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Toke Makinwa, Tiwa Savage and Nigerians
by Jibril Sado	 December 9, 2016 121 Views
Some of the hottest conversations in the Nigerian social space in recent times have revolved around revelations from media celebrity and On-Air Personality Toke Makinwa's recently released tell-all book, On Becoming. The book chronicles her troubled relationship with her estranged husband, Made Ayida, revealing intimate details of their romance, with strong emphasis on her role as victim of his recklessness. While I have not read the book, there has been a surplus of information about the troubles in the relationship such that one has to have been living under a rock, away from the social gossip scene in Nigeria not to have heard it all. There have also been enough excerpts from the book as serialized on blog sites and the traditional media for one to form a solid enough picture for an opinion piece like this, which in no way pretends to be a literary review/critique of the book.
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From available excerpts, On Becoming paints a picture of Toke as an unfortunate woman caught in what is essentially a love triangle in which Maje is a manipulative and recalcitrant partner who remorselessly leeched onto his affair with his long time mistress/girlfriend even after getting legally married to Toke. Maje allegedly drags Toke through emotional and psychological mud while she demonstrates a combination of strength, tenacity and even (by her subtle admission) naivety through it all, before the relationship packed up in 2015, ending nine years of topsy-turvy alliance in which they were married for 18 months.
In a similar romance-turn-sour episode in April 2016, details of dramatic events emerged culminating in singer Tiwa Savage and Tunji Balogun (Teebillz) separating from their two-year old marriage. Following the break-up of the respective relationships, there was understandable media frenzy around both events due to the celebrity standing of both couples, particularly the women. There was also the typical sanctimony of some Nigerians and the victim-blaming of both women that usually goes with the unrealistic expectation on women to be super-enduring, all-weather-conquering species in relationships. In the run-up to and aftermath of Toke's book release which coincided with what would have been the 2nd wedding anniversary of Tiwa and Teebillz, some parallels and comparisons have been evoked in both affairs by the way some elements in the Nigerian gossip community have tried to appropriate both stories, inadvertently feeding the vulture-like appetite of society for lurid entertainment.
On 24 November, 2016, comedian Seyi Law posted a picture from the traditional wedding between Teebillz and Tiwa on social media. In the picture, Teebillz is seen kissing a smiling Tiwa on the forehead. The comedian accompanied the picture with the words: "I remember this day like yesterday. The beautiful memories linger. And I look forward to more celebrations for you. The hearts that hurt, can also heal. The pains of today might be the greatest joy of tomorrow. Happy anniversary to you. Fingers crossed." Fingers crossed, of course, that the couple comes back together. A day after Law's post which was met with praise and (rightly) condemnation, one of Africa's most influential social media voices, Linda Ikeji posted a photo of Tiwa and Teebillz on her blog along with which she expressed similar sentiments as Law's. One other celebrity, upon watching clips of the 2014 wedding on music television station Hip TV similarly took to social media to pine for the reunion of the estranged couple. It was Law's post that, however, got social media buzzing more than the others.
Now, while such display of 'goodwill' may seem all good-intentioned, many people, including yours sincerely believe that these expressions of 'love' have a way of hurting the parties in struggling relationships. This sort of 'overtly nice,' unsolicited token of good neigbourliness does not necessarily help the healing of the vulnerable victim in such messy affairs. In a society like ours where marriage is deemed as the ultimate achievement in life and where socialization dictates to women especially, that to be unmarried (divorced, never-before-married, etc) at a certain age is to have failed gravely in life, such sentiments place additional undue pressure on women. It is a form of disservice that forces people to continue to live in patched-up relationships sometimes until such people end up in body bags. Frankly, such very common seemingly harmless gestures are nothing but misplaced pacific offerings that often highlight the voyeuristic tendencies of some of these 'well-wishers'.
From their accounts, both Toke and Tiwa suffered one form of spousal (psychological/emotional) abuse or the other. One feels compelled, therefore, to empathise with them. One is also clearly tempted to believe that these anniversary celebrators are suggesting that whatever abuse Tiwa had to endure in her marriage was not severe enough to warrant her decision to break up with her husband. On the other hand, partly because she has written a book to whet people's gossip buds, Toke may be seen as the epitome of strength who dealt with all that a monstrous spouse threw at her and has emerged from it and deserves to be happy. Of course, she deserves to be happy. Tiwa also deserves to be happy with or without Teebillz.
What would equally be interesting to know and also bring happiness to young, impressionable women especially, is whether, once the drama is slurped off the surface to sate the gossip pangs of the public and the money rolls in for Toke as a result, On Becoming at least leaves behind a sort of deliberate didactic device for her fans. While we can argue, with good reason, that she does not necessarily owe them that, it would be a great gift to extend all the same. In the final analysis, the truth is that every woman in similar situations as Toke and Tiwa has the right to elect what course of action to take especially considering that her sanity and safety may be at stake. As the legendary Bunmi Sofola once wrote in an opinion piece in a national newspaper, such women "can always pack and go home, if it doesn't work out." This, they should be able to do without society making them feel like they have wronged the gods grievously or putting undue pressure on them to remain in what they are convinced are toxic relationships.
Jibril Sado
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Is it true Taylor Swift doesn't have 'Triskaidekaphobia'?
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Okay, who doesn't know Taylor Swift? Almost everyone on this planet Earth knows who she is. Yes, she is an insanely popular singer in the world and her latest record, 'Reputation' became the best selling album in 2017 with more than 2 million copies sold worldwide.
But that's not it. There are many things that make Taylor one of the most successful artists on this planet.
Since her first debut in music industry, Taylor Swift has achieved a lot of great things in her life, from selling millions of albums, winning many awards, even prestigious ones like Grammy, not to mention, her acting skills in movies like 'Valentine's Day' and 'The Giver' have also been praised by many movie lovers out there.
So now we know that Taylor Swift is one successful artist. No single doubt about that.
She is like Midas. Everything that she touches will turn into gold.
Unfortunately, apart from her successful career and everything, there's still one thing that Taylor Swift still don't have until now.
And that is 'Triskaidekaphobia'.
Yes, that's right. Taylor Swift apparently doesn't have this thing.
She even begs to Lord to give this thing to her, but sadly, she still finds her prayer unanswered.
Taylor Swift still doesn't have 'Triskaidekaphobia'.
What is 'Triskaidekaphobia'?
Anyway, for those of you who don't know what 'Triskaidekaphobia' is, it is the fear or phobia of number 13.
Well, for many of us, common people like us, or any random person you meet on the street, we all are scared of number 13. It's undeniable.
It's been treated as the sacred number that could bring bad luck to us.
Even if we only believe it as a 'myth' or don't really believe it at all, when we find something that has number 13 on it, we will instantly have some strange feeling about it and try to avoid this number as soon as possible.
Surprisingly, It's not only us who are scared of number 13. There are even many buildings or hotels out there that don't allow the use of number 13 on their floor. So when the elevator is on the 12th floor, it usually will skip the number 13th and go straight to 14th floor.
Isn't that weird, huh?
So yes, Taylor Swift apparently doesn't have this 'Triskaidekaphobia'.
But how do we know about that?
Well, obviously, you can check out her Twitter where she uses the number 13 in her username - @taylorswift13.
This clearly shows that Taylor Swift doesn't have 'Triskaidekaphobia', which means she is not scared of number 13.
In fact, she defies the strength of this sacred number.
Taylor wants to see if there's any strange power behind the number 13. She wants to know how strong it is in giving bad luck to her.
Does number 13 have any bad impact to Taylor Swift, especially in her career?
Well, as it turns out, NO.
This number apparently doesn't have any bad impact to her career at all. As a matter of fact, we can see that this number has made Taylor Swift one of the most successful people on earth.
She currently has like 86 million followers on Twitter and 106 millions on Instagram, all of her albums have always been selling like hotcakes in the market, she has won many awards even prestigious ones like Grammy, and she has lots of money for sure.
Bottom line..
So Taylor Swift has been right all this time. There's no strange power behind the number 13. There's nothing weird about this number. There's no bad luck in it.
It is nothing but an empty myth used to scare people off.
However, there's one thing that is still mysterious about the number 13.
We still don't exactly know why did people make up such a myth like this in the first place?
But one thing for sure, if you are one of the people who have 'Triskaidekaphobia', we strongly recommend you to remove this thing off from now on. There's nothing to be afraid of from number 13.
In fact, if you want to know if there's any impact of this number, why don't you use it from now on as your lucky number?
Who knows, you'll end up being a successful person like Taylor Swift in the future.
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Thursday Question: Biggest landmine in 2010
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Penn State handled Temple last season, but could the Owls be back with vengeance on their minds in 2010? Al Golden's crew might just have enough talent this season to do the unthinkable in Happy Valley. (C. Gardner/Philadelphia Inquirer)
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In last week's Thursday Question, we asked "Alabama, Iowa, Ohio State--which is the best chance for a Penn State win?" So, naturally this week we're throwing out the logical follow up.
Today's Thursday Question: The other 9 games--which is the best chance for a Penn State loss?
The other 9 games--which is the best chance for a Penn State loss?
After you take away the big three from last week's question the schedule becomes pretty favorable for the men in blue and white. Minnesota will be a tough game and Michigan State always gives Penn State fits every 3 or 4 years and I wouldn't count out Temple if Penn State is looking ahead to Iowa but for my money I think the Northwestern game seems a bit scary because…
The game falls between a game against Michigan at home and the looming trip to Columbus, the team could easily lose focus. The wildcats lose Kafka and a couple wide receivers but they return the entire line and the running game should be really good. Their weakness on defense is in the secondary but their front seven will be very good. The entire Wildcats team kind of plays against Penn State's weaknesses and I think this game will be a tough out even if PSU is playing well. If they are looking ahead to Ohio State, this game could bite them in the ass.
While a quick glance at the schedule would seem to indicate Minnesota as a likely loss candidate because it's a road game, possible early kickoff, I'll go with 10/30 Michigan. While I don't foresee great things from the Wolverines this fall, they could prove to be a thorn for the Nittany Lions. Penn State could be staring at 0-2 in their marquee match-ups to this point in the season and will be at home for an 8p.m. start and high expectations not to disappoint.
While it won't be their first moment in the spotlight, it will be their first big moment to shine in Beaver Stadium. The youth of this team will need to be able to harness their emotions and keep their wits. Oh yeah, there might also be a 400lbs. gorilla in the room or stadium as it were, also known as Paterno's potential win #400 on the line.
I try not to look at just one or two factors, but it's tough to ignore the returning starters and where the game will be played. For Penn State in 2010, I'm more worried about an opponent's defense, rather than the offense. Even if the PSU D gives up relatively poor numbers this season (remember, 18 ppg is poor for Scrap's unit), the offense has the bigger risk of an epic collapse in at least one game.
Minnesota and Indiana will be offense-heavy this year, while much weaker on defense. Kent State and YSU are, well, who they are. Illinois is better, but not upset-PSU-better. Temple, sorry Owl fans, will scare the hell out of Penn State fans this year coming in. But I'm just not convinced that Temple can last for four quarters against Penn State in Beaver Stadium. A half? Maybe. But not a full game.
Between Northwestern, Michigan, and Michigan State, all three return about seven offensive starters this fall, but Michigan returns more defensive starters (8) than the other two (6 each). All three games are in Beaver Stadium. Northwestern could be a huge trap game before the trip to Columbus, but Penn State rarely falls into the "looking ahead" situation. Usually, Penn State loses because the other team makes fewer mistakes, or is just better that day.
I'll go with Michigan. The Wolverines were eight points from starting 6-0 last season, and 10 points from finishing 7-5 and bowl eligible. Traditionally, Michigan simply unleashed their start power running back against Penn State, while playing great defense. The running back may not be there in 2010, but the defense might. And the seven returning offensive starters are enough to put more than a few points on the board, even in Beaver Stadium. The 2009 Michigan defense was as solid as quicksand at times, but with eight back, and two recruiting classes of better talent in the system, Michigan could once again become the bane of Happy Valley.
It's going to come down to a team that can shut down the Lions run game, as it seems Paterno will finally pound with Royster for all he's worth. So give me a strong opposing linebacking corps, and I'll give you a Penn State defeat.
Now I have a strong feeling that Penn State will win more than one of the "other nine" games this season, but I'm banking on Michigan State. Book it, Lions are going down to Sparty, and losing the highly coveted Land Grant Trophy, and here's why.
1. Experienced Quarterback-After throwing for 2680 yards 19 touchdowns and 9 interceptions, Kirk Cousins returns for his second year at the helm in East Lansing. He figures to be one of the best passers in the Big Ten this season, and should cause problems for a PSU secondary that has traditionally proven suspect.
2. Greg Jones- I'll give you every other linebacker in the Big 10 this season, and bet you that Greg Jones will outperform every single one of them by season's end. Jones was arguably the best linebacker in the conference a year ago, and now returns for his senior season to even further dominate. The PSU-MSU matchup will feature a game within a game, two of the conference's best at their respective positions. Royster vs Jones. I give the edge to Jones.
3. "Home Field Advantage"- Talk about a double edged sword. Paterno complained about the season ending too early. Well Joe, you got your wish. The Lions will end their season one week later than normal. The bad news? That last game just happens to be the Saturday of Thanksgiving break. You think the student section was empty at times last year? This is going to be ugly, VERY ugly. While yours truly will make sure to cut his Thanksgiving break short, and make the trek up to State College on Black Friday, I'm not too sure many others will be joining me.
So those are the three reasons why I choose Michigan State as the most likely to knock off the Lions. But I wouldn't be surprised if they are alone. Don't look past any team on the schedule, particularly Temple and Michigan. Both teams return a lot of talent, and have proven their worth on the field.
If forced to at gunpoint, I would predict an 8-4 regular season. This would include the three games we're universally expected to lose (Alabama, Iowa, Ohio State) plus dropping a game we otherwise shouldn't due to our inexperience at QB. As to which game that would be, I think it's best if we use a little process of elimination to whittle down the candidates.
Thanks For Playing: Youngstown State, Kent State
Not Good, As In One in a Million (So, You're Telling Me There's a Chance?): Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, Temple, Michigan
Hindsight Is 20/20: Northwestern, Michigan State
Before any Temple fans start flaming me in the comments section below and start thumping their chests about leading UCLA going into the 4th quarter of last year's EagleBank Bowl: UCLA is a mediocre at best Pac-10 program that is struggling to get into the upper echelon of the conference under Rick Neuheisel. The level of talent on that team pales in comparison to what Temple will be facing when they come to Happy Valley in late September.
It comes down to Northwestern. Over the past decade, they have consistently been a thorn in our side (save for 2002 and 2006 when we absolutely manhandled them): The Wildcats landed back-to-back wins during the Dark Years and had their defense been able to hold on, would've also beaten us in 2001 and 2005. Last year's game was a tight one as well, it was tied at 13 going into the 4th quarter before PSU decided to take off their Halloween costumes and actually play to their capabilities, scoring 3 TD's in less than 4 minutes to put the game out of reach. I also cringe to think about how that game would've ended had Mike Kafka not gotten his leg swept or if Mr. Miyagi could've given him a leg massage, PSU's defense seemed powerless to stop him. You could just see the air slowly deflating out of Northwestern's victory parade balloons once Dan Persa was forced into QB duties.
Perhaps it's the fact that that it's sandwiched in between a primetime showdown with Michigan and a road trip to Ohio State. Perhaps it's just because they almost always give us a good fight but this game scares me the most, without a doubt. I hope I am wrong on my prediction, but it wouldn't shock me if we were to drop the Northwestern game...
These are my incoherent thoughts that I typed up as an 8 AM zombie, and I'm sticking to them.
Which is the biggest landmine for Penn State?
Labels: College Football, Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Temple, Thursday Questions, Upsets
Joe Kumpf 7/18/2010 11:32 AM
They are going to lose all 3!!!!


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"A National Health Service"-thus runs the title of the White Paper. The Union is disappointed to find that the Minister's plan, so far from providing a true national service, proposes a service that completely excludes the Industrial Medical Service and many other salaried services, Governmental and otherwise. The Minister even urges that these exclusions are justifiable, although with arguments which can carry no weight with those who had hoped that he would at least well and truly lay the foundations upon which Time could build a really national service, in which all specialities, and all practitioners would be proud to have a place. Even more startling is the complete exclusion from the new service of the treatment of children of school age. A little consideration of the preposterous duplication of machinery and of loyalties which this proposal would entail makes it almost impossible to believe that the Government, as a cardinal feature of its post-war planning, proposes to set up two national health services, one for children of school age, and the other for the rest of the community.
The pitiable tale of timidity and lack of enthusiasm is continued, in the failure of the White Paper to suggest that we should at last have a Ministry of Health whose officials could give their whole time to questions of health, instead of spreading their activities over all the business of the old Local Government Board, as is the case to-day.
Finally, the tale is completed by a total lack of provision for encouraging the maintenance of health rather than the treatment of disease. This White Paper plan proposes and arranges for the treatment of more sick people than ever. It is scarcely concerned to prevent their being sick except by so much constructional suggestion as is contained in the words: "It is to be hoped that doctor and patient will not wait always till the latter falls ill and urgently requires treatment." Those who look for any practical scheme for liaison between preventive and curative services will be disappointed.
The exclusion of the Industrial and various other health services from the so-called " National" health service.
The exclusion of all school children from the national service.
The failure to propose a Ministry of Health able to give its whole time to health questions.
The absence of any practical measures to promote the study or promotion of good health, as contrasted with the treatment of established disease.
The White paper is undoubtedly an honest attempt to bring general practitioner and hospital treatment, as these things are understood to-day, within the reach of everyone. It is a skilful compromise between conflicting interests. Its authors may even have allowed themselves some vision of the newer and better world which enthusiasm and courage could produce. Unhappily, there is little sign of this. There is vision and enthusiasm in the Beveridge Report, and it has seized upon the imagination of the people. It ought to be implemented by those who can see the vision and conjure up the same enthusiasm. This White Paper, this timid extension of faulty and over-lapping services, this mass of unhappy compromises, may possibly soothe the vested interests concerned into allowing some poor instalment of what might have been; but if the Minister would appeal beyond these interests (too many of them are medical, alas) to the people of these islands, he might be remembered by posterity as the founder of a truly national health system, worthy of the blood and sweat and tears which have given him his unique opportunity.
Surely we do not need a third World War before this country can produce rulers capable of realising that planning for the maintenance of health is the most important function of good government !
Many months ago the Union urged upon the Minister that the White Paper should be sent to every practitioner in the country as soon as it was published as a token that the Minister looked for the personal interest and co-operation of each practitioner. The Minister has issued the White Paper to every practitioner, we are very pleased to find that the Minister adopted our suggestion.
Lest it should be accused of shirking the practical issue, the Union sets out what it would have the Minister do in order to lay sure foundations for the building up by health workers of their share in a better world.
A BETTER SCHEME FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.
On a certain day all workers in our Health Services able and willing to give their full time, in return for adequate wages and honourable opportunity. should become members of the National Health Service, owing allegiance to that service above all.
(1) The Service would see to it that advancement by merit was open to all, doctors, administrators and auxiliaries, and that none need any longer be forced by circumstances to be content with such promotion as might be possible in the restricted sphere of some particular municipality, in the occupation of general practice, or in any other sphere of limited opportunity.
(2) There would be opportunity to change from one branch of the service to another, from general practice to research or from sanitary inspector to administrator. Suitable members of the service could be trained and tested in new spheres, according to the promise they showed, without risking their livelihood, as they would have to do to-day.
(3) The Local Government and other services of to-day would become branches of the service under their own officers, and largely autonomous, subject to the over-riding needs of the service .as a whole.
(4) The White Paper plan would be seen in its proper perspective as a mere reorganisation of a part of the service, and not as a plan for a complete new service.
(5) It would be a first duty of the new Service to elaborate plans for promoting health, for example, through its members in the school medical services and through those who had specialised in what is known as Public Health work.
Complete independence for every practitioner to exercise his medical skill in the interests of his patients without interference.
Elimination of control of administration of health centres by Local Authorities.
Adequate remuneration for every practitioner engaged in the service.
Adequate compensation for loss of capital value of practice and other things incidental thereto.
It is hoped that the diagram overleaf will assist in the study of the White Paper.


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Review: Dark Matters (Canadian Stage)
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Canadian Stage presents Canadian dance sensation Crystal Pite's Dark Matters at Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.
Even though I'm not any sort of expert or aficionado when it comes to modern dance, I've been looking forward to seeing Dark Matters by Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM ever since Canadian Stage announced it as a mid-season replacement for another show. The draw for me was Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite.
I'm a fan of Pite's from her previous works I've seen; last season she provided the brilliantly integrated choreography and movement design for Canadian Stage's Studies in Motion and I was lucky enough to see her stunning modern dance pieced inspired by insect swarm theory Emergence performed at the National Ballet.
I find Pite's choreography inventive and contemporary and the way she uses dance to explore broader themes is fascinating and intelligent. Dark Matters seemed to be a natural progression for Pite.
The dark matter of the title has a double meaning. Physicists hypothesize that dark matter makes up over 80% of all matter in the universe but since it doesn't emit or scatter electromagnetic radiation (i.e. light) it can't be seen. However, its presence has an enormous influence the gravitational force of astronomical objects.
Pite extends the dark matter concept and uses it as a metaphor for the lives of everyday people, her work ponders the effect that unseen forces can have on the human psyche. Pite refers to the piece as an exploration of the unknown.
Dark Matters consists of two distinct pieces performed by seven extraordinary dancers: Eric Beauchesne, Peter Chu, Sandra Marín Garcia, Yannick Matthon, Jirí Pokorný, Cindy Salgado, Jermaine Maurice Spivey.
The show opens with a vignette between one of the dancers, Peter Chu, and a wooden puppet manipulated by four of the other dancers. The ninja-like puppeteers are dressed in blacks, they're hooded and their faces are completely obscured.
At first the interactions between the postmodern Geppetto and his puppet creation are cute and funny but their relationship quickly devolves into something more sinister.
I was really amazed at the skill and sheer coordination of the four puppeteers as they brought the little wooden man to life and enabled him to perform the complex range of movements that is integrated into the choreography of the piece.
After the intermission, the company does away with all the puppets, props and scenery and presents a purely dance-driven piece. A sole hooded ninja from the first part serves as a connecting element while the other dancers appear in typical, everyday attire.
For this second piece Pite expands on the themes and furthers the vocabulary of movement from the first; she references the mechanical movements of the puppet throughout the choreography. When the dancers perform in pairs or in groups they often appear to be manipulating each other like puppets.
The original music by Owen Belton is minimalist and atmospheric often making use of sound effects. One of the most interesting passages is danced to the sounds of paper being crumpled.
Though the second piece is more abstract the precision, control and athleticism of the dancers kept me totally engaged throughout the hour-long performance. Not only was it thrilling to watch but my brain kept churning away thinking about the deeper meaning behind the movement and how it related to the dark matter theme.
Dark Matters is in turns cerebral, visceral and sheerly physical. Pite uses dance as a means to explore grander concepts but at the same time the movement and imagery she creates is evocative and often spectacularly physical – making for a thrilling evening of modern dance.
Dark Matters is playing at the Bluma Appel Theatre in the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts (27 Front St. E) through March 3, 2012
Shows run Tuesday-Saturday, 8PM; Wednesday, 1:30PM; Saturday, 2PM
Tickets $22.00 to $99.00
Tickets are available by phone 416.368.3110, in person at the box office or visit www.canadianstage.com
Peter Chu and company members in Dark Matters. Photo by Dean Buscher.
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SIGTARP Opens Investigation into NY Fed (and House Oversight Committee Turn Up Heat)
Oh, this is starting to get VERY interesting. L'affaire Fed/AIG is beginning to smell a little like Watergate, where an imperial organization that thinks it writes its own rules (then the Nixon administration, here the Fed) fights tooth and nail to keep certain activities hidden well away (recall, for instance, the Saturday night massacre).
Now of course, the Fed lacks the Nixonian appetite for dirty tricks and open confrontation. And unlike Watergate, where a crime had been committed, here instead we have a mystery: why is the Fed so desperately to hide the details of the AIG bailout, particularly since the bulk of what they say they are trying to sequester is already in the public domain? (And my own little pet peeve is that the focus has been strictly on how much Geithner knew and when. Ahem, what about Bernanke? He and Paulson were virtually joined at the hip during the crisis, and Paulson was heavily involved in all the bailouts. Was the NY Fed a rogue organization of some sort? How can you not say the board of governors is not ultimately responsible for a matter as significant as the AIG rescue?)
As this little scandal brews, the Fed has engaged in the classic error of withholding documents, so that the cover-up may well prove to be a more serious matter than the underlying chicanery (although we rather doubt that; more on that in due course). And remember, the Fed is a regulator! Here we have a body that has as one of its significant duties enforcing rules, both legislation as well as its own regulations, bending them in its dealing with the SEC and refusing to comply with subpoenas. Why should the public trust an organization that puts itself above the rule of law?
Darrell Issa of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued a report with a rather ponderous title ("Public Disclosure As A Last Resort:
How the Federal Reserve Fought to Cover Up the Details of the AIG Counterparties Bailout From the American People") based on the famed 250,000 pages of documents from the New York Fed obtained via subpoena. (I have only a pdf; Google does not show an online version as of this hour). One of the many striking bits is that the Fed is still stonewalling on some of its subpoenas:
The FRBNY's document production does not include any documents responsive to the Committee's subpoena prior to September 2008, so the Committee is not currently able to learn when the FRBNY first became aware of potential problems at AIG. In addition, the FRBNY's document production does not include any documents responsive to the Committee's subpoena after May of 2009, so the Committee is not currently able to learn the full extent of the FRBNY's efforts to conceal information about the counterparty payments from this Committee and the public over the last eight months.
Perhaps more significant is that SIGTARP has opened an investigation into the adequacy of the New York Fed's disclosures. Per the Financial Times:
The New York Federal Reserve is being investigated by Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general overseeing the troubled assets relief programme, over its disclosure of documents relating to the bail-out of AIG and its counterparties…
Mr Barofsky, who is due to appear at the hearing alongside Mr Geithner, says in his testimony that he is pursuing parallel investigations into whether the New York Fed improperly withheld information from the SEC and whether it subsequently withheld documents from his office during an earlier audit of the payments.
It is also worth remembering that SIGTARP has the longest arm of any of the investigators. As the New York Times points out:
There are, in fact, several other panels charged with reviewing and monitoring the bailout. But Mr. Barofsky is the only one backed by federal agents who carry guns and badges and, if necessary, can break the locks off file cabinets.
Back to the Issa report. Many of the revelations are striking. One theme that emerges is how much the Fed took charge at AIG as far as protecting its (institutional) interests were concerned. It begs the question as to who is running AIG. Mind you, we'd love to see the Fed act more like a private equity investor, setting targets of various sorts and monitoring progress against them. But here we see the Fed as extraordinarily intrusive on its own prerogatives. For instance:
On October 31, after AIG had failed to convince its counterparties to wind down the CDS contracts, the FRBNY ordered AIG to "stand down on all discussions with counterparties."
Yves here. I'd like to hear from readers as to what legal authority the Fed would have to take such a step (I can see "requested" all day. But "ordered'?) The Fed is not a regulator of AIG, and its role as a secured lender does not give it the authority to direct AIG to honor material agreements.
It gets better. The Fed pressured AIG to claim that it would suffer "substantial competitive harm" if details of the CDOs involved in the bailout were revealed. That's an obvious lie. So we have the Fed pushing a public company to make misrepresentations to the SEC.
We also learn that the Fed decides it's going to review not just bailout-related SEC filings, but all of AIG's SEC filings:
On November 17, 2008, AIG was about to make a required filing to disclose a new compensation package for its CFO, David Herzog. AIG shared its draft filing with Davis Polk. The filing disclosed that Herzog was about to rake in millions of dollars in bonuses.71
Less than 40 minutes after receiving the draft filing from AIG, Davis Polk senior partner Marshall Huebner sent a frantic e-mail, entitled "READ ME," to the FRBNY's General Counsel, Thomas Baxter: "Sometimes I really do feel like evil gremlins are running this deal somehow. Very bad timing to have this [filing] come out just before the Secretary [Henry Paulson] and the Chairman [Ben Bernanke] go before Waxman …"72 Huebner asked Baxter, "Is there any chance – and maybe it is just too late – to get the Herzog comp package unagreed to? … [W]e could help get the package changed/fixed before it is disclosed."73 This issue, Huebner said, needed to go "right to [AIG CEO] Ed [Liddy] right now."74
Apparently, the FRBNY's coercion succeeded in getting Herzog's compensation package "unagreed to," for AIG never made the filing.
Yves here. The report also does a solid job on the parts you'd expect, with some fresh details on the failure to negotiate the AIG credit default swaps, Geithner's lame efforts to deny that the recuse of AIG was anything other than a backdoor bailout, and a detailed discussion of the major aspects of the cover-up.
The report, however, is not able to say how involved Geithner was in this operation. But given that the NY Fed has clearly refused to comply fully with the subpoena, it isn't hard to imagine that particularly incriminating documents might have been withheld.
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Doc Holiday January 26, 2010 at 5:18 am
I know this is OT and out-of-place, but that last post from me on Obama shilling for SIFMA in The State Of The Union Message — pisses me off to no end! We have massive unemployment and failing businesses and a crooked stock market and the reality of a prolonged double-dip recession, with more and more signs of government fraud and collusion — and now, F'ing Obama is going to suggest that Americans give their hard earned money back to the fuckers that lost it for them — without fucking regulating the industry that just gave America a fucking systemic meltdown of Biblical proportions???
I'm I the only person that thinks this is bullshit for President Obama to be pumping the mutual fund industry and its SIMA curse?? Why not have Buffet ot Bill Gross sit behind him and get rid of the whole dog and pony show effect that Congress is there — just come out like a fascist leader and tell us what we "have" to do, or more correctly, what will be done to us by these fat Cat Bankers that need the president to hype and pump mutual funds ….. barf and spew, this is a gross and foul moment in America's decay!
Sorry Yves, et al, but I hope you can recall what happened after Bush pushed his PPA, which I strongly recall, opened the door for hedge fund abuse of pensions and money markets and mutual funds ……. and this is the president that was elected for change?????
alex black January 26, 2010 at 5:52 am
That's the funny thing about "Change" as a political stance. It's a meme that always polls well, as it can mean all things to all people – especially if you add "Hope", which allows people to assume that the "Change" is exactly what they "Hope" for.
You didn't really bite, did you?
Geithner and Bernanke have had a year to destroy any incriminating evidence. Whatever was subpoenaed that has not been turned over now exists in the same metaphysical space as the 19-minute gap in the Nixon audiotapes.
Good criminals know how to hide their tracks.
attempter January 26, 2010 at 5:29 am
We're starting to zero in on the thing closest to a de jure criminal act here, this unauthorized laundered loot conveyance to Goldman, perpetrated by Geithner, Bernanke, Paulson.
Then from there it's a matter of making the case that the entire bailout is the same such crime, with lobbying for the TARP on their part having been under false pretenses. Same for the monetarist lies about QE – simple looting in the guise of highfalutin ideology.
Nuremburg.
Regarding the bonuses, it's so funny/disgusting how these psychopaths really can't help themselves. They will literally steal everything in sight unless some kind of external restraint is placed upon them.
Thus it wasn't enough for the Fed to orchestrate this looting, but they also have to constantly babysit to make sure no one like Herzog grabs too much as personal loot at any one time.
Of course, as the excerpt specifies, they didn't object to Herzog according to any kind of principle, but only on account of the political cosmetics.
As for the principle, we know looting on a personal level in the form of "bonuses" is the one and only principle of Wall St and now of government.
For all the talk about capitalism and alleged "innovation", all of this has never been anything more than the most gutter personal greed on the part of glorified pickpockets and muggers. They should all be dealt with as medieval civilization dealt with these same thieves.
Monty Hall January 26, 2010 at 5:34 am
Do not forget Stephen Friedman…
http://montyhallparadox.blogspot.com/2010/01/do-not-forget-stephen-friedman.html
killben January 26, 2010 at 5:53 am
May be one piece to throw at the senators ..
No Vote till we know all
Vote Bernanke down or Else?
How I wish we had a few elections over the next few days .. that would have done the trick!!
DownSouth January 26, 2010 at 11:24 am
If this investigation goes where I think it's going, the senators who vote for Bernanke's confirmation are going to have egg all over their faces.
RC January 26, 2010 at 7:40 am
Maybe they're trying to hide the details because they really paid out $2.00 on the $1.00.
DownSouth January 26, 2010 at 12:08 pm
More great stuff, Yves.
It's amazing to see these guys get caught in their own web. They have become so enmeshed in their religion of greed and selfishness that they believe their money can buy off anyone and everyone.
It kind of reminds one of the punch line from the 1970s margarine commercial: "Oh, it's not nice to fool mother nature."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLrTPrp-fW8
For the truth, regardless of what orthodox economists think, is that most people are not rational egoists who can be bought off by money. In fact, in reading Herbert Gintis et al in Moral Sentiments and Material Interests, only a small minority of the population are the selfish P1 maximizers upon which classical economics is constructed.
So guys like Ferdinand Pecora who respond to non-material rewards—fame, honor, morality, duty, doing the right thing, etc.—always emerge. And their message always resonates with a far greater audience than that of the paladins of greed and selfishness. For reasons little understood, reciprocity and altruism, and not greed, is the "nature" of the vast majority of human beings. The end result is that David does quite frequently slay Goliath.
I stumbled upon another Pecora-like figure the other day in William Baxter, the DOJ attorney who prosecuted AT&T. Against all odds, and working within an administration that was completely hostile to him, he played a key role (along with Federal District Judge Harold Greene) in bringing the largest and most politically powerful corporation in the world to its knees:
William Baxter was an eccentric Stanford University Law Professor who had not addressed a court in session for about 20 years. Baxter considered himself an economist although he had no formal training as such. Baxter's nomination and the disqualification of his superiors created an ironic situation. Baxter had publicly argued that no one company should be able to integrate regulated and unregulated divisions of its business because it could use the "safe" profits from its regulated side to subsidize the price of unregulated products (a cross-subsidy). Reagan's closest advisors including William French Smith, Edwin Meese (Counselor), Malcolm Baldridge (Commerce Secretary), and Casper Weinberger (Defense Secretary) believed unequivocally that the DOJ's case against AT&T should be dismissed. This created a situation that if AT&T sympathizers in the Reagan inner circle were going to intervene, they would have to quickly go through
or around Baxter. Baxter would have none of this and stated before a press conference staged to announce the case, "The case is perfectly sound…and I intend to litigate it to the eyeballs."
http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/iportals/aboutus/history_center/yurcik.pdf
emca January 27, 2010 at 1:49 am
Woe upon woe, hard, intractable, scurrilous woe, that only there be a Judge Harold Greene for this day. A fish to swim upstream against the drift of published sentiment. To do immeasurable good by just doing one's job.
The handling of the AT&T case by Baxter and the adjudication by Greene would be just what the doctor ordered if this case will see the light of blind justice. One will hope that some person of determination, zeal, or ambition would use this as an opportunity to champion public good against the "malefactors of great wealth."
DoctoRx January 26, 2010 at 2:03 pm
I'm not sure that this is different from Watergate as you suggest. I'm not sure that multiple crimes weren't committed.
I suspect, though, that while there was no serious attempt to rationalize that the Watergate breakin was not really wrong, one of the defenses (if it gets that far) of the insiders in this mess is the Iran-Contra diversion defense, and ends justifying the means defense that served Elliot Abrams and Ollie North well then.
Robbie January 26, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Watergate taught us to follow the money. The FRBNY obviously learned the lesson too and is doing its best to prevent that.
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An Iowa mother convicted of first-degree murder and three counts of kidnapping was sentenced to serve three consecutive life sentences without parole on Friday for starving three of her four adopted children until one of them died.
Finn reportedly abused three of the four children she adopted from foster care by pulling them out of public school and locking them away in her home, where she slowly starved them over time. At one point, the teenagers escaped the home to go panhandling for food, after which Finn forbade them from ever leaving their shared room and continued to withhold food from them. In October, 16-year-old Natalie Finn died from cardiac arrest while weighing just 81 pounds.
Jurors were made privy to the details of Finn's horrific abuse, including disturbing images of Natalie's lifeless, emaciated body. According to the surviving children, they drank from the toilet out of extreme thirst and gave each other sponge baths out of a cat's litter box. According to the fourth adoptive child, Natalie choked and vomited before passing away on her bedroom floor wearing just an adult diaper, and 15 minutes passed as Finn attempted to perform CPR on the girl before police were finally called to the scene.
Finn's estranged husband Joseph, who helped her "care" for the children, faces multiple felony counts, including kidnapping and child endangerment, and is set to go to trial in April.


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For some reason Azure is charging both plans for each App Service and I don't undestand why.

Also, I checked their App Service Plan and it is on a Free Tier.
Any insights on this?

A: Try to list all your App Service Plans (the compute behind an App Service) in the Azure Portal. ("All services" and the App Service Plans in the navigation) This will give you an overview of App Service Plans and how many "apps" you have on them. Technically you can have an App Service Plan with no apps but with cost.
When you create new App Service (Web, Api ect.) you can choose to create a new App Service Plan or re-use an existing. You can therefore end up with re-creating new App Services Plans (with billing also) everytime you create and App Service.
Also be aware that when you scale out (more instances) you are billed for every instance (as a seperate App Service Plan).
List of App Service plans in the Azure Portal

A: Could it be that your App Service has a connected service (like Application Insights) that exists on another plan? Or if you have a deployment slot on the App Service that belongs to another plan?

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Tag: Catholic Church
Dear Andrea Tornielli
I work for the church and have in some capacity since 1994. I was a Catholic high school teacher when the news broke that a popular priest in our parish—one that fed into the high school—had been sexually assaulting altar boys in parish after parish after parish in the LA Archdiocese. I sat across the table from a 17 year old student whom I had known since he was a child and waited for his words to tell me what I could already see in his eyes—that he was also a victim of this priest. Then that night I sat in the church hall and listened to the Monsignor from the Archdiocese lie to a room full of worried and hurting parents: "There were no previous reports regarding this priest." Yes there were, a long line stretching back over a decade. And not just him—many priests in the Archdiocese, many reports, many lies.
You know what there wasn't?
An apology. I mean, Mahoney made a blanket apology in 2000, of which the handling of the sex abuse was just one issue. But in 2014 he was pretty relieved that he was no longer eligible for obstruction of justice charges after the full extent of his cover-up was exposed. That doesn't feel very penitent.
The Archdiocese fought tooth and nail to avoid accountability. California had to change the statutes of limitation on sex abuse reporting so that the Archdiocese could no longer hide behind them. Once the floodgates opened, the Vatican let the Archdiocese sink on its own. As if this were an "LA problem". I paid into a pension during my 7 years as a teacher and never noticed the fine print that the Archdiocese could use my pension to pay lawsuits. But it did.
You know what I never got?
An apology.
Once I moved into the religious education part of parish life, I was subjected to egregious trainings on child safety—Virtus and CASE by Armatus. The church has put the onus of recognizing and reacting to sexual abuse on the lay adults—mostly parents. How to recognize abuse. How to guard against situations where abuse can happen. The current CASE program, updated in 2020, uses a daycare simulation to help parents recognize dodgy situations—in this case an inappropriate sexual relationship between two teenagers where one is in a position of power and over 18, and the probable sexual abuse of a younger boy by two tweens.
You know what it never discusses? Why sexual abuse from a religious leader was so easy to perpetrate. Or testimony from an actual priest abuser on how and why he targeted certain kids over others. Or what the Church is explicitly and proactively doing to weed out dangerous religious and priests, break the millenia-old instinct to protect the power of the priesthood at all costs, and establish accountability for full and transparent reporting of instances of abuse.
So spare me your outrage over poor Benedict XVI. It's sinful and tone deaf and repetitive. What he did as Archbishop in Munich speaks to his fitness as Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and then as Pope. What I read between the lines is that he was a company guy, from his days in Munich all the way to Rome, and amply rewarded for being such. But his involvement in criminal obstruction of justice calls into questions his motives—does he defend mother church out of a love for God and a faithfulness to Eucharist and Gospel? Or does he defend her as an institution of power, wealth and influence?
You characterize him as having "fought the phenomenon (of priest sex abuse) in the last phase of the pontificate of St. John Paul II", as if the reality of abuse only became apparent with the Spotlight expose.
I think the rest of us would characterize him as complicit in decades worth of illegal and immoral cover-up until the Spotlight expose, when the church was finally forced to a reckoning.
Even the so-called apologies that you cite are not really apologies. "The church must ask for forgiveness" is not "I, Joseph Ratzinger, am guilty of the sin of protecting priests over children and for that I must do penance and ask for forgiveness".
For many rank and file Catholics all over the world, the credibility of the church will never recover after the canonization of JP II. He still had his wits about him in 1994, when the LA stories began to break. Mahoney handled those cases exactly like Ratzinger handled the cases in Munich a decade earlier, which is just like the cases were handled in Boston and in New York and in San Francisco and in Ireland and in France and on and on.
Almost like there was a policy, or directive, from the top down of what to do when confronted with sexual abuse within your diocese. There's a question that could use an answer. I don't hold out hope, though–for twenty years, Catholics have waited for full transparency. And waited. And waited.
But sure, let's make that criminal a saint, and you write your editorials defending a man who spent 70% of his priesthood defending pedophiles, before being forced by victims and law enforcement to be the "face of a penitential church".
It's not like we're hemorrhaging Catholics right now or anything.
fullofgracedj Faith Leave a comment January 27, 2022 4 Minutes
From Conception to Death
October is Respect Life month in the Catholic church.
Like so many Christian churches in this country, we screw it up. And in the screwing up, we drive people away. And we're too stupid to know that we're driving people away.
Sunday, at a Catholic church in our valley, there were "Archdiocesan-mandated" petitions for signature after Mass. It was inferred from the Layman's Minute portion of the Mass that to refuse to sign the petitions was sinful. This was supported by a reminder that the sainted JPII was the Church's most ardent defender of Respect Life issues.
I was not at this Mass. I would not have been caught dead at this Mass in a church where the director of ministries has decided that boys and girls cannot serve on the altar together–which, by the way, is out of order with the teachings of the Church. And I can't with JPII. Plenty of former altar boys and choir girls who might have something to say about his commitment to respecting their lives.
But a friend was at this Mass, and she called me in tears.
"Do you think, less than a week after Vegas, that there was a Respect Life petition about gun control? Or a petition to recall the governor over euthanasia? Or even a petition for the President to help the AMERICAN CITIZENS in Puerto Rico? NOPE. Nothing on the death penalty. Nothing about North Korea. ONLY ABORTION."
Abortion is a huge cultural failure and in Oregon our legislature recently passed a bill that expanded access to and coverage for abortions and birth control. The outrage is real.
But I have heard the same Knights of Columbus who organize these "Pro-Life" petitions talk about immigrants like they are the scum of the earth. I have heard them vow that their guns will only be taken from their cold, dead hands. I know they voted for this President who refuses to condemn white supremacists and that they scoff at the very idea of climate change.
So I won't apologize for not picking up what they're laying down. Their piety is false, as is their concern for life. If they only care about unborn babies, then their "care" is misogynist, political and economic. Shame on them for the damage they do to the heart and soul of our faith.
I will stand with the Sisters, and the young ones like Rebecca Bratton Weiss, who had the courage to call out the dark side of the Trad Pro-Life movement in our church, and lost her job over it, thanks to Catholic white supremacist groups Lifesite and Church Militant.
I will challenge the pretenders, on the sidewalks outside my kids' school, or like my friend's husband did on Sunday when he asked where the gun control petition was.
And I will reach out to those pushed away by the hypocrisy and try to show them that the church is faithful, even when her members are not.
fullofgracedj Faith Leave a comment October 10, 2017 October 9, 2017 2 Minutes
Christians and Gun Control ~ Jen
"My job is not to tell you for whom you should vote. But I do have a duty to speak out on moral issues. I would be abdicating this duty if I remained silent out of fear of sounding 'political' and didn't say anything about the morality of these issues… a vote for a candidate who promotes actions or behaviors that are intrinsically evil and gravely sinful makes you morally complicit and places the eternal salvation of your soul in jeopardy." Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Illinois.
Amen, Bishop. Amen.
So you'll have something to say soon about the lawmakers who vote against common sense gun control measures? The lawmakers who voted against background checks the other day?
Because in 2008 and again in 2012, I sat in church and listened to my priests and deacons preach against pro-choice and pro-gay rights candidates. I listened to them condemn by name elected Catholic Democrats, such as Nancy Pelosi, because of their beliefs.
One priest, echoing Bishops across the country, told us that if we voted for any candidate who supported abortion rights, we were sinners who "cannot call ourselves Catholics".
As a Catholic Democrat, who acknowledges the spiritual leadership of the Church, I was concerned. Shea and I searched our souls and beliefs to make sure our reasons for voting Democrat were supportable by church teachings.
And you know what? They are supported, by the words of our very own bishops, who have said "Catholic teaching about the dignity of life calls us to oppose torture, unjust war, and the use of the death penalty; to prevent genocide and attacks against noncombatants; to oppose racism; and to overcome poverty and suffering. Nations are called to protect the right to life by seeking effective ways to combat evil and terror without resorting to armed conflicts except as a last resort, always seeking first to resolve disputes by peaceful means. We revere the lives of children in the womb, the lives of persons dying in war and from starvation, and indeed the lives of all human beings as children of God." (A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States)
Take this statement and apply it to the Republican platform, which would deny assistance to mothers who opt to have their babies, instead of abort; build a wall between the US and Mexico and arm it to keep desperate immigrants out of this great nation of immigrants; raise taxes on the poor and hardworking to protect the wealth of the rich; support big business and free trade, despite the damage it does to our economy and workers abroad, and despite Pope Benedict's call to hold corporations accountable for their business decisions; and support the death penalty, which is murder.
Voting Republican might also put a soul in danger.
My point is that it's not easy to be a Christian voter. It just isn't. This nation has an imperfect political system, and neither platform really meets the standards of a Christian voter.
But sometimes, issues are easy. And gun control is a moral slam dunk.
Look back at what the Bishops said. If we are pro-life from birth to death, then gun control is a Christian moral value. If we seek first to resolves disputes peacefully, and if we revere all human beings as children of God, then gun control is a Christian moral value.
If we believe in the New Covenant made by Jesus on that cross and that God calls us to love and that we demonstrate that love by treating others the way we want to be treated, then gun control is a Christian moral value.
There is no moral high ground to support assault weapons in the hands of ordinary citizens. The entire purpose of assault weapons is to kill as many people in as short a time as possible. In the hands of non-military folk, this purpose is "intrinsically evil" and therefore morally nonsupportable.
There is no moral high ground to stand against a simple thing like back ground checks. To argue that background checks infringe on personal rights and privacy is disingenuous in a society where so much of our personal lives are online by our own choice. And anyone who has something to hide from a gun-related background check is probably a threat to society. Protecting them is morally nonsupportable.
As our spiritual leaders remind us so often, this is a nation founded on Christian beliefs. If we are one nation under God, and call ourselves servants of God, then we must do as the Bishops require and "protect the right to life by seeking effective ways to combat evil and terror without resorting to armed conflicts except as a last resort".
So where's the pulpit outrage and thunder on this issue?
My priests and deacons have been silent. My bishop has been silent. This despite public support for President Obama's proposal from the Vatican. And the fact that so many of those sweet babies in Newton were buried out of their local Catholic church.
In fact, the entire American Christian church has been largely silent.
fullofgracedj Faith 2 Comments April 22, 2013 April 22, 2013 3 Minutes


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Kristen Zawacki Legacy Fund
As the first female basketball coach at Saint Vincent's College in Latrobe, Kristen Zawacki was an icon in the female sports world and a mentor and role model to the many girls she coached. She brought an exuberance and passion to everything she did both on and off the court.
When she passed away suddenly at home on Christmas Day in 2011, at the age of 52, her family and friends felt it was fitting to establish a legacy fund in her name as a way to celebrate her spectacular achievements and honor her life.
Kristen grew up in Mt. Pleasant where she began playing and later coaching softball. She was hired to lead the new women's basketball program at St. Vincent's in 1983 and went on to lead the Lady Bearcats through 27 seasons with an overall record of 512-276, highlighted by several championships, eight National Tournament games and a record-setting 16 consecutive appearances.
She was also the head softball coach from 1985-89 and again from 1996-2007. She was a High School All-American, named to Who's Who in America, and elected to the Saint Vincent Hall of Fame.
Ms. Zawacki brought joy and a playful sense of fun to the lives of everyone she touched. In that vein, the fund will offer scholarships and grants in areas that she loved: St. Vincent College students, children and animals. She also had a special place in her heart for those suffering with cancer.


Under the tenure of this award, I will continue my current work developing an estimation algorithm to classify and enumerate cells captured with our GEDI device and imaged with fluorescent microscopy. I aim for this algorithm to be robust to fluctuations in labeling protocol and statistically rigorous so the algorithm can reject almost overwhelmingly large numbers of contaminating cells.
The CMM provided a maximum of $25,000 (direct costs) of support to the winning proposal. I submitted a proposal in collaboration with Casey Kraning of the Reinhart-King lab to study functional properties of CTCs. This was a valuable experience in experiment planning and grant-writing, and I appreciated having this opportunity while still a graduate student. Our proposal was one of the two selected for funding, and we are very excited to pursue the research enabled by this award.


Grown from southern Mexico through Central America, avocados were referred to by the Spanish conquistadors as the poor man's butter. Avocado oil is made by taking the ripe, green pulp through one cold-press process, gently grinding and separating the oil to preserve all of the fruit's nutritious properties.
Blueberries are indigenous to North America and have deep roots in the United States' history. Native Americans developed the first blueberry baked good – a simple pudding made with blueberries, cracked corn and water. A shrubby, prickly plant belonging to the rose family, raspberries are thought to have originated in Eastern Asia. In ancient Greece they were associated with fertility. Strawberries were the favorite fruit of the French court; Louis XIV held a poetry contests on the topic of the fruit.
Pre-heat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9-inch cake pan with avocado oil.
Beat eggs with sugar, avocado oil, milk and orange zest. Combine flour baking soda, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually beat dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
Pour the batter into the greased cake pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Let cool before inverting onto a platter. Prepare the compote.
In a medium saucepan, combine the berries, sugar and water. Bring to a simmer until the berries are softened and the sugar is dissolved, about 8 minutes.
Slice the cake, top with the warm compote, dust with powdered sugar and serve.
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