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An ancient Scottish people known as the Picts were the forefathers of the Workman family. Workman is a name for a laborer. The surname Workman comes from the Old English word work, or weorc, both of which mean "work." In the Middle Ages, the word workman was also applied to ambidextrous people as a nickname. The more common derivation, however, is the occupational one, which was a name given to a laborer.
The surname Workman was first found in the Orkneys, were they held a family seat from very ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066. The name is believed to be derived from the lands of Work, from the parish of St. Ola.
During the Middle Ages, there was no basic set of rules and scribes wrote according to sound. The correct spelling of Scottish names were further compromised after many haphazard translations from Gaelic to English and back. Spelling variations of the name Workman include Workman, Wortman, Wartman, Wergman, Wirgman and others.
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Here's another take on AP reporter Ed Kennedy's 1945 scoop on the Nazi surrender 67 years ago today – the story of Stars and Stripes reporter Charles Kiley, who covered the surrender negotiations and (unlike Kennedy) kept his promise to Allied military authorities to delay reporting the actual surrender for 36 hours. David Kiley recounts in the Huffington Post how his father viewed Kennedy's "cowboy" decision to break the embargo on his own. Good reading in full, though I'll just quote one point here:
"[L]et's not think for a minute that Kennedy was motivated by 'the people's right to know.' Recalling my father's account, I know he said the following to me, though it is not on tape: 'Kennedy wanted the scoop, plain and simple.'"
Thanks for the on-topic comments so far. Any other thoughts about who did the right thing: Kennedy or Kiley?
Meanwhile, I couldn't find a full version of Kennedy's original story online, but here's a link to the New York Times front page that carried that AP story.
In case you were straining your eyes to read that front page, here's how Kennedy's story opens (from a printed collection):
"REIMS, FRANCE, May 7, 1945 (AP) – Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Western Allies and Russia at 2:41 a.m. French time today. (This was at 8:41 p.m., Eastern war time Sunday.)
"The surrender took place at a little red school house which is the headquarters of Gen. Eisenhower.
"The surrender, which brought the war in Europe to a formal end after five years, eight months and six days of bloodshed and destruction, was signed for Germany by Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl."
One final link, to the story of AP's apology in the newspaper at which Kennedy was later editor, The Herald of Monterey County, Calif. That story notes a local monument to Kennedy, inscribed with this succinct justification: "He gave the world an extra day of happiness."


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- Making content editable
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- Setting up the core files for your app
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- Enabling drag-and-drop sorting
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In the basic version of the To Do list, we had a link for saving the list whenever you wanted, but that's a little, well, basic, don't you think? It'd be much better if we could automagically store and retrieve the list. And that's what we'll do in this final lesson of the Advanced To Do list, courtesy of the HTML5 functionality, Local Storage. And now we see, index.HTM file from the chapter 3 > 03_05 folder > Open. And again, let's head down south in the file. All the way down towards the bottom, and I'm going to stop around line 158, so we can see the bulk of our add to do on click function.
Because we need to store our list under a number of different scenarios, we're going to be adding the same code to five different existing code chunks. We're going to put our first one right at the end of this routine. We're adding a new list item, so I'll scroll down just a little bit there, and right after the sortable group, we'll create a new line, and the code that we're going to use throughout, is just a single line. And it's localStorage, it's an upper case s, .setItem(), and two arguments.
The first is the name of the localStorage item we want to set, and I've called this todoListPlus. That's just to differentiate it from the to do list, which was the basic one. Comma, and then what are we putting in there, we're putting in the list, you'll recall that was one of the variables that we set up up front, .innerHTML. And that's all we need. So now, what I'm going to do, is just copy this line, and start to put it in the other location set we needed. Another time we want to automatically save, is after we make any edits to the list items.
So, let me scroll down a tad, and there on line 198, is the list on change, and I'm going to add in my missing little semi-colon here. And then pace in my local storage line. Naturally, we also want to remember any updates to the order of the list, so let's fill out that sortable function next, which is right after that. I'll tab in a little bit here, paste in my code. Looks like I've forgotten to put the semi-colon after that, so let me to go back and correct that mistake, so it doesn't come back to haunt us, and I'll scroll back down.
Let me recapture that with the semicolon, so I don't repeat that error. Now we certainly don't want any removed items left hanging around, so let's add the local storage code to the remove list item function, starts on line 218. Finally, we certainly want to remember that we've cleared out the list if we do, so let me scroll all the way down, so let's add the code to our do clear all on click function. That takes care of the storing of the list items, but what about the retrieving? Well, that needs to happen whenever the page loads.
So we're going to write one function, which will be called whenever that takes place, and we'll handle that by putting the function call in the root of document ready. So right after the do clear all, going to create a couple of lines, and we'll call this function loadToDo, and I'll scroll down a bit, so I can start in a good place. Now let's create the function, put in the keyword function, my function name loadToDo, open and close parentheses, no arguments, and open and close curly brace. And the first thing we want to do is to check if our local storage item exists.
No reason to do anything if it doesn't. So if local storage dot get item, open and close parentheses, single quotes, and we put in the name of our local storage item, which is to do list plus. And then following the second closing parenthesis, we put in a curly brace pair, so if our local storage item exists, we want to get it and then set it to the inner HTML of the list. So the list dot inner HTML, set that equal to local storage dot get item, and the name of the item again, to do list plus.
The rest is really just housekeeping, but kind of essential housekeeping. We first need to make sure that it's sortable, by bringing in our sortable routines. So I'll scroll up to line 180, and grab the lines of code through 183, copy that, scroll back down, and we'll paste it in, see what kind of a manipulation with tabs that I have to work with here. Looks like I need to do a little adjusting, to make it all line up properly. After the sorting has been re-enabled, we want to either show or not show the clear all link, according to the number of list items.
So we've already written that code. Let's go grab that. That starts on line 170. So I'll select and copy that, and paste it in. Let me select again and tab it over. And I'll get rid of this extra line here so everything neatens up. OK. All done. Let's save our page, and fire this puppy up. So I'm going to go back to Chrome, where I've got the page already set up. Now before I hit refresh, I want to show you how you can deal with local storage during your testing phase for your app. Now if you're working with Chrome, you can go to View > Developer > Developer Tools and then click on Resources.
Now I'll stress that this is for Chrome, it's also similar in Safari. Firefox has its own set of developer tools, but both allow you to see what local storage there is, if you use it at all. So if we had any, if you recall during the demo, I cleared out all of the items at the end of each of the two demos. One for basic and one for advanced. So we don't really have any local storage here now, but if we did, it would show up here. And I'll show you that in just one second. So let me close this now, and I'll hit refresh, and let's go ahead and try out our list items.
As you can see when I hit refresh, we went to the field that's, our little auto focus working, so I'll put in get milk, and let's click on our add list item this time, that works. Alright let's add in another one let's see, wait for tonight. This times I'll press Tab and hit Enter. Now that worked, let me scroll down, and there's our clear all, and as you can see our x's are showing up. Let's add one more list item, and this is a shout out to all of those Pinky and the Brain fanatics still out there.
Where they always waited for tonight to try and take over the world. You gotta keep Pinky and the Brain alive, you know. So let's test some functionality. Let's try our editing. So instead of get milk, let's change that to missiles, and maybe we'll get the missiles later in the evening. And then try to take over the world, okay, well maybe we won't even wait for tonight, let's get rid of that. Okay, so now I'm ready to refresh the page, to see if our local storage is working correctly, a quick refresh. And it looks good. Now before I do the final test of clearing out the list, I want to show you what the local storage storage looks like from the developer prospective.
So let's go to View > Developer > Developer Tools, and we're already on the Resources tab, so I'll expand Local Storage this time, and there's my Local Host, Local Storage. There's the to do list plus entry. And as you can see, it's a series of list items, perfect. Let's try clear all, and we're back to square one. Excellent, job well done. Your advanced to do list is now fully operational.


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Soccer player. Baseball player. Eagle Scout. Band member. Scholar Bowl member. Aspiring valedictorian. Aspiring chemical engineering major.
And that's just part of the life of Vandalia senior Christian Schroeder, who finished his high school soccer career on Friday.
So how does one juggle all of those responsibilities, anyway?
"I don't know how he does it," said Vandals soccer coach Walt Kinney. "He's a superhuman."
Junior Blake Swofford will be Vandalia's lone representative at the boys state golf tournament, and junior RaeChelle Leiken qualified for the girls tourney.
After shooting a 79 at the Carlyle sectional tournament on Monday, Swofford just made it through the cutoff for advancement to this weekend's event.
Being that close, however, made him a bit nervous as he closed out his round, considering that he missed the state tournament by one stroke last season.
It is possible for a team with five wins to miss the football playoffs, but in the Vandals' case, even if they lose the final two games of the season, they should still get in.
A 42-8 drubbing of Southwestern last Friday night – led by four touchdowns by Ryan Ambuehl and a career-high 196 yards from senior Levi Ulmer – gave the Vandals their fifth win, and if historical trends continue, that will be enough for Vandalia to qualify.
HILLSBORO – Seniors Abby Hickerson and Callie George were named all-South Central Conference on Saturday, after placing third in doubles play at the SCC Tournament.
Getting that honor, however, turned out to be quite a challenge for the duo.
Facing the team of Gianna Paden and Breanna Speraneo from Hillsboro after a first-round bye, George and Hickerson had to take the match to three games before closing out the 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 second-round victory.
Included was winning the final three points of the third game.
The Vandalia High School volleyball team earned its 20th win of the season on Monday, with a 25-18, 25-12 win at Stew-Stras.
Against Stew-Stras, junior RaeChelle Leiken and sophomore Megan Godoyo led the offensive attack, recording a combined 13 kills.
Leiken was also strong at the service line, scoring two aces. Senior Haley Wollerman also served two aces, and had eight assists.
Vandalia got its 19th win at Litchfield last Thursday, 26-24, 25-14.
Final Records
5th grade: Vandalia was 6-2
6th grade: Vandalia was 5-3
7th grade: Vandalia was 8-0
8th grade: Vandalia was 7-1
*Vandalia swept Litchfield on Saturday, but scores were not reported
Oct. 8
at Greenville
Greenville 8, Vandalia 1
•No. 1 Lauren Wasmuth lost, 2-6, 1-6
•No. 2 Callie George lost, 2-6, 4-6
•No. 3 Abby Hickerson lost, 1-6, 1-6
The Jr. Lady Vandals are 7-0.
In their first seasons as varsity players, seniors Chelsey Stewart and Erika Blackwell have been a pleasant surprise for Vandalia tennis coach Kevin Schroeder.
Having combined for eight of the team's 25 singles wins this season (32 percent), the two are now counted among the most important players on the team, each having once won a decisive singles match during the season.
Schroeder said it was at the beginning of this season, when they both realized they had a chance to latch on to the varsity squad, that their games began to dramatically improve.
PANA – For the first time since 2008, the Lady Vandals won the Pana Tournament, but they couldn't even get the trophy out of the gym before breaking it.
Shortly after taking group pictures, the '11 snapped off the trophy, but there was no chance of that diminishing the happiness the team took away from Saturday's effort.
Vandalia finished 4-1 at the tournament – with the loss coming against Greenville – but because the Lady Vandals beat Pana, which also finished 4-1, they were named tournament champions.
HILLSBORO – The Vandals are one win closer to making the playoffs for the first time since 2008.
Likely to need just five victories to get into the postseason, Vandalia is now at four after knocking off Hillsboro, 27-20, last Friday night.
Nothing is ever assured, but a good chance to get that fifth win will come on Friday night against Southwestern (3-3), which has given up the third-most points (209) in the South Central Conference.
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In the fall of 1971, Micheal Nourot was one of the first 16 students to attend Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, WA. The hitch was there was no school. No furnaces, no annealers, no classrooms—nothing. Some of the students turned tail and promptly left. Others moved into town and only came up to "work". Micheal Nourot and a few others dug in and began to build. As part of the group working with Dale Chihuly, Pilchuck's founder, Mr. Nourot designed and helped to build the first overhead structure and furnaces there. From the Fall of 1972 to the Spring of 1973, Micheal Nourot studied at the famous Venini factory on Murano, Italy.
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Ann Corcoran's formal glassblowing education began under the guidance of Marvin Lipofsky at the California College of Arts & Crafts. Ann graduated with a BFA in 1974. It was in the glass class that Ann met her future husband Micheal Nourot and apprenticed with him at his first studio. In '74 they formed a business partnership and later that year were married. She applied her many talents to the tasks of designing color patterns with enamels that would become part of their product line. Though her knowledge and enjoyment of the glassblower's art extends far beyond the production of actual glass. Most week days she is commonly spotted at the bench turning out pieces, and is often at the gallery on weekends. "I combine heat, light, color and energy while making the pieces; At the end, this frozen motion is what gives them life and magic." ~ Ann Corcoran
During the early 1990's, the studio began accepting interesting custom and corporate jobs. Nourot Glass Studio has enjoyed working for many distinguished and notable clients from U.S. Presidents to film makers and corporate clients. Bechtel Corporation gives an annual "Continuous Improvement" award created by the Nourot Studio. Many aerospace and communication technology companies have worked with the artists at the Nourot studio on unique pieces since then. These projects, which can often be for pieces which require months of research and many trials, have been a source of inspiration and design growth.
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I may or may not have more to say about this.
But I'm thinking of declaring this Bank Bailout Day, a holiday of the stature of President's day.
Forty-nine states, every one but Oklahoma, as well as federal regulators, will participate in a foreclosure fraud settlement that will release the five biggest banks (Wells Fargo, Citi, Ally/GMAC, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America) and their mortgage servicing units from liability for robo-signing and other forms of servicer abuse, in exchange for $25 billion in funding for legal aid, refinancing, short sales, restitution for wrongful foreclosures and principal reduction for underwater borrowers. The announcement will be made on Thursday.
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And then there's the settlement price: $25 billion, divided up several ways. $3 billion will go toward refinancing for current borrowers who are underwater on their loans, as well as short sales. $5 billion will go as a hard cash penalty to the states, which can use them for legal aid services, foreclosure mitigation programs, and ongoing fraud investigations in other areas (one official close to the talks feared that much of that hard cash payout will go in some Republican states toward filling their budget holes). The federal government will get a cash penalty as well. Out of that $5 billion, up to 750,000 borrowers wrongfully foreclosed upon will get a $1,800-$2,000 check if they sign up for it, the equivalent of saying to them "sorry we stole your home, here's two months rent."
If you read DDay's full post (or if you've read anything here), it's clear that the amount of fraud was astronomical: 60% failures in one case. And if you've read that far, you know this is a bail out, every much as the billions gifted to banks in September 2008 was a bailout.
The Administration wants to call this a settlement.
Remember the "Cornhusker Kickback"? That was the $45 million in expanded Medicaid funding Ben Nelson demanded from the Obama Administration before he'd support Health Insurance Reform. The special treatment for Nebraska gave the reform effort a tawdry feel.
And just as importantly, it did nothing to improve Nelson's popularity in his own state. When he announced he would not run for reelection in December, reporters pointed to the Cornhusker Kickback as one issue that was making his reelection increasingly unlikely.
Nelson obtained a huge controversial provision in that legislation — derisively called the "Cornhusker Kickback" by GOP opponents — that called for the federal government to pay Nebraska's costs for Medicaid expansion, potentially saving the state tens of millions of dollars annually. The provision was ultimately killed, but Nelson still paid a political price. Nelson adamantly denied that he traded his support for the Democratic health plan in exchange for the special provision, yet his standing back home took a big hit. Nelson proved to be the 60th and deciding vote for the Democratic health-care package.
Yet it seems like Obama's trying something similar in his effort to get CA's Kamala Harris to join in his foreclosure settlement, with $10 billion in aid slated for CA's struggling homeowners.
Banks and government negotiators have cleared a big hurdle in efforts to resolve allegations of widespread mortgage-related misdeeds, agreeing on terms for a settlement that are being circulated to the 50 US states for approval, state officials and a bank representative say.
The proposed pact would potentially reduce mortgage balances and monthly payments by more than $25bn for distressed US homeowners, these five people said.
The tentative agreement still must be approved by all 50 state attorneys-general, and negotiators have previously missed proposed deadlines. Participants described the proposal terms as set, meaning the states will be asked either to agree to them or decline to participate.
The amount of potential aid is contingent on state participation and would decrease significantly if big states do not sign the agreement. New York and California are among several states that have voiced concerns about the terms of the proposed deal with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial. New York and California are particularly concerned with the part of the deal that would absolve the banks of civil liability for allegedly illegal mortgage-related conduct.
California borrowers would be eligible to receive more than $10bn in aid if the state were to agree to the terms, according to several people involved in the talks.
Don't get me wrong. In this case, there's good reason to give CA a disproportionate part of the settlement funds. Continue reading
Let's connect a few data points.
Last Friday, Jame Dimon demanded that all the players (except the actual homeowners) get locked into a room until some leader solved the housing problem he and his buddies created.
On Sunday, the Administration promised, for what seems the bajillioninth time, to really do something about foreclosures.
On Monday, the Democrats confirmed that Obama will accept his nomination at Bank of America stadium. They did this to have more skyboxes they could sell to the 1%.
Then on Wednesday, Shawn Donovan rolled out the latest incarnation of the foreclosure settlement–one which still helps just a small fraction of families suffering because the housing bubble crashed.
And now the Administration has a meeting planned for January 23–what sounds like just the meeting DImon demanded–to iron out the last bits of such a minimally helpful settlement. There are two details of this meeting that are especially noteworthy.
First, only the Democratic Attorneys General appear to be invited.
Materials about the proposed deal are being sent to all states, and Democratic attorneys general have been asked to meet on Jan. 23 with Miller, Donovan and Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli, said Geoff Greenwood, a spokesman for Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.
Republican attorneys general will separately discuss the proposed settlement by phone the same day with their Republican counterparts on the negotiating committee in addition to Donovan and Perrelli, Greenwood said.
[my emphasis]
Even better? This meeting is in Chicago!
At the Jan. 23 meeting in Chicago, the federal and state officials will answer questions and discuss details of the potential deal in an effort to win support, Greenwood said.
None of the named principles of this discussion live in Chicago. Thomas Perelli is in DC. Shawn Donovan is in DC. Tom Miller is in IA. Even the banksters are from NY and Charlotte.
The one thing that's in Chicago, of course, is Obama's campaign headquarters. (Outgoing Chief of Staff and now campaign Co-Chair and former–future?–JP Morgan exec Bill Daley? He lives in Chicago!)
So to "solve" the foreclosure problem, we're going to invite a bunch of people–but only the Democrats–to Obama's campaign headquarter city to hammer out something that really only helps a fraction of those affected.
Yes we can.
The guy in charge of–among other things–the elusive foreclosure fraud settlement with the banksters just told NPR's Carrie Johnson he'll be leaving in March.
Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli will leave the third highest-ranking post at the Justice Department in March after nearly three years managing a bustling portfolio that has run the gamut from mortgage abuses and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to stamping out domestic violence in Indian country.
Perrelli, 45, says that he'll take several months off to spend with his growing family. He and his wife have a five-year-old, a two-year-old, and a pair of twins due in May. "This is the best job I'll ever have," Perrelli tells us, "you really couldn't ask for better." But, long hours spent overseeing Justice Department units that handle tax, civil rights, environment, antitrust, civil cases and billions of dollars in federal grant programs has taken "an enormous amount of energy and commitment and sacrifice."
As Johnson points out, Perrelli has had his fingers in a number of contentious issues: the Cobell settlement and the BP investigation. But I suspect it also sets a finite deadline for the foreclosure fraud settlement, rumored to be imminent for about a year.
One of his biggest efforts has yet to come to fruition. For more than a year, the Justice Department and state attorneys general have been hammering out a settlement with the country's largest mortgage servicing companies over faulty paperwork and forclosure abuses known as "robo signing" that helped push people out of their homes. The process has been complicated and sometimes fractious, as top lawyers for the state of California and New York criticized the process as going too soft on the banks.
And then, of course, there's the question of a replacement–because there's no way Republicans are going to confirm anyone for a functional post at a Department of Justice they like to claim is responsible for sending guns to Mexican drug cartels.
Just what this country needs, a DOJ even more hampered by missing key operational executives.
In his press conference today, Obama said,
Well, first, on the issue of — on the issue of prosecutions on Wall Street, one of the biggest problems about the collapse of Lehman's and the subsequent financial crisis and the whole subprime lending fiasco is that a lot of that stuff wasn't necessarily illegal, it was just immoral or inappropriate or reckless.
So you know, without commenting on particular prosecutions — obviously, that's not my job; that's the attorney general's job – you know, I think part of people's frustrations — part of my frustration was a lot of practices that should not have been allowed weren't necessarily against the law, but they had a huge destructive impact. And that's why it was important for us to put in place financial rules that protect the American people from reckless decision-making and irresponsible behavior.
The president can't go around saying prosecute somebody. But as a general principle, if somebody is engaged in fraudulent actions, they need to be prosecuted. If they've violated laws on the books, they need to be prosecuted. And that's the attorney general's job. And I know that Attorney General Holder, U.S. attorneys all across the country — they take that job very seriously. [my emphasis]
His comments are funny for a number of reasons. Apparently, the President can't go around saying "prosecute somebody," but he can go around saying, "assassinate somebody."
More curiously, though, he insists that if someone has engaged in "fraudulent actions, they need to be prosecuted."
FHFA has sued 18 banks, a number of them for fraud, most of them in federal court. As part of those suits, it has sued a number of named individuals. DOJ, however, seems to have no interest in all those entities accused of fraud.
More troubling still, mortgage servicers have, in sworn depositions, admitted to fraud of a variety of types.
And yet Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli is busy trying to craft a settlement–not a prosecution–with those who engaged in this fraud. (And in the wake of CA's withdrawal from the settlement talks, the banks are crowing that DOJ is still going to sign such a deal.)
The Administration needs to be asked not just why no big banksters have been prosecuted, but also why in the face of massive fraudulent actions, DOJ is choosing to settle, rather than prosecute.
Yesterday, CA Attorney General Kamala Harris announced she was withdrawing from the 50-state foreclosure fraud settlement.
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will no longer take part in a national foreclosure probe of some of the nation's biggest banks, which are accused of pervasive misconduct in dealing with troubled homeowners.
Harris removed herself from talks by a coalition of state attorneys general and federal agencies investigating abusive foreclosure practices because the nation's five largest mortgage servicers were not offering California homeowners relief commensurate to what people in the state had suffered, a person familiar with the matter said.
The big banks were also demanding to be granted overly broad immunity from legal claims that could potentially derail further investigations into Wall Street's role in the mortgage meltdown, the person said.
With CA–the largest state and the one with the greatest foreclosure exposure–this effectively kills the settlement. See DDay for more on why Harris made this decision and what it means going forward.
But Harris' letter announcing her decision makes something else (which had become increasingly obvious in recent weeks) clear.
Harris gives US Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli, not IA Attorney General Tom Miller, top billing on her letter.
This failure has become Perrelli's baby as much as it is Miller's.
When they held their last ditch attempt to save this meeting last week, they met in DC, not in IA or some other central location. And the settlement reportedly discussed at that meeting was heavily skewed towards giving the same people who fucked up HAMP another shot at trying to solve the housing situation.
About 80 per cent of the settlement figure, earmarked for the federal government, could be used to fund another round of debt and payment reductions for struggling US homeowners, people with knowledge of the Illinois document said. That would be split between principal reductions on first-lien mortgages and junior liens; payment forbearance for unemployed borrowers; and short sales, blight remediation and transition assistance for homeowners to move into rentals.
The remainder, about $4bn-$4.4bn in cash, could be designated for the states, which then would divide the proceeds to fund a variety of programmes, including assistance to borrowers. About half that amount could be used to pay up to $2,000 to an estimated 1.1m aggrieved borrowers who allege they were harmed by improper practices. [my emphasis]
So when Harris wrote…
California is hurting. We have the most homes and most home borrowers in default. During the period we have been negotiating, more than 560,000 additional homes in California have fallen into the foreclosure process. When we began this process 11 months ago, five of the ten cities hardest hit nationally by foreclosures were in California. Today, eight of those ten hardest-hit cities are here. And, recently, at the same time that we have been negotiating in good faith, foreclosures in California have surged again.
Last week, I went to Washington, D.C. in hopes of moving our discussions forward. But it became clear to me that California was being asked for a broader release of claims than we can accept and to excuse conduct that has not been adequately investigated. In return for this broad release of claims, the relief contemplated would allow far too few California homeowners to stay in their homes.
What she was saying, politely but nevertheless saying, is that giving a state like CA that has been devastated by foreclosures perhaps $500 million to deal with the aftermath, and in the process let the banks off the legal hook for abuses beyond just robo-signing just won't fly.
The Obama Administration may have been offering Harris less than $1,000 per each new homeowner who has fallen into default (to say nothing of all the previous foreclosures), whereas in a state settlement, NV Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto was able to get about $57,000 per affected homeowner in a Morgan Stanley settlement.
That tells you two things. First, the Obama Administration still doesn't understand the extent of the damage the banksters they are trying to protect have done. They don't understand the scale of the challenges facing states and towns and homeowners affected by the banks' crimes. And second, the "Department of Justice" was ready to sign away justice for scraps with which to fund another ineffectual Treasury-run program without, first, having forced the banks to face the full consequences of what will happen if they don't offer principal write-downs.
In other words, if you didn't already know it, DOJ was (and presumably still is) actively looking for ways not just to ignore the banksters' crimes, but to help them avoid the non-legal consequences of those crimes, too. Which sort of explains the vitriol directed at Eric Schneiderman of late. Two prosecutors, after all, can conduct a national investigation of the banksters' crimes, DOJ, and the NY Attorney General. And by refusing to go along with the criminally stupid deal Perrelli was negotiating, Schneiderman has made it a lot harder for for DOJ to sponsor yet more injustice.


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Augusta, GA (WRDW)- Broken windows and shards of glass are what's littered the salvation army's parking lot this morning.
Officials say vandals climbed over the fence to the lot where the charity keeps cars waiting to be auctioned.
Beth Bargeron, a representative with the Salvation Army said how much these cars could help, "Four cars could really mean a lot. A couple of cars are nice cars back here.
Four cars were set to be auctioned off next month, but now are damaged. Rocks and bottles were thrown straight through windows of the donated vehicles. Some are luxury vehicles.
"People are collectors of those cars and things like that so there's no telling how much that could have brought in undamaged at the auction," said Bargeron.
A BMW could have fetched up to 20,000 dollars and others will only bring in a few hundred. All the money goes to a good cause, the Salvation Army's drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.
"Every auction we keep these cars out in the auction yard and get them ready, wash them, get them new batteries, and clean them out and stuff like that for the auction. This is the first time this has happened," said Bargeron.
Four of the 55 cars meant for the auction aren't ready to be sold.
Bargeron said, "It is discouraging because we see the staff here work so hard and the donors are so important, and they do so much by giving to the Salvation Army."
Bargeron said that they look at each car in the auction yard as a life that could be saved, and with auction just around the corner she hopes people will still help.
"We're just hoping people will continue to give and give even more because we've had this hard time here."
If you do want to donate the Salvation Army will pick up donated cars until January 24th. After that day donors will have to bring in the car. The deadline to donate is January 28th. The auction will take place February 1st.
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Better and more readily available prenatal healthcare in Cambodia has led to a significant drop in deaths from childbirth.
When first-time mother Sreynin Phoeun, 19, delivered a bouncing baby boy at a health center near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, it was a cause for celebration and relief.
"When I found out that I was pregnant, I was very happy but also worried about so many things," Sreynin says.
If Sreynin had been pregnant seven years earlier, her chances of dying in childbirth were nearly 1 in 200. But with a country-wide push for better maternal and child healthcare, her chances today are closer to 1 in 400.
According to a 2010 survey in Cambodia, 89 percent of pregnant mothers are now receiving prenatal care by a skilled provider. In 2005, only 69 percent received prenatal care.
Sreymao Kun, a midwife at the health center where Sreynin delivered, explains what used to happen without care by a skilled provider.
"Before, most women followed old practices," she says. "They showered their newborn baby with beer and put paper wasp nest dust on the baby's navel. And the women were kept warm after delivery with hot coals. And what scared our pregnant women is that there are some women in the community who died because of improper delivery practices from traditional birth attendants at home."
She continues with a sigh of relief. "But now, pregnant women are more keen to access services at the health center."
World Vision helped build this clinic, provided equipment for labor and delivery, trained the midwives, and has worked with the center to educate families about the importance of breastfeeding, nutrition, hygiene, and sanitation.
"Before World Vision's intervention, only a few pregnant women delivered babies at the health center," says Dr. Nheyn Ros, director of the center. "Now, there are nearly 20 to 30 women delivering their babies at the center each month."
Sreynin happily cradles her baby in her arms. "In the beginning, I did not know what was safe during the pregnancy and what was not," she says. Through the center, she learned how to take care of her own health and that of her unborn child. She received iron supplements and blood tests.
"I went to the health center regularly," she says. "I [now] have regular appointments with health staff and [will] take my son to get his vaccinations, too."
The midwives helped Sreynin breastfeed her baby soon after delivery. "Providing breast milk to my baby has been very good for him. It helps my baby to be healthy and brilliant," she says. "I have learned that the mother should give only breast milk to the baby for the first six months."
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Columbia Theological Seminary's S3 Project Offers Grants to Pastors for Sustaining Excellence in Ministry
Decatur, GA—Applications are being accepted through April 22 for participation in Columbia Theological Seminary's S3 Project. Funded with a $1.3 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, the project offers opportunities for pastors of all denominations, working in small groups, to develop models for sustaining excellence in the practice of ministry. For the two-year program, participants receive approximately $1,000 each per year to fund self-directed group work that focuses on aspects of Sabbath, study, and service. Each participant also receives up to $300 in need-based aid for travel to the program orientation and subsequent annual meetings, which are held each August. Two central Florida pastors, Robert Wallace, Jr., Cocoa Presbyterian Church in Cocoa, and George Wilcox, Rockledge Presbyterian in Rockledge, have been selected to participate in an S3 project. Joining them is an ecumenical group of Brevard County pastors: Thomas Gibson, St. Mark's Episcopal Church and David McGaffic, First United Methodist Church, in Cocoa; Clarice Mitchell, Hope United Church of Christ, in Rockledge; Robert Pearcy, Grace United Methodist Church, in Merritt Island; and Robert Wiseman, C.S.C., St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, in Viera. The name of the group, "Hokey Pokey Preachers," was chosen after one member cited the Hokey Pokey as an example of how Christians need to "put your whole self in" and another followed by encouraging the members of his choir to participate in the Hokey Pokey as an expression of the Christian's freedom to "dance" with our whole self. The name stuck with group members who see it as an affirmation of how the flow of ministry, especially between areas of Sabbath and service, involves "putting your whole self in and taking your whole self out." The group of pastors had been meeting weekly to share their reflections on upcoming lectionary passages. When these discussions moved from homiletics to pastoral support, the idea for an S3 project grew out of their desire to move the group to a deeper level of effectiveness. Aware of the rich ecumenical diversity among group members, the project focuses on the effect a pastor's life story has on his or her proclamation of the Scriptures. According to their project proposal, their work together "will consist of discovering and sharing one's own life story, viewing it in the light of other life stories and discerning its effect on preaching." With their emphasis on connecting the human story to God's story, the Hokey Pokey Preachers hope the Sabbath portion of their project will help them to deepen their awareness to "rest" more assuredly in God—the world God has created, and the kingdom God is creating and how our individual stories are included in God's creating activity. The S3 application procedure requires a group proposal and individual applications for each group member. Applications are due April 22, 2005. Groups will be notified of acceptance by May 13, 2005. Each group is expected to attend an orientation workshop on the Columbia campus August 15-19. For information about the S3 Project or application materials, please visit http://www.ctsnet.edu/lifelong/continuing_education/s3.asp or contact Sarah Erickson, associate director for Lifelong Learning and S3 project coordinator, at 404 687-4526 or email@example.com. Out of 730 proposals submitted in 2003 and 2004, Columbia's S3 Project is one of 63 "Sustaining Pastoral Excellence" grants awarded by the Lilly Endowment. Three other seminaries of the Presbyterian Church (USA) also received grants. "Sustaining Pastoral Excellence" is an effort of the Lilly Endowment to focus attention and energy on maintaining a high caliber of leadership among the country's pastors. Columbia Theological Seminary, located in Decatur, Georgia, was established in 1828 and is one of 10 theological institutions of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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As três Marias, W411 (Villa-Lobos, Heitor)
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Isadore Freed (1900-1960)
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José Vieira Brandão
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Klaxons blared throughout the ship and the sound of hatches being physically slammed and locked reverberated down the various hallways. Lieutenant Paul Kramer ran breathlessly down the corridor and jumped into the lift, sliding between the closing doors as they went into lockdown mode. Another couple of seconds slower and he would never have been able to make it to the bridge. After an age that probably lasted all of twenty seconds, the lift doors opened and he ran onto the bridge, dashing for his communications station. His second slid out of his chair and dashed across the bridge to his secondary position.
"So nice of you to join us, Mr. Kramer," Captain Adam Daniels snorted, gruffly. "I was beginning to think you weren't gong to grace us with your presence today."
"Sorry, Sir. It won't happen again, sir!"
"No, I don't think it will," Daniels said, a small smile crossing his face. "Are you up to a First Contact?"
"First Contact? Are you kidding, sir? You bet!"
"Good! First things first, however, Mr. Kramer. I want you to contact Colonial Command and inform them that an unknown object is closing on our station at a high rate of speed. I am classifying it as a �Fast Mover' at this time, as the object is powered and has refused to reply to our requests that it identify itself. It is not a meteor, asteroid, comet, swamp gas orbiting Venus or any other type of natural object as it is showing a positive power signature and is beginning to decelerate."
"Right away, sir." Kramer donned his headset and started to relay the Captain's message across space towards Earth. Halfway through the transmission, however; he winced in pain and tore off his headset. "Captain!" He cried. "Something is blocking our frequency. It's some sort of jamming."
Captain Daniels rubbed his chin. "Mr. Daily," he called to the ship's navigator. "Is the Fast Mover in range?"
"In range...Now!" Ensign Daily responded.
"Very good. Mr. Carson, I want you to interface tracking computers with Weapons' Control, just in case," the captain ordered. "How long till it enters visual range?"
Mr. Daily glanced at a readout on his control panel. "Only a couple of seconds, sir. Whatever it is, it's big!"
Several seconds passed and what had been a small dot of light became bigger and bigger. The bridge crew stared at the alien ship. It was flattened with no protrusions at all in the hull. There were no windows, nor were there any visible sensor arrays. It was wide at the fore of the vessel and narrowed towards the aft with four fin-like semi-circular wings curving at forty-degree angles from the rest of the hull, yet they were part of the hull, not something added on. As these �wings' swept back, they came to a point at the aft of the ship.
"So," Captain Daniels said, quietly. "We have company. Lieutenant Kramer, try to contact the alien vessel. This is a momentous occasion. We've known other races are out here for a long time, but this is the first time we have actually encountered someone."
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By SSG Mylinda DuRousseauJuly 14, 2011
By Staff Sgt. Mylinda DuRousseau, Third Army Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (July 6, 2011) " Of the less than one percent of Americans who serve in the military, whether for education benefits, adventure, or family tradition, more than 300,000 serve outside the United States.
It wasn't a surprise for Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Hughes when his son followed in his footsteps and joined the Armed Forces.
July 6, Army Col. Robert Hughes, Third Army force management chief, was awarded the Legion of Merit for his role in support of the president in his initiative to shift the priority of effort from Iraq to Afghanistan.
As the force management chief, Col. Hughes was one of many responsible for overseeing operation Nickle II, the largest operation since World War II.
In recognition of his son's efforts, Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Hughes, former 9th Air Force commander, returned to Shaw Air Force Base to present the award.
"This family's multi-service dedication to their country is a reflection of Team Shaw today and further fortifies an already strong foundation." said Lt. Col. Tamatha Patterson, Third Army Special Troops Battalion commander.
Shaw AFB has a longstanding partnership with the Army, beginning in 1941 when Shaw Field was first activated under the Army Air Corps. Ten years later, Lt. Gen. Hughes served as group adjutant and fighter pilot with the 20th Fighter-Bomber Group at Shaw and returned again from 1973-1975.
As a child, Col. Hughes attended school at St. Anne's Elementary here, in 2011 he once again returned to Shaw AFB, this time as a part of Third Army.
The award ceremony was another example of the long standing relationship Third Army has with 9th Air Force and the Sumter community.
"Team Shaw [Third Army, 9th Air Force and 20th Fighter Wing] aims to be a leader for all of the Department of Defense in achieving the ideal of a joint base." said Col. Jerry O'Hara, Third Army spokesman.


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Blu-ray. Redemption.
fourth release in Redemption's Jean Rollin Blu-ray editions
is a return to the world of the vampiric in this 1974 film that
perhaps feels like a step backwards after the masterful Iron
Rose, but is nonetheless a fascinating, lyrical and
unique blend of weirdness, eroticism and horror.
One of the few Rollin films centred around a male character, the
story follows Frederic (Jean-Loup Philippe), who sees a photograph
of an old castle while attending a cocktail party and immediately
has flashback to a childhood meeting with a beautiful and mysterious
young girl (Annie Belle). However, his mother claims to have no
memory of the place and attempts to find it are hampered by secrecy
and threats from sinister, gun-toting characters. But eventually,
he uncovers the truth and returns to the castle, where scantily
clad female vampires lurk.
While seemingly one of Rollin's more personal films, this
is less effective than much of his work – Philippe isn't
a particularly engaging lead (it always feels as though Rollin
is never as interested in male characters as his female ones),
and while the visuals are as astonishing as ever, the film has
a pretty weak plot and is rather too slow.While this film, like
so many of Rollin's films, isn't really about the story
– it's more to do with the sense of discovery and
the romanticism of the undead, and you suspect that there is more
of Rollin's own childhood memories and fantasies here than
in most of his work - it is rather more conventionally plotted
and structured than his other films of the time, but unfortunately
struggles to hold the tale together and rather plods in the middle,
as the uncharismatic hero stumbles around looking confused. No
amount of impressive locations (with many a familiar sight from
other Rollin films) or vampires in transparent gowns flitting
about can liven up scene after scene of the wooden, bored looking
heroaimlessly wandering about - of which there are a few too many.
said, this is still a remarkable work – it's utterly
gorgeous (as, indeed, is Belle), and its world of hyper-unreality
is as pronounced as in any of Rollin's other works. As an
existential search for the forgotten, and an other-worldly love
story to boot, it remains as far from traditional horror as you
can get, which makes the occasional exploitation scene (a surprisingly
strong female masturbation scene; a few splashily bloody killings)
seem almost jarring in their incongruity. These moments aside,
this is more arthouse than grindhouse, and all the better for
Lips of Blood might not be the film to show the
Rollin virgin, but for fans of the director, it remains an essential
artefact, and this new edition is lovely to look at.
usual extras - Rollin and cast interviews, trailers, the booklet
- round out this package.


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My husband is a brilliant man.
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He is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — twice.
He is a recipient of the Welch Award in Chemistry.
Yes, he is a genius, and his research will likely change the world.
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Here is my husband's favorite commercial. He literally laughs 'til he cries when he sees this.
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Date 4/6/2012
Title CSE Colloquium
Start Time 11:00 AM
Location Lopata Hall, Room 101
Event Description Sebastian Fischmeister
Assistant Professor
University of Waterloo
Code Instrumentation With Non-functional Properties
Code instrumentation is a common method for tracing programs. Developers use it to understand and monitor modern systems with millions of lines of code. Unfortunately, current software-based tracing methods concentrate on preserving logical correctness only and are thus inadequate for application areas such as embedded systems, real-time systems, and concurrent software. This talk presents a new side of code instrumentation; considering non-functional properties. Specifically, the talk discusses two approaches relevant for time-sensitive applications: (1) Time-aware instrumentation preserves timing constraints under instrumentation and (2) time-triggered runtime verification provides sound monitoring while preserving jitter and resource demand bounds. Although the two approaches concentrate on timing aspects, they clearly demonstrate the need for future work on instrumentation mechanisms that preserve non-functional properties.
Sebastian Fischmeister is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He received his MASc in Computer Science at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, and his Ph.D. degree at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He was awarded the APART stipend in 2005 and worked as a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, until 2008. He performs systems research at the intersection of software technology, distributed systems, and formal methods. His preferred application areas are distributed real-time embedded systems in the domain of automotive systems, avionics, and medical devices.
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Irish and Irish American actors and themes are making a big splash with this year's Academy Award nominations which were announced earlier this morning. Delivering the nominations live were actress Jennifer Lawrence and the president of the Academy Tom Sherak.
Not surprisingly, Irish actress Rooney Mara was nominated for Best Lead Actress for her work in the film adaptation of the popular book series 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' The film, which is the first in its trilogy, is also nominated for Best Cinematography.
Glenn Close's project 'Albert Nobbs' which was filmed in Dublin made an impression on Academy voters, garnering two major nominations. The film, set in 19th century Ireland, tells the story of a woman (portrayed by Close) who is passing as a man to advance herself in society. Close is nominated alongside Rooney Mara for Best Leading Actress, and Janet McTeer is nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the film.
In what many to consider to be her big breakout role, Irish American actress Melissa McCarthy secured the nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in this summer's smash hit comedy 'Bridesmaids.' McCarthy is the only actor from the film nominated, though the film itself is nominated for Best Original Writing. McCarthy won an Emmy this past September for her role on the CBS comedy 'Mike and Molly.'
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Also nominated for Best Supporting Actress is Irish American Jessica Chastain for her role in 'The Help.' Chastain is nominated alongside her co-star from the film Octavia Spencer. The film adaptation of the popular book secured several other nominations as well, including Best Picture, and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Viola Davis).
George Clooney, whose father is set to be the focus of an upcoming documentary exploring the Clooney's Irish roots, is nominated for Best Leading Actor for his role in 'The Descendants.' The film is also nominated for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Adapted Writing. Clooney won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his role in 'The Descendants;' does that mean he has the Oscar secured, too?
Clooney's other big film for 2011, 'The Ides of March', is also nominated for Best Adapted Writing.
Belfast native Kenneth Branagh is nominated for his role in the Marilyn Monroe biopic 'My Week with Marilyn.' His co-star Michelle Williams is nominated for her portrayal of Monroe in the movie.
Meryl Streep is nominated - for an astounding 17th time - for her portrayal of once British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the film 'The Iron Lady.' Streep's nomination is the only major one for the film.
Nick Nolte is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'Warrior,' a film about an Irish family in Pittsburgh.
Snubbed from this year's nominations is Co Kerry native Michael Fassbender for his gripping role in the graphic film 'Shame,' which is about an Irish born sex-addict.
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Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar Theme of Friendship
Like ostriches and Lake Titicaca, male bonds are funny things in Julius Caesar. Men in the play must to choose between loyalty to their friends and loyalty to the Roman Republic, which leads to some of the most famous examples of manipulation and violent betrayal in Western literature. This is especially true for Brutus, who chooses to join the conspirators' assassination plot when it seems clear to him that his BFF, Julius Caesar, is headed for absolute power. Wow Brutus, not cool.
Questions About Friendship
- Make a list with two columns. In the first column, list Caesar's friends. In the second column, list the conspirators against Caesar. Do any of the names appear in both columns? If so, explain why.
- Why does Brutus join the assassination plot against his friend Caesar? Is Brutus's betrayal of Caesar justified?
- Is Cassius a true friend to Brutus? Why or why not?
- Why does Antony call Brutus the "noblest Roman of them all" (5.5.68) even after the men have fought a civil war against each other? Is Antony being genuine?
Chew on This
Although male friendship is the most important human relationship in the play, it's less important than loyalty to the Roman Republic.
It's nearly impossible to tell the difference between friends and enemies in Julius Caesar.


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IWF Alert: Porter-Cable jig makes pocket screws faster and easiercomments (8) August 26th, 2010 in blogs
Even without this amazing new jig, pocket screws were already the fastest way to build cabinetry. But Porter-Cable's new QuikJig makes the job even faster and easier. You slap a piece of wood in it, and the jig adjusts automatically for its thickness as it clamps it solidly in place. Built in stops allow endlessly repeatable work. Because of the design of the jig, one drill and one drill-collar depth setting work for every workpiece.
Nice touches include a drill-collar setup gauge on the side of the jig, excellent dust collection, plus an indicator that reads the thickness of the piece and suggests the optimal screw length.
The whole jig flips forward to allow tall pieces to lay flat on the bench, if necessary, and the unit handles stock up to 1-1/2-in.-thick (the size of a 2x4, and as big as you'll likely need).
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Bottom line, you can walk up to this jig with any workpiece in hand, and have the pocket screw holes done in seconds. Due to an extra-quick clamp at the back, subsequent workpieces change out even faster. And the holes were dead-on every time, at least in the demo I saw at the show. Pretty amazing for a suggested price of $230, which includes a bit, a stop collar, and a the Vise-Grip style clamp you'll need to hold workpieces togther while driving the screws.
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"Company reps said that if you attach a hose, the thing is almost dust free." Duh, try it and find out!
company Reps- one of the biggest inherent problems of the tool industry.
Why do we need membership to view marketing data? Yeah, we know how to visit the Dewalt website.
Lets keep articles within the useful realm of an actual "review", and better the craft.
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1-1/2 in. is the thickness limit. So anything bigger than a 2x4 won't work.
Posted: 3:38 pm on August 27th
One other thing, this was designed by the same engineers that did Porter-Cable's latest dovetail jigs, and those were great in our tests.
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Looks like a winner except for the one killer feature of the K3 jig. Does it have dust collection?
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Online Student – Jason
Jason tops off his cup of decaf and settles in front of his computer. It's 11:23 PM Central Standard Time. The kids are finally asleep and the dog has made her final trip out for the night. Jason logs in to his online course "Introduction to the Old Testament II". He reads several articles that the professor posted earlier in the day. Then he enters the discussion forum for the week. Jason sees that the professor has responded to the question he posted yesterday. Next he reads the reflections that his classmates have posted throughout the day on the new article. Jason finds himself nodding in agreement with some comments, chuckling at a few, and in complete disagreement with another. He joins the discussion to respond to several comments and to share his own perspective.
Jason believes that God has called him to be a pastor. He wants to earn a seminary degree so that he is better prepared for this ministry, but he has a family, a dog, and a home in Amarillo. He needs to keep his full-time job at the bank to support his family, and he preaches each week at a local retirement home. Relocating really isn't an option and there isn't an accredited theological seminary nearby.
Jason is a Master of Divinity student at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia (BTSR). Because of BTSR's commitment to offering online seminary courses, Jason is able to take many of his classes from his home in Amarillo, Texas. He goes to Richmond about once a year for a 3-week period to participate in on-site classes. It may not be the quickest way to get through seminary, but it meets Jason's needs.


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