rev. Mardiros Chevian, dean of St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, New Rochelle, NY; and Matushka Marie Meyendorff, wife of Protopresbyter John Meyendorff (dean of St. Vladimir's 1984–1992).
[19]Distinguished guests from other church bodies included: Archbishop Robert Duncan, primate, Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and Bishop Edward Salmon, sometime bishop of South Carolina and dean of Nashotah House Seminary, WI (ACNA); Msgr. Joseph G. Quinn, vice president, Fordham University Missions and Ministry; Board member of Union Theological Seminary Calvin Mew and his spouse Mary Crawford; and Viji George, Ed. D., president of Concordia College, Bronxville.
Representatives from various Orthodox Christian organizations included: Rebecca Tesar, president of the Fellowship of Orthodox Christians in America [20] (FOCA); Mr. John Maddex, CEO of Ancient Faith Ministries [20], who arranged to record the banquet proceedings to podcast on Ancient Faith Radio; Attorney Basil Russin, second Vice President and legal counsel to The Russian Brotherhood Organization of the USA [21]; and Mr. Constantine Triantafilou, Executive Director of International Orthodox Christian Charities [22] (IOCC).
Other highlights of the evening included a video featuring Matushki Juliana Schmemann, wife of [23] Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann (Dean, 1962–1983) and Marie Meyendorff, wife of Protopresbyter John Meyendorff (Dean, 1984–1992), and Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko (Dean, 1992–2002) and The Very Rev. John Erickson, hon. D.C.L. (Dean 2002–2006); a historical slideshow; and a Silent Auction filled with items related to the history and mission of the Seminary. The Honorable Michael Spano, Mayor of the City of Yonkers, NY, presented the Seminary with a special citation on the occasion.
Donate $75.00 or more and receive our 75th Anniversary Commemorative Book [24]
- View the photo gallery of the evening by Robert Lisak [25]
- View the 75th Anniversary Gala Banquet Program [26]
- View the 75th Anniversary Silent Auction Listing [27]
- View Metropolitan Tikhon's Message [12]
- View congratulatory letters from church and political leaders [16]
- Read a letter from His Grace Bishop Suriel [28] of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions
LISTEN to the banquet on Ancient Faith Radio
- Part I features The The Very Rev. Dr. John McGuckin's address [29]
- Part II includes several numbers by the St. Vladimir's Octet and the address by Bishop Basil [30]
- Part III contains the evening wrap–up, including announcements from Executive Chair of the Board of Trustees, Alex Machaskee [31]


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People from non-liturgical traditions often wonder about the use of incense in church. What's it for? What good is it? Isn't it superstitious or something? Or isn't it some Roman Catholic encrustation which we ought to scrub away?
Actually, it's neither superstition nor anything invented by Rome. It's an element of worship mandated, in the Old Testament, by God Himself. And in the New Testament, it is described as part of the ceaseless worship in heaven. We use it for both of those reasons: first, because since God ordained it, incense in its right place with its right meaning must be pleasing to Him; and secondly, because our worship is both a foreshadowing of and a participation in the heavenly worship.
Incense is a token of honor. When the priest waves it at us, that means he is honoring us. And what is the proper response of a Christian when anybody shows him honor? It's humility. So when we are censed, we bow. The bow has nothing to do with "clericalism"; it's rather the opposite. Not that you are honoring the priest (although there's nothing wrong with that either), but he is honoring you. That's why he also censes the icons, to honor them, or more accurately, those whom they depict.
The incense is also a token of blessing. When the priest waves the incense in your direction, he's doing the outward, visible counterpart of what Christ is doing invisibly: blessing you. Again, the appropriate response is to bow. You bow toward the priest, but really to the One ministering alongside him.
Incense, of course, also symbolizes prayer, as in the Psalm which says, "Let my prayer rise as incense before Thee." In Christianity, what we mainly offer God is spiritual sacrifice; namely, our faith, our hope, our love, our selves, our lives. So for us, incense symbolizes all that.
So no, incense is not superstitious, unless perhaps one adds other elements or meanings to it that are. And no, it's not "too Catholic"; it's older than Rome and it's ultimately angelic.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
People from non-liturgical traditions often wonder about the use of incense in church. What's it for? What good is it? Isn't it superstitious or something? Or isn't it some Roman Catholic encrustation which we ought to scrub away?
Posted by Anastasia Theodoridis at 10:23 AM
3 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Wasn't incense used by Noah after he set up an altar to worship God when he passed through the flood? I don't think God had established a mandate for incense at the time, but if I'm wrong please correct me, as this would mean the mandate was set up later. In addition, this passage on Noah is illustrative of man's free will, of which Noah used his to please God.
- March 9, 2012 at 11:44 AM
- Anastasia Theodoridis said...
Um, actually, no. Noah sacrificed some animals, which made a sweet savour to God. But not incense.
But yes, Noah did use his free will to please God. What an excellent point that is!
- March 9, 2012 at 11:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
Ah - thanks for the correction. A precursor of sorts to incense then (and of course Christ)? Since the Eucharist is now the sacrifice possibly...
- March 12, 2012 at 11:25 AM


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Death Rate Surprisingly Low In Workers Exposed To Sept. 11 Dust
Rescue and recovery workers who toiled in the dust, smoke and fumes that engulfed Lower Manhattan after Sept. 11 were less likely to have died since the terrorist attacks of 2001 than colleagues who weren't exposed, according to new research. That also holds true for people who were exposed because they lived or worked in the area.
That surprising news comes from the World Trace Conference Health Registry, a huge effort to track how the health of rescue and recovery workers and residents of New York City has been affected by the terrorist attack. But it will take more time to get a clearer sense of deaths caused by the disaster.
Non-rescue workers who suffered the most exposure were more likely to have died in the past 10 years than were people who suffered light exposures. But that didn't hold true for the first responders and recovery workers. This new study was published in The Lancet. It's the first peer-reviewed study of deaths caused by exposure to the Sept. 11 site.
"It is the best way we could ever counter the fear and terror of that day: with data," wrote James Feeney, associate director of trauma at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., who co-authored a commentary on the mortality study. "Terrorists rely on fear and doubt to incite terror; today, however, scientific method triumphs."
But as with so much in science, the data raise more questions. The assumption has always been that the tens of thousands of people exposed to the Ground Zero contaminants, which contained carcinogens like benzene, would have more health problems in the years after Sept. 11.
Other studies have found that to be true, and other articles in this same issue of The Lancet found that rescue workers at the site had persistent health problems, including depression and PTSD, and a 19 percent increase in cases of cancer. There was no increase in cases of lung cancer, which is also a surprise.
So Shots called up Feeney and asked how the death rate could be lower for people who had been directly exposed to the aftermath of the attacks. "It's a real puzzle," he said.
One reason could be that the people who volunteer for long-term medical studies tend to be healthier than the general population. Hannah Jordan, the lead author of the Lancetstudy and deputy medical director of the WTC Health Registry, told Shots that volunteers for health studies are almost always healthier than the general public. People who are employed are usually healthier, too. The 13,337 workers and 28,593 non-workers in the study all volunteered. Jordan said the "healthy volunteer" and "healthy worker" effect should diminish over time.
Another reason is that the illnesses that have been most common in people exposed, such as respiratory illnesses and PTSD, take years to lead to death, if they do at all.
More time will help solve some of these puzzles. The WTC Registry is designed to track the health of the people directly affected by Sept. 11 for at least 20 years, Jordan says. That should give a much clearer picture of long-term risks such as cancer and heart disease.
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