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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - At the request of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, the district's Board of Education restored the district's 180-day school year and rescinded all furlough days for the 2012-13 school year -- all thanks to the passage of Proposition 30.
"Most everybody had taken huge cuts in pay on top of furloughs, so the ability to have a whole school year is a very big deal," Deasy told reporters at the district's downtown headquarters. The district's labor unions -- including United Teachers Los Angeles -- had reached an agreement providing for employees to take 10 furlough days during the coming school year.
UTLA President Warren Fletcher hailed Deasy's decision. "Our teachers took a risk last year, approving the jobs restoration and furlough agreement, which included up to 10 furlough days," Fletcher said. "As always, they put students first."
Proposition 30 will increase the sales tax by a quarter-cent on the dollar for four years and raise the income tax on annual earnings over $250,000 for seven years. The increased revenues from Proposition 30 will result in an increase to the minimum guarantee for schools and community colleges under terms of Proposition 98, approved by voters in 1988. Revenue generated by Proposition 30 will be deposited into the state's newly created Education Protection Account. Of the funds in the account, 89 percent will be devoted to schools from kindergarten through 12th grade, and the other 11 percent to community colleges.
Each school district will receive at least $200 per student in funds from the account and each community college district at least $100 per fulltime student.
The additional funds cannot be used for administrative costs. School and community college boards will decide how the funds would be spent. The additional tax revenues generated by Proposition 30 could also be used to fund other programs in the state budget.
Proposition 30 will generate an additional $6 billion in state tax revenues from the 2012- 2013 through 2016-17 fiscal years, according to an estimate from the state's Legislative Analyst's Office and Director of Finance Ana J. Matosantos. Smaller amounts would be generated in the 2017-18 and 2018- 19 fiscal years.
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I think most Oregon fans wish Darron Thomas well, and hope for the best for him as he enters the next phase of his athletic career. Unfortunately, more than a few fans are apparently very upset about his decision, and are not shy about sharing their expert opinions.
Below the jump is a collection of posts from comment / conversation boards on various newspaper and entertainment web sites. The names have been removed, and there are no links included, as I don't want to give people more credit for being butthurt than they deserve; but all comments are verbatim (some extraneous and/or potentially libelous verbiage has been edited but spelling, punctuation, etc are as found).
These comments deserve collation, preservation and scorn. My fervent hope is that someday DT will be able to look back on this kind of "fan" behavior and laugh. It's okay, I guess, for a random adult to disagree with a young man's career choices, but what the hell is wrong with some people?
- maybe he meant the Canadian football league draft. no way is Thomas a top NFL prospect at QB. Love the guy, but jeez. oh well I like what Bennett can do better any way now we will get to see how much faster and better the offense can be with a guy who is fast as a runner and can actually throw well too. Good luck DT you're gonna need it.
- This strips Thomas of all his Duck accolades. He was in Cliff's car, and now we know why. He's a moron. His winning record is only very partly his. He has benefited from LMJ and Chip's system. What a fool. This is him not copping to some personal problem. he is about as ready for the NFL as Sean Mannion. Maybe less.
- DT thought to himself….time to finally take the drivers seat :) What a bad decision, no way in HECK does he get drafted. Subpar athlete, knucklehead, inconsistent passer. Just last night I was bummed about MM, and BB sitting next season weird….
- You honks who are talking about Thomas being poor and needing mney are missing the obvious fact that he won't get drafted, not to mention that he was a textbook case for making valuable improvements in his game this next year. He's clearly desperate, and will end up working at Target. This is the dumbest decision I've heard of in some time.
- We Duck fans want the best for our guys. DT is free to be stupid. But he is being stupid. Do you want us to lie?
- fans do not see the scouting paperwork, but we can see some really bad passing in the games and we can also see some really bad decision making during the plays, we also see a player who will get crushed by NFL defensive linemen and not do much sack avoidance, because of that, we don't think DT is a Payton Manning or Matt Barkley or Andrew Luck type - the type that excells in the NFL
- You might want to re-title the article "Darron Thomas will forgo his final year of eligibility", but turn pro?? I think the odds are very, very very slim of him ever taking a snap in the NFL. He obviously did not "smoke it all" cause this guy has to be high as a kite to think he has any chance.
- Why on earth would a player declare for the NFL draft when he has no chance in hell of getting drafted? That doesnt make much sense. He's probably in-line for a season-long suspension or something. This just makes no sense.
- It would follow that with Cliff leaving, DT would be close behind. Follow the weed.
- Do you have any idea how much more earning power a person with a degree has in their lifetime? It has been suggested that Darron has graduated, but staying in school to get his Masters would almost certainly be more lucrative than trying for the NFL. Darron has made a habit of showing up at the wrong place at the wrong time. The 2012 Draft is no exception.
- He won't even be that good in the NFL. Do some of you guys get it now? For DT it was always and just about DT, everyone else comes secondary. The high on dope run down I-5 was a huge significant clue. Onwards with Bryan, we will be great with him. Thanks for the memories DT, you could have been more consistent next year, USC and impending sanctions really bothered you, that much is obvious.
- DT is a coward! He knows Bennett is better, and would beat him out his senior year. Now go drive around with Cliff at 4:00 am and "smoke it all"!
- And so he might, might make 100k for two or three years in the NFL or CFL.....then what? He should have stayed and showed that he had the guts, resolve and work ethic to fend off Bennett and lead the Ducks to another huge season. To me that's a better long term risk because he could have actually worked hard to become better, improved his draft stock, showed he is resilient and earned a degree. Even if he wasn't able to fend off Bennett (and I think he would have) he still could have made the CFL and/or had a great work career as a former Duck star and with a college degree. DT wasn't up to the challenge.
- Shocking news. What an idiot. He is not an NFL qb. Thomas played great in some very big games (auburn, wisconssin) but he wasn't exactly a model citizen. I've heard from several sources that he was basically high the entire time he was in eugne ...... am not sold on bennet. preseason ranking went from 3-4 to 12 not good
- Thomas is GARBAGE! Entering the draft cause you're afraid of a little competition. That's just sad, pathetic, and makes you a $@%!$. If I'm running a team, I don't sign him ever based on that fact alone
- This kid is plain $@%!$@%!!!! before i even read this article i said this is a stupid decision. he is throwing his career away and especially throwing the money he could make away if he stayed another year. Darron is not a good qb and especially in the NFL. Spread Option is not a hard offense to be a good qb at. all in all back to what a guy said a couple of posts ago "Have fun working at Mcdonald's ond day" you IDIOT!!
- I am willing to bet that he was placed on a random drug testing program by U of O after what happened last summer/spring. The institution does not have to report these violations and thus can govern the players that fail tests as they see fit. That being said, I think he failed the test and Chip gave him 2 options, transfer and let it be known that you got kicked out of Oregon because you failed these tests OR go pro and I will not release the information to the public (essentially thanks for making me look good for the past couple of years). That is just speculation on my part, but I am willing to bet that he just didn't up and leave a national title contender and a chance to be "the man" because he wanted to have a shot at being a 7th round pick, because that just doesn't make any god damn sense.
- ... as great a QB as he was for college football and The Oregon Ducks, outside of his durability, there is nothing about his game that fits the NFL mold. He has compared himself with Cam Newton and those two are not the least bit similar. I can't see him getting drafted or even making an NFL roster. I hope I am wrong, but I really don't think I have ever seen a player bypass his senior year and enter the draft with less true NFL talent. He does not have the arm strength, accuracy, size, speed, or athletic ability to succeed, but other than that, he's should do well.


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Zenit's must-win match got off to a horrid start as they conceded an early goal to Anderlecht. Striker Dieudonné Mbokani, back from a suspension and a broken nose, made an a slicing run just outside the Zenit box, then played a fantastic one-two with Sacha Klejstan. The American midfielder sent the ball right back as Mbokani made his run and put a right footed shot past Vyacheslav Malafeev to give Anderlecht an early 1-0 lead.
The match rumbled on in to the second half with Zenit trying to find the equalizer but never really looking like a team that was capable. They did have one great chance after the ball was poorly cleared by the Anderlecht defense, allowing Axel Witsel a free shot from the top of the box that was smothered by Silvio Proto.
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I just arrived in Texas yesterday for my latest round of oil meetings.
The crude market continues to absorb accelerations in investment despite of some lateral price movements. That will be an important topic of discussion.
But my interest has moved in another direction.
Natural gas futures closed on the NYMEX on Thursday $4.14 per 1,000 cubic feet (or million BTUs). We have not seen prices reach these levels in quite some time.
As crude oil prices exhibit resistance in the face of demand concerns (largely overblown, as I have noted here before), the gas levels are rising quicker than anticipated.
This has a direct bearing on an investor's approach to the energy sector.
What is not happening is any fundamental switch from oil to gas. Crude will be moving up. In fact, the latest analyst indicators point toward increasing prices even in the face of higher surpluses.
But as gas settles north of $4, the prospects for expanding one's investment portfolio continue to improve.
In fact, there are a number of ways to make money as prices continue to rise.The Surplus is Gone
I am sticking to the forecast that I made about six months ago.
Back then, I suggested that the average futures contract price would come in at $4.36 or better by June of this year and about $4.65 by October. Some are now suggesting this level may be the new normal, while predominant opinion is looking for prices to rise for several years, at least on average.
There are a number of factors that still must play out before we can set an expected floor in the mid-$4 range. Memories of last year's dips below $3 are still too recent. But there have been some interesting developments, and they make it unlikely that we soon revisit those lows.
For one thing, the market continues to drain down what had been a significantly heavy overhang of surplus volume. A more seasonal winter weather pattern has helped the draw down.
The 2011-2012 heating season had hardly been a traditional one. Abnormally warm temperatures, especially in the normally heavy natural gas dependent Northeast, had swelled stockpiles and driven down prices.
Looking back, the losses at the wellhead during this period actually contributed to the rise this time around. The advent of vast new unconventional reserves coming from shale gas and coal-bed methane had thrust operating companies into a cut rate survival competition. Too much production hit a market that did not need it, with the resulting glut serving as a main cause of the pricing decline.
And in this respect, we have another example of what I have been terming the most important change in energy markets to emerge in years. It is now playing out significantly in natural gas and it is the latest example of a major development.
This is all about balance.Natural Gas Companies Focus on Cost Structure
Unlike the situation in gas experienced in the recent past, this time companies have been reducing the opening of new (or expansion of well debit at existing) drilling pads. These resources can be brought on stream quickly, but the real problem building over the last two years had resulted from the number of additional wells itself.
Once a well is brought on line it is more cost efficient to allow the flow to continue, even if the resulting gas is coming up essentially at margin.
As much as 90% of costs at many pads are a result of expenses incurred before the flow commences. It is cheaper to allow the flow to continue - even as market prices are declining - since the longer the flow, the less cost per cubic foot of production.
Therefore, this primary contribution to depressed prices needs to be addressed at the source. That is, a greater restraint on new drilling actually serves to improve the overall market price of the production resulting.
That brings us back again once again to the standard of balance.
As I have mentioned before, our new market parameters are all about balance. The resulting supply/demand relationship is more sensitive to a series of tradeoffs taking place all along the entire upstream-midstream-downstream sequence.
Sometimes these balance requirements cross energy types (gas instead of coal, renewables serving as backup support for hydrocarbons, biofuels instead of fossil, and so on).
Yet at other times, the balancing is more traditional and occurs within a single energy. In this case, the move addresses basin, region, grade, composition, type, process, or sourcing.
With natural gas, this means addressing a few key factors, including:
This latter approach is now underway in the gas market and is the primary reason for the stabilization and improvement in price. Now this is looking even more promising as we survey the increases on the demand side rapidly approaching.
These have been the subject of several treatments in OEI and extend from replacement of coal in power production, through rising industrial usage, advancing as feeder stock for petrochemicals, massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export markets emerging later next year, and even prospects for broader application as a vehicle fuel.
We are hardly out of the woods with volatility in natural gas, and the pricing trajectory is not going to be one moving straight up. But it does look like we are now on track for a gradual further improvement.
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Baseball fans have always been infatuated with the strikeout when it comes to pitchers. This infatuation has only strengthened in the past couple decades as statistical work has found pitchers to have far less control over what happens to a ball once it's put in play than previously thought. Current baseball statistics such as DIPS and FIP ("Defense Independent" and "Fielding Independent" ERA substitutes) rely heavily on a pitcher's K-rate to determine his value. There's an awful lot of good and not really much bad that can come from a strikeout, unlike a ball put in play, be it a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball. Hard to imagine anyone would not love them, isn't it? There is, however, a pretty strong sentiment among those in the game and those who follow the game that strikeouts carry a significant downside that can even outweigh their benefit at times. Namely, these people are concerned about the effects of high strikeout rates on pitch counts.
The argument goes that strikeouts require more pitches than outs on balls in play. After all, your fielders can convert an out for you on only one pitch, while a strikeout demands a minimum of 3. This argument is most often extended anecdotally to young pitchers who have yet to "learn to pitch" and, because of their inexperience, ego, stupidity, or any combination thereof, take themselves out of games early by running up their pitch counts chasing strikeouts when they should be inviting the batter to hit the ball.
This seems to make a lot of sense. So too, however, did the general notion that good pitchers as a rule were better at inducing outs on balls in play, so perhaps we better check into this theory as well. As it turns out, the two theories are somewhat linked. The assumption that contact plate appearances are better for pitch counts than strikeouts is heavily dependent on the rate at which outs are converted on contact plate appearances. If you can get a hitter to put the ball in play on one pitch, that's great, but if it takes 3 balls in play to record 1 out, then you might as well have just struck the guy out.
Obviously, it does not usually take 3 balls in play to get 1 out, but neither does it usually take 1 pitch to induce a ball in play. The question is, can contact be induced in few enough pitches to offset the number of balls in play it takes to record an out? We are concerning ourselves with pitches per out because the issue with pitch counts is how deep into the game a pitcher can go, and we measure that quantity in innings, or, in other words, in outs. Therefore, the primary concern is how efficiently a pitcher uses his pitches to record outs. This question is central to the issue of how strikeouts and contact PAs affect pitch counts, yet it is largely ignored or taken for granted. The answer is yes, it is more efficient to get outs by inducing contact, but just barely.
Since 2000, pitchers have used .15 more pitches per out to get strikeouts than to get an out on a ball put in play. In recent years, the gap is even smaller (about .10 over the past few years). The reason the difference is so close is that the number of balls in play required to convert an out, on average, very nearly offsets the drop in pitches required to induce contact versus striking a batter out.
Over the span considered, the league BABIP is just under .300. However, that figure excludes home runs for the simple reason that they are dealt with separately for most purposes: since we are only concerned with the conversion-rate of outs once the ball hits the bat, we have no reason to exclude HR, and the rate at which hits are recorded once the ball is hit rises to .325. This also excludes the error rate, which further reduces the probability an out is converted on a ball once it is hit. Of course, we must also add in the possibility for the double play, since 2 outs on one pitch are more efficient than just 1. Considered all together, these factors are just enough that it doesn't make much difference in your pitch count if you strike out more batters or get more outs on balls in play.
To illustrate this point, the following graphs show every pitching season since 2000 with at least 100 IP measuring the pitcher's pitches thrown/9 IP against his K/9 rate and against his H/9 rate. Keep in mind that since most pitchers allow very close to the league average BABIP over significant samples, hit rates are largely dependent on the rate of balls in play a pitcher allows, so we're basically looking at how pitch counts relate to high contact pitchers and to low contact pitchers:
As our data suggests, there is no emerging pattern that either high strikeout pitchers or high contact pitchers require more pitches to get through 9 innings. For the most part, it doesn't matter how frequently a Major League pitcher strikes out hitters or how frequently he allows hits as to how many pitches he has to throw. The trade offs of one compared to the other mostly cancel out.
What, then, is the primary determinant in a pitcher's pitch count? It's walks, of course. They are the one event that costs pitches with no chance of an out, and it shows. Look at the graph comparing pitchers' pitches/9 IP to their BB rates:
Now here is a clear pattern. Simply put, by far the strongest factor in how many pitches a pitcher needs to get through an inning is how frequently he walks batters. Almost every time you hear a broadcaster or analyst talk about how a pitcher throws too many pitches because he strikes out too many hitters, the real reason will be because the pitcher walks too many hitters, not that he strikes out too many (unless, of course, the personality has not checked the facts and is commenting on a pitcher who doesn't even throw more pitches per inning than normal). That's why pitchers like Roy Halladay, CC Sabathia, Cole Hamels, Johan Santana, Josh Beckett, Rickey Nolasco, and even Tim Lincecum were all taking fewer pitches than average to complete each inning in 2008 and pitchers like Barry Zito, Tom Gorzelanny, and Miguel Batista were all taking more pitches than average. It has nothing to do with the strikeouts. It's the walks.
Of course, there is some relationship between walks and strikeouts, but not enough that you can look at a pitcher's K-rate and tell all that much about his walk rate. The correlation of a pitcher's walk rate and K-rate is actually very weak-less than .1, which means if you know a pitcher's K-rate, you only really have about 10% of the information needed to estimate his BB-rate. An individual pitcher's K- and BB-rates will generally rise and fall together, but how those rates relate to each other varies widely from pitcher to pitcher. So while a pitcher with poor control may find it more effecient to cut down on his walks at the potential expense of some of his strikeouts, the strikeouts are really not the culprit, and a pitcher who already has good control has no reason to cut down on his strikeouts purely to reduce his pitch count, as he generally won't see any noticeable results.
Making Them Count: the Efficiency of Strikeouts vs. Balls in Play
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- Kincaid said...
By the way, here's another bit of Maddux wonderment for any fans of my recent article on called strikeouts: since 2000, all 9 of Maddux's seasons are in the 14 lowest seasons by pitches per inning (min 100 IP) of that span, and 5 of the top 6 are Maddux. His highest pitches/IP average in a season was 13.78 in 2002. Aside from Maddux's 9 seasons under 14, only 7 other pitchers have had seasons under 14 since 2000, and Roy Halladay is the only other pitcher to do it more than once (he has done it 3 times).
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A model based on the Rybczynski equation for Portugal
AbstractWe built a model analyzing the importance which the natural advantages and local resources are in the manufacturing industry location, in relation with the "spillovers" effects and industrial policies. To this, we estimate the Rybczynski equation matrix for the various manufacturing industries in Portugal, at regional level (NUTS II) and for the period 1986 to 1994. As a summary conclusion, noted that the location of manufacturing in Portugal is still mostly explained by specific factors, with a tendency to increase in some cases the explanation by these factors, having the effect "spillovers" and industrial policies little importance in this context.
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Yet another daft 'traffic light' system. If it ain't on food packing it's in dentists surgeries.
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  He never changed his tune: Eric Hobsbawm remained steadfastly committed to Communism until his death last month.
On the morning of Wednesday October 10, 2012, around the time the Prime Minister was addressing the Conservative Party conference, a party of mourners left the chapel at Golders Green crematorium with the words of the "Internationale" ringing in their ears. The Communist anthem sounds more rousing in the original French, so that was the version used. In death as in life, Eric Hobsbawm was proclaiming his loyalty to the cause he had first espoused as a boy in Berlin in the years 1931-33.
Hobsbawm got a good send-off. Tributes were paid to him by Roy Foster, Professor of Irish History at Oxford, who knew him from his days at Birkbeck College, London; by Lady Kennedy, a Labour peer, better known as Helena Kennedy QC; and by his son, Andy. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, attended the service, as did Jon Snow, Simon Schama, Tariq Ali and Jonathan Miller. Recordings of Beethoven's Archduke Trio and of some jazz were also played.
In the days after his death at the grand old age of 95, Hobsbawm's historical works, especially The Age of Revolution 1789-1848, The Age of Capital 1848-1875 and The Age of Empire 1874-1914, were newly acclaimed. Nor did all the praise come from the Left. Niall Ferguson described these books, together with The Age of Extremes 1914-1991, as "the best introduction to modern world history in the English language", and added: "With his extraordinary erudition and quick wit, Hobsbawm was one of the greatest historical conversationalists I have ever known."
If Hobsbawm had been an unrepentant fascist, instead of an unrepentant Communist, he would not have received such favourable coverage. Nor would Miliband and other members of the intelligentsia have made Hobsbawm's funeral so crowded that there was standing room only. Nor, we can be sure, would Tony Blair have recommended that the great man be made a Companion of Honour: a distinction Hobsbawm accepted in 1998 (he justified doing so by saying how much it would have pleased his mother, who died in 1931).
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Armidale ... one the five test sites chosen for the first broadband release.
MALCOLM TURNBULL'S electorate was nearly selected as one of the first to have NBN Co fibre-optic cable installed, shows a planning shortlist released under freedom of information laws.
Waverley, in the electorate of Wentworth, was on a shortlist of 31 potential first-release sites compiled in January last year.
Other inner-city areas considered were Guildford and Redfern in Sydney, Spring Hill and New Farm in Brisbane, and Richmond in Melbourne's inner east.
NBN Co announced in April last year that five sites on mainland Australia had been selected as the first to be fitted with fibre-optic cable - Brunswick in Melbourne's inner north, Townsville in Queensland, Armidale and Minnamurra in regional NSW and Willunga in South Australia.
A spokesman for NBN Co said Brunswick was chosen because of the community's cultural background, the high percentage of rental properties, and the condition of Telstra's underground infrastructure in the suburb.
''These are the geographic, geological, technical and cultural issues that we will face right across Australia. The whole point of doing the five test sites was to test the different challenges [of the roll-out],'' he said.
''We wanted a variety of locations that represented the different topographical, geographical and other challenges that we would face as we rolled out the network more widely across the country, including different types of premises. The five chosen were deemed to have been the most suitable for these purposes.''
Mr Turnbull, who became the opposition's communications spokesman late last year, said many residents in Waverley already had fast broadband through the Telstra and Optus cable networks.
''Most of the constituents I speak to would prefer the government upgrade broadband networks, where required, in the most cost-effective fashion and are asking why we are spending exorbitant amounts to shut down one superfast network to overbuild it with another,'' he said.
NBN Co was set up by the federal government in mid-2009 to build a national broadband network capable of speeds unavailable on the copper network. The project is expected to take 10 years and cost $49.5 billion, including payments to Telstra to share infrastructure and decommission its copper network.
NBN Co announced the first five sites were ready for commercial services last weekend and has been selling satellite broadband services since July.
The company has been accused of selecting trial sites that would give the Labor government a political advantage, particularly late last year when independent MP Tony Windsor cited the NBN as a reason for supporting the Gillard government. The Armidale test site lies within Mr Windsor's electorate.
However, the internal planning documents show sites were chosen for their engineering, telecommunications, geographic and geological conditions and to test aerial and underground roll-out techniques.
NBN Co also wanted sites that were close to capital cities - to keep travelling times to a minimum - and that were located across several states ''to ensure that NBN Co can be seen to be operating as a fully national organisation''.


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NEW YORK CITY (BP) -- The death toll from Hurricane Sandy had risen to at least 50 people Wednesday as 6 million electric customers remained without power in the Northeast, crippled by damaged infrastructures and hazardous floodwater. Amid the devastation, Southern Baptists rallied to help.
George Russ, executive director of the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association, managed to return home to Long Island after being stranded in Florida when the storm hit. He flew into the former Islip Airport on Oct. 31 and saw "lots of trees down, power lines down all over the place" as he drove home.
"My house has power, which is a miracle. So [extended family members are] huddling over here all the time for showers and meals and all of that," Russ told Baptist Press.
"We've heard from several pastors who are asking for help, for teams to come at different intervals so they can help some of their members clean out houses that have been damaged or pretty much destroyed. I've got several pastors on Long Island that need help with that," he said.
In the New York area, access to basic necessities, such as water, was growing difficult.
"Wherever a store opens, it's flooded with customers. You have to wait in line a long time for gas, milk, bread, eggs, stuff like that," Russ said.
"... It's still a little early in that it's the third day, but it's getting colder now. It's about 50, 48 degrees. As it gets colder or if they go longer without supplies, I think people do get a little bit frustrated," he said. "Waiting in line for an hour for a tank of gas, that's not what people are accustomed to."
Communication is challenging too, he said.
"A lot of people have their phones tied to their Internet and stuff, so if that's down -- and a lot of cell phone towers are down," he told Baptist Press. "I noticed when I drove home from the airport that my cell phone went in and out reception-wise. Usually I have no problems at all. So I think a lot of towers are down."
In an era when cell phone use is so common, people were unprepared for the difficulty in communicating after the storm.
"People are trying to share. They're huddling in apartments or they're coming over to people who do have access to the Internet or to cell phone reception and trying to get out as much information as they can," Russ said.
The hardships present opportunities to share God's love.
"We do have church members that are volunteering to help supply trucks unload supplies. Our disaster relief teams are going to be deployed tomorrow or Friday," Russ said. "At least two units will be here, and they're going to be working with our local churches to be the contact follow-up point for people as they receive this help.
"One will be at Rutgers University, which is a major university in New Jersey, and the other one is waiting for a location to touch down and deploy either on Long Island or Staten Island," Russ said. "So our churches have been alerted to that and they can help with the food distribution. In those locations especially, they'll have an opportunity to share the Gospel with community residents."
The Metropolitan New York Baptist Association is set up to receive calls from across the country at 212-580-0655, Russ said.
"If people want to call the office, we have people ready to at least get the names of churches that want to help in some way. We're in the process now of compiling a list of ways that people can help, and we'll try to match those needs with some of the resources that people are offering," he said.
Russ spoke with an Arabic pastor in Jersey City, for instance, whose car was underwater and would be a total loss. Graffiti Church on the Lower East Side of Manhattan had about five inches of water in the basement, Russ said, and they were having trouble getting the water out because there was no electrical power. Russ thought they had now secured a generator.
In Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker told CNN, "We are in a state of crisis all across this state." The governor there described the scene as "unthinkable." Hurricane Sandy was responsible for at least 108 deaths from Haiti to Canada -- 22 in New York City alone.
New York's massive subway system, which serves 5 million commuters each day, remained severely hampered Wednesday and was expected to stay offline for several more days, according to CNN.com. Bus service had resumed nearly a full schedule, and two of the area's three main airports were offering limited service.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York tweeted instructions to residents: "Clean and disinfect everything that got wet. Mud left from floodwaters can contain sewage and chemicals." Property damage and lost business along the East Coast was estimated to cost as much as $20 billion, CNN.com reported.
Kenny Pritchett was among 16 members of Cross Central Church in Lexington, S.C., en route to use their chainsaws to clear the damage that superstorm Sandy left in New Jersey, but his focus wasn't only on the physical labor.
"It's just about being able to hug them and pray with them and share Jesus with them. You get a lot of opportunities to do that, more than people think," said Pritchett, a 48-year-old building contractor. "We have a lot of opportunities to share Christ, and we try to take everyone single one of them."
Pritchett was among 49 disaster relief volunteers the South Carolina Baptist Convention was sending to Hammonton, N.J., to help victims in that state. They were to be joined by a team of 75 volunteers from the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and 32 from the Georgia Baptist Convention.
While Pritchett had participated in rebuilding projects, he was excited about his first disaster relief trip.
"It's not about the trees, or cutting trees. It's really not about the work, although we all enjoy the work. It's really just helping folks. They have a tremendous need," he told Baptist Press. Part of their ministry, he said, is to "listen to their story and just share, share Jesus with them."
"You can point them to a local church. Get them a meal. Get them some clothing. Get them a shower."
These are the services Southern Baptist volunteers from several states were preparing to provide to Sandy victims in New Jersey and New York.
North Carolina's Steve Reavis, overseeing Southern Baptist feeding operations in New Jersey, was coordinating teams to prepare up to 80,000 meals a day, beginning as early as Wednesday evening.
"Currently, we have a request from the Red Cross to [serve] 80,000 meals. That's what we're working on right now, trying to meet that need. That would be 40,000 at lunch and 40,000 at supper," Reavis said. "We're working in conjunction with the Red Cross and New Jersey Emergency Management to fulfill those needs."
Reavis had worked with officials to open feeding sites at Rutgers University and in Hammonton, N.J., and was working with the Red Cross to position another site in southern New Jersey.
"We have people lined up and people on alert and standby back in various states that are ready to come and serve us," Reavis said. "As far as putting out a plea for various people to come, I don't think we need that at this point in time."
Meanwhile, volunteers from the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey, led by disaster relief director Karlene Campbell, were assisting with feeding operations in southern New Jersey.
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18th Century LiteratureA list of 18th century literature of classical children's books. This was a time when the world saw major changes. Historical fiction and stories from history makes those changes more understandable for children.
Matchlock Gun
By Walter D. EdmondsTrue Story
New York village
1756 - French and Indian War
An exciting, true story of a ten year old boy who saves his family during the French and Indian War with his great-grandfather's matchlock gun.
Captive Indian
By Lois LenskiTrue Story
Ohio and Pennsylvania
1958: Frrench and Indian War
The true story of Mary Jemmison, the daughter of white settlers who was captured and made a member of the Seneca tribe. The story is modified for a younger audience, but describes her homesicknesses for her own family and growing love for her adopted family.
Treasure Island
By Robert Louis StevensonFiction
Starts in England, Sail to a fictitious island
A fast moving adventure story from the days of pirates. Almost everyone is familiar with the dreaded Long John Silver and Captain Flint. Enjoy the tale that got the pirate movement started.
By Robert Louis StevensonHistoric Fiction
Join David Balfour, a Scottish lowlander, as he flees for his life with an unlikely partner, an infamous highland rebel named Alan Breck Stuart. The story is continued in the sequel Catriona. The name of Catriona was later changed to David Balfour in most modern editions.
The Last of the Mohicans
By James Fenimore CooperUpper New York
French and Indian War
Reading Level: Middle School and high school - younger edited versions available
Interest Level: This fast paced adventure story is enjoyed by youngsters, but frequent episodes of bloodshed make it inappropriate for many young children.
One of the most famous books of 18th century, Cooper tells the hair-curling tale of of a brave woodsmen and his two loyal Native American friends and their travels through kidnapping, a massacre at a garrison, ambush and treachery.
Swiss Family Robinson
By Johann D. WyssFiction with natural history
Uncharted island in the Pacific
In the era of colonization, one family headed for a new colony is shipwrecked and learn to survive on an uninhabited island. Lessons in self-reliance, character, animal husbandry.
Rip Van Winkle
By Washington IrvingFiction
New York
Rip Van Winkle is a loyal follower of King George - and a henpecked husband. He falls asleep and wakes up 20 years later to find some surprising changes have taken place.
Tales of the Wayside Inn
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPoetry
Sudbury, Massachussetts
Reading Level: 6th grade and above
Longfellow wrote this collection of poems as an American version of the Canterbury Tales. From within its pages come the famous Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. Other poetic tales of America's history are also recited at the historic inn, which is still in operation. The book is a treat for those with an interest in American History, literary history, and poetry.
Amos Fortune, Free Man
By Elizabeth YatesNew England
Beautifully written, this true story is about an African man who was captured, sold into slavery, bought his freedom, and became a widely respected citizen in his New England community. Amos lived in the 1700's in Africa and New England. For three centuries people have told the story of his hard work, compassion, and love of freedom.
Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel DefoeCaribbean Island
The marooned sailor needs to live by his wits. Believed to have been derived from a true story, Robinson Crusoe is a fictitious character who lives stranded from civilization for 30 years.
See also The American Revolution
Find more books on 18th century literature in childrens books on the American Revolution. The battle between the American colonists and the British Empire was one of the most significant events in this era.
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One of a few new projects Viola Davis is developing via her recently-formed (with her husband) JuVee production company, first announced in March of this year, but I've yet to hear anything further about it... until today.
First a recap...
Viola Davis will tackle the life story of Barbara Jordan in a feature film that will be based on the 2000 biography Barbara Jordan: American Hero, written by Mary Beth Rogers.
Paris Barclay will direct from a script adapted by Emmy-nominated writer Paris Qualles (primarily a writer for TV).
A little about Barbara Jordan... she was the first African American to serve in the Texas Senate since Reconstruction, the first black woman elected to Congress from the South, and the first to deliver the keynote address at a national party convention.
But, given how private a life she led, Jordan was considered something of a mystery, even to her close friends - friends who didn't know about the illness that would eventually kill her at just 59 years old.
From Publisher's weekly about the Mary Beth Rogers' biography of Jordan:
In Barbara Jordan, Mary Beth Rogers deftly explores the forces that shaped the moral character and quiet dignity of this extraordinary woman. She reveals the seeds of Jordan's trademark stoicism while recapturing the essence of a black woman entering politics just as the civil rights movement exploded across the nation. Celebrating Jordan's elegance, passion, and patriotism, this illuminating portrayal gives new depth to our understanding of one of the most influential women of our time-a woman whose powerful convictions and flair for oratorical drama changed the political landscape of America's twentieth century.
And while she never publicly discussed her sexual orientation (not that she had to), Jordan's obituary mentioned her long-term (30-year) relationship with Nancy Earl, an educational psychologist.
Then project has apparently been in the works for a few years, as Davis and Barclay are said to have been looking for a project to work on together since Davis starred in Barclay's CBS medical drama City of Angels in 2000. And it looks like they've finally found it.
"We're hoping this becomes a movie that shows the world everything that Viola can do. People haven't seen everything that she's capable of, and this role is so powerful," said Barclay.
Initial funding for development of the project was rovided by Chicago real estate developer David "Buzz" Ruttenberg. Qualles has been working on the script since our last post on it - if not before.
In an interview with the Houston Chronicle posted on their website yesterday evening, Davis talked about the project (and other things) - specifically on what we can expect to see in the film:
"She was an American hero... I think that she was able to overcome a lot of insecurities in her life to fight for something bigger than herself. The movie that I'm working on is to show what a great political and statesperson that she was. But also because I'm an artist, I think it's even more important to show the personal demons that she had to wrestle with to get where she got to in her life in the political arena, and I think that is what makes her a hero. Oftentimes, we do not see that side of black female life. A lot of times we see that part where we win, we overcome, we're fabulous, but I don't think we often see the struggle - how we got to that point. That's what I want to show."
Some would probably argue the oppostie - that we tend to see more of the struggle, and not enough of the fabulous, when it comes to depictions of black female life on cinema screens.
But I understand the need for balance - to show a complete, 3-dimensional human being, warts and all; instead of hagiography.
And when asked (for the millionth time) to essentially defend her choices as a black actress - specifically, most recently, in The Help (as well as choices made by other black actresses like Mo'Nique in Precious, and Halle Berry in Monster's Ball), Davis was defiant in her reply, stating:
"Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of the people who criticize black actors do not understand the business… They think we have more control than we have. They think we have access to these scripts that show us as scientific, beautiful, dark-skinned women over the age of 40 having great sex lives… and we choose not to take those scripts."
And she added that she worries that mediocre performances by black actors are more acceptable just because the characters are considered "likable."
"As black people, we will put a stamp of excellence on a piece of work because we like the image, but sometimes the image isn't executed well."
Of course, she didn't name any specific performances or films.
And finally, she didn't just vent, but also talked about the fact that, along with her husband, Julius Tennon, through their company JuVee Productions, they have a few projects in development that will present more diverse depictions of black people on screen, and provide good work for black actors, including the story of the early black-owned music label, Vee-Jay Records (a project we've profiled here on S&A).
"Instead of always criticizing Hollywood for what I feel they are not doing, I decided to be instrumental in that niche. I realized that in 24 years of being in this business, you have to be a creator of this different material. All of the stuff I'm working on has roles for black actors in Hollywood - and good roles... The only thing that separates many black actors from many of their Caucasian counterparts that are thriving is opportunity."
You can read the full Houston Chronicle piece HERE.
As for the Barbara Jordan project, as Barclay said previously, this should be quite a role for Viola to flex the range of her abilities.
No word on when we can expect to see the completed film.
Just watch the real Barbara Jordan in the below clip, giving the 1976 DNC Keynote Address:
pdjeliclark | July 25, 2012 8:44 AM
love viola davis as an actress. and she's superb. but i think she mistakes very valid criticisms of films like The Help (the entire association of black women historians put out a statement on it), for an attack on black actors/actresses. in fact, most critics *go-out-of-their-way* (to perhaps a fault) to often criticize the film/role but at the same time not disparage the actor/actress. her claim that black critics "don't understand" the limiting availability of roles in Hollywood for black actors/actresses seems bizarre; surely she can't be so insulated that she doesn't know that *this is precisely* what black critics of Hollywood discuss 24/7.
ALM | July 24, 2012 8:36 PM
She is exactly right about opportunity. I hope Morgan Freeman heard that based on his comments earlier this week.
The pictures S & A used of her here= EVERYTHING!!! SEXY, SENSUAL, and CLASSY
Donella | July 24, 2012 7:20 PM
"As black people, we..." Not sure about the "we" comments Viola tends to make. That's limiting an entire race to one box, which is stereotype.
Adam Scott Thompson | July 24, 2012 5:59 PM
Her memory still looms large here in Texas. They changed the name of the school down the street from where I grew up from "Jefferson Davis Elementary School" (you read that right) to "Barbara Jordan Elementary School."
BluTopaz | July 24, 2012 4:38 PM
"They think we have access to these scripts that show us as scientific, beautiful, dark-skinned women over the age of 40 having great sex lives⦠and we choose not to take those scripts"
Do people really think that?
mh | July 24, 2012 1:00 PM
Viola Davis is an amazing actress. She puts alot of these so called A list actress to shame when she performs. I wish she got more roles but we know who Hollywood wants to see.
Lvflg | July 24, 2012 12:46 PM
so how do we break out?????
Amari | July 24, 2012 12:36 PM
Though she may not mention performances and films, we all know who and what she speaks of. She does have a point though, black roles are either seen as tokens, used in the Morgan Freeman (trademarked) "Magical Negro" role, or used to to highlight how funny and silly we are.
Though people come down on Precious and The Help, at least Viola in her role as well as Octavia in hers were allowed to be more human than we often are seen in a highly advertised film. Did it go deep enough? No, but in case you didn't notice, there aren't black distributors like Universal, Paramount and etc, just black (or black owned) production companies. So even if we made movies, like Viola says she is going to do, outside of the indie circuit and the occasional article from this site or a few others, like Pariah, you can have good performances, but most won't know the movie even existed and because of that, we stay a niche market which gets what often feels like modern blacksploitation movies.