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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the world's second largest cruise line, posted a 62 per cent jump in first-quarter profit as ticket revenue rose and passengers spent more on drinks, spa treatments and other extras.
The results beat Wall Street expectations and sent shares up more than 7 per cent in morning trading to $36.86.
During the same time last year, many vacationers shied away from cruises following the sinking of the Costa Concordia, owned by rival cruise line Carnival Corp. While the cruise line actually saw about 1 per cent fewer passengers this year, those who did choose to sail stayed an average of 7 days, a nearly 2 per cent increase. They also spent more money.
"It was a gratifying first quarter," Richard D. Fain, chairman and CEO, said in a statement. "Ticket revenues were better than expected, costs were well controlled and it was encouraging to see record guest satisfaction and noticeable improvements in onboard spending as a result of our revitalization efforts."
Net income rose to $76.2 million, or 35 cents per share, from $47 million, or 21 cents per share, a year ago. The result easily beat analysts' forecast of 19 cents per share, according to FactSet.
Revenue rose to $1.91 billion from $1.83 billion, in line with estimates. Ticket revenue climbed 3 per cent to $1.4 billion, but sales of onboard add-ons — such as excursions, alcoholic drinks, gambling losses and spa treatments — grew even faster. Those extras brought in $517.4 million, up 7 per cent from the same time last year. On the expense side, food costs rose 5 per cent to $119.5 million and fuel rose nearly 6 per cent to $241.7 million.
Bookings so far this year are up 5 per cent. Royal Caribbean says bookings from North America remain strong except for a bit of a drop in Caribbean demand, which it links to bad press from problems with Carnival ships. Demand from European vacationers strengthened in early February and the company expects to be able to charge higher prices from the region for the year. Demand from China has weakened somewhat due to itinerary changes related to a territorial dispute with Japan.
The Miami company backed its forecast for the rest of the year, with second-quarter earnings expected to range between 10 cents and 15 cents per share, and full-year earnings expected between $2.30 and $2.50 per share.
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Jacob Henry Severs was born in 1867 in Newton County, Missouri. His parents were Daniel Severs and Eliza Thurman. Since there are numerous men named Daniel Severs, it is difficult to know which of them was the father of Jacob Henry.
Jacob Henry marked Mary Olive Teague in 1891 in Newton County, Missouri. They had six children. Unfortunately, Mary Olive died in 1906 as did the newborn daughter, Mary. The surviving children were:
Emma Mae Severs (1892 OK -1967 KS) who married William Buford "Boots" Bumgardner about 1910 and then Robert James Hatcher about 1926
Elijah Daniel Severs (1896 OK – 1971 WA) who married May Lucille, last name unknown, about 1921.
Mattie Neicie Severs (1896 OK – 1975 KS) who married Leander Hudgin in 1914 in Arkansas.
Jess Harlan Severs (1901 KS – 1968 CA) who married Katherine Trice.
Mary Severs (1906-1906 KS) who died after ten days. Her mother died immediately after giving birth.
In 1924, Jacob married Dollie Gertrude. The wedding record states that her last name was Stenfield, but her maiden name appears to have been Collins. Dollie was much younger than Jacob since she was born in 1903. Jacob and Dollie had two children.
James Delbert Severs (1922 KS – 1985 KS)
Naomi Ruth Severs (1925 KS – 1995 WA)
Dollie and Jacob divorced at some time before 1940 and Dollie married William Franklin Christian sometime after 1940. She died in 1947.
If you are researching any of these people, I would really like to collaborate with you. I have NO photos of Jacob Henry Severs, Mary Olive Teague Severs, or any of the children except for Jess Harlan Severs. I believe I have a photo of Dollie, but it has not been confirmed. Therefore, if you are willing to share information or photos, I would be grateful.

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Eden Palais: A Victorian Palace from Gardenia Hung on Vimeo.
Courtesy by G.C. Hung for Consulting Media Arts, Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc., 31-minute digital video from the Eden Palais Victorian Palace at the Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington, Illinois, featuring classic organist maestro Frank Pugno playing the five-keyboard antique organ and the Italian-American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest with the French-American Chamber of Commerce of Chicago with members of the Groupe Professionel Francophone and the Alliance Française of Chicago.
Browsing through Sr. CONNECTION, I found the Sanfilippo Estate, once again, on the front page, for the Victorian Palace in 2010 XXI. Have you ever visited a Victorian Palace in the 21st century? Look for the European Salon Carousel and the Tiffany Dome at the Victorian mansion with crystal chandeliers in Barrington Hills, Illinois USA.
Seven years ago, the Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest and the French American Chamber of Commerce Midwest invited joint members with the Groupe Professionel Francophone for a Sunday afteroon soirée at the Victorian Palace for the Sanfilippo Estate Plum Tree Farm in Barrington Hills. All guests were personally greeted by Jasper Sanfillippo and his wife. We were treated to a special tour of the Victorian Palace at the Sanfilippo Estate, valet parking, hors d'oeuvres, beverages, refreshments, good-hearted hospitality and a warm personal welcome from Jasper Sanfililippo and his wife at the Plum Tree Farm in Barrington Hills.
Everyone was dazed and amazed at the objet d'art and wonderful memorabilia displayed at the Victorian Palace.
I remembered the beautiful antique organ played by classical organist Frank Pugno who entertained the guests all afternoon at the Grand Salon. During his performance, I interviewed Ray Pugno, who was kind to share his impressions with me during the visit to the Victorian Palace. I filmed a Digital Video for San Filippo Plum Tree Farm, Barrington Hills, Illinois, English in color, 2H30, 2000 for Communications, Languages & Culture, Inc.
Now on May 22, 2010, Catholic Charities is sponsoring another dinner event at the Sanfilippo Estate. Hearts for the Homeless in the Eighth Wonder of the World Tour is making a public effort to raise funds for homeless families in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. This fundraising dinner and auction offer unique auction items which include a yacht cruise, a TV news station tour and talk time with Garry Meier, WGN Radio personality, to benefit Catholic Charities Northwest Regional Services and the New Hope Apartments Program, a supportive housing initiatives program intended to help end the cycle of homelessness for local families.
The Sanfilippo Estate reminds us of Victorian Times (1837-1901), when young Victoria became Queen of Britain at age 18, on June 1837, and many changes took place along with her reign until 1901. Queen Victoria defined her time, trends, fashions, mores, world exploration, navigation, progress, thought, and places, as a turning point in the history of Europe and the world. The 19th century is also known as Victorian Times; in turn, these gave way to the Industrial Revolution. Victorian times marked a transition point between the old and the new modern era in Europe and the Americas, driven by new thoughts, ideas, and man-made machines during the 20th century.
The Victorian Palace is a private residence displaying treasured antiques which include the world's renown theatre organs with 8,000 pipes, the 1881 Grant Steam Locomotive, featuring the 1890 European Eden Palais Carousel at the Sanfilippo Estate; Victorian memorabilia, antique music, arcade, gambling machines; original Comfort Tiffany lamps and dome; an old-fashioned ice cream parlor; 200 gramaphones used as mechanical music boxes; phonographs; 64 coin-operated pianos; automated violins; and a street clock standing 20 feet tall.
In the 21st century, the Victorian Palace is still drawing attention and recollections when we remember things from past centuries at the Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington Hills, Illinois USA.


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WASHINGTON — Area House Republicans are yes men for Speaker John Boehner, according to a database compiled by The Washington Post.
With the House GOP seeming incapable lately of agreeing on anything, the Post's politics team looked at six fractured votes this year and determined which lawmakers made up the "always no" faction of the GOP and who are, as the Post called them, "the Boehner base." Check out the graphics that break down the votes here.
As it turns out, Republicans in and around the Lehigh Valley - Reps. Charlie Dent, 15th district, Jim Gerlach, 6th district, Mike Fitzpatrick, 8th district and Lou Barletta, 11th district - all supported the six measures that divided the GOP: the fiscal cliff deal, the vote for Speaker, the Hurricane Sandy relief bill, the delay of the debt limit, the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization and the farm bill.
What does this mean about these suburban eastern Pennsylvania districts? Put simply, the districts are, by national standards, more moderate and the voters expect their elected officials to accomplish something.
Dent recently spoke to this during a panel discussion at a DC-based GOP think tank, The Ripon Society. He described himself and others in the Tuesday Group - the Republican center right caucus in the House - as the "governance wing" of the party.
"At the end of the day, if you were against the bill then you got nothing, you're for the status quo which is far worse than what is being advanced," Dent said about the farm bill that the vote "no" faction of House Republicans helped defeat. "We talk to Boehner about this regularly and he gets it, but it limits his ability to lead."
The Lehigh Valley Republican argued to the group that the GOP needs to push for things that bring them together and divide the Democrats. He called it being "ruthlessly pragmatic."
He suggested that during the next debate over raising the debt ceiling this fall, the Republicans tie it to a repeal of the medical device tax, the construction of the Keystone Pipeline and a fix to the formula that pays Medicare doctors - all ideas that have some Democratic support.
"Send it over to the Senate and watch Harry Reid choke," Dent said. "I mean, seriously. In other words, unite the Republicans and divide the Democrats. That's how we have to be."


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DWTS Season 12 Cast Rumors – Brooke Mueller
I have a feeling this one is someone's fantasy, but hey – you never know. The Hollywood Gossip sez:
Brooke Mueller is in talks to join the next cast of Dancing With The Stars, reports say, although Charlie Sheen's estranged wife has yet to receive a formal offer.
"Brooke's agent and the Dancing producers are in talks about her competing," said a source close to the situation. "No official offer has been made yet."
"Brooke is a huge fan, and would probably agree given the opportunity."
I think the key sentence is the last one – and is she famous for anything other than having been married to Charlie Sheen??


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Global Gesture Recognition & Touch-Less Sensing Market to Grow Exponentially. Touch-less sensing applications have been around for a while, but the companies were unable to leverage this technology due to various reasons such as the sensor size, power requirements, and cost of the products. One of these technologies introduced in the market; i.e. touch-less sanitary ware helped in maintaining high levels of hygiene. The washrooms equipped with such equipment are called as intelligent washrooms. The need for this equipment is a trigger from the customers' need as well as the companies trying to differentiate themselves from the others in the same market.
The demand for touch-less biometrics is on the rise owing to the accuracy on the part of the system. The contact-less biometric solutions are more hygienic as compared to the touch-based biometric systems. The touch-less sensing market is expected to reach $11.0 billion by the end of 2020 at a CAGR of 24.03%. The key players in the touch-less sanitary equipment market are iTouchless (U.S.), and Simplehuman LLC (U.S.). The key players in touch-less biometric solutions include: TST Biometrics (Germany), Touch-less Biometric Systems (Germany), and IrisGuard (Switzerland).
The gesture recognition market is expected to reach $11.03 billion in 2020 from $322.30 million in 2012 at a CAGR of 42.89% from 2013 to 2020.
Gesture recognition is an emerging technology that has the potential to revolutionize the way humans interact with machines; not only in gaming and automotive applications but also in day-to-day activities on the home front. Standalone devices like LeapMotion, MYO, and others will spread the awareness of this new revolutionary human machine interaction technology. In this applications, consumer electronics will gain popularity first, and then slowly automotive, automation, healthcare and others will embrace gesture recognition.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Introduction
2 Executive Summary
3 Cover-Page Interview
4 Market Overview
5 Touch-Less Sensing Market
6 Gesture Recognition Market
7 Market By Geography
8 Competitive Landscape
9 Company Profiles
Companies Mentioned:
- Cognitec Systems Gmbh
- Cognivue Corporation
- Cross Match Technologies
- Elliptic Labs
- Espros Photonics Corporation
- Eyesight Tech
- Gestsure Technologies
- Irisguard, Inc.
- Microchip Technology Inc.
- Microsoft Corporation
- Morphotrak
- Movea Sa
- Omek Interactive
- Pebbles Limited
- Pmd Technologies Gmbh
- Pointgrab Limited
- Primesense Limited
- Pyreos Limited
- Qualcomm, Inc.
- Softkinetic
- Thalmic Labs Inc.
- XYY Interactive Technologies, Inc.
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/h7h8lq/gestur
Media Contact: Laura Wood, +353-1-481-1716, Email Contact
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To enable and disable resource pools and dynamic resource pools, see Enabling and Disabling the Pools Facility.
Solaris 10 8/07: As an alternative to associating a zone with a configured resource pool on your system, you can use the zonecfg command to create a temporary pool that is in effect while the zone is running. See Solaris 10 8/07: dedicated-cpu Resource for more information.
On a system that has zones enabled, a non-global zone can be associated with one resource pool, although the pool need not be exclusively assigned to a particular zone. Moreover, you cannot bind individual processes in non-global zones to a different pool by using the poolbind command from the global zone. To associate a non-global zone with a pool, see Configuring, Verifying, and Committing a Zone.
Note that if you set a scheduling class for a pool and you associate a non-global zone with that pool, the zone uses that scheduling class by default.
If you are using dynamic resource pools, the scope of an executing instance of poold is limited to the global zone.
The poolstat utility run in a non-global zone displays only information about the pool associated with the zone. The pooladm command run without arguments in a non-global zone displays only information about the pool associated with the zone.
For information about resource pool commands, see Commands Used With the Resource Pools Facility.
Resource pools offer a versatile mechanism that can be applied to many administrative scenarios.
Use pools functionality to split a server into two pools. One pool is used for login sessions and interactive work by timesharing users. The other pool is used for jobs that are submitted through the batch system.
Partition the resources for interactive applications in accordance with the applications' requirements.
Set user expectations.
You might initially deploy a machine that is running only a fraction of the services that the machine is ultimately expected to deliver. User difficulties can occur if reservation-based resource management mechanisms are not established when the machine comes online.
For example, the fair share scheduler optimizes CPU utilization. The response times for a machine that is running only one application can be misleadingly fast. Users will not see these response times with multiple applications loaded. By using separate pools for each application, you can place a ceiling on the number of CPUs available to each application before you deploy all applications.
Partition a server that supports large user populations. Server partitioning provides an isolation mechanism that leads to a more predictable per-user response.
By dividing users into groups that bind to separate pools, and using the fair share scheduling (FSS) facility, you can tune CPU allocations to favor sets of users that have priority. This assignment can be based on user role, accounting chargeback, and so forth.
Use resource pools to adjust to changing demand.
Your site might experience predictable shifts in workload demand over long periods of time, such as monthly, quarterly, or annual cycles. If your site experiences these shifts, you can alternate between multiple pools configurations by invoking pooladm from a cron job. (See Resource Pools Framework.)
Create a real-time pool by using the RT scheduler and designated processor resources.
Enforce system goals that you establish.
Use the automated pools daemon feature to identify available resources and then monitor workloads to detect when your specified objectives are no longer being satisfied. The daemon can take corrective action if possible, or the condition can be logged.
The /etc/pooladm.conf configuration file describes the static pools configuration. A static configuration represents the way in which an administrator would like a system to be configured with respect to resource pools functionality. An alternate file name can be specified.
When the service management facility (SMF) or the pooladm -e command is used to enable the resource pools framework, then, if an /etc/pooladm.conf file exists, the configuration contained in the file is applied to the system.
The kernel holds information about the disposition of resources within the resource pools framework. This is known as the dynamic configuration, and it represents the resource pools functionality for a particular system at a point in time. The dynamic configuration can be viewed by using the pooladm command. Note that the order in which properties are displayed for pools and resource sets can vary. Modifications to the dynamic configuration are made in the following ways:
Indirectly, by applying a static configuration file
Directly, by using the poolcfg command with the -d option
More than one static pools configuration file can exist, for activation at different times. You can alternate between multiple pools configurations by invoking pooladm from a cron job. See the cron(1M) man page for more information on the cron utility.
By default, the resource pools framework is not active. Resource pools must be enabled to create or modify the dynamic configuration. Static configuration files can be manipulated with the poolcfg or libpool commands even if the resource pools framework is disabled. Static configuration files cannot be created if the pools facility is not active. For more information on the configuration file, see Creating Pools Configurations.
The commands used with resource pools and the poold system daemon are described in the following man pages:
All resource pool configurations, including the dynamic configuration, can contain the following elements.
Properties affecting the total behavior of the system
A resource pool definition
A processor set definition
A processor definition
All of these elements have properties that can be manipulated to alter the state and behavior of the resource pools framework. For example, the pool property pool.importance indicates the relative importance of a given pool. This property is used for possible resource dispute resolution. For more information, see libpool(3LIB).
The pools facility supports named, typed properties that can be placed on a pool, resource, or component. Administrators can store additional properties on the various pool elements. A property namespace similar to the project attribute is used.
For example, the following comment indicates that a given pset is associated with a particular Datatree database.
For additional information about property types, see poold Properties.
A number of special properties are reserved for internal use and cannot be set or removed. See the libpool(3LIB) man page for more information.
User-defined pools can be implemented on a system by using one of these methods.
When the Solaris software boots, an init script checks to see if the /etc/pooladm.conf file exists. If this file is found and pools are enabled, then pooladm is invoked to make this configuration the active pools configuration. The system creates a dynamic configuration to reflect the organization that is requested in /etc/pooladm.conf, and the machine's resources are partitioned accordingly.
When the Solaris system is running, a pools configuration can either be activated if it is not already present, or modified by using the pooladm command. By default, the pooladm command operates on /etc/pooladm.conf. However, you can optionally specify an alternate location and file name, and use that file to update the pools configuration.
For information about enabling and disabling resource pools, see Enabling and Disabling the Pools Facility. The pools facility cannot be disabled when there are user-defined pools or resources in use.
To configure resource pools, you must have superuser privileges or have the Process Management profile in your list of profiles. The System Administrator role includes the Process Management profile.
The poold resource controller is started with the dynamic resource pools facility.


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A trip to Asda in Luton over the Christmas holiday offered a clear picture of how businesses work best when they stick to their core mission. Asda's purpose is clear from the moment you step inside the door: it competes on price. You go to Asda solely because it promises that its products offer the best value in the marketplace. The idea isn't a particularly original one, but too often businesses, particularly ones that are successful and undergo rapid expansion, lose sight of what attracted consumers to them in the first place.
The architects of modern-day Asda, entrepreneurs Noel Stockdale and Peter Asquith, were inspired by the supermarket model that they saw in the U.S. – a high-volume model housed in aircraft hangar-sized spaces the size of which, by the seventies, had necessitated the migration of retail from town centres to the edges of conurbations. The larger spaces allowed these supermarkets to sell non-food products, which had much higher margins; sales of these items allowed supermarkets to keep food prices low, thus creating a virtuous circle.
By the late 1980s Asda had expanded from its base in the the north of England into the south and purchased Gateway superstores for £705 million in 1989. The company was overstretched and its core message – nowadays articulated in its slogan 'Britain's Lowest Priced Supermarket' – had become lost. Asda advertising focused on the freshness of its produce rather than its value.
However, in the nineties, around the time John Major coined the term 'back to basics', a new management team did exactly that with Asda. The Asda brand returned to the notion of the price promise and TV ads featuring celebrities and housewives tapping themselves on their backsides so that they can hear the clinking of coins in their back pockets – money they saved from shopping at Asda! –was reintroduced. In 1999 Asda was purchased for £6.7 billion by U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart – the business that Asda had most hoped to emulate; Asda CEO, Allan Leighton, spent time at Wal-Mart's home town of Bentonville, Arkansas, to learn from Wal-Mart's operations and marketing.
Businesses always worry about moving forward, but what Leighton and the management team at Asda in the nineties did – and what it's current leadership continues to do – is to remember that doing one thing extremely well is enough. That one thing might not even be your idea; but if if you execute it better than anyone else, then it might as well have been.


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Corning Cable Systems Introduces Innovative Fiber-to-the-Antenna Wireless Solutions
HICKORY, N.C. - Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, introduces its preterminated Evolant® Solutions for Wireless Networks. Based on fiber-fed remote radio technology, the field-proven fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) solutions enable fast plug-and-play deployments that can save time and money.
Today's wireless operators face ongoing challenges to supply the coverage and capacity customers want, especially for data. The deployment of 3G and 4G solutions often occurs in crowded tower and rooftop environments. Fiber-fed remote radio technology offers potential savings to both capital expenditures and operating expenses, compared to traditional coaxial cable-based solutions, by reducing installation time and the number and size of components installed in these crowded environments.
The most basic way to connect remote radios (or units) to their base transceiver station (BTS) is to homerun optical and power cables from each remote radio to the BTS. However, wireless operators concerned with adding future remote radios and making easy repairs and upgrades can benefit from a terminal-based solution. This approach places an optical terminal at the tower or rooftop to which short jumpers can be connected to each remote radio. A single optical cable runs from the terminal to the base station, reducing the size and number of components and lease costs.
Wireless backhaul with fiber to the cell site, tower or rooftop is a common deployment method to ensure the cell site has the broadband connectivity required for 3G and 4G networks. Corning's solutions enable state-of-the-art fiber management and reliable, fast connectivity.
These unique products support Corning's wireless technology:
o OptiSheath® MF2 MultiPort Terminal, which is placed at the top of the tower or on the rooftop to form the foundation of the solution.
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o Remote Radio Distribution Terminal, which combines optical and power connectivity into one terminal.
o Wireless Consolidation Terminal, which allows wireless backhaul providers to easily manage fiber drops to base station equipment at the cell site.
o Cell Site Drop Assembly, which is a preconnectorized cable assembly that makes that final link from the demarcation cabinet to an individual operator.
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October 31, 2012
Guests: James Peterson, Bill Vlasic, Steve Rattner
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Good evening. I`m Chris Matthews in
"Let Me Start" with this. We`ve heard the story, how in the winter of
World War I, the two sides, German and English, climbed out of their
trenches and sang Christmas carols together. Well, today an echo of that
spirit rose over the Jersey shore, two politicians of different parties
figuring out how to do their jobs together.
Say what you will, Debbie Downers of the world, there comes a time
when the grown-ups have got to do their jobs. So they put away their toys,
their Big Birds and their bayonets, and do the business they got elected
I love politics, and today is one of the reasons. It`s not all stupid
ads on TV. It`s not all handlers and BS artists. Some days, it`s just a
job, and some days like today, it`s the most important job we`ve got.
Joining me to talk about this, this remarkable political moment today
that unfolded on the Jersey shore, former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell
and David Corn, Washington bureau chief for "Mother Jones" and the author
of "47 Percent." Both are MSNBC political analysts.
Governor Rendell, I know you`re an Ocean City guy, 34th Street.
You`ve been down to Yesterday`s (ph) and Friendly`s and all those places.
You`re well known in that community. I don`t know what it meant to you,
but my brother Jim filled me in today. The boardwalk is gone down there on
34th Street, where Grace Kelly`s family lived, all that historic stuff down
there just gone, from Bob`s (INAUDIBLE) College Grill`s is gone -- all the
way down to the south. Everything`s flooded. It`s amazing how much
But luckily, as I think -- I think it was wonderful the way your
former colleague, actually, Governor Christie said today, not much loss of
life. This is really about stuff that he said can be replaced.
ED RENDELL (D), FMR. PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR: Right. And he`s right.
It can be replaced, if we understand that government has a role in our
lives, government`s important in our lives, and government has to be the
key factor in helping that effort, that recovery effort.
MATTHEWS: Well, let`s talk about that effort. Let me go right now to
David Corn, who`s joining me. It seems to me that FEMA -- you know, I was
part of that, working on that with the Carter administration -- there was a
judgment made way back when in the `70s that government needed to be
united. There needed to be one focus by one man or woman -- this guy
Fugate`s got to be good. If it`s bad the whole thing doesn`t work. You
need, like, a baseball team, you need a manager. You need somebody to call
the shots.
DAVID CORN, "MOTHER JONES," MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: And we see with
more extreme weather happening in the last few years, it`s more necessary
to have a national, federalized approach, particularly in the planning and
in the research, and tracking storms. That can`t be done by 50 different
I thought the president today was very smart when he spoke up in New
Jersey with Governor Christie. He thanked the congressional delegation for
voting for FEMA funds, something that, of course, you know, Mitt Romney...
MATTHEWS: Well, anybody (INAUDIBLE) here`s where it happens. The
president this afternoon toured that devastation down in Jersey with
Governor Chris Christie. Afterwards, they had some kind words for each
Let`s watch.
GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (R), NEW JERSEY: Pleased to report that he has
sprung into action immediately to help get us those things while we were in
the car riding together. So I want to thank him for that.
He has worked incredibly closely with me since before the storm hit.
I think this is our sixth conversation since the weekend. And it`s been a
great working relationship to make sure that we`re doing the jobs that
people elected us to do.
And I cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern and
compassion for our state and for the people of our state. And I heard it
on the phone conversations with him and I was able to witness it today
It`s my honor to introduce to all of you the president of the United
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I have to say that
Governor Christie throughout this process has been responsive. He`s been
aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this
incredible storm. And I think the people of New Jersey recognize that he
has put his heart and soul into making sure that the people of New Jersey
bounce back even stronger than before.
MATTHEWS: Let me get to this, Governor Rendell. You`re a pro, and I
think you can tell people right now in a couple of minutes how different it
is being a professional politician from being your average, passionate
political person, who roots for one side against the other but doesn`t
understand what it`s like to work day to day with somebody from the other
political party and finding common ground.
You`ve done it when you worked with W when he was president. Explain
how that works, where you put aside the partisanship and you work together.
RENDELL: Well, you have to. And particularly in emergency management
because the whole system, Chris, is set up like a pyramid. FEMA`s at the
top. FEMA goes to the state emergency management agency, and the state
then fans out to the different counties. And cooperation is essential.
And look, your opening was exactly right. There are some times when
we have to do our jobs, and that means putting our people first, putting
politics way on the back burner. And I commend Governor Christie for doing
that, and I think the president`s done a good job at that as well.
But that cooperation is essential. It`s also smart because Governor
Christie is a smart guy, no question about it. He`s done the right thing
here, but it`s also the smart thing because the more he cooperates with the
president, the more likely it is that he`ll get the things that are
necessary to begin the rebuilding process in New Jersey, short-term and
MATTHEWS: Let`s talk about Jersey because you`re very familiar with
it. You know, you and I are about the same age. We grew up watching that
beach disappear over the years. Then they rebuilt the whole beach again.
Down there where you have your house, where you go in the summer, you`ve
got big dunes, actually, with stuff growing on them, which I never knew in
the old -- it`s like Cape Cod down there.
My brother just talked to me on the phone a couple hours ago. He
tells me that a lot of that`s just gone now. And the boardwalk down where
you live is gone now. And Atlantic City, a big part of that is gone now.
Federal money -- how do you do a cost-benefit and go in there and say,
This is of value to the American economy to rebuild that part of the
country that`s right there on the water`s edge?
RENDELL: Well, the interesting thing is -- and Chris, you`re right,
my house in Ocean City had 10 inches -- 10 feet of water in the basement.
Fortunately, it didn`t go under the house.
But the shoreline, a lot of it`s gone. And that means a comprehensive
effort. We`ve got to find sand. And interestingly, as we dredge eastern
ports to get them ready for the big liners that are coming in from the
Panama Canal, that frees up a lot of sand that can be used in rebuilding
those beaches.
But that`s going to take an effort between the Army Corps of Engineers
and the states, and that`s federal/state, again. So the recovery process
depends on federal/state cooperation.
And I think we`re going to see it. I think New Jersey -- the governor
is intent on bringing New Jersey back. Mayor Bloomberg, who always does
the right thing, is intent on bringing New York back. I think you`re going
to see a great local/state/federal effort to rebuild what`s been shattered.
It`s what Americans do best when we put partisanship aside.
MATTHEWS: And there`s also a difference among the states, David. You
know, the Civil War sort of united the country as a country. But all the
time, everybody -- Oh, I just care about Utah, I just care about Virginia
or something. I don`t think people still think like that. I think there`s
a lot of interest in what happened in New York on 9/11, tremendous national
interest in that.
CORN: Well, what...
MATTHEWS: And in this case.
CORN: What the governor just said cuts against the core philosophy,
in some ways, of the Tea Party and the far right in the Republican Party,
which is you either...
MATTHEWS: So the war`s on for you today. You`re not in the -- you`re
not in the trenches singing Christmas carols right now, are you.
CORN: No, no, because what I think -- I think, as we look ahead, we
have to be realistic here. And while you and I and the governor believe in
these communal values that unite us and that will guide us as we move
MATTHEWS: And federal values.
CORN: ... federal values -- you know, he was talking about a
federal/state partnership. There are some -- and I think Paul Ryan`s in
this camp, I`m not sure Mitt Romney is...
MATTHEWS: Well, Romney said we ought to defund FEMA, period.
CORN: You privatize, you let states do this, and you let people take
care of it on their own.
MATTHEWS: Look at that boat out there!
CORN: I think we see a real difference, and we`re going to be
fighting over these federal recovery issues, I think, for some time to come
because as the governor described it, it is a massive job...
MATTHEWS: Well, let`s talk about the Army...
CORN: ... rebuilding the coastline.
MATTHEWS: ... Corps of Engineers. Let me -- here`s some more
pictures from this afternoon. With Governor Christie looking on, the
president promised to cut through bureaucracy for states and local
Take a look at how he handled this. This -- I wish he`d been doing a
lot more of this before. Look at how he handles this sort of meat-and-
potatoes government work and the way he describes it here.
OBAMA: What I can promise you is that the federal government will be
working as closely as possible with the state and local officials, and we
will not quit until this is done. And the directive that I`ve given and
I`ve said this yesterday, but I will repeat -- and I think Craig and others
who are working with me right now know I mean it -- we are not going to
tolerate red tape. We`re not going to tolerate bureaucracy.
And you know, I`ve instituted a 15-minute rule, essentially, on my
team. You return everybody`s phone calls in 15 minutes, whether it`s the
mayor`s, the governor`s, county officials. If they need something, we
figure out a way to say yes.
MATTHEWS: You know, Governor, that is what a lot of people think of
as government. You know, they think of the DMV. They think of where
they`ve been that day and having somebody giving them a hard time,
somebody`s got attitude -- or as in Philly, atty-tood -- about them, coming
into work. And they go, Oh, don`t get in my way. Excuse me, I`m the
citizen. I`m paying for this thing here!
I think that -- that was meat-and-potatoes politics, I thought, from
the president -- 15-minute rule on answering the phone -- because you know,
as a pol, there`s been a critique of this president over the last four
years about not being so quick to respond to other pols when they call.
You know that.
RENDELL: Yes. And he did the right thing. And by the way,
emergencies require different and new and sometimes emergency actions, and
the president`s right to activate that.
I want to say one thing about what you said about the national feeling
here. When Katrina happened, I got a call the day after from Haley
Barbour, the Republican governor from Mississippi, who of course, is a
friend of mine. And he said, I need Guardsmen. Can you send me Guardsmen?
Pennsylvania had, you know, no nickel in that dime. We`re thousands -
- hundreds of miles away from the Gulf, but we have 20,000 Guardsmen. And
I activated 2,100 and sent them down to Mississippi and to Louisiana.
And the interesting thing, Chris, is, I got tons of letters from
citizens of those states thanking me, but I also got letters from my own
Guardsmen, who said it was the best thing they`ve done since they`ve been
in the National Guard, to help Americans from another area of the country
who were suffering.
And that`s the spirit that takes over, and it`s, as you said, what
makes us a special place.
MATTHEWS: Well, that`s why people like you and they like Haley
Barbour. Thank you, Governor Rendell, and thank you, David Corn. You
never get to be a governor, you don`t know what that`s like.
MATTHEWS: And for the latest on the devastation on the Jersey shore,
we turn to NBC`s Ron Allen, who`s in Point Pleasant. Ron, I was feeling
for you the other night. You were in the dark. You were on that phone. I
thought the Hindenburg had crashed again in New Jersey. What a report you
gave us. You should have that recording for your memoirs, I`m telling you.
Tell us what it looks like today.
RON ALLEN, NBC CORRESPONDENT: Well, thanks, Chris. Yes, it was quite
a night here, and now the devastation. The other thing is, I think it`s
going to get tougher for a lot of people before it gets better in the short
run. We`ve already heard reports of gas lines forming, people trying to
get fuel for their cars. It`s getting colder here at night, and of course,
a lot of people without power won`t have heat, although the number of
outages has dropped below -- well, it was 2.4 million, now it`s about
500,000 have gotten power back.
And one woman I was talking to said that the only place that`s open
around here is a 7-Eleven and a pizza parlor, and wherever you drive, there
are roadblocks, there are road closures, and there`s a lot of traffic. So
there`s a lot of inconvenience and there`s going to be a lot of hardship
probably in the short term before it gets better.
The other thing I wanted to show you -- you were talking about the
beach earlier. Let me show you what the beach looks like here now. Pan
over in this direction. There used to be a sand dune here that was about,
oh, 12 feet tall, about 30 yards deep. And that was the protective barrier
for this part of the town. That where we were reporting from a couple of
nights ago. And that`s the situation all up and down the shore.
And as you see now, it`s completely gone. And all that sand is in the
town. The streets are covered with maybe two feet of sand several blocks
The other thing is that the ocean today is about -- it`s breaking
about 40 or 50 yards from where I`m standing now, much different from the
other night, of course, when it`s topping here.
So this is what`s normal here. That`s why so many people here now I
think are having a lot of difficulty getting their head around what
happened because it just doesn`t seem to be the kind of place where storms
could get so out of control, get so ferocious and do so much damage so
quickly, in a matter of hours because the ocean was literally rushing down
the street to the city. And as I said the other night, the water was waist
deep at times and it was moving very fast. So now you also have a lot of
inland flooding.
The other thing that`s happening is that this part of the -- this part
of the state, state, there`s a lot of inland waterways, rivers. There`s a
bay on the other side. And all those -- all that water came together.
That`s what caused the flooding. And now that water`s not going anywhere,
and that`s why there`s going to be a lot of misery and suffering here for a
long time to come.
MATTHEWS: OK, thank you so much for the daytime report now. It`s
great having you in both times of day. Ron Allen in Point Pleasant beach
on the Jersey shore.
Coming up: Spin game. From the Republicans, Romney`s expanding the
map, he says, advertising now on TV in Michigan and in Pennsylvania and
forcing team Obama, the other side, to play defense. From the Democrats,
Romney can`t find the votes in the battleground states, so he`s throwing
wild passes where he can`t win. The new polls out today suggest the
Democrats are right, this is a distraction, not a reality.
Also, that Romney Jeep advertisement we told you about yesterday was
so dishonest, so misleading that Chrysler and GM executives themselves are
pushing back. People expect politicians to trim the truth a bit, but it`s
possible that Mitt Romney has just crossed a line that not even the most
uninformed voters will accept, that Jeep is moving to China.
And look who`s back, Joe Isuzu, speaking of dishonesty, this time
campaigning, kinda, for Mitt Romney.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m Joe Isuzu. Guys, vote for Mitt Romney and
you`ll get a free binder full of women! You have my word on it!
MATTHEWS: Well, in case you missed that, it`s a spoof, sort of, and
it`s in the "Sideshow." Joe Isuzu is back.
Finally, "Let Me Finish" with the best way to fight people who play
racial politics -- get out there and vote.
This is HARDBALL, the place for politics.
MATTHEWS: We`ve got new national polls on the presidential race.
Let`s check the HARDBALL "Scoreboard."
First, the new "Washington Post"/ABC poll shows Mitt Romney with a 1-
point lead now, 49-48. A new "New York Times"/CBS poll has the president
up 1, 48 to 47. And a new NPR poll has Romney up 48 to 47, again 1 point.
But the NPR poll also finds that President Obama has a 4-point lead in
the 12 battleground states, 50 to 46, where it matters.
We`ll be right back.
DAVID AXELROD, OBAMA CAMPAIGN SENIOR ADVISER: I will come on "MORNING
JOE" and I will shave off my mustache of 40 years if we lose any of those
three states.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. That was, of course, David
Axelrod, famous for his mustache -- he`s with the Obama campaign --
sounding very bullish, I should say, on their chances, Obama`s chances of
carrying Michigan, Minnesota, and of course, Pennsylvania.
Well, these three states haven`t been given much time or attention by
the media or by the money spenders until lately. And that`s because the
Romney camp and their cohorts in the super-PAC world announced they`re now
going to start advertising there. They`re pouring in over 4 million bucks
in Pennsylvania, $2 million in Michigan and about a million in Minnesota.
Well, the Obama campaign has said they`re going to match all that, go to
the airwaves to match up with that.
What we`re watching is two sides probably both spinning their case.
Republicans say they`re seizing new opportunities. In other words, they`re
going to win swing states, but also win these. Democrats say the Romney
camp knows they`ve lost steam in that seven-battleground-state area, and
they`ve got to go looking for some other where -- some other chance to move
Right now, let`s bring in Erin McPike now and James Peterson. Erin
McPike, of course, is with -- Erin McPike is with RealClearPolitics and
James Peterson is a Lehigh professor and Grio contributor.
Let me start with Erin, who`s been out there in Ohio. Give me a
sense, is that state pretty much Obama territory now?
ERIN MCPIKE, REALCLEARPOLITICS.COM: We think that it is. And all of
the national -- or excuse me, the Ohio public polls show that, yes,
President Obama is leading. He lost a little bit of ground, but he`s made
that back up again.
But one thing I would point out, Chris, is that the Obama campaign is
seeing very different internal polling than the Romney campaign is seeing.
Republicans told me earlier this week that last week, their polls showed
Mitt Romney up 4 to 5 points in Ohio.
By Monday, Mitt Romney was leading President Obama in these Ohio
Republican internal polls by just 1 point. So they`ve seen his numbers go
The Obama campaign tells me that he`s consistently led two to four
points in their internal polling. So, you might say that it`s spin, but
these two campaigns are seeing very different data. And that`s why they`re
arguing these cases that -- that they are.
MATTHEWS: Do you trust these people?
MATTHEWS: You know -- no, Erin, do you trust these people that are
giving you these numbers? I mean, are they just giving you numbers, or do
you really believe them? I mean, which of these people are the most
MCPIKE: I do. I mean...
MATTHEWS: ... when it comes to numbers when you match them up against
other evidence?
MCPIKE: Well, one of the things that the Romney campaign was
suggesting just about an hour ago on a conference call that they had, the
Romney pollster, Neil Newhouse, was saying that he doesn`t buy some of
these national polls because he was just pointing out the Quinnipiac/"New
York Times" poll, and said that was weighted more heavily toward registered
voters than likely voters, and thought that it sort of overshowed a little
bit of enthusiasm for Democrats.
And I keep hearing this over and over again from Republicans, Chris,
and that is, they don`t believe that Obama voters will turn out as much as
the Obama campaign expects. These sides do believe very different things.
Sure, they`re spinning some, but they do believe different things.
Let me go to -- let me go to James Patterson on this. Let me go to
this -- Peterson -- let me go to this whole question.
JAMES PETERSON, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: rMD-BO_ Yes.
MATTHEWS: And I may agree with the Republicans to this extent, in
terms of tactics. Everybody`s been talking about these swing states as if
the tail can wag the dog. Somehow, if you win the swing states, you affect
the whole rest of the country in doing so, when in fact that`s the residue.
That`s the result of the whole -- the way the country goes. It ends up
being close in certain states.
But if you spend all your advertising money and all your grassroots,
all your social media, and you focus it all on Ohio, that doesn`t help you
win in Pennsylvania. It doesn`t help you in Minnesota or Michigan. So,
I`m wondering whether they got the thing wrong, possibly, the Obama people,
by putting all their faith in winning those seven states or most of them.
What do you think?
PETERSON: Oh. Well, I think that because of the Electoral College,
elections -- presidential elections have to focus on swing states and have
to focus on these emerging purple states, because, as it turns out, they do
-- the elections sometimes do hinge on them.
This election does seem to hinge on these particular swing states.
The reason why the polling is so confusing, Chris, is because sometimes
national polls don`t take into effect the fact that we have an Electoral
College, don`t take into effect that some of these swing states will be
singularly determinative in terms of the presidential election. And so
that`s why we`re getting all this conflict around.
That`s why the internal polls for each campaign might be different
from what some of those external polls are. But the external polls are
pretty clear on Ohio in terms of the president`s lead. It`s been pretty
substantial so far.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
PETERSON: And it`s also been pretty clear for quite some time that
Pennsylvania, although it is a truly purple state, is leaning towards Obama
at this point in time.
MATTHEWS: Well, let`s take a look at those three states everybody
will agree are in hot pursuit right now. Let`s take a look at them.
Now that -- look at the three of the states. There`s Ohio. Let`s
keep going. Keep going. Polls from Quinnipiac -- no, I can`t see these
numbers here. "The New York Times" and CBS -- over Mitt Romney in Ohio by
five point. In Virginia, the president has a two-point lead, 49-47.
PETERSON: Right.
MATTHEWS: Florida is the closest. President Obama is up one point
over Romney, 48-47.
So there you see it, Erin. These states -- they all show Obama up.
I`m wondering, is that a consistent mood? Obviously, the Romney people
don`t buy that.
MCPIKE: No.
And, look, we are seeing a little bit of a swing back toward President
Obama. One thing I will say about the storm, about Sandy, is that
President Obama is going to be continuing to get positive national media
coverage this week. And that could help independents swing back his
The thing I will tell you about being on the ground here in Ohio,
Chris, is that Mitt Romney is getting pounded by the local press in
northern Ohio for that Chrysler ad that he`s been running, and it hasn`t
come off the air yet. It hasn`t come off radio yet either.
MATTHEWS: Has anybody said it`s an honest ad? Erin, has anybody said
it`s an honest ad that you know of in the objective media? Anybody said
it`s an honest ad?
MCPIKE: Certainly not the media in northern Ohio, not the Toledo
papers, the Akron papers, the Cleveland papers.
They are all pounding Mitt Romney for that. And here`s the thing,
Chris. Northern Ohio, especially Cleveland and Toledo, will go very
heavily for President Obama. Cincinnati, where I am sitting right now,
will go heavily for Mitt Romney.
What we need to watch on election night is Columbus, where Franklin
County is, because we have been seeing the Romney campaign very heavily in
Central Ohio in and around Columbus. We are going to see President Obama
go there on Friday. That`s the area that could make up the difference come
election night.
James Peterson, last thought here. There is a pattern now of real
dishonesty on the part of the Romney campaign ads. They`re out there
saying that Romney`s been accused of outlawing birth control,
contraception. Nobody`s ever accused him of that. They have said that
he`s not supporting the right of women to have it covered in their health
Why are they putting out these desperate ads, like Jeeps going to
China and women are under attack for buying birth control pills? It`s an
absurdity. Who would be so uninformed as to believe these ads?
PETERSON: Well, Chris, that`s a different question. There are such a
thing as uninformed voters, and that`s fine, that`s part of our process.
But you know this is the silly season. You know this, Chris. You
have studied many more elections than I have. This is the silly season.
And that`s why you get that kind of desperation. It`s kind of strange,
though, because I`m not sure if they`re making the appeal to the right
demographics in the states they need to make these certain appeals to.
MATTHEWS: Yes. OK.
PETERSON: It seems strange they have the stroller ad here in P.A.,
and doubly strange for them to have that fake sort of Chrysler ad in the
very state where people have benefited most from the president`s auto
bailout piece.
So, it just seems strategically like there`s a few mismatches here.
MATTHEWS: Yes, I think that women have enough reason to vote against
Romney, without adding up reasons that he says they have against him.
PETERSON: They do. There`s been too much playing around with -- with
the politics of women`s health issues and rape and all this other stuff.
That`s alienating a lot of suburban white women voters and a lot of black -
- and a lot of women voters across the board, actually.
MATTHEWS: OK. Thank you so much, James Peterson of the Great Lehigh
University, the engineers.
And, Erin McPike, thank you from RealClearPolitics.
Up next: Joe Isuzu is back, campaigning for Mitt Romney, sort of.
You don`t want him too much on your side.
This is HARDBALL, the place for politics.
MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. Now to the "Sideshow."
First: the return of Miguel Bloombito.
MATTHEWS: New York`s Mayor Michael Bloomberg took center and front
several times this week to keep New Yorkers informed about Hurricane Sandy
and its aftermath.
As he`s done in the past, Bloomberg, quite admirably, I think,
addressed Spanish-speaking New Yorkers directly. The problem? Well, some
think Bloomberg`s linguistic skills are lacking. You take a listen.
MATTHEWS: Wow. Anyway, room for improvement maybe.
Well, those recent press conferences sparked the resurgence of the El
Bloombito Twitter feed, which spoofs the experience of listening to the
mayor speaking exercise en Espanol.
Take this about to evacuate before the storm hit -- quote -- "If tu
need to vamos anywhere use un cab de gypsy or un glider de hang."
Anyway, you get the drift
Next: Remember pitch man Joe Isuzu and those commercials where it
seemed like he would say anything to get you to buy an Isuzu?
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: The Isuzu pup, so incredible, a Supreme Court
justice is here to verify our claim. Each Isuzu pickup is built tough, so
you can drive it forever, and so inexpensive, you can buy one with your
spare change.
And now with generous factory incentives, buy one and you will get one
free. You have our word on it.
MATTHEWS: Well, believe it or not, Joe Isuzu is making a comeback in
the form of pitching Mitt Romney and some more of his questionable campaign
MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If I`m president, I will
create 12 million new jobs in this country. There`s nothing better for
getting us to a balanced budget than having more people working, earning
more money, paying more taxes.
The revenue I get is by more people working, getting higher pay,
paying more taxes. That`s how we get growth and how we balance the budget.
The reason I`m in this race is there are people that are really
hurting today in this country. I will not, under any circumstances, raise
taxes on middle-income families. I will lower taxes on middle-income
We didn`t cut Medicare. Of course, we don`t have Medicare, but we
didn`t cut Medicare. We care for those that have difficulties. Those that
are elderly and have problems and challenges, those that are disabled, we
care for them.
I`m not familiar precisely with exactly what I said, but I stand by
what I said, whatever it was.
MATTHEWS: That was brilliant.
Anyway, those ads were created and brought to us by humorous Martin
Lewis. The actor, by the way, David Leisure, who was Joe Isuzu, was happy
to be part of the project. And you can see that.
Up next: Mitt Romney`s grossly dishonest Jeep ad is so misleading
that, as I said, Chrysler and GM executives themselves are pushing back
hard against Romney`s trickery here. And it may be a bridge too far for
Romney. Sometimes, you go too far. And that`s ahead.
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CNBC "Market Wrap."
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reopened the New York Stock Exchange
today, after an historic two-day shutdown because of Hurricane Sandy. The
stock exchange ran on backup generators without a problem. By the closing
bell, the Dow and the Nasdaq were each down 11 points. The S&P 500 was up
just a fraction. And Facebook shares dropped nearly 4 percent today on
this first day Facebook employees can sell their stock in the company.
That`s it from CNBC, first in business worldwide -- now back to
JOSEPH BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: GM is back.
Chrysler is the fastest-growing automaker in the world. And what`s
happened? What`s Ryan and Romney`s response? Desperation. Desperation.
In the last hours of this campaign -- I just came from Ohio. In the
last hours of this campaign, if you can believe it, they`re running the
most scurrilous ad in Ohio. And I mean this. I want you to listen, one of
the most fragrantly dishonest ads I can ever remember in my political
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL.
That was, of course, Vice President Biden referring to the
advertisement we talked about in yesterday`s show in which the Romney
campaign leaves the distinct impression, I would say, the false impression
that General Motors and Chrysler will send American jobs overseas to China.
Here`s part of the Romney ad.
NARRATOR: Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and sold
Chrysler to Italians, who are going to build Jeeps in China. Mitt Romney
will fight for every American job.
MATTHEWS: Well, this is not the first time a Romney ad has spread a
falsehood. Think of the ads that misled on Romney`s position on
contraception, and the erroneous ad that said that President Obama ended
the work requirement for welfare.
By the way, that ad is still running. But this time, he messed with
the wrong group, the auto industry himself. A General Motors spokesman
condemned the ad of Romney, saying -- quote -- "We have clearly entered
some parallel universe during these last few days. No amount of campaign
politics at its cynical worst will diminish our record of creating jobs in
the United States and repatriating profits back to this country."
And the CEO of Chrysler sent an e-mail to all of its employees that
said: "Chrysler Group`s production plans for the Jeep brand have become the
focus of public debate. I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our
position. Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to
China. It`s inaccurate to suggest anything different."
Steve Rattner was formerly the Obama administration`s auto adviser.
he was the leader auto adviser, sometimes called the czar. Bill Vlasic is
Detroit bureau chief for "The New York Times" and author of "Once Upon a
Car: The Fall and Resurrection of America`s Big Three Automakers, GM, Ford
and Chrysler."
Let me start with Bill.
Bill, your thoughts about this -- I mean, I read the commercial. I
see how cleverly it`s written and how it could literally true, but how it
delivers a message that Obama basically brought down the Big Three, brought
down two of them at least, Chrysler and Jeep, and that he`s moving jobs out
of Detroit and out of the United States.
I think both those claims are false. What is your view, in fact,
objective reporting on that?
BILL VLASIC, DETROIT BUREAU CHIEF, "THE NEW YORK TIMES": Well, it`s
very unusual for General Motors and Chrysler, first off, to respond to a
political ad.
Both companies were bailed out and have turned their fortunes around
since -- since their bankruptcies. And I think they both took a vow of
silence during this political campaign and to try and stay as far away from
the partisan politics at possible.
But, as one GM executive told me, this ad crossed a line. It was, as
they said, too outrageous and misleading for them not to respond to. The
fact is, General Motors has been building vehicles in China for many years.
It`s one of the largest carmakers in China.
But no automakers sell cars made in the United States into China
because of import duties and the costs associated with that. On the
Chrysler side, it`s troubling that they would attack Jeep, which has sort
of been the cornerstone of Chrysler`s comeback, and Toledo, Ohio, and
Detroit, Michigan, where they are adding jobs, shifts in the plants, and
making more Jeeps than ever before and can`t keep them in stock long
So, to suggest that they need to go elsewhere to build their Jeeps is
false. And the fact of the matter is, in the global auto industry today,
particularly in China, the mantra is: build them where you sell them.
So this idea that somehow American jobs are at risk because of
Chinese production, really doesn`t add up.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Let me go to Steve Rattner. I think for the
people in the distant following this, the big decision that Obama had to
make, and you had to make as one of his officers was what? What was the
key philosophical or governmental choice that had to be made on your watch,
to save the American auto industry, and the way to save it?
STEVE RATTNER, FORMER OBAMA CAR CZAR: Of course there was a broad
question of whether government should intervene at all in the private
sector and the industrial sector, which even those of us who are Democrats,
are very loathe to see happen. Once we crossed that threshold, the really
tough decision the president had to make was whether to save Chrysler or
Chrysler was the number three company. It was only operating in
North America. It didn`t have a single car on the "Consumer Reports" most
recommended list.
Many of the president`s advisers felt that the government should not
be in the business of saving losing companies and I agreed with that view,
or sympathized with it, anyway.
And the reason the president came down the other way was because we
had available to us this partnership with Fiat. And specifically, the CEO
of Fiat, Sergio Marchionne, who we thought was a world class, and the fit
between the two companies was fabulous, and we thought that he could turn
around Chrysler, and he has done all of those things.
So, I think all of us who are involved with this could not be more
delighted about the partnership with Fiat, as opposed to being critical of
MATTHEWS: Let me ask you, Bill, as you cover this, to explain the
geography of the American auto production center. It`s in Detroit.
How much of it -- what states really are involved in it, besides
Ohio, we`ve heard a lot about. Where is the sort of the leviathan, if you
will, of the American industry? Where does it spread to? Where do we
build our cars?
VLASIC: Well, it`s the national industry. The big three automakers,
G.M., Ford, and Chrysler still have the bulk of their American production
in the Midwest. Ohio, Michigan, some in Illinois. But it`s in Kansas
City, in Texas. There used to be plants in Georgia and Missouri.
As we all know, the industry has shrunk quite a bit in recent years,
part of the problem, which General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler has added too
many plants and too few buyers. So, the industry has gone through a
tremendous restructuring. But it is a national industry, and, of course,
the Japanese automakers and the German automakers are concentrated on the
southern states -- Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama.
MATTHEWS: And they build their cars here to sell here, right? They
build their cars here, mainly, right?
VLASIC: Every major automaker, if they`re successful, tries to build
as many cars as they can in the market in which they`re selling them. And
that`s no different, if it`s the U.S. or Europe, or China, for that matter.
And China has the additional qualifications of -- the Chinese
government requires any automaker that`s making cars there, to have a
partner in China, and pretty much, discourages imports into China, by
slapping large tariffs and duties on cars. So, they sell Jeeps in any
volume need to be made there.
MATTHEWS: Thank you. That settles it, because the issue now is
whether Jeeps are building Jeeps in America, for Americans, they clearly
are. The company has made that clear, the Chrysler Company which makes
Jeeps said they`re making all their cars here. That the ad run by Romney
is wrong.
Here`s the Romney ad defending the auto ad. They`re defending it,
which had been denounced by auto company leaders.
"The New York Times" reports, quote, "The Romney campaign has
insisted that its ad merely states the truth. Quote, `Jeeps are not
currently made in China and soon will be, creating jobs there instead of at
home. It would be better if they expanded production in the United States,
instead of expanding in China,` said Stuart Stevens, the senior adviser to
Mr. Romney."
Well, a G.M. spokesman responded to this saying, quote, "That is
absolutely bereft of any fundamental understanding of the global automotive
industry. All global manufacturers, whether General Motors, Ford,
Chrysler, or VW, build historically in the markets in which we sell."
Steve Rattner, last, just to nail this down, it seems to me, the
reality is, beyond all the nonsense and the ads put out by Romney to get
votes, is that we build Jeeps in this country for people to buy them in
this country, as I have done, and we build Jeeps in China for Chinese
people to buy, and that`s the way it`s been, it`s the way it will be,
according to all future plans.
RATTNER: Yes. And I think both you and bill and what you have just
read from the G.M. spokesman have made that very clear. Cars are being
made close to people who buy them. Now, as it happens, we do actually
export Jeeps a reasonable of Jeeps at the moment, because it is such an
iconic brand and of such demand worldwide.
And what Sergio Marchionne committed was that Jeep Wranglers, that
particular Jeep product, will only be made in Toledo for the foreseeable
future. And any Jeep Wranglers that are bought around the world, and as I
said, it is an iconic brand, will be exported from the U.S.
But we do want these companies to make cars close to where their
customers are. We want Chrysler to be profitable. We want General Motors
to be profitable. And these are all good things, not bad things, from the
standpoint of the American taxpayer and the American citizens.
MATTHEWS: And I own a Wrangler, my daughter owns a Wrangler.
They`re great cars.
Anyway, thank you very much, Bill Vlasic of "The New York Times", and
Steve Rattner, who was the car czar.
Up next, much more on the aftermath of hurricane Sandy and the
devastation it caused along the Eastern Seaboard. There are some more
flooding pictures.
This is -- that`s Hoboken, I think. This is HARDBALL, the place for
MATTHEWS: We`ve got some new "New York Times"/CBS/Quinnipiac poll
numbers in three key Senate races. Let`s check the HARDBALL scoreboard.
We start in Virginia, where Democrat Tim Kaine is leading Republican
George Allen by just four. Kaine, 50, Allen, 46.
In Ohio, Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown has a nine-point lead over
Republican challenger Josh Mandel. Brown is up 51 to 42.
And catch this in Florida, Democratic Senator Bill Nelson keeps
coming back. He`s got a big lead over Republican Connie Mack. It`s Nelson
52, Mack, 39. By the way, that`s a Mack, he`s son of Connie Mack. And
that`s a 13-point lead for the Democrat.
We`ll be right back.
MATTHEWS: We`re back.
One of the areas hit hardest by hurricane Sandy is Hoboken, New
Jersey, home of Frank Sinatra. It`s just across the river there. You can
see it from -- of course, the Hudson, from downtown Manhattan. It`s a
commuter community and one square mile below sea level.
It`s flooded now with a combination of rainwater, sewage, fuel, and
live wires. Of course, there`s still some live electric wires. With us
right now from Hoboken is Katy Tur.
Katy, thank you for joining us. You`ve been standing on that street
now for a while, look out for those live wires. Let me -- tell us what the
situation is in terms of the flooding because we can see it all around you.
KATY TUR, NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT: The flooding is still pretty bad.
It`s receded in parts of the city, because they have these industrial
things, pumps and vacuum trucks going right now. The water has actually
receded quite a bit since we`ve been here. It`s gone down a couple inches.
But it`s still pretty flooded across this area. You have to remember
-- even though you`re only seeing it up to my shins here, there`s water in
basements all across this city. The water table is really high. So in
order to get all of that out, they are going to be pumping for two days.
There`s -- excuse me -- 500 million gallons of water that they need
to get out of the city, 500 million gallons, Chris, in one square mile.
The mayor of the city, Dawn Zimmer, says that it will take two days to do
that. They`ve been pumping all day today. So, hopefully, by the end of
the day tomorrow, they`ll almost be there.
Also in terms of power, we are getting questions from people about
when will power come on here. They`ve been without power since Monday
night and everyone wants to think that once this water is gone, that maybe
they`ll have lights, they`ll be able to charge their cell phones, their
refrigerators will work, their lives will start getting back to normal.
Unfortunately, PSE&G, the electric company around here, told the
mayor that it could take seven to 10 days. They are hoping it isn`t that
long but they want everyone to prepare for it.
The National Guard was here. They have been here all day. They were
rescuing the elderly and the sick and people who needed to get out of their
homes because of emergencies, who needed immediate care. They have been
doing that all day long.
If people did not need to leave their houses and there are a number
of people here who are staying in their homes, the National Guard is
bringing in supply. They are bringing in food. They are bringing in
water. Generators, if they can find them, and anything to get someone who
has to stay inside without power for a week`s time.
That being said, they still need a lot of help. The mayor just had a
news briefing out here which actually turned into a town hall of sorts.
About 100 people from all across the city came and watched to see what was
going on.
She said they need generators, they need boats, they need batteries,
they need water, they need food, they need supplies, they need the town`s
people to come and help where they can. They also need volunteers.
You are getting a lot of people in this town volunteering their time
to help out, which is such a good thing to see when there are disasters
like this, Chris. The other big concern here other than the water and not
having power and the fact that it`s flooded and there`s damage, what`s
actually in this water.
You mentioned as you were throwing to me, that there`s sewage,
there`s heating oil, there`s debris, there`s waste. There`s all sorts of
junk within this water that is just not safe.
If you pan down, I don`t know how easy it is to see because the
lights have been going down, but there`s a sheen all over this water.
That`s heating oil and that`s gasoline, and that is not safe to walk in and
we`ve seen a number of people all day long leaving their houses because
they`ve been stuck inside for 2 1/2 days to go get supplies.
Unfortunately, they don`t have waders or boots and some of them are
trying to do makeshift trash bags around their ankles but others are just
leaving barefoot and that`s the last thing you want to do in this water
because you can get sick from it.
So, the mayor is trying to tell people not to do that. She`s not
being so successful because people need to get out. They need to get their
supplies -- Chris.
MATTHEWS: Katy, you know, you sound like -- it reminds me of
completely, although the weather is different, of New Orleans, where you
had that same muck in the water and the reporting here is amazing. I
didn`t know that Hoboken was below sea level.
A good part of the city is actually year round below the level of the
Hudson, right?
TUR: That`s what`s amazing about Hoboken. Every time it rains, this
place floods. Every time there`s a large downpour, it floods.
I used to work at WNBC local, we were here every spring when it got
to be really rainy out here and it flooded. This is not like anything that
they have seen, though. This is much worse.
MATTHEWS: Yes, it looks like it.
TUR: And the idea that it`s going to take two days to get out is
actually quite remarkable.
MATTHEWS: Great reporting by NBC`s Katy Tur in Hoboken, New Jersey.
When we return, let me finish with something serious, too, the best
way to fight against ugly, racial politics. We`re going to tell you how to
do it. It basically comes down to one word: get out there and vote
You`re watching HARDBALL, the place for politics.
MATTHEWS: Let me finish tonight with this. I`m hoping that this
focus on the weather and what we face together will remove some of the
manmade poison out of this election. You know, the Donald Trump stuff, the
Sununu nastiness, the ethnic card that gets played under the table.
I think it`s vital that none of that gets in the way next week for
the same reason that none of that all bad stuff is having anything to do
with what we`re doing things this week. Together -- all of us in this
together, working together, worrying together, facing it together,
especially in New Jersey where my family spent so many summers growing up.
As people go to vote, know of one great antidote to the bad words
spoke in this election season, the efforts to suppress voting in states
like Pennsylvania, for example. And that anecdote is to get out there and
vote yourself, vote like your life depends on it, get your kids and
relatives and good friends to vote, like their lives depend on it, no
excuses, no reasons, no screw-ups, no distractions, nothing can get in your
There are two choices in this election. Vote for Obama, you don`t
get Romney. Vote for Romney, you don`t get Obama. All the rest, all of
the distractions and Mickey Mousing comes down to this -- will you, you,
the person you are in your soul be counted? If not, I just don`t know a
good thing to say to you. This one counts for history.
And that`s HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
"POLITICS NATION" with Al Sharpton starts right now.
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June 1999
This fact sheet answers the most frequently asked health questions about sulfur dioxide. For more information, you may call the ATSDR Information Center at 1-800-232-4636. This fact sheet is one in a series of summaries about hazardous substances and their health effects. This information is important because this substance may harm you. The effects of exposure to any hazardous substance depend on the dose, the duration, how you are exposed, personal traits and habits, and whether other chemicals are present.
Exposure to sulfur dioxide occurs from breathing it in the air. It affects the lungs and at high levels may result in burning of the nose and throat, breathing difficulties, and severe airway obstructions. This chemical has been found in at least 16 of 1,467 National Priorities List sites identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
What is sulfur dioxide?
Sulfur dioxide is a colorless gas with a pungent odor. It is a liquid when under pressure, and it dissolves in water very easily.
Sulfur dioxide in the air comes mainly from activities such as the burning of coal and oil at power plants or from copper smelting. In nature, sulfur dioxide can be released to the air from volcanic eruptions.
What happens to sulfur dioxide when it enters the environment?
- When released into the environment, sulfur dioxide moves into the air.
- In the air, it can be converted to sulfuric acid, sulfur trioxide, and sulfates.
- Sulfur dioxide dissolves in water.
- Once dissolved in water, sulfur dioxide can form sulfurous acid.
- Sulfur dioxide can be absorbed into the soil, but we don't know if or how it moves in soil.
How might I be exposed to sulfur dioxide?
- Breathing air containing it or touching it.
- Working in industries where it occurs as a by-product, such as copper smelting or power plants.
- Working in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, paper, food preservatives, or fertilizers.
- Living near heavily industrialized activities where sulfur dioxide occurs.
How can sulfur dioxide affect my health?
Exposure to very high levels of sulfur dioxide can be life threatening. Exposure to 100 parts of sulfur dioxide per million parts of air (100 ppm) is considered immediately dangerous to life and health. Burning of the nose and throat, breathing difficulties, and severe airway obstructions occurred in miners who breathed sulfur dioxide released as a result of an explosion in a copper mine.
Long-term exposure to persistent levels of sulfur dioxide can affect your health. Lung function changes were seen in some workers exposed to low levels of sulfur dioxide for 20 years or more. However, these workers were also exposed to other chemicals, so their health effects may not have been from sulfur dioxide alone. Asthmatics have also been shown to be sensitive to the respiratory effects of low concentrations of sulfur dioxide.
Animal studies also show respiratory effects from breathing sulfur dioxide. Animals exposed to high concentrations of sulfur dioxide showed decreased respiration, inflammation of the airways, and destruction of areas of the lung.
How likely is sulfur dioxide to cause cancer?
There are no studies that clearly show carcinogenic effects of sulfur dioxide in people or animals. Studies have investigated workers in the copper smelting and pulp and paper industries, but the results are inconclusive since the workers were also exposed to arsenic and other chemicals. The one available animal study suggests that sulfur dioxide may be a carcinogen in mice. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified sulfur dioxide as Group 3, not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity.
How does sulfur dioxide affect children?
Children who live in or near heavily industrialized areas where sulfur dioxide occurs may experience difficulty breathing, changes in the ability to breathe deeply, and burning of the nose and throat It is not known whether children are more vulnerable to these effects than adults. However, children may be exposed to more sulfur dioxide than adults because they breathe more air for their body weight than adults do.
Long-term studies surveying large numbers of children indicate that children who have breathed sulfur dioxide pollution may develop more breathing problems as they get older, may make more emergency room visits for treatment of wheezing fits, and may get more respiratory illnesses than other children. Children with asthma may be especially sensitive even to low concentrations of sulfur dioxide, but it is not known whether asthmatic children are more sensitive than asthmatic adults.
How can families reduce the risk of exposure to sulfur dioxide?
Families living near heavily industrialized areas where sulfur dioxide occurs should limit their outdoor activities during times of high air pollution. By paying attention to news bulletins and air pollution advisories, families can control the amount of their exposure. People with respiratory difficulties should pay special attention to these warnings, and asthmatic children's outdoor exercise should be limited when high levels of sulfur dioxide are present in air.
Is there a medical test to show whether I've been exposed to sulfur dioxide?
Sulfur dioxide in the body is changed into other sulfur-containing chemicals in the body. These breakdown products can be measured in blood and urine, but this requires special equipment that is not routinely available in a doctor's office. Furthermore, exposure to chemicals other than sulfur dioxide can also produce sulfate, so the presence of sulfate breakdown products in your body does not necessarily mean you have been exposed to sulfur dioxide.
Has the federal government made recommendations to protect human health?
EPA has set an air quality standard of 0.03 ppm for long-term, 1-year average concentrations of sulfur dioxide. Short-term, 24-hour air concentrations should not exceed 0.14 ppm more than once a year.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set a limit of 2 ppm over an 8-hour workday, 40-hour workweek
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 1998. Toxicological Profile for Sulfur Dioxide. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
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If you have questions or concerns, please contact your community or state health or environmental quality department or:
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What Would The Avatar Say?
Who can tell? But Lord British has given his blessing, apparently. As picked up via Game Set Watch who picked it up from Armchair Arcade. Italian photographer Enrico Ricciardi has created an Ultima-themed calender, showcasing the 12 virtues. Which sounds like a euphemism, if I've ever heard one. Anyway, skimming through the images, it seems like it's probably one for the Witcher fans. Oh yeah. I went there. Oh yes – ladies and/or gay men! You're not left out. You're just – er – marginalised. Check out Courage, eh? Pwoooar! (Are you sure? – Ed).


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
The suspense was killing me. I knew The Band Perry were releasing their newest single on Monday (Oct. 29), and I knew it was called "Better Dig Two." But I did not know why the sibling trio was so dirty and standing in a wheat field in the picture promoting the song.
Now, I know. The song is about putting someone six feet under. So it's kind of different from "If I Die Young," but in a way it's kind of like Randy Travis' "Dig Two Graves."
Lyrically, the song has a pretty sweet sentiment. That when you take vows you are promising to love that person until the day you die. But this gets down to some specifics: "I'll go to heaven or I'll go to hell before I see you with someone else," for example. And then the chorus: "Put me in the ground/Put me six feet down/Let the stone say: Here lies a girl whose only crutch/Was loving one man just a little too much/If you go before I do, I'm gonna tell the grave digger that he better dig two."
Musically, it's the kind of tune RollingStone.com calls a mix of clang and twang with hand-clapping and banjo finger-picking. Listen to the song from their second album due in early 2013 and let us know what you think.


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Allegheny County considers increasing park fees
Pool passes, senior golf permits, ballfield usage could cost more
Allegheny County is considering increases for several fees at county parks, as well as a new 25 percent surcharge on non-county residents.
The bill was introduced at a county council meeting on Tuesday and has been referred to the parks committee for consideration, chief clerk Jared Barker said.
Proposed rate increases include season passes at the county pools. The current cost of $110 per family would rise to $175, and pool passes for individuals would increase from $60 to $80. Passes would be good seven days a week instead of weekdays.
Daily pool passes would increase from $5 to $6 for adults, from $4 to $5 for juniors and from $3 to $5 for youth admission, if the bill passes.
Free usage of playing fields for groups of age 18 and younger would be ended under the bill. It also proposes to increase the cost of reserving a ballfield for three hours from $30 to $60.
Senior citizen permits to play golf at North Park and South Park would increase from $60 to $80 under the bill, and the age requirement for a senior permit would rise from 55 to 60.
Rental prices for weddings, receptions and parties at Hartwood Acres would also increase.


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This week we read a book about camping and then went camping right in our classroom!
Friday, June 15, 2012
There's A Book for That!
During June we're talking about all the fun things we do during the summer and how we can read about all those fun things in a book. Going to the zoo? There's a book for that! Going swimming? There's a book for that! Going on a vacation? There's a book for that! It's great for these little guys to make these kind of meaningful connections between literature and real life.
This week we read a book about camping and then went camping right in our classroom!
This week we read a book about camping and then went camping right in our classroom!
We read this adorable book about some camping duckies that was enjoyed by my big(ger) and little students. We used our book as a guide for what we can and should do when we're camping: pitch a tent, go fishing, make a fire, bring a lantern.... (The kids also threw in some of their own ideas that they knew from experience... or came up with off the top of their heads.)
I was really excited about this lantern craft I came up with for the kids to make. They were so easy and fun, and the kids just thought they were the coolest! They're just Solo drinking cups, pipe cleaners, those faux candles form the Dollar Tree, and some stickers on the outside that the kids used to decorate and personalize them! (I recommend gluing the battery compartment on the candles closed with some strong hot glue or some super glue, for safety reasons.)
Next week we'll be going on a beachy reading trip and then brainstorming some more summer reading ideas for them to go check out at the library.
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The heresiarch Arius was a Libyan by race and a protopresbyter of the Church of Alexandria. In 315, he began to blaspheme against the Son and Word of God, saying that He is not true God, consubstantial with the Father, but is rather a work and creation, alien to the essence and glory of the Father, and that there was a time when He was not. This frightful blasphemy shook the faithful of Alexandria. Alexander, his Archbishop, after trying in vain to correct him through admonitions, cut him off from communion and finally in a local council deposed him in the year 321. Yet neither did the blasphemer wish to be corrected, nor did he cease sowing the deadly tares of his heretical teachings; but writing to the bishops of other cities, Arius and his followers requested that his doctrine be examined, and if it were unsound, that the correct teaching be declared to him. By this means, his heresy became universally known and won many supporters, so that the whole Church was soon in an uproar.
Therefore, moved by divine zeal, the first Christian Sovereign, Saint Constantine the Great, the equal to the Apostles, summoned the renowned First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, a city of Bithynia. It was there that the shepherds and teachers of the Church of Christ gathered from all regions in the year 325. All of them, with one mouth and one voice, declared that the Son and Word of God is one in essence with the Father, true God of true God, and they composed the holy Symbol of Faith up to the seventh article (since the remainder, beginning with "And in the Holy Spirit," was completed by the Second Ecumenical Council). Thus they anathematized the impious Arius of evil belief and those of like mind with him, and cut them off as rotten members from the whole body of the faithful.
Therefore, recognizing the divine Fathers as heralds of the Faith after the divine Apostles, the Church of Christ has appointed this present Sunday for their annual commemoration, in thanksgiving and unto the glory of God, unto their praise and honour, and unto the strengthening of the true Faith.
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Second Tone
Angelic powers were above Thy tomb, and they that guarded Thee became as dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate Body. Thou hast despoiled Hades and wast not tried thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. O Thou Who didst arise from the dead, Lord, glory be to Thee.
Apolytikion of Fathers of the 1st Council in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
You are greatly glorified, O Christ our God, who established our Fathers as luminaries upon the earth, and through them led us all to the true Faith. O Most compassionate, glory to You.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal of the Second Tone
O Christ our God, upon fulfilling Your dispensation for our sake, You ascended in Glory, uniting the earthly with the heavenly. You were never separate but remained inseparable, and cried out to those who love You, "I am with you and no one is against you."


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Borehamwood Tuesday Ju Jitsu Club
Infant Gradings
8th March, 2016
Event Description: The children from the Borehamwood Ju Jitsu Club will be grading during their normal lesson.
Date: 18th March 2016
Time: 18:00-19:00
Location: Hertswood Centre, Potters Lane, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 5LG
Age range: 4-8 years of age
Dress code: Please ensure that the children are dressed in their Ishin Ryu Ju Jitsu uniforms and belts.
Last Booking Date: 23rd February, 2016
Presentation Date: 15th March, 2016
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The Master of Science in Education in Professional Studies (MSE-PD) provides individuals with advanced academic work focused on the improvement of teaching and learning. Develop skills and knowledge in three core areas: research, practice and professional voice through a sequence of courses and individually guided activities culminating in a substantial capstone project. Some emphasis areas include initial or advanced Wisconsin teacher licensing options.
Program Coordinator:
Dr. John Zbikowski
Winther 3037
Phone: 262-472-4860
Email: email@example.com