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The Old Stone House is a modern reconstruction of a Dutch farmhouse built in 1699 by Claes Arentsen Vechte or his son Hendrick Claessen Vechte. The Vechtes purchased the land from the heirs of Cornelis Lambertsen Cool between 1660 and 1689. The house was at an important position during the Battle of Brooklyn (8/27/1776) - a strategic retreat that saved George Washington's army. The house was sold to the Cortelyou family in 1797 and the house is also known as the Vechte-Cortelyou House.
As development surrounded the house in the 19th Century, the house was used as a changing room for skaters on the adjacent Washington Pond. In the 1880s it became the clubhouse for the Brooklyn Baseball Club, which later became the Brooklyn Dodgers. In the 1890s, the house was buried but was rebuilt with original stones in the 1930s as a recreation center in the new J.J. Byrne Park, which is named after a former Brooklyn Commissioner of Public Works and Borough President. The house was renovated in the 1970s and 1990s to serve as a historic education center. (reference)
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Ellen D. Wu is assistant professor of history at Indiana University where she conducts research on issues of race, immigration, citizenship, and nation through the lens of Asian American history. She is also author of The Color of Success:Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority, a recent book that tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities"–peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values–in the middle decades of the twentieth century.
Now, on to the questions!
What inspired you to get into your field?
As the daughter of Chinese immigrants, I was originally drawn to Asian American history as a way to understand my own place in the world. (I always felt a little bit freakish, growing up in Indiana.) But I soon learned that it is much more than that. The founders of Asian American Studies in the late 1960s and early 1970s emphasized the importance of research and education relevant to Asian American communities. They also believed that it was possible not only to fight oppression, but to end it completely.
The original, radical vision of Asian American Studies continues to invigorate me. I strive to tell new stories in such a way that is meaningful to Asian Americans from all walks of life. I aim to highlight the diversity of Asian America. And I am interested in the actions that ordinary people have taken in the face of racism and other dehumanizing challenges.
What is the biggest misunderstanding people have about what you do?
The reigning misconception of Asians in the United States is that we are "model minorities."
People often think that history is just a string of dates and facts about "great" white men. (Is it a coincidence that many of those who believe this also tell me that they think history is boring?) I would also say that most non-historians have no idea how historians actually go about doing what they do (i.e. archival research)—probably because it's pretty bizarre from an outsider's perspective! A friend of mine explains it this way: we read other people's mail. While that makes us sound like NSA employees, that description works for me.
What would you have been if not a historian?
I have fantasies about being/becoming a documentary filmmaker, a food writer, and an independently wealthy lady of leisure.
What are you reading right now?
This summer I plan to dig in to some of my favorite literary writers: Jhumpa Lahiri, Monique Troung, and Junot Diaz. I can't wait to be inspired by their words, sentences, and storytelling. Meanwhile, I'm reading lots of things via my Twitter feed.
What was the most influential book you've read?
Ummmm… The Bible?
Why did you write The Color of Success?
It was a book that I wished had already existed.
What was the biggest challenge involved with bringing this book to life?
[Book] titles are so hard! They're akin to naming one's child.
Conceptually it was quite difficult for me to figure out how to move from dissertation to book. It's the kind of thing (at least in my experience) that one doesn't really know how to do until one has done it, if that makes sense. But now I can say the process has been demystified and hopefully all the pieces will fall into place much faster with the next book.
What do you think is the book's most important contribution?
Today the reigning misconception of Asians in the United States is that we are "model minorities"—people of color who are naturally smart and hardworking, socio-economically mobile, etc. Observers often attribute the putative "success" of Asian Americans to "culture." By excavating the origins of the "model minority" image (it's a relatively recent creation, dating back only to the 1940s-60s), The Color of Success shows that it is an invented fiction rather than timeless truth. Certain Asian American spokespersons, government officials, social scientists, journalists, and others conjured up the "model minority" for various political purposes. For those invested in delegitimizing the African American freedom movement, the "model minority" stereotype served as handy "evidence" that the United States was indeed a land of opportunity for all, including racial minorities. People are often surprised to hear that the "model minority" stereotype, while ostensibly positive, is actually highly problematic and pernicious.
The value of tracing the relatively recent emergence of a stereotype that is prevalent today is that it drives home the point that race is a social process rather than a fact of nature. That gives me hope that racial stereotypes and categories can be "unmade" as well as "made."
Who do you see as the audience for this book?
My goal with The Color of Success was to generate something empirically-rich and stimulating for professional scholars, but also significant and accessible in a broader way. I wanted to write for "lay" Asian Americans and others interested in historical and present-day conditions and consequences of race in the United States. Additionally, I tried to produce something that my friends and relatives might actually read. (A shout out to my cousin Denise in Logan, Utah for being my first family member to finish it!) I'm crossing my fingers that the book will speak to this these disparate audiences.
How did you come up with the title or jacket?
Titles are so hard! They're akin to naming one's child: it's a heavy decision because it seems that it will seal the fate of the book forever. I definitely wanted something that conveyed the main themes of the book, but I didn't want it to sound too boring or "academic-y" (hopefully I succeeded?). I went through about a million titles before my husband came up with The Color of Success at the eleventh hour.
On the other hand, the cover image (a photograph of the 1956 San Francisco Chinese basketball team, clad in "USA" jackets and holding "USA"-stamped balls), was something that I had kept in mind for years. I first spotted it in a 1956 issue of San Francisco's bilingual Chinese World newspaper when I started my research. It was one of those ah-ha! moments. Like other notable American artists and athletes at the time, the team had been tapped by the US State Department to tour Asia as "goodwill" ambassadors—essentially Cold War cultural diplomats. It's a great double-take image that plays with the tenacious notion that Asians remain "forever foreigners" in the United States, that Asian Americans have never truly been seen by others as "real" Americans. And like Linsanity, it also messes with assumptions that Asian Americans make good scientists or violinists or whatever, but not good basketball players.
Several years after I initially ran across the photo, I wrote to a senior Asian American historian to ask if she knew how I might get a hold of it for the book. She forwarded my message to her contacts in San Francisco Chinatown, and, voila!, I tracked down Percy Chu, the 80-something coach of the basketball team. Mr. Chu not only kindly sent me the photo, but now he's also my penpal. Every Chinese holiday, he sends me little gifts in the mail—zongzi (Chinese tamales) for the Dragon Boat festival, mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival, red envelopes for Lunar New Year. (Maybe he feels sorry for me for living in Bloomington, so far removed from the epicenters of Chinese America?) So that's been unexpected and fun!
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Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority
Ellen D. Wu
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Introduction "The Color of Success embodies exciting developments in Asian American history. Through the lens of racial liberalism and cultural diplomacy, Ellen Wu offers a historically grounded analysis of the Asian American model minority in the contexts of domestic race politics and geopolitics, and she unveils the complexities of wartime and postwar national inclusion."–Eiichiro Azuma, University of Pennsylvania


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The Grown-Up Approach to the Fiscal Cliff
By: Alieta Eck MD,
Imagine the amazement of an Ecuadorian Auca Indian on his first visit to a modern American grocery store. He described the wonder of walking down the aisles, filling his cart with his colorful choices. Once his purchases were scanned, his American host handed him a plastic card which he was instructed to give to the young lady at the register. Not only did the card allow him to take all the groceries "for free," but the clerk gave the credit card back to him! This visit to the store cost him absolutely nothing. America is a wonderful place!
Now it might be completely understandable that a man brought up in the jungles of South America might not comprehend the concept of credit, but when an American brought up in the US education system believes similarly, one must wonder what is in the curriculum. Our people have the idea that the government gives things out for free. But the stark reality is that credit cards come due, the balance needs to be paid, and our government simply does not have the money. Any wise consumer knows that borrowing money to buy groceries cannot go on for long.
Whatever happened to thrift, a solid work ethic, and living within one's means? In the past 50 years, the sense of responsibility of the American people has diminished, rewarding politicians who appeal to the childish sense that Big Brother has another program to meet their needs. Voters choose those who will promise more benefits from the public coffers. ObamaCare was touted as affordable or free medical care. Of course, it is neither.
In 1965, the era of massive "entitlements" began—some earned and some bestowed upon those who cannot or will not earn enough to live on. But, as Governor Mitt Romney candidly remarked,48% of Americans now receive a check or some other aid from the federal government— in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or other programs. This massive government spending has now reached the point where the government spends $1.40 for every $1.00 it receives in taxes. The nation cannot pay off its credit card each month as we borrow $188 million per hour. The majority of the American people do not think that this is a big deal. The only explanation is that they are thinking like children.
In February 2012, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned of the coming crisis. He said: "Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases." He has no solutions, and Congress can only spout the same tired remedies of taxing the rich more and eliminating fraud and abuse. Sensible thinking is not emanating from the White House.
Physicians and hospitals are gearing up to adjust to what is coming. Medicare is scheduled to lower the fees by 27%. Those practitioners who are heavily dependent on government money will face the greatest upheaval, and those who have managed to avoid the government programs will fare better.
The United States Treasury funds failed government programs and wasteful projects, hastening our arrival at the fiscal cliff where taxes rise and government spending falls. One solution is to stop inventing "green energy jobs" that give taxpayer money to friends and campaign donors. Another is to revisit the idea of making the safety net more comfortable and more permanent. This hurts taxpayers and recipients alike.
We taxpayers will need a game plan to tighten our belts and demand that the government treat our hard-earned dollars with respect. We must plot our exits from the bloated national programs that cannot live up to their promises. We must return to our noble roots of self-reliance and strong moral character, and plan as though the federal government programs will fail. We must and can nurture strong community roots where neighbor helps neighbor.
Tumbling off a cliff leads to great injury, but with some grown-up thinking, perhaps we can avoid it.
Dr. Alieta Eck, MD, Past President of AAPS, graduated from the Rutgers College of Pharmacy in NJ and the St. Louis School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. She studied Internal Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ and has been in private practice with her husband, Dr. John Eck, MD in Piscataway, NJ since 1988. She has been involved in health care reform since residency and is convinced that the government is a poor provider of medical care. She testified before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress in 2004 about better ways to deliver health care in the United States. In 2003, she and her husband founded the Zarephath Health Center, a free clinic for the poor and uninsured that currently cares for 300-400 patients per month utilizing the donated services of volunteer physicians and nurses. Dr. Eck is a long time member of the Christian Medical Dental Association and in 2009 joined the board of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. In addition, she serves on the board of Christian Care Medi-Share, a faith based medical cost sharing Ministry. She is a member of Zarephath Christian Church and she and her husband have five children, one is a physician interning in New Haven, Connecticut.


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A court commissioner recently authorized a bench warrant for the Newport Beach sports agent who partially inspired the film "Jerry Maguire," but there are no plans to arrest him, court and law enforcement officials said Thursday.
Leigh Steinberg, 62, failed to appear in Orange County Superior Court on Dec. 15 for a debtor's examination, triggering the commissioner to OK the bench warrant on the condition that the party suing him pay the court fees, according to court spokeswoman Carole Levitzsky. Bench warrants typically lead to arrests when the subject is picked up for another crime, such as a traffic violation.
The Newport Beach-based Irvine Co., which filed a lawsuit alleging that Steinberg owes $1.4 million in back rent for office space in Newport Beach, did not pay the warrant fee, Levitzsky explained.
That means there is no warrant out for Steinberg's arrest, Levitsky said, to which Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino confirmed.
The warrant would become active, however, if the Irvine Co. pays the court fees.
Irvine Co. spokeswoman Erin Freeman declined to comment on the case.
Steinberg, in an interview with the Daily Pilot, said he failed to attend the court hearing based on advice from his attorney. He said he wants to set a new court date with counsel for his landlord.
"The truth is that I'm attempting to work out my financial situation with the Irvine Co.," he said, adding that many people can relate to his financial strains during tough economic times.
Steinberg, who writes a weekly sports column for the Pilot, called the media attention about the matter a mix-up that started with an inaccurate blog report that falsely suggested he was on the lam.
"[This] creates the impression that I'm hiding," Steinberg said. "I live transparently and publicly."
Steinberg entered a contract with the Irvine Co. in 2003, agreeing to pay $14,308 per month in rent for his 5,110-square-foot Newport Center office; he later renewed the contract in 2008, according to court records reviewed by the Pilot.
Steinberg has represented Oscar De La Hoya, Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Steve Bartkowski and other top-tier athletic talents.
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We all have been reading about Android's next major update by name 'Android N', which was recently announced to be 'Android Nougat' with version 7.0. But, Android Nougat? Seriously? Most of population would have never heard about this name. It obviously not something like popular earlier Android names, such as Marshmallow, Ice Cream Sandwich or JellyBean. Google took suggestions from public on their micro website but still announced such name.
Well, I think there are so many alternative and better names for Android 7.0. They would have been much better, easier and familiar. I thought to make the poll of those names. Let's see what you guys think Android 7.0 should have been named.


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I knew I heard her name before. Obama's Supreme Court pick, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, was instrumental in ending the 1994-95 baseball strike when she issued an injunction preventing Major League Baseball implementing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement and using replacement players.
Replacement players. That was another brilliant idea by Bud Selig.
I remember that time as I spent nine weeks in the Marriott in Tampa covering spring training that year waiting for the strike to end. I was at the hotel so long I got my own parking space.
I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend and looking forward to speaking with you tonight on Mets Chat Room.


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If you are reading this, it is likely you or someone you love has been waging a difficult physical and emotional battle against heart failure or some form of heart disease. Your search for comfort, support and answers does not stop when you accept that you must learn to live with heart disease. That's when VITAS can help.
Hospice helps patients and their loved ones deal with the significant effects heart disease has on the entire family after curative treatment has stopped. On this page, we've provided answers to these questions:
In the case of end-stage congestive heart failure, it can be difficult for patients, families and even physicians to determine when it might be time for hospice. The progress of congestive heart failure in its final stages is often unpredictable, and symptoms can vary. There is typically a dramatic decline followed by a period of recovery, over and over again. As a result, the majority of heart disease patients who could benefit from hospice never receive this essential emotional and physical support.
Read more: Hospice is a Choice
Patients are considered to be in the terminal end stage of heart disease when they have a life expectancy of six months or less. Only a doctor can make a clinical determination of congestive heart failure life expectancy. However, look for these common signs that the disease has progressed to a point where all involved would likely benefit from hospice services:
People often say, "I wish I had asked about hospice sooner."1 Reports show early referral to hospice results in greater satisfaction for patients and their caregivers. In 2014, seriously ill patients received hospice services for an average of 71.3 days; that's good news. But given more time, hospice can do so much; we have the resources to supplement the care provided by doctors and loved ones throughout the last six months of a patient's life.
Read more: Quality Hospice Care Takes Time
Your hospice team evaluates the patient's status and updates the plan of care as symptoms and conditions change, even on a day-to-day basis. The goal of hospice is to relieve physical and emotional distress so patients can live as fully as possible, retain their dignity and remain comfortable at home.
Read more: How VITAS provides hospice at home
The hospice plan of care treats a wide range of symptoms, including:
When you turn to hospice, you are not alone in your journey; your hospice care team is educated and experienced in advanced cardiac care:
Hospice offers comprehensive services for patients with heart disease:
Family members may have to make difficult healthcare and financial decisions, act as caregivers and provide emotional support to others. If the decision is made to stop medical support, families experience strong emotions and feel overwhelmed.
Hospice offers comprehensive services for families of patients with heart disease:
Read more: Information and Tips for Family Caregivers
If you or a loved one is facing a life-limiting illness, you may have heard the term hospice. Friends or family might have told you about the specialized medical care for patients or the support services for loved ones. But most people are unaware of the many other benefits of hospice.
Comfort. Hospice works with patients and families, providing them the support and resources to assist them through this challenging chapter of life and to help them remain in comfortable and familiar surroundings.
Personal attention. When the hospice team works with a patient or family, they become participants in the end-of-life process, a very personal experience for any individual. The hospice mission is to care for each person individually. We listen to patients and loved ones. We advocate for them. We work to improve their quality of life.
Reduced rehospitalization. In the last months of life, some people who are seriously ill make frequent trips to the emergency room; others endure repeated hospitalizations. Hospice care reduces rehospitalization: a study of terminally ill residents in nursing homes shows that residents enrolled in hospice are much less likely to be hospitalized in the final 30 days of life than those not enrolled in hospice (24% vs. 44%)1.
Security. One of the greatest benefits of hospice is the security that comes from knowing that medical support is available whenever you need it. The VITAS Telecare program assures healthcare support around the clock. And VITAS gives families the training, resources and support they need to give their ailing loved ones the care they deserve.
Read more: What is Hospice?
1Miller SC, Gozalo P, Mor V. Hospice enrollment and hospitalization of dying nursing home patients. American Journal of Medicine 2001;111(1):38-44
The final months of life are frequently marked by strong emotions and hard decisions. Talking about hospice, even with those closest to you, can be difficult. Here are some tips to get the discussion started.
Education is key. Educate yourself first. By now, you've probably done some research online. It may be helpful to read and share "Considering Hospice: A Discussion Guide for Families" at HospiceCanHelp.com. This discussion guide is a tool for you to print out and use in a family discussion.
Determine what your loved ones know. Before bringing up hospice, make sure your loved ones have a clear understanding of your health status. People handle difficult information in different ways. If family members are not accepting or understanding of your prognosis, you might want to have your physician, clergy or a trusted friend speak with them on your behalf.
Discuss your goals for the future, as well as theirs. As a patient, your greatest concern might be to live without pain, or to stay at home or not to be a burden. Ask your loved ones what their concerns are when they consider the coming days, weeks and months. Explain that hospice is not giving up. It is an active choice to ensure that everyone's needs are met.
Take initiative. Remember, it's up to you to express your wishes. Sometimes, out of concern for your feelings, your family or loved ones might be reluctant to raise the issue of hospice care for you.
Free Download: Our Hospice Family Discussion Guide (PDF)
Education. You've probably done some research online. It might also be helpful for you to read and share "Considering Hospice: A Discussion Guide for Families" at HospiceCanHelp.com. This discussion guide is a tool for you to print out and use in a family discussion.
Ask permission. Asking permission to discuss a difficult topic assures your loved one that you will respect his or her wishes and honor them. Say something like, "I would like to talk about how we can continue to ensure you get the very best care and attention as your condition progresses. Is that okay?"
Determine what is important to your loved one. Ask him or her to consider the future: "What are you hoping for in the coming months, weeks or days? What are you most concerned about?" The patient might express a desire to be comfortable, to stay at home or to not become a burden.
Discuss hospice care as a means of fulfilling the patient's wishes. Now that your loved one has told you what is important to him or her, explain that hospice is a way of making sure wishes and desires are met. For some, the word hospice evokes a false notion of giving up. Explain that hospice is not about surrendering to disease or death. It is about bringing quality of life to the patient's remaining months, weeks or days.
Assure the patient that he/she is in control. Hospice gives patients options: the option to remain in the comfort of their own home, the option to take advantage of as much emotional and spiritual support as they desire, the option to have their own doctor actively involved in their care. Reassure your loved one that you will honor his or her right to make choices about what is most important in life.
Be a good listener. Keep in mind that this is a conversation, not a debate. Hear what the other person is saying. Know that it is normal to encounter resistance the first time you talk about hospice care. But if you listen and understand your loved one's barriers and reasons for resisting, you will be prepared to address and ease his/her concerns in your next hospice discussion.
The primary physician may recommend hospice when the time is right. But as anyone who has faced a serious illness knows, patients and family members often must act as their own advocates to receive the care they need and deserve.
You, your loved one or your trusted physician may request an evaluation to see if hospice is an appropriate option for care.
1 J. Teno, MD; J. Shu, BS; D. Casarett, MD; C. Spence, RN; R. Rhodes, MD; S. Connor, PhD. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: Timing of Referral to Hospice and Quality of Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2007.
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It really is the most wonderful time of the year.
The December LSAT is over.
If you're here, that means you're ready to dive right in and discuss the 2013 December LSAT. I'm right with you, but remember: LSAC prohibits talking about LSATs in great detail. We can discuss which sections were toughest, and which were easiest, but we can't talk about the content of specific questions — especially anything to do with which sections were experimental. If your comment is not approved by the LSAT blog moderator, that means you violated LSAC's policy in some way.
Now let's get to it. Reports have been trickling in, and here's what people are saying so far about the 2013 December LSAT:
A lot of mixed feelings. Of those on the more depressed side, it sounds like there were some sections of the December LSAT which were of particular difficulty — especially a Logical Reasoning section that a large number of test-takers are praying was experimental.
There's also some chatter about a time-sucking Logic Game, and a wordy Reading Comp passage. Then again, there's always going to be some tough questions that stand out on every LSAT. Plus, who likes Reading Comp? Honestly?
Anyway, that's what we're hearing so far about the 2013 December LSAT. We'll keep you posted with updates as they come in.
For now, though, let's hear your thoughts in the comments. Remember: Nothing too specific, or it won't be approved.
Also, how do you plan to celebrate tonight? That's always the most important part of LSAT test day.
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I am against Black History Month because, as argued here, it presents impressionable young students with a distorted, negative view of American History. The following tale is "illustrative" (as Chuck Hagel might say) of that effect and how I once tried, in a very limited way, to counter it.
By the time my older daughter Laura reached Sixth Grade, she was on at least her sixth Black History Month. The school had run out of old-time African-Americans to celebrate, so it focused on contemporary African-Americans of some note.
The students drew from a list of names. My daughter drew as her suggested Black History Month subject, Mary Frances Berry, an odious Communist sympathizer who then headed the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
This news caused me to substitute the parenting style of Robert, Earl of Grantham, for my normal approach. The first question was whether Laura was required to write about Berry. A negative answer — Berry was only a suggested subject; Laura could pick any semi-prominent contemporary African American — meant that I wouldn't need to take up the matter with the school.
I then strongly suggested that Laura should pick someone else. That was fine with her; she had no vested interest in a figure of whom she had never heard. But whom should she study?
It happened that Alan Keyes was running for the Republican presidential nomination at the time, and one of his speeches was being shown on CSPAN that night. So I popped a tape into the VCR and recorded the spectacle.
Laura loved Keyes' speaking style and nothing in his substance shocked her conscience. So Keyes became her Black History Month subject.
When it came time for her in-class presentation, Laura spoke a little bit about Keyes and played highlights from his speech.
The big question, of course, was always how the teacher would react. No problem. Laura got an "A" (like most of the other students, I imagine). She also reported that her teacher had smiled with genuine amusement during the playing of the Keyes tape.
I never found out whether the teacher smiled because she found Keyes funny or because she appreciated the injection of true diversity into Black History Month and/or the mini act of rebellion we had pulled off.
I guess it doesn't matter. Nor did it really matter that one less student celebrated Mary Frances Berry that year and that one student celebrated Alan Keyes. The corrosive effect of Black History Month cannot be overcome by isolated acts of parental pushback.
JOHN adds: My most distinct memory of Black History Month was when one of my daughters came home from elementary school, having gained the impression that Martin Luther King was responsible for the abolition of slavery. That prompted a crash lesson in American history.


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If you've ever wanted to sail to the magical Galápagos Islands, chances are you already know ultra-luxury line Silversea (silversea.com) has acquired a new vessel for their Silversea Expeditions line of cruises that will do just that.
But the itineraries offered aboard the Silver Galapagos, which is set to enter service this summer, have just been expanded.
In response to demand from guests, Silversea has announced that it has crafted eight new Galapagos voyages that span just three and four days in length, which will be combined with pre- and post-cruise vacation packages in South America to create journeys that are eight, 10 and 11 days in duration.
Recognizing it's not just financial constraints that limit travellers, but also time, Silversea's new South American cruisetour expeditions are no less luxurious — or adventurous — than the longer voyages the line previously announced.
"These new cruise and land packages are convenient options for the luxury traveller who wants to experience a Galapagos cruise adventure and also explore some of the most intriguing regions of South America — but who may not have time for a lengthy vacation," said Ellen Bettridge, Silversea's president of the Americas.
Like the luxurious Silver Explorer, sailings aboard the newly-acquired Silver Galapagos will offer all the luxe amenities and thoughtful touches that have earned Silversea its well-deserved following of loyal guests.
Sumptuous suites, butler service and cuisine created in partnership with Relais & Chateaux are combined with adventurous programs ashore. Guests land by motorized Zodiac rafts, guided by the team of certified expedition leaders aboard Silver Galapagos.
The newly-created packages on offer for Silversea's Galapagos expedition cruises — which begin in late September of this year — include an eight-day Machu Picchu and the Galapagos itinerary; a 10-day Puno, Lake Titicaca and the Galapagos voyage; and an 11-day Amazon Explorer and the Galapagos itinerary that includes two days in the Ecuadorean capital of Quito, a three-day expedition voyage aboard the Silver Galapagos, and a six-day journey into the heart of Peru's Amazon basin, including a trip up the Amazon aboard the elegant M/V Aqua.
The previously-announced voyages aboard Silver Galapagos consist mainly of weeklong voyages aboard the heavily-refitted, 88-metre long, 100-guest ship that can be combined with pre-and-post land journeys to create cruisetour packages that can be as much as two weeks in duration.
If you have the time to spare, the Galapagos is a destination that begs to be explored as fully as possible.
But it's refreshing to know you can still tour this amazing part of the world, in style, in less time than the average voyage to the Mediterranean.
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The Midnight Express 39 has remained the leader among high performance off shore center consoles due to continual evolution and optimization. Engineers and designers at Midnight Express have been tirelessly incorporating cutting-edge technology, the most advanced materials, and the most innovative solutions to make the newest iteration of the new 39S far above and beyond anything in its class.
Developing a dive door in a high performance ocean-going boat is a challenge that our engineers have the experience to manage. The result is a unique structural design of the hull, deck, and door. The hull and deck opening are molded into both structures so that they form an integrated unit, instead of cut in after hull and deck construction like many other manufacturers do. Additionally, strategically placed reinforcements are placed in and around the opening to create stiffness equal to a boat without a dive door. The resulting structure on the 39S is so stiff and strong that in out testing the boat could be run at speed with the door open without significant hull flex, yet when the door is closed, it locks into place, and stiffens the opening further.


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OAKLAND — A 19-year-old driver who led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase through East Oakland was shot dead by the officers early Tuesday morning after he ran from the vehicle holding a gun, according to police.
Authorities identified him as Antonio Mestas, of Oakland.
Authorities said Mestas was driving an SUV stolen Jan. 17 in Piedmont.
Oakland police Officer Johnna Watson said the incident began about 2:53 a.m. Tuesday when two California Highway Patrol officers in a marked patrol car tried to stop the 2011 BMW X5 on High Street near Interstate 580 because it didn't have license plates, she said. The officers did not know at the time the SUV was stolen.
The driver immediately drove off and officers chased him southbound down 57th Avenue before he turned onto the eastbound lanes of East 15th Street, which is a cul-de-sac that ends at a metal fence.
Police said the driver hit two parked vehicles before coming to a stop on the residential street. He then got out of the car and ran, holding a loaded pistol.
Both CHP officers shot at him before the man fell wounded to the ground, Watson said.
The two officers began CPR until paramedics arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene.
Police were still interviewing witnesses and would not say yet if Mestas fired any shots or where he was wounded.
A parked SUV and a house were hit by gunfire but no injuries were reported.
The shooting is being investigated by the Oakland police homicide section, the CHP and the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
Tuesday's shooting was the first fatal officer-involved shooting in Oakland this year. Last year there were two fatal police shootings in Oakland, one by Alameda County sheriff's deputies and the other by Oakland officers.


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There's no doubt smartphones have changed the way we interact -- for better and for worse. Despite the advantages, like the quick and easy ability to keep in touch with people throughout the day, chronic text messaging has also driven us apart and bred an impersonal culture.
When we're not ignoring the person we're with because we're getting texts, tweets, emails and updates from someone else, we're fooling ourselves into thinking that smartphones can give us carte blanche to weasel out of our commitments or treat people like they're as disposable as avatars. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I envy you. But also, may I also recommend reading this horrifying dating story -- "The End of Courtship?" -- by the New York Times' Alex Williams.)
Some days I want to chuck my phone into the Pacific Ocean and go back to the simpler days of Nokia flip phones. But then I come across smartphone innovations that make me wonder how we ever lived without them.
Thursday's episode of the NBC News program "Rock Center" pointed me to one such development that not only has the potential to change the future of healthcare, but could also transform one of our most important relationships -- the ones with our doctors -- into more personal connections. The results could save patients' money and their lives.


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District of Columbia Masters in Theology Graduate Schools & Programs
Masters in Theology Schools are a forum for exploring the divine with other students who are just as passionate about theology as you are. Theology masters programs explore religious beliefs about God, the divine, and the soul, using philosophy, religious texts, and scholarship to do it.
Students might hone research skills, study the writings of great thinkers, and engage in active classroom discussions to hone their theological expertise. These programs may appeal to students of all shapes and sizes, from those who want to support their efforts in ministry or church leadership, to curious students who are passionate about studying theology for its own sake.
Why Earn Your Theology Degree in a Graduate School Setting?
Faith communities are just that—communities. So it makes sense that you'd want to study theology in a community-oriented setting. Masters in theology schools offer exactly that. Earning your theology degree on campus, you could get more than just academics out of the experience. You'd study alongside peers who are just as excited about religion as you are. That means you could learn from their experiences and perspectives, build friendships, and support one another.
That's not the only reason to earn your masters in a program on campus. There are also the resources you might find there to support your study.
From the research support and academic libraries you could access, to the personal guidance you might lean on in academic and career services. You could build relationships with your peers.
Some programs might even have opportunities for you to get involved and get experience through campus ministry or programs! And best of all, many graduate schools offer flexible scheduling, so you could balance your education with your other obligations, while still becoming part of your campus community.
Types of Masters in
Theology Schools
It might seem like theology masters programs are self-explanatory, but there's actually considerable variety within the category. In many ways, that could be an advantage, because it means you could look for a program that's tailored for you, rather than settling for something that, while awesome, maybe doesn't quite fit what you need. To narrow down your choices of schools to earn your master's in theology, consider the different qualities listed below.
- Academic vs. Applied Theology Programs: This is probably the biggest factor that differentiates masters in theology programs. Scholarly programs are exactly that. They focus on developing research and writing skills, analyzing scholarship, teaching in a university theology department, and preparing for future study at the doctoral level. Applied theology programs, on the other hand, focus on how to use theology expertise in the real world, such as in education, ministry, in pastoral roles, etc. Sometimes, applied theology programs might look toward a specific type of career or vocation, whereas others might be designed more broadly.
- Previous Experience: Some programs may be designed for experienced students. That could mean a few different things: a previous degree in theology or religious studies, a religious-oriented career, or even both. Other programs might be oriented toward students with unrelated degrees or careers. Choosing a program appropriate to your overall knowledge and experience could help ensure that your classes approach the material in a way that works for you.
- Religious Tradition: Often, theology programs start with some kind of presumption of belief in the divine. However, some programs take that a little further, anchored in a specific faith or religious tradition. Some schools may even require that students affirm their commitment to that tradition or certain facets of it in order to apply. This could be useful, especially if you are interested in working within your church—but it's not the only option. Some theology programs may be broader, or even secular in nature, allowing you to learn about a larger variety of perspectives.
Types of Theology Masters Degrees
So you've decided whether you want to attend an applied or academic theology program. You've evaluated your level of experience, and figured out whether you would prefer a program within your own faith tradition or not. The next step is to choose the type of degree you'd like to earn. Theology masters programs may offer any of a variety of specific types of masters degrees. Each of these may have unique qualities and advantages for different students. Several examples are described below.
- MA Theological Studies (MATS): These programs may be either scholarly or applied—or even support both objectives. They're fairly broad, and are often designed to support a wide range of student personal and vocational goals. Students might aspire to anything from pastoral leadership to continued study. The prerequisites may vary on an individual basis, and may not always require students to have prior experience.
- Master of Divinity (MDiv): These degree programs are often found at seminary schools and schools of divinity. However, some university theology departments may also offer this option. Master of Divinity programs are often applied or practice-based. Often, they're designed to support one's role in church leadership, using theological expertise to guide members of a congregation in their spiritual lives. Because they tend to be professionally-oriented, the prerequisites for enrolling in a program may include related education or professional experience requirements.
- Master of Theological Studies (MTS): Unlike the similar-sounding MATS programs, MTS programs are typically academic in nature. In addition to general theology expertise, these programs typically hone research and writing skills, to help students prepare for future study at the doctoral level.
- Master of Theology (Th.M): Master of Theology programs are sometimes offered as a post-masters degree. As such, some programs may require a previous theology masters degree as a prerequisite. Th.M programs are often scholarly, focused on honing research skills and experience. Some programs are also designed to be terminal, helping students move into professional roles—such as teaching undergraduate theology courses—rather than looking specifically toward doctoral programs.
- Master of Sacred Theology (STM): As with the Master of Theology, STM programs are also sometimes treated as post-masters programs, with prerequisites that include prior theology masters education. STM programs may vary depending on the faith tradition of the school offering the degree program. (In fact, some Roman Catholic universities may issue STMs as honorary degrees in the Dominican order, in addition to offering it as a scholarly program.) STM programs tend to be academic in nature, and focus on building up one's research repertoire in preparation for study at the doctoral level.
Remember, while the above descriptions may apply to many programs, not all schools may match in every way. Some schools offer options not listed here, or construct their theology masters programs differently from what is described. If you have specific preferences related to the above, make sure you follow up with the schools you're considering to better understand how their programs are constructed.
Search for Masters in Theology Schools
Find graduate schools to earn your masters degree in theology! GradSchools.com can help you get started. In fact, we've collected Sponsored Program Listings right here for that purpose. Simply review the listed programs, and click on the names of any that sound like they might be a good match, to read more or get in touch. Then you can request more information, schedule a campus visit or interview, and even start your application!
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Happy Friday, everyone! Before you head out for the holiday weekend, we have one last Hot Deal. After all, don't you want to prep for your next day off?
You could be spending some of that downtime watching Blu-rays on your brand new player. We found CompUSA selling the Toshiba BDX2250 Blu-ray Player for just $44.99. The player is usually priced at $99.99, but the retailer is offering an instant savings of $35. The rest of the discount will come later, via a mail-in rebate — which means you have to remember to send it in!
The BDX2250 does not support 3D, but it handles 2D Blu-rays quite nicely. It can even upconvert your old DVD collection. If you get tired of discs, this component can connect to the web via WiFi and stream up content from Netflix, VUDU, Pandora, and more.
Just remember that to get the total discount, you're going to have to send in the rebate form, with your receipt and a barcode from the box. And even though CompUSA says you can purchase up to two players, know that the rebate is being limited to one per person, billing address, company, or household. You're going to want to read all of the fine print on the form before you order — but soon! This offer is only valid on purchases made between August 30 and September 1, 2012. After that, you have up until 30 days after your purchase to file for the rebate.
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Pierre Spies – South African Rugby Player, Hunk of the Day [PICTURES]
Pierre Spies is the 6′ 4" tall, 228-pound South African rugby star who's captaining the Bulls for the 2012 Super Rugby season. The god-like athlete amazes even his teammates with his skills, and, according to ESPN, has the leg strength to jump more than four-and-a-half feet in the air. What can we say? The man is as close to a real-life superman as you can get.
"The only true way to get good results [with your body] is the long, hard way," he told Men's Health. By the size of his pecs, arms, abs and… calves, we can tell he must really work out long and hard (tee hee).
Pierres in followed his father's footsteps when he became involved in professional rugby. His dad was a former player for the Northern Transvaal and a former Springbok athlete, but he unfortunately passed away back in the early 00′s. Pierres himself even suffered through a bought of lung cancer, where he coughed up blood, but neither of these tragedies stopped him. He was able to recover both physically and emotionally from these trials and went back to demolishing his opponents.


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fancypants needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 494 designs submitted by 98 freelance designers.
Mortgage lender seeks clear, very SIMPLE, SOFT, intelligent logo that can be used for website and printed materials. The logo will be used as a main company logo as well as a "powered by" logo. Example: "XYZ Mortgage, an M4 Company (using just the M4 icon)" or "ABC Lending" with a Powered By: M4 Lending (with icon/logo image). This logo MUST pass the high-rise building test (meaning it must have the look of signage you would see on corporate a high-rise building).
M4 Lending
We are a HOME LOAN COMPANY. We have several established mortgage/lending companies that fall under the "umbrella" of the company we'd like to brand. This brand is fast-paced and ever changing - web-based and the leader in our industry. This brand will allow us to stand out as the intelligent choice and the complete success package for mortgage professionals who work here.
What does M4 Lending mean?
In the study of economics there are 3 sources of money (cash, plus short term deposits and cash plus deposits and institutional deposits). Combined they make the measurable "money supply" when referred to in the financial world. The reason for choosing M4 is that it becomes the last and final source of money. Not many people will get it but the name iitself is interesting and meaningful.
- Clean, 2-Color Logo that also looks good in black and white (we would like to see it against black and white).
- This logo MUST pass the "high-rise building" test (meaning it must have the look of signage you'd see on corporate a high-rise building).
- Preferably have the M4 to the left of Lending but not mandatory.
- No Clip Art
- No Photographs
- No Currency/Money/Dollar bill in logo
- No Fading/Gradient colors (must pass highrise test above)
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Performance review: More feedback on President Obama
We don't normally publish the feedback from our Reader Surveys online, out of respect for the privacy of respondents (name and city are included in this section), but between the record amount or responses to our survey on President Obama and the passion with which our readers responded, we wanted to share them with our online readers.
We've included some of our favorite answers without any identifying information.
For Catholics, the greatest success of the Obama administration has been:
The passage of healthcare reform.
Fighting for extended unemployment benefits.
Getting out of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Including more minorities and women in cabinet positions.
A greater emphasis on providing for the needs of the poor.
Concern for the working class and trying to boost economic employment.
His leadership in international matters and helping bring about the demise of corrupt and tyrannical Mideast leaders.
The death of Osama Bin Laden.
Keeping the recession from becoming a depression.
National Security. He has kept the country safe. He has employed smart foreign policy and has not been reckless like the last president. The world respects us more today.
Ending don't ask, don't tell.
The most important issue for Catholics that the Obama administration has failed to appropriately address is:
Respect for all human life.
Helping the poor, homeless, and disabled.
The drastic rise in poor children and loss of services to all of our children. We have cut our investments in education, positioning ourselves to lose future jobs to other nations.
Military spending.
Education. Education for the 21st century is the key in helping to reduce poverty as a world problem. We need education for a global economy and learning how to listen to one another in our shrinking world.
Capital punishment.
The inequality of opportunity in the country.
Abortion and rights for medical workers conscience.
Making the tax code more beneficial to the vast majority of Americans.
Protecting human life from conception to natural death, and the continued protection of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Improving access to assistance for single moms to reduce the need for abortions.
The easy answer is to say "abortion," but I actually believe Obama and the Democrats have, overall, failed to address the issue of subsidiarity. Health care reform, for example, ought to be dealt with at the state level, not the federal level.
Care for the poor, the widowed, the orphan--a great many of whom were made that way through war. Obama has not been strong enough to hack away at the military-industrial complex.
Economic justice--using the tax code to close loopholes, providing incentives for companies to pay a living wage, and reducing how rich the super-rich in our country are.
Immigration reform.
The massive accumulation of society's wealth in the top 1% of the population.
All of them. He has not appropriately addressed any issues important to Catholics or any American since Day One of his Presidency.
Stopping the war in Afghanistan.
No matter who wins the next election, the top priority for the president should be:
Rebuilding national unity.
Finding a way to decrease the gap in income between the wealthiest and the poor.
Stopping the wars and reining in the military, so we can help build a better world and a better country.
Representing all the people, not just the wealthy and not just the poor.
Showing respect for all Americans, and an ability to work with both parties.
Creating jobs
Outlawing abortion.
To stop the outsourcing of American jobs.
Global warming
Looking out for those of us who live paycheck to paycheck.
National defense including securing the borders
Nuclear weapons, especially in North Korea and Iran.
To restore the government to one of the people, by the people and for the people by outlawing lobbying, corporate political funding, and revolving door relationships between government and industry.{C}
If I could choose anyone to be president, I would pick ________, because:
Barack Obama, because I think he has a truly American agenda.
Elizabeth Warren, because she is smart, courageous and has the best interests of the common good at the core of her political agenda.
FDR, because even his ghost could do a better job than the Republicans.
The pope! He would run our nation as God intended!
Jon Stewart, because he understands the plight of normal Americans and he isn't afraid to ask the hard questions and make people think.
Solomon, because he sought wisdom for the common good rather than power for himself.
Allen West, because he has good morals and good character.
Dennis Kucinich, because he has a progressive vision and isn't in the pocket of corporate money.
Can we clone Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, or Roosevelt somehow?
Jim Wallis. He seems to have a good handle on justice issues, appreciates the ideological gap and its effects, and has been successful bringing various factions to the same table.
Pope Leo XIII because of his stand on social justice.
Sen. John Tester, because he pays attention to his constituents and tries to vote for the good of the people not his personal gain.
Sister Joan Chittister, because she is filled with wisdom, honestly, faith, and has a deep understanding of people.
My godmother Aunt Pat, because she knows the world and its history, because she is deeply religious, because she has devoted her life to unselfishly sharing her wisdom and values as a teacher and scholar, and because she doesn't want the job!
Warren Buffet. Of those with public reputations the man has a strong sense of social reality.
Jesus, because there would be no hatred
Chris Christie. He is compassionate and firm but fair.
Marco Rubio, whose principles are aligned with Catholic teaching.
Colin Powell. He is an exceptional diplomat and leader with a direct approach to events and problems and with a proven record of success.
Bill Clinton, because those were the good old days!
Sen. Bernie Sanders, because he fights for the people.
Jon Huntsman, because he is the most intelligent, moderate, and level-headed of the Republican candidates.
Oprah, because she has the common good and the dignity of the individual in her mind.
Mitt Romney, because he has enough government experience to know the system but not be beholden to it and enough success in the business world to shake things up. And he has Mormon values that he stands up for.
A U.S. archbishop who will have the moral background and the administrative experience. Certainly no more pandering life-long politicians or corporate sell-outs.
Rev. Daniel Berrigan, SJ. He embodies Catholic social justice teaching.
Hillary Clinton, because even though her policy views do not align perfectly with mine, she understands the essential nature of underlying social justice regarding domestic issues, and has the skills needed to work the bureaucratic system to accomplish her goals.
Rick Santorum, as he would uphold the Judeo-Christian basis of our nation.
Russ Feingold, because he is a man of integrity who will not be bought.
Ron Paul, because he understands the Constitution and what a representative republic means.
Ray LaHood, because he has been a member of the Republican party, yet works for a Democratic president and could possibly get the Republicans to reach across the aisle.
Herman Cain. He is pro-life and he understands business policies.
Mike Huckabee, because I think he'd do a good job and it would be nice to have a decent Arkansan in the White House to make up for Clinton.
(Louisiana Governor) Bobby Jindal, because of his respect for life, marriage, and family, and for his ability to successfully run a state without overspending.
Lee Iaccoca, because he is a man of experience and principal and has proven himself over the years to be able to pull a situation out of crisis.
Father Robert Barron, because he would bring an articulate, orthodox and compassionate Catholic world view to the task.
Michele Bachman, because she is the ideal pro-life president, and a godly woman.
Condoleezza Rice. She has the ability to understand the actual needs of the American people, experience in international affairs, and exceptional leadership skills.
Bill Gates, because he seems to understand that God wants us to use what we have for helping all God's children.
Father John Dear because he is humble and clearly supports causes of peace and justice for all humanity.
Rick Perry. He has a Texas mentality and will make the USA number one again.
If I were president for a day and could do anything by executive order, I would:
Simplify the tax code to be more equitable.
Make abortion illegal.
Remove the "Supreme Court justice for life" provision and find a way to curb the power of judges at all levels.
Initiate an infrastructure improvement and building projects similar to our projects to get out of the Great Depression.
Forgive all student loans.
Withdraw all troops from Afghanistan.
Sign an order to permit any person to marry civilly with appropriate responsibilities, benefits, and rights regardless of their personal relationship preferences.
Move most of the military budget to opening community centers for pre-teens and teens which would offer programs, gathering spaces, fun activities and just a place for them to hang out.
Make it impossible for corporations and many financial industry employees to circumvent the intention of the country's tax policies.
Reinstate regulation of the media to break corporate monopolies and safeguard free speech.
Drastically change federal funding for food stamps and public schools to provide a solid foundation for everyone, and a more equitable school funding structure.
Stop the death penalty.
Reform our immigration laws and rules to make them more humane and realistic so that immigrants would have an opportunity to come and live and work here with documentation.
Introduce term limits for both houses of Congress to max out at two terms each.
Stop all foreign trade.
Permit undocumented, unaccompanied minors to rejoin their families.
Eliminate the EPA.
Stop federal funding for abortion and dramatically cut defense spending.
Stop unjust immigration policies. -- Rev. Thomas P. Ivory, West Orange, N.J.
Provide amnesty for all the illegal immigrants here in our country for years and years who have worked hard and have been good people.
Repeal the Bush tax cuts.
Lower the salary of those in Congress and put limits on what they can raise for re-election.
This article is a web-only feature that accompanies Performance review: Readers rate the president's record. [1]


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Victorian Antique Furniture Stolen – Birmingham, AL
Please be on the lookout for some Victorian Furniture that was stolen on it's trip down to Stevens Auction. If you come across any of it please contact us (info @ rarevictorian.com) and we will pass the information on to the owners. Here is some background from them describing how it happened:
My wife and I were staying at a nice hotel in Birmingham, Ala. and our Uhaul trailer was taken off our vehicle during the night and was gone with our furniture the next morning..we were on our way to Stevens with our furniture to put in the auction. Any help in looking for this furniture out there would be greatly appreciated. The trailer was stolen blind without the thieves knowing what was in the trailer–it was padlocked. Quite a loss for us…many years of collecting and scrimping and saving, all gone in one night.
If people want to help publicize these stolen items, you can post a link to this post on other websites, forums, etc. using this permanent link here (right-click, "copy link location" or "copy shortcut").
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5 Comments
woodwright - March 27, 2009
Did you consider trying to dust the trailer hitch/ back of you truck or car for prints? They probably touched it when unhitching the trailer. Charles said he was heading to Birmingham to check the local shops – you could cover a lot of ground quickly by phone and e-mail/ the internet. Bring up the yellow pages online for the area and/ or contact the local Chamber of Commerce for area antique shops/ dealers. Ask each for e-mail addresses and send them all pictures, also ask that they spread the word among their freinds/ fellow dealers and make sure you leave your number/ contact information with all of them should they hear anything. Good luck in your search. woodwright
james conrad - March 27, 2009
YIKES, sorry about your loss, hopefully, you will regain your stolen objects.
the Boles family - March 28, 2009
We will post pictures throughout Ohio and Illinois. We're sorry this happened!
Charles - March 30, 2009
Thanks to all responders and those posting on their websites-spent the entire weekend in Birmingham scouring flea markets, antique shops, etc. to no avail…will keep all posted if something turns up. Charles


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Our Sunday Gospel readings this summer from Luke's journey narrative provide a framework or outline for developing a sound Christian spirituality. One essential element in any variety of Christian spirituality is prayer. Luke's Gospel is an excellent place to learn about biblical prayer. Luke tells us that at the most decisive and important moments in Jesus' ministry—his baptism, choice of the Twelve Apostles, sermon on the plain, transfiguration and especially during his passion—Jesus prayed. In fact, if you want to know what events Luke regarded as most important, look to his many references to Jesus at prayer. Luke also provides two large blocks of Jesus' surprising teachings about prayer, which is why Luke is sometimes called "the Gospel of prayer." In the first block, read today, Jesus tells us what to pray for, how to pray and why we should pray.
Jesus' first instruction on prayer is set within his own practice of prayer. Luke's notice that Jesus was at prayer indicates the importance of what follows. In response to his disciples' request, Jesus gives them and us a sample prayer. It is the short version of what we call the Our Father or the Lord's Prayer. The longer version that is more familiar to us appears in Matt 6:9-13, in the Sermon on the Mount. With this sample prayer Jesus teaches us first of all to address God as a loving father. Next he prays for the full coming of God's kingdom and for the time when all creation will acknowledge and celebrate the holiness of God. Then he teaches us to ask the Father for sustenance in our everyday life, for forgiveness of our sins (provided we forgive others) and for protection during the trials or tests accompanying the full manifestation of God's kingdom.
Having shown us what to pray for, Jesus then teaches us to pray—with persistence and boldness. His parable of the friend at midnight reflects a common experience. Often a friend or family member (especially a child) will be so persistent in making a request that we find it easier to give in rather than continue to resist. We grow weary of hearing, "Please, please, please…." The surprising point of Jesus' parable is the idea that if we are persistent and bold enough in prayer, God will eventually give in to our petitions. The reading from Genesis 18 about Abraham bargaining with God illustrates this biblical attitude perfectly. And Jesus' own repeated insistence on the almost automatic efficacy of the prayer of petition ("ask and you will receive") further encourages persistence and boldness in prayer.
The best reason why we should pray is that God wants to answer our prayers. This point is made by the parable about the father who wants to give good gifts to his son. If human parents naturally want to give good gifts to their children, how much more does God want to give us good gifts. And God wants to give us the greatest gift of all, the Holy Spirit. These are indeed surprising teachings on prayer.


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New Cafe Opens in the Library
By Jennifer Donovan | Published
The J. R. Van Pelt and Opie Library now has a café that is handy, cozy and handsome—the ideal place to grab a cup of coffee or a sandwich, read the paper or do some work. The venue, tucked into the northeast corner of the first floor, opened Monday, Aug. 17, 2009, under the solicitous watch of Donna Blake.
Like the rest of the library, the décor is burnished maple, faux granite and lots of glass. The area, with walls of glass on the north, east and (soon) south sides, is about 20 feet square and looks over the new rose garden between the library and Rekhi Hall. Inside, there will be a few tables and chairs and an L-shaped counter with fourteen stools. "You can look out the window and do your work," says Max Lean, associate director of dining services. There will also be outdoor seating on the patio in front of the north and east glass walls.
The menu is equally impressive: good espresso beverages, quality sandwiches and baked goods. In particular: gourmet coffee; exotic teas; steamed and flavored milk; cold drinks including iced coffee and flavored seltzer water; as well as sandwiches, chicken Caesar salads, fruit; biscotti, bagels, cream cheese, peanut butter, scones and big cookies.
At least one offering will be exclusive: ciabatta sandwiches made with turkey, beef, salami, bologna or pepperoni. They will have a garlic aioli spread and be spiced with olive oil and five herbs."What makes the sandwich is the rolls," Lean says. "It's different than what you can get on the rest of the campus. The cafe also will sell mugs, gum, mints and coffee beans.
The initial hours of operation, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., are based on door counts that show more students visit the library later in the day than earlier. The hours might be adjusted. "We'll play it by ear," Lean says.
Capacity of the new cafe? "How many people can you put in the building," Lean asks rhetorically, for patrons will be able to savor the fare anywhere in the library.
"It's great for the library," says Carol Makkonen, library finance coordinator and office manager. "It'll bring a lot of people for coffee and a newspaper." She says such facilities are "common at other university libraries."
A gift from Tech benefactor David Brule of Iron Mountain--recently a member of Michigan Tech's Board of Trustees--jump-started the cafe.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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Today's most effective leaders have heads for business. Just as importantly, they have hearts, too. Their focus goes beyond the bottom line, incorporating the greater good.
UNC Kenan-Flagler has long understood what defines true business success and puts that understanding into practice. In and out of the classroom, through academic rigor and essential real-life learning experiences, we're shaping exceptional leaders who make positive impacts on the corporations they lead & the communities they serve.
While all leading business schools impart core knowledge, we're the only top-ranked school to integrate our core values of excellence, leadership, integrity, community and teamwork into the very fabric of the academic experience. As a result, our students come away with something more. They are uniquely prepared to both excel in applying knowledge to drive results & to lead, collaborate & inspire to bring positive change.
Businesses in our global and increasingly transparent marketplace are now held to a higher standard. The most successful organizations place a premium on leadership, values and ethics. UNC Kenan-Flagler graduates emerge fully prepared to lead the way.
Excellence, leadership, integrity, community and teamwork. These are the core values by which we learn, work and live in our academic, professional and personal lives. At UNC Kenan-Flagler, we strive to uphold the highest standards in everything we do.
Our students, alumni, faculty, staff and dean are the unmatched difference in UNC Kenan-Flagler's culture. We are a wealth of different ethnicities, races, experiences, lifestyles, perspectives and talents — strongly competitive, yet keeping an open heart and hand to lift up others.
UNC Kenan-Flagler's state-of-the-art facilities, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and proximity to Research Triangle Park foster innovative collaboration among thought leaders in business, government and academia. Its Paul J. Rizzo Conference Center at Meadowmont is an ideal executive retreat for continuing and customized education.
Established in 1919, UNC Kenan-Flagler was renamed in 1991 to honor two prominent American business families and benefactors, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler and her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler, and Frank Hawkins Kenan. The School continues marking major milestones in globalization, leadership, and research and technology.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Sam, a star college football player who is potentially a top prospect in the National Football League's upcoming draft, came out as gay in a video posted on the New York Times website on Sunday, and could become the NFL's first openly gay player.
"I'm Michael Sam. I'm a football player and I'm gay," Sam, a defensive lineman, said in the video. "I just want to own my truth before anyone breaks a story about me."
Even as 17 states and the federal government have moved toward expanding gay rights, including same-sex marriage, U.S. sports have been seen as lagging in its acceptance of gay and lesbian athletes.
Gay rights organizations greeted Sam's announcement with enthusiasm. Sarah Kate Ellis, the president of GLAAD, a media advocacy organization, said Sam had "rewritten the script for countless young athletes."
"With acceptance of (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) people rising across our coasts - in our schools, churches, and workplaces - it's clear that America is ready for an openly gay football star," she said in a statement.
The NFL also released a statement on Sunday in support of Sam.
"We admire Michael Sam's honesty and courage. Michael is a football player. Any player with ability and determination can succeed in the NFL," the league said in a statement on its website. "We look forward to welcoming and supporting Michael Sam in 2014."
Sam was a defensive lineman for the University of Missouri's Mizzou Tigers until he graduated in December.
Sam, a 6-foot, 2-inch (188-cm), 260-pound (118-kg) pass rusher, was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) after leading the SEC with 11.5 sacks and 19 tackles for a loss, and was projected to be mid-round pick in the upcoming seven-round NFL draft.
The draft will be held May 8 to 10 at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
Sam could not immediately be reached for comment.
In the Times video, Sam said that when he first spoke with his teammates about his sexuality last August, they rallied around him and supported him.
"Is this a huge deal? I understand that it is. But my purpose and focus right now is playing football," he said. "I probably may be the first but I won't be the last. And I think only good things is gonna come from this."
Brian Ellner, a gay-rights activist and board member of the group Athlete Ally, said, "We expect the leadership at NFL teams around the country, and the league itself, to wholeheartedly embrace the change that is not only sweeping our nation in the form of law, but also defining our playing fields and culture.
"How Michael Sam is received on the professional level will go a long way in defining the NFL's legacy," Ellner said.
Last April, veteran basketball player Jason Collins revealed he was gay in a Sports Illustrated article. The announcement was made after the regular season, and Collins, who was nearing the end of his career, was not subsequently signed for the 2013-2014 season. Collins was the first openly gay athlete in any of North America's four major professional sports leagues, though he never competed as an openly gay player.
Sam, should he be drafted as expected and make an NFL roster in the 2014 season, would become the first openly gay player to compete in any of North America's four major professional sports leagues - football, baseball, basketball and hockey.
Additional reporting by Larry Fine; Editing by Eric Walsh


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There is a sensational article "FEMA Ordered 102,000 Boxcars with Shackles" on Project.Nsearch, written by Anna Janek, Oct. 19, 2012, which was re-published by BeforeIt'sNews. The article claims that FEMA prisoner boxcars fitted with shackles and guillotines (!) have been seen across America. This is what Janek wrote:
FEMA ORDERED 102,000 Boxcars With Shackles! THE FACTS-GUNDERSON PRISONER BOXCARS WITH SHACKLES-A REPORT Here is a summary of the previous information circulating about Gunderson's PRISONER BOXCARS WITH SHACKLES from previous reports circulating all over the nation on this subject, which I have written. BRENT GUNDERSON is challenging my information. CAN YOU PROVE HIM WRONG??? Many people have raised skeptical questions about reports of prisoner BOXCARS AND SHACKLES being sighted across America. Some people think that they are only reported originally through Phil Schnieder in a Patriot interview. Recently, someone erroneously reported that MY information on them originated from Phil Schnieder. WRONG! My research and documentation on the boxcars and shackles goes far beyond Phil´s interview. Long before I heard of him, I had eyewitness information on these boxcars. A van full of eyewitnesses, missionaries traveling across America to evangelize and pray, stumbled across these boxcars in Montana, near Columbia Falls in Glacier. They described boxcars, in this case painted black, with shackles welded into them and a modern guillotine at the head of each boxcar inside. As they were photographing mountain scenery, they decided to follow railroad tracks into the wilderness so as to not get lost. This is how they came upon these boxcars with shackles. I later received a report from Lee Harrington of Valier, MT, who was a professional metal worker. He told me how in Glascow, MT, summer youth workers were employed to weld shackles into boxcars in that operation. They were then shipped west to Glacier and stored on remote sidetracks. Passing through the Blackfoot Indian Reservation in Cutbank, a local Blackfoot Indian, George Bullcalf, spotted these strange boxcars. When I interviewed local Patriots in Columbia Falls, they confirmed that hunters often stumbled upon such boxcars on remote train spurs in that wilderness region. I THEN TRAVELED TO PORTLAND OREGON, and lectured in the home of an actual employee of GUNDERSON STEEL FABRICATION. The wife of this high level executive called this meeting personally to make a public admission. In the meeting were OTHER GUNDERSON EMPLOYEES who had witnessed the prisoner boxcars in the higher than normal, three floor/three tier prisoner boxcars. She admitted that her husband finally told her that GUNDERSON WAS UNDER SECRET CONTRACT FROM THE US GOVERNMENT TO PRODUCE THESE PRISONER BOXCARS. She also admitted that Gunderson had a satellite factory for a boxcars with shackles operation in Texas. I called Col. Jim Ammerman in Texas, famous military Patriot-lecturer against martial law, and told him about this. He replied, "A friend of mine who is a metal welder called me recently, and said he had gone to apply for a job in offered in Texas for welding. When he was told that it involved WELDING SHACKLES INTO BOXCARS, he declined the job!" I later interviewed Russian immigrants in this area who admitted that some of their people were working at Gunderson, and one young man, Sasha, admitted working on prisoner boxcars and described them completely to his Russian Christian friends there. THE RUSSIAN COMMMUNITY NOW KNOWS ABOUT THEM AND IS VERY AFRAID OF THE IMPLICATIONS!!! Many Russians still work there. Another source, WATCHDOG, a retired military vet with a watchdog group, described yet another boxcar with shackles operation in New Hampshire, with three tiered boxcars fitted with shackles. Metal worker Lee Harrington also described 20,000 CHINESE prisoner boxcars with shackles and modern guillotines, in the form of 40 foot railroad containers, coming into America via the west coast. They were ordered by the American government through a Senator who visited China and ordered these items. Workers unloading them became suspicious and began to investigate and discovered these horrors from China. Such 40 foot cargo containers from China are now piled up along the West Coast, especially around Long Beach Naval Shipyard, turned over the Chinese. I receive constant reports across America regarding these types of prisoner boxcars from former radio listeners and Patriots across America…and Canada. Recently, a former high level satanist from the mountains of North Carolina, now a Christian and receiving discipleship, admitted that boxcars with shackles were indeed in the mountains of NC and waiting for the hour of martial law. (Asheville, NC) He warned that many Patriots and Christians arrested and secured into these prisoner boxcars under martial law will never even make it to the death camps..that many will be tortured and sacrificed once restrained in these prisoner boxcars.
This news is so alarming, it cries out for verification. But how does one confirm or disconfirm alleged sightings of these boxcars?
One way to do that is to double-check the identities of the individuals named in Janek's article.
I searched for the individuals cited in the article, using paid-subscription people search engines. This is what I found:
- I can confirm that the author of the article, Anna Janek, age 64, does reside in West Bloomfield, Michigan, as claimed on Janek's page on the ProjectNsearch website.
- There is a Lee Harrington, age 63, in Valier, Montana.
- As for George Bullcalf, not only could I NOT find a George Bullcalf in Cutbank, MT, Instant Checkmate says they can't find a George Bullcalf in all of Montana or in any of the other 49 states. but I did find a Glenda D. Bullcalf, who has a P. O. Box address in Browning, MT. However, no names came up as her "related persons." Also, there is no Cutbank, MT, but there is a Cut Bank, MT, which is about 35 miles east of Browning, MT.
- As for "Col. Jim Ammerman, Texas": If it's the same retired U.S. Army chaplain Col. Elmer Harmon "Jim" Ammerman, described as a "widely recognized proponent of New World Order conspiracy theory," he had died on May 17, 2011. — one year five months before Anna Janek's article.
- As for "Gunderson Steel Fabrication," a search for those 3 words yielded only websites reproducing or referring to Janek's article. I can't find a company that's actually called Gunderson Steel Fabrication, in Texas or Oregon. There is a Gunderson that is one of the companies in The Greenbrier Companies headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Here's Greenbrier's self-description:
The Greenbrier Companies, headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, is a leading supplier of transportation equipment and services to the railroad industry. The Company builds new railroad freight cars in its three manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico and marine barges at its U.S. facility. It also repairs and refurbishes freight cars and provides wheels and railcar parts at 40 locations across North America. Greenbrier builds new railroad freight cars and refurbishes freight cars for the European market through both its operations in Poland and various subcontractor facilities throughout Europe. Greenbrier owns approximately 9,100 railcars, and performs management services for approximately 216,000 railcars.
The Company Timeline says Greenbrier began in 1919 as Wire Wheel Sales and Service, "a leading steel fabricator in Portland, Oregon," owned by the Gunderson brothers. By 1947, the business became known as Gunderson Brothers. In 1985, James Furman & Co. acquired the former Gunderson site from FMC Corporation and changed the name back to Gunderson, Inc. In 1994, the company completed its IPO (initial public offering) and became the Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
Bill Furman is Greenbrier's CEO. Here's his contact info:
The Greenbrier Companies
One Centerpointe Drive, Suite 200
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035
Phone: 503-684-7000
Fax: 503-684-7553
Email Greenbrier: firstname.lastname@example.com
This map shows Greenbrier has two manufacturing plants in Texas and one in Oregon.
Here are some pictures of what looks to be box cars on Greenbrier's website:
From https://www.gbrx.com/Location_Maps_Home.php?expandable=100
Greenbrier's page on boxcars has 6 photos of its boxcars of different colors and sizes. None resembles the alleged prisoner boxcars pictured in Anna Janek's BeforeIt'sNews article:
To conclude, I cannot confirm that there's a George Bullcalf in Montana or anywhere in the United States. Most egregious is the fact that the Col. Jim Ammerman referenced by Anna Janek had died 17 months before she wrote and published her article in which she quotes him. There is no Gunderson Steel Fabrication. Furthermore, the company name "Gunderson" hasn't been used for at least 18 years, not since 1994.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. But Janek did not produce photographic evidence of the shackles and guillotines inside the alleged prisoner boxcars. That evidence would certainly be useful.
For us to believe — and spread — Janek's sensational claims would play right into our political opponents' cartoon depiction of conservatives as looney-tune nutcases. Don't fall for it!


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Nathan Gold needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 48 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
Please take the first attempt of an eBook cover and make it better. I hope your design is classy and easy to read!
The name of the book is The Journey to Becoming a DEMOgod Award Winner. It is free.
Award needs a (TM) please as in the picture at the bottom of this web page where is can be downloaded.
- A new classy and easy to read design to replace the one that is there now.
- Use the new logo at the top of the Web site please.
- I would also like to have the artwork for the cover become a larger version that can be included as the first page of the actual eBook.
- I am a two-time winner of the distinguished award.
- Anything that looks like the one there now.