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HERMISTON, Ore. -- The Agape House has been helping feed and clothe people in need bear the Hermiston area for 27-years. "Last year, we gave away $1,250,000 worth of food through this building," said the Executive Director of the food bank, David Hughes. Hughes says The Agate House provides food, clothing and fire wood for roughly 4,000 people each month.
But early Friday morning, Hermiston police say 33 year old Charles Coolie tried to break in and steal soda cans from the food bank. Police arrested Coolie and charged him with Criminal Trespass and Attempted Theft in the third degree. Hughes said there have been at least a dozen break-ins in the last two years. Everything from car break in, to people siphoning gasoline from their cars.
"We serve unconditionally.All you had to do was say I need help, and if could have provided it, we would have been happy to help, it hurts, " Hughes said.
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Three times each year the Congressional Budget Office releases its budget projection for the next 10 years. This "baseline" makes a variety of assumptions about taxation, spending, and the economy. Some of these assumptions are reasonable and others are not because of the peculiarities of budget law. Historically, our baseline compensated for the more unreasonable assumptions and presented a more plausible scenario. Recent CBO reports have included an "alternative scenario" following estimates similar to the ones we used in constructing our "plausible baseline". Like the official CBO baseline, neither Concord's Plausible baseline or CBO's alternative scenario are predictions, but a projection of where current trends are leading.
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Report claims Chamber hired firm hacked by 'Anonymous'
WASHINGTON – Lobbyists for the US Chamber of Commerce have been working with firms to develop methods to deceive and discredit the Chamber's most vocal progressive opponents, according to documents obtained by ThinkProgress.
Lee Fang of the liberal blog reports that the Chamber and its hired firms mapped ways to attack labor and progressive groups that have taken on the powerful business lobby, "in particular ThinkProgress, the labor coalition called Change to Win, the SEIU, US Chamber Watch, and StopTheChamber.com."
In one document prepared by a group called Themis, US Chamber Watch is singled out as "one of the most active members of the opposition." It notes that the Chamber, unlike many of its critics, is "politically connected," making its opponents "vulnerable to information operations that could embarrass the organization and those associated with it."
A six-point plan to discredit the US Chamber Watch includes depicting it as a pawn of labor federation Change to Win, and tying it to labor leader Andy Stern and Velvet Revolution. It also proposes swindling the group by creating "a false document" about the Chamber's finances and, once it's publicized, providing "explicit evidence proving that such transactions never occurred."
"Also," it continues, "create a fake insider persona and generate communications with CtW. Afterward, release the actual documents at a specified time and explain the activity as a CtW contrived operation. Both instances will prove that US Chamber Watch cannot be trusted with information and/or tell the truth."
ThinkProgress reports that the Chamber hired lobbying firm Hunton and Williams and a set of private security companies — HB Gary Federal, Palantir, Berico Technologies – three of which apparently comprise "Team Themis."
A Team Themis document said Phase I of the plan to "collect, analyze, and affect adversarial entities and networks of interest" would cost $200,000, and Phase II would cost $2 million.
The Chamber denied any knowledge of "the document" — though it didn't say which one — and claimed it didn't hire the security firm that created it.
"The security firm referenced by ThinkProgress was not hired by the Chamber or by anyone else on the Chamber's behalf. We have never seen the document in question nor has it ever been discussed with us," wrote Tom Collamore on the Chamber's website.
Oddly enough, two of the security firms the Chamber is said to have hired — HB Gary and Palantir — made news recently after they were revealed to have devised tactics for Bank of America to discredit the anti-secrecy outlet WikiLeaks.
HB Gary was recently hacked by the cyber-protest group "Anonymous," which published some 44,000 of its emails on the Internet.
I've hated the US Camber of Commerce for a long time…and I still do. Check out the Yes Men video where they hold a fake USCOC press conference announcing their recognition of the need to take action on climate change: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QHKcrAfjFw
COC – another rabid arm of the GOP, and designed for the same purpose, to destroy the middle class and remove all protections for the American worker. A task at which they are succeeding primarily because of the incredibly ignorant people who keep voting for them and AGAINST their own best interests. Amazing.
These tactics are just plain comical. They're fighting a losing battle using old world strategies. The media is the message. The internet enables free flow of information. The truth will set us free.
According the the COC, work will set us free.
Yeah, but everyone needs guns to fight tyranny!!!!! LOL
And it's nothing but a dirty, rotten, commie trick.
Er Socialists, er
Slightly off topic here but is anyone else having trouble today accessing Bradsblog. comcast says its a server problem they cannot control.in any case I smell internet manipulation.Any one have any info on this.
How can an organization with no credibility discredit anyone?
Answer: by hiding their true identity, as codified by the Citizens' United Supreme Court case.
Yet another heavy blow to freedom by the fascist Benito and his co-conspirators Rastus, Stringbean, Red, and Biff.
Correction: work will set the Chinese free. Us, we have no work, nor are we going to get any in the coming reprise of a "jobless recovery."
We need to stop calling anything that's jobless a recovery. The media should report the continual outsized profits garnered via Third World wages and benefits as what it is: the continued collection of wealth upward by harvesting the poorest of the poor who'll settle for the least, not a fucking recovery.
But the press works for business, not us. Every paper has a "Business" section, but none has a "Worker" section. Of course not! Why would they? They're just the people who buy their papers, that's all.
The Chamber of Horrors is one of the top terrorist-tory group in america. Every factory, manufacturer in america would be based either in china, india and their mail box would be in the cayman islands. America would become a homeless shelter with a holey tin roof covering our asses that stretches from the left coast to the right coast if these bastards continue untouched.
Off subject—Are you Yugoslavian? My grandfather was a _vic.
"It also proposes swindling the group by creating 'a false document' about the Chamber's finances and, once it's publicized, providing "explicit evidence proving that such transactions never occurred."
This is the same ploy that was used to discredit CBS and Dan Rather when they were pursuing the story of how George Bush avoided Viet Nam by joining the Texas ANG, proceeding to fail to keep his flight status current, and eventually avoiding even completing his required service. The records given to Mapes were accurate in content but not in form (the type font was different). As soon as the show ran on 60 Minutes, someone revealed the difference and the rest is history. Very successful in that it took down Rather and created a smokescreen that prevented the truth from coming out of Bush's use of favoritism to join the Guard and avoid Viet Nam as well as his failure to complete his required service.
Just another example of someone in the corporate world trying to suppress truth. When will the rest of the country realize that the corporate world is corrupt, anti-democratic and anti-American?
The US Chamber is pro jobs as long as the labor is done overseas. This chamber is the most anti labor force around. Its funny how they have no problem that Canada, China, and most of the world has free health care. The chamber promotes jobs going overseas, lose a finger on the job overseas never see a bill, here job related finger loss workers comp pays, heaven forbid these ceo's have to pay into workers comp. Labor cost is not the reason they leave the US, the ceo's do not like the safety rules they have to follow, #1 biggest cost to these company's.
And people wonder why we need Wikileaks and the Anonymous group. Instead of calling them hackers and terrorists, we should give them a badge and call them internet police. They are stopping crimes with truth. And if the Chamber of Commerce truly is trying to go after bloggers with smears instead of trying to counter their arguments with truth, then they deserve to be hacked and their documents exposed.
If I were a business member and gauging the pitiful credentials of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, it's aloof behavior and sounding like a Fox News retard, not only would I distance myself and my business from these charlatans, I would tell them: "I want my money back"!! Your not a promoter, your a "grifter".
There is no honest factual news or information in America, only oligarch propoganda. They tighten the noose every day. Extending the Patriot Act, funding Blackwater, blocking net neutrality. The mother ship was sited over Jerusalem last week and went virtually unreported. We were their slaves and have always been their puppets. The aliens will soon end the charade reassert formal slavery.
Exactly right. It was Evil Brilliance to provide an exact re-creation of the documents, facts and all, but re-typed with equipment that did not exist at the time. In this way not only could they deny the document, but all the facts it contained as well.
After they shot down Rather, we never heard about Bush's AWOL again.
Large parts of the business community are your enemy.
The "Chamber" proves this. The scumbags that hire MILLIONS of illegal immigrant scabs prove this. The war on unions that business started back when Raygun took office prove this.
Know who your enemy is.
Funny, everybody thought I was joking about the gang stalking "cyber vigilante" stuff.
Like I said, the more the news comes out the more you'll learn. Yes the US Chamber did hire professional cyber bullies (hackers) to stalk and discredit. And what is worse is you can expect to find that all the big corporations are hiring hackers to do this. It's not just the US Chamber.
If you own a business and are a Progressive, I hope you do what my husband and I did and drop your local Chamber of Commerce membership. True, the chapters are not the same as the National Chamber, but apparently the Chapters are starting to exert pressure on the National chapter and begging them to knock off the political stuff. It is working.
It's not that simple. It's more that a few CEOs within the business community have decided that the law isn't as important as the bottom line. Those CEOs are your enemy. The CEO's who follow the law are your friend.
If CEO's of corporations are paying black hats to break the law by hacking into your computer to find dirt on you, or entrap you via child porn and get your door kicked in, damn right the CEO of whoever is behind that is your enemy.
The black hats can be your friend, they are just doing the job they were told to do under pressure.
The white hats can be your friend, but they do a job too as security researchers.
The person who sat in an office somewhere who decided you should be "discredited", thats the one you should focus on. Leave the cyber soldiers alone as the cyber soldiers didn't plan any of this and just received the orders.
Wikileaks I don't have much trust in. Anonymous on the other hand has proven me wrong as they actually for once have accomplished something. They helped the Egyptian revolution and Raw Story should do a front page article on that. And they actually launched a real professional counter attack against HBGary federal which was impressive.
People like Beck are going to be giddy over this. I can hear it now, "The government wanted to discredit me for speaking my mind because I hate progressives!"
There are many undeclared wars in America right now, a war for corporate take over of washington dc, which by all means looks like it is winning or has already won as this president is allowing the bullies to bully without a fight at every turn, a war by big energy to keep out new totally sustainable tech that would make their fossil fuels become once again almost extinct, a banking industry that is in cahoots with the fed to run a ponzi scheme on the US taxpayer, on, and on, people had better wake up, the red coats are here, the red coats are here ……
Probably an Illinoisan.
And death.
Are those guns made in China too?
Yes, this is exactly what came to mind as I read this!
Many, many small businessmen in construction, landscaping, restaurants and factories have hired the 20 million illegal immigrant scabs in this country. You couldn't employ than many illegals if lots of businessmen were not hiring them.
They are economic traitors and it's not just a few bad apples.
The U.S. Chamber has had a long time goal of reducing the U.S. working people to a level where the working people are begging for a job and making no demands. When Nixon was running for his second term the Chamber endorsed him because his platform was close to meeting their goal.The exportation of U.S. jobs will end when we are willing to work at the same level as undocumented workers do.
The U.S.Camber has had a long time goal of diminishing the American worker to a level where they are begging for a job rather than expressing what they desire. The exportation of American jobs will probably end when we are willing to work under the same conditions as the undocumented and third world workers of today are experiencing.
Richard Nixon received the endorsement of the Chamber in his 1972 bid for reelection because his campaign platform was in agreement with their goals. Their goal is unchanged.
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I'm from Chicago, until somewhat recently. Like most people from Chicago, I am Eastern European (Polish and Russian). Fortunately, I am not actually Rod Blagojevic, our somewhat embarrassing ex governor. Its good to hear that not everyone knows him.
Well, we can't expect to be just given our freedom. We need to compete for those jobs by demanding $0.10 and hour wages and fighting for the abolition of all health care for the working class.
How about all of blogger and the "American People" who owns America, go and investagate the U S Chamber, its about time for "What is good for the Goose is good for the Gander" and they are just people. They sit on the you know what and do the same thing "We the People Do" Dig, Dig, Dig, because they will cover, cover cover up all their dealings. I bet anything on it.
They are loosing their touch. With old style new-papers and smear-campaigns, they were on the top, but on the Internet, they just fumbles around. Even the 'expert companies' the pay to be their hired guns do not seem to know what they are doing.
Right out of the Rove/Ailes playbook.
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Thank you! Beat me too that suggestion… wondering if any business owners here (been me at times). I hope for good things for your business, whatever it is.
"and went virtually unreported." Really? You couldn't escape that story! Perhaps if you were living under a rock with no internet access, you missed that story.
Perhaps you're disappointed that it wasn't treated as "an event" but rather what it was, literally: Videos posted by un-named person or persons. Unverifiable, easy to fake (ooooh, they added a light to videos from two separate cameras… ohhhh… no human could possibly do that!) And not treated as a real event rightly so…. it has been shown, beyond any doubt, that the 'camera shake' is added post filming.
A cut of the local dues roll uphill to the National.
Time to probe deeper into the Chamber and their whore lobbyists. Start leaking home addresses, tel. numbers, email addresses, compromising photos, etc. There are way more of us than them. Make those in charge fear the people.
I love it when corporate espionage against citizens gets pantsed in public. There are so many people who believe this sh&t never happens,,,because they didn't see it covered on Fox…so it doesn't exist. Fact is, it does exist…and manipulation against advocacy groups is at an all time high, this time by private sector instead of just law enforcement groups. What separates our era from the era of 60s and 70s counter culture is that think tanks and corps are doing their own dirty work instead of just letting the FBI and CIA do it on their own. Interestingly, this makes it a more viable fight…as long as your conscious of it happening. Crucif*ck these bastards with the evidence of their own crimes.
I could not access Bradsblog either. I found an interesting thread on DU:
Did you notice they wanted to use the same tactic that was used on Dan Rather?
I thought maybe you were Slavic and just used his name. I heard him being interviewed on the Alex Bennett Sirius Left program and thought he was great. He is not mainstream and sounded like he did a lot for his people there. You may know different. I would hang with him.
Here's a link to a page where Brad Friedman describes the outage of bradblog.com, which appears as though it may be part of the foul play that's described by the above article: http://www.mikemalloy.com/
So much for HP Gary's claim that Aaron Barr was a Rogue Agent -appearently this kind of BS is what they do for a living. How low can you get.
I have never had any dealings with the CoC, but I once owned a store in a town where the local chapter was very active. One day, the owner of the restaurant two doors up from us hosted a free luncheon for the Chamber and hundreds of business owners and their friends showed up for the free eats. I didn't attend because I wasn't a member, but later on I talked to the owner and one of his waitresses. He said they brought several times the number of people they had promised and he lost his shirt on all the food he had to provide, and he would never do another thing for the Chamber again. She told me that only one person, out of all those rich people who ate the free food, had left a tip. After that, we started calling them "The Chamber of Horrors."
Well…well…well…Chamber of Commerce, the representative of slimy Multi-National Corporartions and Banks…while President Obama and every other politician (especially the GOP and moderate Democrats) in Washington D.C are trying to suck up to, appease and genuflect before their alter of gold… kicking the American people (people who work for a living) who get in their way, in the nuts….at every chance…I'm with Kucinich…all the crooked Corporate toadies in Washington D.C., deserve a primary challenge, but please keep the right-wing crazies, (who have been manipulated and fooled) by Corporate propaganda blasted at them night and day from FOX via Corporate moguls like Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ails, David and Charles Koch, Tom Donohue, Pat Buchanan, Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich (through Palin, Hannity, O'Reilly, Bachmann and Limbaugh)… the (tea-baggers and the "Christian" Bible-thumper for profit gang) out of it….
They know it but don't want to believe it. If that makes sense. They are not ready to go to the streets, yet. We may not have our Cairo as long as Americans are in (excuse the pun) de-Nile.
Every blogger to the Left of Attila the Hun can expect to be the subject of a dossier collected by Right-wing industrialists. The more charismatic and articulate ones will be observed by private investigators who will scour every record they can find, looking for dirt. Keep this in mind and organize personal and digital firewalls around yourself as you're not paranoid, someone really is watching you!
You're right, for the most part. Here's the deal with Blago. He actually had the guts to raise the minimum wage, and he wasn't afraid to demand Walmart cut their bullshit. I supported that. My union (at the time) had been pursuing both these issues for a long time. I too had been pursuing these issues for several years. Its just really unfortunate that he's always very close to the middle of every northern Illinois scandal. I'm kind of used to it, but also tired of it..
Brads back up and running.Thank you for the link.
The Egyptians' strength was that they were peaceful protests. If there had been guns, it would have been only a few hundred fighting running gun battles and losing. As it was, the massive crowds were made up of men, women, children, older folk, professionals, working folk, students, and… That broad base and cross section of the population gave them tremendous credibility.
The US Chamber of Commerce is a straight-up fascist organization.
They are brownshirts and will put us in camps if they can get away with it.
Act accordingly.
The USCC is nothing but another criminal operation. It exists to benefit corporate interests only and to further destroy the middle class. It, along with the NRA, should be disbanded and its officers jailed.
You got it, fight fire with fire. Destroy these criminals.
The redcoats are not only here, but are running the show.
And conservatives claim that conspiracy theories are just an element promoted by the looney left…. promoted because they are TRUE.
The Chamber of Horrors is a better name.
Now I ask, could Citizens United and the Chamber of Horrors be teamed up using electronic harassment techniques on targeted individuals? Are you microwaving your neighbor?
If so why isn't this domestic terrorism?
Or is it that the (false science) DSM-IV-TR is used to make people who point such things out into mental patients. The reality is the bastardized law enforcement, won't admit invisible physics and electronics are exploited to spy and even cause pain, torture and death and it's really tough to prove such things while at the same time being forced to undergo psych eval so they can lock you up on the funny farm for the rest of your life.
Sadly some of us out here come from an electronics background but we are not lawyers.
Chamber of Commerce=Chamber of Fascists.
You couldn't hire that many illegals if Americans wanted the jobs they take. I know, This economic traitor has hired many. And at wages of $15-$30 an hour. This probably doesn't match your world view but it is a fact.
Yeah blah, blah. I'm sure you are telling the truth because it's impossible to lie on the internet. Millions of "lazy" people are just stiing on their asses cause they don't want to be paid 15 to 30 bucks an hour. We have a REAL 20% unemployment rate. People are absolutely desperate for any kind of work and you come here with some laughable fairytale and expect people to believe it.
Very enlightening the way you jump to the defense of americas economic traitors though and simultaneously disparage american workers. Pretty much shows what kind of person you are. Yeah you are quite a guy.
Illegals are hired cause the are cheap labor SCABS and you will obviously say any old crazy thing.
Liked the story about rich people, but fyi, local Chambers aren't always wingers like the national organization. Many local ones, like where I live, work very very hard to distance themselves from the national one. Some have completely broken with the national one.
kock bros, chamber of commerce, and 3 supremes roberts alito & thomas is this country's mubarack, they all need to be banished
….and Nazis !
DON'T Forget BENITO ALITO ! and kennedy.
Remember what happened to Dan Rather and Acorn …….ie?
I'm just telling you the truth, but "you can't handle the truth" This is not cheap labor, as I said fifteen to thirty dollars an hour. We do construction in Philadelphia of townhouses with a mostly Brazilian workforce. They are honest and work hard and we have not had any success with hiring local people for construction in Phila.. Most do not like physical labor and drop out quickly. This is not something new, much of the discussion on immigrant jobs has centered on the fact that Americans don't want certain jobs, this is true.
You just don't want to add any information to what you already "know".
The chamber of criminals!
They disdain Americans as just dumb clucks who buy their stuff. We are their pawns, blindly following where they want us to go.
Well, there's a remedy for that: don't buy anything they are involved with.
The US Chamber; subverting Democracy by any means possible. These assholes need to be shut down.
At least this sounds better than "the Cold War." And there's a more than fair chance the more intelligent side will win. Especially as wireless networking explodes, as it appears ready to do.
The information these clowns provide can be wonderful ammunition against them. I would cite this article as a commendable start in diminishing the CoC's credibility.
P.S. Am I the only one who wonders why we always have Colons, Dicks, Kochs, and Turd Blossoms behind so many nefarious activities?
Trust Business! It always knows what is best for you!
I wonder if libertarians ever read this stuff. Or do they only read things that glorify businesses?
US Chamber Watch
Great website that reveals the US Chamber of Commerce's dirty tricks
The Chamber of Horrors lies, many Republican legislators lie, Beck lies, Fox lies, some Dems lie, etc.
It will only get worse as Big Media consolidates.
chamber of commerce? they would sell you, your jobs, and your dog, in a heartbeat. IF these dickfaces had hearts.
This certainly is scummy, but have any laws been broken? That would seem to be an important detail, but I don't see it addressed in the story.
I'm appreciative of the information. Now I know which anti-US Chamber of Commerce groups are the most effective to subscribe to.
If people are walking away from $30 an hour construction jobs it is because the boss is a complete abusive asshole. Sorry to burst your bubble but I know plenty of white, American construction workers who would b e happy to work for that. Of course I have seen a lot of bosses who shout out $15 to $30 an hour, actually pay $10/ hour and you have to fight them for that. They claim the remainder is benefits or count their unemployment insurance and FICA payments as wage. That dog don't hunt.
They only believe things that glorify businesses.
Thirty was our most experienced carpenter. At this stage in the economy we are obviously doing less building but $15 is the lowest we pay, no one in the city can survive on much less. I imagine you are not in a large city. We do not take wages out for fica and unemployment insurance. We have not done well with american workers, one took a job at depot part time and was napping and sneaking off site. Another stole tools ($4000 + worth) from a site. It seems like the brazilians are the only ones who will show up day after day and do their job. We are not alone, I heard a radio interview on NPR with a builder in the midwest who said his workforce was mostly immigrant. American workers do not seem to want blue collar jobs. One last detail, for three years I had my lawn mowed by a former contractor (it was not cheap) who just didn't show up on the fourth year after hemming and hawing about it. Who mows it now? The mexican man who saw the grass looked a little long and came to the door and asked if he could do the job. I would think a local kid would want to mow but could find none. A lot of americans consider manual labor beneath them, especially college educated workers, and it seems immigrants do not.
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It's a big birthday, with an even bigger promise for the academic future of central Virginia. Piedmont Virginia Community College just turned 40, and instead of a traditional celebration, administrators are reflecting about their role in the community.
PVCC's president Frank Friedman sat down with NBC29 to talk about the anniversary. He's looking back on the historic role of community colleges, and looking forward to what role they'll continue to play in the community.
Friedman said in the 70s, when PVCC started, educational opportunities weren't offered to as many people as they are now. He said community colleges opened the doors providing education to people who otherwise might not have the opportunity, like women, racial minorities, and the poor. Fast forward to today, and Friedman says community colleges are still closing the educational gap.
"There is still a huge difference in the college going rate of students coming out of the upper 50% financially compared to the lower 50% financially, so there is still more we must do to get more individuals from low income circumstances, whether it be urban or rural, to get them the opportunities to go to college and reach their potential," Friedman said.
In honor of the milestone, PVCC administrators are urging alumni to network and support the school. They've launched a campaign called $40-4-40 asking people to donate $40 for the 40th anniversary. They've also launched a 40th anniversary website where you can keep up with upcoming events and donate.


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Food Tips: Avocado salad for a late summer's day
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Keep your kitchen cool on a hot summer day with this easy, tasty salad.
8 ounces cooked fresh bay shrimp
1 cup shredded carrots, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup frozen petite peas, thawed
1/2 cup frozen cut corn kernels, thawed
4 tablespoons favorite vinaigrette (recommended: Champagne vinaigrette)
Salt and pepper
1 ripe avocado, halved and pitted
Toss shrimp, carrots, peas, corn and 3 tablespoons vinaigrette in a medium bowl to coat. Season shrimp salad, to taste, with salt and pepper. Place 1 avocado half on each of 2 plates. Divide shrimp salad on top of avocado halves. Drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon of vinaigrette over avocado halves and serve.
Serves: 2.
Calories: 322; Total Fat: 16 grams; Saturated Fat: 1.5 grams; Protein: 20 grams; Total carbohydrates: 28 grams; Sugar: 7 grams; Fiber: 8 grams; Cholesterol: 143 milligrams; Sodium: 1142 milligrams.
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When it opened a scant three years ago, Tokyo import Jinya served the best ramen Los Angeles had ever seen: big, earthen bowls of pork-bone ramen, long, springy noodles soaking up just enough broth to become almost liquid themselves yet retaining a wheaty resilience of their own. Best of all was an intense Tokyo-style ramen, whose pork broth had been fortified with industrial quantities of dashi and dried fish, a broth umami-rich enough to make your tongue feel as if it had just run a half-marathon inside your head. Have other ramen shops caught up to Jinya, which now has branches on Sawtelle and on the Miracle Mile among other places? Probably so. But you wouldn't know it by the waits on a Saturday night.
11239 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, (818) 980-3977, and multiple locations, jinya-ramenbar.com.
Jammed into a corner of the Pacific Square shopping complex in Gardena, Mottainai is probably best known for its odd add-ins: balls of garlicky pork fat or spicy pork fat that you stir into the broth like a Cold Stone Creamery jock pounding pulverized Heath bars into ice cream. A bowl of shoyu ramen with a "Red Bomb" ( a ball of pork fat dosed with chiles) stirred in tastes more or less like a red bomb. Still, the chewy consistency of the noodles is great. And when you've got to have a bowl of their slightly caramelized miso ramen with corn, nothing else will do.
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1630 W. Redondo Beach Blvd., Gardena, (310) 538-3233.
I must admit, my favorite ramen at Shin-Sen-Gumi is something not technically on the menu, which is to say, a bowl of the restaurant's Hakata tonkotsu ramen dosed with a spoonful of the chain's excellent yuzu kosho, a paste of hot green chile zapped with fragrant yuzu zest that they make for their yakitori restaurants but will sometimes sell you for $7 to $8 a jar. Barring that, the ping-pong ball of green-chile butter Shin-Sen-Gumi always has on hand gets you more than halfway there.
2015 W. Redondo Beach Blvd., Gardena; (310) 329-1335, and multiple locations, http://www.shinsengumigroup.com.
As Yogi Berra would say, nobody goes to Daikokuya anymore — it's too crowded. And the blossoming of competition in Little Tokyo doesn't seem to have shortened the line at all. But Daikokuya was the first ramen shop in town to have embraced the full pork-bone broth thing, you can specify kotteri if you want the level of molten pork fat to be turned up to 10, and on every table is a jar of fresh-chopped garlic should you desire. After an evening of opera at the Music Center up the street, sometimes your system needs that extra jolt.
327 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, (213) 626-1680, and multiple locations, http://www.dkramen.com.
Asa, marked by a Japanese-only sign in an obscure Gardena strip mall, is not a place you wander into by accident. It's not an E-ticket ramen parlor; it's a dark neighborhood joint with an excellent version of the crisp, gooey octopus pancakes called takoyaki and a very nice pork-bone broth that does not happen to be set to stun.
18202 S. Western Ave., Gardena, (310) 769-1010.
Santouka, an international chain founded in Hokkaido, may be the McDonald's of high-quality ramen, with shops both across Japan and attached to many Mitsuwa markets here in Southern California. Yet the restaurants are notoriously strict by the standards of food-court stalls: They refuse to package their noodles to go, and you will find nothing like a flavor bomb here. Its famous shio ramen, built around 20-hour pork-bone broth, is enough.
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The Reality
Most people do not walk away from their jobs. Especially during a recession. I witnessed countless people getting fired and laid off from their jobs last year. One of my dear friends from my former job was called into the conference room and let go a few weeks before I decided to leave my job. I saw the pain in her eyes as she wept, wondering how she was going to pick up the pieces from such a devastating loss. I hugged her and tears fell down my cheek as well. Because I too, worried about her sanity after something that was such a big part in her life was being ripped away from her.
The Decision
Despite hundreds of thousands of people and my dear friend being laid off last year, I decided to voluntarily join the party. I remember the day clearly. I was scheduled to return to work after a weeks vacation. During that vacation I went back and forth about what I was about to do. I cried, I screamed, I smiled, I worried, and on the morning of March 21st, 2011 (the day before I was scheduled to return to work), I wrote a heart felt letter to my boss and colleagues notifying them of my resignation. I did not return to work for my final two weeks because I sensed that in doing so, they would have tried to talk me out of my decision and leaving my job of 7 years was something that I had to do for myself.
I am sure that a lot of you would think that my decision was impulsive, irrational, and down right stupid. I have a high school education, no college degree, and was leaving a promising job in finance. I had perfect credit, an excellent work ethic, and was in the running to become a leader within my group. So I am sure you are thinking … What the hell was I thinking? You see, to understand my decision you have to understand what kind of person I am. I sometimes like to step out on blind faith. I don't know the whole picture sometimes, but I do have an idea of the way I want my life to be. I sometimes go where other people are afraid to go. And even if I know there is going to be pain involved I face it anyway because the learning is much more to me than the pain.
What I DID NOT Want
What I didn't want was to be confined to a cubicle (five sometimes six days a week), driving home in an hour's traffic, eating dinner in a coma like state, going to bed disgruntled, to wake up and YIPPEE… do it all over again. I did not want to be monitored on the time I walked through the doors, monitored on how long I spent in the bathroom, and monitored on how long I took for lunch. I did not want my performance to be based on the amount products I sold when my real talents lied in helping the customers and providing solutions to some of their financing or funding issues. I was excellent with customer service and had two awards to prove it. I had a talent for listening and relating to people and the job kept trying to mold me into a sales person.
What I DID Want
I wanted to be recognized for the talent and skills I did possess and not molded into something I wasn't. What I did want, was the freedom to roam and do things that way I wanted to do them. I am somewhat of the kind of person that likes to walk to the beat of their own drum. Not that I can't be told what to do. I am actually quite obedient and will listen to those in authority about 95 percent of the time. I was always a good student, turning all my work in on time, listening and being a good child and favorable employee, but there was a drive inside me that needed me to be more individual and in charge of my own destiny. It is that rebellious part of me that I have struggled with throughout my entire life and that I struggled with the day I decided to turn in my resignation.
The War Between Security and Independence
Let me be clear. Quitting my job was not an easy thing to do. I had an apartment to pay for, a luxury car, a mountain of loans (all of which resided with my employer), and certain cravings that I needed fulfilled (my coke habit – coca cola folks). Silly of me to think that I could walk out with $2000 in savings, a dream, and actually survive. Yes, that's it. $2000 is all I had in my primary savings account to help me through this resignation.
There was a part of me that was itching to leave and follow my dreams. There was a part of me that was itching to do my own thing and find my own way. There was a part of me that was itching to explore something different. And there was a part of me that was worrisomely saying "Take your a** back to your cubicle, pay your bills, have a coke and a smile, and shut the f*ck up. I had started an all out war between these two side of me by quitting my job.
It Gets Worse
So there I was, Ms.$2000, high school educated, no college degree, leaving a job with a secure footing, to go on a journey to… Where? Who knows? I had not the slightest idea where I was headed. All I knew is that I didn't want to be there. Fast forward a few months and all of my loans are delinquent, my beautiful car is being repossessed, my niece is about to be born and I had not a damn dime to my name. No jobs calling me back, no opportunities unfolding, no dreams budding, and no faith left. I hit rock bottom. I was crying every single day. Praying, hoping, wishing yet sitting back and stubbornly holding onto my "Freedom". After a while I stop searching for a job and refused to go back to work. I refused to give up spending hours on the internet searching for a way to write and express myself, and refused to let go of the idea that things would work out for me. I was hoping someone would see something in me and recognize my talent. 29 year old aspiring writer… the PIPE DREAM scent lingering in the air. Talk about demoralizing. I had given up the very thing that I thought defined me (my job).
Confronting Myself
Naked, Hopeless, Humiliated, Embarrassed, and Dependent. The very thing that I was struggling to get away from was exactly where I ended up. My partner was looking at me like I had lost my damn mind. Not to mention he had to take care of all the bills that I was no longer paying. He tried to be supportive but I could tell something in the back of his mind was eating away at him to say "Get Your A** Up and Find A Job". There was some relief that came in the form of me wiping out my retirement account to soothe some of the negative debt, but in a few more months that was gone too. I was disgusted with myself. I couldn't even stand to see myself in the mirror. Any little piece of success I did try to embrace was undermined by the part of me that felt resentful. To her (the resentful part of me), I was messing up her security. I was betraying her, ignoring her, and putting her in danger. There came a point where "she" wouldn't let me make any decisions. She wanted me to look in the mirror and hate myself every single day and that's exactly what I did.
Relief Came One Day
One day I looked in the mirror expecting to see that same hatred as the day before, but I didn't. A calm had come over me. The presence of peace. I had felt that same presence throughout my childhood and other difficult times in my life. When I stared in the mirror that day I sensed something staring back at me. I felt a presence (a spirit) of absolute love. i noticed that no matter how broke I was, no matter what I looked like, and no matter what my status was … the presence was undeniable. It stared back at me and claimed me even when I didn't have a dime. This feeling brought tears of joy to my eyes. I knew in that moment that no matter what direction I had decided to take that presence was always there.
The Presence Sees Me Through
This spirit beats within my heart. Constantly encouraging me to move forward. Encouraging me to stay steady and stay positive and write anyway. Reminding me that this phase in my life is about discovery. It's not about how much money I make or what role I decide to play. It's about coming to terms with who I am as a spirit being first. It's about having love and compassion for myself no matter what I decide to experience. It's the same presence that was with me through each of the books I decided to write even though they didn't get the full recognition that I had hoped for. It's the presence that says keep going, you can do it, keep your faith, and don't waiver. Its the presence that looks at me and sees the best in me even when I can't see it in myself. That steady constant being that sees the survivor in me even when I'm falling to pieces.
What Have I Learned From This Period Of My Life?
- No matter what choices we have made, none of them are reason enough to deprive ourselves of joy.
- No matter what we have decided to experience, we have the wherewithal to withstand it all.
- No matter what we decide to do with our lives, our perspectives are relevant.
- No matter what piece of discovery you are experiencing be patient with yourself.
- I learned that we really are resourceful beings and we can survive on less.
- I am still here. I am still alive. So this presence is working on my behalf for a reason.
I learned why I have such a passion for writing. Because I know that a rendezvous with the right words at the right time can change a person's life. I know that whether I get paid for it or not I have made an impression on who ever decides to read what I write.
I have learned that we all have voices and dreams and perhaps I didn't go about my dream in the best way possible. Perhaps sometimes going against authority is hinders me from getting to the people that can actually help me.
I have also learned that I have to forgive myself for stepping outside of my comfort zone. Although this is a trying time in my life I must keep the faith that I will be able to write professionally. Perhaps it's a dream inside me that the "constant spirit" can see fully manifested that I haven't learned to allow yet, but as I go on this journey I have faith that my dreams are alive and well and will one day be fully recognized. Until then, I will probably continue to make mistakes, carve roads where there are none, break through walls, and cause hell to the part of me that wants so bad to climb back into a job and cover myself with its blanket. All of that is so one day I can realize it didn't even have to be that hard… but it sure was fun along the way.
I am on a journey to the realization that dreams can come true and that maybe I didn't have to do all that struggling to get there. It's just a matter of when am I going to open up to receive the goodness that is available to me and stop making it such a fight?
So I raise my imaginary glass to toast to all of those on the road to self-discovery! Best wishes to all of those out there that are going through their own personal hell. I'll see you on the other side. We will make it through.
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The met today was fantastic, So creative. Great voices. Great acting. I''m still singing.
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The grandest of the Lincoln Center buildings, the Met is a spectacular place to experience opera and ballet. The space hosts the Metropolitan Opera from September to May, with major visiting companies appearing in summer. The majestic theater also showcases works from a range of international dance companies, from the Paris Opéra Ballet to the Kirov Ballet. In spring, the Met is home to American Ballet Theatre, which presents full-length classic story ballets, works by contemporary choreographers and special performances and workshops for children.
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Ernest W. "Bill" Christiansen, who was born on Sept. 4, 1923, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, died in Deer Park on June 12.
Mr. Christiansen was a naval veteran during World War II, serving aboard the historic flagship USS Augusta.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and his first wife, Florence.
He is survived by three sons, Chris, Allen and Kenny Christiansen; one daughter, Debbie Egget (and their familes); his second wife, Kay Parkin (and her children, Ann, Patrick, Jerry, Michael, Paul, James and Chris Parkin); one sister, Betty Swinyard and her family, especially her son Joe Swinyard; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.


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Normally as we head into Week Seven of an NFL regular season, we're starting to get a pretty good idea of who the best teams in the league are. Recent history has shown that information bears little relevance to who the eventual Super Bowl champion might be — that's all about the teams that get hot around Weeks 11, 12 or 13 — but it does give us a pretty good idea who the top seeds will be in the playoffs. This 2012 campaign, though, is different. Right now, I have no idea who's for real and who the pretenders are.
The Texans are a very good football team, but after the pounding they took at home from the Packers, they still have quite a bit to learn. We will find out a lot more about them this Sunday as the Ravens come to town with a strong claim on the AFC's No. 1 seed going to the winner of that game. But it's also hard not to doubt Baltimore following season-ending injuries to Ray Lewis and Lardarius Webb in Week Six and having seen how fortunate they have been in wins over New England and Dallas.
Is there anybody else in the AFC who scares/impresses you right now? I thought the Patriots were the best team in the AFC until they gave away another gift in Seattle last Sunday. The Pats should be 6-0 right now but they're not, and at 3-3 due far more to their shortcomings than their opponents' strengths, how can you trust them? I guess San Diego and Denver are the best of the rest right now and how sad is that?
Clearly the NFC is where the strength is this year and at 6-0, it seems the Falcons are the best team in the NFL today, but do we really believe it? Over the past three weeks Atlanta has tried hard to lose to Carolina, Washington and Oakland in that order, but has not gotten the job done. Atlanta's six opponents are a combined 12-22, and not one has posted a winning record through Week Six. However, with only Philadelphia at 3-3 and the Giants and Cardinals above .500 of their remaining 10 opponents, it's hard not to imagine the Falcons being the NFC's No. 1 seed.
My instinct after this past weekend is that the defending world-champion Giants are the best team in the NFL right now after their pasting of the 49ers. While they laid an egg on opening night at home against Dallas, their only other loss was at Philadelphia in an extremely hard-fought and well–played game that could have gone either way, and they didn't just beat the 49ers in a game I thought they couldn't win; they buried them.
I was convinced San Francisco was the best team in the league until last Sunday, and they still very well might be the best come playoff time, but following the embarrassment to the Giants, like Lucy, Jim Harbaugh and the fellas have a lot of explainin' to do. I love them on paper but you have to wonder how they completely disappear every once in a while.
The Bears are impressive at 4-1, particularly with their newfound offensive explosiveness. But in their four wins over the Colts, Rams, Cowboys and Jaguars (a combined record of 8-13), they were less than average in the first half against all but Dallas and their one loss to Green Bay was a real stinker. It won't get much harder for a while with Detroit, Carolina and Tennessee up next, so we will just have to wait and see on them.
Unlike the AFC, there is at least some real depth in the NFC. It's impossible to ignore the Packers after their thrashing of Houston, and it's just too early to write off the Eagles and Lions. The Seahawks are a puzzle because as good as their defense is, they clearly didn't beat the Packers and with the potential short TD pass to a wide-open receiver that Cam Newton turfed at the end of that game, and the field goal that Tom Brady gave away at the end of the first half Sunday, the 'Hawks probably should be 1-5.
I can say confidently that the Vikings and Cardinals do not fit with the rest of these NFC clubs.
About the only thing I am relatively certain of is my preseason AFC Super Bowl pick, the Chiefs, should probably be thinking about next year.


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Schultz, who has built a global coffee empire around a gigantic consumer brand, shared his thoughts about what one of those brands must do to succeed in today's world.
"Any consumer brand today — whether Starbucks or a product like Tide — it is incumbent upon the company to create relevancy in all aspects of your customers' lives," he told Fast Company.
Schultz elaborated:
"The price of admission is not good enough if your relevancy and market position is only where the product is sold. We said to ourselves that we have to be as relevant socially and digitally as we are when the customer is inside our four walls as when they're outside — and we want to thread the equity of the brand and the Starbucks experience to multiple platforms — digital, social, mobile — that encompass all aspects of customers' lives. This is a big thing we've learned for 2012, and I think companies that don't understand it are going to left behind."


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When you see us, stop by. Ask questions. We're eager to help you discover all that's here. We're sure to be at a high school, college fair or community college near you. The schedules are updated each semester, so check back to see when we'll be near you.
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Bill Snyder rarely goes after or gets five star prospects to come to Kansas State yet he has his team in the Top Five of the BCS. The current starting defense reflects his ability to identify...
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You have to click on the "View Complete Poll" link at the bottom to see it, but we're back up th 27th in both now, trailing only Northwestern (?!?) in one and USC in the other.
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By Rick Boucher
Town meetings in my most rural counties centered on talk of television � or the lack thereof � when I arrived in Congress in 1983. For some, mountains blocked television reception in the valleys below. For others, only one local station was available.
With the Satellite Home Viewer Act, we worked through these challenges and brought the benefits of video connectivity to thousands of Americans, improving their lives.
Today, millions of Americans are taking advantage of the benefits of broadband, from real-time news to on-demand education and information to better health care options. The Internet advances daily life and transforms the way we�re able to interact with our world. But too many Americans have yet to take advantage of the opportunities it provides.
This promise of expansive rural opportunity leads me to support AT&T�s proposed merger with T-Mobile. The companies combining their strengths will bring 4G LTE wireless broadband access, with data speeds rivaling today�s fastest wired connections, to more than 97 percent of Americans. President Obama has set a goal for 98 percent of the population to have broadband access within five years; the combination of AT&T and T-Mobile very nearly achieves the president�s goal and does so with private capital, not taxpayer funds.
In Iowa, AT&T has acknowledged that its combination with T-Mobile would enable expansion of its LTE wireless broadband network to cover more than 78 percent of residents. That means 1.4 million more Iowans, many in small towns and rural areas, would get access to LTE wireless because of the merger.
My dedication to seeing high-speed Internet services made available to rural populations is strengthened from witnessing first hand the successes � with local focus and commitment � that can be achieved.
High-speed Internet access is a game changer for individuals, communities, states and our nation as a whole. Through economic development grants in deploying Internet backbones, our efforts helped connect one community to another. We pioneered the local use of fiber optics-based telemedicine and distance learning. For example, a new fiber-optic backbone connected the rural town of Lebanon, Va., to larger communities, which allowed Northrop Grumman and software developer CGI to locate large data and software engineering centers in the town, creating an estimated 700 jobs averaging $60,000 per position.
The Internet is a bridge that ties rural America to our nation�s and our world�s economic mainstream; it enables virtually any business to be conducted from any location. A physical urban proximity to customers and suppliers is no longer necessary.
Thousands of the smallest communities outside of urban areas either lack broadband service or have just one option that can be pricey for a relatively low connection speed, inadequate for modern business demands. The joining of AT&T�s and T-Mobile�s wireless spectrum will largely fill the gap and bring robust Internet connectivity to rural localities where wired infrastructure is cost prohibitive.
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THE SCREENING ROOM: Idina Menzel, Shoshana Bean, Julia Murney and More Sing "Defying Gravity" (Video)
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The hit Broadway musical Wicked, featuring a score by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, celebrates its tenth year on Broadway this October. In anticipation of its tenth anniversary, Playbill.com looks at performances of Wicked's show-stopping song "Defying Gravity."
Wicked, currently starring Lindsay Mendez as Elphaba, Derek Klena as Fiyero and Katie Rose Clarke as Glinda, took home 2004 Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design (Eugene Lee), Best Costume Design (Susan Hilferty) and Best Actress (Idina Menzel). It was also Tony-nominated for Best Actress (Kristin Chenoweth), Best Book (Holzman), Best Choreography (Wayne Cilento), Best Lighting Design (Kenneth Posner), Best Orchestrations (William David Brohn), Best Original Score (Stephen Schwartz) and Best Musical.
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What disadvantages do sellers face from the credit crisis, volatile stock markets and the recession? They have fewer buyers, more caution and lower deal multiples. In response, companies are exploring their options – like divestitures – as a way of raising cash, shedding debt and improving performance. Here we share some ideas on how you can make divestitures successful for your company.
Market dynamics have changed dramatically since the second half of 2007. The credit crisis, volatile stock markets, and recession have put sellers at a disadvantage: they face fewer buyers, more caution, and lower deal multiples. At the same time, those same market forces are exposing marginally performing businesses and are compelling companies to explore multiple options—including divestitures—as a way to raise cash, shed debt, or improve performance.
In such an environment, the onus is on the seller to get the deal done. It begins by understanding which dynamics have changed and how effective sellers are operating within the new constraints. The reality is that for the most part, the fundamentals of effective deal making haven't changed; it's just never been more important to apply them.


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NEWBURYPORT — The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is offering the following free programs. Space may be limited, and advance registration is required for all programs, unless otherwise indicated. Call 978-465-5753 to register. Registration is not complete until you receive confirmation from a staff member. Note that outdoor programs may be canceled if there is inclement weather. Visit us on the Web for more information at http://parkerriver.fws.gov or call refuge headquarters. The refuge visitor center is at 6 Plum Island Turnpike.
Join a refuge ranger for a behind-the-scenes tour of the refuge. Tours will be conducted via refuge van, with several brief drive-by stops along the way. The tour will present an up-close-and-personal look at the refuge through the multiple lenses of the cultural history of Plum Island and the Great Marsh, native wildlife and their habitats and the role of refuge management in the conservation of these precious natural resources. Participants will be driven along areas on the refuge otherwise closed to the public. This guided, two-hour program is most appropriate for older teens and adults. Binoculars and/or a camera are recommended, but not required. Meet the ranger in the lobby of the refuge visitor center. Each session is limited to 10 participants; no more than four individuals allowed per sign-up.
Tours will be held Sunday, Nov. 18, 1 p.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 28, 9:30 a.m. Registration required. Individual tours may be subject to cancellation.


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If Nazem Kadri is struggling to make the NHL - more NHL prospects should WISH they could struggle like he has.
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Here's my team photo-op from earlier today. Kadri is the third player from the right in the front row. Feel free to photoshop a Leafs jersey onto him... or just hope and dream about his mad skillz.
Kadri to be the new face of the Leafs, and it seems he'll be marketed by the NHL as well.
A TSN clip from the Leafs prospects camp with Kadri and Burke media scrums discussing Kadri's chances of sticking with the Leafs next season. Pretty standard : Kadri thinks if he works hard he can make the team, Burke says he's going back to junior unless he really blows them away. The best part comes at the end when Burke is listing Kadri's skills and a reporter says 'He's a gritty player too.'
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Jacoby Brissett relieved Jeff Driskel after the latter received an injury to his right ankle. The results were, for the most part, good.
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The Florida Gators face cupcake No. 1 this Saturday in the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns. While they boast probably the best nickname in college sports, they don't bring much else to the table.
As we talked about in part one, part two continues talking about how the defense and special teams carried the Florida Gators to their victory over the Missouri Tigers.
The defense of the Florida Gators had to once again become the difference maker against the Tigers of Missouri.
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|Celebrate Fourth of July holiday at Sauder Village
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The U.S. District Court Naturalization Ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on the Village Green, weather permitting. It will include special music, the colors carried by the Fulton County Honor Guard and remarks by the Honorable Magistrate James Knepp. The Boy Scouts from Troop 63 in Archbold will do the Pledge of Allegiance during this special ceremony.
There are many other special activities planned for the Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Event at Sauder Village. New this year guests will have an opportunity to dress up like Abraham Lincoln and read the Gettysburg Address in the Museum Building – complete with video camera and television monitors. Parents, grandparents and children can also spend time together making homemade ice cream and playing games of 'days gone by.' Special memories will be made as family and friends play with wooden toys and try their luck at rolling hoops, Game of Graces and other traditional yard games. Patriotic songs will be played on the reed organ in St. Mark's Lutheran Church and guests will be encouraged to join in singing the patriotic songs that are part of our history and heritage.
To add to the festivities of this special day, the Village Strings will play on the Historic Village Green. Guests can also enjoy a special "Holiday Brunch" at the Barn Restaurant featuring made-to-order omelets, biscuits and gravy, home fries, chocolate fountain, pastries and many other specialties. The Fourth of July Brunch will be served from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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|Mr. and Mrs. Justin Wasylczuk
|Monday, September 23, 2013 12:00 AM
The bride is the daughter of Debbie and Dave Eickholt of Delphos. The groom is the son of Carolyn and Nick Wasylczuk of Accokeek, Md.
Nuptial music was provided by the The Price Family.
Bridesmaids were Charity Jacobs and Jaymie Kennedy of Columbus, friends of the couple.
Flower girls were Emerson Eickholt and Grace Eickholt of Dublin and Avery Eickholt and Addison Eickholt of Delphos, nieces of the bride.
Best men were Nick Johnson of Amsterdam, brother of the groom; and Derek Jacob of Columbus, friend of the couple.
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With the dreadful threat of yet another Israeli war in the
In fact, trial balloons have already been sent out bearing supposedly unrehearsed comments by former Israeli Army general and current Minister Yossi Peled, suggesting that another war is on its way. More recently,
And so it begins.
When Lieberman uttered his "message that should go out to the ruler of
This inference should have been evident and thus sent shockwaves throughout the world, and especially through the
So why do Western mainstream media, especially in the
A growing reference that is once again floating among political and media analysts is that
Still, even such "hasbara" should have had little impact on the Western media's depiction of Israeli crimes and hostilities toward its neighbors.
One could possibly consider the claim that Israel's media success story is the brainchild of Israel's own media expertise under very specific circumstances: That Israeli spokespersons are icons of articulation and charm; that Palestinian retaliations to Israeli crimes in Gaza were vile and gruesome; that the Israeli media blackout was so successful that Western journalists had no other way of finding any credible, decipherable facts; that there are no Arab spokespersons who are well-informed and articulate enough to present even a semblance of a coherent narrative to challenge the one offered by Israel.
But none of these scenarios are convincing. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is as faltering in English as he is in his mother tongue. The Palestinian resistance merely killed 13 Israelis, 10 of whom were soldiers – and recently "regretted" the killing of the three civilians – while
Yet somehow it was
Utter nonsense. As someone who has been grilled and challenged in the media for making such outrageous statements as "
Israeli officials continue to congratulate themselves on a job well done, and must be preparing yet another marvelous hasbara campaign to justify the killings that are yet to follow. However, there are some things that are becoming increasingly obvious, at least to the rest of us. First, the secret of Israeli "success", if any, was not its own doing, but rather stemmed from the media's decision, made years ago, to protect
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Departure: Flew out of Port Columbus at 9:40am, direct flight to Lauderdale on Delta. Flight took just over 2 hours, arrived at noon. Costa representatives were at the airport to greet guests in the baggage claim, but we did not book transfers, so we collected our luggage and hopped a cab. Cab was $15 to the pier plus tip. Transfers through Costa were $15/piece one way.
Embarkation: The easiest I've ever seen. Took us about 15 minutes. We only had to stop walking once, when my husband had to have discussion with the local authorities about whether or not he could bring his dive knife aboard since it was over 4 inches. Local authorities said no, but Joseph with Costa Security stepped in and called the head of security for the ship, Savio, who agreed to hold the knife on board and allow my husband to pick up the knife as he departed the ship to go diving in the various ports of call. My husband was very pleased!! He just checked his knife in and out and was very impressed that Costa Security went above and beyond to ensure he was able to dive safely during his vacation. There were staff dressed in nautical theme to take our pictures as we boarded and when we entered the ship, there were many staff members there to greet us and help us in everyway. NO SALES PITCHES - we truly felt they were there just to welcome us onto our floating home for the week.
Cabin: We always prefer a cabin on the back of the ship, seems more private somehow and my husband enjoys watching the wake and seeing the wide open sea behind us. We were able to get right into our cabin. We really liked the fact that we were able to get onboard so easy and early! My husband commented on the quality of the furnishings, lots of wood and metal vs plastic. I liked all the shelves in the bathroom, ample storage areas, powerful blowdryer in the drawer in the bureau, three separate closet spaces, and the lighting. One thing we noticed was how clean and polished everything was! They cleaned our balcony, windows and all, everytime we were at a port of call. Bed was firm and pillows were flatter than we were used to, but the bed was very comfortable. The beds were pushed together, but we did not experience the "separation in the middle" that we had experienced on other cruise lines.
Day 2: Key West: Shawn called a divemaster as he was anxious to complete his open water dives to complete his qualifications to recieve his PADI. He went on an open dive in the morning, while I stayed on the ship for breakfast, some time lounging in the pool, and another spa treatment. This one was a combo steam, lavendar cucumber exfoliation, massage, facial (an hour and a half total) for $99. Again, great value and very relaxing. I got off the ship and was pleased to see that we docked on a Navy base. We actually saw a ship arriving full of sailors and waved to them early in the morning! There was a shuttle waiting (cute train/trolley) that took me to the town square at no charge. Along the way, the driver gave us history on Key West. At the end, you could tip if you chose to. Met my husband on the square, did some shopping, and had a fabulous lunch at Caroline's. I highly recommend the shrimp wrap appetizer and the melon margarita! We would love to go back to Key West on vacation. Back on the ship, we experienced the muster drill. Not bad, very organized and the staff made it fun. Dinner that night was excellent, then after dinner, we decided not to do the show and see what other entertainment was available on the ship. Our favorite deck to walk on was 10, as you could walk along the entire length of the ship. By the pool, there was an amazing girl band playing a combination of Irish music and 80's rock. We summed it up as an Irish Dixie Chick, 10,000 maniacs sounding band. WE WERE SMITTEN! It was a little chilly up on deck, and where the towels were during the day, the staffed had rolled fleece throws, so you could cuddle under the blanket and watch the band. We thought this was a nice touch. We watched the band until they finished, then went to bed!
Day 3: Day at sea. Got up early to get a seat by the pool. If you are down by 9am, you can get a great seat! Met some great people from Boston, Dave and his daughter Lynne, who I talked with for about 3 hours, while my husband slept in. Found out that there was a large Irish contingent on the ship, about 1700 of the 2500 passengers on board were traveling with an Irish entertainer by the name of Andy Keegan. The band we had heard the night before were called the Screaming Orphans and were part of the entertainment booked through this group. We found out that they were playing that night late in the Medusa Lounge on Deck 10. My husband was already familiar with the lounge as he loved going up there for a scotch and cigar after dinner the previous 2 nights as a nightcap before bed. Great day by the pool, loved the sounds of the Bandeira Band (Steel drum music), and thought the activities by the pool were fun. We also loved the pizza and the hamburger/hot dog/grilled chicken buffets that ran daily for lunch. Great dinner (formal night), went to the show, Elements, which was actually excellent and featured the Costa Mediterranea dancers, and then headed up to Medusa's to watch the Screaming Orphans again. Closed it down!
Day 4: Grand Cayman: Again, Shawn took an open water dive and I went with him as he was diving at a dive resort called the Sunset House. No, beach, but the pool had an excellent ocean view with a waterfall, and an excellent oceanside restaurant and bar. Great day in Cayman!
Day 5: Roatan: Tender service was painful, but the excursion we booked was fantastic. We booked the pirates, parrots, and monkeys excursion and it was fabulous! Lots of pictures and a small beach to relax on after the tour was over. Very affordable too at $45/piece. This would be an excellent tour for children. This port is not very developed, so I highly recommend booking an excursion through the ship rather than venturing out on your own.
Day 6: Cozumel: Took the beach excursion to Playa Mia at $75/piece. This included transportation, beach chair, food & beverage (including alcohol) and non-motorized water sports. Massages and other water options available at a fee. I had a 1 hour massage on the beach for $70. Again, nice value and great quality. Used the floaties and floated in the water, very nice. I think next time we are in Cozumel, we will venture out on our own as I felt safe there. Dinner was fun (2nd formal night)and we experienced the Baked Alaska parade and the captain and the key staff paraded around the dining room. Very fun!
Day 7: Sea: Great day. This time, we slept in, and did not arrive to the pool deck until around 11am. Had a late breakfast and lounged in the sun. This time, we were on Deck 10, which had a great breeze, but watch out! Just because you're not sweating doesn't mean the sun exposure is any less. Both Shawn and I would up with sunburns...ugh. Last night in dining room. Toga night. Hint - if you don't know how to tie your toga, ask your cabin attendant, they are very good at tying Togas! Newlywed Game and Guest Talent Show that night, which I heard was very good. We went to bed as we were parched from our sunburns. We packed and had our luggage out by 1am.
THIS WAS OUR 4th and FAVORITE CRUISE! I will admit, I was a little nervous about Costa as I had read some of the reviews about the food and the service. I put it like this...your vacation is what you make of it. If you want white glove service and filet mignon everynight in the dining room, then spend $1500/piece and book Princess or Celebrity. If you want a great cruise for a great value, then book Costa. The food and service we experienced on board was excellent. We heard some people complaining about the food, but I would like to see them try to cook for 3,000 people of diverse nationalities and make everyone happy. My goodness, you are on a beautiful ship, in the middle of the Caribbean, with great people serving you and cleaning your room daily with a smile. What is there to complain about???? Relax, sit back and enjoy the ride!
We did not feel pressured to buy anything, no hard sales pitches. Very relaxed, laid back, and if you needed something, the staff was ready to accommodate. Loved the little touches, like "That's Amore" playing everytime we set sail. Loved the pizza....loved the gelato...loved living la dolce vita.
We will definitely cruise Costa again...best value out there....


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