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Paulson meets with lenders, presses for new housing solutions.
With the Bush administration's preferred industry-led solution to the housing crisis proceeding at a Department of Motor Vehicles-like pace, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with key lenders this week to prod them for new ways to resolve the mess, the American Banker reports.
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During the 90-minute meeting, Mr. Paulson urged lenders to come up with a plan to help so-called "underwater" borrowers, who owe more on their mortgages than the value of their home.
"His goal was to prod us and figure out what was coming next and whether there was anything Treasury could do to help the situation," said one participant, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
According to the story, participants included executives at Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and others.
Democratic lawmakers have been working on a plan to use taxpayer funds to refinance hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of troubled mortgages. But at the meeting, Paulson reportedly said the legislative process was too sluggish.
Still, the meeting indicates the administration may now believe that the industry-led solutions it had been advocating are insufficient. And as congressional momentum builds for a large-scale government housing rescue, don't expect lenders to start jumping in with new suggestions—especially those that would put additional risk on their plates.
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Apparently, there will be a two-hour BSG movie aired next fall on Sci-Fi, with 20 new episodes to follow beginning in early 2008.
After last night's season finale, I can't wait to learn what it all means.
Amidst all of our "Lost vs. Heroes" discussions, I have always felt that Battlestar Galactica was the best show currently on television. The season 3 finale just aired, and at the credits they said "returning in 2008".
WTF? That's nine months off from the show. It's absolutely astonishing to me that a good show, that is doing decently is going off for that log. I have no idea about for the reasons, but simply as a fan, I am very frustrated at the idea of waiting until next year to see a new episode.
Lost better keep on being stellar, because it has to cover 3 shows worth of goodness now. It's all I have for my scifi fix until Heroes comes back.
Apparently, there will be a two-hour BSG movie aired next fall on Sci-Fi, with 20 new episodes to follow beginning in early 2008.
After last night's season finale, I can't wait to learn what it all means.
Here are some links my husband (who got me hooked) sent me today after I told him I was bummed the season was over for 9 months:
"There's still some new BSG to happen in 2007:
So, Season 4 is getting more episodes, and we're getting some new
stuff this year. There's some info as to what's in that episode later
this year: (see page 3)
http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/200.../index_np.html "
I had a hard time getting to the salon article for some reason, but he summed it up and said the 2 hrs this year will cover some more background on the Pegasus.
It's going to be a long wait.
Well, the long hiatus makes me not so sad that I've missed the last month or so of episodes. Means I can wait, catch up/watch some other series and get the DVDs this summer and still have plenty of time to watch before things kick back up(Of course, I'll be travelling most of the summer and completely missing almost all the movies, so will also be busy catching up on all those too... just means I'll have plenty to watch in the fall).
As much as I'm looking forward to more episodes of Battlestar Galactica, it's sad going in to know that this is the last season.
As George RR Martin said (roughly): it's amazing that Sci-Fi Channel could royally screw up a great prior work like Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea saga, but take a piece of trash like Battlestar Galactica and make it into something this good.
I've only seen a few episode's (tuned in for the miniseries, but am not a regular TV watcher) and really enjoyed it.
As an aside, it's been an even longer hiatus for another sci-fi show... Futurama! I'm highly lookign forward to the new episodes.
The executive producer said that Olmos was wrong in announcing the end of the series. So we may have more to look forward to after all.
I do hope they plan on ending it at some point - like Lost, BSG needs a resolution at the en, and answers to the mysteries involved.
I haven't seen any episodes since they switched to Sunday nights. Any idea where I can see this last season?
The Sci Fi Channel is airing the entire 3rd season (20 episodes) in a 3 day marathon beginning this Wednesday.
Wednesday, May 16 8 am -3 pm
Thursday, May 17 8 am - 3 pm
Friday, May 18 8 am - 2 pm
The DVDs of the third season will be released sometime in August.
If you have Univesal HD, they are showing season 3 in HD on Saturdays, I believe.
Thanks, guys!

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The Morean Arts Center's Glass Studio and Hot Shop is offering a sweet option for the month of February -- the chance to create a glass heart.
This 30-minute opportunity allows participants to work individually with one of the demonstration artists to learn the fundamentals of glass-blowing. (Admission to the Morean Galleries and a Hot Shop demonstration are included in the ticket price.) Reservations are required, as space is limited to one student per each time slot available.
Please arrive at least 10 minutes early to complete paperwork. Also, for safety reasons, students must wear closed-toe shoes and cotton clothing, with no jewelry or watches.
The glass heart (or any other object created) must cool overnight. If you are not able to return to pick it up the following day, the Morean will ship it for a small fee.


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2. The Making of a Tragedy
For Cañas and other drug warriors, the death of Escobar had the feel of a real pivot, the end of one kind of battle against drugs and the beginning of another. The war itself had begun during the Nixon administration, when the White House began to get reports that a generation of soldiers was about to come back from Vietnam stoned, with habits weaned on the cheap marijuana and heroin of Southeast Asia and hothoused in the twitchy-fingered freakout of a jungle guerrilla war. For those in Washington, the problem of drugs was still so strange and new in the early Seventies that Nixon officials grappled with ideas that, by the standards of the later debate among politicians, were unthinkably radical: They appointed a panel that recommended the decriminalization of casual marijuana use and even considered buying up the world's entire supply of opium to prevent it from being converted into heroin. But Nixon was a law-and-order politician, an operator who understood very well the panic many Americans felt about the cities, the hippies and crime. Calling narcotics "public enemy number one in the United States," he used the issue to escalate the culture war that pitted Middle Americans against the radicals and the hippies, strengthening penalties for drug dealers and devoting federal funds to bolster prosecutions. In 1973, Nixon gave the job of policing these get-tough laws to the newly formed Drug Enforcement Administration.
By the mid-1980s, as crack leeched out from New York, Miami and Los Angeles into the American interior, the devastations inflicted by the drug were becoming more vivid and frightening. The Reagan White House seemed to capture the current of the moment: Nancy Reagan's plaintive urging to "just say no," and her husband's decision to hand police and prosecutors even greater powers to lock up street dealers, and to devote more resources to stop cocaine's production at the source, in the Andes. In 1986, trying to cope with crack's corrosive effects, Congress adopted mandatory-minimum laws, which hit inner-city crack users with penalties as severe as those levied on Wall Street brokers possessing 100 times more powder cocaine. Over the next two decades, hundreds of thousands of Americans would be locked up for drug offenses.
The War on Drugs became an actual war during the first Bush administration, when the bombastic conservative intellectual Bill Bennett was appointed drug czar. "Two words sum up my entire approach," Bennett declared, "consequences and confrontation." Bush and Bennett doubled annual spending on the drug war to $12 billion, devoting much of the money to expensive weaponry: fighter jets to take on the Colombian trafficking cartels, Navy submarines to chase cocaine-smuggling boats in the Caribbean. If narcotics were the enemy, America would vanquish its foe with torpedoes and F-16s — and throw an entire generation of drug users in jail.
Though many on the left suspected that things had gone seriously awry, drug policy under Reagan and Bush was largely conducted in a fog of ignorance. The kinds of long-term studies that policy-makers needed — those that would show what measures would actually reduce drug use and dampen its consequences — did not yet exist. When it came to research, there was "absolutely nothing" that examined "how each program was or wasn't working," says Peter Reuter, a drug scholar who founded the Drug Policy Research Center at the RAND Corp.
But after Escobar was killed in 1993 — and after U.S. drug agents began systematically busting up the Colombian cartels — doubt was replaced with hard data. Thanks to new research, U.S. policy-makers knew with increasing certainty what would work and what wouldn't. The tragedy of the War on Drugs is that this knowledge hasn't been heeded. We continue to treat marijuana as a major threat to public health, even though we know it isn't. We continue to lock up generations of teenage drug dealers, even though we know imprisonment does little to reduce the amount of drugs sold on the street. And we continue to spend billions to fight drugs abroad, even though we know that military efforts are an ineffective way to cut the supply of narcotics in America or raise the price.
All told, the United States has spent an estimated $500 billion to fight drugs — with very little to show for it. Cocaine is now as cheap as it was when Escobar died and more heavily used. Methamphetamine, barely a presence in 1993, is now used by 1.5 million Americans and may be more addictive than crack. We have nearly 500,000 people behind bars for drug crimes — a twelvefold increase since 1980 — with no discernible effect on the drug traffic. Virtually the only success the government can claim is the decline in the number of Americans who smoke marijuana — and even on that count, it is not clear that federal prevention programs are responsible. In the course of fighting this war, we have allowed our military to become pawns in a civil war in Colombia and our drug agents to be used by the cartels for their own ends. Those we are paying to wage the drug war have been accused of human-rights abuses in Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. In Mexico, we are now repeating many of the same mistakes we have made in the Andes.
"What we learned was that in drug work, nothing ever stands still," says Coleman, the former DEA official and current president of Drug Watch International, a law-and-order advocacy group. For every move the drug warriors made, the traffickers adapted. "The other guys were learning just as we were learning," Coleman says. "We had this hubris."
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Three farms totaling 210 acres were preserved in December, said Caernarvon Township Board of Supervisors Chairman Gary VanDyke.
The Lancaster County Agricultural Preserve Board provided direction for preserving easements on two of the farms, and the other was financed by the Lancaster Farmland Trust. It was the first time the concept of using transfer development rights was used.
A total of 36 T. D. R.s (transferrable development rights) were derived from the transaction. East Earl and Caernarvon Townships have been working together to formulate a workable way of preserving land by having any new units built closer to already developed areas.
Presently the use of T.D.R.s is limited to Caernarvon and East Earl Townships, but there is interest to expand it throughout the Eastern Lancaster County area.
Lieut. Marty Zeamer of the Lancaster Barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police met with residents to update them on recent statistics for Caernarvon Township. There 228 incidents investigated in the last six months of 2012 and 256 in the same period of 2011. There were three drug arrests in the last six month period of 2012, which Zeamer said came mostly as a result of better police coverage.
Supervisor Terry Martin, who also serves as Road Master, said that during the weekend of December 29 and 30 there were eight traffic signs stolen. He believes that they may have been stolen for scrap metal, and asked that anyone seeing anything suspicious please contact the township.
Bob Watts, General Manager of the Lanchester Landfill, said that the Board of Directors is working with the Lancaster County Commissioners and the Chester County Commissioners to come up with a reasonable solution for making donations to local libraries, conservancies, ambulance associations and fire departments. Legislation in 2012 has limited the Lancaster Landfill�s donations to $1000.
The Lancaster County Conservancy is working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to plant a buffer of trees and shrubs along the Conestoga Creek where it flows through Pool Forge Park, said VanDyke. So far 64 trees of different varieties have been planted. A grant of $320,000 has been obtained from the William Penn Foundation to plant buffers along tributaries of the Conestoga Creek.
Caernarvon Township made donations of $25,000 to the Lancaster County Conservancy earmarked for the Welsh Mountain Preserve.
A resolution was approved to authorize the Volunteer Fire Police of Caernarvon Township to participate in providing service to other municipalities within close proximity of Caernarvon Township. Events such as Heritage Days, the Memorial Day Parade and Churchtown Day would be included. The program would also provide reciprocal participation by neighboring Fire Police.
Allison Cuthie and Andy Mancuso were in attendance to explain the details of the Eastern Lancaster County Armed Forces Banner Program. The program will provide a wonderful tribute to members of the community who are serving or have served in the Armed Forces in any major conflict since the Civil War. For the cost of $150, individuals can purchase a 24� by 48� banner that includes a picture. The unveiling ceremony is planned for May 25, 2013, at the Towne Center Greene at the corner of Roberts and Main Streets in New Holland. The banners will be on display for six to 18 months. For more details call Cuthie at email@example.com or call 717-419-9535. Money raised through the program will support the ELANCO Social Services Network and New Holland Visions.
The following reorganization appointments were announced - Kathy Norris will continue as Township Secretary/Treasurer. Daniel Brenner, Jere Messner and Patrick Maitland will work on the Road Crew. Legal Council will be provided by Blakinger, Byler and Thomas. Vision Engineering, John Roche, will provide engineering advice. The Planning Consultant for T.D.R.s is the Brandywine Conservancy. The Zoning Officer is Barry Wagner. The primary Sewage Enforcement Officer is Todd Geltmacher. Frank Diem was appointed to the Planning Commission. Bob Lauffer was appointed to the Zoning Hearing Board and Jeff Buckwalter will serve as alternate on the Zoning Hearing Board. John McElwee is the elected Auditor, and Kathy Norris will serve on the Vacancy Board.
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Michael Jackson's dad in spotlight, despite son's "strong hate"
In a cruel twist of fate, the man for whom Michael Jackson once said he felt "strong hate" is taking a central role in his final memorial. Joseph Jackson, the 79-year-old family patriarch who, according to Michael, dished out regular beatings to his children, has also raised eyebrows in the past few days, rarely missing the opportunity to promote his new record company.
"Joe Jackson is like the ultimate evil stage mom," British music author Barney Hoskyns told Reuters, comparing him to the abusive father of the Wilson brothers in the Beach Boys. "You ask what ultimately killed Michael Jackson: It was the self-hatred that was cultivated in him by an extremely abusive — both physically and mentally abusive — man."
Michael Jackson, the third-youngest child in the Jackson clan, made no secret of his father's harsh methods.
"He was very strict, very hard, very stern," Jackson told Oprah Winfrey in 1993. "Just a look would scare you … There's been times when he would come to see me and I would get sick. I would start to regurgitate (as both a child and adult)."
In an interview with British broadcaster Martin Bashir that aired in 2003, Michael said he got off lightly compared to his older siblings. He tearfully recalled that his father would "tear you up" with a belt or some other convenient cord, and "would throw you up against the wall." At such times, he said he felt "strong hate" for his father.
In the 1994 book "Michael Jackson Unauthorized," author Christopher Andersen wrote: "Beatings were administered with razor straps, belts, wire coat hangers, rulers, switches, and fists. Bloody noses were not uncommon, and more than once one of the boys was knocked senseless."
But Michael Jackson said he still loved and forgave his father. Billy Wilson, head of the Motown Alumni Association, said spankings were common with black families before "we started moving into mainstream America."
"Without his father, Michael would have taken a different path," Wilson wrote in an email. "Michael was brave on stage because his father instilled that toughness needed. The only person Michael was afraid of was his father! Which meant … he was fearless with anyone else and on stage."


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Crain's reports the Olympia Field home's appraised value fell 26 percent in a year, to $3.8 million in 2010. The original 1999 loan was for $3.5 million
The principal due is more than $2.9 million.
The R&B superstar's spokesman said Kelly isn't in financial trouble.
Mayer says the singer now lives in Chicago. Mayer says Kelly's recent tour and 2010 album, "Love Letter," have been successful.


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Pauls Valley Democrat
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A festive holiday season could be followed up by some serious financial question marks for one Pauls Valley group with a mission to help those in need.
The questions are for the Pauls Valley Samaritans, a longtime food pantry ministry helping local residents in need.
Although all looks well as Christmas quickly approaches, it's the post holiday period that has some concerned.
Depleted funds could threaten the Samaritans' main mission of being able to provide the emergency assistance long after the holidays are over.
In other words — being able to have the food for those needing help throughout the entire year.
"Our mission is emergency food for the less fortunate," said Lou Hall. "That's really the mission of the Samaritans.
"We're concerned about what happens after the Christmas break and not having the money for the monthly emergency food.
"Many of the people we help are single mothers and senior citizens," she said. "With our dwindling funds our concern is how are we going to help them when they come to us.
"Our big concern is after Christmas."
Yet another concern is the future of the Samaritans' tradition of offering special holiday food baskets for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.
That tradition will continue next week but will likely get a closer look later on as Samaritan board members will focus on the main mission of providing help year round.
"We may have to quit the holiday baskets to stretch out the money for those people needing help during the year," Hall said.
The Samaritan group spent about $6,000 for the Thanksgiving basket campaign a few weeks ago and are expected to spend about the same for Christmas.
Volunteers are expected to work to put together the Christmas baskets on Thursday, Dec. 20 followed by the pick up of those baskets on the following Friday afternoon.
"We've still got people giving end of year contributions, but this is highly unusual," she said about the tight budget now threatening future services.
"This is our 34th year, and we've never experienced this."
Hall added a big boost for the Samaritans in recent years has been a handful of big donations left to the group through the wills of people wanting to continue helping out the local food pantry ministry even after their deaths.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - A judge has dismissed a charge of manufacturing methamphetamine against a southern Kentucky man who is on trial charged with murdering his 20-month-old son.
The child died May 30, 2009, after drinking drain cleaner.
The Lexington
Herald-Leader reported Circuit Judge Vernon Miniard Jr. ruled Thursday there was no proof that Bryan Daniels made meth on the day his son, Kayden, died.
After prosecutors finished presenting their case Thursday, Miniard denied a motion by defense attorney Mark Stanziano to acquit Daniels on charges of murder, endangering Kayden and taking part in a criminal syndicate.
The trial was moved to Bowling Green after a jury couldn't be seated in Wayne County.
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The 49ers agreed to re-sign DE Ray McDonald to a five-year deal. Matt Barrows of The Sacramento Bee first reported the move.
McDonald played in all 16 games last season, recording 19 tackles and had an interception return for a touchdown. He started nine games in 2008.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that the deal is worth $20 million, with $7 million guaranteed.


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Winter Park, FL 32789
Take a photo tour of the Morse Museum of American Art.
The Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, FL, contains the most comprehensive collection of the works by Louis Comfort Tiffany including his heralded lamps, signature leaded-glass windows and mosaic masterpiece. Also included is the chapel he designed for the 1893 world's fair in Chicago.
Free Friday Evenings at the Morse Museum of Art
Every Friday Evening, starting at the beginning of November until the end of April, the Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park remains open until 8 p.m. and free to all visitors between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Laurelton Hall
Tiffany's Long Island estate, Laurelton Hall, with almost 100 objects from the Tiffany mansion - including leaded-glass windows, blown glass and pottery and historical photos and architectural plans. The museum also has a distinguished collection of American Art Pottery and a representative collection of late 19th and early 20th-century American painting and decorative art.
Tiffany's Daffodil Terrace
New in February 2011, the expansion features the fully restored Daffodil Terrace from Tiffany's celebrated Long Island home, Laurelton Hall and approximately 250 art and architectural objects from or relate to the long-lost estate. Highlights include prize winning leaded-glass windows and iconic Tiffany lamps as well as art glass and custom furnishings.
Louis Comfort Tiffany's 1893 Chapel for the World's Columbian Exposition.
Free Public Events at the Museum
- Christmas in the Park
- Christmas Eve Open House
- Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival - The Museum is open to the public during the Festival.
- Easter Weekend Open House - The Museum is open to the public, Friday thru Sunday, Easter Weekend.
- Independence Day Open House - The Museum is open on Independence Day in conjunction with the City of Winter Park's Old Fashioned July 4th Celebration in Central Park.
Jeannette Genius McKean founded the Museum formerly known as the Morse Gallery of Art on the Rollins College campus in 1942. The Museum was relocated to Welbourne Avenue in 1977, and its name was changed to The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art.
Since its opening 10 years ago on Park Avenue, the Museum has worked to strengthen both the aesthetic and scholarly quality of the exhibitions it mounts from the collection that the McKeans assembled over a 50-year period.


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A former high school classmate of one of two sisters who died in a crash in Palo Alto on Black Friday has created an online donation page to raise money to support the San Bruno family.
As of Friday, donations were at nearly $11,000. The new goal: $25,000.
The sisters were both killed after an SUV driven by their father, Arvind Tandel, 48, crashed into a California Highway Patrol vehicle that was pulled over on the right-hand side of U.S. Highway 101 near Embarcadero Road just before 7 a.m. on Nov. 23, according to the CHP.
The sisters were identified by the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office as Nisha Tandel, 24, and Sheetal Tandel, 20.
Notre Dame High School Belmont administrative assistant Mirna Yao said a vigil mass was held there Monday for the two former students, who graduated in 2006 and 2010.
A student from the class of 2010 has been leading an online effort to support surviving family members, Yao said.
Sheetal's friend and former Notre Dame High classmate Raquel Ferrari created an online GoFundMe.com site the day of the accident and as of Friday afternoon had raised more than $10,000 in donations from 176 people.
"Our class collected $100 to get an engraved water globe to give to the family from our class personally," Ferrari told Patch in an email.
"The money raised on the site is going to the family directly. Our class is also working with the school for a memorial plaque to be placed in the Father Downey Garden in honor of Sheetal and Nisha."
The Rev. Michael John Downey, 48, an Episcopal priest and the former head of the English department at Notre Dame High School in Belmont, died of cancer in 1995.
Site donations aim to financially support the family, with some members who were in the car during the crash still at local hospitals, some in critical condition.
According to Ferrari, Nisha was to be married in India in January and the family had been shopping for gifts in Gilroy to take with them to India for the wedding before the crash happened.
Nisha, the oldest of four sisters in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene after she was ejected from the gold Lexus SUV, while Sheetal, who was also ejected, was pronounced dead at Stanford Hospital that night around 8:30 p.m., according to authorities.
CHP Officer Amelia Jack said.
Yogita, who suffered major injuries, is in critical condition at Stanford Hospital. Arvind, Payal Tandel, 22, and Ayushi, 12, suffered moderate to minor injuries and are hospitalized at Valley Medical Center.
According to the CHP, before the crash a CHP vehicle had pulled over to deal with a stalled pickup truck on the side of the road.
The Tandels' SUV swerved into the shoulder and hit the patrol vehicle. The SUV then flipped multiple times before coming to a rest near the Embarcadero Road off-ramp, according to the CHP.
Asking for support from classmates who knew Sheetal, Ferrari wrote on the site that Sheetal "was such a brightening presence in our high school experience, always beaming with excitement and laughter."
In an update on the page posted Tuesday, Ferrari wrote, "Nothing will take away the pain from the loss, but we hope to keep Sheetal and Nisha's memories alive and support the Tandel family through this extremely painful time."
The donation page can be found at http://www.gofundme.com/sheetal-nisha-memorial.
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Wakefield — Mr. James M. Strong Jr., of Wakefield and formerly of Topsfield, passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, December 23. He was 86. Born in Hartford, Conn., he was the son of the late James M. and Helen Sylvia (Bolles) Strong. Mr. Strong attended the Kingswood Oxford School and Westminster, prior to enrolling at Nichols College. An honorably discharged veteran, he served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. A retired insurance executive, he began his career in Conneticut and advanced to the American Policy Holders Insurance Company where he retired. Mr. Strong enjoyed summers at his home in Madison, Conn., and the warmer winters in Florida; but mostly enjoyed time spent with his family and grandchildren.
He is survived by two daughters, Jane (Strong) May and her husband, Geoffrey, and Ann (Strong) O'Connor and her husband, William, all of Topsfield; his seven grandchildren, Charles May, William O'Connor, George May, Katherine O'Connor, Caroline May, Margaret O'Connor and Sarah Jane O'Connor. He was the brother of Susan Strong Wayne of Madison, Conn. He was predeceased by his former wife, Janet (Kress) Strong and his sister, Jane Strong Harter.
ARRANGEMENTS: A funeral service will be celebrated at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 124 River Road, Topsfield, on Monday, Dec. 30, at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours at the Campbell-Lee, Moody, Russell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot Street, North Beverly, Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Burial will be at the Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, CT. Information, directions, condolences at www.campbellfuneral.com.


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NORMAN — Musician: Hadden Sayers
Album name: Rolling Soul (2013, Blue Corn Music)
Why you should listen: Blues guitarist Hadden Sayers' latest disc makes for outstanding road trip music. Slip it in the CD player, watch America roll by and listen to a dozen songs that were written in 12 different cities from Chicago to the Mexican Riviera. Entries for each tune in the liner notes lists the year written, town and a brief history of how it came into being.
An attractive aspect of this collection is that each song has unique character with none sounding like another. What unites them is that they're all about affection, heartbreak and desire to be with the one Sayers loves. The vocals and guitar are all his save for the sweet soulful back-up singing by Ruthie Foster on "Lay Down your Worries." It's a strong duet with both Texas natives sharing a similar accent that intertwines beautifully. The track is an album highlight.
"Want what you have" is musically powerful with tomcat-howl blues harp and crisp upbeat tempo. Lyrically it's a train wreck. With no coherent explanation leading in, the listener eventually learns the "American Dream" isn't what it used to be. That may very well be the case for many but this song isn't destined to be an anthem for them.
"Alone with the blues" is an inspired Sayers at his best. He makes that guitar tell a story of loneliness that sounds like despair in a run-down motel room. One reason for this album's distinctive variety is the inclusion of Sayers' accompaniment by a band playing acoustic and electric piano, clavinet, accordion and baritone saxophone. They make for jazz, R&B and folk rock flourishes that add amazing depth. Take this trip with Sayers and find a new panorama of the blues.


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Lafayette's team placed first at the Third District College Fed Challenge Regional Championship Nov. 8 on campus in Pfenning Alumni Center. The team advances to the national College Fed Challenge Nov. 27 along with four other schools in the boardroom of the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors in Washington, D.C.
The team has had great success on the national level, being crowned champion in 2009-10, placing second in the country in 2010-11, and receiving an honorable mention last year. More than 100 teams throughout the country compete through local, regional, and national contests.
Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the regional contest included Lafayette, Lehigh, Gettysburg, Elizabethtown, The College of New Jersey, Delaware, Shippensburg, Ursinus, and Saint Francis.
The students on this year's team include John Bolton '13 (Darien, Conn.), a mathematics-economics major; Xiao Cui '13 (Beijing, China), an economics major; Samantha Jordan '13 (Manassas, Va.), an international economics and commerce major; Kelly Liss '13 (Oakland, N.J.), an English major; Linh Nguyen '14 (Hanoi, Vietnam), an economics and mathematics double major; Allyson Papageorge '14 (New Rochelle, N.Y.), an economics major; Sicheng Wang '14 (Mianyang, China), an electrical and computer engineering major; and Xinwei Xu '13 (Shanghai, China), an economics and international affairs major. The team's advisers are James DeVault, professor of economics, and Julie Smith, assistant professor of economics.
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I was able to play for a couple days this past weekend in another Elder Scrolls Online beta event, and sadly, I've come away even less impressed than I was the first time (see my previous blog).
In my first Beta weekend I played a Breton and started in Stros M'Kai. This time I created a new Bosmer (Wood Elf) character and I was placed in a new starting area, Stonefalls in the region of Morrowind. I encountered beautiful scenery in what appeared to be a graphically much updated version of the world in the Morrowind game. I also encountered bugs in many of the quests. Primarily it was quest MOBs that never appeared, but there were also several instances of people you're assigned to help in a quest that were spawned much too rarely. In one instance you're tasked with freeing one group of ghosts from those of another group. There were many of each group scattered about the area, but killing the oppressor ghosts had no result unless you found the one in twenty that was standing over a cowering version of the ghosts you're supposed to help. It took far too long to find three such instances.
One thing this new area had that the previous one didn't was the dynamic world that changed around you as you completed major questlines. For example when you first arrive the city of Davon's Watch is under siege by the Daggerfall Covenant faction, with fighting going on between guards and enemy soldiers and parts of the city burning. As you help the inhabitants fend off the assault in various ways enemies disappear and the city returns to peace. This does not happen with every quest, though, I still saw events going on that I thought I had helped end, and monsters reappear that I had already killed.
I'm speculating but it seems to me the bugginess was caused by the dynamically changing world. There was no changing in my last testing, there was here. Another issue I had with the dynamism was pointed up by one quest. As you complete tasks, you often find the person who sent you has moved to a new location when you're ready to complete that task in the chain. In one instance I had completed everything up to the final task of killing the major baddie involved. I was defeated in that fight and had to respawn. I went back to try to find that enemy again and I had no way to get to her because the door I went through the first time was not usable any more. I tried abandoning the quest to start over, but the starter NPC was gone. Maybe that was by design, I can see that argument being made, but it was annoying nonetheless. Something like that could potentially happen in the main storyline quest and bork you for good.
Bugs can be fixed. I expect the issues I saw will be resolved by launch or shortly thereafter. A worse problem in my view was that this area had a distinctly MMO by the numbers design that had none of the inventiveness I saw in my first foray in this gameworld. I had many quests where I had to kill X creature Y, collect X of item Z from killing creature Y, or go fetch item W and bring it back. Very disappointing compared to my previous experience. I also had a hard time leveling at certain points because there were not enough quests in my level range. I would have had to grind on in world MOB's to get the needed experience. It could just be that I was unable to complete many of the quests I had been given.
My first experience wasn't totally positive, but I was eager to get back in and see what else the ESO had to offer. Unfortunately, by the second day of my last experience I was getting bored with the game because it was so much more of the same. I've decided I'm going to pass on this game unless it goes 'Buy to Play' (ala Guild Wars) or 'Free to Play' as long as it's not plagued by overly restrictive paywalls. I love the Elder Scrolls series and I wanted to like this game, but it's just not cutting it for me. Sorry, Tamriel, maybe later.


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The second day of the Mobile Nations 2013 CES Experience started out with a lot of sightseeing. After leaving the accommodations at the Rio, our team made it to Paris, Planet Hollywood, the Bellagio, the Cosmopolitan and Caesar's Palace…Eyes were wide and a great time was had by all.
Hit the link below for some cool photos from the day, along with a wrap up on the evening of day 2!
The evening kicked off with a great dinner at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant at the Paris Hotel. Unbelievable food and drink was had, but that was only the start. To follow, we made our way over to the Marquee nightclub at the Cosmopolitan for some late night drinks and camaraderie within some amazing surroundings.
Tomorrow morning means business time (I suspect I'll see a lot of jaw dropping and giggling from the crew), as it'll be opening day for CES. We will be down at registration bright and early to get passes, and then onward to explore the NVIDIA booth with our good friends. I know there's much excitement in the air, and I honestly can't wait to see the crew's faces when they cross the threshold onto one of the show floors for the very first time. It's going to be great stuff!
Once again, a HUGE thanks to our amazing friends at @NVIDIATegra. The good times are just getting started!
Sith_Apprentice Jan 8, 2013 at 10:45 am
James, I cant imagine why there would be any jaw dropping or giggling from the crew lol
I mean, CES is the only thing there right? right? lol
rjkolo Jan 8, 2013 at 11:50 am
Okay cool stuff but my real question is why is everything on CrackBerry now right aligned? It makes it really hard to read...
BBVegasGirl80 Jan 8, 2013 at 11:55 am
Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing! That's why I love living here - Vegas, baby, VEGAS! :-D
BruvvaPete2 Jan 8, 2013 at 1:11 pm
I went to LV six times in 18 months. Next time I'm there you better get me into the best clubs :D
BBVegasGirl80 Jan 8, 2013 at 3:47 pm
Sure, I know some promoters. I thought about getting into nightlife promotions myself. I'll hook you up! :-)
farmwersteve Jan 9, 2013 at 12:18 am
Hey. BBvegasgirl...
Same here. I'm coming back again in March. Tired of the cover charges. Need you to hook me up with some promos too..
I meet my Vancouver buddies out there every march
Marvin-13 Jan 8, 2013 at 2:19 pm
For dessert you guys should get some gelato and check out the Jean-Philippe chocolate shop at Bellagio :D
Rootbrian Jan 8, 2013 at 7:07 pm
Don't get drunk!!! Lol
Great pictures. Don't forget to eat at the Carnival Buffet at the Rio !!!
svengoreson Jul 17, 2013 at 8:14 am
I saw some pictures and I must admit that it was an amazing event.


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Horse Roundup photos by Carien Schippers will continue to be on display through July 15.
The school age summer reading program will start at 3 p.m. Wednesday, with a celebration of Independence Day with flag making and summertime games. The program on July 10 will be "Explorers," using maps to find lost treasure at the library. There will also be bird watching and recording in field journals, and natural materials weaving. The theme for July 24 will be "Rocks," where participants will be able to make their own rock candy, look at different kinds of rocks. create a display for rock collecting and open treasure rocks.
On Tuesday, July 9, there will be a discussion of the book "Swan Thieves" by Elizabeth Kostova, at 5 p.m.
Sit and Knit for fiber enthusiasts will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesdays, July 10 and 24.
On Thursday, July 11, the pre-school summer reading program will meet at 11 a.m. The theme will be pirates and include treasure maps and crafts. On July 25 the program will be "Construction Crew" with participants learning about construction machines and sites. The final program of the month on July 31 will be "Underwater" where participants will paint with watercolors and have a water balloon toss.
The trustees will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 11.
On Friday, July 12, the library will host a Teen Program, "Steampunk Night," starting at 5 p.m. featuring metal and glass etching. On June 26, the teen program ill be Xbox with Kinect.
Story Laurie Macintosh will appear at the library at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, for storytelling and music.
The monthly Friday Night Flicks and Pizza will continue the tribute to the 2013 Oscar-nominated best pictures at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 26.
Hours for Fairview Public Library are 11 a.m. to 5p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
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The choral ensemble audition includes:
Your prepared solo may be classical or a selection from a musical. If you are uncertain about a prepared solo, please don't let that stop you from auditioning, we will provide you with something simple to sing at the time of your audition.
M/W/F 2-2:50 pm; T/TR 2-3:15 pmOne credit. Director: Dr. Lynda HasselerThis select mixed ensemble is the Conservatory's most advanced choir and is recognized as one of the outstanding college choral groups in the nation. The choir performs a variety of sacred and secular choral literature, includingmotets, choral/orchestral works, spirituals, gospel music, carols, traditional music, and selections for women's chorus and men's chorus as well as music from Eastern Europe, Africa, Japan and from Latin and South America. The Chapel Choir tours nationally and internationally. Their most recent tour was to South Africa in May 2011. The 2011-2012 year will include travel to Colorado and Florida.
Monday 7-9:30 pmOne credit. Director: Dr. Lynda HasselerThe Choral Union includes university students and alumni, as well as singers from throughout the Columbus area. This ensemble performs repertoire similar to that of the Chapel Choir and in the spring performs a work with orchestra.
M/W/F 11-11:50 amOne credit. Director: Professor Lynn RoseberryThis ensemble for women's voices performs a variety of sacred and secular choral literature and presents their own concerts as well as joint concerts with the Chapel Choir, Choral Union and the Capital Chordsmen.
7:30-9 pm0.5 credit. Director: Craig CourtneyThis ensemble for men's voices performs a variety of sacred and secular choral literature and presents their own concerts as well as joint concerts with other Conservatory ensembles, including the Women's Chorus.
T/TR 3:30-4:20 pm0.5 credit. Director/Coach: Dr. Lynda HasselerThis vocal chamber ensemble for mixed voices will seeks to master both traditional and contemporary literature from Renaissance to modern and presents their own concerts as well as performs at various special events and concerts.
Freshmen and transfer students who are not vocal music majors are scheduled during orientation August 24-27 and the first three days of classes August 29-31. An audition time can be scheduled by signing up for a time on the schedules posted on the door of Mees 208, Dr. Hasseler's office. If there are no times available during orientation weekend, please find a time on the schedules posted for August 29-31.
All freshmen and transfer students who are voice majors will be scheduled to sing for the Voice Area faculty at specified times during the Conservatory Orientation schedule. Your performance for the voice area will constitute the "prepared solo" portion of your choral audition. For the technical diagnostic portion of your choral ensemble audition you will need to sign up for an audition time. The Choral Skills diagnostic auditions for voice majors will be during the following times:Saturday, August 27 from 4 to 8 pm; Freshmen vocal majors, skills portion onlySunday August 28 from 1 to 2 pm; Freshmen vocal majors, skills portion only All voice majors must audition for placement in a choral ensemble, even if you have already registered for a specific ensemble. You can sign up for your choralaudition at the afternoon orientation session for Voice Majors with the Voice Faculty.
Both music and non-music majors are scheduled the weekend before classes begin and during the first two days of classes, August 27-31.
Capital students, alumni and Central Ohio singers are invited to audition for The Choral Union on August 29 from 6:30 to 8 pm and/or by individual appointment. Call the Conservatory of Music at 614-236-6411 for audition dates and times. For additional information, contact Dr. Lynda R. Hasseler, professor of music and director of Choral Activities.
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This month Anthony will be discussing with you the Top 25 Ways to Pack on Serious Mass. For all the lightweight lifters out there looking to go up a class, or you mass monsters looking to put on yet more size, this will definitely get you on your way to some serious mass!
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Decent article, some points were good, while others were not that great.
You don't need to eat 6 meals per day. Furthermore, 6 meals per day will not cause you to gain lean muscle mass. Eating an adequate amount of energy, coupled with proper resistance training will cause you to gain muscle mass (in most instances anyway).
I agree with drinking water and getting sleep.
"If you just jack up your carbs and fat without supplying your body with the protein that it needs, you will end up looking like Mr. Marshmallow instead of a strength athlete"
I definately don't agree with that statement. I still think 1g per lb of bodyweight in protein is [I]plenty[/I. Again, overall calories are much more important that individual macronutrients.
Overall I think he made some decent points. However, he also reiterated some common myths still being perpetuated by many bodybuilders today.
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"It is often said, mainly by the "no-contests", that although there is no positive evidence for the existence of God, nor is there evidence against his existence. So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least in the weak sense of Pascal's wager. But on second thought it seems a cop-out, because the same could be said of Father Christmas and tooth fairies. There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?"
Richard Dawkins
"Out of all of the sects in the world, we notice an uncanny coincidence: the overwhelming majority just happen to choose the one that their parents belong to. Not the sect that has the best evidence in its favour, the best miracles, the best moral code, the best cathedral, the best stained glass, the best music: when it comes to choosing from the smorgasbord of available religions, their potential virtues seem to count for nothing, compared to the matter of heredity. This is an unmistakable fact; nobody could seriously deny it. Yet people with full knowledge of the arbitrary nature of this heredity, somehow manage to go on believing in their religion, often with such fanaticism that they are prepared to murder people who follow a different one."
Richard Dawkins
"Bah. You know I hate poor people."
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When is part 2 coming out?
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.
Are you eating while you are reading this? You should be... --hrdgain81
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Well, the Blog's (finally) back (again!): Love and Hope and Sex and Dreams Feel free to stop by and comment.
Here is my newly-created World of Warcraft Blog: BG's WoW Blog. Once again, feel free to stop by and comment.
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So is most of these points just directed to powerlifters? because it seems like that word comes up a lot


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You'd be hard-pressed to name two people who have collectively had a stronger impact on the gay-sports movement than Pat Griffin and Helen Carroll. These two pioneers have been working toward...
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Best Italian Cafe With Literary Flair San Francisco 2000 - Caffè Proust
If you like a side of literature with your linguine, check out Caffè Proust. OK, so linguine's not on the menu, but other pastas are. And yes, Marcel Proust was French, but he was fond of Italy, and the proprietors of Caffè Proust are Italian, so there you are. The restaurant is a tribute to the writer, featuring "Proust references everywhere" (to quote its menu), as well as serving as home base for the Marcel Proust Support Group (www.proust.com). CP is also a tribute to cafe living "circa late-century San Francisco" (to quote its Web site), and has the aura of a Parisian cafe, where stories are shared, ideas are fomented, and wine is drunk. The menu is even designed to contribute to the mingling: Dishes are small and meant to be mixed, matched, and shared, like tapas. The food is good, the menu is good reading, the service is attentive, and no one rushes you from your table -- although the lack of cushioning on the chairs might. We have only one other quibble: No tiramisu? (A cannoli just isn't the same.)


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Tracking the trends of mineral composition in cats with urolithiasis.
Past veterinary trends continue, but with therapeutic preventative options available, many plugs can be avoided.
Dr. Carl Osborne tracks the trends of mineral composition in cats with urolithiasis.
Mineral composition trends have been stabilizing in recent years.
A look at composition provides insight into ways to prevent plugs in the first place.
In the last three decades, the composition of uroliths in dogs has been variable.
Dr. Carl Osborne examines feline urolith composition over the past three decades.
What is your interpretation and diagnosis?
A quarter-century ago, analysis of uroliths removed (usually by surgery) was optional. In fact, rather than have the stones analyzed, some veterinary practitioners gave them to their clients as a topic of conversation. What about today? Is it an acceptable standard of practice to give stones retrieved from the urinary tract to owners without knowing their composition? What would be your response to a physician who gave you stones retrieved from your urinary tract? Believe it or not, we have received uroliths for analysis formed by our veterinary colleagues that were given to them by a physician. Of course, we did not perform the requested analysis because we did not want to cross the line of practicing medicine without a license. Instead, we sent them to a laboratory licensed to provide that service.


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Join Tamara for various talks on dog behavior. Watch a DVD on dog training and discover how dogs think & learn.
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LOS ALAMITOS, CA -- A Canadian man accused of a scheme to dupe local grandparents into believing their grandchildren or other relatives were in danger in foreign countries and needed money immediately was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, the FBI announced Friday.
Pascal Goyer, 29, was taken into custody late Thursday afternoon after his flight landed from Mexico, authorities said. Goyer is suspected of duping seniors in Orange County, including Mission Viejo, Newport Beach and Irvine. This ploy, popular among scammers, has also been repeatedly reported in Seal Beach, Los Alamitos and Laguna Woods.
This type of fraud targeting seniors is increasingly popular among scammers, said Laura Eimiller, FBI spokeswoman.
Goyer, whose last known residence was Montreal, is one of a half-dozen people named in a Sept. 25 federal grand jury indictment charging them with wire fraud, attempted wire fraud and aiding and abetting. He was expected to make an initial court appearance later Friday in downtown Los Angeles.
The 23-count indictment alleges that Goyer and five other defendants contacted numerous grandparents and falsely claimed they needed money to be sent to resolve a relative's purported problem, such as a car accident, in which bail money or repair expenses were immediately needed. The defendants -- who had no actual association with the relatives -- allegedly instructed the grandparents to use wire transfers, according to the indictment.
In some cases, the alleged victims were contacted again to send additional money to fully resolve their relative's problem, according to the indictment. The indictment alleges that wire transfers were sent from victims in cities such as Newport Beach, Mission Viejo and Irvine. The transfers involved amounts ranging from $1,000 to nearly $3,000, according to the indictment.
Investigators said the alleged victims were identified through mass-produced lead lists that targeted a specific demographic, authorities said.
The key is to educate the targeted community, said Eimiller. The No. 1 thing they should do before sending money to help a relative is to call the relative or other family members to verify their grandchild really is out of the country, she said. The ploy only works if they don't verify, and the scammers try to convince the victims to keep it a secret by pretending to be embarrassed or scared, Eimiller said.
The charges stem from an ongoing joint investigation by multiple agencies in the United States and Canada that participate in Project Colt, a binational task force dedicated to combating cross-border and mass marketing fraud, officials said.
Agencies involved in the investigation included the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Local law enforcement has been grappling with the scam increasingly over the last few years.
"People take advantage of our elderly population," Seal Beach police Sgt. Steve Bowles said following a recent case in which a Leisure World woman was victimized. "They call and say, 'Grandma, I am in jail,' or 'I am stuck on the side of the road. Can you wire me money?' "
"We call it the grandson scheme," said Seal Beach Detective Joe Hardin. "They call and wait for the victim to volunteer information. It's called fishing. Unless you initiate the phone call, don't give out any information. Ask the grandchild to identify themselves before you say their name."
One woman wired a large sum of money to a man she thought was her grandson, said Hardin. "She saw him three days later at a function and asked him if everything was OK. For a while, she thought, 'I helped him, and now my grandson is being very rude.' After a bit, they figured out what happened."
The money is sent by wire to places such as Texas or Canada, but it can be collected from locations such as New York without having to provide much identification, making it very difficult to catch the scammers, said Hardin.
"We probably only get a small percentage of what goes on in Leisure World fraud-wise," said Hardin. "People either don't know they have been taken advantage of, or they are too embarrassed to come forward."
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The 1 Percent Still Doesn't Get It
By likening Wall Street bonuses to lynching, AIG's Robert Benmosche shows just how little remorse the financial world feels.
Here's a question for the SATs, or maybe one of those No Child Left Behind tests: There are two men. One of them was chased down by racists, then beaten and hanged for no other reason than that he was African-American. Another one took over a wealthy company that was part of the financial debacle of 2008, a mess that nearly destroyed the global economy, but whose executives ended up getting multi-million dollar bonuses anyway. What do these two men have in common?
The schoolchildren taking either of those tests would know the answer: nothing. These are people on dramatically different ends of the wealth/power/luck of birth circumstances spectrum. But AIG CEO Robert Benmosche sees a parallel. He told the Wall Street Journal recently that the widespread anger over bonuses:
was intended to stir public anger, to get everybody out there with their pitchforks and their hangman nooses, and all that — sort of like what we did in the Deep South [decades ago]. And I think it was just as bad and just as wrong.
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It would take a team of professional psychiatrists to figure out the nexus between the victimization and the guilt – and it's likely rooted in basic narcissism. Never mind the deep insult of comparing lynching in the South to getting a massive, unearned financial bonus. The utter failure to understand why people were angry at Wall Street executives is stunning.
There's an us-vs-them mentality in Benmosche's comments, the idea that people like him have the right to live a certain way despite their performance in a capitalist economy. And the people at the bottom? They're just resentful that they weren't as good at playing by the rules of capitalism, which schoolchildren are led to believe has to do with competition, being rewarded for good performance and being punished for bad.
It's reflective of the 47 percent, makers-vs-takers view of the economy, one in which the wealthiest are held harmless for their risky behavior with other people's money because they are the "job creators." Those who actually do the jobs and lose the most when the job creators fail are, in that view, not entitled to anything – not even anger over the greed and lack of responsibility shown by the executives.
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Even more insulting is the idea that somehow people would not have been angry if those in politics hadn't gotten them all wound up with reports about the bonuses. If he really thinks the executives are entitled to the money – after taxpayers bailed out the company – why didn't he come right out and say so?
Benmosche has apologized, but the "sorry" is so lame it's worse than saying nothing at all. It was "a poor choice of words," Benmosche said. "I never meant to offend anyone by it." That's not an apology for the outrageous statement. It's just regret that his sense of entitlement was exposed and made him look bad. There remains a terrible disconnect, with the proverbial 1 percent seeming to have absolutely no idea how most of the rest of us live. And Benmosche's comments indicate the gap hasn't narrowed since the meltdown.


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Volunteers with Hearts & Hammers of Southwest Missouri on Saturday spread out to 16 homes in Joplin, Duenweg and Carthage for its annual work day.
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He said Hearts & Hammers is a Christian group that does remodeling and repair work at homes of those in need. It organized in the Joplin area in 2003. Since it started, the group has made improvements to more than 200 homes. He said there were probably around 100 volunteers on Saturday.
"Let's go to work," Clayton said as he sent the volunteers to their job sites.
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Saltenberger was assigned to a house at 115 N. Patterson Ave., where she promptly befriended the owner, Peggy Brust. Brust joined Saltenberger in removing years of accumulated leaves and debris that had piled against the fence on the north side of her property.
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John Clayton's son, Scott Clayton, director of Habitat for Humanity, stopped by to see Brust and Saltenberger at work.
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onstar aftermarket compatibility?
i have possibly a dumb question. i recently upgraded from a 2004 to a 2012 Silverado. the new one has on-star and a basic CD mp3 player no sat radio but there is a button for it on the stereo. i like how directions show on the LCD of the stereo when using on-star. but i would like to at some point upgrade to an aftermarket stereo. but if i do that i don't want to get one with the same or less capabilities. is there one of those touchscreen nav stereo systems that will work with my current features while giving me the new ones? basically still have the onstar sourced directions still show on screen if i dont use its built in nav?
Here's a question for you, after your free subscription of Onstar is up, will you be renewing it? If not, Then you wouldn't need an aftermarket radio to work with your Onstar. And if you decide later on that you want Onstar again, you can just use the controls on the rear view mirror unit.00 Chevy Tahoe LT, 5.3 4x4
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Also the back harness and modules you would have to buy to switch to aftermarket is going to be very $$. Would you like the nav display in the denali's touch screen unit? I think it would be easier and maybe cheaper to get a used unit out of an escalade/ denali etc and retain fectory options and functions. The days of wiring the speakers/ power/ ground for a new headunit are long gone because the body control module uses the radio speakers for turn sgnal chimes and warnings etc.01' 1500 LT Z71 ECSB 5.3L
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SurrealOne has an after market radio with nav.
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Just from experience with those I found its usually cheaper to go OEM with all of the systems that run through it that need to be delt with. Best bet is to call an installer to see what adapters are needed.
Do you want satellite radio?
You can call Walt over at Advent and talk to him about the OGM-1.
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Due to the off-topic subject path that this thread was going down, I started a separate thread and moved those posts there. If you'd like to continue the conversation about On Star and Blackbox tracking, please go to the following thread.
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well when i switched out the aftermarket stereo out of my 04 i had to get the harness. the install on that on i did myself and it turned out nicely. as for keeping onstar, so far i am going to say ill keep it being that some places i go don't have good cell reception and i still have phone minutes from when i purchased the truck. i don't like how much they charge for min but they used to charge a lot more for the subscription service. i suppose its not a huge deal about keeping the onstart directions appear on screen. i know its cheesy, but its the first new vehicle i have ever purchased. and i figured i was not sure that even if i do get rid of a feature i may want it again for who knows what reason down the road. although if i switch out the head unit i would likely go aftermarket. simply because if im going to spend the money i want the better sound quality the extra features like apparently sat radio, and i want subs. i am not a fan of having those sat radios siting on the dash or windshield taking up space and having wires running through visible areas of the cab. the other thing that has me stumped is assuming i do at some point get the aftermarket stereo will the sat radio unit for the factory stereo work with an aftermarket or would that mean that im going to have to buy that component twice?
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I'm not sure about other makers, but with the Kenwood, I still had to purchase a separate component for the SAT radio, even though my truck came with factory SAT radio. It wasn't too much money though if I remember correctly; I think less than $100 w/installation.
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