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1/2 pound fresh asparagus
1 (8 ounce) package egg noodles
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup butter
1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 pound medium shrimp - peeled and deveined
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste
In a small saucepan, boil or steam asparagus in enough water to cover until tender; chop and set aside.
Bring a large pot of salted water to full boil, place the pasta in the pot and return to a rolling boil; cook until al dente. Drain well.
In a large saucepan, saute garlic in the olive oil over medium-low heat until the garlic is golden brown.
Place butter and lemon juice in the saucepan. Heat until the butter has melted. Place the shrimp in the saucepan and cook until the shrimp turns pink. Place the mushrooms and asparagus into the saucepan, cook until mushrooms are tender.
Toss the shrimp and vegetable mixture with the egg noodles and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.


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January 18, 2010 at 9:14 am 30 comments
Over the many years that I've been a recruiter, I've certainly had my share of success stories. I've worked with many talented candidates who were eager to accept coaching and constructive criticism, and who then interviewed with my client companies, landed great jobs, and went on to perform successfully in their new roles. Some even became decision-makers themselves, and then turned around and used me to recruit other candidates for their companies because they liked the way I worked with them … which is every recruiter's dream! That old saying, "what goes around, comes around" is so true – certainly in the staffing industry.
On the other hand, I've also had my share of failures, goof-ups, and outright disasters. I'm sure that every recruiter who has been in this business for any length of time can probably come up with stories of interviews that went down the toilet, candidates who behaved badly, or placements that seemed like sure things only to fall apart at the last minute. So, I thought it might be fun to share a few of my worst "Recruiter Horror Stories." While this posting does not technically fall under the category of "advice for job-seekers" like most of my other blog posts – there are certainly lessons to be learned and information to be gleaned from these stories. If nothing else, it's advice on what NOT to do! And by the way … while the names in this posting are fictitious (for obvious reasons) these stories are absolutely true. These things actually happened!
- Ted was a PMP certified Project Manager – a candidate of mine who I sent to interview with a rather conservative Fortune 500 bank. Afterward, Ted told me he thought the interview had gone well, but the hiring manager ended up passing on him without an explanation. When I told Ted that bad news, he didn't take it well. He felt they had misjudged him, and without my knowledge he began repeatedly calling and emailing my client begging for another chance – which naturally reflected badly on me as the recruiter. The email address Ted used for this unauthorized follow-up was "email@example.com." Later, when I Googled Ted's name, I easily found his Facebook page filled with photos of himself with drinks in hand looking totally wasted in a bar, carousing with several different scantily clad women, and generally looking like a partying idiot. (I can only assume that the client did that same Google search.)
- My candidate Sue was interviewing for a Web Designer job at a large software company. During the interview, Sue moved something on the interviewer's desk to make room for her portfolio. When I later asked the decision-maker why he passed on a perfectly qualified candidate with extremely hard-to-find technical and design skills, he actually said to me "She touched my stuff!"
- John was a candidate of mine in Texas who interviewed for, and then accepted a great job as a Territory Sales Manager with a Medical Device company based in Boston that I was working with. After only one week on the job in Texas, he disappeared. No phone calls, no emails, no returned messages. He was MIA when the company's CEO flew down to Texas for a scheduled meeting. A couple of weeks later, I found out from John's sister, who called me looking for his new boss's contact information, that John was in jail awaiting trial for a domestic violence charge! Many months later, John called and told me that he had been falsely accused (or so he claimed) of assaulting his ex-wife in a bar. She was now dating a cop, who pulled some strings and kept John in jail without bail! He had been too embarrassed to call his new boss and explain where he was. Needless to say, I lost that commission.
- Dave was a Software Sales candidate in Chicago. His résumé looked great, and he interviewed beautifully with me on the phone. He came across as upbeat, outgoing and very professional. I set him up for an in-person interview with my client company's VP of Sales (who was himself, a former candidate of mine.) When the interview was over, I asked my friend, the VP of Sales, how Dave had done. His response was "who else do you have." I kept probing and asking what was wrong with Dave. His background seemed so strong, his track record of software sales success was excellent, and he had worked for a couple of my client's direct competitors. What more could they want? Finally, he told me: Dave showed up 20 minutes late to the interview dressed in jeans, sandals and a flannel shirt with a plastic pocket protector, had a pony-tail halfway down his back, multiple ear piercings, and had electrical tape holding his broken glasses frames together. (Perhaps that look might fit a code-writing software engineer who stares at a screen all day … but not a sales professional … and either way, it's never a good look for an interview with a VP of Sales!!!) Sometimes, phone interviews just don't give you the whole picture.
- My absolute worst candidate story is about Walt. A large local manufacturing company I was working with needed a Network Engineer, and Walt seemed like a perfect fit – at least on paper. His résumé looked great … he had all the right certifications and experience. But when Walt walked into my office for his first in-person interview with me, his appearance and lack of personal hygiene were astounding. He was overweight and wore an ill-fitting, out-of-date suit with a wrinkled and badly stained white shirt, and a mis-matched tie that was too short. His hair was greasy, he was sweating profusely, and he apparently didn't shower very often. This guy was like the character "Pig-Pen" from the Peanuts cartoon strip … you could almost see the cloud of B.O. wafting around and following him as he entered the room. When I tried to tactfully suggest that he needed to clean himself up and buy some better interviewing clothes, Walt became very defensive, but then reluctantly said he'd consider it. Against my better judgment, I sent Walt to the interview … and wouldn't you know it, he got the job! (Apparently person hygiene was not a major hiring criteria for this company … and he was, after all, still a good technical fit!) He was told by HR that among many other things, he'd need to bring a copy of his birth certificate with him on his first day of work to complete his I-9 form. I reminded Walt of this several times in the weeks leading up to his start date. On the Friday before he was to start, I called to check on things … and found out that he hadn't been able to find his birth certificate, and had not taken any steps to replace it. I knew he would not be able to start work without it, so with only an hour to go before the Records Office closed, I personally raced downtown to City Hall and paid the $20 fee to get a duplicate birth certificate for Walt. (He said he had no cash, but would reimburse me after he got his first paycheck.) After one month on the new job, Walt was fired. It turns out he had used the new company credit card he was given to make several very large personal purchases. When the HR Director asked him if he knew he wasn't supposed to do that, he readily admitted he knew it was wrong, but said he needed the money because he was in such deep debt. Needless to say, I lost that commission as well. Oh, and I never did get my $20 back!
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These were my impressions:
1st case – the guy is an jackass.
2nd – she probably wouldn't work there for very long in the first place.
3rd – what was he thinking???
4th – a phone call doesn't give the full picture, but in any case what does…
5th – Well, IT and Network has more of it's share of bath challenged people, anyway, there's not much that could be known without an invasive credit check in this case.
These were just plain funny, although very frustrating and true. You described each candidate so well, especially Walt. Thanks!
My worst story happened a LLLOOOONNGG time age. It was my first year in the recruiting business, 1987. I was recruiting hydrogeologists in the environmental industry back then, on a commission only basis. I had recruited David to go to work at an engineering company in Chicago. The offer was less than he was looking for, but he accepted, and was to start the day after Christmas. He actually accepted the job around early December as I recall. I couple of weeks later, I called his house to see how he was doing. He was not there, and his dad said he was not home and out of town. Being new to the business, and not yet having that sixth sense, I dismissed it. (He was interviewing with another company.) Remember he was to start the day after Christmas. He calls me on Christmas Eve morning (we only worked till noon that day,) and I wished him Merry Christmas, and he says, – "Doug, I have bad news." I knew exactly then what it was. My heart sank as he told me he was going to work for a different company, not my client. Needless to say, that Christmas sucked. I called my client the day after Christmas (they were closed Christmas Eve) and they were not happy, and told me to "find another one." After that experience, I can't believe I am still doing this, and to this day will never forget that guys name.
Great stories. You would hope that I never wind up in one of those stories and hopefully by reading them, I never will.
Divison Pres, final interview. Had to play client golf before meeting COB at HIS Country Club. Round went late. Instead of showering and changing, drove to COB's club for final meeting in golf clothes. COB (in suit) went through with meeting, got the intel he needed from the guy, called me to explain he would never hire a man who had that little respect. I had to agree, even though I did try to turn it around, to no avail. $500K X 33% down toilet. Filled the retainer with the # 2 guy one week later.
Michael – love it, and glad that you posted it on this forum. I think that its important for true professionals to understand points of view from both sides of the interview table. That insight which job seekers can get into their target audience is often overlooked and undervalued.
Got an email from one of my clients (hiring manager) saying that there seemed to be a problem with the most recent hire I had recruited for them a few months earlier. One of their female employees had gone online and entered her address at one of those sites that tells you if any registered sex offenders live in your neighborhood. Guess who turned up, mug shot and all. We are in Texas, and the alleged offense had occurred years earlier in New England, but once you are on that list, it is very hard to get off. As the candidate himself said when confronted with the information, "Some mistakes you never stop paying for." Ouch. Needless to say, since that time, we have conducted a national search of all state sex offender lists in addition to our normal criminal background checks.
Some interesting stories there Michael. I have heard lots similar regarding the Myspace / Facebook 'personailty' tests. Thanks
These were a great laugh – even though I know they must have been oh-so-painful at the time. I'll share one that recently happened to a new recruiter at my firm. We do permanent placement for physicians.
Our candidate "Bob" was a perfect match for an opening one of our larger clients needed filled. He was appropriately trained, certified and experienced. He had a clean background check, no malpractice incidents, etc. He completed his phone interviews and a 2 day on site visit and meeting with all the key decision makers. He presented well and everyone loved him. Job offer was made and accepted, contract signed. Credentialing for the new facility nearly completed – the only they were waiting on was his state license to be completed as he was relocating from a different state. All of this took place over the course of about 6 weeks. A few days before the start date, when we were anticipating his licensing would become finalized, we were notified that there was a "delay" in his licensing as it had to go before a review panel. Since this is not standard procedure the red flags immediately went up – but the state licensing board would not tell us what the issue is (as applications are deemed confidential until a license is actually issued). The candidate claimed he incorrectly filled out one portion of the long licensing form (turns out he did – he lied about what county he was relocating from). In the end it was the client who made the discovery that blew all of our minds. Our candidate had recently been arrested in an internet sting for soliciting sex from a minor!! They had him on webcam recording dressed in women's lingerie and doing unspeakable things for what he thought was a 14-year old girl! Since background checks for healthcare facilities and licensing boards check only for convicted crimes, this arrest did not show up. Checks with his previous employer revealed nothing. Had he not lied about what county he was living in, we may not ever have found out until he was already employed. In the end it was Google (now a standard part of our background check) who gave us the real story, complete with a copy of his photo so we could confirm this was the same man. Of course the client immediately withdrew their offer as this doctor could not have contact with children, and was not going to be approved by the licensing board to practice in that state. My poor recruiter was grief-stricken. This was her first placement! All I could say honestly was – nope, never seen that one before!
Thanks for sharing your horror stories; I hope to never impress anyone in that fashion.
As someone who is currently seeking a position, I enjoyed a humorous break.
Rochelle Wagner, Ph.D.
nice post, it's funny how some people don't understand the importance of the "first impression" or the meaning of the word "loyalty"…
Until about a year ago I was working in a management position with hiring responsibilities. Like most larger companies our hiring process involved interviews with several members of the management staff as well as the HR folks. After we had been interviewing for quite some time for a new director of Finance, we finally thought we'd found the perfect candidate. We led him from room to room, and after each interview he got a "thumbs up", and we took him to his final interview with the hiring manager (not me).
But there it ended. When asked "What one thing would you never tolerate in your department", his answer was "Fat people. I just can't understand fat people. I mean, what are they thinking? Can't they diet?".
I won't forget that one!
This comment is not related to the post but to the overall blog. I kept reading this till 3 in the morning, long past my normal time. As a job hunter these posts are much appreciated
Very good post. Those are quite entertaining (and educational) stories.
I appreciate reading your postings as I find them informative and helpful and not just so much rhetoric.
Great articles Michael! You are very informative and enlightening.
Once agian I can not pass up the opportunity to review your stories. They come in handy as I start to grow my consulting business with Management Placement.
Greg Costa
Vista Hospitality & Logistics Group
Interesting article and good to hear what actually happens. Pretty eye-opening on some of the candidates and interviewer actions. You never know what could set someone off, and to realize it could be something as little as touching a person's desktop items. How frustrating is that!
Hey Michael:
Kind of humorous. The Pig Pen story I found to be especially amusing. Thanks for posting.
Very informative blog. Couldn't agree more with this article.
Impressive stories!
The ones in the comments are amazing too.
The email address in the first story has to be the worst I've ever heard. It's hard to imagine shooting off an email to a hiring manager asking for another chance and not thinking, "Hmm, maybe I shouldn't use my hrdbod4u(at)hotmail.com account.." haha.
Really great stories, but I've made the great first impression and landed the job only to be sadly surprised as the positions were not really what was listed and verbally described at all once I got into the jobs. This has happened to me twice! All that work, planning and presentation for total nightmares! UGH!
Your nightmares at least made me laugh! Keep on writing!
Half these stories have happen to me. So they sound familiar and I have only been in the industry for 3 yrs. In addition , one stands out, when I asked a behavioral interviewing a question: "Tell me about a time when you have gone above and beyond the call of duty to get a job done." Never going to forget this answer: "I was hired as a cashier, I came in and all I do is cashier. The boss told me to mop the floor because we were short staff so I grabbed my purse and quit. I do not go beyond my job description"
That of course was BYE BYE BYE (like the song).
The stories are very intriguing. Here is my story in the candidate side:
I participated on a recruiting process in Germany for a management position with a Headhunter from UK for a big multinational company in Frankfurt. After passing the first steps of the process via phone, I had an interview on the company site with the sales manager, sales director for the region and HR manager. I received a few days later a positive feedback from the headhunter saying the company wants me on board. However, the headhunter asked if I could be patient and wait 2-3 weeks since their client had still to get some authorizations. I said it was not a problem. On the 3rd week, I called the headhunter 2 times. I couldn't reach him so I left a message in his mailbox in the second time asking if he had any news. I also sent him a nice e-mail reiterating my calls, asking politely about news. Since he didn't answer my e-mail, I called again 3 days later. This time I reached him, he said he couldn't hear me because he had a bad connection, we lost connection so I called again and reached his mailbox. I didn't leave a message this time. Never heard from the headhunter again. I am frustrated, I feel above all disrespected. I do believe I deserve a quick e-mail or call saying, "Unfortunately the company hired someone else or they are not hiring now."
I understand this is not an amazing story, it is probably the most common issue on candidate-recruiter relationship, however for the candidate it is a true "horror."
I moved across the country and looked for work while remote for 2 years and again over the last three when companies merged. I've got a dozen horror stories about recruiters…. They hire people with no experience who then judge your résumé on qualifications for a 20 year career. They rewrite your résumé. They tell you it's contract to perm when it is not. If you refuse to take a job offer for low pay or they lied about the position they mistreat you and verbally abuse you. They don't return phone calls on the front end of a job search. They don't return phone calls if you didn't get the job. The main thing for me is a lack of moral fortitude and greed. They treat you like a resource instead of a human. And when you call them again after a few months thy are gone off to their next career because they can't do the job. I've known one and only one grey recruiter.
I've been on Both sides. I write thank you notes to hiring mangers. Always dress professionally even for lunch meetings. I turn my phone off or leave it in the car. When I hire, if I interview a prospect I send a thanks but no thanks letter.
Enjoyed reading this, however I think that there was no need of mentioning if he was over weight. If he was skinny, would that have gotten a mention?
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Six of Callahan's strikeouts came on called third strikes.
"My fastball was feeling pretty good, but I couldn't throw any of my off speed stuff for a strike," Callahan said. "I knew if I didn't have my off-speed pitches just to spot the fastball and let them hit and my defense would work for me and they did a great job. There is not much else to do. I kept trying to go back to it but they were just missing by a ton."
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"Scoring six runs in the first inning was very big because the pitcher they brought in really settled our bats down," Greenwich Coach Mike Abate said. "We stopped hitting and they were chipping, chipping, chipping and luckily we had Dylan on the mound because he is such a work horse. Just happy it went our way today."
Hull was relieved by Chris Tenney, who largely kept the Cannons bats quiet the rest of the game.
Admiral's Coach Tom Duffy said he was pleased with Tenney's effort and his team for trying to claw back into the game against a quality starter.
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Bethel would get on the board in the fourth on a run-scoring double by Nicholas Spinella but the Cannons answered right back when Dreher scored Kono with a hard single down the third-base line.
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There was a time in California when a boom in prison construction and spending was actually popular.
During George Deukmejian's governorship in the 1980's, and continuing with the Wilson Administration, California engaged in an aggressive cycle of prison building.
It was part of a tough-on-crime mentality that polled well with voters. It also was an important source of jobs, especially in the chronically job-starved Central Valley.
Affluent areas on the coast might have raised an uproar about building a prison. But in the 1980's, new prisons were welcomed in relatively remote spots like Avenal and Corcoran.
These prisons were sources of well-paying jobs in a region where seasonal unemployment tied to farming cycles was commonly in double digits.
That job boom also led to rising influence of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, which lobbied for strong compensation and benefits. Predictably, prison spending soared. In 1980 it was 3 percent of the general fund.
Twenty years later, that had nearly tripled, leading to criticism of a bloated system. This week, corrections officials released a plan which Gov. Jerry Brown believes will save billions of dollars and will end federal court oversight of the prison system by next year.
Faced with a court order to reduce the crowded prisons' population by 40,000, the Brown Administration is pursuing a program called 'realignment', which shifts non-violent lower level offenders to county jails. Under this plan, no inmates will be released early from state prison.
The Department of Corrections plans to scrap $4 billion worth of new construction, reduce spending due to realignment, and bring back out-of-state prisoners now housed in private prisons.
Officials say they believe they can cut spending $1.5 billion a year by the time the program is fully enacted. There are still a lot of questions about how Corrections Secretary Matt Cate can satisfy the courts on medical and mental health care of inmates, while still presiding over this ambitious downsizing program.
But it should certainly will serve to quiet complaints from the legislature, which has had to make deep cuts in higher education and programs for the poor as prison spending has grown. California's prison boom cycle is now hitting bust.
Kevin Riggs is an Emmy-winning former TV journalist. He is currently Senior Vice President with Randle Communications in Sacramento.
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I'm back from my spur-of-the-moment weekend in Vienna. No recipe today, but there's a sachertorte in our future. Once I translate a few recipes from German.
If you've never been, then let me tell you – Vienna is a walkable elegant city. Perhaps the most elegant city I've ever visited.
Elegant in a dapper sort of way.
In that shine your shoes, brush off your coat, adjust your tie, comb your hair, and don your hat before heading out into the light drizzle sort of way. The kind of city that holds open the door for you as you pass through.
Alyson and I snagged an amazing room on the Ringstraße, the road that encircles Vienna's central district. If you're wondering how to pronounce "Ringstraße," I can assure you that it's not "Ringestrabe." Despite what our taxi driver told us, that beta-looking letter is not a "B." It's a double-S.
While we're on the topic, let me just say that we did not have much taxi luck in Vienna. After we walked to Alef Alef in the former Jewish ghetto and found it closed from Thursday to Sunday, we hailed a taxi to take us to Simchas. When we gave the driver the address, he shook his head and pointed to the bridge in front of us. "Just go across the Danube and the restaurant is straight ahead. 10 minutes." He was the only taxi around, so we walked across the river. And kept walking. And walking. We walked one more block. And then we found another taxi to take us the next two meandering miles.
We visited several cathedrals and a museum and went to a concert (though we were dissapointed that "The Cat's Duet" was missing from the program). Then we spent the rest of our time eating (and a little requisite shopping). There's a fabulous line in a book I read a few months ago that could not be closer to the truth, especially in Vienna: "The only reason I travel … is for an excuse to eat more than usual."
I was determined to taste as many sachertortes as possible. For the record, my favorite one was the first one I tried – that very one staring at you. It was not particularly sweet, hit the right level of denseneess without being dry, with just a subtle layer of apricot beneath a thin, dark, rich (sounds like a pretty good date to me) coating of chocolate.
Anyway, our days went something like this:
Drag ourselves out of bed.
Coffee and pastry for breakfast, at a kaffeehaus chosen the night before. (It's no wonder that the French refer to pastries as "viennoiserie.")
After breakfast, wander around and see a site or two. After about two hours, one of us would say, "are you hungry yet?"
The other one would say, "no…but I want to eat anyway."
And so we did.
The afternoon? A repeat of the morning.
And then after dinner, plan where to have breakfast the next morning.
One morning, I woke up early and broke tradition: rather than going to our previously-agreed-upon cafe, I asked our hotel receptionist to recommend the best place for coffee. She said to skip the well-known places, walk down a side street, and find a small, old, dark cafe with a grumpy waiter. I landed at Cafe Frauenhuber and drank my coffee a few tables away from that lovely gentleman you see at the beginning of this story.
And one morning, we skipped the kaffeehaus all together in favor of a French cafe across the street from our hotel. I noticed it our first evening, drawn to the long communal table that I glimpsed through the window.
I was very excited to strike up a conversation with the strangers on the other side of the vast table. If I ever open a restaurant, I'm going to call it "à table" – just like that, without caps with a little bit of a French-English pun. It will be grounded around a huge table, maybe two. It will get crowded at times – just the way I like it. And you'll make fleeting friends with strangers. Maybe not so fleeting. But that's all a dream right now.
In between cafes, we wandered out to Naschmarkt – once we heard how it was pronounced — nosh market — how could we miss it?
Apparently Vienna is the cool place to go these days — at the very moment we were in town, the New York Times ran a segment about spending 36 hours there. And, before the rest of the Times-reading world flocks to it, I managed to get a seat at Motto em Fluss — their newly-discovered and recommended bar/lounge/restaurant built atop a ferry station on the Danube.
I spent my last day in Budapest, just a 2 hour drive from Vienna. That story to come.


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The Lincoln Prize, one of the most generous and prestigious awards in the field of American History, will be awarded to James Oakes, a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Oakes, who wins the prize for his book The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics (W. W. Norton), will share the 2008 honor with historian and diplomat Elizabeth Brown Pryor for Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters (Viking).
Each author will receive a $20,000 cash award along with a bronze cast of Augustus St. Gaudens' larger-than-life portrait sculpture of Abraham Lincoln. Previous winners of the Lincoln Prize include Doris Kearns Goodwin for Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger for Runaway Slaves; and Ken Burns for The Civil War; among other distinguished historians.
The Lincoln Prize jury commended Professor Oakes for using "with great effectiveness a new comparative framework to analyze the careers of the wartime President and the nation's most important black leader." The jury particularly cited the author's "powerful" narrative, designed for historians as well as general readers," which "flows seamlessly…sometimes with dramatic effect."
Announcement of the Lincoln Prize winners for the year's best books on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War was made by the Lincoln & Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg College, which administers the yearly awards. The $50,000 annual prize was co-founded and endowed by business leaders and philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman, the principals of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in New York.
James Oakes is Professor of History and Humanities Chair at the Graduate Center. His previous books include The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders and Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, and has written many scholarly articles, encyclopedia entries, and book chapters.
The Lincoln Prize will be formally awarded at a dinner at the Yale Club in New York on Tuesday, April 1.
The Graduate Center is the doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York (CUNY). An internationally recognized center for advanced studies and a national model for public doctoral education, the school offers more than thirty doctoral programs, as well as a number of master's programs. Many of its faculty members are among the world's leading scholars in their respective fields, and its alumni hold major positions in industry and government, as well as in academia. The Graduate Center is also home to twenty-nine interdisciplinary research centers and institutes focused on areas of compelling social, civic, cultural, and scientific concerns. Located in a landmark Fifth Avenue building, the Graduate Center has become a vital part of New York City's intellectual and cultural life with its extensive array of public lectures, exhibitions, concerts, and theatrical events. Further information on the Graduate Center and its programs can be found at www.gc.cuny.edu.
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Not created with illness, but vaccinated or implanted with one?
"I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well." Psalm 139:4
Vaccines and donated stem cells can contain Human DNA traits of hosts:
While I definitely haven't read the huge file of the HHS Mandate affordable health care act, I'm wondering where vaccines and stem cell research fit in with this overhaul which is at the core of the recent government shutdown? Often when I tell people that stem cell therapy and vaccines for babies, international travel and other reasons sometimes contain human DNA from hosts, they accuse me of sensationalism. They definitely don't want to hear that Planned Parenthood and other eugenicists are up on the "ins and outs" of this "hidden in plain sight" information.
At soundchoice.org and vaccinetruth.org/genetic_code.htm there is genuine evidence that vaccines sometimes include fetal DNA. As we begin to connect some dots and ask pertinent questions, we can wonder if through vaccines, are DNA links to various conditions and behaviors transmitted as well? In other words, a baby may not be created, conceived or fertilized with certain proclivities towards say high blood pressure, diabetes, sexual issues, etc.; but once born and vaccinated they may "inherit" some otherwise not "bred" conditions. Please see excerpts below:
Vaccines and Production of Negative Genetic Changes in Humans
(c) 1996-1998 Leading Edge Research Group
Vaccination and Genetic Change: Mobility of Genetic Material Between Life Forms:
One of the indications that vaccinations may in fact be changing the genetic structure of humans became evident in September of 1971, when scientists at the University of Geneva made the discovery that biological substances entering directly into the bloodstream could become part of human genetic structure. Originally, Japanese bacteriologists discovered that bacteria of one species transferred their own specific antibiotic resistance to bacteria of an entirely different species. Dr. Maurice Stroun and Dr. Philip Anker in the Department of Plant Physiology at the University of Geneva, began to accumulate evidence that the transfer of genetic information is not confined to bacteria, but can also occur between bacteria and higher plants and animals. According to an article in World Medicine on September 22, 1971, "Geneva scientists are convinced that normal animal and plant cells shed DNA, and that this DNA is taken up by other cells in the organism."
Dr. Theresa Deisher, Current: President & CEO at AVM Biotechnology writes: "When pharmaceutical companies switched from using animal cell lines to using aborted human fetal cells lines to produce these vaccines, in the mid to late 1970s, they assumed, without any evidence, that using aborted fetal cells would result in a more efficient production system. Brief discussions about potential adverse health consequences of using aborted human cell lines for vaccine production were captured in minutes from FDA advisory meetings about this switch. However, no studies have been done to actually measure the extent of those potential adverse consequences.
Vaccines and biologics (engineered proteins as drugs) are too large to make in a test tube, so companies harness the normal machinery used to make these, cells. No final drug is ever completely 'pure' and you will find contaminating DNA and cellular debris from the production cell in your final product. When we switch from using animal cells to using human cells we now have human DNA in our vaccines and our drugs."
When we consider the "law of unexpected outcomes," we discover that with embryonic and adult stem cell intervention, vaccines and other "scientific and medical" approaches, it takes many years to truly determine whether a process or procedure will have harmful side effects. Such is the case for example, with stem cell research and Roe VS Wade, which at its onset ignored the long term effects to a woman's mental and physical health impacted by abortion, while it discreetly overlooked the humanity of the children in the womb.
As human beings we have the privileged advantage of being able to think and to pray. The question is, do we still have an obligation or a desire to be informed? Or don't we?


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Friday, 9 March 2012
Mo Manning Challenge
42 comments:
- Jessie said...
Your colouring is beautiful and I love the mixture of paper! Fab card :)
- 9 March 2012 at 10:47
- petra,s cards said...
verry stunning card and love your colours!
x petra
- 9 March 2012 at 10:50
- Unknown said...
Hi Joey, wow hun you can really see your colouring improving! Your efford is sure paying off. Love this card sweetie! Hugs, Frea
- 9 March 2012 at 11:46
- Doreen said...
This is gorgeous Joey,fabulous colouring.xxx
- 9 March 2012 at 12:07
- The Crafty Blonde said...
Fab card, love the adorable image and your colouring looks brilliant. Love the bright papers and colours and fabby little bunting too.
Lyndsey xx
- 9 March 2012 at 13:37
- Unknown said...
wow joey this is a fabulous creation your cards are always excellent love the bright colours so vibrant and warm..wish i could go brighter...im more of a pastel girl lol!! hugs sassyx
- 9 March 2012 at 15:34
- Piglet said...
I just love your card! The colours are so beautiful ... and to me, your colouring looks just perfect!!
- 9 March 2012 at 15:41
- Jane said...
Oh I like this one Joey, my good intentions of getting my butt in gear and projects finished flew out the window this week! Beautiful work as always.
- 9 March 2012 at 15:43
- Rachel Parys said...
Awesome blog! You have great cards! Looking forward to following your blog!
- 9 March 2012 at 16:06
- KraftyKoolKat said...
This is awesome Joey and your colouring has always been A1 to me.
- 9 March 2012 at 16:32
- pinky said...
Well done to Ella, and I hope poor Niall has had a good day too. Your card is just gorgeous, love how you have coloured their skins. Have a great weekend Joey.
- 9 March 2012 at 17:35
- Pauline said...
A beautiful card, your colouring on this sweet image is just fab!
- 9 March 2012 at 17:37
- chrissy xx said...
Awhh!! What a cutie! Fabulous colouring Joey....LOve it...
- 9 March 2012 at 17:57
- Anita said...
Beautiful card Joey and your coloring looks fabulous. I can definitely tell your light source.
- 9 March 2012 at 18:15
- Mary J said...
wow, gorgeous colouring Joey! I love the rich colours and banner!
- 9 March 2012 at 18:27
- Sharon Caudle said...
GASP!!! Joey, this is gorgeous!!! I love the way you've colored this! Beautiful papers, design, and fantastic colors too! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!
hugs, Sharon
- 9 March 2012 at 20:04
- Vicky said...
So gorgeous hunni...:o)
big hugs Vicky xx
- 9 March 2012 at 20:23
- downrightcrafty said...
fabulous ethnic skin colouring and the hair is amazing and love your bunting
Hugs Kate x
- 9 March 2012 at 20:24
Oh wow this is such sweetness Joey!! Lovely layout design and gorgeous coloring!! :) Love that "bro" banner too!! Enjoy your weekend friend! HUGS
- 9 March 2012 at 20:41
- Shelby said...
Yeah for the potty training and sleepin in the big girl bed!!! Love the clean lines on this card and your coloring is wonderful especially with the darker skin tones which aren't always the easiest to do! Beautiful work
- 9 March 2012 at 21:34
- coops said...
wow thisis fantastic joey.stunning colouring of the gorgeous image :D
xx coops xx
- 9 March 2012 at 21:51
- Wendy said...
So gorgeous Joey, fabulous colouring..hope you have a great weekend.
Wendy xx
- 9 March 2012 at 22:14
- Denise said...
Wow what a gorgeous card. Your colouring is and always has been fantastic. Love all the bright papers too.
Denise xx
- 9 March 2012 at 22:29
- mags said...
Hi Joey
If you want to pop over to my blog I have nominated you for a blog award.
- 9 March 2012 at 22:44
- Tracy said...
I struggle with that light source thing too Joey. I just muddle through as best I can. :-) I think your card is amazing. The coloring is beautiful and so wonderfully bold and vivid. The whole card design is just fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Mo's this week!
- 9 March 2012 at 22:58
- cheryl said...
this is one brilliant card just love that image and all the super detail,bless you for playing at anything goes this week hugs Cherylxxxxx
- 10 March 2012 at 07:37
- Christine L said...
Hi Joey
Well I think your colouring is perfect and you've got the light source just right! And I love the banner too.... I think he'll love it from his sis!
Thanks for joining in the challenge at Anything Goes - hope to see you again soon..
Christine x
- 10 March 2012 at 08:30
- Elaine L. said...
This card is adorable! I love the papers and the touches of black....really makes the ikmage pop! Love the colors you've used on the image, too! Glad you joined us in Mo's Challenge.
- 10 March 2012 at 12:04
- Crystal said...
AWWW this is wonderful, what a great design Joey!!! Your coloring is FANTASTIC!
- 10 March 2012 at 14:10
- Jayne A said...
Fab card. Your colouring is perfect. I'm not good at visualising the light source either so I just go with the flow.
- 10 March 2012 at 19:02
- Lorraine said...
Beautiful! Love the rich coloring and your card design!
- 10 March 2012 at 19:12
- Grenouille Greetings said...
Beautifully done, Joey! Hugs, Lesley
- 10 March 2012 at 19:20
- Unknown said...
Gorgeous card Joey! Love the rich bright colours. So cute. Luv & Hugs, Trish x
- 10 March 2012 at 19:40
Fabulous Joey, great colours!
Helen x
- 10 March 2012 at 20:11
- Trish and Treasure said...
You will have more money for crafting when Ella is out of nappies! Have fun with all that !!!I love this cute card you made,and all these layers are fabulous,great designer papers.
- 11 March 2012 at 06:38
- nessy said...
stunning card joey ~perfect colouring ~love all the bright colours!!
vanessa xx
ps hope you have a better week....know how you are feeling!!
- 11 March 2012 at 13:15
- ahlers5 said...
Love this card. I saw it on Mo's so I had to come take a closer look. Beautiful rich coloring. I'm trying to work on light source right now. I too am having a bit of a difficult time figuring it out. Love the papers, too. Just became a follower.
- 11 March 2012 at 13:33
- coldwaters2 said...
Hi Joey I wanted to come and thank you for leaving such a lovely comment on my blog. I have been looking at your work and wow, it is all stunning, this one in particular caught my eye the deep vibrant colours and design looks truly wonderful.
Lorraine x
- 11 March 2012 at 16:07
- Riet said...
What a gorgeous card Joey.
Hugs Riet.xx
- 11 March 2012 at 19:47
- Donna Mosley said...
Oh! Joey, this is one amazing creation hun. I love the very sweet image and gorgeous mix of papers.
Donna x
- 11 March 2012 at 21:19
- Tamara Morton said...
Stunning creation, beautifully designed. Thank you for joining us at Anything Goes Challenge blog.
- 13 March 2012 at 06:45
- ♥ Lydia ♥ said...
Absolutely fab!! Great image (of course!! ^_^ ) and great colouring too :)
Thanks for joining us at Mo's this week x
- 14 March 2012 at 11:50


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Happy Mother's Day!
The longer I live the more I appreciate my mother. As a wife and mother, there have been times when I felt underappreciated, taken for granted, and felt like I'm just the fix it and clean it up person. Yeah I know, right now some of you are probably thinking… "Welcome to my world." It's during some of those times when I felt the most frustrated that a little voice in my head would say "This is probably how mom felt. Wow! She never let on. She did everything without complaining." Just having that thought prevents me from having a pity party, and it is moments like that that make me appreciate her all the more. I am truly amazed by my mother. Maybe it takes being a mom to really recognize and appreciate the many, many, many things our mothers did (and maybe even still do) for us. So for mom's everywhere, these videos are especially for your viewing pleasure:
The Mom Song (what a mom would say in a 24 hour period condensed down to 2:55 minutes)
"Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same; and most mothers kiss and scold together." – Pearl S. Buck
Mommy Rhapsody
(NOTE: You will see the performers appear in the video at the 10 second mark)
"Being a mother is undoubtedly and inarguably one of the hardest, if not "the" hardest job a woman can ever do." –Lyn Lomasi, "The Hardest Part About Being a Mom: Moms Speak Out"
Life Lessons from Moms:
Life's Lessons from Your Mother
Life Lessons I Learned from My Mother
Readers Respond: Life Lessons My Mother Taught Me
'Don't Screw Up!' and other advice from moms
"All mothers are working mothers." –author unknown
You might also like:
25 Things My Mother Taught Me
Poem: Things My Mother Taught Me
Mother's Day Quotes and Sayings
A Mother's Day Tribute
What life lessons have you learned from your mom? What is the hardest part about being a mom?
"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." –Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty


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Husband is a big fan of Mongolian BBQ. When we discovered an all-you-can-eat place in Manhattan Beach during one of our exploratory drives, he was ecstatic. Big Wok has now become one of our "go to" places for when we don't feel like cooking and want something inexpensive and filling to eat.
This place is pretty popular, especially during the dinner hours. We usually try to get there earlier so that we don't have to wait in lines to get our food and have it cooked. We've never had to wait to be seated and are always greeted quickly by a smiling waitress. Service here has always been great. Parking on the other hand…
Big Wok operates like any other AYCE Mongolian BBQ. You grab a bowl, fill it with semi-frozen slices of meat, vegetables and noodles. Then you top it off with various sauces and hand the dish to a cook who gives you back a plate of steaming hot yummy eats. The selection at Big Wok isn't as big as other places I've been to but it has enough variety to make for interesting combinations.
The meat section offers turkey, chicken, pork, beef and lamb. I usually do a combo of chicken, beef and lamb, sometimes pork. There's also tofu for the vegetarians.
As for veggies, there's your usual culprits – zucchini, green onions, celery, mushrooms, chopped green and red cabbage. There's also spinach, tomato, water chestnuts, baby corn…well, you get the idea.
There's a good variety of sauces. Regular BBQ oil, spicy BBQ oil, garlic water, ginger water, curry sauce, lemon water, chili oil… There's a card with a few combinations but, like all other Mongolian BBQ places I've ate at, I find it best if you at least double the number of spoonfuls. Otherwise, you end up with a bland dish. I like to use the spicy BBQ oil, garlic water (be sure to add in the garlic chips), a little ginger water and a spoonful of chili oil. I think I may have to add in more chili as it never comes out as spicy as I want.
I don't usually do noodles as I prefer rice. I'm not sure why. I do like noodles but I never get them at Mongolian BBQ places. Maybe it's because I don't want to fill up on them when I know I'm also going to get "mana biscuits". Husband, on the other hand, is the opposite. He loads up on meat and noodles. Completely skips the veggie section…*sigh*
Back to the "mana biscuits". What I'm talking about are those Chinese flat sesame-crusted bread thingies. Husband and I used to play a lot of WoW and talked about having a guild party at our place and doing a WoW themed menu. We decided that these bread items would be perfect "mana biscuits". I know, we're dorks… I love these things, though. Husband doesn't eat them since he's got oodles of noodles on his plate so I always gobble them up. There's a nice crispness on the outside; the inside is warm and a little chewy. I like to wipe the plate with them…so good!
Our total bill, tip included, ranges from $25-30 depending on if we get drinks or not. Big Wok also offers some sides like fried shrimp, kimchee, soup and wontons but I've never ordered them and never seen anyone else with those dishes on their table.
I give Big Wok 3 1/2 NOMs!
Big Wok
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Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 798-1155
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Concluding June 22
Basilica (Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre). "Nurse Jackie" cast member Jake Cannavale stars in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater world premiere of Mando Alvarado's Basilica. According to the Rattlestick, "in South Texas, two things loom large—the Catholic Church and Texas pride—and Joe Garza, a strong, hard-working man, embodies one more than the other. But when he learns that Gilbert Gonzalez has returned as the new pastor at the basilica, Joe's confronted with the choices he made in life and questions the past the only way he knows how—with anger, pride, and a biting tongue." Visit Rattlestick.org.
Concluding June 23
Good Television (Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company). The world premiere of Rod MacLachlan's Good Television features Talia Balsam, Jessica Cummings, John Magaro, Kelly McAndrew, Zoe Perry, Luke Robertson, Andrew Stewart-Jones and Ned Van Zandt. "Connie is an intervention counselor and producer on a reality television series which profiles people suffering from addiction," according to press notes. "Against her better judgment, her superiors convince her to take on a special, risky case in the hopes of making a riveting, explosive episode. When Connie and her colleagues travel to South Carolina to interview a young meth addict and his family, Connie's own demons resurface and the 'explosive episode' threatens to blow up in her face." Visit AtlanticTheater.org.
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Off-Broadway at The Classic Stage Company). The Classic Stage Company production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle stars Christopher Lloyd and features music by Duncan Sheik. Also in the cast are Tony Award nominees Mary Testa and Elizabeth A. Davis, Jason Babinsky, Alex Hurt and Tom Riis Farrell. According to CSC, "'Terrible is the temptation to do good!' warns Bertolt Brecht's amiable narrator. But good is all that Grusha, the simple kitchen maid, knows. And so, in the midst of a revolution, she cannot help but come to the aid of a poor defenseless infant. Their subsequent misadventures across her war-torn country become the heart of Brecht's playful parable, which calls into question our basic assumptions of right in a world that has gone wrong." Visit ClassicStage.org. 3 Kinds of Exile (Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company). Tony Award-winning playwright John Guare stars in the Off-Broadway world premiere of his new play 3 Kinds of Exile, staged by Neil Pepe. Also in the cast are Peter Maloney, David Pittu, Alison Cimmet, Jeffrey Kuhn, Jacquelyn Landgraf, Martin Moran, Kate Rigg, Omar Sangare and Timothy Splain. According to the Atlantic, "With great psychological insight and arresting theatricality, John Guare presents three artists, all of whom forged complicated lives in the West, having struggled and suffered amid the cultural and political turmoil of Eastern Europe in the mid-20th Century. Drawing from the experiences of three real exiles from Czechoslovakia and Poland, Guare weaves the stories of these lives into a riveting dramatic tapestry and probes the meaning of home, identity and how we carry the past with us." Visit AtlanticTheater.org.
The Tutors (Off-Broadway at Second Stage's McGinn/Cazale Theatre). The world premiere of Erica Lipez's The Tutors, which is part of Second Stage Theatre's 2013 Uptown Series, is directed by Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail and features Louis Ozawa Changchien, Matt Dellapina, Aubrey Dollar, Keith Nobbs and Chris Perfetti. Here's how Second Stage bills the new work: "No one dreams of being a tutor: just ask Heidi, Toby and Joe. While catering to the offspring of New York elite has forced them to confront the anticlimax of adulthood, these roommates are not ready to give up on their social networking startup – just yet. When Heidi's online editing begins to invade her subconscious and a student crosses the line, all three friends might be in over their heads. A funny, heartfelt look at day jobs versus dream jobs and the people we count on to remind us of the difference." Visit 2ST.com.
Somewhere Fun (Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre). The Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere production of Jenny Schwartz's Somewhere Fun stars Kathleen Chalfant, Kate Mulgrew and Greg Keller. According to the Vineyard, "Somewhere Fun follows Rosemary and Evelyn, two women who met 'a hundred thousand years ago' in Central Park when their children were barely born, and who are reunited on Madison Avenue one windy fall day 35 years later. With their children now grown and the world changing rapidly before (what's left of) their eyes, each finds herself face to face with the terrors, joys, and surprises of life and time." Visit VineyardTheatre.org.
Concluding June 25
Italian Bred (Off-Broadway at the Theatre at St. Luke's). Italian Bred is written by and stars Candice Guardino. With this 80-minute one-woman show, "Candice slips in and out of characters as she serves up a full meal of growing up Italian on Staten Island," according to press notes. "Having written down everything her loving and outspoken grandmother ever uttered, she combines this unfiltered wisdom, along with her family's very Italian and definitive personalities and a generous helping of her own experiences. This hilarious and heartwarming show includes unique stories and memories from her childhood…with a liberal dash of live music!" Visit ItalianBredShow.com.


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The toll from a massive explosion at a busy bus station in Nigeria's capital rose to 75 dead Tuesday and is expected to grow. There has been no claim of responsibility for the rush-hour blast, though President Goodluck Jonathan is blaming the attack on Islamic extremists.
Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu visited victims in hospitals Tuesday and put their number at 141. He said a previous figure of 164 wounded had counted some patients twice.
The death toll will increase, as the victims who were blown apart are counted, Chukwu said. "When you have piece of flesh here and there, limbs here and there, they need to be properly sorted out," he said. "By the time the pathologists are through, obviously, we will then have to revise the mortality data."
The explosion just miles from Nigeria's seat of government in the center of the country is increasing doubts about the military's ability to contain a 5-year-old Islamic uprising that has killed more than 1,500 people this year.
The attack, hundreds of miles from the insurgents' traditional strongholds in the northeast, comes after Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram terrorist network, threatened to attack the capital and to take the conflict across the border to Cameroon if that country continues to assist Nigeria in its fight.
The government and the military recently have claimed to have the extremists on the run and contained in the far northeast along the borders with Cameroon and Chad, but attacks by the extremists have increased in frequency and mortality. Last month the Islamic militants launched a daring raid and freed hundreds of detainees from the military's main barracks in the northeast, the Giwa Barracks in the city of Maiduguri. The soldiers responded by gunning down the released prisoners. At least 425 people were killed, mainly detainees, according to hospital staff.
Responding to Monday's blast, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said Nigeria needs outside help.
"The bombings … automatically cast doubts on the (government) claims of containing the crisis to the fringes of the country", he said. He called for stepped-up intelligence to pre-empt attacks and suggested, "It is time for Nigeria to accept foreign assistance with fighting terrorism in the country." He did not clarify what sort of assistance.
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For some reason javac can't compile Integer.parseInt(). I tried several programs that have parseInt in them and they don't work so I wrote up a simple little program to test whether the problem is parseInt or something else in the programs. Here's the test program I wrote:
public class Test
public static void main(String[] args)
int a = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
Even with the program above, I still got a compiler error saying: "error: cannot find symbol a = Integer.parseInt();" with an arrow point to the . between Interger and parse. I've tried running the program with Double.parseDouble() and it works just fine. Any ideas as to why I'm getting this error?


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ESCONDIDO San Pasqual High's Mr. Inside (Peter Ricardez) and Mr. Outside (Grant Huffman) were more than Mt. Carmel could handle on Friday night.
Ricardez, running exclusively between the tackles from his fullback position, rushed for 122 yards and a pair of short touchdown runs on 26 carries.
Huffman, the left halfback for the No. 5-ranked and unbeaten Eagles, had runs of 32 and 19 yards, pass receptions for 36 and 29 yards and three TDs, plus a 42-yard kickoff return to lift San Pasqual to a 42-17 nonleague victory.
"Our offense is designed for Peter to pound it, and I'm the speedster outside," Huffman said. "It's up to me to use my legs, my speed and get up the field.
"The offensive line blocked really well, and our other halfback (Wes Echer) was lighting people up."
The game, however, was closer than the score would indicate, as Mt. Carmel (3-1) trailed just 21-17 midway through the third quarter after Davion Fuller returned a kickoff 99 yards for a TD and Nathan Dunford nailed a 33-yard field goal.
It was all San Pasqual after that.
A Jackson Lively interception stopped a Mt. Carmel drive, and the Eagles drove 80 yards on 12 plays. The first 11 were runs before a 4-yard TD pass from Sebastian Tengan to Huffman.
A 7-yard Ricardez TD run capped a three-play, 50-yard drive to make it 35-17, then the Eagles' defense got in the act.
Sam Lee recorded his third quarterback sack of the game, stripping Lucas Johnson of the ball. Kyle Hendrickson scooped it up at the 2-yard line and scored.
"Mt. Carmel is the best team we've played," San Pasqual coach Tony Corley said. "They were very aggressive and made plays.
"In the second half, after their kickoff return, we played like we should have.
"We wanted to make a statement with the way we finished, and I think we did that."
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3) I recently created some Mega Menu drop downs with the scripts provided by DD. See link just above.
My only problem is that I cant shift the sub-menu "ulmenu" far enough to the right or left of the orginal menu, so that you can still see the original menu.
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Retired cop pulls driver from burning car
Joe Della Monica Jr. continues to protect and serve.
Della Monica, a retired Milford police sergeant, was driving Saturday afternoon on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey when the car ahead of him veered across three lanes of traffic, struck a bridge abutment and burst into flames.
Della Monica said Monday morning that he pulled over and ran to the car, which had come to rest against a guardrail.
"I checked to see if there was anyone else in the car," Della Monica said. "He (the driver) had been thrown into the passenger seat facing the wrong way, with his foot wedged under the seat.''
The Milford man said the front of the Nissan Murano SUV was on fire and filling with smoke, so he broke the back window to get in.
Della Monica said that he, an off-duty New Jersey police officer, and an EMT pulled the man out of the car and over the guardrail moments before the vehicle exploded.
"The guy was driving at a high rate of speed and my wife had just said 'This jerk is going to hurt somebody' when he crashed,;'' Della Monica said.
The family, including his wife and son, and his father, former city Alderman Joseph Della Monica Sr., had just crossed the Tappan Zee Bridge headed to Fairlawn, N.J., when the crash happened, near Exit 166 in Washington Township.
Sgt. Adam Grossman, a public information officer for the New Jersey State Police, said the victim, John Gordnick, 55, of Rochelle Park, N.J., was brought by helicopter from the Bergen County crash site to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
The investigation into the crash is continuing, Grossman said.
Sgt. Brian Polite of the New Jersey State Police said both sides of the highway were closed for about 20 minutes after the crash.
Chief Walter Jamie Powell of the Washington Township Fire Department emailed Della Monica: "Great job. The man owes you his life.''
But the Milford man wasn't seeking publicity.
"My son has a big mouth,'' he wrote on his Facebook page when friends and family began asking about the incident.
Della Monica, who served in Iraq with the Connecticut Air National Guard and charged the city's 911 Memorial Commission, said he suffered only minor burns to his hands and some cuts from punching the SUV's back window out.
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On the Frontlines of Homeland Security
By Mark Donahue
NLU Alumni Magazine
Bob Tuohy (B.A. Applied Behavioral Science '93), deputy director of the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute (HSSAI), has had a front-row seat for the evolution of the nation's domestic security effort.
The HSSAI is a research institute operated by Analytic Services Inc. (a not-for-profit public service corporation) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The HSSAI conducts studies that address some of DHS's most difficult problems to help the department function better. Previously, Bob spent nearly 30 years working for the Department of Defense and was a senior technology executive there before jumping into the private sector as one of the first advisors to DHS.
Bob, 59, acknowledged that while private defense contractors once played a larger part in helping DHS get its arms around its mission when it was formed in 2002, the department is relying less on contractors today. He said that DHS currently has an initiative to move work from contractors back in-house. He added that as a federally funded research and development center, the HSSAI has a special contractor designation, and he expects it will have a long-term role in filling the gap between work done by DHS employees and by commercial firms.
In the immediate future, Bob echoed what many in and around federal government are saying in the wake of the "fiscal cliff" crisis: 2013 will be defined by budget concerns. As DHS's studies and analysis institute, he said, HSSAI is in a position to give the department the analytical underpinnings to make tough budget and investment decisions. "It is easy to make investment decisions when the budget is flush," he said. "It takes careful consideration to make smart decisions when money is tight."
Keeping up on the multitude of DHS efforts is central to the HSSAI mission, and for Bob it makes the job worthwhile."I like the eclectic nature of the studies we conduct," he said."Everything from how best to secure the borders, to what the future workforce of FEMA should look like, to how the department should make investment decisions keeps me interested and intrigued all the time."
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An Update on the routes for 2012
Start & Finish for all routes will be Ardshiel/Seafield Hotel, Kilkerran Road, Campbeltown.
New/Relisted routes
Kintyre Ultimate (70 miles) as per 2011 - with Kintyre Killer option at 103 miles.
NEW Lussa XC - Offroad Challenge, a road & off road route, which will take in Campbeltown's own 'Wee toon trail' on Beinn Ghuillean and forest routes between Loch Lussa and Ballochgair & Saddell.
A figure of 8 route is planned this being, Ben Ghuillean (use either blue or red trail according to preference/experience)
then to Lussa Dam (checkpoint), Ballochgair, Saddel, Lussa, Ballochgair, Peninver, Campbeltown to finish. (Map to follow)
There will be the option of an easier/shorter ride for those who wish by ommitting the Saddel part of the loop.
KINTYRE ULTIMATE (approx 70 miles- terrain hilly) (same as 2011-but not taken up)
Leave Campbeltown, take A83 through, Muasdale, Tayinloan and Clachan to Kennacraig approx half a mile BEFORE ferry terminal, turn right onto B8001 towards Claonaig, at Claonaig its right again onto the B842 towards Carradale and this road is then followed all the way back to Campbeltown, through Grogport, Saddell & Peninver. ~
NEW KINTYRE KILLER OPTION: This is the ULTIMATE as detailed above on arrival in Campbeltown you then join the SANDA Harder route (below) for one circuit giving a grand total of 103 miles!
Harder (33 miles) and Easier (20 miles)
SANDA Harder (approx 33 miles- terrain hilly) (this is the same as the 2011 Challenge Harder)
Leave Campbeltown, take the unclassified road out of Campbeltown (known locally as Learside), through Kilkerran, Killdalloig, Machrioch, to Southend, continue through Southend to Keil Point then the SECOND left turn towards Dalsmirren, this rejoins the B842 at Auchencorvie this is followed to Stewarton, turn left towards Machrihanish, then towards the airport on what is known locally as the Moss Road this rejoins the A83 between Kilchenzie and Campbeltown, a right turn is taken here towards Campbeltown.
SANDA Easier (approx 20 miles- terrain moderate) (this is the same as the 2011 Challenge Easier)
Leave Campbeltown on B842 this is followed all the way to Southend, then Keil Point as the above route through Dalsmirren and back to Auchencorvie, then straight back into Campbeltown on the B842 omitting the 'Moss Road' loop.
DAVAAR FAMILY & FUN ride ( 3-10 miles - terrain flat) (same as 2011)
This is simply round the Loch in Campbeltown, and can include any or all of the unclassified road between trench point (old shipyard) and Kildalloig Bay, the requirement for this is simply taking part.
The ULTIMATE/KILLER (combined) and LUSSA XC routes will be subject to a minimum amount of riders entering due to the amount of marshalling work required, so we will need a minimum of fifteen riders for each. A second choice route box in the entry form has been added in case of undersubscription of any of the bigger routes.


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As a co-founder of five startups and a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, David Feinleib has seen both sides of the startup world.
From 2009 to 2011, he was a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, where he got his fair share of terrible pitches.
He's also an entrepreneur. He's sold two startups, Consera (to HP) and onDevice (to Keynote Systems), and is still running three others he cofounded: Speechpad, Onepo.st, and Likewise.
Despite his success as an entrepreneur, Feinleib felt like everyone was focusing on all their attention on the startups who made it big like Facebook. The reality is that eight out of 10 business fail in their first three years and venture capitalists only fund the top 1 percent of pitches they see, he said.
In 2008, he wrote a blog post, Why Startups Fail. The post got so much attention that Feinleib decided to turn it into a book called Why Startups Fail: And How Yours Can Succeed, which was published in December.
Feinleib gave us a cheat sheet and told us 13 things startups do that make them fail:
- There's no place for your product: "Investors are fond of debating which they care about more: the market or the entrepreneur. The reality is, great entrepreneurs find great markets. Many startups never achieve the elusive product-market fit. Some companies, like Facebook and Zynga, find product-market fit right out of the gate. Or at least they appear to. Others, like Intuit, go along for years until they crack the code."
- Your product sucks: "Many potentially great companies fail because they deliver bad products. No one sets out to build a bad product. So how do they end up getting built? You can still suffer from product blindness—using your product so much that you work around the difficulties, the friction that prevents mass adoption. Just consider file sharing company Dropbox. There were other file sharing products before Dropbox, but Dropbox kept the product simple and made it easy to use."
- You don't have vision or chops: "There's the romantic notion of starting something—of being your own boss, running your own show, and building what you want to build. But being a successful entrepreneur means being a visionary—and being able to execute your way to making that vision a reality. "
- You burn too much money on sales and marketing early on: "For every venture dollar invested, I estimate that more than two-thirds goes into sales and marketing costs and only a third into product development—sometimes less. Spending on sales and marketing too early means no return if customers or users don't bite. Once you up the burn, it's hard to go back. So make sure you have product-market fit before ramping sales and marketing.
- Only your friends use your product: "So you've got a great market and a killer product. A few people have heard of it—the only problem is, they're all friends of yours. Like the tree falling in the empty forest, thousands of great products have gone unused because no one knew they existed. They're not just unknown—they're invisible. How do you get the word out in a crowded market without incinerating cash? Build the best product and generate a lot of buzz around your brand."
- You don't know how to use others to build scale: "Lots of companies can get a few users or sell a few products. Few can do that at scale, in a repeatable, efficient way. Today's startups use highly leveraged approaches—freemium, word of mouth, partner strategies, and viral acquisition to drive highly leverage growth. You should too. "
- No one can understand what you're saying: "Communication can make or break a startup. As I heard an investor once ask an entrepreneur, 'if you can't communicate your pitch effectively to us, why should we think you'll be able to communicate effectively to your team?' His words stuck in my mind and he was right. Words matter." Speaker training is a good idea. "One time an entrepreneur gave a pitch and looked down at the conference table the whole time. Didn't make eye contact. It was painful."
- Your pitch is too long. "It's bad when people realize they're running out of time but they just start speaking faster instead of bumping up a level. They try to fit more in. It all gets lost in details. It's awkward for everyone and really hurts the pitch."
- Your pitch doesn't play on emotions. "Many entrepreneurs get in front of people with access to capital but failed to convince their audience to invest. A huge part of pitching comes down to psychology and emotion. Investors are primarily motivated by two things: greed and fear."
- You make excuses: "Time and again I hear someone say they have a great idea for a company but they just don't want to give up their current job to pursue their idea. Other times people have great ideas, but aren't sure how to get going. Starting a company is hard. Yet dozens of people, when I asked why they decided to start something new, gave me the same answer: 'I realized if I didn't do it now, I'd never be able to do it'."
- You lack focus: "When I got my first check (actually, it was a wire transfer) from a venture investor some ten years ago, he gave me one piece of advice. 'Focus wins.' The advice is as sound today as it was when he gave it to me. In a startup, you could be doing any one of a thousand things. But focus tells you which one thing to do to win."
- There's a lot of drama: "A lot of startups fail because they suffer from drag. They go after small markets, build the wrong product, the founders don't get along, or they make it too hard for users or customers to use their products. These issues create what I refer to as startup drag. Entrepreneurs have to be eternal optimists but with sufficient pragmatism to make their optimism reality. Get too much drag and it's easy to lose the optimism and confidence that breeds success."
- "This is the last money we'll ever need": "Don't say that. It just sounds naive. But most early stage companies need more money. Investors are in the business of investing money. They want to hear how you're going to win, how you're going to be the market leader, not how you won't need their money."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/13-reasons-why-your-startup-will-fail-2012-2#ixzz1nmELMuaB


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Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 / Bombay)
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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Darien forecast: Light snow, chilling temps ahead
The weather for this Martin Luther King Jr. Day begins with partly sunny skies, but clouds will gather this afternoon with the possibility of snow showers.
The National Weather Service says that light snow could fall after 4 p.m. today, while the daytime high temperature will rise to the mid-30s. There will be a light and variable southwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
There remains a chance of snow showers tonight and into early morning Tuesday, as the temperature falls to a low of about 20 degrees. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tomorrow is expected to be partly sunny, with a high temperature in the upper-20s. There will be a blustery northwest wind 17 to 20 mph. Nighttime will be partly cloudy, with the temperature plunging to a low about 10 degrees -- and a wind chill as low as zero with the west wind 14 to 16 mph.
On Wednesday, there is a slight chance of snow showers after noon, the NWS says. Skies will be partly sunny, with a high temperature in the mid-20s. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent. Wednesday night will be cloudy, with a low temperature about 10 degrees.
Thursday will be partly sunny, with a high temperature in the mid-20s. Nighttime will be mostly cloudy, with a low temperature in the upper-teens.
The outlook for Friday, according to the weather service, is cloudy and a 50 percent chance of show, with temperatures in the 30s.


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No one else writes with the lyric flow of Alice McDermott. Or covers childhood and adolescence with so much immediacy as though it were happening right now. When I surfaced for breaths while reading this novel, I had to remind myself that I wasn't in a stuffy walk-up in Brooklyn listening to children play ball and jump rope in the street.
The novel tells the story of Marie Commeford as a child, teen, young woman and as an older woman with grown children of her own. Marie is the stubborn second child of Irish Catholics. Her brother Gabe is remarkably obedient and good, already in grade school, on a path for the priesthood, whereas Marie is rebellious, adventurous, and not one for rules.
Her dad takes her on walks to speakeasies and encourages her fiery temperament; her mother tries to discipline her and tamp down her rebellious spirit. Saturday mornings, she runs to her best friend Gerty's house and buries herself in her mother's lap, but Gerty's kind mother dies in childbirth. This tragedy convinces Marie to refuse to learn how to cook. Gerty had learned and look what happened to her.
The children on the street include one blind boy. The other children mostly mock him. They are mean and loud and will tease anyone about anything, often they are cruel. But Marie is tough and these kids grow up together. At 17, she falls in love with Will Hartnett, a man with a gimpy leg and a limp. He woos, asks her to marry him, but soon abandons her for a rich judge's daughter.
Marie is heartbroken. She had planned her escape from the family apartment, an entry into a comfortable adult life. Gabe, who by this time has been ordained but left the priesthood, comforts her and they walk for hours in the city.
After graduation, Marie refuses to take a job in Manhattan. Her neighbor Pegeen worked there and died suddenly from a fall after work, so Marie associates downtown with danger. Her mother and brother cut job ads out for her that she ignores. Before long, her mother makes an appointment with the undertaker for a position as his assistant. Marie plans on refusing the job until the funeral parlor owner, Mr. Fagin, offers her five expensive dresses so she can look presentable at wakes and funerals. She's never had five new dresses in her life! This nails the job for her. Soon she becomes the "angel of mercy" at end-of-life events for the neighborhood.
As you might guess from the description, not a lot happens in this novel. But McDermott so masterly captures the emotions of family life, the bonding of friends, the passing of time, the smells and sounds of city life that you feel as though you are living each moment. For another literary novel about a female assistant that guides you through an unfamiliar world, try Ann Patchett's The Magician's Assistant.


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When David Bloom, 39, went to Iraq in 2003 to cover the war for NBC News, his wife, Melanie, naturally feared for his safety. Would a bullet or a bomb claim him? A land mine? An ambush?
Instead it was a blood clot lodged in his lungs that ended his life. Ms. Bloom subsequently learned that her husband carried a genetic abnormality, factor V Leiden, that greatly increased his risk for developing blood clots.
Mr. Bloom had three other risk factors for clots: a long plane ride to Iraq, erratic eating habits that could have caused dehydration, and cramped sleeping space in Army vehicles. But had he not had this genetic quirk or had he known about it and the higher risks it carried he might have escaped his fate.
A Hidden Problem
Factor V Leiden (pronounced factor five) is the most common hereditary clotting disorder in the United States, present in 2 percent to 7 percent of Caucasians, less often in Hispanics and rarely in Asians and African-Americans.
The disorder accounts for 20 percent and to 40 percent of cases of deep vein thrombosis, or D.V.T., the clot that Mr. Bloom developed in his leg before it broke loose and traveled to his lungs, resulting in a pulmonary embolism that caused his death.
Factor V Leiden is more often than not a hidden disorder, until someone in a family often someone like Mr. Bloom, who was athletic and healthy develops a deep vein thrombosis or another unexpected clot. Because screening for this problem is not routine, factor V Leiden is usually not detected until several members of a family develop clots or one person develops a succession of clots.
Even then, a possible carrier of the gene defect may not be tested.
Dr. Rinah Shopnick, medical director of the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center of Nevada, described the case of Ann, 20, who reported to the center about her doctors' reactions to her family history. Ann told doctors that her otherwise healthy cousin had suffered a major heart attack in his 40s and was found to have factor V Leiden. Her grandmother died while pregnant, and her aunt, uncle and grandfather died of heart problems.
Ann reported that she had had blood pressure problems since age 8, and developed a serious blood pressure disorder during pregnancy and that her brother had just tested positive for the defect.
Yet she was advised by two doctors not to be tested, she said. The reasoning was that the disorder was rare, that she would have to pay for the test (it is not expensive) and that if she was found to carry the gene it could affect her ability to buy affordable life and health insurance. (Federal legislation has just been passed to protect against discrimination in employment and health insurance.)
Inherited Risk
In someone with factor V Leiden, clots can arise in veins anywhere. The abnormality can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, miscarriage, gallbladder dysfunction and toxemia of pregnancy. Clots are also more likely to develop after surgery and childbirth and in women taking oral contraceptives or estrogen therapy.
The disorder results from a mutation in the factor V gene that participates in forming clots in response to an injury, for example. Without two fully functional factor V genes, the body's ability to put a brake on clot formation is inhibited.
Normally, a molecule called activated protein C, or APC, prevents clots from becoming too large by inactivating coagulation factor V. But factor V Leiden impairs this protein's ability to suppress the coagulation factor because it is longer lasting and stickier.
A parent who carries the mutated gene has a 50 percent chance of passing it on to each child. Someone who inherits one mutated gene faces a five- to seven-fold increased risk of developing a serious and potentially life-threatening clot. Someone with two of the damaged genes has a 25- to 50-fold increased risk. Approximately one person in 5,000 among whites in the United States and Europe has two of the mutated genes.
Because the risk of suffering a clot is about one in 1,000 people a year in the general population, the increased risk associated with factor V Leiden is not to be taken lightly: 5 to 7 in 1,000 people each year for those with one mutant gene and 25 to 50 per 1,000 in those with two mutant genes. The risk is greatest in individuals who have more than one clotting defect, as well as in people who smoke or are overweight.
A Danish study of 9,253 adults found that in people who did not smoke, were not overweight and were younger than 40, the 10-year risk of clots and emboli was 1 percent in those with one mutated gene and 3 percent in those with two damaged genes. But the risk increased to 10 percent in people with one mutated gene and 51 percent in those with two abnormal genes if they smoked, were overweight and were older than 60.
Two blood tests can detect factor V Leiden. One, the APC resistance assay, is 95 percent accurate and could be used for screening. It measures the anticoagulant response to activated protein C. A definitive but more costly diagnosis, also performed on blood, can be made by genetic analysis of the factor V gene.
One or both tests is recommended for people with D.V.T., pulmonary embolism, premature stroke, repeated miscarriage, a family history of clots or a known factor V mutation in a blood relative. Thus, Mr. Bloom's three daughters should be tested, because each has a 50 percent chance of carrying the defective gene.
For people with a personal or family history of clots, testing can help avert clotting complications when they undergo major surgery, are treated for cancer, anticipate pregnancy or plan to take oral contraceptives, estrogen therapy or a drug like tamoxifen.
In women with factor V Leiden, for example, treatment with an anticoagulant during pregnancy can reduce the risk of pregnancy loss. Women needing contraception might be wise to avoid birth control pills and instead choose a method that would not increase their risk of clots. And a person who is hospitalized or needs surgery can be treated with blood thinners and mechanical compression boots.
Though factor V Leiden alone does not seem to raise the risk of arterial clots, something as simple as daily therapy with low-dose aspirin may help prevent a heart attack or stroke in people with factor V Leiden if they have additional risk factors.
Preventive action is also important during long periods of immobilization, including long car and plane rides. Drinking plenty of water to prevent dehydration, avoiding alcohol, taking frequent walks and wearing elastic stockings can lower the risk of clots on such excursions.


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Drupal 8 Training in Ottawa
Learn how to build a website with Drupal from top to bottom. This is a week-long Drupal class divided into three parts: site building, theming, and module development. You can register for all five days, or for each part individually, depending on your learning needs.
Day 1: Drupal 8 Site Building
The Drupal content management system is known for its flexibility. Site builders have the task of customizing Drupal depending on the content and feature-set they want to provide. This section of the course will give participants a thorough understanding of the Drupal site building process. You'll get some hands-on experience implementing advanced features with Drupal core and contributed modules. Understanding of basic Drupal concepts (or having taken an introduction to Drupal course) is required.
Day 2-3: Drupal 8 Theming
Learn techniques for customizing the look of a Drupal site by creating a custom theme. This section of the course will cover Twig templating, creating layouts, and best practices for organizing your theme. We'll also cover responsive techniques and sub-theming.
Day 4-5: Drupal 8 Module Development
While Drupal 8 core and contributed modules provide a lot of powerful features, you might have some situations where you need to develop custom functionality for your website. In this section of the course, you'll learn how to create Drupal 8 modules from scratch.
For a full course outline, see the
Should I bring a laptop? Yes, please bring a laptop for the course.
Can I pay with a cheque? Yes,
What are the pre-requisites? Understanding of basic Drupal concepts for Day 1, Familiarity with HTML and CSS required for Days 2-3, Programming experience required for Days 4-5
What size is the class? There is a limit of 12 participants in each class
Do you offer discounts? Yes, we provide discounts for students, freelancers, and non-profit organizations. Please