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Lillie Chappell was up about $50, then down about the same, and was into her third hour playing a video game — pressing a button on the computer screen and watching tumbling four-leaf clovers, bars, horseshoes, numeral sevens. Compared with slot machines she'd played at Delaware Park, she said this was "pretty much the same."
Chappell, a retiree from Catonsville, wasn't playing at a casino but in a game room at Patapsco Bingo in Baltimore — one of several that have opened in the area in the past year offering cash winnings on computer games.
While state-sanctioned slots casinos are planned in Anne Arundel County, Baltimore and Rocky Gap after zoning and other disputes that caused delays, at least three "sweepstakes" game rooms have opened without fanfare in the city, along with one in Baltimore County. Patapsco Bingo — the largest of the four with 111 machines — is not far from the Russell Street site of the planned city casino.
The operators say they're running Internet cafes that offer a legal sweepstakes and that customers are paying to view the results of a predetermined game on the computer screens.
But similar operations have run into legal trouble and outright bans in other states. Some Maryland authorities have questioned the legality of the operations, and Baltimore-area officials are looking into the game rooms, asking whether the sweepstakes games are legal and if operators are subject to local taxes and fees they're not paying.
The owner of Patapsco Bingo is Joseph Brzuchalski, according to state records. At the game room recently, a man who identified himself as the owner and would give his name only as "Joseph" or "Bingo Joe" said legal questions have been resolved with the city and by Gateway Gaming, a South Carolina company that produces and licenses the games.
He pointed to the city "amusement device" license posted on a wall outside the game room, showing he paid $4,995: $45 per machine for three months through Dec. 31. It is the same license that is issued for arcade games and pinball machines.
"We're not trying to hide anything," he said. "We're just trying to stay in business."
Gateway Gaming could not be reached for comment.
He installed the leased computer terminals in the fall in the game room, separated by a glass wall from the bingo operation that has been running for 27 years in a plaza on Annapolis Road just west of Cherry Hill. He said he can draw about 400 bingo players on a good night, but maybe one-tenth of that to the sweepstakes game room.
"We're trying to get the word out" about the new game room, he said. "That's why you see a few signs outside."
Indeed, the outside of the building shouts for attention, with signs advertising bingo and the new games: "Internet Sweepstakes/WIN CASH/12 to 12 daily." Other signs show computer terminals with a game image on the screen.
The displays are more modest at two locations for Hot Spot Sweepstakes — one at Loch Raven Plaza on Goucher Boulevard in Towson, another that opened this month in a shopping strip on Reisterstown Road in the city. A simple banner over each door says "Sweepstakes," and the business name is printed on the glass door.
All the signs say "sweepstakes," and that's what the operators say they offer. They say they're not charging for gambling or the sweepstakes and are only selling time on the Internet, which customers can use as they see fit. Customers who pay for Internet time — the going rate is a dollar for 10 minutes — receive "points" to use in the sweepstakes that can be redeemed for cash.
For instance, for $5, the player gets 50 minutes and 500 points, which can then be used to play the game. The player can choose a number of points he or she wants to use for each play of the video game, much like choosing a quarter or dollar slot machine. The more points per play, the more points the player can win — and redeem for cash.
Signs posted on the wall at Patapsco Bingo and Hot Spot locations explain how to send for sweepstakes tickets available by mail for free — similar to other "no purchase necessary" contests — and describe the odds of winning.
Terry Land, who owns the two Hot Spot locations and another game room in Jacksonville, Fla., and Tom Welch, who manages the Lucky PCs game room in Baltimore's red-light district, said customers commonly use the Internet at the rooms to pay bills, look for jobs, log onto Facebook or check email.
"I have a couple customers that just use it for the Internet; they don't even use it for the games," said Welch, whose room with 25 terminals off "The Block" on East Baltimore Street opened in November 2010, apparently the first in this area.
Customers observed at both Patapsco Bingo on a weekday afternoon and the Hot Spot in Towson on a Friday and a Saturday evening were not browsing the web, but playing the games. Licensed through a private server, the games are not freely available on the web.
"With names such as "Bustin' Vegas," "Four Leaf Luck," "Lucky Duck Loot" and "Cha-Ching Dynasty," the games turn the computer screen into what looks like a slot machine: rows of spinning icons, prize point counters at the bottom.
One difference is that the button on the screen that spins the icons doesn't say "Play," but rather "Reveal." Game operators say the machines are merely revealing a predetermined outcome, much like a scratch-off ticket, or a "Monopoly" game card given out gratis with your burger at McDonald's.
"There's no chance involved, it's all a predetermined set of prizes," said Land, who said he splits his time between Florida, South Carolina and Maryland. "It's just like McDonald's or Reader's Digest" sweepstakes.
Baltimore City Councilman Robert W. Curran says he has asked the city's attorneys and Finance Department to look into whether game room operators owe the city taxes as "simulated slot machines" — like those found in many bars, veterans halls and carryouts — which are taxed differently from standard video games.
And in Baltimore County, where one Towson game room with 70 machines opened in October, both the county attorney and the Police Department are "taking a comprehensive look at these devices" and what county laws might apply, said Elise Armacost, a police spokeswoman.
"Are these slot machines? I think that's the question," said County Attorney Michael E. Field.
Maryland Assistant Attorney General Kathryn M. Rowe, who said her office has not investigated the game rooms nor has she visited one, said their operators are "clearly trying to fall into" the sweepstakes category.
Rowe, who has written several letters advising legislators on gambling law, said the legal standard for a sweepstakes is that the game ticket is given away with "something you would buy anyway," such as the McDonald's hamburger, or groceries at the supermarket. Once it becomes clear that the object of the purchase is the game ticket, the game crosses a legal line, she said.
"If it ever gets to the point where people are going into McDonald's and throwing away the hamburger and keeping the ticket, they'll be violating the law," Rowe said.
The question of what the customer is paying for also matters because that's part of the definition of a slot machine under state law. The law defines a slot machine as a device that is played for money, where the outcome is not known to the player and where the player can win money or something that can be redeemed for cash.
If patrons were to visit a site primarily to gamble rather than use the Internet, then "it sounds to me like it would violate the gambling law," Rowe said.
Jeff Kelly, director of the field enforcement division for the Maryland comptroller, also said the game rooms could be stretching state law.
"If you go to a gaming site and can get paid off for that, then there's a gaming device there," said Kelly, who acknowledged that he had not seen the rooms. He noted that state law makes it a misdemeanor to lease or own a place for gambling.
The games have been most prevalent in the South, particularly in Florida, and have run into problems in several states.
Virginia and Massachusetts have banned the games. North Carolina's ban was partly rolled back by a judge, and the law is being challenged in an appeals court. Several cities in Ohio imposed new fees this fall to restrict the games, and the state Legislature is debating statewide curbs. A game room in Rochester, N.Y., that was under investigation by the state attorney general closed. This week, game room operators in Hillsborough County, Fla., challenged that jurisdiction's ban on the games.
This month, Fayetteville, N.C. seized furniture, computers and other property from two sweepstakes businesses, saying each owed more than $200,000 in licensing fees.
In Baltimore, Curran wonders whether the game rooms might owe the city taxes under a law adopted last year in an attempt to recover money lost because of underreported game machine receipts. The law replaced a 10-percent tax on the gross take from "amusement device" licenses with a flat rate for "simulated slot machines."
The councilman said he doesn't want to shut the rooms down, he just wants the money for the city.
As it is, Welch, who manages Lucky PCs downtown, does not believe the game room is paying the $180 annual "amusement device" fee per machine that Patapsco Bingo pays. Land said he's paid no license fees in the city or the county.
"We're not considered an amusement device," said Land. "We sell Internet time."


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Published: 12/09/2010 13:45:00
An annual Juneau tradition has come to life again. REACH Incorporated has unveiled this year's interactive Christmas window at the corner of 3rd and Seward.
VIDEO: An annual Juneau tradition has come to life again. REACH Incorporated has unveiled this year's interactive Christmas window at the corner of 3rd and Seward. (Image: Rik Pruett)
Dan Elstad, the Facilities Director at REACH Inc. tells us about the history of the display.
"This is the 7th year we've been doing the Christmas window; we started by a very simple design and display. Over the years we've added to it and expanded it. We try to change the design every year, and the theme, this year the theme is Lego's. My brother did the Lego display this year and there's got to be at least 10,000 little individual pieces of Lego."
"I try to incorporate a lot of Juneau Things, on the lower level there's pictures of the buildings, the local buildings of Juneau, and you try to make it really interactive. It's really important that there's buttons on the outside of the window, and the kids in town know to come and push the button."
"Nothing happens until a child comes up and pushes the button, everything is on timers. We try to make as many things in here moving and active as possible. The train is always everybody's favorite, when we bring the train back every year, that's the one consistent thing is the train in the window."
After seeing the extent of the display, I just had to ask, how long does it take to put it all together?
Dan replied; "Probably the actual assembly and putting it all together takes; I'll start on it in October sometime. We're already starting to think about next year, it takes, I think about it all year long."
And after all that work how long will they leave it up?
"We try to leave the display up long enough for the Legislators when they come to town so they can see it, so it'll come down some time around first or second week in February."
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If I had a string array such as array[1]="abcd". Is it possible to interate through the elements of that, so for example if I wanted to shift the positions to make it dabc. So far I only have come across problems where an array, for examples args who has 3 elements args[0]=1, args[1]=2 and args[2]=3 and I would use a FOR loop to do that:
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A fish is another classic first pet, provided you pick the right one. Goldfish are the archetypal choice, but they're notoriously fragile and require a fairly elaborate tank-and-filter setup.
Betta fish, however, are happiest in smaller bowls, no filter necessary. Bettas are beautiful fish, often jewel-toned, with long flowing fins. The bowl will need regular cleaning and water changes; consider adding an aquatic snail to your bowl, which will help keep the algae at bay. (They're fun to watch, too.) Your child can have fun decorating the bowl with gravel, plants and other accessories. A word to the wise: This is one pet that's best purchased singly, because two bettas in the same bowl will fight to the death. But a healthy, well-tended betta can live for two or three years.


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Meanwhile, in Florida …
Posting while I can, because the Internet access here isn't all that reliable.
My wife and I are on vacation in the Space Coast region of Florida — Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island. We'll be there through Friday.
This is the area that was worst hit by Tropical Storm Fay. The storm parked over Brevard County and sat for three days dumping water.
We have a friend here who works at Kennedy Space Center. Her home is about 100 yards from the Atlantic Ocean, protected only by a berm. We always thought the storm surge would nail her house one day, but ironically the berm kept in all the water dumped by the storm, rather than letting it run into the ocean.
We spent the day helping her clean out ruined furniture and stuff, then scrubbing the floors with bleach hoping to kill mold that could render the house uninhabitable.
Many of her neighbors had it worse than her. They're all lugging piles of debris to the curb. She said a council member drove by and said FEMA would be in contact shortly. Her insurance won't cover the damage, or so they say.
We had dinner at a historic restaurant known today as La Fiesta, but during the Space Age it was The Moon Hut. It was a burger joint at the bend in A1A where it heads south onto the Cape from the mainland. During the 1960s, it was a popular hangout for the astronauts as they drove home to Cocoa Beach from Canaveral Air Force Station. Although it has new owners, they've kept the Moon Hut memorabilia on the wall.
It's really quite common to walk into most public places here and see autographed 8x10s of astronauts. This is a company town. The company just happens to be NASA.
In the morning, we're taking a kayak tour of the Indian River islands on the inland side of the cape. Go to www.cocoabeachkayaking.com, scroll to the bottom and watch the six-minute video. It's exactly as depicted, manatees and dolphins and all sorts of critters.


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Some people have begun pointing out possible similarities between the tragic "Dark Knight" shootings and Batman's cinematic history, and the suspect himself apparently confirmed one.
Authorities made clear Friday that they have no idea at this point what drove suspected gunman James Holmes to open fire on an audience assembled for a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises." But law enforcement has confirmed that Holmes' hair was dyed red or orange, and that when he was arrested he told police he was The Joker, who classically sports green hair.
Holmes' delusions are hardly the last of it, as it's been noted that the massacre was reminiscent of two moments from the groundbreaking comic book "The Dark Knight Returns."
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The 1986 Batman story shows a crazed man with a gun who strolls into a porn theater, with the final panel of the scene depicting a TV reporter saying, "Three slain in Batman-inspired porn theater shoot-out. Details to follow…"
In the same story, The Joker makes an appearance on a talk show during which he unleashes a bomb that emits deadly gas before telling the audience he's going to kill them all.
Then there were the unusual circumstances of Holmes' capture. Holmes "offered no resistance when he was arrested," according to an Aurora Police Department press release, and subsequently told police that there might be explosives in both his home and his car. But the information he gave was only partially true, as there were no bombs in his car.
In the 2008 film "The Dark Knight," The Joker goes on a deadly rampage, allows himself to be arrested, and subsequently tells Batman there are explosives in two different locations. But the information he gives is only partially true, as he lies about which hostage is tied up at which location.
Whether Holmes' killing spree was modeled on past Batman stories is largely beside the point, as no one associated with the comics or films should feel in anyway responsible for what happened. And even if Holmes does ultimately acknowledge the ties between Batman and his own crimes, it won't begin to explain why he did what he did.


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This page serves as the primary resource for editors of Connecticut. Review all the sections to better understand how the guidelines for this state might deviate from the overall USA or worldwide guidelines. If you have any comments or questions about this page or state refer to the community links below.
Speed Limits in CT
Only the CT DOT Office of the State Traffic Administration has the authority under statute to establish speed limits on public streets so all approved/valid speed limits are listed on the OSTA website for both the state highways and city/town roads/streets. At this time, only add/validate speeds that are listed at http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?A=1394&Q=259540 to the Waze Map. In the event of conflicting information, use the online list & contact AndyPoms via PM who is already working with CT DOT OSTA.
Functional Classification
As of 2015-03-01 the functional classification project is complete! Please contact an SM before changing the classification of any public driveable segment. Please do not use any auto-locker scripts in Connecticut.
- 1 Speed Limits in CT
- 2 Functional Classification
- 3 Introduction
- 4 Mapping resources
- 5 Community
- 6 Cities and towns
- 7 Major roads
- 8 Special roads
- 9 Closures
- 10 Places
- 11 Cameras
- 12 To do list
- 13 Area Managers
- 14 Other states and territories
- 15 About this page
Connecticut is a part of the New England region, which includes the states and/or territories of:
- Connecticut / Maine / Massachusetts / New Hampshire / Rhode Island / Vermont.
Mapping resources
Before editing the maps in Connecticut, be sure to fully review and understand the editing manual.
The Waze user community follows the Waze etiquette guidelines discussed in the Wiki. Be sure to familiarize yourself with these guiding principals while editing the maps and this Wiki, as well as when communicating with other Waze users.
- CT DOT Maps
- List of State Routes in Connecticut (Wikipedia)
- CT DOT Press Releases
- CT DOT Office of State Traffic Administration (Speed Limit Lists)
Also see Connecticut/Cities and towns for links to local, regional & statewide GIS pages and/or PLAT maps
The Waze forum is a great place to find answers to previously asked questions and also a place to ask new ones. Below are links to the forums specific to Connecticut.
- Connecticut section of Waze forum
- The New England region forum
- The USA section of Waze Forum
- The USA segment unlock requests
Area Managers for Connecticut can be found in the table below.
New editors should consider checking into the formal mentoring program available at no charge.
Cities and towns
One of the most common errors when editing the maps is when an editor creates a road and does not confirm the road by setting the city and road name (or stating it has none).
Duplicate cities can be caused by incorrectly named segments and should be corrected following the guidelines in the duplicate cities article.
There are 169 Cities and Towns in the state. See Connecticut/Cities and towns for proper naming information.
Major roads
Connecticut follows the general road naming and road type guidelines of the USA.
The editors in Connecticut are also working on a page for Connecticut/Roads by type.
Special roads
Drivable roads
Connecticut follows the standard USA guidelines for all of the following special road types.
- Divided highways and roadways
- Carpool, HOV, Transit lanes
- Roundabouts and traffic circles
- Culs-de-sac
- Toll roads
- Partial and scheduled restrictions
- Private installations and military bases
Non-drivable roads
Review the Wiki guidelines for non-drivable roads to ensure compliance with the general guidelines.
Additional notes for this state
- Dirt Roads - In Connecticut all roads that are normally unpaved are considered dirt roads as this is how drivers expect the "Avoid Dirt Roads" feature to behave. These roads are shown on the CT DOT Functional Classification Maps as dashed lines.
- Toll Roads - There are currently no tolls in Connecticut. No segments within the state of Connecticut should be marked as 'Toll Road'
- Pedestrian Boardwalk and Walking Trail - These should not be mapped without approval from a State Manager for CT. These segment types can cause routing issues even when not connected to a driveable segment.
Locking standard
In Connecticut we have a set minimum standard for locking roads based on segment type. Any road of a certain segment type must be locked at least to the rank (level) in the chart below. Roads may be locked higher for protection and special situations (areas with construction, tricky design, frequent mistakes, imaging inaccuracies, and the like), but should not be locked lower.
A great time to implement these locks is while bringing the road types of an area into compliance with the current US road type standards (FC and highway systems). Lock the roads based on type after they've been set to current US road type standards.
|Segment Type
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|Minor Highway
|Primary Street
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|1 (Auto)
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|• • • • Ferry • • • •
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|Private Road
|1 (Auto)
Note: Do Not Mass Edit just to update locks to these standards, these can adjusted as you find while editing other aspects of the segments such as FC, speed limits, naming, etc.
Some segments still warrant higher locks and care should be taken when setting segment lock to these standards to look for and protect these special setups with higher locks. Some examples; segments which are part of BDP, U-turn prevention, or using micro-doglegs, or other complex intersection setups.
When managing a section of roadway under construction or being closed for a major event, follow the Wiki guidelines on construction zones and Real time closures.
See Connecticut/Closures for a list of LONG TERM Road Closures & Changes to Traffic Flow that impact the Waze Map.
Connecticut follows the USA standard for Places. Do not deviate from the guidelines without first obtaining consensus to do so via the state forum linked on this page.
In late 2012, a discussion was started in the Connecticut Section of the Waze Forum that determined the existing world-wide guideline of "don't map individual businesses" wasn't enough and we needed a more complete set of guidelines for landmarks (now called Places) in Connecticut. As a result of that discussion, a set of guidelines were generated for Places in Connecticut. If you wish to propose changes to these guidelines, please do so in the forum. As always, the world-wide rule of "don't map individual businesses" still applies.
Please do not forget that a recent update to WME has enabled the Address properties for Places (City, State & Country) and ensure this information is filled out and correct.
Not every camera-looking device at an intersection is a speed or red light camera. Generally speaking:
Be sure to know your cameras before accepting new camera reports.
When adding a camera, be sure to review the camera placement recommendations.
Laws regarding speed and red light cameras vary between the states and territories, so be sure to understand the details of camera legality in Connecticut.
Based on information researched at the time this page was created, red light and speed cameras are illegal statewide in Connecticut.
No other camera types should be mapped in Waze.
To do list
Many states and territories keep an active list of pending or closed actions that need to be done in the state by the editors. All editors are welcome to contribute to the list of activities.
Want to help out with the map in Connecticut? Check out the many To Do lists for the state.
- Gas Stations
- All gas stations should be locked as high as able, up to R4
- All gas stations should be named to clearly identify the station (pending main wiki update)
- Special care should be taken to properly name grocery store gas stations (BJ's Gas, Costco Gasoline, Stop & Shop Gas, etc) in order to differentiate it from the shopping place
- Main To Do List
- Landmarks To Do List
- Functional Class To Do List - COMPLETE
- The US map is being changed to conform with the federal Functional Classification guidelines, in accordance with the US Road Types wiki page. This To Do list is tracking the conversation for the state.
Area Managers
The table below identifies the editors also designated as Area Managers or higher who are editing in Connecticut. If you have any questions, please consider contacting them directly as needed. If you are an Area Manager that covers Connecticut, or a USA Country Manager that does a lot of work in Connecticut, please add yourself to this list (alphabetical by username) in the correct rank section.
The editor who also serves as the Regional Coordinator for Connecticut is automatically listed at the top of the table. That editor may not be highly active in this state and therefore may not be listed separately in the table.
|Connecticut — Area, State and Country Managers
Regional Coordinator(s): orbitc (PM) and Banished (PM)
|Area Managed
| Country Managers (New England region)
|orbitc(6) [PM]
|Region 8 New England Regional Coordinator
| Qwaletee(6) [PM]
|Very active in NJ and Metro NYC. SM for all of Northeast and New England regions.
Local Champ. Resident of NJ. SM NJ,NY,PA,New England.
| Dmcrandall(5) [PM]
|Country Wide
US Country Manager
|MojaveCactusMonkey(5) [PM]
|Country Manager USA
|Also SM in RI & NV
|State Managers (New England region)
|GooberKing(5) [PM]
|SM of The State Next Door (RI)
|pumrum(5) [PM]
|Also covers NYC
|Jallen(4) [PM]
|Also covers I-684 & Saw Mill River Parkway corridor in New York
| Area Managers
|+/- Fairfield & New Haven Counties
| SanzClew(4) [PM]
Sanz Clew
|Hamden/North Haven
SM of Mass - regular visitor to managed area
|Cassio26(3) [PM]
|+/- Hartford & Tolland Counties
|Focus primarily on North Central CT and north through Northampton, MA
|cjp1313(3) [PM]
|Also edit in MA
|CTGreybeard(3) [PM]
|+/- Fairfield & Litchfield Counties
|Also covers Northern Westchester, Putnam, and Duchess Counties in NY
|SaxTeacher3(3) [PM]
|+/- Fairfield & New Haven Counties
|Also covers Westchester County, NY
|Trotskyist(3) [PM]
|Also covers western RI and eastern NY
The following editors are also editing in the state and may be working towards an Area Manager position. Feel free to contact them for assistance in their respective areas.
| Other Area Editors
|General Editing Area
| eaglestailg8ter(4) [PM]
Robert M
|Mid Atlantic & New England
Live Philly area
| johnsninja58(3) [PM]
John S
I drive up and down the Northeast Coast
|fredhenle(2) [PM]
|Northern CT
|Western MA and mass pike to Boston, parts of NH
|nikrg1(2) [PM]
|Fairfield County
|Also NYC Metro area
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A funny thing happened on the way to the internet today. First I ran across Time Magazine's special report on the "State of the American Women". And then I read an LA Times interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the controversial author of Infidel: My Life.
Ali was born into a Somali Muslim family and sought asylum in the Netherlands, where she wrote the screenplay for a film about women's treatment under Islam. There's much more to her story, but to cut to the chase: Theo van Gogh, the filmmaker, was killed shortly after the film aired, and Ali has been under threat of death by Islamic fundamentalists ever since. She now lives under guard in the U.S., and works for the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
Two different views of the women's movement: the first, how far we've come. The second, what we've ignored. Another wake up call? Put the two together and it helps you put your own private angst in perspective.
But let's start with TIME. In the lead essay, Nancy Gibbs provides an overview of a survey on gender issues conducted by TIME and the Rockefeller Foundation. Gibbs tracked our progress — and the work ahead:
In 1972 only 7% of students playing high school sports were girls; now the number is six times as high. The female dropout rate has fallen in half. College campuses used to be almost 60-40 male; now the ratio has reversed, and close to half of law and medical degrees go to women, up from fewer than 10% in 1970. Half the Ivy League presidents are women, and two of the three network anchors soon will be; three of the four most recent Secretaries of State have been women. There are more than 145 foundations designed to empower women around the world, in the belief that this is the greatest possible weapon against poverty and disease; there was only one major foundation (the Ms. Foundation) for women in 1972. For the first time, five women have won Nobel Prizes in the same year (for Medicine, Chemistry, Economics and Literature). We just came through an election year in which Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Tina Fey and Katie Couric were lead players, not the supporting cast. And the President of the United States was raised by a single mother and married a lawyer who outranked and outearned him.
It is still true that boardrooms and faculty clubs and legislatures and whole swaths of professions like, say, hedge-fund management remain predominantly male; women are about 10% of civil engineers and a third of physicians and surgeons but 98% of kindergarten teachers and dental assistants, and they still earn 77 cents on the dollar compared with men. They are charged higher premiums for health insurance yet still have greater out-of-pocket expenses for things as basic as contraception and maternity care. At times it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.
Still, Gibbs ends by implying that those gender wars? So over. At least if you are American and middle class.
All the shapes in the puzzle are shifting. If there is anything like consensus on an issue as basic as how we live our lives as men and women, as lovers, parents, partners, it's that getting the pieces of modern life to fit together is hard enough; something has to bend. Equal numbers of men and women report frequent stress in daily life, and most agree that government and businesses have failed to adjust to the changes in the family. As the Old Economy dissolves before our eyes, men and women express remarkably similar life goals when asked about the importance of money, health, jobs and family. If male jobs keep vanishing, if physical strength loses its workplace value, if the premium shifts ever more to education, in which achievement is increasingly female, then we will soon be having parallel conversations: What needs to be done to free American men to realize their full potential? You can imagine the whole conversation flipping in a single generation.
It's no longer a man's world. Nor is it a woman's nation. It's a cooperative, with bylaws under constant negotiation and expectations that profits be equally shared.
Our work here is done? Well, not quite. But we're getting there, according to another TIME essay by Maria Shriver. In "The Unfinished Revolution," she first reflects on what she learned from her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a road warrior for the role of smart and independent women in American society. Stepping back into her role as journalist, Shriver talked to women across the country and found them incredibly stressed about their families, their finances and work-life balance.
While there's much to cheer about these days on the equality front, we still have a long way to go. Women still don't make as much as men do for the same jobs. The U.S. still is the only industrialized nation without a child-care policy. Women are still being punished by a tax code designed when men were the sole breadwinners and women the sole caregivers. Sexual violence against women still is a huge issue. Women still are disproportionately affected by a lack of health-care services. And lesbian couples and older women are among the poorest segments of our society.
Which brings me back to my mother. I know for sure that if she were alive today, she'd say of this report, "It's about time!" In articles published after her death, so many people were quoted as saying, "If only Eunice had been a man, she could have been President!" "If only." My mother learned from that. Her message to women was "Don't let society tame you or contain you." Today she could run for President. And I believe she would win.
Well, then. Kinda makes you want to slap yourself on the back and hum the iconic advertising jingle — "You've come a long way, Baby" — that once linked feminism to skinny cigarettes. Until, that is, you juxtapose TIME's assessment of women's progress with Ali's view — the LA Times piece was entitled "Feminism's Freedom Fighter". From the interview:
Will any country ever go to war for rights and women's safety?
It looks like it will not happen. But I am very, very optimistic — not about going to war but about human beings changing their minds. You'll remember how communism was stigmatized. The big problem is [how] to define the protection of women's rights as the problem of the 21st century. If the world does that, [women's inequality] will become like the eradication of apartheid — people will insist that it's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong, and that's when change happens.
What changes people?
I'll give you an example. The Sudanese woman who decided to wear trousers, and when the world rallied to her support, she doesn't get the lashes. It is this kind of unbending persistence. Human trafficking — girls kidnapped and then forced into prostitution — that is economic exploitation. That can be eradicated by going after the traffickers, by providing education and eradicating poverty. Where women are put in veils, where their genitals are cut, where there's "honor killing," where half the population may not go outside without a male guardian — that cannot be dealt with only by talking about poverty. You have to tackle those principles.
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A boy's relationship with his mother changes as he grows up and the way it changes can affect his behavior when he's a teen, a new study says.
Researchers followed 265 mother-son pairs from low-income families in Pittsburgh from when the son was 5 years old through adolescence. The researchers assessed the level of conflict and warmth between the mothers and sons and other aspects of their lives, including the son's temperament and behavior, the mother's relationship with her romantic partner, and the quality of the mother's parenting.
Mothers of sons who had a difficult temperament as toddlers said their relationship with their son included a lot of conflict and lower levels of closeness over time. The study also found that mothers who had good relationships with their romantic partner tended to form closer bonds with their sons that endured throughout childhood and adolescence.
Boy who had lots of conflict with their mothers were more likely to engage in delinquent behavior as teens, while boys who had a close relationship with their mothers were more likely to have a good relationship with their best friends when they became teens.
The study appears in the journal Child Development.
"These results suggest that successfully adapting to the transitions of childhood and adolescence may require parents and children to maintain relatively high levels of closeness and minimize conflict in their relationships," lead author Christopher Trentacosta, an assistant professor of psychology at Wayne State University in Detroit, said in a journal news release.
Source: U.S. News & World Report


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American Children's Home Visits HPU
HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 3, 2013 – Students, faculty and friends of High Point University got an early dose of Thanksgiving when they welcomed the American Children's Home (ACH) to campus.
Kathy Berrier, vice president of business affairs for ACH, Craig Burris, ACH director of financial development, and foster care social workers presented the agency's 85 year-old mission to the audience in Phillips Hall and provided a glimpse into the day-to-day principles and practices of the agencies.
ACH provides group home programs to children who were taken from their homes due to unstable conditions. The goal is to reunite the children with their families. ACH serves families and children from all 100 N.C. counties and provides long-term residential care, foster care support, emergency services and the Preparation for Adult Living (PAL) program.
"Every child wants a solid ground to stand on. We try to give them some of that ground," said Burris.
"I think the subject of kids not having a home is not usually spoken of so many do not realize how prevalent it is in our society," said freshman Ariel Hodges. "By hearing from the American Children's Home I was able to learn about the ways I could get involved and be a part of such a great program."
"This visit also made me want to get involved with these children/young adults," added senior Savannah Bastecki.


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Yesterday we told you about the first of many modified Hyundai Genesis Coupes to debut at this year's SEMA show. While the image we published was from Rhys Millen by way of Hyundai, graphic artist Jon Sibal is claiming part of it — specifically the front bumper — was yanked from one of his own design renderings of a hopped-up Lexus LF-A without permission. The LF-A design below the jump.
We dunno — the front bumper on Jon Sibal's LF-A does appear to bear an uncanny resemblance to the one on the RMR Hyundai Genesis Coupe. What do you think?
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
And If You, As Well, Like Things That are Free...
The first 5 people who respond to this post will get something made by me...it will be my choice, but made especially for you. This offer does have some restrictions & limitations...
*What I create will be just for you, and it will, like most of my work, include recycled elements as primary components.
*I make no guarantees that you will like it...but I hope you do! Feel free to tell me the kinds of stuff you're most fond of, ESPECIALLY if you're a big, dorky fangeek just like me.
*You will receive this item before the end of the year...or sooner.
*You will have no idea what the item will be, or when you will receive it.
*****The BIG catch is you have to repost this Meme on your blog and put together something to be sent out as 5 surprises of your own. These surprises can be anything....a piece of art, a photo, a poem...whatever you choose...
On account of I have always wanted to be involved in my own pyramid scheme, of sorts.
So, friends, put on your thinking caps, send along this meme and then comment back here to let me know that you, too, will send a surprise into the lives of five more friends this year.
P.S. Look what I made! I'm going a little crazy with the comic book love, I know. These particular bad boys will be going up in my pumpkinbear etsy shop as soon as I've finished my workout, fed the girls lunch and gotten them dressed, written my lesson plans and homework for tonight, and baked beer bread and roasted tomatoes so that Matt doesn't feed the girls sauce-less tortellini for the THIRD night in a row while I'm teaching tonight--
--but if you happen to be local, I dropped 50 more over at the gift shop of the Waldron Art Center yesterday afternoon. My goal is to eventually inspire the entire town to walk around wearing non-sequiter comic book dialogue by the end of the year.
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I'm in like Flynn! When do I have to post it on my blog? Today?
- March 4, 2009 at 12:19 PM
- cake said...
count me in. i've got my post up. yay!
- March 4, 2009 at 12:39 PM
my post is up as well because apparently I have reading comprehension problems!
- March 4, 2009 at 12:54 PM
I want to play, too! I posted my version of the meme. (Feel free to leave a comment--it could be a surprise swap!)
- March 4, 2009 at 1:41 PM
I'll play along!
This will mean I have to post on my blog, eh?
- March 4, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I missed the cut-off, but what a fabulous idea! I'll do it at Cake's... :)
- March 5, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Teresa, I think you still count--you're the fifth person to comment (kimberly-327 posted twice).
- March 5, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- julie said...
Yay, you guys! It looks like we've got kimberly-327, cake, Meg, Clever Mom, and Teresa R (unless she's playing over at cake's)!
Midterms are nutso (and so are my students), but I'll be contacting you awesome players shortly-ish to get your addies, and then you can live in anticipation for your secret surprises!
- March 5, 2009 at 2:24 PM
- cake said...
can't teresa play two? can't you? i only ask because i want to send you something i've made...
is that what meg meant by "surprise swap?"
rules are made to be broken.
- March 7, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I would also like to send you something! I only had four takers on my site, and would like to do a little crafty surprise for you as my fifth. Would that be alright?
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ETSU to play No. 57 North Carolina State in Saturday's consolation
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 27, 2012) – The No. 58 ETSU men's tennis team opened the spring season in Lexington, Ky. as part of the ITA Kickoff Weekend, but stumbled out of the gates in a 4-1 loss to No. 22 Tulsa at Kentucky's Boone Tennis Complex.
"Overall, I wouldn't say it was a mediocre effort, but it just seemed like we didn't take advantage of chances," Director of ETSU Tennis Yaser Zaatini said. "The highlight of our day was Jeremy [Bonnevalle] stepping up and winning convincingly in a couple sets.
"In doubles, [Tulsa] was a superior team. We hung in and won a few games at No. 2 and had our chances. We came back in a difficult game but let a couple of easy points get away, and they wound up breaking us. They pretty much ran away with it."
Tulsa (1-3) opened up with a quick victory at the No. 3 doubles, as Alejandro Sanchez and Lucian Gheorghe def. Jeremy Bonnevalle (Keerbergen, Belgium) and Roger Ordeig (Gurb, Spain) 8-1. The No. 3 ITA ranked duo of Clifford Marsland and Ashley Watling then defeated Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium) and Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) 8-5 to win the Golden Hurricane the doubles point.
Things didn't improve much for ETSU (0-1) in singles, although Bonnevalle got the Bucs on the scoreboard with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Lucian Gheorghe. Following that result, Gille fell to Marsland 6-3, 6-1, No. 83 Watling def. Bandres 6-3, 6-4, and No. 88 Grant Ive def. Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay) 6-4, 6-2.
"I'm not particularly the most optimistic person overall, but we're better than that," Zaatini added.
The Bucs continue the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Lexington, when they take on No. 57 North Carolina State in the consolation match on Saturday at 10 a.m. Live stats will be available courtesy of UKathletics.com.
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At the time when Islam is under scrutiny everywhere in the world, with Islamic militants and extremists everywhere in the news, any criticism of Islam, especially by those who happen to have come from Islamic background, is a celebrated cause, particularly in the West.
Their criticism of Islam is considered more authentic because they belong to the faith or at some point they belonged to it.
This seemingly lifts the burden of being accused of prejudice from the shoulders of Western critics. Many a time western critics of Islam have demanded to hear the voices of moderation so as to counter the loud voices of the militants and extremists who continue to damage the reputation of the religion by their fanatic actions.
That's where Ayaan Hirsi Ali comes in with her book, Infidel. The book is as provocative as its title suggests. As an African Moslem, I have my own reservation about the misinterpretation of Islam by these extremists, but I won't go as far as calling the religion a "backward religion' like Hirsi is saying in her propaganda.
For calling Islam a backward religion she is being hailed as a forthright thinker and activist. She was placed on the list of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People"; one of the Glamour magazine's "Heroes of 2005," and Reader Digest's "European of the Year."
All these flattering honors simply for bad-mouthing Islam and giving a narrow interpretation to it?
If her story was just limited to the fact that she is a refugee from Somalia who rises to prominence and power as a Dutch parliamentarian, she would be worthy of being celebrated as an immigrant success story. But again, the question is, could her rise to prominence and power in the Netherlands be possible if she had not become a poster child for provocative anti-Islamic rhetoric?
Reading through her experiences in Infidel, one senses that her view of Islam is very narrow. Yes, she lived in Saudi Arabia, and Somalia which are predominantly Moslem, and if her view of Islam is only influenced by what she experienced in those two countries, she has done a disservice to scholarship.
This is so because her understanding does not show the diversity of Islam as may be found from one place of the world to another. I grew up as a Moslem; my entire background is Islamic; and I have experienced life in Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and now the US. The Islam I have experienced in those areas is not the same as Ali portrays in her book.
Of the three countries in Africa that I have lived in, Guinea is the only predominantly Islamic country. Ivory Coast is 50-50 with Islamic dominated north and Christian and African faiths dominated south. Liberia has 25% to 30% Moslem population. In all these three countries, the Islam I experienced is never militant.
For us tolerance and peaceful coexistence with our neighbors who may be of other faiths is the norm. Having had the foregoing experience, I find offensive Ali's wild allegations about Islam being backward and uncivilized. And Ayaan Hirsi Ali has offended lot of Moslems with her narrow analyses of the religion. What she has experienced in Saudi Arabia and Somalia do not in any way speak for all Moslems around the world.
Reading through her story, one may be tempted to say she hyped up wild stories to support her asylum case in Holland. I won't be surprised about this because it is very common for asylum-seekers to make up stories in order to obtain immigration benefits. As we all know now, there was a big controversy over the fact that she lied to obtain her immigration status.
This led to her departure from the Dutch parliament. She was even stripped of her citizenship as a result of falsification on her asylum documents. With this book, Infidel, one may say she is continuing to hype up wild stories to gain more sympathy from her Western supporters. She has to reject her culture, demonize Islam, in her quest to become more Dutch than the Dutch themselves.
I would have agreed with her if she had made it clear that Islam is being misinterpreted by these militants and extremists. I would have agreed with her more if she had just criticized the misinterpretation of Islam by the militants and the extremists.
In some of my own writings, I have made that clear. In one of my recent opinion pieces published on my community website, I said that nothing is wrong with us having different points of view as Moslems but "when we begin to pass judgment on each other, going to the extent of assigning or sentencing others to hell because we do not agree with them, that's where we go wrong."
I went on further to say that "for me, it boils down to tolerance. It will serve us better if our scholars and imams were to exercise moderation in their teaching and preaching so that we, their followers can better understand and serve our God the right way."
What I had expressed was social commentary, and not religious preaching. Some fellow Moslems in my community have different views of my commentary. While some in my community agreed with my comments, others expressed contrarian views because they thought that I was "not an Islamic scholar to write any opinion on Islam." In any case, our relationship has not stopped because of it. We are still good friends living in the same neighborhood. I am not expecting to wake up one day to see someone wanting to harm me in any way. At least not here in the United States or in Liberia.
What is so disappointing about Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel and her other pronouncements whether in newspapers, radio, or television is that she refuses to talk about the diversity of views in Islam. According to her, her father's Islam is a "non-violent religion" (179). According to her father's version of Islam, "There is no coercion in Islam and no human being has the right to punish another for not observing his religious duties, only Allah can do that" (ibid). At one point during her childhood when they lived in Saudi Arabia, she heard her father saying of a certain practice: "This is not Islam, this is Saudi perverting Islam" (51).
Her father is not alone in making the distinction between what is real Islam and the misinterpretation of the militants and the extremists. So if Ayaan was aware of this view from childhood, why would she make it look like Islam is a religion that oppresses women when all along in the book she makes it clear that her father was a loving husband who treated his wife, her mother, very well?
All and all reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali's book, Infidel has made me question her sincerity, and her sense of intelligence. I feel like she wrote the book to appeal to western interpretation, which confuses Islam with Arab extremism and fanaticism.
Truth be told, there is a struggle in Islam today between these extremists that kill and maim people and the moderates who want peace just like any other group of people. Ali's career and her book put the moderate Moslems in a very difficult position.
If you read her book and never read any other book by other Moslems, you come out with the view that Islam and Moslems are so backward and incompatible with the modern world. Contrary to that narrow-minded view, there are a lot of thinkers and writers in the Islamic world that have addressed the same issues with more clarity than she has done. It is ignorant of her to propagate that Islam is "brutal, bigoted, [and] fixated on controlling women."
Islam like any organization based on ideology is susceptible to misinterpretation by people with selfish motives. In this regard, it will be fair to say that there are lots of people who have given their own interpretation to the religion based on limited understanding. Such people of limited thinking should be labeled as "backward."
Conversely, there are many sound thinkers whose interpretation of Islam is consistent with the norms of civilization. One sophisticated thinker and intellectual that comes to mind is Naguib Mahfouz, the Nobel winning Egyptian writer. On Islamic fundamentalism, here is what he says: "This poison has nothing to do with Islam, but it is no less deadly for all of us" (Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber, 110).
On women liberation, he has this to say: "Women liberation movements are essential components of any renaissance in a people's history. Society cannot renew itself unless this is accompanied by a movement to liberate women" (127). These two quotes from the renowned Egyptian writer should negate all the falsehood Ayaan Ali is spreading in the world.
The story of women's oppression is not new and certainly not limited to women in Islamic countries. There is no culture that has never had a past or present that oppresses women. There have been countless papers and books written on this subject by women themselves as well as by men. For this article, I will present two passages from a web article on the subject:
Since early times women have been uniquely viewed as a creative source of human life. Historically, however, they have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. In Greek mythology, for example, it was a woman, Pandora, who opened the forbidden box and brought plagues and unhappiness to mankind. Early Roman law described women as children, forever inferior to men.
Early Christian theology perpetuated these views. St. Jerome, a 4th-century Latin father of the Christian church, said: "Woman is the gate of the devil, the path of wickedness, the sting of the serpent, in a word a perilous object." Thomas Aquinas, the 13th-century Christian theologian, said that woman was "created to be man's helpmate, but her unique role is in conception . . . since for other purposes men would be better assisted by other men."
Should the foregoing paragraphs make one conclude that Christianity and other cultures are uncivilized as Ayaan Ali would say of Islam? The fact is that societies throughout the ages have been male-dominated. Through the continuous struggle of feminist advocates, the conditions of women have improved over the years. Some societies have surpassed others in terms of equal freedom for both sexes. Even this diversity in terms of how women are treated is evident from one Islamic country to another. Despite all the talk of the rising tide of Islamic militancy in Pakistan, one thing that country can boast of is the fact that it had at some point in its history elected a female prime minister, something that is of rare occurrence even in the so called Western democratic nations.
All that one can say to Moslems and non-Moslems around the world is, don't believe the hype being pumped by the likes of Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She does not speak for all the Moslems in the world. As I stated above, she must not confuse Arab militancy and fanaticism with true Islam. While we may speak of Islamic militants, it is also true that Ayaan Hirsi Ali has become an anti-Islamic and anti-religious extremist.
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An American charity, the Annenberg Foundation, and an anonymous donor successfully bid more than $500,000 for two dozen sacred Native American masks. They bought the masks to return them to the Hopi Nation and the San Carlos Apache tribe.
The masks had fallen into private hands. The Hopi sued in French court to stop the auction and the US Embassy protested to France, as well. But the court rejected the claim that the masks were part of the a culture heritage that belonged to the Hopi.
Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, director of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg Foundation, said, "These are not trophies to have on one's mantel. They do not belong in auction houses or private collections.''
Pierre Servan-Schreiber, a lawyer for the Hopi, says the French auctioneers had no idea why the American bidders wanted the masks. "No, they did not, and they did not know that we were coordinated, so as not to bid against one another."
Servan-Shreiber says "it's a very nice outcome for the Hopis, but it's not the end of story." He says there are many such sacred masks, called kachinas. "At some point, there will be the need for a law which will recognise that these katchinas are not to be purchased or sold."
For the Hopis, the masks represent messengers to the spirits of their ancestors. They are used during sacred dance riturals, says Servan-Shreiber. He explains that the Hopi believe humanity has gone through several worlds. "During the last exodus from one world to the other, the spirits of the ancestors were unhappy with the unethical behavior of man, so they took their children."
The Hopis were sad to see their children go, so they requested the spirits not to do that again, he explains. In exchange they agreed to host sacred dances in which the spirits would be represented by the kachinas. These kachinas are the way the Hopis communicate not only with the spirits of their ancestors, but "between the living and the unliving worlds, between what is, what was, and what will be. It really goes to the heart of their existence," Servan-Shreiber says.
The announcement that the masks would be returned to the Hopi Nation in Arizona and the San Carlos Apache tribe made Sam Tenakhongva smile. The Hopi cultural leader said his "old friends" will be coming home.
"This is a great day for not only the Hopi people, but for the international community as a whole," Tenakhongva says. "The Annenberg Foundation set an example today of how to do the right thing. Our hope is that this act sets an example for others that items of significant cultural and religious value can only be properly cared for by those vested with the proper knowledge and responsibility. They simply cannot be put up for sale."
Editor's note: We've limited our use of photos for this story to only one. The Hopi prefer to keep these religious objects out of public view and consider it offensive for images of their "old friends" to appear. The AP does not publish images of the objects, though Reuters and AFP news agencies do.


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The "Saturday Night Live" premiere is going to be "YUUGE."
The show, which underwent a few casting changes in the off-season with the departure of Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, debuted a teaser video via Twitter which promises show favorite Alec Baldwin donning an orange wig and doing his best Donald Trump impersonation while squaring off against Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton.
The show is set to return Oct 1. with "Suicide Squad" star Margot Robbie as host.


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Friday, June 8, 2012
How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Hating Eric Hinske
And when lapsed Blue Jays come to town after they've moved on to another team, we generally get annoyed with those who take it upon themselves to welcome those former favourites with a hearty round of boos. Those guys had their time here, and some of it was good, and then they moved on. We can't be mad at them forever, can we?
But as we looked ahead to this weekend's series in Atlanta, the name that stuck out most for us was Eric Hinske. He's nothing more than a minor contributor for them, and it's been six years since he moved on from Toronto. But the sight of his name in a boxscore ignited something bilious in our gut.
It's not right, is it? To keep on carrying some sort of grudge against him? What did he do that was so wrong?
Hisnke had a pretty great first campaign with the Jays, putting up a .279 AVG/.365 OBP/.481 SLG slash line with 24 homers, 38 doubles and a 4.7 WAR (Fangraphs) as a rookie. (Can you imagine if this year's third baseman were putting up that line today? He'd be selling more t-shirts than all the other Jays combined. Oh...wait...)
There were two somewhat minor knocks on Hinske after that first season. One was that he needed to improve against lefties, who held him to a .202 average versus his .301 mark against righties. The other was that he struck out too much, and that if he were to reach the next level, he's have to cut down on his 138 whiffs. Which is funny, because in an era in which Mark Reynolds has an everyday gig, that number of strikeouts seems rather quaint.
Over the next few seasons, Hinske struck out marginally less and hit lefties better, but in the aggregate, he never improved on his power numbers, and his defense got bad enough that he'd be moved to first base for one year and right field for his last full season with the Jays. By the time that Hinske had a decently-productive-if-injury-plagued 2006 season (.865 OPS), he was seen as dead weight, with extra emphasis on the word "weight".
(Parenthetically, indulge us for a second on this point. Hinske's .865 OPS that year trailed five other everyday Jays in that statistic - Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay, Troy Glaus, Reed Johnson and Alex Rios. So it's hardly any wonder that people thought Hinske was mostly disposable at that point. But just two years later, an .865 OPS would have been the best mark on the team. And from 2009 through this season, it would have been good enough for second best.)
If Hinske had simply been moved out of town and we rarely saw him, maybe he would have slipped into the annals of our minds where former players toil in obscurity. ("Orlando Hudson plays third for the White Sox, eh? Well, bully for him!") But Hinske seemed to perpetually hang around the American League East, moving to the Red Sox, then to the Rays and then a short stint with the Yankees. (Tell us how he's never been an Oriole? He seems like a natural!)
At every stop along the way, he found himself in the middle of the postseason mix, winning two World Series (in 2007 with Boston and 2009 with the Yankees), plus an American League Pennant (2008 with the Rays), and one more appearance with the Braves in 2010. To which we were always left baffled. REALLY? Eric Freaking Hinske? That guy? HIM?
He also hit five home runs in 42 games against the Jays, which doesn't seem like much on the surface, but they all stung like a stubbed toe.
So why the high levels of antipathy? Maybe it is because we expected great things out of Eric Hinske from the very start. His acquisition was at the start of the J.P. Ricciardi era, and there was a notion that his great rookie season would set the tone for the great times ahead. He fell short for a variety of reasons, including some injuries to his wrist and hands, and the devolution of his body from an athlete's tool to one that too closely resembled our own. When he failed to deliver as those teams began to sputter and underperform, it seemed like his failures were emblematic of the entire, overwhelming sense of frustration.
(Is any of this ominously echoing any sentiments you've had more recently? Because we're not looking to scare you. Honest.)
We should probably be a lot more conciliatory towards Hinske, respecting the fact that he wasn't terrible for the Jays (.774 OPS for his career in Toronto), and we should likely be happy that he's carved out a nice little niche for himself as a utility guy and pinch hitter. We dislike the tendency among Toronto sports fans to seek out whipping boys, so why should we indulge in the same?
And yet, when that stupid crew cut and goofy chin scruff show up on our TV screen this weekend, we're pretty positive that we'll toss a few coarse words in his direction. Should he get a big hit, the vulgarity will certainly spew out colourfully and in quantities. We know that it might not be right, but we'll feel better for getting those frustrations out.
Sorry, Eric.
5 comments:
- sporkless said...
Don't be sorry. Screw that guy.
And Alex Rios, too.
And Roy Halladay too, when I'm having a bad day.
- June 8, 2012 at 5:32 PM
Nothing compares to the vulgarities I spew when I even see or hear anything on Alexis Rios.
- June 9, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Never hated the guy... Considering his contract, he was great for the Jays... I'd still take him back on this team as a utility guy, but I think Yan Gomes would make him superfluous....
- June 12, 2012 at 12:42 AM
- brainiac said...
Don't forget his ROY award...the guy can flat out WIN
- June 15, 2012 at 6:33 PM
Don't forget that 859 OPS was during the roid era
- June 16, 2012 at 6:06 PM
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Talk:Main Page
Wiki Tip of the Moment
In an effort to make people more knowledgeable about the many features of this Wiki, I've decided it would be a good thing to have a Tip of the Moment on the front page. People should change this tip once in a while. Make sure to archive the tip in VOCWiki:Tip at the same time as you place it on the front page. Possible future tips :
- Advantages of creating an account
- How to upload a photo
Lots more I'm sure, but I've got to run to TA now!
Chris Michalak 16:36, 29 Mar 2004 (EST)
The wiki tip of the moment stuff has gone mostly unused. It may just be clutering the front page. Perhaps some of you keen Wikiers (Champagne, Webster?) can make a decision on if we want to keep it. If so, perhaps you could come up with some tips to populate it. At this point you guys know more about this stuff than I do. If not, feel free to just take it off.
Chris Michalak 01:16, 13 October 2006 (MDT)
I do like the wiki tip of the moment feature - perhaps we can rotate through some of the old ones if there's nothing new to add. New members who are also new to the wiki don't have the benefit of having been exposed to all the old tips. I'm going to update it with a new tip on using Categories
Scott Nelson 12:38, 13 October 2006 (MDT)
Uploading Files
Chris, I want to upload some Brew Hut autocad files, but uploading to the wiki seems to be disabled. Help!
Scott Nelson 01:01, 4 Feb 2005 (EST)
There is a security vulnerability in the upload handling of the mediawiki version we are using. In fact, this got exploited by a script-kiddy back in December. Therefore I've disabled uploads until I get around to upgrading the wiki software. I guess I should get on that...
I'm not sure if we want to upload files other than images (viewable in a web browser : png,jpg,gif). I can certainly see the usefulness of the autocad files, but where do we draw the line? People may start upload some MS-Office files, full of virii and so on... Therefore, it may be best to not place the autocad files here. If you like I can place them in the "Misc Docs" portion of the static webpage. Just send them to me.
Chris Michalak 02:07, 4 Feb 2005 (EST)
Uploading images should now work again, since we've updated the Wiki software. Also note that you can do all sorts of fancy things with images. For example, you can place a thumbnail in the page with a subtitle that links to the full image. You don't need to generate the thumbnail yourself. It all happens automagically. For an example, have a look at New Brew Trail. As always, have a look at Wikipedia for other advanced formating tricks (they run the same software we do).
Chris Michalak 16:37, 7 Feb 2005 (EST)
Tips Page
The main page is starting to get a bit cluttered, so I thought it might be nice to roll a few things together into a page called tips. This would eliminate a few links from the main page in order to streamline it in the same way we streamline trip ideas. This page would have links to things like gear ideas, recipes, photography tips and ski Maintenance. Also, on the idea of decluttering the main page we could move the Constitution link off the main page into the Executive area.
Scott Nelson 15:08, 25 September 2006 (MDT)
I definately think it is a good idea to keep the main page uncluttered, but I think that people other than the executive might want to read the constitution, and they might not know to find it under executive. Scott Webster 12:06, 6 October 2006 (MDT)
I've just finished adding a bunch of Templates for creating column text. Only the Col-begin, Col-break and Col-end work (you don't end anything else anyway). An example can be seen hereTemplate:Col-break -Christian Champagne(talk) 17:51, 12 october 2006 (PST)
Is there any way we can customize the Navigation bar of the left side? Many of the links don't go anywhere - Community portal, Donations. Current Events links to the Trip Agenda by a redirect, but it would be nice to have simply "Trip Agenda" on the menu. Other popular general pages like Huts and Gear rental could go on this navigation bar instead.
Scott Nelson 12:51, 13 October 2006 (MDT)
- Good Question. I don't know at the moment. I'll will check it out but Chris must know. Champagne 12:58, 13 October 2006 (MDT)
Yeah, I'm sure I can figure out how to change it. I don't think it's something that can be done through the Wiki interface. It's probably some template file I need to edit. So... What do we want on the bar:
- Main Page
- Trip Agenda
- Recent changes
- Random page
- Help
Anything more/less?
Chris Michalak 15:26, 13 October 2006 (MDT)
I was going to update the sidebar, but I don't have permissions. You need to edit MediaWiki:Sidebar. Instructions here. Scott Webster 17:33, 13 October 2006 (MDT)
VOC History
I can't find any history of the VOC either on the wiki or main page. Maybe we should have one? I don't even know when the VOC was founded, nor can I find that information easily. Maybe I'm blind. There is a History of VOC huts page at least. Scott Webster 18:18, 23 October 2006 (MDT)
- Unfortunately, we can't copy and paste Roland onto the wiki. Champagne 18:36, 23 October 2006 (MDT)
- Have a look here. Maybe someone should wikify the old VOC Handbook? Scott Nelson
- Woh, didn't even know that was in the wiki. Do we still have an non-digital version hanging in the clubroom somewhere ? Champagne 22:11, 23 October 2006 (MDT)
VOC Handbook
As Scott was saying, we should definitely wikify the handbook. I'm guessing that it was created before we had the wiki ? So, should be copy and paste onto a new wiki page and/or paste it into their respective section of the wiki ? Champagne 08:59, 24 October 2006 (MDT)
- I was thinking that we should update the handbook, and having it on the wiki would certainly make it easier for people to update.... but I guess it might not be so "official" if everyone was changing it. I think it would be a good idea though. We could copy it back over to the main site once it is fully up to date. Scott Webster 09:57, 24 October 2006 (MDT)
- Should we lock the editing to a few people then (Admins and a select few) ? I'm sure Chris could arrange something of sort. If anyone wants to update the page or comment about it, they can post their request on the discussion section. What do you think ? Champagne 10:12, 24 October 2006 (MDT)
- No, I don't really think we should lock it. Even the constitution isn't locked. People should realize this sort of thing though, hopefully VOCers 10 years from now don't just take the constitution off the wiki and assume that it is totally correct without checking, since it is probably some sort of legal document. Scott Webster 10:34, 24 October 2006 (MDT)
- Should we lock the editing to a few people then (Admins and a select few) ? I'm sure Chris could arrange something of sort. If anyone wants to update the page or comment about it, they can post their request on the discussion section. What do you think ? Champagne 10:12, 24 October 2006 (MDT)
Main page columns broken in Safari
The main page doesn't show up properly for me at home (Safari 2.0.4). The left column is extra wide, and the right one is off the screen. Scott Webster 10:26, 26 October 2006 (MDT)
- Did it work with the old main page or is it just a problem with the new one? (You can pull up old versions of the main page with on the History tab.) How about the wikipediea main page that I think Christian based this main page on? Scott Nelson 11:40, 26 October 2006 (MDT)
- When I was building the new page, I had some problems with the columns. It didn't want to properly fit the page. Originally for Wikipedia, the 2 columns together had width="100%" with width="55%" and width="45%" for each column. I was trying to center both for 50/50 but each time, the right column shrank to about half of the 50% planned. After many frustating tries, i just went with width="170%" (I believe?) and it worked out.
- I'm guessing the 170% width is why the columns appears off the screen. I'll have to got and try again to fix it (I thought that I fix the damn thing!) Champagne 12:13, 26 October 2006 (MDT)
- Seems fixed now, thanks. Scott Webster 20:30, 26 October 2006 (MDT)
I'm trying hard to like the new main page, but I don't. I think it might be the colours. Scott Nelson 19:13, 27 October 2006 (MDT)
I don't like the "light cyan" colour for the "Welcome to the VOC Wiki!" I think the others are ok. Scott Webster 19:10, 29 October 2006 (MST)\
- I took the colours off Wikipedia's main page, except for the "Welcome to the VOC Wiki!" box. I can't find a good colour for it. You can change it with an Hex Code colour palate in the code i.e. #FFFFFF for white(?). Champagne 23:33, 29 October 2006 (MST)
- The color is specified as Red Green Blue intensity levels (ranging from 00-FF). For a more visual approach, you can use this java applet to pick a colour and get the code for it.
- Personally, the colours don't offend me. But I'm really a functional kind of guy, so I'm pretty indifferent about these aesthetics issues. Chris Michalak 13:33, 30 October 2006 (MST)


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Setting the people up to die: A conspiracy of silence about swine flu natural remedies
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Posted originally August 26, 2009
IT'S EMBLAZONED ACROSS THE FRONT page of USA Today, just underneath a subhead declaring Michael Jackson was, indeed, killed by a drug overdose: "Flu could infect half of USA". The article goes on to describe the predicted number of deaths expected in the U.S. (30,000 to 90,000 Americans) as well as the actions being taken by the government to protect Americans from the coming swine flu pandemic.
That advice reads sort of like a comic book of health care advice for kindergarteners: Wash your hands, cover your mouth if you cough and let "the grownups" take care of the rest by injecting you with a vaccine. Curiously absent from all the health advice being handed out on the swine flu by the White House, the CDC, the WHO and even the FDA is any mention of Vitamin D or other natural remedies that offer enormous protections from influenza infections.
The absence of this information from virtually all the advice being handed out to the American public is increasingly suspicious. If a pandemic flu is, indeed, threatening to infect half the U.S. population, and if most of the population is deficient in a nutrient known to strongly prevent influenza infections, wouldn't it make good sense to make a few announcements encouraging Americans to raise their vitamin D levels throughout the coming winter?
It is a well-known medical fact, of course, that influenza always gets worse during the winter months North of the equator and the summer months South of the equator (which are really called their "winter" months). This is because as sunlight hours lessen during the winter, the people living there become vitamin D deficient and are susceptible to influenza infections of all kinds.
The information resources backing this are easy to find. Even our own NaturalPedia.com website reveals a large amount of information on natural defenses against influenza (http://www.naturalpedia.com/influen…). NaturalNews.com, of course, offers a wealth of articles on Vitamin D.
In the realm of peer-reviewed medical literature, searching Google Scholar for "influenza" and "vitamin D" returns tens of thousands of results. In particular, one study appearing in these search results is entitled Epidemic influenza and vitamin D. It was published in 2006 in the journal Epidemiology and Infection (2006, 134:6:1129-1140 Cambridge University Press) and its abstract reads as follows:
In 1981, R. Edgar Hope-Simpson proposed that a 'seasonal stimulus' intimately associated with solar radiation explained the remarkable seasonality of epidemic influenza. Solar radiation triggers robust seasonal vitamin D production in the skin; vitamin D deficiency is common in the winter, and activated vitamin D, 1,25(OH)2D, a steroid hormone, has profound effects on human immunity. 1,25(OH)2D acts as an immune system modulator, preventing excessive expression of inflammatory cytokines and increasing the 'oxidative burst' potential of macrophages. Perhaps most importantly, it dramatically stimulates the expression of potent anti-microbial peptides, which exist in neutrophils, monocytes, natural killer cells, and in epithelial cells lining the respiratory tract where they play a major role in protecting the lung from infection. Volunteers inoculated with live attenuated influenza virus are more likely to develop fever and serological evidence of an immune response in the winter. Vitamin D deficiency predisposes children to respiratory infections. Ultraviolet radiation (either from artificial sources or from sunlight) reduces the incidence of viral respiratory infections, as does cod liver oil (which contains vitamin D). An interventional study showed that vitamin D reduces the incidence of respiratory infections in children. We conclude that vitamin D, or lack of it, may be Hope-Simpson's 'seasonal stimulus'.
Source: http://journals.cambridge.org/actio…
Why the silence?
Vitamin D is perhaps the single most powerful nutrient in the known universe for preventing influenza, and yet the Obama White House won't dare utter a word about it to the American people, even in the face of a potentially devastating global pandemic that could be largely halted by vitamin D.
It begs the question: Why the silence?
There are really only three possible explanations for why the White House and U.S. health authorities would refuse to tell the public about vitamin D as a smart defense against the influenza pandemic:
Reason #1) They don't know about vitamin D. This, of course, is impossible. The medical literature is saturated with respectable studies demonstrating the anti-viral and immune modulating effects of vitamin D. For someone in the field of infectious disease to be unaware of vitamin D's protective benefits would be downright laughable. It would be like a car mechanic not knowing what a fuel filter was.
Reason #2) They do know about vitamin D, and they want to tell people, but they don't know how or don't have the money. This explanation, too, is ridiculous. Telling the people the truth about vitamin D is as simple (and as free) as just calling a White House press conference, inviting a vitamin D expert like Dr. Michael Holick to say a few words, and putting the message out to the mainstream media. In 24 hours, all the newspaper headlines across the country could print headlines like, "White House urges Americans to boost vitamin D before swine flu strikes." The whole nation could be properly informed about vitamin D in less than 72 hours.
But that will never happen. And why? Because of reason #3…
Reason #3) They know about vitamin D but they are intentionally withholding information from the American people In essence, they want to keep the American people nutritionally illiterate so that they remain "victims" in the coming influenza crisis. Because of who's involved in this (the White House, FDA, CDC, WHO and many others), it cannot be called anything other than a conspiracy of silence about influenza and vitamin D.
What could be the purpose behind such a conspiracy of silence? Clearly its only purpose is to maximize profits to the drug companies and / or maximize the number of deaths that occur when the swine flu strikes North America this coming winter. But why, you might ask, would these so-called authorities wish to see more Americans die?
Health care reform via a viral pandemic
To answer that, just look at who is most likely to die from swine flu infections: The obese… the people who, generally speaking, are placing the greatest financial burden on the government-funded health care system. The coming swine flu pandemic has the potential to do what no politician could ever get away with: Slash health care spending virtually overnight by simply killing off those who burden the system the most.
Call it Health Care Darwinism if you like. Survival of the fittest married with an evil plot. Let the most costly health care consumers die in a (planned?) pandemic, and suddenly your nation is pulled back from the brink of total financial collapse.
The White House just revised its budget numbers this week, by the way. Government deficit spending for this year is up over 300 percent from last year, reaching an eye-popping, mind-boggling $1.9 trillion in new debt in just a single year! This runaway debt spending is, by any honest calculation, simply unsustainable. It will destroy America's future, leaving the nation penniless. To save America, something drastic must be done. Something as drastic as, say, killing off those who place the greatest cost burdens on the U.S. health care system (which represents roughly twenty percent of all U.S. government spending).
So how do you really cut costs in America? Recognize that roughly one-fifth of U.S. government spending goes to support the "disease industry." And the vast majority of that money is spent taking care of chronically ill individuals who are typically obese and nutrient deficient. Releasing a bio-engineered influenza virus into the wild is a sure way to cut health care spending in the long run by killing those who place the highest burdens on the health care system. While it costs a fortune to take care of a chronically ill patient for two decades, it costs a mere pittance to see them die in a hospital emergency room while they succumb to H1N1 influenza.
Swine flu, it might be said from a cold-hearted evil government point of view, is a cost-effective and quick way to slash health care spending without needing to take any responsibility for making such cuts yourself. Let the virus do the dirty work, killing off the most vulnerable in society and leaving more money behind for Big Government to get even bigger. Think governments couldn't do this? Then you don't know governments well enough.
Now, in defense of the Obama administration, I very much doubt that President Barack Obama himself would be capable of masterminding such an evil plot to kill off the American people in a planned influenza pandemic. This is the kind of thing that usually takes place behind the scenes, where powerful men (far more powerful than Obama) meet in dark places to plan and plot the future of the world. If it is in their interests to see the population suffer through a pandemic, they will make sure one appears at the appropriate time.
It could also be a joint arrangement between powerful corporations and Big Government. The corporate drug companies want to make money off the vaccine sales. The government wants to save money by killing off the top recipients of expensive health care services (who also wouldn't burden Medicare down the road, either). By working together, they can both get what they want. One pandemic serves both masters, and it's all funded by taxpayer dollars to boot!
This is still a theory, not proof
I can't prove that such a plot is actually under way, by the way. When discussing conspiracy theories, I'm always careful to point out that I have no specific proof that such a nefarious plot actually exists. There is, however, quite a lot of supporting circumstantial evidence that should raise the eyebrows of anyone paying attention. For example, there is this training brochure that recently surfaced (http://www.new-fields.com/ISFC/broc…) which describes procedures for "conducting morgue operations" and "activating fatality management operations."
This same document also describes training points that cover:
• Breakdown of public services
• Medical supplies shortages
• Unwillingness to follow government orders
… among other fascinating things. The conference this advertises was held August 19 – 20 in Washington D.C. by a company called New-Fields that holds, among other things, an "Iraq Aviation & Defense Summit" featuring senior U.S. military personnel and touting "one to one meetings with Iraqi officials."
This isn't the first time a company with ties to the U.S. military has been found to be involved in the swine flu pandemic. My previous article on NaturalNews exposed the DynCorp / NIH patent link, revealing that a key influenza vaccine patent was jointly owned by the National Institutes of Health and a high-level private U.S. military contractor named DynCorp. Read it here.
So what does it all mean? Like a lot of things, it just depends what you choose to believe.
I don't know if I believe the evil, nefarious conspiracy theory described as a possibility in this article. But neither do I trust my government (and I sure don't trust public health officials). So I'm doing exactly what I recommend everybody else do: Take charge of your own swine flu defenses by boosting your nutrition and sunlight exposure. Store some food, water and other basic preparedness supplies just in case. Be prepared to survive and thrive during the coming pandemic, regardless of what happens around you.
Just because everybody else is planning on becoming a victim of circumstance doesn't mean you have to. With a little basic planning and some medical common sense, you can see yourself through this pandemic with ease. No sweat.
It's a report that could literally help save your life.
About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of nature to help us all heal He has authored and published thousands of articles, interviews, consumers guides, and books on topics like health and the environment, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In 2007, Adams launched EcoLEDs, a maker of energy efficient LED lights that greatly reduce CO2 emissions. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also the founder and CEO of a well known email mail merge software developer whose software, 'Email Marketing Director,' currently runs the NaturalNews email subscriptions. Adams also serves as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a non-profit consumer protection group, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and adult gymnastics.


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Friday, July 1, 2016
Did you back up your Genealogy Files?
It is the first day of the month. It's time to back up your genealogy files. Then test your backups!
Actually, you can make backups at any time. However, it is easier and safer if you have a specific schedule. The first day of the month is easy to remember, so I would suggest you back up your genealogy files at least on the first day of every month, if not more often.
Of course, you might want to back up more than your genealogy files. Family photographs, your checkbook register, all sorts of word processing documents, email messages, and much more need to be backed up regularly. Why not do that on the first day of each month?
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