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In the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, Carlos Arredondo made headlines for courageously rushing to save the lives of victims—distinctive in his cowboy hat, he quickly became the iconic hero amid tragedy. As the dust settled, people learned that Carlos was there with his wife, Melida, honoring the memory of their sons—Alex, a soldier who died in the Iraq War and Brian, who struggled with mental health issues after his brother's death and eventually took his own life.
Carlos has made headlines before—he was the first immigrant to gain U.S. citizenship through a 2004 Bush policy that expedited the citizenship process for military families. He's also a recognized antiwar activist who worked tirelessly to demonstrate the human costs of the Iraq war to the American people. He was involved with AFSC's Eyes Wide Open exhibit in Boston and has connections with the Quaker peace community there.
I spoke with Carlos and Melida about their antiwar and mental-health activism, and how they are working to heal the wounds of violence both at home and abroad.
Madeline Schaefer (MS): I'd like to hear a little bit of both of your stories.
Carlos Arredondo (CA): Almost a year later or maybe two months after my son died in Iraq, that's pretty much where it begins. One day we found out about Cindy Sheehan going to Crawford, Texas, and going to the ranch and demanding some things from Bush. At that time that's when pretty much we got involved in the movement.
Melida Arredondo (MA): But he didn't go to Texas at that time. After Texas they got on three buses and they left on what was called the "Bring Them Home Now Tour" around the country. And Carlos met up with them when one of the buses came here to Massachusetts.
MS: What were they doing that was so inspiring and made you want to join?
CA: Well, you know, going to Washington and trying to lobby with the congressmen and senators. At the same time, lots of memorials were happening everywhere, you know, the boots, and also you know different demonstrations around the nation right after that.
MA: Talk about your art.
CA: At one point we found out the government was trying to hide the caskets— some people got into trouble for taking pictures of a casket in an airplane, remember that? And that's pretty much when we said, we're not going to tolerate this and we're going to bring a casket to the public to be seen.
MA: We have a trailer, and had a small box and he put a flag over it. It was fine but he wanted a real casket. So we went to an AFSC meeting— they had Sunday brunches at that time once a month for people in the peace movement. Carlos has never been very good at meetings and sitting still…he's got ants on his pants. So he went to check on the casket which he had brought on the trailer and parked on the street in Cambridge. And he saw a gentleman—he was parked in front of a funeral home—and the gentlemen saw him, right, and started talking to him.
CA: And then he rummaged through his funeral home, and then his warehouse, where he made me choose one of the caskets he had there, because he wanted to give it to me. He just gave me the flag and gave me the casket so I put it in the back of my truck and started driving around to different places around the country, trying to spread the message of the cost of war where they public wasn't saying much.
MS: What kind of events did you take it to?
CA: Well for the Republican convention, in 2008. To Washington DC for marches and protests. September 15 2007, where I was marching and the Guardians of Eagles, a group for war, beat me up.
MA: We have these large pictures of Alex in his uniform and one of them where he's lying in state after he's been killed, and he also had Alex's boots. Those items were on the casket. Also here in the city of Boston they put in a street sign for Alex, what's called a Hero's Square, and they gave a copy to Carlos, so that was also on there. He had taken the license plate off of his car and put it on there as well. But he was pulling it; he had created a hand cart and he was pulling it in the march.
CA: For those events people were really in shock to see, you know, really close to what can be a funeral. And seeing my son's boots and uniform, they could really feel it.
MA: There was a lot of chatter all over the internet about this. And some people followed you and would talk to you at gas stations.
CA: Yeah, I put it back in my pick-up truck and I drove down from Boston all the way to Florida on the highway. And then I drove to Chicago and places like that. And people really were getting the message of the cost of war, you know. It was honoring Alex, but at the same time honoring my responsibility as a citizen to participate was important as well.
MA: And Carlos was the happiest man in the world if there was a traffic jam.
CA: One of the first things that Obama did was to sign an executive order allowing the families to make a decision when and where the caskets could be taken and photographed. We went and visited many other displays with the casket after that. So we went in different directions talking about what's going on here in Massachusetts, talking to leaders in Washington. We were involved with the Quakers so we did local marches here in town and meetings and meetings and meetings and figured out what was happening in Iraq and at home and the number of causalities.
MA: And then the suicide epidemic began being reported more.
MS: And how did you get involved in that?
MA: One of the families we're closest to, their son died the same year as Alex, and he took his life after returning from his tour in duty. He was there at the same time as Alex was, for the first tour. So we were very familiar, we knew their story intimately, and over the years we would talk about our concerns about Brian, our younger son. And would try to get Brian involved in different activities. But Brian became lost after his brother died. Couldn't hold a job, decided not to go back to school. The street and his friends sort of called him more. And he ended up getting into trouble and being very embarrassed and upset about it.
His original plan was to join the military. I'm his step-mother, so his Mom, Carlos and I really didn't want him to do that because we didn't trust the US government. So he didn't.
He had tried to take his life— in '06 there was a noose found in his room. He got a little bit of counseling, but in 2011, after getting in trouble with the law and having relationship problems, he ended up taking his life in December 19th of 2011 and he hanged himself.
MS: What do you want people to know about the larger ripple effects of war and suicide?
MA: That early intervention is really important. There's an organization called TAPS, Tragedy Assistant Program for Survivors. We had heard about it but hadn't reached out because we had other support systems here in Massachusetts. After Brian took his life we went because they had resources for people like us. So when we got there we weren't the only other family who had a double episode like this, and that there are lots of families dealing with suicides. Their politics are pretty mainstream, but they accepted us as having two military related deaths, which really validated us. And in retrospect we wish we'd brought Brian there because they had other siblings who were struggling too. If he'd spoken to some other siblings who were dealing with the loss of their brothers or sisters, it would have helped because it's helped us to meet other families.
CA: They report that 22 veterans commit suicide a day.
MA: But there are no figures around the families. But since what happened at the Boston Marathon, six more families have reached out to us who have had a similar situation.
MS: So it's really about creating the network of support for people and bringing awareness about the issue.
CA: We only went against policy before, and helped out in a few ways. But right now we help out families as well because they need to know what we know. So for us, we go to different groups, different organizations and groups not just against the war but also here in the community against violence, and with the mothers who have lost their children to homicide.
MA: I work in public health and I work in a community called Dorchester where there's a lot of shootings and other types of violence where young people or young adults are killed. Pretty much the same ages as the majority of the troops who are killed in combat. So the act of war is either in the city or overseas, it's just a different venue.
CA: Amid all this I had the opportunity to receive the first citizenship granted to a parent who lost a son in war. What happened was that Alex died when I was 44—2004—and in October at the time Bush passed the executive order giving families the top of the line to get citizenship right away. I had the opportunity to change my name to honor my sons as well, so my name is Alexander Brian Arredondo, officially, to honor my sons.
MS: I'm curious about that, your background. I know that you're from Costa Rica. How did your experience of moving to the United States and being an immigrant affect your activism?
CA: My actions reflect the immigrants…it's challenging for me to have an accent especially with a Spanish name, people say to me, "who do you think you are?"
MA: That's part of the reason why he started his visual art. Because it spoke for itself and then they wouldn't come out with the argument, you know, "get out of here."
CA: When I did the "Bring the Troops Home Now Tour," at the time I was only a legal resident, so I was taking a risk of getting captured in the situation and being deported or something, you know.
MA: Because of the lack of habeas corpus that was passed with the Patriot Act for residents.
CA: That's why I was very careful not to get in trouble and get arrested. But then when they gave me citizenship, I said oh my god that's wonderful. I raised a sign coming out for the ceremony that said "Bring the troops home now," after the ceremony for my citizenship.
MA: But my favorite part was in 2005 or 2006 when you went to see the congressional Black Causes and General Wesley Clark was there.
CA: I made a sign that said "Impeach," and I walked into the podium where he was talking and the police were saying sit down, sit down, but they just threw me out of the room at that point.
MA: But when he left the room he ran into Kofi Annan, so that was good.
CA: I believed in my sons and I'm very proud of them. I miss them very much and everything I was doing at the time was for my son's memory, for Alex, and at the same time showing Brian that we all can make a difference. But unfortunately Brian wasn't well. And we miss him very much and it's very hard to know that we miss him.
MA: We've both learned to be very pushy. It's really important to cross boundaries. It might be a little dangerous sometimes and you might beat you up. But it's important not to just stick within your own comfort zone, and to go to places where there are people who might have different politics. But the compassion is needed.
One of the things that we said to the peace movement on different occasions that it's not only important to espouse your politics—it's important to be compassionate to people who might have someone in the service right now, or have lost someone in service. Because if you start off with, they're all baby killers, they're never going to listen to you.
MS: I think a lot of people's argument for war is that America has to protect its freedom. What would that freedom mean if we didn't have war? What does that freedom looks like to you?
CA: Let me tell you, I was celebrating that I was back in my country (but I was concerned about the violence in Costa Rica)—because I feel secure here in Boston. I had just gotten here four days earlier, I had been in Costa Rica. And then suddenly the bomb went off right in front of me. And I don't know if you know, but I was involved after the bombing. Having that happen right in front of me, it freaked me out. I felt betrayed.
MA: We were both traumatized. But the thing that I noticed and then he noticed is that we were sitting in an area where there were Newtown families, where there were other families of the fallen, where there were 9-11 families who had lost their loved ones. So to be with them when this happened was an intense experience. And then afterward, I found out that seven people had been killed here in the city of Boston due to gun violence and that that wasn't making the news and that those families were suffering.
CA: Amidst all of this, we understood that this situation abroad in Iraq—I don't know how often bombs go off in all these countries, this is always happening, this is constantly happening to them and I realized oh my god, I feel bad for these people who live with this every day or every other day.
MS: You both are so inspiring because you seem to be operating out of this deep well of compassion.
MA: Well, there have been times over the years where both Carlos and my mental health…we had to get help. A couple of time we both went in-patient and when Brian took his life we both were very worried we were going to go along with him. So we've continued seeing our mental health professionals, and we try to be around supportive people who have kind hearts. But we talk about it.
CA: And that's what's taken us to this place or particular events—to do something about it. We've been meeting with veterans who have been going through different situations, trying to guide them where they can get help because sometimes they won't get help, you know. We're trying to do what we can. We are very lucky that a lot of people allow us to participate and we do what we can to support them as well.


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3.15-1 Tortious Interference
- General
Revised to January 1, 2008
plaintiff has claimed that the defendant tortiously
interfered with its existing contract with <name
of contracting party> [and/or with its business
expectancy] to <identify subject matter of
contract>. First, the plaintiff must prove that
it had an existing contract with <name of
contracting party> [or that it had a business
expectancy]. Second, the plaintiff must prove that
the defendant knew of that contract [or business
expectancy]. Third, the plaintiff must prove that
the defendant tortiously interfered with that
contract [or business expectancy]. Finally, the
plaintiff must prove it suffered an actual loss as a
result of the defendant's alleged tortious
interference. I will explain each of these four
elements for you.
Collins v. Anthem Health Plans, Inc.,
275 Conn. 309, 334 (2005); Hi-Ho Tower, Inc. v.
Com-Tronics, Inc., 255 Conn. 20, 32-33 (2000);
Blake v. Levy, 191 Conn. 257, 261-62 (1983);
Holler v. Buckley Broad. Corp., 47 Conn. App.
764, 769 (1998); Hart, Ninlinger & Campbell
Associates, Inc.v. Rogers, 16 Conn. App. 619,
629 (1988).
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Kids will get a kick out of making Boots' face from bread, bologna, and fresh red pepper!
Weekdays on Nick Jr.
Print out the template. Using a small knife, cut out Boots' head and face from the whole wheat bread slices and the bologna.
Cut one radish crosswise into thin rounds for the eyes. Cut two slices from either side of the other radish for the red ears.
For Boots' mouth, trim the tomato slice into a triangle shape. Cut the black olives into two small circles for the eyes and two small pieces for the nostrils.
Spread the mayonnaise or mustard on the lower half of the bread. Arrange the bread slices together on a plate to make Boots' face. Add the bologna to the lower half. Arrange the radish and olive eyes and nostrils, radish ears, and tomato mouth to the sandwich.
Cut the red pepper in half lengthwise. Use the template to cut out the boot shapes. Arrange the peppers on the bottom of the sandwich (use the photo as a guide).
Combine the powdered sugar with a few drops of water to make a thick glaze. Tint the glaze a light purple. Spread the glaze on top of the cookie. Let cookie set until glaze is firm, about 15 minutes. Using the photo as a guide, add the finished tail.
Dora takes the cake. And in this case, she IS the cake!
Get a taste of the tropics with this healthy, fruity drink!
Thanksgiving guests will want to swipe every last piece
Make this a-DORA-ble autumn treat for the apple of your eye!
Kids will go bananas for Boots' yummy baked treat!
Turn breakfast into an adventure when you make Dora pancakes!
Present your pie with your preschooler's favorite explorer!
Dress up sugar cookies in Dora's festive and fruity attire!
Bake up purr-fect cookies for your Halloween fiesta!
Make this a-DORA-ble sandwich for your sweetheart!
Charm loved ones with Dora's dainty cupcake rings on Valentine's Day!
Warm their hearts with Dora's favorite drink!
You'll be a star in your preschooler's eyes when you make these stellar yet easy treats!
Bake up Boots with your little kitchen helper!
Your little star will love exploring this healthy pasta salad!
Share this snack with your little explorers. They're sure to swipe it right off the kitchen table!
Make a cake fit for a princess!
The ice-cold treat is just right for quenching an explorer's thirst.
A homemade holiday tradition with a delicious Dora twist!
Summon a sea filled with sweet starfish covered in icing
Treasure the smiles when you make these cupcakes for your little pirate!
A royal recipe with a sweet surprise!
Ahoy! It's Dora in her pirate gear
Wishing Backpack could join your birthday party? Here's how he can!
Kids of all ages will swipe these cupcakes faster than you know who!
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Stanford established itself as the team to beat in the Pac-12 recruiting race when elite defensive end Solomon Thomas announced early Wednesday that he was joining the program.
Then the Cardinal kicked back to see if anyone could overtake it.
One team did: USC.
The Trojans landed three 5-star prospects on signing day and edged the Cardinal for the league's 2014 recruiting crown.
USC's class finished the day ranked No. 10 nationally by two major recruiting services, while Stanford's class was slotted No. 14 by Rivals and No. 15 by Scout.
For whatever it's worth.
"They mean nothing to me," Cardinal coach David Shaw said of the rankings. "They are not subjective or objective. They don't make any sense at all."
Stanford gained two prospects in the final hours. In addition to Thomas, who pulled out a mini tree upon announcing his decision on ESPNU, the Cardinal landed 3-star cornerback Terrence Alexander.
The 20-man class includes five players considered among the best at their position in the country: Thomas, tight end Dalton Schultz, offensive tackle Casey Tucker, fullback Daniel Marx and quarterback Keller Chryst from Palo Alto High School.
Chryst, the son of 49ers quarterbacks coach Geep Chryst, threw 85 career touchdowns and was the Mercury News' 2013 Offensive Player of the Year.
"There are things you can teach and things you can't teach about the quarterback position," Shaw said. "You can't teach ... the ability to throw the ball 70 yards.
"I'm not going to put any time constraints on when he's going to play, but we believe the end result will be phenomenal."
Stanford signed four offensive linemen and four linebackers but allotted five spots -- 25 percent of the class -- to defensive backs.
The Cardinal could lose three starters after next season: safety Jordan Richards will be a senior, and cornerbacks Alex Carter and Wayne Lyons will be eligible for the NFL draft.
Shaw's reasoning for loading up in the secondary: High-level athletes who can clear Stanford's admissions bar are difficult to find.
If they're available, take 'em.
"It's one of the toughest positions to recruit at Stanford," he explained.
Stanford begins spring practice Feb. 24.


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Although manufacturers are willing to implement costly and cumbersome programs to meet FDA postmarketing safety requirements, doctors, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers are alarmed by the proliferation of new requirements for drug prescribing and dispensing. The most restrictive REMS programs are intended to apply only to those very high-risk products that cannot come to market without special safety controls, but healthcare providers, as well as manufacturers, feel that the program is being overused, raising costs and interfering with patient treatment. Health providers regard all the new educational and patient registration programs as a significant burden on their operations and on the healthcare system. Similarly, payers are concerned about added costs, while consumers are caught between their desire for access to treatment and the need to avoid adverse events.
These issues have been debated at recent advisory committee meetings to evaluate proposed drugs, as well as at a two-day FDA public meeting in July on the REMS program. The shape and scope of REMS requirements has become a central topic related to revising the Prescription Drug User Fee program (PDUFA), and significant changes are likely to be included in the user fee renewal legislation slated for enactment by 2012.TOO MANY REMS
At the July public meeting, Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), acknowledged that the REMS program established by the FDA Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) "is not perfect" and that the FDA is looking for guidance from all stakeholders on "how we might remodel our house." The FDA also published a draft guidance in October 2009 on what information manufacturers should include in REMS proposals, and the FDA is reviewing comments on this plan.
Everyone at the meeting acknowledged the importance of REMS in ensuring safe drug use, while highlighting the unintended consequences of added postmarketing requirements at both ends of the REMS spectrum: more diverse medication guides, as well as a growing number of highly restricted REMS with Elements to Assure Safe Use (ETASU). The general complaint is that there are too many REMS of all kinds, and that the FDA should more clearly explain the need for special risk management requirements. So far, the FDA has approved more than 120 REMS, including 15 with ETASU.
Pharmacists, physicians, and healthcare leaders outlined a host of burdens and costs imposed by multiple REMS requirements. Physicians cited multiple educational and training programs that they consider redundant and unnecessary. Oncologists have been particularly vocal in opposing added educational requirements, noting that they are well trained in using highly toxic chemotherapies. Pharmacists described how training, tracking compliance, and patient counseling takes time and interferes with pharmacy operations.
Probably the most objectionable REMS feature for pharmacists and providers is the limited distribution systems for high-risk therapies that permit prescribing by only certain well-informed specialists and dispensing by specialty pharmacies that can verify appropriate use and patient understanding of risks. Retail pharmacists complain that such systems steer patients away from regular pharmacies, while hospitals and health plans cite added costs and difficulties in obtaining therapies from restricted sources.


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This is pretty funny:
There�s a scene in �Annie Hall� in which Woody Allen starts lecturing some loudmouth in a movie-theater line about how little he knows about Marshall McLuhan. When the guy protests, Allen brings the actual McLuhan over. �You know nothing of my work,� the scholar says.
In politics, these McLuhan Moments pop up from time to time. When Mitt Romney cited Jared Diamond as support for his views on international affairs, for example, Diamond responded soon after, explaining that Romney had no idea what he�s talking about.
This week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) had a ...Read more


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net 1
1A length of open-meshed material made of twine, cord, rope, or something similar, used typically for catching fish or other animals.
Example sentences
- He fished with a golden net drawn by cords woven of purple and scarlet threads.
- A good fisherman weaves his own nets with twine and a needle made of whalebone.
- The guides had the students assist with the gathering of the mud samples, water samples, and catching fish and other sea animals with a net.
1.1A piece of open-meshed material supported by a frame at the end of a handle, used typically for catching fish or other aquatic animals or insects.
Example sentences
- In the margins of the lake, I taught little Felix to hunt with an insect net.
- Other items, such as insect nets, were in short supply in the theater.
- If necessary, use an insect net to guard against the adults flying away.
1.2A length of open-meshed material supported on a frame and forming part of the goal in various games such as soccer and hockey: he turned Wilson's cross into the net
More example sentences
- Unable to find the net in either game, goals remain a problem.
- Following a run of six successive wins, Paul Simpson's men have taken just one point from their last two matches and failed to find the net in both games.
- However, they had to wait till late in the game to find the net.
1.3A length of open-meshed material supported on a cord between two posts to divide the playing area in various games such as tennis, badminton, and volleyball.
Example sentences
- When her kids were growing up, Dale Kephart always had volleyball and badminton nets set up in the backyard.
- Gone will be the trampolines, table tennis tables and badminton nets that occupy the main auditorium on weekday nights when there is no concert.
- Before they took it away I suggested putting up two basketball posts and nets with goal posts underneath them like most other areas have but my pleas have fallen on deaf ears.
1.4A safety net: he felt like a tightrope-walker without a net
2A fine fabric with a very open weave: [as modifier]: net curtains
More example sentences
- Selecting a modern look, Deepika has chosen mostly chiffons, gossamer net, silk and georgettes for her debut at LIFW.
- Fabrics are given the technological touch with the use of rubberised velvet and wool, mirrored wool crepe, stretch net, organza and spider beaded georgette.
- Cut the front stay from a firmly woven cotton blend for light control or from mediumweight, girdle-like power net fabric for firm control.
3A system or procedure for catching or entrapping someone; a trap: the search was delayed, allowing the murderers to escape the net
More example sentences
- You have so much trapped yourself in a net of words, of speculations that the feeling itself, which is the only thing that is deep and vital in us, is lost.
- Up to 7,500 civil servants have such an arrangement in Dublin and elsewhere in the country, but the car spaces have escaped the Ministers' net.
- Finally, many criminals escape the judicial net, even though in the public eye they are criminals.
3.1A system or procedure for selecting or recruiting someone: he spread his net far and wide in his search for success
More example sentences
- The co-operative intend to spread their net of membership as wide as possible among individuals and groups interested in the rural economy and rural development.
- The festival will spread its net wide across the six major cities of Scotland - Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness.
- Homeloans began as a broadly based financial services brokerage, but after six months Curry and Gavin realised they were spreading their net too wide.
4A network, in particular.
Example sentences
- The hack will continue until the entire P2P net is, itself, taken down by the collateral damage.
- And with the advantage the Republicans have on the cable nets, talk radio and chat TV shows, the odds are stacked in their favor.
- In a moment, the word was flashing across radio and TV nets to military officials and private citizens.
4.1A communications or broadcasting network: the radio net was brought to life with a mayday
More example sentences
- After someone gives the warning of an enemy in the area, the enemy's location and disposition is then broadcasted over the radio net.
- And because the call was placed into a patch unit, it allowed us to link that net into other radio nets or telephone lines.
- What types of radios and nets are we going to communicate with?
4.2A network of interconnected computers: a computer news net
More example sentences
- Maybe H. Zuckerman, presumably a tough cop, was refusing to give her name so they could look up her vital statistics on various computer nets.
- In Europe, prosecutors have brought cases against the alleged online attackers suspected of creating networks of compromised computers, known as bot nets.
- The same could happen with the net - we'll have national nets with firewalls and exorbitant charges.
4.3 (the Net) The Internet.
Example sentences
- Instead, these people have opted to use phone books or the Net to look-up numbers.
- Now with the Net, we can get identity theft and stolen Internet access into the bargain.
- Of those Net users quizzed, eight out of ten said they used the Net to search for information and for email.
verb (nets, netted, netting)[with object]
1Catch or land (a fish or other animal) with a net.
Example sentences
- They might catch the fish or net the bird but not consume it.
- As we were quite high up from the water we used a landing net with a twelve foot long telescopic handle so that we could safely net any fish that we caught.
- I netted a beast, all 11 lb 10 oz of it, from the York water at Beningbrough Park last Friday.
1.1Fish with nets in (a river): he has netted the creeks and found them clogged with fish
More example sentences
- If you see any one netting the river or killing Pike over 3 kilo then report it.
- How often I heard the stories of the poachers, pronounced poochers, who netted the river for salmon to the disgust of the rod-men and the local boatmen.
- In the past I have reported about the illegal netting of lakes and rivers across Ireland.
1.2Acquire or obtain as if with a net: customs officials have netted large caches of drugs
More example sentences
- Acting on a tip, Pattaya police were quickly in and out of the Night Market in South Pattaya and their big bust smothered a small time dealer, netting a cache of pornographic video CDs.
- The sweep was successful in netting a large cache or weapons, explosives, ammunition, and other equipment.
- In the ensuing days, a number of people were netted after stringent customs regulations and tightened security were put into effect.
2(In sports) hit or kick (a ball or puck) into the net; score (a goal): in six years Wright has netted 177 goals [no object]: Aldridge netted twice
More example sentences
- Gilbert Mushangazhike, the visitors' leading goal scorer, netted twice in the first half, but missed a penalty in the second half.
- Whilst they are hardly prolific scorers netting only six goals, their defence has done well in only conceding eight goals the least number of goals conceded, a sorry sight when your team cannot find goals.
- Shanahan already has scored 20 goals after netting only 31 goals and 58 points last season.
netfulnoun (plural netfuls)
- Example sentences
- Pole tactics can build up nice netfuls of bream, perch and rudd.
- So each netful was a complete package of sorts, containing one readily identifiable adult male and many mother-infant pairs.
- Guys were getting big netfuls at the base of the dam with little effort.
- Example sentences
- Patrol boats and helicopters sometimes entangle fugitive vessels by firing a netlike device into the water in front of it.
- Etched into the surface of that mirror-flat basin was a netlike pattern of polygons bearing a remarkable resemblance to the ones I'd just seen in the frost-shaped landscape of northwestern Alaska.
- When battles happen, the netlike web of human experience suffers a pull that causes the whole to distort from what would have been its dimensions otherwise.
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Syllabification: net
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net 2
1(Of an amount, value, or price) remaining after a deduction, such as tax or a discount, has been made: net earnings per share rose the net worth of the business Often contrasted with gross (sense 4 of the adjective).
More example sentences
- And it's a big boost to the bottomline with net value addition per person being 10-15 times the amount it is for BPOs.
- Canary Wharf said its net value per share increased from £5.18 to £6.78 in the year to June.
- Where 15% UK tax was deducted, the net amount received is liable to Irish tax.
after tax, after deductions, take-home, final
informal bottom line
1.1(Of a price) to be paid in full; not reducible.
Example sentences
- The first definition of dumping focuses on price discrimination - the selling of identical goods at different net prices in different markets.
1.2(Of a weight) excluding that of the packaging or container.
Example sentences
- Under the Bill consumers must only be charged on a net weight basis - that is, without any packaging included in the stated weight or price.
- The enhanced net weight is partly created by the lack of fungal disease in the plants, since less fungal disease means that the plants need less trimming.
- Additionally, tags will have the manufacturer's name and address, as well as the guarantee on the net weight of the feed contained in the bag.
1.3(Of a score in golf) adjusted to take account of a player's handicap.
Example sentences
- The boys team from Scoil Muire agus Padraig took home the prize for best nett score at the Connacht Schools Golf Championships played at the Ballina Course.
- There was an interesting scenario last Saturday with a great prize for the best nett score of three nights and two days and golf at Noosaville with the winner to be present.
- Stockley also lifted the Founders Cup for the best nett score when he shot a gross 83 off a handicap of 19.
2(Of an effect or result) final or overall: the net result is the same
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- The net effect of these factors is the accumulation of a large foreign debt by the Middle Eastern countries.
- If the profit of one division increases with a corresponding decrease to another division the net overall effect is the same for the single entity and hence, the shareholders.
- These improvements might be the net effect of two factors: starting treatment at earlier stages of disease, or better treatment for a given stage.
final, end, ultimate, closing;
overall, actual, effective
verb (nets, netting, netted)[with object]
1Acquire or obtain (a sum of money) as clear profit: they sold their 20% stake, netting a huge profit in the process
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- The CA president netted the sum less than a fortnight after the US software company issued a profit warning which sent its share price plummeting.
- In 1861, the two women had staged a fundraiser that netted the paltry sum of $675.
- He also netted pension contributions and other perks of €68,000.
1.1 [with two objects] Return (profit or income) for (someone): the land netted its owner a turnover of $800,000
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- They sold a five-storey house in central London overlooking St James's Park for £5.7m in 2004, netting them £3.7m profit.
- Council chiefs have confirmed the 105-year-old club has approached them to discuss the potential relocation that would net them millions of pounds.
- Komarnitski earned third place in the annual Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award, netting him prize money of $3000.
1.2 (net something down/off/out) Exclude a non-net amount, such as tax, when making a calculation, in order to reduce the amount left to a net sum: the scrap or salvage value should be netted off against the original purchase price
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- The flows are netted out for each year, and discounted by the going interest rate.
- Competitive tendering as an alternative to negotiated contracts has been shown in a number of contexts to yield cost savings (for a given level of service) before administrative charges are netted out of 20% on average.
- If you try to net them down they tell us two things.
Middle English (in the senses 'clean' and 'smart'): from French net 'neat'; see neat1. The sense 'free from deductions' is first recorded in late Middle English commercial documents.
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STANFORD -- Quarterback Kevin Hogan long ago became comfortable with Stanford's intricate offense, which is just as likely to line up with three tight ends as with three wide receivers.
This season, the redshirt junior is attempting to attain mastery of the system. Naturally, he turned to Yoda for advice.
Andrew Luck was happy to help.
"I talked to him a bunch," said Hogan, who will lead No. 13 Stanford against No. 14 USC on Saturday. "We watched film together, and he shared some tidbits."
Like many former Stanford players now in the NFL, Luck returns to campus each spring to train for a month. He sat down with Hogan and offered pointers on timing, footwork, decoding defenses and other nuances of the position.
Luck also urged Hogan to treat every week from April to August like it was game week, to imagine the season riding on every pass he tossed in voluntary workouts.
"We talk about managing expectations and the pressure you put on yourself," Luck said via the Indianapolis Colts publicity department. "Pressure can be a good thing.
"I have a lot of fun watching (Hogan) play, and I'm always rooting for his success. I think they're going to be great this year."
Hogan is 17-3 as a starter and 10-1 against ranked opponents since taking command of the offense late in the 2012 season. Within a few weeks, he had led Stanford to the conference title, then the school's first Rose Bowl victory in four decades.
"You look at a team that, post-Andrew Luck, was semi-floundering on offense," coach David Shaw said. "And the kid steps in and wins."
Hogan's challenge this season is more daunting than any he has faced. There is no Stepfan Taylor or Tyler Gaffney to carry the running game. The offensive line is young, and the tight ends, while talented, are unproven.
The Cardinal will be more reliant on Hogan to make big plays -- and avoid costly mistakes -- than ever before.
"The team can be as good as he is," said Todd Husak, the Stanford radio analyst and former quarterback. "If he elevates his level of play, there's no reason Stanford can't have another very successful season.
"The big question is, can he evolve as a game manager? Can he evolve into a prolific passer?"
At 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, Hogan has the physical tools needed to become an elite quarterback. He's mobile with a strong arm; he throws a first-class deep ball; he's steady in the huddle; he never gets overwhelmed by the moment.
But mastery of the quarterback position in general and Stanford's offense in particular depends on accurate short- and middle-distance passes.
It depends on putting the ball over the proper shoulder, allowing the receiver to generate yards after the catch.
It depends on identifying defenses, not only the alignment as it appears just before snap but also the masked intentions.
It depends on his ability to counteract those intentions, see the big picture and make the right call.
"He been in so many big games -- you look at Oregon games, he made huge plays," Shaw said. "But then you look at Utah and USC (last year), and he could have done better.
"I'm talking about playing at a high level consistently: Play after play, game after game, to point where he's in the upper echelon of the conference."
Hogan spent his offseason studying the playbook -- the opponents' playbook. He worked with offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren and quarterbacks coach Tavita Pritchard to, in his words, "get inside the head of the defensive coordinators."
Only with an understanding of the opposition can Hogan manipulate Stanford's offense in a manner that generates maximum results.
Only by anticipating the movement of the defense immediately following the snap can Hogan make correct decisions consistently.
Only by making the correct decisions consistently can he approach Luck's level of proficiency.
"He's not quite there yet," Shaw said. "That was mastery of the offense and mastery of the quarterback position. That's when the coach takes the keys to offense out of his pocket and hands them to the guy and says, 'Go.'
"Kevin gets to borrow the keys periodically. We're not giving him the keys just yet."
For more on college sports, see Jon Wilner's College Hotline at blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408-920-5716.
Kevin Hogan File
Year: Junior
Hometown: McLean, Virginia
High school: Gonzaga Prep
in Washington, D.C.
Major: Science, technology
and society
Record vs. ranked teams: 10-1
Record as a starter: 17-3
Career stats: Completed
65 percent of his passes for 3,930 yards, with 32 touchdowns and 14 interceptions
USC (1-0) at Stanford (1-0),
12:30 p.m. ABC
When Stanford
quarterback Kevin Hogan (8) wanted
to improve his game this offseason, he turned to the master himself, former Cardinal great Andrew Luck.
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The trial of former Georgia state school superintendent Linda Schrenko begins May 1, 2006 in Atlanta.
News 12 investigated Schrenko's spending a year before the former school official was charged.
Prosecutors say it's a case of following the money--money they say Linda Schrenko stole from you and put into her failed campaign for governor...and a face-lift.
Once a rising star in the GOP, Schrenko now finds herself a political outcast...and facing the possibility of a long prison sentence.
Here's what Linda Schrenko told me back in August of 2003, at the very start of our investigation into her spending. I asked her about the state audit that found that the hundreds of thousands of she spent had paid for nothing.
"I don't know anything about that. I honestly do not, because services were delivered," Schrenko said.
One year after our story aired, federal prosecutors saw it differently.
Federal investigators say you helped pay for a $9300 face-lift for Ms. Schrenko.
Prosecutors say the money intended to help school children of Georgia was funneled into offshore accounts and then redirected to Ms. Schrenko's gubernatorial campaign.
January 10, 2005, Merle Temple, once Schrenko's right hand man, pled guilty to 3 charges of theft, wire fraud and conspiracy.
He will now testify against Schrenko.
Prosecutors say it was a blatant misuse of your money.
Former state school board chair Cathy Henson says she feels vindicated.
"Schrenko stole money from the children she was elected to protect," she says.
Schrenko's attorney, Pete Theodocian, maintains his client's innocence.
"We're happy with our case and feel like we're headed in the right direction and look forward to going to court."
As for what the defense strategy might be, former US Attorney Jerry Froelich offered this possibility: "Normally in a case like this you admit to as many facts as you can and then deny knowledge."
Schrenko and her co-defendants' trial begins Monday at 9 in the federal courthouse in Atlanta.
News 12 will be there to bring you complete coverage.


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DEBATING THE DEATH PENALTY: Should America Have Capital Punishment?
ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: The Associate Movement in Religious Communities
THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE: What On Earth Am I Here For?
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI: A Life of Joy
DEBATING THE DEATH PENALTY: Should America Have Capital Punishment? edited by Hugo Bedau and Paul Cassell. Oxford University Press. 242 pp. $26.
THE BIBLICAL TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA'S DEATH PENALTY, by Dale S. Recinella. Northeastern University Press. 433 pp. $22.50.
WAITING TO DIE: LIFE ON DEATH ROW, by Richard Michael Rossi. Vision Paperbacks, U.K. 237 pp. $17.95.
Reviewed by DONNA GRAHAM, O.S.F., director of the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation office for the O.F.M. Province of St. John the Baptist. She holds master's degrees in theology and social work.
PEOPLE INTERESTED in the death-penalty debate will find these three books interesting, as they cover various aspects of the discussion around the death penalty. They are especially apropos in light of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision forbidding execution of minors (see the editorial, "Not Getting Away With Murder").
Debating the Death Penalty delineates the pro and con arguments for capital punishment. It gives the views of judges, attorneys, philosophers and a governor evenly divided in their support for—or opposition to—the death penalty. And it describes the emotional struggles of those responsible for imposing it.
The book ends with the statement of Gov. George Ryan of Illinois when he issued a moratorium on the death penalty in his state on January 31, 2000. He said he could not guarantee that no innocent person would be executed.
The graphic stories of some of the murders Hugo Bedau and Paul Cassell learned of while writing this book do make one pause. But so, too, does the pondering of a pro-death-penalty judge: "I sometimes wonder whether those of us who make life-and-death decisions on a regular basis should not be required to watch as the machinery of death grinds up a human being."
Another very worthwhile read is The Biblical Truth About America's Death Penalty, in which Dale S. Recinella examines the biblical passages from the Hebrew Scriptures often used to support the death penalty.
The author was originally a pro-death-penalty lawyer. Eventually, he left the practice of criminal law because of a violent incarcerated client. Working and studying theology in Rome, he encountered a Jewish lawyer who had done research on ancient Hebrew practices regarding the death penalty.
This and his ministry to the prison population on Florida's death row changed everything. He set about to research the biblical foundations that many Americans cite as support for the death penalty.
Recinella does a very thorough job of analyzing the Scripture passages most often quoted by "Bible-belt Christians": "an eye for an eye," the Rule of Blood found in Genesis 9:6, and others. He concludes that the conditions for the death penalty in the Hebrew Scriptures are not met in the United States, supporting this position with actual cases.
Recinella also points out that these biblical arguments exclude the New Testament values of grace and forgiveness, ignoring atonement by Jesus. He also draws an interesting parallel between current support of the death penalty and the rationale used to support slavery in previous generations.
Recinella suggests that people of faith adopt the position of restorative justice, which requires mutual accountability, a covenant relationship. Offenders are accountable to society for their wrongdoing, but society is accountable for its failing with regard to the offender. Restorative justice can include punishment, but must go beyond it by seeking to restore the community, the victims and the offender.
Perhaps the strongest argument for reform of the U.S penal system comes from a man who has spent 20 years on death row. In Waiting to Die, Richard Michael Rossi reveals the injustices of our legal system.
Born to abusive parents, a lonely and overweight child addicted to diet pills, he nonetheless graduated from college and worked successfully for a time. Drug addiction eventually got the better of him, leading him to paranoia, burglary and murder. His story is similar to many others, as he was given inadequate representation, poor advice and no time to discern his choices in the criminal-justice system.
This is the everyday life of a man on death row and the injustice, abuse and inadequacy of our prison system. At the end, Rossi mentions that, in many ways, we have more respect for animals than we do for the inmates on death row.
And he asks a very good question: When will the quest for revenge that fuels our prison system ever come to an end? And when will the "living tomb" of death row cease to exist?
You can order DEBATING THE DEATH PENALTY: Should America Have Capital Punishment?, THE BIBLICAL TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA'S DEATH PENALTY and WAITING TO DIE: LIFE ON DEATH ROW from St.
Francis Bookshop.
THE TWELVE GIFTS IN MARRIAGE, by Charlene Costanzo. Harper-Resource. 48 pp. $17.95.
Reviewed by MARY JO DANGEL, assistant managing editor of this publication. She and her husband have prisms hanging in a sunny window in their home.
IT TOOK ME LESS THAN half an hour to read this book. Reflecting upon the contents and putting the 12 suggestions (gifts) into practice, however, is a much bigger investment of time.
Charlene Costanzo, who also wrote The Twelve Gifts of Birth and The Twelve Gifts for Healing, begins this book with a parable, beautifully illustrated by Paul Janovsky: An elderly couple tell a bride and groom that their love will grow if they use their "gifts" every day. The newlyweds are confused by this advice.
Years later, when the older husband encounters the younger husband again, he gives him a prism as a colorful reminder to use his gifts. This time, the sage explains that the gifts he refers to are strength, beauty, courage, compassion, hope, joy, talent, imagination, reverence, wisdom, love and faith. As someone who has always been fascinated with prisms, I appreciated the repetition of Janovsky's colorful prisms throughout the book as gentle reminders to the reader.
The fable is followed by a section in which each gift is briefly described and illustrated with David Schmidt's photos of 12 married couples. The Acknowledgments section is not to be overlooked: It contains inspiring quotes from these diverse couples.
The 12 gifts will seem like no-brainers to couples who have been giving them to each other throughout the ups and downs of their marriage. But the high number of divorces, in addition to the unknown number of unhappily married people, is evidence that these gifts are not given often enough by many husbands and wives to each other.
No doubt this book will be given to many couples as a suitable wedding or anniversary present: A prism to hang in a window would be a perfect companion gift. I wish the book had included a pull-out print, suitable for framing, for those husbands and wives who need a constant reminder.
Hopefully, many recipients will read this book and be inspired by it, instead of just sticking it on a shelf with other gifts where they look pretty and collect dust. In marriages where both spouses mutually give the 12 innate gifts to each other on a daily basis, their journey together through life is likely to be enriched.
You can order THE TWELVE GIFTS IN MARRIAGE from St.
Francis Bookshop.
ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: The Associate Movement in Religious Communities, by Kathleen Wade. OPEL Press (2529 Concordgreen Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45244; email@example.com). 96 pp. $17.95.
Reviewed by CAROL ANN MORROW, an assistant editor of St. Anthony Messenger who has reported on associates for this publication. She has been an associate of the Oldenburg Franciscan Sisters for 15 years.
ENCOURAGEMENT, INSPIRATION, challenge and information: The 96 pages of this book provided all that to me! I hadn't expected it to be this good. The cover is generic (dictated by budget, I suspect) and the book's innards are also unprepossessing in appearance.
Its 13 chapters—each an associate profile—are quite well-written. The author lets each mini-biography flow with great respect for the featured individual. No "formula" turns them into clones.
I had feared to find the book predictable, since I know many associates and have interviewed quite a few. The author preserved the unique qualities of each, while helping the reader sense the attentiveness to call that led each to pursue association with a religious order.
Those interviewed demonstrate the varied paths that lead people to association and the extraordinary contributions made by associates to religious communities, to the Church and to the spiritual vitality of the world at large. It inspired me to deepen my own commitment to association.
The little book also articulated to my satisfaction some questions I've had: the difference between "oblates" and associates; the widespread, pre-Vatican notion that a spiritual life practically required the support of vows; the reasons that might draw one to association; the reluctance some religious have had regarding associate membership; and associate attitudes toward renewable versus permanent commitment.
I believe that members of religious orders often take their charism for granted and don't feel called upon to express it or interpret it for lay friends. Nor do they all appreciate how closely Catholics are watching the ways in which they live the Gospel. That is what draws people to join them.
Author Kathleen Wade provides a venue in which readers can sense what might draw one to be affiliated to the Mercy Order or to some other of a host of possibilities. For instance, Associate Elizabeth Brown says, "Because the Passionists are so in touch with Christ's suffering...they have a special sensitivity to human pain."
I was amused by the memory of Tim Simmons, a young man who became an associate of the very Sisters for whom he caused trouble back in grade school. I was amazed at the courage of Dee Nelson and her ministries to prostitutes.
While this book is slim and leaves out many expressions and adaptations of the associate movement, it does offer a nice range. The author and her collaborators went through a lot of hoops to get this little volume into print. I, for one, am glad they persevered in their vision. Anyone who has ever wondered about the shape, the possibilities or the reasons for associate membership will find answers and encouragement in Kathleen Wade's book. They will also find e-mail contact information for the communities represented in it.
You can order ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: The Associate Movement in Religious Communities from St. Francis Bookshop.
THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE: What On Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren. Zondervan. 334 pp. $19.99.
LIVING YOUR LIFE WITH PURPOSE AND PASSION, by Kevin J. Wright. Alba House. 127 pp. $14.95.
Reviewed by JAMES VAN VURST, O.F.M., a Franciscan priest who is on the staff of this Web site.
THE MARCH 13 NEWS STORY of Ashley Smith calming down the suspect in the Atlanta courthouse shootings, gaining his trust and convincing him to turn himself in after reading to him from Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Life was nothing short of astounding. For five hours, Smith and Brian Nichols talked about what he had done and how, unless he gave himself up, there would only be more deaths, including his own. Smith spoke of herself as "his sister in Christ" and him as her "brother." He seemed genuinely touched by what she was reading.
In the end, Nichols put his guns under the bed, saying, "I don't want to mess with them anymore." He let Smith go pick up her daughter and then surrendered. There is no question that this book was a significant factor in preventing what could have been another terrible tragedy.
The Purpose-Driven Life has sold extraordinarily well during the past two years. Last January it had been on The New York Times Best-Seller List for 99 weeks. The book also comes in cassette and CD formats, along with The Purpose-Driven Life Journal.
Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. He and his wife, Kay, began the church in their home in January 1980, with one family. Now, with 16,000 in attendance each weekend and over 50,000 names on the church roll, Saddleback is the fastest-growing Baptist church in history and the largest church in the Southern Baptist Convention.
The Purpose-Driven Life is a manifesto for Christian living in the 21st century. The author describes his book as a guide "to a 40-day spiritual journey which will enable you to discover the answer to life's most important question: What on earth am I here for?"
Further, he promises that "by the end of this journey you will know God's purpose for you and will understand the big picture—how all the pieces of your life fit together."
The 40-chapter book is divided into five sections or purposes: Each person God has created has been planned, formed, created, shaped and made—all for a reason.
Chapters average four or five pages and conclude with a "Point to Ponder," a reflection and a discussion question. Warren strongly recommends reading the chapters consecutively, one chapter a day.
The message of the book is exactly as described: You have a purpose in life; that purpose was given by God by his creation of you; it is up to you to respond to God's purpose and, in fact, unless you do, you will be incomplete—or worse. Some of the saddest people in the world are those who live in ignorance of God's purpose for them.
Warren's book is easy to read. Unfortunately, the hundreds of Scripture references are placed in the back of the book rather than after the quote. Checking references is frustrating. Warren uses 15 different Bible translations and, thus, the Scriptures read unevenly.
Nevertheless, I think Warren accomplishes his purpose. I found the book very direct, though a bit repetitious. The Purpose-Driven Life's strength is its simplicity. It's also its weak point.
Also, I sensed that I was being told, "This is the answer." Catholic spirituality allows much more mystery in our relationship with God.
A book that better expresses a Catholic viewpoint is Kevin J. Wright's Living Your Life With Purpose and Passion. Wright is the manager of the world's largest tour company and has co-managed a Catholic-based reality TV show.
This book "presents a way to experience the joy and excitement of striving with enthusiasm toward the end goal of human existence: happiness with God forever."
The Introduction points out that most people never ask the most important questions: "What's my purpose in life and what am I living and dying for?" Those who never become conscious of those questions are bound to miss pieces in the mosaic of their lives.
Wright tries to supply the missing pieces. He states a basic truth: Life is God's gift to us; what we do with that life is our gift to God.
This book is a layman's "how-to" book. A diagram illustrates a four-level journey toward the goal of human existence. Level 1, happiness based on pleasure and material goods, is intense yet short-lived. Level 2 seeks happiness based on growth in self-esteem and personal achievement. Level 3's happiness includes the welfare and good of others. Level 4 is faith and participation in the unconditional love of God.
Chapter Three takes eight key areas in a person's life (spiritual, physical, family, social, career, financial, contribution and intellectual) and shows how each one relates with what God has revealed in Scripture.
Chapter Four briefly treats theological, cardinal and human virtues; they are touchstones for living the gospel life in a practical way. Later chapters offer ideas for simplifying one's life (Chapter 6), setting goals (8), developing an action plan (9) and even writing a very personal mission statement (7).
This book can definitely help someone begin to make life changes based on sound Catholic principles of spirituality. Examples from Scripture and the lives of the saints illustrate his program.
I believe this book will appeal much more to Catholics than The Purpose-Driven Life.
You can order THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE: What On Earth Am I Here For? and LIVING YOUR LIFE WITH PURPOSE AND PASSION from St.
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SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI: A Life of Joy, by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Illustrated by Dennis Nolan. Hyperion Books for Children. 32 pp. $18.99.
Reviewed by JACK WINTZ, O.F.M., writer and editor at St. Anthony Messenger for over 30 years, and also author of the children's book St. Francis in San Francisco (Paulist Press).
IN HIS INTRODUCTORY NOTES, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., explains that both he and his father, former Attorney General and New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy, were named after St. Francis of Assisi. As a child, his bedroom walls were covered with dozens of pictures from the life of St. Francis, and statues of the saint have always decorated the family's gardens. Kennedy, who describes himself as a "born animal lover," calls Francis his patron saint.
Although Kennedy's St. Francis is a book for youth, it's a good read for adults as well. Written in a fluent, energetic style, the book covers the key events of Francis' life. It moves from his carefree days as the "King of Youth" and dreams of knighthood through his dramatic conversion to the God of love to his joyful service of lepers and the poorest of the poor.
"Happiness does not come from comfort or material possessions," Kennedy's Francis says, "but from serving others." His story also includes Francis' call to rebuild the broken-down Church of San Damiano, his founding of a fast-growing brotherhood of friars, as well as the receiving of his friend, the noblewoman Clare, into the Franciscan movement.
As a public figure with strong environmental concerns, Kennedy appropriately focuses on Francis as a man with great admiration for the natural world and who is the patron saint of ecology. "Francis loved animals and plants, the sea and the stars, and the beauty of the world that God gave us," Kennedy writes. "Francis believed that destroying any living creature was a sin against God and humanity....He called his fellow creatures 'sister' and 'brother.'"
Other signs of environmental care and respect shown by Francis, according to Kennedy, were the saint's forbidding his friars "to chop down living trees" and Francis' habit of picking "worms off the firewood to keep them from being burned." Kennedy also told of Francis' preaching to "our sisters the birds," as well as Francis' role as peacemaker between the wolf of Gubbio and the people and animals of that town, whom the wolf had been attacking.
The jacket of the children's book describes Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as "a lawyer for the Natural Resources Defense Council and president of Waterkeeper Alliance," an organization protecting U.S. rivers, lakes and coastal waterways. Kennedy is also described as "a devout Roman Catholic, a crusader for clean air and water, and a member of a family famous for its dedication to public service."
In the book's Author's Note, Kennedy writes: "Every night my wife and I kneel with our children around the bed to recite the [Peace Prayer of] St. Francis....I hope this book will lead children to learn more about St. Francis and to be inspired by the lessons of his life."
The book successfully accomplishes this goal!
You can order SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI: A Life of Joy from St. Francis Bookshop.
During this Year of the Eucharist, let's look at some books that might deepen our participation at Mass.
THE MYSTERY OF FAITH: A Study of the Structural Elements of the Order of the Mass, by Lawrence J. Johnson/Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, revised edition (Oregon Catholic Press, 142 pp., $13.95), is a workbook that thoroughly updates the 1981-2 original. Incorporating the new General Instruction on the Roman Missal and other new liturgical documents, this book examines each of the parts and rituals of the Mass.
PRIMARY SYMBOLS OF WORSHIP: And the Call to Participation, by Mary Amore (Resource Publications, 40 pp., $7.95), examines the role of such familiar Church symbols as the baptismal font, the ambo, the altar and the assembly. With discussion questions, meditations and rituals, this resource is intended to spark more participation.
THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNION, by Michael Kwatera (Liturgical Press, 40 pp., $3.95), is an invaluable resource for eucharistic ministers. Updated with the latest liturgical laws and norms, it includes an expanded section on leading Communion services. This is part of Liturgical Press's wonderful series of booklets on Church ministries: music, lectors, cantors, servers, hospitality, consolers and liturgical environment. They are priced so that the parish can afford to give one to each person involved in these vital roles.
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Thanksgiving Blessings
"This food comes from the earth and the sky. It is a gift of the entire universe and the fruit of much hard work; I vow to live a life which is worthy to receive it." — Grace of the Bodhisattva Buddhists
At the beginning of every yoga class, while we're sitting in sukhasana, my yoga teacher always says to "give silent gratitude for all the blessings in our lives." And, even though I am mentally not quite "there" yet — I'm still trying to find my "sit bones" and thinking about my grocery list and how I forgot my daughter's gym shoes and did I shut the garage door? — usually, I do it. Images of my kids' faces and my cozy brick house flash through my mind, and if I take time to really think about it (and not about the location of my cute new flats that I hope the dog isn't eating right now), I realize I have so much to be grateful for: my close, loving family, my friends, my health, my readers, my Dutch oven, fire-roasted Hatch green chilies, pasture butter and the fact that I am rarely hungry.


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Chances are you may be mistaken. You may think - come Abbadon or high water - you are entitled to trial by a jury should you ever dip your toe into the deep end of a court room.
Well, not exactly.
In fact, jury trials are more the exception than the rule.
In civil matters - that is private disputes between private parties - you have to ask for a jury trial to get one. And you, literally, have to pay a premium (by way of an increased filing fee) should you wish to seat a jury. If you don't, sorry Charlie, you'll try the matter to a judge.
As we've laid out in this column before, there is a schism in the law between "civil" actions on the one hand and "criminal" on the other. "Civil" matters comprise disputes between private parties. Criminal cases involve the state prosecuting a defendant for an alleged wrong against society.
In some kinds of civil cases, trial to a jury is not permitted even should you want one. Divorce is one example. You may wish to point out to a jury of your peers that your soon-to-ex is in league with the devil and therefore hopefully avail yourself of the largesse of your fellow citizens in punishing the so-and-so. Which is exactly why such cases are not open for debate before jury. The thinking is, presumably, that a seasoned judge will likely be less susceptible to becoming tainted by your indignity.
You must also disabuse yourself of the notion that a jury consists of 12 persons. I know, I know, you've see the movie Twelve Angry Men and that's ah - 12, right? - not a score, a pair, a trio, or a baker's dozen. Well, right you are. But more times than not, in more jurisdictions than not, a jury may consist of half-a-dozen or some other number. As a salve to your indignity, however, the federal courts would make Henry Fonda proud; there at least, there are most times 12 members of the jury.
And, by the way, while we're refuting fairy tales, the verdict of a jury often need not be unanimous. Yes, to lock someone up and throw away the key, a jury must come to a complete consensus but in many jurisdictions in civil matters only a majority, or perhaps a "supermajority" of the jurors must agree.
So, from whence does your inalienable right to a jury trial (in criminal matters at least) arise? The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the answer. Specifically, the 6th Amendment holds:
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed ... , and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence."
Yeah, "defence"; they spelled funny in those days.
Anyway, in addition to the right to jury trial in criminal matters, the 6th also assures;
• The right to a speedy trial.
• For one to be informed of the charges against him.
• To confront and challenge those who portend to bear witness against him.
• The right to legal counsel.
A nice, tidy package of rights. In the context of the times this was - if not quite groundbreaking - at the least a punch to the historical solar plexus. Heretofore, it was more the rule than the exception that the state could detain one indefinitely without bothering to inform the detainee what wrong he allegedly committed.
All of this brings us in a strange way to the Blade Runner. No, not Harrison Ford in the 1982 dystopian science fiction action film but, rather, the 2013 real-life action hero, Oscar Pistorius who is, himself, at least part science fiction.
By now you know the story: On Valentine's Day morning of this year, Pistorius, the first disabled athlete to compete the in the able-bodied Olympics, shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Prosecutors in Pretoria have charged Pistorius with premeditated murder. Pistorius claims he thought there was an intruder in his home and shot Steenkamp by mistake.
You're scratching your head. As tragic as this is, what in the name of a South African Krugerrand does it have to do with the 6th Amendment? Well, it's this; in South Africa, things are different. When the Blade Runner comes to trial, he will not have the right that you or I would in the good ol' USA to a trial by his peers.
South Africa abolished jury trials in 1969, while the country was under apartheid, due to fears of racial prejudice by white jurors. And the rule remains today. If and when Pistorius has his day in court, the case will be heard - and his future determined - by a single judge. Were he tried, instead, in the U.S., a jury would be charged to unanimously decide his fate. Since the standard to convict in the U.S. is guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt," were he able, Pistorius might prefer to take his chances here.
Rohn K. Robbins is an attorney licensed before the bars of Colorado and California who practices in the Vail Valley with the law firm of Stevens, Littman, Biddision, Tharp and Weinberg LLC. His practice areas include business and commercial transactions, real estate and development, family law, custody, divorce and civil litigation. He may be heard on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. on KZYR radio (97.7 FM) and seen on ECOTV 18 as host of "Community Focus." Robbins may be reached at 970-926-4461 or at either of his e-mail addresses, email@example.com or email@example.com.


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Tracy Searles of McCormick is in jail, accused of molesting a young girl.
News 12's Meredith Taylor talks to Levoria Searles about her husband.
Levoria Searles is a woman desperately seeking the truth. And she has so many questions.
"I want to know what happened," she says. "I want to know what happened to change my baby."
In April, the now 8-year-old girl said she'd been molested by her stepfather.
"And in the beginning, I prayed that, you know, maybe it was something she was making up, maybe it was something she saw or heard from another child."
34-year-old Tracy Searles is charged with nine serious sexual assault charges involving the girl.
That's something his sister Watonya told News 12 she can't believe.
"They are charging him with this crime like he already did it, like he's guilty, and there's no if, ands, or buts about it," she said.
Levoria says she is not convicting her husband, but she says she knows something happened.
"They're his family," she says. "I expect them to stand by him. But I'm my daughter's family, and I have to stand beside her."
Investigators say Tracy Searles turned himself in on Thursday. Until he can make bond or there is a trial date, he'll be held at the Aiken Co. Detention Center.
The alleged sexual assaults took place between August of 2000 and November 2003, when the little girl was just 3.
Levoria can't understand why Tracy hasn't spoken up for himself.
"He has not said, 'I'm sorry you're going through this, but I didn't do it'," she says.
And now two families must wait for the truth.
"Why, why her?" Levoria asks. "She was a child who couldn't defend herself. Why?"
Bond is set at $120,000. So far, Tracy Searles has been unable to make that.
He and his wife have been separated since 2003, and the girl is seeing counselors.


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Central Mi c higan University
August 15, 1966
Central Michlgnn Unl versily Board of Trustees
Meeting of August 15, 1966
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Members present; Mrs. Jean Backus; Lloyd M. Cofer; Mrs. Katharine C.
Hafstad, Chairman; E. Allan Morrow; Lawrence D. Rahilly; Walter W,
Wightman; Judson W. Foust, President , Also; Norvall C. Bovee, Treasurer;
Byron P. Gallagher, Legal Counsel : Wilbur E. Moore: WilHam M . Saxton,
Legal Counsel; Mrs . Doris L. Crlppo, Secretary.
Members absent: James M. Umphrey.
It was moved, seconded and carried that the June 29 and July 11, 1966
minutes be approved as printed,
Dr. Wilbur E. Moore stated that he would prepare a written statement on
faculty load and send It to the members of the Board for their information.
:Mr, Norvall C. Bovee made a report on travel allowances and distl"ibuted
copies of the report Including suggested changes . Discussion followed.
It was suggested that this be Included In the President 's formal recommendations
for the September meeting.
Mr. Bovee reported that the archHects are back to work on the quadrangle
of dormitories hoping to get the bids out In September on two of the dormitorIes
plus a part of the food commons . The plans . scaled down to only
half of the original plans for the four dormitories and a food commons are
to be used, The site has been shifted to the south campus.
President Foust extended an Invitation to the members of the Board to visit
the Crlppled Children 'S Camp near Grand Rapids on August 25. Anyone
interested in going Is to contact Dr. J. D. Marcus.
rt was moved and seconded that the formal recommendations of the PreSident
be approved including the salary schedule with the understanding that the
qualifying pr ovisions and the implementation of the schedule be given consider
ation at a futUre date . Carried. (Copy on file in the Secretar y 's
office. )
Mr. Harold H. Wilcox , Administrative Assistant, Publlc
Services, effective January 7, 1967,
Dr, Herbert L. Curry, Professor, Speech and Drama Department,
effective JWle 10, 1967.
Retir ements continued -
Mr. Kenneth A. Kelly, Inst ructor , Phys ical Education Department
, e ffective June 30, 1967.
Dr. Patricia C, Annable, Professor, Foreign Language Department,
effective July 15 , 1966.
Dr. Victor Cout ant , Professor , Foreign La~age Department,
effective June 30 , 1966.
Miss Charlotte A. Denman, Asslatant Professor , Physical Edlc aHon
Department, eUective July 10, 1966.
Dr. Rodney D. Elliott , Associate Professor, Soc iology Department
, effective August 31 , 1966.
Mr. David A. Page , Photograpber , Administrative Assistant,
Information Services, effective May 11, 1966.
Mr. Francis H. Tokay, Assi stant P rofessor, Speecb and Drama
Department, effective August I , 1966.
Mr. Artwr G. Wilner, Assistant Professor, Geography Department,
e ffective July 30, 1966.
Mrs. Lirxla Converse, Key Punch ~erator C- l, Business Division,
effective July 1, 1966.
Mrs . Suzanne Kuechenmelster, Stenographer C-2, Business
Divis ion, e ffective September 14 , 1966.
Mrs. Lima Measel, Key Punch Operator C- l, Equipment Inventor y,
effective August 5, 1966.
Mrs. Marie Schneider , Clerk C-O , Inc1lstrlal Education Department ,
lnlf- Ume, effective July 29, 1966; and Clerk C- I , History Department
, half- time, e ffective August 12 , 1966 .
Mr. Kenneth Green, Master :Machinist Linotype Operator M-5,
University Press, e ffective July 15 , 1966.
Mr. Al fred L, Neff, Warehouseman M-l, effective July 18, 1966.
Resignations continued -
Three Temporary Groundsmen resigned since the last Board of
Trustees Meeting on June 29, 1966.
Mr. J ohn C. Biddle, Ass istant P rofessor , Mathematics Depanment,
e ffective September 5,1966.
Mr. Charles E. Carlson, Instructor. History Department, effective
September 5 , 1966.
Dr. Robert Alan Clasen, Assistant P rofessor , Chemistry Department
, effective September 5, 1966.
Mr. It. Cedric Colness, Inst ructor, Mus ic Department, effective
September 5, 1966.
Mrs. Virginia Colvin, Assistant P rofessor , Student Personnel
Services, effective September 5,1966.
Mr. Roger Codl:", Instr uctor (Tempor ary), Sociology Department,
effective September 5, 1966.
Mr. Ell P. Cox, Instructor in lI.'lar keting, Business DtlJartment,
effective Septembe r 5, 1966.
Mrs. Nanette Davis , Inst ructor (Tempor ary), half-time , Soc iology
Department, for the fa ll semester, beginning September 5, 1966.
Mr. John H. De Car lo, Vice P resident of P ublic Services , effective
September I, 1966.
Mrs. Beat rice Doser, Instructor (Temporary), Mathematics
Department , effective September 5, 1966.
Mr. Thomas C. Edens, Instructor, Department of Economics,
effective September 5, 1966.
Mrs. Virginia Fish , Instructor (Temporary) , Sociology Department ,
effeotive September 5, 1966.
Mr. John M. Grona, Jr., Instructor (Tempor ary), Geography
Department , effective beginning September 5, 1966.
Appointments continued -
Mr. Norman F. Hallett , Inst ructor (Temporar y), History
Department , effective September 5, 1966.
Miss Lou D. Hays, Instructor and Personnel Counselor , Student
Per sonnel Services, effective September 5, 1966.
Miss Karen S. J ohnson , Instructor , Department of English ,
effective September 5, 1966.
Mrs. Mabel Kyser, Assistant P rofessor , E<h1catlon Department ,
effective September 5, 1966.
Mr s , Glori a Miller, Instructor (Tempor ary), Depar tment of
English , effective September 5, 1966.
Mr. Dennis A. Nawrocki, Instructor, Engllsh Department ,
effective September 5, 1966.
Mr . William C. Odykir k. Instructor, Depar tment of Physical
Educ ation, effective September 5, 1966.
Mr . Richard J. Parker, Assistant Professor, Foreign Language
Department, effective September 5, 1966.
Mr. Hambir G. P hadta re , Assistant Professo r , Sociology
Department, effect h'e Septembe r 5, 1966.
Dr. Monroe S. P rice , AssocIate ProfeElsor, Education Depar tment
, e ffective September 5, 1966.
Mrs . J ulie P. Richards, Instructor, Department of For eign
Language, effective September 5, 1966 .
Mrs. Norman Richa rdson, Temporary Instructor (part-time),
For e ign La nguage Departme nt, beginning September 5, 1966,
for the fall semester.
Mr , Vidian L. Roc, Administrative Assistant D, Information
Services, effective J une 13, H166.
Dr. Robert L. Sawyer, Associate Profcssor, Political Science
Depa rtment, effective September 5, 1966.
Dr. Adelin White Scott, Visiting Lecturcr, Department of
Psychology, effective September 5 , 1966.
Appointments continued -
Mr. Elme r B. Scovill , As sistant Professor, History Depart ment,
effective Sept ember 5 , 1966 .
Mr. Benjamin F. Taggie , Instructor, History Department,
effective September 5, 1966 .
Mrs. Jeanette S. Taggle, Instructor, University Laboratory
School - Kin:lergarten , effective September 5, 1966.
Mrs. Idanette W. VanWyhe , Resident Adviser A-I, Dormitory,
effecUve August 29, 1966.
Mr. Robert S. Vinson , Instructor, English IRpart ment , effective
September 5, 1966.
Dr. Paul I. Willwerth, Associate Professor, Music Department,
effective September 5, 1966.
Mr. George A. Zorn, Assistant Professor, Department of
English, effective September 5, 1966.
Mrs. Marianne E. Wagner, Resident Adviser A- I, e ffective
August 29, 1966.
Mrs. Mary Lee Baranski, Stenographer C-2, Graduate Studies
Office, effective July 5, 1966.
Mrs. Constance L. Heintz, Stenographer C-3, Prcsldent's
Office, effective July 25, 1966.
Miss Karen Looman, Stenographer C-2, School of Health and
PhySical Education and Recreation, effective August 22 , 1966.
1\1iss Martha Wojaek, Secretary C-3 , Graduate Studies Office ,
effective J uly 13 , 1966.
Miss Marcis L. Woodruff, Stenographer C-2, Speech Clinic,
effective July 11, 1966.
Mr. Raymond O. Lippold, Jr., Bus Driver M- 2, Public Services,
effective July 1, 1966.
Mr. James Orrison. Master Machine Linotype Operato r M-5, University
Press, effective August 29 , 1966.
Appointments continued -
Mr. Cleason Deitzel, Student Maintenance Supervisor, Housing,
effective June 12, 1966.
Miss Patricia Evans, Housemother-SupclVisor, Home Management
House, for tbe period September 5, 1966 - June 19, 1967.
There were six Temporary Groundsmen hired since the last
Board of Trustees Meeting on June 29 , 1966.
Mrs . Roberta Moe, Stenographer C-2, School of Education ,
without pay, for the period July 31, ] 966 - September 3, 1966.
Mrs. Mary L. Dent, Typist C-l, Business Division, to fulltime
from that of half-time , effective June 27, 1966.
Mr. Le Roy Baker, Printer's Helper H-O, Univer sity Press,
to a full-time posilion from that of hourly employee, effective
August 29 , 1966.
Recommend approval of the list of ProspecUve Graduates for degrees and
certificatcs for graduation on July 29, 1966, as submitted. (Copy on file
in the Secretary's Office.)
Recommend that, effective with the fa ll semester of 1966. full-time employees
be given the opportunity to take University courses without payment
of the regular fees umer the following con:l itions:
1. Employee must meet all Admission requirements and be offiCially
admitted by the Admissions Department of the University.
2. All cours es must hc taken during the employee's non-working hours.
3. A grade of C or bette r must be earned In the course.
4. At the time of enrollment, the employee must follow the regular
enrollme nt procedure, including payment of published fees.
5 . Prior to r egist rat ion, r egular full - time empl oyees with a minimum
of one year's service be a llowed to request a fee refund be made
to them upon the completion of the course, if same is taken, under
the following conditions:
a. Not more than two coorses or six semester hours of
credit be allowed in any s ingle semester.
b. Employees must meet all admission requirements and
be officially admitted to the University.
c. Course is taken during employee's non-working hours.
d. Grade of C or better is earned in the course.
The waiver of fees is to apply only to the regular fees charged all students
for enrollment for a specified number of semester hours. All special or
other incidental fees, such as, Music Fees, Special Course Fees, Parking
Fees, etc., are not refundable .
Recommend approval of adjustments in Personal Service Payroll , 1966-67,
as submitted. (Copy on file in the Secretary's Office.)
Grant in the amount of $7,239 from the Office of Education, Washington
D.C. to Central Michigan University for the acquisition of closed
circuit television equipment.
Higher Education Facilities Act Grant in the amount of $883,000 to
Central Michigan University for the construction of a General Classroom
Check in the amount of $50. 00 from Dr. Ramon Scruggs to the Development
Check in the amount of $200 from the Leonard Refineries, Alma ,
Michigan for Music and Athletic Grant-In-Aid FUnds.
To the University Library:
Mrs. Harry A. Miller, Mt. Pleasant, Micbigan, a gift copy of
Elizabeth Witheridge's Never Younger, Jeanne. Estimated value -
Dr. D. Louise Sharp, Mt. Pleasant, flfichigan, a gift of three boxes
of books. Estimated value - $25.00
Dr. Earl R. Nitschke, Mi. Pleasant, Michigan, a gift copy o f his
publication, A Collection on Nietzsche. Estimated value - $5.00.
Gifts - continued
To the University Library - continued:
Dr . John Hepler, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, a gift copy of Rodale's
The Word Finder and The Phrase Finder. Estimated value - $10.00.
Recommend approval of revised Salary Schedule for Academic and Administrative
Staff, as submitted. (Copy on file in the Secretary's Office.)
Recommend approval of Fees for Speech and Hearing Clinic, effective
September 1, 1966, as submitted. (Copy on file in the Secretary's
Office. )
On motion, meeting adjourned at 2:40 P. M.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. Doris L . Crippo
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Sage Francis wrote:
this beat is BEASTLY, it's like Lil' Jon got more technically intense….
Muznick wrote: Can I say.. I'm a little mad ?? I don't wanna sound too mad here but I worked really hard on my remix wich I sent friday night (from canada) and it never showed anywhere, so I couldn't get any vote. I had friends who were waiting to hear it.
I'd like to know if you at least got it ?? And why did it never show anywhere ? My remix wasn't standard.. it was very orchestral.. was that a bad thing ? please.. I'm just confused and angry for working so hard on something that.. pretty much seems to have never existed.
Sorry if my english is weird, I'm french.
Muznick wrote: All right, thanks guys.
It's up there, please give a listen :) I'll go put a link on facebook and ask em to vote on facebook's SFR page !


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HAYWARD -- In the 1980s, this city had eight gay bars; now the last one, the Turf Club, has evolved into an outdoor live music venue and neighborhood gathering space.
"We've gotten rid of the labels. It's no longer a gay bar; it's a community bar with live music," owner Larry Gray said last week.
Gray transformed a parking lot into a landscaped patio with trees and plants, a Tiki bar, a stage and a pond with koi, goldfish and five turtles.
"We're trying to bring live music back into Hayward, making Hayward a destination," Gray said.
There's no longer a need for gay bars, which were safe places to meet, get information and raise money for political causes, he said.
"The laws have changed, and people's attitudes toward gay people have changed," Gray said. "Straight people love coming in and seeing the live music. Knowing it's gay-owned and -operated has no effect. It's free and open, blending straight and gay people into a harmonious situation, drawn by the music."
Musician Kaye Bohler and her eight-piece band perform at the Turf Club on downtown Main Street about once a month. She's the lead singer for the Kaye Bohler Show, a blues and soul band with a three-piece horn section.
"It's like you're on vacation when you're on the patio; Larry Gray has created a Polynesian paradise," she said. "He's really beautified the neighborhood with what he's created."
The Turf Club in 1962 was a bar that earned its moniker because judges and lawyers from what was then nearby City Hall said the establishment was their turf, Gray said. When a gay bartender was hired in the mid-'60s, his friends started coming by and it evolved into one of the area's better-known gay bars.
Gray bought the Turf Club in 1985 and turned it into the Bay Area's first country and western gay bar. It turned more political in 2005 as the fight for marriage equality gained traction.
Now, he wants it to be known as a music venue. The club has live outdoor music Thursday nights and Saturday afternoons, and a DJ or karaoke on other nights. There is no cover charge.
The only other regular live music venue downtown is The Bistro at B and Main streets, though solo musicians perform during dinner at some restaurants.
"Since Larry was 16, he has loved listening to live music outside," Bohler said. "He's invested a lot of time and money to make this into a beautiful place to listen to live music."
Gray has upgraded the sound system and is working on booking touring bands for Sundays, she said. It's the only club in Hayward she's aware of that has outdoor music.
"It's a big challenge to change what has been a gay club to a music venue that's for everybody to enjoy," Bohler said.
Since its transformation began two years ago, the club also has seen retirement parties, baby showers, parties and wedding receptions, Gray said. It drew more than 100 people to a Hayward Chamber of Commerce mixer last year and was a stop on the chamber's 2013 restaurant walk.
"Larry Gray is the mayor of Main Street," said chamber President Kim Huggett.
"He reinvented the Turf Club," he said. "Sitting in the Turf Club's Tiki patio, sipping a drink, munching on barbecue wings and enjoying a great band is just a great way to spend an evening."


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Posters advertising current motion pictures and coming attractions line the entrance to The Journey Church in Marietta. But that's no problem for the more than 100 people who have been gathering for worship every Sunday at the odyssey Theaters Lafayette Square 7 since the first week of September.
"This is our 10th week, and we've had about 100 people-adults and kids, attending every week," Pastor Cody Parman said prior to Sunday's worship service.
He admits the location may seem a bit unusual for those accustomed to a more traditional church setting, but worshipping in a movie theatre does have its advantages.
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SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
Area residents gathered for worship Sunday at The Journey Church in one of the odyssey Theatres at Lafayette Square in Mariett
"The seating and acoustics are great," Parman said. "We set up and take down our own portable sound system each Sunday."
Mark Dobbins of Williamstown said the venue works well for worship services.
"I like it. This brings a whole new perspective," he said. "It is different-there are no stained glass windows, for example-but I think it helps people focus more on the worship experience."
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The Journey Church meets at 9:45 a.m. Sundays at the odyssey Theaters Lafayette Square 7, 430 Pike St. in Marietta.
Adult worship, children's ministry and nursery services available every Sunday.
For more information: www.thejourneychurchmarietta.com
Coal Run resident Steve Wagner is one of a 20-member team that helped establish The Journey Church back in September.
"Some people may say we're not really in a church, but the real church isn't a building, it's people coming together to worship God," he said.
Wagner said the team is divided into four groups who take turns preparing for each Sunday's services, which includes setting up a larger theatre area for the main worship service, and two smaller theatres for a children's service, as well as a nursery for infants and toddlers.
"Everything's completely portable," Parman said. "We start setting up around 7:30 a.m. and have to tear down and be out of the theatres before noon."
He said the odyssey staff has been great to work with and the company is happy to have the business during the facility's normally idle hours.
Parman, former youth pastor at Williamstown's First Baptist Church, said The Journey Church is the result of a couple of years' planning and a lot of prayer.
"But it's not a Baptist church, we're non-denominational, and anyone is welcome to attend," he said.
The Journey Church came out of Acts 29, a trans-denominational church-planting ministry based in Flower Mound, Texas.
Parman said the Acts 29 network helped The Journey Church get underway.
He said the team looked at several area locations before choosing the theatres for their worship services.
"We weighed our options and decided this would best serve our needs," Parman said. "And our main purpose is to bring glory to God and teach people about Jesus. It's the same gospel message, just in a unique location."
In addition to Sunday services at the theatres, members meet weekly in "Journey groups" at various locations throughout the Marietta, Parkersburg and Vienna areas.
"We could meet anywhere," Parman added. "The church is made up of people-church buildings are just structures. And a lot of new church plantings are choosing to meet in theatres."
Three years ago there were 180 churches leasing space through one national movie theatre rental company-an increase from only three such leases in 2003, according to a 2009 article in Christianity Today.


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OpenSolaris Installation Checklist
By Paul Johnson-Oracle on Dec 18, 2008
When I reinstall OpenSolaris, I have a small checklist of things I execute to create a familiar environment between my systems. This might be helpful to others.
Allow NIS user (really any user) access to the root role (lets them access packagemanager)
Enable NTP
Install OpenOffice
Install gconf-editor
Disable Audible Alert Sound
I hate the audible alert sound. If you wear headphones while you're computin' and use tab-completion excessively on your shell or have a mail client that beeps on every new message, you know what I'm talking about.
However, when I click on System->Preferences->Sound, the Play Alert Sound option is grayed out. Here is the solution:
Allow root user to login directly
Don't do this.
# vi /etc/user_attr Append to end of file: USERNAME::::profiles=Primary Administrator;roles=root
# vi /etc/inet/ntp.conf server 0.pool.ntp.org server 1.pool.ntp.org server 2.pool.ntp.org # svcadm enable ntp # svcadm restart ntp
# pkg install openoffice
# pkg install SUNWgnome-config-editor
However, when I click on System->Preferences->Sound, the Play Alert Sound option is grayed out. Here is the solution:
$ gconf-editor /apps/metacity/general/ and decheck audible bell
# rolemod -K type=normal root