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Westchester Broadway Theater is Proud To Present Dan Goggin's "MESHUGGAH-NUNS!" The Ecumenical Nunsense.
February 12 - MARCH 21, 2009
Book, Music, Lyrics & Direction by Dan Goggin
With the 'Nunsense' shows, the creator, Danny Goggin, has lifted the human spirit as he has made millions laugh. Meshuggah-Nuns, is the fifth variation in the popular "Nunsense" series. For the last 26 years, the Little Sisters of Hoboken have entertained audiences in theatres around the globe, making "Nunsense" an international household name.
Meshuggah-Nuns, has The Sisters aboard the ship Golden Delicious on a "Faiths of All Nations" cruise. Due to rough seas, the actors of the onboard musical, Fiddler On The Roof, succumb to sea sickness. Miraculously, the nuns survive the rolling waters unscathed, after Sister Julia put Dramamine in the brownies! The ship's captain, knowing of the Sisters' show-business savvy, urges them to concoct a variety show with Howard, who plays Tevye, the only actor who still has his sea legs. The four singing nuns now become an ecumenical, co-educational quintet. The show has a variety of music, with songs ranging in style from pop to country to gospel blues. Many of the jokes are delivered in the Laugh- In comedy format. There are sing-alongs, and even a puppet named Sister Mary Annette who performs a saucy Mae West number. It promises to be a laugh-filled funfest, with a mix of musical madcap, sprinkled with saintly sight gags and ubiquitous jokes. From the rousing opening number, "Anchors Aweigh", to the hysterical, "Say it in Yiddish", and "Matzo Man," to the touching, "A Love Like This", the show will lift your spirits. It is a sweet natured celebration of Catholic and Jewish traditions.
Nunsense, the first show in the series of the wacky religious parodies was first produced in Manhattan in1983. The show has become an international phenomenon, receiving four Outer Critics Circle awards including Best Musical. Over the 26 year span, it has seen seven different reincarnations, including Nunsense II, the country style, Nunsense Jamboree; the Christmas show, Nuncrackers, Nunsense A-men, with misters playing the sisters and the Vegas Act, Nunsensations! The Nunsense franchise has become one of the most prolific musical revues in community, college, stock and professional companies across the country and around the world.
Our cast, most of which are returning from the 25th Anniversary National Tour with Sally Struthers, are: Bonnie Lee as the Mother Superior, the former Circus performer from Ireland. Jeanne Tinker will play Sister Mary Amnesia, a nun who was brained by a falling crucifix and has temporary memory loss. Sister Robert Anne, the former Brooklyn delinquent will be played by Deborah Del Mastro. The testy Sister Mary Hubert, a drill sergeant of sorts, will be played by Bambi Jones. The Jewish actor, Howard Liszt, will be played by David Edwards. Rounding out the cast are Ron Rogell as Captain Richard Biggerstaff and Stephanie Wahl as Melody Joy Lapidus.
The Conductor of "Nunsensations" is Leo Carusone, who did all the original orchestrations and arrangements for the show. Musical Staging & Choreography is by Teri Gibson. The set is designed by 3-time Emmy nominee, Barry Axtell, who has done the original sets for all the "Nunsense" shows. The set was adapted for WBT's stage by Steven Loftus, Costume design by Rich Hamson, Lighting design by Rich Latta, and resident lighting designer is Andrew Gmoser, Sound design by Jon Hatton. The Production Stage Manager is Victor Lukas.
Dan Goggin (Writer/Director) has written the scores for the off-Broadway production of Hark! and the Broadway production of Legend. He received the 1986 Outer Critics' Circle Awards given to Nunsense for Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Music. His "nunless" musical Balancing Act has been presented in the U.S., London and Australia. Nunsense and Nunsense II, both starring Rue McClanahan have been recorded for the A&E Television Network. Nunsense Jamboree starred Georgia Engel and has been recorded for television at the Grand Ole Opry with Vicki Lawrence. Nunsense A-Men! opened in New York in 1998 and has since been produced with "Laugh-In's" Arte Johnson and Greg Louganis. Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical toured with Dody Goodman, Jeff Trachta and Dawn Wells. The Nuncrackers TV Special starring Rue McClanahan with guest star John Ritter, received an Emmy nomination for Best Musical Score. Meshuggah-Nuns: The Ecumenical Nunsense premiered in 2002. The all-star tour of Nunsense starring Kaye Ballard, Georgia Engel, Mimi Hines, Darlene Love and Lee Meriwether marked the 20th anniversary of the original show. In 2004 Dan's "serious piece" The Traditional Latin Mass was recorded. Nunsensations! The Nunsense Vegas Revue opened in Minneapolis in 2005. www.nunsense.com.
Deborah Del Mastro (Sister Robert Anne) most recently appeared in the television special of Nunsensations, The Nunsense Vegas Revue. She originated the part of Sister Robert Anne in the World Premiere of the show. She toured with the 20th Anniversary All-Star tour of Nunsense with Kaye Ballard, Georgia Engel, Lee Meriwether, Darlene Love, and Mimi Hines. Deborah also originated the role of Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense 3: The Jamboree; Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical and Meshuggah Nuns: The Ecumenical Nunsense. She toured/filmed Nunsense Jamboree and Nuncrackers and can be heard on four cast recordings. Other credits include: Always, Patsy Cline, and Forbidden Broadway.
David Edwards (Tevye/Howard) Most recently directed The Producers here at WBT. He appeared as both Max Bialystock and Roger DeBris in the First National Tour of The Producers directed by Susan Stroman. His Broadway credits include By Jeeves and The Rothschilds. He was the final "El Gallo" in the original record-breaking run of The Fantasticks and recently starred in the critically acclaimed revival of Room Service at the Soho Playhouse. Other New York acting credits include The Disputation, Dr Sex, The Roar of The Greasepaint..., That's Life, Jolson & Co., What's a Nice Country Like You Doing In A State Like This?, Zion, Company, and Bittersuite. WBT audiences will remember him as Don Quixote in Man Of La Mancha, Albin in La Cage Aux Folles, Scrooge in two different versions of A Christmas Carol, and most recently, in Phantom.
Bambi Jones (Sister Mary Hubert) feels blessed to be part of Dan Goggin's Nunsense family since 2000. Outside of the convent, Bambi appeared as Muzzy Van Hossmere in Thoroughly Modern Millie, the London West End premiere of Show Boat, the Off-Broadway production of Menopause The Musical where she played Power Woman, as well as performances throughout the U.S. in And The World Goes 'Round, Beehive, Little Shop of Horrors, Ain't Misbehavin', and the world premiere of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?-The Musical.
Bonnie Lee (Reverend Mother) As the daughter of a burlesque comedienne and a musician, and the granddaughter of two vaudevillians, she is proud to carry on the family torch in the "thee-ah-tah." She is glad to be back in the habit having appeared in Nunsense, Nunsense II and Meshuggah-Nuns!. She has also appeared in many plays not requiring a habit.
Jeanne Tinker (Sister Mary Paul aka Amnesia) grew up in Newbury, NH before going to College at Emerson in Boston, moving to San Francisco for several years, and finally settling on NYC as a good place to land. She has been seen all over the country as Sister Amnesia. Other shows include; Sheer Madness (SF), Funny Girl (CA), Once Upon a Mattress (CA), Kiss Me Quick Before The Lava Reaches the Village (NYC), My Sister Eileen (CA), Area 51 the Musical (NYC) and many others!


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The righteous saint Lazarus, also Lazarus the Four Days Dead,[note 1] or Lazarus of Bethany (latinized from the Hebrew: אלעזר, Elʿāzār, Eleazar - "God is my help"[1]) was a friend and one of the first disciples of Jesus Christ, and the first Bishop of Kition in Cyprus.[note 2] He was resurrected by Jesus shortly before His triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem.
The Church commemorates his feast on Lazarus Saturday,[2] which together with Palm Sunday, hold a unique position in the church year as days of joy and triumph between the penitence of Great Lent and the mourning of Holy Week.[3]
Lazarus is also commemorated on the fixed feast day of March 17,[4][note 3] while the translation of his relics from Cyprus to Constantinople in the year 898 AD[5] is commemorated on October 17.[6][7][note 4]
The Lazarene Miracle
According to the Gospel of John, Lazarus lived in the town of Bethany (approximately two miles outside of Jerusalem in the present day West Bank) with his two sisters, Mary and Martha. On His way to Jerusalem before the Passover, the sisters had sent word to Jesus and His Apostles that Lazarus was ill. The Lord tarried where He was, later perceiving Lazarus' death. When He arrived, Lazarus had already been in his tomb for four days. When Martha reproached Our Lord for not arriving sooner, Christ assured her that Lazarus would rise. Martha mistook this for the universal resurrection on Judgment Day, to which He replied, "I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever believeth in me shall never die" (John 11:25-26, KJV).
In the presence of the mourners, the Lord ordered the stone rolled away from Lazarus' tomb and bade him to come forth. Lazarus did so, still in his grave wrappings. Jesus then called for the crowd to remove the wrappings and free him. St. John goes on to explain that even more Jews were convinced of Jesus' divinity. This event struck fear into the hearts of the Jewish leaders, so much so that they even considered putting Lazarus to death (John 12:9-11). The religious hierarchy of the Jews at this time was dominated by Sadducees, who denied the resurrection. The Raising of Lazarus represents a testimony to the resurrection - both Christ's and the universal resurrection, as well as Our Lord as victor over death.
According to the V. Rev. Fr. Thomas Hopko, the Lazarene Miracle is the "climactic high point" of St. John's Gospel and the proof of Christ's divinity. It is also the act which serves as the catalyst of the events leading to Our Lord's arrest and Passion.[8]
Later Life
Bishop of Kition
According to Scripture and the tradition of the Cypriot church, Lazarus was compelled to seek refuge away from Jerusalem to avoid the anger of the high priests and the pharisees, who wanted to kill him, ...the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed in Jesus (John 12:10-11). Many Christians too ... were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about. Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch ...; just like Stephen, Lazarus would have had to leave Judea to seek refuge in another country. This location was Kition in Cyprus.
When Apostle Paul and Apostle Barnabas travelled to Cyprus, they ordained Lazarus as the first Bishop of Kition. This is why all episcopal thrones in Larnaca have the icon of St. Lazarus instead of Christ, which is the standard custom of the church.
Another famous tradition related to Lazarus, is the discovery of Mount Athos in 52 AD by the Theotokos. Lazarus was very close to the Virgin Mary and he was very grieved that he could not return to Jerusalem to visit her (he was still in fear of the Jews). The Theotokos learned of his sorrow and sent him a letter to comfort him. She asked that he might send a ship to her that she might visit him in Cyprus. With great joy, Lazarus sent a ship to the Holy Land to bring the Virgin Mary and John, the beloved disciple to Cyprus for a visit. However on their journey, a great storm blew them off course and carried them to the shores of Ephesus and then the ship to the shores of Athos, Greece. Unaware that divine providence had brought her to this area, the Virgin Mary completely taken by the beauty of the area, prayed to her son that this could be her garden devoted to prayer to "fight the good fight of faith". Having converted, blessed and established a new Christian community from the local idolaters they set sail for Cyprus and met with Lazarus.
Further establishing the apostolic nature of Lazarus' appointment, was the tradition that the bishop's omophorion and epimanikia were presented to Lazarus by the Virgin Mary, who had woven it herself.[note 5]
Little more is known about Lazarus after Our Lord's Resurrection and Ascension, except that during his thirty years after his resurrection, he never smiled or joked except on one occasion, recorded in the Synaxarion. One day, he saw someone stealing a clay pot and he smiled saying, "the clay steals the clay".[2][9]
The first tomb of Lazarus in Bethany remains as a site for pilgrims to this very day.
The second tomb on the island of Cyprus, was found in Kition sometime in 890 AD, with his relics inside, and bearing the inscription: "Lazarus, the Friend of Christ."
Church of Saint Lazarus in Larnaca and Relics
After St. Lazarus' tomb was found in Larnaca in 890 AD, Emperor Leo VI of Byzantium had Lazarus' remains transferred to Constantinople in 898. The transfer was apostrophized by Arethas, Bishop of Caesarea (Caesarea Palestinae), and is commemorated by the Orthodox Church each year on October 17.
In recompense to Larnaca, Emperor Leo had the Church of St. Lazarus erected over Lazarus' tomb, which still exists today. The marble sarcophagus can be seen inside the church under the Holy of Holies.
After the sacking of Constantinople by the Franks during the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the Crusaders carried the saint's relics to Marseilles, France as part of the booty of war. From there, "later on, they disappeared and up to the present day they have not been traced."[9]
In the 16th century, a Russian monk from the Monastery of Pskov visited St. Lazarus's tomb in Larnaca and took with him a small piece of the relics. Perhaps that piece led to the erection of the St. Lazarus chapel at the Pskov Monastery (Spaso-Eleazar Monastery, Pskov),[note 6] where it is kept today.[10]
On November 23, 1972, human remains in a marble sarcophagus were discovered under the altar, during renovation works in the church of Church of St. Lazarus at Larnaka, and were identified as part of the saint's relics.[11][note 7]
In June 2012 the Church of Cyprus gave a part of the holy relics of St. Lazarus to a delegation of the Russian Orthodox Church, led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, after a four-day visit to Cyprus. The relics were translated to Moscow on June 11, 2012, and were given to Archbishop Arseniy of Istra, who took them to the Zachatievsky monastery (Conception Convent), where they were put up for veneration.[12]
See Also
- Lazarus of Bethany
- Tomb of Lazarus (al-Eizariya)
- Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca
- Spaso-Eleazar Monastery, Pskov
- Zachatievsky monastery (Conception Convent)
- ↑ (Greek): Ὁ Ἅγιος Λάζαρος ο Τετραήμερος, Επίσκοπος Κιτίου Κύπρου.
- ↑ Kition (Ancient Greek: Κίτιον), also known by its Latin name Citium, was a city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus (in present-day Larnaca). It was established in the 13th century BC. On this basis, the whole island became known as "Kittim" in Hebrew, including the Hebrew Bible. The expression "isles of Kittim", found in the Book of Jeremiah 2:10 and Ezekiel 27:6, indicates that, some centuries prior to Josephus, this designation had already become a general descriptor for the Mediterranean islands.
- ↑ In the Synaxarion of Constantinople and in the Lavreotic Codex, reference is made to the "Raising of Lazarus" - the Holy and Just Lazarus, the friend of Christ. This is confirmed in the entry for October 17 in the Prologue from Ohrid , which also mentions that: "Lazarus's principle feasts are on March 17 and Lazarus Saturday during Great Lent."
- Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic. October 17 - The Prologue from Ohrid. (Serbian Orthodox Church Diocese of Western America). Retrieved 2013-04-15.
- ↑ "...Under today's date is commemorated the translation of his relics from the island of Cyprus to Constantinople. This occurred when Emperor Leo the Wise built the Church of St. Lazarus in Constantinople, and translated Lazarus's relics there in the year 890. When, after almost a thousand years, Lazarus's grave in the town of Kition on Cyprus was unearthed, a marble tablet was found with the inscription: "Lazarus of the Four Days, the friend of Christ.""
- Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic. October 17 - The Prologue from Ohrid. (Serbian Orthodox Church Diocese of Western America). Retrieved 2013-04-15.
- ↑ Such apostolic connections were central to the claims to autocephaly made by the bishops of Kition — subject to the Patriarch of Jerusalem — during the period 325–431.
- ↑ (Russian) Спасо-Елеазаровский монастырь. Russian Wikipedia.
- ↑ In 1970 a fire that broke out in Church of St. Lazarus at Larnaka destroyed almost all of the internal furnishings of the church. Subsequent archaeological excavations and renovations led to the discovery of a portion of the saint's relics.
- ↑ William Barclay. The Parables of Jesus. Westminster John Knox Press, 1999. pp. 92-98. ISBN 0-664-25828-X
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἀνάστασις τοῦ Λαζάρου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Archimandrite Kallistos Ware and Mother Mary, (Transl.). The Lenten Triodion. St. Tikhon's Seminary Press, South Canaan, Pennsylvania, 2002. p. 57. ISBN 1-878997-51-3
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Λάζαρος ὁ Δίκαιος, ὁ φίλος τοῦ Χριστοῦ. 17 Μαρτίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Translation of the relics of St Lazarus "of the Four Days in the Tomb" the Bishop of Kiteia on Cyprus. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Retrieved: 2013-04-17.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἀνακομιδὴ καὶ Κατάθεσις τοῦ Λειψάνου τοῦ Ἁγίου καὶ Δικαίου Λαζάρου. 17 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic. October 17 - The Prologue from Ohrid. (Serbian Orthodox Church Diocese of Western America). Retrieved 2013-04-15.
- ↑ Lazarus Saturday. Speaking the Truth in Love Podcast by Fr. Thomas Hopko. Ancient Faith Radio. 18 April 2008.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Michaelides, M.G. "Saint Lazarus, The Friend Of Christ And First Bishop Of Kition." Larnaca, Cyprus, 1984.
- Reprinted by Fr. Demetrios Serfes (Comp.): "St. Lazarus The Friend Of Christ And First Bishop Of Kition, Cyprus."
- ↑ St. Lazarus Church & Ecclesiastical Museum, Larnaca. Cyprus Tourism Organisation. p. 4. Retrieved: 2013-04-17.
- ↑ St. Lazarus Church & Ecclesiastical Museum, Larnaca. Cyprus Tourism Organisation. p. 14. Retrieved: 2013-04-17.
- ↑ ST. LAZARUS' RELICS BROUGHT TO MOSCOW FROM CYPRUS. Pravoslavie.ru. Moscow, June 13, 2012.
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June 3, 2009 -- The diabetes drug metformin may make vaccines work better, exciting new studies suggest.
"These findings were unanticipated, but are potentially extremely important and could revolutionize current strategies for both therapeutic and [preventive] vaccines," University of Pennsylvania researcher Yongwon Choi, PhD, says in a news release.
Choi's team wasn't initially interested in diabetes drugs -- and wasn't trying to improve immunizations.
The scientists were trying to figure out how the immune system remembers disease-causing agents so that it can mount a rapid immune response the next time it sees that agent.
This so-called immune memory depends on cells called memory T cells that lurk in the body, becoming active only in the presence of the pathogen they're programmed to recognize.
During an infection -- or after an immunization -- the body mounts a massive T-cell response to fight off the invasion. These T cells go away after the threat is neutralized, but a few of them survive to become memory T cells. How this happens has been a mystery.
Choi's team found that memory T cells survive by switching their fuel supply. Instead of burning glucose, as most cells do, they start burning fat. The researchers bred a strain of mice that lacked the ability to switch fuel sources, and these mice could no longer make memory T cells.
One of metformin's effects is to help cells burn fat. When Choi and colleagues gave metformin to the specially bred mice, the drug restored the animals' ability to make memory T cells.
This led the researchers to wonder what would happen if they gave metformin to normal mice. So they injected the mice with doses of an experimental cancer vaccine that, under normal circumstances, does not protect the animals. But in mice given metformin, the vaccine was vastly more effective at preventing cancer.
"The finding was very unexpected. We were lucky," Choi tells WebMD.
The serendipity may pay off in big ways.
"The findings do not mean that if you take metformin you automatically have better memory responses," Choi says. "But this widely used drug might enhance vaccination programs. If we combine our finding with those strategies, we may be able to improve vaccine efficacy."
Choi and colleagues report their findings in today's advance online issue of Nature.
Pearce, E.L. Nature, advance online publication, June 4, 2009.
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I only pump once in awhile but every time I do my nipples become sore. It's uncomfortable to nurse my little girl, she's 3 months old. Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this....
I only pump once in awhile but every time I do my nipples become sore. It's uncomfortable to nurse my little girl, she's 3 months old. Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this....
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i agree with pps on the horns/pump. but let's also talk about you saying it's uncomfortable to nurse - can you tell us more about that? is it just when you've pumped? or do you sometimes pump to give yourself a break? what kind of uncomfortable is it - nipple pain, or something else? do you feel it some times and not others? the more details you can give us the better we can help you!
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After pumping, or if I'm very fully my nipples are very sore, kind of a tender sharp type of pain. It happens every time I pump. Normally we have no pain, unless she latches on before I get her in the right position she is not patient. I have a medela hand pump with two sizes, I usually use the larger of them. Then I have a medela electric pump that uses batteries, it only came with one size. I start the suction slow and short then work myself up to where it is still comfortable. I get 4oz within 30min.
I haven't tried the olive oil...
We don't use any bottles yet, I've been pumping when I'm very full, or when she doesn't seem to empty me That way when I do leave her or if something should happen we have a supply.
Mother of 3 beautiful girls, and expecting baby number 4 in July
Elisabeth ~ 9/25/07
Eliana ~ 1/08/09
Elivia ~ 1/22/12 ~ EBF
with all 3 still
It sounds like the horns may be too small. Perhaps try going a size up. I think most LCs can fit you for horns. Try the olive oil too, that helps me sometimes, even using properly sized horns. You might consider pumping for slightly shorter sessions too; particularly if there isn't an immediate need for a lot of expressed milk. I get sore when I pump too long.
I wouldn't bother pumping after nursing, but that's me (I had horrible oversupply, probably due to too much pumping early on so I'm a little biased there).
I bet the horns are too small. The size they come with is 24 mm, which is too small for at least half of moms who try it.
That said, you can still have vasospasm related to pumping, just like nursing, and I'm walking proof of that
Mama to my all-natural boys: Ian, 9-4-04, 11.5 lbs; Colton, 11-7-06, 9 lbs, in the water; Logan, 12-8-08, 9 lbs; Gavin, 1-18-11, 9 lbs; and an angel 1-15-06
18+ months and for Gavin, born with an incomplete cleft lip and incomplete posterior cleft palate
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Always babywearing, cosleeping and cloth diapering. Living with oppositional defiant disorder and ADHD. Ask me about cloth diapering and sewing your own diapers!
I bumped an old thread of mine and this link was SUPER helpful for me http://www.ameda.com/breast-pumping/...w-can-i-get-it
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To the editor: Accepting resumes for open teachers positions. At Junior/Senior Newmarket High School, 243 S. Main St. Newmarket, N.H. 03857. All applicants will received a cover letter with announcement as to positions open. A large bonus payment is made at end of school year. Whereby no pay raise is given during or after school year ends. Payments are approved by superintendent James J. Hayes, School Board Chaiman Clifford W. Chase, and all members of School Board, with approval of Town Council and Budget Committee. Voters have no say as to awarding bonuses. Bonuses have been given out for at least last four years, without tax payers approval/authorization.
School Board members have a large surplus of money left over from budget, so a large $250.000 bonus can be awarded. Teachers are all in favor of giving and receiving bonuses. All applicants Mr. James Hayes and Mr. Clifford Chase are looking forward to meeting you all when school starts. They have some exciting challenging projects in store in the coming years and eager to get started. If you need any information or help please call on Kelly Foster, or Linda Mantegani, School Board members. No other school throughout the state of New Hampshire has a bonus system such as Newmarket. Move Forward with Mr. Hayes and Mr. Chase, also Kelly Foster and Linda Mantegani, and no child left behind; also taxpayers, forward with Obama.
Thank teachers for tax rate.
Norman Pleadwell
Worth it?
To the editor: Though this may sound like an attack on the school district it is far from it. I believe in having safe, modern schools for children to learn in. However I am left wondering if renovating schools that are antiquated is the right solution.
I will use the East Rochester School as an example. The projected cost of renovations is $6,575,000. That is Six and a half-million dollars. Now let's think about this the School was built in the 1970s and most likely contains asbestos. Thought there are guidelines in place to prevent contamination it is likely that contamination could occur during renovations. Not to mention unforeseen delays and plan changes I would guess the final cost to be around Eight million if not more. Now why are tax payers going to pay six million dollars to renovate an old and potentially dangerous school when they could build a new building?
This could occur in two different ways.
Option A) would be to completely demolishing the old School and building a new one in its place.
Option B) Build the new school on other public land and turn the current ERS (or other school) into a public building or sell it to a private buyer. (this option returns money on the project)
I would also like to know if getting away with the eight neighborhood elementary schools has been considered. I have seen it done where a city has two or three large elementary school. This would reduce administration cost (less administration to pay) Deliver cost (less stops to make) and Makes maintenance and renovations easier to plan for in the future (less buildings to worry about). Though the size of Rochester is large I feel that perhaps Locating Three to Four Large Elementary Schools in the City could be very beneficial. Such as One in East Rochester, Gonic, and one or two spread in "central" Rochester.
I has a taxpayer would much rather see my tax dollars build a new school that will meet our needs for the future then just allow us to squeeze by for now.
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Ryan P. Manning
To the editor: I am so pleased to read that the judge denied the request to release the records in the murder case of Elizabeth Marriott. In a world where police investigations are glamorized on television and crimes solved in 45 minutes we seem to disconnect from reality when we have a real criminal investigation in our proverbial backyard.
The "public's right to know" is not a right to gossip, presumptions and most importantly; our right to know does not supersede the accused the right to a fair trial. The people who are "in the know" are doing their jobs. We, the public, have no right to know the details — not yet. In due time, when the lookie loo's are permitted, all the horrendous details about the terrible death of someone's child will unfold before us on livestream via the Internet. Until then, we can mind our own business, let the process do it's job and be thankful we have our own lives to lead.
The fact that a paper is so desperate to run the gory details is sad. Imagine how many extra 75 cent copies you can sell if you had the private details of the last night of that girls life. Is it worth the price?
Maureen Jeanson
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To the editor: For a few years now, we have been joining the Pease Greeters, meeting troop flights as they stop in Portsmouth to refuel before continuing on. When they are leaving to go over — many have been on multiple deployments — we send them off with our love, respect and concern. When we meet them coming home, we share their joy in being back on American soil, and hope that their transitions to everyday life will not be overwhelming.
For us, it is a rewarding experience beyond words. It doesn't matter what one's politics are; we get to honor these men and women who are mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, etc. who are leaving their lives behind to serve. We've chatted with so many and are constantly impressed with them and how they approach what they have to do. And they tell us that they are so appreciative that people are there to support them and that they haven't been forgotten.
So, get yourself onto the Flight Alert email list: www.peasegreeters.org. You will receive email updates on the flight schedules. There is also a Pease Greeter hot line: (603) 766-0502, for schedules and updates. The flight arrival times can change, so it's good to check two or so hours before arrival.
Then get yourself to the airport to meet our troops. If it's your first time, find one of the Greeters and they'll welcome you and show you around. Occasionally, there are flights that come in the wee hours of morning, but if you make it a personal mission to honor our troops, it can get you up out of bed and over to the airport to welcome them, and, for sure, they will really appreciate your being there!
Louise and Stu Lewis
Voice for Animals
To the editor: is past spring, we noticed a stray cat picking through our neighbor's trash. We felt sorry for her, as she had recently given birth. You could tell by her distended belly, she was nursing. We were concerned because she was quite skinny. We have three well-fed cats of our own, so we shared their food with her. At first we feared she might be feral. Eventually, she began to trust us, and let us pet her. We could tell she once had a home. We wondered what happened to her family. We later found out, "Matilda" had kittens underneath our neighbor's porch. Eventually, we had four more little mouths to feed. They had not had human contact. They would not let us catch them. The longer they stayed outdoors, the more we worried something awful would happen to these precious kitties.
Getting someone to help was a challenge. Finally, Bev, owner of "All Critters Corner" suggested calling Lynn Kasch, "Voice for Animals." Lynn came to our home with "Have a Heart" traps. She showed us how to use them. They fought like mountain lions when we trapped and carried them in! Within a short amount of time, we had mom and her babies safely indoors. We estimated they were over four months old. Once they settled down, they caught up on their sleep. You see, living outdoors like that, they were on "high alert!" It is a tough way to come into the world. Cats are domestic animals, they rely on us humans to take care of them. We unwittingly became Foster parents. Unfortunately, Matilda was pregnant again. She eventually went to a Foster home. She had her kittens, she will be spayed, and adopted. Recently, Lynn took the kittens to be spayed/neutered, and vaccinated. All these services are provided by "Voice for Animals." I've been asking myself, "Why haven't I heard of this wonderful organization?" We believe in this organization so strongly, our family, Wayne, Angeline and I, have become volunteers. They help ALL animals. Matilda's kittens are still here.
After caring for them for so long, we didn't have the heart to separate them, and send them to other homes. Simba, Nila, Samantha, and Miss Marble are doing beautifully! They get along with our other three cats, and puppy. You can't have them, but there are many kittens and cats available for adoption. Check out the "Voice for animals." Facebook page. Also, donations can be sent to P.O. Box 127, Berwick, ME 03901-0127. To find out more about us, please stop by our table at the annual CFA Cat show, being held and the Dover Middle School, January 26 & 27, 2013. Please, pet owners, do the right thing, spay/neuter, and keep them safely indoors!
Yvonne K. Clapper
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Current Law Students / Re: Is life as a 1L really that difficult?« on: June 20, 2007, 05:39:08 PM »
Most people who say law school is unbearable are those straight from undergrad. If you treat it like a job, it's completely manageable. I was in the library at 7:30 AM every morning and left by 4 most days, sometimes 5. I almost never worked on evening or weekends. The only time I had to do this was during law journal edits and when memos or briefs were due. Treat it like a job and it is very manageable.


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I'm going to give you my Capital One 360 Checking review.
Not long after I opened my Capital One 360 Savings account I felt the need to have quicker, easier access to my savings. One of the best ways to achieve that is to add a Capital One 360 Checking account to the mix. I'm glad I did.
Opening a Capital One 360 (formerly ING Direct) Checking account was one of the best moves I've made in managing my money. It's one of the best online checking accounts available today, if not the best. I've been with them for 10 years now!
Let's start with the basic benefits:
Mobile Deposit with CheckMate
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I tried the service out and found it easy enough. I deposited an $185 dollar check (by signing the check and snapping a picture of both side of the check) on the 27th and was told it would be available on the 2nd. I then received an email telling me that my deposit was received but NOT to void it yet.
Multiple Bill Pay Options
Yes, there are multiple free ways to "pay ya bills" with this account. The bill pay setup is really basic and the check features are straight-forward. Did I mention it's all free? Some banks don't offer all of this for free. If you're paying for these services you're wasting money. See a full rundown of these methods below.
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Free ATMs
The network of free ATMs is great. Unfortunately, there aren't that many drive-up ATMs in the network. It's mostly ATMs at convenience stores or other retail locations. Over the years we haven't found this to be a huge hassle. We typically just take some cash out when we're shopping with the card. The good thing is that when you find an ATM there are no fees associated with the transaction.
Earn Interest on Your Checking Balance
Like their savings account, Capital One 360's Checking account is going to pay you more than your average bank just to keep your money there.
FDIC Insured
Last but not least, the accounts are all insured by the FDIC up to $250,000. No worries. If you have a savings account, this includes that amount as well. So, you're covered under the same umbrella. Have a joint account holder? The coverage is doubled.
How to Open a Capital One 360 Checking Account
Now that you're ready to make the move, here are the steps to opening up your new Capital One 360 Checking Account:
- Login to your Capital One 360 Savings Account (if you don't have one simply visit CaptialOne360.com).
- Locate the link to "Open an Account" or the "360 Checking" tab.
- Complete the 360 Checking account opening process, including, linking it to your savings account, requesting your MasterCard® Debit Card, and depositing some money from your savings account. The process is fairly straight-forward.
- Once you have your account open, you'll want to establish either a direct deposit using a portion of your paycheck (talk to your HR dept.) or automatic transfer from your Capital One 360 savings account (very easy setup you can do online).
How to Pay Your Bills Using 360 Checking
Okay, now that you've got your account opened, made some transfers, and used the MasterCard® Debit Card to make some purchases or get money without fee from an ATM, you're ready to take the account to the next level by paying your bills online.
There are several different methods you can use to pay your bills with 360 Checking. So there's bound to be one that works for you:
1. Free Bill Pay – Bill pay is great for paying your monthly bills. Simply add all of your bill companies to your list of payees and initiate payments to these payees for the amount and date you designate. If your monthly bill is a fixed amount (mortgage, student loan debt, etc…) then you can select the payments to recur automatically each month. Before I started using cash back credit cards for everything, I used this method on about six or seven of our accounts. Each recurring payment comes with an email notification so that you can ensure you have enough funds prior to the payment going out.
2. Auto Withdrawal – For the remainder of my bill companies (two or three) I use auto-withdrawal. This is simply providing the bill company your banking information (routing and account number) so that they can pull what you owe them from your bank account. Traditionally, you would locate this information on one of your checks. Since you don't automatically get checks with this account, to find your routing and account number simply visit the "account maintenance" link from the 360 Checking details page. On the account maintenance page, look for the "voided check" link. There you'll find your routing and account numbers, which can be provided to your bill company to set up auto-withdrawal.
3. Paper Checks Mailed and Now Paper Checkbooks for $5 – With the 360 Checking account you can have a paper check mailed to any address. You can even have the check mailed to yourself to be signed over to someone else. I only use this method if I owe a friend or family member some money. Now they are offering paper checkbooks too. For $5, you can have a checkbook mailed to you. This is another way Capital One 360 is becoming a full-featured checking account.
4. P2P Payments – Although this is a method that I've never used, it looks pretty easy. Basically, you send money to someone else's bank account. It can be another Capital One 360 account, or a completely different bank account. All you'll need is that person's routing number, bank account number, and email address. This might be a good situation for a small business owner looking to pay their employees straight from a checking account. The recurring payment would justify requesting the banking info.
All in all, Capital One 360 Savings is a solid account for anyone looking for an online bank to help them pay bills, send money to friends, deposit physical checks, access their cash quickly and easily, and avoid any kind of fee, all while earning a bit of interest.


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Information about your specific pension benefit is not on PBGC.gov. If you are in a troubled pension plan, it may be necessary for PBGC to step in and "trustee" (take over) your pension plan. If that happens, we first obtain and review documents related to the pension plan you are in — a process that takes at least a few months. In most cases, PBGC does not need to step in and the information about you and your pension benefit remains with the employer that promised you a pension.
Pension benefit estimates are not available online. If PBGC has trusteed your pension, and has had time to process the documents related to the pension plan you are in, we can provide you a pension benefit estimate. Calculating PBGC pension benefits is a complicated task since each pension plan has its own rules, provisions, and benefit formulas. To date, we don't have an online system that incorporates the thousands of variables related to your pension plan to produce a quick estimate for you. But for now, we'll be happy to send you a benefit estimate calculated the old-fashioned way. You can request a pension benefit estimate online.
PBGC.gov does not have information about 401(k) plans. PBGC does not insure 401(k) plans or other types of retirement plans in which an employee and/or employer makes contributions to the employee's individual plan account. Such arrangements are known as defined contribution plans and some common types include:
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We do not have information about these types of plans on our website. More information can be found on the Department of Labor's Retirement Plans, Benefits & Savings page and the Internal Revenue Service's 401(k) Overview.
PBGC.gov does not have information about military, federal, state, or local/municipal government pensions. PBGC insures the pension plans of most private (non-governmental) employers but we do not insure, nor have information about, public sector pensions.
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Throughout the site you will see links to MyPBA, our secure online service for handling common transactions, available to participants in PBGC-trusteed pension plans. My PAA serves a similar purpose for pension plan administrators.
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Daytona Beach
David Heald, a Realtor with Adams, Cameron & Co. Realtors, has been appointed by the Holly Hill City Commission to a two-year term on the Board of Planning and Appeals.
The Duvall Home Board of Regents recently elected its new officers: Kirby Moncrief, attorney with Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert and Whigham PA, is chairman of the board. Kate Pearce, Stetson University director of gift planning, is vice chair. Rob Walsh, operations manager for Volusia County, is secretary-treasurer, and Emilie Kimbrough, retired educator, is a new board member.
Drew Williams, of Kinsey, Vincent, Pyle, PL, has been named to the Florida Rising Stars list for 2013, an honor given to no more than 2.5 percent of Florida lawyers annually. The selection is based on peer recognition and professional achievement.
Kristin Petrone, VMD, has joined Spring Oaks Animal Care Center. She earned her veterinary degree in 2005 from the University of Pennsylvania and is the fourth veterinarian on staff at Spring Oaks.
Jill Hazard has been named vice president, small business banker, for DeLand and Orange City for Bank of America. She has 20 years' experience working with small businesses and previously was employed at Fifth Third Bank.
Leighton B. Smith, MD, is the new chief medical officer for Florida Hospital DeLand and Florida Hospital Fish Memorial. He previously owned and operated Leighton Consulting Inc., a physician management consulting firm, in Naples, Fla.
New Smyrna Beach
Bud Sahina has been hired by Gulf Atlantic Vehicles, 3298 Pioneer Trail, as the outside sales territory manager for Club Car, E-Z-GO and GEM products.
Ormond Beach
Clyde Malloy has joined the sales staff of Adams, Cameron & Co. Realtors. Malloy previously restored distressed properties, and is a former police officer and firefighter. Christina Royce, a commercial and residential designer, also joined the Adams, Cameron sales staff.
Palm Coast
Dennis Alter, M.D., has joined Flagler Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, a physician group affiliated with Florida Hospital Flagler. Alter, owner of Alter Orthopaedics, has practiced for 20 years in Flagler County.
Michelle Brown is the new membership director for the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce & Affiliates. She was previously a team tennis coordinator for the U.S. Tennis Association Florida.
Who's New/Professional Development for Sunday, March 24, 2013
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|The Sad State of Christian Journalism
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|At every mail delivery the tide rolls in. At my post as editor of World I see more of the flotsam and jetsam of Christian journalism than I ever imagined existed. The postman brings some Christian publications flush with public relations pieces and propaganda. He brings others filled with "objective" articles beloved by those journalism professors who lack a sense of objective truth and see a story that balances ungodly subjectivities as the highest form of service.
Eight years ago, in a book called Prodigal Press, I described how American secular journalism is the wayward son of Christianity. Now, after some additional experience in editing, journalism teaching, and service as a judge in Evangelical Press Association contests, I need to acknowledge that much of modern evangelical journalism also has gone astray. Many newspapers have little news. Many publications that deem themselves Christian are neither hot nor cold, but tepid. Thoughtful readers thus spit them out.
Too often some of the most prominent publications provide not more but LESS: Lukewarm Evangelical Substance and Style. Too often evangelical publications, instead of exhibiting the journalistic excitement of the hunt, are content to print public-relations releases and carry on their business in a joyless manner that makes them resemble a proctologists press. Too often they fall from a proper seriousness of purpose into solemnity, so that readers who page through them do so out of duty rather than pleasure. And many in search of news do not bother.
One form of Christian journalism has had an enormous spurt in recent years; one form has not. Christian talk radio is on a roll; quality Christian news publications are hard to find, and none of the conventional explanations tells why.
Contrary to some modern myths, the problems of Christian print journalism have not arisen because readership of newspapers and magazines is declining. True, the percentage of American adults who read a daily newspaper each day has declined significantly over the past thirty years, but the number of nondaily newspapers has soared: Since the mid-1960s total circulation of weekly newspapers has almost doubled, from thirty to fifty-five million. Big circulation gains during the 1990s at conservative public affairs magazines such as National Review and The American Spectator have also shown that if the right stories are printed and marketed, readers will come.
The argument that news publications aimed at a particular segment of the population cannot survive and thrive also does not hold. Specialty news publications that are of high interest to advertisers, such as Golf Digest, have prospered, but other news carriers aimed at particular ethnic, ideological, or religious nichesblacks, Hispanics, New Agers, singles, the elderly, parents, homosexuals, Catholics, Jews, and so onhave also done well.
Nor can Christian publishers argue reasonably that their audience is not sufficiently print-oriented to keep press hope alive. The Washington Post, in referring to evangelicals as unintelligent and easily led, implied also that they were poorly read, but that is true neither historically orat least in relation to the general populationcurrently. It is true that weak worship at some churches has contributed to not only lightness of belief but a decreased willingness to read tough-minded analyses of current events. Fluff generates fluff, yet non-Christians who face parallel social tendencies have still managed to develop quality news analysis.
Nor can it reasonably be said that evangelicals have no need for quality publications. Now as in the past, Christians under attack desperately need good magazines and newspapers, just as colonists under attack before the American Revolution needed committees of correspondence. For example, it will be hard to replace the welfare state with a truly compassionate system based in religious and private charities if effective groups face antagonistic coverage by those committed to increasing centralized power.
The success of Christian radio talk shows has not eliminated the need for words on paper. Articles provide readily reproducible affirmation of heroes and in-depth criticism of villains in a way that tapes cannot. At the least, Christian publications can hold powerful liberal newspapers and magazines accountable in a way that now-you-hear-them, now-you-dont broadcasts cannot.
The need is greatand yet, instead of having quality publications, evangelicals are for the most part put to shame. Some of the slimiest publications in terms of morality are far more attractive in style than biblically solid but journalistically stolid local Christian newspapers. In central Texas, for example, a side-by-side graphics and writing comparison of the Bible-believing Texas Messenger and the Scripture-spurning Texas Triangle, a homosexual monthly, shows that the Messengers mediocre writing and layout do not glorify God. In city after city throughout America, publications that exhibit moral depravity often show technical superiority.
None of the big economic reasonsthe "macro" explanations, to borrow a term from the economistsexplain why the Triangle is more journalistically readable than the Messenger, and why similarly sad comparisons can be made across the country. It therefore becomes necessary to look at the "micro"particular editorial decisions and especially the writing. Strong photos and graphic elements add enormous value to a publication, but good writing is at the heart of most successful newspapers and magazines, and that is what this book will emphasize.
The rarity of good Christian news publications represents both a crisis of entrepreneurship and a faltering of applied faith. Many aspiring Christian journalists know the Bible but do not know how to apply biblical wisdom to problems of writing and editing. Those who hope to build Gods kingdom through journalism need more than good intentions and more than a secular journalism-school education: They need to see how to hold every thought, and every part of their editing and reporting process, captive to Christ.
Judging from their publications, many editors do not know how to develop stories that pile up specific detail gained through journalistic pavement pounding. They fill their pages with warmed-over sermons rather than realistic stories of successful independent schools or corrupted churches and thereby miss an opportunity to teach boldness. They do not go after stories that could expose the aggressiveness of liberal culture and thereby miss an opportunity to alert and organize people as the committees of correspondence did just before the American Revolution. Those publications that do speak up often communicate in a tone so screeching as to be useless in coalition-building.
Sadly, vision without apprenticeship is common. Over the past eight years I have received numerous telephone calls from Christians who "have a vision" for publishing a national newspaper (or some such large project) and are looking for advice. I am obnoxious enough to ask questions about journalistic training: Rarely have those with good intentions paid their dues as reporters or copy editors. I ask about management expertise: Rarely have those with that particular vision put together or even heard of a publication business plan. I am usually forced to suggest to my eager callers that they take two aspirinone labeled journalistic experience, one labeled business knowledgeand call me in the morning (a morning about five years hence).
That bedside manner does not make me popular, since most callers typically look not for cautionary words but for approval of their plans. The good news is that most of those who have the vision but are inadequately prepared do not have money to throw away on a prematurely begun endeavor. The bad news is that establishing a thriving Christian magazine or newspaper is hard under the best of circumstances. If editors and writers do not have a solid understanding of the principles of biblical journalism and their practical applications, the likelihood of success quickly falls to slim or none. In journalism as in life, God graces us with miraclesbut to expect a miracle, when we are not using our talents intelligently, is presumption.
Is the struggle for strong Christian journalism worth it? The scheduling of concurrent sessions at a Wheaton College conference eight years ago caused me great consternation: The great theological writer J. I. Packer was scheduled to speak in one room, and I was placed in the next. I knew that Mr. Packers words would be more valuable than mine, and I wondered whether attendees wouldor shouldcome to a session on ephemeral journalism, when they could hear a fine lecture on eternal verities.
Providentially, I was staying in a dorm room that shared a bathroom with another dorm room. Before walking over to my lecture, as I brushed my teeth in the bathroom, who should come in from the other door to brush his teeth but the estimable theologian himself? Mr. Packer showed Gods grace in his kindness: When I stammeringly expressed my sense that I was, in comparison to him, talking trivia, and noted that if I were not speaking I would be sitting in the theology room, not the journalism hall, Mr. Packer said in his resonant British accent, "Nonsense. Think of what revitalizing journalism would do for the cause of Christ in America! It is the most needed sort of pre-evangelism, it is training in Christian worldview, it is an aid to sanctification, and you need to teach people how to do it."
Since then, although I have spent time writing about fighting poverty and abortion and doing many other things, I have always thought that revitalizing Christian journalism was essential. I have also understood, however, that the race is worth running only if our goal is Gods glory and not our own. Our prayer should be Pauls to the Galatians: "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" (6:14 niv).
Along those lines, this book emphasizes the need for those who manage journalistic enterprises to have a well-developed Christian worldview and the ability to apply it. Much of the book focuses on the how-to of writing, with a particular emphasis on what feature-writing reporters need to think through. I have also included material on the great cloud of Christian journalistic witnessesthose reporters and editors of the past who showed us how much can be achieved with the faith that produces couragealong with two chapters from my earlier book, Prodigal Press: "The Decline of American Journalism" and "A Christian Journalism Revival?".
There is great opportunity today for those who have that faith and are willing to move beyond the conventional journalistic practices of this secular century. This book is written so much with such pioneers in mind that I have sometimes gone outside my standard, third-person writing and addressed the reader directly: "you." Some literary elegance is lost in the process, but my goal is to challenge readers directly, in the hope that some will become writers. If even fifty new, talented, biblically directed journalists were to emerge in America during the next few years, the revitalization of Christian journalism would be well under way.
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The new Panasonic office tower rising along the Passaic River may be the most visible sign of Newark's development future, but retail and housing projects will be equally critical to breathing new life into the Brick City.
That was one message from commercial real estate insiders today at a development forecast hosted by the Newark Regional Business Partnership. With new office buildings for the electronics giant, Prudential Financial and others set to anchor the city's downtown, speakers and panelists touted a growing pipeline filled with other project types.
Spread across four projects, the city currently has 450 housing units under construction in the blocks surrounding its downtown, said Lyneir Richardson, CEO of the Brick City Development Corp. That will give the downtown "zone" about 2,000 total units, he said, but several other planned or proposed projects could bring that total to at least 3,000 by 2017.
Such efforts to add market-rate housing go hand in hand with new retail amenities, Richardson said. He ticked off a list of new and ongoing projects, including Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and the planned Joe's Crab Shack in the new Courtyard by Marriott, located a block from the Prudential Center.
"The next phase of Newark is about getting more people living and working downtown," Richardson said. By 2017, the city aims to have 5,000 new residents and another 5,000 new people working around its central business district.
Kate Coburn, a partner with the New York-based consultancy HR&A Advisors Inc., said the arrival of chains like Joe's Crab Shack and Starbucks inside the hotel signal that Newark is attracting a new generation of retailers beyond local businesses. But as the city builds a new retail base, developers must be careful to balance those new tenants with local merchants, who "make a project closer to the heart of the people that are there."
A key template for diversifying downtown Newark will be the $150 million Teachers Village project, which includes three charter schools, more than 200 apartments and 70,000 square feet of retail along Halsey Street. Ron Beit, the project's lead developer, said builders in Newark have "looked at plans around the country and around the world, and see what has worked and what hasn't worked in the last several decades."
"The one thing that is clear is (that) to have a 24-hour, seven-day community, you need all three food groups of real estate," Beit said, citing residential, commercial and retail. He said Teachers Village is using its schools as its commercial component, helping to activate the neighborhood, "so that overnight, you have this sustainable community."
Across all property classes, Newark and its host of development projects have been among the chief beneficiaries of state incentive programs, said Michele Brown, CEO of the Economic Development Authority. Under just the Urban Transit Hub program, the state's largest incentive, projects in the city have been awarded future tax credits totaling more than $450 million.
But the EDA's arsenal of incentives could be in line for a change, said Ted Zangari, the lead redevelopment attorney for Newark-based Sills, Cummis & Gross PC. He noted that Urban Transit Hub, its Grow New Jersey offshoot and two other programs would be refined and consolidated under a bill he expected to move through the Legislature starting next week.
Zangari said he "would like to think this bill will be on the governor's desk" by March 31. If signed, the law would replenish the state's offerings to businesses and give the state a "single program to market for that 20-second elevator pitch," similar to New York and Pennsylvania, he said.
The largest Urban Transit Hub recipient, Prudential Financial's planned office complex alongside Military Park, also was a key topic at the event. Heidi Learner, the chief economist at Studley Inc., said Prudential currently accounts for five of the 12 largest office users in a market that has seen little rent growth and trailed other urban centers in recouping "office-using jobs."
If the firm vacates its current space for the new 740,000-square-foot complex, Newark's office availability rate would increase from 19.4 percent to above 25 percent, she said, noting that office availability is at 17.4 percent nationally and 15 percent in downtown Manhattan.
But Jon Meisel, a managing director with Jones Lang LaSalle's New Jersey offices, seemed to for expanding the city's office market, noting that Newark's class A vacancy rate is the lowest in the state, and that 45 percent of its office stock was built before 1970. What's more, the new Prudential office would join projects like Teachers Village in "tying in" the city's higher education institutions to the downtown.
"Now you've created a new enclave," Meisel said. "You're starting to clean up the whole area behind Broad Street, right by Military Park. … All of a sudden you're coming out of the central core, and that's what spurs development."


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Mesones Hostal
Mesones Hostal in Granadais located on the corner of streets Mesones and Paz, in the heart of Granada and a few meters from the Cathedral and the Plaza de la Trinidad.
In addition to its excellent location, the Mesones Property in Granada is noted for its good and well equipped rooms, all with a nice balcony overlooking the street where you can enjoy the beautiful views.
At Easter from the balconies of Hostal Mesones you can see the famous processions, a sign of the identity of Granada.
Mesones has 12 rooms, 8 doubles with private bathroom and 4 singles with shared bath and a washbasin in the room. All rooms at Mesones Guesthouse are equipped with air conditioning, heating, television,...
At Mesones Guesthouse we also offer our customers free internet access via WIFI. In addition, Mesones Guesthouse is located just 30 meters from the Parking de la Paz.
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Cancellation Policy: 1 day before the arrival.
Check In: 2.00 pm.
Check Out: 11.00 am.
Method of Payment upon the arrival: Credit Cards, Debit Cards and Cash.
Small Breakfast is included.
Taxes are included.
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- Air Conditioning
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- Credit Cards Accepted
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- Free Internet Access
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- Iron / Ironing Board
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Cancellation Policy: 1 day before the arrival.
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We offer parking for a good price if you are arriving by car.
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The bus stop from the airport is next to the Cathedral, in walking distance to our guesthouse.
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What do Reds legends Ernie Lombardi, Frank McCormick, Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters and Johnny Vander Meer have in common?
Besides playing for the 1939 and 1940 championship Reds, these five players were the first Reds to be selected to the Reds Hall of Fame. They were inducted in grand ceremonies at Crosley Field on July 18, 1958. Lombardi, McCormick, Walters and Vander Meer wore uniforms, but not the rotund Derringer, whose 300-pound frame must have challenged the equipment managers.
Since that first ceremony over 50 years ago, the Reds Hall of Fame has experienced something of a rollercoaster ride, sometimes up, sometimes down, and sometimes not working at all. But with the opening of the new Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, the future looks promising for the glorious past of Reds baseball and its legendary players.
The Reds were the second baseball team to form a Hall of Fame; the Cleveland Indians Hall started in 1951, but it soon went defunct, making the Reds Hall of Fame the oldest team Hall of Fame in baseball. It is also the largest in both inductees and size, at 86 members and 16,000 square feet of space.
The idea for the Reds Hall of Fame was promoted by the Sports Committee of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Reds and owner Powel Crosley. For many years the Chamber of Commerce ran the election and hosted the induction ceremonies at the ballpark with the chair of the Chamber's Sports Committee, Art Radtke, serving as emcee.
The first ballot included 25 names, and fans could vote for up to five players. Ballots were printed in area newspapers, and nearly 20,000 votes were cast, mailed on official ballots, postcards and in personal letters. Of the 25 players appearing on the first ballot, 20 were eventually elected into the Reds Hall of Fame.
With so much club history to cover in the early years of the Reds Hall of Fame, each class of inductees usually had three or four members. Thirty players were inducted in the first 10 years. Beginning in 1969, the Reds reduced the number of inductees to just one each year. The ballot shrunk to around 10 names, and fans were allowed to vote for just one player.
In the early 1980s, the Reds took over the sponsorship of the Reds Hall of Fame from the Chamber of Commerce and moved the induction ceremonies to the offseason. They were held in conjunction with the Ballplayers of Yesterday organization at their annual banquet. This pattern continued until 1985, when the focus on Pete Rose and the chase for 4,192 cancelled the 1985 vote.
Voting resumed in 1986, but then after a ballot-box stuffing episode in 1989, the election was canceled, and the Reds Hall of Fame was dormant for 10 years. In 1998 the local chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) asked the Reds to resume the Reds Hall of Fame elections, and the Reds agreed, placing the writers in charge of the nominating and election process. The writers agreed to select one current player and a veteran player from the pre-1920 era since those players were underrepresented in the Reds Hall of Fame.
The Reds Hall of Fame vote was again postponed in 1999 but resumed in 2000 and has been held ever since. With the opening of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum in 2004, the vote was returned to the fans, with the writers responsible for preparing the ballot and making a selection from a list of veterans.
Beginning in 2007, the Hall of Fame shifted to a biennial election cycle, with fan voting and Veterans Committee selections taking place in odd-numbered years and inductions in even numbered years. In 2009, a revamped and expanded Veterans Committee was created that includes writers, broadcasters, historians and Reds Hall of Famers.
Although the Reds never had a permanent place to exhibit the plaques at Crosley Field or Riverfront/Cinergy, the club continued to make the bronzes every year, giving one to the player and keeping an identical second plaque in storage. Beginning in the late 1990s, the plaques were occasionally put on public display at Redsfest and on certain home weekends. When the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum opened in 2004, the plaques were taken out of storage, polished and hung in the Reds Hall of Fame gallery.
Probably the people most pleased about the display have been the players themselves. Thrilled that their plaques now have a permanent home, our visiting Reds Hall of Famers always ask about their plaques and have been delighted to find them on display. We have watched Jim Maloney, Leo Cardenas, Gary Nolan and many others stand by their plaques, posing with family members for photographs. Just like their fans!
Driven by a mission to celebrate greatness, preserve history and provide inspiration, the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum is the place where the story of Reds baseball comes alive each day. I look forward to seeing you there.
Greg Rhodes is the Cincinnati Reds' Team Historian and was the inaugural Executive Director of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
Purchase your tickets ahead of your visit to the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.
Wherever you're coming from, we're easy to find with many parking options.
Go behind-the-scenes at Great American Ball Park on a 90-minute guided tour.


text: Now I am pretty sure that I do have oversupply. When I thought I didn't have enough milk I did switch feeding and took fenugreek to increase my milk. Have I caused my own oversupply issue? I am engorged today. What should I do for my baby's comfort suckling? Will it stimulate the breast and make oversupply issues worse? She loves to suckle herself to sleep on my nipple without drinking. I am going to start to do the opposite of switch feeding, instead offering only one breast at each feeding. I used to offer each breast twice per feeding.


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We've already published our full review of the Samsung Galaxy S III Android phone, but one aspect that we feel needs expanding on is battery life.
As discussed in the review, we believe the Galaxy S III is currently the best Android phone on the market, closely edging ahead of the HTC One X. A key reason why we believe the Galaxy S III is a step ahead is battery life. While still not pushing over the barrier of a full day, the Galaxy S III regularly lasted well over 12 hours during what we would consider a heavy day of use.
Battery life on smartphones is tough to measure accurately for a number of reasons. Firstly, lithium-ion batteries traditionally get better after a few charge cycles, so initial results will always be less than expected. Secondly, everybody has different usage patterns which will affect how the battery is drained, while network performance and reception will also have a big impact on how the battery holds up. Finally, third-party apps will differ between users, so those using plenty of apps that update in the background can expect less battery life than someone who is a bit more diligent in their smartphone use. This is especially profound on Android devices.
I've currently been using the Samsung Galaxy S III for five full days, so I still expect a slight improvement in the coming week or so. The verdict so far is that battery life is good, without being great. As I write this article it's 10:42am and my battery is currently sitting on on 67 per cent. I took the Galaxy S III off the charger this morning at around 6am.
It is important to note I am a fairly heavy mobile user: on the hour long commute into the office from around 7.00am, my phone is constantly in use. I listen to music for almost the duration of my journey. Lately, I've been using the Rdio streaming music service, which would have a bigger impact on battery life than the regular music app given it streams music using my 3G network. This morning I also used Twitter for a fair chunk of my trip, along with short use of Google's Chrome Beta Web browser (around 10 minutes in total) and a quick check of Facebook.
Once I arrived at work at around 8.30am, I activated Wi-Fi (previously turned off) and also turned off background sync. I use Gmail in the office, so I don't need mobile notifications during office hours. I keep Bluetooth off unless I'm in the car. Generally I will do most Internet-based tasks on my office PC and not my smartphone.
With an afternoon commute home still to come it's clear that the Galaxy S III should last me almost a full day. Yesterday, it sat at around 25 per cent at 6pm. That's almost enough to get me through a full day. This may not be the case for most other people: with less intensive use, the Galaxy S III should definitely get you through a full day without any problems.
Ultimately, how important battery life is will depend on your usage patterns. For me, battery life isn't a huge issue as I can charge the phone at the office. I do the same with my iPhone. It's usually down to around 25 per cent by late afternoon (significantly worse than the Galaxy S III), so I've gotten into a habit of charging it before I leave the office.
So far, the best I have managed to squeeze out of the Galaxy S III' battery is just over 18 and a half hours during a non-work day. The biggest battery killer on the Galaxy S III is a toss up between the screen and cell standby. On this best recorded day, cell standby accounted for 35 per cent of the battery life, with the screen sucking 31 per cent of the battery. As I write this article, the screen has accounted for 32 per cent of juice in just five hours. Delving deeper, that is a result of the screen being in use for 59 minutes of those five hours.
Unlike many past Android phones, using the Internet and synchronising applications on the Galaxy S III in the background (like Gmail, Twitter and Facebook) doesn't seem to be a huge battery drain. Google's Chrome Beta browser has accounted for just 7 per cent of the battery today, and only 2 per cent during the best recorded result of 18 and a half hours over the weekend.
What do you think about the Galaxy S III's battery life? If you have any questions or thoughts, battery related or not, please let me know in the comments below!
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