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"Tagliche Dominikanische Republik Nachrichten auf Englisch Seit 2004 "
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Hipolito`s first 100 days
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May 19 2012 23:01PM
- During an interview with Listin Diario, PRD Presidential candidate Hipolito Mejia Dominguez said that should he win, in his first 100 days in government he would concentrate on agriculture as a way to energize the economy, given his knowledge of the countryside. As well as supporting agriculture, especially bean cultivation in San Juan de la Maguana, Mejia promised to start building 10,000 homes in each region, which he said would create 40,000 jobs for each 10,000 homes. He acknowledged that his pledge to assign 4% of GDP to education as soon as he took office would have to wait until next year, while confirming that education was a priority, including repairing schools. His plan states that 75% of children between the ages of two and five would receive pre-school education and 98% of children aged between six and 13, primary education. He would also build 2,500 classrooms for kindergarten and 12,775 for primary. The funds for the increase to 4% of GDP to be spent on education would come from a reduction in State bureaucracy. Mejia said that another of his main tasks would be to improve health services and extend the social security system. He said that it needed to be integrated with the hospitals, which at present were an embarrassment. He said that the police force needed to be increased, adding that a heavy-handed approach was not the only solution, and that people needed to feel safe, especially tourists. A profile of Hipolito Mejia was also printed in Listin Diario. Read original at
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on February 25, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Clinton did great job as secretary of state
I am writing in response to the letter lamenting the sad state of American prestige in the world. The writer states that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "must be living in a detached 'Alice in Wonderland' dream world." In fact, America's standing in the world has improved dramatically on Clinton's watch. She has been a tireless advocate for the United States during her tenure. I would remind him that the current administration dispatched Osama bin Laden, and scores of other terrorist leaders.
I only wish that the writer and others like him were as focused on other important issues as they are on the Benghazi attack. Might I suggest that he turn off Fox News once in a while, and seek out other sources of information that are a bit less "fair and balanced." Tuning out the sky-is-falling, factually challenged alternate universe that Fox presents might go a long way toward finally helping these folks attain some peace of mind.
Mark Thompson

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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
June 13, 2012
The Rev. Paul R. Taylor, O.S.B., has been named executive vice president at Saint Vincent College, according to an announcement by Br. Norman W. Hipps, O.S.B., president, effective June 15. In the new position, Fr. Paul will be the chief advancement officer for the College and will work with the president and the members of the board of directors to develop a dynamic philanthropic program by providing vision, leadership and strategic planning for support by alumni, parents, friends, corporations, businesses and foundations. Serving since 2009 as executive director of the Saint Vincent Archabbey Apostolates and Endowments, he will also continue to coordinate the institutional advancement programs of the Archabbey and the Seminary including the Benedictine high school in Savannah, Georgia, Saint Vincent foundations in Taiwan and Brazil and the international Benedictine university of Sant' Anselmo in Rome. Fr. Paul previously served as vice president for institutional advancement, dean of admission and financial aid and acting dean of students. A graduate of Saint Vincent College where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics with highest honor and Saint Vincent Seminary where he earned a master of divinity degree in theology with honor, Fr. Paul received a master of arts degree in mathematics from Duke University and a Ph.D. in higher educational administration from Boston College. A current member of the Latrobe Area Hospital Charitable Foundation board of directors and the Straub Brewery, Inc. board of directors, Fr. Paul formerly served on the boards of directors of the Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau, Benedictine Military School (Savannah, Georgia), and the Saint Vincent College Corporation Board of Incorporators. He also serves as a weekend assistant priest at Saint Louise de Marillac R.C. Parish in Upper Saint Clair. Fr. Paul, 46, entered the Benedictine monastic community in 1987 and professed his solemn vows in 1991. He was ordained to the priesthood by the Most Rev. Anthony G. Bosco in 1992.
A 1983 graduate of Elk County Catholic High School, Fr. Paul is the son of Irene S. Taylor of Saint Marys (Elk County) and the late Robert Lawrence Taylor.
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The mantra "when surrounded by beauty, the spirit is uplifted" embodies the mission of Kitras Art Glass. Stephen Kitras began work as a glassblower in 1988, and in 1994 he formed Kitras Art Glass with his wife and partner Elke. By 2001 the company had expanded to over 40 employees and a new facility was built to accommodate the increased production demands.
Sadly, the company suffered the loss of Elke Kitras to leukemia, but the vision that she and Stephen developed for the company continues to thrive. It is Stephen's goal is to design and produce beautiful and affordable glass art objects to enhance the lives of others.


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I am concerned that the present administration through its news outlet (say NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC etc.), are not reporting the news with complete accuracy.
I submit a case in point: the recession, Bush's fault according to the administration.
The day the Democrats took over was not Jan. 22, 2009. It was actually Jan. 3, 2007, the day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress.
The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. Jan. 3, 2007, was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress.
At the time, the Dow Jones closed at 12,621.77, the GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5 percent, and the unemployment rate was 4.6 percent; George Bush's economic policies set a record of 52 straight months of job growth.
Jan. 3, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.
The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was the banking and financial services.
Bush asked Congress 17 times to stop Fannie and Freddie, starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the U.S. economy. The Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 and 2009 as well as 2010 and 2011.
In that first year, they had to contend with Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.
For 2009, though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office.
At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.
If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets.
That deficit was the lowest in five years and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending.
If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for starting Jan. 2, 2007, and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since Jan. 22, 2009.
Have you seen this information widely publicized?
James R. Edwards


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experts by and large agree that security via obscurity is not a wise
model for protecting customers over the long term. That's
exactly the model Apple has employed
successfully for some time now. However, its luck finally
appears to be running short.Hot on the heels of a newly
discovered iOS exploit that allows access to locked iPhones,
new reports [1] [2] from
security research firms SecureFirm and Intego reveals
that a new trojan is targeting Mac users using a vulnerability in OS
X's Java player.According to the Intego report
the new malware, trojan.osx.boonana.a, is really a reworked version
of the Koobface malware, which has attacked Windows in the past.
The malware acts
as a worm when it spreads and as
a trojan when it is infecting your computer.Users
may encounter the worm via links posted on Facebook, MySpace,
Twitter, and other websites. When clicking the link, the applet
attempts to run. Users can stop the infection before it starts
by denying the applet permission to run when OS X's Java player pops
up a dialogue.If they allow the applet to run, they may get
another warning if they have a Mac antispyware program like
VirusBarrier X6's Anti-Spyware installed. If they don't get
the warning, or choose to disregard it, the applet will attempt to
make a connection with a remote server and installs a rootkit,
backdoor, command and control, and other elements. These files
are copied to an invisible folder -- .jnana -- in the user's home
directory.If the virus is allowed to carry out its infection
process, the unsuspecting Mac user may find themselves part
of a botnet. When they log on social networks, the virus
will post links to spread the infection. It may also send spam
e-mail via their logged-in accountsOther variants of this
virus target Windows and Linux, making it a rare true cross-platform
virus. All these viruses share the fact that they use the Java
player as a route of attack. According to Intego,
other OS X-specific versions of the virus have shown up, but most are
broken or try to connect to offline servers.The malware could
become potentially more dangerous in the future if it is able to
eliminate the warnings from the Java player and/or change the
name/location of the infection directory, making it hard for virus
removal software to find it.While it does not appear that
this virus takes advantage of any unique flaws in Apple's version of
Java, some security experts say that Apple's Java player may have
more vulnerabilities than Window's. That's because Apple makes
its own Java player, which according to an
e-mailreportedly attributed to Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs,
is always a version behind the official Linux/Windows builds from Sun
and Oracle.Apple is reportedly considering ditching its Java
player in future versions of OS X, such as OS X 10.7 "Lion".
Similarly it's considering
rejecting Flash, another multimedia web technology.
Ultimately these efforts may eliminate some routes of attack, but now
that Apple is being targeted it must realize -- there is always a
back door.
quote: Give me a little while and i'll get one infected just for you.
quote: talk about a false sense of reality... Windows isn't perfect, we all get that... you apparently are having trouble understanding that neither is your candy coated mac!
quote: for now... but will it remain that way forever?
quote: i disagree. removing software from a device because your device can't handle it is not a feature. again i should have the choice to install it!
quote: i'm posting this from a macbook pro running osx 10.6.
quote: The macbook is my work computer because we actually support about 150 of them along side our windows 7 support. I elected to assist in the mac side of the support because i and one of my coworkers know the most about them
quote: Give ME a little while and I'll show you that you still haven#t got one infected
quote: Nobody is claiming OSX is perfect.
quote: The simply fact is that it's more secure than Windows
quote: It's still less prone to be the subject of viruses
quote: Do you know the answer to this question? For any platform? No. Most irrelevant point of the day.
quote: due to the fact that the use of flash on any device impacts on performance and battery life in an unacceptable way.
quote: Well, what a ridiculous coincidence. You know the 'most' about macs whilst also believing all of the criticisms you stated above, I wonder where you gained such knowledge.
quote: Surely you didn't gain that knowledge by not buying such inferior products? What does that say about your decisions? Or more accurately, about your honesty.
quote: i don't hate apple devices, i hate the smug customer base and it's lie driven marketing... granted the marketing aspect seems to be going away now. quote: Look at all the posts on here, people overjoyed that a virus has the potential to infect a system i am not overjoyed that a virus has the potential to hurt people or their systems, i was overjoyed that there may have been some slight chance these smug pricks who think their overpriced computers are better than mine because theirs were build by apple's outsourcing and mine was built by me and runs windows...I am currently in the process of testing this virus and hopefully will be able to develop a fix or at least a guide on detection and removal if it warrants it. quote: You know the 'most' about macs whilst also believing all of the criticisms you stated above I am a regular user of many different operating systems to include all windows 7 and below, windows server 2003 - 2008, debian, fadora, kubuntu, ubuntu, mandriva/mandrake, mint, osx .0 - .6, windows mobile, and ios... the criticisms i stated anywhere on here (besides where i'm being clearly sarcastic just to get a few laughs) are not something i just believe, but know to be 100% true. There are just as many issues regarding mac as there are windows. they might be about different things but there are issues none-the-less, that much i can assure you of.i have no hate for my macbook pro, i just prefer Windows/Debain to it 100%.Say what you like... unless you're a tech who knows his stuff you won't stand a chance at discrediting me, and if you are a tech who is in fact good and well informed about all of these platforms then you'll know by reading my posts my credentials are in order. I don't like to brag but i live on all things technology. If you want to argue history you'd probably win, but if there's one thing i know it's computer tech.
quote: Look at all the posts on here, people overjoyed that a virus has the potential to infect a system
quote: You know the 'most' about macs whilst also believing all of the criticisms you stated above


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5 Things We Need to Stop Feeling Nostalgic For
#2. Cassette Tapes
With the massive shift toward digital music files over the past decade or so, little niche movements have been popping up that embrace the superior sound quality of your parents' analog recordings. Translation: Sales of vinyl LPs have been steadily increasing, including 14 percent growth in 2010. It seems counterintuitive, but that growth can be attributed to the fact that music just sounds better on vinyl than it does in a digital file. There are a lot of reasons for that, and all of them are verifiable science-type things that I totally encourage you to look up, because I definitely am not going to do it. I'm trying to work here.
But now, another seemingly obsolete medium is trying to make a comeback, and for the life of me, I can't understand why anyone would ever let it happen. For some reason, people are trying to bring back the cassette.
What They Aren't Thinking About
Sure, from a portability standpoint, the cassette was great. And I have no doubts that for the artist, producing a batch of cassettes is a lot cheaper than manufacturing the same number of vinyl LPs or CDs. But that is absolutely where the benefits of the cassette end.
If you were lucky enough to not grow up during the heyday of the cassette and are perhaps considering buying yourself a pair of lensless Buddy Holly glasses and joining up with your local Silverlake-based cassette tape cooperative, let me give you a brief rundown of the magic that cassettes had to offer.
For one thing, you never knew when listening to your favorite album was going to turn into a "this message will self-destruct" type of event. That's because, seemingly with no rhyme or reason, cassette tapes and decks would just fail, and that failure wasn't minor.
You see that shit? It happened a lot with cassettes. You have to use a pen to fix it. A pen and Scotch tape if there's a break. And even then, the audio is going to sound wobbly and stupid once you've "fixed" the issue. Like you're listening to Prince underwater.
Also, here's a question: Do people still even use the phrase "fast forward" anymore as it relates to listening to music? When was the last time you had to do that? No, we skip songs. People did that with cassettes, too, the only difference was you just had to push the fast forward button and hope you stopped it at the precise moment where one song fades into the next. You never did. Ever.
And don't even get me started on how difficult cassettes were to steal compared to MP3s. It's not even a contest.
#1. Neighborhood Crime
You normally hear this in relation to places like the Loop in Chicago or Times Square in New York. "Back when the city was the city" is one popular way to put it. Basically, it's a yearning for the days when the city was real. When things were "gritty" and "raw" and not so sanitary. It was dangerous. These were the days before Mayor Giuliani/Bloomberg/Daley came in and cleaned the area up and turned it into some sort of Disney World tourist trap. Before that, the area had personality, they say. It was a real place with real people. It was life, man.
Eventually, the hookers and drug dealers and strong armed robbery-ers are forced to flee the area. The streets are cleaned up and made safe for visiting tourists. For some reason, the locals take great offense to this.
What They Aren't Thinking About
Think about what these people are saying. Basically, they're waxing nostalgic for the days when walking alone after dark was an invitation to be knifed in the liver and relieved of your wallet. Who in the holy fuck misses that? I get that nothing says "my town has culture" like having 15 strip clubs in a two-city-block radius all staffed with people who want to hurt you standing out front, but doesn't putting a library or museum in that spot do the same thing? Maybe a coffee shop with a selection of blends from around the world? Is there a particular reason that your city's personality needs to come from a schizophrenic homeless person waving a broken beer bottle in the air? I guess I would argue that there is not.
But I think I'm in the minority there. If you need proof, check the TripAdvisor review of Times Square posted by this crotchety old goat:
Notice how he points out the word "safe" as if a dearth of people willing to rob you on a subway platform is one of the current problems plaguing New York City? That's not a unique thing. In pretty much any city that features an area of town that a crackdown on crime has rendered infinitely less terrifying, you'll find a pocket of the population that actually views this change as a bad thing.
If you ever encounter one of these people, hold a knife to his throat and request his wallet to make him feel at home. Apparently he'll appreciate it.
Adam hosts a podcast called Unpopular Opinion that you should check out right here. You should also be his friend on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.


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It's nearly that time of year again for the biggest and best Classic Car show in the UK. Come and visit the show to see the finest examples of every marque on the planet.
The Saab Owners Club GB will have a fine display of cars and also the club shop so please do swing by and say and hello.
The IGNITION festival of motoring is a brand new event coming to the SECC Glasgow on Fri 5 to Sun 7 August 2016.
The Saab Owners Club will operate a stand, in conjunction with local UKSaabs members, and have a variety of Saab vehicles (from Sonett to 9000 Carlsson) on display over the 3 days of the festival. Members will find a discounted entry on the members discount page.
That's it for another year, Thank you to all those that came along and took part in this years Saab Owners Club National 'Saabs in Wales'
Well done to Dragon Saab - The SOC 2016 National Hosts
Photo by & copyright of Graham Harries (gphotography)
Here are the winners of the 'Concors Cymru'
Practical Classic Restoration and Classic Car Show
The Saab Owners Club GB would like to thank all those that came along and said hello to the team on the stand. We would especially like to welcome the many new members that signed up over the weekend.
|Wed Oct 05 @08:00 -
South West Saab Monthly Meet
|Thu Oct 06 @19:30 -
Dragon Saab Monthly Meet
|Sun Oct 09 @08:00 - 05:00PM
Dragon Saab 'Ross and Roll' Run
|Sun Oct 09 @19:00 - 10:30PM
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|Wed Oct 12 @19:30 - 10:00PM
Ebor Saab Meet
Many new members to the Club ask the same question - "Who is Erik Carlsson?" I suppose a lot of people who were not around in the 60s have never heard of him even though this giant of a man is often referred to as "Mr SAAB".
Erik was born in 1929 in Trollhattan, Sweden, not far from the SAAB factory, but at that time the factory was only producing aircraft. Erik was 20 when production of the first SAAB cars started. His first passion was motorbikes, he bought a Norton 500 new when he was 18 from Nystrom's where he was working. Pelle Nystrom was the Norton importer for Sweden. At weekends he took part in hillclimbs, motorcross, road racing and, during the winter, ice track racing.
Saab 99 Group 1 Tuning Kit
The SAAB Owners Club recognises the importance of the Motorsport heritage of the marque and provides sponsorship to those members of the club who are competing in Motorsport at various levels.
SAAB cars have been competing in motorsport since the early days of production. Many successes were achieved through drivers such as Club President, Erik Carlsson. This success continues today through Club competitors.
Club members are competing in, Historic Road Rallies, Historic Stage Rallies, Classic Runs, Sprints, Hillclimbs and many other forms of the sport.
For more information on the Club activities in Motorsport contact Richard Simpson
Click HERE for details of the Club Sponsorship Scheme.
Who is Erik Carlsson? - Click HERE to find out.
South Yorkshire Saab currently do not have regular meetings but please contact Keith Long for any information of any Saab related events.
Contact: Keith Long
Although there is no formal Branch currently in operation, Largly as a result of the sheer geographical spread of members across this area!
There are no regular meetings but there is usually an SOC 'presence' at gatherings organised by other clubs, motor museums or advertised on web forums (such as UKSaabs or Saab V4 Web).
The dates known so far for 2016 at which we will aim to be represented are:
Should anyone wish to hook up with other Saab enthusiasts in the North of Scotland please contact:
Derek Darnell
East Sussex Saab is run by its members, for its members.
Come and join us at our meet and chat with like minded individuals about all things Saab.
We meet every month at different location so please check the events calendar or our website.
Contact: Toby Field
Telephone: 01323 651032
Website: www.eastsussexsaab.co.uk
Please use the form for general enquires about the club. For specific Saab related enquiries it may be quicker to contact the appropriate Saab Registrar. For membership related issues please email email@example.com
If your question is not specifically related to the club itself please give your membership number. We are unable to respond to general questions from non-members.


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Anthony Miller wrote us to show off his '78 F-250 after reading one of the Hot Rod Hauler installments. A 460ci Ford motor with a Lunati cam and Weiand Stealth Ram intake topped by a Holley carb powers Anthony's Ranger Lariat SuperCab shortbed. The transmission is a TCI Street Fighter C6 with a B&M HoleShot torque converter. He got his Ford sitting right thanks to modified 3-inch–dropped I-beams up front with shackles and hangers dropping the rear a full 4 inches. Shaved emblems, a louvered tailgate, and silver and blue two-tone paint complete the overall vibe.
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The 2012 Charity Awards judges have selected Dame Fiona Reynolds as the winner of this year's Outstanding Leadership Award. Tania Mason met her.
In a few weeks' time, Dame Fiona Reynolds will leave the venerated National Trust, the £400m-income charity she has led for the last 12 years, for a new post as Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Her departure will draw the curtain on a period of enormous change at the Trust; in many ways the heritage and conservation charity is barely recognisable from the fusty, old-fashioned institution she inherited in 2000.
It now has more than four million members - up from 2.7 million when she took charge - a Facebook page, a virtual farming community, and nearly 67,000 Twitter followers. It operates out of new, ultra-modern, environmentally-friendly headquarters in Swindon. It has a trustee board of 12 – 40 less than when she joined – and a new staffing structure that devolves much more power to local property managers. Dame Fiona sums up the new culture as "open-arms conservation".
"I hope that the big thing that I've been able to bring to the Trust," she says, "is that as well as being a passionate conservationist, I have a real love of people. When I got here, my analysis was that this organisation is brilliant at conservation, but I questioned whether we really loved people."
At the time, the Trust's relationship with its public was totally on its own terms, very much a 'look but don't touch, this is hallowed ground' approach. Most of its 350-plus historic houses seemed to be full of roped-off areas and library-quiet, children weren't allowed to play, and properties would be closed to the public while restoration took place. But under Reynolds' leadership, Trust properties have become much more user-friendly and welcoming – families can picnic on the lawns, all restoration work takes place in full view of visitors, and many properties now have rooms where visitors can relax on sofas, read books, perhaps even play billiards. "It's the difference between closed-arms conservation and open-arms conservation which says 'this belongs to all of us, not just the organisation'," says Dame Fiona.
The Trust's expanding membership has also given it a new legitimacy in terms of campaigning. In the last year alone, National Trust campaigns have managed to derail two flagship government policies – first on the sale of forestry assets and later on the planning reforms that threatened to introduce a presumption in favour of development. Dame Fiona is sure that these are the kinds of changes the trustees had in mind when they recruited her to the job all those years back.
"There was a recognition they wanted change," she said. "They wouldn't have appointed me otherwise – I was still reasonably young, the first woman ever to take the job, a campaigner. There were plenty of people they could have hired if they wanted things to stay the same."
Her arrival as director-general, aged 42, certainly raised some eyebrows at the time – the Daily Mail described her as a 'Tony Crony' while others depicted her as a 'Blair babe'. And the changes she has instigated have not been universally welcomed – a quick search of any comment board relating to stories about the Trust will soon throw up accusations that the leadership has put commercial imperatives ahead of historical ones and even tried to 'Disneyfy' the organisation. But the evidence, especially membership numbers and campaigning victories, speaks for itself. For Dame Fiona, it's been "my dream job".
"I have a very powerful instinct about the ethos of an organisation I lead," she says. "It's not intellectual, it's quite emotional – I have this sense of what matters, of what is the personality of the organisation. I am really passionate about an organisation's history – the first thing I do when I get a new job is read about its history."
Hence, she doesn't really perceive the changes she instigated at the National Trust to have been taking it into a new phase, but more about reconnecting it with its origins and its provenance.
So why leave? For the same reason that she left the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) in 1998 after nine years, seven at its helm. "I felt I had got a bit too cosy, too comfortable," she confesses. "I wanted to test myself in a different environment."
So she will join Emmanuel College (also a charity) in September, but won't actually take up the post until a year later – she is taking a gap year first to write a book. "It's partly a story about the issues of the day, about why an organisation like the National Trust matters, about our quality of life and the values we have as a society."
She describes Emmanuel College as "like a mini-National Trust – it has beautiful buildings, beautiful gardens" but adds that she is not being brought in as a change agent this time. "I'll be responsible for the wellbeing of the college, making sure it thrives and is a happy and harmonious place. I think it's going to be lovely."
The Emmanuel job will take Reynolds back to Cambridge University where she read geography and land economics as an undergraduate. It's where she had her "breakthrough" moment, when she realised that she could actually earn a living from working in the conservation field, that it didn't always just have to be a hobby.
"It was always in my blood," she explains. "I was one of five girls, and we had this amazingly energetic and inspiring father who was a metallurgist in his day job but all kinds of things outside of work – explorer, historian, photographer, pianist, lay Methodist preacher - you name it. We were always off in the countryside, camping or exploring ancient sites. So it was central to who I am and what I cared about.
"But the breakthrough came the day I realised that maybe I could have a job in this area, that I could get paid for doing it." After university she saw a job advertised to head up the new charity that had just been spun off from CPRE and CPRW, which was then called the Council for National Parks. She applied, and to her utter surprise got it, and so found herself in her first CEO role in her very first job – albeit with just one part-time employee.
The president of the new charity was Lord Hunt, the leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest which saw Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay conquer the summit. As the Council's newly-appointed 'secretary', Reynolds found herself traipsing around after Hunt on charity duties, meeting with ministers in the Houses of Parliament, visiting national parks, campaigning for their protection.
"It was unbelievable luck," she says. "I absolutely loved that job. I learnt so much from John Hunt – he taught me how to lobby, he just knew how to sow the seeds of brilliant ideas. He had this knack of making people think it was their idea, he was absolutely inspirational.
"I really do believe that every single thing that has happened since in my life flowed from that opportunity."
After eight years at the Council, Reynolds moved to the CPRE as assistant director and within five years had been promoted to director. This time she had 50 staff. "Again, it was a joyous organisation to work for," she says. "I went from protecting national parks to protecting the whole countryside."
She stayed with CPRE 11 years in total, and then surprised everybody, including herself, by landing the job as the first director of the new Women's Unit in the Cabinet Office under the new Labour government. She was intrigued to find out how policy is actually made within government, and also felt it was time to test herself with a new challenge.
"Well, it certainly worked!" she declares. "I can't say I loved it, it was quite an uncomfortable process, but it did everything I hoped it would – it challenged me intellectually and emotionally. I had to learn to operate in a big bureaucracy and get things done where people were not sympathetic to your cause. It was a very fast-paced, high-pressured, high-octane time, but I did learn how to get things done in a cross-cutting environment when government is organised in silos, using the powers of persuasion, of evidence, of negotiation, when you don't have a big stick to beat."
But, she admits, it was "never my milieu, if I'm honest", and after two and a half years she quit the civil service to take up the National Trust post.
"I am a charity, voluntary sector person to my fingertips," she says. "I love being part of civil society, of working in an environment where things happen because people care about them."
It was far from her first connection with the Trust, though. She first became a member while at Cambridge, and in her early 20s joined the Thames and Chilterns Regional Committee. A group of local residents was campaigning against the Trust's plans to turn a historic Tudor house into flats, and Reynolds supported the campaign. The Committee was successful in persuading the then-director-general to change his mind, and today Sutton House is a thriving community resource, a hive of activity by local people. Reynolds served on the committee for ten years and then in her mid-30s she became a trustee on the 52-strong National Trust board – but only stayed a few years before stepping down when she got the Cabinet Office job.
Asked what kind of leadership style she employs, Dame Fiona returns to John Hunt. "He used to say that if you trust people, 99 per cent of them will return that trust. I am not an autocratic leader, I am a very listening kind of leader, that hopefully inspires and enables other people to be inspiring."
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Sovran is the first self-storage chain to stop using glue traps and to ban them from the 471 stores that it operates in 25 states, PETA said.
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I wasn't directing that comment specifically at you. I never know when to take your comments serious. It was more at the people who only seem to show up here to bash Ozzie and then disappear or say they were fans all along when Ozzie dominates in the playoffs. That's frustrating because if Ozzie does well, the Red Wings do well. There are people here who undoubtely want to see Ozzie fail.
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LOOKING BACK: Bowyer ran in the top 10 for most of the California race before suffering engine failure with only 16 laps remaining. As a result, he finished 35th to drop out of the top 10.
ETC.: Bowyer said, "I love cars. All kinds from pickups to classics to something a little new and different. I also have my own style and the way I like to do things. RK Motors in Charlotte (NC) - I've worked with them now twice as far as the 2011 barn-find Tundra and the 2012 Tekked Out Prius. They did such a good job with the Tundra that we took it to Barrett-Jackson and auctioned it off last year and raised over $100,000 (for Bowyer's charity the 79 Fund)."
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Team: Richard Childress Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: 15th, 15 points out of the top 10.
MARTINSVILLE RECORD: One win and 10 top-10 finishes in 23 starts.
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LOOKING BACK: Harvick ran in the top 10 for most of the California race, but ran into handling problems late in the event and ended the day in 13th place.
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1 JAMIE MCMURRAY, Chevrolet
Team: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
WHERE HE STANDS: 16th, 20 points out of the top 10.
MARTINSVILLE RECORD: Ten top-10 finishes in 20 starts.
LOOKING AHEAD: McMurray calls Martinsville "one of my favorite places to race. I have had some good runs there and I just think that it is fun to go short-track racing like that. I am also excited for the special paint scheme that we will run this weekend. We are going to support our IndyCar teammate Charlie Kimball with a diabetes awareness paint scheme for Race with Insulin. Kimball is the first licensed driver with diabetes to compete at the most elite level of IndyCar."
LOOKING BACK: McMurray ran in the top 10 for the first half of the California race, but ran into handling problems during the final 100 laps and ended the day in 19th place.
ETC.: McMurray spent Monday and Tuesday testing at Richmond International Raceway. "It's crazy to be testing at a track that we actually run at," said McMurray. "We don't get to do this very often. It was odd pulling in here and getting to log laps somewhere where we are going to race at. For a lot of teams, this is a tough track to get around. That's why this test is so important."
43 ARIC ALMIROLA, Ford
Team: Richard Petty Motorsports
WHERE HE STANDS: 17th, 20 points out of the top 10.
MARTINSVILLE RECORD: Will be seeking his third straight top-eight finish.
LOOKING AHEAD: Almirola is looking forward to returning to Martinsville after a very successful 2012 at the flat, half-mile speedway. "Our team did a great job at Martinsville last year," said Almirola. "We had two top-10s, first an eighth and then up to fourth in the fall. We're hoping we can move up another four spots and get to victory lane. It would be really special to win there. We have STP on the car, the same as the last win (1999) for the 43 car there."
LOOKING BACK: Almirola finished 14th at Auto Club Speedway to jump three spots in the standings.
ETC.: Almirola said, "History means a lot to me. Richard (Petty) has the most clocks from Martinsville (a record 16 including 15 as a driver), but I know he would really like to add another to his collection. I sure would love to put one in my house, too. Todd (Parrott, crew chief) really knows what it takes to get a car around this track. We really want the win - especially with all of the history Petty (Enterprises) has here."
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Family members of a missing Upshur County man were escorted out of the Buckhannon City Council chambers Thursday after their demand for information in the case escalated into an often heated exchange.
The family of Luke Stout, who was reported missing in July, and other Stout family supporters attended the meeting to seek answers from Mayor Kenneth Davidson and the council, answers they said they had been denied elsewhere.
After initially refusing to leave, Elizabeth Stout, the mother of Luke Stout, was told she could be arrested if officers had to ask her to leave a third time. She was convinced by another person attending the meeting for the same purpose to exit the council chambers into the hall. The Stout family eventually left the building to speak with police outside of City Hall.
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Friends and family of Luke Stout, a missing Upshur County man, attended a Buckhannon City Council meeting Thursday but were asked to leave for disrupting the event. Kenneth Stout, at left, was confronted by Pfc. Nick Caynor, right, of the Buckhannon City Police, who demanded that he exit City Hall.
"The police's story and your story don't match up," Davidson told the Stouts, which led them to question what the police had said to the mayor.
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"Where was God the day he walked into the police station and wanted to fill out a warrant for Chino, and the cops wouldn't take him seriously - answer me this," Elizabeth Stout said, adding that she has been hearing that Pfc. Nick Caynor of the Buckhannon City Police has made comments about her son. "I want that to get investigated. He ought to be dismissed now."
Elizabeth Stout also alleged that her son came home with a gun barrel mark in his forehead.
"And I tried calling the state (police), but they didn't want to step on the city's toes," she added. "Now look where my son is."
The Stouts wanted to know what was going to be done about the officers, with Elizabeth Stout demanding to know from Davidson "Who's their boss?"
"We're not going to try any kind of case here in this council meeting," Davidson said. "This is not the venue for it. If you want to speak, you have every right to speak. But I'm not going to answer a bunch of questions, because I don't know. I'm not the police."
Davidson said he would not discuss any conversations he may have had with police officers.
"I'm not going to address it," he said. "Hearsay is hearsay. That's not for you or me to judge, and I'm not going to get into it."
But Elizabeth Stout continued to press the issue, saying "you said the stories didn't match, so apparently you heard their story. If you heard, how come we can't hear?"
Kenneth Stout unleashed a profanity-laced tirade after being told by Davidson that their allotted time to address the council had ended, and police officers were dispatched to escort him from the room.
"I'm not going to argue with you," the mayor said. "I'm going to ask you all to leave. I want you to speak. I want you to make your case, make your point, but we're not going to get into a big argument here. We're going to have order in this meeting."
The emotional distress of the Stout family's situation did not go unheeded by the remaining members of the city council. Though no members of the Stout family were present at the time, Councilman Scott Preston offered his sympathy to the situation.
"Think about a momma bear protecting her cubs, the veracity that she will go to to protect her kids," Preston said. "Here's Ms. Stout out there, whose son's been missing for months. What little I know about the case is that it's being handled either by state or federal entities. While it may have started here in the city of Buckhannon, there's not much we can do. There's no answer we can give the Stout family from this government body that's going to say where is their son."


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Guayama, PR… 'The City of Witches'
The Old Sugar Mills & Plantations of PR, Part 2
As mentioned in my last post, the area in South East PR was home to the last Sugarcane haciendas (plantations) and sugar mills. This is evident by the numerous red brick structures still standing from its distant past.
Guayama was the epicenter of this climatic chapter in Puerto Rico's history.
Guayama as a settlement dates to before its founding in 1736 and boasted no less than 200 houses, a church and plaza by 1776. Guayama was also involved in the Spanish American War of 1898. Two battles were fought here, one in Guayama (August 5, 1898) and one North of town (August 9, 1898) as part of a campaign to move on Cayey, then on to San Juan. The war ended before that happened.
The nickname comes from the fact that African folklore is still celebrated today. This must not be confused with 'black magic' or Haitian rituals. There is a week long festival in March, the colorful Brujo Carnival.
There are several other fairs to see in Guayama, but the Dulce Sueño Fair is high on the local's list. A celebration to honor the esteemed Paso Fino horse. I've seen a couple of these smaller horses out where I live. They are of Spanish origin and brought to Puerto Rico hundreds of years ago, however the Paso Fino is unique to Puerto Rico as its a mix of 3 specific breeds. A subject I will explore in the future. Continue reading
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Again, I think a lot of the
Again, I think a lot of the critism of Dusty on TCR is beyond ridiculous (mostly from users, not mods). But then I see Dusty keep those two at the top of the lineup and just shake my head. It just lacks logic to me, when someone is hitting about .000 in his last 6 games or so, give him a little rest, take a little pressure off of him and move him down the order.
With Patterson, I think Dusty feels he'll see some good pitches ahead of Lee, so he won't continue to swing at junk...but when the pitcher knows he doesn't need to worry about walking Patterson, he'll give him junk too.
I also don't like seeing Blanco in the lineup again...I said I thought he was catching Maddux a lot recently on top of Zambrano, but was told I was crazy...if he is going to catch both, that's 40% of our games where we play a guy batting .150 instead of .300. We can;t afford that.
Our 3-7 hitters better do some damage, because 8,9,1,2 is a gaping black hole.
Prior could be back as soon as Sunday versus the White Sox....hot damn!!!!!
DLEE!! brenly just said
DLEE!! brenly just said "image what kinda numbers lee would have if patterson and neifi would take some walks"
is he reading TCR?
oh and not to mention, ARAM!!!
Did CPat rob Lee (the bad
Did CPat rob Lee (the bad guy one) of a HR? Gameday had his ball beyond the centerfield wall.
Fun Fact for the Day:
Fun Fact for the Day: Patterson, Perez, Macias and Wilson have a sum total of 586 at bats and a sum total of 24 walks. And two of them bat 1-2 in the lineup. And Dusty wonders why the offense is sputtering.
Beginning with the June 8th
Beginning with the June 8th game against the Blue Jays, the Neifi/Kpat 1-2 order has netted one walk between them in 10 games.
The one time this duo was not penciled into the starting linup as 1-2, Hairston batted 2nd ... and proceded to net his 7th caught stealing attempt.
The Brewers starter on
The Brewers starter on Tuesday, Victor Santos, is 2-6 with a 2.87 ERA. I don't see how that happens. It's happened to Clemen's this season some but heck, he is back up to 5-3. I still feel bad for Clement last year when the offense wouldn't do anything for him (at least before his late season meltdown when he took care of the losing all by himself). Anyway, hopefully we can make Santos ERA look a little uglier after Tuesdays game.
Come on now. Those walks
Come on now. Those walks are evil. Do nothing but clog the bases.
anyone else stoked...even
anyone else stoked...even though he may be a bit "not in peak condition"...that jerome f'n williams is playing tonite in a cubs uniform?
sure..he's not all that..he's not the next clemens or koufax or even close..but, he's a very servicable 2/3 spot rotation pitcher on a lotta teams when he's clicking. we know he's overweight, his velocity is still gaining (and has gained since he was traded to the cubs just 3 or so starts), and his sinker is working.
cubs sucked up loot taking on most of hawkin's tab, but hey...williams, and a bonus of mr. aardvark...
mitre's coming of age, williams on board...rusch with a contract-out clause if he's not a starter in 06. should be a fun few weeks while hendry runs around figuring out how many of those he can keep around while getting what he needs.
I am definitely looking
I am definitely looking forward to watching Williams work. I hope he lives up to his potential for us.
I went up to MIL for the
I went up to MIL for the game last night. Couple of notes:
- I would estimate that over 50% of the fans there were Cubs fans.
- Maddux was pretty good and more than kept us in the game. Of course the one long ball was really his only problem last night. Win #311...hello to Mr. Seaver.
- Everytime Lee steps to the plate you expect him to get on. As Yost showed last night, I think teams are going to start to IBB him more. The new Mr. Bonds?
- Neifi and Corey both got 2 hits....finally!!!
- The bullpen is the most unreliable bunch of crap I have ever seen. Everytime a new releiver came in, it seemed like I was more worried than the last.
- Weurtz looked HORRIBLE, Remmmy did a GREAT job striking out Overbay and Lee to get out of the jam in the 7th, but they looked bad in the 8th.
- Great move (no brainer I guess though as everyone else sucked and he had no other choice)by Dusty to bring in Dempster in the 8th in that jam. I HATE when closers come in the 8th, but Dempster had not pitched in forever and this was a game that the Cubs really needed to win.
- Saving the best for last....What a play by Neifi Perez in the 8th inning. The Defensive play of the year so far for the Cubs. Very, very possibly saved the game. It was amazing he got to it, then amazing he got the ball to Walker so fast and even more amazing they were able to turn the DP. If Neifi doesn't get to that ball it is 5-5, with 1 out men on 1st and 2nd. Hopefully we can look back on that play as a start of another good streak.
Don't look now but JB was almost at .300 last night. He was in the dumps just 2 weeks ago, good comeback.
Like I said yesterday, I am no where as worried about the offense as I am the pitching (mostly relief pitching). If the starters go their 7 IP and give up nore more than 3-4 runs and the bullpen can hold their own, the offense will score enough runs to win lots of games. With Wood and Prior coming back in the next week or so, hopefully they can pitch well and take inning away from the bullpen.
the bullpen has been muddled
the bullpen has been muddled and ineffective for the last few years...when is Rothschild's contract up?
I tremble to think of what Mike Maddux would do with the talent of this Cubs' staff...
Wuertz is becoming over used.
Wuertz is becoming over used.
Wuertz is definitely getting
Wuertz is definitely getting cooked.
Hats off to Dempster for looking so sharp last night after not pitching in a game for over a week.
Fanzone: "Wuertz is becoming
"Wuertz is becoming over used."
How so?? In June (20 days old), he has a total of 8 IP in 9 appearences. He is "supposedly" our 2nd best bullpen guy, so he should be used more than others. But that is not a lot of work.
Now his last 4 appearences he has looked very bad, even if he hasn't given up many runs. Here is his line:
3.0 IP, 6.00 ERA, 8 hits, 2 ER, 5 BB
His WHIP is now 1.50 on the year. That is a VERY dangersous number and has been lucky to only have his ERA at 3.58 (example is Remmy bailing him out last night).
Him being our setup man shows how dangerously flammable this bullpen really is.
Like I stated before, hopefull Wood and Prior can help the starting pitching go deeper in games, so we can use the bullpen less and less. They seem to do better when they only have to be used for no more than 6 outs.
Interesting to see someone
Interesting to see someone blame Rothschild for the bullpen problems. Seems to me he's working with what's he's given. Plus, if you want to blame him, then how about giving him some credit for Rusch, Weurtz, Mitre, Wellemyer and how well they've done?
Out of Wuertz' 9 appearances
Out of Wuertz' 9 appearances this month, 4 have come in the last 5 games. During this stretch, he did not appear on two straight days as Friday was an offday and he did not pitch in Sat's blowout.
Before they do anyhting
Before they do anyhting outside the organization to bolster the bullpen, the Cubs should give Jermaine Van Buren a shot.
Yes, I know he's not on the 40-man rosyer, but there are several DFA candidates:
1. Richard Lewis (who couldn't even hit .200 in AAA, before being sent back to AA for the third year in a row, so he should be able to pass through waivers without being claimed, and it's no great loss if he does get claimed by another club);
2. Cliff Bartosh (who has little value--even as a LOOGY, such that there is a good chance he also would clear waivers if the Cubs tried to send him to AAA outright);
3. John Koronka (who obviously does not have the talent to pitch in the majors);
4. Joe Borowski (who is still owed about $1.3 mil this year, but who is also pretty clearly washed-up and is too dangerous to be used in a meaningful situation).
So there are plenty of candidates to be removed from the 40-man roster to make room for Jermaine Van Buren.
And should it be necessary to option Van Buren back to Iowa for some reason before September 1st, it's no big deal that his option clock will have started, since he's no "spring chicken" (he turns 25 next week).
For those of you not familiar with Jermaine Van Buren, he was signed by the Colorado Rockies after the Rockies drafted him in the 2nd Round of the 1998 Draft out of a Mississippi high school, but he struggled in "Lo-A" ball for five seasons (1998-2002) before getting released.
He then signed with an independent club in Texas (the Fort Worth Cats of the Central League) in 2003, and it was there that he turned his career around. The Cubs purchased his contract from Ft. Worth prior to the 2004 season, and he has pitched well at various stops (Lansing, West Tenn, and Iowa) in the Cubs system over the past year and a half. He is currently the closer at Iowa.
Like Brandon Sing and David Kelton, Jermaine Van Buren will be a six-year minor league free-agent after this season if he is not added to the Cubs 40-man roster within ten days after the end of the regular MLB season, so the Cubs might as well bring him up right now.
I have always felt that
I have always felt that instead of going around looking for proven veterans for bare minimum salary (people like Macias and Wilson), it is better to get your AAA and AA guys on the 40 man rosters more time in the majors. I don't mean they should be brought up and get their clocks started without USING them; but to get them in and start getting them meaningful playing time. Same with the relief pitchers. Most relievers are failed starters anyway. They have 1-2 out pitches that can be utilised for 1 inning. Get people who have high K/BB ratio from the minors and put them in spots that are now being used by people like Bartosh and Borowski. It is unfathomable that these two stiffs are getting more use than a better pitcher like Wellemeyer. Dusty's insistence on 'proven veterans' will doom us again if he canot recognise what is in front of his face. Bartosh and Borowski are cooked. Remlinger cannot get out lefties. Corey is not a front of the order batter. Neifi is regressing to his career mean. I would rather have Walker and Barrett bat 1 and 2 than the black hole that is Neifi and Corey.
J Burnitz is quietly having
J Burnitz is quietly having season where he is on pace to hit roughly:
J Burnitz .300 30 100
A Ramirez .300 36 100
D Lee .400 45 160
M Barrett .290 20 80
N Perez .285 15 60
Maddux is just about on pace to win 15 games. 15-9
Reds just fired manager Dave
Reds just fired manager Dave Miley. He was 125-164 since he took over in July of 2003.
Interin manager will be Jerry Narron.
Bluewater Boats, are you
Bluewater Boats, are you suggesting that statistics can give us a ballpark idea of how certain players will be doing at the end of the year? Cause I'm quite certain that you've told us before that stats can't tell us anything about the future.
Let's face it. Corey
Let's face it. Corey Patterson will never see another good pitch again until he stops swinging at the really bad ones.
10 man- Has anybody thought
10 man-
Has anybody thought about checking Cpat's eyes?
I know its the song of the truly desperate, but I've seen him get good pitches and he takes them for strikes.
Maybe a pair of those evil looking red contact lenses might help? Otherwise everyone who's ever seen this kid's potential is completely whacked.
Recent comments
Dan Vogelbach is working on his firstbase defense in Seattle. Seems to say the Cubs didn't teach him properly.
Oh my! Cards down 2-1 to Reds in the bottom of the 9th -- get a leadoff triple -- and don't score!
Gameday has stopped at the top of the 8th inning. Google tells me it ended up 8-4 Pirates but I can't get further detail. Guess I'll have to wait until the Cubs' website updates...
Phil, thanks for posting. Where do find the schedule? I have a condo in Surprise, yet I drove to Mesa and Tempe looking for a game today! Thanks!
Dear Baseball Gods--
My trip to Chicago has nothing whatsoever to do with the Cubs. In actuality, I am a Red Sox fan.
Well, if Strop had to give up a run...at least he hit Sean Rodriguez to do it.
jaso has a cycle and 5 rbis...pit leads by 4.
have a nice
bowl of pizza soupdeep dish pizza...or a leisurely walk around the notorious south-side (bring money)...shopping at one of the walmart supercenters...waiting in line to waste $20 at willis tower...
seriously, though...it's chicago, a lot to do. have a dog for lunch, a great dinner, and catch some local comedy.
Strange, because he really seemed to have the Pirates number last year.
Bummer for Jake -- I think this is the first time all year his ERA has been over 3.00, and that will be his number for the year.
Jinx remover -- your trip doesn't have to be for a baseball game -- lots of stuff to do here in town.
Guess they could always try to White Sox (and Bears...sob) approach: Never Rebuild! Seems to work pretty well for them.
3rd time this season he's given up 6+ runs to PIT...only team he's given up 6+ runs to this season.
7 runs is the most he's given up since august 6th in colorado...in 2014.
Over 100 pitches, only the 5th.
coghlan out...got his cleats stuck in the wall attempting a play (failed, but looked great doing it). walking off on his own, precautionary/day-to-day looking stuff...hopefully not worse.
also, jake arrieta is literally worse than hitler. 1-5, bottom 5. ...make that 1-6, bottom 5. ...make that 1-7, bottom 5.
Coghlan crashes into wall and comes up limping, looks like left knee or ankle. Leaves game...
Arrieta inspiring no confidence yet again.


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HOLLIDAYSBURG - A faith-based program that addresses the drug and alcohol problems faced by defendants in the Blair County criminal court is getting high marks from county officials and is being used more often by local judges as an alternative to incarceration in a state correctional institution.
Blair County Senior Judge Hiram A. Carpenter became the third local judge to order placement of a defendant in the program called Reformers Unanimous.
Kent Fluke of Hollidaysburg is the Reformers Unanimous director, and he appeared Tuesday in Carpenter's courtroom to explain the program.
The judge had to decide if a Blair County inmate, Aaron Waddell, 30, of Altoona, was to be sent to a state correctional institution for treatment or if he would be allowed to enter a local program.
Carpenter eventually decided that the young man would remain in Blair County and undergo counseling through Reformers Unanimous.
Waddell's attorney, Lucas Kelleher, asked the court to consider referral to Fluke's program.
The defendant told the judge that he began participating in Reformers Unanimous while in the county prison, and he said, "now I'm in my Bible daily."
He told Carpenter he wants to change his life, he wants to be a father to his newborn and he wants to get married.
His family, he said, is pulling for him.
Blair County parole and probation officer Marilyn Richards pointed out that Waddell has been through treatment in the past and her initial recommendation was that he be sent to a state correctional facility.
Waddell's crimes were not serious. They included criminal trespass, possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct.
But court records indicate that he has had trouble following rules imposed by the Blair Adult Parole and Probation Office.
The judge asked the probation officer, "Any reason to believe [Reformers Unanimous] wouldn't be a resource?"
Richards responded she had no reason to believe the new program would not be an acceptable resource.
Fluke said the program includes a meeting every Friday night at the Dry Run Independent Baptist Church, but he made the point that it is faith-based, and he said, "Until we change their spiritual side, we are not going to change their physical side."
As part of the program, Waddell will be required to attend religious services, although Carpenter said he could not impose such rules on Waddell as a condition of probation.
Carpenter agreed to allow Waddell to remain in the county prison so he could participate in Reformers Unanimous, and he made the point, "In fact, we are desperate for resources for a problem [drug addiction] that is very serious in our community."
Fluke said Reformers Unanimous is modeled on a program started by a former heroin addict. The program has 940 chapters throughout the world.
It has been in Blair County for two years but has become a program in the county prison only in the past six months.
Warden Michael Johnston said when he was approached about allowing Reformers Unanimous in the prison he and his staff decided to give it a go. He said the program would be reviewed by prison officials in the fall, but he has had no problems with it.
The prison's treatment specialist, Abbie Tate, said Reformers Unanimous representatives come to the prison on Saturday nights for a group meeting with inmates.
"They got pretty good numbers," she said, noting that as many as 30 inmates attend the Saturday night sessions.
She said the numbers have been "pretty steady" and Tate concluded, "I haven't heard any negative feedback. I'm pretty well pleased with it now."
The Friday night sessions have been drawing anywhere from 20 to 45 individuals, Fluke said.
Blair County President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva recently referred an Altoona man to the program who was in court because of a drinking problem that led him to become involved in three serious assaults in the last three years.
She also referred a Hollidaysburg man who nearly died of a heroin overdose to the program.
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Dave Eggers has a new thriller coming out in early October called The Circle [4]. I didn't love his most recent novel, A Hologram for a King [5]. I liked the story and found the Saudi Arabian setting interesting but I found the main character too unsympathetic. I did love the characterization, setting and unique narrative voice of 2007's What is the What [6] so much that I might possibly have to read everything he ever writes.
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The RIAA wrote that "it is undisputed that Defendant possessed unauthorized
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Similar sentiments were heard in testimony leading up to the conclusion of Capitol
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its exact message unclear. Judging purely on the statements expressed in its
brief for Atlantic v. Howell, opinion seems divided on the true intent:
does ripping music to a computer for personal use produce an unlawful copy? Or
is the act of placing said music into a shared folder that makes it unlawful?
As the RIAA chose to use the word "unauthorized" instead of "unlawful,"
interpretation is further complicated; "unauthorized" and "unlawful" have two
very different legal definitions, and many think that the RIAA did not even
answer the Judge Wake's question.
The piracy section on the RIAA's website offers further confusion, with its legal
section making no mention of the legalities of "ripping." The closest
analogue to ripping would be directly copying music to a CD-R, which says that
while users have "no legal 'right'" they can generally avoid legal
confrontation by making sure said music is only copied for personal use.
An official response from the District Court will likely hinge on the RIAA's
distinction between "unauthorized" and "unlawful," and whether or not it feels
Howell is liable for ripping the CDs themselves, or placing them in a p2p
client's shared folder.
quote: Music should be free
quote: it should be...something you get payed[sic] to do quote: Which is it? I can guarantee that 99% of musicians would stop being musicians if they weren't getting paid.
quote: Which is it? I can guarantee that 99% of musicians would stop being musicians if they weren't getting paid.