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By Mike Soraghan - 09/28/09 11:38 PM EDT
But that's not to say that her rise to becoming the most powerful woman in American politics happened by accident. Those who know her say it was a combination of opportunity and drive.
"She's talented. She's focused. She has an agenda to accomplish," said Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), one of Pelosi's closest allies. "She's got more energy than anyone I know."
For years, Pelosi rebuffed suggestions that she run for office in California, until her close friend, former Rep. Sala Burton (D-Calif.), asked Pelosi shortly before her death to run for the seat.
She passed her top domestic priority at the time, a plan to convert the Presidio Army Base above San Francisco to a national park, but only in the House. She would have to add concessions to pass it again in both chambers after Republicans took control in the 1994 election.
Nationally, she emerged as a fierce critic of China's human-rights record. She had embarrassed Chinese officials in 1991 by unfurling a pro-Democracy banner in Tiananmen Square.
And she had surprised many by lashing out against President Bill Clinton that year when he renewed "most-favored nation" trade status for China. Pelosi helped lead the charge against it, chilling her relationship with the Clinton White House.
"The China fight is what raised her stock," said Marc Sandalow, author of a Pelosi biography, Madam Speaker. "The Chamber of Commerce very much knew who she was after the China fight."
Leadership, though, wasn't on the horizon. It was understood, Sandalow said, that California's "horse" in the leadership races was Rep. Vic Fazio (D-Calif.). That began to change when Fazio announced he wouldn't be running for reelection in 1998.
Pelosi could see a path up the ladder to the top of the caucus. Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) had his eyes on the presidency. The No. 2, Minority Whip David Bonior (D-Mich.), faced redistricting problems at home.
California had one of the largest Democratic delegations. Pelosi had connections nationwide. Even as she'd focused on her committee work, China and the Presidio, she had traveled around the country raising copious amounts of campaign cash for her fellow Democrats.
"People were telling her, 'You've raised so much money, it's time for you to call the shots,' " Sandalow said.
Her chief rival was Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who had made his leadership ambitions clear years before. Pelosi had seconded his nomination for whip in the election Bonior won in 1991. Thus began a now-infamous feud that dragged on for years between Hoyer, Pelosi and their staffs.
By then, the idea of a woman in leadership was attractive to many Democrats who saw theirs as the party of inclusion. But many thought her liberal politics would doom the party to minority status.
The maneuvering dragged on until 2001, when Bonior decided to leave Congress to run for governor.
Pelosi prevailed over Hoyer to claim the minority-whip post. When Gephardt left Congress in 2002 to run for president, she became minority leader, the first woman to run a major party in Congress.
"Speaker Pelosi is the ultimate listener," said former Rep. Marty Russo (D-Ill.), who is now CEO and senior vice chairman of Cassidy & Associates. "She has successfully united House Democrats issue after issue by listening to her caucus and acknowledging the concerns of its members."
And the charge that she was too liberal was answered in 2006 when she led Democrats into the majority, in part by recruiting conservative Democratic candidates. The change in power made Pelosi the first female Speaker in history and the highest-ranking elected woman in the country.
Those who know Hoyer and Pelosi say the rift between them has healed.
"I think that's over," said Murtha, who unsuccessfully challenged Hoyer for majority leader. "I don't think there's any chance of him challenging her."
Pelosi and the new Democratic leadership team rushed through a series of priorities they had campaigned on, including raising the minimum wage and implementing lobbying restrictions and a new ethics board. By the end of the year, she had steered through an energy bill raising gas mileage standards.
But the issue that helped deliver majority status — the promise to end the Iraq war — also became her "biggest disappointment." She balanced the centrist and left wings of her parties to pass a bill setting a timetable for withdrawal. But to Democrats' surprise, most Republicans united to support the unpopular war, and Pelosi didn't have the votes to override the veto of President George W. Bush.
The inauguration of President Barack Obama changed Pelosi's role from leader of the opposition to a shepherd of White House policies.
She successfully steered through a massive $787 billion stimulus package with no Republican votes and twisted arms to pass her priority climate change bill.
In a reprise of that Iraq vote, she is back to balancing the disparate wings of her party on healthcare, in the face of united opposition from Republicans.
As daunting as it is, Sandalow says bringing the two sides of her party together is where Pelosi excels. He argues that in conference, if it gets that far, she will play a key, if not determinative, role.
And if she and other Democratic leaders can get the bill through, there's no longer a veto waiting at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue.


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Paid for next day delivery, waited in but no delivery next day. After contact with carrier told they had problems at the depot and would deliver the following day, so waited in again, this time goods arrived in the afternoon. They were a gift from my wife to me so when they arrived in clearly branded packaging this ruined the surprise, also packaging was open and as I did not want to ruin the surprise even more I could not check that items inside package were correct and all still inside the packet, signed for package and noted that it arrived open.
Really liked the three items, however very disappointed when we hand washed the cream bodied 'Roxbert' rugby shirt in cold water, the reds and blues from the collar ran into the main cream body ruining the shirt. It is a shame that a British company builds up a brand and then purchases inferior quality products from China, surely in 2013 colour fastness should not be an issue, you should expect to be able to wash a garment after wearing!!! Very disappointed as the rugby shirt cost nearly £65.00
Called customer services and they agreed to refund extra charge for special delivery that never occurred, also advised me to send back rugby top for refund, although returns are free, it is a pain to have to repackage and drive to post office and then keep checking refund has been made to credit card.
My wife was very upset about the above issues and placed a revue on their website along with pictures of the colour runs, surprise, surprise this review does not appear on the web site. I queried this when I spoke to customer services, the lady did not know why the review was not published on their site and said she would speak to their website services. I also posted a review and once again this did not appear on their web site, could they be filtering their reviews to be favourable rather than the truth (the small print in their review terms says 'We reserve the right to edit or reject reviews that include inappropriate content') you decide!!
Joules what is the point in having a good brand name (which takes years to build up) then selling substandard goods made in China that can not be washed and let your company down. Also if you are not honest with customers and do not allow them an opportunity to either praise your goods or advise others when goods do not come up to the standard required then you will not keep your client base very long.

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NBA players comments on Twitter proves facts out of theories.
Why did Denver trade Felton on draft night for Andre Miller?
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If u read any of the Denver Nuggets players comments after the series vs OKC on Twitters then u wouldve seen the trade for Felton coming this offseason.


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A solid cast faces supernatural peril in ALTAR, coming to DVD and digital HD next week, and one of them—Steve Oram from SIGHTSEERS, THE WORLD'S END and others—discovers a gruesome omen in an exclusive clip you can see past the jump.Read more »
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The Cheechoo Train is ready to roll.
The Senators will make the desperate move of putting winger Jonathan Cheechoo in the lineup Tuesday night in place of Ryan Shannon at Scotiabank Place as they try to tie up their first round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Captain Daniel Alfredsson wasnt on the ice, but coach Cory Clouston confirmed hell play.
Im sure hes feeling pretty good, said Clouston.
Cheechoo, who hasnt suited up for an NHL game since Feb. 11th and spent the last two months with the clubs AHL affiliate in Binghamton, was on the fourth line at the morning skate with Jesse Winchester and Zack Smith.
I just hope he can bring some energy, strong play at the net and, if need be, chip in offensively, said Clouston. (Cheechoo) brings a little bit more speed. Jonathan had a real good playoffs last year. Hes got a history of scoring some goals. Thats right now what we need feel more of. Right now, one shot can change a game and we feel hes one of those types of players.
Cheechoo is, understandably, excited about getting a chance to return to the lineup.
"I look at it as a chance to help this team out," said Cheechoo. "I'm going to come in there and work my hardest. Hopefully, I'm able to bring a positive result."
Cheechoo struggled for most of the season in Ottawa before being demoted to Binghamton. He had five goals and nine assists in 61 NHL games this season.


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Some Mac developers have pulled their apps out of the Mac App Store due to "sandboxing". Apple wants to make their computers safer from malware, and sandboxing is one way to do that because it restricts apps from accessing the entire computer.
So now Apple wants to restrict the activities of all Mac apps. And that's a big deal because many important apps were developed with the assumption that there would be no sandboxing, as had been the tradition since the beginning of personal computers.
Needless to say, this has angered many developers. Perhaps this is an opportunity for Microsoft, or other platforms, to poach some developers from Apple. If you want to follow developments, one way to do so is to listen to the "Core Intuition" podcast. The hosts are both Mac developers. Episode 52: "The Potential For More Confusion", is a good place to start.
I don't know if this will have any investment implications for Apple. However, dumbing down the Mac to make it stupid-proof for the masses will be, at least, irksome for people who are used to real computers.


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Currie Cup - Round 6 Review
Blue Bulls end Griquas' winning run
August 15, 2009
Western Province lock Chris Jack wins a lineout during his side's victory over Boland in Wellington © Getty Images
The Blue Bulls brought the previously unbeaten Griquas back down to earth on Saturday with a narrow 25-24 bonus point victory in Kimberley.
The Griquas opened the scoring with a Naas Olivier penalty but the game swung the Blue Bulls way on the quarter hour when captain Derick Kuhn went over for a try after some good work from his forward pack. Francois Brummer missed the conversion and Olivier edged his side further ahead with his second penalty.
Brummer and Olivier exchanged further penalties before Egon Seconds extended the Griquas' lead with the home team's first try of the match courtesy of a Jonathan Mokuena cross kick. Olivier missed the conversion before the Bulls bounced back with a try from Francois Hougaard. Brummer again missed the conversion to ensure the Griquas entered the break with a 14-13 lead.
The Griquas continued to frustrate the Blue Bulls in the second half and cemented their lead with a try from replacement hooker Rayno Barnes after a clearance from Hougaard was charged down.
The hosts took a firm grip on the game when winger Trompie Nontshinga took his side out to an 11-point lead but back came the visitors with a try from Gerhard van den Heever.
Further pressure led to yellow cards for Griquas duo Rohan Kitshoff and Mokuena and Pedrie Wannenburg capitalised by forcing his way over for the bonus point try. Replacement fly-half Burton Francis converted to set the seal on a remarkable comeback victory.
The second-placed Sharks took advantage to close the gap on their title rivals to just two points thanks to a 30-19 victory over the Golden Lions at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
The home side dominated the territorial battle for much of the game but were unable to capitalise in the face of a well-disciplined defensive display from the Sharks who made their hosts pay for their shortcomings. The Sharks built a 17-0 half-time lead against the run of play thanks to tries from Ryan Kankowski and Craig Burden and seven points from the boot of Monty Dumond.
The Lions maintained their work rate after the break but still lacked a clinical edge and as a result they fell further behind with Dumond adding two more penalties. But to their credit they refused to accept defeat and rallied once more as the game entered the final quarter.
Tries from captain Cobus Grobbelaar and Derick Minnie and a conversion from Ruan Boshoff added some respectability to the scoreboard but their hopes of a bonus point were dented when the Sharks were awarded a penalty try in the closing minutes.
The Lions had the final say with an intercept try for Pieter Engelbrecht but it was little consolation for his side having dominated proceedings.
Elsewhere, Western Province notched their fourth win of the season with a 38-7 victory over Boland in Wellington. The visitors battled to an 8-7 half-time lead before powering away after the break to secure a much-needed five-try bonus point victory.
Boland opened the scoring thanks to a penalty try midway through the half that also saw Province's New Zealand lock Chris Jack yellow carded. But Province rallied in his absence with an easy try for winger Gio Aplon and the lead was theirs following a penalty from fullback Joe Pietersen.
Province adopted an expansive game in the second period and a second Pietersen penalty was followed by a try from centre Juan de Jongh that his fullback also converted.
Winger Tonderai Chavhanga crossed for his side's third try just past the hour mark but they had to wait until the 76th minute for the all-important fourth score when prop Brok Harris barged over. And there was still time for 7s star Gio Apolon to set up team mate JJ Engelbrecht for the final try.
The latest round of kicked off with Cheetahs hammering the Leopards 71-17 at Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Friday night.
Free State ran their hosts ragged with a total of 11 tries to condemn them to a sixth straight defeat and such was their dominance that they had the bonus point secured midway through the first half. Wingers Jongi Nokwe and Danwel Demas, outside centre JW Jonker and lock Nico Breedt all grabbed two tries while scrum-half JP Joubert, flanker Johan Wessels and inside centre Robert Ebersohn also dotted down.
As a result the Cheetahs maintained their return to form after finally opening their account with an impressive victory over the Blue Bulls last week. As the score line suggests, the Cheetahs totally outplayed the Leopards with fly-half Jacques-Louis Potgieter pulling the strings and also claiming six conversions. Two more conversions came from the boot of fullback Louis Strydom.
The battling Leopards were rewarded for their efforts with two second half tries from fullback Russell Jeacocks with fly-half Clayton Durand converting both scores to add to a first half penalty.
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LGBT at Work: Alumni Panel on Campus Life and Careers
I participated in a panel discussion on sexuality and career issues held earlier this week at the Multicultural House, sponsored by the Dean of Students Office and the Center for Career Development.
First, a nice dinner at Brickhouse Tavern with fellow out gay and lesbian panelists Andrew Spainhour '93, Brad Johnson '94, Heather McKee '87 and organizers Becca Taylor '06 from Dean of Students and Jamie Johnson from Careers.
Later, some dozen or so students sprawled on the couches of the Multicultural House while we four panelists perched on stools up front. We told what campus gay life (or the lack thereof) was like back in the day, how that felt then, and how it feels now to be talking with students openly questioning issues of sexuality rather than questioning (or not) secrets (closed or open) as in days of yore.
Each panelist talked about how issues around sexuality had played out in our early careers and choices, and our current ones. And we answered sharp questions from sharp students, about tokenization, social relations and legislation; about closets and pronouns and dreams.
"In light of Amendment One, do you feel like people should leave North Carolina?" one student asked, putting a fine point on a broad-ranging conversation about North Carolina politics.
"I think the only way to win is to stay and fight," Heather serenely concluded after a a full and thoughtful response. (Happy side note: Heather married her classmate, U.S. Navy Capt. Jane Campbell '87, on a Pearl Harbor Day visit to Hawaii in December!)
Have you ever considered, asked another student, going back into the closet for a career choice?
"I would never dream of going back to a place where I would have to hide," said Andrew. Brad added a pithy note that the "pronoun game" many gay people used to play, and some still do, when talking about their personal lives at the office is, in a word, tedious. And disagreeable for any number of other reasons, we all agreed.
That said, I added that it's never a mistake for anybody—gay, straight or in between—to err on the side of caution when sharing personal details in any professional setting. It's a fine and shifting line to walk, between the world we live in and the world we want to live in.
Bonus note: Becca offers for your consideration this current survey for LGBTQ alumni by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. "While it's not coming from Davidson directly," she says, "the information gathered on this survey could be very useful to us in the future."


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Florida Today, on unclaimed Florida Lottery prize money should go to schools:
Gov. Jeb Bush got it right a few days ago when he came out in favor of sending a sizable unclaimed Florida Lottery prize straight to education instead of back into Lottery coffers for promotions and further prizes.
Any change in the way unclaimed prize money is used must be OK'd by the Legislature's budget committee, but approval for the redirection of the $30.1 million jackpot looks likely.
That's good news for the schools, but it won't solve education funding problems in Florida.
The next step should be broader reform of the lottery system to give all unclaimed lottery prizes immediately to schools.
Bills to do just that have already been filed, and should be speedily passed by legislators in upcoming sessions.
But that still does nothing to address the biggest problem with the lottery -- the fact that voters were sold a bill of goods when they approved it in 1986.
They believed lottery proceeds would mean additional cash for schools, but irresponsible legislators then cut general revenue funds for education, canceling out any gains.
That grand bamboozle helped create the state's current school budget crisis.
Legislators must redress the damages by providing adequate funding for schools, rather than continuing to dodge the issue and recklessly gambling with the future of Florida's children.
The Bradenton Herald, on local control of manatee zones:
The handwriting is on the wall in regard to Manatee County's boat speed ordinance. If Manatee County Commissioners persist in liberalizing the speed zones on key waterways that are known manatee zones, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reject the plan and impose its own, much-stricter restrictions on boats in local waters.
Next stop: federal court, and costly legal battles in which the odds will be stacked against the county.
Thus it is in the county's best interest for commissioners today to carefully consider the ordinance clauses on boat speeds in designated channels, especially those of the Upper Manatee River and the Braden River.
Manatee advocates contend the 25 mph designations for long stretches of those streams is too fast for manatee protection as well as for safety of non-motorized boaters on the rivers...
A federally imposed standard is likely to be much more restrictive than the county's.
The rules proposed for the Pinellas and Hillsborough portions of Tampa Bay are far less generous than those the county has been negotiating through this ordinance for the last six weeks, calling for slow speeds on many bays and channels throughout the area.
Manatee County boaters at least would be able to preserve most of their traditional recreation areas and to move at 25 mph through most of the channels. That's a significant upgrade from upper Tampa Bay.
Besides, as slow-speed advocates point out, the rivers aren't just for power boaters pulling skiers and wakeboarders.
Traditional recreating areas can also include kayakers, canoeists and fishers in small boats with tiny electric motors. They have a right to enjoy the narrow, quiet stretches of the Braden and Upper Manatee in safety, without dangerous wakes and roaring motors disturbing the tranquility.
Without compromise by the commission, they could wind up with far more such zones than the power boaters do for their sport.
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Garcia ready to step into relief role
Garcia ready to step into relief role
Selected in the 22nd round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft, Garcia is considered the top pitching prospect in the Cardinals organization. In his first season with the Memphis Redbirds, Garcia is 4-4 with a 4.59 ERA in 12 starts. He fanned 57 and walked 25 in 68 2/3 innings pitched.
Garcia joined the Cards in Pittsburgh on Friday.
"Garcia is officially available today and he can be the innings guy if we need it," Cards manager Tony La Russa said. "You just try to win the games and use good judgment when you bring him in there. I'd be very surprised if he didn't pitch sometime this weekend."
When Garcia pitches, he will become the 10th Cardinal to make his Major League debut this season -- a staggering number for any organization, but especially for a team very much in playoff contention.
"I'm here to do whatever I have to do to help this team," Garcia said. "If they need me out of the bullpen, that's what I'll do. If they need me to start, that's what I'll do. I'm ready to do whatever they need."
However, La Russa indicated that he believes Garcia's future lies in a starting role.
"I don't think we're going to make him a left-handed reliever," La Russa said. "I think he's a starter, so if at some point we get Randy Flores back and Garcia benefits more from pitching every five days, we'll do it. But right now, we're keeping ourselves alive and in contention, and we've got to do everything we can to make it work for us."
George Von Benko is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Re: Bochenek from Giedlarowa to Passaic, NJ
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My grandfather and two of his sisters--Joseph, Antonina, and Mary,family name Bochenek--came to America between about 1892 and 1910. They were in New England at first; Joseph eventually moved to upstate NY.
They were from Gieldlarowa.When researching on the Ellis Island site I noticed other Bochenek's coming from Giedlarowa to Passaic, NJ.I wonder if they are closly related.Have you searched the Ellis Island site?I saw 2 Anna Bocheneks who came in 1909.One was 30y and married and the other was 20y and single. Our Antonina went by Anna.Good Luck in your search.


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The athletics department offers a suite of intramurals and club sports for students who thrive on competition and the spirit of team and victory.
Club Sports
Club sports provide students with the opportunity to stay physically active and competitive at an intercollegiate level. Students of all talent and experience levels are eligible and encouraged to participate in or programs, ranging from archery to ultimate frisbee.
The intramural program aims to offer a variety of activities to develop teamwork, leadership, sportsmanship and relationships among students, faculty, and staff, regardless of skill or ability. Programs include three-on-three basketball, indoor soccer, volleyball, and Ping Pong. Most match-ups take place in the Sports & Recreation Center.
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2016-2017 Intramural Champions
Photos from Ry's Run held April 12th 2016 in honor of Ry McCarthy, a goalie on the Forester women's hockey team who lost her courageous battle with cancer the summer of 2009. Proceeds from this fun run go to the College's Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society.
On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, the Lake Forest College Athletics Department hosted its 6th Annual Ry's Run on South Campus. Over 100 faculty, staff, and students participated in the annual event which honors Ry McCarthy, a goaltender on the women's hockey team who passed away from cancer. Proceeds from the event went to the College's Relay for Life event.
On Tuesday, April 15, members of the Lake Forest College community participated in the 5th Annual Ry's (Color) Run in honor of former women's hockey player Ry McCarthy, who lost her battle with cancer on July 28, 2009. The money raised from the event was donated to the College's Relay for Life efforts.
Lake Forest College Intramural Champions from 2013-14
Event and League Champions from the 2012-2013 Intramural Sports Season
Wow, what a (Color) Run! We had a great turnout for the 4th Annual Ry's Run on Tuesday, April 16 with 168 total runners that included faculty, staff and students as well as Ry McCarthy's family members. Solo and relay runners were splashed with pink, green, blue, yellow, orange and purple as they passed by the color station. All proceeds from the event were donated to the American Cancer Society and the College's Relay for Life event on Friday, April 19.


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Father Anthony Patalanos, pastor at the Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, appears to have changed his opinion in regard to the city's homeless. According to KTUU, Father Patalanos set aside his homily during Sunday mass to talk instead about the safety threat of the homeless who frequent the church's property.
In the past, Father Patalanos has taken a stance of tolerance toward the destitute occasionally offering food and welcoming those in need onto church grounds. But on Sunday, according to KTUU, Father Patalanos, who said he and other priests had been physically attacked, told the parish:
The current situation with the alcoholics and the disturbed is far worse than we have experienced in the past. The level of drinking, camping, gathering in groups and disturbances is past the point of toleration. It endangers our safety and inhibits people from coming to our parish.
Ed O'Neill, the former owner of the liquor chain "Brown Jug" and head of Anchorage Responsible Beverage Association (ARBRA), agreed with Father Patalanos. O'Neill told KTUU, "(Father Patalanos is) on the front line, and he knows best. Unfortunately I wasn't aware of how serious it was until I heard that announcement." O'Neill adds that he hopes the church doesn't go ahead with plans to erect a fence around the grounds or hire security, but that he would like to see the problem resolved.
John Martin, notorious for protesting Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan's policies on the homeless, was sympathetic to the church telling KTUU, "They're having to deal with the mess. They're having to deal with the violence. There might be other steps that could be taken." Martin believes that a homeless camp could help cut down on city problems such as this one.
For more visit KTUU here.


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Verizon currently offers several different methods to pay your residential phone bill. You can pay your phone bill online at Verizon's website, mail your payment to Verizon's remittance processing center, or pay your bill in person at an authorized Verizon location. Verizon also provides you with the option to set up automatic bill payments online and or make payment arrangements if you cannot pay the entire amount by the bill's due date.
Pay in Person
1Visit the Verizon website provided in the Sources section of this article.
2Click on "Paying Your Verizon Bill in Person" and select the "online" link. This process will take you to a page that allows you to find the nearest Verizon payment location.
- If you do not have Internet access, call Verizon's customer service at 1-800-922-0204 between the hours of 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. daily to find the nearest payment center.
3Bring payment for your bill and a page from your residential phone bill that displays your Verizon account number.
- You can bring payment in the form of cash, checks, or money orders.
- Some Verizon payment centers may charge convenience fees for making a payment in person.
- Your bill payment will be posted to your Verizon account within 3 business days.
Pay by Mail
1Obtain a check or money order for the bill payment amount.
2Write your Verizon account number at the top of your check or money order.
3Send your payment and the remittance bill stub to: Verizon Remittance Processing Center, P.O. Box 9688, Mission Hills, California 91346-9688.
- Your payment will be posted to your account as soon as Verizon receives your check in the mail.
Pay Online at Verizon's Website
1Go to the Verizon website listed in the Sources section of this article.
2Click on "Pay Your Bill Online" to access your My Verizon online account.
3Log in with your User ID and and password in the fields provided.
- If you have not set up a My Verizon account, click on "Register Now" and follow the prompts to set up an online profile.
4Click on the link for "Account" and select "Payment."
5Enter your checking account or credit card information in the fields provided.
- If you want to enroll for Verizon Auto Pay and have the bill due amount taken from your checking account or credit card monthly, click on "Auto Pay" under "Account Services" on the right, then select "Enroll." You will then be prompted to enter the details of your payment method.
- If you cannot pay the full bill amount by the due date, Verizon will allow you to set up a payment arrangement online. In the "Payment" section, select "Payment Arrangements" and either re-schedule your due date for the current bill or select 2 different days on which you need to split up bill payments.
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How can I talk to a real person at Verizon?wikiHow ContributorYou can either call or if you live near a local Verizon you can go and talk to them.
How can I pay my Verizon bill online?wikiHow ContributorMake an online payment arrangement. You can verify your account using your My Verizon User ID & Password, or use another method to verify your account. Sign into My Verizon and select Bill & Payment in the left column. You can make a one-time payment with your checking or savings account, debit, credit or ATM card.
Where can I make payments to Verizon?wikiHow ContributorYou can make a credit card payment over the phone or their website. You may also be able to make a payment at your nearest Verizon store.
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Not the most useful of error messages, is it?
Three things I'm curious about:
- Do the Twitter engineers automatically get sent a report each and every time this page appears?
- Does it go into detail as to why it happened, or just say it happened?
- If not (and even so), why is there no 'report this error' button?
Most of the time, this error can be 'fixed' with a simple refresh. But not always, and you'd be amazed how often default pages like this are used as a catch-all for a myriad of serious faults on major websites.
The dreaded fail whale is increasingly a thing of the past, but I see one of these error pages at least once a day. I really hope somebody important is paying attention and this isn't all just lip service.


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Title: Using Voki To Create A Unique Book Trailer
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[ELA2015] (6) 19: Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person). [RI.6.9]Digital Tool Description: Voki is an online learning resource that allows the user to create a customizable avatar that will star in a short video clip. The avatar can be placed in a variety of settings, and students can record the script for the avatar to say. There is also a text to speech component of the program where students can choose a voice style and then type the script for the avatar to perform.


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I have to admit when Robyn was fighting with the blue team about putting stuff in the oven and it made Ramsey just hold and shake his head I had to laugh. I don't think I have ever seen any of the chefs make him speechless.
He who laughs last thinks slowest
#oldmanbeatdown - Donny BB16
I don't see how Robyn keeps getting saved?
So, was I the only one hoping that the "big surprise" under the domed serving platter was Kimmie's head? I was? Okay, carry on...
I agree Brian really messed up a few times but boy, Ithought Robyn would be outta there. Hate those relay challenges, if they can't do a proper dinner service, how the heck are they going to do any better at that? And for more random questions I have never thought to ask on here...who the heck orders spaghetti as an appetizer...prior to eating a beef Wellington? :scratching head Sigh, this is going to keep me up tonight.
Brian was good for comedy relief, but not a great chef. Robyn is obviously only still there as a bad guy.
The burning question in my mind is this: DID the three men tell Robyn to keep her vegetables warm in the oven? I've never seen anyone do that on HK.
Good question, AZ, I wasn't sure if they had said to just keep the sauce warmed or not.
Phooey. I kinda liked weird Brian. He was just so... weird. Not in a psychotic Robyn sort of way, just kind of wacky.
Barbie is moving up the ranks. Funny how the girls team wanted her gone right away...
I'm actually starting to get the sense of why the other women don't like Barbie. I find her personality to be a little "off", for lack of a better word, and she is definitely not a team player. That's okay if you are playing solo, but I don't think that is the sort of person who should be running, well, a team. That's not someone I want to work for, anyway.
And so it begins, the end of times..
I understand what you're saying, Rattus, but she DID keep offering to help when she saw how busy Dana was with all those risottos. And because of the "freeze-out Barbie" attitude, Dana kept saying she was doing fine - even when one of her risottos was burning and Barbie pulled it off the burner.
It seems that - like Survivor - Hell's Kitchen requires you to attempt to play well with others, but your main focus has to be on getting yourself to the end. There is no "team championship." IMO, if you can walk the fine line required, you are exhibiting the type of skills you need to be pretty successful in leading a team after the show is over.


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Remember those mittens? Here's a good example of an older kid who still uses his hands as if he's wearing mittens. He uses his four fingers together to pick up a small checker, rather than using a more precise pincer grasp with the index finger and thumb. That's what is called poor differentiation of the two sides of the hand and of the fingers. The thumb, rather than forming a nice rounded space between it and the index finger, pulls in towards the palm. That indicates underdevelopment of the thumb's webspace. This kiddo needs more proprioceptive input to increase that internal awareness of each finger and its movement and position in space.
Another activity that provides proprioceptive input to the fingers is playing with a geoboard. The board has a grid of pegs on which the child can stretch rubber bands to make shapes and designs. Stretching the rubber bands usually encourages the child to isolate the index and middle finger, or just the index finger alone. The stretch provides traction to those fingers, which provides proprioceptive input.
Using a geoboard does require a moderate degree of coordination and motor planning, but if the child is having difficulty, you can help stabilize the band on a peg or two to prevent them from slipping off.
The geoboard also provides reinforcement of shapes and colors. You can ask the child to copy your shape, or you can ask if he can make a yellow square, green triangle, etc. For more advanced play, you can even print diagrams of the board and see if the child can copy the design from the printed example.
Geoboards are available at educational supply stores.


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Custom sandblasted signs come in many different sizes, shapes and styles.
Sandblasted signs have a permanent, rich, artistic quality making them a perfect solution for many locations. Sandblasted signs are either made from laminated wood such as redwood or cedar or engineered materials like HDU (high density urethane). These types of signs are thick and create dimension by blasting the image of the sign out of the material.
The background, lettering and graphics are all painted in contrasting colors giving the sign a unique high-end appearance. Consult with your Signarama professional to discover the many different design options available with sandblasted signs.
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Nabila Ebeid Keeps Souvenirs from Her Lovers in 'Kasakis Alushak'
The renowned Egyptian actress Nabila Ebeid has wrapped up her role in the new film "Kasakis Alushak" (Clippings from Lovers), in which she performs the role of a dancer who keeps bits of her ex-lovers' shirts as souvenirs.
The dancer suddenly decides to make a mattress out of these shreds of cloth, and vows to forget about the past and start a new life. At that moment, she meets a new lover, Hussein Fahmi, with whom she tastes true love for the first time.
Work on the film, which was composed by Wahid Hamed and directed by Said Marzouk, has seen these two butt heads over some of the films' scenes.
Despite the fact that the film has been finished, it has not yet been screened, since Wahid Hamed has threatened to withhold his name from the film ads and its introduction. He has said that this is one of his rights if he finds any substantial deviation from what his original script.
Hamed told the London-based Al Sharq Al Awsat, "I won't hesitate for a moment to disown this film and demand that my name be omitted from its posters and introduction. I won't also be reluctant to resort to a suit to prove my rights if I discover any changes in the film's theme."
For her part, Nabila has tried to mediate between the two, since she believes that "there are no basic differences in the film's 'family,' and it is just a figment of Wahid Hamed's imagination that the director has changed the film's idea."
"This has not been the case, but the director has his own point of view on the characters' performance and the scenario. I believe Marzouk has been keen enough on implementing the ideas of Hamed and the theme he seeks,'' added the mega star.
The top Egyptian star has asked Hamed to wait and see the first version before he takes any action.
Filming of "Kasakis Alushak," produced by Hani Gerges Fawzi, was interrupted for three years due to other problems -- Albawaba.com
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Still think you can text and drive safely? Hold that cell phone to your ear and deal with a surprise on the road?
Check out this video compilation of driver cam footage put together by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
While it's focus is on teenagers, the message is meant for all drivers.
Also today on Trending Now, Jimmy Kimmel talks with a woman who still has her Christmas decorations up. Ben Stiller plays Beastie Boys lyrics trivia on Late Night with Seth Meyers. James Franco talks to David Letterman about the terrorism scare around his movie "The Interview." Will Ferrel sings the Star Trek theme on the Late Late Show with James Corden, and Jimmy Fallon sings "Barbara Ann" with five wax Jimmys.


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LARKSPUR, Colo. (CBS4) – The third police dog missing since last weekend still hasn't been found.
The dog, named "Dux," was one of three that disappeared from a kennel in Larkspur last weekend. Two of the other dogs have been found.
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Top 5 Wake Forest Football Players of All TimeOctober 26, 2010
Top 5 Wake Forest Football Players of All Time
The last couple of years has been really fun for the fans of Wake Forest. But did any of those players make the top 5 Wake Forest players of all time? Or would some of the earlier players make this list. Who knows. Well you would know if you read this article. Wake Forest has had many players that people would know including great Brian Piccolo. Does he make this list? Find out now.
Number 5- Chris Barclay (Running Back)
Player Bio
Born- 10/15/1983
Height- 5'10
Weight- 180 lbs
He is the all time leading rusher in Wake Forest history. In 2005, he earned ACC MVP honors with the stats of 1,127 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. During this season he had six 100 yard games and 2 200 yard games. Now his is a recruiting assistant for the Wake Forest football team.
Number 4- Norm Snead (Quarterback)
Player Bio
Born- 7/31/1939
Height- 6'4
Weight- 215 pounds
Drafted in the 1st round and 2nd overall pick in the 1961 NFL Draft.
One of the best quarterbacks in ACC history and one of the best in Wake Forest history. Norm Snead was a great quarterback and could really throw. He had a great arm and was pretty mobile to. He was one of the greatest quarterbacks in the NFL playing for the Redskins, Eagles, 49ers, Vikings, and Giants and he started for all of them.
Number 3- Aaron Curry (Linebacker)
Player Bio
Born- 4/6/1986
Height- 6'3
Weight- 247 lbs
Drafted 4th overall to the Seahawks in 2009.
The hardest hitting linebacker Wake Forest has ever had, Aaron Curry is one of the most, if not the most, athletic players in Wake Forest history. He had great instincts, he had a high I.Q. Right now he is starting for the Seahawks at inside linebacker and is still an elite linebacker just like he was in college at Wake.
Number 2- Riley Skinner (Quarterback)
Player Bio
Born- 10/21/1986
Height- 6'1
Weight- 210 lbs
Riley Skinner is by far the best quarterback in Wake Forest history. He holds practically every Wake Forest passing record and was name ACC rookie of the year in 2006 when he lead the Deacs to an ACC Championship victory and to the Orange Bowl. Everyone will remember this Deacon for a long long time.
Number 1- Alphonso Smith (Cornerback)
Player Bio
Born- 10/20/1985
Height- 5'9
Weight- 190 lbs
Drafted in 2009 to the Denver Broncos in the second round pick, 37th overall.
Alphonso Smith is definitely the best Wake Forest football player to live. He holds many cornerback records for Wake Forest and probably the best record for defense in the ACC which is most career interceptions. His biggest moment was probably when he gave a spark to his team in 2007 against Maryland taking back a interception 100 yards for a touchdown. He is now currently the number 1 cornerback for the Detroit Lions and has 3 interceptions on the year.
Players To Just Miss The Top 5
Brian Piccilo
Bill Barnes
Jay Venuto
Ricky Proehl


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2006 Nissan Sentra Sedan - Consumer Review
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Vehicle2006 Nissan Sentra 1.8 S 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 4A)
ReviewThis vehicle overall is reliable, but there are some major issues that have convinced me to never purchase a Nissan again. 1. Computer failure at under 1000 miles 2. Wheel bearing failure of both rear wheel bearings at under 30000 miles (Dealership tried to get out of warranty repair until I showed them that the wheel bearings were specifically covered under drivetrain warranty) 3. Technical bulletin on the fuel pump that causes a hard start. This fuel pump problem of course failed just past the warranty limitation and costs dearly to replace. I recommend replacing this yourself as I fear Nissan may just replace the fuel pump assembly with another OEM "broken" assembly
Best FeaturesThe cup holders are awesome.... ! everytime I put a drink in the holder I change CDs. Oh and the auxillary power port is great too. Almost every time I use it in conjunction with the primary power (which prevents the use of the awesome cupholder on the driverside) the fuse blows
Worst FeaturesFire the engineer who designed this garbage with broken parts, no common sense, and the back seat can barely seat people with legs. What I mean by this is that there is no room to even place your legs on the floor unless the front passengers move up cramming their knees into the dash/steering wheel
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Stratford, Connecticut area has a number of bookstores besides books stores on the Internet. A great area to attempt locating them is in your regional newspaper and even the phonebook. This is one of the best places that you can stop for info on where to go trying to find your used or new books store in the area. You may locate that these stores are easy to locate and that they are not that pricy in the long run. Once you have actually located that little gem of a Stratford, CT store, you ought to have the ability to find the books that you are trying to find very quickly and quickly. All of it takes a little open mindedness along with somebody that is willing to search for the store that they really need to find for the brand-new or used books that they are in need of.
Books became the dominant repositories of human understanding with the development of the printing press. Even with the introduction of computer systems with huge storage spaces, books continue to hold a position of dominance. Regardless of the ever-growing appeal of computers and the online publication of the books, the old appeal of going through a novel reclining in the comfort of the bed or chair still holds a highly effective sway over the readers everywhere. This illustrates the continued presence, popularity as well as proliferation of bookstores in Stratford regardless of experiencing of strong competitors from online stores.
Stratford, Connecticut bookstores still have value in the community. There are thousands of bookstores, with millions of titles on all subjects, spread over the world. Bookstores can be found even in remote corners and backwoods of the world. Some bookstores are general in nature, holding thousands of books on every imaginable subject or topic. Multinational and huge business are involved in selling books; their stores are found in all the significant cities of the world.
Stratford Bookstore owners have actually located various methods to attract the customers. For instance, there are bookstores that specialize in selling particular books, rare and out-of-print books. There are comparable stores in the united state, as well as countries of Europe, Canada and Australia. You can also find used, out-of-print and unique books from online if you cannot locate them at local stores.
You will find bookstores that draw in consumers by supplying them the price lists of the various book selling business. This gives the readers an idea about the competitive rates of the books. The readers can opt for the least expensive books, which certainly are available in their own bookstores.
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Stratford, Connecticut Local Bookstores can be crucial to both students and local community.
If they are in reasonably great condition, there are extremely couple of campus book stores that do not permit college students to resell their used text books back to their stores. Lots of Stratford, CT regional bookstores will buy college text books simply due to the reality that they are one of the best sellers, especially if the used books store is situated near school or has an online internet website.
Many students are able to get practically half of what they have in their used text books if they are asking for cash, and if they are dealing with a used book store they are typically able to barter for even more if they are prepared to trade their books in for other books. Deciding on used books is a much better deal than buying brand-new books when you compare the broad spread price ranges of these 2 varieties of books.
The major benefit of any individual purchasing a used book is to save cash and used college text books generally resell rapidly. As soon as college students discover what their courses are for a semester and the needed text books, then the hunt is on. Due to the fact that college students understand that used college text books go quick and they do not want to have to pay the high cost associated with brand-new text books, this is. The only difference between pre-owned text books and brand-new text books is their physical look, and usually the used text books can be found in good condition. This is because of not many campus book stores, regional used books stores, or on-line web sites of any type will certainly not accept used college text books that are in bad condition.
Used book offer these people an opportunity to save money while delighting in an experience of buying used books. Numerous of the online book stores that offer these used text books will typically provide numerous other rare titles of used books.
Quick Tip for Stratford, Connecticut ResidentsA good location that you wish to start trying to find used books stores is on the Web. Since of the reality that you can find out all kinds of information that will certainly lead you to the store itself, this is going to be a great bet. You likewise might be able to find out info on the different used books stores in the area that you reside in. If the store is actually a great one to try, this may be anything from the place of the store to. If it's one that takes a while to get to, this sort of information will certainly be essential. You likewise may even be able to learn about exactly what books they might even bring at that area.
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File: saekx_navps.dat
Location of saekx_navps.dat and Associated Malware
Check whether saekx_navps.dat is present in the following locations:
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 specific saekx_navps.dat file locations:
- C:\Documents And Settings\USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\saekx_navps.dat
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 specific saekx_navps.dat file locations:
- C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Local\saekx_navps.dat
If you find saekx_navps.dat file in any of these locations, your computer is very likely to be infected with the following malware:
- You can check if saekx_navps.dat is associated with the malware listed above by running a Exterminate It! Free Scan.
- You can easily remove all the files listed above with Exterminate It! Antimalware.
Why Is It Important to Remove Malware Files?^
It is imperative that you delete malware-associated files as soon as possible because they can be used - or are already being used - to inflict serious damage on your PC, including:
- Disrupting the normal functioning of the operating system or rendering it completely useless.
- Hijacking valuable private information (credit card numbers, passwords, PIN codes, etc.)
- Directing all your Web searches to the same unwanted or malicious sites.
- Dramatically slowing down your computer.
- Gaining total control of your PC to spread viruses and trojans and send out spam.
How to Remove saekx_navps.dat^
- To enable deleting the saekx_navps.dat file, terminate the associated process in the
Task Manager as follows:
- Right-click in the Windows taskbar (a bar that appears along the bottom of the Windows screen) and select Task Manager on the menu.
- In the Tasks Manager window, click the Processes tab.
- On the Processes tab, select saekx_navps.dat and click End Process.
- Using your file explorer, browse to the file using the paths listed in Location of saekx_navps.dat and Associated Malware.
- Select the file and press SHIFT+Delete on the keyboard.
- Click Yes in the confirm deletion dialog box.
- Repeat steps 2-4 for each location listed in Location of saekx_navps.dat and Associated Malware.
- The deletion of saekx_navps.dat will fail if it is locked; that is, it is in use by some application (Windows will display a corresponding message). For instructions on deleting locked files, see Deleting Locked Files.
- The deletion of saekx_navps.dat will fail if your Windows uses the NT File System (NTFS) and you have no write rights for the file. Request your system administrator to grant you write rights for the file.
Deleting Locked Files^
You can delete locked files with the RemoveOnReboot utility. You can install the RemoveOnReboot utility from here.
After you delete a locked file, you need to delete all the references to the file in Windows registry.
To delete a locked file:
- Right-click on the file and select Send To -> Remove on Next Reboot on the menu.
- Restart your computer.
The file will be deleted on restart.
To remove all registry references to a saekx_navps.dat malware file:
- On the Windows Start menu, click Run.
- In the Open box, type regedit and click OK. The Registry Editor window opens.
- On the Edit menu, select Find.
- In the Find dialog box, type saekx_navps.dat. The name of the first found registry value referencing saekx_navps.dat is highlighted in the right pane of the Registry Editor window.
- Right-click the registry value name and select Delete on the menu.
- Click Yes in the Confirm Value Delete dialog box.
- To delete all other references to saekx_navps.dat, repeat steps 4-6.


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Wine tasting fundraiser set
The Minnewaska Laker Foundation is holding its 5th annual Taste on the Lake wine and microbrew tasting fundraiser Wednesday, May 2 at Lakeside Ballroom in Glenwood.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with open tasting and appetizers, along with a silent auction. At 8:30 p.m. a live auction will take place. The featured prize is a trip for two to the California wine valleys. It also features four Twins Legends Club tickets.
Tickets for the event are available from Minnewaska Laker Foundation board members, at the Glenwood Pizza Ranch, and at the door for $20.
For information about the foundation, visit the website www.minnewaskalakerfoundation.org.


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This lesson investigates the value of sports franchises in the various professional sports leagues. Students will investigate the revenues and costs of pro sports teams and determine which teams are the most valuable. Lastly, students will understand the specific rules of the game that leagues employ that influence franchise values.
Jonas, a twelve-year old, lives in a seemingly perfect futuristic world. His community protects him from all harm and in doing so has taken away his opportunity to make decisions. Will Jonas ever be able to make a choice on his own? This lesson is based on the award-winning book "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, [Houghton Mifflin, Co., 1993.]
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CALGARY - The limp in his walk and look on his face said it all.
Calgary Flames defenceman Mark Giordano will be on the shelf much longer than everybody was hoping.
An MRI showed Giordano suffered partially ruptured tendons in his hamstring, and it will be around three weeks before he can even be re-evaluated for a more concrete return date.
Not news you want to hear, Giordano said at the Saddledome Friday.
Its a big loss for the Flames, who are already losing pace in the NHLs Western Conference playoff chase. Giordano has averaged more than 22 minutes per game this season second most on the team and collected four goals and eight points in 23 games before getting injured.
Were going to need a lot of guys to step up in this situation, said GM Jay Feaster.
Its not just the kids. It gives a lot of guys a chance.
The Flames are also without defencemen Anton Babchuk (hand) and Brett Carson (back).
Babchuk is to have the pins removed from his hand in the coming days, but is still a few weeks away from playing.
Carson is on a conditioning assignment with the AHL Abbotsford Heat.
The plan is for Carson to rejoin the Flames Dec. 11, after playing five games for the Heat, and be with the club for its four-game trip in the middle of the month.
Calgary summoned Joe Piskula, a 27-year-old defenceman who played five games for the Los Angeles Kings in 2006-07, but has been in the minors since.
The good news from an organizational perspective is we have more depth than we had last year and now its a matter of putting that depth to the test, Feaster said.
Still, you know theyd rather have Giordano patrolling the blueline, but the freak injury in Mondays clash with the Nashville Predators has put him on the shelf.
Just an innocent play. I went down to block a shot and on the way back up, I think what happened is my skate got caught in a rut in the ice, he said.
I felt a sharp pain in the back of my leg. I knew something was definitely wrong.
Still with the defence, Cory Sarich, who was scratched in four straight games and nine of 11 outings prior to Thursdays clash with the Columbus Blue Jackets, has reportedly asked to be traded.
Feaster wouldnt confirm or deny the request and said: Those conversations are not something Im comfortable sharing with the media. Cory is an important part of the group here, an important part of the mix right now. As I said, it isnt just the kids that have an opportunity, its other players on the blueline with an opportunity to step up, and that includes Cory.
All kinds of teams are looking for help on the blueline, but Sarichs contract may come into play right now. The 33-year-old is in the final year of a contract with a US$3.6-milion salary cap hit.


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The first time I heard the word schvartze was while watching Jews of Color Roundtable on The Jewish Chanel. I believe it was Yavilah McCoy who described hearing the word in school growing up-she and her siblings were the only blacks in their Crown Heights Hebrew school in the 70s. So when I was approached by my editor for The Sisterhood to write about it I drew blanks. I knew it was a derogatory word that Yiddish-speaking Jews used when referring to black people, but it turns out–it just means black, like the color. At least that's what Yiddish-speaking Jews want you to believe.
Having never heard the word, I'm not sure how to even pronounce or what it sounds like-which is why I assume it's an easy insult to throw to the untrained ear. It's strange, the weekend I was in Maine my friend's aunt asked if I would learn Yiddish. She'd grown up with grandparents who spoke Yiddish and presumed, because I was a new Jew studying Hebrew, that I would learn Yiddish as well. I honestly think I shocked her–I scrunched up my face and firmly declared that I'd never learn Yiddish. She was silent for a moment and asked, "Why not?" I told her that it wasn't part of who I am as a Jew. Sure I use some Yiddish here and there; schvitz, schmuck, schmultz, Shabbes, but it's become American vernacular, especially in New York. But the Yiddish language and the Yiddish culture isn't part of my Jewish identity. Now you may say that it can't not be a part of Jewish identity, but Yiddish is only a fraction of Jew's identities. Moroccan Jews don't speak Yiddish, Ethiopian Jews don't, and most black Jews that I know don't-though, through yeshiva and Hebrew school they can understand. And when you're walking down the street and or talking with someone and you hear Schvartze you know what it means and what the speaker intended. Perhaps it is nice to throw it around to that street tough who has no clue what you're saying, but why speak Yiddish when you just want to call him the N-word?
Is schvartze like saying nigger? (that's the debate on the table) I would have to say yes. The debate is raging on over at The Sisterhood as well as on Facebook and I'm not going to engage with it. But read the piece and if you'd be so kind-share your thoughts with me here.
I don't use Yiddish words. If I hear one I don't understand I will ask what it means but that's the end of it. From what I gather about the part of my family that was supposedly Jewish I am thinking they were not Ashkenazi and wouldn't have used Yiddish either. I figure if I didn't grow up with it, it makes little sense for me to use it now. I've never heard the word "schvartze" but then again, I don't know anyone who would use the term if it's derogatory.
You ask if it is just like the N-word. If you ask the people who use it, of course they will say it isnt. It is only a color description – a schvartze kapote, a schvartze katz, a schvartze schvartze. It is when you HEAR them say it that the meaning becomes clear. Which you probably won't because they KNOW what they intend by using it and usually avoid it in the presence of Black people. "Tinkele" (dark = darkie?) is a common substitute among Yiddish speakers. When I hear that word spoken, and I do quite a bit where I live, I hear the N-word.
I think it depends on context, probably. I don't speak Yiddish well enough to know if there is an alternative, less offensive word in Yiddish that can be used to describe a black person. If there is, clearly, it should be used. If not, I'm not sure it makes any more sense to demand that Yiddish speakers erase the word "schvartze" from their vocabularies than it does to demand that English speakers cease using the word "black"- in any context- because someone could overhear, misunderstand, and be offended. I can certainly understand having a visceral reaction to hearing that word used, because its history has given it a very negative connotation, but as Chevramaidel says, there are a hell of a lot of times someone can be describing something black and not be remotely referring to a black person. And being totally frank, I'm not sure it should be up to someone with the level of disdain you show for the Yiddish language as a whole to say, "Right, that's it- no one's allowed to use this word anymore," particularly when you don't speak the language at all.
For myself, I find the word "shiksa" (and the corresponding "shaygetz," which I hear far, far less often) much more offensive, much less debatable in its offensiveness, and heard much more often. If we're going to have a campaign to ban a Yiddish word, that would be the one I'd start with- it's much more pervasive. But I'm also not black, so perhaps that colors my priorities, I don't know. I personally would not and have never used the word "schvartze," nor have I ever heard it used in my presence. I have heard "shiksa" used, repeatedly, and I always call it out when I hear it, because it's incredibly offensive, misogynistic and unnecessary. Strangely, though, I almost never hear debate about whether that word should be "banned."
I don't think it's necessarily effective to "ban" any word, incidentally. The attitudes, all too often, will still be there, and at least if someone's using some incredibly derogatory word openly, you can know immediately that they're a jerk and elect to have nothing to do with them.
This is a word I'd never dream of using, just as I'd never dream of using the N-word.
I'm from an Ashkenazic Jewish family. My grandparents spoke Yiddish, my parents understand it, and I know just a few words. The first time I ever heard the word "schvartze" was when I was in my early 20s and dating a former boyfriend whose entire family (parents included) still speak Yiddish. From the way they used it, it immediately felt like a slur and made me very uncomfortable. It's not a word I would ever use and I wouldn't want to be around anyone who does.
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KISANGANI, Democratic Republic of Congo — One day Rene Ngongo was given a satellite map. On it he saw the mighty bend in the Congo River and on its northern bank, Kisangani a
ramshackle city of rusting cranes, rundown art deco buildings and bone-shaking roads that sweats in the equatorial sun.
Around the city he saw the Congo rainforest in patches of uniform blue but unnatural geometric chunks had been chopped out, the forest replaced with blackened land and little houses.
"It really showed me that the forest was disappearing," Ngongo recalled on a recent warm Kisangani night. "It confirmed what I already knew from my research but it was this satellite picture that shocked me into really trying to conserve our forests."
Seventeen years later Ngongo's efforts will be recognised when he receives a Right Livelihood Award this month. Also known as the Alternative Nobels, the annual awards are "for outstanding vision and work on behalf of our planet and its people."
Previous laureates have included Wangari Maathai, the renowned Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, with whom Ngongo is increasingly compared.
Ngongo was born in 1961 in Goma in the far east of this huge Central African country.
"When I was growing up there were animals all around the city and when I visited my aunt who lived nearby in Virunga park we couldn't leave the house for all the wild animals around," he said.
Watching the park rangers as they worked to conserve the forest and animals of Virunga was inspiration for Ngongo who went on to study biology at university in Kisangani in the heart of Congo's rainforest.
He became an activist almost by accident as he went to explain to the communities the damage that slash and burn agriculture was doing to the forests and to teach forms of sustainable agriculture instead.
Some warned him to stay in the classroom. "They criticized me saying I was a teacher not an activist," he said. Ngongo responded by setting up in 1994 a conservation group called OCEAN, the acronym for the name in French, the Organisation Concertee des Ecologistes et Amis de la Nature.
Three years later the war came to Kisangani. Ahead of an advancing army of vengeful Rwandan Tutsis came hundreds of thousands of Hutu refugees and soldiers fleeing for their lives, a shuffling city's worth of people marching through the forest and living off whatever
they could find.
Recognising the link between Congo's cycles of war and the exploitation of its wealth of natural resources Ngongo began to study the connections. His groundbreaking research during the war years brought him international attention.
When the war receded from Kisangani the destruction of the forest only accelerated as logging companies rushed in taking advantage of the new stability. "Before there wasn't a lot of deforestation [but] when the peace came the situation got worse," Ngongo recalled.
Saving Congo's 133 million hectare forest — smaller only than the Amazon it is often referred to as the world's second lung for its ability to absorb and trap greenhouse gases — has become his life's aim. Since 2008 Ngongo has worked for Greenpeace as a political advisor in Congo.
His focus is on trying to protect both the forests and the people that rely on them.
"For the people who live there the forest is a supermarket, it's where they get their food, their wood to cook, their medicine. It's where their ancestors live. It is everything to them, it is their life," Ngongo said.
The next day Ngongo took us into the forest to see the destruction. After driving for a couple of hours past villages and military checkpoints we reached a muddy track that had been all but eaten up by the greenness pressing in from either side.
When the 4x4 got stuck in thick, sucking mud we walked until we came to a 75-acre clearing where we found a man called Hussein Moussa hard at work chopping down trees.
From time to time the thundering boom and crash of a falling tree would shatter the bucolic soundscape of singing birds and calling monkeys as Moussa and his colleagues and their chainsaw felled another century old tree in just 20 minutes.
"Every time a tree falls it is life that disappears," Ngongo said.
An initiative that may halt the destruction is REDD, Reducing Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation, which is high on the agenda at the current climate change talks in Copenhagen which Ngongo is attending.
The basic idea is for rich polluting countries to pay poor forested ones not to chop down their trees. But with the figures being discussed running into the tens of billions of dollars a year there are fears that corruption and poor management will stymie good intentions.
In Congo, an uncontrollably large country where corruption is rife, Ngongo fears that funds may not reach the communities in the forests or, worse still, government officials in the cities may simply pocket the cash while doing nothing to ensure that deforestation is halted.
"The problem is there isn't an administration that can control this exploitation," he said.


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In his homily for yesterday evening's Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Altar of the Chair for the deceased pontiffs, Paul VI and John Paul I, Cardinal Ratzinger, Dean of the College of Cardinals, spoke of the mission and responsibility of the papacy, saying that truth and love are "the two poles of the mission entrusted to the successors of Peter."
"Guiding the flock of Christ and loving the Lord are the same thing," he said. "It is love of Christ that guides the sheep on the straight path and builds the Church."
He stated that this love was at the heart of Pope Paul's vision of Vatican II and papal primacy; "All of us at the feet of Christ, to serve Christ, to serve the Gospel: The essence of Christianity is Christ - not a doctrine, but a person, and evangelizing is leading in friendship with Christ - to communion with the Lord Who is the true light of our lives."
Cardinal Ratzinger said that papal primacy "in its most intimate essence is not the exercise of power but is 'carrying the weight of others', it is the responsibility of love. And love is precisely the opposite of indifference with respect to others. ... The love of Christ is love for the poor, the suffering."
"We know well that our Popes have been committed strongly against injustice, and for the rights of the oppressed, the powerless," he said.
"Love would be blind without truth," the cardinal stated. He noted that "the prayer after communion asks the Lord to allow the Supreme Pontiffs, His servants, 'to enter into full possession of the truth, in which, with apostolic courage, they confirm their brothers'.
"Paul VI and John Paul I confirmed, 'with apostolic courage', their brothers. At a time where we see Satan 'sift through' the disciples of Christ 'like a grain, the imperturbable faith of the Popes was the visible rock on which the Church sits," he said in conclusion.