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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police say traffic in the French Quarter will be disrupted for a time Tuesday morning by a parade honoring the Sugar Bowl. The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Pat O'Brien's bar at St. Peter and Royal streets, head down Royal to Bienville Street, turn left on Bienville and disband at Arnaud's restaurant. RTA bus service in the French Quarter also is expected to be interrupted during the parade, police say. Teams from the University of Alabama and the University of Oklahoma will play in the Sugar Bowl football game Thursday night at the Superdome.(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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Adding Receiver With No Strings AttachedPosted by on November 8, 2011 – 10:45 pm
Earlier today, the Redskins added receiver David Anderson to help jump start the offensive aerial attack. Anderson comes over from Houston, where he worked with Kyle Shanahan from 2006-09. In his rookie season, Shanahan was his receivers coach.
In 2008-09, he was Anderson's offensive coordinator, a period of time when Anderson appeared in 32 games with 611 yards and two touchdowns.
And it's the chance of another touchdown that Redskins fans can look forward to, not only for the six points, but for the subsequent touchdown dance.
Late night comedian Conan O'Brien has a dance called "The No Strings Dance." Admire:
It turns out, Anderson has a polished rendition of the dance, inspired by the red-headed late night sensation himself:
As it turned out, O'Brien was so impressed with Anderson's rendition, that he brought in Anderson to teach the health benefits of his dance:
Not only does Anderson have a chance to contribute on offense right away, but he's also a character. For confirmation, look no further than his Twitter (@DavidAnderson89):
Tis true tweople. On way to a physical.. Then i plan on helping move some chains. And changing my profile pic.—
David Anderson (@DavidAnderson89) November 08, 2011
New Pic-Check… New Bio-Check… Let's play some ball.—
David Anderson (@DavidAnderson89) November 08, 2011
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I need some help, big time. I'm sitting here in our rented Paris apartment rubbing my belly after a delicious lunch yet I'm craving a coffee made by someone who knows how to use an espresso machine. Paris, you're a wonderful city and I always love visiting but you need to learn a thing or two about coffee. Your espresso is acceptable but anything that requires milk is an abomination.
I'm desperate, people. Where can I go to get a good coffee around Marais? I'm here for another five days so I'd love a bit of feedback & suggestions.
"Look and you will find"
Who said that? It appears I've found what I'm looking for. Not in a pretty curb-side cafe but at a portable coffee cart outside Galeries Lafayette. This guy knows his stuff and the expertly made macchiato knocked my socks off! Check my article here ...


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1394 comments found
If you have a html version, then i would buy it.
Thanks. I might make the HTML if there are many requests from customers
Dont wait to long, in a week i need some template to work on.
Sorry it won't be that soon
I would recommend you the Wordpress version instead.
Hi Peerapong,
Sorry to bother you again. But I still have an issue with my blog page. I install your theme on 2 URL differents, on the first one I have the same issue the main.js javascript eror. On the other one it is better, I can display the blog but I cannot see my backgroung picture.
Any idea ?
Could you send your Wordpress account and FTP detail please and describe your issue in email.
What is your email ?
Would you mind if I ask your email to send you all the details of my issue? Thanks.
Done ! Hope you can help me
I am interested in purchasing your theme, but have a few questions:
- Is it possible to change the background image of the left side menu bar?
- Can you have multiple locations plotted on the Contact map at one time?
- Can you have the background image slideshow running on the homepage, but be a static image as the background of all of the other menu pages?
- Can you easily integrate a shopping cart plugin as a page item in the menu bar so that it will appear similar to the slide-out feature of the Blog pages, Contact pages, etc?
1. Yes, it could be easily done by changing CSS .
2, 3, 4 It's not support yet. I will consider to add it into the future if there are many requests from customers.
But here it clearly is working somehow:http://onestopcornwall.com/silkstest/?attachment_id=10
I have changed my chmad to 777 as well….
I am not sure I understand you correctly, could you send me some screenshots with description please?
Hello Peerapong,
I think we had a miss understanding, I sent you an email. Could you please answer to it ?
There is still an issue on the Page Blog. It seems that there is a conflict between the gmap you call in all the pages and the blog page.
Hello, I noticed you've updated the theme. I have made a few custom amendments to my theme/CSS and I would hate to have to redo it again. Therefore what files/codes have been changed or added and it is easy to simply add these codes to my current files easily (and how?).
Kind regards and thanks
Sorry which version you have now?
Hi Peerapong
If I give you FTP details – can you login and populate the template with content please?
Did you mean you want me to send you sample content like demo site? If so please contact me via my profile page
Yes please.
Contact me via my profile page please.
Also, could you continue on previous thread instead of starting new one please. It's really helps tracking our conversation and your issue.
Hi again.
I have created a Gallery and tried to set it as a sliding background gallery fro via pluto>homepage.
I HAVE enabled slider and done everything as the instructions state but it can not find the gallery for the home page. Please see below…http://onestopcornwall.com/silkstest/?gallery=homepage-background
I have set the gallery in Pluto>Homepage
But this is my result…http://onestopcornwall.com/silkstest/
How do I get those images onto my background like your demo site….
(also changed chmad to 777 as advised)
Did you select your gallery via Pluto admin > Homepage > Choose Homepage slideshow gallery?
Quick update. I have contacted my server in case of a timthumb.php problem and if it is they have asked me to ask you to look into it.
Helllo, I am looking all over for the manual of this theme and cant find it anywhere can you people tell me where i could find it? thanks
There is the theme's manual in /manual/index.html it will help you get through all theme features.
...................solved my problem…............I had server issues. Can't wait to get this theme up and running
Bonjour, J'ai tout installer comme la démo mais je rencontre 3 problèmes : 1) Contact le formulaire n'arrive pas ? J'ai mis mon adresse email dans CONTACT la page Pluto Settings
2) Lorsqu'on uploade une photo qu'on a effacé, elle ne s'affiche plus? j'ai changé le nom mais sans résultat.
3) Que dois-je faire pour enlever le code de 'insertion photo" qui apparais à coté de la photo sur le site ?
Pouvez-vous m'aidez SVP
Sorry English please.
Hi peerapong
I messaged you asking for some sample data, I was wondering how I go about aquiring this?
I have contacted you twice through profile page message services and still no reply…
Can you contact me on:
I really need to get this sample Data A.S.A.P
Well, your Themeforest account email is different. Please check.
I beg of you….......
Please send me some sample data….
firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com email@example.com
Take your pick…...I have contacted you 3 times now through the profile page….please please get back to me!
I did get back to you. Actually I sent sample data 3 times too. Might be problem with your email account. Please check.
Hey Pete,
While waiting for the update for supported sub-menus, I decided to re-categorize my individual food menu items into their 1st level general category, so the customers can see everything on the menu.
Problem during bulk edit is that pricing was deleted. There doesn't seem to be an screen option in Menus wp-admin to show the Menu Options box. If the next update won't yet include sub-menu support, may we request to have bulk edit of menus to include the feature to save current pricing?
Thanks again for an awesome theme. We're having fun playing around with it.
Cheers, Jet
Thanks for reporting Jet.
I will check that
I am from Brazil, my name is Davis…
There are some problems in v1.3.
The first problem is the Menu's background (Pages) in IE 7 and IE 8 . When it is with transparent theme or black theme it change for some seconds when I select another page.
The second problem is the Size of images of the Gallery in the Home page. The images are more bigger than another version of Pluto's theme.
Please, correct this errors for us.
I am not sure I understand you correctly, could you send me some screenshots with description please?
HEllo Peerapong,
I still have the same issue, I have a javascript error in my blog page. I just sent you an email.
Could you please help me ??
I will reply in your email.
Ok, So I have edited all the font sizes in the "Font" section of the pluto theme in wordpress and the font size for the menu categories i.e. Lunch, Dinner, etc… are still super BIG … how do I change this?
Did you know about Firebug a Firefox plugin?https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843/ It will help you inspect all CSS and HTML elements, really help if you do a lot customization.
Never mind my previous post, i figured it out.
I need help enabling the contact page, how do i do that?
Open /manual/index.html find "How to add a contact page?"
I'm getting it to load to 99% and then it goes to a page asking me if I am sure and to try again. Is this a known bug, a WP issue or potentially a hosting issue. Have you seen this before.
BTW , awesome theme! Can't wait to use it!


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Should the Giants and Brian Sabean consider this move? Brynes would be an awesome presence here in SF, he grew up here and everyone loves him. Although the injury bug has bitten him this season we will wait and see on how he will recover.
On a side note consider this as a trade option
Matt Cain for Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks
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Up early #Grammys instagr.am/p/VjygebHdgv/—
Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) February 10, 2013
Oh, dear. Rapper Wiz Khalifa is pulling the old "wake and bake," which isn't surprising to anyone familiar with the rapper. A little more surprising? Some of his tweets from a pre-Grammy party last night.
Man that party was amazing last nite! Lots of love in the building—
Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) February 10, 2013
Me x Sting instagr.am/p/Vjx8RSndv0/—
Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) February 10, 2013
Sting looks a bit perplexed, no? But, that isn't the photo that has Twitter buzzing. Was Wiz toking it up with Miley Cyrus?
Twinzies :-) instagr.am/p/VgX27vndoe/—
Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) February 09, 2013
Miley's a G. We got sum shit!!!!—
Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) February 09, 2013
Miley retweeted proudly.
RT @wizkhalifa: Miley's a G. We got sum shit!!!!—
Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) February 09, 2013
RT @wizkhalifa: Twinzies :-) instagr.am/p/VgX27vndoe/—
Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) February 09, 2013
And posted another picture herself.
@mikewillmadeit @therealjuicyj 🌞🌜🚀🌠 http://t.co/eT8Yvtlr—
Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) February 09, 2013
@wizkhalifa 🚀🚀🚀💩💩💩—
Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) February 09, 2013
Rapper/songwriter Juicy J was there and also weighs in with party tales.
Me wiz & miley last nite at the clive davis party mane I was drunk lol instagr.am/p/VjpluII-Ob/—
juicy j (@therealjuicyj) February 10, 2013
Turnt up wit miley cyrus at the clive Davis party instagr.am/p/Vid4iWI-B_/—
juicy j (@therealjuicyj) February 10, 2013
Twitter users wonder if "Twinzies" actually means twin tokers.
Wiz Khalifa posted a pic of him with Miley Cyrus a few hrs ago.. you know what that means right? She got high as fck with him!—
Ulises Chagoyan (@UlisesChagoyan) February 09, 2013
We all know Miley Cyrus smokes weed now. http://t.co/sa2fEBjj—
Tiger (@AustinMiyanishi) February 09, 2013
So Miley Cyrus and Wiz are weed buddies now lol how did that come about….—
Brenae Howard (@bredanielle1) February 09, 2013
Miley Cyrus and wiz smokin together lol she just moved up a level in my book—
Tommy Bahama (@DommyRazz11) February 09, 2013
haha Miley Cyrus was smoking pot with Wiz last night. She's a G—
Neil Derr (@n_derrski) February 09, 2013
Wiz and Miley cyrus smoking weed wtf instagr.am/p/VhC8YBHGSy/—
Tre Williams (@Tre_Will_I_am) February 09, 2013
In other news, Miley Cyrus smoked pot with wiz khlifa last night—
Sada Gardner (@sadamariee) February 09, 2013
Lmao Miley Cyrus getting ripped with Wiz Khalifa. What happened to innocent little Hanna Montana 😢 http://t.co/YXg8HGPo—
Wassupp?! (@franky_ap) February 09, 2013
word to everything Miley Cyrus is smoking marijuana with Wiz Khalifa righht now lol—
Trent Noble ☥ (@ChronicDopium) February 09, 2013
Ayeeeee Miley Cyrus and Wiz tokin it up👌👌 http://t.co/ODqVsOvG—
Dozerrr!!7⃣ (@MikeMendoza31) February 09, 2013
If true, these Twitter users sum up the crushed illusions of many.
Miley Cyrus you are a Disney Channel disgrace smoking weed with Wiz.. I mean that's cool. But you're Hannah Montana :( #childhoodruined—
Tessa Coleman (@TesssssColeman) February 09, 2013
Miley Cyrus is hanging out with Wiz and Juicy J all the time now. She's such a good role model. Haha—
Daniel Lawson (@Daniel55Lawson) February 10, 2013
The fact that Miley Cyrus is friends with Wiz Khalifa…..is just weird. Hannah Montana shouldn't be smoking weed.—
MDMA Means (@xcall_meXTA_Cx) February 10, 2013
Miley Cyrus rips into Perez Hilton over 'cheating' photo
Carl's Jr. declines to apologize for creepy Miley Cyrus tweet
Miley Cyrus weighs in on vile #cutforbieber hoax
Miley Cyrus rips rapper Tyler The Creator for insulting her haircut
Miley Cyrus cuts hair off, feels 'pretty and gay'
Miley Cyrus, gay is the new cool; 'Gays are like 13-year-old girls!' Squee!


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Last night the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) were seen as far south as North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan & Wisconsin.
With clear skies, it was a spectacular sight. The top picture from Mt. Washington, NH was shared by The Weather Channel's Eric Fisher. It was taken by the folks at the observation station, elevation 6,288 ft. Wow!
Meanwhile, in Australia & New Zealand experienced a total solar eclipse yesterday afternoon our time, Wednesday morning their time.
People flocked from all over to experience the rare event.
To read more about both see Spaceweather.com & Universe Today.
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Good shot of the best part of the climb, I really enjoyed this route.
Yes, very nice shot. I hand-traversed on the rail below the climber's feet (so I did not get the piece under the roof to his right, but got some smaller stuff in the horizontal), then went up the arete to where he is. Was a nice few moves.


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Oregon target Dontre Wilson down to Ducks, 'Horns
A spring break visit for DeSoto (TX) star all-puprose back Dontre Wilson apparently went well enough that the speedster has now narrowed his choices down to Oregon and home-state Texas. Wilson plans on making his decision public on May 25th at the Eagle spring game. In my opinion, Oregon is the better fit for Wilson and was in the lead following Wilson's visit to Eugene.


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Tony winner Nikki M. James shares her essential dressing room items.
The star shares her five favorite dressing room items.April 10, 2012
J. Elaine Marcos shares five hot items in her dressing room at the Palace Theatre.October 27, 2011
When Madison Dirks isn't slinging back bourbon in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, he's relaxing in his dressing room at the Booth Theatre. Check out his favorite things, including Louisiana swag, an alcoholic ornament and more.February 14, 2013
The actor shows off five favorite items backstage at the Shubert Theatre.February 8, 2012
Margaret Colin, who plays John Lithgow's buttoned-up wife in The Columnist, breaks loose when she steps offstage! Colin shows off the dried flowers, grits and liquor-laced Kombucha that make her dressing room to die for!June 13, 2012
The actress shares five of her favorite dressing room items.February 14, 2012
Peter and the Starcatcher's Arnie Burton keeps his dressing room feeling "luxuriously" worthy of his onstage alter ego Mrs. Brumbrake with a cozy library, sweet treats and the company of a sleepy Captain Scott.July 5, 2012
When The Best Man's Jefferson Mays hangs out in his dressing room, he surrounds himself with honey, a scalp massager, a photo of his wife and…skulls? Broadway.com headed to the Schoenfeld Theatre to see the Tony winner's sacred space.July 11, 2012
It seems like Leslie Kritzer would be the perfect holiday shopping buddy. From her designer perfume to her bright red Keurig single serve coffee maker, the Elf star shows off some her dressing room must-haves. It's a jolly good time!
November 21, 2012
Teal Wicks, who plays Elphaba in "Wicked," shows us five things she can't live without backstage.March 16, 2011
The actor shows off five of his must-have dressing room items.March 22, 2012
The star of Priscilla shows off his backstage digs at the Palace Theatre.March 23, 2011


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Welcome to another installment of the unofficial DBN random thread. Thanks to all who posted in the inaugural effort and made it a success. Also, please continue any sub-threads from last weeks post here.
Some thoughts for posting here are T.V. shows, Movies, Sports unrelated to football and things totally random like sea otters, the number 9 and creosote.
I liked the Chopped All-Stars show Sunday. I was totally surprised Michael Symon won! (No, I really wasn't.)
How was everyone's Easter Sunday? If the word Easter has no bearing to you, how was your Master's Sunday?
Obviously, the normal DBN rules apply here. Be nice to each other and have fun.
Tuesday night dinner was cabbage rolls I made myself. Turned out not-too-bad.
Lastly, I may be pervicacious and persnickety, but I preclude myself from prevarication and perniciousness.
Word of the week:
pervicacious \puhr-vih-KAY-shuhs\ , adjective:
Refusing to change one's ideas, behavior, etc.; stubborn; obstinate.
I already used it in a sentence above.
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Remember when that 'journalist' from GQ did that interview with Twilight star Taylor Lautner if Gus Van Saint and Lance Black hit on him during a recent dinner, and the world went up in arms about it? Well what if he wasn't asking because he thought gay man couldn't help themselves in regards to hitting on the werewolf, but because he thought Lautner was gay himself?
Just kidding, obviously the interviewer was just a homophobic dick (See: his apology. Is this boy for real?), but that won't stop us from thinking Tay-tay is gay-gay!
Look, the hands don't lie. No one has that much natural jazz-hand action and plays for Barney Stinson's team. He's FULL Neil Patrick Harris!
There have been Blind Items about a gay Twilight cast member for months now and we always just assumed it was Kellan Lutz because, well, he looks like Kellan Lutz, but after we saw this Rockettes display by Lautner, we've changed our mind. Not to mention the fact that he did this while talking about Audry Hepburn.
What do you think, fellas? Do we have a chance with Taylor!?
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Archive for September, 2009
Jun Mochizuki artworks [Pandora Hearts] ~odds and ends~
I just got this very pretty artbook this morning. It was released in Japan 9/28/2009. It comes encased in a black hardcover slipcase. Inside is a thick book with a regular dust cover. The book itself is very thick. Color pages make up the majority of the book, with a sketch section in the back and a section dedicated to Crimson Shell. I'm pretty sure there are at least 80-90 colored illustrations, so I'm guessing the colored page count is more than 100 since there are spreads. It has some pages with simple cutouts too, like that page with the cross. Very innovative for an artbook. The artwork is printed on thick glossy paper. I got my fingerprints on the glossy black pages though when I was flipping through and bending the spine and flattening the book for scanning.
List price without tax: 2667 yen
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Zero Sum color pages + Dolls 55
I scanned these from the last two issues of Zero Sum.
These are from the 07 Ghost animation booklet that came with the September issue.
Other misc stuff from Sept and Oct issues.
Last but not least, I scanned Dolls c55 from Zero Sum Oct issue. I had a friend check over the page order, and I got it right~ >:D
Zero Sum 10/2009 releases
I got my October issue of Zero Sum today :D I don't have time to scan everything, so I picked out some series and scanned them first. Dunno if I'll scan other series :3 I may scan them eventually, not anytime this week though.
== 07 Ghost c51== yeah… it's another Kapitel 51 :3 I named it c51b
== Karneval c25 == color pages :D
== Di[e]ce c29 ==
== Loveless == I have no idea what chapter this is… couldn't find it on any of the pages :x
== Are you Alice c04 ==
I was scanning Dolls… then I somehow lost my page order (all loose leaflets since I debinded to scan)… I think I'll give up on it.


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Women's Tennis Releases 2010-11 Schedule
Aug. 9, 2010
Click here for 2010-11 Duquesne Women's Tennis Schedule
PITTSBURGH - Duquesne women's tennis head coach Joe Camillo announced the details of his squad's upcoming 2010-11 schedule today. The fall season is highlighted by three tournaments, while the spring season will feature a 17-match slate.
"The team and I are excited for the season to start," said Camillo. "We definitely wanted to increase the level of competition in both the fall and spring seasons leading up to the A-10 Championship."
The Fall 2010 season begins with a two-day stint in Morgantown, W.Va. for the WVU Martha Thorn Invitational on Sept. 11 and 12. The Dukes had success last season at the event, sweeping the "B Flight" in singles and doubles.
The following weekend, DU will spend three days in Lewisburg, Pa. for the Bucknell Invitational. Last season, at least one Duquesne player was in the finals - both singles and doubles - of all three flights.
The fall season wraps up Oct. 8 and 9 in Toledo, Ohio for the Rocket Invitational. This marks the first time since 2002 that the Dukes have participated in the two-day event.
The spring 2011 season opens up at the Club Sport and Health in Monroeville, Pa versus California, Pa. on Feb. 1. The Vulcans are coming off a 24-6 season where they were Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champions and made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Tournament.
Duquesne will go head-to-head against Toledo when the Dukes host the Rockets on Feb. 4. UT is coming off a 12-7 season in which they finished fourth in the Mid-American Conference.
The opening home stand closes on Feb. 5 against Bucknell. The Dukes have defeated the Bison in three of the past four matches.
The conference opener will be Feb. 11 at St. Bonaventure. DU has won 18 straight matches over the Bonnies dating back to Oct. 10, 1997.
Duquesne will remain in the Empire State as they visit Colgate Feb. 12. This is the first meeting between the Dukes and Raiders since 1995.
DU returns home for a pair of matches - Feb. 16 against Youngstown State and a conference matchup with George Washington on Feb. 20. The Dukes have had the Penguins number, winning eight of their past 10 matches. The Dukes soundly defeated GW in regular season, 7-0, but fell 4-2 to the Colonials at the A-10 Championship last season.
2011 spring break will be spent in Kentucky for a pair of matches. Feb. 26, Duquesne will visit Eastern Kentucky. The Colonels made it to the finals of the Ohio Valley Conference championship last season. The following day, DU will play at Morehead State. The Eagles are coming off its best season since 2004 and finished tied for third in the OVC.
March's home matches will see three Big East squads and a conference champion invade the Club Sport and Health. Mar. 9, Duquesne hosts West Virginia. The schools have split the past two matches head-to-head.
Defending Patriot League champions Army is in town on Mar. 11. The Black Knights won 20 matches last season en route to their sixth straight league title.
Mar. 19, Duquesne takes on Villanova. The Dukes have never lost to the Wildcats, winning all three matches.
The women's tennis version of The City Game is Mar. 22 when Duquesne hosts the University of Pittsburgh. The Dukes have got the better of the Panthers in the last two matches winning 5-2 in each contest.
The month closes out in Ohio, with matches at Dayton on Mar. 25 and Xavier on Mar. 26. Last season, the Dukes were 6-1 winners over the Flyers, but dropped a pair of matches to the Musketeers - including the fifth place match at the conference championship.
The regular season concludes at home with Temple on Apr. 1 and a non-conference match against Detroit Apr. 3. The Owls made it to the A-10 semifinals before falling to eventual champion Richmond. Detroit was the Horizon League's runner-up last season.
The 2011 Atlantic 10 Women's Tennis Championship will be played Apr. 8-10 at a site to be determined.
"We have a strong group of returning players and a talented group of freshmen coming in," added Camillo. "There is no doubt we have high expectations this season,"


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---- — MT. VERNON — Public members attending the first in a series of six town hall meetings conducted by the county's Courthouse Renovations Committee soundly rejected any tax increases to pay for the project.
About 26 people attended the meeting Thursday night in the cafeteria of Dodds Grade School, with Committee Chairman Randy Edwards presiding.
In his opening remarks, Edwards told the audience the informational meetings are being conducted to "inform all of you of what's going on at the courthouse and the problems we're experiencing. We don't want the courthouse to be destroyed."
Following an overview of the courthouse maintenance problems and project goals presented by M360 representative Jim Engeman, the meeting was opened up to the floor.
Small business owner and taxpayer James Richard said, "I don't think the people will vote for it, with the high school and other stuff going on. We're getting to the top of the water line with taxes."
When someone asked how the $7.62 million project will be funded, Edwards said the county is looking at different options, although a one-quarter cent sales tax and real estate tax increases are two available options.
"People in this room are looking at alternative methods of funding," said Scott Clifton. "The high school has two pretty good buildings that are ADA approved, the roof doesn't leak and there is ample parking." Clifton added he's heard the city may be interested in one of the buildings for its police department, which would place the city and county police departments closer and result in less transport miles.
Another audience member interjected, "Raising taxes is a bad idea."
Ted Buck noted a new courthouse was built in Anna at a cost of $7 million for 48,000 square feet of space. The Jefferson County Courthouse, built in 1939, has approximately 30,000 square feet.
Engeman pledged to voters the $7.62 million project would include no change orders, and he challenged audience members to check in Herrin where M360 recently built an elementary school addition with no change orders.
Buck questioned Engeman's logic, noting when the new justice center was built the county had over $100,000 in change orders.
"I've never seen an estimate yet that was perfect," Buck said.
Dexter Edmison said his frustration with the project is the right people are not asking questions.
"Instead of a Cadillac for existing systems, have we looked at other systems, and if so, why haven't people asked that question?" Edmison asked, in which Engeman responded that all systems will be examined when the bidding process begins.
Sheriff Roger Mulch, custodian of the courthouse, supported M360's efforts to date.
"I've talked to Rend Lake Plumbing and some people in the Metro-East. Personally, I feel real comfortable with M360, but I think you need to check into these things. Maybe piecing out the work is a good option, but it's probably going to cost more money," he said.
Engeman said the total project cost is a turnkey operation that will include roof repairs, window replacement, limestone skin improvements, HVAC upgrade, electrical distribution upgrade, meeting ADA challenges, lighting fixture upgrades, plumbing upgrades and space programming changes. He said if the project is approved by June 2014, it could be completed within one year.
The next town hall meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Waltonville Grade School cafeteria.


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Former British heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury appears at a public weigh-in at Cabot's Circus ahead of the fight tomorrow in Clevedon.
Haskins wins European Bantamweight title
Bristol boxer Lee Haskins has won the European Bantamweight title.
The 29-year old beat Stuart Hall over 12 rounds in front of a packed Hand Arena in Clevedon on Saturday night.
In the main event, Tyson Fury moved a step closer to a world-title fight with one of the Klitschko brothers after stopping Vinny Maddalone in their WBO Intercontinental heavyweight contest.
Fury, 23, easily improved his 19-fight unbeaten run with a fifth-round technical knockout after the referee stepped in with blood streaming out of a cut under the veteran American's left eye.
Tyson Fury hopes to win Intercontinental title
Heavyweight hope Tyson Fury hopes to take a step closer to a world title fight when he faces America's Vinny Maddalone in Clevedon tonightRead the full story
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Migration as a Substitute for Informal Activities: Evidence from Tajikistan
AbstractHow is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty finding employment in formal work, so many of them end up informally employed. Alternatively, migration and informality may be substitutes since migrants' incomes in their new locations and income earned in the home informal economy (without migration) are an imperfect trade-off. Tajikistan possesses both a very large informal sector and extensive international emigration. Using the gap between household expenditure and income as an indicator of informal activity, we find negative significant correlations between informal activities and migration: the gap between expenditure and income falls in the presence of migration. Furthermore, Tajikistan's professional workers ability to engage in informal activities enables them to forgo migration, while low-skilled non-professionals without post-secondary education choose to migrate instead of working in the informal sector. Our empirical evidence suggests migration and informality substitute for one another.
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Today's pitching starts are fronted by Minor League Ball's favorite homegrown talent, Matt Moore, all grown up and taking the hill against the revamped DET offense. How many of us will call up Moore from our minor league rosters if he dominates the game today?
Also taking the hill:
(MLB - Matt Moore!)
AAA- Matt Harvey, Wily Peralta, Christian Friedrich, Garret Richards
AA- Allen Webster, Drew Hutchison, Drew Pomeranz (why is he in AA?), Nestor Molina, Jarred Cosart, Trevor Bauer
A+ - Taylor Jungmann, Zach Lee, Seth "The Enigma" Blair
Mex: Esteban Yan (shout-out for Cardinals fans)
Meanwhile, hitters off to notable starts at AA:
Nick Franklin - still at SS, 1.2 OPS
Jean Segura: still at SS, .794 OPS
Manny Machado - Still at SS, 1.081 OPS, already two homers, I don't see the problem with A-Rod comps!
Matt Davidson - 1.095 OPS, 5/4 BB/K, .412 BA, nice to see him starting this way while now at 3B full time
Jeff Bianchi - SS, .976 OPS
Wong: 2B, 1.400+ OPS, 4/3 BB/K
Arenado: 3B, 1.215 OPS
Myers: .890 OPS, but a 1/8 BB/K ratio (I'm not too worried about this)
Robbie Grossman - Still in CF, .833 OPS
Aaron Hicks - .597 OPS


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By Marie Burns:
Hitting from left and right, New York Times columnists Paul Krugman and Ross Douthat smacked down their colleague Tom Friedman yesterday. Of course it would have been bad form (and reputedly against Times policy) to mention Friedman by name, so Krugman and Douthat did not.
The occasion for the joyous friedmanfreude:
Americans Elect, the deep-pocketed nonprofit group that set out to nominate a centrist third-party presidential ticket, admitted early Tuesday that its ballyhooed online nominating process had failed…. Just after a midnight deadline Monday, the group acknowledged that its complicated online nominating process had failed to generate sufficient interest to push any of the candidates who had declared an interest in its nomination over the threshold in its rules. – Ken Vogel of Politico
Friedman has been the head cheerleader for Americans Elect, a fake centrist group "funded by leveraged-buyout tycoon Peter Ackerman and other deep-pocketed centrists." Friedman has been advocating for a third-party presidential candidate since at least April 2006. He began flakking for Americans Elect last July in a column titled "Make Way for the Radical Center." As recently as last month, Friedman was still urging New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to take up the mantle, partly because Friedman was of the impression that a president who had been a big-city mayor would know how to fix the potholes in front of Washington, D.C.'s Union Station. (The so-called potholes which jolted Friedman on his way to Amtrak's Acela, were not potholes at all, but the result of road improvements already underway, a little detail which escaped Friedman's notice. As Steve Benen of "The Rachel Maddow Show" remarked, "… the road is in bad shape because that traffic circle is currently under construction – it's being repaired as part of the kind of infrastructure investment Friedman ostensibly supports.")
Back in February of this year, Friedman's favorite Americans Elect candidate was his friend David Walker, a protege and former employee of deficit-hawk billionaire Pete Peterson, who has, as Ryan Grim and Paul Blumenthal write in today's Huffington Post, "spent nearly half a billion in Washington targeting Social Security and Medicare." Walker's last known sighting was arguing with Paul Krugman on a silly ABC News panel on economic challenges. In a post-panel post titled "We're Doomed," Krugman snarked, "Everything makes David Walker think of the need for entitlement reform."
When Friedman went on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC "Morning Joe" show, he attempted to recruit Scarborough to take the job. Alec MacGillis of The New Republic found Friedman's search for a third-party candidate so amusing that he suggested Friedman pull a Dick Cheney and conclude that his exhaustive search has revealed that the best "third-choice savior" should be – Tom Friedman. Ed Kilgore of Washington Monthly still thinks Friedman for President would be a good idea:
Under AE's elaborate rules, [Friedman would] presumably have to disclose a party affiliation and then choose a running-mate from a different party. But he could certainly self-identify as a member of the Friedman Party, and then choose a running-mate from the Party of Richard Cohen or the Party of Robert Samuelson or the Party of David Brooks. It would be a Very Serious Ticket.
Friedman ended his first column on Americans Elect with this prediction:
Write it down: Americans Elect. What Amazon.com did to books, what the blogosphere did to newspapers, what the iPod did to music, what drugstore.com did to pharmacies, Americans Elect plans to do to the two-party duopoly that has dominated American political life – remove the barriers to real competition, flatten the incumbents and let the people in. Watch out.
This was the same prediction Friedman had made in an October 2010 New York Times column: "Barring a transformation of the Democratic and Republican Parties, there is going to be a serious third party candidate in 2012, with a serious political movement behind him or her – one definitely big enough to impact the election's outcome." Write that down. The next time Friedman makes a prediction, you'll know not to write it down
Happily, most third-party efforts – like Americans Elect – fizzle before they create havoc. Remember Unity '08? No Labels 2010? You don't? No Surprise. Those that do get a presidential candidate on the November ballot never get a winning candidate. Instead, these third-party candidates act only as spoilers. See Gore v. Bush and Nader, 2000; Clinton v. Pappy Bush & Perot, 1992, etc. (Steven Taylor of Outside the Beltway, in response to one of Friedman's third-party appeals, explained some of the institutional factors that mitigate third-party presidential candidates.) So it is not surprising that pundits left and right gleefully watched the demise of yet another third-party effort.
Besides, Americans Elect was a very suspect operation. As Steve Benen wrote yesterday,
Americans Elect talked about bold, democratic principles, but it collected tens of millions of dollars in secret donations, then built a series of 'anti-democratic measures' into Americans Elect's structure: 'the power of a board to set aside (subject to a veto override from "voters") the People's Choice in order to create a legitimately "balanced, centrist" ticket, whatever that means.' When it came time for the convention, organizers found they were missing two rather important elements: candidates and voters.
Obama campaign guru David Axelrod once characterized Americans Elect as "uber-democracy meets back room bosses."
Paul Krugman wrote in his eulogy for Americans Elect, "Basically, about seven people were actually excited about the venture – all of them political pundits." Rebecca Elliot of BuzzFeed provides the name of the seven pundits in a post titled "7 Very Bad Predictions about Americans Elect." At the top of her list: Tom Friedman's July 2011 prediction cited above. Krugman published his post a few hours after Elliot's post went up. Coincidence, no doubt. Krugman – as have many others – points out that the centrist president Friedman craves has all the same characteristics and policy positions as Barack Obama.
This is a point, I should add, that Friedman himself conceded when he rolled out his case for Americans Elect: "President Obama should dump the Democrats and run as an independent, which he is, at heart, anyway." That's right. Obama should abandon a party that would (mostly) stand behind his legislative agenda, to run as an independent so that not a single member of Congress would pay any attention to him. A brilliant strategy to get things done in Washington.
Krugman made the same point in a blogpost last September, and in that one he did name Friedman. Krugman wrote: "… the hypothetical position self-proclaimed centrists want somebody to take — Michael Bloomberg, a chastened Obama, whatever – is almost always the position actually held by the Democratic party. But to seem 'balanced', the pundits involved have to ignore that inconvenient fact." Krugman goes on to cite one of Friedman's numerous columns urging a deficit-reduction "Grand Bargain." Of Friedman's proposal, Krugman wrote,
… what Tom describes as the centrist position both parties know they should adopt, but refuse to do because of partisanship on both sides, is in fact the actually existing position of the Democratic party – a position that Republicans denounce as 'socialist.' I know that admitting that Barack Obama is already the candidate of centrists' dreams would be awkward, would make it hard to adopt the stance that both sides are equally at fault. But that is the truth.
Krugman elaborated on that theme in his post yesterday, but since he didn't specifically name Friedman, he was a bit more frank:
Because there exists in America a small class of professional centrists, whose stock in trade is denouncing the extremists in both parties and calling for a middle ground. And this class cannot, as a professional matter, admit that there already is a centrist party in America, the Democrats — that the extremism they decry is all coming from one side of the political fence. Because if they admitted that, they'd just be moderate Democrats, with no holier-than-thou pedestal to stand on. [Emphasis added.]
Swooping down from the right, Ross Douthat published a "Campaign Stops" post late last night which he began,
'Third parties are like bees,' the intellectual historian Richard Hofstadter wrote in 1955. 'Once they have stung, they die.' It's an aphorism that aptly describes the anti-slavery and anti-immigrant parties of the mid-nineteenth century, the Populists and Progressives who ushered out the Gilded Age, as well as more recent third-party standard bearers, from George Wallace to Ross Perot. All of these movements and figures influenced American politics dramatically, before fading away and leaving the basic two-party duopoly intact. Of late, though, our potential third parties have been skipping the stinging part and going straight to the dying.
Douthat writes of Americans Elect: "From the (inarguable) premise that the public is wearied by the failures of the political and economic establishment, it leaped to the (preposterous) conclusion that the country is crying out for a presidential candidate who mostly represents the interests and values of exactly that same establishment." You will, of course, Tom Friedman making precisely that claim Douthat dubs "preposterous." Here is Friedman in his October 2, 2010 column:
There is a revolution brewing in the country, and it is not just on the right wing but inthe radical center. I know of at least two serious groups, one on the East Coast and one on the West Coast, developing 'third parties' to challenge our stagnating two-party duopoly that has been presiding over our nation's steady incremental decline.
Preposterous! Douthat and Krugman agree. As Krugman wrote yesterday, "Actual voters couldn't care less…. Outside that class [of professional centrists], the large number of people who believe in all the good stuff the centrists claim to favor are, you know, going to vote for Obama. The large number of people who don't believe in any of that are going to vote for Romney."
"What's more," Douthat writes, "given the record of the last decade, disaffected Americans have very good reasons to be suspicious when their elites promotes bipartisanship as an end unto itself." After all, the Iraq War, the housing bubble and the "hated Wall Street bailouts" were all brought to you with wide bipartisan Congressional support, Douthat notes. "Why, then, would Americans fed up with the two party system entrust their loyalties to a nascent movement that promises that this time, this time, a high-minded, bipartisan elite will get things right?" Douthat notes that actual popular movements have flowered from the far-right and the far-left – the Tea Party and Occupy movements. Douthat envisions a candidate who could arouse these two groups would be a "disreputable," "eccentric" demagogue: "(Pat Buchanan meets Ralph Nader)," definitely not the kind of Mike Bloomberggy, Olympia Snowesque candidate Friedman and Americans Elect had in mind.
When I linked the news of the Americans Elect fail on my Website Reality Chex, I wrote, "Somewhere in the world, Tom Friedman is weeping." I was wrong. One pundit who did not comment on Americans Elect: Tom Friedman. Rather, he has moved effortlessly onto the next "radical" idea as if the last one never existed (not that he won't revive it come the next election cycle). His New York Times column today is on "the college education revolution."
Marie Burns blogs at RealityChex.com


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In the modern era of MMA, when you think of the word "fighter", a man of the form of Roy Nelson or Mike Russow is not the type of person who would be first on your mind. The two are mid-tier heavyweights at best, and their girth has drawn scrutiny from many an MMA fan. When two fighters are so similar, it's not too much of a surprise when one calls the other out.
After last night's UFC 147, Roy Nelson did just that. Shortly after the over-matched Mike Russow lost to Fabricio Werdum, Nelson took to twitter to make a challenge, and even raised the stakes:
I want Mike Russow and loser goes to 205 or becomes Dana White Rich. Let make it happen @danawhite
Now, I'm not sure what he means by "Dana White Rich", but the challenge he made is an interesting one. Nelson has already mulled over the idea of dropping to light heavyweight, even saying he'd drop if he added 100,000 likes on facebook.
The prospect of this fight is interesting. If the challenge is accepted, I can see this fight going either way. At the moment, Roy is coming off of a big knockout win over Dave Herman, while Russow just got brutally TKO'd by Fabricio Werdum. While the UFC matchmakers tend to not match people coming off a win with people coming off a loss, they have done so under special circumstances. Does this challenge qualify? We'll just have to wait for what the UFC brass decides.


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text: In a task that seems to be as tough as beating the Bengals in Cincinnati on MNF, I thought I'd try to find a silver lining to what happened yesterday at Heinz Field. I want to start with the defense. Yes, they did give up 16 points in a game where defensive brilliance was our only chance of winning. Yes, they did give up that ugly TD drive with 11 out of 12 plays were rushing plays. No, they did not produce any turnovers, and they don't appear (as of now) to be a kind of a defense that will win games for the Steelers. But until late in the 4th quarter, the defense put the Steelers in a position to win the game on one play. Considering that offense mustered 8 drives that lasted 5 plays or shorter (out of total 11 drives), we can imagine that by the time the Titans scored their final 6 points, the D was pretty gassed. There's also Polamalu on defense. Simply put, he was once again the "flying Hair" Polamalu, and not "Injured Calf" Polamalu. He did what he usually does and the only thing that can be put against him is failure to recreate the majestic interception he has executed in a game against San Diego in 2008. The secondary as a whole looked quite well. Locker was limited to 117 yards passing, and he had only two or three relatively long completions. WIlliam Gay was a very physical presence defensing passes. Finally, Zoltan Mesko had some good punts and posted a 44.1 punting average. But you know your team sucked if a punter is one of your highlights. Generally, the Steelers did suck. Starting from injuries, to Redman's fumble (the Titans would have likely been blown out of Pittsburgh had the Steelers taken a 9-0 lead early in the game), this was as bad as its gets for the offense. I can't lay this kind of offensive performance only on Pouncey's injury. A lineman down does not (in itself) mean inaccurate throws by a 100-million-dollar QB and 2.1 rushing average (which is actually that high because of one 7-yard run by Redman, in reality it was more like 1.2 ypr). There must be conclusions taken and some personnel decisions made. This week isn't going to be easy. As is winning the next game.


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Pittsylvania Co, VA – The extreme heat has Southside farmers worried about tobacco, soybeans and corn.
While the storms have had an effect, they say the biggest problem is the hot weather coupled with drought.
"We just don't get the seasons like we used to," said Clarance Emerson, a tobacco farmer.
With 100 plus degree heat, this season is taking a toll on
"You got up here and look at it and say, 'Hmmm, am I going to make it or not'? Worry about it all the time. Don't get much sleep at night," he said.
Typically in the start of July, Emerson would be shoulder-high in his tobacco, but today the plants barely clear his waist.
"It just won't grow. You don't have water on it. You can see how the sun baked it, just cooking it. It ain't going to grow when it's that hot," said Emerson.
As Emerson looks through his 140 acres, he sees dollars lost.
"Ain't much you can do with it."
The lower stock is already gone, and he blames the hot temperatures. Other crops took a hit too.
Extension Agent Stephen Barts says some corn should be taller and thicker by now.
"It reverts back to maintaining its current mass and maintaining its current position versus trying to reproduce and set seed," he said.
Typical corn in Pittsylvania County serves one purpose: Feed livestock.
"A dairy cow has to eat every day it doesn't matter whether or not the corn crop is suffering or not," said Barts.
Now Emerson and other farmers look to the future hoping mother nature will work in their favor.
"It's going to be a long winter," said Emerson laughing.
Emerson says the ideal weather would be rain and lower temperatures. If he gets that, he says his season can be saved.


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are about relationships, which means they need to be where the people are. And
these days, people are on social media. In 2011, approximately 169 million
people in the U.S. and Canada used Facebook monthly (Facebook statistic), and
more than half of users are engaging with the platform at least daily (Pew
Internet and American Life Study).
Recognizing the power of social media, many congregations have launched
Facebook pages and developed their voices on Twitter—some to great success,
others meandering, and still others struggling to wrap their heads around these
new tools.
What about your temple? How can your congregation use social media
effectively to engage members and potential members? 1.
Social Media is About People
Social media is not about technology; it's about people, relationships, and
communication. Think about it. You'd never say that talking with your daughter
is "about your larynx" or that having a conversation with an old friend is
"about the telephone." You'd speak about what was said and how the conversation
affected you, your relationship, your life.
In person or on the telephone, you are used to employing facial expressions
or changes in intonation to communicate. Most of us are still learning these
social nuances when communicating on Facebook or Twitter. How do we learn to use
social media in social ways?
Today we are working in an attention economy. Now that everyone is
both a producer and consumer of media, we are all struggling to filter out the
content blitz vying for our attention, and focus instead on the information that
is most valuable and can help us lead happier, more satisfying, and successful
In the old "one-size-fits-all" communications paradigm, messages were
broadcast in one direction to large numbers of people. Let's call this the "hub
and spokes" model. The synagogue as the institution sits in the center, sending
out information and solicitations to members or prospects. When the institution
is perceived as the "center of the universe," and when the rest of us are, by
necessity, prioritizing our limited time and attention, if we perceive an
"institutional agenda" at work (to get us to become a member, give a donation,
attend an event), we are less likely to offer the sender our attention.
In the new paradigm, individuals, families, and community are the center; the
institution exists to support them and their shared goals; and the institution's
messages are tailored to the community of individuals in order to earn each
person's attention. From the user perspective, when the institution is helping
me clarify and achieve my goals, that's worth paying for with time, attention,
and dollars. Sign me up.
Given that we are trying to strengthen relationships among synagogue members
and the community as a whole, social media is much more than a soapbox; it is an
opportunity to promote knowledge sharing, provide a platform for communal
conversation, and add value, convenience, accessibility, and sometimes humor.
Like the biblical Abraham welcoming the strangers as they approached his open
tent, social media is a modern way of being open and welcoming.
In short, social media technology isn't a free bullhorn to promote your
events and ask for contributions. Using the new tools in the old way is not the
means to build trust, strengthen relationships, and get attention.
2. To Get Heard, Start by Listening
Here's a little social media success secret: Don't worry about talking. Start
by listening. Make listening a habit. Go back to the social norms of
face-to-face conversations or telephone chats with loved ones and friends. These
relationships are successful because they balance talking and listening.
Before social media, it was hard and costly to listen. The hub-and-spokes
model, which required listening to members one by one by one, simply was not
feasible. Today, in just a few minutes of scanning Facebook posts or tweets, you
can get the pulse of your community, do "small talk" online, and connect with a
dozen individuals in meaningful, relevant, and personal ways.
Gabby Kozak, membership and communications director at Temple Sinai in
Oakland, California, knows this well. When she read a status update on Facebook
that temple members had been in a car accident, she immediately reached out to
them and notified the clergy and staff, all of whom leapt into action.
"Within an hour of my reading the news, they received calls from one of our
rabbis, our executive director, and me offering support and deepening their
connection to the Temple Sinai community," Gabby says. "While the family had not
called the synagogue for help, they were sharing the news on Facebook. It is
Temple Sinai's responsibility—and all of ours—to be listening."
Another example: Leza, a member of Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) in
Charlottesville, Virginia, posted on her Facebook profile that she was
struggling to explain the death of a family pet to her young children who were
wanting to fly up to heaven to visit the dog. Among those who offered
condolences and support was Ellen Dietrick, then CBI director of Early Childhood
Education, who shared developmental and Jewish insights on how to talk with
children about death and recommended books to read with them. The public
Facebook dialogue both strengthened Leza's relationship with the congregation
and allowed other young Jewish families to learn from Leza's experience.
3. Ask Questions
Once you're listening, start asking questions so you can listen some more!
Rabbi Arnie Samlan, R.J.E. asks a weekly Friday question on Facebook, "What did
we learn this week?" which generates dozens of responses—everything from "I
learned about the reproductive system of a hen" to "[I learned] to have a little
more faith in myself than I might otherwise deem I deserve." Some congregations
and schools make their Facebook pages a platform for communal knowledge sharing,
asking such practical, relevant questions as "What's your best tip to keep young
kids engaged at a Passover seder?" or "How do you talk to your teenagers about
forgiveness at Yom Kippur?" You might even consider asking questions that could
influence your strategy and programs, such as "What do you want to learn about
Judaism this year?"
Rabbi David Levy at Temple Shalom in Succasunna, New Jersey is using Twitter,
Facebook, and his blog to engage the larger temple community—many of whom were
not regulars at adult education classes or services—in learning and discussions.
Conducting what he calls a "Social Sermon," he posts text and questions online,
receives comments, and later delivers a sermon that weaves in the communal
conversation. Several members who have put their toes in the water online are
now attending Shabbat services and in-person classes more often, he says. "And
because Twitter is more of a dialogue, it has enhanced many of my real world
connections with congregants." He's even had prospective members walk in the
door and say, "I already know you through Twitter." 4. Share
Stories and Make Connections
Temple Israel in Memphis, Tennessee uses Facebook to help make the
1,500+-member congregation feel more intimate and allow people to get to know
each other better. So when the synagogue office heard that another member had
helped member Emilie Rattner by changing her flat tire, the staff (with Emilie's
permission) shared her story through Facebook (see example in image above).
Result: community members connected Emilie's name, face, and story; contributed
to building their culture of mitzvot; and illustrated how the synagogue
community lives outside of the building walls.
The warmth of the Temple Israel community probably was apparent to Scott
Biales, a newcomer to Memphis, who posted a question on the congregation's
Facebook page (see example in image above).
There are three lessons here.
First, if a single young adult is reaching out to a synagogue, he/she may be
doing that research at 9:00 P.M., and not during the typical hours the synagogue
staff is on call. Our Jewish lives, needs, and curiosities work on a 24/7 clock,
and social media tools can help congregations engage current and prospective
members beyond synagogue business hours.
Second, congregations trying to strengthen community need to build more
points of possible connection, and Facebook is an important, inexpensive, and
efficient way to do so. A prospective member may get his/her first impression of
your congregation on your Facebook page. So, what does yours say? Does it look
like a logo begging for attendance, or like a vibrant community pursuing
meaningful Jewish lives?
Third, with proper follow-up, Facebook can become a conduit to in-person
social connections. In this example, Scott said he wanted to meet people; seeing
from his profile that he fit into the 20s/30s group, Temple Israel's
communications director, Iste Bardos, invited him to a relevant upcoming event
and connected him to their young rabbi. And because this exchange is public, it
helps demonstrate Temple Israel's responsive, welcoming, and thoughtful culture
to others who may be watching.
To make himself more accessible to more people more often, Rabbi Jonathan
Blake at Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, New York uses a simple service
called Formspring. At formspring.me/rabbiblake he receives questions ranging
from "What's your favorite ice cream flavor?" to "How do you define
'forgiveness'?" to "What do you think about Israel's handling of the flotilla
situation?" In an open forum, Rabbi Blake is connecting with others while making
Jewish information and his personal insights available to anyone who chooses to
read them. 5. Open Communications Boundaries
In my experience, older people tend to default to private communications
unless there is a reason to make the information public; conversely, younger
people tend to make all communications public unless there is a reason to keep
it private. While there is certainly a place for private exchanges, if we are in
the business of building relationships and community, we need to be social.
Consider the potential benefits of making appropriate communications public.
Think of open socializing as your open tent, as the modern way of being "warm
and welcoming."
Each of us feels welcome when we connect with real people. For Jews who feel
like outsiders and are considering whether or not to attend a synagogue event,
the "connectors" could be temple members and fans, not just staff and trustees.
It's often uncomfortable to walk in the door "cold," but when a Facebook friend
invites you to come to tot Rosh Hashanah services, for example, that sense of
alienation often evaporates. Recently an increasing number of posts from young
adults, singles, families, and empty nesters are saying things like, "I'm going
to Congregation ABC for services. They offer free tickets for High Holidays
services—anyone want to come?" How much more powerful it is to receive that
invitation from a friend than from a newspaper ad!
So, make sure to identify active temple members who are trusted and have
strong online networks. Encourage your members to share their experiences online
and invite their friends into your congregation. Networks are powerful. Use
Many synagogue cultures are still based on a society from decades ago when
synagogue membership was a norm and a community value. Nowadays a variety of
factors are changing the landscape, and the only thing we can hold as true is
that more of the same isn't going to work. We can't assume that people will find
us, let alone walk in the door, if the sides of our tent are closed. Let's open
the tent.
Lisa Colton, a member of Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville,
Virginia, is founder and president of Darim Online, which offers internet strategies for Jewish
organizations and their communities, including a free social media
bootcamp for all URJ congregations through December 2012 (see below for more
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On 4 May 2012 the California-based bishop held a conference call with Archbishop Duncan, Bishop Chuck Murphy of the AMiA, and Bishop Terrell Glenn of PEAR-USA/ACNA to discuss his future plans.
Bishop Hunter stated that he had a "warm and collegial conversations" with the three bishops and "articulated for each of them my vision of C4SO becoming a servant to all the various Anglican entities within North America. C4SO will happily plant churches in partnership with PEARUSA, TheAm and the ACNA."
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1. samh wrote:
Although Bishops Johnston and Miller are mentioned in the article, I don't think they are "joining ACNA" the way that Bishop Hunter is. Unless something has changed, or Chuck Murphy is misinformed (or lying), Bishops Miller and Johnston are temporarily becoming canonically resident in ACNA but will continue overseeing AMiA congregations (who may or may not be part of the ACNA).
Bishop Hunter is not going to be overseeing churches or clergy, but rather… doing something only ambiguously described in the article. Why does ACNA need another church planting initiative? Isn't that what Anglican1000 is for? [ad hominem sentence deleted by Elf] Something that was effectively a non-geographic diocese of the AMiA is now an ecclesiastically-informal planter-coaching subunit of ACNA?
I don't get it.
[Edited by Elf]May 8, 1:42 pm | [comment link]
2. evan miller wrote:
Neither do I, samh. And reading all of this "dance" talk so soon after reading the ghastly address by KJS leaves me a bit queasy.May 8, 2:04 pm | [comment link]
3. MotherViolet wrote:
ACNA has too many Bishops and needs more church planting coaches. Anglican 1000 think the more initiatives the better! Sounds like Todd Hunter will be working in his strength which is a great move for all concerned.May 8, 9:02 pm | [comment link]
4. Sarah wrote:
It looks like its some kind of parachurch organization.
What I don't see is how on earth he's going to be church planting within three different Anglican entities, while a bishop in ACNA.
Okay—I can see *how* he's going to do something that incoherent. I just don't see why.
Oh well.
ACNA gets another bishop.May 8, 10:15 pm | [comment link]
5. TexanByGrace wrote:
I suspect that clarity will emerge over time. I also imagine that Bp. Todd will continue his church-planting work, which won't interfere with Anglican1000 which is not a planting organization but an effort to resource planters and "change the conversation" about planting in Anglicanism on this continent.May 9, 8:50 am | [comment link]
6. frdarin wrote:
You repeat a meme which I've seen so often it has just become kind of background noise: "ACNA has too many bishops".
Can you quantify this? What is the basis for the statement? How many is enough? How many is too many? Genuinely curious.
Darin+May 9, 9:52 am | [comment link]
7. MotherViolet wrote:
A Bishop is a guardian of the truth/gospel, a pastor to the pastors and their families in his care and a focus of unity for all the people in his diocese. (1998 Lambeth)
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It might not be your favorite route to run, but the most well-lit route is your safest choice. Oncoming cars see you better, and you'll always be able to see the road and avoid potential hazards.
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Put your driver's license in your pocket or wear an ID tag on your shoe.
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