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How to Recognize and Defuse Anger in the Workplace
By now you've heard the tragic news. A Spanish teacher fired from the Episcopal School of Jacksonville returns to the school, shoots and kills the school's headmistress and then himself. It's another chilling reminder that workplace violence in the U.S. is a persistent and dangerous problem. How bad is it A statistic from the U.S. Department of Labor indicates that homicide is the fourth-leading cause of occupational injuries. And it is the leading cause of death for women in the workplace.
But the real tragedy, says Mike Staver, is that so many of these violent incidents could be avoided if employees and leaders understood how to recognize violence triggers and how to defuse them in the workplace.
"Most people who act out violently at work indicate what's going to happen through their words and behavior beforehand," says Staver, creator of the audio and video series 21 Ways to Defuse Anger and Calm People Down (www.thestavergroup.com). "And while that may not have been the case in this Jacksonville incident, when people can recognize the warning signs, they can do more to prevent these terrible situations."
Through his materials and workplace seminars, Staver trains organizations on how best to handle conflict resolution and defuse violence in the workplace, teaching employees and leaders what they should and shouldn't do in these high-stress situations.
Most people believe that violence occurs when someone is angry about certain circumstances. The truth is, they get angry over what they believe about the circumstances. When a person gets angry, says Staver, it's because at least one of three primary triggers is in place. They feel:
- This is unfair.
- This is out of my control.
- This is personal; it's happening to me.
Note that when these factors are present they can manifest themselves in many ways. The angry employee might simply have a drop in performance level. He might make threatening comments to another employee or about the company in general. Or in extreme circumstances resort to worse violence, as the Florida teacher did.
"The more intensely the person feels these factors, the worse the violence can get," says Staver. "Naturally, if you see these triggers in a coworker or employee, you should be very concerned. It might seem unusual that this violent act occurred at a school between a teacher and principal when so much of the violence in our schools seems to be perpetrated by students. But this situation is proof that these incidents can happen in any workplace."
Of course, the key to preventing workplace violence is knowing what to do when you see that a coworker might be susceptible to these triggers or is displaying other warning signssuch as bullying you or other coworkers, substance abuse, frequently discussing marital or other non-professional problems, making idle threats, etc.
"First and foremost, take all warning signs very, very seriously," says Staver. "Second, and this is just as important, report it right away. Let me repeat that: Report it right away! Far too often coworkers don't report these incidents. It happens for many reasons: They believe the popular myth that people who make threats don't act on them; they don't want to seem like alarmists; they fear they'll become a target; or there isn't a sufficient workplace safety and incident reporting system in place. But when you suspect something is wrong, you should report it right away. If the leadership at your organization isn't taking it seriously, then go to the authorities.
"That said, companies should not place the burden fully on employees," he concludes. "All organizations should make sure that they have workplace violence policies in place, that all employees have a clear understanding of the policies, and that all employees know how to take action and what to expect when they do report an incident. Managers and leaders should also be well trained in how to defuse anger in the workplace and also what kinds of situations are out of their control and demand that law enforcement be involved. There is simply too much at risk to avoid taking these actions."
About Mike Staver
Mike Staver is CEO of The Staver Group, a national team of strategic business advisors and coaches. He is the creator of the audio and video series 21 Ways to Defuse Anger and Calm People Down, and he is the author of Do You Know How to Shut Up (Mac Daddy Publishing, 2008, ISBN: 978-0980185706, $10.95). Mike travels the country speaking to Fortune 500 companies and start-ups, and works as a confidential advisor to top-level executives and CEOs. His focus is on helping people move from where they are in business and life to where they want to be.
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WHITEVILLE, NC (WECT)- What began as residents complaining about the increase of crime in their neighborhoods has grown into demanding a government building being moved.
Originally those who live in the Runny Mead, High Woods and Baldwin Woods neighborhoods feared that if the probation and parole office in Whiteville wasn't moved they would continue to be the victims of crime. Since the probation office relocated to its current location in Whiteville, multiple cars have been broken into and one man was mugged.
Now after further investigation, it appears the probation office is in violation of state laws that prohibit sex offenders from being within 300 feet of a school. On top of that, Jerry Hall, a developer in the Whiteville area, also claims the office doesn't meet North Carolina building codes, "It doesn't have an elevator to the second floor, and the building is not handicap accessible."
County Manager Bill Clark says the building is under a contract and they won't be able to relocate until a new court house annex is finished. They want the office to be closer to the court house. The current office is under a four year contract and finding a new location to move into could take up to a year.
Stephanie Miller is the voice of three neighborhood watches that have been formed because of the probation and parole office. She expressed her frustration after she was told the office might not be moved until a new courthouse annex was built. "Three more years? Look what has happened in the past year. I don't want to take three more years of people's homes and cars being broken into. People being mugged in a neighborhood, where that didn't happen before."
County Commissioner Charles T. McDowell says, "We will explore options for relocating the office, but it will take time." Time that neighbors say isn't a luxury. "I can't walk around my neighborhood with my family without protection." says Miller. "There are plenty of other empty buildings to put this office." She continued, "I don't want to walk around for another three years with my daughter and have to carry a gun."
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Coronary heart disease, our #1 cause of death, was found to be almost non-existent in a population eating a diet centered around whole plant foods.
Images thanks to Sappymoosetree via Flickr.
Many of today's lifestyle medicine doctors, myself included, were greatly influenced by Nathan Pritikin, the nutrition pioneer who started reversing heart disease with a plant-based diet and exercise, opening up arteries without drugs and without surgery, effectively curing our number 1 killer disease. But where did he come up with it? We tend to think of rural China as a place with a fraction of our disease rates, forgetting about Africa.
Pritikin was 43 when he was told by his cardiologist that he was at great risk of death from heart attack, so he began to live on a diet patterned after the black population in Uganda. This was a population living off plants that was essentially free from death from heart attacks. After curing his own heart disease with a plant-based diet he went on to save the lives of thousands of others. What was the data that so convinced him?
Last year, the International Journal of Epidemiology reprinted this landmark article from the 50's that started out with a shocking statement: "In the African population of Uganda, coronary heart disease is almost non-existent." Our number one cause of death, almost nonexistent? What were they eating? Plantains and sweet potatoes, other vegetables, corn, millet, pumpkins, tomatoes and, "green leafy vegetables are taken by all." Their protein was almost entirely from plant sources, and they had the cholesterol levels to prove it, similar to modern-day plant-eaters. Apart from the effects of diet and of the blood cholesterol levels the researchers couldn't figure out any other reasons for their freedom from heart disease.
50-year-old findings just as relevant today. They showed dietary intake to be a key, modifiable, established and well-recognized risk factor for heart attacks…without needing to invoke novel, as yet undiscovered, risk factors. This contrasts with the rather desperate search in recent decades for even newer cardiovascular risk factors. We have all the risk factor we need, cholesterol, we've had it for 50 years, and we can do something about it.
According to the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Cardiology this year, the only risk factor required for these atherosclerotic plaques, our #1 killer, is cholesterol. Elevated LDL or "bad" cholesterol in our blood. To drop our LDL cholesterol, we need to drop our intake of three things: trans fat, found in junk food and animal foods; saturated fat, found mostly in animal foods; and dietary cholesterol, found exclusively in animal foods.
The epidemiology journal actually went back and located Dr. Shaper, now 97 years old, and asked him to personally reflect on this groundbreaking study he performed a half-century before. It would be cheering to think that his article actually helped, and attitudes to diet have been changing in recent years, however to his personal surprise and disappointment we still lack a deep commitment to the diet–heart hypothesis, and it is likely that atherosclerosis and its complications will follow us throughout the next half century.
What he discovered is that heart disease may be a choice. Like cavities…
If you look at the teeth of people who lived over 10,000 years before the invention of the toothbrush, they pretty much had no cavities. Didn't brush a day in their lives, never flossed, no Listerine, no water pik… yet no cavities. That's because candy bars hadn't been invented yet. Why do people continue to get cavities when we know they're preventable though diet? Simple. Because the pleasure people derive from dessert may outweigh, the cost and discomfort of the dentist… And that's fine!
Look, as long as people understand the consequences of their actions, as a physician what more can I do? If you're an adult and decide the benefits outweigh the risks for you and your family, then go for it—I certainly enjoy the occasional indulgence (I've got a good dental plan). But what if instead of the plaque on your teeth we're talking about the plaque building up in your arteries? Another disease that can be prevented by changing your diet.
Then what are the consequences for you and your family? Now we're not just talking about scraping tarter. Now we're talking life and death. The most likely reason most of our loved ones will die is heart disease. It's still up to each of us to make our own decisions as to what to eat and how to live, but we should make our choices consciously, educating ourselves about the predictable consequences of our actions.
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Dr. William Clifford Roberts is the distinguished cardiac pathologist who doubles as the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Cardiology that I quoted. More from him in Eliminating the #1 Cause of Death and Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Purely a Question of Diet.
More on lowering LDL in Trans Fat, Saturated Fat, and Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero.
What about the rates of other diseases among those eating traditional plant-based diets? That's the topic of the next video, One in a Thousand: Ending the Heart Disease Epidemic.
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Hoke on CB competition: "It's Tim's job"
From chicagobear.com ~ JH: "I would say that it's Tim's job and Kelvin's got to beat him out, and Kelvin knows that. We always want competition. Everybody knows they're competing, but right now it's Tim's position. Kelvin's got to beat him out and he'll be given every opportunity."


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With the Bruins making a flury of trades last week, will the Celtics follow suit today? It seems unlikely, given what the Celtics have to offer, but Danny Ainge has surprised us before.
At deadline, Celtics in a bind - Chris Forsberg says that the Celtics may be forced to sacrifice the future in order to improve this team. Steve Bulpett says that the Celtics do not want to go that route, and any addition to the roster may come in the form of a player signed after a buyout. Gary Washburn says that the Celtics just don't have the assets to give another team what they want. A. Sherrod Blakely has Ainge saying he will not do a deal out of panic.
Point taken by Garnett - The Globe notebook by Julian Benbow has Kevin Garnett looking to be more aggressive on offense. The Herald notebook from Steve Bulpett has Kendrick Perkins out for a week with a strained MCL.
Evolution of a pitcher: Over time, Lester adds cutter to arsenal - Brian MacPherson has the second part of his three-part series on Sox lefty Jon Lester.
Major obstacle - Nick Cafardo has a piece on Lars Anderson, whom the Red Sox are still high on despite adding Adrian Gonzalez to first base.
Early days of Curt Young era - Scott Lauber has the Red Sox new pitching coach getting to know his staff.
McDonald adopts 'beast mode' routine for 2011 - Maureen Mullen has Darnell McDonald looking to improve on his breakthrough season of 2010.
Marco Scutaro prognosis: good - Lauber's Red Sox notebook has the shortstop feeling at full strength. The Red Sox Journal from Brian MacPherson has Rich Hill looking to secure a spot in the bullpen. The Globe notebook from Nick Cafardo has Terry Francona not ready to name his opening day starter.
A head-scratcher for NHL - John Powers has a feature on the NHL facing the problem of concussions that come from legal hits.
Quite a character, Hnidy brought in for tryout - The Bruins notebook from Fluto Shinzawa has the club bringing back a former defenseman for a look. Steve Conroy has more on the tryout for Hnidy. The CSNNE notes from Joe Haggerty have Steve Kampfer on the outside looking in at the moment in terms of playing time.
Patriots' view of the NFL combine - Mike Reiss takes a New England-centric look at the combine.
Kevin Faulk feels labor pains - Ian Rapoport talks to the Patriots running back about his rehab will be impacted by a lockout.
Could Colon wind up on Patriots' radar? - Tom E Curran wonders if Steelers offensive lineman Willie Colon could be of interest to the Patriots.


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Posted: November 3, 2010
Recount Procedures in Colorado
The Denver Post is reporting that the Colorado Senate race between incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet and his Republican challenger, Ken Buck, is now decided in Bennet's favor, although with a fairly narrow margin. If the vote tallying trend for Bennet reverses, the race could head for a recount. But the recount might not happen for a few weeks because Colorado election law allows time for both the canvassing boards and the Secretary of State to tally the results.
November 19th: Date by which canvassing boards must certify results of the election to Secretary of State. Colo. Rev. State. § 1-10-101.5.
November 26th: Date by which Secretary of State must compile and total the returns and order a recount if necessary. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-10-103.
Recounts can occur in two ways in Colorado. The first is an automatic recount that is triggered when the margin of votes between the winning candidate and the next highest candidate is less than 0.5% of the votes cast for the winning candidate. Colo. Rev. State. § 1-10.5-101. Currently, this statute would not be triggered because the vote margin is only 0.9% of the total votes received by Bennet. However, Buck would only need to pick up about 53% of the 100,000 votes outstanding to trigger an automatic recount. This seems likely given the number of military votes yet to be counted.
The second is when a losing candidate or other interested party requests a recount. Colo. Stat. 1-10.5-106. When recounts take this form, the requesting party bears the expense of the recount. This money is placed in escrow and will be returned if the recount reverses the result of the election. Requests for a recount must be made before the November 26th deadline.
At any time during the recount process, a party to the recount may challenge the recount if the party believes that it is being conducted unfairly. Recounts can be challenged on a county-by-county basis at which time the Secretary of State will then conduct the recount. Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-10.5-109.
The Secretary of State recently issued amended rules on recounts that spell out in detail the actual procedures to be used by the canvassing boards. Those rules can be found here.
Another wrinkle to consider is that the Secretary of State in Colorado, Bernie Buescher, a Democrat, will likely be defeated by his Republican challenger, Scott Gessler, as Buescher currently trails by over 100,000 votes. How a new chief elections official might handle a contentious recount is interesting.
If partisanship does become an issue, it is important to note that five of the seven Colorado Supreme Court Justices were appointed by Democrats.


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After four years in Cummins Station the stage of the The Listening Room Cafe has found a new home in the Sobro area on 2nd Avenue.
"Our big thing is when you come in you are going to have a great show or a great dinner or a great lunch and hear original music," owner Chris Blair told Nashville's News 2.
As a songwriter and performer himself, Blair had a dream years ago to create a prime sounding spot in Music City.
"It's a lot bigger than what we had before so it opens it up to do a lot of full band shows and showcases," said Blair.
Adding that hey are also carrying on the tradition of serving up top-notch food, under the watch of his new Executive Chef, Joshua Champion.
"We wanted to take good southern food and give it a twist and send it out in a way that people hadn't seen before," explained Champion.
He says their famous sweet and spicy pickles are a menu highlight and assures diners can feast on natural ingredients, many from local farmers.
The Listening Room Cafe will host a special grand re-opening celebration Saturday with live music entertainment from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m.
They are also hosting a special valentines celebration, kicking off the 14th and running for three days.
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Raichu evolves from Pikachu. Pikachu evolves from Pichu All three of these Pokemon coloring pages are available as free printable coloring pages. Raichu is an Electric-type Pokémon. Raichu exudes a weak electrical charge from all its body. It glows slightly in the dark. Raichu coloring pages should be done in electric-bright tones. Search the character coloring pages for other Electric-type Pokemon.
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August 6, 2008
Tuskegee, Al. - Less than two days until the 2008 Summer Olympics begin in China.
On the eve of the opening of the Beijing games, Albany native Alice Coachman will mark the 60th anniversary of her become the first African American woman to win a gold medal.
Sixty years ago in London.
The women on the United State Olympic track team had had a disappointing meet.
Only one bronze and that made for a cranky coach.
Alice Coachman was the last chance in the long jump.
Coachman said "She could cuss all she wanted. She could fuss all she want but I said to God all I wanted to say. If if it His will, let it be done. He give me the strength and the courage to go on and do my best and that is what I did."
Alice let her legs do the talking.
Jumping higher than she ever had before.
Coachman set an Olympic record at the time with a jump 5' 6 1/4".
Coachman said "I didn't know I had won. I was just jumping until I could jump no more."
Coacham is from Albany but now lives in Tuskegee where the town's mayor Johnny Ford spent some time with one of his favorite former teachers.
Ford said "Thank you for your life of inspiration."
Now 85, Alice Coachman wants to be remembered for two things.
Winning and giving.
Coachman said "I have given up a lot for track and field for young kids. You don't have to be rich to be a winner. You just have to work hard and decide you are going to be somebody like I did. I wanted to make my momma happy. That was the first thing I wanted to about winning. I wanted my momma to be happy."
Tuskegee will honor Alice Coachman Thursday night at downtown square on the 60th anniversary of her historic Olympic jump that paved the way for other African American women to claim Olympic gold for the next six decades.
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She's Helen Woodward Animal Center's Pet-of-the-Week! This sweet 5-year old, 22lb Miniature Schnauzer-Terrier blend is a real treat. She's loving, confident, and tons of fun. Hershey's favorite activities include playing ball and turning frowns upside-down. She's a big fan of kisses and is sure to give you some sugar if you stop by to meet her today!
Hershey is waiting to meet you at Helen Woodward Animal Center. She has been spayed and is up-to-date on all of her vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $269, and, as with all pets adopted from Helen Woodward Animal Center, she is micro chipped for identification. As an added bonus, Hershey also comes with two free passes to Sea World!
Helen Woodward Animal Center is located at 6461 El Apajo Road in Rancho Santa Fe. Kennels are open daily Monday through Thursday from 12pm to 6pm; Fridays from noon to 6pm; Saturdays 10am to 6pm; and Sunday 11am to 6pm (last application accepted 15 minutes before closing). For more information call 858-756-4117, option #1 or visit www.animalcenter.org.


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I'm still alive! LOL! First of all I'd really like to thank everyone for their comments and critique on my wooden vases and other woodturnings. Thank you, it means alot to me. I'll be posting more photos of my latest projects this week.
I recently found some cosplay photos from Animefest 2012 that I thought I had lost, so I'll start posting them today. Once again I'll be attending A-Kon 24 next month and hopefully I'll have my business cards finished on time. People often ask me if I had a business card with my DA name on it and I didn't. The cards will have my DA name on it plus my Youtube accounts so they can see my AMVs.
Some people have been asking me "when are you gonna post more cosplay photos?" Well, the reason you haven't been seeing any new cosplay photos lately is because my car has been down of over a year and since I had to take a pay cut at work, I've been really, really short of cash. Now that the car is fixed I'll start looking for a new job and hopefully will be moving soon.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A Louisville man is charged with a Christmas Eve 2013 robbery after which he left his two young children behind with the victim, according to police.
Investigators said Daniel Bentley, 32, his children, ages 4 and 5, and the victim were riding in the victim's car on December 24. The victim was carrying $400 cash to pay Bentley for the purchase of a vehicle. The two of them are acquainted.
According to an arrest warrant, when the victim stopped the car, Bentley grabbed the cash from his pocket by force, tearing the victim's shirt in the process.
Bentley then left the scene on foot, leaving his children inside the car with the victim, police said. The children were returned to their mother by Louisville Metro police.
Investigators said the children's mother has filed a pending, unserved domestic violence order against Bentley.
Bentley is charged with second-degree robbery and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor.
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text: This photo journal documents the mission work we did in El Salvador. While we were there in March of 2012 we build houses, conducted a medical clinic, a dental clinic, and an eyeglass clinic. We toured a goat farm and a sewing center that provide employment. Enjoy the photos and blog that show how a little help from Canada goes a long way in a country like El Salvador.


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3 ways student loan debt can wreck your retirement
Whether you're considering a return to school in midlife or thinking of co-signing a student loan for a grandchild, it's smart to think ahead.
This post comes from Gerri Detweiler at partner site Credit.com.
It's tough enough to deal with student loan debt you can't pay when you're a 20-something, but imagine dealing with it when you're in your 60s or 70s. "This population often gets ignored because people hear the words 'student loans' and they think 20-year-olds," says Persis Yu, a staff attorney with the National Consumer Law Center.
It's a big -- and growing -- problem. Americans age 60 and older owe roughly $43 billion in student loan debt and more than 10 percent are 90 days or more delinquent.
There are some unique challenges that older Americans, many of whom are partially or fully retired, face.
1. The upside is limited. A higher education is often seen as a way to improve job prospects and increase earnings, either in one's current career or in a new one. Indeed, the Pew Research Center reports that the typical college graduate earns an estimated $650,000 more than the typical high school graduate over the course of a 40-year career.
But for retirees with student loan debt, the picture is much different.
"There are four potential sources of education debt for retirees," observes Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org:
- Undergraduate/graduate student loan debt from decades past
- More recent undergraduate student loan debt
- More recent graduate student loan debt
- Education loan debt borrowed (or co-signed) on behalf of a child or grandchild
He believes this last group is driving a lot of the increase in debt for older Americans.
"It seems unlikely that much of this debt would have come from undergraduate student loans from decades in the past, since fewer students borrowed 30+ years ago and the average debt at graduation was much lower," says Kantrowitz. Crunching available data, he concludes that "most of the retirees with education debt borrowed or co-signed that debt to help their children or grandchildren pay for college. Much fewer borrowed to pay for their own education."
Some borrowers may have gone back to school at an older age to get a degree with the hopes of earning more. Indeed, during the recent recession some schools were reporting a significant increase in enrollment by students age 50 or older. But even if these grads come out of retirement to work, they have less time to reap the rewards of a degree. As the Pew report points out: "a dollar earned at the start of someone's working life is more valuable than a dollar earned toward the end of that person's working life."
2. There are fewer options for digging out. Student loans are extremely difficult to discharge in bankruptcy, and there is no limit on how long federal loans can be collected. As a result, borrowers may feel like they are in a virtual debtor's prison. This may be especially true of those in the later years of life who see no way to pay those debts off in their lifetimes.
One of the best programs for handling unmanageable student loan debt, for example, is the Income-based Repayment program (IBR), which allows students with federal loans to apply for payments that are based on their incomes. Any remaining balances will be forgiven after 10 years for those who work in public service jobs, or after 20 to 25 years for all others.
But IBR is not retroactive. Forgiveness occurs only after the required number of payments are made while enrolled in the program. And it is not available for Parent PLUS loans or for private student loans, though there are efforts to change that.
Yu, the attorney with the NCLC, points out that PLUS loans may be eligible for the Income-Contingent program, which is fairly similar to IBR, if they have been consolidated into a Direct Consolidation Loan on or after July 1, 2006.
Loans co-signed for a child or grandchild will always be private student loans, Yu points out, "and they are another animal." Unlike federal student loans there are statutes of limitations on private student loan debt, so if that time period runs out before the lender gets a judgment, the borrower should be able to raise the statute of limitations as a defense if they are sued. Still, that doesn't make the debt go away.
3. Your retirement income may be at risk. While Social Security is out of reach of most creditors, when it comes to federal student loans, Social Security income may be at risk. An increasing number of retirees are finding that part of their Social Security income is being taken to offset their student loan debt.
Even those with what would seem to be ample retirement savings may find themselves dipping into those funds -- or taking on debt -- to help their children or grandchildren with college loan payments. "Education debt is actually a problem within a problem for retirees who constitute one of the fastest (if not the fastest) growing debt-encumbered demographics today," says Mitchell Weiss, a financial services executive and author of "Life Happens: A Practical Guide to Personal Finance from College to Career," "in large measure because fixed income investment returns have been absolutely pummeled over past several years."
He provides this example: "Consider a couple that managed to accumulate $1 million during the course of their individual working lives. A few years ago, that $1 million would have probably returned $50,000 or $70,000 in interest and dividends each and every year. Today, however, that same $1 million may only be returning $20,000 or $30,000, leaving them with a $30,000 to $40,000 shortfall. Has their cost of living declined by a commensurate amount? I don't think so. . ."
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11:02am Tuesday 8th May 2012 in Stage Reviews By Brendan McCusker
FIRST performed in 1977, this entertaining and thoughtprovoking play is a perceptive examination of the Epsom Derby, the famous horse race popular since 1780.
Nine tremendous actors play more than 50 different characters, from jockeys and horses through owners to bookies and punters.
The imaginative set is redolent of the undulating race course, the convincing sound effects include the arrival of wealthy owners' helicopters, and the vivid atmosphere of Derby Day is conveyed through a rich variety of sub-plots.
From a tentative love story between a heather-selling gypsy girl and a redundant stable boy, to a born-again Christian couple with a revealed history of drinking and gambling, this sparkling play provides sharp snapshots of the English at the races in 1977.
The ghost of Emily Davison, who threw herself in front of a galloping horse during the 1913 Derby to highlight the cause of the suffragettes, provides an interesting conversation with a stressed mother who bets her family's life savings on the race.
Direction from Salisbury debutant Gareth Machin is pacy and assured, while the variety of the multiple characters and the actors' ability to portray them so beautifully, cement the play's quality.
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Veras increasing chances for 'pen spot
Cleveland (63-91) vs. Baltimore (60-94), 1:05 p.m. ET
CLEVELAND -- Don't look now, but Jose Veras might just be pitching his way into the Indians' bullpen plans for 2010.Yes, that's the same Veras who was designated for assignment by the Tribe in early August and went unclaimed on waivers. The Indians thought enough of his stuff to re-sign him to a Minor League deal, let him work out his command woes at Triple-A Columbus and bring him back for a September stretch run. Since his return to the Major League fold, Veras has shown marked improvement. In seven appearances since Sept. 1, Veras has allowed four runs, only one of which was earned, on six hits with three walks and 12 strikeouts in 9 2/3 innings. Those are numbers the Indians, who close out their weekend set with the Orioles on Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field, will keep in mind this winter when they decide if Veras is a part of their future. Complicating the situation is the fact that Veras, by virtue of his three years of big league service time, will be arbitration-eligible. So he'll get a nice raise, should the Indians decide to sign him. Veras, who came to the organization after the Indians plucked him off waivers from the Yankees in June, said he's been pitching with more confidence lately. "I'm throwing strikes," Veras said. "I'm getting first-pitch strikes, and getting the leadoff hitter out. I feel good about that." Manager Eric Wedge has felt confident enough in the right-hander to trust him in more meaningful situations. Such was the case Friday night, when setup man Chris Perez had the night off and Veras served as the bridge to closer Kerry Wood in a 4-2 win. "What I see him doing is executing his pitches," Wedge said. "He's able to strike somebody out, whether it be a right-hander or a left-hander. ... We feel he can contribute now and into the future." That's good news for Veras, who said it was disappointing to head back to Triple-A for a spell. "I had to clear my mind," he said. "I had to stop thinking so much and just throw strikes. I found a way." Pitching matchup
CLE: LHP David Huff (10-8, 5.98 ERA)
Huff limited Oakland to two runs through six frames in his last start, scattering seven hits and two walks while striking out three. However, he admitted to struggling with his command around the zone. Huff has pitched at least six innings in his past four outings, surrendering three runs or fewer in all of them. This is the rookie's first career start against the Orioles. BAL: RHP Chris Tillman (2-4, 4.71 ERA)
Tillman had one rough inning in his last start, but it was enough to sink him for the loss. The right-hander allowed three consecutive hits at one point and walked three batters in a row at another, but he still left after five-plus innings with only four earned runs allowed. The 21-year-old has been fairly effective in his first 11 big league starts and has delivered five innings or more in all but one of them. Tidbits
Matt LaPorta (left hip inflammation) was out of the lineup again on Saturday. Wedge said it was best to back off LaPorta because of the wet field conditions. "We don't want to risk losing him for the rest of the year," Wedge said. LaPorta won't be at 100 percent for the rest of this season, and it sounds like it will be a few days before he's ready to play in the field. ... Joe Smith (left knee sprain) is scheduled to throw his third bullpen session on Sunday. If all goes well, he could be ready to come off the disabled list, Wedge said. Tickets
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is among those who will take part in a celebration of Arkansas' Final Four teams.
The school says Clinton, an Arkansas native and avid supporter of the Razorbacks during their run to the 1994 national championship, will be presented with a framed No. 42 jersey on Saturday against LSU. Clinton was the 42nd president and watched the Razorbacks defeat Duke for the title in 1994.
Former coach Nolan Richardson as well as players Corliss Williamson, Scotty Thurman, Todd Day, U.S. Reed and Oliver Miller are also among those who will be honored at halftime of the game against the Tigers.
Arkansas has reached the Final Four six times, including playing in the national championship game in both 1994 and 1995.
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"After Rhimes earned her MFA in screenwriting, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith showed interest in producing a feature she'd written called "When Willows Touch" (Will Smith also had produced a short film of hers, Blossoms and Veils). But three weeks before production of Willows, actor Omar Epps walked away from the film and Miramax pulled its funding. "The project died," says Rhimes. "Apparently there wasn't a big market for black films set in the Jim Crow South about a body rotting in a cornfield." The setback gave Rhimes pause. Was this what she really wanted?"
From a revealing profile of Shonda Rhimes in today's Hollywood Reporter. The media-shy though prolific TV magnate gives THR a look inside her kingdom. The above paragraph was of most interest to me. It's public info, if, yet I had no idea... until now. A little digging revealed a slightly longer synopsis, which says that the story centered on a young girl discovering her brother's body in the family cornfield.
Rhimes still hopes to direct it one day.
I also had no idea she'd previously directed a short film produced by Will & Jada. IMDB says Jada starred in the 1998 film, along with Jeffrey Wright, Omar Epps, and CCH Pounder. Strong casting... but I couldn't immediately find the film online. If anyone has seen it online, let me know, so I can share here.
You can read the full THR profile of Rhimes HERE.
urbanauteur | June 28, 2011 4:09 AM
Wow, what a fascinating secret...? it reveals even more'storied' introspection from her otherwise hidden agendas.
Tamara | June 28, 2011 3:08 AM
A little digging revealed a slightly longer synopsis, which says that the story centered on a young girl discovering her brother's body in the family cornfield.
Cryptic enough to pull my interest. Maybe it will happen one day.
Nikyatu | June 27, 2011 8:36 AM
This woman inspires me to no end.


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An emergency counseling session is scheduled for Tuesday for 180 former employees of Specialty Filaments.
The company filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy last week.
Specialty Filaments has two plants in Middlebury, where they made plastic bristles for brushes.
Tuesday's counseling session will be from 9 to 12 at the American Legion in Middlebury.
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A Birmingham mother accused of firing a gun on a school campus appeared in court Wednesday.
In May 2013, Cassandra Abrams was charged with reckless endangerment and certain person forbidden to possess firearms.
The charges stem from an incident caught on a cell phone where Abrams is seen grabbing a gun from her car, pointing it at a group of people and then firing it into the ground.
According to parents, the situation stemmed from a fight involving Abram's daughter and two other students. We asked Abrams' attorney about the delay in the court appearance.
"There are court proceedings that have to occur especially in a serious case like this and that's what we're dong. Some cases go faster than other and this one is going a little bit slower than some," Eric Guster said.
Abrams' court proceedings were pushed back again until March 25. However, Judge Shanta Owens says this will be the last time the case is postponed.
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A Public Space has always been dedicated to promoting international literature, so it's not all that surprising that Brigid Hughes has joined forces with Roland Kelts (author of Japanamerica), Ted Goossen (professor of Japanese lit) and Motoyuki Shibata (translator into Japanese of Pynchon [!] and a number of other great American writers) to produce an American version of Monkey Business, a journal highlighting new writing from Japan.
Monkey Business was founded in Japan in 2008, and, according to Shibata, is modeled in part after APS. It's also named after the "immortal Chuck Berry tune." According to Shibata, "No other work of art that I know of deals with the aggravations we face every day so straightforwardly and with such liberating humor. That is the guiding star we follow on this journey."
The debut English language edition of MB culls the best writing from the first ten issues published in Japan. It was edited by Shibata and Ted Goossen, a professor at York University in Toronto and general editor of the Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories who has translated work by Murakami, Naoya Shiga, Masuji Ibuse and others. Hughes and Kelts contributed to the English language editing. Stories, poetry, interviews and even a manga, or Japanese comic, reimagining Franz Kafka's The Country Doctor, grace its pages.
I was too busy this past weekend watching St. Louis take over first place in the NL Central to read through this carefully, but on first glance, I think it will be a vital contribution to Japanesse literature in English. As a publisher, I'll say that aside from the Japanese Literature Publishing Project, it's tricky getting good recommendations of Japanese literature. There are a series of posts waiting to be (re)written about this issue, but suffice it to say that with a single 150 page volume, MB has instantly become one of the best sources for info on new "pure literature" coming out of Japan.
In addition to the aforementioned Kafka manga (that runs from right to life [fuckyeahalternativereadingstyles] going from page 137 to 118), this first issue includes a number of interesting looking pieces, including a poem by Inuo Taguchi (translated by Ted Goossen) entitled "Interviews with the Heroes, or Is Baseball Just for Fun?," a story by Koji Uno (translated by Jay Rubin), a collection of vignettes by Manazuru author Hiromi Kawakami (translated by Ted Goossen), and short story by Hideo Furukawa (translated by Michael Emmerich) that opens like this:
There is no answer. And why not? Because there's no question. All we've got is the fact that the monster is there. And it's hibernating. That's stage number one. From here, we move on to stage number two, stage number three. The last stage is more or less identical to the first, so the whole thing is a sort of "cyclical motion," you might say. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. There can be no question that first of all we must address—observe, describe—the movement from the first stage to the second. The monster is there, hibernating . . . or rather, it was hibernating. It's just woken up.
You can order the issue here, and if you happen to be in NYC over the next couple weeks, you can attend one or more of the opening launch events taking place at the Asia Society, Book Court, and the Japan Society.
I'll leave off with a bit of Motoyuki Shibata's "Monkey Business manifesto," which appeared in the first Japanese issue of the journal:
Monkey Business is the newly founded journal of new writing from Japan and abroad with a few not-so-new works strategically slipped in. We offer nothing in the way of a "concept" or "lifestyle" aimed at a particular age bracket or social group, no useful information to help you get ahead. And we utterly lack that noble desire to provide a sanctuary from the whirl of daily life. If you gain any of these benefits, so much the better, but they are not our goals. Neither, we must add, do we have a radical agenda. Our intent is not to attack the system, whether it be artistic, political, or social. In fact, we aren't out to pick a fight with anyone, right or left, old or young, conservative or radical.
Floating around the internet amid the hoopla of a new Haruki Murakami release, you may have come across a certain Murakami Bingo courtesy of Grant Snider. It is exactly what it sounds like, and it's funny because it's true,. . .
The publisher's blurb for Oleg Pavlov's The Matiushin Case promises the prospective reader "a Crime and Punishment for today," the sort of comparison that is almost always guaranteed to do a disservice to both the legendary dead and the ambitious. . .
One hundred years have passed since the start of World War I and it is difficult to believe that there are still novels, considered classics in their own countries, that have never been published in English. Perhaps it was the. . .
In the London of Hédi Kaddour's Little Grey Lies, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan, peace has settled, but the tensions, fears, and anger of the Great War remain, even if tucked away behind stories and lies. Directly ahead, as those. . .
One of the greatest services—or disservices, depending on your viewpoint—Bertrand Russell ever performed for popular philosophy was humanizing its biggest thinkers in his History. No longer were they Platonic ideals, the clean-shaven exemplars of the kind of homely truisms that. . .
The best way to review Alejandra Pizarnik's slim collection, A Musical Hell, published by New Directions as part of their Poetry Pamphlet series, is to begin by stating that it is poetry with a capital P: serious, dense, and, some. . .
Upon completing Albertine Sarrazin's Astragal I was left to wonder why it ever fell from print. Aside from the location, Astragal could pass as the great American novel. Its edginess and rawness capture the angst and desires we all had. . .
When my eyes first crossed the back cover of Fabio Genovesi's novel Live Bait, I was caught by a blurb nestled between accolades, a few words from a reviewer for La Repubblica stating that the novel was, however magically, "[b]eyond. . .
"I preferred the war to the plague," writes Curzio Malaparte in his 1949 novel, The Skin. He speaks of World War II and the destruction it has wrought on Italy, the city of Naples in particular. But the plague he. . .
With the steady rise of feminist scholarship and criticism in recent decades, it is little wonder that the work of Louise Labé should be attracting, as Richard Sieburth tells us in the Afterword to his translation, a "wide and thriving". . .


text: Dom, what gives? Is Wang tough enough to pull the trigger? Will the league allow it? Personally there's now way the NHL would let the franchise move. There is WAY too much tradition there. Yeah, Wang seems to be a giant nutso but this can't really happen can it? Doesn't have the whole team under contract for the next 22 years or something crazy like that? I wonder if he got Trottier to coach if that would make a difference? Can I ask more questions?


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Me thinks Debunker may be a VCSO attorney lol!!!! And btw coincidence hmmmmmm not so much.
lmmc....Who? The Slew. LMBO!!!! some people just cant admit when someone they know or care for is an addict. Open your eyes.
Sure is alot of stealing going on in Victoria. Economy or Element?
Could she possibly have been recording wrong doings on the part of her employer? This story is way too vauge.
Kolby and his ever present hugs :) will be missed so much here in Victoria. He had many friends and was such a fun person to be around. My sincere condolences to his family. You are in my prayers.


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call me pessimistic, but i consider this season hopeless. there is just no way we are going to win the chip this year and to be honest, if we aren't even in the discussion for a championship then we should reload. but the way i see it it shouldn't be so painful as everyone is making it seem
say we trade ray, kg, and anyone else who is on a one year contract, with the expectation that the other team will accept them as cap space. we get picks, decent players with bigger contracts then they are worth you name it (mostly picks).
then we suck this year but we have player around the caliber of bass and pietrus that can hopefully move better
but we have picks picks and more picks in the draft, AND the return of ray and kg on lower pay.
sooo... we basically sacrifice our cap ( lets be honest were not getting dwight and i like rondo much more than Dwill)
but in return we basically get picks and a solid bench that we would have signed anyhow
you like? if so please comment with ideas and teams that would do this!!


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Monday, February 7, 2011 "Post Super Bowl"
February 7, 2011 by WGTS 91.9
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Super Bowl has become almost like Thanksgiving! You get together with friends and family, eat and watch football! Unfortunately the day after the Super Bowl isn't a national holiday so all of us can rest up. In fact, the NFL wants to go to 18 games in the coming years and that would push the Super Bowl to President's Day weekend. The hangup is the player's don't want the extra two games. But, considering the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday is one of the most common days to miss work…the players may not have a say!
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Volkswagon Commercial: Maybe you do this with your kids. Amanda finds herself playing the same games with her kids that her parents did with her. She remembers her Dad snapping his fingers and turning the light switch off. She thought her Dad was really magic. We really related to the Volkswagon commercial with the little boy dressed as Darth Vadar trying to turn things on with a "jedi mind trick". Loved the Dad standing at the kitchen window pressing the remote start for his car. Made his son really feel like a Jedi. Totally brought us back to childhood.
Lookup316: It's tough to watch the Super Bowl with little kids. There are so many moments that you lunge for the remote to mute the volume or fast forward your DVR because the content is just not safe for little eyes and ears. We have to commend the folks that came up with Lookup316. A simple message about God's love. Check it out here:
National Anthem: Everyone seems to be talking about Christina Aguilera's performance of the National Anthem today. She messed up the lyrics in front of the largest television audience of the year. She says she got caught up in the moment. We've all messed up. Just not in National Television. The fact that she sounded great and kept on going gives me more respect for her and the fact that she messed up makes me relate to her more!
Positive Thoughts
Don't let your past poison your present.
Work hard at what you like to do and try to overcome all obstacles
Love your friends and family with your entire being they are the most important part of your life
Be thankful for your limitations, because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Never cut what you can untie.
The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.
Prayer for the Family
Father help our family develop a love for God's Word. May they find it 'more precious than gold.' Ps 19:10. From www.inspiredtoaction.com.
Brenformation (the news)
The Super bowl may have been the most watched thing on TV yesterday evening, before the game though it might have been the President's interview on Fox News…he spoke with Bill O'Reilly about the situation in Egypt…the president said the US wants a new government they can work with.
The Green Bay Packers are super bowl champs after yesterday's game…they beat out the Steelers 31 to 25. Aaron Rodgers won MVP.
Can't imagine how tough a decision it must've been for astronaut Mark Kelly…he going back into training today for a space shuttle launch in April…made that announcement Friday. His wife, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is going through rehab in Texas.
Some folks who had tickets to the Super Bowl couldn't get in because there weren't enough temporary seats set up…not too bad though – they'll get a refund worth triple the value of the ticket.


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BMW is reportedly being sued by a man who claims he was left with a permanent erection after riding one of its bikes.
Californian Henry Wolf says he was left with an erection for two years after a four-hour ride on a 'ridge-like seat'.
He has been left 'unable to engage in sexual activity, which is causing him substantial emotional and mental anguish' according to his lawsuit.
He is suing BMW in the US and seat maker Corbin Pacific for lost wages, medical expenses, emotional distress and 'general damage'.
A BMW source said: "I don't think it will stand up in court."
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He got a rager from having his prostate tickled?
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What we can learn about content marketing from our favorite Valentine's Day movies
Every year, my wife and I have a tradition of celebrating Valentine's Day with dinner and a movie. Typically, I avoid stereotypes at all costs, but it's a tradition we started back in college and there's something I like about it. While dinner changes from year to year, there's one thing I can always count on… the type of movie will always be the same (I'm totally fine with that, by the way).
As I started thinking about some of the "chick flicks" we've seen in the past, I started to realize there might be a thing or two I could actually learn from them. I'm not talking about trying to woo my wife by learning how to dance like Patrick Swayze.
The same principles that cause every great Valentine's Day movie to draw us into the story can be used to help us when it comes to content strategy.
While you may not leave your audience in tears (hopefully, that's not your goal!), here are four things we can learn about content marketing from our favorite Valentine's Day classics:
- Content marketing should tell one story about your brand. Great movies have a flow that weave into one, grand story. The content you create online should flow from the metanarrative you're telling your audience. Without it, your content will seem scattered, out of sync, and unfocused.
- Content marketing should incite tension in your audience. There's always a part in every great movie that creates tension for the audience. We want the characters to beat the odds, overcome the resistance, and fall in love. Your content marketing should have the same kind of effect. Without tension, your audience has no reason to react. Use content marketing to tell them what they're missing. If done correctly, content marketing will help you "save the day" and be the hero.
- Content marketing should surprise and delight. These are the "awwwww" moments in every great Valentine's Day movie. They're the unexpected moments that make the audience fall in even more love with the characters. Your brand has the opportunity to create these same type of moments with content marketing. It could be a free resource of inspirational video. You may not have your audience saying, "awwwww", but they will love you for it.
- Content marketing should create a long-lasting relationship. Every great Valentine's movie has a happily-ever-after moment. Content marketing helps you build the type of trust with your audience that leads to a long-lasting relationship. People still do business with people they trust, but now the opportunity can be extended by thousands and even millions by doing it online through content marketing.
If you're like me and plan on celebrating Valentine's Day by watching a "chick flick" or romantic movie, pay attention. You might actually enjoy picking up some valuable lessons that could improve your business.
What are some other content marketing principles that have caused your audience to fall in love with your brand?


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I suppose this is most meant to go out to my fellow Blazer fans who believe in the theory that this team is good enough to win titles as is. I really like a lot about this team, but if one were to ask me whether I would be willing to bet that we will win the West, I sadly cannot and neither can even one of ESPN's "Experts" http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=SummerForecast10-WestChamps
I had too many years of one and done as a Blazer fan to feel it is wise to stand pat at this point. I am not asking for a slash and burn type of gutting of our team, but some well placed consolidation moves not involving Roy or Oden would seem reasonable to me. At 37, I can barely remember a thing about '77 obviously and it's damn time we get another parade up in Portland.


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LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (WXOW) - A lot of people camp out overnight to reserve spots for the Maple Leaf Parade, and all that sitting and waiting around for the start can be hard for kids.
That got a group of physical education majors at UW-La Crosse thinking, and they opted to set up games for the kids to play in the "Family Friendly Zone."
It's a smoke and drink-free area of the parade route designed for families.
The games not only kept kids entertained, it also gave them the chance to hang out with the UW-L students.
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150 Years of Christian 3D:
From Stereo Photography to Holography.
The Frank & Debi DeFreitas Christian 3D Collection
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Close up detail of a diamond cross, 3D laser hologram.
The diamonds sparkle, but the cross isn't there.
It is made entirely of laser light.
Reach for it, and your fingers grasp nothing.
through the doorway of this humble (yet historic) row home in Allentown, PA witnesses an exhibition like no other before . . . an exhibition that fills the senses with wonderment and awe . . .
This is an exhibit documenting 150 years of Christian 3D. It includes antique stereographs, vintage lenticular prints, up to modern three dimensional laser holograms. It is curated by Frank DeFreitas, who manages the 20,000+ piece Antiquarian Holographica collection.
There is truly no other exhibit like it in the world today.
*WHY* is there a collection / exhibit of Christian 3D?
With the increasing popularity of 3D photography, movies and television, there is a renewed interest in the history of 3D in general. Many people are very surprised to learn that 3D has been with us since the middle of the 1800's(!) *AND* Christian 3D photography, specifically, was the driving force in its acceptance and further development.
While one will find an abundance of information online about the history of 3D photography in medical imaging, advertising, movies, etc., there is
no information whatsoever
documenting its history in
(as of year 2011).
*WHEN* did Christian 3D photography begin?
Christian 3D began right along with the earliest stereoscopic photography in the mid 19th century (1850's), with mainly glass plates and French tissue stereoviews. It continued through early stereoview cards (mid 19th through early 20th century), to the printing of mass repicated 3D lenticular images, and film-based imaging (mid 20th century). After seeing somewhat of a lull in production and interest in the latter half of the 20th century, it has emerged once again through today's latest technologies: digital, wide-screen HD televisions, electronic autostereoscopic hand held devices, and the most futuristic of them all: three-dimensional laser holograms.
Various 3D imaging technologies:
From the earliest stereoscopic, to the latest
in laser holographic recordings.
*HOW* did the collection get started?
I (Frank DeFreitas) work with, and collect, items related to the history of three-dimensional imaging, particularly the field of holography. My collection is called "Antiquarian Holographica". It contains
over 20,000 historical items
, and it has taken over
35 years
to assemble. Both my wife and I work as a team with this aspect of the collection.
Your Host, Frank DeFreitas, in the exhibit / lecture room.
Since the topic of Christian 3D history has never been covered before anywhere online, in print, or in an exhibition setting (that I am aware of), and in order to present the collection in a orderly way, I have broken it down into several main categories, according to each 3D photography format type:
the World's Smallest Lord's Prayer (
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an original NCR "lunar Bible"
antique stereoscopes (
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stereoscopic French tissue views
glass plate stereographs
stereoview photographic cards (
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lenticular prints and glass plates (
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stereo film strips
stereo film cards
view-master reels (
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anaglyphs (
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3D laser holograms (
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digital HD autostereoscopic technologies
the computer generated 3D image calculated directly from the famous
Shroud of Turin
. Another is on display in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City.
Also: Christian based 3D optical illusions, and various pieces of historical ephemera. Bible leaves dating back to the 1400's are on display, along with a scroll containing the book of Genesis. You may also find the various miniature Bibles fascinating, including the smallest Bible (at the time) ever printed.
Every piece of the collection is an original, not a reproduction
. Some pieces are held in highly esteemed historical archives such as the Library of Congress, and the George Eastman House Library Archive.
See the world's smallest Lord's Prayer:
Just the width of a human hair.
Made with lasers and stored as a hologram.
This beautiful vintage light bulb was a distant cousin to the eventual LASER. Gas discharge lamps contained low pressure gas, either neon or argon, or a mixture of the two. The light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes, bombarding the gas atoms with electrons. In this photo, the two electrodes are in the shape of a cross.
Have a presentation with Frank at your church,
school or home school group.
Best Regards,
Frank & Deb DeFreitas
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CRANSTON - Caught on camera: two men on Hillwood Street in Cranston, wearing purple hoodies and sweats, moments before police say they were breaking and entering into a home, and making off with electronics, jewelry, and designer sneakers.
Their choice of outfits were not the most subtle.
"I'm not sure I can explain why they would wear something like that, but I can assure you we're not amused by the fact that they're wearing matching clothing and perpetrating an act such as that," said Major Robert Ryan of the Cranston PD.
Cranston police are investigating the possibility that these two have struck elsewhere, following leads in other, nearby cities.
"We often reach out to neighboring agencies to see if they've had crimes of a similar nature... in doing that we can help one another and not only solve crimes in our community but in their community as well," said Major Ryan.
In the hillwood street community, Meng Taing - who lives next door to the house that was robbed, admits that the neighborhood used to have less crime, but that doesn't change his mind about living there.
"Nowadays we hear a lot about breaking in and things like that but what can we do? Just take a chance," he said.
Taing doesn't plan on stepping up security around his home but he hopes the police will take extra precautions to keep the neighborhood safe.
"Hopefully the police will patrol more often here," he said.
Cranston police are looking for the public's help in identifying the men, if you have any information contact Det. John Cardone at 401-942-2211 ext. 5047.
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I'm not going to say much today, maybe another day real soon, but not today. I just want everyone to know how I feel personally about the news of Coach Tressel's resignation earlier this morning. To be honest, I have mixed emotions. There is no joy that will come out of a day like today, but when the news broke it did force me to remember nearly every moment I spent at The Ohio State University. I am not going to lie and pretend to have enjoyed every single moment at the university, but I would be remiss if I did not say that my 4 years at The Ohio State University, under the leadership of Jim Tressel, didn't play a significant roll in creating the man that you know today. Did I feel as if I deserved more playing time? Of course. Did I wish I had another chance to score a touchdown in The Shoe? Yes. Do I regret my decision to play football at one of the greatest universities in the history of the world? Not a chance. There is no way that I would ask to be anywhere else. It is impossible to manage 105 young adult men, impossible. Not improbable, but impossible.
I say all of that to say this; Coach Tressel is not a perfect man, nor a perfect coach, but I feel as if no one will give him credit for what he did behind the scenes. Let's talk stats, Tress is not only responsible for posting a 106-22 record in 10 years, including a 9-1 record against those boys from up north, but he is responsible for the highest athletic graduation rate in the history of The Ohio State University. He is not only responsible for 7 Big 10 Championships, 3 National Title games and 1 National Championship, but he is also responsible for the highest team GPA since who knows when. He did it by creating a system of values and building character so that his players could be successful in things beyond just football. Speculate if you want to, but I know JT's heart, and it has always been for the greater good of his players.
Me personally, I did not fully understand everything as he was throwing them at us, but as a growing man, I can say that I get a revelation daily on issues that he has covered in some way, shape or form. We had this thing called a "Winners Manual" while I was at OSU. It is a player-only book full of schedules, reminders, work and most importantly quotes that capture every pitch life can throw at you. Before classes started in the Fall every morning we would be required to list what we were thankful and grateful for that morning and find a quote out of 100's of pages that fits your mindset for that day. As a player you don't really appreciate what this was or what it meant, but if you really sit back to apply these two things to your routine every day you will learn that you can only control what you can control. Life has its twist and turns, but you must handle adversary, but even more importantly you must handle success. If you wake up every morning and give thanks you will realize that you have so much to live for and so many people who are not worth letting down.
Jim Tressel taught me how to approach life. Under his guidance for my young adult years I learned how to build and foster relationships, the importance of a team and unity, how to handle adversary and multi-task (part of that credit goes to the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, but that is a different story). He taught me etiquette and restraint. He taught all of us how to handle the public eye, and not to leave anything else out, he taught me how to set goals and achieve them. In 2007, my senior year, we were in the "reloading" phase of OSU. We had just lost our Heisman quarterback, star tailback and other key components in the NFL draft. We also lost a gang of senior talent. It was this year where we were supposed to lose to everyone. We had a hand full of seniors and most of us were walk-ons and a budding group of inexperienced underclassmen. We were unproven, but I will never forget the day when Tress gave me the book for the year "Talent is Never Enough" by John Maxwell (yes, we were required to read a book each summer). At first I took the book as a complete slap in the face. I felt as if he was saying "this years group doesn't have any talent", but after skimming through it (lol, no I went back and finished), the message became clear; talent is NEVER enough. I began to think of all of the people who had more talent than me that were still playing pick up games back out east. I began to think of all the kids who were smarter than me but graduated below me or sometimes not at all. I began to think of all the artists who never get their work seen. I began to think of all of these things because one thing holds true, your success is not measured by your talent, but your work ethic. We worked hard. Harder than anything I've ever been apart of. We went 11-1 that regular season and lost to LSU in the National Championship game, but what we achieved can not ever be taken away from me. Not just the football, but the lesson. Everyone has talent, some people's talent may go undiscovered while others may prosper from their gifts, but because everyone does have talent these words will always separate people; talent is never enough.
If I could fill out my Winner's Manual this morning I would definitely say that I am grateful/thankful for Coach Jim Tressel & Staff. And the quote that I would leave you with would be:
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn." ~Author Unknown
GO BUCKS! We still have a lot of winning to do.
Thanks for listening. Oh and I didn't proofread this because I don't believe in rough drafts.
Lastly, SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!! Go #USA!!
Dionte' Johnson.