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This week's State Capitol Q&A takes a closer look at the proposed crime victims amendment and the situation surrounding it.
The battle to get constitutional amendments on the ballot for the November election continues.
Crime victim advocates hope to get House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 19 on the ballot, which would strengthen the crime victim's rights guaranteed by the Illinois Constitution.
But a dispute over which amendments should reach the ballot first between Democrats and Republicans could put this idea in limbo this spring.
This week's State Capitol Q&A takes a closer look at the proposed crime victims amendment and the situation surrounding it:
Q: What will the amendment do?
A: Introduced last year by Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, HJRCA 19 would make crime victims rights more enforceable.
Victims would get the right to go to court and ask that rights they were denied be enforced. It would also give crime victims the right to be notified in a timely manner for post-judgment proceedings and the right to make a statement at sentencing and other hearings related to early release or parole.
Other provisions include the right for victims and their family's safety to be considered when denying or setting the amount of bond and in deciding parole.
Lang said the amendment wouldn't change whether a person was found guilty or innocent.
Crime victims rights' have been on the books in Illinois for nearly three decades.
According to the attorney general's office, Illinois first passed a crime victims' rights law in 1984. In 1992, voters agreed to add crime victims' rights to the Illinois Constitution.
Q: Why is this constitutional amendment needed?
A: Lyn Schollett, general counsel for the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said the victims' rights were not enforceable under the current provision in the Illinois Constitution.
"They're not being enforced because right now there is language in the Illinois Constitution that prevents victims from actually enforcing those rights," Schollett said. "The constitution says that the victim cannot seek any appellate relief if her or his rights are denied."
Lang said the amendment would provide the victims rights they should always have.
"It provides the ability for someone who has not been given their rights post-sentence to make a motion in a courtroom to be heard," he said.
The attorney general's office said complaints about victims being denied the chance to exercise their rights were clear in a 2008 series of AG roundtables.
Q: Where is this issue headed next?
A: Lang said he hopes to push the idea for a House vote as early as this week. From there, it would need to clear the Senate by early May to be on the fall ballot.
But there's a catch. The measure needs some Republican support to clear the Democratic legislature. The GOP has balked already at another seemingly straightforward proposed amendment.
Page 2 of 2 - An amendment proposed by House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, to add more experience requirements for judges fell short of the votes needed recently. Republicans voted no, arguing the effort could keep more important issues from the ballot. Lawmakers can only propose amending three constitutional articles in one election, and recall of future governors already has one spot.
Lang calls GOP complaints of a Democratic ballot-filling conspiracy "absurd."
"As you know, I'm on the Democratic leadership team. We meet virtually every day during session, and I can tell you that there's never been a word uttered regarding a desire to fill up the ballot," Lang said.
Sara Wojcicki, spokeswoman for House Republicans, says the GOP wants to meet with Democratic leaders to prioritize amendments and decide which ones move forward.
"Rep. Cross still wants to have that meeting and we don't think it is unreasonable," Wojcicki said.
Proponents think the crime victims amendment will get through on its merits.
"The fact that it has some competition this year makes the landscaping more interesting, but I don't think it detracts from the importance from this amendment," Schollett said. "We'll just have to see where the chips fall in the end."
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A World Bank study found that close to 60 percent of Indonesian youth are unemployed; this is the case in Yayasan Usaha Mulia's project area of Cipanas, West Java. That is why a Vocational Training Center (VTC) was established in order for youths to learn skills that would increase their chances of gaining employment. So far, 75 percent of our alumni have found jobs. Help us keep the VTC going and help more than 300 disadvantaged youths per year find employment.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
The unemployment rate in Cipanas for youths aged 16 to 24 is over 60%. The greatest challenges to gaining employment in this area are a lack of skills and a lack of access to employment opportunities. The Vocational Training Center was designed in order to enable more than 300 youths per year to learn valuable skills that will increase their chances of gaining employment in a highly competitive job market.
How will this project solve this problem?
The VTC offers 5 courses including English Courses, Job Seeking Skills, Sewing Classes, Computer Skills Short Course and a Course in Hospitality. These trainings have obtained governmental recognition in 2011. So, students graduating from the VTC will obtain a nationally recognized certificate, assuring them to stand out in the labor market thanks to their new skills.
Potential Long Term Impact
During the past two years a total of 600 students have completed courses at the VTC. 330 of those students graduated at the same time from high school and the VTC. Out of the 330 students who graduated from the VTC, 250 have successfully found jobs. This is a 75% successful job placement! Our hope is that by continuing to offer skills training, more and more disadvantaged youths will find employment and break the cycle of poverty.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $7,304
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $11,863
Total Funding Goal: $19,167
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

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From March 13-15, the American Bankruptcy Institute and Stetson University College of Law will co-sponsor the 38th Annual Paskay Bankruptcy Conference. More information about the conference is available at http://www.abiworld.org/SP14/. Several student volunteers are needed during the conference; student volunteers are given the opportunity to attend sessions at no cost. In addition, if you are not able to volunteer but would like to attend part or all of the conference, the ABI offers a discount student rate that also includes a one year membership to the American Bankruptcy Institute.
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What defines the difference between a novice and an expert? Fact recall and content knowledge?
Probably not.
A research study documented in How People Learn explored how two sets of people handled historical information. The first group, accomplished historians, hailed from many different universities and many different specializations. The second group, AP US History students, had spent the last several months carefully preparing for the advanced placement exam.
Although the AP US history students scored much higher on an exam of basic facts, they were not able to distinguish between competing claims or see patterns between events and concepts.
Consider the following quote from How People Learn:
What does this mean for teachers?
- Spend less time focusing on content acquisition. In today's "on demand" world, there is a limited need to memorize aimless facts or figures.
- Spend more time helping students craft powerful stories and themes that connect events within and between disciplines. For example, how is loyalty expressed in the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the progression of scientific discovery?
- Spiral your curriculum around big ideas and transfer goals. For example, how does the concept of identity change as you explore different periods of classical literature? By continuing to envelope new content into students' big ideas and enduring understandings, they will be better prepared to use their knowledge beyond the classroom.
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Kay Grimm (left) and her partner, Sue Spicer have created an "island of nature" on several lots in the 300 block of N. Hamilton Street.
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"You're going to see a lot of baby doll heads, but I find a lot of baby dolls, OK?" said Kay Grimm, urban gardener/outsider artist, her tone explanatory, not quite apologetic. (Full-on apologetic would be Dennis Hopper in "Apocalypse Now" as he warns Martin Sheen about "the heads").
Grimm issued the warning as we headed into her jungle-like and unexpectedly huge yard in the hardscrabble Near Eastside neighborhood where she and her partner, Sue Spicer, beekeeper, maintain one of the city's more unusual urban gardens. The women call the place Fruit Loop Acres, partly because they grow fruit, ...


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Patients are referred for outpatient surgery when the warts or lesions are not responsive to other treatments, for very large volume of disease, or if there is any suspicion for cancer or HGAIN that cannot be found due to the presence of large amounts of warts. Although the procedures are technically simple, the usual risks for surgery must be considered. It also has significant post-operative recuperation requiring up to two weeks of generally severe discomfort. It also may be the best option for people who prefer to have it "over and done with" in one treatment, as well as for those who cannot tolerate a long procedure in the clinic room. There are people for whom sedation is necessary and an office procedure would not be easily tolerated. There are several techniques used in surgery, but like the clinic procedures all have the same goal – eradication of the lesions.
Surgical fulguration involves treating the lesions with an electric needle and is the most commonly used surgical intervention.
See the Surgery section for more details.
Novel Treatments
There is surprisingly little that is new for treatment of anal warts and LGAIN or HGAIN. A web search reveals only a few alternative therapies. There are homeopathic remedies, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and other alternative-based therapies. Even duct tape has been claimed to effectively treat warts. None of these have been studied in scientific controlled studies. It is also important to remember that treatment of anal warts is different than treatment of skin warts. The anus and surrounding perianal area are mucous membranes. This type of tissue is sensitive and easily absorbs chemicals. Care should be taken in using products that have not been tested for treatment of mucous membranes.
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Republican John R. Bocciolatt expects hell get a lot of help from his many north country relatives as he begins his campaign for Jefferson County Sheriff.
During a Tuesday morning press conference, Mr. Bocciolatt made sure to mention his north country roots.
I have 43 first cousins here and 43 in-law cousins, he said, noting he plans to enlist their support during his campaign and if he gets elected next November.
About 70 family members, friends and supporters attended the press conference at Savory Downtown in the Best Western, 300 Washington St.
Mr. Bocciolatt, a native of the north country who spent the majority of his police career in Portland, Ore., told the standing-room-only crowd that he intends to restore public trust in the sheriffs office following a string of scandals that have rocked the department.
Sheriff John P. Burns repeatedly has come under fire for allegations of misconduct within his department during the past year and a half.
Sheriff Burns, who has said that he does not intend to run for re-election, has lobbied Jefferson County legislators to expand the jail, contending its costly to send inmates out to jails in other counties.
Mr. Bocciolatt said he plans to examine ways to ease overcrowding at the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building and work cooperatively with private citizens, nonprofit groups, the 10th Mountain Division and other agencies to provide law enforcement to the county.
Mr. Bocciolatt also said he would change the way the department handles drug cases by making sure all of his team would be recognized as drug investigators. Currently, the Metro-Jefferson Task Force specializes in drug investigations.
Mr. Bocciolatt grew up in Watertown and started his law enforcement career as a special investigator with the Jefferson County district attorneys office. Hiring freezes in the state led him to apply to police jobs throughout the country, and the Portland Police Bureau was the first department that sent him an offer, Mr. Bocciolatt said.
He served 28 years as a detective sergeant with the bureau, working as a homicide, narcotics and gang-unit detective as well as a hostage negotiator. But he always planned to return to Jefferson County and work in law enforcement, he said. After retiring from the Portland Bureau in 2005, he started his own private investigation and security consulting business before moving to Clayton.
Little did I know it would take this long to get back here, he said.
Earlier this week, Jefferson County Democratic Committee Chairman Ronald H. Cole said at least four people have indicated an interest in running for the office on the Democratic ticket.
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Water: Nonpoint Source Success Stories
Connecticut: Edgewood Park Pond
Menu of Measures is a Recipe for Success
Waterbody ImprovedEdgewood Park Pond was in danger of becoming a marsh due to its highly eutrophic condition and shallow depths. Project leaders devised a plan that included stormwater diversion, dredging, revegetation, and fish habitat restoration. These actions contributed to reduce sedimentation, improve fish habitat, and reduce fecal contamination by waterfowl. Consequently, pond water quality has improved dramatically, the pond's eutrophic state has been eliminated, and large fish have returned. Because of these results, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP) expects to partially remove the pond from the state's 303(d) list of impaired waters in 2006.
Stan Zaremba
Connecticut Department of
Environmental Management
Donna Hall
City of New Haven
(2 pp, 271K, About PDFs)
The 2.7-acre Edgewood Park Pond is northwest of downtown New Haven, Connecticut, along the shore of Long Island Sound. Over many years, a steady accumulation of organic matter reduced the pond's average depth to 2.5 feet. During summer months, the shallow waters became too warm for fish survival and algal blooms transformed the pond into a pool of green muck and unpleasant odors.
To understand the source, nature, and context of the problem, the City of New Haven undertook a diagnostic feasibility study of the pond in 2000. With a goal of restoring the pond to a warm-water fishery resource, the study included an inventory and assessment of existing pond and watershed conditions, determined factors responsible for the pond's degradation, and proposed specific actions to restore the pond. The study revealed that the pond was a nutrient-enriched, sediment-filled, shallow, highly eutrophic waterbody unsuitable for contact recreation and fishing. It also concluded that the pond was often an aesthetic and odor-emitting nuisance, low-quality fish habitat, seasonal nutrient source, and undesirable educational resource.
Several sources contributed to pond degradation. Sparsely vegetated—and hence highly erodable—land sloped toward the pond and delivered high sediment loads during storm events. Discharge from a nearby storm pipe further exacerbated bank erosion. The storm pipe, pet wastes left along the bank, and waterfowl were also suspected bacteria and nutrient sources.
By 2004, the pond was on the state's 303(d) list for aquatic life use impairments due to low dissolved oxygen and siltation caused by nutrients and sediments. The pond was also listed for primary contact recreation impairments due to nutrients and bacteria. The state listed the pond on the basis of observations of eutrophication and the absence of its former fishery.
Project Highlights
The City of New Haven applied for and received several section 319 grants needed to help restore the pond as a fishery and recreation resource. In 2004 and 2005, the city, CT DEP, and other conservation partners took a number of measures:
- Dredging the pond to a maximum depth of 10 feet. This removed approximately 12,500 cubic yards of nutrient-rich sediments from the pond bottom.
- Redirecting the storm pipe away from the pond and into a nearby wetland, facilitating the removal of nutrients, sediments, and other nonpoint source pollutants.
- Planting littoral vegetation to reduce slope erosion and discourage geese and other waterfowl from accessing the pond.
- Improving fish habitat by installing fish structures, felled trees, and littoral zone plants.
- Using construction and vegetative planting approaches to stabilize the slope on one side of the pond.
The project was an overwhelming success, with water quality improvements visibly apparent to even the casual observer. Large fish have returned, and the pond edge has been stabilized.
With the nutrient and sediment impairments resolved, CT DEP expects to remove Edgewood Pond's aquatic life use impairment from the state's 303(d) list in 2006. While nutrient loads have been reduced, the other cause of the pond's primary contact recreation impairment—bacteria—remains a problem. For this reason, the pond will remain listed for primary contact recreation. Water quality monitoring will continue beyond 2006.
Beyond the physical improvements to the pond, this project produced many other benefits. For example
- It restored the pond's status as a valuable recreational and educational resource for city residents.
- It demonstrated the benefits of urban environmental restoration projects to human and natural resources.
- It coalesced a diverse group of park and pond constituents and raised general public awareness about the need for continued stewardship of this important resource.
- It helped to enhance the quality of life for low-income residents of New Haven affected by pollution.
Since the restoration project was completed, local schools have used the pond to conduct seining activities and aquatic environment education programs, and the Edgewood Park Ranger has used it for canoeing and fishing programs. The pond has once again claimed its place as one of the most beautiful assets in Edgewood Park and the surrounding neighborhood.
Partners and Funding
With support from the federal section 319 program, CT DEP provided $267,600 for the pond study and restoration program. The City of New Haven provided more than $90,000 toward the project design and construction and contributed in-kind services for project management, landscape design, and site grading.
The city built on the success of the initial pond restoration and mobilized the Elm City Parks Conservancy, the Friends of Edgewood Park, and the Yale University Forestry School's Urban Environmental Initiative to undertake the final slope stabilization project. The city provided an additional $35,000 for a consultant to provide construction materials and oversee volunteers.


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C O N F I D E N T I A L VATICAN 000059 EO 12958 DECL: 4/22/2029 TAGS PREL, PGOV, KIRF, VT, CU, VE, BL SUBJECT: (C) VATICAN HOPES FOR BETTER U.S.-CUBA TIES, IN PART TO REIN IN CHAVEZ AND HIS ACOLYTESREF: A. A) CARACAS 486 B. B) CARACAS 443 C. C) VATICAN 36 D. D) VATICAN 12CLASSIFIED BY: Julieta Valls Noyes, CDA, EXEC, State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d)
1. (C) Summary: The Holy See welcomes President Obama's new outreach to Cuba and hopes for further steps soon, perhaps to include prison visits for the wives of the Cuban Five. Better U.S.-Cuba ties would deprive Hugo Chavez of one of his favorite screeds and could help restrain him in the region, according to a Vatican official. This is highly desirable for the Vatican, which is very concerned about the deterioration of Church-state relations in Venezuela. To avoid similar downward spirals elsewhere, the Vatican said Church leaders elsewhere in Latin America are reaching out to leftist governments. The recent attack on a Cardinal's home in Bolivia may have been intended to derail such quiet rapprochement. End Summary.
Cuba: Great News. What Will You Do Next?
2. (C) CDA and Acting DCM on April 22 called on the Holy See's official in charge of relations with Caribbean and Andean countries, Msgr. Angelo Accattino, to review recent developments in the region. As he had done previously (ref c), Accattino warmly welcomed recent White House policy decisions on Cuba and reviewed with interest the White House Fact Sheet on "Reaching Out to the Cuban People" which CDA gave him. Accattino also noted favorably Raul Castro's comments that Cuba was prepared to talk to the U.S. about all topics - although "after all, he has no other options anymore." CDA said Castro would need to reciprocate the moves from Washington with more than words - he needed to take action on political prisoners or reduce the cost of receiving remittances in Cuba.
3. (C) Accattino said the Vatican considered intriguing the possibility of a swap of political prisoners in Cuba for the "Cuban Five" in jail in the U.S. ADCM protested that their circumstances were not parallel, as the Cuban Five were convicted spies and the prisoners in Cuba were dissidents. Accattino quickly agreed but said discussions that led to the release of the dissidents were worth pursuing regardless. The Holy See was also following the Supreme Court appeal by the Cuban Five, to see how that might affect relations between the U.S. and Cuba. As an interim measure, Accattino suggested that the U.S. allow a jail visit by the wives of two of the five Cuban spies. CDA again noted that the U.S. had taken the first step, now the Cuban government needed to reciprocate in a concrete way.
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4. (C) The Cuba debate, Accattino said, had cast a long shadow at the recent Summit of the Americas. Venezuela's Hugo Chavez was clearly rattled by the thought that the U.S. and Cuba could enter into a dialogue that excluded him, and this motivated his "little scene" at the Summit. "Chavez is not dumb," and he was playing to the other hemispheric leaders with his bombastic approach to President Obama. The Holy See believes that the U.S. and Cuba should pursue a dialogue both for its own sake and/and in order to reduce the influence of Chavez and break up his cabal in Latin America, Accattino said.
5. (C) The situation for civil society in Venezuela is getting worse every day, according to Accattino. The asylum request by Maracaibo Mayor Manuel Rosales in Peru was only the latest sign of the narrowing political space in Venezuela. (Asked for updates on the whereabouts or situation of the Venezuelan asylum seeker Nixon Moreno from the Nunciature in Caracas, however, Accattino answered a bit evasively.) The real concern, Accattino said, is that Venezuela is turning into Cuba, while Cuba may be ready to open up.
6. (C) Church-state relations are also deteriorating daily in Venezuela, Accattino said. The Venezuelan Catholic Conference of Bishops (CEV) did not check in with Rome before taking actions or making statements like its highly critical April 6 communique (ref A). The Holy See agreed with the CEV conclusions, and would defend them -- even when it believed "a less confrontational approach would be more effective."
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7. (C) Turning to the recent dynamite attack against the residence of Cardinal Terrazas on April 15 in Bolivia, Accattino said it had worried the Holy See greatly. There was property damage, but thankfully no-one was hurt. It could easily have been worse. The Vatican is reserving judgment, pending the government's investigation, on who was behind the attack. It could have been radicals inside the government who want to derail the recent rapprochement between the Church and the state. The extreme right also could have been responsible - trying to make it seem like the government did it - for the same reason. Accattino said the Holy See considers either explanation equally plausible at this point. Meanwhile, it will keep talking to the government, because it has no choice.
Comment: Looking Out for the Church First
8. (C) The Holy See has consistently maintained that improving U.S.-Cuba ties would greatly reduce the appeal of Hugo Chavez. It is so alarmed by the continued downward spiral in its own relations with Chavez, in fact, that Accattino said Church leaders in Latin American countries with leftist governments are rethinking their approach. Many episcopal (bishops) conferences in the region had in the past been willing to criticize excesses of these governments in an effort to protect civil society. They may be pulling back from that activism and advocacy in the short term, in order to protect their longer-term ability to minister to the Catholic faithful without interference. That attitude is what is behind the Church's moves to improve relations with the Morales government in Bolivia. It may also explain Accattino's ever-so-mild tone of criticism when discussing CEV decisions in Caracas. As for Accattino's polite unwillingness to discuss the Nixon Moreno case, that may also be telling, given his considerable interest in the topic last time we spoke (ref c). End Comment.
Lista : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/us-embassy-cables-the-documents
Vaticano: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/193115
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CLASSIFIED BY: Julieta Valls Noyes, CDA, EXEC, State. REASON: 1.4 (b)
The Holy See's communications operation is suffering from 'muddled messaging' partly as a result of cardinals' technophobia and ignorance about 21st century communications. Only one key papal adviser has a Blackberry and few have e-mail accounts. It has led to PR blunders on issues as sensitive as the Holocaust. Key passage highlighted in yellow.
1. (C) Summary: Together with other flaps, the recent global controversy over the lifted excommunication of a Holocaust denying bishop (reftel) exposed a major disconnect between Pope Benedict XVI's stated intentions and the way in which his message is received by the wider world. There are many causes for this communication gap: the challenge of governing a hierarchical yet decentralized organization, leadership weaknesses at the top, and an undervaluing of (and ignorance about) 21st century communications. These factors have led to muddled, reactive messaging that reduces the volume of the moral megaphone the Vatican uses to advance its objectives. This is especially true with audiences whose view of the Vatican is informed largely by mass media coverage. There are signs that at least some in the Vatican have learned their lessons and will work to reshape the Holy See's communications structure. Whether they'll prevail remains to be seen. End Summary.
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2. (SBU) The Vatican is highly hierarchical with the Pope ultimately responsible for all important matters. Yet it is also highly decentralized in its decision-making. This structure reflects belief in the principle of "subsidiarity": leaving decisions to those closest to, and best informed on, a particular matter. On a practical level, however, subsidiarity can limit horizontal communication by eliminating peer consultation and review. This approach also encourages a narrow focus on issues at the expense of the big picture.
3. (C) In discussing the recent crisis with CDA and PAO, Archbishop Claudio Celli, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, described the Church's current communication style as being focused on the content of a decision, rather than its public impact. Monsignor Paul Tighe, his second in command, noted that this phenomenon is compounded by the fact that officials from the various Church organs see themselves as advocates for their issues, without considering their impact on the Church as a whole. The result is a process in which only a handful of experts are aware of imminent decisions -- even major decisions with broad implications -- and those who are become proponents, rather than impartial advisors to the Pope.
4. (C) A series of missteps during Benedict's Papacy have made the lack of information-sharing in the Church painfully clear. In 2006, the Pope made a speech in Regensburg that was widely decried as insulting to Muslims, though he later explained he had no such intent. In 2008, the Pope himself baptized (i.e., converted)a prominent Muslim during the 2008 Easter Vigil service at St. Peters, an event broadcast worldwide; the Cardinal who runs Inter-Faith Dialogues for the Church knew nothing about the conversion until it happened. This year, Father Federico Lombardi, head of the Vatican press office, and Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, which includes relations with Jews, learned only after the fact about the decision to reinstate communion with schismatic Lefebrvist bishops who included a Holocaust denier (reftel). In the midst of that scandal, meanwhile, the Pope proposed promoting to auxiliary bishop a priest who said Hurricane Katrina was "divine retribution" for licentiousness in New Orleans. The resulting outcry led the cleric to decline the offer.
5. (C) These public missteps have intensified scrutiny of the small group of decision-makers advising the Pope. Normally reserved Vatican commentators have directed withering criticism their way. XXXXXXXXXXXX, recently wrote that "curial chaos, confusion, and incompetence" had made clear "how dysfunctional the curia remains in terms of both crisis analysis and crisis management." Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone -- who is tasked with managing the Curia and is its highest ranking official after the Pope -- has been a particular target. XXXXXXXXXXXX said Cardinal Bertone had "distinguished himself by his absence" during the Lefebrvist controversy, and that the curia had become "more disorganized than before" under his leadership. Yet XXXXXXXXXXXX may have understated the problem. At the height of the Lefebrvist scandal, Bertone referred publicly to the offending bishop by the wrong name, then denounced the media for "inventing" a problem where there was none. Other critics note Bertone's lack of diplomatic experience (he speaks only Italian, for example), and a personal style that elevates "pastoral" work -- with frequent foreign travel focusing on the spiritual needs of Catholics around the world -- over foreign policy and management.
6. (C) More broadly, critics point to a lack of generational or geographical diversity in the Pope's inner circle. Most of the top ranks of the Vatican -- all men, generally in their seventies -- do not understand modern media and new information technologies. The blackberry-using Father Lombardi remains an anomaly in a culture in which many officials do not even have official email accounts. XXXXXXXXXXXX laid even greater emphasis on the Italo-centric nature of the Pope's closest advisors. Other than Archbishop James Harvey, an American and head of the Papal household, there is no one from an Anglophone country in the Pope's inner circle. XXXXXXXXXXXX said this meant few had exposure to the American -- or, indeed, global -- rough and tumble of media communications. The Pope's Italian advisors, he said, tend towards old-fashioned, inwardly focused communications written in "coded" language that no-one outside their tight circles can decipher. (The Israeli Ambassador, for example, told CDA that he recently received a Vatican statement that was supposed to contain a positive message for Israel, but it was so veiled he missed it, even when told it was there.)
7. (C) There is also the question of who, if anyone, brings dissenting views to the Pope's attention. As noted, Cardinal Bertone is considered a "yes man," and other Cardinals don't hold much sway with the Pope -- or lack the confidence to bring him bad news. And if bad news rarely filters out, leaks never spring. XXXXXXXXXXXX said that under Pope John Paul II leaks were much more common. While damaging, these leaks did allow time for critics of pending decisions to mobilize and present opposing views to the Pope in time. Pope Benedict and Cardinal Bertone run a much tighter ship, he said, but at the expense of squashing coordination or allow dissenting voices to be heard.
8. (C) As has become evident throughout the controversies, much of the Vatican hierarchy greatly undervalues external communication. Structurally, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and the Vatican Press Office are weak. The former applies the Church's teachings to the field of communications and is not involved in shaping the Pope's message. The latter has the writ, but not the influence.
9. (C) Father Lombardi, the spokesman, is not part of the Pope's inner circle. He has little influence over major decisions, even when he knows about them beforehand. And the poor man is terribly overworked: Lombardi is simultaneously the head of the Vatican Press Office, Vatican Radio (which broadcasts in 45 languages), and the Vatican Television Center, literally moving from one office to the other over the course of the day. It's a grueling schedule on good days, and debilitating during crises. Father Lombardi is the deliverer, rather than a shaper, of the message. In the wake of the Lefebrvist controversy, he openly said that the Vatican press office "didn't control the communication." Without a comprehensive communication strategy in which he plays a central role, he is dependent on individual Church organs and leaders seeking his advice. It's a hit or miss proposition.
10. (C) There is another cost to divorcing decision-making from public spin: the Church's message is often unclear. XXXXXXXXXXXX candidly said that the Holy See rarely considered how best to explain dogmatic, ecclesiastical, moral or other decisions to a broader public. He emphasized that the content of the message should not/not be different -- the Catholic Church would often take positions contrary to public opinion -- but the Church hierarchy needed to think more about how to present positions.
11. (C) The communication culture of the broader Catholic Church is diverse, however, with many Church-affiliated organizations now excelling at communication. One example of a Church organization that is using modern communications strategies to deliver its message, interestingly enough, is Opus Dei. (Pope John Paul II was widely perceived as being more adept at public communications than Benedict; his communications director, Joaquin Navarro Valls, famously belongs to Opus Dei.) CDA and PolOff recently met with Manuel Sanchez, Opus Dei's head of international media relations, and discussed how Opus Dei responded to the "Da Vinci Code" - a novel which pilloried the group. Sanchez said that Opus Dei realized it could respond in one of three ways: (1) ignore the controversy; (2) adopt a 'no prisoners' approach and refute every error; or (3) treat the controversy as a chance to explain Opus Dei to the world. Opus Dei chose the third option, holding regular briefings for journalists and others, and the organization's membership has actually increased as a result.
12. (C) There is a growing urgency within the Vatican about the need to change the current communication culture. The rare public criticisms offered by Father Lombardi and Cardinal Kasper of their colleagues' roles in the Lefebrvist scandal are an extremely strong indicator of internal disquiet. There are a number of proposals circulating to help fix the problem. XXXXXXXXXXXX have confirmed privately to the Embassy that discussions are underway about having the Pontifical Council for Social Communications assume a greater coordinating role on major decisions. Father Lombardi has privately proposed to his leadership the possibility of creating an office in the Secretariat of State to flag potentially controversial decisions and has asked for resources to prepare translations of major statements more quickly. Other Vatican insiders close to the Pope have suggested bringing more native English speakers into positions in the Pope's inner circle. And not a few voices are calling for Cardinal Bertone's removal from his current position.
13. (C) Behind closed doors, our Vatican contacts seems to be talking about nothing but the need for better internal coordination on decisions and planned public messages. Most Church leaders recoil at the notion that they could be seen as anti-Semitic or endorsing Holocaust denials, yet are confronting the ugly reality that many people actually believe these notions because of their own poor communications culture. But if or when change will come remains an open question. The structural and cultural roots of the current situation are deep, and will not be easily uprooted as they are closely connected to Pope Benedict's governing style. Similar criticism after the disastrous Regensburg speech led to little or no change. The percolating discussions regarding the creation of a policy coordinating body within the curia - and other possible solutions -- are hopeful signs. But they are not yet guarantees that change is coming. Stay tuned. End Comment.


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February 17, 2014
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Extraordinary proposal courtesy of Digicel
On bended knee, Kevaughn Bailey pops the question to long-time girlfriend, Nardica Newell, in the Pizza Hut restaurant in Angels Plaza on Valentine's Day. - Contributed
For Nardica Newell, a pre-school teacher from Old Harbour, St Catherine, Valentine's Day was going to be an easy-going date with her long-time boyfriend, Kevaughn Bailey at Pizza Hut.
Little did she know that he had big plans up his sleeve; plans that had become extra special with a little help from Digicel.
After seeing a post on Digicel's Facebook page for an Extraordinary Proposal competition, Kevaughn submitted his love story, describing how he planned to pop the question. With his quirky idea of a pizza box proposal and tear-jerking words of love, he won the hearts of the Digicel social media team.
"When we saw Kevaughn's entry, we were just moved by how simple and genuine it was - we knew this could only be true love," Senior Marketing Executive, Social Media, at Digicel, Shaun Birch said.
In cahoots with Reggae artiste Keznamdi and Digicel, Kevaughn gave Nardica the surprise of her life inside the Pizza Hut restaurant in Angels Plaza, St Catherine. Delivering a long-stemmed red rose to the unsuspecting Nardica, Keznamdi proceeded to serenade her until he was interrupted by Kevaughn, who went down on one knee to propose, revealing his ring cleverly hidden inside a pizza box.
She said yes!
"I don't have words to describe how I feel right now," shared a blissful Nardica. "I had no idea he was going to propose at all. I'm so surprised."
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The FNIF Endowment Fund aims to support the Girl Child Education Fund (GCEF) by raising over USD 10 million over 3-5 years.


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2/18/2015 Prof. Jackson-Hayes Publishes Washington Post Article on Value of STEM Majors with Liberal Arts TrainingShe is an associate professor of chemistry at Rhodes. »
2/4/2015 Rhodes Alumna Adiha Khan Wins Science Award at Student Research SymposiumShe is a second-year dental student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. »
1/20/2015 Prof. Betsy Sanders Interviewed About Virtual Reality ResearchShe is building a virtual reality research lab at Rhodes with funds from a five-year National Science Foundation grant. »
1/6/2015 Rhodes Alumnae Listed Among 50 Most Incredible Women in STEMThey are Katie Jacobs Stanton '91 and Sarah Lacy '98. »
12/22/2014 Dual Degree Program Combines Liberal Arts Education with EngineeringUpon completion of the program, students receive a B.S. or B.A. from Rhodes and another degree in engineering from a partner institution. »
12/8/2014 Chemistry Major Jennifer Rote '15 Wins First Place at Research ConferenceShe has been working with Prof. Larryn Peterson since May 2013. »
11/14/2014 Rhodes Students Bring Back Awards From Mid-South GIS ConferenceBrooke Rose '16 won the GIS scholarship, and with Sara Rodriguez, received first place for a poster presentation. »
11/10/2014 Chemistry Major Diana Bigler '15 Wins Presentation Award Based on Honors ResearchShe also is first author on a manuscript soon to be published in Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. »
10/29/2014 Students Publish Articles with Prof. David Kabelik in Science JournalsHe teaches animal physiology and neuroscience courses. »
9/24/2014 Maggie Cupit '14 Named a National Mortar Board Fellow She has a B.S. in chemistry from Rhodes and currently is working toward her M.D. at the Mayo Medical School. »
9/18/2014 Science Outreach Kit Created by Mark Sellers '15 to Be Shared with Society of Physics Students NationwideA physics major and Spanish minor, Sellers served as a Society of Physics Students (SPS) National Intern for 10 weeks in Washington, D.C. »
9/15/2014 Biology Major Alyssa Tews '16 Publishes Article In Memphis Zoo MagazineThe article is about one of the research collaborations between Rhodes and the Memphis Zoo involving the collection of behavioral data of two hippos. »


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Gale Harold Reveals Spoilers for The Rest of Season One
Gale Harold gave The Hollywood Reporter some spoilers for the remainder of season one. Read entire article here and TUNE IN TONIGHT to watch what happens!
1. A 'Substantial' Shift Is Coming: With Adam's drunk of a father Ethan becoming a major factor in Dawn's ultimate endgame, the Charles and Dawn's relationship will continue shift: "I'm fairly sure the shift will be substantial." The former Queer as Folk star offered a theory as to why Dawn is treating Charles badly as of late, saying, "I think she's trying to play me against myself. Her bringing Ethan into any sort of understanding of what's going on is kind of moronic. It's like giving a kid a loaded weapon." But Ethan, who at the end of "Fire/Ice" kept the crystal from Dawn, may be a pawn. "Dawn is trying to bring [Ethan] into the chess match to cause distraction," Harold teased.


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Four Reasons Why 'Pretty Little Liars' Will Be a Hit
The network has a new show premiering June 8 that looks to grab some of that audience. 'Pretty Little Liars' sounds like a cross between 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,' 'Desperate Housewives,' and 'Gossip Girl.' But it also looks pretty good. Here are four reasons why this show will be a hit.
TV Casting: Chad Lowe Joins 'Pretty Little Liars'
More casting news after the jump.
TV Squad Daily with Brigitte - VIDEO
Today on TV Squad Daily: embarrassing TV star (and TV viewer) moments.
- Brooke Shields was temporarily trapped in her trailer on the set of Lipstick Jungle.
- Rob Morrow, Chad Lowe, and Fisher Stevens had to be rescued by ski patrol from a mountain at Aspen.
- Simon Cowell claims he'll quit American Idol if Sanjaya Malakar wins... and some viewers believe he actually might.
4 from 24: More on hour 11
(*Warning: Spoilers from this week's episode ahead*)
Will President Palmer II survive the assassination attempt? Are former President Logan's intentions noble or sinister?
As we ponder those questions, here are four more observations from 24's 11th hour to consider:
Quote of note: "He reminds me of you. You can see it in his eyes," Jack Bauer told his sister-in-law Marilyn of her son Josh, his (*ahem*) "nephew." Jack made these remarks while gingerly stroking the new widow's cheek.
Chad Lowe calls 24 character 'misdirected'
Chad Lowe dished with TV Guide's Margy Rochlin about his slimy political operative character on 24, Reed Pollock, the one who last week ominously pressured President Palmer II's chief of staff to provide him with the president's itinerary so Palmer could be "removed," maybe as early as tonight.
Three things I learned from the interview:
1) Lowe doesn't know for whom Pollock is working.
2) Lowe thinks Pollock, who's widely believed to be concocting a presidential assassination plot, is "well intended, if maybe misdirected."
3) Lowe used to be on the same ice hockey team as Kiefer Sutherland.
24: 11:00am - 12:00pm
(S06E06)*Warning: Spoilers ahead*
At times, I felt as though I'd accidentally clicked over to an old episode of The Sopranos, what with all the references to stick by "the family" and the importance of family loyalty . . . all references made mere minutes after one family member had tried to suffocate another, after members of the same family drew weapons on one another and one member demanded the execution of both his brother and father.
There was even some good, old fashioned, familial taunting. Insults were hurled like calling one brother "simple minded" and later harassing him for his failure to adequately protect his wife from a terrorist.
A double-dose of 24 in February
When you think of the FOX network what's the first thing that comes to mind? Perhaps the fact that its been on the air for over 20 years now, or maybe that it's the home to The Simpsons. Yes, those things are certainly true. Yet, when I ponder about FOX the first thing that comes to mind is . . . Good Lord, they certainly know how to pimp their most popular shows!
Case in point is that small action-adventure program named 24. We already got two full nights of double episodes last week to kick off the season. Yet, the network isn't done
shoving it down our throats giving fans more Jack. So, they have scheduled another two-hour event for Monday, February 12th. This, of course, is conveniently placed smack-dab in the middle of sweeps. The event will cover the hours between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and co-stars Chad Lowe and Powers Boothe.
By the way, just because the network pimps its most popular shows to death doesn't mean they don't know what they're doing. The two-day, four-hour launch of 24 that premiered last week exceeded the fifth season premiere by 14 percent for all viewers.
Chad Lowe joins the cast of 24
Other notable actors joining the cast this season include Peter MacNicol, Regina King, and James Cromwell. Steamy Eric Balfour will also return this season. FOX is going to post a first look at season six online later this month, we'll let you know when that happens.
Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe file for divorce
Back in January, the lovely and talented Anna Johns reported that Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank and husband Chad Lowe had agreed to separate, but were willing to get through the tough time and come out a stronger couple. Apparently this didn't happen exactly as planned.
According to a spokeswoman for Swank, she and Lowe have decided to initiate divorce proceedings after eight years of wedded bliss. A lawyer for the couple said Swank and Lowe have made a joint decision to divorce and that they still remain friends and have the utmost respect for each other.
Ms. Swank, who has won Oscars for performances in the movies Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby was a regular on Beverly Hills, 90210 back in the late 1990's. Mr. Lowe, brother of actor Rob Lowe, played the AIDS-infected Jesse McKenna on ABC's Life Goes On back in the mid 1980's and has had appeared in many other TV series since, including ER, Without a Trace and Law & Order: SVU.
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Ten students from the School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences visited the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library on the evening of Tuesday, April 24 to view more than 40 items from the library's rare book collection. The visit was the conclusion of the School of Medicine's enrichment elective, ELEC 5022, and the graduate school's CSBL 5015. The class, which was taught by Dr. Charleen Moore of the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, covered the history of anatomy from ancient times through the 19th century.
Among the items on display:
ALBINUS, Bernhard Siegfried (1697-1770), Tables of the skeleton and muscles of the human body, London, 1st edition in Latin – 1749
HOOKE, Robert (1635-1703), Micrographia, London, 1667
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514-1564), De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, Basel, 1543
Students also viewed the oldest book in the Nixon library's collection, CELSUS, Aulus Cornelius, De medicina, 2nd edition, 1481. De medicina is a member of a class of books known as incunables, the first books to be produced by the printing press in the late 15th century.
The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. To schedule a visit, contact Anne Comeaux, Assistant Library Director for Special Collections, email@example.com or Susan Hunnicutt, Special Projects Librarian, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Uncommon Women and Others
Presented by Emerson Stage at Jackie Liebergott Black Box
February 5 - February 8, 2015
By Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Maureen Shea
Six years after graduation, seven women meet for an impromptu reunion lunch and relive their college days in the early 1970's at Mount Holyoke College, measuring their youthful dreams and hopes for the future against the fear and anguish they face living in the "real" world.
More than any other theatre artist of her generation, Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006) changed the way contemporary women's lives were presented onstage. She celebrated the complexity of the "New York woman" long before Sex and the City arrived on the scene. Her heritage can be seen in the post-1970's "boom" of activity from women playwrights, many writing "serious" plays in Wendy's preferred genre of comedy, from Paula Vogel to Teresa Rebeck, on through toSarah Ruhl. Wasserstein was one of a handful of women who have achieved pre-eminence as a professional playwright. She won a Pulitzer Prize and was the first woman to win an unshared Tony Award for The Heidi Chronicles (1988). Further, she was our most successful commercial female playwright in the last half of the 20th century (perhaps of all time?).
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30th May 2011
Ballande Meneret is a unique Bordeaux producing vineyard tucked deep within the woods of the Medoc Peninsula. Last year, the wine makers acquired a 100,000 square foot warehouse, which would act as the headquarters to preserve and export classified growths. Ballande Meneret brought on local architect team Baggio Piechaud to revamp the warehouse.
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In this section you can find information about the palaces and residences of the members of the Royal House. King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their three daughters live at Villa Eikenhorst in Wassenaar. At some point in the future the family will move to Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague, which is currently the home of Princess Beatrix. In the course of time the princess will take up residence at Drakensteyn Castle in the village of Lage Vuursche. In the interim Huis ten Bosch Palace will be used for official receptions and meetings. The King will also make use of Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
Noordeinde PalaceNoordeinde Palace in The Hague is the King's place of work. The palace is the property of the State and was placed at the disposal of the head of state by Act of Parliament. The palace complex also includes the Royal Stables, and the palace gardens contain the Royal Archives, which are the...
Huis ten Bosch PalaceHuis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague was made available to the then Queen Beatrix in 1981. It was the home of Princess Beatrix until early 2014, when she moved back to Drakensteyn Castle in Lage Vuursche. At some point in the future, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their three daughters...
Het Loo PalaceHet Loo Palace was built in 1685 at the behest of Stadholder William III (later King William of England). It is located on Het Loo Royal Estate, which is also the site of Het Oude Loo Hunting Lodge.
Soestdijk PalaceSoestdijk Palace is located between the villages of Soest and Baarn. Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard lived there from 1937 until they died in 2004. In 1971 the palace became state property.
Royal PalaceThe Royal Palace is located in the centre of Amsterdam. It is also known as Dam Palace.
De Horsten Royal EstatesDe Horsten Royal Estates have been the property of the royal family since 1845.


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Slides for the Hudson technical session
The slides are available here.
JavaOne activities around Hudson
JavaOne is just a few days ahead now, so let me recap what's happening around Hudson during JavaOne.
On Sunday, we have Unconference (RSVP) and a party at the Thirsty Bear (RSVP to "RSVP-ThirstyBear2009 at sun dot com".) The great thing
Hudson swarm slave plugin
I run a budget-less Hudson cluster, just like many of you do, and one of the challenges is to have enough computing resources in a cluster.
Project of the day: SSH daemon for EC2 Windows AMIs
In my attempt to make Hudson EC2 plugin (which I blogged earlier) work with Windows AMIs, I wrote a little SSH daemon.
Here's the problem statement.
Hudson EC2 plugin
Continuous Integration often requires a heterogeneous environments; for example, the GlassFish build requires Linux, Solaris, and Windows, and the JDK build requires something like 10 different environments, each carefully created so that we can test what we need to test.
Unfortunately, heterogeneous environments reduce the resource utilization — you can easily have some Windows slaves
Hudson Selenium Grid Plugin
I've released
Hudson Selenium plugin, which instantly lets you deploy Selenium
Grid on top of your existing Hudson cluster. By using this plugin, you
can start using Selenium Grid without installing it on individual
machines in the cluster manually.
Hudson PXE plugin 1.0 is released
Whether you recycle old PCs or use new ones as Hudson slaves, you have to first install an OS on a system. As the Hudson cluster I managed gets bigger, I find this more and more painful.
Automatic Continuous Integration for Grails projects on Google Code
Japan is in the middle of a week long holiday this week, so our Japanese Hudson committers are cranking out a lot of cool stuff.
This one is from Kiyotaka, who wrote a Hudson plugin called GCrawler.
GCrawler (1) searchs Google Code and discovers all Grails projects, (2) reads Subversion repository to figure out metadata, and
Hudson's growth chart
This is from Seiji Sogabe, who is a Hudson committer. He put together a chart of the hudson.war size from 1.100 to 1.300.
Hudson CLI and Groovy shell
"You can do everything from GUI" has always been one of Hudson's strengths, and we also have the REST API, but at the same time, CLI is also very useful for improving automation around administration, builds, and so on. So starting Hudson 1.302, I added a CLI agent to Hudson.


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EVAN VS. VEGAS: College football Week 11
Someone, please throw Ev a life preserver
Reporter-News sports writer Evan Ren has been given a hypothetical $500 to wager on college football throughout the 2013 season.
This column is for entertainment purposes only and is not intended to promote illegal wagering. A 10-percent vigorish fee is subtracted from each winning wager.
Since a disastrous 2-9 start that saw my pretend bankroll take a huge dent, I've basically been spinning my wheels in Vegas mud. After stumbling out of the gate, I've gone a combined 16-18 against the spread, with my cash slowly being eaten away by the vigorish fees confiscated by Daniel Youngblood's goons.
But hey, that's progress.
Two weeks into this thing, I felt like I was swimming with an anvil tied to my ankle. I've since graduated to dog paddling in a whirlpool. But at least I'm now getting occasional gulps of air.
Last week, it didn't happen.
After posting winning records on two consecutive weekends, two of my three wagers went down last Saturday, with UCLA sleep-walking to a win over a Colorado team it could have beaten by 50. The Bruins failed to cover the 28-point number, costing me $15.
My worst pick of the year: Last week's $15 bet on Purdue (+32) over Ohio State — a spread the Buckeyes surpassed in about ... oh ... five minutes. Or so it seemed.
On the plus side, a $15 bet on Northern Illinois (-25) over UMass covered nicely, netting $13.50 after the vig.
And so, I stumble onward, hoping that I have at least enough money to make a minimum $5 wager on the BCS title game.
Here are this week's bets (Home teams capitalized):
TEXAS A&M (19) over Mississippi State
Granted, A&M's defense is suspect enough to make one wonder if they can win this game by three scores.
But Mississippi State's offense has been sporadic at best, and the Bulldogs are going to give up 40-50 points in this matchup.
A&M is 5-2 against the spread at home and MSU is 1-3 ATS as an underdog.
MINNESOTA (1½) over Penn State
The Gophers are 6-3 overall against the spread this season and 3-1 as the favorite. Penn State is 3-5 ATS and 0-2 against the number on the road.
Minnesota (7-2) is also riding a three-game winning streak, which includes a solid 34-23 win over Nebraska.
My phoney money is on the Gophers to cover.
NORTH CAROLINA (-13½) over Virginia
Though the Tar Heels have struggled, they're 3-1 against the number at home, including a 34-10 rout of Boston College on Oct. 26.
Virginia in the meantime, has been a train wreck — losing six straight games outright and going 1-4-1 against the spread in that time.
I'm thinking the Heels can win by three scores.
Utah St. (-14½) over UNLV
Aside from the trends, Utah State is just plain better than UNLV and should beat the Rebels handily — assuming they show up.
UNLV was destroyed by both Minnesota and Arizona, and allowed a combined 79 points in wins over bad teams from New Mexico and Hawaii. Utah State, by comparison, held New Mexico and Hawaii to a combined 20.
And yes, the trends favor the Aggies, who are 4-1 against the spread on the road this year and 5-1 ATS as a favorite. UNLV is 0-2 ATS at home as an underdog.
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UM wins Heinz
IPG Mediabrands agency UM has won the planning and buying business for Heinz in Canada and the US, following a review.
According to a statement that was first posted in Ad Age the win for UM comes following a six-month review, with confirmation of the new client coming from the agency's Canadian president. Prior to the win the Heinz account was with Vizeum.
Outside of the US buying and planning for the brand will be with Omnicom.
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Ok, here's where I'll let my views out on some political issues.
This is some of what I think about
, a suitably contentious topic for my first offering here.
For another issue touching on mortality here are some of my thoughts on
capital punishment
More on life and death with my thoughts on
A little bit on education, healthcare, welfare, and scientific research as I discuss where I think
capitalism and socialism
belong in our society. Included are how I see the government and the free market's roles in:
Municiple services
This is a response to a recent congressional bill which impacts on
the separation of church and state
, which I e-mailed to my representatives.
I saw Tom Delay on
This Week
on 6/20/99 talking about teaching creationism as an equally valid, scientific theory in public schools. I thought we had come somewhere since the
Scopes Monkey Trial
. This is my response on
evolution and creationism
which I e-mailed to him. I was similarly dismayed on August 11th, 1999 when the
Kansas State Board of Education
approved measures designed to promote the teaching of creationism in biology classrooms and to remove standards requirements concerning knowledge of evolution.
Well, since this is a politics page, I ought to have links to voter information sources for the U.S.:
League of Women Voters
Congresional Quarterly's American Voter
- this page lets you find out the voting history of your congressional and senatorial representitives.
Stay informed! A well informed, well educated citizenry is the most effective way of making certain the will of the State reflects the will of its citizens. In a representative democracy, an educated, well informed voter is best able to affect the government. I choose my news sources based on what I consider to be the most balanced, complete reporting available, but one should maintain a skepticism about one's sources and try to balance their biases by increasing the number of sources one uses. I try to keep informed by:
Listening to
WBUR, Boston's Public Radio
for my local news.
Listening to
National Public Radio
Public Radio International
for national and international news.
The most complete international coverage I've found has been from the
I like to watch the Sunday morning talk shows such as
This Week
with George Stephanopolis.
I also enjoy watching CBS's newsmagazine
60 Minutes
I've listed a number of links to sites whose organizations believe in equallity, fair treatment, and basic human rights.
Yahoo: Human Rights
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
American Civil Liberties Union
Feminism and the Net
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Feminists for Life of America
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS)
National Whistleblower Center
I've been thinking that it would be a good idea to run a public service ad campaign promoting tolerance and respect for people of different racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, class, and national distinctions. One of the features of such an ad campaign would be quotes from different religious and philosophical sources from around the world which agreed with such a message. I'd have them written at the bottom of the screen while different groups of people said things like: "I'm/we're your neighbor(s)." I'm looking for such passages and since I was raised Catholic, that's where I'm starting. As I run into other good quotes, I'm going to collect them
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Louisiana farmer Don Johnson sees leading Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum as clueless about business outside of privileged circles.
That goes for President Barack Obama, too, said the 64-year-old farmer of soybeans, corn and wheat. Johnson, a Republican, said Newt Gingrich is the only candidate making any sense heading into the state's primary this weekend.
|Gini index*
|East Carroll Parish, La.
|Edwards County, Texas
|New York County, N.Y.
|Mineral County, Colo.
|Pitkin County, Colo.
|Allendale County, S.C.
|Greene County, Ga.
|Randolph County, Ga.
|Sioux County, N.D.
|Franklin County, Miss.
|Manassas Park, Va.
|Blaine County, Neb.
|Kendall County, Ill.
|Craig County, Va.
|Bath County, Va.
|Logan County, Neb.
|San Juan County, Colo.
|McPherson County, Neb.
|Kalawao County, Hawaii
|Loving County, Texas
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006-2010 American Community Survey
"Most of them are living in a make-believe world. People have to work for a paycheck every day, every week — they don't understand that, they don't feel the pain," Johnson said. "Newt is probably the smartest. He can go toe-to-toe with Obama as far as explaining the issues."
Millions of Americans remain underemployed and unemployed following a recession that widened economic divides in the U.S. Hoping to win support, Romney and Santorum are both touting the American dream of economic mobility, while criticizing Obama for, they claim, encouraging class warfare.
Both of the leading remaining Republican candidates support cutting taxes and regulations, aiming to woo constituents who want to do better for themselves and their kids, and are worried that government spending and rules are out of control. While the conservative candidates don't overtly raise the issue of income equality in the same way Obama does, the Republicans in their policies and rhetoric aim to appeal to voters with those concerns.
"In just about every speech they give examples of small businesses trying to do something and being blocked by government regulations," said Lawrence Jacobs, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota. "The Republicans are not whistling Dixie here – they are sinking their teeth into very public angst about government being too large."
There is income inequality in America, there always has been, and hopefully, and I do say that, there always will be. Why? Because people rise to different levels of success based on what they contribute to society
After winning the Illinois Republican primary on Tuesday, Romney spoke about the American dream, opportunity and economic freedom.
"Economic freedom is the only force that has consistently succeeded in lifting people out of poverty," Romney said. "But today, Americans who want to start a new business or launch a new venture don't see promise and opportunity. They see government standing in their way."
To strengthen the economy, Romney has said that if elected he would work on free-trade agreements, move to cut certain Obama-administration regulations, and order a sanction on China for unfair-trade practices, among other actions. Regarding Social Security, he has suggested raising the eligibility age as an option.
Looking longer term, his economic plan also supports lower tax rates on a broader base "so that taxation becomes an instrument for promoting economic growth." Romney also supports cutting corporate tax rates.
Meanwhile, Santorum has said he would toss Obama administration regulations with an economic burden of more than $100 million, negotiate free-trade agreements, and cut means-tested entitlement programs by 10%, among other actions. He would also lower personal income and corporate tax rates.
The country needs "a renewed focus on creating opportunity," Santorum wrote in a January South Carolina newspaper column.
"No longer should it be harder for people to succeed economically than it was for their parents. No longer should upward mobility be better in parts of Europe than in America," Santorum wrote. "I don't believe that poverty is a permanent condition. How do we effectively address poverty in rural and urban America? We promote jobs, marriage, quality education and access to capital and embrace the supports of civil society."
In a speech in Detroit, however, Santorum made pains to stress he wasn't for equal results.
"There is income inequality in America, there always has been, and hopefully, and I do say that, there always will be. Why? Because people rise to different levels of success based on what they contribute to society and to the marketplace, and that's as it should be."
Like Sierra Leone
Johnson, for one, said he doesn't believe the promises of politicians.


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ICSID CASE No. ARB(AF)/00/1
on the issue of the
(Chapter 11 - Section B - Article 1130 of the NAFTA; Schedule C - Chapter IV - Article 20 and Article 21 of the ICSID Arbitration (Additional Facility) Rules
I. Brief History of The Submissions to Date
II. Seat of Arbitration and Place of Arbitration
III. Suitability of the Law on Arbitral Procedure of the Place of Arbitration.
IV. Location of the Subject Matter in Dispute
VI. Relative Expense.
VII. Neutrality.
Signed at Montreal, this 2nd day of April, 2001
Peter E. Kirby
Ren� Cadieux
FASKEN MARTINEAU DuMOULIN LLP
Stock Exchange Tower
Suite 3400
800 Place-Victoria
Montreal (Qu�bec)
Counsel for: ADF Group Inc.
ADF International Inc.
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"Section 2 Subsection 2 of the Ontario International Commercial Arbitration Act applies the Model Law only "to international commercial arbitration agreements and award.
Chapter Eleven of the NAFTA, however, is not a commercial arbitration agreement, and given the nature of this dispute � a challenge under international law to measures to protect public health and the environment � an award would not easily lend itself to being characterized as being commercial";
"It is unclear that this provision can be construed to deem Chapter Eleven claims as commercial in contexts other than the two conventions specifically identified, and it far from clear that the claims here could be considered "commercial" for other purposes".
[emphasis supplied]
"Section 208 Chapter 1: residual application
Chapter 1 applies to actions and proceedings brought under this chapter to the extent that chapter is not in conflict with this Chapter or the Convention as ratified by the United States".
"Like any other mechanism for resolving controversies, international arbitration will only succeed if it is realistically limited to tasks it is capable of performing well � the prompt and inexpensive resolution of essentially contractual disputes between commercial partners. As for matters involving the political passions and the fundamental interests of nations, even the multilateral convention adopted under the auspices of the United Nations recognises that private international arbitration is incapable of obtaining satisfactory results"(footnotes omitted)
"Under the Convention, "Recognition and enforcement of the award may be refused" if Egypt furnishes to this Court "proof that � [t]he award has � been set aside � by a competent authority of the country in which or under the law of which, that award was made".[Footnotes omitted] In the present case, the award was made in Egypt, under the laws of Egypt, and has been nullified by the court designated by Egypt to review arbitral awards. Thus, the court may, at its discretion decline to enforce the award".
"No nation is under an unremitting obligation to enforce foreign interests which are fundamentally prejudicial to those of the domestic forum".
"When a defendant, as alleged here, has through prescribed acts within our territory, brought itself within the ken of federal securities regulation, a fact not disputed here, those laws � including the controlling principles of Wilko � apply whether the defendant is foreign or American, and whether or not there are trans-national elements in the dealings.
The virtue of certainty in international agreements may be important, but Congress has dictated that when there are sufficient contacts for our securities laws to apply, the policies expressed in those laws take precedence".
"Canada makes two threshold arguments that must be addressed at the outset. It urges (at page 5 of its Memorandum of October 2, 1997) that Article 16(1) of the UNCITRAL Rules �permits the Tribunal to take into account certain general, universally applied considerations which usually are found in the doctrine of forum conveniens�, which "provide that the forum in which to try a matter should be the jurisdiction that has the closest connection with the action and the parties
Leaving aside the issue as to whether that municipal law doctrine has a place in international arbitration, the Tribunal is constrained to say that in its view its decision regarding the place of arbitration in this case must be made, as Article 16(1) prescribes, �having regard to the circumstances of the arbitration�, meaning all such circumstances �".
[emphasis in the original]
V. The Convenience of the Parties.
Mr. Alejandro A. Escobar
Secretary of the Tribunal
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
1818 H. Streeet N.W.
Washington, D.C., USA
United States of America
c/o Mr. Barton Legum
United States Department of State
Office of the Legal Advisor
2430 E Street N.W., Suite 203, South Building
Washington, D. C., USA
Judge Florentino P. Feliciano - President
Professor Armand de Mestral
Ms. Carolyn B. Lamm.


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Roush Yates Engines are skillfully crafted and assembled at our state-of-the-art facilities located in Mooresville, NC. Here, dedicated teams of engineers, technicians, and fabricators work together to build powerful, reliable engines for our NASCAR customers throughout the racing season.
Powerful, reliable racing engines are just part of Roush Yates Engines' winning formula. We also provide world-class service to our customers including dedicated engine tuners, on-site chassis dyno testing, and trackside program management. Our highly trained and skilled technicians collaborate with team owners, drivers, and crew chiefs to achieve winning results time and time again.
Roush Yates Engines are leased to teams competing in the Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Camping World Truck Series. New engines are delivered to our customers each week and the previously raced engines are reclaimed for diagnostic testing and research and development. This approach allows us to continually develop and enhance each engine package and deliver the latest in cutting edge technology.
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Allagash White Flapjacks with Sunny Wheat Syrup and Spiced Whipped Cream
Recipe by Deborah Downing
Makes 30 three inch pancakes, one half cup of syrup, two cups of whipped cream
- Allagash White Beer, 12 ounces
- Orange juice, 12 ounces
- Honey, 3 tablespoons
- Butter, 1 tablespoon
- Cashews, 2 ounces
- Combine Allagash White, orange juice and honey in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Mixture will begin to foam. Skim foam and discard.
- Continue to reduce until liquid begins to thicken to syrup consistency: approximately 50 minutes.
- While syrup is reducing, chop cashews into medium coarseness.
- Stir in butter and cashews.
- All-purpose flour, 9 ounces
- Granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons
- Baking soda, 2 teaspoons
- Salt, ¼ teaspoon
- Eggs, 3
- Vanilla, 1 ½ teaspoons
- Allagash White Beer, 12 ounces
- Butter, 3 tablespoons melted
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- In a separate bowl beat eggs together with vanilla.
- Pour Allagash White into egg mixture. Let sit until foam subsides.
- Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients until just combined. The batter will be slightly lumpy.
- Heat cast iron skillet over medium heat.
- Brush skillet with melted butter.
- With a two oz. ladle, drop batter in three-inch circles onto skillet. Cook for approximately one and half minutes on the first side until the edges and bottom are browned.
- Flip pancakes to cook for another one to two minutes.
- Place cooked pancakes on a baking sheet and keep warm in oven until ready to serve.
- Heavy cream, ½ pint
- Granulated sugar, 2 teaspoons
- Ground cloves, ⅛ teaspoon
- Pour heavy cream, sugar, and cloves into a chilled bowl.
- Whip until peaks form.
To Serve
Place five pancakes in a circular pattern on plate. Drizzle one tablespoon of syrup over pancakes. Add a spoonful of whipped cream to the center of the circle.
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With a deep interest in helping people affected by the judicial system, Ms. Pierce, ultimately, wants to open a non-profit center that helps families in crisis, as another way for the legal system to deal with offenders in a positive way. She envisions it as a rehabilitation center for repeat offenders - to help them turn their lives around, working with psychologists and social workers.
She credits her mother, who worked at a center for troubled youth, as her inspiration to do this type of work, sparking her interest in helping people in this way. To achieve her dreams, Ms. Pierce, a Deep Creek High School graduate, is focused on a path toward earning a Ph.D. in counseling psychology.
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