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A year in, has Pope Francis really changed the church?
VATICAN CITY — For Vatican watchers, it was immediately apparent the 266th pope was different.
Introduced to the faithful for the first time after the conclave that elected him, the new Pope Francis wore a simple white cassock adorned only by a plain metal cross he kept from his days as the "bishop of the slums" in his native Argentina. He stood, at once dazed and humble, before uttering a simple buona sera — Italian for "good evening" — before bowing his head and asking the excited throng in St. Peter's Square for their blessing.
"It was an astonishing statement," recalled Father Alistair Sear, a retired church historian, who a year ago watched the events from London. He recalled that eight years earlier, a new Pope Benedict XVI presented himself clad in red velvet and brocaded silk, wearing a large gold cross encrusted with jewels. "The tone for the papacy was set by Francis that first night."
The humble and open-minded tone has been carried forward without fail through the first year of Francis' papacy this Thursday, from one of his first acts, the highly symbolic washing and kissing for the feet of detainees at a juvenile detention center near Rome, to one of his most recent, calling the mythology growing around him as a kind of Superman "offensive." I am "a normal person," Francis said in a recent interview.
In between, he said that if atheists followed their conscience and acted morally, they could go to heaven; he blasted the "tyranny" of capitalism; and when asked about gays, the pontiff famously asked, "Who am I to judge?" He was named person of the year by Time magazine, and, according to bookmakers, is a favorite to win the next Nobel Prize for peace.
"We all wanted change and reform," said Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor of England. "But I don't think any of us expected so much fresh air!"
While there is little doubt that the image and tone of the Roman Catholic Church have changed under Francis' leadership over the past year, there have been only limited changes to church doctrine along the way. Rules governing the role of gays, divorced Catholics and women are unchanged. The powerful Roman curia, the church's main bureaucracy, remains entrenched. And while Francis has taken steps to confront chronic financial corruption at the Vatican Bank and the problem of sex abuse among the clergy, those steps have yielded little so far.
In the end, how much has really changed?
"It's stylish to say that little has changed, but I believe that Francis' style is what is making the difference," said Sandro Magister, a Vatican expert with Italy's L'Espresso news magazine. "He knows he cannot wage a frontal assault on the church's culture, and so he's conducting a kind of guerrilla war, using the force of his personality."
Rank-and-file Catholics could not be more enthusiastic about Francis' papacy. Polls show sky-high approval levels, and the term "The Francis Effect" has been coined to explain the pontiff's impact on everything from rising church attendance to the newfound popularity of various forms of the name "Francis."
"It is such a source of pride to have such a spiritual and holy man in the papacy," said Alberto Branca, a 52-year-old university administrator, in St. Peter's Square for the last Sunday before Francis' first anniversary.
Anna Maria Polli, 40, a nurse, agreed. "My faith has been renewed since Francis became pope."
Not everyone is happy, however. The complaints range from the amusing to the more worrisome.
Ahmed Chutani, a Pakistani souvenir seller near St. Peter's, said the new pope has been bad for business.
"He is always talking about the poor and so the poor come to the Vatican and they have no money to spend," he said. "They stop to look, but not to buy. And when they buy, they try to bargain on price and ask for discounts."
More ominously, the pontiff's reform efforts — especially those addressing the Roman curia, which has been a focus of much of the pope's in-progress anti-corruption reforms — have encountered a kind of silent resistance.
In a recent interview with the German Catholic news agency KNA, Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga said that like any revolution, Francis' reform efforts carry risks.
"I have heard people say, 'We are praying for him to die as soon as possible,' " Rodriguez Maradiaga said. "That is wicked, because such people think they are Christians."
There have always been such people, the cardinal added: "The same thing was said by the scribes who turned against the Lord."

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Mathematica Q&A: Four Ways to Sum Integer Digit Blocks
May 3, 2011 — Andrew Moylan, Technical Content Specialist, Technical Communication and Strategy Group
Got questions about Mathematica? The Wolfram Blog has answers! We'll regularly answer selected questions from users around the web. You can submit your question directly to the Q&A Team using this form.
This week's question comes from Craig, a hobbyist:
For each six-digit number in a list, how can I check whether the sums of the first and last three digits are equal?
For example, the sums of the first and last three digits of the number 123,222 are equal because 1 + 2 + 3 == 2 + 2 + 2.
There are several different ways of solving this straightforward programming problem in Mathematica, and it's instructive to compare them. In this post you'll see four methods demonstrating various combinations of built-in Mathematica functions for working with lists and digits of integers.
Let's start with a list of random six-digit numbers:
Method 1. Using the built-in function IntegerDigits, you can define a handy function to compute the sum of the digits of an integer:
To separate the first and last three digits of a six-digit number, you could use the Quotient and the remainder (Mod) when dividing by 1,000:
Using these two functions with DigitSum, you have the first solution:
Table was used to tabulate the result (in this case, either True or False) for each value of n drawn from the list nums.
Method 2. Getting both the quotient and remainder together is such a common operation that there is a built-in function for it:
If you think about it, this is also the same as finding the base 1,000 digits of a number. You can do this using the two-argument form of IntegerDigits:
Either of these methods of splitting the six-digit number returns a list of two three-digit numbers. To proceed from there, you need to use DigitSum on each element of the list:
The notation f /@ list is shorthand for Map[f, list].
To test whether the elements in a list are equal, you need to use them as arguments to the Equal function. This is exactly what the built-in function Apply is for:
Apply[f, list] uses list as the arguments to the function f. In this example it returns Equal[19,8], which evaluates to False.
Putting it all together, here is the second solution:
Method 3. Instead of splitting the number into two three-digit numbers and using DigitSum, you could begin by getting all six digits as a list and then using Partition to break it into sublists of length three:
You can use Total on each sublist:
Now you can apply Equal as before to get the third solution:
Method 4. So far Table has always been used to operate over the list nums. (You also could have used Map for that.) A different approach is to take advantage of the fact that many built-in Mathematica functions automatically operate on lists of arguments, giving a list of results (see Listable).
You can get the QuotientRemainder of all the numbers at once:
Likewise for IntegerDigits (operating on a matrix of numbers and getting a matrix of results):
The optional second argument of Total totals a nested list specifically at depth three:
Now you can apply Equal to each of these lists of two arguments. There is a special built-in notation, @@@, for this common operation. This yields the fourth solution:
(The @@@ is shorthand for Apply[f, expr, {1}], which means "Apply f to each item at depth 1 in expr.")
Method 4 is the most concise solution in this post. Can you find a shorter one? How about any fundamentally different approaches?
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I am wondering is it possable to check what the values of a structure are with if statements? I have a strcuture that has three different values in it, and I would like to check each one individually if possable. When I try to do it with what I thought the if statement should be, I am getting an incompatability issue with type. I want to do some simple value checking to ensure that the values in the structure meet my requirement. But perhaps I am thinking about doing this the wrong way. Can someone shed some light on this?
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"Bloomberg" wrote: By Marc Champion, Bloomberg
So now we know. Under questioning from the Senate's uber-hawk, Arizona Senator John McCain on Feb. 7, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testified that last year he and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin Dempsey advised President Barack Obama to arm and train those rebels in Syria that the U.S. wants to see in charge once the current regime is toppled. Obama overruled them.
President Obama's Secretary of State and Central Intelligence Agency chief gave him the same advice -- and for the same reasons that Bloomberg View has been supporting this kind of highly targeted U.S. involvement. Obama ignored Hillary Clinton and David Petraeus, too.
What's striking is that McCain's question on Syria was just an aside in a lengthy hearing that focused almost entirely on the exhausted and highly political topic of who knew (and said) what when, concerning the Sep. 11 attack on the U.S. temporary mission and annex in Benghazi. Obama's decision to ignore the proposals of his security team on what to do in Syria is far more indicative of a major policy failure in the White House. I don't often agree with McCain, who rarely sees a war he doesn't want the U.S. to join, but his Syria question was on the money.
We know from experience in Afghanistan and Iraq that the U.S. military cannot easily solve problems in the Middle East, and that an impressive U.S. intervention won't necessarily serve U.S. interests. But on Syria Obama has shifted to the opposite extreme of refusing to use any security tool, even the covert supply of arms and grooming of friendly forces, to ensure that Syria's implosion doesn't damage the interests of the U.S. and its allies in the region, such as Jordan and Turkey.
Putting U.S. special forces on the ground with mainstream rebels in Syria, and giving them the weaponry and training to take a lead in the fighting, would help shorten the conflict, provide the U.S. with eyes and intelligence, and ensure that Syrians don't see Al Qaeda radicals as the only people who came to help in their time of need.
Obama has argued that arming the opposition risks making the bloodshed worse and that putting arms in the hands of rebels risks seeing them turned against the U.S. That reluctance was fully justified two years ago, but became moot once the uprising turned to a full-fledged civil war in which Qatar and Saudi Arabia were pumping money (and therefore weapons) into the hands of their favored Islamist rebels. Syria will be won by the people who have money, weapons and disciplined fighters.
In Mali, too, the administration's initial response to French intervention last month was hesitant in helping out with requests for refueling and airlift. The White House is now effusive in praising the French for taking on the task of blocking Al Qaeda franchises from taking over a country in Africa. This is a goal that clearly serves U.S. interests. But the first reflex was indicative.
A lot of the criticism of Obama as weak on foreign policy is cheap, but he needs to find the pragmatic ground between the hubristic policies of George W. Bush, who seemed to believe the U.S. military could reshape the Middle East any way it wanted, and passivity on limited security interventions that make sense (I'm excluding drones here, a virtually risk-free but problematic tool that Obama has used liberally).
Maybe this will change once U.S. troops are home from Afghanistan, but by then it may be too late for Syria and its neighbors. The U.S. may yet pay a price for Obama's decision not to make sure it has armed friends on the ground when President Bashar al-Assad falls.
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Eaton's World record tops tantalising second day - Istanbul 2012 - Day 2 wrap
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Istanbul, Turkey - The multi-eventers took centre stage for the second successive day at the 14th IAAF World Indoor Championships as Ashton Eaton shattered his own World Heptathlon record* by 77pts with a stunning seven-event total score of 6645pts.
Just 24 hours after Natalya Dobrynska smashed the global mark in the Pentathlon tonight it was the turn of the American to turn on the style. On track for the World record overnight he started the day with the fastest ever 60m Hurdles (7.68) at a World Indoor Championships Heptathlon. He followed this up by clearing an impressive 5.20m in the Men's Pole Vault and heading into the 1000m – the final event – he needed to run 2:39.54 around seven seconds slower than his personal best to break the World record mark.
To be honest this never seemed in doubt as he stormed purposefully around the five 200m laps of the Atakoy Athletics Arena, stopping the clock in 2:32.77.
This was Eaton's third World Heptathlon record, the first you may recall he set in Fayetteville on the same weekend as the last edition of the World Indoor Championships in Doha.
The victory margin over the silver medallist Oleksiy Kasyanov of Ukraine was a staggering 574 points – which goes without saying is the largest in World Indoor Championships history. The bronze medal went to Artem Lukyanenko, but really this event was all about Eaton who set only two new personal bests in the Long Jump and the shot this weekend but pieced together a magnificently consistent series across all seven disciplines.
Pearson now an indoor powerhouse
Elsewhere, Sally Pearson the 2011 IAAF Female Athlete of the Year further underlined her credentials by blitzing to gold in the Women's 60m Hurdles Final. Unlike in the heats and semi-finals, where the Australian got away to a sluggish start, she was slick out of the blocks when it counted and she stormed to victory in 7.73. It was a world leading time and area record and a performance good enough to elevate her to joint fourth on the all-time lists just 0.05 shy of Susanna Kallur's world record.
Just like Eaton, Pearson's dominance over the rest of the field was complete and her victory was the largest winning margin in this event at a World Indoor Championships. Some 0.21 further back in silver was Tiffany Porter of Great Britain with Alina Talay of Belarus taking bronze in 7.97.
Gatlin takes second 60m title
Justlin Gatlin romped to a clear victory in the Men's 60m Final to regain the title he last won some nine years ago in Birmingham. The American has had his problems since that success but looked ominous in the semi-final before destroying the opposition when it really mattered. Gatlin led after just 20m and streaked clear of the field to stop the clock in 6.46 – exactly the same winning time as he recorded when last winning this title in 2003. Behind him Jamaica's Nesta Carter had to settle for silver in 6.54 with Dwain Chambers, the defending champion, awarded the bronze medal despite being given the same time as the US champion Trell Kimmons in 6.60.
It was also a memorable night for Turkey who in the space of around 60 minutes secured their first two medals in World Indoor Championship history. The first came in an absorbing Women's 1500m as Asli Cakir bided her time before timing her run for the bronze medal over the final 400m.
Out front, the pre-event favourite Genzebe Dibaba controlled the race from the front with the help of her Ethiopian team-mate Tizita Bogale for the majority of the race. Dibaba – the younger sister of the reigning 5000m and 10,000m Olympic champion Tirunesh – skilfully cranked up the pace in the second half of the race to simply run the legs out of the opposition and strike gold in 4:05.78. Mariem Selsouli of Morocco finished a full two seconds behind for silver.
Turkey's second medal came courtesy of Ilham Tanui Ozbilen in the men's metric mile, after he missed out to Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco in one of the most physical championship finals witnessed for many years. Ozbilen moved to the head of affairs in the final 400m and both Ethiopian Mekonnen Gebremedhin and Iguider were physically rebuffed by the Turk, who was determined to hold his position in front of a partisan home crowd. However, Iguider would not be denied and even when Ozbilen attempted to block him down the home stretch the Moroccan found a way around the outside to take the win in 3:45.21. Gebremedhin secured bronze.
Richards-Ross returns to top podium step
Sanya Richards-Ross clinched an anticipated victory in the Women's 400m final with a commanding performance. The 2009 World outdoor champion was dominant from gun to tape to win in 50.79 – some 0.97 clear of Russia Aleksandra Fedoriva who took silver. Bronze went to Richards-Ross' team-mate Natasha Hastings (51.82).
Nery Brenes became the first ever Costan Rican medallist at a World Indoor Championships with a comprehensive triumph in the Men's 400m. Brenes stormed through the first 400m and was never headed stopping the clock in a championship record time of 45.11 which was good enough to elevate him to ninth and the all-time lists and made up for the frustration of placing fourth at each of the past two World Indoor 400m finals. Demetrius Pinder (45.34) and his Bahamian team-mate Chris Brown (45.90), the 2010 champion, snared the minor medals.
In the field, Renaud Lavillenie was the night's most impressive winner as he landed victory in the men's Pole Vault with a world leading vault of 5.95m. The French athlete cleared the three best heights of the competition before he missed out on a championship record at 6.02m. Germany's Bjorn Otto claimed silver with 5.80m and Brad Walker (5.80m) of the USA, who took an unsuccessful one-off gamble at 6.00m for gold, had to settle for bronze. Walker has now completed the full set of medals in these championships
Another athletes who has occupied all three podium positions at a World Indoors is British veteran Yamile Aldama, however unlike Walker tonight was her turn to step on to the top rung. A second round effort of 14.82m was too good for the rest and secured the 39-year-old gold. Defending champion Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan had to settle for silver with a best of 14.63m with Cuba's Mabel Gay in bronze (14.29m).
Da Silva shocker in the Long Jump
Brazil's Mauro Da Silva become the first Brazilian man to win a World Indoor gold since Jose Luiz Barbosa 25 years ago to edge a tight Men's Long Jump. Da Silva went out to 8.23m in rounds five and six and although Australian Henry Frayne matched that effort with his sixth round jump the Brazilian was awarded gold by virtue of having achieved the mark twice. Long-time leader Aleksandr Menkov of Russia had to settle for bronze just 0.01 shy of the lead pair.
New Zealand's Valerie Adams regained her World Indoor Shot title with an area record of 20.54m. The Olympic and World champion led from the second round with 20.48m and although her perennial rival Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus went out to 20.42m in round five it was not enough. Adams then put gloss on the victory with her best throw in round six.
Chaunte Lowe became the first US athlete in history to win the Women's High Jump at a World Indoors with a 1.98m clearance in a slightly disappointing competition. A first-time clearance at that height proved too good for the rest as three-women – Russia's world leader Anna Chicherova, Antionetta Di Martino of Italy and Sweden's Ebba Jungmark - shared the silver medal. The trio jumped a best of 1.95m and had identical competition records.
Semis and qualifying
In the morning session, two big names casualties exited heat two of the Men's 800m semi-finals. Poland's European champion Marcin Lewandowski tripped and fell with a lap to go meanwhile, the 2010 World Indoor silver medallist Boaz Lalang faded to third in the latter stages and out of the two qualification positions. World leader Adam Kszczot and Ethiopia's teenage talent Mohammed Aman did advance to Sunday's final.
Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova and Nigeria's Gloria Asumnu qualified quickest – both with 7.19 – from the first round of the women's 60m.
Teenager Andy Pozzi of Great Britain set a personal best of 7.61 to top the qualifiers from the first round of the men's 60m Hurdles. Janay DeLoach of the US leapt to an impressive 6.90m to head the qualifiers in the women's long jump and World outdoor champion Christian Taylor broke the sand at 17.39m to finish No.1 in the qualification standings for the Men's Triple Jump.
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Still reporting on the economy, it's Bill Still, who includes some interesting clips regarding Andrew Jackson and how he fought off the very type of money system we have today. Thanks, Bill!
A quote from yours truly referenced the bond market action over the past week. Here are the long bond charts I posted on Friday:
Long Bond P&F target = 94:
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The Palace Hotel - A Step Back in Time
The Palace Hotel occupies the Captain Tibbals Building. This classic three-story brick building was constructed in 1889 for $28,000 by Henry L. Tibbals, a retired sea captain. Built in the Richardson Romanesque style, the building's arched windows appear to extend for two stories through the use of twin columns that bracket each window bay on the building's facade. The Captain Tibbals Building is a beautiful example of Port Townsend's turn-of-the-century architectural past.
Many buildings in Port Townsend used ballast from the ships for their foundations. This is a print from an original glass negative. Click the image for a high resolution image (575kb). You can see the glass plate has been broken and taped together to make this image. The texture of the three pieces of mending tape is clearly visible in the high resolution image. Having first gone to sea in 1839 at the age of ten, Captain Tibbals was one of Port Townsend's most colorful residents. During his sea-going years, his more notable exploits included carrying cargo of railroad iron across the Isthmus of Panama and testing the first US. diving bell, using it to retrieve $68,000 in silver from a sunken Spanish frigate in the Gulf of Mexico. Captain Tibbals also had many careers in Port Townsend, serving on the city council and as sheriff, postmaster, and county commissioner. He also built the Union Wharf pictured below.
The first floor of the Captain Tibbals Building originally housed a billiard parlor and saloon known as the Townsend Tavern, while the upper two floors provided furnished rooms for rent. In the early 1900s, The Call newspaper operated out of the building. Over the years, the building has housed an Egyptian theater, the Northern Pacific offices, a grocery store, a state liquor store, a florist shop, and several restaurants. Like many other downtown buildings in Port Townsend, the upper floors of the building were very much under-used for many years.
From 1925 to 1933, the upper two floors of the building were known as the Palace Hotel, affectionately nicknamed "the Palace of Sweets" as they were operated as a brothel and hotel. During this time, the Madame of the house, Marie, occupied the corner suite on the second floor. Her room was richly decorated with plush red wallpaper and deep green woodwork, much as it is today. It had the only fireplace in the building, but it lacked a private bath as there was only one on each of the upper floors. On the third floor there were four, small interior rooms which were lighted from the large stairwell skylight, but had no outside windows. While this type of interior room was quiet common in the building of this era, in the Palace Hotel they served as "cribs" for the "girls". Following an early morning raid by the sheriff in the mid ~1930's, the brothel was eventually closed and Marie and the "girls" soon left town. Such is the colorful past of this beautiful building.
A long and tedious restoration of the building began in 1976, with much of the interior renovation completed by 1977 and the exterior restoration completed by 1984. In the spring of 1984, under state and federal matching grants, major foundation repairs were made and the long missing sheet metal cornice was finally restored.
Since being renovated, the building has been home to the Palace Hotel. The hotel occupies the second and third floors, with a lovely restaurant and several specialty retailers located on the main level. The hotel features 19 charming guest rooms and suites, each still bearing the name of one of the "girls". Each room is uniquely furnished with antiques and collectibles, in keeping with the Victorian character of the building. Most have private baths and several have mini-kitchen facilities. With soaring windows and 14-foot ceilings, each guest room retains the flavor of century-old quality and architectural character so rarely found today.
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ITHACA, NY — "Null Sets," a visual work by transmedia designer and artist Evan Meany and mathematician Amy Szczepanski, won the Jury Prize in the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival's "Distributed Microtopia Exhibition." The exhibit was judged by writer and social media producer Enrico Aditjondro from EngageMedia in Indonesia. The exhibit's curator is Dale Hudson, who teaches film and new media studies at New York University Abu Dhabi.
"Distributed microtopias run across networks like the Internet to provide and educate from remote locations on a sustainable scale, expand knowledge rather than contain it, invite participation and exploration and unhinge familiar habits of thinking," said Hudson. "Among the many fine works considered, 'Null Sets' was selected for how it explored the theme of microtopias."
"This year's exhibition for FLEFF reflects a wide array of the ingenious ways that artist-intellectuals are imagining new ways to transform everyday realities into once-in-a-lifetime possibilities," said Patricia Zimmermann, who, with Tom Shevory, codirects FLEFF. Both are Ithaca College faculty members.
Other works in the exhibit include Ezra Wube's "Mela" and "Hidar," Ali Kadhum's "Under the Microscope," "Sky of Dubai" by Anne Spalter, "Art Is Atrocity" by Samantha Raut, Shambhavi Kaul's "Scene 32" and Nicole Antebi's "Geography of Reclamation: An Essay in Three Parts."
"Distributed Microtopia Exhibition" may be viewed at www.ithaca.edu/fleff/distributedmicrotopias/.
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Dale Hudson teaches film and new media studies at New York University Abu Dhabi, specializing in transnational and postcolonial frameworks for understanding contemporary media. His work appears in "Afterimage," "Cinema Journal" and other journals and anthologies. He has worked as a digital curator at FLEFF since 2007. He has also served on the preselection committee for the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
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Enrico Aditjondro started his journalism career in 1998 when he joined "The Maritime Workers' Journal" in Sydney, Australia, reporting on labor issues and the shipping industry. He subsequently worked and traveled in Indonesia, where he cofounded "Para Indonesia," one of that country's leading bilingual social-political websites. Now based in Jakarta, he writes, produces films and maintains the Southeast Asia content for EngageMedia, a nonprofit media, technology and culture organization.
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Dragon Age Legends developer EA2D turned over all of the assets to its Facebook strategy role-playing game to acclaimed Flash game developer Pixelante, and the action-packed Dragon Age Legends: Remix 01 is what they got back.
Pixelante's Evan Miller isn't one to create slow, Facebook-style strategy role-playing experiences. EA2D already made that game, so when the man behind games like ImmorTall and Pixel Legions got his hands on Legends' assets, he decided to speed things up a little.
Dragon Age Legends: Remix 01 takes the characters and creatures from the original Facebook game and places them in a fast-paced, point-and-click action role-playing game setting. Your character flies about the screen, slicing hordes of enemies into ribbons between visits to the camp tent to spend experience points on upgrading his abilities.
"I love the Dragon Age universe," says Evan "Pixelante" Miller. "So when EA2D approached me about remixing Dragon Age Legends as a hack 'n slash, I leapt at the chance to bring my fast, fluid style of action to the project."
Players need not feel bad for briefly abandoning Legends for this remixed version. Each level completed unloads special items for the Facebook original, including the fabled Blood Dragon Armor of yore.
I approve of this idea, and want to see it implemented on a larger scale. Let's see EA hand over the assets to Battlefield 3 to create a Facebook strategy game, or Activision tap an independent developer to give us the Call of Duty kart racer we so richly deserve.
You can play Dragon Age Legends: Remix 01 right now at IGN.


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Canaan is a town in Essex county, Vermont. It was formed in 1782 in Vt. from the following county/ies: Orange. It has used the following other name(s): Thirming. The probate and court district for Canaan is Essex. For more information, contact the town at P.O. Box 159, Canaan 05903. On the attached map, Canaan is shown as 6 in Essex county.
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Holy CRAP it's been a long time since I updated. BUT… I promised myself I'd update when the Canucks won a home game and here I am…. crazy.
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Area Sports Events Calendar Nov 17-23
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Bobby Valentine's Sports Academy, 72 Camp Avenue, Stamford, (203)-968-2872. Year-Round baseball/softball training for all age levels and skill levels that includes: A professional curriculum with proven results. Private Lessons (1 on 1 instruction). Buddy Lessons (small groups of 2, 3, or 4 students). Clinics (programmed or create your own). School Holiday Day Camps and Snow Day Specials. Cage Rentals (with or without a pitching machine). Birthday Parties. The Fury Travel Program.
GloveWhisperer.com (Accelerated Glove Conditioning) offers free recommendations on general issues of glove fit and overall glove condition for baseball and softball players at all levels. Their all natural conditioning process makes a new or flat glove playable in days not weeks or months. For more info, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (203)-487-8997.
I.S.T. Sports Headquarters in Norwalk Fall program registration is now open. New Classes include Sports Fitness Training with Chad Upshaw Girls and Boys age 10-12 yrs and 13 and up! Programs benefit players in all sports! Programs consist of strength training, rotator cuff maintenance, speed and agility training, power and plyometrics, TRX, Core stability and movements from various Elite Professional athletes. 2013 I.S.T. Late- Fall programs include baseball, softball, football, basketball and Pre-K skills development programs for all ages. Online registration is open and all programs can be viewed at www.integratedsportstraining.com. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with program questions.
The Polish National Youth Baseball Foundation wants your excess and used sports equipment. Baseballs, bases, bats, catcher's equipment, gloves, uniforms, etc. Donations can be dropped off at Clark's Trophies, Instant Replay in Springdale, or we will pick up. For more info, contact Al Kaproski at 203-323-9944. The Stamford Old-Timers are helping to promote Baseball in Poland and Eastern Europe.
Former UConn point guard Craig Austrie's Basketball IQ Skills camps at the Stamford YMCA and the Stamford Boys & Girls Club is offering new six-month and 12-month packages for boys and girls in Grades 5-12. The 6-month and 12-month membership packages include four Elite Training sessions, 25 percent off camps, 25 percent off leagues, 25 percent off clinics, discounts for additional sessions and Basketball Mentor (help with AAU, school or college recruiting). It's $240 per month for 12-month members and $280 per month for 6-month members. For more info, call 203-832-2265 or visit www.craigaustrie.net
Craig Austrie's Basketball IQ Skills. Speed and Agility program at Stamford YMCA. Become stronger, quicker, and faster. Blast your core. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 1-hour sessions (Pick the days that work for you). Boys and Girls. Small Group Circuit Training (class size 6). This program consists of only body weight exercises. For more info, visit www.craigaustrie.net or call 203-832-2265.
Craig Austrie's Basketball IQ Skills. Our Elite Training sessions give players the best opportunity to improve their overall game. Elite Training begins with an evaluation to assess each player's skills, physical conditioning, and goals. The Basketball IQ Skills 1-hour Elite Training sessions are based on a curriculum of drills and scenario-playing to maximize improvement. Our flexible program lets you attend as much as you want, whenever you want. Just sign-up at least 24 hours in advance and we will place you with players of similar ability and age. Elite Training sessions are capped at a maximum of 4 players. For players in Grades 3-12. Fee is $90 per each 1-hour session. At Stamford YMCA, 3 p.m.-7 p.m. weekdays. Saturdays 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Discounts if you become an IQ member. For more info, visit www.craigaustrie.net or email email@example.com
Future Stars Basketball Academy. One On One Training! Step Up Your Individual Game. Get Closer to Achieving Your Personal Goals. Future Stars Has the Perfect Approach and Program. Work One On One With Former NBA Seattle Supersonics guard Frank Oleynick. For more info, visit www.wearefuturestars.com and go to Individual Instruction Tab! Or call 203-367-1673.
Connecticut Youth Basketball is holding a winter season on Sundays from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. starting Nov. 17-Jan 14. Price is $75 per child. The league is for boys and girls ages 9-15 in grades 5-9. Games at Easton Community Center on 364 Sport Hill Rd. off Exit 46 Merritt Parkway. For more info or to register, call 860-946-0128 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
The Stamford Old Timers Athletic Association will hold its 71st annual dinner at the Stamford Italian Center Monday Dec. 2 starting with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m. Local honorees are Dennis (Whitey) Behunick, Vinny Cortese, Salvatore (Tori) Fauci, Bill Pustari, Ted Symeon, Paul Symeon and Al Yaeger. Tickets, priced at $70 are available by calling Lou Filippetti 203-554-0555. Tables for 10 are also available. The national honoree and special guests will be announced soon.
Certified Personal Trainer, Professional Boxing Coach and Yoga teacher Ahmad Mickens of Revolution Fitness and Training has moved to its new gym at 579 Pacific Street, Stamford. For more information, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. Revolution Training is hosting Boxing 101 Classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m.-7 p.m.as well as Power Boxing classes Monday at 7 p.m. and Wednesday 6:30 p.m.. Revolution Training also has a new program "Revolution RXT" focusing on strength, power and conditioning (check website for schedule). Zumba Classes are available as well Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Men and women are welcome. Visit www.revolutionfitness.org for more information. You can also call 203-355-2666 or firstname.lastname@example.com and get details on other programs.
The USTA Training Center -- East in Flushing, N.Y., is holding open tryouts on Sat. Nov. 16 for aspiring boys' and girls' tennis players ages 9-13 for acceptance into its after-school feeder training program. The Feeder Program is designed to groom young tennis players with the intention of having them eventually progress into full-time training with USTA Player Development. Currently, the Feeder Program has 22 students from the tri-state area. Tryouts will be held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Those interested can apply by visiting the Training Center -- East page via usta.com/About-USTA/Training-Centers. More detailed information can be found at: http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Training-Centers/USTA-Training-Center-East/
The Stamford High Hockey Alumni Game will take place on Saturday, November 30 at Terry Connors ice rink on Cove Island starting at 5:20 p.m. Contact Rick Savona at email@example.com or call 203-554-0139 for more information.
Brian Cashman, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the New York Yankees, will talk on "Civility in Baseball" on Monday Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. at the Ferguson Library in Stamford. His talk is part of a series on Civility in America, organized by the City of Stamford, The Dilenschneider Group, Sacred Heart University and Purdue Pharma LP in conjunction with Hearst Media Group in Connecticut and the Ferguson Library. Cashman joined the organization in 1986 as a 19-year-old intern in the Minor League and Scouting Department and now commands one of the most demanding jobs in sports as Yankees Senior Vice President and General Manager. Cashman assumed his current post on February 3, 1998. At age 30, he became the second-youngest general manager in baseball history. In his first season, he became the youngest-ever GM to win a World Series, and with championships in 1999 and 2000, he became the only GM in baseball history to win world titles in each of his first three seasons. For the past three years he has served on the Board of Directors of Covenant House, which provides services for homeless youth. In each of the last three off-seasons, Cashman has rappelled down the 22-story Landmark Building in Stamford as part of the Christmas-themed Heights and Lights Program, promoting activity in the city's downtown business district. Robert L. Dilenschneider, founder and president of The Dilenschneider Group, who conceived the idea for the series, said, "Incivility has become socially acceptable and commonplace. The lack of civility in every segment of society, from politics to academia, from the media to the blogosphere, from talk radio to the pulpit, has become a crippling epidemic that threatens the future of our country. Something must be done." For information about the series, call (203)-964-1000 or register online at http://www.sacredheart.edu/aboutshu/briancashman/.
Synchonized Skating:
The Skating Club of Southern Connecticut of Stamford is proud to present the 14th Annual Terry Conners Synchronized Skating Open on Saturday, December 7 (noon to 6:40 p.m.) and Sunday, December 8 (9 a.m.-3 p.m.) at the Terry Conners Rink in Stamford. The Southern Connecticut Synchronized Skating organization representing the Skating Club of Southern Connecticut will skate the Shadows (Open Juvenile), Shimmers (Pre-Juvenile) and Sprites (Beginner 2). The Shadows, Shimmers and Sprites along with hundreds of other teams from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and around the Eastern Seaboard will be demonstrating choreographed programs that will be judged for speed, difficulty of maneuvers and precision, as well as for style and artistic expression. The Terry Conners Synchronized Skating Open attracts about 850 skaters and coaches over the two-day event. This competition is proud to be part of the Eastern Synchronized Skating Challenge Series. Spectator admission fee is $8.00 for adults, $3.00 for children under 12 and senior citizens. Veterans and military personnel with proper ID are admitted without charge. Only cash is accepted. For more information, please contact Kari Ryan via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the website www.TerryConnersSynchro.org
Registration for the Stamford Jr. Wrestling fall program in its 23rd year is currently underway. Learn to wrestle in a fun and exciting environment. Experience is not necessary. The program is open to all kids from all towns from Kindergarten to 8th grade. Matches are scheduled with surrounding clubs and travel team option is available. For more info and to register please visit www.stamfordwrestling.com or call 203-322-5366. Stamford Jr. Wrestling is looking for coaches for its third after-school middle school wrestling season. Season runs from December to end of February. Practices are held three times a week immediately afterschool. If interested, please call 203-322-5366 or email email@example.com or visit www.stamfordwrestling.com
The Greenwich Department of Parks and Recreation announces registration for its Winter Youth Basketball Programs. We will once again be offering a Co-Ed Program on Saturdays at the International School at Dundee Gym for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. There will also be a Co-Ed program at the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center for children in kindergarten through fourth grade. In addition, we will have a new Basketball Awareness Program that is exclusively for girls on Saturdays at the International School at Dundee Gym, which is open to girls in kindergarten through second grade. All programs will begin on Saturday, December 7, 2013, and run for eight Saturdays, ending February 1, 2014, with no meeting on Saturday, December 28. There is a snow date of Saturday, February 8, 2014. The Co-Ed Programs are designed to teach the basic skills of basketball and to help players sharpen their existing skills. Players are grouped by grade. The Girls program is designed to introduce young players to basketball and help prepare them for house or travel programs that are available to older girls. In person registration began at the Recreation Office on Monday, October 21. You may download registration forms at the Town's website, www.greenwichct.org. Please click on Parks and Recreation. The in person registration hours are Monday through Friday, 8:15 am -- 3:45 pm in the Recreation Office on the Second Floor of Town Hall, 101 Field Point Road, Greenwich. There is a $115.00 per child registration fee and each participant will receive a program t-shirt. Sneakers, athletic socks and shorts or sweat pants are required for all participants. For more info, please call the Rec Office at 203-618-7659.
The Greenwich Dept of Parks and Recreation announces that it will be starting Indoor Field Hockey Clinics on Sunday November 17 and running for 5 weeks until December 15. In-person Registration for these Clinics began on Monday October 21 at the Bendheim Western Civic Center, 449 Pemberwick Rd. The classes will meet for four Sundays. Session 1 will meet from 3:30 to 4:30 pm for children 8 and 9 years old. Session 2 will be from 4:30 to 5:30 pm for children 10 -- 12 years old. The program will help children develop skills in stick work, passing, receiving, shooting, basic offensive and defensive skills and small sided games. For more information or to register please visit www.greenwichct.org, or call 203-532-1259.
Platform Tennis
The Greenwich Parks and Recreation office announces that registration for platform tennis membership is now open. Walk in registration began on Monday, October 28. Residents of Greenwich can purchase a seasonal rental for use of the platform tennis courts located on Loughlin Avenue in Cos Cob. With membership, weekly reservations can be made through the Recreation Office. The courts will be open for member reservations from November 2 until March 29, 2014. Registration forms can be picked up in the Rec Office or downloaded from the website at http://www.greenwichct.org/Government/Departments/Parks_and_Recreation/. For more info, call 203-618-7649.
Indoor Softball
The Greenwich Department of Parks and Recreation announces that registration for indoor softball will begin on November 18. Registration is available by mail only until December 2 and then can be submitted at the Recreation Office until space is filled. The program will take place at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center on Harding Road in Old Greenwich on Saturday mornings from 11:30am -- 12:45pm. The program is available for 8 to 14 year olds. Any 7 year old turning 8 before August 1, 2014 is eligible to participate. Participants must not be turning 15 during the program. The clinic will focus on all fundamentals including throwing, catching, hitting, pitching, stealing, and sliding to prepare for the spring and summer seasons. Indoor softball starts Saturday, January 4, 2014 and continues until February 22, with a built-in snow date of March 1. Players should wear sneakers and bring a glove and a bat. Registration forms are available in the Recreation Office located at Town Hall and online at www.greenwichct.org: click on Parks and Recreation and then youth programs under Recreation.
Indoor Soccer
The Greenwich Department of Parks and Recreation announces that registration for indoor soccer with Aldwin will begin on Monday, November 18. Registration is available by mail only until December 2 and then can be submitted at the Recreation Office until space is filled. There are two indoor, co-ed programs for ages 4-10: one during the week on Mondays and Wednesdays and the second on Saturdays. Participants must have turned 4 by August 1, 2013. Both programs will take place at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center on Harding Road in Old Greenwich. The clinics will include skill work through drills and games. Indoor soccer starts on January 4 for the Saturday program and January 6 for the Monday/Wednesday program. Both programs continue until the beginning of March, with built-in snow dates. Participants must wear sneakers and shin guards. Registration forms are available in the Recreation Office located at Town Hall and online at www.greenwichct.org: click on Parks and Recreation and then youth programs under Recreation.
Indoor Baseball
The Greenwich Department of Parks and Recreation announces that registration for Indoor Baseball will begin on November 18. Registration is available by mail only until December 2 and then can be submitted at the Recreation Office until space is filled. The program will take place at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center on Harding Road in Old Greenwich on Saturday mornings. The program is available for ages 7 through 10. Those who will be turning 7 or 8 years of age will meet from 9 am-10 am and 9 and 10 year olds will meet from 10 am-11 am. Anyone turning 11 prior to April 30, 2014 is not eligible to participate. The program will focus on all key fundamentals including specific skill work, drills, and game playing. This is a great clinic to enhance baseball skills and interest in the game as well as prepare participants for spring and/or summer baseball. Indoor baseball starts Saturday, January 4, 2014 and continues until February 22, with a built-in snow date of March 1. Players should wear sneakers and bring a glove and a bat. Registration forms are available in the Recreation Office located at Town Hall and online at www.greenwichct.org:
The Greenwich Dept of Parks and Recreation announces that Tennis for Tots will begin its fall indoor session at the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center Gym on Mondays starting November 4 for 6 weeks. The program for children 3 and 4 years old will run from 2:45 pm to 3:15 pm, or 3:15 to 3:45 pm. The 5, 6 and 7 year old program will be from 3:45 pm to 4:30 pm, or 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm, or 5:15 pm to 6 pm. The cost is $85.00 for the 3 & 4 yr olds, and $95.00 for the 5-7 yr old programs. Pat Cianciulli who has been the director of the Town's Tennis Program for five years will teach the program. He also teaches at various private clubs in Greenwich, and has worked at the US Open. He has taken the latest workshops with the USPTR. Tennis rackets will be provided. Walk in registration began on Tuesday, October 15. For more info, please call The Bendheim Western Civic Center at 203-532-1259, or visit www.greenwichct.org
The Betteridge Greenwich Cup Series concludes with the Jingle Bell Jog for Pathways (3-mile run) at 9 a.m. on Dec. 8 at Threads and Treads. To register, visit www.threadsandtreads.com or call Threads & Treads at 203-661-0142.
The Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance will accept applications until Feb. 19, 2014, for the 11th annual Bohdan Kolinsky Memorial Journalism Scholarship. Named for a longtime scholastic sports editor of the Hartford Courant who died in 2003, the scholarship gives the winning applicant $1,500 toward the first year of college study leading to a career in sports journalism. Additional aid in higher amounts is offered for the remaining years of college if the student meets certain standards of progress. Information and the application form are available at the Alliance's Facebook site or at http://blog.ctnews.com/ctsports/2013/10/16/kolinsky/
The 2013-14 Dutchess Debs 14 U fast-pitch softball team is looking for an experienced pitcher for the 2013-14 season. Please contact Mike Sheedy at 914-474-6794.
The Junior Golf Academy at Sterling Farms has openings for fall programs. Junior clinics. Age groups include Pee Wee (4-6) and Juniors (7-14). Open to all skill levels. For more information, visit www.sterlingfarmsgc.com or call the golf shop at (203)-329-2067.
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The Hubbard Heights Women's Golf Association invites any interested women golfers to join our organization to play 9 or 18 holes of golf on Thursdays and weekends at E Gaynor Brennan Golf Course. If interested please call Lucille Faugno, president at 203-348-7662, or Janie Cloutier, membership at 203-249-8488 for more information.
The Sterling Farms Women's Golf Club is seeking members to join their 18 Hole and 9 Hole groups. 9 Hole members play on Tuesday mornings and 18 Hole members play on weekends or Tuesday mornings. For more information visit www.sfwgc.org or email email@example.com
Since 1983, the Small Boat Shop at 144 Water Street in South Norwalk has been the premier source for anyone interested in sea kayaking, rowing, canoeing, and generally exploring the coast in small craft. These autumn days the local waters are warm, the leaves are changing colors and the waters are not crowded with other boats. The Small Boat Shop has scheduled several foliage watching by kayak trips on inland lakes and rivers in October. Folks who want to paddle on their own can also rent kayaks through the fall season. Foliage trips are scheduled on Lake Lillinonah, in Newtown and on the tidal Connecticut River. The Connecticut River trips leave from Deep River, and the scenic route is dictated by the tides. Contact the Small Boat Shop of Norwalk at 203-854-5223 or visit www.thesmallboatshop.com
Valley Fire, an over-30 women's soccer team, based in Oxford, is seeking players for the fall season. Players must turn 30 by Dec. 31, although goalkeepers can be 28. The team plays in the Nutmeg Women's League, and games are Sundays at 4 p.m. League considered recreational; however play is competitive and skills/experience are necessary.Valley Fire practices Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. For more information, call Heather at 203-910-1052.
Ridgefield High School Athletics is now accepting applications for the following coaching vacancies: Head Coach-- Wrestling (co-ed), Head Coach - Varsity girls golf. Successful candidates will: Hold a valid Connecticut Teaching Certificate, Coaching Permit or be eligible for a Temporary Emergency Coaching Permit. Have successfully completed standard first aid, CPR and concussion management training. Have substantial knowledge of the sport for which the application is made. Have knowledge of legal and safety aspects of coaching, medical aspects of coaching adolescents, principles and practices of coaching adolescents and adolescent sports psychology. Show evidence of kindness, intelligence and the ability to work effectively with student athletes and with adults. Possess a steady composure, a sense of humor and grace under pressure. To apply, contact Carl Charles, Athletics Director, Ridgefield High School, 700 N. Salem Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Or call 203-438-3785 ext 1010.
Chelsea Piers Connecticut (CPCT, located at 1 Blachley Place in Stamford, is pleased to announce that a vast array of sports classes, leagues and programs will be offered at the 400,000 sq-ft sports complex in the winter of 2013. Led by an extensive team of accomplished coaches, teachers and directors, the fall programs at CPCT will cater to youth and adult athletes of all levels and abilities. Winter programming will be comprised of four core categories: Little Athletes (6 months to 5 years). Developmental (5 years to 13 years). Elite/Competitive Teams (6 years and older). Adult Programs (Leagues and instructional classes).The Little Athletes programs are taught by experienced, professional coaches who also teach the highest level athletes. Sports offered include basketball, gymnastics, ice hockey, ice skating, lacrosse, rock climbing, soccer, squash, swimming, tee ball and tennis. The youth sports development program offers a comprehensive, diverse and innovative curriculum for athletes of all ages. Developmental programs will feature after-school and weekend programs for kids ages 5 to 17 in a wide range of sports including baseball/softball, basketball, field hockey, figure skating, flag football, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, multi-sport, rock climbing, soccer, squash, swimming and tennis. Field hockey available at a later date. Elite training is offered for dedicated junior high and high school, prep school, and college athletes that are looking for a complete off-season training program to take their game to the next level. Elite training and competitive teams will be available for gymnastics, lacrosse, squash, swimming and tennis. Basketball and volleyball travel teams will also be offered. The Leagues at CPCT will provide competitive kids off all ages a broad selection of youth leagues throughout the school year, including basketball, gymnastics, lacrosse, squash, swimming, tennis and volleyball. The adult amateur sports program have league games played at CPCT with referees and full-time program directors .Competitive Adult Leagues for men, women and co-eds (individual or teams) will be offered in basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse volleyball and indoor soccer. Over-30, Corporate and Open leagues will also be available as well as a Masters swim team, competitive triathlon team, and tennis and squash leagues. For more info, visit www.chelseapiersct.com
Chelsea Piers Connecticut in Stamford announces that 4X USA Triathlon Team National Champions, Full Throttle Endurance Racing, will offer a triathlon training program. The triathlon program will include high-intensity triathlon training led by USAT Level II coach Scott Berlinger and USAT Level I coach Rick Krupa. Training is geared towards all aspects of triathlon racing for all levels, from beginners to seasoned veterans. For more info, visit www.chelseapiersct.com
NORWALK Junior Cheerleading
Norwalk Junior Cheerleading is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that mentors and teaches aspiring cheerleaders in Grades 1-8 on the fundamentals of cheerleading. American Youth Cheerleading has participants ages 5-13 cheer for designated football teams as well as take part in regional events. Norwalk is one of 11 towns in the Colonial Football and Cheer League. For more info, please visit www.norwalkctyouthfootball.com
Shippan Racquet Club, an indoor tennis club in Stamford, currently has programs available for both adults and children this upcoming fall/winter season. Registration is now open! Junior programs include our Junior Development Academy for all ages and levels, along with our Tournament Training and High School programs. For adults, we offer our Adult Integrated Method which are small group lessons, leagues, privates and seasonal court time. For more information on our programs, please call 203-323-3129 or visit us atwww.shippanracquet.com.
Kings Highway, an indoor tennis club in Darien, has programs available for both adults and children this upcoming fall/winter season. Registration is now open! Junior programs include our Junior Tennis Pathway Progression for all ages and levels, our High Performance/Varsity Training programs as well. For adults, we offer small group lessons, leagues, privates and seasonal court time. For more information on our programs, please call 203-655-8769 or visit us at www.kingshwytennis.com
TenniSimple being offered at Shippan Racquet Club and Kings Highway. TenniSimple is designed for both total beginners and former players that are getting back into the sport after an extended absence. The fun, fast-paced lessons will have you learning the game and competing within a matter of weeks. The $150 fee includes six, one-hour group lessons with a licensed pro and a new racquet.The TenniSimple program is also located at Fairfield Indoor Tennis, Trumbull Racquet Club and Milford Indoor Tennis. For more info, Fairfield Indoor Tennis, 15 Old Dam Road, Fairfield, CT--(203) 254-0440. Kings Highway Tennis Club, 98 Old Kings Highway North, Darien, CT--(203) 655-8769. Milford Indoor Tennis, 580 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT--(203) 876-1776. Shippan Racquet Club, 45 Harbor Drive, Stamford, CT--(203) 323-3129. Trumbull Racquet Club, 35 Lindeman Drive, Trumbull, CT--(203) 374-8622.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After a meeting that spanned two days and 17 hours, the Jacksonville City Council Wednesday night voted 16-2 to pass a $1 billion budget for the next fiscal year.
City Council members say a 14 percent property tax increase they passed to fund the budget was necessary to fund essential city services. Mayor Alvin Brown, who vowed to avoid any sales tax, may veto some of the spending items.
"I can ... line by line, look at the budget," Brown said Thursday. "I can't veto the whole budget, but I can look at the budget and I do have veto power."
Caught in the middle are Duval County taxpayers. City officials say owner of a $150,000 home who claims the $50,000 homestead exemption would pay $113 more in property taxes next year.
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"Given what we've gone through, I would hope that the mayor would not veto any of those items and the budget will stay intact. I think we've done a good job," said Councilman Warren Jones.
The budget Brown proposed in July budget included a $61 million cut in services with no increase in taxes for property owners, but the City Council went with something much different.
Instead of reducing city services -- cuts that would have including layoffs of police officers and closing libraries and parks -- Council decided to bring in more tax revenue by having property owners pay a higher millage rate.
"My payment on my house is going to go up, I got my notice like everybody else. Mine is going to go up about $500," said City Council President Bill Gulliford. "Do I like that? Not a bit; not a bit. I can think of other things, including grandkids, that I'd rather spend that 500 bucks on."
Gulliford said Council had no choice but to raise the tax rate in order to avoid having to cut police officers and/or closing fire stations and libraries.
Councilman John Crescimbeni said the budget and taxes necessary to pay for it became "a political football."
"I would like to hear what the mayor has to say about it," Crescimbeni said. "If he is not interested in vetoing it, he may want to forgo calls from concerned citizens. If he is interested in voting it I would like to hear it from him."
Randy Wyse, head of the union that represents Jacksonville's firefighters, was pleased with the final budget.
"I think it was a good signal that public safety is important," Wyse said. "That pools libraries and senior citizens centers are all important. So I think the leaders of this city decided, 'You know it's important and we are going to fund it correctly.'"
Looking forward to next year, Gulliford said he's worried that if they don't resolve the police and fire pension fund issue, there will be an even bigger financial hole.
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Americans are increasingly accessing the web from their mobile phones, and investors who can't get the information they need or perform the transactions they're seeking may quickly migrate to more mobile-friendly rivals.
That's why Boston-based research firm Dalbar rated 48 financial services company apps, according to 11 distinct evaluation categories including design, security, mobile optimization, ease of use, personalization/customization, support, interaction with the firm, interactivity, navigation, core content and behavior centric.
Just three mobile sites rated excellent, and another three rated very good — one of each in the mutual fund, insurance/annuity and retirement website categories.
(Check out 10 Top Mobile Apps for Investors: Dalbar at ThinkAdvisor.)
"In order to remain 'in the customer's view,' financial firms must stay current and leverage the mobile Web," said Kathleen Whalen, managing director of Dalbar in a statement released Monday. She added, "These industry leaders have recognized this necessity by providing mobile optimized websites that will continue to attract mobile subscribers by creating a seamless mobile experience reminiscent of traditional desktop websites and by using innovative strategies for providing financial content for mobile consumption."
Here are six mobile sites that succeed in engaging the growing on-the-go segment of the population (starting with the three firms rated very good, followed by the three attaining excellent ratings).
No. 2 in Mutual Fund Category: Putnam Investments
Score (out of 100): 72.88
The ability to interact for simple two-way communication between firm and investor is critical, and Putnam Investments excels particularly in Dalbar's "interaction with the firm" category.
Be it an email form, links to official social channels, old-fashioned phone numbers or the ability to download forms and complete applications from one's mobile device, Putnam Investments' responsive design provides a user-friendly experience.
No. 2 in Life Insurance and Annuity Category: MetLife
Score (out of 100): 73.37
A potential deterrent to using an account on the go is the difficulty of remembering the account credentials for investors' various accounts.
"Fortunately, MetLife includes the option to elect to have the site 'Remember My Username.' By simply sliding the pictured button to the Yes position, the site will recall a username and conveniently pre-fill this field on subsequent visits," writes Dalbar, which ranks the firm as a standout in "personalization/customization."
No. 2 in Retirement Firm Category: Great-West
Score (out of 100): 70.15
Not every mobile user wanting to use a financial site can do so without occasional support.
Great-West stands out in this category, offering "content-based help throughout its mobile site via small, interactive gray question mark icons. Once tapped, an overlay box appears with helpful, relevant information specific to that topic," writes Dalbar.
No. 1 in Mutual Fund Category: American Century
Score (out of 100): 86.36
Investors searching for market insights, fund information or wanting to perform a transaction are hardly likely to proceed if they don't know where to go or can't read the text. But American Century's cleanly designed and well thought out user experience differentiate the firm's mobile site from blurry competitors.
For example, the firm discretely provides users the option to to intentionally show a typed password as a means of avoiding klutzy typing errors, while maintaining a privacy default in case someone's looking overhead.
"From a visual perspective, American Century's mobile site continues to impress with ideal button sizes, an area for featured content and minimal, yet helpful, icon usage," Dalbar writes. "Even without logging in, users can find value in the firm's mobile site as they offer both product and market-related information pre-login."
No. 1 in Life Insurance and Annuity Category: USAA
Score (out of 100): 83.47
USAA's mobile site is a real head turner, says Dalbar, and highly functional.
"Receiving the maximum possible score in design, those keen on nifty designs will have a hard time looking away from USAA's mobile site," Dalbar writes. "There is, however, more to the site than shadow, gradient and coloring subtleties. In addition to looking good, USAA's site is also highly functional when compared to other insurance sites. Account holders can easily check basic policy-related information such as the policy value, cash value as well as premiums. Furthermore, an on-site tool can be used to generate an instant quote."
Dalbar's report also praises USAA mobile site's member community, which allows users to post articles or vote, comment and search those of others.
No. 1 in Retirement Firm Category: Nationwide Retirement Solutions
Score (out of 100): 87.88
This highest-scoring mobile site won the hearts of Dalbar's analysts in part as a result of its superior layout across multiple mobile devices.
"From account information to transactions, this mobile experience is simple, straightforward and easy to master as the roll out menu options appear exactly the same across various devices," Dalbar writes.
The volume of such account information can be challenging to present, but Nationwide Retirement Solutions makes the details accessible through multiple tabs, each with its own drop-down menu accommodating viewable information such as account activity, balance history and more.
Related stories on ThinkAdvisor:
- 10 Top Mobile Apps for Investors: Dalbar
- 10 Most Influential Advisors on Social Media: BrightScope
- 'Office of the Future' Puts Advisor Technology on Display


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Promotion of the new book of PhD Viktorija Skolovska " Ancient Demir Kapija".
PhD. Sokolovska is well known name in Macedonian Archaeology, first as curator at the Archaeological Museum in Skopje, then as a director of Museum of Macedonia from 1991-1995, that all her professional life she devoted to research the antique period in Macedonia and published in more than 90 texts.
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FY01 NEA Grants to Orchestras
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded 90 grants to orchestras through the major grant categories in FY2001, totaling $2,455,500. Awards to all arts disciplines through the categories of Creativity (announced in January), Education, Access, and Heritage & Preservation (announced in April), numbered 1,393 and totaled $30.1 million.
Of the $104.8 million appropriated to the NEA in FY2001, $86.2 million were available for grantmaking purposes. In addition to the grants awarded through the categories of Education, Access, Heritage & Preservation, and Creativity, FY2001 awards include the following:
- Congress requires that 40% of NEA grant funds be made available directly to the states; $35.9 million has been awarded through Partnership Agreements to state and regional arts agencies.
- The $7 million increase in FY2001 NEA funding, approved by Congress in October 2000, is dedicated to the Challenge America initiative. In addition to a 40 percent allocation to state arts agencies, the Challenge America grant program will award approximately 400 grants of $5,000 or $10,000, to be announced later this year.
- The Organizational Capacity category, which funds projects that provide support for broad constituencies of artists and arts organizations, included a $140,000 grant to the American Symphony Orchestra League.
- Support for Arts on Radio and Television totaled $3 million and, among other awards, included grants to support public radio programs From the Top and Performance Today.
- $2.4 million has been awarded for Leadership Initiatives, including a $150,000 award to the National Symphony Orchestra.
- Creative Communities, a new NEA initiative developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, included a $135,000 grant to the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra.
- $800,000 has been distributed for Literary Fellowships.
Click on the following links to see FY2001 NEA grants to orchestras and parent organizations of orchestras. Grants for programs related to the orchestra field are also included.


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Man, it's been a rough week for typos. First it was Mitt Romney and the "Amercia" heard 'round the world (and he's really on a roll). Now a Maryland high school has apparently handed out 8,000 diplomas with a typo on them. This country is going to hell in a handbasket. The diplomas, which students from Oxon Hill High School received last week, said they'd completed an "approved progam of study." Oops.
It's obviously an embarrassment for an establishment that's charged with teaching people how to spell, but it appears it might have been a printer's error. Graduate Terrence Odom, 18, said of his botched diploma, "I'm really disappointed. I would think it would be somebody's job to proof and reproof again, especially with something that serious." Right you are, Terrence. The school paid $15,750 for the messed up certificates, but the printer is going to redo them for free—though the school district will have to pay to mail the new ones to students.
Still, as humiliating as this incident is, it could have been worse. The Washington Post points out that the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin printed a commencement program this year that had the word "Pubic" instead of "Public" in the school's name. In their defense, pubic affairs are some of the most important affairs there are.
Prince George's diplomas marred by spelling error [Washington Post]
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