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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Freshmen make mistakes.
Newcomers to the college game, freshmen often make their teammates and coaches cringe at some of the ill-advised decisions they make on the floor.
Inexperienced and error-prone freshmen rarely are expected to play key roles on a team, but Caprice Dennis is not a typical freshman. The 5-foot-8 point guard has earned Miami coach Katie Meier's trust by playing a key role in the Hurricanes' early success this season.
"It means a lot because for freshmen, it's tough to come in and get a lot of minutes," Dennis said. "You have a lot of upperclassmen and coaches trust them because they've been around and the coaches know what they're going to do. To gain Coach Meier's trust in such a short period means so much to me. I love that she trusts me."
While Meier has been impressed with Dennis' performance on the court, it's the 18-year-old's hard work off the court that has helped her become a key member of Miami's rotation.
"I really enjoy when we're in film, whether it's one-on-one or with the guards or the entire team, she has the answer," Meier said. "I will rewind something and ask what they see and she knows it and has a solution for it. Players are going to make mistakes. They may dribble the ball off their foot sometimes, but I haven't seen her make a lot of choice mistakes or a lot of thought mistakes. For a freshman, that's a big deal."
Making the right choice is something Dennis has been trying to do for much of her life. Growing up in Detroit, Mich., Dennis honed her on-court decision-making skills on a daily basis.
"Detroit is a wonderful city," Dennis said. "A lot of people have different opinions on it, but being in the city day-in and day-out, I love it. It's always basketball there. Everybody is playing basketball and ever since I was a little kid, I always had a ball dribbling up and down the street. Wherever you go, you see someone playing basketball and I was one of those people."
While her daughter made great decisions on the court, Gwendolyn Gray wrestled with a difficult decision off the court. Following Dennis' freshman year at Detroit Pershing High, Gray allowed her daughter to move in with assistant girls' basketball coach Shawn Hill.
"My freshman year after high school, I moved in with my assistant coach at the time," Dennis said. "For the rest of my years, he was my head coach and he had nine children. I consider them my family so I consider myself to have 11 siblings. I moved in with him and stayed there until I came to college."
Dennis has a special relationship with Hill, whom she calls "Dad." The two speak often and she credits Hill for helping get her to where she is today, both as a basketball player and as a person.
"We still have a connection," Dennis said. "He really helped me out a lot as far as getting focused on school. I really appreciate that. My mom had a lot to do with it, too. She made the decision to let me go. That was a big decision and I'm grateful for that."
Dennis made her first big decision during her senior year at Pershing. An all-state guard, Dennis was recruited by major programs like Kentucky, Texas and Kansas. She ultimately committed to the Jayhawks, but her strong decision-making skills led her to re-evaluate her choice to be sure it was the right one.
"When I was committed to Kansas, the reason I de-committed wasn't because I didn't want to go to Kansas. It was because I wanted to be sure that I made the right decision. I came out of it with the idea that I was still going to Kansas. That was my No. 1 school."
Everything changed when Dennis visited Miami. While Dennis was a Jayhawk coming into her visit, she left Coral Gables a Hurricane.
"I came on a visit here and I immediately had a great connection with Coach Meier," Dennis said. "I connected with the players, too, but the connection I had with Coach Meier so quickly was overwhelming. I was like 'wow, this is where I really want to be.' I talked to my family about it and they agreed that they loved the school and the program and we all made the decision that I should come here."
Meier noticed something special about Dennis during the guard's official visit. While the two shared time at practice and at a team function at Meier's home, Miami's coach feels the strongest bond between the two was formed over breakfast the next morning.
"We had the kids over to my house and I saw her observe the team," Meier said. "She didn't get really involved and she wasn't completely outgoing, but I definitely was watching her watch my team. I could see her smile at really quaint moments that meant a lot to me but some kids missed. Maybe it was Morgan Stroman just being silly with Suriya McGuire or having a player patting a coach on the head messing around, just that casualness that we have and I saw her see that stuff. "
"So the next day at breakfast I said 'I want to talk to you about some stuff I saw yesterday because people miss what's special down here.' They miss this relationship. I asked her what she saw in practice and her observations were that we build confidence and give our players a lot of power. She said she saw that we trusted them. She saw things that weren't just obvious. I thought she was a high-level thinker. She's very wise. So we talked on a higher level than our normal talks with a recruit. I wasn't selling myself or the program or the school. I was very interested in her and what made her tick and what was important to her. I think that is what started it."
That same morning, Dennis noticed Meier's genuine interest in her as a person. The young guard felt a connection similar to the relationship she had with Hill. That is when she knew she was going to be a Hurricane.
"She made me feel like I could trust her," Dennis said. "That is a big thing with me being able to trust somebody completely. She is such a wonderful person and if you're around her you know that she has this burst of enthusiasm at all times. No matter how her day is going, you won't know because she is always presenting herself with a lot of enthusiasm. From the beginning, I really liked her personality and since then, our relationship has grown a lot. I've gotten to know her better and I am always trying to pick her brain on and off the court to make our relationship better every day."
Along with her outstanding basketball talent, Dennis' strong decision-making skills have traveled with her to Coral Gables. She leads Miami's freshmen in minutes played and has made key contributions in the team's victories over No. 6 Penn State and Alcorn State.
"In our games against Penn State and Alcorn State, Caprice made huge plays for us," Meier said. "Unfortunately, we needed those plays against Alcorn - which shouldn't have happened but we needed them - and she was in the lineup and withstood the run and answered it. In those two games, I have put her in to answer those runs and that shows a lot of confidence in a freshman."
Despite her early success, Dennis recognizes that there is room for improvement in her game and she has decided to be proactive in her efforts to mature as a player.
"There is always room to improve," Dennis said. "My shooting can get a lot better. I don't know my shooting percentage, but I know it's not the best. I'd like to get that up and I really want to focus on my ball handling. I think I can work on that a lot too."
Dennis also hopes to add muscle to make her more of an offensive force around the basket. At just 134 lbs, Dennis has struggled at times this season to get to the rim. But the freshman guard is confident her work with strength coach Alex Parr will help her finish strong in traffic going forward.
"I also definitely have to get a lot stronger," Dennis said. "You'll see some of my finishes where I get to the basket and I should be able to finish but I'm not capable because I'm not strong enough. I definitely want to get a lot stronger."
While physical strength is something Dennis lacks, her mental toughness is off the charts. Meier marvels at her ability to remain calm and composed in the most pressure-filled situations.
"She is very calm and steady Eddie," Meier said. "I remember right before Tennessee I said, 'Caprice, are you excited?' And she said, 'they play ball just like I do.' It was a straight pulse with no spiking. It has not been a roller coaster with her at all. It's just a matter of her understanding her role and playing. If you give her some freedom, she is going to make the right choices."Relaxed under pressure, Caprice Dennis is avoiding the typical freshman mistakes and helping the Hurricanes make the right decisions on and off the court.


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The Pine River-Backus Tigers girls' basketball team creamed the visiting Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Wolves 94-21 on Thursday, Feb. 21, to finish undefeated in Northwoods Conference play, and clinch the conference title for the sixth straight year.
The Tigers have gone 39-0 in the conference games over the last three years. PR-B ends the regular season 13-0 in the conference and 21-4 overall. The second-seeded Tigers are scheduled to host the No. 7 Northland-Remer Eagles in the first round of the Subsection 5A tournament on Thursday, Feb. 28. That winner will face the winner between No. 3 East Central vs. No. 6 Hill City at McGregor High School on Saturday, March 2.
Against W-H-A, the Tigers' Autumn Ackerman was the first to score with a basket in the opening minute. The Wolves answered with two points, Kendra Brasel put in four points, and W-H-A got two more points to make the score 6-4. The Tigers scored six points with two each from Brittany Kelley, Tatum Sheley, and Megan Felthous, the Wolves answered with a free throw, and Brasel responded for the Tigers with her first of four 3-point baskets. Journee Howard put in a free throw, W-H-A got a three pointer, and the Tigers went on an 18-point run to make it 44-8 with seven minutes left in the half. In the last seven minutes, the Tigers scored another 18 points while the Wolves only managed six points to give PR-B a 52-14 lead at the half. In the second half the Tigers outscored the Wolves 42-7.
All but two of the Tigers scored, and four of the starters had double digits. Kelley came away with triple-double digits with 14 points and 10 rebounds, 10 steals, three assists, and three blocks. Brasel was the high scorer with 18 points, three assists, three steals, and two rebounds. Felthous had 16 points, four steals, two rebounds, one assist and one block. Sheley had 14 points, seven assists, six steals, four rebounds and one block. Ackerman had nine points, five rebounds, five steals and two assists. Brooke Richards was on fire as she drained three 3-pointers and had one rebound, one assist and one block. Nicole Arends finished with seven points and one steal. Howard had five points, two rebounds and two steals. And Jess Hanneken put in two points and had one rebound. "We shot really well," said PR-B coach Randy Schwegel. "These seniors have won the conference every year they've played varsity. Now, going into the playoffs, we're playing for keeps."
Tigers 71, Menahga 22
The Tigers defeated the visiting Menahga Braves 71-22 on Tuesday, Feb. 19. Kelley scored the first two points with less than 10 seconds off the clock. Sheley put PR-B up 5-0 as she put in a layup off an assist by Brasel, plus got fouled on the shot and made the extra point. The Braves put in two points, the Tigers made six points with two each from Kelley, Sheley, and Felthous, and the Braves put in two free throws to make the score 11-4.
The Tigers put in seven points off two steals within a minute, including two free throws by Kelley off her own steal, two points by Felthous off a steal by Sheley, and a three pointer by Brasel. The Braves put in another two free throws, Sheley put in two points, Brasel put in two points, and Howard put in two points, to make the score 24-6 with nine minutes left in the half. The Braves added two points, PR-B made seven points, and Menahga made two more points. The Tigers scored eight points, Menahga put in two free throws with 48 seconds on the clock, and Kelley had the last points of the half as she put in a layup off an assist by Arends to make the score 41-12 at half time.
The Tigers outscored Menahga 30-10 in the second half to easily win. High scorer was Sheley with 16 points, five steals, four assists and one rebound. Ackerman had 14 points, seven rebounds, four steals, three blocks and one assist. Felthous had 14 points, five rebounds and one steal. Kelley had 12 points, six rebounds, four steals, three assists and two blocks. Brasel finished with seven points, three assists, two rebounds and one steal. Howard had six points, five rebounds, one assist and one steal. And Arends put in two points and had one assist.

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09.29.2008 SecurityProNews | P2P Sites Spreading Obama/McCain Malware
Beware of downloading campaign videos via peer-to-peer networks like LimeWire and FrostWire. A large percentage of them may be carrying something worse than mudslinging.
09.25.2008 IT News | In-the-cloud security to grow in economic crisis, Webroot predicts
The economic downturn could give the software as a service (SaaS) model an edge over traditional security software provision, Webroot believes.
09.25.2008 IT Business Edge | Life Still Risky on the Wild, Wild Web
A quartet of studies and attention from the group mandated to protect credit and debit cards makes clear that threats from Web application exploits are as dangerous − or even more dangerous − than ever.
09.17.2008 ARN | Computelec partners with Webroot for SaaS push
Elsby said Computelec would be tailoring the suite of Webroot Web and email security SaaS solutions to each school's individual requirement.
09.16.2008 IT News | Aussie schools get SaaS with Webroot
"A total security package allows educators to focus their attention on educating young Australians rather than dealing with spam or Internet threats."
09.05.2008 PC World | Webroot Secure Backup Service
Webroot's backup client is extremely easy to configure and use. In addition, it allows you to back up to a local drive as well as to the company's online storage--a trick that Mozy and Fabrik lack.
09.02.2008 Searchsecurity.com | Study finds SaaS gaining traction at midsize firms
The Enterprise Strategy Group survey follows a report issued by Gartner Inc. last month that predicted the demand for hosted services will jump over the next five years. The research firm said cloud-based services this year account for 20% of revenue in the messaging security market.
08.27.2008 Daily Camera | A Chat With.....Mike Irwin
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08.05.2008 Forbes.com | Webroot Enhances Security SaaS to Combat E-Mail Spam Backscatter
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07.21.2008 PC Advisor | Webroot Secure Backup Review
"...Webroot also provides users with the ability to backup to a variety of local media, and the simple interface provides the option to save files locally or online."
07.17.2008 eWeek | Security SAAS Makes Messaging Strides
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07.17.2008 SC Magazine | New secure online backup for home users
"Home PC users who want to protect their pictures and music from damage can secure their files by installing Webroot's new backup system."
07.15.2008 PCMag.com | Webroot Launches Secure Online Backup Service
"Respected security vendor Webroot announced it has begun offering a secure online backup service."
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07.02.2008 Reseller News | Soft Solutions Secures Unique Webroot Reseller Deal
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06.09.2008 Application Development Trends | Webroot Launches Web Security SaaS Solution
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06.04.2008 Computer Business Review | Continuity moves up the agenda in email services
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05.09.2008 ITnews.com | Webroot launches $1 million security data center
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05.05.2008 Information Week | Security Continues Its Drive Toward The Cloud
Everything from CRM software to word processors and spreadsheets is now delivered as services. It's about time that more security vendors do the same.
05.03.2008 PC World | Webroot to Offer Security by Subscription
Nobody likes desktop PC security software. It's intrusive, it slows you down, and it constantly needs updating. And if you think blocking viruses and other malware is a pain on your home computer, spare a thought for the IT staff at work. When you have dozens or even hundreds of PCs to manage, security can quickly become a fulltime hassle.
05.01.2008 Network World | Webroot plots the end of desktop security
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04.28.2008 Keep the Kids Safe Online
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04.24.2008 eWeek | Webroot Looks to Take Hold in U.S.
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04.15.2008 Dark Reading | Webroot Presents Malware Security Tips
Webroot, a leading security provider for the consumer, enterprise and SME markets, has issued a white paper entitled 'How to Protect Business from Malware at the Endpoint and the Perimeter' that includes four key tips to protect enterprises and SMEs against malware infection.
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03.27.2008 eWeek | Webroot, Iron Mountain Join Online Storage Security Space
...both highly successful companies have come to the fore with online storage and data protection services.
03.14.2008 eWeek Channel Insider | Google`s Channel Woes are Webroot`s Gain
Google's changes to Postini's pricing structure and its recent channel moves are helping Webroot recruit new email security services resellers.
03.11.2008 TechNewsWorld | Cyber-Thieves' New Target: Business Processes
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03.08.2008 TheLedger.com | PC Program Helps Patrol Kids' Web Use
For parents looking for a dependable program to monitor such activities, there is Webroot's Parental Controls.
03.06.2008 CIO | Internet-borne Viruses Foiled by SaaS
It (spam) increased by 400% between September 2006 to September 2007, said Peter Watkins, CEO security firm Webroot Software, during a keynote presentation at Network World's IT Roadmap conference in Denver.
03.05.2008 eWeek | Webroot to Address Web Security SAAS
Webroot Software broke into security SAAS (software as a service) when it merged with Email Systems in November 2007, and now the company is looking to extend that same SAAS approach to the world of Web security as it targets the midmarket.
02.21.2008 Computer World | The Spyware Threat: How to Protect your Business
This Webcast will provide information about current trends and statistics in IT security, the differences between spyware and viruses, the challenges facing IT staff, and how to protect your business from the growing malware menace.
02.19.2008 JSonline | In today's Internet world, it's spy vs. spy
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02.14.2008 Techrockies | Webroot Adds Three to Executive Staff
Security software publisher Webroot Software reported Wednesday that it has added three faces to its executive staff.
02.08.2008 Processor | More Security, Not Resources
It takes time and effort to manage unwanted email and can occupy valuable personnel. Webroot's E-Mail Security SaaS (software as a service) provides the means to manage and secure email without the need for additional hardware, software, or manpower.
02.05.2008 IT News Online | Webroot Announces Availability of Webroot Parental Controls
"Webroot Parental Controls helps parents protect their children from computer risks even when they cannot personally monitor their child's activity."
01.31.2008 ComputerWire | Webroot Plans Data Mining and Leak Prevention
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01.18.2008 Computer Active | Webroot Parental Controls 5.0
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01.17.2008 Network World | Webroot reboots email security service
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01.16.2008 ComputerWeekly.com | Webroot unveils email security SaaS system for SMEs
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01.15.2008 EarthWebNews | Webroot Offers Cloud-Based E-mail Scanning Service
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01.15.2008 TechNews World | Webroot Targets SMBs With E-Mail Security Offering
"Webroot's managed encryption service provides an open standard encryption mechanism through Transport Layer Security (TLS), while also offering desk-to-desk email encryption via public and private keys for added protection."
01.03.2008 Network World | Webroot Software offers real-time defense
"The recently released 5.5 version of Webroot AntiVirus with AntiSpyware and Firewall provides real-time and on-demand detection and remediation for virus and malware threats, and it boasts an easy-to-use user interface."


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What is the Esso Cup?
It's a tournament of champions, a tournament to determine the best of the best. There is no bigger tournament for female minor hockey players in this country. Six teams representing different regions of Canada compete against one another to decide the best in the country, and earn the privilege to hoist the Esso Cup trophy itself.
In Canada, there are more than 100 female Major Midget teams that battle from September to April to earn a berth at the Esso Cup. This year, my team made British Columbia history. The Fraser Valley Phantom is the first female Major Midget team from B.C. to compete at the Esso Cup!
This is an opportunity that female hockey players from around our province have dreamed of for years. We are set to make those dreams a reality! We will not only be playing for our team, but for all girls in our province.
The Esso Cup is the ultimate opportunity for my teammates and I to show our friends, families, classmates, and even teachers, what our hard work has been all about. Why we climb countless stairs before practice (and sometimes after practice in full gear), why we complete endless sets of push-ups and squats on the ice, why we endure long bus rides, and why we celebrate our victories like there's no tomorrow. It also gives us the chance to show the rest of Canada how far female hockey has evolved in B.C.
The impact of this tournament will live on forever; it's something my teammates and I will remember for the rest of our lives!
It's difficult to describe just how much hosting and playing in the Esso Cup means to us as a team – sometimes the passion and excitement one feels can defy words. Our captain, Hailey Smyl, summed it up in this way:
"To me, it means accomplishment. We didn't just walk our way into hosting nationals; we have progressed as a program over the past few years, and finally we are being recognized for our achievements. Winning provincials two years in a row deserves a chance at the 'real deal,' and nothing but hard work has gotten us here."
It's a sentiment that we all share. We've worked so hard to get to this place, and now we're ready to show everyone what our hard work, perseverance, and teamwork can achieve. We know that the rest of the teams competing for the Esso Cup feel the same way, but we believe in ourselves and are set for the challenge.
Having the privilege of competing for the Esso Cup as hosts of this wonderful tournament only fuels the fire that burns within us as a team. Knowing that all of our friends and families will be cheering us on in the stands adds to the excitement and atmosphere of the Esso Cup. We are ready!
About "Ghost" Writing: Leading up to and during the 2013 Esso Cup, Canada's National Female Midget Championship, coming to Burnaby, B.C., this April, several players on the Fraser Valley Phantom of the BC Hockey Female Midget AAA League, will be contributing their thoughts to "Ghost Writing," a blog about hosting the Esso Cup and everything else female hockey.


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On Deadline: It's name-calling, fact-enhancing compost season in Palo Alto
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Mar 28, 2011
Already, posters on the Town Square forum on www.PaloAltoOnline.com are accusing former Mayor Peter Drekmeier of being on an ego trip due to his leadership in favor of using 10 acres adjacent to the Water Quality Treatment Plant for a composting/energy facitility. Drekmeier and dozens of volunteers collected more valid signatures than needed to force an election on whether to "undedicate" the acreage, which has been designated as a future part of Byxbee Baylands Preserve.
Similarly, personal comments have been made about stalwart opponent Emily Renzel, a former City Council member who has been a protector of the baylands for decades -- her e-mail handle is "MarshMama."
In November, Palo Altans will be asked to decide whether keeping a composting operation local and using it to generate electricity through an anaerobic-digestion system that produces methane gas, which can power electricity generators. The system would replace an outdated incinerator at the treatment plant, used to turn sewage sludge to ash, using expensive natural gas. (See press release on initiative [Web Link here].)
Last week (March 22), Drekmeier, Renzel and three city staff members -- Senior Engineer Joe Teresi, Deputy City Manager Steve Emslie and Brad Eggleston of the treatment plant staff -- outlined possible futures for the baylands at a League of Women Voters forum. The staffers shunned the politics to focus on the current status of flood control, the future of the Palo Alto Airport (which, so to speak, has been up in the air for some time), and how the sewage plant works.
Teresi noted that the levee system that protects a huge sections of lowlands Palo Alto and other parts of the South Bay were never "designed" levees but simply piled up bay mud.
Contrary to general belief, he said should there be a substantial levee break at high tide some parts of Palo Alto could be inundated with about 8 feet of water, far deeper than the 1998 flood from overflow of San Francisco Creek. He pointed to one curved levee near the Baylands Nature Preserve as key to holding back the bay.
Emslie focused primarily on the Palo Alto Airport, which Santa Clara County has said it no longer wants to operate. But Palo Alto must keep the airport open because of a series of federal grants to upgrade it -- which require that it be kept open for 20 years. Consultant studies indicate it could be operated at a profit, he said.
But the main focus of the evening was Byxbee preserve and the choices that voters will soon hear more about leading to a November decision.
Drekmeier led off with comments about the proposed "Green Energy and Compost Initiative," referring to the 4-hour City Council discussion of the matter the night before in a study session. He said trucking the city's compost-capable materials to another site would create 12,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year. He said if all the city's food and yard waste were collected in one spot "it would fill a football field as high as City Hall."
Creating an alternate to the "embarrassing" incineration of sewage sludge would save more than $1 million annually in savings on natural gas and disposal of the ash. He said the proposed "wet anaerobic digestion" process would be far cheaper than alternatives, and said revenues from the operation could pay for improvements throughout the remaining 92 percent of the Byxbee preserve. (See PowerPoint slides [Web Link here].)
Renzel said that isn't good enough, and that people have waited 45 years for the completion of the Byxbee park and shouldn't have to wait longer now. She said the city's landfill operation was created in the 1930s after the city's incinerator burned down. The land was dedicated as park land in 1965, when voters approved Enid Pearson's "Park Dedication" initiative ordinance, and the landfill was supposed to close in 1968 but was kept open illegally. (See her baylands' history [Web Link here].)
"Our baylands were kind of like a Public Works (department) playground, with all sorts of things happening," she said.
Renzel said when she was named to the Planning Commission in 1973, then-Chair Mary Gordon helped initiate the first Baylands Master Plan, still in effect with some modifications and recently confirmed.
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a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 28, 2011 at 6:28 pm
"In November, Palo Altans will be asked to decide whether keeping a composting operation local and using it to generate electricity through an anaerobic-digestion system that produces methane gas, which can power electricity generators"
The way I understand it, the voters of Palo Alto will be asked whether they want to undedicate 10 acres of parkland. There is no mandate to force anaerobic digestion.
You seem to have drunk the kool aid of anaerobic digestion, and you also seem to be promoting that solution as a 'best use' alternative for those 10 acres.
Please correct me, if I am wrong, Jay.
a resident of Barron Park
on Mar 29, 2011 at 1:20 am
Cedric de La Beaujardiere is a registered user.
Thank you for your article, Jay. Any name calling is unfortunate, I hope we can all try to keep the discussion respectful, focus on the issues and refrain from personal attacks. I appreciate Emily's and Enid's historic accomplishments to protect parks and baylands, leaving Palo Altans with, if i recall correctly, one of the highest per-capita park acreages in the region. But I happen to disagree with them as to the best use of these 10 acres of the landfill next to the sewage treatment plant. This site is the ONLY place which can allow us to handle our own wastes, reduce our green house gas emissions, and save the city money. This is the only workable site because of its size, its adjacency to the sewage treatment plant, its not being airport or commercial property, and because all the regional solutions outside Palo Alto are more expensive. (For my costs analysis, see Web Link)
A small correction to Jay's quote of Peter: the 12,000 tons of CO2-equivalents is not just trucking, but is the difference between digesting and composting our municipal organic wastes locally versus trucking our food and yard wastes "away" and continuing to incinerate or sewage.
The 20,000 tons CO2 is the approximate difference between the local option of AD and Composting compared to what we are doing now (which is incinerating sewage, composting yard wastes at the landfill, sending some food to Gilroy for composting, and sending most food to the landfill where it releases methane, a potent GHG, to the atmosphere).
Craig is correct that the initiative only makes the 10 acres available "for conversion of organic wastes by biological and/or other equally environmentally protective technology" (Web Link). It does not mandate a particular technology. Wet or Dry AD are the leading contenders, but there are other emerging technologies which _might_ fit the bill.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Mar 29, 2011 at 8:17 am
Too bad that Jay, in his zeal to complain about name-calling and exaggeration, could not bother to get the facts right in his posting. Talk about exaggeration--Jay could not even get the facts on what we really be voting on in November right!!!!!
Is Jay also claiming that Renzel and Drekmeier are guilty of exaggeration??
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 29, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I urge voters to visit the Web Link noted above in Cedric de la Beaujardiere's posting and READ the Initiative language. After 10 findings, all but one discussing green energy and compost, with only (h) even mentioning undedication of parkland, there is a property description (for the map Exhibit A) which says,"thence from said True Point of Beginning the following four (4) courses and distances..." I may be reading it wrong, but there appear to be six (6) courses and distances ie. 209.06 feet, 276.48 feet, 180.61 feet, 652.20 feet, 633.72 feet and 671.94 feet. Hmmmm --ever heard of a six-sided rectangle?
Findings (f) and (j) suggest that revenues will flow to the General Fund from this project. The Feasibility Study shows all the revenues flowing to the private developer of the anaerobic facility (AD) for their 25% return on investment. The only monies that could flow to the General Fund would be RENT for the 10.1 acre site, but AD advocates have now been requesting that NO rent be charged for the parkland, because if the true value of the land were included, the project would not be feasible.
Proponents' literature showed a photo of the facility with a Green Roof, so that the true nature of this industrial facility next to Byxbee Park was not shown. No one is mentioning that any more because it would add a minimum of $4-$6 million to the already high cost of AD.
Section (3) makes a blanket amendment to the Baylands Master Plan (2008 update) saying "All language elsewhere in the Plan would be inoperative". That's a Pig in a Poke and totally disrespectful of the thousands of people hours spent planning for our precious Baylands.
Voters should say NO to this ill-thought out proposal and Byxbee Park should be completed as planned.
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 29, 2011 at 3:43 pm
curmudgeon is a registered user.
Both Mr Thorwaldson and Ms Renzel make good points. However, my opinion is that truth is paramount.
The proponents of this measure should come clean about two major points:
1. The nicely buried and groomed facility they front on their website has no chance to be built. The city's consultant is not even evaluating the feasibility, let alone the cost, of that option. The facilities actually being considered resemble a cross between a big warehouse complex and an oil refinery. Members of the public can see photos of actual plants at Web Link. Look at the last half of "Attachment H."
2. Its backers need to be clear that their initiative would only remove 10 acres -- an area roughly the size of Pardee Park -- from the Palo Alto park system. It does not mandate that an anerobic digester plant be constructed. They ought, in the interest of truthfulness, to cease their claims that this initiative will build a "garbage-to-power" plant in Palo Alto. It does no such thing.
I highly recommend that voters read the actual text of the initiative.
editor emeritus
on Mar 30, 2011 at 7:44 am
Jay Thorwaldson is a registered user.
Hi -- I actually have not reached a personal conclusion on whether this project should proceed or not. It would clearly intrude on dedicated parkland, particularly visually, through truck traffic and the irritating beep-beep-beep of backing up vehicles moving compost and materials around the site. But images of huge buildings (already produced by opponents a few months ago) clearly exaggerate the impact. It is true the vote in November would technically only "undedicate" the 10 acres, not mandate a particular project or design. But practically speaking there is no other use that anyone would dare put there than the latest design for a low-profile, partly underground (or covered with a ground-level grass roof) facility. The project and its economic and environmental features will be a major part of the campaign, as it was of the signature-gathering effort that led to the initiative election. I am well aware of the bitter fight Enid Pearson led to get parks dedicated back in 1965, and Emily Renzel's consistent efforts to protect and expand such dedications. This proposal should not be taken lightly -- but the project is complicated enough that both sides would do voters a favor by being accurate in their information. -jay
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Mar 30, 2011 at 7:58 am
Good points, Crumudgeon and Jay. The question is, can the out of control environmentalists that are pushing this issue be accurate in their zeal to push through their latest grandiose scheme? I have found that these environmentalists tend to filter everything through their green prism (with the attitude that their belief is the right one and they are "saving" the environment) irregardless of cost and/or impact on the community.
I also expect neither side to flood our mailboxes with mailings about this election nor do I expect to see any signs planted in front yards, since that would be bad for the environment.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 30, 2011 at 8:59 am
Dear Jay: We did not produce images of the AD facilities several months ago. The Consultant ARI produced them and they are actual examples proudly submitted by the 7 vendors who responded to ARI's request for proposals. We have to assume that they are somewhat prototypical of what will be built in our baylands. They will not put the buildings underground for several reasons: 1) It is costly to dig down into former landfill; 2) The baylands are prone to flooding and 3) for seismic safety, the buildings will all be pile supported.. As for a Green Roof, it costs a minimum of $25 to $40/square foot and was not included in any of the ARI analyses. I'm still waiting for the web site to download using Curmudgeons link, but you can see the ARI photos at <savethebaylands.org> by clicking on "anaerobic digestors" I agree with you Jay: It's time for more honesty in this process.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 30, 2011 at 9:01 am
I hope that Curmudgeon and Avatoid will contact me through the website. Emily
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 30, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Please explain why you will not consider plasma arc as a multi-faceted solution to our Baylands toxic pile? You seem to be locked into a very retro notion of preservation, namely a duck and cover.
We, in Palo Alto, have the ability to REVERSE past practices. We could, literally, return our dump into nearly pristine SF Bay. And we could do it at an economic profit, not a loss. You seem to be fighting old battles, with very old arguments.
Please give me an honest answer, Emily. It is time.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 30, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Plasma Arc would be a good technology to use downstream of the SMaRT station after the sort line picks recyclables out of the waste stream. If we were to implement it in Byxbee Park, we would need to duplicate a facility that we already built and invested a considerable amount.
I think Plasma Arc may be a promising technology, but let's put it at the SMaRT station to leverage money that we already spent along with Mountain View and Sunnyvale. That will also minimize the recyclables that vaporized.
The treatment plant biosolids are still a dilemma to deal with, but the current incinerator is also still a previous investment that still has life left in it. I don't want to see my garbage AND sewer rates go up.
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By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
NEW ORLEANS — A random sampling of the Super Bowl Eve chicanery in the French Quarter would suggest that the NFL has a big problem today for its little end-of-the-season gala.
The regular season and the playoffs, the coaching suspensions and player pestering, should have it down to the traditional two final teams still standing by the late afternoon kickoff.
This reportedly was decided two weeks ago when the Baltimores and the San Franciscos won the AFC and NFC titles.
They were both in full evidence Saturday afternoon on Bourbon Street and the surrounding environs.
Linebacker Patrick Willis seems to be the jersey of choice for the 49ers fans, by a narrow margin over new quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Ravens fans are trending toward quarterback Joe Flacco, with linebacker Ray Lewis a distant second.
But there are probably as many Saints jerseys as either one of them, mostly Drew Brees, of course. Even though many live here, I do not recall many Dolphins fans showing their colors when the Saints played the Super Bowl in Miami.
It also did not appear their day's attire was a casual choice.
They seemed to be wearing the Saints garb defiantly, maybe just in case NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should catch a glimpse of the promenade.
A few even took to Who-Datting the 49ers and Ravens fans. A Saints pep rally almost broke out on a corner of Jackson Square as befuddled visiting fans looked on and the cast of "Duck Dynasty" egged them on.
Maybe they expect to crash the party, Goodell be damned, and demand their rightful spot in the big game. Delicious idea.
Security is tight, however, and the actual Saints will probably be turned away for the coin toss, leaving the Ravens and 49ers to settle things without them.
And that's the dilemma for the Who Dats, both here and throughout the state.
Who do you like in the game? Better yet, who do you pull for without a true rooting interest between the teams?
After all, you have to watch it — it's the Super Bowl, and it's not ALL about the commercials.
It's not as simple as choosing between blue crabs and dungeness crabs.
You may have heard that this is, in fact, the Bro Bowl, as blood brothers Jim Harbaugh (49ers) and John Harbaugh (Ravens) will square off as the head coaches while their loving parents try not to notice.
Both seem decent enough sorts while putting up with the week's 297 media opportunities. Perhaps John is a little more open and quotable, but not by enough to seal the deal.
There's a bit of state angle.
The Ravens have future Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed, who grew up in nearby St. Rose, but fled to Miami for college. The Niners have defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois, who grew up in Miami, but chose LSU for his college ball.
Call that one a wash.
There's the sentimental, win-one-for-the-aging-star angle.
The 49ers have Randy Moss, never a very a cuddly story during his career. In his dotage, however, it does appear that the moody, bitter edge has softened some with maturity. He did cause a bit of a stir at the big media day when, after some thoughtful reflection, he declared himself to be the greatest wide receiver who ever lived. Not sure how that's playing with the 49ers fans, many of whom were still wearing Jerry Rice's No. 80 jersey on Saturday.
On the other side, there is Ray Lewis, who has done an admirable job of morphing his image from being under suspicion for an Atlanta murder to the league's elder statesman and role model. But he seems to be trying just a little too hard to play the Jerome Bettis good-guy role in what will be his last game.
Not sure there's much to choose from there.
For the fashion conscious, it's really no contest.
The Niners have one of the NFL's truly classic looks, just absolutely royal from head to toe. The Ravens were throwing paint at the canvas, facing tall odds aesthetically to begin with by mixing black and purple. The look does, however, convey the creepy feeling you'd expect from a team named after a dark Edgar Allen Poe rant.
But do you really want to base it on that?
No, my suggestion is to forget the players, forget the subplots and the Harbaugh family squabble, and just decide which city, which fans, you'd want to see happy and celebrating here.
New Orleans itself is more often compared to San Francisco, but mostly for the food.
The people, even the local loonies, I would suggest have more in common with Baltimore and its blue-collar persona.
At the risk of fan profiling, extensive research here does suggest that the 49ers are more of an aloof wine-and-cheese crowd, in stark contrast to the rambunctious beer-and-shot delegation from Baltimore.
They don't really need to wearing those jerseys to tell them apart.
From talking to their fans, Baltimore seems blissfully content to be that city that everybody forgets about stuck between Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. San Francisco expends an awful lot of wasted energy looking down its nose at Los Angeles.
The Ravens are getting funky in the Quarter; the 49ers are more like just taking it in.
The Ravens' fans will appreciate the victory more.
As to who I think will actually win … well, at lunch Saturday in one of those courtyard restaurants, an enormous black bird alighted nearby, just squawking away — a raven, if you will.
That's a good enough omen for me.
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Town Square
Local Impacts of a Government Shutown
Original post made by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto, on Apr 7, 2011
My soon to be ex-wife is an MD at the VA Medical Center. She is expected to show up for work, as a "critical employee," but she has no idea whether she will get a regular paycheck during that time.
How many of us know people around here in that same situation?
USGS: another earthquake in Japan today. Is it governmont waste worth shutting operations to stop this agency from addressing this issue?
SLAC: what gets disrupted, potentially ruined, due to this Ton Phoolery?
I am of the the belief that Congress and the White House need to address the country's fininacial sitiuaation.
President Obama had a task force which did a great job. The Prez blinked.
We now have a proposal from Congressman Paul Ryan, which is a bad starting place, but is a starting place for future budgets.
But to be in this current confrataion about the current fiscal year is absurd
a resident of Menlo Park
on Apr 7, 2011 at 5:06 pm
I don't hear what an extended shutdown will do for an already fragile economy.
Loss of jobs, furloughs, projects put on hold; whether by direct employees of the government or through contractors, all of that will have a negative impact on the economy.
Less dollars in the system, slower economy and everyone gets hurt, unless you are on a guaranteed fixed income or retired.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Apr 7, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Fewer police officers = you know what.
Same applies to Federal regulators. Inadequate regulation and oversight led to the Bush financial meltdown and perhaps also the BP disaster. Obama had been ramping up regulators, but what will happen if they get shut down now?
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 7, 2011 at 11:29 pm
The Senate can keep the government running by voting for the Continuing Resolution that just cuts $12 billion from the budget. Do you support that?
And did you vote for Boxer? Because she is shutting down the government by not voting for the Continuing resolution to keep funding the government.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Apr 8, 2011 at 12:27 am
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a resident of Barron Park
on Apr 8, 2011 at 12:39 am
Your favorite bill was a non-starter, a cynical, transparent attempt to blame the dems for a shutdown.
The present republican proposal is already too expensive--cutting 33 billion will pull an enormous amount of money from the economy at exactly the wrong time. But the dems have agreed to it. What they've said no to is the additional extortion by house republicans: radical rightwing demands on planned parenthood, abortion, foreign aid, greenhouse gases, health care, and financial regulation.
The house republicans are playing chicken with the economy. They are threatening to wreak havoc in pursuit of their radical ideological agenda. One can only hope that the republicans will remember they were elected to serve the American people, not play chicken with people's lives. (Note house republicans made voted down a bill that would have stopped congressional paychecks in the event of a shutdown, so they won't be paying a price....)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 8, 2011 at 7:52 am
"Cutting 33 billion will pull an enormous amount of money from the economy . . ." This money doesn't exist in the first place, so the Congress doesn't have it. They need to cut 1.6 trillion, not 33 billion. Balance the budget, pay down the debt, stop printing and borrowing. Stop the insanity! The federal government needs to be aggressively chopped and pruned - too many entitlements, too much support for "planned parenthood, abortion, foreign aid, greenhous gases, health care and financial regulation."
a resident of Meadow Park
on Apr 8, 2011 at 8:29 am
ten18, well said.
We have gone from "a little" deficit spending in 2006 of about 170 billion, to 10 times that now, 1.6 TRILLION...more zeros than most of us even understand.
I heard a great perspective by McClintock
Our country is like a family making $50,000/year, spending $87,000/year and having already a $350,000 credit card debt.
What should that family do?
Stop spending more than they earn...stop borrowing...pay down their debt. Otherwise, bankruptcy is inevitable, or the kids and grandkids are saddled with paying off the parents' greedy spending desires, impoverishing themselves for the sins of their parents.
Our nation is in the same trouble.
Even just going back to the 2008 budget would go a long way toward turning this Titanic.
The hysteria around the gov't shut down was intended by the Dems to try to paint us into a corner. But, I believe we are awake now, and won't fall for the same old tired lines.
Once we turn this around, changing the attitude of the money-launderers of both parties in Congress and the WH, sending a strong message that we are back in business, our economy will explode again, more will be employed and paying taxes, and we can begin to pay off our debt.
BTW, all employees will be paid, the check may be just a little late is all. It isn't like they will never be paid. It is all hype.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Apr 8, 2011 at 9:42 am
The Republicans asked for $32 billion, the Dems gave $33 billion. The argument now is over the social issues the gop base wants - kill planned parenthood, etc...
ten: "The federal government needs to be aggressively chopped and pruned - too many entitlements, too much support for "planned parenthood, abortion, foreign aid, greenhous gases, health care and financial regulation.""
ten: Foreign aid accounts for how much of the federal budget, in your mind? Ask the military if they want to cut it. We use it as bribes for bases, etc.. more than for food.
Abortion is NOT funded by federal dollars, by law.
Cut financial regulation?!?!? Are you nuts? Give the keys to the asylum back to Wall Street?!?
At the very least, the wall street disaster of 2008 gave you President Barack Obama; McCain instantly dropped in the polls when Lehman, AIG, etc.. crapped out in September 2008. Because McCain's advisor, Phil Gramm is the guy who passed the bill that started it all, by repealing Glast-Steigal.
And then sank McCain by saying we were a nation of whiners, it's a "mental recession."
Cut financial regulation?!?
Perspective: "We have gone from "a little" deficit spending in 2006..."
Go back to 2008 or 2006? Why not go back further to a guy (the ONLY one) with a proven ability to balance the budget? Who's the only guy in decades to do it?
William Jefferson Clinton.
When's the last time a republican gave us a surplus? If you are serious, let's look at:
- Clinton era job growth
- Clinton era spending (lower than Bush!)
- Clinton era tax rates (for anyone making more than $250k a year)
It all started when Dick Cheney said "Reagan taught us that deficits don't matter" and killed the Clinton surplus.
a resident of another community
on Apr 8, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Thanks for the prompt attention.
You guys rock.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 8, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
The Clinton era economy was fueled almost solely with defense cuts. "The Peace Dividend" it was called. The Bush spending increase was primarily military catch up.
a resident of another community
on Apr 8, 2011 at 6:45 pm
"The Clinton era economy was fueled almost solely with defense cuts."
Not true. There were across the board cuts, including the EPA and all sorts of programs. Don't you recall his ending "welfare as we know it" speech?
Before Bush ran our military into the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq, our military was in fine shape. We almost spend more on ours than all other military's COMBINED. Web Link
I note you ignored Dick Cheney's philosophy: It all started when Dick Cheney said "Reagan taught us that deficits don't matter" and killed the Clinton surplus.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 9, 2011 at 7:24 am
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
Yes, and I remember his "It wasn't really sex" speech, too.
Sorry, Fraggie, but "Welfare as we know it" merely segued into "Welfare as we didn't believe possible." Our military was in fine shape as long as it didn't have to fight. Those "across the board cuts" were merely in increases, not in actual costs.
a resident of another community
on Apr 9, 2011 at 9:43 am
The best argument you have against history and facts is to change the subject to Clinton's philandering. (what about those guys leading the charge against him? Foley, the one who cruised the young pages? Or three time, at least, Cheater Newt? and the airport bathroom guy from Idaho?)
Thanks for the validation that you've got nothing.
Zero. Zip. Nada.
You just can't admit that President Bill Clinton took the Bush/Reagan deficit structure and turned it into a SURPLUS, can you? And that Cheney/Bush destroyed our country, sold us off to the Chinese, Saudi's, even Iran, because "Reagan taught us deficits don't matter"
That's so sad, Walter. Are you that blinded by partisanship to not recognize when our great country prospered under a great leader?
You try and convince so many on these boards that you love your country.
Keep trying. Perhaps you can change the subject to another sex scandal. I hear Newt's recently been telling us he screwed around because he "loved his country too much" too.
But he claims he can't do it anymore because he's too old.
Would you like links to that?
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
Fragie, did you read the SECOND paragraph of my statement? Yet, again, these charges against me of partisanship. Bush was just democrat light. I am a libertarian.
a resident of another community
on Apr 9, 2011 at 6:12 pm
Did Bill Clinton take the Reagan/Bush41 deficits and create surpluses, which he handed to Bush 43, who then created monstrous deficits?
Are you willing to even acknowledge undisputed history?
So sad.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 11, 2011 at 5:39 am
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
Bill Clinton spent the "Peace Dividend." That was his terminology, not mine. Based on subsequent developments, was that wise? I do not believe so.
a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2011 at 10:04 am
Walter: want to try that again?
"The peace dividend is a political slogan popularized by US President George H.W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the early 1990s, purporting to describe the economic benefit of a decrease in defense spending." What a couple of Commie Peaceniks!
What subsequent developments do you refer to? The budget SURPLUS?
Or Dick Cheney's remark: "Reagan taught us that deficits don't matter"
Or the great Clinton economy of the 90's?
Or a few less tanks and planes? (although more than enough to storm through Iraq)
Tough choice, eh, Walter? But you AGAIN ignored this:
"Did Bill Clinton take the Reagan/Bush41 deficits and create surpluses, which he handed to Bush 43, who then created monstrous deficits? Are you willing to even acknowledge undisputed history? So sad."


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BioLogos is pleased to announce the addition of Kathryn Applegate as our director of Web site development. Applegate's scientific background will bring a much-needed voice to the ongoing discussions at The BioLogos Forum, as she now begins blogging on a regular basis.
In 2004, I hiked 190 miles across England, from coast to coast, with three friends. We had many adventures along the way, but one of the most memorable occurred on our third day, when we ascended out of the valley pictured above on our way to the heavenly town of Grasmere. After several hours of steep uphill climbing, we come out on a high, flat place, where we rested to take in the enormity and grandeur of the view.
All in a moment, peace and amazement turned to panic when I stepped into a bog. What appeared to be solid, mossy ground gave way and I plunged up to my thigh in thick mud. I struggled vigorously, but to no avail—the suction was intense, and I could feel cold, wet mud creeping into my boot.
One of my friends came to the rescue, grabbing my pack to relieve me of the weight. It took every ounce of my strength to hoist myself out of the mud. The whole ordeal must have lasted less than two minutes, but it left me exhausted, and I spent the rest of the day carefully testing every step.
Now, having spent four years in Louisiana, I know a thing or two about swamps. But who would have guessed there would be a bog on a mountaintop? I thought mountains were supposed to be firm and unshakable!
In many ways, I think the Evangelical community's approach to science is like a bog on a mountaintop. For the most part, Christian theology is solid and trustworthy. Our traditional interpretations of the Bible have been carefully worked out and refined by theologians over hundreds of years. Moreover, Christian doctrine has proved to be a practically and spiritually powerful framework for literally billions of people.
But there are weak spots in our understanding, and how many believers relate to evolutionary science is one of them. Some folks distort the science to fit their theological pre-commitments. Others accept evolution but trivialize Scripture by rejecting its divine inspiration. Still others experience cognitive dissonance when they learn the evidence for evolution, and end up leaving the church altogether.
As regular readers of this blog know, there is another way—the difficult path of reconciliation. The BioLogos website has existed for less than a year now, but it has already made important progress toward this end. Pete Enns and others have done a terrific job of outlining many of the hermeneutical issues we must consider, while Darrel Falk, Karl Giberson, and others have described much of the scientific evidence for evolution. I am so pleased to be joining them in the quest to achieve a coherent, decidedly biblical understanding of how God has created—and continues to create—life using natural processes.
My field is cell biology. Prior to joining BioLogos, I spent the last six years doing research at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. There I worked in the Laboratory for Computational Cell Biology(now at Harvard Medical School), studying the cell's internal scaffold, the cytoskeleton. We normally think of skeletons as being rigid and static, but the cytoskeleton assembles and disassembles constantly, allowing the cell to move, divide, and quickly respond to the environment.
Biologists have traditionally studied cytoskeleton dynamics by making manual measurements from time-lapse photographs of living cells taken under the microscope. Using computational methods, I developed software to extract thousands of times more measurements than could be done by hand. My collaborators and I applied these software tools to study the cytoskeleton's activity during blood vessel formation and also how it is regulated in tumor cells.
Since my background is in biophysics and math, with a particular focus on cell and molecular biology, I will be blogging regularly on questions like the following:
- Can complex cellular phenomenon be understood from physical principles?
- How can a random process produce order? Does randomness imply purposelessness?
- Do irreducible complexity and complex specificity, those bedrock ideas of the Intelligent Design movement, provide adequate proof of a Designer? Is this even a scientific question? Why or why not?
- What is emergence, and how does it relate to irreducible complexity?
- Would a natural explanation for the origin of complex specified information in our DNA remove the need for God?
- What is statistical significance, and what do scientists mean when they say something is true or has been proven?
If you have specific burning questions about these or related topics, I would love to hear them! We'll have a lot to talk about in the coming weeks. Overall, I am encouraged by the level of dialogue between people of different theological persuasions on this site. This is certainly the way to begin repairing the rift that has developed within the church on these issues.
In Psalm 40, David remembers how the Lord rescued him: "He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure." I know I felt a similar sense of deliverance when I survived the literal bog in England. Regardless of your current convictions, pray with me that God would bring all his people out of the bog of fear and confusion about evolution and deliver them to solid ground. All the difficulties we encounter along the way will pale in comparison to the view from the top!


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"Cinema Center Strikes Back" by Jonah Crismore
Tue, Jul 23 2013 09:54 | Permalink
If the different acts of my life played out like a movie, some of the best scenes would have happened at Cinema Center. There have been scenes that provided a nice surprise twist, such as the time my wife and I attended a screening of what we thought would be Lonesome Jim, but because of misreading the show times were instead treated with Joyeux Noel, a multi-language, World War I-set Christmas film. It has become one of our favorites. It is also the type of film we could have only seen at Cinema Center.
There have been soaring highs, such as the time I saw Duck Soup for the first time, much too late in my life (probably my late teens) at a comedy film festival at Cinema Center, and there have been devastating lows—I am still trying to recover from Blue Valentine.
For me, film is not a way to pass a couple of hours, and I will never identify with those who claim going to the movies is just a good escape. When I am truly honest with myself, I do not even feel film is a popular art form, no matter what my brain may be saying. Everything I experience is through the prism of how it would work in a movie. As far as I am concerned, with no sense of irony or hyperbole, film is life.
Sometimes I wonder if it is a life that I have chosen, but I would prefer it to have chosen me. And, I believe fully that it began to choose me as a teenager going to films at Cinema Center, watching movies I was probably not quite experienced enough to understand, and being exposed to a far wider world that I had no idea existed.
It is true I have always enjoyed films and the experience of watching them in a theater with my fellow cineastes. The first film I can remember seeing in a theater was Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and I left it with two inescapable loves: time travel stories and going to the movies. But as I got older, it was at Cinema Center screenings where I have felt inspired to go out and be part of the act of making films.
Without Cinema Center, I would not have attended film school, an endeavor that would take my wife and me all over the country, and return to the place it all began, on the corner of Clay Street and Berry. If I was instructing my screenwriting students, I would say this is the point where the story should end, that balance has returned and the protagonist (me) is much better off than when the story began. I wasn't lying; I look at everything in relation to how it would play out in a film.
I am much better off than when I left to attend film school in Chicago. I now have the best job in the city. I actually get paid to bring films, important works that would otherwise not be seen in the area, to my home community. But, the story cannot end there. The film industry is changing, and during this first year at the helm of Cinema Center, I have had to deal with the reality that the theater must convert to digital projection in order to remain open.
If we do not make this conversion other young men and women will not have that special place in the community where they can experience films that move them, that inspire them to pick up a camera and start shooting. They will not fall in love with Wong Kar-wai films on the big screen, or learn a little more about everyday life with Woody Allen, or be exposed to the greats who have been long gone such as Ford, Welles, Pickford, and Hitchcock.
If we go back to the assertion that film is life, think of this next stage for Cinema Center as its sequel of sorts. And, this time, you have a chance to play a large role in making sure this sequel is even better than the original.
Jonah Crismore is Cinema Center's Executive Director and has hopes of someday being an advisor to the restoration of any of Orson Welles' many lost films.
"A little bit of us would go with it" by Kathy Weiss
Thu, Jul 18 2013 12:56 | Permalink
In 1989 I spent a semester in London as a social work student. When I had free time I went to the cinema and saw many wonderful films…documentaries and indie films, obscure films.
When I returned to Fort Wayne I was in withdrawal. Where would I get my "fix" of smart, funny, controversial films? Certainly not at the big box theatres. They had the run-of-the-mill "blow them up" movies that appealed to the common denominator…money making.
The thoughtful films were to be found only at Cinema Center.
Cinema Center is a gem in the midst of Fort Wayne. Only at Cinema Center can one find films to stir the soul and mind, films to provoke, to take us from the ordinary. Only at Cinema Center can we find films that lift us up or provoke us into thought.
If Cinema Center is to carry on our spirit it is up to us to support its spirit. Without the digital projector Cinema Center would go dark. If that were to happen a little bit of us would go with it.
Keep the lights on. Keep the spirit going. Keep our spirits going.
Kathi Weiss is a cinephile who supports her habit by teaching psychology at Ivy Tech.
"Finding my community" by Kathy Bock
Mon, Jul 1 2013 09:01 | Permalink
Some people have big, loving families. Some have church. Others have clubs and social groups. Me? I've always had Cinema Center. It's the one place I go to feel connected. To be among like-minded individuals. To find a true sense of community. (Which, come to think of it, is kind of odd for a place where everyone sits alone in the dark.)
But Cinema Center is more than great movies. Shoot, if that's all you want, you can just plant yourself on the couch and hit "Play." And quite often I do, getting more than my money's worth out of Netflix, DVDs and umpteen on-demand options. But comfy as my couch is, I always come back to Cinema Center.
Why? Maybe it's because I like walking in the door and being handed a tub of popcorn by Caroline (who knows I'm a member and I take my popcorn plain).
Maybe it's because Cinema Center is intimate, friendly and always costs less than the big theater chains. Actually, if you're a member, it's crazy cheap – just 5 bucks and the popcorn is free. And that's not even counting the scads of free films Cinema Center shows as a public service to the community. What other theater does that?
Then there are the events. Nobody throws a party like Cinema Center. I'm thinking Good Burger Night, Artament, Braineaters' Ball, the recent Hitchcock-themed Oscar Party, a poetry night for On the Road… Honestly, every time I check the website, there's something quirky and fun coming up. Right now I'm over the moon about Cinema Center showing the original King Kong outdoors on the side of the Arts United building this summer. How cool will that be?
Of course, one of the main reasons I come to Cinema Center is because it's home for me. This is where I belong. I first attended a Cinema Center movie back in 1979 when I was fresh out of college. I'd just moved to town and was looking for a place to go on a Saturday night so I wouldn't feel so alone. I found it at Cinema Center.
In those days, the movies were shown at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House on a finicky projector that made a lot of racket and broke down with alarming regularity, but that didn't deter me. I'd found my people – and my kind of movies: North by Northwest, 8 ½, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Harold and Maude, A Place in the Sun, Throne of Blood, My Dinner with Andre, La Strada… Where else but Cinema Center was I going I see great films like these projected on a big screen? And where else could I go by myself and still be among friends?
Over the years, Cinema Center has grown and changed with the times, but it still shows the best movies in town and it's still my favorite place to go on a Saturday night.
A few years back, I decided to throw myself a big 50th birthday bash. So naturally, I rented out Cinema Center and invited 100 of my closest friends to see Moonstruck, my favorite film. It was as close as I've come to a full-circle moment, having so many friends and relatives in the place where my adult life really began – the place that's always been like a second home to me. (I get a little verklempt just thinking about it.)
But now, I understand that Cinema Center is threatened. If we don't go digital, we go dark. Simple as that. We must raise $50,000 to buy a digital projector or it's lights out. The industry is forcing the change, but it's the community that must come together to save Cinema Center. I'm confident we can.
Won't you please give generously to Cinema Center's Digital Projector Fund? Do it for the arts. Do it for Fort Wayne. Do it for movie lovers like you and me, so together, we'll always have that home in the dark.
See you there some Saturday night, okay?
Kathy Bock is a freelance advertising copywriter and three-time Cinema Center board member. She wants readers to know that even though she favors Saturday night screenings, Cinema Center is open seven days a week and now offers discounted weekday matinees.
"Nowhere else but Cinema Center" by Cathie Rowand
Fri, Jun 28 2013 10:16 | Permalink
I love a good documentary and I don't recall any of the for-profit box theaters in town ever offering one. I don't even think mainstream documentaries like What the Bleep Do We Know or Chris Rock's Good Hair showed anywhere else but at Cinema Center.
A recent favorite of mine was David Turnley's presentation of his movie Shenandoah, a film he has been working on since 2008. Turnley accompanied the presentation of his film and answered questions afterwards. In a relatively small city like Fort Wayne, such opportunities wouldn't happen if it weren't for Cinema Center.
The bottom line is: if it isn't a profit maker, then the movie is not going to show at our local theaters. At Cinema Center gems from small distributors have been brought in for the simple reason that it is a great movie or thought-provoking. Now Cinema Center needs our help in updating to a new digital projector. Many donations of whatever you can give will pay for this and allow Cinema Center to continue offering opportunities that help make Fort Wayne the special city that it is.
Cathie Rowand is a photojournalist who wants to be a documentary filmmaker when she grows up.
"New love and an abiding presence" by Barb Wachtman
Mon, Jun 24 2013 05:13 | Permalink
It was the fall of 1997 and I had just started dating "this new guy" who was sweeping me off my feet. I ran into then Cinema Center director Cathy Lee in a book store and told her about "this new guy." Cathy immediately advised me to see Masayuki Suo's new movie Shall We Dance. "It's a great date movie," she promises.
She wasn't kidding! Sensuous, funny, hot, well-sculpted characters, a universal story told new and memorable. For many months after that Tom (this new guy) and I took sharp corners when walking, just like the protagonist's up-tight boss in Dance. Even in public places. Isn't it silly the things people do during new love? And we turned many sharp corners!
When I told my husband Tom – "this guy" and I married in 1998 – about remembering Shall We Dance, I walked in exaggerated sharp corners and we both laughed. Since Shall We Dance, we have seen countless movies at CC together, we have become patron members, attended fundraisers and bought memberships as Christmas gifts for Tom's son.
Beyond giving us a great "date movie" early in our courtship, Cinema Center has given us the gamut of great art as film from thoughtful movies such as The Lives of Others to lifetime love stories such as Amour.
Cinema Center was there to launch our relationship and has remained an abiding presence. We still turn sharp corners occasionally and always share a smile after the turn. It's what great art during special moments does: tattoo itself to your memory and, if you're lucky, on your heart, too.
Barb Wachtman is a passionate writer, communicator, community volunteer and Cubs fan. Like the cliche, she lives to laugh, learn and love.


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I know its been asked a lot but I have 4 hives and yesterday was my first day in them since last october. I have 1 have that is gentle as can be. Dont need any equipment and they could care less that you are up in there business. I love that hive!!! Found the queen and my 2 year old queen was superceded and all looks great!
Then the other three are down right ugly compared to the other. Taking the top off is not bad but as soon as you reach in for a frame about 7 or 8 bees come out fighting hitting my veil and attacking my gloves. Then about 10 or more are all around me. It makes me uncomfortable so I back away till they leave me alone. Then I go back in to do the same thing and it repeats itself!
So I guess is this normal or typical? Am I just being a pansy or does this sound like an issue? I would like to requeen but I cant get in the hive deep enough to even begin to find a queen. These hives are booming by the way. Have tons of brood, honey, and pollen, and drones are out too already! Smoke will drive them down but make no mistake they come right back out. They are stinging my gloves also!!


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Button Batteries Can Be Fatal for Kids
Just about every home has them. They are button batteries that run everything from cameras, weight scales, calculators, remote controls, and flashlights. They are just the right size for your little one to swallow or put up their nose. If ingested, these small batteries can cause serious injury to a child such as chocking, burns and even death.
An estimated 40,400 kids under 13 were treated in hospital emergency rooms for battery-related injuries from 1997 to 2010, according to an analysis just out from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The findings appear in the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Three-quarters of injuries happened in kids 4 and under.
Most of the children were treated and released but 10% needed hospitalization and 14 battery-related deaths were also reported. 58% of the injuries were related to button batteries when the battery type was known.
In a May 2010 study, reported in the journal Pediatrics, researchers noted that there was an increase in emergency room visits related to button batteries from 1990 to 2009. The 20-year study revealed that there were about 66,000 battery-related emergency room visits. Small battery related injuries nearly doubled in that time period in children under the age of 18.
Battery consumption symptoms involve vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, diarrhea, respiratory distress and dysphagia or difficulty swallowing. This makes it especially hard to diagnose what the problem is, especially if the caregiver didn't see the child consume the battery.
What makes the small items so dangerous, however, is that they can cause serious burns due to a buildup of the chemical hydroxide in just two hours, according to WebMD. They can also leak a corrosive chemical called alkaline electrolyte. Researchers identified the 3-volt lithium, coin-size batteries that are less than or equal to 20 mm as the most common culprit.
Because delays in diagnosis and treatment can lead to serious complications and death, the report's authors wrote, children suspected of having ingested a battery should get prompt medical attention. It is also important to recognize that children might be reluctant or unable to say that they ingested a battery or gave one to a sibling.
The report said some safety standards are in place, but more could be done. In 2008 federal safety standards for toys included making batteries unreachable by putting them, for instance, in screwed-in compartments.
Not only are children swallowing button batteries but there has also been an increase in senior adults swallowing them. Some of these older adults have mistaken the batteries, sometimes used in hearing aids, for pills.
The United Consumer Protection Safety Commission (CPSC) offers a list of button battery precautions parents can take.
- Discard button batteries carefully.
- Do not allow children to play with button batteries, and keep button batteries out of your child's reach.
- Caution hearing aid users to keep hearing aids and batteries out of the reach of children.
- Never put button batteries in your mouth for any reason as they are easily swallowed accidentally.
- Always check medications before ingesting them. Adults have swallowed button batteries mistaken for pills or tablets.
- Keep remotes and other electronics out of your child's reach if the battery compartments do not have a screw to secure them. Use tape to help secure the battery compartment.
- If a button battery is ingested, immediately seek medical attention.
There is a National Battery Ingestion Hotline available at (202) 625-333, or you can call your poison center at (800) 222-1222.
These batteries are small and easy to overlook. Make sure that you treat them like any other product that you wouldn't want your child playing with.
Sources: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11181.html
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