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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Anna Baltzer at the Berkeley Sabeel Conference
Baltzer is drop dead gorgeous and looks like a movie star, but she is also proof that beauty is only skin deep. Her presentation on behalf of the International Women's Peace Service was so dishonest and deliberately manipulative of an audience that it reveals an ugliness below the surface appearance of this woman. Innuendos, half-truths, manipulated photos and constant misrepresentations were the order of the day for her presentation, and most annoying was her voicing "I am a Jewish-American" to lend credence to her pro-PLO propaganda spiel; here was a Jewish woman content to lie by omitting facts and giving credence to hearsay to aid in the dispossession of and encourage attacks on Jews in Israel.
First, let me say the International Women's Peace Service is a communist organization that grew out of the communist-inspired International Women's League for Peace and Freedom in the 1920s and 30's. Back here in California, the IWPS tours schools, damning Israel in the eyes of schoolchildren just like Baltzer does and is led by another Jewess-communist named Kate Raphael. It's not particularly Jewish to be a communist whack job, but if one is, then it's useful to cite one's ancestry of Judaism that was long abandoned for the god of Marxism to attack the Jews in Israel and those who support them. Israel was founded and built by more than one Marxist who grew up during the Cold War, and the Soviet Union once supported the creation of the Jewish state because of the socialist nature of so many Zionist groups. The Torah teaches that every Jew is responsible for every other Jew, a form of socialism that has a beneficial group-think on the Jewish community.
But what frequently happens is it gets perverted among secular Jews who decide that Marxism is the way to go. They become about as Jewish as a ham sandwich, but nevertheless use their Jewish ancestry to lend credibility to attacking Jewish interests like Israel as they fall into the communist party platform that is anti-Israel. As the Soviet Union later aligned with the Arabs, Marxist groups like the IWPS became increasingly "anti-Zionist" (anti-Jew). Writer Paul Bogdaner has posited that "Martin Luther's program of terrorizing Jews originated with a Jewish convert, Johannes Pfefferkorn; and that the myth of the Jewish world-conspiracy, which culminated in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, was assiduously promoted by a Russian Jewish author, Jacob Brafmann. We suspected that as the Pfefferkorns and the Brafmanns departed from the stage, the Finkelsteins and the Chomskys made their entrance."
As for the "peace" theme of the IWPS, Writer Bruce Bawer has explained that "use of the word 'peace' to legitimize totalitarianism is an old Communist tradition. In August 1939, when the Nazis and Soviets signed their nonaggression pact, the same Western Stalinists who had been calling for war against Germany did an about-face and began to praise peace. (After Hitler invaded Russia, the Stalinists reversed themselves again, demanding that the West help Stalin crush the Third Reich.) The peace talk, in short, was really about sympathizing with Communism, not peace. And it continued after the war, when Stalin's Western supporters whitewashed his monstrous regime and denounced anti-Communists as warmongering crypto-fascists. 'Peace conferences' and 'friendship committees' drew hordes of liberal dupes, who didn't grasp that their new 'friends' were not ordinary Russians but the jailers of ordinary Russians—and that the committees were about not 'friendship' but deception, exploitation, and espionage."
I'll write more about IWPS later and particularly Hannah Mermelstein, a member who for some reason the Israeli security services just can't stop from entering Israel to try and destroy it.
But back to Anna Baltzer's presentation.
Baltzer immediately claimed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was not about religion, but land. In other words, the Arabs, particularly the Muslims, have nothing against Jews per se, but their land is being stolen by them. This was the first lie. The settlements that Baltzer showed photos of were built on public Jordanian land after 1967. It's one of the deceptive lies of the ISM (as a front for the PLO) to claim that Jews just marched in and grabbed private Palestinian homes and property.
It's always fascinated me how in America we accept the right of anyone who can legally purchase his own property to live where he pleases. This was the basis of our Civil Rights Movement. But when the Arabs claim that land is only for Arabs or Muslims, the radical left rushes in to agree with them.
In any event, Baltzer pointed to a settlement and said "Only Jews can live there." This was the second lie of her presentation and it was deliberate, a variation on the Blood Libel stories (which Baltzer improved on later as we shall see).
What Baltzer should have said was only Israeli citizens can live there. Christians, Druze, Muslims with Israeli citizenship can live in those communities. Were the Palestinian Authority to arrest terrorists and stop killing Israelis, mainly Jews,
those communities might then become open to all Palestinian citizens in a viable Palestinian state. But for now, they are under the control of Israel for security reasons, and rightly so.
Baltzer commented about the land around the settlement in the photo and claimed it belonged to Palestinians. This was the third lie. The land belonged to the settlement. But to these ISM creeps, all land, trees, produce (olives) and just about anything a Palestinian tells them is theirs and not the Jews'; it all belongs to Palestinians.
Baltzer accurately explained the difference between economic settlers and the religious ones. Economic settlers moved to the West Bank for affordable housing whereas the religious came to resettle the Biblical land of Israel. But in true
radical socialist propagandistic form, Baltzer suggested that the economic settlers were only the oppressed in Israel,that is, the poor, the black Jews from Ethiopia, etc. In fact, Israel is so tiny that this is not true. Many people elect to live in the West Bank or east Jerusalem who are not impoverished but want a nicer home. Efrat is like Mission Viejo in California and only a 30 minute drive from Jerusalem (if you don't get shot by Arab terrorists on the way).
Baltzer then discussed the Security Fence (that the ISM loves to call the "Apartheid Wall"). Of course she doesn't mention the Fence became necessary because the Palestinian Authority refused to arrest or prosecute terrorists who murder Jews
(and still never has) despite their agreement to do so in the Oslo Accords. There hasn't been a bus bombing in Israel for two years since the Fence went up. The answer is simple; stop killing Israelis and the Fence will come down, it's mostly portable anyway. Baltzer relied on lying by omission throughout the presentation.
By the way, Baltzer kept reciting the trope of "occupation." Would she object to a Security Fence if it was on the 1949 Green Line? Probably so, because she wanted people to think she considers only the West Bank and Gaza "occupied" when in fact she means all of Israel.
I had to laugh when Baltzer showed a photograph of two cars with different colored license plates. She explained that somehow this reflected an apartheid situation
because the different colored plates for Israeli nationals (not just Jews) and Palestinian Arabs were "visible from far away to the checkpoints." In fact, it was the PA that demanded the different colored license plates, not the Israeli government, because it was demanded as a matter of sovereignty. But her audience would never know this.
Baltzer showed a staged photograph of a "bypass road" with another highway excavation site in the foreground. The manipulation of images was obvious.
She was honest at one point admitting Palestinians who are not Israelis can use the bypass roads after completing a security background check; the roads were created to stop Jews from being murdered on the highways. Somehow this was a terrible thing to her.
But Baltzer's theatrics really shone in discussing the checkpoints. I've been to Israel and checkpoints rarely take more than ten minutes unless a terrorist attack is being thwarted. Baltzer showed a line of Palestinian workers waiting to enter Israel. You can see such lines at our own airports. She implied this was part of the great suffering of the Palestinians due to those nasty Israelis having checkpoints to stop terrorists who kill Jew and Arab alike.
She got the audience of Christian anti-Semites, dried up 60's Berkeley radicals and the uninformed to emit a gasp when she told them a tale of a pregnant Palestinian woman who was taken by ambulance to one of the checkpoints that are normally open to traffic from 7 am to 7 pm. According to Baltzer, they arrived at the checkpoint before 7 am and the Israeli soldiers told the woman's family that despite her giving birth they could not let her through until 7 am. "They kept saying, 'We are just following orders. Just following orders,'" she announced, in a deliberate reference to Nazi army apologists over the Holocaust.
She went on to say the woman gave birth to twins in the ambulance, and after more waiting for hours, finally allowed to proceed at 7 am but both preemies died before she reached the hospital.
After her speech, I approached Baltzer. "Can you give me the name, the checkpoint,
the date and tell me what the IDF investigation of the incident showed?" I asked her.
"I didn't know the IDF investigates such things," she replied. "It's hard to imagine nobody complained, and the Arabs would never miss a sound bite like Israeli soldiers letting two babies die in the press, so there would have been an investigation," I told her.
Pressing on, I asked Baltzer for the woman's name. "Lamis," she said. But she could not give me a last name. "The village?" I pressed on. "Deir Balut," she said, but she could not provide a date. "It's in my book," she said, conveniently on sale in the church's vestibule. She grabbed a copy of Witness in Palestine, her "book" chronicling Israeli abuses and "apartheid." "I can't find the date, but I think it was the day before the date of this chapter," she said, being specific. "Were you there when this happened? Did you interview any of the soldiers?" I asked.
"No" she replied.
"So in other words somebody whose last name you don't know or remember told you this happened and it's listed as fact in your book?"
She drifted away into the crowd.
I should point out the last photo in her manipulated scenes at this event. Baltzer displayed a photo of a Palestinian teenager on a hill throwing a rock at some Israeli police officers at the bottom of the hill who were peacefully standing next to their vehicles. "I don't want to seem to be promoting violence," she said. "But this boy is in his village on his land and the Israeli police have no right to be there." She continued, "If someone broke into your home and invaded it, wouldn't you pick up a lamp and throw it at them to protect your home?" In other scenes where she claimed they showed Palestinians "nonviolently" protesting the "occupation," the Hamas flag was clearly visible in the rear. Hamas in its charter openly advocates the annihilation of Israel's Jews.
So much for the theme of nonviolence at this Sabeel event. Baltzer's remarks were little more than an excuse, a justification, for terrorism while trying to lie about phony Israeli atrocities. It was manipulated tripe, but the audience still gave her a standing ovation.
It was sick to see and hear in a House of Worship, of all places.
10 comments:
- Dusty said...
I learned so much at this conference.
One of the reason the big oil folks fund these conferences is to get everyone on the same page with the new, improved Palestinian narrative. (Its a narrative, folks, not "history"- because it didn't actually happen, but we can't let the facts get in our way now, can we?)
The "powers that be" are introducing important changes in the "narrative" as to the origins of the Palestinian people.
For instance- were you told to claim that the Palestinians were the descendants of the Philistines? That didn't work too well, did it? The Philistines themselves were of European origins, and never expanded their kingdom beyond the Southern Mediterranean coast. They weren't Semitic, they were uncircumsized...too problematic....
So the folks in the myth and legend department of the Palestinian propaganda ministry have a new narrative now- better get on the same page, boys and girls.
The Palestinians are now descended from the Phoenicians. Remember that. Be consistent. Sabeel says so. And don't forget- you heard it here first, folks
- August 31, 2007 at 5:49 AM
- Becky Johnson said...
BECKY JOHNSON COMMENTS ON SELECTIONS FROM ANNA BALTZER'S "The Forgotten Torture Chambers, Walls, and Economics of the Occupation" -- May 15, 2007
ANNA BALTZER WRITES: "Along our tour we met a farmer named Abu Hashem who used to be one of the richest landowners in Palestine.
BECKY: Does Baltzer have any independent verification of this? Or is she simply accepting his version on its face and reporting it as though its a fact?
ANNA BALTZER: "Of his 8,000 original dunums, only 70 are left after Israel built what Fathi calls, "the Forgotten Wall." East of the major settler highway is a barrier similar in shape and effect to Israel's better-known Apartheid Wall, this one built back in 1971 and reinforced in 1999. From his modest house, Abu Hashem can see past the Wall across the thousands of his dunums that he can never return to, spanning all the way to the Jordan River."
BECKY: If this Abu Hashem (or Father God) truly had his land taken by Israel for a security barrier, then this was done under the laws of eminent domain of the State of Israel. Landowners are compensated for land taken at fair market values. Most likely this farmer didn't really own the land, but was squatting. He should count himself lucky that he got to use the land for his own purposes as long as he did.
ANNA BALTZER: "Abu Hashem's sons alternate years going to university and working on the farm to support the family. Abu Hashem would hire Palestinian laborers so his sons could study full-time, but Israel prohibits Palestinians from bringing in outside workers.
BECKY: There is no such prohibition. However, the IDF does check permits and ID's of Palestinians passing back and forth. Those who present a security risk or are wanted by Israel, don't dare go thru the checkpoints.
ANNA BALTZER: "Another farmer we met said he needs 50 farmers to cultivate his land, but he only has 10, since so many locals have left. Settlements, on the other hand, are free to bring in as much cheap labor from the rest of the West Bank as they like, so long as the Palestinians head back west when they're done so as not to throw off the Judaizing demographic trend."
BECKY: Israel COULD have taken over the West Bank and kicked out ALL the Arabs in 1967 (As Jordan had done to all the Jews when they took over in 1948)but they didn't. Since the presence of employment is the largest incentive for immigration, it's mystifying why "so many locals have left." Baltzer blames Israel but it doesn't make much sense. The Jordan Valley was always a scarsely populated area.
As for a so-called "Judaizing demographic trend" Baltzer plays the race card.
Here she claims that because Jewish settlers hire Palestinian workers for seasonal labor, this "proves" that Israel bases all of its policies on "Judaizing" areas of Israel. This is disingenuous to a high degree. For its illegal to discriminate in Israel based on race or religion.
ANNA BALTZER: "Settlements are towns or communities built by Israel exclusively for Jewish Israelis on land outside the internationally recognized borders of Israel. Settlements are in violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibit an occupying power from transferring citizens from its own population to the occupied territory, in this case the West Bank and Gaza. In many languages, the word for "settlement" is the same as the word for "colony." But in English and Hebrew, a more benign word is used—people living in Israeli settlements are referred to as "settlers," not "colonizers."
BECKY: There ARE no "internationally recognized borders." That is part of the reason the conflict never gets settled. Baltzer may be referring to the 1949 cease-fire lines which are not official borders. In 1948, Jordanian armies drove out all Jews from the West Bank and Jerusalem. In 1967, when the Israeli army took control of Jerusalem, the West Bank, and parts of Jordan, Jews re-entered the West Bank to repopulate ancient Judea with Jews per their religious teachings. This did NOT violate Article 49 of the Geneva convention because 1) Israel was not the aggressor in the 1967 war,but were ruled to be the defenders and 2) no resident Arab/Muslim population was transferred OUT nor internally displaced. These Jews started new communities in their ancestral homelands on uninhabited land displacing no one. 3) UN resolution 242 left the Israeli army in charge until a peace agreement could be reached. Israel has already reached a peace agreement with Jordan and Egypt. they tried to reach an agreement with the Palestinians with the Oslo agreement, but Arafat failed to stop Palestinian terrorism and in 2000, Arafat launched his bloody intifada.
found at: http://annainpalestine.blogspot.com/
- September 2, 2007 at 11:29 AM
- anna said...
I hardly know where to begin to respond to all of the inaccuracies in Kaplan's post. Just about every quotation is incorrect, and I invite readers to view the same presentation online at YouTube to compare (there's even a DVD of the Sabeel conference coming out).
Along with my presentation, I provided a fact-sheet to back up all my statistics (I mentioned this at the end), using sources such as the UN OCHA, Amnesty International, Middle East Policy Council, and other human rights groups. I invite others to download the fact-sheet off my website as well. As I said in my presentation, I actually hope that people don't take my word for it, and instead do the research themselves, but from reliable sources.
Interestingly, I didn't see any references to Kaplan's assertions. For things on which we disagree I would happily refer to sources, if he'd provided any.
In terms of things not immediately refuted by seeing the presentation itself--and I'll skip the Communist hoopla since it has nothing to do with me or my work--I want to reassert to Kaplan, as I did after the talk, that I interviewed Lamis the day after the incident in which she lost her babies. I also wrote about it in my book and on my blog, and have verified that the entry date to which I referred Kaplan was correct (December 21st, 2003).
This should also be verifiable in the IWPS archives (if the ones online don't go back that far I'm sure you could write and request the human rights reports written that week). When Kaplan asked, I said that to my knowledge there had been no investigation conducted by the army on the incident (I didn't say they never investigate--in fact, I've written stories including such investigations).
That said, I hope I was wrong and invite Kaplan to send me the results of the investigation that he seems certain occurred.
I can only assume Kaplan will delete this entry, but thought I'd put it up for as long as it lasts.
Again, don't trust me. But don't trust Kaplan either. Find out for yourselves, and use reliable sources that exist to document the situation, not to advance an agenda.
- September 5, 2007 at 12:41 AM
- Lee Kaplan said...
Reply from Lee Kaplan:
Anna, the ball is in your court: Provide me with Lamis's last name, the exact date and I will galdly research this incident with the IDF. The fact is, you are a serial liar for the PLO. Your presentation was pure propaganda
and designed to misinform those who attended. By the way, how do you account for the Hamas flags in those phtoos of "nonviolent" Palestinians you displayed? Read th Hamas charter.
I never said that you were a communist yourself, Anna, because I really don't know you. However, the organization you speak on behalf of is a communist front group dating back to the 1930s. I rather think you confirmed what I thought about you, but did not write: You are a young Jewish-American woman who has found a sinecure for herself and limited prestige as a published author by being a quisling for the Arabs against other Jews int eh Middle East. That, to me, is far worse than being a true believer as a communist.
Please note also I did not delete your entry. That is the style of the ISM creeps you work for, not me.
- September 6, 2007 at 1:12 PM
- Dusty said...
Anna Baltzer made a return apperance to the Bay area
For a review of her talk see:
For more info, see:
- August 1, 2008 at 3:03 PM
- Cliff said...
Kaplan do you have any sources to back up your slander against Anna?
She made her presentation. We can all see it on YouTube. We can all check her sources.
Where are YOUR sources? You mention communism in a review of her speech and expect us to believe you are not trying to discredit her?
It's very cheap of you to make such lame insinuations. Stop with the ad homimem and critique her views empirically rather than in a biased and politicized manner.
- October 6, 2008 at 7:06 AM
- andrew123 said...
I didn't see any references to Kaplan's assertions. For things on which we disagree I would happily refer to sources, if he'd provided any.
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- October 13, 2008 at 12:14 PM
- MasterAr said...
The basic facts of the matters in the Middle East are a mystery to the world. The Arabs are successful in many decades of de-legitimization propaganda against the Jews, and numerous acts of fabricating "news", to create this affect. Scrutinizing every little story and placing it in perspective is a complicated task, even for a professional historian.
Now try this – ask any Arab speaker
"What borders of Israel do you accept as legitimate?"
The answer depends on how manipulative he/she is… The fact is, Arabs do not accept ANY legitimacy of Israeli existent. In total defiance of international law (At the same time, they rush to make manipulative use of it to promote a cause which contradicts it in the first place…)
Arabs are consistent. They strive to achieve genocide of all Jews, long before the state of Israel was established. They were allies of the Nazis back in WWII, and after this plot failed, they "joined in" with the Soviets (Masking their activities as "freedom struggle" ,and used socialist terms) they trained in the USSR, and got full support there, in weapons & finance. Then when this failed, they join in with the Iranians…. ("Hamas" is fully financed & trained by the Shia of Iran).
Arabs are quick to demand "equality" in a Jewish state, masking their true goals in the false claim of "human rights struggle". The very same Arabs have nothing to say to the fact Jews were second degree "citizens" under Islamic rule ("Dhimmies" ), and suffered immensely from Islamic fundamentalism which swept the Islamic world in waves throughout it's history (no, it is not a new phenomenon…). I would recommend the book on Islam, by Prof. Karsh (head of Middle Eastern studies in the University of London), and watch this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3pq1KIUZb4&feature=related
It speaks for itself.._
- November 16, 2008 at 12:00 AM
- Garber said...
I agree with Kaplan's assertions, and additionally, if you view the UN data, and look at the percentage breakdowns of casualties in the conflict, you'll see that approximate Israeli deaths are 50-50%, indicative of attacks on unarmed civilian populations; Palestinian deaths are 97-3% men to women, indicative of attacks on ARMED COMBATANTS.
I just had to sit through Baltzer today--she never onced mentioned the many unprovoked attacks on Israel in 1948, 1967, 1973 by Arab countries, which allowed Israel to expand its territory legally. She also engages in the same rhetoric battle that the sides she opposes use, calling her grandparents "Holocaust refugees", not survivors, thus trying to group the Jewish struggles as the SAME as the Palestinian struggle. She also claimed that both the one state and two state solutions don't work. Seems to me she just wants Israel to not exist at all?
Lastly, as a Jew I have to say that I am repulsed by her positions. She may have Jewish blood, but her complete rejection of a)all religious conveyance of meaning to her ancestry and b)Jewish claims to the land show just how she can't claim to be Jewish. She uses Judaism to stamp herself as believable to her supporters, but she is a disgrace to my faith.
- November 20, 2008 at 11:28 PM
- Dan Kelso said...
The Palestinians have nothing to do with the name Palestine.
The name Palestine is named after the Philistines, not the Palestinians or any Arab group.
The name Palestine was applied by the Romans against the Jews to destroy the name Israel.
It was certainly not directed or bestowed to the Arabs in this area.
The Philistines were from Crete and came to Israel 3000 years ago and were not Arabs or Muslims.
Delilah and Goliath were Philistines. (Philistines died out.) Philistine is the name the Romans renamed Israel as a chagrin against the Jews.
Yassir Arafat was not a Philistine, but an ARAB born in Egypt. Philistine originates from the Hebrew verb Palash, which means to invade. So the Arabs who started to call themselves Palestinians in the late 60's are invaders and they want to create an Invadia state.
There was never in history any state called Palestine governed by Palestinians.
Tell us when did it ever belong to Palestinians? Answer Never. It was never a Pal land to begin with, so your question is invalid.The Palestinians never governed or controlled any land before 1993. To make it simple, please tell me one Palestinian President before 1948? Keep thinking. The Palestinians want a capital, which they never had, in a country that never existed.
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Open Source Software: Sailing Into Friendlier Seas
Aug 26, 2014 8:09 PM PT
Open source software is now a force drawing enterprises and developers like a magnet.
The factors pulling adopters into the open source fold are changing, though. Also changing are the attitudes of software developers and corporate leaders about the viability and adaptability of open source.
Open source software is increasingly important within the corporation, as a recent survey conducted by Black Duck Software and North Bridge Venture Partners found.
Developers and corporate leaders now view open source software as a strategic advantage that can help companies create more secure products with better features and functionality. This helps adopters beat the competition.
More first-time developers are using open source, the research indicates. The open source movement over the next few years will gain new industries such as education, healthcare and government. Open source software is powering some of the hottest technologies in the enterprise today, among them cloud computing and the Internet of Things.
The growing trend of open source supplanting proprietary software is not the Black Duck-North Bridge annual survey's exclusive finding. Other research bears it out.
"It is very consistent with what I see in my own developer surveys and the surveys the Eclipse organization runs on a yearly basis," said Jeffrey S. Hammond, vice president and principal analyst for application development and delivery professionals at Forrester Research.
The Changing Face of OSS Importance
There's been a sea change in terms of IT department and enterprise support for considering open source software first, the Black Duck-North Bridge survey found, and it is having a significant impact on proprietary software.
For example, consider Microsoft's journey over the past 10 years, suggested Hammond. Microsoft changed from labeling open source software "a cancer" to starting up Codeplex.org and integrating its products with numerous OSS projects like Linux and Git.
"Most enterprise clients also choose open source projects like Tomcat or Linux and even prefer it in some areas like NoSQL and DBMSes," he told LinuxInsider.
Survey Highlights
The number and the range of responders in the 2014 survey changed dramatically. This year, there were 1,240 participants. The 2011 survey, in contrast, drew responses from 453 companies. This year, vendors made up 58 percent. Non-vendors comprised 42 percent.
The OSS survey is now a decade old. Originally, it was very vendor dominated, according to Michael Skok, a general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners.
In addition to IT professionals and software engineers, this year's survey respondents included CIOs, analysts and marketing execs. CEOs, sales and business execs, educators and other professionals also participated.
"The big difference now is that it is not just technology dominated," Skok told LinuxInsider.
Attractions Morphing
Ten years ago, the major focus of interest in open source was the desire to look at the code -- but that is not the primary reason for interest in open source today. One of the big attractions of open source is its influence on innovation, noted Skok.
"More projects have started that now lead the innovation. Corporations now want to be in the forefront with using that innovative technology," he said.
Another element of change is the attitude business leaders now have about the quality of open source software. It is regarded as being on a par with or better than proprietary, according to Bill Weinberg, senior director at Black Duck Consulting.
"The migration from proprietary to open source is very real," he told LinuxInsider.
Survey Says
A major trend in OSS adoption is no longer its free or low-cost buy-in rate. Instead, quality counts more than dollars, the survey revealed.
Some 80 percent of the decision makers selected open source software for its quality, saying that competitive features and technical capabilities were the most important factor when choosing open source over proprietary software.
That result further backs the idea that companies see OSS as having a more strategic role than lowering costs or helping with recruiting. However, other key factors also have an impact on the importance of open source software.
Maturity Delivers
One key factor is the ability to access code. It was the eighth contributing factor in last year's survey, but this year it jumped to fourth place.
"Open source is pervasive even in proprietary environments. You gain so many advantages by having more eyes on the code. You have more people testing it. Open source just becomes so compelling," said Weinberg.
Another growth-and-adoption factor is open source's competitiveness. Some 80 percent of the respondents cited the ability of open source software to equal or exceed the competitive features and technical capabilities of proprietary software.
Spreading the Word
Perhaps one of the more significant trends revealed in this latest open source survey is its deployability. Open source software is easy to deploy within an organization. This reason for adopting OSS rose from sixth place last year to third place in the 2014 survey.
"We are seeing the use of open source in broad ways. More developers are making applications that fit more user needs," said Skok.
No one entity pushed open source -- a number of alliances formed along the way, he noted. No one vendor rose to the top.
Community Action
The No. 1 factor in the explosion of small open source projects is first-time developers participating in open source. More than 50 percent of all enterprises are expected to adopt and contribute to open source.
The study underscored the self-generating process that has become attached to open source adoption.
The more people see companies adopting open source, the more it encourages others to check it out, explained Weinberg.
One big difference now for companies adopting open source is their yearning to get involved. Developers want to work with the latest and greatest projects, added Skok.
"This is a very big part of the growth pattern we are seeing," he said.
Awareness Sells
Another significant trend reflected in the current OSS survey is the growth in consumer awareness of open source. That factor rose from fifth place last year to third place this year.
This change in feeling is a combination of the rise in quality, changing business needs and OSS' maturity. It did not happen overnight. There was no big bang.
"This was a gradual process during which open source delivered a clear messaging and position," Weinberg said. "It simply made its way incrementally into organizations. It became part of the tech companies and gradually took over roles previously handled by proprietary software. It became the foundation for further investments as it made its way all the way up to the top of the stack."
Favorite Factors
The survey participants placed a high value on the ability of open source to free up time and money for innovation. More than half of all responding companies said they were trying to create new products and services based on open source.
Better security is yet another key reason for the growth in adoption of open source software. Seventy-two percent of survey responders chose open source because of its ability to provide stronger security than proprietary solutions.
Nearly half of those responding saw open source as giving them a competitive advantage. Forty-five percent of participants said that was why they adopted open source. They credited OSS with playing a strategic role in their company's success.
While no longer the primary driver of adoption, cost reduction was still credited as the top factor in OSS' importance by 61percent of participants. Finding and recruiting talent fell from the No. 2 response in 2013 to the No. 5 response this year, with 37 percent choosing it as the top reason for using open source software.
The growing use of the cloud in many industries is also a deciding factor in adopting open source software. For example, 63 percent responded that OSS is leading cloud computing and virtualization technology development.
A Changing Sea
The survey results signal more than just a greater interest within the enterprise in moving toward the Linux OS and away from Microsoft and Apple for office workers.
The open source sea change is more complex, in Hammond's view.
"We have seen strong moves away from Unix variants toward Linux," he said, "but also the growth of mobile and tablet OSes like Android. Windows usage has declined in our data, but it is as much about substitution of device form factors as it is about operating system substitution."
This change in attitude reflects more than interest in open source as a cost-savings opportunity. Businesses are becoming more sensitive to the innovations in OSS communities and the value of social development that occurs, Hammond said.
"The more sophisticated ones want to tap into that dynamic as much, if not more, than they want to reduce costs," he remarked.
Competitors Become Cohorts
It used to be that companies would allow employees to work on open source projects only grudgingly. They had to keep a low profile. Workers could do it on their own time but not put their company's name on it. That has changed.
"Now, working on open source projects is done under the corporate banner," noted Weinberg. "There is open sponsorship. This has become increasingly important in attracting quality engineers to an organization. The survey bears out this incremental change."
OSS has a self-reinforcing, virtuous cycle -- foundation, proliferation, democratization and participation -- that drives its continued growth in industry and enterprise, according to Skok.
This cycle feeds new areas of innovation, like the IoT, which requires interoperability and extensibility that can be met only through open source initiatives, he said. This led to the rise of new developer groups such as the AllSeen Alliance.
Closed Source No Longer Pure
The impact that open source has on proprietary software is bringing about drastic changes to closed source products. Open source is not uniformly supplanting proprietary platforms. It is often integrated with them.
Because of the way applications are built and distributed, as well as the infrastructure they are built upon, any software today is very likely to have open source components in it or depend on open source software or services to apply, according to Weinberg.
"We see little true proprietary software any more. There are very few 100 percent proprietary products in the market," he said.
Opening Proprietary Lineage
Another good example of how deeply rooted open source has become is Amazon. Its software is built on open source elements, but the platform itself is proprietary, Weinberg explained.
The same can be said about Google's Android platform. Even if the platform is open source and it uses open source libraries, some of the apps running on it are proprietary, he added.
"In enterprise, you see people writing Web apps in PHP. It may not be open source in the community sense," Weinberg noted, "but it is certainly built on open source components with open source compilers -- and everything about the language is open source."


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In an exclusive interview, former WWE Diva Terri Runnels tells TMZ, "The boys eat Somas like candy." While the Chris Benoit tragedy has everyone (including the Feds) buzzing about steroids, Runnels says wrestlers have been getting high on Soma for years. "I've personally seen a WWE Superstar nearly die right in front of me after taking 13 Somas ... while still behind the wheel of his car!"
UPDATE: In an exclusive statement to TMZ, the WWE vigorously defended their drug testing policies, claiming the organization does everything in its power to ensure that their wrestlers are clean:
WWE finds the abuse of drugs and steroids to be unacceptable, and such behavior is actively discouraged. For 20 years the WWE has been doing something to address the issue of steroid and drug use. We instituted our first drug testing program in 1987. In February 2006, we instituted our latest and most comprehensive drug testing program ever as part of our new Talent Wellness Program as a deterrent to steroid and drug abuse . We cannot account for the poor personal decisions a small minority may make outside the workplace to undermine these efforts.


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Verizon is starting pre-orders for the Nokia Lumia 822, the carrier exclusive version of the Lumia 820, and it seems the US network is gearing up for a Windows Phone push in the states. Photos have been published to Twitter of what appears to be a Live Tiles promotion set up for the platform.
Located in downtown Seattle, the Verizon Windows Phone 8 launch with the effort displayed already is a good sign of what could come from the carrier. We're expecting to see some effective marketing taking place.
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Brian Hollar of Arlington, Va., has never owned a home. That's one big reason, he says, why he's been able to travel extensively, go back to school after more than a decade of work, and not worry about retirement.
For years, Mr. Hollar poured 20 percent of his pretax earnings into his 401(k) because he wasn't burdened by interest payments, property taxes, or maintenance bills. He dared to switch jobs several times to pursue higher pay at little-known, unestablished firms because he had no housing commitment to tie him down. Now his 401(k) is in the six figures, and he's comfortably taking years off to pursue a PhD.
"Renting can be just as financially sound of a decision as owning a home, and in many cases, it's more financially sound," he says.
Hollar belongs to a growing demographic group: renters. Pressed by layoffs and imploding mortgages, home-ownership rates have been dropping steadily since peaking at 69.4 percent in 2004. Today, with ownership rates at 67.2 percent and sliding, the number of tenant families has grown by 3.6 million and represents nearly a third of households.
As renting gets more common, renters and financial advisers are exploring how it can help grow wealth. The key, they say, is to make good use of its flexibility.
One advantage is, in many cases, lower housing costs. New York City money coach Farnoosh Torabi reminds her young adult clients who rent that they're spending hundreds less per month than if their current dwellings were their own. She urges them to save the difference every month. "You're testing your ability to own a home," Ms. Torabi says, "and you're building wealth at the same time, which is good whether you end up buying a home or not."
Saving $3,000 a month in New York
Jack Hough of Queens, N.Y., follows a similar philosophy. An investing columnist for SmartMoney Magazine, Mr. Hough has never owned a home. He pays $2,150 to rent a condominium with parking, granite countertops, and new appliances in a neighborhood 20 minutes from his Manhattan office. Though he could afford to buy a home for his family of three, he'd need to spend an extra $3,000 a month in order to own a comparable home, he says. Instead, Hough steers that money into mutual funds, bond funds, and other securities.
"I'm getting ahead financially by renting," he says. "Being able to afford [a home] and having a good payoff, those are two different things."
Though home prices have dropped in recent years, renting remains a comparatively good deal in many places, according to data from Moody's Analytics. In some cities, such as Honolulu and Cleveland, it's become even cheaper to rent rather than own in the past two years (see chart at left).
Some renters are using their flexibility as a tool for selling high and buying low. Mark Kiesel, a managing director for Pimco in Newport Beach, Calif., anticipated a drop in home prices and has been renting since he sold his home in 2006. He cites multiple factors – high unemployment, tough lending requirements, and large inventories of for-sale homes – as reasons why it's better to be a tenant than a buyer these days. "I believe prices will fall another 10 percent and as such I continue to rent," Mr. Kiesel said in an e-mail. "I likely won't buy until 2011-2012."
Homeownership still has advantages
Financial planners still see value in homeownership. Stephen Lovell, a financial planner and real estate broker in Walnut Creek, Calif., says high-income earners reap big tax benefits by deducting mortgage interest. Homeowners build equity in rising markets. Some also benefit intangibly from the peace of mind and pride of homeownership, he adds.
Homeowners, however, aren't the only ones reaping tax benefits. Renters in certain states qualify for tax credits. Example: Maryland renters who are disabled, low-income, or over age 60 can receive state tax credits worth up to $750.
Financial advisers say would-be renters should weigh various factors. Those who plan to stay put for five or more years and have the means to grab a good deal might be better off buying a home. Those in an overpriced area might do better by renting.
Even advisers who see value in owning also see renting as a savvy strategy in some cases. In July, Mr. Lovell advised a couple on the verge of retiring to consider selling their home and renting, because their income was low and their mortgage interest deductions were nominal. He says they'd do well, as would others who are pinched financially, to boost cash flow by liquidating their home equity.
"If you are trying to optimize the return on your money, I don't think homeownership is a good idea," Lovell said. "It makes sense for emotional reasons and it's not an unreasonable investment, but I wouldn't put it at the top of the list of ways for optimizing money."


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The New York Botanical Garden and Marlborough Gallery are pleased to announce an exhibition of monumental sculpture by the renowned Spanish artist Manolo Valdes from September 22, 2012 through May 26, 2013. The exhibition, titled Manolo Valdes: Monumental Sculpture, will include seven bronze, cor-ten steel and aluminum sculptures ranging in size from well over 17 feet tall to more than 50 feet in width. The sculptures have been sited to takemaximum advantage of the Garden's dramatic views with special attention given to the visual impact of the changing seasons. The artist has designed the installation to include surprising changes in the visual character of the sculptures throughout the seasons. Photo credit: The New York Botanical Garden/Mark Pfeffer
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President Wright's Chapel Talk
Source: PresidentWright's Chapel Talk CH1050.2.1.1.6 University Archives
Staff Person: Ken Harbit
East Carolina Teachers College President Robert H. Wright's "Chapel Talks" were given to students every morning from 9:30 to 10:25 six days a week. Chapel Talks typically consisted of a reading from the Bible followed by Wright's thoughts regarding the Bible passage or some other moral instruction for the students, along with any news, schedule changes, or other announcements. The subject of this address is the budgetary process and Wright's concern over the lack of funds for East Carolina Teachers College.


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The sky is ominous and gray; a thunderstorm is coming. The wind takes what it will, tossing leaves and debris into the air. My insides feel topsy-turvy too; for the last week, my daily routine has been disrupted. On a typical workday, I begin with journaling and creative writing. After I've taken time to tell stories, I dive into the realm of email and client-based work. Putting creativity first is grounding; it reminds me of what I value most, what I was made to do. Creative writing is simultaneously the hardest and best part of my day, and it gives me energy to blast through other tasks on my list.
But this past week wasn't a typical one. Instead of writing at my desk at home, I traveled to Lisle, Illinois for a keynote talk, book signing, and breakout session at the Arc of Illinois annual conference. I particularly enjoyed the sibling-focused breakout session, because it gave me the opportunity to both talk and listen. A small group of articulate, insightful siblings attended, including Nancy Webster, President of the Arc of the United States. We discussed future planning, family relationships, inclusion, and I left the room feeling encouraged. I sensed that the session had been helpful for siblings, myself included. Every time I lead a session, I learn something new, and I meet remarkable people along the way. Speaking itself is exciting, but it's the people I encounter who make such trips worthwhile.
Even so, it hasn't been easy to trade my usual routine for three major, long-distance speaking engagements in six weeks. I'm like my brother Willie in that way; our routines comfort and sustain us. I suspect that having a set routine gives Willie a sense of stability in an oft-unstable world. And as a writer, having a work routine in place affords me a feeling of safety as I take creative risks.
The importance of daily life routines came clear to me during my years at L'Arche. (L'Arche is a non-profit organization that creates homes wherein people with and without intellectual disabilities share life together.) Routines form the backbone of L'Arche life; daily responsibility remains constant. The work is never done, but then, that's not the point. The point is relationship. When you're on routine with a housemate, week in and week out, you have a unique opportunity to connect with them. You help them tend to their teeth, their clothes, and their bank accounts. You move with them through their days; you dance to the same rhythm. The relationships are built piece by piece, day by day. You become enmeshed in the process; you almost forget about the idea of results. But after a while, you chance to look up, and you can't believe what's before your eyes. Somehow—through all those weeks of faithfully showing up—you've built a friendship, a real, substantive connection. You've learned to dance together.
It's a powerful process, to be sure, but it's not perfect. After all, human beings are involved. Even after you've mastered the relational steps, you may feel uncomfortable, bored, and exhausted. You may not want to dance with everyone. But sometimes, people surprise you. Often, the partners you're most reluctant to say yes to are the ones that give you the best turn about the floor.
Likewise, routine forms the foundation for my relationship with Willie. I'm thankful for the discipline of a weekly column, for the practice of regular phone calls, because these things help me do my part to stay in relationship with my brother. This doesn't mean ignoring the hard things, or pretending that it's always easy to be Willie's sister. Instead, it means making choices based on love. It means forgiving myself, trying again, and reconnecting when we inevitably lose touch. It means speaking to fellow siblings and listening to their stories. It means choosing to dance with Willie at our cousin's wedding, choosing my only brother in all his perfect imperfection. It means writing our stories, the beautiful and terrible ones that call out to be told.
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Free MLB Picks, Tips and Odds: Toronto Blue Jays @ St Louis Cardinals Favorite, Moneyline, Total and Expert Predictions 6/26/11: The Toronto Blue Jays have already won their weekend series with the St. Louis Cardinals but they will be looking for the sweep and another Yankees loss to climb up the AL East ranks. It was Juan Rivera who catapulted the Jays to victory last night with his 3rd inning blast off of Cardinals hurler Jaime Garcia. Carlos Villaneuva provided another solid outing on the mound for the Canadian club and earned his 5th win on the season. Carlos has been a bright spot on a beleaguered Jays pitching rotation and he is giving hope for a strong future. Virtually gained at the expense of nothing, Carlos Villaneuva has risen to the occasion and has finally rounded out his ensemble of high-grade pitches. He brings to the mound a fantastic breaking ball, excellent curve, solid fastball, and an improving cutter. He loves to work quickly and rarely gives up free bases, and with each win he is giving manager John Farrell less and less of a headache when it comes to figuring out what to do when Jesse Litsch is healthy again. Ricky Romero will have his shot to add another win to his season total as he will start for the 16th time this season. Romero has had an arguable inconsistent season to this point and is just not the same hurler as he was a season ago.
The Cardinals were devastated by a huge third inning for the Jays and never were able to rebound for the rest of the affair. Jaime Garcia had an off day of sorts yesterday night as he gave up 5 runs on 5 hits in 7 innings of work. Stats who would make the average pitcher proud, Garcia has come to be known as an upper echelon pitcher and he, himself, could have pitched a lot stronger. It was yet another loss without the services of Albert Pujols and another game lost on the NL Central leading Brewers. It will be critical for any postseason aspirations that the Cardinals ride the storm without Pujols services on a consistent tone. There is no question they are not the same powerful club without Albert but they can ill-afford to go on several long losing streaks. If they can find a way to play close to .500 baseball without Pujols then they might be in fine shape when he returns, they will have to stay relatively in range of the Milwaukee Brewers. After todays matinee the Cardinals will receive an off day tomorrow, before heading east to Baltimore to take part in another American League East three game set.
The complimentary selection this afternoon will be with the Toronto Blue JaysBetGuardian Sportsbook) who will be hitting for the sweep. After an inept early week series against the Braves, the Toronto Blue Jays have brought their backs to the city of St. Louis. Players who are supposed to hit are finally doing so. Jose Bautista and Adam Lind have provided some timely and clutch hitting in the series thus far, none more impressive then Bautistas blast in the top of the ninth on Friday night. The Cardinals are simply not the same club without Albert Pujols in the lineup and his services are dearly missed. Toronto is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis and has never lost against pitcher Kyle McClelland. St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games and is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home. We will consider the blue birds picking up the sweep this afternoon on the arm of ace Ricky Romero. Cheers!
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Taylor Swift Is One of the Three Top-Earning Celebs Under 30
By now, Taylor Swift is probably used to making money -- a lot of money. Last year, she was named the wealthiest superstar under 30, and this year, she again landed among the Top 3 top-earning celebrities under 30.
Forbes reveals that Swift earned a whopping $55 million between June 2012 and June 2013. She swiped the third position on the list, right behind Justin Bieber, who took home $58 million, and Lady Gaga, who pocketed an impressive $80 million.
The fan-favorite Swift earned her paycheck through a number of different ventures. Of course, her latest album 'Red,' which sold 1.2 million copies in its first week, gave her a huge boost, especially since today's music world doesn't often see those enormous numbers. Swift also has endorsement deals with big name companies such as Diet Coke, Sony SNE and Covergirl.
Also in the Top 10 are Calvin Harris, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Adele, Jennifer Lawrence, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.
Although Swift no longer holds the top spot on Forbes' prestigious list, she certainly had enough dough this spring to to purchase her Rhode Island mansion in cash. At 23 years old, that's a pretty big deal. And who knows, with the tremendous success of her Red Tour, she could be at the top of the list again next year.


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Accessing Opportunities And Strategies For Transit-Oriented Development
September 25, 2013
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A new report by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development and the Jonathan Rose Companies entitled "Making It Happen: Opportunities and Strategies for Transit-Oriented Development in the Knowledge Corridor" has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Stimulating TOD With Bus Service
September 24, 2013
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The Institute for Transportation & Development Policy's new report, "More Development for Your Transit Dollar: An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors" has been added to the Research Center's best practices database.
City of Albany BRT TOD Planning
August 8, 2013
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TRA recently completed a market analysis and feasibility testing for a transit oriented development (TOD) overlay/zoning ordinance amendment and guidebook for the City of Albany, NY, a project lead by The Cecil Group, Boston. Interestingly, the City of Albany has one active Bus Rapid Transit Line running from downtown to Schenectady. The Capital Region Transit Authority is proposing two other BRT lines emanating roughly from the same point downtown to other points west. The first line has had great success attracting riders. The question put to the consulting team was how can the BRT lines promote development within the city?
CTOD Releases Report Examining Opportunities And Challenges Involved In Promoting TOD
May 29, 2013
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Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) has been embraced around the country as a means to achieve sustainability goals, including reduced auto dependency and traffic congestion, as well as improved economic competitiveness. However, the process of actually implementing TOD varies based on a variety of physical, economic, and market conditions.
Updating The Transit Space Race Interactive Map
January 22, 2013
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Reconnecting America today released an updated interactive map showing all of the fixed-guideway transit projects in the United States. You can read more about the project in this Reconnecting America News report or you can go directly to the map here.
Bus-Oriented Development And Bus Passenger Facilities
September 11, 2012
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A pair of bus-focused studies have been added the Resource Center best practices database.
How BRT Improves Transit Service And Contributes to Economic Development
August 20, 2012
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A July 2012 General Accounting Office study "Bus Rapid Transit: Projects Improve Transit Service And Can Contribute to Economic Development" has been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
Research Explores Train Vs. Bus Preferences
June 18, 2012
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An April 2012 article from the Journal of Public Transportation entitled "Bus or Rail: An Approach to Explain the Psychological Rail Factor" has been added to the Research Center best practices database. The article by Milena Scherer of ETH Zurich and Katrin Dziekan of the Berlin Institute of Technology explores whether there is an inherent preference for fixed rail transit among transit riders and why. The research found a preference for using rail, assuming equal service conditions, of 63 percent for regional train and 75 percent for trams compared to bus services. The rail factor is highly loaded with emotional and social attributions, the researchers note, and account for 20–50 percent of the share in the different schemata for bus, rail, and tram.
Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations
May 10, 2012
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Transit Cooperative Research Program Report 153, "Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations," has been added to the Research Center best practices database. The report offers guidelines for providing access to rapid transit stations, describes a station access planning process, and provides a high-level station access planning tool.
Bus Rapid Transit and Development: Policies and Practices that Affect Development Around Transit
April 10, 2012
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A 2009 report prepared by the National Bus Rapid Transit Institute, Center for Urban Transportation Research, on behalf of the Federal Transit Administration has been added the Resource Center best practices database. "Bus Rapid Transit and Development: Policies and Practices that Affect Development Around Transit" explores the relationship between land use and bus rapid transit (BRT) system development in comparison to other fixed-guideway modes such as heavy and light rail.


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He was banned from the Oscars for an illegal email campaign, but "The Hurt Locker" producer Nicolas Chartier was not alone on the big night night.
The key financier for the Oscar-dominating film was very much in the thoughts of his giddy colleagues who acknowledged him in the Oscar acceptance speech for Best Picture and backstage.
Producer Greg Shapiro said backstage, "(Chartier) sent me a very beautiful e-mail. He had a party thrown for him, and I think he's very pleased."
Indeed he was. Chartier hosted a massive Oscar bash in Malibu which featured a red carpet and a full-sized color poster featuring his head shot with the word "Banned" across it, according to Indiewire.com.
The party featured a cheeky full-sized Oscar with a French beret on the head to pay homage to Chartier's background -- and to clearly take a poke at the Academy which administered the ban.
When his film won Best Picture, a jubilant Chartier gave a passionate speech about independent films which began with: "I have more than 45 seconds…" Not being beholden to the show's producers has its benefits.


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The objective of the Guild is to embody a viable, professional organization; representing an interest in quilt making and other fiber arts primarily from an African-American perspective. We both educate ourselves and share our knowledge in the art of quilt making and other fiber arts; promoting the theme "Each One Teach One". We seek to promote the work and accomplishments of our members and to preserve the tradition, culture and history of quilting. We enjoy, rather than judge each other's work.
The Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Quilt Guild was formed in February 1994 by Helen Kearney Thobhani. The five African American women who came together were interested in perpetuating the heritage of quilting and promoting fellowship among those in quilting. The Guild is committed to supporting and educating the community. To this end, the Guild offers exhibits, quilting classes, lectures and quilt documentation through its various programs during the year. The name Wa Shonaji comes from the Swahili language and means literally – "people who sew". The Guild's name reflects both their region of the United States and their cultural heritage. The members of RMWSQG, though predominantly of African-American ancestry, celebrate ethnic diversity in membership as well as in the many different patterns displayed in their quilts.


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As I write this I am dreaming about a pear tart with some chocolate on top. Yum! Pears are nice I think, especially squishy ones and it's a very inoffensive scent, one that I am quite fond of really.
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1-room apartment 38 m2 on 3rd floor, south facing position, comfortable and rustic furnishings: living/dining room with 2 fold-away beds, cable-TV and radio. Kitchenette (oven). Shower/WC. Balcony 7 m2. Facilities: telephone.Davos: Apartment block "Guardaval (Utoring)". On a slope. For shared use: indoor pool. In the house: lounge with TV, sauna (extra). Games room, lift, ski storage, washing machine (for shared use). Bread roll service and beverage service. Parking. Shop, bus stop 300 m. Mountain lift, cross-country ski trail, ice rink 300 m.). The apartment complex is situated above the base station of the Parsenn cableway offering magnificent views. Parking space (please book on arrival), summer CHF 14.00/week, winter CHF 35.00/week. Garage: summer CHF 35.00/week, winter CHF 70.00/week. Hot Spot wireless Internet access, free. Discount for elderly guests (above 60): 10% discount per stay, from 17.08.2013 - 19.10.2013 (not combinable with other offers). For bookings of less than 6 nights, cleaning and linen have to be paid locally. Linen: CHF 20.00/person. Cleaning: 1-room apartment CHF 70.00- 85.00, 2-room apartment CHF 90.00.
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1. Chabot Gun Club Inc.
Redwood RoadCastro Valley, CA 94546
From Business: At Chabot Gun Club, we feature public lines for rifle, pistol and shotgun shooting and public trap fields. Several other ranges in our 65 acre facility are availa…
2. Target Masters West
122 Minnis CirMilpitas, CA 95035
I have shot and purchased from TM for a long time. In Oct 2012 I suffered a traumatic right leg injury and was told I would never walk again. Abou…
3. San Leandro Rifle and Pistol Range
3001 Davis StSan Leandro, CA 94577
From Business: The range is owned and operated by the Optimist Club of San Leandro. We are a not for profit organization with all of our proceeds donated to support various yout…
4. Chabot Gun Club Inc
9999 Redwood RdCastro Valley, CA 94546
5. Jackson Arms
152 Utah Ave Ste 140South San Francisco, CA 94080
Very professional and courteous staff. Being a rather novice shooter with some experience, they were very nice and didn't talk down to me, but made …
6. Reed's Indoor Range
1100 Duane AveSanta Clara, CA 95054
What the general public doesn't understand is that a lot of the people that come to ranges are less than educated in the proper and safe handling of…
7. Spartan Precision Rifles
2128 N 1st St Ste CSan Jose, CA 95131
8. San Jose Municipal Rifle Range
1580 S 10th StSan Jose, CA 95112
9. Livermore Pleasanton Rod & Gun Club
4000 Dagnino RdLivermore, CA 94551
Very safe and very pleasant staff.They follow regulations that make sense. Well recommended.Going there today!
10. Santa Clara Valley Rifle Club
1580 S 10th StSan Jose, CA 95112
11. Los Altos rod & Gun Club Range
14750 Skyline BlvdLos Gatos, CA 95033
12. Martinez Gun Club
900 Waterbird WayMartinez, CA 94553
From Business: The Martinez Gun Club is still Open to the Public and is a Shotgun Only Range Trap, Skeet, Bunker, 5 Stand, ZZ Bird (only 7 1/2 or 8 Shot permitted, lead ok) The …
13. Knapp Tom
8 La Crescenta WaySan Rafael, CA 94901
14. Elite Armory Plus
7601 W 11th StTracy, CA 95304
15. Oliver Road Properities
1500 Oliver RdFairfield, CA 94534
16. NAPA Rifle & Pistol Club Inc
2216 Monticello RdNapa, CA 94558
17. Center Mass Shooting Range
27 Commerce PlVacaville, CA 95687
Not as busy as the other in town, Good place to get some target practice.
18. United Sportsmen Inc
4700 Evora RdConcord, CA 94520
19. Barnwood Arms
120 E Main StRipon, CA 95366
i went here to shoot with my friend and the worker showed me how to carry in the range and even gave me a stopper for my wheel gun, i learned so muc…
20. Richmond Rod & Gun Skeetfield
3155 Goodrick AveRichmond, CA 94801
21. Santa Clara County Shooting Rng
9580 Malech DrSan Jose, CA 95138
22. Petaluma Gun & Reloading Supply
620 Petaluma Blvd NPetaluma, CA 94952
I went in not knowing much about reloading, Darrel, made sure that I understood everything that I needed to know, did not have me spend more than I …
23. Guns Fishing & Other Stuff
197 Butcher RdVacaville, CA 95687
Not sure what the other reviewer is talking about. I'm a total noobie in the firearm world (only doing plinking and skeet) and every single employee…
24. Bulls Eye USA Inc
1281 Andersen Dr Ste KSan Rafael, CA 94901
25. Markley's Indoor Range and Gun Shop
14 Blanca LnWatsonville, CA 95076
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26. Coyote Valley Sporting Clays
1000 San Bruno AveMorgan Hill, CA 95037
27. San Joaquin Rifle Pistol Range
828 S Hewitt RdLinden, CA 95236
From Business: Brand new pistol & 25 yard range. Newly renovated facility all around. Brand new women's, men's & handicap restrooms. Training courses available.
28. Lock-N-Load Virtual Shooting
3500 Sisk RdModesto, CA 95356
29. Modesto Rifle Club Inc
1041 Patterson RdModesto, CA 95356
4343 N Ashley LnStockton, CA 95215
Beautiful facilities with nice shaded picnic area. The food was excellent and lots tho choose from on the menu. Clean and well kept trap houses. Ver…


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GORHAM, ME - The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's track and field team set three school records at the Little East Conference and New England Alliance Championships at the University of Southern Maine's Costello Sports Complex Sunday.
The Corsairs were unable to bring their full squad to the meet due to the inclement weather. The men finished fifth of six teams in the Little East Conference with 46 points, and seventh of 10 teams in the Alliance with 34 points. The women were sixth of six LEC teams with 39 points, and ninth of 10 Alliance teams with 34 points.
Junior Krista Chauvin (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk HS/Stonehill) took first place in the weight throw with a throw of 52 feet, five inches. Sophomore Adam Jones (Amesbury, MA/Triton Regional HS) tied the meet record and set a school record when he won the high jump at 6-8 ¼, and the women's 4 x 200 meter relay team of freshman LaQuaysha Anderson-Jenkins (Brighton, MA/Brighton HS), freshman Barbara Okafor (Hyde Park, MA/Boston Latin HS), freshman Michele-Le Miranda (Somerville, MA/Somerville HS) and senior Jill Van Ness (Agawam, MA/Agawam HS) finished second in 1:45.80.
Senior Gerald Arneaud (Dorchester, MA/Newton South HS) won the Alliance championship at 400 meters in 50.55 seconds, freshman Grunde Brandso (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) was the LEC champ and the Alliance runner-up in the shot put at 47-10, the second best throw indoors at UMD, sophomore Bailey Burke (South Yarmouth, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth HS) was fifth in the Alliance and fourth in the LEC in the weight throw with a toss of 47-11, the second best throw indoors at UMass Dartmouth.
In the shot put, Chauvin was second in the LEC and fourth in the Alliance at 37-9 ¼, the fourth best throw at UMD, while Burke placed sixth in the Alliance and fourth in the LEC with a season best throw of 34-9. At 1000 meters, sophomore Matt Ferro (Halifax, MA/Silver Lake HS) was fourth in 2:35.41, at 400 meters, Miranda was seventh in 61.48 seconds, the third best indoor time in school history. At 55 meters, Van Ness was seventh in the Alliance and third in the LEC in 7.49 seconds, and in the trial heat, Okafor ran 7.56, the sixth best time at UMD, although she did not qualify for the finals.
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"Macho Camacho"
Born in Bayamón and raised in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Camacho became one of the most popular fighters of the 80s and 90s, winning world titles in the Super Featherweight, Lightweight, and Light Welterweight divisions. Camacho put up some dominant performances during his 30-year career, in which he won 88 fights, and only lost six. He knocked out Sugar Ray Leonard, and twice defeated Panamanian Roberto Durán, but also lost highly publicized bouts with Julio Cesar Chavez, and Oscar de la Hoya, who defeated Camacho in 1997.
When Camacho was 14 he began working with Robert Lee Velez, an ex-gang member who had also spent time in jail as a youth. Velez, then 38 years old, had become a butcher and moonlighted in his spare time as a boxing instructor. Impressed after seeing Camacho box, Velez began coaching him, turning the teenager from a slugger into a finesse boxer, and teaching him to use strategy along with his lightning speed to his advantage. Camacho began attending Manhattan High School, a school for troubled kids who were too disruptive in regular high schools. There he received support and guidance from Pat Flannery, a language-arts teacher. When Camacho arrived at the school at the age of 15, he was basically illiterate. Flannery became his mentor, teacher, and father figure. He taught him how to read and helped him clear up his nearly unintelligible diction.
At first Flannery discouraged Camacho's dreams of becoming a boxer, but when the boy persisted, Flannery supplied him with boxing shoes and helped him sign up for the Golden Gloves competition. It was Flannery who came up with the nickname "Macho Camacho." In 1982, with an amateur record of 96-4, Camacho quit school during his junior year to pursue a full-time boxing career. During 1980 Camacho fought twice, winning both matches. During 1981 he stepped up his schedule, entering the ring ten times and winning all, half by KOs. In December of 1981 he beat Blaine Dickson in New York City in a 12-round contest to take the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) junior lightweight title (super-feather weight). In 1982 Camacho successfully defended his NABF junior lightweight title three times. During that year Camacho began to fight outside of New York, with bouts in Atlantic City and Las Vegas. His bout with Johnny Sato in August of 1982 earned him space in Sports Illustrated, which noted that Camacho has "the purist's blend of artistry and speed, and only occasionally reverts to some of the less refined moves he learned in the streets. He has been known to hit on the break and has a knack for spinning an opponent and then whacking him from behind." Camacho's flashy style in and out of the ring made him a prime candidate for television, and CBS booked him for six bouts that were nationally televised, greatly increasing Camacho's name recognition.
"Macho Camacho", Won Titles
In August of 1983 Camacho returned to Puerto Rico to face Rafael "Bazooka" Limon for the World Boxing Council (WBC) junior lightweight title. Fighting before a crowd of 10,000 in San Juan, 21-year-old Camacho destroyed 29-year-old veteran Limon, who was at the time ranked third, earning a technical knock out (TKO) in the fifth round. Camacho entered the ring in leopard-spotted trucks with a jacket to match. Sports Illustrated reported: "A buzz saw, not a belt, whipped Limon. Camacho leaped out of his corner at the opening bell and chased Limon backward, nearly bowling him over in the first 10 seconds. Camacho dominated that round as well as the second, while Limon was able only to send out his long, slow, looping rights and lefts."
In June of 1984 Camacho, who consistently struggled with maintaining a disciplined training schedule, gave up his super-feather weight title because he couldn't make the required weight (126 pounds) to defend it. At the peak of his career, Camacho suffered a personal and professional setback after a disagreement with his manager-trainer, Billy Giles, which ended the boxer's relationship with his manager. Giles then announced that Camacho had a serious drug habit. "The streets got Camacho again," he told New York. "A lot of drugs. You could tell by his performance in the ring, the way he was starting to lose his oxygen." Camacho fell into a deep depression, and did not fight for the remainder of the year. He returned to the ring in 1985 and claimed the WBC lightweight title in a 12-round decision in Las Vegas against Jose Luis Ramirez. He successfully defended the title twice in 1986. His bout with Edwin Rosario in June of 1986 was a split decision, and although he managed to hang on for the win, Camacho took a beating from the knock-down power punches of his opponent. After just three fights in 1987 and 1988, Camacho stepped into the ring on March 3, 1989, to defeat Ray Mancini in a 12-round decision that awarded Camacho the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight title. After two non-title bouts, Camacho defended his welterweight title twice in 1990.
Later Career Wins and Losses
Greg Haugen handed Camacho his first professional loss in 1991, breaking Camacho's perfect 39-0 record. After losing the 12-round decision, Camacho briefly relinquished the junior welterweight title; however, in 1991 he went another 12 rounds with Haugen to regain the title. In September of 1992 Camacho faced Julio César Chávez, one of the greatest boxers in the lighter weight divisions. Over his career Camacho had battled critics who thought he was a great talker and a great showman, but not a great boxer. A win over Chavez would quiet the critics. Camacho had told Sport two years earlier, "The Chavez fight is the ultimate. I have to be my very best to beat him." Unfortunately for Camacho, he lost the bout in a 12-round decision, turning over his WBC junior welterweight title and missing an opportunity to pick up the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior welter-weight title.
After three non-title bouts in 1993, Camacho had a shot at the IBF welterweight title in 1994, against Felix "Tito" Trinidad, but lost by decision in 12 rounds. However, the next year proved to be a time of renewed commitment by Camacho. He won ten bouts, took the International Boxing Council's (IBC) welterweight title in January, and successfully defended it in two title fights during the year. In 1996 he entered the ring six times, winning five of the fights, with one draw. The highlight of his year was a 12-round win over boxing great Roberto Duran. In 1997 he pounded an aging Sugar Ray Leonard, who was making his last comeback attempt, and won by TKO in the fifth round. In March of 1997 he faced Oscar De La Hoya for a $3-million payout, the largest of his career, for the WBC welter-weight title. The younger De La Hoya outmatched Camacho, who was by then a step off his signature quickness. De La Hoya, hoping to be the first to beat Camacho by a KO, settled for being only the second fighter to knock Camacho to the ground, winning by decision.
Between 1998 and 2000, Camacho fought ten times, winning nine and fighting to a draw in another. In 2001 he once again faced Duran, who was attempting a comeback. Camacho won a 12-round decision and claimed the National Boxing Association (NBA) super middleweight title, but the fight, between two boxers now considered to be elder statesmen, had little fanfare. With no fights in 2002, Camacho returned to the ring in 2003 to win by TKO in the ninth round against Otilio Villareal. Though his own boxing career is winding down, Camacho has now become deeply involved in the boxing career of his oldest son, Hector, Jr., a successful boxer in his own right..
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Boxing Awards
- North American Boxing Federation, junior lightweight title,
- 1982; World Boxing Council (WBC), junior lightweight title,
- 1983; Super-feather weight title, ca.
- 1984; WBC, lightweight title,
- 1985; World Boxing Organization (WBO), junior welterweight title,
- 1989; National Boxing Association (NBA), super middleweight title, 2001.
- It is impossible to understate what Camacho was able to do for the sport of boxing in the 1980s and '90s. He helped usher in a new era that was more about flamboyant personalities and playing to the crowd than being controversial for the sake of being controversial.
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