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Reports of a federal investigation into Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s finances surfaced Friday afternoon, looking into how he spent money from his campaign chest over the past couple of years.
He has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports this inquiry focuses on "suspicious activity" that may have taken place involving his House finances and possible inappropriate expenditures.
The investigation centers on his home decor - and how he paid for it.
The Wall Street Journal reports the federal probe is looking into whether the congressman used campaign money to decorate his home.
A source said that Congress had eyes on the account.
Sources said the FBI launched the Washington D.C.-based investigation is "totally" separate from the House Ethics Committee's ongoing probe, which is connected to former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's corruption conviction.
They're looking into whether or not Congressman Jackson tried to "buy" the senate seat vacated by then Senator Barack Obama when he was elected president in 2008.
A couple of sources close to the family told FOX Chicago News Friday night that the congressman is home with his wife, Alderman Sandi Jackson, and their two children.
They said he had already been questioned by federal investigators about how money from his campaign fund was spent.
This investigation was in effect before the congressman's mysterious medical leave of absence, which began in June. His representatives revealed weeks later that he was being treated for depression – specifically, bipolar disorder.
FOX Chicago's sources have confirmed that the meeting between Rep. Jackson and the FBI took place before Jackson checked into the Mayo Clinic.
Jackson's congressional spokesman Frank Watkins said he was unaware of any investigation, had no comment and had no immediate way to get a hold of the congressman.
One of Jackson's attorney's, Paul Langer, repeatedly said "no comment" when asked whether Jackson was under investigation related to his finances.
When asked if he was still representing Jackson or if he had retained another attorney, Langer said: "I can't even comment on that."
Rep. Jackson Jr. is up for re-election in the 2nd district. He has served in that position in since 1997. According to the latest polls, he is still the favorite, despite his absence from the campaign trail.
Now with just three weeks until the election, the congressman's opponents in the 2nd district say it's time for Jackson to start talking.
"He has abandoned and deserted his post as congressman and he's made it perfectly clear that he doesn't want the job," said independent candidate Marcus Lewis.
"If he can be out in the public talking with other people in DC, why can't he come back and talk to the people in his district. He needs to, but he's not. There's no communication and there's a commitment problem here too," said Republican candidate Brian Woodworth.
The House Ethics Committee's investigation is still open, and sources told FOX Chicago that the family is wondering if something might come down in that case before the election.
Citing exhaustion, Jackson, 47, stopped working, according to his staff, on June 10. His staff did not make that known until two weeks later.
He went to a clinic in Arizona, then to the Mayo Clinic, which released a statement saying he was treated for a bipolar disorder. Jackson is up for re-election Nov. 6 but has not campaigned since he won the spring Democratic primary.
The Jacksons put their Washington, D.C., home on the market last month at a price of $2.5 million. A campaign spokesman said at the time that home was put on the market to pay for mounting medical bills. Because of security concerns, "public" showings have since stopped.
Jackson came under scrutiny after one his campaign donors approached Blagojevich with a pay-to-play regarding the appointment to President Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. Jackson has denied any wrongdoing, but the revelation sparked an investigation by a House ethics committee.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
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i have a new hdd and would like to install 4.20 cfw.Sponsored Links
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Maybe just out of luck for a 4.20 cfw for now. There is always the option of a hardware flasher to downgrade your firmware to 3.55 (if your ps3 came with 3.55 or lower). Then from there you can get 3.55 cfw.
Yeah sorry CFW real is 3.55 and lower. You can search on how to downgrade from your version. There should be videos out there and how-to guides that can help you. I hope this helps.
The ps3 system formats any new hard drive for that system, and will only put part of the firmware on the hard drive, assuming you have a nor console. Whatever firmware that your console is on, is what your hard drive will be as well. Nothing cfw after 3.55. Try minverchecker to see if you can downgrade.
To elaborate a little more - the PS3 still stores some data internally, on a flash chip. The only way to downgrade would be using hardware (depending on your HW revision), hooked inside the PS3 to bring it to a lower version.

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Alliance man gets life sentences for homicides
ALLIANCE, Neb. (AP) _ A 26-year-old man has been given two life terms for stabbing to death two people at his home in Alliance.
The Panhandle Post website says Dominick Dubray also was sentenced to 30 to 40 years in prison on two weapons charges. The life sentences were mandatory for the first-degree murder convictions. Dubray was found guilty by a Box Butte County jury on Oct. 15.
Prosecutors say Dubray killed 22-year-old Catalina Chavez, of Alliance, and 42-year-old Mike Loutzenhiser, of Scottsbluff. Their bodies were found in Dubray's house on Feb. 11.
Prosecutors say the case stemmed from an act of rage that erupted from a domestic dispute between Dubray and Chavez. The defense says Dubray was acting in self-defense.
Dubray says he intends to appeal.
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Could ACORN reap windfall from stimulus bill?
By Robert Farley
Published on Monday, February 2nd, 2009 at 6:11 p.m.
In criticizing the economic stimulus bill, Republicans have found an old villain: ACORN.
A frequent object of Republican derision and scorn during the presidential election campaign, the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) has become a popular target in GOP attacks on the $819 billion, Democratic-backed economic stimulus plan.
How? Some Republican leaders believe money for ACORN is cleverly hidden in a part of the stimulus package that calls for "neighborhood stabilization." As much as $4.2 billion has been set aside for groups to buy up abandoned and foreclosed homes, to rehabilitate them and then sell or rent them out. By including language that allows nonprofits to compete for such projects, some Republicans believe Democrats have created a back door to fund liberal groups like ACORN.
Leading the Republican charge is House Republican Leader John Boehner, who stated in a Jan. 26 news release, "The legislation could open billions of taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups like the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which has been accused of voter fraud, is reportedly under federal investigation, and played a key role in the housing meltdown."
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Interesting article over at the mothership about draft production in the past 25 years. FSU's tied for 24th with Illinois and Cincy with 14 picks in the last 25 years.
After watching the Duke-Maryland game last night, and the North Carolina-NC State game while writing this, I was wondering which teams FSU fans should be rooting for in various games throughout the...
"Other names we are hearing in connection with the Blue Demons include Florida State's Leonard Hamilton and Butler's Brad Stevens." Would a move from FSU to DePaul be considered an upgrade?
Florida State looks to even the season series with Clemson when the Tigers visit Tallahassee.
Where will the Seminoles finish in conference play? TNation breaks down the remainder of the schedule.
Florida State looks to continue Virginia's losing streak and improve their tournament resume. An in-depth preview of tonight's game.
Florida State looks to beat the Boston College Eagles for the second time this year.
Seminoles shoot 38% from the floor in 77-67 loss to Clemson.
The Seminoles hope to repeat their performance from last season and steal a road win at Clemson. An in-depth analysis.
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I really enjoy having people over for dinner and cooking yummy food for them. I don't do it to show off my cooking skills (I am not a fantastic cook I can just follow a recipe), but it is a way I show I care for my family and friends. I love making people happy by giving them food they enjoy.
As I often put lots of effort into my main, I will either ask my guests to bring dessert, or I will whip up something really easy.
This recipe is one of my favourite quick and easy desserts and it is made of things I generally always have on hand. Because I generally have all the ingredients it is also good for those nights when I am craving something sweet.
Honey Apple Tarte Tatins
(Makes 6)
Melted butter, for greasing
60g butter
3/4 cup honey
2 red apples peeled, cored and sliced into rings
2 sheets of store-bought puff pastry.
Step 1: Preheat oven to 180 degrees and grease a muffin tray. I use 12 cup tray but a larger capacity 6 cup would work better.
Step 2: Heat butter and honey in a large frypan, over a medium heat for 3 minutes until it is a light golden colour. Add the apple rings and cook for 5 mins.
Step 3: Arrange the apples in the base of the muffin tin and top with the honey mixture. Cut out six 7cm round from the pastry and place over the apple, tucking the edges under.
Step 4: Bake for 10 mins in the oven or until the pastry is golden. Allow to stand for 2 mins and then invert onto serving plates.
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Chuck Season Four Promo with Linda Hamilton
Everyone's favorite nerd/spy Chuck gets a new guest star in the show's upcoming Season Four, and it happens to be "Terminator's" Linda Hamilton, playing Chuck's mysterious mom. Check out a promo for the upcoming season below.


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N. Lee Rucker's public policy and advocacy career spans several decades across a range of leading health care stakeholders. Her career began in the Ohio Senate with the President Pro Tempore; with U.S. Senator John Glenn in both Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio; and with the Ohio Department of Health. Her advocacy leadership in the nation's capital included directing government relations for the physician-led American Medical Group Association, and serving in a senior advocacy role with the American Pharmacists Association.
Ms. Rucker also led the U.S. headquarters' public policy team at a research-based pharmaceutical company, then Ciba-Geigy (today's Novartis). She also spent nearly a decade directing policy and public affairs with a coalition dedicated to enhancing medicine communication, the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE).
Since joining AARP in 2004, this multidisciplinary perspective enhances her role within the Public Policy Institute, where she counsels teams such as advocacy, member outreach and AARP Services Inc., on ensuring value across the pharmaceutical marketplace. Rucker is active in the U.S. Pharmacopeia, the Pharmacy Quality Alliance and, since 2011, serves as Chair of NCPIE. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Medicare Part D: benefit design, cost, sustainability, Incentivizing prescription drug value and appropriate use, Comparative effectiveness research, Chronic care coordination, Patient-clinician communication
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"Medicare Part D Open Enrollment: Tough Choices for 2011 as Plans Change, Costs Shift"
"The GINA Law: Consumer Protection in a New Era of Genetic Testing"
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The tough economy has prompted more people in recent years to rent out rooms in their home for extra cash and it can be a lucrative deal for both parties.
Before agreeing to allow someone to move in, there are things you should consider for happy living and things you should know to protect you in the event the arrangement goes south.
America Now interviewed a woman in Charlotte, N.C., who agreed to rent a room out in her house. Tina requested that we not use her last name.
Tina lost her full-time job three years ago. During this career transition period, she has worked a variety of temporary jobs.
When her bills started piling up, she decided to search for a roommate to help make ends meet and she posted an ad online.
"Some people said they were glad I was 50 because they were worried I would party every night," Tina says while laughing. "That made them feel better—the older women looking for a place to stay."
When she narrowed the responses to a viable candidate, Tina decided to draft a rental agreement.
"I looked online and almost did one of the ones online, but it was 10 or 12 pages long and I looked through it and just said I don't think all this stuff is necessary," Tina says.
Instead, she wrote up a one-page lease agreement containing only what she deemed important.
America Now Reporter Jeff Rivenbark spoke with Tom Bartholomy, president of the Better Business Bureau serving Southern Piedmont of North Carolina, who says oversimplifying a rental agreement may not be the wisest thing to do.
"You have to act as a landlord would act," Bartholomy warns. "You have to have a lease that protects you, and the person renting that space from you."
He says you have to treat the relationship between the landlord and the renter as a business.
In addition to charging a security deposit, be sure to charge a fee to cover your expense for obtaining both a credit check and a background criminal check.
Most landlords obtain one or the other, but Bartholomy warns that's not good enough.
"Not only do you want to make sure they can pay their rent; you want to make sure they're not a convicted felon," Bartholomy adds.
Don't forget to ask for references, but keep in mind, most applicants are only going to provide you with the names of people they know who will say good things about them. That's why a credit check and a criminal background check are critical.
"You want as much information as you can get because it's your safety, your family's safety, your home security that you're putting at risk," Bartholomy says.
Once you feel comfortable offering someone a lease, be sure to go over the house rules, which could include chores the tenant is responsible for doing, where they should store their food, and any other restrictions they need to know.
"It's very important, because that's what's going to cause the friction if you are allowing someone to live in your house," Bartholomy says.
If you're like Tina and have lived most of your life without a roommate, start out by offering a short-term lease. If things don't work out, you won't be locked into months of misery.
You can find a variety of rental applications and leases online.
If you have never had a renter living with you, be sure to check with your insurance provider to see if having a tenant will cause your homeowner's insurance to increase.
Regardless of the research you do to identify the right roommate, Tina says something is inevitably going to happen that will irritate you and that's why landlords need to be flexible.
"My mother used to say there's no house big enough for two women, but I'm trying to prove her wrong," Tina says.
Additional Information:The following information is from Tom Bartholomy with the Better Business Bureau of Southern Piedmont/Charlotte, NC.
Read Laws on Renting a Room http://www.ehow.com/facts_5028453_laws-renting-room.html for information pertaining to laws that cover both the tenant and landlord.
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Ted Griffin had no idea his script for Ocean's Eleven was really about a guy using an elaborate heist just to show his ex-wife he still loved her until he reached page 100 in his writing process. Callie Khouri actually would have killed a dirty old man who shouted obscenities at her from a car if she only had a gun at that moment, so instead she used it as inspiration for Thelma and Louise. Jim Uhls breaks the first rule of Fight Club: he talks about Fight Club. To hear each of these writers talk about their writing process in their own words, check out their videos from The Dialogue Series below: More »


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JU Names Alan Verlander Athletic Director
March 8, 2005
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Alan Verlander, Associate Director of Athletics at Samford University, has been named Jacksonville University's new Director of Athletics, JU President Dr. Kerry Romesburg announced Tuesday. Verlander, who becomes the seventh full-time athletic director in JU's history, will oversee a Division I athletic program which sponsors 18 intercollegiate teams and competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Dolphin football program is Division I-AA and competes in the Pioneer Football League.
"I am extremely excited about the opportunity to join the JU family," said Verlander. "My goals are to provide structure and leadership, and to help this athletic department grow and develop into a shining light for this institution and the Jacksonville community. I plan to build on the great history and tradition of JU athletics and make our own history in the future."
Verlander, 32, is a Jacksonville native who worked at the University of North Florida and with the Gator Bowl Association before leaving the First Coast in 1997. He is a 1990 graduate of the Bolles School and his grandfather, Ash Verlander, served as Chairman of JU's Board of Trustees from 1982-85.
"Jacksonville University was extremely fortunate to find, in Alan Verlander, a new director of athletics who brings a strong background in Division I collegiate athletics, a passion for helping develop student-athletes and a love of the Jacksonville community," said Romesburg. "Alan's impressive experience in external affairs and marketing is particularly exciting and promises to be a great benefit to our Athletic Association."
Verlander will be responsible for the planning and development of the Dolphin intercollegiate athletic program. His responsibilities will include selection and management of coaching and administrative staff, development and management of the department's $5.3 million annual operating budget, fundraising, marketing and promotions, academic enhancement and support, compliance with conference and NCAA regulations, supervision of athletic events and oversight of recruitment and retention of student-athletes.
"This is an important and necessary step for the university," said Romesburg. "With the leadership of our new JU Athletic Association and a new dedicated director, JU's athletics program is positioned to enter a new era of success. Moving our athletics program forward is a crucial part of our strategic plan to enhance the institution's learning and living environment for students."
Verlander has spent the last five years as associate athletic director for external operations at Samford University, where he oversees the Samford Athletic Foundation, facility improvements, the corporate partnership program, ticket sales, athletic media relations, marketing & promotions, broadcast operations, licensing & merchandising and the Bulldogs' official athletic web site. Verlander's other administrative duties include day-to-day oversight of the Samford baseball and golf programs.
During his tenure at Samford, the Bulldogs have seen dramatic increases in individual and corporate giving, as well as record attendance and ticket sales in nearly every sport. Samford-branded merchandise has also experienced record growth, while the Bulldogs' television, radio and internet coverage has been enhanced and expanded to include football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, women's soccer and volleyball. Verlander is currently managing a $3.5 million capital campaign for renovations to the baseball, softball and soccer stadiums, as well as a new student-athlete academic center.
"Alan is one of the finest people I have ever worked with," said Samford Athletic Director Bob Roller. "He is a man of integrity, who has done an excellent job at Samford."
Prior to working at Samford, Verlander spent two years as national sales executive for Host Communications in Atlanta, where he was responsible for securing corporate partners for the Southeastern and Big 12 Conferences, in addition to all colleges and universities represented by Host. He also developed the Music City Bowl property in Nashville, Tenn. for Host, which included securing a title sponsor, additional corporate partners and a national radio network.
Verlander was the director of marketing and promotions for the Gator Bowl Association in Jacksonville from April of 1995 until July of 1997. He directed all sales of corporate sponsors, which totaled more than $1.8 million, while also managing game operations and serving as a liaison with NBC and the Atlantic Coast and Big East Conferences.
He began his career as director of sports marketing and promotions at the University of North Florida from May of 1994 until April of 1995. In less than a year, Verlander increased corporate sponsorship by nearly 500 percent and coordinated all fundraising efforts for the Osprey Booster Club.
Verlander graduated with his B.A. in speech communications from Samford in 1994, where he earned three varsity letters in baseball. He is currently pursuing his master's degree in Strategic Communication and Leadership from Seton Hall University. He and his wife, Bonnie, have four daughters: Abby (7), Kate (4), Maggie (2) and Mary (1).
JU's Vice President for Student Life Dr. John Balog has served as the Dolphins' acting athletic director since January of 2004. He replaced Dolphin basketball coach Hugh Durham, who served dual roles as JU's director of athletics and basketball coach from March of 2001 until January of 2004. Durham was named interim athletic director in March of 2000 after Tom Seitz accepted a similar position at Jacksonville State University.
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SPONSOR: Ronnie Combs, 1213 Bienville Boulevard, Ocean Springs, MS 39564; 601-872-7025
SUBJECT MATTER: Board of Denturity
BALLOT TITLE: Shall persons other than dentists be licensed by a board of denturity to fit and make dentures for the public?
BALLOT SUMMARY: This initiative would: amend the Constitution to allow persons other than licensed dentists to examine patients, and fit, make and sell dentures directly to the public; create a board of denturity, consisting of five members appointed by the governor, which would regulate the practice of denturity, issue licenses, determine qualifications of applicants for licensure and make and enforce rules; and would mandate a ninety day, 100% money back warranty on dentures furnished by denturists
ORIGINAL FILING: October 4, 1996
STATUS: Expired.
Initiative Information
The official ballot title and ballot summary for an initiative measure are prepared by the Mississippi Attorney General's Office. Initiative petitions are valid for one year. According to Mississippi law, for an initiative petition to be sufficient a minimum of 91,673 certified signatures must be gathered; with at least 18,355 certified signatures from each of the five congressional districts. The number of signatures required represents 12% of the total number of votes cast for Governor in the last gubernatorial general election. All signatures on the petition must be certified by county Circuit Clerks as those of registered Mississippi voters.
For more information on the initiative process in Mississippi, consult the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, Section 273; and Miss. Code Ann., Sections 23-17-1 through 23-17-61 (1972).


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Save all animals
I found a baby duckling stuck in a crack today with my cousin, Danielle.We wanted to save it but it waddled away when we took it out.We would love for you to sign a petition against harming animals.If we could get lots of names there would be more life on Earth.If you sign this petition we will be so happy.We are young people who will change earth.Help us!!!
We are from Perfect and Extremly Tremendous Superkids (PETS) Club.We wish to change the world.We stop extinction and save animals from danger.That\'s why it is called the pets club.
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Trustee Partners Are Committed to the MissionA charism is a distinct spirit that gives life and character to a religious order. One of the charisms of the Norbertines is localitas. Simply, it is the long-term commitment to service to a local community. The St. Norbert College Board of Trustees is a diverse group of generous alumni, Norbertine fathers and beloved friends of the college dedicated to service, stewardship and sustenance of the college community of St. Norbert.
|Rt. Rev. Richard Antonucci O.Praem. '68
Daylesford Abbey, Paoli, Penn.
|Ms. Patricia Hoeft '02
Tribal Secretary, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
|Tracy Arndt
Green Bay, WI
|Rev. Samuel D. Jadin, O.Praem '52
Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc, Wis.
|Rev. James Baraniak O.Praem. '89
Prior, St. Norbert Abbey
|Sara Johnson Tutskey '76
De Pere, Wis.
|Michael Boberschmidt J. '70
Partner, Global Information Technology Systems
|Rev. John P. Kastenholz, O.Praem
Secretary/Treasurer, St. Norbert Abbey, De Pere, Wis.
|Elizabeth A. Buckley '69
President, What Matters?
|Julie-Anne Kress
De Pere, Wis.
|Rev. Richard Chiles, O.Praem.
Priory of St. Moses the Black, Raymond, Miss.
|Paul Klister '76
Owner, Commercial Horizons
|Dr. Benjamin T. Chu '55
Distinguished Professor, SUNY at Stony Brook
|Thomas E. Maher, Jr. '77
President, Manpower of Dayton, Inc.
|Dr. John Corbett
Chairman & Professor of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.
|Karen McDiarmid '71
De Pere, Wis.
|Rev. Andrew G. Cribben, O.Praem
Formation Directory, St. Norbert Abbey, De Pere, Wis.
|Patrick Michels '81
President, Michels Corporation
|Brian Danzinger '96
E-commerce and Web Development Manager, Bank Mutual, De Pere, Wis.
|Miriam B. Mulva '69
Houston, Texas
|Mary Ariens Dellanina '87
Mt. Prospect, Ill.
|Greg Nicklaus '90
Vice Chairman and Owner, River Valley Bank
|Rt. Rev. E. Thomas DeWane, O.Praem '55
Priory of St. Moses the Black, Raymond, Mich.
|Timothy J. Romenesko '79
President and COO, AAR Corporation
|Daniel O. Dickinson
Chairman/CEO, G.A.S. Capital, Inc.
|Paul Schneider
Director, Schneider National, Inc.
|Fr. Dan Felton
St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Manitowoc, Wis.
|Edward A. Sturzl, Jr. '71
Plymouth, Wis.
|Philip B. Flynn
President and CEO, Associated Bank, De Pere, Wis.
|William Sulzmann
De Pere, Wis.
|Rev. Joel P. Gamer, O.Praem '62
Santa Maria de la Vid Priory, Albuquerque, New Mexico
|Edward A. Thompson
Thompson Management Associates
|Paul O. Gehl
Hilbert, Wis.
|Rev. John Tourangeau, O.Praem '81
Pastor of St. Norbert College Parish, De Pere, Wis.
|Michael J. Haddad
President/CEO, Schreiber Foods, Inc.
|Michael G. Van Asten '75
President, Liberty Hall Banquet & Conference Center
|George F. Hartmann Jr. '64
President, Hartmann Management Associates
|William Van Ess '85
Financial Advisor/Employee Benefits Specialist
|Kathryn M. Hasselblad-Pascale
Partner/General Manager, Hasselblad Machine Company
|Carl Vogel '79
Private Investor and President of Bulldog Capital Partners, Inc.
|Rev. James B. Herring, O.Praem
Holy Spirit House of Studies, Chicago, Ill.
|John B. (Jay) Williams '73
President/Ceo, Milwaukee Public Museum
|Dr. Norbert Hill
Vice President, College of the Menominee Nation
|Marti Wronski '94
Vice President & General Counsel, Milwaukee Brewers


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North Charleston, SC – The South Carolina Stingrays and Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations Spencer Carbery announced today that the team has signed forwards Joe Pereira, Chris Higgins and defenseman Sam Lofquist and received defensemen Paul Baier, Dustin Stevenson and Garrett Mitchell from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.
Pereira, 24, begins his first professional season after completing a four-year career at Boston University. While with the Terriers, the West Haven, Connecticut, native recorded 27 goals and 34 assists for 61 points in 139 games and served as co-captain during his senior season. During his junior campaign, Pereira received the team's Bennett McInnis Memorial Award for Spirit and was named to the Hockey East Honor Roll five times. In 2008-09, the 5-foot-10, 178-pound forward earned the Regina Eilberg Scholarship, honoring the Terriers' top scholar-athlete. After his senior season, Pereira skated in 11 games in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Worcester Sharks and Bridgeport Sound Tigers totaling five points (2g, 3a).
Higgins, 25, potted seven goals and nine assists for 16 points in 21 games with the Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL) last season. The Lynnfield, Massachusetts, native began the 2010-11 year with Ritten Renon in Italy where he picked up 20 points (9g, 11a) in 21 contests. Higgins also attended Boston University (2005-09) scoring 133 points (49g, 84a) in 159 games.
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TVMoJoe: This Is It!
TVMoJoe has only been in existence since late April, but it's already time to begin another chapter in this blog's history.
Yes, this is my final MoJoe post on TVWeek.com. I'm moving on to join TheWrap.com as TV editor after a little more than a year at TelevisionWeek.
Before I make my exit, some long overdue credit to a few folks who helped birth this here blog.
Former TVWeek design chief Chad Rooney patiently translated my ideas for the look of this blog, taking them from amateurish musings ("Can we have a line thingy here?") into reality. Thanks, Chad!
Also due a shout out: Maria Villar, the supertalented design whiz who created the MoJoe logo (really, it's the best thing about this blog). She's also amazing with letterpress, so you need to go to her website now and buy yourself some custom-made something. Do it. Now.
I don't want this post to turn into an acceptance speech kind of thing, but quick hat tips to former TVWeek editor Greg Baumann, who allowed me the freedom to make this blog what i wanted it to be; current TVWeek executive editor (and NewsPro czar!) Tom Gilbert for just being an all-around awesome guy; and TVWeek managing director Chuck Ross, for finding a way to pay for it all.
If all goes as planned, look for TVMoJoe to resurface in a new form in August. You can keep your browsers set to TVMoJoe.com.
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Michael Jackson Mania: What's Next
The Michael Jackson memorial is over, but anyone who thinks this storyline will disappear from the pop culture landscape any time soon is probably living in Neverland.
So what's next? Let's count the possibilities... with the major caveat that what follows is only slightly informed speculation, nothing more. (Wait, you weren't expecting actual facts in a Michael Jackson story, were you?):
--"Heal the World: The Concert for Michael": There's already blogosphere buzz about an August memorial tribute for Jackson, possibly in the same London arena where he was scheduled to begin his comeback tour this month. I don't know if there's any truth to that notion, but this much seems certain: There will be at least one, if not several, megaconcert salutes to Jackson over the next year.
As potent as Tuesday's memorial was, it really wasn't a blockbuster event: No Madonna, no Diana, no Justin Timberlake... for Bubbles' sake, Diddy wasn't even there! There are so many musical celebrities who need to pay tribute to Jackson, a hastily arranged memorial simply won't do.
Given Jackson's friendship with Princess Diana, and the fact that he was an even bigger international star, I could see the royals getting involved. If AEG thinks it makes sense, of course.
--Said concert will be a major TV event that fetches millions in rights fees. It was certainly nice of AEG to open up the feed to Tuesday's memorial to all who wanted to broadcast it. But that event was just the appetizer. The megaconcert will require a cash infusion from one, if not multiple broadcasters. If a show can be mounted by mid-September, don't be surprised if multiple broadcast networks make bids for the show; it would make a great promotional platform to hype new shows. (And given how low ratings have sunk for the networks this summer, they need something to revive their pulse).
Don't rule out cable, though. MTV will definitely want in on the action, perhaps partnered with sibling BET.
--Expect a flood of unofficial Michael Jackson specials in the coming months. The "Motown 25" special where Jackson debuted the Moonwalk will probably be repackaged. And don't be surprised if some of the networks who don't get the rights to the big concert decide to put together their own specials.
CBS specials guru Jack Sussman knows everybody who's anybody in the music business. I'd be shocked if he isn't already calling up his pals and putting something together.
--Of course, Sussman might also be focusing on bringing some Michael magic to September's Emmy broadcast. There will almost certainly be a major tribute to Jackson on this year's kudos. That goes double for the same month's MTV Video Music Awards.
--Don't forget the tribute album(s). Expect all of Jackson's catalogue to be used for a CD of big stars singing his music, released right around Thanksgiving. Adam Lambert of "American Idol" will be on this disc.
--On that note, look for one or two big new songs to emerge paying homage to Jackson. If Tupac and Marvin Gaye's passings can inspire hit singles, Jackson's death demands a superstar collaboration of epic proportions. Personally, I'd love to see an update of "We Are the World," with a new generation of stars tackling Jackson's creation. (I hereby nominate Jason Mraz for the Bob Dylan parts).
--Finally, expect lots of kids and adults looking like these folks right around late October. Yes, there will be a surge of Michael Jackson costumes this Halloween. And some news organization somewhere is already putting together a story on how costume manufacturers have already doubled their orders for Thriller jackets.
Jul 6, 2009
Peter Johnson: Wonderland Chief on 'Target' For a Great Season
Hard to believe but it's been five years since Fox development executive Peter Johnson left the drudgery of network TV to head up McG's Wonderland Media. With the company's "Human Target" already generating some heat for Fox, and "Supernatural" fans always hungry for tidbits of information, it seemed like a good time to catch up with Johnson.
My Q&A with the always-friendly, music-loving, comic book-writing producer-executive is right here. Spoiler alert: When it comes to "Supernatural"-- or "SN," as the fans call it-- don't expect Johnson to spill the beans.
Continue reading Peter Johnson: Wonderland Chief on 'Target' For a Great Season
Jul 5, 2009
The Numbers
Somebody Call 911: The Networks Flatline Over Holiday Weekend
How bad are things for the broadcast networks this summer? So bad, apparently, that entire groups of viewers have decided to abandon the networks completely.
In what will likely be the low-water mark for the Big Four this summer, CBS and NBC both generated demographic hash marks during the 8 p.m. hour on Saturday. That means the networks averaged a 0 rating and a 0 share in at least one demo group, according to preliminary Nielsen fast national data.
Not surprisingly, the sliver of the viewing audience that literally didn't register with Nielsen on the July 4th holiday: Teenagers, aged 12-17.
For NBC, the show that snagged a goose egg was the long-ago cancelled drama "Kings." During the 8-8:30 p.m. half hour, it earned a 0.0/0 among men 12-17 and all adults 12-17. (Teen girls were a bit more enthusiastic, giving the show a 0.1/1).
Over at CBS, "48 Hours Mystery" was the program cursed with no teens from 8-8:30 p.m. It also notched (or is that failed to notch?) a big 0.0/0 with all viewers 12-17 and women 12-17. (Teen boys handed "48" a 0.1/1).
Both shows also scored goose eggs for the full 8 p.m. hour, with "Kings" zeroing out among men 12-17 and "48" doing a swan dive with women 12-17.
There are plenty of caveats that go with these numbers, of course.
It was a national holiday in the middle of the summer, and it fell on the weakest night for networks (Saturdays). The only demographic to register a zero rating was teenagers, a group not particularly coveted by most advertisers. And dozens of cable networks no doubt flatlined as well.
Still, the Saturday numbers do underscore just how rough things have been for broadcasters this summer. Adults 18-49 ratings below a 0.5 have become common for many shows in many time slots.
Indeed, for anyone who thinks it's stretching things a bit to draw conclusions from holiday ratings among teenagers, consider this: NBC's "Kings" drew only a 0.2/1 among the key demographic of adults 18-49. That's not hash marks, but it's pretty darn close.
What's more troubling for the networks: The ratings misery comes during a summer in which many networks are offering up a healthy dose of first-run scripted programming. Some of it is burn-off theater, but some shows have been given big promotional pushes ("Mental," "The Philanthropist").
Viewers, however, just aren't into what the broadcasters are serving up this summer.
You can bet planning meetings are already underway at several networks to figure out just what can be done to avoid this mess next summer.
Meanwhile, here's something up beat and peppy for those network types depressed by the numbers:
Continue reading Somebody Call 911: The Networks Flatline Over Holiday Weekend
Jul 1, 2009
Behind the News
The TV Academy Gets It Right: Why Neil Patrick Harris is Such a Stunning Choice for Emmy Host
The folks at the TV Academy clearly have gotten the message.
Variety has word tonight that "How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris is in final talks to serve as host as this year's Emmys. It's news that is, at once, fully logical-- and completely mind-blowing.
It's a no-brainer because anyone who watched Harris helm the Tony or TV Land Awards knows that this man has mad hosting skills, as the kids might say (20 years ago). He's charming, funny, and, most of all, fully in command of his audience.
With CBS this year's Emmy home, and "HIMYM" moving to a new timeslot on the Eye this fall, executives at the network would have been insane not to fight for Harris as host.
But this is the Emmys we're talking about. The TV Academy.
Logic doesn't always enter into the equation when you're talking about any big organization and its annual award shows. So many different factions need to be satisfied when decisions are made, often times the only possible choice is the safe one.
How else to explain the decision to have a hodgepodge of reality hosts (horribly) handle last year's Emmys? It was a compromise.
And that's why the call to give the show to Harris is such a stunner.
Yes, he's been nominated for an Emmy before, but his show hasn't. I'll bet a big chunk of the Academy hasn't even heard of "HIMYM."
Remember, this is an organization that as recently as 20 years ago thought it made sense to have John Forsythe host the Emmys. Three different years! (OK, it was during the "Dynasty" craze, but still...).
Most past Emmy hosts have been either very well-known comics (Conan, Ellen, Garry) or very big primetime stars (Ryan Seacrest, Angela Lansbury, Tim Allen).
Who knows-- maybe Harris isn't such a radical choice. Perhaps, when nobody was looking, "HIMYM" graduated from buzz show to blockbuster. It certainly had the ratings last season to qualify as one of the biggest sitcoms on TV.
No matter the logic. The Academy deserves credit for agreeing to the Harris choice. He will bring new blood and new interest to a show that is sorely in need of both.
While everyone's in a radical mood, two other suggestions:
First, why not ask Carter Bays and Craig Thomas-- the creators of "HIMYM"-- to serve as head writers for this year's Emmys? Conan O'Brien brought his team with him when he hosted the show; why shouldn't Harris?
The Academy and CBS also should lean heavily on some of TV's most fertile comic minds to pitch in to make this year's show memorable.
That means getting the Lonely Island team (that's Andy Samberg's crew) to produce a series of short films for the show. Samberg killed at the MTV Movie Awards; he and his boys need to be enlisted for the Emmy cause.
And, on a non-Emmy note, CBS should immediately sign a holding deal with Harris anticipating his post-"HIMYM" career.
No, I'm not talking about a deal for another sitcom. How about these six words:
"Late Show with Neil Patrick Harris."
Continue reading The TV Academy Gets It Right: Why Neil Patrick Harris is Such a Stunning Choice for Emmy Host
Jun 29, 2009
Chenbot Alert! B-Side Goes Inside 'Big Brother'
It's Fourth of July week in America. To some folks, this means hot dogs, baseball and an extra day off from work.
For a small minority of us so afflicted, Independence Day also marks something else: The return of the annual summer malady known as "Big Brother" addiction.
It's a sickness I've battled for the better part of a decade. Actually, "battled" is the wrong word, as I've willingly submitted myself to the CBS reality show's addictive grip, letting it take hold of me like some teen tramp in "Twilight" falling under the spell of a vampire.
Last year, I got the chance to feed my habit as never before, injecting "Big Brother" right into my veins by living in the "Brother" house for a half-day. You can read about my experiences here.
This summer, my blogger bud Ben Mandelker, known to some as B-Side, got a chance to live The Big Brother Experience. His much more humorous journaling of said experiences is live in TVWeek's In Depth section, which you can find right here.
Both of our stories, by the way, feature appearances by People's Reagan Alexander. He's becoming known as the Bad Boy of Big Brother press day. One wonders when producers are going to wise up and just ask the man to be a contestant on the real "Big Brother."Meanwhile, until "Brother" returns July 9, let's relive another B-Side creation:
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Jun 27, 2009
The Numbers
Friday Ratings: 'Virtuality' Tanks, Jackson Specials Dominate as Networks Struggle to Find Viewers
Fox's big budget "Virtuality" will likely remain an unsold pilot after a disastrously low-rated Friday broadcast.
The two-hour movie/backdoor pilot, from one of the creators of "Battlestar Galactica," flatlined Friday with a 0.5 rating/2 share among adults 18-49. Of even more concern: The broadcast kicked off with a 0.7 at 8 p.m and fell to a 0.4 by its final half-hour, indicating those many of those few viewers who decided to check out "Virtuality" weren't impressed with what they saw (or decided to watch the rest later via DVR).
Overall viewership for "Virtuality" wasn't any better: About 1.8 million die-hard fans watched.
"Virtuality" flopped on a night where nothing much worked and all the networks struggled to find a pulse.
CBS, for example, failed to rise to a 1.0 demo rating in any hour Friday night-- punishment, perhaps, for not rushing on another Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett special.
Of course, ABC and NBC didn't exactly draw record crowds with their E!-like programming.
And yet, NBC won Friday night with a 1.4/5 by repeating "Farrah's Story" (1.1/5) from 8-10 p.m. and airing a new Jackson-themed "Dateline" (2.0/7) at 10 p.m. The latter hour was, by far, the top-rated show of the night in the demo.
Indeed, NBC's Jackson edition of "Dateline" doubled the young adult rating of ABC's Jackson edition of "20/20," which averaged a 1.0/4 from 10-11 p.m.
Continue reading Friday Ratings: 'Virtuality' Tanks, Jackson Specials Dominate as Networks Struggle to Find Viewers
Jun 25, 2009
Behind the News
Michael Jackson, Syndication Star
Today's sad news about Michael Jackson has also proven to be a boon for syndicated magazine shows.
Telepictures' TMZ, of course, first broke the news of Jackson's passing (as well as his heart attack).
Now, CBS Television Distribution's "Entertainment Tonight" is trumpeting what it calls the "last photograph" of Jackson.
Here's how the newsmag presented the picture on its website:
Jun 24, 2009
CBS Loses its Longest-Serving Staffer
CBS has lost one of its behind-the-scenes icons.
Anne Roberts Nelson, who spent more than 60 years at the Eye network, has passed away. Nelson was a longtime business affairs executive who worked on contracts for classic shows such as "I Love Lucy," "All In the Family" and "The Young and the Restless." She was CBS's longest-tenured employee when she finally left the network earlier this year.
In 2005, CBS devoted an entire floor of its Television City building to Nelson.
A full obituary from CBS, including memorial plans, is after the jump.
The Numbers
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"America's Got Talent" didn't get a Susan Boyle bump-- but it still dominated the ratings in its Tuesday premiere.
"Talent" averaged a 3.2 rating/10 share and 11.3 million viewers, according to prelim national Nielsen numbers. That's the lowest "Talent" premiere yet, and down about 10 percent in the demo from last summer, when "Talent" faced much tougher NBA Finals competition.
There had been speculation inside NBC that the media phenom known as Susan Boyle from "Britain's Got Talent" might help drive tune-in for the Stateside version of the "Talent" franchise. Didn't happen.
But given how pathetically most network shows have been faring this summer, anything with a 3 in front of its rating can rightly be considered the supersmash hit of the summer, the show everyone can't stop talking about. (Yes, I wrote that for the NBC promo department).
"AGT" also rose above a lousy lead-in, one of the final episodes of "I'm A Celebrity... Where the Hell Did Speidi Go"? That series notched a 1.4/5 at 8, its worst ratings yet. It even lost viewers at the half-hour (yikes).
Over at ABC, meanwhile, the launch of "The Superstars" (1.6/5) was a non-event, but not a disaster.
At 9:30, viewers decided to reward ABC for sticking by well-crafted, funny half-hour comedies by fleeing the return of "Better Off Ted" en masse. That show lost half of its lead-in and averaged a mere 0.8/2.
That'll teach you, ABC! Maybe it's not to late to bring back "According to Jim."
Finally, in the 10 p.m. battle of the (non)-newsmags, murder beat teen sex, as a repeat of CBS's "48 Hours Mystery" (1.5/4) outrated an original ABC "Primetime" (1.2/3).
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Norman Newcomb, 67, of Benton, Ky., passed away 11:10 p.m. Monday, July 22, 2013, at his home.
He was a member of the Veteran of Foreign War and Disabled American Veterans. He was a Vietnam veteran with the United States Army. He worked formerly as a correctional officer in Vienna.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Ann Harris Newcomb; his sons, Ivan Lee Newcomb of Benton, Ky., Larry Newcomb of Greensboro, N.C., and Nelson James Newcomb and wife Aida of Great Lakes; his daughters, Kemberly Sego and husband Jarrod of Benton, Ky., Penny Sue Husher of Paducah, Ky., and Patricya Stevens of Benton, Ky.; two brothers, Larry Newcomb and wife Cindy of Robinson and Jimmy Newcomb and wife Linda of Antioch; a sister, Shirley Bourland and husband Frank of Mt. Vernon; grandchildren, Amanda Newcomb, Samantha Newcomb, Sabrina Newcomb, Nelson Newcomb, Colton Husher, Matthew Husher, Jamie York, Josh Phillips, Dusty Phillips and Laken Collins; great-grandchild Aiden York and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his daughter-in-law, Edith M. Newcomb. His parents were Ivan J. Newcomb and Bonnie Mae Riddle Newcomb.
Graveside memorial services with military rites were held Thursday, July 25, at Hopewell Cemetery in Mt. Vernon.
Filbeck-Cann & King Funeral Home and Crematory is handling the arrangements.


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Making funding decisions with scarce resources is always difficult. The funding process for 2013 certainly delivered on that expectation with an added component: two specific requests for proposals were aligned with goals in early childhood and financial stability. A third process of mini grant applications covered the gamut of human services. Together, requests totaled more than $1.1 million. The grant budget is $450,000. Ouch!
Even as we are announcing support for 2013, made possible by the campaign 2012 contributions, we are making a final call for help before closing the books at the end of April. We especially seek contributions that can be matched by the grant we have from the Indiana Association of United Ways. To claim a match, contributions must meet one of the following criteria:
- Current gift of less than $100 increases to more than $100.
- Existing or new donors under age 40 increase giving to $250 or more.
- Existing or new donors giving less than $500 increase giving to $500 or more.
- New partners will provide direct support for financial stability work in any amount.
That said, it's more important to focus on what will be done rather than on what can't, and that's my intent here. There are some real innovations represented by the programs that have been reviewed and new and exciting partnerships are being formed that I have no doubt will result in visible, measurable change in the lives of families across Madison County.
Our community can already celebrate some real success with school readiness and early grade learning. The Community Alliance to Promote Education (CAPE) announced that 86 percent of third-grade students in Madison County passed the ISTEP language arts test in 2012 — twice the percent that was successful when CAPE began its work. Kindergarten students are also testing at much higher levels than when Born Learning Connection joined CAPE to increase outreach to families and caregivers — moving from low 40 percent to high 60 percent testing at grade level. Born Learning Connection continues to expand outreach to families and caregivers in all settings across the county.
The developing work in financial stability has resulted in economic opportunity of all kinds: soft skills from budgeting to customer service, career training and certification from certified nursing assistants to welders, asset building from savings accounts to individual development or education accounts, to home buyer programs, and more.
There is continued support for basic services as well: food, shelter, substance abuse, safe havens, exercise and nutrition. In addition to program funding, United Way supports direct assistance and network partners with more than $100,000, and more than $50,000 through Born Learning Connection. United Way also supports 2-1-1 information and referral service for Madison County and sets aside a small amount for board discretionary funding.
With all of these budgeted items added to the approximately $160,000 that is sent directly to organizations as donor designated contributions, the community support budget has surpassed the annual campaign total. But local contributions continue to be the driver of United Way's ability to create positive change in our community.
Nancy Vaughan is president of United Way of Madison County Inc. Her column appears the fourth Sunday of each month. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 608-3061.


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Can anyone guide me to show some welcome/splash screen in 'Nokia S40 Web App' for few seconds.
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However, keep in mind that the app is any case served from the proxy, so your user will be waiting for the initial page load. Therefore using splash screens just for the sake of showing an extra screen may not provide a UX enhancement.
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Much has been written on this blog and elsewhere about the potential impacts of the DFAT-AusAID merger. Some have emphasized the positives: the aid program will more closely align with our foreign policy agenda and be more accountable, and even that it might use less jargon. Others have suggested that it could lose direction, and that DFAT could lose its capacity to implement a quality aid program.
Robin Davies wrote about the need to reconcile two different workplace cultures, and hold onto the wealth of experience from AusAID whilst adjusting to the realities of the new DFAT aid architecture and organizational culture. While integration is still a work in progress, it's interesting to consider the consequences beyond Australia and how this change will impact locally engaged staff – the backbone of AusAID.
In DFAT, local staff are decidedly subordinate to Australian diplomatic staff ('A-based' personnel). In recent years, this was not always the case with AusAID. But the changes that have taken place since the AusAID-DFAT merger have seen the aid program return to the sorts of structures used typically in foreign ministries – with local staff mainly in clerical, administrative and logistical roles, and certainly not supervising A-based staff or speaking on behalf of Australia.
There are early indications from Indonesia that as a result of this, local staff are looking for, and finding, alternative options. Their departure in substantial numbers, which looks very likely, could compromise the quality of aid delivery and thus reduce the claimed foreign policy dividends from the merger.
Anyone who has worked in international development understands the critical contribution that local staff make. An independent audit [pdf] of the Australian aid program by the ANAO in 2009 pointed out that local staff brought context-specific knowledge and language skills, and provided a degree of continuity with regard to corporate knowledge that posted Australian staff could not.
According to a Boston Consulting Group report on aid to middle-income countries, to be successful, donors need to strengthen their skill set beyond the traditional talent pool of aid administrators. Staff need experience working within national governments and the ability to credibly engage with government authorities, build relationships and gain access to stakeholders. This is what local staff bring to the aid program.
Recognising this reality, James Gilling, Mark Baird, and Hal Hill argued [pdf] in a 2008 ODE assessment that the sort of aid program needed to score serious diplomatic points in middle-income Indonesia required staff with a deep knowledge of national development issues and capacities. They concluded that AusAID would 'need to invest far more systematically in the capacity of staff in Australia and overseas, and take much greater advantage of the excellent skills and experiences of locally recruited staff.'
And AusAID did just that.
Prior to the DFAT merger, AusAID was widely regarded as one of the best places for an Indonesian to work in the development sector, if not the best. As part of the changes introduced, locally-engaged staff were taking on increasing responsibilities and being empowered to drive and run a cutting-edge aid program. AusAID also engaged a cadre of local hires (including some international experts resident in Indonesia) to advise AusAID staff on program decisions, convene groups of local stakeholders to push for policy reforms, and open doors with government officials. The increasing responsibility given to local AusAID staff was reflected in levels of pay and conditions sufficient to ensure that AusAID could attract the 'best and brightest'. The large size of the aid program and the cutting edge program being delivered in Indonesia meant that AusAID quickly became the envy of other bilateral donors (USAID, DFID) and multilaterals (the UN and the World Bank), which had traditionally had their pick in terms of local staff.
AusAID's local staff were the 'cream of the crop', graduating from leading universities in Indonesia, Australia, Europe and the United States. Even some of Australia's top Indonesian aid experts were supervised by Indonesian staff. They brought extensive experience working for other aid organisations and a wealth of experience from other sectors. Many managed some of AusAID's most innovative programs, overseeing teams of staff – Australians and locally-engaged alike – and large budgets.
So why should Joe Bloggs care?
Australia's $500m aid budget to Indonesia is a sizeable investment that has had some very positive results [doc]. Countless visiting Australian officials can attest to how well it is has been received and you could go anywhere in Indonesia from Aceh to West Papua and hear about the great work of AusAID – exactly the sort of value-for-money foreign policy objectives an Australian Government is keen to see. The high quality aid program is one of the strongest pillars of our close bilateral relationship with Indonesia.
The high quality of local and international expert staff and the quality of the programs they managed in Indonesia were in large part responsible for these significant benefits to Australia's image in Indonesia. Where there have been differences between the two governments, they were often the ones to bridge cultural gaps and perceptions. Through their vast networks, they were often able to gain access to senior government officials and their staff. Some were even on a text-message basis with very senior Indonesian government counterparts. During one of the lowest points of the Australia-Indonesia relationship – the spying allegations in 2013 – it was local staff who maintained communication with Indonesian officials when this was not possible for DFAT representatives.
There is no doubt then that local staff add significant value to the aid program. This suggests that DFAT should think carefully about the implications of the recent merger for local staff. Unless handled very carefully, the changing conditions brought by it will inevitably affect the quality of the aid program. It may be possible to access some degree of local knowledge and expertise through contractors and other development partners. But serious questions need to be asked about the extent to which contractors can really be a suitable replacement for this embedded institutional capability.
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When they tie the can to a union man,
Sit down! Sit down!
When they give him the sack, they'll take him back,
Sit down! Sit down!
When the speed-up comes, just twiddle your thumbs,
Sit down! Sit down!
When the boss won't talk, don't take a walk,
Sit down! Sit down!
When they smile and say, no raise in pay,
Sit down! Sit down!
When you want the boss to come across,
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– Sit-down strikers' song of the 1930s
Sit down they did, thousands of workers all across the country. But especially they sat down in the automobile plants of
The battle pitted the UAW, then struggling desperately for mere survival, against General Motors, then the world's largest and most profitable manufacturer of any kind. Nearly half the new cars sold in the
Mighty GM had vowed publicly that it would never allow the UAW to represent its employees. But the corporation ended up granting that crucial right — and more — to the union. It was a stunning victory. It led the way — and swiftly — to the unionization of workers throughout heavy industry and, ultimately, to unionization in all fields.
The UAW's strike target was well chosen. As labor historian Irving Bernstein noted, "If General Motors had a heart, it was in
As important was the workers' choice of the sit-down strike, an old but never widely used tactic, as their main weapon. An orthodox strike would not have worked. As soon as they walked off their jobs, they would have been replaced. Production would have continued unabated, while the strikers picketed outside, subject to arrest and the violence of police and others.
For 44 bitterly cold winter days the auto workers in Flint held out, eventually inspiring more than two-thirds of GM's l45,OOO other production workers to strike as well, at dozens of other plants. The strikers in
But the sit-down strikers defied court orders to leave the plants. They hurled nuts and bolts and soda pop bottles and sprayed powerful jets of water from the plants' firehoses at the squads of local police and company guards who fired buckshot and tear gas canisters into the plants in attempts to oust the strikers.
"It was like we were soldiers holding the fort," a striker declared. "It was like war."
Marching just outside the plants were hundreds of pickets — members of the strikers' families, fellow unionists and other supporters from nearby and from elsewhere across the
The supporters provided immense aid and comfort. That included, especially, three hot meals a day, prepared for what ultimately amounted to 5,000 strikers by volunteers at a rented restaurant across the road from the plants. The food was passed through open plant windows while municipal and company police stood by in frustration, fearing the publicity they would reap from an attack, given the heavy presence of women and children and reporters from all over the country. Nor did they keep supporters from entering the plants to entertain, reinforce and otherwise help the strikers.
A contingent of state guardsmen also stood by, but
If the eviction order was issued, Lewis told Gov. Murphy, he would go inside, tell the strikers to disregard it, and "then walk up to the largest window in the plant, open it, divest myself of my outer raiment, remove my shirt, and bare my bosom. Then when you order your troops to fire, mine will be the first breast that those bullets will strike! And as my body falls from that window to the ground, you listen to the voice of your grandfather [an Irish rebel hanged by the British] as he whispers in your ear, 'Frank, are you sure you are doing the right thing?"
Why were they so driven, so militant, the strikers and their supporters?
Albert Cline, a retired assembly line worker who took part in the strikes, recalled working "in an atmosphere where you got two cups outside the plant each morning — one for coffee and the other to urinate in. There were no cooling fans, no gloves, no relief men. You could see 150 people lined up at the front door, all wanting your job …. Our backs were so bent we'd lie on the grass after work until we could straighten out and walk …. We were ready to do anything we could to get dignity on the job."
Rose Kirtz, the wife of another former GM worker, said "we were an Italian family; we made wine — but not for our table. It was given to the foreman and general foreman to hold a job. There were no Christmas presents for our kids, only for the foreman and general foreman ,,,, You never questioned what was in your pay envelope, for fear of getting fired."
The rate of pay was indeed set by management whim. GM's president, vice presidents and other top executives averaged $200,000 a year, even in those years of general economic depression. Production workers averaged $1,000 a year, even with mandatory overtime work, paid for, of course, at the same rate as any other work.
There were no health and safety regulations, no rules governing GM's unceasing efforts to speed up assembly lines. Layoffs were frequent and workers do not even have rehiring rights. They had to get in line with thousands of others desperate for jobs. They dared not complain about what they were getting on the job or what they were offered, and they did not dare to engage openly in union activity. GM hired dozens of private detectives and workers to spy on union organizers and help the corporation ferret out union sympathizers for firing.
"Before, foremen never called us by name, just by number," said George Edwards, who was one of the GM strikers' rank-and-file leaders. "But they damn well knew our names after that strike. We became people."
The auto workers became people with rights most workers had only dreamed of. General Motors agreed to negotiate a contract with their union representatives that would determine their wages, hours and working conditions. GM would rehire all strikers and would not discriminate against union members. The contract, signed just a month after the strike ended in February, included procedures for workers to effectively redress their grievances. And it guaranteed that the jobs which were the workers' most important possessions would be theirs as long as they adhered to the conditions approved by their own representatives.
Suddenly, workers everywhere were sitting-down. There were 477 sit-down strikes by the end of 1937, involving more than 500,000 workers, mainly in industrial plants but also in mines, in hotels and restaurants, even in five-and-ten-cent stores. Butchers, saleswomen, milliners, laundry workers, garbage collectors, sailors, glass blowers, movie projectionists and many others followed the factory workers' lead. Most won at least partial victories, including, above all, the right to bargain with their employers.
Two years later, the Supreme Court declared sit-down strikes an unlawful seizure of property. By then, however, workers in virtually all private employment outside agriculture had won a firm legal right to collective bargaining and so could turn to other tactics and other demands.
But it should not be forgotten that whatever their later tactics and demands, workers could have done nothing truly effective to improve their working lives — and can do nothing truly effective today — without the tool of collective bargaining. Workers never would have won the right to use that essential tool had it not been for those who sat down on the job in


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The Riverview Rental is a 5,500 square ft. house that borders the Little Deschutes for over 500 feet with great mountain views. It sits on three wooded acres and has a private indoor heated swimming pool and a movie theater room with a 160 inch screen and leather recliners set up in stadium seating. This beautiful home features vaulted ceilings and five bedrooms that each have a Queen bed (with thick pillowtop mattresses and down comforters) and one bedroom has a set of twin bunk beds. The game room offers a regulation size slate-bed pool table, foosball table, X-box 360, Wii, dartboard, and board games. This room can provide hours of enjoyment for youngsters and adults. One of the living spaces also includes a poker/bumper pool table. On the back porch, you'll find a covered 7 person hot tub. There's a dog kennel and large fenced yard for your furry friend. A great variety of wildlife, including deer, otter, beaver, hawks, quail, and jumping trout can be viewed from the home. You can enjoy fishing on the Little Deschutes in the crystal clear trout river, with good numbers of Browns and Rainbows. This is a top vacation rental in the heart of Oregon's high mountain lakes regio
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- Video Library: A number of DVDs and VHS tapes on site
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Christmas and New Year .. $550/night (5 night minimum)
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There is an 8% county-state room tax.
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