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Mattress Ratings > Sleep Number Bed Vs Tempur-Pedic Mattress
Unbiased Comparison Based on 3,376 Actual Consumer Experiences
SLEEP NUMBER | TEMPURPEDIC (all models but Choice) |
Owner satisfaction | b- | b | B |
Durability | c- | b+ | C- |
Longevity | b+ | b+ | B+ |
Perceived quality | c+ | b+ | B- |
Price | c- | d | D |
Long-term cost | d | c- | D |
Model variety | B | A | d |
Less pain | b+ | b+ | B+ |
Motion isolation | b | a | B+ |
Easy to move on | b | c- | C+ |
No middle problem | c- | A- | B- |
No initial off gas odor | b- | d | C |
No sleeping hot | c+ | c- | C- |
Good for sex | c- | c | C+ |
No noise | d | a- | D |
No assembly | F | a- | D+ |
Lightweight | C+ | d- | c- |
Warranty | d+ | C | C |
Widely available | c+ | B | |
Discloses Specs | B- | D | |
Customer service | b | b | |
BBB rating / stability | a+ / Excellent | A+ / Good | |
SLTD rating | B | B+ | |
Support | Air | foam | Air |
Adjustable firmness | yes | no | yes |
Multiple adjustment zones | No | -- | yes |
Number readout | yes | -- | No |
* Ratings are a partial estimate; owner experience data is limited given model newness.
The Sleep Number bed and the Tempur-Pedic bed are mostly very different, yet they often compete for the same buyers.
The Sleep Number beds use air for primary support, not foam or springs. Firmness and support can be adjusted by adding / removing air from the mattress using an electric pump. Each side of the bed can have its own setting.
By contrast, most Tempur-Pedic beds use foam for support, not air or springs. The Tempur-Pedic Choice (a fairly new model) is the exception as it uses air for support, a design generally similar to that of the Sleep Number bed.
Our research findings are based on 3,375+ consumer reviews for various Tempur-Pedic models (Cloud, Contour, Weightless, Grand, Allura, Rhapsody, Simplicity, Choice, discontinued models) and various Sleep Number / Select Comfort models (Classic c2, c3, c4, Performance p5, p6, Memory Foam m7, m9, Innovation i8, i10, and discontinued models).
The consumer experience data was collected from diverse, credible sources.
Sleep Like The Dead receives NO compensation of any kind from any company, organization or individual to affect in any way or degree the content of our website including our mattress research, ratings and comparisons.
Sleep Number and Tempur-Pedic overall rate similar in owner satisfaction. Sleep Number has 78% owner satisfaction, while Tempur-Pedic has 81%.
Mattress durability refers to how well a bed will hold up to regular use without something breaking or deteriorating.
The somewhat mechanical nature of both the Sleep Number Bed and the Tempur-Pedic Choice means that more can conceivably go wrong with them.
At least 20% of Sleep Number bed owners report having over the span of ownership at least one durability problem – such as a leaking air chamber, broken pump, or malfunctioning controller. It is possible if not likely that the Tempur-Pedic Choice will be similar in this regard.
By contrast, only about 10% of non-Choice Tempur-Pedic bed owners report durability issues, usually related to sagging, softening and body impression development.
* partial estimate
In regard to longevity, both Sleep Number and Tempur-Pedic have an average lifespan of about 10 years. Even though Sleep Number has historically had worse durability than Tempur-Pedic, the fact that any part of a Sleep Number bed can be replaced helps its longevity.
Tempur-Pedic is more often perceived as being a quality mattress than Sleep Number. The relative light weight of Sleep Number along with the fact that it is made of fairly simple materials cause some owners to question its quality.
By contrast, the heavy weight and fairly unique material of Tempur-Pedic beds often gives owners the impression that it is a quality product.
The average price of a Tempur-Pedic mattress (queen) is about $3,328, while the average price of a Sleep Number bed (queen) is about $2,668. In other words, on average, Tempur-Pedic is about 20% more expensive than Sleep Number.
Sleep Number beds and the Tempur-Pedic Choice may require certain replacement parts over the course of their lifespans – parts that will likely be only partially covered or not covered at all under their warranty terms. A non-Choice Tempur-Pedic model, by contrast, is less likely to need any repair / replacement and, consequently, it may have a lower overall cost of ownership even though its initial price may be higher.
* estimate
Sleep Number currently offers 11 models, while Tempur-Pedic offers 18 including two airbed models, Choice Supreme and Choice Luxe. Model variety often results in consumers finding a mattress that suits them. It should be noted, however, that Sleep Number Bed stores usually carry all Sleep Number models, while most Tempur-Pedic retailers do not carry all Tempur-Pedic models.
Pain reduction refers mainly to back pain relief, but it can also refer to relief from hip, shoulder or other bodily pain. Both Sleep Number and Tempur-Pedic perform well on this issue overall – as well as, if not better than, any other mattress.
The reason they are effective in reducing and or preventing pain is likely due to the contoured supportiveness that both beds provide.
Not all owners report less pain, however. Some, about 8% for Tempur-Pedic and 10-15% for Sleep Number, report new or increased pain since sleeping on the beds.
Motion isolation refers to how well a mattress keeps motion on the bed localized. In other words, a mattress with good motion isolation allows one person to move on the bed or get up off of it without disturbing another person on the bed. On this issue, both mattresses do well, but significantly more Tempur-Pedic owners report the benefit.
Due to the fact that sleepers tend to sink somewhat into Tempur-Pedic beds, these beds tend to be more difficult to move on and get up off than Sleep Number beds. Consequently, Sleep Number beds may be better suited for people who are weak, injured, sick, heavy, or elderly.
About 20% of Sleep Number bed owners report a problem with the middle of the bed where the two air chambers meet.
Some owners say there is a "valley" or "trench" in the middle, while others report a "hump." There also can be a problem with one or both sides of the bed sloping toward the middle which can cause a sleeper to roll or slide in that direction.
(It must be noted that the Sleep Number c3 and c4 models now use an "edge-to-edge" design which likely reduces or even eliminates any problem with the middle of the bed.)
The known middle-area design of the Tempur-Pedic Choice is different and arguably superior than that of Sleep Number. Consequently, it is unlikely that a high number of Choice owners will report a noteworthy middle area problem.
About 10% of non-Choice Tempur-Pedic mattress owners report a problem (sagging or development of body impressions) in the middle area of the bed.
* partial estimate
A mattress "sleeps hot" if it acts as a heat trap for the sleeper's body heat, resulting in an uncomfortably warm bed. About 4% of Sleep Number owners report heat problems versus about 12% for Tempur-Pedic.
Off gassing refers to an odor, often chemical in nature, that a mattress emits for a limited time when it is new due to the manufacturing and or packaging process. One of the main complaints for Tempur-Pedic beds is off gassing; about 18% of owners report it. By contrast, about 5% of Sleep Number bed owners report the problem.
About 10% of Tempur-Pedic owners complain that their bed is heavy, making it difficult to transport, move or change linens. By contrast, about 10% of Sleep Number owners praise their bed for being relatively light weight and easy to move and handle.
The Sleep Number bed and the Tempur-Pedic Choice can be somewhat noisy at times because of the electric air pump operation. By contrast, non-Choice Tempur-Pedic models are silent at all times, although their foundations may on occasion make noise, such as creaking.
* partial estimate
Non-Choice Tempur-Pedic models require no assembly. The Choice models require little assembly (connecting pumps, remote) – far less than what is required for Sleep Number beds. Most Sleep Number bed owners, but not all, say that assembly is easy and takes about 40-90 minutes depending on whether one or two people are involved.
Care should be taken with assembly as owner experience data suggests that poor assembly can cause the bed to not function properly and be uncomfortable. In fact, poor assembly may be a significant cause of owner dissatisfaction.
Upon delivery for an additional fee, the Sleep Number bed can be assembled by professionals.
About half of Sleep Number bed owners say their bed is suitable for sex, or at least no less suitable than other beds. The other half say their bed is not good for sex overall because of the presence of a "trench" or intrusion in the middle where the two air chambers meet.
For Tempur-Pedic, owners often report that the bed has some advantages for love making (comfort, traction, discretion) and some disadvantages (no bounce, difficulty of movement).
For more information, see the mattress and sex comparison.
Tempur-Pedic beds are widely available at many mattress retailers. Sleep Number beds are available only at Sleep Number bed stores. Both beds, however, are available online.
This rating refers to what extent Tempur-Pedic and Sleep Number disclose the specifications of their products. The disclosing of specifications allows consumers to know what they are paying for and helps them to comparison shop.
Although it had done so in the past, Tempur-Pedic no longer regularly discloses the thickness of the various layers of its mattresses nor their foam density. As for Sleep Number, some specifications lack consistency and detail.
Collected owner experience data shows slightly more complaints for Sleep Number's / Select Comfort's customer service than for Tempur-Pedic's customer service. Both companies, however, tend to provide somewhat above-average customer service compared to other major mattress manufacturers.
The main difference between the warranties of the two beds is that Tempur-Pedic provides non-prorated coverage for 10 years (5 years non-prorated coverage on Choice pumps, hoses, remotes), while Sleep Number provides non-prorated coverage for only the first two years.
Sleep Number Warranty Terms | |
0-2 years after purchase | No cost to owner for repair |
3-20 years after purchase | Owner pays 20% of repair costs plus 4% of repair cost for each year from original purchase date |
21-25 years after purchase | Owner pays 96% of repair cost. |
Tempur-Pedic (Non-Choice Models) Warranty Terms | |
0-10 years after purchase | No cost to owner for repair/replacement |
Tempur-Pedic Choice Models Warranty Terms | |
0-10 years after purchase | No cost to owner for repair/replacement (exclusions apply after 5 years – see below) |
0-5 years after purchase | No cost to owner for repair/replacement of pumps, hoses, remotes |
BBB Rating / Rating Stability | |
Sleep Number / Select Comfort | A+ / excellent |
Tempur-Pedic | A+ / good |
SLTD rating is based on a combination of factors including product ratings by consumers, years in business, customer service, return policy, accuracy of marketing claims, transparency of specifications, warranty, Better Business Bureau (BBB) rating and rating stability, number of BBB complaints / business size ratio.
The firmness / support of both the Sleep Number bed and the Tempur-Pedic Choice can be adjusted by adding or removing air from their air chamber(s). Beds equipped with air chambers on each side of the bed allow for independently adjustable firmness for each partner.
The Choice has three air chambers for each side of the mattress which provide independent control to the heat / foot and lumbar areas. Sleep Number beds, by contrast, do not have multiple air chambers for each side.
The pump controllers for the Sleep Number bed provide a number readout, while the controllers for the Choice use a graphic indicator.
Sleep Number | Tempur-Pedic Choice | |
Number of air chambers (for each side) |
1 | 3 (head, foot, lumbar) |
independent adjustment for each side |
yes | yes |
Range of adjustment | good to fair | good to fair* |
Controller readout | number | graphic |
* partial estimate
For non-Choice Tempur-Pedic models, firmness can range from soft to firm depending on the particular model.
While firmness can be adjusted on all Sleep Number beds and Tempur-Pedic Choice beds, some models may be softer or firmer than others depending on the thickness of their comfort layer. For example, models with little or no comfort layer tend to be somewhat firm even on their softest setting.
Tempur-Pedic uses temperature- and weight-sensitive memory foam to mold and contour to the sleeper's body. Sleep Number mainly relies on air chambers to achieve personalized firmness and comfort.
The result overall, owner experience data shows, is that a Sleep Number bed tends to feel more like a conventional mattress than a Tempur-Pedic bed which tends to provide a fairly unconventional sensation.
The below charts show words/phrases that owners often use to describe the sensation of sleeping on the beds.
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Fresh Corn Soufflé with Bacon and Comté
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Marcia Kiesel likes to feature corn in main courses because "it's so substantial," she says, so she uses it here as a base for a decadent cheese soufflé, enhanced with smoky bacon. The rich flavors of apples and pears in the 2003 Morey-Blanc Meursault from Burgundy complement the dish beautifully.
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Calories | 0 |
Total Fat | 0 |
Saturated Fat | 0 |
Cholesterol | 0 |
Sodium | 0 |
Total Carbohydrate | 0 |
Dietary Fiber | -- |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 0 |
Calcium | 0 |
Serves: 4
Total Time: 1 hr 15 min
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- Unsalted butter, for rubbing
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, for coating
- Salt
- 4 ear(s) corn, shucked
- 1/4 pound(s) thickly sliced bacon, cut crosswise into 1/3-inch strips
- 1 cup(s) milk
- Freshly ground pepper
- 3 large egg yolks
- 2 cup(s) shredded Comté cheese (6 ounces)
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) chopped thyme
- 6 large egg whites
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously butter a 1 1/2-quart soufflé dish and coat it with the Parmesan. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Add salt and the corn and boil over high heat just until tender, about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a small skillet, cook the bacon over high heat for 1 minute, then reduce the heat to moderate and cook until browned, about 5 minutes longer.
- Using tongs, transfer the corn to a plate. Drain off the water and return the saucepan to the stove. Cut the corn kernels from the cobs; you should have 2 1/2 cups. Put 2 cups of the kernels in the saucepan and add the milk. Simmer over moderate heat until the milk has reduced by one-third, about 5 minutes. Transfer the corn and milk to a blender and puree until very smooth. Scrape the puree into a large bowl and stir in the bacon and the remaining 1/2 cup of corn kernels. Season lightly with salt and pepper and stir in the egg yolks, Comte and thyme. Cover with plastic wrap and let cool to room temperature.
- In a large stainless steel bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt at high speed until they hold firm peaks. Stir one-third of the whites into the corn base to lighten it, then gently fold in the remaining whites until just blended. Scrape the mixture into the prepared soufflé dish and bake for 45 minutes, or until nicely browned and slightly jiggly in the center. Serve right away.
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In this interview, NGLS speaks with Andrey Vasilyev, Deputy Executive Secretary for UNECE, about his experience in Rio in 1992 during the United Conference on Environment and Development. Mr. Vasilyev is featured in the photograph on the right, next to the first Chair of the Commission on Sustainable Development, Ambassador Razali Ismail of Malaysia.
NGLS: Can you tell us about your experience from Rio? In what capacity did you attend the (Rio) meeting in 1992?
Andrey Vasilyev: I attended as a negotiator for my government in the preparatory process of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, even before it was called United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Later, just before the Conference, I joined the UNCED Secretariat as a consultant to elaborate proposals on the terms of reference of the future UN Commission on Sustainable Development and subsequently joined its Secretariat. At that time, sustainable development wasn't entirely accepted by everyone. Some were excited, but some developing countries thought of the concept as an excuse for rich countries to continue with their levels of over consumption, preserving the resources of the poorer nations for future generations. That is why the Conference wasn't called a "conference on sustainable development" but instead a "conference on environment and development."
In the years prior to Rio, and the first years after, there was a lot of excitement and expectations, but unfortunately, after a few years, practical implementation proved to be much more challenging and to some extent things started to go round in circles.
NGLS: What were some of the most difficult issues involved in the lead up to Rio?
Andrey Vasilyev: I think one of the most difficult issues – and it still is today – is to understand what sustainable development is. Rio in itself while adopting Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration did not define sustainable development. There is a Brundtland definition, widely used and which makes sense, but politically it was never unanimously endorsed. [1] Understanding the terms has been the most difficult task, starting with conceptual issues which were difficult to accept. Other difficult issues included the concept of common but differentiated responsibilities. Each time negotiators met, there were more and more opinions and views expressed. However, it has helped move the developing world forward. Other thorny issues were provisions of Agenda 21 on financing and transfer of technology, in terms of what the North should provide to the South.
But the main challenge from the very beginning was that sustainable development was approached from the environmental side. However, sustainable development is an economic concept. Until sustainable development is integrated into economic policies it is difficult to make progress. It could be argued that the concept of development has gradually evolved into sustainable development from the 1960s when many countries of the South became independent and the G-77 became a force in the United Nations. Then issues of poverty and social progress of the South were firmly placed on the UN development agenda. After Stockholm in 1972 [United Nations Conference on the Human Environment], the environment became an issue of global concern. Subsequently, people started talking about the ideas behind sustainable development – meaning development that is not only socially but environmentally sustainable as well. It was a kind of a progression of this discussion that got us to sustainable development, but it is not only environmental. In reality, the environmental side cannot determine economic policies, it can only influence it. The key for success is to find the right balance between economic, social and environmental "pillars." I once even heard that sustainable development doesn't work well in a democratic society. The explanation was that governments usually focus on short-term concerns because when people go to vote, they focus on day-to-day things, like inflation, jobs, etc, and not on long term-plans. Long-term environmental plans do not win elections. I don't think that, early on, economic policy-makers understood the concept of sustainable development very well. Now, we are introducing new concepts, such as green growth or green economy, etc, which are all very fancy but they don't necessarily clarify the older concepts. We come up with new concepts before clarifying the ones we already have. While to achieve sustainable development economic policies and practices should be more environmentally oriented, there is a concern that we have forgotten what we already committed to in Rio back in 1992. In a way sustainable development is a mindset, and if this is not rooted in the minds of policy makers and corporate leaders, then we'll be only moving in circles.
NGLS: What about the political will that was seen in 1992? Where is that political will now?
Andrey Vasilyev: The three years leading to Rio were probably as exciting as Rio itself. It was a period of great expectations. The impetus for Agenda 21 came from many young people, especially on the negotiator side, I was younger than 30 at the time. There was optimism in general as the Cold War was finished, the Iron Curtain was about to fall and the partnership between East and West seemed possible. There were also huge expectations that the North-South divide would start to decrease. There was the idea that a genuine global partnership could start to tackle global problems. There was a lot of excitement, expectations, commitment and creativity. It was really a remarkable period and I was happy to be part of it.
It was also a very honest negotiating process because it was negotiated by people who didn't only negotiate for their own governments but they also grasped a bigger picture. To some extent, some of the expectations and hopes did not materialize. We still have the North-South divide, but there were also some new realities at that time that are now part of the political discussions, such as the group of emerging countries. But it was already before Rio that countries like China, India or Brazil were emerging as "superpowers" in the developing world. Such countries were very vocal and they brought up the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, which intellectually is probably fair because developing countries were not historically responsible for most of the pollution and environmental degradation. But reality, historical facts and perceptions of justice are not necessarily immediately related in practical terms. It was not always very clear who was differentiated and how. The group of countries in transition also emerged though it was difficult to define who is in transition and when transition ends. Who is developed and who is not? These established categories do not always reflect the reality and this has been a challenge for global efforts towards sustainable development. If you talk about sustainable development, you can probably achieve it relatively easily in a small Swiss village, like the one I live in, and if you put a "bubble" on it. But the problem is that you cannot put the bubble on the entire globe. In the earlier Rio process, there was a lot of romanticism involved and high expectations but there were also some conceptual misunderstandings and practical challenges.
In early climate change negotiations there were expectations that the model for phasing out ozone depleting substance such as CFCs [chlorofluorocarbons] can be applied to CO2 emissions. But it is one thing to get rid of a dangerous chemical or pollution and another to change the way the whole economy works, considering that combating climate change is very much about the efficient use of energy and CO2 is not a pollutant but very much part of the natural cycle.
After Rio, everyone said well that is all a great achievement and now we need to implement the Rio outcomes in practical terms. But practical terms are always much more difficult than negotiating a piece of paper and inserting an "as soon as possible" in the right paragraph. This makes the media happy because it translates a sense of urgency but in practical terms an "as soon as possible" means anything between now and never.
Actually in draft Agenda 21 the initial paragraph on financial commitments of the North was "Developed countries affirm their commitments to reach the UN target of 0.7% of their GNP [gross national product] for official development assistance..." but then after the final round of private negotiations the text was "slightly" changed with the addition of "re" before "affirm" and also of "as soon as possible." At the end of the deal everybody was happy. But then everybody realized that "reaffirms" doesn't apply for the US since it had never committed to the ODA target before. And for other countries "as soon as possible" can vary because what is "soon" for one can be "not so soon" or even "never possible" for another.
Success in practical implementation can not rely only on words in a negotiated paragraph. In the end it is not about words because the same paragraph can be interpreted as a success or a failure, depending on who gives it meaning. And in diplomacy failures are hardly ever reported. That was the reality, but, nevertheless big discussions and negotiations are still important since they generate momentum, mobilize political will and empower civil society. In that sense Rio was quite remarkable.
NGLS: And did you see that continue in Johannesburg?
Andrey Vasilyev: While Johannesburg added some new provisions and commitments to Agenda 21, the new feature of Johannesburg was the idea of new partnerships for sustainable development – both among interested countries and between governments and civil society, particularly the private sector. There was a concern, however, that such partnerships will deplete or replace "global commitments" by governments. The reality, however, is that the role of the government, in spite of all its importance, is limited if we take into account the role of private sector and civil society. Without actions from these sectors, sustainable development can't happen.
But partnerships in Johannesburg were again often seen more as commitments of the rich to help the poor. They were not seen as genuine economic partnerships towards sustainable development but rather as "charities" for specific sustainable development objectives from individual donors or private foundations.
One important question is how you integrate sustainable development into corporate decision making. And the second related question is how you can make it profitable. Now there are some new technologies, products and markets that could allow investors and the private sector to get profits out of sustainable development, but it's not so easy. And again the government needs to create the proper environments for these to flourish. Unless there is really a way to make it profitable, sustainable development will risk staying at the level of declarations.
NGLS: What values do you associate with sustainable development?
Andrey Vasilyev: Vision, responsibility and creativity.
NGLS: What do you think of the role of civil society? Do you think it is as important now as it was 20 years ago?
Andrey Vasilyev: Well I cannot measure if it is increasing or not but definitely what Rio did is provide an opportunity for civil society to engage beyond pure advocacy. Their participation became more elaborated and the voice of civil society was heard much more. The same happened with some of the private sector and even, as we realized later, some of it was just marketing, still it was a first practical step for the involvement of the private sector in helping to achieve the United Nations agenda. It also activated specific interest groups like consumers who wanted more sustainable products. But it was a complicated process because a lot of civil society was fragmented into very small groups sometime with diverse interests. But for certain groups making sure they could speak with one voice became very important since they realized that this greatly increases their impact on the process. The main thing was that the nature of civil society involvement changed from pure advocacy to much more substantive inputs, and they could offer solutions, including for governments.
NGLS: The outcome document of Rio+20 is to be a brief "focused political document." Any thoughts on this?
Andrey Vasilyev: The document, whether brief or long, would be good enough if it reconfirms Agenda 21, since it is still valid and needs to be implemented. The idea of partnerships with the private sector is also important. As long as all parties agree that they should be in the business of sustainable development, then it could make a difference.
Renewed political commitment but, most importantly, practical solutions, is what is needed. And the UN is not only about negotiating nice declarations, but it is also about putting peer pressure, building multi-stakeholder partnerships, networking, showing what are practical solutions, and what are the best practices. For example, UNECE [United Nations Economic Commission for Europe] has a broad range of very practical activities in eco-innovation, public-private partnerships, energy efficiency, cleaner vehicles, sustainable transport, forestry and housing, among others, which contribute both to the Rio+20 process but also to progress towards sustainable development on the ground.
Negotiating declarations, however, sometimes becomes an addiction. I am sure, that if I was personally taking part in the negotiations, I would also be making lots of comments on the draft document.
[1] "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: — the concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and — the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs." World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). Our common future. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987 p. 43.
The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or "Rio+20") opened 20 June 2012, gathering 191 UN Member States and observers, including 79 Heads of State and government, about 10,000 representatives of Major Groups, and more than 30,000 other participants (parliamentarians, mayors, UN officials, chief executive officers, etc). Its outcome document – entitled "The Future We Want" – was already informally agreed upon by Member States on 19 June – after intensive informal negotiations – but was officially endorsed and adopted by Heads of State at the conclusion of Rio+20 on 22 June.
The World Summit of Federated States and Regions took place on 19 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bringing together more than 110 representatives of subnational entities from across the globe to showcase the mobilization of federated States, regions, provinces and other subnational authorities around the issues of a green economy and sustainable development. Organized by the host State of Rio de Janeiro, in partnership with Regions-United/FOGAR, the network of regional governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD), and the Climate Group
Engagement and advocacy by civil society organizations, both during the official Conference and its lead-up process, centred on, among other themes, the relationships between climate change and women's empowerment. Held at the off-site official venue, the Arena da Barra, three side events in particular theorized, brainstormed, and shared knowledge around the interlinkages of ecology, economy and the struggle for women's rights and gender equality.
On 18 June, on the eve of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20), the Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) – a joint effort by more than 15 organizations – was organized to promote concrete steps towards sustainable food systems.


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Oct 17, 2007 Baigue is so freaking awesome. I love his teaching methods, and he makes me laugh. I wish that every teacher had a teachign method like his. Flag Rating
Sep 21, 2007 BAIGUE IS AWESOME! His teaching method is hard but very successful. He also has a very good sense of humor and is extremely halarious. Flag Rating
Jul 08, 2007 you make fun of Mr. Mcbride all the time and your teaching method sucks. how can you expect us to just know what oyou are saying? Mr. Mcbride is a waaaaaay better teacher! Flag Rating
Jun 23, 2007 Mr. Baigue is hilarious! And he is one of the nicest people I met. I wish he taught at Skyline. Flag Rating
Mar 30, 2007 Mr Baige is so much fun. he is really nice and teachers you in way that is entertaining but extremely effective. YOUR AWESOME MR BAIGE!!!! Flag Rating
Sep 20, 2006 Mr. Baigue, You have taught me so much about french, more than I'm currently learning in high school french class! You are one of the best teachers ever!!! Flag Rating
Sep 16, 2006 Baigue is the worst teacher I ever had Flag Rating
Apr 19, 2006 Dude i love your class. I sometimes have NO idea what your talking about, but i enjoy listening to you and your indian skit thingie was REALLY funny. and by the way-mcbride sux bad Flag Rating
Mar 21, 2006 I think you are a great teacher, sometimes its hard to understand french though and im not one very good at your concept of Shouting out. Flag Rating
Mar 14, 2006 you are one of the best teacher i have ever met!!!!!!!!!!!! Flag Rating
Feb 24, 2006 i love you you are hillarios Flag Rating
Dec 06, 2005 I think your a fantastic teacher, who really cares about kids. It's nice that we don't get homework Flag Rating
Nov 04, 2005 I think your a great teacher! i like how we dont have to do homework but rather homestudying thats really neat! Flag Rating
Oct 13, 2005 you are a really good french teacher and I learn so much french. it seems like some people feel like you are too judgemental sometimes so they get intimidated though Flag Rating
May 31, 2005 Baigue~ You are the best teacher @ Wasatch! I love you! Your class rocks! Au revoir! Flag Rating
Mar 12, 2005 i really dont like you in other words i hate you Flag Rating
Feb 23, 2005 Awesome frech teacher. But can be confusing at times Flag Rating


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BLAME it on the Betamax. In 1975, Sony unveiled the first home video-cassette recorder and created a new market. But Betamax ultimately lost out to the rival VHS standard, in large part because VHS had the backing of Hollywood's big studios. Sony concluded that the best way to promote the adoption of its technologies was to get into the content business, since content owners have a big influence over which technology standards live or die. Hence its unique corporate combination of consumer electronics and content. But is the resulting hybrid a Frankenstein, or a new breed? That is the urgent question facing Sony's new boss, Sir Howard Stringer (see article).
There is precious little evidence of synergy between Sony's two divisions. When it came to devising the standard for DVD video discs in 1995, for example, Sony was unsuccessful in promoting its standard, despite owning a Hollywood studio, and was forced to compromise. Now another format war is underway, as Sony's Blu-ray technology and a rival standard called HD-DVD compete to be the high-capacity successor to the DVD. Ominously, several big Hollywood studios have lined up behind HD-DVD. And Sony has just launched yet another proprietary movie format, in the form of tiny discs which can be played on the PSP, its new hand-held games console. So far, rival studios have shown little enthusiasm.
In music, Sony's dual role as both record company and device-maker did little to help the MiniDisc format, which was never widely adopted. Worse, its content interests actually hindered Sony from launching a digital-music player capable of playing music in the popular MP3 format, for fear of encouraging internet piracy. As a result, Sony handed its leadership of the portable-music market, which it established with the Sony Walkman, to Apple. The company has only recently reversed course and launched MP3-compatible players.
Gaming, the market in which Sony is still the undisputed champion, is a special case. It is a relatively immature market where there are no common standards, just rival proprietary formats. This fits Sony like a glove. But its attempts to reproduce the success of its gaming division in music and movies have failed, because consumers have come to expect common standards in those fields. Nobody wants to buy a Sony device to listen to a Sony artist or watch a Sony film.
Sony's problem is that it needs wide support from content-makers for its hardware, but its own content interests inevitably make it a rival as well as a partner. Apple established iTunes as the leading music-download service, and the iPod as the dominant music player, without owning a record company; indeed, it was probably an advantage, since it ensured that Apple appeared even-handed in its negotiations.
Surely there must be some merit in Sony's strategy? The company argues that having a foot in both camps means it is ideally placed to mediate between the content and technology industries, which disagree over how best to protect digital content from rampant copying. Just as Apple brokered a deal in music, Sony hopes to broker a broader deal covering films and games—and, no doubt, to establish its Connect platform as the standard in secure content delivery. So far, however, Sony's two-headed strategy has failed miserably. Is this simply because it is misguided, or might it somehow be a brilliant strategy, just poorly articulated and badly implemented by inept managers? Sir Howard's daunting task is to demonstrate that the latter, not the former, is the case.


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In truth, the rent wasn't raised at all. Zero percent. Spector had merely been paying only $3700 of the $5700-per-month rent stipulated by his lease. "Business was slow, so we had a deal where we didn't have to pay the whole thing," Spector says. (The Herald had the opportunity to rehash the matter Sunday, opting instead to repeat the 40 percent rent jack.)
"The prior landlord gave them a month-to-month reduction, but we couldn't do that," says 9501 attorney Norman Ciment. Ben Grenald, corporate officer of 9501 Properties, is aghast at the criticism his company has received.
"If you print that we raised the rent one iota, you will be sued!" Grenald thunders. "There's been no rental increase. They have the same lease. I wanted them to stay -- I need a tenant and they need a place."
Carnival of candidates
Four and a half county mayoral candidates met for a debate sponsored by the Urban Environment League on Wednesday, April 28, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral on North Bayshore Drive.
Hooligan's bar owner Jay Love, eminently quotable Bitch fan and media honcho José Cancela, unmedicated school board member Marta Perez, and county Commissioner Jimmy Morales were all there, as well as a doppelgänger for Miguel Diaz de la Portilla. The candidate whose name The Bitch loves to say, Diaz de la Portilla couldn't make it, so he had a friend show up as sort of a medium for the living.
As (WPLG) Channel 10's Michael Putney moderated the showcase of quirks -- Cancela jumping to his feet for every answer and Diaz de la Portilla's séance -- Perez took the nut prize. She answered every question with the same unsettling, "Thank you, Michael, the fact is ..." as a Stepford-worthy smile creased her face. When she could answer the questions, that is.
During one query about whether the county should move the boundary defining development limits, Perez began her "Thank you, Michael" routine, then froze. She stared at the crowd and smiled. She continued staring. When the pause grew uncomfortably long, she simply said, "I'm sorry," and continued smiling. Finally someone yelled out the word they thought she was searching for and, interface jump-started, Perez sprang back to life.
Clove cigarettes, anyone?
Guests at simultaneous Thursday parties -- one thrown by Ocean Drive magazine at the Nash, the other for the Ritz-Carlton South Beach's spa (address: the actually nonexistent "1 Lincoln Rd.") -- were confused, even dismayed by the new coctel trend of submerging chunks of concealed seafood in what appeared otherwise to be normal, booze-filled shot glasses. More than one oyster boilermaker was accidentally made and partially consumed.
Faring better were those fortunate enough to attend Carlos Suarez de Jesus's successfully curated sendup of the art world on the Surreal Saturday before the full moon at PS 742. Suarez de Jesus and performance artist Jasmine Kastel ladled Slime©-colored Jell-O shots from an orange bucket that had clearly, at one time, contained biohazardous materials. When The Bitch inquired, not unhopefully, if the viscous solution contained LSD, Suarez de Jesus retorted, "If it did, would I be giving it to you?"
"Verbatim" "If a dog bites me, I go to the police and deal with the dog owner. I do not go to city hall and ask them to pass an ordinance banning dogs." -- Doug Bedell, South Pointe resident
"Do you have a dog named Opium" - fellow resident from the audience at a Miami Beach public hearing on a nightlife noise


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Kallis stalls RCB in Ranchi
A poor batting performance on a sluggish surface saw RCB finish their marathon away stretch of IPL 6 with a 5 wicket loss against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi on Sunday evening.
Gautam Gambhir won the toss and on the slow pitch with a chance of rain later he wasted no time in putting RCB in to bat first. L Balaji and Sachithra Senanayake, who came in for Eoin Morgan in the KKR line up bowled a tight opening spell that culminated in the dismissal of Cheteshwar Pujara for a 14 ball 5 in the fifth over.
Kohli got the innings going with his 17 (14b 2x4) but his threatening innings was cut short when he chopped one onto his stumps off Kallis (2/17). Chris Gayle was biding his time at the other end, waiting for the right moment to break free. He managed to take runs off Ryan ten Doeschate's medium pace offerings but could not find the boundaries off Rajat Bhatia and Senanayake (1/18) who kept taking the pace off the ball. He was finally stumped off Sunil Narine's bowling for a highly uncharacteristic 33 (36b 1x4 1x6) in the fourteenth over, leaving RCB at 70/3.
AB de Villiers ended the boundary drought that had affected the RCB innings since the end of the 8th over, craftily scooping Rajat Bhatia at the end of the 14th over and hitting Balaji (2/22) for a six over extra cover in the next over. He was gone for 28 (22b 1x4 1x6) off the next ball though, trying to scoop the exact same ball.
Narine trapped Saurabh Tiwary LBW for just 1 on his home ground before snaring Ravi Rampaul and Abhimanyu Mithun in his last over to finish with a superb 4/22. AB's dismissal saw RCB go from 95/3 in 15.4 overs to 115/9 at the end of 20 overs.
Rampaul (1/17) gave RCB the perfect start to a small defense, getting the dangerous Manvinder Bisla out for a second ball duck, caught at point by Henriques. He could have had Jacques Kallis for 3 too but Mithun misjudged the top edge at fine leg and let the ball go for four.
Gautam Gambhir then heaped punishment on Mithun, hitting him for three consecutive fours in the next over. Vinay Kumar then brought RCB back in the game, getting Gambhir (14 15b 3x4) to edge a delivery to Gayle at slips, leaving KKR at 31/2.
Yusuf Pathan and Jacques Kallis put up a dangerous looking 30 run partnership for the 3rd wicket before Kartik Murali (1/17) trapped the former LBW for 18 (16b 1x4 1x6). Kallis however held up one end superbly, milking the bowling in a 35 run stand for the third wicket with Manoj Tiwary.
He decided to accelerate with 29 runs needed off the last 4 overs, hitting two fours off Mithun (1/32) but was caught at mid on trying to go for another boundary. Following Kallis's dismissal for 41 (45b 4x4), KKR lost their other set batsman when Tiwary (24 27b 3x4) hit a full toss off VInay (2/17) straight to Kohli at covers in the next over. KKR finished the over on 105/5, needing 11 off the last two. Unadkat did well to keep them to 6 runs in the penultimate over but Ryan ten Doeschate calmly got the winning runs to seal a 5 wicket win for Kolkata. Kallis was adjudged the Man of the Match for his 2/17 and match-winning 41.
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I've been away from my position as in-house curmudgeon among Oasis columnists for several months now, and it's entirely my fault. My deepest apologies, I fell off the wagon, but I'm back to announce my triumphant return, or at least my return, to the pages of this venerable publication.
I bring with me, from the deepest void of obscurity, a topic that is unpopular, controversial, and often avoided. This surfaced in my mind yesterday when my friend (who I have called BabyBug) wanted me to come along with her to a open house at ACCKWA, which is the Aids Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, and Area. ACCKWA has recently moved to new, more glamorous digs in a more highly trafficked part of town, and I guess they wanted to show it off. How nice for them, I thought.
Now, perhaps, like me, you can't be bothered to go to such things most of the time. I'm all for the support-group-offering atmosphere of such places for those who need them. I, however, can't stand the ghastly pall that hangs around these establishments. It's just not a fun place to be, no matter who you are.
I didn't want to go to the Open house with BabyBug, and I said so. "Why not?" she asked. "Because I won't like it and there will be Fags there." I said.
Gasp, you say? How could an upstanding, cosmopolitan, educated, and thoroughly tolerant person such as myself possibly say such a hurtful thing? Wait a minute, you're gay yourself! What would drive you to these barbaric words? These are all things I imagine are running through your head, gentle reader, but read on, all will be explained.
BabyBug was not at all happy with me for saying such a thing in her presence. I was sheepish, not really because I was taking back what I had said, but at the prospect that there were quite possibly people in the room who didn't know I was gay, and now would think I was just another intolerant, foul-mouthed, close-minded *shudder* Straight person. (What a creepy sensation)
So, you ask, what was the motivation behind my politically incorrect words? Here is where my groundshaking confession comes in:
I don't like most gay people.
There, I said it. I'm glad I said it, and it's true. There are few things I hate more than the so-called "Gay Community." This stalwart of social engineering, I feel, has been responsible for as much intolerance as it claims to prevent. This, too, will be explained.
Even the most cursory examination of mass gay culture has revealed it in my mind to be nothing more than an elaborate, networked, group therapy session. The Gay Community appears to me to be a strange mix of sex and self-pity, blended together in a strange cocktail of social neuroses. The centre of pillowbiting culture, in this city at least, seems to revolve around a nerve centre called Club Renaissance, a run-down and shady place just like every other dance club in the city.
You know exactly what it's like, because it's exactly like every other gay establishment in every other city everywhere. The kind of place where there's enough hair gel in the building to drown a human being.
However, the topic of this column is not unsavory cruising spots, and I've been drawn away from the central theme: Hypocrisy.
BabyBug has commented before on her discomfort in gay circles because she has determined herself to be a lesbian, but is currently going out with a guy, who I don't need to name because he never comes up again. She felt several times to be treated like a bit of a turncoat, someone who had deserted the cause because she wasn't conforming to the GLBT image, which try as we might, still comes back to the old reliable refuge of bitterness and persecution.
She felt a bit of an outcast because she was immersed at that time in Heterosexuality, and still is. I've often felt the same, not because I dabble in straightness, but because I just don't get along with a lot of the gay people I meet. I'm not interested in the same things, I'm not fey, and don't find dance music to be the be-all and end-all of fine culture, I can't stand support groups, and I don't feel persecuted.
And there is where it all comes to a head. Gay culture, from my standpoint at least, always returns to the familiar old themes of bitterness, persecution, and victimhood. Perhaps it's that I've never really been discriminated against, at least not on terms of sexual orientation, because I pass for straight. Did for years, still do. But the thing I find so distasteful is the constant mantra of them-and-us, we feel we're owed something for centuries of ridicule and abuse at the hands of the majority, and the pervasive atmosphere of self-pity that seeps like a bad smell from every gay event I've ever seen or been at.
And here the hypocrisy comes in. Because I participate in very few gay events, because I feel ill at ease in the whiny environment that creates, I'm shut out of them. I'm not saying that people are hostile, or they question me closely about my sexual orientation to make sure I'm part of the club, but it's just that I'm invisible. "Let's be open, let's be diverse, let's be proud, but you have to be one of us" is the message I get. They just have nothing to do with me. It's not a conscious "shunning," or a conspiracy, just numbness, like I'm a blind spot on the Gaydar.
"Aha!" you cry, gentle reader, "I've caught you in the act of self-pity yourself! Who's the hypocrite now?" Perhaps It sounds like self pity on my part, bemoaning the fact that "my own kind" just don't want to play with me, like some children's story with an outcast hero. I don't think it is self-pity. It's not as if I'm lacking for friends, or things to do. It's just that all my friends, with very few exceptions, are straight. They just have more fun, without the need to project an image, or overcome social barriers, or prove themselves to the world.
And I wish the Gay Community would feel the same way. Stonewall was 30 freaking years ago, people. The revolution has been and gone. The only reason people still carry on with the "we're here, we're queer, get used to it" attitude is self-doubt and fear. It's much more exciting being rebels, having something to prove. But, even with the radical religious right going apoplectic over the wholesale breakdown of morality, and the fact that Trent Lott, Jerry Falwell and Michael Coren are, unfortunately, still alive, there is very little to get worked up over anymore.
The recent outburst of Jerry Falwell denouncing Tinky Winky the Teletubby as Gay because he carries a purse has demonstrated clearly that these people are out of their feeble minds. The big fights have already been won, and we're coasting to the finish, and someday, the Gay Community is going to have to accept that it's no longer a fringe group. God forbid, Homosexuality is well on the way to becoming mainstream.
Does that mean losing a collective identity, or becoming boring, like our unfortunate heterosexual friends and neighbors? I think not. I think it will mean that the gay community can then really become the diverse population it claims to be, when it ceases to exist and accepts that it's just part of the world, like everybody else.
I hope I didn't gratuitously offend, and actually provoked some serious thought. I know I'm going to get mail for this column, but do yourself, and me, a favor, and only write if you have something constructive or interesting to say. I've gotten enough mail in the past telling me little else than that I'm a jaded and piteous figure who is lashing out at a harsh and insensitive world. I've heard the psychobabble before, so please spare me. I'm quite happy with myself as a person, despite the image I've carefully cultivated in these pages. If you have some meaty comments, I welcome them, whatever your view. If you're writing to tell me nothing else but to lighten up, I won't be writing back. I haven't got the time. As Bertrand Russell said so well, "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubt." So, in the interest of being wise, feel free to write and try to change my mind.
Until next time, say what you mean and mean what you say, and don't be afraid to offend. (This small, self-important message is meant to inspire, I accept no responsibility for any legal costs, bodily harm, or verbal harassment you may incur for taking me seriously.)


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ABC News' Jonathan Karl and Devin Dwyer: "White House Suggests Obama Could Meet With Iran's New President" There's nothing on the official schedule, but the White House is sending signals that President Obama is willing to meet with Iran's new president and that the meeting could happen next week when the two leaders will be in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. Any encounter between President Obama and newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani would be historic. No American president has met with an Iranian head of state since Jimmy Carter met with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Tehran on New Year's Eve in 1977. The U.S. cut off diplomatic relations with Iran in 1980 after the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. LINK
USA Today's Aamer Madhani: "Obama Open To Meeting With New Iranian Leader At UN" The biggest moment at next week's meeting of the United Nations General Assembly could be a handshake that may or may not happen. As world leaders prepare to descend on New York for the annual meeting of the world body, all eyes are on what interaction, if any, President Obama and the newly installed Iranian President Hasan Rouhani have at the UNGA. LINK
The Washington Times' Guy Taylor and Ashish Kumar Sen: "Kerry tells U.N. to focus on ridding Syria of chemical weapons, not on sarin attack" Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Thursday urged the U.N. Security Council to ignore Russia's questions about the source of chemical weapons used in the Syrian civil war and to back quickly the plan to rid Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime of its stockpile. Even as Obama administration officials appeared to back down from the U.S.-Russian deal's initial mandate requiring Syria to account for all its chemical weapons by this weekend, Mr. Kerry called on the international body to avoid getting bogged down next week in a debate questioning American evidence about the regime's role in last month's chemical attack on a Damascus suburb. LINK
The Washington Post's Anne Gearan and Jason Rezaian: "Iran's Hassan Rouhani prepares for his debut trip to the United Nations" In the often colorless realm of international diplomacy, one annual ritual has stood out for years — a provocative speech by Iran's leader to the United Nations each September, followed by a walkout by U.S. and Israeli delegates. That bit of diplomatic theater may not happen this year, as a new Iranian president who has alternately pleased, intrigued and startled American observers makes his debut trip to the annual gathering of world leaders in New York. LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Janet Hook and Kristina Peterson: "Spending Battle Set For The Senate" The Senate began girding for a contentious fight over a bill to fund the government after conservatives on Thursday threatened to use delaying tactics in an effort to eliminate money for the new federal health-care law. The vow from Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), a leading foe of the health law, pointed to a protracted and uncertain Senate battle that could drag Congress close to the Oct. 1 deadline for avoiding a partial government shutdown. LINK
The Los Angeles Times' David Lauter and Lisa Mascaro: "Government shutdown is no idle threat" Outside the capital the prospect might seem unthinkable, but inside it seems increasingly likely, and to some inevitable: In less than two weeks, the federal government, from the Agriculture Department to the Weather Service, may shut its doors. Agencies already have contingency plans for stopping all but essential work. Soldiers would be required to report for duty but would not be paid. National parks would be closed and overnight campers would be given two days to leave. Social Security checks would go out, but the agency would stop updating people's earning records. The State Department would stop issuing most passports. LINK
Bloomberg's Greg Giroux: "Senate Budget Chief Sees Republican Yield on Debt Lifting" Republicans seeking to curb President Barack Obama's health-care law probably will capitulate to demands from Democrats to enact a "clean" bill raising the nation's debt ceiling, the Senate's top Democratic budget writer said. "I see no deals on the debt ceiling," Senator Patty Murray of Washington state, who leads the Budget Committee, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital with Al Hunt" airing this weekend. LINK
Politico's Erika Martinson: "Coal in Obama's climate crosshairs" The Obama administration is preparing to draw a red line against coal pollution, with a proposal that for the first time would limit climate-changing emissions from all future power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule, set to come out Friday morning, fulfills a key promise to President Barack Obama's environmental base — while offering a potent line of attack for Republicans in 2014. It kicks off a major effort by Obama's agencies to tackle climate change without waiting for help from Congress. LINK
The Hiil's Kevin Bogardus: "House votes to cut food stamps by $39 billion" The House approved legislation Thursday that would cut $39 billion in funds over the next decade for food stamp programs. Members approved H.R. 3102, the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, in a close 217-210 vote. No Democrats voted for the bill, and 15 Republicans voted against GOP leaders.LINK
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Victoria woman starts Totes of Love drive to help low income, homeless
JR Ortega
Oct. 3, 2013 at 5:03 a.m.
Drop-Off Locations
To donate items, visit Starbucks, 7105 N. Navarro St., between Friday and Sunday, and again between Oct. 11-13. If you're interested in helping set up a donation site or learning more, email Toya Stone at email@example.com.
What is needed
• Toilet paper
• Paper towels
• Bath towels
• Shampoo/ conditioner
• Bars of soap
• Deodorant
• Hairbrushes
• Shirts (all sizes)
• Fleece blankets
• Jackets (all sizes)
• Socks (all sizes)
• Crayons
• Bibles
• Bottled water
• Paper folders (with brads)
• Disposable razors
• Diapers
• Feminine hygiene products
• Shaving cream
The idea of how to help others came to Toya Stone when she realized there was a need.
Stone, 27, of Victoria, had seen impoverished families through outreach work with Parkway Church. She realized that donation sites where people could donate the bare essentials were needed and could change lives.
And that's how Totes of Love, which is in its first year, came to life.
"It's just a ministry that I thought of," she said. "God had put it in my head to do that this year. My whole message is for us to serve each other."
For now, there is one donation site at Starbucks, 7105 N. Navarro St., from Friday to Sunday and again from Oct. 11-13.
While the donation sites are limited, Stone said she knows of other businesses and churches who want to help.
By November, she hopes to have several more donation sites established so more totes can be delivered in December.
The ministry is looking for anything from personal hygiene products to clothing, Stone said.
To deliver the totes, Stone and her ministry team will go to areas in Victoria where low-income families and the homeless live.
The team will stuff the totes in October for a November delivery, and there will be a November stuffing for a December delivery.
"I want my team to go out there and personally hand out the totes," she said. "That's what love is about."


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North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa Sued For $3,859
They mounted the recall after she was busted claiming a homestead property tax exemption on a Miami condo she doesn't live in and because she failed to note rental income from the condo and another unit she owned on her public financial disclosure statement.
Esquijarosa also failed to put down a default judgement against her as a result of losing one of her rental properties to foreclosure. Last month, the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser filed a lien against the mayor and her husband for owing $3,109 in back taxes she owes the county as a result of her falsely claiming a homestead exemption.
In her response against the recall petition, Esquijarosa -- who works as a senior project representative for Miami's Public Facilities Department for a $98,000 annual salary and benefits package -- claims she made a "clerical error" and did not intentionally deceive the county.
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David Collins is Miami's leading bail bondsman.
David Collins has lots of friends in law enforcement.
David Collins says he's put his criminal past behind him.
Collins continued operating his own bail-bond company, Universal Surety, and quickly made a name for himself as a guy willing to gamble on the big numbers -- and win. "He writes bonds that other bondsmen are not willing to write," says Nathaniel Sala-Suarez, a bondsman who routinely works with Collins. "Some people are ballsy and some people are stupid. He's not stupid."
Collins scored a coup, as well, when he hired Sally Burt as his director of operations. Prior to joining Collins in January 2003, Burt had spent eighteen years regulating the bail-bond industry for the state Department of Insurance (now a division of the Financial Services Department). But her hiring was immediately controversial, largely because she had conducted a series of audits of bondsmen and insurance companies in Miami-Dade County shortly before quitting. Competitor National Surety has sued for "interference with a business relationship," claiming she took proprietary financial information with her to Collins, giving him an unfair business advantage. The suit is pending.
There is another area in which Collins has scored well: persuading judges to vacate bonds after a client has disappeared.
When a defendant skips bail and flees, the bondsman has 60 days to produce him. If the defendant hasn't been found by the deadline, the bond company forfeits the bond and must pay the full amount to the county. That doesn't mean the bondsman can't retrieve his money. The courts allow up to two years to find the defendant, and can refund on a sliding scale up to 85 percent of the bond after the first year and 50 percent of the money after the second year. Another option is for the bond company to notify the criminal court that it wants to argue in civil court why it shouldn't have to forfeit the bond. (The civil-court process is known as estreature.) In either case, law requires the bond to be paid in full in the criminal court until the matter is resolved.
There are legitimate reasons for a bond to be vacated. State law says that if the bond company isn't notified of a defendant's court hearing, and thus is not able to ensure the defendant's attendance, or if authorities increase the charges against a defendant without informing the bond company, then the company is not responsible should the defendant flee.
Under Collins's direction, Seneca frequently won its estreature cases. New Times analyzed two years of these court hearings, comparing Seneca with two other large bond writers, American Banker and Ranger Insurance.
In 2002: Ranger challenged 58 bonds that had gone into forfeiture in Miami-Dade County, worth a combined $117,000. Judges vacated 33 of them, saving Ranger from having to pay $86,500. American Banker challenged 102 bonds, worth $190,000. Judges vacated 54 bonds worth $152,000. Collins, acting on behalf of Seneca, challenged 60 forfeitures worth $200,000. Judges vacated 49 of them, saving the company $190,000.
In 2003: American Banker filed 55 estreature cases worth a total of $97,000. Judges vacated 44 of them, saving the company $81,000. Ranger challenged 86 bonds, worth $173,000, and won 54 of them, a savings of $144,000.
In terms of dollar amount, Seneca far outstripped its competitors last year. It challenged 128 bonds valued at $913,000, and judges vacated 94 of them, saving the company $833,000, nearly ten times the amount of its competitors.
The biggest of those bonds was $400,000 for client Angel Cabrera. Police in Hanover, Massachusetts, arrested Cabrera on February 24, 2003, during an alleged $500,000 cash-for-cocaine transaction with two Colombians. Cabrera was extradited to Miami because the case originated here. On June 11 Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Maria Espinosa Dennis released him on the $400,000 bond. Cabrera promptly disappeared. When he didn't show for an August 11, 2003, hearing, the office of the Miami-Dade Clerk of the Courts sent a "Notice and Forfeiture of Bail Bond" to Collins's office at 1540 NW 15th Street Rd.
All such forfeiture notices are generated by computers in the clerk's office. Scores of them are produced each day and sent out via the U.S. Postal Service. But the notice regarding the Cabrera bond forfeiture contained an address error. It read: 1540 NW 15th Street R (instead of "Road"). The postal service, however, did not return the notice to the clerk's office as "undeliverable." Collins, through his Miami attorney, argued before Judge Peter Lopez that his office never received it.
The county attorney's office assigns a single lawyer to manage all estreature cases, more than a thousand each year. Rashmi Airan-Pace, the assistant county attorney in charge at the time, says she challenged Collins and Seneca in the Cabrera case, but to no avail. "At no point did I agree to vacate this bond," she recounts. "I opposed it, I set it for hearing, and I argued that there was sufficient notice." But Judge Lopez wasn't persuaded and vacated the bond this past December. Collins and Seneca were off the hook for $400,000.
If Collins did not receive the forfeiture notice as he claimed in court, and if the post office did not return it as undeliverable, it likely ended up with Joanne Monrabal, who lives at 1540 NW 15th St. In fact Monrabal says she's been receiving mail for Collins's company, Universal Surety, for the year she's been living there -- including August 2003, when the clerk's office mailed the $400,000 forfeiture notice. "Yeah, back in August I got tons of their mail," she recalls. "I would take it all back to them. I kept telling them to do something about this. I mean, these are official court notices and checks, letters from the clerk of courts. Not once did someone from there come and ask if we had any mail for them.


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Abandonment and Death Quotes in War Horse
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The last I saw of my troop were the bobbing blond manes of the two little Haflingers as they struggled to pull the gun up through the trees. (14.10)
In the confusion surrounding the surprise attack that claims the lives of Topthorn and Friedrich, everyone runs. Even the Haflingers, who had been pulling the gun with Joey for months, flee without helping him. Sometimes in war, it's every man—and horse—for himself.
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Since David's death, Albert had not been himself. I had not once seen him smile or joke, and he often fell into prolonged brooding silences when he was with me. (19.7)
Albert has to deal with loss as well. In fact, he and Joey deal with loss in remarkably similar ways, don't you think?
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"I'm afraid the horses won't be coming with us after all." (19.13)
The Powers that Be have abandoned all the horses, including Joey, by letting them be sold as livestock. Thankfully the soldiers step in to break the cycle.


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Wrestling: New Trier falls short vs Harlem
Wheeling 2/21/12New Trier High School varsity wrestler, Alec McKenna (freshman), wrestles Harlem High School freshman, Zach Denn, during a meet at Wheeling High School, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. | Ruthie Hauge ~ Sun-Times Media
Updated: February 21, 2012 11:18PM
New Trier knew what it was up against in taking on unbeaten Harlem in Tuesday's Class 3A team sectional at Wheeling.
New Trier lost 41-24 to the Huskies, ending their season, but the Trevians competed well against one of the best teams in Illinois.
"We knew it would be tough going in but we're a tough team and we don't get a lot of respect," New Trier senior Jack Conner said. "People underestimate us but hopefully the program will start to get the respect it deserves."
Harlem earned a 9-5 edge in matches won, including four pins and a pair of major decisions. The Huskies led 16-0 after three matches before New Trier's Colin Kenyon won by fall at 106 pounds.
Teammate M.J. Pritchard followed with a tech fall win at 113 and New Trier's Chris Alcock did his part at 120 to keep things close.
Alcock held Harlem state champion Jordan Northrup to a simple decision win, and teammate Alec McKenna followed by holding Harlem's Zac Denny to a simple decision win at 126 pounds.
"Alcock and McKenna challenged those guys," Trevians coach Marc Tadelman said. "They held their own against some of Harlem's best guys so you have to be proud of them."
Harlem got pins from Tanner Anthony (132) and Jake Baxter (138) before Jake Messink (145) secured the dual win with a major decision win.
Conner ended his high school career with a major decision win at 152 pounds and the Trevians' Paul Papoutsis won by decision win at 160. Luke Hidder's pin at 170 followed before Harlem ended the night with a decision win at 182 pounds.
"We knew they'd be tough. They're not undefeated for no reason," Tadelman said. "I thought we battled them. Overall I thought we wrestled well."
Seniors Conner, Hidder, Scott Schwartz, and Arash Ghafouri will depart Tadelman's program.
"They were here the first year I started coaching at New Trier and they've worked hard and set a good example," Tadelman said. "They've battled injuries, ups and downs, and I've got nothing but positive things to say about our seniors."
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Listen to Set Me Free, a new offering from Diddy - Dirty Money, which was released on Thursday, February 17th, 2011.
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