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Hi, my name is Mary Gildersleeve. I began designing shortly after teaching myself to knit at the age of 8, primarily because I do not take commands very well and I also could not afford the fancy ...
Hi, my name is Mary Gildersleeve. I began designing shortly after teaching myself to knit at the age of 8, primarily because I do not take commands very well and I also could not afford the fancy yarns back then. Knitting and designing were my constant activities throughout undergrad, grad school and family life until, in 1997, I finally went professional and established By Hand, With Heart ... traditional hand-knit designs with a modern twist. I now create designs for various knitwear outlets (including published designs in Knitters, INKnitters, Cast On), custom knit original designs, and self-publish my own patterns . I maintain a website (www.marygildersleeve.com) where I discuss my work, my findsÃâà(reviewing books and supplies) and suggestions for teaching everyone this age-old art. I particularly love teaching all aspects of knitting ... from beginner to expert, from learning to read charts to designing your own. On most Saturdays, you can find me working at my LYS, Dog House Yarns in Culpeper. I am the exclusive designer for the cashmere-farm, Spring Gate Farm, located in Barboursville, VA.
I earned an MBA from the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA) in 1988 and a BA in Print Journalism from Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington) in 1983. I continue with my knitting education by attending seminars, voraciously reading all knitting books, magazines, and websites, and constantly honing my practical knitting skills. I was an active member of the Association of Knitwear Designers (which shut down, unfortunately).
I am married, have 5 children (10 to 23 yrs) and keep busy homeschooling, working on the computer, writing articles, and knitting, knitting, knitting in rural Virginia. In 2008, a book I wrote was published "Great Yarns for the Close-Knit Family: over two dozen hand-knit designs inspired by a dozen fantastic family read-alouds"; a year later, another book I wrote hit the bookstores, "In His Image: Nurturing Creativity in the Heart of Your Home" (both are available on Amazon and other book outlets)..
I'm a pretty fanatical knitter -- I love to see knitting all over my house. Since I needed a receptacle for my long knitting needles and other bits and pieces, I decided I needed a knit-covered basket.
Thus, this design was "born".
I love doing color-work -- and this is a great first-timer's project since you're only doing two colors, a CC1 and a CC2. The chart included is in color (rather than symbols) to make it easier to follow -- just set stitch-markers for the repeats (as directed in the pattern) to keep your eye on things. A great benefit to working in the round with color-work is that you SEE the rs the whole time.
Make sure you use a pure wool for this project and really felt the heck out of it. Depending on the fabric you obtain, you may not need to leave the waste-basket in, but I liked the sturdiness of doing so.
16sts x 24rnds = 4" one color SS;
18sts x 21rnds = 4" over 2-color knitting


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Repeats work for Eye
It's the only broadcast net without fresh series programming at this point in the summer, but so far CBS is holding its own quite nicely.
Even though rivals like NBC ("Last Comic Standing") and Fox ("The Simple Life') grabbed strong ratings for some of their firstrun shows last week, the Eye net remained very competitive in key demos and won with ease in total viewers, thanks largely to repeats of its top skeins.
It also was the only broadcast web (aside from basketball-boosted ABC) to improve upon its perf of the same frame a year ago.
CBS did get a lift from Sunday's "60 Minutes" interview with Bill Clinton, which was second only to the last game of the NBA Finals among the week's most-watched programs, but it's also getting great repeat mileage out of its roster of crime dramas and Monday comedies.
And CBS figures to become an even stronger summer force in July as its firstrun programming kicks in with the return of "Big Brother" and "The Amazing Race."
For the week of June 14-20, according to Nielsen, NBC prevailed in adults 18-49 with a 2.6 rating/8 share, with CBS and ABC close behind in second with a 2.4/8 and Fox in fourth with a 2.0/7.
Peacock also edged past CBS in adults 25-54 (3.0/9 vs. 2.9/9), while the Eye led in average overall audience with 8.64 million viewers.
ABC's coverage of the Detroit Pistons' championship-clinching victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday was easily the week's top show (9.4/26 in adults 18-49, 21.84 million viewers overall) — the best numbers for a pro basketball contest in three years.
The NBA Finals contests rank as the summer season's five highest-rated programs.
Behind basketball, fresh entries like Fox's "The Simple Life 2" and "Method and Red" and NBC's "Last Comic Standing 2" cracked the top 10 in adults 18-49, joining scripted repeats like "CSI: Miami" and "CSI" on CBS and "Law and Order" on NBC.
And in adults 25-54, CBS claimed five of the top 10 shows, with "CSI: Miami" (5.8/14) ranking second to only the NBA Finals.
The Eye also received the best numbers since March for "60 Minutes" (3.1/12 in 18-49, 15.77m), which turned over its entire telecast to Dan Rather's interview with former President Clinton.
Over at NBC, "Last Comic Standing" excelled both in its regular Tuesday slot (a series-record 4.8/13 in 18-49, 10.37m) and with a special seg on Wednesday (4.3/13, 9.75m), and "Next Action Star" (2.3/8 in 18-49, 5.46m) was respectable in its preem.
One thing the Peacock probably wasn't counting on was a sharp decline for repeats of "Friends" this summer. Compared with the opening three weeks of summer 2003, the lame-duck laffer is down 38% in 18-49.
Fox did well Wednesday with "Simple Life 2" sandwiching solid preems for "Quintuplets" and "Method and Red" (Daily Variety, June 18), but Tuesday drama "The Jury" is struggling.
Monday's combo of "North Shore" and "Casino" put up OK numbers, with the net noting unduplicated audience for "Shore" hit 13 million in its two airings last week (Monday and Thursday) — a sked strategy Fox used to great effect in generating interest for "The OC" last summer.
At the WB, scripted drama "Summerland" (1.4/4 in 18-49, 3.39m) held up pretty well in its third outing, but Thursday's "Pepsi Smash" continues to draw anemic numbers (0.6/2, 1.39m). Net did better a night later in repeats when its 8-10 p.m. Friday laffers topped ABC's in 18-34 (1.2/6 vs. 0.9/5).
"WWE Smackdown" (1.8/6 in 18-49, 4.58m) is keeping UPN afloat but repeats of hit unscripted series "America's Next Top Model" fared poorly on Tuesday and Wednesday.
TBS, buoyed by the premiere week of the syndicated "Sex and the City," led ad-supported cable nets in adults 18-49 (1.2 rating) — topping both the WB and UPN — and also led in adults 18-34 (1.3 rating) and adults 25-54 (1.1 rating, tied with TNT).
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On Monday of the current week, NBC had a solid night, thanks to a solid start at 10 for returning series "Who Wants to Marry My Dad" (3.5/10 in 18-49, 7.88m), which was competitive in demos with a repeat of CBS drama "CSI: Miami" (3.8/11, 11.78m).
At 9, CBS led with its repeat comedies while NBC's "For Love or Money" (3.1/8 in 18-49, 7.19m) again bested Fox's "Casino" (2.3/6, 4.99m). Both "Casino" and 8 o'clock drama "North Shore" (2.0/6 in 18-49, 4.37m) retained most of their premiere-week numbers.

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Jenna Coleman
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Jenna-Louise ColemanBorn: Sun 27th April 1986 (age: 30)
Jenna Coleman is an English actress. She currently plays Clara Oswald in the British television series Doctor Who and has played Jasmine Thomas in the British soap opera Emmerdale.
Coleman was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, and began her acting career at an early age as a member of a theatre company called In Yer Space.
While auditioning for drama schools in 2005, Coleman was chosen to play Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale. She received critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for the Most Popular Newcomer award at the 2006 National Television Awards. She went on to play "hard girl" Lindsay James in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road, Susan Brown in a BBC Four television adaptation of the John Braine novel Room at the Top, Annie Desmond in Julian Fellowes' four part mini-series Titanic, and Rosie in Stephen Poliakoff's original drama series Dancing on the Edge. She made her feature film debut in 2011 in Captain America: The First Avenger.
Since 2012, Coleman has portrayed Clara Oswald, companion to the eleventh and twelfth incarnations of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who. She appeared as Lydia Wickham in the BBC drama Death Comes to Pemberley.
Early life
Coleman was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, the daughter of Karen and Keith Coleman. She has an older brother named Ben. She attended Arnold School, where she was head girl. She has said that she regrets not having a conventional university experience. While at school, Coleman was a member of the theatre company In Yer Space, with which she performed in the play Crystal Clear at the Edinburgh Festival. She won an award for her performance, and the play was also received favourably.
Whilst auditioning for drama schools, Coleman landed the part of Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale in 2005. At the 2007 British Soap Awards, she was nominated for the Best Newcomer award, and at the 2006 National Television Awards, she was nominated for the Most Popular Newcomer award. At the 2009 British Soap Awards, she was nominated for the Best Actress, Sexiest Female, and Best Dramatic Performance awards. She received a nomination for the Best Actress award from the TV Choice Awards. In May 2009, it was announced that Coleman would be joining BBC drama series Waterloo Road as "hard girl" Lindsay James. As she was 23 at the time of her casting, Coleman found the experience of playing a schoolgirl "surreal".
In December 2010, it was announced that Coleman would be playing Susan Brown in a BBC Four television adaptation of the John Braine novel Room at the Top. The adaptation was originally intended to air in April 2011, but this was cancelled due to a rights dispute between the production company and Braine's estate. The dispute was resolved by 2012, and the show aired in two parts on 26 and 27 September 2012. In 2011, she made her feature film debut in Captain America: The First Avenger. She also landed the part of Annie Desmond in Julian Fellowes' four part mini-series Titanic, describing her character as a "cheeky little Cockney" and "the Eliza Doolittle of the ship".
Coleman provided the voice for the character Melia in the English dub of the 2011 video game Xenoblade Chronicles. In 2012, Coleman was cast as Rosie in Stephen Poliakoff's original drama series Dancing on the Edge, which follows the fortunes of a black jazz band in the 1930s. The show aired on BBC Two in February 2013. On 21 March 2012, Doctor Who producer Steven Moffat confirmed at a press conference that Coleman would play the companion of the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith). Moffat chose her for the role because she worked the best alongside Smith and could talk faster than him. She auditioned for the role in secrecy, pretending it was for something called Men on Waves (an anagram for "Woman Seven", as she would first appear in the show's seventh series).
Although originally announced as beginning her run as companion in the Christmas special in 2012, Coleman made a surprise appearance on 1 September 2012 in the first episode of the seventh series, playing Oswin Oswald, who dies at the end of the episode. She subsequently debuted as a series regular in the Christmas special episode "The Snowmen", playing the Victorian governess and barmaid Clara Oswin Oswald; like her previous incarnation, the character dies. At the end of that episode, Coleman is seen playing a third version of the character, this time from contemporary London and named simply Clara Oswald. The Doctor finds the third version of her, and from the episode "The Bells of Saint John", this version begins her travels as the Doctor's regular companion, including after his regeneration into the Twelfth Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, in the 2013 Christmas special episode "The Time of the Doctor." In the 2014 Christmas special episode "Last Christmas", it was revealed that Coleman would return to the role of Clara for Season 9.
As of 20 June 2013, she began using the name Jenna Coleman for stage credits, having previously been known as Jenna-Louise Coleman. She was first credited as Jenna Coleman in Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor, which aired on 4 August 2013.
She starred as Lydia Wickham in the adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley. The three episodes were shown on BBC One during Christmas 2013.
Personal life
Coleman has been in a relationship with Richard Madden since late 2011. In 2012, she was voted 91st by readers of FHM in their annual 100 Sexiest Women poll. A year later she finished 30 places higher in the same poll, whilst 2014 saw her in 32nd. Coleman has also recently been involved with charity work in South Africa raising awareness of HIV with One To One Children's Fund, to whom she is the ambassador.
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Front Mission Evolved Review
Ultimately, Front Mission Evolved is another case of needless westernisation, something that Square Enix is becoming increasingly guilty of.
The first five Front Mission games concern themselves with grids, stats and menus; they're about thought, tactics and taking time to perfect your strategy - pretty much everything that Front Mission Evolved is not. The reincarnation of the franchise is about jumping into the fray head first, spraying missiles all over the place and watching the screen become a red and yellow mess of explosions. Developer Double Helix has taken the SRPG core of the series and chucked it out the window. With the narrative framework that's left, it's created a 3D shooter not dissimilar to the fantastic Armored Core. You might want to think of it along the same lines of Command and Conquer: Renegade - the universe and narrative are left intact, but a new genre's mechanics have been wrapped around it.
The thought of such a game has caused much distress for Front Mission fans, who are scared that their beloved franchise will be reduced to a sub-par shooter that retains none of the charm and atmosphere of its predecessors. It's a legitimate concern, especially when games like Armored Core: For Answer are doing the whole shooty-mechy thing so well. In truth though, the franchise lends itself to the third-person genre perfectly.
The plot unfolds around a young man going by the exciting name of Dylan Ramsay; an engineer that works on the development of wanzers. Walking Panzers, or wanzers as they're known, are the stars of the Front Mission series. They're the hulking great big suits of robo-armour that skate around battlefields with anti-grav mech boots whilst launching missiles from turrets peeking out of their shoulders. They're all the rage in 2171, and certainly a lot more useful than hover-cars. It's fifty years after the events of Front Mission 5 and these wanzers are the instruments of war used by two superpowers; the O.C.U and the U.C.S. After learning that his father has landed himself in a spot of war-based bother, Dylan runs off with a new wanzer his company has been working on to save the day. Unsurprisingly, one thing leads to another and Dylan soon finds himself at the centre of the conflict.
The cutscenes bearing the weight of the narrative aren't much to talk about. The cast is comprised of an ensemble of stereotypes, and the dialogue spouted from their poorly synced mouths is more than a little cringe-worthy. Still, it serves its purpose of tying one level to the next and gives fans of the series something to relate to. You don't have to know a thing about the series to enjoy Evolved, but recurring themes and organisations will please those that have stuck with the series through the years.
Missions are pretty straightforward. You move from waypoint to waypoint, blowing up any tanks, missile towers and enemy mechs that happen to stand in your way. Thankfully, Dylan is more comfortable behind the cockpit of his wanzer than he is in conversation, and so the subsequent gameplay holds up much better. In the Xbox 360 version tested your skates are initiated with a tap of the B button, and your primary weapon is exactly where it should be on the right trigger. The other button you'll be pressing a lot is the left bumper, which will lock onto enemy targets for as long as you hold it down. Once four lock-ons are acquired, you can let go and watch four missiles scream through the air towards your targets. The controls are surprisingly intuitive, and moment-to-moment gameplay is satisfying.


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05 March 1998
(Ambassador Prakash Shah of India appointed to UN post) (770) By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent United Nations -- A senior Indian diplomat has been appointed to a newly-created UN position to help relations with Iraq, the UN announced March 5. Ambassador Prakash Shah, a former Indian envoy to the UN, has been named by Secretary General Kofi Annan as the Secretary General's special envoy in Baghdad for an initial period of six months. Shah, who is expected to set up offices in the Iraqi capital before the end of the month, will have a small team of international and local staff. In a letter to the UN Security Council informing members of the appointment, Annan said that as special envoy Shah "will follow closely all developments relevant to the role of the United Nations with regard to Iraq." "He will lend his support to existing United Nations activities in the arms control, humanitarian and economic and social fields while giving special attention to any crisis or problem which might benefit from intervention by United Nations headquarters," the Secretary General said. Announcing Shah's appointment March 5, the Secretary General referred "to the difficulties arising from time to time in the relations between Iraq and the United Nations and to the need for improved lines of communication between the Government of Iraq and my office in order to help avert the development of such difficulties into a fully-fledged crisis threatening to undermine international peace and security in the area." Annan has been talking of smoothing relations between the UN and Iraq since undertaking his diplomatic mission to Baghdad to ease the possibility of military strikes over Iraq's refusal to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors. The appointment is also the second high-level political/diplomatic one concerning Iraq-UN relations since he returned from Baghdad. On February 26, Annan named internationally known disarmament expert Undersecretary General Jayantha Dhanapala, a former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the UN, to head the new group of diplomats and weapons inspectors that will visit Iraq's presidential sites. The UN Special Commission overseeing the destruction of Iraq weapons (UNSCOM) gaining access to the sites, which had been previously off-limits to UN weapons inspectors, and the creation of the special group, are included in the agreement negotiated in Baghdad by Annan and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Returning from Iraq, Annan spoke of a need to help Iraq cooperate with the UN and ease itself back into the community of nations. The Secretary General has also invited Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Sahhaf as well as the Minister of Trade and Minister of Health to New York to discuss the problems of implementing the "oil-for food" program which currently allows Iraq to sell $5,200 million worth of oil every six months to buy humanitarian supplies for Iraqi civilians. The program is carried out under very strict UN supervision. The oil-for-food talks are slated to begin on March 9. A UN spokesman said that the purpose of creating the special envoy post "is really to have a political representative of the Secretary General in Baghdad who can keep the Secretary General informed on the government's reaction to the various UN programs going on there from UNSCOM to the humanitarian office...and who can act as a vehicle for communication for him to the government." The Secretary General "was frankly surprised that he didn't have a special representative there given the political importance of Iraq to the United Nations these days," explained UN spokesman Fred Eckhard. "So he felt it was a conspicuous lack and something that would be very helpful to him," Eckhard said, adding that when the Secretary General suggested the post to Security Council members "they were in full agreement." The new special representative, the spokesman said, will not have any supervisory responsibility over the directors of the major UN programs in Iraq such as the "oil for food" and humanitarian assistance programs or UNSCOM operations, but will be a "link between the government and the Secretary General." Shah, 59, was India's Ambassador to the UN from 1995 to July 1997 and served as India's chief negotiator on Security Council reforms and vice chairman of a working group on strengthening the UN system. He was Ambassador to Japan from 1992-1995 and chief envoy to the UN in Geneva in 1991 and 1992. He was also a member of the governing council of the UN Compensation Fund which is overseeing payments to Kuwaitis and others adversely affected by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.


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WELLSVILLE - The Wellsville Tigers took the first step on the tournament trail with a dominating 93-44 win over the visiting East Canton Hornets Tuesday night in Division IV sectional play.
The Tigers, who improve to 21-2, will host Leetonia Friday night in a sectional final. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. East Canton finishes their season with a 4-19 mark.
As usual, the Tigers were very well-balanced, with four starters in double figures and the fifth tallying eight.
Wellsville's attack was spearheaded by Camden Douglas' triple-double, that featured 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. Nate Scott continued his hot-shooting ways with 27 points while grabbing nine missed shots. Seth Bradford drained four three-pointers on his way to 18 points. Bradford also pulled down seven rebounds and had three steals. Jordan Sloan sliced his way to 17 points, 11 of which came in the third quarter. He also had four assists. Brendon Carr netted eight points while playing stellar defense.
Nick Johnson led East Canton with 14 points. Hayden Miller dropped in 10, including two very deep three-pointers. Bryce Moldovan topped all rebounders with 15 and forcefully blocked nine shots.
The Tigers led the entire way, opening up a nine-point spread, 18-9 after the first eight minutes. All five starters found the hoop during the opening frame, with Bradford leading the way with five. Moldovan rejected five Tiger attempts in the first frame.
"We were a little sluggish in the beginning," said Wellsville head coach David "Bug" Thompson. "In the second quarter, East Canton tried to run with us. We started to trap and get some runouts."
The Tigers' offense increased the tempo in the second stanza as they looked to break at every opportunity. Bradford connected on three treys as Wellsville held a 42-23 advantage at intermission. Scott notched seven during the quarter, regularly finding his way to the rim.
"We came out slow in the first half," said Douglas. "We talked it over at halftime. It wasn't the greatest game we've played, but we'll take it."
The early portion of the third quarter was marked by turnovers and misfired shots by both teams. A timeout by Thompson quickly got the Tigers back under control. Sloan went on a rampage, driving to the hoop, time after time, as the Tigers led 58-33 after three quarters.
"We needed to get to the bucket," said Thompson of his timeout message. "Jordan took my instructions to heart and started to drive. He started getting to the bucket. He is an extremely smart basketball player and being left-handed gives him an advantage."
It was vintage Tiger basketball in the first two minutes of the final quarter, as the Orange and Black ran off 16 unanswered points to take a commanding 76-33 lead. Highlights included Douglas dunking over East Canton's Moldovan, a Scott lob to Douglas and Bradford completing a rare four-point play.
Shortly thereafter, both teams emptied their benches with Wellsville's Justin Miller ringing up the final two points in a 93-44 Tiger triumph.
"They were a physical team," Douglas said. "They kept coming at us. Fortunately, we came out of it with a win."
Wellsville's aggressive defense held the Hornets to just 27 percent (18 of 66) from the floor. Wellsville dominated the boards, pulling down 42 rebounds compared to 32 for East Canton.
"We did what we what we planned to, coming into the game," Thompson said. "Their big man was intimidating, especially in the first half. Cam's dunk over him in the the fourth quarter, seemed to take him out of his game."
Game notes
For the season, Wellsville is hitting better than 40 percent from three-point range. Scott, Wellsville's all-time leading scorer, is hitting in the 70 percent range for all his shots from the floor this season.
EAST CANTON SCORING: Buzzy Fahem 0-0-0, Andrew Kessler 3-0-6, Kody Kennedy 1-0-2, Hayden Miller 4-0-10, Bryce Moldovan 2-0-4, Nathan Powell 0-0-0, Nick Johnson 5-1-14, James McCullough 1-1-4, Eddie McCain 2-0-4, Spencer Clark 0-0-0, Brandon Ralston 0-0-0, Matthew Goddard 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 2-4: 44.
WELLSVILLE SCORING: Camden Douglas 6-1-13, Tyeshaun Franklin 1-0-2, Nate Scott 9-6-27, Antonio Fultz 1-0-2, Seth Bradford 6-2-18, Brendon Carr 4-0-8, Jordan Sloan 7-2-17, Jansen Stoakes 0-0-0, Sam McIntosh 0-0-0, Justin Miller 1-0-2 Jake Green 1-0-3, Hayden Dalrymple 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 36, 12-25: 93 .
Three-point goals: East Canton 6 (Johnson 3, Miller 2, McCullough), Wellsville 9 (Bradford 4, Scott 3, Sloan, Green).


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The Yards
Take the characters from "The Godfather," strip them of their suits, and toss them into, say, a used car lot, and you'd probably get a movie very close to this one.
Tell me if you've heard this one before: A young man returns from a stint in prison looking to set his life straight. However, when he gets involved with his friends and their shady dealings, he gets drawn back into a life of crime. Just how many times do we have to see the same story over and over again? In this case, the young man is Leo (Mark Wahlberg). One of his friends is Willie (Joaquin Phoenix). Willie works for Frank (James Caan), who runs a company that fixes railway-related things. Leo's cousin is Erica (Charlize Theron), who's involved with Willie. Naturally, Leo's mother (Ellen Burstyn) is horribly disappointed with Leo's life and has a weak heart.
I mean, if you want to spice up the lower class crime drama, do something like this: Leo is released from prison after spending two years upstate for sodomizing guinea pigs. He's welcomed home by his family, which is under the impression he murdered a drug dealer and got out early for good behavior. His friend, Willie (whose name makes Leo sweat), gets Leo a job in the family pet store. Though Leo has sworn off animals, the constant temptation eventually gets the best of him and one night, Erica and his mother walk in on Leo as he's "cleaning" the pot-bellied Vietnamese pig cage. His mother grasps her chest and drops to the floor. Erica immediately starts mouth-to-mouth and continues for over an hour until the medics finally arrive and pronounce Leo's mother dead, at which time Erica admits that she's a necrophiliac and doesn't know CPR. Leo cries.
I don't know about you, but I smell a Palme d'Or.
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on January 28, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Stop treating people like they are criminals
If I buy a certain decongestant, I am required to show the pharmacist my driver's license and sign for the drug because criminals use it to make methamphetamine and I could be a criminal.
I once had a health care provider who wanted me to sign a contact agreeing to random drug testing if I needed more than one prescription for a narcotic medication to treat the painful condition she diagnosed. I also would have to return every month for an appointment to refill the medication, answer questions about who may have access to the drug in my home and assure the doctor that I lock it up.
As much as I have sympathy for the family whose grief over their adult son's death precipitated action by lawmakers to regulate legal drugs, that was a contract I did not sign. I am not a criminal. I do not want to be part of any government electronic database that suggests I am.
If I go to the doctor and he/she asks me if I have a gun and where I keep it, how shall I answer? Should I say that if lawmakers really wanted to prevent the deaths of children, they would require the doctor to ask me where I keep my swimming pool? As much as the death of a child by gunfire is horrifying, death by drowning in a swimming pool does not inspire such outrage, I guess.
Gun owners are not criminals. Pool owners are not criminals. The risks that scare people and the risks that kill people are very different. The bogeyman scares people and makes lawmakers overreact with stupid laws that make them sound like they are protecting us. Teach people how to use a gun safely and they won't be afraid. The bogeyman will be. We the people are not the criminals.
Pamela McDonald


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It was a year ago yesterday that the stodgy, arrogant lawyer handed his office keys to the young, hip former public relations intern. And yet, Roger Goodell had no interest in commemorating his one-year anniversary as commissioner of the NFL. None.
"It's what we call a nonevent," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an e-mail last week.
It's no wonder Goodell didn't want to stroll down memory lane. It's littered with potholes and skid marks, the residual effects of players who went awry. There's one left by Adam "Pacman" Jones, another by Chris Henry, another still by Tank Johnson.


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I recently met with a friend of mine at Geekdom who specializes in video storytelling for nonprofits. We were discussing some of his recent projects when he mentioned that two of the nonprofits he created videos for had the same exact fundraising strategy. This seemed odd to him, because the target causes and passions of the two nonprofits could not have been more opposite. In short, they both were going to ask for donations from the same three or four wealthy philanthropists in the local area.
I see this problem over and over again, and I have created a term for this fundraising strategy: Six Rich Guys Strategy (SRGS). I got the idea for this phrase from a recent article in the local newspaper about the six billionaires that live in my hometown of San Antonio. Click here to read.
Please keep in mind that not all of these individuals are philanthropists, and there are several other extremely high net worth individuals that live in San Antonio. Anyone that is involved with the local nonprofit sector even for a week will learn all of their names. I use the term SRGS because when you talk about fundraising in San Antonio, the same names always come up over and over again. Everyone has these same six guys on their list of people to "reach out to."
The future of philanthropy and nonprofits depends on organizations abandoning this antiquated line of thinking. Below is my attempt to outline why this is a bad strategy for your nonprofit and what you should do instead.
Why is the Six Rich Guy Strategy Bad?
1. Fundraising Fatigue – I have seen this happen with high net worth individuals, and I can tell you that sooner or later your six rich guys are going to get tired of everyone asking them for money. Nonprofits with no real fundraising strategy are like mosquitos. They can smell new blood, and before you know it, you are sleeping in a mosquito net because so many of them want to suck you dry. Nonprofits you didn't even know existed come out of the woodwork to pitch you on their cause. So what happens is the rich guys pick a niche or area, like education, and then focus all their efforts in that area. Everyone else that received money in the past, but is now outside of that scope, either gets "the break-up talk" or gets dramatically lower donations.
2. Nothing Gold Can Stay – The sad reality is that your six rich guys are not going to be around forever. There was a big nonprofit I was working with for over a year. They had a yearly budget that was in the millions, and in the good old days there was a very wealthy lady that was their benefactor. At the end of the year, when funds came up short, guess who would write the big check? You guessed it, rich lady. Then one day she died and all her money passed to her children. It turns out her children were not big fans of the cause, and so the funds stopped flowing and the organization has struggled ever since. This is what happens when you subscribe to SRGS. You may ride the wave now, but inevitably there will be pain to come. Why not prepare for it now and build your tribe?
3. You've Just Dated Yourself – This fundraising strategy reeks of the Blue Haired Ladies of the Opera or the Good Old Boys Club. It says, "I know rich and powerful people, and I can get an audience with them." Sadly, this strategy is very off putting for anyone to the young Generation Y or Millennial demographic. Young people, members of the creative class, and knowledge workers roll their eyes when people try to impress with these types of tactics. It says, "I am better than you because I am in the inner circle." It just leaves you feeling gross all over. As a result, young people are now voting with their money and instead giving through new mediums, such as CrowdGiving (see below), which feel more comfortable to their lifestyle.
What should you do instead?
1. Build Your Tribe – No one can explain what this means better than the master himself, Seth Godin. In his book, Tribes, he gives great examples of leaders like Scott Harrison, who built their tribes from nothing and still go on to change the world. For example, if your nonprofit is helping end homelessness, then you need to ask the question, "Who is my tribe?" Perhaps your tribe is made of relatives of homeless individuals. Perhaps your tribe is comprised of people who used to be homeless and now want to give back or help put an end to this epidemic. The problem is, if your major fundraising strategy is asking the six rich guys for money and none of them have been affected by homelessness, well you are barking up the wrong tree. Find your tribe, wherever they are and lead them. Once you build your tribe, you don't need to persuade them to give money, they will do it gladly because they are already personally interested in the cause.
2. Do Your Homework – If you are going to target the six rich guys then you need to understand what they care about. The classic mistake that most people make when they ask our foundation for funds is that they don't do their homework. They don't know that my boss is a member of the Geek/Entrepreneur tribe. I started making a mental note every time I get a meeting like this. I say to myself, "How long is it going to take for this person to ask me what our foundation is most passionate about?" The sad answer is most of the time they don't even bother to ask. In one pitch I actually tried to describe where our foundation wanted to focus it's resources, but the lady pitching wasn't having it. All she would do is talk louder and tell me more sob stories about her constituents. After about 35 minutes I just sat there politely smiling, nodding my head, and thinking about what I was going to have for dinner. I will let you guess how big her donation was; it rhymes with zero.
3. Think Jackson, not Cleveland – There are far more Americans that have Andrew Jacksons ($20) in their wallet than Grover Clevelands ($1,000). As a tribe leader it is better to have 50 engaged tribe members that each give you $20 than to have one rich guy that gives you $1000 but isn't a tribe member. The problem nonprofits have is that it's easier to ask the six rich guys than it is to organize and lead a tribe. If you want to see this model being done right I am going to use an example that is very controversial. The Church Model. Now, there are quite a few negative things I can say about the church model, but that is for another blog post. I think though, as fundraisers, they have mastered this concept. Most churches don't have any of the six rich guys going to their church, and as a result, they have to fundraise at the Andrew Jackson level. The traditional tithe (10%) is how they keep the lights on and pay the rent. A congregation of several hundred people all bought into the church's mission and all giving 10% will make sure it stays open.
4. CrowdGiving – An even better example of targeting small donations are the new Internet CrowdGiving sites that allow you to give between $10-$25 to fund programs like micro-loans, school projects, and foreign students attending college. You give $25, I give $25 and so do one hundred other people online and boom, a micro-loan is funded. The problem with this is strategy is that it requires nonprofits to think more like an Internet start-up rather than a "big professional organization." It's much more comfortable for a nonprofit to start a capital campaign to raise $6 million to buy a fancy building than to raise $200K to upgrade their online strategy to enter the new digital world. Having a static website with a "Donate Here" button doesn't count by the way. For more on CrowdGiving see our recent blog post.
I know that if San Antonio suffers from SRGS then so do all the other major cities in the world. As the philanthropic world becomes more disrupted by technology and social entrepreneurs, the nonprofits that cling to SRGS will struggle and eventually go away. If you are a nonprofit or charity my advice would be this, build your tribe around more smaller donations and just more flat out engaged people. Pretend the six rich guys don't even exist. Then if they happen to be part of your tribe they will eventually find you. This should be a bonus, not the entire strategy.
Have you or your nonprofit fallen victim to SGRS? Tell us your story here or at www.eSamaritan.net.
Lorenzo Gomez works for The 80/20 Foundation. He is also an SA2020 board member, the founder of the nonprofit technology blog eSamaritan (from which this article has been republished with permission), and former ten-year Rackspace employee. You can follow him on Twitter at @lgomez123.
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gary whitford
very most excellent. Extraordinary Words has always operated on the principle, "Any organization with a valid mission will receive the audience and support by using every available medium to tell its story." It takes a community to implement a worthy cause, and the community will enable the organizations it recognizes and loves. As government support ebbs, public philanthropy will make the difference between which institutions survive, and which ether.
Allen Buck via Facebook
I think it's fair to say non profits should grow out of this. To be fair with rising political and economic inequality it does explain why the same guys keep getting called. I think the other types of fundraising are better at getting active members and volunteers for the organization, rather than making money. I do sympathize with the wealthy not wanting to be tied down to an organization that could appear in the news weeks later for discrimination or something like that. I personally wonder why so many non profits essentially want to provide government functions, which the wealthy are already being taxed for, and then claim a salary for. It makes sense why Bill Gates would prefer to manage his philanthropy directly.
Angie Hwang Cronin via Facebook
sadly, too true.
Kristopher Ryan via Facebook
Great advice
This premise of this article is flawed. I remember reading it last year and feeling a little annoyed. Of course all non profits go after the 6 rich guys! The first rule of fundraising is to ASK because the main reason people give for not donating is that they weren't asked. And what non profit wants to be the one who didn't ask one of those six guys? Mine has asked them all and several have donated to us. But the flaw in the article seems to be the notion that that's all we do: lazily just ask the rich guys. Which is of course not true. Perhaps the author is writing about new start-ups and not the 7,000 non-profits already established in San Antonio. Cause for most of us, this ain't our first rodeo. Not only are we already doing the 4 things suggested by the author, but all kinds of other things he didn't mention. Asking rich people for money is clearly not a strategy for us; it's just a small piece of the fundraising puzzle that can be extremely satisfying if you happen to get lucky and it falls into place.
Denise Wechsler Barkhurst via Facebook
This premise of this article is flawed. I remember reading it last year and feeling a little annoyed. Of course all non profits go after the 6 rich guys! The first rule of fundraising is to ASK because the main reason people give for not donating is that they weren't asked. And what non profit wants to be the one who didn't ask one of those six guys? Mine has asked them all and several have donated to us. But the flaw in the article seems to be the notion that that's all we do: lazily just ask the rich guys. Which is of course not true. Perhaps the author is writing about new start-ups and not the 7,000 non-profits already established in San Antonio. Cause for most of us, this ain't our first rodeo. Not only are we already doing the 4 things suggested by the author, but all kinds of other things he didn't mention. Asking rich people for money is clearly not a strategy for us; it's just a small piece of the fundraising puzzle that can be extremely satisfying if you happen to get lucky and it falls into place.
Laura Carter
Denise, I know where you are coming from, but many nonprofits don't have the leadership, or can muster the energy to 'think outside the box', try new fundraising strategies, or cultivate relationships outside the main donor base. It is scary to some that trying new avenues for funding might not work as well as the fundraisers they had last year and the year before.
Randy Bear
Good article Lorenzo and, after years of working with non-profits, I would also add that with your Jackson strategy you also pick up something that could be even more valuable, volunteers and marketing. Those that choose to give in that range often do so because they can't give more but would love to help out, if they could. Many non-profits don't take the time to figure out how to utilize this army of believers, opting instead to buy their labor which is often easier.
If you still want to use the SRGS, then you also need to show them how their money can be multiplied through a variety of resources, either grant funding, increased stewardship due to name recognition, etc. Then there's the business plan on how your organization puts the money to work changing lives, issues, or the community.
Some non-profits shun restricted giving because they want the "latitude" to leverage the funds. Major donors often avoid that model because they are afraid those funds will be used for the next big party. I've found that by gladly accepting restricted funds and using them wisely, you build donor trust that often leads to unrestricted donations.
David Lopez
I think George Washington because Andrew Jackson is just a bit too rich for me.
David Lopez
Christopher "Kit" Goldsbury – Silver Ventures + Goldsbury Foundation
1.25 Billion
James Leininger – Kinetic Concepts
1.25 Billion
B.J. "Red" McCombs – Red McCombs + Koontz McCombs
1.25 Billion (Sep 2013)
Graham Weston – Rackspace + Geekdom
1.2 Billion (Mar 2013)
Charles Butt – H-E-B
6.4 Billion
Rod Lewis – Lewis Energy Group LP
2.6 Billion
Tom Benson – New Orleans Saints + New Orleans Pelicans + Tom Benson Endowment
1.3 Billion
L. Lowry Mays – Clear Channel Communications
1.1 Billion
Peter Holt – Holt Machinery Company + San Antonio Spurs
Est. 200 Million
David Lopez
There are more rich people in San Antonio and then there are about 1.383 Million people so if you try taking one dollar from all those people maybe you can get more money and more control on how that money is spent.
I'll take a dollar from a million people if someone will give me an idea for how to do that that hasn't already been tried! Several of my current funders will still have control over how I spend that million dollars though.
David Lopez
Have you tried putting one of those pickle jars with a little sign promoting your foundation in 5 out of every 10 convenience stores around here?
Mike Berringer
A nonprofit that solicits funds directly from the SRGs has demonstrated its dedication to servicing the values of the largest beneficiaries of the status quo, and therefore possess little incentive to innovate or otherwise disrupt "business as usual."
In other words, without the direction and support of a mission-oriented community, a nonprofit is a fancy way of doing nothing.


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Beet greens and mushrooms contain a fair amount of potassium. So do sweet potatoes. You don't need to eat bananas (I personally hate bananas unless they're smothered in peanut butter or battered and deep fried).
Early this morning I was awoken by muscle spasms near my anterior serratus that would not stop. Every two or three seconds my entire side would twitch. This went on for maybe 30 minutes and would not stop. It was a smaller muscle though (so more annoying than anything).
Is this a potassium deficiency? I currently supplement with fish oil, magnesium, vitamin D, zinc, vitamin C, biotin but haven't had a banana for a few months.
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Beet greens and mushrooms contain a fair amount of potassium. So do sweet potatoes. You don't need to eat bananas (I personally hate bananas unless they're smothered in peanut butter or battered and deep fried).
I'm not an expert, so I can't say what's causing your spams. You could try adding potassium to see if it helps. Sodium also plays a role.
I have had crazy muscle spasms twice in the past year, both after carb refeeds. Both times it was in my vastus medialis (part of the quadriceps) and both times it was triggered by a voluntary contraction but after that it would NOT relax. I had to use my hands to bend my knee to try to force it to stop (which it finally did after a few minutes). My two theories are that it was potassium overload from all the sweet potato/winter squash or that the glycogen synthesis used so much intracellular fluid that it temporarily screwed my electrolyte imbalance in some other way.
Magnesium. When you up your D, you are all of a sudden absorbing way more of the calcium in your diet, and most of us get way more calcium than magnesium in our diets. Potassium/sodium balance can be it, too, but I would up the magnesium, first and see what happens. For me, muscle cramps were part of the "low carb flu" which passed with adjustment time and more attention to the magnesium.
Your post interests me because I eat low carb (c. 30g), and anytime I 'indulge' especially with sugar and have a higher carb day, I will get muscle spasms as you describe. I've wondered about this, and the electroyle imbalance you mention makes sense.
It's the memory of those painful spasms that sometimes keeps me from eating higher carb, which I think is good occasionally (every month or 6 weeks).
Since I'm finally at a maintenance weight, I'm thinking of slowly going higher in carbs (with good, primal stuff) so that I can possibly avoid this in the future.


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Mayor Hales attends Pope Francis' convening at the Vatican
Jul 20, 2015 at 2:27 PM
Follow #PDXinRome on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for Mayor Hales' posts from Italy.
Listen: Mayor talks to OPB about historic Vatican summit, action items for Portland
JULY 28, 2015 — Listen to the mayor's conversation with Think Out Loud. He talks about next steps for Portland -- part of the virtuous competition to take climate action:
- Establish a fossil fuel export policy;
- Add fossil fuel companies to do-not-buy list for City investment;
- Establish a goal for the City of 2.36 million kWh of electricity from solar;
- 100% renewable energy for City operations;
- 20% of the City's sedans electric vehicles;
- Convert all streetlights to LEDs (will save more than $100,000 per month!).
Mayor talks to OPB about historic Vatican summit
JULY 28, 2015 — Mayor Hales today talked with OPB's Think Out Loud program about his visit to the Vatican for Pope Francis' historic summit on climate change and modern slavery — the first time the Vatican has gathered local leaders, in order to mobilize grassroots climate action.
"Cities are the place where innovation happens," Mayor Hales said. "This network of cities is really beginning to have an impact on the global discussion about climate change."
Twitter Town Hall: Mayor Hales will chat live on Twitter about his trip
The New York Times: 'At Vatican, Mayors Pledge Climate Change Fight'
JULY 22, 2015 — The New York Times reports on Pope Francis' summit on climate change and modern slavery.
An excerpt: "About 60 mayors from around the world gathered here on Tuesday and pledged to combat global warming and help the poor deal with its effects, at a conference swiftly organized by the Vatican barely a month after Pope Francis' sweeping encyclical on the environment.
The two-day conference, which also focused on fighting forms of modern slavery, was not the first time that the Vatican had organized a meeting on the issue. But it was the first time that it specifically invited local officials, hoping to mobilize grass-roots action and maintain pressure on world leaders for action ahead of a global summit meeting on climate change scheduled for December in Paris."
The Oregonian: 'Charlie Hales: Cities can lead fight against climate change'
JULY 22, 2015 — Following a conference call Mayor Hales hosted from Rome, The Oregonian writes about the mayor's experience at the Vatican. An excerpt: "'Street by street, light-rail line by light -ail line, solar array by solar array, that's how change actually happens,' Hales said.
"Hales said Portland is a 'model and a leader in this movement,' but can still do hundreds of things to fight climate change, such as burn different fuels, build different buildings and give residents more choices in how to get to work.
"Some of those ideas could already be available in other cities, he said, adding: 'There's nothing wrong with a virtuous contest among cities of who can do a better job of saving the planet.'"
Portland delegation tweets from Vatican discussion - Day 2
JULY 22, 2015 — Mayor Charlie Hales, First Lady Nancy Hales, and Office of Government Relations Director Martha Pellegrino tweeted during the second day's discussion of climate change and modern slavery, convened by Pope Francis to highlight the human effects of climate change.
The second day's discussion featured remarks by mayors working on innovative ways to close gaps in income, quality of life, and opportunities — and do so sustainably, both in terms of environment and longevity.
CLICK HERE for a roundup of their tweets.
Showing up for work in an amazing place: the Pontifical Academy of Sciences #mayorscare #pdxinrome pic.twitter.com/EXALUJEqdI
— Charlie Hales (@MayorPDX) July 22, 2015
Mayor Hales discusses Pope Francis' idea of 'non-culture'
JULY 22, 2015 — In this 40-second video, Mayor Hales discusses Pope Francis' point about "non-culture," which he made during remarks to mayors at his international summit.
Pope Francis speaks to mayors at Vatican convening
JULY 22, 2015 — Here is the full text of Pope Francis' remarks at the convening of mayors from around the globe to discuss climate change and human trafficking; the Vatican released the remarks in Italian. Here is an English translation. Mayor Hales says he was struck by the Pope's call to make climate change a moral and human issue, not just a political issue.
And here's a clip of Pope Francis speaking to the mayors:
Mayor, from Rome, holds conference call with reporters
JULY 22, 2015 — The Portland delegation in Rome: Nancy Hales, there for Portland State University and as First Lady; Mayor Charlie Hales, one of 10 U.S. mayors invited to the international convening by Pope Francis; and Office of Government Relations Director Martha Pellegrino. The delegation held a conference call with reporters at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time, 7:30 p.m. Rome time.
Mayor Hales interviewed by KGW's NBC affiliate in Italy
Mayor Hales talks to KGW-TV's NBC News affiliate in #Rome about Portland as a leader in sustainability. "Young people in...Posted by Charlie Hales on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Mayor Hales on Pope's remarks
JULY 21, 2015 — In this 30-second video, Mayor Hales discusses Pope Francis' remarks to mayors during the first day of the international summit at the Vatican, Modern Slavery & Climate Change: The Commitment of Cities.
Portland delegation tweets from Vatican discussion
JULY 21, 2015 — Mayor Charlie Hales and Office of Government Relations Director Martha Pellegrino tweeted during the first day's discussion of climate change and modern slavery, convened by Pope Francis to highlight the human effects of climate change.
The discussion featured remarks by mayors and worldwide leaders in sustainability, as well as remarks from human trafficking survivors.
CLICK HERE for a roundup of Mayor Hales' and Pellegrino's tweets.
"God calls on us to be stewards of the Earth." #pdxinRome #mayorscare pic.twitter.com/DA0ea3QoO3
— Charlie Hales (@MayorPDX) July 21, 2015
Mayor, First Lady attend historic meeting
With @nancyhalespdx on our way to this historic meeting. #PDXinRome #popefrancis #climateaction #stopslavery #mayorscare
A photo posted by Charlie Hales (@mayorpdx) on Jul 21, 2015 at 11:36am PDT
The New York Times covers the Vatican convening
JULY 21, 2015 — The New York Times covers the Vatican summit on climate change and human trafficking, at which Mayor Hales joins worldwide mayors in addressing this global challenge. An excerpt: "Dozens of mayors from around the world demanded Tuesday that their national leaders take bold steps at the Paris climate talks this year, saying that could be the last chance to keep the Earth's warming to levels still safe for humanity. ... Mayors invited to a two-day Vatican conference lined up to sign a final declaration stating that 'human-induced climate change is a scientific reality and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.'" READ THE FULL STORY
"Pope Francis' encyclical -- a remarkable document -- asserts that climate change affects the world's most vulnerable people," Mayor Hales says. "We here in Portland are working to use our policies to take climate action, as well as to close gaps. Our goals are accessibility, equity, and sustainability for all Portlanders, making everything we love about Portland and that puts Portland on the world stage with all Portlanders."
#PDXinRome: First Lady blogs about comparisons between PDX and SPQR
JULY 20, 2015 — Blogging for Portland State University, First Lady Nancy Hales' second #PDXinRome blog post finds surprising similarities between a city founded 27 centuries ago and less than two centuries ago.
An excerpt: "Are these interesting coincidences or do they suggest something deeper about cities? Maybe to be a authentic place, a city needs a founding story. Piazzas and public gatherings are also required to enhance civic life. People-watching, whether on the sidewalk in an evening passegia or at a street fair on Mississippi Ave., is something both visceral and necessary. Connection to food and the soil of the local farmland is an idea whose time has come back for American cities." READ the full blog post.
Mayor: #PDXinRome on Instagram
SERIOUS about historic neighborhoods and preservation #PDXinRome #oldstone
A photo posted by Charlie Hales (@mayorpdx) on Jul 17, 2015 at 11:03am PDT
#PDXinRome; we had Lovejoy&Pettigrove. Rome had Romulus&Remus + some help from a she-wolf @NancyHalesPDX pic.twitter.com/TOy8IKg2YW
— Charlie Hales (@MayorPDX) July 17, 2015
#PDXinRome: First Lady's first blog post
JULY 16, 2015 — #PDXinRome: First Lady Nancy Hales is writing a blog for Portland State University on her and Mayor Hales' trip to the Vatican for Pope Francis' conference about climate change and human trafficking.
An excerpt from her first entry, about the gift from Portland to the pope: "The hand-crafted bronze rose, below, has been designed and cast for Pope Francis by local Portland artist Kendall Mingey. Pope Francis, we have learned, has a special fondness for white roses, so Kendall lightly flocked the flower with white. The mold was broken after it was cast. Look closely. The bronze rose is actually a 'reliquary,' which means a small vessel carrying precious items. There is a little secret compartment in the bud at the center. In this compartment, she placed several seeds from Portland's white rose bushes. 'Seeds symbolize hope,' she told me, 'and the Pope is all about hope.'" READ the full post.
Mayor, First Lady on their way to the Vatican
JULY 15, 2015 — Made it! Delta rock-star agent Glinnes checked us through with seconds to spare. Now Nancy Hales and I head to the Vatican for Pope Francis' summit on climate change and human trafficking. Follow our updates at #PDXinRome! Details on the trip from The Oregonian's Andrew Theen.
The Oregonian: Mayor Hales will meet Pope Francis at climate change, human trafficking summit
JUNE 16, 2015 — The Oregonian newspaper reports on Mayor Charlie Hales' invitation to Pope Francis' summit on climate change and human trafficking. An excerpt:
"Portland Mayor Charlie Hales is one of 16 mayors from around the world invited to meet with Pope Francis next month as part of a global summit to discuss climate change and human trafficking.
The July 21 event at the Vatican is sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Science, according to a press release.
On Thursday, Pope Francis will release a letter to all bishops within the Roman Catholic Church outlining the global effects of climate change. According to a draft document of the encyclical, leaked to an Italian newspaper this week, the pontiff is expected to call for a global assembly of leaders to find solutions to global pollution, because failure could have "grave consequences for all of us."
New York Times: Pope Francis to explore climate's effect on world's poor
JUNE 15, 2015 — Mayor Hales is among 16 mayors invited by Pope Francis to discuss climate change at a gathering in Vatican City in July. This New York Times piece gives an overview of why the pope has taken on the issue of climate change. An excerpt:
"On Thursday, Francis will release his first major teaching letter, known as an encyclical, on the theme of the environment and the poor. Given the pope's widespread popularity, and his penchant for speaking out on major global issues, the encyclical is being treated as a milestone that could place the Roman Catholic Church at the forefront of a new coalition of religion and science.
Francis, the first pope from the developing world, clearly wants the document to have an impact: Its release comes during a year with three major international policy meetings, most notably a United Nations climate change conference in Paris in December. This month, the Vatican sent notifications to bishops around the world with instructions for spreading the pope's environmental message to the more than one billion Catholics worldwide.
By wading into the environment debate, Francis is seeking to redefine a secular topic, one usually framed by scientific data, using theology and faith. And based on Francis' prior comments, and those of influential cardinals, the encyclical is also likely to include an economic critique of how global capitalism, while helping lift millions out of poverty, has also exploited nature and created vast inequities."
Charlie Hales, Other Mayors, to Meet with Pope
JUNE 12, 2015 — Portland Mayor Charlie Hales is one of 16 mayors from throughout the world invited to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican in July.
Vatican officials have called mayors together to address two topics: Climate change, and human trafficking.
Portland has been an international leader on the topic of climate change, with recognition from the White House and C40, an international consortium of cities focusing on carbon emotions and climate change. The city adopted a climate action plan in 1993 and, as a member of C40, is committed to addressing climate change.
Portland also is in the midst of a severe increase in gang violence, fueled in part by an increased reliance on prostitution by local gangs.
"These are crises facing every city in the world. Cites have to work together, and this is an opportunity to do just that," Charlie Hales said. "It's an honor for the mayors to address the Pope."
"Modern Slavery and Climate Change – The Commitment of the Cities," is being sponsored by the Pontifical Academy of Science, July 21, at Vatican City. Participants likely will include mayors of Berlin, Minneapolis, Oslo, Norway, Seattle, and Boulder, Colo.
Mayors taking part in the sustainability discussion are expected from Rome, New York City, Seoul, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, Istanbul and Melbourne.
The Vatican also will release an encyclical this week, focusing on global warming as a manmade phenomenon.
Hales will be meeting with leaders – on the topics of both climate change and human trafficking – throughout Oregon in the coming weeks, to coordinate a message for the Vatican visit.
Mayor Hales announces Vatican visit at Celebrate Trade Gala
MAY 18, 2015 — Mayor Hales speaks at the Celebrate Trade gala about Portland's tremendous economic growth -- from having a $21 million DEFICIT in 2013, when the mayor took office, to having a $49 million SURPLUS this year. That's driven by business connections, and worldwide connections. Through the Portland Development Commission, we continue to build those. "We have become a global city," the mayor says. And he has an exciting announcement about Pope Francis!


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With data multiplying at a bewildering rate, it has never been more important for business leaders to master digital information. This paper explores how data came to be as big as it is now, and why business leaders need become more data driven than ever before. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Big Data | Published: July 2015 | Type: White Paper
Company: IBM United Kingdom Limited
In the fast-moving insurance sector, storage systems and data policies are, effectively, one and the same thing. This white paper explains what the dangers are for IT leaders who find themselves in the hot seat of a high-risk business that deals with sensitive personal data. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Insurance | Published: September 2014 | Type: Analyst Report
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Company: F-Secure
The Threat Report H2 2013 profiles the most common vectors used to deliver malware to a user's device. It is no surprise that web-based channels are most often used, with a strong emphasis on exploits targeting the Java development platform. Read the full report for the top 10 reported detections. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Big Data | Published: July 2014 | Type: White Paper
Company: Informatica
The data warehouse's goal is to provide timely delivery of trusted data to support the current and evolving business intelligence and decision-making needs of the enterprise. This paper looks at how you can build an effective data warehouse. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Data Warehousing | Published: June 2014 | Type: White Paper
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Company: ParStream
Both data at rest and data in motion are growing at phenomenal rates. Analysing this data effectively (big data analytics) is of the utmost importance. The insights gained from such analytics can create competitive advantage for your company. Read this paper to see how this can be achieved. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Big Data | Published: April 2014 | Type: White Paper
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Company: Embarcadero
Len Silverston shares his expertise in this free collection of excerpts from all three volumes of his "Data Model Resources" books. Learn about: 1. Tips and anecdotes on data modeling. 2. Detailed case studies from organizations. 3. How to boost productivity using Universal Data Models. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Big Data | Published: November 2013 | Type: White Paper
Rating: + 3
Company: Embarcadero
This white paper dives into how to create a data strategy that works across your organization and discusses the key elements in managing data as a corporate asset. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Big Data | Published: November 2013 | Type: Webinar
Rating: + 3
Company: Talend
Big data. Everyone's doing it - or so it seems. Should you be joining them? This Computing video looks at the real-world barriers to big data, how to get senior management on board and provides some pointers as to where to start in your trials of this potentially game-changing technology VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Big Data | Published: September 2013 | Type: Video
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Company: Talend
Every organisation has issues with the quality of their data. Whether it is duplicate records, missing values or improper formats, no system is impervious. The following checklist provides key functional requirements for implementing and deploying data quality tools in an enterprise environment. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Data Quality | Published: July 2013 | Type: White Paper
Rating: + 3
Company: Experian QAS
With reference to a recent Computing survey, this web seminar looks into the gaps in data quality management in organisations today and the problems this is causing. Learn how to remove the data quality bottlenecks that hold so many businesses back. VIEW SUMMARY
Category: Data Quality | Published: July 2013 | Type: Webinar
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A man was hospitalized late Saturday night after being shot outside his home.
The shooting happened around 9:00 p.m. near 45th & Center streets in Milwaukee.
Police said the 31-year-old victim stepped outside his house after he heard nearby gunshots. That's when he was shot in the chest, according to police.
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This is being written in response to the Sept. 28 editorial regarding detailed physical fitness reports.
I agree that many of our children are overweight, but why are we making it the responsibility of the public school system to combat it? They only provide one meal a day, in most cases, and are not in control of students' eating habits away from school. Most kids are snacking on fatty, starchy, sugary foods after school and sitting around playing video games, xBox, on computer, listening to music, some other electronic gadget or just watching the boob tube.
If Mom and Dad have not had good eating habits at home, more than likely, neither will the children. And, where does personal responsibility for our actions come into the equation?
What standards will the school systems be held to? Most systems have gotten waivers from participating in the hiring of an in-house nurse to check the body-mass index of all students periodically because the expense was prohibitive.
I realize physical fitness classes have been reduced because so many more technological courses are being offered and students are going out to vocational schools for classes.
All I've heard about the new dietary offerings are that students are hungry a couple hours after eating and most of the vegetables are being thrown out. Kids actually are setting up strikes at their schools. Will the garbage police arrive and weigh the refuse determining too much was thrown away and the school will be penalized?
All the school system can do is offer and encourage more physical activity and making better choices for their meals because they are not with them 24 hours a day. And, isn't that Mom and Dad's job anyway?
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The Secretary of Education's remarks heralding the value of a Christian education over the competing value systems of public schools are troubling not because Christian schools or Islamic schools or Hebrew schools or any faith-founded educational facility are deemed valuable, but because by his implication and the public's inference, public schools are not.
Roderick Paige is supposed to be the chief advocate of 50 million public school children in the country. Mr. Paige, who is also a deacon in the Baptist Church, told a church publication that he believed it important for schools to teach Christian values. "All things equal, I would prefer to have a child in a school that has a strong appreciation for the values of the Christian community, where a child is taught to have a strong faith," he said.
Nothing wrong with having a strong faith, but the secretary summarily discounted the value of religious diversity - the Americans United for Separation of Church and State called the comments "an astonishing mix of disrespect ..."
Mr. Paige seemed to view the diverse student body and religious backgrounds in public schools as a drawback. "In a religious environment the value system is set. That's not the case in a public school where there are so many different kids with different kinds of values."
The secretary is right to acknowledge that public schools teach many different kinds of kids with many different kinds of values, says the president of the American Federation of Teachers. But Sandra Feldman is surprised the secretary can't see how public education's diversity is one of its great strengths.
According to the Baptist Press article, Mr. Paige also expressed puzzlement with "the animosity to God in public school settings." The animosity to God in public school settings - if it can be called that - comes largely in response to fundamentalists eager to impose their values and their faith on everyone else.
While it is admirable that Mr. Paige prays, starts each day with scripture lessons, and holds that his deep faith sustains him, his private beliefs should not intrude on his public responsibilities.
Educational groups, civil libertarians, and members of Congress are demanding his apology or resignation. The education secretary says he sees no reason to do either, claiming his statements should not be interpreted as endorsing the teaching of any religion's values in the nation's public schools.
Not good enough, Mr. Paige. Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York rightly says the secretary's remarks denigrated many American families whose faith and educational choices differ from his.
They are owed more than a hastily called press conference to minimize political damage. They deserve a commitment from Mr. Paige not to blur church-state boundaries again.


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Oven Baked Sweet Potato Chips
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 1 hr 19 mins
Guilt-free snack! These chips are made without any fat. For attractive circular chips, look for sweet potatoes that are round rather than long. I think these are even yummier than regular potato chips...
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 large sweet potato, unpeeled, washed, and dried (about 9 ounces)
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- Heat oven to 200°F with two racks.
- Line two baking pans with parchment paper, and set aside.
- Slice potato crosswise, as thin as possible.
- Arrange the slices on the prepared sheets, and keep them from touching as much as possible.
- Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
- Cook for 50 minutes.
- Slices will dehydrate and shrink; turn chips over, and rotate baking sheets if needed for even cooking.
- Cook until slices are crisped and fluted around the edges and the centers are still orange, not brown, 30 to 40 more minutes.
- Transfer to cooling racks, and cool chips on baking sheets.
- (Chips will be soft when removed from oven and will crisp as they cool.) Store in an airtight container, at room temperature, up to 3 days.
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I've never given a negative review but I have to say that these were tasteless, a waste of sweet potatoes. The only flavor that came through was the salt and pepper. My hubby agreed.
Excellent - but do take note that the "serving size," touted as only 3 calories, is ONE CHIP. I think a more realistic serving size would be 10-15 chips.
Absolutely the worse recipe I have ever tried. 200 degrees for 50 minutes, my arse.... I did 80 minutes on near paper thin cut sweet potatoes and they were still not anywhere near crisp, even when cooled and I used sea salt and freshly ground pepper and they still were bland and inedible.


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Mad City
What kind of name is Costa-Gavras? I'm not talking about his Greek heritage. I'm talking about that damn hyphen. Who the hell has one hyphenated name? It would be one thing if his name was Rudolpho Costa-Gavras, but it's not. This strikes me as extremely suspicious. Maybe the Department of Immigration and Naturalization ought to stop rousting innocent Puerto Ricans and fast-swimming Mexicans and get on this hyphenated name thing. What the hell do his friends call him at parties? Co-Gav?
If Costa-Gavras is typical of most Greeks with only one hyphenated name, they are prone to making serious tactical errors while making their movies. In "Mad City," Costa-Gavras hopes to explore the lack of integrity practiced by the American media. In doing so, he's created nothing more than a reflection of the manipulative, tabloidism he's seeking to so boldly criticize.
Former network investigative reporter Max Brackett (Dustin Hoffman) is plying his trade in little Madeline, California as a result of embarrassing anchor Kevin Hollander (Alan Alda) on the air. Looking to get back to the network news, Max is lucky enough to find himself in the bathroom of a museum when Sam Bailey walks in with a gun to scare Mrs. Banks (Blythe Danner) into talking to him about the job he no longer has. Before he knows it though, things are out of control and Sam is at the mercy of the press and especially Max who, along with everybody else, appears to have lost all his objectivity.
It's one thing to make a statement through your characters, quite another to give them moral compasses like Tilt-O-Whirls. That the only marginally interesting character turns out to be the guy committing the crime is high irony. Brackett would sell his mother for a little camera time. Hollander would sell his for a rating point. Then there's Brackett's assistant, Laurie (Mia Kirshner), who's the naive intern one second, and ready to suck the space of the universe through the penis of a career advancement opportunity the next.
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7 Marketing Tools for Every Freelancer's Toolkit
There are many different ways you can market your business and your marketing toolkit will undoubtedly change, evolve and grow. However, there are certain tools you MUST have in order to gain traction in the marketplace as a consultant or solopreneur.
You can get by without them, but I have found that the following 7 tools work best when used together. When used consistently, these 7 tools will help you attract the type of clients who you naturally will be the best at serving.
My Suggested Tools:
- A Tagline/Slogan – a clear, concise description of who you are/what you do/who you serve
- A Professional Headshot – taken by a professional photographer, this will help you stand out as more than a mere amateur. The photograph will come in handy when you get invited to speak or do a webinar on your subject of expertise.
- A Professional Web Site – In 2013, there's no excuse not to have one. There are free and inexpensive tools that will help you get your site up if you're not in a position to hire a web design firm.
- Marketing PDF – I recommend creating a 2-pager that can describe a few of your niche services in detail. It may include pricing information and targeted language you don't necessarily want to put on your public web site. When done right, this document will help you close the sale.
- Video – You don't need a full video channel to be successful, but one or two good videos that describe who you are and what you do should do the trick.
- E-Mail Marketing – You need a way to reach people who have visited your web site and want to learn more about you at some point. If you have a special offer, promotion, or just want to say hello – you can't rely on them to come back to your web site. You have to be able to reach them, too. I like Mailchimp for starters – you can set up a free email account if you have under 2000 subscribers.
- Blog – My blog has opened opportunities that I never even thought were possible. If you have expert knowledge, you should definitely be sharing it via a blog. I recommend WordPress as your platform of choice.
If you can master these 7 items, you'll be well on your way to elevating your brand profile in 2013.
I had a ton of fun covering all this and more on my free call – Messaging and Marketing for Experts. If you missed the call, listen to the recording.
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Actor Bradley Cooper, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Sen. Debbie Stabenow Discuss Mental Health in America
February 1, 2013, 9:30am ET - 10:15am ET
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Bradley Cooper, star of "Silver Linings Playbook", a movie about a man with bipolar disorder, will join Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Former Rhode Island Representative Patrick Kennedy tomorrow for a press conference at the Center for American Progress to discuss how this recent film is making progress towards removing the stigma of mental illness. Cooper, Stabenow, and Kennedy will be joined by Barbara Van Dahlen, President and Founder of Give an Hour, a nonprofit organization providing free mental health services to U.S. military and their families affected by Iraq and Afghanistan, and Topher Spiro, Director of Health Policy at the Center for American Progress.
"Silver Linings Playbook" is a film that touches on the serious subject of mental illness in a very real-life, relatable way. At its core, it is an honest and loving portrayal of someone living with a mental illness and what life is like for them and their loved ones. The realness of this film is contributed to by many of the film's creators - Matthew Quick, the author of Silver Linings Playbook, struggles with depression, and David O. Russell, the director, has raised a son living with mental illness. As David O. Russell has said, because of "Silver Linings Playbook," his son now knows that "he is part of this world."
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Frame-Up CLE seeks to raise funds to re-frame works in the museum's Cleveland School Collection. Organized by Column & Stripe.
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George Gabriel Stokes, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, published several important papers in 1852 about various aspects of the phenomenon of light radiation. One important advance concerned polarized light, and defined the parameters of the polarization process. He also identified and described how fluorescence works, explaining that some materials, such as fluorspar, convert ulta-violet radiation into the visible spectrum. The resultant process was named 'the Stokes shift' in honour of his discovery.
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