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|By the Project for Excellence in Journalism
The economics of the Internet remain journalism's billion dollar mystery. And in 2006, that mystery only seemed to deepen.
Advertising revenues online continued to grow rapidly, but by year's end there were already subtle signs that the growth rate was beginning to slow. And the medium still has a long way to go before it can begin to compare with the economics of the traditional media it was beginning to challenge.
At the same time, some of the euphoria about the medium's potential is beginning to give way to harder-nosed questions about exactly how much things should cost. Some ad companies and industry analysts are beginning to demand a more accurate way to measure Web traffic.
Then there is another question, possibly even more baffling, to be sorted out — the idea that advertising works so differently online, the economics need to be rethought more completely.
The old journalism model of advertising was broadly based on audiences coming to look at content and staying to read or view the ads.
Online, that connection is looser. When people visit the Web for news, they often do so in short bursts, with little attention to ads. Advertising online is more like the Yellow Page listings (except for big display and video ads). People are looking for a good or service or researching a topic. (That is the commercial essence of search, and it also applies to classifieds.)
The poses little problem for online sites such as Yahoo or Google, in which search is part of the advertising structure. But it is a major issue for news sites, where ads are incidental to the reason people visit.
If that continues to be true — and some think targeted search will only grow — advertising may never grow to the point where it can pay for journalism on a scale to which we are accustomed. Those in journalism will need to develop a new economic model, not wait for this one to grow.
Online Advertising Revenue Over All
Growth in 2006
In 2006, the online advertising market appeared headed for yet another record-setting year. Through the first nine months, ad revenue reached roughly $12.1 billion, an increase of roughly 36% over the first nine months of 2005. By year-end, eMarketer projected it would reach $16.4 billion, a 31% increase.1
In all but 2 of the last 10 years, the year-to-year increases have exceeded 20%. Indeed, the increase in 2006 is in line with the kind to which the industry has become accustomed.
This extraordinary rates of growth are particularly impressive when compared with those in other media industries. According to Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private equity and investment firm, advertising in "pure play" companies, or those who solely online such as Amazon.com, is projected to grow 20% from 2005 to 2010. That contrasts to the much more modest growth Veronis anticipates for other media industries: broadcast television (4%); cable and satellite television (10%); newspapers (2.2%); and radio (3%).2
Other survey research suggests that as the dollars in online ads rise, so too does the array of advertisers. According to Outsell, a California-based research firm, fully 8 in 10 marketers say they are advertising or planned to do so on the Web in 2006. That number is expected to reach 90% by 2008. Moreover, the same study also reported that smaller companies with ad budgets of less than $1 million are allocating more of their budgets online.3
For the moment, however, the largest Web companies, particularly the most popular Web portals — are reaping nearly most of the benefit. According to Pricewatershouse Coopers, the biggest 50 Web companies, including Yahoo and AOL, are attracting 96% of the ad spending, the Wall Street Journal reported in late 2005.4
But when all is said and done, only a small share of total advertising dollars are channeled to the Web. In 2005, advertisers spent roughly $11 billion on pure-play Internet companies, a relatively small number compared to television ($65 billion), newspapers ($55 billion), and even radio ($20 billion), according to figures compiled by Veronis Suhler Stevenson.5
Market analysts have also looked at all this another way. According to TNS Media Intelligence, the top 50 advertisers are spending just 3.8% of their budgets on online ads. While the figure is higher for smaller advertisers, 6.8%, the data emphasize the relative immaturity of the online ad industry, but also its potential for growth.6
To some analysts, the amount of advertising on the Web does not correlate to how much time people spend there. A Veronis Suhler Stevenson study found that consumers were spending 17% of their media consumption time with the Web. But the medium made up just 8% of total ad expenditures.7 According to Pam Horan, president of the Online Publishers Association, this represents a "misalignment," and more money could be steered to the Web once it is corrected.
Looking Ahead
That gap may suggest more reason for growth, but at least some analysts think the pace can't continue. As the base being measured gets bigger, growth rates of 30% a year, they reason, just aren't sustainable.
The market research firm eMarketer, for instance, projects online ad spending to grow 15% in 2007, 18% in 2008, below 10% in 2009, and then 7% in 2010.
According to Emily Riley, an analyst with Jupiter Research, "The growth is trending downward. We're no longer seeing hyper growth rates."
If that continues, it creates a difficult scenario for journalism. The finances of the old media platforms are expected to flatten. But it is not clear when, if ever, the new media will compensate.
New Economic Model
That points to the trillion-dollar question about the Web: Can journalism ever figure out a way to "monetize" the new platform?
A year ago in the newspaper chapter of this report, we estimated that at current growth rates, it would take more than a decade for the Internet to match the revenue of newspapers.
The new estimates about advertising growth cast serious doubt about whether that can happen anytime soon. Certainly, no one imagines the Web can sustain 31% annual growth rates in advertising for a dozen more years.
Now even more questions exist about the nature of advertising on the Web.
Historically in journalism, audiences come for news and are exposed to advertising incidentally. Online, hunting through advertising is an activity unto itself. Advertising here works more like yellow pages, or classified advertising in the newspaper. It is a form of research, often targeted.
In the new platform, in other words, journalism and advertising are more loosely connected. And display advertising, which grabs the eye, creates an image, reinforces a brand, and imparts a little information, is only a small part of the Web advertising experience.
That raises doubts about whether journalism can survive in a form we are familiar with if the Web remains an advertising-based environment for news. Increasingly, the math on Internet advertising suggests that the news business must find a new economic model, one that gets consumers to begin to pay for content.
One possibility, the one companies are experimenting with, involves trying to persuade consumers to begin to pay for premium content. The New York Times, with its Times Select program, asks consumers to pay for its editorials, columnists and archives. But the success here has been limited, and the most expensive aspect of journalism—the basic news gathering, is not covered.
Another scenario that has had even less success is trying to get consumer to buy subscriptions for all content online.
Increasingly, a different model, one that the industry has not pursued as publicly, or even perhaps as aggressively, seems to have more merit.
In this model, rather than charge consumers directly, news providers would charge Internet providers and aggregators licensing fees for content. The Internet providers would likely turn around and add those fees to the bills consumers pay for Internet access. Aggregators could also be involved in the fee system, sharing revenue with news content providers.
News organizations may have to create consortiums to make this happen, which is a complicated but not necessarily difficult step. But trying to negotiate among a dozen or so internet access providers is far more workable than trying to win over individual consumers, one at a time, to pay for something they currently get for free. Internet access providers also have an incentive to make this happen. They recognize that if journalism shrivels, there will be less for people to want to access online. Their business depends on the news. Aggregators are even more aware of this.
And the notion that the Internet is free is already patently false. Consumers pay every month to get access.
This is the model that exists in cable. The cable companies pay a fee to the channels that they carry, and they pass the cost of that fee along to the consumer.
There are differences between cable TV and the Web — far more content producers — but relatively few of them actually are in the business of producing content that is expensive to produce and passed along free. Journalism is at the center of that group.
This would be a major shift in emphasis for the business side, which is one reason perhaps it has not been aggressively pursued. But the mandate for a new economic model now seems clearer than ever before. And the idea that news producers can be passive in this increasingly seems like a fatal error. If one were inventing the financial system for the Internet a decade ago, instead of it evolving by happenstance, the notion that those who provided the funds.
The Challenges of Measuring Online Traffic
In addition to the complications of who will pay for the Web and the future of advertising, in 2006 another set of questions came into clearer relief — growing doubts about how to measure the audience.
For years, the Web's appeal to advertisers has been built in part around a greater sense of accountability than in older media about who is actually paying attention to the advertising content.
But observations that there were holes in this claim have begun to grow over the last few years.
Roughly a dozen firms track online use, but there is no standard method for doing so. The result, according to Rich Gordon, a professor at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, is that some metrics inflate the absolute number of unique visitors, or unduplicated visitors to a Web site, while others undercount it.
Such discrepancies began to attract more attention, and more concern, as 2006 wore on.
As an example of the problems, two of the most important firms measuring online audience, comScore and Nielsen, determine a Web site's traffic by assembling a panel of online users considered representative of the overall online audience. But there are questions about how representative the samples are. Panel members must install specific software on their computers. But since some corporate offices and government agencies do not allow their staff members to install it, those segments of the population may not be fully represented in the samples. That is also true for many universities.
There are also concerns about something called click fraud, which occurs when a user or computer-generated program clicks on an online ad without the intention of actually viewing the ad. By one estimate, as much as $800 million could be wasted by advertisers on fraudulent clicks.8
Finally, one other potential curve ball is the consumer tendency toward media multitasking. Some worry that online consumers may not be as engaged as they are with other mass media. According to the Internet marketing research company Big Research, nearly 7 in 10 Web users report watching TV while they surf the Internet. "Suddenly a once captive TV audience has now defined itself as a moving target," said Phil Rist, the vice president of strategic initiatives for the company.
As a result, some marketers, including Ford, Visa, and Colgate-Palmolive, have started asking for audits of online audience figures. In the words Dave Morgan, CEO of Tacoda, a behavioral and targeting ad network with headquarters in New York, the success of an advertisement placed on a Web site will more likely be "decided by the accountants, not the chief marketing officers." If such a system is put in place, how could it affect the overall economics of the Web?9
The issue is unlikely to be resolved quickly, or easily. The fact that the technology of Web pages can change so quickly means that how it is measured will have a hard time keeping up.
Main Categories of Online Advertising
To better understand the economics of the Web, it is useful to know the different kinds of advertising it attracts. Three types of advertising account for roughly 90% of the ads on the Web — search, display and classifieds.
Search ads are more targeted than display or classified because they appear only when a reader has searched for a relevant topic. In the first half of 2006, search advertising surged, increasing 37%, to $3.2 billion, according to data released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.10
The surge kept it at pace with the first half of 2005, accounting again this year for 40% of all online advertising. What's more, the gains are expected to continue. Jupiter Research, another forecasting agency, projects that search advertising will continue to be the most lucrative area online, forecasting a compound annual growth rate of 12%.11
Classified advertising is the second major category is. In dollars, the category grew 56%, reaching $1.6 billion in the first half of 2006. Classified has slowly increased its share of all online advertising for several years and now accounts for 20% of online advertising, up from 18% in 2005.12
Display advertising, involving graphical banners placed on a Web site, is the third category. Display ads are less targeted than search ads because their placement is not influenced by the online viewer's behavior or search criteria. Their dollar amount increased 21% in the first half of 2006 to $2.4 billion. The increase, while large, was below those of search and classified ads. Display ads now made up 31% of all online advertising, down from 34% in the first half of 2005.13
The Interactive Advertising Bureau, an association that publishes the most widely quoted data on the online advertising industry, has traditionally categorized rich media as a subcategory of display. Rich media is a broad term that refers to digital, interactive media and can include video, graphics, text, animation or audio. Almost all discussion about rich video relates to video, which has moved the online industry from a largely text-based medium just five years ago to a more visual one now.
But there are still limits here. Rich media grew just 3% in the first half of 2006, accounting for $475 million during that time. Along with high production costs and questions about how the audience is measured, such sluggish ad revenue growth, especially compared to other online advertising categories, probably explains why rich media now makes up 6% of all online advertising, down from 8% a year earlier.14
To get a clearer picture of online video and video advertising it may be helpful to first look at the market of online video users and then at the ad dollars placed there.
The Video Picture
How many Americans are watching video online? Last year we reported that online video use, particularly regular use, was still relatively small. One of the biggest Internet success stories of 2006, YouTube, suggests that the medium made huge strides. Time Magazine's "Invention of the Year," the site was purchased by Google in October 2006 with a reported audience size of 30 million unique visitors.15
But the overall growth in online video use is a matter of debate. According to the Online Publishers Association (OPA), there was no growth and even some decline. In its February 2006 survey of Internet users 12 to 64 years old, 5% of respondents said they watched online video daily, the same as a year earlier. On a weekly basis, the number of Americans reporting they watched video actually fell three percentage points and now stands at 24%. And a smaller percent reported ever watching online video (69% versus 74%). The only positive movement was in the number saying they were "aware" of online video.16
Other audience data, however, suggest that use of video on the Web is not only growing but substantially so. For instance, figures from comScore Networks, which combines both survey research and a panel of select viewers that give the organization permission to record their online behavior, found that the number of Americans viewing video online increased 18% from just October 2005 to March 2006. The study found that Americans consumed 3.7 billion video streams and around 100 minutes of video per viewer on a monthly basis.17
What type of video are people watching? The most popular destination for online video viewers is weather, followed by entertainment and then music videos. News and current events video was considerably lower on the list, according to the OPA survey.
The top video sites are owned by some of the largest media corporations. But much of the content distributed over those sites is user-generated, as is the case with MySpace, which is owned by the News Corp. and YouTube, now owned by Google. Here are the top video properties as of August 2006, according to comScore Video Matrix:
Top 10 Video Properties Ranked by Number of Streams Initiated
Source: comScore Video Metrix, August 2006
Though not ranked in the top ten, video from the AP Online Video Network, which offers up to 40 video clips a day of news, is becoming increasingly available to Americans, particularly on newspaper sites, where online readership has been growing rapidly. One estimate put the total audience for AP video at 76 million just six weeks after the service was launched in March 2006.18 Also, the New York Times Web site, among the top 10 most popular news sites, offers a video channel and announced plans in February 2006 to syndicate video to other Web sites.
Video Advertising
As of now, online video remains a relatively small piece of the pie. It currently accounts for just $410 million of the $16 billion online ad market.
Over the next few years, though, some analysts predict strong growth. The market research firm eMarketer, for instance, projects that online video advertising will grow to nearly $3 billion by 2010. If it reaches that number, video will account for roughly 12% of all online advertising by the end of the decade.19
There was considerable speculation that the Google-YouTube deal would be a big boost to both video use and advertising. Because of Google's ability to organize and aggregate information — in this case video — it would be a way for users to more easily search and find the video content they desire. As Diane Mermigas, a contributing editor to TV Week, wrote:
Oddly enough, the surge in online video advertising is projected despite what appears to be a declining number of Americans who say they have seen online video ads. Two thirds (66%) said they watched an online video ad in 2006, down from 70% who said so in 2005, according to survey data from the Online Publishers Association.21
Local Online Advertising
More strong growth in 2007 is expected in the local online advertising industry. Borrell Associates is projecting local advertising to grow 32% in 2007, to $7.7 billion. In particular, local advertising will become more targeted, Borrell forecasts, with search advertising increasing from 24% of all local advertising in 2007 to 44% by the end of the decade.
Right now, the largest percentage of local online ad dollars goes to newspaper-based Web sites. Forty-one percent of online ad dollars is spent on newspaper sites, followed by pure-plays (25%), Yellow Pages (16%), and paid search companies (9%).22
As a sign that local advertising is becoming even more important to media outlets, survey research from Borrell shows that about half of all local news sites added to their sales forces in 2006, increasing the staffs by about 37%; some of the largest local Web sites now have three to four dozen salespeople dedicated to online sales.
It should be noted, however, that local online advertising remains a very small part of total advertising. In 2005, it accounted for just 1.8% of all advertising dollars and even with strong growth expected this year and next, it will account for just over 2% in 2006.23
Ad Dollars and the News
In the first three editions of the annual report we were not able to report on what percentage of total online ad dollars was being spent specifically on news.
Now, data from TNS Media Intelligence separate ad dollars according to specific types of Web sites. Their data are based only on display advertising, which as mentioned above accounts for just 31% of the total ad dollars online, but the figures at least allow a first sense of the divisions.
According to the data, news may be the second-largest recipient of online ad dollars, trailing only portals and search engines. In 2005, U.S. marketers spent roughly $763 million on news and current events Web sites, compared to $1.1 billion spent on sites like MSN, Yahoo and AOL.24
Revenues and Profits
In the past, large media companies have struggled to generate revenues and profits from their traditional properties. Though revenues from digital operations are contributing to the bottom line at many companies, there are still a number of questions about the online business model.
For newspapers, the dominant economic model is largely dependent on advertising. The numbers here continue to grow. In the second quarter of 2006, newspaper online ad revenue increased 33% over the second quarter from 2005, according to the Newspaper Association of America.25
A number of public newspaper companies themselves are reporting extraordinary revenue growth in online advertising. At the Washington Post Company, online revenue, primarily from washingtonpost.com, increased 31% to $73 million for the first nine months of 2006.26 At the New York Times Company, whose digital properties include 18 daily newspapers as well as About.com, online revenues for the first nine months of 2006 were $190 million, up from $134 million a year earlier.27
A study from Borrell Research, meanwhile, found that large newspaper sites, defined as those with gross revenues of $5 million or more, now contribute anywhere from $3 million to $14 million to the bottom line.
And more online newspaper sites have become profitable ventures. In 2003, more than 6 in 10 (62%) of newspaper Web sites reported they were not yet profitable. By 2005, that number was just 5%.
Just how profitable? That, of course, is a matter of accounting — or how much cost is attributed to the online site versus the old-media operations. But for those profitable sites, according to Borrell Associates, the average profit margin was 62%.
In 2006, we saw signs that the ad-based model could increasingly be the future for newspapers. First, newspaper companies signed a deal with the other major news aggregator, Google, which would help sell print advertising in many of the country's largest newspapers.
Then in late November, seven newspaper companies that publish newspapers in 38 states formed a partnership with Yahoo. According to a press release, Yahoo will help newspapers "deliver search, graphical and classified advertising to consumers in the communities where they live and work."28
Several newspaper analysts applauded the Yahoo deal: "I'm used to the newspapers being very reactive, and here they're stepping out ahead for a change," said John Morton. "Here, I think they've become much more agile in trying to adapt to things that are happening."
Even solid growth from online ads, however, can't be considered a panacea for newspapers' economic woes, as the industry continues to experience shrinking circulation figures and marginal growth from advertising in its print form. Even when online revenue is used to buttress anemic growth from print ads, combined revenues were almost flat in the second quarter, growing just 1%.
And the contribution of revenue from online properties to total newspaper company revenues will remain in the single digits in both 2006 and 2007, according to Borrell Associates. For major public newspaper companies, online revenue will account for 6% of total revenue in 2006, and then climb to 7.4% in 2007.29
The economic picture for other media industries is not necessarily as promising. The economics for online local television do not appear as successful as those of newspapers, but they are improving. The percentage of local television Web sites that reported making a profit in 2005 rose to 24%, up from 15% a year earlier, according to survey research conducted by the RTNDA and Ball State University.
The number of radio stations reporting a profit, meanwhile, did not change, according to the same study. Just 4% of all radio Web sites reported a profit, the survey found.30
When it comes to the online operations of cable news, most of the data are anecdotal. Few companies break anything out.
Those anecdotes offer only a few hints. Kyoo Kim, MSNBC.com's vice president of sales, told the New York Observer the Web site may be earning more in monthly ad revenue than the cable channel. That claim was not verified, and it should be noted that the cable channel also earns at least half of its revenues from subscriptions. The Observer estimated that the online display ads alone make tens of millions of dollars for CNN.com and MSNBC.com each month.31
According to Rupert Murdoch, Fox's Interactive revenue will top $660 million by the end of the year — but serious money is still way, way off and profits may still be elusive. In July, the News Corp. division that includes digital assets reported $1.4 billion in revenue for the previous 12 months (the company does not break out interactive revenue), a figure that is one quarter what the company's movie studio made over the same period and makes Fox Interactive part of the company's second-smallest division. Moreover, the division lost $150 million in operating income over the previous year, the only News Corp. division to be in the red. 32


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There's a faction of hot-rodders that think the scene has gone soft. Looking around at the sea of $30k paint jobs and modern fuel injected engines that inhabit every show, it's easy to see where they're coming from. The days of junkyard swaps and home brewed speed parts are definitely hanging on by a thread. That's why it's refreshing to see cars like this '31 Ford Coupe roll into our showroom. There's no air ride or sophisticated…well…anything. It's the type of car that harkens back to when hot rods were built in backyards by guys who simply liked to work on cars. With a chopped and channeled all-steel body, a big block V8 and tons of old school swagger, this car gets back to the basics without sacrificing build quality or functionality. If that sounds like your kind of scene, give this '31 a closer look.
Approaching the car, it's difficult to not be taken with its low sleek profile. To achieve these new dimensions, an actual all steel '31 Ford body was sourced then chopped down a whopping six inches. To get the body a little closer to the earth, it was then channeled four inches over the framerails . Once the body work was complete, the Ford was shot with a coat of glossy black paint. The paintwork can be questionable on a lot of traditional rods but this one is first rate all the way. Reflections are straight and there are no major imperfections visible. That slick paintwork is accented by a plethora of expertly applied red and white traditional pin striping. Featured on the headlight buckets, grille shell, cowl, roof and below the trunk lid, the striping takes the cars attitude to the next level.
Obviously there isn't going to be a lot of trim on this car, so let's start with what has been shaved or removed entirely. Fenders, hood, door handles, trunk handle, the original taillights and all of the original glass have all been sacrificed in the name of the clean look. If the glass part raised an eyebrow, don't worry. The main pieces (windshield and rear windows) have been replaced with Lexan. There are no side windows anymore but we can guarantee you won't miss them. Up front, a custom grille sits between two large round headlights whose wiring is concealed by snake skin patterned wiring loom. Above the windshield, a body-colored visor keeps out the sun while offering yet another traditional styling cues. Out back, taillights are neatly relegated to a space under the trunk lid.
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Headline: Obama's Win vs. History
Headline: Obama's Win vs. History
While Iowa's been pretty accurate picking the winning horse (at least of the party nomination) lately, since 1972 it's only been about 50-50. In 1992, Bill Clinton finished a distant third, as did Michael Dukakis in 1988. And poor Jimmy Carter came in second place to "Uncommitted" in 1976 and worse, George McGovern placed third behind "Uncommitted" and Edmund Muskie in 1972.
What does this mean for the true heft of Obama's victory?
As the BBC points out:
"Very often it is not so much about winning in Iowa but doing better or at least as well as expected.
Democrat Howard Dean was leading his party's polls in 2004 but after his third place in Iowa his campaign stuttered and never recovered."
Obama certainly achieved that benchmark. With his sizable 38 percent of the vote, and the record turnout in Iowa a full 100,000 more than last year, it was clearly a victory for the political process as well — and that is something history won't soon forget.


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God's man at the mission
Concern for all
Wesley Mission superintendent, Keith Garner,
right, with a visitor to a Surry Hills shelter.
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KEITH Garner is a man of God who loves his sport. Cricket, English soccer, league, they are all passions. And for a short time he combined both as chaplain of the Bolton Wanderers, the Lancashire premier division side.
In Australia, more people attend church on any one Sunday than attend AFL football in an entire season, but they are not the same audience. While Garner resists the temptation to pray for sporting results, he senses opportunities in sport to reconnect with the masses.
"People who are engaged in sporting activities are the millions that don't come to church. I found as chaplain I was reaching people I would never have reached in church life. It was hanging around at the right place, at the right time."
The stocky Yorkshireman was inducted yesterday as the new head of Wesley Mission, one of Australia's largest church-based charities. He replaces the Reverend Dr Gordon Moyes, who left in December after 27 years. Both men are evangelical in outlook and conservative in theology, but Garner seems likely to be more comfortable with the theological diversity of the Uniting Church. He is particularly focused on ministering to the disaffected, poor and vulnerable.
The scriptural word matters more than the venue or the preacher, he says. Church could be a beach, a barn or, indeed, a sports stadium. Church, especially among the young, had come to be regarded as a legal and authoritarian institution and needed a new language to "make Christ known in a new 21st century context".
"We cannot just continue as we always have," he told those at his induction ceremony. "Worship has changed - and is changing - across the whole world. There are many aspects which will remain; paramount must be the preaching of the gospel, but if we fail to look at new approaches we are in danger of becoming irrelevant.
"Our younger people will keep us on our toes, remind us of what we ought to be doing - and then become middle-aged themselves and struggle with the next generation of change.
"Worship must include vibrant new music, colour, dance, movement, silence and prayer of many different kinds."
John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist church, preached in fields to blackened-faced miners in Bristol, England who were not then considered acceptable to the church.
"What we have to do is discover who are those miners today, those that are cut off from the Gospel, and where the marketplace is today," he told the Herald .
"There are 3 million people in Sydney who don't care what happens in church. There are many people who live within one kilometre of this mission, many of them young, living alone. When I see people walking up and down Pitt Street I can understand why Jesus looked on Jerusalem and wept, such was his compassion and love for the people of the city."
For all his zeal for Christian conversion, he says he is not the type of church leader to thump the political pulpit on issues such as human sexuality.
Public division, he says, only serves to saps the church's energy, although he is hardly agnostic about the contentious issue of gay marriage and gay clergy.
"I'm more concerned to concentrate on a positive understanding of people
"Wesley Mission has taken a stand on many issues and there will be continuity on the vital issues, but I hope people would sense in my leadership a warmth, generosity and concern for everyone.
"I still believe the presence of fidelity and chastity before marriage and within marriage are principles we should uphold. I'm not a supporter of gay clergy partnerships."
Social justice is his main focus, he says. The incidence of depression in Australia is a particular concern. The mission is about to undertake a study of how depression affects the aged.
As federal and state government heads prepare to meet this week on mental health, Garner says there ought to be greater funding of community-based services - especially housing - for people with mental health problems rather than allocating most money to psychiatric wards in public hospitals.
More than 75 per cent of the 847 people housed at Wesley Mission's Edward Eagar Lodge in Surry Hills had a mental illness or disorder. "Releasing people from psychiatric wards into unstable accommodation, or worse still, no accommodation at all, brings unstuck any recovery achieved in the psychiatric ward."
Garner's religious journey began on a "bad foggy night" in a Yorkshire youth centre where a student teacher from Northern Ireland told of how he'd seen his father murdered. At the time, Garner "didn't rob banks but I was messed up".
What moved him was that the man talked of losing his father in a pool of blood yet believed in God. Strangely, the murder hadn't destroyed his life. The teacher's testimony changed Garner's thinking and he was ordained a Methodist minister in 1982.
Later, Garner became minister of St John's Llandudno, one of Britain's largest congregations, as well as helping to develop St Davids Craig-y-Don into a modern, progressive church. He completed his master of theology at Oxford University in 1995 and has preached in Africa, Iceland, across Europe, the United States, Burma and India.
Garner arrived in Australia with his wife, Carol, four months ago, leaving behind in England three adult children.
At the end of his induction speech, Garner recalled a theologian who once wrote that Jesus promised his disciples three things. They would be absurdly happy, completely fearless and in constant trouble. It is a fair summary, he says, of the way ahead.
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A SIRIUS Matchup
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
This season will be the third in a three-year agreement between SIRIUS Satellite Radio and the Ivy League to broadcast a "Game of the Week" for football and men's basketball. The first broadcast of the season will be Saturday night's football game between Penn and No. 25 Lafayette.
SIRIUS will feature both football and basketball games from all eight Ivy League schools -- Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale -- and showcase some of the best matchups of the season. Here is the broadcast schedule for 2007:
Saturday, September 15 -- Lafayette at Penn -- 6 pm
Saturday, September 22 -- Brown at Harvard -- 7:30 pm
Saturday, September 29 -- Penn at Dartmouth -- 12:30 pm
Saturday, October 6 -- Hampton at Princeton -- 3:30 pm
Saturday, October 13 -- Penn at Columbia -- 1:30 pm
Saturday, October 20 -- Columbia at Dartmouth -- 12:30 pm
Friday, October 26 -- Cornell at Princeton -- 7 pm
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
3 Responses to "Lights Out"
I pried a light bulb out of an 240v emergency exit sign with a penny while standing on a ladder. It hurt. A lot. I have the dumbness, it just hasn't killed me yet.
I have a lot of those stories. I'm apparently one of those people who has to learn the hard way… It DOES make life interesting.


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Reviews For Memoranda From the Edge
I really enjoyed that bit between Sheppard and Lorne.
Memo 32
I love these memos. Let me tell you, you've captured the stick Caldwell has planted up his ass exceptionally well. Looking forward to the rest.
Memo 17
I have to tell you, I'm loving your work so far. I love that you slipped in that bit about Cadman.
Memo 8
Reviewer: irony (Anonymous)
04 Sep 2006 5:13 pm
oh, fantastic! *Giggles* Knight in shining armor indeed. The man has the biggest hero complex!
Chapter 119
Reviewer: C_Sphire (Anonymous)
04 Sep 2006 6:47 am
Liz/Steve...I hope so. :) I think they look good together. And the ice between them looks to be melting in the show. ;)
Memo 29
Reviewer: C_Sphire (Anonymous)
04 Sep 2006 6:32 am
"...Neither Teyla Emmagan nor Ronon Dex have been seen in over 12 hours..." Sheish, 12 hours! Ouch...well it's about time! ;)
Memo 26
Reviewer: C_Sphire (Anonymous)
04 Sep 2006 6:19 am
Carson's accidental pressing of "send" was…priceless.
Memo 22
Reviewer: C_Sphire (Anonymous)
04 Sep 2006 6:09 am
You're going to make me...*runs to the bathroom* LOL!
Memo 21
Reviewer: C_Sphire (Anonymous)
04 Sep 2006 6:04 am
Just the words "geek smack down" had me rolling! And Teyla better hit that ass! And more than in just one way! Thanks for the mental visuals.;)
Memo 19
I started reading this last week to see what it is about and I didn't think I would like it. But to my surprise it turned to be quite good to read what goes on behind the doors when ours favorite chacactors at the computers. I love it, please going.
Author's Response: I'm glad I "converted" you to the cause! :-) Thanks for reviewing.
Author's Response: I'm glad I "converted" you to the cause! :-) Thanks for reviewing.
Memo 72
Whoa! I was reading along really smoothly and then BAM, I hit a speed bump. Ford drop in a few lines in to John. That was awesome.
Author's Response: Heh, heh. Gotcha! Glad you liked it.
Author's Response: Heh, heh. Gotcha! Glad you liked it.
Memo 69
Reviewer: KateCayce (Anonymous)
29 Aug 2006 12:44 am
These are just too funny! I can even hear their voices as I read them
Author's Response: Thanks!
Author's Response: Thanks!
Chapter 118
Reviewer: tracy-thenaggingone (Anonymous)
27 Aug 2006 6:53 pm
a little more serious than most of the posts but a super job. i am thinking we are going to see carson dealing for a long time with this thing.
Author's Response: Thanks. Hopefully Carson will be dealing with it, and the writers don't just let it go.
Author's Response: Thanks. Hopefully Carson will be dealing with it, and the writers don't just let it go.
Chapter 118
Reviewer: miscbills (Anonymous)
24 Aug 2006 2:08 pm
that a good one.
Memo 3
Reviewer: Jessi (Anonymous)
24 Aug 2006 7:14 am
*snerk* Poor Carson, indeed. Not exactly up on the quicktake (as my friends and I say), now is he? It's weird to think that this show has been on that long already.
Chapter 117
Reviewer: Pranksta (Anonymous)
24 Aug 2006 5:10 am
LOL Poor Carson, gets so much flak from the Chair incident...in fandom at least :) Nice! This is such a neat idea you had! Really enjoy these, and apologise for not always commenting. Be assured each one is as good as the previous :)
Author's Response: Thanks! That's good to know... :-)
Author's Response: Thanks! That's good to know... :-)
Chapter 117
Reviewer: irony (Anonymous)
20 Aug 2006 3:03 am
er? I think the last one was suppose to be addressed to Doctor Weir? Can't wait until you do all of season three. Especially TRW. I imagine Carson will have something to say to John about quareentines after that one! lol.
Author's Response: Oops! Thanks for catching that. And yes, now both Carson and Lizzie can yell at John for breaking quarantine... :-)
Author's Response: Oops! Thanks for catching that. And yes, now both Carson and Lizzie can yell at John for breaking quarantine... :-)
Chapter 116
Reviewer: with_an_apostrophe (Anonymous)
11 Aug 2006 5:51 am
You know what's really scary? In the season 3 cast photos, Ronon really does look like Worf! I love Worf (post season 3 of TNG) - I love Ronon even more though!
Chapter 114
Reviewer: Jessi (Anonymous)
09 Aug 2006 12:29 am
So, if a male bimbo is a 'himbo,' does that make a space bimbo a 'spimbo'? Wow, that sounded funnier in my head... Loved this, as always.
Chapter 113
Reviewer: with_an_apostrophe (Anonymous)
28 Jul 2006 7:14 am
Congratulations for catching up and keep it coming. Hopefully they'll be plenty of material in season 3 to keep the funny stuff coming - maybe some more of 'Have I told you lately that I find your people rather strange?' which is one of my favourite lines ever. NOw I have t catch up with you, as I've not yet seen the last 4 episodes of season 2, and of course none of season 3. Roll on 31st July when the east side of the pond gets S2 disc 5!
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Q: Will we see floods of American vehicles on our roads?
A: It is unlikely we will see American brands like Chevrolet, Dodge and Mercury here, because the manufacturers do not make right-hand-drive versions of most of their vehicles. What we will see are US-made BMW and Mercedes-Benz four-wheel-drives and other models, but they are already being imported from the US.
Q: Will Australia be sending shiploads of Falcon and Commodore utes to the US?
A: Unlikely. General Motors will be making the next Commodore chassis in America as well as Australia and Europe and will be able to make its own rear-wheel-drive utes there. In future years, Holden may make some small-volume variants, like four-wheel-drive wagons and four-door utes. The Ford group is still export-shy after the Capri debacle and the US parent is unlikely to import a low-volume model which shares no parts with US vehicles.
Q: Will Ford stop making the Falcon here and import from America?
A: They tested the water here with the Taurus a few years back. It bombed. It was front-wheel-drive (not so good for towing), too small to be a taxi and had weird styling.
Q: Can Australia send sport utility vehicles to the US?
A: Yes, except none are made here right now. Ford is preparing the Territory for release later this year but, perhaps shortsightedly, it will not be made in left-hand-drive.
Q: Will parts makers be able to win much more business now the US tariffs have gone?
A: Even a drop of 17.5 per cent (the maximum current tariff) may not be enough to tip the scales in our favour, given the volatility of the Australian dollar. Lead times in the car industry also mean that first sales would not be made for five years.
Q: Could Toyota stop making the Camry here and import it from the US, where volumes are greater and costs lower?
A: Toyota could do that, but it would have to write off the $400 million Altona plant and probably close down the new Melbourne design and development centre. Its US plants could not make the cars cheap enough to recoup those losses.
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Dads, diet and the paternal link to childhood obesity
It's not always the mother's fault, and when it comes to rising childhood obesity issues new research shows dad could be the main culprit.
This story first appeared in Body+Soul
See! It's not always your mother's fault, especially when it comes to being fat. Research shows Dad, not Mum, is the bigger risk factor for childhood obesity.
An Australian study published in the International Journal of Obesity has found having an overweight father quadruples a child's chance of being overweight, even if they have a mother of normal weight.
Interestingly, the reverse scenario doesn't have the same result. So if the mother is overweight but the father is of normal weight, the child's risk of being overweight is not significantly raised.
The study was undertaken by researchers at the University of Newcastle, who examined more than 3000 two-parent families over a four-year period. Researchers measured the children's change of weight from about four to five years of age to when they were eight or nine.
Dr Emily Freeman, a researcher with the University of Newcastle Family Action Centre, says while it is early days in terms of this type of research, the results of the study are very exciting.
"It's really important we've found this link, because a lot of the research tends to focus on mothers and children," she says. "We've had lots of stories of dads refusing to eat vegetables, then the kids don't eat them either."
She says further research is needed to understand the underlying reasons for the link.
See also:
- The foods making your child fat
- How do you know if your child is fat?
- The a-z of vitamins and minerals for kids
How dads can help reduce the risks of child obesity
So what can fathers do to become better role models for their kids?
"They should definitely be more aware of the different behaviours they are modelling to their kids; they need to demonstrate they're eating fruit and vegies and get outside more," says Dr Freeman, who has been involved with Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids, an education program in the Hunter Valley in NSW, and has seen these actions bring encouraging results.
"It doesn't have to be formal organised sport activities – even kicking a football around or taking the kids to the park is fantastic. It's an opportunity for dads to spend more time with their children."
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Seven easy tips for getting active with kids
1. Switch off the TV
In Australia, 25% of children are overweight or obese, while in New Zealand, nearly one-third of children are overweight or obese. According to recent studies those children may lose weight if they simply watch less TV. Currently Australian children watch an average of 2½ hours of television a day as well as spending time using computers and other electronic games. Health organisations recommend that children should reduce these sedentary activities to a total of less than two hours per day
Not only does TV take away from more active pursuits, but a recent study reported that Australian children are exposed to a food advertisement on television every seven minutes, and were exposed to over 10,000 food advertisements every year, with a majority promoting foods high in fat, energy and sugar.
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2. Play games with the kids to get them moving
Kids love joining their parents in a game. So walk to the park, throw a Frisbee, fly a kite or kick a ball around. You're more likely to keep at an activity if it's something you enjoy. Kids enjoy making things, so set a goal, such as building a treehouse. This not only gets them moving, it brings about a sense of achievement.
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3. Make activity part of the routine
Rather than trying to work 'activity time' into your schedule – which can often get bumped as urgent tasks take priority – add movement to everyday activities. If your children's pocket money is conditional on performing chores, for example, make the chores more activity-based (walking the dog, washing the windows or car, raking leaves or running errands). If you can, don't drive them to social engagements. Instead encourage them to walk or ride their bike.
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4. Active outings
Encourage games at parties, rather than sit-down activities. Even so-called passive entertainments such as theme parks can be active. The kids want to go to the movies? Increase their movement by walking at least part of the way to the cinema. It's raining? Opt for energetic indoor pursuits such as ten pin bowling. Or blast some tunes and have a dance contest.
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5. Keep it simple
You don't need fancy sports equipment to have fun. The more structured an activity, the more likely a child's fickle attention span is to switch off. They'll get at least as much entertainment out of a ball (soccer, handball, basketball), a length of rope (skipping), a piece of chalk (hopscotch, pavement art) or nothing at all (hide-and-seek, chasing and racing).
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6. Don't make an issue out of it
Nothing is guaranteed to turn kids off faster than nagging or harping on the benefits of exercise. It really doesn't matter which activities they participate in, or how good they are at them – as long as they keep it up. The key is making fun options available, while reducing less healthful ones, such as computer games. Simply turning off the television is a good start.
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7. Make it safe
Many parents, frightened of stranger danger or busy streets, are tempted to keep their child safely indoors. But by tacitly encouraging inactivity, they're actually courting dangers of a different sort, since lack of exercise is linked with significant health problems later in life, including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular problems and osteoporosis.
If you want to safeguard your children, go with them to the park or playground; always supervise potentially risky activities such as swimming. You don't always have time to oversee playtime? Check out the activities offered at playgroups and neighbourhood centres; choose a program where you feel confident that caring adults are in charge.
Read more about childhood obesity on Kidspot:
- Is birth weight an indicator of obesity
- How do I talk to my daughter about her weight?
- Are your genes making you fat?
Read more about childhood obesity:
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Thrift Week: South Jersey Thrift Crawl
Thrift Week Thrift Crawl
Saturday, January 18, 2014 from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM (EST)
Who's Going
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Event Details
South Jersey Thrift Crawl
Join thrift and styling experts Sammy of Sammy Davis Vintage and Christina "Phillydiva" as we visit three local Goodwill Stores in South Jersey.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
10:30 AM to 4:30 PM
One event ticket includes:
Chartered roundtrip transportation to 3 thrift stores
Brown bag lunch (Order your lunch here: http://www.thedomesticateddad.net/thrift-week-south-jersey-thrift-crawl-brown-bag-lunch-order-form/)
Event gift bag and 15% store discount (at both Pennsauken and Stratford Goodwill Stores)
Shopping tips & styling advice from the experts
Tickets available for $15
Part of ticket proceeds donated to Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey & Philadelphia
Secure a spot on the crawl-- BUY TICKETS NOW!
Using social media?? Use #thriftweek and give us a shout out!
Event Schedule:
10:30 a.m.
Meet at Cherry Hill Mall- Macy's parking lot (2000 New Jersey 38, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002)
Board bus
10:45 a.m.
11:20 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Shopping at Pennsauken Store
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
"Why Thrift Matters"
Sammy and Christina discuss "thrift journeys" and their favorite thrift finds
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Shopping at Stratford Store
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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4:30 p.m.
Drop off at Cherry Hill Mall
Questions? Contact Katherine Henry at Goodwill Industries at 856-439-0200 ext. 229 or email@example.com.
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Samantha Davis is a passionate thrifter with more than 10 years experience buying 85 percent of her wardrobe secondhand. She has appeared as a vintage and thrift expert on Arise TV, NY 1, The Nate Berkus Show and as a host for Heydays Vintage TV. She was featured in the 2010 book Wearable Vintage Fashion and is a frequent guest writer for fashion publications both online and in print.
She founded Sammy Davis Vintage in 2009 to share the soul-inspiring benefits of wearing secondhand and vintage styles from the past. She works as a consultant for eBay and authored the ebook, The 100 Best Vintage Shops Online (2013).
This thrift evangelist loves anything with sequins or from the 1960s. Her mission is to help women feel their very best in all matters of living, both external and internal.
You can learn more about her platform for self-love through her accessories line, Lipstick Affirmations. Shop the line's debut product, THE AFFIRMATION TOTE on Etsy and visit hash tag #lipstickaffirmations on Instagram to see Samantha's social media campaign for self-love through the power of affirmation writing.
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Philadelphia, PA native Christina Zeigler also known as Phillydiva to many of her YouTube and Instagram followers is an upcoming fashionista and freelance stylist that has been beauty & fashion YouTube vlogger since March 2009 http://www.youtube.com/user/phillydiva19154. She is affiliated with some of the top beauty and fashion companies such as Style Haul, Elevate Styles, Shoedazzle, Chicnova, Romwe, and SheInside just to name a few. In addition, Christina has worked with companies such as MakeMeChic.com, Easy Pickens, Milani & Jordana Cosmetics, and 10DollarMall.com.
Over the years Christina has learned quickly that you don't have to spend a million bucks to look like a million bucks and this is when she discovered thrifting and buying secondhand clothes. Christina is currently a fanatical thrifter and loves shopping for secondhand pieces. Christina is also known for finding iconic vintage pieces and pairing them with current trendy pieces. While earning her undergraduate degree in Business/Accounting, fashion is still definitely Christina's first passion but having the business background surely helps with knowing how to save a buck or two. From shopping at the Goodwill and thrift stores to trendy fashion boutiques and department stores, Christina offers a variety of styling ideas, fashion tips, and suggestions how to stay fashionable on a budget.


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David Beckham and Kate Moss have been asked by Davinia Taylor and Dave Gardner to be godparents to their newborn child.
David Beckham and Kate Moss, who come from different mainstream of job, are about to be partner as they've been asked to be the godparents of the baby son of actress Davinia Taylor and her sports agent husband Dave Gardner.
Davinia, a British actress who played Jude Cunningham on the soap "Hollyoaks", gave birth to a baby boy called Grey on Monday June 25th at the Portland Hospital in London. The newlyborn weighed in 7 lbs.
"Davinia and Dave knew as soon as Davinia was pregnant who they wanted for godparents," a source was quoted as saying. And "Davinia could hardly stop smiling when Dave and Kate agreed."
Davinia and Moss both have been friends for years, while Gardner has remained close to Beckham since the pair played at Manchester United together.


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What Justin Bieber Looks Like When He's Flirting WIth Rihanna
Not gonna lie — it looks like Justin Bieber and Rihanna might be having a bit of an awkward convo at last night's NBA All-Star Game. RiRi just wants to finish texting whatever hottie is blowing up her phone now, while Biebs is trying to put on the smoothest moves in his 16-year-old repertoire but ends up just grinning at her all dopey-like. It's okay Justin. I think she gets that a lot.


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Beijing, Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2013
Work on a Chinese skyscraper aiming to be the world's tallest building has been ordered to stop just days after breaking ground, local media reported Thursday.
"Relevant authorities" had ordered a halt to work on the Sky City tower in Changsha, in the central province of Hunan, "because it did not complete the required procedures for seeking approval to start construction", the Xiaoxiang Morning Post newspaper said.
At 838 metres (2,749 feet), the tower would surpass the world's current tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, by 10 metres.
Ground was broken on the project at the weekend, the company behind it, Broad Group, said earlier this week, adding that construction would take just four months once the foundations were laid.
The construction schedule has added to concerns over safety, with worries over whether the land surrounding the site could support the structure's tremendous weight.
Certain approvals were needed to assess the project's safety and environmental impact, the Xiaoxiang Morning Post said, citing unnamed authorities.
But a Broad Group spokeswoman told AFP it had all the required permits.
The company -- whose founder Zhang Yue made a fortune from air conditioners -- attracted global attention last year for building a 30-storey tower in just 15 days, using prefabricated units stacked on top of one another.
It had planned to use the same technique to assemble Sky City by the end of last year, but construction work was delayed multiple times amid concerns that the plans were overambitious.
The People's Daily, the official paper of China's ruling Communist Party, has criticised the project, calling it "blind worship for ultrahigh skyscrapers" on Sina Weibo, a Chinese Twitter-like service.
China is home to three of the world's 10 tallest buildings, said the research group Emporis.
A 2011 report said China could boast four times as many skyscrapers as the United States has within five years.
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After Hillary Clinton's Tuesday's Super (Duper?) Tuesday's near-sweep this week, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough told her that she should smile. Super advice, Joe! This was annoying not only because of the smugness of his non-advice, not only because women get told to "smile" all the time as if they're supposed to be cheerful drones, not only because she did smile (just not much while she was giving her speech), and not only because of his equally smug, totally unreflective, and extremely aggrieved non-apology, but also, for me, because it makes no sense to tell the most emotive candidate in the race that she's not emoting enough.
Maybe we are not all aware of this phenomenon. The Hill has claimed that Clinton has a "likability problem," and the Times claims that she's on an "Eternal Quest for Relatability." When asked about her public image at the Washington Post/Univision debate, she herself said, "I am not a natural politician, in case you haven't noticed, like my husband or President Obama. This is not easy for me."
And maybe that means that she emotes too much: She can come off looking angry or sour when she's speaking about heavy issues. But I posit that this is because this woman emotes her literal face off. Hillary Clinton is a shameless emoter and gesticulator. She has no poker face. When she's concerned, it's all over her mug — but, too, when she's excited, which is a lot of the time, she is excited on full blast.
And there's something great and really relatable about a person who doesn't prioritize making her face a solemn mask for the sake of politics. The candid Hillary Clinton is goofy, enthusiastic, energetic, and funny, and if you don't believe me, you can see for yourself.
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Nothing really surprises Tom Wilhelmsen anymore.
Not even a demotion from MLB closer to Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers reliever.
This is the same guy, after all, who went from bartending on Fourth Avenue to closing games for the Seattle Mariners.
"I guess it was just the same as anyone else's reaction," Wilhelmsen said before the Rainiers lost 5-3 to the Tucson Padres at Kino Stadium Wednesday night.
"I wasn't totally blown off guard, I knew how I was pitching, I know how I was performing."
He opened the season strongly in Seattle - a 0.75 ERA with 12 saves in 24 innings - but fell off in June and had a 8.51 ERA the rest of the way. The tipping point came on Aug. 1 when he gave up four runs without recording an out against the Boston Red Sox.
Five days later, he was sent to Tacoma, where he has an 8.22 ERA in four games. He is scheduled to pitch in relief tonight against the Padres.
"I mean, I'm still playing, so it's still going pretty good as far as that goes," Wilhelmsen said. "It's a game of adjustments, and I just gotta make mine. Working hard and staying healthy, those two are the main keys."
Now, for a few days, he's back in Tucson, where it all started for him. In 2002, Wilhelmsen was drafted out of Tucson High by the Milwaukee Brewers.
He is joined at the Rainiers by Stefen Romero, a Sunnyside grad. Romero and Wilhelmsen share a Tucsonan heritage and a fondness for Sonoran hot dogs. But they are of a different ilk, and era.
Romero graduated from Sunnyside in 2007, Wilhelmsen from Tucson High five years earlier.
Romero is 24, Wilhelmsen 29.
The only number that matters to Romero, though, is 145. That is, the number of big league games Wilhelmsen has played in. For Romero, an outfielder, it's zero.
"It's really cool to have him here," said Romero, who's hitting .281 with seven home runs and 62 RBIs in 85 games with the Rainiers. "Listening to some of the stories he has, and just talking to him about what it's like to be in a big league clubhouse and in the major leagues and stuff like that really rubs off on me."
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A motion has been made by the Sask Rivers Board of Education for the possible closure of the Shell Lake School in August, 2007. There will be a public meeting of the electors with the board at the school on December 7 at 7 p.m. This meeting will be a chance for the board and the community to meet to discuss this matter further. Everyone in the community is encouraged to attend.
There will be a benefit dance for Dave and Donna Nelson due to the burning of Dave's Shop. December 8 starting at 9:00 in the Shell Lake Lions Hall. Admission $10.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door with a midnight lunch ages 12 and under are free.
The Shell Lake Co-op staff invite all youngsters to their Santa Day on December 9 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Come see Santa and if you wish have your picture taken with Santa for $2.00 and receive a special treat.
The Community Christmas Social will be held on Saturday December 9, 2006 at the Lion's Hall starting at 8 p.m. Anyone wishing to donate a "Silent Auction" item can drop it off at the Village Office or Northern Sask. Tourism Office by Dec. 5/06. Everyone welcome!
Friday, December 15 will be the Equity/Member Day at the Co-op. Members only will receive 20% off the regular price of their Christmas purchases.
Thanks to Clint Mann and Carol Francoeur for volunteering to serve on council. There are still two vacant seats to fill, the notice to `Call for Nominations' will be posted this month. Please consider coming forward and serving on council. It offers you the opportunity to significantly influence the quality of life in our community.
Our newly built sewage lagoon is now in use, with final touches to be completed this coming spring. Thanks to everyone who is working toward paying off our debt for this structure.
The Village Office will be closed on Dec. 25, Dec. 26 and Dec. 27/06 and will reopen on Tues. Jan. 2/07. Taxes and utility payments will be honoured if post marked on or before Dec. 30, /06.
The PWWA thank everyone; those who donated items, those who made cash donations, the auctioneers, those in attendance who purchased items at our annual fall auction & those who assisted in any way to raise over $3000. We appreciate your support. Our wish is for everyone to enjoy a Merry Christmas & peace in the New Year.
Our wish for all residents of Shell Lake and area is that the Christmas season be merry and filled with happiness in the New Year.
On Saturday November 11 the Shell Lake and District Lions Club held their 28th Annual Novemberfest evening at the Shell Lake Lions hall and the "greatest salad bar" anywhere. The "Elimination Lottery" rewarded 9 winners with a $30.00 ticket refund. First ticket out and winner of $70.00 -Sonja Neilson, Spiritwood Lioness Club . The last five remaining ticket holders shared $1200.00. Three of which won $50.00 each. The final two winners, John Duncan of Shell Lake and Marcel Lamontagne of Shellbrook shared the final prize of $1050.00 each receiving $525.00. Music for the dance that followed was performed by Rod Gjerde & Guild. Rod and the band kept several of our younger crowd here until the WEEE hours of Sunday morning. We were pleased to see a good participation from our younger residents this year. This evening has now been recorded as a success and the Shell Lake Lions Club take this opportunity to thank all who attended and supported our club. Thank you to all the current and past Shell Lake Lions Club members that have worked so hard over the last 28 years to keep this event the success that it has become. Lion Anne Wilson and Lion Nel Heckel would like to thank all the Lions and non Lions ladies for their excellent help and support in preparing the supper, providing veggies and decorating the hall. Thank you to all the non Lions members in our community that have, over those same years given of their time and talents to help out our members with Novemberfest and many other club events.
The next important Shell Lake Lions Club event will be the 4th "Pasta Night Supper and Show" on Saturday April the 28/07 at the Shell Lake Lions hall. This year's professional performance will be presented by Mr. Martin Janovsky. This fundraiser's proceeds will be go to the Village of Shell Lake's sewage lagoon construction project. We look forward to your attendance and support for the Shell Lake Village council's capital costs commitments to the lagoon project and continued support of your Shell Lake Lions Club community projects.
The monthly meeting/pot luck supper was held with a very good turnout despite the fact that it was a stormy Saskatchewan night. Major topic of discussion was the Seniors Christmas Party to be held on Dec 3rd at the Lions Hall.This is open to all members or anyone who is 65+ years of age. Cost is $10.00 each for a traditional Christmas supper served at 6 p.m. Program to follow. Annual Saskatchewan Hospital trip for the bingo game with the patients took place on Nov 21. Seniors who made the trip included Fern & Loretta amontagne,Mabel Hotvedt,Aida West,Anita Weiers,Sally Hutchkowski, Doug & Gerri Solinger. Many thanks to all. Wellness Clinic (Schwartz Villa) to be held Dec 11. There will be no meeting/pot luck supper for the month of December. SEASONS GREETINGS TO ALL & HAPPY NEW YEAR.
The lucky $100.00 winnter of the Lottery 200 ticket was Thelma Bazley of Canwood.
Shell Lake Donors Choice sheets have been mailed out with extra copies at Shell Lake General Store. For taxable receipts for 2006, please submit your sheet along with payment as soon as possible. Payment made to Shell Lake Donors Choice and can be dropped off at the Shell Lake General Store.
Born to Kevin & Charlene Rush of Calgary, on Nov 11/06, a daughter, Grace Lynn. A sister for Britain and a granddaughter for Corrie Rush-Battersby and Richard Battersby.
Carl Erickson passed away on Oct.30/06 at the age of 102 and would have been 103 on Dec.9th. His memory will be cherished by his daughters Doris Ahlquist and Clarice Kardash, 12 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and 11 great great grandchildren. Carl's wife, Annie, passed away in 2001. Erickson Drive in Shell Lake was named for Carl on his 100th birthday.
Russell Brettle passed away on Nov.2 /06 at the age of 71 years. He leaves to mourn his wife Edith and sons Henry, Glenn (Dora), and Beverly (Bev), and their families.
Eldean Laughren passed away on Nov. 15/06 after a short battle of cancer at the age of 59. She leaves to mourn her husband Gary and daughters.
Sunday worship and Sunday School at 10 a.m.
There will be no mass in the Catholic Church until Easter Sunday.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. and church service at 11 a.m.
Thank you to the Christmas Elves who served us a delicious supper and treated us all to a foot spa. It was very much appreciated and enjoyed by all of us.
Residents of the Schwartz Villa
We would like to thank our family for the lovely supper we enjoyed at Hungry Mann's Diner in honour of our 60th Wedding Anniversary. Thank you to Brenda, Christopher and Melissa Creary of Regina, Coreen, David, Victoria, and Hillray Spencer of Sylvan Lake, AB., Jeni Creary of Calgary,AB. and Brad Creary of Lethbridge, AB. for being there with us. Thank you for the lovely flowers, cake and cards. It was very much appreciated.
Verna and Clinton Creary
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Do You Think First Responders Should Be Given Time Off For Emotional Trauma?
Traumatized Newtown Cops Unable to Work & at Risk of Losing Paychecks
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a few Newton cops are suffering from severe emotional distress and are unable to return to work. About 15 police officers have been "critically affected" by the horror they witnessed as first responders, and a handful of them have been taking sick leave to try to recover from the trauma.
That sick leave is about to run out though, and the officers will be left without a paycheck. The union, Council 15 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is advocating for lawmakers for expanded workers' compensation benefits for witnesses of horrific crime scenes. Currently, employees are only covered for mental impairment "as the result of using or being subjected to deadly force -- but not for those who witness crime scenes with mass casualties."
On December 14, Adam Lanza walked into two first grade classrooms and repeatedly shot and killed 20 children and six adults, before turning the gun on himself. The children were shot between two and eleven times each, and most died on scene. There is no known motivation for shooting.
This is probably the worst crime scene that a cop will ever walk into. By the time the first responders got there, it was over. There was no adrenaline of walking into a live gunfight to distract from the dead children and the terrified faces of the survivors. There's no sense, no reason, and nothing to be done but sweep the area and notify families. 20 families that each have to be told that their precious child has been murdered by a mad man.
I don't blame the cops for not wanting to jump back into work after witnessing that kind of slaughter. When the names and ages of the victims were released, I felt sick to my stomach just seeing the letters and numbers in print -- I can't imagine what those officers felt when they walked into Sandy Hook and saw what they saw.
Eric Brown, an attorney for the union, says that outside agencies have been providing counseling services, but officers taking time off to recover could use up their sick leave by early January. Providing an emotional trauma benefit provision for the cops would allow them to take more time to recover.
The issue will probably be debated and discussed in the next legislative session, when lawmakers will weigh the cost and potential for abuse against the need for such a measure in extreme cases. State Rep. Stephen Dargan, Democrat and co-chairman of the legislature's public safety committee says, "We don't want it to be used in an abusive way, but the circumstances are so horrific in Newtown. We need to protect those first-responders and give them all the help we can give them."
Do you think the first-responder officers should be given time off for emotional trauma?
Absolutely! I have many friends who are or were first responders. The emotional stress and trauma they go through is unreal. And it should be PAID time off.
A reasonable amount of paid time off should be given, yes. Aside from any sick leave they have.
As a first responder I think SOME time should be given (outside of sick leave) assuming they are also receiving counseling services (which are generally offered through the department), but I think it should be on a case by case basis and really should be minimal. I hate to say it, but seeing brutality, even when it involves multiple children, is an unfortunate part of the job. In this case, because it was mass casualties, there should be at least a few weeks of paid leave on top of their sick days and counseling given to allow them extra time to recover from seeing that, especially if the individuals had never before seen a deceased child, but other than that, they should continue to take their sick days and stay in counseling. If they need more time, they should be allowed to take unpaid time off without risk of losing their job. I definitely think that 20 dead children is far worse than one or two, and the way in which they passed was extremely heart-wrenching, but it comes with the territory when you are in a first responder job.
This isn't just about the First Responder's mental health and welfare, although that is very important too, it is about them being able to do the best job they can. My son works on a NICU special transport ambulance and there are times when it is extremely difficult. Because he works for a private company they do not have the same resources; counseling, time off, etc, and at times such things would be helpful. We need to recognize that these workers do the work they do on behalf of all of us and that work, being so vital, demands certain benefits for them.
yes, I know from experience that any trauma involving kids hits them pretty hard, and with something like this, seeing so many children, would be emotionally scarring. They need time off to deal with it.
It would depend on the circumstances. In the case of Sandy Hook: ABSOLUTELY.