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Each year, the University at Albany
honors special members of its community with
Excellence Awards denoting exceptional contributions
to the life of the campus. Thirteen faculty
and staff members received this tribute in 2011.
Excellence in Teaching (Full Time)
Joanne Kaufman, Sociology
Professor Kaufman�s reputation as an excellent teacher is remarkable given the Department of Sociology�s overall reputation for excellence in teaching and advising. She is a dedicated and effective teacher at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels, taking her role seriously and putting time and energy into teaching and mentoring.
Professor Kaufman has taught many different courses including large introductory classes, writing intensive classes, a senior seminar; and graduate research classes. In all of these settings, she creates a learning environment where students are encouraged to participate and raise critical issues. Both student and peer evaluation of her teaching show that her methods are successful in stimulating students� interest and helping them learn. In the past three years, her evaluations have regularly been above the departmental average for both undergraduate and graduate courses. The scores are exceptionally high on the items �challenged you intellectually� and �held you to high standards�. Open-ended comments include such praise as �by far THE BEST sociology professor,� �I didn�t want to miss class because the class environment was different than other classes,� �This is an awesome class,� and �Joanne Kaufman is literally the best professor I�ve ever had.� One student stated that Professor Kaufman was the reason that she decided to make sociology her minor. Graduate students stress her dedication and generosity in helping them become successful researchers, and praise the guidance she provides as they prepare papers for conference presentations and submissions to academic journals. Her TAs talk about how much they learn about encouraging students to participate, and facilitating dynamic classroom discussions.
As one of her colleagues remarks: �Professor Kaufman is central to both the undergraduate and graduate programs. Her commitment to teaching embodies all that is best in the teacher/scholar model that is so highly valued at the University at Albany.�
Christine Wagner, Psychology
Professor Wagner gives of her time to her students and her department. She has served as Graduate Director for the Biopsychology/ Behavioral Neuroscience Program, has developed new courses for the curriculum, takes on overloads in teaching and helped design the minor in Neuroscience. She draws on expertise from biology, chemistry, and Psychology, to give students cutting-edge training in a rapidly growing discipline.
At the heart of Professor Wagner�s teaching is her ability to convey enthusiasm about her subject and to generate student interest in a complex area of knowledge. Regardless of the size or level of class, she engages her students in challenging, rigorous study of behavioral neuroscience, achieving outstanding results. She teaches an introductory Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience class of over 200 students. The course is by nature interdisciplinary, requiring her to explain complex biological brain functions to an audience with little background in the sciences. Student evaluations show that she successfully conveys such complex information and engenders student interest. Her ratings are consistently above the mean and the average for the department.
Professor Wagner uses primary literature and her own research as the major teaching tools. Students read original research papers, delve into them, learn from them and critique them. One student in her undergraduate advanced Behavioral Neuroscience course, wrote, �It was more like a graduate student journal club� it was tough, challenging, and fun.� A peer observer notes �Professor Wagner has generated an environment within which the students can learn and grow, and has taught them priceless skills � reading, critical thinking and the ability to express their thoughts clearly.� Dr. Wagner is rightfully proud of her sustained training of graduate students who work in her lab, transforming them into independent, critical thinkers and budding scientists in their own right.
Professor Christine Wagner exemplifies the best that our faculty members offer to their students� a committed teacher-scholar, who continually explores new research and publications in her field to engage students in learning, in the classroom and in the lab.
Excellence in Teaching (Part Time)
Craig Hancock,
Craig Hancock teaches in the Educational Opportunity Program and is known as the teacher who goes out of his way to help. Students line up outside his office, confident that they will find expert guidance on their papers. Many of these students are not even in his classes, yet Dr. Hancock takes time for them.
Dr. Hancock designed the curriculum for the intensive writing program for EOP. Students attend class daily, participate in study groups, and meet with him for one-on-one conferences. Dr. Hancock assumes the lead in creating the lessons for the intensive summer writing course in the Pre-College Summer Program, and trains all summer program writing staff members and peer educators.
Last year, Dr. Hancock introduced a new model where students take a non-credit developmental course paired with a credit-bearing Composition course. This model combines support for students with tangible progress toward degree, and generates student enthusiasm and engagement. With all this, he found the time to write his own acclaimed grammar textbook, and is a contributing author in two other textbooks.
Dr. Hancock dedicates himself to helping those who might have been written off as hopeless. He gives new chances to people who go on to bright futures. One student commented:
�I would not be the Founding Principal of the first all-girls, public charter high school in New York State if Dr. Hancock did not begin his impact on my life 20 years ago. I came to him as a young, pregnant freshman with mediocre writing skills and unclear academic plans. Dr. Hancock�s careful attention to his teaching craft, and the intellectual and social development of his students had a profound influence on my desire to become a better writer, thinker and educator.�
Barbara Rio,
Social Welfare
Barbara Rio has been a grounding influence for Social Welfare students for over a decade, teaching key courses in the major and serving as the main link to students� field experiences. She is one of the first instructors students encounter and students and alumni regularly cite the lasting influence of her teaching on them. They praise her talent for blending support and challenge so that students can take appropriate risks as they learn. Ms. Rio is respected and liked by her students while holding them accountable for high standards.
Ms. Rio continually reflects on how to improve the quality of the curriculum, developing important improvements for her courses and those of her colleagues. She was instrumental in increasing student engagement by piloting Team Based Learning in her courses, and working with colleagues to implement this approach throughout the curriculum. She redesigned the undergraduate field seminar to increase its academic rigor, to unanimous acclaim by the faculty. She serves on many School and University committees and with community-based agencies, always with an eye toward supporting student learning. She plays the central role in orienting new instructors to the undergraduate curriculum, continually working to create community across courses in the major. She is a standard setter for excellence, a guide for students as they prepare for their community roles and an exceptional classroom teacher. Ms. Rio�s syllabi and teaching materials were key evidence to demonstrate how the School meets reaccreditation standards. Her courses show exemplary construction and sensitivity to students� developmental capacities. They emphasize students� potential to undertake critical thinking assignments and demonstrate respect for diverse points of view.
Ms. Rio consistently concerns herself with the intellectual, professional and personal growth of her students.
Excellence in Teaching (Teaching
Dawit Demissie,
Information Studies
Mr. Demissie teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the College of Computing and Information. He has the distinction of having been nominated by a group of students who were so excited about his teaching that they banded together to organize a nomination. One support letter stated: �Purely because of his unique teaching style and wit, we all took something extra from the course. Dawit brought material most of us have never heard of before and made the material almost second nature to us�because of this class I chose to become a TA in the Informatics Department, and I continue to practice the skills I learned from his class.�
Mr. Demissie is always prepared to meet students individually, even sacrificing his weekends to do so. But this does not mean that he is �easy�: on the first day of class he makes it clear to students what he expects from them throughout the semester as well as what students should expect of him. He has high standards for himself and his students, as they work to achieve academic excellence.
Mr. Demissie has a wonderful rapport with his students. His ratings on student evaluations underscore that he is a gifted instructor. He commands real respect from the students, who give spontaneous positive feedback to the department about his teaching. One student wrote that because Mr. Dawit counseled him not leave the University, he is now a senior and will graduate in a few days with an Information Science major and a Business minor.
Mr. Dawit is able to communicate complex ideas in his classes, is generous with his time and attention to students, and inspires them to reach higher than they thought they could. He combines a pleasant personality and sense of humor with self-discipline, perseverance, a passion for teaching, intellectual curiosity, and a deep commitment to scholarship.
Matt Vogel,
Mr. Vogel has demonstrated excellence in teaching as a TA in Sociology. He works hard to design effective assignments, and provide engaging classroom interaction. He provides multiple types of exercises and assignments and works with students to ensure that they can demonstrate their knowledge and have opportunities to improve. He purposely designs flexibility into his courses to better address their needs. His course materials demonstrate his creativity in evaluating students and challenging them to not just know the material but to develop a deeper understanding through detailed investigations and applications.
Mr. Vogel cultivates a supportive and informal environment that engages students in dialogue. Even in large classes of over 120 students, he makes the classroom a place where all students feel involved and respected. He encourages student excitement, challenging them to think critically. In all of his classes, Mr. Vogel receives student evaluations that are much higher than departmental averages. He goes out of his way to work with students individually: patient with students who struggle and providing more advanced students with additional readings and material to help them continue their development. His high evaluations are not due to showmanship or easy material. They are a reflection of his skill, enthusiasm, and knowledge.
Mr. Vogel is broadly committed to teaching. He served on the SUNY Albany Middle States Evaluation sub-committee on Institutional Assessment and Student learning, and on Sociology�s Teaching Committee, helping to organize teaching workshops each semester. He co-presented a paper at a national conference focused on teaching theories and is always actively working to improve his teaching by attending departmental workshops, those offered by ITLAL, and teaching related talks at national conferences.
Excellence in Research
Iris Berger,
She has been elected Vice President for Research of the American Historical Association, the largest and most eminent historical association in the world. Professor Berger has published three single-authored books with a fourth to come out soon. She has co-authored a fifth book and co-edited a collection of essays that set the standard in her field. She was associate editor of Oxford University Press�s Encyclopedia of Women in World History. She has published 28 articles, including some that are considered as having set standards in her field and that continue to be read by students and scholars. Her publications have appeared in her field�s most prestigious, top-tier journals and she has presented scholarly works in over 115 international conferences.
JoAnne Carson,
Professor JoAnne Carson�s work in the fine arts has earned the respect of colleagues throughout the art world. She has a record of achievement that many academics strive to emulate, but do not often attain. Professor Carson started her career as a painter and has moved toward three-dimensional sculpture. In the process, she has left nothing behind---her sculptures and wall reliefs build on the expressive use of color that was the hallmark of her paintings. With one foot rooted in painting and the other pushing the boundaries of sculpture, she embraces the contradictions that arise from blurring the distinctions between the two. In her work there is a whimsical exuberance that captivates viewers, while drawing them into consideration of the darker aspects of life�s forces.
Her exhibition record includes the most respected venues in the field, recognized for their broad impact in the visual arts. Professor Carson has presented 14 solo exhibitions and countless group exhibitions at highly regarded museums and galleries such as the Washburn Gallery, the Ruth Siegel Gallery, the Plus Ultra Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Academy Museum. Her work has garnered the attention of the most esteemed curators and critics in the field, and reviews of her exhibitions have appeared in the most prestigious national arts media.
Professor Carson�s work is included in distinguished public collections nationwide including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Fort Worth Art Museum, the Joslyn Art Museum and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. She has received many awards including the Ellin P. Speyer Award from the National Academy Museum, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters� highly competitive Purchase Prize in Sculpture.
Fatemeh (Shadi) Shahedipour-Sandvik,
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Dr. Shahedipour-Sandvik is a highly accomplished scientist and researcher in a broad set of fields ranging from nano-device engineering, to Quantum dots and wires for ultra-sensitive sensors and laser structures. She is recognized as a pioneering leader in the development of GaN-based technology and is well known in the Material Science and nano-electronics research communities. She has dozens of ongoing projects with researchers in both academe and industry, and has participated in many conferences worldwide. She has built, from scratch, a very large research program at UAlbany, with which she has raised more than $3 million in funding. She has filed several patent applications and published over 60 research articles in leading journals. She has also authored two books on the Solid State Lighting Materials and Compound Semiconductors for Energy Applications. Her research has produced both experimental and theoretical understanding of electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices. Together with her research team, she has helped advance many of the cutting edge technology and approaches needed to aggressively study new areas of nanotechnology. She has an outstanding record of acquiring funding for this groundbreaking research and has received acclaim for solving both fundamental and applied science and engineering problems. Her publication record and scholarship rank in the top 10% of people at a similar career level in the field.
Dr. Shahedipour has received numerous awards and fellowships, among them the SUNY Promising Inventor Award, the Outstanding Research Paper Award from the Materials Research Society and the Governor�s Women of Excellence Award from the NY Governor�s office.
Istvan Kecskes,
Educational Theory and Practice
In hiring Professor Istvan Kecskes, the Department of Educational Theory and Practice hoped he would energize its programs in second language learning, and help the Department regain an international reputation for excellence in that field. This hope has been fully realized. Professor Kecskes has published over 60 highly regarded books and articles, 15 computer programs for language learning and has become the �founding father� of the field of intercultural pragmatics. In addition to his prolific publication record, he has been editor of the journal Intercultural Pragmatics, and a book series, the �Mouton Series in Pragmatics�.
Professor Kecskes approaches old questions in his field with new eyes, and has revolutionized our understanding of first and second language learning. He developed a new theoretical model used by his and other disciplines, and gathered data from a longitudinal experiment examining the effects of foreign language learning. His original and innovative analyses of linguistics and language teaching and learning have led to a better understanding of the cognitive-linguistic consequences of fluency in more than one language. His focus on pragmatics of language use and learning in cross-cultural contexts led to the development of his Dynamic Model of Meaning which treats communication as an interplay of past and present experience. His groundbreaking work contrasts with those who prioritize the immediate context of communication, and has opened up new understanding of how meaning is constructed. As a fellow scholar said: �Dr. Kecskes� book is a must read for whoever is interested in the explosion of fields as varied as theoretical linguistics, cognition, communication studies, pragmatics, second language acquisition and bilingualism.�
Excellence in Academic Service
Alan Wagner,
Educational Administration and Policy Studies
Service and generosity are the hallmarks of Professor Wagner�s professional life. He makes enormous contributions to his department, his School, the University and the community. As chair he never sought teaching reductions, engaging fully in the educational and research missions of his department and School. He has served as a core member of the Comparative and International Education Policy Program; spearheaded the solicitation and administration of two grants from the Ford Foundation totaling over $500,000; led the partial transfer of the University at Buffalo�s international higher education research program to UAlbany; served on the board of the Capital Area School Development Association; and brought the Secretariat of the Comparative and International Education Society to UAlbany�a feat which has brought international attention and prestige to our School of Education.
Professor Wagner is known as someone who genuinely cares about his students and his colleagues. He steps in to help whenever and wherever needed, no matter the cost to himself. Even as chair he routinely volunteered as interim advisor, taught extra classes, chaired dissertation committees and acted as extra reader for dissertation proposals. For his support of students, he has received a Disability Services Award from the Disability Resource Center. He serves on many prestigious advisory boards, among them the International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, the World Bank�s Project on Lifelong Learning Policies in Latin America, the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, and the UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education.
Not content with working internationally and locally, he worked with SUNY New Paltz to design a doctoral program for a region needing educational leaders. Its students are all now working in New York�s public educational institutions, a result only possible through Professor Wagner�s constant stewardship.
During these challenging times when too many people doubt the returns-on-investment of public universities, we cannot exaggerate the importance of engaged scholars whose service is informed by, and contributes to, knowledge development in the service of humankind. Alan Wagner is an exemplary engaged scholar: he is the example of a servant leader. It is this leadership philosophy which makes him a worthy recipient of this award.
Excellence in Professional Service
Suzanne Lance,
NYS Writers Institute
Ms. Susanne Lance has had a substantial, and heretofore unheralded influence on the culture and quality of life of the University at Albany. She joined the New York State Writers Institute two decades ago after distinguishing herself in other positions, including service to author Toni Morrison during Ms. Morrison�s tenure at UAlbany in the early 1980�s. Ms. Lance is the Writers Institutes� financial officer, organizational manager, manager of plans and projects, and primary event coordinator. She oversees production of the Institute�s graphics, its media contacts, and the increasingly important management of its media archives, which will make the video and audio tapes of nearly 1000 eminent Institute visitors available to the public in an on-line library. She co-ordinates the appearances of the Institute�s guests which include foremost journalists and science writers, emerging poets, former governors, prominent historians, Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists and film and television stars. She coordinates the biennial State Author/State Poet award ceremony. She oversees the Summer Young Writers Institute for high school students. She coordinates efforts to increase support from community organizations and granting organizations from around the state and the nation. Cherished by many at the University, Ms. Lance remains modest and helpful to all who have contact with her. She is affable and comforting. She has the grace to suffer fools and saints alike. She has a gift and talent for doing the right thing, and she has the requisite sense of purpose to reach for often unattainable peaks. In so doing, she leads her colleagues to reach and achieve. Quite simply, she is an inspiration for us all.
Holly Barker-Flynn,
Residential Life
A product of SUNY, Holly Barker-Flynn joined UAlbany in 1985, initially as a Residence Hall Director. Through a series of positions he acquired broad administrative experience in the areas of facilities, operations, budget and finance, all of which prepared him for appointment as Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1999. In his current role, Steve serves as the College�s chief administrative officer, responsible for managing the College�s budget, financial and personnel matters. Steve also supervises staff in the Dean�s Office and regularly meets with clerical and professional staff across the College to provide a forum for questions and concerns as well as a platform for collaborative problem-solving. Steve is widely regarded as a role model for other fiscal managers and assistant deans on campus. He is committed, organized, dependable, great to work with, someone who �doesn�t just show up but often has a leadership role.�
In addition, Steve is a reliable volunteer, willing to serve in tasks that have no direct bearing on his assigned duties but benefit the University. His expertise and personality make him an attractive candidate for service on campus-wide search committees and professional development workshops and activities related to academic leadership, campus diversity and cultural issues. His experience and perspective as an end-user is highly valued by everyone involved in the development and improvement of core management systems.
The overall evidence for this nomination is marked by statements of admiration and respect for Holly Barker-Flynn�s extraordinary dedication, high degree of professionalism, and personal integrity and fairness. He is a perfect recipient of the 2010 Excellence Award for Professional Service.
Excellence in Support Service
Mr. McLaughlin regularly takes on extra roles too numerous to list here: He is a member of the color guard, representing the department in full dress uniform at funerals and campus functions. He is a Field Training officer, providing orientation and mentoring to newly hired officers. He is a member of the bicycle patrol, an integral part of the effort to reach out to the university community. He works closely with residential life staff to educate students and hold them accountable to community standards. He cares about the well-being of students�even the challenging ones. Students who have met him make comments like �that cop was a pretty good guy� or �he treated me fairly�. He knows they are developing adults. One of his roles is to educate and assist with that development.
Officer McLaughlin leads the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) program, a self-defense and safety awareness program for men and women. Under his supervision, RAD has increased its courses for students, faculty and staff, and provides training to police and public safety personnel from surrounding communities, colleges and universities. He started RADkids, offering training to children to prevent abduction and sexual abuse. He is an example of going �above and beyond� to carry out the university�s longstanding commitment to community engagement. Because of his dedication, our RAD program has been recognized nationally as a model for what community policing can be.
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Camp capsule / Playing time uncertain
Thursday: Day 10 of 20.
Up in the air: Coach Doug Marrone said a decision on how much the starters will play in Sunday's preseason opener against the New York Giants won't be made until after practice tonight, when Marrone sees who is healthy enough to play.
Backed up: The Bills' first 11-on-11 session started at their own 1-yard line. The offense wasted little time covering 99 yards, when EJ Manuel connected on a bomb down the left sideline to receiver Sammy Watkins – providing the now-customary daily highlight for the rookie.
Change up: The Bills altered the time of practice twice Thursday, first from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then to 1 p.m. Each change was made based on the weather report.
Schedule: The Bills practice at 6 p.m. today before departing for Canton, Ohio, and the Hall of Fame Game on Sunday night. All available tickets for tonight's practice have been distributed.
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By Octobers second weekend, it was clear to everyone in town that an end to labor strife was somewhere in the unseeable distance.
The MTA outage was in its fourth week. Daylong, rolling strikes closed King-Drew, the countys third busiest public hospital, and curtailed services at Harbor-UCLA, the number-two medical center. The increased confidence of county executive David Janssen at his Thursday and Friday media briefings symbolized the Board of Supervisors rising rectitude as they held fast to a 9 percent final wage-increase offer -- less than 60 percent of the 15.5 percent demanded by Service Employees International Local 660. Janssen said this weeks countywide walkout was not inevitable. But he threw a very hard pitch when he said there would be no negotiations until the rolling strikes stopped. He said that the county would agree to negotiate if SEIU canceled the general strike. The union responded that without a return to the table, the big strike was on.
As this is written, the impasse practically mandates the countys first complete service-union walkout in its 150-year history. (Excuse my avoidance of the abused term general strike, which would only apply if L.A. Countys deputies, firefighters, lawyers and doctors also hiked.) How did we get to this point, never reached even in the depths of the 1930s Depression? Isnt this the California thats awash in prosperity, as one Associated Press reporter recently put it, that reinvented and innovated itself out of the decade-old crash of its defense economy?
But this new prosperitys rising tide has left too many boats submerged: hogged under by ballooning costs of housing and transportation, low wages and puny raises. To too many, the effects of 21st-century prosperity are net negative. The result is a broadening class separation, carefully documented early last year by the Public Policy Institute of California, which found that the bottom 25 percent of California male workers now earn 40 percent less than they did 32 years ago.
Unsurprisingly, this reports become a union manifesto. The County Feds John Barton said its conclusions show the growing gap between the rich and the rest of us. By no coincidence, most SEIU Local 660--represented county employees fall into the bottom 25 percent income segment.
The other key factor was millennial coincidence: 45 percent of all the union contracts in Los Angeles County fall due this year. Which is why were also coping with the MTA drivers and screen actors strikes, and may yet face school walkouts. Were in destinys unmarked intersection in which the wrecks are already beginning to pile up.
But the logistical problem is that by going after the county, the SEIU is nowhere near those dot.com deep pockets. Instead, its assailing a weak governmental institution barely out of its own recent fiscal ordeal. Union leaders make much of the countys new-won prosperity and its purported $109 million surplus. But theres no one on the current Board of Supervisors who wasnt on that recent roller-coaster ride through near bankruptcy. And that surplus money -- which is public money, not private-sector profits -- is only half the additional funds that the county claims it would necessarily pay out annually if the SEIU gets the contract its asking for. Its also a piddling sum in the vast numerical contexts of county responsibility: 95,000 employees, 4,300 square miles, 3.7 million near-indigent people depending on county health services. Divided among every county resident, that $109 million would bring each around $10.
Put another way, though: If the countys too cheap to come up with an additional buck an hour -- as has every other public authority in the state -- to pay a Sacramento-mandated raise to its 70,000 literally impoverished home health-care workers, what can we expect it to do for Local 660? Yet the union has its own constituency in which $15 an hour plus 9 percent is no longer enough.
The wonderful new economys put a big squeeze on these public employees, and, as of this week, they are ready to squeeze back.
The Real Outsiders
On the further fringes of municipal employment are the thousands who work part time for both the city and the county. Next week, for the first time, a City Council committee will look at part-timer issues that, in some cases, run even deeper than salary.
Councilwoman Jackie Goldbergs Personnel Committee is beginning with part-timers who work for the Department of Recreation and Parks. Were talking about the long-term, committed employees here, Goldberg said. Not the kids who work in the summer. We have to look at our policies -- sick days, vacation days. And other, long-term benefits. Goldbergs effort is being shadowed by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents the part-timers who help with recreation, child care, exhibitions and many other jobs within the parks system. This happens also to be a category of employees who tend, more than most other city employees, to be in love with their jobs.
Honey Green, for instance, works at Jim Gilliam Park near her Baldwin Village home. She typifies the most stressed category of part-timers, because she has two other part-time jobs, one with a private school in Culver City and the other as a (low-paid, as noted above) county health-care provider. Which means that Since my car broke down during the MTA strike, Ive had to take cabs to my other jobs at up to $15 a ride. Green loves her work, and like many others, began as a volunteer. Shes also a single parent of a 13-year-old boy, who, because she works in a park, can meet her and keep himself busy until it is time for her to leave.
Green is a typical full-time part-time worker, working the equivalent of full time at several jobs, none of which has benefits. One of the most important things would be to have sick days, she said. Or vacation. I could spend more time with my son. Shed also like to be able to work a regular 20-hour week, but notes that often she cant, due to seemingly arbitrary rules and schedules. Many part-time employees say they fear theyll be punished for taking unpaid sick days by being given fewer working days.
That 20-hour week is the most a part-timer can have under city rules, which allow just over 1,000 work hours per year. Of course, most voluntarily work longer hours. As Green notes, you cant walk away from an uncompleted task.
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For some Rec and Parks workers, 20 hours a week can fill their life. Travel Town is Griffith Parks slightly threadbare mechanical wonderland, full of fire trucks, locomotives, old cars and other real-life toys. Plus, on a typical weekend, working trains and screaming tots. As far as the work goes, John Coghlan, 59, couldnt be happier here. A slender, curatorial-looking man who once held a full-time, senior position at the El Pueblo monument downtown, he works a 20-hour schedule. The collection of aging artifacts seems his natural environment. I hammered that out of copper, he said, pointing to a vintage trunks restored, faux-rusty corner piece, which hes managed to make look like ancient iron. Coghlan restores and maintains the dozen or so old fire engines and maintains the 160 wooden spokes on all the old trucks, cars and wagons in his care. He also keeps close records of the exhibits, their condition and care. He seems to burn with curiosity and an endless desire to do things.
No complaints about the pay, Coghlan said. But I miss my old medical benefits. He has to pay his own, to a private provider, for $2,700 per year. Coghlans in a skimpy, city retirement program, but he doesnt get Social Security. Like many other parks part-timers, doing what he loves is a key benefit. But he also wants a proportional share of the full-timer benefits. The question is, he asked, Do they want long-time employees in positions like mine?
At 72, Eleanor Aguilar is impassioned by her work. Seniors need to be spoiled like children, she said. I do a lot of touching. At the Boyle Heights Senior Center near Evergreen Park, Aguilars clients are as old as 100. Like Honey Green, she would like a 20-hour workweek, but often gets only 12. (Like Green and Coghlan, she works many unpaid hours without complaint.) And of course, she wants sick-day eligibility.
Just a few benefits would help us keep a stable, happier staff, she said. Would, in other words, help the little-noted people who help the people who use the citys museums, parks and senior centers do an even better job.


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Bass Fishing Team Competes in Tournament at Lake Seminole in Georgia
January 30, 2014
Mississippi College's bass fishing team competes against nearly 50 other schools in the Southeast in a major tournament at Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia.
Anglers are coming from campuses in North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi for the FLW's Southeastern college fishing tournament on February 1.
MC junior Will Hedgepeth, 20, of Clinton, serves as president of the university's bass club. The angler says he's anxious to compete against in-state rivals like Mississippi State, Ole Miss and the University of Southern Mississippi.
In addition, Will and fishing team partner Minh Ky. Tran, 19, a biology major from Houston, Texas, will try to beat other squads in the region such as Florida State, Clemson, Samford, the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Florida, Georgia State and Valdosta State. Tran is a freshman on the Clinton campus.
This is Hedgepeth's third trip to a major FLW tournament in the region since his freshman year.
Both MC students have stepped up their practices lately by reeling in plenty of eight-pound fish at the team's headquarters, Providence Hill Farm.
FLW is the world's largest fishing tournament organization. There are more than 600 registered fishing clubs on college campuses nationwide. Collegians compete for cash and prizes at tournaments year-round.
For more information on MC's bass fishing club, contact Jim Turcotte at 601.925.3315 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Contact Andy Kanengiser, University News Coordinator, at 601.925.7760 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Dealing With Syria
This weekend's Swiss summit between Bill Clinton and Hafez al-Assad is a make-or-break moment in the quest for peace between Syria and Israel. The American president will soon be a lame duck. The septuagenarian Syrian president is sick and eager to hand over the reins to his son, Bashar. And the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, the man in the empty chair in Geneva, is losing control of his coalition and his constituency.
If they don't reach an agreement by the summer, it may be too late. That is why Israel greeted the summit announcement with extreme caution. The public signals from Damascus have been threatening and insulting. Barak's circle remembers all too painfully the disenchantment after the last Clinton-Assad summit, also in Geneva, in January 1994. Assad wanted everything and offered nothing — not even a corner at the concluding press conference for Israeli reporters.
Not everyone is despondent, however. There have been enough credible leaks — from Israeli, Arab and American sources — to suggest that significant progress has been made behind-the-scenes on issues such as the Golan border, water sources, security and the nature of the peace. Now Assad has to show the political will to conclude a deal that Barak can sell to a skeptical Israeli public.
The Syrian leader's performance so far has been as disturbing to the left, which is ready to sacrifice the Golan Heights for peace, as it is to the right, which wants to keep them. He won't meet Barak. He won't allow his foreign minister to shake Barak's hand. Syrian officials call Israelis Nazis, while at the same time accusing Jews of fabricating the Holocaust. They hint that the proposed peace is only a way station toward the destruction of the Zionist enterprise. And Damascus keeps Hezbollah's guerrilla war bubbling in Southern Lebanon.
As so often before, the eloquent Hebrew novelist Amos Oz has distilled the unease of the doves. They are peaceniks but not pacifists; Israelis who know they will pay their share of the price if the peace proves as flawed as the hawks predict. Assad has still to convince them.
In an impassioned interview with Ha'aretz last weekend, Oz accused him of making every effort to present Israel with a peace agreement in the form of an enema. "He is clearly determined to humiliate and degrade us," Oz argued. "It is as if he was demanding not just peace, and not even just the Golan, but that Ehud Barak should go to meet him dressed only in his underwear, with his hands raised in surrender."
Oz wondered aloud whether Assad wasn't seeking peace with the United States, rather than peace with Israel. Was his real aim to free Syria from "the stranglehold of encirclement and isolation," while pushing Israel into the international sin bin? "I see a worrying possibility," Oz said, "that, following the initialing of an American-backed agreement, Assad will make very sure that it will not receive a majority here in a referendum. And he will do that by repeatedly spitting in our faces."
Maybe it is all a difference of cultures. Assad is a dictator who doesn't understand how democracies work. However, I remember that another Arab dictator, Egypt's Anwar Sadat, did things differently, flying to Jerusalem, pressing the flesh, dining with Menachem Begin, addressing the Knesset (even if the things he said there rang pretty harsh to Israeli ears).
"Sadat," Oz insisted, "understood that our problem, the problem of both the Jewish people and of Israel, was not merely a problem of land and security, but an emotional problem, our problem of isolation and humiliation. That is why Sadat began the peace process by establishing an emotional breakthrough."
Assad has not even tried, but perhaps Assad is looking for a deal by the end of May. Barak, too, is not without hope. He urged his warring coalition partners to patch up their differences so as not to destroy the chances of peace.


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Iron Rod Salt Lake City, UTJuly 28, 2012 2:17 p.m.
Pornography gives an unreal image of what sexual activity is about.
The problem is that many people learn about sex from pornography.Why is Utah #1 in accessing on line Porn perhaps it is because of a lack of sex education in the schools.
What the writer fails to mention is the effect on women of consuming soft porn. What I consider soft porn are many Romance Novels also the Hallmark channel.
The male heros of some of these so called novels create an unreal immage of what females can expect from males.
Many males also can not compete with the unreal immage of spouses in some of their "LDS Romance Novels"
The spouses in these novels are generally professional people Doctors or Lawyers who have all the time to devote themselves to their spouses and generally are completely satisfied with holding their spouses and talking to them rather than any other physical activity.
The novels satisfy the fantasy of the 38 year old divorce with three children who meets the never been married physician who loves her and her three children.
Real life they marry some one younger with no children. Just a different view point.
freedomingood provo, UtahJuly 28, 2012 7:44 a.m.
Women engage in pornography as well with the same curiosity as men yet they are not often comming forward.
merich39 Salt Lake City, UTJuly 27, 2012 5:08 p.m.
There are people commenting here that seem to think that pornography destroys marriages. My wife of 18 yrs and I would like to disagree with that opinion. We have found that pornography, used in moderation, enhances our sex life. It provides a nice variety and spark.
merich39 Salt Lake City, UTJuly 27, 2012 5:01 p.m.
Porn is addictive to those who are susceptible to addiction. Of course, those who are susceptible are going to be susceptible to addiction to all kinds of things... reality TV, gardening, 3-cheese pizza's or who knows what. People need to know their own limitations and protect themselves accordingly.
Gregorio Norco, CAJuly 27, 2012 4:24 p.m.
Smut is smut no matter how you wrap it and call it. It is a plague and all of us should stay away form it life a communicable disease. People's faces show where they have been just like a smokers breath tells one a cigarette was smoked by the individual. America the beautiful is the land of the free and the home of the brave. Lets encourage all of us to be more beautifully free by NOT LOOKING at this smut and more brave to stand up for something this harmful to our citizenry. LOVE is NOT LUST.
Wally West SLC, UTJuly 26, 2012 8:50 p.m.
Can I just say the article title is innuendo rich. Think about it...
per Abe Sarvis 9:43 a.m. Sept. 21, 2010
Isn't said advocacy group called the Tea Party? Oh wait...
per Jiggle 10:59 a.m. Sept. 21, 2010
"I love how Deseret News once again only presents the negative side of pornography…"
The Fox news approach is alive & well in UT? There's a shock!
Seriously, what about the fact that the region of the brain that controls addiction can't differentiate between what the "controlling item" is?
Drugs, religion, porn, Dr Pepper, S Asian cuisine, etc... How many times have you seen a "troubled soul" find Jesus? That being said, I'll know when C. Sheen becomes born again the apocalypse is upon us.
xert Santa Monica, CAJuly 26, 2012 8:27 p.m.
The large amount of responses questioning the validity, or value of this article bring a smile to my face and I have to credit the Des News staff for allowing them to stand and be seen by all. The large # of Likes underneath those posts, lead me to believe that my home state is getting a little tired of being preached to about sexual habits and appetites. Sex isn't going away any time soon, folks. Embrace it, give people their privacy and yes, even celebrate one of the greatest gifts we have been given, (if you so choose--or personally shun it, if that's what works for you). As long as laws aren't being broken--your home is your castle. I would think that I'm preaching to the choir now, though. Utah is #1 in porn consumption per capita.
ShmittyWitty Maple Valley, WAJuly 26, 2012 4:24 p.m.
The comments seem pretty one sided against men.
Red Salt Lake City, UTJuly 26, 2012 3:46 p.m.
Learning to control your desires is all part of the plan.
Short term vs. long term goals. Plenty of people throw it all away for the briefest seconds of satisfaction.
Take control of your life!
ShmittyWitty Maple Valley, WAJuly 26, 2012 1:26 p.m.
There are so many unfair generalizations about men who turn to pornography. Many turn to it to meet a need that they cannot meet on their own and to fill a void. These voids and lack of needs being met is created by not being able to form a relationship or have access to a relationship or any intimacy, so they are missing that bond that is necessary to good psychological health. Another cause is men being in relationships with women who withhold their love, affection and intimacy from them thus making them feel isolated, so they turn to pornography as a substitute for all that, though a poor substitute. Women should look in the mirror and examine why they are driving their men to porn.
LValfre CHICAGO, ILJuly 26, 2012 10:48 a.m.
All this talk about objectifying women, what about men? Some woman who watch porn think all men are supposed to be exceptionally endowed and most porn sites make their money advertising enhancement and size increase pills and devices. It goes both ways. Modern porn is often free, relying on advertising for revenue. The advertising almost exclusively plays on men's insecurities while watching above average porn stars do their thing.
Joan Watson TWIN FALLS, IDJuly 26, 2012 10:45 a.m.
In my sphere of knowing individuals and families, I do not know of one family whose porn addicted husband, father, has not caused major loss of respect and happiness within his own family. Are we to take heed with such articles as this, or do we choose to beleive that pornography will not impact and degrade our lives? Surely one must desire better of the sacred union between husband and wife.
Shelama SALT LAKE CITY, UTJuly 26, 2012 9:56 a.m.
Some pornography can also be like alcohol when used wisely and in moderation. Not everybody who drinks becomes an alcoholic or kills themselves or somebody else while driving.
On the other hand the reasonable and moderate use of even legitimate pornography drives the creation of real and tragic victims: children and adults forced or sold or kidnapped into coercive pornography.
Sneaky Jimmy Bay Area, CAJuly 26, 2012 8:28 a.m.
My 2 cents: Look at the best selling books. They are mostly "women's porn". I feel sorry for today's young man. If you aren't a rich pervert (shades of grey) or a Vampire you fall below the ideal man as envisioned by young (and old) women. How does a guy have a chance these days?
Dektol Powell, OHJuly 26, 2012 8:17 a.m.
You folks - always looking for a boogie man to blame for being human. Richard Nixon tried to destroy the Presidents Commission report on Obscenity when it showed no harm from the stuff.
If it isn't pornography(which is legal) then it will be fluride in the water or "Idle Time" to try and scare and control people.
cjb Bountiful, UTJuly 26, 2012 8:10 a.m.
Porn breaks up mariages? The number 1 (or 2) killer of marriages depending on the survey is money issues, or sexual frustration. Typically a wife loses interest and the husband either has to put up with it, or make use of porn to help bridge the gap, or the husband will find someone outside the marriage to fill the gap.
Assuming this is true, it must also be true that porn helps save some marriages, by providing a coping mechanism for frustrated husbands.
Perhaps this line of logic is incorrect, but it merits study.
Tiger5 Cache county, USAJuly 26, 2012 7:16 a.m.
Porn is for people with zero self control.
raybies Layton, UTJuly 26, 2012 6:21 a.m.
While the loss of intimacy, or a negative female libido may be the initial "cause" why a man turns to pornography, I don't think that justifies the end result.
Look the article is actually quite good. It's stating that if you feel estranged and dissatisfied with your marriage, don't go getting involved with a fantasy that will only set you up for further dissatisfaction.
We men do this to ourselves (and women do it to themselves too... just consider the top selling Amazon book right now is Shades of Gray, a book about a completely unrealistic dominant male character who could never possibly exist in real life), we get bored or feel "unfulfilled" and rather than looking for a decent wholesome way to fill ourselves we go for a cheap thrill.
That cheap thrill comes with a steep price. You only feel more lousy! Just like a drug that's slowly destroying your body, pornography slowly kills the soul of your relationship with your wife.
Marriages can be saved, but they require loving work, not carnal distractions. If you want to enliven your marriage, watch a romantic comedy, perhaps, but not Porn.
Porn Kills True Love.
mark Salt Lake City, UTJuly 26, 2012 2:06 a.m.
Pagan, funny, I haven't seen your posts in awhile. I was wondering where you had gone. Maybe we were just reading different articles. Anyway, it's good to see that you are still riling up the conservatives. Too funny.
It's also funny that Utah has the highest rate of online porn usage, even when controlling for factors. That's how legitimate studies are done 22oz.
Anyway, I'm glad I don't have to worry about the quilt and shame that religions try to foist on people. I don't know how you guys do it.
And now if you'll excuse me, I've got a website to go visit. . .
Hutterite American Fork, UTJuly 25, 2012 6:06 p.m.
Way to keep up the paranoia.
kishkumen American Fork, UTJuly 25, 2012 5:43 p.m.
I'm not really sure the Deseret News is really even a newspaper anymore. They seem to be more of an anti-porn editorial newsletter with a few articles sprinkled in here and there about Mitt Romney and Utah events. Anyway, like all of their other editorials about this topic, they never mention the coountless couples who love to watch porn together and have no issues with each other watching porn on their own time. I have many male and female friends who view porn when they are bored, and none of them expect their spouses or partners to look or act like the entertainers they see in porn. This editorial insults everyone's intelligence by making it seem like people look at forms of entertainment and then want their significant other to be like the entertainers. Do women watch basketball, and then break up with their husbands because their husbands can't do a slam dunk like Kobe Bryant?
gdog3finally West Jordan, UtahJuly 25, 2012 2:37 p.m.
@Lost soul
Well said. I think many could use a read over on your comments.
I see problems in the few DesNews porn articles I have read the last few years. First, porn analysis is most always viewed in a subjective pattern that follows inductive thought. Look, the bottom line is that porn is a beast of a problem for humanity. I get that. However, it shouldn't be injected into all the problems of people everywhere, that resemble some subject in the given article.
Second, although women are often the victims, it doesn't mean that they don't play a role in all of this. Women might view porn much less than men, but they do in large numbers feed the visual man by participating in porn, and in more recognizable ways; walk around our communities three quarters naked.
Seriously, I am not making excuses for the darker side of the male mind. I am calling out the women (and sadly girls) who parade their bodies as a way to cater to male perversion and gain power over the man.
Males and females are different, but can equally play positive or negative role in any social issue.
22ozn44ozglass Southern Utah, UTJuly 25, 2012 2:24 p.m.
I suggest you take the time to actually read Edelmans study on on line porn subscriptions instead of just posting the same cliche headlines and quotes. It is evident to all who have followed your posts over the past 3 yrs that you overtly or covertly attempt smear the LDS and Republicans on a regular basis. Here is what Edelman told me as a response to my putting him on the spot regarding his "study"
"It's not quite that there were more Utah subscribers than any other state, but there were more Utah than any other state after controlling for other factors, as detailed in my article, such as (in various versions of my analysis) population, Internet usage, high-speed Internet access, and demographics" Ben Edelman 5/10/11
Dont let the truth get in the way of your agendas
Happy Valley Heretic Orem, UTJuly 25, 2012 2:03 p.m.
Joggle said: Have to ever read the porn in the Bible?
I'm sure they have, they were just told it meant something else, like wine is grape juice.
Joggle Clearfield, UTSept. 22, 2010 2:45 p.m.
To Kevin from Jiggle/Joggle
Respectfully I say....President Hinkley and Monson statements are not statements I believe to be true. I'm not LDS and I'm not a slave to any religion. Just because a religious leader states what they do doesn't mean the whole world believes it or has to follow it. If you want to believe what you stated above....that's fine...but I have a right to not believe the same OR have it determine how I live MY life. How can you offend a supernatural entity that has no universally proven existence? You are taking YOUR beliefs as stated by your leaders and trying to apply it to everyone. That's impossible!
Nothing inspires an addiction to porn in human beings more reliably than sexual repression. Religions champion such abuse of spirit and body by telling members normal sexual acts are sinful, immoral, and punishable by God. This view can sometimes leads to neuroses or other ill effects such as abuse of pornography. Religion isn't an innocent entity when it comes to being a contributing cause of this obsessiveness with porn.
Have to ever read the porn in the Bible?
wpwitt2000 Youngstown, OHSept. 22, 2010 11:35 a.m.
Dixie Kid. The reason nobody talks about lack of intimacy in a relationship as the reason men turn to pornography in the first place is the editors of this website don't post those comments! I talked about it in my comment on the other porn article and, my comment was not posted!
Kevin Surrey, BCSept. 22, 2010 11:16 a.m.
to: Marduk | 7:09 p.m. Sept. 21, 2010
Logan, UT
read my earlier post. Just because a couple view porn together doesn't make it right. Porn is evil and offensive to God. Mutual consent doesn't make it right. How can any woman tolerate her man looking at the naked body of another woman? Those images will be burned into his head forever. Is that what you want him to think about when he is with you?
Kevin Surrey, BCSept. 22, 2010 11:11 a.m.
to Jiggle | 10:59 a.m. Sept. 21, 2010
Clearfield, UT
President Hinkley and Monson have been very clear on this topic. There is nothing good about porn. Our bodies are private and temples of God. They are not to be displayed to the world. People who view porn lose the Spirit and move further away from God and the Saviour. Porn is highly offensive to God.
Chris B Salt Lake City, UTSept. 22, 2010 10:52 a.m.
Don't pretend that the great majority of your posts are directed at "a church."
I'm not quite sure what the point of bringing the fact that Utah has a high porn subscription into the conversation was. No one argued that point, yet you bring things up so defensively to prove a point, yet no one has denied that point to begin with.....
I'm not Mormon either, and I don't agree with everything they do, but it's just comical to watch as you try and blame nearly all of life's problems either on the Mormons or George Bush.
And for the record, you have brought up "the church" 1,265,835 in posts like these, so to suggest otherwise is simply nonsense.
For those capable of keeping the comments on hand to the article, it is interesting to see the opposing view on this divisive topic.
The Dixie Kid Saint George, UTSept. 21, 2010 7:23 p.m.
How come nobody talks about lack of intimacy in a relationship as a reason why men turn to pornography in the first place?
Marduk Logan, UTSept. 21, 2010 7:09 p.m.
What a fascinating debate! While personally I have a hard time with the exploitation of women that accompanies the porn industry, I can also (by experience in my current, very happy relationship with a wonderful man) see how small amounts of porn can liven up intimacy in marriage when shared together in a spirit of wanting to increase the mutual pleasure.
The key word is mutually. Perhaps the reason that so many women lose interest in intimacy is because their partner has no idea how to make it extremely enjoyable for the woman. It becomes then, a chore, something to keep the MAN happy. This is not right, and too often a consequence of men viewing pornography- they see women as only being the object of MEN's pleasure.
Rather, an open and honest dialogue about wanting to find ways to make the shared experience better for BOTH partners can accompany a very small amount of porn, usually viewed together. If BOTH partners are satisfied, they won't find it necessary to look outside the relationship, but rather for ways to enhance what exists between the two of them.
U of U Fan Salt Lake City, UTSept. 21, 2010 6:50 p.m.
I agree with lostsoul | 12:29 p.m.
Shaming men with this problem will only lead to excessive guilt. What does that lead to? More secrecy and more avoidance of the issue, and deeper and deeper addiction.
There has GOT to be a way for church members to portray the message that porn is wrong, while offering love and hope for the sinner. This message, for the most part, is NOT being portrayed. And Utah Mormon men struggle enormously with this problem as they are burdened with guilt and don't seek help.
If the man was 100% confident that if the message would be "I know you are doing porn, but I love you so much and want to help you and not condemn you" then the success rate would be FAR greater than now.
The Savior's words about the woman taken in adultery still apply to men with porn problems:
"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
We all want recovery for those caught up in it. The Savior shows the way with His love.
Please DN - start focusing on the help and less on the guilt!
Taylor Orem, UTSept. 21, 2010 5:31 p.m.
These are good and helpful articles, and I believe we should take heed, for the most part. However, they are also clearly one-sided, and not always accurate. Note, for example, the survey results that men prefer sex, not porn as the researchers believe.
Also note the following contradiction:
"how can a real women possibly compete with a cybervision of perfection, downloadable and extinguishable at will, who is utterly submissive and tailored to the customer's least specification?:
Personally, some exposure to porn early in life steered me in a completely opposite direction. I prefer (as do many men) dominant Women (not the least bit submissive!), who may rarely even allow me any sexual privileges. I also think that some 90-97% of Women are gorgeous, and I am interested in an emotional, social and intellectual relationship.
Hmmm, not quite the stereotype these articles portray and clearly state is the only result of any exposure to porn. Maybe these articles are missing something? Something important? Lots important?
Bethanymom Murray, UTSept. 21, 2010 5:23 p.m.
Trickygringuito: Sadly I think you may have hit the nail on the head when it comes to many marital problems. Not just in the LDS culture, but in society in general.
Too many parents are not having frank, serious discussions with their kids about what it and isn't realistic to expect when they marry. Not just about sex, but about money, responsbility, division of labor, etc. Somehow parents are avoiding the "tough" talks and then wondering why their kids don't seem to get it.
I admit it is not easy to talk to my 2 girls about sex. But I want them to have a more open relationship with me then I did with my mother. I want them to be able to come to me when they have questions or problems.
I want to be able to help them understand that marriage is not always easy, so ignore at least 50% of what you read in books, and be prepared to make a lot of opinion changes, and course adjustments.
Feel comfortable enough to talk to your new spouse. Chances are he wants to talk to you about things too.
trickygringuito Salt Lake City, UTSept. 21, 2010 3:50 p.m.
The problem is with the completely unhealthy view of sex that has such a tight grip on the Utah culture.
You watch an action movie where the protagonist kills all the bad guys with a single shot. But you get educated about firearms and you see how unrealistic it is. In the chase scene they barrel down the highway leaving path of destruction but come out unscathed. Then you drive down I-15 in real life and things couldn't be more different.
Then there's the porno. You see something that is just as unrealistic as the above scenarios, but where's the healthy real life counter argument?
There isn't one. And the Utah LDS culture (no, I did not say church) does everything in it's power to make sure that the healthy reality is left unknown. Outright lies about what is and isn't sinful between spouses abound. Sex and sex acts are dirty sinful things that can't even be thought about without. One party in a marriage may want something perfectly fine and healthy from their relationship but find that their partner has been programmed into thinking it's dirty and sinful.
Alex 1 Tucson, AZSept. 21, 2010 3:07 p.m.
charlie91342 | 2:22 p.m. Sept. 21, 2010:
"the problem isn't porn. the problem is a lack of moderation and self-control. same with drugs or anything esle. moderation is the key."
Actually both porn and the lack of self-control are the problem. Lack of moderation is NOT the problem. Moderate use of pornography is what got a lot of people hooked in the first place.
Too many duped people fancy themselves as moderate, open-minded, and in control right before they discover that they cannot easily pull themselves away from it. Pretty soon, the moderate dose of pornography ends up not getting them the fix it once did. At this point, their new standard of moderation becomes what was once considered harder-core pornography.
If you really are one of those "elites" who "can handle it maturely", do you really want to encourage others to play Russian Roulette with their potential susceptibility to pornography addiction, just so you can congratulate yourself at how superior you are?
Jiggle Clearfield, UTSept. 21, 2010 3:04 p.m.
Sorry...but your logic and rationalization don't hold water! Pulling percentages out of the air is laughable! Do you have reliable sources for your percentages claim?
Experts don't even agree that it's an addiction so for ME to claim it is an addiction instead of just possibly being a compulsive disorder or some other behavior or relationship problem would be giving it a label that may not be true. Saying that pornography is the ONLY cause or the main cause for the stress in a relationship ignores other possible underlying causes in the relationship that may be actually causing the stress. The guys aren't all to blame for turning to porn if their wife isn't interested in sex, are they? Is porn the REAL problem or is it other factors in the relationship the real problem?
Communication is the key to keeping the habit within normal bounds. Occasional use of pornography is now deemed as normal by most experts. Unfortunately, some individuals find it easier to retreat into their porno-world rather than deal with normal relationships, which are always going to be complex with ups and downs.
Pagan Salt Lake City, UTSept. 21, 2010 2:33 p.m.
'So, if 95% of those exposed to pornography, can be seriously damaged, that's an acceptable sacrifice, because the other 5% don't have a problem? Sorry but, your logic and rationalization don't hold water.' - Keith43 | 1:18 p.m.
Keith, we can always count on you to present...
No studies cited, no sources presented. I guess we can just make up things now, correct?
I presented date, author, source, title, and quote.
And for the record, I didn't bring up any church. I said 'Utah'.
'Utah has a very active 'anti-smut' campaign.' - Pagan | 10:49 a.m. Sept. 21, 2010
You brought up church.
'...to disparage the Church and its members.' - Keith43 | 1:18 p.m. Sept. 21, 2010
Do not project falings to others...
the failings you have yourself.
charlie91342 Sylmar, CASept. 21, 2010 2:22 p.m.
the problem isn't porn. the problem is a lack of moderation and self-control. same with drugs or anything esle. moderation is the key.
you all just like to blame the product instead of the person. and that's so typical of you.
jeepers slc, utSept. 21, 2010 2:21 p.m.
I would agree that porn can be harmful, however I would agree with wpwitt that a lot of porn use comes from individuals that are in relationships and are not having the basic needs of a human met. Woman hold the power that they have over men like a meat cleaver. If the relationship is not going so great they withhold all intimacy and physical contact and then wonder why nothing ever improves. It takes two to tango and both individuals need to be on the same page at the same time. loosen up
KJB1 Eugene, ORSept. 21, 2010 2:16 p.m.
I don't know what this series is intended to be, but it clearly hasn't been journalism; all I've seen are biased assumptions, shaky statistics, and outright fearmongering. Are you guys in the business of reporting news or spreading propaganda?
Keith43: 95% of the people who view porn can be damaged? Oh, you aren't jumping to conclusions at all. Yes, there is the potential for abuse in porn, but there's the potential for that in anything. Based on your logic, Prohibition should have been a huge success; all we had to do was ban the sale of alcohol and tell people it was bad, right?
Look, sex is a part of life. We can choose to talk about it in a mature and open manner or we can rely on guilt, paranoia, and shame. Too bad so many here seem to prefer the latter.
Lilljemalm Gilbert, AZSept. 21, 2010 2:01 p.m.
I think that much of the immodesty, sexual inuendo and off color jokes that are not considered porn on TV and in magazines of today, and immodest clothing have the same affect.
Neanderthal Phoenix, AZSept. 21, 2010 2:00 p.m.
I am totally amazed at the naivety of the so-called professionals who study the porn 'problem.'
Simply put, the human male urge (placed there by Mother Nature) from puberty til almost death is to engage in sex. If it were not so, the human race would have disappeared eons ago.
When not married (youth), sexual release could involve porn and/or self gratification. After marriage the release is with the spouse. But, where the spouse is unwilling, the male often turns to porn... In many cases divorce results.
And, as reported in an above post, an alarming percentage of females have no interest in sex, whatever.
Why is there so much guilt associated with what is a natural urge? Perhaps because religion has decided that porn (and, yes, much of sexual conduct) is sinful. The vast majority of males viewing porn have taken this teaching to heart yet are ridden with endless guilt because of inability to abandon/control the urge.
There is an answer that some have found... celibacy. Which is very, very difficult as many in a dominant church (as reported by the DNews) has found.
DNews monitor: My most sincere effort. Please ponder carefully before discarding
patriot Cedar Hills, UTSept. 21, 2010 1:51 p.m.
We live in a world of immediate data retrieval .. of any kind.. and in the privacy of your home pc. We also live in a world where 95% of movie directors ,writers , producers have no moral compass at all. Anything goes for them - the raunchier the better. Magazines in your local Super Wallmart have half nude women on the covers for all to view. Music is polluted more than ever with the worst debuauchery imaginable. So admist this sea of dirt what can a boy or a man do? There is no filter that will block all wanted content but there is a moral armor that can only be achieved spiritually - by turning to the Savior. This armor is the ultimate filter that no one can hack.
JohnJacobJingleHeimerSchmidt Beverly Hills, CASept. 21, 2010 1:36 p.m.
LOL, there are no positives to porn. What are you going to tell me next, that there are no health risks to smoking?
Keith43 Littleton, COSept. 21, 2010 1:18 p.m.
We can always count on you Pagan, to attempt to divert attention away from the core issue being discussed. You say it's "the problems of the family" and that "Porn is the tool, not the cause". If you had read this entire series, there's absolutely no way you would have drawn this conclusion. And while it's sad indeed, whether Utah has the highest rate of porn viewing or not, has absolutely nothing to do with the overall issue of pornography's destructive influence. From what I've observed, it appears that your sole objective in making the comments you do, is not to contribute to an intelligent discussion; but, to disparage the Church and its members.
Jiggle, on one hand, you discount the fact that pornography can become an addiction; and, on the other hand, you say that it's a "destructive sexual expression" and that "people do suffer as a result". Then you speculate on possible causes. So, if 95% of those exposed to pornography, can be seriously damaged, that's an acceptable sacrifice, because the other 5% don't have a problem? Sorry but, your logic and rationalization don't hold water.
lostsoul Fry, AZSept. 21, 2010 12:29 p.m.
Your articles, while good for bringing attention to the issue, do nothing more than place all of the blame on the male, and give the woman the mantle of the victim. Just look at your outinthelight site. It is an emotional plea to women to stand up against pornography, which on the surface is commendable, but it only serves as a vehicle to further shame males who are burdened with the problem. Shame is what drives the problem in the first place. Why not offer a parallel site targeted at males who really want to stop this? When I see sites like this, it transmits that idea that I'm a piece of junk, women will be totally shocked if I confess this, and that might Church will immediately hold a "Court of Love." If I had a site showing support from fellow men who care, and offered hope through the GRACE of Christ, maybe I might want to change. These series only make me have more shame and more hurt.
wpwitt2000 Youngstown, OHSept. 21, 2010 11:58 a.m.
Back when columnist Ann Landers once did a study on women's interest in sex. She was shocked to find 40% of women in general had little or NO INTEREST IN SEX OR ANY TYPE OF INTIMACY WHATSOEVER! Yet they all want to marry, have families, etc. So we have the whole gamut in society, ie., men/women super intimacy motivated down to the uninterested! Porn is geared to meet the needs of those with insatiable appetites. If there was no demand/money involved it would not flourish. I don't support the 'overboard' attempt by the porn industry to satiate society with sex but, at the same time the movement to squelch the powerful sexual drives of the 60% is doomed to failure! People in general need an outlet for sexual expression/energy and, my guess allot of monogamous marriages sadly fall way short of meeting this basic need.
washcomom Beaverton, ORSept. 21, 2010 11:57 a.m.
Those that advocate pornography as a way to have better sexual relations, feel better about themselves and have "closer intimacy" are in denial. It is an obsession. An obsession is an addiction - to have it, see it, taste it time and again. People involved in such behavior are not able to put it away for long periods of time, and are very grumpy when interrupted in their obsession haze. They are the ones that end up cheating on their spouses, and breaking the familial ties.
We, as a society, have yet to understand the moral implications of such behavior on all levels.
lket Bluffdale, UTSept. 21, 2010 11:54 a.m.
it is interesting that most of the people taht are in the article are ultraconservative. if you had a more moderate info source you would find that anythig is addictive to certain personality types. most drug addiction can be linked to certain family traits. or more gentic. many people view porn with their spouse and enjoy it and complement their own fun together. in america we have a high level of sex crimes. a lot of that come from supresion of natural feelings. countries that are more open tend to have far fewer sex crimes.
jshimizu Cottonwood Heights, UTSept. 21, 2010 11:52 a.m.
this article couldn't be more insightful. THANK YOU!
Jiggle Clearfield, UTSept. 21, 2010 10:59 a.m.
I love how Deseret News once again only presents the negative side of pornography that can occur and doesn't bother to address the positive side or the studies done over the years that refute the negative studies.
Daniel Linz, a psychologist at the University of California at Santa Barbara who studies communication, law and society with an emphasis on sexuality, says "We tend to call things addictions that have unfavorable connotations or behaviors that some in society regard as being unacceptable. We do not talk about Sunday afternoon football addiction, money addiction, or a workaholic as people who need treatment like a cocaine addict. We tolerate a certain level of obsessiveness. But this is not the case with more deviant activities. We do not approve of constant viewing of sex. So we pathologize it."
Destructive sexual expression due to pornography certainly does exist and people do suffer as a result, but that doesn't mean EVERYBODY becomes obsessive about it. Sexual compulsives may have some other underlying problem, like obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression or bipolar disorder. Porn could be a symptom of a deeper problem in the relationship rather than porn being the actual problem or cause.
Pagan Salt Lake City, UTSept. 21, 2010 10:49 a.m.
Why stop at pronography? Why not make any sexual acts, without the intent of children, against the law?
This is the eventual path this type of logic leads to. Not trying to undermine the problems of the family, but it's just that...
the problems of the family.
Porn is the tool, not the cause.
Utah has a very active 'anti-smut' campaign.
Well done.
Now, since Americans are not free to buy adult material except in Evanston, it could be argued that the result was...
'Utah No. 1 in online porn subscriptions, report says' — By Elaine Jarvik — 03/03/09 — DSNews
'That's the conclusion of a Harvard economics professor who tracked subscriptions to online porn sites. Utah ranks No. 1 in subscriptions, according to Benjamin Edelman, who reported his findings in the article "Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?," published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Economic Perspectives.'
Abe Sarvis Cedar City, UTSept. 21, 2010 9:43 a.m.
Money in politics is a far more addictive drug than porn is - and far more destructive to American society. Where's the advocacy group for that?
Keith43 Littleton, COSept. 21, 2010 8:33 a.m.
I commend the Deseret News for running this series to educate us on the destructive effects that pornography can have on us all — especially our children. With the information provided and the statistics sited, it's very scary, to say the least. While more and more people are learning the truth, there's still so much of the population that is totally "in the dark".
I am convinced that education is the best deterrent and weapon that we can use to combat the evils of pornography. So I have a suggestion for the Deseret News. Can you consolidate the information from this series, and "periodically" publish it here; or perhaps, have a standing link that people can go to? With your expertise it wouldn't take up much space, and it would most definitely benefit all who read it.
Thanks again!
Mom of 8 Hyrum, UTSept. 21, 2010 8:15 a.m.
Some comments on the articles related to this argued that nothing is really wrong with porn. It seems obvious those commenters are in denial, as 'William' in this article was. I hope he can heal, as well as his wife.
And in the comments of those defending porn, there is a heavy darkness that accompanies their words. It's tragic they are beyond recognizing that destructive power.


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Statement on UNICEF's 60th anniversary
by Joanna Van Gerpen, UNICEF's Representative in Sri Lanka
This month marks the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of UNICEF- the United Nations Children's fund. For over three decades, UNICEF has been dedicated to meeting the very real challenges faced by Sri Lanka's children.
UNICEF takes this opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to support efforts to make sure that every Sri Lankan child gets a good start in life, and we call on all Sri Lankans to unite for children.
Much has been accomplished over the years – in 1989 Sri Lanka achieved universal child immunization. Infant mortality has been greatly reduced, and almost all girls and boys have a chance to go to school. UNICEF is honoured to have been a partner to the Government of Sri Lanka over the years in these achievements. But much more needs to be done. UNICEF will continue to work with the Government, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, civil society networks and the private sector throughout Sri Lanka to improve the lives of children.
UNICEF works to improve education for children. We are helping to re-build 35 schools following the tsunami. We support catch-up education programmes for children who have been pushed out of the mainstream by poverty or displacement.
We look out for children who are affected by conflict, and do our utmost to make sure children are not exploited or exposed to danger. We support efforts to prevent child abuse and child sex tourism and the establishment of Children and Women's desks at police stations. We work with adolescents, raising awareness of the dangers of HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse and unwanted pregnancies
UNICEF works hard to ensure that every family has access to good health-care. We are constructing 24 health centres, as well as helping renovate and equip more than 40 hospitals around the country. We support the government nationwide to improve maternal nutrition and to reduce the number of low weight babies. We help train health-workers, and expectant mothers are given nutrition counselling as well as food supplements.
UNICEF is working with the government and our other partners to improve Sri Lanka's water supply and sanitation around the country. We are currently helping to rehabilitate major water supply schemes in Mullaitivu, Thirrukkovi and Tangalle. We are also providing sanitation facilities for many of the country's displaced people.
Children have a right to protection, love and support. We hope that this sixtieth anniversary will be a chance for everyone to think about children – and to speak up about their right to live and thrive in a peaceful and secure country.


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For two days only this weekend, you can trade in your iPad at Best Buy for a $200 Best Buy gift card.
Beginning today (Friday) and lasting through Saturday, customers can take advantage of the promotion, which is available at all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores that accept trade-ins. The company, we're told, will recycle all tablets.
All Things D confirmed that the surprisingly quiet promotion is only for customers who can trade in a working iPad 2 or 3. In return, they will receive at least a $200 gift card. As you might expect, customers also have the option of upgrading to an iPad with Retina display.
Best Buy said it decided to launch this promotion based on the success of its iPhone trade-in event last month. Though Best Buy wouldnt disclose how many people participated in the program, the company said there was an overwhelming response and that its initial June 1 event was the single biggest day for its trade-in business.
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Announcing Android In-App Purchases for Adobe AIR!
Selling in-app purchases inside your Android apps is a highly effective technique for driving revenue on the Android Market- one that was unfortunately inaccessible to Adobe AIR developers- until now.
Today Milkman is happy announce our In-App Billing for Android Native Extension for Adobe AIR. With this extension, you can sell consumable and permanent items in your Android Flash and Flex applications, all using a simple and familiar Actionscript 3 interface:
- Fast and easy to use - access the complete Android in-app billing API from Actionscript
- Step-by-step illustrated guide shows you how to set up In-App Billing on the Android developer website
- Complete sample application, as3 docs, and getting started guide included
- Sell consumable or permanent products through your Flash app!
The extension is available now and comes with one year of direct e-mail support. Combined with our AdMob Extension for Adobe AIR, Flash developers are able to make money on Android like never before.
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(Updating Backgrounder No. 618, "Inspector General Audits Reveal Foreign Aid Failures and Boondoggles," November 23,1987, Backgrounder Update No. 78, "More Audits Uncover Aid Failures," June 8,1988, and Backgrounder Update No. 90, "New Audits Find More Foreign Aid Waste," December 13,1988.) Congress soon will consider a $5.9 billion funding request from the Agency for International Development (AID), the State Department agency that provides foreign aid to less developed countries in an attempt to alleviate Third World poverty. Congress and the Bush Administration also are considering a revision of the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act, which governs AID. While AID deserves funding, it needs a clear revised statement of its goals even more. That AID remains plagued by problems is apparent from recent audits by AID's Inspector General (IG). Among the audits: Sri Lanka. In several AID projects, among them a rice research and a water management project, AID contributions were made under terms of a contract with the government of Sri Lanka, which agreed to match U.S. aid. The IG audit raised considerable questions about the amount of Sri Lankan funds actually contributed. In some cases there were no records of contributions at all. Reports the IG: "USAID/Sri Lanka did not in all cases ensure that the reports adequately addressed host country contributions.... Tberefore, USAID was uncertain if the Government of Sri Lanka contributed its required contributions." The audit also finds that equipment purchased nearly six years ago costing some $500,000 still was standing idle. Sudan. AID in 1981 agreed to give $14.5 million to Sudan's Agricultural Planning and Statistics Project with the understanding that an agreement would follow on Sudan's responsibilities. An IG audit, however, finds that AID gave Sudan the funds before it was determined how much Sudan was to contribute. Because of the resulting uncertainty of funding, the project was completed much later than planned. Liberia.ne Rural Development Institute (RDI) in Liberia trains technicians to improve agricultural practices and productivity in depressed areas. Between 1983 and 1985, AID gave $2 million to the Institute. An IG report on this project reveals a ". . . lack of accountability and supporting documentation of AID monies and resources." The audit finds a serious lack of program oversight by the Institute and widespread neglect of accountability and documentation. Ilere was, for example, no explanation in the Institute's balance sheets concerning many transactions. It was also impossible to distinguish between abuse and fraud. "As a result of this serious lack of control there was ample scope for misuse of funds."
Burma. Ile Primary Health Care 11 Project seeks to improve health care in rural Burma. AID agreed to provide the project $9.3 million in U.S. dollars plus an additional $4.3 million in U.S.-owned Burmese currency. An IG audit revealed that, due to poor recordkeeping, there was no record of how the $4.3 million in local currency was spent or whether it went for project purposes at all. AID neglected its own procedures for reviewing how its funds were spent. In addition, the audit found that $4.9 million of commodities for the project were purchased from foreign sources rather than from required U.S. sources. Finally, $3.6 million in urgently needed medical supplies were held by Burmese customs for over a year; when they were released, the supplies spent seven more months in AID warehouses. During this time, the AID project suffered severe shortages of these supplies. OMB Regulations. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requires all federal agencies receiving funds from the U.S. Treasury to keep accurate records on accounts payable. An IG audit has discovered that AID has been negligent in keeping records of past due accounts of AID project loans and assessing interest charges. "The audit showed that AID did not fully comply with OMB A-129 guidelines relating to: servicing, following up, collecting and writing off receivables. Interest charges on the outstanding accounts were not updated. Identifiable claims were not always converted to Bills for Collection in a timely manner." Effective control and spending of AID project funds are necessary for the success of the projects. Yet IG audits have found many examples of mismanagement. Host government contributions and actual spending on projects are not well monitored. AID collection from foreign governments of interest payments on past loans is haphazard. Project mismanagement means that, rather than helping to alleviate the causes of poverty, one of AID's primary goals, AID programs actually can contribute to continued underdevelopment. As Congress considers AID's request for funds and as Congress and the Administration consider revising AID's charter, greater efforts are needed to assure that AID projects are managed effectively. Bryan T. Johnson Research Assistant


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Five jailed over Kosovo organ-trafficking ring
Poor eastern Europeans were promised large payments for kidneys and then abandoned
A court has found five Kosovo nationals guilty of crimes connected to an international organ-harvesting ring that prosecutors said exploited mostly poor eastern Europeans for their kidneys before abandoning the victims at airports.
Seven people were on trial accused of luring impoverished people from former Soviet states and Turkey to what is now Kosovo with the promise of large payments. At least 23 illegal kidney transplants were carried out before police became aware of the ring in 2008, when they stopped a Turkish man in visible pain at Pristina airport.
He was one of the victims promised up to €12,000 (£10,000) for a kidney, which was then sold to rich customers, most of them Israeli, who paid between €80,000 and €100,000 for the organs. Some of the donors never got paid.
"They were alone, did not speak the local language, were uncertain of what they were doing and had no one to protect their interests," said Judge Dean Pineles, part of an EU-led panel of judges sitting at a court in the Kosovan capital, Pristina. Lutfi Dervishi, a urologist and the director of the Medicus clinic in Pristina where the transplants took place, was found guilty of human trafficking and organised crime and sentenced to eight years in prison.
His son, Arban Dervishi, was convicted on the same charges and given seven years. The anaesthetist, Sokol Hajdini, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm and sentenced to three years in prison, while two others were released on parole on the same charges. Ilir Rrecaj, a former government health secretary, was cleared of all charges, along with another former state official. Prosecutors have said they will appeal the acquittals.
Arrest warrants have also been issued for the Turkish doctor who allegedly carried out the operations, Yusuf Sonmez, and the alleged mastermind, Moshe Harel, an Israeli citizen.
The case was being heard by two European Union judges and one from Kosovo in a special court set up to try sensitive cases after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
In another case, a special task force appointed by the EU and led by a US prosecutor is looking into allegations that Kosovo Albanian guerillas harvested organs from prisoners during their 1998-99 insurgency against Serbian forces. Those alleged incidents at sites in Albania came to light after a report in 2011 by a rapporteur with the Council of Europe, an independent human rights body. The Kosovan government, which includes many former guerillas, has denied the claims.
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ESCONDIDO ---- A suspected drug dealer was arrested after police served a search warrant at a Mission Park apartment Tuesday, an Escondido police lieutenant said.
Inside the apartment in the 500 block of North Hickory Street, police found about 19 grams of methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia associated with drug sales and $4,851, Lt. Craig Carter said.
Detectives arrested a resident, Jose Guadalupe Farias-Valdovinos, 20, on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance for sale and transportation for a controlled substance, Carter said.
The suspect was booked into the Vista jail with a federal immigration hold.


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Na'il Diggs is getting comfortable. Donald Butler is allowed to focus. Larry English is letting loose.
The Chargers linebackers are working in concert separately, getting in a groove by assuming a role.
Diggs, in his 12th NFL season and with his fourth team, has rarely seen anything like it.
"As long as you've got coaches who are willing to do that – exploit players' talents – you've got a chance to win," said Diggs, who joined the Chargers on Sept. 3. "I've seen very talented guys, for whatever reason, not get an opportunity to get on the field. These coaches are using guys.
"I like it. I feel like I'm in a position to make plays, the way I'm being utilized, not just out there to take up space. Linebacker is the hardest position on defense ... We all have special talents. You don't have to be an every-down guy."
Diggs' participation has increased each of the three weeks he's been active. The past two weeks, his playing third down has allowed Donald Butler to focus on running downs. Butler has 14 tackles in the past two games.
English had his first two-sack game last week, as the Chargers asked him to drop into coverage on just two of his 21 snaps and he was in to defend the run just three plays. English's foot injury, which required two surgeries between last September and March, has stunted his progress, but how he was used Sunday is similar to the manner in which Shawne Merriman was used the first part of his rookie season.
English and Antwan Barnes have been getting in mostly in place of starter Travis LaBoy, though both have also taken snaps in place of Shaun Phillips as well.
"It's not old-time football where you had 11 guys and they played the whole game," defensive coordinator Greg Manusky said. "With the speed of the game and pace of the game, you've got to (rotate) these guys and have them at their best rather than sucking eggs … Guys have an ability to go in there, and we trust them, and we roll with them," defensive coordinator Greg Manusky said. "It's a good combination so we're not getting 60 plays per player."
The irony in all this is that the old man, Takeo Spikes, has not come off the field.
Not once in the past three seasons, while playing for Manusky in San Francisco, did Spikes play every snap of a game. This season, though, Spikes has not missed a defensive snap through four games.
"They were so-called trying to spare me," Spikes said, almost derisively, of his time with the 49ers.
Not here.
"I'm staying in the league," said Spikes, who has played in 191 games over 14 seasons, more games than all but 17 linebackers in NFL history. "If I'm getting spared now, hell, I'm packing it in."
Manusky would actually prefer to spell Spikes some, but with Butler's youth he is left to let the veteran play.
"I'd like to see him not on the field as much," Manusky said. "But he's doing alright, and he's holding up."
Butler is seen as an every-down linebacker down the road, and the Chargers hope English can develop into more than a pass rusher.
For now, though ...
"It's a good rotation," Spikes said. "Everyone has their role."


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WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- President Bush's commission on intelligence has said the director of national intelligence should take action against those responsible for pre-war failures.
Co-chairmen Charles Robb and Laurence Silberman said incoming director John Negroponte should seek action against the agencies and individuals that failed to accurately assess Iraq's weapons programs, the Washington Post reported.
"Wrong calls and failures to correct the record we believe were so serious that the DNI ought to look at those institutions and decide specific remedies," said Robb, a former democratic senator from Virginia, during a joint interview with Silberman, a retired appellate court judge.
Silberman said if any actions are taken, "we would hope it would be by the CIA first," and then "the DNI would look at them all."
The commission's report, released Thursday, detailed how U.S. intelligence agencies were "dead wrong" in their belief that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. The nine-member panel, appointed by Bush last year to review the nation's intelligence system, concluded that grave shortcomings in those agencies persist and threaten the nation's ability to protect itself.


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Not just the selling side, the marketing side, the promotional and the production sides - but also, and for me, importantly, how you go about managing yourself side.
Some people seem to think that there is an inherent flakey card which they can play - we are creatives, we are not bound by the same rules as others! But, if what you are doing involves you employing professional services, and paying for those services, you are bound by rules.
I learned recently about someone who I respect as a service provider being put into a very big financial hole by people not paying their bills on time.
You don't get a pass on this, everyone - you employ a service, you pay.
If you think you can move the money around, and get someone to carry you for a little while, then you have no business doing this.
Here's how it works for indie creators - you will pay quite a lot of money at some point, for some aspect of your comic book production. Then, hopefully, you have the means to use that property or creation for ever more to make that money back. It may take years, it may take forever, but that's the idea.
You do not hire someone, use someone, employ someone, and then not have the money to pay them, take longer than the agreed upon time to pay them, or ignore their requests for payment.
Also, while I'm on this, if someone hires you to produce work, and you take the money, but don't produce the work, you have no place claiming to work in the business of comics. You are a shyster, using good will to make a buck.
I have a group of people who I have worked with on my projects, and they have always been incredibly professional and all round great at what they do, and how they go about doing it. I may not be Marvel or DC, or Image or Dark Horse, but I do know two things - one, I will use people who behave like that as much as I can, and two, if I move up, they are coming with me.
That is how the business side of all creative work operates.


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Nice, Alpes-Maritimes French Painting painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, collage Acad�mie Julian, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Gustave Moreau Fauvism, Modernism John Peter Russell, C�zanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Signac Photo of Henri Matisse by Carl Van Vechten, 1933.
Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker , and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is regarded, along with Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three seminal artists of the 20th century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Although he was initially labelled a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s, he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting. His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.Henri-�mile-Beno�t Matisse was born in Le ... read more