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Like the guy in Rudyard Kipling's poem "If," Congressman David Cicilline seems to be keeping his head while all about him are losing theirs and blaming it on him.
Cicilline told me over the weekend: "I am going to do the only thing I know how to do and that is work hard every single day to represent the constituents in my district and do things that I think will improve the lives of the people that I serve."
Kipling's enduring wisdom aside, sometimes panic is not just an appropriate response, it is THE appropriate response, and if a politician has a 14.8 percent approval rating — a total of the people who think he is doing an "excellent" job (a paltry 1.8 percent that must include immediate family members) and those who say he is doing a "good" job (13 percent), as does Cicilline, this is one of those times.
Cicilline's answer to me was straight out of the filing cabinet of reflexive spin responses and it just ain't gonna cut it for a number of reasons. One is that "working hard every single day, etc., etc." might be good enough if your approval rating was down in the range of 35 or 30 percent — are you reading this, Senator Whitehouse at 29.6 percent? Or Governor Chafee, an even more borderline 22.1 percent? — but at below 15 percent, that won't get it done. That's just going to make people groan and say, "Is he kidding me?" Cicilline is almost at the point in the movie "Animal House" where Otter stands up and says, "this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!"
Secondly, the 14.8 percent number is NOT the approval rating for the job Cicilline is doing in Congress. That has virtually nothing to do with it. Those bad poll numbers are entirely the result of the financial condition Cicilline left Providence in when he departed the mayor's office to go to Washington.
During our interview, Cicilline insisted he is prepared to answer, in the congressional race, for every decision he made as mayor of Providence. But he implies that all the decisions he made as mayor were good and virtuous ones — not raising property taxes; not raising the car tax, and using the rainy day fund instead to patch the budget holes. All of the problems, he further suggests, are other people's fault: former Gov. Donald Carcieri for cutting state aid to the city by 75 percent, President Obama for the loss of $19 million in federal school aid and, well, the rest of the country for the prolonged recession.
True as all of that might be, no prospective voter is going to sit still long enough to listen to it. His administration may very well have paid into the pension fund at 94 percent of the annual required contribution over his eight years as mayor. But voters aren't going to hear any of that over the noise of their own booing.
And people aren't just booing. At this point, it's way past booing. If he is at 14 percent approval, people are throwing rotten food and hanging effigies. Voters don't want to hear what they will call excuses and Cicilline calls reasons. They want sackcloth and ashes. They want self-flagellation.
They want Cicilline to buy television time and say, "My administration left Providence an unholy mess. It was my fault and I'm sorry." Nothing short of that will do. Even that might not do, but Cicilline isn't going to budge those poll numbers a percentage point if he doesn't do something like that. Even if he believes in his heart that it isn't true, he has to say it if he wants to have a prayer of re-election. Absolutely nothing he does as a congressman, no five things he does, especially as a freshman Democrat in a Republican House, will make up for the ill feelings he left behind in Providence and Rhode Island,
Providence Mayor Angel Tavares, from whom never is heard a discouraging word about his predecessor, implicitly admits that the city's true financial crisis was hidden from him when he says he was expecting a Category 2 or 3 hurricane but got hit with a Category 5.
Yes, all those bad things — 75 percent cut in state aid, federal cuts in school aid, the recession — did happen during his terms, but as mayor it was his job to deal with them. That's why he was elected, not to keep his finger in the dam until the moment he could pull it out and fly to Washington.
Cicilline must step up and accept at least part of the blame for what has happened in Providence. If he does that he will look forthright, he will look remorseful and he will, finally, look ready to move on. "And — which is more — you'll be a Man, my son!"
The General Assembly returns tomorrow from a well-deserved vacation after several arduous, backbreaking weeks of approving solemnization of marriage bills and vacating the forfeiture or revocation of various business charters.
It's going to be a long six or seven weeks before they get another week off. This being an election year, lawmakers are going to be scrambling to pass a budget early and get out of Dodge so they can go home and campaign in their newly gerrymandered, oops, I meant newly reapportioned, districts.
We are now paying rank-and-file legislators more than $13,000 a year (the House Speaker and Senate President get twice that), an amount very close to what a Rhode Islander with a full-time, minimum-wage job would earn (working much harder than General Assembly members do). Is it rude to ask why they continue to stick to a schedule that was in place back when they made $300 a year?
I understand it is a part-time legislature and we expect members to have day jobs as well. That's why they work three days a week and don't start sessions until 4 p.m. I have no beef with that
The one-week vacations in February and April were handy breaks in the schedule when legislators were expected to work 60 days only (and didn't get paid for time they put in after that; they got paid $5 a day for 60 days for a total of $300 and they earned every penny of it) and had to approve a budget by the conclusion of the fiscal year at the end of June.
Why do we still have to endure those end-of-session rushes where lawmakers are expected to act on 200-300 bills a day in the last day or two, whether they have read them or not? No time for amendments, even if they would be helpful, or as sometimes happens, absolutely necessary. No time to re-think decisions based on new information; just take up those bills that are shoveled out to you and vote green (yes) on them.
How many times have we been told that the General Assembly would have really liked to address some important issue with responsive legislation, "but we just ran out of time"? Bullfeathers! They didn't run out of time; they ran out the clock.
Why not hold committee meetings and vote on non-controversial items between now and April, spend April, May and most of June concentrating on the budget and then take another week off, hey, take a month or two off and come back in September to concentrate on important, complex bills that require time and attention. Adjourn once the work is finished, rather than the other way around.
That would not only provide time to really refine legislation so that it actually merits becoming a law we all have to live by, but it would also give the rank and file (the people you elected) more sway in the process, rather than having to do what the leadership says, or else.
We voted to pay legislators the equivalent of a year-around part-time job, with free health insurance for individuals or families, which most people who DO work part time year-round don't get. Why are we letting them get away with this "Oh, it's June, time to go home" nonsense?


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City officials figured that a $2 million project to renovate Maple Courts Apartments was moving forward after receiving a letter from the state indicating that the owner would receive low-income tax credits to help finance it.
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Donald C. Alexander, CEO of the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency, said he does not know whether the project is moving forward after not hearing from the Related Cos., New York City, about its involvement in renovating 92 units on Weldon Drive.
I dont know anything, Mr. Alexander said Wednesday, adding that he had not heard a word.
It may be that the Related Cos. interest in the Watertown project has taken a back seat to a more noteworthy project: It broke ground Tuesday on a 46-story, $1 billion office tower on the west side of Manhattan. The building is the first of many that will comprise Hudson Yards, a commercial-residential project that will be one of the largest undertaken in New York City.
Three weeks ago, Watertown Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham received a letter from the state division of Homes & Community Renewal announcing that the Related Cos. was awarded the low-income tax credits. The Related Cos. planned to purchase the 40-year-old affordable-housing apartment complex for $3.1 million and use the tax credits to find investors to help fund the project.
In September, the Watertown City Council rejected a request for a tax-abatement package for the project because members said they could not justify the tax breaks to constituents. Allison H. Kunis, vice president of the Related Cos., said then that this would kill the project.
In response, council members said she should go back to the owner and negotiate a better deal, since the property was assessed at $1,549,700, or about half of what the company was going to pay to buy it.
Sources have said they believe the deal fell through after further negotiations failed to lower the sale price.
Ms. Kunis did not return numerous calls to comment on the project.
The current owner of the property is listed as Maple Courts Apts., but Brian S. Phelps, city assessor, said he has learned the property is owned by descendants of Henry Ford. No other information was available about the owners or how to reach them.
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Wil Trapp chats with ColumbusCrewSC.com's Cody Sharrett about his U.S. Men's National Team camp experience so far, his role in Jürgen Klinsmann's system and a new rival in Toronto.
Crew SC midfielder Ben Swanson once again served as captain for the United States U-18 Men's National Team on its trip to Marbella, Spain. After beating Germany 2-1 on December 17, the U.S. fell to the Germans 3-2 on Friday.
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Crew SC midfielder and Homegrown product Ben Swanson served as captain and played the full 90 minutes in the United States U-18 Men's National Team's 2-1 win over Germany in Marbella, Spain on Wednesday afternoon. Mauricio Pineda and Brooks Lennon found the net for the Americans before Germany got one back via penalty kick in stoppage time.
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Members of the Crew Soccer Academy paid a visit to the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department's Summer Fun and Adventure Sports Camp. The campers participated in various stations and work alongside Crew Soccer Academy players as they increased their soccer knowledge and abilities.
Crew Soccer Academy midfielders George Braima and Ben Swanson were recently called-up to represent the United States at the U-17 and U-18 levels, respectively.
Braima and the U-17 U.S. Men's National Team head to Bosnia-Herzegovina for the Josip Katalinski International Tournament and two international friendlies in Zagreb, Croatia. In the Katalinski Tournament, the U.S. takes on Montenegro and Sarajevo Select before wrapping up play in the tournament against either the Bosnia U-17 National Team, Belgrade Select or the Macedonia U-17 National Team in a placement match. In Zagreb, the U.S. plays Croatia on April 8 and April 10.
Swanson and the U.S. U-18 squad will stay stateside for a camp that includes a friendly with Canada on April 8 and another against Mexico on April 12. Swanson recently trained with the Crew First Team following the Copa del Atlantico in the Canary Islands.
In just his second season in Black & Gold, Wil Trapp has become a vital part of the Crew midfield. SoccerAmerica has taken notice, listing the 21-year-old among the top Homegrown Players in MLS. Along with New England's Diego Fagundez and Seattle Sounders FC's DeAndre Yedlin, Trapp is one of the many success stories of MLS academy players to succeed at the professional level.
The Crew Soccer Academy's Sean Zawadzki was called-in to U.S. U-14 Boys' National Team camp earlier this week by Head Coach Tony Lepore. The camp will run from March 22-30 in Carson, Calif. While in Florida for the Black & Gold's preseason, Crew legend Frankie Hejduk paid a visit to Zawadski while the youngster was training with the U-14 BNT in Lakewood Ranch.
It's never too early to look forward to the next World Cup cycle.
ESPNFC's Jeff Carlisle has listed the Crew's Wil Trapp as one of "10 U.S. stars to watch for in 2018." Among others, the 21-year-old reigning U.S. Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year is listed along with New England Revolution midfielder Kelyn Rowe (pictured above with Trapp), Bayern Munich winger Julian Green and Seattle Sounders defender DeAndre Yedlin in Carlisle's projection.
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Welcome to our new weekly feature - Roadrunner Records A-Z Of Brutality. Each week we will cover a classic RR band & shed some light on some vicious bangers from the past! As this audio archaeology will be undertaken in alphabetical order let's start with Annihilator!
Founded in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada by multi-instrumentalist Jeff Waters in 1984, progressive thrash metallers Annihilator have amassed an impressive 13 album discography. Annihilator remain the biggest selling heavy metal band in Canadian history & their first 2 albums released on Roadrunner Records are consider to be bonafide metal classics. Annihilator came to the attention of Roadrunner Records as their notoriety on the underground tape trading circuit grew rapidly with the demos 'Welcome To Your Death' & 'Phantasmagoria' becoming hot property.
Their debut album 'Alice In Hell' (Click to listen) which you can listen to right here on Spotify, made a huge impact on the metal landscape in 1989. Considered by many to provide a thinking man's thrash metal, Annihilator offered a great deal more than many of their peers. The stunning debut was followed rapidly by their second album 'Never, Neverland' (Click to listen) which saw the band chart at number 48 in the official UK charts.
In 1999 the bands original line-up (minus bass player Wayne Darley) reformed & reunited with Roadrunner Records for the release of 'Criteria For A Black Widow' (Click to listen). In 2007 Annihilator released their 12th studio album 'Metal' which featured a number of Roadrunner alumni such as Trivium's Corey Beaulieu, Lamb Of God's Willie Adler & Dream Theater's Mike Mangini.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After three seasons with the Lipscomb University Baseball, pitching coach Tyler Shrout will no longer be with the staff.
He had previously served in positions at Birmingham Southern and Transylvania University and during Coach Shrout's tenure with the Bisons, two pitchers were drafted into major league baseball, by the San Diego Padres and the Cincinnati Reds.
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Zions Bank is sponsoring an all-new exhibit that is traveling to branch locations throughout Utah. It will be at the Price location on Carbon Avenue through May. Celebrating the state's rich heritage, "The Utah Story: A World Within a State" is a project developed by the Utah Cultural Center. This collaborative exhibit features treasures from three partnering agencies: the Utah State Historical Society, Utah Arts Council and Utah State Archives.
"The Utah Story" exhibit was kicked off in Price April 29 with a reception and will be on display through May 29th. The free exhibit is open to the public during the bank's regular hours.
"Zions Bank's support of "The Utah Story" demonstrates our commitment to the local community and our shared cultural experiences," said Erroll Holt, manager of Zion's Bank's Price office. At the opening ceremonies he added, "The exhibit gives us a better understanding of where we came from and how we are shaped today."
"The Utah Story" uses archival materials and artifacts to chronicle the experiences of diverse peoples. From the early pioneers and the tragic victims of the Scofield mine disaster to a contemporary Navajo artist, the exhibit presents history through many points of view in a spirit of sharing, seeking and understanding. According to Rebecca Batt, Utah Cultural Center Foundation director, "It's a tremendous opportunity for Utahns to explore unique photographs, artwork, documents and artifacts they may not have been able to access in the past."
The traveling exhibit illustrates just a sampling of stories brought to life through the collections of the Utah State Historical Society, Utah Arts Council and Utah State Archives. Ultimately, the agencies hope to create a Utah Cultural Center museum to showcase their rich historic and cultural resources for the public.
"The Utah Story: A World Within a State" was funded in parts by grants from the Utah Office of Museum Services, through a generous allocation by the Utah State Legislature, and Zions Bank.


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John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr., was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California, to a father, John Ernst Steinbeck, who had settled in California shortly after the Civil War, and a mother, Olive Hamilton Steinbeck, who was a public schoolteacher. Steinbeck grew up in the beautiful, fertile Salinas Valley, and most of his memorable novels and short stories would be set in California. Situated between the Santa Lucia range and the Gabilan Mountains, this valley in west central California is bordered on the north by Monterey Bay and on the south by San Luis Obispo. During his early years, Steinbeck's mother read to him from books such as Treasure Island and Robin Hood. Young John grew up hearing the rhythms of the Bible and listening to the magical stories of the Round Table from Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. He would return again and again to those early influences for symbols and themes.
During these early years, John's home was comfortable, and his father often drove the boy and his two sisters around the valley where they saw the workers and field hands in their poor shacks. This early impression of the workers' lifestyles was added to later memories when Steinbeck spent time with these workers as an adult. As a youngster, he also explored the caves and swimming holes around Salinas and watched the changes of seasons. His abiding love of nature and his thoughts about man's relationship to his environment are present in most of his works.
In high school, Steinbeck did well in English and edited the school yearbook. He worked at various jobs and one in particular — as a ranch hand on some of the local ranches — later led him to images used in Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck graduated from high school and went on to Stanford University. Even though he remained at Stanford until 1925, he never graduated. While in college, he continued to write creatively, and he worked for a time on neighboring farms, especially Spreckels Sugar Ranch. The agricultural industry at this time relied on cheap, transient labor. It was during this time that Steinbeck met many of the types of people described with compassion in his later writing.
Early Career and Writing
Leaving Stanford, Steinbeck moved to New York and worked for five years at various jobs, writing and drifting. Eventually he returned to California, and his first book, Cup of Gold, appeared in 1929, two months before the stock market crash. This novel sold 1,500 copies, and its publication began a decade of recognition and material prosperity for Steinbeck.
In 1930, Steinbeck married Carol Henning whom he had met while working and writing at Lake Tahoe. He and Carol moved to Los Angeles, where Steinbeck continued his writing while Carol did a great deal of editing. Steinbeck also met marine biologist Ed Ricketts, who was a fascinating and talkative companion. Ricketts inspired the character for Doc in Cannery Row (1945) and many of Ricketts' views about biology influenced Steinbeck's literary themes. Ricketts later collaborated on the writing of The Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research, published in 1941.
During the decade of the 1930s — a time of national depression, bread lines, and bloody labor-management conflicts — Steinbeck knew a definitive cross-section of society and shared the problems and stresses of the times. In 1932, he received $400 dollars for the first of his California novels, The Pastures of Heaven. He followed this novel with To a God Unknown in 1933, but neither novel did well. During this difficult time, his mother suffered a stroke, adding to his discouragement. But also during this period, Steinbeck conceived the idea for The Red Pony and won the O. Henry Prize in 1934 for his story, "Murder." Two of Steinbeck's Pony stories were published in the North American Review, and he was beginning to enjoy some prominence. This was tempered in 1934, however, by the death of his mother.
Ironically, Steinbeck's breakthrough novel, Tortilla Flat, had garnered him five rejection slips by the time it was accepted in 1935 by New York publisher Pascal Covici. This book, about a group of California free spirits, called paisanos, has often been compared to the Arthurian stories because of the loyalty of its group of characters. The novel was an immediate popular success and won the Gold Medal of the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco as the year's best novel by a Californian. Just before its publication, however, Steinbeck's father died, missing the positive critical success of his son's writing. Steinbeck received $3,000 or $4,000 for the Hollywood film rights.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Quilt-Along | 7. Finishing your quilt!
I wanted to be sure to wrap up the quilt-along with some resources on finishing your quilt. I was going to prepare a post with basting, quilting, and binding tips, but then realized this has already been done ... and done much better than I could ever hope to do it myself.
So, when you're finished making your wonky quilt blocks and are ready to begin assembling, be sure to refer to Dana's very thorough and easy-to-follow tutorials below:
How to assemble your quilt top
Free motion quilting tutorial
How to bind a quilt
Thanks again to all of you for your continued support and feedback throughout this quilt-along. It was tons of fun and, who knows?, I might be able to be convinced to do another one in the (maybe not so near) future!
Back again soon with some stuff I've been working on ... ... ...
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i knew you didn't forget about all of us!! thanks for getting me hooked on all this wonkyness!ReplyDelete
I still have to start on my wonky quilt but I am so glad to have your online tutorial that I can follow.ReplyDelete
Thanks again for taking on this project for us all. I appreciate it more than you know. Send me your address again and I'll drop a little something of thanks in the mail! :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for the great tutorials. I haven't finished mine yet but I hope to soon. After doing this quilt along, I'm definitely a wonky kind of gal.ReplyDelete
Hi, been a while since I have been visiting.... Wonky is good. Thanks for your efforts and enjoy..ReplyDelete
Hey - now I have completed 11 blocks since my last comment. Its going really well - thanks so much again for the great tutorial.ReplyDelete
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MASSENA - Supervisor Joseph D. Gray admits he was frustrated when he wrote a blog that called a Mohawk protest that closed the Massena-Cornwall International Bridge for several hours Saturday pointless.
Mr. Gray was responding to a protest that closed the bridge for five hours, as hundreds of protesters marched from Massena to Cornwall and back. The blog, titled, Pointless Bridge-Closing Protests Must Stop, claimed these marches are not effective in spreading awareness of the protestors demands, and called for methods of protest that do not negatively impact travelers and local business. He also alluded to the notion that people of a different ethnic group might not have been permitted to stage this protest.
Supervisor Gray posted the following blog on Tuesday:
Once again, law-abiding travellers between Massena and Cornwall, Ontario, have been harassed and inconvenienced by another pointless protest closing traffic on the the Seaway International Bridge.
The time has come for U.S., Canadian and Mohawk authorities to stop this foolishness.
What exactly have any of these protests accomplished other than ticking off drivers?
If the organizers of these protests think they are gaining any kind of public support for whatever statements they are trying to make, they are sadly mistaken.
Why must we tolerate them? Why do authorities tolerate them? If I get a hundred people together to close the bridge in protest of bridge-closing protests will I be arrested and taken off to jail?
Look, I know that authorities are hesitant to stop the Mohawk-sponsored protests for fear of being called racists but the time has come for residents of all three communities to come together and say weve had enough of the disruptions to our business, our pleasure, our daily lives.
Most people cant tell you what any of these protests are about. In fact, some of the protesters probably dont really know why they are closing a bridge and what they hope to achieve.
I dont make these comments out of hatred or because of any bias.
I am simply appealing to reasonable adults in our communities to do the right thing and say we will not tolerate these disruptions in the future. There are plenty of other means of expressing your viewpoint.
Lets put our energies toward something positive and make a real difference in our region.
The post quickly drew harsh criticism, primarily from members of the Mohawk community. Some blasted the blog as ignorant, racist, and some even urged residents of Akwesasne to boycott Massena businesses and instead drive to Malone for their shopping needs.
He sure did offend a lot of people. He should have done his homework before he opened his mouth, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council Chief Ron LaFrance said. If hed looked into (Bill C-45), if he knew why we were protesting, he would have understood why we did what we did.
The demonstration was part of the Idle No More movement, which was organized in response to Bill C-45, a Canadian federal budget bill that reduces some environmental protections and would allow private developers to buy tribal land. Many tribal leaders say the bill violates their treaty rights.
Chief Lafrance posted the following comment on Mr. Grays blog Tuesday evening.
Its to bad you know so little about your neighbors and the struggles we face to survive as Mohawk people. The foolishness you refer to is what we refer to as STANDING up for our rights, something that has been taken away from you without you even realizing it. These foolish people you are referring keep your little ezxcuse for a town afloat. If it wasnt for the people and businesses of Akwesasne, Massena would have dried up a long time ago. I dont know why we keep your economy from drying up when we hear and read crap like this. Malone is not that far away, think about it blow hole!
According to tribe member Curtis H. White, the bill is just the latest in a long-running history of legislation meant to reduce the rights of Indian tribes, both in Canada and in the United States. The Idle No More protests are a way of speaking out against these decisions.
Mr. LaFrance noted the march was a grass-roots effort, and the tribal council was not involved in organizing or staging the march. But he stands by those who did.
I wont defend what my people did, (though) I do support what my people did, Mr. LaFrance said. We were standing up for our aboriginal rights.
Within two days the blog received more than 150 comments, many of which strayed from the blog itself and descended into verbal attacks and accusations of racism. Most of the commenters criticized Mr. Gray, but some supported him.
In an attempt to quell the online arguments, Mr. Gray wrote a second blog Thursday morning, apologizing for the previous one.
Theres an old saying that a man in a hole has got to know when to stop digging, Mr. Gray wrote on his blog Thursday. So, Ill apologize to all of my Mohawk neighbors and others who were offended by my post about the bridge closing.
As you can see, my post upset a lot of people. That was not my intent. Nor was it my intent to to dismiss or criticize the Idle No More movement or the opposition to Mr. Harpers legislation. The opposition is legitimate and everyone has a right to oppose it.
I simply hoped that in the future we could find a better way to state a protest than to shut down the bridge. In retrospect, I could have chosen a few words differently in my post.
I hope I can repair any damage I may have caused. I worked for the Mohawk Tribe for over five years and really enjoyed my time there. I grew up in Helena and attended weekly mass at St. Patricks Church in Hogansburg. I have many Mohawk friends and I hope this controversy has not caused my to lose any of them.
Niawen (I hope I spelled that right!)
Protests are an acceptable, meaningful way to get a point across, but I would hope we can find another way for protests to be as visible without closing the bridge, Mr. Gray said Thursday afternoon. I think that message was lost in my original blog, and there were some words (in it) I shouldnt have used.
Mr. Gray noted that protests had shut the bridge down before and said this protest reminded him of the protests against armed Canadian customs being stationed on Cornwall Island in 2009, which shut the bridge down for more than two months. These bridge shutdowns hurt businesses in Massena, Cornwall and Akwesasne, Mr. Gray said.
Despite the large numbers of critics the blog received, both inside and outside the St. Regis Mohawk community, many commenters supported Mr. Gray and the content of the blog.
Mayor James F. Hidy is one of Mr. Grays allies in the matter, saying he often receives calls from residents who are unhappy with the bridge closing due to a Mohawk protest.
I think shutting down the bridge is wrong. No one else should have to be inconvenienced (because of) another persons protests, Mr. Hidy said. There has to be some other means (through which) they can get their point across, by using good nature, good dialogue and good judgement.
Mr. Grays blog is located at http://massenasupervisor.blogspot.com .
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Past Quotes and Sayings
Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.
It's time to forget about the past, To wash away what happened last.
You can't start the next chapter if you keep re-reading the last one.
I am the one writing my story. Sadly I'm writing in pen and can't erase my mistakes.
The past is there to look back at our mistakes,
The future is there to make sure you don't make the same ones…
When the past calls, let it go to voice mail. It has nothing new to say.
We can't change our past, but we can choose our destiny.
You can't look into a bright future if your eyes are still filled with tears from the past.
The future is stardust because you can dream it. The present is clay because you can mold it. But the past is stone because you can never change it.
Lesson in life:
A wise man sat in the audience and cracked a joke. Everybody laughs like crazy. After a moment, he cracked the same joke again. This time, less people laughed. He cracked the same joke again and again. When there is no laughter in the crowd, he smiled and said: "You can't laugh at the same joke again and again, but why do you keep crying over the same thing over and over again?
Don't let today's disappointments cast a shadow on tomorrow's dreams.


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All I play is iCTF. I turned all the maps I play into defrag zones of my own because my whining about it fell on what seemed deaf ears.
I don't ever play D in iCTF, and I always run ahead on strafe happy offense. I get shot down alot BUT, I've gotten to the point where I'm jumping through my map jumps, like a dog through hoops, now only I have to hit my targets and not die and keep the jump going. Albeit very hard at times, it is the most rewarding gameplay I've encountered so far.
I rarely have a positive kdr and I often times land first or second place,... the mentality of this gameplay is not rewarding in an apparent external way. But I have learned to go fast, hit my jumps and hit my marks,... sometimes. When I'm twisting through mid dueling keeps and landing rails in the enemy window, I get a headtrip, I wont lie. When I find a jump in base siege I've never seen anyone do and use it to trick a foe I want to try other things too.
My closing, a game mode that took other individuals like me who enjoy this challenge and pitted them through maps that REQUIRE strafejumping and timing, would be awesome. With proper instruction it would make many poor-average-new players better... quick.


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The musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron recently passed away. For those who are unfamiliar with his work, he wrote socially aware poems and songs back in the early 1970s that focused especially on racial injustice in the United States. He is probably best known for his early rap poem 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised', which paints a picture of Americans as a people who are so enamored with television and shallow commercialism that they are completely out of touch with what's really important, with what's really going on. I heard this song recently during a radio segment about his death, and it made me think of our practice. I wanted to read it for you tonight and talk about how it relates to our Soto Zen practice.
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag
And skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds
thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.
There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
The revolution will not be televised.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.
Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be televised.
There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be right back after a message
about a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.
The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.
So I think the meaning of this is pretty clear, even if you don't catch all of the 1970 pop-cultural references: Scott-Heron is talking about the urgent need for real societal transformation in a society that is held completely in thrall to television and shallow commercialism. The revolution that is needed can only happen outside of the limited, controlled confines of popular culture. Unlike our everyday life, the Revolution, whatever that is supposed to be, will be real and unmediated. And because it's real, it won't be on television.
This reminds me of an old Zen saying that says "A painting of a rice cake cannot satisfy hunger". Of course, if you are hungry and need food, then a picture of food, no matter how realistic can't satisfy your hunger. What this means is that you can't just read books about Buddhism, or talk about it, or think about it. Such activities may be OK, but they won't address your deepest needs. You have to actually go to the Zendo, put your body into the meditation posture, and do the practice. And you can't just do it once and be done with it – you have to practice continually for the rest of your life, just like you can't just eat once and then be done with it. The revolution you seek in your own life, the revolution that will end suffering for yourself and for all beings, will not be televised. It won't be in a book, or on a podcast. It will only be realized through practice.
This is similar to an idea I heard once from Shohaku Okumura, the great contemporary Japanese Zen teacher who now leads the Sanshin Zen Community in Indiana. He once made the analogy that when we experience the Earth through a map, there is always some distortion because of the map projection. Our practice, he said, is not to make better maps or to throw away the map, but simply to sit directly on the earth. When we sit directly on the earth, we may not even completely understand what the earth is because we can only experience it with our minds through the distortions of the map projections. The real earth, the real revolution, may be outside of our consciousness. In this context, we see that because the revolution will not be televised, we may not even know that it's happening!
In Genjo Koan, Dogen Zenji says:
The boundary of realization is not distinct, for the realization comes forth simultaneously with the mastery of buddha-dharma. Do not suppose that what you realize becomes your knowledge and is grasped by your intellect. Although actualized immediately, the inconceivable may not be apparent. Its appearance is beyond your knowledge.
In other words, we expect that the revolution will, in fact, be televised, but Dogen is telling us that the fact that it's not on television doesn't mean that there isn't a revolution going on!
In his fascicle Gabyo, Dogen takes this idea further:
You should understand that a painting is all-inclusive, a rice cake is all-inclusive, the dharma is all-inclusive. In this way, all rice cakes actualized right now are nothing but a painted rice-cake. If you look for some other kind of painted rice-cake, you will never find it, you will never grasp it. . . since this is so, there is no remedy for satisfying hunger other than a painted rice-cake. Without painted hunger, you never become a true person. There is no understanding other than painted satisfaction.
Anything we experience is limited and distorted by our minds, our karma, our sense organs. Any rice-cake we encounter is, in this sense, a painted rice cake; all revolutions are televised. We are only kidding ourselves if we think that we can encounter anything other than painted rice cakes or a televised revolutions.
This is not an abstract philosophical point. It's really very practical and helpful. We can easily get stuck thinking that the experience we are currently having is somehow not real or that it's not good enough or pure enough. A thought arises during zazen and we think that this is taking us away from practice, that our practice is somewhere else that is really real, that it's not just what's happening here right now. We can get stuck thinking that we have to find the real rice cake or the untelevised revolution, the pure untainted experience.
Dogen is telling us to start where we are. This very moment, this deluded, cranky, irritated body and mind, this painted rice cake, is the only gateway to realization. Start here, now. Don't seek for what you think is a real rice cake. Real revolutions are only televised. Don't think that the real revolution is somehow pure and will be untainted by the distortions of our society. Precisely because the revolution is live and real, it is televised.


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I'm confused, is this just for 121 or for all aircraft?
This change is for all operators (Part 91, Part 135 and Part 121). Previous FAR 43.3 had this statement:
(4) Records of when such database uploads have occurred, the revision number of the software, and who performed the upload must be maintained.
Are we sure that this actually applies to part 91?
(3) The holder of operating certificates must make available written procedures consistent with manufacturer's instructions to the pilot that describe how to:
(i) Perform the database update; and
(ii) Determine the status of the data upload.
If you're part 91, there is no "holder of operating certificates" for the operation, and thus. Can that part of the requirement be met under part 91?
I think the major applicability of this is that pilots can update GPSs under part 135 and 121, instead of MX.
Never mind, I'm incorrect about this. It looks like the removed the "Updating databases" from the list of preventative maintenance in Appendix A as well, so now it's not considered preventative maintenance at all.
It looks like you got it figured out, but just to clarify, FAR 43 applies to all operators (Part 91, Part 135 and Part 121). In fact, FAR 43.3 (g) is where it specifies that pilots operating an aircraft under Part 91 may perform preventative maintenance.
The line you were referring to in 43.3 (k) actually says "(2) The pilot must comply with the certificate holder's procedures or the manufacturer's instructions." So Part 91 operators would just use the manufacturer (most commonly Garmin or Avidyne)'s instructions for doing the update.
I was actually more referring to the "operating certificate holder must supply" part. There is no operating certificate under part 91.
However reading the actual NFRM, it seems that the intent is that a part 91 operator would be his/her own operating certificate holder. Wish they made that explicit in the rule though.
Yah I agree that's really poorly phrased, but (3) just says that the holder of an operating certificate must make instructions available and describes what information is needed in those instructions. The entirety of item (3) would not apply to Part 91 operators.
That's exactly my concern! 3 doesn't apply, but it is listed as a requirement that must be met.
For (3) as a Part 91 operator, you don't have an operating certificate, so you do nothing and are still in compliance with 43.3(k).
Really! They don't even make logbook entries at the airlines for this....


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The Rangers currently have five defensemen under the age of
28 on their roster and two more top prospects on the way, so it's very likely
New York will be looking to add some offensive firepower with its first-round
pick, No. 15 overall in the NHL Draft.
Between now and June 24th, we'll take a look at some of the
forwards that the Rangers might be thinking about taking on draft
day. Today, we look at…
Pos: RW
Shoots: R
Birthday: 9/26/92
Team: Denver,
2009-2010 stats: 19g, 38a, 65gp, 40PIM (USA, U18)
2010-2011 stats: 7g, 11a, 33gp, 37PIM
2010-2011 playoffs: N/A
NHL.com profile >
The Hockey News: 38
CSS: 56 Midterm Rank: 38
TSN: 54 Midterm Rank: 53
TSN (Craig Button): N/A
The Scouting Report: 57 Midterm Rank: 37
Bruins 2011 Draft Watch: 49
Corey Pronman: 71
Highlight Reel > N/A
What They're Saying:
THN – "As one of the few true freshmen in college hockey, Nick Shore
had a respectable season for a perennial contender. The temptation would be to compare him to his
older brother and Florida
prospect, Drew, but the two are different players. Drew led Denver in scoring and has more offensive
upside. He's also bigger than his
teammate and younger brother. But Nick
has a more complete game at this point and takes the right approach on the
ice. 'He's a hard-working kid,' a scout
said. 'He has good enough hockey sense
and skill level, but I'd say he's more of a third- or fourth-line guy.' Nick will never fill the net, but can fill a
role. 'He's a good skater, but he
definitely has to get stronger if he wants to play in the NHL,' another scout
said. 'He's not going to be a great scorer,
but I do see him as being a good, dependable, two-way guy. He does almost everything well.'"
The Scouting Report – "This season would have to be
considered a bit of a disappointment for Shore, who many expected to be more of
a contender to be a first-round pick; rather than fighting to maintain his
status as a second rounder. Shore is a solid two-way player who has an above
average skill-set and pretty good creativity when the puck is on his stick. He
doesn't quite have the size that his older brother does, but he still has
managed to be an effective freshman player without it. He's gone a little under
the radar and should be a nice value pickup in this range."
Bruins 2011 Draft Watch –"One of the draft's forgotten guys because
he was injured and missed a lot of time early on when draft lists forming and
buzz building. Not as big as his older brother Drew (might a growth spurt be on
the way), a 2nd-round pick of the Florida Panthers in 2009. Good skater and
hands, but his hockey sense is what makes the younger Shore a worthwhile pick
in the second round at the very least. He's underrated mostly because of the
missed time and production. We have to remember that he was a freshman this
year, and like his brother, could have a significant jump in numbers from one
year to the next. Shore plays a solid all-around game and has some upside,
THN.com – "For a college freshman in his draft year, Shore
has adapted remarkably well to his surroundings. It's likely a great help that
older brother Drew is also on the squad, but Nick's 15 points in 19 games are
all his doing. Using hockey sense and a good shot, Shore is proving the
benefits of having family in Denver."
Hockey Spy – "His acceleration is top-notch (brother
Drew's assessment), his top end speed is decent, his shot is better than his
brother Drew's (self-assessment), his face-off ability is above average, he is
a good puck distributor, he is defensively responsible and can be used in all
situations and brings a decent physicality to his game. However, what
makes Nick special is his overall hockey IQ and coachability so you
know that he is only going to get better and better. Might a big break-out
season be in store for Nick next year. Hint, think about brother Drew's second
season at Denver
(this year) before you answer."
Corey Pronman – "Those familiar with the prospect world will
recognize Nick Shore's
last name as he is the brother of top Florida Panthers' prospect Drew Shore.
Nick is a solid distributor with the puck, exerting a very calm and calculating
manner when he has the puck as well as in how he moves around off the puck.
Shore shows decent puck protection abilities and will flash a solid deke move
here and there. He's not much of a scorer, displaying a pass-first mentality
and even when he gets his attempts the shot tool isn't much. His frame is ok,
but he does exert a notable work ethic in the physical department and he really
is an asset for his defenseman when the puck gets down low in his zone. Shore
gets by on his smarts and that aspect of his game grades out as above-average
in both ends of the rink. The skating tool though is pretty bad—below fringe
level—and there's not much to write home about in regards to how he moves on
the ice with poor results and mechanics."
Mock Drafts:
Adam Kimelman, NHL.com – N/A
Mike Morreale, NHL.com – N/A
Steven Hoffner, NHL.com – N/A
Deven Persaud, NHL.com – N/A
TSN.ca – N/A
Gary Joyce, ESPN – N/A
Mark Seidel, CBC – N/A
Hockey's Future - N/A
The Hockey News - N/A
Thoughts: Shore probably doesn't have the offensive upside
to be taken in the first round, but if he's still there when the Rangers make
their second selection, he might be appealing. New York
has been stockpiling high-character college kids in recent years and Shore
seems to fit the mold. His production
hasn't been great, but as a freshman he still has plenty of time to step
up. Outside of his limited point totals,
Shore's game seems to be pretty well-rounded. He could be a safe pick, although the chance that he becomes a star may
be slim.
The Rangers last took a college kid in the first round two
years ago when they selected Chris Kreider as No. 19. Shore's lack of flashy offensive ability
could cause him to drop further than expected in the draft, but he could be an
appealing pick for New York.
Season Review:
Breaking Down The Defense >
Breaking Down The Goalies >
Breaking Down The Offense >
Breaking Down The Prospects >
How Three Free Agent Signings In 2007 Have Shaped The Eastern Conference >
Spotlight On Glen Sather >
Spotlight On John Tortorella >
Rangers Land Tim Erixon: What Does It Mean?
Richards Rumors Swirl >
More Erixon Trade Fallout >
Player Reviews:
Spotlight On Mats Zuccarello >
Spotlight On Brian Boyle >
Spotlight On Matt Gilroy >
Spotlight On Ruslan Fedotenko >
Spotlight On Brandon Prust >
Spotlight On Bryan McCabe >
Spotlight On Alex Frolov >
Spotlight On Michael Del Zotto >
Spotlight On Martin Biron >
Spotlight On Brandon Dubinsky >
Spotlight On Marc Staal >
Spotlight On Steve Eminger >
Spotlight On Henrik Lundqvist >
Spotlight On Wojtek Wolski >
Spotlight On Sean Avery >
Spotlight On Dan Girardi >
Spotlight On Erik Christensen >
Spotlight On Ryan McDonagh >
Spotlight On Vinny Prospal >
Spotlight On Derek Stepan >
Spotlight On Marian Gaborik >
Spotlight On Chris Drury >
Spotlight On Artem Anisimov >
Spotlight On Mike Sauer >
Spotlight On Ryan Callahan >
Draft Profiles:
Zack Phillips >
Sven Bartschi >
Mark Scheifele >
Mika Zibanejad >
Mark McNeill >
Brandon Saad >
Joel Armia >
Nicklas Jensen >
Alexander Khokhlachev >
Tyler Biggs >
Matt Puempel >
Rickard Rakell >
Mario Lucia >
Tomas Jurco >
Dmitri Jaskin >
Phillip Danault >
Rocco Grimaldi >
Ty Rattie >
Daniel Catenacci >
Vladislav Namestnikov >
Nick Shore >


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Steve Davis led Oklahoma to the 1974 and 1975 national championships as its quarterback.
Davis started at Oklahoma from 1973-75, which also happened to be Barry Switzer's first three seasons as head coach.
Steve Davis led Oklahoma to the 1974 and 1975 national championships as its quarterback.
Davis started at Oklahoma from 1973-75, which also happened to be Barry Switzer's first three seasons as head coach.
His second career start — a 7-7 tie at USC — and a stunning 23-3 home loss to Kansas two years later were the only blemishes on Davis' incredible 32-1-1 career record.
After his playing career ended, he spent 18 years as a college football broadcaster.
[Related: Read the outtakes from the Collected Wisdom of Steve Davis.]
I grew up in Sallisaw, but my seventh-grade year, my family moved to Broken Arrow. We arrived late in the summer ... football was sixth- or seventh-hour in the curriculum, and when I enrolled, football was full.
I was stuck in a music class with 24 girls. I was the only guy in that class. I would be in this music class, and the windows would be open because it was August, and you could hear the guys outside playing football, and I'm in this music class.
We only stayed in Broken Arrow for one year and moved back to Sallisaw, but I'll never forget how I really wanted to be in that environment.
It was early on in my career that I dreamed about playing at the University of Oklahoma. I was about an eighth-grader or ninth-grader, and OU was recruiting a guy that was two or three grades older than me named Bill Orendorff. He ended up going to OU.
When they recruited, they'd give you these wonderful big, full-color brochures. Bill gave me one of the brochures, and on the back of this brochure was a picture of the Sooner offensive huddle. It was a shot into the huddle, and there was Bobby Warmack, who was my idol. He had that eye-black, and the double chin strap and the towel out of the front of his pants.
I took that picture, and I took a big, black magic marker and wrote "WHEN?" I hid it under my top dresser drawer in my bedroom, under my underwear. It stayed there forever. I never shared it with anyone; nobody knew about it.
Sometime later, my mother found that picture. Just before the Baylor game my sophomore year — my first start — my mom wrote on it, "TONIGHT."
One of the first times I went to OU for a game was the 1967 Kansas game. Bobby Warmack hit Steve Zabel for a touchdown deep in the fourth quarter. I was sitting in the north end zone, and literally sat down and tears came to my face because I thought, 'I'm gonna be here someday.'
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