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Linda Fairstein has served as the head of the sex crimes unit at the Manhattan, NY district attorney's office for twenty-one years. In her job, she is responsible for prosecuting rapes, family violence, sexual assaults and other sex-related crimes. She says that the rewards of her work are enormous. She commented, "My work is with the victims and survivors. They do recover and being part of that process, helping them achieve justice in the system, can be a wonderfully cathartic part of the recovery. It's endlessly fascinating."
Recently, Fairstein has turned her experiences into mystery novels, featuring a smart, strong woman who also happens to run the sex crimes unit at the Manhattan DA's office. Of her protagonist, Alexandra Cooper, Fairstein says, "The character has a good sense of humor. Women people have read about my real job and come to meet me, they expect a serious or grim person. Alex Cooper
very much reflects my worldview, which is very optimistic and full of good humor." Fairstein's first book was entitled Final Jeopardy. Her newest book, recently released, Likely to Die, is based on a true event: the attempted murder of a doctor in Nashville. Fairstein sets the scene in New York City and has fictionalized the details, but she weaves in events from her own professional experience.
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"Let's not mince words here: This 'Android and iPhone Update History' chart [OSNews item] is not a good chart. Oh, it's a pretty chart, to be sure artfully illustrated and researched. But this chart - done up by Michael Degusta at The Understatement and reposted by anyone unable to think clearly, apparently - is not a good chart. Or at the very least, it fails to recognize a fundamental difference between Android and iOS and the iPhone."


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The fire department recommends the use of an approved manufactured fireplace or fire pit. Requirements for these types of fireplaces would include the safety information listed in the manufacturers instructions.
The Fire Department Recommends the Following For Safety
Locate the fire a minimum of 25 feet from any structure. Additionally, prior to ignition, eliminate conditions that could cause fire to spread to a minimum of 25 feet from any combustible materials.
The maximum dimensions of the woodpile shall be less than 2 ft in height and less than 3 ft in diameter.
(Larger fires are considered "Bon Fires" which have different rules and require a permit from the fire department.)
The fire should be attended at all times by an adult until completely extinguished.
Its recommended to have a screen covering the fire pit to prevent embers from flying up in the air.
It is NOT authorized to burn domestic rubbish, refuse or combustible waste such as paper, cartons, rags, lumber, oils, plastics, foliage, stubble, composition roofing or siding, rubber, or other objectionable materials.


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Saturday morning, November 6, 1886, at her last residence two miles from Greenwood, Neb, Mary, wife of Wm D Kelly. Deceased was born in Tuam County, Galway, Ireland, November 12, 1830.
The funeral will take place from St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Lincoln, on arrival of the first train from the east Tuesday 9th inst.
Source: Daily Nebraska State Journal, November 7, 1886
Mary Casey Kelly was my great-great grandmother. She is buried at Calvary Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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text: We did about 4-5 Brik Wars battles but did not really get many pic's of them. I found these two pic's on Flikr of one of the battles done. If I find any more pic's I will post. EvilJack said he is planing on getting some stats and stuff done for next year so as to get more battles done and making it easier.


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PAWNO wrote:fine wrote:Good for us.
Good for the Warriors, Or Good for People who are FINE with discussing there sexualityfine wrote: But I wonder what the crowd is going to be like that night. Are the increased gay attendees going to outnumber the no-show homophobes?
Actually i totally disagree with this being a actual issue, The Bay Area has the largest community of Gays and probably also the largest Community of Gay Sympathsizers!
I don't think there's as many BIGOTS n HOMOPHOBES in the Bay Area then you make it out like to be!
I'd agree. There are far, far fewer bigots and homophobes in the Bay Area than there are in other parts of the nation, and even in California. I lived in Orange County for three years and met more racist morons than I had in my first 28 years of life in Marin and Sonoma counties.
And Pawno, most guys talk about their sexuality all the frickin' time. You just like talking about girls so you don't take too much notice.


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Dream job as Lego professional
RYAN McNaught is a kid who never truly grew up.
Well, Mr McNaught got married and had two kids, but he was able to turn his love of Lego into a full-time career.
Mr McNaught is one of only 13 certified Lego professionals worldwide and the first and only Australian professional.
Over the weekend he visited Toowoomba to help hundreds of enthusiastic kids create their very own Lego masterpieces.
Known as The BrickMan, Mr McNaught was fascinated by Lego as a child but turned away from it in his teens.
Three years ago Mr McNaught was working as an information technology professional.
When his sons started experimenting with Lego, Mr McNaught used his knowledge to install extra technology to their A-380 model plane, including a touchscreen for the cockpit and robotic wheels.
Mr McNaught said he decided to send pictures of the model through to Lego and his career as a professional grew from there.
Mr McNaught's speciality is building interactive models of all different sizes.
Some of his creations include a 5.6m tall replica of the 1968 Saturn V rocket and a replica of the Love Boat from the television series of the same name, which won best mega-creation at last year's Brickworld exhibition in Chicago.
In Toowoomba, Mr McNaught helped the children create pyramids, pirate ships and palaces.
Mr McNaught urged children with a passion for Lego to chase their dreams.
"If you want to have my job, you need to study. What I do is very mathematics-based," he said.
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Contaminated Fruits and Vegetables
Jeannine Salvo, 32, always prided herself on being fit. She ran the Boston Marathon twice in her 20s, and she regularly did 10Ks. But one day a few years ago, she started getting terrible stomach pains. "I'd wake up at night in agony, and I was constantly dashing to the bathroom," says Jeannine, a physical therapist in Schenectady, New York. "It was not the kind of running I wanted to be doing." She toughed it out for more than a week, then went to the doctor. Tests showed that Jeannine was infected with E. coli 0157:H7, a potentially fatal strain of food-borne bacteria. "I couldn't believe it. I'm such a healthy eater, I never thought I'd get food poisoning," says Jeannine, who suspects she picked up E. coli while dining at an Italian restaurant.
After a course of antibiotics, the pain gradually eased. But Jeannine has never felt the same since. She has suffered three bouts of pancreatitis, a complication that can sometimes result when E. coli enters the blood and deposits toxins in the body's organs, as well as abnormal heartbeat and gynecological problems. "I'm more prone to illness now," Jeannine says. "Day to day, I don't know if I'll have enough energy to do activities I've enjoyed my whole life, like go for a bike ride. It's so frustrating to have these constant health issues."
Contaminated food has become a major health concern in the United States, responsible for an estimated 76 million illnesses and 5,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What's especially troubling is that some of the worst outbreaks have been caused by the healthiest kinds of foods. In the past year alone, thousands of people became sick after eating alfalfa sprouts, jalapeno and serrano peppers, and peanut products tainted with salmonella. This past March, a California manufacturer recalled pistachios and 249 products containing the nuts were pulled from shelves after salmonella was discovered at one of its processing plants. Dangerous bacteria have also contaminated spinach, cantaloupe, and bagged lettuce.
In fact, fruits and vegetables have been to blame for more known outbreaks of food-related illness during the last 16 years than poultry, beef, pork, or eggs, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a watchdog organization. One key reason: Produce is mass-produced and distributed today in ways it never was before. "We didn't have bagged salad 20 years ago," says Jim O'Hara, director of the Produce Safety Project, a policy group at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Much of it comes from a handful of large operations that chop the greens up, mix them together, and ship them all over the country. "A problem in one field can cause a nationwide outbreak," O'Hara explains.
Before you swear off vegetables, however, consider this: The FDA, manufacturers, and even the president have put food safety on the front burner. The Obama administration has pledged to upgrade our laws and better enforce the current regulations, and some food companies are spending millions to improve their standards. Here's what's being done right now to bust the biggest bugs in our food supply, plus the steps you can take to protect yourself.
Problem #1: Filthy Food
You eat a salad almost every day for lunch to be healthy. But could you actually be making yourself sick? It's possible. Bacteria like E. coli and salmonella in fecal matter from cows and chickens can easily be transmitted to fields where vegetables are grown. For instance, bagged lettuce from California that caused one outbreak was tainted with the same strain of E. coli found on the dairy farm next door. "We're not sure how it got in the lettuce," says Michael Doyle, PhD, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia. One theory: Runoff from animal waste can end up in the same canals and streams used to irrigate produce. Even packaged foods may not be safe; processing plants can be breeding grounds for bacteria if not properly controlled. The now notorious Georgia peanut facility responsible for the recent salmonella outbreak had foot-long gaps in its roof and mold in its ceilings and walls, and it may have harbored germ-carrying rats, creating conditions in which the bacteria could spread.
The Safety Solution:"We need to move from a system in which the FDA reacts to problems after they occur to one that prevents contamination in the first place," says O'Hara. Under a bill introduced in February by Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), processors would be required to meet new standards in order to keep food safe. Although many producers are already doing this, "we currently have a patchwork of standards instead of one high set that everyone has to meet," O'Hara says. The bill, called the Food Safety Modernization Act, would also give the FDA more authority to recall bad food and the power to impose greater fines on lawbreakers.
Problem #2: Pinpointing Danger Too Late
To power up for your workout, you sometimes eat an energy bar. If your favorite brand contains peanuts, you may have risked taking a bite out of your health last fall. While the salmonella outbreak probably started in September, according to the CDC, authorities didn't spot clusters of food-poisoning cases until mid-November, and contaminated peanut products weren't yanked from shelves until January. The snail's-pace reaction time is partly due to the fact that food-borne illness develops slowly. A bug like E. coli, for instance, incubates for three days before triggering diarrhea and vomiting, and most victims don't go to the doctor for several days after that. Then it takes another one to three days for a lab to detect the E. coli and up to 11 more days to ship it to state health authorities and get DNA results. That plodding process must be repeated for each case to confirm that they're all caused by the same strain of bacteria. "In the meantime, a lot of people can get sick," Doyle says.
The Safety Solution: After a huge E. coli outbreak in the 1990s, the CDC created FoodNet, a surveillance network that searches for new cases of food-borne illness and reports them to the CDC. "It's a giant step forward," says Chris Waldrop, director of the Food Policy Institute at Consumer Federation of America. However, only 10 states currently have funding for the system (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee). The other 40 have to rely on local health departments. "Unfortunately, some states don't have very good ones," says Ted Labuza, PhD, a food science and nutrition professor at the University of Minnesota. The good news: President Obama's budget for 2010 includes an increase of $259 million for food safety, including surveillance.
Problem #3: Inspection Imperfection
The FDA regulates 80 percent of our food supply, but the agency gets only about half the food-safety funding that the USDA, which oversees the other 20 percent, does, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. What's up with that? The law requires the USDA to inspect meat and poultry plants every day, while on average the FDA examines the 350,000 food processors and warehouses it oversees about once every 10 years. That means the grilled chicken you're eating for dinner is a lot more likely to have been given the A-OK than the vegetables you're munching on with it.
But wait, it gets worse: The FDA has about one-tenth the food investigators the USDA does, and in any given year it never gets around to checking 95 percent of food plants. Between 2003 and 2007, the number of FDA inspectors was cut 30 percent, while inspections fell by 21 percent. Meanwhile, food imports have more than doubled since 2002. "The FDA examines less than 2 percent of imported shipments a year," says Doyle.
The Safety Solution: Clearly, the FDA needs a better food-safety watchdog system. President Obama's proposed budget increase will expand inspections, and the FDA says it plans to hire 250 new investigators this year.
Problem #4: Nobody's in Charge
Responsibility for food safety is spread across the FDA, the USDA, the CDC, and state and local health departments. "The system is uncoordinated," says Waldrop. That makes finding the source of food poisoning difficult. For example, the salmonella outbreak in the summer of 2008 was first thought to be caused by tomatoes. Restaurants stopped serving them, and many people were afraid to eat them. By the time peppers were identified as the real culprit, one-third of Americans never got the message, according to a survey by the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers University.
The Safety Solution: The Food Safety Modernization Act would create a separate agency that would have oversight of food safety. President Obama has signaled his support for a more streamlined approach, as have a number of other lawmakers. "For the first time in a long time, there are food-safety bills in both the House and Senate," says Waldrop. "There's finally real commitment and opportunity to get something done."
How to Protect Yourself
Yes, you can help change the food-safety system. These simple steps can make a big difference.
Stay informed.
Sign up for food-safety updates. During major outbreaks, the CDC, FDA, and USDA announce alerts and recalls via e-mail, text messages, podcasts, RSS feeds, and widgets. For a menu of options, go to cdc.gov and click on Tools and Resources.
Be kitchen-smart.
A few precautions can save you a whole lot of sickness.
- Cook meat thoroughly — and use a food thermometer to make sure it's hot enough to kill bacteria.
- Wash anything that's been in contact with raw meat, poultry, or eggs, including your hands, before touching other foods.
- Use separate plates and cutting boards for raw and cooked food, and separate boards for each type of food (only half of all Americans do this, according to an International Food Information Council Foundation survey).
- Refrigerate leftovers within two hours.
- Remove and throw away the outer layers of lettuce and cabbage heads; rub all fresh fruits and vegetables under cool running water to loosen dirt and germs. Rinse for about 10 seconds, then blot with a paper towel.
Contact your congressperson.
Read up on the different food-safety bills and e-mail or write your representatives and tell them which one you support. The most comprehensive is the House version of the Food Safety Modernization Act; others include the Senate's Food Safety and Tracking Improvement Act and the House's TRACE Act of 2009. For information on all the bills, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/.
Insider Safety Secrets
Here's how the experts outsmart food-borne bugs at home.
"I use a meat thermometer and annoy my family by making them use one too," says Chris Waldrop of Consumer Federation of America. "It's the only way to be sure your meat and poultry are cooked to the proper temperature."
"I buy my salad greens whole," says Michael Doyle, PhD, of the University of Georgia's Center for Food Safety. "If there are germs in bagged salad, it's almost impossible to rinse them all out." Instead, he buys heads of lettuce, removes the outer leaves and rinses the inner ones thoroughly
"I don't eat alfalfa sprouts," says Ted Labuza, PhD, of the University of Minnesota's Department of Food Science and Nutrition. The moist environment they're grown in makes sprouts especially prone to bacterial growth. (Sure enough, a few days after he told us this, the FDA announced that sprouts had been linked to salmonella in several states.)
"I check labels for the country of origin," says Waldrop. As of last March, food products are required to carry stickers or labels that tell where they came from. "If I hear there's an outbreak from, say, Mexican green onions, I can buy products from another country instead," Waldrop explains.
"I eat probiotic yogurt," says Labuza. Some research suggests that probiotics, or good bacteria, may help protect the stomach against nasty bugs.


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Unsolved Mystery: The Obscure Origins of the Chesterfield
Chesterfield sofas appear to be sweeping the nation (including — full disclosure — my own living room). They are both cozy and tailored, and can suggest anything from the library of a gentlemen's club (image 2) to a bordello (and hopefully neither, in my apartment). Strangely, its origins are pretty much a mystery — a mystery that we will explore, but by no means unlock, today.
Chesterfield sofas are large couches with rolled arms the same height as the back, and typically with deep button tufting and nail-head trim. The lore around the Chesterfield is that it was invented when the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope (1694-1773), commissioned a similar sofa in the mid-18th century.
The mid-18th century is indeed when there was a huge proliferation of new shapes of sofas. Sofas had only been around since about 1690 — before that they had benches, since comfort was not a high priority in furniture until the 1700's. One sofa shape popular in France in the 1770s was the "paphose," or "turquoise" (two names adapted from Turkish words, like the word "sofa," itself) where the back flowed into two curved armrests — the arms were not the same height as the back, but there was a sense of continuity and a coziness that is familiar to the Chesterfield (image 3). So it wouldn't be surprising if the early origins of the Chesterfield were indeed from around Philip Stanhope's era.
However, it's unlikely that the Earl was responsible for the development of the form as we know it. The type of button tufting we see on the Chesterfield did not emerge until the 19th century, when the burgeoning middle class wanted furniture that was at once comfortable and ostentatious. The coiled spring was patented in 1828, creating a revolution in cushy chairs, and tufting was a handsome and effective way to keep all the horsehair stuffing neatly in place.
But it takes more than mere tufting to define a Chesterfield. The first image of a true Chesterfield — high, rolled arms, generous proportions — I could find is from 1857, in a James Roberts painting of the drawing room at Balmoral Castle (image 4). (Balmoral had just been built in 1853, perfectly to Queen Victoria's taste, but to me this room looks like a traditional room in a palace that has been hastily redecorated for the return of an imaginary monarch's teenage son, who is in a garage band.) Ten years later, we see another Chesterfield in Frederick Walker's 1867 illustration for Thackeray's novel Philip (image 5), with the sofa situated in an early Aesthetic movement interior — note the stylized floral wallpaper and the lushly patterned rug. Between Victoria's mad-for-plaid country castle and the Aesthetic parlor, the versatility of the Chesterfield was clearly apparent even in the mid-1800s. While we see the form, though, it had not yet adopted the name, and, according to the OED. the first recorded usage of the word "Chesterfield" was not until 1900. Confusing the matter is that it seems that Canadians (who I trust will correct me if I'm wrong, eh?) use "Chesterfield" to refer to sofas in general, so it's unclear to which "Chesterfield" that 1900 usage was referring...
Despite its 18th- and 19th-century roots, the Chesterfield seems to adapt itself to a variety of modern interiors. From the wide availability of the form at many major retailers, it seems demand is as high as ever. How about you — Do you have/covet one? Or is this just another piece of Victorian furniture that should be banished to the attic?
You can find Chesterfields at Restoration Hardware, Anthropologie, and even La-Z-Boy. Here is a great roundup of Chesterfields from Apartment Therapy Los Angeles.
Images: 1 Classic Chesterfield spotted in Wales at a gorgeous house called Felin Newydd, photo by Anna Hoffman; 2 Reading Room at the Athenaeum Club in London, with Chesterfield-style chairs, photo by George P. Landow for victorianweb.org; 3 A Victorian-era paphose with button tufting, a distinctly feminine forerunner of the Chesterfield, perhaps? image from victorianweb.org; 4 The Drawing Room at Balmoral, by James Roberts (1857), in the Royal Collection; 5 The Fates, by Frederick Walker (1867), victorianweb.org; 6 Image by Dan Duchars via Desire to Inspire; 7 Image from Elle Deco via Desire to Inspire; 8 Image from the Rug Company via Desire to Inspire; 9 Anthropologie's Atelier Chesterfield, $5998(!), via Anthropologie Addict.
Thanks to Amy Sande-Friedman for her amazing help with 19th-c. paintings!


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Tara Stevens, author of Clock Book: Recipes from a Modern Moroccan Kitchen, was kind enough to give us her favorite tips on the best places to stay and dine in Fez and Marrakech in Morocco for foodies who enjoy a bit of pampering:
In Fez:
Obviously you've got to go and eat at the Café Clock and have a camel burger. They also do wonderful, traditional cooking classes with Souad (and sometimes me if I'm in town).
Fez Food is run by a friend of mine Gail and it's a great way to get deeper into the culinary culture of Morocco. She does foodie tours of the medina, but also gastronomic adventures out into the hinterland. Couscous making in a remote Atlas village for example, and visits to the Meknes wineries.
The Jardin des Biehn is sensational. The 'Caliph's Suite' is something else complete with private Turkish baths. And it's keenly priced for a place of its caliber.
Dar Seffarine is the most beautifully restored traditional house I can think of anywhere in Morocco, and its owners Kate and Alla are gorgeous. Alla is an Iraqi architect, Kate's a Norwegian photographer and their attention to detail and authenticity are second to none.
In Marrakech:
I always stay at Riad Tizwa because it feels like home to me. The owners Dan and Richard Bee make you feel like one of the family, its intimate, laid-back and brilliantly positioned on the edge of the medina so you can get in and out easily.
Riad Due is a great example of the sort of contemporary boutique that is starting to spring up around Morocco. It's a light take on traditional Arabic design, a bit more irreverent and fun. Another of my favourite places to stay.
La Mamounia of course is the grande dame of Moroccan high-end hotels and since Jacque Garcia's careful renovation is looking dazzling. Some great modern Moroccan cooking in one of the restaurants too.
If you want to get away from it all Dar JL is a handful of exclusive riads in La Palmaraie and is perfect for living out an Arabian Nights style fantasy. When I stayed I didn't leave once.
Harem is an extraordinary getaway for women with a focus on food therapies, yoga, meditation and basically time for oneself away from the demands of work and family. It is located in the private residence of a well-known French artist, so the kind of place you don't get to see very often.
You've got to spend an evening at the night market in Jemma al Fna to sample Moroccan street food.
For lunch I like Terrasse de Epices . Its nicely put together modern Moroccan fare on a contemporary designed Moroccan rooftop. They have a sister café nearby too.
Dar Cherifa is good for a traditional fare and cultural events. The owner Abdellatif owns a handful of pretty riads too.
Azar is good for a night out. The design is spectacular, by a young local designer, the food is Lebanese and there's a great nightclub underneath for a bit of a boogie.
I also like the rooftop at Le Bab for drinks.
Café Clock: recipes from a modern Moroccan kitchen is available priced 15 pounds at amazon.co.uk


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Dodge Ram Prices Paid and Buying Experience
Don't kill yourself trying to "leverage" something for a "once in a lifetime" or "insane" bargain. Chrysler /Dodge may be an exception, but the RAM has commonly sold for 12k off msrp for many years,for an average deal.
For several years, dealers in Detroit and perhaps other cities were selling them for 50%+ off with employee/family discounts in the may-sept timeframe. The MSRP has recently become even more inflated on the higher end models, and perhaps the lower end making 50% off even less motivational.
If you really really like and want the RAM, go for a 50% off deal. Just don't get a ticket driving to the dealer for 12000-13000+ off. That has been an average deal for quite some time.
Chrysler has been shedding employees and in difficulty for quite a while, the build quality and reliability of the vehicles weren't exactly stellar in previous years, much less those with build dates in the last 12 months. The motivation and morale of the employee base may have been less than usual.
An "insane" deal would have to entail considerably more than 60% off msrp.
Good luck
I'm wondering what the lowest price paid for a o frills single cab ram 1500 is. I'm trying to leverage this whole Chrysler bankruptcy in an insane deal on a dodge ram.
I live in SAcramento CA, and so far the best deal I have found is 14,000.00 before tax+fees (15800 out the door) on a Ram 1500 with an MSRP of 22,170.
I'm not eligible for the dodge loyalty deal (they could have offered 12500 if i was)...
so im wondering if anyone has had success getting a better deal, and if someone could point me in the direction of a dealer in CA that can sell one to me for0
where is this happening? i'm so fed up with the dodge dealers here in new jersey. i'm looking at $44,000 trucks for $34,000- $36,000 and no one wants to deal with me. you say $13,000 off has been going on for years but i cant even get $8,000 off the price. i had an easier time getting $100 off the monthly lease price on a nissan for my wife. i'm looking to pay in cash and trade my jeep and no takers. where do you live, i'm about ready to fly out there for $10,000 off the msrp. sorry just fed up with wasting my time out here. just about ready to give up.0
I would say $8,000 off a $42k sticker is pretty good. I got supplier discount with my deal. I guess 13k off MSRP could only be in Detroit where eveybody gets a discount. Even with that I bet dealers don't have anyone that can afford a truck in that area with the current econonmy.0
I'm not sure I know where its happening. Assumptions of great deals to be had with automakers "in trouble" haven't materialized. With govt cash propping them up, and the most recent situation with chrysler dealers.
Many Chrysler dealers are bankrupt, the factory (hidden and otherwise ) factory incentives of 8000+ or so per truck may be gone, leaving creditors and dealers with lots full priced vehicles that moved slow for years at $12000 off msrp much less $3000 or so. Obviously with such a situation you would be up in the air over what to do if you were in their shoes.
Perhaps, just let them sit and slowly let them go for $5000 or so off for a year or so. At 12000 off msrp the avg turnaround was perhaps 120 days, So let them sit for a year and sell off at $6000 off. New production is zero so thats it. Not a great deal on the truck but doable. Lots of bell clanging about 'out of business sales" "once in a lifetime" deals in television ads and such may help, making the $5000 off seem more than it is.
So beating your head against the wall trying to get an "insane" or even average deal of previous years may be unfruitful. Or premature.
Good luck
where is this happening? i'm so fed up with the dodge dealers here in new jersey. i'm looking at $44,000 trucks for $34,000- $36,000 and no one wants to deal with me. you say $13,000 off has been going on for years but i cant even get $8,000 off the price. i had an easier time getting $100 off the monthly lease price on a nissan for my wife. i'm looking to pay in cash and trade my jeep and no takers. where do you live, i'm about ready to fly out there for $10,000 off the msrp. sorry just fed up with wasting my time out here. just about ready to give up.0
ja812 Posts: 33Bought last day of April.
Listed for 37,950
Employee disc - 5014
Dealer Disc - 1576
Cash Back - 2500
Dodge Loy - 2000
Credit Union Dis- 500
Total Disc - 11590
Purchased @ Schaefer Beirlien in Frankenmuth,Mi.
Dealer also threw in 14 oil changes.
Awesome truck Deep Water Blue w/bucket seats.
Get compliments everywhere I go.
wooglin7 Posts: 3MSRP: $37,485
Dealer offer after tax, title etc.: $31,250
Still debating this offer. There is no more employee pricing and I dont qualify for Dodge loyalty bonus so its really just factory incentive and dealer discount.
I will definitely pull the trigger if I can get them under 30k.
Read several of my previous posts. $12000 off msrp was the std discount on these vehicles for numerous years, and definitely they weren't giving them away at that. 7400 off is nothing.
Look up the trade in value of the vehicle used 08 on kbb.com. This is what your 09 will be worth in 12 months. If it is under 20k you may find paying $10000+ to drive a Ram the 1st 12 months is a bit sobering.
Good luck
Dealer offer after tax, title etc.: $31,250
Still debating this offer. There is no more employee pricing and I dont qualify for Dodge loyalty bonus so its really just factory incentive and dealer discount.
I will definitely pull the trigger if I can get them under 30k.
Since you are not getting loyalty and employee discout and not live in Detroit, I would say it's an OK deal. The '09 is drastically improved from the last 10 year cookie cutter styles.
If you hold out you might find one of the dealers that are going to lose there franchise that are willing to unload. I am pretty happy with my purchase.
Good luck.0
here it is, finally after searching for over 3 months for a truck this is what i got.
Dodge Ram SLT Crew Cab 4x4
deep water blue
protection group
big horn package
remote start and security
3.92 axel ratio
chrome side steps
ram box
class 4 receiver
sirius sat radio
after all discounts final price was $32,998
savings of $10,307
this was the best i could get and im happy with the price and the truck. the only thing i didnt get was the mygig, which i read is easily installed aftermarket.
sad to say i had to go to another state to get this deal, my local dealer wanted to sell me a truck with half the options for $34,000. so for everyone out there, take your time and you will get the truck and deal that you want.0
brian2009 Posts: 1I'm looking to buy a 2009 Dodge 2500 SLT Quad Cab, 4x4, 6.7 liter diesel with automatic transmission. The MSRP is $49,320.
What would be a "Good" price to pay for this truck?
The dealer said the lowest price was $37,000.
Thanks for your help.0
canddmeyer Posts: 410Take it. I've seen them as low a $35,000 but there may be differences between what you're lookin at and what I'm seeing.0
RI32360 Posts: 24I am wondering what I should expect to negotiate off MSRP for a Ram 4x4 TRX 4 (Off Road). I am in the northeast and I found only 1 dealership willing to take $10,000 off MSRP on a $39,500 truck. Several other dealers told me they were not interested if I was expecting that kind of deal. There are no recent posts in this forum and I am wondering if the days of 12 to 13,000 discounts are over. The 10,000 off that I was quoted does NOT include the 4500 CARS discount. Any other experience would be greatly appreciated. Seems to me the dealers are keeping the prices high knowing that the government is throwing 4500 into the deal.0
metairie Posts: 1You Should be Getting more than 10,000 Off. I'm working on a Deal my MSRP is 48,520 I have been offered 36,560 so far.
Heres a great Dealer with some Really nice Prices airparkdodgechryslerjeep
They even post there prices online so Goodluck.0
tailgater Posts: 1I just purchased a 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT, Crew Cab, 2WD. My truck has the TRX package, and the Ram Boxes, with basic power equipment and premium cloth inside. The MSRP on the vehicle was $37,605.
Thanks to the great research available on Edmunds (and a few other places), I was able to get this truck for $27,550 - about $75 below the TMV price. AND - they threw in a couple of accessories that weren't already on the truck - running boards and a tonneau cover. The price does reflect the $6000 rebates currently being offered. Clearly, they're still making money on this sale, though they did try and tell me that my specific vehicle had no holdback as it was transferred from another dealer.
I got this deal at Hendrick Dodge in Cary, NC (suburb of Raleigh). This was my first time using Edmunds and being a firm, but respectful negotiator. I think it paid off very well. The price I got was about $4000 below what they first quoted me, and then about $900 below their second offer.
In case there's any other newbie negotiators reading this, the main thing besides knowing your prices, is to keep the negotiations for the cost of the car, separate from the cost of your trade, and also separate from the cost of the money.
Good luck!0
mtgoanchorman Posts: 13I recently went into negotiations to get a Dodge Ram 1500 Laramie and talked with the two dealerships that had the versions I wanted. I ultimately ended up getting an Acura MDX as a result of these negotations.
The first dealer i went to, Christopher Dodge, was really first class. The only thing I was disappointed with was that their two nicest Laramie's were demo's that their managers were driving. Times are tough in the auto industry and I didn't think it made a whole lot of sense for their managers to be driving these cars when they could have been using much less expensive demos. I would rate my overall experience here a B. The only reason I didn't think it was great was because my sales associate was not well educated on the Ram 1500 Laramie and the dealership didn't seem to want me to work with anyone other than the first guy I met. The manager, who I believe was Jeff Baker, was incredibly professional and while we never came to any agreement on a vehicle or price, I felt that the overall dealership experience was first class.
Now, dealership #2 was Valley Dodge in Boulder. This was a pretty laughable experience. My buddy and I stopped in on a Friday night to check out a Laramie I saw they had online. The dealership was much smaller than anything I had been to previously and had the feel of some rundown used car lot. the appearance of the dealership had little bearing on my overall opinion of it though. I was met by a man named Chuck who identified himself as the manager and set me up with a sales rep. The sales rep was a really nice guy, but just wanted to tell me what a mistake it would be to get any other vehicle than this truck. He knew a lot about the utility value of the truck but didn't have the answers i was asking about the bells and whistles you get when you are buying a laramie, mainly the multimedia console. After my test drive, I was immediately pressured to come in and get a deal done right there. They did an appraisal of my car and drove it around and told me they considered it worth $7500 at trade in. They also told me they wouldn't let the truck go below invoice, but would expect between $500-$1000 above invoice. I said I would get back to them and I did. I called back the very next day and unfortunately Chuck was not available. This is where my experience went from a B to an F. I began talking with the other manager, Tyler Grubich. This kid graduated college in 2004 and in my opinion, is not qualified to be the manager of anything. He told me that they likely couldn't honor the trade in quote the other night and that the only price they would sell the truck for was the posted price they had on craigslist, not a dollar less. I asked him about what the other manager had told me and he said I should just come in so he could see my vehicle. I agreed to come in and after checking out my vehicle, was told they would only credit it at $6300. They then told me they could get me out the door at $33,000 before tax tag and title. This was essentially the first real offer they made to me. I came back to them with $32,500 and he went back to the back room and sent out his finance manager. While they were gone, i noticed the dealer fee of approximately $490. When this finance manager, who was a total character and funny in a really bad way, came out to talk to me, I explained to him that I would not pay more than $32,100+dealer fee+tax. He immediately pressured me into signing that number, and as an attorney, I'm sitting there laughing to myself wondering why this guy cares if I sign my name next to a #. It just left a bad impression overall in my mouth. He should have just gone back and asked if he could get it done. He came back and said that it couldn't be done and I ended up just getting up and leaing. I left so fast I left my registration on the sales rep desk, and like I said, this was a nice guy and he ran out to give it to me. The next day I had to decide on the MDX or their truck and I wrote an e-mail to Tyler, the manager through nepotism (his dad owns the dealership). I said, I will come in and buy the car for $33,000+tax if the $33,000 includes dealer fee and to not call me back unless this # works for you and that he had until 6pm to do so. For whatever reason, he read this and thought it meant, call me back and try to negotiate some more and let me know that I wouldn't get his truck for less than $33,000+dealer fee+tax. I hung up immediately and got ready to off to Acura. I called them back one more time at 6pm to give them one final chance at $33,200+tax, they refused. This offer was $300 less than their initial offer so clearly Tyler has no idea how to negotiate. I ended up buying my MDX that night and couldn't be happier with the purchase. The very next day, they have a sales rep call me up and ask me if I am still interested. Were they trying to imply that I was lying to them about buying the MDX that night? It was incredibly offensive. I should also mention that this entire week, they have sold one car according to their website inventory. ONE CAR and they tried to strong arm me over $300 and pressure me with numerous old school tactics. It's really laughable and a carnival over there. I felt really bad for the sales rep who called me because he sounded really disappointed and the managerial staff really screwed him out of a sale. I hope Greg Grubich gets around to reading this and does some managerial re-organization.
If anyone wants more details on the specific #'s involved I would be happy to pass them along or any questions regarding this dealership, feel free to contactme through edmunds.
Stay away from Valley Dodge. I highly recommend you take your business to Christopher Dodge World.
Note: I did not visit any other Dodge dealerships in the Denver area because they had no Ram 1500's I was interested in. I am sure they are all run better than Valley Dodge though.0
m10r Posts: 1Here is the deal I am contemplating. Any words of encouragement/discouragement would be appreciated.
Dodge Ram SLT Crew Cab 4X4
Deep Water Blue
3.92 Axle Ratio
Chrome side steps and bed rails
Luxury Group
Technology Group
Remote Start
5.7 Hemi
uconnect phone
Deal: $31,915 plus taxes, tags, etc.0
these guys are killing me......the dealer i bought my 04 1500 called me said they had a nice 09 2500 in stock with a boss v 8.5 and would by my 04 back in trade...
sticker is 41.385 for a not very loaded slt +++++ 6700 for the plow grand total 49.000,,,,,,, ok so i get them to give me 12.000 off the 49 ==37k wow thats high but i think im doing good.... do a little research find out these trucks are only about 36.500 blade about 4.500. so i search the web for this truck find it at the dealership it was brought down from, so i call this dealership knowing the truck is not there but just to see something,,, dealer says yes i am looking at it right now thru my window and there is a fellow looking at it as we speak(thats odd i know the truck is right down the street from me because i just looked at it 15 minutes ago) anyways i ask him what the price including the blade........he says 41.385 ok so were did the extra 6700 for the blade go no it is included in the price he says the truck was 36.500 he added the blade and now wants 41.385 for a car that is not on his lot remember......so i call back my buddy and say whats the deal your trying to get me for an extra 6700 that has already been factored into the price 36500+6700=roughly 41.385
so anyways what should i be paying for a 2009 dodge ram 2500 quad 4x4 slt missing some options like runners, clear. lites,
i am thinking 29.000 out the door is a fair price including the blade
the problem is everyone is at rock bottom the best line of them all "im not even making anything on this deal" we just need to move it........
any help would be appreciated basically what is a good price and is 12.000 off the msrp to much to ask right out of the gate0
hybrid3 Posts: 22Anyone recently price a 2010? I have seen the posts here where people have gotten over 10k off, but that's on a 2009. I am looking at a 2010 Laramie with a MSRP of $48,135. The dealer without negotiating gave me a price of $42,500, I asked if he could do better, he came back with $41,500. This includes the $2500 rebate. Dealer is located on Long Island. Any thoughts on these numbers?0
jaragon Posts: 2I have been looking into some of the new 2010 2500 diesel bighorn editions crewcab short bed 4x4. The lowest price I have been offered is 46000? I am looking for a better deal than this. I have offered as much as 43000 but no takers. How much should I pay for this model? Anyone price any of the new models?0
nuhuskers97 Posts: 4Back in Feb 2008 I leased an 2008 Ram 1500 TRX4. I got in to a 27 month 12k a year lease, no money down, they paid first payment for $339 a month which included tax. I think after all the rebates my MSRP was around $26,000 and my residual value after the lease is up in May is $18,500.
I'm now looking at leasing again and know that things have changed quite a bit since Feb 2008 both with the economy and leasing.
I'm just curious if anyone has leased a 2010 Ram 1500 SLT or TRX4 and what type of lease payment you ended up with. I'm trying to find something in the $339 range including tax with nothing down and at least 12k a year for miles. The dealership I leased this truck from said they can't get me in to a comparible truck for $339 a month anymore.0
I priced out a 2010 Laramie MSRP $47,980. I am at $39,563.
Still working on the trade delta.0
gege7754 Posts: 6Hi there,
2010 Ram 1500 Crew Laramie 4x4
Bucket Seats
Media Center
ParkView Rear Back Up Camera
32-Gallon Fuel Tank
Rear-Seat Video System
Under Rail Bed Liner
Class IV Hitch
Net MRSP $47,545
With the $2,500 incentive released in the last day or so, TMV is suggesting a shade under $42,600.
I have not gone to a dealer yet....is this a good price or should I be aiming for better? Thanks vm0
Forget the 2500 quad, ended up getting a 2009 MEGA cab msrp $47k for $31.500 out the door..........the deals are out there you just have to shop EVERY DEALER i shopped as far as Texas, dealers will deliver and pick up your trade without even looking at it.........DON'T GIVE UP I BELIEVE 10K IS A GOOD STARTING POINT MAYBE EVEN 15K THEN YOU WILL BE HAPPY WITH 10-12K OFF MSRP.......THEY NEED YOU YOU DON'T NEED THEM..........0
shawnh3 Posts: 12010 Ram 1500 TRX
32Gallon Fuel Tank
Purchase Price: $26,800 + tax & title
I also purchased the added care plus lifetime warranty for $13350
sectionviii Posts: 42010 Ram 1500 SLT Crew Cab 4X4
Big Horn Package
Deep Water Blue Pearl
Premium Cloth Bucket
Remote Start w/ Security Group
20" x 9" Aluminum Chrome Clad Wheels
Class IV Hitch
Deal: $31500 (not including TTLF)
I also got the lifetime warranty ($1995) and 1.9% interest. I had an already pre-approved loan from my bank but they wouldn't match/beat the 1.9% interest. Price included a $3000 rebate and a trade-in of my damaged 2004 Dakota Club Cab SLT V6 4X2 (would have required $4000 to fix based on estimates from separate body shop). KBB had appraised my Dakota as "poor" value. Fair value would have been about $5400.
So considering that I needed a bigger truck for the family and the repair costs associated with the Dakota, I think it was a good deal for me.
One thing I found surprising is that my auto insurance only went up by $2 from the Dakota to the Ram.0
pd2ice Posts: 12010 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport Crew 4x4
Deep Blue water blue
5.7L V8 Hemi
Sport Group/Sport Performance Hood
Remort Start& Security Group
Power Sunroof
Package 26L Sport
Luxury Group
Navigation/backup camera
Mopar Chrome side step
Leather trimmed bucket seat
$35,500 not including (doc fee $129 and tax). The dealer gave me military discount and installed tghe bedliner for free. I've been shopping around for 2 months throughout the noreast area. (NY,CT,NJ,PA). I've fallen for couple of bait and switch. Finally found the truck I wanted and it was hastle free thank GOD.0
70dodge Posts: 2SLT , Quad Cab , only extras were the towing package equipment. $23,300 after all the rebates and incentives. Baltimore , MD.0
dstealth97 Posts: 5Im interested to get either crew cab or quad cab SLT (whichever cheaper). Anyone in Socal could get 1 for under 22k plus ttl recently?0
bgerard1 Posts: 12010 Dodge Ram Big Horn Edition Crew Cab 4x4 with 5.7 L. Hemi Engine
Austin Tan Pearl
Premium Cloth Seating package
Remote Start/security
20" Wheels with 9" OWL Tires
Luxury Package
Technology Package with Alpine Stereo and Park Assist
Protection Package
Class IV Hitch
After Discounts and Rebates I paid $29,600 before trade
Was given $4200.00 for 2004 Chevy Venture Van in trade
$25,400 after trade
2.69% Finance for 72 Months
We paid cash for taxes, fees, etc
Did not buy any extended warranty0


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by pambox
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This is my second project made using ties bought from op-shops (thrift/charity stores) after my 'don't tie this at home' dress I made a few years ago. After that experience and the difficulty of working out how to do the bodice I'd sworn to never do it again, but then I was filling in time one day and found a bunch of ties with animals printed on them and I just can't resist kitsch, so decided to make a skirt. A skirt is actually very easy to make out of ties – just cut them off to the length you want, sew the sides together, some bias binding for the waistband and a zipper in the back. Easy and quick.
Almost by accident I managed to have a clear colour scheme for this skirt – it seems animal print ties are almost always either blue or yellow. It also means this skirt is more wearable than my tie dress.
Photos (and project name) by Ezzles.
Material Notes
12 ties
bias binding
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Oct 31, 2011, 10.22 AMby dottty
Very well done, what a great idea jj:)x
Oct 30, 2011, 11.21 AMby Priscilla Folley
Such fun idea!
Oct 30, 2011, 11.19 AMby lienepien
Cool! Great idea to use ties.
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The publisher officially announced DJ Hero 2 today, inviting budding beat chemists and singing sensations to fire up two plastic turntables and a microphone on the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and the PlayStation 3 this fall.
"We're improving upon all the gameplay elements from DJ Hero that gamers loved with the all-new freestyle gameplay and a host of new multiplayer game modes," said Jamie Jackson, FreeStyleGames creative director. "But we're not stopping there either as the award-winning soundtrack is getting bigger songs from hotter artists that our talented crew of DJ's is spinning into hits that fit the gameplay flawlessly."
Dr. Dre, The Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, Metallica, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and over 85 others have signed on to have their songs mashed up in the game's more than 70 playable tracks.
Activision promises a more immersive DJ experience this time around, giving players the ability to add their own creative touches to tracks with freestyle scratching, crossfading, and sampling. And a new career-based Empire Mode will allow players to start out at school dances and make scratch their way to the top of an entertainment empire.
DJ Hero 2 will be available as a standalone game, bundled with one turntable controller, or as a two turntable and a microphone Party Bundle.
Sharkey says: I think Activision is taking the franchise in the right direction, highlighting how players can use the game in more of a party setting, allowing DJ battles, more mixing creativity, and the ability to have a singer or rapper jump in on a track. But will it be enough to stand out in what's becoming a music-game flooded holiday market?


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A proposed change in Georgia's open burning regulations is poised to loosen restrictions in Chatham and Bulloch counties.
The board of the Department of Natural Resources is scheduled to vote on the matter today. If approved, three additional open burning activities would be allowed in the affected counties: disposal of vegetative debris from storm damage; weed abatement, disease and pest prevention; and land clearing without the use of a specialized incinerator called an air curtain destructor.
The other counties affected - Dougherty, Glynn, Lowndes, Muscogee and Whitfield - round out the area where the restrictions would be lifted. These counties have populations of more than 65,000 but are outside of the metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Augusta, Macon and Chattanooga where there are known air quality issues.
The Environmental Protection Division of the DNR raised the possibility of the rule change in response to Gov. Nathan Deal's February 2012 executive order that called for the elimination of burdensome regulations, said EPD Air Protection Branch Chief Jac Capp.
"We got a request from the Forestry Commission; they handle burn permits," Capp said. "Folks who want to do a prescribed burn have to get a permit from forestry. The Forestry Commission was seeing lots of examples where people want to do land conversion from forest to agriculture. This was an economic impediment to doing that. Landowners in Lowndes or Bulloch couldn't do it, but a neighbor a few miles away (in an adjoining county) could."
Capp said removing the restrictions links the rules to known air quality issues. The 65,000 population threshold was established in 1972, he said, when few counties had reached that number.
"It seemed reasonable to make the rules less complicated," Capp said.
Less complicated, maybe, but not in keeping with EPD's legal mandate to protect and improve air quality, said Savannah environmental attorney Don Stack. The smoke from open burning degrades air quality and the activities allowed under the proposal are too broad, he said.
In a seven-page comment letter filed earlier this month Stack urged the DNR board to reject the changes.
"The proposed amendment significantly weakens the rules in place to preserve air quality and protect Georgia citizens from negative health impacts. The long term impact of the proposed amendment would be felt as the seven impacted counties continue to grow," he wrote. "... The proposed amendment provides no real benefit to the state economy or industrial sector, which would justify the very real detriment to the Georgia people."
Capp said the change would have minimal impacts.
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If the Kansas City Royals lose this World Series, none of the decisions they are about to make will be as crucial as one they made six years ago.
They could have had Buster Posey.
With the third pick of the 2008 draft, the Royals picked first baseman Eric Hosmer. With the fifth pick, the Giants happily grabbed Posey, who has led them to three World Series appearances in five years.
They won in 2010, when Posey was the National League rookie of the year. They won in 2012, when Posey was the NL most valuable player and batting champion.
In their 52 B.P. (Before Posey) years in San Francisco, the Giants never won.
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Acknowledgements by Susan Hoeltzel
In 1996, as part of a Lehman College initiative led by President Ricardo R. Fernández, the Lehman College Art Gallery began to explore the possibility of collaborating with artists, museums, and universities in Puerto Rico. It was in this context that we had the good fortune to meet Dr. Ricardo E. Alegría and lay the groundwork for this exhibition. Taíno Treasures presents fifty objects including ritual and religious artifacts, adornments, and utilitarian objects that convey a sense of the culture and the work of the Taíno artists and their ancestors living in the Greater Antilles from 100 A.D. to 1500 A.D. It is an important exhibition for the Gallery, the campus, and the community, offering a view of the expanding scholarship relating to Taíno art, culture, and history.
This exhibition was also developed to honor the exceptional life's work of Dr. Alegría. Our initial difficulty was to limit the project to just one aspect of Dr. Alegría's extraordinary, multifaceted career.
Dr. Alegría's contributions have earned him important recognition including the Frankle Prize from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Gold Picasso Prize for the creation of the City of San Juan's Historic World Heritage Site, awarded by UNESCO, and the Smithson Medal by the Smithsonian Institution. For this exhibition we chose to focus on Dr. Alegría's archaeological discoveries, publications, films, and establishment of historic sites relating to the Taíno. The exhibition is accompanied by a library installation of Dr. Alegría's writings, a film series, and a symposium. His invaluable contributions have provided generations of students with a richer understanding of the cultural history of the Caribbean. We are honored to have worked with Dr. Alegría and are very grateful for his involvement with all phases of this exhibition.
Our thanks go to independent curator Irvine Rafael MacManus who first made the introduction to Dr. Alegría for us and who helped us conceptualize the project. He organized this exhibition for Lehman College Art Gallery with the guidance of Dr. Ricardo Alegría and helped in innumerable ways to make connections to people and institutions throughout the City. Taíno Treasures was a collaboration with three institutions in Puerto Rico: the Universidad del Turabo, Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanisticos; the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, División de Arqueología y Arte; and the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte. The presentation of Taíno Treasures was the result of the efforts of many people. We would like to thank Dr. Iván F. Méndez Bonilla, Director of Archaeological Collections, Museo de Historia, Antropología, y Arte,Universidad de Puerto Rico; Dr. Juan A. Pastoriza, Director, and Dr. Miguel Rodríguez, Curator of El Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, Universidad del Turabo; Dr. Teresa Tió, Director, Dr. Ovidio Dávila, Director of the División de Arqueología, and Carlos Perez of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña.
We are pleased to have been able to present a symposium on the work of Dr. Alegría and would like to thank Dr. Félix D. Matos Rodríguez, Director, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, symposium moderator, and panelists professor Xavier Totti, Department of Puerto Rican Studies, Lehman College; Dr. Miguel Rodríguez, Curator of El Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, Universidad del Turabo, and Carmen Dolores Hernández, Dr. Alegría's biographer. We would like to thank Margaret Klinesmith for videotaping the symposium and are grateful to Michael Knobbe and the staff of Bronxnet for its broadcast.
We are greatly indebted to the Lehman College Art Gallery Board of Trustees and chair Elisabeth Lorin for their support of this project over the past seven years. The Board's contribution to the reception and theirorganization of the dinner that honored Dr. Alegría made these important events memorable. Vice President for Institutional Advancement Anne Johnson provided advice and assistance to both the Gallery and the board and we are very grateful to have had her help. We would also like to thank Anne Perryman and the staff of College Relations for their assistance with publications for the dinner.
The exhibition could never have happened without the teamwork of the Gallery staff whose tireless efforts and good humor made this all possible. Praise and appreaciation go to associate director Mary Ann Siano, education curator Annie B. Coan, graphic designer Patricia S. Cazorla, and web designer Eric Matos. We are fortunate to have had interns Rebecca Castro and Chiarabel Soler who assisted in all aspects of the project, particularly their organization of the library installation of Dr. Alegría's publications. Chief librarian Rona Ostrow and special collections specialist Janet Munch were extremely helpful and made the library exhibition a success. We would also like to thank registrar Janet Hawkins and Masterpiece Inc. for their assistance in safely transporting the objects from Puerto Rico. We are also indebted to Patricio Lerzundi and his students from the Lehman Multilingual Journalism department for assisting the Gallery with translations. We would also like to thank translator Ramón Ovando.
The exhibition and the programs provided an important nexus of interests on campus and brought together students and faculty. We are pleased to have worked together to provide programs with the Lehman College Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and Puerto Rican Studies, The City and the Humanities program, the English Department, Multilingual Journalism/Languages and Literature, the Aesthetics Education Group, The Freshman Year Initiative, and the Art Department. Lehman College Art Gallery is the community partner of Bronx High School for the Visual Arts, a New Visions/New Century school and we are very pleased to have developed programming around this exhibition with principal Dr. George York and his teachers.
Dr. Tomás Ybarro-Frausto of The Rockefeller Foundation provided encouragement and support from the project's inception and we are very grateful to him. We are also grateful for the support and enthusiasm of Eric Soto, Con Edison; David Latham, The Reed Foundation; Thomas Adams, National Endowment for the Humanities; Kristin Herron, New York State Council on the Arts; Sara Surrey, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation; and David Cronin, New York Council on the Humanities.
The exhibition and related programs have been made possible through the generous support of The Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, The New York Council for the Humanities, The Reed Foundation, Con Edison, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts and The Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation.
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New Hampshire's largest newspaper welcomes President Barack Obama back to the Granite State with a scathing front page editorial today, calling him a "glib, clueless disaster of a President."
Written by Union Leader publisher Joseph McQuaid, the editorial says it is an honor for the state to host the President, but proceeds to pummel Obama.
"Listen to President Obama today and he will lay blame on everyone but himself. His only plan will be to spend more money that we don't have.
Four years ago, primary voters here tried to tell the nation that this wet-behind-the-ears socialist wannabe was the wrong man. (They picked Hillary Clinton in the primary.)"
New Hampshire is technically a swing state — though with its four electoral votes, it isn't big enough to attract all that much attention beyond the Republican primary.
Obama is visiting the state to push an extension of the payroll tax — and upstage the Republican candidates in the state.
New Hampshire front-runner Mitt Romney is launching an aggressive campaign to "bracket" Obama's visit with a new ad and several press events.


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Maybe Dennis Rodman had a soothing effect on North Korea's chubby dictator during his visit to the Hermit Kingdom earlier this year, even though we now know that Kim Jong Un would have preferred to host Michael Jordan. This is not surprising, since Jordan was, as Kim is, a two-way threat while Rodman played mostly defense.
For whatever reason, the North Korean strongman has been relatively silent of late. He has even made a few conciliatory gestures to South Korea, which the Seoul government has correctly rejected. But no matter the cause of his current reticence, it will not likely last long. His behavior suggests that of a lunatic, seemingly hostage to the phases of the moon, and his mood and rhetoric change with the tides.
Emerging from seclusion after the death of his equally mercurial father, Kim has pursued the same policies, if indeed nihilistic threats, errant missile launches and bombastic talk can properly be called policy. We know little about him besides his love of basketball, funky haircut and gloomy wardrobe. In fact, we can only guess at his motives and intentions and speculate on whether he really is in charge.
But we are certain of two things. First, North Korea does have nuclear weapons and is striving to improve its missile delivery systems. Second, China, and only China, has any influence on the country's conduct.
Over the past decades the United States has employed every imaginable tack in dealing with North Korea. We have tried gentle suasion through humanitarian food aid and coercion through economic sanctions. We have attempted diplomacy through four- and six-party talks and intimidation through military maneuvers. But even though some of these gestures have steadied matters for a while, they all have proved unavailing in the end. North Korea regularly reverts to form. Tensions mount, threats ensue and missiles fly.
About the only thing we have left to offer Kim is a better barber and tailor, which might enhance his self-esteem but probably won't make him more obliging or less obnoxious.
China, though, has plenty to offer and much to withhold. North Korea's well-being, such as it is, depends on China's open border and the food and energy it provides. If North Korea alienates China, it loses its closest friend in the region and one of the few it has in the world. Its crimped existence would become almost solitary and its economy would collapse.
By its lights, China has good reason to sustain North Korea. Beijing is wary of a unified Korea, especially if American troops were to remain, and wants to prevent a mass migration of Koreans into China if Kim's regime implodes. But interests are not immutable. As geopolitical factors change, so do policies.
This may be happening. China's leader, Xi Jinping, has scolded the North Koreans for their nuclear tests and bluntly told them to return to negotiations. The Chinese government has also been circumspect in reacting to American military exercises with the South Koreans. At the same time, Chinese leaders have come to understand that as North Korea persists in threatening its neighbors with annihilation, Japan and South Korea will take measures to defend themselves from the menace. And a more formidably armed South Korea and Japan most assuredly are not in Beijing's interest.
So the Chinese may have decided that the cost of their friendship with Kim now approaches the contributions that North Korea can make to their security as a buffer between them and the American troops in South Korea. If that is the case, the Chinese might assume a more assertive role in persuading North Korea to act rationally and abandon its nuclear-arms program.
President Barack Obama meets Friday and Saturday with Xi in California. No doubt North Korea is on the agenda. The president will have ample time to make his arguments. He will reassure the Chinese that we have no hostile designs on North Korea and that we seek, with much of the world, only to help put an end to the country's development of dangerous and destabilizing nuclear weapons.
The Chinese have made it clear that they also want to see North Korea give up the program, but they will take no actions that might hasten Kim's political demise, at least for the time being. They do not want a failed state on their border.
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To be sure, in dealing with Kim, the frustrations are many, the options few and the prospects for success slight. But China holds the highest trump. It's important that the president persuade them to play it.
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