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Brendan O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary is an Irish and US citizen, and since 2003 has been the Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author, co-author and co-editor of 22 books; and the author or co-author of over 120 articles or chapters in peer-reviewed journals and university presses, as well as numerous other forms of publication. He is the inaugural winner of the Juan Linz prize of the International Political Science Association which will be presented to him in Istanbul in 2016, for contributions to the study of multinational societies, federalism and power-sharing (link). He is the Series Editor of National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. O'Leary has been a political and constitutional advisor to the United Nations, the European Union, the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, the Governments of the UK and Ireland, and to the British Labour Party during the Irish peace process. He has a BA honors from the University of Oxford in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (1981, first class), and his PhD thesis won the Robert McKenzie Memorial Prize at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1988.
O'Leary was born in Cork, Ireland. His childhood was spent in Nigeria, and his teenage years in Sudan and in Northern Ireland, where he attended the grammar school, St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower. He won the Irish Times/Trinity College Dublin all-Ireland best individual speaker prize in school debating in 1975, and the Joint Association of Classical Teachers prize for first place in Advanced level Ancient History in 1976. He also won an open scholarship to Keble College Oxford in 1977, where he was tutored by Larry Siedentop, the scholar of Tocqueville and the European Union, and by the economist Paul Collier, with whom he remains in amicable disagreement. O'Leary wrote his PhD thesis at the London School of Economics & Political Science. Supervised by the late Professor T.J. Nossiter, it was examined by Professors Ernest Gellner and Nicos Mouzelis, who nominated it for the Robert McKenzie Memorial Prize for the best PhD at LSE presented in 1988. It was published as The Asiatic Mode of Production: Oriental Despotism, Historical Materialism and Indian History, with a Foreword by the late Ernest Gellner.
Between 1983 and 2003, O'Leary was on the faculty of the London School of Economics & Political Science, where he was successively Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Political Science. He was the first elected head of the LSE Government Department (1998-2001), and an elected Academic Governor (2000-1). He has been a visiting professor of political science at Uppsala, Sweden, the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and between 2012 and 2016 he is a visiting Professor of Political Science at Queen's University Belfast.
O'Leary's academic career has been regularly combined with constitutional advisory work:
• He was a political advisor to the British Labour Shadow Cabinet on Northern Ireland between 1987-8 and 1996-7, advising Kevin McNamara and the late Marjorie ("Mo") Mowlam, shadow Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland. He advised Irish, British, and American ministers and officials, and the Irish-American Morrison delegation during the Northern Ireland peace process, appeared as an expert witness before the US Congress, and was a guest at the White House in 1994, 1995 and 1998. His ideas on power-sharing are said to have been influential during the Irish peace process. His work with John McGarry on police reform was singled out in the press for influencing the independent commission on police reform which reported in 1999.
• He has been a constitutional advisor for the European Union and the United Nations in the promotion of the confederal and federal re-building of Somalia, and for the United Kingdom's Department of International Development in consultancies on power-sharing in coalition governments in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, and in Nepal.
• For the United Nations he was a contributing consultant to its 2004 United Nations Human Development Report on Culture and Liberty, and in 2009-2010 he was seconded to the UN as the Senior Advisor on Power-Sharing in the Standby Team of the Mediation Support Unit of the Department of Political Affairs. In that capacity he had field experience in numerous conflict-sites, including in Sudan, South Sudan, Nepal and Kyrgyzstan.
• Since 2003 he has regularly been an international constitutional advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, assisting in the negotiation of the Transitional Administrative Law (2004); electoral systems design (2004-5); the Constitution of Iraq (2005); and the draft Constitution of the Kurdistan Region (2005-). He has also been an expert witness on Iraq and Kurdistan to branches of the US Government, and to the United Kingdom's Iraq Commission.
Academic Honors in the 21st century:
• In 2002 O'Leary was a fellow at the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, completing what became The Northern Ireland Conflict: Consociational Engagements.
• In 2009, Rupert Taylor published Consociational Theory: McGarry and O'Leary and the Northern Ireland Conflict, Routledge, a symposium devoted to Professor O'Leary's work with his colleague Professor John McGarry. The collection is preceded by a statement by McGarry and O'Leary, and concludes with their reply to the 16 contributions which discuss their work.
• Harrison Prize Winner: A paper co-authored by Dr. Paul Mitchell (LSE), Professor Geoffrey Evans (Oxford) and Brendan O'Leary (University of Pennsylvania) won the Harrison Prize in 2010 for the best paper published in Political Studies, the flagship journal of the UK's Political Studies Association in 2009: "Extremist Outbidding in Ethnic Party Systems is Not Inevitable: Tribune Parties in Northern Ireland."
• A video of Professor O'Leary's presenting Government and Opposition's distinguished Leonard Schapiro lecture at the Annual Conference of the UK's Political Science Association may be found here.
• In 2014 O'Leary was the inaugural Juan Linz prize of the International Political Science Association for contributions to the study of multinational societies, federalism and power-sharing (link)
• In 2014 he was a fellow at the Moore Institute at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where was invited to give a public lecture as part of the President of Ireland's Ethnics Initiative: he spoke on Power-sharing in Deeply Divided Places.
• In the summer of 2016 Professor O'Leary was elected a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
• In February 2017 Professor O'Leary and his regular co-author Professor John McGarry will jointly receive the ENMISA Distinguished Scholar Award of the International Studies Association Conference at Baltimore "for senior scholars" for research "in Ethnicity and/or Nationalism and/or Migration studies"
- Power-sharing systems, especially in consociations and pluralist federations.
- Nationalism; national and ethnic conflict-regulation; national self-determination.
- National, ethnic and communal violence and the security sectors of divided places.
- Democracy, democratization and electoral systems.
- Despotisms: Ancient and Modern.
- Nations, States and Empires: past and present.
- Constitutional design debates: especially regarding executives; legislatures; electoral systems; minority, group, linguistic, ethnic, religious, autonomy and national self-determination rights, and the division and sharing of powers in federations and confederations (including the EU).
- Secular and theocratic doctrines.
- Empirical conflict research: Iraq's federalization; the Break-up of Sudan; the Irish peace process; Kurdish politics.
- The Crises of the European Union.
Publications: O'Leary has written or co-written over fifty journal articles and over one hundred chapters in edited volumes, as well as hundreds of newspaper, magazine and encylopedia articles. He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited twenty-two books and collections, which are listed below.
Books & Collections
- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Reflections on the Politics of Stalemate, co-edited with Karl Cordell and Stefan Wolff, (London and New York: Routledge, 2016) Special Issue of Ethnopolitics, 15, 4, also published separately as an edited volume.
- Courts and Consociations: Human Rights versus Power-Sharing (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), with Christopher McCrudden.
- Divided Nations and European Integration (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), Co-Editor with T. Mabry, J. McGarry and M. Moore.
- Power-Sharing in Deeply Divided Places (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), Co-Editor with J. McEvoy.
- How To Get Out Of Iraq, With Integrity (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009).
- The Kurdistan Region: Invest in the future. An official publication of the Kurdistan Regional Government (London & Washington, DC: Newsdesk Publications, 2nd entirely new edition, 2009). Editor.
- The Kurdistan Region: Invest in the future. An official publication of the Kurdistan Regional Government (London & Washington, DC: Newsdesk Publications, 2008). Editor.
- Terror, Insurgency and the State: Ending Protracted Conflicts(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007). Co-editor with M. Heiberg and J. Tirman.
- The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005). Co-editor with J. McGarry and K. Salih.
- The Northern Ireland Conflict: Consociational Engagements(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). With J. McGarry.
- Right-Sizing the State: The Politics of Moving Borders (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001). Co-editor with I. S. Lustick and T. Callaghy.
- Policing Northern Ireland: Proposals for a New Start (Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1999). With J. McGarry.
- The Politics of Antagonism: Understanding Northern Ireland(London & Atlantic Heights, N.J.: Athlone, pp 358. 1993, 2nd updated edition: 1996) (with J. McGarry). [Short-listed for the Ewart-Biggs Memorial prize 1994].
- Explaining Northern Ireland: Broken Images (Oxford, England, Cambridge, Mass: Basil Blackwell & John Wiley, 1995). Reprinted twice. With J. McGarry.
- State of Truce: Northern Ireland after Twenty-Five Years of War. Special Issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies. 1995. 18, 4. Co-editor with J. McGarry.
- Northern Ireland: Sharing Authority (London: Institute of Public Policy Research, 1993). With T. Lyne, J. Marshall, and B. Rowthorn).
- The Politics of Ethnic Conflict Regulation: Case Studies of Protracted Ethnic Conflicts.(London & New York: Routledge, 1993). Co-editor with J. McGarry.
- Prime Minister, Cabinet, and Core Executive, Special Issue of Public Administration. 1990, 68, 1. Co-editor with P. Dunleavy and R.A.W. Rhodes.
- The Future of Northern Ireland (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990) pp. 376. Foreword by Arend Lijphart. Co-editor with J. McGarry.
- Jack Watson's World History Since 1945 (London: John Murray, 1990). Editor.
- The Asiatic Mode of Production: Oriental Despotism, Historical Materialism, and Indian History. (Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell, 1989). Foreword by Ernest Gellner. [Selected as one of 202 central works of sociology in the 20th century in the digest Schlüsselwerke der Soziologie, eds. S. Papcke & G.W. Oesterdiekhoff (eds.) (Berlin: Westdesutscher Verlag, 2001, pp. 372-4)]
- Theories of the State: The Politics of Liberal Democracy (London: Macmillan, 1987, with Patrick Dunleavy, republished 9 times).
Selection of chapters in books edited by others, 2005-2015
- 2015. "God(s) and Government(s): A Provisional Taxonomy." In The Politics of Religion and Nationalism: Federalism, Consociationalism and Secession, edited Ferran Requejo and Klaus-Jürgen Nagel, 12-35. London: Routledge.
- 2015. "Governing Diversity." In Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies, edited by Steven Vertovec, 203-15. New York: Routledge, 2015.
- 2015. "Traitors Within and Bridges Across Derry and Mostar. An Exploratory Comparison." In The Politics of Identity in Post-Conflict States: The Bosnian and Irish Experience, edited Éamonn Ó Ciardha and Gabriela Vojvoda, 59-78. London: Routledge, 2015.
- 2012. "The Politics of Accommodation and Integration in Democratic States." In (Eds.) A. Guelke & J. Tournon, The Study of Politics and Ethnicity: Recent Analytical Developments (Leverkusen Opladen: Barbara Budrich), pp. 79-116. In The World of Political Science: The Development of the Discipline Book Series. (with J. McGarry) [International Political Science Association Series].
- 2012. "Partition," in (Eds.) T. Wilson and H. Donnan, The Blackwell-Wiley Companion to Border Studies. (Oxford: Blackwell-Wiley), pp. 29-47.
- 2012. "Territorial Pluralism: Its Forms, Flaws and Virtues." In Federalism, Plurinationality and Democratic Constitutionalism: Theory and Cases, ed. F. Requejo and M. Caminal. (New York: Routledge), pp. 17-50. (with J. McGarry)
- 2011. "Debating Partition: Evaluating the Standard Justifications." In (Eds.) K. Cordell and S. Wolff The Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict (London: Routledge), pp. 140-57.
- 2011. "Territorial Approaches to Ethnic Conflict Settlement." In (Eds.) K. Cordell and S. Wolff, The Routledge Handbook on Ethnic Conflict (London: Routledge, pp. 249-65. (with J. McGarry).
- 2011. "Consociation and Self-Determination Disputes: The Evidence from Northern Ireland and Other Cases." In (Eds.) K. Breen & S. O'Neill After the Nation? (London: Palgrave-Macmillan), pp. 38-59. (with J. McGarry)
- 2011. "Iraq as a New Multi-National State: A Cautious Defense." In (Eds.) K. Breen & S. O'Neill (eds.) After the Nation? (Basingstoke: Macmillan Palgrave), pp. 60-83.
- 2010. "Thinking About Asymmetry and Symmetry in the Remaking of Iraq." In Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts, (Eds.) M. Weller & K. Nobbs (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press), pp. 183-212.
- 2010. "Electoral Systems and the Lund Recommendations." In Political Participation of Minorities: A Commentary on International Standards and Practice, (Eds.) Marc Weller and Katharine Nobbs, (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 363-400
- 2009. "Theocracy and the Separation of Powers," in (Eds.) M. Ferrero and R. Wintrobe, The Political Economy of Theocracy. (London and New York: Palgrave), Chapter 1. pp. 9-30.
- 2009. "Part 1. Argument. Power-Shared after the Deaths of Thousands," in R. Taylor, (Ed.) Consociational Theory: McGarry-O'Leary and the Northern Ireland Conflict. London: Routledge. pp. 13-84. (with J. McGarry)
- 2009. "Part III. Response: Under Friendly and Less Friendly Fire,"in Rupert Taylor ed., Consociational Theory: McGarry-O'Leary and the Northern Ireland Conflict. (London: Routledge). pp. 331-388, (with J. McGarry)
- 2009. "Consociational Theory and Peace Agreements in Pluri-National Places: Northern Ireland and Other Cases,"in G. Ben-Porat (Ed.), The Failure of the Middle East Peace Process. London: Palgrave, pp. 70-96, (with J. McGarry)
- 2008 "Integration or Accommodation? The Enduring Debate in Conflict Regulation,"in S. Choudhry, (Ed.), Constitutional Design for Divided Societies: Integration or Accommodation? (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 41-88. (with J. McGarry and Richard Simeon).
- 2008. "Complex Power-Sharing in and over Northern Ireland: A Self-Determination Agreement, a Treaty, a Consociation, a Federacy, Matching Confederal Institutions, Inter-Governmentalism and a Peace Process," in M. Weller, B. Metzger and N. Johnson (Eds.) Settling Self-Determination Disputes: Complex Power-Sharing in Theory and Practice (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Dodrecht), pp. 61-124.
- 2007. "Federalizing Natural Resources in Iraq's Constitution,"in D. Malone, B. Roswell, and M. E. Bouillon (Eds.) Iraq: Preventing a New Generation of Conflict (Boulder, Co: Lynne Reinner), pp. 189-202.
- 2005. "Debating Consociational Politics: Normative and Explanatory Arguments." In From Power-Sharing to Democracy: Post-Conflict Institutions in Ethnically Divided Societies, (Ed.) S. J. R. Noel. (Toronto: McGill-Queens University Press), pp. 3-4
Selection of 20 Journal Articles (1987-2012)
- 2014. "The Shackles of the State & Hereditary Animoisities: Colonialism in the Interpretation of Irish History." Field Day Review, 10, 148-186. This exerpt is pages 1-20. The full article may be found in this year's edition of Field Day Review.
- 2014. "Why Northern Ireland's Institutions Need Stability." Government and Opposition. International Journal of Comparative Politics.
- 2012. "The Federalization of Iraq and the Break-up of Sudan: The Leonard Schapiro Lecture." Government and Opposition. International Journal of Comparative Politics, 47 (4): 481-516.
- 2009. "Extremist Outbidding In Ethnic Party Systems Is Not Inevitable: Tribune Parties in Northern Ireland," Political Studies. 72, 2 (June), pp. 397-421. Winner of the 2010 Harrison Prize for the best article published in Political Studies in 2009. (with P. Mitchell and G. Evans)
- 2008. "Must Pluri-National Federations Fail?" Ethnopolitics (Special Issue on Federalism, Regional Autonomy and Conflict), 8 (1): 5-26. [In June 2011 declared one of the ten best articles of the decade in this journal.] (with J. McGarry).
- 2007. "Analyzing Partition: Definition and Explanation." Political Geography 26(8): 886-908
- 2007. "Iraq's Constitution of 2005: Liberal Consociation as Political Prescription," International Journal of Constitutional Law 5 (4). [As of Dec 2010 most-cited article in the journal's history.] (with J. McGarry)
- 2006.a "Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland's Conflict and its Agreement: Part 1. What Consociationalists Can Learn from Northern Ireland," Government & Opposition: An International Journal of Comparative Politics, 41, 1: 43-63. (with J. McGarry);
- 2006.b. "Part 2. What Critics of Consociation Can Learn from Northern Ireland," Government & Opposition: An International Journal of Comparative Politics, 41, 2: 249–277. (with J. McGarry).
- 2005. "Mission Accomplished? Looking Back at the IRA," Field Day Review (March-April), 1,1: 216-46.
- 2005. "Divisor Methods for Sequential Portfolio Allocation in Multi-Party Executive Bodies: Evidence from Northern Ireland and Denmark," American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 49, No. 1 (January), pp. 198–211. (with B. Grofman and J. Elklit).
- 2004. "Stabilizing the Northern Ireland Agreement," Political Quarterly, 75, 3 (July-September), 213-225. (with J. McGarry).
- 2002. "In Praise of Empires Past: Myths and Method of Kedourie's Nationalism," New Left Review 2nd series, 18 (Nov-Dec), 106-30.
- 2001. "An Iron Law of Nationalism and Federation? A (neo-Diceyian) theory of the Necessity of a Federal Staatsvolk, and of Consociational Rescue. The 5th Ernest Gellner Memorial Lecture." Nations and Nationalism 7 (3): 273-96.
- 2000. "Northern Irish Voters and the British-Irish Agreement: Foundations of a Stable Consociational Settlement?" Political Quarterly, 71, 1 (January-March), 78-101. (with G. Evans)
- 1999. "The Nature of the British-Irish Agreement" New Left Review 233: 66-96.
- 1997 "On the Nature of Nationalism: A Critical Appraisal of Ernest Gellner's Writings on Nationalism." British Journal of Political Science 27 (2): 191-222.
- 1989. "The Limits to Coercive Consociationalism in Northern Ireland." Political Studies 37 (4): 452-68.
- 1987. "The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Folly or Statecraft?" West European Politics 10 (1): 5-32.
- 1987. "British Farce, French Drama, and Tales of Two Cities: Reorganizations of Paris and London Governments, 1957-86." Public Administration 65 (4): 367-89.
O'Leary teaches regularly on The European Union, Power-Sharing in Deeply Divided Places, & The Government and Politics of Iraq & Sudan. Intermittently he teaches courses on Genocide & Ethnic Expulsions, Nationalism and National Self-Determination, and on National and Ethnic Politics.
- Power-Sharing in Deeply Divided Places - Benjamin Franklin Seminar
- The Government and Politics of Iraq and Sudan 1820-2010
- The European Union: Arguments & Evidence
- Comparing Genocides & Ethnic Expulsions
Professor O'Leary spent 2009-2010 on secondment as the Power Sharing Expert in the Standby Team of the Mediation Support Unit at the Dept of Political Affairs in the United Nations.
Supervised or Co-Supervised PhD Students:
|Name (Year)
|Last Known Position
|1. Woldemichael, Berhane (1985)
|Decentralization in Sudan 1969-83
|Consultant to the UN
|2. Pareskevi Kaler-Christofilopoulou (1988)
|Decentralization in Greece after the dictatorship
|Minister in Greek (PASOK) Government
|3. Lynch, Peter (1994)
|From Versailles to Maastricht: Nationalist and Regionalist parties and European Integration [produced a book from thesis]
|Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Stirling University, UK
|4. McGrath, Michael (1995)
|The Price of Faith: The Catholic Church and Catholic Schools in Northern Ireland [produced a book from thesis]
|Teacher and author
|5. Mulé, Rosa (1996)
|Governing Parties and Income Inequality in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada [produced a book from thesis]
|Senior Lecturer in Politics University of Warwick
|6. O'Duffy, Brendan (1996)
|Violent Politics: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Two Centuries of Political Violence in Ireland [produced a book from thesis]
|Senior Lecturer in Politics, Queen Mary, University of London
|7. Papadoulis, Constantinos (1996)
|National Skies in European Disguise: Air-transport Politics and Policy in the European Community
|Olympic Airways
|8. Malakos, Apostolis (1996)
|Tocqueville: The Theorist of Democratic Modernity
|Tenure track at Queen Mary & Westfield University of London before being conscripted by the Greek army
|9. Staab, Andreas (1997)
|Separation after Unification? The Crisis of National Identity in East Germany [produced a book from thesis]
|Founder and owner of an EU consultancy, author of a book on the EU
|10. Innes, Abigail (1997)
|The Division of Czechoslovakia [produced a book from thesis]
|Associate Professor in the Political Sociology of Central/Eastern Europe, European Institute, London School of Economics & Political Science
|11. Youn, Miryang (1997)
|Women in Two Nations and Four States: A Study of the Impact of Political Regimes and Culture and the Status of Women in the two Koreas and the two Germanies, 1945-1989
|Senior Director of the Korean Ministry for National Unification (Women's Section), Korea
|12. Cavanaugh, Kathleen (1997)
|Protracted Social Conflict in Northern Ireland
|Senior Lecturer International Law in the Faculty of Law, Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR), National University of Ireland, Galway.
|13. Tannam, Etain (1998)
|Trespassing on Borders? The European Community and the Relationships between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. A test of Neo-functionalism. [produced a book from thesis]
|Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
|14. Kissane, William (1998)
|Establishing Democracy: A Comparative Analysis of the Genesis & Stabilization of Democracy in Independent Ireland, 1918-1937 [produced a book from thesis]
|Associate Professor of Political Science, London School of Economics & Political Science
|15. Totoricaguena, Gloria Pilar (1999)
|Comparing the Basque Diaspora; Ethnonationalism, transnationalism and identity maintenance in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Peru, the USA and Uruguay [produced a book from thesis]
|The President of Transnational Initiatives consulting firm, and the former Director of Basque Global Initiatives, previously professor at Reno, Nevada, US
|16. Wolff, Stefan (2000)
|Managing Disputed Territories, External Minorities, and the Stability of Conflict Settlements [produced a book from thesis]
|Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham, UK, Editor of Ethnopolitics
|17. Carbone, Giovanni (2001)
|No party democracy? Political Organization Under Movement Democracy in Uganda, 1994-2000
|Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Milan
|18. Thorlakson, Lori (2001)
|Federalism and Party Competition: A Comparative Analysis of Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and the United States
|Associate Professor, Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics, EU Center of Excellence, University of Alberta
|19. Levy, Gal (2001)
|Ethnicity and Education: Nation-building, State formation and the Construction of the Israeli Educational System
|Senior Lecturer, Open University, Israel
|20. Adeney, Katharine (2002)
|Federalism and Ethno-National Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan [produced a book from thesis]
|Professor & Director of The Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, University of Nottingham
|21. Vourkiototis, Velis (2002)
|Democracy and Human Development: A Critical Empirical Investigation Using Data from 123 Countries, 1970-1990
|President Game Development Group, USA
|22. Kerr, Michael (2003)
|The Politics of Intransigence: A Comparative Analysis of Northern Ireland and Lebanon [produced a book from thesis]
|Professor of Conflict Studies and Director of the Middle East & Mediterranean Studies Programme and the Center for the Study of Divided Societies, King's College, London
|23. Sussman, Gary (2004)
|The referendum in F. W. De Klerk's war of Maneuver: An historical institutionalist account of the 1992 referendum in South Africa.
|Vice President, Public Affairs at Tel Aviv University, Israel
|24. Deane, Shelley (2004)
|Warring Factions - Northern Ireland & Israel/Palestine
|Assistant Professor Bowdoin College, Maine, US
|25. Webb, Edward (2005)
|U Penn
|Secularization & Its Discontents (France, Turkey, Syria and Algeria)
|Assistant Professor of Political Science & International Studies, Dickinson College, PA, US
|26. Mabry, Tristan (2007)
|U Penn
|Nationalism, Language and Islam: A Cross-regional Comparative Study of Muslim Minority Conflict
|Research Assistant Professor - Department of National Security Affairs,, Executive Director Joint Foreign Area Officer Program, Naval Postgraduate School Monterrey, CA, US
|27. Saenz-Riviera, Sergio (2010)
|U Penn
|Centers and Border Towns: Tracing the Origins of Co-operation at the Mexico-United States Border 1521-1994
|Assistant Professor in Mexico
|28. Channer, ADR (2012)
|U Penn
|Defeat and Resurrection: A Political History of the Pan-Albanian Revolutionary Movement, 1912-2010
|Working with Maplecroft, a global risk analytics firm in London, UK. Book forthcoming with I.B. Tauris.
|29. Stohler, Stefan (2014)
|U Penn
|A comparative study of the judiciary and affirmative action in the US, South Africa and India
|Assistant Professor SUNY (Albany) from Fall of 2014
|30. Bateman, David (2013)
|U Penn
|"Democratic Exclusion: Disenfranchisement in the United States, the United Kingdom and France."
|Fellow at Princeton University; Assistant Professor in the Government Department at Cornell University from Fall 2014
|31. Trager, Eric (2013)
|U Penn
|Opposition parties in Egypt under the Mubarak regime
|Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
|32. Rahman Ford (2015)
|U Penn
|Affirmative Action, Constitutions & the Disabled and Disadvantaged: A Large N study


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We are a family of 4 (I'm pregnant with #3). We live in Nevada but shop in California at Vons. We spend about $700/month, but just redid our budget and plan on spending $550. We buy a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables, which really adds up. I don't think California is all that much more expensive than other parts of the country (I'm talking about regular grocery stores...we don't have Aldi, Walmart, or anything near us). We drive across the country and visit family across the country several times a year. Some things are cheaper in California (fruit for example) while some things are more expensive. I think it all evens out.
wife to John (8/5/00) mom to D (7), A (4.5), and N (2)
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I TRIED to get us to $110 a week...I did ok for 2 weeks then spent $175 the I've spent about $60 this week so far so I could probably do $120-125 a week for our family of 4- in Canada.
ing, , mama to Isaac 10/04/08 and baby Emmett 04/16/12!
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I spend way too much for my family of two. I get pork and beef free from my parents and still spend about 250 a month (including paper products, cleaning stuff, etc.) I find milk and yogurt to really kill me. I like organic or goat milk and I pay about $5.00 a liter. I live in a smaller community so organic is really expensive.
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We used to spend a lot and not have hardly anything to eat it felt like. I've really changed the way we buy our food:
--weekly CSA during the spring, summer, fall (I pay for it now and get it during those months)
--we have a meat shop here locally that buys free range chicken from a local farm. There is a group of us that buys it in bulk from the meat shop. The meat shop packages it up for us and gives us the bulk rate. About $40 for a case of whole chicken roasters, $90 for a case of boneless/skinless chicken breast. I store it in a deep freezer.
--I also belong to Azure Standard and purchase a lot of veggies/fruit through there during the winter months. I buy it in bulk and freeze it. I will buy 20lbs broccoli for about $22 and freeze it in bags. Same with apples. I also buy our bulk dry goods from here: flours, rice, beans, dried fruit, etc. I live in Indiana and they do deliver it here once per month. If you sign up on their website it will tell you where the nearest drop of point is for your area. Ours is at a Meijer right off the interstate.
I cook a lot of our meals. I will roast an entire chicken, eat from it, and then shred the rest of it and freeze it for a later meal. I've found that shopping at big box stores costs me more. I never shop at Walmart, I despise walmart. Find a local butcher or meat shop. They run weekly specials and stock up. Ask around and see if you can find a local group to buy meats in bulk.
I make pancakes, muffins, granola, oatmeal, etc from scratch. Those things are easy to make at home. We try to limit processed foods as much as possible because you do pay for the plastic and paper packaging.
I often will make a lot of beans or soup in the crockpot and then freeze the leftovers. Or make enough to have leftovers.
We spend about $500-$600 per month on groceries for a family of 5 with one on the way.
Courtney, mama to Peytonn, Bennett, Avonlea Quinn
cautiously expecting #4 October 2013
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We are a family of 3 (2.5 year old) and one on the way. We spend $400/month and I basically buy everything organic; all meat is free-range & organic, all fruits & veggies except avocados, bananas, pineapple, potatoes, onions, cabbage, asparagus, melons and a few others I am probably forgetting..., bread is organic and all dairy, ice cream is the exception. I can't give up my blue bell. lol
I mostly shop at Costco, sprouts and whole foods. I mostly make our food from scratch but I buy conveniences, too like stony fields yogurt to-go pouches and happy tots organic fruit/veggie pouches for quick snacks on the go. We eat very few premade foods, though.
We're in Tx, fwiw.
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We're in SoCal, and for a family of 4 eaters, we spend ~$80-100 a week. This feeds me, my husband (heavy eater), 4 and 2 year old (both who can eat as much as me!) and includes my protein powder (about $80/month). We manage to eat 50% organic (fruits/veggies), grass-fed beef, and organic chicken/eggs/dairy.
I menu plan and re-use leftovers. (ie, we have meatloaf, mashed cauliflower, mixed veggies on wednesday. leftovers are turned into shepherds pie. might need *some* extra veggies, but thats only $1-2). We load up on meats when on sale (WF had a sale recently where whole chickens (organic) were $1.99/lb. I bought 4). We shop in season, visit farmers markets weekly. I menu plan around the circulars.
We don't buy pre-packaged foods, juice (except for OJ with breakfast), sodas, etc. We rarely have pasta/grains. 2-3 nights a week are vegetarian. We have leftovers for lunch or dinner (if theres enough), sometimes I make breakfast for dinner (rarely though, its not one of my favorite meals to make).
Pretty much, if my family wants it, I make it from scratch. I make most of our bread, but not sandwich bread (sandwiches are rare though). i make cheeze-its, goldfish, challah/cinnamon bread/bagels/doughnuts/biscuits/rolls/etc.
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There's a cobra on the island. And, it's all Aidan Regan's fault. That's what the 6-yearold decided to name his new rabbit adopted from the Potter League and given to him for his birthday on Aug. 6. Cobra lives in an old shed on America Way that Aidan's mom, Wendy, said has been converted into a bunny condo. Cobra is now the only occupant, but that can change.
The newcomer is not alone for critter company. Also sharing the Regan residence is Guinness, an 8- year-old chocolate Lab, two zebra finches, LuLu and Chi Chi; and three hermit crabs, Mr. Bubbles, Tommy and Spacehead.
If Aidan's siblings, Benjamin, 3, and Christian, 3 months, also turn out to be animal lovers there probably will be many more.
Also new to the island from the Potter League is the 1 1/2-year-old cat Capt. Jack who is now living on Narragansett Avenue with the Brennans, Mary, Bucky, Erin, 17, and Cate, 15.
And, Sandy Erickson of Pemberton Avenue adopted a 7-yearold cat, Cricket. "He's my baby," Sandy told us.
Welcome all!!!
Jamestown marathoner Jim Pemantell said he has had to revise his goal and extend the deadline for donations for his run in the Steamtown Marathon in Scranton, Pa., Oct. 7.
The 69-year-old is raising money for the highly-respected Tomorrow Fund in honor of 10-year-old Payton Watson who has been diagnosed with leukemia.
The deadline for donations is now Sept. 30. The Tomorrow Fund works closely with families to help with the long journey through a child's cancer treatments. It is funded entirely through donations.
Jim is running an average of 5 to 8 miles on weekdays. Sunday he did 20 miles. "I appreciate the donations received. There's still time to contribute," he said.
Make your check out to the Tomorrow Fund and send it to Jim at 224 Narragansett Ave., Jamestown, 02835.
Patty Vandal also confirmed that "Wish You Were Here" was a big hit sung by Eddie Fisher.
We asked some islanders who go to North Kingstown High School how they felt about being back in school: Cheryl Barber, a junior, said "I know it's going to be a lot of work;" sophomore John Raffanelli replied, "School gives me something to do. I can't wait to play basketball;" Cate Brennan, a junior, replied, "I like my school;" Molly Welsh, a senior, said she has mixed feelings, "I got to sail a lot this summer, but it's nice to see all my friends again;" Sarah Pease, a junior, replied, "I don't mind, but I'll miss the summer;" senior Alexa Furtado said, "It's so early, Jamestown doesn't start until after us. That's not fair;" sophomore Nancy Heidt offered, "It's OK, I guess. Sports and activities make going back OK;" and grandson Tom, also a sophomore, mumbled, "No comment."
Nicholas Gaudreau, a second grader at the Jamestown School on Melrose Avenue said going back is "pretty fun." His brother, Finn, who is in Pre-K at the same school, said, "I don't like school."
*** Repairs and improvements that have to be made at the ballfields' concession stand include intallation of hot water, new ceiling light fixtures and an additional sink.
There is also a need for more storage space for soccer, softball, and baseball equipment since most of it now is being stored at the homes of the volunteer committee members.
Jamnestown Baseball and Jamestown Soccer hope to cover the costs of the renovations by co-sponsoring a Glow Ball tournament Saturday, Sept. 15, rain or shine, at the Jamestown Golf Course.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and costs $35 plus $6 and $1 respectively for the golf ball and glow stick.
Refreshments and a raffle in the clubhouse will follow the tournament.
Advanced reservations are suggested and should be accompanied by payment. They can be made at the Jamestown Community Center weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Questions? Call Jamestown recreation, 423-7260.
The mailman said it looked like a stretch limo.
He was referring to the extended baby carriage carrying triplets being pushed by grandma Barbara Conn last week. In the carriage were Hannah, Ava and Emma, born to Barbara and Al's daughter, Heather, in June. Also visiting was son Michael with his son Jack Michael who was born just a week apart from the triplets.
The children, their spouses and the grandchildren, were all in for the Labor Day holiday.
How would you have liked to have had the diaper detail at the Conns?
With the NFLseason kicking off this weekend, we asked longtime Indianapolis Colts fan Chris Crawford to ponder and predict what is going to happen this year. Here is the 15-year-old's prognosis.
"For starters there is the regular season match up of Colts vs. Patriots. The game is in Indianapolis and, of course, I have to go with the Colts in a high scoring 31-27 match.
"I figure that by the end of the season Joseph Addai will have rushed for 1,500 yards, Peyton will have thrown for 4,000+ yards and 25+ touchdowns. Marvin and Reggie will have 1,000+ receiving and the Colts will have either a 12-4 or 13-3 record locking down the number 1 seed in the playoffs. "As for the Patriots I figure they will end the season at 12-4 getting the second seed due to the loss in Indy. I originally thought 13-3 but with Rodney Harrison out for the San Diego Chargers game in week 2 the game will go into the loss column.
"Come playoff time with the Pats and Colts getting a bye, I figure, like last year, they will end up in the AFC Championship game. Only this time I don't think it will come down to the end. I think, of course, the Colts will win 30- 20 and move onto the Superbowl where they will face the Eagles, who will put up a fight but lose in the closing seconds to a, yes, thats right, an Adam Vinatieri game winning field goal, Addai will get the Superbowl MVP and the Colts will go back to back."
As far as our Cleveland Browns go, Chris predicts a 7-9 season, after "an embarrassing" 4-12 last year.
Thanks Chris, that's bad news for Patriot fans. We're looking forward to the new season.
Some wildlife tends to be active this time of year. Take precautions to avoid contact with Fluffy says Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic in his Pet Tip of the Week.
"In the late summer we get lots of calls about skunks and raccoons in people's yards. When taking pets outside at night turn on plenty of outdoor lights and take your dogs out on leashes. Don't let them off leash as they might get into a scuffle with some wildlife that you can't see. If you suspect skunks or raccoons are living under your house, shed, or porch you can do a few things to encourage them to move on and out of your yard.
"You can hook up outdoor lights and a radio and put them under your porch or shed to illuminate their den all day and night. Being nocturnal and unable to sleep during the day they are likely to search out another home. You can also toss used kitty litter or soiled horse stall shavings under the porch or shed and the scent of the other animals should help encourage the wildlife to relocate as well."
It looks as if our osprey friends at the creek have flown to winter quarters.
Nineteen members of Boy Scout Troop 1 attended summer camp at the Yawgoog Scout Reservation last month and had an outstanding week including being named Honor Troop.
The scouts participated at the rifle, trap and archery ranges, took part in swimming, rowboating, canoeing and sailing at the pond and enjoyed the challenge course where they learned how to climb and use the high ropes course. Additionally, there were the New Frontier and Camp Craft programs which taught the scouts skills for advancement and merit badges.
A highlight of the week was the annual doughboy fry with Troop 40, Mount Vernon, NY, where 120 doughboys were prepared while troop members played cards and games before joining together around the campfire for skits and songs.
Scoutmaster Dave Volpe said there were two first year campers, Jamie Mielde and Nick Fay ,and that both did an outstanding job of working on their skills toward advancement. "This year at camp the troop earned 45 merit badges and 11 scouts advanced in rank. Hayden Maclean, Vaughn Nelson-Lee and Josh Nolan advanced to first class; Daniel Bailey, James Perry, Cameron Toppa, Dylan Walsh and Christopher Waterman are now star scouts; and Michael Brendlinger, Nathaniel Hopkins, Sal Morenzi and Kyle Wright advanced to life scouts," Dave said.
In addition, he said that the scouts nominated Sal Morenzi and Dylan Walsh to the Order of the Arrow, the national honor society for scouting. The troop gave a big cheer for the work that Brian Volpe has done over the past year as senior patrol leader and elected Sal Morenzi to that position for the coming year. "It was a great week at camp and I want to thank the scouts and the adult leaders for making it possible," Dave said.
Great job, guys!!
I took one look at you, that's all I had to do, and then.............
The Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol counties are providing free blood pressure clinics the first Thursday of the month from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Jamestown library.
Today is the day.
The Phil Hunt Benefit Fund in conjunction with the Jamestown Medical Fund extend their thanks to all the participants in the 2007 Yamaha Scooter Raffle.
The winner was Heather Gomes of South Kingstown.
An e-mail read, "We salute the generosity of Well Works, Chuck Gladding, Larry Ruotolo, Dick Rembijas, Early Learning Center, Atlantic Lawn and Garden, Jimmy O'Neill, Steve Soderland and Mike Dutton for providing the scooter free of change so it could be raffled. Thanks to the PAC Club and the Narragansett Cafe for selling the raffle tickets. Once again, Jamestown came thru."
Sunday is Grandparents' Day, an event that is mostly ignored.
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Call in your stuff for this column to 423-0383 or 829-2760. You can e-mail us at jtnwalrus@ hotmail. com, or drop your items off at the Jamestown Press office.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – November 2, 2011 – Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments decreased two percent during the third quarter 2011 when compared to second quarter 2011 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2,354 million square inches during the most recent quarter, a two percent decrease from the 2,392 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter. New quarterly total area shipments are five percent less than third quarter 2010 shipments.
"Silicon shipments for the most recent quarter are reflecting the general hesitancy of the market," said Dr. Volker Braetsch, chairman of SEMI SMG and corporate vice president, Siltronic AG. "While total silicon shipments have softened, 300mm diameter wafers actually shipped in record volumes."
Quarterly Silicon Area Shipment Trends
Semiconductor Silicon Shipments* - Millions of Square Inches
Million of Square Inches
*Shipments are for semiconductor applications only and do not include solar applications
Silicon wafers are the fundamental building material for semiconductors, which in turn, are vital components of virtually all electronics goods, including computers, telecommunications products, and consumer electronics. The highly engineered thin round disks are produced in various diameters (from one inch to 12 inches) and serve as the substrate material on which most semiconductor devices or "chips" are fabricated.
All data cited in this release is inclusive of polished silicon wafers, including virgin test wafers, epitaxial silicon wafers, and non-polished silicon wafers shipped by the wafer manufacturers to the end-users.
The Silicon Manufacturers Group acts as an independent special interest group within the SEMI structure and is open to SEMI members involved in manufacturing polycrystalline silicon, monocrystalline silicon or silicon wafers (e.g., as cut, polished, epi, etc.). The purpose of the group is to facilitate collective efforts on issues related to the silicon industry including the development of market information and statistics about the silicon industry and the semiconductor market.
SEMI is the global industry association serving the nano- and microelectronic manufacturing supply chains. SEMI member companies are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and more economical products that improve our lives. Since 1970, SEMI has been committed to helping members grow more profitably, create new markets and meet common industry challenges. SEMI maintains offices in Beijing, Bengaluru, Berlin, Brussels, Grenoble, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
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Hancock man among those indicted in national hacking caseBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
October 06. 2013 6:06PM
A one-time resident of Hancock is among 13 people indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of carrying out a series of cyber-attacks in revenge for the closure of a website that illegally distributed recordings, motion pictures and other works in violation of copyright law.
According to the indictment handed up by a grand jury in Alexandria, Va., in late 2010 and early 2011, the group, which called itself "Anonymous" launched what it called "Operation Payback" after being cut off from an Internet-based service that illegally distributed copyrighted movies and recordings.
Geoffrey Kenneth Commander, described by PC Magazine as a 65-year-old man from Hancock, was among the 13 indicted. Attempts to reach him at the Hancock address were unsuccessful and a reporter was told that he no longer lived there.
Group members used a so-called denial-of-service program that is freely available on the Internet to attack websites operated by motion picture and recording industry groups and governmental copyright authorities in a number of countries, the indictment said. The program is designed to create enough web traffic directed at a designated website to cause a disruption of service.
The group also allegedly attacked sites operated by companies owning the Visa and Mastercard credit and debit card brands and the Internet-retailer Amazon.com, Inc., for purportedly not processing donations to the Wikileaks web site.
Commander is specifically accused in the indictment of participating in the choice of targets and encouraging others to participate in the attacks, adding to the disruption caused.
Commander, under the nom d'net "bipto." was also allegedly involved with five others in a Dec. 8, 2010, attack on Mastercard in which the company's website was flooded with requests with the intent of making the site unusable.
The attacks were intended, the indictment states, as retribution for what the attackers portrayed as an infringement on their freedom posted by governmental agencies shutting down websites that allowed them access to the copyrighted creative works of others without paying for them.
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OCC 2013 Products of the Year
OCC 2013 Products of the Year Introduction:
With the New Year just around the corner, we thought it would be a good idea to step back and take a look and some of the products that were reviewed here at OCC in 2013. Our purpose as a community is to help everyone pick the best parts for their budget/needs, put the system together, and make it work to the best of its performance. Mind you, if you hang around Waco for a bit you might end up overclocking your system to oblivion, so watch out!
We will be taking a look at select categories from this year's hardware releases and picking a winner for each category, with two runners-up that could interest some users for that little special feature they got or because they are on a different price range. We also realize that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so please let us know your thoughts in the comment section and share your opinion with the community!
This year's categories are as follows:
- OCC 2013 Motherboard of the Year
- OCC 2013 Video Card of the Year
- OCC 2013 Case of the Year
- OCC 2013 PC Memory of the Year
- OCC 2013 CPU Cooler of the Year
- OCC 2013 Input Device of the Year
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Top: Solid Wrap Peplum Top by Bebe
Sweater: V-Neck Three-Quarter Sleeve Cardigan in Pink Prism by Frenchi
Necklace: Single Pearly Flower Necklace by Peggy Li (Thanks @plcpeggy!)
Network: The CW
Abby on Days of our Lives, Sybil on The Vampire Diaries and Joan on Elementary wearing the same dress!
'Carie' Dress by Alice + Olivia at Saks Off 5th, $157.99 (was $395)
Katherine's red lace top on The Vampire Diaries:
Sierra Deep V-Neck Top by Nightcap at Saks Off 5th, $129.99 (was $326)
Kristin on Last Man Standing, Rebecca on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Caroline on The Vampire Diaries wearing the same dress!
'Sakura' Dress by Rebecca Taylor at Saks Off 5th, $157.99 (was $395)
Elena's black floral dress on The Vampire Diaries:
'Alves' Dress by Alice + Olivia at Nordstrom, $250
Also available at: Shopbop, Revolve, Saks & Bloomingdales
Caroline's white v-neck layered top on The Vampire Diaries:
'Harper' Tank in White by Cooper & Ella at Nordstrom, $88


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2013 Audi S6 Values
Select a 2013 Audi S6 trim level
2013 model year changes
For 2013, the 2.0T 4-cylinder engine is available with quattro all-wheel drive for the first time. And to help save fuel, all models with the 3.0T engine gain engine start/stop. The 18" Sport Package is no longer offered, while a 630-watt Bose premium sound system with subwoofer is newly available. A power trunk opener/closer is also newly available, as is a suite of active-safety features--Audi side assist, Audi pre sense--packaged together with power-folding mirrors. Otherwise, the big news for the A6 lineup is that it's joined by an all-new generation of the performance-oriented S6. With a new 420-horsepower, 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8, Audi has improved performance over the previous V10 engine while cutting fuel consumption by up to 25 percent. The S6 includes many more performance improvements, as well as an adaptive suspension.
Competitive comparison
Stylish interior; strong performance; advanced safety features; MMI Touch interface; magnificent high-end audio systems; fuel-efficiency
Special features for 2013
The 2013 Audi A6 is a mid-size luxury sport sedan that offers strong performance while also delivering all-weather confidence and good gas mileage. Interior and back-seat space is also a bit better than in other rear-wheel-drive European sport sedans, and the interior appointments themselves stand out as more fashion-forward. Audi claims best-in-class fuel economy for the 2.0T model, which achieves up to 24 mpg city, 33 highway. Advanced technology--whether for safety, information, or entertainment--is where the A6 really stands out. It offers blind-spot monitors, a night vision system, a head-up display, parking sensors, adaptive cruise control, and other leading-edge safety features, but it's also ahead of the curve with its excellent MMI Touch system, which includes a simplified interface and a scratch-pad controller that lets you input addresses by tracing individual letters. Meanwhile, the S6 remains a performance standout--this time with improved mileage, yet with stronger performance than ever. The new model can get to 60 mph in just 4.8 seconds.
A performance variant of the Audi A6, the 2013 Audi S6 is powered by a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces 420 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. Performance is impressive with a top speed of 155 mph and a 0-60 time of 4.5 seconds. Audi cylinder on demand™ technology allows for improved fuel efficiency, an EPA estimated 17 mpg city and 27 mpg highway. Standard Quattro AWD is paired with a 7-speed dual clutch S tronic transmission. Features include lightweight aluminum frame, five-link front suspension, adaptive sport suspension, cornering LED lights, 20-inch wheels, sport steering wheel with shift paddles, sunroof, sport stitched leather seats, embossed S6 symbols, heated front/rear seats, 22-way power seat, BOSE® sound system, navigation system, and a rear-view camera. Safety is comprised of advanced airbags, anti-lock braking system, electronic stability control, traction control, and tire pressure monitoring system. The S6 is backed by a 4-year/50,000-mile warranty.


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BEIRUT (AP) The leaders of the rebel Free Syrian Army say they have moved their command center from Turkey to Syria.
Brig. Gen. Mustafa al-Sheikh, who heads the FSA's Military Council, told The Associated Press that the move aims to unite all rebel groups. He said Saturday that the move was made the week before, without specifying its new location.
FSA commander Col. Riad al-Asaad issued a video titled "Free Syrian Army Communique Number 1 from Inside" that the command has moved to "liberated areas."
The FSA has been the most prominent of the rebel groups trying to remove President Bashar Assad from power. But its commanders have come under criticism in the past for leading from Turkey, and its authority over numerous locally-based networks of fighters is limited.
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Nominations sought for Pell Excellence in Art awards
Trinity Rep invites the public to nominate outstanding local artists for the 2014 Rhode Island Pell Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Nomination criteria require the artist's name, contact information, and a brief description of his or her work and the contributions that they have made to Rhode Island. Nomination forms are available online at www.trinityrep.com.
Rhode Island Pell Awards criteria include excellence in the artist's chosen field; work that significantly advances the art form; and contribution to the betterment of the community and the world at large through artistic presence and community service.
Trinity Rep's Annual Pell Awards honor Senator Claiborne Pell and recognize artistic excellence in Rhode Island, the New England region and nationally. Throughout his life, Senator Pell has worked to support the arts and provide new opportunities for artists. He sponsored the landmark legislation that established the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities in 1965, and chaired the Senate Education and Arts subcommittee.
Nominations are due by Feb. 17. Mail completed forms to: Rhode Island Pell Awards, ATTN: Attn: Selection Committee - RI Pell Awards. Trinity Rep, 201 Washington St., Providence, RI 02903. Or fax to 751-5577, Attn: Attn: Selection Committee - RI Pell Awards.


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¦ii -AJ— f ¦if ^' -V iMJ/ Serving Celumbus, "Central" and Southwestern Ohio. MR 'ft; "rH' VoL 45, Ho. 48 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1967-20 CHESHVAN fmtil ttJUHflcH 'nUmbkUNir- Assembly Emphasizes Dual Role For CJFWF CLEVELAND, (JTA) -- Louis J. Fox, of Baltimore, m-esldent of the Council ot Jewish Federations and Wel¬ fare Funds, called last week on American Jews to assure eqital priority to provldbig for both Israel's needs and those of Jewish communities at home to avoid any danger of sacrificing one for the other. A delegation firom the UJFC here was in attend¬ ance. ' r ; Speaking at the largest General Assembly inthe his¬ tory of the CFJWF, Mr. Fax told the 1,600 delegates and -guests that, massive pro- WOMEN 'BOINDS' LEADERS MEET Mrs. Joseph Schwartz Qeft), Women's "Chen" chairman for the State of Israel B<md campaign, and Mrs. Martin Godofsky, Women's Division chairman, heard - Joseph Kass (center), community chairman, speaktoagroup of Women's Division leaders Thursday at a tea at Mrs. Schwartz's home. The group also heard a talk by Mrs. Assla Tucker; a second generatirai IsraeU who is a representative firom , the natimal "Bonds" oSice in New York. Mrs. Tucker told the women that now - > American Jewry needs more strength than IsraeU^Vlthour help,'the said, Israel is now an inflated balloon. We helped ,to inflate It, and it is up'to us to see that It stated. It is her hope that we. will love Israel In 1968, for the battle is not yet won. The women's leaders also made plans tar a "Chen" Committee sponsored' afftdr to be held oo Dec. 6 at Stoney Creek, and featuring Jan Bart. Ik lb. Ghandi Concerned For Peace NEW DELHI, (JTA) — Mrs. Indira Gluuidl, Prime Minuter of India, expressed serious concern over the prospects of achieving a Middle East settlement and warned that, with the passage of time the situation, instead of improving, - was getting more complicated and dif¬ ficulties in the way of a settlement are increasing. Mrs. Ghandi told visiting itewsmen, including a group of Egyptian journalists that India was working for a-sol- utlon of an enduring nature in the Middle,East, but that "some^ people did tUA want an agr6ement-'.]#iH^were adopted .postinres^ttiatwere "short-sightiBdi"! . ' , MRS. GHANDI said, in reply to questions, that the Uiited States was unhappy with India's stand on the Middle East crisis but was not bringing any pressure to bear on India to change it. She called for "long-term views" in any solution, but stressed thatthe "aggressor should not be allowed tohold on to the fruits of aggres¬ sion." , Observers here believe that India is disappobited with the failure of the Sec¬ urity CouncU to mal(e any progress toward a Middle East settlement. Blodd Day Is Hov. 29 Sanford Fishman, presi- dsnt ot the Jewish Blood Donor CouncU, will be as¬ sisted in the Nor. 29 "B" Day campaign by the fol- .lowing majors: Leo Eichen- baum, Julius Krler, Jade Rubin, Bernard Friedman, and Mrs. Daniel Goldsmith. Each major is responsible for a group o( organization volunteers, wiio will be con¬ tacting members of com¬ munity for donors for the semi-annual drive. The Red Cross Bloodnuibllfi will be at the Jewish Center firom 12:30 to 6:30 p.nu on Wed¬ nesday, Nov. 29, to collect blood; a large turnout of donors is essential, as this , is the last campaign for the year, and unless amaxi- mum number of pints ofblted are received,thepartici-| .pating arrangement which; the Jewish community has \ with the Red Cross may be in jeopardy. BYTHlSarrangement,' evei^ member of the Jewish comriiunity, man, woman and child, is guaranteed free blood at any time or any where, for any purpose. When it is realized that in many communities, in tact, in most cities throughout the country, blood must be paid for in varying amounts nmning as Iiigh as $75.00 a pint, or must be replaced en a two^ and sometioies three-for-one basis, the fortunate positian at ttie Co¬ lumbus Jewish' communis becomes apparent. However, . the Jeirish commuiiily has been asslgnedaquotaoCidnts for the year, and unless this •Biota Is kept fiUed, the en¬ tire program nuiy be dis-^ continued. Israeli Pavilion Remdns MONTREAL, (JTiO—TKe Pavilion of JudMsm at Exipo. ' '67, which was originally ' projected by the reUgious ' affairs committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, ,wlU continue timctlonihg as part of the overall plan of the City of. Mbiitoeal for a permanent exhibition on. "ManandHisWorld,','; , The pavilion was formaily presented to the Mayor ai[ Montreal, Jean Drapeaujata ceremony at the mayor's office by Sam Steinberg, president of the Foundation of Judaism, which sponsored the Pavilion. Burt Schildhouse, chair¬ man of the Jewish Center Adult Activities and Services Committee, announiied this week the appointment of Jules L. Garel as the chair¬ man ot the Jewish Center Public Atbirs Planning Committee. Jules Garel has indicated, the principal iurpose of the Jewish Center Public Affolrs Forum will continue lo dis¬ seminate "as much inftirm- ationas possible aboutaireas of local concern, which af¬ fect life. Issues and pro¬ blems in a dynamic society." SERVING with Garel on :Uie 1967-68 Public Afibirs Planning Committeeare: Jules Garel, Hersh Adler¬ stein, Dr. Samuel Globe, llilrs. Robert HaUet, Mrs. ^n Gordon, Her schel Haus¬ man, Mrs. Rialph KQhr, Mr. Samuel Levin, Mr.- Martin Marx, Mri Norman Math- less, Dr. Henry Samuels, Mr. Seyman Stern, ^urt Schildhouse, Dr. Samuel t). SteUman, and Mrs; Harold Edeistein. 'Garel received his Bac- calaiireate training from Harvstrd University and his legal training from Boston University. He is a member of theQolumbus, Ohio State, and American Bar Assoct?; iation. blems requiring massive solutions confronted the members ot the American Jewish community, both as Jews and as American cit¬ izens. He said the Arabs had not given uP their goal of destroying Israel and Its Jews and that this required that Israel be so "obviously" strong, prepared and sup¬ ported morally as well as financially, that the Arab countries would foUow the Inescapable logic of not launching a war they felt they could lose. Liewis H. Weinstein of Boston, vice-chairman of the CJFWF overseas delegation, which visited Europe andls- rael soon after the June war] presented a report on thei delegation'is ^dings. David N. Myers, iiresident of the Cleveland Jewish Commun¬ ity Federation, welcomed the delegates and guests at the opening session at which Louis Stern of Newark, past CJFWF president, was chairman. _ . ,/ ' FOX said that Israel must be allowed to concentrate its resources on security and that other Jewish conunun- ities, particularly that ofthe United States must takeover more responsibility for Is¬ rael's philanthropic and humaiiitarian activities. In noting y4th inide American Jewry's Jaid to Israel during the emergiency period this year, he said that the "em¬ otional pressures" wouldnot be as strong next year but that the needs, and dangers : would be jiist as real. He warned that in giving maximum support to Israel, American Jewry must not do this at the expense of "our local communities," where needs ccHitlnued and problems "do not go into temporary suspension." HE DISCUSSED the pro-, blems of American cities which '.'efCect every aspect of our lives" and criticized Congressional proposals' to cut funds tor the federal war on poverty. Even with fUU cooperation by govern¬ ment and voluntary agencies, the needs of "fitrtoo many ^ people" were not being met" and that in many areas the ^ situation was worsening. Webisteln said that the deiegatim had met in Paris with leadOTS of French Jeyvry and the Standing Ctxtference of i European - Jewish' Com- muliity Services, the count- erj^airt there of thei CJFWF. He I ^aid the delegation and the Standing Conference':had agreed to exchange plans and that he thought it woidd he -usefid. to establish regular contacts for consultations on such mutual concerns as fkmd-raising techniques and personnel recruiting. Book _« Mdnfli Bl<egins "Know Your Heritage: Read (Jewish Books" Is the 1 tJwble: of the 25th annual Jewish Book Month, whose ol»Orvance firom Nov. 24 to : I^c;' 24 marks the sUver julhlee of its sponsor, the Jewish Book CouncU of the National Jewish Welfiire Board (JVrB). Hyman B. Bass, president ' of the Jewish Book Council, said that the event's theme conveys the CouncU's aims to promote a wider interest in books on Jewish subjects '^*85 and to preserve the literary traditions of the destroyed Jewish communities. •r, 4 Remember *3'T)ay J^ednesadiay At J^ ft- trge|^grisr?7rrr'«r;»: mmsp^ ifejjj
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CLEVELAND, (JTA) -- Louis J. Fox, of Baltimore, m-esldent of the Council ot Jewish Federations and Wel¬ fare Funds, called last week on American Jews to assure eqital priority to provldbig for both Israel's needs and those of Jewish communities at home to avoid any danger of sacrificing one for the other. A delegation firom the UJFC here was in attend¬ ance. ' r ; Speaking at the largest General Assembly inthe his¬ tory of the CFJWF, Mr. Fax told the 1,600 delegates and -guests that, massive pro-
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Max Snyder follow-up interview
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 2:20 p.m.
Max Snyder, who organized the conference where the victim was a scheduled speaker, contacted the detectives to say he had additional information relevant to the investigation. Detectives Murphy and Parker re-interviewed him at the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department. The interview was recorded with the witness's knowledge and consent.
- Detective S. Murphy
- Detective E. Parker
- Max Snyder
Detective Murphy: Thank you for calling us, Mr. Snyder. Before we begin, would you state your name and address for the record please?
Max Snyder: You're welcome, Detective. I want to help clear up this mess as soon as possible. Oh, my name is Max Snyder, and I live at 2216 Church Street in Oxford.
Detective Parker: You said when you called that you might have some additional information for us.
Max Snyder: Yes, that's right. I apologize for being so rattle-brained when I talked to you right after the murder, but I had a lot on my mind and the shock of Jared's murder, of course.
Detective Murphy: We understand. What is it you want us to know?
Max Snyder: Well, I got to thinking of people who might want to do Jared harm, and I thought of a couple of people.
Detective Parker: OK. Shoot.
Max Snyder: I mentioned Sonya Davis last time we talked, but I didn't tell you that her husband Peter's sister, Joy, owned those papers about Elvis that Jared ended up with. And she committed suicide because of it. At least, that's the scuttlebutt. Peter's been pretty upset, naturally. I've also heard that Kelly Bradley may have been mixed up in that letter business. Of course, it could just be idle gossip, but she supposedly had a thing with Jared. She wasn't the only one from what I hear. That couldn't have made Alison very happy.
Detective Murphy: What kind of "thing" did you hear Jared had with Kelly Bradley?
Max Snyder: An affair. What else? He thought he was God's gift to women. Used his charm to get what he wanted, then dumped them.
Detective Murphy: And who told you he had an affair with Kelly?
Max Snyder: Who? Oh, I don't know. It's a small community. Everyone talks about everyone else.
Detective Murphy: How long have you known about it?
Max Snyder: Not long. I must've heard people talking about it at the cocktail party Friday night.
Detective Parker: OK, we'll look into what you've told us, Mr. Snyder. Anything else you remembered?
Max Snyder: You might want to talk to Carl Warren. He's here at the conference to spread the word of his Elvis Faithful… group. He has quite a following already.
Detective Parker: Elvis Faithful?
Max Snyder: I'd call it a cult, but he'd say it's a religion. It's based on Elvis Presley's beliefs or something, and he calls himself the pastor. I don't really get it. You should get him to explain it. But he'd lose a lot of followers and a lot of money if those mysterious papers of Jared's revealed something scandalous about Elvis.
Detective Parker: Is that what the papers were going to do?
Max Snyder: I'm not sure. Jared wouldn't tell anyone what was in the letters. Or at least, he wouldn't tell me. Taylor Boyd might know. Or Kelly.
Detective Murphy: Do you think any of those people was angry enough with Mr. Plunk to kill him?
Max Snyder: Oh, I have no idea. I just know he made a lot of enemies, and I thought you should know who some of them are.
Detective Parker: Thank you Mr. Snyder. You've been very helpful. You be sure to call us if you think of anything else.
Max Snyder: I'll do that. I'm thinking clearer every day. Thank you for seeing me. Good day.
Interview ends - 2:31 p.m.


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20 Jun 2013 11:49:47 AM
Anthony Pettis Out Six Weeks With Torn Meniscus, Ben Henderson Conspiracy Theory Officially Debunked
(A visibly ecstatic Grant reacts to the news.)
Good news, Potato Nation, we can all officially put to rest the theory that Anthony Pettis was faking an injury to steal T.J. Grant's title shot against Ben Henderson. After news detailing the extent of Pettis' injury was first passed along by ESPN.com, Dana White recently confirmed with MMAFighting that "Showtime" will be looking at a six week layoff as a result of the knee injury that forced him out of his UFC 163 title fight with Jose Aldo. Unfortunately for us fans, our insatiable need to watch bubble-wrapped Brazilians get the living shit kicked out of them will have to be put on hold for the time being. *pushes school books off desk*
Pettis met with a UFC-approved doctor in Las Vegas who informed him that his torn meniscus injury will require him to sit out for six weeks, UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to MMAFighting.com after ESPN.com first reported it. Pettis originally believed he would return to full-strength in half that time.
The good news for Pettis is that he does not require surgery to fix his injured knee.
So there you have it. Pettis is out, Zombie and Grant are still in, and poor Ricardo Lamas continues to regret denying that Gypsy an extension on her mortgage payment.Read More DIGG THIS


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NHRS settles: Double-dippers get off
September 04. 2013 5:09PM
Two former police officers — only two — collected $532,753 in overpayments from the New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) since they retired in 2001. Under an agreement reached in June, they will have to repay only $20,000 each. That is bad news for taxpayers and retirees.
The NHRS is underfunded by $4.5 billion. That is, the system owes $4.5 billion more to retirees than it can pay. For decades, politicians voted for high retiree benefits and low contributions. Earlier this year municipalities were hit with large increases in mandated retirement contributions as part of the retirement system's effort to fill that gap over the next quarter century. That is the context in which this settlement must be viewed.
The system's demand for more revenue is prompting local governments to raise taxes. And yet the system balked when faced with an opportunity to recoup more than $500,000 from two retirees.
The retirees in question, John M. Egan and Brian J. Loanes, took other public-sector, full-time jobs after their retirement. Upon taking those jobs, they should have resumed their contributions to the retirement system and stopped taking their police retirement pay. That did not happen. But instead of reclaiming that money, the NHRS reached a settlement that allowed the men to repay only $20,000 each, at $83 a month. The rest is lost. No wonder the NHRS tried to keep the settlement secret. This newspaper had to file a right-to-know request to obtain it.
Aside from the system losing another half-million dollars, the settlement hardly puts the fear of repayment into the hearts of anyone else thinking of double dipping in the same way. What a blunder.


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Hey everyone! My name is Ariana and I'm a new Ambassador at Nintendo NY! I can't decide whether I'm a bigger Mario Kart or Zelda fan so I'm going to just say I'm both! When I'm not drifting on Daisy's Cruiser or saving Hyrule, I'm writing novels and watching anime! Nintendo has always been a company close to my heart, so feel free to drop and say hello!
Favorite character: Toad
Yo, Andrew Here! I am an Ambassador at Nintendo NY and I have been working for Nintendo for 6 months. I am a lifelong Nintendo fan and have been playing Nintendo games since I can remember. Whether it's saving the world with a baseball cap and bat, or exploring foreign landscapes from the cockpit of a Skell, I am always looking for another adventure. Next time you visit Nintendo NY, make sure you share one of your favorite adventures with me!
Favorite character: Yoshi
Hi, my name is Christopher, and I have been an ambassador with Nintendo for over a year. My favorite games are Star Fox 64, Chrono trigger, and Mario Odyssey. Currently I spend my time playing Fire Emblem Warriors, usually while I eat my favorite snack, nachos! I just wish I could eat them as fast as my favorite character, Yoshi! I love plenty of other games and characters, so if you are ever visiting Nintendo New York, stop in and tell me about your favorites!
Hello there! Matthew Alexander at your service! I'm one of the newest ambassadors here at Nintendo NY. I've been playing games since I was young and some of my fondest memories are of playing games on the Nintendo 64 with my older sisters. My favorite franchise by far is The Legend of Zelda (with my favorite of the games being Majora's Mask), but in general I really enjoy platformers, rhythm games and RPGs. My passion in life is voice acting and I truly enjoy being able to entertain others. I love being able to meet all the different people that visit our store from around the world and talk about all sorts of things together. If you're ever in the area don't be shy, drop by and come say 'Hiiii!'
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What exactly does the term "public health" encompass? Sara Solomon, deputy director of the Center for Public Health Initiatives , has perfected her spiel.
"It can be confusing, and it's something I have to explain to my mom often," Solomon says with a laugh.
But her elevator pitch is quite simple: "Public health is population-based health as opposed to individual-based.
"We're looking at improving the health of the population," she adds, "whether through environmental changes or policies and systems, by looking at trends over time related to the population as a whole."
Solomon has dedicated much of her professional career to improving the health of populations. After graduating with her master of public health (MPH) from the University of Minnesota, Solomon launched her academic career at Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education. It wasn't until she landed a gig with the City of Philadelphia's Department of Public Health—where she led nutrition and physical activity policy initiatives such as the Get Healthy Philly project—that she first began collaborating with the public health community at .
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Original label: "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / faciebat Anno 1690"
Back: Two-piece
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Notes:"This is the only instrument remaining completely in its original form. The neck, fingerboard, pegs, bridge, tailpiece and end-button are original. The instrument type -- a large viola -- was already obsolete when it was delivered to the Duke, so the instrument was rarely played. In 1863, it was offered to the Regio Isituto Musicale of Florence, now the Instituto Cherubini, where it has been ever since."
Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari , Charles Beare, Charles Beare, Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari, MilanIllustrated in The Strad, Dec. 1987.
How Many Strads? , Doring, Bein Fushi, Doring, Bein Fushi, How Many Strads? (1999 edition), ChicagoAround 1877, Giuseppe Scarampella, the curator of the Instituto Cherubini, opened the instrument to repair some worm-beetle damage, and discovered that a large patch had been inserted in the belly with the notation in Stradivari's handwriting: "Correto da me Antonius Stradivarius". Apparently Stradivari had made the belly to thin and had to later reinforce it.
How Many Strads? - Supplemental Remarks , Ernest N. Doring, Violins Violinists, October-November, 1945, Chicago". . . the Medici tenor viola [is] probably the only instrument [by Stradivari] to have its original bass-bar."
The 'Secrets' of Stradivari , Simone F. Sacconi, The 'Secrets' of Stradivari, Cremona


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I have always used Weathertech floor liners in my cars and trucks but got tired of paying the premium price for these. When I spotted the Lund liners on AutoAnything I thought I would give them a try. I was pleasantly surprised at the fit and quality of these mats at almost half the price.


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"Snow has become a four-letter word." — Tom McGarrigle, a politician in suburban Philadelphia, where another 9 inches fell Thursday.
"The court is compelled to conclude that Virginia's Marriage Laws ... deny Virginia's gay and lesbian citizens the fundamental freedom to choose to marry." — Federal Judge Arenda Wright Allen, in ruling that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
"He was a wonderful guy. He was always kind, always generous, and a joy to work with." — Alan Mills, manager for actor Ralph Waite, who played the kind family patriarch on the TV series "The Waltons." Waite died Thursday at 85.


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Mike Ayers, now the dean of Southern Conference football coaches and all-time active wins leader, is trying to come to grips on how he inherited that title.
Mike Ayers, now the dean of Southern Conference football coaches and all-time active wins leader, is trying to come to grips on how he inherited that title.
His good friend Jerry Moore was fired Sunday by Appalachian State after 24 seasons and 215 victories. Moore, 73, was let go after a first-round playoff loss that came on the heels of a three-way share of the Southern Conference championship with Wofford and Georgia Southern.
Moore guided the Mountaineers to 10 conference championships and 18 postseason appearances. Appalachian State won an unprecedented three straight FCS/I-AA national titles from 2005-07. With 242 overall wins as a Division I head coach, he moved this season past such legendary names as Woody Hayes of Ohio State and Bo Schembechler of Michigan. ASU had only one losing season (1993) under Moore, won at least 10 games from 2005-2010 and went 8-4 in each of the past two years.
"It's still hard for me to get my mind around the fact that I won't see him across the field on the other sideline anymore," said Ayers, who is in his 25th season at Wofford and has the Terriers in the national quarterfinals this week with a 3 p.m. game Saturday at No. 1 North Dakota State.
Moore was apparently told at the end of last season by Appalachian State athletic director Charlie Cobb and supposedly agreed that 2012 would be the end. But Moore evidently either changed his mind or never actually was all in on that plan. He wanted to return for one more season and leave after his 25th.
Following Saturday's overtime loss at home against Illinois State, Moore told the Winston-Salem Journal: "I haven't thought about anything but coming back." Sunday morning, in a meeting with Cobb, Moore said he wanted to coach one more season but was denied. He called a team meeting to tell the players.
"It was emotional," ASU quarterback Jamal Jackson told the paper. "It was a surprise to me. We didn't see it coming. He was a great coach."
Cobb told the paper he did not consider Moore's dismissal a firing, but that "It's just time."
Meanwhile, the story has also hit hard with Ayers, who has become close friends with Moore. They have spent time together away from the football fields.
"We developed a mutual respect for each other," Ayers said. "We started talking at coaches conventions and we just became friends. … He's an unbelievable human being. He's a great person, a tremendous leader and a community guy. And he's all about the kids, helping them grow and become men. He changed a lot of lives. He's a special guy."
Ayers said that he was not aware that this was supposed to be Moore's farewell season.
"We never talked about that kind of stuff," Ayers said. "When we've had time for fellowship and to be together with our wives, it's not about football. We talk about grandkids and a lot of different things, but never about football or the business."
About a decade ago, Ayers, who served in the Marines, was given by Moore a book called "Semper Fi: The Psalms of Robert Alexander." It's a devotional biography of inspirational writings of a terminally ill former Marine within the context of spiritual and physical events. The book is still on Ayers' desk.
"There is an inscription from Jerry on the inside," Ayers said. "He gave me some advice and explained how he used the book. That became my daily deal. The basic message was that you can be as competitive as you can — for us, it's on Saturdays — but ultimately, we all need to care for one another."


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What's Sodomy?
The Biblical sin of Sodom wasn't homosexuality or anal sex -- it was rape, greediness and poor hospitality, and the legal basis of sodomy is not about homosexuality, but about oral and anal sex.
"Sodomy is most commonly legally defined as any contact between the genitals of one person, and the mouth or anus of another. The word has its origins in Christianity. It is sometimes used to mean sexual deviation, though in legal contexts it is defined as above. In medieval Europe, intercourse between a male field worker and a noble woman was legally considered "sodomy," as it was thought to cause a poor harvest. The history of the concept of sodomy is tied to the Church in most every case." (gaylib.com)
The use of "sodomy" arose from the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah. The sin demonstrated in the story was not homosexuality, as it is commonly misinterpreted, but was an extreme lack of hospitality illustrated by rape: the men of Sodom attempted to sexually violate the "male" strangers Lot was harboring. It was said by the prophet Ezekiel that the sin of the city of Sodom (which was destroyed for it) was that the city was "arrogant, overfed and unconcerned, they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen." (Eze.16:49,50, NIV)
The phrases "sodomy" and "sodomite" have been collectively misunderstood and the Biblical story dealing with Sodom misrepresented, and colloquially "sodomy" is instead used to mean someone who is sexually perverse, and often, homosexual.
Accoring to minister Dr. Theodore Hayes, the full story of Sodom and Gomorrah is "included in Chapters 18-19 in Genesis, though "proofers" use only verses 1-28 of chapter 19, especially verse 5. Lot, himself a visitor in the city and upholding ancient Hebrew norms of hospitality, sought to protect God's angels from the entire male population of the city (v. 4) who wanted to "know" them (v. 5). Some translations' footnotes indicate, without evidence, this means the men were homosexual. Where does the scripture say that? Or is that really a translator bias?
"Some would have us believe that the word translated "know" means just that, without sexual connotation (Editor's Note: It should also be noted that the Hebrew word which is translated as "to know," occurs almost one thousand times in the Hebrew Scriptures, and in only ten occurrences is used to indicate sexual intercourse). That would solve a multitude of problems, but the fact that Lot offered to substitute his virgin daughters (v. 8) for the men to do with as they would has a sexual meaning from my perspective. What they had in mind pure and simple was anal rape. Most people stop reading here, convinced that homosexuality was the cause of Sodom's destruction. Or was it? Consider the following: John S. Spong reports that according to ancient Middle Eastern practice, any persons away from their own tribes were totally at the mercy of the tribe they visited. A popular way to remind male visitors of their vulnerability was to force them to perform as females in the sex act. Nothing could be more insulting nor demonstrate more readily the power of the townspeople. The same behavior was inflicted upon the losers in battle by the victors.
Were any of the men homosexual? Possibly. But the passage does not say that "our homosexuals want to know them.'"
According to the ACLU: "Sodomy statutes generally prohibit oral and anal sex, even between consenting adults, and while most sodomy laws apply to both heterosexuals and gay people, they are primarily used to deny lesbians and gay men a range of other rights. For example, some courts have invoked sodomy laws to justify taking children away from lesbian and gay parents. Some cities have even used sodomy laws to arrest gay people for discussing sex, in conversations which parallel those heterosexuals have every day. And because even sodomy laws that legally apply to everyone are generally seen as being targeted at lesbians and gay men, they have been a potent political weapon for those who oppose equal treatment for lesbians and gay men."
Many sodomy laws have been repealed or struck down by the courts. Unfortunately, the constitution allows each state to construct their own sodomy laws. The ACLU and other groups have successfully challenged several sodomy laws in state courts, arguing that their state constitutions provide greater rights than does the federal Constitution.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) Mike Wallace is in his fourth season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, so the wide receiver is familiar with all this talk about Charlie Batch.
Asked if it was at all concerning that the man throwing the ball to him on Sunday will soon be 38 years old, Wallace shrugged.
``He's been old,'' he said of Batch. ``It's not like he just got old. Chuck's been old since I got here, so it's nothing new.''
Neither is Batch making a fill-in start for his hometown Steelers (6-4), who are at Cleveland (2-8) this weekend. For the eighth time since he signed with Pittsburgh 11 years ago, Batch will be under center to begin a game for the Steelers.
No Steeler is older than Batch, whose birthday is Dec. 5. He spent the first four years of his career with Detroit, but only nose tackle Casey Hampton was with Pittsburgh before Batch arrived.
``They say Charlie built the building,'' guard Willie Colon deadpanned. ``That's what I heard.''
Teammates might enjoy yukking it up when it comes to Batch's age, but they're happy they have him and more content than could be reasonably expected for an NFL team down to its third-string quarterback.
``I feel comfortable with Charlie,'' Wallace said. ``I feel like he can lead us to victory any game he plays in. Just two years ago when we played with him the first four games we were 3-1 so I'm excited about having Chuck out there.''
Batch started two of those early season games while Ben Roethlisberger served a four-game suspension and Byron Leftwich and Dennis Dixon sat out with injuries.
This season, Roethlisberger and Leftwich both have rib injuries. Leftwich relieved Roethlisberger two weeks ago in a win over Kansas City and started this past Sunday's loss to Baltimore.
With most other teams, dropping down to the third-string QB - if they even have one - more often than not means an inexperienced rookie. With the Steelers, it means one of the most tenured quarterbacks in the NFL.
``Charlie's a well-rounded quarterback who's ... comfortable running the majority of our offense,'' offensive coordinator Todd Haley said. ``He's a veteran savvy guy who's an accurate thrower, short and long.''
In his most recent game, Batch completed 15 of 22 passes for 208 yards and a touchdown in a 27-0 win over St. Louis last Christmas Eve. He is 5-2 as a starter with the Steelers, and one of his losses was a meaningless outing in the 2007 season finale when Pittsburgh's playoff seeding was wrapped up.
In recent years, Batch seemingly enters every training camp as - at best - No. 3 on the depth chart, and there are whispers his roster spot is tenuous.
Then usually every year, he starts at least one game and excels.
``These opportunities don't come often anymore,'' Batch said. ``And here I am, getting up there in years. When you have this opportunity you cherish it.''
Batch, who said he had one of his better training camps, joked he's ``doing it for all the 38-year-olds.''
Some of the best quarterbacks in the game (Peyton Manning, 36, and Tom Brady, 35) are close to Batch's age. The 37-year-old Matt Hasselbeck passed for 290 yards in beating the Steelers last month. Brett Favre was 41 when he played his final game - 40 when he had an MVP-caliber season with the Minnesota Vikings.
``Charlie is Charlie,'' receiver Emmanuel Sanders said. ``He's very smart, and he takes pride in the minor details of his job.''
Wallace said Batch regularly asks more questions than anyone in the offensive meeting room, and several players refer to the quarterback as the proverbial ``coach on the field.''
That prompted Haley to say, half-jokingly, ``We've got to teach him the art of not over-coaching.''
The only other healthy quarterback on Pittsburgh's roster is Brian Hoyer, signed Tuesday. While Haley and teammates have marveled at Hoyer's intelligence and ability to pick up the offense quickly, the Steelers need Batch to stay healthy.
``Right now,'' Batch said, ``I'm that guy and there's no telling how long I'll have this position. It could be one week, it could be two or three. I don't know. But either way, you just go week to week and not worry about what's going to happen after the fact.''
With 53 career starts, 78 games and 1,534 pass attempts, Batch thinks he's prepared for Sunday.
The only adjustment Batch said he wants to make is the timing of the play clock and interpreting Haley's play call while in the huddle to get it out to the rest of the offense.
More than 14 years after his first NFL start, Batch this week has had the butterflies associated with being eager for game day.
``I still get excited about it because these opportunities don't come much,'' he said. ``Right now, I know I have at least one other one.''
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