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David Duffield
|David Duffield
David Duffield (2005)
|David Arthur Duffield
1941 (age 75–76)
|Alma mater
|Cornell University
|Chairman of Workday, Inc.
|Net worth
|US$4 billion (June 2016)[1]
David Arthur Duffield (born 1941) is an American businessman in the software industry. He is the co-founder and former chairman of PeopleSoft, the co-founder and co-CEO at Workday, Inc., and has been on the Forbes World's Richest People list.
Early life[edit]
Duffield received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and an MBA from Cornell University, and is the benefactor behind Duffield Hall,[2] a nanoscale science (or nanotechnology) and engineering facility at Cornell. While at Cornell, Duffield was a member of Beta Theta Pi.
Duffield established two mainframe application software companies. He was CEO, chairman, and chief product architect at Integral Systems, the first company to offer DB2-based human resource and accounting systems. He also co-founded Information Associates, which specialized in applications for the higher education market. He began his career at IBM as a marketing representative and systems engineer.
Duffield founded PeopleSoft in 1987 and served as the company's CEO and board chairman. PeopleSoft grew to be the world's second-largest application software company before being acquired by Oracle in January 2005.[3]
In March 2005, Duffield and former PeopleSoft vice chair and head of product strategy, Aneel Bhusri, started Workday, Inc., a company that provides financial management and human capital management software delivered in a software as a service (SaaS) model. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, and employed approximately 1,000 people in 2011,[4] with Duffield and Bhusri serving as co-CEOs at Workday. Duffield is also the company's chief customer advocate.[5]
Philanthropy and Maddie's Fund[edit]
Duffield is also known for his philanthropic activities on behalf of animals. In 1994, Duffield and his wife, Cheryl, established Maddie's Fund, originally named the Duffield Family Foundation.[6] In January 1999, the Board of Directors restructured the foundation, defined its mission, and adopted the current name.[6] The organization is named after Maddie, a Miniature Schnauzer who was the Duffields source of unconditional love and friendship for ten years, and a "lighthouse during the stormy period" of the couple's work careers.[6] Maddie died of cancer in 1997, and Duffield acted on his earlier promise to his pet, "If we ever make some money, I promise we will give it back to you and your kind so others can be as happy as we are today."[7]
The Duffields have endowed Maddie's Fund with more than $300 million, and have spent more than $153 million through fiscal year 2013-2014 to save the lives of dogs and cats.[7] The organization believes that the Duffields have given more of their personal wealth to the animal welfare cause than any other individuals.[7] "And although they don't want to make a big fuss over their unprecedented contribution, they do want to honor their cherished companion and the special bond they shared with her."[7]
In May 2016 the Duffields put their 21.48 acre estate in California on the market as they decided to move back to their home in Tahoe. The asking price for the property was $39 million, with the proceeds of the sale going towards Maddie's Fund.[8]
2013 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Recipient[9]
Personal life[edit]
David Duffield is married to Cheryl Duffield. Between 2005 and 2016 they lived in Alamo, California but now live near Lake Tahoe.[10]
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-duffield/?list=billionaires
- ^ http://www.duffield.cornell.edu/
- ^ http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/13/technology/oracle_peoplesoft/
- ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2011/01/21/workday-steep-growth-curve-to-nearly.html
- ^ http://www.workday.com/company/leadership_team/dave_duffield.php
- ^ a b c "Maddie's Fund 2000-2001 annual report", p. 8.
- ^ a b c d "About Maddie", Maddie's Fund, accessed Sept. 22, 2014.
- ^ Tilton, Sarah. "Dog Heaven: David Duffield's Large Bay Area Estate Seeks $39 Million".
- ^ Dave Duffield of PeopleSoft named entrepreneur of the year.The Free Library. 1995, Business Wire. April 10, 2015
- ^ Dog Heaven: David Duffield's Large Bay Area Estate Seeks $39 Million Retrieved 2016-11-21.


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Although the description of the suspect in a recent attempted kidnapping doesn't match the person they arrested, Woodland police say they are confident they have the right guy.
On Sunday afternoon a little after 3:30 p.m., a 31-year-old Woodland woman was walking back to her car in the Westgate Shopping Center on Main Street when she was assaulted by a man who grabbed her hair and tried to kidnap her.
"The suspect, seated in a pickup, opened his door blocking her way," police stated. "The suspect grabbed the victim's hair and pulled her toward the pickup. The victim yelled for help and a bystander approached." The woman was not injured.
At that time, the suspect was described as a Latino male in his late 30s, with a large build, dark hair and a mustache, and driving a compact white 1990s-model pickup. But on Wednesday at around 3:40 p.m. police arrested 23-year-old Kyle Hall, a transient man, in the Wal-Mart parking lot on East Main Street.
"Like most cases we can only go off what the victim tells us," said Woodland police Sgt. Steve Guthrie. "I can't tell you specifically what it was that caused us to make the arrest (of Hall), but we're certain we do have the individual ... who tried to grab the female."
The description of the pickup, and other details of the case, remain accurate, Guthrie said. Guthrie said he could not provide a motive for the attempted kidnapping, but implied that Hall was targeting this specific woman and "wasn't arbitrarily out there grabbing people."
Hall is being held at the Yolo County Jail on charges of false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping, according to Lt. Anthony Cucchi. Bail has been set at $100,000.
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Both Thiago Silva and Matt Hamill showed fatigue early on in the fight, which slowed the action down after the first round.
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Will the Muppets Host the Oscars?
The Oscars need a new host now that Eddie Murphy has dropped out to protest the firing of his friend Brett Ratner as the show's producer. Maybe Kermit, Miss Piggy and the rest of The Muppets can step in on Hollywood's biggest night?
The Facebook group "The Muppets Should Host The 2012 Oscars" is pushing the iconic puppets for the February 26 telecast, and respected industry blog Deadline believes the idea isn't as far-fetched as it may seem. They note,
Disney owns both the Muppets and ABC, which is the network that broadcasts the Oscars and just happens to have a new movie starring Jim Henson's creations releasing on November 23rd. Can you smell PR stunt?"
If Kermit and company don't get the nod, other names being tossed about are former hosts Billy Crystal Whoopi Goldberg, Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Martin, as well as perennial awards show emcee Neil Patrick Harris.
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The England Under-21 manager has hailed the Liverpool youngster's inclusion and believes that it is "a reflection of the depth of talent" available to the Three Lions
Stuart Pearce has admitted that Raheem Sterling was in his selection plans for his England Under-21 side, but is delighted with his shock call-up to the senior squad.
Despite making just five Premier League appearances for Liverpool, the 17-year-old starlet was a surprise inclusion in Roy Hodgson's squad to face Ukraine after Theo Walcott pulled out of the World Cup 2014 qualifier.
Pearce believes that Jamaican-born Sterling's inclusion will provide motivation to other youngsters to take any opportunity at their domestic clubs as they could get recognition at international level.
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Speaking to reporters after his Under-21 side beat Norway 1-0, he said: "I think there's a pathway for any young player that can take them from the Under 19s a few days ago to the full senior squad.
"It is a reflection of the depth of talent but also a fact that we're looking at these players and, if they break into their club's side and are doing well, they'll get the opportunity."
It had been reported that Sterling was being lined up by the Jamaican FA to represent their senior side, with the winger eligible to play due to being born in Kingston - but it appears England boss Roy Hodgson sees Sterling as a bright prospect.
Pearce continued: "That's fantastic for him. He's obviously one we've been having a close look at Under-21 level, but it looks as though his experience will be better served in the senior team."
Meanwhile, Pearce was relieved to get the victory over Norway, labelling them a "tough side", and admits they will need to play better if they are going to be successful in the subsequent play-off draw.
He said: "We had tough travelling commitments, it took ages, but we managed to pick up a good victory that set us up in this game.
"I think Norway came out the traps fantastically well tonight, they're a tough side. I think they're going to cause anyone a problem in the play-offs. It wasn't a convincing performance from us but I think we improved certainly by the start of the second-half and midway through the half."
Pearce also hailed Tottenham left-back Danny Rose, who picked up the man of the match award, and heaped praise on his domestic team-mate Steven Caulker and Under-21 newcomer Thomas Ince.
He added: "The performances [have been good] over the two games from Danny Rose and Martin Kelly, and both my goalkeepers have done well.
"Caulker has done very well for us, Incey's come in and it's his first taste of under-21 football. We've had four new faces within the group and to win seven out of eight games in international football isn't easy."
I'm pleased with that and I'm pleased to have topped the group. We know full well we're going to have to play better next month to be anywhere near successful in the finals."
"I'm pleased for Connor he's very worked hard this week and he's been patient for his chance. The big problem is Connor hasn't played a great deal of football, first-team especially it's the same with Waghorn at the moment at this stage of the season.


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Kata Robata's Autumn Festival, "Aki no Matsuri!"
Suckling pig with buns and sauce, one of the many dishes from Kata Robata's izakaya
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Twice a year, Kata Robata transforms its patio into an izakaya, a casual after-work drinking place with Japanese bar food. Izakaya-type food is not fancy. They are the Japanese equivalent to Spanish tapas, small dishes meant to be shared over Japanese sake or beer.
To my knowledge, Houston doesn't have any bona-fide izakayas, so when I heard the announcement about their "Aki no Matsuri!" Izakaya Autumn Festival, I made a point of being there.
The izakaya format can be a la carte or all-you-can-eat. In fact, the ones I've visited in Vancouver are typically a la carte. But Kata Robata doesn't do anything halfway, and for an entrance fee of $45, guests were regaled with dish after dish, free-flowing sake provided by Virtuoso Selections, custom drinks created by David Buehrer, and more. To set the mood, in the background, the smoky vocals of a live Japanese jazz singer turned the patio into a bona-fide lounge.
Chef de Cuisine Gabriel Medina, roasting a big slab of suckling pig
My friend got there early and snagged primo seating right in front of the bar, where we could see all the food as it came out from the kitchen. At the robata grill, Chef de Cuisine Gabriel Medina was hand-roasting chicken yakitori, oysters, and suckling pig.
From the kitchen, Executive Chef Manabu Horiuchi, aka "Hori-san," sent out dish after dish, like inari stuffed with rice, mushrooms, and edamame, sizzling plates of yakitori with quail egg, a type of fried-chicken nugget on kim chi risotto, Japanese-style potato salad and more.
Oxtail ramen...so good.
It was basically izakaya food, omakase-style. The food kept on coming, leading up to the final dish of the night, Gabriel Medina's oxtail ramen, which is currently available on the dinner menu for a limited time. The rich essence of oxtail and umami flavors totally hit the spot on a chilly evening outdoors.
Yep, that's Chef Chris Leung waiting for some izakaya grub at the bar
At the height of the evening, as I observed the throngs of people crowding the bar, the hanging paper lanterns blowing in the wind, and laughing faces of contented and somewhat drunken guests, it truly felt like I was in Japan, drinking sake at an outdoor bar. What a great night. If only it happened more than twice a year.
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Pend Oreille Shores Resort, located on beautiful Lake Pend Oreille, offers a variety of vacation pleasures. Guests can enjoy the on-site, full-service athletic club with racquetball, a weight room, an indoor pool, outdoor tennis, indoor/outdoor hot tubs, and a playground. In summer, bring your boat or rent from a variety of canoes, paddleboats, and more. In winter, bring your snowmobiles, skis, and snowboards. The resort is only 25 miles from the Schweitzer ski area, which features more than 3,500 acres of varied ski terrain from November to mid-April and hiking and mountain biking in the summer. Units are beautifully appointed and the views are breathtaking.
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We love this resort. It's in a small community called Hope, about 15 miles outside of Sandpoint. Every unit has a view of the mountain ranges and beautiful Lake Pend Oreille. We go on the 4th of July and you can watch the fireworks right from your deck. They have an amazing steam room and sauna, there is an adult only hot tub outside and an indoor pool and hot tub for everyone on the inside. They have a nice fitness center with 2 raquetball courts. There is an outdoor tennis court, and an indoor basketball/gym area along with a pool table, hockey and a few video games. They have DVD rentals, a cute gift shop and store and a place to get coffee and rent bikes, paddle boats, or canoes. There is a marina next door and a Floating restaurant, which usually has good food. The pizza place in town has fabulous pizza. The units are very clean and very well stocked. They are constantly updating things. Always a very relaxing vacation for us.
We own several weeks T/S in some great places and exchanged into this resort some years ago,enjoyed it so much we bought there as well. This area is a well kept secret.What a great resort with amenities that should please anyone. It is such a well run/managed resort with friendly staff. I wish all of our other resorts were as good as this one. Brian Greenside
My husband, son and I just got back from a wonderful stay here. Our one bedroom condo was perfect size for us and had up-to-date furnishings and decor. My son, 8 years old, enjoyed sleeping on the sleeper sofa where he could watch shows or videos on the flat-screen TV. The kitchen was small but didn't pose a problem unless I was loading/unloading the dishwasher. It was difficult to reach the sink and the cabinets if the dishwasher was open. Also, the dishwasher was a bit noisy but not near as loud as the waher/dryer. I only did laundry during the day when it wouldn't bother us or the neighbors.
The staff were very friendly and helpful. We enjoyed the pool (large and warm), work-out facility (plenty of machines, weights and aerobic classes), game room (my son loved the jutebox) and lake activities (canoes, paddle boats, funyaks, and swim dock). They had fun events scheduled every day. Next door at the marina you can rent pontoon boats, fishing boats, buy fishing licenses, and eat at their floating restaurant.
Make sure to visit Sandpoint's city park while you are here. It's only 20 minutes down the road and has a large sandy beach area. Also, the Panhandler restaurant has the most scrumptious cinammon homemade scones. They have great food!!
We highly recommend Pend Oreille Resort and plan to visit again next year.
My wife and I just got back from this very nice resort. Our 1 bedroom unit was a bit small but , the views and amenaties at the resort more than made up for the small size of the unit. Our unit faced the lake and the views were awesome. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The resort had everything you needed, the indoor pool is a great way to get some exercise and they had a wieght room, indoor basketball, volleyball, shuffleboard and a nice game room with a pool table, ping-pong and video games. We took the Selkirk Loop senic drive what a great day trip! I would recommed this resort to anyone.
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I own a timeshare at the Pend Orielle Shores Resort and it is wonderful. The resort is staffed with wonderful people and ther are an abundance of oppertunities for tourists in the area from seeing indangered species along the beautiful lake or dinning in one of Sandpoints many gourmet restraunts.
This place is fun to visit year round. Bryan Dillon
We have just returned from a week at Pend Oreille Shores. While the weather was a little cool (expected for May), the resort and surrounding area exceeded our expectations. The unit we stayed in was a two bedroom, two bath sleeps 8. It was spacious, very comfortable, well equipped and had a beautiful view of the lake and surrounding mountains. The check-in and out process was seamless. All the staff we met were extremely pleasant and helpful....I think the best we have encountered in our fairly extensive time-sharing experiences.
There was a very nice fitness center, a small expresso/latte cafe, a small convenience/snack store, a large video rental area, water "toy" and bike rentals among other amenities.
The city of Sandpoint 15-20 miles away was a fun place to visit, shop, and dine. For a town its size, there were a number of great eating places.....among those we could recommend are Joel's (carryout Mexican---great), Arlos for Italian, Eichert's (sp?).....great menu.
Overall, I think we'd rate Pend Oreille Shores a 9. We would highly recommend it and hopefully will return some day. For an area with a beautiful environment it's hard to beat if you like mountains, wildlife (moose, bear and deer....which we saw in the wild) and glacier lakes.
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A Sendai-based company is offering a free remote video relay service for people with hearing problems in areas hit by last year's massive earthquake and tsunami, employing the expertise it has developed in a business venture largely unknown in Japan.
PLUSVoice Co. started the free service, in which sign language interpreters help people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima gain access to information via videophones, shortly after the disasters struck.
After months of voluntary efforts, PLUSVoice obtained financial aid in September from the Nippon Foundation, a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization promoting cultural exchanges and communication support, enabling the company to continue what its president calls its "mission."
"We don't seek profits and it is a sense of mission that has driven us to work on this," said Hiroyuki Miura, the 48-year-old founder and president of PLUSVoice.
According to the Nippon Foundation, victims of the disaster include many who are in need of sign language interpreting and captioning services, particularly for applications for administrative certificates and jobs as well as hospital appointments.
PLUSVoice began its remote interpreting service in 2002 through videophones placed in government offices and shops so that people with hearing problems can communicate with officials and shop clerks.
The company expanded the service the following year, aiming directly at individuals with the use of videophones, email and faxes.
"Hard-of-hearing people used to be unable to order a (delivery) meal, for instance, because they couldn't make a phone call," Miura said. "But with one smartphone, they now can place calls wherever they are."
Toru Tanaka, a 48-year-old barber from the town of Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, who is a frequent user of the PLUSVoice service, said: "It is very convenient and has changed my life.
"I know some who hesitate to use it because it costs money, but without this we would have to go out for help, meaning we need to pay for transportation anyway," he said of the service, which is offered with a basic fee of ¥315 for one call of up to 15 minutes, and in a monthly package for ¥5,250 that allows unlimited calls.
Miura founded PLUSVoice in 1998 after working as a master of ceremonies at weddings in Sendai. He recalled an episode he experienced about three years earlier, which led to a change in his career.
The bride was deaf and many of the guests had hearing difficulties, and Miura was shocked that his conversation skills proved useless.
"I must have been the worst MC ever that day," he said.
That prodded him to start learning sign language and it didn't take him long before he started up a business for physically challenged people.
His move came at around the time when mobile phones with text messaging functions were becoming hugely popular in Japan.
Riding on the new wave of mobile devices, Miura worked hard to broaden the customer base for his business, focusing on mobile phone sales. One time he collected requests from people with hearing problems and brought them to a telecommunications company in a set of proposals to improve phone functions.
Another turning point for Miura came one evening about 10 years ago when Michihito Fujii, his 45-year-old research partner for developing an Internet videophone system, appeared on a computer display with a distraught look.
His partner, who is deaf, explained through sign language that gas was leaking in his neighborhood in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. Miura swiftly made an emergency call and then served — from Sendai, roughly 300 km from the scene — as a remote interpreter for the conversations between Fujii and firefighters.
"I came face to face with the very moment a hard-of-hearing person needed to communicate with another person in real time," Miura said.
A 2006 estimate by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry put the number of people with hearing or speech disabilities in Japan at about 360,000. Given the country's rapidly aging society, demand for such support is expected to grow.
However, video relay services have yet to take root and many businesses have pulled out after unsuccessful forays. PLUSVoice itself is struggling as the number of its customers has peaked at about 1,000.
Mitsuhiko Ogawa, director of the All Japan Association of Hard of Hearing People, complained of the lack of public awareness and the financial burdens associated with the use of such services.
"Many deaf or hard-of-hearing people simply think they cannot make phone calls," Ogawa said. "I myself never thought of making calls until I used it and became aware that my world had broadened."
PLUSVoice's Miura believes he has helped create a system for better communication for everyone with hearing problems.
"Every time people at government offices ask me how many of these (people with hearing difficulties) use videophones, I make it a rule to say 'all of them will use them in the future,' " Miura said.
GSDF calls for care
The Ground Self-Defense Force is emphasizing the need to deal more carefully with stress affecting its personnel following the rescue operations in the Tohoku region.
GSDF Chief of Staff Eiji Kimizuka underlined this need at a meeting last week of officials from the Defense Ministry, the Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military in Japan to review their disaster-relief operations.
The SDF mobilized up to 107,000 personnel for rescue operations in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
For its part, the U.S. launched Operation Tomodachi, which directly or indirectly involved nearly 24,000 U.S. service members between March 12 and May 4.


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Proud grandpa Jon Voight is employing technology to stay connected to his grandchildren while shooting his new television show, Lonestar, in Texas.
The film veteran recently reconciled with daughter Angelina Jolie after their 8-year-estrangement and is just getting to know her six children with partner Brad Pitt – Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, Shiloh, 4, and 2-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
"It's hard for me to be away from my grandkids, yes, but I'll stay in touch with them," he told PEOPLE at the Lonestar pilot screening at the Paley Center in LA. "Thank god we have this technology, and you know, we use all of it."
By technology, Voight is talking about Skype – an internet phone system: "We're just setting it up now," he explained. "Anyway, I love being in touch with the family."
The 71-year-old actor went on to say how much he admired his daughter's work, especially in her latest thriller, Salt.
Her work is terrific. And Angie, for some reason, has this emotional capacity to make every piece of this really authentic, 'cause it's really unreal stuff that they're doing. But that's the genre and she gives … another energy to it.
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We have a Windows Server 2003 used for distributing data to a digital signage system (Scala). Part of this process is an Excel-file using an Add-In to collect this data from another server. This job is set up as a scheduled task.
However, the external site requests username and password. This is prompted when Excel starts up (the Add-in).
How can I set the settings on the windows server so that username and password is remembered? I am quite sure the settings in Excel is correct and that it is server settings that clear out login-data.
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Does the add-in is one that come with the Scala's system ? Such plug-in have strict behavor and I would recommand to ask the Scala's vendor in that case. (I have in mind if the login is the Scala's system login or a PLC's/automate login). The server can
remember kerberos username/password for SMB share, but when it come to Scala's system, it's all handled by those API.
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First published in 1989, Eric L. Mills's comprehensive history of biological oceanography has been praised as 'superb' (BioScience) and 'proof that history need not be dull' (The Northern Mariner). This first history of the field, which chronicles the scientific work and creativity of its chief contributors, tells a riveting story that is far from narrowly scientific and thoroughly accessible to general readers.
Mills shows how the work and ideas of the main actors are inseparable from some seemingly unrelated factors, including Prussian imperialism, agricultural chemistry, microbiology, and the problems of German universities. Mills also illustrates the significant roles played in the field's development by the failures of commercial fisheries, the development of analytical chemistry, the establishment of international scientific organizations, and sheer scientific curiosity.
This new edition of Biological Oceanography includes a fresh introduction by the author, as well as an original foreword by noted oceanographer John Cullen. It makes an excellent companion to Mills's recent history of mathematical and physical oceanography, the multi-award-winning and widely acclaimed The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet.
Introduction: The Development of Biological Oceanography
PART 1 The Origin of Biological Oceanography in Germany and Scandinavia during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- "This Blood of the Sea": The Origin of Quantitative 9 Plankton Biology in Germany, 1870-1911
- The Control of Metabolism in the Sea: Karl Brandt, the Nitrogen Cycle, and the Origin of Brandt's Hypothesis
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The other honest appraisalAs much as possible, you need to know everything about the house. A home appraisal and a thorough home inspection should tell you what you need to know. What's it worth? If it's an old house (and most fixer uppers are), how is the foundation? How old is the plumbing and wiring? Is there evidence of mold or water damage? Does it need a new roof? Once you know what it needs, you need to ask whether you can afford to fix these things. Unless the house is dirt cheap, or you have access to inexpensive materials, you may need to find another house. Issues like mold or a foundation in disrepair are expensive to fix, so you may or may not get your money back in home equity. A tale of two houses We've owned two homes. And while both needed a lot of work, they were completely different. So what was the difference? The first house sat on the edge of a town with notoriously low prices for real estate. It was a mediocre house in a mediocre neighborhood. Because of that, we needed to buy the house at a price lower than the surrounding houses. Which brings me to rule #1… Rule #1: Buy a fixer-upper at a cost (way) below the rest of the houses in a good neighborhood. By following this rule, your improvements will bring your house up to (or slightly exceed) the value of the surrounding properties. You won't recoup your costs if your renovations result in "too much house" for the neighborhood. Rule #2. Find a fixer-upper with quality construction. That first house was cheap, costing less than our combined annual income at the time. But everything about it was cheap, including the materials used in its construction. And that led to a rodent infestation, among other things. (I think our record was catching 14 mice in a 24-hour period.) On the other hand, our second house has "good bones." Maybe it needs lots of work, but at least the extra work will be built on a good foundation. Ah, but "lots of work" means mostly major, expensive projects.
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Welcome to Ron Collins
I'm delighted to announce that Ron Collins will be posting here on a regular basis. Ron is the Harold S. Shefelman scholar at the University of Washington Law School and a senior fellow at the Newseum's First Amendment Center in Washington, D.C. He was a Supreme Court Fellow in 1982-83 under Chief Justice Warren Burger and a law clerk to Oregon Supreme Court Justice Hans Linde. He is the book editor at SCOTUSblog.
Collins is the author, co-author, or editor of several books including: When Money Speaks: The McCutcheon Case, Campaign Financing Laws, and The First Amendment (e-book, Spring, 2014) On Dissent: Its Meaning in America (Cambridge, 2013) Mania: The Story of the Outraged & Outrageous Lives that Launched a Cultural Revolution (Top-Five Books, 2013) Nuance Absolutism: Floyd Abrams & the First Amendment (Carolina Academic Press, 2013) We Must not be Afraid to be Free (Oxford, 2011) The Fundamental Holmes (Cambridge, 2010) The Trials of Lenny Bruce (Sourcebooks, 2002, 2012) and Constitutional Government in America (Carolina Academic Press, 1980). He has authored over 60 scholarly articles including publications in Harvard Law Review Stanford Law Review Supreme Court Review Michigan Law Review Texas Law Review Duke Law Journal and the Southern California Law Review. He has also authored over 250 articles in the popular press including articles in the New York Times Washington Post Los Angeles Times and The Nation.
In 2003, Collins and others successfully petitioned the governor of New York to posthumously pardon Lenny Bruce. In 2010, Collins was a fellow in residence at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts. In 2011 he received the Supreme Court Fellow's Administration of Justice award "in recognition of his scholarly and professional achievements in advancing the rule of law." And in 2012, the American Society of Legal Writers awarded him a Scribes Book Award (bronze) for We Must not be Afraid to be Free.
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Health authorities say a 46-year-old Georgia woman visiting the San Diego area has died from the swine flu.
County Health and Human Services Agency spokesman Jose Alvarez says the woman is the 10th person to die of swine flu in the county, but her death will be added to Georgia's tally and not San Diego's.
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The Bible on the Poor
or, Why God is a liberal
The Bible contains more than 300 verses on the poor, social justice, and God's deep concern for both. This page contains a wide sample of them, and some reflections. It's aimed at anyone who takes the Bible seriously.
As you read these passages, you will very likely feel a good deal of resistance (possibly at first manifesting itself as indifference). American churches have departed strongly from Biblical values in these areas, and even created a rationalization– "prosperity theology"– for rejecting them. It takes time and reflection to get past this misteaching.
But try to get past the resistance. Spiritual growth doesn't come from what goes down easily, or what we like to hear and read. It comes from what's different, and even difficult.
This page can easily be used as the basis for a Bible study. I tried writing it like one, but ultimately decided that web pages just don't work that way. It makes a smashing good one, though; if you want to try, replace the commentary with questions. The best questions to ask are those without a fixed answer (e.g. "Why does Jesus say this?" or "What did you learn from these verses?").
God's concern for the poor
In this section we are not yet concerned with what the believer should think or do for the poor, but with God's thoughts. Though we often forget poverty and oppression, it is clear from the Bible that they are always on God's mind.
Deut. 26:5-9. The Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us. Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders; and He has brought us to… this land flowing with milk and honey.
Luke 4:16-21. And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read… "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He appointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden, to proclaim the favorable year of the LORD… Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
Ps. 140:12. I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor.
Is. 25:4. For You have been a defense for the helpless, a defense for the needy in his distress.
Ps. 10:14. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan… O LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear to vindicate the orphan and the oppressed.
Is 41:17. The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them Myself, as the God of Israel I will not forsake them.
Luke 6:20-21. Blessed are you who are poor, for yours in the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
James 2:5. Did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
Commentary: I think it's fair to say that American attitudes toward the poor– and perhaps not just in America– are mostly disdain and fear. They're dangerous and different. Sometimes there's a suspicion that their condition is their own fault, that they're simply lazy or inferior. Other Americans are more kind-hearted, but prefer not to look at the poor too closely; it's depressing, and they're surely not fun people to be with.
These attitudes are a world away from God's attitudes, as described in these verses. Neediness arouses compassion in God– and action.
We may think: "Of course God loves the poor; he loves everybody." But it's not so simple as that; God's character is presented as a model for our own. If God values the poor, we have to think about what that means for us.
God's commands concerning the poor
This section collects some specific commands from Old and New Testaments on serving the poor.
Deut. 15:7. If there is a poor man among you, one of your brothers, in any of the towns of the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand to your poor brother; but you shall freely open your hand to him, and generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.
Deut. 26:12. When you have finished paying the complete tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan and the widow, that they may eat in your towns, and be satisfied.
Lev. 19:19ff. Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God.
Prov. 31:8ff. [Commandment to kings.] Open your mouth for the dumb, for the rights of all the unfortunate. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.
Is. 58:66ff. Is this not the fast which I choose, to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke? Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into the house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Jer. 22:3. Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Luke 12:33. "Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves purses which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, nor moth destroys."
Luke 3:11. And [John the Baptist] would answer and say to them, "Let the man with two tunics share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise."
Mt. 5:42. Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.
Commentary: The message here is really very simple: help the needy. It's not hard to understand; it's just hard to do.
And the message is continuous. It's in the Torah; it's in the Prophets and Psalms; it's in the Gospels; it's in the Epistles. How many churches emphasize serving the poor as much as the Bible itself does? Would the world look the way it does if all believers followed these commands?
Another thing to note about these verses is the lack of caveats– the lack of excuses. None of them add "…once a year" or "…when you feel you can" or "…if they're moral" or "…unless they're black" or "…if they speak English". We have plenty of reasons (I'm sure you can think of a dozen) why we can't go out and feed the hungry, why we have to turn away the needy borrower– and God help us, how many of us have sold so much as a lawnmower in order to have money to give away? But all those reasons belong to our sinful human nature, not to God. God just wants those needy people helped.
If you wanted to be a Biblical one-issue voter, you'd do well to make that one issue serving the poor.
Blessings on those who serve the poor
Serving poor may be The Right Thing To Do; but the Bible also associates it with material and spiritual reward. Here we'll look at the benefits promised to those who serve the poor; in the next section we'll examine the consequences of not doing so.
Prov. 22:9 He who is generous will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.
Jer. 22:16 "Did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; then it was well. Is that not what it means to know Me?" declares the LORD.
Deut. 15:10. You shall give generously to [your poor brother], and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings.
Prov. 19:17. He who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his good deed.
Jer. 7:5-7. "For, if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever."
Is. 58:10. "And if you give yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness, and your gloom will become like midday. And the LORD will continually guide you, and satisfy your desire in scorched places, and give strength to your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters do not fail."
Luke 14:12-14. "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and repayment come to you. But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
Luke 12:44. "Sell your possessions and give alms; make yourselves purses which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, nor moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Mt. 19:20ff. The young man said to Him, "All these commands I have kept; what am I still lacking?" Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Commentary: Americans like money; the American dream is about being rich. No wonder we're susceptible to religious quacks who promise riches to those who believe in God.
We do find promises of reward in the Bible– to those who serve the poor. God's making a very simple proposal here: "You help the poor, and I'll repay it."
Full disclosure: there's a little bait-and-switch going on. Jesus promises treasure in heaven. In the sociology of religion game, we call this spiritualization. In plain English, it means that Jesus is asking us to go way past our comfort level in giving things away. And in not getting them back.
Who are the poor, by the way? Among our rationalizations is the feeling that the actual poor aren't people we really have to pay attention to. They may be of different races, or not speak our language, or aren't moral enough for us; they may be illegal immigrants. (Imagine that, a class of human beings that are illegal. Imagine explaining that to God.)
God doesn't want to hear these excuses; he specifically commands us to help the stranger, the alien, the sojourner. Jesus' command on dinner parties couldn't be clearer: the people you need to help are not the people like you, the people you like, the people who can repay you. As for racial prejudice, note that the first person in the gospel of John to whom Jesus clearly confesses to being the Messiah is a Samaritan; Samaritans were despised by the orthodox Jews of the time. (And for that matter, she was a woman, and an adulterer.)
Can you give too much? We believe in moderation in all things. Unfortunately, we get this idea from the Greeks, not the Bible. Jesus asks for immoderate giving.
Consequences of not serving the poor
As there are blessings for those who serve the poor, there are consequences for those who oppress them… or who simply ignore them.
Ezek. 16:49ff. "Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it."
Is. 10:1-3. "Woe to those who enact evil statutes, and to those who continually record unjust decisions, so as to deprive the needy of justice, and rob the poor of My people of their rights… Now what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the devastation which will come from afar?"
Luke 1:52ff. [Mary's Magnificat.] "He has brought down rulers from their thrones, and has exalted those who were hungry. He has filled the hungry with good things; and sent away the rich empty-handed."
Ezek. 22:29,31. "The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice… Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads," declares the Lord GOD.
Jer. 5:28f. "[The wicked] do not plead the cause, the cause of the orphan, that they may prosper; and they do not defend the rights of the poor. Shall I not punish these people?" declares the LORD. "On such a nation as this, shall I not avenge myself?"
James 5:1-6. Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. …Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and with you have withheld, cries out against you; and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Luke 6:24. "But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full."
Luke 16:19-25. "Now there was a certain rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, gaily living in splendor every day. And a certain poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, and longing to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
Now it came about that the poor man died and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. And in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue; for I am in agony in this flame.'
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony…'"
Commentary: Many Evangelicals worry what might happen to our country if sexual immorality flourishes. Now, the sexual morality the Bible tells us to be worried about is our own, but that's another discussion. A more serious worry is what will happen to us, our churches, our nation, if we don't serve the poor.
Obviously, adding to the misery of the poor is bad– exploiting workers, oppressing immigrants, robbing the needy. But it doesn't stop there. Merely ignoring the poor is a crime. Sodom wasn't destroyed because of sexual immorality; it was destroyed because it "had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease"– and isn't that a pretty good description of America?– and it "did not help the poor and needy".
There isn't the least suggestion that the rich man being punished in hell was responsible for Lazarus's condition… except in the most general sense: he was responsible as a fellow human being, as a man who was aware of the one suffering at his door and did nothing to help.
"Pleading the cause" of the poor, being their advocate and defender, is simply something a righteous person does. Are you someone who, when others are silent, advocates for the poor in your company, your church, your nation, your political party?
Biblical attitudes for believers toward the poor
So far we've examined only the surface God's commands concerning the poor, what happens if we obey or if we don't. Here we consider the spirit in which we respond. Without some of these correctives, we might make many mistakes serving the poor.
Prov. 29:7. The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such concern.
1 John 3:17. But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Luke 6:33ff. "And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, in order to receive back the same."
2 Cor 9:7. Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
Mt. 6:2-4. "When therefore you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you."
Mt. 6:24. "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Money."
1 Tim. 6:10. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang.
Gal. 2:9ff. Recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John… gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. They only asked us to remember the poor– the very thing I also was eager to do.
Lev. 19:15. "You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly."
Acts 2:44. All those who had believed were together, and had all things in common; and they began to sell their property and possessions, and share them with all, as anyone might have need.
Acts 4:32-35. And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them. And with great power the apostles were giving witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all. For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales and lay them at the apostles' feet; and they would be distributed to each, as any had need.
Eph. 4:28. Let him who steals steal no longer; but rather let him labor, performing with his own hands what is good, in order that he may have something to share with him who has need.
Commentary: Some unimpressive ways to give:
With a big frown on your face
Back to those who've given you things
Showing others that you're giving
How do you tell if you're worshipping Money? Well, how do you tell if you're worshipping anyone? What do you spend your time on; what do you worry and talk about the most; what do you make sacrifices for? I often wonder how people can read these verses on Sunday, and on Tuesday go vote for the Money Party. James and Peter and John don't exhort Paul to remember the tax cuts.
Acts 4 is a mini-description of the proverbial Christian Nation. There was not a needy person among them. Why isn't that said about us? We have a lot more resources than a mob of mostly poor first-century Palestinians.
Another excuse sometimes used to ignore passages like this is Dispensationalism– roughly, the idea that since we have Scripture, we can ignore large parts of Scripture. It doesn't make much sense when you state it in plain English, does it? There are some good reasons that we need not follow the Jewish Law; but the obligation to help the needy has not been repealed. It's found throughout the New Testament, with a good deal more emphasis than many subjects that Christians prefer to focus on.
With the prohibition on stealing, we may feel that we're on more familiar ground. But note the actual advice; it's not "Build so many jails that you rival the worst dictatorships for the percentage of your population in prison." Simply let the thieves stop stealing and do honest work.
When you think "thieves", by the way, do you picture a poor person? The Bible doesn't assume that the poor are especially prone to sin; on the contrary. Rich thieves as well should put aside their thievery: accountants swindling stockholders, corporations cheating taxpayers, CEOs making millions while their companies fail, presidents spending money they don't have to benefit their wealthiest contributors.
God's identification with the poor
Like a good king, the Lord is concerned with his poor subjects. In the passages below, we see that His heart goes deeper still: he identifies with the poor; he puts himself in their place.
2 Cor. 8:9. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
Prov. 19:17. He who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his good deed.
Prov. 14:31. He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
Mt. 25:31-46. "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on His left.
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You drink? And when did we see You a stranger, and invite you in, or naked, and clothe You? And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'
And the King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'
Then they themselves will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'
Then He will answer them, saying, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
Commentary: God isn't a conservative; he's a revolutionary. He not only takes the side of the poor; he puts himself in their place. In the very alarming parable of the sheep and the goats he speaks of salvation as depending on how we treat the poorest and the most afflicted.
According to prosperity theology (and according to the best Pharisaical opinion) Jesus should have come as a lord, a tycoon, a cult leader. Some of his followers today act as, presumably, they felt Jesus should have acted, building multi-million-dollar cathedrals. But Jesus came as a poor man.
There's all sorts of meaning in that, but at the very least we can say that Jesus takes the issue of poverty personally. A church or a nation that ignores its poor or places stumbling blocks in their way, whose supreme good is Money, is very far from the spirit of God.


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The more and more I watch Canucks games this year, the more I find myself thinking "what does Keith Ballard got to do to get some playing time?" The guy blocks shots, hits (hip checks!) and fights. He does this while having a great upside given what he has accomplished in the league and the fact that he's relatively young. Still, Alain Vigneault treats him like a Manitoba Moose call-up by giving him minimal ice time and even sitting him as a healthy scratch on multiple occasions.
I don't get it, and I haven't gotten it all year long. Take last Sunday's game versus St Louis for example. He received just over 13 minutes of ice time (fewest among Canuck d-men), was a +2 and was a goal short of the Gordie Howe hat trick. AV, give this man some ice time!
The Numbers
7 - Ballard ranks 7th among Canucks defensemen with 14:08 of average ice time. That's a full three minutes per game less than Aaron Rome. That's also just barely more average ice time than Ryan Parent.
2 - As in +2 in plus-minus. He ranks third in plus minus among Canucks defensemen (tied with Kevin Bieksa and Dan Hamhuis and well ahead of Andrew Alberts, Aaron Rome and Ryan Parent who all are at -3).
8 - Keith Ballard averages 8 seconds of power play time per game. Aaron Rome averages 1:05 per game.
34 - As in 34 blocked shots, good enough for 2nd best on the team.
The Outlook
The prevailing wisdom has been that Ballard's lack of ice time was due to his recovery from off-season surgery and his concussion early on. Canucks fans better hope this is the case. To get passed over by Hamhuis on the power play is questionable and to get passed over by Aaron Rome is lunacy. It appears things may be changing, as Alain Vigneault had Ballard practicing on the second unit power play on Monday. I think ideally, Keith Ballard will find himself on a top shutdown pairing with Dan Hamhuis, playing 20+ minutes a night. Power play time might be just gravy for the 28 year old, but he should be a fixture on the PK.
So what does Keith Ballard need to do to get more ice time? Well, get healthy I guess but otherwise I think he's doing just about everything he can. Hit, block shots, fight and play well defensively. There's not much more that you can do than that.


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I don't know why, but Todd and Holland black teas leave my mouth feeling like the Sahara but I may have figured it out. Their steeping instructions call for boiling water and a steep time of 3-5 minutes. My other black teas (primarily Teavana) call for a shorter steep and slightly lower temperatures. I think next time I'll try a lower temp and shorter steep.
Otherwise, this tastes pretty good, albeit a little bitter (probably overbrewed). The almond notes are subtle but they are there. A nice addition to my tea cabinet.


text: Unless she is showing symptoms, it might be a little early to worry about it. If she had been born with neonatal lupus, you would have known about it shortly after birth. And most of the statistics say the chances of a daughter having lupus are about 10% if the mother has it too. The chances are higher that your daughter will have a positive ANA because she has a first-generation relative with lupus. But as you know, having a positive ANA doesn't mean that you necessarily have lupus, or will ever develop it. And if the ANA test was positive, you might find yourself worrying all the time that she does have it, or is going to have it - I think that kind of worry would be bad for both of you. Until the screening and testing develop a lot more than they are right now - there is no screening test that is specific for lupus in the absence of symptoms. So realistically all you can do is test for antibodies, which may not be significant in the absence of symptoms. Definitely talk to her pediatrician about it - but unless she is having problems that cause you concern, I would wait until she is closer to puberty.


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Chicago Mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. and Jones Lang LaSalle announced Monday that the two companies have forged a long-term agreement that puts Jones Lang LaSalle in control of the management and leasing responsibilities for the properties in GGP's third-party management division.
The terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but it adds 18 regional shopping malls and community centers in 11 states to JLL's already hefty 84 million-sq.-ft. portfolio in the Americas and 265-million-sq.-ft. portfolio globally.
Also as part of the deal, Jones Lang LaSalle will absorb 230 employees that work in the General Growth division. Both companies have agreed to share profits from the management contracts based on the properties' performance in the coming months and years.
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General Growth, the country's second-largest mall operator with more than 200 regional shopping malls in 44 states, sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2009 after failing to refinance portions of its $27 billion debt as they came due, filing the biggest real-estate bankruptcy in the U.S. history. However, certain subsidiaries, including GGP's third party management business conducted by General Growth Management, Inc. and GGP's joint ventures, were not filed for protection.


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Despite Mike Love having kicked out half their members, The Beach Boys have announced details of a new boxset release.
Made in California will be released on 27 August via Capitol and includes six CDs of unreleased songs, demo versions, alternate takes and live recordings.
"This box set captures the evolution of a dream which started with a family singing Everly Brothers songs around a piano, to creating the harmonies that fans would carry in their hearts for a lifetime," says Love, who know solely owes the rights to the band's name and legacy.
Meanwhile, the band's songwriter Brian Wilson recently announced that he's working on a new solo album.
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Lunch Money returns to the Triangle for a second show this year.
The South Carolina-based group that makes "indie music for the whole family" will play from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., Friday, on the University Mall Stage as part of the Chapel Hill Public Library's offerings. The show is free.
I've been a long-time fan of the group that plays some truly happy music for families - all about cookies as big as your head, a trip to the library, balloons and tiny dinosaurs. My two-year-old regularly requests "I Love My Library" from their CD "Dizzy."
They've released four CDs since 2004, including "Spicy Kid" in June (shortly after the group played at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro).
In the latest CD, the group explores the parent-child relationship, making it as much an album for parents as kids. Lead singer Molly Ledford wrote ten original songs based on her experiences as a mom. All were immediately identifiable for me.
There's "Translator" where she sings about serving as a translator for a young child who is still mainly intelligible to her parents.
"One day you will have great conversations. One day you might give a speech that wows the entire nation. But until then I'm the lucky one who listens everyday. And I will translate," Ledford sings.
In "S-P-E-L-L," I learned my two-year-old isn't the only kid who has attempted to spell words just like mommy and daddy when they are trying to talk in code (as in spelling words like N-A-P or I-C-E C-R-E-A-M when you don't want the kids to know what you're talking about).
"It's either bad news or a dessert," Ledford sings the kid's lament.
Other songs explore a walk in the rain, falling asleep on a road trip and time outs. They all tell sweet stories about those little moments of childhood - the kind, for the most part, that make it so enjoyable when we slow down and think about it.
I hope to make it to the concert on Friday. For lots of information about Lunch Money and to hear their music, check their website.


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Corey Anderson and fellow debutant Ish Sodhi (with Peter Fulton in background) are keen to get back into the Test arena.
Corey Anderson, who made his Test debut at Chittagong, is happy with the extended period between matches. "I think the break's done us well. It was tough, that first Test, my first one. We spent a lot of time on our feet, so it's been great to have a longer break than usual, and get back into training feeling refreshed and revitalised."
Anderson found his first Test tougher than he'd thought, and is keen to get back into Test match action: "It was a lot higher intensity than I was used to - when I came out, the crowd was going, and it's a lot different to four day matches, but yeah, I loved it. It's under my belt now, and I'm looking forward to the next one."
"We would've liked to have won the first one, and while our declaration gave us a chance, we've got things to work on for the next one, and hopefully we go about it the right way and come out firing."
Anderson is starting to feel at home in sub-continent conditions. "The conditions we're faced with are nothing like what we have in New Zealand, but we've had good warm ups, and some of us have been away with New Zealand A in Sri Lanka and India, so we're all been over here long enough that we know what to do.
"What ever kind of pitch is produced out there, I think we'll be able to handle it. You just have to be patient - as much as it's tough to be out there, it's your job to hang in there and get 20 wickets, we've got good plans, and hopefully they pay off."
The BLACKCAPS have two more days training at Dhaka before the second Test starts on Monday, at 4.30pm New Zealand time. The match will be covered live on SKY Sport, with live scoring here at blackcaps.co.nz and updates and more on Twitter at @BLACKCAPS.