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Small Business owners Mr. and Mrs. B owned two International House of Pancakes franchises in Columbia, South Carolina in 1972. The Assembly Street International House of Pancakes was located directly across the street from the South Carolina State Capitol and a few doors down from Hammer and Bernstein Law Offices. The Devine Street International House of Pancakes was located at Devine Street and Fort Jackson Boulevard. Both locations were ideal locations for a 24 hour business that sold the best pancakes and hot coffee in town.
Although the franchise started in a suburb of Los Angeles in 1958, the Columbia locations served the same menu as in Los Angeles and created an environment of international pancake wonder. Alex English had to duck to get his 6'8 frame under the head beam of the entrance of the Devine Street location in 1972. He was not the only basketball star to eat the late night delights at IHOP.
For the high school and college students, who worked at the Columbia stores, there was always great food to eat while working to pay tuition and prepare for college. Bobby Sue Gibson, Molly Royum, Susan Dentzler, and Mrs. Gibson were only a few of the IHOP waitresses who worked very hard to make customers happy and to serve the many different varieties of pancakes that IHOP had to offer.
Harry Dent was a guest as well as other state and city leaders in South Carolina at the time. IHOP has been giving families great memories for over 54 years. The same spirit that inspired owners of the first franchise remains with IHOP today. JOllie's Restaurant owner, Frank Coombs, remembered how he joined a friend who was going to IHOP to apply for a job. "I was just there to support my friend, but the manager hired me." Coombs who now owns his own successful restaurant gives IHOP credit for his start.
Coombs not only took the job with IHOP; moreover, he remained with the company for a career and eventually became a shareholder of his own IHOP franchise. Having started out at age 17 as an employee at IHOP, Coombs became a stockholder in his own right. "I started working at a young age under my father's guidance. I cut grass for my neighbors. A friend told me that the International House of Pancakes was hiring. I took the Metro bus to IHOP and applied for a job," Coombs remembered. The small business owner spent 33 years of his life serving customers at the International House of Pancakes.
"I think the key to a successful business is customer service. I used my 33 years of experience in serving customers at the International House of Pancakes to create a small business where customer service was my top priority. I go to each table to ask my customers, How is your steak, how are your eggs? I talk to my customers to let them know I want them to be happy. I want the food service to be excellent," Coombs said.
The International House of Pancakes is America's favorite pancake location. Now with over 3,000 restaurants nationwide the dream of Al and Jerry Lapin, the IHOP founders, proves that an American small business owner can build and inspire a nation if the dream or pancake is right.
For IHOP locations in the metro area go to www.ihop.com.


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I am developing a paid application in python. I do not want the users to see the source code or decompile it. How can I accomplish this task to hiding the source code from the user but running the code perfectly with the same performance.
To a determined user, you can't.
From a practical standpoint, you can do some tricks, such as wrapping it into a binary executable or using obfuscation.
See here for full details: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/261638/how-do-i-protect-python-code
There's no use in doing that.
If your application is not incredibly small and simple, then even if the client (or other programmers they hired) were to work on that code, they'd still need a lot of your help with it.
If it is incredibly small and simple, don't even bother with it. The client could just get someone to rewrite it from scratch anyway.

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DiMartino, John Michael
Passed peacefully the morning of Wednesday April 6th, 2011.
John spent his early career as a salesman. He worked for Lawyer's Co-op in Webster for 15 years.
John was an avid outdoors man. Fishing, hunting & trapping were his passions. He also taught Rod Building classes at Eastman Kodak.
John set many records in the fishing industry.
He is in the International Game Fish Association, 5 to 1 Club, The National Fresh Water, Fishing Hall of Fame.
John as struck by heart disease in his early 40's and was unable to continue to work. He tried to relax and get better and at that time he realized that his hobbies were his opportunity to expand his Rod Building Business, John DiMartino Custom Rod and a few years later, Coleman Tackle were born.
Through many years of hard work, both companies became well known. The products have become a recognized brand of quality and craftmanship to fisherman all over the world. Rods, Reel & Tackle were products he stood by for quality products.
Survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Christine; children, John L. (Sue), Michelle, Anthony and Mario DiMartino; siblings, Joseph (Donna), Louis (Barb) & Mary (Marty) Horowitz; grandkids, Angelo, Anthony, Ellie & Marco; many nieces, nephews, cousins and good friends.
Calling Sunday 1-8 PM at Falvo Funeral Home, 1395 N. Goodman St.
Please meet the family Monday 11 AM at Messiah Lutheran Church, 4301 Mt. Read Blvd for his Funeral Service.
Many thanks to all the doctors, nurses and dialysis staff and the wonderful people at Halprin.
Thanks to his many special friends for being there for the family.
Contributions can be made in John DiMartino's memory to The Reidman Foundation, 45 East Ave. Rochester, NY 14604, in honor of the children's fishing derby held each year on April 1 at Powder Mill Park.
Interment, Mt. Hope.


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Rockland rolls out the welcome mat every July for The North Atlantic Blues Festival. World class Blues bands converge on a stage designed for a powerful show that does not disappoint. The view of Rockland Harbor as a backdrop is not hard to take for the thousands of blues fans that return year after year for a weekend filled with entertainment, including a pub crawl and street bands which are included in your weekend ticket price.
A highlight of Saturday's line-up were the Mannish Boys, with a powerful and unforgettable performance of 'back porch' blues.
Sunday's entertainment starts at 11a.m. with Mr. Sipp "The Mississippi Blues Child". Four more acts will take you up to 6 p.m., including Joanna Connor, Meloin Taylor, Jimmy Thackery, and Joe Louis Walker.
A special treat for blues enthusiasts are a brother/sister duo from Virginia who received acclaim after making a strong impression at this year's International Blues Competition in Memphis. Cole Layman, 16, plays coke bottle slide and sings, and Logan Layman, 14, plays base and was named 2013's Blues Kid of the year for her talent with vocals and music. They are performing in between each set on both days of the festival.
Even one day of this spectacular live blues music, set against the harbor filled with sailboats will leave you boogeying all the way into work on Monday morning. If you can't make it this year, make sure to put this festival on your must-do calender for summer 2015.


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Cvitanovic Reaches NCAA Finals
May 26, 2013
AUSTIN, Texas (SMU) - SMU freshman Lucija Cvitanovic placed third in the javelin at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field West Preliminary Rounds at Mike A. Myers Stadium on Saturday, May 25, posting a 50.73m throw to advance to the NCAA Championship finals next month.
Cvitanovic and SMU teammates Stephanie Kalu (100m dash) and Elizabeth Murphy (hammer throw) will now represent SMU at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships June 5-8 in Eugene, Oregon.
In the women's 4x100m relay, the SMU team of Kalu, Isis Wilson, Craishia Washington and Rachel Scruggs finished just .05 seconds out of the final qualifying spot, crossing in 45.00 seconds. Helena Perez, C-USA outdoor shot put champion, posted a throw of 15.96m, nine inches short of the needed mark to advance.
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Webcast: Oracle Reveals The Next Step In Data Center Consolidation— June 27 2013
By Roxana Babiciu on Jun 24, 2013
How are you dealing with the increasing costs and delays caused by your complex data center architecture or with an inefficient collection of custom assembled components? Do your users expect better performance and higher availability than your current IT infrastructure can support? Join us for a Live Oracle Webcast on 6/27 10am PT.


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You're Invited! City Hall Open House on 1/28
Join Mayor McGinn, the City Council and City departments at this FREE event, this Saturday, Jan. 28th, at City Hall, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Open House features live music, a farmers market, food trucks, Q&A with elected officials, tour of city offices and more. For more information, please visit this Web site.[More]
Posted: January 24th, 2012 under Human Interests.
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School attendance campaign launches Oct. 3rd
The Seattle Mayor's Office, in partnership with Seattle Public Schools, the Alliance for Education and Get Schooled, will soon launch an exciting citywide campaign to encourage students to get to school. "Be Here. Get There." is a research-driven, incentive-based campaign designed to increase community focus and awareness on the important link between school attendance and […][More]
Posted: September 29th, 2011 under Human Interests.
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Dannette R. Smith confirmed as Human Services Director
On Monday, Oct. 11, the Seattle City Council unanimously confirmed Dannette R. Smith to be Director of the Seattle Human Services Department. A few minutes later, she was sworn in to office by City Clerk Monica Simmons. To view the Seattle Channel video click on this link and advance the tape about 1 minute 50 […][More]
Posted: October 12th, 2010 under Human Interests.
Tags: Dannette Smith, director, human services, Mayor McGinn, Seattle Human Services Department
Citizen panel to review encampment policies
On Aug. 17, Mayor Mike McGinn announced the formation of a citizen review panel to make encampment policy recommendations to the Mayor's Office and the Seattle City Council. This group has been convened to provide recommendations that are sensitive to the changing economic climate and the city's ongoing budget realities. For a list of those […][More]
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by Dante Alighieri
Purgatorio Purgatory Canto IV (Ante-Purgatory, the First-Spur: the Indolent) Summary
- Dante observes that he is so fascinated by Manfred's tale that he loses track of time (the sun has risen fifty degrees in the sky).
- He uses his distraction to refute one of Plato's theories of the human soul; namely, that a single human being has more than one soul (a.k.a. a "plurality of souls").
- We now interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a philosophy lesson. Plato believed that each of man's different functions—like life, intellect, sensation, movement—is controlled by a different soul.
- According to Dante's logic, if a person had several souls, he would still notice the passage of time, no matter how spellbound he might be by something else (say… Manfred), because not all of his souls are concentrating on the same thing at one time. But, because Dante doesn't notice the passing of time, this proves that man has only soul.
- Dante's wonderful leaps of logic are cut short by a shout. The mysterious band of souls has found what Dante is seeking: a mountain path he can climb.
- The path is really narrow, though. Its opening is very small.
- It's such a steep path that Dante has to fly (figuratively, not literally) up it, in Virgil's wake.
- At one point, Dante asks Virgil which way they should go, only to be warned by Virgil to shut up and keep climbing until they find someone who can give them directions. We thought Virgil knew where he was going.
- They climb. And climb. And climb some more.
- The mountain is so high that Dante can't even see its top. Picture Everest's summit lost in the clouds. Now multiply that by a thousand.
- By now, Dante is exhausted. He begs Virgil to stop.
- Virgil the rigorous taskmaster shows a glimmer of mercy. He orders Dante to climb up to the ridge where he's standing and they'll take a break together. Dante scrambles up obediently.
- As they relax for a bit, Dante looks down the path they've just climbed and feels all warm and fuzzy with satisfaction.
- But wait! There's something wrong. The sun is on their left! The world is being turned upside down!
- Not really, Virgil explains. He can basically read Dante's mind. He explains in very complicated astrological and geographical terms something that we can explain very simply. Basically, Dante's seeing the world from the southern hemisphere after spending his whole life seeing it from the northern hemisphere. Hence, backwards!
- Dante says, "Whoa, I never thought of it like that!" But he can't bear to be outsmarted by Virgil so he shows off his own intelligence by citing the exact distance between them and the equator. And between Jerusalem (in the northern hemisphere) and the equator.
- Then he asks Virgil how much further they have to keep climbing.
- Virgil comforts Dante, telling him that the climb is worst at the bottom. It'll get better as they go on.
- Soon a voice cries out, "Perhaps you will need to sit before you reach that point!"
- Dante and Virgil do a double take and notice a massive boulder they haven't seen before.
- They investigate. Behind the boulder they find a little community of lounging men. The men are all worn out and lying down. It's almost like a nude beach without all the towels and sand and sea; just the prone naked men.
- One of them catches Dante's eyes. He's sitting up with his head down between his knees. Talk about depressed.
- Dante makes fun of his laziness.
- The penitent man overhears and shoots back, "Climb, then, if you're so vigorous!"
- Dante recognizes the man's voice and worry overwhelms him as he sits down by the tired fellow and looks him in the face. The indolent man keeps speaking.
- Dante replies, calling him Belacqua. He smiles at Belacqua, relieved to find him here (and not in Hell), but asks him why he's languishing here. Is he waiting for a tour guide? Or has he simply fallen into his old ways (i.e., laziness)?
- Belacqua is majorly depressed. He asks Dante, "What's the use in continuing to climb?" The guardian angel won't let him through the gate to do his penance until he's languished the length of his life out here in ante-Purgatory. For now, he can only hope for prayers to shorten his wait (kind of like the situation with Manfred).
- Before Dante can comfort his friend, Virgil crows, "Let's shake a leg! It's already noon."
- So they leave wretched Belacqua behind.
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Letina Smith, 41, of Kissimmee, Fla. is currently being held in the Osceola County Jail on $3,000 bail after police charged her with separate counts of child abuse for zapping three young relatives under her care in what she described as a homemade electric chair.
On Feb. 3, Opposing Views reported that Smith was watching her cousin's three children, two boys and one girl, all under the age of ten. According to Smith, she created a device she called "the electric chair" used to punish the children.
"(She) explained that the punishment was to get touched with a 'taser,'" the arrest report stated.
"The electric chair consists of the child who is in trouble holding themselves… with their back on the wall and their legs forming a chair. They have to stay there for an hour and if they speak or move Letina will come up to them with the electrical weapon, "taser," and activate and touch them with it.
This horrific form of abuse came to light when the little girl pleaded with one of her teachers "not to call her home when she misbehaved because she feared 'the electric chair.'"
The school contacted the police and child services, who began interviewing the children. All of the kids' stories about the home abuse and "the electric chair" all matched up.
One boy said "that it hurt very much and he was very afraid of it," while the other described how "Letina touched him with the electrical weapon while it was activated and shocked him in the arm which woke him up" after he fell asleep in the car.
According to The Orlando Sentinel, Smith maintained that she never actually touched the children with the stun gun while making them stay in the electric chair position. She said she used the stun gun merely as a "scare tactic" by waving it close to them "with the electricity zapping between the stun-gun's metal prongs" when the kids misbehaved.
The children however, all reported receiving painful shocks.
The Sentinel went on to report that Smith had been watching her cousin's children "for an indeterminate length of time," with no reason as to why the kids weren't with their mother.
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Efficacy of a single topical application of ...
|Efficacy of a single topical application of Advantage Multi (= Advocate) Topical Solution (10% imidocloprid + 2.5% moxidectin) in the treatment of dogs experimentally infected with Crenosoma vulpis
|G. Conboy, J. Hare, S. Charles, T. Settje, J. Heine
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|Crenosoma vulpis is a metastrongylid lungworm of canids causing chronic respiratory disease in dogs in parts of North America and Europe. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of imidacloprid 10% + moxidectin 2.5% (Advantage Multi/Advocate Topical Solution) against C. vulpis infection in experimentally infected dogs. Eighteen beagles (9 M, 9 F) were each given 100 infective third-stage larvae of C. vulpis. The 16 dogs (8 M, 8 F) with the highest faecal larval counts were stratified by gender and larval counts and randomly assigned to a treatment group. Group 1 received placebo only; group 2 was given a single topical treatment of Advantage Multi/Advocate (10 mg/kg imidacloprid/2.5 mg/kg moxidectin) at 4 weeks PI. Dogs were euthanised at 8 weeks PI and the lungs were removed and examined for the presence of adult worms by lung flush. The mean (geometric) number for adult C. vulpis recovered in untreated dogs was 70.0 (range 58 to 87) compared with 0.0 in animals treated with Advantage Multi/Advocate. The resulting efficacy against C. vulpis was 100%. The number of C. vulpis was significantly lower for treated dogs than the burden shown in the untreated group (p = 0.003).
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10 Signs You Are becoming A BRIDEZILLA
I once attended a wedding where the bride was two hours late. Her statement upon arriving was "It is my wedding day, everyone will just have to wait for me." Needless to say, the wedding didn't go so well.
Being a bridezilla is NOT a good thing. Let me repeat myself, being a bridezilla is NOT a good thing.
Your wedding is important, but it is not the pinnacle of your life and if you think it is you have a real rude awakening coming your way.
We found a great article on TLC weddings written by Chris Obenshain, that can help you determine if you are becoming a dreaded BRIDEZILLA.
Weddings can be stressful — we get it. You want everything to be perfect, and most brides like to call the shots when it comes to their special day. But if your lifelong best friend resigned from her post as maid of honor, and the 7-year-old flower girl is breaking out in hives from the stress of throwing petals at your feet, you need to take a step back. You've entered bridezilla territory.
There's help for you yet. We've compiled a list of 10 signs that you're turning into a bridezilla. If any of these are at all applicable to you, or they sound like something you'd consider doing, re-evaluate your priorities. Wedding planning should be fun, after all.
First, we'll tell you why insisting on the best of everything could be bringing out the worst in you.
10: You're Spending Your Parents into the Poorhouse
It's perfectly natural to want the best of everything for your wedding. However, if your parents are on a fixed income and you're not floating the bill, don't hold too steadfastly to a vision of crystal candelabras and $100 per-person plated dinners. This can put you well on your way to becoming a bridezilla.
You can have a great wedding without forcing your parents to take out a second mortgage. Just scale it back a little. So you'll have heavy hors d'oeuvres instead of a five-course meal. The guests can mingle in the buffet line.
9: You're Angry
Before you started planning your wedding, you got along with everyone. But your friends and family all seem to have spontaneously transformed into insensitive jerks since you got engaged. We've got a bit of bad news: It's you, not them.
If conversations with your mother have turned into shouting matches, and you're throwing around colorful four-letter words when you address your wedding planner, you're totally on your way to becoming a bridezilla. You have a vision for your wedding, but people are going to have different opinions and ideas. You don't have to incorporate all of them into your ceremony or reception, but you should at least hear everyone out.
8: The Pictures Must Be Perfect
Most brides hire a professional photographer to capture every moment of their wedding day. You'll still be pulling out those pictures when you're old and gray, so it's understandable that you'll want members of the wedding party to look their best.
But we draw the line at firing a bridesmaid because she revealed she's pregnant and you don't want her to look "fat" in your photos. Also unacceptable? Sending a waxing salon gift card to your future sister-in-law a few days before the ceremony with a note that reads "upper lip." Tone it down, and try to see others' flaws as reasons you'll look all the more radiant on your special day.
7: Your Bridesmaids Defriend You
You used to be the best of friends, now your bridesmaids are avoiding your calls. Maybe it's because you've demanded twice-weekly meetings and have been sending them daily text updates, even though your wedding is still six months out. If you need that much attention, get a wedding planner — or a therapist. Your friends are happy for you, but they have lives that revolve around more than your big day.
6: You Don't Have Time for Anyone (or Anything) Else
Have you missed an inordinate amount of work since getting engaged? Are you too busy to console your best friend after an especially nasty breakup? If you're expecting your sister to postpone her planned C-section until after you get hitched, or you're thinking about telling your boss that you can't work Wednesdays and Fridays for the next six months because you have so much wedding planning to do, you're being a bridezilla.
It's time to face reality. Your wedding is important, sure, but so are your other relationships and responsibilities. Don't neglect everything else in your life or expect other people to drop everything they're doing just because you're going to say "I do." Head on back to work, and go visit your grieving girlfriend. You can deal with your pending nuptials later.
5: You Have a Vision, and You're Sticking to It
All brides have specific ideas about their perfect wedding day. And, sure, you're entitled to call the shots — but for practicality's sake, you going to have to relinquish that vision a bit.
For example, say you're planning a rooftop ceremony at a 50-story skyscraper. You find out that the elevator's going to be down for service that day, and your father-in-law has a heart condition. You simply have to move the ceremony to a more accessible location. Forcing the elderly or infirm to scale multiple stories or do any other strenuous activity is more than being a bridezilla, it's practically criminal. Do you really want to go down as the bride who killed her wedding guests?
4: Nobody Is Taking Your Calls
It's a bad sign if no one is taking your calls — even if you're paying them. Say your wedding planner quit, the cake designer won't return your e-mails, and your caterer just sent you a refund check and a note asking not to be contacted again. Sure, maybe you're right — they're all incompetent — or perhaps you're being a bit unreasonable. Still can't figure it out? Think about that last message you left the poor florist. If you're expecting good service from your vendors, you need to treat them like the industry experts they are.
3: You're Issuing Clothing Color Edicts
You're a bride, not a queen. You can't exactly issue a decree proclaiming that no female attending the ceremony wear white just because you don't want any unfavorable comparisons. Yes, it was once — and still is, according to some etiquette experts — a faux pas for female guests to wear white to a wedding. But there's not much you can do about your brother's new socially dim-witted girlfriend. What are you going to do, kick her out? On second thought, let's not even go there.
2: Your Registry Totals More Than Most College Educations
Have you already started thinking about where you're going to store your new crystal? Who do you think is going to shell out for the silver — or the china? What about the high-end digital camera or the top-of-the-line luggage? Unless your last name is Gates, and your daddy's first name is Bill, the only thing a registry filled with $100-plus items is going to get you is a bunch of congratulatory cards. Sure, your families will probably splurge on something nice, and close friends might want to drop a few Benjamins for the occasion, but the rest of your guests aren't looking to spoil you with high-tech gadgets and fine cutlery. If they do, great, but be sure to pepper your registry with a few less expensive items, like coffee makers, toasters and griddles, for the rest of us, OK?
1: Your Guest List Has 10 People on It
After all the money you spent on your wedding dress, surely you want people there to see you walk down the aisle. Yes, it's your day, but you have to keep in mind everyone else who has some personal stake in watching you and your fiancé exchange vows. Not every guest has to be hand-selected by you to fit your criteria of the perfect guest. Why not include your fiancé's rowdy fraternity brothers, your mother's Bunko group and your cousin's live-in boyfriend? No, they don't all have to make the final cut, but you should at least consider inviting them. A party's not much of a party with only 10 people. Take a break, and let someone else help you compile your guest list. After all, if you relinquish a bit of control now, you'll still have friends to invite to your eventual baby shower.


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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wayne Gardner turns 50
Wayne Gardner, who won the 500cc motorcycle GP racing world championship in 1987 (aboard a Honda NSR500), recently celebrated his 50th birthday. The Australian rider started competing in the 500cc class in 1983 and retired at the end of the 1992 season, after which he raced cars in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship and Japanese GT series.
Here are excerpts from what some of Gardner's former associates and fellow racers have to say about him turning 50:
Michael Doohan (500cc motorcycle GP racing word champ from 1994 to 1998)
'It's hard to realize that 20 years have passed since Wayne and I were on the Rothmans Honda team, in 1989. I have great memories of Gardner, especially of his determination as a racer. In this regard, I will never forget his never-say-die attitude. My earliest memories are of the mid-eighties, when I saw him in action for the first time, on the Surfers Paradise circuit and I was very impressed.'
'Outside of racing, he was a funny guy especially if he'd had a couple of beers. We've shares many memorable moments that still make me laugh. Today, it's great seeing him enjoying life with his young family.'
Wayne Rainey (500cc motorcycle GP racing word champ from 1990 to 1992)
'When I came to 500cc GPs in 1988, Eddie Lawson told me about Wayne Gardner, who he said was his chief rival in his career. But I didn't really notice Gardner until the 1989 Australian GP, where the race turned out to be great battle between him, Kevin Magee, Christian Sarron and me. Gardner won that race, I finished second. Gardner looked at me and said, 'Today, I was good!' We raced each other many other times in our career, but on that day, Wayne was not only good but also the best. I wish him a very happy birthday.'
Kenny Roberts (500cc motorcycle GP racing word champ from 1978 to 1980)
'Wayne Gardner never raced to finish second – he always raced to win. Even when he fell, he simply wouldn't give up trying – he'd give it everything to win…'
Randy Mamola (Four-time runner-up in the 500cc motorcycle GP racing word championship)
'My favorite memory of Gardner is on the Jarama circuit in the mid-1980s. Wayne went to see Dr Costa because he had been hurt, and as part of the treatment Costa gave him some suppositories. The next day, Costa came to him and asked him how he was. Gardner replied that he was better but he'd had a hard time swallowing the 'pills' prescribed. Until then, I had never heard of anyone who'd swallowed a suppository. By the way, he was also a great racer…'
Donna Kahlbetzer (Wayne Gardner's first wife)
'I remember the 1990 Australian GP. Wayne had a sore wrist, was riding a motorcycle that wasn't working very well, and had the press all over him, piling on the pressure on him to win the race. Wayne looked at me and I saw fear in his eyes – something that I had not seen ever before. Suffering from the pain and the circumstances, he said 'Donna, I don't know whether I can do it.' I never heard him doubt himself, but finally he did get the win despite everything. He was the hero of a nation, in the same way as he was always a hero for me.'
Kazuhiko Tsunoda (Chief Engineer, Honda R&D)
'My best memories of Gardner are from the 1989 and 1990 seasons, both of the 500cc championship and the Suzukia 8 Hours. Those bikes were monstrous and not easy to ride. I can't forget the 500cc race at Phillip Island in 1990, when after being nearly flung off the bike, Wayne picked up and still finished first in front of his home crowd. I'm glad to know that is happy and doing well at 50.'
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That's a funny story by Mamola - LMAO
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Man in custody after flashing gun at workers at Phoenix Filiberto's
PHOENIX - Police are looking for a suspect who flashed a gun at employees at a Filiberto's restaurant early Friday morning.
Phoenix police Sgt. Steve Martos said the suspect went through the drive-through at the Filiberto's near 7th Street and Glendale Avenue to order food, got the food and then drove off.
The returned to the drive-through and banged on the window to get the employees attention. When the workers went to the window, the suspect waved a gun and demanded that they return his cell phone.
Martos said the suspect had never been inside the restaurant and so workers didn't have access to his phone.
The employees ran from the window and called 911.
Police spotted the suspect's vehicle and followed the driver, who crashed into a tree and ran into an apartment near Northern Avenue and 16th Street.
Martos also said it is believed the suspect may have been impaired by alcohol or drugs.
Police did find the man's cell phone on the ground near the Filiberto's drive-through.
The standoff with SWAT ended around 8:15 a.m. with the suspect waking up and surrendering to police without incident.


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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation with Timor-LestePress Release No. 13/430
November 7, 2013
On October 23, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Timor-Leste.1
Timor-Leste has made substantial progress as it enters its second decade as a sovereign nation. A number of key milestones have been achieved. The 13 year United Nations (UN) presence was concluded successfully in 2012. Parliamentary and presidential elections were held in mid 2012 and a coalition government was formed. The Strategic Development Plan (SDP) to guide Timor-Leste toward upper middle-income status was developed in an inclusive manner and its implementation started in 2011. Timor-Leste has accumulated a highly regarded Petroleum Fund that now stands at over US$13 billion. Oil revenues have been used to tackle large developmental needs, but oil production has peaked and many uncertainties persist over the development of new fields. Fragilities persist as poverty remains high.
The non-oil economy has grown rapidly in recent years with growth averaging close to 12 percent from 2008 to 2011, allowing the average per capita income to steadily increase. The growth was driven by a rapid increase in government spending which boosted the public administration and construction sectors. So far, the contributions from agriculture and manufacturing have been modest, hampering employment opportunities outside of the public sector and constraining widespread growth in living standards.
Despite falling from the peak of over 15 percent in 2011, the inflation rate is still in double digits. Initially inflation was driven by high international commodity prices but more recently it appears to reflect, among other factors, the interaction of strong demand led by government recurrent expenditures and structural bottlenecks. In addition to hitting the low-income households, high inflation in a dollarized economy hampers Timor-Leste's ability to diversify and generate employment growth.
High levels of government spending have risked sustainability, but revised budgetary plans in 2013 now anticipate a substantial moderation. In the revised medium-term budgetary plans (the so-called "Yellow Road" process), adopted by the Council of Ministers in June 2013, spending plans were significantly scaled back, starting in 2013. This will bring a number of benefits. Firstly, it will reduce inflationary pressures in the economy, helping reduce poverty. Secondly, by largely eliminating excess withdrawals from the Petroleum Fund, the financing of the budget will be placed on a long-term sustainable path. Lastly, it will provide an opportunity to improve the overall quality of public expenditure.
The medium-term growth outlook will hinge on the pace of fiscal consolidation and the on-going implementation of structural reforms to expedite the transition to higher quality private sector led growth. Under the baseline scenario the reprioritization of government expenditures and reforms would boost the private sector, allowing more inclusive and broad-based growth. Key risks include a weaker pace of reforms, poor implementation of key infrastructure projects (especially transport links), or an adverse external environment.
Executive Board Assessment2
Executive Directors welcomed Timor-Leste's substantial progress as it enters its second decade as a sovereign nation. The end of the 13-year UN presence, the successful elections in 2012, and the accumulation of substantial assets in the well regarded Petroleum Fund are important indicators that Timor-Leste is overcoming the fragilities inherent in a post-conflict nation.
Directors recognized that substantial development challenges remain given still high levels of poverty. The overriding challenge now is to successfully use oil revenues to foster economic and social development and the diversification of the economy. Directors supported the goals of the authorities' SDP that aims for upper-middle income status and a substantial reduction in poverty by 2030.
Directors noted that, after six years of strong non-oil GDP growth driven by large increases in public expenditure, the next step is to generate a shift to higher-quality growth in which an organic private sector, operating independently from government contracts, increasingly takes the lead. This would support economic diversification, increase employment opportunities, and ensure that economic growth results in broad based poverty reduction.
As part of this approach, Directors welcomed the revised budgetary framework that anticipates a stabilization of government expenditures and revenue diversification. Given the dollarized economy, a restrained fiscal stance that contributes to lower inflation will also have benefits for external competitiveness. Directors also welcomed the on-going reprioritization of expenditures with a renewed focus on growth-enhancing investments in basic infrastructure and a shift away from transfers and subsidies. Directors stressed that although the revised framework limits the buildup of public sector debt, contingent and off-balance sheet liabilities will need to be avoided. In addition, it will be important to ensure that withdrawals from the Petroleum Fund are in line with fiscal sustainability and absorptive capacities, while also carefully monitoring their asset allocation strategy.
Directors emphasized that catalyzing the private sector will require steps to improve the business climate and address structural bottlenecks through improvements in infrastructure and the implementation of productivity-enhancing structural reforms. Directors noted that the priorities include implementation of the Land Law, streamlining the Investment Law, and improving contract enforcement.
Directors observed that the official dollarization of the economy has played a positive role, especially in light of underdeveloped or missing financial and money markets. In this regard, Directors encouraged the authorities to enhance their capacity to support a potential transition over the long term to a monetary and exchange rate framework that provides more autonomy and flexibility.
Directors noted that financial deepening and improving access to credit will become increasingly important as the economy develops. At the same time, safeguarding the soundness of the banking system will require strengthening central bank prudential supervision, developing a crisis management framework, and addressing weaknesses in the anti-money laundering framework.
Directors welcomed the closer dialogue between the Fund and the authorities. They noted the important role that Fund technical assistance can play in a number of areas to help the authorities achieve their development goals.


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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2012 Article IV Consultation with ParaguayPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 12/85
July 20, 2012
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case.
On June 22, 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Paraguay.1
GDP growth slowed down markedly in 2011 and turned negative in 2012Q1. After a strong rebound in 2010, growth decelerated to 3.8 percent in 2011, reflecting both monetary tightening to contain inflationary pressures and country-specific supply shocks (cement shortages and an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease followed by a beef export ban). A severe drought hit the country in late 2011-early 2012 causing large losses in the agricultural sector, especially for key export products (e.g., soybeans).
Inflation has declined below the central bank target, but core inflation has remained relatively high. After peaking in early 2011 (over 10 percent y/y), inflation began easing in the second half of 2011, reaching 5 percent (the central bank's target) at year-end, and falling further to
3¼ percent in April 2012. This decline reflects mainly lower food inflation due to reductions in meat prices following the export ban, although tighter monetary conditions and a substantial appreciation of the guaraní also played a role in 2011. Despite a negative output gap, core inflation remained above the mid-point of the official target range, reflecting still strong domestic demand growth and one-off factors. On the back of monetary tightening, credit growth moderated to 19 percent in April 2012 (43 percent at end-2010). Growth of credit in U.S. dollars decelerated faster, though from a higher base, reflecting problems in the primary sector and reduced FX earnings. Against this background, domestic demand growth moderated and financial sector risks diminished.
The BCP began cutting interest rates in late 2011. It reduced the policy rate by 200 bps between November 2011 and February on the grounds of softening of inflation and risks from an uncertain global economic outlook, and by an additional 25 bps in May (to 6¼ percent), citing weakening domestic demand growth. The real policy rate, at around 1¼ percent, remains below its neutral level, which seems broadly consistent with the current negative output gap.
The current account deficit improved and international reserves continued to grow in 2011. The external current account deficit declined to 1¼ percent of GDP in 2011 (from 3½ percent of GDP in 2010) owing to better terms of trade, a stronger services account, and higher worker remittances. Strong capital inflows allowed the BCP to increase net international reserves by 1½ percent of GDP in 2011 (to 24 percent of GDP). Aiming at limiting excessive exchange rate volatility, the BCP continued to intervene on both sides of the market during 2011 and 2012.
Fiscal policy was slightly expansionary in 2011. The overall fiscal surplus declined by ½ percentage points to 1 percent of GDP, driven by a large increase in primary spending (especially capital expenditures). This implied a fiscal impulse (measured by the change in the structural primary balance) of ¾ percent of non-agricultural GDP. Revenue growth decelerated but remained strong, supported by continued improvements in tax administration. Public debt continued on a declining trend, with general government debt falling below 14 percent of GDP, one of the lowest in the region.
The banking sector has remained sound. Profitability is high and capital adequacy ratios remain strong. NPLs are low (2 percent in March), but have risen over the last year. More stringent provisioning measures and higher capital requirements became effective in January 2012, helping strengthen financial institutions' buffers, while a program to bolster the prudential and regulatory framework of the cooperative sector is being implemented. Congress recently approved legislation to shift public sector deposits from commercial banks to a state-owned bank, which would pose a risk to financial stability. The initiative is on hold as the BCP has filed a suit with the Supreme Court challenging the legislation on constitutional grounds.
Real GDP is projected to decrease by 1½ percent in 2012. The strong contraction in the agricultural sector will be partially offset by a close-to-potential expansion in the non-agricultural sector. The latter, in turn will grow on the back of a strong fiscal impulse (3¼ percent of non-agricultural GDP), easy monetary conditions, and strong confidence. Lower agricultural exports will drive a widening of the external current account (to over 3 percent of GDP). Strong expenditure growth and a contracting GDP will result in an overall fiscal deficit of 2½ percent of GDP.
Executive Board Assessment
Directors noted that the Paraguayan economy is projected to contract this year as a result of a severe drought. However, a rapid turnaround in activity and strong growth next year are expected, on account of robust domestic demand, strong confidence, and normalization of weather conditions.
Directors agreed that the current mix of macroeconomic policies is appropriately supportive of economic activity and consistent with the inflation target in 2012. Noting that the non-agricultural sector is operating at close to capacity, Directors stressed the importance of not relaxing macroeconomic policies further. In light of the strong recovery expected for 2013, they also recommended that the authorities stand ready to tighten monetary policy if warranted, allow the exchange rate to adjust flexibly, and start withdrawing fiscal stimulus next year.
Directors commended the authorities for their fiscal prudence over the years. They supported plans to mobilize tax revenue for infrastructure and social spending. The priorities are to expedite the implementation of the personal income tax and limit exemptions, and further strengthen agricultural taxation and tax administration. Directors also saw scope for broadening the financial sector's tax base and increasing its low VAT rate. Directors stressed the need to improve the allocation of scarce budgetary resources. Noting that the large increase in public sector wages will crowd out needed public investment, they called on the authorities to contain current expenditure growth.
Directors welcomed steps toward adopting an inflation targeting regime. They encouraged further efforts to enhance liquidity management and to strengthen the monetary framework and operations, including through the recapitalization of the central bank, and improved communication and coordination between the central bank and the Ministry of Finance.
Directors commended the authorities for the progress in implementing the 2010 FSAP recommendations and upgrading the AML/CFT framework. They emphasized the importance of addressing information gaps to improve financial sector monitoring, and recommended making greater use of macro-prudential tools. Further steps would also be needed to improve banking legislation, set up a high-level committee of regulators, and strengthen regulation and supervision for cooperatives. Directors expressed concern about legislation to abruptly shift to a state-owned bank sizeable public sector deposits kept at commercial banks. They noted that the measure has been put on hold and called on the authorities to consider appropriate alternatives to avoid adverse effects on the funding and liquidity of commercial banks.
Directors called for efforts to raise Paraguay's growth potential and living standards. They encouraged the authorities to formulate a long-term strategy for improving infrastructure, human capital, and overall economic efficiency. Directors welcomed ongoing efforts to enhance the monitoring and performance of state-owned enterprises.


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HistoryHamburg Chickens are a very old race of domesticated poultry. The name of the breed is German, but the origin is Dutch. Hamburg Chickens owe their present shape and color qualities to the British fanciers, who, over a century ago, began the work of refining the 'pheasant fowls' of that period into modern Hamburgs. The Spangled type, was kept in Yorkshire and Lancashire three hundred years ago. Also a breed called Black Pheasants was mentioned in a book of 1702. The name Moonies originates from the Moon shape spangles on the feathers. There is mention of them in Thomas Hardy's book 'Tess of the D'urbavilles' The Black and Spangled varieties were evolved in England; the Penciled varieties came from Holland via Hamburg, Germany.
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It just occurred to me that my signature line makes it look as if C.S. Lewis is an NRA member.
we have been talking about that for weeks...three different threads on it now.
JL,you have given me 4 or 5 of those emoconthingys smacking me...I'm kinda getting to like it!
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Life will not be worth living should my time limit expire...
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Four C.S. Lewis threads now, I forgot to run a search............ :redface:
Jeanlouise, C.S. Lewis is my favorite author. Nice to see him quoted in your sig line. I think he would support the right to keep and bear arms. Here's another good quote. I wish voters would wake up to the truth of it.
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
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David Baird
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The vice president for information technology and chief information officer oversees the full spectrum of technology issues at the university – from infrastructure to digital information – and provides strategic direction and cohesion to the various parts of ITS as well as advocating for ITS at the university level.
David Baird joined Wesleyan in 2012. He holds a PhD in geophysics from Cornell University and obtained his undergraduate degree in geology and physics from the University of New Brunswick (Canada). He has 16 years of leadership experience using technology to improve education, and worked previously at Colgate and at Lawrence Universities.
Antonio Farias
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The vice president for equity and inclusion/Title IX officer – also serving as Wesleyan's PosseVet liason officer – works closely with the offices of Academic Affairs, Admissions, Student Affairs, and University Relations on issues of inclusion and equity as they relate to race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, and national origin in the areas of recruitment, admission, retention, hires, promotion, and fundraising – and is responsible for maintaining proper university reporting procedures and policies as they pertain to federal and state laws.
Antonio Farias came to Wesleyan in 2013 from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. As chief diversity officer there he helped develop a metrics-driven inclusion and diversity strategy for the Academy that eventually shaped strategy for the larger 47,000-member organization. He also developed retention programs for faculty as well as students of color, first generation students, women, LGBTQ, and students of various faith/non-faith backgrounds; implemented pre-orientation programs for first generation and students of color; and conducted inclusion and diversity workshops throughout the Coast Guard leadership framework. A marathoner and avid fly fisherman, he holds a BA in comparative literature and an MA in ethnic studies from UC Berkeley and an MFA from UC Riverside. His guiding principle is diversity in the service of democracy.
Joyce Jacobsen
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As chief academic officer, the provost and vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) oversees: the University curriculum and new curricular initiatives; faculty hiring and promotion; support for faculty research and teaching; and the administration of all academic departments, interdisciplinary and certificate programs, centers, and colleges, graduate programs, study-abroad programs, the athletics department, the library, the Office of the Registrar, and the Office of Institutional Research. The provost and VPAA is a core participant in the University's budget development and strategic planning and has bottom-line responsibility for meeting budget targets for faculty compensation and for academic departments and programs, as well as athletics and the library.
Joyce Jacobsen, Andrews Professor of Economics, has a BA in economics (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Harvard, a MSc in economics from London School of Economics, and a PhD in economics from Stanford. She has published books and articles mainly in the area of labor economics, including work on sex segregation, migration, and the effects of labor force intermittency on women's earnings, and also on the economics of wine and other collectibles. She has been a visiting professor at Colorado College, Harvard, Northwestern, and University of Groningen, and taught at Rhodes College before coming to Wesleyan in 1993. She has consulted for the World Bank and other nonprofit organizations as well as doing litigation consulting for the ACLU and other entities. She is the president-elect of the International Association for Feminist Economics.
J. Donald Moon
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The chair of the faculty consults regularly with the provost and vice president for academic affairs and with the president; coordinates the work of the University's standing committees; establishes the agenda for and presides over the faculty meetings; convenes and presides over the Faculty Executive Committee; is the faculty representative to the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees; serves on the Budget Priorities Committee; attends the meetings of the President's Cabinet.
J. Donald Moon is the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Professor in the College of Social Studies and professor of government at Wesleyan University, where he also served as dean of the Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Programs. He was the Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching in the Center for Human Values at Princeton University in 2001-2, and before coming to Wesleyan taught at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. His primary areas of research are the philosophy of social inquiry, modern and contemporary political theory, democratic theory, the philosophy of the welfare state, and international justice. His writings include "The Logic of Political Inquiry" in the Handbook of Political Science and Constructing Community: Moral Pluralism and Tragic Conflict, and John Rawls: Liberalism and the Challenges of Late Modernity. He has an MA in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in political science from the University of Minnesota. In 2013-14 he served as vice president of the American Political Science Association.
John C. Meerts
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The vice president for finance and administration is responsible for the financial operations of the institution, including budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, long-range financial planning, asset management, liability management, and risk management. With respect to administrative operations, the vice president is responsible for the operation and maintenance of facilities, construction activity, facilities planning, and food service. The vice president is responsible for the human resource function, including salary and benefit administration, recruiting, retention, and training. The University's general counsel also reports to the vice president for finance and administration.
John C. Meerts came to Wesleyan in 1996 as director for information technology services. He was promoted to vice president for information technology in 2002. In June 2005, he was made interim vice president for finance and treasurer, and in May 2006, the appointment was made permanent. Prior to coming to Wesleyan, he held a number of managerial positions in information technology at Yale University, the last of which was director of administrative systems. He holds a MPhil from Columbia University (NYC) in political science and a BA from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Conn.
Nancy Hargrave Meislahn
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The dean of admission and financial aid supervises the admission and financial aid offices, directs all aspects of admission, and provides general supervision in the area of financial aid. The 24-member admission staff is responsible for the recruitment and selection of all entering undergraduates: a first-year class of 745 and 75 new transfers each year (15 matriculating each spring). The financial aid staff of eight administers roughly $55 million of grant assistance in a need-based program and counsels families on matters related to financing a Wesleyan education.
Nancy Hargrave Meislahn has been dean of admission and financial aid at Wesleyan since January 2000. Prior to coming to Wesleyan, she was the director of undergraduate admissions at Cornell University for 15 years. She served on the Ivy League admission and policy committees and was president of the New York State Association of College Admissions Counselors, from which she received the inaugural President's Award for Excellence in Counseling in 1989. She is a member of the U.S. News and World Report admissions advisory committee, served on the board of the Test of English as s Foreign Language (TOEFL), and consults for the U.S. State Department and College Board as the senior member of the advisory committee for the Overseas Schools Project.
Key Nuttall
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The chief communications officer provides strategic direction for Wesleyan's communications and marketing activities, develops a clear vision for branding and messaging in all tactics and media, and serves as the institution's senior marketing and public relations advisor.
Key Nuttall joined Wesleyan in 2015, having served most recently as assistant vice president for university marketing at the University of Washington, where he led a 23-person team responsible for all campus-wide marketing activities. He had previously held a variety of marketing and management positions at Microsoft Corporation, concluding as director of strategy and marketing for the Learning Business unit. He holds a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from The Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.
Charles Salas
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The director of strategic initiatives works with the president and senior staff on issues that involve the institution broadly, including strategic planning and communications, and with faculty and staff in facilitating new initiatives supported by the president.
Charles Salas received his BA from UC Berkeley, MA from Wesleyan (history), and PhD in history from the Claremont Graduate University. An intellectual historian with a focus on the cultural and political legacies of the classical period, he has published in a wide variety of areas, including precalculus mathematics, the history of science, the philosophy of history, cultural history, historiography, and the history of art. Prior coming to Wesleyan, he worked at the Getty in Los Angeles where he was head of research and education at the Getty Research Institute.
Andrew Tanaka
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The chief of staff works with the president on a daily basis, preparing briefing materials, prioritizing matters that require the president's attention, and advising on a wide variety of issues. The chief of staff also works closely with members of the Cabinet as well as faculty, staff, and student leadership to monitor and guide progress on university objectives.
Prior to joining Wesleyan in 2004 as a major gift officer in University Relations, Andrew Tanaka worked for the consulting firm Towers Perrin and then as a national accounts executive at Aetna. A Freeman Scholar, he graduated from Wesleyan in 2000 with a BA in economics.
Michael Whaley
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The vice president for student affairs supervises a large and complex office and works with the vice president for academic affairs to develop programs that connect faculty and students outside the classroom in a variety of co-curricular activities. The vice president supervises the offices of the Dean of Students, Academic Advancement (class deans), Public Safety, and Graduate Student Services. The vice president collaborates with academic affairs on the faculty advising program as well as various co-curricular programs that contribute to the intellectual life of the campus. In conjunction with faculty and student committees, the office is responsible for a wide range of policies and issues affecting students' academic and co-curricular experience.
"Dean Mike," as he is known among students, was appointed vice president for student affairs in February, 2008. A native of upstate New York, he holds a BS in microbiology from Cornell University and a MS in counseling and higher education from Central Connecticut State University. Beginning in 1997, he served as Wesleyan's dean of students, becoming interim dean of the college in 2007. He has worked with students and faculty in numerous capacities, including the development of a strategic facilities plan, improvement of relations with city residents, enhancement of services for students with disabilities, oversight of the student judicial system, and improvements to orientation activities. Throughout his tenure he has been a strong advocate for effective student governance as well as active student participation in institutional decision-making.
Barbara-Jan Wilson
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The vice president for university relations cultivates lifelong relationships with alumni, parents, and friends; grows pride in the Wesleyan community; and develops support for university initiatives. To accomplish these objectives, the vice president directs a team that conceives, plans, and administers Wesleyan's outreach activities, including development/fundraising, alumni, and parent relations; career resources for students and alumni; and events, including Homecoming/Family Weekend and Reunion/Commencement. A principal component of these responsibilities is oversight of the University's comprehensive development campaigns to increase gift and volunteer support to Wesleyan. We are currently in a $400 million dollar campaign for endowment support and financial aid. THIS IS WHY
Barbara-Jan Wilson has been vice president for university relations at Wesleyan since the spring of 1999. These responsibilities include fundraising, communications, alumni programs, events, and career resources. From 1990 to 1999, she was dean of admission and financial aid; from 1982 to 1990, she was director of career resources and associate dean of the college, also at Wesleyan. Previously, she worked at Williams College, at the Ethel Walker School, and in the Vermont public school system. She received her BA and MA in English from the University of Connecticut (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa).


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How does a Witch explain the true meaning of the God and Goddess to their children? There is no one way of going about it but this concept is still difficult for Pagan parents to describe to their witchlings. So how exactly do you start? Factors to consider are the children's ages and whether or not they have had any exposure to other religious/spiritual systems. They may already have some idea from other family and friends as to a creator but regardless the Pagan concept of 'god' can be very different from what they have been exposed to.
Start by sitting down and really working through what the concept means to you. How do you see the God and Goddess? What are the aspects that attracted you to the path you are now on? Paganism comes in many different styles and flavors but one of the universal concepts is that there is never just one way of seeing God/Goddess. One of the reasons many of us have turned away from the Judeo-Christian faiths was due to their beliefs that their way is the only one true way of seeing God and all others will suffer in some form of hell in their afterlife for not seeing God the way they do. As Pagans or Wiccan's or Witches we know this to be untrue, no more than a very human trapping that was implemented long ago to scare others into obedience. God/Goddess does not care what name(s) we use or what image(s) we see, our Source, our Creator simply isn't that petty. We have so many different faiths and belief systems for good reason; how else would each individual soul find their path? There will never be only one way, it simply isn't a possibility and we are well aware of that. We accept it and we teach it to those who want to learn from us as well as our children.
So take the time to answer these questions for yourself:
- What does God/Goddess mean to me?
- Do you follow a specific pantheon that include a few or many deities?
- What is your interpretation of creation?
- Are you Pagan, Wiccan, Witch - all of the above? And how does that choice help you in your perception of God/Goddess?
- How to you see Them in your mind's eye - with specific faces, as energy or light, or are They more a feeling than something you see?
Start simple and let your kids ask the questions to guide you in the direction they need to go. Let them feel around with it. You'll be astonished by the insightful questions your children will ask. There is no better way of teaching our children anything in life than by allowing them the freedom and respect to guide themselves (and us) in the best direction of learning for them. Show them your alter, meditation space, ritual areas and tools. Let them touch things and investigate. Let them watch you set up your alter, meditate, prepare and perform a short ritual. This will bring forth new questions that will allow you the opportunity to teach them about the God/Goddess.
Exploration and visualization are key to learning anything, especially for children. As you explain more ideas and concepts to your children they will inevitably begin questioning beliefs and religions that are different from their own. Maybe it comes about because another family member or friend tells them they are wrong or that they believe 'this and this'. To demonstrate all the different religious and spiritual paths we have in the world I use a map or globe.
Giving your kids something tangible to see can help with the more abstract concepts that are involved in religion and spiritual paths. Since we've just come out of the holiday season I'm going to use Santa's North Pole for this, but feel free to use any mysterious or holy place for the residence of God/Goddess. You can show them on a map that we're pretending that the God/Goddess live with Santa at the North Pole. Then show them where other family members live, where friends live. You can even use small stickers to pinpoint specific spots. Then talk about all the people that live everywhere in the world. Each and every one of us living on this planet have the goal of ending up in the North Pole with the God/Goddess but we all can't take the same path. We all live in different places, so we each get to choose our own road. We may walk with others for awhile or go off on our own to join with others later on. We can each see the God/Goddess in the way that is right for us, we each have our own journey to live. We need to have so many different paths and beliefs because we all can't get to the North Pole on the same road, we are too far apart to do that. But in the end, when it is our time to leave our physical life, to pass on, to cross over; we have all found ourselves at the exact same location. We are all together, we are all one in the end but we can each take our own path and have our own beliefs that will get us there.
Teaching our children to appreciate and respect the diversity that we have on this planet is one of the greatest gifts of the God/Goddess. We will cross many paths in our lives, we will experience and learn about many different things. Some we will feel really good about, so we know we're on the right path. Some we won't feel good about, so we know we need to adjust our course and keep looking for the path that is right.
This is our meaning for being here, this is what we wanted before we ever became the physical being we are right now. Before we ever left the direct connection of the God/Goddess bringing a piece of them into ourselves to be born within our physical bodies, we wanted to see and experience the diversity of life on earth. The times when we are closest to feeling that connection are the 'awe' moments that leave you feeling tingly all over. Feeling a cool breeze wash over your face, the rush of cool water in a stream, singing birds in the early morning, the sun making the fresh snow glisten like a million little diamonds, watching a butterfly drift over wildflowers. This is the God/Goddess. Our children feel this connection more often than we do as adults. The lesson, is to really keep our children feeling these moments now and throughout their lives. So they never forget their connection to everything that is. The rest will come with time, exploration and many more questions that our children will eagerly ask us. The best thing we can do as parents, is let it come to them naturally and in a place of joy and love.
Brightest Blessings to all my fellow Pagan Parents.


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1953 Corvette #254 Headed to this Weekend's Classic Car Auction at the National Corvette Museum
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Mecum's Spring Indy Event Delivers on Second Gen Corvettes
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Black and Blue '67 Corvette Convertible Sells for $610,000 at Mecum's Indy Auction
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Two legends unite on the Camp Concert Hall stage for one incredible evening of bluegrass virtuosity.
Known as the King of Newgrass, Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush has played a pivotal role in expanding the horizons of bluegrass music, fusing it with jazz, rock, blues, funk, and more. Best known for his jaw-dropping skills on the mandolin, Bush is the cofounder of the genre-bending New Grass Revival and has played with everyone from Emmylou Harris and Béla Fleck, to Charlie Haden, Lyle Lovett, and Garth Brooks.
Dobro master and 13-time Grammy winner Jerry Douglas is to the resonator guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric guitar: elevating, transforming, and reinventing the instrument in countless ways. In addition to his 13 solo records, Douglas has played with everyone from Ray Charles to Alison Krauss and has produced albums for Krauss, the Del McCoury Band, Maura O'Connell, and Jesse Winchester. His latest solo album Traveler features guest appearances by such notable friends as Paul Simon, Mumford & Sons, Eric Clapton, and more.
Sponsored in part by the H.G. Quigg Endowment.
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