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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Galloping Towards 1000
Back in April (though it seems like a year ago) Wool Gathering in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania hosted what turned out to be the largest public shooting day yet - more than 130 knitters in one session.
And here I wondered if y'all would get behind this idea when I first proposed it.
Even if we'd only had three people, I'd have enjoyed hanging around Wool Gathering. It's a beautiful shop in a beautiful town, well worth the short drive from Philadelphia to enjoy the historic and eclectic shopping district even if you don't knit.
The owner, Jackie, is a vibrant and creative shop owner who has made the shop into a wonderful resource and gathering place for knitters. When my buddy/hostess/handler Carol (one of the trio behind Knit So Fine) and I arrived to set up, Jackie and her able crew were already in full swing setting up a sign-in table on the sidewalk, as well as chairs for knitters waiting their turns.
It was a good thing they prepared, because before the opening bell officially rang we were already inundated. I was drowning in knitters, which is of course my favorite way to drown.
I was inside the shop chatting and shooting, while just outside the window I could hear the growing hubbub of knitters passing the time in the warm sunshine, getting to know each other before it was time to come indoors and add their stitches to the project. I met so many of you who are frequent commenters (hi, Anne Marie!) and even more of you who had absolutely no freaking idea who I was.
We had a real kaleidoscope that day, a cross-section of knitting humanity. People came from other states–Washington, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, New York, Delaware. We had young, youngish, young-at-heart, old, and one lady who said she was representing the "really, really old" and offered to pose nude. (I declined, as we were in a public space, but she was a looker.)
On occasion a sitter will show up with a little gift, and while I don't usually post about them as I consider them personal, I absolutely have to show you a sample of what bj (she prefers the lowercase) brought all the way from New Jersey. She works for Mars (the candy company, not the planet) and she gave me five pounds of these.
1000 Knitters Project M & Ms. In the basic colors of sheep's wool.
It was a delightful day, even if I'm rather fuzzy on what happened afterward. I know we all went out for a delicious dinner, and then very good ice cream. And then Carol tossed my exhausted carcass into the back of her car and drove us home.
Thank you, Jackie (giving the bunny ears) and Carol (getting the bunny ears) and all the wonderful crew at Wool Gathering. I can't wait to come back. For one thing, I know you have Rowan in there and I did not get a chance to shop.
And Now for a Little Announcement
This has been in the works for a long time. Today another stop–international, no less–is on the calendar. Click here for the full details...
58 comments:
- Purl in the Rough said...
Franklin - Delurking to say: I can't wait to meet you in Toronto. And those M&Ms, WOW! They are a thing of beauty.
- ellenspn said...
Franklin, at Lettuce Knit there a person named Denny. Do not let her frighten you, she is really harmless. Flatter her and compliment her coffee and that will help.
- Nita said...
International travel for photo shoots of knitters AND a forthcoming book--wow, and Stephanie's birthday, too. Congratulations on how *things develop*!
Be careful, Dolores won't want to miss this blowout! - 4:27 PM
- Tsarina of Tsocks said...
Saw that announcement. Jell. Us. What a party!!!! Selfishly glad you limited the spots, too, because it turns out I can't get to Austin after all and I still want in.
- Chris S. said...
The M&M's are fabulous - what a special treat for you. And the treat for the rest of us Canadian/Torontonian knitters is to have you come for a fabulous KIP and birthday party. I'm planning on being there and, if my dialing is fast enough, to be able to have one of those 120 spots. See you then!
- Seanna Lea said...
I love seeing these photos (and was ecstatic to see the project going international on yarnharlot). I just wish I were visiting Toronto again, so I could at least join in the comraderie.
- Susan said...
Er, how LONG is the scarf now?
Are you taking a picture of the scarf after each day of shooting?
(geesh! the scarf should get some face time too!)'
Susan in Las Vegas - 6:00 PM
- Knitterary said...
Best M&Ms EVER!!!
- Ted said...
I'll never get a spot in the 120.
Shit. - 6:19 PM
- tricotchick said...
Wow! Franklin, I think you should also do this in Chicago for YOUR birthday!! Or maybe Dolores' birthday! I am so jealous of the Torontonians. It sounds like a wonderful way to spend a 40th birthday. Is there any way we can donate the $5 for your trip even if we don't go?
- Anonymous said...
My God, what an awesome plan! Y'all have fun!
- SallyT said...
I was hoping that I'd recognize one of your Kennett Square knitters. I'm from that area and although I haven't lived there since high school it was only *** years ago! (seems like only yesterday...)
Your trip to Toronto sounds super cool! You guys have a blast! - 6:56 PM
- Lise said...
I've so been waiting for this announcement. Looking forward to meeting you in a few weeks!
Lise - 7:00 PM
- Danny Ouellette said...
Woohoo! Looking forward to seeing you in Toronto.
We all missed you at the men's knitting retreat.
Ted and I were talking and trying to figure out some way to get you to Toronto and lo! The Harlot has done it!
I'm in a dyeing class that day, but hope to get into the afternoon session. In any case I'll be there to root you on and enjoy the day. - 7:36 PM
- Misstea said...
I saw peeps I "know" in those photos. Yay!
Sadly, I am in Winnipeg, not TO, and I have a big committment that day. Dolores and I will have to hang out another time...
I hope you have an awesome time (I'm sure you will) and I look forward to your report.
Lettuce Knit is a delightful shop. You will enjoy yourself. - 8:29 PM
- leona said...
Oh I am so jealous of Toronto! Why not Vegas? We knit too, and just think of the novelty. :) Congrats on the international pictures!
- Anonymous said...
I have to know. Are you going to eat (or already eaten) those M&M?
Manon - 8:55 PM
- Anonymous, too said...
Dolores in Canada!?!?!
Has someone warned the Mounties about this yet? - 10:11 PM
- Meema said...
[sniff, sniff]
I smell the beginning of a beautiful relationship - next year the Harlot/Panopticon World Book Tour of Knitting Insanity?
Oh, the songs we could sing... - 10:40 PM
- FiberQat said...
Wonderful! I'm glad that it's going to work out for you.
- Geri (that's my Ravelry name, too!) said...
Gosh! I can't wait 'til your book comes out, Franklin. The cover cartoon is hilarious!
I hope to see you at Lettuce Knit on WWKIP Day. - 11:39 PM
- Chppie said...
I may be in the minority but i really think that Dolores should be encouraged to stow away. Her perspective of the event and of Canada would be insightful, I'm sure. Is there a fibertarians party in Canada? It just seems natural that there would be.
- Knitting Painter Woman said...
Blogging Trifecta: Fabulous photographs of knitters (of all stripes, woolie M&M's, and the future convergence of knitters extraordinaire! Attaboy!
- m1k1 said...
Everyone should have a friend who works at Mars!
mmmmm - 12:39 AM
- Steph said...
Wow! Those M&M's are so cool!
- Debbie said...
What a wonderful gift! Chocolate in sheep colors! You deserve it!
- Jackie said...
We miss you down here in Kennett Square!! I love the photos of all the knitters - it was a day I will NEVER forget. Thank you SO much for coming to my little shop...and for the wonderfully sweet post!
- Kathy Merrick said...
Thanks for the somewhat less than Giant Moonfaced Git photo.
I bow.
Let's do it again when you're less famous! - 9:18 AM
- Sandy said...
Franklin - Damn! That sounds like so much fun! It's going to be one hell of a party. You'd best up your drinking tolerance cause Canadians can par-TAY!
Of course, Delores can always stand in for you! My suggestion is that Harry stay home for this one. He could be knitted up accidently with all the happy (read: drunk) knitters at the after-party! How would you explain *that* to the authorities?
And I'd like to see a photo of the scarf too! It's got to be getting long! - 9:44 AM
- anne marie in philly said...
thanks for the shout-out AND getting a pix of me with my B-I-G mouth open (is there any other way)? LOL
I see you also included carol and sandy and aileen (she of the fabu massage) in the spread.
best pix IMHO - the curmudgeon. so playful and so pretty.
I am honored to be a part of your book.
PS - hopefully you kept the tastykakes for yourself and harry; I can only imagine dolores with butterscotch icing smeared on her...(wink) - 10:00 AM
- Alwen said...
That's awwwwesome. Dude.
- the linguist said...
I've just discovered your blog (thank you Harlot), and I love it! The knitting, the humor, the pictures: it's all great.
One thing about a panopticon is that even though everyone might be looking at the same thing, they may actually SEE different things. So when you said "we all went had a delicious dinner" I didn't see a happy group munching on tasty cuisine; I saw the verb sequence "went had". At first I thought there was a missing "and", but then I considered the possibility that it was purposeful. There are many languages where verb sequences like that are common.
Which was it? Being a linguist, I resorted to one of our favorite web-surfing pastimes: I googled it. "Went had" got 77,000 hits, most of which were of the "Everyone who went had a good time" sort. But a significant number were of the "I went had some ice cream at the corner shop" or "He went had a seat" type.
Seems unlikely that they all have missing and's. So who says this? Is it a generational thing? A geographical thing? An ethnic thing? I grew up in Chicago and it doesn't seem familiar to me, but maybe you're from somewhere else.
I need to know this just as I need to feel for myself the scrumptious yarn in other knitters' hands. Can you indulge me? - 11:36 AM
- Anna-Liza said...
Excellent! That's so exciting! And thank you for sharing the M&Ms--it's cool to see something like that.
- Glenna C said...
I am looking forward to the Toronto visit more than words can say! I was so pleased to get a spot, but even if I hadn't I probably would have come anyway just to catch a whiff of all that knitting energy.
Those M&Ms are brilliant! Almost a shame to eat them, except how could one resist? - 12:04 PM
- Raveller said...
Looking at all those portraits, my first thought was, what is he saying to them? How did he get all those people to make such goofy faces?
Knitters just know how to have fun, I guess and don't care who knows it. - 12:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
The photo to the right of the photo of the girl with all the exposed boobage might could be switched with a photo of someone staring down agape, eh?
- Kathleen said...
First thought about this post: Wow. Those are some impressive boobies.
Second thought about this post: How will you be able to bring yourself to actually *eat* those chocolates? I don't think I could work up the chutzpah, myself. Wow. They seriously rock.
Third thought about this post: See you in Toronto! - 1:48 PM
- StarSpry said...
Those M&M's are awesome!! It's so cool that you're going to Canada for the 1000 Knitters Project :D
- Sarah-potterknitter said...
Just popped over from Stephanie's blog, this is the first I've heard of the project.
I love that each person looks like they're in the middle of an epic explanation of something. (a little different something for each person of course)
Good luck with your 1000 - 4:02 PM
- kate r said...
Have a great time in Toronto...What a great way for Stephanie to spend her 40th. The project looks awesome so far. Dolores will party down with those Canadians but please don't bring Harry so far from home, he might get tangled and I just couldn't bear the thought.
- knitnzu said...
Holy Shit dude, you'll be at 1500 or more after the Lettuce Knits thing, no? Have a great time! Relax and have fun with Stephanie. PA people usually scare me, but not so much the crowd you captured... love the bitch kitty! Whew, just looked through them again, they're all awesome!
- Anne O'Nymous said...
Would it be an exponentially rude, a stereotypically entitled American-instrusive thing to do to take a vacation in Toronto less than a fortnight after finishing my 14th year of teaching high school so I could be part of the fun?
Would it help if I say that I've been (figuratively) beaten up by teens with poor editing skills? Would Sister Sue give me a pass? - 8:48 PM
- Kate said...
Hurrah! Have a wonderful time in TO with all the phtoography blitzing. I'm thrilled that you're able to get there.
My jaw genuinely dropped when I read the M&Ms. Astonishing. bj is obviously a woman with connections and all of 'em good! - 12:30 AM
- shell said...
Oh wow - I love the M&M's! I wish you came closer to the center of the state - I would have been there, but I shall live vicariously through your blog and the cool pictures of all the knitters.
Hope you enjoyed the time in my Commonwealth of Pa! - 8:12 AM
- mary e. said...
You, and The Harlot (on her 40th no less!) celebrating birthdays, Knitting in Public and 1000 knitters!!?? Rock On Dude!!!! (do we still say that!?) I can't come play... but jinkies, do i ever want to! Canada should get prepared for Great Big Fun!!!! Squeee!!!!
- hey Dolores, want to come party with the Denny??? said...
ummmm ellenspn has never met me in real person. I am not harmless, and be afraid, very afraid.
Bring up Dolores, she will have met her match, that and I know where all the male strip joints are, after hour parties, bad people and good times. Don't stand near her at the customs office though, as if I need to tell you eh?
P.S.I'm aloud to say eh, cause I'm Canadian. - 9:48 AM
- Ted said...
Forgot to tell you. While in Toronto you must get ice cream from Gregs on the south/west corner of Spadina and Bloor. One scoop of roasted marshmallow ice cream is all you need.
- Captain said...
"(the candy company, not the planet)"
Even if I weren't from Pluto, I'd still be absolutely dying. - 11:14 PM
- Jessica said...
Right. Would prefer to email this, but can't find a way.
I have to confess, in a non-stalker-ish sort of way that I have a blog-crush on you! I'm a married woman living in Houston, but that surely can't be a blocker to a good old-fashioned blog-crush on a fantastic knitter/photographer/blogger in Chicago. Found you through the Yarn Harlot. I wanted so badly to be a part of the 1000 Knitters project and you're scheduled to be in Austin this weekend, but sadly I have to go car shopping with my husband instead.
At any rate, your blog voice sounds like what I'd like to think my own inner voice sounds like. Have started blogging a couple times, but it always petered out because you have to quite committed to it and I just wasn't. Your posts offer a welcome and needed distraction from work duties during the day, and I look forward to your own adventures as well as those of Dolores and Harry.
So, that should be just enough (hopefully not too much) slobbering for the moment :)
Jessica - 8:25 PM
- nobody said...
I am sooo excited that you are going to be at the YH's B-day bash! I can't wait to see the pics. You are a great artist! Have fun in Canadia.
- Kyle Kunnecke said...
are you ever coming to Los Angeles (or did I miss you?) - I would love to take part, but most of all just shake your hand - I LOVE following this project on your blog... it's such an amazing idea...
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Washington, D.C. – Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. died this afternoon at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD, surrounded by his family. He was 95 years old. Near him at the time of his death were his five children: Robert "Bobby" Sargent Shriver III, Maria Owings Shriver, Timothy Perry Shriver, Mark Kennedy Shriver and Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver, as well as their spouses and all of his 19 grandchildren.
Husband of 56 years to the late founder of Special Olympics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Sargent Shriver was Chairman of the Board Emeritus for Special Olympics and served as president of the Special Olympics Movement from 1984 through 1996 before his son, Timothy P. Shriver took the helm as current Chairman and CEO. Sargent Shriver also served Special Olympics as Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1990 to 2003. As an international lawyer and administrator, ambassador and an advocate for the poor and powerless, Sargent Shriver compiled an unparalleled record of public service at every tier, from the local level to the world community.
"Sargent Shriver was a pioneer for our movement, helping us establish and build programs in the far corners of the globe," said Special Olympics President and COO Brady Lum. "Today we celebrate the life of a man who saw the athletes of Special Olympics as ambassadors for peace. We honor a man who was able to transform the roots of violence and discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities by promoting Special Olympics throughout the world and we will continue his legacy by providing opportunities for people and communities to unite in harmony through sport."
Shriver's greatest legacy to the Special Olympics organization was the establishment of the Sargent Shriver International Global Messengers. These Special Olympics athletes serve four-year terms as spokespeople for the global Special Olympics Movement. This current class of Sargent Shriver International Global Messengers will continue Shriver's commitment to promoting a spirit of peace and unity across the world.
Sargent Shriver was born November 9, 1915 in Westminster, Maryland. He attended Yale University in 1934 and during college, Shriver was the senior editor of the Yale Daily News. Shriver enrolled in Yale Law School in 1938, receiving his L.L.B. in 1941 and went on to serve five years in active duty in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
In 1953, Shriver married Eunice Kennedy, sister of John F. Kennedy. Shriver's commitment to public service made him one of the most effective leaders of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society in the 1960s. He inspired, directed, or founded numerous social programs and organizations, including Head Start, VISTA, Job Corps, Community Action, Upward Bound, Foster Grandparents, Special Olympics, the National Center on Poverty Law, Legal Services, and the Peace Corps, serving as the program's first director under President Kennedy. Shriver also ran the War on Poverty during Johnson's tenure as president. Shriver also served as U.S. ambassador to France from 1968 to 1970.
In 1972, Shriver was nominated by the Democratic Party as a candidate for Vice President with presidential candidate Senator George McGovern in the campaign against President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. In 197 8, Shriver began the Kennedy Institute of Ethics "Trialogue" between leaders of Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions, the first such forum for discussion since medieval Spain.
Shriver is survived by his five children; and his 19 grandchildren who range in age from one to twenty-four years.
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Rocket Espresso was born in 2007 in Milan, Italy, when the commercial company ECM (Espresso Company Milano) decided to focus on commercial products.
Three espresso enthusiasts – Jeff Kennedy, Danielle Berenbruch, and Andrew Meo – decided to "give a new lease on life" to the domestic products ECM had created, starting with the Cellini and the Giotto. These prosumer machines boast commercial grade features, like lead-free copper boilers, Faema E61 brew-group, No-Burn Stainless Steel Steam Wand, quiet pumps, Sirai pressure stats, and stainless steel and chrome construction while still embodying a classic Italian design that's a style trend-setter in any setting, either the home, retreat or office.


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Department of Defense sexual assault evidence kits need to be updated
By Kent Harris
VICENZA, Italy — Kits used by the military to collect evidence in sexual assault cases do not have enough equipment or the necessary paperwork for investigators, a military forensic specialist testified at a recent court-martial.
Furthermore, those using the kits might not be receiving the proper training, she said.
Navy Cmdr. Lovett Robinson, senior sexual assault forensic examiner for the National Naval Medical Center, was called to testify as an expert witness at the recent court-martial of Sgt. Vince Jahalal, who stood trial on a charge of forcible sodomy.
During questioning from Jahalal's defense attorney, Robinson testified that she believes the three pages of paperwork included in the kits don't supply enough information on the evidence collected and circumstances surrounding the case.
She also told the court that when she's collecting evidence in such exams, she uses about twice as many swabs as are currently included in the kit in order to gather more evidence.
While Jahalal was found not guilty, it's unclear what impact Robinson's testimony had on the nine-member military jury. Jury members are instructed not to talk about their deliberations afterward.
Capt. Evan Seamone, Jahalal's defense attorney, said in a phone interview this week that he didn't feel it was proper for him to talk about a witness' impact in a case. But in his closing arguments during the trial he summed up Robinson's testimony that the eight-page Defense Department Form 2911 for such cases, which calls for "70 percent more information than what's in that (kit)," isn't included in the kit.
It was also unclear whether Robinson's testimony might have an impact on future courts-martial or those under review that have already been decided.
Guy Womack, a civilian defense attorney who frequently represents U.S. servicemembers at courts-martial, said jurors appear to be increasingly savvy when it comes to DNA evidence. Womack, who practices in the States, had no involvement in the Jahalal case.
"We expect a lot more now when it comes to the government's CSI [crime scene investigation] cases," he said in a brief phone interview from his office. "If the forensic evidence is crucial to the government's case, it is also crucial to the defense's case."
The sexual assault response kits were developed by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, or USACIL, for Defense Department use. Chris Grey, chief of public affairs for CID, or Criminal Investigation Command, defended the kits in an e-mail.
"The kit contains the required documentation for effective forensic analysis: any injuries sustained, the type of evidence collected … and the location from where the evidence was obtained."
But Robinson testified that she uses Defense Department Form 2911, which she said presents a more complete picture of the alleged assault, and those forms aren't included in the kit.
Grey said there have been discussions about the paperwork supplied in the kit, but there wasn't a consensus formed by a working group in February that Robinson was a part of.
He wrote that some Army laboratory personnel had issues with some of the information included in DD 2911, and it was agreed that changes were probably needed in both that form and the one in the kit. He wrote that once those changes are made, "… pertinent information will be included in the kit instructions."
CID and Army lab believe "the kit contains all the documentation needed to evaluate effectively the evidence collected," Grey wrote.
Grey noted that the sexual assault response kit was specifically designed so it could be used in the sometimes austere environments in which the military operates. Several years ago, a change was made in the way blood was collected that eliminates the need to refrigerate the kits.
While agreeing the kit was "sufficient," Robinson said its contents and practices of those using it need to match up with DOD instructions.
Grey wrote in his e-mail response that there have been recent discussions on the kit and some changes are planned. He referred again to the discussions in February.
"USACIL experts agreed to the value of adding these swabs and are in the process of updating the kits," Grey wrote. "Until the kit is updated, nurses and medical personnel are trained to use additional swabs if they feel they are needed in a particular case."
But during the court-martial, Robinson testified the military doctor who conducted the exam in the Jahalal case wasn't trained to DOD standards. The doctor, who was conducting her first such exam, was certified after attending a five-day course at the University of California, Davis.
She called the doctor's training "competent but incomplete."
In an e-mail response after the court-martial, Robinson said the training was only adequate for California.
"This training has the basics, but is less than the requirements for DOD," wrote Robinson, who testified that she's only one of two people in DOD currently qualified to train other sexual assault responders.
During her testimony, Robinson said the DOD had trained more than 600 responders in the past five years or so. But she admitted that of the entire number of personnel currently collecting evidence in sexual assault cases, "a large number go outside" DOD to receive their training.
Womack, the civilian defense attorney, said if military medical responders aren't properly trained up to DOD standards, "then we can't have faith in their work."
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In some ways, a second Obama term is likely to mean some degree of continuity in the Defense Department. But the shape and size of the government's largest and most complex department over the next few years will depend to a large degree on what happens over the next few weeks.
The presidential election, whatever its outcome, was bound to have some impact on the resources DoD would have available over the next several years. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had promised to increase Defense spending to 4 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. President Obama had sketched out his plan for the next 10 years of Pentagon spending several months earlier, including $487 billion in reductions to previously-planned defense spending in compliance with the debt ceiling agreement the White House and GOP lawmakers struck in the summer of 2011.
But as part of that same agreement, another half trillion dollars' worth of cuts will hit DoD beginning Jan. 2 unless the president and lawmakers arrive at a deal to undo sequestration.
"There are a lot of question marks out there," Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters Thursday. "This is really the Congress of the United States that needs to answer the question of when sequestration will be ended. We hope to avert sequestration before it kicks in."
Those question marks make it hard to foresee what the impact of a second Obama term on DoD will truly be, said Todd Harrison, the senior fellow for Defense budget studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
George Little, press secretary, DoD
"Sequestration is really the big unknown right now. This huge fog bank really just prevents us from seeing much beyond Jan. 2," he said.
Nonetheless, Harrison said while the sequestration debate that will happen in the lame-duck session of Congress has little to do with Defense and more to do with disagreements over tax policy and entitlement spending, it's unlikely that DoD will escape the debate without further cuts beyond the $487 billion agreed to last year.
"If anything, it's just because of history. The Defense budget has gone through three cycles of spending since World War II, and it looks like we're coming off of one of the peaks in those cycles," he said. "If historical trends hold true at all, we could be looking at a 20 or 30 percent gradual reduction in spending over the next decade. Given the fact that we have a near-record federal deficit right now, it seems reasonable to assume that Defense is going to be part of that deficit reduction effort."
Gradual spending cuts preferred
That gradual spending cut would be preferable, from DoD's perspective, to the indiscriminate 10-percent, across-the-board decreases that would happen immediately next year under sequestration. Pentagon officials have consistently maintained that the problem with sequestration isn't just the amount of the cuts, it's the fact that the process robs leaders of any discretion to prioritize.
Harrison thinks with the cuts on a gradual slope, the Obama administration's defense policy in a second term will still hew closely to the strategy it rolled out in January.
Todd Harrison, senior fellow for Defense budget studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
"We're going to see a lot of continuity, as one would expect when the administration has not changed. We will have to see some tweaks to that strategy though if the budget is reduced either from sequestration or some other deficit reduction deal," he said. "DoD has made it pretty clear that the strategic guidance they put forth last year was tied to the budget, and they wouldn't be able to execute it without that budget. And I think that's true."
But Tom Donnelly, a defense and security policy analyst at the American Enterprise Institute believes DoD has a lot more to worry about from the outcome of the lame- duck negotiations. He predicts the big cuts contemplated under sequestration represent a ceiling, not a floor for defense spending in a second Obama term, even if Congress and the President negotiate a deal to alter the makeup of the cuts.
"Over the past year, we've pretty clearly seen that neither party made the defense budget a top priority. That was essentially reflected in the Budget Control Act and its sequestration provision," he said. "What I would really be afraid of is that the Republican leadership in the House and the White House would work out some sort of short-term or long-term budget deal that would essentially lock in the defense cuts in order to minimize the sacrifices to tax revenues and entitlements."
Even though the Pentagon's military and civilian leaders have said consistently that their new defense strategy simply can't be executed with the funding levels sequestration would leave them, Donnelly thinks that view is subject to change. "I've been doing this long enough that I can see the 'risk-o-meter' being manipulated enough to support whatever the budget is," he said.
And, Donnelly added, the defense strategy leaves enough wiggle room for DoD leaders to make more cuts in the coming years without scrapping the defense strategy and starting over.
"By reducing the standard of sufficiency to the 'one war' construct, to use the shorthand term, they'll be able to say that lower standard allows further cuts to be made," he said. "The argument will be that if all we're going to do is fight one war at a time and not get involved in any extended counterinsurgency or peacekeeping operations, we can stand to cut some more."
No 'political appetite' for large defense cuts
But Russell Rumbaugh, a former congressional staffer who was responsible for defense budgets on the Senate Budget Committee said he thinks it's highly unlikely that any political deal over deficit reduction will target DoD for abrupt or significant reductions.
"I don't see a big political appetite for large defense cuts," said Rumbaugh, who now directs the Stimson Center's budgeting for foreign affairs and defense program. "Do I think large defense cuts could be done as part of a grand bargain? Yes. But the grand bargain itself seems like a very difficult reach. The important point to remember here is that while entitlements are part of our fiscal crisis, they're not part of the fiscal cliff. Discretionary spending is at risk right now because of the debt deal, but entitlements for the most part are not."
Russell Rumbaugh, senior associate, Stimson Center
But Rumbaugh said if DoD is asked to absorb cuts on the scale implicated by sequestration, it certainly wouldn't be unprecedented for a military coming out of a war.
"If you smoothed it out and didn't take it all in the first year, it would look an awful lot like previous defense downturns. So it's not unreasonable to think that it might happen. But to get that in an agreement up front would require it to be rolled up in this grand bargain that includes entitlements and taxes," he said. "Right now it looks like we can expect defense spending to be roughly at the current level, but I'd expect that every year, it'll be drawn down just a little bit more so the President and Congress can try to free up some resources. You'll see downward pressure on defense, but not a fundamentally different level."
Aside from budget issues, another big DoD change that's speculated to happen in the coming weeks or months involves a switch in leadership at the very top. At 74, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reportedly would like to return more permanently to the northern California home from which he shuttles to Washington each week.
At the Pentagon Thursday, spokesman George Little declined to provide further fodder for those press accounts.
"There's always a temptation to engage in Washington parlor games after an election," Little said. "Secretary Panetta is focused squarely on the missions of the Department of Defense. He's not focused on his personal future."
Like much of the rest of the Obama administration's political appointees, DoD's civilian leadership has been relatively stable over the course of the president's first term.
But AEI's Donnelly said we should expect to see departures soon by not just the Defense secretary but some other high-level appointees such as military service secretaries.
"Panetta was kind of a caretaker guy anyway, and there are other people at the deputy and undersecretary level who have been there for four years and are just exhausted," he said.
CSBA's Harrison said whoever the new Defense secretary is, he or she will have a lot on his or her plate.
"The next secretary really will have an opportunity to put his or her thumbprint on the future of the department," he said. "There are a lot of major decisions that have to be made, such as following through of this pivot to the Asia-Pacific region. What does that really mean? What kind of new capabilities are we going to invest in or not invest in? A lot of those decisions are going to be made in the next couple years. The next secretary of Defense is going to have a lot of room to influence those major decisions."
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I have spent a lot of time thinking about my past. Alternately feeling sorry for myself or being outraged at the wrongs - real or imagined - that were done to me, a constant theme in my thinking is how much different, better, happier I would be if only I hadn't had these parents, or stepparents, or those siblings, or on and on.
But it will never be different. My past will be my past always and, good or bad, it is uniquely mine. When I got to the program, I was taught that in recovery we stop fighting everybody and everything; in other words we surrender. One definition of surrender is to lay down our arms and join the winning side. By surrendering my old feelings about my past, I start to see it in a new light, and a new miracle has begun.
By working my program, I am able to make peace with my past, to look at my part and see the lessons and gifts it has to offer. In time, I come to see how valuable my experiences are, and how I can use them to help another. "One's deepest wounds, integrated, become our greatest power." Once I have healed my past, I begin to see how it can help heal another.
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Meritage builds homes to meet residents' needs
By carefully selecting community locations, building the right variety of homes and pricing them affordably, Meritage Homes Corp. has become one of the Las Vegas Valley's most respected homebuilders, according to Robb Beville, Las Vegas Division president for Meritage Homes.
"It has never been our goal to be the biggest home-builder in southern Nevada, but we strive to be a top 10 builder here, like we do ineach of our national markets," Beville says. "Our philosophy allows us to be very selective about where we develop communities in the valley. For Meritage buyers, it means a fresh approach to living."
Part of the company's approach includes giving back to residents in its communities. Beville says the practice is best illustrated through the clubhouses found at many of the company's communities. For example, the fully staffed Club at Yellowstone offers three swimming pools, a spa, state-of-the-art fitness center, outdoor barbecue area, basketball court, party room and children's play area. It's the centerpiece of Yellowstone at Mountain's Edge, one of the homebuilder's most popular communities.
"The Club at Yellowstone is our contribution to the residents of Yellowstone at Mountain's Edge," Beville says. "We're developing a similar recreational facility--The Club at Northern Terrace--for residents of Northern Terrace at Providence.
"Homeowners have many expenses. By offering these unique communityamenities, we're telling them we understand," he states. "They can cancel the gym memberships and forget about building pools in their backyards. We eliminate those extra expenses for them."
Regardless of a community's size, Beville says Meritage's homebuyers are sure to find quality and value. Gated entrances, community parks, lush landscaping and clubhouses provide a destination lifestyle to residents--even in some of Meritage's smallest communities.
"Our goal is to give buyers homes they're proud to own in neighborhoods they're excited to call home," Beville says, "Our word is our honor. When we tell buyers they're going to get quality and value, we show them quality and value."
Beville explains that before individuals and families are happy homeowners, they're happy customers.
"We focus on creating good experiences from the moment a customer enters one of our sales centers," Beville says, adding that the company makes the buying process comfortable and manageable. "It's no secret that purchasing a new home can be overwhelming. By providing our signature customer service and superior quality, we're on our way to creating happy homeowners."
Promoting Growth
Meritage entered the Las Vegas market in 2002 after purchasing Perma-Bilt Homes, a company that began building Las Vegas homes in 1994.Armed with a strategic growth and land acquisition plan, Beville andhis Las Vegas team have consistently achieved their annual goals. "We delivered 541 homes in 2005 and expect to deliver well over 600 homes in 2006," Beville says.
Beville predicts the momentum will continue throughout 2007 as Meritage unveils new communities and model home complexes. Sales are currently under way at 11 Las Vegas-area communities. Great Falls, Whitewater, Glacier and Evergreen are within Yellowstone at Mountain's Edge in the southwest part of the valley. Summer Trail, a gated community of two-story homes, and Watermarke, Meritage's newest condominium community, are also located within the Mountain's Edge master-planned community.
In the northwest, Northern Terrace at Providence offers four neighborhoods: Concord, Salem, Brookline and Andover. Geyser Peak is situated in the north near the base of the Spring Mountains.
"We're on track to open model homes at Summer Trail, Watermarke and Northern Terrace in January and February," Beville says. Meritage Homes at Inspirada, a new master planned community in Henderson, Nev, is touted as "a 2,000-acre town unto itself" with residential villages and a city center. Meritage will feature three new uniquely designed communities.
Beville expects pre-sales to begin in February. "Buyers will have an opportunity to choose from a variety of imaginative architectural styles, estate homes, village homes and city homes," says Beville, adding that model homes are planned to debut in May and July.
"We've made our mark in several pockets of the valley and buyers anticipate seeing our neighborhoods go up in the newest and most popular areas of town. The response to our Las Vegas communities has been phenomenal," he adds.
He credits the success to thoughtful floor plan design, quality construction and consistent customer service. "We're as deliberate about our growth strategies as we are about maintaining the solid reputation we've earned," he states.
"We're extremely well positioned for the future," Beville continues. "Our current lot supply puts us in a very good growth situation for the next three [to] five years."
The Right Value
A native Las Vegan and CPA, Beville says the southern Nevada homebuilding industry suits him well. He finds his work with Meritage bothexciting and rewarding. "I'm passionate about this industry. I love providing the American dream to buyers in this market," he says, noting that he especially enjoys delivering Meritage homes to happy new owners.
Beville believes buyer satisfaction is linked to the value of his company's products. The division aims to provide more value than competing home-builders by offering exceptional home designs at affordable prices. "We offer a really attractive home package for the price," he says.
According to the company, there is more to the draw than price," he says. "Location is a key component of Meritage's marketing strategy.
According to Beville, his division builds "in the best submarkets in Las Vegas," which includes the popular northwest, southwest and Henderson regions.
"We're extremely selective about the location of our communities and the details that define them," Beville says. "Once we determine that an area meets our criteria, we apply our proven model and create unmatched value for buyers. Our approach sets us apart, and buyers respond."
Broad Appeal
The Las Vegas Division serves a broad customer base that includes first- and second-time homebuyers, young professionals, families, executives and empty nesters. "It covers the whole gamut," Beville says."Part of the plan is to cater to as many people as we possibly can."
The sales approach is working for the division, Beville says, and many first-time Meritage buyers move up to second and third Meritage homes. Along the way, they share their experiences with neighbors, friends and relatives.
In 2005, Beville's division had a 27 percent unsolicited referral rate. "Unsolicited means we didn't offer incentives for referrals," Beville says. "Homeowners see the value of their Meritage homes. They see that the value of their neighborhoods have maintained. They refertheir friends simply because they're happy with their own experiences."
Beville says all buyers receive the same high level of customer service. It's a top priority for the division. "We constantly evaluate ourselves and work to improve," he says. The division participates inJ.D. Power surveys to measure and evaluate its service. "We increaseour scores on a regular basis, yet always strive for more. 'Good, better, best--never let it rest 'til your good is better and your better is best.' That's our motto," says Beville.
Invaluable Partnerships
The division is quick to credit business partners and subcontractors as contributors to its corporate success. "We value our business relationships and tend to keep them for years," Beville says. "Our subcontractors provide an invaluable service to us."
Beville and his team regularly look to subcontractors for feedbackon design, value, engineering and new product releases.
Financial stability and longevity are two characteristics the division seeks in its partners. "We definitely include local companies inthe fold," Beville says. "Our partners don't have to be big, national companies for us to consider them."
Beville adds that, regardless of size, a subcontractor must be able to employ skilled labor. "We focus a lot of attention on the quality of our homes," he states. "We hold subcontractors to those same standards--without exception."
As part of a 2006 thank-you campaign, Meritage offered a reward program to its trade partners.
Helping with Homes
The Las Vegas Division of Meritage Homes is an avid supporter of Southern Nevada-based nonprofit organizations. In 2006, the company made sizable gifts to Opportunity Village, Nevada Cancer Institute, BoyScouts of America, the Las Vegas Sun Summer Camp Fund, Child Focus, Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Lied Discovery Children's Museum, among others.
"It's a privilege and our responsibility to support the community that supports us," Beville says. "We're thrilled to contribute resources to causes that positively impact underprivileged youth, individuals and families."
National Recognition
Meritage is currently ranked by Builder magazine as the 13th-largest U.S. single-family homebuilder in terms of unit deliveries. The company notes that it has achieved a leadership position in the consolidated homebuilding industry, with 18 consecutive years of record revenues and net earnings.
"The company's growth reflects a successful focus on increasing market share through organic growth, acquisitions and start-up operations, while also maintaining excellent returns and a strong balance sheet," Meritage states.
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Dec. 3, 2012
NEW YORK - Senior center Barrett Jones was selected as one of six finalists for the 13th annual Rimington Trophy, which goes to the nation's most outstanding center, the Rimington Trophy committee announced on Monday.
Jones, from Germantown, Tenn., is joined by Louisville's Mario Benavides, Notre Dame's Braxston Cave, Clemson's Dalton Freeman, Southern California's Khaled Holmes and Penn State's Matt Stankiewitch as finalists.
Jones is the third Crimson Tide player to be named a finalist for the Rimington Award, joining the likes of William Vlachos (2011) and Antoine Caldwell (2008).
Jones spent his first two years starting at right guard for Alabama, and when the Tide needed a left tackle in 2011, he moved over and won the Outland Trophy for the nation's best interior linemen. In 2012, Alabama needed to replace a three-year starter at center and Jones stepped up once again and has exceled at that position this year.
Jones graded out at an average of 90.8 percent in the Tide's 12 regular season games, including nine games over 90 percent. He had just six missed assignments on 656 plays while anchoring one of the nation's top offensive lines in 49 starts over the last four years.
The winner of the Rimington Trophy is selected by determining the consensus All-America center pick from four existing All-America teams including the American Football Coaches Association, The Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America. The center with the most first team votes will be determined the winner. If there is a tie with first team votes, then the center with the most second team votes will win. If there is still a tie, the winner will be determined by a majority vote from the Rimington Trophy committee.
Named after Dave Rimington, a consensus first-team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, the Rimington Trophy was founded in 2000 to honor the nation's most outstanding center in NCAA Division I-A.
This year's Rimington Trophy will be revealed live on ESPNU during the ESPN Red Carpet Show, immediately preceding The Home Depot College Football Awards airing live from the Atlantic Dance Hall at Disney's Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resort on Thursday, Dec. 6, beginning at 6:30 p.m. (CST).
The winner of the Rimington Trophy will be recognized during pre-game festivities at the BCS National Championship game, featuring No. 2 Alabama and top-ranked Notre Dame at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Jan. 7. The 13th annual Rimington Trophy Presentation will be held at the Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Neb., on Jan. 13, where the recipient of the Rimington Trophy will be honored.
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Be here now
Where else can you be anyway?
Staying present is a present to you
Does dancing to the blues cure them?
By: Martin Soosloff
An artist reception, honoring the work of Kristen, Bangs, Graham Stewar, and Ryszard, will be hosted by Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery, Saturday, February 22, 2 – 4 p.m.
Kristen Bangs' background is as a fine artist. Since embracing the flow of creative handiwork, her
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