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Editor's Note: A follow-up story concerning allegations made in Deborah Feldman's "Unorthodox" appears here.
Like many other single Jewish women her age in Manhattan, Deborah Feldman hates dating.
"I won't do it," she says emphatically.
But unlike her peers, she has no interest in marriage. That's because, at 25, she's already been married (engaged at 17), divorced and has a 5-year-old son.
"I'm still celebrating the fact that I'm sleeping in my own bed," she says.
Two years ago, Feldman packed her 3-year-old son and some belongings into a rented Kia, and drove away from the ultra-Orthodox Satmar community in which she'd grown up.
Her no-holds-barred memoir — "Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of my Hasidic Roots" — hits bookstores on Feb. 14. And it's not exactly a Valentine to the insular world of shtreimels, sheitels and shtiebels.
Instead, the Simon and Schuster book, already one of Amazon's top 100 best-sellers (it's available for pre-order), describes an oppressive community in which secular education is minimal, outsiders are feared and disdained, English-language books are forbidden, mental illness is left untreated, abuse and other crimes go unreported and everyone is terrified of jeopardizing their — or a family member's — chances of getting a shidduch, or wedding match.
"My entire extended family is now stained by the fact that they are related to someone who wrote a book," Feldman tells The Jewish Week, in an interview over scones and eggs at a (non-kosher) Upper West Side restaurant. "They're going to have a hard time making matches; they're related to a pariah."
Bright, articulate and opinionated — she describes herself as "strong-minded and demanding" — Feldman does not seem to mind her pariah status. If anything, she seems to have embraced it.
For an interview with the New York Post this week, she posed in a tight blue-sequined dress, ate crab cakes and talked at length about Satmar sex. At her meeting with The Jewish Week, she talks a mile a minute and wears a low-cut V-neck T-shirt and black leggings over her short and curvy figure.
Already Feldman's in-your-face approach and open criticism is infuriating many ultra-Orthodox Jews; the New York Post piece has already generated hundreds of angry comments, many insisting that Feldman gets a lot of her facts wrong and unfairly smears the community.
That said, "Unorthodox" is actually a surprisingly moving, well-written and vivid coming-of-age tale about a restless girl who is raised in Williamsburg by her grandparents because her father is mentally disabled and her mother left the community, effectively abandoning her, when she was a baby. (After herself leaving the community, Feldman reconnected with her mother, who is now ardently atheist and a lesbian, living in Brooklyn.)
The young Deborah rebels by sneaking to the public library and hiding illicit books — like "Anne of Green Gables," "Little Women" and even an English translation of the Talmud — under her mattress. Later, her hopes that adulthood and marriage will allow her more independence are thwarted as she finds herself unhappily wed (due to a condition she blames on her sexually repressed upbringing, she and her husband were unable to consummate their marriage for a year). After the birth of her son, she enrolls in college (getting a full scholarship), where she finds the inspiration and friends to help her plot an exit strategy.
The names of family members, ex-husband and in-laws have been changed to protect their privacy (although it's questionable whether that's actually possible in the tight-knit Satmar community), and Feldman insists she sensationalized nothing.
"If anything, I toned a lot of stuff down and left out a lot of the crazy stuff," she says. "One reviewer accused me of wanting to settle scores, and that shocked me. If I'd wanted to, there was a lot I could've put in that I didn't, because of my son."
What about the shocking allegation, late in the book, that a Rockland County emergency ambulance service covered up a grisly murder in which a father cut off his son's penis and slit the boy's throat with a jigsaw?
"I'm not a liar and would never make something up for the sake of sensationalizing," she says. "That was not the main story of the book. I didn't need that story to sell the book. I put it in because I felt obligated."
"I hope someone would read that, know what I'm talking about and bring justice — and if not justice, treatment for the father," who is known to be mentally ill, she says. "I worry about his other children, and I worry about people thinking if he could get away with that, then they can get away with anything."
While she has little positive to say about Satmar life, Feldman remains deeply connected to Judaism and to Jewish culture.
"Everyone always thinks, 'Oh, you left Williamsburg, you must be an anti-Jew,'" she says. "But I'm not. I'm very Jewish. You can't change that. I just want my kind of Judaism, that's all."
Her son Yitzy, who lives with her on the Upper East Side, is in kindergarten at Park East Day School, which describes itself as a "traditional Jewish day school."
She keeps a kosher home, although more for her son's benefit than her own. And on weekends when he is with her and not visiting his father, "we keep full Shabbat."
"My son loves Judaism, and why shouldn't he, because all the parts of Judaism he experiences are the best parts," she says. "It's like all my best memories growing up. As a kid I loved Purim and Chanukah. I didn't love the lack of education and the restrictions. I know all the great recipes, all the songs, all the traditions and customs and can pass them on to him while at same time giving him a secular education."
She has been catching up on the many aspects of Jewish culture beyond the boundaries of Williamsburg and Kiryas Joel. Like Israel, which she learned little about growing up, because the Satmars are anti-Zionist; she's hoping to visit the Jewish state with her son this summer.
A voracious reader, she describes herself as a "big fan" of Israeli writers David Grossman and Etgar Keret. She's also working her way through the pantheon of modern American Jewish writers, including Nathan Englander, who she "worships."
"I feel like you can tell I'm a Jew by what I read," she laughs.
Since Yiddish is her first language, she's also dabbling in Yiddish literature — taboo in chasidic society because of its secularism — and even spent a few weeks last summer on a secular Yiddish farm in Maryland.
Her dream, she says, is not just to continue her writing career — a sequel memoir is already in the works — but to eventually open a shelter for young mothers leaving strict religious communities of all kinds, not just Jewish.
While another organizations, Footsteps, offers counseling and a social venue for Jews making the transition from ultra-Orthodoxy, Feldman says it "doesn't offer a place to live, food, child care, divorce lawyers or help finding a job."
"I had to do everything on my own, and I very much doubt most women are tough enough and crazy enough to do what I did. A lot of what's keeping many women from leaving is that fear that they won't have their basic needs met, and that's especially true for women in abusive marriages."
"My goal all along in leaving and becoming a spokesperson is that I can contribute by being a trailblazer and giving back to mothers," she explains. "Single childless women leave, men leave, but mothers don't leave because they think they have to abandon their children — and that's not fair. We pushed them out; we should get to keep them!"
Just how did Feldman do it? She attributes her successful transition and custody victory to "a combination of having a really good lawyer, a really good strategy and a really good understanding of the intricate dynamics of my ex-husband's family and friends."
"Basically I watched other women make mistakes when it came to getting custody, and I just didn't make those," she explains, noting that many women leave without their children and then try to come back for them later, something that puts them in a "tough legal position."
For a few months, Feldman and Yitzy "sort of hid out" with friends from Sarah Lawrence's continuing education program.
Thinking the two were temporarily separated and that Feldman, who had just survived a serious car accident, was staying with her mother, who he'd never met, her then-husband didn't suspect anything."
"For the first few weeks he was totally cool, he thought I was coming back," she says. "Then after I found an apartment, we visited a marriage counselor, and I said this is not going to work out, let's talk about custody."
Interestingly, she says her ex has become less strictly religious since the divorce: he cut off his peyos, no longer goes to synagogue three times a day, works full time, and hangs out with other divorced Satmar men.
The community has more tolerance for men who stray from observance than it has for women, she says. "I tell people that if I'd been a man, I wouldn't have left ... they let you get away with everything. I had an incentive, because I knew that it was all or nothing."
Asked if she miss anything about chasidic life, Feldman pauses a moment.
"I miss the smell of cholent on Shabbos morning when you wake up," she says. "I miss the sort of security and consistency that comes with having this gigantic family, but not enough to put up with the craziness."
Knowing the anger and ill will the memoir would generate, did she ever consider not writing it? Or using a pseudonym, like Eshes Chayil, the anonymous author of "Hush," a 2010 novel about sexual abuse in the ultra-Orthodox community? (Eshes Chayil later publicly identified herself as Judy Brown, the daughter of the publisher of Hamodia, an ultra-Orthodox newspaper.)
"I did consider using a pseudonym but my publisher advised against it," Feldman says. "I never considered not writing my story, but I worked very hard to be as respectful as possible to my family in the book, especially to my grandmother.
Now in their late 80s, her grandparents became seriously ill shortly after Feldman's wedding and have not been told about her book, she says.
"I still think if [my grandmother] read the book she'd like it and be proud, even if she wouldn't admit it," Feldman says.
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1- I read your book in one sitting. Iallways wanted to know what these women think and feel. now I read about how one does.She is writing HOW she felt and went thro. Dont forget she came from a broken home and from a VERY narrow mind family. I won the the book thru goodreads in a lottry drawing. sent in my name and address and they picked me.THE book was good. After she left she relized she was brian washed her whole life. All the women/ girls/kids are. they dont know any better.when they enter the real world they are in shocked!! And as her being shomer shabbot if she says she is she is. who are you to say she is not. just because she does not keep jewishness like you or live ulter jewish like you does not mean she is not shomer shabbot. she left a community people like you because you are narrow mind people. I have lot more to say / write but this is it for now. WOULD LOVE TO MEET IN PERSON BECAUSE I FEEL HE LEFT OUT ALOT IN THE BOOK .
Her family is far from narrow minded and A LOT is two words.
If she is in a treif resturaunt eating crab cakes, that is an abandonment of Jewish beliefs. Any case you ever see of this kind of thing happening, it always seems to be in messed up families, where the victimized children hold it against Judaism, instead of realizing it was their own family that was screwed up, not Judaism. There are plenty of other people who have messed up families in the secular Jewish and non-Jewish worlds too.
Mordechai, maybe the question shouldn't be why is there "yet another Jew with an axe to grind", but WHY are there Jews with axes to grind? From what you're stating here there must be tons of books out there against the orthodox. I can't say I've seen that but assuming you're right, why do you suppose that is? I can venture a guess and say it's because of the attitude you yourself are displaying here. A woman writes a book about her experiences and immediately, in typical style, the knee-jerk reaction is to attack her. This is where orthodoxy becomes a cult. Instead of listening to what she has to say, she is condemned without a discussion. So much for the yeshiva way of learning.
through her comments, you can feel her regrets. she is one confused woman who needs lots of help. she is in pain and fighting her bipolar mind. also, she comes from a very unstable family. her book is only reliable enough to provide her with medication, not to draw any conclusions about the "facts" she presents
Yet another Jew with an axe to grind trying to make a buck off the back of the Orthodox community with a sensational "tell all" expose. It amazes me that people give a crap about what this miskeit has to say.
First of all she did abendon judaism. I know she comes from a very broken home and half the thinks she writes is just plain fantasy and lies she knows better than that. Why can't she be a modern jew and go her own way what choice is she giving her son nothing she is jus t a roting girl out for money.
Plain lies or fantasies? You may be right. Well, we can't judge. Everyone has the right to have an opinion. I am one of the people who want to commend her work. Whatever her purpose might be, I just want to wish her the best.
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"Plain fantasy"? You speak as if you know her personally. I'm sure there are many publications, perhaps even the Jewish Week, that would be willing to hear your rebuttal to all her "lies". You ask why can't she be a modern Jew instead of giving her son nothing. I didn't realize the 2 were mutually exclusive. She is keeping a kosher home, keeping shabbos, teaching him about the holidays and sending him to a Jewish school. Perhaps the school isn't Jewish enough in your estimation, but I can't blame the woman for wanting her child to be part of the world as a Jew, not cut off from the world because of it.
Yea, just like I can't "prove" that jews don't kill christian babies and put their blood in the matza.
I didn't read the book, and I won't, but if somebody is saying that the orthodox community is protecting a murderer, a child murderer nontheless, and she never went to the police or done anything about it, that's nothing short of a blood libel.
And yea, she's "not" sensational...
Thanks Deborah for a wonderul book you are an inspiration to all women who are surpressed and want a way out of there situations. I am proud of you as a Jew, a woman and a mother. Protecting your son and giving him a normal life is a beautiful thing. Keep writing!
Very commendable. She didn't abandon Judaism, on the contrary, she's embraced it even more now that she is free to live her life on her terms. Too often, the religious community paints any detraction as either "anti-Semitism" from the outside or "self-hatred" from the inside. The reality is, as she points out, there is a cesspool under the surface of many of these communites. And this isn't a Jewish issue, it is an issue seen in any insulated community that thrives on fear of the outside.


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Pro- and anti-Islamist protesters clash at rally in EgyptBy SARAH EL DEEB
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THE Associated Press | April 20,2013AP PHOTO
An Egyptian youth gestures during clashes between rival groups of protesters in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday.CAIRO Clashes erupted Friday between several hundred opponents and supporters of Egypts Islamist president during a rally by his allies calling on him to cleanse the judiciary of alleged supporters of the old regime.
Such violence has become an entrenched feature of Egypts stormy politics. In recent weeks, several marches and rallies by the various camps in the deeply polarized nation have devolved into street battles, fueling the bitterness on all sides.
Thousands of supporters of President Mohammed Morsi mostly backers of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists held rallies outside the High Court building in Cairo and in the coastal city of Alexandria, demanding the cleansing of the judiciary. The marches come as the Islamist-dominated legislature announced plans to begin debating a bill regulating the courts.
The bills supporters present it as a way to ensure the judiciarys independence. But opponents fear the Islamists aim to purge judges and install new ones supportive of their agenda to consolidate their hold on power. A senior Brotherhood figure has suggested a new law would force as many as a quarter of Egypts over 13,000 judges and prosecution officials into retirement.
As some Islamists at the rally moved toward Cairos Tahrir Square, they were met by anti-Morsi youth a few blocks from the square, some of them in masks. It was not clear who started the clashes, but it led to both sides pelting each other with stones. One bus was seen set on fire. The sound of birdshot cracked through the air in the clashes, and tear gas was fired even though there were no police nearby.
Some of the masked youths and some Islamists were seen with homemade pistols. Others wielded iron bars and tree branches and broke up street pavements to throw the chunks of asphalt and concrete. At least 39 people were injured, according to the state news agency MENA.
Ahmed Hamdi, a Muslim Brotherhood supporter at the scene, blamed the anti-Morsi protesters for the violence, calling them thugs and saying they set the bus on fire.
The whole story is they see that Islamists are now in power. They cant swallow this, that Islamists rule them. Its a battle with the old regime. The president must intervene to stop all this, he said.
Police later moved in trying to break up the clashes, but the fighting moved into side streets. The Interior Ministry appealed to all political forces to withdraw from the street.
Egypt has been deeply divided for months over Morsis rule and the political dominance of his Islamist allies, leading to repeated violence even as the countrys economy continues to deteriorate.
Morsis opponents accuse the Islamists of monopolizing power, pushing through their own agenda, and allowing human rights abuses. The president, the Brotherhood and Islamist politicians say the opposition is using street violence to topple elected Islamists and destabilize the country.
The judiciary has been frequently dragged into the political confrontation.
Judges accuse Morsi of trampling on their authority, while the presidents allies charge that the judiciary is controlled by supporters of ousted President Hosni Mubarak trying to undermine Morsi and derail Egypts transition to democracy.
In November, Morsi infuriated many in the judiciary by issuing decrees that made his decisions immune from judicial challenge for a time, protected a constitutional assembly from being dissolved by the courts and unilaterally installed a new prosecutor.
The prosecutor remains in place despite a court order last month annulling his appointment.
The judiciary has dealt the Islamist camp several setbacks. Courts dissolved the Islamist-majority lower house of parliament last year, saying the law governing its election was invalid. This year, a court forced a delay in elections for a new parliament when it ruled that a new election law drafted by Islamists had to be reviewed by the Supreme Constitutional Court.
The election had been due to start this month but they have been put off with no new date set. In the meantime, the upper house of parliament the Shura Council, a normally powerless body elected by no more than 6 percent of voters and where Islamists hold an overwhelming majority is serving as the legislature.
The Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, also criticized the courts over several recent acquittals of former officals from Mubaraks regime as well as a court order to release Mubarak himself, who is being re-tried over charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster.
Mubarak remains in detention on other charges and is unlikely to be freed.
The courts are the sole branch of government not under the dominance of Morsis Islamist allies, although he does have some backers among the judges.
Revolutionary groups have long called for reforming the judiciary, the Interior Ministry and other institutions to remove Mubarak holdovers. But they fear the Islamists will only purge the institution to install their own supporters.
Hamdeen Sabahi, an opposition leader, said Islamist claims about cleansing the courts are a prelude to a new massacre of the judiciary.
We will support the independence of the Egyptian judiciary against any attempts by the executive to encroach on it., he wrote on his Twitter account.
On Friday, the head of the Brotherhood political party Saad el-Katatni denied the group was trying to monopolize power. The Brotherhood party does not seek to govern alone, excluding other parties. Brotherhoodization of the state is a blatant lie.
Fridays rallies, which the Brotherhood backed, appeared aimed at showing popular support for Islamist moves to regulate the judiciary in the name of the revolution.
The Brotherhoods secretary-general, Mahmoud Hussein, said earlier that the marches are pushing for implementation of the demands of the revolution, including legislation on the judiciary and revolutionary measures to purge state institutions of corrupt officials.
Go for it Morsi and we are behind you. Cleanse the judiciary, thousands of Morsi supporters chanted outside the High Court building in Cairo. Hey, judge, who are you protecting, justice or the corrupt?
In an interview with a Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida this month, Mahdi Akef, the former supreme leader of the Brotherhood, said the judiciary was corrupt and has been antagonizing his group and Morsi.
This is a sick judiciary, he said in an audio recording that the paper put out from the interview. He said a new judiciary law will toss out over 3,500 counselors and judges because they are over 60 years old.
One proposal for reforming the judiciary has been to lower the retirement age for judges to 60 from the current 70 as a way to introduce new blood.
Nasser Amin, the head of the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary, said reforming the judiciary does not mean purging it. Egypt is not Iraq where being a member of Saddam Husseins ruling party was a requirement for joining state institutions, so a purge is unnecessary, he said.
We all call for reforming the judiciary, not controlling it, he said. The aim of getting rid of so many judges at once would be to control the whole system and use it against opponents.
Apparently after an angry response from judges over the proposal, Justice Ministry spokesman Ahmed Rushdi said the ministry position is that the age of retirement is up to the judges to decide.
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The AD's Corner — Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013
Rice Crowd Best In Conference USAUTSA Football is blessed with such great fan support. Saturday's crowd of 25,272 at the Rice game was the largest to watch a Conference USA game this past weekend. The next largest was 22,158 at the Tulsa/UTEP game in El Paso. With an average of 32,912 for its three home contests this season, UTSA currently ranks second in the league behind East Carolina (44,075) and 74th among the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision schools in average home attendance.
2013 Conference USA Average Home Attendance (as of Oct. 12)East Carolina 44,075UTSA 32,912UTEP 27,999Marshall 27,434Southern Miss 23,810Middle Tennessee 21,371Tulsa 21,009North Texas 19,298Louisiana Tech 19,204Tulane 19,074Rice 18,677Florida Atlantic 16,836FIU 15,492UAB 10,021
Here's one other bit of perspective on the strength of UTSA's home football crowds. Tulane is building a new on-campus stadium that will be completed in time for the 2014 season. The Green Wave have played in the Superdome and other off-campus venues since 1980 when Tulane Stadium was demolished. When plans for the new $70 million Yulman Stadium were announced, residents around the proposed site questioned why the new facility was being built so large. It will will hold 30,000, which is nearly 3,000 less than the Roadrunners' season average through the first three games. The Alamodome houses 65,000 fans, so there's still plenty of room to grow. After a week off, the Roadrunners will return to action at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, against UAB. It's homecoming, so gather up the family, friends and neighbors and come watch your Roadrunners in a key C-USA contest.
Volleyball Returns Home To Face Intra-State RivalsThe Roadrunners split a pair of matches on the road last week and they return home this weekend to take on intra-state rivals Rice and North Texas. UTSA (13-7, 5-1 C-USA) saw its five-match winning streak snapped with Sunday's sweep at Middle Tennessee and the Roadrunners now are a half match behind Tulsa (16-4, 5-0 C-USA) atop the league standings. UTSA began last week's road trip with a 3-1 victory at Southern Miss. Rice (6-14, 3-3 C-USA) visits the Convocation Center at 7 p.m. on Friday and North Texas (12-10, 4-2 C-USA) will come to town for a 1 p.m. contest two days later. Entering this week's matches, the Roadrunners lead the circuit in hitting percentage (.320), opponent hitting percentage (.138) and blocks (2.92 per set). Senior outside hitter McKenzie Adams (pictured left) leads the league with 5.31 kills per set and sophomore defensive specialist Annie Kunes (right) is second with 4.97 digs.
Soccer To Host Southern Miss, Colorado CollegeConference USA West Division opponents Southern Miss and Colorado College will visit UTSA this weekend at the Park West Athletics Complex. Yes, Southern Miss in the West Division and Colorado College in C-USA. The Golden Eagles (6-5-4, 0-3-2 C-USA) and the Roadrunners (3-10-1, 2-2-1 C-USA) will square off at 7 p.m. on Friday. Southern Miss is in the East Division in football, but Charlotte and Old Dominion push them to the West in soccer. West Division-leading and defending league champion Colorado College (10-3-0, 5-0-0 C-USA) will come to the Alamo City for a 1 p.m. tilt on Sunday. The 2,000-student liberal arts college in Colorado Springs is in its seventh season competing as an affiliate member of C-USA.
Basketball Offering Sneak Preview In New BraunfelsA year ago, the McKenna New Braunfit Gym in New Braunfels contacted the Kids Sports Network (KSN) to help form a youth basketball league. KSN worked with the men's and women's basketball programs to help form the Junior Roadrunners Basketball League. More than 300 second- through eighth-grade boys and girls now compete each week wearing their blue and orange Junior Roadrunners T-shirts. Head men's basketball coach Brooks Thompson will take this Saturday's practice and intra-squad scrimmage on the road to McKenna, which is located at 801 West San Antonio in New Braunfels. The practice and scrimmage will begin at 9 a.m. and be followed with an autograph session at 11 a.m. The scrimmage and autograph session both are open to the public. Those attending also can pick up information on the newly-created UTSA Women's Basketball Rowdy Runners Kid's Club. Free memberships offer an official T-shirt, wristband, player pen pal, pizza parties and much more.
Softball To Host Fall Games This WeekendThe softball team, under the direction of first-year head coach Michelle Cheatham, will continue its fall schedule at Roadrunner Field this weekend. UTSA will host Alvin Community College at 4 p.m. on Saturday, followed by an 11 a.m. contest against I-35 rival Texas State the following day. The program will conclude fall play at 6 p.m. on Tuesday against St. Edwards. All games are open to the public.
UTSA, Briggs Ranch To Host The Alamo InvitationalFifteen of the top women's golf teams in the country will tee off at The Alamo Invitational, which is scheduled for Oct. 27-29 at Briggs Ranch Golf Club. This is the only home event of the year for the Roadrunners and admission is free to one of the top women's collegiate tournaments in the country. Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Louisville, Oklahoma, SMU, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State and Tulane join UTSA in the tournament field. The action begins at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27, 8:30 a.m. the following day and 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29. For the fifth year in a row, UTSA24 founding member John Kauth will sponsor the tournament in memory of his mother Maryb Kauth, an outstanding player and staunch women's golf advocate. UTSA24 is a group of business men and women who support the UTSA men's and women's golf programs with their time, talents and financial resources. Briggs Ranch will be the host course for a 2014 NCAA Men's Regional in May and a NCAA Women's Regional in 2015.
Baseball Welcoming Back Former PlayersBaseball will hosts its inaugural Former Players Weekend from Nov. 8-9 with an agenda designed to honor and entertain those who have worn the UTSA uniform. Activities begin at noon on Friday, Nov. 8, with golf at Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club. Later that evening, former players will have a chance to relive past glory with batting practice at Roadrunner Field. Former players and their families are invited to a pregame tailgate party the following day at the Alamodome before the Tulane football game. Former players will be admitted free to the football game and additional tickets for family members can be purchased for $17 apiece. Players and their families also will have access to a suite during the game. For more information and to make ticket and golf tee time reservations, please contact Associate Head Coach Jim Blair at (210) 458-4805 or email@example.com.
Basketball Players Recruiting Marathon ParticipantsUTSA men's basketball players Jeromie Hill (pictured left) and Tyler Wood (right) are part of an on-campus group of students recruiting volunteers for the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and Half Marathon, which is scheduled for Nov. 17 in downtown San Antonio. The senior basketball players are asking Roadrunners supporters to sign up to work on Nov. 14 at the setup for the Rock 'n' Roll Expo, Nov. 15-16 for Expo shifts, Nov. 16 for the ING Kids Rock outing and Nov. 17 for a variety of race-day assignments. Click here to register as a volunteer and receive more information on Marathon work crew assignments. Click "Volunteer" on the left side of the menu and "Race Crew Information" to determine shifts that best fit your schedule. Finally, click the blue "Race Crew" button to sign up. Type "Rowdy" as your organization, so that Jeromie and Tyler get credit for recruiting you as a volunteer.
Support Conference USA "Let's SAAC Hunger!"Members of the UTSA Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) are joining other C-USA SAAC members in a conference-wide food fight. SAAC members began collecting food donations this month to be donated to area food banks. The C-USA contest to see which SAAC can raise the largest amount of food continues through Dec. 15. Click here if you would like to purchase food to be donated in UTSA's name. YouGiveGoods will deliver the food to a food bank organization and email a tax receipt for your donation. Roadrunners fans also may redeem three canned food items for one free ticket to Friday's Southern Miss volleyball match at the Convocation Center (7 p.m.) or at Sunday's Colorado College soccer match at the Park West Athletics Complex (1 p.m.). You also may bring three canned food items between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. to the University Heights Ticket Office located at 5710 West Hausman Road, Suite 101, to obtain one ticket to the UAB homecoming football game, which is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Alamodome. Please spread the word by sharing this information with others via email and social media.
Final ThoughtsThe 2013 football schedule provides at least a two-week break between each home game. This week's open date is welcomed by our football players and coaches, but maybe more so by our staff. With soccer and volleyball at home two times apiece this weekend and men's basketball scrimmaging in New Braunfels, our staff needed the gridiron hiatus, but the Roadrunners still are playing this weekend.
Speaking of football scheduling, Kansas State broke the news last week that we are canceling our game in Manhattan next season. Most of our non-conference games for the next several years were scheduled four years ago when it appeared we would be a Football Bowl Subdivision independent. Once we entered Conference USA with an eight-game league schedule, we had too many games in 2014. We worked for the past year to accommodate every scheduled game. Earlier this month, it became obvious that a game had to be cancelled. Kansas State has been understanding and gracious. We're disappointed about the 2014 game buyout, but at this time, we're still playing the Wildcats in San Antonio in 2015 and will travel to Manhattan three years later.
I'm continually amazed by the resiliency and positive outlook of our student-athletes. Last week, following the narrow football loss to Rice, quarterback Eric Soza was asked what UTSA has to play for since it has two C-USA losses.
"Oh, I don't know," Soza said while turning to his two teammates, safety Nic Johnston and running back David Glasco II, on the podium. "Do y'all still want to play?"
It was a great answer and both replied with, "Yeah, we still want to play."
Once again, my heart burst with pride for what Coach Coker and this young program have achieved in such a short time.
"We're still playing" this weekend even though football has an open date. Come out and watch volleyball and/or soccer on Friday or Sunday, or spend Saturday morning with the men's basketball team at the McKenna Braunfit Gymnasium in New Braunfels.
It will energize you to see our student-athletes working hard and competing at such a high level.
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Lynn Hickey Director of Athletics
Former NFL Players Association members (l-r) Darrell Hogan, Eddie Hinton, Rance Olison, Gary Cutsinger and Priest Holmes present a framed jersey to Rise Flagg, daughter of former Cleveland Browns tackle Ben Pucci, at Saturday's game against Rice. Pucci participated in NFL Former Players Association autograph sessions at UTSA games and became an avid Roadrunners fan before his death this past summer.


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Re: How Many Claim To Be Tony's #1 Fan...
#14smokefan wrote:I wish I could say I'm his #1 fan. I am a huge fan of his! How about I put it that way. I wish I had his car but the gas milage would suck. That was actually taken up at Eldora and that is just inside the north entrance. We had gone up there last year for one of Tony's family fun nights and that was when that was taken. We were also up there for the Prelude. So this year we have the same seats for the truck race since the Prelude is on hiatus this year. We live about an hour and twenty minutes south of Eldora. That is really a special track! We usually are up there about 3 times a year.
I would like to see a pic of the squirrel eating Andys Hot Fries. That might be a interesting one! So why do some have the opinion you're #2? Well #2 fan!
...never been to Eldora, might try to make it to a Prelude one day, if/whenever it returns. That truck race is gonna' be cool, I'll be tuning it in on the tube. I ususlly don't watch anything Tony's not driving in(except road course races, those are my favorite) but, I'll make an exception for that one.
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Saturday: Colorectal Cancer Screening Plans Announced
Samaritan Medical Center, Kinney Drugs and Jefferson Community College are teaming up to provide free testing for colorectal cancer to people 50 and older.
Plans for the free screening were announced Saturday as part of the college's "Super Science Saturday" event. During the event, a 20 foot inflatable colon that people could walk through and learn about colon cancer was dedicated to the late Peter Gaskin, a retired JCC professor who died of colon cancer in 2011.
"It could have been prevented, had he pursued it," said his widow, Barbara Gaskin.
Kinney Drugs has purchased 5,000 screen kits that will be distributed to its stores in Jefferson County, Lowville and Gouverneur. The kits are available starting Monday through March 1.
Samaritan Medical Center will do the testing.
This is the fourth time colorectal screening has been offered to North Country community members free of charge. In 1987, 15000 kits were made available to the public, 10,000 kits in 1989 and 8000 kits were made available in 1997 in third campaign.
"90 percent of all colon cancers can be prevented if people hit their trigger age and go ahead and get tested," said Donald Boshart of the American Cancer Society.
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Just say no' to gasSeptember 23,2013
Re: Vt. Gas agrees to avoid natural areas, Sept. 17:
Tuesday I attended the technical hearings concerning the Addison pipeline proposal. As this article also notes, I found that there was a lot of discussion over the rerouting and modification of the pipeline. There was not, however, enough discussion over whether the actual construction of the pipeline would be for the public good.
Tuesday, the whole hearing felt like a game of hot potato. No one wanted the pipeline in their backyard.
The environmental and health risks posed by the pipeline were not directly discussed; instead we learned that if you dont want to deal with the health risks of having a pipeline in your backyard, you better bet that your neighbor doesnt want them either.
The town of Monkton came to an agreement with Vermont Gas that the pipeline would avoid its homes and wells by 300 feet, but Monkton also didnt want it crossing the Velco corridor. This reroute pushed the pipeline into the Palmers land, who asked why they should be bearing the burden of the fracked gas pipeline instead.
If no one wants the pipeline to go through their property, the best reroute for this pipeline is no route. Not only does the pipeline pose health risks fracked gas is dirty, and it far outweighs its fossil fuel counterparts when it comes to the greenhouse gas effect. Natural gas pipelines inevitably leak methane a strong greenhouse gas. Methane contributes to climate change 72 times more than carbon.
It wouldnt make sense for environmentally minded Vermont to build the infrastructure for years of fossil fuel dependency. Natural gas pipelines cause direct safety risks, pollute well water and cause climate change. This isnt in the public good.
Lets stop rerouting this pipeline and just say no altogether.
Sarah Dennison
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Dropping The Ball
Both literally and figuratively, the Phillies dropped the ball tonight. After an off-day yesterday, the team sauntered into Atlanta and looked a bit sluggish, instead of rejuvenated. Batting against Derek Lowe is generally no picnic, but they had some opportunities. Chase Utley did his part, going 2 for 5 with a solo home run; and Pedro Feliz had a good night at the plate, playing outstanding defense in the field as well. Joe Blanton had a so-so start; he went 5 innings and allowed 3 runs. But most of the game was tight, without much action.
In fact, up until the 8th inning, the most entertaining part of the game was watching Braves pitcher, Mike Gonzalez swoon back and forth on the mound like a weeble-wobble. No one was sure whether he was going to pitch or break dance. That is one confused dude. But his antics on the mound translated into back-to-back solo homers for the Phillies to give them a 4-3 lead. John Mayberry and Feliz joined forces to knock the silliness right out of the Braves pitcher.
But the Braves tied the game back up in the bottom of the 8th, thanks to a dropped ball by Ryan Howard (bad feed from Madson), which allowed a runner to advance, and then Jayson Werth juggled another ball in the outfield. Poor Ryan Madson just cannot catch a break lately when he is on the mound. And these defensive mishaps would cost the Phillies the game. Chan Ho Park got into trouble in the 10th inning with runners on 1st & 3rd and 1 out; the next batter hit a long fly ball to left field, which sealed the deal.
In addition to the loss, what also rings a few alarm bells around Philadelphia is the performance of Jimmy Rollins. After being given a 4-game "mental" break / benching, Rollins came back today to resume his leadoff spot. But frankly, it appears that nothing has changed. Rollins still swung at bad pitches, very early in his at-bats and he had one shaky play in the field as well, missing a fairly routine ground ball that he normally would have snagged. J-Roll ended the game without a hit in 5 at-bats and looks no closer to waking up than he did a week ago. Has someone chained him down with Kryptonite? Or is this just a phase? A long, drawn-out, ridiculously bad phase… Only time will tell. However, the Phillies are nearing the half-way point of the season and time is a luxury they will not soon have.
Anyway, please keep VOTING for your Phillies All-Stars. VOTE up to 25 times per day, per email address! Voting ends at 11:59 PM ET on Thursday, July 2, 2009.
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This game was just a debacle. I'm so tired of Rollins, if he keeps it up I'd say send him right down to the minors but Charlie would never do it.
Just posted my thoughts on the game and some other things: http://payoffpitch.mlblogs.com/
There was plenty of bad baseball to go around last night! lol! I did notice the antics of Mike Gonzalez when the Red Sox played the Braves last weekend. He is very distracting.
Uh oh on the Rollins tip. How long can this continue? This is more than just a slump, right? Maybe he's hurt and not telling anyone.
Maybe Jeff's right and Rollins is hurt and not saying anything. Players have been doing that a lot this year and it's infuriating.
Hey Jenn, just found your blog via RSBS…great stuff! I spent the summer of 1980 in Houston and went to a ton of Astros games at the 'Dome…I was hella ticked at the results of the '80 NLCS, but it was a good one. I did root for the Phils that World Series and was glad they won.


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Brilliant project! Everybody should check this out! (Especially ones who want a scripting language or want to embed one language into his own program.) I never found a good scripting language until I checked out Tcl. Tcl is a super extensible language I would ever expect. It comes with A LOT OF extensions. It's C API is clean and easy-to-use, the best I've seen so far. Tcl soon became my choice of primary programming language. Also, its performance isn't worse than Ruby. Good job, TCT!
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|This small batch, basic ground beef and tomato chili with beans, made in the slow cooker. Can be doubled.
Crockpot Beef Chili with BeansA slow cooker is a perfect vehicle for cooking chili. Although most chili can be made on the stovetop in not a lot of time, something about the process of cooking it low and slow makes the flavor just pop. This slow cooker recipe is quick, easy, delish, and, actually for those of you trying to tone down a bit right now, with a lean ground beef (90/10) it's actually even Weight Watchers friendly! (Yeah, I do have a few of those hanging around here.)
For this recipe, I used my freezer stash of tomato paste dollops, but be sure to check out that tip if you have to open a new can! And, with the exception of yellow onion which I had to replenish, this recipe was also made up of ingredients from the fridge, pantry or freezer too, so I'm still in line with my usual cooking out of the pantry theme for the new year so far. I also had a bit of salsa verde I wanted to use up, so that is what I used in place of the peppers.
Nutritional Factoid: Did you know that while most canned beans are very high in sodium, draining and rinsing them gets rid of nearly half of the sodium level? And, just so you know, it also helps to reduce some of those gas-causing sugars too.
Recipe: Crockpot Beef Chili with Beans©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min |Cook time: 5 hours | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1 pound of ground beef
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced fine
- 2 tablespoons of chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 (28 ounce) can of whole tomatoes, undrained but coarsely chopped
- 1 (16 ounce) red kidney beans, rinsed and well drained
- 1 cup of chopped onion
- Up to 1/4 cup chopped green chiles, jalapeno, habanero, scotch bonnet, or serrano peppers (depending on heat level desired)
- 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
- Pinch of dried oregano
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
Brown the ground beef in a skillet, breaking up the meat as it cooks; drain if needed. Add the garlic toward the end and saute for just a few more minutes. Add the chili powder and cumin, stir to thoroughly coat; remove from heat and set aside. Add the chopped tomatoes to a 3-1/2 to 4 quart slow cooker. Add the beans, onion, chiles, tomato paste and oregano; stir to mix. Add in the meat mixture, stir well, cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours.
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In terms of chili as a main dish, this is a small batch chili - okay to double for a larger slow cooker, however be mindful of the hot chilies. Use a lean (90/10) ground beef to make this Weight Watchers friendly. A total of 8 servings is about 2 Weight Watchers Points (old system) per serving, not including serving add-ins or garnish extras.
Serving ideas: Serve with a side of saltines, or over rice, pasta, or corn chips.
Garnishes: Greek yogurt, sour cream, green onion, shredded cheese, sliced avocados, crushed tortilla chips, corn chips, fried tortilla strips, oyster crackers, Goldfish crackers, hot sauce, additional sweet or red chopped onion, cilantro.
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Classified Staff Council of Bluefield State College Minutes
February 10, 2006
Members Present: Carol Baldwin, Joan Buchanan, Kim Daniels, Tracie Goss, Fred Hardee, Lisa Neel, Jeff Noe, Michele Noe, and Berreda Ratliff.
Chair, Carol Baldwin called the meeting to order at 1:15 in the conference room of the BSC R&D building.
I. Minutes – A motion to accept the meeting minutes for the January 20, 2006 meeting with changes was made and seconded by Hardee/J. Noe, all were in favor.
II. Old Business
A. Policies-Carol questioned the statement in the policy that receipts will not be needed. Berreda stated that she has already submitted a list of suggested changes for this policy.
B. Michele stated that since the last meeting, she had received a call that personnel development had the funds and would be paying for all special fees for employees. This was a good step, but we still need to address the issue for future semesters.
III. New Business- There was no new business to discuss.
IV. Reports
A. Board of Governors- Although Frosty was not in attendance today, it was noted that there would be no new meeting to report on since the last staff council meeting was held the day after the January meeting. Carol did mention that according to the constitution, BOG is required to meet with the staff council at least once per year. It was suggested that this happen in March or April so that the board would have time to address any issues brought to the table before the new fiscal year. March's meeting will fall during spring break, so we will plan the meeting with the BOG in April.
B. Personnel Development-There was no meeting held to be reported on.
C. ACCE-Fred reported that ACCE had met with legislators. They handed out brochures and spoke with local legislators regarding salary, PEIA, and retirement issues at hand. If anyone wants a copy of the brochure that was handed out, it is available in PDF format at www.wvacce.org. He did note that faculty and classified employees will now have an opportunity to have a voice on the HEPC but only when vacancies arise.
D. Flower Fund-Anita was not able to attend the meeting but sent Carol the report that the balance in the fund is $374.50 and commented that she would appreciate it if
everyone would be sure to report when there is an illness or death regarding classified staff that would require flowers being sent. Please do not assume that someone else has made the report. Also, she must have complete information to send flowers, i.e. hospital name and area, street address (no PO Boxes) for home delivery, or funeral home and loved ones name for death in the family. Council discussed sending out a request for donations again.
E. Social Committee-Joan is asked for volunteers for a "Spotlight Office of the Month". She said she would prefer to have a few members of the council on the committee, as well as a few non-members in order to keep things fair. Berreda and Tracie both volunteered from council and a few names were suggested for non council members to be contacted. After much discussion about a food carry in activity, it was decided that the next council meeting be a "Food for Thought" meeting. There will be an all users sent out inviting all classified staff to attend and BYOB (bring your own bag-lunch) and any issues that should be discussed before going to the BOG meeting in April.
F. Wellness Committee- Lisa reported that on March 22 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. Darrell Bailey will be giving a self-defense prevention seminar in the Basic Science Auditorium. Roy is hoping to have an open house to demonstrate the equipment in the weight room. The new water aerobics class has started. It is held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:15-5:15 p.m. and is open to students, staff, and faculty. There has been much positive feedback regarding this class. The health clinic will be offering free blood pressure testing from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on February 17 and 24. Next week starts a Line Dancing class on Tuesdays from 3:00-4:00 and Thursdays from 4:00-5:00.
V. Next meeting/Adjournment
The next meeting will be held on March 9 at noon in the Private Dining Room of the Harris Jefferson Student Center. The meeting will be have a "Food for Thought" theme with attendees being encouraged to bring a bag lunch and any issues they wish to be brought before the Board of Governors.
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned by Carol.
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Four-Season Floral-Winged Forest Fairies Figurines
Kris Hamrick's fantasy art come to life as 4 enchanting fairies. Handcrafted for intricate detail, unique poses, breathtaking aura. With silky mohair.
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From inside their mystical world, enchanting fairies celebrate the changing of the seasons. Now, you can welcome the mystery and excitement of the seasons with this collectible fairy figurine collection showcasing the enchanting creations of renowned fantasy artist Kris Hamrick. Step into this fairy-tale world starting with Issue One, Meadowbright, The Fairy of the Sun. Soon, your collection will continue with Issue Two, Copperglow, The Fairy of Fall Foliage, and additional fairy figurines, each a separate issue to follow.
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Creepy or cool?
British artist Gigi Barker has unveiled a line of furniture that looks, feels and even smells like human skin.
The suede chairs use a molded silicone base to mimic the appearance of fat rolls, and have even been infused with pheromones and aftershave.
Footstools are meant to "resemble deformed testes," according to New York Magazine.
Skeeved out yet?
Barker told WIRED she's not trying to scare people, but instead give them an opportunity to examine their relationship with their own skin and other people's.
But even if the concept doesn't scare you, the price tag might.
A footstool alone will run you about $775, while a chair costs closer to $2,550.


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"Toward a Post-Kyoto Climate Change Architecture: A Political Analysis"
Discussion Paper 08-01, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Center
July 2008
Authors: Robert O. Keohane, Kal Raustiala
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Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
Any international agreement to address climate change must rest on broad public support in developed nations for mitigation actions. We propose an international climate architecture that builds on such public support — which we hope will be forthcoming — and uses multilateral international institutions to extend its effects to countries without such "green" publics. First, we suggest that politicians' desire for public recognition could be manipulated through an "economy of esteem" in which incentives, such as prizes for climate leadership, are used to encourage additional climate-related actions. Second, we argue that an international cap-and-trade system in which buyers are liable for the validity of their emissions permits is the only international architecture that is likely to solve the three problems of (1) participation by many nations, (2) effectiveness at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, and (3) compliance by all participants (Barrett, 2003). Cap-and-trade systems have the enormous advantage that permits can be set to give valuable "hot air" — permits in excess of likely future emissions — to those nations reluctant to join the system. Even though international agreements cannot be credibly enforced against sovereign nations, compliance with emissions caps can be secured through a system in which domestic political will enforces caps in net-purchaser countries, and profit-seeking behavior enforces caps in net-seller countries. Under our proposed system, trading would take place among firms, but the eventual value of permits would be determined by international evaluations and would be the same for all permits from a given political jurisdiction. Such a provision would simplify monitoring and evaluation and generate internal pressures on uncommitted states to construct viable domestic enforcement systems. The value of our proposed approach is that it uses domestic political support in countries that are willing to address climate change to provide incentives for participation by less-motivated countries. Although some non-compliance is inevitable, the system that we outline provides a political foundation for a working system not doomed by enforcement problems. It could therefore lead to effective regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and, more importantly, help to generate the technological innovation that is widely agreed to be essential if climate change is to be brought under control.
A successful climate change regime must secure sufficient participation, achieve agreement on meaningful rules, and establish mechanisms for compliance. Moreover, it must do so in a political environment of sovereign states with differing preferences and capabilities. Section I addresses the trade-off between participation and strictness of rules by proposing an "economy of esteem for climate change," in which participation is encouraged by a system of prizes for politicians who take leadership on this issue. The bulk of the paper focuses on compliance, arguing that contrary to current provisions in the Kyoto Protocol, only a system of buyer liability (rather than seller or hybrid liability) is consistent with existing political realities. Drawing analogies to international bond markets, we propose a system of buyer liability that would endogenously generate market arrangements, such as rating agencies and fluctuations in the price of emissions permits according to perceived risk. These features would in turn create incentives for compliance without resorting to ineffective inter-state punishments.
In world politics, states must prefer participation to non-participation in any international regime. At the margin, targeted strategies that leverage politicians' desire for esteem can enhance incentives for political leadership. However, the strongest basis for commitment to an effective climate regime is likely to come from democratic publics willing to pay the necessary costs to prevent serious change to the climate.
In this context, a cap-and-trade approach offers many advantages beyond efficiency, since it creates opportunities to offer disguised subsidies to developing countries in the form of excess emissions permits that can be sold internationally. These potential sellers of permits, however, are also the states normatively least committed to a climate regime (hence the need for subsidies). Since external enforcement is generally ineffective in international relations, over-selling of permits is difficult to deter. Anticipating this result, states likely to be net buyers will tend to refuse to join the regime. The problem of compliance must therefore be solved, or at least alleviated, before participation can be assured.
Entities in democratic states are likely to be the primary buyers of permits in any cap-and-trade system. As in international bond markets, in which buyers bear the cost of fluctuations in the value of bonds, we propose a system in which annual permit prices would depend on market expectations of their validity, which would in turn depend both on the reputation of the sellers and on information about their validity gained from assessments in previous years. Buyers, who generally will face well-functioning national regulatory systems, will be incentivized to seek information about the quality of permits, and ratings agencies will likely emerge to perform this function. Making buyers liable for the validity of the permits they purchase thus puts the onus for compliance on those residing in the states generally most committed to the regime, rather than those generally least committed.
Penalties for exceeding national emissions caps would in turn be imposed on sellers in the form of lower permit prices, rather than through an (ineffective) external enforcement mechanism. Permit validity would be assessed on a "jurisdiction-equal" basis: that is, all permits from a given jurisdiction in a given year would be discounted by the same factor in the event that emissions in the selling jurisdiction rose beyond the mandated cap. This system incentivizes seller governments to ensure overall permit quality in order to achieve the highest price, and it incentivizes buyers to evaluate and assess permit validity and to price them accordingly.
- An international cap-and-trade regime must encompass developing as well as developed states. A regime that awards developing states excess emissions permits is most likely to reconcile the need for meaningful reductions and adequate participation.
- At the margin, a useful strategy for building political commitment would leverage politicians' desire for esteem through a system of prizes, awards, or rating systems designed to recognize leadership in tackling climate change.
- Making buyers liable for the validity of emissions permits has compelling advantages. Permit buyers are likely, at least initially, to be concentrated in developed countries that have the institutional capacity and political accountability to enforce program requirements and make up for permit shortfalls. This approach also gives sellers strong incentives to maintain permit quality so as to maximize the monetary value of these tradable assets.
- Any discounting of permits to reflect quality problems should be assessed on a national basis such that all permits from a given country would be equally affected, creating strong internal pressures for governments to provide necessary monitoring and enforcement.
- A prompt and credible system for assessing permit quality is critically important. Such a system must be technically feasible and minimize opportunities for strategic manipulation.
A cap-and-trade system with buyer liability has important political and pragmatic advantages. By building on the preferences of domestic publics in democratic states to induce participation by less motivated countries and by giving buyers and sellers compatible incentives for maintaining permit quality, such a system provides the most promising basis for a workable system that successfully delivers the market signals needed to stimulate climate-friendly technology innovation.
For more information about this publication please contact the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements Coordinator at 617-496-8054.
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I pump at work and EBF when not at work.
My workplace is VERY flexible with how often and how long I pump.
I've been playing around with the frequency and amount of times that I pump.
FYI: Last breastfeeding is between 8:00 - 8:30am. I get home and breastfeed again by 5:30pm. DD is 7.5 months old and really only eats BM
I used to pump at 10:45am, 1:00pm, and 3:15pm for 15-20 minutes each time.
Then I changed to pumping at 10:15am, 12:00pm, 1:45pm and 3:30pm for about 10-15 minutes each time.
I'm not sure which is better. I THOUGHT that I read that the Frequency is more important than the Amount of Time. Is that true?
What has worked for you? How often/long do you pump at work?


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# program to administer shoe warehouse dispatching service
# author: <enter your id>
# date last modified:
import string
# This program is written to read the file "orders.txt" that stores separate order details
# on each line in the file, with six items per line as follows :
# ShoeStyle(e.g. Womens/Mens/Children) ShoeType (sandals/runners/dress/school/boat)
# Shoeitemcode(NNNNX) ShoeSize Price ShopAddress
# list of constants used to access each column of order details in the orders.txt file.
DATA_FILE = "orders.txt"
def menu():
print "\n\tWarehouse dispatch system Menu\n"
print "1. Display all the orders on file"
print "2. Display a list of the ShoeStyle and ShoeType of all items ordered"
print "3. Display the order details given a particular item code"
print "4. Display the item number of the cheapest item on order"
print "5. Display the order details for the largest shoe size on order"
print "6. Display the total number of items in the order"
print "7. Count and display the Shoe Style and ShoeType of all shoes ordered for a specified Shop Address"
print "8. Display the Shoe Type and price for all ordered items in a given Shoe Style (womens/mens/children)"
print "9. Has a specified Shoe Code been ordered? For which Store Location?"
print "10. Display the cost of a particular item, given the line of data from the orders file"
print "11. Calculate the total cost of the entire order"
print "12. Add details for a new order to the orders file"
print "20. Exit"
option = input("\nEnter the number shown to select a menu item: ");
return option
# Displays (unformatted) all details of all of the orders in the orders.txt input file
def displayFile(inf):
for line in inf:
# display the current line without the end-of-line character, '\n'
print line[:-1]
# displays a list of ShoeStyle and ShoeType of all the items ordered
def displayItemNames (inf):
print "not yet implemented"
#for line in inf:
# not yet implemented
# displays the order details (formatted) of a particular item, given item number
def displayItemDetails(inf, itemcode):
print "Details for ordered item:",itemcode
for line in inf:
#display details for line
splitLine = string.split(line)
if splitLine[ITEM_CODE] == itemcode:
print "Shoe Style: ", splitLine[SHOE_STYLE]
print "Shoe Type: ", splitLine[SHOE_TYPE]
# print "Shoe Size: ",
# print "Price: $ ",
# print "Store Location: ",
# displays, in formatted form, the details of a single
# purchase, given a line of the purchases file
def displayLineDetails(lineString):
splitLine = string.split(lineString)
print "Order details for this item are: "
print "Shoe Style: ", splitLine[SHOE_STYLE]
print "Shoe Type: ", splitLine[SHOE_TYPE]
print "Shoe Size: ", splitLine[SIZE]
print "Item price: $", splitLine[PRICE]
print "Store Location: ",splitLine[SHOPADDRESS]
# Returns the item number of the cheapest item purchased
def findCheapestItem(inf):
# initialise starting value for minprice well above typical shoe prices
minprice = 0
for line in inf:
#itemcode = string.split(line)[ITEM_CODE]
price = eval(string.split(line)[PRICE])
if minprice>price
print minprice
# identify the item number
# identify the item price
# if the item price is below the current minimum then
# change the stored minimum price and the associated item code
return minItem # return result to be displayed in main()
# Returns the itemcode of the largest (size) shoe purchased
def findLargestItem(inf):
maxsize = 0 # this initial value is set to be zero so that the real max is found
for line in inf:
itemcode = string.split(line)[ITEM_CODE] # identify the item code
size = eval(string.split(line)[SIZE]) # identify the item size
# if the item size is below the current minimum then
# change the stored minimum size and the associated item name
if size > maxsize:
maxsize = size
maxitem = itemcode
return maxitem #return itemcode found as maximum
# Find the total number of purchased items in the order
def findNumberOfItems(inf):
total = 0 # temporary only, for testing choice == 6 main()
# not yet implemented
# count all lines in file and return total count
return total
# Count and display the Shoe Style and Shoe Type of all items ordered for a particular store location
def displaySectionItems(inf, givenAddress):
#print "Items ordered from Store ", givenAddress, ": "
count =0
print "not yet implemented"
#for each line in file
#get location from file
#location = string.split(line)[SHOPADDRESS]
# if location matches givenAddress
#if givenAddress = location:
#print "Order details: "
# display line details
# increment count value
return 1 #return count to main
# Display the Shoe Type and price for all ordered items in a given Shoe Style (womens/mens/children)"
def displayItemsforStyle (inf, specifiedStyle):
print "Not yet implemented"
# Check whether a specified item has been ordered and if so, which store location
def itemPurchased(inf, specifiedItem):
# set variable found to False
found = False
# for each line of the file
# identify the item code
# if the item code matches the specified item
#set found to True
if found:
return string.split(line)[SHOPADDRESS]
return ""
# return the value of purchased to main()
# Calculate the total cost of purchasing a given single item
# not yet implemented - add function here
# Calculate total cost of all purchases
# not yet implemented - add function here
# add details of another purchase to the file (closed)
# not yet implemented - add function here
def main():
# Open file and display menu
infile = open(DATA_FILE, 'r')
choice = menu()
# Execute menu choice
while choice != 20:
if choice == 1:
elif choice == 2:
displayItemNames (infile)
elif choice == 3:
itemName = raw_input("Enter the code of an item ordered: ")
displayItemDetails(infile, itemName)
elif choice == 4:
item = findCheapestItem(infile)
print "The cheapest item is :", item
elif choice == 5:
item = findLargestItem(infile)
print "The largest shoe on order is :", item, "Details below: "
elif choice == 6:
total = findNumberOfItems(infile)
print "The total number of items purchased is ", total
elif choice == 7:
location = raw_input("Enter the name of a store location: ")
print "The items purchased from store ", location, "were : "
itemCount = displaySectionItems(infile, location)
if itemCount ==1:
print "There was only", itemCount, "item ordered from this store"
print "There were", itemCount, "different items ordered from this store"
elif choice == 8:
style = raw_input("Enter a Shoe Style:")
print "The listed items in this style are ordered:", style
displayItemsforStyle(infile, style)
elif choice == 9:
item = raw_input("Enter the item Code to search for: ")
location = itemPurchased(infile, item)
print "Location ", location
if location != "" :
print "This item has been ordered for ", location
print "This item has not yet been ordered"
elif choice == 10:
# next line provides a temporary test for function calculateCostOfItem()
# print calculateCostOfItem("womens sandals 2653F 7 89.65 Stockland")
print "Not yet implemented"
elif choice == 11:
print "Total purchases: Not yet implemented"
#print "Total purchases cost: $", calculateTotalCost(infile)
elif choice == 12:
print "Not yet implemented"
print "Wrong number chosen - try again"
# Reset file reading position to start of file and display menu again
choice = menu()
# Close file and end program
print "End of program"
# Execute main function
Convert the pseudocode to Python code:
Define function findNumberOfItems(inf)
initialise the total
for each line in the file,
add 1 to the total
return the total
I am new in programming so that I am facing problem. Please help me


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Think about it. Does that sound like a fair and just result by any rational justice system that you know of? A major tenet of our justice system is that wrongdoers, and even those who may innocently benefit from their wrongdoing, should not be allowed to profit from that wrongdoing. So it is that, if you purchase an item in good faith from a thief, upon the discovery of its true nature, the law requires that it must be returned to its rightful owner and that you perhaps suffer the loss of your money. Our prisons are full of people whose children are suffering because of the consequences of their parents' actions. But it is because of their parents' actions that they are suffering and not the actions of a society whose very foundation is based on the rule of law.
So I find it hard to swallow the rationale of President Obama, or for that matter, Sen. Marco Rubio, who say that the children of illegal aliens are the victims of some kind of wrong perpetrated on them by American society and that we must rectify it by allowing them to live their dream and, in effect, grant them amnesty from their parents' wrongdoing. I am a lawyer. I have practiced in the criminal law area in one capacity or another for almost 30 years — as a naval officer, prosecutor, judge, parole board member, legislator and a defense lawyer. With the exception of defense lawyer, every one of my public service jobs required me to take an oath that contained the words to uphold and defend the Constitution, and some went even further to require me to swear to uphold the laws of our nation, and of our state. Needless to say, the law and upholding the law has been my career.
Laws are passed by legislatures, and in the case of federal immigration laws, enforced by the U.S. Department of Justice and Dept. of Homeland Security — agencies under the president. I consider the president's actions unconstitutional, illegal, a breach of the separation of powers and little more than political pandering. On Jan. 1, 2013, I will be sworn-in as the district attorney for the 156th Judicial District in South Texas. How do you think the citizens of my D.A. district would react if, upon taking my oath of office, I announced all thieves would no longer be prosecuted by my office? My citizens would quickly move to remove me from office, and the thieves would run rampant in the streets in the meantime. Prosecutorial discretion is one thing, and done on a case by case basis, but blanket policies publicly pronounced by someone in authority who has taken an oath to the contrary to those policies, do little more than promote lawlessness, disrespect for the law, and undermine our whole system of government.
I am a legal immigrant to this country. My parents and I followed the law, waited in line, and did things the right way at a cost of significant time and treasure. My father, my brother and I have served in the U.S. Armed Services to defend this country. To say that service is the equivalent of college is an insult! Just like you in everyday life, I resent people who cut in line and add insult to injury by inviting others to join them. Be they children or not. Furthermore, lest you think that the only profit that the children of illegal aliens have drawn from their parents' wrongful actions in American society is their residency, consider that their parents may have:
1. accessed Medicaid for them as a minor and to do so they would have fraudulently filled out paperwork applying for it when it is illegal and a crime to do so.
2. driven without a driver's license in a state that does not allow illegal aliens the right to a driver's license.
3. accessed our public highways while driving and not maintaining proper liability auto insurance as required by most (all) states.
4. if they were working and did not have a SS card/number, were they fraudulently using a made up number or another individual's social security number?
5. did they or their parents access federal food subsidy programs illegally such as food stamps or federal free lunch programs using false documents or identifiers?
6. failed to file income tax returns, or worse still, filed income tax returns only to be given an earned income tax credit refund, which is essentially welfare.
7. taken a job from a legal resident.
I could go on and on, but my point is that this whole illegal immigration problem has cost America more than it knows, and until our borders are secure, it will continue to do so. Granting de facto amnesty will only make the situation worse.


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Our weaning journey has begun. I think. Tonight was the first night that I put DD to bed without nursing her (she's only gone to bed w/out it if I wasn't home). For weeks I have been asking DD if she wanted her daddy to put her to bed or half-heartedly suggesting that DH take her to bed assuming that she'd never let me put her to bed w/out milk. Both have been met with a big fat NO. I've also started shortening the bedtime session by asking DD to say "bye-bye milk, see you in the morning" which she took to pretty well. So, I'll take this as indication that I'm ready. And given that she doesn't ever ask for milk at any time other than bedtime, I figured perhaps she is ready too.
So tonight I decided to put her to bed without nursing her. Why tonight? Because DH was working late and I figured if she started a complete screaming meltdown and I caved I wouldn't have to explain a)why DD had a meltdown and b)why I gave in to it (because I was pretty sure that I couldn't commit to it if she broke my heart. DH and I are also ready to TTC and I don't want to tandem and I also don't think I could nurse with sore nipples (they were excruciatingly sore during my pregnancy). And for the first time in 20mos she isn't teething or sick or adjusting to something new. So, I figure I better take advantage of this before the 2year molars make an appearance.
I took her up to bed and sat in our usual chair and offered to rock her. Of course she said milk and threw her head back. I said that milk went bye-bye and she started to cry big crocodile tears. I offered to rock her and she said no. Then she said "bed" (which is the guest bed were we sometimes nurse in the middle of the night) so I took her to the bed and lay down with her. The tears stopped. I expected her to ask for milk again and for the tears to start again, but she didn't. I was shocked. It did take a total of 45mins for her to fall asleep and we did move from the bed to walking the hall and then back to the bed were she tossed and turned for quite a while before settling. But she never once asked for milk again or start crying again. Wow. I am impressed. With DD and with myself. It was far easier than I thought it would be on the first night.
I'm curious to see what the rest of the night/morning brings and if she'll wake up at her usual 5am-ish time and ask for milk. And if she does, whether I'll nurse her our not. I can't decide whether I should just wean completely or just cut out the bedtime session only. The early a.m. session is inconsistent. Sometimes she asks. Sometimes not.
So that's my story...if you've read it this far. You LLLadies are the only people I know who would appreciate any of this. I'm not sad...yet...I think because I'm not certain if we are done-done yet. It'll probably hit me then. And when I'm certain that we are finally done I'm going to reward myself with a nice piece of mommy jewelry to commemorate the beautiful journey this was.


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By Helena Rodriguez: Local columnist
I remember when a new priest, Father Juan Montoya, came to Portales in the 1980s. At the end of his first Mass he said, "Now let's go home and do some gringo house cleaning!"
I'm not exactly sure what he meant by that. I think he meant some deep spring cleaning. Anyway, his words came to my mind last Saturday when I woke up and announced to my daughter Laura that it was cleaning day. Our place was overdue for some serious sweeping, mopping, scrubbing and vacuuming. Call it pre-holiday cleaning.
Naturally, Laura grumbled as I announced the plan of action. I would tackle the kitchen and living room if she scrubbed the bathroom. I ignored her complaints and started digging through my old CDs. I popped in a CD of the king of Tex-Mex music, Little Joe y La Familia, and cranked up the volume.
Soon, our dreaded work day was a makeshift pachanga, you know, a lively little fiesta. Our day of so-called "gringo house cleaning" had turned into a day of "Latino house cleaning!"
I then changed Little Joe, my hero from the 1980s, but nevertheless an outdated one for Laura, switching the jams to the fiery Norteño sounds of Los Tigres del Norte. That's when things really got going. I started to feel like one of the seven dwarfs, whistling along with Snow White as we worked.
I've done this a few times before. Over the years I've learned that music can not only liven up a family fiesta but even a Saturday morning cleaning session. While I'll turn on some of the newest hits in Spanish music for Laura, I also like to throw in some oldies for me, classic Tejano like La Tropa F, Mazz, Elida and Ruben Ramos.
Sometimes I see people having a bad day at work and think they could use some music to spruce up their workday. You know the kind of person I'm talking about? You see them all over town all weekend and they are as happy go lucky as can be. But once Monday morning comes, they drag themselves into work and have a look of pain on their face as they sit at their desk. Once the clock chimes at 5 o'clock though, they're happy again.
Yes, maybe a little bit of music can help them learn to whistle while they work, too.
It may not be a bad idea to turn up the jams while you do the dishes as well. Some of the most memorable times I had as a teen in the 1980s were the Saturday afternoons I spent in the kitchen at Grandma Emma's house, washing dishes with Paula and Becky. We'd listen to America's Top 40 with Casey Kasem and would sing along to the latest tunes, "Pop Music, "Lost in Love," "Celebration" and one of our favorites, Sister Sledge's "We Are Family."
We never had that much fun washing dishes at our own house. Maybe the key was washing someone else's dishes, not to mention the music. I don't know.
But getting back to my own recent little makeshift party or pachanga, when all was swept, mopped, scrubbed and vacuumed, I turned the music off and announced that I was getting in the shower. And as I looked over at Laura, a little dirty herself from all that scrubbing and mopping, I couldn't help but think she didn't want our cleaning party to end.
We'll have to do it again sometime … just not too soon.
Helena Rodriguez is a columnist for Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico. She can be reached at:


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#TetleysChallegeCup 3RD Round Draw: @Barrow_Raiders home to @leighminersrl
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Posted 13 March 2013 - 05:34 PM
Great draw for the club. Hopefully this will mean we will get through to the 4th round and a big club at home to get the bumper crowd we need : )
Posted 13 March 2013 - 05:45 PM
Could be some very valuable coffers in the pot...must win first game.
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text: The Directors of the Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum cordially invite you to view the exhibit, 'Cattle to Canvas-Six Stars in the DeWitt County Sky' featuring Al Barnes, Kyle Polzin, E.M. "Buck" Schiwetz, Berthold "Tex" Schiwetz, Charles Schorre, and Tom Stell. This rare exhibit spans a period of almost 100 years of artisitic expression of six important home grown artists. ~~ Friday, October 19 through Monday, November 26. - Wednesday, Friday, Saturday. and Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm - Thursday 11:00 am to 7:00 pm ~~ Located on the 2nd Floor in the Wofford, Hamilton, and Blackwell Rooms. The Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum is located at 302 N. Esplanade, Cuero TX. ~~~ www.chisholmtrailmuseum.org/