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University Buildings Defaced with Pro-Trump, ‘Support Officer Wilson’ Graffiti

DANNY SMITH/THE HOYA Graffiti was located on the side of a university townhouse on 3624 N St., NW (pictured) and several other buildings Friday.

Graffiti was located on the side of a university townhouse on 3624 N St. NW, pictured, and several other buildings Friday.

Graffiti with messages including “Support Officer Wilson” and “Trump ’16 Build the Wall” was found on six on- and off-campus buildings – including a university townhouse on 3624 N St. NW – Friday morning.

Similar graffiti expressing support for Darren Wilson – the former police officer who shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown – and presidential candidate Donald Trump was also found on two other university townhouses, the New North Building and the back sides of Copley Hall and the Davis Performing Arts Center. Messages including “Trump ’16” and “Build the Wall” were written.

Georgetown University Police Department Chief Jay Gruber said the department is currently investigating the incidents.

“Yesterday we received reports of chalking on several university buildings. Chalking on walls is not permitted at the university. GUPD is investigating this defacement of university property,” Gruber wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Georgetown University Student Association Vice President Chris Fisk (COL ’17), who lives at 3624 N St. NW, said he found the graffiti disappointing.

“It’s pretty disappointing and disrespectful – we’ve reached out to facilities to have it removed. We all support free speech, but that doesn’t mean defacing people’s homes,” Fisk wrote in an email to The Hoya.

Senior Director for Strategic Communications Rachel Pugh said additional offices will also address the incident.

“The issue will also be raised at the Speech and Expression Committee meeting next week. Staff in [the Office of] Student Affairs have reached out to students who may be affected,” Pugh wrote in an email to The Hoya.

The university’s Speech and Expression Policy prohibits actions that threaten or are grossly obscene to members of the community. The policy also prohibits chalking on the exterior walls of any campus building.

In March, protests emerged at Emory University after graffiti supporting Trump was chalked around campus.

Hoya Staff Writers Aly Pachter and Jess Kelham-Hohler contributed reporting.

This article has been updated from its original version.

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  1. As much as I dislike Trump and his supporters, its a bit disingenuous for people to only get mad about chalk graffiti once it takes on a political nature. The chill reaction people have had towards “stef prom?” and the stupid shit written all over the ICC leads me to wonder whether the people who wrote this graffiti was even a trump supporter or just a drunk idiot who thought they were being clever

  2. Can some one, not a babiefied student that is, please tell me how in the name of sanity this is a threat to anyone. These accusations that students feel threatened by this are just plain childish, grade school garbage. Are any of those offended even capable of behaving like real adults, or have they been so indoctrinated by their parents and teachers to believe that anything that goes against their beliefs is a threat of some kind: If so this nation is in worse trouble than I or any others ever thought possible.

    You children, and this includes the so called Professors and administrators, at Colleges and Universities need to really grow up and act like true adults.

  3. CriticalHoya says:

    Since when is chalking not allowed on university buildings? I’ve seen chalk for things like NSO, plays, etc., all over university buildings. No outrage, stayed up for months. I guess the left can’t take it when a little bit of graffiti that supports causes they don’t agree with goes up.

  4. What a tragedy. I hope these beautiful, talented snowflakes can overcome this terrible event. So unfair that innocent students have to be exposed to ideas different than theirs!

  5. Obscenity? Not really.

    Trump is a political candidate and Office Willson was exonerated of ANY crime.

    You may not like the speech, but that’s all.

  6. Dr. Necessitor says:

    Did Mr. Fisk manage to fall on a fainting couch before expressing his “outrage”?

  7. Ridiculous. Just wash the chalk off. Are you telling me that “Trump 16″ is grossly offensive? As for “Build the wall”, what is unreasonable about a country with 12 million people here illegally building a wall?

    And I certainly hope somebody is supporting Darren Wilson. His career and life have been ruined and he has to live in hiding because he shot a thug named Michael Brown who was trying to take his gun away from him.

    You young people need to grow up and crawl out of your safe spaces. In the real world, there are no safe spaces.

  8. Paul Kersey says:

    Fisk needs to grow a pair. What is he going to do in the real world?

  9. Fisk’s comments prove we would have been better with a Chicken Madness as GUSA Vice President. If Trump freaks him out so much, how can we depend on him to negotiate with the administration in the summer while his boss is in New York working for Goldman Sachs? What a joke.

  10. Denise Irwin says:

    “Trump ’16” Make America Great again!

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Silmarillion-ShipsThis weekend, I completed The Silmarillion. Not my first time. In fact, I have read The Silmarillion so many times since the fall of 1977, I have no idea what number of reading I’m actually on. Eight times? Nine? Ten? It was the first J.R.R. Tolkien I had ever encountered, even before The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. I can still see myself sitting on the floor of my maternal grandparents’ family room in Hays, Kansas, trying to read the story of Creation, the “Ainulindalë,” over and over again. At age ten, I am not quite sure how much of it I actually understood, but, to this day, I cannot read or teach the first three chapters of Genesis without imagining Ilúvatar and the Powers. Tolkien’s mythological version of Creation is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read, and I think it does mighty justice to the Hebraic account. Regardless, Tolkien’s version is indelibly imprinted on my soul and mind.

This most recent reading of The Silmarillion is the first time, however, that I have mapped out the entire book—not just in marginalia but on paper and in .doc format. I have kept track of characters, plots, empty spaces, ideas, etc.

As always and with each reading, I have come to the same conclusion: this is one of the richest stories ever imagined and recorded. Whether I’ve read it ten times or one hundred times, I will always be amazed by its depth and its intensity of beauty.

This time, two new thoughts hit me. Or, if they are not new, they are not ones I remember having had before.

First, if every college student had to read The Silmarillion as a core text, the world would be a much better place. Indeed, as I finished the book yesterday, I couldn’t help but think that almost all of the wisdom found in the collected works of Eric Voegelin, Leo Strauss, Christopher Dawson, and Russell Kirk finds a place in this book. Of course, the story of The Silmarillion is timeless. It is the story of pride against love, of love against pride. It is the story of preferring self to other, or other to self. It is the story of choosing art or dominion, or dominion or art.

In The Silmarillion, there are terrible beauties and horrific tragedies. As much as I have encountered, I have never read a non-explicitly religious book that is as rich with wisdom as The Silmarillion. It is better than anything Friedrich Hayek, Dawson, or Voegelin wrote, frankly. And, like the Greeks of antiquity, Tolkien tells this timeless tale through myth, dialogue, and parable (though not allegory!)

Tolkien’s Silmarillion does for modernity what Dante did for the Middle Ages and what Virgil did for the Roman age of transition from republic to empire. I firmly believe that Tolkien will someday be understood as the best representative of this Epoch of human existence. Not that I will be around to confirm this.

Christopher Tolkien

Second, I also have come to realize over the last several years how important Christopher Tolkien is to the entire mythology. This hit me hard yesterday as I finished the book.

At the beginning of this version of The Silmarillion (the second edition), Tolkien’s son and literary heir, Christopher reprints a long letter his father wrote to a friend and would-be publisher in 1951. It’s a long letter and often quoted.

Here is just one significant part of it:

But once upon a time (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story—the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backcloths—which I could dedicate simply to: to England; to my country. It should possess the tone and quality that I desired, somewhat cool and clear, be redolent of our ‘air’ (the clime and soil of the North West, meaning Britain and the hither parts of Europe: not Italy or the Aegean, still less the East), and, while possessing (if I could achieve it) the fair elusive beauty that some call Celtic (though it is rarely found in genuine ancient Celtic things), it should be ‘high’, purged of the gross, and fit for the more adult mind of a land long now steeped in poetry. I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope for other minds and hands, wielding paint and music and drama. Absurd.

And, yet, it’s not absurd at all. In fact, it’s exactly what has happened. No one knows for certain when Tolkien began his mythology, the “Legendarium,” as he would come to call it, that encompasses The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and myriad other stories. In the same letter quoted above, Tolkien claimed this myth—in some form or another—had always been with him. “I do not remember a time when I was not building it.” Clyde S. Kilby believed Tolkien had formally begun the planning and writing of the mythology around 1913, while Tolkien gave specific dates ranging from 1915 through 1917. We do know for certain that some of the first writings Tolkien made were done in the trenches in World War I and actually appear on the back of official military orders and messages.

Scholars such as Carl Hostettler and Verilyn Flieger have done much to identify the exact moments of creation in Tolkien’s mythology, and I will only refer you to their work rather than go through it now.

2011-08-28-tolkien_simThis much is certain: J.R.R. Tolkien never completed The Silmarillion. It took Christopher four more years after his father’s death for The Silmarillion to see the light of day and an actual bookstore book shelf! In 1980, Christopher released yet another compilation of his father’s stories, Unfinished Tales. Between 1983 and 1996, Christopher published the twelve volumes of The History of Middle-earth. Since, he has edited and released his father’s work on the Volsunga, the Arthurian legends, Beowulf, and The Children of Húrin (another story set in Middle-earth and from The Silmarillion).

There was a time that I would’ve criticized Christopher for this or that choice made in the publishing of his father’s work. No more. I realize now how vital Christopher has been to the entire process–absolutely essential, frankly, in getting his father’s work out.

And, the dates matter. For the same of argument, let me claim that Tolkien began the formal writing of his mythology in 1915, a date generally accepted by Tolkien scholars. This means, of course, that 2015 is the 100th anniversary of the mythology. Yet, J.R.R. Tolkien passed away in September 1973. His works have continued to be released more than four decades after he left this mortal realm.

Christopher Tolkien will turn ninety-one this November. In other words, the mythology is so profound, dense, and wide that it’s taken the lives of two men to bring it to the public. And, not everything has been published. A few things still remain.

So, a huge thank you to J.R.R. Tolkien, and an equally huge thanks to Christopher Tolkien: RAF pilot, Oxford University professor, and keeper of the flame of the Legendarium.

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  1. Bradley, thanks. A really great tribute to Christopher Tolkien. I have long, long loved the Silmarillion, and, with Rev. Schall, found the music before the beginning of time to be one of the most moving pieces of prose ever written. God’s ways are not our ways, they are infinitely beyond our ability to comprehend. Yet somehow JRRT and CT seem to have gotten a lot closer than any before or since.

  2. I’ve lately felt a similar appreciation for Christopher Tolkien while reading his edition of JRRT’s unfinished poem, “The Fall of Arthur.” Not only has Christopher reconstructed a complicated work, but the depth and clarity of his scholarly essay on the Arthurian poetic tradition is masterful. It’s arguably the finest short treatment of the subject I’ve read. There’s something very beautiful about the act of creation unfolding over multiple human generations.

  3. You or your readers may be interested in the Tolkien Professor podcast. In the archives is a long, multi-part Silmarillion seminar. Or the Mythgard Academy podcast, where the same teacher (Corey Olsen) has done 6-10 part courses on The Unfinished Tales, the Lays of Beleriand, and The Lord of the Rings.

  4. It’s interesting that he is so adamant on a Northwestern English feeling, since, while I always thought the Middle-Earth in the books (I know that’s not the mainstage of the Silmarillion) had a more nordic feeling than one gets for the most part in the movies, I always had an association with the continent of Africa, in the sense of sprawling vastness and (it is rather too old-fashioned and clichéd to say) of “adventure” (as one would nowadays associate the times of colonsiation with some “adventure” [just think of the setting of Indiana Jones, or perhaps Kipling and also Lawrence of Arabira], simply by how the world was different back then, while also seeing that stark naivety). I’ve even wondered whether Tolkien’s early days of his life in South Africa might have something to do with it.

    In that sense, New zealand is actually one of the few places on Earth which might capture both these qualities of a “balmy” vastness and adventure (also by being surrounded by the sea, which is a defining quality, and a very particular, similarly “balmy”, adventurous sea at that) and variety of climes sufficiently.

    And while I mentioned “nordic”, not being English myself, I find it hard to judge how accurate that may be, but to me it always seemed and still does rather cramped and miniaturesque, and in terms of nordic I always thought of Finland; but as regards the Celtic feeling and a certain early-morning freshness (not too harsh either) at the borders of the sea (you know, Túor) I can certainly also see an England of the times of Beowulf.

    Ha, what a weird post, I have to apologize for it.

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In a case of first impression, the Indiana Court of Appeals had to decide if a courthouse means a particular building or may be any place that houses the trial courts. Their decision would impact a woman whose home was sold in a sheriff’s sale.

Claudette Gee’s home was ordered into a foreclosure sale in August 2009. During that time, three of Grant County’s four courts were relocated to temporary offices and a temporary courtroom because of repairs at the Grant County courthouse. The Grant County Sheriff’s department posted notice of the sheriff sales on a bulletin board located next to the door of the temporary courtroom. Notice of the sale involving Gee’s home wasn’t posted at the permanent courthouse.

Gee tried to get the sale set aside because she argued the sheriff’s office didn’t post notice of the sale “at the door of the courthouse” pursuant to Indiana Code Section 32-29-7-3(e). The trial court denied her motion to set aside and the Court of Appeals affirmed.

In Claudette Gee v. Green Tree Servicing LLC, No. 27A02-1003-MF-304, the judges, noting that “courthouse” isn’t defined in the statute in question, relied on the Black’s Law Dictionary definition to determine that a courthouse is the building where judges convene to adjudicate disputes and administer justice. Thus, the statute applies to the temporary location.

“Significantly, however, Gee does not argue that the sheriff was required to post notice at both the Complex and the permanent courthouse,” wrote Judge Edward Najam. “We therefore do not consider whether Section 32-29-7-3(e) requires the sheriff to post notice at all functioning courthouses or just at one courthouse.”

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  1. The is an unsigned editorial masquerading as a news story. Almost everyone quoted was biased in favor of letting all illegal immigrants remain in the U.S. (Ignoring that Obama deported 3.5 million in 8 years). For some reason Obama enforcing part of the immigration laws was O.K. but Trump enforcing additional parts is terrible. I have listed to press conferences and explanations of the Homeland Security memos and I gather from them that less than 1 million will be targeted for deportation, the "dreamers" will be left alone and illegals arriving in the last two years -- especially those arriving very recently -- will be subject to deportation but after the criminals. This will not substantially affect the GDP negatively, especially as it will take place over a number of years. I personally think this is a rational approach to the illegal immigration problem. It may cause Congress to finally pass new immigration laws rationalizing the whole immigration situation.

  2. Mr. Straw, I hope you prevail in the fight. Please show us fellow American's that there is a way to fight the corrupted justice system and make them an example that you and others will not be treated unfairly. I hope you the best and good luck....

  3. @ President Snow - Nah, why try to fix something that ain't broken??? You do make an excellent point. I am sure some Mickey or Minnie Mouse will take Ruckers seat, I wonder how his retirement planning is coming along???

  4. Can someone please explain why Judge Barnes, Judge Mathias and Chief Judge Vaidik thought it was OK to re weigh the evidence blatantly knowing that by doing so was against the rules and went ahead and voted in favor of the father? I would love to ask them WHY??? I would also like to ask the three Supreme Justices why they thought it was OK too.

  5. How nice, on the day of my car accident on the way to work at the Indiana Supreme Court. Unlike the others, I did not steal any money or do ANYTHING unethical whatsoever. I am suing the Indiana Supreme Court and appealed the failure of the district court in SDIN to protect me. I am suing the federal judge because she failed to protect me and her abandonment of jurisdiction leaves her open to lawsuits because she stripped herself of immunity. I am a candidate for Indiana Supreme Court justice, and they imposed just enough sanction so that I am made ineligible. I am asking the 7th Circuit to remove all of them and appoint me as the new Chief Justice of Indiana. That's what they get for dishonoring my sacrifice and and violating the ADA in about 50 different ways.


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Anti-corruption: Canada gets serious

BribeCorruption is endemic in many emerging economies. Recognising that some of these countries lack legal and political systems robust enough to root out corruption, the global fight against corruption relies on cutting off bribes at the source. An international Anti- Convention, championed by the , requires countries to make it a crime to pay bribes to foreign public officials.

Canada was one of the earliest adopters of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, ratifying it in 1998 and prohibiting bribing of foreign officials through the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act in 1999. Yet enforcement action lagged. Canada’s record of two convictions under its laws pales in comparison with the 58 individuals and 28 corporations that have been convicted in the US.

Canada’s first case, against Alberta company Hydro-Kleen Systems Inc., for bribing US immigration officials, resulted in a relatively small fine of $25,000 after Hydro-Kleen pleaded guilty. The individuals involved in the case were not sanctioned.

In early 2011, the OECD issued a report criticising Canada for failing to enforce its anti-corruption laws. Since then, Canada has moved to step up enforcement. Canada’s International Anti-Corruption Unit, which had been established in 2008 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police began achieving results. Later in 2011, natural gas company Niko Resources agreed to plead guilty and pay a $9.5m fine for bribing a Bangladeshi cabinet minister with cars and trips. Then, in early 2012, tech executive Nazir Karigar was indicted on charges of bribing an Indian cabinet minister.

But perhaps the biggest target of Canadian enforcement action to date has been engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. SNC- Lavalin has been accused of paying bribes in relation to a bridge project in Bangladesh. In April 2012, the World Bank suspended the rights of one of SNC-Lavalin’s subsidiaries to bid on bank projects. Then in June 2012, two ex-SNC-Lavalin employees were charged with paying bribes to a Bangladeshi official. But SNC-Lavalin’s troubles are not confined to Bangladesh: it admitted in March 2012 that $56m in unauthorised payments had been made in Libya.

As yet, criminal charges have not been laid against SNC-Lavalin. But these revelations have already seriously damaged the company. Its offices have been searched by police twice, twice exposing the company to the disruption and adverse publicity that a search warrant entails. Its stock price fell by about 25 percent, and it has recently been hit with class actions by its shareholders.

Clearly, businesses can no longer be complacent about Canada’s anti-corruption laws.

The Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act is drafted broadly. Unlike the US’ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, its scope is not limited to public companies listed in Canada. Canada’s rules regarding jurisdiction and service of process operate to limit the Act’s application to individuals and businesses that have a presence in Canada. Similar to the FCPA, but unlike the UK’s Bribery Act, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act only applies to brides to officials of foreign states or public international organisations. It does not prohibit bribes paid to other companies.

The Act’s central prohibition is straightforward in principle: it creates an offence of bribing foreign officials. The prohibition is broad drafted in three ways, in order to make it difficult to circumvent it. First, it applies to the giving of anything of value, whether it is a “loan, reward, advantage or benefit of any kind”. Second, it is not necessary actually to complete the transaction; offering or agreeing to pay a bribe is an offence. Third, it applies to both direct and indirect bribes. For example, it is an offence to pay a commission to someone on the understanding that part of that commission will be used to pay bribes.

Two restrictions narrow the prohibition somewhat. First, the bribe must be a payment for the foreign official to act, refrain from acting, or to influence an act or decision of the foreign state or public international organisation. Second, the purpose of the person paying the bribe must be to obtain or retain an advantage in the course of business. In other words, the Act does not apply to a bribe paid by a non-profit entity, or by an individual for purely personal reasons. For example, if foreign police officer stops a Canadian on holiday on trumped up speeding charges in order to get a bribe, the Canadian can pay the bribe without breaking Canadian law. If the Canadian were travelling on business, however, paying the bribe may be an offence in Canada.

The Act provides for two defences. The first applies when the payment is permitted or required by the laws of the foreign state. The second applies when the payment is to defray certain expenses of the official.

The Act also exempts facilitation payments, that is, payments made to secure performance of routine duties or functions such as issuance of permits, processing of official documents, and so forth.

The Act does not expressly create exemptions for routine corporate hospitality (such as meals) or the gifts that are exchanged in some cultures as part of business meetings. Provided that their value is reasonable, and there is no expectation of a quid pro quo, meals and token gifts likely would not be considered to be a payment for the official to take some action, and thus, not an offence.

The offence created by the Act is what is known as a full mens rea offence. That is, to be guilty of the foreign corruption offence, the person paying the bribe must have an intention to pay the bribe. The precise nature of the mental element has yet to be delineated by Canadian courts. Likely the requirement to prove intention applies to all elements of the offence.

This has important ramifications for corporations when dealing with third parties. A corporation does not commit an offence under Canada’s legislation if its subcontractor pays a bribe in another country, provided that the corporation did not know about it. If, however, the corporation pays the subcontractor with the knowledge that some of the money will be used to pay bribes, then this would likely be an indirect bribe, and thus an offence.

Canadian law also equates wilful blindness with knowledge. Thus if the corporation is aware of facts that lead to the conclusion that the subcontractor is likely paying bribes, and does not act, the corporation is at risk of being found guilty of paying bribes.

Since corporations always act through individuals, there is also the question of when a corporation will be found guilty of an offence actually committed by one of its employees. Rules for attribution of crimes to corporations are codified in the Criminal Code. Basically, the corporation will be guilty of an offence if an employee who has an important role with the company is involved in the offence, or if the corporation knows that one of its representatives is involved, does not take steps to stop him or her. Because of the broad scope of Canada’s anti-corruption law, it is not necessary that the employee paying the bribe be Canadian or have a connection with Canada. So long as the corporation has a presence in Canada, if one of its senior employees anywhere in the world pays a bribe that is connected to the corporation’s business in Canada, that corporation may have to answer to Canadian law enforcement.

One feature of Canada’s legislation that has been criticised is that it does not expressly apply so-called ‘nationality jurisdiction’. Canada normally applies territorial jurisdiction to criminal law, and the Criminal Code expressly provides that no one shall be convicted of an offence committed outside of Canada. While this rule can, and has, been overridden for particular offences, nothing in the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act expressly applies Canadian jurisdiction to bribes paid abroad. It is at least arguable that unless the bribe was offered, agreed to, or paid in or from Canada, there is no offence under Canadian law.

So how to businesses ensure that they are compliant with anti-corruption laws in Canada and elsewhere?

First, businesses with a presence in Canada need to be aware of Canadian anti-corruption laws. Indeed, businesses need to be aware of the precise requirements of the anti-corruption laws in all countries in which they operate.

Second, businesses need to design, implement, and enforce a compliance regime to reduce the risk that rogue employees will pay bribes. Ideally, such policies will include: (i) clear anti-bribery policy, supplemented by guidelines or policies on hospitality and gifts, and procedures for management to take to deal with suspected bribery cases; (ii) communication and training programs for employees; (iii) a requirement that employees comply with the policy under pain of disciplinary sanctions; (iv) whistleblower mechanisms, such as a tip line; and (v) monitoring and audits.

Third, businesses should include anti-corruption clauses in contracts with key partners. These clauses should include, at a minimum, a requirement that the partner not pay bribes in connection with the subject matter of the contract. Ideally, they will go further, and require the partner to certify that its entire organisation complies with anti-corruption laws, and provide a right to audit compliance, at least in relation to the subject matter of the contract.

First Published in Financier Worldwide, September 2012

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That’s a lot of wins.

The Patriots closed out things out by going 4-0 in the season’s final quarter. They easily handled their business and wound up finishing the regular season with seven wins in a row. That perfect final month gave them yet another division title and a first-round bye for the playoffs.

Things are looking good in New England. Even with the loss of some key personnel, this team has proven resilient and capable – though the quality of their opponents going forward will be a whole lot higher. That being said, there’s little question that this team has looked awfully good on both sides of the ball in recent weeks.

Still, it’s not about what’s going to happen, but rather what has already occurred. On to the Progress Report.

Offense – A

This offense definitely rebounded from a relatively lackluster third quarter in the final four games. The team averaged just over 30 points a game; not the high-octane numbers of earlier in the season, but strong enough. Tom Brady didn’t close out the year with the sorts of gaudy numbers he was throwing out to start – he averaged 270 yards per game, but that figure is skewed by a 406-yard game against the Ravens; he also had nine TDs and just one pick. Julian Edelman, Martellus Bennett and Chris Hogan have all contributed mightily to the passing game. LeGarrette Blount hasn’t gained much yardage, but he’s pulled five TDs in the last four games – he gets in the end zone – while Dion Lewis and James White continue to help power the rush.

Defense – A-

This grade feels high, but there’s no denying the effectiveness of the New England defense over the past few games. This group gave up an average of less than 11 points per game over the season’s final month; that number helped lead them to the best scoring defense in the NFL this year. The last quarter of the season saw the Pats pick off seven passes and sack the quarterback 12 times – far ahead of the pace set to that point. Guys like Malcolm Butler and Trey Flowers and Logan Ryan and Rob Ninkovich – players who have assembled solid seasons without particularly gaudy statistics – have led the way. It has been the ideal version of the traditional Patriots bend-don’t-break defense; even against less-than-stellar competition, you can’t argue results.

Special Teams – B

Stephen Gostkowski no longer has that air of perfection about him – we’ve accepted the fact that he’ll occasionally miss a kick. He still managed to go seven for eight in field goals and make all 13 of his extra point attempts over the last four games. That level of performance – along with his exceptional kickoff work – points up his still-significant value. Punter Ryan Allen closed out strong, averaging nearly 47 yards on his last 20 punts. Only five were returned for an average of less than five yards, while Allen put six inside the 20. Kick coverage is solid as always, while the return game remains utterly, almost willfully bland in its general effectiveness, devoid of both spectacular plays and spectacular mistakes.

Coaching – A

I know it’s starting to sound like a broken record, but there’s a consistency here that borders on the eerie. This team simply succeeds and succeeds and succeeds. Coaching is the constant; Bill Belichick and his staff continue to find ways to overcome what obstacles they might find in their path and come up with victories. There have been significant personnel losses on both sides of the ball – some expected, others not so much. Regardless of who takes the field, it seems that the man on the sideline has it all under control. This is a flawed team with plenty of issues, but until I see otherwise, I’m going with the guy in the hoodie. In Belichick we trust.

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Ep. 160 | David Koechner & Jeff Garlin

Comedian/Actor David Koechner (Anchorman, Anchorman 2, The Comebacks...) & Comedian/Actor Jeff Garlin (Dealin' with Idiots, Curb Your Enthusiasm, WALL-E...) join us on The Matthew Aaron Show this Wednesday (7/24) as we broadcast LIVE from Taste Chicago in Burbank starting at 4pm PT.

David stops by in the flesh to discuss his career, how he got his start in comedy, his Youtube web series FULL ON KOECHNER and his experience reprising his role as Champ Kind in the upcoming ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES.

Jeff took some time to sit down with Matt last week to tape an interview to discuss his new film DEALIN' WITH IDIOTS which he wrote/directed & stars in (currently playing in select Theaters and VOD.)

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DAVID KOECHNER grew up in Tipton, Missouri working for his father in the family's turkey coop manufacturing business. He studied political science at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas and then transferred to the University of Missouri. After college, Koechner moved to Chicago where he studied improvisation at the IO (formerly the ImprovOlympic) with Del Close and Charna Halpern. He went on to become an ensemble member of Second City Northwest.

From there, he spent one season on the cast of "Saturday Night Live" before moving to Los Angeles, where he landed guest appearances on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "RENO 911!" and played a recurring character on "Still Standing." He co-starred in indie films such as "Dill Scallion," "Wakin' Up in Reno," "Dropping Out" and "Run Ronnie Run," while turning in solid performances in studio comedies such as "Out Cold," "My Boss' Daughter" and "A Guy Thing." Concurrently, Koechner and his partner, Dave "Gruber" Allen, developed and performed in "The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show" on stage at Club Largo in Los Angeles.

Koechner's first major film break came when he was cast as Champ Kind in "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy." Since then, Koechner has been seen in a variety of studio and independent films such as "Daltry Calhoun" and "The Dukes of Hazzard" with Johnny Knoxville, "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," "Waiting," "Let's Go to Prison," "Snakes on a Plane," the animated feature "Barnyard," the family film "Yours, Mine and Ours" and the critically acclaimed "Thank You for Smoking," opposite Aaron Eckhart and Maria Bello. Koechner can be spotted in cameo roles in "40 Year Old Virgin," "Balls of Fury," "RENO 911!: Miami" and will star in "The Comebacks" for Fox Atomic. He also continues to play the recurring character Todd Packer on NBC's "The Office."

He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and five children.

JEFF GARLIN's talent encompasses writing, producing, directing, acting and performing stand-up comedy.

Garlin is co-star and Executive Producer of the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Raised in Chicago and then South Florida, Garlin studied filmmaking and began performing stand-up comedy while at the University of Miami. He has toured the country as a stand-up comedian, is an alumnus of Chicago's Second City Theatre, and has written and starred in three critically acclaimed solo shows ("I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With," "Uncomplicated" and "Concentrated"). In 2007, Garlin adapted his solo show "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With" into an independent film. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival to critical acclaim. Garlin has also directed "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and both Jon Stewart ("Unleavened") and Denis Leary ("Lock-n-Load") in their HBO specials. Garlin has extensive feature and television acting credits. Garlin also has voiced for the Captain in Disney-Pixar’s “WALL-E” and Buttercup in “Toy Story 3.” Jeff also released his book, “Curbing It” (Simon & Schuster) where Garlin shares his hysterical and eye-opening journey to reduce his waistline and his carbon footprint during the production of the seventh season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Currently, Garlin has a local show based in Los Angeles at Largo called By the Way - Conversations With (soon to be released). Guests have included Michael Moore, Larry David, Conan O’Brian, Zach Galifianakis, J.J. Abrams, Lena Dunham, and Jeff Tweedy to name a few. Jeff works with Michael Moore as co-founder of the Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival, occurring annually in Michigan. In Summer 2012, Jeff directed his second feature film, which he wrote and stars in. The film, dealin' with idiots, will be released in Spring 2013.

Garlin lives in Los Angeles and Chicago with his wife and two sons. His hobbies include napping.


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Cars For A Living Podcast # 12 – How Automotive Forums, Facebook, and Your Own Website Can Be A Cheap Way To Market Your Business

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Marketing Options For Your Automotive Business:

Part 2 – The Online (Digital) Options

In this episode of Cars For A Living we tackled the second part of our series of “How to Market” an automotive business, concentrating solely on the relatively cheap online options of automotive forums, Facebook, Twitter, Google Ads, etc., culminating with perhaps the most important online method of all, your own personal or company website (and yes, you DO need one).

These digital methods of marketing differ quite a bit from the traditional powerhouse methods that we discussed in our last episode (TV, print, and radio), mainly because the biggest thing that they’ll cost you as the business owner is time, not dollars. In traditional media you can take the approach (successfully, by the way) of simply getting your ad content in front of a lot of eyeballs. The process is one-way and costs a lot of cash, but it’s done on a big scale and doesn’t take a ton of your time.  You’ll know if it worked after your ad has run. With digital marketing, the conversation is 2-way and gives you the chance to interact with your customers directly and to try and test a lot of things all at once.

When it comes to online ad testing, participation in forums, and creating lots of great content that will go up on your own company website, the sky is the limit – and generally the more of it you do, the more you’ll receive in return in the form of relationships, leads, and sales. The flip side is that it would be very easy to spend 24 hours a day doing it, so you’ll need to be very intentional about your strategy. Remember, time is money, too!

During the show we went into great depth about how to determine whether the digital world is right for your market, and if so, how to approach it initially. As an example, if you’re creating windshield frames for ’32 Fords, chances are you don’t need to be on Twitter, but you definitely need to be in the forums (and probably some print magazine). If you’re creating bolt on parts for the new Scion FRS, you can likely go all digital with you blog, forums, Instagram, Facebook, e-mail auto-responders, and the like. It all depends upon whom your trying to reach with what!

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Singer Songwriter Terry Wetton

Terry Wetton. April 24, 1948 – November 4, 2016

Terry was born in London England and played music all his life. He was a guitar player, piano player, singer and songwriter who just loved to perform. Of course, like most working musicians, he had done many other things to pay the bills. In fact his songs had often been inspired by those experiences. He never stopped writing, playing and recording music at every opportunity.

The Namaste Center had the privilege to have such a talented musician who brought us a wonderful element of joy, inspiration and love through his music!

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Coach Nichols returns for Basketball Smiles camp

  • Coach Sam Nichols guides a young camper through a lay-up drill during the Basketball Smiles Basketball Camp. Nichols is returning to The Bahamas for the 14th annual camp this year. FILE

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Coach Sam Nichols, retired Head Women’s Basketball Coach at McMurry University, in Abilene, Texas, will be coming again this year for his 14th Annual Basketball Smiles Basketball Camp. The camp will be held at C.I. Gibson High School, June 17-19, 2013. The girls camp will be from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and the boys camp will run from 1-4 p.m.

The camps are free, and are coordinated by H.O. Nash Coach Patricia ‘Patty’ Johnson.

Nichols was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Honor in 1999, and retired in 2007 with over  600 career wins. He has a 70 percent winning rate over 32 years of coaching, and has written two basketball textbooks, and has conducted basketball clinics all over the world, including Russia and Africa.

Nichols is the most successful coach in McMurry University women’s basketball history, and guided the Lady Indians to national prominence during his 12 seasons at McMurry. He has won several ‘Coach of the Year’ honors during his career.

Along with Nichols will be Coach Randy Thompson, vice president and director of operations for Basketball Smiles, and nine other Texas coaches.

“This group of coaches make up a tremendous staff of dedicated coaches with big hearts who love teaching the game of basketball. All of these coaches raised their own money and are giving of their free time to come and work with Bahamian boys and girls,” said Johnson.

The motto of Basketball Smiles is: ‘We bring a week of smiles and hope through basketball’. According to Nichols, “along with basketball, we will conduct a daily life skills program during the camp that emphasizes self-respect, academic success, good citizenship, and spiritual values. Our goal is not just to develop basketball players, but to help build future leaders in The Bahamas.”

As always, Nichols’ itinerary will be coordinated by Johnson.

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Ford CEO Told Trump U.S. Fuel-Economy Rules Risk 1 Million Jobs

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  • Mark Fields says one national standard ‘really important’
  • U.S. automaker CEOs discussed regulatory relief with president

About 1 million U.S. jobs are at risk if fuel-economy rules don’t align with market reality, according to Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields, who delivered the estimation directly to President Donald Trump.

Fields and his peers — General Motors Co. chief Mary Barra and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s Sergio Marchionne — didn’t ask to have fuel-economy standards eliminated during their meeting with the president at the White House this week, the CEO said Friday. The focus was on combining various sets of government regulations and ensuring they take into account consumer demand.

“We think having one national standard on fuel economy is really important,” Fields said at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in New Orleans. Citing several studies he didn’t identify, Fields said the jobs “could be at risk if we’re not given some level of flexibility on that — aligning it to market reality. So that really resonated.”

Fields’s comments are the most in-depth that any of the three U.S. auto CEOs have given about closed-door discussions with Trump at the White House on Tuesday. In responding to the president’s criticisms on Twitter and demands to maximize hiring at home, the carmakers are pushing the administration for regulatory help that could boost their profits and encourage investing in domestic factories.

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President Donald Trump scraps TPP trade deal by executive order

One of three orders signed by the President, the TPP withdrawal was merely a formality as the proposal had yet to receive Senate approval

President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

Mr Trump kicked off his first full week in office by issuing the major reversal of Barack Obama’s signature trade deal, pulling away from Asia.

The President strongly opposed the 12-country trade pact – a signature theme of his campaign – but the agreement had not yet received Senate approval, so the executive order was more of a formality.

The Senate was likely to scrap the agreement considering strong public anxiety over the deal. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders also campaigned against the TPP.

“Great thing for the American worker what we just did,” Mr Trump said while signing the order in the White House Oval Office.

The order is a defection from Republicans in Congress who supported the trade deal, including House Speaker Paul Ryan. Mr Obama worked with the Republican leader to pass legislation to grant the President authority to negotiate the trade agreement. Ranking Senate Republicans were quick to criticise Mr Trump’s decision to pull away from the TPP.

“President Trump’s decision to formally withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a serious mistake that will have lasting consequences for America’s economy and our strategic position in the Asia-Pacific region,” said Arizona Sen John McCain.

Democrat Sen Sherrod Brown said Mr Trump had made the “wrong decision” and that it would ultimately give China more influence over the region. But Bernie Sanders, who was a vocal opponent of the TPP during his presidential campaign, praised Mr Trump for his actions, saying the deal was “dead and gone”.

“Now is the time to develop a new trade policy that helps working families, not just multi-national corporations,” Mr Sanders said in a statement. “If President Trump is serious about a new policy to help American workers then I would be delighted to work with him.”

Democratic Rep Keith Ellison echoed Mr Sanders’ sentiment, and called on President Trump to follow up on the action and work to benefit working class Americans, not fellow billionaires.

“The activists, advocates, and American workers who have spent the past five years fighting this trade deal deserve the credit for bringing about the end of the TPP – not President Trump,” he said in a statement for the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “It is up to President Trump to stand up to his billionaire cabinet and corporate boardrooms to create trade policies that benefit American workers, instead of increasing the profits and power of big corporations.”

Mr Trump also plans to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, the pact between the US, Canada, and Mexico introduced by George HW Bush and pushed through Congress by Bill Clinton.

On Sunday, he said he scheduled meetings with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to renegotiate the two-decade-old trade agreement.

“We’re going to start some negotiations having to do with Nafta,” he said of his meeting with Mr Peña Nieto. He said he would also discuss immigration and border security with Mr Peña Nieto.

During the televised debates before the 2016 election, Mr Trump called Nafta “the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere, but certainly ever signed in this country”.

The President criticised such deals in his inaugural address, during which he promised an “America First” approach to foreign policy. The phrase is rooted in anti-Second World War rhetoric in the US, and has been criticised as being anti-Semitic.

“We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies and destroying our jobs,” Mr Trump said in his short, nationalistic speech on Inauguration Day. “Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.”

The TPP withdrawal order was one of three actions taken by the President in his third full day in office. He also ordered a freeze in government hiring and re-imposed a ban on providing federal money to international groups that provide abortions.

Mr Trump has criticised international free trade deals for rewarding companies for outsourcing work and has attributed the loss of US manufacturing to foreign labour.

Earlier in the morning, Mr Trump met with US business leaders and said that he plans to penalise companies that ship their jobs overseas.

“If you go to another country and you decide that you’re going to close and get rid of 2,000 people or 5,000 people … we are going to be imposing a very major border tax on the product when it comes in,” he said in the meeting, which included Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank.

President Trump is expected to devote his first week in office to undoing much of Mr Obama’s work during his two terms in the White House, including the TPP, the global abortion “gag rule”, and a reversal of his predecessor’s executive order to defer deportation of some 700,000 undocumented people brought to the US as minors.

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A NORTH-EAST town is attracting new entrepreneurs after support from a loan provider.

Business owners have launched shops on Cheapside, in Spennymoor, County Durham, with backing from Gateshead-based Transmit Start-Ups.

A tearoom and estate agent have moved into the area, causing some locals to call it Enterprise Street.

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The tearoom, known as The Cake House, is run by former Durham County Council worker Tracy Parnaby, who started making cakes as a hobby.

After being made redundant, Ms Parnaby, from Newton Aycliffe, launched her dream with a loan from Transmit, which funded refrigeration units and cookers.

She said: “From the minute I stepped through the door of the shop I could see exactly how I wanted it to look.

“The help I received from my business adviser, Brenda Wilson, has been invaluable.”

Kan Move has also been set up by first-time businesswoman, Denise Banner, from Bishop Auckland.

Ms Banner has more than 20 years' experience as an estate agent, value and mortgage adviser with national estate agencies.

Ian Straker, Transmit director, added: “I've never known a relatively small town attract so many first-time retail entrepreneurs.

“Spennymoor has definitely got an Enterprise Street, and these businesses have hit the ground running.”


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Just wanted to give you guys another update on Hurricane Isaac while I still can!  This video was taken at 2:35pm CST in my backyard.  Thanks for all the emails, texts and DMs!  We are doing fine!

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Feb 26, 2015

What I've Learned from my Teenage Daughter - Lesson 1

I've been doing some blog clean up lately and stumbled on several blog posts that I started and then never posted.   This one really spoke to me as I was reading it. Not sure why I didn't post it before but, instead, I'll do that now.

What I've Learned From My Teenage Daughter

For some reason I thought being the parent meant that your kids learn from you.  Perhaps that is still how it works most of the time.  Lately though, I've realized that my teenage daughter has taught me some valuable lessons.  I'll break them up so the posts don't get too lengthy.  Here's the first lesson:

1- Some friendships aren't worth cultivating.
Miss M knows a lot of people but she only calls a select few of those people her friends and most importantly, that's how she likes it.  We've had a lot of discussions about friendships over the last couple of years. We went through a period of time that there were some struggles as I saw things differently than she did.  As a parent, I was pushing interaction, thinking she needed these friendships.  I encouraged, and in some cases, kindly forced, her to reach out to the new kid or someone I thought needed a friend.

Now, before we get too deep into this discussion, I need to state that I really do believe in being friendly.  I believe kindness matters and I try to encourage that with my kids.  I believe that welcoming new people is important.  We had just the opposite happen to us when we moved a few years back and so this topic hits close to home.  For us, when we moved to a new town, Miss M sat alone at school lunch for two weeks.  She would get in the car after school and break down.  It was heartbreaking and completely out of my control.   So, when the opportunity arose and there was a new kid, I always reminded Marinne of how hard it was to be the new kid and I would encourage her to reach out.  The problem was, In my encouragement I was pushing for BFF's and I should have just been pushing the act of kindness instead.  If they were meant to be best-friends, the act of kindness would have been the gate to lead to that naturally.  Instead, I was pushing her to be a social butterfly- friend to all- best friend forever, from day one and I shouldn't have.  Sometimes personalities just don't mix and I was not thinking of that.  In hindsight, because I was pushing, I was putting her in an uncomfortable place.

After a particular day of struggles.  Me pushing and her hesitating, we had a great discussion.  In her wise-beyond-her-years wisdom she said, "Mom, I would rather have a couple friends I really like and that make me feel good than be around those that don't."  (makes sense, I totally knew that, right?!)  That was pretty much the end of the discussion.  I stopped pushing the interaction and realized she knew far more than I did on the subject.  I also realized she'd come along way since her 8th grade days of being new and hating being alone.  Now, it was choice based off of what she instinctively knew was the best decision for her.  How could I not respect that?

Friendships elude me sometimes.  I get caught up in the "we have to be friends because _______. You can fill in the blank with almost anything.  We have to be friends because we work together, we go to church together, our kids all like the color purple.

Insincere friendships aren't long lasting.  Miss M figured that out. It's not about the quantity of friends but rather the quality of the friendship.  I'm grateful for this lesson she has taught me.

The other night she shared a quote with me that sums it up really well:

"Some people come into your life as blessings
and others are lessons"

There's truth in that.

So very grateful she has the wisdom to see it that way.  It will help her as she heads off to college in a few short months.  And, it helps me because as I parent her two younger sisters, I will learn from my "pushing" mistakes and be better at helping them navigate their own friendships.

In other news, this lovely girl of mine that continues to teach me lessons, still has some items up for grabs on Etsy.  She's just a few weeks away from her school trip to Europe and is still shy her food and souvenir money.  (she's paying for 75% of the trip herself)  Any-who - if you spend $16 or more you can use coupon code MISSM and get %15 off your total purchase.

Flower sets (7 in each set) are $8.50 -  and the necklaces below are made out of custom artwork by Miss M herself!  They are $12 each.

Amy said...

WOW! She is so wise beyond her years. I love that you were both able to have a conversation about it even though your opinions differed. Looking forward to reading more!

Anonymous said...

You can thank all your parental training on her wise choices! Your entire family ROCKS!!! Teri in CR

Jil ~ said...

I have been blessed like you to have a daughter that teaches us. I sometimes wonder why I as a parent was so blessed to have this wise soul in my home. I am grateful that these young women are so strong and so wise. I think the world will be blessed by their strength and knowledge. Great post! Thanks!


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If Itzhak Perlman Is Performing On TV Right Now, Who Is Feeding My Cat?

Boy am I steamed. I finally get the chance to go on a little vacation for a couple of days, but instead of relaxing, I'm just a tightly wound ball of anxiety. I turned off all my appliances before I left, stored my valuables in a safe place, threw away all my perishable food items, and I thought, I thought I made the necessary arrangements to have my neighbor and international violin sensation Itzhak Perlman feed my cat.

Turns out, the preeminent violinist of our time is a big fat flake. Because, as it so happens, I turned on the television just now, flipped to PBS, and there he was: Itzhak Perlman, sitting in his little chair and playing his little fiddle at the Copenhagen Concert Hall, live.

Uh, Itzhak, you forgetting something? Like Boswell maybe?

I remember our conversation quite clearly. I said, "Hey, Itzhak, I don't know if you're busy dazzling millions of people with your prodigious interpretations of Stravinsky or whatever, but I'm going away for a few days, and if you could feed Boswell I would really appreciate it." And Itzhak said, yes, he'd love to feed Boswell. He even said that he would clean out his litter box.

Fast-forward three days later, and here I am watching the guy play an uplifting, hour-long concerto about 2,500 miles from my poor cat's unopened cans of Fancy Feast.

You know, he could have just said no. I realize that people are busy working, or taking care of their kids, or teaching a master class of violinists that the Adagio of Paganini's First Concerto should never be played tepidly. I get that. And even though Itzhak owes me because I let him borrow my Igloo cooler for his camping trip last summer, I still would have understood. But it turns out you can't trust a grown adult who studied at Juilliard with such modern legends as Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay to handle feeding a cat for three days.

I guess Boswell's life just isn't that important to him. Maybe I should have said, "Hey, Itzhak, could you feed my 300-year-old Stradivarius violin for a couple of days?" I bet that would have kept him in the United States for the weekend.

He left me no warning, no voice mail. Not even a little, "Leonard, Itzhak here. Just realized I got a gig this weekend. Can't feed the Bozman. See ya." That would have been completely fine. But instead, I have to turn on PBS's Great Performances to find out that the reigning virtuoso of classical violin has totally screwed me over.

Man, what an irresponsible asshole Itzhak Perlman ended up being. A good violin player, sure, but all things considered, a real shit neighbor.

Let's see, if my calculations are correct, and Itzhak left for Copenhagen a day early so he could really get a feel for the sound and acoustics of the hall, and factoring in that he's playing the Elgar—a concerto that, lucky me, is twice as long as anything by Bach or Mozart—and considering that the prima donna hasn't even gotten to his big cadenza in the third movement yet....

Boswell has probably not eaten anything for a day and a half, maybe two.

My cat could be dead right now. Dead. He might have collapsed after pawing at the door, waiting for Itzhak Perlman to walk in with a tin can of succulent turkey and gravy. But no, Boswell, Itzhak Perlman isn't coming. No, Mr. Undeniable Master of the Demanding Final Movement of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto decided to run off to another continent. He's too busy enchanting thousands of people with his superb finger work, his awe-inspiring musical interpretation, his ability to paint a beautiful picture with just a few strings and a bow, and…. Hold on a minute. Is that premier American jazz musician Wynton Marsalis sitting behind him, playing trumpet? Jesus Christ, then who the hell is sorting my mail? Is my mail just piling up? That really burns my…. Is that? Did Plácido Domingo just walk out on stage to sing the role of Cavaradossi in Tosca? Then who, may I ask, is going to make sure my car is on the right side of the road for Sunday street cleaning?

Here I was thinking I had these great friends whom I could count on in life, but when it comes down to it, they're just too wrapped up in themselves to give a damn.

I'm going to have to fly back. This is unbelievable. Un-fucking-believable. Way to go, Itzhak, you ruined my entire vacation to Myrtle Beach. Ruined it! I was really looking forward to going swimming with the dolphins tomorrow, but because of the irresponsible actions of a certain world-renown violinist I know, I am going to go home and feed my damn cat.

Or maybe I can get my brother-in-law, NBC Nightly News lead anchor Brian Williams, to do it.

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The season started out slow, like most areas of the country.

“There were delays in planting. We had a cool, wet spring, which put us eight or 10 weeks behind in some places,” said Greg Donald, general manager of the Charlottetown-based Prince Edward Island Potato Board.

After the cold, rainy start to the season, moisture levels dropped.

“We had dry weather for the latter part of July and throughout August. The Summerside, Prince Edward Island, area had less than an inch of rain in August,” Donald said.

Gary Linkletter, president and co-owner of Linkletter Farms, Summerside, said his farm experience two periods of drought this season.

“The early drought caused plants to drop tubers, and then we had another one later on,” he said.

Still, the fewer tubers allowed those that survived to grow larger.

“Fewer tubers means the ones that were there sized up, so the crop isn’t as heavy but it’s still going to good,” Linkletter said.

Gill agreed the sporadic weather may have contributed to fewer tubers, although the size profile is still average.

“We had a six-week stretch with very little rain so there are fewer tubers under each plant after the dry growing season. Still, it was a pleasant surprise to see the size profile where it is,” he said.

There also have been a few minor problems with some scab because of the dry weather, but Gill said the quality is good overall.

The weather changed again in the early fall as September brought above average rainfall again.

Though unexpected, that late season rain may have greatly helped save the crop.

“We’re very fortunate we had rain in September,” Donald said.

He said the crop should come in at an average yield with even better quality than last year.

Others agreed.

Garth Smallman, director of sales for WP Griffin Inc., Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island, said he expects a good crop.

“It looks to be very good quality and average yields,” he said.

Smallman also mentioned the late-season rain as a saving grace.

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I am head over heels in love with this charming and whimsical Parisian apartment. Forget for a moment that I am over the nursery room years, have three little boys and live in Portland. My imagination wants to be here speaking french to my wee babes (i'd have to add a girl for that sweet nursery of course) as we look out over Paris from the Juliette balcony of my lovely bedroom. Or reading books in that adorable little nook, coloring on the chalkboard wall, sitting on my sofa admiring all my hand-carved moldings and ornate fireplace, discussing our days event at the little kitchen table . The only thing I don't imagine is cooking in that tiny kitchen but that is fine because if I could afford this sotheby's property listing I am sure I could afford to eat out every night (and maybe adopt a little girl too). Le sigh...

  1. Le Sigh is right. I'll say to you what I just said to Erin, thanks for finding us a place to stay in Paris!

    Two funny bits. For a freelance writing client (lawyers), I'm working on a newsletter on family law, which includes a tidbit on adoption. I felt the need to clear my history because I did NOT want Cal to see it. If he worried that WE were considering... we'll he'd not be amused!

    And yes. I could also see myself sitting on the sofa admiring the molding.

  3. Oh, this is beautiful, Christine! I adore the children's rooms. That chalk board wall is fantastic (I think I want one in my home office) and that breakfast nook with the photo gallery wall is so charming.

  4. All the rooms have a FUN yet classically relaxed feel to them - I luv! The nursery = I wanna play in it ;) The bedroom = nice escape from a hectic day.

  5. love this interiors and also your blog! It's so nice!!! I follow you!
    Pass to my blog and if it likes you follow me too, I will be so glad :D

  6. Wow. Okay. I feel like I just wandered into a fairytale dream. Can I please move into to that child's bedroom? Amazing.

  7. The kid's room is a DREAM - I would take that room now. So maybe I haven't grown up all that much

  8. Ohhhhh mon dieu. Oui, merci. Je vais acheter un apartment a Paris le meme que ce. Oui! Je souhaite, j'espere, etc etc. J'aime ces fenetres, la chambre du bebe (est-ce que vous avez vu la lumiere "La Case de cousin Paul"?? Je fait!), et tous. La cuisine est une bonne taille pour un apartment Francais, quel surprise, je sais. xoxo

    1. oh, oui! i see the lights now! i would seriously have no complaints about the kitchen if i could live there - in truth it's not that much smaller than the one i have now. isn't it just the dreamiest?! xo

  9. Love. Love it! The kid's room is my fave, but I also love how the "adult" bedroom is so serene. And I've never seen a living room with so much happening - and have it look so appealing. Love all of it.

  10. Sigh, you had me at the first photo, and then my jaw dropped even further with each successive photo. I love every last morsel and detail - fedoras hanging on the wall in the living room, chalkboard wall in the kid's room, beautiful moldings throughout...Sigh, again. Oh, and all the pretty wallpaper. All of it, just lovely. PS~Love that Erin wrote her entire comment in French *and* you understood it. ;)

  11. That is quite surprising... I have never heard of that before reading your post!

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Robert Jay Baker, 89, of Roanoke, passed away at 9:20 p.m. Sunday, April 7, 2013 at his home with his family by his side. Born July 7, 1923 in Huntington, Bob was the son of Ira J. and Gertrude J. (Shaefer) Baker. He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran with the Battery AAA 165th Gun Battalion, serving in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. He married Betty I. Patten Aug. 2, 1947 in Roanoke at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. G.W. Brunner. He and his wife were lifetime farmers, and he was a member of the American Legion Post 160 in Roanoke. He was a hard worker who maintained his own equipment, built two homes, and enjoyed flying his ultralight. Surviving relatives include his wife of 65 years, Betty I. Baker of Roanoke; six daughters, Jo Ann (Don) Shively of Roanoke, Carol L. (Gerry) Scheurich of Avilla, Mary A. (Roger) Scherer of Hoagland, Patricia A. (Terry) Rhodenbaugh of Roanoke, Sue A. (Steve) Lincoln of LaOtto and Barbara A. (Rick) McMullen of Columbia City; 10 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; sister, Virginia Holmes of Huntington; and sister-in-law, Cecelia Baker of Huntington. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Frank Baker. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Dr., Columbia City. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Pastor Jim Clifford officiating. Burial will follow at Glenwood IOOF, Roanoke. Memorial gifts may be given in Mr. Baker’s memory to Visiting Nurse Hospice Home or Laud Christian Church. Visit to send family condolences or sign the guest register book.


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SanDisk is shipping 4-bit Secure Digital flash cards with flash chips storing 8GB of data.

Multi-level cell (MLC) flash technology stores four bits of data per cell. MLC is regarded as key technology for increasing NAND flash capacity and effectively lowering its cost per GB stored, making it more affordable. Alternatively suppliers can keep prices higher and earn more profit.

Current MLC flash products are mostly at the 2-bit MLC level with 3-bit MLC on offer as well, not least from SanDisk and its partner, Toshiba. Samsung also has a 3-bit flash program. It tried to buy SanDisk recently, with part of the motivation being a wish to avoid paying them 4-bit MLC license fees.

Enterprise flash drive supplier STEC is introducing an MLC version of its ZeusIOPS SLC flash drive. The SLC version is used by EMC, Fujitsu, IBM, HP and others to add solid state drive (SSD) stooge to their drive arrays. STEC buys in flash chips from Samsung.

A disadvantage of MLC flash is that its I/O speeds are slower than single-level cell (SLC) flash and its write endurance is less. The necessary error detection and correction logic is also more complicated. This means that enterprise-class flash storage uses mostly SLC technology and is relying on advances in flash controller technology to adopt MLC.

Consumer flash is less heavily used, and MLC write endurance imitations and speed matter less. SanDisk has several 4-bit MLC patents and it jointly developed the actual flash 4-bit MLC chips with Toshiba. SanDisk concentrates on consumer flash products while Toshiba has said it intends to enter the enterprise flash storage business.

SanDisk is now shipping Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) cards with 8GB and 16GB capacities, as well as similar capacity Memory Stick PRO Duo cards. Secure Digital (SD) flash cards with 64GB capacity and more are expected to follow soon. Its pricing, which is pretty much the same as equivalent capacity 2-bit MLC product, suggests that SanDisk is more interested in gaining extra margin from sales than in lowering prices and growing sales volume.

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