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Vinge, Joan (Carol) D(ennison)
Joan (Carol) D(ennison) Vinge 1948–
American short story writer and novelist.
Vinge is the recipient of Hugo Awards for her novelette "Eyes of Amber" (1977) and her novel The Snow Queen (1980). She writes both adult and young adult fiction and has adapted as a children's book the popular "Star Wars" movie, Return of the Jedi (1983). Her characters are usually outcasts from society. Like her adult works, Vinge's first young adult novel, Psion (1982), places as much emphasis on the psychological turmoil of the protagonist as on the suspense generated by external action. Cat, the protagonist of Psion, is a teenage loner whose telepathic powers alienate him from his planet Ardattee. Caught in a power struggle between two interplanetary civilizations, Cat must battle with his own isolation and loneliness as well as with enemy forces.
The redeeming virtue of love and communication is a recurrent theme in Vinge's work. Carl Yoke observes that the alienation of her characters is not an end in itself, but rather a necessary step in their movement toward transcendence. Through love and communication, Vinge's characters overcome their estrangement and may achieve the power to change society. Yoke further comments: "Their common enemy is often the values of the society in which they find themselves. From the exertion of their mutual struggle, they forge new value systems and come to a more complete realization of their own potentials." Thus, Vinge's long fantasy The Snow Queen (1980) is both a traditional science fiction battle of evil against good and a story of the love between two individuals alienated from society. Eventually, the force of their love results in the successful overthrow of the corrupt Winter Queen.
Vinge's stories are characteristically set in a fully realized, minutely detailed world. Critics often praise the skill with which Vinge creates the believable and complex social structures of her futuristic world. The Outcasts of Heaven Belt (1978) exemplifies Vinge's close attention to societal values. This novel concerns the war between a fallen democracy and a socialist military society, both of which are contrasted to the protagonist's idealized society founded on complex kinship and marriage ties. Although some critics feel that the multiple levels in Vinge's stories are not always successful, most find her work thematically rich, tightly constructed, and psychologically and sociologically complex.
(See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 93-96.)
Publishers Weekly
This impressive debut volume ["Fireship"] is composed of two novelettes…. [The title story is] a tightly constructed adventure story, told with a deft, light touch. "Mother and Child," the second story, traces the maturation of a young woman, a priestess, in a medieval type of world where humans are manipulated "for their own good" by benevolent aliens. This story works on a number of levels and is a rich reading experience. The two tales are absolutely dissimilar, and they are both absolutely marvelous. (pp. 75-6)
A review of "Fireship," in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 214, No. 19, November 6, 1978, pp. 75-6.
Robin G. Adams
Fireship actually houses two distinct mini-novels, Fireship and Mother and Child. Both are evidence of Vinge's rightful place as one of s-f's luminaries. They are both well written, highly enjoyable works, and demonstrate the variety of style found in science fiction.
Fireship is a light-hearted adventure story…. Mother and Child is a more thoughtful work. A post-holocaust tribal priestess, born with hearing and perfect vision into a deaf and nearly-blind world, bears a child that could bridge the gap between her tribe and its warring neighbor, and restore to them all the knowledge of their ancestors. It is a sensitive portrayal, skillfully handled from the viewpoints of several characters. Together the two works are an excellent choice for any s-f collection, or a good place to start one.
Robin G. Adams, in a review of "Fireship," in Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, Vol. XIII, No. 3, April, 1979, p. 20.
Publishers Weekly
[With "Eyes of Amber and Other Stories"] Joan Vinge has put together a rewarding collection of six carefully crafted, emotionally rich stories. Included are her first, the bittersweet "Tin Soldier," in which a cyborg (a man with artificial parts) falls in love with a spacefaring woman; and her latest, "Mediaman," an action/love story set in the universe of Vinge's first novel…. Most moving of all, however, are "View from a Height,"… which concerns a woman who volunteers for a one-way trip out into the universe; and "The Crystal Ship," in which a young woman's life is redeemed by an alien who is an outcast from his own people.
A review of "Eyes of Amber and Other Stories," in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 216, No. 6, August 6, 1979, p. 90.
Anthony R. Lewis
[The title novella in Fireship] is a competent adventure story. The protagonist, whom we do not meet until late in the story, has by his existence called into being an antagonist. This antagonist would normally be considered the hero. He is a human/computer symbiosis, not a cyborg. The computer personality is more appealing than the human in most aspects. The "hero" gets involved in interplanetary intrigue, fights assorted villains, wins in the end, and gets to bed a female. But the culmination is not that of the typical super-agent story. Victory is achieved by the (not-quite Hegelian) synthesis of the protagonist (villain) and the antagonist (our hero) which suggests a higher order of human/computer symbiosis is possible…. [By itself, this story] would not justify the book.
The second novella, Mother and Child, more than justifies the existence of this book…. The story is this: an alien planet, with two cultures. One is agricultural worshipping the Mother Goddess (the Kotaane), the other is urban and patriarchal (the Neaane). The Kotaane have an additional sense, which is either absent in the Neaane or is suppressed by deliberate mutilation. These cultures are coming into conflict. Mixing into this is a second group of aliens, the Colonial Service. A Kotaane priestess, pregnant by her smith husband, is stolen by Neaane forces and becomes concubine to their king. Her subsequent life, childbirth, exile, and recovery...
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Publishers Weekly
There are memorable characters [in "The Snow Queen"] and a complex, suspensefully orchestrated plot that builds with steady inevitability from a slow start to a symphonic finale. A few may be put off by Vinge's unabashedly romantic approach—which does lead to scattered spots of overwriting—but many more will be captivated. That, plus an expert use of familiar SF concepts, could take the book past its certain popularity with the genre audience to success in the larger market beyond…. "The Snow Queen" is a triumph for a fine writer who is still growing and will someday surpass her achievement here.
A review of "The Snow Queen," in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 217, No. 5,...
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James Gunn
[The Snow Queen] has a complicated plot, whose complications—unfortunately for the success of the novel—unfold so deliberately that its final shape is clear only in retrospect. Moon Dawntreader, the protagonist, is a young woman born to fisherfolk of the Summer people. She is in love with her cousin, Sparks. Both were conceived at the last Festival in Carbuncle. Moon, though she does not know it, is the clone of Arienrhod, the Snow Queen of the title, who rules the Winter stage of Tiamat and has prolonged her life through the slaughter of the gentle, immortal Mers and now hopes to prolong her reign, even after her death in the ritual that marks the coming of summer, by making her clone the Summer Queen…....
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Lindsy Van Gelder
This delicious book [The Snow Queen] is a futuristic translation of the girl-rescues-boy fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen: the love story of Moon and Sparks….
This complicated, lyrical, anti-colonialist novel works as first-rate adventure, but its greatest achievement is the creation of a literal world of characters: human, robot, amphibian, male and female; from castes, tribes, and political systems across a galaxy. Not since I read the Oz books 25 years ago have I been so drawn into a writer's total reality.
Lindsy Van Gelder, in a review of "The Snow Queen," in Ms., Vol. IX, No. 1, July, 1980, p. 29.
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Jack Sullivan
["The Snow Queen"] gets nicely off the ground several times only to be dragged down again and again by banality. The best passages occur in the exposition itself, as Miss Vinge establishes the sociological and cosmic rules of the planet Tiamat, with its unstable twin suns, its Winter and Summer Queens, its Black Gates to other worlds, its outer region "where space was twisted like a string, tied into knots so that far became near and time was caught up in the loop."
Unfortunately, Miss Vinge's human and alien characters speak such awful gibberish that it's difficult to keep one's attention on the world they inhabit…. The worst offender is the heroine, Moon Dawntreader, the Queen's clone, who...
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Richard Lubbock
Science, religion, magic, moral philosophy, anthropology, and indeed almost all the arts and sciences intermingle most deliciously in Joan D. Vinge's The Snow Queen….
The author describes herself as "an anthropologist of the future," by which she means alternate universes, and her work certainly contains strong echoes of Margaret Mead, Sir James Fraser and innumerable other strains of scientific, social and literary thought.
The Snow Queen is a fantastical elaboration of Hans Christian Andersen's folk tale of the same name. It records events on Tiamat, a world which exists in two states of being, Summer and Winter, alternating every century and a half. The Change is...
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Christopher Priest
[With The Snow Queen we] are in the presence … of a successor to [Frank Herbert's] Dune and [Ursula Le Guin's] The Left Hand of Darkness.
However, comparisons are odious…. Because perhaps it ought to be said … that The Snow Queen is the quintessence of a certain kind of science fiction, a journey as far into the heartlands of the genre as it is possible to go without starting to come back. The publishers call this "worldcraft," and it is a form of novel that more and more sf writers are essaying these days: "worldcraft" is the depiction of an entire planet or world, described politically, culturally, geographically, sociologically, scientifically and sometimes...
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Sally Estes
When 16-year-old Cat, [protagonist of Psion] …, gets a chance to "volunteer" for a psi research project, he embarks on a tumultuous series of experiences leading not only to the awakening of his telepathic powers and the discovery that he can care for others but also to his brutal enslavement and near death. Finally accepting his dual human-alien heritage, Cat experiences an incredible heightening of his extraordinary psionic power when he faces a potent, power-hungry psion in a deadly confrontation that not only destroys Cat's enemy but also Cat's psionic power. In her first novel for young people,… [Joan D. Vinge] pulls no punches in fleshing out a viable, grim, multi-planetary civilization as the setting...
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Carl Yoke
But she wore the nomad's tunic she had brought back with her from Persiponë's, the only clothing she owned, its gaudy color as alien as she suddenly felt herself, among the people who should have been her own.
These lines from the "footrace" scene in Joan Vinge's The Snow Queen clearly express the psychological alienation of Dawn Moontreader Summer, the novel's heroine. Though she stands in a crowd of people from her own clan, she feels that she is an outsider, that she is somehow divorced from the very culture in which she was raised. This is the fundamental experience of a person alienated, estranged, or disenfranchised. (p. 103)
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Carolyn Caywood
[Return of the Jedi—The Storybook Based on the Movie] simplifies the plot but covers the main action and reveals the crucial secrets…. It is an adequate vehicle for those who want to recall the pleasure of the movie, but those who have not seen the film will find the book disappointing. The excitement, suspense and sense of wonder have not made the transition to print. Though Jabba the Hutt is still repulsive, the Emperor is incongruously lacking in menace and even the Ewoks lose some of their appeal.
Carolyn Caywood, in a review of "Return of the Jedi: The Storybook Based on the Movie," in School Library Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1, September, 1983, p. 129....
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Richard Law
[Joan D. Vinge is a] science fiction writer attuned to Existentialism, but her isolated or beleaguered characters survive what William Barrett calls the modern "encounter with Nothingness." A representative character is Emmylou Stewart in the homiletic story, "View from a Height." Lacking natural immunities essential for life on Earth, Emmylou volunteered for permanent duty as an explorer isolated in an observatory in space. Being "trapped in the arc of blackness … meaningless, so insignificant," she falls into depression but recovers and expresses valiant acquiescence: "We're all on a one-way trip into infinity. If we're lucky we're given some life's work we care about, or some person. Or both, if we're very...
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Greetings TeaFriends from around the world! Please stop in and share what is in your cup throughout the TeaDay.
Yesterday, 4/1/11, we discussed the TeaChat name change to CofTeaChat. Please continue to discuss yesterday's topic.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. Dedicated to Black tea after reading the Darjeeling FF discussion. What is your fave type of Black tea right now? Also share if it is seasonally influenced?
We are all looking forward to sharing this TeaDay with ... everyone. Bottoms up.

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Topic: Unable to create a new rails project
I installed rails on a Mac Lion with railsinstaller 10.7, ruby 1.9.3p194.
I have created an octopress blog with Jekyll on this installation without any problem.
But now if do the following, for instance:
mkdir urlu
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rails new
I get this message:
Can't initialize a new Rails application within the directory of another, please change to a non-Rails directory first.
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Therapy through Fitness …
NEW ULM – Using exercise to live a happy, purpose-driven life was the focus of guest speaker Joshua Cox's presentation on Tuesday to more than 100 students of River Bend Area Learning Center.
Cox is a trainer and speaker who overcame childhood obesity to become the 2012 Success Story of the Year for Anytime Fitness. He runs his own fitness classes at home in Santa Rosa, Calif., and he leads groups of runners in four Tough Mudder competitions, which are 12-mile runs littered with obstacles. He also serves as a spokesperson for The Fitness Rebellion, which focuses on changing the traditional conversation about fitness to motivate people to pursue fitness for its own sake instead of trying to look like people on magazine covers.
Cox encouraged students to recognize that everybody struggles with personal problems. He advised letting go of anger over what has happened in their lives to concentrating on improving themselves.
He related his story of how he used fitness to better himself. He said he was an extremely obese kid who suffered from constant bullying at school. He also dealt with numerous personal issues from his negative self image, including bulimia and cutting.
He became motivated by a particularly severe bullying incident during his freshman year when older kids duct-taped him to bleachers in a remote park and tortured him by pulling on his fat folds. He was left there stranded for an hour before a homeless man found him and cut him down. He joined a gym after the incident to improve his health.
Even at the gym, he faced constant bullying. He was initially motivated by a desire to become strong enough to extract revenge. But, he said he actually reached the next stage of creating a truly healthy lifestyle when he was able to let go of his anger, forgive the bullies and focus on getting fit.
"It's never acceptable what they did. But, I don't know what kind of difficult things they were going through in their own lives that made they act how they did," said Cox, "Maybe they had a bad home life, or maybe they had an older sibling that bullied them, and this was their way of feeling they like they had some control. You have to come to the realization that each of us are struggling through our own difficulties in life."
After he mastered working out effectively, he quickly lost 40 pounds and found many more people willing to engage in conversation with him. He attributed his newly gained self-confidence – not losing weight – that allowed him to be willing to engage with others.
He said the type of positive-attitude, focused workouts that he advocates save lives by giving people the confidence, motivation and discipline to truly tackle personal challenges.
"This kind of working-out saves lives. It's more than just burning fat," said Cox, "It's about gaining a focus and confidence to deal with the troubles in your life."
He picks workouts as the focus of his lessons because they are the only truly universally understood experience everybody can participate in – even more so than organized sports. Everybody can identify with the times they felt physical exhaustion and can recognize how everybody else can be feeling the same way in a shared workout.
"[Exercising] is the most effective kind of therapy in the world. They can feel a physical manifestation of the [mental] troubles they face in their lives. Many people told me they saw the steps to deal [with their personal issues] after they saw they had accomplished the steps for taking care of their [physical] selves," said Cox.
He concluded the presentation by getting the entire group engaged in a simple squat exercise they could all do at home by themselves. He said he hoped the students would use it as a simple tool to build their ability to focus while pursuing healthier living, which would in turn help build self-confidence.
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Lamellibrachia luymesi in the Gulf of Mexico - with tubes dyed blue to measure growth rates
"Close-up photograph of the symbiotic vestimentiferan tubeworm Lamellibrachia luymesi from a cold seep at 550 m depth in the Gulf of Mexico. The tubes of the worms are stained with a blue chitin stain to determine their growth rates. Approximately 14 mo of growth is shown by the staining here." Source: Microfauna–Macrofauna Interaction in the Seafloor: Lessons from the Tubeworm. Boetius A PLoS Biology Vol. 3/3/2005, e102


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Is there any word yet on whether or not Sam will be touring to promote his new book?
This would seem to be a weak aspect of the site—there are no postings to let us know where his upcoming travels will take him. Even the radio interviews—I hear about those usually the day of. And when he was on the Infidel Guy's webcast, I received the email alert the following day—doh!
See the Upcoming Events forum on this board, jon. He's apparently making an appearance in NY next week, and he'll be out here in the SF Bay Area for a book-signing on Oct. 6th. As for other stops he's making, maybe try emailing the moderator to ask him to post us some dates and locations.


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Even if you've never heard the word "ikat," you've surely seen the fabric, as it's been around for hundreds of years. Marc Thee (right), co-CEO of Marc-Michaels Interior Design in Boca Raton and curator of Altogether Home, says ikat is making a resurgence in home design because of its versatility and timeless elegance. "The pattern itself is classically ethnic with wonderful saturation of color—which brings attitude and opens the door to mix in other culturally driven textures, patterns or metallics," he says.
Ikats come in a variety of colors—some vibrant, others muted—and an endless array of graphic patterns. A dash of ikat can add a bold nod to a traditional room or a sense of worldly chic to a contemporary space.
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|Virginia Dominicis spiced up this room with an ikat sofa.
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|Green/taupe ikat table runner, Kim Seybert ($460, kimseybert.com).
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These patterns have been around for centuries and will continue to remain in style. Don't be afraid to splurge on an ikat piece—it will have lasting power.
|Bohème (left) and Japura (right) fabrics, Manuel Canovas (price upon request, manuelcanovas.com).
|Jennifer Garrigues covered the chairs in this dining room in an ikat fabric. Photo by Peter Rymwid.


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Craig, thanks for the reply. That's very helpful. So what form is fresh yeast? Is it a liquid? I guess I'm confused about fresh yeast because I've seen and used ADY, IDY, and a sourdough starter along with fresh liquid brewing yeast from Wyeast, which is something like this - http://morebeer.com/products/white-labs-belgian-style-ale-yeast-blend.html?gclid=CK3z3YD5grgCFWIV7AodQBAALQ. From what I can tell, Omid uses fresh yeast and you use an Ischia starter. Am I right to understand what you have said to mean that you two are using something quite different? -Thomas
I noticed that those who do use "regular" yeast for NP pizza use fresh. If it's the same organism, why the preference for fresh?Jeff V has a pretty brutal takedown of it here:
"but I believe it can deliver superior results"That is the understatement of the year. It definitely provides superior results, provided it is well cared for and used appropriately. It takes dough from the good to the great, and I do not think there is any other way to achieve it without using an SD starter. Someday I will get off my lazy arse and feed, and nurture, and love an SD starter.
To the best of my knowledge, a different strain is used for the dry yeast products. It is still S.C. but just a species that is better suited to the drying process, hence improved yeast survival after drying. Since there are literally millions of different strains of yeast available to choose from, this does not surprise me in the least. There are also some select strains that have a thicker cell wall and as a result demonstrate improved survival/performance in a frozen dough application. Remember, it's the ice crystal that forms inside of the yeast cell which with slow freezing, can grow to such a size as to puncture the yeast cell wall thus reducing its survival and/or performance after the dough is thawed. The thicker cell wall is better capable of resisting the damaging effects of the ice crystals.ADY is a good product, but it does have some shortcomings, it does not exhibit the consistency in performance needed in commercial applications, but in home applications these differences just can't be seen, not that they aren't there, but who at home ever complains the the dough took an extra 5-minutes to rise to a certain height than it did a week ago? That CANNOT happen in a commercial setting since it would upset the entire timing of the bakery. IDY, on the other hand was actually developed for the commercial baking industry, not here in the U.S., but in Europe, hence more attention has been focused on achieving a consistency level of performance, which it does demonstrate. We have done numerous real world tests on the different brands of IDY and all of them are so incredibly consistent that over a three year testing period control doughs ALL and ALWAYS gave final proofing times within two minutes of the fixed target time (60-minutes). That is a plus or minus of only one minute for doughs that were made by the 70/30 sponge-dough process, given 3.5-hours of sponge fermentation, mixed to full development, given 15-minutes floor time (rest) then divided, given 10-minutes intermediate proof (rest), molded, panned, and given a final proof (rising) at 100F/85% R.H. with a targeted time of 60-minutes. The consistency with the IDY was significantly more consistent than we ever got when using compressed yeast (which in reality is rather variable) giving a variation in the plus or minus range of 3F. ADY was in the range of plus or minus 6-minutes. In a home setting where dough absorption is not controlled, dough temperature is not really controlled in most cases, and room temperature varies considerably, not to mention scaling accuracy, not just with the yeast, but with the other ingredients too, is it any wonder why we don't see these differences? But with that said, those differences still do exist.Tom Lehmann/The Dough Doctor
Yes, fresh yeast a.k.a. cake yeast is a form of baker's yeast just like ADY and IDY. It's just prepared differently. I think there is a liquid version, but really the only fresh yeast you see is what is generally known as cake yeast. It's a moist block of yeast that needs to be refrigerated. Sourdough is a culture of yeast and lactic acid bacteria that requires care and feeding (or you can keep it in the refrigerator though that requires time to activate the culture before using it and the longer it is in the fridge, the longer it will take to activate. After a few months, it might take a couple days to get ready for use). I keep a culture in a mason jar on the counter and feed it every 4-5 days typically. Baker's yeast is designed to give consistent, predictable results and lots of lift quickly, time after time. Sourdough is much more of a wild card. All sourdough cultures will perform differently. You have to get to know your culture and how it behaves. How you care for it will also play a role in how it performs. Sourdough has a lot more complexity and a longer learning curve, but I believe it can deliver superior results.
You only feed your countertop ischia every 4-5 days? It does okay like that or you had to train it somehow?
Interestingly I watched the video and then clicked on "how to make the perfect pizza" - guardian UK on the you tube tiles after and they show a really cool NP style pizza place in the UK. Check it out.Also, what are everyone's thoughts on using Italian dry yeast - wouldn't you think it would be a different strain from what we have here?https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FI9Q84/?tag=pmak-20
Norma, how did you like the taste and did you see a noticeable difference versus what we can get domestically?
Thanks for the replies; I guess I used the wrong link as I actually meant to use their "master pizza" product. I was just wondering if it would be a different italian strain that would produce a more authentic NP dough. I have an Italian sourdough starter but sometimes need some IDY for extra lift.Norma, how did you like the taste and did you see a noticeable difference versus what we can get domestically?


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The Forum for Environmental Volunteering Activity (FEVA) have organised Ecofusion at Inverleith Park on Sunday 10 April. The event gives folk a chance to "explore and enjoy Scotland's outdoors." More details are available on their website, http://www.feva-scotland.org/display/ecofusion. I've asked if we can have a stall at the event or at least have folk handing out the fundraising/SO leaflet. The deadline for registering stall-holders was 25 February but they are considering the request.
Is anyone willing to help out at the event & represent the Forest? This is a good opportunity for us to outreach to a large captive audience, some of whom might not know of the Forest or the current situation. Plus, it is a day out in the sun (PMA at work) and a chance to see various activities, such as Thai fruit carving.
The event is also looking for volunteers from Friday 8th until Monday 11th April to help set up/take down the event structures, assist stall holders & activity providers, promote recycling facilities available, direct event participants and provide information & support. If you'd like to help, then contact Denise Millan (email@example.com).


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The Goldman 33: Where are they now?
Goldman Sachs is 31 partners lighter, according to accounts filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission this week. Financial News looks at what those who no longer hold the coveted title of partner are doing now.
In its latest filing with the SEC, dated November 2, Goldman Sachs revealed that its partner pool had decreased to 407 since its last filing in February: 33 are no longer on the partners list, while two – Mark Schwartz and Richard Phillips – have been added to the bank's most senior ranks.
Financial News name-checked 11 of the 33 in an April article http://bit.ly/VQ2fkp); on partners who had left Goldman Sachs since the start of 2011.
Below, we list all 33 former partners and - if they have new jobs - where they are working now. The list is based on previous Financial News coverage, as well as the Financial Services Authority's register of authorised persons, press releases and press cuttings.
Most have left to join other companies or set up their own, while the jobs of others are unaccounted for and they may still be employed by the bank.
Goldman Sachs declined to comment.
1) Sanggyun Ahn A Korean citizen, he launched Seoul-based private equity firm Anchor Equity Partners in August after working in Goldman Sachs's Principal Investment Area. He has worked on private equity deals such as Goldman Sachs's stake in Korean banks, including Kookmin Bank and Hana Financial.
Source: Private Equity International
2) Christopher M. Barter Barter set up his own investment fund in Moscow, DMC Partners, after his departure from Goldman Sachs was announced in February. DMC Partners is an investment fund targeting developing markets. Barter had spent the last five years running Goldman Sachs's Moscow office, and 20 years at the bank in total.
Source: Financial News
3) Samuel J. Wisnia The former head of global macro has joined former colleague Chris Barter at DMC Partners.
Source: Financial News
4) Milton R. Berlinski Berlinski announced his retirement in an internal memo in December after 25 years of service, most recently as global head of financial sponsors.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
5) Jason Glen Cahilly Cahilly's current employment status is unknown. He is known as a rainmaker in the media and telecommunications sector.
Source: Bloomberg
6) Jin Yong Cai Cai joined the World Bank in August to head its private lending sector division, the International Finance Corporation.
Source: Bloomberg
7) Lik Shuen David Chan Current employment status is unknown.
8) Chia-Lin Chang Chang joined Taiwanese mobile manufacturer, HTC, as chief financial officer in April.
Source: Financial News
9) Martin Cher Cher has left the bank though his current employment status is unknown. At Goldman Sachs he was co-head of Asia fixed income.
Source: Financial News
10) Diego De Giorgi Giorgi has been co-head of corporate and investment banking for Europe at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, alongside Bob Elfring, since June.
Source: Financial News
11) Steven M. Feldman Feldman has been chief executive officer at precious metals provider Gold Bullion International since July. He founded and led Goldman Sachs's global infrastructure fund business.
Source: Gold Bullion International
12) Luca D. Ferrari Ferrari is now co-head of European advisory at boutique investment bank Greenhill & Co. He was head of M&A for northern Europe at Goldman Sachs until his departure in February.
Source: Financial News
13) Paul Graves Graves is set to join chemical company FMC and take over from incumbent chief financial officer, Kim Foster, when he retires at the end of the year.
Source: MarketWatch
14) David B. Heller Heller joined the board of directors at plastic packaging company Berry Plastic Group in October. He was formerly co-head of securities at Goldman Sachs.
Source: Yahoo Finance
15) Alastair J. Hunt Hunt's current employment status is unknown. He is known as a rainmaker in the natural resources sector.
Source: Bloomberg
16) Richard A. Kimball, Jr. A healthcare dealmaker, Kimball is thought to have left the bank.
Source: Dealbreaker
17) Hughes B. Lepic Lepic retired in August after 22 years at the bank, most recently as head of the merchant banking division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Source: Bloomberg
18) Wayne M. Leslie Leslie is reported to be joining Brevan Howard Asset Management as a credit trader after leaving Goldman Sachs last month. Brevan Howard declined to comment.
Source: Bloomberg
19) Anthony W. Ling Ling quit the bank in July, according to the FSA register. He had worked in the global investment research division. He was head of European equity research until 2010, when he handed over the reins to three team members.
Sources: Financial News, FSA register
20) Lindsay P. LoBue Current employment status is unknown.
21) Serge Marquie Marquie's current employment status is unknown. He was most recently listed as co-head of Goldman Sachs's Latin America financing group.
Source: Financial News, FSA register
22) George N. Mattson Mattson joined Delta Air Lines' board of directors last month, after retiring from Goldman Sachs in August. He had been co-head of the bank's industrials group.
Source: Delta Air Lines, Financial News
23) Jeffrey M. Moslow An industrials investment banker, Moslow's retirement from the bank was announced in February in an internal memo.
Source: Financial News, Bloomberg
24) Kevin A. Quinn Current employment status is unknown. He was most recently listed as global chief operating officer of the bank's telecom, media and technology investment banking business.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
25) Krishna Sarpadi Rao Rao left the bank in September of this year, according to the FSA register.
Source: FSA register
26) Muneer A. Satter Satter quit the bank in June after 24 years of service, most recently as global co-head of the principal debt group and global head of the mezzanine group.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
27) Shahriar Tadjbakhsh Tadjbakhsh has been chief operating officer at Italian holding company Exor since June. Previously, he was chief operating officer for the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs Japan.
Source: Exor
28) Jasper Tans Tans is now a managing director in the equity capital markets team at UBS, responsible for Scandinavia, Benelux and financial institutions clients, as well as providing specialist coverage, according to an internal memo. Previously, he led Goldman Sachs's Japan financing group.
Source: Bloomberg
29) Kaysie P. Uniacke Uniacke retired this year from the bank, where she served as global chief operating officer for Goldman Sachs Asset Management's portfolio management business.
Source: Uniacke's LinkedIn profile, Gettysburg College list of board of trustees
30) Lucas van Praag The bank's long-standing head of corporate communications left in February, to be replaced by Jake Siewert.
Source: Financial News, The Wall Street Journal
31) Kevin Antony Walker Walker's current employment status is unknown but, according to the FSA register, the managing director is still employed by the bank.
Source: FSA register, Financial News
32) C. Howard Wietschner Wietschner retired in February after 18 years at the firm, according to an internal memo.
Source: Bloomberg News
33) Yoel Zaoui Zaoui set up a new firm called Zaoui Capital with his brother, Michael Zaoui. The former co-head of global mergers and acquisitions retired in April.
Source: Financial News
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (98 votes).
In short: Everything about this race was superb.In full: The organisation from entering to post race was excellent. Although the start had to be delayed there was somewhere warm for everyone to wait.During the race the support was brilliant, from the drummers, the marshals, the cadets, Elvis,the group outside Chiquitos,the music - right down to the lady on her own with her dog at around 3k who cheered every runner and then crossed over to the 7k mark to do it all over again.If you only do one run a year make it this one.I'll be back !Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: Fantasic Race a must for the running calender from now onIn full: Such a fun and well organised event, loved every minute of it and a beat my PB by 5 mins. Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: Fantastic event; Amazing atmosphere; Total dedication from organisers. JUST DO IT!!Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: AWESOMEIn full: Loved the elite pen at the front, nice touch and was nice to be able to get away to a fast start. Only downside was that my chip didnt register but still battered my PB.Well worth doing and I will be back next yearDate of review: February 11, 2013
In short: Maintaining high standards - Well done organisersIn full: The Organisers are working hard to maintain the high standards of this event. Some good additions to previous years - Improved route, Music en-route, Sub 40 minute starting pen. Keep up the good work and Thank you.Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: Simply brilliant!In full: Superbly organised race, excellant support and entertainment. The drummers were great and because of the terrain and weather you could here them for ages! Plus Levi's was dishing out the high 5s! Can't wait to do this again next year!!!Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: excellent!excellent!excellent!In full: brilliant event!Best t-shirt of the year!excellent medal!a more than generous goodie bag.Anyone organising a running event should consider The Mad Dog as a role model.Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: My first Mad Dog - it won't be my last!In full: This is my first Mad Dog race and having read previous reviews on Runners World I was expecting big things. It delivered. From the free bus to race HQ to T-shirt collection everything ran like clockwork. If others mark the race down for the delayed start don't listen to them - it was the right decision; the council only put one bloke on the car park for c.2500 runners. Delaying the start made sure everybody could make the race. The course was an out and back down the front at Southport which in Feb might not sound the most scenic but there was plenty to keep my attention, the steel band and singers along the route were a nice touch and the support received from the marshals and Air Cadets stood in the cold was brilliant.All in all this is the best 10k race I've done and I can't wait for Feb '14 for the next one.It should also be pointed out all profits go to charity though how they can make a profit with such good quality t-shirts and medals I will never know!Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: My favourite raceIn full: Fantastic event. The organisation was spot on in all respects, from the build up to the event (the pre-race emails, as well as being useful, always raise a smile!) to the day itself.Yes, there was a delayed start, but only to allow those waiting for buses at the car park to get to the start line. In other circumstances this might have been an issue, but it was communicated well, and there were plenty of places to escape the cold pending the eventual start.The marshals are some of the friendliest I have experienced, and the runners themselves were a really good bunch.Value for money is extraordinary - I really don't know how so much can be squeezed out of such a low entry fee. I would pay the entry fee for the quality of the event alone, but add to that a technical t-shirt, a great medal and a goody bag choc-full of all sorts of delights….and you have yourself a champagne race for beer money!Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: well organised and thorougly enjoyable!In full: The drummers were fantastic and really pushed you on!Date of review: February 11, 2013
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Apple to Sell Products Through T-Mobile
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- T-Mobile USA has clinched a deal to offer Apple (AAPL) products on its U.S. network, according to published media reports.
The Deutsche Telekom subsidiary looked on enviously in recent years as U.S. telecom heavyweights AT&T (T) , Verizon (VZ) and Sprint (S) started selling the tech giant's popular wares, such as the iPhone and iPad.
T-Mobile is America's fourth-largest cellular carrier.
Deutsche Telekom said on Thursday that T-Mobile USA has entered into an agreement with Apple to bring products to market together next year, according to AllThingsDigital.
Neither Apple nor Deutsche Telekom has yet responded to TheStreet's request for comment on this story.
T-Mobile's U.S. operation is involved in the wave of consolidation sweeping the U.S. telecom sector and is set to merge with MetroPCS (PCS) . The T-Mobile USA/MetroPCS deal is expected to closed in the second quarter of 2013.
Shares of Apple rose 1.2% to $545.06 on Thursday. MetroPCS shares gained 1.3% to $10.25.
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Developers ask court to reverse zoners' decision on $11 million housing project
EASTON, Pa. - The developers of a proposed $11 million housing project involving a former Catholic church property and a nearby vacant lot in South Bethlehem have gone to court in hopes of salvaging their plan.
The non-profit HDC MidAtlantic and South Bethlehem Partners filed an appeal Friday in Northampton County Court to a Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Board decision three months ago that put the highly touted project in limbo.
The zoners voted 5-0 on Sept. 26 to deny HDC a series of variances needed to build the South Side Lofts -- 28 apartments at the former St. Stanislaus Catholic Church at 5th and Hayes and another 18 low-income apartments a block away near East 5th and Atlantic streets. Their written decision was issued on Nov. 9.
The appeal says the zoning hearing board's decision was "improper" and "inconsistent" with the board's decision last December.
A year ago, the zoners approved HDC's plan for 36 apartments at the former church, provided the developers could come up with one parking space for each apartment. HDC had proposed 11 spaces.
HDC came back with a more ambitious plan in September. The developer sought to meet the parking requirement by buying two lots on Atlantic Street and dropping the number of apartments at the former church to 28.
HDC also proposed an 18-unit, three-story building with one-, two- and three-room apartments on the Atlantic Street property.
The developer pointed out that 48 parking spaces would be available for the 46 apartments in the South Side Lofts project -- two more than required.
City officials were excited about HDC's plan. A week before the zoners' decision, Mayor John Callahan held a news conference at the site to trumpet HDC's proposal. The city even pledged $700,000 in federal housing grants toward the project.
At the zoners' Sept. 26 meeting, five people living near the proposed project expressed concern about an already tight parking situation; increasing the density of an already heavily populated area, and the kinds of people the project would attract.
The zoners said nothing to explain their decision that night, but in their Nov. 9 written opinion they said HDC did not meet the criteria of the zoning ordinance for the variances. They noted that the developers did not show their project "is in harmony with the neighborhood." They also faulted them for trying to "fundamentally change" the nature of the project, adding they presented no proof of the economic need for more apartments.
In their appeal, HDC MidAtlantic and South Bethlehem Partners strongly disagree with the zoners' conclusions, saying the Atlantic Street plan was "reasonable" because it proposed a number of apartments and a parking plan permitted by the city's zoning ordinance.
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Two at Almost Home fired, but why?
Two former Almost Home employees say they don't know why they were fired from the North Central Iowa Humane Society's no-kill Fort Dodge shelter.
The shelter's board president says he can't comment on why Katt Flockhart and Barb Smith were let go.
But social media has played a role in the drama that has unfolded since December. In fact, Almost Home Shelter Director Renee Drown said, "Social media blew up."
Everyone involved agrees that multiple cats were left in a home when their owner died and that those cats needed to be rescued.
After that, the story gets murky.
Flockhart said she was told by Drown, who was hired on Dec. 17, 2012, to handle the rescue. Drown, she said, had received a call about the cats and asked Flockhart, who ran the shelter cattery, what they should do and whom they should contact.
"I said, 'The first thing we need to do is call a vet,' Flockhart said. "I assumed we, as the local shelter, would be taking those cats. I did not ask if she was taking them somewhere else or if someone else was coming in or if animal control was taking them."
Flockhart said she contacted Dr. Mike Bottorff, a veterinarian who serves on the shelter's board of directors, and he agreed to examine the cats when they arrived. Flockhart said she made sure there was available space in the quarantine room and talked with other shelter employees who said they were ready and willing to perform the rescue.
In the meantime, however, she said Drown had "posted something on the Almost Home website about the Des Moines ARL (Animal Rescue League of Iowa) coming in and another rescue to take these cats."
In response, Flockhart said, other rescue groups began to post on the website indicating they would help round up the animals rather than involve the ARL, because of a "fear of euthanasia." ARL is not a no-kill shelter.
"I said nothing more. I was not told about the ARL myself," Flockhart said. "As far as I knew, we were still rescuing these cats."
She said she asked Drown about the ARL and was told the ARL was coming in to examine the cats. Flockhart said she told Drown she was confused because arrangements were already made to have Bottorff check out the animals.
"Then from there," Flockhart said, "it blew up on the Internet because (Drown) had commented back to these people that Almost Home would have full control over the animals, even though the ARL was coming in. Someone had commented that they had worked with the ARL, and the ARL doesn't come up on their own dime to walk into a house of this situation and then hand over the cats to another shelter. That's just kind of common sense, they just don't work that way."
However, Tom Colvin, executive director of the ARL, said that's exactly the way it works. When there is a request from another shelter, Colvin said, the ARL doesn't charge the shelter. In a rescue situation, he said, fees are only collected when the request is made by law enforcement. The ARL will make an attempt to collect money in animal cruelty and neglect cases if and when a person is convicted, he said.
Flockhart, who lives in Stanhope, said she was driving to Fort Dodge on her day off, expecting to go to the house with Drown because even though online posts said Almost Home was not rescuing the cats, Drown had not told her otherwise. However, Flockhart said, when she stopped to pick up Smith to run a quick errand, Smith said there were more troubling posts.
Flockhart and Smith then went to Bottorff's office and "we pleaded with him, please, to help us. So we had kind of just spilled the beans on everything from Renee not helping us at work and us being extremely stressed out, and we were being lied to about the cat rescue, and my name was getting drug through the mud" because, Flockhart said, she was still telling people that Almost Home was going to perform the rescue.
Although a previous shelter director routinely helped with cleaning, other day-to-day tasks and routine customer service, Drown refused to help out with mundane tasks, Flockhart said. Drown, she said, "wouldn't do it, wouldn't do it, and we finally quit asking." As a result, she said, animal care and customer service suffered.
Greg Wells, the shelter's board president, said Thursday that Drown's primary role is fundraising.
Bottorff told Flockhart to talk with Wells.
Flockhart said she and Smith then went to the shelter and "walked into Renee's office. I said, 'We need to talk.'"
Drown began yelling at them that they had no right to rescue the cats and they had no idea what was going on, Flockhart said. Drown then turned to Smith and fired her, Flockhart said, blaming Smith for a Facebook post on Smith's personal page.
Wells said Thursday at a press conference he had told Drown to contact the ARL. He was concerned about employee safety, he said, because of the number of cats and the possible condition of the house.
Flockhart said she, Smith, Wells and Drown had a meeting after the firing, and Wells reinstated Smith; all four agreed to a fresh start.
Before the ARL could perform the rescue, though, Amber Klepsteen, the woman who had originally contacted Almost Home about rescuing the cats, decided to bring the animals in on her own. That was Jan. 6, and Flockhart said for the next four days "nothing was said about me being in trouble for bringing them in."
She said she was in the quarantine room on Jan. 11 when she was told Wells wanted to speak to her. Flockhart said she was medicating the rescued cats. When she went into the office, "I had no clue I was about to be fired."
Wells, she said, demanded her keys and said her services were no longer needed. She said she asked why she was being fired, and Wells said he didn't have to tell her. Flockhart said she told Wells and Drown, who was also in the office, that her keys were in the quarantine room and that she wasn't going to leave without finishing the task of medicating the cats. She said Wells came to the quarantine room demanding she leave immediately.
Later, the same afternoon, Flockhart said, the scenario was repeated with Smith being fired again.
Smith said when she was asked for her keys, Wells told her there was a change of plans or something similar.
"I would have been there three years in June," she said. "It kills me not having my job."
Flockhart said another employee later told her that Wells had said the firings were because "this Facebook stuff had gone public. Now, what Facebook stuff he is talking about, I have no idea because Barb and I hadn't said anything."
However, Flockhart said, she had commented twice on a page that "blasted" her for an incident involving a kitten that was brought to Almost Home and turned over to the city's animal control officer.
Flockhart said a stray kitten was brought to Almost Home, but there was no space available. The man who brought in the kitten was told by a shelter employee the shelter was full. He could either take it with him and wait until space opened up or the employee would have to call animal control. The man didn't want the kitten, and the employee called animal control. According to Flockhart, who wasn't present at the time, the employee was following a longstanding shelter policy and did "exactly what she should have done."
Another employee spotted a Facebook post, Flockhart said, by someone whose last name was Stevens charging that while everyone was focusing on the group of rescued cats, "what about this poor three-month old kitten that was brought in from their owner and promised a nice, warm kennel and a loving home and was surrendered to you guys that was turned away, given to animal control by Katt to be dumped off at a hog confinement?" Flockhart said she contacted the employee who had turned over the cat to animal control and assured the employee she had done what was proper.
At the same time, another person with the last name Stevens was also posting online, Flockhart said.
He first appeared, she said, about the same time Drown began her job at the shelter. Drown, on her second day of work, proposed selling cats for the discounted price of $12 and dogs for $50, a plan Flockhart strongly disagreed with. She said she told Drown it was a bad idea, but Drown insisted on going forward.
Drown said Thursday she was trying to make animals from the shelter competitive with advertisements for free cats and dogs that appear in newspapers or on Craigslist.
Flockhart said she feared the sale would not draw the type of person who could provide good, permanent homes for the animals.
A second online commenter, who identified himself as Trip Stevens, "friended every single shelter employee," she said. Flockhart said she didn't know Trip Stevens, but friended him because she "assumed he was just an animal person." Smith said no one at the shelter had heard of a Trip Stevens, although "he told us he'd worked with us at the shelter."
Because he seemed to know so much about what was going on at the shelter, employees and managers started looking at volunteer files, trying to see if they could ferret out Trip Stevens' identity.
Flockhart said employees began asking each other if they were him.
Shelter workers and volunteers were "terrified," she said, wondering if the facility was bugged or if someone was spying on them.
"One of the volunteers on the front desk went as far as to go to Iowa Courts Online just to see if there was any kind of record there. Nothing," Flockhart said.
"I do think it's pretty coincidental that there is a fake Trip Stevens, and there is a Tasha Stevens, and considering both of them have profiles with no picture, no information, that was just created. It's very fishy," Flockhart said. "One person is bashing me left and right, and the other person is standing up for me."
Flockhart said she and Smith believed they were getting blamed for the information Trip Stevens was posting.
Both women have denied being Trip Stevens.
Tasha Stevens later posted again, Flockhart said, writing that while Flockhart wasn't the one who turned over the kitten to animal control, she was the one who told the other employee to do so.
"Greg got on the same website," Flockhart said, "and very publicly posted that if any employee sent an animal to animal control, they will be terminated immediately." That, she said, "caused another huge uproar" because that had been standard policy at the animal shelter.
Wells responded Thursday: "It's not a policy; it's a procedure. It's a procedure that I will tell you the bulk of the board really doesn't understand. I've been on the board since 2010. This was the first time I'd ever heard of it, so that's, frankly, where that statement came from. I was appalled by that. Here's how this works, and this leans more toward cats because we end up with a lot more cats than we do dogs. If somebody brings in a cat and we're over capacity, what they have done is to contact animal control and animal control will come out and pick the animal up and take it to Town and Country. The reason being, unless that animal is delivered to Town and Country via animal control, Town and Country won't be reimbursed for the housing of that animal."
Wells said he was stunned to learn that this "has been a procedure that has occurred. Finding that out, obviously, I didn't terminate anyone as a result of that decision. But I also made it clear to the board that we're going to be reviewing the procedure because it's a procedure that I'm completely uncomfortable with."
Flockhart also said she knows Wells "has a big issue with our sponsors and our donors," whom she said are the only reason Almost Home exists.
Flockhart said she was contacted by Donette Gadbury, a donor who said Wells had told her she was "not important … that he did not care about her opinion as a sponsor. All he wanted was her money. He has basically made the same statement to Barb and myself."
Wells was asked at the press conference whether he had told Gadbury to take her contributions elsewhere. He said, "To be fair about it, at the end of the day just because you're a contributor doesn't mean you're going to come into a facility – whether it's Almost Home, United Way, the Red Cross, or any other charitable organization – and tell that organization how to operate. It's simply nonsense. And, quite honestly, the quantity of contributors that we have, that come in, write a check, and wish us the best, are astronomical.
"We do have a handful that are very specific, and those are OK too. Then we have some that, quite honestly, on occasion make demands and, on other occasions, make threats. We get ultimatums. I have the tendency to choose to go against the ultimatums and part company. So the short answer, specific to her in that conversation is, if she chose to take her contributions elsewhere, so be it."
However, he also praised donors Esther Tuvell, who was instrumental in establishing the cattery at the animal shelter, and Marlys Smith, who will have naming rights to a proposed dog park at Almost Home.
Flockhart also said she and Barb Smith had interviewed for other jobs at the shelter and "we were pretty much promised the promotions." However, the position was instead given to a part-time worker who had less experience and less knowledge, she said.
Wells said Flockhart and Smith had applied and were interviewed, but they had not been promised promotions.
At Thursday's press conference, Wells said the shelter is an asset to Fort Dodge, and "I believe in what we do."
In what seemed to be a rare point of agreement, Smith said, "I don't want to see anything bad happen at the shelter. I don't want the donors to back out."


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At a congressional hearing on Muslim radicalization in U.S. prisons, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said that investigators needed to analyze Christian militants in America because they too might try to bring down the country.
In an exchange with witness Patrick Dunleavy, the former deputy inspector of the criminal intelligence unit, New York Department of Correctional Services, Rep. Jackson Lee mentioned the case of a man who blew up an abortion clinic and proposed that this perhaps was an attempt to undermine U.S. law that allows a woman to procure an abortion.
Rep. Lee then said, As we look to be informational, we should include an analysis of how Christian militants or others might bring down the country. We have to look broadly, do we not?
Dunleavy answered: I dont know that Christian militants have foreign country backing or foreign country financing.
Lee then said, I dont think thats the issue. The issue is whether or not their intent is to undermine the laws of this nation. And I think it is clear that that is the case. So its not -- your distinction is not answering the question.
The hearing on Muslim radicalization in U.S. prisons was held on Wednesday by the House Homeland Security Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.).
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NEW YORK (The Deal) -- Roughly 19 months after entering Chapter 11, former photography giant Eastman Kodak
Judge Alan Gropper of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan on Tuesday, Aug. 20, verbally confirmed the company's reorganization plan.
"I am very cognizant of the fact that Kodak is one of the oldest and best-known names in American business,
He later added, "let us take a moment to dwell on the future and the hope that the business that Kodak will be continuing in will be successful."
Debtor counsel Andrew G. Dietderich of Sullivan & Cromwell told the court "all five classes
Gropper overruled several objections to confirmation from parties including U.S. Trustee Tracy Hope Davis, a shareholder and a group of retirees.
Davis had taken issue with future emergence awards for certain Kodak executives included under the plan.
A group of 11 retirees had asserted that they were entitled to an administrative claims, which the judge has also rejected.
Finally, a shareholder appeared before the court to add to testimony made by other equity holders at an Aug. 5 hearing. The shareholders questioned Kodak's valuation of its business, asserting they were entitled to a recovery.
"I cannot decree a larger payment for creditors or any payment to shareholders if the value is not there, and there is no evidence that there is," Gropper said at the hearing.
Dietderich said the company hopes to emerge from bankruptcy as early as Sept. 3.
"Staying in bankruptcy is costly on many levels, and we are hoping to emerge as soon as possible," Dietderich said.
Dietderich explained during the hearing that Kodak initially intended to resolve several objectives during its bankruptcy, including capitalizing its business appropriately, receiving the highest value for its intellectual property, resolving its legacy debt and refocusing on the more valuable aspects of its business.


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Through the years my pantry has been extremely important. Although I have an actual room, it is not necessary to maintain an adequate pantry. When I speak of a pantry I am referring to the food that I have on hand to work with.
When you live in the country you do not run to the store before you cook a meal. If you do not have the ingredients for the food that you intend to make, you do not make it.
Through the years I became very good at improvising. I had emergency substitutions for many things. If I did not have an emergency substitution I had a recipe to make what I needed.
What do I mean by this? If I did not have eggs, I had a cookie recipe and a cake recipe that did not take eggs. If I did not have the can of milk or the yogurt that a recipe called for I had a recipe to make my own to use. I made a substitute for Eagle Brand milk as well as homemade yogurt. I also made my own brown sugar.
When I think of a well-stocked pantry I envision one with all of the staples such as sugar, flour, dairy products, eggs, and spices and herbs. If I have a protein and potatoes or pasta I am all set. When cooking for the people who worked for us my rule of thumb was if I had a big dinner entree, I fixed a simple dessert such as ice cream and cookies. If I had a small entree, I fixed a more elaborate dessert. At any rate no one left the table at Hickory Heights hungry.
Recently, I took advantage of a wonderful sunny mild day to do some grocery shopping. I happened upon one of my readers that I know quite well. She, too, was out filling her pantry just in case bad weather hit. I was stocking up on fresh things as well as some staples that I happened to be short of. With the cold weather and snow that arrived I am pleased that my preventive shopping trip paid dividends.
I must confess at this point I am spoiled. Instead of going to the grocery store when it is bad weather, I make a trip down the road to get my meat and eggs. The farm store has a wonderful assortment of items that I can use to create a nutritious meal.
If I could have only one protein on hand I would choose some type of ground meat. You can turn ground meat into many different dishes. I used ground pork in my chili. I made meatloaf with ground beef and pork or even with ground lamb. The mixing of different types of meat is the secret.
Along with my pantry I had a freezer as well as the jars I canned in the fall. That freezer and my stash saved me on many occasions. When we first moved up here the electrical system was old. It was the same as when the electric came to this area in the late 1940s. The small box and fuses were unable to keep up with the influx of electrical items that were now part of a well-equipped home.
Until we upgraded the system there was only so much that could be added. I knew that I needed a washing machine, but I could do without a dryer so that I could have a freezer. It turned out to be a good choice. I hung my clothes out on a line for years while I enjoyed the convenience of a freezer. I could purchase things in quantity such as bread and rolls. I could also freeze some of the produce from the farm garden. My freezer is still a major convenience item for me.
Today my grandson is spending his day off with me not because he needs a babysitter anymore, but because we enjoy having a day together. We had a wonderful discussion over breakfast about a project he did in his science class. That is how I keep abreast of what is going on in education these days. My grandson always puts off eating breakfast until he gets here because having eggs and cinnamon toast at grandma's house is a tradition.
He and I are also going to work together. He will do the climbing to put my village things away. The other two grandchildren helped me get them out; now it is his turn to help me put them away.
We discussed the supper menu. He wanted goulash and cheese bread. Thanks to my shopping trip the other day I have everything I need on hand. He is at the point where he is interested in cooking. He made the crumb topping for the apple pie plus sliced apples. He grated cheese and helped fill the bread machine. His father was always interested in cooking, too.
It is good for boys to know how to cook. My husband never learned how because his mother was always at home on the farm. Once he was no longer milking cows he was eating lunch at home. After he microwaved a hot dog for five minutes rendering it inedible, I set the microwave for him and told him to press start to heat up his lunch.
Life is different today. With women in the workplace it falls upon the men to handle the cooking detail once in a while. Also, when they go to college they have to be independent. It is good for the boys to know how to do the laundry and at least cook a few things. The skills we practiced today just might come in handy someday, and he will remember cooking with grandma.
Ann Swanson writes from her home in Russell, Pa.


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GeoSafari® Pocket Scope
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Fun for my son, but quality not the greatest
My 7-yr old son received this pocket scope. The pocket clip fell off almost immediately, but the telescope / microscope component of this pen has held up for a couple weeks now. ...Read complete review
My 7-yr old son received this pocket scope. The pocket clip fell off almost immediately, but the telescope / microscope component of this pen has held up for a couple weeks now. He enjoys playing spy games and has added it to his spy toy collection. It doesn't seem like the sturdiest toy, but it's held up thus far, in terms of use and enjoyment. However, it's more of a novelty toy. The pen can't be focused, so the microscope component of this only works if you put something on the table and put this directly on top of it. You could really only look at a dollar bill, or insect wing, or something very flat like that, so it has limited usefulness. The telescope end of the pen also does not focus, but it seems OK for looking at things that are far away. My son would give this 5 stars for fun, and I give it 3 stars for quality, so we compromised at 4 stars.My son received this as a product tester, in exchange for an honest review. This opinion is all our own.
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While the scope is fun, it easily comes apart, which is fine if you can put it back together. Unfortunately, there are no directions for how to do so. I called the...Read complete review
While the scope is fun, it easily comes apart, which is fine if you can put it back together. Unfortunately, there are no directions for how to do so. I called the company and was told that "there are no directions. It is not supposed to come apart." My son and I were looking forward to seeing the sequence and reassembling it together. I would not recommend it. If it was not supposed to come apart, then the eyepiece should be glued and not threaded, which easily comes off with the curiousity of a young person wondering how it is made.
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Decent pocket telescope...not so great microscope
By Tonya
from Oregon
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Comments about Educational Insights GeoSafari® Pocket Scope:
My child liked product, but more for the telescopic features. He never really figured out how to make it work as a microscope, and neither could I! It worked fairly well as a pocket-sized telescope and we were able to see leaves at the tops of very tall trees. Anything we tried to view using it as a microscope was blurry and out of focus no matter what we tried. It's not the most durable item and broke relatively easily, despite trying to be careful with it. So, fun at first with limited activities, but not designed well for microscope features or to hold up with a careful 7-8yo's play.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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By Nathan's mom
from Guilford, IN
My son (7) had fun with this the day it arrived. He really hasn't picked it up since. I gave it a try and found it hard to look through and really couldn't see anything. I think he had the same problem. When the scope arrived, it was not in the factory package. It split open and the scope was loose and had come apart. I'm not sure if it was put back together correctly because it came with no type of "manual" or instructions on how to put it together or how to use it.
Needs work
By EH
from Chicago, IL
This is a great concept but needs some work on execution. It's finicky and needs too much work to get objects in focus. Also felt flimsy and I was worried that it would easily break. My kids are very gentle on toys and they both said they were worried about twisting it too far and it falling apart.
By Jen M
from Chicagoland, IL
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
A little disappointed
By scubagal
from chicago, il
It didn't come with any instructions, so it was a bit confusing at first, we were able to figure out what side to look thru by using the picture on the package. It works ok as a telescope for far away, but the microscope part my kids couldn't figure out how to see anything up close, it was all a blur. It was tricky for them to figure out how to focus (8 yo girl, 6 yo boy), eventually they gave up. We have a big backyard, so it was fun to look at things far away, but eventually they became frustrating with the lack of focus they could control and cast it aside.
Needs directions
By Rachel
from Iowa
I received this product for my son in exchange for an honest review. He was very excited to try it as soon as it arrived. We got it out of the packaging and I noticed there were no instructions other than a few pictures on the back. The telescope end seems to work ok. We could not figure out how to see anything through the microscope end. I did turn the tube a little, but feared it might come apart after reading other reviews. It seemed to bring things into focus a little more but not enough to see details on small objects. My son had fun with the telescope end but was frustrated with the microscope end.
Really cool toy until it falls apart
By Traci
from Alabama
About Me Education Oriented, Educator, Parent, Thrifty
My son received this for Christmas - it worked great - so exciting to see him inspecting EVERYTHING!!! But then as he was focusing, it fell apart and a bunch of pieces came tumbling out. We have tried numerous times to reinsert the tubes and lenses - unsuccessfully.It should have directions for just this problem!And maybe glue the ends on!!!Very disappointing to lose such a fun and educational toy in this way!I say I would recommend to a friend BUT only if they immediately glue in the screw caps first!
Merchant response: Hi TraciPlease email me at firstname.lastname@example.com, we'd like to get you a new Pocket Scope!
Great fun..for 15 minutes
By Don
from Barre, VT
The first one I bought was completely out of focus, not matter what you did, you could not use it, so I brought it back to give it another shot.This one worked fine and is a great item, but fell apart in 15 minutes. If the company could manage to make it more durable since the main users are children, that would be helpful. I hate throwing money away, but one, hour and a half trip to replace it is all I'm going to do..the second one ended up in the garbage after just an hour....15 minutes of use and 45 minutes of trying to put it back together to make it work.
Merchant response: Hello Don, We are so sorry for the experience with your scope. Could you please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 800-995-4436? We'll gladly take it back or send out a replacement. Thank you.
what a bummer
By EduMama
from los angeles
About Me Education Oriented
My son loved his telescope, until it broke. He was looking at absolutely everything with it, which was pretty fun to watch. Anyway, I went online to see how I could put it back together, but there are no directions anywhere online. Bummer.
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Falls Apart Easily - NON Lasting Fun
By Jennbible
from Danville, CA
About Me Educator, Parent
My daughter is in tears because I can not figure out how to put the pieces back in. If only there were a re-assembly sheet. We had it for nearly 20 minutes and it fell apart. Please Help.
Merchant response: Oh, no! We'd be happy to replace the scope for you and your daughter! Please email email@example.com so we can take turn your daughter's tears into smiles as soon as possible!


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I have a 14' Jon boat and I was wondering if anybody had some plans on how to make a homemade blind for it?
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Maybe you already thought about/discovered this, but I went on youtube and found some videos of people making blinds out of pvc pipe and mesh and zip tieing grass onto it. It's not really a plan, more of a general idea but seems simple enough.
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perfectly good idea. use schedule 80 pvc for a more durable finished product.
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This is what a friend just did. Braces for the side, easy on and off, then a camo sheet
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thats a neat way to do it easy on and off nothing permanant I like it may try something similar
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I built a scissor blind out of conduit for my 16 ft G3. I used bimini hardware to connect it to the boat, so there are 4 screws holding it on. I attached a tarp and camo sheets of burlap. I hang grass mats on it. The total cost is around 100. It sets up in about 5 minutes.
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Can anyone PM me some pictures of your boat blinds. I am in need of one and need some pictures or instructions on how to build one to a Jon Boat.
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On Sunday, April 29 at 1:30 pm
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Description: Book TV presents LIVE coverage of the LA Times Festival of Books. At 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT, a panel on the mixing of religion and culture featuring: Christopher Hitchens ("God Is Not Great"), Zachary Karabell ("Peace Be upon You: The Story of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Coexistence"), and Jonathan Kirsch ("A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization"). The panel is moderated by Thane Rosenbaum.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (1561 votes).
In short: Scenic and good public support.Date of review: June 4, 2010
In full: This should be renamed the east coast marathon as after 12 mins of running you are ushered right out of Edinburgh with the lovely view of cockenzie power station to keep you company for the remainder of the race no loosing your bearings here. Once again the organisers failed to take into account the predicted weather conditions too few water stations remember 3 miles is the regulated maximum distance apart oh and where were the cool down showers on the route. This has big potential so start listning to the feed back, or this will end up a fancy dress fun run. The locals were great to cheer on but you just did not get the feeling you were running a city marathon. This is classed as the fastest marathon course yet no records Have been broken here. All in all a very average Marathon.Date of review: June 4, 2010
In short: Have done this marathon for the past 2 years-seen a great improvement in the organisation this year.Return buses too far away from finish.Would be good to have the Marathon event on it's own-no relay or half to steal limelight.Date of review: June 2, 2010
In short: I don't want to run a marathon and then have to walk another one to get a shuttle bus back to the city.In full: Need to consider reversing this course so it finishes in Edinburgh. I won't be back for this one.Date of review: June 1, 2010
In short: Poor organisation at end of race spoilt the day for me.In full: poor signposting, a dangerous crush to get in and out of the reunion area, lack of good photos, too far to the buses and too long to get back in to Edinburgh spoilt what could have been a fab day. Local support was good in places, but not much over the course as a whole. Difficult for family to see more than one part of the race.Date of review: June 1, 2010
In short: Lovely route , enjoyable weekend in city tooDate of review: June 1, 2010
In short: Not a bad raceDate of review: June 1, 2010
In short: Great race PBIn full: I thought the race this year was superb despite the late start,should have been 9.30am.The finish is always going to be difficult to organise but come on the walk to the baggage trucks was really not that far.My one suggestion would be to make the Lothian buses back into town free for those wearing a medal.This would have really speeded up the process of boarding the buses as runners scrambled about trying to find change.It would be a great gesture from Lothian and would not cost them as a fortune particularly as they benefit from so many extra bus users over the whole weekend.With free boarding and a few extra buses the logistical problem of getting back into the centre would be solved.Absolutely loved the day and great to have a grandstand finish!Date of review: June 1, 2010
In short: a really great well supported race in a fantastic cityIn full: Did this last year and will do it next year too but please if the big man upstairs is listening could you please arrange for a cooler day! The last two years that I have done it have been scorching. A great race made all the better by the fantastic people of Edinburgh and their superb support. Date of review: June 1, 2010
In short: Heat on the day spoilt it but enjoyed the scenery and was quite flat.Date of review: June 1, 2010
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ACC Foundation appoints new board members
The Alpena Community College Foundation Board of Trustees announced the appointment of five new members, including Rich Gillies, Suzii LaMarre LaCross, Mary L. Lappan, Max Lindsay and August Matuzak.
Gillies is a resident of Lincoln, and is the third generation in his family to own and operate Gillies Funeral Home. He is a member of numerous organizations including the Lincoln Lions, Alcona County Economic Development Corp., Lincoln Village Industrial Development Corp., Barton City Trinity Lutheran Church and the Michigan Funeral Directors Association. In 2012, Gillies was named the Lincoln Citizen of the Year.
LaMarre LaCross of Ann Arbor is a graduate of ACC. Over the years she has been actively involved in the Midland area. She was elected to the Midland Public Schools Board of Education and served for nine years. In addition, she was chair of an Advisory Committee to the Midland City Council for three years, Midland County Youth Leadership Steering Committee for 14 years, and is a 15-year member of the Leadership Midland Alumni Association.
Lappan of Alpena is an ACC alumna. She worked as an Alpena Public Schools elementary teacher for 27 years and also was the owner of Flowerland Designs for three years. Lappan is actively involved in the community and is a member of the ARMC Development Council, Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Women's Giving Circle and WISE.
Lindsay of Alpena served as the Dean of Student Affairs at ACC for 35 years and retired in 2011. Recently he was appointed by the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education to serve as the Career and Technical Education college coordinator. Lindsay participates on numerous community boards and organizations including the Habitat for Humanity of Northeast Michigan.
Matuzak of Alpena is also an alumnus of ACC. He worked for Federated Insurance for 29 years and is currently employed with Top O' Michigan Insurance. As a lifelong Alpena resident, Matuzak has been involved with various organizations including the Alpena Regional Medical Center Development Council's Planned Gifts Committee, Thunder Bay Arts Council, and the Resurrection Lutheran Church Council.
The ACC Foundation was established in 1982 and is the official fundraising arm of the College and a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Its mission is to obtain financial support to enhance the ability of ACC to meet the lifelong education needs of the communities it serves.
The ACC Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees comprised of business and community leaders. Sue Fitzpatrick serves as president and Nancy Coombs as vice president of the ACC Foundation. Additional board members include Roger Bauer, Jim Boldrey, Lisa M. Dietlin, Marc Ferguson, Cindy Gabara, Olin Joynton, Dennis Kruttlin, Elaine Orr and Terri Rondeau.


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Engineering students create self-cleaning coop to promote sustainability
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