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Pope Francis
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope on March 13, 2013, at the age of 76. The 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, he is the first Jesuit and the first to take the name Francis. He is also the first non-European leader of the church in more than 1,200 years.
News about Pope Francis, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Sep. 26, 2014
Pope Francis dismisses bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano of the Diocese of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, who was seen as a renegade by his fellow bishops and had sheltered a priest accused of molesting seminarians in several countries. MORE
Sep. 21, 2014
Pope Francis names Bishop Blase J Cupich of Spokane, Wash, to be next archbishop of Chicago; Cupich replaces combative conservative Cardinal Francis George, signaling that Francis wishes to take Roman Catholic Church in America in more inclusive direction. MORE
Sep. 15, 2014
Pope Francis marries 20 couples from the Diocese of Rome, several of whom had already lived together or borne children, counter to traditional Catholic values; selection of couples for ceremony reflects increasingly secular Italian society and signals Francis' pragmatic acceptance of changed world. MORE
Aug. 20, 2014
Pope Fancis announces that hold on the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero has been lifted, clearing the way to honor a hero of El Salvador's leftist opposition who was gunned down in 1980 while celebrating Mass; case had been blocked by conservative leaders in the Roman Catholic Church. MORE
Aug. 19, 2014
Pope Francis wraps up five-day visit to South Korea with calls for forgiveness and renewed dialogue on divided Korean Peninsula and for more humanitarian aid for North Korea. MORE
Aug. 18, 2014
Broad news coverage of Pope Francis's first visit to East Asia, which began in South Korea, is conspicuously absent in China, where Communist Party is intent on maintaining tight grip on Catholicism, even as number of Chinese followers grows each year. MORE
Aug. 17, 2014
Hundreds of thousands of Koreans gather in Seoul to witness Pope Francis lead a Mass to beatify 124 Korean Catholics; many Protestants are weary of Francis's visit, which comes as some Christian denominations are suffering image problems and stagnating membership after decades of explosive growth. MORE
Aug. 17, 2014
Nicholas Kristof Op-Ed column praises Jo Piazza book If Nuns Ruled the World for highlightingthe many ways nuns epitomize selflessness and compassion; criticizes Pope Francis and the Catholic Church for continuing to investigate and clamp down on American nuns in harsh crackdown; urges Vatican to spend less time investigating nuns and the public to spend less time mocking them. MORE
Aug. 16, 2014
North Korea denies that rockets it launched were meant to coincide with start of Pope Francis's five-day visit to South Korea. MORE
Aug. 15, 2014
Pope Francis, in his first visit to East Asia as head of the Catholic Church, offers consolation to South Koreans who lost relatives in ferry disaster in April and expresses hope for reconciliation on divided Korean Peninsula. MORE
Aug. 14, 2014
Pope Francis arrives in South Korea on first papal visit to country in a quarter-century. MORE
Aug. 13, 2014
Pope Francis prepares to visit to South Korea, his first Far East trip as pontiff, in what will be an important test of whether his popularity in the Americas and parts of Europe transfers to Asia. MORE
Aug. 7, 2014
North Korea declines to send a delegation to a Mass that Pope Francis will preside over during a visit to Seoul, South Korea. MORE
Jul. 25, 2014
Pope Francis meets with Mariam Ibraheem Ishag, Christian woman whose death sentence in Sudan for refusing to renounce her faith set off an international protest. MORE
Jul. 19, 2014
Pope Francis calls for justice to be served in deadly bombing of Buenos Aires Jewish community center 20 years ago that local courts have blamed on Iran; investigations into bombing, in which 85 people were killed, have lagged for two decades. MORE
Jul. 18, 2014
Editorial urges Pope Francis to hold bishops like St Paul-Minneapolis Archbishop John Nienstedt accountable for covering up sexual abuse by priests; highlights Nienstedt's poor handling of pedophilia scandal, under fire from all sides. MORE
Jul. 12, 2014
Pope Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI find themselves confronting odd schism of having their two countries competing in the finals of the World Cup. MORE
Jul. 10, 2014
Pope Francis appoints Jean-Baptiste de Franssu as new president of scandal-tainted Vatican Bank, continuing effort to overhaul Vatican's murky finances. MORE
Jul. 8, 2014
Pope Francis uses his first meeting with victims of clerical sexual abuse to offer his strongest condemnation of the crisis and to beg forgiveness from victims; pledges to crack down on bishops who fail to protect children. MORE
Jun. 21, 2014
Pope Francis condemns legalization of recreational drugs as failed experiment. MORE
Jun. 19, 2014
Pope Francis will beatify 124 Korean martyrs and celebrate a Mass of peace and reconciliation on the war-divided peninsula during a visit to South Korea, the first papal trip to Asia in nearly 20 years. MORE
Jun. 13, 2014
Roman Catholic bishops of the United States are grappling with the substantive and stylistic implications of Pope Francis's still-new papacy at their semiannual meeting in New Orleans; fifteen months into pontificate of Francis, bishops find themselves revisiting both how they live and what they talk about in light of Francis's emphasis on personal humility and economic justice. MORE
Jun. 7, 2014
Prayer summit meeting to be held by Pope Francis with presidents of Israel and the Palestinian Authority shows how Francis is trying to pursue his goals by positioning the Vatican as an independent, global diplomatic player. MORE
Jun. 6, 2014
Pope Francis replaces board of Vatican's Financial Information Authority, Holy See's internal regulatory office, naming four experts from Italy, Singapore, Switzerland and United States MORE
May. 28, 2014
Pope Francis announces plans to meet with sexual abuse victims for the first time as part of new zero tolerance policy toward clergy members accused of abusing minors; says Vatican is investigating three bishops suspected of involvement in such cases and answers additional questions related to papal retirement and priestly celibacy. MORE
May. 28, 2014
Memo From Jerusalem; Pope Francis returns from successful three-day trip to the Holy Land having navigated one of the world's most complex political minefields with a deft touch; elicited promise from Israeli Pres Shimon Peres and Pres Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority to jointly attend peace prayer service at the Vatican, a symbolic but important gesture following collapse of peace talks one month earlier. MORE
May. 27, 2014
Palestinians and Israelis both seize on strong symbolic gestures by Pope Francis during his visit to the Holy Land to promote their perspectives. MORE
May. 27, 2014
Pope Francis celebrates intimate Mass in the Cenacle, hall on Jerusalem's Mount Zion venerated by Christians as the room of the Last Supper; Mass caps a Holy Land pilgrimage meant to promote peace and tolerance; Francis's visit has brought ancient rivalries between Jews, Muslims and Christians to the surface. MORE
May. 26, 2014
Pope Francis invites Israeli Pres Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority Pres Mahmoud Abbas to join him at his Vatican apartment for prayer and summit meeting, inserting himself directly into effort to bring about peace in Middle East; invitation, issued during visit to Jerusalem, underscores Francis' intention to reassert Vatican's role as arbiter of international diplomacy. MORE
May. 25, 2014
Pope Francis begins his three-day visit through the Holy Land by making urgent appeal for 'peaceful solution' to Syrian civil war and 'just solution' to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. MORE
May. 24, 2014
Cardinal Timothy M Dolan, Archbishop of New York, is navigating changes in the Roman Catholic Church wrought by the election of Pope Francis; once the go-to American cardinal for many in the Vatican, Dolan, whose lifestyle is comfortable if not extravagant, says he has reflected upon Francis's call for bishops to act more like humble parish priests. MORE
May. 22, 2014
Pope Francis plans to give strong show of support for independent Palestine when he makes his first visit to the Holy Land, becoming first pontiff to travel directly into the occupied West Bank without passing through Israel; pope's prime aim is to commemorate 50th anniversary of historic meeting of Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs, but it could be overshadowed as all sides dissect his every action. MORE
May. 11, 2014
Frank Bruni Op-Ed column calls attention to fact that Archdiocese of Cincinnati is forcing more than 2,000 parochial teachers to sign specific morals clause that forbids 'homosexual lifestyle' and any 'public support' of one; notes that specificity of restrictions contradicts what Pope Francis has said about the church's undue attention to handful of divisive social issues. MORE
May. 11, 2014
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column criticizes Pope Francis for Catholic Church's crackdown on liberal American nuns who desire compromise on issues like contraception, gay relationships and the ordination of women; holds that moves undermine Francis' image of mercy, inclusion and justice. MORE
May. 7, 2014
Voice of Italy, Italian version of American television show The Voice, has become a phenomenon due to Sister Cristina Scuccia, nun who dresses in a full habit and has succeeded repeatedly on the show; some observers say Sister Cristina's success is another byproduct of the new tone established during the first year of the papacy of Pope Francis, with the outpouring of public support seen as proof of the so-called Francis effect. MORE
Apr. 28, 2014
Pope Francis elevates John XXIII and John Paul II, two of his papal predecessors, to sainthood in a ceremony bearing themes of hope and reconciliation for world's one billion Roman Catholics; never before had two popes been canonized at the same time, and pairing attracts large, joyous crowds to Vatican City. MORE
Apr. 27, 2014
Pope Francis will preside over first-of-its-kind joint canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, both iconic figures in 20th-century Roman Catholic Church; canonization is Francis's most public attempt to sew together the two men's different legacies as he pushes his own vision of a church under a big tent. MORE
Apr. 27, 2014
Ross Douthat Op-Ed column holds that the double canonization of liberal John XXIII and more conservative John Paul II symbolizes delicate synthesis that Francis has striven toward during his first year as pope; notes that Francis faces significant challenges and perils as expectations rise for doctrinal changes on subjects like divorce and communion. MORE
Apr. 12, 2014
Pope Francis, going further than his predecessors, says he takes personal responsibility for the harm done by priests who sexually abused children; pledges that the Roman Catholic Church will confront the issue unflinchingly and impose sanctions when necessary. MORE
Apr. 8, 2014
Pope Francis gives his backing to the scandal-tainted Vatican Bank to carry on, provided that it presses ahead with efforts to bring its banking practices up to international standards. MORE
Apr. 2, 2014
Archbishop Wilton D Gregory of Atlanta has apologized for his plans to build himself an opulent mansion and says he will seek counsel with priest and laypeople about whether to sell it; unhappy reaction of local Catholics to the new house in Atlanta is the latest in a series of lay uprisings since Pope Francis has chosen to live in a modest Vatican residence and denounced overspending by church leaders. MORE
Mar. 28, 2014
Pres Obama and Pope Francis focus on common concerns such as income inequality and hope for global peace during their first meeting and avoid issues of abortion and same-sex marriage, on which they differ. MORE
Mar. 27, 2014
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, German bishop of Limburg, whose extravagant spending on renovations for his personal residence angered his congregation and ran afoul of the pontiff's message of humility and modesty for the Roman Catholic Church. MORE
Mar. 27, 2014
Pres Obama will likely address income inequality in his meeting with Pope Francis, topic with similarities to antipoverty economic themes embraced by Francis in his first year. MORE
Mar. 23, 2014
Pres Obama is set to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican after a three-decade divergence from the church; although the White House hopes to find an ally and kindred spirit in a pope who preaches a gospel of social justice and inclusion, Vatican warns that Obama's recent arguments with American bishops over issues of religious freedom are a priority; what is widely overlooked about Obama is degree to which his early community organizing was steeped in social justice wing of the Roman Catholic Church. MORE
Mar. 23, 2014
Pope Francis names eight people to special commission intended to signal the Vatican's new resolve in tackling the clerical sexual abuse problem; group includes an equal number of women and men, more laypeople than clergy and an outspoken Irish activist who was abused by a priest as a child. MORE
Mar. 13, 2014
Pope Francis approaches the first anniversary of his papacy after a year in which he has become a star on magazine covers and social media, praised for his welcoming, nonjudgmental persona; his second year will likely to prove more challenging as his success has raised expectations that he can bring major change to the Roman Catholic Church. MORE
Mar. 10, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Peter Manseau contends kinder and gentler Catholicism projected by Pope Francis has made many former and lapsed Catholics reconsider the possibilities of being Catholic; examines what it means to be Catholic, particularly in light of the growing number of independent Catholic churches. MORE
Mar. 6, 2014
Pope Francis uses a newspaper interview to depict himself as a normal person who laughs, cries and misses his ailing sister; declares his frustrations with being portrayed as a superman or a star; defends Roman Catholic Church's handling of clerical pedophilia scandal and reiterates his belief that women should play a larger role in church decision making. MORE
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A Papal Decision Leaves Some Feeling Less Than Charitable
A decision by the Vatican to take over the business of issuing Papal Blessings has infuriated vendors who have been selling the benedictions for decades.
October 2, 2014, Thursday
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Vatican Investigates Missouri Bishop Who Shielded Pedophile Priest
The Roman Catholic Church is investigating Bishop Robert W. Finn, who was convicted in 2012 for failing to report a priest suspected of sexual abuse of children.
September 30, 2014, Tuesday
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Beatification Brings Opus Dei Into the Open
The beatification Mass for a former leader of Opus Dei is an unusually public show of force for the movement, one of the most powerful and discreet in Catholicism.
September 27, 2014, Saturday
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Francis Removes Bishop Under Cloud in Paraguay
Some see the pope meting out discipline after an era plagued by misconduct and cover-ups, though the target of the dismissal protested the handling of related circumstances.
September 26, 2014, Friday
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Pope Sets Tone in U.S. by Naming Inclusive Prelate as Chicago Archbishop
Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Wash., has been chairman of the bishops' committee responding to the sexual abuse crisis, and has been unusually forthright in criticizing the church's record on abuse.
September 21, 2014, Sunday
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In Weddings, Pope Francis Looks Past Tradition
In marrying 20 couples, including some who had already lived together, the pope continued to project the image of a more forgiving church.
September 15, 2014, Monday
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A Church for the Poor
Pope Francis is reversing the Vatican's Cold War stance against liberation theology.
September 5, 2014, Friday
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Former Israeli President Proposes Global Peace Initiative in Talks With Pope
Shimon Peres presented a plan to create "a sort of United Nations for religions," based on the assumption that religion rather than nationalism is at the root of most current conflicts.
September 5, 2014, Friday
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The Vatican's Defrocked Diplomat
The scandal over former Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski is a test of the commitment to reform from Pope Francis.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
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Pope Francis' Flights Yield Candid Conversations
Talking to reporters on his way home from South Korea, the pope touched on military intervention in Iraq, the beatification of an assassinated archbishop, and his own neuroses.
August 20, 2014, Wednesday
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Pope Francis in South Korea
The pope's visit was a highly symbolic time for the Vatican and the country's 5.1 million Catholics.
Pope and South Korean President on Peace
Pope Francis, in his visit to Seoul, called for efforts toward reconciliation between North and South Korea. Meanwhile, President Park Geun-hye urged North Korea to give up its nuclear ambition.
Pope Meets Clergy Sex Abuse Victims
Pope Francis spoke after meeting with six victims of clerical sex abuse.
Pope Francis Meets With Peres and Abbas
Pope Francis, the Israeli president Shimon Peres and the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas spoke after a peace prayer meeting in the Vatican gardens.
Pope Makes Plea for Peace
Francis made his first visit to the Holy Land, making strong symbolic gestures to promote the perspectives of the Palestinian and Israeli leaderships.


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Christina Paxson says in a campus-wide letter Wednesday that she is forming a committee made up of faculty and students to examine the Oct. 29 lecture.
Kelly's speech had to be canceled when students and members of the broader community refused to let him speak. They were protesting his department's "stop and frisk" policy.
Paxson previously has called the disruption an affront to the Ivy League university's core values.
She says the committee will look at how the event was managed. She also says she'll use the findings to help decide if students should be disciplined.
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Constance Donovan is the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate. The position was created when the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) was signed into law on July 6, 2012. The PBGC Board selected Ms. Donovan to serve as a liaison between the Corporation and participants and plan sponsors and to advocate on behalf of retirees. Prior to joining PBGC in December 2013, Ms. Donovan served as a pension counsel in the Office of the General Counsel at the Department of the Treasury. Previously, Ms. Donovan worked with PBGC during her tenure at the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration. While there, Ms. Donovan coordinated daily activities between PBGC's board agencies comprised of the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Commerce, and PBGC staff to assist in the Board's oversight functions. Ms. Donovan also served as executive director and general counsel to several prominent public pension plans. She began her career in business with NCR Corporation where she assumed increasing management and leadership responsibilities within the company. Ms. Donovan earned her LL.M. in Taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center, her J.D. degree from the American University Washington College of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College.
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Leslie Kramerich rejoined PBGC in October 2012 and is now Senior Advisor. Leslie is an attorney who has been a Congressional staff member for both sides of the Hill and both sides of the aisle. She has worked for authorizing and appropriations committees. She has been a law partner with Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, a part of Mercer Human Resource Consulting's Washington Resource Group, a retirement and tax lobbyist for the Investment Company Institute, an Assistant Secretary of Labor heading what is now the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and a consultant to varied organizations including the Aspen Institute's Initiative on Financial Security, the Pension Rights Center, AFSCME and AARP. She was part of PBGC from 1993 to 1998 as Attorney-Advisor to the Chief Negotiator and was closely involved with the Early Warning Program.
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Alice Maroni is Chief Management Officer. She came to PBGC in May 2011 after ten years at the Smithsonian Institution where she served as Chief Financial Officer, with responsibility for the Institution's financial integrity, including budgeting and contracting services. Before joining the Smithsonian, Ms. Maroni was Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). In that capacity, she advised the Pentagon leadership on all budgetary and fiscal matters and management improvement programs. On a day-to-day basis, she directed the justification of the budget to Congress, managed departmental negotiations on the budget in the inter-agency process, and oversaw the execution of the annual budget. On an interim basis, she served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, functioning as the Department's chief of staff. Prior to her tour in the Pentagon, Ms. Maroni was a professional staff member of the House Armed Services Committee, advising and assisting the Chairman and other committee members on defense budget, financial, and economic issues. Before joining the committee staff, she worked in the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress. Ms. Maroni graduated from Mount Holyoke College and earned a masters degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She is also a graduate of the National War College. Ms. Maroni is a recipient of the Distinguished Federal Leadership Award given by the Association of Government Accountants. She is a certified Government Financial Manager and a member of both the Association of Government Accountants and the American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC), serving as the National President of ASMC from May 1995 to May 1996.
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J. Jioni Palmer is Acting Chief Policy Officer. Prior to joining PBGC, Mr. Palmer was Communications Director for the Congressional Black Caucus where he was responsible for developing and implementing a proactive national communications strategy to raise the profile of the 42 member caucus, which included the House Majority Whip, four full committee chairs and 18 sub-committee chairs. Immediately prior, Mr. Palmer served as National Press Secretary at Media Matters for America where he helped coordinate a multi-pronged rapid response media relations, external affairs and online advocacy operations with nationwide reach. Previously, Mr. Palmer served as press secretary for the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives overseeing communications strategy involving multiple policy areas including tax, health, and social services. Before March 2007, he was a reporter with Newsday, where he started as a summer intern in 1999 and subsequently covered the various levels of government and politics in New York. Joining the Washington bureau in September 2004 as Newsday's Congressional Correspondent, he began reporting on the daily activities on Capitol Hill, focusing on the New York delegation. He was awarded a Newsday Publisher's Award for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent rebuilding of New Orleans. Mr. Palmer is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles where he majored in African American Studies.
Sanford (Sandy) Rich is Chief of Negotiations and Restructuring. Sandy joined PBGC in 2012 and has long and varied experience in business, in finance and in restructuring. Immediately before joining PBGC, he was a Managing Director of Whitemarsh Capital Advisors, LLC, which provides restructuring and financial advisory services to businesses in the healthcare, real estate, housing, manufacturing, media, energy, retailing and technology industries. Prior to that, he served for decades in senior leadership roles at Merrill Lynch in investment banking, GEM Capital as a manager of investment portfolios, and Citicorp managing the loan business. Sandy has operating experience serving as CEO, Director and Audit Committee Chairman of both public and private companies. Sandy graduated with a BS from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and received his MBA from New York University Stern School of Business.
Judith Starr is General Counsel. She came to PBGC in July 2005 from the Department of the Treasury, where she served as chief counsel of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network with responsibility for administering the Bank Secrecy Act. In that position, she oversaw the creation of information-sharing mechanisms among government entities and the financial services industry, and the expansion of suspicious-activity reporting and anti-money laundering requirements. Prior to that, she was assistant chief litigation counsel in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement. Ms. Starr also served as a special prosecutor for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She has published a number of articles on both securities and bankruptcy law, and is a recipient of the SEC's Stanley Sporkin Award for outstanding contributions to SEC enforcement. Ms. Starr began her legal career as a clerk to Judge William Schwarzer of the U.S. District Court for Northern California. Before entering government service, she was a commercial litigator in private practice in Los Angeles. Ms. Starr received her juris doctor from Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and her bachelor of arts from the College of William and Mary.
Dr. Barry C. West is Chief Information Officer. He came to PBGC in March 2013 after five years in the private sector as the Executive Vice President of SE Solutions Inc. He has more than 30 years of information technology experience, and uniquely combines the expertise of a technologist with that of a business leader in the government IT community. Prior to his last position in the private sector, Dr. West was the Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Chief Information Officer and Director of the IT Services Division for the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Chief Information Officer of the National Weather Service. He also held IT leadership positions at the General Services Administration, the National Technical Information Service, the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Air Force, and Tab Books Inc. Dr. West earned his Executive Doctorate of Business degree at the Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University. He earned his Executive Master of Science degree in Information Technology from the University of Maryland University College, where he also completed the Chief Information Officer Certificate Program. He earned a Master of Science degree in Administration from Central Michigan University and Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Northern Michigan University. In addition, he is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business, Advanced Management Program (AMP). Dr. West is the recipient of numerous awards including the Federal Computer Week's FED 100 and the CES Government Leadership Award. He is the current President of the Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) and former President of the American Council for Technology / Industry Advisory Council (2003-2007). He teaches as an adjunct assistant professor in the graduate school at the University of Maryland University College.


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The neurosurgeon says he wouldn't recommend it now as I look pretty functional, but if it gets bad again, he says I am a candidate and this type of surgery has a 97% improvement rate. Of course that 3% involves having numb legs and/or paralysis from the waist down.
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Four little nosegay Pennie Pockets of Valentine happiness. Fill with treats and love... hang on a front door handle... ring the doorbell... and RUN!
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- 2 strips (2 - 1½" strips) from a roll of Sweet Honey Buns.
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- Pearl beads in assorted sizes.
1. Select 4 slices of Layer Cake (4 - 10"x10" pieces) and cut each piece diagonally once for your outer pocket and liner pocket pieces.
2. Arrange your outer pocket and liner triangles into four units.
3. Select 2 slices of Layer Cake (2- 10"x10" pieces) and cut in half horizontally and then in half vertically to yield eight 5" squares for prairie points and yo-yo's. Arrange 2 groups - four pieces for prairie points, and 4 pieces for yo-yo's. Make four yo-yo's according to the directions from your Clover yo-yo maker (or use your favorite yo-yo making method if no Clover tool is used).
4. Make 4 prairie points total by diagonally folding the wrong sides together of each 5" square. Press. Fold over again diagonally. Press.
5. Cut four 1½" x 16" pieces from two Honey Bun strips. (two from each strip)
6. Fold and press handle strip in half lengthwise with wrong side inside. Open and press long edges to center. Refold in half and press. Repeat for all handle strips. Top-stitch on outer edges to finish handles.
7. Pin a prairie point on center on it's raw edge to the edge of the outer pocket piece. Pin raw edges of handle on each side of the prairie point.
8. Tuck the handle ends half way under the prairie point.
9. Pin liner pocket piece to outer pocket piece. Sew a 1/4" seam to join pieces. Back-stitch beginning and end of seam.
10. Press unit towards the liner piece. Flip one pressed side about an inch in the opposite pressing direction and press (see photo in step 13). This will help your unit nest nicely in the step 12.
11. Tuck handle under prairie point. This will help keep your handle from migrating into the seam in the next step.
12. Fold over diagonally, right sides together. Stitch a ¼" seam around edge, stopping about an inch past the turn (right blue pin). Leave about a 3" opening for turning, and continue stitching the edge (after left blue pin). Back-stitch all beginning and ending stitches.
13. Trim all corner points about ⅛" from seam to reduce bulk after turning.
14. Turn unit inside out. A chop-stick makes for a great turning/pointy poking tool, especially if it's cute like my little strawberry one. Pin turn-opening closed, and top-stitch or whip-stitch edges closed.
15. Sew a pearl bead to a yo-yo center. Secure with knot. Sew yo-yo to the bottom point of the prairie point. Secure with a knot and hide thread tail between prairie point layers.
16. To attache dangle beads, take your chop-stick or turning tool and make sure liner point is as far down into the pocket as possible. With needle and thread, exit needle at the pennie's point. Thread 3 beads, from large to medium to small. Make a "u-turn" and thread back into medium and then large bead. Pull taught (but not too taught). Enter the needle back into the pennie's point and knot-off and hide thread tail in between layers of fabric.
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More heavy rains, anywhere from one to three inches in some places, are in the forecast.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation did reopen several roads that had closed Sunday from high water or water over the roadway. Those include Highway 76 between Caledonia and Houston and Highway 16 near Houston.
In Wisconsin, flooding continues along the Kickapoo River. What the National Weather Service describes as moderate flooding is occurring around the Gays Mills and Stueben areas. The forecast calls for floodwaters to recede, although waters may rise again depending on how much rain falls in the region.
A state of emergency was declared for Crawford, Grant, and Houston counties due to the flooding and road damage.
A series of weekend storms dumped heavy rains throughout southeastern Minnesota causing widespread damage, but no reported injuries.
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I'll have to do some guesswork here as I have not tasted these wines in other than regular format bottles. More than that, I do not know how Castel's bottling line is set up for corking of large format bottles. Thus....keep in mind that my projections are merely guesses and could be off in one direction or the other. You might do well to send an email to the winery. I'm sure their predictions will be for longer drinking windows but striking a mean between the estimate of the critic and the producer might be interesting.
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Michael P wrote:
Would the 2002 be now-2011?
Daniel Rogov wrote:2002 was indeed a problematic vintage in Israel (what I often refer to as the "2002 Curse") and an interesting year for Castel because this was the year that they released two Grand Vin editions - the "regular" edition and their first kosher edition.
For the regular edition - drink up.
For the kosher edition - drink now or in the next year or so
Stephen W wrote:I have a 2002 magnum VC Cab from Ella Valley .What is the opinion on this?
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My favorite kind of actor is a That Guy actor. You know -- the actors who turn up in 400 thousand movies, and you definitely recognize them, but darned if you know their names. Yeah, That Guys.
Well, here's a documentary about one.
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party (2005)
Prolific That Guy actor Stephen Tobolowski gets interviewed about his life and career. His friends are also interviewed at his birthday party.
OK, we're all familiar with the concept of a Hollywood "That Guy", right? A That Guy is an actor who has appeared in dozens, if not hundreds, of films, but has never achieved stardom. You see him in a movie; you recognize him; but you don't know his name. Such an actor never stars in anything, but he pops up in countless supporting roles with an appearance that never seems to change. Maybe if you spotted him in a restaurant or something, you'd tap your companion on the elbow and say, "Hey, I know that guy!" but that's as far as the situation could go. Below are some examples of That Guys:
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Anyway, several years ago, I had the idea of doing a documentary about a That Guy. I hadn't settled on which one, but I figured that I could find one that everybody would recognize, and do a series of interviews with him about his long career in Hollywood. Maybe he'd have lots of great stories about working with the A-listers. What would he have to say about never quite reaching that status himself??? Would you rather work constantly in smaller roles, or would you have preferred to hit the big-time, if even temporarily? Did your acting career pan out like you'd once hoped? Hey, it seemed like an interesting idea at the time. The film would have been called That Guy.
Needless to say, of course, I never even came close to pursuing such a project; but that's OK -- REAL filmmaker Robert Brinkman got the same idea a few years later, and actually did something with it.
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party is basically what I described above. The prolific That Guy (perhaps best known for playing annoying salesman Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day) shares stories from his long career at his 50th birthday bash. Now, I THOUGHT that the movie would be fascinating, but I must admit that its great concept started to wear thin pretty quick. Although Stephen seems like a really nice guy, his stories...well...they're kinda boring. He doesn't say much about the hundreds of TV shows and motion pictures he's worked on, and instead mostly focuses on things from his private life. While it might be somewhat charming to listen to someone like him recall the day his daughter was born, it doesn't make for a good 90 minute documentary.
I was hoping to learn more about what it's like to work in Hollywood than what it's like to be a family man who must spend a lot of time away from home. Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party is a compelling enough study of an individual, but it doesn't quite live up to its real potential. I wanted to hear DIRT about the big stars with whom Stephen has worked! Then again, a veteran like him would probably be too smart to go around sharing such stories. To be a successful That Guy, you've got to be well-liked by those around you.
I must hand it Robert Brinkman for having a fantastic idea for a film. Plus, Stephen seems lie a nice guy. In the end, however, that's really all this one amounts to -- a great concept that doesn't hold up so well when executed.
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Well yeah, but that was before he batted .417 in the playoffs.
Just a couple months ago, Peralta sat exposed as one of the Biogenesis 12, issuing an apology of admittance and regret. He (like the others) stood as the personification of all that was wrong and evil in the game, and a shiny trophy for the MLB brass.
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The short memories that dominate the Jhonny Peralta postseason embrace expose an uncomfortable truth in sports – if a dude produces results, he can pretty much do anything and we'll be cool with it. I'm not against forgiveness. I believe in second chances and respect that Jhonny Peralta never offered an excuse for his lapse in judgment. He took his penalty, served his time, and ought to be welcomed back.
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Do talk to her. But I would recommend not assuming a lie (Or at least not outright accusing her of lying) I would compliment her on what looks like the smarts to practise safe sex, as you'd found a wrapper.
It is possible that while you were gone, she went over to her partner, had sex, and put the wrapper in a pocket, only to empty it later in the bathroom bin. Probably she's lying, but if you assume she is and she's not, you hurt her quite a bit, and also show her that she might as well lie, since you assume she is anyway.
And if you want to get a hint about if she is lying or not, just ask her what brand of condom it was. If she put it in her pocket, it's most likely because she supplied it, but if she had someone over and he went into the bathroom to put on the glove, chances are she doesn't have the faintest idea what brand it is. It's not a foolproof, but can give you a hint.


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