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With just weeks to go before the kick off of the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain, San Antonio Spurs' Tiago Splitter and Team Brazil had a pair of exhibition games against Team Angola and Argentina with Brazil winning both games.
Splitter finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and five assists to help Brazil get the 98-60 win over Team Angola. Marcelo Huertas led Brazil with 12 points.
Against Team Argentina, Splitter scored 15 points to lead Brazil to a 68-59 win.
With the two wins, Team Brazil became the champions of the Super Challenge tournament.
Check out some of the highlights from Brazil's win over Argentina.

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Dad recovering from son's surgery
Hospitals make lousy hotel rooms.
For a week, I stayed in the Cleveland Clinic with my son, Steve. He had a nice, comfy bed that moved up and down. Room service. Nurses at his beck and call.
I slept on a futon that was harder than an atomic bomb. Had to fetch my own food, make my own "bed," pay for my own parking.
But Steve had the worst of it. To qualify for his perks, he had to endure open-heart surgery.
Life's not fair. Your kids are born, and you whoop with joy, then learn, oh no, something's wrong. Steve was born with aortic valve stenosis -- a narrowing between valve and heart. We knew, at some point, he would need surgery to correct it. He was checked annually and everything remained status quo until he hit 18.
Then, he hit the wall.
We thought the first surgery worked; he felt fine, afterward. But in the past few months, he became dizzy and lightheaded and endured a scary episode while driving. Tests revealed the valve had narrowed, once again. That can happen, we learned. It's rare. But it happens.
So more surgery was scheduled, only this time, the doctors determined -- and we agreed -- the best option was not a mechanical valve but a Ross procedure. The surgeon would replace Steve's aortic valve with his pulmonary valve, then attach another valve where the pulmonary was.
Just writing that makes me sweat and shake. Living through it was more tense than a thousand "Zero Dark Thirtys."
Around 7:30 a.m. on a snow-free Friday morning, Steve was wheeled into an operating room and his family and girlfriend, Sharon, surrounded him. "We love you," we said. "We'll see you soon," we said.
Then we headed to a waiting room for the waiting game, my least favorite game in the world.
We were on the pediatric side, which used a different patient update procedure than his earlier surgery. We sat, with other anxious families, in a room with televisions, kids' games, coloring books, a small kitchen and a phone. Every time the phone rang, everyone jumped because we knew what it meant: update.
I appreciated the calls but could not bear to picture what I was hearing. I had to immediately distract myself with crossword puzzles, Sudoku and small talk.
Time dripped like a maddening faucet. Seconds lasted hours lasted days. The world shrunk to the size of a 15-by-15-foot room. Nothing else mattered.
When it was over -- he was in ICU -- we were ecstatic. His room was a metropolis of tubes, pumps, IV lines, and monitors blinking and beeping numbers and squiggly lines of different colors. Steve would wake up just long enough to acknowledge us, then drift back into a wavy, hazy, pain-free neverworld.
On Sunday, he transferred to the cardiac step-down unit. On Monday, he was taking short walks.
On Wednesday, he came home, the bravest 21-year-old I know. He's going to be fine.
Me, I'm not sure about. Doctors generally don't recommend aging five years in five days.
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Asian markets: China stocks fall despite Fed's rosy forecast
China stocks dropped Wednesday for the first time in four days, with the Shanghai Composite Index falling 1.1 percent to close at 2,999.7 -- hovering at the 3,000 mark that many technical analysts view as a key point of resistance for the recovering market.
Brokerages led the slide as the number of newly opened trading accounts in China declined for a sixth consecutive week. Citic Securities Co. dropped 2.3 percent and its rival, Haitong Securities Co., suffered a 2.1 percent loss. China Everbright Securities Co. Ltd., the latest brokerage company to list on the exchange, fell 2.2 percent.
Chinese mining and metals stocks were on the rise, however. They have reaped significant gains recently as a result of the government closure of unregulated mines in the aftermath of an accident earlier this month in which 54 people were killed. The resulting decrease in productivity is predicted to raise Chinese coal prices by 8.2 percent per ton, according to Bloomberg, and has spurred recent gains in coal company stocks. Chinese-listed shares of Xijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. climbed 5.2 percent and Pingdingshan Tianan Coal Mining Co. Ltd rose 1 percent. Pingdingshan has gained 7.3 percent since the accident on September 8. Shanxi Xishan Coal & Electricity Power Co., China's biggest coal producer fell 1.1 percent; nonetheless it's still up 15 percent since the disaster.
Mining stocks were also on the rise in Australia where Rio Tinto Group saw gains of 2 percent and Newcrest Mining Ltd, the country's largest gold producer, soared 4.5 percent.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng rose 2.6 percent to close at 21,404. Data from the U.S. indicating that retail sales were up 1.1 percent, coupled with Ben Bernanke's announcement that the U.S. recession is "very likely over," buoyed investor sentiment. This sent shares of Li & Fung, Wal-Mart's and Target's biggest supplier of clothing and toys, up 3.1 percent. Foxconn International Holdings Ltd., which makes electronic computer components for popular consumer products including the iPod, iPhone, Wii and Amazon Kindle, rose 1 percent.
In Japan, the Nikkei ended the day at 10,270, up 0.5 percent. Sony Corp., with 23 percent of its sales coming from the U.S., benefited from the Federal Reserve's rosy economic forecast, with its shares rising 2.3 percent. Canon, Inc., the world's largest maker of office equipment, soared 4.3 percent. Most shares in Tokyo fell, however, on fears that new premier Yukio Hatoyama's policies, which include cash handouts for families with school-aged children and raising the minimum wage, will slow the nation's recovery and could send the Nikkei spiraling back to 8,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. dropped 1.7 percent and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. lost 1.5 percent.
Hopefully, Hatoyama's fiscal policies won't backfire and the Japanese will not have to endure another lost decade.


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Bariatric surgery helps obese people lose weight and is used only after diet and exercise has not resulted in long-term weight loss. The surgery makes the stomach area smaller, so it fills up with less food. Sometimes surgery also changes digestion, so less food is absorbed.
After surgery, the person will not be able to eat very much at one time and will get full quickly. Stomach pain, vomiting, or diarrhea may occur if the person eats too much at one time or if the person eats foods that are high in fat or sugar. Getting good nutrition is important, because less food can be eaten and in some cases less nutrition is absorbed from that food.
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Syracuse, N.Y. -- A homegrown pilot project to cut mercury in Onondaga Lake has worked so well it should continue, the state said today.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation said the three-year project overseen by Honeywell has reduced mercury in the water and could eventually lower mercury levels in fish.
The addition of a common agricultural fertilizer to the lake bottom, and improvements made at Onondaga County's wastewater treatment plant on the lake, have helped keep mercury trapped in the sediments at the bottom of the lake.
Honeywell, which is conducting the $451 million cleanup of the lake bottom, was originally going to add oxygen to the lake bottom to control mercury. A team of local scientists at the Upstate Freshwater Institute pitched instead an idea to use nitrates. A local engineering company built special pipes to take the nitrate down to the bottom.
The pilot project ran in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Mercury levels dropped in the lake by 95 percent, scientists said.
The DEC report released today (see full report below) confirms the results and calls for the treatments to continue. The amount of nitrate needed should drop gradually, the report says, because of the treatment plant improvements and because mercury-laden sediments will gradually be covered over.
The DEC also said in the report that it would reduce by about 10 acres the amount of dredging and capping Honeywell is required to do. Honeywell won't dredge too close to the southeast shore because it could undermine railroad tracks there, the DEC said.
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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
On a day ruled by retail earnings reports and devoid of big economic news, the markets are moving higher. All three of the major U.S. indexes are up at this time: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) has gained 0.32%, the S&P 500 is up 0.68%, and the Nasdaq is 0.9% higher.
The markets are likely rising because of the encouraging quarterly reports released by retail companies today. They are an indication that the American consumer may be better off than we thought and that our consumer-driven economy is fully on its way to recovery.
However, even though the majority of stocks are higher, a handful of Dow stocks are losing out today. Let's take a look at some of them and find out why.
Shares of United Technologies (NYSE: UTX ) are down marginally today. The company recently took the blame for the incorrectly assembled fire-fighting system on board a number of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The defect caused the wrong fire extinguisher to activate in the case of an engine fire. The Boeing 787 has been plagued with problems since the start of the year, and while United Technologies supplies a number of key components for the aircraft, this is the first time it has been at fault.
On a generally upbeat day for retailers, the largest U.S. retailer, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) , is heading the opposite direction. Shares are down 0.3% as investors consider how Wal-Mart performed this past quarter relative to competitors who reported today. Wal-Mart didn't have the best quarter, blaming the poor results on higher taxes and gasoline prices. But judging by the earnings results from Best Buy and TJX -- big competition for Wal-Mart in electronics and discount goods, respectively -- it's not that consumers have less cash; it's just that Wal-Mart is missing out on the cash they have.
General Electric (NYSE: GE ) is down 0.2% after it was reported this morning that the company has sold 80 apartment properties to investment firm Blackstone for $2.7 billion. Some investors may be happy about this deal because it will eliminate some of the distractions taking management's focus off the core business. However, others may believe this was a mistake. In case you haven't heard, we're in the middle of a housing rebound, and home real estate is climbing each and every month. Shareholders may have been better off if GE had held on to those units for another year or two while prices continued to rise.
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Nonpartisan participation
March 5, 2012 - Rob Weaver
Paul Shoemaker, who has filed petitions to run as an independent candidate for the board of commissioners' seat now occupied by Dave Sauber, may be able to more than promise he'd be a full-time commissioner if he were to win in the general election.
With state law evidently prohibiting someone like Shoemaker -- a classified county employee -- from engaging in partisan political activity, he could be dismissed from his county job even before being elected to office.
Or maybe not.
Following is a section of Ohio Revised Code which may -- or may not -- be relevant (this is taken straight from the code, so one might need to read it more than once to digest the legalese):
124.57 Prohibition against partisan political activity. (A) No officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state shall directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or for any candidate for public office; nor shall any person solicit directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting, any such assessment, contribution, or payment from any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, or city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state; nor shall any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state be an officer in any political organization or take part in politics other than to vote as the officer or employee pleases and to express freely political opinions. (B)(1) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an officer or employee described in that division from serving as a precinct election official under section 3501.22 of the Revised Code. (2) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an employee of the Ohio cooperative extension service whose position is transferred from the unclassified civil service to the classified civil service and who also holds the office of president of a city legislative authority from completing the existing term of office as president. Effective Date: 09-16-1998; 05-07-2004
My initial thought was Shoemaker might be ensnared in a provision meant to keep government employees from being coerced into participating in, or contributing to, another official's campaign in order to keep their jobs. But that doesn't appear to be the case. The Ohio Administrative Code seems to explain the state law doesn't restrict an employee's First Amendment rights. See whether you agree (you can look this up yourself; this was taken from http://codes.ohio.gov/oac/123%3A1-46-02).
(B) The following are examples of permissible activities for employees in the classified service: (1) Registration and voting; (2) Expression of opinions, either oral or written; (3) Voluntary financial contributions to political candidates or organizations;
Me again: While we could debate the term "voluntary," it seems as though a government employee could make campaign contributions to a boss. What's interesting -- especially for those considering an independent run for office -- is what the administrative code says a classified employee can't do:
(C) The following activities are prohibited to employees in the classified service: (1) Candidacy for public office in a partisan election; (2) Candidacy for public office in a nonpartisan general election if the nomination to candidacy was obtained in a partisan primary or through the circulation of nominating petitions identified with a political party; (3) Filing of petitions meeting statutory requirements for partisan candidacy to elective office;
This indicates to me a classified employee could run for office in, for example, Fostoria, which has a non-partisan run-off primary and a non-partisan general election for city offices.
I suspect even though Shoemaker would run for county office independent of any political parties, the general election for county commissioner still would be considered a partisan election. But I could be wrong. And because Shoemaker filed his petitions, we may just find out.
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Lebanon police officer shoots, kills dog
Pit bull charged officer behind Brookside Apartments
Published 1:38 PM EST Dec 17, 2012
A Lebanon police officer shot and killed a pit bull that charged him, according to police.
On Saturday afternoon, an officer was called to the area of 13th and Mifflin streets for the report of two dogs running loose, police said.
An officer walked to the rear of the Brookside Apartments and the pit bull charged him, but he was able to get out of the way, police said.
When the dog began to charge the officer again, he shot and killed the animal, police said.
Police said they have not identified the dog's owner.
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you can't go wrong with Mario Kart DS, but i think Metroid Prime: Hunters has a better singleplayer mode. both have awesome multiplayer, congrats on winning it btw !
I won a DS for free earlier this week, but I dont really know that much about them. Anything I need to know about in particular?
I'm probly going to get a WiFi USB adaptor soon (for my Wii too), and probably only 1 game. Any reccomendations?
What games have the best/funnest online multiplayer? Anything else you can do with them online besides play games?
I know its a broad topic, but just wondering what some experienced users have to say.
you can't go wrong with Mario Kart DS, but i think Metroid Prime: Hunters has a better singleplayer mode. both have awesome multiplayer, congrats on winning it btw !
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Mario Kart DS.
How did you win it exactly? :P
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Mario kart ds
Metroid prime hunters
Animal Crossing if you enjoy meeting other people around the world.
How did you win it? website or magazine or something like that?
Congrats on getting the DS.
I still enjoy playing Mario Kart on my DS as well as New Super Mario Bros. And then there is also Animal Crossing which is great. You just can't get bored of them.
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Thanks guys....and before posting I had looked up some stuff on IGN, and had almost narrowed it down between Mario Kart DS and Metroid Prime...so its funny those are the 2 popular answers. Do they both have a lot of users online at the same time? Online play is really what I think will be the funnest part for me.....
And last Saturday me and some friends played in a Halo 2 tournament. Thats where I won it at
Yeah, Mario Kart's pretty great online, but it's rare you get four racers and it takes like 3 minutes to gather people... and, y'know... hundreds of people disconnect on you (not if you race me though :P )
I love you, Adam.
Is that how it is with most online multiplayer with the DS?


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Feb 1, 2004
Brazil Gets $1.5 billion as C-Bond
Breaks Par
Brazil sold $1.5 billion in 30-year bonds, priced to yield
8.75%. Deutsche Bank and Citigroup managed the sale. This was
the sovereign's first 30-year bond since 2000. Brazil's central
bank last year said it plans to raise $4 billion in
international bond sales this year. In 2003, it issued four
bonds for a total of $4.53 billion, excluding exchange offers
to retire Brady bonds. Markets are bracing for a possible offer
to retire the C-bond, the country's highly liquid Brady bond,
after it broke par in January for the first time since its
launch in April 1994. The government issued $6.54 billion-worth
of the 8% bonds that mature in 2014. According to independent
research firm CreditSights, Brazil could save as much as $1.03
billion on interest payments by retiring $4 billion in C bonds
and issuing cheaper, uncollateralized debt. Brazil has the
right to call them at par by April...
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Oregon Highway 58 east of Oakridge was deemed safe to reopen Sunday morning, 12 hours after a fiery multi-car crash that burned so hot, part of the cement walls peeled off, Oregon State Police reported. Fortunately, no deaths or life-threatening injuries were reported.
According to OSP Trooper Nicholas Hagedorn, around 9:20 p.m., OSP, local fire departments and ODOT personnel responded to a reported motor vehicle fire on Highway 58 near milepost 57 at the tunnel's east side. Upon arrival, it was learned that four vehicles were involved, but all occupants were out of their vehicles.
A preliminary investigation indicated a 1983 Cruiseaier motor home towing a Volkswagen Bug was being driven by Ricky Sikel, 57, from Centrailia, Washington eastbound when the motor home's engine overheated.
As it lost power and started to smoke, Sikel brought it to a stop inside the tunnel just before it exited the east end.
Due to heavy smoke and limited visibility, a 1996 Ford van towing a small boat trailer driven by Thomas Hunn, 67, from Dexter, struck the rear of the Volkswagen and rolled onto its side.
Shortly after that collision, an eastbound 1993 Chevrolet Suburban crashed into the boat trailer, Hagedorn said.
The occupants of the involved vehicles escaped before the motor home, Volkswagen, and van were engulfed in flames.
Highway 58 was completely blocked and the fire burned for about an hour before it was extinguished by fire personnel from Oakridge Fire Department, Crescent and Central Cascade EMS, and the U.S. Forest Service.
The motor home was occupied by four adults, one child and two small dogs. The Ford van had two occupants. Information on the occupants in the Chevrolet Suburban is pending, but troopers did confirm two occupants, including a juvenile, were taken to a Lane County hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
ODOT handled traffic control and the tunnel was not reopened until around 9 a.m., after a structural engineer deemed it safe for traffic to continue through.
The fire inside the tunnel got so hot that part of the cement tunnel walls peeled off and the lighting system was destroyed.
OSP troopers from Oakridge and Springfield offices responded along with ODOT personnel from Oakridge, La Pine, and Chemult.


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Billboard changes "Shake" up Top of the Charts
This week Billboard announced a change to its Hot 100 formula for chart methodology that now incorporates YouTube views alongside radio play, digital sales and online radio play. The result finds a song that rose to popularity due much to its own YouTube video falling to a chart newcomer that found success as the basis of the biggest current Internet meme. Take a look below to find out the full scoop and the jump back to find out which songs were the biggest hits this week in 2007, 1997, 1987 and 1977.
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Singles Scorecard: Hear new songs from Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Drake and more
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Milwaukee band Revomatics re-create '60s surfer music
Like Carly Rae Jepsen and Robin Thicke, the Revomatics' sound is strongly affiliated with summer. But in the Revomatics' case, it's the sound of summer from 50 years ago.
"Surf music is the punk rock of the early 1960s," said bassist Peter Flessas of the local surf-rock band. "It was dynamic music, but it was all instrumental, and you didn't have to have a big budget. It enabled young musicians to get their music out there." »Read Full Article(2)
Documentaries celebrate anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation, march on Washington
Four documentaries capturing the history of civil rights in America will be shown at the New Berlin Public Library to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, as part of a project called, "Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle."
The initiatives' four films, "The Abolitionists," "Freedom Riders," "The Loving Story" and "Slavery by Another Name" will screen Sept. 5, 17, Oct. 10 and 22, respectively, with a presiding moderator to facilitate conversations about changing meanings of freedom and equality in the U.S., the news release said. »Read Full Article
At Lebowski Fest, the costumes abide
Let's call Lebowski Fest what it is: a costume party.
Friday through Sunday, fans of "The Big Lebowski" will descend on Milwaukee in pursuit of White Russians and marmots. The film by Joel and Ethan Coen stars Jeff Bridges as The Dude, a slacker caught up in a case of a mistaken identity. The Dude, Bridges says in the film, abides, a.k.a. survives. »Read Full Article
Cats compete in regional cat show
Waukesha's Exposition Center housed the Great Lakes Regional Cat Show this weekend, presented by Wisconsin-Illinois Cat Fanciers. Nearly 200 cats entered the circus-themed competition, all hoping to rank "best" in their respective breed category.
The event was open to the public but came at a price - no attendees could play or pet the cats. The animals are judged against predetermined breed standards and grooming and many hold international titles. »Read Full Article
A Day for Detroit: U.S. critics celebrate an imperiled art collection
People do not give works of art to museums. Donors of great works of art give their treasurers to the cities they love, to the school children on yellow buses, the couples on dates, the artists and would-be artists, the seniors on a Sunday afternoon.
In a very real sense, the art in our museums belongs to us. It is a public trust. This simple truth is at the core of a foundational ethic within the museum world that prohibits museums from selling works of art to pay off debts. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
On Tap Today: A free Florentine show, summer concerts, Bing, and South Park reruns
Well, our web site may still read "Forentine at Alterra," but tonight you can take in some live opera and -- say it with me, now -- Co-lect-ivo coffee. Alter... um.... Colectivo on the Lake is hosting a free event with the Florentine Opera. Pull up a patch of patio, a lake view and enjoy some musical theater on a summer evening. The event includes a musical preview of the Florentine's upcoming season.
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Remade Mideast poses new perils for Obama on trip
WASHINGTON -- On his second trip to the Middle East as U.S. commander in chief, President Barack Obama will confront a political and strategic landscape nearly unrecognizable from the one he encountered on his first trip to the region in 2009.
Gone are the authoritarian regimes and leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen, and the once seemingly indestructible Assad regime in Syria is teetering on collapse. Uncertainty abounds in the wake of the revolutions that have convulsed the Arab world for the past two years and shaken many of the strong but imperfect pillars of stability on the planet's most politically volatile patch of land.
And the few constants are hardly cause for cheer: a moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process that remains mired in mutual distrust and recrimination, an Iran that seemingly inches closer to nuclear weapons capability despite intensified international sanctions, and the ever-growing threat from extremists.
U.S. officials have set expectations low for the trip. There's no new plan to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table. There's no big boost in assistance to the struggling Palestinian Authority. There's no new strategy for dealing with the chaos in Syria. There's no new outreach to Muslims like the one that was the centerpiece of his June 2009 visit to Cairo.
Instead, they have presented Obama's visit to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan as a symbolic trip.
Obama's goals are to reassure nervous Israelis that the U.S. has their back in the face of any threats, tell the Palestinians that their aspirations for statehood are in America's national security interests and show support for a Jordanian monarchy that is struggling to satisfy its subjects' demands for reform while dealing with the spillover from the civil war in Syria.
The centerpiece of Obama's trip will be a speech to the Israeli people to pledge friendship and security.
His aim is to show understanding of the Jewish people's millennia-old connection to the land that is now Israel, and his awareness that the modern state of Israel was not created merely as a consequence of the Holocaust.
A visit to an Iron Dome battery, part of the missile defense system the U.S. has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into, will underscore Washington's investment in Israel's security.
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Malta, Tunisia, the Amalfi Coast, Rome, Florence, the Cote d'Azur and Corsica are pretty magical spots. The pace is languid; the coast rugged, lyrical and steeped in history. So why would we need to get Disney involved? Disney's all about rides and hydrocephalus vermin and gussied-up fairy tales, right? Well, yes. But it's also about families and narratives and the power of imagination. This is why, after much deliberation, we chose to introduce our kids to Europe via Disney Cruise Line.
I'm a little loathe to admit, my obsession with entertainment did not begin with Shakespeare or Bob Fosse, but with Disney films and early, frequent trips to the Magic Kingdom. Disneyland was only a half hour's drive up the I-5 from my home in San Clemente, Calif., so, like many Southern Cal kids, my malleable psyche was imbued with images of nondescript European hamlets, the London skyline and that terrifying enormous eyeball from Monsanto's "Adventure Through Inner Space." (I'll save the prophetic symbolism of the Monsanto eye for another piece). My thirst for theater and for travel was brought to me courtesy of Walt Disney and, although I've made my way around the world without Mickey, what better way to travel as a family than to hop on a big, elegant boat skippered by the mouse and dip our feet in the familiar and exotic splendors of the Med?
As the sun sets on day five of our 10-night cruise (I'm sitting on our veranda watching the sun sink over the Port of Rome as I write this), we are entirely spent from our day running from the Colosseum to the Trevi Fountain to the Sistine Chapel and everywhere in between, but we are gearing up for another night of live entertainment. Tonight Disney's latest release, "Prince of Persia," premieres in the stylized Walt Disney Theater; last night we were swept away by the original musical "Twice Charmed" (a kooky sequel to "Cinderella" and an appropriate follow-up to ProArts' recent production of the classic tale which we caught right before we left Maui).
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The Comedy Hui's Karen Stavash (from left), Alexis Ziegler and Rachel Deboer will make it up as they go along Friday at McCoy Studio Theater.
Right now one of Rome's premier tenors is serenading passengers on the gangway as they return from their port adventures. Tomorrow we might check out the brand new musical "Villains" and then, later on, we'll bid farewell to the Magic with the celebratory swan song "Until We Meet Again." Of course, we'll manage to slip in a day in Florence and a bit of wine tasting in the South of France.
Last night I caught up with Cruise Director Brent Davies. We chatted about his role in bringing together the limitless entertainment choices on the Disney Magic, not to mention all the port adventures and seemingly serendipitous moments, which seem to pop up around every corner.
"Disney is synonymous with storytelling," he said, "and we've created Broadway-quality shows especially for the ships. They're condensed into 45 to 50 minutes, so that families can enjoy them together. The beauty of the Walt Disney Theater is that, during the course of a cruise, you might enjoy four or five great shows."
Everyone's eating it up. If perhaps you're one of those skeptics who thinks it all seems a bit (ahem) cheesy, consider Brent's most memorable moment from his 11 years working on the Disney ships:
"We've always worked very closely with the Make-a-Wish Foundation (the charity responsible for granting wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses)," he told me, then told the story of a young man who'd come aboard a few years ago. His illness kept him confined to a wheelchair and he hadn't walked for two years. Brent and his staff assembled all the Disney characters for a special performance. As they danced and sang around the young man, he smiled from ear to ear. Then, to everyone's disbelief, he got up and walked.
"I still keep in touch with that family," Brent said, "and he's still with them."
Disney calls it faith, trust and pixie dust, but it's really all about the power of imagination to inspire, transform and transport. Whether you travel to a magical spot close to home, embark on a distant adventure, or enjoy an evening of theater, here's to the imaginary spark that keeps you going.
Happy travels!
Disney Cruise Line will bring the Magic's sister ship, the Disney Wonder, to Los Angeles permanently this year and offer West Coast itineraries including Mexico, Canada and Alaska. The fleet will christen its newest ship, The Dream, in 2011, which will take over their tried-and-true Bahamian route, while the Magic will continue to bob around the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.
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The Comedy Hui, Maui's own improv comedy troupe, will do games, musicals and more at 7 p.m. Friday at McCoy Studio Theater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. A benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters, it features the talents of Alexis Ziegler, Rachel Deboer, Karen Stavash, Kore Taylor, Tom Althouse, John Ziegler, Chino LaForge and Adam Wright, under the direction of producer Amanda Taulare. A live band featuring guitarist Jack Piskorski, drummer John McMullen and keyboardist Louise Lambert will accompany the fun the performers create with plenty of help from the audience. Tommy Bahama will provide the pre-show dinner. Tickets are $20, $12 for kids 12 and younger, plus applicable fees, available from the MACC box office, 242-7469 or www.mauiarts.org.


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Two Years to Self Destruct in Sudan
Imagine if we had enjoyed the luxury of knowing, two years before it happened, that Yugoslavia would disintegrate in 1991. Or just think if U.S. diplomats had been able to predict years earlier exactly when the Soviet Union was going to collapse. One certainly hopes the United States would have been better positioned to deal with these momentous events. But a current case gives one pause. Sudan might very well split in half in precisely two years, and policymakers have taken far too little notice.
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I had been wanting to make sensory bins for my kids for a while. I finally trashed all of my grandiose plans (love/hate for Pinterest, right here), and came up with something simple. Easy. So very well-received.
I really love the idea of seasonal sensory bins and already had a bunch of the materials required to put some spring and summer themed ones into action. A quick trip to the dollar store got me the rest of my supplies, and BAM! Automatic toddler distraction.
I mean, really. While I might still be dreaming of procuring a fancy saw and a second hand coffee table to create the ultimate sensory table station, for now – these more than do.
Sensory bins are great because you can make them as messy or mess free as you want. They can host a multitude of themes and engage all of your child's 5 senses at once. Fun and visually appealing, a sensory bin can help develop and inspire the growth of your child's role and imaginative playing; math, fine motor and language skills in a free-range, free-play kind of way.
The ones that I created are decidedly messy and are for outside only around these parts. There are endless possibilities for bases, so feel free to deviate onto your own path or stick to my tried and true beach, garden and sandbox themed bins.
Come on over to my personal blog for the complete DIY and some ridiculously cute pictures of my kids first experience with their sensory bins!
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Looking for Girl Scout cookies? Don't worry — there's an app for that, too. As Girl Scouting prepares to turn 100 this year, the Girl Scout Council is ushering in a new era of marketing strategies to assist girls in reaching their goals with a theme of "What Can a Cookie Do — More than You See."
"We have quite a few troops this year who have set high goals for themselves since they want to travel to Washington, D.C.; Savannah, Georgia; and elsewhere to attend Girl Scouts' 100th anniversary events being planned," said Alisha Moore, Girl Scouts Louisiana East director of sales. "Everyone is excited about celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouting."
This year's cookie program includes a free cookie locator app for cellphones. Fans can download the cookie locator app by calling **GSCOOKIES (**472665437) from their iPhone or Andoid, or by searching for "Cookie Locator" in the iPhone Apple Store or Android Market Place. A "blinged out" Girl Scout cookie booth decorating competition is also part of this year's program.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary, the Girl Scouts have unveiled a new cookie. Called Savannah Smiles, the bite-sized lemon wedge cookie, dusted in powdered sugar, is named to honor the city where Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low launched the program in 1912.
St. Bernard Parish Girl Scouts are getting in on the act, too.
Orders are being accepted now, with delivery slated for early March. Cookies are $3.50 per box upon delivery, and are preservative-free and kosher, with zero grams of trans fats per serving.
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Walter F. Williams, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Bethlehem Steel Corp., yesterday announced his retirement. He will be replaced as chairman and CEO by Curtis H. Barnette, who had served as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.
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January 20, 2013, 07:39 PM
Is there a way to restore part of a 1911 frame that was satin but is now shinny (Mothers Mag). Not sure how they make it satin to start with :confused:
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January 20, 2013, 07:41 PM
It's bead blasted.
Find an auto machine shop or gun shop with a bead blaster.
January 20, 2013, 08:20 PM
Personally, I'd get a price on the work and weigh it against the tools and materials to do it yourself. A media blaster can be had fairly cheap if you have a compressor and the material isn't too bad either.
Sanding sucks and the options with media blasting sold me on a Harbor Frieght media blaster that has served me well so far.
January 20, 2013, 09:41 PM
It is just a small place on the slide, I guess It was wishfull thinking, to just restore that one spot. "Bead blasted", well that will give me something to do if I run out of primers and powder.
January 20, 2013, 11:33 PM
can you post a pic.....there may be an easier way than reblasting the entire slide
January 21, 2013, 10:23 AM
Before you go trying to restore a satin Stainless finish, make sure it's Stainless!! It could be Hard Chrome, Satin Nickel plating, etc. Yeah, I know it sounds silly but it's happened before. Some person decides that they want their Stainless pistol to be more satin looking. So, they toss the part in an abrasive blaster cabinet, shoot an abrasive at it for a while and voila! Ruined Nickel or Hard Chrome. Keep yer powder dry, Mac.
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January 21, 2013, 05:28 PM
The shinny place on the frame just ahead of the slide stop, is what I would like to restore to satin, if there is any way.
(sorry, best I could do for a picture)
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January 24, 2013, 03:32 PM
Don't know for sure but the finish may be "brushed" and have parallel fine scratches in the finish. If so a scotch brite pad ( Maroon) from a auto body paint supply store can do a good job of restoring the finish. Just go straight from end to end and never reverse the pads motion. If you do you will get squigglies in the finish and it will look as bad as a "polished" stainless frame.
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DOHA: Industries Qatar (IQ), the region's industrial giant with interests in the production of a wide range of petrochemical, fertiliser and steel products, recorded a net profit of QR2.8bn for the first half of 2014 (H1, 14).
IQ's net profit for second quarter of 2014 slipped by QR0.3bn to QR1.2bn over the previous quarter due to a series of major shutdown programme.
The group's revenue for the six months was recorded at QR3.1bn, an increase of QR0.05bn, or 1.6 percent. On the same period of 2013, however, on a like-for-like basis, management reporting revenue was QR8.6bn, a decrease of QR1.3bn, or 13.4 percent. Reported revenue for the second quarter of 2014 was QR1.8bn, an increase of QR0.5bn, or 37.5 percent, compared to first quarter, which was primarily driven by the operation of EF-5.
In a filing to the Qatar Exchange, H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry and the Chairman and Managing Director of Industries Qatar, stated the decrease of QR0.3bn in the net profit for the second quarter of 2014 over the first quarter was because of the group's series of major shutdown programme including warranty shutdowns that were planned for the first half of 2014."
"These preventive maintenance and warranty shut-downs are an essential requirement for large, industrial facilities as they can help minimise unplanned disruption, ensure product quality is maintained and, ultimately, contribute to an extension of the plants' production life, improved reliability, and optimise environmental impact. I can now confirm that the significant portion of the planned shutdowns has been completed and the group's facilities are much more sustainable than ever before and paving the way for a new era of growth and operational excellence," he said.
"The results were also impacted by a steeper decline in the fertiliser prices in the current quarter due to difficult trading conditions in the fertiliser segment…. The inclusion of Industries Qatar to the MSCI Index clearly signifies MSCI's recognition of IQ's contribution to the state's capital market development. The liquidity position across all the group continue to remain very strong at QR6.3bn despite of having a moderate financial results in the first half of the year and after distributing the previous year's record QR6.7bn dividend," the minister said.
Briefing on the group's first half year financial performance, Abdulrahman Ahmad Al Shaibi, Chief Coordinator, Industries Qatar said: "The muted year-on-year financial results can be primarily attributed to reduced sales volumes following extensive planned preventive maintenance and warranty shut-downs in the majority of the group's key facilities, and tightened operating margins primarily due to weaker fertiliser prices, increased operating expenses and annual cost inflation, which were only partially dampened by the commercial launch of Qatar Steel's QR1.2bn EF-5 facility."
IQ's petrochemical segment's revenue for the first six months of 2014 was QR2.9bn, a year-on-year decrease of QR0.4bn, or 11.4 percent. "Petrochemical prices, on the other hand, were buoyant with strong demand and global supply limitations particularly aiding polyethylene prices," remarked Al Shaibi.
The fertiliser segment closed the first half of 2014 with muted revenue of QR2.5bn, a decline of QR1bn, or 28.2 percent, versus the first six months of 2013. This decline was primarily attributable to both significant reduction in sales volumes and selling prices.
Steel segment reported revenue of QR3.1bn for the first six months of 2014, a marginal increase on the same period of 2013 of QR0.05bn, or 1.6 percent, and significantly up on the first quarter of 2014 by QR0.5bn, or 37.5 percent.
Consolidated EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2014 was QR2.9bn, a decrease of QR1.9bn, or 37.2 percent, on the same period of 2013, and a QR0.3bn, or 20.9 percent, drop on the previous quarter.
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Mercyhurst (16-11, 12-9) at Edinboro (16-9, 12-9)
- Today, 7:30 p.m. at McComb Fieldhouse
- Radio: WFSE-FM/88.9
- Notes: The winner hosts the loser Saturday in the first round of the PSAC playoffs. Edinboro won the first meeting 65-59 at Mercyhurst on Jan. 30 in a Tale of Two Halves and a Prince. The Lakers took a 32-21 halftime lead, but Fighting Scots sr. G Isaiah Prince led a 44-27 second half while erupting for a career-high 37 points, making 7-of-10 3-pointers and 10-of-11 at the line while throwing in two blocks and three steals. In one of the oddest statistical anomalies, the Scots made 13-of-25 3-pointers, but without 6-9 jr. C Bryan Theriot (leg injury) only 4-of-27 2-point baskets. The Lakers, who got 20 points from sr F Luis Leao and 14 by so. G Terrence Ingram, have won with defense all season, but mainly at home, where they are 12-3, but just 4-8 on the road. 'Hurst allows 59.7 ppg, third in the PSAC. Leao averages 18.6 ppg, fourth in the PSAC, Jr. G Jonathan Ouegnin (8.1) averages 4.0 apg, 4th in the PSAC. So G Terrence Ingram has 31 3-pointers. The Lakers had a two-game win streak stopped at Cal 53-52 Saturday on a late three-point play, while the Scots broke a two-game losing skid with an 81-63 home win over Clarion. Edinboro is 9-5 at home and a solid 7-4 on the road. The Scots feature the big four of Theriot (18.8, 9-2), Prince (16.4, 72 steals), sr. PG Jay Fletcher (14.2, 5.0 apg, 67 3s) and 6-5 jr. F Johnathan Logan (10.2, 63 3s). The Scots average 75.8 ppg, 3rd in the PSAC, and allow 70.5.
Slippery Rock (19-6, 26-5) at Gannon (21-6, 15-6)
- Today, 7:30 p.m. at the Hammermill Center
- Radio: WJET-AM/1400
- Notes: The winner will earn a first-round bye in the PSAC playoffs, with Slippery Rock gaining the No. 1 seed with a victory. A Gannon win would earn the second seed, with the Rock dropping to third. Slippery Rock bounced Gannon 69-56 Jan. 30 as the Knights had a disastrous first half, falling behind 37-18. Sr. F Darrell Blanton had 17 points and 10 rebounds, but the Knights were swarmed 39-26 on the boards in a battle of the 1-2 rebounding teams in the PSAC. The Rock got 18 points, including 3-of-7 3-pointers by G Darious Clark. SRU, which nipped IUP 70-69 Saturday, outrebounds opponents 46.3-33.7. 6-6 sr. F Devin Taylor is the current player of the week, averaging 20.0 ppg and 12.5 rpg. Taylor, a La Roche transfer, averages 14.1-10.1 overall. Clark (14.0, 62 3s), 6-6 former lUP F Gerald Brooks (12.1, 8.1), 6-8 jr. F Tabari Perry (10.0, 6.4), 6-10 sr. F Luiz Santos (6.6 rpg. 39 blocks), and sr. G Aubin Reeves (82 assists), head the experienced club that has seven seniors. The Knights allow 57.9 ppg, and outrebound foes 37.8-28.9. GU won 82-69 at Lock Haven Saturday, three days after losing 44-36 at Mercyhurst. Six seniors will be honored, including Blanton (15.6, 6.6, 56.3 fg pct), G Oscar Macias (10.9, 52 3s), 6-9 C Tanner Furno (6.6, 57.7 fg pct), F T.J. Wilson, 6-9 C Dmitry Martynenko and injured G Alvin Tucker.
Mercyhurst (7-18, 7-14) at No. 18 Edinboro (20-5, 17-4)
- Today, 5:30 p.m. at McComb Fieldhouse
- Radio: WFSE-FM/88.5
- Notes: Edinboro will honor G Kiara Brown (17.4, 71 assists, 73 steals), 6-3 C Samantha Blazetic (15.2, 8.1, 62 blocks) and G Kerry Connolly (3.6, 52 assists) on Senior Night. The Scots are ranked second in the Atlantic Region and have won three straight. Edinboro won 63-46 at Mercyhurst on Jan. 30 as Brown pumped in 25 points, and Blazetic added 12 points with 11 rebounds. The Scots led 43-34 before putting the game away with a 12-0 run. Sr. F Kaylee Foster led the Lakers with 21 points. Sr. G Dana Banda (9.5) had 377 career assists, and needs eight in her final guaranteed two games to break the all-time record of 384 by Katie Lorincz. Mercyhurst, locked into the sixth seed, will visit No. 3 IUP in Saturday's first round of the PSAC playoffs. Edinboro receives a bye and will host a game Tuesday.
Slippery Rock (4-21, 3-18) at No. 8 Gannon (25-3, 19-2)
- Today, 5:30 p.m. at the Hammermill Center
- Radio: WERG-FM/90.5
- Notes: F Kelsey McCoy, the lone member remaining from the 37-1 Final Four team in 2009-10, will be honored on Senior Night. The Knights won two straight last week on the road, which clinched the PSAC West top seed, and likely will maintain their status as the No. 1 team in the Atlantic Region when the rankings come out today. GU rolled the Rock 82-64 Jan. 30 as so. G Brittany Batts had 18 points on 6-of-12 3-pointers and fr. G Morgan Neighbors added 15 points on 5-of-9 3s, with the Knights making 14-of-32 overall. Sr. G Erinne Cunningham had 20 points, making 5-of-12 3s, and fr. G Megan Hardiman added 19 points and so. F D'Asia Chambers 10 points and nine rebounds for the Rock. SRU has lost 12 straight after beating Kutztown 66-60 Jan. 12. GU has won four straight and is 12-0 at home. Jr. F Jen Papich leads Gannon in scoring, steals and blocks (13.1, 42, 24), while so. F Nettie Blake leads in rebounding (7.1), and Batts in 3-pointers (82-of-193, 42.5 pct).
Southern Division
No. 6 Penn State Behrend (17-10) at No. 3 Washington & Jefferson (20-8)
- Today, 7 p.m., at the Henry Memorial Center
- Notes: W&J nipped the Lions 63-62 Nov. 18 in Behrend's Tip-Off tournament. Chelsea Apke had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Beka Bellhy 17 and 10 in a double double-double. Ally Burke led the Lions with 19 points, but Burke suffered a leg injury and is out the rest of the season. Julia Myers had 15 points and 13 boards. 6-3 so. F Valerie Dunlop averages 13.1 with 72 blocks. The Presidents lost to Thomas More 72-59 in the Presidents Athletic Conference title game. The Lions fell 63-58 to La Roche in Saturday's AMCC title game. Coach Roz Fornari's club still has the distinction of handing La Roche its only loss. This could be the last game for General McLane's Myers (13.0, 9.7), F Holly Bourquin (11.4), and G Aly Eagle (72, 42 3s). Jr. G Brianna Bayly has 52 3s.
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Findmypast.ie launched their transcripts of Irish prison registers last October, and they were a revelation, a treasure-trove of circumstantial detail that fleshed out the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Now the site has followed up with the first instalment of the Petty Session Order Books. The detail has become even more circumstantial.
The Petty Sessions were the District Courts of their day, dealing with minor offences and civil proceedings, and the Order Books cover the nitty-gritty of court business between 1850 and 1910. Inevitably, alcohol is the single largest problem. Many a great-grandfather is recorded here "drunk while in charge of jennet and cart in a public area".
These are not primary records, such as censuses, that permit the initial identification of families and individuals. But the light they cast on everyday lives is extraordinarily vivid. My own grandfather is here, testifying for the prosecution at the age of fourteen in a case involving two individuals in court for stealing a half-pint of whiskey "valued at one shilling and two pence" from his employer. They ended up with a month's hard labour in Tullamore jail.
A veil of discretion is required for less upright members of the family, but among the reasons for their appearances before the Justice of the Peace are: allowing a dog on the byroad without being efficiently muzzled; a refusal to quit licensed premises when requested to do so; "having charge of an ass with cart attached and not keeping same on the left side of the road"; and refusing to pay for the damage caused by the trespass of three lambs on a neighbour's land.
Currently online are records of 1.2 million cases. More than ten times as many, another 15 million, are to follow over the next year. The mind boggles.


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Dear W.C.,
The last few years have been extremely difficult.
First my son was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. He is 12-years-old years old and has been having symptoms for two years that no one could diagnose. We finally got the right diagnosis after being in and out of the hospital many times. We just adapted to the changes in our life from his disorder, then I got injured. I was helping my elderly mother with repairs around her house and injured my back when I fell off a ladder.
I was let go from my job due to the amount of days I missed from the pain from my back injury and caring for my son on the days he cannot make it to school. I do not have anyone to help me with his care. My son's father no longer had any interest in his son once he found out he had a genetic disorder. He owes me over two years in child support and no one knows where he is.
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I was doing fine without his help until this back injury. I have applied for disability but have not received any yet. I can barely pay for rent, utilities, and food. I had surgery on my back and it needs another month to heal. Hopefully, then I can get another job. In the meantime I am so scared and worried about how we are going to survive.
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Injuries and illness are a common cause of poverty in our country. One fall, an illness, or accident can change a whole families life. This mother and son both were struggling with painful disabilities.
I paid an unplanned visit to the mother during the day. I arrived at the address of a house that had been broken into several apartments.
The door was answered by a woman holding her back in obvious pain. After I introduced myself and showed identification I asked if she would be able to talk.
I offered to speak with her outside if she would be more comfortable. She admitted she would be more comfortable outside so I waited as she got a jacket and her keys. When she came outside I could see she was moving very slowly and carefully, also wincing as she negotiated the steps.
I asked about her back surgery. I asked if she was taking any medications and she said only ibuprofen as the stronger medications made her too drowsy to care for her son.
I asked about her son. She told me some more details about her sons disorder. His trips to the emergency room were much fewer now that she knew how to treat him at home.
The mother said she had to stay alert in order to give him the care he needed. I asked if she was getting enough rest, noting how tired she appeared.
The mother said she was unable to sleep due to the pain in her back. She also was woke up during the night sometimes by her son's needs.
I asked the mother about their financial situation. I knew with all the medical bills, prescriptions for the son, and loss of her job they had to be struggling. The mother said they were behind in their rent and her car only had a few payments left that she was unable to pay. It was about to be repossessed. I had her show me the car and determined it was definitely worth saving with the small amount she owed to pay it off in full.
At that point she said it would be OK. to go inside, go over her bills and to show me her medical statements for her back surgery. After going over their budget I could see the mother would need to receive disability and/or a job to get by. I also could see she would not be able to go back to work full-time due to both her back and the care required by her son. When I mentioned the possibility of this she admitted how hard it had been to try and maintain a full-time job for as long as she had. She said her employer had been extremely patient with her sporadic absentees but it had started to affect his already failing business.
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Polarized, divisive and without direction. A clash between economic development and the environment. Hurt by a lack of trust, a lack of civility and an inability to go beyond personalities.
About 30 people used those terms to describe Juneau's civic culture at a meeting Thursday at Centennial Hall. The discussion, led by civic consultant David Chrislip, focused on collaboration as a way to deal with tourism questions in Juneau.
Chrislip, who worked with Sitka residents in 1999 to address solid- waste dilemmas, advocates a collaborative approach to solve community conflicts. For collaboration to work, the right people need to be involved. And they need good information and a constructive process, he said.
"The magic of collaboration is you can do those three things, and guess what comes out of it? You get good answers," he said.
The idea of collaboration, especially in the arena of tourism, is a sensitive topic in Juneau. The Juneau Assembly has been trying for months to put together a panel to lead tourism discussions but hasn't been able to agree on the structure. Chrislip met separately with Assembly members on Thursday afternoon.
"You can't bring people into a room and throw an issue to the table and say, 'Have at it,' " he said. "There has to be a constructive process that goes with it. It's not just a debate."
The usual voices, such as elected officials, business and community leaders, and unusual voices, described as people who aren't normally heard from, need to be involved, he said. The group should seek consensus, but unanimity isn't necessarily required, he said.
Juneau resident Wendy Wolf, who attended Thursday's meeting, helped facilitate collaborative discussions in Talkeetna this year about tourism growth. People in small towns have to keep talking to each other, even if they don't agree, she said.
"I truly believe it can work here if the process comes to fruition without it looking like the same old thing - the city picking a group of people to do it," she said. "If it's more of those unusual voices participating and feeling like equals."
Mayor Sally Smith said the Assembly will continue the discussion during a retreat early next month. It would be better if a push for collaboration came from the community, not Assembly members, she said.
"There's a certain factor of 'who got me elected' versus 'who got this person elected,' and we feel a loyalty to that constituency that's only normal," she said. "If you build a new constituency that comes to a conclusion, a constituency outside your own, you're likely to salute their flag.
"We've heard from the same groups for years and they're at loggerheads. So if they're willing to sit down with new eyes, let's go for it."
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