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KABUL, Afghanistan – Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but more Afghan troops and police who now shoulder most of the combat were killed, according to statistics compiled by The AP.
At the same time, insider killings by uniformed Afghans against their foreign allies rose dramatically, eroding confidence between the two sides at a crucial turning point in the war and when NATO troops and Afghan counterparts are in more intimate contact.
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U.S. troop deaths declined from 404 last year to 295 as of Saturday. The Defense Department says 1,701 U.S. troops have been killed in action in Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion in 2001 until Dec. 26. Of those, 338 died from nonhostile causes. Some 18,154 were wounded.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. BP -- The deaf residents of Manchester, Conn., now have a church of their own, as do the students at the University of Hartford -- and it's right on campus. This is because God is using church planters to reach into the hard-to-reach areas of North America with the Gospel.
These are just two success stories among hundreds from 2013 of God using church planters, pastors, Southern Baptist Convention chaplains, Disaster Relief volunteers and a host of other Southern Baptists whose work has helped make an impact for Christ.
Through Send North America, the North American Mission Board's (NAMB) strategy for church planting and evangelism, Southern Baptists are helping start churches and reaching communities in the United States and Canada.
Emphasizing the work of discovering, developing and deploying missionaries in 32 strategic Send North America cities, Send North America is focused on mobilizing Southern Baptist churches to start churches in communities that are without a thriving Gospel presence.
Allan Karr, Send North America campus mobilizer at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, said he has been praying Luke 10:2 for 10 years and that God is answering in some unexpected ways.
"In 2013 we trained and deployed church planters from five tribes of Burma to plant and lead five new churches in Colorado and North Carolina," Karr said.
Aaron Harvie, campus mobilizer at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said students are being deployed as church planting interns.
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The avocados in this recipe make it not only visually appealing, but a healthier alternative to using mayonnaise. The horseradish also gives this deviled egg recipe a welcomed update. Enjoy!
Makes: 16 halves
Prep time: 20 min.
Cook time: 15 min. (eggs)
8 hard-cooked eggs
2 fully ripened avocados from Mexico, halved, pitted, peeled and diced
2 tablespoons lemon juice
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It would be cool if you could see progress reports for something beyond a year. The data is still there, but the report drop-down period only shows up to a year.
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I will second this, especially since I just passed my first year.
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I would love to be able to see beyond a year too as I am approaching 2 years on MFP and I didn't think to keep my original stats anywhere else. Please increase the reporting period. Maybe add one that give you a graph from your start date to present.
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my home > check in > edit previous entries
will allow you to view "all" your entries for a given measurement type, IE I can see ALL my weight entries back to just about 2 years ago (next month is 2 years) but the report section IS limited to the 1 most recent year Maybe when they get the upgrade they're due for they'll add a customizable date range, but until then you can at least view the data and perhaps copy the data points to a spreadsheet for personal charting.
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January 15, 2013 5:26 AM
Just found this searching for a way to see a chart of more than a year's progress. I agree that seeing a list of weights is not as helpful as seeing a graph, and yes, I could make my own in Excel, but isn't the point of MFP to help with exactly that sort of thing? :) Let's keep our _Consumer Reports_ #1 rating!! Add multi-year charting.
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January 24, 2013 1:08 PM
I agree completely. I've been here for about 18 months and so much of the last year has been maintenance. It would be great to be able to see my actual loss reflected at me for a little ego boost ;-)
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I'm new here. Started last Monday. I belong to a weight loss group called TOPS. We turn in a weekly food diary but I can only find how to print out a daily food diary from here. Am I missing how to print out a weekly?
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|American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES_Failed to offer INF Mark Reynolds, INF Omar Quintanilla and RHP Stu Pomeranz 2013 contracts.
BOSTON RED SOX_Named Victor Rodriguez major league assistant hitting coach. Failed to offer RHP Scott Atchison, LHP Rich Hill and OF Ryan Sweeney 2013 contracts.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Failed to offer RHP Anthony Carter and INF Dan Johnson 2013 contracts. Announced RHP Philip Humber was claimed off waivers by Houston.
CLEVELAND INDIANS_Agreed to terms with RHP Blake Wood on a one-year contract and with RHP Fernando Nieve on a minor league contract. Claimed INF Mike McDade off outright waivers from Toronto. Failed to offer INF Jack Hannahan, LHP Rafael Perez and LHP Chris Seddon 2013 contracts.
DETROIT TIGERS_Failed to offer LHP Daniel Schlereth a 2013 contract.
HOUSTON ASTROS_Claimed RHP Philip Humber off waivers from the Chicago White Sox and agreed to terms with him on a one-year contract.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS_Agreed to terms with 2B Chris Getz on a one-year contract. Sent LHP Ryan Verdugo and C Adam Moore outright to Omaha (PCL). Failed to offer OF Derrick Robinson a 2013 contract.
MINNESOTA TWINS_Failed to offer RHP Lester Oliveros a 2013 cvontract.
NEW YORK YANKEES_Agreed to terms with RHP Mariano Rivera on a one-year contract.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS_Announced RHP Jim Miller was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees. Agreed to terms with 1B Daric Barton and INF Adam Rosales on one-year contracts. Designated RHP Sandy Rosario for assignment. Failed to offer OF Jermaine Mitchell a 2013 contract.
SEATTLE MARINERS_Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Kinney. Failed to offer INF Robert Andino a 2013 contract and then agreed to terms with him on a one-year contract. Announced OF Scott Cousins was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels.
TAMPA BAY RAYS_Failed to offer OF Ben Francisco a 2013 contract.
TEXAS RANGERS_Failed to offer C Geovany Soto, INF-OF Brandon Snyder and RHP Jake Brigham 2013 contracts.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS_Failed to offer C Bobby Wilson a 2013 contract.
|National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS_Released RHP Brad Bergesen. Failed to offer C Wilbert Nieves a 2013 contract.
ATLANTA BRAVES_Traded RHP Tommy Hanson to the Los Angeles Angels for RHP Jordan Walden. Claimed RHP David Carpenter off waivers from Boston. Failed to offer RHP Jair Jurrjens and RHP Peter Moylan 2013 contracts.
CHICAGO CUBS_Failed to offer INF Ian Stewart, RHP Zach Putnam and RHP Jaye Chapman 2013 contracts. Assigned RHP Casey Coleman outright to Iowa (PCL).
CINCINNATI REDS_Failed to offer OF Kristopher Negron and OF Denis Phipps 2013 contracts.
MIAMI MARLINS_Claimed 1B/OF Joe Mahoney off waivers from Baltimore.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS_Failed to offer LHP Manuel Parra a 2013 contract.
NEW YORK METS_Failed to offer OF Andres Torres, RHP Mike Pelfrey and RHP Manny Acosta 2013 contracts.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES_Failed to offer OF Nathan Schierholtz a 2013 contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES_Agreed to terms with C Russell Martin on a two-year contract and RHP Charlie Morton on a one-year contract. Acquired RHP Zach Thornton from Oakland for RHP Chris Resop. Acquired RHP Jhondaniel Medina from Baltimore for INF Yamaico Navarro. Designated RHP Jeff Karstens for assignment and failed to offer him a 2013 contract.
SAN DIEGO PADRES_Failed to offer LHP Juan Oramas a 2013 contract.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS_Failed to offer RHP Brian Wilson a 2013 contract.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS_Failed to offer C Jesus Flores, LHP Thomas Gorzelanny and LHP John Lannan 2013 contracts.
|American Association
WICHITA WINGNUTS_Released INF Jake Kahaulelio.
|National Basketball Association
NBA_Fined the San Antonio Spurs organization $250,000 for sending four players home before their Nov. 29 game in Miami.
HOUSTON ROCKETS_Assigned F Terrence Jones and reassigned G Scott Machado to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).
TORONTO RAPTORS_Signed G-F Mickael Pietrus. Waived F Dominic McGuire.
|National Football League
NFL_Fined Cincinnati OT Andrew Whitworth, Oakland DL Desmond Bryant, Oakland DL Lamarr Houston, Oakland DL Tommy Kelly and Oakland DL Matt Shaughnessy, $26,250 each for fighting in a Nov. 25 game. Fined Washington CB DeAngelo Hall $20,000 for a horse-collar tackle and $15,750 for a late hit in a Nov. 22 game at Dallas. Fined Green Bay S Jerron McMillian $21,000 for helmet-to-helmet contact with defenseless New York Giants tight end Martellus Bennett in a Nov. 25 game and Carolina RB Mike Tolbert $21,000 for a blindside block during a kickoff against Philadelphia in a Nov. 26 game. Fined New Orleans DT Brodrick Bunkley $20,000 for kicking the back of the helmet of San Francisco OL Alex Boone in a Nov. 25 game. Fined Houston DE J.J. Watt $15,750 for roughing the passer in a Nov. 22 game at Detroit, Kansas City OL Donald Stephenson $15,750 for unnecessary roughness in a Nov. 25 game against Denver, Chicago LB Brian Urlacher $15,750 for a horse-collar tackle on Minnesota RB Adrian Peterson; and St. Louis DE Chris Long $15,750 for striking Arizona QB Ryan Lindley in the head. Fined Chicago QB Jay Cutler $10,000 for throwing the ball at Minnesota CB AJ Jefferson in a Nov. 25 game and Baltimore WR Anquan Boldin $7,875 for a late hit in a Nov. 25 game against San Diego.
OAKLAND RAIDERS_Suspended LB Rolando McClain for two games for conduct detrimental to the team.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES_Named Anne Gordon senior vice president of media and communications.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS_Promoted LB Michael Wilhoite from the practice squad and signed him to a two-year contract. Signed S Eddie Whitley to the practice squad.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS_Signed LB Mario Addison to the practice squad.
|Canadian Football League
CFL_Fined Toronto DL Adriano Belli an undisclosed amount for unnecessary rough play during the Grey Cup.
|American Hockey League
AHL_Suspended Rockford RW Andrew Shaw one game for a boarding incident during a Nov. 28 game at Chicago.
ALBANY DEVILS_Loaned C Kelly Zajac to Trenton (ECHL).
|Central Hockey League
ARIZONA SUNDOGS_Waived F Mikael Bedard and F Don Maloney, Jr. Signed F Kevin Petovello. Placed D David Schlemko on team suspension.
DENVER CUTTHROATS_Signed F Chris Greene.
TULSA OILERS_Signed G Mike Garman.
|Major League Soccer
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION_Exercised the 2013 contract options on G Matt Reis, G Bobby Shuttleworth, D Kevin Alston, D Darrius Barnes, D Stephen McCarthy, D A.J. Soares, D Chris Tierney, MF Ryan Guy, MF Lee Nguyen, MF Sainey Nyassi, MF Clyde Simms, MF Juan Toja, F Diego Fagundez, F Dimitry Imbongo and F Saer Sene. Declined the 2013 contract options on MF Fernando Cardenas, MF Benny Feilhaber, MF Blair Gavin and G Tim Murray.
DOANE_Announced the retirement of volleyball coach Cindy Meyer.
GEORGIA STATE_Named Trent Miles football coach.
HOFSTRA_Suspended freshman F Jimmy Hall, freshman G Kentrell Washington, freshman G Dallas Anglin and sophomore G Shaquille Stokes indefinitely, after being arraigned for burglarizing campus dorm rooms.
ST. JOHN'S_Named Corey Muscara pitching coach.
TEXAS TECH_Named Gibbs Keeton assistant soccer coach.
THIEL_Named Aaron McGuiness women's soccer coach, Amanda Brewer women's volleyball coach and Amy Schafer assistant athletic director.


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Police are investigating a wreck involving a Canyon ISD school bus.
The accident happened around 4:00 Monday afternoon at the intersection of 58th and Tradewind street.
State troopers on the scene tell us the driver of the Canyon school bus ran a yield sign just before the pick-up hit the bus and caught fire.
The bus was carrying 12 students at the time of the wreck.
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Published on February 13th, 2012 | by Christian Cawley
Shooting Until December?
Doctor Who star Matt Smith has appeared in a special video interview with The Guardian, partially to celebrate his appointment as patron of the Royal Court's Young Writers festival.
Along the way he recalls some of his previous stage performances such as That Face, but of most interest to Doctor Who fans, of course, are what he reveals about Series 7 which enters full production shortly.
"It's a long shoot, we've got four or five scripts that are in really good shape. The casting is going very well. I heard some exciting news this morning actually about someone who is going to be in it (but I can't tell you!)… you'll know him. Or her!
On the matter of the shoot, Matt seems happy enough to be working outdoors a lot of the time, with night shoots in quarries and streets where monsters shouldn't be.
"A lot of it is outdoors but there are worse ways to spend your evenings. I'm shooting now until December on Doctor Who, depending on what happens thereafter, who knows, I'm itching to come back [to the Royal Court]"
Now what is interesting about this is that if the show is filming in December, that takes us to about a year from when Matt said "I've got another year"… which could of course mean that he's got a few months off after that, or…
3 Responses to Shooting Until December?
I read that as it's longer than the regular 9 month shoot so they're probably just including the Christmas special in that schedule. the big question though is, are they also filming the 50th anniversary special? And then everyone takes a nice long break?
I thought the Moff said they were entering the longest period of production ever or something like that.
Nine months is the standard production schedule, so they wouldn't be able to do next years including the 50th anniversary as well….it would need to continue way beyond December.
Anyway, I'm only guessing.
In the end I reckon they will go on much longer than Dec….
What are they planning is anyones guess at this stage.


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A conversation with Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker is like trying to pin down a buzzing fly using only your pinky.
No easy task. Sardonic, sarcastic and bemused, the jazzy rock pair have been making mincemeat out of interviewers with the same verbal flair with which they laced into cryptic classics like Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Kid Charlemagne and Deacon Blues in the '70s.
The two diss Twitter (they don't Tweet) and wayward politicians (New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's Tweets and surname inspires jabs). Given these guys' snark, these topics could serve as fodder for music on a new album if the two ever get around to making a proper follow-up to 2003's overlooked Everything Must Go.
"It's in the air. It really is. We're just picking it up here and starting the tour, but I can almost, well, I can smell it," Becker says of new tunes in the pipeline.
Fagen, 65, and Becker, 63, have a new tour to shill — Mood Swings: 8 Miles to Pancake Day Tour. As such, the duo conducted a conference call with game music scribes, including The Miami Herald, to promote a tour that hits Boca Raton's Mizner Park Amphitheatre on Thursday.
In addition to teasing the idea of a new album, "It's just a smell now, next thing is then you taste it, then you start to feel it," Becker says, the two dither on how the tour derived its puzzling Pancake Day Tour handle. Fans will recall this jazz-loving duo once titled an album Pretzel Logic.
Expect the same twisted logic as they make no attempt to unravel the mystery of that title.
Becker: "I'm not in the mood anymore."
Fagen: "Paxil is kind of an antiquated drug by now, isn't it?"
Becker: "It probably is."
Fagen: "What's that got to do with our tour?"
Becker: "Maybe lithium would be more appropriate."
Fagen: "In truth, we put up Mood Swings; that was the easy part, and then we were reminiscing about the old television show, Route 66, and we remembered how in those days they used to name TV episodes using every eccentric titles like, Who's Afraid of the Muffin Man, things like that. So, we decided we were going to have a subtitle for our Mood Swings tour."
Steely Dan has put out just two studio albums since the duo initially put the act on hiatus after 1980's showroom-pristine Gaucho. The 2000 effort, Two Against Nature, scored Steely Dan an Album of the Year Grammy over the then-favored Eminem. But Becker and Fagen have toured together often since reconnecting professionally in the mid-'90s. Credit a saner touring environment today.
"The venues and the menus and the hotels and everything has gotten better," Fagen said. "So, now it's much more fun to play. I'm glad that we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. It's almost like we planned it out that way."
Steely Dan perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at Mizner Park Amphitheatre, Boca Raton. The concert is sold out but tickets, $68.50-$149, are sometimes released as show approaches. Information: www.ticketmaster.com. Follow @HowardCohen on Twitter.


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Not so loud
I saw a movie in the theater this weekend. I don't see movies in the theater much anymore, mainly because most movie goers have lost all sense of courtesy. It's not just the feet on the seats or leaving trash everywhere. It's talking. Chewing. Slurping. Opening the loudest plastic snack food packaging on the planet.
Now I have a new reason for not going. Volume. I'm sure you have noticed how people who work in different sectors of professional audio have different standards of audio levels. Our brethren in TV don't even call it audio. They call it sound. And even then it's that component that rides along with the pretty video. Is the sound meter moving? Must be ok.
I've always felt that people in cinema push audio levels too high. During a movie there has to be some compromise between whispered dialog and the end of the world explosion, but there's not need to keep it at 120dB the entire time. The worst part was during the endless pre-show commercials. Those audio levels are all over the place.
I have taken ear plugs to concerts for years. I would like to enjoy the show in its full spectrum glory, but I don't want to suffer from the constant excess of sound levels. Now I'm going to take ear plugs to the movies (whenever that might be).
Of course in radio we have levels well under control. In some cases, too much control. Is the audio meter still moving on the modulation monitor? Better turn up the processor. Seriously, even though some stations over process, at least the levels are consistent. That makes it easier for the listener to set the final playback level at a reasonable and comfortable level.
Or do they?
We live in a world full of sound now. I see people wearing ear buds everywhere. Some of my coworkers wear them in the office all day. (Some say it's to mask the other loud coworkers. Gee, more added background noise.) I even see people driving while wearing closed-back, over-the-ear headphones. I sure hope the real world doesn't interfere with that driver's touring experience.
I play in several bands, from rock, to concert band and once in a while some small combos. I do my best to keep the stage level to a respectable level. I'm still proud of my hearing. I'm sure I have lost a little high end as the decades go by, and one of these days I actually have it checked just to be sure, although I'm confident I'll do well.
Hopefully, your hearing is still good. I also hope you're being careful to keep it that way.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (March 23, 2013) – Having the best uneven bars score in the meet (48.900), Rutgers gymnastics notched a 193.925 team score at the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Championships Saturday inside Carmichael Arena at the University of North Carolina. The team mark is the highest ever for the Scarlet Knights at the EAGL meet, topping last year's performance of 193.850.
Rutgers placed seventh in the meet, as NC State took the championship with a 195.175 score.
"While we did not achieve our goal this season of reaching NCAA Regionals, I am very proud of the way the team developed throughout the year," head coach Louis Levine said. "We were able to change the outlook of the program and put up some record scores. I believe the program is headed in the right direction and look forward to what the future holds."
Starting on the vault, junior Luisa Leal (Cali, Columbia) led RU with a 9.800 on the way to a 48.400 team score. Also on First Team All-Vault, freshman Jenna Williams (Bordentown, N.J.) picked up a 9.700 in her first conference meet.
A mark of 48.900 on the uneven bars was the best of any team in the event, being tied for the second best performance on the year for the Scarlet Knights. Junior Alexis Gunzelman (Tabernacle, N.J.) – a First Team All-Uneven Bars selection – paced the unit with a 9.825, while Leal and Williams both notched a 9.800.
Freshman Claudia Salinas (Allendale, N.J.) collected a 9.750 on the balance beam in the third rotation, as Rutgers scored a 48.075. Finishing on the floor exercise, Gunzelman and freshman Katie Stebick (Waterford, Pa.) both registered scores of 9.750 to lead the lineup to a mark of 48.550.
The Scarlet Knights will next await word on possible individual qualifiers to the NCAA Regionals, which are scheduled to be announced Monday.
Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding women's gymnastics, follow the program on Twitter @RUGymnastics.


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Heartbreak or hoax, the story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and his fabricated girlfriend has become a national head-scratcher. But the idea of making up a story, or believing a lie, in the name of love has deep roots in popular culture.
We've been carrying on relationships — and misrepresenting ourselves — long before the tattoo sleeves worn by Te'o came into vogue. From Cyrano de Bergerac to the MTV show "Catfish," romantic con games are as old as cupid's bow and arrows.


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Today's Front Pages Analysis
Drama continued in the presidential campaign Tuesday with heavy voting in North Carolina's primary and late-night results from Indiana. But in the end, the news was the margin of victory: How close was it?
Two of the country's larger newspapers summed it up well. "Obama cruises; Clinton clings," the Los Angeles Times said. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution described the outcome as "His Decisive Win, Her Photo Finish."
The Charlotte Observer called Barack Obama's 56% to 42% win in North Carolina lopsided, and the News & Record of Greensboro used the word "rout." The Winston-Salem Journal's lead said: "In the end, it wasn't close."
"Two minutes after the North Carolina polls closed … networks declared an Obama primary victory," The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer reported. North Carolina might have been devoid of suspense, but Indiana was a "nail-biter," as the Journal & Courier of Lafayette noted.
The Indianapolis Star, sporting a "Clinton, Barely" banner headline, featured a column about the drama: "Indiana loved its moment in the spotlight so much it refused to give it up Tuesday night." The late-night results meant early editions of some newspapers did not pronounce a winner in Indiana.
"Hillary Holds On as Lake Holds Out," said The Times of Munster, reporting its county's "snail-slow pace" of election reporting. The South Bend Tribune called it a "Hoosier cliffhanger" and printed at the top of its page Hillary Clinton's win, 51% to 49%.
"High drama, but no KO," the Chicago Tribune declared, adding in an analysis: "In the home stretch, advantage to Obama."
A flood of voters swamped polling places. The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Ind., noted a "Large turnout for Democrats," and The Herald-Times in Bloomington, Ind., said, "Voters turn out in droves." A "record primary turnout" was reported by The Daily Reflector of Greenville, N.C.
Tuesday's primaries had been called historic because of their impact late in the campaign. History was made in another way. A column in today's News & Observer in Raleigh highlighted Obama's win and the victories of female candidates in other races on the ballot in North Carolina, a state "clouded by the era of Jim Crow and a deep skepticism about women's role in politics."
Kate Kennedy is front-pages editor at the Newseum.


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There are a number of ways to leave a legacy. Some people have kids. Some become president. Or you can build unforgettable buildings that define the landscape.
Throughout his 104 years, architect Oscar Niemeyer defied the rules and even cheated death for a long while, working well into his 90s. He died Wednesday of a respiratory infection and received a fitting tribute in this obituary in The New York Times.
Design was in Niemeyer's blood. He was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1907 to a graphic artist, his father.
After working with the legendary Swiss architect Le Corbusier, the commissions flowed.
Niemeyer's biggest task, starting in 1956, was effectively to design Brasilia from the ground up when it was chosen as Brazil's new capital in the country's interior. He was the chief architect responsible for many public buildings — a unique opportunity to determine the look and feel of an entire city in just a few years.
He broke all of the molds, lived and breathed outside the proverbial box and eschewed the expectations he had inherited. Politically, he was aligned with the far left, which complicated his career at times, especially during years of military dictatorship in Brazil and during the Cold War.
Philosophically, Niemeyer defied the axiom of contemporary modernists that "form follows function."
As Niemeyer put it: "Form follows beauty."
In a 2005 interview in the New York Times Magazine, Niemeyer said, "The ultimate task of the architect is to dream. Otherwise nothing happens."
And in Niemeyer's dreams, beauty was found in curved lines. Creativity flows from bending the straight lines of authority. Those ideas, in addition to his buildings and sculptures, are Niemeyer's legacy.


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new to town but not the game....looking for a good crew to play with
oops, April 14th
FYI...RI convention center in Providence is having a international beer festival Sat April. Can check out at website beerfestamerica.com....in case your interested!
Greg, awesome pictures of the herring!!!
I hear you need a ride tomorrow - want me to pick you up?
Hi Greg,
I need your address for Sat. potluck, please. Since I'm coming from Hyannis, it would be fitting to bring a growler of Cape Cod Ale:)
I'm excited about the ocean movie Meetup tonight. However, I don't have your street address. I get out of class at UMass around 6:30. Is it okay if I get there at 7pm? Also, what sort of tasty food or beverage can I bring to share?
Greg, do you have a ride for Sunday's hike? Contact me and let me know. I am interested to learn about your Inca Trail and Philippines experiences.
Hi Greg, it was nice meeting you Monday, it was such a fun day! I'm hosting my first event, come if u can!
I really appreciate you staying last night after we went out on Chuck boat and helping us clean up and thanks for getting ice.
Hey Greg,
My name is Hank. I'm a producer in LA. I'm making a new homebrewing/craft beer show for a major cable network. The format of the show is simple. In each weeks episode we will follow pairs of homebrewers as they explore the local beer culture in their region, drink great beer and make a special batch of brew.
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Lorenzo Cain's bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning scored Alex Gordon with the deciding run, as Kansas City took a 5-4 decision over Boston in the back end of a doubleheader from Fenway Park.
George Kottaras, Gordon and Billy Butler each slugged a solo homer for the Royals, who swept both ends of the twinbill, following a 4-2 decision in the opener.
"I thought we had great at-bats in crucial situations," Royals manager Ned Yost said.
Kelvin Herrera (2-2) fanned three and walked one while allowing one hit in two scoreless relief frames. Greg Holland earned his fifth save by turning in a perfect bottom of the 10th.
Mike Napoli homered among his three hits and drove in two runs for the Red Sox, who had won seven in a row prior to Sunday. Dustin Pedroia added two hits and an RBI in defeat.
Andrew Miller (0-1) gave up the lead run in his lone frame on the hill.
Miller allowed a one-out single to Gordon, then walked Alcides Escobar before fanning Butler. Sox shortstop Pedro Ciriaco's dive at deep short to smother an Eric Hosmer grounder saved a run but loaded the bases ahead of a walk to Cain which forced in Gordon to make it 5-4 for Kansas City.
Holland then struck out the side to lock up the victory.
Gordon started the game with a double and scored when Escobar followed with a single to deep short.
Napoli began the home second by clearing the Green Monster, then Mike Carp drove in Jarrod Saltalamacchia with a double for a 2-1 Sox edge.
Pedroia plated Jacoby Ellsbury with a third-inning single, but Kottaras launched a pitch into the bullpen for a one-run contest and Gordon's high line drive to left made it 3-3 in the fifth.
Napoli plated Nava with a single in the sixth, then Butler's deep drive to left center tied the game in the eighth.
Boston stranded two on in the bottom of the ninth.
Though KC has won two of three from Boston this season, the Red Sox have won
the season series in every year since 2010 ... Gordon finished 3-for-5 and
scored three runs ... Ellsbury hit safely twice in defeat ... In his major-
league debut after being recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket, Allen Webster
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walk in six innings ... Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie lasted six frames and
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By Bertram de Souza (Contact)
What was the message delivered Tuesday by voters in Wisconsin, San Diego and San Jose? Quite simply this: We, the employers of public sector workers, are no longer willing to pay for pensions and benefits that are many, many times more lucrative than what the average private sector employee can expect upon retirement.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's impressive defeat of the effort by unions and Democrats to oust him from office captured the nation's attention and was the top story from the election. Since becoming governor in 2010, Walker has taken on the public employees' unions by stripping them of their collective bargaining rights. One of his targets is the public pension system that he says, quite correctly, is a major drain on the state's treasury.
But more important stories unfolded in San Diego and San Jose because they demonstrated what can be done at the local level to change the public pension system.
Here's how the New York Times described the game-changers on the West Coast:
"Residents of San Diego and San Jose voted overwhelmingly to cut the pension benefits they give city workers. And they did so in a way governments traditionally avoid: moving to cut not just the benefits of future hires, but also for those of current city workers, whose pensions generally have much stronger legal protections than those of private-sector workers."
The keyword in that quote is overwhelmingly. It reflects the national mood of private sector workers who have seen their pensions frozen, or eliminated, and have watched as their 401(k) plans have tanked.
But while this reality has caused families to rethink their retirement plans, public sector workers keep retiring at relatively young ages with pension benefits that are forcing states to deal with ballooning unfunded liabilities.
In San Jose, which is a charter city like Youngstown, Measure B reduces pension benefits not only for future hires, but current employees' remaining years on the job, according to the Silicon Valley MercuryNews.Com.
MercuryNews.Com listed the following changes to the current pension plans: current employees keep the pension credits already earned but must pay up to 16 percent more of their salary to continue their benefit or choose a more modest and affordable plan for their remaining years on the job; limit retirement benefits for future hires by requiring them to pay half the cost of a pension.
It is noteworthy that the mayor of San Jose is a Democrat.
In San Diego, the plan approved by the voters would require future hires to enroll in a defined-contribution plan, similar to a 410(k) plan, the New York Times reported. Public employees would be responsible for investing their own retirement money, and if their investments fail, the city's taxpayers will not have to step in.
Of great significance is the provision that freezes the amount of an employee's pay used to calculate pension benefits. The Times noted that San Diego officials estimate that it will save $1 billion over the next 30 years.
Why is this significant? Public pensions are calculated using a formula that includes the average of the three highest earnings years. That results in public employees shopping around for high-paying jobs as they approach retirement age.
Public response
Such abuse of the system has triggered a public response that is sweeping the nation. In Ohio, under the Public Employment Retirement System, the employer (taxpayers) contributes 14 percent of the annual salary for the pension, while the worker kicks in 10 percent.
The state's five public pension plans are undergoing some legislative tweaking in Columbus to deal with projected revenue shortfalls, but nothing major is being proposed.
Therefore, it's up to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who took a beating last year at the polls when voters strongly rejected his collective bargaining reform law.
What happened in Wisconsin, San Diego and San Jose should inspire Kasich, a Republican, and the GOP-controlled General Assembly to make the kind of changes to the system that voters are demanding.
And they should go a step further: make all public pension records public, so the taxpayers know how much money their servants are receiving in retirement for the rest of their lives.
The people of Ohio have already spoken about what they want from Kasich, DeSouza.
They rolled his right-to-work state agenda back.
To continue in the direction he initially took would NOT be making changes that the voters are demanding.
You are a politically biased commentator, and people can only laugh at your opinions at this point.
The pension reform legislation is pending in the Ohio house and it makes significant changes to eligibility, cost of living, length of service, and increases to member contributions with no increase to the taxpayer, all while making the systems solvent as required by the law. In addition, the public retirement systems of Ohio pump billions of dollars into state and local economies through those benefits. Dollars that improve the bottom line for businesses like the Vindicator and help pay the salaries of employees like de Souza. If de Souza is advocating for the elimination of public services like police, fire, and teachers through his class warfare rants then so be it but shooting himself in the foot by calling for the elimination of the billions of dollars that help to pay his salary through newspaper subscriptions sure seems foolish to me.
The public sector likes to think they are special. They're not. The middleclass cannot keep handing over their hard-earned money to pay for benefits that are way better then the private sector. The average contribution for health-care in the private sector is 23%. Some are paying as high as 50%. In the private sector some plans charge more if you smoke, more if you have high blood pressure, more if you have high glucose readings and more if you are overweight. I see nothing wrong with the public sector paying 20% of their heath-care.
The weakness of prior legislators in dealing with union demands has come home to roost. These legislators bought votes by caving in to most demands with little regard for future costs to the rest of us yet this good ole boy network still exists, you know, you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. From now on take a much better look at the person for whom you're voting. Forget "D", "R" and "I" and pay really close attention to what they're saying AND doing.
we live in OHIO encase you forgot. WE voted it down. if you like Wisconsin so much MOVE THERE.
SB5 was voted down because voters viewed it as a threat to collective bargaining, both at the private and public levels.
An issue to reduce benefits for public employees would pass overwhelmingly in Ohio. in Wisconsin 38% of private union families voted against their brothers ans sisters of the public unions; they supported Walker.
Well here's deScumbag back for his 723rd article bemoaning public employee pensions and every one of the articles says the same thing. No wonder the Vindy is about to go under! Hey deScumbag, don't be jealous because you work at a dump that probably pays you minimum wage. Save your money and get a ticket back home, wherever that is.
Misery loves company. Since your employer will not contribute to retirement, you don't want anybody to get a retirement. Since many corporations cut benefits, and Repubs just respond by saying, hey its a job, take it or leave it. This high unemployent bush started is just what the 1% want. Compitition for employement, lowest bidder wins.
Why so many of the 99% support and back up the 1% is beyond me. Why should we want to take away what somebody else gets, just because it was takes away from me? Yes I agree public workers should pay 20-25% toward benefits.
I believe Mr kasich is on notice also:
A developing story out of Ohio is getting the attention of the progressive press: the FBI is currently investigating claims that Governor John Kasich made promises of political influence and threatened the jobs of those who would not help him replace those in power with his cronies.
Two months ago, Portage County Republican Party Chairman Andrew Manning asked the FBI to investigate the situation after he was offered influence in state government appointments in exchange for stepping down and allowing one of Kasich's operatives to take his position. Manning's attorney, David R. Langdon, announced yesterday that the FBI is indeed investigating the claims. In a statement Langdon said,
"FBI agents interviewed Andrew Manning last week. He answered questions about the statements in his affidavit, which he sent to the Justice Department in March of this year, that top allies of Gov. John Kasich offered him special influence over gubernatorial appointments if he agreed not to run for the state GOP central committee."
Why not try something journalsts of old were taught to do, report an issue with an objective and unbiased point of view rather than the journalist's biased personal crusade? What about how OPERS has submitted proposals in the legislature to address the issues raised which have been approved by the Senate but are being stonewalled by the House? Examine and report the reforms to the public and save a retirement system rather than destroy it and do to the people who provided services to the public the same fate as the Delphi retirees.
The Wisconsin recall was a heavy lift for labor from the beginning. That's why there was little said from national democrats including Obama because it wasn't as much about collective bargaining as it was about recalling a sitting governor. In the final analysis, Wisconsin voters felt that Walker's actions were not misfeasance or malfeasance and not worthy of recall. The recall campaign said very little about collective bargaining. So Walker remains in office because of that reason, not because of his stripping of collective bargaining rights to public employees. To somehow transfer the recall outcome as some sort of mandate to further erode collective bargaining rights is a gamble for republican governors. One that Kasich isn't likely to embrace this close to 2014 and one that other republicans undertake at their own political peril.
If de Souza wants to really address an issue important to everyone, why doesn't he ask the question why retirement benefits are not available to private sector workers? They used to be, and most public employees would support such benefits for private sector workers. If private sector employers that are raking in millions in profits and their CEO's and managers are enjoying benefits that their employees don't, why isn't this being addressed instead of attacking the public systems that are by enlarge both efficient and properly managed for the benefit of their members, and stand as models for all workers, private and public, to emulate? Is it because de Souza and Vindicator would rather inflame, incite, and pit citizens against citizens? Tell me it isn't so.
The attack on public workers has got to stop at some point. It's the rich and greedy that just want to pick off the middle class one by one. The steel mills, the auto industry, now public workers. I am proud to be a public worker. I am also very middle class (at best) and have to hold down a side job waiting on tables a day or two per week in addition to my 40 hour public job to make sure my kids have a bright future. I just recently narrowly missed by five minutes being in the middle of a shooting across from Taft Elementary last week. I have had knives pulled on me in my so-called "privledged position." Most public employees are educated and hard working who did what we were told growing up in order to get a job that will be stable. Here's a novel idea. If people want to save money and help the state of the union and all, how about we crack down on all the abled bodied people collecting social security and disability? How about the fact that I recently went to the doctor for a broken finger and the details on my insurance stated I was billed $567 for a doctor looking at it for all of 45 seconds? What about all the people living off of student loans knowing good and well a big portion will never pay them back (hey I actually pay mine wow)! You know, my next door neighbor works in the private sector, but previously had a stint in the public sector. To this day, she says she never worked her behind off as much as she did in her days with the public sector. Because that's what we do. And good look paying some smuck with no education, morals, and work ethic to put up with what we do on a daily basis for much less than we are already paid (which isn't all that some of you seem to think it is).
oh yeah, let's not forget haven't had a raise in 4 1/2 years, but yet the cost of healthcare has steadily gone up. I swear, the upper 1% will not be happy until everyone makes $8-10 per hour and is on welfare.
wow Coupe!!!!!! well spoken and stated by just another " overpaid, uneducated moron" as they would like to call you. As I stated before, when "they" were "Rakin in the bucks" they laughed at you. Now that alot of those self- "entitled" out there had there bottom fall out, well, if they cant have it (pension) neither can you!!! Sounds like alot of whinning to me! Do they think that if concessions take place that there will be more money in the system? Hell no, they will steal it. Ask Kasich what he did with our pension money when he invested it with his BS firm. GONE, WITH OUT A TRACE!! So, stop. Our pension system is in tune with the ecomony, and is taking proactive measures to keep it solvent for 30 years, and our members know it so stop. Go whine about if the republijerks take control of the country, and out sorcing becomes order of the day, the pension systems will be of little discussion when there are no jobs left.
tc, sorry I confused you. Of course, you would need to consider the entire situation and not one that is driven by agenda to not be confused but I digress. The fact of the matter is, before the financial meltdown and recession of 2008, the public employee pension funds in the state of Ohio were managed well and were able to meet obligations. Since the recession and 2008 financial meltdown, the systems have had to request legislative reform through the adjustments I mentioned earlier in this thread to meet obligations. All without asking for additional taxpayer money. I'd say that is impressive and responsible fiduciary management. Particularly in the current financial environment. In fact, the private sector would do well to emulate this responsibility so more private sector employees could have pension benefits, but I digress again. So, management of the retirement systems has never been the problem nor is it now. The problem is with the financial meltdown (remember Lehman Bros?) and the recession and the effect that has had on the systems. Not because members receive benefits. So before you call me wrong and ridiculous, maybe you should consider the entire issue instead of what you think you know.
tc, I am fully aware we will never agree on this because you (and many with the same mind set, like de Souza) have an agenda to destroy public sector retirement because you have been convinced by powerful forces that public sector employees are responsible for the recession and meltdown; have something you don't have and it isn't fair; and should therefore suffer reductions in those benefits because they are unsustainable. Reductions are on the table awaiting legislative action. It is ridiculous to blame the public sector for the recession and financial meltdown (remember Wall Street and Lehman Bros?). I would agree with the notion that it isn't fair, but for different reasons. For instance, private sector employers who are currently raking in millions should be providing retirement benefits to their employees similar to public sector retirement. You claim it is too expensive. I claim it is being denied because of greed. Maybe you should be angry about that instead and be asking why that is. And as far as the public systems being built on sand and a house of cards, that is simply hyperbole. The fact of the matter is the systems continue to pay benefits and are awaiting legislative action that will maintain their ability to pay benefits (albeit reduced benefits as you and others with your mindset so desperately want) as required by the law that governs those systems. Now unless we are going to be existing in a perpetual state of recession, those systems will be able to meet their obligations. But if we are going to exist in a perpetual state of recession, we have much bigger problems in this country than just this issue anyway. That, we should be able to agree on.
Yes, Mahoning County is certainly in its own world and cut off from the rest of Ohio and the U.S.
tc, stability in the systems is the goal of the pending legislation in Columbus as I said. The "...debt that has riddled these systems..." as you put it is only as a result of the recent recession and financial meltdown. So like other financial institutions in the country, and the economy as a whole, the retirement systems were affected. So as the economy recovers, and reform is enacted, so should these funds. However, this statement gets to the heart of the matter "...if a 401k tanks, the owner of that tanks. If a public pension fund tanks, oh well, you still expect the same funds to be there for you. Huh?..." Private sector 401k accounts were never meant to be the sole retirement vehicle for workers. They were originally designed for wealthy business executives and the like who needed tax sheltering for high incomes. Defined benefit plans were long the vehicle of choice (along with social security) until employers decided that they could increase their profit margins by eliminating defined benefit plans so they did so and simply put everyone into 401k plans. Profit margins increased, but so did employee retirement instability and volatility. Knowing this, maybe employees need to start pressuring their employers to offer defined benefit plans instead of 401k plans. The defined benefit plan is a pool of employees contributing to the plan. The 401k plan is largely an individual employee responsibility contribution plan (maybe with matching) without pooled resources or the expertise that money managers bring to defined benefit plans. Private sector employees should be angry that their employers do not have defined benefit plans instead of demanding that public sector employees not have them either.
Defined benefit plans are history in the private sector and defined contribution plans (some are also 401(k)) have replaced them as self directed plans. (Read 100% control over your own monies). This will never be reversed. Besides obvious savings for companies, some who offer a match, employees are in control. For the last 15 years younger workers, who changed jobs on average of 5 to 6 times in their working careers, pushed for this change. Defined benefit plans only make sense when you work 30 plus years for 1 company - and in fact only during the last 5 to 10 years does the pension become meaningful. Changing jobs often negates (lowers) the value of a DB plan as DC plans can be transferable in full to IRS IRA's during the working career. Public plans still operate on the "nanny" plan as elected legislative people are covered by these BD plans that continue with all public sector positions during a career. It is a total conflict of interest. The same who have not addressed school funding in Ohio over the last 15 years although unconstitutional. This is not a slam on public employees. Tax payers need to select courageous leaders to address these issues and freeze new entry into a DB plan (whist protecting current DB participants). Also withhold support of tax levies forcing the issue toward resolution.
drone, your comments sound of utter jealosy, bro!!!
Comp is correct in his discussion. What he/she isn't acknowledging however is that because 401k plans and defined contribution plans are employee managed, most people have no clue how to manage those plans unless they have a thorough knowledge of how stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, and the like actually work. They simply are shown a company plan that has been set up by someone on Wall Street and pretty much have to take what is offered and trust that Wall Street will do the right thing with those investments. Not a promising situation based on past Wall Street behavior. Public employee defined benefit plans are managed by financial brokers who are employed by the system board who they must answer to. They are vetted through the system board of control and if the broker isn't performing and growing the investments, he or she is held accountable by the board of control. Who controls Wall Street brokers managing 401k and defined contribution plans? Wall Street firms. Talk about conflict of interest. My suspicion is that if younger workers have pushed for the portability of 401K plans and defined contribution plans, they never really understood the differences between those plans and defined benefit plans. 401k plans were initially set up for wealthy wage earners who needed a vehicle to shelter their income from taxes. They were never intended to be used as the main retirement vehicle for the mass population but employers saw them as a way to cut costs and raise profits.
TC, there are no plans to combine the public sector retirement systems. At least not in the current legislation. And since you brought this up, where in the world did you hear this anyway?
Well tc, my very tuned in, major financial manager with a major firm has assured me that there is no talk of combining the plans.
And this was published in USA Today (today):
tc, not trying to be a smart a$$ at all. Just pointing out what my financial guy said. To be honest, I take what he says with a grain of salt. Maybe you should too.
Bertram, you know that the real problem is decreased tax revenue not civil servant pay. If this area was rolling in good jobs no one would care what civil servants make. You are just stoking the class warfare flames when you make an argument like this.
Why don't you ever put the blame on the poor job situation in Ohio thanks to poor leadership in Columbus and Washington? We can't keep good teachers if we pay them with taxes that come from working at jobs that pay $8.00 per hour.
The real problem is a reduction in revenue and you know it.
I am so tired of listening to people who are all in the same class (The Real Middle Class - Those making 30K to 999,999K) slug it out over left over table scraps.
Lets be real about our teachers for a minute.
1. Required to earn a Master's Degree for licensure (at their own cost). What private sector job requires someone to earn a Master's out of pocket? If you want minimum wage teachers, don't require a degree!
2. The Public V. Private Sector comparison is absurd. Compare apples to apples. These statistics compare public employees, mainly degreed professionals, to anyone employed ages 18 +in any job including non-degreed, minimum wage workers.
Look at some stats on salary (careerbliss). CBS did a story on the top ten careers where a Master's pays... Public education -not in the top ten. Some salaries that are:
Computer Tech: 95K, General Manager: 97K, Financial Advisor: 78K, College Program Chair: 89K, Marketing: 98K
Managing Partner: 139K, Data Administrator: 96K, Business Manager: 80K
These salaries are entry level not averages and do not include lavish benefit packages, and bonuses that accompany these jobs.
The average salary for educators is in the 50's. Why are we mad at teachers, who help our children and police officers and fire fighters who help us? The answer is simple..
The media has moved on from reporting unbiased coverage of events and issues to influence and advancing propaganda.
Who should middle class Ohioians be angry with:
The Governor:
1. Refused to live in the Governor's mansion costing tax payers a million to fortify his home and provide up keep to two properties.
2 Promotes charter schools regardless of success so their private sector owners can profiteer at the cost of the under-education of children.
State Law Makers:
3. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the funding formula for schools is unconstitutional multiple times but it has not changed.
4. Local funds, voted for by levy voters in districts is given to schools outside of those same districts for charter/community school education.
5. Local budgets have been cut drastically by state law makers while state level budgets remain the same or increase.
6. Lottery money given to a school district is earmarked for a specific purpose, then the state deducts that same amount from general fund revenue - who benefits - the state!
7. State lawmakers have not taken a paycut and make 65K + committee money and get benefits for life for working two days a week (when in session). One Cincinatti Senator, the same woman who proposed SB5, told reporters she would not seek congress at the fed level because she likes being able to put her kids on the bus Tuesday morning, and be home to get them off Thursday afternoon - something working as a state senator allows.
Seriously, come on people. Quit arguing with eachother and lets start getting more upset with the right people. Wake up!
I read all the comments and agree that there is no easy or quick fix to the problems; yet, public employees deserve to receive their pensions the same as anyone else and have their benefits reduced in mid-stream!
I just cancelled my subscription to the Vindy. I think we all should. deSouza needs to see what unemployment is like, and quit belittling people because of the job they have. Public employees work damn hard at their jobs and earn every cent. Anyone has the choice to stay at the job they are lucky to have. I'm done reading the crap the Vindy reports and writes on. We definitely need a newspaper/reporter that isn't so one-sided.
I also think that if all these politicians lived in and maintained their own homes, drove their own cars, had the same benefits and retirement packages as we the citizen does, there would be a lot of savings and less complaining.
Why are they better than anyone else?