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Iran Sanctions
The European Union this week joined the U.S. strategy of strangling Iranian oil revenue to pressure it into surrendering its defiant nuclear enrichment that Western countries suspect is meant to build a nuclear bomb.
The new measures, agreed to by the 27 EU foreign ministers, outlaw all new contracts effective immediately and countries will have until July 1 to find new suppliers to replace existing deals. The EU also limited relations with Iran's Central Bank, but it fell short of America's tougher sanctions.
But Iran won't feel the economic pain without its other oil customers joining the embargo, nor will it stop enriching uranium -or its pursuit of the bomb if that's what it's doing. Oil prices will increasingly feel bullish prices over the standoff, while Iran will find it increasingly hard to convince suppliers it's a reliable business partner.
Iran wins short and mid-term, US and Europe win in the long term. And somewhere in the middle is the threat of Iran getting a nuclear bomb or starting a war in the Persian Gulf, if you believe the bellicose tit for tat. So why are the US and the EU pursuing such blatant counterproductive diplomacy?
It could well be, because it has been the case numerous times in the past, that Western leaders actually believe they can force Iran to bow. It hasn't since 1979, despite living under some of the strongest and longest international pressure, and all along the regime has managed not only to survive, but to prosper and expand its sphere of influence.
Iran will not budge under pressure. It didn't when it was weaker, poorer, and at a disadvantage, so it certainly won't now that it has the upper hand and time playing to its advantage.
So while conspiracy theories abound, the embargo seems more designed as a negotiating ploy.
Oil markets agree
Oil prices are flat on the embargo news, not only because the EU decision was already factored in, but more importantly because Iran's other big customers have little appetite to join the US and Europe, including China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Turkey, the latter three considered military and political allies.
World oil supplies are unaffected by the EU decision. It will just require shuffling around contracts. The EU replaces Iranian crude with Arab supplies, almost entirely from Saudi Arabia, which means China, India, and others will have to buy more from Iran, ultimately benefitting the Ayatollahs and other anti-American forces.
In the very unlikely case that other Iranian oil buyers join the embargo, the US and Europe now that they stand to lose more. If Iran's oil revenue is significantly cut, the regime's survival would be at stake, but despite rhetoric, it would not try to shut the Strait of Hormuz, but rather resort to covert actions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the broader Middle East.
Besides, most people familiar with Iranian history, the regime mentality, and its ambitions agree that the Islamic Republic will not cross a red line because it knows it stands to lose. Iran is almost completely militarily surrounded and only in the past years won some breathing room in Iraq.
"We do not see Iran as close to having a nuclear weapon. They may be close to being able to test a crude nuclear device under controlled circumstances (and we don"t know this either), but the development of a deliverable nuclear weapon poses major challenges for Iran," wrote this week George Friedman, CEO of Stratfor, the global intelligence consultancy.
"While the Iranians may aspire to a deterrent via a viable nuclear weapons capability, we do not believe the Iranians see nuclear weapons as militarily useful," Friedman said. "A few such weapons could devastate Israel, but Iran would be annihilated in retaliation."
He adds: "While the Iranians talk aggressively, historically they have acted cautiously. For Iran, nuclear weapons are far more valuable as a notional threat and bargaining chip than as something to be deployed. Indeed, the ideal situation is not quite having a weapon, and therefore not forcing anyone to act against them, but seeming close enough to be taken seriously. They certainly have achieved that."
The other option
Western countries are not so alarmed by Iran's nuclear weapon program, but by its growing clout in the Middle East and its power to sway oil markets.
Washington has long said that its priorities lie east in Asia with China and Russia. It wants to extricate itself from the responsibility of keeping oil flowing globally to focus on real threats to global supremacy. But it can't as long Iran is able to threaten that oil flow in the Persian Gulf, either militarily in the Strait of Hormuz or by fomenting instability through its allies.
Iran for its part wants Western powers to stop targeting it through sanctions and the military build-up on its borders. And it wants to assert itself in the region. Above all though Tehran wants its enemies to drop regime change as a goal.
Could the US and Europe thus be seeking another goal through negotiations other than Iran's capitulation?
The EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both said in the past few days that the goal is to bring back Iran to negotiations table. Ashton said that the "phased embargo," which comes on top of several rounds of sanctions, "are not an end in themselves. The purpose is to put pressure on Iran to come back to the negotiating table and either pick up all the ideas that we left on the table or to come forward with its own ideas."
Clinton also hinted at a compromise. "We do not seek conflict. The country can be reintegrated into the global community … when their government definitively turns away from pursuing nuclear weapons," in turn a really good deal for Iran.
"The United States doesn"t want a conflict with Iran. Iran doesn"t want one with the United States. Neither can be sure how such a conflict would play out. The Iranians want to sell oil. The Americans want the West to be able to buy oil. The issue really comes down to whether the United States wants to guarantee the flow of oil militarily or via a political accommodation with the country that could disrupt the flow of oil — namely, Iran," Friedman wrote.
No matter how hard a sell it would be for Western and Iranian domestic audiences, both sides could be discreetly contemplating the more obvious alternative of exchanging security guarantees. The survival of Iran's regime in exchange for stability and free flow of oil in the Middle East. The nuclear bomb issue would be addressed and supervised as part of a deal, naturally, and the US could extricate itself to concentrate on its real concerns in Asia.


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February 15, 2006
It started with a lawsuit against one commissioner, now they're all involved. A judge is set to decide whether they have the right to abstain from critical votes. News 12 has a preview of this case.
The plot seems to thicken every week. First was the gridlock vote over the mayor pro-tem, then a lawsuit, then several depositions. Tomorrow though, a possible end to the power struggle as this case goes before a judge.
If you ask him, Woody Merry will tell you he is poised and prepared for his day in court.
"Oh, we're very upbeat and positive, we're in it to win it," Merry said.
It started when Merry filed a lawsuit against Commissioner Marion Williams. Weeks later, he added the entire commission and the mayor to his civil suit. The issue is whether it's legal for commissioners to abstain from voting.
"We've done our research, we know exactly what we're talking about, we've got case law to support it," Merry said.
All of the commissioners will be represented by City Attorney Steve Shephard. But Commissioners Beard, Holland, Hatney, and Williams have opted to hire personal lawyers.
"I think they're scared to be honest with you, you don't add additional horsepower unless you're scared," Merry said.
"I'm not scared of Woody Merry," said Jerry Brigham.
"Not one bit nervous," Marion Williams said.
Commissioner Calvin Holland has hired well-known Augusta lawyer Ben Allen to represent him. He told News 12, "I am not afraid. I just wanted to make sure I was legally advised in a professional way. It's not that I didn't have trust in Mr. Shephard."
Jerry Brigham says he didn't feel it was necessary to seek outside counsel, on his mind, getting the case over with.
"I want to do what the laws of Georgia require me to do and require me to act," Brigham said.
"I will tell you, I just want to let this judge make the decision tomorrow and move past this," Mayor Deke Copenhaver said.
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Lorraine Lee, 92, of Tolna, N.D. passed away Monday, January 21, 2013 at the Nelson County Health System – Care Center in McVille, N.D. The funeral service for Lorraine will be Monday, January 28 at 11 a.m. at the American Lutheran Church of Tolna. Visitation will be one hour prior to services in the church.� Interment will be in the spring at the Tolna Cemetery. Stanley-Iverson Funeral Home of McVille, is in charge of arrangements.
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Sexy bass player of the band Placebo. Stefan is from Sweden and went to school in either Brussels or Luxembourg - I can't remember which. He went to the same school as Brian Molko. Stefan moved to London and suprisingly met up with Brian and they formed the band Ashtray Heart which was later renamed 'Placebo'.
Unfortunatly gay so therefore, I cannot have him.
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A God who works with two other Gods Brian Molko and Steve Hewitt
Stefan Olsdal is a Rock God
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Stefan Alexander Bo Olsdal was born on March 31, 1974, in Goteborg, Sweden. He started playing drums in high school, but switched later to bass. He attended the American International School of Luxembourg, which was the same school attended by Brian Molko. Little did they know that the tall and athletic Swede would pair up a few years later with the dramatic and androgynous Brian Molko. They formed a band they called Ashtray Heart, and later with the addition of drummer Robert Schultzberg, were called Placebo. Olsdal is gay, and Molko is bisexual...and Robert was a homophobe. Needless to say, that didn't work out so well, so the band nabbed drummer Steven Hewitt from his previous band Breed, and with Steve became the Placebo we all know and love today! Stefan currently has a side project called Hotel Persona, which is apparently working on an album to be released in 2007 and featuring Brian Molko.
I'd likely get a sex change if I thought it would give me a chance with the lithe, lovely, delicious, talented, gorgeous, graceful Stefan Olsdal.
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Shame on you! There were no definitions for poor Stefan so I added one myself. Gay bass player for Placebo-the greatest band ever!
Everyone says he's hot but Brians nicer!:)
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Welcome to the I Declare World Peace project
The I Declare World Peace project is the world's largest ever art project / sort-of-science experiment. There is nothing to register for or to join. Participation is free and at will. While the I Declare World Peace project morally supports and encourages the efforts and goals of every other well-intentioned peace promoting endeavor, our project is based on principles of the "do less and accomplish more" variety. So, the I Declare World Peace project requires almost nothing of those who choose to participate in it – we ask only that you periodically think the affirmation "I Declare World Peace" and from time to time post it and otherwise promote the affirmation on social media and elsewhere.
We explain the value of this exercise below. We agree with John F. Kennedy and other enlightened thinkers that world peace is possible. In fact, we believe that world peace can be achieved in our lifetime. So to help nurture pro-peace thinking and to raise global peace consciousness, as well as to lubricate the process of achieving peace, please post the phrase "I Declare World Peace" on all of your social media sites. We also encourage the use of the official I Declare World Peace hashtag - #IDWP – when posting about this project. Peace, after all, is up to us. Thank you.
The ART
In 2005, the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude brought "The Gates" to Central Park in New York City. A giant art installation of 7,500 orange fabric gates, 16 feet high (4.87 m) of varying widths, lined 23 miles (36.8 km) of footpaths in the park. While each individual Gate was beautiful in itself, the effect of the whole array of Gates was dramatically more engaging and powerful. It created a compelling dynamic involving the observer, the thing being observed and the process of observation.
The Gates installation in Central Park was the outward manifestation and realization of a thought, an idea, hatched by the artists way back in 1979. Five years after we saw The Gates, having been quite inspired by it, we hatched a thought, an idea in 2010. Our idea was for an installation project unlike anything that ever existed, a project only made possible for the first time in history by the existence and exponential growth of Internet-based social media and electronic communication.
So, this was our idea, our thought: create the largest art installation ever, to be installed not in some physical location, or even in cyberspace but rather within the consciousness of every person on the planet, a sort of "Gates of the Mind". Each person will hold a "flag" in his or her mind, which collectively will change the history of the world. The "flag" is I Declare World Peace, expressed in the language of the thinker.
Over the coming weeks, months and years, people will be gently encouraged to type the affirmation "I Declare World Peace" on the "walls" of their various and favorite social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and so forth.
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One of the intriguing premises of quantum theory, which seems to blend physics with metaphysics, states that by the very act of watching, the observer, through the process of observation, affects the object being observed. In a study reported in Nature (Vol. 391, pp. 871-874), researchers demonstrated how a beam of electrons is affected by the act of being observed. The experiment showed that the more "watching," the greater the observer's influence on what happens.
This indicates to us that consciousness, or the conscious mind, can affect phenomenal reality. In other words, thoughts can affect the physical world. Now, we understand we may be oversimplifying, but philosophers, mystics and wise folks through the centuries have claimed the same thing.
In general, goals are reached by taking action. All action proceeds from thought. The completion of a skyscraper results from the action of construction, which in turn results from the thoughts of the architects and builders.
In the same way, the ability to achieve peace in our lifetime is simply a direct function of the conscious thinking of people. Just as a war is commenced by declaration based on the thinking of certain people, peace requires a declaration based on the thinking of certain people. All group thinking is based on the thinking of the individuals in the group.
There are approximately 195 countries in the world. Assume there are 200 major "violent" separatist or opposition groups. If the top 5 ranking people in government and those separatist groups all declared peace, just 2,000 people, there would be peace. And those 2,000 would have no choice but to declare peace if substantial numbers of their "constituents" declared peace.
In short, world peace is entirely dependent on what you, yes you personally, think.
Please post and tweet the affirmation "I Declare World Peace" on your favorite social media site from time to time. Every time you see the tweet I Declare World Peace, please follow the person who tweeted it and then re tweet (RT) it. It will soon become like popcorn popping all over the world.
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Biz611 wins Environmental Stewardship Award
Published: Monday, June 23, 2014 at 5:19 p.m.
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The Environmental and Conservation Organization has awarded Biz611 in downtown Hendersonville its 2014 Environmental Stewardship Award, recognizing the business incubator's sustainable business practices.
Biz611, at 611 N. Church St., is an incubator for green and environmental start-up businesses; nine of the 16 offices in the building house technology, marketing, environmental and nonprofit organizations.
The building itself is an example of sustainable construction, including the incorporation of 9,000 bricks from the former building at the site and reclaimed interior office walls and doors.
Biz611 also features 10KW solar roof panels, and a roof designed to capture rainwater in two cisterns. One cistern filters UV-treated water for use in the building's toilets, and the other collects water to irrigate the plants lining the "living wall" garden facing Church Street.
The business' parking lot is also equipped with a charging station for electric vehicles.
"People choose to live and work in Henderson County and the region because of the sense of community and the natural environment," George Tregay, chair of ECO's Energy and Sustainability Committee, said in a news release. "These characteristics can be sustained by businesses and residents working together. Locally owned green businesses make positive contributions to the environment and the region."
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- How to tell when your parents are addicted to the Internet (158 words)
- Carefully unfolding (55 words)
- Home; between two worlds (115 words)
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- Blogging with a Twiddler (27 words)
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1. Quiet: 07:59
I'm quieter than I remembered, than I hoped. The stories I most want to tell, the unbloggable things I still need to think through, I can't share because my family isn't ready to listen instead of judge. I can't think things through with them.
So I dodge the barbs, change the topics of conversation, downplay what I feel. I'm sad, but not for reasons they think I am. I'm happy, but not for reasons they know.
It'll be hard to learn how to trust them with this. I should talk to them about it, perhaps. Tell them how I feel when they do what they do, tell them that the consequences of their actions is that I am discouraged from talking to them about stuff like that, explore more constructive ways of interacting. I'll try that. I want more than what we have now.
They are still human and still learning, and I am still human and still learning.
When you realize that this is true for everyone and everything, it becomes a little easier to practice loving kindness. It is still hard, but it becomes a little easier.
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3. I am -so- blogging that: 09:30
My mom at the breakfast table: "Sacha, do you remember that conversation between Kathy and your dad last night?" She remembered wanting to blog something, but she couldn't remember what it was. I drew a blank, too.
My mom! Having "I am -so- blogging that" moments! And blogger's regret!
I heart my mom.
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4. How to tell when your parents are addicted to the Internet: 10:15
I think my parents spend more time on the Internet than I am. Seriously. My parents are hooked on these online forums for photography in the Philippines. My dad checks then first thing in the morning, last thing at night, and several (dozen) times in between. He has his own thread on one of the forums, with 170+ pages of posts. My mother started by lurking on those forums to find out what my dad was promising to other competitors, and has come to have her own following.
I love what it's done for them. It's the daily dose of appreciation that never fails to cheer up my dad. It's the way my mom can remember the good things about my dad when he's grumpy. It helps them reflect on and share their experiences.
And my mom now thinks in terms of blog entries... <laugh>
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5. Carefully unfolding: 10:30
Maybe I don't have to highlight it explicitly. Maybe I can just keep sharing good stories. Maybe I can just choose to be open instead of quiet. Maybe that will be all that's needed. =) Loving patience, that's all.
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6. Home; between two worlds: 10:45
Prophet of God, in quest of the uttermost, long have you searched the distances for your ship.
And now your ship has come, and you must needs go.
Deep is your longing for the land of your memories and the dwelling-place of your greater desires; and our love would not bind you nor our needs hold you.
- From The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
I am of two worlds that will never meet. I will be like the ocean, waves touching first one shore and then the other, and yet in both places at the same time.
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It's easier to drink plenty of water when you're sweating rivers of it. =)
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7. Blogging with a Twiddler: 18:59
OMG, it still works. And I can just barely type with it. Sweet. I am so bringing this back.
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Not the kind of thing that I can easily play on my computer, but I think we just might enjoy sinking some time into it. Amazing. Last time I played it, it still looked like Civ I... Wow.
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EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Sharks don't always follow the script when they play one of the NHL's bottom feeders, but they did just that Friday night with a 3-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.
The Oilers have been a team mired in self-analysis after the embarrassment of being shut out their past three games at Rexall Place and now reside in the NHL's basement. The last time they faced an opponent in that spot, the Sharks lost a 5-4 shootout decision to the Buffalo Sabres.
But against Edmonton, San Jose did what it needed to do and built a 3-0 lead on goals by Joe Pavelski, Tomas Hertl and Patrick Marleau, with Joe Thornton earning an assist on two of them.
When Edmonton finally did score on a goal by Nail Yakupov at 12:48 of the second period to end its Rexall Place drought at 214:52 and avoid a fourth consecutive shutout, San Jose didn't let the Oilers get any closer, as backup netminder Alex Stalock stopped each of the 30 other shots he faced.
Thornton now has at least one point in each of his past seven games and is the NHL's assist leader with 20.
"The linemates are huge for me. Obviously I'm a passer, so they've got to be scoring," he said. "It just seems to be rolling so, yeah, I have a lot of confidence right now."
Only one of the goals came with Thornton's current linemates on the ice, but it was the prettiest as Tommy Wingels got the puck to Thornton, who then hit Hertl with a perfect pass as the rookie cruised across the crease for a quick redirect that gives him a team-leading 12 goals for the season.
"He gave me a good yell," Thornton said of his 20-year-old Czech linemate who speaks little English. That, however, wasn't a problem on this play. "No," Thornton said. "Just, 'Joe!' That's all he needs."
Most of the suspense after the Sharks had their 3-0 lead centered on the possibility of a fourth shutout loss at home for the Oilers.
At first it looked as if the goal-less streak would end in the second period when Ryan Smyth had a wraparound into an empty net but somehow missed at 7:14. Less than a minute later, Edmonton had a 3-on-1 break that was broken up by defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic.
Finally, with Brad Stuart in the penalty box for cross-checking, Yakupov scored on a one-timer at 12:48 to end the Edmonton home drought.
Stalock, who improved his record to 3-0 in his first season as an NHL backup, said he didn't feel any letdown at the loss of a shutout.
"No, my biggest goal is to get a win for the team and give them a chance every night to get two points," Stalock said, adding that Yakupov "made a great play. Watching it on replay, he hit it right when it hit the ice and it was a heck of a shot."
The game was San Jose's third consecutive victory on a rigorous five-game trip in which it plays no consecutive games in the same time zone. And it showed that it may indeed have moved on from its winless streak in which it went 0-1-4.
"A win's a win. We'll take it," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "The games that we're playing and winning -- one in Calgary, one in Vancouver, one here -- it's nice to see that we've clamped down a little bit defensively."
Havlat played his first game this season Oct. 30 after recovering from offseason hip surgery. He had only 11:27 ice time in Thursday night's overtime win in Vancouver, and made no appearance on the stat sheet that registers everything from shots to hits to giveaways and takeaways.
"We talked a lot about being patient with him and letting him play his way into shape and his timing and all that type of stuff," McLellan said. "We've done that. Now it's about results."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
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STANFORD -- Know what happiness is in college football?
Happiness is when the opposing quarterback just flat-out drops the ball without anyone touching him -- and gives Stanford a gift-wrapped turnover to convert into a game-winning touchdown in a 27-23 victory over Oregon State.
"That's part of the game, definitely part of the game," said Stanford linebacker Alex Debniak, with a smile. "You've just got to capitalize on what happens."
Know what happiness is not in college football?
Happiness is not the realization that next Saturday at Oregon, there will likely be no gift-wrapping. Not against a team that will surely be ranked No. 1 in the nation.
"It's going to be a big challenge for us," said Debniak, without a smile. "But we look forward to the opportunity."
It is a big opportunity. It is not merely an upset opportunity. It is an opportunity for the Cardinal to still win the Pacific 12 title and qualify for the Rose Bowl. It is, in short, the very reason Stanford showed up for summer practice back in August -- to have an opportunity to do all those things in November and December.
Yet through most of Saturday afternoon here, opportunity was scoffing, rather than knocking, for the Cardinal.
Oregon State, which entered the game ranked No. 13 in the nation, scored 23 unanswered points in one stretch. Stanford committed four turnovers. Little wonder that the Beavers held a nine-point lead with 3:30 left in the third quarter.
But over the game's final 18 minutes, the 16th-ranked Cardinal fared much better and more than resembled a top-20 team. Running back Stepfan Taylor had a wildly entertaining 40-yard catch-and-run touchdown that took a detour into Menlo Park and over the Dumbarton Bridge. After that, Oregon State quarterback Cody Vaz committed the aforementioned bizarre turnover when he was scrambling to his right and suddenly lost the ball at his own 29-yard line.
"He was just kind of carrying it loose, and it just popped out right there," said Stanford defensive end Josh Mauro. "I just jumped on it. I'm not real sure what happened."
Seven plays later, new Stanford starting quarterback Kevin Hogan found tight end Zach Ertz for the game-winning touchdown. Stanford coach David Shaw noted that because Ertz had fumbled the ball away in the first quarter and Hogan had thrown two interceptions, the redemption factor was paramount.
"It was Shakespearean to a certain degree," said Shaw, a quote that under NCAA rules, only a Stanford coach is permitted to utter.
Ah, but now comes the real bubble, bubble, toil and trouble -- with freaky uniforms and a no-huddle offense.
"We've not fared well with those guys," Shaw said.
Definition: In the Ducks' last two games with Stanford, they have won by scores of 53-30 and 52-31.
Could it possibly be different this time? Let's be blunt. If you are wondering whether this Stanford team is good enough to stop the hyper-speed wood-chipper machine that is Oregon's offense while scoring enough points against the Ducks' underrated fast-to-the-ball defense ... well, going by the way Stanford played Saturday, the answer is a clear cut and unambiguous "no."
"We can't turn the ball over four times up in Eugene," said Shaw. "That can't happen."
Each week is a new week, of course. But Oregon -- which will surely rise to the top of every poll after Alabama's upset by Texas A&M on Saturday -- seems to treat every week as a chance to maul the scoreboard. The Ducks are on a 13-game winning streak and have scored 42 points or more in all 13 games.
"Those guys are special," Shaw said. "I agree with what most people outside the computers say -- those guys are the best team in the country. It's going to take our best game, and not their best game, to pull this thing off. ... We're going to go play our best."
And if the unfathomable occurs and Stanford does shock Oregon, then Saturday might not have been the last home game for the Cardinal in 2012 because the Pac-12 title game would be played at Stanford Stadium -- a fact Taylor did not initially grasp.
Taylor -- who will leave Stanford with many rushing records -- was among the many Stanford seniors who grew emotional when realizing that Saturday was their final regular season home game.
"I love playing here and would love doing that again," Taylor said. "But I don't know how we can."
Then the conference championship option was explained to him.
"Oh," Taylor said. "Great ... but see, that's how things get messed up, if you get too far ahead of yourself."
Know what happiness is in college football? Getting far ahead of Oregon. Problem is, no one has done it yet this season. Your turn, Stanford. Good luck.
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Orioles tickets go on sale Saturday
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 7:51 p.m.
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Single-game tickets for all 18 of the Baltimore Orioles' spring-training baseball games go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. at Ed Smith Stadium.
Fans interested in season tickets, five-game flex-plans or group tickets, or those wanting more spring-training information, can call the Orioles' office at (941) 893-6300.
The team recommends buying individual tickets online at www.orioles.com/spring, or by phone at (877) 222-2802. Individual game ticket orders can be faxed or mailed to the team's Sarasota box office.
The fax number is (941) 893-6375. The mailing address is 2700 12th Street, Sarasota, 34237. To request a ticket order form, call the Orioles at 893-6300.
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Jason Storm became the Ridgecrest Police Department's newest officer Thursday, hired through a program that seeks to place veterans in law enforcement roles.
Storm is the second of two officers funded through a Community Oriented Policing Service grant that requires police departments to hire military veterans who served since Sept. 11, 2001.
City Clerk Rachel Ford administered the oath in a ceremony in the department conference room.
Storm was born in Pasadena, and served in the Marine Corps for eight years.
He graduated from the San Diego County Sheriff's Academy in September.
Police Chief Ron Strand introduced Storm, touting his work as a mechanic installing armor and upgrades on military vehicles.
Storm said his time in the Marine Corps helped prepare him for a law-enforcement career.
"The law-enforcement lifestyle is very similar to the military lifestyle," he said. "It's similar but different. Hopefully I will be able to adapt my time and experience in the Marine Corps here."
Away from the job, Storm enjoys riding horses, working on cars, technology, and spending time with his family.
He and his wife, Amanda, have a 1-year-old son Tristan.
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Today, I sat down with the executive director of a counseling service for child sexual abuse to have a chat about developing a case management application for them. These organizations need to be able to track their activities with the people they deal with, write notes about their interactions, produce assessments, demographic analysis and activities reports and manage documents. Good case management software is pivotal for them. I realized that it's ridiculous how these types of organizations struggle with their technology needs. They are cash strapped, but need software to do their jobs like just about everyone else these days. But, when I asked him why he doesn't look into free software for their software needs, here's what he said:
His comfort level was in using Microsoft because they are:
- large and so aren't going anywhere,
- there is support for Microsoft from IT departments,
- they have a charity discount, and
- the promotion and perceived credibility was high.
Good marketing on Microsoft's part! It was essentially the "No one gets fired for hiring IBM" idea. Yes, I'm mixing metaphors... sort of.
The non-profit community touches the lives of one in three of us
Charities get great discounts from Microsoft (up to 90%!). So, the high cost of Microsoft products is less of an issue for them.
What would it take, then, to convince charities to make the switch?
The answer is simple, and yet not so obvious: good adaptable case management software for human services non-profits.
The only generalized case management applications for human services non-profits are expensive and proprietary
At the moment, the only generalized case management applications for human services non-profits are expensive and proprietary. These are four of the best I've found. The fifth in the list is the system I designed and built with my previous company Logiclynx:
- www.curamsoftware.com
- [www.harmonyis.com](http://www.harmonyis.com harmony)
- www.athenasoftware.net
- www.thirdsectorsoftware.com
- www.sectorlynx.com
Even though these solutions are quite advanced, none of them are free and easily adaptable by the end users.
Charities are in a bad position. Their funders (both government and foundations) don't provide them with the tools or with the funds to build the tools. Organizations are abandoned to find their own way through the software maze, and will ultimately get their funding cut if they don't produce the reports.
If ever there was a community that legitimately needs free software, it's the non-profit community
If ever there was a community that legitimately needs free software, it's the non-profit community. This community touches the lives of one in three of us. That's right. The standard understanding within the community is that one in three people are assisted by a non-profit in some way within a year.
I think it's about time that a large charity or a foundation funded, on behalf of all non-profits, a project to develop a free, highly customizable web-based case management application that is easily adaptable for use by various non-profit human services organizations.
After building one, I know it's not so easy to make it useful to a wide group of different organizations due to the variety of business rules, but that doesn't mean it's impossible, just challenging. And it would make a fantastic project for the free software development community as well.
Your chance to shine !!
isnt this what the Open Source, free software movement is supposed to be experts at ?
i thought this was the king of thing, where you would post your functional spec of your application to SourceForge or whatever, create a small group of experts who should be able to develop a usable application and system for your customers requirements. ?? !!!
i mean, if linus Torvalds can write "GIT" in a week, it must be possible to to ge the coding done for a case management system.
actually help others, and increase their productivity.
you also state, that they are not interested in the initial cost of the software, u should know that applies to just about EVERYONE in the world.
they will (AND DO) pay for a quality product, when there is similar produce availble for free, (but not as good).
cost of software is a VERY small issue in considering USING that software.
failure to realise this is a major failing.
what's the spec?
software starts with a spec.
define the spec and that'll gives us something to chew on
if you were already involved in production of a similar system, you already know something of the spec.
Actually, a spec may be on the way. This post has generated some interest in this as a project.
For the benefit of the good...
Just start this idea as a project and I feel there will be people willingly to contribute.
Hi there,
I just wanted to chime in that desc.org is an NP homeless shelter that is run on 100% free software. I would recommend contacting them to see which tools they use for case managment, since there is a lot of overlapping functionality.
Thank you for your time,
Frank Russo
I'll check them out for sure.
Free software is not necessarily cheaper
Remember about free software that you should focus on the freedom aspect and not the price. Focus on the freedom to use, tinker, and distribute software.
In my business, I only use free software. Unfortunately, the commonly available free software apps don't adequately solve my business needs so I needed to hire a vendor to document the software and improve the deficiencies.
I can tell you now that it would have been cheaper and quicker for my situation to buy licences for non-free software and be done with it compared to hiring the vendor to fix up the free software.
I chose to not buy non-free software for the purpose of not being subjugated to the vendor(s) of that software. The cost of freedom my this case was more than just a bit of money but also time and convenience.
Focus on the freedom aspect of free software. This may cost you more money and time compared to convenient non-free software but with free software, you're not going to be subjugated by a vendor.
You are Correct
Your points are well taken and free is not necessarily the best solution; but can often be a start. It's not much use to anyone if the software is free and also not very good; but if it's usefulness is high, is flexible and scalable and secure...then you are at least starting with a solid base. In my experience with case management software, there were no off the shelf systems that worked out of the box. All needed some customization for each agency..so there was always additional costs, time delays and many many meetings to get this stuff done...which half the time (or more) was much less than successful anyway.
cheaper != better
Note that the poster you are responding to said that proprietary software would've been cheaper, he didn't say "better". In fact, as I read it, he says the opposite: he chose the better alternative, even though it cost a little more.
I think that this can also be stated in terms of long-term versus short-term costs. Proprietary software costs more out of the box, but free software may cost more to integrate into your system. After that, though, free software is likely to be cheaper to maintain for the long haul, over proprietary software which will have to be periodically replaced and re-integrated. Free software grows with you, while proprietary software is like a set of clothes you have to keep replacing as you grow.
Free software for non-profits?
I work for a nonprofit and have developed programs using open-source standards. we serve about 50,000 clients a year. And have a shelter, family service, and a day care program. It has taken me over three years to develop a information system to support all of the programs. Each one has to meet its federal and state reports and with standards changing so quickly it can be quite hard to do it on your own.
Most of all the systems run on Apache PHP and two forms of SQL, my SQL and PostgreSQL. I hope to add some Ajax to the mix next year.
Free software for non-profits?
looks like I'm late arriving at this party and most good points have already been made.
Quite a co-incidence that I approached this after starting to write a Case Management application pro bono for a local Caring organisation in the UK. Then decided to re-run my checks for existing software.
Will monitor this BLOG for specs / projects / goodhearted people with bruises (experience and ability).
Case Management
Haven't found a FOSS case management application yet.
I am a case manager...i am with one of the largest nonprofit organizations that support families and individuals with development disabilities. We have been field testing DANIC and it went south quickly. We are flirting with other related software and I don't think anyone has a clue what they are doing. Please direct me to a site with recommendations on free or opensource software to recommend to my people.
what happened
So what happened with DANIC..looks like a limited set of services. I know of several proprietary systems like Danic including Kinterainc http://www.kinterainc.com; but I don't know how well they perform..others include Harmony http://www.harmonyis.com/
and my product which I sold last year www.sectorlynx.com...though if you contact me prior to them I can make a referral for you and who knows how to help you get a deal :)
as far as free software goes..well that's another story; but I'd have to know what specific pieces you're looking for.
Free softvare
I think that Free software has no future, because anything that worth something has its price...
Freedom not price
We're talking about freedom here, not price - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html.
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ASA Newsroom > Which Industries Employ Statisticians?
National Defense
Are you interested in contributing to decisions that affect national policy?
As the world changes, the nation's leaders are faced with increasingly challenging problems involving defense and national security. What threat is the nation likely to face, and when? How should military personnel, weapons, facilities, and infrastructure be configured and used to counter this threat? Where should monies be allocated to ensure the nation continues to be safe and secure?
Statisticians work with many other scientists, policymakers, and military personnel to address questions such as these. Activities can be applied-involving collecting and analyzing data-or more theoretical-including developing new methods and models. Statisticians with different degrees (e.g., BS, MS, PhD) and application areas (e.g., physics, medicine, human factors, genetics, manufacturing, and public policy) work in defense and national security.
Statisticians interested in defense and national security support the following:
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Suppose the question is whether to upgrade or possibly replace an existing military system. The statistician would help interpret existing test data, understand the uncertainties and biases in those data and in relevant computer simulation models, plan and conduct new experiments, collect and analyze data (perhaps developing new methodology), elicit and understand the utilities of the decisionmakers, and help inform a quantitative assessment of where sources will be most effectively spent.
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For millenia women have dedicated themselves almost exclusively to the task of nurturing, protecting and caring for the young and the old, striving for the conditions of peace that favour life as a whole. To this can be added the fact that, to the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict. Now that we are gaining control of the primary historical role imposed on us of sustaining life in the context of the home and family, it is time to apply in the arena of the world the wisdom and experience thus gained in activities of peace over so many thousands or years. The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
Aung San Suu Kyi
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Classes promote healthy families
Published: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 10:16 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 11:33 p.m.
The Bayou Council on Alcoholism is offering "Families in Focus: Prevention in the Home," a program to help families become healthier through life-skills education.
Families in Focus gives attention to characteristics of a healthy family, including decisions, pride, values, feelings and communication. The program includes 12 weekly sessions in the family's home.
There is a $25 enrollment fee. Call 446-0643.
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A Shining History
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As the premier jewelry manufacturer Harry Kotlar celebrates its 65th anniversary this year, the company looks back with poignant pride to its rich and inspiring history. After toughing out the frightful challenges of the Second World War, Polish immigrant Harry Kotlar arrived in the United States with his family to start a fledgling diamond business. The name that is now synonymous with "The World's Most Brilliant Cushion Cut Diamonds" began humbly in the pioneer jeweler's dedication as he personally sold loose diamonds, cut by his brother-in-law, to jewelry manufacturers and retailers. Having lost most possessions during the preceding war, Kotlar's biggest asset was his quickly-expanding network of relationships based on trust and integrity. The third generation of the family continues to uphold the brand's sterling reputation in the industry, as well as the first generation's commitment to Beauty, Art and Perfection.
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Search ends for missing swimmer
Published: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 9:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 9:42 p.m.
The search for a swimmer missing off Grand Isle was suspended at 8:15 Wednesday night, the Coast Guard said.
The person was about 300 yards from the shore near the Cajun Tide Resort when he or she went under and did not resurface Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
The swimmer's age and identity is unknown, Coast Guard spokesman Jonathan Lally said. The person who reported him or her missing did not know the swimmer.
A Coast Guard response boat crew and helicopter were deployed and searched about 159 square miles of water for the swimmer.
No one has been reported missing in Grand Isle, authorities said.
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"Hell's Kitchen" (8 p.m., Fox): The food fight reaches the knockout round as the winner is chosen after the two finalists are challenged to create five unique dishes and then prepare for the final dinner service. The winner nabs $250,000 and a post at Gordon Ramsay's eatery in Las Vegas.
"Project Runway" (9 p.m., Lifetime): The new season gets ruthless right from the start as the contestants are told that they must endure one more audition. Three will be sent packing even before the first challenge.
"Rectify" (9 p.m., Sundance): This can't be good: Tonight, Daniel (Aden Young) heads off on a bizarre errand and mysteriously disappears.
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If your trick-or-treater is fishin' for sweets this Halloween, arm them with the perfect net--a Bubble Guppies Treat Sack! All you need to make this simple snack pack is this boo-tiful decal and a pillow case or canvas bag.
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Place the iron-on transfer paper into your ink-jet color printer as indicated on the package. Print either the reversed or non-reversed image from Bubble Guppies Decal Printable depending on the type of your iron-on transfer paper.

 Set the printable aside for a few minutes to dry, and then cut out the image--cutting close to the colored edge of the image.
Begin by ironing all of the wrinkles out of the T-shirt. If you printed the reversed image, place the cut-out facedown on the pillow case or bag.

 If you printed the non-reversed image, peel off its backing and place the image faceup on the pillow case or bag. Cover the image with the protective sheet that comes with your transfer paper before ironing.

 Iron the image with firm and steady pressure in a circular motion. Start at one corner and work your way slowly to the opposite corner, and then do the same for the other two corners. Finish by moving the iron in a circular motion around the entire area for 10-15 seconds, using steady pressure. Be sure to iron all of the edges.

 Allow the pillow case or bag to cool before proceeding to the next step.
For the facedown ironed on image, start at one corner and slowly peel the backing away from the garment.

 For the faceup ironed on image, simply remove the protective sheet. If the decal is not secured on the pillow case or bag, cover it with the protective sheet and begin ironing it again.
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Worshippers holding flickering candles streamed from Christmas Eve services. They faced evening shadows, singing, "Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright."
As 2012 ends, these lyrics paint a pretty picture which doesn't square with life's jarring reality. After the carnage in Connecticut, we might wish to bend the lyrics: "Stormy night, hellish night! All is chaotic, all is blight."
Folks in Newtown, Conn., a bucolic village where a shooter slaughtered children and murdered adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, find it difficult to sing "Silent Night, Holy Night." They wail because of broken hearts. Multiple funerals replace festive Christmas gatherings.
2012 isn't on firm footing. It limps toward New Year's Eve.
Life's a mixture of mirth and murder, sunshine and shadow, gaiety and grief. Don't duck this reality when singing "Silent Night, Holy Night."
A deranged killer executed children merely three days after another thug went berserk shooting up an Oregon Mall. Such havoc has been repeated in 2012, with fatal mass shootings in Minneapolis, Tulsa, a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, a theater in Aurora, a coffee nook in Seattle and on a California college campus.
Those adamant that the only way to protect citizens from the next carnage is to amass guns for personal defense aren't silent. Really! Will living in an armed camp like the state of Israel has become preserve our freedoms? Don't such lethal arguments trigger the death of common sense?
Fox News commentator Mike Huckabee, an ordained Baptist preacher, offers a religious answer to the slaughter of innocent children. He traces it back to banning prayer in public schools.
"Should we be surprised," asks Huckabee, "that schools would become a place of carnage?"
Are we to believe that the serial killer wiped out young children because Sandy Hook's school halls weren't filled with prayers prior to his assault? Such lunacy on Fox News snuffs out reason, sensitivity and good manners in the face of tragedy.
How do we cope?
Thomas Jefferson learned from his mother how to survive life's storms. At 37, Jane Randolph Jefferson found herself widowed. She and eldest son Thomas, 14, faced dire problems. Jane cared for her eight children, one of whom was daughter Elisabeth. This girl appears disabled in the historical record, though evidence is sketchy. Then a house fire roared through their Shadwell home, destroying a prized library.
For Thomas, losing precious books stung like repeated deaths. "The most fortunate of us ... in our journey through life frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us," he wrote. "To fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes should be one of the principle studies and endeavors of our lives."
Jefferson pinpoints the challenge but doesn't tell us how to deal with sorrow, chaos and slaughter.
Life is precarious.
When tragedy strikes, I turn to a hymn sung in my boyhood church at the Old Year's Eve service. We took communion and sang Isaac Watts's classic hymn, "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past."
This hymn isn't about neat answers and tidy religion. It offers, however, firm ground beneath our tread when killing sprees profoundly shake us.
"Our God, our Help in ages past
Our Hope for years to come,
Our Shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal Home."
Such convictions don't dry tears or offer instant solace. We trust in their promises, even as the natural impulse is to rail against God. The God who inspired this hymn isn't a fair-weather friend. He knows how terrible it feels to have a child die. Jesus' birth in Bethlehem marked him for an early death. The manger had the stench of animals. And King Herod's goons killed male Jewish babies, gambling that one of these infants might be Jesus.
Our God heads the line of the brokenhearted. Anne Lamott in her book "Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers," writes, "There are no words for the broken hearts of people losing people, so I ask God with me in tow to respond to them with graciousness and encouragement enough for the day."
We are God's bandages to heal wounded hearts.
The biblical God isn't the success icon an NFL star salutes with the sign of the cross after scoring a touchdown. Nor is scripture's God our lucky charm, as some who win the lottery attest. The God who bent over Bethlehem doesn't shield us from pain. Nor does he promise residences in villages where kids grow old and guns are used only at firing ranges.
Ken Jones, a clergy colleague at Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, encountered it all in New York: murders, mayhem and maladjusted folk. He'd often weave into prayer the admonition to "lean on God's everlasting arms." Sometimes, all we can do is collapse in them when faith wanes and misery wins.
Trust that God's arms aren't broken. Lean on the everlasting arms of the broken-hearted one who is our past help and future hope.
The Rev. Jack R. Van Ens is a Presbyterian minister who heads the nonprofit, tax-exempt Creative Growth (www.thelivinghistory.com), which enhances Christian worship through storytelling and dramatic presentations aimed to make God's history come alive. Van Ens' book, "How Jefferson Made the Best of Bad Messes," is available in local bookstores for $7.95.


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text: Rain -- and the threat of rain -- did not dampen the happiness and wonder of the holiday season for Martinez and Pleasant Hill residents during each city's kickoff events. In Pleasant Hill on Nov. 28, members of the Studio A dance group, top left photo, line up to take the stage, including from right, Kiara Rizzuti, Mackenzie Canton and Issa Gianatiempo, all of Martinez; Ashley Wu, of Lafayette; and Grace Leimpeter, of Pleasant Hill. The fifth annual Light up the Night celebration downtown also included a tree lighting, top middle, where Venessa Ontiveros, 6, of Pleasant Hill, sits atop her dad Jose's shoulders to get a better view. And Fancy Ferriage by Horse and Carriage of Martinez, top right, takes visitors on horse-drawn carriage rides. At the Martinez Holiday Frolic and Snow Park event Nov. 30, the Holiday Light Parade was canceled due to weather, but that left more time for children to visit with Santa Claus, above, like April Hoskins, 6, left, and her twin sister Alivia. The snow park was moved inside where kids such as 4-year-old Drake Watson of Martinez, left, took to the slopes for a downhill adventure on real snow, trucked in for the event.


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Monday, August 8, 2011
Day Tripping
"We've been driving a long time, Dad."
"It's only been about eight minutes."
"Are we closer to our house or Lego Land, right now?"
"Right now we're closer to the house."
"How about now?"
"It's going to take a couple of hours, Bob."
"Dad? Now are we closer to Lego Land than the house?"
"No, but we're pointed in the right direction."
"You should hurry, Dad. All the Legos are waiting for us."
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I used to tell my whole family about your little son and my brother just fell in love with your blog. keep it going!
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My eyes are prickling with tears.
Sounds like me when i was little, and now I can go on 7 hour car trips without complaining! Keep up the good work! Bob is awesome. btw,, if it's no trouble, can you check out my blog, kretopia.blogspot.comReplyDelete
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(WOMENSENEWS)-- Unlike their first debate two weeks ago, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney confronted women's issues multiple times Oct. 16 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., igniting discussion -- and parody -- in the blogosphere and on social media.
Romney has been making strong inroads with female voters in recent weeks after the first debate on Oct. 3, leaving it up to Obama to stoke support among a demographic that leans Democrat.
Tens of thousands of tweets last night made fun of Romney's assertion that he asked women's groups to bring him "binders full of women" when he became governor of Massachusetts after advisors recommended only men for cabinet positions.
At one point during the debate, the Twitter tag #bindersfullofwomen was mentioned almost 40,000 times in a single minute, according to a social media analytics tool Topsy.
The handle @BigBirdRomney tweeted, "Binders full of women sold for $0.77 at Staples. Binders full of men selling for $1.00." Liz Brown, a leader of the Ohio Democratic Party tweeted, "Why is the Republican male answer to pay equality questions always, 'Look at all these women who work for me!'"
David Bernstein, a writer for the Boston Phoenix, previously reported on this issue and disputed Romney's answer, saying it was misleading because women in Massachusetts formed a bipartisan coalition called MassGAP and actually put the "binders" together before the gubernatorial election, planning to present them to whomever won.
The Obama campaign quickly released an ad on the heels of the debate called "Mitt Romney's Condescending Views Toward Women," which featured the binders comment as well as Obama's advocacy of Planned Parenthood.
While questions from the floor did not probe abortion rights, Obama went out of his way to raise Planned Parenthood during the discussion of equal pay, framing access to contraception and health care as not just a social issue but also a "pocketbook issue" linked to "how effectively women are able to work." Women's eNews commentator Atima Omara-Alwala makes the same argument in her Oct. 17 column.
A commentary by Sarah Posner in the online magazine Religious Dispatches finds the economic importance is "something that has long been missing from a discussion that has been driven by conservative claims of infringement of religious freedom."
But "he [Romney] said employers should make decisions as to whether women get contraceptive coverage through insurance," Obama said. "He says we should eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood."
Romney last week said his administration would defund Planned Parenthood. In the debate he steered the topic toward jobs, saying women had lost 580,000 jobs in the past four years and that, compared to four years ago, 3.5 million more women are in poverty today. "I'm going to help women in America get good work," he said.
Obama returned to mention Planned Parenthood again during a discussion of how Romney different from former President George W. Bush, saying Bush "never suggested eliminating Planned Parenthood."
Obama brought up the embattled organization four times during the debate, reported The Hill.
Romney, at one point, said: "Every woman in America should have access to contraception," arguing that Obama had mischaracterized his position.
NARAL Pro-Choice America, the Washington abortion rights organization, said in an Oct. 16 press release, "Mitt Romney has once again lied about his views on women's access to birth control" because he supported the Blunt Amendment and has promised to defund Planned Parenthood. The Blunt Amendment, which failed to pass in the Senate in March, would have allowed employers to deny insurance coverage for health care services found morally objectionable.
On Tuesday night, the Romney campaign released an ad that sought to reassure voters that he is not extreme on social issues. In it, a woman says: "You know, those ads say Mitt Romney would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme, so I looked into it. Turns out Romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. In fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in the cases of rape, incest or to save a mother's life," going on to say that she's more worried about the "debt our children will be left with."
At one point in the debate, Romney turned a discussion of whether the country should outlaw AK-47 assault weapons into a statement against single-parent households. After referring to America's "culture of violence," he said we "need moms and dads to raise kids" since for children in two-parent families, "the prospect of living in poverty goes down dramatically."
Buzzfeed collected some of the angry tweets responding to that assertion, including one person who wrote, "Single moms have raised at least two Presidents of USA. One of them is standing next to you."
The left-leaning blog ThinkProgress quickly posted a list of five ways that Romney alienated women during the debate, which included "invalidating single mothers, unmarried mothers and LGBT women."
Romney was also criticized by some for speaking over moderator Candy Crowley, a news anchor and senior political correspondent for CNN who was the first woman to moderate a presidential debate in 20 years. Joe Scarborough, host of the political talk show "Morning Joe," said that Romney "came on way too strong" against Crowley and that "you don't run over a female moderator."
In an interview with CNN news anchor Soledad O'Brien after the debate, Crowley said of both Obama and Romney, "There's so much at stake…I expected them to come at me when I tried to reign them in."
"I didn't take it personally at all," she said.
Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi said that she was "an active, aggressive and prominent presence."
Samantha Kimmey is a writer covering women and politics this election season.
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DALLAS (January 21, 2013)—Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, who has built a reputation for freeing wrongfully convicted inmates, says he an idea to advance criminal justice reform.
He's proposing a statewide law that would allow defendants to appeal convictions and sentences on the basis of race.
Watkins said in a recent interview that he wants Texas to consider a racial justice act, which he says might allow defendants to introduce different forms of evidence to argue their prosecutions or sentence were influenced in some way by race.
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SANTA CLARA -- Coach Jim Harbaugh said it was a "great life-changing moment" for Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers when the quarterback signed a six-year extension through 2020 on Wednesday.
"I'm equally as excited about it," Harbaugh said Friday. "Colin is a great football player and a great teammate."
The extension is worth a guaranteed $61 million with a potential value of $126 million. But, as reported by ProFootballTalk.com, the deal provides limited risk to the 49ers with only roughly $13 million guaranteed at signing. Kaepernick's annual base salary becomes guaranteed on April 1 of each year, according to the report.
That team-friendly deal, which Kaepernick hinted about when he spoke after inking the contract, should allow the 49ers to keep talented players around him.
Harbaugh said he's just happy that his franchise quarterback won't have to deal with a swirl of contract-related questions throughout the season.
"Going through a season not having to think about contracts or questions about longevity or maybe pressure on him to put up certain statistics or numbers, now he's in a position where he knows and our teams knows and Colin can grow as a player," Harbaugh said. "I'm most excited about that."
Viti, who served in Afghanistan from 2010-11 as a platoon leader and earned a Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge, completed his military service in 2013 and is now embarking on a 7,100-kilometer hike across the country. It will conclude Dec. 13 in Baltimore at the Army-Navy game, and the distance is to honor the lives lost during the Global War on Terrorism.
"On a day like today, D-Day, the 70th anniversary, it's an easy vehicle to draw a few lessons from some of the greatest heroes this country's ever known or will see," Viti said. "Connecting naturally with being a teammate and what that means about being a team. The greatest team we can all be a part of is Team America."
Harbaugh spoke of the comparisons often made between football, war and the military.
"We do make parallels from time to time, but it's out of respect and honor for what our military does," Harbaugh said. "To hear the insights of team and when it's life and death and the goal is to protect our country from somebody that's been there, that is gold for our players."
"I was like, 'They got Frank Gore, some other guys, they don't really need a running back,' " Hyde said. "I was looking at teams that actually need somebody to come in right now and play right away."
But that shock quickly turned into excitement because of the 49ers' emphasis on the ground game.
"That's definitely a smile on my face to go to an organization that leads the NFL in rushing and rushing attempts," Hyde said of the 49ers, who ranked third in the league in both categories. "Knowing that, I definitely got excited because, in college, all I wanted to do is run that ball. To come to an organization that that's what they do, that's exciting."
"The trainer said it looked good," Ward, a safety, said of his foot. "I got an X-ray, and everything panned out right."
Ward also said he's "watching a lot of film right now. I can be more mental than physical. When I actually get on the field, I'll just know everything that I have to do."
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A story about the city of San Jose's crackdown on fundraising car washes because they cause water pollution incorrectly reported that the same restrictions on washing cars that apply to school groups also apply to individuals. They do not.
SAN JOSE -- Don't expect to see teens standing on corners waving signs at motorists encouraging them to participate in a school carwash any time soon in San Jose.
While carwashes have become a favorite tool for school clubs, teams, cheerleaders and classes to raise funds for trips, uniforms or supplies, the city of San Jose is now saying stop.
Lincoln High School cheerleaders had to cancel a scheduled Oct. 20 carwash in the Hoover Middle School parking lot along Naglee Avenue to raise money to attend a national competition in April.
On Oct. 17, emails went out to neighborhood e-lists inviting area residents to "please bring your car(s)." But the next day a second email went out reading, "We had a visit from the city of San Jose Environmental Services Department who said that the carwashes at Hoover are in violation of water discharge laws, therefore we had to cancel this and all future carwashes."
Jennie Loft, acting communications manager for San Jose's Environmental Services Department, said the city had indeed stepped in.
"Anything that is not stormwater or rain water is considered a pollutant," Loft said. The ban also applies to washing a car at home.
"If it goes into a storm drain, that pollutant will harm wildlife and habitats in the creeks. Water goes directly from the storm drains into our creeks."
Asked if the city came out in response to complaints, Loft wrote in a follow-up email, "The City of San Jose responded to two complaints, one about a month ago and one last week, re: the Lincoln High School Car wash events held at Hoover Middle School.
"Our staff responds to complaints to ensure that pollutants do not go directly into our storm sewer system since it flows into local creeks, and the SF Bay and Delta.
"As part of our protocol when we received these complaints, our staff reached out to staff at Lincoln High School and San Jose Unified last month to provide information about preventing pollutants into storm drains.
"Our staff also met directly with Lincoln High School Staff last week."
The Environmental Services Department offers these suggestions to school groups wanting to do carwashes:
For groups still wanting to do carwashes, there is waterless carwash equipment, but it's expensive. A simple one online from ecotouch.net is $499 with one gallon of wash concentrate another $159.
Loft said the same restrictions on washing cars that apply to school groups do not apply to individuals.
"What most people should do if washing their cars at home is park it on the lawn so the water is diverted into landscape," she said.
"Or go to a designated neighborhood carwash, so it doesn't go into the storm drain."
She suggested that anyone seeing a carwash draining into a storm drain can call the phone number stenciled on storm drains and, "We'd be happy to talk with them."
As for the Lincoln cheerleaders, they still need funds and welcome contributions by check to Lincoln Cheer 2013-2014, Lincoln High School, 555 Dana Ave., San Jose, 95126, attention Mrs. Phillips.


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