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Every fourth woman in Bulgaria is a victim of domestic violence, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) said on March 6 2010, two days ahead of International Women's Day.
Most cases are caused by men seeking to exercise power over their spouses, with other causal factors including lack of money, alcohol, and childhood psychological trauma, according to research cited in a news agency report quoted by BNT.
Stanimira Hadzhimitrova, co-founder of director of the Gender Project in Bulgaria said that violence existed in many forms and was widespread.
Statistics were imprecise because many victims were ashamed or feared retribution while others had the support of friends and relatives.
According to research done by the Gender Project in 2000, in 92 per cent of cases, the perpetrators of domestic violence physical assaults were men. Women were "masters" of psychological and mental abuse that was no less frightening, Hadzhimitrova was quoted as saying.
Forcing someone into prostitution should also be seen as a form of violence and there should be extensive discussion of this issue before there was any decision on regularising sex work, she said.
She called for civic education in schools on the topic of domestic violence.
BNT quoted research showing that it was untrue to claim that domestic violence was limited to less educated and poorer sections of Bulgarian society; it existed at all strata.
There were few convictions because current law failed to provide rapid and effective protection for victims, and prosecutors still tended to regard abuse in the home as a family problem and not as a criminal offence. Further, it was a taboo to discuss domestic violence.
Meanwhile, the European Parliament has launched a special webpage dedicated to International Women's Day 2010.
"Through the whole month of March this page will bring you coverage of EP events dealing with this year's theme: ending violence against women. MEPs, national MPs, special guests, experts and the public will contribute to the debate in meetings, events and even via Facebook, with ideas on how to prevent violence and help victims. The theme of the campaign - all documents, interviews, photos and video - will always be the same: We can stop it!" the webpage says.
I'm single and English, and for 16 months I have been a victim of both of these kinds of abuse myself, from men and women. It is incapacitating and terrifying.
Failing to deal with this should not be put down to a national trait, 'it is just the Bulgarian way'. If we excuse everything that way no one will accept the responsibility or urgency of dealing with it. Tell those who should deal with it that it is just a national trait and they will cozily hide behind that as long as they are allowed.
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Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud. It is not rude,
it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes
always perseveres.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.
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Read the full comment do not think the same stay away from my zlatki fiancé and all our families because you deserve to be punished in the hardest way thinkable
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there was a study that just came out that up to 1/3 of women in the US military end up being raped by their own "brothers in arms" and almost never there is any consequences for the perpetrators.
That in the controlled military setting!
I do love it when some random westerner like that Norman character exhibits their own racism by blanket statements like "it's the Bulgarian way" for every ill that plagues every other society as well...
It took decades for North America to get over the habit of covering up and ignoring this problem. The police themselves down-played the situations as they themselves were many times guilty of the same abuse in their own homes. This applies just as much in the military where the authorities believed also that the man's home was his castle and the women should just be obedient. Even now, abuse is not taken as seriously as it should be in some cases, but we have come many miles in the last 30 years.
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Read the full comment expected to solve their abuse problems fast, when we were not able to here in our "progressive" countries.
i believe that violence against women is one of the least excusable crimes, the perpertrators of which should be harshly treated, and their actions made public.
sad to say, however, but polititions here will simply behave in the usual way: they'll make all the right, supportive noises, then forget about it and get back to business as usual. it's the bulgarian way.
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The intentions are admirable, but the weak judiciary will have to step up to the plate if reform is to be delivered.
As long as you can still get a few friends to go to court and lie on your behalf with little or no scrutiny or comeback - women will still be trampled on and NGOs will end up picking up the pieces.
Better start changing few laws to protect women a little better. Anyone here realizes that having a cat is more expensive as getting some lady pregnant and pay child support? But probably nobody will care about any new laws as they already don't care about the old.
Not bloody likely! There is no mention in this article about anyone addressing this problem.
I also hope that there will be specially trained police officers to deal with the victime of domestic abuse and violence as this is a specialist field and needs careful and sensitive handling. It is no good having the laws in place if women (or Men) are treated callously and with indifference by police who think the whole thing is a waste of time.
I had this experience in an English police station in the 1960's and it is dreadful.
So please train your police personnel and maybe follow up the UK example of having established [...]
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Great ...it is time for Bulgaria to deal with this problem in the modern way. Violence and assault are a crime either inside or outside the home and the nature of the relationship bewteen the victim and perpertrator is immaterial. Really good news Bulgaria, well done.


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AMD president and chief executive Dirk Meyer has called the company's fourth-quarter 2009 financial results "another milestone in our transformation." That is, a transformation from a money-losing microprocessor manufacturer in the same quarter last year, when it lost $1.424bn, to a profitable microprocessor designer in its …
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Go, AMD go!
I've ditched Intel many years ago.
I dont mind which manufacturer
produces my processor. As long as it is powerful, efficient and value for money who gives a damn which name is stamped on it.
This is good news for the market though. A competitive processor market is good news for everyone. AMD and Intel battling it out means cheaper and better end products for us!
Thumbs up, cos you know its good!
Amd. Thanks to them a dual 3.00ghz processor costs $100 not $1000 bucks if intel was the only game in town.
They probably lost a lot of sales because people were choosing a laptop as their next computer instead of a desktop. They need to cover all bases.
Competition = a good thing, I use cpu chips from both
Screw processors
AMD Chipsets. <3
Good news but it's time to show something, AMD!
I mean there is no more Intel out there for any more billion-plus shakedown money and ATI's success cannot bankroll the CPU division - you need to get back on your feet in the CPU market, it's really your last chance now. Ditch that fab (GlobalFoundries) already and get back to tuning Bulldozer to make sure it will beat Sandy Bridge next year. Ahh and forget Llano unless you already have someone (Dell, HP etc) to pay for it - nobody really gives a crap about the performance of integrated, entry-level graphics cores.
Nice work with ATI, though - I hope you are getting ready a new architecture for Northern Islands because we need you to keep Nvidia in check! :)
AMD's been ahead of Intel for years
Intel's marketing is really, really good, but AMD's selling Quad Cores that are very close in performance to the I5's/i7's which ripped off AMD's designs in order to gain a performance advantage. AMD's dual cores run circles around Core2 duo. AMD's Phenom Quads run rings around Intel's Core2 Quads. AMD should leapfrog the I5's and I 7's this year and they have 6 and 8 core units that will ship this year, too. http://sites.amd.com/us/atwork/promo/Pages/six-core-opteron.aspx
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For the second time in two weeks, the greater Birmingham area was blanketed in white on Wednesday. The storm brought three inches of snow to the city according to the National Weather Service, although others reported as much as 5 inches in some areas north and east of Birmingham. That compares to the two inches of snow that crippled Birmingham's roadways during the Tuesday, Jan. 28 storm.
Thankfully, this time there was more advance warning of the possible effects of the snow. Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency officer Bob Ammons warned early Wednesday that freezing rain and snowfall could create problems throughout Birmingham and urged the public to head home before 2 p.m. This is in stark contrast to the storm on Jan. 28 that left hundreds of people stranded on highways and abandoned cars on roadways. Children were forced to stay overnight in schools and professionals were stranded in offices throughout Birmingham making make-shift beds out of coats.
Although Wednesday's snow was more snow than the area has seen in recent years, it does not compare to our area's major historical snows. The most snow the Birmingham area has received was 13 inches on March 12 and 13 of 1993, during the 1993 blizzard. Other major snow events include an 11 inch snow in 1936, 9.5 inches in 1940, 8.1 inches in 1904, and 8 inches in 1963.
The storm caused power outages to more than 32,000 Alabama Power customers, according to the utility. At one point Wednesday evening, there were nearly 10,000 Birmingham area customers without power. By noon Thursday, Alabama Power crews had restored power to 23,000 customers, leaving 9,000 without power.
At the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, runways were blocked as crews worked overnight to clear the runways of snow. The main runway was successfully cleared by about 2:30 a.m. Approximately 100 passengers were stranded in the airport terminal, which remained open, according to a spokesperson.
Many municipalities around the Birmingham area closed roads overnight due to icy conditions. In Blount County, authorities closed roads in Locust Fork and in Oneonta, and in other cities. Gardendale and Clay, among others, also officially closed roads.
As for what's next, it's anybody's guess as to whether the area will see more snow before winter is over. Looking at this weekend's forecast it seems like spring - highs could reach 61 on Sunday. Of course, it was 59 last Sunday, too.


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"I have private property and this is essentially a sidewalk right down the middle," Mike Wilson, acting president of the Lake Cora Association, told Van Buren County commissioners.
The Paw Paw-based West Michigan Railroad Company wants to abandon the track from Paw Paw west to a point just west of Lawrence. The 10.67-mile route goes past Lake Cora on the north.
The lake is roughly halfway between Paw Paw and Lawrence.
As described by the group, the problem is that the track doesn't run at property boundaries, as might be the case with the Kal-Haven and Van Buren trails, but rather right through their lots.
Lori Hornick said the railroad right-of-way splits her property, with her house on one side and the lake on the other. "It is our private property with a right-of-way crossing it," Hornick said.
She said she was concerned about the safety of her children and privacy should it become a trail.
A resolution supporting a trail was to go to a vote of the Van Buren County Board of Commissioners, but it was removed from the board's agenda Tuesday before the Lake Cora group spoke.
Board Chairman Richard Godfrey said delaying action on the resolution would give staff more time for staff to study the matter.
The entire length of the West Michigan Railroad route is 15 miles, ultimately connecting to the CSX railroad in Hartford. The Paw Paw company has filed papers with the U.S. Department of Surface Transportation to abandon the eastern portion. The company mainly transports frozen foods and canned goods.
Abandonment of the line would mean another railroad could purchase it or a local group could buy the 83 acres along the line for a trail. Currently, a trail is being considered by an ad hoc group that includes officials of Van Buren County Road Commission, village of Paw Paw, Southwest Michigan Planning Commission, Lawrence village and township and the Friends of the Kal-Haven Trail.
The West Michigan Railroad track basically parallels Red Arrow Highway between Paw Paw and Hartford. About two decades ago it was known as the Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago track -- places it did not reach. The company offered a dinner train, known as the Michigan Star Clipper, as well as freight service.
The dinner train offered a four-course meal in a luxury car as it traveled from Paw Paw to Hartford at a speed of about 10 miles per hour.
Van Buren County has two public trails. The Kal-Haven trail runs between South Haven and Kalamazoo County's Osthemo Township. The Van Buren Trail runs between Hartford and South Haven, also a former railroad track.


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Living in Monroe I find myself enjoying going into the shops in downtown Monroe. Many of the shops are empty and it is so sad to see. Then again there are some new shops opening up which is so great to see.
Women like to browse and poke around (as we say it) and time has a way of getting away from us… right?
We found a shop called Camp 1923. So many things to look at and see!
So what happened???? We came out of the store and planted on our window is a Parking Ticket….. What a way to ruin one's day!
Monroe needs to take a better look at things. They want people to shop downtown and support our local merchants, and this is the way the city treats us. What do you think?
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When in 1618 the Reformed theologian J. H. Alsted (1588-1638) declared that the Protestant doctrine of justification is that "article of faith by which the church stands or falls" (articulus stantis et candentis ecclesiae), he was only repeating what all Protestants had learned from Martin Luther and what all true Protestants and evangelicals still believe. (1)
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Was at this winery and it is a must see...The Russian River runs through the middle! This was Fred MacMurray's ranch...pretty neat.
The Pinot Noir is complex and easily worth $25
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CANTON, Ohio -- In order for the bust that represents Giants legend Michael Strahan in the Pro Football Hall of Fame to be an accurate depiction of his likeness, it had to have his trademark -- the gap between his front teeth.
"Has to be [there]," Strahan emphasized earlier in the week. "It wouldn't be right if it wasn't."
When the bust was unveiled Saturday night during the induction ceremony, it did not disappoint. The gap was there, with its exact measurements, no less.
Presenter Jay Glazer immediately pointed to the gap. Strahan smiled, acknowledging its existence. He even bent down and smiled next to it for the cameras.
There was the real-life Strahan shadowed by his bronzed, similarly gap-toothed replica. It wasn't a surprise either.
According to an article in The New Yorker, the sculptor that did Strahan's bust came to the set of "Live with Kelly and Michael" earlier this year and stuck a pair of calipers into Strahan's mouth for four hours. The sculptor measured and perfected the look that has forever made the Hall of Famer's appearance unique.
Normally, the Hall of Fame's sculptor, Blair Buswell, advises players not to smile. "I give them disclosures, and one of them is that bronze teeth never look right," he says.
But with Strahan he seemed to understand. His bust needed to be smiling. It needed to have his teeth showing. Otherwise, it wouldn't look like the Giants defensive end, now a Hall of Famer.
On Strahan, the bronze teeth look just right. They had to. There was no alternative for a player -- and a man -- who has been so defined by that gap-toothed look.
In the past, Strahan has thought about ridding himself of the gap. But after further review, he realized it wouldn't have worked.
"I thought about it and I almost did it. I went to the dentist and he made the [mold] and showed me what I would look like," Strahan said in a recent interview. "It's not that I would look bad with it. It's just my character. It's me. It puts people at ease."
When people attend the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the future, they will experience that character. They will be put at ease. They'll be in awe, because what they're looking at is a true representation of Michael Strahan, the gap-toothed Hall of Fame defensive end from the New York Giants.


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Greg Paulus spent the beginning of the week at Syracuse University and plans to visit with Nebraska's football coaches on Thursday, according to ESPN's Joe Schad.
The former Duke point guard and graduate of CBA in Syracuse was impressed by his visit to SU, Schad said, which included attending a reception at Newhouse for incoming graduate students.
Orange Segment blogger Ryan Miller reports that Paulus was given a copy of the Syracuse playbook and spent part of Tuesday studying it with an assistant coach.
Paulus was a star football and basketball player for Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse. As a high school quarterback, Paulus threw for 11,763 yards and 152 touchdowns, and was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2004.
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1 Kings 18:1-15
Think of faith and obedience as travel companions heading to the same destination—namely, to please and glorify the Lord. You cannot have one without the other. They grow simultaneously as they are practiced but will wither if neglected.
Elijah was a man with both of these qualities. He believed God and always responded in obedience. When told by the Lord to show himself to King Ahab, Elijah didn't permit fear to stop him. He had learned through experience that the Father was faithful and trustworthy.
Fear short-circuits faith when we begin to doubt that God's way is really best. If we allow worry to gain a foothold in our minds, we'll respond by refusing to do what the Lord says, which is disobedience. The result will be a change in our "travel plans," and by rejecting the way of faith and obedience, we're actually choosing the path of unbelief and sin.
Satan loves our fear and disobedience because they hinder the journey that God has designed for us. We can't believe the Lord for great things in one area of our life if we are allowing sin in another. Self-examination is essential in the walk of faith. Where have you compromised by allowing sin a foothold? Are you resisting anything God says in His Word?
Great faith begins with small steps. When you choose to follow God's Word, an ever-increasing cycle of faith and obedience will begin. Don't let fear or sin rob you of the great adventure He's planned for your life. Who has a better track record for choosing the right path—you or God? So believe Him!
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Huzzah! Huzzah! It's Festivus time again, folks!
Can't you just feel those frustrated, pent-up emotions in the crisp, wintery air? Yep, December 23rd is right around the corner.
Festivus isn't all that old, at least by the standards and religious traditions that define most holidays, but who cares?! I think it's one of the best inventions of the past 2,000 years, and it's not just because this holiday isn't centered around gifts or commercialism, although that's nice. Likewise, it isn't about The Feats of Strength or the Festivus Pole either. In fact Festivus, to me, isn't even about its founder, the man (No. Make that THE LEGEND.), Frank Costanza, who more or less defines modern human living in the western world. And let us not forget that he also founded the "Serenity Now" style of dealing with the everyday stuff that drives us insane.
I love Festivus for one reason and one reason only:
I mean, what a wonderful, sensible way to kick off a special time of year with family and friends and blahdy-blah-blah by getting a heap of stuff that has been bothering you ALL YEAR LONG off of your chest. You automatically feel lighter and freer and even prettier, I think! My kids are still too young, but I really cannot wait until we can all sit down next to the fireplace each year as a family and unload our major gripes and complaints about this cruel world onto each other's shoulders. (Actually, I suppose that could be Thanksgiving dinner too, but whatever.)
Anyway, enough with the nonsense. Let's get down to it. Here, in all of its opinionated glory, is my Airing of the Grievances for the year 2013.
Read 'em and weep, people!
Adios, 2013! 1 of 14
Stupid Abs 2 of 14
Oh my God. Enough with the whole rock-hard super abs thing already. And while we're at it ... enough with the whole generic flawless, sexpot human thing as well. I'm suffocating under my own back fat over here. I'm done. 2013 really ticked me off because I thought that we might return to some of those good, old-fashioned physical characteristics that we USED to appreciate back in the day: big slabs of pork chop sideburns, roly-ploy buttery thighs, pale doughy cheeks, and bums the size of two smokehouse country hams.
People with a "little meat on their bones" used to be the sexy ones back in the 1840s, you know? So when are we coming back around to all that? Ugh. I'm through with super skinny and ridiculously gorgeous, both for men and for women. Shut the cookie cutters off already! 2013, you disappoint me!
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Drivers and Their Phones 3 of 14
Oh, you poor selfish souls of 2013, driving around being morons. I am not even kidding with this one, so listen closely. If you are unlucky enough to be the person driving next to me and texting away on your phone, or going 33 MPH in the highway fast lane because you're LOL'ing with your BFF, and not thinking to yourself, "Who cares about the road or the people on it because I am all that matters in this world!" well then I really pity you. Because after I see what you're up to and pass you by, I am going to pull in front of you, roll my window down, unhitch my seat belt, hand the steering wheel to my wife, and climb up onto my Honda's roof. And then, I'm going to land on your windshield like The Furious Nightmare Bird Poop of Justice. So get ready, because here I come!
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Twerking 4 of 14
Well, if nothing else, 2013 might someday be looked back upon as the year in which we lost our damn minds. People started using a dance move that was meant to be sexy, I guess, but really just ended up looking like a poor, uncomfortable lady in one of those home birth videos on YouTube. But twerking was all the rage. So hooray for us.
Hooray for us for coming up with something so weird and gross. And hooray for us for figuring out the one surefire way to make any parent, who ever has the real misfortune to witness a little twerking being done by their own child, to keel over dead the victim of a swift and instant level-8 heart attack.
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Selfies 5 of 14
I suspect that just about everyone in the world has taken at least one selfie by now. Nothing wrong with that at all either, given that we are now in the daily possession of a multitude of gadgets that can snap our photo. And yet, 2013 was definitely a year that rubbed me the wrong way in terms of selfies. How many people truly believe that the rest of the world honestly wants to see hundreds or thousands of selfies of them, day after day, month after month? Seriously, y'all?
You haven't changed a smidge since your last selfie two hours ago. Do you seriously not understand? And while we're at it ... get out of the darn bathroom already, will ya? Stop being the pouty narcissist in the mirror. Some of us actually have to pee.
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Internet Trolls 6 of 14
2013 was certainly a year in which internet trolls continued to make inroads towards their goal of ... well ... okay, they don't have any goals, but still. They were there. It's fascinating to me at this point to watch trillions of so-called "normal" people get so swept up in the chum and baited hooks that trolls toss onto every message board and comments section in cyber space. Whole websites run by billion-dollar companies are infested, not just with people trying to get a rise out of others, but also by the dorks who continue to try and reason or argue or discuss things with them! It's making me crazy, just witnessing it from afar!
Ignore stupidity, people. It works. Or are you just too "justifiably enraged" to turn the other cheek? Ugh. Get over yourself. Change the world, but please stop blowing hot air all over it.
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Athletes Using Sports-Enhancing Drugs 7 of 14
I really thought that by 2013, with all of the dark pharmaceutical clouds hanging over pro sports, some forward-thinking entrepreneurial spirit would have come up with a whole new league just for juice heads and PED lovers! C'mon, how great would that be? Can't you just see it? Seven-hundred-foot mammoth home runs by mutant behemoths who look like they've been injected with a giant turkey baster full of weird?! Or how about kickoffs returned for 115 yards and then the guy with the football just runs through the end zone wall and keeps on blazing right out of the stadium, never to be seen or heard from again?!
Totally juiced-up athletes making a strange overwrought mockery of their chosen sports? Yeah, it's sad, but I'd watch it. And so would you.
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Late-Night TV 8 of 14
2013 was the year where I totally lost any clues as to who is or was going to be hosting what on late-night TV. Things have gotten so confusing that I have more or less tuned out. I can't bear to disappoint myself by tuning in to see Letterman or Conan, who I love, only to find Leno or Fallon, who I don't. And isn't that guy from Saturday Night Live taking over a show? What about that Scottish fellow? He is actually funnier than all the rest of them combined.
Oh well, don't ask me. I've got deja vu or something. Lately I'm having weird visions of Arsenio Hall again. What is happening to me?!
Dumb Baby Names 9 of 14
2013 continued to highlight the fact that way too many people are feeling way too liberated when it comes time to honoring their newest child. Instead of putting a twist on an old favorite or picking a cool, unusual name from the past, a lot of you have done a Thelma and Louise off the edge of of Naming Canyon.
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT keep slamming your innocent kids with silly names just because you think it is going to make them (or you!) stand out in a crowd. No one ever needs to be named "Pickle" or "Goldfish Pond" or "Windy Wheat" or whatever goofball name you were thinking about. Don't pull that trigger. Just use a regular ol' moniker and let the kid change his name to "Eternal Paint Chip Smorgasbord" later on, when he or she has a say in the whole thing.
Duck Dynasty Merchandise 10 of 14
2013 was the year of Duck Dynasty. So it really irks me that the guys and gals in this show managed to drop the ball when it comes to merchandising. All the selling-out that they COULD have done! I mean, everyone likes to watch a regular Joe make a mint of money and get famous, right? I know I do. But watching the Duck Dynasty people stop merchandising themselves at Chia Pets and turkey jerky and bobble heads and air fresheners and camouflage Bibles that quack when you open them up, when they could have had so much more, it makes me so mad.
I mean, why no Duck Dynasty Channel?! And what about Duck Dynasty gasoline and their own line of frozen imitation duck skillet meals? How about a theme park on a floating fake swamp in the middle of the Vegas strip? Do I have to spell it all out? Ugh, it just makes me want to weep when reality show people don't overextend their image to the far reaches of the commercial galaxy. It's un-American, Jack!
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Precocious Kids 11 of 14
Enough already with the footage of tiny children playing perfectly perfect Eddie Van Halen guitar solos or tear-inducing classical piano concerts. Enough with the 3-year-olds that can sing every single word of an entire 11-minute Meatloaf song as dad sits proudly in the corner of their viral kitchen. No more babies who can shoot amazing free throws from a half block away. No more toddlers who can drive SUVs, or third-graders who write riveting books about what the afterlife looks like. PUH-LEEEEEZE!
I love kids, I really do. But 2013 was the last straw when it comes to the proliferation of precocious children, out there in the world, sucking down some kind of bizarre magic well-water until they can clog dance on the back of a moving bald eagle to the tune of 8 million hits on YouTube. I can't take it anymore. Let kids pick their noses and eat it like they are supposed to. Film that, if you have to.
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Facebook Culture Snobs 12 of 14
Along the long and winding road of 2013, another thing that really yanked my chain a lot is all of these people on Facebook who like to think that they know what good music is. Give me a break. It makes me kind of ill every time I see some internet doofus complaining about how Miley Cyrus isn't "real" music or how this boy band, or that rapper, aren't nearly as good as the unknown bands that they like. It's such a feeble and pointless thing to argue.
Why fight about how one person's music (or movies, books, TV, etc.) isn't as good as another person's when in reality it all really just boils down to how much salt you like on your French fries? Plus, as a revelatory side note, please try and remember that most of the music that you really dig is donkey poo anyway.
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Amazon Drones 13 of 14
Let it be known that 2013 will also go down in history as the Year of the Drone. And no, I don't mean the singer from Mumford & Sons. Now, in a lot of ways, I can sort of see governments and all being involved with drones because, let's face it, they are all a little creepy and spy-tastic. But now that Amazon.com has entered the drone game, let me just be very clear about how I feel. I. AM. FREAKED. OUT.
The idea of strange, human-less flying craft zipping around the sky is, of course, an inevitable one. The future is now, and technology demands it. But still. If I see one of these things dropping the latest Danielle Steele paperback onto my front porch, I may just hurl myself through a window and run off into the forest forever.
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Parents Ruining Christmas 14 of 14
Of all the strange and disappointing things I have witnessed in 2013, none make me more upset or bummed out than the increasingly popular fad of parents telling their kids stuff like there is no Santa Claus; that the Elf on the Shelf is dumb and fake; and that most of the myths and legends associated with the holiday are actually just falsehoods and nonsense that other parents perpetuate by lying to their own offspring. To all of that, I simply say this Christmas is a time of magic and wonder and enchantment. Those are the kinds of feelings and experiences that have been around a A LOT LONGER than any of you and your newfangled cockamamie ideas about top-shelf parenting.
So when you tell your young kids that there is no Santa, remember that you are robbing them of something really cool and pure and ancient, something that will disappear on its own, organically, when the time is right. I'm serious. Don't be a hero ... Santa's already got that covered. Happy Festivus, everyone!


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Everyone needs a dream in this life. It is something that motivates you to more forward and takes you out of some serious ruts. I've found myself pretty stuck in the past and now I'm living my dreams. They are no longer dreams, but realities.
There are four steps that I have identified that will assist you in discovering your life's dreams:
1. Answer a question….or two
What is your dream? Does something immediately pop up? If the answer is "no", then I'd like to ask you another question. If there were no obstacles in your path, what would you do? When I'm asking students what they want to do, these are the questions that I ask them. Usually I can get an answer.
2. Self Discovery
If you still don't have an answer for #1, you need a little self discovery. There are a series of questions that you can ask yourself, such as:
- What do you enjoy doing?
- What hobbies would you like to pursue?
- Am I a people-pleaser?
- Do I enjoy being around people or work by myself?
- Do I prefer to handle problems independently?
- What do other people say that I would be good at?
- What are my strengths?
- What characteristics would I like to cultivate?
3. Explore your values
It is very important to know what your values are, because if your dream isn't in line with your personal values, it will not work out well. That is because there is an incongruency between what you are doing and what is important to you. This incongruency will cause stress and ultimately, cause you to make some decisions that will be extremely costly to you. For example, I once had a student who wanted a career that would take him away from his family a great deal of the time. He was married and had three small children. Family time was very important to him, but he wanted the recognition that this career would provide for him. I was able to help guide him to something that would not conflict with his personal values, yet still provide him with a fulfilling career path.
Here is an exercise that will assist you in determining your personal values. Find a quiet place and get out a pen and paper. Ask yourself one question: "what is my deepest, inner-most value?". Write down whatever comes up. Do this exercise every day for the next ten days. You will have a set of core values for yourself that do not need to be compromised.
4. Ask for directions
Ask those people closest to you about what they think of your dreams. Choose someone who is normally supportive and is likely to give you positive, yet honest feedback. It is also important to pray about your dream. Ask God to give you direction and to give you discernment and wisdom on what you should be pursuing in your life.
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Katharine Kaufman
July 4–8, 2012
Our bodies hold emotions, images, patterns and stories. When we inhabit our bodies through mindfulness practice, we then know ourselves as complete and wakeful beings. We will play with the four postures of mindfulness, practice flowing and restorative yoga, and retreat into the forests, groves and fields of Shambhala Mountain Center. Through sitting meditation we will contemplate the nature of "Way-Seeking Mind," the tender, underworld of our being. Our practice and insight will deepen through silent mornings, and our community will develop understanding and trust through evening talking circles.
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Katharine Kaufman, MFA, is ordained as a priest in the Soto Zen lineage. She studied Yoga in India and practiced and taught for many years at Richard Freeman's Yoga Workshop and Wendy Bramlett's Studio Be. Katharine is an adjunct professor at Naropa University where she teaches Contemplative Movement Arts and is a student of poetry.
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Team - 1st - 2nd - 3rd - 4th ... Final
Southridge - 15 ... 4 ... 17 ... 12 ... 48
South Eugene - 5 ... 6 ... 14 ... 15 ... 40
South Eugene vs Southridge
03/06/08 8:15 PM at Portland, Ore. (Chiles Center)
At Portland, Ore. (Chiles Center)
WHITFIELD, Sarah 3-10 7-7 13; BARNES, Elyse 3-6 2-2 8; KERINS, MacKenzie 2-7
3-3 7; WILLIAMS, Carmen 2-4 3-4 7; ROBERTS, Olivia 1-4 1-2 3; TENINTY, Sasha
1-2 0-0 2; SHIVERS, Jessica 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 12-33 16-18 40.
GREENE, Allison 4-9 2-5 12; TATE, Kiara 5-14 1-3 11; BROCK, Allie 4-5 1-2 9;
EARL, Alex 1-13 7-8 9; JENKINS, Michelle 2-5 0-0 4; WEISS, Janelle 1-3 0-0
3; SANTUCCI, Brittany 0-1 0-0 0; SANTUCCI, Nicole 0-0 0-0 0; JOHNSON,
Dominique 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-50 11-18 48.
South Eugene.................. 5 6 14 15 - 40
Southridge.................... 15 4 17 12 - 48
3-point goals--South Eugene 0-4 (WHITFIELD, Sarah 0-2; BARNES, Elyse 0-1;
ROBERTS, Olivia 0-1), Southridge 3-16 (GREENE, Allison 2-3; WEISS, Janelle
1-3; EARL, Alex 0-8; TATE, Kiara 0-2). Fouled out--South Eugene-KERINS,
MacKenzie, Southridge-JENKINS, Michelle. Rebounds--South Eugene 33 (KERINS,
MacKenzie 9), Southridge 27 (GREENE, Allison 9). Assists--South Eugene 8
(ROBERTS, Olivia 3), Southridge 10 (EARL, Alex 5). Total fouls--South Eugene
16, Southridge 17. Technical fouls--South Eugene-None, Southridge-None.
Qwest Players of the Game:
South Eugene: Sarah Whitfield
Southridge: Allison Greene
-- Final stats and players of the game will be posted as soon as they're available.
-- Earl at the line now, and she will hit her first, misses the second. SE races down the court and Barnes hits a three from the corner. However, they call it a two. After another pair of Southridge free throws, SE tries to go again from three, but they can't hit. and Southridge will move on. Good game from both teams, but Southridge was just on another level tonight.
-- WIth :43 seconds remaining, Southridge inbounds to Greene and she is fouled. She'll shoot 1 and 1 and misses the first. Southridge gets the offensive board and throws to Greene who is foued again. At the line now shooting 2. She misses both, but I think that should pretty much do it. However, Sarah Whitfield scores and is fouled on the play. Shooting one, and she hits.
-- after SE puts in a bucket in transition, they call time. You can kind of tell that both teams are gassed from this fast paced game. The scoring has really died down and OC seems content to grind out the clock. However, a quick miss and a jumper that rattles in by Carmen Williams for SE will force the Southridge coach to call time. And again, he goes on a yelling tirade.
-- Green makes the steal at one end and Southridge will try and run even more clock at the other end. SE is working hard on defense, but Barnes fouls Greene swiping at the ball. Greene shooting 1 and 1, and she hits both. Southridge leads it 45-31 with 1:29 remaining in regulation
-- At the other end, Whitfield gets two looks at the hoop, but can't put it in. She fouls Allie Brock in frustration and Brock will shoot 1 and 1. She hits the first, but misses the second and SE ties up the loose ball for a jump ball, possession to SE.
-- After Southridge uses some clock with ball movement on the perimeter, Earl drives hard at the rim and draws the blocking foul on SE. Shooting two and she hits both.
-- Southridge is forced to call time as the inbounds was guarded on every front by SE. Nice work. 3:11 remaining.
-- SE manages to get to the line and knock down a couple of free throws, and Earl will commit the foul to pick up her fourth and send the red hot Whitfield to the line. She'll hit both, and it's a nine point game.
-- Greene makes a great decision to pass it off on the drive and finds a teammate for the easy score. Nice bucket and it looks like SE will have a hard time coming back in this one. Southridge leads it 40-27 with 3:53 remaining 4th Q.
-- SE almost loses it on the break, but they themselves will catch a break as they retain possession. Michelle Jenkins fouls out on a touch foul which really annoys the Southridge faithful and she will leave the court to the jeers of the SE faithful in attendance.
-- Still no new score here, but Earl will try to change that as she drives hard to the rim and draws the foul. She will hit both at the line to stretch the Skyhawk lead.
-- Neither team can score in the first 1:30 of play, so again the Southridge coach calls time to calm his team down and ensure they get quality possession down the stretch.
-- Southridge looks like they'll hold for the final shot unless an opportunity presents itself, and it doesn't, so the SE crowd starts counting down the seconds while a Southridge is dribbling looking away from the clock. She throws up a bad shot as she was tricked into doing so, but it doesn't get SE much as they're last second heave from just inside mid court is off. Southridge leads 36-25 with one quarter left to play.
-- Michelle Jenkins picks up her fourth foul on a silly play. Bad decision and she will have to sit with :45 remaining 3rd quarter whicl Whitfield goes to the line at the other end. She will hit two.
-- Jenkins just rips the ball out of Garrett's hand as she picked up her dribble. At the other end, They try to work it down to Jenkins, and she will draw the foul on Kerins. On the inbounds, Jenkins misses the easy lay up and the ball goes out of bounds to SE. They will use a great outlet to get into the fast break and Whitfield will score off the glass to finish.
-- Right out of the timeout, Jenkins will score on the short jumper inside. Nice play out of the timeout for Southridge to end their scoring drought. SE barely gets it over the half court line before the 10 second call, and they call time.
-- Kerins hits a nice hook shot over Brittany Stanucci, but SE needs some stops because they cannot afford to exchange baskets with this Skyhawk team. However, Whitfield is able to score again for SE down low and the Skyhawk takes a timeout to yell at his team for their lack of toughness inside. Southridge leads 34-21 with 2:47 left 3rd Q.
-- After a miss on the SE end of the floor, Allison Greene again hits a three. This time from the other side of the court. Kiara Tate AGAIN steals teh inbounds for Southridge and then is fouled on the attempt. Tate misses her second free throw and Southridge will get the offensive board, it's worked to Greene and she hits ANOTHER 3!!! Southridge on top big now, 32-12 with 5:57 left 3rd Q.
SE begins the half with possession, but they turn it over. Allison Greene will pull up for a three at the other end and hits. On the inbounds, SOuthridge steals it and scores immediately down low. SE tries to inbound again, and AGAIN Southridge makes the steal and scores at the rim. 7 quick points for the Skyhawks and SE is forced to call time.
-- Southridge - Weiss 3 pts (1-3, 1-3); Earl 2 pts (1-8, 0-5), 1 ast; Greene 2 pts (1-5, 0-1), 5 reb; Tate 6 pts (3-9, 0-2), 5 reb, 2 ast; Jenkins 2 pts (1-2), 3 reb; Brock 4 pts (2-2), 2 reb, 1 ast
-- South Eugene - Roberts 3 pts (1-3, 0-1), 1 reb; Tenity 2 pts (1-1), 2 reb; Barnes 6 pts (2-4, 0-1) 1 reb, 1 ast
-- Time winds down under a minute to play in the half, and a jumper from the baseline will not fall for Southridge and neither will the half court heave fall for SE as the buzzer sounds to end the quarter. Southridge leads it 19-11 at the half.
-- Jenkins fouled Sarah Whitfield on a drive to the basket, but no call. Southridge tries to go inside, but their shot is off and Sasha Teninty grabs a ball that's way out in front of her and spins it off the backboard for 2. Degree of difficulty on that shot, 10 out of 10.
-- Jenkins is smothered by the SE defense inside, and travels with the ball. Despite the nice start, she's been real quiet as of late. South Eugene has definitely been the more aggressive team thus far, but Southridge's offensive power has them ahead by 8. They lead it 17-9 with 2:25 remaining in the half.
-- South Eugene is playing some great defense and the official calls Jenkins for the hook down low and an offensive foul. Possession to SE. Garret advances it with lots of trouble and a floater from just a foot out rims off. SE can't buy a bucket, but Elyse Barnes changes that when they need it most as she lays a shot off the glass for two. Barnes again gets out in front and Janelle Weiss and she has to foul to keep her from scoring again. free throws coming, and she'll hit both
-- Sluggish play marks the beginning of the 2nd quarter as both teams commit pointless fouls and turnovers without scoring and 1:30 already gone in the quarter.
-- After yet another SE miss from long, Kiara Tate runs the length of the floor, scores the basket with a scooping lay up underneath the outstretched arm of the defender. Olivia picks up her third foul of the game already, and she will have to sit down. Taking full advantage of her absence, Andi Garrett drives into the paint and floats a lay up perfectly off the glass for two points at the buzzer with style. Nice move. 15-5 S'ridge at the end of 1.
-- just as I typed that last sentence, Southridge gets a steal and puts it in off the glass for two. After a SE miss on the other end, Allison Greene tries to go hard with it, but Sarah Whitfield is there to destroy her shot with a nice block.
-- Southridge is pressing right after the inbounds and going full court with it. That is forcing SE to use way too much energy and as a result, they turn it over for their fourth time on the carry. Possession goes to Southridge, but despite three looks at the hoop, they can't get it to fall, and the score remains 9-3 with under 2 minutes left.
-- Elyse Barnes is able to score down low as she cuts into the paint and puts it off the glass for two. Southridge leads it 9-3 with 3:41 remaining 1st Q.
-- Southridge is forced to burn a timeout as one of their players got caught picking up the dribble. They miss their next attempt, and SE can't capitalize, so on their next possession, Janelle Weiss pulls up for three and hits for Southridge.
-- Oliva Roberts gets fouled on her way to the hoop and will shoot a pair for SE. She hits one of two to give SE their first points of the contest.
-- Michelle Jenkins wins the tip easily for S'ridge and they will work the ball back down to her in the post where she scores over MacKenzie Kerins. The Skyhawks nearly force a turnover, but a miss after teh inbounds will give the ball back to the Skyhawks anyway. Kiara Tate will score two straight baskets for Southridge and the Skyhawks go out in front early, 6-0 with 6:15 remaining 1st Q.


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The millage, reduced to keep it revenue-neutral, is expected to generate about $18 million
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain says his office will slightly decrease the millage rate used to calculate his agency's property tax revenue this year. In a news release issued Friday, the sheriff pointed out that his office has not rolled its millage forward for the past several years. The Sheriff's Office will collect at a rate of 11.66 mills this tax year, down from 11.73 mills in 2011. The millage, reduced to keep it revenue-neutral, is expected to generate about $18 million, the agency said.
"It is extremely challenging to maintain a balanced budget with no adjustment while the cost of providing services continues to increase sharply," Strain explained. "Gas prices alone are wreaking havoc on many public entities' budgets. However, I know that in the current economic climate we all have to tighten our belts and do more with less. I could not in good conscience ask the residents of St. Tammany to pay more taxes this year."
Under the adjusted millage rate, a resident whose home is valued at $100,000 will pay $29.15 in taxes, and a resident whose home is valued at $200,000 will pay $145.75.
By not increasing the millage rate this year, the Sheriff's Office sacrificed an opportunity to generate about $110,000 in additional revenue, sheriff's spokesman Capt. George Bonnett said. The decision was made during a public meeting earlier this week.
Strain reminded residents that other separate agencies in St. Tammany may adjust their millage rate, which could affect people's overall property tax bill.


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Volunteers made pig roast a success
The Fidalgo Avenue Merchants Association would like to thank everyone involved in the Fifth Annual Fidalgo Avenue Block Party and Free Pig Roast. Last year we ran out of food, so this year we cooked 2,165 pounds of pork, 700 pounds more than last year. Each year the event becomes bigger and better. This year we had 3,500 people go through our free BBQ Pork Lunch Buffet. About 1,200 people went through the BBQ Competition Tasting line and many more just enjoyed the weather, activities and fabulous music.
This year's amateur BBQ competition winner was Brian Jones of the Fleet Reserve. The Pro Category was won by Roger Anglum of Smoke Tree BBQ and the People's Choice was Fred Bennett of Sho'Nuff BBQ. We also added a home brew beer competition and had 30 local entries. This event was organized by our new addition to Fidalgo Avenue Whidbey Island Home Brew Supply. Next year look for a sanctioned home brew event with a lot more competition.
This fun filled family event can only be accomplished by the generosity of local businesses and dedicated volunteers. We would like to thank Island Thrift as our major sponsor, along with P&L Construction, New Leaf, Whidbey Island Bank, Les Schwab, Ace Hardware, Alaska USA Mortgage, Koetje Insurance, Boeing, PSE, Cascade Custom Homes, Windermere, Guild Mortgage, Waste Management and Saar's Market Place. We would also like to thank Flyers Restaurant, BBQ Joint, Peoples Bank, Island H2O, Amerigas, City of Oak Harbor, Whidbey News Times, Whidbey Market Place, 7-11 and O.H. Motors. A special thanks to Tamberine Sky and Mid Life Crisis for donating their time and talent.
By raffle ticket, wine and beer sales and donation, we raised $12,000 on the day. This money will be distributed to the Help House, Safety Net of Oak Harbor, Youth Dynamics and W.I.S.H.
Thank you again to everyone who gave, supported and volunteered to make this Block Party and Pig Roast an event you don't want to miss. See you again next year! Aug. 11, 2013.
Scott Fraser
Fidalgo Avenue
Merchants Association
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Take care of your home and make friends with neighbors
"It may be agreeable for certain people to live a retired life in a quiet place away from noise and disturbance. But it is certainly more praiseworthy and courageous to practice Buddhism living among your fellow beings helping them and being of service to them."
-- Walpola Sri Rahula
As I sit here at the ripe old age of 71 contemplating almost daily retiring to live a life of quiet solitude, this statement stares me in the face. As it should stare every one of us in the face. People who state, "It depresses me too much to go into problem areas" or "my husband won't allow it." (Really, I have had 2 women say that to me.) Oh, "We have to move our business-agency-etc. to another area; it's getting too dangerous, or our audience will no longer venture into that area!" I recoil.
The flight of the middle class and even some of the lower economic venues is one of the biggest destructive forces in urban decay. Stay, take care of your own strip of land, make friends with your neighbors. Petta's has been doing that for almost as long as I have been alive. Look at Morette's Steak Sandwiches, Ferrari's… the Japanese Restaurant on Van Vranken Avenue, and all the Stewart's who thrive in those odd dangerous locations. Bravo.
And yes, I frequent them, I buy pizza at Newest Lunch for QUEST. I shop at the local dollar store, and Fabio's. When we shop small, shop local -- shouldn't that include some of these neighborhood places as well as upper Union Street? Dunkin' Donuts on State Street where all the homeless hang is an inspiration to all of us. When the non-profits start fleeing the very areas they are supposed to help I am ashamed. I think that funding for anyone who flees urban blight should be reduced.
Why is SCCC in downtown Schenectady when most of it's students come from the poorer areas of our community? Social services should have their buildings right in the center of its clients, not in an inaccessible area of Broadway. And almost all the patrons of Bow Tie Cinema are from the Hill. Now we have D.J. after-hours clubs opening up closer to the center of the city and, well, they are quickly being closed down by the city. Violent, yes, and I don't condone that, but Bomber's has had its share of bad things happening; the Labor Temple just behind City Hall, as well as the restaurant/bars on Erie Blvd. also.
We need a mixture of class genres as any major city will tell you. We need a youth nightclub downtown, not in Woodlawn. Where is the funk, the excitement? Arts are a growing explosive investment. Arts are not geared to only middle class families. Most great art starts in poverty and chaos, not happy family values. All right if that's what we want to call it what it is. A nice middle class family venue, not art.
We might as well put up a sign that says -- "Attention -- you will be safe here!" We even have modest quiet tasteful Christmas Decorations. Where's the dancing downtown bear who donned the tutu every Christmas? And the city tree? Fully onme-half of it is a giant box bearing the name of the bank who pays for it. Is there any place downtown where kids can visit Santa daily? Saratoga has a little house for a street Santa. Proctor's Arcade is the perfect spot to have a Mr. and Mrs. Santa in residence. A popcorn vendor would be nice.
Legitimate cities have food vendors everywhere. And, oh yes, we don't even have a museum anymore. Schenectady Museum just folded and became a "science" spot. Who goes and why not? Do we still say yes we have an arts district? I hope not because we do not. We have become officious and prissy right out of a 1950s movie. Numbers don't work for me, vibrance does, excitement and discovery. This was once a city of moving forward, pushing our way, leading the way into the future. NOT. We keep trying to return to "Father Knows Best."
And thanks to Jim O' Connor and his wonderful response to my blog -- the last line gave me a much needed chuckle.
"One hopes the job coach is unable to return a call because they are out cultivating prospective employers, not sitting reading help-wanted ads."
And pertaining to that quote, Christina is still without a job. And pertaining to that, a national education program came up with this. "Certificate programs are a waste of time and money, unless you already have a degree and want to add a little glitter to your resume. Otherwise you will find yourself on a treadmill going from certificate program to certificate program. And getting nowhere."
And this one -- a laugh out loud one. Four experts speaking out about experiential education.
"There was an important study done in Brazil about mathematic skills on the middle school level. Children of middle school age attending school and children of middle school age who have dropped out of school. Tests showed (SURPRISE) the dropouts had better basic math skills than those still in school. REASON -- those dropouts were on the streets running their own businesses; gee, I wonder what kind. And using scales and pricing and selling. Products had to be precise or they folded and/or maybe even were shot."
Which leaves us with the axiom:
"What I hear -- I may listen to
What I see -- I may remember
What I do -- I understand"
Hands on folks -- hands on
"Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all."
-- Carlos Castaneda
It's funny but on Facebook, as soon as the issue of crime comes up, the gun guys come out. I say gun guys because I have yet to see a woman's voice raised in praise of deadly weapons. All these macho men speak out and brag how they would handle deadly situations. The one is particular raising their ire, was the triple stabbing in Troy. All these honchos stated if personal guns were more freely allowed no one would have died. Maybe. But picture 3 of women, pulling out pistols to shoot the assailant, with a knife. Maybe a better outcome after all. We will never know. But maybe a better outcome with stronger domestic abuse laws, and orders of protection with real teeth.
It's not all about the bullets, it's about the property issues of men owning their women -- it's about slavery and possession. It's about mental health, and the idea that a woman's place is wherever her man tells her it is. It's about servitude and attitude and it's about children who come from abusive families and grow up to be abusers. It's about walking away from what is seen and heard. It's about saying "not my problem."
Well, someday maybe it will be your problem. Bullying -- it starts there and ends there. And often it ends with death. Thank you sports broadcaster Bob Costas for speaking out on national TV about gun violence and death. After the murder-suicide? Of (who was this) a major domestic violence scene. Those of you who think guns are great, fine, it's your opinion, but don't try to justify to me, instead come down to pistol land, places I work in and out of, and lend a hand.
'Cause by golly, by letting me and my staff, who are all female, do it alone, you are hiding behind women. Voice your opinion but do the work too, you are needed. By the way, how many guns came into the gun buy-back program? And how many were BB guns or air rifles? How many were still usable or were tired old malfunctioning pistols? How many were working semi automatics? And are we taking rounds of ammo too. Just an enquiring mind wanting to know. Numbers please, we have to give them for everything else. Gun control, violence control -- personal responsibility -- it's an issue whose time has come.
And then there are those who never-never- ever answer, you know the ones who don't return your phone calls, the ones who say they want to help- who glad hand you and pat you on the back and never show up to volunteer. Who say, "Oh, I am so glad you called, I'll call you after Thanksgiving or Christmas, or New Years, or the second coming. You know you are. Don't waste my time, because I will keep calling you and reminding you because we all have a responsibility in this world. If you can't come out and be straight forward remember this German Proverb.
"No answer is also an answer."
I leave you with this lovely statement, if only we all could live up to it. Each and every one of us should make a resolution as we move into a new year to became a lover as JoAnne A. says -- it's the most important.
"The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peace makers, healers, restorers, story tellers and lovers of all kinds."
-- Dalai Lama
And I remind you I am a master story teller. I have traveled the world over telling tales. And I am for hire. The money you pay me will go to support QUEST.
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However, your inability to predict the future shouldn't prevent you from making educated guesses about where things are headed. And indeed, this is the essence of great long-term investing. In this column, I'll make such a guess about three stocks that I see as set to profit over the next 100 years.
Profiting from global growth
Absent a world war or an environmental catastrophe (at which point your investments won't matter much anyway), it appears that the world's population will continue to grow throughout the 21st century. Just the other day, we exceeded the 7 billion mark, not bad when you consider that the world's population was only about 1.65 billion in 1900.
So how do you profit from this as an investor, as there's no such thing as a futures contract for population growth?
The agricultural option
One way is to invest in agricultural commodities. More people mean more demand for necessities like food and clothing. Take corn, for example. As you can see in the chart below, both the amount of corn produced and its price have increased markedly over the past 50 years. Assuming the population continues to grow, this is bound to continue.
Source: USDA feed grains database.
If you don't want to buy a farm or trade commodity futures, the best way to profit from a continued increase in agricultural commodity prices is to invest in companies that have exposure to these trends.
Deere (NYSE: DE ) provides a great example. As the company noted in its most recent monthly sales presentation, agricultural output must double by 2050 to feed the increasingly large and rich global population. To do this, farmers will need to buy equipment, and lots of it, which they'll be able to afford given higher commodity prices. And as they say, "nothing runs like a Deere."
While I think Deere is a solid company, the one I'd go with is Monsanto (NYSE: MON ) . Yes, its genetically modified corn may take over the world someday. But don't you want a piece of that action? Its innovative approach and genetically modified seeds are increasing farm yields around the world and making the company loads of money. Since 2001, both its sales and net profit margin have more than doubled. And it earned almost $3 per share in the past 12 months, which is more than five times its 2001 earnings per share of $0.57.
The energy option
If agricultural commodities aren't your thing, a second option is to invest in energy. Like corn, both the demand for and price of energy have risen consistently over the past decades. Emerging countries such as Brazil, India, and China have increased their energy consumption by 83%, 95%, and 243%, respectively over the past 40 years. And at least with respect to oil, as my colleague Alex Planes recently noted, the era of cheap energy is gone.
Source: Indexmundi.com.
The safest bet in the energy sector is to go with a major integrated oil and gas producer such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM ) , Chevron (NYSE: CVX ) , or ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP ) . Even though these companies have enormous balance sheets, they've shown a remarkable ability to grow. In just the past year, for example, Exxon's total revenue increased from $92.4 billion in the third quarter of 2010 to more than $125 billion in the third quarter of this year, due in large part to higher energy prices. Chevron and ConocoPhillips show similar growth patterns.
The health-care option
Another way to profit from the growing global population is to invest in companies with exposure to health care. Decreasing fertility rates and increasing life expectancies are resulting in older populations throughout the developed world. The number of Americans aged 60 to 64 jumped from 11 million to 17 million in the most recent census. There are similar trends in places like Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Spain, just to name a few.
While you could play it safe with a large health insurance company like Aetna (NYSE: AET ) , with its roughly 35 million customers, I prefer the smaller medical device manufacturing company Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG ) . Known for its da Vinci surgical system, Intuitive Surgical has experienced impressive growth over the past few years. Since 2001, its annual sales have gone from $51.7 million to $1.65 billion, and the company has gone from a loss of $16.7 million in 2001 to a profit of $465 million over the past 12 months.
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2/25 Cubs notebook – UPDATED
Here's the Cubs lineup for Sunday's Cactus League opener:
RF Fukudome
SS Castro
CF Byrd
3B Ramirez
1B Pena
LF Soriano
C Soto
2B DeWitt
P Zambrano
Manager Mike Quade says Fukudome appears to be favorite to leadoff, even though last year he hit .193 in 181 at-bats in the No. 1 spot in the lineup. He has a career .233 average as the leadoff man. What Quade is looking at is that Fukudome has a career .335 average in the first month of the season. What was Fukudome's take on leading off?
"I don't hate it," he said, smiling.
Quade didn't lose any sleep over the winter thinking about lineups.
"I might commit suicide if I find myself in the middle of a bunch of trout or redfish someday and all of a sudden I'm thinking who's my third hole hitter — there's plenty of time for that," Quade said.
* Angel Guzman will face hitters on Wednesday with a live BP session. It will be the first time since the 2009 season. He will throw his fourth side session on Sunday. Guzman is coming back from right shoulder surgery.
* The Cubs moved to HoHoKam Park after Friday's workout. They will practice there Saturday — no intrasquad game — and then kick off games on Sunday.
* Friday was Billy and Shirley Williams' 51st wedding anniversary, and their granddaughter Nicollete Simpson's 21st birthday. She starred at Glenbard South, and now is an outfielder on the University of Illinois softball team.
* Friday also would've been Ron Santo's 71st birthday. RIP.
— Carrie Muskat
2/17 Cubs, HoHoKam golf event
The Cubs and Mesa HoHoKams will host the inaugural Chicago Cubs Charities Amateur Golf Tournament March 18 at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa. Proceeds from the event will benefit Chicago Cubs Charities, which supports the HoHoKam Foundation, Sunshine Acres Children's Home and the Banner Cardon Children's Medical Center in Mesa.
Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Billy Williams are among those scheduled to participate. Information and registration is now open at Cubs.com/golf.
Players will be grouped into foursomes and assigned a celebrity guest for the tournament. The event includes breakfast, 18 holes of golf, a luncheon at HoHoKam Stadium and tickets to the Cubs' Cactus League game against the Reds. Check-in at the golf course begins at 6:30 a.m. MT, and the shotgun start takes place at 7:30 a.m. MT.
— Carrie Muskat
1/15 Remembering Ronnie
The Grand Ballroom at the Hilton Chicago was packed Saturday as Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Fergie Jenkins, plus Randy Hundley, Jose Cardenal, Glenn Beckert, and Milt Pappas shared stories about Ron Santo. There were lots of laughs during the hour-long segment, clearly the most popular of all the events at the Cubs Convention. Beckert said when he first joined the Cubs, he was thrilled to learn he would room with Santo on the road. "About a year later, I found out nobody else on the team wanted to room with him," Beckert said.
Banks recalled Santo's competitive spirit, saying "Billy would hit a home run and Ronnie would want to hit a home run."
"He was like a brother to me," Banks said. "I always think about him — he's my friend."
Santo died Dec. 3 from bladder cancer. He was 70. The Cubs will honor him with a No. 10 patch on their uniforms and also dedicate a bronze statue outside Wrigley Field.
— Carrie Muskat
1/15 Ramirez comes through
Aramis Ramirez was victimized by counterfeit tickets during an autograph session Saturday at the Cubs Convention. Ramirez was scheduled to sign, starting at 12:30 p.m., although it was only for lottery winners. Apparently, someone made fake tickets, and Ramirez left the session before everyone in line was able to get their souvenirs signed. That included people with legitimate tickets. Hall of Famer Billy Williams also had the same problem and left his autograph session as well. The Cubs were able to take care of the people who had legitimate tickets for Ramirez, who did sign items later in the day.
This was the first Cubs Convention for Ramirez, who took part in an entertaining seminar titled "The Dominican Way of Life" with teammates Carlos Pena and Starlin Castro. Ramirez admitted his father didn't want him to play baseball but wanted him to be a doctor. He didn't start playing until he was 13 years old. Ramirez went to one tryout in the Dominican Republic, and the Pirates wanted to sign him immediately. But his father made him finish high school before he could turn pro.
— Carrie Muskat
1/12 Cubs radio update
The Cubs and WGN Radio will not announce Ron Santo's replacement as color analyst at the weekend Cubs Convention. Interviews are currently being conducted and an announcement was expected sometime before Spring Training games begin.
Santo died Dec. 3 at the age of 70. The Cubs will celebrate him during the Convention in a seminar called "Remembering Ronnie," to be held Saturday at the Hilton Chicago. Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Fergie Jenkins plus Glenn Beckert, Randy Hundley, Milt Pappas and Jose Cardenal will share some of stories about their teammate.
Who will take over for Santo? It most likely will not be Mark Grace or Rick Sutcliffe, two fan favorites. Grace is currently an analyst for the Diamondbacks and does work for FOX TV, while Sutcliffe signed a new contract with ESPN. The Cubs and WGN Radio are looking for a former Cubs player to do the job, but they want someone who can commit to the full 162-game schedule.
— Carrie Muskat
1/6 Cubs convention schedule
Want to ask Greg Maddux a question about his job with the Cubs? Maybe you'd like to talk to the Ricketts family? How about hearing Kerry Wood or Andrew Cashner discuss pitching? Or maybe you'd like to reminisce about Ron Santo? Those are some of the seminars scheduled for the 26th Cubs Convention, to be held Jan. 14-16 at the Hilton Chicago.
One of the best sessions may be Jan. 15 when Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Fergie Jenkins plus Glenn Beckert, Randy Hundley, Milt Pappas and Jose Cardenal share some of their favorite stories in "Remembering Ronnie." The former Cubs will celebrate Santo, who died Dec. 3 at the age of 70.
The Jan. 15 schedule opens with the "Ricketts Family Forum," giving Cubs fans a chance to ask ownership about their plans. Maddux, a special assistant to GM Jim Hendry, will join Hendry, assistant GM Randy Bush and manager Mike Quade in a "Meet Cubs Baseball Management" session.
Other seminars include:
* "Pitching Evolution:" Wood, Cashner, Randy Wells, Sean Marshall, Jeff Samardzija and new pitching coach Mark Riggins will explain the art of being a starting pitcher, set-up man and closer, the differences between the roles, and the pressures and rewards that come with each.
* "The Q Factor:" Quade and his coaching staff, including Riggins, Rudy Jaramillo, Lester Strode, Ivan DeJesus, Bob Dernier and Dave Keller, will discuss their techniques and philosophies heading into the 2011 season.
* "The Dominican Way of Life:" Aramis Ramirez, Starlin Castro, Carlos Pe�a and player development director Oneri Fleita will talk about their transition from the Dominican Republic to the United States. Fleita also will discuss how the organization scouts and develops international players to the U.S.
* "Down on the Farm:" Fleita and scouting director Tim Wilken will discuss future Cubs on Jan. 16. They will be preceded by a seminar featuring Tyler Colvin, James Russell, Darwin Barney and Scott Maine, who will talk about making the adjustment from the Minors to the big leagues. Both sessions will be completed in time to watch the Bears' playoff game.
— Carrie Muskat
12/10 Celebrating Santo
It was an impressive turnout Friday at Ron Santo's funeral at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. Among the guests to pay respects to the broadcaster and third baseman were Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Fergie Jenkins and Billy Williams, as well as Glenn Beckert and Randy Hundley. The casket was first escorted up the steps of the church by Cubs traveling secretary Jimmy Bank, WGN Radio engineer Matt Boltz, and some of Santo's radio partners, including Andy Masur, Cory Provus and Judd Sirott.
"It was our last pregame show together," said Masur, now a broadcaster with the Padres.
Pat Hughes, who was Santo's partner for 15 seasons on WGN Radio delivered a tribute as did Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts.
"Ron was the fans' broadcaster — he was the fan in the booth," Ricketts said.
Others at the service included Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, and broadcasters Gary Matthews, Thom Brennaman, Len Kasper, and Bob Brenly. Several Cubs players, past and present, were, including Ryan Dempster, Kerry Wood, Sean Marshall, Koyie Hill, Tom Gorzelanny, Justin Berg, Ted Lilly, Kevin Orie, Dave Otto and Scott Sanderson. Cubs manager Mike Quade, general manager Jim Hendry and the rest of the team's front office also were present to pay respects.
"He's the No. 1 Cubs fan ever," Hughes said.
Santo got one last look at Wrigley Field as the funeral procession did a lap of the ballpark.
— Carrie Muskat
12/3 Sad news travels fast
Billy Williams was awakened Friday morning by a phone call with the news. His teammate and friend for more than 50 years, Ron Santo, was gone.
"I thought he was going to live forever after all the tragedies and stuff he's gone through," Williams said. "It's hard to believe that all of a sudden you get a call this morning, a guy you've known for so long has passed away.
"In baseball, there's so many ups and downs," he said. "Man, it was sad to hear that."
Santo, who was in Arizona, lapsed into a coma Wednesday, and died of complications from bladder cancer. He was 70.
Sitting on a white chaise near the pool at the Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus on the last day of a Cubs' fan trip to the Dominican Republic, Williams reflected.
"This was really not a teammate," Williams said. "He's a friend — it's like losing a family member. When I lost my brother, it's the same reaction. We became friends in 1959 and through those years, going back and forth to the ballpark, sitting on the bench, talking about the Cubs. It's just a sad day for the Cubs fans and baseball.
"People who listened to Ronnie and Pat [Hughes on WGN Radio], they're going to miss that," he said. "[Santo] kept a lot of people laughing through his radio analysis. He and Pat were there everyday at 1:20 [p.m. when the games started at Wrigley] listening to the game. When you listened to them, you didn't have to know the score. If he's in that mode [when he moans], you know we're losing."
The Cubs fans on the trip also were shook by the news. They'd lost their voice.
"It's a crying shame he didn't live to see himself in the Hall [of Fame] or the Cubs in a World Series," said Don Parker of Warsaw, Ind. "It's a bigger loss than most Cubs fans realize.
"The '69 team was my favorite," Parker said. "Santo was great not only because of what he did for the Cubs as a player and a broadcaster but what he's done for the [Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation]. He's a special dude."
— Carrie Muskat
11/29 Postcard from Boca Chica
At the Cubs' academy in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, fans were treated to pitching tips from Sean Marshall and Koyie Hill and some advice on hitting from Hall of Famer Billy Williams. At the end of the session, Billy even got into the batting cage to take a few swings — and he was still able to line the ball to right field with one of the prettiest swings you'll ever see. He's still got it.
— Carrie Muskat
9/15 Colvin hits 20th HR
Tyler Colvin became the fourth rookie in Cubs history to hit 20 home runs in a season when he connected on a three-run shot in the seventh inning Wednesday. Colvin homered off St. Louis' Chris Carpenter, hitting a 3-2 pitch into the right field seats.
Colvin joins Hall of Famer Billy Williams (25 homers in 1961), Geovany Soto (23 in 2008) and Walt Moryn (23 in 1956) to accomplish the feat for the Cubs. Williams and Soto both won National League Rookie of the Year.
— Carrie Muskat


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