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Alumna Shandi Wagner '02 (MA '11), a Ph.D. candidate at Wayne State University, presents "Marry for Money: Love and Disillusionment in Letitia Elizabeth Landon's Letters and Fairy Tales."
Learn about the process at Milkweed Editions that went into creating and publishing Amy Leach's book THINGS THAT ARE: ESSAYS.
Amy Leach, author of THINGS THAT ARE: ESSAYS and the ACTC Visiting Writer at UST this September, will give a reading and sign copies of her book.
Christopher Bakken, author of HONEY, OLIVES, OCTOPUS: ADVENTURES AT THE GREEK TABLE, will present "Case Studies in Subversive Eating: From the Garage to Greece."
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Both the graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Saturday, May 24th.
Students in Dr. Lucia Pawlowski's ENGL 304 Analytical and Persuasive Writing class present their community partnership writing.
English Department faculty and staff recognize and celebrate graduating senior English majors.
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The University of St. Thomas English and Art History graduate programs announce this interdisciplinary conference. Minnesota artist Harriet Bart will give the plenary lecture.
Dr. Erika Behrisch Elce presents "'One of the bright objects that solace us in these regions': Labour, Leisure, and the Arctic Shipboard Periodical, 1820-1852."
Dr. Todd Lawrence, UST Associate Professor of English, presents his co-directed 26-minute documentary "Taking Pinhook" and offers a post-film lecture and discussion.
Senior English with Writing Emphasis major Melissa Seymour is a Female Force!
How will an English major benefit you after you walk through the arches for the last time on graduation day? Come find out from English major alumni!
Author Anthony Doerr will give a public reading that celebrates the 2013-2014 Sacred Arts Festival theme, "Wonder."
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N.M. Kelby (Nicole Mary Kelby), author of numerous books, will discuss her novel WHITE TRUFFLES IN WINTER (2012).
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ACTC Visiting Writer and poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil will read selections from her three poetry collections.
Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil will discuss the concept of wonder in her three poetry collections.
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Dr. Alexis Easley, Associate Professor of English, and M.A. in English alum Shannon Scott discuss their 2012 book TERRIFYING TRANSFORMATIONS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF VICTORIAN WEREWOLF FICTION, 1838-1896.
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Cadillac CTS Engine Problems
zebandco Posts: 22rob711, TRADE IT! I am really disappointed to hear the 09's have the same problem that has been around since 04-05. It's a design flaw and the best that GM will be able to do is give you another engine with the same problems. I loved my 05 STS and I am still in a GM product but I took it on the chin because I didn't trade mine when I realized there was a problem.
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4u2no Posts: 7Looks like I am in the huge club of consumers who have a Cadillac and the Engine failed them. I own a 2004 CTS that is now sitting because yesterday it staled on the Highway because the engine seized and it now needs a new engine! My car only has 80000 miles! Not to mention all of the other problems I had with it before that. When I first got it we were stranded on the interstate because we ran out of gas! The fuel sending units were bad or it wasn't sending the gas like it should have! I have had problems keeping oil in it and we have changed the oil every 3 months. There are no oil leaks, but the oil seems to be very low before we are even supposed to change it. I am contacting GM like some of you have. I know they may do nothing for me, but I refuse to just let it go because we don't deserve this. We spend a great deal of money in the first place we shouldn't have to spend that much again just repairing it! I am not giving up on this one! I know it may not help some of you now, but it could save someone else from being hosed like us
mrvr2u Posts: 8That seems like the only way our voices will be heard is to have a "class action" suit against GM. Cadillac is asking "way" too much for these machines and then do not want to be responsible when their coveted vehicle breaks down. It seems like there is no recourse for the consumer nowadays!
mrvr2u Posts: 8I have had this same issue in my 2006 cts (3.6). I took it to the Cadillac Dealership here in Waldorf, Maryland (Ken Dixon) and they could not duplicate the problem. I even had the "big man" of the Service Department drive the vehicle and he couldn't duplicate the issue, even though I was sitting in the passenger seat with him and could feel what was going on. Cadillac does not want to be held accountable for the poor products they are putting out. I had to contact the Better Business Bureau and GM got in contact with me and try to give me some "bennies" for my problems. I will continue to fight, because they depend on us (customer) for their livelihoods and we should make them be accountable.
carlamoreno Posts: 15I'm sorry to hear of yet another Cadillac victim. I had a 2005 with 80000 on it and the exact same problem happened to me. I had no luck getting any help from GM. They will never admit fault because it would lead to miillions of dollars in repairs, a enpensive recall & admission of guilt. Cadillac has left a bad taste in mouth and I will never purchase GM again. That was my first and last. I ws lucky enough to find a buyer for my dead 2005 CTS that sat in my driveway before I finally decided what to do with it. I didn't get much for it but the peace of mind that the vehicle is no longer my problem helps me sleep at night. I have gone back to BMW and purchased an X3. At least I know they are reliable. I have a 97 528i that has nearly 200k miles on it an runs like a champ. Good luck to you..and please keep us all posted on and class actions suits that may arise. I would be the first to gladly sign on!
detroitfan Posts: 6Count me in! I had my engine blow and I received ZERO consideration from GM/Cadillac! I have owned 7 GM products....needless to say, I will never purchase a GM vehicle again. I had to replace my engine on my CTS, I am in no position to purchase a vehicle, When I am it will not be a GM! The list of dissatisfied Cadillac customers seems to be growing rapidly. Maybe we should pass this info onto Toyota....they can use it in their ad campaign....It's not just us (Toyota) that build crappy cars, Cadillac won't even address their problems.
Really sucks that we bailed out GM...and yet customers with the same problem keep getting hosed! -
ghost14 Posts: 1Hi, tammysad , I know how you must have feel, I'm having the same problem with my 04 cadillac cts , engine light is on,due to gas cap, car shake's a little and once in awhile I do smell Burning oil, I was wondering if you could help me, did you ever got the engine light problem fix? if so please help me. Ever since the light came on I've just can't get it to go off. Thanks
4u2no Posts: 7My advice owning a 2004 Cadillac CTS with 83000 miles myself is, GET RID OF IT before it is to late! My cadillac like many others is sitting on a trailer with engine failure. It needs a brand new engine that will cost $7000 to fix so I am looking at my options right now. I am going through customer service now, but as others have stated I don't think I will get anywhere with them.
natural_99_99 Posts: 7My car has been down 3 months now I posted back in June, was contacted by customer service & giving case # only to have GM say there was nothing they could do. GM does not stand by it's product at all. I took car in when I knew I was having trouble & mechanic says you have to wait till car has more frequent problems. What great advice now my engine is completely gone what an idiot. GM if you couldn't even come out of your pocket with one red cent to help get my car fix the least you can do STOP SENDING me promotions for a new car. I will never buy from GM again I rather buy the new KIA SOUL. So if you so kindly can put in another customer service ticket & request that mailings from GM be stopped. Can you handle that GM? hope your stock drops another 30%.
erycus Posts: 7I just got a phone call from an associate, he asked me where I found the used engine for my 05 CTS. He has/had an 03, and low and behold the engine failed. When does this reoccurring problem stop being a coincidence....Come on Cadillac/GM, admit it....YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR PRODUCTS!
carlamoreno Posts: 15Don't expect much from "Christina GM Cust Serv". She has the same generic reply to everyone on here and they have yet to do anything about all of our engine problems. They are a joke. I'm sure they will tell you they you need to have the car inspected by THEIR mechanics at YOUR expense and unless they find and admit fault there is nothing they can or will do for you.
Best of luck. I'm hoping a class action suit will come of out of all of this someday. One can opnly wish......... -
special_k54321 Posts: 2Today was my day to find out that the knocking that came on suddenly was because there was only half a quart of oil left in the oil pan and metal shavings coming from the engine.
My oil has always been changed at the dealership where I bought my brand new Cadillac 6 years ago and I changed it regularly. They are charging me $8000 to replace my engine. Out of despiration I called my insurance company at first they declined but shortly after called back and said they would investigate. I am crossing my fingers and my toes.
After reading all your posts, I don't have much hope that GM will help what so ever. I believe I will start doing what I see others do...the day before the warranty runs out, I will sell.
Six months ago, the seat sensor for the air bag broke on the passenger side. My dealership quoted me over $650 to repair it. I just found out that on August 3, 2011 GM put out a safety recall on this issue. Good thing I didn't put out that money to have it fixed.
You'd think that a motor seizing could be a safety issue?! Right? -
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special_k54321 Posts: 2I did check oil regularly despite never needing to add oil. After 6 yrs of owning my CTS the oil went from being at the proper level to only 1/2 a quart left in under 3wks and approximately 300miles of driving. (I made a habit of checking it once a month)
I also always had the oil changed a little ahead of scheduled and at the Cadillac dealership from where I purchased the car.
The issue that a lot of people are describing are not oil issues...the engines are not built properly. -
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cdnpinhead Forest Lakes, AZPosts: 3,330I did check oil regularly despite never needing to add oil.
Yeah, back when I wrote that nearly everyone who posted with the grenading engine seemed to be of the opinion that the car should take care of itself or at least give some warning well in advance of losing all oil pressure. Since then another person (besides yourself) posted who had carefully checked his oil right up until the week or two when the engine self-destructed. So, I've changed my opinion -- checking the oil may not help at all, though it might help detect the onset of the real problem before the engine goes south. An oil level sensor would help as well.
Either way, the engine design is obviously flawed. This is simply not a few anecdotal incidents; there are too many. I guess GM is figuring that it's still well under 1% (made up number), so ignoring it is the best policy.
It's a shame, since the rest of the car seems to be really nice & even the engine's good. . .most of the time. -
billpaul Posts: 103I don't drive a CTS, but have followed this forum with interest because I have always admired this car. It seems that there has not been an explanation in this forum of the cause of these engine failures.
The other issue is that when a lot of complaints appear in these forums, Consumer Reports usually reports similar reliability issues in their large database. Thus, when many anecdotal complaints occur, they are an indicator of an important issue that is usually confirmed when large numbers of vehicles are considered.
However, in this case, CR reports no major engine problems except for the 2003 model year (head gasket problems that year). There have been minor engine issues (oil leaks) from 2003-05, which don't appear to explain the problems in this forum. Otherwise, the engine has been reported to be reliable.
So, it seems that the issue is a little confused: what is going wrong, and why have these problems not been confirmed by CR? It may be difficult to obtain satisfaction from GM if these questions remain unanswered. -
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wyatts4 Posts: 1This is my second Cadillac CTS the first one was a 2004 with engine problems at 50,000 miles (I thought it had to be a lemon) So I gave Cadillac a second chance and purchased a 2006 CTS. Currently the car is in the shop (week 3) The cam timing sensor was the original diagnosis.. when the check engine light came on. I have an extended warranty and the warranty company approved this repair but then the shop called to say the motor needed to be replaced. My service and oil change records are up to date. The warranty company sent an adjustor to the dealership and they said that they would not pay for the motor because the dealership did a "decarbonizing treatment" on the motor and this left metal flakes which ruined the motor. The dealership said the warranty company just doesn't want to pay. So, I had the car towed to another dealership for a second opinion. I am waiting for the warranty adjustor to come back out and look at the engine. Apparently the "lower end of the engine is ruined"- the bearings and crankshaft. I am not sure how this will turn out, but I bought the Cadillac expecting to have a quality car I could count on. I will never purchase another Cadillac. I am thoroughly disgusted with the car and associated unreliability.

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I planted a pack of mixed color English daises in late winter, they are now blooming in the garden. Some are single, some semi double and in shades of white and pink. There is one plant in particular I would like to save the seed from, its a deeper shade of pink than most, more double than the others too. First of all, how and when do I collect the seed from this plant? And, will the seed be the same as the parent plant, or is there cross pollinating going on with the others, so perhaps the seed won't be identical to the parent ? |
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They will almost certainly cross pollinate. Doubles gradually revert towards their wild ancestors. To collect the seed wait until the flower is withered and monitor it closely. Just remove the head when it is dry and rub between your fingers. The seeds will come apart. |
Thanks, I guess its not really worth the bother, if its going to cross pollinate and revert to singles. It is so pretty though, any chance it might winter over, if I keep deadheading? I know some nurseries call them perennials, when they are really biennials, but this one is really pretty and I'd love to have more like it. I've never had them winter over, but maybe with some protection, do you think I could winter it over, and maybe divide it next spring, as I would other perennials? |
I don't know about the cultivated versions but the wild Bellis perennis is totally hardy and will withstand even the coldest winter. They are one of our commonest wild flowers and thrive in lawns where they withstand weekly mowing and bounce right back. Considered a weed by lawn people, although I love them. |
- Posted by susanzone5 z5NY (My Page) on Mon, Jul 29, 13 at 19:01
Hi Flora. In zone 5 NY, bellis doesn't overwinter. I plant it every spring and it doesn't reseed or come back. I even grew it from seed one year and it didn't reseed or winter over. I wish sometimes that I had the climate of the UK! Hpny2...save the seed and give it a try. Sometimes you can be surprised with experiments. |
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Wealthy Middle Eastern backers are behind SmartCity Malta—a high-tech hub for digital and media companies. But is big money enough to create a successful cluster and which sectors are best placed to take advantage of a growing business trend?
You only have to look at Silicon Valley and the City of London to know that geographical clustering can work wonders for same-sector companies. But whether a successful cluster can be deliberately conjured out of nothing has yet to be proved with any certainty. Like others before it, SmartCity Malta intends to give it a try. Contractors have been appointed for the first phase of a $300m (£206m) development to turn Malta's well-worn Ricasoli industrial estate into a "state-of-the-art ICT [information and communications technology] and media business community".
Its backers have identified a trend they call "globalisation in reverse", with successful emerging-market firms now expanding into the west. So they are promoting SmartCity Malta as a gateway to Europe, the European Union and North Africa. They are also billing it as an industry cluster. Malta owns nine per cent of the joint venture. But the real power behind it is Dubai, in the shape of state-owned Dubai Holding and its subsidiaries, cluster specialist Tecom Investments and property developer Sama Dubai. Back on home ground, Tecom has fostered several aspiring industry clusters, starting with Dubai Internet City in 2000. That was followed by Dubai Media City and, aimed at the education sector, Dubai Knowledge Village.
Now Dubai is rolling out the brand, both in Malta and at SmartCity Kochi in India. "We are taking the successful model of Dubai Media City and making it international," says SmartCity chief executive Fareed Abdulrahman. "Not every industry can become a cluster. For the knowledge economy, it is much simpler than for other industries."
That's debatable. Some of the most impressive clusters have evolved in relatively simple manufacturing industries—sofas and woollen textiles in Italy, wooden furniture in Denmark's Jutland, forestry products in Finland. The town of Belluno in Italy's Veneto region has become the world centre for the production of spectacle frames.
Of course, science parks and other forms of techno-cluster have enjoyed varying degrees of success in recent years. But economists have talked about "agglomeration" economies of scale and scope since the late 19th century. In the 1990s, management guru Michael Porter seized on clusters to extend his ideas on competitive advantage. He maintains that they can increase the productivity of the companies involved, drive innovation and stimulate the creation of new businesses.
Part of the benefit is simply that proximity saves time and money, minimising transaction and transport costs. But it also involves the exchange of ideas. Dr Andy Pratt,
director of the Centre for Urban Research at the London School of Economics (LSE), thinks there is more evidence of agglomeration benefits in older sectors, but admits they can also apply to digital industries. "[For them,] the agglomeration impact is about subtle and fuzzy knowledge exchange and proximity to markets, to arc innovation and product development," he explains. "It's about people hanging about and doing some serious exchange of industry-specific time and relevant product/market information."
So what does it take to get a cluster going? "The key is a 'leader' company, one that establishes the commercial relationship with the market that all the others can then exploit," says Gianvito Lanzolla, senior lecturer in strategy at the Cass Business School. "Historically, clusters have emerged spontaneously, such as Vicenza's mechatronics cluster. Some are trying to build clusters artificially. Some work, some don't. But you can't build a cluster without a legacy—such as a university or a competence."
SmartCity Malta doesn't have that, though the government hopes to lure back émigré skilled Maltese citizens. In a novel twist, the project is promoting the island as a good location for international IT training centres. SmartCity's Abdulrahman says it is on the verge of announcing the name of a major anchor tenant. "That's the most important factor in a planned cluster," he agrees.
Beyond its general low-tax regime, Valletta is not offering specific tax breaks to anyone who takes space in SmartCity Malta. Most agree that building a cluster on such foundations would be misguided. So the identity of the "big tenant" will be interesting. "It's not a case of build it and they will come," says Feargal O'Rourke, head of the technology, telecoms, entertainment and media practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). "You have to build it, get good government support, bring in key tenants. And you'll probably have to overpay for the first one or two key players."
Government vision and strategy allowed Ireland to create a highly successful financial services cluster, says O'Rourke. But the country failed when it attempted to do the same with the film industry, because it never attracted a major tenant such as a Disney or a Fox.
Rather than trying to create clusters by decree, governments would do better to create the conditions in which they can flourish, argues Athar Osama, a new ventures specialist with technology management consultants Angle. That means concentrating resources on clusters where some form of regional competitive advantage already exists. This is especially important for developing countries, where investment in one sector is invariably at the cost of another. Osama points to Malaysia's Cyberjaya, Qatar's Education City and Panama's City of Knowledge as examples of less-than-successful planned clusters. Techno-economic hubs, says Osama, thrive almost by serendipity. "Planned ones rarely work-developing slowly, fading quickly or seriously failing to reach their objectives," he adds.
The LSE's Pratt agrees, saying that building a "science park" for the cultural and media industries is not the way to do it. "They need to be close to 'market', as they feed on subtle market signals," he says. "In areas such as media, the industry has a winner-takes-all structure—getting to market second will wipe out 95 per cent of profit." The benefits of "being there" for these industries work best in diverse or cosmopolitan places where there is a lot of "noise", he adds. "The skilled operator is able to selectively filter it and use it, but the background noise is vital. It's not so different to financial markets, but it's a lot different to metal-bashing."
Pratt concludes that planned media clusters might work, but not as they are built at present. "Better to look to places such as Soho or Brick Lane [in London] to get an insight into successful innovative clusters," he asserts. "I'd not put much money on a real success in one of these artificial hubs, unless it was about place branding."
Some academics distinguish between not two but three types of cluster—spontaneous, planned and real-estate driven. The Dubai model—and hence the Malta project—falls into the last category. Dubai has attracted many tenants and spun off specialised niches for media production and studios, which have proved popular.
But one professional who has worked there observes that, while Dubai Media City has several major industry tenants, their presence in terms of business activity is actually small. To succeed as a property development is not necessarily to triumph as a cluster.
That's the decisive test SmartCity Malta will ultimately need to pass if it wants to lay claim to the business cluster laurel. As PwC's O'Rourke puts it: "Is your cluster a vibrant standalone generator of new ideas and products? Or is it just a cluster of operations?"


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For winter vacation, I have a month off. A friend of mine is going away, and I'm not allowed to go with her. So I lied and told my parents that I get to go to Chicago to talk about my school (which I've done before). But I'm going to Puerto Rico with my friend instead. I would tell the truth, but I'm 18, and I don't get to go away on vacations without my parents. Plus, I'm in too deep. Is it totally wrong to lie, or should I not go and tell the truth?
Not to preach, but this will really drive a wedge into your relationship. Plus, the odds of them finding out the truth seem really high. As much as it sucks to have to skip the trip, fess up before it's too late. The trip is just a few weeks of your life, but the lie could destroy a trust that might take years to rebuild--not worth it.


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However, finding weapons can be a bit of a pain. The best weapons for me outside of a raid are the two fist weapons in ZG, which drop from a randomly summoned boss. So you may not even get the boss who drops them, and the off-hand doesn't even drop from the same boss as the main-hand -- and in either case, it means I'm leveling archaeology on a fourth toon because half the time, no one can summon any of them.
As annoying as this is, for raiding, it can get even worse. Getting a 2.6 speed agility main-hand weapon from raiding means killing Nefarian and praying that this week he drops your axe. (You can get an off-hand from trash, but you can't use it in your main hand, meaning you need at least one Neffy axe). Blizzard has come out and said it's fine with this for now.


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10 For if somebody sees you, the one who has this knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, won't his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols? | 10 For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol's temple, won't he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols? |
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So I've got these blond wigs lying around the house for years.
So I've got these blond wigs lying around the house for years.
I am loving this!
Ooo work them wigs diva!
Maison Martin Margiela hair jacket move over! Too funny…2 blond wigs lying around? For what reason Bryan???….lol…
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I love ur take on Kate Moss' V Cover. Now I almost want to get 2 blonde wigs and parade around my living room!!!
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haha i love it! but is it just me, or did you lose weight? those cheekbones can cut someone in half!
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Last year we did a complete kitchen remodel and along with it added a Capital Culinarian range top ( 23K burners ). We don't often cook on hi temperatures but even on low to medium heat levels the handles of our cookware ( mostly stainless but I don't know the brand )get hot. They did not do this with the previous electric cooktop.
First, is this just something to get used to ( i.e., using gloves, potholders, etc. ) or are there pots/skillets out there which do a good job of having cool handles? Any suggestions are appreciated. I don't foresee us paying $250 for each skillet/pot though! Thx |
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Welcome to gas cooking. With gas there is ALWAYS a curtain of very hot air around the pots and pans. It's the nature of combustion. Handles and spoons left dangling out can surprise you. Yes, it is just something you'll have to get used to. If you have standard, circular burners you probably have cold spots in the middle, too. |
Look on the bright side, you'll develop a good habit of always protecting your hands before you reach for a pot. Better safe than sorry. Less chance of burn accidents that way. I have a CC too and the heat is really nice. I've cooked in a commercial kitchen in the past, so I'm never very far from a kitchen towel, if it's not already glued to my hand. |
I'm buying her some nicer quality cookware for Christmas. I checked into what she had and while it is stainless, etc it was lower end. Am hoping the newer stuff will do at least marginally better. Current cookware handles get hot even when flame is set to barely a simmer. If not, at least she will ahve nicer cookware and maybe better temperature control! Agree about simply planning on handles being hot. Can't go wrong if you get into the habit of protecting yourselve. Reminds me of glass stirring rods in chemistry lab.. always keep hot end pointed away because hot and cold glass look identical. Assume pot handle is hot and it gets safer from there! Agree too on the CC burners. Have had a year now and both of us remain amazed at this beast! It cooks very well at low heat... is so nice to be able to simmer chili without having to continuously stir and or put on burner remove from burner. Also nice to bring a big pot for pasta to a boil in about 5 minutes, when desired :) |
Calphalon and All-Clad handles don't get hot--warm, perhaps. They are not cheap, however! And we have gas. |
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1 And the whole multitude of them, rising up, led him to Pilate. | 1 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate. |
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this [man] perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king. | 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king." |
3 And Pilate demanded of him saying, Art *thou* the king of the Jews? And he answering him said, Thou sayest. | 3 So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" "Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. |
4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find no guilt in this man | 4 Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."#cr |
5 But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here. | 5 But they insisted, "He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and has come all the way here." |
6 But Pilate, having heard Galilee [named], demanded if the man were a Galilaean; | 6 On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean. |
7 and having learned that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, remitted him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in those days. | 7 When he learned that Jesus was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time. |
8 And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him; | 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform some miracle. |
9 and he questioned him in many words, but *he* answered him nothing. | 9 He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer. |
10 And the chief priests and the scribes stood and accused him violently. | 10 The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. |
11 And Herod with his troops having set him at nought and mocked him, having put a splendid robe upon him, sent him back to Pilate. | 11 Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe, they sent him back to Pilate. |
12 And Pilate and Herod became friends with one another the same day, for they had been at enmity before between themselves. | 12 That day Herod and Pilate became friends--before this they had been enemies. |
13 And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, | 13 Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, |
14 said to them, Ye have brought to me this man as turning away the people [to rebellion], and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found nothing criminal in this man as to the things of which ye accuse him | 14 and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him. |
15 nor Herod either, for I remitted you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death is done by him. | 15 Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. |
16 Having chastised him therefore, I will release him. | 16 Therefore, I will punish him and then release him. " |
17 ( Now he was obliged to release one for them at the feast.) | 17 With one voice they cried out, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!" |
18 But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas to us; | 18 (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder. |
19 who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken place in the city, and [for] murder, had been cast into prison | 19 Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. |
20 Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, again addressed [them]. | 20 But they kept shouting, "Crucify him! Crucify him! |
21 But they cried out in reply saying, Crucify, crucify him | 21 For the third time he spoke to them: "Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him." |
22 And he said the third time to them, What evil then has this [man] done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will chastise him therefore and release him. | 22 But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. |
23 But they were urgent with loud voices, begging that he might be crucified. And their voices [and those of the chief priests] prevailed. | 23 So Pilate decided to grant their demand. |
24 And Pilate adjudged that what they begged should take place. | 24 He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will. |
25 And he released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, whom they begged for, and Jesus he delivered up to their will. | 25 As they led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. |
26 And as they led him away, they laid hold on a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the field, and put the cross upon him to bear it behind Jesus. | 26 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. |
27 And a great multitude of the people, and of women who wailed and lamented him, followed him. | 27 Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. |
28 And Jesus turning round to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me, but weep over yourselves and over your children; | 28 For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' |
29 for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed [are] the barren, and wombs that have not borne, and breasts that have not given suck. | 29 Then " 'they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!" ' |
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us; and to the hills, Cover us: | 30 For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?" |
31 for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry? | 31 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. |
32 Now two others also, malefactors, were led with him to be put to death. | 32 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals--one on his right, the other on his left. |
33 And when they came to the place which is called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, the other on the left. | 33 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. |
34 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And, parting out his garments, they cast lots. | 34 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One." |
35 And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also [with them] sneered, saying, He has saved others; let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen one of God. | 35 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar |
36 And the soldiers also made game of him, coming up offering him vinegar | 36 and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself." |
37 and saying, If *thou* be the king of the Jews, save thyself. | 37 There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews. |
38 And there was also an inscription [written] over him in Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew letters: This is the King of the Jews | 38 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!" |
39 Now one of the malefactors who had been hanged spoke insultingly to him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us. | 39 But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? |
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost *thou* too not fear God, thou that art under the same judgment? | 40 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." |
41 and *we* indeed justly, for we receive the just recompense of what we have done; but this [man] has done nothing amiss. | 41 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. " |
42 And he said to Jesus, Remember me, [Lord,] when thou comest in thy kingdom. | 42 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." |
43 And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. | 43 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, |
44 And it was about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour. | 44 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. |
45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple rent in the midst. | 45 Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. |
46 And Jesus, having cried with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he expired. | 46 The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, "Surely this was a righteous man." |
47 Now the centurion, seeing what took place, glorified God, saying, In very deed this man was just. | 47 When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts and went away. |
48 And all the crowds who had come together to that sight, having seen the things that took place, returned, beating [their] breasts. | 48 But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things. |
49 And all those who knew him stood afar off, the women also who had followed him from Galilee, beholding these things. | 49 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, |
50 And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good man and a just | 50 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. |
51 (this [man] had not assented to their counsel and deed), of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who also waited, [himself also,] for the kingdom of God | 51 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body. |
52 -- he having gone to Pilate begged the body of Jesus; | 52 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. |
53 and having taken it down, wrapped it in fine linen and placed him in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had ever been laid. | 53 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. |
54 And it was preparation day, and [the] sabbath twilight was coming on. | 54 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. |
55 And women, who had come along with him out of Galilee, having followed, saw the sepulchre and how his body was placed. | 55 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment. |
56 And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, according to the commandment. | 56 |
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i planted a bunch of them last fall and they have bloomed only a little before being systematically attacked and i just discovered today that something is going to eat ALL of them! the stems are being bitten cleanly off about 12" high but i think some stems are also slowly being eaten down shorter after there are no leaves left. there are no rabbit or caterpillar droppings around the plants that i can find and there are not many plants nearby for a bug to hide in.
it(they?) may be the critter(s) that ate my alternantheras flat too but they were partly trampled down to the ground as well.
birds? sqrls? rats? i do have rats eating the grapes! HELP! thanks, min |
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Have you considered voles. They don't attack my milkweed but I hear they will eat nearly anything. Penny |
thanks for the suggestion penny, but i havn't ever seen a vole here. moles yes, but never a vole. and deer cant get into that garden either. still a mystery... |
- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Sun, Aug 29, 10 at 23:08
I don't have much of a taste for it, even though it's poisonous. You'd think a person who developed a taste for cigarettes would find other poisons equally attractive, but not me. Seriously- it's most likely monarch butterfly caterpillars that are eating your milkweed. You'd think a bug with black and white stripes would stick out like a sore thumb, but they are very hard to spot on the plants. Renee |
Well, I don't know about biting the stems off, but if your leaves are stripped,most likely the Monarch caterpillar is your culprit. That's their main food and I'm glad they found some at your place. If you want to help the Monarchs, plant more asclepias, especially the native asclepias group. |
wow- thanks, renee and gypsy. good news if it IS monarch caterpillars, and i would be thrilled because that's exactly why i planted them! i can't imagine why i haven't ever seen any caterpillars on the plants tho, because they were always bright and very visible on the wild milkweed in the southeast. we would keep an eye on them and eventually watch them hatch. this morning i will go out and really search for any chrysalis(eses)(ii?) in the area. yes these are native asclepias and i will plant some more, unless i discover that i am feeding some unwanted critter. min |
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Georgetown College's Allan Thomas kisses the NAIA championship trophy... Fotografia de notícias 164105531Basquetebol universitário masculino,Beijar,Campeonato,Desporto,EUA,Faculdade,Georgetown Hoyas,Horizontal,Kansas City,Mo,TroféuPhotographer Kansas City StarCollection: Tribune News Service 2013 MCTGeorgetown (Ky.) College's Allan Thomas kisses the NAIA championship trophy. Georgetown beat Southwestern Assemblies of God University, 88-62, in the NAIA Division 1 men's national championship at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (Jill Toyoshiba/Kansas City Star/MCT via Getty Images)


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Threats of genocide spurred Kosovo's separation, but no such threat lies in Crimea.
By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina -- 14/03/14
Propaganda billboards in Crimea draw comparisons to Nazism to persuade voters to separate from Ukraine. [AFP] |
On the eve of a controversial referendum championed by pro-Russian forces in the Crimea peninsula, the European Union is rejecting Moscow's comparison of Crimea to Kosovo's separation from Serbia.
The comparison is being used by authorities in Moscow in an attempt to legitimise a March 16th referendum called by Crimea officials to separate from Ukraine. "There is absolutely no comparison," Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for EU High Commissioner Catherine Ashton, told SETimes.
Sunday's referendum follows the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Russia rather than face charges for the death of protesters during months of demonstrations in Kiev. The new government is recognised by the West.
Moscow, meanwhile, backs pro-Russian paramilitaries that, according to widespread media reports, are beating and abducting ethnic Tatars and Ukrainians in the region, which is dominated by ethnic Russians.
In one such attack reported by the Associated Press on Thursday (March 13th), 10 men, some masked, wearing camouflage, and carrying automatic weapons, pistols and knives, brutally beat two Ukrainian soldiers in the middle of Simferopol and then attacked onlookers who tried to stop the attacks.
But there is support for Ukraine as well. More than 100 gathered to hear speeches and sing the Ukrainian national anthem. Speakers led participants in chants including "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Nation!"
They exhorted people to raise money and bring food to Ukrainian soldiers who have been surrounded by Russian paramilitaries at their bases, the AP reported. Others carried signs reading "If You Want to Live in Russia, then Move to Russia" and "The Referendum Is A Step Toward War."
While supporters of the Russian ultranationalists in Crimea use Kosovo as a precedent for Sunday's referendum, observers in both Kosovo and Serbia say the comparison is not accurate. Sonja Biserko of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia noted that "each case is specific." "There is no parallel with Kosovo and Crimea. It would be similar if Albania had annexed Kosovo," Biserko told SETimes.
Abit Hoxha, a security researcher with the Kosovo Centre for Security Studies, noted the same argument. Hoxha told SETimes that NATO intervention in Kosovo did not aim or result in Kosovo's unification with any other state. NATO intervened to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe and to stop genocide, Hoxha said.
"Russian intervention in Crimea intends its annexation to the Russian Federation," he added.
Even Moscow has been inconsistent in making the comparison. Russian President Vladimir Putin's government supports the Crimea referendum as "absolutely legitimate," but also strongly opposes Kosovo independence and reiterated its position against Kosovo recently.
Hoxha said Russia's claim can be easily turned down based on a specific agreement signed between Moscow and Kiev.
"I think the key issue is the international agreement that was reached between Russia and Ukraine when Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal to save its territorial integrity ... and this is what makes Crimea very different from Kosovo," Hoxha said.
Kosovo has been recognised by more than 100 UN and EU member nations and has been increasing its membership in international organisations.
Kosovo is an entirely different example of state-building and should not be compared with Crimea, said Dren Doli, an expert of the Group for Legal and Political Studies in Kosovo.
Burim Ramadani, a Kosovo MP, also noted that "no one from Kiev has attempted to commit genocide in Crimea while Belgrade has done that in Kosovo."
"No one from outside has determined the will of Kosovo while Russia is doing that in Crimea. Nobody from the international community has reported for violations of human rights in Crimea while there have been thousands of such reports in the case of Kosovo," Ramadani told SETimes.
Davor Gjenero, independent political consultant and former professor at Zagreb Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia, agreed.
"Kosovo declared independence after having been exposed to Milosevic's genocidal intent of what he showed in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Crimea, there is not a single sign of aggression of Ukrainians towards the Russian population. And that's the key difference between Kosovo and the Crimea," he told SETimes.
"We have to mention that the Western countries avoided the intervention in Yugoslavia until the last moment and that Russia is now using that Yugoslav experience in the case of Crimea, counting that the West will not react in a militarily sense until the last moment," Gjenero said.
Correpsondent Drazen Remikovic in Sarajevo contributed to this report.
How should the world respond to the Crimea referendum? Add your thoughts in the space below.


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Get out your titanium-clad forks and get ready to Deconstruct the cake – Frank Gehry is 85 years old today.
Born in 1929, the internationally acclaimed architect has been headlining architectural news platforms since he established his Los Angeles practice in 1962 and remodeled his home in Santa Monica. Notorious for his expressive use of architectonic form (and its inflationary effect on project budgets), Gehry is best known for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, which fellow architect Philip Johnson once dubbed "the greatest building of our time."
Gehry's fresh criticality inspires and incites; his career long-commitment to the style of Deconstructivism, demonstrating that form mustn't always express function, has revealed itself in titanium-clad undulating envelopes, perplexing volumes, and aesthetically discordant detailing.
His office continues to provoke professional discourse with innovative architectural projects. Among their more recent international commissions, the Los Angeles-based Gehry Partners, LLP is currently set to design Berlin's tallest tower and the Facebook headquarters in New York City.
Upon awarding him the Pritzker Prize in 1989, the jury said it best: Gehry is "always open to experimentation… being bound neither by critical acceptance or his successes. His buildings are juxtaposed collages of spaces and materials that make users appreciative of both the theater and the backs-stage, simultaneously revealed."
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Google is planning to build a vast knowledge bank, which promises to include complete human knowledge, it has been reported.
Secure website connections will now get a priority in Google search results.
Google Tuesday said it has upgraded the technology under which voice search features become compatible with Indian diction.
Altering Google search results can pose a real threat to democracy as it has a major impact on the voting preferences of undecided voters and could swing a close election, according to a new landmark study analysing the just concluded Lok Sabha polls in India.
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai has topped the list of 20 most searched successful Indian women on Google followed by Vidya Balan and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, an official statement said.
As India inches closer towards general elections, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal and Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi have emerged as the most searched politicians online, Google said today.
Whether you are a film buff, movie critic or a fashion fan, everyone is awaiting the Oscars with bated breath. Each year, as the Academy Awards inches closer, there is a major spike in search traffic related to the event.
The Google search bar is also an ultimate calculator, which is the last thing a user might resort to when struggling with numbers.
A team of researchers have suggested that health and wealth may be more strongly connected than previously believed.
Google has released "Moto X-like" spoken search extension for Chrome, which enables hands-free queries.
In a bid to counter child sexual abuse, Google has announced the development of a new software that will block links to child abuse material on the web.
Popular search engine Google has revealed that widespread gender inequality is still a global problem.
The Internet is fast eroding people`s memories of world-changing events in history, making them more forgetful as they increasingly bank upon Google to provide the information, a new UK study has found.
Global Internet search engine Google Wednesday unveiled a software tool enabling Indian netizens to search its encyclopaedic website by writing in Hindi (Devanagari) script.
The web giant said all of its services from Google Search to Gmail to YouTube to Google Drive went down for between one and five minutes.
Search engine giant Google goes more personalized with straight answers to questions regarding a user`s flight or courier status.
Google India on Tuesday introduced its `Start Searching India` campaign here to help internet users get the most out of the web with its search tool.
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Google is trying fix a mysterious bug that returns pages and pages of almost exclusively pornographic and adult results when users enter certain equations or search strings.
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But, those quiet moments have been interrupted by stops along the way at coffee shops, restaurants and civic clubs as Tracy has conversations with the people he hopes to represent in the U.S. Congress.
Tracy is seeking to replace incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais.
If he succeeds in defeating the incumbent and five others in the August Republican primary, he would still have to face Democratic candidate Lenda Sherrell and Independent candidate Robert Doggart to grasp the seat in Washington, D.C.
"We feel real good," Tracy said. "We're spending a lot of time in Bradley County — at least one or two days a week. I've met a lot of good people and there's a lot of good things going on in Cleveland and Bradley County. It's a good area to be in because of the growth. The potential here is really good, and there is good leadership here that is working really hard."
Polls and donations show Tracy's campaign gaining strength and momentum.
"When people give you their hard-earned money right out of their pocket, it's a sacrifice for them to do it and it means they believe in you," Tracy said. "It's very humbling."
During those conversations he is having along the way, Tracy says the No. 1 thing he is hearing most is people's opinions about the direction the country is heading.
"The country is on the wrong track, and the people know it's on the wrong track," Tracy said. "They want people to go to Washington who have the experience I have," he said.
"I've run a business for more than 25 years. I've met a payroll. I know what government overreach means."
He said voters are looking for common sense and conservative values.
"They want somebody who understands you need lower taxes and streamlined government as well as a balanced budget which I have done at the state level," he said. "Those things have worked at the state level, and that's why Tennessee is doing well."
He said people are looking for quality jobs.
"I think the folks are ready for government to get out of the way," Tracy said.
He said people also want to know if he will be accessible in a district encompassing 16 counties.
"Absolutely," he said. "That's my reputation. My pledge is to have an office in Bradley County staffed by people from Bradley County. I will be down here a lot."
Tracy said people want someone who can go to Congress and get things done.
"I have been effective as a state senator in passing bills," he said. He also said he has worked well with state agencies, such as TDOT in pushing projects into reality.
The lesson he says he has learned from being a state senator that he wants to take to Washington is "to listen to your constituents."
"Don't be afraid to listen to them and visit with them and talk about what their needs are," he said. "That's what I've done as a state senator. You go to the ballgame, breakfasts or whatever — that's where you find out. That's where they can pop you with questions and you find out what's on people's mind."
He said he wants to remain involved in the communities he serves in order to know what is going on.
Tracy says the president has overreached his bounds with executive orders.
"I think he's doing a lot of things that I think are unconstitutional," he said. "I think the Founding Fathers decided the Congress is supposed to be over the budget and both branches should be working together."
He said the tone of Washington's major problems is "no one is talking to each other."
"They just want to find a camera and talk about the other guy," Tracy said.
He said one of the things he wants to tackle is a streamlining of the tax system.
"If we made the system simpler and fairer, it would take a lot of the power away from the IRS," he said. "They now have so much power they are doing things they should not be doing."
Tracy said he believes the issue can be resolved on a bipartisan basis.
He reflects on the Iraq situation, saying so much has been done to make the country into a democracy, and "now that we have pulled out all the troops, it is falling apart."
"If the terrorist organization ISIS takes over Iraq, not only will they have oil and money, they're going to be coming after us," he said. "It affects the whole region. It's a big concern. They are dangerous. It's very scary. I don't know what the answer is right now, but I think we had a shot at them early and we didn't do anything. We need to keep everything on the table, and they need to be afraid of us."
Tracy said the death of former U.S. Sen. Howard Baker, who he called "a Southern gentleman," should be a reminder of a better breed of legislators.
"He knew how to talk to people," Tracy said. "I think people are looking for that kind of leadership that can communicate with people — to tell what your ideas are and why your ideas are good."
He said Baker did not mind asking the tough questions and "getting the answers back he didn't like."
"Sometimes as public servants you have to do that," Tracy said. "I'm willing to do that and take that on."


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