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Tired of waiting for an overarching solution to homelessness, the San Rafael City Council voted Tuesday to hire a nonprofit to implement a program that will give homeless people the opportunity to gain work experience while tidying the city.
The City Council voted unanimously to enter into a one-year, $272,000 contract with the Downtown Streets Team — a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that temporarily employs homeless people and helps them get on their feet. The program assigns homeless participants a city block to keep clean, arming them with tools such as a broom and dustpan.
Andrew Hening, employment services manager with the Downtown Streets Team, said the vision is to have 12 people pick up trash and beautify downtown San Rafael for 20 hours a week. The remaining hours are reserved for connecting participants with existing community resources such as housing and mental health services.
Hening said the goal is to give people the work experience they need to help them become self sufficient and confident.
"We want to graduate as many people as possible into permanent employment and housing," Hening said.
Those who participate in the program and weekly meetings will have access to a case manager that can help them write resumes, gain access to housing and even help them apply for food stamps. Participants can be part of the program for one year, potentially longer if they become team leaders or supervisors.
Under the program, participants receive gift cards each week — typically $100 — for food, clothing and other essentials.
Hening said the program is unique in that it hinges on the work experience people receive and the personal relationships that are built. He said there's no checklist of milestones each person is expected to achieve. Instead, the team focuses on what each homeless person wants to garner individually.
Chris Richardson, director of program operations with the Downtown Streets Team, said each homeless person has a different story to tell and the program has to be flexible to accommodate their experiences.
"The reason you became homeless is unique and your way out of it is unique," Richardson said.
The team organization initially began in 2005 in Palo Alto, but has expanded to San Jose, Sunnyvale and even Florida. Richardson said it originated as a way to solve panhandling and blight issues, and that panhandling and crimes by homeless residents has greatly decreased in Palo Alto since the program's inception.
Hening, who plans to move to San Rafael to be the local project manager, said the plan is to bring actual participants from Palo Alto to San Rafael to kick-off the program. He said word of the program spreads quickly among the homeless population.
"People are telling each other 'Hey this program is changing my life, you should give it a chance,'" Hening said.
The City Council expressed some concerns about the program, but decided it's worth a try given the program's strong track record.
Mayor Gary Phillips said he's tired of waiting to address the problems related to the local homeless population, such as people feeling uneasy about being in downtown San Rafael. Councilman Damon Connolly agreed, stating dealing with the homeless issue is a big concern for city residents.
Councilwoman Kate Colin said the council knows the Downtown Streets Team won't be able to solve all of the city's problems.
"There's not one magic wand we can waive to address all the issues," Colin said.
Councilman Andrew McCullough said he supports the program, but is concerned how the city will be able to assess the program's success after one year. He said there's no real baseline to work from, so it's difficult to pinpoint what the city's expectations for the program should be.
"In 12 months, I really hope we know what it would mean to say this program is successful," McCullough said.
Richardson said he'd like to see at least 12 participants graduate from the program during the year, and possibly expand the program to include more people.
In order to do this, he said the team is looking to partner with the city, police department, public works department, economic development department, county agencies and homeless service providers to provide the necessary resources homeless people need to succeed.
The team's efforts will ultimately be funded with $25,000 from the county, $50,000 from the Marin Community Foundation, $100,000 from Marin General Hospital, $50,000 from Kaiser Permanente San Rafael and the remaining $47,000 from the city. The exact details and contracts have yet to be worked out, but the idea is that the funding will be used to create more beds at the Vine Detox Center in San Rafael, where people can undergo alcohol and drug detoxification.
Instead of sending intoxicated homeless people to the jail or hospital, the police will be able to take more people to the detox center. This will save the hospitals and county money, allowing them to funnel through funding for the streets team.
The official contract with the streets team will come back to the City Council for approval once the Marin County Board of Supervisors inks its deal with the hospitals.
A majority of the public speakers Tuesday expressed support for the program, but a few raised concerns about the program's price tag, the need for more housing in the city, the program's lack of substance abuse counseling and its low pay to participants.
The Rev. Paul Gaffney, with the Marin Interfaith Council, said he doesn't oppose the program, but is concerned about whether it will even be an attractive option to local homeless residents.
"I look in this room, and I don't see any homeless people here," Gaffney said, adding that the city should've surveyed homeless people.
Gaffney said a lot of money is being spent on administrative costs, while participants receive a low stipend for hard labor. He said that hasn't gone unnoticed by the homeless people he's talked to who have examined the program's budget — which includes a $60,000 annual salary for a program manager.
"When I look at the numbers in this budget, I don't see the lion's share of the budget actually serving the people on the street. It's a justice concern for me," Gaffney said.
Jonathan Frieman, founder of the Thursday Morning Group — a group that started last summer to address homeless issues, said he doesn't think partnering with the program is a risky investment at all. He said the program isn't a panacea, but that it does exactly what the Thursday Morning Group wanted to do.
"We were quite overjoyed we didn't have to create something from the ground up," Frieman said.


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Richmond, Va. Circuit City Stores Inc. said Monday it is shrinking its home-installation business in response to the nationwide slowdown in home construction.
Over the next four months, Circuit City will cut 67 jobs of workers who pre-wire new single-family homes, spokesman Jim Babb said. Some of those workers will be shifted to similar jobs wiring hotels or condos, or to other areas of the service business.
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I'm in my 2nd treatment of Oxaliplatin infusion with Xeloda pills. I asked at the infusion center about the face flush with Xeloda and got that they didn't see that it was a side-effect. However, the second week of the pills seemed to see that the flush dissipated and then was gone for the "week off".
It came back again after my Oxal. infusion and began Xeloda pills again, reinforcing that this was a side-effect that I am experiencing rather than just a coincidence. I also have difficulty swallowing for the first few days after beginning the cycle (like food doesn't want to go down - almost a throat paralysis).
The 1st treatment was fairly easy with the side-effects going away or dissipating soon. The 2nd treatment, they have lingered and I was told the effects will be accumulative. I have more of a cold-sensitivity in my throat to cold liquids and a lingering sensitivity in my hands and feet when I touch anything frozen (from the freezer) or walk on a cold floor without something on my feet.
Constitipation is still an issue although more manageable now since I recognized the pain and took something for it. More fiber and more water helps. I also seem to have a "cold nose" that as I look back at my notes was present the last cycle. And that awful metal taste that stays with me making me eat everything in site to try to mask the taste. I've gained weight where I really could stand to lose a number of pounds.
The part that I haven't figured out how to manage (if possible) is the "feeling out of sorts". Like my cognitive abilities just aren't right. My balance seems a touch off, and just can only explain it as "out of sorts" and a tiredness. I'm hoping that this will improve also as the week goes on (only to return with the next cycle though I know!).
Anyone have ideas about what to do with the tired feeling or weakness? I've heard an anti-cancer diet mentioned, and nurses said chemo. robs from your muscles so I should eat more protein. Anyone ideas?
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At the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy, there's always something exciting happening. Whether it's a guest speaker, a lunch-time discussion, or new a research project, we strive to connect the university with the greater community.
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- brad davis poem
As an another term has come to an end, CCCBE Community Fellow, brad davis, shares this thoughtful poem. The practice of camus.
- seCatalyst Day of Learning
Social Enterprise Catalyst presents a Day of Learning
May, 30th, 2014
Keynote Speakers
Paul Lacerte, ED of the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centre presents: Social Enterprise as a Powerful Tool for Change
Michael Ableman, Farmer Founder of Sole Food Street Farms presents: Possiblities and Opportunities
Register at: www.secatalyst.ca
- Co-op student shapes art into research tool
MacPherson Scholarship fosters creation of educational materials for powerful art workshops
University of Victoria, PhD candidate Bruno de Oliveira Jayme teaches abstract composition to Luzia Honorato, community leader and engaged member of the recycling social movement in Brazil.
Molded into the shape of a brain using cigarette butts and molding clay, this piece of art held deep significance for the 70-year-old workshop participant who created it. It was a way for the recycling co-operative worker in São Paulo, Brazil to express the struggles he has lived through.
It's workshops like these that PhD student Bruno de Oliveira Jayme will draw from in order to develop pedagogical materials on the use of art techniques as a research tool and to help people use their voices to advance social inclusion. Jayme is thrilled and honoured to receive the 2014 Dr. Ian MacPherson Scholarship at the University of Victoria Centre for Co-operative & Community-Based Economy (CCCBE) to facilitate this last year of his studies.
In 2012 and 2013, Jayme traveled back to Brazil, where he grew up, and held various art workshops under the umbrella of the Participatory Sustainable Waste Management Program. Most of his fieldwork was conducted with workers of recycling co-ops in União de Vila Nova. Seventy thousand families reside in this densely populated, low-income district of São Paulo.
Prior to forming co-ops, many of the people who collected recycling for a living would sell it to a "middle man" for a low price, Jayme explains. This person would then sell it to the recycling industry for a high price, earning profits that never got back to the recycling workers. As a co-op, these workers are now able to sell their collections to the recycling industry and split the earnings among themselves.
"I was giving a lecture the other day here at the university and they'd never heard of the recycling social movement," Jayme says. "We Canadians are in a very privileged position. We don't hear what's going on. We don't see what's going on in other parts of the world, especially around the recycling social movement. In Latin America, it's so powerful."
One of the hot topics in environmental education is around the large companies in Latin America that are implementing the use of incinerators to burn recycling material, he says.
"That's very problematic for lots of reasons. First of all you have all these gases entering the air. You're also burning income resources for thousands and thousands of people who need them.
"The art has the potential to bring all the issues forward—things that you don't even hear, like problems of incineration and land use."
During one of Jayme's most powerful workshops, he invited participants to bring objects from their homes that were meaningful to them. After sharing stories around these objects in a large circle, participants were then asked to go searching for new objects in the area that sparked meaning for them. After over an hour and a half, participants returned and shared their stories. They were then invited to create a piece of art out of what they found using molding clay.
A man that molded a handful of cigarette butts into the shape of a brain shared candid stories with the group about the addiction he previously struggled with in his life. Because of that difficult time, the man lost connection with his family. The cigarettes reminded him of that time in his life and the sculpture symbolized his addicted brain.
"The reason why I love using art is because it helps people to say things they would not normally say in a more traditional research context," Jayme says.
The Dr. Ian MacPherson Scholarships are awarded to outstanding graduate students at the University of Victoria with an interest in co-operative studies and community based economy. They were created in honour of Dr. MacPherson, former director of the CCCBE, who passed away last November. As a professor, historian and co-operative enterprise activist, Dr. MacPherson took a leading role in many co-operative organizations, including serving on co-operative boards for 25 years. As a member of the International Co-operative Alliance board, Dr. MacPherson chaired the committee that revised the co-operative principles in 1995, adding a seventh — "Concern for Community."
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- Shift Change about worker coops in Mondragon
The inspiring documentary film Shift Change about worker coops in Mondragon and the U.S. will be shown on PBS stations beginning with KCTS 9 Seattle on April 6, 5 p.m. This is a good opportunity to learn more co-operatives that successfully promote democracy and economic sustainability! Read More
- Social Enterprise Catalyst
Social Enterprise Catalyst is a series of events designed to support, showcase and inspire the social enterprise sector on Vancouver Island. On April 2, there are three events:
The day starts with a Business Breakfast for social enterprise and venture leaders and Joel Solomon sharing his lessons learned from investing in impact businesses. During the afternoon, community leaders will discuss Social Finance and Impact Investing Models. The day wraps up with the Social Enterprise Catalyst Gala from 6:00- 9:30pm – a high-impact, Dragon's Den-like event where three local social enterprises pitch their business opportunity to three judges. We will also use the opportunity to map the social enterprise eco-system.
SE Catalyst Day of Learning postponed. Watch for details for a capacity building day for both operating social enterprises and non-profit organizations exploring social enterprise as an option.
More information and tickets can be purchased here.
- Plan It 2014 Social Venture Award
Congratulations to Chris Hildreth for winning the Gustavson School of Business, Plan It 2014 Social Venture Award, sponsored by CCCBE.
Chris's proposal titled TOPSOIL is for a for-profit urban agriculture company focused around small scale farming on a large area of rooftop surfaces. The Island is heavily dependent on mainland food supplies, however, has an ideal climate to grow food all year round. Rooftop gardens are an untapped resource that can increase food security, provide space for food production and offer many economic and environmental benefits.
- NO to climage change YES to system change
NO! to climate change YES! to system change
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014, 7-9pm
University of Victoria, Hickman Bldg, Rm 105.Corporations are relentlessly cooking the climate, wiping out life on earth and driving us off the cliff to ecological collapse. Can this be stopped? Can the capitalist economic system be made to respect humans and the environment? Is there an alternative to capitalism?
A public forum with Richard Smith, University lecturer, member of the 'System Change Not Climate Change' network in New York City, author of many articles including 'Capitalism and the destruction of life on the planet: Six theses to save the humans'. His forthcoming book is 'To save the humans, turn the world upside down'.
This forum is endorsed by the following organizations:
Social Environmental Alliance - SEA
University of Victoria: Environmental Studies, Sociology, Centre for Co-operative and Community Based Economy, Cultural Social and Political Thought Program
Council of Canadians, Victoria Branch
GVTA Social Justice Committee
Vancouver Ecosocialist Group
- Co-op Day in Victoria
Co-op Day in Victoria, February 22nd, 2014
Lower Hall, Fairfield United Church, 1303 Fairfield @ Moss, in conjunction with the Victoria Health Co-operative AGM.
The Board of the Victoria Health Co-op invites you to participate as our guest, doing some or all of these:
1. advertise this event to your membership or community
2. bring a display, maximum footprint 1 metre by 1 metre or share a 2m table with another community organization.
3. bring a door prize for the draws to be held throughout the event, paper and pens for attendees to write their name, phone and email address and a jar of entries. Last year's door prizes were great!
4. bring a contribution of healthy finger food, tea, juice, milk, coffee. We have a strong preference for co-op, local, fair-trade, non-gmo or a financial donation - 50% will go to a co-op helping vulnerable groups in our community, 50% to the costs of our event. Taxable donation receipts are available for donations of $10 or more from individuals.
Please use the Moss St entrance, set-up 10am - 11.30am and clean between 3 and 3.45pm.
Please email Vanessa if you would like to participate.
Yours co-operatively Vanessa on behalf of the Board of the Victoria Health Co-op.
- Call for Papers: CASCCo-operating across Borders: Expanding the Boundaries of the Social and Solidarity EconomyCanadian Association for Studies in Cooperation (CASC)
Conference Theme
The very nature of the co-operative movement - with its wide range of organizational forms and a presence in virtually all sectors of the economy – inevitably leads it to cross borders and expand boundaries – geographic, social, cultural, political and economic. Co-operatives have a long history, dating back to the 19th century, of not only working within local communities, but also of moving outward to affiliate and collaborate with other communities. In our increasingly global economy, this proclivity of co-operatives to move outwards is only enhanced – facilitated by advances in communication and transportation and impelled by new economic realities. The theme of this year's annual conference draws analytic attention to the variety of ways in which co-operatives, and the social and solidarity economies in which they are embedded, innovate as the move across borders, break down barriers and expand boundaries.
Conference Topics
We invite potential participants to submit proposals that in some way reflect ways of "co-operating across borders". This could mean across the boundaries of geography, sector, community, academic discipline, theoretical frameworks, demographics and/or industry. Proposals on the following topics are welcome, as are others within the theme.
Elevating co-operative business and expanding conceptual borders
• Co-operative Management Structures and Practices
• Co-operative Ownership and Governance Structures and Practices
• Co-operative Business and Marketing Strategies
• Value-chain and scaling
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Youth and Student Co-operatives
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Green Production
• Is "sustainability" the new co-operative value for the 21st century?
• The Role of Education in Promoting Co-operative Innovation
• The Role of Research in Promoting Co-operative Innovation
• The Role of Public Policy in Promoting Co-operative Innovation
• Regulation including state and non-state regulations
• Finance, micro-finance, and credit unions
• Co-operative types (i.e., worker co-ops, financial co-ops, consumer co-ops, agricultural co-ops, etc.)
Expanding beyond borders
• Co-operatives and Development
• Transnational Co-operation among Co-operatives: Bridging North-South Divides
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Fair Trade, Poverty Reduction, and Local Development Strategies and Practices
• International Co-operatives
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship in crisis and conflict contexts
Building bridges
• Fostering Co-operation among Co-operatives
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Inter-co-operation between Co-operatives Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Aboriginal Communities
• Business Conversions to Worker Co-operatives: Recuperating Businesses, Saving Communities
• Co-operatives connection to food sovereignty and local food development
Defining new economic and social boundaries
• Mainstreaming the Co-operative Advantage
• Moving Beyond Crises and Marginalization via Co-operative Values and Practices
• Political and economic boundaries
• Co-operatives and social movements
• Community economic development
• Collective entrepreneurship
Submission Guidelines
We invite researchers, students, and practitioners to submit any of four types of proposals:
(1) The Individual Paper provides the presenter with the opportunity to present on a topic for approximately 20 minutes. They will join 1-2 other presenters of a similar theme. There will be time for a Q and A.
Individual paper proposals should include: a) your name, title, affiliation and email address; b) a short (two-line) biographical note; c) title of the paper; and d) a 150 word abstract (to be printed in the program) that includes the argument, which should include the relationship of the paper to the literature, the research question, methods and, where applicable, findings. Proposals for both empirical and theoretical papers are invited.
(2) The Panel Proposal creates a space for a group (3) of presenters who have a common theme in their presentations to self-select to present together. Presenters will have approximately 20 minutes each to present. There will time for a Q and A.
Panel proposals should include: a) the title of the panel; 2) a 150 word description of the issue or theme that the panel investigates and how the individual papers relate to the theme/ issue; 3) the names, affiliations and contact information for all panel participants, and; 4) 150 word descriptions of all panel presentations.
(3) The Roundtable is an opportunity for moderated discussion. A panel of discussants will be posed ideas or questions on a topic by a moderator and the audience. Discussants are not expected to and should not deliver formal papers.
Roundtable proposals should include: a) the title of the roundtable; 2) a 150 word description of the issue or theme that the roundtable investigates (including some possible questions); and 3) the names, affiliations and contact information for all participants including the moderator (if decided).
(4) The Workshop is an opportunity for a topic to be presented and interacted with in a dynamic and engaging manner. It should involve audience participation.
Proposals should include a) the title of the workshop; 2) a 150 word description of the issues or theme that the workshop investigates; 3) the name(s), affiliations and contact information for all workshop presenters, and 4) a short description of what methods will be used to make it a workshop.
All abstracts and proposals are due on January 10th, 2014. We encourage those would want to be in a joint session to please submit as early as possible. They may be submitted either in English or French. No more than two presentations per person will be permitted.
All proposals are subject to peer review. Applicants will be informed of acceptance by February 28th, 2014. A directory of conference delegates will be published in the CASC 2014 Conference Program; if you do not want to have your name, contact information and institutional affiliation published, please notify us when you submit your abstract.
Conference Information
This year's CASC conference will be held from May 26th to May 29th, 2014, during the Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) 2014 at Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Participants in the CASC Conference should register through the Congress website. Registration, which includes the early bird prices, begins in January 2014. Fees for the conference include both Congress registration and a one-year membership in CASC. There is an additional fee for those wishing to attend the Annual CASC Banquet, which is a joint affair held in collaboration with ANSER. The Congress website also includes information on accommodation, discounts for travel, and local information. For more information on CASC and the general meeting, including updates about keynote speakers, plenary panels, banquet details and the other news, please consult the CASC website or e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com .
2014 CASC Program and Conference Committee
Fiona Duguid (Program Chair), Erin Hancock
Darryl Reed, Marion Hewitt-Pollock
- Call for Papers: ANSER/ARES 2014 Conference
Nonprofits and the Social Economy, Pursuing Borders without Boundaries
Seventh Annual Conference
May 28-30, 2014
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
"Near Niagara Falls"
ANSER/ARES is a dynamic growing association that is organizing its seventh annual conference as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. ANSER brings together leading academic researchers, practitioners, consultants, policymakers and community organizations from Canada and internationally to discuss current and emergent issues, debates and challenges in the fields of civil society, social economy, and nonprofit research and practice. Join us for what promises to be an engaging and provocative conference. The theme for the seventh conference at Brock is: Nonprofits and the Social Economy, Pursuing Borders without Boundaries.All proposals will be subject to peer review and notification of acceptance will be provided by February 17, 2014. Authors of accepted papers (individual and panel) must submit extended abstracts of 5 to 8 pages by May 19th upload to the conference website.
The conference is an opportunity to welcome and explore new voices and perspectives, including those who are far from centres of power and influence due to economic, health, geography and other factors, and indigenous peoples whose languages and cultures are endangered. It is a call for the social sciences and humanities to explore these issues of inclusivity, marginalization and diversity and suggest innovative solutions and models for response. Within this context, nonprofits and other social economy organizations are well poised to lead these discussions.
We invite you to submit proposals for individual papers, panels, or roundtable discussions on topics related to nonprofits, co-operatives, social enterprises, community economic development, and the social economy in Canadian, comparative, or international contexts. Proposals are particularly encouraged that fit into any of the following areas, broadly defined:
• Nonprofits and the Social Economy
• Co-operatives
• Nonprofits in a Time of Cutbacks
• Social Enterprises, Social Entrepreneurship, & Social Innovation
• Community Economic Development & Community Organizing
• Volunteering & Citizen Engagement
• Collaborations, Partnerships & Mergers
• Communication, Networking & Social Media
• Finance
• Governance & Management
• Research Methodologies & Community-University Research Partnerships
• Public Policy & Government Relations
• Theoretical Perspectives
We also accept proposals of wider relevance, which may not fit the categories listed above. We are particularly interested in papers, panels and roundtables involving collaboration between academics and practitioners.
Types of Proposals
Proposal Submission Deadline: January 12, 2014
Three types of proposals will be considered: individual papers, panels, and roundtables, all of which are subject to a peer review.
1) Paper Proposals
Paper proposals normally present research findings with some link to or reflection on theory, but they could also be "think pieces," discussions of research-in-progress, including graduate theses or dissertations, or reflections on practice. The proposal for a paper should include: 1) a title; 2) the conference theme being addressed; 3) a 100-word abstract of the presentation; and 4) a 500-word summary of the argument of the paper, how the issue fits within a wider literature (as appropriate), and its relevance to research and/or practice in the areas of interest to ANSER/ARES. You will also be asked to provide very brief biographical information on the author(s).
2) Panel Proposals
Panels are collections of three or four papers on a related theme. Ideally, these papers build upon each other, thereby adding to the coherence of the panel. Panel organizers are responsible for preparing an abstract of the panel as a whole. For panels comprising 3 presenters, each individual will be expected to speak for no longer than 20 minutes; for panels of 4 presenters, each participant will be expected to speak for no longer than 15 minutes. To allow adequate time for questions and discussion, the panel chair should ensure that presenters do not exceed the time limit.
The abstract for a panel should include: 1) a title; 2) the conference theme being addressed; 3) 250-500 word overview of the focus of the panel, the coherence of the individual papers around this focus, and the relevance of the panel to research and/or practice in the areas of interest to ANSER/ARES; and 4) a 250-word summary of each paper to be included in the panel. You will also be asked to provide brief biographical information on each of the authors.
If you are a member of a panel you are NOT required to submit a separate proposal.
3) Roundtables
Roundtables are well suited to: the discussion of the implications of an issue for practice; the discussion of research needs or research in progress around specific topics; or the presentation of contrasting perspectives on an issue with a designated facilitator. Roundtable presenters are not expected to provide written papers.
The abstract for a roundtable should include: 1) a title; 2) the conference theme being addressed; 3) a 500-word overview of the topic to be discussed, indication of the relationship of the individual presentations to the topic, and the relevance of the roundtable to research and/or practice in the areas of interest to ANSER/ARES; and 4) a short summary of the key points of each presenter. You will also be asked to provide brief biographical information on each participant.
Submission of Proposals
Proposal abstracts, in either official language, must be submitted online by January 12, 2014, at: http://conferences.uvic.ca/index.php/anser-ares/anser-ares2014/index. A link to the online system is also available on the ANSER website. Any questions can be directed to email@example.com.
Conference Information
Participants in the ANSER/ARES 2014 Conference should register through the website of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://congress2014.ca/register), which includes a reduction for early registration before March 31, 2014. The fees, posted on the website, are for the Congress registration AND for a one-year membership in ANSER/ARES. In addition to the right to participate in the conference, members in ANSER/ARES receive a newsletter; early access to the Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research; and the opportunity to apply for ANSER/ARES research prizes. When registering, you also have the option of selecting the annual banquet in the evening of May 29, 2014. More information is available from the ANSER website. The Congress website also includes information on accommodation, discounts for travel, and local information.
For more information, you can email us at email@example.com or check the ANSER conference website and follow @anser2014 and #anser2014 on twitterfor updates about keynote speakers, plenary panels, banquet details and the other exciting events we have organized for your visit.
2014 ANSER Program and Conference Committee
Sherida Ryan, Social Economy Centre, University of Toronto (Program Co-chair)
Lynne Siemens, University of Victoria (Program Co-chair)
Frances Owen, Brock University (Local host)
Sébastien Savard, University of Ottawa
Luc Thériault, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick
Jack Quarter, Social Economy Centre, University of Toronto
Laurie Mook, Arizona State University
- Mourning the passing of Ian MacPherson
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
With deep great regret and sadness, I convey the news that Ian MacPherson died suddenly on the November 16th, 2013. Ian was a world figure as an historian but also an activist in the world of co-operative enterprise. He took a leading role in creating the Canadian Co-operative Association, was the co-founder of CASC (the Canadian Association for the Study of Co-operation), and chair of the International Co-operative Alliance committee that revised the co-operative principles in 1995.
Prominent among his many contributions was the founding in the year 2000 of the BC Institute for Co-operative Studies (BCICS), later re-named the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy (CCCBE). The Centre became a prime source of scholarly material as well as support for practitioners in co-operative undertaking. The BCICS/CCCBE is an arm of the mentorship that Ian so warmly and generously practised himself for those interested in learning about and advancing co-operation as a community resource. Ian's latest initiative, under the umbrella of the Centre, was the creation of the Co-operative Initiative for Peace and Social Inclusion.
Ian will be sorely missed by many in the academic world and especially in the world of co-operation.
In recognition of his multitude of contributions in scholarship and public service, Dr. MacPherson will receive a Honorary Doctorate - a decision made shortly before his unexpected death. This award will be presented on January 18, 2014 at 11:00 am at the special service of remembrance held at the University Club. The UVic flag will also be lowered in his memory on that day.
In lieu of flowers please consider any of the following:
Contributing to the UVIC Dr. Ian MacPherson Scholarship.
Supporting the Dr. Ian MacPherson Legacy Fund at the Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada
Donating to a charity of your choice
Joining a co-op
Ana María
Ana Maria Peredo PhD
Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy
University of Victoria
- New ANSER-ARES Best Book Award: Call for Nominations
NEW ANSER-ARES BEST BOOK AWARD: Call for NominationsBeginning in 2014, the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER) will award a prize for the best the book on the social economy sector in Canada published during the three calendar years preceding the year of the award (copyright 2011, 2012 or 2013).
Criteria for nomination
- Nominated books may be on any sectors of the Canadian social economy. For example: policy issues in the sector; sector/state relations; volunteerism; governance; sustainability and capacity building in nonprofit organizations.
- They may contribute to the advancement of theory, concept development, research or practice and be in the form of monographs, textbooks, journalistic accounts or guides.
- They may focus on the sector as a whole or subsectors within it and may be written from the perspective of any one of a number of disciplines such as economics, public administration, law, political science, management, social work, history, sociology and anthropology.
- They should focus primarily on the Canadian setting.
- Single and co-authored books are eligible though not collections of readings or articles. Authors need not be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.
Nomination Process
Nominations are welcome from individuals or publishers. If you have published a book in the past three years or read one that you feel was exceptional, please consider nominating it for this new award.
Nominations should be sent by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com by January 31, 2014 and should contain the following information:
- Book Title
- Author(s)
- Date of publication
- Publisher and publisher's address and contact information
- Very brief statement as to why this book deserves consideration.
The award will consist of a commemorative certificate and a one year free membership in ANSER. The winner(s) of the award will be honored guest(s) at the Annual Banquet of the Association at which the award will be presented in May 2014.
Luc Thériault, ANSER Award Committee Chair
- Call for Papers: Journal of Co-operative Studies
The U.K.'s Journal of Co-operative Studies will be publishing a Canadian edition with three prominent Canadians as guest editors, Ana Maria Peredo (University of Victoria) along with Isobel Findlay (University of Saskatchewan) and Fiona Duguid (Canadian Co-operative Association).
The theme of this special Canadian issue is: Co-operating @ the (Cutting) Edge: Innovating for Social Inclusion, Sustainability and Solidarity Economies.
The theme of this special issue aims to draw analytic attention to the ways in which co-operatives and related social economy organizations innovate to:
- champion social inclusion
- support economic and business practices fostering sustainability
- build solidarity economies
The deadline for submissions has been extended. Click here for the full Call for Papers.
The Journal of Co-operative Studies is a peer-reviewed international academic journal which aims to generate theoretical knowledge and promote research and innovation within the co-operative sector. Published by the UK Society for Co-operative Studies in Manchester, England, it is distributed in Canada in partnership with the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation.
If you are interested please email Ana Maria Peredo
- Youth Conference for Sustainability Leadership
2014 IMPACT! Youth Conference for Sustainability Leadership is accepting applications from passionate student sustainability leaders until Oct 20th to work with sustainability experts and astronaut Chris Hadfield at an all all-expense paid conference by The Cooperators in Guelph, ON from May 23-26, 2014. For more information see website.
- B.C. introduces Canada's first model for profitable charities Capitalism gets a little kinder
Read about British Columbia's Community Contribution Company (C3) model in Canadian Business Magazine's article titled B.C. introduces Canada's first model for profitable charities: Capitalism gets a little kinder, by Jennifer Kwan.
Key to the program is the notion of the "asset lock," which ensures investment toward the social cause remains intact, even if the company changes hands, says Ana Maria Peredo, a professor of sustainable entrepreneurship at the University of Victoria. She notes that the model mimics the community interest companies (CIC) that began in the United Kingdom in the mid-2000s.
- Dr. Ana María Peredo selected as a Broadbent Fellow
Dr. Ana María Peredo has became a Broadbent fellow!
The Broadbent Institute is an independent, non-partisan organization championing progressive change in Canada through the promotion of democracy, equality, and sustainability and the training of a new generation of leaders. A multidisciplinary group of distinguish scholars, policy makers, policy experts and leaders from Canadian civil society have been selected as Broadbent Fellows.
Congratulations to Ana Maria on being selected for her expertise in economic inequality, social & public policy, social economy, social exclusion & inclusion.
- Craigdarroch Award for Excellence in Knowledge Mobilization
Dr. Ana María Peredo is the recipient of the 2013 Craigdarroch Award for Excellence in Knowledge Mobilization. This honor recognizes Ana María for her passion and commitment to mobilize knowledge for the cause of poverty alleviation from remote Andean villages to local Vancouver Island communities.
- Dr. Ana María Peredo: Honoured with the Victoria Community Leadership Award
Dr. Ana María Peredo, CCCBE Director and Professor at Gustavson School of Business, has been awarded the 2013 University of Victoria Community Leadership Award. This nomination recognizes Dr. Peredo's exemplary leadership in linking the University and the community. Through her teaching, her research and her leadership Dr. Peredo has created opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students, to help community organizations. She works tirelessly to bring people from different disciplines, sectors and communities together to share wisdom and knowledge. The Victoria Leadership Awards ceremony were held on February 25th. Congratulations on this well deserved award Ana Maria!
- 2013 CASC scholarship competition launched
The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA), on behalf of the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC), has launched the 2013 CASC scholarship competition. The scholarships are aimed at supporting and promoting research on co-operatives by university students.
Applicants must be pursuing research specifically related to co-operatives (including credit unions), and must include a description of their research project as part of their application.
The deadline for submitting applications is March 31, 2013.
- Call for Papers – Special Issue of Organization
Worker Cooperatives as an Organizational Alternative: Challenges, Achievements and Promise in Organizational Governance and Ownership
- Iñaki Santa Cruz, Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. Autonomous University of Barcelona. (Spain)
- Elías Nazareno, Faculty of History. Universidade Federal de Goiás. (Brazil)
- George Cheney, School of Communication Studies, Associate Investigator, Ohio Employee Ownership Center, Kent State University (United States)
- Ana Maria Peredo, Gustavson School of Business, Centre for Co-operative and Community Based Economy and University of Victoria (Canada)
The current financial crisis has revealed structural problems as well as perturbations in the global financial and market systems. Within the context of crisis, there is great interest in experimentation with alternative organizational forms that can both respond to the challenges of today's economy and restore equilibrium through a renewed emphasis on social values. In particular, worker ownership and governance are gaining attention in a variety of forms and regions. Worker-owned-and-governed cooperatives typically pursue both economic viability and strong forms of participation; further, they are closely tied to community economic and social development. Seeing these multiple objectives as intertwined and in fact necessary is central to the call for the 2012 United Nations' International Year of the Cooperative, which seeks to highlight the contribution of cooperatives to social and economic development through generating employment, reducing poverty, and fostering social integration.
Perhaps the most famous contemporary case of worker cooperative organization that achieves the multiple goals described above is the Mondragon Cooperative Group (MCG), one of the largest, long-lived, and successful examples of workers' owned organizations in the entire world. Mondragon has a remarkable record of financial success and the provision of sound and stable labour conditions. Founded in 1956, the Basque cooperatives now employ almost 100,000 members, are represented in more than a dozen countries, and are the focus of ongoing scrutiny, praise, and critique. While the well-known wage differential has grown somewhat over the years within the system, it remains quite narrow by almost any comparison, even when a number of top-level salaries that are pegged to the market are taken into account. Amidst the current economic downturn that began in 2007 that has resulted in over 20% unemployment in Spain and approximately half that in the Basque Country, the Mondragon co-ops have relied on their historic principles of democracy, equality, solidarity, and participation as fundamental parts of their management strategy. While 24% of Spanish companies have closed down during this recession, the MCG only had to close down one of the 120 cooperatives that form the group, and relocate the 35 workers into other companies. In fact, there is significant evidence of increased democratization in the FAGOR Group, the original industrial cooperatives and the heart of the system. For all these reasons, now is an important moment for attention to the distinctive characteristics of these cooperatives as well as their lessons for other socially inspired management, organizational, and market models. The MCG represents but one case; however, given its rich history, diverse characteristics, encounters with globalization, and experimentation in new forms of participation now underway, it provides an extremely important point of reference in any comprehensive or forward-looking examination of worker cooperatives today.
This call for papers is open to research contributions and critical-theoretical analyses of alternative organizations and especially worker cooperatives. We are especially interested in nuanced assessments of the methodological, philosophical, socio-political and organizational principles and challenges of workers cooperatives within the broader context of so-called alternative organizations. This means that sound empirical and interpretive investigations in the pursuit of important critical questions are encouraged. Such assessments may include attention to the activities, performance, and extensions of this kind of alternative organizations. We welcome multidisciplinary contributions and those that take on different perspectives that seek to bridge case-level detail with broader socio-economic trends. In addition, papers presenting theoretical reflections and analyses of specific worker owned cooperatives worldwide (such as Mondragon) should manifest a comparative perspective even if they do not fully examine each of two or multiple cases. Analyses that seek to apply recent developments in democratic theory and in alternative economics are certainly appropriate. Overall, the set of papers in the special issue will illuminate the complexities and changes in worker cooperatives, as they weather an extremely challenging period yet one ripe with opportunity.
The special issue will reflect the international scope of Organization, advancing its mission as an open, reflective, imaginative, and critical journal about what is happening worldwide that contributes to these reflections. Further, we aim to help to expand the field of organization studies by interrogating the diversity and comparative viability and authenticity of organizational forms and practices, including those grounded in deep forms of democracy and solidarity. By closely examining cooperative organizations, and comparing them with other forms of worker ownership and governance, the special issue will encourage further exploration of diverse forms of organization, managerial practice, and the social economy from all around the globe, widening research on the Mondragon Cooperative Experience (MCE) and other significant examples. Therefore, the call welcomes international collaborations, be they ongoing or ad hoc.
Examples of key themes for investigation allowing for further international comparisons include:
1. The organizational resources, structures, and dynamics allowing for social as well as economic resilience in worker cooperatives;
2. The changing roles of leadership in worker cooperatives: considering for example the interplay of various forms of leadership from charismatic to collaborative or group-based;
3. The capacity of and obstacles to the reinvention of democracy within cooperatives, including means to manage and solve conflicts between different goals, sectors, and constituencies (for example, concerning the relationship between worker-member-owners and temporary workers);
4. The relationships between cooperatives and organized labour, the state, the community, and the larger financial system;
5. Maintaining cooperative values while facing crises of participation, identity, and shared ownership and decision making within a system undergoing international expansion.
Papers should be no more than 8,000 words, excluding references, and will be blind reviewed following the journal's standard procedures. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines published in Organization and on the journal's website
For further information, please contact one of the guest editors:
Iñaki Santa Cruz email@example.com
Elias Nazareno email@example.com
George Cheney firstname.lastname@example.com
Ana Maria Peredo firstname.lastname@example.com
- Best Paper on International Business Award
Nick Montgomery (PhD student in Political Science) and Dr. Ana Maria Peredo presented their paper co-authored with Eleanor Carlson (Anthropology and former CCCBE graduate student fellow), "The BOP Discourse as Capitalist Hegemony" at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Boston, August 2012. The paper was chosen as the Best Paper on International Business and was nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award.
This paper draws on theories from postcolonialism, feminism, and post-structuralism, the paper argues that the increasingly popular "Bottom of the Pyramid" paradigm obscures non-capitalist alternatives and resistance to capitalism. Sincere thanks to Emmalee Brunt for her excellent work on the literature review for this award winning paper.
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I recieved an email from a guy named Michael Forrest asking to post one of his videos here. I too have made a few GoPro headcam demos and I thought this one one interesting so here it is. One thing I thought was we are now in that future space where so many small electronic syncable devices have been released it's rare to find people using the same set ups anymore. Everythone has little boxes and touch screens everywhere. Enjoy Mike on his OP-1, Korg Boxes, iPads, Eventides and more.
"Thought you might like this – it's some POV footage of the way I play live." – Michael Forrest
For more info: grimaceworks.com


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Mikolas pushes innings barrier
HOUSTON -- Rangers pitcher Miles Mikolas has thrown 102 innings this season between Triple-A Round Rock and the big leagues. That's the most he has thrown in his six-year professional career.
That's one of the reasons the Rangers scratched him from Saturday's start against the Astros when he felt some fatigue in his shoulder during his last bullpen session.
"I haven't started in awhile, so it's better to be safe than sorry," Mikolas said. "So we're going to tap the brakes a little bit. I'm a little more tired than normal. Nobody likes their arm not feeling 100 percent. This is the first time starting in five years and my body is adjusting. Let it catch up, settle down and be ready to go in my next start."
The Rangers haven't decided when that will be. Nick Martinez starts on Sunday against the Astros and then Colby Lewis, Derek Holland and Nick Tepesch are scheduled to pitch against the Royals during the three-game series that starts on Monday in Kansas City.
The earliest Mikolas would pitch is Thursday against the Mariners in Arlington. But the Rangers could also use Scott Baker, who has won two straight starts. He allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings on Friday night against the Astros.
"We'll see," manager Ron Washington said. "Baker isn't going to be available for three days so we'll wait and see after that."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It took a while but the market has finally managed a bounce. A new recent low caused panic in Apple (AAPL) first, but news that our esteemed leaders in Washington are optimistic about a fiscal cliff deal ran the action up. There aren't any details yet, and it really isn't surprising that the politicians are sounding positive, but it is a good excuse to trigger buying after the recent carnage.
The biggest problem is that so many traders have been looking for a bounce for so long that there is likely to be plenty of flipping for quick gains. It will be nice to ring the register for a change after the miserable action we've seen lately.
We are already rolling back over as I write, which is likely to trigger even more flipping. What we need is enough strength for folks on the sidelines to feel like they are going to be left behind if they don't hurry and put money to work. So far, that is not happening and may not in front of the weekend.
One additional problem for technical traders is that there aren't any good chart setups. We have plenty of oversold stocks with support at key moving averages, but there are no bases and no upside momentum. If you are buying, you have little choice but to buy broken charts.
I was stopped into AAPL at $525.25 and I'm likely to put more money to work in anticipation that it will build on this bounce next week, but I'm not seeing much to be excited about. Thanksgiving week often has a positive bias so I'm a bit more optimistic but, as I keep reminding you, a bounce doesn't mean a bottom.
This market still has major problems and long buys are for the purposes of quick trades.


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Major League Soccer was graced by legend Pele's presence and that was a key point for the growth of their league. Soccer has always been the less popular sport in America, falling far behind basketball, American Football and baseball, but when David Beckham shocked the world and transferred to LA Galaxy, the MLS started it's rapid rise to become one of the world's most respected and talked about leagues. David Beckham still had the ability to test himself in the proven European leagues, yet he decided to go to the US for a fresh challenge. It was a success. He became one of the MLS' best ever players and helped the game to grow beyond its previous boundaries, selling millions of jerseys, too. Now many of the games top players decide to play their final good years in the MLS, or at least want to finish their careers in the new excited place to place soccer, America. Major League Soccer is also home to Real Salt Lake.
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A robber punched a woman before stealing her cell phone in Fontana late Wednesday.
The victim, a 19-year-old woman, was sitting in the passenger seat of a car that was parked in the 14400 of Valley Blvd.
A man approached the vehicle, struck the woman through an open window and took her cell phone, said Fontana police Sgt. Robert Morris.
The driver in the car hit the gas to flee the robber, but ended up striking a parked car. The robber then opened the door, grabbed the victim's purse and dumped the contents onto the floor of the vehicle before leaving.
He jumped into an older-model Honda del Sol with silver rims, police said. The robber is black, 18 to 20-years-old, 5-feet-8 inches tall and has dreadlocks. He wore a red jacket and khaki pants.
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By Varietal
Inspired by an all time favorite: Meatloaf
This burger combines some of our favorite small town southern flavors, but in a big city way. It
Seattleites are proud to claim Jimi Hendrix as one of their finest exports, long before a string of latte stands put us on the map.
I thought it would be interesting to make a burger that was an entre and a desert.
As a military brat, I had the great fortune of living in some of the most beautiful places in America – not the least of which was the Hawaiian Islands.
The Northwest coast makes up part of the Pacific Rim so we therefore have many Asian influences that have become part of our culture now.
The first time I went to Hawaii, I was surprised to see SPAM luncheon meat advertised on menus as the "Hawaiian Steak." Living in Southern California, I found the same thing at a beachside Hawaiia
I have come here from Russia 13 years ago. Before then I had never tasted Chinese food. I found that America and Chinese food have deep roots together.
Where better to enjoy a Jerk Burger than any of the tropical beaches in America. Take your pick; West Coast, East Coast, or the Gulf Beaches.
As we drive from our home on Alligator Bayou, down the River Road, to New Orleans we are reminded of the Creole, Cajun, Spanish, and Italian heritages that bond together in this Great American regi
The Dane County Farmers Market is one of the features that drew me to Madison, Wisconsin, and one of the resources that keep me here.


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County Offers Senior Resource Fair for Local Korean Community
Fairfax County Department of Family Services
12011 Government Center Parkway, Suite 500
Fairfax, VA 22035-1102
April 3, 2007
Fairfax County's Department of Family Services, in partnership with
other Fairfax County agencies and local Korean community organizations,
will offer a "Korean Senior Resource Fair," on Saturday, April 14, from
noon to 4 p.m., at the Beautiful Gate Church, 3901 Gallows Road, in
The event is part of the county's effort to reach out to its diverse senior population. Korean-speaking staff will be available to answer questions and help Korean seniors learn about the services available. A light lunch will be provided, compliments of Beautiful Gate Church.
Department of Family Services staff will provide information about Medicaid, assisted living, nursing homes and other services. Other participating county agencies include the Department of Community and Recreation Services – FASTRAN; the Health Department – Community Health Care Network and Adult Day Health Care; the Park Authority; the Department of Systems Management for Human Services; and the Department of Transportation. Two community organizations – the Korean Community Services Center of Greater Washington and the Korean Central Senior Center – will also be participating.
Partnerships among county agencies, nonprofit organizations, community groups and faith-based organizations are an effective way to reach and support seniors in our community," says Sharon Lynn, Assistant Director of the Fairfax Area Agency on Aging in the Department of Family Services. "We focus on promoting the well-being of all older adults in our community, and we want to ensure that language is not a barrier to getting needed services."
The April 14 resource fair is free and open to the public.
Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request. To request accommodations or to request this information in an alternate format, call Kristine Choe with the Department of Family Services at 703-324-5425; TTY 703-449-1186.
News media inquiries may be directed to
Sharon Lynn, Assistant Director, Fairfax Area Agency on Aging,
Office phone: 703-324-5425, TTY: 703-449-1186.


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Talk to your family about where and when to go. Some rivers are more challenging than others with rapids that may be too tricky for inexperienced tubers. It's best to sign up with an outfitter. Find one near you by visiting www.rivertubing.info, and searching for your state.
Before you go, you might want to ask an outfitter:
Now that you're prepared, pack up your gear and head to the river for your tubing adventure.


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Holland not dwelling on back-to-back 40-save seasons
ARLINGTON -- Although Greg Holland is the first Kansas City closer to record back-to-back 40-save seasons since Dan Quisenberry in 1983-84, he's not dwelling on the distinction.
"I really don't think about personal statistics or anything like that during the season because you don't want to get caught up in things like that," Holland said.
"The main thing is we won a lot of games the last two years and had a lot of leads in the ninth inning. Fortunately, I've been the one that's had the opportunity to close those games out. It says a lot about our team and the way we're headed. Other than that, I really don't think too much about it."
Joakim Soria was the only other Royals pitcher to have two 40-save seasons, 43 in 2010 and 42 in 2008. Quisenberry had 45 in 1983 and 44 the following year.
Holland, who had 47 in 2013, led the Majors as of Sunday with his 40.
"Personal stuff is something you look back on when you're done playing," he said. "Even if you just got to play in the big leagues, that's rewarding enough."
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: In their biggest test to date, the Indianapolis Colts travel to long-time rival New England to take on the Patriots. Both teams are 6-3 entering the game, but the Patriots are 70-14 (.833) at home since 2002, best in the NFL. Here are five pivotal factors:The Colts cannot afford to allow quarterback Tom Brady to have time to pick apart the Colts' relatively inexperienced secondary. So that means there needs to be some pressure to force hasty decisions. Let's just say it's one thing to pick off Blaine Gabbert, but another thing to jump Brady at home. Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis could be on the field – together – which would be a major plus in establishing some sort of pressure. Will it be enough?Once Brady goes to the air, he has two favorite targets that will potentially wreak all sorts of havoc on the Colts: tight end Rob Gronkowski and wide receiver Wes Welker. Welker is seventh in the league in receiving, averaging 90 yards per game. Gronkowski ranks second in the touchdowns with eight. The Patriots lead the NFL in passing and total offense. This is a potent team. Who handles Gronkowski? Linebacker Jerrell Freeman? Safety Antoine Bethea? It's a problem.There seems little doubt that Patriots coach Bill Belichick and his coaches will have something interesting planned defensively to try to rattle Colts rookie quarterback Andrew Luck. Tricks and disguises were always part of the chess match with Peyton Manning over the years, and both sides had their moments with the edge. Luck has gotten better on the road over the season, and this Patriots defense is not one of its better ones. So maybe there's only so much Belichick can do. Luck cannot afford careless passes this week, however.The Colts have to establish some sort of running game this week to eat clock, balance the offense and reduce the number of possessions Brady has to attack. The offensive line has shown improvement, as have the running back trio of Donald Brown, Vick Ballard and Delone Carter (with an occasional Robert Hughes). Brown presumably will be closer to 100 percent this week. They have to run the all to allow Luck time to operate. Crowd noise is a real issue that Luck must deal with, and a strong running game can tone down a crowd.Possessions will be at a premium, as will points. The Colts cannot afford to come up empty when they get to the red zone on offense. If the touchdowns aren't there, Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri – about to be booed by his former fans once again – must deliver. Pat McAfee needs a strong day punting, forced Brady into 85- or 90-yard drives whenever possible. Some field position off the return game would also be major boost for the Colts.


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I am writing a game, sort of like an mmo, but also with econ sim and all items and resources are player generated. I already can create the map, and seed resources, and create various recipes, and I have, and I will have a small demo finished before next year. But there are some big parts of the game I need input on.
One topic I am particularly interested in is the different crafting skills and their integration. Now one issues is alchemy and crafting. Potions made by alchemists will have the ability to altar natural resources to make them more useful for various tasks. For instance, certain potions can be used in forging ingots that will later be used in creating weapons and armor. It will give them bonuses to various stats. For instance it would increase their strength, or lower their weight, much like alloys. Certain potions can also be used in the process of crafting an item, say, a sword, to give it a sharper edge. In additions, when enchanting items, one thing you can do is carve words into the weapon to give it affects. Now in general better enchanters can put more power in a word. And better materials can hold more charge. But also, the definition of the characters matters. Usually the metal smith will carve the words in, but you could also use a potion purchased from an alchemist to get a more precise engraving. Because a weapon has a limited amount of this which can be done before damaging its integrity, being more precise means being smaller which means fitting on more magic. Further, certain professions can affect the total magic capacity of a sword. This is called, aligning the matrix. Potions or magic use in crafting the weapon could arrange its physical characteristics to be more receptive to magic. So a high level alchemist or enchanter could allow you to use a stronger spell on an iron sword than would normally be possible. A whole bunch of professions in the game have this sort of crafting interaction. These sorts of things benefit capital, like plows or picks or hammers as well as weapons or armor. Magic can affect the power of potions, and vice versa. Magic or potions can cause crops to grow faster, and possibly magic can be used to breed new plants, although this is somewhat iffy. These sorts of things can allow multiple classes to have better gear in questing, for instance a player with better metal craft can use better metals and forge superior weapons, but if you have lower metal crafting but high level alchemy or magic, you could make equipment of comparable quality. Additionally various classes would be able to make cosmetic changes to items, like coloring metal or wood, and other such things. I know many people would consider this to be incredibly complicated to code, but I am pretty sure I know how to do it without spending a lot of time. What I am more concerned with is the player reaction. I know players love to customize, and lots of min maxers would be excited about all the ways to improve a weapon and that they can play lots of different types of characters without harming their ability to craft or quest or what not. But for casual players, I think it might be confusing to have all these options and also, players willing to spend a lot of time in game could produce vastly superior items. I really would enjoy a game where this is possible obviously, or I wouldn't be making the game, but what do you guys think about this kind of thing?
This is not an ad for my game, since it doesn't exist yet. This is just a question about crafting.
I love crafting. Cannot stress this enough. Words cannot express my love, other than that I feel a fiery passion stronger than a super nova when I meet a good crafting system. I do not know if my system will be good or balanced. But I am attempting to design an entirely player run economy with an open skill system. NPCs can be hired to run shops and mine/farm/cut trees/etc in a limited capacity. They can also be hired as guards, because every building in the game can be conquered. But not so much that a small group of high level players can't stomp the NPCs. NPCs cannot craft items. They can only work in player owned mines/farms. And hiring a player during their offline time is worth many more res per hour than using npcs. You have to pay them though, this partly replaces npc quests.
That is all just background to my main question however.
In my system with its vast selection of crafting options each player can use all the skills, however this is not necessarily as time efficient as working with other players. It is better to have a sword maker, an alchemist and an enchanter and a wizard than to have one player do it all. Also because raising one skill doesnt raise the time needed for others, there will be no multies. And because players can own storage, mules will also be irrelevant.
Furthermore, monsters do not drop items or gold, only mats for crafting. The money system is closed to a degree. Using flavor reasons as an excuse, each player enters the game with an amount of gold. The gold supply is based on player population. Inactives will have their gold distributed evenly across all the players maybe every month as a divine blessing type event. This method is used to try and control inflation and remove the problems from a faucet/drain style economy. It has its own problems I'm sure, but thats what beta testing is for.
The reason you might use all the 4 classes above in making a nice sword is because multiple professions can be used to enhance one item. Alchemists can use potions to refine materials. Magic can refine them also, and the same to some degree for metal/wood workers. Alchemists and wizards/sorcerers/enchanters can also align the matrix, which allows lower level gear to hold more powerful enchantments. Alchemists cannot add spells per say only apply potions for effects, such as poison, acid, and so forth. Enchanters can add effects permanently, and they are added by inscribing words on an item. Each item type has a certain amount of space for this engraving. This space can be inreased by isncribing the words with acid(alchemists) or magic(wizards/sorcerers), and higher level metal working skills because obviously you can practice to learn to write small and clear. The refinement of a scribing allows a more powerful version to be used, where as the size means more possible inscriptions. Enchanters can imbue these inscriptions with power but cannot add temporary buffs. Wizards and sorcerers can cast temporary buffs on items, but not permanent ones that enchanters can do.
So weapons can be physically well made, have an aligned matrix, have more or better enchantments, and have buffs. Their edges can be sharpened with alchemical acids beyond what physical crafters can do. They can be poisoned and have weaker acids that damage people but not metal. Magic bufs and potion effects are temporary. Crafting work and enchantments are permanent. There may or may not be gem or rare metal additions to items like a crytal or emerald hilt stone, which can add more enchantments. The reason inscription quality is separate from enchantment quality is because you can reinchant items to be more powerful as your enchanter levels up, as long as the inscription level is high enough. You can also change the enchantments on weapons as long as you have access to enchanting or another player to do it.
Of course alchemists can also use potions directly, lke tossing flamable things, poisons, or corrosives on enemies/monsters. And wizards/sorcerers can use their magic in the standard spell casting way. Essentially crafting is cross professional, although you don't have to, and each profession also has skills to make them viable in combat.
Spells and enchantments and traps with or without potions may or may not be usable to defend buildings to help in defense if you are offline.
The goal of the crafting system is to force players to work together, and to work with people with different specializations. You can do it all yourself, but likely your items wont be as good unless you play a lot more.
Magic is an economic resource as well, as players who want to be mages must either explore the world for ruins to find new words of power to forge spells, or purchase a grimoire from another player. Grimoires contain spells but don't give away the nature of the words of power, which have to be sold separately, this allows a wizard to hoard his knowledge of words of power. After all if buying a grimoire gave you the words, you could make your own and put him out of business.
Now I know a lot of people despise complexity in games, and in many cases even real depth. Some players just hate crafting period. That is what WoW is for.
Some people might say that you can't balance such a complex system, I disagree but obviously we won't know until I try.
I guess now that you understand the system more or less, if any of you are crafters, does it interest you? I have written code to make an alchemy rpg simulator, this code can be changed only slightly to add the other resources and item types. What I am trying to figure out is, is there a playerbase out there for this kind of game? Why spend years making it if there is no audience.
It's all nice and good to think of the ideal scenario, where everyone uses the system exactly as the developer intended, but game balance is paramount.
By the lengthy posts, you are obviously enamored with your concept, which makes all the more likely that you will not try to beat it up. How can a player abuse your system? Because, some will. Enough, and you will lose most of your "lovers of crafting".
It's all nice and good to think of the ideal scenario, where everyone uses the system exactly as the developer intended, but game balance is paramount. By the lengthy posts, you are obviously enamored with your concept, which makes all the more likely that you will not try to beat it up. How can a player abuse your system? Because, some will. Enough, and you will lose most of your "lovers of crafting".
well why would i spend hours of my life on it if i didnt like it? thats just a given. there are several possible ways to abuse the system: players could run an item based economy with a reasonably common and valuable item to get around the limited money supply. a group of players or even a dedicated individual could work hard at griefing, just killing players for kicks and not to improve their character. players could fail to understand the most efficient system for growth and one large group could attempt to just massacre everyone else on their world. this would result in long term problems when other more intelligently run worlds attacked them, but how many players think so far ahead. there could be an interaction that i can't anticipate because of the complexity of crafting that could cause some professions mats and crafted items to be much better than anything else. many many players would be violently upset about no npcs and either not sign up at all or quit quite quickly. i could go on i guess.
i break games for my amusement quite abit. i am currently player a browser game about being a demon running a dungeon and hunting humans made by some aussies. i was able to break the game quite easily by getting many more "followers" in a much shorter time than the devs intended. i also determined that only 3 unit types were valid in the end game, ruining their combat balance. i taught everyone how to stack followers as a trade off between certain benefits that made building the rooms of the dungeon progress much faster for the whole player base than intended. i know about players going off track and wrecking the best laid plans of the devs.
i will be spending a lot of time in game testing once i get what i feel is a workable design and finish coding it. i went ahead and coded a lot of stuff that is less problematic and which changes wont affect so i can be ready once i finalize the features that can casue isses.
My advice is to rip some of the classes out of your game and drop them into a win32 forms application.
Then create the extra classes you need to craft items and plug them in, then create a simple gui and test, test, test.
You can do the basics of it in a day without having to worry about graphics etc.
My take on crafting is a little different, I have been trying for a while to come up with a design based entirely on equations.
I have a system I am writing at the moment which I cannot talk about, but it's radically different than anything that's come before.
The actual creation system is simple in principle, but infinite in scope, my problem is taking the generated items and creating graphics for them.
After all I cannot store an infinite number of sprites
It also has a clever built in failure system, so you might create a massively powerful ring the equivalent of a nuclear weapon, but it's six foot in diameter.
Not going to fit on your finger.
PS Xannon, can you please sort out your posts, they are almost impossible to read
My advice is to rip some of the classes out of your game and drop them into a win32 forms application.
Then create the extra classes you need to craft items and plug them in, then create a simple gui and test, test, test.
You can do the basics of it in a day without having to worry about graphics etc.
My take on crafting is a little different, I have been trying for a while to come up with a design based entirely on equations.
I have a system I am writing at the moment which I cannot talk about, but it's radically different than anything that's come before.
The actual creation system is simple in principle, but infinite in scope, my problem is taking the generated items and creating graphics for them.
After all I cannot store an infinite number of sprites
It also has a clever built in failure system, so you might create a massively powerful ring the equivalent of a nuclear weapon, but it's six foot in diameter.
Not going to fit on your finger.
PS Xannon, can you please sort out your posts, they are almost impossible to read
Xannon is a bot, all it did was quote my earlier post with poor spacing.
What do you mean entirely based on equations? As for not being able to talk about your system, why not? No one is going to steal it. You can't even give away or crafting idea or game idea, hell you can barely get anyone to respond and critique it, much less steal it. There is 0 reason not to post about it. FYI, my game hasn't got classes.


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Gigi Fusco Meese Directs Olio Theatre Works' INTIMATELY WILDE, 1/11-1/27
Olio Theatre Works welcomes award-winning director Gigi Fusco Meese as director when it brings back the timely drama INTIMATELY WILDE to the Long Beach Playhouse's Studio Theatre January 11th – 27, 2013 as a part of the 2nd Annual "People's Theatrical Collaborative".
In addition to her accomplishment as a theatre director, Ms. Fusco Meese also served as the Managing Director of the Long Beach Playhouse for eight years and now serves as Director of Community/Public Relations for Musical Theatre West, Long Beach's premiere Broadway musical theatre company. She was also recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Long Beach Arts Council and was the "Distinguished Arts Professional of the Year" recipient from the Arts Council in 2006. Ms. Fusco Meese has directed dozens of productions in theatres across Southern California including the Newport Beach Theatre Arts Center, The Huntington Beach Playhouse, The Long Beach Playhouse and the Costa Mesa Civic Playhouse. Olio Theatre Works is thrilled to be added to this prestigious list.
INTIMATELY WILDE explores contemporary issues concerning art, equality and sexual politics through the unique lens of England's Victorian age. In the late 19th century, Oscar Wilde, famed poet and playwright, was the central figure in a turbulent love affair with the young and rebellious aristocrat Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas, and as a result was thrown into the center of three highly publicized trials during the height of the Victorian era in London.
In the final hours of Wilde's imprisonment for "gross indecency", INTIMATELY WILDE examines the choices he made for honor, the destruction of his fragile egg-shell world, and the reality of what one will do when he becomes a "slave to love." But INTIMATELY WILDE is not a story of punishment or regret. Rather, it celebrates the force of Wilde's spirit and his determination to remain true to himself, his art and the two people he cherishes above all else: his wife and his lover.
For the first time since the Los Angeles Premiere in 2009, audiences can explore the passion, wit, struggle and earnestness of one man's journey to demand freedom of expression in the face of an oppressively conservative society. INTIMATELY WILDE offers a hauntingly contemporary voice of experience from an age when the cost of love was very often one's entire life.
Intimately Wilde was written by Olio Theatre Works Founder/Artistic Director Terra Taylor Knudson with direction by Gigi Fusco Meese. Set Design is by Timothy P. Thorn. The cast features Ryan Michael Hartman, Pete Stone, Terra Taylor Knudson and Timothy P. Thorn as "Oscar Wilde".
Performances run from January 11-27 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM and on Sundays at 2PM. General admission tickets are $22 and available by calling 562-494-1014 (option 1) or visiting www.lbplayhouse.org/box-office.


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Topic: I am so frustrated with this DRAIN!
After six weeks and four different drains from two hospitals, my external drain is STILL a mess.
The hole is still leaking like mad (I have to use 5 gauze pads plus a surgical dressing, and change the whole nasty mess multiple times a day), there are days when I have agonizing, stinging pain every time I move (like yesterday), and the stitches keep slipping into and out of the hole. I can hardly leave the house. I've wrecked half my clothes with bile stains. I am so so so sick of this! And the last time I went to have it checked, 2 weeks ago, the doctor said that was "the best they could do" and I'd just have to live with it. Please tell me that isn't true... At least that pain can't be normal, can it? Even oxycodone doesn't touch it.
All I want in this world is to go up to Wisconsin and visit my family and see my Grandma (who is 100, and the dearest person in the world to me) before I start chemo. But the way things are, I can't even go to the grocery store.
Has anyone had trouble this bad with an external drain and finally had it work OK? How did they fix it? The bile is draining into the bag just fine and I've gotten a lot of relief from my symptoms, but the rest of it is just misery.
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Topic: My husband Jack is having stents put in today
My husband Jack was scheduled for radio embolization yesterday, but he is jaundiced so he was unable to have the procedure done. He spent the night in the hospital and is having stents put in right now. If they work, the doctor said it could take 3 weeks for his bilirubin level to come down, before they can do anything else.


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Infertility in dairy cattle is a multifactorial problem that may be linked to a number of causes, including:
|Follicle development and the quality of the ovulated oocyte.
|Sperm transport and fertilization.
|The reproductive tract environment.
|A combination of these factors.
Using transvaginal oocyte recovery techniques coupled with in vitro fertilization, researchers in Ireland recently attempted to examine the impact of what happens to cows metabolically after they calve—during which time cows typically undergo negative energy balance—on oocyte quality. This quality was assessed in terms of morphology and development. Their findings were reported in the March 2012 Journal of Dairy Science.
The researchers tracked bodyweight and body condition score at approximately two weeks before expected calving date, at calving, and then weekly until the end of the experiment (approximately 80 days postpartum). Blood plasma samples were collected and analyzed weekly, starting two weeks before the expected calving date and continuing until the end of the experiment.
Despite differences in metabolic profiles during the postpartum period, the researchers found no evidence of an effect of lactation-induced metabolic stress on oocyte quality. This means other factors, like those listed previously, may have more influence on oocyte quality than metabolic stress.
Source: April 2012 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council Newsletter


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First Person
The Topographical SoulBy Thomas Beller
I was at the last show of the night in a movie theater in New Orleans, and I stepped out midway to go to the bathroom. The movie was loud, cacophonous, upsetting—a documentary about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. As I peed, I stared absentmindedly at a tile in the wall in front of me.
There was nothing remarkable about this tile, but I felt an involuntary shiver. I was alone in the bathroom, but it occurred to me that the bathroom itself had once been alone and empty—for days, weeks, maybe months during the hurricane and evacuation. It had been frozen in time like the figures in Pompeii but without any bodies to be captured in mid-life, mid-gesture. Instead, what had been captured, what resonated, was a stillness that persisted even now, after the city had ostensibly come back to life.
Cities are not meant to be emptied. Most of them never are. Even in their quietest hour they have a rustling sense of breath. But I had once spent time in another city that had also been emptied: Phnom Penh, which was evacuated under the Khmer Rouge.
Phnom Penh was, from the moment I saw it in 1994, a place that refused comparison. At first I accepted this. I had come for new experiences and I was happy, if often unnerved, to let new experiences prick me with their unfamiliarity. But then I began to feel a certain resistance in me, an effort to corral all the stimulation and make it adhere to a context with which I was familiar. I was trying, as I always did, to see Phnom Penh through the lens of my hometown, New York. Read More


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Ginger Baker Reveals His Childhood Cycling Dream
He's indisputably one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock and roll, but Ginger Baker didn't always see himself behind a kit — in fact, as he revealed during a recent interview, he originally dreamed of being a professional cyclist.
"I was obsessed with the idea of being a cyclist when I was a kid, and I rode everywhere," Baker told the Calgary Herald. Sadly for young Ginger — but to the lasting benefit of music lovers everywhere — it wasn't to be.
"One day I had a smash-up and the bike was a write-off," he explained. "I had to earn some money, and this mate of mine said, 'Why don't you play drums?' It's funny – they all knew I was a drummer, and I didn't. I was always beating rhythms when I went to jazz gigs, which I did a lot. Anyway, I went along, they sat me down at the kit, and I just did it."
Baker's unorthodox entry into the drumming ranks continued when it came time to put together his own kit. Short on funds and forced to improvise, he remembers that "I bought a toy drum kit and sort of worked on it. I cut up my tent to put a front head on the bass drum, added a biscuit tin to one of the tom-toms, and took this kit with me to Leytonstone, and got the gig. I told them I'd been playing professionally for three years, and my normal kit was busted."
The rest was history, with Baker going on to keep the beat for Blind Faith and Cream before moving on to a wildly eclectic career that's included stints with a diverse array of artists, including Hawkwind and Fela Kuti — not to mention a recent documentary about his life, the well-received 'Beware of Mr. Baker.'


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