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College Hockey:This Week in the WCHA: February 6, 1998
So much for lunges out of the cellar.
So much for challenging the supremacy of this season's Big Three.
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is now essentially three mini-conferences, comprised of teams fighting for the McNaughton Cup, teams fighting for home ice in the first round of the WCHA playoffs and teams fighting to stay out of last place.
Here are the conferences:
WCHA Penthouse: Wisconsin, North Dakota, St. Cloud State. No, the conference hasn't made inroads into the porn industry, but has instead reserved a lofty place for its top three teams.
Five weeks left, two points separating three teams — what a perfect ending to a slightly unbelievable season. The Sioux and overachieving Huskies faced each other last week, splitting a pair in Minnesota. The surprising Badgers, riding a 13-game unbeaten streak, host St. Cloud at the end of February and travel to North Dakota.
"We've got 10 games left, North Dakota's got 10 games left, we play them the last weekend of the season, you can't ask for anything more," said Wisconsin's Dustin Kuk.
These are the teams which will have an off day at the Final Five in Milwaukee. Or will they? This season, home ice has provided just a .512 winning percentage for WCHA hosts (42-40-4), so a first-round upset could be in the making.
WCHA Purgatory: Colorado College, Minnesota-Duluth, Michigan Tech. With all apologies to agnostics, this group rests in the conference middle ground, assured of not slipping but unlikely to advance.
Colorado has a slight edge on UMD and MTU, leading in the hunt for fourth place by four points. Duluth travels to Tech this weekend, and both teams have eight games left. But the Huskies play the tougher late-season schedule, tangling with St. Cloud, Wisconsin and CC.
WCHA Outhouse: Minnesota, Alaska-Anchorage, Denver. With all apologies to fans of indoor plumbing, these teams are on the outside looking in, set to play the role of spoiler.
Minnesota will have the greatest spoiling potential, playing all three top teams, beginning with a home series against the streaking Badgers this weekend. Anchorage will have the best chance to vault itself out of the cellar, playing Denver and Minnesota.
But enough about spoiling, surging and outhouses. Let's get to the games.
No. 2 North Dakota (19-4-1, 13-4-1 WCHA) at Alaska-Anchorage (6-18-3, 5-13-2 WCHA) Friday-Saturday, 7:05 AT, Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, AK
North Dakota goes from one no-win series — a non-conference encounter with Mankato State from which the Sioux emerged with two narrow victories — to another in Alaska. Anchorage is coming off arguably its best series of the season, in which it dominated Wisconsin defensively in two closer-than-expected losses.
Coach Dean Talafous has his team playing what could be referred to as either a left-wing lock or neutral-zone trap, and the Seawolves held Wisconsin to an all-time school low 11 shots in Friday's loss. Call it ugly or boring, but by any name it's effective.
"It's a tough team to play, a difficult defensive system — the word is patience," said Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer. "I don't know if they can play any better than they played."
Part of the reason for UAA's better-than-usual play has been the steady goaltending of Doug Teskey. The WCHA's second-ranked netminder with a .925 save percentage and 2.27 goals-against average, Teskey kept his team afloat Saturday, when the left-wing lock wasn't as effective as the night before.
The lone goaltender ahead of Teskey statistically will be his counterpart this weekend, North Dakota's Karl Goehring. Goehring continues to dazzle in his rookie season, winning both games last weekend. Sunday, the rookie bailed out Aaron Schweitzer, entering the game after the sophomore allowed three goals on eight shots in the first period.
Goehring has won his last eight starts, and has earned the victory in each of his last 11 appearances.
The overriding force in North Dakota's 11-of-12 winning streak is a powerful offense, keyed by Matt Henderson (10-6–16), owner of a 12-game scoring streak, and defenseman Curtis Murphy (4-17–21), who is tied with Wisconsin's Craig Anderson (4-17–21) for the WCHA's defenseman scoring lead.
But unexpected sources have contributed to the Sioux cause lately, such as Wes Dorey (four points Sunday), Jesse Bull (three assists Sunday) Brad DeFauw (goal Friday).
What Talafous wouldn't do for one of these talented third- and fourth-liners. His leading scorers remain — after going scoreless last weekend — Rob Douglas (6-6–12) and Stacy Prevost (3-9–12).
Key statistic: North Dakota has won just twice in Anchorage in the teams' 25-game series, early last season and in Jan. 1984.Picks: Anchorage is playing well, but North Dakota has too many weapons. As was suggested here last week, perhaps Sioux coach Dean Blais should stick with Goehring from here on in. Perhaps Talafous should pull two forwards back on defense; his team already stands to break WCHA records for fewest goals, so why not take the other guys down with him?
Perhaps this writer should stick his…well, we'll see. UND 4-0, 2-1
No. 6 Wisconsin (19-6-1, 14-3-1 WCHA) at Minnesota (10-16-0, 6-12-0 WCHA) Friday, 7:35 CT, Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, MN Saturday, 7:05 CT, Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Wisconsin enters this grudge-match series with a 13-game winning streak. The number, which qualifies the streak as the second-longest in school history, also qualifies Wisconsin for the conference's current Least Lucky WCHA Team. No. 1 goaltender Mike Valley remains shelved with a knee injury, and first line center Joe Bianchi, a Bloomington, Minn., native, will miss at least two weeks with a shoulder separation.
The loss of Bianchi, who saw a 12-game scoring streak snapped Saturday, will necessitate increased production from WCHA leading scorer Steve Reinprecht (11-14–25) and linemates Dustin Kuk (6-7–13) and Erik Raygor (9-6–15). Freshman Kevin Granato (4-4–8 WCHA, 9-5–14 overall), Bianchi's winger, will also need to step up his offense.
Valley has a more logical replacement, freshman Graham Melanson. The reigning WCHA Defensive Player of the Week, Melanson (.959 SV%, 1.27 GAA) is the first freshman goaltender in UW history to win his first eight decisions.
"He's playing awfully well, I don't think anybody's had that kind of a start," said Sauer. "We've got two goaltenders available to us."
Yet the only viable goaltender available to Sauer this weekend (seldom-used Jake Soper will back up Melanson) is unaccustomed to the hostile environments of Mariucci Arena and the Target Center.
"Graham's never been in the Minnesota rink, so he'll get his first look at it Friday night," Sauer said, noting that the freshman has, indeed, played in front of big crowds before. "The real key is when we took him into Omaha in front of that big crowd, that and the Friday night game at Notre Dame, we needed a boost, and he gave it to us."
Of course, Minnesota coach Doug Woog can be forgiven if he's not shedding any tears for his counterpart's injury problems. Woog, who has a 42-17-3 record against Wisconsin, has seen key players like Ryan Kraft, Casey Hankinson, Aaron Miskovich and Mike Lyons shelved this season, and has only recently gotten his team relatively healthy.
However, Minnesota stumbles home this weekend after suffering a humiliating sweep at the hands of Michigan Tech, the Huskies' first sweep of the Gophers in 20 years. Amidst the Winter Carnival atmosphere in Houghton, MTU handed its visitors a pair of 5-3 defeats, damning Minnesota to the WCHA's lower third.
Still, Wisconsin players and coaches know better than to underestimate their staggering, yet talented foe.
"I don't care what their record is, or who's on top of the league, there's no bigger game for us than Minnesota," said Kuk. "No one's looking past Minnesota."
And they shouldn't: no player on Wisconsin's roster has beaten Minnesota in the Twin Cities, and conversely, no Gopher has lost to its eastern rivals at home. If Minnesota is to continue its mastery, Reggie Berg and Mike Anderson will be key. Berg is 6-6–12 in a current eight-game scoring streak, and has moved into second place in the conference scoring race. Anderson has a point in 12 of his last 14 games, going 9-8–17 during that span.
Woog's goaltenders continue to struggle, though, as neither Steve DeBus — last season's first-team all-conference goaltender — nor Erik Day have been consistent in net.
Picks: Wisconsin went through January undefeated for the first time since the 1963-64 season, but February is different. The Badgers went 2-6 around Valentine's Day last season, while Minnesota used a 5-2-1 month to surge to the top of the conference. Look for this weekend to provide a little of both, as Melanson finally shows a tiny bit of his youth. UM 5-2, UW 4-3
Minnesota-Duluth (13-14-1, 8-11-1 WCHA) at Michigan Tech (13-12-1, 8-11-0 WCHA) Friday 7:35 ET, Saturday 7:05 ET, MacInnes Ice Arena, Houghton, MI
Last weekend, the Huskies Winter Carnivaled their way to their first sweep of Minnesota in over 20 years.
"Certainly I was very pleased with our effort last weekend," Tech coach Tim Watters said. "We got some timely goals and excellent goaltending throughout the weekend. It was an important step for our hockey club."
WCHA Offensive Player of the Week Andre Savage helped set up the timely goals, assisting the game-winning goal both nights while scoring six points on the weekend to bring home MVP honors.
Defenseman Clint Way, who scored his first collegiate goal in Saturday's victory, earned WCHA Rookie of the Week honors with a plus-four rating on the weekend.
The teams played two tight games at the end of November, with each game decided by one goal. The series was indicative of the similarity between the two teams — the Huskies and Bulldogs each have 17 points with eight games left to play.
"Obviously it's an extremely important series for both teams, as we head down the stretch run in the battle for home ice in the playoffs," Watters said. "They have some very talented players that will cause us a number of problems."
Most talented of the UMD players are centers Jeff Scissons (7-13–20) and Mike Peluso (10-6–16). Scissons has 12 points in his last seven games, with three goals and nine assists. With his second career hat trick Saturday, Peluso moved into 19th place on the all-time Duluth scoring list, supplanting Brett Hull.
On defense, Curtis Doell carries a six-game scoring streak into the series. But Brant Nicklin will be key in net as the Bulldogs attempt to sweep Tech in Houghton for the first time since 1978-79. The sophomore pitched a shutout in the team's last game against Tech, and has been steady, saving 90 percent of shots faced with a 3.33 GAA.
Picks: Bulldog coach Mike Sertich would like nothing more than to see Peluso continue to break out of his season-long slumber. On the other bench, Watters is thrilled to have Savage at full strength, and the senior has jumped all the way back to third in the conference scoring race. MTU 6-1, UMD 3-2
Denver (8-18-0, 5-13-0 WCHA) vs. Colorado College (15-10-2, 10-9-1 WCHA) Friday, 7:05 MT, World Ice Arena, Colorado Springs, CO Saturday, 7:35 MT, McNichols Arena, Denver, CO
The Gold Pan — awarded annually to the winner of the WCHA regular-season series between these schools — is at stake here, and the series is tied 1-1 coming in (a 6-1 CC win in the Denver Cup notwithstanding). Tiger coach Don Lucia will try to keep his team from looking ahead to a well-earned late-season bye week.
"The series with DU will be our last two games before we get a week off," Lucia said. "We want to try and keep the Gold Pan, but Denver seems to be playing much better hockey as of late."
Indeed. After underachieving most of the season, the Pioneers have adapted well to their spoilers' role. In its last three series, Denver split with Minnesota, swept Vermont and Dartmouth on the road, and split with league-leading St. Cloud.
The Tigers enter this series with a secure hold on fourth place in the WCHA after splitting at Duluth last weekend.
"I thought we played well last weekend," Lucia said. "It's always good to go on the road and get a split. Duluth is a good team, fun to play against because they do things no other team in our league does from a coaching standpoint."
This series looks to be the third conference matchup this weekend conducive to a sweep. Denver has yet to record a sweep this season, and each team will host one game. This could work in the Pioneers' favor, though, as just three of CC's 15 wins have come at home.
Anders Bjork and Paul Comrie both have points streaks of five or more games, with Bjork scoring in 10 of his last 11 contests. But four-on-four situations clearly favor the Tigers, who have outscored opponents 13-3 in such situations this year.
Picks: The Gold Pan will remain in Colorado Springs, but CC's hold on it will be a struggle. Brian Swanson (7-13–20) must continue to score consistently if CC harbors any hopes of moving into the WCHA top three. CC 6-1, DU 2-1
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Funny, We used to refer to anyone with a crappy signal as a MUD DUCK. As I opend my new membership with this forum, I noticed I was classified as a Mud Duck. I haven't had that title since I was 11 when I got my first base, a 23 channel Laffayette Telsat 925. I had an old gutter mount antenna from the 70's hanging out my window, and probably couldn't reach out more than 10 miles or so. But I thought it was great! What the hell did I know, I was only 11. But from there I knew I was hooked on radios. I loved it. Every night after dinner I used to go up to my room and talk to everyone for hours. Those were the days. This was at a time when there was no internet, no twitter, and cell phones weighed 10 pounds,and came in a bag, and were only for the rich.
After some years went by, and life took priority, (job, car ,woman, ect.) cb started to fade. I couldn't understand it then, but it was because all the modern tech we know today was coming in to vouge. People soon started using cb less and less. The only people left were truckers, people running skip, and local morons with junk radios who either farted or played music in the mic. It got old. CB was dead. Or so I thought.
I recently Googled CB and was suprised to find so many people still involved in the hobby. This is great. I am currently planning a new station, but I am a little behind the times with the equipment. The last station I had (and was pretty high tech at the time) was a Ranger RCI 2970 w D104 silver eagle. I also had a Heathkit 400w tube linear amplifier and an A99 w groundplane kit. This was positioned at the top of a 50' oak tree on a 20' pole. I also live atop a mountain in Western PA. Talk about being able to reach out and touch someone. I have talked all around the world, and I am looking forward to getting back into the hobby, and maybe even talking to some of you guys.
But do I really have to be a MUD DUCK all over again? Oh well, you gotta start somewhere. AL

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Julie of the Wolves
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Leaning over the pond, she saw in the glassy water the hollows of her cheeks. She was pleased, for she looked almost like the gussak girls in the magazines and movies – thin and gaunt, not moon-faced like an Eskimo. (1.95)
Even out here, where there is literally not a single human soul around to impress, Miyax is pleased she's looking skinny like a white model in a magazine. That goes to show just how powerful cultural influences are on our girl's sense of self.
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"I'm a wolf now, and wolves love leaders." (1.229)
Well now there's an identity: wolf-girl! Check out how willingly Miyax is able to accept the wolf way of life as a part of her sense of self. It almost seems like she was just waiting for the right crowd to come along, like she was looking for somewhere to belong.
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Miyax got down on all fours. "But how am I going to follow you if you won't let me walk? I am me, your two-legged pup." She stood up. Amaroq lifted his eyebrows, but did not reprimand her. He seemed to understand she could not change. (1.231)
Here Miyax forces a compromise between her human identity and her wolf one. It's a cute moment between the girl and her adopted father, but it's also proof of just how much Amaroq cares for her; he's willing to accept her unconditionally, despite her two legs.


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Peter, M E; Heufelder, A E; Hengartner, M O (1997). Advances in apoptosis research. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 94(24):12736-12737.
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Apoptosis, also called programmed cell death, has attracted great attention in recent years. After its discovery by Carl Vogt in 1842, apoptosis research was dormant for more than a century. Its rediscovery in the second half of this century, and the coining of the term apoptosis in 1972 by Kerr, Wyllie, and Currie, ignited an unparalleled interest in this field of science. The number of publications related to apoptosis has been growing exponentially every year ever since. This is mainly due to three major advances, two of which have been made recently and one that is currently seen. First, studies with the small nematode Caenorhabditis elegans have identified a number of apoptosis regulating genes--the first evidence that cell death is an active process under genetic control. Many of these genes have mammalian homologs that, like their worm counterparts, seem to regulate mammalian apoptosis. Second, elucidation of the signal transduction pathways of apoptosis has lead especially to the identification of specific death signaling molecules such as a new family of cysteine proteases, the caspases. Third, it has now become clear that many diseases are characterized by dysregulation of apoptotic programs. Many of these programs involve a family of receptors and their ligands, the death receptor/ligand family. The hope now is to interfere with apoptosis regulation in these systems and to develop new therapeutic concepts.
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48 songs. Contents: Beautiful Girls (Follies) * Boy for Sale (Oliver!) * The Breeze Kissed Your Hair (The Cat and the Fiddle) * Bring Him Home (Les Miserables) * Come with Me (The Boys from Syracuse) * The Contest (Sweeney Todd) * Fanny (Fanny) * Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park with George) * Geraniums in the Winder (Carousel) * Giants in the Sky (Into the Woods) * I Am Aldolpho (The Drowsy Chaperone) * I Will Follow You (Milk and Honey) * Il mondo era vuoto (The Light in the Piazza) * Johanna (Sweeney Todd) * Ladies in Their Sensitivities (Sweeney Todd) * Later (A Little Night Music) * Lonely House (Street Scene) * Love to Me (The Light in the Piazza) * A Man Could Go Quite Mad (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) * Many Moons Ago (Once Upon a Mattress) * Maria (West Side Story) * The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera) * A New Love Is Old (The Cat and the Fiddle) * Night of My Nights (Kismet) * No Moon (Titanic) * Not While I'm Around (Sweeney Todd) * On the Street Where You Live (My Fair Lady) * The Only Home I Know (Shenandoah) * Passeggiata (The Light in the Piazza) * The Proposal (Titanic) * She Wasn't You (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) * Someone Is Waiting (Company) * Something's Coming (West Side Story) * Springtime for Hitler (The Producers) * Stay (Do I Hear a Waltz?) * Stranger in Paradise (Kismet) * Take the Moment (Do I Hear a Waltz?) * Tonight at Eight (She Loves Me) * Tschaikowsky (And Other Russians) (Lady in the Dark) * The Wild Justice (Lost in the Stars) * Wish You Were Here (Wish You Were Here) * You Are Beautiful (Flower Drum Song) * You Are Never Away (Allegro) * You Walk with Me (The Full Monty) * You're Devastating (Roberta) * You've Got to Be Carefully Taught (South Pacific) * Younger Than Springtime (South Pacific).


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The word from Hollywood is that the CBS show, "Picket Fences," may be retired. The show has suffered from low ratings and was bumped from its Friday 10 p.m. time slot in February. Though a decision to cancel the show has not yet been made, the prospects are not good.
The Catholic League has made several complaints about "Picket Fences" for the way it portrays Roman Catholicism.


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Chew, don't puff.
Last night, in between bro-tweeting with Colicchio's BFF
Will Gardner Josh Charles from The Good Wife, Michael Symon announced, "i need to think of cigs as the 'pink slime' in those fast food burgers & i should be good 2 go tomorrow!!" and by this morning we hear the guy who's been smoking as long as he's been cooking has made it three hours into the day without a puff of anything. Good luck, Chef! [Michael Symon/Twitter]


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College Hockey:Cordeiro Leads Warriors Past Maine
Merrimack Win Is First Over Black Bears In Four-Plus Years
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Behind a sparkling five-point performance from Ryan Cordeiro and his linemates, the Merrimack Warriors beat the visiting Black Bears of Maine for the first time since November 14, 1997.
It was also Merrimack's first win in seven tries. The 5-2 win moves Merrimack a point higher in its quest to capture the final spot in the Hockey East tournament.
"It's tough to win on the road in Hockey East," said Maine coach Tim Whitehead. "Sometimes that's the way life is. You think things are going well and before you know it, you get slapped in the face."
Quick line changes helped Merrimack, according to the players and coach Mike Doneghey.
"We shortened our shifts," said the hero of the night, Ryan Cordeiro. "That was huge."
Added Doneghey, "Yeah, we've got a stopwatch on the bench now. The trainer has it and he tells me when 30 seconds have gone by and we start calling them."
Most of the slapping, as Whitehead characterized it, was done by the line of Anthony Aquino, Cordeiro and Marco Rosa. The line accounted for all five Warrior goals on the night and was given ample ice time as Doneghey shortened the bench in addition to the shortened shifts.
"[Previously] we had our goalscorers sitting on the bench and only getting out there every fourth shift. We tried to get them out there as much as we could."
Credit Merrimack assistant coach Lou Finnochiaro for the idea of putting the line together.
"Coach Finnochiaro came to me after [last night's] game and said to me, 'Why don't we try these guys together?' Louis Finnochiaro is the one who did it."
The idea certainly worked out.
Whitehead, meanwhile, didn't like seeing those guys coming over the boards.
"[That line] is fantastic. They're a threat every time they're on the ice. Whether it's penalty kill, power play or five on five they are absolutely a threat when they are on the ice. They really just played well tonight. That line in particular."
Merrimack stormed out of the gates early, carrying the play in an intense first period highlighted by strong skating and good puck movement by both sides.
The first goal of the game came at 11:49 of the first when Ryan Cordeiro dug the puck off the left boards and slid a pass to a streaking Aquino on the right post. Aquino snapped one on the ice and to the short side of Maine goalie Matt Yeats. Rosa was also credited with an assist.
Maine began the second period on a power play and cashed in on a beautiful tic-tac-toe goal by Michael Schutte. Crisp passes from Martin Kariya and Peter Metcalf set up the goal that tied the score 1-1 at 1:01 of the first.
The goal that made it 2-1 in Merrimack's favor came a mere six seconds later.
"I think [the tying goal] was potentially a huge switch [of momentum] in our favor but when they scored right away, that obviously gave them a boost. That was the biggest play in the game by far," said Whitehead of the Cordeiro backhanded goal at 1:07 of the second period. Again, Aquino and Rosa were credited with assists.
Merrimack made it 3-1 a few minutes later, at 3:32 of the period. This time a long pass from the red line by Eric Pederson sprung Cordeiro on a breakaway. With a Maine defender draped all over him, he put a backhander low, glove side past Yeats for his second goal of the night.
Merrimack started the third period the same way as it did the second, with Maine on a five on four power play. But this time the results were different. Thanks to some very clutch saves from Joe Exter, Maine was unable to cash in on the opportunity. Exter was solid all night long.
"Exter obviously is just great. He's on top of his game," said Whitehead. "He played really well tonight. He made five or six saves he shouldn't have made. Joey hasn't played that game all year. Tonight he did," said Doneghey.
"That's the old Joe," added Cordeiro.
Maine made things interesting at 17:53 of the third. Paul Lynch got possession of the puck at the blue line, made two quick moves with the puck and, out of options and with nothing else to do, he snapped a shot on net that found its way through a screened Exter. The goal made the score 4-2 but Maine would not get any closer.
Aquino took a pass from, you guessed it, Cordeiro and put home an empty-net goal to seal the deal and keep Merrimack's playoff hopes alive.
Merrimack will play a pivotal game at Boston College next Friday at 7 p.m. Maine heads to Providence for a game against the sixth-place Friars next Friday at 7 p.m.
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Farmer, Bee Keeper, and Olympic Mountain Biker, Georgia Gould Primed for London Olympics
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Today's Denver Post featured a great story about Olympic mountain biker Georgia Gould
Georgia Gould is a farmer at heart, and her backyard is like a small farm. She has chickens, honey bees and a vegetable garden. Gould, 32, is preparing for her second Olympiad. She placed eighth in mountain biking in Beijing in 2008 but is a strong candidate to medal this time...
This adopted Coloradan from Baltimore via Sun Valley, Idaho, is into the environment and into another Colorado endeavor. Gould is Colorado's queen bee of mountain biking. Change that. She's the queen bee for the United States, which she will represent for the second straight Olympics next month in London.
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Georgia also advocates for equal pay for women
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Also from the Denver Post:
"This looks like a pretty strong case of discrimination," Gould said. "I understand men's fields are deeper. There are more guys racing. OK, you don't make it equal 20 places deep. But the top few people? You don't get a discount like, 'Oh, you've got (breasts). You pay less for your plane ticket.' Or when I buy my license from the UCI, they're not, like, 'Oh, you're a woman. You pay 10 percent of what the men pay.' I train just as hard. "
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but if she keeps up with this nonsensical "I train just as hard" justification for equal pay, I can't bring myself to fully commit to being a supporter. It's not about how hard she trains, or how tough (relatively) the competition in the women's races is, or whatever. She doesn't get that it's ALL about the relative ROI to the sponsors and the ability for top male cyclists to help the sport make LOTS of money at the highest levels, and therefore that's why they can demand higher salaries. You could take all the exposure she, Katie, and any other top female race combined, and it won't sell a single groupo.
Sucks that life doesn't seem fair.
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Damn straight. Get back in
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Damn straight. Get back in the kitchen Georgia, I want my dinner!
On a serious note, of the hundreds of thousands of women racing bikes around world, none have looked a picture of Vos, Georgia, Katie, etc. in a magazine and thought "wow, I wan't that bike"? Or, saw Vos's Stevens CX bike and thought how cool it would be to upgrade to DuraAce? I'm a guy and I looked at an Ibis CX bike because of Amy Dombroski. Speaking of Amy, would she have gotten so many individual sponsors if they thought their ROI would be wasted?
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While we're asking questions about ROI
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has anyone here every booked a trip to Italy or France to watch the women's version of their grand tours? Or, even gone to Idaho to watch the big women's race there?
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Never will.
Why bother...just go watch a local Cat 3 race and you can see the same talent!
The top cat 3 men are faster than the best women in the world...
If equal pay for equal work/skill were the case...why are more cat 3 men not demanding equal pay?
Cat 3 men usually race the same or more distance than the Pro 12 women...
If a professional completes x amount of work at x skill level they should be paid the same no matter the sex (this excludes the investment value).
Maybe female cyclists should partner with male models and start a coalition of undervalued performers.
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It's not about getting back
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It's not about getting back in, or out of, the kitchen. In a purely economical sense, give me ONE justification for paying equal salaries between top male and female cyclists.
Points: -3
Because they are both highly
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Because they are both highly accomplished athletes - top people at the top of their respective sports.
I asked for an economic
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I asked for an economic justification, not some social justice claptrap.
No one cares that they're at the top of their sport. How much are they generating in economic activity?
Points: 3
On the whole, cycling's
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
On the whole, cycling's economic impact is small, compared to the holy Trinity of American sports: football, baseball, basketball. By this argument, do we downscale cyclist's pay? Lance made roughly 2/3 of what Tom Brady did, undoubtedly far more than a rookie NFL lineman, let's say. Do we downgrade his pay due to his lack of economic impact
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Lance was an outlier.
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Lance was an outlier. There's a reason only a very small handful of the very top pros make even half what Lance made. No need to adjust their salaries and earnings downward.
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Changes to when and where the Stellar Awards will take place have been officially announced.
In celebration of its 30th Anniversary milestone, the show's producer Don Jackson announced that the telecast will be taped in front of a live audience at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada with a new Spring production date, shifting from January to March 28, 2015.
"I am excited about moving the Stellar Awards to the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas to celebrate our 30th Anniversary in a bigger, more elegant venue," said Jackson, founder & executive producer of the Stellar Awards. "The 30th Anniversary of the Stellar Awards will mark the longest running Black awards show in television and we wanted to commemorate this historic occasion in a first class venue that we know our Gospel music stars and guests will enjoy."
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Brain & Nervous System Health Center
Bob Woodruff After Traumatic Brain Injury
Road to Recovery continued...
After that came multiple surgeries -- about nine, Woodruff estimates. His operations included the removal of part of his skull to relieve the pressure on his brain. Before going to Iraq, "I never had surgery other than dental surgery and a lot of stitches as a result of being raised with brothers," he tells WebMD.
Woodruff's physical skills came back relatively quickly, but it took an intense cognitive rehabilitation program to regain some of the skills he had lost and relearn everything -- including the names of his then 5-year-old twins. "It took long-term rehabilitation to be able to live again and be back in their lives," Woodruff says.
Woodruff also suffered from aphasia, the inability to find words. Aphasia is caused by damage to one or more brain areas that handle language. "I couldn't come up with words and I didn't have a lot of synonyms," he says. "It was hugely frustrating."
The effects of his injury are still apparent. Woodruff occasionally has difficulty finding words or synonyms. He is blind in the upper quarter of both of eyes, and he has lost 30% of his hearing in one ear and 10% in the other ear.
Woodruff's Journey
Despite his injuries, Woodruff counts his blessings. The rocks narrowly missed the major arteries in his neck. "I am hugely lucky," he says.
The near-death experience has given Woodruff a new perspective. "I have realized how short of a time we all have on this earth," he says.
His daughter put it best when she told her mother, "Daddy has so many scars on his back and rocks in his face, and daddy doesn't have words ... but I think he loves me more than he did before," he recalls her saying.
Woodruff credits much of his recovery to love and support of his family and friends, which he and his wife wrote about in their book, In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing.
"I don't know what would have happened to me without my friends and family," Woodruff says.


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Linear Equivalence and Involutions
- From: "J.D." <degolyer181@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:14:16 -0800 (PST)
First, a couple of clarifying definitions so we are on the same page:
An involution is a function, f, such that for all x in the domain of
the function, f(f(x))=x.
Two permutations (e.g. s-boxes), A and B, where A, B : F(n)^m -->
F(n)^m, are linearly equivalent if there are bijective linear
mappings, P and Q, and constants, p and q, such that A(x)= Q(B(P(x)+p))
OK, so I have a couple of questions:
1) If a permutation that is not itself an involution, but that is
linearly equivalent to its own inverse (i.e. S(x)^-1=Q(S(P(x)+p))+q),
then does that mean there is some permutation T that is linearly
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2) If so, is there some way of finding T, or of constructing it from
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CHICAGO — Each year, American Laundry News selects a Panel of Experts, a group of individuals representing different segments of the textile services industry. These professionals and tradesmen respond to various management and production questions throughout the year. Let's meet some of our contributors for 2011:Hotel/Motel/Resort Laundry: Phil Jones, Sheraton Vistana Resort, Orlando, Fla.
As director of laundry for Sheraton Vistana Resort and Sheraton Vistana Villages, Phil Jones' facility services more than 2,500 villas. He has more than 15 years of industry experience, including 10 years with Walt Disney World Textile Services.
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[NP][/NP]Resort travel continued to rebound at a slower-than-anticipated pace in 2010, Jones says. "We were asked to find ways to reduce costs, including linen replacement, yet maintain our full-time labor within our cost per pound." He will be looking at new machinery and processes this year so that his laundry can take on another 2 million pounds as the Sheraton Vistana Villages expands.Equipment Manufacturing: Chuck Anderson, Ellis Corp., San Diego
For the past seven years, Chuck Anderson has been regional sales manager for Ellis Corp. and Ludell Manufacturing, covering 10 Western states, Western Canada and Hawaii.
[NP][/NP]He started working at age 16 in a family-run business that manufactured laundry chemicals. As the company grew, it got involved in building turnkey on-premise laundries (OPLs) and drycleaning plants. He was a laundry technician for Loews Coronado Bay Resort in Coronado, Calif., until he and his father built the Hyatt Regency San Diego laundry. Anderson then worked there as assistant director of engineering/energy manager.
He joined the staff of a local Washex distributor in 1995, and was asked to take over the sales territory from a G.A. Braun distributor in San Diego three years later. He joined the staff of Ellis Corp., headquartered in Itasca, Ill., in 2003.
Ellis has focused on perfecting its 360 Sequential Washing System during the last few years, Anderson says, and added a line of finishing equipment. It has developed a new washer control, and completed design and testing of the ACE800, the industry's first hydraulically driven, vertical plane, automated high-speed extractor for tunnel washers, he says.Chemicals Supply: Carrie Armstrong, Ecolab, Eagan, Minn.
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[NP][/NP]She also has nine years of experience in sales, including consultation, training and technical support for industrial and on-premise laundries, long-term healthcare, healthcare, hospitality, and commercial market segments.
The Textile Care Division provides cleaning and sanitizing products, programs and services, including water recycling energy solutions, and data management systems, for commercial laundries serving the work wear, linen and healthcare markets.
"The global recession has been a challenge," Armstrong says. "Customers require products and services as critically as ever, but face ongoing economic pressures. Water, energy and labor reduction are key drivers facing us." Regulation changes also present a challenge as the industry moves toward sustainable chemistries, she adds.Uniforms: Barb Herman, SanMar Corp., Issaquah, Wash.
Barb Herman is a 20-plus-year veteran in the textile rental, garment resale and textile wholesale segments of our industry.
[NP][/NP]Starting at a hospital linen plant in California as a purchasing clerk, she earned promotion into service, sales, production and management through various industrial laundries. After about 12 years on the laundry side, including garments, hospitality and industrial toweling, she moved into supply chain with a national emblem manufacturer. Now, she heads up the industrial division of SanMar Corp.
SanMar is a family-owned and -operated business based in Seattle since 1971. It supplies 17 retail and private apparel brands (more than 900 imprintable products) to screen printers, embroiderers, promotional-products distributors, athletic dealers, industrial launderers and more.
Herman has been a featured speaker at industry conventions, and consulted to some of the largest companies in the industry as a trainer/teacher in sales, marketing and finance. She recently became the finance instructor for the Textile Rental Services Association's (TRSA) EMI—Executive Management Institute.Textile/Uniform Rental: John Shoemaker, General Linen & Uniform Service, Detroit
John Shoemaker has worked in laundry service since the mid-1980s. For the past 10 years, he has been a company vice president in the sales and marketing arm for General Linen and Uniform Service, a family-owned and -operated laundry founded in 1919 in Detroit.
[NP][/NP]The company's round-the-clock operation services industrial work uniforms, napery, bed linen, healthcare, mats, restroom products and a full custom apparel line of direct sales.
"Over the decades, I have held most every post in a laundry," Shoemaker says. "I have worked every piece of equipment in the plant. Whether it was 'blowing out' the boiler, repacking valves, pressing shirts, folding shop towels, etc., I have had a 'hands-on' grasp of the product flow.
"I have been a route representative, route supervisor, district manager, service manager, run the plant, run the stockroom, entered route-settlement sheets in the office, negotiated union contracts, and served as general manager of U.S.-owned and foreign-owned laundries."
Prior to the blending of TRSA and the Uniform & Textile Service Association, he chaired the TRSA Sales & Service committee for eight years, and served on the TRSA Budgeting Committee and Strategic Management Committee.Check back next Thursday to meet the rest of the 2011 Panel!
Meet Our 2011 Panel of Experts (Part 1 of 2)
CHICAGO — Each year, American Laundry News selects a Panel of Experts, a group of individuals representing different segments of the textile services industry. These professionals and tradesmen respond to various management and production questions throughout the year. Let's meet some of our contributors for 2011:Hotel/Motel/Resort Laundry: Phil Jones, Sheraton Vistana Resort, Orlando, Fla.


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The dbx dB10 Passive Direct Box includes all the basic features you would expect from a work horse direct box – 1/4-inch input and parallel thru jacks, transformer isolation, balanced XLR output, and ground lift switch – but provides additional value not found in budget direct boxes.
The aggressive styling of its solid, road-worthy, cast-metal chassis is a departure from the usual utilitarian look of most direct boxes. Its 3-position pad switch easily accommodates instrument, line level and speaker level signals, while further versatility is added with its selectable polarity invert and high-cut filtering functions.
Premium chrome toggle switches and a gold-plated Neutrik XLR output jack, as well as a first-class custom dbx mu-metal-shielded isolation transformer, ensure the highest-quality signal path. All switches are recessed to provide protection from accidental operation or damage.
In addition to its rugged design, a unique feature of the the dB10 is its heavy-duty molded rubber skid pad, which not only provides a solid, non-skid surface, but is contoured to mate with the tiered surface of the chassis top, making stable stacking of multiple boxes possible for a cleaner, compact arrangement.
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Aug 9, 2010 10:06 AM
BAD Italian shoe designer, bad! *Smack! Smack!*
(The part that scares us the most? That these Giuseppe Zanotti Eagle Flag Open-Toe Ankle Boots [$556 on sale] are sold out in all but two sizes.)
uh. two words: white trash. yeah, i said it.
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The symbol of an American man's meal - chili. It is the focus of many cook-offs and represents the heartiness of beef and beans. Using the pink bean, also known as the "chili bean," you can make this version once you soak the dry beans overnight. There is plenty of flavor in this one from all of the herbs and spices. This version yields 10-12 servings and is not absurdly spicy though you can easily amp up the heat by adding more cayenne.
- 12 oz. pink beans, dry
- 1 1/2 large white onions, chopped
- 1 lb ground beef, lean
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 28 oz. can diced tomatoes
- 8 oz. can tomato sauce
- 1 cup beef broth, low sodium
- 1 tsp oregano, dried
- 3 red chiles, dried
- 1 tsp cayenne powder
- 2 tsps cumin, ground
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- (optional) red onion, finely minced for garnish
- (optional) shredded Mexican cheese blend for garnish
- Rinse pink beans and soak overnight.
- Roughly chop onions and add to an oiled large pot.
- Cook until just translucent.
- Add in ground beef to brown. Add garlic.
- Once garlic is light brown, add remaining ingredients except for optional garnishes.
- Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Cover.
- Stir every half hour to prevent burning. Chili finishes in 2-3 hours.
- Remove red chiles when ready to serve. Garnish with cheese and red onions.
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Wright Reels: The Taliesin Fellowship and Film [1]
Published October 29, 2013
Three Sundays in November explore Frank Lloyd Wright and his appreciation of film as an art form. Between the 1930s and 1950s, Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio near Spring Green, WI—Taliesin—was the site of an architectural colony known as The Fellowship. Wright also sought to educate the general public through regular concerts and film programs at Taliesin. The series Wright Reels: The Taliesin Fellowship and Film includes films screened at Taliesin's Hillside Playhouse during 1942-43. \
This selection of feature-length and short subject films reveal the unique cinematic taste of Frank Lloyd Wright and his appreciation of film as an art form. The series will run three consecutive Sunday afternoons 2-4:30 pm, Nov. 3, 10 and 17, at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street. The programs are free and open to the public.
- Nov. 3: Palm Beach Story w/short Grasshopper and the Ants. Discussion will include the book Taliesin Diary and Wright's apprenticeship program.
- Nov. 10: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs w/short Pencil Mania. Discussion will be about Frank Lloyd Wright and his opinions about Hollywood.
- Nov. 17: Alexander Nevsky w/short Tulips Shall Grow. Discussion will cover the politics and goals Frank Lloyd Wright had at the Taliesin Fellowship. Special guest, Mariamne Whatley, daughter of the writer of Taliesin Diary ,will speak about the Fellowship and her parents' experience there.
The films will be introduced by Risé Sanders-Weir, professor of Film History, Triton College.
The film series is inspired by the book Taliesin Diary: A Year with Frank Lloyd Wright [2], which is the 2013 Wisconsin Historical Society Book Award of Merit winner. This is the first publication of a diary of a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice. Written by Priscilla J. Henken during 1942-43, the diary brings us into the world of the Taliesin Fellowship. Her lively description of day-to-day life on a communal working farm in south central Wisconsin provides unique insights into the world of Wright during the period. Henken vividly describes the daily program, from cooking duties to editing the great architect's autobiography and watching films. The internecine battles of the apprentices and the contentious relationship between Wright, the apprentices, and his third wife, Olgivanna Lazovich, enliven the account.


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Oct. 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES - The annual softball alumni game will take place on Sunday at Easton Stadium. The game will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will be preceded by an alumni clinic at 9 a.m., with a social following the game.
Admission to the alumni game is free. Parking is $8 in Lot 11. Click here for more information on parking.
Among the past Bruin greats that are scheduled to be in attendance are Olympians Andrea Duran, Lisa Fernandez, Stacey Nuveman and Natasha Watley, All-Americans Jenny Brewster, B'Ann Burns, Krista Colburn, Tracy Compton, Kathi Evans, Lyndsey Klein, Lisa Longaker and Anjelica Selden and Hall of Fame Coaches Sharron Backus and Sue Enquist.


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Welcome ! This is the Collinsville
Annual Archive.
We began this project with a single goal in mind.
To preserve
for all pirates, be they past, present, or future a
record of all that
has transpired in the hallways of Collinsville.
We had in our possession annuals that regardless of our
best efforts
began to deteriorate to such an extent that we were in
danger of losing
them forever.
In response to this problem we began the process of
scanning every page
of every annual, beginning with the oldest most fragile
The result was this project. A place where those
who have lost a
yearbook can relive glory days gone by. It is also
a place
for those who were not yet born to see what Collinsville
was like way
back when. This was not a light undertaking as this
project is four
years in the making and is ongoing.
Special thanks go out to James Moats & Ken Kemp.
If you have a 1939,1940,1941, or 1943 annual please
contact Ken
Kemp at firstname.lastname@example.com.
We dedicate this project to the students, faculty and
community of
Collinsville ISD in Collinsville, Texas.
that not all annuals are finished. If the link
is not active
that year is not completed. Also note that no
annuals newer than
15 years old will be available on this site.
and beyond by
the Collinsville Independent School District. No
part of the
archive or page may be reproduced in any form without
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The principles of the Sekisui Chemical Group are composed of our Corporate Philosophy which describes our ideas and policies at the root of our corporate activities; the Group Vision which describes an ideal format aimed for by the group in the medium to long term by following the Corporate
Philosophy; and our concrete Management Strategies (e.g. midterm management plan) to implement the Group Vision.
Based on "Group Principle", and by the unified efforts of all employees of the group we aim for a corporate group which is sustainable for the next 100 years.


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Hotel Telégrafo
The hotel used to be the mansion of the Marquis and Captain of the French Navy, Don Pedro Claudio Duquesne. Once visited by the most select nobility of the time, ecclesiastical dignitaries, military authorities and renowned artists. The house has rooms with exclusive ambiance, a lobby-bar that is decorated with pieces of art, stained-glass windows, statues of monks made out of copper and altarpieces, as well as a quiet inner courtyard with a beautiful fountain and an old well. This special hotel, thanks to its mystery and intimacy, is the ideal place for contemplation and meditation.
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A famous institution in Havana since 1888, this hotel has since the early 20th century been considered one of the best in all Latin America. It lies directly beside the beach and is only a few minutes on foot from the "Museo de Bellas Artes", the "Capitolio", and the "Gran Teatro de La Habana", famous for presenting the best opera and ballet performances in the city.


text: Shipston on Stour Branch Remembrance Day Poems The following poems were written and read by pupils of Shipston PrImary School at the Poppy Appeal Launch on Friday 22 October 2010. Photos of the children may be found here. ................................ BY JAMIE REYNOLDS Remember Every poppy for a life that was given, Mothers said goodbye to their sons, Everyone joined together to save our country, Memorials stand today so we don't forget, Brave, innocent men who gave their lives, Each and everyone of them, Remembered. ......................... BY BROOKE HARVEY Remembrance Day Never again to those who fought and died in the war, Never again to those who were forced to leave their family, Never again to those who got shot as a soldier, Never again to those who fought for our country, On 11/11 at 11am, we remember those soldiers who fought in all wars. ......................... BY ELLIOTT LONGSDALE Have You? Have you heard The rattling of the guns? The booming of the grenades? The commanding of your chums? The whining of the air raids? Have you seen The planes fly by Whilst looking at the moonlit sky? Seen people hold their hands up high Whilst shouting "the end is nigh"? Have you smelt The stinking of the petrol? The odour of your team mates' sweat? The smell of blood from the medical tent? The muddy stench of the trenches? Have you ever felt sadness overwhelm you in Flanders field? ......................... BY SAMUEL BOWERS The Poppy Torch The silence screams across the fields and tears rolled down his face. His son followed behind him, he dropped to the ground and pulled out the poppy torch. The gunfire surrounded the field. Son, take the torch to victory, don't let the flame go out, for me don't. The bravery, the boldness, the hero inside, his last words won the war. 20 years later The Flanders field again. He must pass it on as his father did, With joy, with hope and most of all courage. The torch led him the way, son follow the poppy's code, The stem will give you strength and the red will bring you bravery. Goodbye son. ......................... BY CHARLOTTE PECKOVER Don't worry we will remember you, We will carry the torch on, Just like you asked, And win the war. Don't worry we will remember you, You were stong willed, You were brave hearted, And for this we will remember you. Don't worry we will remember you On the day of peace so sorrowful. We will show our respect on the 11th of November. Many people come and see you on this special day. Don't worry we will remember you. The poppies can hear your whispers As they are as red as blood. Don't worry we will remember you. ......................... BY ALICE DUMELOW Remembrance, remembrance the 11th of November, The day of peacefulness also filled with sorrow, Scarlet red poppies show in respect. As the young mighty soldiers are remembered. Remembrance, remembrance the 11th of November, There is silence while the poppies hear the cries of ghosts, The chuffed bold soldiers enter the field of silence, As they remember their fellow friends. Remembrance, remembrance the 11th of November, As red as blood, poppies are placed in the wreath and silence appears, Blissful cries are heard in Flanders field As the brave march on. Remembrance, remembrance the 11th of November, Crimson poppies represent their life, Their confidence to risk their lives, Remembrance, remembrance the 11th of November. ......................... BY WILLIAM WALLACE My heart was filled with such delight as I stepped out and thought my family might have survived. I couldn't believe the war was over. I felt like birds in freedom flying, flying out of sight. I remembered the people that fought with me and to myself I exclaimed "GOOD ON YOU CHAPS". As I stepped onto a piece of wood I saw it said "Rest in Peace" So I shoved it into the ground and said "We will remember Always and Forever"


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The reason I am angry is my family has just fallen victim to an internet scam. We currently are in need of a car but do not have a whole lot of money to spend. A lister on craigslist set up a scam for a decent commuter car at a slightly more than reasonable price. To make a long story short my parents are out $2,500 and still no car. Times are tough enough without being duped into handing out money we can't afford to give away. After, I realized the ruse, the veil that's been pulled over our eyes, I couldn't help but think about the person or people at the other end who are now enjoying roughly a hundred hours of work that my mother had earned caring for the health of elderly and infirmed. What I mainly thought about was what kind of mindset does it take for people to concoct such an elaborate ploy involving multiple email addresses, fax numbers, graphically sophisticated invoice fabrications and a sob story? Even more disturbing a question: Is there any guilt or desire in such people?
It was this last question that piqued my anger as my suspicion answered, "No." The idea that there were people who sat around devoting their time, skill, knowledge and energy to making life just that much more difficult for others simply angers me. I stewed in this anger. I researched if there were any ways we could get the money back (there isn't) or if my local police department had an online investigation resource (it seems they don't). Feeling helpless and angry, I simply filed a police report and stewed some more while as I researched further how little hope there was at ever seeing that money come back.
My father is a passionate man who, unlike me, wears his emotions for any and all to see. He gets angry and often has to release his energy physically. He's never hit anyone, but he has put holes in walls, slammed doors and stormed out on a brisk walk. But, like me, his anger is shallow. He may get extremely mad but he doesn't hold grudges and believes strongly that justice will be served without his having to do anything. As quick as my father angers, it dissipates just as quickly.
This time he took the walking option. He walked as I sat there stewing. After he calmed down a bit and upon his return, my father came to me and told me the source of his self-assurance. He told me that we should let our offender(s) know that they are bringing a curse down upon themselves--that there is a family curse that brings retribution to those who offend the family. I had forgotten about this as he told me once years ago, but explained to me again the curse that seemingly defends the family name.
"Once a man deeply offended and took advantage of your grandpa. Your grandpa said to the man, 'I hope you drop dead!' And later that day that is exactly what happened." Then my father went on to explain his own experience. "The guys who really offended me, some of them ended up crippled the rest had misfortune hit them real hard." Lastly, he explained, "I am not sure if this comes from God or demons but either way it is justice. I don't know but it may be passed on to you." My father spoke of this as something that gives him a sense of justice, a way to rationalize it and give him peace of mind. I couldn't share in this idea of peace.
Curses are real as blessings are real. And it is true, according to every Church document and teaching on the occult and evil spirits that curses, hexes and the like can be passed on through the bloodline. I won't delve anymore on the subject here but it suffices to say a curse may very well be the case but I take no delight in thinking that there is a force that will bring destruction and misfortune on those that offend me. The spirit of vengeance is not from God as tempting as it might be to align myself with it.
It is tempting to desire bad things to happen to the people who do bad things to us. The bad things that others commit--the sins or trespasses of other--makes us feel terrible. Whether it is sorrow, anger, despair, vengeful, anxious, fearful, distrusting etc., they are passions, though familiar, were never meant to be part of the human experience. They are, in a sense, contrary to our nature in that the capacity to feel is directed toward experiences of joy, gratitude, contentment, awe at God's glory and other good emotions to have. This is the perversion of sin in the human heart.
Humanity was originally given a heart that beat solely for God's delight. In its breaking at the fall, it strives to do for that which it was made--to feel joy and share it. However, the complexities of sin make the heart perform what it was designed for in perversity. The heart, in response to things that it was never meant to experience, feels passions it was not supposed to feel. Betrayal, deception, pride--sin is something that the heart was not built to handle. Thus, the heart will do the only two things it knows how. Feel what it feels and stir the desire to share what it feels.
There is truth in the saying, "misery loves company." It is part of the tendency to sin in humanity that seeks to make others feel as we feel when we get hurt. That is precisely the flashes of passions I experienced. I wanted to hurt those who hurt my family, who hurt me by deceiving me. When my father told me about the curse there was a part of me that did want those scammers to be accursed. But there was another voice in my conscience whom I've learned to listen to more trustingly. The sense I had in the midst of it all was that I needed to make a choice: to bless or curse.
The temptation was, of course, to give in to my heart's desire and curse those who have just offended me. That, however, is not Christ's way. He tells us, "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" (Matthew 5:44). I am staunchly convinced that grace came to me at the moment of the question: Bless or curse? I wanted no part of anything that was not from God. So, I decided to get down on my knees and pray for those scammers. I prayed simply, telling God, "I am saddened by what has happened. Even so, bless them and bring them to conversion and repentance that they may realize the injury they cause us and others and seek your forgiveness." The deeper prayer I believe that God heard was my concern for the state of their soul. Someone who has spent so many resources on a ploy of deception indicates that they have given their heart, mind and will to the devices of evil. They have intentionally contributed to further injury in the world. And that is definitely something to be saddened by.
Paul tells us, "Love rejoices with the truth" (I Cor 13). Rejoicing is the appropriate response of the heart when it encounters the truth. Likewise, sin should sadden us because, again, it was not supposed to be there. But what shall we do with this sadness? What is the life-giving course of action for us to take as Christians in the contemporary world?
Christ timelessly speaks to us the beatitudes. In particular to this case, Christ says, "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted" (Matthew 5:4). The beatitudes have always held a place of awe and intellectual tension as another way of translating blessed is "happy." Happy are those who mourn. The more I dwell on it the more apparent its truth is. Mourning is the response of the blessed in response to the evils of this world. Like I mentioned earlier. The heart is only capable of two things passion and stirring desire. In original justice, the heart was made simply to delight in God and his goodness revealed in creation. By sin the heart was perverted to experience things that break it and share its brokenness. In Christ, there is mending of the human heart through the beatitudes. Mourning and sadness are indeed what we are to feel in response to injustice. Just to realize that is cause for joy because the blessed can say they can recognize sin, recognize the sadness they feel and, most importantly, recognize the temptation of the heart to share it but, by grace of the free will, we can decide not to. Instead, by returning blessings for curses, love for hatred, we are doing real battle against the forces of evil.
What the scammers did was wrong, hurtful and is contrary to human society. More importantly it was contrary to Jesus' own prayer to the Father, "...Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." It is a reminder to me that I personally, but all of the Church also, have a responsibility to do battle with the forces of evil and further the kingdom of God. It is the battle we all must fight where the enemy line is drawn right down the middle of our hearts. I will not allow this evil to win by dragging me into its ranks. I will follow the commands of the Lord to do good in return to those who do me evil. This battle, I can safely say, belongs to God and I get to enjoy the spoils as well. Though the war is far from over this little victory is one among many more to come as God conquers the evils of my heart.
"Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for youAs yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bendYour force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.I, like an usurp'd town to another due,Labor to admit you, but oh, to no end;Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend,But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue.Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov'd fain,But am betroth'd unto your enemy;Divorce me, untie or break that knot again,Take me to you, imprison me, for I,Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me."
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If you remember, last May, I asked you guys via a TP #VoiceOfTheCrowd Post and a TP Gadget Bonanza why Pinoys choose BlackBerry. And a lot of you said that you got a BB mainly because it helps you accomplish tasks and more importantly because it allows you to constantly connect or stay in touch with your loved ones.
Interestingly, RIM's 2012 Yuletide Promo for the Philippines, which recently went live, is all about that. "Action Starts Here" campaign aims to inspire Filipino consumers to take action and connect deeper with their loved ones using BlackBerry smartphones, especially this upcoming Christmas season.
The campaign is supported by some of the brightest names in Philippine show business including long time BlackBerry users Tim Yap, Isabelle Daza, Solenn Heussaff, Liz Uy, and Raymond Gutierrez who rely on BBM as a means to stay in touch with each other despite their busy schedules and jet-setting lifestyles.
"BlackBerry is for those who want more than just a smartphone. It's for people of action who value getting things done while being able to connect deeper with the people who matter most," shared Cameron Vernest, Director for the Philippines at RIM. "This makes BlackBerry perfect for Filipinos, who are among the most hyper-connected people in the world. It is the smartphone that strengthens their connections not just with their families, but just as importantly, with their barkadas."
And to encourage more Filipinos to take action, RIM has just introduced even more attractive offers for its latest and most popular BlackBerry smartphones in the Philippines!
"[In line with this Yuletide campaign], Filipinos can enjoy up to 35% off on BlackBerry smartphones for themselves or their loved ones especially for the holiday season," shared Vernest. TP Friends, here's RIM's discounted price schedule for its BlackBerry handsets this Christmas:
"With these offers, we hope to enable Filipinos to experience the richness of BBM or BlackBerry Messenger's unlimited local and international messaging. Instantly connect with your barkada, exchange memories in real time, and share memorable photos, videos, and voice notes, wherever your loved ones may be in the world," he added.
PS: To BB fans who've been sending me DMs and emails and asking me which BlackBerry smartphone I use, my BB handset is the BlackBerry Torch 9810 that features a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen and a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. I often pair it with my svelte BlackBerry PlayBook 32GB via BlackBerry Bridge for an even richer mobile experience.