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Sep 16, 2013 at 8:11 pm #1307727
Finally finished my first backpack. It's upcycled—made mostly of found, repurposed or recycled materials. The roll-top stiffener came from discarded plastic ribbon that once secured stuff to a hardware store pallet. The haul loop came from a reusable grocery bag. Reinforcement Cordura-like fabric and shoulder-strap webbing came from a 20+ year-old department store kids' backpack that once cost $5 new. The main pack material came out of my grandmother-in-law's quilting scraps bag that she was downsizing (how many grandmas out there quilt with ripstop 2.2oz/sq.yd PU-coated nylon?) Buckles and such were replacements I had lying around, cannibalized from old stuff. Shockcord for the side pockets originally held the fly on a yard-sale Coleman dome tent that I wore out. Other contributors to the pack included a baby stroller and wedding dress-making leftovers. I spent just about $8 for the pocket mesh, a second piece of shockcord, some black grosgrain and 1.5 feet of 2" webbing, and still have plenty of grosgrain and mesh left over for another pack. The original idea was just to make a cheap prototype, but I just took this up four peaks in the White Mountains of NH and subjected it to some good abrasion without incident.
The basic design came from John Roan of MountainUltralight.com's pattern for a 3,035 cubic inch pack from one linear yard of fabric. I think his dual rear pocket idea is brilliant. I can put wet things like my squeeze filter, rain gear and tarp in the bottom pocket to drain and essentials I need during the day like hand sanitizer, windshirt and GORP in the top pocket without them getting all wet.
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I had three overnight backpacking trips this summer and was hoping to have it ready for the first. I ended up finishing it for the last, with one of my hiking buddies waiting around my house for an hour while I sewed up the last stitches.
One issue with rushing a project right before a hike is there's no time to tweak it for fit. I realized that John, the pattern designer, must be a good deal taller than me. Even though I measured my torso length and applied it to the attachment points, the shoulder straps have way too much length to them—a good 3-4 inches, even when cinched up all the way. You can see how this makes the pack sag down below my waist. Even so, it was a super-comfortable pack at 10.2 oz. And the fix should be easy–I'll just seam-rip the top webbing attachment to the straps, cut off the excess and re-boxstitch them.
I wanted to make this pack streamlined and simple. The roll-top keeps it clean without any extra fabric, webbing or drawcord to flop around. The shockcord cinches up the top of the mesh pockets and serves as side compression and holds the ends of trekking poles in place when their handles are stuffed into the side pockets. I figure, rather than adding on a bunch of attachment points I may or may not use, I'll keep it simple for now and, through use, determine where (if) extra features are needed.
I must have seam ripped every piece of this pack at least once. The mesh back pockets proved the trickiest for me. First I tried rolling the raw edges in and sewing them down, which worked for the side pockets, but on the bigger back pockets the thread tangled like crazy. Then, I tried sewing grosgrain along the perimeter, but the grosgrain doesn't have the same stretch the mesh does and bunched up. Finally, I just did a simple fold of the raw edge in and stitched it to the pack. Over time, I don't know how much the raw edge of the mesh on the inside of the pocket will fray, but we'll see. This simplest method also produced the cleanest look. I would still do the mesh pockets differently next time, engineering a more pronounced bellow.
I had a specific idea of the pack I wanted in my mind, and found that my attachment to that idea was a real stumbling block to my progress. Eventually I gave in to the understanding that, as my first pack, this would not be perfect, but I could make it useable. And as the clock ticked down for this last trip, I knew it was time to commit and get it done. From that point forward, the process flowed much better. Dave Chenault's blog posts about his packs were inspiring in that regard. Dave makes awesome packs that get USED, but he has no qualms about ripping things off, re-sewing them, using different color thread, using different materials that don't match, having marks on his packs from measuring lines, glue, whatever. Each experiment is forward progress. And I feel that with this pack too.Sep 16, 2013 at 9:56 pm #2025338
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@lunchandynnerLocale: Pacific Northwest
Awesome pack! Super cool of you to make an environmentally responsible pack! How hard was sewing the main pack (minus the difficulty you faced with the mesh)? I may want to try making a day/commuting pack but packs look so complicated/hardSep 17, 2013 at 3:18 am #2025360
Thanks, An-D! Go for it–with your great quilt results and experience you should have no problem! The biggest difference I found from my other MYOG projects was that this one required me to adjust the sewing machine tension, especially when going from sewing just the nylon to sewing a stack of webbing, Cordura and two layers of nylon. Your sewing machine may or may not require tension adjustment, but it's worth testing. I had seen pictures on here of folks trying out the tension on a bunch of scrap pieces first. I didn't do that, but it would have saved my seam ripper some miles.
For example, here is the lower reinforcement triangle for one of the shoulder straps. The other side is a beautiful box stitch, but the bottom side (shown here) made a big bird's nest. The high tension in the photo is what it should have been set on.Sep 17, 2013 at 7:48 am #2025407
Daryl and DarylBPL Member
@lyrad1Locale: Pacific Northwest, USA, Earth
Nice job.
Tweaking to get that perfect fit should be fun and rewarding.Sep 18, 2013 at 8:50 pm #2026027
Sam FarringtonBPL Member
@scfhomeLocale: Chocorua NH, USA
Some really neat design ideas – very nice work.
Having trouble suspending disbelief about grandma's 2.2 oz PU coated nylon quilts, though.
The seam ripper still rules, hah-hah.Sep 19, 2013 at 3:54 am #2026050
Thanks guys! Yeah, Samuel, this piece of fabric really stuck out among many pieces of cotton paisley, corduroy and floral prints in with her quilting supplies. She may have just gotten the last yard from a remnants bin. I haven't seen a lot of items made from tech fabrics around her apartment.
.Sep 19, 2013 at 4:47 am #2026056
William SBPL Member
@wsafleyLocale: Eastern NC
Ask her if she has any cuben lying around that she would be willing to sell to me. :-)
Seriously though, great work on the pack. I have been considering making the same pack. Based on your results, I think I am ready to try it.Oct 1, 2013 at 8:56 pm #2030146
Jeffrey WongBPL Member
@kayak4waterLocale: Pacific NW
Nice pack and a great recycle! I like the front pockets in your pack that separate the dry/wet.
I have a Ray Jardine 3000 cube pack, which also has a low profile design permitting use of an umbrella. But it has just a single front pocket. I now may modify and change the single pocket to upper and lower pockets after seeing your pack. tanks.
Good decision on the solid fabric for the side pockets. better than my mesh side pockets, which caught a branch making a small hole.
Like the roll top. it is so right.
I've had two trips with my pack (12 oz with hip straps, b/c I'm a wimp who needs them off/on) I've quite recently begun to convert to the extra/ultra light camping thing & have found it has greatly enhanced my wilderness experience.Oct 2, 2013 at 3:45 am #2030169
Thanks, William and Jeffrey!
Re: the side pockets, the picture below shows their construction. Mesh (from an old jogging stroller) on the bottom for drainage and nylon on the sides to avoid the dreaded branch snag.
Also, Brendan Swihart's blog post (http://outlivingblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/new-packs/) about his incredible packs was helpful for the shoulder strap attachment. I made a cordura reinforcement patch that matched my shoulder angle and neck width and sewed the webbing to it with one line of stitching. I then boxstitched through the cordura, strap webbing, reinforcement rectangle (same nylon as the pack) and the pack fabric. Not sure if that's what Brendan did at all but his post inspired that method for me.
The main pack seam (centered along the back) is a French seam, so that there would be no raw edges inside or outside. You can see in the picture of the pack back that there are a couple spots near the bottom where I didn't successfully capture the first seam fully inside the second. But I think that will become less noticeable as the excess frays away.Oct 2, 2013 at 10:07 am #2030228
Jeffrey WongBPL Member
@kayak4waterLocale: Pacific NW
OMG, the pocket story is better than before! Drainage! Your attention to detail impresses me. Thanks!
One benefit to my pack's big side mesh pockets–instead of groping, I can see stuff while I'm getting it. Hm, maybe clear vinyl as side pocket material for version 2.0 with the mesh bottom. Or a pack cloth flap over the mesh (ug)
Keep thinking!Oct 2, 2013 at 2:02 pm #2030304
Matt DirksenBPL Member
@namelesswayLocale: Mid Atlantic
Thank you for sharing this. What an awesome way to divert material out of our landfills (or basements) while creating something so beautiful and functional at the same time. I keep thinking it's time I play with the sewing machine, and your project might have just been the tipping point for me.
MattNov 1, 2013 at 3:48 am #2040034
I did the shoulder strap modification, chopping off several inches at the top then resewing the webbing, this time with a double boxstitch.
The fit feels great now and it rides nicely. Here it is on a recent 3 day in NH's White Mountains. Was pleased that it made it through a couple hours of bushwhacking without any tears or snags.
I also took an extra rectangle of Cordura and slipstitched it to the bottom, to protect the bottom seam and offer more abrasion resistance. The slipstitch held fine for the short trip, but it did start to stretch with a stuffed pack.
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#1 Sun 02 Dec 12 10:18pm
making vegetarian burgers
Hi all, I have recently tried this vegetarian burger recipe http://www.holycowvegan.net/2011/03/bea … rgers.html and I must admit this has so far been the best one in terms of taste and above all consistency: the burgers - please note there are no eggs in the recipe - hold together even when you cook them which is quite remarkable. Not sure if it is the oat that is doing all the magic.
ANyway, I would like to do an alternative version of the burger, probably without beans, something like:
-grated potatoes
-grated carrots
-grated courgettes
all mixed together. Needless to say I would like it to keep it eggs free, but I am not sure if the above ingredients will hold together, what do you reckon?
#2 Mon 03 Dec 12 8:42am
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Re: making vegetarian burgers
Welcome to the forum Antasto
I used to make a similar burger but I used cooked lentils as a base . I used a couple of types as I remember ,the 'green' lentils with a skin on gave texture , whilst the little orange split lentils were the 'binding agent ' as they cooked to a mush !
I don't have a recipe as I never followed one , its been around 20 years since I made them and all I can remover about it was cooking and cooling the lentils , combining them with spices and adding a few more things like fine chopped onions , tomato pur�e etc .
I know it was better if the veg I added were fine chopped and that the vegetables like mushrooms were pre cooked to reduce the water content.
If you are using courgette , I think you would be best to remove the seeded area of the vegetable . Before you chop or grate it.
Like the lentils , mashed potato I am sure would be a good base , I think it would be a good idea to precook the other vegetables that you choose to use. You will need to cut any vegetables into small pieces as if the pieces are too large there would be more chance of your veggie burger breaking up. I see your planning to grate them so this wouldn't be an issue.
Is your plan of grating and combining the veg to make the burger a bit like a potato Rosti ?
I think you might need to be careful of the amount of vegetable added as it won't stick together otherwise.
It's the starch in the potato that sticks the Rosti together . The only thing I sometimes add to the rosti's when I make them is a little chopped onion.
I am wondering if it will work ( and i have not tried this ) if you use other grated veg ... Would a little gram flour hold things together.
I know when I make bajee's and pokora's I use fine chopped veg or sliced onions the binding agent is the gram flour and this expands as soon as it hits the hot oil .
Let us know how things work out as you try them.
#3 Tue 04 Dec 12 6:14am
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Re: making vegetarian burgers
Hi Antasto, with the ingredients you suggest, I think if potato dominated, and you cooked it slowly like rosti, it would hold together.
I have made a recipe from the Cranks restaurant cook book that uses fine bulgur as the base. I need to try it again as mine didn't hold together.... but it is meant to!
#4 Tue 04 Dec 12 10:29am
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Re: making vegetarian burgers
My standby veggie burger recipe is based on butter beans, breadcrumbs and cheese. However, I recently made couscous cakes with leftover cooked couscous, and they were great - really hearty texture. I'm going to try using that as a base for veggie burgers some day. I bound with an egg, though, so not vegan.
#5 Tue 04 Dec 12 7:23pm
Re: making vegetarian burgers
I will try and see how it goes, hopefully the potatoes will do the trick
#6 Wed 05 Dec 12 10:24am
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Re: making vegetarian burgers
Hi Antasto,
Very healthy and nutritious vegetarian burger recipe and will definitely try this as vegetables are great to reduce weight and boost immunity. Vegetabes stabilize blood pressure, prevent from diabetes, certain types of cancer and used to treat asthma, coughs, common colds and flu.
Last edited by Ferdinend (Wed 05 Dec 12 10:25am)
#7 Wed 05 Dec 12 8:50pm
Re: making vegetarian burgers
well tried that and actually it wasn't bad at all. Here's what I did:
-peeled and grated 4 small potatoes, 1 carrot and 1 courgette
-squeeze them as much as I could to get rid of the water
-mixed them, seasoned them and added a bit of oat bran
-divide the mixture in 4 small balls, flatten them on baking paper to look like patties and bake them in the oven for about 35-40 minutes
Afterwards I fried some eggs and put them on the top of the 4 patties and cooked some lemon rice to go to the side of it, nice meal!
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I have a suggestion that may greatly help the beekeepers with their issue of CCD from fungicide poisoning.
- Mix cinnamon in the bee's feed stock.
- Cinnamon is highly anti-septic, and specifically useful in getting rid of Candida Yeast Infections. I would suspect it would keep the bees fungus free.
- I am not a beekeeper but I did a pile of research and looked into it and shied away because of the mite issue - which also ironically was fixed simply by mixing pine oil in the bees honey.
Possibly it would be practical to make a 'health serum' for the bees, with pine oil, cinnamon maybe even some vics vapor rub to keep the bees healthy. We do it for cattle all the time, it's time to look at how to help the bees.


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This is one thing of Pete Caroll's way of doing things that I actually like. Pure meritocracy. The one who does his job best gets the playing time. No favoring veterans just because they're veterans. Not only does it motivate rookies and their depth to push for greater accomplishment, but it also motivates the established starters to keep pushing to keep their job. And it works. His coaching was able to overcome Brees and the Saints in the playoffs with Matt freaking Hasselbeck under center.Quote:
RENTON, Wash. -- With music blaring, the energy from the practice field is nearly as loud as the tunes. Pete Carroll has always been a high-octane guy who warmly welcomes all competition, and the Seattle Seahawks have assumed the form of their fourth-year coach.
Veterans who should be secure fear being cut. Rookies know they have a chance to start. In the gorgeous setting around the Virginia Mason Athletic Center, everything is placid -- except for the action on the field. Seattle is ready for Act 2 after playing a breakout role in 2012.
Here are five things I learned during my day in Renton:
1) The decision to start Russell Wilson has left its mark: The Seahawks' 2012 campaign began with a stunning move, as Carroll announced that Wilson -- and not free-agent signee Matt Flynn -- would be his starting quarterback. For most of us who hadn't watched the competition day in and day out, it was beyond explanation. "The fact that you guys didn't see it (made it a surprise)," Carroll told me. "The conventional wisdom was you'd never do that. But he's that good. And we could tell. He still has to go out and do it and prove it." Yes, he is that good. Wilson clearly established himself as one of the pillars of the franchise's future last season, guiding the Seahawks to an 11-5 mark and falling just short of the NFC Championship Game. Looking back on the move, Carroll said, "The bad thing would've been to not name Russell, because he was the guy. He won the job." Who cares that he was an unproven rookie? He earned it. A year later, this mentality is not lost on players. They know this: Everyone's job is simultaneously in jeopardy and attainable. One secure veteran recently went to his position coach and innocently asked if he's on the roster bubble. Meanwhile, 25-year-old corner Walter Thurmond knows he has a chance at the nickel job, despite the Seahawks signing 14-year veteran Antoine Winfield in free agency. The message is loud and clear: The depth chart is completely fluid. This is the way Carroll has always done it, but the Wilson decision really hammered home his unwavering devotion to open competition. "There comes a time when you have opportunities to really demonstrate that," Carroll said. "That was one of the best ones." The result is a stronger team with players who know they have to perform on a daily basis.
Of course, the Seahawks scheme is completely different than the Giants, so this philosophy probably couldn't be implemented wholesale here, but allowing more open compeition couldn't hurt. If the fans know that the best possible player available in a given position is starting, they won't call for the backup so easily because they know the team has fielded the best possible players. If the Giants followed that philosophy, Diehl would have started the season on the bench and probably never get hurt, only seeing playing time once Locklear went down, Tracy would have had a legitimate crack at possibly obtaining playing time, and so would Williams and Paysinger much earlier in the season than they did. Not to mention our own Wilson wouldn't have been practically locked away for fumbling ONE FREAKING TIME, while Bradshaw gets multiple passes at fumbling without ever losing his start. I don't know if that would have made a difference at making the playoffs or not given the rash of injuries we had late in the season, but it couldn't have hurt...


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The Inn at Watervale, Arcadia, Michigan
Spend a week in a real-life summer beach house. The 17 cottages shaped more like full-fledged homes were originally built as part of a lumber mill company town. More than a century later, the large homes rent for weeks in summer, making for ideal base camps on Lake Michigan. Dine at the inn with the rest of the community. Every Wednesday there's a barbecue.
Field trip: Take a book and a blanket and wander through the dunes to the Outlet, a shallow flow of warm water that connects Lower Herring Lake to Lake Michigan. Also, the inn can arrange hikes with a local naturalist.
Night out: Coho Café offers casual bistro-style local and regional food, while The Fusion dishes out a mix of Asian fare. Both are in Frankfort, about five miles from your cottage.
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Thanks for sharing.....the pictures are GREAT!!!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Thanks for sharing.....the pictures are GREAT!!!
It seems like it would be a good idea, and am glad for a way to be less wasteful on our beloved Flying Geese, but I am so confused about the 2nd example you gave - if you add 7/8" to 2 1/2", it would be 3 3/8," not 3 5/8'; and if you add 1 1/4 " to 5" it would be 6 1/4" not 6 3/4." Guess I'll have to try it a few to find out what works. Thanks for the tut.
KEEP CALM and CARRY ON!!
A gajillion dollars wouldn't be near enough to pay you for this tip! I can not wait to try it after learning to "hate" that ruler that makes "perfect" flying geese. Your sharing this is a really valuable gift to me as I am sure it will be for others on the board but I doubt there's a quilter here who appreciates it more than me(I?).
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Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, For I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.
Thanks! Bookmarked it so the idea wouldn't 'fly' away.
Great tutorial - just tried this and it's great..................... thanks so much
thanks for contributing a great tutorial. [this is the method i use, too ]
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before you speak THINK
T is it True? H is it Helpful? I is it Inspiring? N is it Necessary? K is it Kind?
I watched a video last night showing how this exact method was done with a "special" 21 dollar ruler. Thank you so much for explaining how to get the right measurement and for putting up the pictures, I've saved this to a doc file so I can have it handy.
Great thanks for sharing!!!
You know if your a quilter when you cleanup your sewing room and your family thinks your moving out!! Author U/K Sue


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Undercover in Vietnam: Reporters become martyrs for their paper's cause
In the second of CPJ's four-part "Undercover in Vietnam" series on press freedom in Vietnam, CPJ Southeast Asia Representative Shawn Crispin reveals the persecution faced by Redemptorist News journalists, who have been jailed, harassed, and had their passports revoked for reporting on human rights. In part three, due to be published Monday, Crispin interviews a journalist forced into exile after highlighting censorship in Vietnam's press.
In a church compound in the bustling heart of Ho Chi Minh City, journalists and editors upload the latest online edition of Redemptorist News in a secret backroom bureau. First established in 1935, the Catholic newspaper was shut down by the ruling Communist Party in 1975 after consolidating its control over the country's once divided northern and southern regions.


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I had a swarm show up on the ground today about 2 pm & I boxed them in a 5 frame nuc with lemon grass oil . About two hours later it looked like more bees kept coming & I found a queen beside the nuc. I got her to run inside & by dark everyone seams to be inside.
Nuc is on the ground & I plan on raising it tomorrow. Should I add an second nuc (I have both deep & Medium) with a frame of brood & stores to anchor them? Or just let them go?
More about this swarm at the end of my "why did they die" post.
Please ask away I think I over researched this Beekeeping.
Six months classes
two gigs internet videos
Bought & red
Beekeeping for Dummies
The Backyard Beekeeper (prints small)
The new Starting Right with bees
Grit's 'Guide to Back Yard Bees & Honey'
The ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture 41st Edition (like reading a dictionary of what you like only)
The Practical Beekeeper volume 1,2 & 3
Could not find anything about swarming on the ground nor it seeming that two swarms came to the same place!


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Blood drives planned in area communities
The following American Red Cross blood drives will be held in the area:
• Sept. 5 from noon to 6 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa.
• Sept. 6 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa.
• Sept. 10 from noon to 6 p.m. at Crosslake Lutheran Church.
• Sept. 11 from noon to 6 p.m. at Emily City Hall.
To make an appointment or for more information, call 800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org.
A blood donor card or driver's license, or two other forms of identification, are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 (16 with parental permission), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors age 18 and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.


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Treasuries Turning Into An Opportunist's Market
Curious timing for the Wall Street Journal to publish this story about today many big bond investors getting caught by surprise by the spring rally in Treasuries, given Friday's sharp selloff in government bonds. Christian Berthelsen and Min Zeng report:
A run of uneven economic data this spring has wrong-footed scores of investors—including some of the bond world's boldface names—who entered the year betting that an accelerating U.S. expansion would send Treasury prices tumbling, ending a three-decade-long fixed-income bull market.
Among those who have rolled back bearish calls are Bill Gross, founder and co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., and manager of the world's biggest bond fund, and Rick Rieder of BlackRock Inc. (BLK), who oversees fixed income for the giant investment firm with $3.96 trillion in assets under management as of the end of March. Even so, the diversified bond funds run by both investors are beating their market benchmarks this year.
Messrs. Gross and Rieder are among dozens of investors and pundits who have warned after the financial crisis of the risks of holding U.S. government debt with interest rates near record lows. The feared declines in the Treasury market haven't come to pass, however, amid tepid economic growth and the Federal Reserve's easy-money policies that bolster bond prices.
Instead of bold long or short positions, opportunistic investing may win out for the foreseeable future, buying on dips and selling on surges, as many believe this market could be stuck in a range for a while yet. Enter Jeff Gundlach:
Investors say the reversals for bond bears highlight the perils of investing in a slow-growth, low-interest-rate world and underscore the need to approach the $11.4 trillion U.S. Treasury market opportunistically.
"It's not timely to be betting on higher interest rates," said Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive and chief investment officer of DoubleLine, a Los Angeles firm with $59 billion under management. He said economic growth remains too soft to allow the Fed to consider cutting back its $85 billion-a-month bond-purchase program known as "quantitative easing," a shift he views as a necessary precursor to any increase in interest rates.


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Greetings! I'm Judy Hall and I'm in my eighth year of teaching at Hastings College after many years of working as an English teacher and Special Education teacher.
I worked in the public schools in seven different states during the thirty years before I came to Hastings College. One of the best parts of my job at Hastings College is teaching the Introduction to Special Education course where I get to become acquainted with every student who is majoring in education at Hastings College! I also teach course work each semester for juniors, seniors and MAT students who are majoring in special education or who are seeking dual endorsement in elementary education and special education. Many of my students are involved in service learning as a part of their requirements for the Introduction to Special Education or Communication, Consultation and Collaborative Partnerships courses. This involves their working with students who are at-risk or who have special needs in our schools or in the community. Another special part of my job is serving as the advisor for the Hastings College chapter of the Student Education Association of Nebraska.
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#1 Tue 27 Jan 09 11:18am
News today
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture … -2009.html
Pictures of the day: 26 January 2009
Emergency forces rescue a man from his car which he crashed into a church roof in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany. The 23 year-old from Chemnitz was severely injured in the accident. According to the police the driver missed a turn - he was obviously going fa
Emergency forces rescue a man from his car which he crashed into a church roof in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany. The 23 year-old was severely injured. According to the police the driver missed a turn at high speed, continued straight ahead on a slightly rising field and then finally 'took off' to land in the church roof seven metres above the ground.
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#2 Tue 27 Jan 09 11:27am
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I saw this on telly yesterday. Unbelievable!
#3 Tue 27 Jan 09 3:46pm
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It would be a church roof. I'm glad he lived, no doubt to fulfill some remarkable destiny.
#4 Wed 28 Jan 09 10:04am
Re: News today
http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=0 … NA-NEWYEAR
An acrobat hangs from a pole with blades during a performance to celebrate Chinese new year at an amusement park in Beijing January 28, 2009. Hundreds of millions of Chinese welcomed the Year of the Ox last Sunday, and have packed temple fairs and set off fireworks and firecrackers for the week-long traditional holiday. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause (CHINA)
#5 Thu 29 Jan 09 10:34am
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http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?videoI … Channel=76
Credit-crunched UK eats on the cheap
More people in Britain are turning to home cooking and cheap takeaways as a result of the economic slump.
Sales of branded food items are down, as price-conscious consumers look for bargains in the supermarket, and eat out less.
#6 Fri 30 Jan 09 11:01am
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The power of birth order.
Are we destined to be tall, heavy and intelligent or short, skinny and thick. Where are you placed
http://www.time.com/time/health/article … 15,00.html
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#7 Fri 30 Jan 09 12:02pm
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Nothing but horrid news in Australia today, a man very publicly murdered his 4 year old daughter, also in front of his two sons.
Every now and then a story such as this unfolds, and no matter how many "nice" stories grace the headlines, just this one stains the day.
#8 Fri 30 Jan 09 12:07pm
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I saw that on the news.
As a parent and grandparent myself I found this article extremely distressing and tragically very sad.
#9 Fri 30 Jan 09 12:19pm
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I've just been reading the "Herald sun". The world is
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#10 Fri 30 Jan 09 12:21pm
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I think severe untreated mental health problems are a bigger issue in that story.
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Arsenal Football Club Supporters Consultative Forum 2005/2006 Season
Meeting held in the Red Zone, at 11.00am on Saturday April 1st 2006.
Attendees (in alphabetical order):
ARMITT, Lee - Gold Member
BOWLES Mick - Arsenal Supporters Club Branch,
BUDDLE, Rita - Over 60 year old Representative
COXHEAD, Stephen - Red Member
DOCHERTY, Amanda - Arsenal F.C
DOWD, Chris - Silver Member
EDELMAN, Keith - Managing Director, Arsenal F.C.
GOODWIN, Steve - AISA Representative
GOULDING, Peggy - Arsenal Supporters Club - St Thomas's Road
MABERT, Allan - Disabled Supporter (Roger Salmon, Helper, was also in attendance)
MILES, David - Arsenal F.C.
MIRZOIAN, Olga - 16-21 yr Old Representative
NORGAARD, Henrik - Arsenal Supporters Club - Overseas
O'BRIEN, Michael - Arsenal F.C.
PATRICK, Martin - Executive Suite / Private Box Member
PYMAN, Steve - Family Enclosure
RANDS, Neil - Gold Member
REDFEARN, Paul - Metropolitan Police Liaison Officer
ROBERTS, Elliot - Electoral Reform Services (Independent Chair)
SANDZER, Philip - Gold Member
SMITH, Jill - Arsenal F.C
WALKER, Sophia - Silver Member
Apologies for absence:
Mark Halfpenny
Henrik Noorgaard
Minutes of the last meeting:
No matters arising.
Future Structure of the Forum:
Due to the move to the new stadium for the 2006/7 season, there will be new categories of fans attending matches who currently don't have any representation on the Fans' Forum. The vast majority of positions in the currently constituted forum are fine, but there does need to be some fine tuning of the positions to take account of these new categories of fans. The main change will be the new Club Level, of which approximately 10% of fans attending matches next season will belong to. The overall aim of the restructuring is not to increase the number of members of the forum, as at 17 it is at its optimum level. It is to more accurately represent the fan base of Arsenal Football club. The proposed changes are:
- To increase the number of Red members on the forum from 1 to 2
- To reduce the number of Gold and Silver members from 3 to 2 for both.
- To replace the current Executive Suite / Box (combined) representative position with a separate Executive Box Level & Club Level representative
Stephen Coxhead, the current Red Member representative joined midway through the 2004/5 season and it is proposed that he keeps his position for all of next season to ensure continuity of representation for that fan base. The forum agreed with the recommendations.
The vacant and new positions will be advertised to fans in the next couple of weeks.
Ticketing Arrangements
There will be 35,000 season tickets available in Emirates Stadium, which will leave us with approximately the same number of match day tickets as are currently available at Highbury. We have already allocated 25,000 of these season tickets and we have also written to the top 8,000 in the waiting list, offering them the opportunity of a season ticket. Islington residents will also take up some season tickets (which was part of the arrangement for the new stadium). We have a small number of club level season tickets (about 500) left and we'll shortly be writing to those above 9,000 on the waiting list to see if they want to obtain one of these. We believe these will sell out in the next 4/5 weeks. We won't know the exact position of other waiting list members until about the end of May, when the first wave of season ticket allocation is scheduled to finish. We will be allocating match day tickets in exactly the same way as we do now.
For the final 2 home games for this season, for those who have only seen 3 games or less so far this season, they were not allowed to apply for tickets for the last 2 games. Therefore the more games you have been to, the higher your chances of getting tickets for these 2 games. We have had some criticism from some silver members about this process, but this is a unique situation. For Champions' League games, we won't be using the process, otherwise you will ultimately end up with the same sub-section of fans being eligible for match day tickets. We will also keep the current system for away tickets, as those who've travelled the most should be more eligible for high-profile away games, in recognition of their dedication.
Some fans have complained about not being able to get tickets for the Real Madrid/Juventus Champions league games, even though they've been to nearly every game over the last few years.
Because of UEFA regulations that apply to our stadium, there are fewer tickets available for Champions League games. Also, about 1,250 tickets are allocated to corporate sponsors etc, which constrains the number of match day tickets we are able to offer to fans for these games.
For the Wigan game, it is our intention not to issue duplicate tickets from several days prior to the match. Wigan fans have been allocated blocks 17 & 18 in the Clock End.
Will the family enclosure section be expanded in the new stadium?
There will be a bigger family enclosure at the new stadium but we do not know the take up rate of season tickets in this sector as yet. We do not yet know how many silver members will move up to the gold member scheme - once this figure is apparent, we will know how many extra silver members there will be. There is no separate silver member / family enclosure list.
Ticket prices will be frozen for next season - can the club give a longer-term commitment on ticket pricing?
It is hard to give hard and firm commitments on this issue as we don't know the future rate of inflation etc. However our plan is to increase ticket prices by 2-3% per season. It's easier for fans to manage if there is a yearly increase in prices as opposed to a 10% hike every few years. At the end of next season, we may look at re-structuring ticket prices across the bands but it is not in our business plan to dramatically increase our revenue from ticket sales.
Can Arsenal explain the reason for charging disabled fans from next season?
This is a decision that has the almost unanimous support of our disability forum. We try to be fair to all our fans and we don't feel that disabled fans should get a free ticket for games as there are other groups of fans e.g pensioners on low incomes who will also ask for free tickets based on their situation. Disabled fans may require a helper and because of this we offer their helper a free ticket, as abled bodied fans do not have this issue. We felt that disabled fans should pay something for their own ticket and it was agreed that this should be at half-price. So overall, you could say that most disabled fans are effectively paying a quarter price for their ticket. We have ensured that all levels at the new stadium are accessible for disabled fans. We feel we have struck the right balance on this. We will be able to have more disabled fans at our new stadium and they will be able to enter the stadium in the same way as other fans.
Arsenal have been one of the best clubs in the country in liaising with disabled fans and have struck the right balance between a business mind and a social conscience and the disability forum works very well with Arsenal's Disability Liaison officer. The vast majority of disabled fans agree with this new policy and disabled fans want to contribute to the excellent services at Arsenal as much as anyone else. Arsenal provide excellent services to disabled fans, including the award winning audio match day programme and disability groups have been working very closely with Arsenal F.C on access issues at the new stadium. Arsenal is ahead of the game in this field and the long term goal is to have equality of access to all stadiums around the country.
Some Clubs are charging extortionate prices for away fans - e.g £42 at Birmingham - the away supporters club took a heavy loss on this as we had to buy our full allocation - other clubs have been able to reduce ticket prices - is Arsenal able to help on this?
We have been raising this issue for a long time and will continue to do so, especially when some Clubs are charging the same prices for home and away fans with wildly different facilities available. There is another Premier League attendance working group in a couple of weeks and we will raise this issue again. There needs to be a universal policy on this as clubs with differing membership schemes are currently charging different prices.
Metropolitan Police - Paul Redfearn
There are 3 dedicated police officers within Islington that work exclusively with Arsenal and our working relationship is exemplary. The fans of Arsenal are widely recognised as being well behaved, which is a good reflection on them, the Club and the way stewarding works on match days.
Unfortunately, Arsenal, like any other big sporting body, has touts working around them. Arsenal has some massive games coming up and no doubt touts will be trying to work at these matches. We have previously tackled this issue head on, with our territorial support team working during the first 3 home games of this season, leading to 15 people being arrested. Since the start of the season, we have successfully prosecuted 18 touts and these are now banned from being close to any stadium on match days.
Additionally, Arsenal F.C has withdrawn the membership this season of about 200 fans that have been found to be touting tickets. As we will be using electronic membership cards in the new stadium, we should see the end of people on the streets offering tickets outside the stadium. We are happy to publicise the work that we are doing on ticket touting on the Club's website. We believe that it will generally be a lot harder for touts to operate under the new arrangements. As their avenues of working decrease, so it will be easier to concentrate on the new ways touts may try and work. As we have seen, Arsenal F.C, as well as the police, can and have dealt with these touts in the ways open to them so we ask fans to keep reporting touts to both Arsenal and the police. There is an issue about touting tickets on the internet, as the Crown Prosecution Service doesn't currently deem this as a public space - this makes it extremely difficult to prosecute touts using this media. Data protection issues and other hurdles also make it very difficult to carry a case through to court.
Touts are currently using the phrase "does anybody have any spare tickets" as a euphemism for selling tickets — this phrase gets around covert recordings by undercover police and obviously can't be submitted as evidence. The police and Arsenal F.C are aware touts are still working and can be seen at underground stations during the morning of a match, but the police have to strike the right balance between all their responsibilities. Ticket tout legislation was originally aimed mainly at avoiding the breakdown of segregation at football matches — luckily Arsenal is one of the safest places in the premiership. There are around 50 police inside the stadium on match days and the vast majority of those are posted near the segregation area between home and away fans. By linking in with other police forces across the UK, we can amend this number depending on specific intelligence.
Can you talk about your relationship with TFL (Transport for London)
To a large extent, fans moving away from the stadium takes care of itself — Arsenal is lucky in that it has excellent public transport links to an from the stadium. At other grounds, it can take a long time to get away from the stadium - queuing times of 20/30 minutes to get on the underground are comparatively very good. As you know, Finsbury Park station is undergoing development and we feel this will improve in the future. For next season, we will be working on new logistical arrangements to take account of the location of the stadium and the increased number of fans going to games. We feel that more fans will use Highbury & Islington station to get to and from games and we are looking at the logistics around that.
How is your working relationship with European Police forces for Champions League games?
Even though the treatment Arsenal fans got at the Real Madrid away game was not good, it was better than most other away fans get there and this was down to the huge amount of preparatory work our police put in prior to the game. We have to accept there is a different culture across Europe and our fans have to accept that to an extent. There was provocation of fans at the game, but our fans showed a remarkable degree of restraint. We need to keep re-emphasising to our fans not to bring bags to the game, as this slows everything up and creates tension - we also strongly recommend that our fans arrive at the game about an hour before kick off so that there's not a big rush just before the game starts (which obviously again adds to police tension there). The police have written a long letter of complaint to the Madrid police about the treatment of Arsenal fans. We have a huge number of meetings prior to these games, including the forthcoming trip to Turin. We have representations made by the Club, the Police, the FA and the Commonwealth office - we do as much groundwork as we can in these situations but ultimately the local police have their own arrangements. There is a big problem with crowd trouble in Italy and other European countries, which may dictate how our fans will be treated there.
What's the current state of play with the Anthem?
We have been working with Shovel, formerly of M-People, in developing the anthem and also we've been working with the artists who worked on the Arsenal album. When it's ready, we'll be working with the Red Action group in promoting it. We're hoping to have it ready for the Wigan game but we must ensure that we get it right.
Overall, we think the calling of players' names is working well.
It's true that sometimes it works well and other times it is overtaken by dynamic events led by fans prior to the game. It works very well at Carling Cup games, as groups are sitting together. If it is to work in the new stadium, it needs a concerted effort by a group of fans for others to pick up on it and get involved. Sometimes events take over e.g. the chanting of Vieira's name prior to the Juventus game. We will also ensure we have photos of every player to use in the future. We can try variations on this theme for the last few games of the season.
Maybe the music can be removed before kick-off to allow the name announcement to work properly.
At Emirates Stadium, 2/3 minutes before the team comes out, the new Club anthem could be played to welcome the players on the pitch. As they line up, the Premier League song could be played and then prior to kick off, we could do the name roll of players, without any other music interrupting it.
Will there be a statue outside the new stadium?
No. The podium is big, but not huge and we also have to take into account that the podium is a public right of way. The clock from Highbury will be somewhere outside the stadium. Once some final details have been confirmed we will make an announcement on this.
Other Questions
Are there any plans to have subsidised travel for fans going to the Emirates stadium?
The more we have looked into this, the more complicated we have found it. We have had meetings with TFL and the underground in trying to develop a swipe card system, similar to the Oyster card, but this has proved practically impossible to introduce.
Can you let us know information on the deal with the Israeli tourist Board?
We were initially looking at 5/6 big sponsors for a few years and connecting those to the new stadium but as we went down the road on this, we found it better to offer more potential sponsors various sections of rights. One of the categories was tourism and the Israeli tourist board wanted to be involved with this. Other examples are Emirates being our airline partner, O2 being our mobile phone partner and so on.
What are the plans for the Wigan game?
We will be having a closing ceremony which will hopefully start at 5pm and last about an hour and half. We will probably have a marching band and also a large parade of legends and former managers, with an announcer on the pitch linking everything together. There will also be music and links between Highbury and Emirates Stadium, including displays on the pitch relating to our history at Highbury. The event will be covered on Arsenal.com, which will also have behind the scenes footage on the build up to the event. For the final game, there will be a commemorative programme which will have a replica of the programme produced for the first game at Highbury. There will also be an A-Z of Highbury publication that fans will have the option of buying with the programme.
We will emphasise that anybody who runs on the pitch at this game will be banned from Emirates stadium.
We will also be releasing a farewell to Highbury DVD. The exact content of this and other DVDs being released will be contingent on what happens for the rest of this season.
If we get to the Champions League final, what will be our ticket allocation and will the game be shown live at Highbury?
About 20,000. UEFA take a lot for their commercial partners. Also about 10,000 tickets have to be sold to local residents.
In the past, when we've shown games that are live on Network television, not many people turn up, although for a game like this, it is possible that we could have more people wanting to attend. The other problem is that the quality of the screens is not great and we will have difficulties in setting them up on the pitch. And also there are other events scheduled for the same period. We will however check with stadium management and look at the logistics of it. — we do have to get there first!
After what's happened at Wembley, will Arsenal apply to host any England games?
We have thought about it - but if you look at the matches some of them probably won't sell out. It is something we would have to give more thought to.
6 forum members came to the end of their term of office and Arsenal F.C, as well as the forum itself, thanked them for their contributions and ideas over the last 2 years. They were presented with a memento of their time on the forum. The 6 retiring members were:
Lee Armitt
Rita Buddle
Allan Mabert
Martin Patrick
Steve Pyman
Sophia Walker
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Measure F: Alamo's parks and recreation
Original post made by [removed], Alamo, on May 6, 2011
MEASURE F Shall the appropriations limit under California Article XIII-B for County Service Area R-7A (Alamo Parks and Recreation) be increased to $1,650,000 and adjusted for changes in the cost-of-living and population, with the increase effective for the Fiscal Years 2010/2011 through 2013/2014 (inclusive) to provide for the expenditure of funds that will be available to the County Service Area during the stated fiscal years?"
This measure to be decided by Alamo's mail-in ballots in the next few weeks has gathered discussion among Alamo neighborhoods. Neighbors are considering voting NO to send a message to the county concerning the lack of voice in current and future uses of R-7A funding. With neighbors wanting funds for protection of natural open space, walkways & trails and even municipal wifi, county organizations continue formal parks and recreation programs not used by Alamo residents (reference: CC LAFCO report). Further, neighbors are questioning proposed uses of funds to beautify 680 interchanges that will only invite more commute traffic onto Danville Blvd. A proposed tree lighting project in Alamo's business district also is seen as "semi-rural hokum" when immediate rejuvenation and renewal is needed to provide a modern business district for Alamo.
Alamo neighbors should consider this appropriations increase carefully and realize that it is not a tax increase. It simply insures that R-7A parcel taxes will remain in Alamo for current and future parks and recreation programming. Further, neighbors should consider separating this appropriation measure from the issues of representation of the majority's will and interests in operating and planning Alamo parks and recreation programs. Legitimately, there is little interactive discussion, consideration and mitigation available to Alamo residents provided by the county, but protection our R-7A parcel tax fund for Alamo use should be a considered priority by Alamo residents.
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a resident of Alamo
on May 10, 2011 at 8:53 am
Dear Editor,
A discovered county document describes the resulting uses of additional appropriations of R-7A funds created by the successful Measure F vote yet to be made by Alamo voters. Within the list is a grouping of county studies with budgets exceeding $300,000 in 2011 – 2013. Other costs are simply maintenance costs for current parks/programs and new development phases for Hap Magee Ranch Park. More than $1 million is planned for consumption of R-7A parcel taxes in further development of parks and programs that Alamo residents do not use. CC LAFCO has confirmed that current R-7A parks and recreation programs serve few in Alamo. And yet, the county plans to study greater establishment of formal parks, more recreation programs and expand Hap Magee Ranch Park offerings at R-7A expense.
There is strong support in Alamo for transfer of Hap Magee Ranch Park to Danville's sphere of influence for county and Danville operations without R-7A participation. Yet, in 2011, the county and Danville continue to impose these unwanted facilities on Alamo and require our parcel taxes support their imposition. EMCEB editors have a newsworthy story to cover that illustrates the issues of county planning purposely opposing residents' interests simply to insure parcel tax budget support for county departments.
a resident of Alamo
on May 10, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Alamo residents should use the beautiful parks and programs ... get out more. I feel blessed to live in an area of such natural beauty.
a resident of Alamo
on May 12, 2011 at 7:59 am
We all have half acre compounds with pools, play structures, outdoor kitchens etc. just so we don't have to mingle with the great unwashed.
a resident of Alamo
on May 12, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Dear Editor,
Let's ask Alamo voters to separate the appropriations of money for R-7A parks and recreation and vote YES on Measure F on their mail-in ballots. The need to change course to match the will and interests of a majority in Alamo is a function of combined efforts at the highest levels of the county. Few in Alamo use the current parks and programs and many want natural open space, trails, walkways and rest areas for our self-directed recreation activities.
Let's vote YES so that our majority in Alamo can use full appropriations to specify our will and interests in the future protection of our environment and its enjoyment.
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Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences; and Maritza
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Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington and a
collaborator on the Bilingual Baby project.
Bilingual and bicultural infant project continues this summer
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(Aug. 10, 2006)--Harriett Romo, UTSA professor of sociology and director of the UTSA Mexico Center, and two UTSA graduate students recently traveled to Seattle, where they are collaborating with University of Washington (UW) researchers to study language acquisition in bilingual infants.
Romo and the UTSA students - Ricardo De La Cruz and María Rodriguez - have observed and studied the effects of cultural and social environments and influences on language acquisition in bilingual families. Researchers at the Institute for Learning and Brain Studies (ILABS) at the University of Washington have documented electrical brain activity and the neuroscientific component of language recognition and acquisition in the same study group.
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"This trip allowed us to bring together two strands of research - the sociocultural domain and the biological," Romo said. "UW faculty complimented our students for thinking conceptually and presenting themselves professionally. They've recommended our project for a supplemental grant to continue following the babies."
The research collaborative between UTSA and UW is a part of the Learning Informal and Formal Environments (or LIFE) center established with a portion of a $36.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to further understanding about the way people learn.
UTSA's research has centered on 30 families of Mexican descent with infants and varying incomes and levels of English-Spanish language use.
"A lot of interesting things are happening in their (babies) brains, although they are not verbal yet," Romo said. "It's advanced processing. They're building and developing concepts and words before they are talking."
For example, some infants will wave when they hear "bye, bye" and pick up a shoe when they hear "chancla" (Spanish word for sandle).
During their visit last week, De La Cruz presented a master's degree research thesis on a comparison of family and community influences for high school students who haven't maintained Spanish language use and those who have.
Rodriguez, one of a handful of graduate students working with Romo on the research, presented findings on Communicative Developmental Inventory (or CDI). In her study, Rodriguez identified concepts and words spoken by the infants in the UTSA study group.
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I like this move. Keppinger (31) is a solid, versatile player who makes a lot of contact and can hit for average. He can back up short and third and I would expect to see him get the lion's share of ABs at 2B from here on out (assuming Sanchez does not return). He can also play the OF and 1B in a pinch.
Henry Sosa (25) was once one of the top pitching prospects in the organization, with a plus fastball and a plus curve, but he has been plagued by injuries and inconsistancies. He was simply awful earlier this year at AAA-Fresno (10.41 ERA in 17 games) before being demoted to AA-Richmond where he bounced back a bit (2.68 ERA in 40.1 IP). This is the best possible move for Sosa, who was unlikely to crack the rotation in SF any time soon and was, at best, a bullpen arm for the club. He undoubtably will get a look-see this year in Houston in what could be viewed as a make-or-break season.
Stoffel (22) was seen as a future closer when he was drafted in the 4th round of the '09 draft and is the player in this deal who is most likely to come back to bite the Giants in the butt. He has racked up 38 saves this year and last (13 this year) but has had some control issues and has given up a lot of hits (9.1/9IP). Coupled with the emergence of Heath Hembree, Stoffel had become expendable.


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Benny Sato Ambush
Senior Distinguished Producing Director-in-Residence (2008)
B.A. Brown University
M.F.A. University of California, San Diego
Benny Sato Ambush is a professional SDC stage director, former Producer/Artistic Director of professional theaters, educator, consultant and published commentator.
Prior artistic leadership experience include: Producing Director - Oakland (CA) Ensemble Theatre, Associate Artistic Director - San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater, Acting Artistic Director - Providence, RI's Rites and Reason Theatre Company, Co-Artistic Director - San Francisco Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Director-In-Residence - Manalapan, Florida's Florida Stage and Producing Artistic Director - Richmond, VA's TheatreVirginia. He directed at all these theaters. He was Associate Artistic Director of Anna Deavere Smith's Institute on the Arts & Civic Dialogue at Harvard University - summer 2000.
Other regional directing credits: Old Globe Theatre; Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland; South Coast Rep; Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company; Magic Theatre; Geva Theatre; Playwrights Horizon; Ford's Theatre; Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays; Lincoln Center Theater Institute; Heart of America Shakespeare Festival; Indiana's New Harmony Project; Actors Guild of Lexington; Alaska Theatre of Youth; International Theatre Festival of Chicago; Sacramento Theatre Company; National Black Theatre Festival; Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre; all five of the San Francisco Bay Area McDonalds Gospel Fests; New York University's Graduate Acting Program; North Carolina School of the Arts; Cornell University; Florida Atlantic University; Minneapolis Playwright Center's PlayLab, North Carolina Black Repertory Company, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Gloucester Stage Company, The New Rep, TheatreSquared, and NPR Radio.
He has narrated the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival twice, and has toured the former Soviet Union and Kenya via the United States Information Agency.
He was Director of the Institute for Teledramatic Arts and Technology - California State University, Monterey Bay's unique, storytelling-based, multidisciplinary program that integrated production-oriented study in theater production, filmmaking, video/television production, radio production, and new media production.
He has taught at NYU's Graduate Acting Program; North Carolina School of the Arts; American Conservatory Theater Conservatory; California State University, Monterey Bay; Colorado College; Kenyatta University - Nairobi, Kenya; Contra Costa College; Brown University; University of California, San Diego; University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Florida Atlantic University and Emerson College.
He has served on numerous regional and national boards - including Theatre Communications Group (TCG), has been a panelist and site evaluator for the National Ensowment for the Arts as well as numerous state arts councils and is active nationally in the advocacy of cultural equity, non-traditional casting and pluralism in the American theater. He is a Board Member of the National Theatre Conference and a Steering Committee Member of The Craftsmen of Dionysus: A Society of Acting Teachers.
Mr. Ambush directed the 2005 production of America's oldest and longest running outdoor drama The Lost Colony in the Outer Banks of North Carolina - its 68th annual edition.
Mr. Ambush has won many awards in most places he has worked.


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Obama administration breaks promise on conscience exemptions
posted at 8:48 am on October 8, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
When Barack Obama went to Notre Dame to speak at their commencement and accept an honorary law degree from the Catholic university, he attempted to quiet the outrage from conservative Catholics and pro-life activists by claiming to respect the religious teachings of Catholics and protect freedom of conscience on abortion. He insisted that he would do the same during a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. According to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the Obama administration has written an expiration date on that promise already in North Carolina, where the EEOC has demanded that a private Catholic college offer abortion and contraception coverage as part of its health-insurance benefits (via Gateway Pundit and The Anchoress):
The president of a small Catholic college in North Carolina is in a standoff with the Obama administration's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over demands that the school must offer contraception coverage in its employee health insurance. Belmont Abbey College President William K. Thierfelder says he will shut down his school before doing so, citing the Catholic Church's prohibition on contraception and First Amendment religious liberty rights.
On September 10, the college retained the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty to appeal an August 5 ruling by the EEOC, charging the school with discrimination. In a letter to Thierfelder, the EEOC stated the college "is discriminating based on gender because only females take oral prescription contraceptives. By denying coverage, men are not affected, only women." Thierfelder objected with a letter posted on the school's website, saying: "Belmont Abbey College rejects the notion that by following the moral teachings of the Catholic Church we are discriminating against anyone.… We are simply and honestly exercising the freedom of religion that is protected by the Constitution."
The case started when BEC mistakenly bought insurance coverage that paid for contraception, which violates the doctrine of the Catholic Church. After realizing their mistake, they had that coverage removed. Eight employees filed suit with the EEOC as a result, claiming that the motivation for the change was gender discrimination.
How could anyone working at a Catholic college possibly come to that conclusion? Whether or not one agrees with the church on contraception and abortion, their position on those two issues is both well-known and fundamental to doctrine on the sanctity of human life, reaffirmed constantly and publicly. Anyone who goes to work for a Catholic institution and expects to get insurance coverage for either is acting out of intellectual dishonesty. If the church position on contraception and abortion offends them that much, they shouldn't agree to work for a private Catholic institution.
And initially, the EEOC agreed, as the Becket Fund notes, and also notes that only two of the eight complainants of gender discrimination are women. The local EEOC tossed the complaint, but it got mysteriously reinstated by the national office over the summer:
The conflict is rooted in changes the school made to its health coverage in December 2007 after a faculty member discovered their plan inadvertently covered abortions, prescription contraception, and elective sterilization. At the time, Thierfelder explained the changes: "As a Roman Catholic institution, Belmont Abbey College is not able to and will not offer nor subsidize medical services that contradict the clear teaching of the Catholic Church." Eight employees countered with a complaint filed with the North Carolina EEOC, claiming the college was in violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The local EEOC bureau threw out the discrimination charge in March, but the federal EEOC reversed that ruling in July. The new ruling also charges Belmont Abbey College with retaliating against the eight employees by making their names public. (Interestingly, only two are women.)
Will the Obama administration protect freedom of conscience in its health care overhaul, as it has promised? Or will it use its power to force religious institutions, doctors, and hospitals to provide services which violate their religious beliefs? This test case indicates that the White House is intent on dismantling such protections despite Obama's promises to the Pope and at Notre Dame, which surprises us not at all.
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