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Ernie was a very simple man, with a mountain of guilt on his shoulders, which he would never overcome.
He wiped the dish sink dry with a rubber squeegee, flipped the switch on the industrial dishwasher from ON to OFF, and carried the last bag of trash through the back door of the kitchen to the dumpster in the parking lot. Then he nodded his head and waved to the manager, who, in turn, closed and locked the large metal door. Behind the dumpster was his bicycle—his most treasured possession. He hid it back there because he could not afford a lock, and he always said a prayer that it would be there when his shift was over. He slowly lifted his 67-year-old leg over the frame and sat down. The ride home was short, but always some of the most enjoyable minutes of his day. The night air in Key West is usually cool and warm, at the same time. And on most nights, there are stars in the sky—if only a few, there were more than he had seen in prison, the past forty-eight years.
Ernie was the proud new resident of a small, bug-infested room, in a mildew-ridden crack house. After his release from the correctional facility, he stayed at the YMCA for two months, saving every penny he made at the restaurant to obtain his new home. He was very proud of his room, which was complete with an army cot, a lawn chair and a small table, made out of plastic milk crates and a cardboard box—all of which he had found inside dumpsters of the surrounding alleyways. The only book he owned was the Bible—a gift from the warden upon his departure from prison.
Every night when he arrived home he would remove a Styrofoam box from his knapsack and eat his dinner—edible portions of leftovers from the plates that were slid across the soapy dish sink toward him that evening. He would eat while reading Bible verses. Then, when he was finished, he would wrap his rosary as tightly around his right hand as comfortably possible and he would lie down to sleep.
When Ernie woke up on Wednesday his routine did not change.
At 6 A.M. he brushed his teeth, combed his white hair with a part down the right side, dressed himself and grabbed his knapsack and Bible before locking the door behind him. He walked down the steps to the first floor and onto the front porch. He hid his bicycle off of the left side of the house behind a bush and several large trash cans. On this morning it was not there. Someone had stolen it.
"Ah bien. ¿Qué hace usted?" "Oh well. What do you do?" he said to himself and started walking up the driveway toward the road.
He ran a little behind schedule on this day, because he walked significantly slower than he rode the bicycle. But it would not deter him from accomplishing all of his tasks. He just continued down the road, dragging his right foot a bit—the consequence of an injury he endured while defending his cellmate in a fight thirty-five years past. He saved his friend's life, but his Achilles tendon was snapped like a rubber band by the makeshift shank. He never walked the same, but he was proud of his limp. It reminded him of his friendship with Juan.
He arrived at the food bank around 7:10 A.M., which was fifteen minutes later than usual. The only food left were a few pieces of toast. Before he took a bite he bowed his head and said, "Gracias Dios para este alimento. Gracias Dios por este día." Thank you God for this food. Thank you God for this day.
He ate slowly and quietly. He liked to be very mindful of every bite to thank God for His blessings. As he chewed he thought about the wheat, flour, water, sunshine and human labor that all worked together to bring that piece of toast to his mouth.
When he finished, he gathered his Bible and knapsack and began walking to his second destination of the day. When paced correctly he could arrive at St. Mary's with enough time to say his morning Rosary and novena before 8:15 Mass. On this day he walked in late, but was very appreciative to have made it in time for the Gospel—his favorite moment of every morning. Confession immediately followed the celebration of the Eucharist and he was always the first one in line.
Every day he entered the confessional and said the same thing, "Please forgive me, father. I have let my wife down, and for this, I am greatly sorry." They were the only sentences he ever cared to put together in English. If ever asked to give a further explanation, he would respond, "No comprendo."
Then he said his penance at the feet of the Virgin Mary statue, lit a candle and continued on in his day.
He left St. Mary's around 11 A.M. and he began walking to the pier. On the way he stopped at Sam's and purchased his lunch—an apple. When he got to the pier he walked to the very end and slowly sat down, letting his legs dangle off toward the pearly blue water. He took great pleasure in his two hours of ship watching. And just as he ate his breakfast, he slowly chewed each bite of the apple, thinking of the fertile soil, the strong tree roots that supported the trunk, the branches that supported the growing fruit and everything that God provided to make the meal possible. One by one he watched the ships come and go. Sometimes it was a cruise liner, other times it was a fishing boat. No matter what the size or significance of the ship was he entertained himself, wondering what it must be like to be the captain. When the two hours were over he slowly rose to his feet and continued on his journey.
On the walk from the pier to the cemetery he stopped at the flower shop on Simonton and purchased a rose for one dollar. Then he continued to Olivia Street and entered the graveyard from the southwest corner. When he arrived at the headstone he knelt down, placed the rose on the weathered marble and said the same thing as every other day, "Perdóneme, mi amor. Yo le falla, y para este soy mucho arrepentido." Forgive me, my love. I have let you down, and for this, I am greatly sorry.
Then he removed a small pair of garden shears from his knapsack and clipped the grass around the headstone so that it was level and short. Once he was done manicuring the grass he kissed the stone and rose to his feet. He never spent much time at the gravesite, though, because it hurt him too much.
So he walked up Olivia to White Street and then two blocks to Truman Avenue. Slowly but surely he made his way to work on time. At 4 P.M. his apron was tied and he stood behind the soapy dish sink, waiting for the dishes and cups and silverware to start sliding toward him.
No one at the restaurant talked to him, even though a great deal of the staff spoke Spanish. The extent of their exchanges would come when they made fun of him being just a few inches over five feet. He could not speak English, but he understood it when spoken by others. They would make fun of him and call him a killer, or a psycho, or a jailbird. When this happened he would close his eyes for a moment and say, "Deme por favor fuerza Dios." Please give me strength, God.
Hour after hour, the dishes stacked up and the silverware sloshed the sanitizer water of the metal pans into the air and all over him. He never complained. He just washed them all—one by one—until the final rack of glassware emerged from the industrial washer.
He wiped the dish sink dry with a rubber squeegee, flipped the switch on the dishwasher from ON to OFF and carried the last bag of trash through the back door of the kitchen to the dumpster in the parking lot. Then he nodded his head and waved to the manager who closed and locked the large metal door. When Ernie looked behind the dumpster he remembered that his bicycle was not there. So, on he walked with his limp, slowly back to the cemetery.
Although Ernie was a free man for just over two months he had been imprisoned by this date, October 30th, for 48 years. And he would remain imprisoned by this date until the day he died. So he did the only thing he thought would make him feel free; he lied down next to his wife—in the cold grass, without a pillow or blanket.
Forty-eight years ago Ernie lied next to his wife in bed. It was just past midnight when he arose in their small one room apartment. The shipment would be ashore very soon, so he dressed quietly as she slept and locked the door behind him as he left. He met his business partner and co-smuggler at the pier, just as their ship coasted into harbor.
"Hola," a man said to him as he walked off of the small boat.
"Hola, senor," a very young Ernie responded, and then handed him every dollar he had.
The man pointed him to a large bag, fifty pounds in weight, at the portside corner of the boat. Ernie and his friend walked over to the bag, opened it, grabbed a handful of Cuban coffee beans and held them under their noses.
"Muy bien!" Ernie said.
"Si. Maravilloso!" his friend responded.
They each grabbed an end of the bag and carried it through the dark and quiet streets of Key West. When they arrived at his friend's home they put the bag inside of the small shed out back and locked it.
Cuban coffee had become illegal, along with all other forms of Cuban goods just ten days earlier. On October 19, 1960 the U.S. government posed an embargo on Cuban goods, to counter the new Cuban dictator's expropriation of American landholdings in Cuba. Coffee was Ernie's business. It was his way of life. And now that Cuban coffee, in particular, was illegal, he could sell it to his customers under the table at an exorbitant price. He and his friend were sure to make a fortune. So they said farewell to one another and parted ways.
When Ernie arrived home the door was wide open.
"Rosa?" he said as he walked in. "Rosa!" he screamed as he rushed to her bloodied body.
She had been savagely murdered—stabbed and strangled to death. Sobbing, he held her and cried out, "¿Dios, por qué? Por qué?" "Why, God? Why?"
Then came the sirens. The police rushed up the stairs, into his apartment, and without asking any questions, arrested him. In such agony, despair, and feeling of worthlessness, he could not muster the words to defend himself. He just continued sobbing as he was dragged away from his wife's corpse.
Ernie's friend and business partner had framed him. While they were at the pier, smuggling the bag of coffee, he sent an assassin to Ernie's house to murder his wife. Then, a few moments after they hid the bag of coffee beans in the shed, he called the police and reported that his friend had just come to him and confessed. The testimony held up in court because the judge was promised 20% of all earnings made from Cuban coffee from that point on.
Ernie went to prison. Rosa went to the graveyard.
Forty-eight years later Ernie lied alongside his wife, like he wished he could have done every day since. As tears welled up in his eyes, he spoke to her.
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"My dearest Rosa. My Love. It has been too long since we have lied next to one another. That is my fault. I can never forgive myself for what happened. I do not expect you or God to, either, but I pray for it every day. I served 48 years in prison and I would serve it again and again and again if it meant you would have life. I let you down, my love. I should have never left your side. I should have been a good husband. I should have protected you. I am sorry. I am sorry. I am sorry. I love you. I love you. I love you. I will never leave you again. I will never leave you again. I promise."
Ernie fell asleep to tears streaming down his face and images of his young bride in his mind. When he awoke he returned home. At 6 A.M. he brushed his teeth, combed his white hair with a part down the right side, dressed himself for the day and grabbed his knapsack and Bible before locking the door behind him. He started his day the same way as the day before. And he continued it the same way. The only way he changed his routine was the way he ended it. Every night for the rest of his life he lied down in the grass, alongside his wife and said the same thing before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
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After five years of planning, the Briscoe Western Art Museum opens this weekend in the former Hertzberg Circus Museum downtown, 1200 WOAI news reports.
The Briscoe, which is named in honor of former Gov. Dolph Briscoe, will be the premiere museum telling the 'iconic story of the American west and the people who lived there,' according to Jonathan Spaulding, who gave 1200 WOAI news a tour of the museum on Wednesday.
"We find San Antonio as a really great window of what's going on in the west, because it is this crossroads where you really see the future shape of America," Spaulding said.
The Briscoe Museum includes some 700 artifacts and works of art, many of them unique and some from private collections which have never been seen in public before.
Among the items on display are an original western cattle drive chuck wagon, and the personal sword of Mexican general and dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana. The museum features authentic Mexican Army uniforms from the Alamo period, and an amazing diorama which features the Mexican Army and the Texians defending the Alamo in vivid detail, including an ability to push a button, see the individual who are 'talking with' highlighted on the diorama, and hear their original story.
But Spaulding says the Briscoe is about far more than Texas. He says before putting together the museum, officials went all across the American west, from the beaches of southern California to Seattle tot he Rocky Mountains to the Dakotas to San Antonio, and asked people what their idea was about the American west.
"The fascinating this was, no matter where you go, even in places people think are very different, whether it was at Venice Beach or the Alamo, people had common themes," he said.
The art and artifacts tell the stories of the vaquero, the American cowboy, and the Native Peoples of the west through their words, their art, and artifacts touching their lives.
Spaulding says one thing that is amazing when you walk through the Briscoe is how so few big issues change. He points out that the story of the west boils down to changing demographics and disputes over water, which are the same things which are top of mind in 2013.
"Water is the defining element in the west, because of its scarcity," he said. "It is the critical element that defined the west."
City officials have stressed the importance of the Briscoe Museum as a key attraction downtown, and within walking distance of the Alamo. They say tourists who go through the Alamo will then be directed to the Briscoe for a more in depth look at the history and culture of the region.
"Our thematic galleries allow visitors to explore at their leisure, creating their own narrative through themes such as movement, work, opportunity, and conflict," said Museum Executive Director Dr. Steven Karr. ''
He points out that culture, not chronology, are the centerpieces of the Briscoe, which also contains meeting space in a new wing built to the east of the original Hertzberg building, which is the city's original Carnegie Library.
Part of the grand opening festivities on Saturday will include lunch from a chuck wagon, as well as outdoor performances by the San Antonio Charro Association and the Nevaquaya Arts Native Dance and Music Show.
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BURGAW | A forest management workshop will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at N.C. Cooperative Extension Building, 801 S. Walker St., Burgaw.
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PENDER COUNTY | The Pender County Health Department participated in The American Heart Association's campaign National Wear Red Day on Feb. 1. Health Department employees wore red as a reminder that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women. The event advocated that through lifestyle changes and screening, heart disease can be prevented.
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* C$ closes at C$1.0193 vs US$, or 98.11 U.S. cents * US$ continues broad selloff * Canada existing home sales falls in February * Bond prices rise across curve By Solarina Ho TORONTO, March 15 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar touched its strongest level against its U.S. counterpart in three weeks on Friday, underpinned by a broader U.S. dollar selloff and as a batch of U.S. data tempered recent optimism about the economy. The Canadian dollar gained nearly a cent this week, while the greenback extended Thursday's retreat as the latest data backed expectations the Federal Reserve is unlikely to change course on monetary policy for the foreseeable future. The Canadian dollar "had a pretty good day," Blake Jespersen, managing director, foreign exchange sales at BMO Capital Markets, said. "I think a lot of that was related to poor positioning, overly long U.S. dollar positions that got a bit stretched and a little bit of profit-taking at the end of the week." The Canadian dollar was trading at C$1.0193 against the U.S. dollar, or 98.11 U.S. cents, firmer than Thursday's North American finish of C$1.0223, or 97.82 U.S. cents. It had touched C$1.0181, or 98.22 U.S. cents, earlier in the session. The loonie, as the currency is nicknamed, briefly pared some gains after data showed sales of existing homes in Canada fell in February from January and year-over-year sales plummeted, more evidence that the country's once-hot housing market is slowing. "Housing is the chief risk for the Canadian dollar and the Canadian economy, and any indication of a strong move in one direction or another, the market will be sensitive," said Adam Button, a currency analyst at ForexLive in Montreal. He noted, however, that Friday's data point was not a major mover. "One data point isn't going to write the story." The currency's performance was mixed against other major currencies. It was stronger than the Australian dollar after touching its weakest level in more than a year on Thursday, while weaker against the euro and the Japanese yen. U.S. manufacturing output bounced back in February, but other reports on Friday showed a surge in gasoline prices caused a spike in consumer inflation last month and eroded consumer sentiment in early March. Still, the impact on the economy was seen as likely limited and temporary. Recent strong U.S. data, particularly on the jobs market, helped propel a rally in the dollar for over a month, sending the loonie to some of its weakest levels in eight months. "I still think the Canadian dollar is vulnerable to further losses," said Jespersen. "The domestic economy is looking a little sluggish and commodity prices have been sliding, so I think the Canadian dollar still has quite a bit of room to fall in the near term." The price of Canadian government debt was higher across the curve, with the two-year bond up 2 Canadian cents to yield 0.995 percent, while the benchmark 10-year bond climbed 44 Canadian cents to yield 1.898 percent.


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Thank you for featuring that video. I lost my daughter in a car crash on January 30, 2000. I think of her every day but especially whenever I see things like this involving fathers and daughters.
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You're welcome. Thanks for the encouragement. I'm very sorry for your loss. God bless you.
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Pattern-based translation of BPMN process models to BPEL web services
Ouyang, Chun, Dumas, Marlon, ter Hofstede, Arthur H.M., & van der Aalst, Wil M.P. (2008) Pattern-based translation of BPMN process models to BPEL web services. International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), 5(1), pp. 42-62.
The Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) is a graph-oriented language in which control and action nodes can be connected almost arbitrarily. It is primarily targeted at domain analysts and is supported by many modelling tools, but in its current form, it lacks the semantic precision required to capture fully executable business processes. The Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL) on the other hand is a mainly block-structured language, targeted at software developers and supported by several execution platforms. In the current setting, translating BPMN models into BPEL code is a necessary step towards standards-based business process development environments. This translation is challenging since BPMN and BPEL represent two fundamentally different classes of languages. Existing BPMN-to-BPEL translations rely on the identification of block-structured patterns in BPMN models that are mapped into block-structured BPEL constructs. This paper advances the state of the art in BPMN-to-BPEL translation by defining methods for identifying not only perfectly block-structured fragments in BPMN models, but also quasi-structured fragments that can be turned into perfectly structured ones and flow-based acyclic fragments that can be mapped into a combination of block-structured constructs and control links. Beyond its direct relevance in the context of BPMN and BPEL, this paper addresses issues that arise generally when translating between graph-oriented and block-structured flow definition languages.
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FRESNO, CA—A grand jury in Fresno returned three separate indictments today alleging offenses involving the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
In the first indictment, Tyler Bliss, 26, of Oakdale, was charged with one count of receiving and distributing child pornography from October 2013 through February 2014. According to a previously filed criminal complaint, Google reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) that on December 3, 2013, an image of suspected child pornography had been uploaded to a Google account. NCMEC referred the matter to law enforcement, and a detective with the Ceres Police Department discovered that the same Google account had been connected with the transmission of hundreds of other images of suspected child pornography. Additional investigation revealed that the account had been accessed from a residence in Oakdale, as well as from a church in Oakdale. Computers and a cellphone were obtained through search warrants for both locations, and investigators found images related to the sexual exploitation of minors on these items. Bliss had been serving as supervisor of Student Ministries at the church.
Bliss has been in custody since his arrest by FBI agents Wednesday. He is scheduled for arraignment today at 1:30 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe. His custody status will be addressed at this court appearance. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and a lifetime of supervised release.
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Last night I went to Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral, to listen to some of the members of Trio of Trebles singing. While I chatted to them afterwards on the Cathedral steps I thought about who, other than Charles and Diana, has been married in this incredible place. Can anyone apply to get married there?
Weddings take place in the Chapel of The Order of the British Empire which is in the crypt of St Paul's, but first you need a Special Licence granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Most U.S. Catholics call addressing clergy sex abuse a top priority
After Pope Francis was elected in March, 70% of U.S. Catholics said that addressing the abuse scandal should be "a top priority" for him.
Pope Francis is creating a new commission to advise the Vatican on how to deal with the ongoing clergy sex abuse scandal, which continues to make headlines in the U.S.
Effects from the scandal continue to ripple across the U.S. Catholic landscape. On Thursday, the same day Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley announced the commission's formation, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis released a list of more than 30 priests it says have been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors.
The Vatican's announcement comes after some recent criticism of the pope for not moving more forcefully to confront the problem.
Most Catholics in the U.S. say the sex abuse scandal is one priority they want Francis to address. After the new pope was elected in March, 70% of U.S. Catholics said that addressing the abuse scandal should be "a top priority" for him – more than any other potential priority listed in a Pew Research survey.
Similarly, in response to an open-ended question about "the most important" problem facing the Catholic Church today, far more U.S. Catholics mentioned the abuse scandal (34%) than any other issue.
Francis is the third pope to address the clergy sex abuse scandal in the last decade. When his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, announced plans to step down in February, one-third (33%) of American Catholics said Benedict did an excellent or good job addressing the scandal, while nearly twice as many (63%) said he did only a fair or poor job.
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I don't know why anyone would want to be a part of a religion that abuses power and moral superiority to rape and abuse the young and defenseless. What is worse? I recommend a mass exodus, not an inquiry.
and mass exodus from public schools where much sexual abuse continues.
More and more people are choosing to home school and are happy with that.
The Catholic Church was founded by Christ and I personally would never leave it. I want to be with Him in heaven
regardless what some cardinals and bishops lead immoral lives….their choice with the consequences that follow.
Unfortunately, the committee the present Pope appointed stated in July or August of 2014 that they would not follow local laws on child sexual abuse because they had to follow the 'moral' law as if local laws criminalizing the molestation of children are, somehow, immoral. About 5 days later the present Pope said that he would uphold the Vatican's policy of instructing heads of dioceses to report cases of molestation only to the Vatican. So nothing has changed. This policy requested and put in place by John Paul II, written and upheld by Benedict 16 will continue to be upheld by the present Pope. I will not use the present Pope's name for I would not shame the Poor Man of Assisi. The shame is on the abusers and those who aid them.
The results of the survey are not surprising. What IS surprising is that Catholics believe the Pope and his appointees/advisors are capable of resolving the clergy sexual abuse crisis. The only solution to the problem is EXTERNAL monitoring without interference. As long as Catholics have faith that the Vatican can and will resolve the clergy sexual abuse scandal, nothing will get done. We need strong attorneys-general who are not afraid to indict.
Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D.
Road to Recovery, Inc. (assisting sexual abuse victims and their families)
P.O. Box 279
Livingston, NJ 07039
Absolutely agree with statement. Unfortunately, the Catholic Institution will not give up its power and have a long history of perpetuating and shielding the most depraved aspects of human behavior. Through out history they have never stood up to it as they have no moral backbone.
Bob, I am a victim and sometimes survivor of repeated rape by a priest. Now I am a creditor in the Milwaukee Archdiocese 3 year bankruptcy proceeding or as Cardinal Dolan put it a legal claim or liability, It speaks volumes when Dolan chose to protect assets instead of children and victims. I am trying to learn all that I can about why some people are hero's that reach out to us with love to aid us on our individual path toward healing. I have reached out to Tom Doyle, and Jim Connell they are very helpful to me and to others and truly represent courage, and hope. I have read quite a bit about you and you are on my "hero to reach out to list" I am impressed by your relentless pursuit of truth and fairness, keeping your tenacity after all of the attempts to silence you. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
What I cannot understand is why is there Rev. James Connell,Fr. Howard Haase ,Fr. Charlie Wester as the three lone hero's that stand up against the actions of Archbishop Listecki who asks all victims to come forward for healing and resolution then objects to every single persons case. All but 3 Milwaukee clergy and most fellow Catholic's remain silent to their archbishop's display of such obvious duplicity and injustice. The archbishop had to know that his actions would cause more unnecessary pain and isolation to victims/survivors of horrid acts of rape and molestation by clergy.
To make it worse many clergy and the leadership seem to have a venom and disdain for us. Many of the fellow Catholics say so many hurtful things about us as evidenced by the online comment section of the local newspaper when a article about the bankruptcy is posted.
If there is any information available about why most don't care and some dislike victims/survivors of clergy rape and molestation?
Bob thank you for all that you do to help people like me and to protect children.
Fr. Charlie,
I was abused by parents, other family members and people outside my family including nuns and priests. For about 10 years I have co-facilitated a support group for adult survivors of child abuse in NYC. I have met and corresponded with hundreds of survivors. People who are abusers were abused themselves. I have never seen or read anything that makes mention of any studies on who some abused children grow up to abuse and some abused children somehow find the courage to face their abuse and work on recovering from it. The abused children who go on to become abusers cannot even admit they were abused. This is the thing about child abusers: They will not admit they were abused and deny they are abusing. Years ago this used to be called a 'problem of attachment'. But I don't believe this. I think people who become abusers are so terrified of what happened to them they repress it. But the urge to tell 'one's story' is so strong that they tell it by doing what was done to them to their own or others' children. My mother sexually assaulted all her children when we turned the age she was when it was done to her and repeated the attacks the same number of times.
Appointing a commission with real clout would be a good thing if it is broadly representive of Catholics and not just bishops and high level clergy. However we should not have to wait for a commission to be formed and do a study before those bishops who are known to have mishandled this crisis are removed. This should have happened a while ago and needs to happen now, not after a commission has studied and debated.
As a survivor of child abuse and a clinician working with survivors I feel strongly that it is admirable that 70% of U.S. Catholics said that addressing the abuse scandal should be "a top priority" for Pope Francis in his new leadership role in the Catholic Church– more than any other potential priority they say. The Church is one of the most important parts of our live and has always been a place that provides us solace and healing. To discover that children have been so tragically harmed in our most sacred of Institutions leaves us feeling hopeless and at a loss for finding a response of equal measure. The Child Abuse Monument has allowed many of us to have a collective place of acknowledgement, validation and letting go.
Creating yet another committee is more twiddling while children's lives are being destroyed. The time for words is past. What people want is healing action. Last year on Holy Thursday Francis could have invited survivors who were molested by priests at the school for deaf children in Verona to St Peter's and washed their feet. But he chose not to do so. Francis may have better PR skills than Benedict but so far he continues to be useless when it comes to the abuse of children by members of the clergy. Beware Wolves in Shepherd's clothing.
Since 2002, the US Catholic faithful have witnessed time and again, the duplicity, insincerity, hypocrisy of certain religious leaders of the dioceses across this country. Bishop Myers in Newark, NJ as well as Archbishop Nienstedt in Minneapolis-St. Paul have been shown, via statements, correspondence, etc., to be unable/unwilling to protect the children and young adults of the Catholic faithful in their charge. With Bishop Finn in KC, it no further consideration should be given these "leaders" and push for the tough and necessary legislative proposals that will help to protect ALL children, now and in the future.
There is nothing better to capture the attention of criminals (in this case, alleged child sexual abusers and conspirators/abettors) than the cold steel of handcuffs, fingerprint ink, the bland cuisine of prisons, and the fashion statement of the orange prison jumpsuit.
Michael Skiendzielewski
Captain (Ret)
Philadelphia Police Dept.
Now the pope has formed a new "sex abuse commission" to study what? He already knows what to do.
Pope Francis needs to—
–Fire every bishop and cardinal who has and still is covering up sex crimes against kids
–Order the "Catholic Conference of Bishops" to stop hiring lobbying firms to fight the removal of statute of limitations for child sex crimes.
–Order all high ranking church officials to release all the names of credibly accused clerics/employees, whether they are dead or alive and then turn their secret documents over to local law enforcement to be investigated.
–Order all high ranking church officials to pick up the phone and report to law enforcement, as soon as they suspect or receive a complaint of child sex abuse. ( church officials have no business investigating these crimes )
–Turn over all Vatican documents of child sex abuse to the United Nations Child Rights Committee.
Until the pope takes decisive actions, he is only delaying and stalling the full truth to be exposed, and in the meantime more children will be sexually abused within this secret system. Pope Francis could do the right thing, he does have this power, he just needs the will.
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA, 636-433-2511. email@example.com,
SNAP (The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests)
When will the defenders, protectors, and promoters of the known pedophile priests (i.e. their Roman Catholic Bishops and Cardinal supervisors) be brought to justice?
If an American high school principal, a US military commanding officer, or a medical doctor had ever tried to do what these horrible men did in shielding their criminal subordinates from the law, they would have all been fired, court martialed, or had their professional licenses revoked forever.
My counsel is to look to Penn State University for workable solution. Punish the perps, but then go ruthlessly after those in power who made the perps crimes so easy. Deo Confidimus…everyone else, however…


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'Happy Endings' Stars Dish on Season 3: Penny's Accident, Jane's New Job, Dave and Alex's 'Casual' Relationship
Our favorite six friends return with a hilarious Season 3 premiere, which starts off with Penny (Casey Wilson) in a body cast and Max (Adam Pally) as her nurse.
Though, from what the pair told Celebuzz when we recently visited the set, she may not benefit from having her BFF on hand.
"Max is kind of the nurse similar to Kathy Bates in Misery I would say, " Pally said. "I think he enjoys the company and also enjoys Penny not being able to screw up his schemes."
So what makes him go all Misery on her? Of course, her cute actual nurse, Kent (guest star Matthew Del Negro).
Penny won't be in a body cast for too long though, trading it in for a helmet in subsequent episodes to prevent further head injury. Penny's dream will come true later on the season when she gets a legitimate boyfriend, Pete (Nick Zano). The pair will meet in a bike shop.
And since she doesn't want him to know about her injury, she told us Penny will "arrange a lot of dates that involve helmets. We do a moped safety course, segway stuff and a construction site."
To their surprise no one cares. "We are the ones making a big deal about it," said Knighton. "They're like 'We don't care, nobody cares about your stuff anymore.'" Though the on-screen couple told us, things won't be casual for long as the two will look for a place together.
Meanwhile, Brad (Damon Wayans, Jr.) will be enjoying the unemployed life, or so Jane (Eliza Coupe) thinks. In the first episode back, we'll see Brad feigning unemployment but by episodes end he'll be enjoying it.
To which Coupe replied, "Neither is Jane. Eliza doesn't hate it either."
Jane will be getting a new job this season as a car dealer. "I deal cars with Rob Corddry," she told us. But what can we expect at the dealership?
"There's been a lot of weird things that happen at that dealership. A lot of things. Animals involved," she teased. Expect to see tons of Jane's Type-A personality as well. Coupe also said that we'll see Jane "wanting to be one of the guys too. So it's very interesting."
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Do you believe that there is such a thing as being "fat but fit"? Well, a surprising new study might have you thinking otherwise.
The study found that while body size is not necessarily an indication of fitness — that is, you can be obese and still perform better aerobically than a slim person — body size is still a more predictive measure of overall health than fitness. In other words, being fat but fit is still less healthy than being thin and lazy, reports Science Daily.
Swedish researchers followed 1,317,713 men for a median average of 29 years in an effort to examine the association between aerobic fitness and death later in life. Subjects were categorized by their body type (measured in Body Mass Index), and their aerobic fitness was tested by asking them to cycle until they had to stop due to fatigue.
Incredibly, the research indicated that obese people with high levels of aerobic fitness were still 30 percent more likely to die prematurely even when compared with those who were slim but did little exercise. To put it plainly, fitness cannot make up for being overweight when it comes to your overall life expectancy.
The study also found that the beneficial effect of high aerobic fitness was reduced with increased obesity, and in those with extreme obesity there was no significant effect at all. In other words, fitness had an increasingly reduced impact on health the more obese a person was.
It's important to understand that these results, though surprising, are not an excuse to give up on exercise. Being slim but unfit was still less healthy than being slim and fit. Likewise, obese fit people were still better off than obese unfit people overall. And of course, aerobic fitness is an important tool that obese people can use as part of an effort to transform their bodies and lose weight.
Having said that, the idea that it is okay to be fat if you're fit appears to have been proven incorrect, at least according to how this study drew its measurements.
It should be noted that the study, though rather large and comprehensive, only looked at men. So it's unclear if these same results would apply to women. The study also only measured health in terms of life expectancy and the risk of early death. It's therefore possible that obesity is correlated with risk of death for reasons other than health. For instance, obese people may tend to possess linked genetic predispositions to conditions that cause early death that simply have nothing to do with fitness at all, thus clouding the study's conclusions. This alternative is mere speculation, however.
Either way, the study is an eye-opener and could rewrite the book of how we think about health and fitness on the whole. It further emphasizes just how dangerous being overweight can be.


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Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, in an official statement issued to the press announced today that the West German Government is ready to establish diplomatic relations with Israel and to compensate Israel for the rest of the promised arms aid which was cut off after a protest from Egypt. The statement also said that the Bonn Government will stop all economic aid and further credits to Egypt.
The statement emphasized that the West German Government rejects any kind of intervention in her affairs, and particularly in her relationship with Israel. At the same time it pointed out that the granting of diplomatic recognition to Israel is not directed against any of the Arab states. The Chancellor's statement stressed that President Nasser of Egypt has jeopardized the traditional German-Arab friendship and that the state visit made by Premier Ulbricht of Communist East Germany to Egypt, at Nasser's invitation, is bound to influence this friendship.
The chancellor's statement was read at an extraordinary press conference by State Secretary Karl-Gunther von Hase who declared that the Chancellor, empowered by the Federal Republic's constitution, has spelled out his Government's foreign policy, as well as his own position. The statement made it clear that the policy has been formulated after consultation with Germany's principal allies–the United States, France and Britain. It noted that all of Germany's political parties represented in the Bonn Parliament have been informed of the policy statement.
(Official circles in Jerusalem told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today that the statement by Chancellor Erhard is a "surprise," in view of the Bonn Government's position of the last week. Observers in Jerusalem wondered today whether Dr. Erhard's mention of fulfilling his Government's arms aid agreement with Israel meant that he was now ready to carry out the Israeli-German pact and will resume Germany's arms deliveries upon which Israel insists.)
A summary of Chancellor Erhard's statement, as issued, follows:
"The Federal Republic has investigated the Middle East situation thoroughly in several conferences dedicated to this subject. The heads of all parties represented in the Bundestag were informed. The United States, Britain and France were consulted because of their particular responsibility toward Germay as a whole.
"The Federal Government states that, through the Ulbricht invitation and his visit to Egypt and his reception, which is a provocation to any German, the political relations between Egypt and the Federal Republic have been put in heaviest Jeopardy. After Ulbricht's visit, all Arab states must know that President Nasser's policy is bound to disturb or even to destroy the long-proven and traditional, friendly policy existing between Germany and the Arab world as a whole. The Federal Government deplored this development caused by President Nasser, which opens an increasingly free path to Communist incursion into the Arab zone.
"The German people on both sides of the demarcation line expects that its vital interests should be safeguarded, and Ulbricht is the representative of a Communist minority which is able to keep millions of Germans behind walls and barbed wire, only due to the intervention of a foreign power. This fact is not unknown to Egypt, yet she has accepted this injustice in the face of all peoples who have arrived at their independence due to the right of self-determination.
"There is only one German people. The Government of the Federal Republic is the sole representative of all Germans, and all of Germany's allies have supported this principle. Our relations with 97 sovereign nations which do not maintain any relations with the Soviet zone of Germany are a convincing proof of this assertion. After very careful consideration of the problems as a whole, and through weighing all possible developments, even those outside of the immediate interests of Germany in the Middle East, the Chancellor has decided:
"1) The invitation of Ulbricht by Egypt has been countered by the Federal Republic by the stopping of economic aid. This means that the Federal Republic will not participate in Egypt's second five-year plan. The Federal Government will not grant to Egypt any further capital aid, and refuses to grant Egypt any delays in the payment of Government-guaranteed debts due for long-period credits. Running obligations will be reconsidered, of course in accordance with international law.
"2) That part of the German people living in the Soviet Zone has been deprived of the self-evident right to self-determination. The justification of this rule by force will be considered by the Federal Government of Germany an unfriendly act and countered in each case by appropriate measures.
"3) The Federal Republic of Germany wishes to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. This step is bound to normalize conditions. It is not directed against Arab country.
"4) By its decision not to supply arms to areas of tension, and by deciding to compensate for the rest of deliveries pending, in agreement with Israel, the Federal Government has contributed considerably to the evolution of a clear Middle East policy. The Federal Government thinks it necessary to declare in this context that it rejects endeavors to influence its policy in this area particularly as regards its relations with Israel, be it the 'conflict partner' who tries to do so or whoever he may be.
"5) Together with its allies, who have repeatedly asked Germany to be responsible for peace and quiet in the Middle East, the Federal Republic will endeavor through its presence to diminish tensions."
The Bonn Government and West German industrial circles, meanwhile, started a vigorous campaign to persuade German technicians to quit their Jobs in the Egyptian aircraft and rocket industry. In letters and other matter circulated among the hundreds of West Germans working in Egypt, the technicians have been warned against "playing with your life." The campaign is believed to have been triggered by the arrest last week in Cairo of several West German citizens on espionage charges.


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1. The Guy's Phase III capital project had a
long and complex history. It was completed in April 1997, some
three years and four months late, at a total estimated cost of
£151.8 million£68.7 million more than the approved
budget cost, and with a funding gap of £26.5 million. The
full history is detailed in the Comptroller and Auditor General's
Report (HC 761, Session 1997-98 dated 10 June 1998).
2. In his report, the Comptroller and Auditor
General set out the extensive difficulties experienced during
the project. However, he did not seek to apportion blame as these
matters were by then the subject of litigation.
3. This memorandum summarises the results of
the litigation and the terms of the out of court settlement, and
updates information in the Comptroller and Auditor General's Report
on the total cost of the project and the funding gap.
4. At the time of the Comptroller and Auditor
General's Report:
5. The process of litigation, in cases involving
commercial disputes of this nature, is lengthy and complex. Court
proceedings began on 25 April 1997, with P&O Developments
seeking a decision that the Trust had no defence and the action
should be decided in their favour immediately. In the event P&O
Developments dropped this claim, and the time in front of the
judge was used to explore preliminary issues.
6. The trial was due to start in January 1999
and was expected to take 8-10 weeks. The processesfor pleadings
to be made; further and better particulars explored, the discovery
of documents; amended defence and counterclaims; witness statements
to be exchanged; and expert "without prejudice" meetings
to narrow the issuesproved very time consuming. This led
to significantly increased fees for the Trust and increased the
estimated length of the trial to 22-26 weeks.
7. The Trust's original claim for damages in
1996 was based on legal advice that it's claim was a reasonable
negotiating position, but that a realistic estimate of recovery
was a maximum of £7.5 million. However, the advice of the
Trust's lawyers, Rowe and Maw was always that there was merit
in reaching an out of court settlement, provided such a settlement
was within reasonable parameters. After protracted legal processes,
a process of mediation was established and meetings were held
in October and November 1998.
8. The outcome of the mediation was a provisional
offer to the Trust of £3 million (£2.1 million payable
by Austen Associates and £0.9 million by P&O Developments)
to settle the action. Austen Associates and P&O Developments
also agreed to withdraw their fee claims of £5.7 million.
However, each party would meet their own legal fees. The value
of this negotiated settlement to the Trust was £8.7 million:
offsetting this were the additional costs of defending and counter
claiming, estimated at £2.9 million, giving a net financial
benefit to the Trust of £5.8 million.
9. In November 1998, the Trust informed the
NHS Executive, on the basis of legal advice, that taking into
account the higher legal costs of a full hearing, the £3
million cash offer was within the range of likely outcomes (from
zero to £6.5 million) from litigation. In addition, not proceeding
to trial would save substantial uncosted amounts of management
time within the Trust thereby enabling it to concentrate on the
core tasks ahead. These tasks include the management of a further
capital redevelopment for which the full attention of the most
senior managers within the Trust was required.
10. The NHS Executive approved the proposed
settlement and sought authority from Treasury to settle at the
£3 million cash figure. Treasury accepted the expert advice
and NHS recommendations and gave verbal approval to the proposed
settlement on 10 December 1998. This was subsequently confirmed
in writing.
11. The estimated cost of Guy's Phase III, as
reported by the Comptroller and Auditor General in June 1998,
was £151.8 million. The settlement, including the agreement
to waive fees, reduced the cost of building Phase III to £147
million (Annex A, column 2) plus £3.6 million of litigation
costs. Had the Trust not defended the litigation the cost would
have been £5.8 million more (Annex A, column 3) than the
total costs of £150.6 million.
12. The final project cost of £150.6 million
is still £25.3 million more than the agreed funding of £125.3
million. This gap has been met from under-spends on capital programmes
elsewhere in the NHS (EFL brokerage).
13. The Trust is currently negotiating with
the NHS Executive to reach a final agreement on how to account
for this shortfall.
14. After mediation, the final cost of the Guy's
Phase III project is still £67.5 million more than the approved
budget cost.
15. The reasons for the cost increase and the
three years and four months delay remain as detailed in the Comptroller
and Auditor General's Report. However, as the litigation was resolved
through mediation, there was inevitably some measure of compromise
and it is not possible to apportion full responsibility for the
time and cost over-runs. While the settlement does not exonerate
the NHS from their own failures in managing the project, particularly
in the early planning and financing, it does demonstrate that
some responsibility lay with the private sector.
16. The conclusions reached and the action recommended
in the Comptroller and Auditor General's Report still apply. Overall,
the scale of the cost over-runs and the length of the delays illustrate
graphically the need for very firm control of major publicly funded
building projects.
The benefits of pursuing the litigation were £5.8 million,
after allowing for the costs of the litigation.
National Audit Office
March 1999


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Randall Brown is now offering 8-week private flash fiction (1000 words and under) workshops, using teacher-generated coursework & weekly submissions (or with only weekly submissions & no teacher-generated coursework). You will be submitting complete flashes each week. Also, Randall Brown is offering critiques of completed/in-progress flash fiction collections, up to 50 pages, all pieces 1000 words and under. Finally, Randall is also offering critiques of individual pieces, 1000 words and under. Randall has only offered these private critiques once before, in 2008, as part of a charity auction. All money will go to the nonprofit literary press [MATTER PRESS] to pay writers ($50 per accepted piece) and the no-reading fee compressed prose collection contest winner ($500). Contact Randall Brown with any questions.
The eight-week private workshop involves the following:
Each Monday, you'll receive a packet of instructional materials along with an assignment. By Saturday, you'll submit a flash (it is up to you whether you'd like to submit the assigned flash or a different one); by the end of the day Sunday, I'll have returned your flash with comments/critique. On Monday, we begin again. During the week, I am free for any discussion regarding the instructional materials, the assignment, your submitted flash, and the like. Also, you can turn in a revision of the weekly assignment at any time during the workshop, so you'll be submitting up to sixteen (16) pieces for critical feedback. Here is the weekly schedule:
- Synecdoche & the One-Scene Flash
- Compressed Narrative Flash
- Flash Fiction & the Monomyth
- The Episodic Flash
- The Counterpointed Flash
- A "De-Familiar" Flash
- A Revised Flash
- The Prose-Poemy Flash
Eight Week Private Flash Fiction Workshop (With Revisions)
Flash Fiction Collection Critique
Single Piece — Flash Fiction Critique
Here is a brief bio for Randall:
Randall Brown has served as an MFA Program Director and has taught high school, undergraduate, graduate, and community flash fiction workshops. He served as Lead Editor of the flash fiction journal SmokeLong Quarterly and is the founder of FlashFiction.Net— and the founder & managing editor of Matter Press and its Journal of Compressed Creative Arts. He appears in The Rose Metal Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, a Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction, and many online and print journals. He has presented on flash fiction at AWP, the Philadelphia Writers Conference, and at a number of colleges and universities. He has judged flash fiction contests & flash fiction chapbook contests and has read approximately 30,000 unpublished flash fiction pieces as an editor, judge, teacher, workshop participant, and submisssions reader. He is currently on the faculty at Rosemont College's MFA in Creative Writing Program, teaching flash fiction workshop, prose workshop, and rhetoric & composition.
Here is some press:
Lee Rourke writes in A BRIEF HISTORY OF FABLES: FROM AESOP TO FLASH FICTION, "One only has to visit sites such as flashfiction.net and smokelong.com or journals such as Matter: The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts to get a real sense of some of the most electrifying and ground-breaking flash fiction published today; displaying work from authors all around the world who manage to compress the weird, the fabulous and the truly astonishing into their fictions."
From The Brooklyn Rail: "Brown is also famous for working with private workshop writing groups at Martin Scorcese's Zoetrope, groups founded by modern flash fiction torch bearer Kim Chinquee, who has a cult-like following; there is history here and in the making. As the futurists were to early 20th century Italian painting, Brown and Chinquee are to flash fiction."
From Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Flash Writing Flash Fiction: "Michael Martone and Diane Williams are shaping the next generation of flash writers, such as Randall Brown, Kim Chinquee, Sherrie Flick, and Pia Z. Ehrhardt, with their unique styles that all serve as vehicles for some truth."
From Dave Clapper, SmokeLong Quarterly Founder, "But if asked to name one person who has been the most tireless advocate of flash generally (and, to our great fortune, of SmokelLong specifically), I would name Randall in a heartbeat. His blog, flashfiction.net has become a daily must-read for anyone really interested in the form. Submissions to SLQ under his leadership grew from 300 to 1200 per issue. New journals publishing flash could always count on an excellent piece from Randall arriving in their in-boxes."
From flash fiction writer, Digby Beaumont: "Randall is a talented flash fiction writer. He's also a great facilitator. Anyone serious about their fiction writing will love these sessions. Mine, taken in 2008, were tailored to my needs and helped lead to many valuable insights that I continue to build on whenever I write. And all 8 of the stories that I worked on with Randall ended up getting published in quality, literary magazines."
From SmokeLong Quarterly lead editor, Tara Laskowski: "I consider Randall Brown to be my flash fiction mentor. His advice, friendship and guidance while I was a fellow at SmokeLong Quarterly not only changed my writing for the better, but inspired me in countless ways. I cannot express how much of an influence he's been on me because it continues to happen every day. Whenever I read a Randall Brown story, I know I am seeing a master at work. If you want to think about words in a different way and learn how to tell so much in so little space, then you should be so lucky to talk with him."
From flash fiction writer Sue Ann Connaughton: "This past summer, I took this workshop and it was well worth the time and money—a bargain, actually. I learned and practiced new techniques and received detailed critiques from Randall, who always responded quickly and thoroughly to my questions. So far, I've submitted two of the stories I wrote for the workshop and both were accepted by paying publications (Fabula Argentea and GlassFire)."
From flash fiction writer Andrew Stancek: "I have worked with a number of wonderful writers and editors. Randall is beyond compare. His judgment is impeccable and his comments invaluable. He has drastically improved each of my pieces. This is my first opportunity to share with the world the news that a story which I worked on with Randall has just won the Grand Prize in the Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction contest and its $1,000 prize."
From flash fiction writer Gay Degani: "Randall helped me to shape my chapbook. He helps a writer to see his or her work in a different light without shadowing any of the writer's intent. His keen eye and ability to suggest what to consider in a piece of writing is extremely helpful."
From Elizabeth Pettie, co-founder of WordTango.com: "I tend to ramble, in my writing, my life, like right now… In Randall's class, I learned to pack sentences with power. The tight deadlines forced me to do what all writers want to do: sit down and write. Randall is an amazing teacher. I'm proud to say that three of the stories I wrote in his class were published in FRiGG Magazine."


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C.William Daniels Jr.
an attorney
in the Mobile office of Burr &
Forman LLP, has been recognized
as an Alabama Super Lawyer in
the practice area of construction
John Martin Pendergast
completed all requirements for
advancement to candidacy for a
Ph.D. (all but dissertation status) in
May and was awarded a master's
of philosophy in comparative
literature from the Graduate Center
of City University of NewYork.
Lisa Narrell-Mead
recently was
named head of corporate services
and deputy human resources
director for
based Cadence
Bank. Her
include facilities
and advising on labor law. Narrell-
Mead graduated from Emory
University's law school. Preceding
her career in banking, she was in
private law practice.
William E. Pipkin Jr.
a partner
in the Mobile office of the law
firm of Austill, Lewis & Pipkin PC,
has been chosen by the Board
of Governors as a fellow to the
American College of Workers'
Compensation Lawyers.
Fellowship is
extended by
invitation only
to workers'
who have
the highest
professional qualifications, ethical
standards, level of character,
integrity, professional expertise,
and leadership.
JohnThomas "J.T." Dabbs III
has been named
as a new top executive to lead
the Greater Alabama Council
of the Boy Scouts of America,
headquartered in Birmingham.
He previously served as Scout
executive for a council in Austin,
Jim Dillon Miller
was featured
in the January 26, 2012, issue of
The Anniston Star newspaper for
receiving this year's Anniston Star
Citizen of the Year Award. Miller,
a longtime director of Anniston's
Water Works and Sewer Board, is
a tireless worker on the structures
that undergird the city.
Mark North
is working in finance
at Northeast Alabama Regional
Medical Center in Anniston and
living in Springville, Ala. He and his
wife, Ellen, are the proud parents
of four children.
and '84
On Nov. 13, 2011,
Rev. Dr. Russell Levenson Jr. '84
of Houston, Texas, and
Col. Dr.
JamesWalter '83
of Montgomery were joined by Gen. Peter Pace, former chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the
Honorable George H.W. Bush (41st President of the U.S.) and his wife, First Lady Barbara
Bush, at a service at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston to honor our nation's
veterans. Over 1,000 people attended the service, including dozens of active service
persons, veterans, and people from the greater Houston area.
Levenson is the rector at St. Martin's. With over 8,500 members, the parish is the
largest Episcopal Church in the United States, and includes among its regular members,
President and Mrs. Bush, as well as former Secretary of State James A. Baker. Before
coming to St. Martin's, Levenson served churches in Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia,
Louisiana, and Florida. In 2010, he published two books: Provoking Thoughts (a Lenten
devotional) and Preparing Room (an Advent devotional), and in 2011, was named Samford
University's Beeson Divinity School's Alumnus of the Year.
Walter retired from the U.S. Air Force after a distinguished 26 years of service. After
graduating from BSC, he completed both family medicine and emergency medicine
training in aviation, space, and diving medicine. He served in both Gulf Wars, completing
five deployments in dozens of nations and flying over 25 combat sorties. He also served
as a physician for the NASA Space Shuttle Program, supporting 24 shuttle missions
including the last mission of Columbia and the final shuttle launch in July of 2011.
In the photo from left to right (surrounding President and Mrs. Bush) are: Col. and Mrs.
Walter's daughter, Claire; Col. Walter; Sharon Walter; Laura Levenson; Dr. Levenson; and
Lynne Pace and her husband, Gen. Peter Pace.
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Victim Compensation
A drunk driving crash can financially devastate a family. Medical bills, property damage and funeral costs add up, leaving loved ones with an often overwhelming burden.
MADD Victim Advocates can assist with the application for Crime Victim Compensation—a financial assistance program that may help eligible crime victims/survivors with certain expenses related to a crime. Every state in the country offers this type of benefit, though eligibility requirements may vary.
Costs that may be compensated:
- Funeral expenses
- Medical, rehabilitation and prescription expenses
- Lost wages
- Counseling services
- Child care
- Crime scene cleanup
MADD advocates for states to provide a source of compensation funds for the financial losses and expenses of all victims of violent crime, including DWI/DUI victims and survivors of loved ones killed by an impaired driver. These programs should be funded by fees assessed to offenders as well as from other sources.
- Information on State VOCA-funded assistance my be found here.
- Information on State VOCA-funded compensation programs may be found here.


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Wednesday, 3 October, 2001, 11:32 GMT 12:32 UK
Muslims welcome hate crime review
Muslims leaders have welcomed the announcement that the government is to take measures to combat religious hate crimes.
Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced a change in the laws on incitement to cover religious, as well as racial, hatred.
Muslim groups have been pressing for a change in the law for some time.
Afzhal Khan of the Muslim Council of Britain said that in the wake of the 11 September terror attacks on the US, they had again asked the Home Secretary to change the law.
"After the terrible incident in America it was clear there was a backlash and Muslims all over the country were suffering.
"We wanted to ensure there was some sort of legislation which covered this religious hatred point of view, " Mr Khan said.
He said since the US attacks the government had been doing a good job in making it clear British Muslims should not be blamed.
"There has been an increase in attacks but we feel the government is taking the right steps," he said.
"They've made it clear that British Muslims are part and parcel of this society and the message is getting across."
But legislative changes should go further to make discrimination on religious ground illegal in other walks of life such as employment, Mr Khan added.
That point was echoed by the leader of the self-styled Muslim Parliament of Britain, Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui.
He said the Muslim community faced major barriers in areas such as education, jobs and housing on the basis of their religion.
"The law has to cover all the areas otherwise it will not provide a solution to the discrimination faced by the Muslim community," Dr Siddiqui told BBC News Online.
The legislation needed "teeth" to ensure it was successful, he added.
"If it is weak on that point then obviously it will not provide the kind of protection we are looking for."
Cultural ambassadors
The government is also mounting an initiative to reach out to the wider Muslim world.
The Foreign Office is to recruit British Muslims as so-called cultural ambassadors who would travel to Muslim countries to explain that Britain and the West were not hostile to Islam.
But the plan has been described as a "missed opportunity" by the leader of one Kashmiri and Pakistani group.
Mohammed Yunnis told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he felt it was "na�ve" for the government to concentrate on cultural issues.
Mr Yunnis said: "I think if you're talking about the root causes of some of the people's grievances then we're missing the point.
"I think rather than just talk about some of the good things in this country we need to be looking at perhaps some of the foreign policy that people are concerned about."
See also:
03 Oct 01 | UK Politics
Hate crime laws to be tightened
03 Oct 01 | UK Politics
Faith leaders unite against intolerance
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Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:
• The big winners at the Golden Globes: "American Hustle" with three, "Dallas Buyers Club" with two acting honors, "12 Years a Slave" taking best movie drama, "Breaking Bad" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." [Vulture]
• The tribute to Woody Allen didn't go over too well with his estranged son, Ronan Farrow — who let his anger spill out on Twitter. [CNN]
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Norwegian Star - Alaska: Norwegian Star Cruise Review by tommui987
Overall Member Rating
Norwegian Star - Alaska
Destination: Alaska
Embarkation: Seattle
Our experiences on the trip are somewhat colored by the embarkation process in Seattle and trying to get to our tour in Victoria. This was the fourth sailing with NCL and our sixth cruise overall.
Boarding the ship in Seattle was totally a mess. NCL blames Immigration and Customs in causing the problem by interviewing each crew member off the ship causing a three hour delay. Of course in reading comments by other Cruise Critic members, they had the same problem the week before. It took us over an hour waiting in line on the streets before we even got to the building. The baggage handlers took baggage from the back of the line while those that were in line in the middle had to struggle with their bags.
To get to the registration desk, you had to go up two flights of stairs. At the top, none of the lines were clearly marked off. We were fortunate that we were Latitude members and our More line was shorter but it took another hour before we could even get to the registration desk. Our travelling companions had left the hotel an hour before we did, yet they were still stuck in the lineup for another hour or so.
NCL could have informed the people in the streets as to the problems and do some PR that way. NCL could have gotten the lines within the building clearly defined instead of letting people making out their own line. Having the experience in the prior week, perhaps getting extra help would have alleviated the problem. The point is that NCL had the problem before and should have tried to rectify it.
In other trips with NCL, the lack of any concept of crowd control and management seems to be the rule and this experience in Seattle was no exception. NCL doesn't seem to have this problem in Dover - or perhaps that was just luck! Once we were aboard the vessel, everything was fine with perhaps the exception of a couple of snippy people manning the restaurant reservation desk.
I am not sure whether the 3 hour delay was the cause of it, or the ship is too big for the inland passage, but the ship did go outside of the passage into open ocean with the result of a lot of people getting seasick. The ship also seemed to have been rushing in the rough sea to make up the schedule which added to the discomfort felt by many.
Dining rooms - The main dining rooms are the Versailles and Acqua. Both are fine, with Versailles with mirrors and electric candles, still life paintings of fruits, flowers and Louis XIV and Acqua with chrome and faux Miro paintings. Service in Acqua seemed a bit slower though. Noise level seemed to be the same. The food was nothing to write home about but was adequate and occasionally good. The buffets were mediocre at best but tolerable.
Shows - excellent!!! The showroom was great and theatre seating without those annoying cocktail tables. Line of sight good except in the side of the balcony's top level.
We had been in Alaska before on the NCL Sky. But on this trip, we had sun all the way with the result that most of our clothes stayed in the suitcases. Only a sweater was needed to roam the decks of the ship and that included Glacier Bay. I would guess that temperatures were somewhere in the low 70s with wind chill making it in the very high 60s. No gloves needed!
One trip we do recommend in Skagway is the Bald Eagle Float raft trip. Oliver, our guide - make sure you ask for him. Great peaceful floating down the river with eagles galore. Life jackets and boots are supplied.
Last complaint - again traffic control. One would think that NCL would try to get tour people out first so that they could go on their tours. Instead, they only had an exit out on the fourth deck. People on tour with people who just wanted to get out crowded the area. Those in the elevators couldn't get out of the elevators because of the crush of people in the hallway. As it was, all tours got off late. Result was that the tours came back around 10:40PM and the major dining facilities were closed at 11:00PM. While they had a barbecue on the pool deck, there were long lines waiting for food. As it was, the lines didn't dissipate until 11:40 or so.
The ship is a good ship and pretty well maintained. And the journey was pleasant but the memories of embarkation and lack of crowd control will last longer in the mind's eye than the other experiences on being on the NCL Star. Less
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Senior Vice President, Atlantic – Gulf
Professional Experience
Rory Miller became senior vice president of Williams' Atlantic – Gulf Operating Area in January 2013. Prior to that he served as president of Williams' midstream business. Additionally, Miller serves as a director for Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE:WPZ), the master limited partnership that owns most of Williams' domestic midstream assets.
Previously, Miller served as vice president of Williams' onshore gathering and processing business in 2010. From 1998-2009 Miller led Williams' deepwater infrastructure build-out, assuming the role of vice president of Gulf of Mexico gathering and processing in 2004. Miller started with Williams in 1990 and held various supply-area positions as well as positions in corporate development. Before joining Williams, he held similar positions with Tennessee Gas Pipeline and Delhi Gas Pipeline.
Miller is a 1982 magna cum laude graduate of Utah State University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in economics. Miller was nominated to The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi in 1982 and has remained active in that organization. He received his master's degree in organizational development in 2008 from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.
Industry/Community Leadership
Miller served on the board of directors of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) and the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas.
Speaking Experience
Miller has spoken at numerous energy conferences and seminars, including Platts Energy Conference, Colorado Oil and Gas Association, various deepwater seminars and the Energy Summit at Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies.


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Did she really mean what she said, or was this just another bit of self-promotion?
Not that self-promotion plays any role in journalists tweeting, of course.
It is no wonder he could not find the balance between self-effacement and self-promotion.
The usual cynics are outperforming in fear-mongering and self-promotion.
Friedersdorf said he recently profiled former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson and liked his "aversion to self-promotion."
Well, there is certainly ego in the Renaissance artists and, further back, in the self-promotion of a salesman such as Columbus.
This engenders a society bent on self-promotion, lacking almost entirely in any community values beyond the immediate family.
He had a zany sense of humor, and he could laugh at his own personality tics, especially a mania for self-promotion.
Or do her commercial dealings and self-promotion make her a bona fide subject for the global media?
He had not included any such thing in his calculations when he had hit upon his brilliant scheme of self-promotion.
c.1400, "advancement in rank or position," from Old French promocion "election, promotion" (14c., Modern French promotion) and directly from Latin promotionem (nominative promotio) "a moving forward," noun of action from past participle stem of promovere (see promote). Meaning "advertising, publicity" first recorded 1925.
promotion pro·mo·tion (prə-mō'shən)
The stimulation of the progress or growth of a tumor following initiation by a promoter.
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