A friend of mine was talking about her daughter's boyfriend crisis. She wished that the men in her daughter's life would fulfill some fantasy, and come forth with their white horse and sweep her daughter away to some wonderful, imaginary place where the two of them would complete their life forces together.
This is where we; you and I, dear reader, chuckle together. You and I both know, from personal experience, that when you try to fit someone into a mold, that they are not going to fit.
It compares to going shopping at a store. You want a red shirt. You want it in size large. It has to have four buttons at the top, and a mandarin collar. You would prefer that it does not have an elasticized waist and you are looking for something with elbow length sleeves.
Do you see the immediate problem? You are not going to the store to find what they have that you can buy. No, you are going to the store with very specific rules about the shirt you wish to buy.
The correlation between the shirt and the boyfriend, is that everyone is unique. You either have to find a shirt and learn to like it, or go from store to store in search of that shirt you are looking for.
Again, to reinstate what I'm talking about. You are looking for a particular shirt, according to a set picture in your mind.
You talk to your friends. You ask them where you could obtain such a shirt. Back in the day, people used to sew their own clothes. I suppose that compares to the old practice of people starting a club, simply for the fact that the people who would come to it, would be of the same mind set as the person looking for someone to fit the bill.
So, here you go, shopping every day for that shirt. It's not at the first store you try. So, you go home and feel disappointed. Your friends try to help by listening to your sad shirt stories.
They offer sympathy. They try to dig in their own closets for a shirt that might please you. That doesn't always work, because their shirts are time worn, probably not the size you need, and they have been previously washed and dried and are probably molded in the wrong shape for you.
They worry about you, with your obsession for this shirt. After a while, it's tiring to hear the same stories about your shopping misadventures. Perhaps you found a red shirt, but it didn't have the right sleeves. Perhaps you found a shirt with the right requirements, but it was the wrong color. Or, the wrong size. Or, some other feature that wasn't quite right.
Let's face it. When you start a relationship based on a texting type of interaction, you are basically objectifying your computer or your phone.
Your phone or computer is what you are interacting with. Your electronics is your pal. Your pseudo boyfriend. You type sentences in. It responds with sentences. As you type more intimate sentences, it responds with intimate sentences.
True, there is a person on the other side, typing these sentences, but, again, you and the other person, are interacting alone. Their phone or computer is what they are interacting with.
The actual act of venturing out and having a meeting with the person to whom you have been corresponding, changes the value of your relationship with your phone or computer.
You will start at the beginning when you meet the person for real. All phone or computer conversations will be null and void at this time. Up to this point, you have been using only your imagination. As you meet the person in real life, you add a few more details to the mix.
The first, is your nose. You will smell the person. The next is your ears. You will hear the person. You will the see the person. Up until this point, you have been interacting with a fantasy image.
Here's where the shirt/person comparison starts to happen. You are back to the need a red shirt, with four buttons, and elbow length sleeves. Now, that you can see this person, they might be a blue shirt. Long sleeves. Ten buttons.
At this point, you must let go of your red shirt, and learn to accept the changes that are in front of your eyes, ears and nose.
Sometimes, reality is better than expectations.
This is where compromise comes into full force. Compromise is when you have a set expectation, but, you decide that you can forgive the person for not meeting your expectations.
Most of your friends will argue and tell you that there should never be compromise. Well. You can choose to listen to your friends. Or you can choose to listen to yourself. Your friends may not agree and may still try to talk you away from your new reality.
Now, as I see it, the daughter's problem is two-fold, maybe even three-fold.
She has her own expectations. She wants a nice guy. She wants to go out and do fun stuff. She wants to have free time and space.
Her mother, wants her to have more than she had. This puts the daughter into an anxious, trying to please mom, mode. This puts an usual strain on getting a boyfriend that not only meets her own expectations, but meets her mother's expectations.
The daughter gives up what she wants to fit the boyfriend into her mom's mode. This does not work. The boyfriend usually breaks up or wants to just be friends. Many times, the boyfriends are in a relationship with their phone or computer, and will interact with it while with the daughter.
See any issues with this?
No matter how much effort you put forth, it will come back to your expectations. You can either choose the red shirt and ignore all the other colors, or you can go with what your heart dictates.
Your heart, not someone else.
The only person you can create is yourself.
Does the relationship change when you finally meet in person?
My Reality Is Not What You See on Social Media!


Description: The Maxcy Gregg Requisition collection consists of a requisition from Colonel Maxcy Gregg of the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers to Colonel Edward Manigault, Chief of Ordnance Department, written from headquarters on Sullivan's Island in Charleston Harbor on February 8, 1861, requesting 40,000 musket cartridges and 40,000 percussion caps for his regiment.
Format: Digital reproduction of a 7.25" x 9.75" 2-page document.
A requisition, dated 8 February 1861, from Colonel Gregg of the South Carolina Volunteers to Colonel Edward Manigault, Chief of the Ordinance Department, requesting ammunition for his regiment.


Christmas is just around the corner and for those of you that don't fancy cooking - then don't worry because there are plenty of delivery services that can help.
Over the Christmas period delivery services Deliveroo and UberEats will be open and bringing food right to your door, but will they be open on Christmas Day?
Deliveroo has confirmed that they are ONLY closed on Christmas Day this year, which is great news for us food fans as we can have pizzas, burgers and a bowl of nachos delivered right to your door on Boxing Day.
The service was launched in September 2015, and created more than 125 jobs within the city.
Drivers have already amassed a distance of more than 10,000 kilometres between them.
In Exeter 34 restaurants have teamed up with the delivery service including Kaspa's, Five Guys, Oggy Oggy, Burger King, Prezzo, Las Iguanas and lots more.
The service will also be open and delivering in Plymouth and Torquay.
UberEats delivery service came to Exeter in October and while they usually deliver seven days a week, they will be closed on Christmas Day.
But if you're bored of Turkey sandwiches don't worry because they'll be open again on Boxing Day.
You can order a wide selection of meals from places like Venezia, Absurd Bird, Zita's, Dan's American Kitchen, and Waikiki which will come straight to your door.


Growing up in the United States, I never once, that I can recall, heard of Sor Juana. But once in Mexico—- I arrived some 25 years ago-- I found her to be ubiquitious, literally. She's on the 200 peso bill right now. You cannot visit a bookstore in Mexico without finding something by or about her. Back before Mexico was Mexico, that is, when it was still a Spanish colony, Sor Juana, which means "Sister Juana," was a nun and a literary prodigy taken under wing by the vicereine, and given a provocatively promininent place in court. One might imagine how this went over with the grimly-bearded Church fathers who were, now and again, busying themselves with burning people at the stake. Once the vicereine returned to Spain, things did not go swimmingly for Sor Juana. Hers was one of the great intellectual tragedies not only of Mexico but, one could argue, of humanity.
Josefina's Sin, by Claudia H. Long, is a story of love, poetry and the Inquisition. A sheltered land-owner's wife goes to the vice-royal court in colonial Mexico, in 1687, and meets the famous poet, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Sor Juana teaches Josefina about the terrors and joys of writing, loving, and living life to the fullest, under the cruel and watchful eye of the Holy Office.
Claudia grew up in Mexico City, and lives in California. Her book has received critical acclaim and can be bought at bookstores, and the usual on-line sources, including Amazon.
As an historical novelist myself (The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, set in the 19th century), I can well imagine some of the struggles Claudia must have faced in getting the details just right. And because, in Mexico anyway, Sor Juana is such a major figure, anything inauthentic, ayyyy ... No doubt every historical novelist loses sleep over this (I know I did).
When I was writing Josefina's Sin, which takes place in Mexico from 1687 to 1690, I thought feeding one's literary characters would be a simple task, but that's far from the case! Did you know that rice did not originate in Mexico? It was brought during colonial times. Sometimes, what seems so "typically" Mexican is really an import.
Josefina goes on a picnic with the ladies from the court. A tree with large, dark green, glossy leaves and hanging green fruit provided shade. Ah, a mango tree, I thought. Not so fast, said the editor at Simon & Schuster. Mangoes weren't introduced into Mexico until 1775! My mistake—- it was a papaya tree!
But it's really a question of "When?" What did they have? And what could they have had? If the first mention of mangoes was in 1775, they could well have had them in 1750, but there wouldn't be a mature tree sitting conveniently near my ladies in 1687!
Once I had the ingredients, I had to prepare them. Some of our favorite Mexican foods are easy to make, and were likely done the same way.
Take "agua de jamaica," or hibiscus tea. Jamaica flowers originated in Africa, and came to Mexico during the colonial era. The refreshing tea became popular for its great taste and medicinal value.
Here's a fun, timeless recipe for jamaica water.
One ingredient we know with certainty was native to Mexico: Chocolate—- amazing, wonderful, and powerful.
In 1519, when the first Spanish conquistadors entered the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, where today Mexico City stands, they found chocolate. Today, we may sweeten it with sugar (sugar cane came later. . .) but we enjoy it as much as Josefina did.
"First, you need to soak the outside of the papaya for 20 minutes in water with "microdine" iodine drops to kills any latent bacteria." I know Josefina never did that!
>Claudia Long's page at Simon & Schuster, which includes an informative brief video.
>Octavio Paz's book, Sor Juana Or, The Traps of Faith, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.
>Sor Juana's Poems, Protest and a Dream, selected and translated by Margaret Sayers Peden, introduced by Ilan Stavans.
>Guest-blog post here at Madam Mayo by Russell M. Cluff to celebrate his musical CD of Sor Juana's poetry.
Recent guest-bloggers include midwife and memoirist Patricia Harman; traveling (to some strange places) reporter Gerry Hadden; and spiritual reporter Mare Cromwell.
>An interview with Cadena apropos of my translation of his short story, "An Avocado from Michoacán"
>More of my translations, including Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion, which includes Cadena's haunting short story, "Lady of the Sea" and Eduardo Jiménez Mayo's translation of Bruno Estañol's "Fata Morgana."
Forthcoming this fall as an e-book from Dancing Chiva Literary Arts. Want to be alerted when it's available?
UPDATE October 15, 2011: The book now has its own website, with extensive Q & A, resources for researchers (bibliographies, lists of archives, films, podcasts,and more).
--> Tomorrow, Saturday 24th, I'll be giving a one day only workshop on "Techniques of Fiction" at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland (near Washington DC). Visit my "Workshop Schedule" page for details.
--> If you can't make that, or, even if you can, may this podcast, "The Number One Technique in the Supersonic Overview," be of use for you with your writing.
To the average reader this might seem silly, but we writers tend to obsess about publishing-- so should it be any suprise that what first caught my attention about Patricia Harman's books was that they are published by Beacon? For those of you don't know Beacon, it's one of the finest small literary presses in the U.S. (it also happens to be the publisher of my amiga Sara Mansfield Taber's splendid Bread of Three Rivers.) So I knew Patricia Harman's memoirs, based on her many years of caring for women as a lay-midwife and later, as a nurse-midwife, had to be something very special. Harman's first book, The Blue Cotton Gown, is about her patients; her second, the recently published Arms Wide Open: A Midwife's Journey, tells the story of growing up during one of the most turbulent times in America and becoming an idealistic home-birth midwife.
Drawing heavily on her journals, Arms Wide Open goes back to a time of counter-culture idealism that the boomer generation remembers well. Patsy opens with stories of living in the wilds of Minnesota in a log cabin she and her lover build with their own hands, the only running water being the nearby streams. They set up beehives and give chase to a bear competing for the honey. Patsy gives birth and learns to help her friends deliver as naturally as possible.
Weary of the cold and isolation, Patsy moves to a commune in West Virginia, where she becomes a self-taught midwife delivering babies in cabins and homes. Her stories sparkle with drama and intensity, but she wants to help more women than healthy hippie homesteaders. After a ten-year sojourn for professional training, Patsy and her husband, Tom, return to Appalachia, as a nurse-midwife and physician, where they set up a women's-health practice. They deliver babies together, this time in hospitals; care for a wide variety of gyn patients; and live in a lakeside contemporary home--but their hearts are still firmly implanted in nature. The obstetrical climate is changing. The Harmans' family is changing. The earth is changing, but Patsy's arms remain wide open to life and all it offers.
Her memoir of living free and sustainably against all odds will be especially embraced by anyone who lived through the Vietnam War and commune era, and all those involved in the back-to-nature and natural-childbirth movements.
Once, I confess, I was a total eco-freak. Forty years ago, I lived in a cabin without electricity and running water. We used hand tools because we didn't want to waste non-renewable resources like oil and gas. We tilled the soil by hand, grew our own food organically, canned it in mason jars and stored it in a root cellar we dug into the side of the hill.
Looking back, I wonder at our extreme life, but at the time we were worried about pesticides like DDT killing the eagles and power plants polluting the air. We were looking for a way to live lightly and sustainably on the earth.
Then for thirty years, in the rush of raising kids, going back to school and working as a midwife 70 hours a week, I forgot all that. We moved up in the world, started our own OB-Gyn practice, got a house on the lake, two gas-guzzling vehicles and a jet ski. My youthful ideals receded to an amusing antidote about my past.
Now, I'll admit, I'm not interested in returning to a life without running water, electricity, or indoor plumbing, but I'm worried enough to begin altering my ways. Maybe it's time, for all of us, to again consider how we can live more sustainably. Maybe it's time we all think about what we can do to save Mother Earth. Maybe it's time we all consider how we can be a little more green.
Here are some websites I've found helpful and inspiring on this, not so extreme, journey.
--> For the archive of Madam Mayo guest-blogs, click here.
Recent guest-bloggers include travel writer and reporter Gerry Hadden ; master gardener and spirituality reporter Mare Cromwell; and narrative arquitect and app designer Julia Sussner.
A new podcast went live this morning: "Techniques of Fiction: The #1 Technique in the Supersonic Overview"--- apropos of my one day workshop which will be held this Saturday, September 24th from 10 - 3 pm (includes a free hour for lunch on your own) at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland (just outside DC).
To register on-line, and for more information about the Writers Center and this workshop, click here.
P.S. Many more podcasts for writers here.
Gerry Hadden is the author of a book just out from HarperCollins that, as a long-time resident of Mexico City-- the very navel of the Americas, IMHO-- I am especially anxious to read: Never the Hope Itself. It's been garnering rave reviews, including from Publisher's Weekly, which calls it, "Offbeat, gripping....It's the rare journalist who shows such a mystical bent, but Hadden's quirks and openness give his book a rare charm."
A former NPR correspondent takes you into his own ghost-filled life as he reports on a region in turmoil. Gerry Hadden was training to become a Buddhist monk when opportunity came knocking: the offer of a dream job as NPR's correspondent for Latin America. Arriving in Mexico in 2000 during the nation's first democratic transition of power, he witnesses both hope and uncertainty. But after 9/11, he finds himself documenting overlooked yet extraordinary events in a forgotten political landscape. As he reports on Colombia's drug wars, Guatemala's deleterious emigration, and Haiti's bloody rebellion, Hadden must also make a home for himself in Mexico City, coming to terms with its ghosts and chasing down the love of his life, in a riveting narrative that reveals the human heart at the center of international affairs.
1. The shaded stream that circumvents a Garifuna village near Punta Gorda, Belize.
I was floating in it with a young Garifuna known as "the Jamaican" among the drug dealers in Queens. He was back in the village, trying to start over. He had seven bullet scars. "Look," he said. I turned my head. Inches from my nose began an endless floating field of tiny white flowers, stretching upstream. I don't know how they all ended up in the water. They moved passed us like silent boats, tickling our necks.
2. The forest brothel along another river, Veracruz state, Mexico.
Sitting in the open shack, under Christmas lights strung in trees, talking to the girls, waiting for my interviewee. A mean guy showed up first, put a knife and a bottle on the table, made me drink with him. The sugarcane worker I was waiting for arrived. "Leave the Gringo alone," he said. The mean guy stood, smashed his bottle and pointed it at me. I ran like hell. Then I turned back. I didn't want to leave my contact behind. But when I reached the brothel all the lights were out, the music turned off. I ran again.
-->Hear some music from Veracruz(search Graciana Silva).
3. A ridge in the sierra outside San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
A shaman showing me his garden: plants to staunch bleeding, to help with birthing, to cure the chills or the fear of walking alone in the dark. The view looked West down a sloping valley crisscrossed with hills fading one into the next. Foreigners were coming to steal the shaman's medicinal secrets. I never wanted to leave.
-->Take a canoe ride through Chiapan culture.
4. A field behind a voodoo temple, Western Haiti.
They were holding the ceremony so that Jean Bertrande Aristide would win the presidency and be a good leader. That was a lot to ask. A bonfire burned. Women circled it dressed in white and blue, singing something beautiful. We men formed an inner circle. The priest danced close to the fire and then let a goat have it with a machete. The rest is history.
-->See some of the best photos of Haiti.
5. A wooden meditation hut in the highland rainforest outside Xalapa, Veracruz.
I'd complained to the Buddhist monastery's abbey that I couldn't concentrate. The constant traveling had my mind racing. But after a week of solitude I began to feel grounded again. Upon returning to Mexico City that peace evaporated quickly. Okay, this last place you can find.
-->Here's the link (in Spanish only).
Guest-blogs on travel in Mexico include David Lida on 5 secrets of Mexico City; Nicholas Gilman on 5 funky foods in Mexico City and where to find them; Stephanie Elizondo Griest on 5 glimpses into the Mexican underworld; and Isabella Tree on 5 favorite books about Mexico.
Re: The rightly famous and splendid biography by Stanley R. Ross, Francisco I. Madero: Apostle of Mexican Democracy. If you're interested in learning more about Mexico, put this on your short-list for reading ASAP. Originally published in 1955 by Columbia University Press, it is the first major biography to include original archival research as well as interviews with eyewitnesses, including Madero's widow, Sara Pérez de Madero.
For Americans, it explains much of the hostility many Mexicans still feel about U.S. involvement in the overthrow of Madero, who was not only the leader of the 1910 Mexican Revolution which torched the decades-long rule of Porfirio Díaz, but, after De la Barra's interim government, Mexico's democratically elected President. In Ross's work, U.S. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson comes across as a coldly contemptuous and narcissistic intriguer. In 1913, in the aftermath of General Victoriano Huerta's violent coup and Madero's assassination, Ambassador Wilson was, quite rightly, recalled by President Woodrow Wilson (no relation) shortly after the latter assumed office.
Though backed by deep research, Ross's biography reads like a novel, each chapter ending in a cliff-hanger.
Its major drawback is that Ross does not give Madero's Spiritism the serious consideration it deserves for, neither Madero's political career nor his downfall can be understood without taking his deeply held, if unorthodox beliefs and his mediumship into full account.
Ross does address Madero's Spiritism in the opening chapter, explaining that, when a young student in Paris, Madero came upon the Revue Spirite, the magazine founded by Allan Kardec, the 19th century founder of Spiritism. Without delving into the nature of Spiritism, -- then already well-established among Mexican urban and provincial elites--nor the extensive writings of Kardec, nor his followers, Ross, as if swatting a fly, dismisses it thus: "Madero lacked sufficient preparation to develop his own doctrine and did not subject his acquired beliefs to penetrating analysis."
Then briefly, in a single paragraph, Ross covers the influence of the Bhagavad Gita, the holy book of the Hindus. Ross does not mention that it was from this book that Madero took his pen name, Bhima, for his Manual Espirita, published in the same year Madero took office, 1911. Nor does Ross mention Madero's Manual Espirita or even include it in his bibliography.
Both U.S. Ambassador Wilson and General Huerta referred to Madero's "peculiar" beliefs with acid contempt and even discussed whether or not Madero should be confined to a lunatic asylum. Ross quotes them both, but does not probe the reasons underlying such hostility. No doubt, in part, this was because Madero was, in fact, a leading evangelist for Spiritism, even as he fought the Revolution and then defended his administration. The narrative begs for more explanation.
Others, including Enrique Krauze, Yolia Tortolero, Ignacio Solares, Manuel Guerra de Luna, and Alejandro Rosas, have written about Madero's Spiritism. To be fair, however, until Krauze's work came out in the 1980s, for historians, Madero's Spritism was something to be mentioned only as briefly as possible, for it was too strange and, for many, embarrassing, to treat seriously. Fortunately, this is changing. There is also a fine documentary on the subject. I'll be commenting on these works anon.
UPDATE: My book, Metaphsyical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero and His Secret Book, Spiritist Manual, which includes my complete translation of Madero's Spiritist Manual of 1911, is now available in paperback and Kindle and in Spanish.
More blog posts on this subject here.
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Q: The domain for the function $A, B ⊆ X$, $A f B \iff A ∪ B=X$ and $A \cap B = ∅$ I have this function $f$:
$$A, B ⊆ X,\ A f B \iff A \cup B = X\quad\text{ and }\quad A \cap B = \emptyset$$
My solution:
Let sets $A, B \subseteq 2^X$
${\rm Domain} = \{ A \cup B :  A \cap B = \emptyset\}$. Is this true?
I feel like this might work but on the other side it does not define a precise set. It is like on-demand set, if I can say!
Any help on what would be improved on my solution or what would be the domain for the function $f$ is appreciated!

A: Let $\mathcal P(X)$ denote the power set of $X$.
Let $A\in\mathcal P(X)$. Then $A$ is in the domain of $f$ iff there exists $B\in\mathcal P(X)$ such that $A\cup B=X $ and $A\cap B=\emptyset$. Set $B=X\setminus A$. Then $A\cup B=X$ and $A\cap B=\emptyset$. Hence, $A$ is in the domain of $f$. Since $A$ was arbitraty, the domain of $f$ is $\mathcal P(X)$.

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If you read The State of the PMO 2014, you already know that 43% of Best-in-Class organizations have a Project Management Office (PMO) run by contractors. To tell us what special skills contractors employ, we have Wendy Kraly, regoProcess Practice Director, back to discuss the strategies she uses to manage PMOs.
The last time we had Wendy on, she told us PMO success boils down to three strategies, and the first is dedicated, executive sponsorship. Wendy's second strategy, described below, will give you one more key to making your new PMO venture a success.
The second characteristic of successful PMOs might surprise you, and its impact is huge.
Anytime regoProcess begins work with a new client, this connection is key.
"Your goal is to understand the pain points and current challenges, so you can incorporate organizational change management from PMO inception through continuous capability improvements," said Wendy.
Think of your strategy as starting a PMO culture-change through the simple act of listening.
Ultimately, your goal is to build the users into champions of the PMO with a strong road map.
"The relationships and the listening build your position. The listening gives you a road map, and the pain points are your target areas," said Wendy.
An example of addressing pain points could include helping mentor or manage projects for groups. It might also include helping users communicate better across their project or creating better plans for resource and time management.
"PMOs have different functions. What you're doing is actively choosing functions that meet the needs of the individuals," said Wendy.
Communicate regularly with this team, which may be your formal Steering Committee or informal cross-functional group of stakeholders.
"It's through relationships that you establish genuine PMO credibility and urgency, so you can standardize PPM best practices across your organization," said Wendy.
By building strong relationships with senior managers, project leaders, and project resources at all levels, you'll acquire in-depth knowledge of your organization and its resources.
Leveraging key relationships will allow you to choose appropriate functions and build a PMO road map with real power. As you move forward, you'll maintain relationships and PMO trajectory by staying in communication before formal meetings.
As we said earlier, there are three things you absolutely must have to make a PMO thrive.
The first is Executive Sponsorship. The second is Stakeholder Relationships. We'll get Wendy Kraly back soon to explore the last major strategy.
How have stakeholder relationships supported your PMO? We'd love to hear about it in the comments.


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READ: Why Is The American Media Failing To Tell Both Sides Of The Vaccine Story?
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Why Is The American Media Failing To Tell Both Sides Of The Vaccine Story?
By Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN On Jun 28, 2014
Weigh the Risks of Vaccination at SmartVax.
There's been a major onslaught from the media in the past few weeks linking the recent cases of measles in the U.S. and the fact that a minority of American parents chooses to forgo vaccines for their children.
On April 28, 2014, Forbes.com accused parents who don't vaccinate as being part of an "anti-vaccine hysteria," and contended that this "hysteria" "continues to do real damage to the lives of children around the world."
On May 1, Michael Gerson, writing an op-ed in the Washington Post, argued that parents should not have the right to choose not to vaccinate.
But the most disappointing for me was from Stephen Colbert. Full disclosure: I love Colbert. He's smart and funny and does a great job of finding unexpected ways to educate and entertain. But I was incredibly disappointed with the interview he did with Dr. Paul Offit, the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, ending the show with Offit's claim that we have the pharmaceutical companies to thank for our good health in America, because Big Pharma has created vaccines that allow our children to "lead longer, better, healthier lives." Offit did not answer Colbert's question about whether he was directly profiting from Big Pharma. Which he is, of course. Dubbed "Dr. Profit" by some activists, Offit is co-inventor of the RotaTeq vaccine and a co-holder of the patent on it.
What are the facts?
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Considering the very small uptick and tiny number of new measles cases compared to the total population of the United States, "outbreak" is an exaggerated, misleading word, used to instill fear in parents and sell newspapers. In the Philippines, the WHO has identified about 20,000 cases of the measles. That is a genuine outbreak. If the American media were reporting honestly on these new cases of infectious disease, they would simply say, "we have seen some cases of the measles" or "a few dozen cases of measles." But no one would click past the headline.
There have been 42 cases of measles confirmed in Ohio in 2014. The total population of Ohio is about 11.5 million people. Your chances of contracting the measles in Ohio are .000365 percent or 1 in 273,809.
There have been 59 cases of measles confirmed in California in 2014. The population of California is about 38 million. Your chances of getting the measles in California are even lower than in Ohio: .000155 percent or 1 in 644,068.
There have been 26 cases of measles confirmed in New York in 2014. The population of New York is about 19.6 million people. Your chances of getting the measles in New York are lower still: .000133 percent or 1 in 753,846, slightly higher than your risk of being struck by lightning.
While every year between 20 – 40 Americans die from being struck by lightning, no one has died from the measles since 2005.
This math might be making your head ache.
What you need to understand from all of this is simply that it is extremely unlikely you or your child will get the measles in the United States, whether you've chosen to vaccinate or not. And that if your child does get the measles, the chances of complications from what is a highly contagious but very mild disease in countries where people have access to clean water and good hygiene practices are tiny.
Why are we experiencing outbreaks of measles?
During a recent press briefing, the CDC acknowledged that 34 of the 129 cases reported so far here in the U.S. were importations involving both U.S. residents who traveled abroad and foreign visitors who came here. One of the questions that arose during the briefing was whether these outbreaks were related to people opting out of vaccines.
Dr. Anne Schuchat, M.D., from the CDC responded that people getting vaccinated against the measles are often those contracting the disease: "… in these outbreaks, some of the people have gotten all the doses they were supposed to, and they're still getting measles."
The CDC's public acknowledgement that the MMR vaccine is not as effective as we think is detailed in a recent article in the Financial Times by Lawrence Solomon. Solomon reports that one of the main reasons we are seeing a resurgence of measles is because the vaccine is not working as well as previously thought.
Solomon quotes vaccine developer Dr. Gregory Poland, Professor of Medicine and founder and leader of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, who wrote in 2012 that, "outbreaks are occurring even in highly developed countries where vaccine access, public health infrastructure, and health literacy are not significant issues. This is unexpected and a worrisome harbinger — measles outbreaks are occurring where they are least expected." The article continues:
"People's failure to get vaccinated is deplorable, Dr. Poland often stresses. But the more fundamental problem stems from the vaccine being less effective in real life than predicted, with a too-high failure rate — between 2% and 10% don't develop expected antibodies after receiving the recommended two shots. Because different people have different genetic makeups, the vaccine is simply a dud in many, failing to provide the protection they think they've acquired.
To make matters worse, even when the vaccine takes, the protection quickly wanes, making it unrealistic to achieve the 95%-plus level of immunity in the general population thought necessary to protect public health. For example, 9% of children having two doses of the vaccine, as public health authorities now recommend, will have lost their immunity after just seven and a half years. As more time passes, more lose their immunity. "This leads to a paradoxical situation whereby measles in highly immunized societies occurs primarily among those previously immunized," Dr. Poland stated.
Stephen Colbert and Paul Offit, you are missing the boat by blaming parents
The vitriol leveled against parents who opt-out of the measles vaccines is misguided and misplaced. If the vaccines are safe and effective, the people at risk when a family does not vaccinate are people who themselves have chosen not to vaccinate. Parents who choose not to vaccinate do not make the decision capriciously. They are typically well educated and well informed. Often they are better educated and better informed than the parents who follow the current CDC schedule. Yet the more the mainstream media ignores these parents' concerns about the risks of the vaccines themselves, and the more headlines shouting BLAME BLAME BLAME on parents who are choosing to selectively vaccinate, the more thinking people will be encouraged to turn away from the entire vaccination program.
Why are some parents opting out?
I can tell you what moms and dads have been telling me.
Many are people who used to unquestioningly follow the rules.
They took their babies to every well baby visit. They gave their babies every vaccine the doctors recommended. And they watched their healthy babies getting sicker and sicker.
When these moms and dads asked their pediatricians what was going on, their doctors had no idea. When they asked if vaccines could have something to do with their child's autoimmune disorder, flaring allergies, high-pitched screaming, high fevers, autism, ADHD, asthma, or other health problems, their doctors shook their heads and said, "impossible."
"The same doctor was telling me he had no idea why my daughter was sick," a mom of two told me, "but at the same time he was sure, absolutely positive, that vaccines had nothing to do with it." This mom, a nurse practitioner married to a doctor living in Yreka, California, stopped vaccinating after reading several scientific studies showing vaccines can cause autoimmune disorders. "I was so angry," she says, "and perplexed. How could our doctor have NO IDEA why my daughter was sick but be absolutely sure it was not because of vaccines?"
"I have seen vaccine injury first hand in the ICU's and it always seems to simply be 'mentioned' that the child received a vaccine close to when this (fill in the blank) illness happened. The family typically mentions it and the medical staff scoff at them. That was a big reason why we chose not to vaccinate," Kate Doubler, R.N., a mom who lives in Minnetonka, Minnesota and blogs at Real Food RN.
Health care professionals who are also parents are becoming increasingly uncomfortable following the CDC's current vaccine schedule. Pediatricians themselves are also forgoing vaccines for their children. Susan McCreadie, M.D. shares her thoughts on vaccines:
"I am a mother first and a pediatrician second. This I have never forgotten.
I cannot parent in ways that make me uncomfortable, to make others comfortable. I made the connection that Kaitlin's eczema would improve if I stopped stimulating her immune system with the vaccines. In addition to supplementing her with cod liver oil and probiotics daily, I also stopped vaccinations. Her eczema resolved and has never returned.
I chose as a mom and a pediatrician to stop vaccinating Kaitlin, and never to vaccinate Elle or Addison. These are my decisions. Are there risks? Sure there are risks. There are risks with EVERYTHING. That's life. All three girls had whooping cough – not fun. Could I have prevented those 2 months of relentless coughing with vaccines? Maybe, maybe not. The family that spread it to our family was fully vaccinated against pertussis."
My take home message to the American media: it's time. Please do your homework and provide fair and balanced reporting.
And my take home message for parents: it's time. Please do your homework too!
During my training to become a nurse, I was taught that vaccines were safe, effective, and saved lives. As a health care provider and parent, I have witnessed that this is not always the case. I find it incredibly tragic for a child—or an adult—to be severely disabled or to die from an adverse vaccine reaction. This is as tragic as it is for a child—or adult—to be harmed by a vaccine preventable disease. We health care professionals cannot say that the injury a child suffers from a vaccine is somehow worth it for the greater good. We cannot keep dismissing parents' concerns.
It's time for journalists to stop apologizing for harmful government practices and start doing their jobs to uncover what is going wrong with America's vaccines.
So what is going wrong with America's vaccines? In the coming weeks when we'll be talking about potential complications with vaccines and information every parent needs to know before they vaccinate. Follow SAFEMINDS here.
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Lyn Redwood, RN, MSN
Lyn Redwood, R.N., M.S.N., is co-founder and board member of the Coalition for SafeMinds and the National Autism Association. Ms. Redwood testified before the Government Reform Committee on "Mercury in medicine: Are we taking unnecessary risks?" in 2000, and before a Congressional sub-committee on health in 2003. She has published in the journals Neurotoxicology, Molecular Psychiatry, Medical Hypotheses, Mothering Magazine, and Autism-Aspergers Digest. Ms. Redwood has appeared on "Good Morning America," the Montel Williams Show, and has been interviewed by U.S News and World Report, Wired Magazine, People and numerous other publications. She is prominently featured in the award-winning book by David Kirby "Evidence of Harm."
Ms. Redwood served on the Department of Defense Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Program from 2007-2009 and currently serves as a public member of the National Institutes of Health Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.
She resides outside Atlanta with her husband Tommy, and three children, Hanna, Drew and Will.
See also: FAIR Autism Media Interview with Will and Lyn Redwood
Study Finds Evidence for CDC Cover-Up of Link Between Autism and Mercury In Vaccines
Raising a Baby Well: Like Climbing Mount Everest – Planning For Baby Parenting
The Wellness-Promoting Pathway Starts With Humanity's Evolved Nest

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The Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Fellows in our program train at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota-St Paul, and Hennepin County Medical Center.
The overall goal and mission of the Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota is to train pediatricians to become clinical, academic, educational and administrative leaders in the field of Child Abuse Pediatrics (CAP). The CAP fellowship educates physicians to diagnose and treat child abuse and neglect, collaborate with community partners, provide expertise in courts of law, and participate in multidisciplinary teams investigating and managing child abuse cases. The goal of education in this subspecialty is to prepare the physician to diagnose and manage acute and chronic manifestations of child abuse, demonstrate competence in teaching, design and conduct research in child abuse, act as a competent physician in a multidisciplinary field, and become familiar with administrative, legislative, and policy issues in child abuse. The core goal of the CAP fellowship program is to promote the health, safety and well-being of all children and adolescents by assuring that there are well-trained subspecialists the field of Child Abuse Pediatrics.
Provide comprehensive evidence-based medical evaluations for all children suspected to be victims of child maltreatment.
Develop and maintain a standard of excellence in the clinical practice of child abuse pediatrics.
Develop a broad knowledge base in child abuse pediatrics.
Participate in the multidisciplinary team process for the investigation and management of child maltreatment.
Provide responsible and ethical expert witness testimony.
Develop proficiency as educators for medical and non-medical audiences.
Develop proficiency in advocacy on child maltreatment and family violence including prevention of occurrence and recurrence, and the consequences of adverse childhood experiences.
Initiate and complete a scholarly project with approval by the scholarship oversight committee.
Build a Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Professional Development Portfolio (PDP).
Develop a personal lifelong program of self-study and professional growth with guidance from faculty supervisors.
24 months of the fellowship program is dedicated to clinical work.
The Child Abuse Pediatrics (CAP) Fellows actively participate in the diagnosis and treatment for children and adolescents who are suspected victims of child maltreatment. Consultations are provided in the inpatient and outpatient setting with the CAP attending. In the third year the fellow is expected to assume continued increasing responsibility as the leader of the CAP consultation team. This includes functioning as the primary spokesperson of the medical team during patient and/or family contact, leading discussion with the team, and interfacing with nursing, social work, and medical staff. The CAP attending physician will staff each patient, remain fully informed of patient progress, and provide feedback to the fellow regarding patient care management recommendations. Teaching responsibilities of the fellow during the third year continue and include increasingly complex subjects to both families and house staff in addition to the community. Call is taken one weekday per week and one weekend per month. Fellows complete their clinical work at the following sites: University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota-St Paul, and Hennepin County Medical Center.
15-20% of the first year is devoted to research. The fellow participates in the Department of Pediatrics Fellowship Core Curriculum as well as coursework available through the Clinical and Translational Science Institution (CTSI). The fellow is protected from clinical and call activities during this time. With the guidance of the Program Director and Assigned Mentor, the fellow will work to identify an area of interest and Research Mentor.
In the second half of the first year, members of the fellow's scholarship oversight committee (SOC) will be identified, and the SOC will meet with the fellow on a scheduled basis.
30-35% of the second year is devoted to research. The fellow has the opportunity for additional biostatistics education through the Biostatistical Literacy Course through the University of Minnesota School of Public Health as well as coursework through CTSI.
35-40% of the third year is devoted to research. The fellow is expected to write a research abstract to be submitted to a national meeting, to prepare a manuscript for submission to a peer-reviewed journal, and/or complete another identified scholarly product. The research mentor and SOC provide appropriate guidance to ensure that the fellow meets these goals. In the second half of the year, the fellow will have submitted to and/or presented at each of the following venues: Department of Pediatrics/UMN Venue such as Grand Rounds or Research Conference, Annual Pediatric Research, Education, and Scholarship Symposium, Professional Conference, and 3M.
The Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship Program at the University of Minnesota participates in the National Resident Match Program (NRMP) and will accept applications only through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
We appreciate your interest in the University of Minnesota's Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship Program and look forward to reviewing your application. Please feel free to contact the Program Director, Dr. Nancy Harper (nsharper@umn.edu), if you have any questions not answered here on the webpage.
The University of Minnesota demonstrates a commitment to leveraging the transformative power of equity and diversity to advance excellence in teaching, learning and community engagement. Applications from individuals who self-identify as members of underrepresented groups are particularly welcome.
Applicants must have completed an ACGME accredited residency program by the fellowship start date.
We accept only applicants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents (green card holders), or those who have a J-1 Visa.
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9 of 10 Indians lack adequate protein : IMRB Survey
The typical Indian meal, whether served in a home in Mumbai or Delhi, is woefully deficient on proteins, said a survey released on Monday.
Updated: June 03, 2015, 11:18 IST
MUMBAI: The typical Indian meal, whether served in a home in Mumbai or Delhi, is woefully deficient on proteins, said a survey released on Monday.
The Protein Consumption in the Diet of Adult Indians Survey, a multi-city survey, which was conducted by IMRB interviewing 1,260 Indians, said nine out of 10 Indians consumed less than adequate proteins daily. It added 91% of the vegetarians and 85% of the non-vegetarians were deficient.
"A quick check on the sample population showed the protein intake of 88% people was less than the ideal amount of consumption, indicating there is a huge gap in the protein requirements and protein consumption for each individual," said the survey. However, the survey added that Mumbai had the lowest protein gap of 68%, which was in contrast to Delhi's high gap of 99%.
Proteins, considered the body's building block and repair agent, should be consumed at about 1 gram per kg of the person's body weight. "One of the key symptoms of lack of proteins is weakness and fatigue. The epidemic of lifestyle diseases - central adposity or belly fat, diabetes and high triglyceride levels - in urban India can also be addressed if we increase our dietary protein intake," said nutritionist Niti Desai from Cumbala Hill Hospital, near Kemps Corner in south Mumbai.
Endocrinologist Dr Shashank Joshi said India is known to be a protein-deficient state. "One of my studies published in BMJ Open journal recently showed that India is a nation that consumes excess starch and fat but inadequate proteins. Protein deficiency is the reason that we Indians have poor muscle mass," he said.
Nutritionist Shilpa Joshi said a part of the problem is the fact that Indian is mainly a vegetarian state. "It is not as if vegetarian food doesn't have proteins, but the protein in a fruit for instance is not as easily bio-available for digestion as the protein in eggs are,'' she explained. In effect, vegetarians need to increase their intake of protein-rich foods.
"The question to ask yourself before you take a spoonful from you plate is: where is the protein here? Until you can locate the protein, don't eat,'' said Shilpa Joshi. For instance, take two almonds along with a fruit to increase your protein intake or have idlis with sambhar instead of chutney.
typical Indian meal
Shilpa Joshi
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Q: Autoplay Bluray with VLC VLC can support Bluray playback after installing two small files in the right directories.
However, when you insert a bluray disc, you can't right click and play with VLC.
You have to launch VLC, open disc, choose bluray, choose driver, and ok.
I was wondering if there is anyway to have the bluray autoplay with VLC with a little hacks.
I'm sure something could be done to get vlc to automatically execute a command line or what so ever to simulate the steps, when a bluray has been inserted.
I'm not familiar with command lines at all, but if anyone has any clues?

A: This is not an autoplay solution, but you can do something to make opening Blu Rays on VLC a bit easier. Create a VLC shortcut on Windows with the second parameter pointing to your Blu Ray drive. Double clicking the shortcut should automatically start the movie.
So create a new shortcut wherever you want, like your desktop, and paste this to the Target:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" bluray:///d:\

Remember that you need the quotes if you have spaces in the path, which you probably have because of "Program Files". That bluray protocol is undocumented in the VLC Command Line help, but it should work. Replace the  drive letter (in my case d:) with whatever letter you have as the Blu Ray drive.

A: I got autoplay to work for Bluray's in Windows 7 with VLC 3.x.
I can't see any reason this wouldn't work with other versions as well. There is a registry key for playing the DVD drive with VLC. Mine was:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DVD\shell\PlayWithVLC\command

The command line data for this key was:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file dvd:///%1

Open up Regedit, find the key, and change the 'dvd' part to 'bluray', but keep the rest of the syntax, like so:
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file bluray:///%1

And voila, autoplay worked perfectly, for both Bluray AND regular DVDs. So no need for creating an icon shortcut.

A: To play Blu-ray with VLC on Windows, besides upgrading to VLC 3.0 or greater, you'll need to download the VLC Windows 64bit version if you're suing a 64bit Windows computer. Moreover, it would be better to keep the default installation path while installing VLC.To play Blu-ray with VLC more smoothly, you can use DumboFab to digitize your Blu-rays to MP4, MKV. It would be easier to play.


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The truth never changes, lies always do
GOOD THINGS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD
https://natashanothingbuttruth.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-love-around-world.html
Staying Healthy, what Monstanto & others are doing to our foods - important
https://natashanothingbuttruth.blogspot.com/2018/03/healthy-eating-learning-what-foods.html
Q and QAnon
https://qanon.pub/
https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/902176.html#902317
Form to fill out to the Justice Dept
https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice
Anti Trump Times LOL
http://tomatobubble.com/id1220.html
VP rushing to hotel
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/984951430963396608
Press pool in Lima with Vice President Pence is rushing back to the hotel unexpectedly. White House is telling the press pool that's here in Washington to gather.
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Twitter shadowbanning me,
https://twitter.com/sylvezster/status/984958031074070528
Future proves past codes not sure what they mean
https://twitter.com/B754344255/status/984960637708185601
Sean Hannity and chemical weapons
https://youtu.be/isz6Zw_dXfQ
https://alltimelists.com/top-10-friday-the-13th-facts/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=04112018&utm_term=Newsletter24
Message from Trump
https://twitter.com/Lrihendry/status/984153067246510080
Message from Trump: The witchhunt has never been about me. Let me be clear. Their target is you. The swamp doesn't want you to take your country back, and they'll fight to the end to stop you. That's why I need you now to sustain our movement... SUPPORT #Trump2020
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6.3 Million new jobs
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/984756070982864896
32 us EMBASSY workers fired over sharing porn
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/32-us-embassy-workers-in-cambodia-fired-over-alleged-sharing-of-10136724
Closing Backpage saved millions of kids from rape, HUGE
https://twitter.com/LizCrokin/status/984836629196980224
Seattle pedogate
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/seattle-area-man-sentenced-33-years-prison-sex-trafficking-teens-and-young-women
Judge charged w/ trading sex for traffic offenses
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-local-judge-charged-soliciting-sexual-contact-exchange-favorable-action-traffic
Backpage pleads guilty on 93 count indictment
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/backpage-s-co-founder-and-ceo-well-several-backpage-related-corporate-entities-enter-guilty
Remember Robert Mueller gave this pedo and trafficker an award
https://truepundit.com/founder-robert-mueller-honored-convicted-human-trafficker-with-fbi-award/
NY Millionaire charged w/ raping women and models in his mansion, case filed a while ago
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/millionaire-accused-assaulting-raping-models-dungeon-article-1.3610943
Former Puerto Rico sentenced for bribery
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-puerto-rico-senator-and-businessman-sentenced-prison-bribery
Liberal Judge allowing illegals to sue, this will be reversed eventually,
https://daily-vine.com/illegal-aliens-rights/
Morgan Freeman - the best way to restore the faith in American people is to jail Hillary
http://yournewswire.com/morgan-freeman-jail-hillary/
The reason they need to release the Hillary video is so that the Democrats are done, and all those that have been continuing to violate this country are called as such.
Trump has our backs
https://twitter.com/AmericaFirstPAC/status/984832852364873729
Trump it was my great honor to fire Comey
Rosenstein nukes Comey - ouch
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29405/rosenstein-nukes-comey-americans-dont-have-all-ryan-saavedra
Trump tweet after the partial release of the IG report, naming McCabe crimes
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984877999718895616
Sara Huckabee trashes Comey Book
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/sarah-on-fire-huckabee-sanders-roasts-disgraced-hack-james-comey/
Breaking - Articles of impeachment have been drafted (but not yet filed) For McCabe
https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/984893188224765953
DOJ just issued the McCabe report - which is a total disaster. He LIED! LIED! LIED! McCabe was totally controlled by Comey - McCabe is Comey!! No collusion, all made up by this den of thieves and lowlifes!
DOJ report
https://static01.nyt.com/files/2018/us/politics/20180413a-doj-oig-mccabe-report.pdf
Washington Examiner calling McCabe McDirty
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/inspector-general-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe-lacked-candor-three-times-under-oath
Trump tweet, back in June, about McCabe, investigating him after McCabe told Trump to Fire Comey
https://twitter.com/FedupWithSwamp/status/984909036578574337
https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-goes-to-town-over-doj-ig-report-mccabe-is-comey-he-lied-lied-lied/
IG Letter to Grassley
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-04-13%20DOJ%20OIG%20to%20CEG%20-%20McCabe%20with%20ROI.pdf
IG Report will be released in May
https://twitter.com/GOPPollAnalyst/status/984904920812998662
3 investigations on going
https://twitter.com/_VachelLindsay_/status/984907879416147968
There now THREE separate OIG investigations - (1) the McCabe probe (released today) (2) the 'election review' (the big Kahuna) (scheduled for a May release) and (3) the FISC review (release date unknown).
IG report - just about McCabe so far, more to come
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/13/doj-ig-releases-explosive-report-that-led-to-firing-ex-fbi-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe.html
Comey Not telling Trump about the Dossier - Oops
Comey's book exerpts - Jack Posobiec
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/984784358153302016
Trump calls Comey a slime ball & he is correct, Comey is a Coward
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/13/trump-war-comey-wea-untruthful-slime-ball/
Comey getting in deeper - failing to prosecute Hillary
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/12/comey-worried-doj-would-screw-around-with-deciding-whether-to-prosecute-hillary-clinton.html
James Comey should never be allowed to write this girly book, "bedroom talk" about the Whitehouse, it's beyond fathom that he has done this
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/books/review/james-comey-a-higher-loyalty.html
https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/984558103638237185
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/04/12/uh-oh-this-admission-in-james-comeys-book-about-the-2016-election-is-raising-a-lot-of-eyebrows/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/comey-book-claims-president-trump-sought-loyalty-mafia/story?id=54420635
Gregg Jarrett read Comey book - says its fiction and Comey is in trouble
https://twitter.com/GreggJarrett/status/984630201329111040
Lou Dobbs - Rosenstein and his resume, he talked Sessions into recusing himself, he told Trump to fire Comey and then he appoints special counsel and then allows for the raid,
https://twitter.com/flightcrew/status/984664785626324993
Ted Cruz Goes after Comey
https://710wor.iheart.com/featured/mark-simone/content/2018-04-13-ted-cruz-confronts-comey-for-giving-huma-abedin-a-pass/
Judicial Watch, protecting Trump
http://jw.structure.email/members-action/dear-judicial-watch-supporter?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=action+alert&utm_term=members&utm_content=20180413202413
Democrats unhinged at what this is doing to the FBI and their credibility
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/04/13/dem-rep-himes-people-will-rot-in-hell-for-besmirching-the-reputations-of-comey-and-mueller/
Comey and others are losing it, McCabe threatening to sue Trump
https://twitter.com/TheRealHublife/status/984927170257608704
Chris Farrell
https://twitter.com/LouDobbs/status/984939350105509888
Nunes working on impeachment
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/rep-devin-nunes-plans-impeach-rosenstein-wray/
Hearing Friday on the Raid in NY court
https://twitter.com/hotfunkytown/status/984675797301526530
Trump assigns a 120 task force to handle the post office, and the fact that Amazon is bankrupting it, this is MASSIVE
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_top/trump-convenes-task-force-to-study-us-postal-system-20180412.html
Liberals Mad that school won't allow for prom king and king wow
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/12/liberals-angry-after-gay-couple-denied-ability-to-be-named-prom-king-and-king/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=atdailycaller
Alan Dershowitz on Trump Raid & Rosenstein
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/13/hearing-related-to-fbi-raid-at-cohen-s-office-home-set-for-friday.html
The Michael Cohen raid was to get opposition research for midterms
https://twitter.com/jerome_corsi/status/984784335596412930
Speculation on the raid, saying it was to set them up, w/ HRC codes in Cohen's files
https://twitter.com/Anon_decoder/status/984922112874999808
CNN on Rosenstein - Plan to replace
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/politics/rod-rosenstein-white-house-effort/index.html
Michael Cohen and the raid
https://www.yahoo.com/news/yellow-cabs-apartment-houses-fbi-taking-broad-look-michael-cohens-business-152635688.html
Michael Cohen may have recordings NY is 1 sided recording state
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-apos-lawyer-may-stored-005121624.html
Daily UK stating that Mueller may be wrapping up, no interview from Trump,
I pray this is true
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5609857/Mueller-prepares-end-Russia-probe-WITHOUT-interviewing-Trump.html
Mounting pressure to fire Rosenstein
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/12/trump-rosenstein-meeting-firing-519210
Joe DiGenova on Fox, Rosenstein is a witness in the case, he cannot supervise it,
Chicago police taking blood alcohol tests at the ER if people refuse a breathalyzer when pulled over for DUI
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/police-now-immediately-drawing-blood-from-dui-suspects-who-refuse-breathalyzers
Only 25% of students in high school can do grade level math, and lowered reading levels
https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/984677857136820224
Editor of food science was on Monsanto's Payroll at $400 a hour wow, so sickening
https://newstarget.com/2017-08-02-science-for-sale-shocking-emails-reveal-editor-of-food-science-journal-was-secretly-on-monsantos-payroll.html
Senator telling Facebook to fire person that sold our data
https://truepundit.com/finally-senator-demands-zuckerberg-fire-staffer-who-let-obama-campaign-steal-user-data-video/
Chuck Schumer's daughter works at Facebook and guess what else?
https://twitter.com/pinkk9lover/status/984823017518837760
Must answer questions, favorite answer, my team will get back to you
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-owes-lawmakers-answers-questions-232332909.html
Facebook lying on the record - Edward Snowden
https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/978714961450061826
Facebook allowed to mine data - Obama campaign directed them
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5520303/Obama-campaign-director-reveals-Facebook-ALLOWED-data.html
Facebook now doing a survey on memes - collecting political data in the meantime, do not fill this out
https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/984690119998291968
Chuck Schumer got paid by Facebook
https://www.westernjournal.com/schumer-massive-payout-from-facebook/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=MobileFloatingSharingButtons&utm_content=2018-04-13&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons
China engaged in massive theft of USA technology
Tennessee defunds Planned Parenthood
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29370/tennessee-defunds-planned-parenthood-paul-bois
Florida teacher arrested for leaving gun in a bathroom, a drunk man got it and fired it, was also charged
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/12/parkland-high-school-teacher-who-survived-massacre-left-loaded-gun-in-public-bathroom-police-say.html
Kim DotCom - LOL
https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/984531604201598976
USA had to ban dog and cat meat, because China sells and exports this, so disgusting
https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/07/economist-explains-9?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/whychinasdogmeatmarkethasexpanded
Wells Fargo to pay $1 Billion to settle loan abuses
https://hedgeaccordingly.com/2018/04/wells-fargo-faces-1-billion-fine-to-settle-loan-abuses.html
Joe Biden - Looking for anyone that can beat Trump, good luck w/ that
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/04/12/joe-biden-will-not-run-2020-dems-someone-know-can-beat-trump/
Rand Paul on why Strzok & Page still have clearances
https://twitter.com/bigleaguepol/status/984796104251330561
Poisoned spy's had their door handles sprayed prior to poison
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/13/russia-tested-nerve-agent-on-door-handles-monitored-ex-spy-before-poisoning-uk-intelligence-dossier-claims.html
Apple ordered to pay 1/2 billion in patent violations
https://truepundit.com/apple-ordered-to-pay-half-a-billion-dollars-in-damages-to-a-patent-troll/
SCOOTER LIBBY PARDON IS HUGE, HERE'S WHY
Trump pardons Scooter Libby
https://www.yahoo.com/news/news/ap-source-trump-expected-pardon-former-cheney-aide-113316891--politics.html
Jerome Corsi - explaining the pardons
https://youtu.be/zw-zSiBed-Q
Scooter Libby pardon
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_PARDON?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Stormy Daniels tramp - poll shows no one cares
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Democrat arrested for rushing the stage - also uninvited
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Corrupt Judge rules against holding funds against those that have sanctuary cities, it's going to be appealed, but the ruled against DOJ
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Founded in 1971, UFI Filters is a global leader in filtration technology and thermal management. It serves a wide range of sectors – from automotive, aerospace and marine to specialized industrial and customized hydraulic applications. Renowned for its innovation, UFI's products and know-how are to be found
in all kinds of vehicles – from Ferrari and other top F1 teams, to the European ExoMars spacecraft.
UFI supplies the full range of air, oil, fuel, cabin, hydraulic and coolant filters as well as thermal management systems to the automotive sector, meeting the needs of nearly all car brands and motorcycles as well as commercial, heavy duty and agricultural vehicles. In the OE market, UFI is a leading filtration provider. Each family of filters within the company's two Aftermarket brands, UFI and Sofima, covers 96% of the European car parc.
One of the first Italian companies to identify growth opportunities in the Far East, today UFI has 18 industrial sites and employs over 4,000 people in 16 countries. It employs 168 specialized technicians in its Innovation and Research Centers and holds 206 patents. UFI has doubled its turnover in the last 10 years. As a research-driven company, it reinvests over 5% of its revenues in R&D.
THE ORIGINS
The Universal Filter Italiana S.p.A. was founded in Italy, in Nogarole Rocca, in the province of Verona – it is still the Group's headquarters and has the aim of supplying filtration systems to the automotive market. UFI revolutionises air filtration: it is the first manufacturer of panel air filters
SOFIMA s.r.l is founded. – Società Filtri Mantova – (Italy) to expand the distribution possibilities in the aftermarket. The Group began collaboration with the leading Formula 1 teams
UFI was the first company in the sector to establish contact with China, where nowadays it is recognised as a supplier of excellence for the Original Equipment Market (OEM) in the automotive sector.
SOFIMA HYDRAULICS S.p.A. the production of filtration solutions for the hydraulic sector began in Bergamo (Italy). In 1999 it became PLANET FILTERS S.p.A.
The Group was the first European filtration company to enter the Chinese market, inaugurating the SOFIMA AUTOMOTIVE FILTER SHANGHAI Co., LTD. The end of the 90s was a period of strong growth: the company dominated the automobile manufacturing market for fuel filters which ensured the separation of water from diesel.
The production plant in Tunis was inaugurated – SOFIMA FILTERS S.A.
THE AFFIRMATION
UFI Filters consolidated its reputation as a global OEM supplier to the world's largest automobile manufacturing companies.
UFI arrived in the United States, where UFI FILTERS USA inc. was founded in Atlanta. During this period, investment was concentrated on the expansion of the Research and Development department located in the Group's headquarters in Italy.
The Universal Filter Italiana became UFI FILTERS S.p.A. The Group's expansion continued in the East:
The plants of SOFIMA HYDRAULICS CHINA in Shanghai were inaugurated, the first offices were opened in Korea, and in 2003 the commercial headquarters of UFI FILTERS JAPAN opened in Tokyo.
UFI FILTERS SHANGHAI CO. LTD. opened their third and fourth factory in China and the SOFIMA AUTOMOTIVE FILTER CHANGCHUN CO. LTD. was opened.
A new production site was inaugurated in northern Italy in the province of Mantua. Thanks to the constant updating of the most innovative machines, it is still dedicated today to the production of the most advanced filter media. In the same year the commercial expansion continued with the opening of the Wolfsburg office in Germany and the new office in Detroit, in the United States.
The production expansion in the Far East continued with the inauguration of the production lines at the UFI FILTERS KOREA CO. LTD. headquarters. dedicated to original equipment for the most important local automotive brand. In the same year, the following were created: BUSINESS UNIT AFTERMARKET dedicated to the marketing of filtration systems for the independent spare parts market. PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY S.p.A. opened in Castrocaro Terme, Forlì (Italy) – dedicated to the production and moulding of plastic components.
The Group arrived in India, where it inaugurated the UFI FILTERS INDIA PVT LTD in Bawal, with the primary purpose of supplying filtration systems to the original local equipment market.
UFI INNOVATION CENTRE S.r.l. was founded – the research and development centre dedicated to the study, design, testing and development of new filtering materials, which boasts the collaboration with the physics department of the University of Trento – one of the most prestigious in Italy.
The offices of UFI FILTERS JAPAN INC were opened. and UFI FILTERS IBERICA SL in Barcelona, Spain.
The new SOFIMA FILTER CHANGHCHUN CO. LTD plant in China was inaugurated.
SOFIMA INDUSTRIAL FILTERS CO. LTD was opened in Shanghai; the fourth production site in China dedicated to the production of filtration systems for the Heavy Duty sector
Production began at the second plant in India, UFI India PVT LTD. in Belgaum.
The UFI FILTERS CZECH s.r.o European plant was opened in the Czech Republic dedicated to the assembly of OEM oil, air and fuel filters for the leading automotive manufacturers in Europe.
The new All-in-One SOFIMA FILTERS S.A plant was built in Tunis for the production and assembly of air and diesel filters for the main automotive manufactures and the European independent spare parts market. Opening of the new front office of Dubai, strategic-commercial outpost for the aftermarkets in the Middle East and Africa.
The new aftermarket logistics centre in Shanghai is inaugurated. Approximately 3,000 square metres of surface area with the ability to move over 3,349 pallets.
The Group has inaugurated its first production and commercial site in South America, UFI Filters do Brasil, to provide the local market for both OEM and the aftermarket.
Research, design, development and testing of new filter materials. We are constantly implementing new filtration solutions in our UFI Innovation Centres in Italy, China and India.
State-of-the-art testing equipment capable of simulating real-world operational conditions.
Dedicated pilot production plants.
Sophisticated chemical-physical analytical investigation techniques.
Scientific collaboration with universities – both Italian and abroad.
These are the key points that allow us to develop tailor- made filter media for specific current customer requests and anticipate the evolution of filtration technology.
FILTERING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PLANET
One of the primary objectives of the UFI Filters Group is preserving our planet's natural resources.
REDUCTION OF POLLUTING EMISSIONS.
Our Group is constantly engaged in research and the implementation of solutions that guarantee maximum respect for the environment – providing technologically …
Why we exist: UFI Mission
Our mission is to create innovative and sustainable solutions in filtration and thermal management systems.
We put our customers first and aim to provide them with exceptional quality products to enhance the efficiency of their applications.
We believe in a business ethic of continuous improvement and mutual respect, which begins inside the Company and extends to our customers and suppliers with equal importance.
What we want to accomplish: UFI Vision
Be the trendsetter in the world of filtration and thermal management
How we will do it: UFI Values
INNOVATION: being one step ahead
PASSION: being driven by our heart
EXCELLENCE: delivering superior results, we are chosen by the best
INTEGRITY: adhering to moral and ethical principles
ACCOUNTABILITY: reaching our targets respecting our values
DIVERSITY: appreciating and valuing our differences
Download our Code of Ethics


In June 2013, WPP was named Holding Company of the Year at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity for the third year running and was ranked the World's Most Effective Holding Company in the Effie Global Effectiveness Index for the second year in a row.
WPP, the parent company, complements our operating companies in three distinct ways.
First, it relieves them of much administrative work. Financial matters (such as planning, budgeting, reporting, control, treasury, tax, mergers, acquisitions, investor relations, legal affairs and internal audit) are co-ordinated centrally.
Second, the parent company encourages and enables operating companies of different disciplines to work together for the benefit of clients. It also plays an across-the-Group role in the management of talent, property, procurement, IT, knowledge sharing, practice development and sustainability.
And, finally, WPP itself can function as the 21st-century equivalent of the full-service agency. For some clients, predominantly those with a vast geographical spread and a need for a wide range of marketing services, WPP can act as a portal to provide a single point of contact and accountability.
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Investor relations material and our financial statements are available online at rapturecity.info/investor.
The financial statements have been prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Billings is defined on page 226 of the 2012 WPP Annual Report.
The calculation of 'headline' measurements of performance (including headline EBITDA, headline operating profit, headline PBIT, headline PBT and headline earnings) is shown in note 31 of the financial statements of the 2012 WPP Annual Report.
One American Depositary Receipt (ADR) represents five ordinary shares. These figures have been translated for convenience purposes only using the income statement exchange rates shown on page 180 of the 2012 WPP Annual Report. This conversion should not be construed as a representation that the pound sterling amounts actually represent, or could be converted into, US dollars at the rates indicated.
Earnings per share is calculated in note 9 of the financial statements of the 2012 WPP Annual Report.
Average net debt is defined on page 226 of the 2012 WPP Annual Report.
Reported revenue was up 3.5% at £10,373 million. On a constant currency basis, revenues were up 5.8% and, on a like-for-like basis, revenues were up 2.9% and gross margin up 2.4%.
Headline EBITDA (headline earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation) rose by 7.0% to over £1.7 billion ($2.8 billion).
Headline PBIT margin was 14.8% in 2012 against 14.3% in 2011. Headline PBIT was up 7.1% to £1,531 million.
Headline diluted earnings per share were up over 8% to 73.4p. Dividends were up almost 16% to 28.51p per share, a record level.
After-tax return on average capital employed rose to 11.6%, with the weighted average cost of capital rising to 6.3%.
WPP out-performed the FTSE 100 Index and continued to do well against its competitors.
Net debt averaged £3.2 billion in 2012, up £0.4 billion at 2012 exchange rates. The average net debt to headline EBITDA ratio was 1.8 times, well within the Group's current target range of 1.5-2.0 times.
The Group continues to work to achieve continuity and flexibility of funding. Undrawn committed borrowing facilities are maintained in excess of peak net-borrowing levels and debt maturities are monitored closely.
In 2012, 30% of the Group's revenues came from Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa & Middle East and Central & Eastern Europe, 0.6 percentage points higher compared with the previous year.
Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa & Middle East and Central & Eastern Europe showed strong margin growth in 2012 and now account for 34% of the Group's headline PBIT.
Marketing services comprised almost 60% of our revenues in 2012, a similar proportion to 2011. The strongest performing sector was Advertising and Media Investment Management with like-for-like revenue growth of over 5%.
PBIT contributions were broadly in line with revenues, with Advertising and Media Investment Management showing significant margin growth.
The calculation of 'headline' measurements of performance (including headline EBITDA, headline PBIT and headline earnings) is shown in note 31 of the financial statements of the 2012 WPP Annual Report. Headline gross margin margin is defined on page 226 of the 2012 WPP Annual Report.
Calculated gross of goodwill and using profit after taxation before investment gains/losses and write-downs, goodwill impairment and other goodwill write-downs, revaluation of financial instruments, amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets, share of exceptional losses/gains of associates, costs incurred in 2008 in changing the corporate structure of the Group; and, in 2012, the gain on sale of freehold property in New York, Group restructuring costs and costs incurred in changing the corporate structure of the Group, and adjusted to reflect taxes and net finance costs paid.
Includes corporate bonds, convertible bonds and bank loans payable at par value, excluding any redemption premium due, by due date.
Increase the combined geographic share of revenues from the faster-growing markets of Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe to 35-40%.
Increase the share of revenues of new media to 35-40%.
Increase the share of more measurable marketing services – such as Consumer Insight and direct, digital and interactive – to be more than 50% of revenues, with a focus on the application of new technology, big data and digital.
Achieve 'horizontality' by ensuring our people work together for the benefit of clients, primarily through two horizontal integrators: client leaders and Country Managers.
Value of clients who requested information on our sustainability policies and performance through their supplier management process.
The impact of our work for clients. Our companies advise clients on sustainability, helping them to refine their strategies and create compelling communications. The value of client business supported by our sustainability credentials was worth at least $1.2 billion to the Group in 2012.
Marketing standards. We work to embed high ethical standards in our conduct and work for clients and to protect consumer data used for marketing purposes.
Employment practices. Our talent strategy includes competitive remuneration alongside a focus on diversity and inclusion, high-quality training and employee engagement. 32% of Board members and executive leaders are women.
Environmental performance. We have reduced our carbon footprint per person by 28% since 2006. Our target is a 65% reduction by 2020.
Social investment including pro bono work. Our total social investment was worth £16.2 million, the equivalent of 1.5% of reported profit before tax.
WPP was also ranked in the top 100 of Newsweek's 2012 Green Rankings of 500 global companies.
For the second year running, WPP was named Holding Company of the Year at the 2012 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. And Ogilvy & Mather was named Network of the Year. Watch the Cannes highlights here.
WPP was ranked Most Effective Holding Company, Globally, in the 2012 Effie Effectiveness Index.
In December 2012, WPP CEO Martin Sorrell was named Britain's Most Admired Leader by Management Today and received the UK Marketing Society's Outstanding Leadership Award.
WPP's global internal newspaper and ebook, The WIRE, is consistently ranked in the Top 50 worldwide for Internal Communications Materials in the LACP Inspire Awards.
WPP's CEO on grey swans, the decade of Latin America, big data and the growth of digital in its myriad forms, horizontality, and the recruitment and nurturing of talent from around the world.
Industry sage and WPP advisor, Jeremy Bullmore, reads his latest essay, Lessons to be Learned from Robert McNamara and a Pair of Long-handled Toe-nail Clippers.
WPP's unique three-year Marketing Fellowships are creating the future generation of leaders for WPP companies all over the world.
Director Jon Steel describes the program.
Since 1998 WPP, in association with Millward Brown, has published definitive studies of brand valuations, analysis and insights on 60,000 brands in over 200 categories drawn from interviews with over 150,000 people every year in up to 400 studies around the world.
In the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Brands 2013, the top10 brand value growth risers score significantly higher than average on the BrandZ™ equity measures of Meaningful, Different and Salient. Prada grew the most in brand value, by +63%.
WPP's third annual Top 50 Most Valuable Chinese Brands 2013 study provides further evidence of the growing importance of brand equity in China.
The BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Latin American Brands 2012 rankings corroborate the increasing importance of the world's fast-growing markets and confirms that Lat Am brands are now competing with global brands.


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Replacement of Worcester Historical Museum doors on hold
By Nick Kotsopoulos TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:00 PM Oct 18, 2012 at 9:46 PM
The Historical Commission last night slammed the door — at least temporarily — on the Worcester Historical Museum's plans to replace the three sets of wooden double exterior doors at the main entrance on Elm Street.
By a 5-0 vote, the commission denied the museum's request for a waiver to the city's building demolition delay ordinance, which automatically puts a 12-month hold on projects involving the demolition or renovation of historic structures. The museum, at 30 Elm St., planned to replace the wooden doors with black metal and glass doors.
In denying the waiver, the commissioners felt the replacement of the large mahogany doors would be detrimental to the historic and architectural resources of the city.
They also felt the museum did not make a convincing case that it would face a financial hardship without the waiver.
As a result, the museum cannot proceed with its plans to replace the doors for at least another 10 months — the clock on the delay actually began two months ago when the petition for a waiver was filed with the city. After that, the museum can replace the doors without permission from the Historical Commission.
But commissioners said they are hopeful that museum officials are willing to work with interested parties on alternative plans for the doors rather than simply waiting out the remaining 10 months of the delay and then going ahead with the replacement.
"I can't believe (the Worcester Historical Museum) would not want to sit down and try to figure out other alternatives over the next 10 months," said Commissioner James Crowley, who had to abstain from voting on the waiver request because he was not present at the meeting when it was first heard last month.
The museum has to go before the Historical Commission because its building, which was constructed around 1928, is a property that is listed on the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System.
The Worcester Historical Museum moved to 30 Elm St. in 1988. Before that, the building was Worcester Horticultural Hall.
Museum officials said the goals of the door-replacement project were to improve access into the building for audiences of all ages, enhance the building's security and improve its environmental control and marketability.
They said the large wooden doors are heavy and difficult to open, especially for the elderly and young people. The doors also do not meet current code or accessibility requirements, and people cannot see through them.
There are concerns that the lack of visibility to the outside of the building poses security issues for the receptionist working the museum's front desk because that person does not know who is entering the building.
But the plans received some push-back from another historical group, Preservation Worcester, which felt the proposed design of the new doors did not meet the group's concerns for the architectural integrity of the building.
Deborah Packard, executive director of Preservation Worcester, said her group strongly believes that removing the doors and replacing them with glass will permanently alter the facade of the property.
"The museum's goals of making its entry more inviting to the public, improving visibility of those entering, and complying with the universal access goal is noble and attainable by creative design and new approaches," Ms. Packard told the Historical Commission. "However, the anodized glass door replacement proposal fails to reflect the architectural integrity or use of original materials of the original great doors.
"We feel the door replacement is not an emergency and that more time should be given to seek common ground and to explore alternative solutions," she continued.
Bob Smith, a museum trustee, said the Worcester Historical Museum has a passion to bring people into its building so they can learn about Worcester's past. He said the door replacement project is meant to make it easier for all people to do that.
"We have a passion about what we do," Mr. Smith said. "We're not plotting in the back room some kind of subversive plot; we are interested in preserving Worcester's history. This is about functionality, cost and accessibility to our building."
Joel Fontane, director of the city's Division of Planning and Regulatory Services, said a provision in the demolition delay ordinance allows the Historical Commission to shorten the delay if it feels there is no reasonable likelihood that the owner or other potential prospective owners will come up with alternative plans to save the doors.
But the commission unanimously voted against shortening the delay.


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Among Hollywood's under-30 crowd, where attitude is often everything, how supremely cool it is to run across a guy so openhearted and endearingly odd around the edges as Freddie Prinze, Jr. "There's nothing anda can't ask me because I'm not ashamed of anything I say," says the 23-year-old, who looks like he could play Keanu Reeve's sadder-eyed, lebih soulful younger brother. So how, having become increasingly "money" since starring in two I Know What anda Did Last Summers is he managing to stay so beatific and unguarded? "My mom raised me in New Mexico at the...
Freddie's Interview With Instyle Magazine (2001)
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Freddie Prinze Jr. expounds on the art of dressing simply, his style heroes, women in boxers, being accident-prone--and why he's head over heels for fiancée Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Freddie Prinze Jr. knows that size doesn't matter. At 6-foot-1, the 25-year-old actor spent years feeling cheated out of a few extra inches. "I fell off a roof and crushed my spine," he says of an accident he had when he was younger. "The doctor berkata I should have been 6-foot-4." But ever since I Know What anda Did Last Summer in 1997, the son of the late comedian Freddie Prinze...
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By Dotson Rader
"I WAS ALWAYS ON THE OUTSIDE looking in," Freddie Prinze Jr. berkata of his childhood. "I was never accepted anywhere. People thought I was weird. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't fit in."
By the time Freddie Prinze Jr. was 18, he was a self0described loner - unhappy, unpopular, a bad student. Then, in 1994, shortly after graduating from La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, N.M. he decided to drive across the desert to Los Angeles and become an actor.
"I had to do something with my life," Prinze admitted. "I couldn't get into...
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