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The Cross & the Pen: Author Kathleen Jackson
- Eva Marie Everson Contributing Writer
- 2004 28 Sep
Welcome to "The Cross & the Pen," Crosswalk.com's author-to-author interview column!
One of my dearest friends in the whole wide world is Kathleen Jackson, publisher of The Godly Business Woman Magazine. Nearly every weekday morning she and I sludge through the humid Florida climate, walking and praying our way to becoming healthier (both physically and spiritually). Over the past couple of years I have heard her heart's desire being laid before the Lord; to write a book designed to help women (both those in the corporate world and those who have professionalized homemaking. What a God-thing that we were together when she received the news of its upcoming publishing and then again when the first book came to her via special delivery!
Recently, we got together to talk about her newest book, "The Godly Business Woman Magazine Guide to Cooking and Entertainment" (co-compiled and editing with Tracey Davison, editor of the magazine), published by Living Ink Books (an imprint of AMG Publishers). Wanna listen in?
Eva: Kathleen, let's get first things out of the way first. This book is NOT a cookbook, as I've heard you say numerous times. (Laughing.) So, tell me what it is exactly!
Kathleen: It is a guide to entertaining. So many women say I can't have people over, my house is too small, my carpet is so old, etc. We want to educate women that it is not the bricks and mortar that is important. It is the heart of the house. We wrote the book in response to our readers from The Godly Business Woman Magazine.
Eva: What made you (as the publisher of The Godly Business Woman Magazine, a magazine for and about women in the workplace) want to write a book about entertainment, especially as it relates to their homes? Did someone inspire you?
Kathleen: We featured Vonette Bright [wife of the late Dr. Bill Bright and cofounder of Campus Crusade for Christ] on the GBW Magazine several years ago and it was at that time I was given her book the joy of hospitality and from the moment I read it, I was convicted that I needed to do something like that for working women. The number one need for the working woman is balance in their life. This book will help ladies (and men) understand they can entertain 5, 50 or 500 people and do it with ease, stay within budget and have it all completed on time.
Eva: Kathleen, from a godly perspective, why is hospitality so important?
Kathleen: When people are treated with hospitality it disarms them and makes them receptive to hear the Good News. It shows you care about excellence and about making them feel special.
Eva: I couldn't agree with you more! So, tell me about the layout of this book! Let's start with the cover, which, by the way is gorgeous! What do you think the cover says about what readers will find inside?
Kathleen: I think the cover says class! That is what we were striving for, Simple class! It looks like a picnic table with china on it, doesn't it?
Eva: Simple and elegant! I love it! So, inside you have divided things into three sections. Tell me about them.
Kathleen: The first section is about entertaining. We start off with the purpose – using your home for evangelism. Then we move on to planning the event, menus, basic etiquette, nutritional know how, and we end that section with a chapter written by Mary Hunt ("The Cheapskate Gourmet") showing us how to make an ordinary meal a memorable occasion. We move in to special occasions – celebrations, breakfasts, brunches, dinner with family and friends, buffets etc. We have planning chapters that cover engagement parties, wedding celebrations, baby showers, retirement parties etc. These chapters are filled with tips to plan your meal from the food to the scent of candle to burn to enhance the aroma in the room! We offer menus, invitation ideas, as well as entertainment for these sections.
Section three starts off with gifts from the heart, and then moves into some fun holidays like Valentines Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. We want to be the resource where women go to entertain with excellence. If we are to do it unto the Lord, then we are to do it with excellence. Excellence does not necessarily mean expensive or difficult. We are so proud to bring this resource to ladies to put them at ease when they open the doors of their home to entertain. We also show you how to entertain in a restaurant if necessary. This book will have answers for all your entertaining needs and is done in full color with pictures that jump off the pages and say, "Eat me!"
Eva: They do! (Laughing.) You and your magazine editor, Tracey Davison, compiled and edited the book. Tell me a little about those who contributed to this work.
Kathleen: We were blessed with contributing writers for this project. They all saw the vision to help women entertain with excellence and we are so grateful and thankful to the quality of writers that God brought to us. Some of our contributors include Vonette Bright – a.k.a. The Queen of Hospitality – Mary Hunt, Marita Littauer, who is a gourmet cook herself! Doris Christopher, founder of The Pampered Chef, contributed her talent to this project as well, and of course you ... Eva Marie Everson … penned our Christmas chapter.
Eva: Oh, but of course! (Laughing again.)
Kathleen: There are many more talented men and women that contributed to this book but "you will have to buy the book to learn the rest of them!"
Eva: You are so funny. But those are great names, Kathleen – and I'm not talking about mine. What a thrill to have so much from so many wonderful writers give so much information in one easy to use book! In your heart's eye, how do you see this book being used?
Kathleen: I see this book being used by women to bring people into their homes and introduce them to a relationship with Christ. Isn't that what it is all about? Our prayer is that once women get comfortable opening the doors of their home and entertaining, that they do it for Him as a ministry. Women love food so why not invite women into your home and let them feel the Spirit of Jesus through your hospitality and that, like I said earlier, will disarm them and make them ready to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. Good hospitality will put people at ease and make your event flow smoothly. Remember, of course, to have a purpose for the event and we pray that purpose is to introduce them to our Savior.
Eva: Kathleen, in closing, I always ask our authors to say a prayer. Would you say a short one for those businesswomen out there who struggle to balance home and the workplace?
Kathleen: Certainly. Father God, I lift up all precious women to you. I pray that women will have a desire to draw close to you Lord, and at the same time that women would be the light that would bring people to you by their actions and words Lord. Father, I pray that women would extend the hand of hospitality to people from all walks of life. I pray that you bring people to us that we can impact, Lord. Whether it is by our words, deeds, or in our homes, Lord, help us to be the light in this dark world. I pray for the single mother who has to run her household. Father, I pray that you give her strength to make it through each day Lord. I pray for financial blessings on her home and that her children would be safe. Bless the efforts of our hands Lord and help us to produce Godly disciples with our children. Father, we will remember to thank you and praise you for our jobs and families. For all you do Lord, we are so unworthy, and I thank you, oh yes, Father, I thank you. For loving us when we don't deserve it, and I pray that we extend that same grace and mercy to others. Jesus, I love you and I exalt your name on high. Amen.
Eva: Amen.
For more information about The Godly Business Woman Magazine, please visit www.godlybusinesswoman.com.
Kathleen Jackson is the Founder and Publisher of The Godly Business Woman Magazine, which she launched in 1998 to educate, inspire and encourage women to be all they can be through Jesus Christ. In addition to her responsibilities as Publisher, Kathleen co-hosts a daily radio program, "The Morning Light" on AM950 WTLN in Orlando, Florida, and is a guest host on Super Channel 55 Pinnacle, featured worldwide on Angel Network. She is also a motivational speaker to varied audiences and was most recently featured on Billy Graham's Hour of Decision. She resides in Casselberry, Florida, with her husband Royce. Her daughter Michelle is married to a pastor and lives in Orlando, Florida with their two children (and one on the way).
Eva Marie Everson is the very busy author of fiction works like "Shadow of Dreams", "Summon the Shadows", and "Shadows of Light" and nonfiction works like "Intimate Encounters with God" and "Intimate Moments with God." To find out more about having her come to speak to your group, visit www.evamarieeverson.com.


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Q: What's your favorite hobby outside of baseball? Do you play a musical instrument?
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WASHINGTON -- The federal government conditionally approved eight additional states to run health exchanges Thursday, bringing the total to 20 states that will have the programs that were authorized by the 2010 federal health care law.
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LaVarr McBride, instructor in administration of justice at Penn State Beaver, was the featured guest speaker at last week's luncheon of the Rotary Club of Beaver. McBride also is the program coordinator and internship supervisor for the administration of justice program which is delivered jointly with Penn State New Kensington and Penn State Shenango.
In his presentation, "How to Avoid the Harms of Social Media," McBride discussed potential dangers of modern technology, including sharing personal information and photos online. He also emphasized the importance of being aware of cyber bullies and threats as well as avoiding the misuse of texting, cell phones and other social media.
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Daily Archives: August 8, 2009
Greetings from the homeland!
Happy Saturday! :) I can say that this week, cause I'm not working!
Made it to my mom's place safe and sound last night, despite some tricky weather.
Can you see the rainbow? Yeah, it eventually turned into this…
And then the heavens opened up and I got stuck in a torrential downpour. I almost pulled over, but I instead just decided to drive through it. My old car had winter tires on it, so it handled quite well in the rain (yes, I kept the snow tires on all year). But my new car is a hydroplaning machine, so it's a little unsettling! Luckily, I had the Pixies Doolittle album to sing along to and keep me calm :)
I slept for a whole 8.5 hours last night, it was wonderful! I almost had a PB&J as my pre-workout snack, but I had a banana that was on its last leg instead. I need more PB&J in my life soon though! (maybe with grape jelly?)
Anyways, I headed down to my mom's gym which lets you pay per visit. It's brand new and full of shmancy equipment. I did my usual gym workout.
5 minutes easy on the elliptical
15 minutes HIIT on the elliptical
15 minutes on the rowing machine
A1 – Deadlift:
3 sets @ 60 lbs x 8
B1 – Incline dumbbell shoulder press:
3 sets @ 20 lbs ea x 8
B2 – Step-up:
3 sets @ 25 lbs ea x 8
C1 – Horizontal woodchop:
3 sets @ 25 lbs x 8
C2 – Back extension:
3 sets @ 25 lbs x 8
C3 – Plank
3 sets @ 90 sec
Duration: 1:09
Avg HR: 128
Max HR: 166
Calories: 433
Stellar workout! Great way to start my day home :) Afterwards, I wandered down to the Farmer's Market which was only a 5 min walk away. I tried to take a picture inside, but it was packed!!
One of the reasons why I don't like the market. I do not handle crowds well at all.
I did however find what I was looking for – Middle Eastern food!
As if you're surprised ;) This is what they called a "meat plate." Aka, rice, sliced chicken, tabbouli, chickpea salad topped with a little lettuce, tomato, black olives and homemade tzatziki. Mmmm… This was HUGE, and heavy! A great post-workout meal. I ate all the tabbouli, most of the chicken, about half the chickpea salad and barely any of the rice. I saved the leftovers for some future meal…
I of course also picked up some local produce.
- Gooseberries
- Blueberries
- Mini carrots
- Tomatoes
- Ginormous zucchini
I was most excited by the gooseberries since I've never tried them before. The lady assured me they were picked very ripe and not too bitter.
It was kinda like a more sour and softer version of a grape? I need more time with these…
I'm staying at my mom's house all by myself. My mom, her partner in crime, his kids, and the dogs are all at the cottage. So it's just me and Fergus holding down the fort. Poor Fergie has been left to his own devices and was getting lonely. He's been rubbing up against me and pawing at me like mad. He even slept right next to me last night!
I've been trying to take a picture to show you guys how handsome he is, but he won't stop lovin' me!
Finally!!! He may be a little chunky, but my mom and I think he's the most beautiful cat we've ever seen ;) And yes, I was hanging out on my mom's kitchen floor. It's always so clean and inviting! :P
Okee, I'm off to go shopping, maybe stop by my Nana's place, then I'm off to my dad's for a barbecue! He's making steak, but I told him I don't like steak, so he's picking up pork chops for me instead. Going to be another meat experiment for me!
Have a great day everyone! :)


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SERIES: Fundamental Rules Of Money Management VI
In this series, I have been sharing some thoughts on some fundamental rules of money management that are time-tested and known to be true. If applied, these rules can help you take your finances to the next level.
Rule #6 Your business idea has a much better chance of succeeding when there is a strategic plan and a financial plan.
As a financial counselor, I routinely meet with small business owners who started their own businesses. Some of them have been wildly successful. Others have not had the success that they had expected and desired. There are always a few exceptions, but it has become very apparent to me that individuals who take the time and effort to prepare a strategic business plan AND a "Seed Fund" for their idea have a better chance at succeeding.
A strategic plan includes developing critical milestones that must be achieved and establishing detailed action steps necessary to achieve them. It should also include financial targets that must be achieved for the business to be considered a successful effort.
Having some money available to start the business with is essential as well. I have seen too many good business ideas fail before they could mature simply because the business was too highly leveraged with debt.
And of course, one should always remember Warren Buffets number one rule of money management – "Don't lose money."


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using a continuation. This helps avoid deeply nested callbacks and consolidates
error handling for chains of tasks.
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doSomething returns a
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AuthResult, which we will get asynchronously from a task:
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If your program is already executing in a background thread you can block a task to get the result synchronously and avoid callbacks:
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You can also specify a timeout when blocking a task so that your application does not hang:
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After 20 years my wife left me for another man. I became angry at God and said I didn't want any part of him. I think now I was trying to force God's hand and have him come to my aid, but I was back to church the same week. Now I am in the reformed faith and I understand how foolish I was in saying that. Could God forgive me of that childish rant or have I lost all chance of repenting?
I have the best news any sinner can hear! 1 John 1:9 tells us: "If we confess our sin, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness." Further, Romans 11:29 adds: "For the gift and call of God are without repentance." Malachi reminds us that he is God and he does not change. Now, if you are a believer, as your Reformed theology tells you, you are so by God's gift and call (Eph. 2:8; Rom. 8:29-30). Therefore, if God has called you, for him to fail to forgive you or not give you the gift of repentance unto life (Acts 11:18), the impossible would have to happen. The God of heaven and earth who has declared, "I am God, I change not," would have to change! Now tell me (and tell yourself too) the answer to your question. As I love to tell the congregation here each Sunday when we confess our sins corporately, "You who have trusted in Christ for salvation, your sins are forgiven you." All of them are forgivenbar nonefor Christ died for all of your sins, past, present and future. They are forgotten.
Finally, I have some sympathy for your former predicament. I am a manipulator (I should say, a futile attempted manipulator) who is well practiced at trying to get God to do things for me. I think he must smile at my weak attempts, just as I smiled at my small children years ago who tried to do things that were impossible for lack of strength. I am truly sorry for your past grief. Now join us, your fellow believers, in rejoicing in the grace of a loving Father in heaven who does no wrong but only good for us.
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Aggregates cease/stop arising/emptiness ensues/consciousness ceases/'pitch black emptiness' for a moment (or two)(this is the culmination of the vipassana practice mentioned above.
15. Path Knowledge
It is followed immediately by knowledge that abides in that same Nibbana, which is void of formations since it is the cessation of them. This is called "path knowledge."[43] It is also called "purification by knowledge and vision."
16. Fruition Knowledge
That again is immediately followed by knowledge that belongs to the final stage and continues in the course of its predecessor. It abides in that same Nibbana, which is void of formations since it is the cessation of them. This is called "fruition knowledge."
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Research presented to the Society for Experimental Biology's meeting in Salzburg, Austria used street athletes to measure the energy expenditure of different modes of navigating a forest. What they discovered was swaying from tree to tree was the most efficient mode of travel for the orangutan.
Orangutans, sometimes referred to as the "old man of the forest", primarily dwell high in the tree canopy. They are the largest of the tree dwelling animals. Dr. Lewis Halsey of the University of Roehampton set out find out why it is they get about the forest the way they do. Using Parkour athletes, which are athletes that specialize in efficient movement around obstacles, they measured the energy it takes to move from tree to tree using different modes of locomotion. They outfitted the athletes with masks that measured their oxygen levels while performing various tasks similar to what the orangutans would do. Using humans as stand-ins was the only logical way as orangutans are not likely to cooperate with masks as they climbed about an obstacle course. In the BBC footage embedded below, you can see the athletes performing the various exercises.
Parkour Research from University of Roehampton on Vimeo.
According to Dr. Halsey, the Parkour athletes were the perfect stand-in for they are "professional parkour practitioners (free runners) who display elite gymnastic and athletic abilities." They used the athletes to measure 3 types of locomotion: swaying, climbing, and leaping. What the team discovered is that swaying through the trees is the most efficient way for these large animals to travel about. This also explains how the orangutans are able to live on a diet of mostly fruit which is not a significant source of energy.
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New Hartford Board of Education, parents confront Dattco on security issues after 'adult friend' of driver let on bus
NEW HARTFORD >> More than 70 people packed New Hartford School District's Ann Antolini School for what felt like an intervention with district's transportation contractor, Dattco Inc. A public meeting with Dattco's chief operating officer became the district's top agenda item after a company bus driver was allowed to bring a male "adult friend" on board during her route.
On Feb. 21, a female bus driver asked New Hartford terminal managers, and was granted permission, to pick up a friend while driving home children. Dattco COO Cliff Gibson called the incident, "clearly poor judgment."
Gibson said he'd come to the meeting, "to restore confidence in Dattco," and said the company would, "not shrink from our contractual or moral obligations."
"Policy memos about who is allowed to ride the school buses," were sent out to employees, said Gibson. Additionally, the employees involved received, "discipline and corrective action," but Gibson declined to say of what kind, calling it a "personnel matter." He did however confirm that the manager and driver involved still work for Dattco.
Not only were the board and parents apparently displeased at the incident, one parent said the incident, "put fear in me," but the incident was not the community's first complaint about Dattco service.
"We've got examples of rides being late or people being told to cross a highway. Do you have drivers that self-report that?" asked Board of Education member Sue Lundin.
"I'd like to give you an honest answer: yes and no," said Gibson, saying some drivers would not report incidents if they feared punishment. "We've got drivers out there by themselves," Gibson said.
Board of Education Chair Bryan Keilty said the district has experienced, "really, a lot of problems," with Dattco in the 2012-2013 school year. "Seems like we've spent an inordinate amount of time focusing on these issues," Keilty said.
"It's probably attributable to polishing up the diligence," said Gibson, who said he was, "bringing in some of the most experienced terminal managers," for the New Hartford bus terminal.
"Maybe you're too big for New Hartford," Keilty said. Dattco owns and operates 897 school buses and 113 mini-school buses in Connecticut and Rhode Island, according to the federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
"I've heard from numerous people, that when they complained to Dattco that they were treated as if their concerns had no merit," said New Hartford Selectman and parent, Alesia Kennerson. She continued that, "I further suggest that this is the last contract that the school board ever enters into with Dattco."
Nevertheless, Gibson said he wanted to, "right this ship." Attorney for the New Hartford Board of Education, Rebecca Santiago, said it didn't appear that Dattco wanted a "contractual dispute" with the board. Santiago suggested that Dattco inform the board in writing of when it can expect new management to come to the New Hartford terminal.
Superintendent Philip O'Reilly suggested to the board that Dattco return in one month, for the New Hartford Board of Education's next meeting.
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In That Holy Place
Young Women Selected Songs: A Song of the Heart
Where the spirit teaches truth and testifies of Christ.
There with-in that holy place our hearts are made as one,
United by the pow'r of God in pure eternal love.
2. Holy temple where we learn creation's grand design,
Where our souls will be endowed with power from on high.
There we kneel, our hearts prepared to cov'nant with our Lord,
And there His Spirit binds our lives in love forever more.
3. Holy temple where we bless our loved ones gone before,
Where eternal ties are sealed by sacred priesthood pow'r.
There we turn our hearts to those who gave us life and birth.
How beautiful that holy place where heaven dwells on earth.
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A 45-year-old Harford County woman was arrested Friday inside a department store and charged with animal cruelty for leaving her dog outside in a car for 90 minutes amid blazing temperatures, police said.
The Harford County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to the Kohl's on Osborne Parkway in Forest Hill at about 4 p.m. and found an Australian cattle/beagle mix locked in a vehicle. The windows were cracked about 1 inch, and the dog was panting heavily and foaming from the mouth, police said.
Deputies used equipment to open the door and remove the dog, and tried to give it water but the dog was too dehydrated to drink, police said. The dog was transported to Hickory Emergency Veterinary for emergency care and seized by the Harford County Animal Control, police said. The owner can petition to reclaim the dog.
The sheriff's office said it was 92 degrees outside at the time, with a heat index of 108. They estimate it was over 100 degrees inside the car, and by reviewing store cameras determined it had been there for 90 minutes.
The dog's owner, identified as Daphne Lynn Luckhardt, was located inside the store and was arrested and charged with three counts of animal cruelty. She was released on her own recognizance by a District Court Commissioner.
"We understand people take their animals with them and may run errands or make stops, but the temperatures are simply non-compatible with allowing animals to stay in the car, particularly for that long," said Edward Hopkins, a spokesman for the Harford Sheriff's Office.
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Videos | May 21, 2014
We Brake for Mars: Part 2
In part 2, JPL engineer Mike Meacham explains how an inflatable decelerator will help large spacecraft land on Mars.
Hi! This is Mike Meacham again at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and I want to talk to you some more about some other inflatable technologies we're working on to slow down bigger and heavier things on Mars.
When we're coming into Mars, we're going over 10,000 miles per hour, several times faster than the speed of sound, and we have to wait until we're only going twice the speed of sound before we can deploy our parachute.
So we wanted to work on some other device that we could inflate when we're going even faster than that, so we can pull the E brake when were coming in.
This other device we call the SIAD, Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, SIAD.
We are able to inflate this around our heat shield and increase our drag area by sometimes even twice as much as it normally would be.
So we saw that crazy test with the parachute before, right?
That's in order for us to load up our parachute to the same types of forces it's going to feel on Mars. We wanted to do the same thing with the SIAD.
So we went back to the same track. We had to make a whole new rocket sled.
It's a huge one. It's bigger than a house. It weighs 50,000 lbs.
So we strap a bunch of rockets to this huge sled. We drive this down the track going about 250 miles per hour and inflate the SIAD and we study all the different things that are going to happen to it under this same aerodynamic load.
The atmosphere on Mars is a whole lot thinner than the atmosphere we have here on Earth. There's really only one place you can go to test your devices in a relevant environment and that's way up in the sky here -- the upper atmosphere.
Pretty soon we're going to go out to Hawaii to a facility that they have there.
We're going to take a balloon that's literally the size of a whole football stadium.
It's going to pick up our test vehicle. It's going to go up about 120,000 feet into the upper atmosphere.
Our test vehicle is going to drop off the balloon. It's going to spin up like a football for stability. Shoot sideways across the sky with a huge rocket.
Our rocket is going to bring it up to four times the speed of sound, where we can test our SIAD and our parachute in the same exact type of environment that they're going to see on Mars.
As crazy as these tests sound, they actually performed them over 40 years ago and we've been using that technology since then to land rovers on Mars.
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While the speech was a typical political event, I did enjoy seeing him live for the first time and appreciated both his passion and delivery. Obama has a quick wit and uses this to warm audiences.
The political event was so-so, but the overall experience rocked. The Secret Service was absolutely fascinating to watch! I was on the front line near campaign headquarters and watched them set up for his visit. They were kind, courteous, thorough and authoritative. After the President left I struck up a conversation with one of the 'suits', who had a great sense of humor and seemed to truly enjoy the awe and excitement of the crowd. I also got some cool photos of the president and the security folk in action, which made it all the better.
Never heard of him, but he sounds like my brother!
I thought it was great that he was in Charlottesville however the roads that were closed was excessive. What normally takes one hour home took 2 hours and 10 minutes. I think it was over the top closing the roads like they did. Do they close the roads in DC when he travel by car????
Did he say anything new or just make the same failed promises from 4 years ago ?
I still don't know why he came here. The freaks in this town will vote for anyone who is a democrat. I guess he wanted to be told what a great job he was doing and what not for a change. This time next year he will be forgotten and his presidency compared to Warren Harding's or Herbert Hoover's. Well at least we got the social experiment out of the way.
This whole feature is kind of silly...you feature three people on the Downtown Mall. What kind of answers did you think you'd get? I am just glad the Bedwetter's Ball is over for this year!
R.I.P.: Morton Downey, Jr.
Apathy, thy modern name is Democrat.
The tea-party is serving kool-ade and too many people are drinking it down: the election is going to be close.
So, Democrats, take 15 minutes to register now, then, in November, a half-hour to stand in line, followed by 10 seconds to vote.
I would like to vote, but it was taken from me by the Charlottesville Registrars office. Their willy nilly way of leaving our info on laptops that were stolen from Washington Park a couple of years ago force me to give up my voting rights and be taken from the register. God knows what else they do with that info, besides jamming you for jury duty. It is a shame that I have to tell my children I cannot vote due to the negligence of the registrars office. I am a veteran so don't chastise me. I am just sick of the way they treated my personal info.
He should have stayed home and finished packing...
@ggg22901: The White House staff does the packing. The week before Obama's second inauguration will be a paid vacation for them.
@Randy Travis: I'm not chastising you, but I don't see the connection between a C'ville government staffer's incompetence and the loss of your voting rights. Just go re-register.
A side note: I'd be honored to be asked to serve on a jury.
Surly, why would you want to encourage someone who isn't capable of the level of thought that it takes to solve simple problems for himself to vote?
Seemed like a pretty sleepy event, based on what people told me. I'm not much for going anywhere just to see someone. I suppose if Jesus came to town I'd go. Or Billy Joel. The check-out clerk at the supermarket asked the shopper ahead of me if she was going down town to see Obama. The reply was, "I've seen quite enough, already." Judging from the heads nodding and the chuckles from the others nearby, it seemed as if everyone really had something better to do, that day. Me? I had a sock drawer that needed serious organizing. Come to think of it, that might be something Obama could do.
@b17...Consider what Surly is asking people to do: Sixty days before a major national election in the most powerful country in the world, with the most at stake, he is asking: "Democrats, take 15 minutes to register to vote." Now, what type of citizen do you think is not registered to vote yet? Engaged...intelligent...versed on the issues?
Surly has summarized the Dems in one post: useful idiots, not yet registered to vote...we need your ignorant, disinterested, self-absorbed, me-only vote in November so we can elect the candidate who panders to the ignorant, self-entitled, me-only ask-what-my-country- can-do-for-me constituency.
R.I.P.: Mary Jo Kopechne
apparently his speech touted the importance of education, but they shut the schools down early to accomodate the visit. brilliant.
@Liberalace: I notice that the Republican one percenters have made sure that all their "engaged...intelligent…versed on the issues" followers; e.,g., birthers, racists, evangelicals, Norquistites, trickle downers, and on and on, are all registered.
All done so these one-percenters can reduce the Middle Class to a size that can be conveniently drowned in a bathtub.
Trickle down seemed to work well in the 1980s after Obama's first term from 1976-1980. I just started working in 1985, and have a wonderful beginning to my career thanks to that economy.
For every fringe "rightie" group you cite, I can counter with a "lefty" group on the fringe (occupiers, gay radicals, the 1% group in Hollywood).
Factually, Surly, it is hard to argue that most adults not registered to vote less than 60 days before a critical election are not engaged, and are probably lazy or intellectually devoid of common sense; otherwise, they'd be registered, wouldn't they? With the ease of voting in this nation, that is just a fact. Therefore, I am pleased to have them stay away from the polls.
Finally, notice that most of the "register to vote" campaigns originate from lefty groups (starting with that wonderful "MTV Rock the Vote" decades ago). That is because Dems are trying to court the stupid vote: apathetic students, undereducated recipients of entitlements, the Beavis and Butthead element of our country. And that is why the president appeared at so many college campuses: from a sheer civics, constitutional and political knowledge perspective, these 18 to 22 agers are some of the most brain-dead citizens in the country.
Don't forget to get those dead folks registered, too, Surly.
R.I.P.: Billy Carter
I think Liberalace refers to, umm, what was his name? Ah, yes! Jimmy Carter.
But I thought it my duty to inform all readers of this comment section that Muammar Gaddafi and Bin Laden have now been confirmed as, without trace of a doubt, dead. This is owed to the fact that the Chicago voting rolls, recently released, show them both as now registered there.
Fauxahauntis is due to give her triple down lies before Bill gives his speal about going backwards . Kind of confusing as the Dems don't know which way to turn ,forward or back ? LOL . Liawatha sums this boreathon up . She is the highlight of the lowlights ...
I think he's a homo. And 'Ol McDonnell is another one.
see how long the above comment lasts... I love the juvenile crap on here... pretty fitting for this "paper"


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And here's a nice clip of her trying to get a scene right, where it's not her that's screwing up, but a dog (some wretched spaniel):
Now, why am I looking at Marilyn Monroe clips on YouTube at 7 a.m.? Because I was trying to get a good clip of the character Addison DeWitt (in "All About Eve"), and this is as close as I could get:
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But I do understand what Karl Rove was trying to say. Trying. Ridiculously. The core of the statement makes sense. The entire surface of it is absurdly distracting.


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Jack Kerouac: The Art of Fiction
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celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the publication of On the
Road, we're pleased to share the following extract from
a 1968 interview first published in the Paris Review. Ted
Berrigan was the interviewer.
Read the other Paris Review interview excerpts. [Ernest Hemingway] [P.G. Wodehouse] [William S. Burroughs]
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The Kerouacs have no telephone. Berrigan had contacted Kerouac some months earlier and had persuaded him to do the interview. When he felt the time had come for their meeting to take place, he simply showed up at the Kerouacs' house. Two friends, poets Aram Saroyan and Duncan McNaughton, accompanied him. Kerouac answered his ring; Berrigan quickly told him his name and the visit's purpose. Kerouac welcomed the poets, but before he could show them in, his wife, a very determined woman, seized him from behind and told the group to leave at once.
"Jack and I began talking simultaneously, saying 'Paris Review!' 'Interview!' etc.," Berrigan recalls, "while Duncan and Aram began to slink back toward the car. All seemed lost, but I kept talking in what I hoped was a civilized, reasonable, calming, and friendly tone of voice, and soon Mrs. Kerouac agreed to let us in for 20 minutes, on the condition that there be no drinking.
Once inside, as it became evident that we actually were in pursuit of a serious purpose, Mrs. Kerouac became more friendly, and we were able to commence the interview. It seems that people still show up constantly at the Kerouacs's looking for the author of On the Road, and stay for days, drinking all the liquor and diverting Jack from his serious occupations.
As the evening progressed the atmosphere changed considerably, and Mrs. Kerouac, Stella, proved a gracious and charming hostess. The most amazing thing about Jack Kerouac is his magic voice, which sounds exactly like his works. It is capable of the most astounding and disconcerting changes in no time flat. It dictates everything, including this interview.
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It's been sixty years since scientists first figured out which part of the brain processes stimulation to which part of the body — on a man. It took til this year for someone to thoroughly map the same for a woman's body.
Using functional MRI, scientists created images of sensory responses in the brain while women stimulated their clitorises, vaginas, cervixes, and nipples. Oh, and just for fun, their thumbs and big toes.
They discovered that substantially different parts of the brain are activated when, for example, clitori were stimulated as opposed to the frontal vaginal wall. Lead researcher Barry R. Komisaruk told New Scientist that for an unspecified number of women, nipple stimulation led to genital activation. "When I tell my male neuroscientist colleagues about this, they say: 'Wow, that's an exception to the classical homunculus. But when I tell the women they say: 'Well, yeah?'"
Meanwhile, an earlier study in Switzerland showed early indications that "stimulating the clitoral nerve can improve symptoms of urinary incontinence," but the science has a ways to go before handing out vibrators to senior citizens as treatment. At least for this.
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Can somebody help me to understand a few basic concepts in java web applications framework?
My understanding of a web application framework - It provides lot of infrastructure to build my web application like handling http client requests, delegating the tasks to different controllers, acting on the model, a way to identify the next page..etc.
Basically I dont need to worry about how I should handle client requets, i just need to write the controller classes, front end pages and place them in appropriate place and the rest is handled by framework. It is very true when I use spring framework. But I got lot of questions when I started to use other Web application frameworks .
1. I have heard that GWT can be used to rapidly develop rich front end pages. But I did not see any web-tier framework explanation to interact with the back end servlet/business layers. Without any web-tier framework provided, can it be called a web application framework?
2. If I use GWT for my front end page development, can I use Spring or any other MVC framework as a Middle tier. If so how can I achieve this?
3. Again my question on google's new framework - GUICE? Its called a web application framework. But i did not understand with the documentation provided how can I design a web application with three main tiers using this framework? Unlike spring where it provides a neat MVC structure to configure the pages, controllers..etc, it does not have enough document explaining these design issues. I dont understand the benefit of using Guice framework in my web application, where as other framework explain how they can be used in these cases?
4. To summarize, can we design a web application with GWT front end, GUICE web app framework - If so, how the middle tier can be designed in this case inside guice? Basically, i want to know how this framework handles different client requests and how it delegates the business to different components internally..etc.
Also, one general question which comes to mind now when a new framework comes like GUICE, we generally look for MVC kind of structure to work with. How should we decide and design web appl if MVC is not available in framework. Like example, Guice does not have any MVC explained, also it does not suggest any approach to design such web appl.
Apart from this, I wanted to understand the general life cycle of a mobile web application. How it is different in contrast to general web application? If i want to design a web application which can be accessed over internet in browsers along with Mobile access, what are the design constraints? Please somebody help me to understand the above items.


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The Department of Homeland Security is planning a study to find out if human body odour can be used as a biometric identifier and/or a means of detecting a lie.
DHS is currently collecting human odour samples and beginning preliminary work to uncover indicators that could be used against potential criminals. Essentially, they believe that an odour may not only be unique to a particular individual, but can also a "useful indicator of certain human behaviors." This research has a foundation in recent studies that have used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to analyse organic compounds in human sweat. These studies have indicated that there may very well be marker compounds in human sweat that can be used to identify individuals, and that these "odour fingerprints" can change over time for as yet unknown reasons.
Naturally, civil liberties advocates (especially the smelly ones) are taking issue with this research, claiming that the department had "misplaced priorities."
"The history of DHS' deployment of these technologies has been one colossal failure after another," he said. "There is no lie detector. This research has been a long, meandering journey, which has taken us down one blind alley after another."
Personally, I would have to agree with the ACLU on this one. I'm no scientist, but I would imagine that there are too many variables like diet and scented perfumes/creams that could result in inconsistencies. It seems like less of an exact science than other biometric technologies. [UPI]


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Finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award After the death of Elizabeth Parker's great-uncle Martin Reynolds, the family's house in the picturesque Maryland town of St. Michaels is sold. When the new owners dig up the pool, they find the body of the man thought to have run off eight years earlier after embezzling over a million dollars from the family business. This grisly discovery not only unearths old questions about what really happened to the stolen money, but it brings Detective Joe Muldoon back into the family's lives. Eight years ago Elizabeth's cousin Ann reluctantly broke off her relationship with Joe due to family pressure. Ann always regretted that decision and now fears that it is too late for her and Joe–especially after she becomes the main suspect. In this clever and entertaining mystery, rich with echoes of Jane Austen's Persuasion, Elizabeth tries to match wits against a killer who's had an eight-year head start as she also tries her hand at matchmaking. Mystery lovers are in for a treat.


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Fox is shifting its big-ticket Outback romance "Australia" to Nov. 26.
Pic was slated for Stateside release on Nov. 14, about 48 hours after its Nov. 13 world preem Down Under, but now the Oz date will also shift to tally with the U.S.
Warner Bros. recently moved its next "Harry Potter" movie from Nov. 21 to next summer.
Saga of an English woman (Nicole Kidman) who comes to remote Australia and falls for a rugged cattle driver (Hugh Jackman) is set against the backdrop of WWII.
Pic lensed in locations around Oz during 2007, and director Baz Luhrmann is currently shooting pickups in Australia with lead thesps.
Fox's date shift will buy Luhrmann a little more time to finish the film.
Summit Entertainment leapt to the space vacated by "Harry Potter" with its highly anticipated vampire pic "Twilight."
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He is a B.C. man who set up shop in Mexico and has been linked to one of the deadliest drug cartels in the world.
Now John Darrel Krokos is preparing to spend at least 10 years in a U.S. jail after admitting guilt for his role in an international cocaine smuggling operation.
Krokos, who grew up in Kamloops, signed a plea agreement in Los Angeles on June 13, according to documents obtained by The Vancouver Sun.
He is yet to appear in court in California to make the agreement official.
The documents have Krokos admitting he conspired to possess and distribute cocaine "beginning on a date unknown, and continuing to on or about June 6, 2012" when he was arrested in Puerto Vallarta on behalf of U.S. officials.
Other charges Krokos was facing as head of the purported "Krokos Drug Trafficking Organization" will be dropped once the agreement is executed in U.S. District Court.
Krokos faces a minimum 10-year prison term and a maximum of life behind bars.
The lawyer of one of Krokos's 18 co-accused said in an unrelated Arizona case that U.S. agents accuse the Kamloops man of having ties to the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, considered by police to be the most powerful drug organization in the world.
A Canadian police source told The Sun that Krokos was the Vallarta-based cocaine broker for B.C. bikers.
"We believe that he was a point person for the Hells Angels in Mexico with the Sinaloa Cartel," the officer said.
The June 13 court documents include an agreed statement of facts that lays out how Krokos got nabbed by American law enforcement agents posing as underworld figures beginning in late 2009.
Krokos arranged to purchase encrypted BlackBerrys from one of the agents on an ongoing basis.
He then distributed the devices to his co-conspirators, believing they were a secure method for arranging cocaine shipments. Little did he know he was enabling U.S. agents to monitor drug shipments for years.
"In furtherance of the conspiracy, co-conspirators, including defendant (Krokos), would use encrypted Blackberry devices to coordinate the sale and transportation of cocaine from sources of supply in Mexico … to purchasers within the United States, generally by providing the cocaine to couriers working for the purchasers," the documents say.
Some of those cocaine transactions are highlighted in the plea agreement: a total of 96 kilograms sent north from April to August 2010 and then a further 90 kilograms transported between May and September 2011. Some of the coke was intercepted by U.S. agents.
Krokos was also involved in transferring millions of dollars in payments to Mexico, the documents state.
Gone from the agreement are allegations contained in the original indictment, dated May 31, 2009, that Krokos had ordered the kidnapping and torture of an underling who claimed U.S. authorities had seized a load of cocaine.
The plea deal, however, does say that Krokos is not eligible for one specific sentence reduction because he "was aware that serious bodily harm resulted from the conspiracy because of co-conspirators' conduct."
The original indictment said Krokos received a call in May 2011 saying another member of the gang had lied about police seizing 44 kilos of cocaine. As a result, the man was "punished" and his son was forced to pay a $400,000 fine.
Now 42, Krokos has no criminal history in B.C. He is believed to have left Canada about four years ago to settle in the Mexican beach city.
Before his arrest a year ago, he was living the high life in Mexico, staying at a luxury condominium complex. He was featured in snap shots with buddies, drinks in hand, poolside, and showing off his muscles at a local gym.
The U.S. court file lists a number of aliases for Krokos — Walter, Lord of the Beach, the Hulk and JJ — without explaining their origins.
Krokos's father Gus said Tuesday that he was unaware his son had signed a plea agreement.
In a phone interview from Kamloops, he said he has received calls from his son since his arrest, but does not know specifics of the case against him.
Gus Krokos said he has never visited his son in Mexico, but had been led to believe he was employed there selling time share condos. And he was training at the gym, the elder man said.
As for allegations Krokos was a major cocaine smuggler, his dad said: "I don't know nothing about it. I don't know what the hell was going on."
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