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Reasons the loquacious, pugnacious, and thoroughly informed emcee of Habla el Pueblo (The People Speak) likes his new home at WKAT-AM (1360), Radio Uno: "It's very professional. There's no interference from the management." Compared to, say, WWFE-AM (670), La Poderosa, whose owner canceled Milian's show this past November after the host criticized Miami City Commission candidate Angel Gonzalez. (Gonzalez then paid the station several thousand dollars to use Milian's time slot for campaigning.) Milian had inherited the show on La Poderosa from his father Emilio, whose legs were blown off by a bomb in 1976 after he criticized the violent tactics of anti-Castro extremists. A former Broward County assistant state prosecutor, Milian peppers his aggressive style of public-policy debate with the most elevated put-downs on the Spanish-language AM dial. (Habla el Pueblo airs on WKAT weekdays from noon to 1:00 p.m.) During one show about allegations that Jackson Memorial Hospital is saving money for buildings rather than spending it on suffering patients, Milian offered a characteristically sharp simile: "It's like having money in the bank while your relatives are dying of hunger." He recently upbraided a caller with this: "I came here to live freely, not to live in another dictatorship. The only thing evil needs to triumph is for us to remain silent." Staying quiet is not in Al Milian's program, which he sees as a tool for pounding the moral turpitude out of Miami-Dade's sleazy ancien régime. "We're going to overcome the corrupt bastards," he assures between shows. "I have the sledgehammer."
You have to hand it to the City of Miami. Faced with the daunting task of persuading voters to pass yet another bond issue to improve the same parks the city had failed to improve after two previous bond issues, commissioners were wringing their hands over this difficult sales job. Then terrorists felled the World Trade Center in New York. And then letters spiked with anthrax began circulating in the mail. And then city officials came up with a bright idea. The bond issue's name was changed to "The Homeland Security and Neighborhood Enhancement" bond. After earmarking a tiny portion of the $255 million to buy a few gas masks, commissioners got what they wanted. City voters approved the bond. Let the spending begin!
You have to hand it to the City of Miami. Faced with the daunting task of persuading voters to pass yet another bond issue to improve the same parks the city had failed to improve after two previous bond issues, commissioners were wringing their hands over this difficult sales job. Then terrorists felled the World Trade Center in New York. And then letters spiked with anthrax began circulating in the mail. And then city officials came up with a bright idea. The bond issue's name was changed to "The Homeland Security and Neighborhood Enhancement" bond. After earmarking a tiny portion of the $255 million to buy a few gas masks, commissioners got what they wanted. City voters approved the bond. Let the spending begin!
The pop-radio wars have just begun. Dance-only upstart WPYM-FM (93.1) calls out the big dogs at Power 96 to put up or shut up. Power takes the bait and responds decisively. Sure it plays more commercials, and it saturates us regularly with hip-hop we've heard before, but Power still spins the better dance music, particularly after hours, and it gets bonus points for effectively mixing two very distinct and progressive urban sounds. It doesn't hurt to have competitors dropping Power 96's name so ridiculously often. Latin grooves still reign in the Magic City, but like it or not hip-hop is now and dance is the future. Power has them both covered and plenty of advertisers to keep it in business.
Rain stops, drought threatens, Okeechobee drops, tolls rise, cops shoot, kids die, manatees die, Pan Courtelis dies, Shepard Broad dies, Elizabeth Virrick Park lives, Cubans get smuggled, John Boles gets fired, Tony Perez gets hired, Cuevas gets fired, Stierheim gets hired, the Beach goes hip-hop, Latin Grammys arrive, rain arrives, Latin Grammys split, Reno runs, AIDS infects, more cops shoot, more Cubans smuggled, Lenore Nesbitt dies, Howard Sharlin dies, Luis Sabines dies, Bryan O. Walsh dies, sex plane goes down, Bobby Maduro Stadium goes down, Sunny Isles motels go down, Miami cops throw down, Elian museum opens up, rain falls, thunderstorms roar, Chediak quits, Ninoska quits, Shalala takes charge, UM turns 75, Versailles turns 30, Norcross returns, Yahweh Ben Yahweh returns, Demetrio Perez busted, lawmen busted, civil servants busted, federal agents busted, Surana goes to jail, David Paul stays in jail, Cuban spies convicted, Reno faints, Castro faints, Judd quits, Cristina quits, Fraind quits, more rain falls, Okeechobee fills up, Lincoln Road fills up, tornadoes touch down, crime goes down, sharks bite, snakes bite, Hialeah Park folds, clinics fold, Dolphins fumble, Heat tumbles, Panthers dump Bure, Henry dumps Marlins, Loria arrives, Haitians detained, Miami cops indicted, smugglers indicted, Ramon Saul Sanchez indicted, Warshaw goes to jail, Humbertico stuck in jail, Noriega still in jail, terrorists strike, security tightens, tourists stay away, Art Basel stays away, layoffs arrive, Colombians arrive, Venezuelans arrive, Argentines arrive, Leonard Abess dies, Carlos Salman dies, Carlos D'Mant dies, anthrax strikes, recession strikes, budgets shrink, more layoffs, more AIDS, more cops indicted, still more rain, OB parade gets drenched, Bass Museum leaks, Sweetwater floods, West Nile virus arrives, Ricky Williams arrives, WTMI goes silent, Al Milian gets silenced, school board gets gouged, priests get exposed, Victor Posner dies, Rolando Barral dies, David Poland quits, DeFede quits, Reno stalls, Miami Circle stalls, Indian graves discovered, desecrated graves discovered, OJ gets searched, OB parade gets dumped, Carnival dumps, Miriam Alonso gets busted, Willie Logan gets off, Jennifer Rodriguez gets bronze, billboards take root, AIDS takes off, Tom Fiedler takes charge, Carollo is out, Diaz is in, Kasdin is out, Dermer is in, Pepper is out, Cobo is in, Marlins stadium is booed out, but Miami's animal lovers can cheer at last: After more than 30 years living in the same cramped Seaquarium tank, Lolita the hapless killer whale finally gets a new home.
Being a cineaste in Miami means making your peace with malls. Over the past few years most choice indies and foreign flicks have landed at either the eighteen-screen South Beach Regal or one of the area's other multiplexes -- not our hit-and-miss art houses. So getting your celluloid fix has meant braving arena-size crowds and nightmarish parking. Fortunately the new Intracoastal Cinema has stepped into a comfortable middle ground, consistently earmarking several of its six screens for art fare. Even better, Mitchell and Nancy Dreier, the couple who own the Intracoastal (as well as five Broward theaters including the Gateway and the Sunrise), have moved past the usual Miramax suspects to spotlight such fare as the joyously whacked Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation, Charlotte Rampling's haunting comeback Under the Sand, and Mohsen Makhmalbaf's timely Kandahar. Plenty of free parking just steps from the front door, big screens, cushy seats, and (in stark contrast to most multiplexes) a relaxed air all combine to make moviegoing an experience instead of a trial.


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The Crook
Having just escaped from jail, Simon Duroc (Jean-Louis Trintignant) has little time to get to the cash he stole before he was caught and hightail it to freedom and anonymity. But when he runs into his ex-wife, he can't leave well enough alone and rekindles his affair with her. That misstep just may lead to his undoing, but Simon thinks he's taken care of all the details. He'll soon discover, however, that the cops are smarter than he believes.

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LOS ANGELES – Adrian Gonzalez has made it clear he wasn't trying to get out of Boston, regardless of whether he was a good or bad fit there.
Now that he's back in the comfort of his native Southern California, though, there are some things about his Red Sox days he won't miss.
The daily soap opera atmosphere this year and what he perceived as snooping bloggers are among them. And it will be nice to be allowed to be himself again.
Dodger dollars: Team's payroll may be unlimited
After going 2-for-4 Sunday in his second game as a Los Angeles Dodger, on the heels of Saturday's blockbuster trade, Gonzalez spoke in Spanish about some of his experiences during nearly two seasons in Boston and his reaction to the trade.
"I never thought of or wanted to leave Boston,'' said Gonzalez, who spent his formative years between San Diego and Tijuana. "When the trade came, obviously I thought of Los Angeles being close to San Diego, close to my family, being back in California, Mexican food. You think about all those things and you figure it's a good thing. Since it happened, I'm extremely happy.''
Gonzalez had a highly productive first season with the Red Sox, batting .338 with 27 homers, 117 RBI and a .957 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, but could not prevent the team's colossal September collapse.
This year his power numbers were down but he still had a .300 batting average and ranked fifth in the league with 86 RBI at the time of the trade.
Still, he was dogged by complaints that he wasn't enough of a team leader.
"I arrived in Boston and they didn't like the fact I was a calm guy,'' Gonzalez said. "I'm not going to throw my helmet. I'm not going to yell out cuss words if I strike out. That's what they want there.''
At the urging of Red Sox management, Gonzalez became more involved in the clubhouse dynamics this season, which has been marked by injuries to key players, a disappointing 61-67 record and grumbling about manager Bobby Valentine.
The latter came to a head during a player-ownership meeting in July, initiated through a text message reportedly sent from Gonzalez's phone, although he has denied involvement. The episode further soured Gonzalez's relationship with the Boston media, which was already strained.
Much like he did in his five seasons with the San Diego Padres, Gonzalez will have to deal with media requests in English and Spanish. He was usually accommodating and personable then, and the move to Los Angeles presents him an opportunity to restore what was once a pristine image.
As a Mexican-American who grew up admiring Fernando Valenzuela despite being a Padres fan, Gonzalez has the potential to become a big draw for the team's sizable Latino fan base. Already the response to him has been overwhelmingly positive.
"They've welcomed me with open arms and I'm very grateful,'' Gonzalez said. "I hope I can do something close to what Fernando did here. All good things come from doing your job on the field.''
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Active Directory Password -Your Active Directory password is your NetID password (formerly called your My.Emich password). Now you log in to your computer with your NetID credentials (username and password). If you've forgotten your password, click Forgot Password to create a new one .
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The proportion of students enrolled in initial teacher training who are doing a post-graduate course, compared to an undergraduate teaching course, has doubled over the past seven years. While a graduate diploma was once the norm for graduates of other courses to train as teachers, a masters degree has become increasingly accepted as an ideal way to offer initial teacher training. Sometimes this is in place of the traditional bachelor degree in education, which critics say has attracted underqualified students at some universities.
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Yankee Doodlin'
Over the Fourth of July weekend, I thought it would be appropriate to profile the team with the best record in baseball at the halfway point in the season.
Outfielder Gary Sheffield and relief pitchers Tom Gordon and Mariano Rivera were added to the team. If someone had told me before the season started that the Yankees were going to have six players on the All-Star squad--including two pitchers--and not one would be Javier Vazquez, Kevin Brown, or Mike Mussina, I would not have believed them.
Jon Lieber has been the stingiest pitcher of all with only six BB in 76 IP (or about one walk per every 13 innings). Babe Adams, Christy Mathewson (twice), Bret Saberhagen, and Cy Young are the only hurlers since 1900 with a better ratio than Lieber among pitchers with 154 or more innings pitched (which is the number that Lieber is currently projected to throw this year). Saberhagen (1994), Bob Tewksbury (1992 and 1993) and Greg Maddux (1997) are the only pitchers in the top 15 since 1933.
The Bronx Bombers also lead the A.L. in HR with 123. The pitching staff hasn't fared quite as well in this department, ranking sixth in the league with 94. Ranking first in three of the four Rob Neyer's Beane Count stats is usually a good recipe for success, and the Yankees have demonstrated just that with the best winning percentage (.638) in the major leagues.
The Jeter haters will most assuredly point to his defense as a continued flaw even though his range factor (4.75) and zone rating (.860) are a career best, and he is turning two at a personal high rate. In addition, the Yankee captain's fielding percentage is currently his second-highest ever. Better range, more double plays, and fewer errors mixed in with a great play here and there adds up to a possible Gold Glove for the man who always seems to be #2. If you think I've lost my mind, let me point out that no shortstop in baseball has a higher range factor, zone rating, and fielding percentage than Jeter this year. Rich Aurilia, David Eckstein, Pokey Reese, and Jose Valentin rank higher in two of these three areas among A.L. SS but only Aurilia has played in more than 60 games at short thus far.
Isn't the purpose of sabermetrics one of objectivity? When it comes to Jeter's defense this year, it is only fair we rid ourselves of the biases and let the facts speak for themselves.
When looking at range factor, you must also consider ground ball:fly ball tendencies of the pitching staff.
The Mariners pitching staff is one of the most flyball oriented in baseball, if not the most. That means that infielders will get fewer opportunities, causing their range factor to decrease.
For 2003 I estimated that the Mariners starting pitchers received the benefit of 40 more double plays than expected, given the total number of available double play opportunities and gb/fb characteristics of the Mariners staff.
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40 extra DPs is a huge amount of additional defensive support, and some of that should be credited to having an infield comparised of Guillen/Sanchez, Boone, and Olerud.
You won't get any disagreement from me, Steve. Although range factor doesn't take into account the groundball:flyball tendencies of the pitching staff, zone rating takes care of that.
Jeter's range factor AND zone rating are both up this year. Boone's RF and ZR are both down.
Aurilia's defensive metrics are actually pretty good this year so I don't think Boone's drop can be solely attributable to the type of pitchers the Mariners had in 2003 and 2004.
Rich - I agree that Boone's defense is down. He looks to be at least a half-step slower than in previous years. The question is whether it's real, or just the malaise around the 2004 Mariners.
The point of my post, which I didn't really say, was that turning the double play is a very important skill in an infield, and that is not caught in Zone rating. And the data from 2003 suggest that Boone was part of a pretty phenomenal infield at turning double plays.


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Welcome back to the 2002-2003 school year. I hope that everyone had a restful and productive summer. We look forward to welcoming the newest members of the 159 Community.
Thanks to the efforts of our entire staff the classrooms already reflect a nurturing and an academically inviting environment. We will continue our focus on developing and strengthening Literacy and Mathematical skills in all curricula areas. Our goal is to have all of our students become life-long learners.
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DD hits 2 weeks old tomorrow, and for the most part is super relaxed and chill, except when she gets gas/goes to the bathroom. Then she turns into a tiny ball of rage and sadness that breaks my heart to see. She's EBF and my first child, so I'm unsure on what to do. Looking into it, it sounds like mylicon drops are for a lot more gas than she has. I'm also freaked out by the idea of getting rid of her gas by making it into super big gas. How does gripe water work for breastfed babies? How do I give it to her? Am I completely overreacting?
Oh I am SO right there with you. I could have written what you wrote. Actually, DH just picked up some gas drops tonight. Although he did get ones I wouldn't have chosen.. saccharin, dye, etc.. I gave her some and a little while later she started throwing up. :( I'm not sure what else I can do. I already block feed and move her little legs all around to help her out.
Nicole Busy with my two boys. The 'big boy' too. Oh, and a sweet baby girl, born at home in October.
Ugh, sorry she threw up. The bicycle leg thing is supposed to help. Who knows? Maybe it would be worse if we weren't doing the leg thing, and there's just some inevitable bubbles that can't be fixed.
DD had a lot more BMs yesterday, and has completely slowed down today. I wonder if she's getting backed up and that's causing the pain.
Lots of mommy speculation and not a lot of relief for the poor babe. :(
I tried gripe water on my babe when he was super fussy (turns out he has a dairy sensitivity...and I think he had a problem with my oversupply - you know, babe swallowing milk as if from a fire hose) and while it certainly didn't hurt him, I'm not convinced it helped either. The formula we used contains agave fructose (sweetener), chamomile, ginger, fennel. It appears it's just a sugar water that may also help settle babe's tummy. It comes with a dropper that you can squirt straight into babes mouth, or you can mix it with a bit of your expressed breast milk, and feed it to your babe whichever way you're comfortable - we've used a little ramekin as a cup before...
You're definitely not overreacting! :) When my babe appeared to be struggling we used to bicycle his legs - it would help release the gas in his belly. Or, gently pull babe's knees up towards his chest, straighten, and repeat - sometimes that would help too.
One other thing to consider, maybe your babe needs to be burped? Before having my DS, I thought breast fed babies *never* had to be burped, but my son absolutely did - for months, and that made a huge difference as well. (I didn't realize this until he was a few weeks old - yikes!, right?)
Good luck! And congratulations to you both on your new babies!
Blessed mom (11.10) and wife (5.01-met/12.07-married). HI!
I've been a lot more proactive on the burping since she started getting fussy. I had also heard somewhere that breastfed babies shouldn't need burping. I'm trying burping over my shoulder as well as over my leg (on her belly). I'm pretty much grabbing onto anything taht people say works for them at this point.
Oversupply could be part of the issue. I've been block feeding and had to pump the off side to deal with engorgement. I got 5oz in 5 minutes flat. I'm sure she feels like she's drinking from the fire hose when she gets latched on.
try some probiotics for you and her. They sell a baby formula that you can dip a wet pinky into and let her suck on. Mercola.com has some info on infant gas/pain/colic and probiotics that is worth reading!
I just picked up Cocyntal (homeopathic remedy for gas, cramps, spasms) capsules.
I'll let you know how it goes. Poor baby has several episodes a day of gassy upset.
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My ds was awful about this. He had issues with wheat, but I also have a crazy oversupply. I found that letting him nurse while I was lying on my back helped a lot. Also, all my babies have appreciated being taken to the potty when they are like that. I actually usually let them go in the sink when they are tiny. I hold their legs up froggy style, with their back against my chest. They all seem so relieved in that position, and usually go relatively quickly. HTH.
"If you keep doing the same things you've always done, you'll keep getting the same results you've always gotten."
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and Gabriel, born 10-17-11. Ask me about cleft lip and palate!
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and Gabriel, born 10-17-11. Ask me about cleft lip and palate!
We've been having some of this, and I just did all of the following:
1. Put babe on his belly for a little while and rubbed his back (result: lots of farts)
2. Put him back on his back and massaged his tummy gently in clockwise motion (result: relaxed baby)
3. Held him with his back against my front, legs froggy up (result: big poop)
He is now totally chilled out next to me. Still not asleep (which is what I think he really needs) but at least he is calm!
I did step 3 with him in a diaper, but if this turns out to be a pattern, I'll probably take it off first to save on laundry.
almost irrational
This sounds like DD, too. Little ball of rage and sadness for gas/bm moments and also hiccupping. She gets hiccups so many times a day and they are fierce and she just hates them. I'll have to try the froggy position to help her relieve the discomfort.
Teacher until birth of DS (7-27-08)and now DD (10-17-11):, now SAHM, wife to my wonderful hard-working DH.
We're dealing with this with our little man too. He pulls up his legs and grunts and just screams... it's so sad. I call him my angry baby because he is either eating, sleeping, or screaming. I have an appointment for him with a chiropractor next week, we're willing to try anything at this point.
My doctor recommended Ovol gas drops and they have helped TONS. So much that we call them the magic drops. He seems to have a way easier time pooping and farting after we give him them.
Married to an awesome dh for 5 years. Sweetpea, our honeymoon baby! (06/07), Little man (04/09), and our newest little guy (10/11).
So, it seems that Calliope may have a lip tie.. I need to make an appt with our PCP.
Nicole Busy with my two boys. The 'big boy' too. Oh, and a sweet baby girl, born at home in October.
Malcolm definitely has his moments like this, too. Sometimes he has no issue at all - calm as can be, maybe even in his sleep! - just BAM, poopin' time! Other times he's sound asleep, and suddenly wakes up with a high-pitched shriek, and I know he's hurting. And there's the in-between, where he *wants* to sleep, but the gas or burps or whatever is just uncomfortable enough to keep him from it for hours on end, and he's fussy and squirmy the whole entire time. I tried gripe water about a week or so ago when it seemed particularly bad - and it would immediately calm him down, because it's yummy sugar water, after all. But then we were getting green, stinky poops. I think I don't like that solution after all... temporary relief (I don't think it really solved his issues, just calmed him down for a little bit) but obvious upset to the gut system at the same time.
I like the ideas on the thread, here. I'm always at a bit of a loss about what to do when he needs to calm down, and I've done some of this, but have never tried froggy-style with his back to my belly. Putting on the to-do list. :)
SAHM to Melinda (Oct '03), Jacob (Aug '05), Alex (Apr '08), and Malcolm (Sept 29, '11)
DS started having the same problem when he was a few weeks old. Lucky for me, it was easy to figure out the cause. I was dairy-free at the time, but he was born a month before Christmas and I had been cheating and eating desserts with dairy in them around the holidays. As soon as I stopped with the dairy, he was fine.
Yup, ball of rage & sadness over here, too. The thing that seems to work for her (after other things have failed) is to sort of sit her upright, put a hand on her stomach, and then bend her forward. Results in lots of grunting and farts, sometimes poo.
burping her facedown seems to be helping. She's a bit more peaceful today. I ordered a baby bjorn little potty off amazon today so I can start up some EC and see if that helps too. Glad to see we're not alone with this issue, and hope for peaceful bellies for all the babies.
daily baby massage with oil before bath, w attention to clockwise belly rub, bicycle/froggy legs is helpful too
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Executives on Campus: Richard Parsons
A "Class Act": The BCAA Donates $100,000
Exercising Her Options: Entrepreneur Justinia Holiat (MSEd '06)
We welcome your submissions! Contact: Office of Alumni Relations, Baruch College/CUNY, One Bernard Baruch Way,
Box A-1603, New York, NY 10010-5585. Or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
41 Abraham R. Baum (MBA '61) is a board officer of the New York chapter
the Institute for Management Accountants. Irving Silverman resides in Tucson, Ariz., in the winter and Bernard, Me., in the summer. In Maine he is licensed to perform marriage ceremonies in his Mt. Desert Private Lighthouse Wedding Chapel.
42 Melvin Zuckerman, who lives
in Manhattan, has fond memories of the
lifelong friends he made as a member of the campus organization Prospice &
Lavender, including Irving Adler, the late Irving Blank, Sydney Chalofsky, Murray Glaser, Herb Gruber, the late Vic Grossman, and Alvin Schwartz. For over 50 years, they and their wives all met for dinner the first Saturday of every month.
43 Ed Kanner retired last year after 50 years in business, including positions
as COO of Avnet, group VP of Leviton Manufacturing, and president of American Insulated Wire and Pacific Electric Cord. He has been married to Penny Penenberg ('45) for 62 years.
45 A research scholar in the graduate division of women's studies at UCLA,
Penny Penenberg recently endowed a classroom and several prizes for women's
studies at Baruch. She is currently working on her latest publication, "British Women
in World War I at the Fronts in Europe." She has served as the president of several professional organizations, including the Western Association of Women Historians.
48 In February Sidney Kess was honored by Baruch College for his outstanding contributions to the field of taxation. Executives from major accounting firms were present at the ceremony, after which Kess addressed Baruch's current taxation students. An author and lecturer, Kess is chairman of the advisory board of Tax Hotline and has edited a column for the New York Law Journal for the past 34 years.
52 Gerald J. (Gerry) Hahn, retired manager of statistics, GE Corporate Research and Development, was awarded the 2006 George Box Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Industrial Statistics by the European Network of Industrial and Business Statistics at a ceremony in Wroclaw, Poland. His tentatively titled book, Statistics for Better Products and Services, co-written with Necip Doganaksoy, will
be published by Wiley in 2008. Hahn and his wife, Bea, live in Schenectady, N.Y.
56 In November Frank J. Borelli was named inaugural inductee into the Financial Executives International (FEI) Hall of Fame. The former FEI chair and retired CFO
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57 In October author Allen Brayer (whose book Hiding in Death's Shadow: How
I Survived the Holocaust was featured in the summer 2006 issue of BCAM) was a
guest speaker in Professor Debra Popkin's Great Works of Literature II class at Baruch. In May 2006, Rear Admiral Robert Rosen (MBA '60) participated in a ceremony for the family of Chief Watertender Peter Tomich aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise in Split, Croatia. Tomich was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 for his heroism aboard the U.S.S. Iowa at Pearl Harbor. Until recently, the U.S. Navy had been unable to locate a family member to receive it.
60 Blossom Heide is retired and living in Pocono Summit, Penn.
64 Leigh Abrams, president and CEO of Drew Industries, was the keynote
speaker at Baruch's Student Leadership Weekend in upstate New York in October. Robert Brooks, a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, has co-authored several books, including Raising Resilient Children and The Power of Resilience: Achieving Balance, Confidence, and Personal Strength in Your Life.
After several years as a corporate controller and director of human resources for a hospitality company, Henry Goldhammer is semi-retired and working as a teacher assistant in the special education department of Clearwater (Fla.) High School. Jeremiah Healy has been appointed CFO of the LGL Group, Inc. He has over 40
years of experience in corporate finance and accounting in a variety of industries.
65 "I'm glad to be home again," says Jeff Danowitz, who has just started in a
staff position in the Office of Communications and Marketing at Baruch College.
He's amazed at the vitality still present from when he first came here and that he
found again as an adjunct professor of marketing in 1983–84. He has been president
of three direct marketing clubs (Florida, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and New York),
chaired the Business-to-Business Council for the national Direct Marketing Association, and worked with clients at BBDO. In October Roger Hertog, director and vice chairman of the AllianceBernstein Corporation, donated $1 million to increase the number of undergraduate honors scholars at Baruch. It is the largest gift in the history of the College's Honors Program. In January Hertog, who is part owner of the New York Sun newspaper and The New Republic magazine, was elected chairman of the board of trustees of the New York Historical Society. He also serves on the boards of the Manhattan Institute, the New York Public Library, and the Shalem Center.
66 William Macaulay has donated $30 million, the largest gift in the history
of CUNY, for the purchase of the Steinhardt Building, which will become the permanent home of CUNY's Macaulay Honors College. Macaulay, chairman and
CEO of First Reserve Corporation, was recently inducted into the Baruch chapter of
the Golden Key International Honour Society as an honorary member. In March First Reserve was honored as Money Management Letter's Alternative Manager of the Year at a gala dinner in Las Vegas.
67 In September Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., appointed Jack Kaye, CPA,
to the company's board of directors. He had been a partner at Deloitte & Touche,
LLP, from 1978 to May 2006 and is currently active in several charitable organiza-
tions. Real estate broker Lowell Levine is owner of Lowell International Realty in
Palm Beach, Fla. Michael I. Roth was elected to the board of the National Center
on Addiction and Substance Abuse. He currently serves as chair and CEO of the Interpublic Group.
68 Hank Wasiak (MBA), co-founder and director of the Concept Farm, a New York–based creative development company, was a speaker at the Human Capital Summit in Arizona in March. An Emmy-nominated executive producer for television, Wasiak is the co-author of Change the Way You See Everything (Running Press).
69 Richard A. Leotta (MPA '73) is legal assistant to a Supreme Court judge in Brooklyn. Marketing manager Alan Sadovnick, who lives in Congers, N.Y., recently celebrated the marriage of his daughter.
71 Robert Hutchinson (MBA) has been appointed VP of Dornoch Holdings LLC. Previously, he worked for the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Lawrence R. Oring (MBA) has been designated Chartered Advisor for Senior Living by the American College in Bryn Mawr, Penn.
72 Yolene Legrand's painting Pier A Battery Park won the Elaine & James Hewitt Memorial Award in Oils at the Audubon Artists Juried Annuals, held at the Salmagundi Club in New York City last fall.
73 Sal Muto is president of Allied International Sales; he plans to retire to Palm Beach, Fla. Barry E. Rabinowitz has joined Keats, Connelly and Associates, Inc., in West Palm Beach, Fla., as a staff planner. Paul Zielinski joined the staff of the Port
of Palm Beach District last summer as director of finance.
74 George J. Amantas joined Columbia Bank as SVP/treasurer. A banker for over 30 years, he previously served as SVP and treasurer for Hudson United Bank.
75 In September Len Eisenstein (MBA) was appointed senior VP of sales for the Americas at Proxim Wireless Corp., a subsidiary of Terebeam, Inc. Most recently, he was VP of worldwide sales for IP Infusion, a provider of network software for enhanced IP service platforms. In February Shoshana and Baruch Halpern (MBA) were honored at the Chai Lifeline Southeast's annual Make-A-Difference Gala in Miami. The couple received the organization's Chai Heritage Award.
77 CPA Art Gurwitz (MBA) is executive director at Proskauer Rose LLP. Real estate attorney Richard Leibman (MBA) joined the real estate group in the New York office of Andrews Kurth.
78 Martin F. Baumann (MBA) has joined the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's Office of Research and Analysis as deputy director. In a 2006
piece published in The Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, CPA
Harold Gellis (MBA) was recognized as the fifth-most prolific writer of systems research articles in the U.S. from 1985 to 2000. Gellis is a professor in the Department of Accounting and Business at York College, CUNY. Gwen Garrett Joly has been a teacher with the New York Department of Education for 29 years. She has an 11-year-old daughter, Lauren.
79 Abe Borenstein has joined First Republic Securities Company, LLC, a subsidiary of First Republic Bank, as managing director. Previously, he was first VP
at Ryan Beck Inc. Sylvia Csuros Clark is associate professor of marketing at Saint John's University's Tobin College of Business, on Staten Island. Richard L. DiNardo's book Germany's Panzer Arm in World War II was recently reprinted in paperback (Stackpole Books). Isles, Inc., a nonprofit community and development and environmental organization, has hired Donna Kates (MBA) as VP for finance. Previously, she was CFO of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
80 Cathy Avgiris is senior VP and general manager of Comcast Voice Services;
she joined the company in 1992 and advanced through several positions in cable operations and high-speed Internet before taking over the Voice Services Group in 2005. Obnes Cherilus is an auditor for the U.S. Army. Ronald Copeland is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation counselor in Lancaster, Penn. Peter Gomori (MBA) is a professor of management at St. Francis College in Brooklyn. American Jewish University President Robert Wexler (MBA) lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Hana. They have a son and three daughters. Formerly the University of Judaism, the school changed its name after a recent merger with the Brandeis-Bardin Institute. Wexler has taught there since the early 1980s.
81 For the past nine years, Raul Dabalsa (MBA) has been the New York–based international VP at Tiffany & Company and Tourneau Inc. Dennis Farrell (MBA) has joined Morgan Stanley as executive director of the credit products group. He was previously managing director with Moody's Investors Service. FBR Capital Markets Corporation has named James A. Gargiulo senior VP, chief human capital officer.
Most recently, he was VP of human resources at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. Anthony Magliove is president of Wellness MWD, which specializes in motivational seminars with an emphasis on spiritual, emotional, and physical growth.
82 Gloria Feliciano is senior VP of human resources at the marketing firm GFK. Retired from his job as assistant to the chief of voter registration for Fulton County, Ga., Charles E.N. Liverpool is a full-time volunteer with the nonprofit DESKAN Institute and Training, Inc. The Atlanta-based organization provides aid to needy families in the form of food, clothing, and counseling and is involved in delivering health education to groups at risk for HIV/AIDS. Liverpool has also published three books of poetry and personal essays. He is currently working on Silent Waters: Guyana's Great Flood, 2005.
83 Michael Day was named CFO for AAA of Northern California, Nevada, and Utah, the second-largest AAA affiliate, with more than 4 million members. He was most recently a financial consultant with Africast Global Media in New York. Community National Bank has named Brian Handler VP of residential lending. Previously, he worked as mortgage operations manager at the United Nations Federal Credit Union, AVP/mortgage manager at Yonkers Savings & Loan, and AVP/senior underwriter at Dime Savings Bank. James Lam, president of James Lam and Associates and author of Enterprise Risk Management, was named one of the 100
Most Influential People in Finance for 2006 by Risk and Finance magazine. Eugene O'Byrne and Brenda Russo celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in September. After 35 years as a firefighter, O'Byrne became an accountant. He currently teaches senior citizens tax preparation and computer use. The couple lives on Staten Island
and has four children and seven grandchildren.
85 Po Sit is a member of Davis Polk & Wardwell's tax department. He joined the firm in 1985 and became a partner in 1995.
87 James E. Smith Jr. (MPA) has been named budget director of the city of Oakland, Calif. Previously, he was budget director for the city of Riverside.
88 In August Amy (Prebesh) Posner joined the Marketing Consortium as advertising account supervisor. She has 18 years of experience with several New York–based advertising/marketing agencies. Peter Sfoglia (MBA) has been appointed VP of strategic accounts for Archer Technologies, a provider of enterprise risk and compliance management solutions. Sfoglia has over 20 years of consulting experience with such companies as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and Accenture. In December Erica (Abeles) Weiser joined DeSanto Realty Group as director of sales and marketing. Previously, she was senior VP for NNN Capital Corp.
89 Eric Abbey was hired by Poap Corp., a subsidiary of Accoona Corp. based in Jersey City, as VP of insurance broker compliance. He is also an associate agent at the Keats Agency in Floral Park, N.Y. Sandra E. Baird is northeast region staff manager for field training for Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group. She is based in Newark, N.J.
90 In September Bridgette Bowie was promoted to VP and controller of Carver Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank. Previously VP and deputy controller, she joined the company in 2002. Jeanmarie Davis (MBA) was promoted from VP to senior VP in the Bank Supervision Group of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York. She joined the bank in 1985 as an application analyst.
91 Howard
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allclassweddings.com, and
sensibleparties.com) catering to wedding planning.
He lives in Glen Rock, N.J., with his wife and child.
92 Kim Hardwick was named
English department high school/middle school
curriculum coordinator of the Garden City (N.Y.) School District.
93 Retired as Business Teacher of the Year from New York's Department of Education, Cora D. Dix-Austin (MSEd) serves as president of the Lindsay Park Housing Corp. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) has named Daphne Leroy director of marketing and communications. Previously, she worked at CBS Corporation and Viacom, Inc., where she was manager of the global initiative on HIV/AIDS within corporate relations, office of the chairman.
95 Forensic auditor Marc Benson was appointed managing director
of Daylight Forensic & Advisory LLC, an
independent fraud risk management and investigative consulting firm. Benson previously served as the director of forensic accounting for
CA (formerly Computer Associates, Inc.). In addition to running his own computer-
programming consulting business, Robert Gavila is publishing a comic book under
the banner of Crossover Comics. Taneshia Nash Laird was appointed executive director of the Trenton (N.J.) Downtown Association in October. She most recently served as director of the Division of Economic Development for the City of Trenton. James P. Loughlin has joined Cushman & Wakefield as director of brokerage services, responsible for management of its Long Island office. He most recently worked as research manager for CB Richard Ellis. Penny Varana and her volunteer work with the Salvation Army were the subject of a December piece in San Francisco Downtown magazine.
96 Ajibola Fadahunsi married fiancée Amaka Tagbo last December at a waterfront ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria. They met while pursuing graduate degrees at Dartmouth University—he at the Tuck School of Business, and she at the Medical School. In October Sifa M. Fairclough was married to Kevin R.L. Hanson in Woodbury, N.Y. She is national account director at Uniworld Group, Inc., and he is co-founder and CEO of DK Stock, Inc.
97 Marcela Katz Armoza (MPA) was appointed VP of student affairs and enrollment at CUNY's New York City College of Technology. She had been serving
as acting VP. Before that, she was dean of enrollment management and director of the college's SEEK program. In March Terry Tsao (MBA) was named president of SEMI Southeast Asia, where he is responsible for the company's programs, products, and services in Singapore and Taiwan. Previously, he was managing director of International Data Corporation in Taiwan.
98 In February the United States Tennis Association named Rita Garza (MPA) director of public relations, Pro Tennis. Prior to joining the USTA, she was VP of cultural health initiatives of the American Heart Association. Garza has played competitive tennis throughout her 20-year public relations career. Oscar Onyema (MBA) is SVP and chief administrative officer of the American Stock Exchange. Adine Schuman is director of development at Engender Health.
99 Alejandra Ceja (MPA) has joined the staff of Rep. George Miller (D-Calif) as
a senior budget and appropriations analyst in his Education and Labor Committee.
She previously was a program examiner in the Office of Management and Budget. Filmmaker Tarik Cherkoui's 1999 animated short, Saadia: A Moroccan Woman in
the Resistance, was screened at Baruch in March as part of Women's History Month. The film was shown at the Human Rights Film Festival and won a gold plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival. Joshua M. Swade is president and CEO of
Young American Recordings, a record label he co-founded in 2004. The label's acts include British band South, New York's Orange Park, producer collective Steal
Union, and '80s dance-rock outfit APB.
00 In February John Cosenza (CPA) and Sarah Lilioa were married in Metuchen, N.J., where they reside. He is a senior auditor with Miller, Ellin & Co. in New York; she is a social worker with the Belleville Public Schools. George W. Hewlett High School in Hewlett, N.Y., has named David Gutmann (MSEd) principal. Most recently, he served as assistant principal of Roslyn High School. Phyllis Lloyd Hall and her husband, Rory, celebrated the birth of their son, Jair Arthur, in November. Florida Kallashi works in chemical research for Merck & Co. in Rahway, N.J. In March Jay Landauer was promoted to VP of Union Capital Corporation, a New York–based private equity firm. He has been an associate with the company since
2004. A clinical coordinator at the Astor Home for Children, Cecilia Rembert
received her PhD in psychology in 2006. Jonathan Yee recently opened Incredi,
an Asian fusion restaurant located at 363 Third Avenue in Manhattan.
01 Anna Dziekan is an AVP, prime brokerage, at Merrill Lynch. Jason Hubschman (MBA) has joined the product management team of DWS Scudder, a division of Deutsche Asset Management. He was previously VP of structuring and transaction management for private investor products (North America) at ABN
AMRO. In October landscape architect Anna Papageorge (MBA) was named VP
of the division of facilities and real estate services at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was senior VP and memorial design director for the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., managing the World Trade Center Memorial project.
02 Lisa L. James is a marketing specialist with the Grow Network, McGraw-Hill.
03 Jenson Abraham and Cindy Thomas were married in September at
Haddonfield United Methodist Church in Haddonfield, N.J. He is a securities analyst
for Wells Fargo in Columbia, Md., and she is a financial analyst for the Hay Group in Philadelphia. Patricia L. Caines (MPA) has accepted the position of project officer
at Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Center to Advance Palliative Care. She will
focus on developing Web-based distance learning initiatives and expanding audio conference offerings, among other special projects. Ron Goldman and Ralph Vacca are co-founders of Kognito, a leadership-training software company that placed third
in the 2003 Baruch College and Merrill Lynch IPO® Challenge. Kognito currently has 10 employees, and its clients include corporations, schools, and government agencies. The company was featured in a November article in the Village Voice on student entrepreneurs. Keith Hor was appointed CFO of Diguang International Development Co., Ltd., a China-based manufacturer of backlights for the LCD display industry. Previously, he was the company's controller.
04 In November the Halachic Organ Donor Society, founded by Robby Berman (MBA), held a two-day conference on Jewish law and organ donation at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. The symposium, which included rabbis from several countries, was the subject of an article in the New York Times. Amy Duschenchuk (MSEd) and Adam Greenstein were married in September at the Milleridge Cottage in Jericho, N.Y. She is assistant dean of enrollment at Columbia University School of Nursing, and he is an attorney for the New York City Transit Authority. Harris A. Kaplan (MPA) and his wife, Karina, welcomed their first child, David Miles, in November. Kaplan is a project manager in the Operations Division of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Leslie Martinez is the coordinator of the sleepover program at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. She began working at the museum in 2001 as a part-time membership assistant while attending Baruch. Cheryl Rasmussen is a senior reports analyst, statistics, at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
05 A commercial insurance manager with Holcam Associates, Nahreyah Ball
offers custom-packaged business owners' insurance. She is based in White Plains,
N.Y., and can be reached at email@example.com. Kinshasa Best has joined the Office of College Advancement at Baruch as a campaign development assistant. Previously, she was a conference planner with Simmons Boardman Publishing. In October Christopher Brandon Doyle and Lauren Michelle Silk were married at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City. He is a project manager for Moody's Investors Service; she is an administrative assistant for Spears Grisanti & Brown, an investment management firm. Rebecca Haggerty and Mark Patrick Williams were married in September at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. She is a fundraising specialist at the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution, and he is an associate specializing in land use and environmental law at McManimon & Scotland. Angela Hae Jin Kong and Scott David Miller were married in September at the Puck Building in New York. She is an actress/model, and he is a patent attorney. Last spring Teri Maiorca (MA) was hired as VP for communications at the Foundation Center, a national nonprofit information and research center dedicated to advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy. Previously, she was director of marketing in the Office of Communications and Marketing at Baruch. She is a choir member at Marble Collegiate Church and occasionally performs in cabaret and musical theatre.
06 Komal Jadhwani (MA) and Angad Rajpal were married in Mumbai, India, in December. She most recently worked as a communications consultant for the Ballentine Investment Institute at Syracuse University. Anna Namakula is an account administrator for Great-West in New York City.


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As one of the most visible components of the police department, Public Safety Officers have frequent interaction with the public. Their public relations skills extend from assisting tour groups in the libraries and museums to providing directions and information to students, faculty, staff, and visitors to the campus.
The daily responsibilities of the guard force include the patrol of the Parking Lots around campus as well as the staffing of fixed posts. Here they are responsible for the prevention of theft and damage to university and personal property.
Their contribution to the success of law enforcement efforts on the campus is unquestionable. They carry no weapons and have no police arrest authority, but their observation skills and subsequent reports of suspicious activity often lead to the apprehension of violators.
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- 18 years of age or older
- Criminal record free of felony convictions, good credit, stable employment history
- Valid driver's license
- Read, write, and speak English
- Able to operate a hand-held radio
- Good physical condition, able to walk and/or stand for long periods of time
- Acceptable driving record and eligible to operate a university-owned vehicle in accordance with UTS 157
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Changing group road ride behavior
March 18, 2014
By Richard Fries
"We have met the enemy and he is us." --Walt Kelly, Pogo
When I helped pro cyclist Tim Johnson develop the first Ride on Washington in 2011, I figured we would be raising funds and awareness for PeopleForBikes while engaging elite athletes to support advocacy. That seemed like enough, right?
I also thought I could have an amazing five-day ride.
Turned out the "amazing ride" part would, in my opinion, ultimately provide a greater legacy for Tim, this ride, and this writer. Indeed, the funds and awareness are critical. But the "amazing" part of the ride is not how far or fast it rolls (both of which are amazing). In addition to changing why we ride, this ride has changed how we ride.
Tim Johnson brought to dozens of regionally influential road cyclists perhaps the most impactful lessons ever taught to enthusiast road cyclists of all types: How to ride as a group with traffic.
The merits of the bicycle are self-evident for public health, the environment, energy conservation, public safety, and quality of life. And during the past 30 years bicycle advocates have been able to use those merits to increase public funding for improved bicycle facilities and programs. This has been done at the local, state and federal level.
But when budgetary push comes to budgetary shove bicycle funding becomes an easy target to cut. Why? Because while most political leaders will give quiet support for bicycling projects, very few are willing to truly champion the bicycle and risk aggravating voters. While most Americans like bicycles, too many have come to dislike bicyclists.
I quote Walt Kelly's famous line from the comic strip, Pogo: "We have met the enemy and he is us."
An organized group ride riding two abreast (Image: Jamie Kripke)
The average American's exposure to bicyclists is not a good experience. One of the most aggravating experiences for motorists is encountering a group ride.
It seems like the number of bicyclists, both competitive and recreational, has grown tenfold if not more in the 30-plus years I've been riding. But the conduct of group rides has devolved into a curious roadway Darwinism, where zeal, fitness and narcissism swirl together to create roadway behavior that is dangerous, hostile and inconsiderate. This is largely due to poor leadership or no leadership.
The Wednesday club ride, with riders sprinting for town lines, attacking curb to curb, fanning out on climbs, diving through corners, is far more than dangerous: it's rude. Frankly I'm stunned that bicycle shops will often host such rides and put their names on the backs of such clubs.
This type of large, unruly group ride often does a disservice to bicycling as a whole (Image: 303Cycling)
The rising popularity of charity bike rides, which accounts for one out of six dollars generated for the American bike industry, has complicated matters. Hundreds of thousands of newly baptized bicyclists are pouring on to the roadways with a lot of information on fitness and equipment and clothing…but zero appropriate instruction on how to ride in, or as, a group. And this poor instruction happens not only on the day of the big ride, but on their weekend training sessions. Emboldened with a sense of mission, many of these riders add to the roadside tension.
We get what we tolerate.
Here's my confession. With more than 30 years of experience racing, riding, training and commuting, I sort of thought I had it down.
Tim, working with some legendary supporters as Kevin Wolfson and Pete Webber, run this ride with amazing effective mechanisms for riding safely, with courtesy for all road users, and with consideration for all riders. There are no swarms of riders at the intersections. There are no riders out by the center line. There are no red lights blown. But the ride also rips along, with an average speed of 17.5 mph for 530 miles. There are sustained sessions for impressive distances at 26 mph.
Ride leader Pete Webber explaining to new riders how to be efficient and courteous while riding in a large group. (Image: Jamie Kripke)
What's different? The entire orientation of this ride is not with how the individual rides but how the group rides. At the conclusion, all participants are stunned by how pleasant and exciting this system works.
I have since used this system to organize regular group rides for everything from beginners on corporate charity rides to seasoned racers on our weekend speed sessions. We ride 2x2, stay 2x2 when we stop, put the tough guys in the back instead of the front, the weak guys are moved up, and we go easy when it's hard and hard when it's easy.
While this is a condensed version on the system and its outcomes, I cannot begin to tell you how this ride, by re-training the alpha cyclists in each region, can revolutionize the perception of bicycling in America. Until our large group rides and club rides are conducted in such a manner, we will struggle to receive mainstream public support for our advocacy efforts.
How do I know this?
Go on a group ride in the Netherlands or Denmark or Germany, those places we view as the models of bicycle transit. You will find yourself strictly governed by the patron of each ride on what will and will not be tolerated. I discovered this riding in the Limburg province of the Netherlands with a massive group that included Hennie Kuiper and Jan Janssen, both of whom had been professional world road champions. The group rode with vigor and speed, but stayed tight to the right in double file that did not impede automotive traffic.
Last time I checked, those Dutch guys have some good bike infrastructure. So if you want good stuff for kids and families and commuters, try to organize your group ride, large or small, like Tim's ride. All it takes is one person speaking up to change how an entire group behaves. It seems like a little, but in the long run it can do bicycling a whole lot of good.
Stopping at red lights: a must. (Image: Jamie Kripke)
If you happen to live in Chicago, join us in actually experiencing Tim's ride as the Ride on Chicago rolls into downtown on June 2. The full itinerary will be announced soon, but check out RideOnChicago.org for basic dates and details.
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Last month, the global internet audience surpassed 1 billion, according to comScore. Asia-Pacific leads the pack at 41 percent share with Europe coming in at second at 28%.
Broken down by country, China is in the lead, with USA in second:
And here are the top sites:
"Surpassing one billion global users is a significant landmark in the history of the Internet," said Magid Abraham, President and Chief Executive Officer, comScore, Inc. "It is a monument to the increasingly unified global community in which we live and reminds us that the world truly is becoming more flat. The second billion will be online before we know it, and the third billion will arrive even faster than that, until we have a truly global network of interconnected people and ideas that transcend borders and cultural boundaries."
It's still amazing to me that 5 billion people are not using the internet, despite my travels to underdeveloped areas of the world. I wonder just how quickly that second billion will get online. What say you? Leave a comment about your thoughts on reaching this milestone.
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A CHILDREN'S play area had to be evacuated last night after smoke was seen coming from a light fitting.
Firefighters from Blackburn and Darwen fire stations were called to Oakenhurst Farm pub in Lower Darwen at 7.15pm.
Luckily, nothing caught fire and the pub did not have to close but children were told to leave the indoor soft play area.
A firefighter from Blackburn station said: "It was nothing too serious.
"Staff noticed smoke coming from a light fitting and did the right thing by calling us.
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Can anyone advise me about the implications / consequences of a factory reset? This is something BT have advised me to do in order to sort out the problems I'm having with the recent upgrade.
I realise that I will lose my recordings and series settings. I had the BT Vision box delivered in August 2010, so I suspect everything will roll back to around that date. In particular will it reinstall the 'old' software? If so will I be in a position to stop it from installing the new upgrade, the thing I'm having problems with?
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Nicki Minaj Makes Controversial Move, Now Apologizes
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Rappers make stupid moves sometimes...okay a lot. But some rappers need to be a little more sensitive when using icons as album artwork or use their names in songs. Look how much flack Lil Wayne got for mentioning Emmett Till in a song. Well now, Nicki Minaj is catching it for her choice to use a picture of Malcolm X for her single "Lookin Ass N*#$a," according to USA Today. Damn Nicki! And it's Black History Month. Well she has since apologized after people criticized her decision to use the picture of Malcolm that was originally used for Ebony magazine in 1964. She posted a screenshot from the video Thursday Instagram along with a lengthy caption in which she apologizes to "the Malcolm X estate if the meaning of the photo was misconstrued." She continued saying the pciture was never the official artwork nor is this an official single. This is a conversation. Not a single" Although the song will be on her upcoming "The Pink Print" album.


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Vale Close To Agreeing Share In Amazon Dam: Source
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Author: Leonardo Goy
Brazilian mining giant Vale is close to joining the consortium that will build the controversial $17 billion Belo Monte dam in the Amazon region, a source in the group told Reuters on Monday.
Vale is likely to take over the 9 percent stake in the project that had been held by an energy subsidiary of meat-packing firm Bertin that announced its withdrawal from the project in February, the source said.
"The deal should be finished within 30 days," the source from the Norte Energia consortium said.
A spokesperson for Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer, said the company was still analyzing the project and had no further comment.
Vale appointed Murilo Ferreira this month as its new chief executive to replace Roger Agnelli, whose relationship with the government soured as politicians said the company does not do enough to invest in Brazil.
Vale is expected to gain the right to use a share of the anticipated 11,200 megawatts of power that Belo Monte will produce, making it the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam. The mining firm had been part of another consortium that lost out in the auction for the project a year ago.
The Brazilian government's decision to go ahead with the dam's construction has sparked protests in Brazil and abroad over the massive project's impact on the environment and native Indian tribes in the forest region.
The Norte Energia consortium building the dam is led by Brazilian state-controlled power utility Eletrobras.
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My Semicolon Life: Cancer's loaded questions
When USA TODAY's Nashville music critic Brian Mansfield was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 48, he figured that a lifetime of Southern-fried foods, extra-large sodas and stress eating on deadline had brought it on. Turned out he had a genetic syndrome that gave him an 80% chance of developing colon cancer. He'll chronicle his life with the disease - and with only a small part of his colon - in a series of weekly installments.
Cancer changes everything, even answers to simple questions.
STORY: Read last week's installment of 'My Semicolon Life'
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MORE: "Music that makes me want to live, volume 2" playlist on Spotify
"How're you doing?"
In the days following my diagnosis, answering an innocuous greeting suddenly became complicated. Should I make people feel awkward, or should I lie to them? I didn't want to blindside someone just for being polite. At the same time, I wasn't keeping my cancer a secret, so I didn't want to brush off the question with "Fine," only to have that person learn the news from someone else. I'd be furious if a friend did that to me.
Ultimately, I settled on two approaches: I sucker-punched my friends; everybody else got a noncommittal shoulder shrug followed by "Eh, you know." In other words, "I'm hiding something, but if you really want to know, I'll tell you." That seemed less brusque than one publicist's suggestion: "Let's move on to the next question."
My wife and I decided to roll out the news in stages. My parents, my USA TODAY editor and Nancy's boss got calls between doctor's visits that Friday. So did a colleague who had experienced a recurring cough while I was having my digestive problems. We had joked that we probably both had cancer.
"Did you have cancer?" I asked with forced cheeriness. " 'Cause I do!"
She didn't think that was nearly as funny as I did.
The calls to family and friends continued through the weekend. On Sunday, my preacher coincidentally mentioned me, by name, and colon cancer during the first two minutes of his sermon, so we let him know, along with our Sunday-school class.
Repeating the story again and again made it feel less real, more like good gossip. And people were riveted, wanting to hear more — that kind of audience is like crack for a storyteller.
They asked questions, but I didn't have good answers for most of them. No, I didn't know when my surgery would be. No, I didn't know what stage I was, though comparing the results of my CT scan to information at the National Cancer Institute website suggested 3A or 3B — a tumor in the colon wall or perhaps just beyond it, with some lymph nodes but probably no other organs affected. No, I didn't need anything yet.
After all, I felt fine. The Prilosec recommended by my gastroenterologist had taken care of the heartburn, gassiness and bloated feeling that had sent me to him in the first place. I felt great. I just had cancer. I wouldn't start feeling bad until somebody took the cancer out.
Almost no one knew what to ask. But my journalist friend Tom Roland did.
"When does the hard part come for you?"
That was exactly what I had wanted to tell someone, even though I couldn't have verbalized the question myself. The diagnosis itself hadn't shaken me, like it does some people. For me, the monster in the closet was the prospect of chemo, when I knew I'd feel bad, maybe look worse, and might or might not be able to keep working. And that was still a couple of months down the road.
(Every cancer patient will have a different answer, but the question's good for any of them. If someone you know gets the diagnosis and you don't know what to ask but want to look like you do, start there.)
Nancy and I kept a list of people we wanted to call before we took the news to Facebook and Twitter. That list kept getting longer, but my enthusiasm for the task grew shorter. Eventually, I cut off the list at People Who'll Get Really Ticked If They Hear From Somebody Else.
And then there were the kids.
We've got four — the boys, 20 and 18, the girls, 10 and 8. The oldest, Nick, was away for the weekend; we waited till he got back to tell him. And the girls had gone to a baseball game with our next-door neighbors that Friday.
Zach, our 18-year-old, had taken enough anatomy classes in high school that he knew what questions to ask. Yes, there'd been a polyp. Yes, there'd been something else, too.
We told the girls on Saturday.
"Is it bone cancer?" asked 8-year-old Annalise. Don't know where that came from, but no. "Oh, thank goodness."
The 10-year-old, Gracelyn, the one who already keeps a calendar on the iPod Touch she bought herself by buying and selling used books, had a more practical line of questioning.
"Will it affect my trip to Beech Bend Park?" No. "Will it affect my trip to Holiday World?" No. "Will it affect my trip to New York?" Yes.
And that's when the tears came.
It's that trip to New York, more than anything else, that gets to me. I can get my head around the surgery and the treatment: I get cut, I get chemo, my hair falls out, I get better. Doesn't sound like much fun, but it's a plan.
But I can't figure out how to make New York happen, and this is a trip she's been planning since she was 4 years old.
We promised we'd take her when she was 10. We were going to Coney Island. We were going to the American Girl store. We were going to ride the Ferris wheel in Toys R Us, take a harbor cruise by the Statue of Liberty and see a Broadway play. And we were going to leave the day after what turned out to be my surgery date.
Maybe we can go during her fall or winter break from school. But that's a big maybe. Assuming the best, I'll be in the middle of chemotherapy. I don't yet know how often I'll have it, much less how I'll feel or what I'll be able to do. So I sure don't know how I'll manage a trip to New York.
But I will. One way or another, she's going to New York.
I can handle having cancer. I can handle the cracked fingers that come with chemotherapy. But I can't handle breaking a 6-year-old promise to a 10-year-old girl.
Music that makes me want to live
Cancer has changed the way I hear music, more than any other life event except my marriage. Songs I once appreciated only on a surface level now strike deep at the core of my soul. Some inspire me; some terrify me. Others that I might have liked before, I've got no use for now. I've also got more time to listen, whether it's during my morning exercise time or while lying in a hospital bed. These songs form part of the soundtrack to my cancer story.
1. Ghosts in Empty Houses, Jukebox the Ghost
2. Dreams, The Temper Trap
3. Brand New Kind of Blue, Gold Motel
4. Take Me Back, Mindy Smith
5. Recognize My Friend, Blues Traveler
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Spring Ain't HerePat Metheny/arr. Bob Curnow - Sierra Music Publications
Bob Curnow continues to add to his Pat Metheny Big Band Series with this wonderful light, laid-back, Latin/rock chart. It's easy to play, with limited ranges in the brass and a level of writing attractive even to a younger group. Beginning with the drums setting the groove in the intro, it transitions to the brass playing the melody with sax section punches, then a short sax soli, followed by full ensemble and a longer sax soli. The full ensemble closes it out. There is solo space for alto saxophone and trumpet/flugelhorn. Highly recommended!
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) likes over-the-top, inflammatory rhetoric. She likes it regardless of the veracity of her claim. She has a long history of utter disregard for the truth.
So it is no surprise that Bachmann claimed on the floor of the US House of Representatives that the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, will kill people. Check out her over-the-top gestures to go with her false and inflammatory rhetoric.
In a long diatribe against the law, Bachmann predicted that the American people will "pay more" and get less, before suggesting that the provisions of Obamacare will "literally" kill people:
BACHMANN: That's why we're here because we're saying let's repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens. Let's not do that. Let's love people, let's care about people. Let's repeal it now while we can.
While the main coverage expansion provisions will go into effect in 2014, the ACA has so far saved seniors over $6 billion on prescription drugs, reduced administrative overhead, deterred private insurers from requesting double digit premium increases, kept millions of young people on their parents' health care plans, and provided 34.1 million people with Medicare preventive services without additional cost-sharing.
Moments after calling for the complete repeal of a law that will extend health care coverage to 30 million Americans, Bachmann claimed that her belief in Christ inspires her to care "for the least of those who are in our midst." After she completed her remarks, fellow Republican Rep. Michael Burgess (TX) observed that the Minnesota Congresswoman "has a way of stating these things that none of us are capable of."
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Subject: [CRR] Obits From The Barbourville Mountain Advocate 17 Aug 2001
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 08:14:23 EDT
>From The Barbourville Mountain Advocate 17 Aug 2001
CARLES WAYNE MILLER, 48, of Norwood, Ohio, formerly of Kay Jay, passed away
Friday morning, August 10, 2001 at his home. He was a son of Nina Lois Lee
Miller and the late Shelby Hollis Miller, born on December 13, 1952 at Kay
Mr. Miller was a former welder with American Laundry Machinery Inc. Survivors
include his mother, Nina Miller of Norwood, Ohio; his special girlfriend, Deb
Bowman of Hamilton, Ohio; two children, William of Neville, Ohio and Shelby
of Norwood, Ohio; one brother, Jack Miller and wife Loria of Norwood; one
sister, Toni Haines and husband Mark of Milford, Ohio; four grandchildren,
Sierra, Cody, Kytonna and Willie; one niece, Jessica; three nephews, Josh,
Mark Jr. and Alex; among other loved ones and dear friends who mourn his
Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of the Knox Funeral Home
Monday, August 13, 2001 at 11 a.m. with Merita Thompson and Kevin Bain
officiating. Mr. Miller was laid to rest in the Lee Cemetery in Bell County.
Casketbearers were Kevin Bain, Terry Brewer, Charles Larry Henderson, Ronnie
Lee, John Pasternak and Arthur Schnabel. Honorary bearers were John
Donaldson, Gilbert Gray and Emmett Myers.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Knox Funeral Home.
BETTY SUE WILLIAMSON RUSSELL, 62, of Georgetown, Ohio, formerly of Knox
County, passed away Friday morning, August 10, 2001 at her daughter's home.
She was a daughter of the late Whitley and Mariah Hensley Williamson, born on
June 7, 1939 at Dewitt.
Ms. Russell was a retired marketing representative with the Cincinnati Bell
Telephone Company. She was a member of the Dewitt Baptist Church, the Eastern
Star and the Cincinnati Bell Pioneers. Ms. Russell was a Kentucky Colonel.
In January 1958, she united in marriage with Billy Ray Russell in Cincinnati,
Ohio and to this union one child was born. In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by three brothers, Leon, Bruce and Whitley Williamson
Jr.; one half sister, Minnie Davis and two half brothers, J. R. and Kermit
Williamson; and a special niece, Lou Ann Williamson.
Survivors include her daughter, Jennifer Gador and husband Rob of Georgetown,
Ohio; two sisters, Dora Patterson and husband Michael of Gillette, Wyo. and
Etta Campbell and husband Cecil of Heidrick; one brother, Ulyess Williamson
and wife Debbie of Newport; one half brother, Calvin Williamson and wife
Sheryl of Goshen, Ohio; two half sisters, Doxie Carnes and husband McCoy and
Lena Kinningham, all of Walker; three grandchildren, Cody, Mariah and
Christian Gador; the following special nephews and nieces, Tony Patterson,
Bruce Williamson, Brandon Williamson, Eric Williamson, Timmy Williams, Terry
Williamson, Tommy Williamson and Rodger Williamson, Melissa Patterson, Sherry
Bohl, Susie Williamson and Kimberly Fredrick; among other loved ones and dear
friends who mourn her passing.
Funeral services were conducted at the Highland Park Baptist Church Monday,
August 13, 2001 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Jimmy Elliott, the Rev. Jeffrey
Branum and the Rev. W. B. Bingham officiating. Ms. Russell was laid to rest
in the Doolin Cemetery at Heidrick. Casketbearers were Wilbur Bingham, Brent
Bingham, Larry Davis, Rex Carnes, Tony Patterson and Roger Deaton.
Expressions of sympathy may go to the American Cancer Society in loving
memory of Ms. Russell.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Knox Funeral Home.
CENIA BARGO, age 91, of Barbourville, formerly of Dewitt, Ky., was born on
April 23, 1910 in Knox County and passed away in the Heritage Nursing Home in
Corbin Friday, August 10, 2001. She was the widow of James Henry Bargo and
the daughter of the late John and Mahalia Epperson. Mrs. Bargo was a
homemaker and was a member of the Dewitt Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents and husband, she is also preceded in death by two
daughters, Pauline Bargo and Floria Carnes; one son, Charles Bargo; three
sister, Fora Jones, Sally Hubbard and Nancy Grambrel; two brothers, Richard
Epperson and Anthony Epperson, and one sister-in-law Elsie Epperson.
She is survived by five daughters, Zelma Mills of Cincinnati Ohio, Haley Mayo
of Dewitt, Ky., Dorothy Broughton and husband Bill of Ohio and Mary McDaries
of Corbin, Ky.; three sons, Clark Bargo of Gray, Ky., Leamon Bargo and wife
Tavia, Corbin, Ky. and Jim Bargo and wife Penny of Cincinnati, Ohio; three
sisters, Betty Wagner and husband Jesse of Bimble, Ky., Amanda Powell of
Barbourville, Ky. and Adia Towel of Bimble, Ky.; thirty four grandchildren,
66 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren, and a host of other
relatives and friends to mourn her passing.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cenia Bargo were conducted on Sunday, August 12,
2001, in the Hampton Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Earl Hammons and the
Rev. Don Farmer officiating. Mrs. Bargo was laid to rest in the Mudlick
Cemetery at Dewitt, Ky.
Hampton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements
SARAH SIZEMORE, age 90, fromerly of Mills, Ky, the daughter of the late Alex
and Clara Taylor Jackson, was born in Clay County Ky. on July 30, 1911 and
passed away in the Barbourville Nursing Home on Saturday, August 11, 2001.
She was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Clarence
Sizemore in 1991; two sons, Floyd and Elmer Mills; one daughter, Kathleen
Hopkins; four sisters, Liza Slusher, Allie Jackson, Thamie Jackson and Janie
Jackson, and six brothers, Matt, Johnny, Andrew, George, Clark and Isiah
Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs Phyllis Studebaker and husband Laurel,
Springfield, Ohio, Eunice Hildenbrand, Dayton, Ohio, Rachel Jones of
Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs Clarinda Lane and husband Will, Newport, Ky., Mrs. Rita
McIntosh and husband Gilbert, Verona , Ky., Mrs. Evelyn Smith and husband,
Richard, Barbourville, Ky. and Mrs. Oma Saylor and husband Finley, Flat Lick,
Ky.; four sons, Mr Allen Sizemore and wife, Shelia, Heidrick, Ky., Mr. Alex
Sizemore and wife Charlotte, Hamilton, Ohio, Mr. Francis Sizemore and wife
Donna, Mills, Ky, and Mr. Lewis Sizemore, Verona, Ky.; one sister, Mrs. Flora
Jackson, Barbourville, Ky.; 38 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and two
great great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of the Hampton Funeral Home on
Tuesday August 14, 2001, with the Rev. A.B. Smallwood and the Rev. Lester
Caudell officiating. Interment was in the Sizemore Cemetery at Mills, Ky.
Hampton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
BURCHELL SMITH, age 70, of Girdler, Ky., passed away Monday August 6, 2001 in
the Knox County Hospital. He was the husband of Cleo (Wombles) Smith and the
son of Rethy Smith and the late Arthur Smith, born to them on September 10,
1930 in Woollum, Ky. Mr Smith believed in the holiness faith.
He is preceded in death by his father, Arthur Smith, his first wife Louise (
Turner) Smith, three children and three brothers and Earl Smith, John Henry
Smith and Harold Smith.
He is survived by his wife, Cleo Smith of Girdler, Ky.; his mother Reathy
Smith, also of Girdler, Ky.; two daughters, Cathy Hubbard and husband Larry
of Bimble, Ky. and Debbie Smith of Knoxville, Tenn.; one son, Burchell Smith
Jr. and wife of Frankfort, Ky.; four step daughters, Mona Faye Wagers of
Trace Branch, Ky., Lillie Faye Smith of Girdler, Ky. and Rosie Jewell Wagers
and Belvie Wagers, both of Manchester, Ky.; a stepson, Blackie Smith of
Girdler, Ky.; three sisters, Artie Stacy of Jeffersonville, Ind., Alta Grubb
of Detroit, Mich. and Thelma Merida of Bimble, Ky.; three bothers, Billy
Smith of Bimble, Ky., Melvin Smith and Lewis Smith, both of Girdler, Ky. and
sister-in-law Jewell Smith of Warren, Mich.; six grandchildren, three great
grandchildren, ten step grandchildren, and nine step-great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mr. Burchell Smith were conducted in the Hampton Funeral
Home Chapel on Thursday, August 9, 2001 with Rev. Charles Eversole and Rev.
John Disney officiating. Burial was in the Hampton Cemetery at Girdler, Ky.
Hampton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
EVA D JONESEva D. Jones, age 77, of Flat Lick Ky., passed away Sunday, August
5, 2001 at her home. She was the widow of Clark Jones and the daughter of
John and Zella Broughton Doan, born to them on October 19, 1923 in Knox
County, Ky. Mrs. Jones was a homemaker and believed in the Baptist faith.
Her parents, John and Zella Doan, her husband Clark Jones, two sisters,
Bertha Bourque and Irene Rogers and one brother, William Doan all preceded
her in death.
She is survived by two daughters,Nora Hutton and husband Bennie of London,
Ky., and Vivian Gray and husband James of Sadieville, Ky.; three sons, Robert
Jones and Wife Missy of Naperville Ill.. Clark J. Jones of Flat Lick, Ky. and
Jesse Jones and Pamela also of Flat Lick, Ky.; 10 grandchildren and 15 great
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Jones were conducted on Friday, August 10, 2001
at the Hampton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sylvester Dunn officiating.
Burial was in Payne Cemetery at Bimble, Ky.
Hampton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Lewis Johnson
Mr. Lewis Johnson, 89, of Jarvis, passed away Thursday evening, August 9,
2001 in the Barbourville Nursing Home. He was a son of the late Henry and
Ella Trent Johnson, born on August 11, 1911 at Jarvis. Mr. Johnson was a
retired field representative with the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.
Following his retirement, he served two terms at Knox County Surveyor. He was
a member of the Callihan Baptist Church and Mountain Lodge #187 F & AM. As a
young man, he worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps.
On November 25, 1937, he united in marriage with Neva Elam in Knox County and
to this union four daughters were born. Later, on November 11, 1971, he
united in marriage with Una Mae Valentine Patterson in Vandalia, Ohio. In
additiion to his parents and first wife, he was preceded in death by three
brothers and one son-in-law.
Survivors include his wife, Una Johnson of Jarvis; four daughters, Ann
Johnson Keeter of Marietta, Ga., Patricia Johnson Halcomb and husband Dallas
Wayne of Elizabethtown, Mary Johnson Powers and husband Elmer of Flat Lick,
and Rena Johnson Rein and husband Richard of San Francisco, Calif.; three
stepchildren, C. R. Patterson and wife Betty of Dayton, Ohio, Myrna Patterson
Young and husband Herman of West Carrollton, Ohio, and Paul Patterson Jr. and
wife Kay of Centerville, Ohio; three sisters, Laura Callebs and Margaret
Engelbrecht, both of Tampa, Fla., and Jewell Nellis of Clarksville, Ind.; six
grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren, 11
step-great-grandchildren, among other loved ones and dear friends who mourn
his passing.
Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of the Knox Funeral Home
Sunday, August 12, 2001 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jeffrey Branum officiating.
Mr. Johnson was laid to rest in the Barbourville Cemetery. Expressions of
sympathy may go to the American Heart Association in loving memory of Mr.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Knox Funeral Home.
GEORGE "Ted" BAYS, 67, of Radcliff, Ky., passed away Saturday, August 11,
2001 at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. He is survived by
his daughter, Shiela Bays; a son, Billy Bays of Radcliff, Ky.; three sisters,
Edith Janacek, Chicago, Ill., Juanita Jasper, Radcliff, Ky., and Janie
Phipps, Radcliff; two brothers, Add Bays and Roscoe Bays, both of
Barbourville, and two grandchildren. Services were held August 14, 2001 at
Nelson-Edelen-Benntt Funeral Home, Radcliff, Ky., with the Rev. James Shaw
officiating. Interment was at North Hardin Memorial Gardens, Radcliff, Ky.
Arrangements were by Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home, Radcliff, Ky.
ALTA (Cole) EAGLE, age 80, of Cincinnati, Ohio, the beloved wife of Ralph E.
Eagle passed away Monday, August 6, 2001. She was the daughter of the late
Hudson and Maude Cole.
She is peceded in death by her parents, one son, Marvin Mills, and three
She is survived by her children, Ronnie Mills, Donna Renner and Ralph David
Eagle, all of Cincinnati, Ohio; six sisters, Cleadie Mills of Hammond, Ky.,
Geneda Gray of Barbourville, Ky., Emma Mills and husband Bill of Upland,
Calif. and Wilma Jean Withrow and husband Jerry of Four Oaks, N.C.; one
brother, Farris Cole and wife Lavina of Himyer, Ky.; nine grandchildren and
nine great grandchildren.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Alta Eagle were conducted Thursday, August 9, at
the Harvest Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio with Pastor Tom Hall
presiding. Burial was in the Greendale Cemetery, Greendale , Ind.
This is a courtesy announcement by Hampton Funeral Home.
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It looks like we're in for another round of drawn-out Mad Men negotiations between AMC and Lionsgate TV and between Lionsgate and series creator/showrunner Matthew Weiner. And while talks on both fronts are underway, another deadline is looming – the options on the cast expire at the end of the month. That certainly complicates things as the producing studio may have to make a decision on the cast before the show's future is certain. But if you can't imagine Mad Men without Jon Hamm or Elisabeth Moss or January Jones or John Slattery, you don't have to. While it appears that there may not be a deal for the show's renewal by the end of the month, I hear Lionsgate fully intends to exercise the actors' options before the Dec. 31 deadline. That is a good sign that the studio anticipates that Mad Men will be back for a fifth season. Negotiations on Weiner's previous deal with Lionsgate two years ago dragged well into January and closed days after Mad Men triumphed at the Golden Globes for a third consecutive year as best drama series. This week, the period drama landed 3 Golden Globe nominations: for best drama series, best actor Hamm and best actress Moss, as well as 3 SAG Award nominations: for best drama series cast, best drama actor, Hamm and best drama actress, Moss.
'Mad Men' Cast Options Set To Expire Amidst Series Renewal, Matt Weiner Talks
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I am happy for the success of this show and of Boardwalk Empire.
AMC should pay Matt as they wouldn't have all their success in one hour without him.
Boardwalk, Breaking Bad, True Blood, Dexter, Damages are all cutting edge story telling.
Is there a bigger villain in the showrunner world right now than Matt?
I wonder if Weiner's ego has been bruised by the success of TWD. It dwarfs MM now.
sorry but this is a no-brainer and they would be absolute fools not to give them what they want — this show wins everything in site.
Smokin drinkin and horin
I can't get enough of this show
John Hamm is mine w the scotch.
Matt is a nightmare to work for. He berates his writers viciously.
He clearly has some emotional problems to work through.
He is an egomaniac who desperately needs good therapy and proper medication.
That said it is an awesome show. It has stayed powerful and changed the face of that network.
Matt definitely deserves a raise. And so do his writers to pay for the therapy they need after working for him.
Dwarfs it in shittiness.
"It dwarfs MM now."
That's just delusional, as big a d-bag as Weiner is.
So I hear the actor who plays Harry still works as a bartender. That's just sad.
A lower rated cable show that alot of people do not watch. Mad Men is so overrated. The only drama out there that is worth time watching is Grey's Anatomy.
Maybe it's me. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks MM is boring. What are its ratings again?
No, you are not alone. It is boring. You would have to be as drunk as the characters to think it is even slightly entertaining.
Great show, low ratings, pretentious, insufferable showrunner (who will
NEVER succeed in features or broadcast), and maybe the coolest, most iconic TV cast of the last 20 years. I love Mad Men but the notion of Matt cashing a $15 million check is a little scary.
Even the WGA seemed to almost make a point of not nominating him this year in the individual teleplay category.
Go at it haters! Weiner is indomitable and beloved by cast crew and even writers he fired. Mad men is in over a hundred countries and the jewel in rainbow media's (soon to be spun off into its own stock) crown. Lionsgate admits to 200 million in dvds and itunes. Weiner will get his due or walk away laughing. Its a billion dollar franchise and he's a creative original.
Now, let's talk about his funny name and baldness. I sure think that show sucks!!!
Why oh why does Weiner have to drain all of the fun, the anticipation of this great show with dramatics. He obviously loves the show, but if he stiffs his loyal cast and viewers who are MAD about his show, he'll lose a lot of credibility and be seen as a spoiled by success greedy sycophant, which Hollywood has enough of.
I know nothing about Matt Weiner beyond the audio commentaries, but it's obvious he works harder than the vast majority of show runners. He carefully rewrites episodes, it seems, to ensure a consistency of quality. It's an amazing show and we're lucky he's willing to work so hard to keep it that way, instead of allowing it to decline, as many show runners do by stepping away and letting lesser writers/producers run things.
The one complaint I have is that Betty has become a caricature over the last 2 seasons and has been tremendously unsatisfying as a character because we don't see the pain behind her anger and cruelty the way we do Don's. It's a cheap way to create a villain.


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Errol Flynn
Gallaher Cigarettes card (No. 12 in a series of 48)
My Favourite Part(For some reason, the back of the card has Flynn's birthplace as Ireland, rather than Tasmania. Studio mythbuilding at work?)
"My favoutite part so far has been 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' because when I was a youngster, I remember revelling in the exploits of that legendary hero, and visualised myself as him. Now the film has turned out so splendidly that I continue to get a thrill out of seeing myself leading my merry band through Sherwood Forest, and fighting those bad barons!"