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I love Quality Street chocolates. They remind me of everything good. And I love the colourful wrappers they come in. I’ve wanted to make something out of them for years. This year at Christmas I made sure to save all the wrappers so I’d have lots to work with.
Quality Street also appeals to my environmentalist side. You can re-use the tins for anything you like. You can recycle the foil wrappers that go under the clear ones, and recently, the company started making the clear wrappers out of vegetable products, so you can actually COMPOST them. How cool is that?
So what am I making with these? I’m glad you asked. St. John’s is famous for its colourfully-painted and artfully crooked row houses. They’re often likened to a line of jelly beans, stacked on their ends — Jelly Bean Row.
If you watch any of those ever-popular tourism Newfoundland and Labrador commercials, you’ll see a few of them (though in real life they’re not quite so quaint — or clean).
So I thought I would make a few out of Quality Street wrappers, something to send people to paste in their windows, or to hang on their Christmas trees as ornaments, something that will catch the light and give them a taste of St. John’s at home.
The house construction is pretty simple. I used black construction paper, folded in half, as a frame. Then I cut out the frame using a craft knife and inserted and glued down the wrappers in the appropriate spaces. Then I cut out windows and doors from the black paper as well, making sure to glue them to both sides so the ornament is reversible.
The problem with this particular material is that the wrappers always want to go back to their wrinkled state, and the construction paper doesn’t do a lot to prevent it.
A heavier-grade card would probably work better in keeping the stuff rigid, but at the same time, it would be harder to manipulate. I wanted to make several of these hanging ornaments and create a sort of mobile for Doodle for her birthday, but the physics of it continued to defeat me — the ornaments were simply too light to be able to balance everything properly. And I had it all planned so the houses went up on a slant, too!
Alas. In any case, they are pretty enough placed in a window or on your tree.
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NJ Division of Consumer Affairs Collaborates with County College of Morris Students to Educate, Empower Consumers with Video PSAs
The State Division of Consumer Affairs presented certificates of appreciation to the County College of Morris students who produced a series of public service announcements to help protect consumers against fraudulent activities.
Pictured here: (front, l-r) Professor Ray Kalas, Cheyenne Terrill, Michaela Diprete, Megan Osmundsen, Casey Sherwood, Emily Mazzoni, Dr. Edward J. Yaw, president of CCM;
(back, l-r) Nicholas Kral, Jordan Kalmowitz, Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs Thomas R. Calcagni, Joseph Scocca, Vincent Infinito, and Jack Cronin.
RANDOLPH, NJ – First, he's a shady, unlicensed and unqualified dentist offering to be "the guy who drills your teeth." Then, with a change of costume, he's an unregistered home improvement contractor promising to "fix" the roof you live under. Another wardrobe change, and he's an unlicensed barber.
As an unlicensed, unregistered "professional," he may do shoddy work and leave you exposed to loss or injury. He leers at the camera with an evil grin and asks: "And what can you do to stop me?"
The message is simple: So-called "professionals" who offer these and other services, without being properly licensed or registered, are not just violating the law; they're creating real and expensive risks for consumers. Before doing business with someone, take time to make sure the person or business is legitimate. Contact the State Division of Consumer Affairs, or visit the Division's website, to learn more.
All of this information comes across in just 30 seconds in "The Professional," one in a series of video public service announcements created by students in Professor Ray Kalas' TV Production II class at the County College of Morris. The PSAs were created in a first-ever collaboration with the State Division of Consumer Affairs, to support the Division's aggressive effort to empower consumers with information and awareness to protect themselves against fraud.
The students gained valuable experience in learning consumer protection issues, and in putting their TV production skills to real-world use. The Division of Consumer Affairs benefits from having commissioned well-made PSAs free of charge. The Division has placed the 10 PSAs online at www.NJConsumerAffairs.gov/mccpsa, will distribute them to TV channels able to play them at no cost, and will use them at consumer awareness seminars.
"The Division of Consumer Affairs protects consumers through swift, tough enforcement in the marketplace – and by empowering New Jerseyans with knowledge and awareness," Thomas R. Calcagni, Acting Director of the State Division of Consumer Affairs, said. "From the high school Consumer Bowl, to our FedUp presentations for senior citizens, to our series of free speaking engagements, we are working as aggressively and creatively as we can to make sure New Jersey's consumers know their rights and recognize how to prevent fraud."
To thank the students for their effort, the Division of Consumer Affairs today joined with the County College of Morris to hold a screening for all 10 public service announcements at the college's George Dragonetti Auditorium. Those in attendance included Calcagni, County College of Morris President Dr. Edward J. Yaw, Vice President of Student Development and Enrollment Management Dr. Bette M. Simmons, Dean Patrick J. Enright of the Mathematics, Engineering and Technologies Division, and the members of the College Board of Trustees.
"Our students are among New Jersey's most highly motivated, creative, and technically competent, and they were very excited by the opportunity to take on projects that will help educate consumers about matters that directly affect their wallets and bank accounts," Dr. Edward J. Yaw, President of the County College of Morris, said. "We are extremely proud to partner with the State Division of Consumer Affairs on a project that helps students put their skills to practical use, and learn from the challenges along the way."
The following 30-second PSAs, developed for the Division of Consumer Affairs by County College of Morris students, can be found at www.NJConsumerAffairs.gov/mccpsa:
• "Bait and Switch," about the unconscionable business practice of that name; "Phishing," about a form of identity theft, and afore-mentioned "The Professional." All created by the student team of Michaela Diprete, Jeffrey Dunn, Nicholas Kral, Cheyenne Terrill and Peter Zollo.
• "Charity," about the importance of knowing how a charity will use your donated money; "Grandparent Scam," in which scammers try to convince senior citizens that a grandchild needs money in an emergency; and "Sweepstakes," about scams that say you've won a prize but must pay money first. All created by the student team of Jack Cronin, Vincent Infinito, Megan Osmundsen, Joseph Scocca, and Blaise Scott-Miller.
• "Internet Fraud – Western" and "Internet Fraud – Pickpocket," which show that giving away your credit card or other personal information to a stranger on the Internet can be no different than having it get stolen by a thief." Created by the student team of Jordan Kalmowitz, Shannon McArdle, Haley O'Sullivan, Casey Sherwood, and Dylan Whitman
• "Lemon Law," which uses humor to illustrate the frustration of buying a car that turns out to be a lemon, and reminds consumers to work with the Division of Consumer Affairs on getting restitution. Created by the student team of Vincent Infinito and Joseph Scocca.
"The partnership between our TV Production II class and the State Division of Consumer Affairs has been an extremely rewarding challenge, with positive results for everyone involved," Professor Ray Kalas said. "The County College of Morris students benefit from stretching their skills to meet the demands of an important State agency. The Division of Consumer Affairs benefits from developing these products at no cost to taxpayers. And New Jersey's consumers benefit from receiving the message about preventing fraud and protecting themselves."
Calcagni pointed out that each PSA covers a topic of real importance to New Jersey consumers, and that basic awareness can help consumers protect themselves against losses of hundreds or thousands of dollars. For example:
• Complaints about services provided by unlicensed or unregistered professionals are a significant concern.
- During the past two years, the Division of Consumer Affairs worked with local law enforcement agencies on the arrests of approximately 18 individuals who performed medical or dental procedures without a license or with a revoked or suspended license. As a result of working with unlicensed dentists, patients have suffered infections, broken teeth that were not fully extracted, and unconsciousness following the injection of anesthesia.
Additionally, the Division received a total of 1,401 complaints against dishonest or unregistered home improvement contractors in 2010, the second-most common complaint reported by consumers last year.
The Division of Consumer Affairs this week launched an iPhone application, "New Jersey Professional License Lookup," available for free download at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/new-jersey-professional-license/id438476801?mt=8 . The application allows consumers to check on the license or registration of approximately 600,000 individuals who work in regulated professions, from accountants to nurses to master plumbers.
• In 2010, the Federal Trade Commission received more than 60,000 complaints nationwide, and 1,549 in New Jersey, about the Grandparent Scam and related "impostor scams." The State Division of Consumer Affairs noted that the average New Jersey victim who complained about the Grandparent Scam lost $3,500.
• Identity theft was the most common Internet crime reported last year in New Jersey, according to the FBI/National White Collar Crime Center's 2010 Internet Crime Report. The report noted 2,300 identity theft complaints in New Jersey last year, with a median loss of $740 per complaint.
• Since January 1, 2010, the Division of Consumer Affairs pursued nearly 200 Lemon Law complaints against the dealers of new cars, used cars, or motorized wheelchairs, resulting in $992,608 restitution to consumers.
• Since January 1, 2010, the Division of Consumer affairs has received and acted upon 45 complaints against charities for allegations including harassment, misrepresentation, or deception. The Division encourages consumers to "investigate before you donate," and learn how charities spend donated dollars before making a contribution. The Division keeps an updated list of the "New Jersey's Top 10 Inquired-About Charities," with detailed financial information, at www.NJConsumerAffairs.gov/charity/inquired/#list .
• Since January 1, 2010, the Division of Consumer Affairs has receved and acted upon 84 complaints about sweepstakes scams; and 41 complaints about companies using bait-and-switch tactics,
As the County College of Morris enters its fifth decade of excellence, the college continues to carry out its founders' mission to provide the community with an outstanding, affordable education. Since it opened in 1968, more than 42,000 graduates have passed through CCM's halls. Many have become teachers, nurses, police officers, doctors and engineers. CCM has also been a community resource for those seeking to enhance their careers through additional education.
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs offers speakers or seminars, free of charge, to diverse groups including college and high school clubs and classes, parent-teacher organizations, senior citizens groups, religious organizations, civic groups, and others. Organizations may contact the Division to request a speaker at 973-504-6317 or www.NJConsumerAffairs.gov/outreach/speaker.htm. Current and past topics for speaking events include Credit Repair, Identity Theft, the Senior Fraud Education and Prevention (FEDUP) Program, Hiring a Contractor, and Selling Precious Metals.
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Bangor Daily News - Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Flotilla of ships among St. Croix events
ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick - A flotilla of naval ships, re-enactment of "first contact," and plenty of music and storytelling will be part of an intensive nine days of activities celebrating the French landing on St. Croix Island 400 years ago, organizers said Monday.The committee coordinating events on both sides of the Maine-New Brunswick border said the events will be concentrated between June 25 and July 4.
The activities will commemorate the brief settlement of St. Croix Island by about 70 French explorers led by Sieur de Mons and Samuel de Champlain in 1604.
"It is a story of courage. It is a story about people who came from very far away," Hermenegilde Chiasson, the lieutenant governor of New Brunswick, said during a news conference unveiling the schedule Monday.
The settlement predated English colonies at Jamestown, Va., (1607) and Plymouth, Mass. (1620).
Beginning on the evening of Friday, June 25, in Calais, events will run nearly all day and into the evenings through the next nine days, culminating on the U.S. side with Eastport's Fourth of July celebrations.
Ships from Canadian forces and the U.S. Navy are expected to be on hand the weekend of June 26-27.
A re-enactment of the first contact between Europeans and tribal groups will be presented at St. Andrews Indian Point on June 26.
Musicians will range from La Famille Arsenault, a 13-member Acadian family of performers, to Jacobus et Maleco, a hip-hop group from Nova Scotia.
It has been nearly five years since the St. Croix 2004 Coordinating Committee was established. The committee is made up of representatives from New Brunswick and Maine.
Former St. Stephen Mayor E. Allan Gillmor, co-chairman of the coordinating committee, said that although events would be going on in communities throughout Atlantic Canada and Maine, area residents could lay claim to the fact that "it all started here - Nos premiers debuts."
Former Maine state Sen. Judy Paradis of Frenchville, who is the honorary U.S. patron of the coordinating committee, said she was pleased that some roads between Aroostook and Washington counties had been upgraded because many Aroostook County residents who have ties to France plan to attend the festivities.
Although the settlers landed with a mandate from the French king to explore the New World, a devastating winter forced them to abandon the island the next year after more than half of them died. It was the Passamaquoddy Indians who provided medicine and fresh food for the expedition to Port Royal, Nova Scotia, where French established a second settlement.
Former state tribal representative Donald Soctomah said Monday he hopes the help the Passamaquoddy provided 400 years ago would translate into international recognition for the tribe.
"This is a very important time for my people because it was a meeting of two worlds, the exchange of cultures. It was a meeting that really set the stage for the future of French and Native Americans across North America," he said.
Now, nearly 300 Passamaquoddy who live in Canada want to be recognized by the Canadian government as the Schoodic Band of Passamaquoddy First Nations.
Several years ago they laid claim to land in St. Andrews and much of New Brunswick. For the most part, the Canadian government has ignored their claim.
For a complete schedule, visit www.stecroix2004.org.
Back to Ste-Croix Home Page
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Ford is at the onset of a massive push towards electrification. The Blue Oval estimates that between 10 and 25 percent of its products will be “electrified” by 2020, with a mix of traditional hybrids and plug-in versions joining a brace of new EVs. And its first all-electro-powered product is this: the 2013 Ford Focus Electric.
Ford announced plans to electrify its Focus compact at last year’s CES and the automaker has already begun handing out its EV hatch to fleets, including the delivery of the first Focus Electric to Google. Later in 2012, Ford will begin selling the Focus to consumers in 19 markets across North America, with prices starting at $39,200 – or about $4,000 more than the Nissan LEAF before taxes and any state or federal government incentives.
But do you want it?
We took to the streets of San Francisco for a brief drive in Ford’s first EV and discovered that while it might not boast the same range or bespoke body as its competition from Nissan, the Focus Electric wins on charge time and something that’s been missing from other mass-market EVs: genuine fun.
A cursory look at the Focus Electric’s stats aren’t going to stoke the flames of enthusiasts’ hearts. The front-mounted electric motor powering the front wheels is good for 141 horsepower and 188 pound-feet of torque, the latter of which is available – as with all EVs – as soon as you tramp the throttle. That makes for a spirited sprint from a stop, despite being down some 20 lb-ft from the Nissan. But more impressive is the tractability of the brushless motor and the single-speed gearbox putting the power down.
Unlike other EVs that begin to wheeze as you pile on the speed, the Focus Electric retains a suitable amount of punch above 40 mph. Credit the extra 31 horsepower over the LEAF, which does its best to counteract the additional 300 pounds the Focus Electric has to lug around over the Nissan.
But the additional tonnage over the standard Focus (around 500 pounds) added by the liquid cooled and heated 23 kWh lithium-ion battery pack and assorted plumbing is used to good effect, with Ford claiming weight distribution is an Ultimate Driving Machine-approved 50:50 front-to-rear. It’s just too bad the overly-grabby brakes aren’t up to par with the keenly tuned electrically-assisted steering, front MacPherson struts and multi-link rear suspension.
Even mild brake application is enough to send you and your passenger hurdling towards the windshield as the seat belts strain to keep you in place. There’s sure to be a learning curve – one that we weren’t able to scale in our short time behind the wheel – but the lack of EV-tuned brake regen to slow the car as we rolled off the throttle was notable.
More notable is Ford’s claimed charge time: 4 hours to fully top up the batteries with a 240-volt outlet, or a little more than half the time of the Nissan LEAF. That boosted charge time is thanks to a 6.6 kW Leviton charger (versus the LEAF’s 3.3 kW unit) sold at Ford dealers for $1,499, rolled into the purchase price of the Focus Electric and installed by Best Buy’s Geek Squad.
The 23 kWh of juice is good for a 76-mile range – a few miles off Nissan’s hypothetical pace – but because of the liquid-cooled and heated battery packs, Ford maintains there’s no degradation in range or performance, something that can’t be said for the LEAF’s air-cooled batteries.
And then there’s Ford’s killer app: an app.
Available for iPhone, Android, Blackberry and through a dedicated web portal, MyFord Mobile allows owners to keep tabs on charging, find 240-volt stations along their route and plan their trips accordingly, along with remote cooling and heating while the Focus Electric is plugged into the grid, boosting range in the process. The app even gives you tips on your driving style (ranging from “zippy” to “zen”) and the ability to automatically juice up during off-peak hours thanks to an exclusive partnership with Microsoft and its Value Charge program.
This all adds up to one of the most compelling EVs available from a mass-market automaker, combining a gas-free existence with a suitable entertaining driving experience. We’ve waited long enough for an automaker to deliver on both fronts, and Ford seems to have arrived there first. But we won’t make a definitive call until we can put the Focus Electric through its paces as a commuter-cum-corner-carver.
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Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
This letter came recently from our Sister Aaminah, of the Writeous SisterSpeaks blog. Please read it and then do what love demands.
Bismillahir Rahmaanir Rahiim
Asalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.
Eid Mubarak to my dear brothers and sisters in deen!
At this time of celebration, I wanted to share a simple way that we can continue to remember one of the purposes of Ramadan throughout the year, and inshaAllah continue to provide sadaqah to those in need. Many of you may already be familiar with this site, but I hope this serves as a reminder if you know of it already and as a source of knowledge if you were not aware of it, inshaAllah.
At The Hunger Site, you can click on a link, and through the sponsorship of advertisers to the site, food is donated to organizations that distribute it to those in need. THIS COSTS YOU NOTHING! It takes less than 2 seconds, so it costs you no time. It does not require you to write a check or give your credit card number; it costs you no money.
There are other worthy sites linked on The Hunger Site that provide other beneficial services, including raising money for breast cancer research and providing books to children. If you want to spend your money towards these causes, you can make purchases from the sites’ stores, or support the advertisers who are actually paying for your clicks.
This is one very simple way that we can extend our charity all year, and continue to feed those in need, inshaAllah. May Allah continue to bless you and your family.
“And spend in the way of Allah and cast not yourselves to perdition with your own hands, and do good (to others); surely Allah loves the doers of good”. – (Surah Al-Baqarah: Ayah 195)
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COLUMBUS – Employees at Golden Artist Colors, Inc. celebrated Earth Day 2008 by volunteering their time to help clean up garbage on the roadsides of Columbus. Golden, a company committed to supporting its local community, asked for employees to volunteer two hours of their time for this event. The company began Earth Day Clean Up in 2005 and each year it’s been done, there has been an increase in participation from staff. Of its 147 full-time employees, over 60% were able to participate in this event. This year, Bert Adams Disposal supported the cleanup with a donation of a 20 yard roll-off container. This will be used to transport the debris to the landfill for disposal.
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Girl's Claim of Religious
Persecution in School
is a 'Rush to Judgment' as Allegations Against
Teacher are Dropped
by Conrad Goeringer
December 3, 1999
It sounded outrageous -- a public school teacher requiring a young student to curse as part of a class assignment, and later ordering her to erase "WWJD?" ("What Would Jesus Do?") from a class blackboard, all in direct violation of religious rights. Some Christian groups and web sites promptly reported the story, especially when the Rutherford Institute -- a "religious liberty" advocacy organization -- denounced the incident, and mulled possible legal action. The Virginia-based organization announced that it was representing the student and her parents, and demanded that school officials give a written reprimand to both the offending teacher and the principal, and distribute copies to other school personnel.
The youngster's mother originally told local news media that the incident "boggles my mind," adding, "I'm sure a child would be disciplined any other time for cussing at school."
For some, it was simply more disturbing confirmation that religious beliefs and believers are "under attack" in schools, communities and other institutions. Accounts like this -- "Christian horror stories" -- are often reported by religious web sites, newsletters, and radio or television programs like the "700 Club." This incident reached some religious media, and the Rutherford Institute quickly "went public" with the story.
There is one problem though. The story turned out to be a hoax.
Should the Institute, and media, have checked out the claims?
It all began in Pleasant Hill, North Carolina, when sixth-grade student Hanna Darnell claimed that she had been sent to the principal's office and threatened with suspension after she refused to recite the word "damn" during a literacy exercise because of her religious beliefs. The students were reportedly reading aloud from a book, "Number the Stars," which discusses the Holocaust. Hanna told her parents that she refused on three occasions to recite the word, and was then sent by her teacher to see the principal. The youngster also claimed that a week after the cursing incident, she was scrawling "WWJD" on the blackboard with several representations of Christian crosses as part of a "feature one child" program, which encourages students to write about themselves. The teacher ordered her to erase her messages.
The alleged incident took place in October; and the Rutherford Institute quickly become involved. Steve Aden, litigation counsel for the Institute, told the Elkin Tribune newspaper the school had violated Darnell's rights.
"This girl is as good as a little girl gets," Aden declared. "She was obviously troubled over either swearing against her will or being suspended as rebellious."
"It seems there's a disrespect for Hanna's sincerely felt religious belief that's unwarranted by the separation of church and state," he added.
The Tribune noted: "Aden feels the Rutherford Institute has enough verification to take legal action if necessary."
Closer to home, though, there was some skepticism. Words of caution came from a local pastor, Nelson Granade, who defended the elementary school's principal, Vickie Hugger. Hugger had allegedly threatened the youngster with in-school suspension if she did not return to class and recite the offending passages which included the word "damn" from the book.
"I know Mrs. Hugger to be a loving Christian person," said Rev. Granade, "who is an active member of the First Baptist Church... Mrs. Hugger is the kind of light we need in our schools."
More questions arose several days later, when the Tribune reported that other students were not verifying the accusations made by Hanna Darnell. A school attorney said that the charges against the principal and teacher, Carolyn Settle, were unfounded. Parents were described as "amazed" by the scope of the accusations. At this point, even the Rutherford Institute was beginning to have second thoughts.
A legal coordinator for the organization, Ron Rissler, revealed that he had only spoken to Hanna and her mother. The Tribune noted that he "isn't concerned whether the accusation is true or not."
"Hanna has nothing to lose," said Rissler. "Some other parties may though. If we find it faceless we'll handle the situation appropriately."
By now, though, the story was being reported by groups like Christian World Ministries, which operates a daily news service. The alleged incident in North Carolina was carried in a dispatch saying that the sixth-grader "was punished for refusing to curse in class," and had been ordered to remove the "WWJD" remarks from the class black board.
The Tribune revealed another salient fact of the case: the girl's mother, who still believed her child's account, did not bother to check with school officials but instead contacted the Rutherford Institute.
"I know my child has the right to speak about Christ," Mrs. Darnell declared. "I like to have my ducks in a row when I go to talk about something like that." Rutherford's Ron Rissler said that the Darnells were advised to not contact school officials "because of the nature of the accusation."
Rutherford Institute issued a press release about the charges on November 16, claiming that the teacher and principal had violated Hanna Darnell's constitutional rights. At this point, the group demanded that the school issue a formal written apology and circulate it throughout the school system. Principal Hugger, though, vehemently denied that the incident occurred, and informed the Tribune, "I'm telling you straight out -- it never happened."
"I have never disciplined the child and she was never in my office," said Hugger. An assistant principal said that the Darnell youngster was never in his office either, and that students had been reading passages from the "Number the Stars" book since 1990. She noted that the book is on a list of approved resources issued by the State Department of Education.
On November 24, the story took another twist. The Tribune headlined, "Girl admits teacher didn't make her cuss," and reported that Hanna had informed her parents that she was never forced to read the offending words in school.
"Joyce Darnell and her husband had sat down with Hanna and told her the allegations weren't holding up...," noted Tribune reporter Mark Gray. "Hanna finally came out and said it was a lie, the mother said."
The sixth-grader stood by her claim that she had been forced to erase "WWJD" from the blackboard, but Ms. Darnell reported "she is not going to pursue the matter any further."
She says that did happen," Joyce Darnell said, referring to the alleged "WWJD" incident. "But it may come out later on that she lied about that also."
A Rutherford Institute press release dated November 24 declared that the group "expresses regret after fraud is disclosed."
"The Rutherford Institute was contacted on November 8, 1999 by the mother of a sixth grader at C. B. Eller Elementary School alleging that her daughter's civil liberties had been violated," said the press broadside. "After Rutherford Institute legal staff spoke directly with the sixth grader and her mother, they followed standard procedures in such cases by contacting school administrators, explaining the student's constitutional rights and tendering a formal demand that the violation be corrected. However, after extensive investigation by attorneys for the school and The Rutherford Institute, and continued questioning of the twleve-year-old, the student confessed to having lied..."
The release adds that the Rutherford Institute was "deceived and misled."
Questions remain, though, about the sequence of events, and whether Rutherford contacted officials to verify the youngster's accusations before taking the story public. In the November 19 issue of the Tribune, School District Superintendent Joe Johnson denied that the incident occurred, and added that the school had received a "complaint" from the Rutherford Institute "on Monday," November 15 -- less than a week after the alleged violations. In addition, the parents had not attempted to verify the accusations -- again, according to the Tribune, on the advice of the Rutherford Institute.
Principal Vicky Hugger told the paper that the Darnells and the Institute should have first spoken with all of the parties involved and not tried the case in the news media. She and teacher Carolyn Settle added that while they will not take steps against the student's family, they are mulling possible legal action against the Rutherford Institute.
School attorney Fred Johnson told the Tribune that he is drafting a letter to the religious rights group which will ask for a formal apology.
The incident raises concerns not only about claims of widespread "persecution" of Christian students in the nation's public school system, but also about what factors may be behind prompting a student to fabricate charges in this particular area. Are religious parents becoming hypersensitive, possibly encouraging their youngsters to seek out alleged violations of their religious rights while in school? Are advocacy groups, parents, and Christian organizations, which often publicize cases involving alleged violations of the rights of religious students, doing all they can -- and should do -- to verify such claims?
At least in one case, serious questions remain. Truth, and the reputations of students, teachers and others -- not "religious rights" -- may be the real victims.
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TOKYO (AP) -- Nagisa Oshima, a Japanese director internationally acclaimed for his films "Empire of Passion" and "In the Realm of the Senses," has died of pneumonia. He was 80.
His office, Oshima Productions, said Oshima died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo after being in and out of hospital since he was struck by a stroke more than a decade ago.
A former student radical from Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, Oshima debuted in 1959 with "A Town of Love and Hope," quickly earning a reputation of a "new wave" director with social and political themes during the 1960, often depicting youths raging against the society. He tackled controversial social issues throughout his career, ranging from capital punishment and racism to homosexuality.
But he is probably best remembered for his 1976 film "In the Realm of the Senses," a story based on a psychotic murder case set in pre-World War II Japan, which stirred public indecency debate in Japan and elsewhere because of explicit sex scenes. Two years later, Oshima won best director award at the Cannes International Film Festival with "Empire of Passion."
In 1961, Oshima directed "The Catch," based on Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe's novel about an African-American soldier who was captured in a wartime Japanese village. His 1968 film "Death By Hanging" was his criticism against capital punishment and racism.
His 1983 film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," a drama of war prisoners'
Despite suffering a stroke in 1996, Oshima briefly returned to filmmaking in 1999 with "Taboo," a story of gay samurais set at the end of the Edo period, which became his last work.
Oshima also was a popular guest on television quiz and talk shows, often triggering fiery debate. Soichiro Tahara, a journalist and talk show host who often argued with Oshima, tweeted his message of condolence.
"I was scared of him but he was also like a very supportive brother. He taught me many things, scolded me and yelled at me. But his words were always affectionate," Tahara wrote. "Mr. Oshima did not care about taboo or compliance, not even a bit. He said what he wanted to say, what he had to say. It's hard to find a person like him anymore. "
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U.S. Tries For Dialogue With Venezuela Following Chavez's Death
The administration said it plans to send a delegation to Chavez’s funeral Friday.
“We would like a productive and functional relationship,” a senior U.S. administration official told reporters who requested anonymity.
From the Times:
The official acknowledged that there is unlikely to be a thaw in relations soon given the coming campaign to elect a replacement for Chavez, with candidates wanting to show that they share the anti-Americanism that is popular among his followers.
On Tuesday, Venezuela expelled two American officials for allegedly “destabilizing” the state and appeared to hint that the United States may have been responsible for Chavez's death that same day after a nearly two-year battle with cancer.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, on Wednesday as a six-hour procession accompanied Chavez’s coffin to the military academy.
According to BBC, the Venezuelan government has announced seven days of mourning for the president of 14 years.
Chavez died Tuesday at 58-years-old after two years battling cancer.
Read more of Neon Tommy’s coverage on Hugo Chavez here.
Reach Executive Producer Agnus Dei Farrant here.
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TRENTON, N.J. - Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes wants residents to be aware that the West Windsor Police Department has been designated as a Project Medicine Drop location for the safe disposal of unused prescription medications.
Project Medicine Drop was developed by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs as part of its effort to halt the abuse and diversion of prescription drugs. It allows consumers to dispose of unused and expired medications anonymously 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at “prescription drug drop boxes” located within the headquarters of participating police departments. The West Windsor Police Department, located at 20 Municipal Drive, is the only Project Medicine Drop location in Mercer County.
The Project Medicine Drop boxes are lockable, metal containers resembling mailboxes. The boxes enable consumers to drop off their unused or excess medications safely and securely, with law enforcement agencies authorized to take custody of controlled dangerous substances.
“Having a permanent drop-off location at the West Windsor Police Department makes it easier than ever for people to take an active role in the fight against prescription drug abuse,” Hughes said. “I urge Mercer County residents to take advantage of this service.”
Hughes noted that residents also have an opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted, unused prescription drugs through the National Take Back Initiative, which provides a single-day opportunity to drop off unused medications at pre-identified, secure locations. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, is a local participant in that event.
The safe-disposal programs help keep prescription drugs from falling into the hands of those who might make them available for abuse, and prevents them from being flushed into the water supply or thrown into the trash where they could contaminate the environment. In a partnership endorsed by the State Department of Environmental Protection, Morristown-based Covanta Energy, a nationwide operator of energy-from-waste and renewable energy facilities, has agreed to destroy the medications at no cost to taxpayers, thus potentially saving the police departments thousands of dollars per year.
The healthcare community is part of the State’s multi-tiered approach to fighting prescription drug abuse, joining law enforcement and the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program. Supporting that effort in Mercer County are the Prevention Coalition of Mercer County and the Greater Mercer Public Health Partnership. PCMC is a group of diverse individuals from the community dedicated to the prevention and treatment of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse problems. GMPHP, a collaboration of 14 organizations representing the public health sector, health care providers and community organizations, was created to implement a three-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that is used to create a Community Health Improvement Plan for Mercer County, focusing on the needs of vulnerable populations.
The New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program is a statewide database that tracks prescription data on controlled dangerous substances and human growth hormone medications dispensed in New Jersey. It includes enhanced enforcement initiatives, including a comprehensive reorganization of the State Division of Consumer Affairs’ Enforcement Bureau to focus on drug diversion investigations and indiscriminate prescribing by healthcare practitioners. It also includes strategies to reduce the supply of drugs available for abuse, and greater public awareness about the dangers of abuse.
The scope of America’s prescription drug abuse problem is staggering:
- According to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than 70 percent of people age 12 and older who abused prescription pain relievers obtained them from friends or relatives, compared with 5 percent who obtained them from drug dealers or the Internet.
- In June 2011, the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation reported that a growing number of young people are abusing prescription drugs, and noted a significant trend in which the practice has led to increases not only in the number of young people addicted to painkillers, but to the number of young people using heroin as well.
- Every day, 40 Americans die from an overdose caused by prescription painkiller abuse, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overdoses of opioid prescription drugs now kill more people in the U.S. than heroin and cocaine combined.
- Two in five teenagers mistakenly believe prescription drugs are "much safer" than illegal drugs, according to the DEA, and three in 10 teens mistakenly believe prescription painkillers are not addictive.
For more information on halting the abuse and diversion of prescription drugs, visit the State Division of Consumer Affairs’ website at www.njconsumeraffairs.gov.
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Dylan’s Desk: Design goes minimal, online and off
More precisely, it’s the big, colorful rectangle filled with a solid color (like Windows 8) or a photograph (like Pinterest).
Mondrian would have been proud.
What this signals is the triumph of the grid and the disappearance of overt user interface cues like window borders and menu bars.
Designers, take note: When I wrote almost two years ago that the hot new trend was “undesign,” I was attacked by some of the smartest hipsters in Brooklyn. But I was right. My point was not that design had become less important, but rather that it was becoming subtler. Instead of pages crowded with links, buttons, and display type of all different sizes, designers were simplifying their layouts. The smartest designers stripped away the nonessential elements of their designs, leaving clean pages that let the eye focus on whatever images or words had been put there by writers and editors. Why? Because if the designers didn’t simplify their web pages, readers were going to use utilities like Readability and Instapaper to do it for them.
The undesign trend followed the introduction of the iPad, which made web browsing a far more immediate and concrete experience than it is on a desktop. Suddenly you’re holding a web page in your hands, with very little interface getting between you and the page you’ve called up. That makes extraneous design elements look even worse than they used to. Thus: undesign, a minimalist, tablet-friendly approach to website design.
Squares are similar. Like undesign, they come from the mobile world. One of the first apps to embrace this sort of rectangularity was Flipboard, which launched in mid-2010. It transformed the process of browsing RSS feeds into a magazine-like experience by putting stories into a boxy, more readable layout. The app’s home page is a straightforward 3
Via: VentureBeat » dev
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Why Competition Is Important In Broadband
from the without-competition,-the-customer-gets-screwed dept
The issue concerning the lack of competition in the broadband space has come up a few times in the past, usually around the topic of net neutrality. However, it impacts plenty of other things as well. Infoworld is running an article about how much trouble Cox Cable is causing former customers of the local CableAmerica provider they recently bought. As the article notes, the customers of CableAmerica chose it over Cox (the two directly competed in CableAmerica's Phoenix market) because they felt that CableAmerica gave them a better deal. However, as Cox took over, the customers lost that choice, and with it the ability to do much when Cox changed its policies and made life difficult for CableAmerica subscribers. This included giving them very short notice that their CableAmerica email addresses would no longer work and wouldn't forward to new accounts (an issue that came up in the past with other cable mergers -- where Comcast eventually realized that it needed to give its customers over a year to move their email). They also had problems working with CableAmerica modems, and wanted to charge customers to upgrade. On top of that, they cut the number of TV channels, raised the bill and changed the agreement on how they serviced the account. Of course, without much competition, there really isn't much that these customers can do.
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A Collaboration between the Thompson Writing Program and Office of Alumni Affairs.
The Reader Project, a teaching initiative offered through Duke’s Thompson Writing Program, offers Duke students the opportunity to get feedback on a class writing project from someone outside the classroom setting who has professional experience relevant to their project.
This feedback can help students learn to anticipate the needs and expectations of readers, and to revise their writing to make it more effective for the intended audience. Students in participating undergraduate courses will have the opportunity to be paired with a Duke alumnus or employee who has a professional interest in their writing project. By participating in the Reader Project, members of the broader Duke community can play a direct role in helping our students develop the communication and reasoning skills that are so important for their success in both professional and civic life.
Our role first begins with making the appropriate student-reader matches and continues with guiding the parties through the process as smoothly as possible. We are here to answer any and all questions about the project and provide support for technical queries.
Students: You can participate only if you are in a course that is enrolled in the Reader Project. If you are, click the student link to the right to sign up.
Duke alumni and employees: If you’d like to add your name to our pool of volunteers, click the Alumni and Employee link to the right.
Duke instructors: We invite you to consider including your class in the Reader Project. Contact Cary Moskovitz at firstname.lastname@example.org for more information.
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It’s not really news that America’s economics departments, particularly at elite institutions, are stuffed with people whose careers are founded on protecting monied interests. But it’s pretty rare when someone just comes straight out and announces the fact.
Meet Greg Mankiw, chairman and professor of economics at Harvard, one of the most influential economists in the country. As chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, he guided the economic blundering of George W. Bush. Then in 2006, he became an adviser to Mitt Romney and steered Romney’s economic positions in 2012, which included some of the most shocking expressions of classism yet heard from a presidential candidate.
Mankiw’s name might not be a household word, but the tentacles of his power and influence extend into Washington, the blogosphere and the classroom, where he molds young minds through his ubiquitous textbooks and lectures (that is, when students are not walking out to protest his conservative bias and harmful agenda).
Above all, Mankiw is the self-appointed Defender in Chief of the 1 percent. How do we know this? Well, because he just published a 23-page paper called “Defending the One Percent.” It’s helpful to understand the official propaganda line in the class war, and Mankiw has laid it out in a paper that purports to determine whether income inequality requires any intervention.
Professor Mankiw begins by asking the reader to imagine a perfectly egalitarian society where the economy is totally efficient and everybody has the same amount of money. What happens, he asks, when a Steve Jobs pops up? Somebody smarter, more creative than everybody else? Suddenly Mr. Entrepreneur makes amazing things that everybody wants to buy, and now economic inequality has entered the egalitarian utopia. Is it fair to intervene and restore equality by penalizing Mr. Entrepreneur?
It must be said that this opening sally, with its clumsily constructed straw man, would not pass muster with a high school debating coach. Most of Mankiw’s opponents do not ask for perfect income equality or imagine perfect efficiency, but rather envision a playing field in which everyone has a chance to succeed and Mr. Entrepreneur has incentives to conduct his business fairly and to share some of the rewards of his efforts with the community that made them possible. Instead of forming a cartel to hold down the wages of his young engineers, as Steve Jobs did. Or colluding to fix prices, as Steve Jobs is also accused of having done. Or backdating stock options to be sure he comes out in the money. And so on.
“It’s striking how preoccupied Harris and VandeHei are with the perception that Politico is too ‘insidery,’” Silver wrote. “My personal critique of their work cuts a little deeper than that, however. It’s not that they are too ‘insidery’ per se, but that the perceptions of Beltway insiders, which Politico echoes and embraces, are not always very insightful or accurate. In other words, the conventional wisdom is often wrong, especially in Washington.”
He added later in the email: “Furthermore, Harris and VandeHei seem to lack very much curiosity for the world outside of the bubble.”
Silver also took issue with VandeHei’s assertion that he’s using numbers to “prove stuff,” contending that he is instead “providing a critical perspective, and scrutinizing claims on the basis of evidence (statistical or otherwise).” That only works, he said, if you believe “that there is some sort of truth outside the bubble — what would be called the “objective” world in a scientific or philosophical context.”
“Politico, by contrast, sometimes seems to operate within a ‘post-truth’ worldview,” Silver wrote. “Some people think that is the very essence of savvy, modern journalism, but my bet is that journalism is headed in another direction - toward being more critical and empirical.”
As a reformed wingnut, I recall those times. There’s a whole fringe camp out there full of folks just like Bill Ayers who are upset with our President for not being the far left revolutionary that they really want him to be. These hard bitten partisans are willing to stand shoulder to shoulder with the hard right right whenever the opportunity presents to fling poo at the prez because it’s the only way they can have any influence at all.
The symptom they suffer from is the same as many of Digby’s villagers: it’s much easier to focus on the executive branch and palace intrigue than to persistently focus on daily congressional malfeasance as our social safety nets slowly fray apart from intentional congressional neglect. That’s just boring stuff, not as sexy as the village gossip about who’s spying on whom and how, or exactly how much of a [ tyrant, warmonger, socialist, antichrist, war criminal, foreigner, ] the president is.
If the left doesn’t like what the NSA is doing, or how Obama is executing the directives then the remedy lies in Congress not the media - congress is the only place where these extraordinary powers can get taken away.
So much for that Bill Ayres-Barack Obama friendship.
Ayres, the 1960s radical from Chicago whom Republicans have often tried to link to Obama, says the president should be tried for “war crimes,” and that his use of drones and other counter-terrorism activities amount to “acts of terror.”
To be fair, the former member of the Weather Underground says he has given all recent presidents failing grades, including some “F-minuses.”
“Every president in this century should be put on trial … for war crimes,” Ayers says in a brief interview with Real Clear Politics.
President Barack Obama is expected to use his speech at the iconic Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday to renew calls for a reduction in nuclear weapons.
It is not the first time the president has called for a reduction in stockpiles, but by addressing the issue in a major foreign speech, Obama is hoping to rekindle the issue, which was at the center of his early first-term agenda.
Obama will address a crowd of 5,000 invited guests at the historic landmark in the center of Berlin almost 50 years after John F. Kennedy made his famous speech at what was then West Berlin at the Rathaus Schoeneberg (town hall). Obama made a speech as a presidential candidate in the city in 2008.
But Berliners say they are less excited about this visit and have been disappointed that he has not delivered on promises he made previously.
“He’s still better than George W. Bush in terms of being open to the rest of the world and cooperation, but this vast change of the mindset in America, I don’t think we’ve seen,” said Elizabeth Osterloh, an American living in Berlin and doing an MBA in transatlantic management.
Within hours of opening an office for peace talks in the Gulf emirate of Qatar, Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan launched a deadly ambush on an American convoy, and the Afghan government separately broke off talks on military cooperation with the United States.
It was at best a rocky prelude to peace talks with the Taliban, which have collapsed repeatedly in the past. American officials have long pushed for such talks, believing them crucial to stabilizing Afghanistan after the withdrawal of Western forces next year.
Earlier on Tuesday, the American military had formally handed over control of security in all of Afghanistan to Afghan forces, a development that was followed hours later with the three sides announcing that peace talks would begin at the new Taliban offices in Doha, Qatar.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) — A man killed Tuesday in a fiery car crash in Hollywood was journalist Michael Hastings, his employer said.
The wreck happened near the intersection of Highland and Melrose avenues around 4:15 a.m., according to LAPD Officer Lillian Carranza.
The car, presumably driven by Hastings, slammed into a tree and caught fire.
“I was just coming northbound on Highland and I seen a car, like, going really fast and all of a sudden I seen it jackknife,” said Luis Cortez, who witnessed the wreck.
“I just seen parts fly everywhere and I slammed on my brakes and stopped and tried to call 911,” Cortez added.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Coroner’s officials said the body was too badly burned to make an immediate identification.
But, Rolling Stone and BuzzFeed both reported Tuesday afternoon the victim was Hastings.
BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith issued a statement, saying his team was “shocked and devastated by the news.”
“Michael was a great, fearless journalist with an incredible instinct for the story and a gift for finding ways to make his readers care about anything he covered, from wars to politicians,” Smith said. “He wrote stories that would otherwise have gone unwritten, and without him there are great stories that will go untold.”
Hastings was perhaps best known for a Rolling Stone article that led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has taken the unusual step of actively blocking a former committee aide from talking to TPM about congressional oversight of the intelligence community. At issue isn’t classified sources and methods of intelligence gathering but general information about how the committee functions — and how it should function. The committee’s refusal to allow former general counsel Vicki Divoll to disclose unclassified information to a reporter was the first and only time it has sought to block her from making public comments, based on her experience as one of its most senior aides, since she left Capitol Hill in 2003.
The committee’s decision comes amid fallout from leaks of classified National Security Agency documents by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden. In light of the Snowden revelations about the country’s secret surveillance programs, TPM was reporting a story based on interviews with members of Congress and current and former aides about the successes and pitfalls of intelligence oversight on Capitol Hill. The goal was to answer some basic questions for readers: How does a classified process differ from public oversight? What challenges do the combination of government secrecy, classified briefings, and strict committee protocols present to legislators trying to control the nation’s sprawling intelligence apparatus?
Divoll served as a senior aide on the committee from 2000-2003, including two years as its general counsel. Before that, from 1995-2000 she was assistant general counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency, where she also served as deputy legal adviser to the agency’s Counterterrorism Center. After leaving the Senate, Divoll was a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics and an adjunct professor at the Naval Academy. She has been regularly cited by reporters in news stories, penned op-eds on counterterrorism and civil liberties, and appeared on television.
The ground rules for the interview were that it would be conducted off the record, but only temporarily, to give Divoll an opportunity to review the accuracy of the quotes she provided, and that those would be placed back on the record.
While Divoll remains legally barred from disclosing classified information, she is also still subject to a non-disclosure agreement with the Senate Intelligence Committee that bars her from discussing committee-sensitive business. Out of an abundance of caution, Divoll also conferred with the committee on Friday about her interview with TPM. She anticipated that the committee would approve the interview, noting that in her post-government career, both the committee and the CIA had never done more than request minor tweaks when she brought them pieces of her writing for pre-publication review.
This, she believed, would be a similar process.
But for the first time in her career, the committee took the extraordinary step, on a bipartisan basis, of declaring the interview’s entire contents a violation of her non-disclosure agreement and effectively forbade her from putting any of it on the record.
“The committee has reviewed your submission … and objected to any publication of the information contained therein,” she was told.
Perhaps the real reason why the did this is to show that the Senate is complicit in this whole mess, perhaps? It certianly wouldn’t be surprising, but still, you have to ask yourself-by actively doing the blocking, one has to ask-‘What are you hiding?”, remembering the old saw: ‘It isn’t the crime, but the cover-up’.
But even the press in aggregate is not a friend to whistle-blowers, as its recent treatment of Snowden attests, what with the deep dives into his teen years (including photos), his education and employment history, his reputation as a loner and a “brainiac,” his pants-down hijinks, his online scribblings, his dancer girlfriend, his predilection for (in his own words) “post-coital Krispy Kremes.” Squeezing every possible query at every known commercial database, journalists worldwide have aped the National Security Agency’s snooping skills to track down Snowden’s friends, associates, neighbors, schoolmates, relatives and colleagues to instapaint his portrait.
No matter how generously you read the team portrait, Snowden comes off as a bit of a cocky know-it-all. And how could he not? He did a bodacious, criminal thing; threatens to commit additional acts of criminal bodaciousness; and maintains the cool-customer persona in his video and print interviews. And he comes off as a little squirrelly and ego-swollen.
But what mortal wouldn’t come off a little squirrelly and ego-swollen after nonstop scrutiny by the press, even if they hadn’t leaked NSA secrets? I guarantee you that if the press ever gets around to vacuuming your every posting, scrapbooking your most dishy teen pix, and interviewing all the people in your past, it will depict a creep of some variety. Not because you’re a creep but because the language and methodology of journalism are ill-equipped to capture normalcy—even when its subjects project normalcy. Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Whether Snowden is more psychologically integrated than your average 29-year-old makes for stimulating conversation and fun clicks, but it’s not really germane to the secrecy “debate” that even President Barack Obama claimed to “welcome” last week. Once we (the press and readers) exhaust ourselves on the Snowden, Up Close and Personal, angle, the debate will likely be interrupted, just as the debate about the Pentagon Papers was interrupted by the White House back in 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg dumped them to the press.
About two weeks after the New York Times began publishing the papers in June 1971, President Richard Nixon told National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and Attorney General John Mitchell that he didn’t want Ellsberg to get a fair trial for leaking. “Let’s get the son-of-a-bitch in jail,” Nixon said. “Don’t worry about his trial. Just get everything out. Try him in the press. Try him in the press. Everything, John, that there is on the investigation, get it out. Leak it out. We want to destroy him in the press. Is that clear?”
Comparing Obama to Nixon may be Shafer’s ‘Jumping the Shark’ moment, but we’ll have to see how this plays out, won’t we? Remember when Nixon imposed Wage and Price controls? By today’s GOP/wingnut standards, that’s souchialushum!
A former Hollywood stunt double has sued News Corp and its subsidiary News International, accusing the companies of ordering the hacking of her phone.
The suit, the first such claim from the US, was filed by Eunice Huthart, a British former double for Hollywood star Angelina Jolie.
In the suit, the Liverpool resident alleges messages from family, friends and Ms Jolie were intercepted and in some cases deleted.
News Corp declined to comment.
In a civil complaint filed on 13 June, Ms Huthart seeks damages for violations of federal and California laws and “intrusion into private affairs”.
According to IMDB, Ms Huthart worked as Ms Jolie’s stunt double on the films Wanted, Mr and Mrs Smith, and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
In the court filing, she describes herself as a close friend of Ms Jolie, and says the pair “often travelled and socialized together”.
Ms Huthart said that in 2004-05, some friends and relatives complained she had not returned their phone calls, and she in turn complained to her mobile phone provider that voice messages were being lost in their system.
She said Ms Jolie left messages concerning travel arrangements and other plans, which Ms Huthart never received.
Angelina Jolie (3 June 2013) in London Ms Huthart claims News Corp hacked into her phone seeking information about Angelina Jolie
She added that her daughter left messages complaining about bullying in school in Liverpool, which she also never received - rendering her unable to console her daughter. Ms Huthart said her husband had also criticised her for not responding to his messages.
Note that this lawsuit is filed in the US, the corporate home of News Corporation.
Which reminds me-wasn’t there some form of FCPA investigation going on against News Corp over its subsidiary News International that led to the shutdown of News Of the World a few years back, and the UK wound up indicting a slew of current and ex-News International employes at the time?
From The Atlantic 2013-06-18 Conor Friedersdorf.
USA Today has published an extraordinary interview with three former NSA employees who praise Edward Snowden’s leaks, corroborate some of his claims, and warn about unlawful government acts.
Thomas Drake, William Binney, and J. Kirk Wiebe each protested the NSA in their own rights. “For years, the three whistle-blowers had told anyone who would listen that the NSA collects huge swaths of communications data from U.S. citizens,” the newspaper reports. “They had spent decades in the top ranks of the agency, designing and managing the very data collection systems they say have been turned against Americans. When they became convinced that fundamental constitutional rights were being violated, they complained first to their superiors, then to federal investigators, congressional oversight committees and, finally, to the news media.”
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The STEP UP Project Coach Program wrapped up an eventful week at Wabash with a graduation ceremony Saturday morning.
Now in its second year at the College, the program seeks to provide inner-city young men with an opportunity to explore their talents and interests related to coaching, all while learning about college life.
The 10 young men heard from President Patrick White who encouraged them to go out and be coaches and help change the world. Dean of Students Mike Raters added his words of encouragement and thanks for the motivation the young men provided him during their week at Wabash.
To see pictures from of the young men who participated in the graduation ceremony, click here
The group consisted of high school sophomores from the Chicago and Benton Harbor, Michigan metropolitan areas.
While at Wabash, they received professional skill instruction including resume help from the Career Services office, college counseling from the Admissions staff, and budgeting advice from the Financial Aid office.
They also were given CPR training from Athletic Trainer Mark Colston and coaching advice from several Wabash head coaches. They used these newly acquired skills each morning working with small children at the Montgomery County Boys and Girls Club.
Wabash Again Hosting Project Coach Program
Wabash College is once again hosting inner-city youth entering their sophomore year of high school through the STEP UP Project Coach Program.
Now in its second year at Wabash, the program seeks to provide young men with an opportunity to explore their talents and interests related to coaching, while learning about College life. To see pictures from the first few days, click here
Dean of Students Mike Raters ’85 is heading up the week-long program and is assisted by staff from Smith College, where the program was founded
. Wabash students Wes Chamblee ’11, Josh Johnson ’11, and Andre Adeyemi ’12 are also helping as coaches and overseeing the living units.
The group has enjoyed a variety of activities, including resume and interviewing help from the Career Services staff, college options from Wabash Admissions counselors, and budgeting advice from the Financial Aid office.
In addition, the young men have received CPR training from Athletic Trainer Mark Colston and coaching advice from several Wabash head coaches. They have used the newly acquired skills each morning working with small children at the Montgomery Boys and Girls Club.
“The concept of men leading young men to lead young children is consistent with the Wabash College mission to both “lead effectively and live humanely”; consistent with many similar programs that exist during the academic year (College Mentors For Kids, MXI’s KQ and K, etc.),” Raters said. “The good relationship our men have developed as volunteers and coaches at the local Boys and Girls Club paved the way for these young men to practice their newly-gained coaching skills with the summer day camp kids at the Club.”
The program first came to Wabash after Mike Beemer, a long-time friend of the College, approached President Pat White about hosting the program. Smith trustee and foundation executive Linda Salisbury, who works out of Chicago, and Joe Sukup, an attorney and youth advocate in the Benton Harbor, Michigan area, proposed bringing inner city, high school sophomores from those two areas to Wabash.
Jeremy Seabrook, one of the program’s attendees from Holy Trinity High School in Chicago, has been pleased with the scheduled activities.
“I’ve really enjoyed myself because we’re being taught how to be coaches,” he said. “We’re teaching the kids at the Boys and Girls Club how to be nice, how to get along with one another, and how to learn about sports.
“I want to be a pediatrician when I grow up, so that’s one of the reasons why I enjoy working with kids. They have all been very receptive to us, cooperating and interested in what we have to say to them. I just really feel blessed to be here for this program.”
The three main goals of the Project Coach program are to:
- develop leadership skills in youth coaches that can be transferred to school, employment, relationships, and other community endeavors.
- build the capacity of local community organizations by providing a cadre of well-trained and knowledgeable youth workers—who happen to be teenagers.
- put an emphasis on sports and health opportunities for elementary school aged children to engage in and enjoy physical activity.
The program continues at Wabash through August 7.
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Who Gets the Spot?
Answer: Your dilemma is perhaps based on a halachic opinion that one who is accustomed to having a particular mohel circumcise his sons should not take another mohel in his place, just as one who was accustomed to giving a particular kohen his tithes should not switch to another.
This is true, however, only in regard to something that is obligatory, such as giving a kohen the tithe or arranging for a mohel to do the brit on his son. There is no obligation, however, for someone to give permission to another to build a succah in his yard. This may be compared to one who is accustomed to lending his tallit to another. Does it make sense that he will be restrained from lending it to someone else instead?
In conclusion, you can definitely give that spot to your relative but try to pacify your other neighbor so that there will be no hard feelings.
- (Based on a ruling by Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein, rav of Ramat Elchanan in Bnei Brak)
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What's visible and easily accessible to tens of thousands of travelers each day from Interstate 95, is considered among Richmond's most recognizable landmarks and is located within walking distance of some of the most historic real estate in what is arguably among the most historic cities in the country?
It's not a Richmond tourism and visitors' center located in historic Main Street Station — but it should be, Jim Ukrop says.
Ukrop, local grocer, banker and city booster, says he supports a proposal that envisions repurposing portions of Main Street Station and the massive train shed behind it as a historic tourism interpretive facility and visitors' center.
The current main visitor center is, in the recent words of the Valentine Richmond History Center's director, Bill Martin, “buried in the [Greater Richmond] Convention Center” in a hard-to-navigate area of Third Street that lacks convenient or free parking options.
Ukrop says Main Street Station may be the answer.
“It's right on I-95 there,” Ukrop says. “It seems to me you could create something like they have in Charleston [S.C.] that's like a welcome center, but as I recall that has a lot more going for it.”
In the interest of full disclosure, Ukrop says the idea is not his: “It was really a guy named Willard Strickland who came in to see me.”
Strickland, a retired area school teacher, is floating the idea among various local power brokers. He also bounced it off of Jim Crupi, the Texas consultant whose commissioned reports have offered advice to the city about getting off its 270-year-old rear to work toward a common goal for economic revitalization. Strickland says Crupi gave him both support and pointers.
“The welcome center emphasizes Richmond's location as a gateway to the South,” Strickland says, envisioning a center that also serves as a hub partnered with states farther south. “We could brand Richmond as ‘Where the South Begins.’”
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The University of Kent welcomes students from all backgrounds. About 20% of our students have returned to study after a few years (or more) out of formal education. Our staff have a wide range of experience in helping students who are returning to fulltime or part-time study.
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Date: January 04 2013
FAMILIES Minister Jenny Macklin (The Age, 2/1) is right. Single parents who are fit and able should get a job once their youngest child turns eight. Married mothers and fathers work in order to support their families. Newstart is not designed as a permanent income. If you increase it too much, then you have people trapped on welfare because they are no better off financially if they get a job.
Margaret Ludowyk, Brunswick
NOT all single parents are careless teenagers or ''welfare cheats'' who have babies in order to claim money from the public purse. The majority of us are young widows or divorcees whose ex-husbands refuse to pay child support. Cutting our payments will not ''force us back into work''. Many of us work part-time but are unable to work full-time as we are the sole carers of our children. Not only are we expected to live on $35-a-day (our rent alone is $50 a day) but also feed and clothe our children.
Pushing single parents onto Newstart is a cost-cutting measure, with the government giving no thought to the consequences. The decision needs to be reassessed before real desperation sets in.
Sarah Gully, East Bentleigh
I HAVE been on the dole for nearly two years. I cannot find a job at my age (over 60). Last week I had to choose between a haircut or a basket of vegetables. The week before I had to spend most of my dole on a new pair of shoes because my feet were becoming damaged in the old shoes. I avoid going to the doctor because of the cost, and will never get to a dentist again. I shave irregularly because I cannot afford the razor blades, and I rarely travel or have any fun. Ms Macklin, believe me, you could not survive on the dole.
David Bell, Birchip
MY DAUGHTER was born in 1979. I received no Baby Bonus, but received the greatest gift of all when I became a proud mother and bless every day since. Perhaps they were the days when parents took more responsibility for themselves. I do not believe middle-class parents who work and are living a comfortable lifestyle should receive any payment to make their lives even more comfortable, as long as we have so many elderly or homeless people living in poverty.
Elizabeth White, Mentone
ENOUGH of the vitriol directed at Jenny Macklin about her silly response to a silly question. She is one of the most compassionate and committed ministers we have. Of course she knows that nobody can adequately live on $35 a day. At least her ''mis-speak'' has raised awareness of the inadequacy of Newstart payments to a whole new level. And you can bet that she will be one of the fiercest advocates for raising payments in the next budget.
Let us judge her on actions, not a few poorly chosen words.
Chris Black, Fitzroy North
CHRISTOPHER Bantick (Comment & Debate, 3/1) is right that Australia should give poetry more exposure. St Paul's and St Patrick's cathedrals would make excellent sites for a Poet's Corner. St Pat's would be further enhanced if the sterile orange glass in the windows down each side of the nave were replaced with poetry in stained glass. But the idea should be to get poetry out in the open. It also belongs in pubs, airports (like Dublin in Ireland), footpaths (like Circular Quay in Sydney) and other places where people gather. By the way, Christopher, Julia Gillard recently instituted a poetry prize and she quoted Dylan Thomas in Parliament following the death of her father.
Pat Walsh, Northcote
BELIEVE it or not, Christopher Bantick, many of us enjoy football and opera, meat pies and French food, and the poetry of both Banjo Paterson and Judith Wright. Good luck in your quest for a Poet's Corner, but please do not resort to rubbishing the versifiers who have given pleasure to so many Australians. Paterson, Henry Lawson, C. J. Dennis and the like - or pub sessions with ''boozy versifiers'' - have kindled an interest in verse which has led many people into more complex realms of poetry.
Mike Puleston, Brunswick
IT IS unacceptable to consider sterilising an 11-year-old girl for reasons of menstrual management (The Age, 2/1). I doubt it would be a consideration if she were without disability. And if it were considered, it would probably be because of life or death circumstances. It is unfathomable that sterilisation of children with disability still occurs. The issue is about more than a person's potential parenting ability. It is about equal access to health service provision, health education, human rights and abuse. It also evokes questions about how we regard people with disability - as equal citizens or as others.
Stephanie Gotlib, executive officer, Children with Disability Australia, Clifton Hill
DAVID Brooks says US voters are to blame for ruining their country (Comment & Debate, 3/1). The culprits are the two political parties which are entrenched by a system that imposes insurmountable hurdles for third parties. The Republicans and Democrats compete over trivial differences and put themselves in the service of big campaign contributors. The emergence of ''Super PACs'' (political action committees), free from campaign finance restrictions, has provided unparalleled influence to those rich enough to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Congress and the President pursue, in the language of the Occupy Wall Street movement, policies to enrich the 1 per cent. The US has the most expensive healthcare system in the world, but substandard health outcomes. Real wages are at the same level as the 1970s. David Brooks should blame the capitalists. Remember, whoever pays the piper calls the tune.
Greg Platt, Brunswick
THE introduction of an easier maths subject in years 11 and 12 has raised fears of an exodus from more difficult maths courses (The Age, 3/1). There is already a ''maths decline''. Further maths (the easier of three VCE options) has become the most popular subject besides English with 60 per cent of students taking it. The number of students taking maths methods and specialist maths has dropped significantly. Australia does not treat serious mathematics as essential. Other countries, especially in Asia, do. The national curriculum will just hasten our decline.
Dr Neil Lennie, foundation principal, The New Generation College, Melbourne
THE violence in Melbourne (The Age, 2/1) has two main causes: the drinking culture and the opportunity to drink. The culture of aggressive drunks will be very slow to change, but the number of liquor licences and the operating hours of venues can be reduced. The compensation costs to licencees will be high and there will be screams of protest from venues and patrons. However, the alternative is to leave things as they are, with the police and hospitals having to deal with the awful results of inaction.
Bruce Chambers, Hawthorn
VICTIMS of violent acts such as rape, assault and bullying pay a terrible price for the way in which disconnected young people have learnt to perpetuate the behaviour of adults in order to gain a sense of control. They are likely to have witnessed and/or experienced this treatment themselves, including at home or school, on the street or via computer games and television. While harsher penalties for perpetrators may be a short-term solution, it is also necessary to teach children to value and treat others with respect.
Natalie Anderson, Phillip Island
I GOT an emergency call at lunchtime on Wednesday. I needed to travel to Canada quickly but my passport had expired. By 3.15pm that day, I had my passport photos taken at Castlemaine Post Office, drove to Melbourne, got a birth certificate from Births Deaths and Marriages, and had my passport application approved by the Australian Passport Office. I collect it today. Congratulations to those three institutions. Stunning efficiency.
Barry Thompson, Castlemaine
DANIEL Flitton - ''Sex is a barrier to best team'' (Comment & Debate, 1/1) - says ''plenty of boys and blokes'' make good use of sporting fields on public land but ''you'll be lucky to spot a girl''. A significant reason is that many women are interested in passive sports. Dog-walking is the main form of exercise for many women, but is excluded from much public land by restrictive rules. How does one play ball when the dog is not permitted off-leash? Women also feel safer walking with a dog. There is a large amount of evidence-based research that shows sexual attacks occur significantly less in areas where dogs are permitted.
Over the last decade, dog-walkers have actively removed faeces and this can no longer be used as a reason to prevent dogs from being off-leash on public ovals when (mostly) men's sports are not being played. Some ovals are unused for 80 per cent of light hours. Dog-walking is a wonderful ''passive sport'' that is discriminated against.
Susan Carden, Brighton
I WAS horrified that, once again during the Christmas/New Year period, people (mainly locals) let off illegal fireworks in our town, Aireys Inlet. One person proudly told me he and his mates had a great New Year's Eve with their fireworks. I asked him if, as they had been drinking and it was dark, they had felt confident they could have put out a resultant fire.
In a town with a huge bushfire risk, letting fireworks off is an act of stupidity. People in Aireys Inlet were killed on Ash Wednesday, yet some people here plan to use their illegal fireworks this summer. There is also the problem of dogs being scared, running away, and possibly being hit by cars. I hope people will contact the police or CFA if they have any information.
Buzz Thompson, Aireys Inlet
A MORE progressive taxation system that includes death duties (Comment & Debate, 2/1) is desperately needed to fund essential government infrastructure such as state education. It should be funded by those who can afford to pay.
Terry Costello, Kensington
BY ALL means, let us celebrate the extraordinary survival skills of Ernest Shackleton by re-enacting his voyage (The Age, 3/1). However, it is important to remember that three of his men died. While planning his Antarctic crossing, Shackleton arranged for a separate team to lay supply depots back across the Great Ross Ice Shelf towards the South Pole. He believed these depots would become critical towards the end of the journey. Of course, he never arrived. Three of the men charged with this onerous task - the Reverend Arnold Patrick Spencer-Smith, Captain Aeneas Mackintosh and Victor Hayward - died as a result of Shackleton's failure to properly organise this part of his expedition.
Stephen Whiteside, Glen Iris
WHENEVER we have travelled interstate or overseas, we found out about the public transport there before we left home. It was not hard. If we could not find out, the city's tourist office knew exactly what to do. When you travel, you deal with this sort of thing all the time.
Rob Kneale, Ascot Vale
... AND ANOTHER THING
THE difference between Macklin's salary and Newstart - now that's a real fiscal cliff.
Geoffrey Allen, Mount Eliza
THANK goodness Jenny Macklin has provided a story of real substance for the media to get its teeth into during the silly season.
Dale Crisp, Brighton
JENNY Macklin, the newest life member of the Liberals.
Sampath Kumar, Mornington
DENIS Croke (Letters, 3/3) asks if the US is ruled by people who believe: ''My mates and I are OK. Bugger the rest of you''. Macklin has proved that's true here, too.
Margaret Callinan, Balwyn
IMAGINE the outrage if Macklin had responded that she couldn't survive on the dole.
Robert Shields, Hawthorn East
GREAT quotes from Aussie pollies: All the way with LBJ. No child will live in poverty. I could live on $35 a day.
Frank Smith, Oaklands, NSW
PERHAPS only a committed and genuine Greenie is capable of living on $35 a day.
Malcolm McDonald, Burwood
DON'T relax. Cliff Edge, Fiscal's cousin, is ready and waiting for his 15 minutes of fame.
Jeanne James, Seaford
THE fiscal cliff fiasco gives a whole new meaning to the phrase ''American exceptionalism''.
Bruce Hill, Seaford
THE fiscal cliff is no more. Another pothole successfully avoided on the disintegrating US Route 66.
Stephen Jeffery, Sandy Bay, Tas
TIM Fischer is on to a good thing when he advocates funding a high-speed rail network to the airport with more ''golden visas'' (2/1).
Phil Bourke, Macleod
THE Age snippet you won't read: ''Transport authorities from around the globe flock to Melbourne to discover the secrets of myki''.
Allan Lowry, Brighton East
THERE'S still about four weeks of school holidays left and I've seen ''back to school'' ads. The retail industry shows no mercy.
Jen Gladstones, Heidelberg
$2 MILLION on fireworks celebrations gave Melburnians a spectacular start to 2013. Next year, let's consider how much more enduring cheer that money could bring to the homeless.
Brian Morley, Nunawading
HAS anyone finished the ''Summer Crossword'' without using Google, Firefox, Wordfinder, a dictionary or a thesaurus?
Daniella Korwin-Walford, Ivanhoe
MELBOURNE'S house prices rose 37 per cent in 2009-10. It's not surprising they've fallen.
Lawrie Bradly, Surrey Hills
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Jack Caldwell - Mining Engineer - Robertson GeoConsultants
Abstracts for the Tailings and Mine Waste Conference 2012 to be held in Keystone, Colorado October 14-17, 2012 are due the end of this week. Here is one idea that should be written up, but probably won’t. How about somebody out there volunteering to write a survey of the work that Roy Soderberg did for tailings? I met him once in about 1980 and I recall he was a true gentleman. I was reminded of him when I managed the other day to download a pdf of his work written in 1969 with C.D. Kealy called Design of Dams for Mill Tailings. I have a full copy but cannot find the link to it. Here is a link to a book version. This is an amazing volume for its time. Here is it abstract:
The Bureau of Mine studied tailings disposal problems at mines throughout the United States to identify design principles that can be applied to all types of dams for mill tailings. Computer programs for stability analyses and phreatic waterline estimation are also reviewed in this circular, which presents the Bureau’s recommendation for constructing effective, long-lasting tailings dams.
The 1969 document was updated and expanded and republished in 1977 with Roy L. Soderberg and Richard A. Busch as authors. This time it was called Design Guide for Metal and Nonmetal Tailings Disposal. Again, I have a full pdf downloaded without ado sometime last week from the web. Now I cannot find the link or the volume try as I might. Let me know if you want me to send you my copy. Here is the abstract:
The Bureau of Mines has conducted substantial research on the design, construction, and operation of metal and nonmetal tailings ponds. This design guide, like related Bureau publications that preceded it, is produced to assist the industry in the management of mill tailings disposal. It covers the site selection, sampling, laboratory testing, design, construction, operation, and inspection of tailings embankments. The effects of environment, topography, and hydrogeology are also included, and various methods of stability analysis and factors affecting stability are reviewed. Because of the diversity of problems encountered in tailings embankments, specific solutions are not intended. The guide is, however, a useful checklist for designers, operators, and inspectors of this type of structure.
The January 2009 Reference Document on Best Available Techniques for Management of Tailings and Waste-Rock in Mining Activities published by the European Commission, is a worthy modern successor to the two earlier volumes. This is the scope and origin of this fine work:
This work covers activities related to tailings and waste-rock management of ores that have the potential for a significant environmental impact. In particular the work sought out activities that can be considered as examples of “good practice”. Mining techniques and mineral processing are only covered as relevant to tailings and waste-rock management. The intention is to raise awareness of such practices and promote their use across all activities in this sector.
The starting point for the work and the actual development of this document is the Communication from the European Commission COM (2000) 664 on the ‘Safe Operation of Mining Activities’. As a follow-up to the tailings dam bursts in Aznalcollar and Baia Mare this Communication proposed a follow-up action plan to be taken, which includes the elaboration of a BAT Reference Document based on an exchange of information between the European Union’s Member States and the mining industry. This document is the result of this information exchange. It has been developed as a Commission initiative and in anticipation of the proposed Directive on the management of waste from extractive industries.
The above-mentioned failures have brought public attention to the management of tailings ponds and tailings dams. However, it should not be forgotten that the collapse of tailings and waste-rock heaps can also cause severe environmental damage. The dimensions of either type of facility can be enormous. Dams can be tens of metres high, heaps even more than 100 m high and several kilometres long possibly containing hundreds of millions of cubic metres of tailings or waste-rock. According to the Eurostat yearbook 20032 more than 300 million tonnes of mining and quarrying waste is estimated to be generated annually in the EU-15.
My point is that somebody should write a tribute to Roy Soderberg. I did not know him well enough to do it. I would have to work from his publications. Surely there is somebody out there who knew him and worked with him and can write about him. I cannot find anything about him on Google.
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The National Hurricane Center this morning issued a tropical storm warning for Hanna that extends from Altamaha, Ga., north to Sandy Hook, N.J.
At 8 a.m., the center of the storm was located about 115 miles east of Melbourne, Fla., and about 425 miles south of Wilmington, N.C. Hanna is moving northwest near 18 mph, and a gradual turn to the north, with an increase in forward speed, is expected later today.
Reports from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate maximum sustained winds near 65 mph, with higher gusts. Only slight strengthening is forecast prior to landfall, although Hanna still could become a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center reports.
The storm is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 4 to 6 inches from South Carolina to southeastern Virginia. Isolated amounts of 10 inches are possible. Heavy rainfall will spread northeastward through the Mid-Atlantic, southern New York and into southern New England late Friday into Saturday.
Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center is tracking Hurricane Ike, a Category 3 storm, as it moves toward the Bahamas.
At 5 a.m., the storm’s eye was about 460 miles north of the Leeward Islands and about 660 miles east-northeast of Grand Turk Island. Ike is moving west at 15 mph.
A slight turn toward the west-southwest is forecast for tonight or early Saturday, with a turn back to the west expected by Sunday. On this track, Ike could be near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas Sunday.
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Charlie Ferguson, a 6-foot, 170-pounder, was a gifted athlete with the Phillies during the early years of the franchise.
As a 21-year-old, he won his Major League debut on May 1, 1884, beating the Detroit Wolverines, 13-2. Not only was it a complete game, but he added a triple and two singles.
Many thought Ferguson would have gone down as one of the game's greatest players if his life hadn't ended April 29, 1888, from typhoid fever. Death came in Philadelphia less than two weeks after he turned 25.
His four-year pitching numbers were impressive: 21-25, 26-20, 30-9 and 22-10. In 183 games, he was 99-64 with a 2.67 ERA. In 1,514 2/3 innings, he allowed 1,402 hits and 290 walks, while striking out 728.
Ferguson's 99 wins rank seventh on the Phillies' all-time list.
When he wasn't pitching, he was used in the outfield, second base and third base. He was a .288 career hitter, driving in 157 runs in 257 games.
Ferguson was signed by the Phils for $1,500 off the sandlots of his hometown of Charlottesville, Va. He never played in the Minor Leagues.
He tossed a no-hitter on Aug. 29, 1885, 1-0, over Providence, the first in Phillies history.
During a three-city road trip to Chicago in 1886, Ferguson became ill and asked manager Harry Wright if he could return to his Virginia home for proper treatment. Wright refused, but Ferguson went anyway, taking a train. After spending 10 days in bed and missing the entire trip, he rejoined the team in Philadelphia with doctor's note in hand. While it isn't known how many starts he missed, Ferguson finished 30-9 with a 1.98 ERA that season. His 30 wins ranked sixth in the NL. The ERA was the lowest.
Ferguson won 12 in a row that season, a mark that stood in the Phils' record book until Steve Carlton's 15-game winning streak in 1972.
In 1887, Ferguson's final season, the Phillies came in second, their highest finish, and set a club attendance record of 253,671. They reached second by ending the season on a 16-game winning streak (plus one tie), including 11 on the road. By comparison, the club's modern winning streak is 13 consecutive games (1977, 1991).
Ferguson played in all 17 games, going 7-0 and hitting .361. Playing as the everyday second baseman when he didn't pitch, Ferguson led the club with 85 RBIs.
He never touched a baseball again.
Larry Shenk is the vice president of Alumni Relations for the Phillies. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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English Professor Recognized by AAUW
Dr. Katherine Hoffman named “Education Advocate of the Year”
Dr. Katherine Hoffman, Roanoke College English professor, was named "Education Advocate of the Year" by the Virginia chapter of the American Association of University Women in 2006.
The award is presented to a person who makes extraordinary contributions to the education and achievement of girls through work in the community. Typically given to someone outside of the formal education process of girls in elementary, middle and high school, honorees' professional lives demonstrate excellence in teaching with special emphasis on the achievement of girls.
The "Sister to Sister Summit Program" is a national AAUW initiative and one that Hoffman started locally eight years ago. All Roanoke Valley summits except one have been held at Roanoke College. The program was developed as a result of documented AAUW-funded research which showed a decline in confidence and self-esteem among girls of this generation.
The Roanoke summit brings together 12- to 16-year-old girls from all over the Roanoke Valley to talk about the serious issues they face as teenagers such as substance abuse, sexuality, violence, and peer pressure. They meet in small groups facilitated by Roanoke College women who volunteer to mentor them. The day-long event also includes plenty of fun actitivies, such as games, pizza lunch, storytelling and a tour of the College.
The program's goal is to give young girls a forum to express concerns and formulate their own ideas about how to support each other in leading positive, productive lives. They formulate action plans and build networks of friends that cross social, economic and ethnic lines.
"The summit brings together girls, young women, and 'former girls' in a wonderful cross-generation alliance that has benefited the College and the Roanoke Valley branch while giving local girls a forum and source of support," Hoffman says.
According to Hoffman, one key result of Roanoke's summit program has been the development of the Roanoke College student satellite AAUW group, founded by Heather Sherman '01.
Hoffman is "very proud to have won the Educator of the Year award in order to bring recognition to this great program and all the RC students and AAUW women who have worked so energetically and cheerfully on it every year."
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With his May 24 graduation a week away, Sikeston High School senior Joseph Walker is determined to finish his K-12 school years with perfect attendance.
"I just want to prove I can do it," Walker said. "Not many people do this."
But the 18-year-old didn't start his elementary school years striving to never miss a day of school. It just happened that way, he said.
"I just thought when school was in session, he needed to go," said Walker's mother Laquita Walker.
One year Walker, who was a student in the Poplar Bluff R-1 School District at the time, earned a free ticket to Six Flags for having perfect attendance all year long.
"I always wanted to go there," Walker said of the trip.
Winning prizes became an incentive to not miss school, and so Walker didn't.
It wasn't until Laquita Walker became a teacher years later that she learned parents were supposed to call the school when their children were sick and not coming, she laughed.
"I never had to do that," she said.
Eventually, not missing school in order to receive rewards at the end of the year evolved into a personal goal for Walker, he said.
And when his senior year of high school began last August, Walker became more determined than ever not to miss school.
"It's been 12 years. I can't blow it," he said.
Walker even opted out of two "senior skip days." The senior said he didn't feel like he missed out on anything by not missing school. It's just the opposite.
"What are you going to do (if you skip school)? Be bored," Walker said.
Being in school also has its advantages, Walker said. By being in class every day, Walker doesn't get lost on assignments especially in the more difficult subjects, like calculus.
For more pictures and stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.
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Check out these tips on how you can organize your life for less.
Recession Mama Michele Ashamalla: I love to organize things. When I was a kid, I would sometimes stay at the front of the grocery store putting all the magazines in the right racks while my mom shopped. Now I'm a sucker for storage bins and trays for organizing -- they appeal to my sense of order. Some of that stuff is really pricey -- just one trip through Hold Everything or The Container Store and you can see that someone is making a lot of money off our neuroses.
A quick trip through those stores can give you some great ideas, though. Have an idea of what area you would like to organize, and then hit the stores to find some solutions. You might be surprised at what your 99 Cent Store or Big Lots has in the way of storage solutions. Also, Ross and T.J. Maxx-type stores have some beautiful options, too -- like large patterned hatboxes and wooden magazine holders. You may be looking for something other than white plastic bins, especially in a highly visible area.
Don't forget to try to use what you already have or can get for free. Shoe boxes are terrific stackable storage units, and you can always label them or take a picture of the contents to put on the outside so you don't have to open ten of them every time you are looking for the extra candles. Remember how you used to cover orange juice cans to make pencil holders in elementary school? How about doing the same with those big oatmeal cylinders? They would be great for kid stuff (toy cars, Legos, Polly Pockets) or kitchen stuff (cookie cutters, etc.). You don't really have to be that crafty -- a roll of contact paper can go pretty far ...
A former state deputy attorney general and current stay-at-home mom, Recession Mama Michele Ashamalla has three kids and ten years of experience stretching one salary to cover the necessities and more. She's all about saving money whenever you can, so you have it to spend on whatever you want!
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Byzantine Catholic wedding rich with ancient symbolism
By Nissa LaPoint
With their heads crowned in the name of the Trinity, the young bride and tall groom took their first steps as man and wife around an altar to the angelic sound of a hymn.
It was one of several parts in their Byzantine Catholic marriage ceremony.
Francesca and Joseph O’Loughlin—although neither are of Eastern European descent—vowed to give their lives to each other in the traditional Eastern Catholic wedding, or Holy Mystery of Crowning, Aug. 11 at St. Joseph Church in Fort Collins.
The crowning was a combination of the bride and groom’s Byzantine traditions and Roman rite wedding traditions.
“The reverence and holiness in which the Divine Liturgy (Mass) was done was really amazing and heartwarming,” Joseph O'Loughlin said. “I could not have imagined it going better.”
The groom’s brother, Byzantine Father Michael O’Loughlin, celebrated the ceremony with Roman rite priests Father Steven Voss and Father Tim Hjelstrom. In his homily, Father O’Loughlin discussed the meaning of the crowns used in the wedding.
“When you received the crowns on your head, Christ gave you the sacrament of matrimony,” said Father O’Loughlin, pastor at Holy Protection of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church in Denver. “Each of you have received what the other one has emptied … just like the Trinity.”
The circular crowns of red flowers and green leaves were connected by a ribbon and placed on the heads of the bride and groom. Then Father O’Loughlin took part of his stole and joined their right hands by wrapping them.
To what is called the “Dance of Isaiah,” he led the bride and groom around a small altar called a tetrapod, holding a cross before them. The maid of honor and best man followed behind to symbolize the community’s support of the couple in their life’s journey.
They circled the altar three times, symbolizing the Trinity. In the center was the Gospel, to remind the couple that in hard times they should turn to it to find peace.
Having received the crowns, their marriage was sealed.
Father O’Loughlin sang a prayer: “May the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit … bless you and grant you a long life, good children, advancement in life and in faith, fill you with an abundance of all good things of the earth, and deem you worthy of receiving the promised blessings through the prayers of the Mother of God and the saints. Amen.”
The congregation watched the nearly two-hour ceremony and sang ancient prayers with the choir.
Father O’Loughlin explained the significance of parts of the wedding and Divine Liturgy.
The crowns are of particular significance because of their symbolism for God’s call to martyrdom in marriage, he said.
“Don’t let those crowns be a joke,” he told the bride and groom, explaining that they symbolize the couple’s dying to themselves for the sake of each other.
They are the most expressive part of the marriage, he said. They are the crowns of royalty, symbolizing their status as kings and queens of a new society—a new family; crowns of martyrdom, signs that they have died to themselves to live for each other and their future family; and crowns of the kingdom, foreshadowing union with God and each other in heaven.
After the couple exchanged rings and vowed faithfulness until death, and the Divine Liturgy was concluded, the couple kissed and left the church glowing, hand in hand.
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Ayn Rand Institute Press Release
Expelled Gets an F
April 18, 2008
Irvine, CA--Today Ben Stein's anti-evolution documentary, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, opens in theaters. The film claims that advocates of "intelligent design"--the view that life is so complex it must be the product of a "higher intelligence"--are the persecuted victims of a "scientific establishment" dogmatically committed to evolution.
"The premise of Expelled is that proponents of 'intelligent design' have been shunned, denied tenure, and even fired because of a conspiracy to quash the scientific evidence supporting their theory," said Dr. Keith Lockitch, resident fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute. "But the truth is: there is no evidence supporting their theory. Intelligent design is completely devoid of any positive scientific content, and consists of nothing more than a religiously motivated attack on evolution. To the extent intelligent design advocates are facing obstacles in academia it is because they are not doing real science: they haven't been 'expelled' they have flunked out of the scientific community, just as a faith healer would flunk out of medical school.
"Observe that intelligent design advocates have pumped millions into publicity-seeking, rather than appealing to scientists with facts and logical arguments. They have spent more time at Christian 'apologetics seminars' than scientific conferences, and have attempted to use the courts to force schools to teach their ideas. Now they are hoping to dupe the movie-going public with a film that misrepresents Darwin's theory and the array of facts that support it--just as the makers of Expelled misrepresented the nature of the film in order to bamboozle respected evolutionary scientists into participating in it.
"Intelligent design advocates will do anything to advance their views--except science.
"The reason for that is simple: doing science has never been their goal. Their goal is to make biblical creationism appear scientific in order to skirt the constitutional ban on religion in public schools. Contrary to the film's claims, the real dogmatists are not the defenders of Darwin, but the religiously motivated advocates of intelligent design."
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Dr. Lockitch has a PhD in Physics from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and is a resident fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI). He writes and edits for ARI and is a professor in the Objectivist Academic Center, where he teaches undergraduate writing and a graduate course on the history of physics. His writings have appeared in publications such as the Orange County Register and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Dr. Keith Lockitch is available for interviews. To book him for your show, please contact Larry Benson:
800-365-6552 ext. 213 (office)
For more information on Objectivism's unique point of view, go to ARI's Web site. Founded in 1985, the Ayn Rand Institute promotes the philosophy of Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.
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Bill Russell’s career
Bill Russell’s career
Jack O'Connell/Globe staff
December 26, 1956: Bill Russell and Celtics coach Red Auerbach watched a game in Boston Garden. Russell debuted with the team four days earlier.
April 8, 1958: Bill Russell and his five-month-old son, William Jr., looked on Russell's wife, Rose, tended to his right ankle. The injury suffered in the third game of the playoff series against St. Louis resulted in a badly sprained ankle, which doomed the Celtics' chances against the Hawks. Even though Russell returned to action, he was limping badly could not contain the Hawks' Bob Petit, who scored 50 points in the sixth and decisive game.
June 6, 1966: Bill Russell grabbed a rebound during a game.
May 6, 1969: Bill Russell greeted fans after the Celtics won the NBA title.
One of two vintage color photos of Bill Russell (seen here in an undated image with rival Wilt Chamberlain) during his playing days.
June 22, 1966: Bill Russell was mobbed by young fans after he gave the commencement address at the Patrick Campbell Junior High School's "Freedom Graduation." This was the second graduation ceremony after the original commencement was disrupted when Rev. Virgil Wood took over the auditorium to protest the presence of School Committee-woman Louise Day Hicks at the predominantly black junior high. Louise Day Hicks was to many blacks the symbol of resistance to integration in Boston. Russell's speech proclaimed, "there's a fire here in Roxbury that the school committee refuses to acknowledge... I do not say we have to love each other, but we must try to understand and respect each other."
July 16, 1967: Football star Jim Brown and Bill Russell. A month earlier, the pair had joined in support of boxer Muhammad Ali's decision not to fight in the war in Vietnam.
October 9, 1968: Actor Robert Wagner coached Bill Russell for his initiation into the thespian ranks with his appearance in an upcoming ABC-TV "It takes a Thief" segment. Wagner was assisted by actress Sharon Harvey. The title of the episode was "The Thingamabob Heist." The Celtics player-coach played the butler of a very fancy "fence" Ricardo Montalban. Only in this case the butler didn't do it. He couldn't do a thing right. Russell's character was supposed to keep Wagner, a visiting thief, locked up in his room, but Russell gets conked with a piece of statuary and Wagner takes off with the loot.
May 6, 1969: Bill Russell and and his wife, Rose, were greeted at Logan Airport by Governor Francis Sargent as they returned home after the Celtics won their 11th World Championship title. They defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 108-106 in a Game 7 win. The total playoff earnings for the team was $93,000. When asked what he would do with the cash, Russell replied, "The money? I'm going to spend it. I still haven't figured out a way where I can send it ahead or take it with me, so I'm going to spend it."
June 2, 1999: Celtics legends Larry Bird and Bill Russell shared a laugh during a ceremony celebrating the closing of Boston Garden.
February 15, 2011: Bill Russell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C.
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There are no plans, at this stage, to enact legislation to improve air ventilation in Hong Kong which lawmakers have described as Asia's "Walled City."
The remark by Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands Michael Suen Ming-yeung during a question-and- answer session in the Legislative Council Wednesday immediately drew fire from members.
Due to public concern that the tight disposition of new buildings in the territory is creating a "wall-like effect," which is not conducive to air circulating around them, Tam Yiu-chung of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong asked Suen whether the government plans to set building height limits for waterfront sites on his bureau's Applications List.
Suen replied that land development in Hong Kong should comply with the development parameters of the Outline Zoning Plans, and height restriction is one of the essential development parameters.
He said the government had issued the guidelines in July to address the air ventilation problem and optimize an urban design which allows for more wind penetration through the city, especially in public areas.
The guidelines were drawn from urban design guidelines which suggest that infrastructure projects that create visual and physical barriers should be avoided. They also stipulate that buildings should not have a "wall-like" effect and that waterfront buildings should maintain visual permeability to the harbor.
However, the guidelines on air ventilation are applicable only to major government projects.
For private projects, including property developments above railway stations, the government only "encourages" project proponents to refer to and adopt the guidelines in their planning and designs, Suen said.
He also confirmed that "at present, we've no plans to enact legislation to enforce the Qualitative Guidelines on Air Ventilation."
He explained the main reason for this is because the contents of the guidelines involve some nonquantifiable planning and design issues.
"At present, it's not desirable to implement them compulsorily through legislation," he stressed.
Suen's reply angered medical-sector lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki who criticized what he called the "snail's pace that cannot solve the problem."
Kwok asked: "Does the government want to wait until all `wall-like' buildings have been completed before enacting legislation?"
Green group Green Sense said the SAR's air pollution problem is a burning issue and that legislation enforcing the guidelines should not be delayed further.
"The nonbinding guidelines are useless because nobody will follow them. Only legislation can deal with such an urgent need," Green Sense president Roy Tam Hoi-pong said.
He said Hong Kong is fast becoming "Asia's Walled City" rather than "Asia's World City" as the government claims.
"We've done a survey on 155 housing estates in Hong Kong, and 104 have a `wall-like' design," Tam said, citing Tai Kok Tsui and Tseung Kwan O as the best examples. Tam was also worried a new project in Tai Wai in Sha Tin will be the next affected area.
He said the blocked air flow is hazardous to health and the quality of life. "If the government fails to address the problem now, our air quality will deteriorate sharply and health of Hong Kong [residents] will pay the price," Tam added.
Meanwhile, Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works Sarah Liao Sau-tung said the government will review Hong Kong's Air Quality Objectives next year, for the first time since 1987.
Critics argued that the AQOs - the measurement of the territory's air pollution - are outdated and offer no protection for Hong Kong citizens.
Civic Party leader Audrey Eu Yuet- mee said although the government plans to conduct a review next year, it would probably take another 18 months for it to materialize.
"In other words, we've to wait until the end of 2009 to have new AQOs. Isn't this too slow?" she asked.
Unionist lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan said: "I really doubt if Hong Kong has the courage to catch up with the standards on air pollution set by the World Health Organization."
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MURRAY Arts has broken down the cross-border barriers to produce a brochure highlighting tourist attractions in southern NSW and North East Victoria.
The cultural trail map has been produced by Murray Arts on behalf of Albury, Wodonga, Corowa, Indigo, Greater Hume and Towong shires with each council contributing funding.
At a launch yesterday at the Albury visitor information centre, Murray Arts chairwoman and Corowa councillor Fiona Schirmer said the finished product was a victory for co-operation.
“To see a whole group of people together representing the whole region is exciting,” she said.
“To get ideas flowing, understanding the value of the business and experiences they have in their own communities and to grab a few of those and really push through a brochure will have a real flow-on effect.
“It is not just about your town. It is the ripple effect that goes out into the other council areas.”
Attractions featured include the Library Museum (Albury), Savernake Station (Corowa), Chiltern Athenaeum (Indigo), Bonegilla Migrant Experience (Wodonga), Jindera Pioneer Museum (Greater Hume) and Man From Snowy River Museum (Towong).
Albury Council’s cultural development co-ordinator Narelle Vogel said all were within 90 minutes of Albury-Wodonga.
“We knew we had the assets to fill a whole brochure,” she said.
“It is about getting people to tour around the region and stop and enjoy what this place has to offer.”
The brochure will be at information centres and from the Murray Arts website.
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The U.S. State Department says it is centralizing the production of consular report of birth abroad for security reasons.
These documents will now be produced at the department’s passport facilities in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and New Orleans, Louisiana.
The document is an official record that shows that a child born overseas has acquired U.S. citizenship at birth, the department said.
The redesigned document has state-of-the-art security features that make it extremely resistant to alterations or forgery, the department said. Until now the documents were printed at U.,S. embassies and consulates around the world. Centralizing production and eliminating the distribution of controlled blank form stock throughout the world ensures improved uniform quality and lessens the threat of fraud, the department said.
In a strange display of political correctness, the department added that applications for U.S. passports and the redesigned consular report of birth abroad will also use the title of “parent” as opposed to “mother” and “father.” These improvements are being made to provide a gender neutral description of a child’s parents and in recognition of different types of families, the department said.
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Is Minesweeper for Windows 7 a Game of All Skill?
The chances of my winning six or more out of eight games of Minesweeper are .00012% given my previous winning average of 6%. This average held steady for thousands of games and hundreds of wasted hours on my former computer, which was stolen (see Blog Blocked by Breakin).
My new computer came with Windows 7 and I avoided searching the games folder for Minesweeper for over a week. After all, I had plenty else to do training a new computer. But I could only hold off so long. I considered winning the first game a good omen for my new computer. The second game was a bonus. Winning the third was suspicious. One loss was a deliberate experiment; the other was a mistake and not bad luck.
Minesweeper for Windows as it used to be was a game of both skill and luck. Sometimes you would have enough information to determine whether or not a square contains a mine. As fellow players know, uncovering a square with a mine in it terminates the game with extreme prejudice. Sometimes there just wasn't enough information and you were forced to guess. Skill helps you take the highest probability guesses but they were still guesses. There were times when you were down to two choices and knew a bomb lay under one of them. It was luck if you didn't get blown up.
choice with 50-50 odds (from Wikipedia)
Now, based on limited but statistically valid experiments, Minesweeper for Windows may have become a game of all skill. Without hacking the code, I'm not sure how this was done; but I can think of two possibilities – both could be true.
As a preface, Minesweeper for Windows has always cheated slightly in your favor. Even though it appeared that the location of mines was calculated in advance when the game started, you never uncovered a mine on your first click. According to Wikipedia, there is an algorithm for moving a mine away if it is under the square you clicked to begin the game.
According to a more general Wikipedia article about Minesweeper (the article cited in the previous paragraph is just about Minesweeper for Windows), there are versions of the game that never lead to situations which require guessing – presumably because they don't generate mine patterns which can't be deduced like the one illustrated above. It does seem that I am doing less guessing on Windows 7.
But I'm pretty sure I am doing some guessing – and that my guesses always turn out to be right when I have no other choice but to guess. This could be a benign shell game. If there are two choices as illustrated above, either of which might be right, the algorithm could always move the mine from the square you picked to the square you didn't pick if you made a bad guess. On the other hand, when I randomly clicked boxes at the beginning of a game instead of working where I had information, Boom!
Clearly I have no choice:
- must continue the experiments no matter how much times they take
- must update the Wikipedia entry on Minesweeper for Windows
hattip for an update on probability calculations to Ion Saliu.
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Solar panel dedication ceremony to kick off Mission 4/1 Earth for Virginia UCC
Written by Emily Mullins March 5, 2013
The solar panels at First Congregational Christian UCC in Chesterfield, Va., are located right above the front entrance.
The first thing anyone notices when they arrive at First Congregational Christian UCC in Chesterfield, Va., is an array of solar panels right above the front entrance. Installed in December and activated in January, the panels are a new development for the congregation that has been increasing its environmental efforts. And the fact that the panels are front and center for all to see is one of Gail Christie's favorite parts of the project.
"You can't miss them, which we like," said Christie, chair of First Congregational's Mission and Outreach Committee. "It makes a very visual statement of what we're about."
Two years ago, Christie collected some information about solar panels from a booth at the Richmond Vegetarian Festival. But like many smaller congregations, the 70-member First Congregational initially thought a solar panel installation was out of its price range. But in November, Christie got in touch with Secure Futures LLC, a company that helps tax-exempt entities acquire solar-power solutions. Quickly coming to an agreement, Secure Futures LLC owns and operates the solar panels and also benefits from any tax incentives and rebates, and First Congregational has a 20-year service agreement with the company to host the solar array and use the generated electricity for a fixed monthly fee.
"We got really lucky," Christie said. "It is very affordable and we didn't have to pay any of the upfront costs for the array."
First Congregational currently has 14 260-watt panels that generate about 10-12 percent of the building's electricity. Christie said the congregation would like to add more panels to the project in the future, with hopes of eventually generating 50 percent of its electricity. To do this, the congregation needs to first conduct a shade analysis on the building's rear roof that is shaded by a few large trees. Rather than cut the trees down, the congregation would like to see how many panels they could fit on the un-shaded parts of the roof, and the best places for them to be installed.
The fixed price the congregation pays to Secure Futures LLC combined with the energy cost savings makes the project a wash financially, said Christie, but adds that they are perfectly happy with that.
"It was never to save money – it was always about the environmental impact," said Christie. "If we can pay the same amount using solar, that's a good thing."
First Congregational started getting serious about the environment a few years ago when it replaced all of its disposable kitchenware with reusable items. The congregation has since implemented an extensive recycling program, planted a garden, and serves as a distribution site for the local farm-to-family co-op program through Fall Line Farms. The congregation is also planning to participate in the UCC's church-wide earth care initiative, Mission 4/1 Earth, by conducting an environmental advocacy letter-writing campaign and continuing to educate the congregation and the community about environmental stewardship. The official dedication ceremony of its solar panels will take place March 24 as part of the Mission 4/1 Earth kickoff.
"I feel like we're already doing it," Christie said of Mission 4/1 Earth. "Although, we are always looking for new ideas."
The United Church of Christ has been working for environmental justice for almost 30 years, and recognizes the opportunity for a shared mission campaign to live out our faith — in unity, as one church — for the sake of our fragile planet Earth.
With the help of UCC congregations everywhere, Mission 4/1 Earth, which begins Easter Monday 2013, hopes to accomplish more than 1 million hours of engaged earth care, 100,000 tree plantings across the globe, and 100,000 advocacy letters written and sent on environmental concerns.
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Millionaire Richard 'Lord British' Garriott Docks with International Space Station
Richard Garriott, a visionary game designer, just couldn't resist adding the word 'astronaut' to his list of feats. Not enough to almost single-handedly make popular the massively multiplayer and role playing video game genres, he had to go up in space as well.
He's following a dream he's held since he was a child, when his hopes of space-faring were dashed by doctors who told him he had poor eyesight. Now, Garriott has paid around $30 million for the flight, which will take him aboard the international space station and will stay there for a total of 12 days.
Space tourist Richard Garriott, a video game developer from Austin, Texas, docked with the ISS (International Space Station) at 8:26 GMT (3:26 EST) aboard a Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft which launched on Sunday from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. He joined American astronaut Mike Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov on Expedition 18 to the outpost and will remain there for another 10 days.
Richard is the son of Owen Garriott, an American astronaut who spent 60 days in space aboard Skylab in 1973.
Garriott, along with his father, brother and others, created Origin Systems, one of the most influential game developers in that company's short lifespan. They created the widely-known Ultima series. Origin was bought by mega-developer Electronic Arts in 1992.
By the time he developed his third installment, the games had such a large following that Garriott (along with his brother, Robert, and father and others) established Origin Systems, their own video game publisher, to handle the publishing and distribution of his title, now available on several platforms. Origin went on to become one of the most influential game developers in the history of video games.
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Explosions Are a Growing Hazard at Crematoriums
Dead people are increasingly going out with a bang in Sweden and the trend is posing serious occupational hazards for crematorium workers, a Swedish church newspaper said.
Kyrkans Tidning reported a growing number of explosions in caskets during cremations, sparked by undetected items including heart pacemakers, whose batteries ignite in the intense heat.
Swedes have increasingly taken to cremation and the paper said next of kin and friends were adding to the problem by leaving explosive farewell tokens such as bottles of alcohol, ammunition cartridges and pieces of fireworks in the coffins.
Silicon implants in women who had had cosmetic breast surgery were also known to have exploded during cremation.
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A Training - also sometimes referred to as a Passive Skill - is a technique, proficiency or dexterity that a character may learn and utilize as he or she progresses through the game.
Unlike an Ability, there is nothing "magic" about a Training. Trainings have nothing to do with Logos and do not go back to the psionic powers of the Eloh. Instead, they are earthly proficiencies acquired through military education such as the use of certain weapons, armor and tools.
Each Class has a fixed set of Trainings. Each time a character chooses a new Class they gain the capability to learn the Trainings associated with that Class. Trainings begin at level 0, with zero points assigned. In order to use a Training the character must spend at least one training point to increase the level to "Novice" (level 1). The exception to this is Recruit Trainings, which all start at level 1.
Characters retain their existing Trainings when they choose a new Class, so the complete list of Trainings available to a character is based on their current Class and all their root Classes.
Unlike Abilities, Trainings don't have to be dragged to the ability tray to be used. They do not need activation, but instead they are "permanently in effect".
List of TrainingsEdit
For a list of available Trainings, see: Ability and training list
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Botswana is considered to be one of the least corrupt countries in the SADC region and as such Botswana has served as the pilot in the implementation of some of the activities under the BAAC initiative such as the development of codes of conduct for the Private Sector in Botswana. While Botswana has not officially launched the BAAC initiative, Botswana has been involved to a great extent in the BAAC initiative beginning with first consultative meeting that was held on the third of March 2009 in Gaborone, Botswana. It is hoped that Botswana will officially launch the BAAC National Chapter this year.
The Botswana Business Action Against Corruption (BAAC) on Monday 26th September 2011 launched their code of conduct for the private sector. The launch was held at Business Ethics workshop jointly organized by the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Botswana Confederation of Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) with support from the Southern Africa Trust Hub. Following the launch, it is expected that several companies that have ratified the code will sign up to the code.
The Business Ethics workshop, under the theme “Business Ethics: A key to Global Competitiveness” featured discussions on diverse issues relating to business and ethics with input from presenters from countries such as South Africa, Malawi and the host Botswana. The workshop took place at Phakalane Golf Estate.
HURIDETSA conducted a consultative meeting on the development of codes of conduct and establishment of a BAAC national chapter in Botswana with member organisations and companies under The Botswana Confederation of Commerce Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) and The Directorate on Corruption and economic Crimes (DCEC). The meeting was held on 3 March 2009 in Gaborone. The meeting was well attended with key representatives from the private sector, while DCEC represented the public sectors.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and develop consensus on, the possibility of the establishment of a BAAC national chapter in Botswana; develop consensus on the way forward in respect of the developed codes of conduct (especially for the private sector) and see how best they can be rolled out and if possible replicated throughout the SADC region; examine the possibility of the ratings framework and whether it can also be adopted in the Botswana context. The meeting was also used to explore the existing anti-corruption programmes of government and the business sector in Botswana, with a view to informing a process for the establishment of a BAAC chapter in Botswana.
Some of the main outcomes of this meeting were the general high level of interest and reception to the idea of establishing of a BAAC national chapter in Botswana by both the private and public sector bodies in Botswana. Both BOCCIM and DCEC pledged to raise awareness of the BAAC initiative and creating the necessary by-in to the development codes of conduct for both the private and public sector. BOCCIM and DCEC have developed a draft code of conduct and it is hoped that the BAAC initiative will see these codes being adopted and coming in to use. The meeting also agreed that there was a need to consider putting in place an integrity rating framework which ensures monitoring of compliance to the codes of conduct once they come into use.
As a follow up to the first consultative meeting that was held in March 2009, a follow up consultative meeting was held with DCEC, BOCCIM and Maphanyane and Associates. This meeting was held on 26 November 2009. The purpose of the meeting was to:
The stakeholders agreed that the consultant should start working on the codes of conduct and a draft should be in place by end of February 2010. The consultant agreed that he would widely consult with all the relevant stakeholders, institutions, companies and organizations working in the private sector of Botswana to input into the development of the Draft Codes of Conduct for the private sector in Botswana. DCEC pledged to handle all cost related to the consultations workshop to be conducted by the consultant. HURIDETSA was to handle to payment of the consultant's fees.
A stakeholder draft code of conduct review meeting was held on 16 February 2010 in Gaborone Botswana. The main purpose of this meeting was to give an opportunity to the various private sector, companies, institutions, and organizations to input into the draft codes of conduct for the Botswana private sector developed by the consultant. The meeting was well attended by key representatives from private sector and also the public sector. Over 30 participants were able to input into the draft codes of conduct presented by the Mr. Maphanyane of Maphanyane and Associates, the consultant who was engaged to develop codes of conduct.
Key stakeholders, i.e. representatives from the private and public sector in Botswana were able to make comments and input into the draft code of conduct. Stakeholders felt that the code of conduct must take into consideration provisions of the national laws as this will assist in the implementation of the codes of conduct.
Botswana will officially launch the BAAC National Chapter in 2010.
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Oatmeal just might be the new hamburger.
No, it’s not quite as cheesy, and it won’t satisfy your craving for greasy food. But it’s a must-have for every fast food chain with an image problem.
More importantly, oatmeal isn’t as scary as a plastic-faced king mascot who sneaks up behind people and surprises them with food.
Burger King made a swap during the last week. The chain axed its creepy mascot and added oatmeal.
A good trade? That depends on what you think of oatmeal — and of the king.
Recent changes in Burger King’s menu and advertising approach actually goes a little deeper than mascots and oatmeal, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The company is trying to reach past its male, teenager customer base and appeal to mothers.
The new focus is a departure for Burger King, which long has targeted its ads to male teens who like to chomp its chargrilled burgers and gulp its milkshakes. The economic downturn has battered its core customer — young males have been particularly hard hit by unemployment — and Burger King is looking to boost declining sales by appealing to the mothers, families and others that rivals like McDonald’s Corp. have successfully courted.
That means one more fast food chain is turning to the Starbucks model as it competes for money from moms.
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- Survivors pulled from Oklahoma tornado debris as toll falls |
- Analysis: Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising
- Convicted U.S. killer Arias would join tiny death row group
- Drop in U.S. underground water levels has accelerated -USGS
- Israel fires back at Syria after gunshots at its troops
A huge tornado tears through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing dozens. Slideshow
Israel says it successfully tests new missile defense
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel carried out a successful first test on Monday of its upgraded Arrow interceptor, which is designed to destroy in space the kind of missiles held by Iran and Syria, defense officials said.
The U.S.-backed Arrow III will deploy "kamikaze" satellites that track and slam into ballistic missiles above the earth's atmosphere, high enough to allow for any chemical, biological or nuclear warheads to disintegrate safely.
Monday's test was the first flight of the system, but did not involve the interception of any target. Israel deployed the previous version, Arrow II, more than a decade ago and says it has scored around a 90 percent success rate in live trials.
"Arrow II was 'Star Wars'. This is 'Distant-Star Wars'," Yoav Turgeman of state-run Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the system's manufacturer, told Army Radio.
Launched from a coastal air base south of Tel Aviv, the Arrow III interceptor missile maneuvered for 6 1/2 minutes over the Mediterranean sea, Israeli defense officials said. The test was attended by representatives of U.S. partner firm Boeing and the Pentagon.
"The success of the test is an important milestone in the operational capabilities of the State of Israel to be able to defend itself against threats in the region," Israel's Defence Ministry said in a statement.
A ministry official who briefed foreign reporters said the timing of the test, which took months to prepare and was postponed from mid-2012, was unrelated to current Israeli fears.
Topping these are Iran, whose disputed nuclear drive is the focus of international sanctions, and Syria, which has been wracked by a two-year-old civil war and whose arsenal is believed to include chemical warheads.
Israel plans another Arrow III flight test followed by a simulated interception in space over the Mediterranean, the defense official said. Israeli officials previously predicted the new system would be deployed by 2014 or 2015, alongside Arrow II.
"Israel's hand is always outstretched in peace but we are also prepared for other eventualities. In this vein, I praise the successful test of the Arrow III," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
Arrow is the long-range segment in Israel's three-tier missile shield. This also includes the successfully deployed "Iron Dome", which targets short-range rockets and mortar bombs favored by Palestinian guerrillas in Gaza, and the mid-range "David's Sling", still under development. They can be deployed alongside U.S. counterpart systems like the Aegis.
Officials say that if Arrow failed to hit an incoming missile at high altitude, there would still be time to destroy it with other systems before it landed on its intended target.
The United States and Israel have been developing Arrow jointly since 1988. Washington says helping Israel develop the capability to shoot down missiles will help prevent wars in the Middle East.
In a statement, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency called Monday's launch "a major milestone" which "provides confidence in future Israeli capabilities to defeat the developing ballistic missile threat".
Boeing thinks other potential clients for the system may include India, Singapore and South Korea.
"As we prove out that technology, and show that it's not only affordable but effective, we think there will be additional global market opportunities for that capability," Dennis Muilenburg, chief executive of Boeing's defense, space and security arm, told Reuters last year.
The U.S. financial contribution to progressively improved versions of the Arrow system tops $1 billion, the Congressional Research Service said in a March 2012 report to lawmakers.
(Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Jeffrey Heller and Peter Graff)
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Earlier this year, the original building of Forks High School from the 1920s was torn down because of the difficulty and costs to maintain it. At the time, school officials had hoped to preserve the building’s main doorway and integrate it into the new campus construction.
When we were there in August, the building’s facade still stood (as can be seen in the photo above), but now it sounds like it’ll be too costly to maintain it:
The tentative plan would have used the facade as a stand-alone entrance to the new building.
But in the construction proposal accepted on Friday, it was revealed that saving the facade would cost $271,000.
It will be destroyed.
“We would have considered a lower bid, but that’s over a quarter of a million dollars, and we can’t afford it,” said school board president Bill Rohde.
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Kathmandu, Oct 10: Anti-India posturing is no longer an appealing issue in Nepal today but some Maoists still believe they could find support among the masses, a leading Nepali daily has said in an editorial.
The Kantipur Daily’s op-ed “Daily doublespeak on India” Tuesday comes after a breakaway Maoist group announced an indefinite ban on Indian vehicles entering the country.
The issue of “Swadhinatako Abhiyan” is no longer appealing to people as they faced so much betrayal from the leftist parties under similar pretexts, the daily wrote.
The CPN-Maoist, a splinter group of the UCPN-Maoist led by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, has also banned Bollywood films and Indian TV channels in parts of Nepal.
Though the United Democratic Madhesi Front, a constituent of the ruling coalition, has deplored the move, the UCPN has yet to take a formal position on the issue.
Bhattarai, instead of stating his party’s position, said: “No one has the right to take the law in their hands under political cover.”
The CPN-Maoist claim the ban will “promote a self-reliant national economy, protect employment opportunities for citizens and encourage domestic investment”.
The communists, having been strongly ideologically indoctrinated, continue to see India as “expansionist”, hence it will be “difficult for them to get rid of such sentiments”.
The ruling Maoist party believe majority of the people harbour anti-India sentiments, which is why it has not changed its position on India, even when the leadership often looks to New Delhi for support, the editorial said.
The PM’s recent statement that “The key (to Nepali politics) lies somewhere else” reveals the difficulty in giving up the anti-India posture. It also hinted that he is likely to continue with his anti-India stance in near future after he is out of power.
In the wake of the CPN-Maoist ban, serious concerns have been raised in India and Nepal. The move is against the spirit of democracy, it has been argued. Main opposition parties in Nepal, the Nepali Congress and UML, have condemned the move.
Tugged in the eastern Himalayas, Nepal, which shares its southern border with India, has enjoyed a close relation with India for decades.
The bedrock of this special relation was laid in 1950 when they signed a friendship treaty, which enabled Nepal to overcome its disadvantage of being a land-locked country.
In 2009, both sides revised their trade treaties that provided impetus to the business, allowing Nepal duty-free access to more Indian products. Bilateral trade was worth about $4 billion during 2010-11.
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In my last post, I was mulling over what to call a career path for grad students that doesn’t involve teaching in a university. So far, “non-academic career” seems to be winning out. Perhaps that’s because it’s unambiguous. Perhaps the “non-academic” part isn’t really perceived as a negative when you rejected that direction. Or maybe it’s just because we need to hear from more of you. So if you haven’t yet, place your vote (the poll is also at the bottom of this post). And if you have already voted - use our new “E-mail post” or “Share” functions below to get your friends to vote too.
Some of you may have seen the article: “Black days for those dreaming of the ivory tower” in today’s Globe and Mail. Are some universities really not hiring any faculty as the article suggests? You can get a faculty recruitment officers’ take on that question, and what the recession means for those of you looking for an academic career in the University Affairs article “Faculty recruitment: A-to-Z“, also posted today.
Since “alternative’” careers, or whatever you want to call them, are definitely on people minds today, it’s probably a good time to share a few resources that will help you move towards a job outside academe, if that’s a direction you’re considering, or if you just want to keep all you options open in this economic climate.
First of all there’s is the Canada’s Top 100 Employers website. Every year, the annual winners are announced amongst much hoopla and handshaking. Interestingly, this year’s winners include only 3 universities: Simon Fraser University, University of Alberta and University of McGill, and one college, George Brown in Toronto. You can click on each name on the list to get the report on why they were selected. Incidentally, Monsanto also made the list, so clearly PR plays a big part of the process. Nonetheless it’s worth a look to get a sense of what makes a “good employer’” in non-academic sectors.
UBC’s Professional Development Program for Graduate Students has posted a lot of resources for graduate students looking for both academic and non-academic careers. The career research site provides a nice introduction with references, links and resources to get you started.
Finally, Career Corner at Congress 2008 also featured a panel on non “non-academic” careers for postgraduates that was recorded and posted on the University Affairs site, conveniently segmented into easily digestible chunks. I particularly like Denise Baker’s description of Careers in Business:
Around the 3:30 minute mark of this segment she describes being hired by a company when she had little related experience, knowledge or even understanding of what they did. The whole panel is worth watching, but this piece in particular really addresses what for many grad students is the stumbling block – the belief that if you aren’t an “expert” you won’t get hired anywhere. Not true insists Denise, and echoed by the other panelists. To enter just about any field, you need an understanding of your skills, how they relate to contexts other than the ones in which you learned them, and the ability to explain this relationship to someone from a different field. Once an employer understands what you are capable of, they will make room for you, if not right away, then as soon as there is an opening. None of the panelists ended up in careers they had known about or planned on beforehand.
Postgraduate, non-academic or alternative – whatever you choose to call it, there are many career directions at least as interesting as academe, and for many, much more satisfying. Le t me know where these resources take you, maybe I can help pointout a resource or idea that could help you get there.
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World of Sport
Sporting Highlights for 1880
Here are some of the sporting highlights in the world of sport for 1880.
Here is a time line of some significant results in the world of sport for the year 1880.
|July||Tennis Wimbledon won by John Hartley|
|July||Golf British Open won by Bob Ferguson|
Please note that the dates for past events are not always known, and are sometimes just placed in the month that the current event is held. If no exact date is listed, then it is just an estimated month that it was held.
If you have correction or know of events that should be included here, please let me know. You can also send a comment below.
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Serving up all the latest food news, cool foodie products, gossip, and good deals that are fit to print!
Fast Food Workers Strike, Want to Unionize
New York employees from Domino's, McDonald's, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell staged a walk-out on Thursday, November 29, asking for their hourly pay to be increased from New York State's minimum wage of $7.25 to $15. In addition, the workers demanded to unionize. Most of the workers who walked off the job headed back to work on Friday, but not all were able to return to their jobs without more controversy.
Grubstreet reports one Wendy's worker was fired for missing work due to the strike. That worker was supported by community organizations, labor groups, and City Councilman Jumaane Williams, who protested the firing. Their voices were heard and by 1 p.m. the employee was back behind the counter.
Several action groups are leading the organization efforts in support of a nationwide movement called Fast Food Forward. They are hoping to have others rally around their cause by signing a petition, which has already received nearly 20,000 signatures. Their argument is that raising hourly wages will not only benefit fast-food workers, but benefit the economy as a whole. They hope to get their message across by pointing out some staggering facts. For example, the average daily salary of most CEOs is more than double what the average fast food worker makes in one year that's $25,000 for the executive per day.
McDonald's official response to the unionization was: McDonalds values our employees and has consistently remained committed to them, so in turn they can provide quality service to our customers reported the New York Times. While Domino's Tim McIntyre said to the newspaper, Its a fairly high-turnover position, so theres never been a successful union effort."
Do you think fast food workers should unionize? Is $7.25 per hour a fair hourly wage? Or should they be paid more?
Find more great food content on Delish:
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The candleflame and the image of the candleflame caught in the pierglass twisted and righted when he entered the hall and again when he shut the door. He took off his hat and came slowly forward. The floorboards creaked under his boots. In his black suit he stood in the dark glass where the lilies leaned so palely from their waisted cutglass vase. Along the cold hallway behind him hung the portraits of forebears only dimly known to him all framed in glass and dimly lit above the narrow wainscotting. He looked down at the guttered candlestub. He pressed his thumbprint in the warm wax pooled on the oak veneer. Lastly he looked at the face so caved and drawn among the folds of funeral cloth, the yellowed moustache, the eyelids paper thin. That was not sleeping. That was not sleeping.
It was dark outside and cold and no wind. In the distance a calf bawled. He stood with his hat in his hand. You never combed your hair that way in your life, he said.
Inside the house there was no sound save the ticking of the mantel clock in the front room. He went out and shut the door.
Dark and cold and no wind and a thin gray reef beginning along the eastern rim of the world. He walked out on the prairie and stood holding his hat like some supplicant to the darkness over them all and he stood there for a long time.
As he turned to go he heard the train. He stopped and waited for it. He could feel it under his feet. It came boring out of the east like some ribald satellite of the coming sun howling and bellowing in the distance and the long light of the headlamp running through the tangled mesquite brakes and creating out of the night the endless fenceline down the dead straight right of way and sucking it back again wire and post mile on mile into the darkness after where the boilersmoke disbanded slowly along the faint new horizon and the sound came lagging and he stood still holding his hat in his hands in the passing groundshudder watching it till it was gone. Then he turned and went back to the house.
She looked up from the stove when he came in and looked him up and down in his suit. Buenos días, guapo, she said.
He hung the hat on a peg by the door among slickers and blanketcoats and odd pieces of tack and came to the stove and got his coffee and took it to the table. She opened the oven and drew out a pan of sweetrolls she'd made and put one on a plate and brought it over and set it in front of him together with a knife for the butter and she touched the back of his head with her hand before she returned to the stove.
I appreciate you lightin the candle, he said.
La candela. La vela.
No fui yo, she said.
Ya se levantó?
Antes que yo.
He drank the coffee. It was just grainy light outside and Arturo was coming up toward the house.
He saw his father at the funeral. Standing by himself across the little gravel path near the fence. Once he went out to the street to his car. Then he came back. A norther had blown in about midmorning and there were spits of snow in the air with blowing dust and the women sat holding on to their hats. They'd put an awning up over the gravesite but the weather was all sideways and it did no good. The canvas rattled and flapped and the preacher's words were lost in the wind. When it was over and the mourners rose to go the canvas chairs they'd been sitting on raced away tumbling among the tombstones.
In the evening he saddled his horse and rode out west from the house. The wind was much abated and it was very cold and the sun sat blood red and elliptic under the reefs of bloodred cloud before him. He rode where he would always choose to ride, out where the western fork of the old Comanche road coming down out of the Kiowa country to the north passed through the westernmost section of the ranch and you could see the faint trace of it bearing south over the low prairie that lay between the north and middle forks of the Concho River. At the hour he'd always choose when the shadows were long and the ancient road was shaped before him in the rose and canted light like a dream of the past where the painted ponies and the riders of that lost nation came down out of the north with their faces chalked and their long hair plaited and each armed for war which was their life and the women and children and women with children at their breasts all of them pledged in blood and redeemable in blood only. When the wind was in the north you could hear them, the horses and the breath of the horses and the horses' hooves that were shod in rawhide and the rattle of lances and the constant drag of the travois poles in the sand like the passing of some enormous serpent and the young boys naked on wild horses jaunty as circus riders and hazing wild horses before them and the dogs trotting with their tongues aloll and footslaves following half naked and sorely burdened an above all the low chant of their traveling song which the riders sang as they rode, nation and ghost of nation passing in a soft chorale across that mineral waste to darkness bearing lost to all history and all remembrance like a grail the sum of their secular and transitory and violent lives.
He rode with the sun coppering his face and the red wind blowing out of the west. He turned south along the old war trail and he rode out to the crest of a low rise and dismounted and dropped the reins and walked out and stood like a man come to the end of something.
There was an old horseskull in the brush and he squatted and picked it up and turned it in his hands. Frail and brittle. Bleached paper white. He squatted in the long light holding it, the comicbook teeth loose in their sockets. The joints in the cranium like a ragged welding of the bone plates. The muted run of sand in the brainbox when he turned it.
What he loved in horses was what he loved in men, the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them. All his reverence and all his fondness and all the leanings of his life were for the ardenthearted and they would always be so and never be otherwise.
He rode back in the dark. The horse quickened its step. The last of the day's light fanned slowly upon the plain behind him and withdrew again down the edges of the world in a cooling blue of shadow and dusk and chill and a few last chitterings of birds sequestered in the dark and wiry brush. He crossed the old trace again and he must turn the pony up onto the plain and homeward but the warriors would ride on in that darkness they'd become, rattling past with their stone-age tools of war in default of all substance and singing softly in blood and longing south across the plains to Mexico.
The house was built in eighteen seventy-two. Seventy-seven years later his grandfather was still the first man to die in it. What others had lain in state in that hallway had been carried there on a gate or wrapped in a wagonsheet or delivered crated up in a raw pineboard box with a teamster standing at the door with a bill of lading. The ones that came at all. For the most part they were dead by rumor. A yellowed scrap of newsprint. A letter. A telegram. The original ranch was twenty-three hundred acres out of the old Meusebach survey of the Fisher-Miller grant, the original house a oneroom hovel of sticks and wattle. That was in eighteen sixty-six. In that same year the first cattle were driven through what was still Bexar County and across the north end of the ranch and on to Fort Sumner and Denver. Five years later his great-grandfather sent six hundred steers over that same trail and with the money he built the house and by then the ranch was already eighteen thousand acres. In eighteen eighty-three they ran the first barbed wire. By eighty-six the buffalo were gone. That same winter a bad die-up. In eighty-nine Fort Concho was disbanded.
His grandfather was the oldest of eight boys and the only one to live past the age of twenty-five. They were drowned, shot, kicked by horses. They perished in fires. They seemed to fear only dying in bed. The last two were killed in Puerto Rico in eighteen ninety-eight and in that year he married and brought his bride home to the ranch and he must have walked out and stood looking at his holdings and reflected long upon the ways of God and the laws of primogeniture. Twelve years later when his wife was carried off in the influenza epidemic they still had no children. A year later he married his dead wife's older sister and a year after this the boy's mother was born and that was all the borning that there was. The Grady name was buried with that old man the day the norther blew the lawnchairs over the dead cemetery grass. The boy's name was Cole. John Grady Cole.
He met his father in the lobby of the St Angelus and they walked up Chadbourne Street to the Eagle Cafe and sat in a booth at the back. Some at the tables stopped talking when they came in. A few men nodded to his father and one said his name.
The waitress called everybody doll. She took their order and flirted with him. His father took out his cigarettes and lit one and put the pack on the table and put his Third Infantry Zippo lighter on top of it and leaned back and smoked and looked at him. He told him his uncle Ed Alison had gone up to the preacher after the funeral was said and shook his hand, the two of them standing there holding onto their hats and leaning thirty degrees into the wind like vaudeville comics while the canvas flapped and raged about them and the funeral attendants raced over the grounds after the lawnchairs, and he'd leaned into the preacher's face and screamed at him that it was a good thing they'd held the burial that morning because the way it was making up this thing could turn off into a real blow before the day was out.
His father laughed silently. Then he fell to coughing. He took a drink of water and sat smoking and shaking his head.
Buddy when he come back from up in the panhandle told me one time it quit blowin up there and all the chickens fell over.
The waitress brought their coffee. Here you go, doll, she said. I'll have your all's orders up in just a minute.
She's gone to San Antonio, the boy said.
Dont call her she.
I know it.
They drank their coffee.
What do you aim to do?
She can go where she wants to.
The boy watched him. You aint got no business smokin them things, he said.
His father pursed his lips and drummed his fingers on the table and looked up. When I come around askin you what I'm supposed to do you'll know you're big enough to tell me, he said.
You need any money?
He watched the boy. You'll be all right, he said.
The waitress brought their dinner, thick china lunchplates with steak and gravy and potatoes and beans.
I'll get your all's bread.
His father tucked his napkin into his shirt.
It aint me I was worried about, the boy said. Can I say that?
His father took up his knife and cut into the steak. Yeah, he said. You can say that.
The waitress brought the basket of rolls and set it on the table and went away. They ate. His father didn't eat much. After a while he pushed the plate back with his thumb and reached and got another cigarette and tapped it against the lighter and put it in his mouth and lit it.
You can say whatever's on your mind. Hell. You can bitch at me about smokin if you want.
The boy didnt answer.
You know it aint what I wanted dont you?
Yeah. I know that.
You lookin after Rosco good?
He aint been rode.
Why dont we go Saturday.
You dont have to if you got somethin else to do.
I aint got nothin else to do.
His father smoked, he watched him.
You dont have to if you dont want to, he said.
I want to.
Can you and Arturo load and pick me up in town?
What time'll you be up?
I'll get up.
We'll be there at eight.
I'll be up.
The boy nodded. He ate. His father looked around. I wonder who you need to see in this place to get some coffee, he said.
He and Rawlins had unsaddled the horses and turned them out in the dark and they were lying on the saddleblankets and using the saddles for pillows. The night was cold and clear and the sparks rising from the fire raced hot and red among the stars. They could hear the trucks out on the highway and they could see the lights of the town reflected off the desert fifteen miles to the north.
What do you aim to do? Rawlins said.
I dont know. Nothin.
I dont know what you expect. Him two years oldern you. Got his own car and everthing.
There aint nothin to him. Never was.
What did she say?
She didnt say nothin. What would she say? There aint nothin to say.
Well I dont know what you expect.
I dont expect nothin.
Are you goin on Saturday?
Rawlins took a cigarette out of his shirtpocket and sat up and took a coal from the fire and lit the cigarette. He sat smoking. I wouldnt let her get the best of me, he said.
He tipped the ash from the end of the cigarette against the heel of his boot.
She aint worth it. None of em are.
He didnt answer for a while. Then he said: Yes they are.
When he got back he rubbed down the horse and put him up and walked up to the house to the kitchen. Luisa had gone to bed and the house was quiet. He put his hand on the coffeepot to test it and he took down a cup and poured it and walked out and up the hallway.
He entered his grandfather's office and went to the desk and turned on the lamp and sat down in the old oak swivelchair. On the desk was a small brass calendar mounted on swivels that changed dates when you tipped it over in its stand. It still said September 13th. An ashtray. A glass paperweight. A blotter that said Palmer Feed and Supply. His mother's highschool graduation picture in a small silver frame.
The room smelled of old cigarsmoke. He leaned and turned off the little brass lamp and sat in the dark. Through the front window he could see the starlit prairie falling away to the north. The black crosses of the old telegraph poles yoked across the constellations passing east to west. His grandfather said the Comanche would cut the wires and splice them back with horsehair. He leaned back and crossed his boots on the desktop. Dry lightning to the north, forty miles distant. The clock struck eleven in the front room across the hall.
She came down the stairs and stood in the office doorway and turned on the wall switch light. She was in her robe and she stood with her arms cradled against her, her elbows in her palms. He looked at her and looked out the window again.
What are you doing? she said.
She stood there in her robe for a long time. Then she turned and went back down the hall and up the stairs again. When he heard her door close he got up and turned off the light.
There were a few last warm days yet and in the afternoon sometimes he and his father would sit in the hotel room in the white wicker furniture with the window open and the thin crocheted curtains blowing into the room and they'd drink coffee and his father would pour a little whiskey in his own cup and sit sipping it and smoking and looking down at the street. There were oilfield scouts' cars parked along the street that looked like they'd been in a warzone.
If you had the money would you buy it? the boy said.
I had the money and I didnt.
You mean your backpay from the army?
No. Since then.
What's the most you ever won?
You dont need to know. Learn bad habits.
Why dont I bring the chessboard up some afternoon?
I aint got the patience to play.
You got the patience to play poker.
What's different about it?
Money is what's different about it.
There's still a lot of money in the ground out there, his father said. Number one I C Clark that come in last year was a big well.
He sipped his coffee. He reached and got his cigarettes off the table and lit one and looked at the boy and looked down at the street again. After a while he said:
I won twenty-six thousand dollars in twenty-two hours of play. There was four thousand dollars in the last pot, three of us in. Two boys from Houston. I won the hand with three natural queens.
He turned and looked at the boy. The boy sat with the cup in front of him halfway to his mouth. He turned and looked back out the window. I dont have a dime of it, he said.
What do you think I should do?
I dont think there's much you can do.
Will you talk to her?
I caint talk to her.
You could talk to her.
Last conversation we had was in San Diego California in nineteen forty-two. It aint her fault. I aint the same as I was. I'd like to think I am. But I aint.
You are inside. Inside you are.
His father coughed. He drank from his cup. Inside, he said.
They sat for a long time.
She's in a play or somethin over there.
Yeah. I know.
The boy reached and got his hat off the floor and put it on his knee. I better get back, he said.
You know I thought the world of that old man, dont you?
The boy looked out the window. Yeah, he said.
Dont go to cryin on me now.
He never give up, the boy said. He was the one told me not to. He said let's not have a funeral till we got somethin to bury, if it aint nothin but his dogtags. They were fixin to give your clothes away.
His father smiled. They might as well of, he said. Only thing fit me was the boots.
He always thought you all would get back together.
Yeah, I know he did.
The boy stood and put on his hat. I better get on back, he said.
He used to get in fights over her. Even as a old man. Anybody said anything about her. If he heard about it. It wasnt even dignified.
I better get on.
He unpropped his feet from the windowsill. I'll walk down with you. I need to get the paper.
They stood in the tiled lobby while his father scanned the headlines.
How can Shirley Temple be getting divorced? he said.
He looked up. Early winter twilight in the streets. I might just get a haircut, he said.
He looked at the boy.
I know how you feel. I felt the same way.
The boy nodded. His father looked at the paper again and folded it.
The Good Book says that the meek shall inherit the earth and I expect that's probably the truth. I aint no freethinker, but I'll tell you what. I'm a long way from bein convinced that it's all that good a thing.
He looked at the boy. He took his key out of his coatpocket and handed it to him.
Go on back up there. There's somethin belongs to you in the closet.
The boy took the key. What is it? he said.
Just somethin I got for you. I was goin to give it to you at Christmas but I'm tired of walkin over it.
Anyway you look like you could use some cheerin up. Just leave the key at the desk when you come down.
I'll see you.
He rode back up in the elevator and walked down the hall and put the key in the door and walked in and went to the closet and opened it. Standing on the floor along with two pairs of boots and a pile of dirty shirts was a brand new Hamley Formfitter saddle. He picked it up by the horn and shut the closet door and carried it to the bed and swung it up and stood looking at it.
Hell fire and damnation, he said.
He left the key at the desk and swung out through the doors into the street with the saddle over his shoulder.
He walked down to South Concho Street and swung the saddle down and stood it in front of him. It was just dark and the streetlights had come on. The first vehicle along was a Model A Ford truck and it came skidding quarterwise to a halt on its mechanical brakes and the driver leaned across and rolled down the window part way and boomed at him in a whiskey voice: Throw that hull up in the bed, cowboy, and get in here.
Yessir, he said.
Excerpted from All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. Copyright © 1992 by Cormac McCarthy. Excerpted by permission of Vintage, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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This month marks the official 10th anniversary of Disney Pin Trading, a hobby that began in October 1999 at Walt Disney World and is now available at every Disney theme park and resort. Basically, collectors buy or trade Disney-produced pins that feature Disney characters, attractions, and other fun images. I happened to stumble into the world of Disney pins in 2004. I warn you: this hobby can become addicting really fast as there over 10,000 different pins out there to date. After realizing this I decided to limit my collecting to only those times when I am actually at Disneyland (a rarity, thank goodness), because I mainly want to acquire Cast Lanyard / Hidden Mickey pins.
To start, read the Q-and-A on the official Disney pin trading site that will give you a general explanation of pin trading, and if you're heading to one of the theme parks, be sure to read the official pin trading etiquette guidelines as well. I wear a lanyard when I go to the park; here is my 50th Anniversary lanyard with a few of my pins attached:
Disney Pin Trading pins come in three main types: open edition, limited edition, and Cast Lanyard Series / Hidden Mickey. Open edition means that millions will be made, and limited edition is self-explanatory. Sometimes the pins are made in very small quantities, such as editions of 100 or 300. Pins are gold-backed with a "mouse ears" pin closure and a "Disney Pin Trading" logo:
|This is called a "spinner," as the teacups and the base spin independently.|
Note that it was made in a limited edition of 1,000.
|The silver Mickey icon can be found on each pin|
I showed you a Disney lapel pin on July 4th this year. Although it is not an official Disney Pin trading pin, it is still special. I happened to visit a nearby Disney Store on September 11, 2002, the first anniversary of 9/11, and these were handed out at the door:
A source that you might find helpful should you want to start a collection is Tomart's Disneyana Guide To Pin Trading:
Tomart's is the official guide and it includes pictures of many, many of pins, including limited editions and some of the Cast Member Lanyard pins that have been available through 1999-2005 to help guide your collecting. You'll also want to poke around online to find tips and tricks from other collectors. Of course, I've got a few tips to share!
- You may have noticed a certain theme in my Tomorrow's Vintage Collectibles series. By now, you should know to seek out limited edition items over mass produced items. This is also true for Disney pins. The fewer produced the better.
- If there is a Disney factory outlet store nearby be sure to purchase pins there for the lowest prices. Many times you will be able to find limited edition pins that were produced in larger quantities (e.g., 2500) or pins that were produced solely for the holidays to add to your collection.
- On a related note, buy pins before you leave for a Disney park at the Disney factory outlet store to trade in the park. Better yet, purchase the Disney lapel pins that aren't meant for pin trading to trade with Cast Members only. I found that cast members will not refuse a trade with you even for the cheapest and most boring pin as long as the pin is metal and does not have a "clasp" or "brooch" style back, and this is a money-saving method to acquire the coveted Cast Member Lanyard pins.
- Pin trade early in the day. Cast Member Lanyard / Hidden Mickey pins go fast.
As it's been quite awhile since the last Tomorrow's Vintage Collectibles post, I hope that you found this one entertaining and informative. Questions and comments are very welcome!
Tenth anniversary pin image courtesy of DisneyPins.com.
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King, the governor of the Bank of England, follows Barclay's chief executive Bob Diamond in delivering the lecture about current issues facing the global economy.
On May 2, he will address an invited audience of 300 Today programme listeners at an event hosted by Evan Davis, who will also interview King on the following morning's Today programme on Radio 4.
The lecture will be covered by BBC News and aired in full on BBC Radio 4 from 9pm on Wednesday, May 2. As well as being interviewed by Davis, King will answer questions from the audience.
Today editor Ceri Thomas said: "I'm delighted that Sir Mervyn King has agreed to give the 2012 BBC Today Lecture. He's been at the centre of public life in this country through some of the most difficult economic times we've ever known. This is a great opportunity to hear his views and put directly to him some of our listeners' concerns."
Sir Mervyn King added: "I am delighted to have been asked to give the 2012 BBC Today Lecture and to have the opportunity to speak directly to a national radio audience."
Details on how to apply for tickets to the event will be published on the Today website closer to the time, said the BBC.
Also this week, King warned that the UK economy is likely to contract between April and June this year due to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee bank holiday.
Speaking at the House of Lords' Economic Affairs Committee, he forecast a repeat of what happened last year, when the Royal Wedding bank holiday caused a blip in economic output.
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Facial Surgery Practices Earn National CT Accreditation
The CAMC Physicians Group Facial Surgery practices at General Hospital and Women and Children’s Hospital have been granted a three-year term of accreditation in CT in the areas of Sinus, Temporal Bone and Dental CT by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC).
Computed Tomography (CT) is a highly regarded diagnostic imaging tool, valued for its ability to provide clear images of different types of tissue. Sinus CT exams are used to diagnose sinus disease, detect a narrowing or obstruction in the sinus drainage pathway, and evaluate the outer ear as well as bones of the ear and inner ear structures for infection, tumor, injury or congenital or acquired hearing disorders. Dental CT exams are used for evaluating dental anomalies, treatment planning and complex dental implant procedures. Radiation safety, quality imaging and accurate interpretations are critical to the provision of quality patient care.
Accreditation by the IAC means that CAMC’s Facial Surgery practices have undergone a thorough review of operational and technical components by a panel of experts. The IAC grants accreditation only to those facilities that are found to be providing quality patient care, in compliance with national standards through a comprehensive application process including detailed case study review.
IAC accreditation is a “seal of approval” that patients can rely on as an indication that the facility has been carefully critiqued on all aspects of its operations considered relevant by the medical experts in the field of CT. This accreditation is widely respected within the medical community, as illustrated by the support of the national medical societies related to CT, which include physicians, technologists and physicists. CT accreditation is required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and in some cases by private insurers.
“We are very proud and honored by the IAC accreditation,” said Jeff Goode, president of CAMC Physicians Group. “This designation validates that we are providing the best care for our patients, which is always our top priority.”
CAMC Physicians Group has two facial surgery practices, one on the campus of Women and Children’s Hospital and one located at General Hospital. Its oral and maxillofacial surgeons specialize in treating diseases, deformities, injuries and cosmetic defects of the face and mouth affecting people of all ages, from infants to adults. For more information, visit camc.org/facialsurgery.
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What do you do when your industry depends on a much-maligned chemical, feared by the public and in danger of government regulation? Apparently you and your colleagues meet at the Cosmos Club and talk strategy. Not surprising, but this time the Post obtained a copy of the notes:
According to internal notes of a private meeting, obtained by The Washington Post, frustrated industry executives huddled for hours Thursday trying to figure out how to tamp down public concerns over the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA. The notes said the executives are particularly concerned about the views of young mothers, who often make purchasing decisions for households and who are most likely to be focused on health concerns.
Industry representatives weighed a range of ideas, including "using fear tactics [e.g. "Do you want to have access to baby food anymore?" as well as giving control back to consumers (e.g. you have a choice between the more expensive product that is frozen or fresh or foods packaged in cans) as ways to dissuade people from choosing BPA-free packaging," the notes said.
The attendees estimated it would cost $500,000 to craft a message for a public relations campaign, according to the notes. "Their 'holy grail' spokesperson would be a 'pregnant young mother who would be willing to speak around the country about the benefits of BPA,' " the notes said.
Those in attendance said the mainstream media are ignoring their side of the controversy, and attendees talked about how the group is focusing on "legislative battles and befriending people that are able to manipulate the legislative process," the document said."
To be honest, I don't know enough about the science, but the article goes on to summarize some of the research.Posted by cradle at May 31, 2009 12:06 PM
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One Neurologist thinks paralysis migraine possible. Guillain-Barre has been mentioned by Occ Health at work. vertigo, slight fuzzy outsides of tunnel vision and tongue/jaw still bothering me. I saw on a Guillain Barre Syndrome website mention Broup B Streps - is this connected in any way? Any clues - do you think I could have Guillain Barre Syndrome? I have had a positive test for Group B Strps when I was pregnant with my second live birth in May 2003. Ruth
Guillain-Barre Syndrome appears within few weeks after respiratory or gastrointestinal infection. So, the infection in 2003 did not caused the symptoms you experienced recently.
The symptoms you experienced are related to a neurological disorder. The tests you mentioned are indicative for different causes. The lumbar puncture was done to check for bacterial or viral neurological infection. MRI and CT scan were done to check for tumor and possible damage after hemorrhage or infarction. The only test that was not mentioned and might be recommended is Electroencephalography to check for functional brain disorders. These do not require morphological changes of the brain, thus making them invisible for MRI and CT scan. Instead small functional abnormalities of the brain cells might be present.
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all stories tagged "housing"
Do NYC urban planners have infrastructure and environmental advice for slum-filled cities in other parts of the world?
An EPA competition launched with 14 participants in 2010. Now 3,300 buildings are competing, with some unusual entrants in the metro region.
Solar and wind power in private buildings have a give-and-take relationship with the electric grid.
Mayor Bloomberg’s New Housing Marketplace plan is on track to create or preserve 165,000 units of affordable housing. However, units for middle class New Yorkers are lagging behind, according to a recent report.VIDEO
The NJ Department of Community Affairs must explain to towns why they may lose money accumulated since 2008 and give them the opportunity to appeal.VIDEO
The city's proposal for teeny apartments is part of a larger movement to fill the evolving needs of a growing population.
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In Years Past
November 25, 2012
? In 1912, the first real snow fall of the season came Sunday night and during the early hours of this day and, by noon, all the hills of all Western New York were covered with a mantle of “the......
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For all those who are not aware already updated Toy Regulations came into force in July 2011 which means all of us that make and sell sock animals designed to be toys must comply with these regulations and CE mark our creatures.
Some may feel that this is a hurdle that cannot be overcome but that is where you would be wrong. I along with over a hundred other sock creature makers on Facebook have formed a support group to help each other self test our creatures. I have already completed testing on 3 of my designs that I may now sell with a CE mark. It is manageable and having the support of so many others has made it achievable.
We have a number of hurdles:
All materials used must be compliant to EN71 Regulations. As a group we have created a list suppliers of compliant materials including stuffing, thread, felt and wool. Those items we can not find we are grouping together to get tested and these include ribbon, lace and fleece.
Strength tests: We need to ensure our designs and most notably the seams can withstand the weight of 7kg attached by clamps. As our creatures are well made this is no problem and our creatures have passed this torture with flying colours and with the help of a self test pack provided by a Toy testing company called Conformance.
Flammability tests: We have tested that our creatures are well within acceptable burn rate limits. It does involve using a blow torch on our brave test creatures. Again all socks tested have passed with flying colours.
Chemical Migration: The hardest hurdle for all those using socks is that socks were made for the clothing industry and not to be made into toys. To get the cE mark we need to ensure that they do not contain harmful chemicals that may leach out into the mouths of children. This test we cannot do ourselves and so as a group we have sent off a sock from all main high street stores and some wholesale on line sellers to be tested in Testing houses. At a cost of £60 per socks this is manageable as there are so many of us. We now have a large selection of socks that we can use.
Trading Standards have been very helpful for some and not to for others and advice has been conflicting but together we are making this goal possible. There is a great FB support page for all those self testing any toy and this page can connect you with the private sock support group.
Great article Dawn and congratulations on acheiving you CE label from a member of the group
Thanks Jill and thank you for all your support. I thought it would be a good idea to share this here to reassure others that it is possible.
Well said Dawn, you are a well respected maker and people are likely to listen to you, it's lovely to give people hope!
Thanks for this article, Dawn!! Really useful to know! Thank goodness I'm not advertising my animals as toys or anything. (They're not really designed to be, either!)
If you are making sock creatures as collectable items or for adult collectors be sure to label them as such so people don't buy them mistakenly thinking they are for children. I sell a range of sock creatures designed and intended for adult collectors too.
Hmm...good point. I suppose I haven't really advertised them as any of those so far, just as gifts for friends and family. Thanks for the advise, though!
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I defy anyone to watch the latest undercover exposé from Turkey of the transport and slaughter of sheep and cattle and not feel sickened and angry.
Here’s yet more gruesome footage in which unforgivable and inexcusable things are done to farmed animals when they are at their most vulnerable. Please understand that it’s as difficult for me and everyone at Compassion to watch this footage as I am sure it is for you. But please don’t turn away. We owe it to the animals to know how they’re abused in order to speak out on their behalf with authority.
As we saw repeatedly from previous undercover investigations in, for example, Egypt in 2009 and Indonesia this year, sheep, cattle and pigs are repeatedly abused in contravention of the international recommendations of the World Organisation for Animal Health on welfare at slaughter.
We cannot allow these situations to continue. Developments in Turkey are particularly distressing. In the first half of this year almost 600,000 sheep were transported to Turkey from the EU. This is more than twice as many as in the whole of 2010. At least 100,000 cattle were exported from the EU to Turkey in the first half of 2011. This is nearly twice as many as in the whole of 2010. On current trends, we could see more than 1 million animals travel the route this year.
The European Commission has several times been given detailed information about the welfare abuses involved in live exports to Turkey. We have told them how EU law designed to protect animals is regularly broken during these journeys and how protracted delays at the border – lasting hours, sometimes days – intensifies the suffering. Despite this the Commission has failed to take any effective action. If you want to write to the Commission please join us in taking action here.
All of this underscores the importance of keeping up the pressure against the long distance transport trade in animals internationally. Thank you for your continued support.
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In 1964, I joined the Office of Public Safety as a police adviser. I was assigned to Washington for "training" to go overseas to work with senior police officials in a Third World country to be determined.
Our police academy was in the old D.C. car barn on M Street. On Election Day the entire student body, all of whom were senior police officials in their countries, came in all upset. Since we taught in three languages, the staff was trying to figure out what was wrong. All of these officers wanted to know where were the tanks, the gun positions--in reality, where were the arms?
The instructors explained that most of the military were voting just like the civilian population. They were not convinced, so classes were suspended and instructors took the senior police officials out to see what democracy was all about.
I think we are losing our democratic experiment to a new reality of a "Give Me My Free Stuff" mentality. When it is too much trouble to teach history, we are getting ready to give up our freedom to the bunch who says, let's take from the rich and give to whom we choose.
I figure that by 2014 or 2015 we will be unable to pay our debt and this country will default. You can kiss Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, government pensions, and just about everything else goodbye. We will be like Germany just after World War I when it took a barrel of money to buy a loaf of bread. No wonder so many states would like to leave the U.S.
Walter E. Kreutzer
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October 20 – Happy Birthday Dave Collins
The Yankees 1981 World Series defeat to the Dodgers was an almost tragic turning point for George Steinbrenner. He had spent loads of Yankee dollars to put together an offense that was driven by home runs only to see that offense sputter and fail in both the second half of the strike-induced split season and the last four games with Los Angeles. He then let his anger over the strike and the pain of that Dodger defeat drive a series of player decisions that would keep the Yankees out of postseason play for the next fifteen years. No move symbolized Steinbrenner’s inept over-reaction more than the signing of Dave Collins.
At the time, Collins was a singles-hitting, base-stealing outfielder who slap-swung his bat from both sides of the plate. He had hit .300 for the Reds in both 1979 and ’80 but what really captured the Boss’s attention was the 79 bases Collins stole during that 1980 season. Steinbrenner was convinced the guy would be a perfect lead-off man for the new small-ball offense he envisioned for his ball club so he blew him over with a three-year, two-and-a-half million dollar free agent offer that was probably twice as much and at least a year-more than any other team would have offered Collins.
A month before that signing the Boss had approved a trade for Collins’ Cincinnati teammate and fellow outfielder, Ken Griffey. Then just before spring training, Steinbrenner must have been feeling sentimental because he gave both Lou Piniella and Bobby Murcer, two more outfielders, three-year contract extensions. The Yankees also already had Dave Winfield, Jerry Mumphrey and Oscar Gamble under contract for the 1982 season. That added up to seven outfielders which didn’t add up to a very confused Bob Lemon, who as Yankee manager was given the responsibility of figuring out where and when to play all of them. When Collins reported to spring training, Lemon told him to work out at first base. As Bill Madden explained the situation in his excellent biography of Steinbrenner, “The Last Lion of Baseball,” Collins spent all that spring asking every reporter who covered the team “Why in the world did they sign me?”
He ended up playing first base in 52 games for New York and split 60 more pretty evenly as the Yankee left, right, and center fielder. He hit just .253 that year, stole only 13 bases and was probably one of the most uncomfortable Yankee players in the history of the franchise. Steinbrenner’s 1982 small ball Yankees finished the season next-to-last in their division with a 79-83 record. New York then mercifully traded Collins to the Blue Jays, where, feeling much more wanted, he averaged .290 and 50 stolen bases during the final two years of the contract he had originally signed with New York. But just to make Steinbrenner regret his signing of Collins even more, the Blue jays insisted that the Yankees include a youngster named Fred McGriff in the trade for Collins
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Just a few days ago, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan was complaining that President Obama never called to say hello. (It was Valentine’s Day weekend, so many Americans could sympathize.) When Obama finally picked up the phone yesterday, it was to tell Karzai about the seventeen-thousand new troops he’d decided to send to his country. There’s been a lot written lately about whether Afghanistan will be Obama’s Vietnam, though it’s not clear if he’d be cast as Johnson or as Nixon—or as Kennedy, for that matter. So does that make Karzai the new Ngo Dinh Diem, and Richard Holbrooke the new Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.?
The new troops’ mission is a bit unsettled—a policy review is underway—but a new United Nations report shows what they should avoid: Afghan civilian deaths spiked last year, and almost forty per cent were attributed to Afghan government, U.S., and NATO forces. The Times talks to an Afghan man who, after an American and Afghan operation in his village, found his son, pregnant daughter-in-law, and two toddler grandchildren dead. The next day, an Afghan official handed him eight hundred dollars. The Times also has a slide show of Afghanistan’s wounded.
When Obama signed the new stimulus package yesterday, in Denver, he said that it was not the end of the crisis but “the beginning of the end.” Might be safer to go with Churchill c. 1942, and call it “the end of the beginning,” especially given the latest news from Detroit (and from everywhere).
And it doesn’t sound like Alex Rodriguez’s press conference got him to the end on the steroids issue—more like the middle of the beginning.
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Volume 16 Issue 3
Teachers make a difference in the lives of their students every day, but sometimes, it takes a thoughtful note from a former student to remind them.
It was one of these notes that got CTA staffer Mary McNulty thinking. Her husband, Granite Bay High School Assistant Principal Brian McNulty, had shared a letter that history teacher Brandon Dell’Orto had received in the wake of a school tragedy last spring. The note moved McNulty to suggest we do something to showcase these letters of thanks. “I don’t believe that we can ever take too many opportunities to let those who have impacted us greatly, especially our teachers, know just how much we appreciate them,” Mary wrote in an e-mail to the Communications Department. We agree.
Many of us have written to our own favorite teachers or counselors or bus drivers to let them know how much they meant to us. These notes may end up tucked away in desk drawers, pasted in scrapbooks, or tacked onto a bulletin board to be read on a particularly bad day and then tucked away again. Still, they serve as tangible proof of the positive impact one person can have.
These notes are worth sharing — especially at a time when shameful attacks on teachers have reached epidemic proportions. That’s why we are launching the “Thank You, Teacher!” Project to remind the public — and each other — of all that educators do. Over the past several weeks, we’ve asked you to send in those cards and letters that keep you going. And send them in you did. You sent in “love” notes from first-graders, thank you notes from college-bound high schoolers, updates from post-grads, and letters of appreciation from grown adults who have achieved success and happiness.
Beginning in this issue and over the next few months, the California Educator and the cta.org website will feature those heartfelt notes to teachers, counselors, librarians, community college faculty and education support professionals who educate and support California’s students.
It was just a short note. Four words. But it meant a lot to Mardiece Patrick, a third-grade teacher at Truckee Elementary School and a member of the Tahoe-Truckee Education Association, who sent us an e-mail that read:
“A student gave me a note the last day of school which ready simply, ‘You changed my life.’ I will never forget it, because that’s why I do what I do!”
Joni Micals, a special education teacher and member of the Hart District Teachers Association, has developed a cache of thank-you notes since 1975, the year she started teaching. One of her former students wrote:
“In the two years of you being my teacher, you helped me to control my temper better and brought my grades [up]. … Before I met you, I was any teacher’s worst nightmare, but somehow you calmed me down. Before I met you, my history grades were terrible, but you make it fun to where I wanted to learn.”
Margaret Fujisawa, an education support professional who is a member of the Association of Classified Employees – Culver City, has received her share of thank-you notes in her work as a guidance technician at the Culver City High School College Career Center, including this one from a college-bound student:
"Thank you so much for all your help thus far in my high school career. Already you have assisted me in ways that I haven’t even imagined, opened doors that I did not know were there. I would like to take this time to show my gratitude for recommending me to receive the scholarship for Santa Monica College and working tenaciously so that I could receive priority consideration for the Culver City Community Scholarship. There were many things that you did not have to do for me, but you went out of your way to fight for me and still continue doing so today. … You’ve already done more than I could ask for."
At a time when school librarians are being laid off, it is important to remember their roles in a student’s life, as Karen Boyarsky, a librarian at Beverly Hills High School and member of the Beverly Hills Education Association discovered. She received a letter from Sandy Anahi Chamorro, a non-English-speaking immigrant student whose world was rocked when she began spending time in the school library.
"While wandering around and checking out the books, many caught my attention, such as languages. It’s beautiful to understand where the words we speak every day come from. And it amazes me that now, learning my fifth language, Russian, I am powerful enough to start a business around the world. Thanks to a little red Latin book in the language section, I know how to encode what people are saying. … I would like to thank Mrs. Boyarsky, Dr. Ramsey and Ms. Sedgi for being the first ones to teach me English, Joe Wianeki for always keeping it real, and Barbara Palmer for being so strict. You definitely put me on the right path to success, and I will keep going that way. One day I will come back to Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills High School’s library is the first destination."
Lenn Schwartz, a teacher-librarian member of the Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified Teachers Association, was surprised this summer to hear from Andrew Valencia, one of the students in his middle school language arts class nine years ago. Valencia, who has been teaching English abroad before applying to graduate schools in creative writing, e-mailed his former teacher in July:
"I’m writing to let you know that, nearly a full decade later, I still remember you as one of the first teachers I ever had who really opened my eyes to the world of writing and literature. I still remember you reading to the class from Steinbeck’s Cannery Row and encouraging me to read Saroyan and other writers. That was the first real exposure I had to great literature, and it helped me develop a love for the written word as well as a desire to write fiction myself. These many years later, I have come a long way from the kid I was in the eighth grade; I graduated last year from Stanford with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in history."
Hearing the news of the tragic death of a student at Granite Bay High School prompted a former student of history teacher Brandon Dell’Orto to write him a note this spring. Now at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Christy Johnson was attending a student conference with President Obama when her mind drifted back to her high school teachers. In an e-mail to Dell’Orto, she wrote:
"The person who I am, the person who I’ve become, my goals, my ideas, my ethics, the reason that I am at Georgetown, and ultimately, the reason that I momentarily was sitting 10 feet from one of the most influential men in all of history all stem from my time within the Granite Bay community.
In classes like yours we are all challenged to open our minds, we are encouraged to find enjoyment through learning, and we are all inspired to be the change the world needs to see.
So today, when I sat with 300 other students and was told by our president that we would need to accomplish all of the things that he cannot, I immediately thought of all of my high school teachers because you all are the ones who are really changing the world."
Noticeably touched, Dell’Orto, a member of the Roseville Secondary Education Association, commented in an e-mail to staff, “In the midst of tragedy, testing upon testing, taxes, tax battles and the like, it’s nice to know that sometimes what we do does get through.”
Sometimes it takes a few years for students to look back in appreciation for their teachers. It wasn’t until a Fairfield police officer heard his former elementary teacher, CTA President Dean Vogel, on the radio that he decided to drop him a line.
"You may or may not remember me, but I did want you to know that your guidance and leadership had a lasting effect. I still have good memories of the class singing while you playing the guitar or you reading from a book called Where the Sidewalk Ends. I know I was a handful to deal with throughout elementary (and you stayed on top of my actions). I wanted to send you a VERY late but well-deserved THANK YOU for your commitment to leadership, education, and for not giving up on me."
SO KEEP THOSE LETTERS COMING IN.
Send your thank-you notes to the “Thank You, Teacher!” Project, CTA Communications Department, 1705 Murchison Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010, or to firstname.lastname@example.org.
And maybe you want to drop a line to a teacher who made a difference in your life.
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US 4852189 A
The present invention is directed particularly to a headband structure which includes a moisture absorptive member for encircling a human head in embracement with the brow thereof, the head encircling member taking various forms exemplified by a bandanna or an expansible or stretchable element constructed of terrycloth or cheesecloth having elastic means associated therewith. Further comprising the headband structrure of this invention is a preformed thermoplastic film-like eyeglass or vision member which is readily invertible by the wearer from an active line of sight position to an inactive out of line of sight position, or conversely, through the use of means effecting cooperative releasable engagement between the head encircling member and the eyeglass or vision member.
1. In combination with a continuous elastic headband having moisture absorptive properties and textured to present a larger plurality of upstanding fibrous loops, the improvement which compresses a rimless relative thin one-piece preformed flexible thermoplastic eyeglass member of generally wraparound configuration having a central body portion and integral rearwardly directed tapered wing portions to substantially entirely shield the eyes from sun rays and the intrusion of foreign objects, and means adhesively secured to the body and wing portions of said eyeglass member along the upper inner marginal portions thereof and presenting fibrous hooks outstanding therefrom for cooperative releasable engagement with the upstanding loops of the textured continuous elastic headband along the outer exposed surface thereof, said eyeglass member thereby being readily invertible by rotation through an angle of about 180 degrees from an active line of sight position on said headband depending downwardly thereon to an active out of line sight position on said headband extending upwardly thereon in releasable engagement therewith.
Referring now first to FIG. 1 of the drawings, headband structure designated in its entirety by the legend S is shown in an active or line of sight position upon head H of a wearer in encircling embracement therewith. Structure S of this invention, as appears also in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, comprises in combination a perspiration or moisture absorptive member 10 and preformed thermoplastic film-like eyeglass or vision member 12 in cooperative releasable engagement. The perspiration absorptive member 10 may be provided by a bandanna, which is generally defined as a large figured handkerchief, and in this event would normally be tied or knotted at the rear of the wearer's head H. More preferably, the member 10 takes the form of a stretchable or expansible fabric material exemplified by terrycloth or cheesecloth. Terrycloth is generally considered to be an absorbent fabric presenting a mass of uncut loops which forms the pile, while cheesecloth is defined as a very light unsized cotton gauze.
The woven character of the perspiration absorptive member 10 is denoted at 10a in FIG. 2, and in order to impart stretchability to the number 10 elastic bands or threads 10b are provided therein, as is shown in FIG. 7. The member 10, on occasion generically referred to in the art as "sweat band", is fabricated for use as a continuous body of generally circular shape, and is normally universally sized for both adults and children. Various decorative fabrics may be employed, and different indicia woven therein. Pouches may be provided to receive a key, pills or the like.
The thermoplastic film-like eyeglass or vision member 12, as appears best in FIGS. 1 and 2, is preferably of generally wraparound configuration so as to provide effective eye protection against harmful sun ray infiltration or the intrusion of foreign objects or substances. The rimless member 12 is accordingly shaped during the manufacturing process to generally confirm to the wearer's forehead or brow and a portion of the temple area, and as thus preformed includes a main central body portion 12a and a pair of rearwardly directed tab or wing portions 12b and 12c. As appears in FIGS. 1 and 4, the central body portion 12a may be notched or cut away as at 12d to accomodate the bridge portion of the nose of the wearer. It is to be noted that the eyeglass member 12 of this invention is not only rimless, but is free of temple pieces which are an inconvenience and often an ear irritant.
The eyeglass member 12 is preferably constructed of polyvinyl chloride or other synthetic thermoplastic polymers, exemplified by nylons, fluorocarbons, linear polyethylene, polyurethane prepolymer, polystyrene, polypropylene, or cellulosic or acrylic resins. The ultimate application of the headband structure S of the instant invention will of course determine the thickness of the eyeglass member 12, and also whether or not the member 12 is tinted and the degree of tinting. To illustrate, the eyeglass or vision member 12 may function in the nature of industrial safety glasses or as a face shield for motorcyclists or skiers, and thus would be of commensurate thickness and may not in all cases require tinting. However, for conventional sunglass applications, a thickness of about 2 mils for the eyeglass member 12 is exemplary, and a degree of tinting to generally exclude or filter beta rays of the UV spectrum is ordinarily sufficient for most applications.
The mode of effecting cooperative releasable engagement between the perspiration absorptive member 10 and the thermoplastic film-like eyeglass member 12 is through the use of at least one composite strip element of a cooperative pair of said elements identified in the trade by the "Velcro" trademark. As is known to the art, a cooperative pair of composite strip or pad elements of this character comprises pile and hook material providing the cooperative pair, formed in each case from a backing of a dimensionally stable woven nylon fabric. In the case of the pile material, the backing has on one side thereof a large plurality of tiny, upstanding loops of very fine thread or other filamentary material, this side being the pole side. The hook material, on the other hand, generally utilizes the same type of backing as the pile material and has a plurality of tiny hooks extending outwardly from one side of the backing, this side being the hook side. This combination of pile and hook material known commercially by the "Velcro" trademark is also referred to as hook tape.
As utilized as a part of the instant invention, the broadest application involving employment of the general hook tape concept is the disposition by any suitable means of a strip or pad of hook material upon the inner upper surface of the thermoplastic eyeglass member, the texture or construction of the perspiration absorptive member or headband effectively functioning in the nature of pile material exemplified by terrycloth. This is broadly shown in FIG. 8 of the drawings, wherein like numerals from FIG. 4 have been applied. Viewing the inner surface of the eyeglass number 12 as in FIG. 8, the upper marginal portion thereof mounts by adhesive means or the like a longitudinally or horizontally extending strip or pad 20 of hook material exposing the hook side thereof. The strip 20 is coextensive with the width of central body portion 12c of the eyeglass member 12, and preferably terminates inwardly of opposite ends of the tab or wing portions 12b and 12c of eyeglass member 12. Primarily for aesthetic and weight reduction reasons, eyeglass member 12 and hook material strip 20 thereon may be inwardly notched or grooved as at 22.
The eyeglass member 12 of FIG. 8, with strip 20 of hook material adhesively or otherwise secured thereto through the nylon backing support portion (not shown), is particularly well suited for association with a perspiration absorptive member 10 presenting a pile surface for cooperative releasable engagement with hook material strip 20. Terrycloth is especially well suited for this purpose, presenting a large plurality of tiny, upstanding loops of relatively fine thread in the manner of the pile material portion of hook tape marketed under the "Velcro" trademark. This is shown generally in FIG. 5, wherein the legend 10a referring in FIG. 2 to woven material serves to also identify in FIG. 5 a pile material surface having the capability of effecting releasable engagement with strip 20 of hook material adhesively or otherwise affixed to inner upper portion of eyeglass or vision member 12.
A significant feature of the instant invention, as noted hereinabove, is the ready invertibility or transposition of the eyeglass member 12 from an active or line of sight position to an inactive or out of line of sight position, and in both positions being in cooperative releasable engagement with the perspiration absorptive member or headband 10. This is also clearly illustrated in FIG. 5, and it may be noted therefrom when brief reference is also made to FIG. 1, inversion of the eyeglass member 12 and transposition thereof to an inactive or out of line of sight position merely requires a person's one hand to effect the detachment and a relatively simple 180 12 and attached hook material strip 20 to the inactive position of FIG. 5 with the strip 20 adherent to the fabric or loop material 10a of the headband 10. Loss of eyeglasses, their insertion into a case or garment pocket, and other inconveniences and disadvantages are effectively avoided by the eyeglass structure S of this invention.
In the event that the headband or moisture absorptive member 10 is smooth-surfaced and to this extent not readily engagable with hook material on the eyeglass member as described, or should it be desired to assure even more firm engagement between the eyeglass member 12 and a fabric-type headband 10, a pile material strip or pad may be attached in any suitable manner to the outer surface of the moisture absorptive member 10. Pile material preferably in strip form is identified in the drawings by the numeral 30, and as earlier noted and as also is shown in FIG. 7, pile material strip 30 comprises a backing 30a of woven nylon fabric or the equivalent thereof and on one side of said backing a large plurality of tiny, upstanding loops 30b of very fine thread or other filamentary material. This side is the pile side, and as previously noted, the combination of pile and hook material is known commercially under the "Velcro" trademark and is also referred to as hook tape.
The pile material strip 30 is attached to the headband or moisture absorptive member 10 along the outer lower portion thereof by sewing, adhesive means, or in any other suitable manner. Ready effective engagement and disengagement between hook strip 20 on rimless eyeglass member 12 and pile strip 30 on headband 10 are made in a manner believed now readily apparent, and all deficiencies of known prior art structures are herein effectively overcome by proceeding in the manner above described.
Various changes and modifications to the instant invention have been noted herein, and these and other variations may of course be effected without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the headband structure of this invention positioned on the head of a wearer;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the instant headband structure;
FIG. 3 is a front view of one form of perspiration or moisture absorptive member;
FIG. 4 is a front view of a preferred form of eyeglass on vision member;
FIG. 5 is a front view showing the headband structure with the eyeglass member in an inverted position or out of line of sight usage;
FIG. 6 is a front view showing the head encircling member of FIG. 3 in an inverted position;
FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 7--7 of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 4, but showing the inner surface of the eyeglass member of this invention with fastening means exposed; and
FIG. 9 is a front view showing the members of FIGS. 6 and 8 in an assembled condition of active usage.
It is known in the art to which this invention pertains to provide for the comfort and convenience of the wearer a combination of eyeglasses and headband, achieving thereby an integration of the prime function of each element of the composite structure. Various approaches have been taken toward accomplishment of this desirable objective, and in one device of which applicant is aware a conventional pair of spectacles adhesively mounts along the inner surface of the top cross frame members an elongated block of sponge-like material contoured for conforming engagement with the brow of the wearer of the spectacles. Another structure known to the art relates to goggles utilizing a nylon backing supporting a pair of lenses, the nylon backing having secured thereto a plurality of strips of hook and pile material to achieve adjustability of the structure. Hook tape has also been employed in another known arrangement as a part of a head encircling plastic band to support by depending loops a pair of conventional spectacles. It is further a part of the prior art of which applicant has knowledge to provide adjustability of headband-supported eyeglasses to positions into and out of the line of sight of the wearer, and in this same arrangement cooperating self-engaging strips are employed for circumferential adjustment of the headband and also vertical positioning of the eyeglasses relative to the headband.
Characterizing features of the instant invention forming no part of known art are utilization of a universal size moisture absorptive headband constructed of known fabric materials requiring no substantial modification thereto for selective cooperable engagability with a preformed readily invertible frameless eyeglass member providing substantially wraparound eye protection against harmful sun ray infiltration or the intrusion of foreign substances or materials. More particularly, applicant's inventive contribution to the art is directed to a headband structure comprised of a perspiration absorptive member for encircling a human head in embracement with the brow or forehead, the head encircling member taking various forms exemplified by a bandanna or an expansible or stretchable element constructed of terrycloth or cheesecloth having elastic means associated therewith. Further comprising the headband structure of this invention is a thermoplastic film-like preformed eyeglass or vision member which is readily invertible by the wearer from an active line of sight position to an inactive out of line of sight position or conversely, through the use of means effecting cooperative releasable engagement between the head encircling member and eyeglass or vision member.
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The case of Clint Broden’s client Michael Arena, who walked out of prison on June 1, 2012, almost 13 years into a 20-year prison sentence, was a high profile example in Texas of a wrongful conviction.
But according to a new registry of wrongful convictions compiled by the University of Michigan Law School in a joint project with Northwestern University Law School, it is far from an isolated case. The registry includes more than 2,000 wrongful convictions.
Our client was incarcerated for molesting a young cousin who later said the incident never happened.
We see many miscarriages of justice in Texas. In some cases later evidence has even pointed to the wrong person receiving the ultimate sanction of the death penalty for a crime they did not commit.
The erroneous convictions in the National Registry of Exonerations range from drug crimes to child sex abuse cases. The cases span many decades and include male and female suspects of all races. There are 36 cases listed in Dallas alone.
“Most of the convictions came from falsified crime scenes, eyewitness mistakes and misconduct by authorities including both police officers and prosecutors,” NBC news reported.
The media highlighted the alarming conviction of Thomas Kennedy, who was 31 when he was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2001 after he was accused by his teenage daughter of raping her at their home in Washington.
Kennedy was freed this year. In January his daughter Cassandra, told police she invented the rape story because she wanted he father to “go away,” because he drank alcohol and smoked marijuana.
The 22 year old told authorities, key evidence of trauma to her genitals resulted from sexual encounters with a boy in her class.
The case is alarming because of the apparent strength of the evidence against Kennedy that included his daughter demonstrating her ordeal using stuffed animals as props in the court room.
In other cases investigators were to blame. David Lee Gavitt of Michigan was sentenced to life without parole for arson and murder in 1986, after escaping a home fire that killed his wife and two young daughters.
On June 5, 2012, he was exonerated after a new analysis of the evidence from the blaze that found “no proof that it was deliberately set. Experts concluded that the original investigators had relied on a mix of junk science and ‘arson myths,’ and that one investigator misread the results of the tests he performed,” states the registry report.
Another high profile miscarriage of justice was the case of Edward Baker who spent 24 years in prison after he was accused of a killing by a convicted felon and schizophrenic with a drug habit in Philadelphia.
Barker received a life sentence for the murder of a man in 1974. He told police he was at a wake in another part of town at the time of the murder. His attorney failed to challenge witnesses. The conviction was overturned in 2000.
The registry documents more than 2,000 wrongful convictions in the United States since 1989.
These sad cases in which men and women have spent often considerable amounts of time behind bars for crimes they never committed illustrates how evidence in criminal trials should never be taken at face value. It also highlights the need for effective criminal defense attorneys.
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Urgent amp agar plate question! - Help with stupid question (Jun/20/2007 )
Point taken, perneseblue. I don't really like to use more than 50ug/ml even though some protocol requires 100ug/ml. For plate, I think 50ug/ml is more than enough. Different case for broth though.
I do agree with the old plates. By keeping 100ug/ml amp plates, I guess it will take at least a month and a half?
satellite colonies are small colonies which grow around the "true" colonies containing the resistance gene. they are non-resistant colonies which grow in a circular pattern around the resistant ones. Resistance is mediated through beta-lactamase, which is produced by the resistant colony in the center. therefore satellite colonies where able to grow on place where the ampicillin is degraded (around the resistant colony).
I found a picture: http://www.gbiosciences.com/uploaded_descfiles/amp47_b.gif
When I used to cloned several years ago what I did to have fast ready plates was to prepared several bottles with the media (about 125mL) autoclaved them and stored with parafilm at 4%, when needed I just melt them in a double boiler, wait until cool down, add the antibiotic and plate them.
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From "Il Regresso" (bus Ataf n7) starting near Hotel Villa S. Michele. At a hexagonal tower, plumbing work to catch a spring of water from Montececeri, produced by John Temple Leader (emblem in stone) to nurture a pool in the Fattoria di Maiano. The route was one of the main streets of service to cave "for the transport of stone towards Florence. We appreciate the works of survivors regimazione hydropower, and, at a safe distance, several fronts cut. It comes to the Quarry Braschi and from there to Cava Sarti (informative panels in place)
Historical documents and a good dose of legend said that Leonardo da Vinci, among its many ingenious inventions, also tried to give the wings to man so that he can fly like a bird, which had long observed and studied. The attempt that was made all remember, they say, just from Montececeri. The "master" use the wings that had built on the shoulders of one of his assistant and invited him to throw in a vacuum. The starting point for the "flight", which is not very well but ended badly either, since it is said that the boy had only some broken bones, and was listed as the current square Leonardo, and the landing should be located around the area of "Regresso", where it was placed a plaque which commemorates the event or, say others, in pratone that is under the Badia Fiesolana. In both cases, this was a flight of considerable length.
Is much more likely is that the flight lasted only a few dozen metres, perhaps finishing in one of the overhangs that are on the side of the park to Maiano
The itinerary takes away from Leonardo Largo, near the curve The Regres along the provincial highway connecting Fiesole to Florence. On the wall in neo-Gothic style of Villa La Torrossa, you can read the plaque which commemorates the text that Leonardo da Vinci wrote in March 1501, announcing want groped flight from its human Montececeri
Leaving the left Villa San Michele, a former Franciscan convent owned by the family of Davanzati now turned into a luxury hotel, it starts to rise, taking the path of approach to the park, to the left of the forest oaks, poplars, oaks and cypress trees to the right and just put a wall safe. After about one hundred meters in height, you enter the park itself, and take a piece of the first climb, and then there is left the quarry Righi.
The trail resumes climb more gently on the left another extraordinary view of Florence and an openness which is plausible that the party is human flight of Leonardo da Vinci, which tells you what probably ended on pratone of Maiano or pratone fiesolana the Abbey, both easily visible from this point, the extreme left and the other, farther to the right.
It began rising again, keeping to the right toward the interior of the park, turn right and you are faced with a steep climb, half of which is clearly visible along the trail, a small quarry stone dead, stone is still used for fireplaces, furnaces and wing. Later, on the left, can be seen in the woods of a "warehouse" made of dry stone to keep the tools of stone and the stones around. After a further steep climb we reach the broad plaza that opens in front of the Quarry Sarti, where you can see the remains of some warehouses.
Along the quarry, we arrive at a narrow path equipped with stairs that leads directly to Leonardo square, the centre of the park, which 鑚econdo tradition and as a stone, the place "official" from which departed, the "flight" Leonardo, a flight that the genius of Vinci did in fact make one of their apprentices and that ended, as everyone knows, with a precipitous fall.
The road from the early Christian church of Santa Maria Primerana leads to Montececeri follows the route of the ancient Etruscan walls of the south side overlooking Florence. Several types of popular home (now restored) and the bourgeois nineteenth century, make it more interesting the first part. More on the high road, with its wall of protection and moulding serene stone used as a seat, is a place loved by residents in winter in sunny days. Leaving on the left side walls Etruscan eastern one enters the park through the stonecutters. Path classic for lovers of views and views. As all the world knows, Fiesole has among its main wealth, the fact of being the place from which one has the best view of Florence, that is one of the most striking views that the human eye can enjoy. In this area Montececeri is a privileged, being among the top of the hills fiesolane, at the point closest and high. But the views of Florence, on the southern side, are numerous, from Mino Square, the main square of Fiesole, until Park. Suddenly, towards the valley, open squarci breathtaking, in a clear and sunny day could give rise loves and perhaps even cause the syndrome disorientation that took a century and a half ago, the French writer Stendhal.
The itinerary takes away from Mino Square, the main square of Fiesole, overlooked by the Town Hall, the Cathedral of St. Romulus, the palace of the seminary and the church of Santa Maria Primerana. Leaving the left this small church, you start to rise by Verdi and is on the left shortly after a beautiful mansion, called San Michele. The street, between two stone walls, is a typical example of hilly roads of villages Florentine. Once past the first ascent, on the right opens the first extraordinary view of Florence, it is possible to appreciate in its entirety following the path even dell'Arno by Varlungo, on the left, until Scandicci. On the right is clearly visible the dome by Brunelleschi, Palazzo Vecchio, Santa Croce, and in front of the Municipal Stadium designed by Nervi in the thirties. Under the "terrace" alternate cypress and olive trees and down the whole convent of San Domenico. Continue still at the fork and then take a shower right because, shortly after the House of Rest for Nurse, built in the twenties by the Italian Red Cross in memory of nurse death in war. Along the way many gardens adorned with plants from different essences (wisteria, jasmine, biancospini) and in spring fill the air smells. At the end of the road one enters into a narrow path, partly paved with stone and partly dirt, which drops steeply to the Regres. Here and there, among the trees, squarci open minded, and you can see the Villa di Maiano and Torrossa.
Going forward, overcome an opening on the right hand from which a narrow path, along the splendid Villa San Michele, now a hotel and extra Franciscan convent once owned by the family Davanzati, with a beautiful garden adorned with sculptures and Magnolia trees. The road begins to climb very steep, before you see the Park Montececeri, and spend between two high walls dry walking on a paved impervious, partly paved with stone and in the end, in fact steps. The climb ends near the green Montececeri, where there medium schools. It turns right, along a broad path that leads to the park, then we will forward on the path inside the forest, which is open between the trees viewpoints, until the real terrace offering extraordinary view on the east of Florence, where possible, in a clear day, see the settlements of Bagno a Ripoli and Pontassieve.Continue right, moved to the right and park behind the profile Montececeri dotted with cypress and oak. One enters by way Montececeri, which is one of the most beautiful scenic roads of Fiesole, a continuous succession of extraordinary views of the valley of Florence. At the crossroads follow right through Belvedere, a road that passes through the village and the houses that overlook small squares with paved sections originating in stone. The road descends steeply to square Mino. On the right you can see the Convent of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Word made flesh, surrounded by a beautiful wall with plaster designed to graffiti, a technique which is widespread in Florence and the surrounding area in the mansions of the late 800's. Going there still is facing another hill of Fiesole, dominated from the Convent of San Francisco and then, after passing the Monastery of Poor Clares, a sudden opening bell at the Cathedral. Continue taking away Santa Maria and shortly after the journey ends Mino returning to the streets.
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Armchair Sleuths: The Vidocq Society
Recently I watched a great TV movie called "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher," (also a book) based on a creepy and scandalous Victorian murder of a young boy in an English manor. In reading up on the case online I stumbled upon an equally fascinating story of a modern-day crime solving group called the Vidocq Society, whose name comes from an 18th century crook-turned-cop who was perhaps the first famous detective. In fact, Vidocq has a host of familiar fictional characters based upon his traits and fabled talents. How is this not already a TV show?
As for Vidocq Society, check out where these so-called "armchair slueths" were recently profiled in an NPR piece, which explains how "Once a month, the members of the 20-year-old club — mostly detectives and forensic experts — meet at an old Victorian dining room in the middle of Philadelphia to eat lunch and solve crimes that have perplexed investigators for decades." How will you spend your lunch hour today?
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Just feast your eyes on this house, would you?
(Ashcombe House, Wiltshire. Former home
of Cecil Beaton, current home of Guy Ritchie.
Photographed by Tim Walker.)
I've harbored a fascination with it ever since I read Cecil Beaton's memoir about living there, called "Ashcombe: Story of a Fifteen Year Lease." It was love at first sight when he first visited it with Rex Whistler, Stephen Tomlin and Edith Olivier. They almost didn't find it, however. As Beaton tells it:
We motored along the main road...then suddenly turned off to circle through narrow lanes.... The pathways became rough and overgrown, and a few rabbits bolted at our approach.
"It can't possibly be this way. Nobody would live up here", remarked Rex. We found ourselves mooring over the side of the downs at a perilous angle.
Eventually they arrived at their destination.
None of us uttered a word as we.... stood before a small, compact house of lilac-colored brick. We inhaled sensuously the strange, haunting - and rather haunted - atmosphere of the place.
After a tour of the grounds, they made their way back to their motor car:
It was as if I had been touched on the head by a magic wand. Some people may grow to love their homes; my reaction was instantaneous. This house must belong to me.
By all accounts, Beaton spent his happiest years at Ashcombe. He held legendary garden parties there called fete champetres (literally, "country feasts") which involved his guests dressing up in their finest gowns, drinking champagne, declaiming poetry and running barefoot at midnight along the rolling downs.
They were heady years. Beaton enlisted the talents of his artist friends to help him redecorate the place, painting an extravagant circus mural in his bedroom.
(Decorating Beaton's bedroom at Ashcombe, 1931.
Group includes Lord Berners, Rex Whistler and Oliver Messel.
From this book.)
There was always a project going on. One summer, they filmed an amateur movie with Beaton in the lead.
(Ashcombe, 1935. From same book as above.)
And how's this for a lovely token of friendship? Before his guests left his house for the first time, Beaton made them trace the outlines of their hands on his bathroom wall. As he recalled:
By degrees an extraordinary collection was achieved. As one lay sousing in hot water, one could ruminate on the characteristic traits shown in these significant and life-like shapes and the choice of position or proximity to others chosen by their owners on the wall.
In 2005, Ashcombe was photographed by Tim Walker for Vogue when Madonna lived there and I always thought she did a wonderful job retaining the spirit of the place, as evidenced in a few photos here:
And I would love to have a fete champetre, wouldn't you? So many summer outfits seem to languish in one's closets just waiting for an invitation to be seen. And gardens provide the perfect backdrop for Arcadian glamour. Gossamer silk against velvety flowers, a well-cut linen suit framed by tangled vines -- it's that age-old juxtaposition of refinement and unruliness.
Maybe that's why I've held onto this picture of Chloe Sevigny for so long. Photographed in her city garden in Manhattan, it nonetheless captures the spirit of a fete champetre in full bloom, don't you think?
(Cover of House and Garden, January 2007)
Come on, who's going to have one first?
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HRSA Grant Helps School Continue Focus on Higher Levels of Education
Guided by national reports including the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) “Future of Nursing” and Carnegie Foundation’s “Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation,” the Jefferson School of Nursing is phasing out the ASN-BSN program on the Geisinger Medical Center campus. This is consistent with the reports’ recommendation that “nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training.” The last ASN class will be admitted in September 2011 and graduate in 2013. The program will be completely phased out by June 2014.
The ASN-BSN program opened in 2004 in an effort to decrease the national shortage of nurses. Since then, 225 students have completed the ASN degree at Geisinger.
Through its online programs for RNs who wish to earn a BSN, MSN or DNP, Jefferson School of Nursing will continue building a critical mass of advanced nursing practice RNs in rural communities of Pennsylvania and other states. These efforts will be bolstered by the 3-year, $1 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant, “Promoting Health Access: Online Graduate Programs for Rural Underserved Communities,” awarded to the School in July. The project aims to recruit and retain diverse and disadvantaged students to the graduate nursing programs in order to offset the shortage of advanced practice nurses and primary care providers in rural Pennsylvania.
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MORGAN CITY — Louisiana’s commissioner of insurance is focused on implementing federal health care reforms.
That was the message Jim Donelon delivered to the St. Mary Industrial Group Monday.
Health care reform is badly needed in the U.S., Donelon said. It currently comes in the form of “Obamacare,” as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is commonly called.
The state, he said, still lacks an effective rate review system, but he hasn’t championed the change since he’s been office because states with such regulations have more expensive health insurance.
As an example, Donelon cited other insurance products in Louisiana that are similarly regulated — auto and home owner’s insurances. Louisiana ranks second in the nation for the most expensive auto insurance and third for home. With no regulation for health insurance, the state is 25th out of 50 states in terms of cost.
In comparison, the state generally has a per capita income that ranks around 42nd in the nation. That changed after “in part because of the mother of all stimulus — Hurricanes Katrina and Rita,” Donelon said, and in 2010 the state’s per capita income average was ranked 26th in the nation. So, the average income in Louisiana is roughly at the national average.
Having insurance costs out of kilter with income averages makes insurance harder for the average family to afford.
The only real way to control insurance rates is competition, Donelon said.
That’s something that is lacking more and more in Louisiana’s market. Six years ago, Blue Cross/Blue Shield had 40 percent of the health insurance market in the state. Today, the company has 70 percent.
With larger and larger portions of the market going to one company, Donelon has plans to ask the legislature to give him prior approval for any rate increases to assist in controlling the market. Also, he is looking at a law similar to one on the books in Arkansas called “any willing health plan,” which essentially allows any health insurance company and health care provider to operate under the same reimbursement agreement that Blue Cross works out.
However, Donelon said he doesn’t have much confidence that either option will be passed by the legislature for a variety of reasons.
The Obama administration recently rejected a waiver request from Louisiana that would have given the state two extra years to meet the 2010 health overhaul law’s requirement for health insurance carriers to spend at least 80 percent of premiums for medical care and quality control efforts. The remaining 20 percent is allowed to be spent on administrative costs.
Donelon said the state applied for the waiver because Blue Cross holds 70 percent of the market. Louisiana was the fourth state to be turned down for the waiver. Seventeen applied, and six were accepted. The remaining states are still awaiting determinations on their applications, he said.
Should Obamacare be declared unconstitutional under the current court challenges, Donelon said, it likely will not be the entire bill, but just the section that sets forth a mandate to purchase health insurance. If that key piece is changed, it will be up to the legislature to fix the bill to make the rest of it still work. Most likely, a limited enrollment period would be enacted, he said.
“We have the best (health care) system in the world. Yes, it needs to be reformed … but I don’t want to see us throw the baby out with the bath water,” Donelon said.
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By Anita Kumar and Rosalind S. Helderman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 3, 2010; A01
RICHMOND -- Virginia joined the national debate over immigration Monday when Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II issued a legal opinion that authorizes law enforcement to check the immigration status of anyone stopped by police officers for any reason.
Previously, law enforcement officers in Virginia were required to investigate the legal status only of those who were arrested and jailed.
Cuccinelli's opinion is less stringent than the portion of an Arizona law that was stopped by a federal court last week. Under that law, Arizona authorities were required to question people who they have a "reasonable suspicion" are illegal immigrants.
"Our opinion basically said that Virginia law enforcement has the authority to make such inquiries so long as they don't extend the duration of a stop by any significant degree,'' Cuccinelli (R) said at a news conference Monday. "That's consistent with Supreme Court authority."
The attorney general issued the opinion in response to a request from Del. Robert G. Marshall (R-Prince William), who sought clarification on whether local police, conservation officers and zoning officials could inquire about legal status.
Marshall said he chose to seek the legal opinion because he feared that the Senate, under Democratic control, would not approve legislation permitting law enforcement officers to inquire about legal status during routine stops. Bills seeking similar powers were killed in the Senate in recent years.
Marshall wrote to Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) on Monday asking him to codify Cuccinelli's opinion through executive order. He said he thinks that Virginia can avoid legal trouble by allowing but not mandating the checks by police.
McDonnell spokesman Tucker Martin said the governor will review the opinion, saying it built upon an opinion he issued as attorney general in 2007. "That opinion detailed how local and state law enforcement officials can work in cooperation with federal authorities to ensure the criminal immigration laws of this nation are upheld and enforced," Martin said in a statement.'The same inquiries'
In his opinion, Cuccinelli also wrote that local law enforcement officers can arrest those they suspect of committing criminal violations of immigration laws -- crossing the border -- but not those they think have violated civil immigration statutes -- overstaying visas. But he says that checking immigration status is different than arresting for a violation, and that law enforcement can inquire.
"Virginia law enforcement officers have the authority to make the same inquiries as those contemplated by the new Arizona law. So long as the officers have the requisite level of suspicion to believe that a violation of the law has occurred, the officers may detain and briefly question a person they suspect has committed a federal crime," he writes.
Cuccinelli said, however, that local law enforcement can arrest those suspected of violating criminal laws, but that it is generally "inadvisable" to arrest those suspected of committing civil violations. "The ability to arrest lies clearly when there is a criminal offense and it is decidedly unclear where there is a civil offense," he said.
The attorney general's legal opinion was issued amid a growing national debate about immigration. A U.S. district judge temporarily blocked the most controversial sections of Arizona's law, which took effect last week. Nearly 20 states have introduced bills similar to the Arizona law, and nine states, including Virginia, are filing appellate briefs supporting Arizona.
In Virginia, Corey A. Stewart (R-At Large), chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, is pushing state lawmakers to pass legislation that would crack down on illegal immigrants. His proposal includes language that would require police to check the legal status of anyone who is detained if there is "reasonable suspicion" that the person is in the United States illegally.
Stewart said Cuccinelli's opinion is a "positive step" that presses local jurisdictions to act. He said police have been reluctant to check immigration status because of the workload and fears that they would be accused of racial profiling.
Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax) said some localities may adopt ordinances based on Cuccinelli's opinion, but predicted such ordinances would be challenged.
"I think they will have a problem in court,'' he said. "They're going to be told to go back to the General Assembly."
Of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, 275,000 to 325,000 live in Virginia, according to the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington. And some regional advocacy groups fear that Cuccinelli's legal opinion gives law enforcement the immediate authority to check immigration status.
"There's a danger that some law enforcement would do this,'' said Claire Guthrie Gastanaga, a former Virginia chief deputy attorney general who lobbies for immigrant organizations. "They may use this as a permission slip."Caught off guard
Cuccinelli's opinion caught some law enforcement groups in the state off guard, including the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police.
"We were not consulted, and we always welcome the opportunity to talk with the office of the attorney general. We would have welcomed the opportunity to talk with him before this opinion, but we still welcome it," said Dana G. Schrad, the group's executive director. The association does not have a position on asking about immigration status during stops. "We have a mixed bag of feelings on immigration status matters, so it's more complicated than do we support it or not," she said.
Although procedures vary by department, Schrad said police and sheriffs in the state who inquire about immigration status tend to do so after an arrest, not during routine stops, although departments including Prince William may ask about status during a traffic stop to help determine identity if someone lacks valid identification.
Prince William Chief Charlie Deane has criticized any sweeping questioning, saying it would cost taxpayers by sapping police resources and could lead to allegations of racism while harming community relations. Department spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Chinn said Deane will review Cuccinelli's opinion.
Corinne Geller, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police, said Superintendent W. Steven Flaherty is aware of the opinion but does not plan to make procedural changes. She said that troopers are allowed to question the people they stop, but that they do not unless they have a specific reason. For example, she said, if someone's license, registration and insurance do not match.
Officials at the Virginia Association of Counties and at the Virginia Municipal League, which represents cities, towns and some counties in the commonwealth, said it is too soon to say how members will react to the opinion. But the action comes as several local jurisdictions continue to weigh how best to handle the influx of illegal immigrants.
"I think the general sense seems to be that Prince William seems to be the only county interested in enforcing federal law at this point," said James D. Campbell, executive director of the counties association. "There doesn't seem to be a lot of discussion elsewhere in the state."
Mark Flynn, director of legal services at the Municipal League, said the nonpartisan association's board recently asked him, with help from graduate students at George Mason University, to prepare a report on the costs of illegal immigration that are borne by local jurisdictions.
"We found that, yes, it has terrific costs on local government," especially on schools, social services and police, Flynn said. But Flynn said the group discovered that calculating those costs precisely is difficult; the group also recognized that immigrants have brought benefits that are equally challenging to quantify.
In the end, with members' policies ranging from the get-tough action in Prince William to the open door in Arlington County, the league has decided to remain neutral on the approach to illegal immigration.
Staff writers Fredrick Kunkle and Mary Pat Flaherty contributed to this report.
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Maybe you saw great results when you first started to exercise, but now those results have come to a screeching halt.
Want to know why?
If the following 5 statements accurately describe your exercise routine, then fear not-you’re doing it right. However, if the following 5 statements don’t describe your exercise routine then listen up-there’s no better time than now to rev up your routine.
1. You Make the Most of Each Move: Gone are the days when workouts lasted more than an hour and you had time to single out each muscle individually. These days time is of the essence, and compound movements deliver excellent results in less time than ever before.
Not sure if your routine includes compound movements? Any exercise that uses two or more joints is considered to be a compound movement. Squats and lunges are great examples. If you want to pack even more benefit into each move then try adding a shoulder press with your squats and a bicep curl with your lunges.
2. You Keep it Intense: Let’s be honest, at one time or another you’ve spent time in the gym ‘exercising’ without ever breaking a sweat. Maybe you drifted from one machine to the next or joined an aerobics class for a few minutes, but the bottom line was that your heart wasn’t into it.
Workouts that lack intensity are practically a waste of time. Your body craves a challenge, and you see the most results when you keep your intensity high. Keep your workouts concise and push yourself with each exercise.
3. You’re Consistent: Anyone can have one great workout, but one workout won’t translate into killer results-only consistency will do that for you. Exercise must be a part of your daily routine, plain and simple.
One of the best ways to stay consistent with your routine is to do your workout at the same time everyday. We are creatures of habit, so once your exercise schedule has been firmly set you’ll find the process to be automatic, rather than an occasional afterthought.
4. You Seek a Challenge: Exercise routines quickly become outdated. That is why the best routines are dynamic, and the worst routines never change. How do you know when your routine needs to be updated?
You’ll know how effective your routine is by the results, or lack there of, that you experience. If you feel that you are simply going through the motions then stop wondering about the effectiveness of your routine and start doing something new. You should be getting sore if you are challenging yourself.
5. You’re Having a Blast: Do you dread the very thought of going for a jog, but force yourself to do it simply because you’ve no other ideas for exercise? Stop right there. Exercise needs to be an enjoyable activity. When you find the form that is best suited for your personal preferences you will begin to enjoy it. Ride a bike, go kayaking, walk with the family or pump some iron.
If you don’t like exercise there is a good chance that your technique needs help. I pride myself in showing my clients the fun side of exercise. Ok, so that’s a bit of an exaggeration but, none the less, keep it fun and switch it up often.
If your routine includes all of the above then congratulations – you are doing it right. You’re consistent, you challenge yourself and you’re seeing results. However, if your routine doesn’t include the above, you now have the blueprints to do it right.
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CAIRO: Fathy Ali is beyond angry as he queues for hours in a line of 64 trucks and buses to fill his tank with scarce subsidised diesel fuel, known in Egypt as "Solar."
"This has become part of my life. I come and wait for hours or days, depending on my luck," the chain-smoking bus driver said at a besieged gas station on Cairo's Suez High Road, wrapped in a scarf and thick coat for the long ordeal. "At the start it used to upset me a lot but now I've kind of given up."
Diesel supplies are drying up as a cash-strapped government struggles to cap a mounting bill for subsidies it has promised the IMF it will reform to secure an elusive $4.8 billion loan desperately needed to keep a sagging economy afloat.
The situation appears near breakdown with growing shortages, unsustainable subsidies and foreign exchange reserves running out, raising the risk that fuel bottlenecks lead to food shortages and pose a risk to political stability.
Foreign reserves are down below $15 billion, less than three months' imports, despite deposits from Qatar and Turkey. The Egyptian pound has lost 8 percent of its value this year and a black market has emerged for hard currency.
The nation's strategic reserve of diesel fuel is down to three days' supply, the official MENA news agency quoted a government official as saying last week. Bakeries that use diesel to make staple subsidised bread have been told to keep 10 days' fuel supply but not all have the capacity.
The Muslim Brotherhood-led government of President Mohamed Mursi this week postponed for up to three months a rationing system for subsidised fuel due to start in April in what looks like an attempt to avoid upsetting voters before parliamentary elections due that month.
But reforms cannot be delayed for long, economists say.
"Fuel shortages are a symptom of the strains on Egypt's unsustainable subsidy system," said Simon Kitchen, an economist at EFG-Hermes in Cairo.
Two government measures have aggravated the problem.
In December, the subsidy on 95-octane petrol used by the wealthiest Egyptians was scrapped. That drove some motorists down-market to buy lower-grade fuel, raising the demand for subsidised 92-octane gasoline.
Then in a drive to curb theft, smuggling and other abuses, the government restricted distribution of heavily subsidised low-grade gas oil used by trucks, tractors and buses to filling stations owned and operated by the military.
That caused longer lines at the pumps and increasing economic disruption. At several filling stations, queues led to fights breaking out this week, Egyptian media reported.
The situation is so serious that Mursi held an emergency meeting with ministers about it on Tuesday night and instructed the energy minister to ensure sufficient supply, according to presidential spokesman Yasser Ali.
Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources Osama Kamal said subsidising Solar, sold at a give-away price of 1.25 Egyptian pounds ($0.19) a litre, costs the government $35 million a day.
Altogether, energy subsidies will cost 120 billion Egyptian pounds in the fiscal year to end-June, up from 115 billion pounds the previous year, he said. They account for almost all of the forecast 135 billion pound budget deficit.
Until Tuesday evening, when the diesel shortage became the number one topic of television and radio talk-shows, the government seemed to be in denial.
"There is no shortage," Kamal said. "There is a crisis in the distribution of Solar, not in the availability of it."
Asked whether a shortage of hard currency was constraining fuel imports, he said: "Financial resources are still available for imports but they must be reserved for the most important priorities."
To drivers and tour operators, the result is the same.
Khaled el-Manawi, a senior board member of the Egyptian travel agents' association, said the government was harming his industry, already hard hit by political turmoil, by withdrawing subsidised fuel from tourist boats.
Businessman George Bishoy, who owns a fashion accessories store in the affluent Cairo suburb of Heliopolis, said his business had suffered a lot from delays in the delivery of imported goods.
The daily al-Ahram quoted drivers complaining about the emergence of a black market in which a litre of diesel is sold at double the normal price.
The spokesman of the independent drivers' union, Tarek el-Bahary, told Reuters: "The Solar problem is devastating. Drivers are suffering daily and the elected president has failed to solve this crisis."
"The number of trucks has not increased, the number of trips has not increased but the government is unable to provide the Solar and unable to come up with creative solutions to solve the problem," he said. ($1 = 6.7181 Egyptian pounds)
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A proposed highway bypass for one Texoma town is one step closer to reality. Just this week the state of Oklahoma hired a contractor to design a highway 70 bypass that would make the highway run south of Durant instead of right through downtown.
The proposed stretch of highway would run along the city limits of Calera through Durant's new industrial area. But some business owners, in downtown Durant are afraid they'll lose business because of fewer people passing through town.
But city leaders say it will be a good thing by reducing some of the bigger truck traffic. Either way, the state of Oklahoma just approved a grant to start the project. An exact map of the new bypass has not been made but officials hope to have it all ready to break ground by this summer.
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What a wonderful sight to behold: From Capitol Hill as far as I could see, there was a sea of people on the march for life.
But the 40th March for Life was bittersweet.
It was inspiring to see so many people from so many states marching on behalf of our brothers' and sisters' right to be born. But it was sad to think we have been marching for 40 years with no end in sight.
While progress has been made in many states to restrict abortion on demand, we are still a very long way from the day when every single unborn child will be allowed to see the light of day.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court's infamous 1973 decisions of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, abortion has killed an estimated 54 million babies in America, according to National Right to Life .
The March for Life in Washington, D.C., the Walk for Life West Coast, the Midwest March for Life, and pro-life demonstrations in various state capitals are shots in the pro-life arm, but these one-day annual events are simply not enough.
We need to march all year long, educating and lobbying for the full protection of every single unborn person's life and dignity.
And we need to regularly be present in large numbers at abortion mills, peacefully and prayerfully denouncing the murders taking place within their walls.
Another way to keep marching is to sign up to receive legislative alerts from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Go to www.usccb.org and put your cursor on "Issues and Action." Click "Take Action Now," then click "Sign up for future action alerts." Type in your contact information and click submit.
It's also important to contact your state Catholic conference and get on their legislative alert list.
During the march, I positioned myself alongside the U.S. Capitol building. There, together with a much older friend, I held a banner urging marchers to stay active in the cause all year long.
Our banner was part of an effort by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform to tell the shocking truth of what abortions look like.
Before the march started, a team of us mounted a display of large pictures graphically revealing the brutal, hideous, evil reality of abortion.
Yes, these pictures are highly controversial. But as with all evil, unless we face it head-on, we often deny its existence. As Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life , once told me, "America will not reject abortion until America sees abortion."
In her Nobel Peace Prize speech , Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta said, "I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing -- direct murder by the mother herself. ... Because if a mother can kill her own child -- what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me -- there is nothing in between."
Indeed, abortion is war waged against the smallest and weakest members of humanity. War always inflicts the most suffering on the most vulnerable.
Let's continuously respond to the Lord's call to be consistent peacemakers on behalf of all of our brothers and sisters -- born and unborn. Let's march for life all year long.
[Tony Magliano is an internationally syndicated social justice and peace columnist. He is available to speak at diocesan or parish gatherings about the principles of Catholic social teaching. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.org .]
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And now, we're going to show you video of something happening right now that has hundreds of millions of people buying masks and hiding inside. The chinese are in the throes of what reporters are... See More
And now, we're going to show you video of something happening right now that has hundreds of millions of people buying masks and hiding inside. The chinese are in the throes of what reporters are calling air-pock lips. And abc's gloria riviera is truly there in the thick of it all. Reporter: The sun was shining in beijing today, but you wouldn't know it. You feel a little bit suffocated. Reporter: This could be my long, tweeted one chinese resident. And time lapse photos show how chemical clouds made buildings disappear. Zero wind, freezing temperatures and factories at full tilt, made this week a perfect storm for pollution. At its peak, pollution hit 755 in beijing, making breathing extremely has dar douse. By comparison, the worst polluted city in the u.S., bakersfield, california, hit a high of 159 last year. It's super toxic air. Particle pollution like that can cause heart attacks and strokes that can kill people. It's lethal. Reporter: This photo from a recent greenpeace study shows what an air filter looks like after just 24 hours in beijing. Watch my wipe a thin layer that's accumulated on most cars. That's soot and grime. And this is my own air purifier. Watch this. Look. That's what we're breathing in beijing. One expert told me it's like becoming an instant smoker. Beijing did issue emergency warnings, for the first time ever this year. Signs the gott can't avoid problems everyone can see. Gloria river verve ya, abc news, beijing. And another note about this. When our team visited china two years ago, we noticed the difference between the polluted air outside in beijing and how we felt when we walked inside the american embassy, where the air is much cleaner. Well, we were told that the pollution is so severe there, because of health issues, the embassy creates special filtered air for embassy workers. So, they'll have air as clean as the air here back home.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood regime has been flooding Hamas smuggling tunnels for three days in a move that may be aimed at punishing Sinai terrorists who threaten Cairo’s authority but also may be a warning to Hamas of who is the boss.
Ironically, heavy rains last month forced Hamas to close the tunnels, but now Egypt is taking over where nature left off.
In fact, Egypt started sealing off he tunnels last year by using cement, but flooding them is more efficient although more deadly for anyone trapped in the tunnels.
The smuggling tunnels have long been a source of up to one-third of goods and merchandise, including diesel fuel, for Gaza. They also are a vehicle for terrorists to travel between Gaza and the northern Sinai and for the flow of advanced arms and explosives.
Cairo has not forgotten that terrorists killed 16 Egyptian soldiers and policemen last August in a well-planned attack that also targeted Israel. Hamas denied Egyptian charges that the terrorists arrived in the northern Sinai through tunnels, but in a region where the truth is a lie and the lie only sometimes is the truth, Egypt rejected Hamas’ innocence and has shut down approximately 200 smuggling tunnels since then.
This week’s flooding dampens any illusion by Hamas that it is the Muslim Brotherhood government’s favorite son, even though it was the Brotherhood that gave birth to Hamas decades ago.
Nicolas Pelham, a writer on Arab affairs for The Economist and the New York Review of Books, wrote for the Institute of Palestine Studies last summer that Hamas euphoria over the Muslim Brotherhood victory in Egypt’s election was premature.
“Mubarak’s ouster in February 2011 could yet spell the collapse of the tunnel economy,” according to Pelham.
“Led by Hamas leaders, Gazans look to Egypt’s new Islamist leadership to dismantle the siege structures and open the crossing to overland goods traffic…. In a sign of renewed leverage over Gaza, and reflecting a desire to cut their subsidy bill, the Egyptian authorities blocked tanker trucks en route to Gaza hauling heavily subsidized Egyptian gasoline….
“The shortages not only rendered life uncomfortable, [but] they [also] deprived it of the dynamo to power more reconstruction. With Gaza’s fate increasingly intertwined with Egypt’s, the dominance of the military government, along with the Muslim Brotherhood’s focus on domestic affairs, cast a pall over the prospects for Gaza’s trade ties with Egypt.”
About the Author: Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu is a graduate in journalism and economics from The George Washington University. He has worked as a cub reporter in rural Virginia and as senior copy editor for major Canadian metropolitan dailies. Tzvi wrote for Arutz Sheva for several years before joining the Jewish Press.
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“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” How often have we heard that expression? I guess you could say that I took that message to heart as far as my work with the Occupy Homes Minnesota group.
My family went through foreclosure and a successful modification in 2010. It truly was one of the most stressful and difficult times I have ever gone through. Back then, I would never have thought that I would now find myself talking with and fighting the banks for others, but in fact, it is now a very important part of my life.
Last October, a co-worker at another job was very close to losing her home. I had told her what we had done in our successful battle with our bank, but the strategies that had worked for us had no positive effect for her situation.
With her belongings packed, she had come to reluctantly accept the fact that her family was about to be homeless. I couldn’t think of any new ideas that hadn’t already been tried. In a last chance I told her to go down to the “People’s Plaza” at the Hennepin County Government Center and talk to the people about this dilemma and its relation to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Little did I know, a seed would be planted that has changed many lives for the better.
As she told her story at a general assembly, the members of Occupy Minneapolis made a decision to move some of the camp to my co-workers home. In doing so, we would set up a human shield to stop any attempted eviction of this family from their home.
So on a cold early November evening, myself and about 70 new friends and community allies transformed this home in North Minneapolis into a symbol of what would be a new face of the Occupy movement.
As I addressed the crowd, I had a myriad of emotions running through me. Fear, anger, depression, joy and so many other feelings. It was as if I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at this moment. But the one thing I did know is that we were not going to allow another vacant home to appear in our neighborhood in North Minneapolis.
Many people ask me; “Why do you want to stay in North Minneapolis? Aren’t you afraid of the violence?” Well, I always tell them that this is my home, and no one is going to run me out until I am ready to go. I love my neighborhood and my neighbors, and the real violent people seem to be the ones in the big office buildings dressed in the nice clothes, who call themselves bankers. These are the people who have done more to destroy the fabric of not only North Minneapolis, but also in countless other communities around the nation.
As time went on, we had community meetings and Bar-B-Q’s to get her neighbors aware of what this rag-tag group of people were trying to accomplish. Not everyone was supportive of the signs and tents, but they did understand that another vacant property was not acceptable either.
At some of these meetings, others would come up and ask us for help in their situation. We were a last ditch effort in fighting off these foreclosures, and they saw an opportunity to make a statement to society that we as people will not go away quietly as you try to steal our homes.
Word spread about the crazy happenings in Minneapolis, and how we were actually in communication with the banks. It is amazing how much power a few people yelling and chanting outside of a bank president’s home can have.
It was not all fun and games though. Besides being an agitator and supporter of our homeowners, I am also an intake interviewer. I go out to the homes of people who have contacted us, and ask the tough questions about what caused them to enter into foreclosure. Some of the questions are uncomfortable to ask, and often times tears and anger find their way into the conversation. Often times I end up crying right along with the homeowners. Even though my family survived our battle, the emotional toll is still fresh and hurts just as much now as it did then.
My co-worker went through many highs and lows during the process. On more than a few occasions, we saw victory seem very close, only to have some other hurdle being placed in front of us. It also became frustrating that some other homeowners were winning modifications, while her situation seemed to be going nowhere. With tears in her eyes, she was ready to give up. “I can’t do this anymore. “I’ve done everything that they have asked. I’ve filled out all their damn forms. I’ve been respectful to the banks in the interviews, and they won’t move! I’m just gonna give them the keys. I can’t handle this!”
I gave her a hug and assured her; “You can’t quit! You’ve come this far, and I think a decision has to be soon. They know you’re frustrated. We are going to win your house for you.” I said all this knowing how I had felt the same way when they almost took my family’s home.
Within a week, she received a call from the bank with an offer of modification. We had won another home, but more important another family would stay in their home, and a neighborhood would not lose the property taxes from another vacant home.
Every foreclosure has a detrimental effect on a community. Not only is the homeowner affected mentally and physically, but families can be torn apart by the stress it causes. Neighborhoods are also hurt because often the properties sit vacant for a prolonged period, which can attract crime and the home can fall into serious disrepair. More importantly the reduction in property taxes can affect the entire community by reducing money available for schools, police and fire, roads, and even hospitals. This can lead to reductions in workers and wages.
Knowing first hand the hurt and fear that a foreclosure can cause is why I continue to fight and volunteer for Occupy Homes Minnesota. Another reason is we must work together to bring about a positive change. I wake up each day and say; “If not me, who? And if not now, when?” Our union; SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, has honored my endeavor by awarding me with the Social and Economic Justice Award. It is an honor that I will cherish forever, and I will continue to work towards improving our communities to the best of my ability.
If you or anyone you know is going through this nightmare of home foreclosure, Occupy Homes can help. We ask only that you fight for your home and help us help others. Please call us at 612-460-STAY (7829)
Stay strong brothers and sisters, and keeping fighting to improve all of our lives and our communities. We as a Union have that power!
And, as always:
Solidarity Today! Solidarity Tomorrow! And Solidarity Always…
In ALL Ways!!!
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For Immediate Release
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Karkh District Council, neighborhood councils, and the U.S. military, opened the Al Shawakeh Fish Market today to stimulate employment and business opportunities in the community.
In his remarks at the opening, USAID Deputy Mission Director Thomas R. Delaney said, "The revival of this market shows how committed the Iraqis are in seeing their economy-and people-recover and grow." He also said he hoped that the market will be seen as a center of community pride and prosperity
USAID began rebuilding the fish market in early 2008 through the Community Stabilization Program (CSP) after repeated insurgent-lead attacks. The goal of CSP is to help create an environment for stability and establish the necessary conditions for long-term development to take hold in violence-affected areas. USAID's market revitalization efforts include rebuilding damaged shops and surrounding streets and sidewalks. The project created immediate short-term jobs for unemployed laborers.
USAID's partner, International Relief and Development (IRD), met with vendors, the local community and the district and neighborhood councilmen to seek their input on the layout and design of the market. Iraqi representatives of IRD worked closely with the embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, the U.S. Military, and the Karkh community to complete the $227,489 USAID-funded project.
Twelve local construction workers fixed the inner-yard of the market, constructed new stalls, and upgraded the water, sewer and electrical networks. The new market has a cold-storage facility, trash dumpsters, and more space for loading and unloading of produce, fish, and meats. The market comprises 40 small, family-owned restaurants, fish and vegetable markets, book kiosks and shops.
Since 2003, USAID has invested more than $6 billion on programs designed to stabilize communities; foster economic and agricultural growth; and build the capacity of the national, local, and provincial governments to respond to the needs of the Iraqi people.
For more information about USAID, please visit: www.usaid.gov.
Last updated: May 31, 2012
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The Green Buildings and Landscapes (GBL) professional section of the APGA serves as a resource for professionals at public gardens throughout North America working to improve the environmental sustainability of their facilities, landscapes, and practices. Public gardens of all sizes and scopes collectively reach millions of people per year. As Living Museums and centers for learning, these gardens are in an excellent position to influence the public on sustainability issues by leading by example and becoming a catalyst for sustainable development in their communities and regions.
The Green Buildings and Landscapes professional section benefits members by providing leadership and support and promoting information sharing on sustainability. GBL serves as a network and forum to assist and strengthen the efforts of staff and institutions to make their operations more sustainable. It also fosters the accumulation of knowledge about sustainability and best practices and its dissemination to APGA members, to other organizations, and to the public.
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Welcome to the online learning section of AutoEducation.com
Our AutoShop 101 section provides free online educational learning courses on all the major parts of your car. We have attempted to provide the basics all car owners should know. If you wish to further your education, we offer Automotive Educational Software in our online store.
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- Take your time and re-read sections which seem confusing. You won't be rebuilding an engine by the end of our courses, but you will have a good understanding of how every system in your car works.
- Feel free to print out any pages from the site, and read at your leasure.
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In case you haven't noticed, tax cuts have stimulated the economy. Nearly every economic indicator is positive. In fact, the performance of the economy has been remarkable lately when the temporal proximity of 9/11 is taken into consideration.
And don't talk to me about "not much for many" in a country where 95% of the tax burden falls on 5% of the population. Of course the tax cuts weren't as big for the poor. They're not taxed as much. Hell, some of them receive tax "refunds" in excess of the taxes that they paid.
Tell me something -- the strength of an economy is a result of productivity and the building of wealth, correct? So, if you want to build a strong economy, do you give encouragement and incentive to people who are the least productive, and the least succesful at building wealth, or do you give encouragement and incentive to people who are the most productive and the most succesfull at building wealth? Moreover, if you discourage those who are most productive and succesfull at building wealth, what will the outcome be for the economy? Try looking at it this way. Suppose you have a couple of mutual funds, A and B. Mutual fund A has a higher rate of return and a lower cost than mutual fund B. So, to improve the performance of mutual fund B, you put more money in it, right? No, you put your money in the better performing mutual fund. It is the same with tax payers. People are not encouraged to build wealth if they are increasingly penalized for doing so. They might as well just sit on the couch and watch television as go down in their basement and work on their invention because if the invention pans out, and they gain some wealth, they will only be penalized for it. I know someone will come back with a reply about the super rich, loopholes, etc. Well, before they were super rich, and could afford loopholes, they were only moderately rich, and got their eyeballs taxed out. But in any case, that objection is a perfect argument for a flat tax, which would be completely fair. No loopholes for anybody.
I agree that the medicare bill is the dumbest, ugliest, messiest bill that has been passed in a good while, but don't blame all of that on Bush. Last I checked, it is the legislative branch that creates laws, and the executive that signs them. Would you rather that Bush vetoed it? (I would.)
I doubt that Bush's objective is to eliminate medicare, but I would like to see that. Government has no call to be in the healthcare business. You think it is screwed up now? Wait until government gets more involved. We could have third-world health care within the decade.
The situation in Iraq was under control? Yes, under Saddam's control. And he was making a perfect laughing stock of the UN as it once again refused to enforce its resolutions, thus depriving itself of any credibility and its resolutions of any meaning. Saddam defied them, and they hid in their corner. Had Bush not intervened, they would still be there, and Saddam would still be torturing and killing his people, supporting terrorism, and developing weapons of mass destruction. Even Bill Clinton knew that we needed to take care of Iraq. The war planning started during his administration.
I don't think President Bush is the greatest President we have ever had, but he surely isn't represented fairly by the ABBA and MoveOn.org types, who really do need to move on.
Reality: An important truth test
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Canton Courts Require Better Internal Controls, Audit Says
Justice courts in the town and village of Canton require more oversight and need to beef up their internal financial controls.
An audit of each court system by the state comptroller's office found "significant weaknesses in the court's internal controls and a lack of oversight of the court's operations by the justices and the board."
The village court is overseen by the village justice and the village board. The town justices and the town board oversee the town court.
In a written response, the Canton village board said it agrees with all the auditors' recommendations.
To help correct the problems, the board voted to eliminate its justice position at the end of the year. The town will take over jurisdiction, officials say.
Town officials say there was a large turnover in court clerks and judges during the audit period, which accounted for most of the problems.
Between the town and village, there were a total of eight justices over about two years who were supported by a single clerk, officials say.
Town officials say the accounts are now balanced and the justices will review them each month.
In both courts, auditors found:
- The justices have not ensured that the clerks performed bank reconciliations or accountability analyses to account for all court funds.
- The clerks performed all of the key aspects of the Court's cash accounting functions with limited oversight and the justices did not ensure that clerk duties were adequately segregated.
- Departing justices did not meet basic requirements when leaving office.
- Town and village officials who conducted annual audits of court records noted bank reconciliations were not being performed, but neither board took corrective action.
The comptroller's office recommended the town and village:
- Ensure that bank reconciliations and accountability analyses are properly performed on a monthly basis.
- Establish policies and procedures that address adequate segregation of cash custody and record-keeping duties or ensure that compensating controls are implemented such as supervisory or board oversight.
- Ensure that a justice who resigns his or her official position meets all requirements upon resignation.
- Address any issues identified during the annual audit of the court's financial records.
See the complete Canton town court audit.
See the complete Canton village court audit.
Sunday, May 19, 2013, Watertown, NY
On Wall Street
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Bid Euchre is a variation on the classic card game Euchre. The main difference is that you bid for the number of tricks you think you can take and the trump suit. The complete rules can be found in rules.html.
The Bid Euchre program is designed for all platforms, and should compile for Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X, and many others. The Linux binaries haven't been tested yet, only compiled and packaged. Please let us know if they do not work. The GTK+ 2 version is for systems with GTK+ >= 2.0, and the GTK+ 1.2 is for systems with GTK+ >= 1.2.
[ Windows Installer | Linux GTK+ 2.0 | Linux GTK+ 1.2 | Mac OS-X | Source Code ]
Go to the Download Page on SourceForge
Friday, August 26, 2005
Added Mac OS-X Binary for 0.73
SourceForge has restored their OS-X compile farm hosts, and I have added a Mac OS-X Binary for version 0.73. I have tested this version and it seems to work for the 30 seconds I played. Much better than before.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Updated Bid Euchre to Version 0.73 (mostly)
Some excellent improvements to the AI, however I can't compile a Mac OS-X binary until SourceForge fixes their OS-X hosts in the compile farm. They assure me they will get around to responding to me within 5 business days. I guess I can't complain, since there would be no mac binaries without them. The Win32 and Linux binaries have been updated to 0.73 though. Sorry it doesn't look as good on Linux. I promise I'll fix it when I have time.
I have removed the Mac OS-X binary since it doesn't work. I promise 0.73 will work if I can ever compile it. I know what's wrong with the older versions and I have it fixed in the 0.73 source. So if you have a mac, you could compile it yourself.
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Updated Bid Euchre to Version 0.72
I fixed the Windows Installer so it would install the proper DLL files. Sorry if you downloaded 0.70 or 0.71 and it didn't run. The AI is slightly smarter in this version, too.
Saturday, August 6, 2005
Updated Bid Euchre to Version 0.71
No major improvements, but I think there was code in 0.70 that may have caused crahes or hangs on Linux or Mac. Since I still can't test those platforms, I don't know, but I removed some bad code. I also added Mac OS-X binaries for PPC Mac.
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One afternoon eight years ago, Cathy Kezelman, now 58, found herself standing at The Gap, teetering on the edge. She saw herself falling, and visualised the landing. Would it be on the rocks or in the sea? It was a windy day. The waves gnashed below but Dr Kezelman heard little. "I was terrified," she says. "But the pain was so extreme, I didn't know any other way to stop it."
It started a few years earlier, when Dr Kezelman, a GP in Sydney's eastern suburbs, began having recurring nightmares. "One was of me as a little girl being chased through the jungle, footsteps thundering behind me, getting closer and closer. Another was me as a girl being fed like a piece of timber into a circular saw."
The dreams, she later learnt, came from her childhood when, between the ages of four and 14, she had been repeatedly sexually abused by her father and a family friend. "For 30 years I'd repressed it," says Dr Kezelman, who is now the president of Adults Surviving Child Abuse. "I'd compartmentalised it, and now it was coming back to overwhelm me."
Victims of child sex abuse experience a fury of emotions, including shame, guilt, anger and betrayal. "Anger at themselves for letting it happen, anger at their parents for not protecting them," says a psychiatrist, Peter Klug, who has worked in the area for 25 years. "And shame because they feel they might've been complicit, by accepting gifts or favours from the perpetrators."
But the deepest wound is primal and instinctual: it comes from suffering what humans fear most: losing control. "Paedophilia is a dominant/submissive dynamic,'' Dr Klug says. "The child has no control, so they experience the abuse with fear, anxiety and severe helplessness.''
Thus child sex abuse becomes, in Dr Klug's words, "a factory for mental illness". It plants a seed of rot in the soul. Children develop coping mechanisms that destroy and distort their personalities.
"I became scary to other people," Dr Kezelman says. "I was cut off. I made friends but not of any great depth. I would snap at people when they talked of their childhood because mine was a blank. I hated myself for the things I'd done as part of the abuse. I was defensive and harsh and impatient, especially of vulnerability."
As a child, she regularly suffered significant injury but was never allowed to complain. "The family script was: 'nothing happened.' Everything was OK, even when it wasn't.''
Later this became her daily reality. "A couple of years ago I had root canal surgery and the dentist overheated the diathermy instrument. It ended up burning a large section of gum, which then had to be repaired. During the surgery I sat there in excruciating pain and said nothing because I was used to being in pain and saying nothing."
Victims often don't disclose the abuse for fear of not being believed. They're children, after all, and children tell tales. For fear, also of being blamed, or worse, shunned.
So they live in silence with the guilt. Guilt that they are gay (if it was homosexual abuse), guilt for not having spoken up, guilt that they might have, in certain circumstances, enjoyed it. "We see that with victims who come from affectionless environments," Dr Klug says.
"I felt it killed me," a patient of Dr Klug once said. "I've found solace in drugs.'' Now in his 40s, the man had been abused at school by a priest: "He told me that Jesus was gay, and that it was OK to love another man."
Now he lives alone. "I don't shun human contact," he says, "but I don't embrace it … I like the company of women but I can't have an intimate relationship. I prefer the company of my dog.
''I don't like walking outside. I feel people looking at me … that they know I am dirty. I live off the beaten track," he says. "A place where no one knows me and no one bothers me."
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Shocking statistics tell us that within the United States, the divorce rate hovers right around the 50% mark. This translates to half of all couples. Even though Christianity, the main religion in the U.S., does not condone divorce, we have seen the incidence continue to rise. Christians aren’t the only ones being affected though. This is affected people throughout the world.
Whenever their parents get divorced, children often suffer the most from it. Many end up displaying their sadness in the form of behavior problems. If you’re having trouble dealing with your child after getting divorced, keep reading for a few tips.
After a divorce, many children end up becoming withdrawn. Their strong family unit no longer exists to provide them with security. They’ll be much less likely to be hurt if they withdrew from the world instead.
If you are a married person or a couple having problems in your married life and wondering about saving your marriage, you are a one of the millions of others going through similar situation. A lot of of them have by now reached the climax of their story and have given up. Others go to court, some decide it on their own. But wait! You do not have to go that much. Let me share some tips with you that will help you save your marriage.
You Expect too Much of Your Spouse
More and more people are turning to online marriage counseling, because of the growing popularity of internet and the availability of online chat, audio/video recordings and rapid message transfer. Right from the comforts of your home, you can then have a discussion and consult to a marriage counselor everytime you like. Besides, if you are looking for someone to assist you with dating probems, having marital problems or trying to prevent a break up, online marriage counseling is one of the most excellent solutions.
Majority of the people whose married life is going through difficult instances do not realize that the main feature contributing to this situation is their inability to rule such conflicts. The main part in this ability is talking camly. For the people looking for some kind of marriage counseling advice, here are some outstanding tips to go through such difficult conversations with your partner and get your marriage back on track. Attacking your husband/wife, yelling, calling names or expressing your intense emotions orally will absolutely lead both of you to the court. Continue reading to learn about methods to converse such subjects with a still and controlled voice.
You could have never imagined that you could have another affair in your married life. You tried your best to prevent it, however suddenly find yourself in the middle of a roaring affair, intimidating your married life. Instead of being full of joy, your married life becomes awful. It seems you will never be able to get it back on track. You need not be anxious. There are several ways to implement when it comes to how to save a failing marriage. Do you want to know how to save a failing marriage?
Every so often problems and conflicts occur in practically all marriages, and that in a lot of situations the option of divorce is earnestly considered, an option which, though intimidating as it appears, may be explored pragmatically with the appropriate method. Married people, personally or as a family unit, frequently share difficulties with the idea and functionality of divorce, hesitating between the conditions called for by circumstances and the ideals and convictions implanted by religion, values or social contract. Even devoid of such hassles, people may be cautious of tackling the topic of divorce through plain hesitancy and ambiguity about whether a split is actually the right decision. The power to make a confident decision and prevent divorce processes or sanction them to move forward is something which persons in any situation, however, might have.
Many times we are in the situation that we do not know what to do when it comes to our marriage. Marriage counseling has always been an option, but many people hate the idea of talking to a stranger about intimate things. Now we can get the advantages of marriage counseling and not even have to leave the house at all.
Physical and emotional problems can all be caused from stress that stems from marital problems. The inability to control feelings can cause a lot of damage as well. Many factors can cause these feelings within a marriage. Lack of intimacy, communication issues, these are just a few of them. Traditional routes of marriage counseling have been the only option until now.
One of the best things we can experience in life is actually marriage and relationships in general. But sometimes those relationships can go bad and what was once a great experience can be terrible. It is sad to see marriages go this way. But there is a way to fix troubled relationships.In this article we are going to discuss how to save marriages through marriage counseling.
One of the best things we can experience in life is actually marriage and relationships in general.But what was once a great experience can be terrible sometimes since those relationships can go bad. It is sad to see marriages go this way.But definitely, there is always a good way to fix troubled relationships. In this article we are going to look at how marriage counseling can help save marriages.
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November 8-13, 2011
Mini Action Paintings – Inspired by Jackson Pollock
Looking over Jackson Pollock’s life and work in books and online, I thought I’d try to have the pARTy guests imitate his “action” style by placing a large canvas on a well-protected floor and having them drop paint onto it from all sorts of crazy instruments: toothbrushes, forks, old shoes, etc. However, this idea soon seemed impractical. I didn’t want to have to scrub my floors or have the furniture professionally cleaned after the party. I didn’t want the girls to be a total mess. And, I wanted to send them home with their own individual pieces of artwork. So, I decided to limit our crafting to the dining room table, which I would cover with layers of newspaper and plastic to be removed after we finished each individual craft. I chose small, individual canvases. And. I decided to just make use of the squirt bottles the paints came in as our way of getting paint on canvas.
I had purchased an extra canvas at the dollar store so that I could try it out myself. Good thing! After I squeezed large drops of paint onto the canvas, I realized that there was no way the pictures would dry over the two hours of the party. Spotting a pizza box nearby, I cut out a long strip of cardboard and slid it carefully down the front of the canvas – et voila! I had a lovely abstract image. I noticed two things, however. First, there were large white spots at the top of the canvas where no paint had spattered. Second, the painting didn’t look quite “finished.” So, I tried a second round of dripping and dropping, and a second round of dragging, too. I should have stopped after my second drizzle, I learned, because a second drag over the canvas produced a gray and purple mess. Still, with my own experience in mind, I’d formulated a plan…. _____________________________________
Ruler or 12x1in Strip of Cardboard
Squeeze Bottle of Acrylic Paint
Avery Label Printed with Guest’s Name or Permanent Marker
Large Clear Plastic “Loot Bag” and Twist Tie (in 6-packs at $store)
Sheets of Newspaper
1 roll of Masking Tape
2 Plastic Tablecloths
Handsoap & Towels
Optional Loot Basket for all Activities
9x12in Plastic Basket for each guest
Avery Label printed with each guest’s name
Table: I placed a plastic tablecloth on each of the two long tables I had set up in the dining room. (Actually, I layered four cloths on each table – 1 for every craft I had planned.). On top, I placed a sheet of newspaper at each place, and several sheets of paper in the middle of each table. I placeds half of the bottles of paint in the center of one table, and half on the other. My daughter helped me place the canvases front-side-down at each seat. And I asked her to place Avery labels on the backsides of these canvases so as to sit the girls in her prefeered order when they arrived. I kept a picture of Jackson Pollock, a copy of Olivia, and my instructions in one basket on the sideboard, along with the 12 plastic rulers.
Drying Area: On one side of our steps from the first to the second floor, my husband layered and taped sheets of newspaper to service as our “Drying Area” during the party. This also made it impossible for the girls to travel upstairs into the bedrooms and to the main bath – which was exactly what we wanted.
Optional Loot Basket: The week before the party, I picked up a 9x12in basket for each guest at the dollar store and placed an avery label with their name on one of the handles. I had these stacked in a pile at the outset of the party. These came in handy as a place for the guests to deposit their finished crafts after we’d finished each one. Towards the end of the party, I snuck in the pre-wrapped Take Home Craft, and I placed their plastic-wrapped Mini Action Painting in this bucket, too. This way, each girl went home with a basket full of goodies.
After the girls came in and had their “fashion photo” taken by the door (see our Photo Ornament Craft when it is published), everyone took their place at one of the tables in the dining room.
First, I showed them a picture of Jackson Pollock painting the picture and a copy of Ian Falconer’s book, Olivia – reminding them that Oliva claimed she coudl do what Pollock had done in only a ”few minutes.”
Then I gave them isntructions for “PHASE ONE.” They were to drip and drop paint all over the canvas, making sure there were several dots of paint at the very top of the canvas. Every few seconds I would call “switch” and they were to pass a tube of acrylic paint to the person on their right.
After everyone seemed to have filled or overfilled their canvas, I called “Stop! Hands Up” and had the girls watch me demonstrate “PHASE TWO” (on my finished canvas). I dragged a ruler in a single stroke from the top to the bottom of the canvas. “This and nothing more!” I advised them. “If you use the ruler more than once, your masterpiece will be RUINED!” I warned. “When you have done your one and only scrape,” I said, “call me over to collect it in my plastic cup.”
Then, I passed out rulers and the girls got to work on their single scrape across the canvas. When each girl was finished, she gave me her ruler back. I put it them in a cup and then wrapped them in newspaper to be dealt with later - throwing them back in the Pollock bucket on the sideboard.
At this point, there were large puddles of paint dangerously close to the girls. I had them stand up, push their canvases slightly forward and away from the pools, and complete “PHASE THREE.”‘ I had them gently “drizzle” a few drops and swirls of one or two colours of paint on their canvases. Most of the girls were not so “gentle” as it turned out, but their pictures looked great!
Later, near the end of the party, as the girls were snacking, I packaged the paintings in a large, clear plastic loot bag. There was definitely spilling and blurring…but at least they could take the pieces home without ruining their clothes or their transportation. I let the parents know that they might want to take them out to dry when they get home. I placed these in their Loot Baskets with the rest of their finished activities and their take home craft. _____________________________________
The girls did a fabulous job. Here’s a look at their paintings on the stairs:
Here’s the text of the Index Card I provided to the guests.
Mini “Action Paintings” – Inspired by Jackson Pollock
Supplies: 8x10in Canvas, Ruler (or 12×2 in Strip of Cardboard), Acrylic Paints
Instructions: Using squeeze bottles of acrylic paint (or random tools dipped into cups of paint), drip, drop, and drizzle different colours of paint all over your canvas. Be sure to put several dots or lines of paint towards the top edge of your canvas. Take your time! Think about the pictures you make “accidentally” by dropping paint in different places on the canvas. WAIT FOR EVERYONE TO FINISH!
AFTER YOU WATCH THE DEMONSTRATION, carefully, and all in one stroke, drag the edge of your ruler all the way down the canvas without picking it up.
Using a light touch, add a few more drips, drops and drizzles to your mini masterpiece.
Set your painting aside to dry. Then, WASH YOUR HANDS!
By now, you’ve probably read Olivia. Do you remember when Olivia sees a painting in an art gallery and says, “I could do that in just about five minutes” – then, she gets in trouble for spattering paint on the walls at home? That painting is called Autumn Rhythm #30, by Jackson Pollock. The picture you see in the background here is Pollock creating AUTUMN RHYTHM!
Who was Jackson Pollock? He was a famous American painter. Why was he famous? Well, most artists before him used paint brushes to spread expensive oil paints onto canvases placed on easels in front of them. They stood still at their work, using small brush strokes to capture realistic images of the world around them (like people’s faces and hands). But Pollock was different! He liked to lay his canvases on the floor! Then, he used all kinds of tools (cans, cups, wiry brushes, spoons, wooden sticks, and even turkey basters!) to drip paint all over those canvases! And, instead of using the fancy oil paints made specifically for artists, he used the kind of everyday house-paints that people use to brighten up their front porches! He didn’t care about painting realistic scenes, either. He painted feelings and ideas. And, because he moved around his work so much, his whole body was involved – that’s why people called his work “action painting!”
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The School of Sacred Music
To the Editor:
I read with great interest the article of Kurt List on Jewish music in your February issue.
It was somewhat of a surprise to find that Dr. List does not note the existence of the Hebrew Union School of Sacred Music, which was created last Spring by the Hebrew Union College, and opened with impressive exercises on October 16 of last year.
This School was established after four years of effort to get the seminaries of the other Jewish denominations to join in establishing such an institution. The Hebrew Union College is in this institution aiming to serve not the narrower interests of the Reform community but K’lol Yisroel, the entire community of Israel, without prejudice or discrimination to any point of view.
The School is now concentrating on the offering of training courses to prepare men to serve congregations in the role of cantors and educators, a combined function for which it feels there is a great need, particularly among the smaller congregations of this country.
It has assembled a faculty of outstanding scholars and teachers, including Professor A. W. Binder, Professor Jacob Weinberg, Cantor Gershon Ephros, Rabbi Israel Goldfarb, Lazare Saminsky, Harry Coopersmith, Cantor Moshe Rudinow, and Professor Eric Werner, who is the leading spirit of the School. Dr. Werner is internationally known for his profound scholarship and his extensive researches in the musicological field. In addition, the students are also taught by members of the faculty of the Education School, including Professor Simon L. Halkin, Abraham Aaroni, Dr. Samuel J. B. Wolk, Dr. Philip E. Kraus, Rabbi Edward E. Klein, Dr. Philip Jaffe, and others. The undersigned is Dean of the institution.
We now have a fine student body of twelve, all of whom have excellent voices, fine musical training, and some Jewish background. The course of study is of three years’ duration, and the curriculum covers Nusach, Hazanut, Cantillation, Harmony, Choral Ensemble, Choir Directing, Music Education, as well as History, Hebrew, Bible, Psychology, and Education. As part of the requirements for training, students are placed in week-end cantorial positions in neighboring congregations. The School will in the near future expand its activities to include a department to train teachers for instruction in religious music, organists, choir directors, and directors of music for temples and synagogues. This is the first institution attempting to supply well-trained personnel with a thorough academic as well as practical grounding in all aspects of Judaism and Jewish music.
The Hebrew Union School of Sacred Music is chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York and is supported and sponsored by the Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion, and is run in cooperation with the Society for the Advancement of Jewish Liturgical Music.
I am sure that your readers will be interested to know that what Dr. List expresses as a wish is a reality in our School.
Abraham N. Franzblau
Hebrew Union School
of Education and Sacred Music
New York City
[The original “cut-off” date on the musical year covered in Dr. List's article was October I. When publication of the article was delayed, a few later concerts were reviewed, but no institutional developments were included beyond that date.—ED.]
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By Roger McKinney
NEOSHO, Mo. —
A space-themed mural that for 50 years had graced a cafeteria wall at the former Rocketdyne plant got its new home Thursday in Davidson Hall at Crowder College.
Now Premiere Turbines, Rocketdyne in the 1960s produced components for the Saturn V rocket that took Americans to the moon.
Former Rocketdyne employee Lawrence Sanchez was a technical artist who moved to Neosho from Boston, Mass., to work for the company. He painted the mural in 1963.
One end of the mural includes what appears to be an Apollo-era capsule, which may have been in the planning stages in 1963. There also are planets and stars, and what appears to be Sanchez’s interpretation of future space stations.
Bill Martz, 80, watched Sanchez as he was creating the mural. Martz worked at Rocketdyne and its subsequent incarnations for 38 years, from 1958 to 1996.
“He was a great guy,” Martz said of Sanchez.
He said he’s glad the mural has a new home, where it will have more exposure. The hall where the mural is located is outside science classrooms and labs at Crowder.
“It’s a great place for it,” Martz said.
Sanchez’s daughter, Deidre Sanchez, speaking by phone, said she wished she could have been at the dedication. She said her dad is 95 and living in Carrollton, Texas. She said he has Alzheimer’s disease, but he still paints.
“I’m very proud of him,” she said. “He’s been an artist his entire life.”
Martz was one of several retired and current employees of the former Rocketdyne who were on hand for the dedication.
“We really want the mural to be enjoyed by people for many years to come,” said Penny Paul, human resources manager at Premiere Turbines.
STEVE ROARK, a member of the Newton County Tourism Council, handed out copies of the new “Walking Tour of the Murals of Neosho” brochure. Roark noted that the brochure already was out of date, because the Rocketdyne mural isn’t included. He said it would be in future versions.
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On May 3, West Virginia governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed off on Senate Bill 437, which will force commercial dog breeders to provide more humane living conditions, along with veterinary care, for their animals. The bill was sponsored by state senators John Unger, Robert Beach and Jack Yost and received unanimous support in the state senate.
“In essence, what we’re trying to do is make sure we protect what we have,” says Senator Unger. “Other states are cracking down on the puppy mills that are operating illegally. We want to make sure we strengthen our laws so that they’re not just finding this as a haven for that type of operation. That’s why this bill is critical. We need to step up and provide stronger laws to protect our animals as well.”
Here’s some background to Senator Unger’s remarks:
In 2007, a tragic fire in a junk pile operation in neighboring Virginia claimed the lives of almost 200 dogs. Sparks from a wood fire in a steel drum that was being used to heat the place set off the blaze. It was a high-profile story that resulted in a revocation of the operation’s permit. Later that year, Best Friends partnered with local activists in Virginia to rescue over 180 mill dogs from the same county. You may remember the story of Mabel, the blind, nearly toothless beagle who had lived in a cage the size of a dishwasher, 24/7, for her entire 10 years of life, cranking out litter after litter without her feet ever touching the ground. Mabel’s plight, and her joyous, first romp in a patch of green grass really put a face on the horrors of the puppy supply business for me. I will never forget her.
Springboarding off the public awareness and outrage generated by these and other Virginia puppy mill exposés, the following year we worked closely with Teresa Dockery, who at the time was the chief operating officer of the Margaret B. Mitchell Spay/Neuter Clinic in Bristol, Virginia, to help pass a state law that tightened up commercial breeding operations and empowered local animal control officers to enforce the new codes.
Rather than comply with more humane standards, many Virginia puppy millers decided to move their operations to states with weaker laws and lax enforcement. Neighboring West Virginia, which had its own puppy mill problems, was a prime destination. In fact, in August of 2008, Best Friends joined in a multi-organizational support of the Wood County, West Virginia, Sheriff’s Department raid on Whispering Oaks Kennel in Parkersburg, a deplorable operation with about 1,000 dogs. The puppy mill was shut down and the dogs placed with rescues around the country.
It was only a matter of time before West Virginia lawmakers tired of their state being a magnet for animal-abusing puppy millers from across the region as highlighted in Senator Unger’s remarks above.
Hats off to Governor Tomblin and the bill’s sponsors. SB 437 is a step in the right direction. The new law will require anyone keeping more than 10 intact dogs for the purpose of breeding to provide each dog with solid flooring, protection from the elements, adequate lighting, food, water, veterinary care and sanitary conditions.
It will also ban crates from being stacked on top of each other and will mandate euthanasia be performed only by a veterinarian. All facilities will be required to provide adequate means of fire suppression and will force breeders to have their veterinarian certify that their animal is healthy before breeding.
Because many puppy mills observe such poor management conditions, even the modest and common sense standards set by SB 437 will push some of the worst operators out of business – or out of state – and will raise the cost of puppies to distributors, retailers and buyers.
While I am pleased that the animals trapped in forced breeding kennels in West Virginia will have better lives, in my view, there is no such thing as a “good” commercial breeding operation because no good comes from exploiting animals and flooding the market with factory-farmed pets while millions are dying in our shelters.
Learn more about Best Friends puppy mill initiatives.
Senior Director, Communications
Best Friends Animal Society
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
You are a Navy man
As a Navy man you are, in a special sense, a good citizen of these United States. Your uniform alone does not entitle you to special privileges, rather it obligates you to set high standards of conduct and performance of duty. At home, and on duty abroad in foreign countries, you will be under constant observation as a representative of the United States government. Be sure that no careless act of yours brings discredit to your uniform or to your country's flag.
Service in the Navy can be whatever you make it. It takes some time to understand and become adapted to the ways of the Navy, for going to sea in ships and aircraft is a tough, serious business, particularly in these troubled times. If you must work hard and at times miss a leave period or a few liberties in your home port, remember that you chose a man's job when you joined the Navy.
From THE BLUEJACKET'S MANUAL
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When It Happens Panel Get involved: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting 'OXFORD NEWS' to 80360 or email
New rules for bailiffs industry
Bailiffs will be regulated under new laws to "clean up" the industry and protect vulnerable debtors, the Government has announced.
New rules will stop late-night visits to collect debts and restrictions on what property can be seized are being introduced.
Bailiffs will also be banned from entering homes when only children are present and they will no longer be able to set their own fees. New safeguards will also prevent them from using force against people who owe money, according to the Ministry of Justice.
Under the changes, bailiffs will also be forced to undergo a mandatory training and certification scheme and those who breach the new rules will be barred from the industry.
Justice Minister Helen Grant said: "For too long bailiffs have gone unregulated, allowing a small minority to give the industry a bad name. Too many people in debt have had the additional stress of dealing with aggressive bailiffs who often charge extortionate fees.
"These new laws will clean up the industry and ensure bailiffs play by the rules or face being prevented from practising. They will also make sure businesses and public bodies can collect their debts fairly."
Citizens Advice Bureau chief executive Gillian Guy told BBC Radio 4's today programme: "This is long overdue and we certainly welcome the fact that the Government has recognised that it's an issue.
"We get tens of thousands of complaints every year and that's set to get worse because when council tax benefit changes there will be more people, probably, subject to bailiff action.
"It's a whole range of issues. It starts with not understanding what bailiffs' rights are, and that leaves bailiffs open to tell people what they interpret their rights as. We've had people come to us saying that bailiffs have sought to seize the tools that they use for work or their children's toys or even pets, and clearly that's a misinterpretation of what the rules are."
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NORTHERN COLORADO SPORTS PERFORMANCE
The primary objective of Northern Colorado Sports Performance is to aid each Northern Colorado student-athlete in reaching their full athletic potential through a comprehensive approach to training. This approach will not only improve the student-athlete's performance but will also reduce the possibility of injury to musculature areas prone to injury. Training regimens will also take into consideration specific energy systems, specific movements and specific agilities to each of the Bears' 19 intercollegiate sports.
An array of training modalities will be employed to enhancement each student-athlete's abilities. In addition, various types of the periodization concept as well as a multitude of lifting techniques and exercises will be used in creating specific programs for each specific sport as well as personalized programs where needed.
Linear and lateral speed, agility, range of motion, strength, power, and work threshold will be developed in every Northern Colorado student-athlete. Mental toughness will also be derived out of the workouts in order to improve the student-athlete's concentration and resolve to triumph even when faced with a discouraging situation.
Mental toughness, drive and accountability will be derived over the course of the student-athletes' collegiate career. Physical improvement will be evident as will the resolve to be successful in all aspects of life.
state-of-the-art Sports Peformance Center
Opened Summer 2010
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Eureka! I think you may be thinking about "Kindred Spirits" by Asher B.
Durand, who was a friend of Thomas Cole. The painting was done in 1849 and
is in the collection of the New York Public Library. By the way, Thomas
Cole is one of the two men depicted in the picture.
Ann-on-y-mouse in Columbus
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The Chinese government has blocked access to a Web site used as a conduit for donations to President Obama’s re-election, The Post has learned.
The action comes following a report in Sunday’s Post that the Obama.com site had been registered to Robert Roche, an Obama campaign bundler who lives and works in China.
An analysis by the Government Accountability Institute found that Obama.com gets almost half its traffic from foreign computer addresses.
GAI sources used more than 100 different Chinese proxies to get on Obama.com. Each time, the effort produced an “error” message that is consistent with sites blocked by the Chinese government.
“It’s a shocking revelation that the Chinese government wants to do something that the Obama campaign wouldn’t do. They’re more sensitive to American sovereignty and campaign-finance law than the Obama campaign,” said GAI founder and co-chairman Steve Bannon.
Click here to read the NY Post article.
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1936 Case CC
Nov 17, 2009
This tractor was featured for the month of July in the 2009 Classic Farm Tractor Calendar.
Threshing and Case have gone together like bacon and eggs for years and year. And still do. That 1937 Case threshing machine with a 22” cylinder is behind this different-looking ’36 Case CC at a Threshing Day near Jackson, Minn. What’s unique about the tractor? It has 38” rear wheels, like a row crop and a fixed wide front like a standard-tread. It could be converted to a row-crop cultivator model without much huffing and puffing. More than 28,600 Case Model C tractors were built. The C and CC used the same 4-cylinder engine with 3.875x5.5” bore and stroke.
Owner: Donald Klambrum
He points out that this Case tractor, like the famous Model L, features a rugged chain drive that could withstand a lifetime of hard pulling with practically no problems. He has about 10 tractors and has totally restored about half of them.
The world-famous Classic Farm Tractor Calendar from Classic Tractor Fever is in its 21st year of publication with the 2010 calendar available now. They have calendars, videos, books, and much, much, more. Click here to visit their online shop.
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Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34) shows Vienna Girl Scout Troop #136 around the Virginia State Capitol Grounds on Monday, Feb. 18.
Photo by Victoria Ross.
Picking Washington’s Birthday to tour the Virginia State Capitol and learn a little about Virginia history—the birthplace of eight presidents—was perfect timing for a group of Vienna Girl Scouts.
"It was cool to see the statue of George Washington, especially since it was his birthday,” said Holland, 9, who attends Marshall Road Elementary School.
“Fourth grade is the year that they learn all about Virginia history, so they had been learning about a lot of the things highlighted on our tour and they were very quick to answer questions posed by our tour guide.”
-- Troop #136 leader Lisa Dauernheim
The fourth-grader said she thought it was “really cool” to be recognized in the House Chamber by Del. Mark Keam (D-35), whose daughter, Brenna Keam, is also a member of Girl Scout Troop #136.
Keam took the troop of fourth-graders, who attend Marshall Road Elementary School and Mosby Woods Elementary School, on the tour along with Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34), pointing out statues and architectural highlights of the capitol which, since 1788, has been home to the General Assembly, the oldest legislature continuously operating in the Western Hemisphere.
The girls also learned that the building was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and is the first public building in America constructed in the Monumental Classical style. It has served as a prototype for countless capitols, courthouses, municipal buildings, and even churches and residences for more than 200 years.
“The girls really enjoyed their trip to Richmond. The tour was part of earning the government badge,” said troop leader Lisa Dauernheim. “Fourth grade is the year that they learn all about Virginia history, so they had been learning about a lot of the things highlighted on our tour and they were very quick to answer questions posed by our tour guide. … It was a good and educational way to spend a day off of school.”
The girls also got a chance to meet Miss Virginia 2012, Rosemary Willis. “That was fun for them. Miss Virginia was like a princess or a rock star to these girls,” said mom Ede Linterman. The girls also met Virginia Secretary of Education Laura Fornash, who gave them a brief talk about Virginia’s education system. The group was accompanied on the trip by troop leaders Lisa Dauernheim, Amanda Waltrip, Rita Monner and Erin Kane.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The new chairman of the federal Chemical Safety Board is coming to the Kanawha Valley next week to address concerns that his agency is stalling the release of final report on the August 2008 explosion and fire at Bayer CropScience's Institute plant.
CSB Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso scheduled the trip after Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper wrote to the board last week to complain about the board's repeated delays.
"We want to let the people of the valley know we are concerned about these issues," Moure-Eraso said in an interview. "I want to meet with Mr. Carper and explain to him what we are doing and where we are in the process."
Moure-Eraso said board members and staff are reviewing a draft of the agency's final report and will release it during another public meeting in the Institute area sometime this fall.
During his visit next week, Moure-Eraso said he would also meet with representatives of the Institute group People Concerned About MIC and hopes to meet with Bayer plant officials.
Moure-Eraso, a chemical engineer with a Ph.D. in industrial hygiene, was previously chairman of the department of work environment at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He was appointed to the board chairmanship by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in late June.
In Monday's interview, Moure-Eraso said he has long studied the 1984 chemical disaster that involved a leak of methyl isocyanate, or MIC, at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, and is therefore very interested in safety issues at the Bhopal facilities' sister plant, now owned by Bayer, in Institute.
"I am personally concerned about the continuing use of MIC anywhere, especially in the Kanawha Valley," Moure-Eraso said.
In the Aug. 28, 2008, explosion and fire, Bayer worker Barry Withrow was killed. A second worker, Bill Oxley, died about six weeks later in a burn center in Pittsburgh. Thousands of residents between South Charleston and the Putnam County line were forced to take shelter in their homes.
The explosion occurred in a unit where Bayer makes Methomyl, which it then uses to produce Larvin, the company's brand name of the insecticide thiodicarb.
In March, Bayer agreed to pay $143,000 in fines to settle allegations by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration that the company had poorly planned operating procedures, flawed emergency systems and faulty employee training.
A separate CSB probe found that the explosion and fire could have damaged a nearby tank of MIC, and caused a disaster that would have rivaled Bhopal. After those findings were made public, Bayer announced it was cutting its MIC inventory, long a sticking point with local residents and activists, by roughly 80 percent. Critics note that Bayer could still store enough MIC to cause a Bhopal-sized leak.
Moure-Eraso said he expects the board's final report to confirm its initial findings about the potential dangers from the August 2008 incident. But, he said, more details about issues surrounding the continued use and storage of MIC in Institute will be the focus instead of a congressionally mandated National Academy of Sciences study.Reach Ken Ward Jr. at kw...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1702.
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J Mays To Be Featured In Los Angeles Museum Exhibition
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles will open an exhibition next month on J Mays, Ford Motor Company's vice president of global design. Retrofuturism: The Car Design of J Mays is the first comprehensive museum exhibition devoted to the work of an American automobile designer.
Organized by MOCA Curator of Architecture and Design Brooke Hodge, the show will bring together concept cars, development models, video footage, new photography and original drawings that illustrate the process behind Mays' work. It will also include the public unveiling of Mays' most recent concept car, the Ma, which is conceived as a kit of parts to be assembled into a futuristic hot rod.
Hodge believes the term "retrofuturism" describes how Mays takes an iconic car from the past, which evokes strong feelings and cultural associations, and rethinks the vehicle for a contemporary market.
"Mays' incorporation of retrofuturism into his creative process has enabled him to draw from the past and design for the future, while remaining firmly grounded in the present," said Hodge. "This exhibition makes it possible to consider Mays-designed cars as design objects in their own right."
The exhibition opens Nov. 17 and runs through March 9, 2003 at The Geffen Contemporary, 152 North Central Ave. in downtown Los Angeles.
Since joining Ford in October 1997, Mays has completed the development of several new models including the 2002 Ford Thunderbird, Ford Forty-Nine concept car and Ford GT40, which all take their inspiration from classic models of the past. Mays previously worked for Volkswagen-Audi and BMW. His work prior to Ford includes the prototype for the new Volkswagen Beetle and the Audi AVUS. The AVUS inspired the design direction of many of Audi's cars now on the road, including the TT. The AVUS was named for the 1930s grand-prix racetrack in Berlin.
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Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape
Series: Cultural Spaces
This important new cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as democratic. Foodies frequent ‘hole in the wall’ ethnic eateries, appreciate the pie found in working-class truck stops, and reject the snobbery of fancy French restaurants with formal table service....
Published December 1st 2009 by Routledge
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Welcome to Stillwater Area Public Schools!
Stillwater Area Public Schools – Independent School District # 834 - may be home to the very first school house in Minnesota, but that doesn’t mean we’re still your great-grandfather’s school district!
Much has changed in Stillwater Area Public Schools since members of the first graduating class received diplomas more than 130 years ago, and much will continue to change in the coming years. We’re constantly innovating and improving to ensure we are meeting the needs of our students both now and into the future. But one thing remains unchanged; our longstanding tradition of high expectations, high standards and outstanding achievement will never be compromised.
Stillwater Area Public Schools by the numbers:
- Approximately 8,800 students
- More than 1,000 employees
- 10 elementary schools (K-6)
- 2 junior high schools (grades 7-9)
- 1 high school (grades 10-12)
- 1 alternative learning center (ALC)
- 1 early childhood family center serving families with young children, from birth to age 5.
- The district stretches 30 miles along the St. Croix River
The district offers the best of both worlds. It is large enough to provide a wide variety of opportunities for students, while maintaining a personal, caring and individualized education. The district strives to develop learners who are innovative, creative, and prepared for a rapidly changing world. Expectations are high and students of all abilities are challenged, supported and motivated at every level – from early childhood through high school.
Welcome to a community and a school system built on a solid tradition of excellence!
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Three local physicians will present an overview of pertussis—also known as whooping cough—during an upcoming free Hill Country Memorial Good Health School.
Pertussis is a highly contagious disease, and it is known to last for a duration of approximately six weeks before subsiding.
Andrea C. Bray, MD, Jennifer Woerner Dulaney, MD, and Melissa A. George, MD, will cover how the disease affects adults, children and pregnant women. Attendees will also learn about symptoms, how it is spread, who’s at risk and what measures to take to help protect against contracting the disease.
The program will start on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m., at Hill Country Memorial Wellness Center. While there is no charge to attend the session, reservations are requested for planning purposes by calling the Wellness Center at 830-997-1355.
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Notes from Hebrews 9:22
Why does forgiveness require the shedding of blood? This is no arbitrary decree on the part of a bloodthirsty God, as some have suggested. There is no greater symbol of life than blood; blood keeps us alive. Jesus shed his blood--gave his life--for our sins so that we wouldn't have to experience spiritual death, eternal separation from God. Jesus is the source of life, not death. He gave his own life to pay our penalty for us so that we might live. After shedding his blood for us, Christ rose from the grave and proclaimed victory over sin and death.
Notes from Numbers 9:23
The Israelites traveled and camped as God guided. When you follow God's guidance, you know you are where God wants you, whether you're moving or staying in one place. You are physically somewhere right now. Instead of praying, "God, what do you want me to do next?" ask, "God, what do you want me to do while I'm right here?" Direction from God is not just for your next big move. He has a purpose in placing you where you are right now. Begin to understand God's purpose for your life by discovering what he wants you to do now!
Notes from Judges 21:25
During the time of the judges, the people of Israel experienced trouble because everyone became his own authority and acted on his own opinions of right and wrong. This produced horrendous results. Our world is similar. Individuals, groups, and societies have made themselves the final authorities without reference to God. When people selfishly satisfy their personal desires at all costs, everyone pays the price.
It is the ultimate heroic act to submit all our plans, desires, and motives to God. Men like Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson are known for their heroism in battle. But their personal lives were far from heroic.
To be truly heroic, we must go into battle each day in our home, job, church, and society to make God's Kingdom a reality. Our weapons are the standards, morals, truths, and convictions we receive from God's Word. We will lose the battle if we gather the spoils of earthly treasures rather than seeking the treasures of heaven.
Notes from Proverbs 13:6
Blameless living safeguards your life. Every choice for good sets into motion other opportunities for good. Evil choices follow the same pattern, but in the opposite direction. Each decision you make to obey God's Word will bring a greater sense of order to your life, while each decision to disobey will bring confusion and destruction. The right choices you make reflect your integrity. Obedience brings the greatest safeguard and security.
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