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I grew up in at least modest comfort.
My father was a professor. My mother studied to become a nurse. Two brothers, a sister, cats named Humphrey and Hepzibah, several generations of Red Irish Setters. We lived in a nice little white house with green shutters, just down the street from several blocks of subsidized housing. The projects were only two houses down, but those two houses made all the difference. They were filled with black residents, Puerto Rican residents, and entrenched poverty-stricken white families, of the kind that most academic white liberals have such trouble writing about. My father was a beatnik turned hippie turned academic; he'd make his students lie on the floor while he exhorted them, about Artaud and life through the flames. My mother played naked badminton, cried over Jesse Jackson and saved the local arboretum from developers; it now bears her name. If you're inclined to be uncharitable, you could squeeze her into some liberal do-gooder stereotype. All I know is that she taught me, through her behavior, about gentleness and compassion. For a time I thought they were something important. Nowadays I suspect they are everything important.
My paternal grandfather, an old school pacifist, back when that meant something, wrote anti-war polemics in academic journals. "We must end war or war will destroy us." In time, his pacifist tendencies would be perceived as Communist sympathies, in exactly the wrong era to be so perceived. It ruined his career; before long, the family curse of alcoholism took care of the rest. He died twelve years before I was born. My maternal grandparents smoked too much and took us to Friendly's, played card games against each other and swore when they lost. My grandfather had a military high-and-tight from the day he left the army, but in the last year of his life, he let his hair grow past his shoulders. There was one aunt and one uncle and two cousins, and then, in that peculiar American way, there wasn't.
When I was seven, my mother died very suddenly. It was hard on all of us, but it ultimately killed my father. I went to see her in the hospital. They had wrapped her eyes in some sort of covering; later I came to realize it had to have been because, being brain dead, her eyes would have been hollow and vacant. I know it can't be right, but in my memory the wrapping is the texture of paper, white paper, butcher's paper. All I knew at the time was that nothing to me could have been more distant than her docile body. She had been physical and antsy, and the motionless object before me should have said it all, but I was still surprised when my father came home a couple days later to tell us she was dead.
But: the kids in the projects. They were there (in the projects). What parents they had were there too. We went to school with them (you cut through the projects on Daddario Road and then through the woods that seemed to go on forever but couldn't be more than fifty yards and there was school). Some of them we were friends with. I've kept in touch with a few; you know, Facebook. The way you do. Anyway: throughout it all, they were there. That perpetuity is the kind of thing a polite lefty does his or her best to avoid-- you can't be perceived as condescending, that's death in left wing cultural competition-- but you have to understand that, mercifully backgrounded for a nice boy like me, life in the projects beat on all along, injustice self-replicating like summer, fall, winter, spring.
He did his best. He was loving and creaky and defiant and tender. He had a big belly for grabbing and he was absolutely unsparing against idiocy or sentimental dishonesty. He radiated realness and when he felt like it, dressed in a stained shirt and shoeless he could render men in three piece suits totally speechless. He met the big-picture, grand parenting responsibilities well and the little, embarrassment-sparing parenting responsibilities poorly. He did not forget and would not let us forget our advantages even in the periods of our grief. That was hard (he was often hard) but it was right (he was always right). He spent too much time locked away in his room, typically with a bottle of vodka. But he was gentle towards us, and he was wise, and he had lived through it all, and when I crawl outside of myself for long enough to encounter something like self-respect, it's his voice I hear. All in all, we were very lucky to have him.
He remarried. I have spent more than a decade not thinking about my ex-step mother and I have no great desire to do so now. It didn't work, never worked, but then he was ill. The daily unhappiness of the failed blended family experiment was usually lost against the experience of watching him fall away, drop by drop. Screaming fights and broken windows but always, in the center of it all, the sad spectacle of someone trying not to waste away. He was 45 the day I was born. He went to church and sang in a crackling old voice. Unlike with my mother, there were to be no surprises here. The insurance company shipped him across country to die at Cedars Sinai. My little brother endured a year in hell in a Los Angeles middle school. My older brother and I lived alone in our house and went to high school, telling the administration there we were being looked after by an uncle who didn't exist.
When my father lay dying in the hospital I came to visit him for the last time, and he was dressed in a too-small robe, and they had given him a hypoallergenic blanket made of plastic, and in his delirium and weakness as he saw me approach he feebly tried to move the blanket to cover himself and preserve his dignity in front of his 15-year old son. And I knew even then that memory of all that was fierce and flawed in that fierce and flawed man would slowly be lost, and in my mind all I would have left was that feeble motion, that plastic blanket.
It didn't take long for whatever paltry sense of responsibility to evaporate. You'd think, given it all, that we were entitled, but there I go thinking about it again. Before long, it was over with my stepmother and us. The disintegration was long and tangled and wearying and terrible. There was the house and the money and the heirlooms and albums, and Christ, the books, I still think about them. Little by little over the last days when there was any interaction at all, things would disappear, I mean literally I would go to what had been my room and stuff of his I had would be gone. Those few fragments I had left, taken. His leather jacket disappeared from my closet, my fucking father's fucking leather jacket. At least I saw him physically degrade. All the things seemed to leave when I wasn't looking, I'd just suddenly find that I had less and less of what my family had been.
In life the tragic problems mix with the ridiculous. There can be such little space between the homework assignments and the liver cancer. How to get a ride to the movies. Sheer terror: what would happen to my younger brother? Would he end up in the state system, in some kind of home? You could just do nothing, control nothing. Over time, we went broke. I wish I could say I was smart with what I ended up with but I wasn't, I was a stupid, angry kid, and I just had no idea about anything, the only thing I understood was how I would go to speak and I didn't even have words. Friends would say, "being orphaned, it's not really about the money," and of course it wasn't, but of course it was. My sister had a young baby. I don't think people realize, even for decades after childhood, all the help, all the loans, the place to stay...well. Eventually, we were able to get a house. That's a blessing.
When time passed and all the endless legal and financial and material connections with my stepmother were dissolved, it was time to look up and around at a young adulthood I had no capacity to face. My grades had been terrible. (I think you'll excuse me.) I couldn't get into college. Sometimes there was money and sometimes there wasn't. I didn't know who or how to ask for help. And the guilt, it just wormed its way into everything I was, I could physically feel it, the punishing self-hatred that pressed against my temples and left me curled up on the floor. The terrible survivor's guilt that attended every decision and every purchase and every moment, the constancy and terrible banality of it keeping me from even the pathetic defense of romanticizing my situation.
At times, it felt that all that was left was my despair, my rage, my helplessness, my grief. And in the very heart of it all I could not pretend, even for a moment, that I knew anything about what it meant to exist in poverty. We deserved and required better. We needed support, material and governmental, and we needed sympathy, and we needed recognition. But I can't, don't, and won't pretend that what I faced was the same as being born without social capital, within entrenched poverty. To separate personal need and desire from the broader, more direct purpose of left-wing practice is precisely why we are critical, precisely why we are conscious.
And over time, things were getting better for me personally.
Understand: it didn't even take one generation. Social capital reasserted itself. Privilege did what it does. At the very moments when my life was most broken, the vast advantages of being born white and male, to educated and caring parents, who read to me and told me I was good, who connected behavior to consequences and advised me to live life consciously-- all these realities quietly worked in my favor. No, I don't have any money, I'm in student loan debt up to my eyeballs, I could very easily emerge from graduate school without a job, my credit's a wreck, things like car trouble and unexpected tax penalties can totally derail me.... But there is an obvious path to material security for me, whether in the job I want or not, and that advantage is the product of social capital that I did very little to earn. I live a comfortable, fulfilled life, and all for all I am an immensely fortunate person. I have fool's luck, wanderer's luck, and I want to remember that every moment of every day.
Back at the projects, they're still there. Some of them got out. A couple are dead or in jail. Many of them are still there, with children of their own. (You know how easy it is to find American families in their fourth or fifth generation of poverty?) That is not a coincidence. Social capital is real, it matters, it is determinative. And, yes, I have worked hard, and yes I'm smart, and yes, I wish some of the people I stay in touch with from the projects had made a few different choices. But to hold those feeble caveats against the pitiless force of demographics and chance is an absurd enterprise. They were not given the advantages I was given.
This is all just anecdote, just a story, just my story. But you can find the numbers, and they can slowly drive you crazy, all the vast disadvantages of birth and class: life expectancy, literacy, access to health care, odds of being the victim of a crime, odds of being convicted of a crime, education level, income, happiness.... Please, keep your bootstraps to yourself. I've had my fill of fantasy. But my conscience insists: this same reality has to speak to Occupy, and the young activists within it who look out an ugly and unjust world and ask for more. I want better for them, I swear I do. I understand their anger and their disillusionment. But please, take it from me, and trust me, about the terrible seduction, how easily you can fall into believing that left wing practice is for you. It just can't be, it can't. I believe in solidarity and I believe in the power of the temporarily oppressed and I believe in highlighting the fierce urgency of now. Still, it can't be about young college graduates, not at the heart of it. You can't allow yourself to slump into the posture of what you believe you are entitled to. If the purpose of Occupy is to benefit the college educated, if it becomes some generational warfare caricature, then none of it has any meaning. You have to have the courage to give up on asking for what is best for you.
If that sounds cruel or callous, don't believe it. I share their concerns. I have agitated and will continue to agitate for those young college graduates that face an uncertain future and mountains of debt. I believe that our resource distribution system is fundamentally unjust, and I further believe that the culture it spawns is fundamentally oriented towards justifying that corrupt system. (And it is precisely that schizophrenic culture that conditions these people to lament that they are not living the ideal life.) I agree that shit is fucked. But it's been fucked, and it will continue to be fucked after their immense social capital restores them to the material conditions they thought they were fated to receive. If a movement arises that is oriented towards pursuing their needs, that's who it will serve, and it will leave behind those who need a movement most. History teaches me that. Empiricism teaches me that. And my own brief life teaches me that. Orient your work towards the empowerment of the worst off, or privilege will orient it away from them for you.
Debs taught me, and so did Haruki Murakami, and so did my mother: the only political question I care about is who is on top and who is on bottom. That's it. I've said it from day one and been ridiculed for it from day one and will not relent, whether you appeal to tradition or to revolution, whether you call yourself radical or reactionary. I've heard it all before, and whether it's some old libertarian or some young Jacobin is irrelevant, it's the same lecture, there's not one atom of difference. This devotion is all I have left from all that I went through. Anyone can join, rich or poor, PhD or high school dropout. But we proceed critically, we proceed consciously, and we support the empowerment of the powerless, the truly powerless, first and beyond all else.
You don't have to be the worst off to have my support, my friendship, my sympathies, my vote, my solidarity. But to be upwardly mobile and educated and America, as I am and was, and speak of your problems as if they are the moral justification for revolution-- no. Generational warfare? Why, when the same inequity and injustice that harms the child continues to constrain the father, the grandfather? Arbitrary divisions of age and circumstance? No: I'll stand with anyone who is willing to change the world for the empowerment of the dispossessed. I will break bread with the young and educated and dissatisfied, I will work towards their goals and ending their problems, but I will never stop insisting that it is a deeply regressive mistake to highlight those problems as the first priority of a revolutionary movement. Things change, in your life, and you get to be consumed in that change, and you get to cry for the moon and for yourself for awhile, but you never forget the ceaseless cruelty of a homeless shelter, of a housing project. If that means you are speaking for the subaltern, or that you are being condescending, or that your radicalism is a product of privilege, so be it. You are who you are. Keep your own counsel, do your own good for those who are not used to having good done to them, and burn a quiet flame inside of yourself, and I swear I will have your back, no matter how good or bad I've been to you in the past. My support is probably worth nothing, nothing at all, but I swear I will keep that promise.
Movements will fall away, but the movement will endure. Temporary conditions will change, and with them the short-term self-interest of the self-interested, but you can be irresolute. Fads in politics and media, new ideas and new rallying cries, all of that is inevitable and temporary. All that will remain is privilege and its lack, entrenched poverty and embedded affluence, and the reactionary power of what is and what has been. And only this political question will endure: do you want to change the miserable condition that exists on this earth?
Few things are so hard for me as the battle between what I want for the world and my pessimist's heart. I look at the human species and all I can see is loss. All I can do is motivate myself with the same burning self-hatred, the same contempt for my powerlessness, the same sickness I feel when I perceive my self-pity. I have nothing to offer the most damaged in the world, beyond the silent peripheral grace of how desperately I feel these things that I feel. So feeble as that is, I keep and own it, and day by day, it burns and burns.


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Tony Roberts will make you laugh your teeth loose!
Felicia Haney | 3/12/2014, 12:38 p.m.
Comedian Tony Roberts comes to the Improv
By BAKARI SIMPSON
Contributing Writer
Get ready. This week one of the most animated, talented and hilarious comedians of our day is coming to the Cleveland Improv Comedy Club and Restaurant in the physical form of Tony Roberts. Roberts, who is filled with enough comedic electricity to illuminate a large city, will be hitting town this Thursday, March 13 and will be conducting sets thru Sunday, March 16 at the historic comedy club located on the West Bank of the Flats at 1148 Main Ave.
For anyone who has actually seen this livewire of a human being slinging jokes with the speed, lawlessness and ferocity of a liquor bootlegger's tommy-gun, it might be an extreme stretch of the imagination to realize that comedy, the stage and even coming out of his naturally shy shell was anything but a natural process. In fact, not only was it not the initial career path of Roberts to shatter funny bones around the nation and globe at large, the unreasonably funny comedian recounts the days in his youth where he was too shy to really tell jokes in front of his friends. He was even too shy to speak in class.
It was not until he would reach his late twenties while sitting at a comedy club that a friend dared him with a bribe of $5o to get on stage for open mic and last three minutes. In need of the money, Roberts climbed the stage steps with nervousness raging so badly that he remembers wanting to throw up. Luckily, for the rest of us, that one time was all that was needed to knock down the first domino and launch a splendid career into motion. Having been bitten by the comedy bug, Roberts began reading books on comedy, continued to write jokes and in three years he would appear on "BET's Comic View." And the rest is… as they say, history.
Always finding a way to keep himself busy, the comedian has his third comedy special on the way, along with a 10-song, 10-video DVD featuring his own comedic songs. Very soon he will release a movie he directed called, "Not So Fast, My Tooth is Loose."
Widely known for his physical and very high-energy stage presence, it might be a lesser known fact that on his own time he is a very laid back type of cat who enjoys being home, working out, sharpening his skill at his most recently picked up sport of golf and is monstrously present in his children's lives at home and school. Even though he has certainly made it to a comfortable plateau in his life, Roberts can easily remember his more strenuous days growing up as a youth in the impoverished city of Detroit. His childhood and early memories of struggle are the fodder in which his work ethic was born and allowed to flourish.
Having found a happy balance of marriage, fatherhood, home life and his professional career Roberts is at a place in his life were he feels comfortable, blessed and really ready to bring out his best material. His Detroit background makes him feel more than a little at home in the Midwestern cities, so he is eager to get to town to do his thing. "I like to go to smaller rooms and do people rooms, not in a big city where it's like a 5,000-plus seater. I'll go do a 400-seater and love that personal feel. A lot of people don't know that comics love to do smaller rooms because they feel like they can write, do their jokes and feel more personal. When you are doing a 5,000-seater it's just a job; you are out there working. You can't see nobody, you're out there working 30-40 minutes and then you are backstage then back at the hotel. But, when you are working a smaller room it humbles you; you can personally see the people's faces and they can see your face and you think about why you started this whole venture. When you are in touch with [the people], it's better than the theatre dude."
For those of you who know the potency of Roberts' comedy you will not be disappointed. And to those who don't know about his zaniness, straight from the horse's mouth the comedian had this to say to those heading down to the show this weekend, "Aye! Cleveland, you know me, you know Tony Roberts, you know how I get down, I don't have nothing to do but bring you the energy, bring you the jokes, bring you the real, that's all I do every time I come. I am not going to let [you] down, so you don't have nothing else to do but come out and get some of the hot sh!t."

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London Treasure Hunts
Below you will find descriptions of fourteen London Treasure Hunts that have proved extremely popular over the years.
Each Treasure Hunt consists of a series of cryptic clues; a sheet of observation questions; a photo challenge, for which the teams must find items and street furnishings that have been photographed from, to say the least, confusing and misleading angles; and a list of items that the teams must bring back at the end of the Treasure Hunt as part of the scavenger challenge.
You can also add our popular "London Posers" quest to any of our Treasure Hunts. The teams are given an instant camera with which to photograph their colleagues in some creative(occasionally outrageous) poses. The Treasure Hunt can finish in either a private room or reserved area at a pub or restaurant where participants can unwind with a drink or two and a buffet or meal.


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Last Tuesday's election showed us how the face of our country is changing. We saw the most diverse electorate in the history of the country with increases in the Latino and Asian American vote, and the African American vote at 13 percent -- the same high level as in the 2008 election. Notably, whites made up their lowest voting population ever at 72 percent of the electorate.
How do these shifting demographics impact higher education and affirmative action? The affirmative action case of Fisher v. University of Texas currently before the United States Supreme Court is a hot topic in higher education. Much has changed since 2003 when the Supreme Court upheld a race-conscious admissions policy in the landmark case of Grutter v. Bollinger, on the basis that a diverse student body enriches the education of all students.
Although affirmative action laws do not directly impact admission policies at small private institutions such as Wheelock College, I believe that this issue is important to all institutions of higher education. A diverse student population is critical to providing a quality educational experience in today's diverse and increasing global society. The growing body of research and literature on "diversity" indicates that the ability to work effectively in a diverse workforce is critical to being prepared for our innovation -- and knowledge-based 21st century economy. Learning from and working collaboratively with people of diverse cultures, religions, abilities and perspectives with genuine mutual respect fosters mutually beneficial interaction and workplace success.


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BIG WILLOW CREEK. Big Willow Creek begins in southeast Falls County (at 31°13' N, 96°39' W) and enters northern Robertson County three miles northeast of Bremond. It runs south, then east, for a total of nine miles, to its mouth on Walnut Creek, four miles southeast of Bremond (at 31°06' N, 96°38' W). It traverses level to gently sloping terrain surfaced by sandy loams that support post oaks and grasses.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article."BIG WILLOW CREEK," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbbqe), accessed July 29, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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By Pfc. Chris Jones, USASpecial to American Forces Press Service
MOSUL, Sept. 23, 2003 What brought Army Spc. Kevin Roice's opponent to the floor wasn't necessarily the glorious display of hooks and jabs that brought hundreds of spectators to their feet.
Though Roice's speed and agility in the ring were irrefutably impressive, something much deeper than his athletic ability brought him the victory by technical knockout. The longing for home, the loneliness and fear in the deployment -- all the uncertainties and anxieties that have plagued him since leaving Fort Campbell, Ky., seven months ago -- came flooding back to him.
"Getting inside that ring just brought out all the aggression, all the pain of missing home," he said. "It spins your emotions all around. It's crazy."
The 167-pound Roice, a soldier with 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, signed up for the "Smoking Boxing" tournament his battalion hosted Sept. 20 as soon as it was announced earlier in the month. The event was held at a dining facility.
All soldiers within or attached to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) were invited to beat the stuffing out of their opponents in the ring. When the big night arose, Maj. Gen. David Petraeus and Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, 101st commanding general and command sergeant major, joined a horde of soldiers came to watch the carnage unfold.
After Roice left the ring, he was hoisted above the shoulders of a pack of Turkish soldiers from with the Joint Iraqi Security Company. No translation was needed for their chants as they lifted Roice; "Hooray!" is a universal term.
Eight fights took place in the two-hour event. Each was scheduled for three rounds, but technical knockouts in the first or second round brought some to an early end.
Introducing each contestant with a rowdy, thunderous voice was Staff Sgt. Wayne Ebenreiter, a member of 2-44th who volunteered to host the fight. A friendly rivalry between the 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st floated through the air, and Ebenreiter inflamed it.
"This crowd had better give me a loud 'air assault' right now," said Ebenreiter, demanding the crowd scream the 101st battle cry. Unsatisfied with what he deemed a puny chant, he continued, "I'll stop this competition right now and give it all back! I had better get an 'air assault' right now! I want an 'air assault'!"
A soldier in the crowd yelled "airborne," the watchword of the 82nd, to which Ebenreiter responded, "Hey, you didn't wait your turn! Now I want a big fat 'air assault'!"
The friendly competition between the two divisions took place between fights. When the time came for two more fighters to take to the ring, a brief silence fell, followed by music. Each contestant made his way to the ring to the sound of an entrance song of his choosing. The music, in addition to the pageant of blood and sweat inside the ring, kept spectators on their feet throughout much of the event.
Fighters were allowed to go with or without headgear. For many, the decision to wear it didn't matter, because a few minutes into most fights, a solid hook sent it flying off. This set the stage for a night of gritty violence. A doctor was on hand to ensure no fight got out of hand.
Chief Warrant Officer Bruce Ward knows boxing. With a cousin who competed in the Golden Gloves boxing program and a brother who participated in high school boxing, Ward said he learned a lot about the sport.
Ward, an engineer with the 1438th Engineer Detachment, Michigan National Guard, said "Smoking Boxing" was more intense than professional boxing.
"More than professional, this resembles street-fighting," he said. "I think poise and passion are important to win these fights. It takes a lot of adrenaline and endurance, as well as knowledge, to keep fighting after you start getting hurt in the ring."
The 54-year old Ward said he's content being in a job where he fights only when it involves the security of freedom.
"I've gotten a little wiser in my older age," he said, smiling. "I fight when I have to for survival, not for fun, although it does get your blood going. And hey, a person could definitely be tempted to get in there."
Acknowledging the between-bout rivalry between the 82nd and the 101st, Ward said the 101st probably had a slight edge.
"It's hard to tell, but my gut feeling is that the 101st has got it tonight," Ward said. "It's a good spirited competition either way. This has just been a lot of fun and a good break from the regular, everyday routine."
Legendary boxing promoter Don King financed the event, donating water bottles, white knit shorts, bags of candy mints in American flag wrapping, gloves, hats, caps, T-shirts and other items. Staff Sgt. Franklin Eldridge, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2-44th, spent several weeks trying to find financial assistance for the event, until he finally sent an e-mail to King's secretary and found "gracious approval." Eventually, Eldridge spoke with King on the telephone.
"I asked [King] for financial support in the event," Eldridge said, "and he was extremely gracious."
In an e-mail to Eldridge, King wrote, "I send my heartfelt thank you to you, your division and all of our men and women deployed in Iraq. Please take care of yourselves, and I hope you are able to come home soon."
A much bigger boxing event could be on the horizon for soldiers, as discussions are under way with about the possibility of an exhibition match in Mosul involving world welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga in Mosul.
The Associated Press called Mayorga "easily one of the most exciting fighters on the planet these days. His reckless style of well nourished mayhem inside the ring is already quite legendary."
Eldridge said, "I told King, 'If you can come over here, it'll boost the soldiers' morale like you wouldn't believe.' Right now, he's lobbying for government support, and he's got one of his lawyers and the (United Service Organizations) working on it.
"He's also trying to bring some musicians and dancers out here for the fight," he continued. "King is a true American. Many people take shots at him, and he just keeps on going, and that's what our division is all about."
According to a press release produced by King's staff, the event could take place in January if King and Eldridge can get government support.
"This was a real morale booster for both the soldiers and tournament participants alike," Eldridge said.
The event closed up before 8 p.m., and soldiers quickly emptied the 'arena,' making playful jabs at one another. Inside, Ebenreiter's voice could still be heard, wandering through the darkening night: "I want an 'air assault'!"
(Pfc. Chris Jones is assigned to the 40th Public Affairs Detachment.)


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Does Your Bank or Credit Union Need a Mascot?
Do you like your bank or credit union? Are you satisfied with the service you get?
According to recent consumer research, odds are you may not be happy with your bank.
In the J.D. Power 2009 Retail Bank Satisfaction Study released in May, results show that only 35% of bank customers are highly committed to their retail bank. Worse yet, the percentage dropped from 37% in 2008 and 41% in 2007.
Meanwhile, Gallup.com's annual business sector survey conducted in September found that the banking industry's positive rating fell to 28%, eight percentage points lower than its 2008 score and the largest year-over-year percentage drop of any industry.
What's happened to brand loyalty?
Obviously, if you are a bank marketer, you should be very concerned with these numbers. You should be looking for ways to make your bank or credit union more likeable and trustworthy.
There are a number of initiatives to consider when putting together a marketing plan to restore confidence in your bank and its employees and to get your customers to like you.
One that immediately comes to mind is adopting a likeable mascot.
I was reminded of the power of a mascot this morning as I was reading the October 12 issue of Advertising Age. There he was…staring at me from atop page 21. Plump and white with his familiar blue banner across his chest – he was immediately familiar to me. Yet, I never knew him by his birth name of Bibendum. All these years I've known him simply as the Michelin Man.
He's in Ad Age as a result of his most recent exploits in Michelin tires ads on TV. According to the brief news update, he's assumed the role of superhero – roaming the land fighting the high costs of driving on the wrong tires and on worn-out tires.
You can't help but smile upon seeing the Michelin Man. He's likeable…even lovable.
What's really shocking about the Michelin Man is that he's been Michelin's famous mascot since his debut in 1898. No, that's not a misprint. He's been appearing in Michelin ads for over 110 years. He's featured in a number of recent full-page magazine ads.
Tires are boring by nature. And who can say they "like" a tire. But add the Michelin Man to your advertising and all of a sudden the Michelin brand becomes very likeable.
The same holds true for your bank or credit union.
The absolute best example of a likeable bank mascot is Harris Bank's Hubert the Lion. Hubert has been the Chicago bank's highly visible mascot since 1958. Go to any Chicago event today where Harris Bank has a presence and Hubert will be there greeting children and adults alike. In August, the bank introduced three new 15-second TV spots featuring Hubert. You can see a life-size version of Hubert at http://www.flickr.com/photos/homerlibrary/2066925232/in/photostream/.
I worked in the marketing department at Continental Bank in Chicago for thirteen years beginning in 1971. At the time our bank mascot was Connie – a lovable female kangaroo with a baby kangaroo in her pouch. Our tagline was "It's the big bank with the little bank inside." Connie represented our big commercial bank while the baby represented the much-smaller retail bank. Connie and her baby made giant Continental Bank much more likeable and approachable.
Everyone in Chicago was familiar with Hubert and Connie.
Another famous bank mascot living in California was Crocker Bank's Crocker Spaniel. The poor pooch disappeared when the bank was merged with Wells Fargo – home of the famous stagecoach and team of horses.
A friendly mascot is a surefire way to create a likeable persona for a bank. The problem is that many bank presidents perceive such a mascot as being childish and not in keeping with the serious demeanor of a bank. Interpretation: They don't want to be mocked at the country club for having a stuffed animal as a mascot.
That's too bad as likeable mascots have been around for many years and continue to warm the hearts of millions of consumers…making their parent companies much more likeable.
Famous mascots working today in addition to Hubert the Lion include:
The Michelin Man (debut 1898)
The Pillsbury Doughboy (debut mid-1960s)
The Energizer Bunny
The Green Giant (debut 1928)
Ronald McDonald (debut 1963)
Geico's Green Gecko (debut 1999)
The Aflac Duck (debut 1999)
Tony the Tiger
Bottom line – likeable mascots attract people. In fact, one of the best ways to make your bank more likeable is to have a friendly mascot that appeals to people of all ages.
I've been collecting bank mascots for a number of years. I'm surrounded by them everyday as I sit in my home office, pounding out these blogs and working with the ACTON Marketing team. At the very moment, six Wells Fargo horses are staring at me from atop one of my bookshelves.


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New research has found that one in seven people return to tanning salons after
being diagnosed with skin cancer, even though indoor tanning is known to
increase the risk of the disease. Cancer prevention researcher Brenda Cartmel,
the study's lead author, told Reuters, "The situation may be analogous to that
of lung cancer patients who continue to smoke after diagnosis.
Just as tobacco is known to be addictive, our research suggests that some patients may become dependent on tanning, with new intervention approaches needed to change these
behaviors." More than half of those who went back to tanning booths reported
symptoms of dependence, such as feeling guilty about tanning or needing to tan
first thing in the morning.
Dermatologist Dr. Steven Feldman told Reuters he
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Coastal Flavors: Trawling for shrimp
ROCKPORT - Rainbow. Snookie. Pedro.
Words crudely lettered in faded colors on the sides of shrimp boats. I watch the trawlers unload their catch at the local dock and wonder how these names were born. Was it their first child? A lost love from long ago? The nickname for a favorite donkey? A loud noise jolts me back to the present and a massive green net slams to the wooden deck of the boat. The shrimpers are tired from their long hours at sea, but still muster the energy to repair their torn webs, in preparation of doing it all over again tomorrow.
Their quest is shrimp, specifically the Litopenaeus setiferu, which some say is abundant in our waters, although that is up for debate. Shrimping methods have improved greatly over the years, with advances in technology and Bycatch Reduction Devices but overfishing has reduced stocks and stories of massive catches are from decades ago. It's a complicated issue but one I hope gets resolved so we can keep eating this exceptional crustacean. Wild caught shrimp have a richer, deeper flavor versus farm raised shrimp because they get to swim in the open ocean, and feed on things like seagrass and smaller crustaceans. With its pink firm flesh that holds up well to a wide variety of cooking methods and flavors, shrimp also makes for an inexpensive protein so it's a popular choice on the plate.
White wine, especially chardonnay, loves shrimp (or is it vice versa?) and this recipe is perfect for entertaining. It's luxurious but economical and easy to prepare. Shrimp also makes an excellent stock, so rather than throw those shells away, save them and freeze them for later or use right away and make a quick stock. If you have more time you can simmer it longer and add other flavors like bay leaves, peppercorns, onions and such. I find that sautéing the shells first and then adding water and salt emphasizes that pure shrimp flavor.
Once you have your creamy shrimp dish, fluffy potatoes make the perfect pairing. They are also called potatoes purée in other parts of the world, but fluffy just seems more accurate to me. Adding the potatoes back to the pot after draining and shaking them over high heat helps evaporate any residual water, the death knell for light airy potatoes. A ricer is used which gives them a smooth texture (instead of mashing), and butter and milk with a pinch of nutmeg helps to bump up the potato's flavor. Perhaps one day we will see "Fluffy" the boat, trawling the waters for its humble friend, the shrimp. You heard it here first.
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Everyday at Buddy's Appliance, you'll find Nancy Arnall working in the accounts department.
She's lived in Bryan for 40 years and she's got a not so secret obsession.
"Oh, he's the best singer in the world," said Arnall.
That's right, Nancy is all shook up about Elvis. You see listening to the king takes her back to the good days.
"Just reminiscing about the old songs and who you used to listen to them with," said Arnall.
That includes her husband who passed away five years ago.
"We both loved him so it makes me think of him," said Arnall.
With the anniversary of Elvis' death upon us, Nancy is reminded of what made the King so unique.
"There's nobody that's going to sound like that again! And his looks," said Arnall.
But those looks took a turn for the worst when Elvis' health started its downturn in the mid 70's.
"I wish he could have made it on and not gotten chubby like he did," said Arnall.
Nancy has several unique Elvis items like records, stamps, and even a copy of The Eagle reporting on his death.
She even has flowers that were placed on his grave and given to her when she visited Graceland back in 1984.
"You can tell they're flowers but not the prettiest ones in world," said Arnall.
Even though he may be gone, the King lives on in her heart thanks to his sweet songs.
"It's not loud music, it's just nice music to listen to and dance to," said Arnall.
That's all right momma, there's nothing wrong with a little dancing when listening to the King.
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To many baby boomers, retirement means the opportunity to give back to the community while learning new skills, engaging the mind, and meeting new people. A study published in the Journal of Urban Health showed that when compared with their non-volunteering peers, older adults who regularly volunteer with children:
"As families grow further apart geographically, it's important for young people to have relationships with seniors so they can understand the value of older adults' life experiences," says Lynda Bussgang, multigenerational program manager at Hebrew SeniorLife.
"Similarly, a youthful perspective can bring liveliness and joy to a senior. One-on-one interactions lead to respect for alternate viewpoints and encourage people of different generations to advocate for one another."
Research points to the benefits of multigenerational programming. A study published in the Journal of Urban Health showed that older adults, who regularly volunteer with children:
Other research demonstrated that older adults with dementia, or other cognitive impairments, experience more positive effect during interactions with children than they did during activities that didn't involve young people.
According to a study by the group Public/Private Ventures, children also reap the rewards of interacting with older people, including:
The Journal of Urban Health also cites research that in schools where older adults were regular volunteers for 15 hours per week, children had more improved reading scores compared to their peers at other schools.
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Mackie Previews New 4-Channel Club Mixer at AES
San Francisco, CA - October 6, 2006, AES:A peak into Mackie's product development crystal ball will be offered up at the AES convention this year with a preview of a new flagship DJ Mixer, the d.4 Pro. Due in early 2007, the new Mackie d.4 Pro is a fully featured, 4-channel club mixer designed to be a true centerpiece for modern day live performance and production of electronic-based music.
Unquestionably Mackie in its design, the d.4 Pro features studio-quality sound thanks to premium phono preamps, a pair of flagship Onyx mic preamps, plus the finest VCA and analog filter effects in its range. Also on board is a 3-band EQ with complete kill filters and blue backlit knobs, flexible 4-position routing switches per channel, zone and booth outs, XLR main outs, advanced cueing with split cue functionality, individual program meters as well as stereo main out meters. All this is housed in an extremely rugged, "built-like-a-tank" steel chassis—a Mackie hallmark.
But it's with the addition of the optional d.Pro FireWire card that the d.4 Pro's unique functionality truly shines. The d.Pro FireWire Card adds 14x8 I/O to a Mac or PC for live scratching, and the simultaneous playback and mixing of up to 4 stereo music files. And since the d.Pro FireWire card ships with a full copy of Mackie Tracktion, the d.4 Pro also serves as the ultimate producer's interface for multi-track recording.
Like Mackie's critically acclaimed d.2 scratch mixer, the new d.4 Pro will also incorporate the revolutionary contact-free, 45 mm optical cross fader from UK-based Infinium Technologies. In addition to lasting for an exceptionally long time, the contact-free crossfader provides DJs with unparalleled fingertip control, as well as the ability to personalize its "feel" with user-adjustable tension and cut-off points.
The Mackie d.4 DJ Mixer is currently on display at the AES show, stand 518, October 6-8.
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010.
For the third quarter of 2010, the Company reported net income of $3.3 million, or $0.06 per share, compared with a net loss of $8.2 million, or $0.21 per share, for the same period in 2009. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company reported a net loss of $10.5 million, or $0.20 per share, as compared to a net loss of $43.1 million, or $1.11 per share, for the same period last year.
The Company's balance sheet on September 30, 2010 reflected total assets of $149.9 million, including cash, investments and receivables of $140.4 million.
"The financial impact of our two recent collaboration agreements with Abbott and Boehringer Ingelheim is evident in these third quarter financial results and the cash and investments position of Neurocrine," said Timothy P. Coughlin, Chief Financial Officer of Neurocrine Biosciences. "We will continue the fiscal discipline that has been ingrained in the Company over the past three years, while advancing our lead clinical programs; elagolix, VMAT2 and Urocortin 2 and bringing new clinical candidates forward from our research and discovery platform."
Revenues for the third quarter of 2010 were $14.4 million, compared to $0.7 million for the same period in 2009. Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 were $19.8 million, compared with $2.2 million for the same period in 2009. The increase in revenue is due to our recently executed collaboration agreements with Abbott and Boehringer Ingelheim, for our GnRH (elagolix) and GPR119 programs, respectively. During the third quarter of 2010, we recognized revenue of $8.5 million from amortization of up-front license fees and $5.2 million resulting from internal and external research and d
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PAUL GIGOT: As we've seen in the last couple of weeks in Ukraine, and for that matter in Iraq, nobody ever said that democracy was easy. Few people know that better than Carl Gershman, president of a bipartisan organization called the national endowment for democracy which tries to spread democratic freedom around the world.
You've been following events in the Ukraine. Let me play devil�s advocate for a second. A lot of people say it's not in the U.S. national interest to try to worry about how foreign peoples elect their governments. Why should we be promoting democracy around the world? How do you respond to that?
CARL GERSHMAN: Well, in the first place, countries that are democratic tend to be friendly to us and tend not to produce a lot of war and conflict. They tend to be good trading partners. And really, you know historically the U.S. has always been friendly to democracy. We were the first democracy. George Washington himself talked about the future of democracy resting on the success of our experiment, and we've always believed in these things, and now, their spreading.
PAUL GIGOT: It�s part of our kind of national character in other words?
CARL GERSHMAN: Exactly.
PAUL GIGOT: Deeply rooted in what we are...
CARL GERSHMAN: The American ethos, the American creed.
PAUL GIGOT: Fifteen years after the fall of the Berlin wall, we've had some success with the expansion of democracy in the former eastern soviet bloc. How would you rate things overall in that part of the world?
CARL GERSHMAN: Well, look, there have been successes, and frankly there have been a lot of problems. Central Europe is doing fairly well. There have been some breakthroughs even in the more difficult places like Slovakia and Croatia. There was an important election four or five years ago in Yugoslavia, Georgia more recently and now the events in the Ukraine are really historic. This is arguably the most important thing that has happened in that part of the world and maybe even globally since the great events of the period of 1989 to 1991. We have the birth of a new democracy in a very very significant country in that part of the world. in a sense it tips the balance between democracy and autocracy. It doesn�t mean that the countries further to the east are going to become democracies overnight. It takes a long time. It's very very tough, but this gives everyone a better chance.
PAUL GIGOT: Where have the setbacks been, because I know that there have been some in Belarus, and some people are arguing right now that Russia itself has been slipping back away from the move towards democracy back towards an authoritarian government.
CARL GERSHMAN: Belarus is really a dictatorship right now. There�s still some openings, but it�s a very authoritarian country, and Russia is becoming that way. But in the long run, the future for the people of Russia is in democracy. Putin is really not offering very much. They hoped that they could keep Ukraine in their camp. Ultimately, people want to be part of democracy, part of Europe, part of a modern democratic civilization. And if Putin has an alternative vision to offer, I�d like to hear it. But in the long term, I think -- even though it�s going to take a long time -- I think the future for Russia is democracy.
PAUL GIGOT: Well when you look at a country that�s been successful in its transition, like Poland, versus a Bella Russe or even a Russia, what are the factors that influence just how successful, or how fast, a country can move to a democracy? I�m talking about the culture, the institutions, the traditions.
CARL GERSHMAN: The historical experience, the proximity to Europe -- I mean, there are a lot of factors that influence that. And certainly the countries that are furthest to the West have done better. We know that.
PAUL GIGOT: Is it proximity to the West that does it?
CARL GERSHMAN: Well, it�s proximity, it�s religion, it�s culture. I mean, there are many, many factors. It�s the economy. It�s frankly, in the case of the Soviet Union, the countries, it�s how much suffering they endured under Stalin. You know, Stalin killed millions of people. He eliminated entire intelligentsias and middle classes -- very difficult to recover from a period of terror such as Stalin inflicted upon the peoples of the Soviet Union. And it�s going to take time to recover. It�s not an easy process. And it�s a gradual process, but I think it�s moving in the right direction even though we can argue that Russia is moving in the wrong direction. But I think the pressures are going to grow now for democracy in Russia. It may not happen in the next decade, but it�s going to happen.
PAUL GIGOT: Let�s broaden the scope a little bit. President Bush has a very ambitious pro-democracy agenda for the Middle East and the Muslim world, and he�s talked about it for Afghanistan and Iraq. But there are those on the right and left -- George Will I can think of, the columnist, prominently, who says these countries are not ready for democracy because they have no tradition. Islamic culture is not supportive of it. So the U.S. is really pursuing a fool�s errand as it tries to promote democracy in that part of the world. What do you think about that argument?
CARL GERSHMAN: Well first of all, there are a lot of Muslim democracies like Indonesia and Bangladesh, a number of African countries. It�s not Muslim culture. There is a problem in the Arab world. I mean, the Arab world is the only major region of the world that still doesn�t have an electoral democracy. But that�s where the great challenge lies. And I think President Bush is right to put it on the table. There were people who said after World War II, Japan couldn�t become a democracy, Germany couldn�t become a democracy, Catholic countries couldn�t become democracies. We�ve heard all that. And now they�re saying Arab countries, Muslim countries, and so forth.
I don�t think any of that is really true. But one just has to give this time, because ultimately what�s happening, it�s a process of globalization. It�s a process of the spread of modernity. People want -- if they want good lives for their children they�re going to ultimately have to be part of the modern economy. And to be part of the modern economy you need to be a democracy.
PAUL GIGOT: James Wilson, the eminent political scientist, has argued that while democracy may be desirable, in some of these countries it may be a bridge too far, that the [UNINTEL] of candidates and free and fair elections might be hard to get, especially in the short term. What we should accept is maybe expanded area of freedom -- freedom to worship, for example, or freedom of the press. And if that�s what we can get out of a place like Iraq or Afghanistan, that will lead us eventually to a more democratic road. What do you think of that distinction he makes?
CARL GERSHMAN: Well, we�re just not in a historical period where we can sequence everything according to some perfect analysis as to what works best. Best to build the liberal institutions and then have elections. You know, in a lot of countries that had gone through terrible tumult where dictatorships have fallen, you need to have a government. And that government needs to be legitimate. And governments today are not legitimate unless they�re elected. And if they are elected, if there are elections which are reasonably free and fair, there are certain freedoms that go along with elections. In other words, you have to be able to get out your message, you have to be able to organize freedom of association, freedom of speech, freedom of media. So there are freedoms that go along with this. But as we know, there are a lot of problems with elected governments. But I think you�re in a better position of moving toward democracy if you have an elected government than if you have a dictatorship.
PAUL GIGOT: All right, Carl. Thank you very much.


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The state Senate has gone along with Gov. Chris Christie's efforts to spike a controversial law allowing early release of state prison inmates.
Repeal of the law was tucked into a conditional veto issued by Christie on a separate parole bill, and the Senate in a 34-1 vote Thursday concurred. Sen. Ron Rice, D-Essex, was the lone
The Republican governor has called for rollback of early release since freed inmates were implicated in crimes that included the shooting a man to death in Jersey City and the killing of a youth in Camden.
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I have a 4 year old gelding who was untouched for most of his life. The first time he had his feet done was as a 4 year old (back in april) and his feet were tied up to do it because neither I nor the farrier had time to work with him properly and they badly needed done before I moved and took him with me. No good, I know, but on the other hand I've seen many horses have their feet tied up for their first trims with no ill effects so I wasn't worried about it. He had kicked at the longe whip in thhe roundpen a couple times before so I knew he wouldn't hesitate to use his back feet.
Fast forward 2 months. He has had his feet done by a farrier again (no ropes), but farrier was unable to do one of his back feet. The person who has been working with him has been playing with his feet and though he is still a bit nervous he will pick up his fronts and even his backs (last time I tried the backs he gave a halfhearted kick at me). He has kicked the other lady twice
What do I do?? He is QUICK with those feet and I don't want to get hurt. If it were my dad I know he'd tie his hinds up and make him get used to it. Trim them while he's tied up again. I would like to solve the problem through working with him but he has proven to be unpredictable with those hinds and, again, I don't want to get kicked. Like I said, he has been worked with for 2 months now. He is a big, solid guy lol. I'm tempted to tie them up so even if he tries all he's doing is fighting himself. I'd love any other suggestions!
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On Donnerstag, 3. November 2011 at 03:58, Pierre Abbat wrote: > Okay, can you recommend some programs to use the sound? I tried alsa play, and > got this: > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2215:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default > Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory ALSA is Linux-only. There is supposedly a compatibility library, but I've never gotten it to work and it seems to be unmaintained. The BSD soundsystem is OSS compatible; so you want either something with OSS output or something that uses libao; IIRC you also need to install audio/libao-oss for those. A quick test to check if sound works is "cat < /dev/urandom > /dev/pcm0" (expected result: noise :)) --matthiasr


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Caryn Lerman, PhD, a Mary W. Calkins Professor of Psychiatry and Deputy Director of the Abramson Cancer Center, and Robert Schnoll, PhD, an associate professor of Psychiatry, are quoted in several news stories about their new Annals of Internal Medicine study showing that smokers who wore a nicotine patch for 24 weeks instead of the standard 8 weeks recommended for the therapy had more success trying to kick the habit and were less likely to relapse into smoking after small smoking slip-ups. The study was covered by Reuters, BusinessWeek (via Bloomberg News) and Health magazine's web site. "This suggests that we may need to reconsider our guidelines about the length of treatment and consider, at least for some smokers, longer-term therapy," Lerman told Reuters. Although it's not yet known what long-term effect keeping people in the nicotine patch would have, Schnoll says, "nicotine replacement therapy is definitely safer than tobacco use."
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Spinach & Artichoke Quattro Formaggio A creamy blend of spinach, artichokes & four cheeses baked and surrounded with crisp garlic crostinis. $8.25
Garlic Cheese Bread A loaf of Italian bread brushed with garlic butter and smothered with provolone and cheddar cheeses, baked and served with marinara sauce. $7.50
Mediterranean Nachos Crisp fried tortillas layered with crumbled Italian sausage, meatballs, onions, and peppers in a rich cheese sauce topped with marinated grape tomatoes, provolone and fontina cheeses and fresh basil. $10.50
Homemade Meatballs Semolina's famous homemade meatballs with marinara sauce, parmesean cheese, and fresh basil. $7.75
Semolina's Original Macaroni and Cheese Cake This medley of backed macaroni and cheeses is served in a standing wedge, draped with rich, creamy cheese sauce. $8.25
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Soup of the Day Ask your server about today's offering. $6.50
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BBQ Chicken Pasta Tender chicken slowly simmered in a light, tangy BBQ sauce with bell peppers and onions, topped with provolone cheese and cilantro. Served over Penne pasta. $11.75
Shrimp Portofino Tender shrimp, mushrooms, fresh basil and garlic sautéed in olive oil and a light marinara, tossed with Linguine. $12.95
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Pasta Chicago Sweet Italian sausage, red onions, bell peppers and garlic in a hearty red sauce. Served over angel hair Pasta with parmesan cheese. $10.95
Muffaletta Pasta Back by popular demand! Semolina's version of the classic New Orleans sandwich- Genoa salami, Mortadella ham, olive salad, fontina and provolone cheeses over penne pasta garnished with sesame seeds. $10.95
Pasta Jambalaya Andouille sausage and chicken tossed in a Creole sauce, served over Penne pasta and crowned with provolone cheese and chopped green onions $12.75
Pad Thai Sweet and spicy stir-fry of shrimp, mushrooms and tofu tossed with ricestick noodles and covered with crushed peanuts, fresh mung bean sprouts, carrot sticks and cilantro. $14.95
Semolina's Original Shrimp Scampi Shrimp sautéed in garlic with mushrooms, tossed with Angel Hair pasta in a light lemon garlic sauce with sundried tomatoes. $14.95
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Alfredo The Roman classic, rich butter and parmesan cream sauce.
Pesto Fresh mushrooms and garlic tossed in a rich, creamy pesto sauce with a touch of marinara and parmesan.
Marinara Quattro Formaggio Our classic marinara sauce and four cheeses - parmesan, fontina, provolone and bleu. Pasta Marinara Our classic marinara sauce with parmesan cheese and fresh basil.
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Diced Chicken +$6.00
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Grilled Chicken Alfredo Grilled marinated chicken breast with a generous portion of Linguini tossed with Alfredo sauce and topped with parmesan cheese. $12.50
Meatballs and Pasta Traditional meatballs served atop marinara tossed angel hair pasta. Small $9.95 / Large $12.50
Chicken Florentine Two lightly seasoned chicken breasts grilled with fresh spinach, mushrooms and cream sauce. Tossed with Linguine. Small $12.50 / Large $18.50
Chicken Marsala Tender chicken breast sautéed with fresh mushrooms in a Marsala wine sauce served over Pasta Alfredo. Small $12.50 / Large $14.25
Fresh Grilled Trout Fresh seasonal fish filet grilled to perfection with a light amount of seasoning to gently grace your tastebuds. Small $12.25 / Large $21.95
Chicken Parmesan A towering presentation of this classic dish. Breaded, sautéed chicken breast topped with provolone and our marinara sauce on a bed of Pasta Alfredo. Small $12.50 / Large $17.25
Eggplant Parmesan Tender eggplant medallions over bowtie pasta, topped with a rich marinara, finished with provolone, parmesan and fontina cheeses. Small $8.95 / Large $12.75
Fresh Baked Lasagna Bolognese Traditional oven-baked layers of imported pasta with a blend of ricotta, fontina and provolone cheeses, layered with a hearty meat sauce. $14.75
Fresh Fish Chauvin Fresh grilled trout filet on a bed of spinach, mushrooms, garlic and Angel Hair pasta. Topped with shrimp sautéed in a spicy cream sauce. $22.95
Italian Sampler A generous sampling of three of our favorites: Lasagna Bolognese, Meatballs and Pasta, and Chicken parmesan. $21.95
Our Semolina Caesar Salad Crisp, chilled romaine lettuce tossed in our classic parmesan & garlic dressing. Small $3.95 / Large $6.95
House Salad Fresh romaine hearts layered with provolone and fontina cheese, diced roma tomatoes and sliced carrots with your choice of dressing. $3.95
Malibleu Beach Salad Crisp green apples, raisins, walnuts and sesame seeds in a wave of balsamic vinaigrette tossed with fresh greens and topped with gorgonzola and sun-dried tomatoes. Small $4.95 / Large $9.95
Parmesan Chicken Salad Parmesan and breadcrumb-crusted chicken breast slices, tomatoes and provolone cheese atop our Semolina Caesar. $11.95
Capri Shrimp Salad Chilled Gulf shrimp tossed with olive oil, garlic, parmesan cheese, roma tomatoes, walnuts, sun-dried tomatoes & artichoke hearts. Served over Semolina Caesar. $12.95
Asian Grilled Chicken Salad Grilled marinated chicken breast, crushed peanuts, cilantro, fresh mung bean sprouts, carrot sticks, crispy shoestring potatoes, basil ribbons, and mixed greens tossed with a spicy sesame vinaigrette. $11.95
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Chicken Enchilada Pasta Tender seasoned chicken sautéed with onions, bell peppers and black beans in a tortilla cheese sauce tossed with Penne pasta, topped with cheddar cheese, jalapenos, sour cream and crunchy tortilla strips. $9.25
BBQ Chicken Pasta Tender chicken slowly simmered in a light, tangy BBQ sauce with bell peppers and onions, topped with provolone cheese and cilantro. Served over Penne pasta. $9.25
Shrimp Portofino Tender shrimp, mushrooms, fresh basil and garlic sautéed in olive oil and a light marinara, tossed with Linguine. $8.95
Semolina Burger The great American burger, served Semolina style. 100% fresh Angus beef on a brioche bun garnished with a delicious sun dried tomato aioli and melted provolone cheese and dressed with lettuce tomato and a pickle. $10.75
Parmesan Crusted Chicken Sandwich A succulent chicken breast rolled in parmesan cheese and bread crumbs for a nice crisp crust and dressed with marinated tomatoes, mascarpone cheese and baby field greens inside a brioche bun. $9.95
Pasta Chicago Sweet Italian sausage, red onions, bell peppers and garlic in a hearty red sauce. Served over Angel Hair pasta with parmesan cheese. $8.50
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Invitation to media - Children's Day 2014: a morning dedicated to our little ones
A festive family event to announce the results of The Great Food Drive for Children and to sort food donations
MONTRÉAL, April 25, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - The Moisson Montréal team invites the media to its Children's Day, which will take place Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 8 h 30 to 11 h 30, at Moisson Montréal. It is during this festive family activity that the results of the Great Food Drive for Children will be announced. It is also during this occasion that we will sort the food and the baby products received as part of the campaign, organized in collaboration with Uniprix, which ended April 21, 2014.
The morning event, hosted voluntarily by Josée Boudreault, host at Rhythm FM, will allow children to learn about philanthropy in a fun way through many activities, including collective food sorting. They will also enjoy a playground designed for them and the opportunity to get their face painted. More than a hundred people, children and adults, as well as elected officials will be on site to salute the work of volunteers and pitch in.
Media are invited to join the volunteers, partners, elected officials and artists throughout the morning of April 26.
Children's Day 2014
Saturday, April 26, 2014, from 8 h 30 to 11 h 30
Moisson Montréal (6880, chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse, Saint-Laurent)
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Proceedings :
8 h 30
Educative Rally on Moisson Montréal
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Speeches and official pictures
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Sorting activity and activities for children
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End of the day
About the Great Food Drive for Children
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The Ravens are rightfully basking in their Super Bowl victory, but behind the scenes, work on the 2013 season has already begun. The personnel staff has already spent countless hours scouting college players and Ravens brass is at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis this week.
General manager Ozzie Newsome and his staff also must deal with free agency, the salary cap, and the enormous issue of Joe Flacco's contract status. Newsome made clear at the 'State of the Ravens' news conference after the season that the Ravens do not expect to restructure a lot of contracts as they did after the previous Super Bowl title. Translation: There is likely to be significant roster upheaval this offseason.
We're taking a look at each Ravens position group to see who is likely to come back, who is likely to be gone, and what the ramifications are.
We've already looked at the offensive side of the ball. Links to all those units can be found here.
Today, we start looking at the defense beginning with the defensive line.
You can find more on the terminology (unrestricted vs. restricted free agents, etc.) here. Note that for this analysis, we look only at players who were on the final 53-man roster and injured reserve.
Unrestricted free agents: Ma'ake Kemoeatu, Ryan McBean
Restricted free agents: Arthur Jones
Exclusive-rights free agents: Bryan Hall
Under contract: Terrence Cody, Pernell McPhee, Haloti Ngata, DeAngelo Tyson
When asked about where the Ravens needed to see the most improvement next year, Newsome said, "The middle of the defense. We think we have to get better at defensive tackle."
Consider that a shot across the bow at Terrence Cody, Bryan Hall, and even Haloti Ngata, who played hurt much of the season.
Ngata was hobbled much of the season by a knee injury, but he finished with 51 tackles and five sacks and remains the heart of the Ravens interior defense.
From Newsome's comments, it sounds as if the Ravens aren't going to try too hard to re-sign Kemoeatu, who beat out Terrence Cody for a job and started 13 games. Kemoeatu recently turned 34, and resurrected his career last season after struggling with his weight in previous years. His agent told the Baltimore Sun that "Kemo" would like to play a couple of more seasons, but the bet here is that it won't be in Baltimore.
Cody, a former second-round draft pick, probably will have another shot to win a starting job, but he was a disappointment last season. He lost his starting job to Kemoeatu, and showed little of the run-stopping ability the Ravens were looking for.
This year's defensive line draft class is seen as very deep, so it's likely the Ravens will search for help there, or on the cheap free agent market, to challenge Cody and others.
Ryan McBean, who had started 21 games over three seasons in Denver, was expected to push Cody for the starting defensive tackle job, but he broke his ankle in the preseason, was placed on injured reserve and is a free agent. The Ravens won't break the bank to bring him back, but he is a veteran who they liked enough to sign once before.
At defensive end, Pernell McPhee endured a trying season, but he and Arthur Jones figure to return to battle for a starting job. Jones is a restricted free agent but look for the Ravens to re-sign him to a high tender, possibly a second-rounder. If signed to a low-round tender (Jones was a fifth-round draft pick), he could be signed to an offer sheet by a team with plenty of cap space that the Ravens couldn't match. It's still possible the Ravens could lose Jones on a second-round tender, as there are teams with a lot of cap money lying around who might see a lot of value in a 26-year-old defensive end who had 47 tackles and 4 1/2 sacks last season.
McPhee finished the regular season with 21 tackles and 1 1/2 sacks, but his biggest play might have come in the AFC title game, when he tipped a pass by Tom Brady that was picked off by Dannell Ellerbe.
DeAngelo Tyson, a seventh-round pick last year, and former practice squadder Bryan Hall both saw occasional time last season but will be in a fight for jobs once again come training camp.


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The reopening of an investigation into teacher misconduct at a high school in Hollywood and the initiation of another in Pacoima – both in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) – is leading to concerns that the lewd behavior uncovered at Miramonte Elementary School might be more widespread than thought.
Noting that sex-abuse incidents have also recently hit universities, including Penn State and Syracuse, activists and analysts are suggesting that schools could be facing a test similar to the one endured by the Roman Catholic Church, when sexual abuse allegations were no longer able to be swept under the rug.
"There is a lot more of this going on than we have any idea about," says Charol Shakeshaft, a professor in the school of education at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.


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Terry F. Yosie, Ph.D., is president and CEO of the World Environment Center in Washington, D.C. The World Environment Center is a global, nonprofit, non-advocacy organization whose mission is to advance sustainable development through the business strategies and operations of global companies in partnership with national governments, multilateral institutions, nongovernmental organizations, universities and other stakeholders. For more information on the World Environment Center and WEC's Climate Adaptation Initiative, go to www.wec.org.
Terry F. Yosie, Ph.D., joined the World Environment Center in October 2006 as the president and CEO. In this capacity, he develops and implements strategies to achieve this global nonprofit, nonadvocacy organization's mission to implement sustainable development through the business operations of large global companies in partnership with government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, universities and other stakeholders. WEC's principal areas of focus have included clean production, climate change, energy efficiency, enterprise development, greening the supply chain and technological innovation
Terry has held senior-level nonlobbying management positions in government, corporate and consulting organizations. He served as vice president at the American Chemistry Council from 1999-2005, providing leadership to upgrade the chemical industry's environmental, health, safety and security performance. He managed a global CEO Task Force in 2004-2005 to develop the Responsible Care Global Charter to improve chemical industry performance in 52 countries. He represented the industry as a delegate to the 2002 U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
Terry is currently a member of the National Research Council Committee that published a major study "Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment" (December 2008). He is the author of more than 55 professional publications and co-editor of a book entitled, "Sustainable Environmental Management." He received his doctorate degree in Humanities and Social Sciences from Carnegie Mellon University in 1981 and has been designated by the university as one of its Most Notable Alumni.
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As more definitive scientific evidence on the impacts of climate change at the global, regional and local levels continues to accumulate, a greater sense of urgency is arising across political capitals, in the business community and within civil society. Of special concern are studies which now conclude that climate impacts from greenhouse gas levels expected by 2050 will persist for about 1,000 years regardless of how well decision makers reduce future emissions.


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Manchester, N.H. (Sept. 26, 2006) – Former Massachusetts State Police Colonel and Superintendent, Thomas J. Foley, has joined the faculty of Southern New Hampshire University. Foley, the lead supervisor of the investigation that led to the indictment of James "Whitey" Bulger, will serve as an adjunct professor for Southern New Hampshire University's new program in justice studies. The online Master of Science program is scheduled to begin in March 2007. The residential undergraduate program is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2007.
Foley, a native of Worcester, Mass., has served for more than 26 years in law enforcement and has been assigned to numerous areas throughout Massachusetts, including Brookfield, Sturbridge, Holden and Leominster. He received the coveted and prestigious United States Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service from Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2004.
The graduate program in justice studies is intended for senior justice professionals who must understand law, constitutional protections, finance, budgets and employment policies. Justice and business courses provide the opportunity to analyze and critique operational and public policy from social, administrative, juridical, philosophical and managerial perspectives.
Foley earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Westfield State College and a master's degree in criminal justice from Anna Maria College. He also serves on the board of trustees at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., and Westfield State College.
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The Art and Craft of Self-Reliance is very simple, but still I'm going to squeeze an unknown number of posts out of it, starting now.
I believe the path to peace starts with the self. This goes beyond self-knowledge, it's about accountability. Each one of us must work to stop being either a weight on the system, or a supporter of the system. We must withdraw our energy from the machine, we must exit the matrix for real, not just theoretically.
Who controls your food, your water, your energy?
This is not about the apocalypse, this is about the future. The future you cannot see, the one only your children and your grandchildren's children will see. Does Monsanto control their food, Nestlé their water, Global Energy Corp their heat?
Are they trained like robots to obey the Common Core Curriculum designed by an elite unknown consortium in the UK?
Have they by then fully accepted the role of the U.S. as the fighting dogs for the future Global Government Council?
Do you think they will they thank you for these poisoned privileges?
Or, will they have realized, as is already occurring, that they were sold down the river in a kind of social Ponzi scheme, for reasons like efficiency, comfort, toys and luxuries?
Will they have seen, as is also already occurring, that we've been cloaking our addictions and excesses in pretty words like democracy, equality, tolerance, peace, while in their own homes, schools and communities they directly experience the exact opposite?
Who do we think we're still fooling? Sorry Boomers, you need to wake up now, they're on to it and they're blaming y'all. The youth are rising up again, but this time, they have back-up. They have far more power than any generation before and they have less to lose.
What's more, they don't believe in the hierarchy anymore–they were, since my own generation–raised by their peers, not their parents. Why would they believe in the State when they don't believe in the father?
Here's how it's going to go down, and I'm not predicting anything, just hypothetically following the current trends to their most natural conclusion.
- The next generation is not going to send their children to the government child indoctrination camps called school. The Homeschooling movement is expanding exponentially and thanks to the Internet it will not slow.
- They will stop watching the mainstream propaganda machine called the nightly news, except when they need a good laugh, or to teach their children about mass manipulation tactics.
- They will stop consuming food that is not actually food and stop feeding it to their children.
- They will stop paying taxes, because they've realized taxes are nothing more than legalized theft to pay for war and population control, not to provide so-called services.
- They will stop following the law, because they will understand that "the law is just an opinion with a gun," Stefan Molyneux.
I feel so happy for them! They will experience what mankind has been searching in vain for since forever: Utopia–actually freedom–no masters and no slaves, for the first time in written history.
Let me praise y' all in advance, since I won't be around that long.
Nice work, kids!