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Friday, February 20, 2009. Chaos and violence continue, a US soldier is convicted in a murder case, Britian claims Iran made an offer (they could or couldn't refuse?), KBR has more problems (of their own making) and more.
Starting with one-time Halliburton subsidary Kellogg Brown & Root, US House Rep Carol Shea-Porter's office announced that a letter was sent to US Secretary of Defense "Robert Gates asking why defense contractor KBR, Inc. was recently awarded a new $35.4 million contract involving electrical work in Iraq. KBR is currently under investigation by the Department of Defense Inspector General for the deaths of 18 Americans, who were electrocuted in buildings that KBR held a contract to mainatin. Military criminal investigators have reopened five cases, and the Army Criminal Investigate Services has classified one of them as 'ngeligent homicide'." The letter, signed by 18 other members of the House, notes:
As you are aware, KBR has held a contract for building maintenance for U.S. military facilities in Iraq since 2003. During this time, there have been numerous investigations into the dangers KBR's faulty electrical work is creating for our military personnel. The Department of Defense Inspector General is currently investigating the electrocution deaths of 18 Americans (16 soldiers and 2 contractors) in KBR-maintained facilities. KBR is under criminal investigation for the electrocution deaths of several U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform conducted an in-depth investigation into the problem of electrocutions in U.S. facilities in Iraq and the death of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, a decorated Green Beret electrocuted in his shower on January 2, 2008. The Committee's investigation showed that KBR was alerted to the deficiencies in this and other cases, but failed to take corrective action. In 2008, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) issued a "Level III Corrective Action Request" to KBR, indicating that the contractor was in "serious non-compliance." This action request, the final warning before a contract is terminated, points to KBR's continuing failure to ensure electrical safety for our troops. With this history, it is not surprising that Capt. David J. Graff, commander of the DCMA's International Division, was quoted in an Associated Press article, stating that "many within DOD have lost or are losing all remaining confidence in KBR's ability to successfully and repeatedly perform the required electrical support services mission in Iraq."
Despite these serious, ongoing concerns, the Department of Defense has awarded KBR a new contract that includes the type of work that KBR failed to perform adequately for years. Threats to the safety and lives of soldiers or others because of known hazards and negligent performance of work are not acceptable.
US House Rep Betty McCollum is among the 18 signing the letter and she released this statement earlier this week, "Secretary Gates should immediately rescind any new awards to KBR. It is irresponsible and negligent for the Department of Defense to grant additional contracts to a company facing such serious allegations. We recently learned, after five years of scrutiny, that a Minnesota sailor was electrocuted to death by faulty wiring. Who can trust KBR's work? . . . We have a moral responsibility to esnure the safety for our troops at home and abroad -- not pad the pocket of a negligent military contractor." CorpWatch's Pratap Chatterjee (writing in Asia Times) explains that $35.4 million contract is "for the design and construction of a convoy support center at Camp Adder in Iraq. The center will include a power plant, an electrical distribution center, a water purification and distribution system, a waste-water colleciton system, and associated information systems, along with paved roads, all to be built by KBR." KBR is being entrusted with a project that has to do with electrocity? It should not be getting any contracts but you'd think that just the term "electricity" in a KBR contract would be more than enough to make one pause.
Those actions are on the House side of Congress. December 23rd, we last noted what the Senate was working on. KBR was involved in that as well. For an update, we'll note that Senator Evan Bayh's office issued the following statement last week:
Washington -- Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) are taking issue with the conclusions of an Army investigation into the exposure of hundreds of U.S. soldiers to a deadly carcinogen, sodium dichromate, at Qarmat Ali in Iraq in 2003. Since September 2008, Bayh has pushed to ensure the Army conducts a thorough investigation to ascertain whether every precaution was taken to protect Indiana National Guardsmen serving in Iraq.
"I am still unsatisfied with the information provided by the Army about their response to the exposure of U.S. service members to sodium dichromate at the Qarmat Ali water injection facility in Iraq," Bayh said. "We are asking again for a complete account of how our service members were exposed to these conditions and what went wrong. If there's criminal negligence, people must be held accountable. If there was a lack of oversight by Army Corps of Engineers, people ought to be fired."
Senators Bayh and Dorgan released a letter Thursday to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of the Army Pete Geren, saying the conclusions reached by the Army study the senators requested only raise new questions on the exposure of U.S. troops from Indiana, North Dakota, Oregon, West Virginia and South Carolina.
The senators say the Army's evidence and their own investigations indicate that exposure of the troops appears to be far more severe than the Army or KBR have acknowledged.
Bayh said he still has many unanswered questions about KBR's role in the original exposure and contamination.
"The company needs to be held to account for its behavior in this incident. We have a moral obligation to the men and women who were put in harm's way. We need to make sure to never find ourselves in this situation again," Bayh said.
They also asked Gates and Geren to explain how the Army could pronounce itself "satisfied" with its own oversight of contractor KBR, and with the response by KBR and the Army to the exposure, given that:
"It looks like conclusions were made, without regard to the facts," Dorgan said. "We owe our soldiers much more than that. Given the well documented and serious failures at the site, I don't understand how the Army can claim KBR acted appropriately.
"We have to identify those service members who were exposed to sodium dichromate and other lethal chemicals and make sure they get the kind of long-term care and treatment they deserve," Bayh concluded.
That is KBR, a corporation that Pratap Chatterjee points out has raked in "more than $25 billion" from the US government. KBR announced another contract this week. They're currently being sued by ten contract employees over the exposure to the carcinogen and AP notes of that lawsuit, "The KBR contractors' complaint in Houston is scheduled to be heard by an arbiter at a March hearing that will be closed at KBR's request. Contractors with complaints about work in Iraq generally have gone to arbitration as part of KBR's contract with the U.S. government in Iraq."
Despite the above, UPI reported that the corporation won a contract "from the Army Contracting Command" worth $`9.2 million to "provide bulk fuel farm support for the Army in Kuwait". Tom Fowler (Houston Chronicle) reported last week on KBR's guilty plea to bribing "Nigerian officials to win contracts to build a massive natural das project in that country". Zachary A. Goldfarb (Washington Post) reports the $579 million fines agreed to are "the biggest fines ever paid by U.S. companies in a foreign corruption case". We're not done with KBR. The February 10th snapshot included thi
Meanwhile Deborah Haynes and Sonai Verma (Times of London) report that "a British manager for the services company Kellogg Brown and Root" is accused of an inappropriate sexual relationship with an Iraqi women working for the British embassy and that the manager "was also accused of sexual harassment more than 18 months ago by an Iraqi cleaner and two cooks at the embassy." The reportes quote the cleaner who charged sexual harassment a year and a half ago stating today, "I was in the British Embassy and under the British flag and I was oppressed but nobody did anything about that."
Today Afif Sarhan (Islam Online) reports the woman described above "is locking herself home, refusing to meet anyone and sinking into despair over what she describes as sexual abuse and bullying at the British Embbassy and notes serious questions being raised as to why the British Embassy is allowing KBR to (again) investigate themselves? British attorney Anna Areen declares, "The UK has long been very serious on the law of conduct inside government and similar places. If they don't take on their hands the investigation in Baghdad, they will be saying that it is sllowed in Britain on the coming future. [Those] responsible should pay for what they did and it will be honorable if UK officials take head of the investigation and punishment." .
The January 9th snapshot highlighted Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk (Bloomberg News) report that KBR and Halliburton decided that the an attack on a KBR truck in 2004 was not due to lack of security provided by the mega-rich corporations, the attack -- resulting in deaths and injuries -- was the fault of "the U.S. Army and Iraqi terrorists". Which was a low even for them. Throughout the illegal war, KRB has put the US military at risk -- not just by electrocuting them or exposing them to dangerous chemicals. When the KBR trucks would have a flat, get stuck or whatever, KBR employees would be able to leave the scene while US service members would have to stay there and wait for orders on what to do. Stay there and be sitting ducks. Kelly Dougherty (IVAW) has explained repeatedly, they would wait and wait and then finally be told to destroy the trucks and any cargo on it. Which would frequently anger the local populations. In March of last year, Iraq Veterans Against the War held their Winter Soldier Investigation. KPFA carried the hearings live for the bulk of the four days and Aaron Glantz and Aimee Allison were the on air moderators. One of the ways to hear the audio of the hearings is to go to Glatnz' War Comes Home site. [Allison is co-host of the station's The Morning Show and co-author with David Solnit of Army Of None.] March 14th was the first day of panels (the previous day was the opening of the hearings) and one of the afternoon panels was on corruption and war profiteering. Appearing on that panel was Doughtery and we'll note this from the March 14, 2008 snapshot:
KBR was the focus of Kelly Dougherty's testimony. She discussed how she and others serving in Iraq assigned to protect convoys were repeatedly put at risk when a KBR vehicle broke down, how they were told it was an asset to be protected even if that meant killing someone and then they would be told to forget it, to destroy the vehicle and move out. Iraqis desperate for fuel or the contents of the truck were not a concern and, if pressed, the US military command would instruct service members that distributing something in the trucks (before destroying them) could cause a riot. All of which goes to Doughtery's statement of Iraqis, "I'm looking at people I can't even look in the eye." Moving to Kuwait after serving in Iraq and while waiting to be sent back homes, service members were living in a KBR tent city. Doughtery explained, "When we were leaving . . . we were put in these tent cities. Our tents were completely covered with mold on the inside." The tents had bunk beds and not cots so service members were not allowed to (as some wanted) sleep outside the tents to avoid what appeared to be Black Mold. Instead, they suffered from respitory infections. Dougherty noted "this living condition where we couldn't even be in the place were we were supposed to live without getting sick." KBR made a big profit of the illegal war. KBR provided the troops with tents that made them sick. Where's the audit on that?
They were dealing with KBR trucks -- which were worth about $80,000, chump change to KBR. You may remember the stories of contractors abandoning trucks and cars and the cost for new ones (usually on a cost-plus contract) being passed back on to you and me the tax payers.
Doughtery noted that KBR's trucks "would break down a lot, would get in accidents a lot." They'd stop for flat tries or because they got stuck in the mud,things like that as well. The drivers were treated horribly by KBR and were from countries such as Pakistan, India, etc.
The truck would break down, the driver would hop out of the truck and get a ride with someone else in the convoy and the MPs would be called in to secure the abandoned trucks.
Doughtery explained, "For us as miltary police, we're told when we get into Iraq and when we're getting on these convoy missions" that KBR's trucks are United States assets and "need to be protected, with force, with deadly force if necessary."
The drill was always the same: secure the trucks and wait. Then came the call that they couldn't find anyone to come get the trucks so they should just leave it.
That didn't mean, "Hop in your vehicles and leave!"
That meant disable the vehicles (fire grenades into the engine blocks) and destroy whatever cargo it had. That meant setting fuel on fire in front of Iraqis who had no fuel. That meant burning produce in front of Iraqis who were hungry. That meant destroying a brand new ambulance in an area that had none and really needed one. Doughtery explained that even the local sheiks were out on the last one, trying to convince US soldiers that if they would leave the ambulance alone, they (Iraqis) would figure out how to get it off its side and out of the mud.
"That was pretty much a daily occurence," said Dougherty. "Where we were abandoning vehicles by KBR contractors on a daily basis."
And we'll use Kelly Dougherty's testimony as the transition to Iraq Veterans Against the War in order to note:
That is next month and World Can't Wait is another organization participating. Hopefully someone will ask President Barack Obama about the speech he gave in Danville, immediately after the 2004 DNC convention, where he declared, "I'd pick up arms right now to defend this country. But if I'm going to ask someone else's son and daughter to go to war, I want to make sure it's the right war." Did Iraq suddenly become "the right war"? And what makes Afghanistan the right one as well? (Barack's always said this is where the fight must be -- but aside from a lot of 9-11 spin, he's never said why. Yes, Barack is the new Bully Boy and, just like the other one, hides behind 9-11 to justify his actions. (Has everyone forgotten that Bush insisted some pages not be released to the public -- regarding the Saudis and 9-11 -- in the official report? If Barack's going to toss around 9-11, he might need to order those papers released -- as Congress had intended for them to be.)
While some pretend things are great or even good or even okay in Iraq, Dahr Jamail, back in Iraq, offers some realities:
"We only want a normal life," says Um Qasim, sitting in a bombed out building in Baghdad. She and others around have been saying that for years.
Um Qasim lives with 13 family members in a brick shanty on the edge of a former military intelligence building in the Mansoor district of Baghdad.
Five of her children are girls. Homelessness is not easy for anyone, but it is particularly challenging for women and girls.
"Me and my girls have to be extra careful living this way," Um Qasim told IPS. "We are tired of always being afraid, because any day, any time, strange men walk through our area, and there is no protection for us. Each day brings a new threat to us, and all the women here."
She rarely leaves her area, she says. Nor do her girls, for fear of being kidnapped or raped.
Meanwhile CBS Radio News' Tammy McCormick explained in this afternoon's newscast, "And anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is hailing the Iraqi election results as a new chapter. He now says religious leaders and others should work together to put the needs of the country first. al-Sadr has long backed rebellions against the invasion and occupation." AP quotes al-Sadr stating (through a spokesperson -- like when Michael Jackson was interviewed by Rolling Stone and he whispered all his answers to Janet), "Iraq has turned a new page after the elections, which I hope will be a gate for liberation, a gate to serve the Iraqis and not keep occupiers to divide Iraqis. Goals are unified between politicians and the resistance to push out the occupiers." I guess the press could pretend al-Sadr's statements meant something if they hadn't all spent the week leading up to the election and the days immediately after telling their news consumers that al-Sadr was nothing, that he had no pull and that he was a relic or at least, as Tanya Tucker once sang, a faded rose from days gone by. Of Anbar Province, AP notes, "The so-called Awakening Councils won eight of 29 provincial seats in Anbar - giving them a strong hand to form a governing coalition with smaller Sunni groups across a province that was once a major al Qaeda stronghold." Alsumaria reports, "While Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq (IHEC) was announcing the provincial elections final results a constitutional controversy was raised regarding the conditions of electing a new House Speaker. In fact, Accordance Front insists that its candidate Iyad Assamarrai won while some other blocs say that Saturday's session will decide who won the seat of Speaker of House." That's yesterday but they have video and it's worth nothing again that there is no Speaker all this time later.
In other news, Bridget Kendall (BBC) reports on the claims that Iran has floated a proposal to England: They will "stop attacking British troops in Iraq to try to get the West to drop objections to Tehran's uranium project, a UK official says." That is England's United Nations Ambassador John Sawers. Sawers claims, "There were various Iranians who would come to London and suggest we had tea in some hotel or other. They'd do the same in Paris, they'd do the same in Berlin, and then we'd compare notes among the three of us." Damien McElroy (Telegraph of London) adds, "As Iran marks the 30th anniversary of the revolution that turned out the Shah and installed a cleric-led regime, senior figures have openly discussed a series of secret deals with West. Iran had used its involvement in hostage taking during the Lebanese war to break its isolation in the 1980s."
In some of today's reported violence . . .
Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reports a Baquba sticky bombing that resulted in the death of 1 Iraqi soldier and a Kirkuk roadside bombing which left another injured.
Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reports 1 Iraqi soldier wounded in a Baghdad shooting. Reuters notes the US military announcement on 1 woman and 2 children killed in a bombing outside Baghdad last night.
In Germany a US soldier has been convicted. Seth Robson (Stars and Stripes) reports the US Army's Rose Barracks Courthouse court-martial saw the vidoe of Sgt Michael Leahy Jr "confessing an hour and 10 minutes into an interview with a Criminal Investigation Command special agent" found Leahy stating, "I shot one of them" -- Iraqi prisoners -- "I shot two shots. It was my decision. I always kenw this . . . would come back to me." In an update, Robson notes that Leahy was found guilty and "could face the death penalty after being found guilty . . . of premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder in the deaths of four Iraqi detainees in March 2007." BBC notes that the 4 Iraqi prisoners' corpses were "dumped in a Baghdad canal" after they were shot. Leahy confessed to murdering one. AP notes this was not Leahy's first time being accused of murdering an Iraqi: "Leahy, 28, was acquitted of murder in a separate incident involving the death of another Iraqi in January 2007."
Staying with the Iraq War, libertarian Justin Raimondo (Antiwar.com) has a piece responding to Joan Walsh (Salon) and her review of Thomas E. Ricks' new book The Gamble. I wrote about the book last night, that's not the reason for bringing up Justin. If Justin quotes Walsh accurately (I have neither the time nor the inclination to read Walsh), then Walsh has reviewed a book she doesn't understand. Justin has her praising the 'surge' and saying it worked and she was wrong to doubt it. That can be her opinion. If so, I disagree. But that's not the opinion Ricks expresses in the book. You can't just read a few pages, Walsh, nor can you skim. The 'surge' was a failure -- Thomas E. Ricks is quite clear -- because it was supposed to allow that 'progress' to happen. Not on a military field, on the political field. If Joan Walsh is quoted accurately by Justin, then Walsh needs to re-read the book she reviewed because she missed one of its biggest points. (I have no reason to doubt Justin's honesty or accuracy. I am repeating the "if" because I haven't read Walsh and I have no interest in reading her.) The 'surge' was supposed to allow those now-forgotten benchmarks to be reached. That never happened. That is a part of the story Ricks tells in the book. Justin doesn't claim to have read the book so I'll just note that in quotes he attributes to Joan Walsh, she has some serious comprehension difficulties including an inclination to attribute to Thomas Ricks statements and opinions of others quoted in his book. As they might word it in Annie Hall, "How you ever got to review a book on anything is totally amazing."
Anthony Fenton (Asia Times via ZNet) explores Barack and the counterinsurgency:
Early signals indicate that United States President Barack Obama will continue driving the "counter-insurgency era" that began under his predecessor George W Bush.
Directive (DoDD) 3000.07, establishing the policy that "irregular warfare is as strategically important as traditional warfare". [1]
And finally -- LANGUAGE WARNING if you use the link to follow -- Bob Somerby (Daily Howler) addresses the clowns who live to lie to you:
By now, the governor was a "house of hypocrisy" -- though Olbermann still hadn't made the slightest attempt to explain the unflattering claim. In the world of Big Stupid Cable, it's all about handing the rubes preferred narratives, the ones they turn on your program to hear -- and Olbermann seems to love nothing more than beating up on Palin. He no longer gets to mock the young blondes, something he used to do every night, but Palin seems suitable as a replacement. And he doesn't waste much time explaining what's actually wrong with Palin's views -- or even what they are. It's all about calling the lady stupid -- and it's all about calling her a hypocrite, without quite explaining why. And of course, the tasteless insults fly. This is the way the chat began when he introduced the evening's tough moll, Flanders. Note: In his question, he's still pretending that Sarah Palin has somehow changed her stance on education, now that her own daughter's pregnant:
A Palin presidency would be "like a Nadya Suleman labor." Laura Flanders was keeping it classy -- and respectful feminist that she of course is, she was crawling up Suleman's sn**ch in pursuit of prime insults for Palin.
The two weren't bound by facts and, were Flanders not a lesbian (a self-loathing one) and Keith not already in a significant and longterm relationship with his own ego, she and Olbermann would be perfect for each other. Flanders can't keep it classy, Bob. And she's not a feminist. She claims she is. But a feminist doesn't repeatedly refer to Hillary's laugh as a "cackle" -- which Flanders did on KPFA at the end of February. It was that little fact-free stunt (which also included Flanders -- like all other 'expert' 'analysts' booked by KPFA for that two hour broadcst -- not revealing she had already endoresed Barack Obama -- real easy to call a debate for Barack when the only ones 'evaluating' have all endorsed Barack). That was when Ava and I began using the term Panhandle Media to describe the beggar media. Good for Bob Somerby for calling Flanders out and today's post has him explaining his use of the term that may be objectionable. I dispute his reasoning (Flanders reads everything written about her -- she's obsessive -- and she will love the term Somerby used, not be offended by it) but don't feel he was 'wrong' to use the term. Just as I don't feel there's any term that's off-limits when it comes to Arianna after she allowed (in 2007) her Aging Socialite's Cat Litter Box to be used to attack special-needs children.
Public TV notes, NOW on PBS begins airing on most PBS stations tonight (check local listings) and this week offers a look at sexual harassment: "This week, NOW collaborates with the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University to bring you an unprecedented broadcast investigation of teen sexual harassment in the workplace. In the program, abused teenagers share their own stories with Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa. We track their legal journeys to justic, and how the issue impacts hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country -- many of whom don't know how to report workplace abuse, or to even recognize when their bosses cross the line. This is the first report in a new NOW on PBS beat on women and men in the twenty-first centurey we call 'Life Now'." Late Friday night, NOW should be available online for those who'd like to watch online. On Washington Week, Gwen continues to demonstrate how difficult it is for her -- despite PBS' mandate -- to offer up a panel with an equal number of men and women. Four slots open and yet again Gwen's only been able to find one woman. Jeanne Cummings stands by while Gwen and the boys have a measuring contest. NPR's Tom Gjelten, New York Times' David Sanger and the Associated Press' Charles Babington. (Though who knows what Gwen's packing, smart money is on Charlie as the winner.) This will be available online for streaming Monday afternoon and a transcript will be posted then as well. If you podcast, the show will be available either late tonight or Saturday morning -- podcasts for Washington Week are available at iTunes (for free) in audio or video form (audio downloads faster).
Moving over to broadcast TV (CBS) Sunday, on 60 Minutes:
The Drinking Age
Lesley Stahl examines the debate over lowering the drinking age to 18, a controversial idea embraced by some people and roundly criticized by groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving. | Watch Video
Kidnapped In Basra
When the Iraqi army regained control of the city of Basra from warring religious militias, it meant peace for the city's war-torn residents and rescue for CBS News producer Richard Butler, who had been held captive there for three months. Lara Logan reports. | Watch Video
The Mascot
A young Jewish boy who fled into the forest after his family was killed by the Nazis was later captured by Nazi soldiers who, not knowing he was Jewish, gave him a little uniform and a gun and made him their mascot. Bob Simon reports. | Watch Video
60 Minutes, Sunday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
60 Minutes Update:
The Kanzius Machine
On Wednesday, Feb. 18, John Kanzius, a retired radio technician who invented a possible cancer fighting machine in his garage, died after a long battle with leukemia. In April 2008, Lesley Stahl reported on Kanzius and his machine, which had been dreamed up while he was battling the side effects of chemotherapy treatment. Experiments building on John Kanzius' research continue. | Video
Friday, February 20, 2009
Iraq snapshot
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When a home loses power, refrigerators, heating and cooling systems and even medical devices stop working. If a power outage occurs over a long period of time, a home may become uncomfortable or even uninhabitable due to temperature conditions. A home without electricity in the dead of winter is subject to pipe bursting, while extremely hot homes can create unsafe living conditions.
One way to protect your home and family from an extended power outage is to purchase a home generator, which can provide power to the home when the electricity shuts off.
Angie's List asked highly rated electricians about generators.
Generators convert gasoline, natural gas, or diesel fuel into electricity. Some are portable while others are stationary. Both can have manual or automatic transfer switches.
- Portable generators: Designed to run for shorter time periods and are powered by gasoline so they'll need frequent refueling. You can run only certain items with a portable generator. You also have to run extension cords into the appliances you want to run, or you can have an electrician install a manual transfer switch to your main circuit panel. You can purchase many reliable portable generators for under $1,000 – prices will vary depending on the wattage you choose. If you move, you can easily take the generator with you.
- Permanent/stationary/standby generators: Can start automatically or with the flip of a switch when the power goes out. These units appeal primarily to homeowners who either don't want to risk power interruptions or can't because they rely on medical equipment like a home dialysis machine – they can power everything in your house. These units resemble a small air conditioning unit. Providers can install the unit outside the home, where it will be permanently mounted. They can cost about $7,500 to $9,000.
"When deciding what type of generator you might want to have its dependent on your potential usage. If you are living in the city and you may just need it for a few hours a portable generator can be a great option, they cost about $1,000. But if you live in a rural area where you may be without electricity for a longer period of time or if you have medical issues that require equipment to be plugged in you are probably going to go with a whole house generator," said Angie Hicks, founder of Angie's List.
Angie's List Tips: Home generators
- Plan ahead: If you're considering running your house on a generator, take the time to do your homework on generators before buying and installing one. You don't want to find yourself scrambling in the event of an emergency.
- What are your needs? How much power do you want during an outage? What appliances are the most important to run? Look at the labels on your appliances and add up the watts. Select a generator based on your home's specific wattage needs.
- Hire a reputable electrician: Purchasing a generator can be expensive. Talk with a licensed electrician who is knowledgeable about generators. A reputable electrician can help you determine the right system for your home's needs and teach you how to properly operate the unit.
- Test it out: You should regularly check your generator to make sure it starts and operating correctly.
- Be safe: You should follow specific safety instructions when using generators. Put the generator outside on a level surface in a well-ventilated area at least ten feet away from the house to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Fantasy and Science Fiction
December 2018
Recent Releases
The Witch of Willow Hall
Hester Fox
What it's about:
In 1821, scandal drives the Montrose family from Boston to rural New Oldbury, Massachusetts, where they take up residence at Willow Hall. There, daughter Lydia discovers she's a witch.
For fans of:
Gothic novels, or historical fiction with supernatural elements.
You might also like:
Ami McKay's
The Witches of New York
, another richly detailed historical fantasy novel about female empowerment and witchcraft.
Priest of Bones
Peter McLean
Tomas Piety -- criminal, warrior, priest -- who returns to his old stomping grounds to reclaim his territory from a rival gang.
Series alert:
This gritty (and violent!) novel kicks off the War for the Throne series, which offers a large cast of colorful characters, vivid world-building, and a suspenseful plot.
You might also like:
Fonda Lee's
Jade City
, another fantasy novel about a criminal syndicate engaged in brutal turf wars.
Red Moon
Kim Stanley Robinson
The backstory:
By 2048, China has colonized the Moon.
What happens:
When hapless American Fred Fredericks is falsely accused of murder, he must evade the authorities and escape to Earth with the help of politician's daughter Chan Qi and journalist Ta Shu.
For fans of:
the geopolitical lunar colony intrigue found in Robert Heinlein's
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
, Adam Roberts'
, or Ian McDonald's
Luna: New Moon
The Consuming Fire
John Scalzi
What it's about:
a collapsing intergalactic empire and the leader who's trying desperately to save it.
Series alert:
The Consuming Fire
is the 2nd Interdependency novel, after
The Collapsing Empire
Is it for you?
Fans of John Scalzi's work will find this action-packed space opera closer in tone to his Old Man's War series than his more recent
Lock In
Empire of Sand
Tasha Suri
Mehr, the daughter of an imperial governor of the Ambhan Empire and an Amrithi woman. From her mother, whose people are said to be descended from supernatural beings, Mehr has inherited abilities that make her a threat to the powers that be.
Series alert:
Drawing on the history of Mughal India,
Empire of Sand
is the 1st installment of the Books of Ambha series.
You might also like:
S.A. Chakraborty's
The City of Brass
; Rati Mehrotra's Asiana series.
Books You May Have Missed
Beneath the Sugar Sky
Seanan McGuire
Welcome to:
Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children
Rini, whose mother Sumi has died -- years before Rini was even born. To resolve this particular paradox, Rini and her classmates must journey to the world of Confection (think Candy Land, only creepier).
Series alert:
Beneath the Sugar Sky
is the 3rd book in the Wayward Children series, after
Every Heart a Doorway
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
; b
ook 4,
In an Absent Dream
, arrives in 2019.
The Outcasts of Time
Ian Mortimer
The deal:
In 1348, as the Black Death ravages England, brothers John and William are given a choice: succumb to the plague now, or receive an additional six days in which to seek salvation.
The catch:
Each day must be lived 99 years after the one before.
For fans of:
Connie Willis'
Doomsday Book
or Michael Flynn's
Claire North
In the criminal justice system...
cash fines have replaced prison sentences as offenders pay a literal debt to society. Assigning monetary value to these crimes falls to the members of the Criminal Audit Office.
These are their stories:
Accountant Theo Miller is responsible for assessing penalties, but the murder of a woman from his past compels him to take a personal interest in the crime.
About the author:
Claire North is the author of the brain-bending speculative novels
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik
What it is:
a mash-up of "
Rumpelstiltskin" and Russian fairy tales by the author of
moneylender's daughter Miryam, whose success in turning silver into gold attracts the attention of the icy
Staryk, a race of otherworldly creatures.
You might also like:
Katherine Arden's Winternight trilogy, beginning with
The Bear and the Nightingale
Red Clocks: A Novel
Leni Zumas
In a world...
where a
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#2 - I was interested in the measurements involved during the story. This is always a difficult task, because you can't say "The creature is 3 FEET long" in the year 10,028 A.D. Even the year itself is subject to change (is that 10,000 years from now C.E.? or 10,000 years A.T. (after the landing at Tranquility Bay - some scientists use this). How do you put length and time into a frame everyone will understand.
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It's up to Facebook how it will conduct its business, but when it seems to affect only a competitor -- it may be deemed more than a little coincidental. Perhaps this was just a security tool and not a conspiracy, but only time will tell -- and if Facebook makes links from Pinterest or other competitors harder to post.


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Cpl Joshua Boston (photo source)
U.S. Marine Corporal Joshua Boston was deployed to Afghanistan from 2004 through 2005.
This is an open letter Cpl Boston wrote to Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), telling her outright that he will not comply with her proposed legislation to ban "assault weapons" including handguns. The letter was published on CNN's iReport on Dec. 27, 2012. The letter has struck a nerve with many and has gone viral.
No ma'am.
By joshdb50 | Posted December 27, 2012
Senator Dianne Feinstein,
I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government's right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime. You ma'am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.
I am not your subject. I am the man who keeps you free. I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve. I am not your peasant. I am the flesh and blood of America.
I am the man who fought for my country. I am the man who learned. I am an American. You will not tell me that I must register my semi-automatic AR-15 because of the actions of some evil man.
I will not be disarmed to suit the fear that has been established by the media and your misinformation campaign against the American public.
We, the people, deserve better than you.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joshua Boston
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This is what CNN iReport producer, Jareen, writes about Cpl Joshua Boston:
Although he is no longer in the military he acknowledges that he owns gun. He says he does not believe the government needs to know what guns he owns because he believes registration would lead to confiscation. He says the laws that are in place for gun control are plenty, and adding more laws will remove a means of defense for people. 'I own the guns I own because I acknowledge mankind's shortcomings instead of pretending like they don't exist. There are evil men in this world and there just may be a time when I need to do the unthinkable to protect me or my family,' he said.
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Why Andreessen Horowitz Just Raised $650,000,000
Andreessen Horowitz just raised $650,000,000 for our second fund. Through the process, people asked us three questions consistently and I will answer them here.
Why raise $650M?
Isn't smaller better? As a matter of core philosophy, we invest in companies not stages. We want to be in business with the best entrepreneurs going after the biggest markets and we do not care whether they need seed money, venture money or growth money. We believe in great entrepreneurs and the products and companies they build. We do not focus on special return profiles for various stages of investment.
As result, our fund is stage agnostic. As in fund 1, we are excited about investing $50,000 in exciting new seed deals and we are excited about investing $50,000,000 in companies like Skype. While $650M would be a large venture fund, it is a moderately sized seed, venture, and growth fund.
Why raise $650M? I heard you guys could raise at least $1.5B?
Interestingly, we get the opposite question as well. Why so small? We do not want the fund size to dictate our investment pace. We have seen other firms raise so much money that they lower their quality bar in order to "put the money to work." We would strongly prefer to run out of money sooner and be forced to raise a third fund than to have that problem.
Why only one fund? Why not separate growth and venture funds?
First, from a returns perspective, we do not want to attempt to predetermine where the good investments will be. In our experience, the quality of companies in each investment stage varies wildly over time. It's possible that the right strategy for this fund will be to invest $550M in venture, $50M in seed, and $50M in growth. It may also be the case that $400M in growth, $150M in venture, and $100M in seed is the right mix. One thing is certain; we won't know until we see the companies.
Second, one of the founding principles of the firm is to have general partners who are skilled in helping companies at all three stages of development. As former entrepreneurs, we believe this is ideal. When you are raising seed money, you need an investor who can help you grow. When you are the founding CEO of a growth company, you want an investor who understands the value of a founder running the company and who can help you develop into a skilled CEO. As a general partner who has founded, grown, taken public, and run companies at scale, do I belong in the seed fund, the venture fund, or the growth fund? With one fund, I don't have to choose and neither do our entrepreneurs.
Finally, we believe in being totally aligned with our investors. In venture capital, general partners are paid a percentage of the return on investments. This percentage is called carry. Firms that break their funds into separate vehicles for growth and venture typically separate the carry incentives as well. For example, if their growth fund loses 50% and their venture fund gains 50%, the general partners will be paid carry for a 50% gain on the growth fund, but and will not be paid anything or pay back anything on the venture fund. So, if you are an investor in both funds, even though you might lose money on your investment, you will still have to pay the general partners for making you money. That structure does not seem fair to us, so we elected to have one fund. If our investors don't make money, we don't make money.
Gee, that was fast. Have you even invested fund 1 yet?
We raised $300M for Andreessen Horowitz Fund I 16 months ago. Typically, firms invest venture capital funds in between 2 and 3 years. Why did we invest fund I so quickly? Two core reasons:
1) Prior to raising fund I, Marc and I were angel investors for three years. Many of those angel investments turned out to be outstanding venture-stage startups. As importantly, the entrepreneurs who ran them wanted us to invest in their venture rounds. As a result, we made investments in great companies like RockMelt, Nicira, and Apptio rapidly after raising the fund. And we are incredibly glad that we did.
2) We invested $50M in Skype. Companies that can become primary, important, long lasting consumer franchises generally do not come up for sale. When they have already reached over 100M users, are generating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue and are deeply profitable, an opportunity to buy them is even more unusual. So when we learned that Skype would be available, we jumped at the opportunity to be a part of one of the world's most important companies.
Looking forward
Having raised fund II, we are now prepared to be a major investor in the very best companies. If you believe that you are building one of those, we can't wait to meet you. And that's regardless of stage.
Ben Horowitz is co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm created to support the needs of today's technology-focused entrepreneurs through angel investments to large scale funding. Ben currently serves on the board of Okta, Nicira, Proferi and Skype. You can check out Ben's Blog here.


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The Linux Foundation is launching a video contest and you can win yourself a trip to Tokyo next year to participate in the Linux Foundation Japan Linux Symposium Oct, 2009.
If you've been alive and aware of mass media over the last twelve months, you've probably seen television commercials from Apple and Microsoft touting their operating system. From Apple's ubiquitous "I'm a Mac" to Jerry Seinfeld to Microsoft's "I'm a PC" retort, operating system commercials have been flooding the airways. Except one OS has been notably absent – Linux.
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A new NBC poll should give both presidential campaigns reason to hope. Obama comes in at 48 percent; Romney at 47 percent. Taking Sandy into account, 80 percent in the Northeast said they approved of the president's handling of Superstorm Sandy. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
Virginia remains a toss up. That's the takeaway from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll out from the battleground released Sunday.
Read the full Virginia poll here (.pdf)
Just two days before what is shaping up to be a very tight presidential election, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remain in a statistical tie for Virginia's crucial 13 electoral votes. Obama holding a narrow 48 percent to 47 percent edge among likely voters in the commonwealth. (There's little change with registered voters – Obama's advantage grows one point, 48 percent to 46 percent.)
Three weeks ago, the results were reversed in the poll, with Romney holding a 48 percent to 47 percent edge.
The president continues to benefit from better feelings about the direction of the country. While more people think that the country is headed in the wrong direction (49 percent) than the right path (46 percent), it's still an improvement from just three weeks ago when the spread was 10 points (53 percent wrong direction, 43 percent right path).
Biden on 'Hardball:' Obama's firewall will hold
That's a consistent trend seen in the battlegrounds and national polls since Labor Day. Voters had consistently been saying the country was off on the wrong track by much wider margins.
There also continues to be a slight gender gap, with the president leading Romney 51 percent to 45 percent among women, but that chasm has been cut in half since last month.
That's about the margin Obama won by in Virginia in 2008 over Republican Sen. John McCain – seven points.
But more men said they support the president this month than last. Last month, Romney led by 15 points with men; this month, it's five points. McCain beat Obama with men by four points in 2008 in Virginia.
Final NBC/WSJ poll before election: Obama 48 percent, Romney 47 percent
Obama's approval is 49 percent, a point better than his ballot score. Seven-in-10 Virginians said they approve of the president's handling of Hurricane Sandy.
Geography is key to either side's victory on Tuesday. The president needs to run up big margins in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. He leads there by 17 points, 56 percent to 39 percent. But in the swing Northern Virginia exurbs, Romney holds a narrow edge at 49 percent to 47 percent. Romney also leads by five points in the central/western part of the state, is up eight points in swing Richmond/eastern part of the state, and is tied with Obama in the Tidewater region.
Romney leads by five points with independents, but Obama leads by 12 points with moderates. In 2008, Obama won independents by a point and moderates by 17 points.
In the Senate race, Democrat Tim Kaine continues to edge Republican George Allen 49 percent to 46 percent, a two-point improvement for Kaine.
The poll was conducted Nov. 1-2, interviewed 1,165 likely voters, and has a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points. The party ID in the poll is +3D. In 2008, it was +6D.


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Now in its 14th year, H2O International is undoubtedly the most popular VW event on the calendar. Its combination of the best cars, beach location and laid-back nightlife make it the best weekend of the year for most VAG aficionados. It's certainly the event we can look forward to and, while it might not have the scale and number of vendors that Waterfest can muster, it definitely has an unbeatable atmosphere.
Even heavy rain didn't deter hordes of water-cooled fans from making the annual pilgrimage to Ocean City on Maryland's coast. By arriving in late September when most of the tourist trade has departed, the Veedub crowd overwhelms the town. Everywhere you look there are people sitting by the side of the road, every restaurant parking lot is a car show, larger lots become impromptu GTGs, and it's all accompanied by the sweet VR6 serenade as an endless stream of VWs parade past. If we could create a JDM-free Euro state, this is what it would look and sound like. For one weekend, we rule the roost. It's unlike anywhere else in the world except perhaps Wörthersee or Wolfsburg.
Inevitably, we can't place all our photos here, so we'll compile an online gallery of the cars that didn't make it into the mag. It might take us a while to do this, but keep checking eurotuner.com or email us a reminder.
Of course, the show might not please everybody. If you're against the stance crew on air-ride with lots of poke, H2O will boil your blood. More so than ever before, the majority of show cars had gone this route, dropped on their frame rails, but able to raise themselves over the curbs and mud to leave the showground.
Located alongside Air Lift was Rotiform – the two companies owning H2O 2011 with their cutting-edge products. A few years ago, industry experts were predicting the decline of the wheel market, but enthusiast-led firms like Rotiform and fifteen52 are proving that products targeted at like-minded customers can sell.
Interestingly, it seems to have broken the stranglehold BBS held for many years, although the RS wheels were still to be found under a large number of cars because quality never gets old.
The vendor areas were dominated by software giants Unitronic and APR vying for attention with new products and show cars. Some of APR's big-turbo kits definitely grabbed attention, but Unitronic's Project A3 and the Mk5 Caddy in their booth grabbed the headlines.
With the Mk6 Jetta and new Passat available for almost a year, it was slightly worrying to see so few examples at the show. Again APR had perhaps the best of the Jettas, and Ian Avilla from VW/Audi having the best/only Passat Wagon. Considering the Jetta is VW's bread and butter, it must be slightly worrying to see it making such little impact in the scene, and we'll be fascinated to see how many new Beetles arrive next season. Yet this was also the year the Eos came good, so there's hope yet!
Aside from that, H2O was the usual mix of home-built specials (with rust cars making a minor comeback) to big-budget ballers. The diversity of modifications and styles keeps the scene fresh and means there a niche for every wallet, fad and desire.
We didn't get a chance to speak to many readers this year, but thanks to everybody who continues to support eurotuner. Don't forget to visit eurotuner.com and youtube.com/eurotuner for our H2O video.
Alexi DeRochambeau
Alexi's '98 Golf GL was at the epicenter of H20i in stunning fashion. His mom, dad and friends had completed the project car in his memory after Alexi sadly passed away earlier this year.
When faced with a choice of wheels, mom pored through her son's sketchbooks, but Matt from fifteen52 had already received a napkin sketch from Alexi. The 15x8/9" multi-piece wheels were actually being finished when Matt contacted his parents to cancel the order and return the deposit. Instead, Alexi's mom wanted the wheels finished and the distinctive design was named "Alexi" in his honor.
Family and friends plan to take the car to as many shows as possible to commemorate Alexi's passion for cars.
New venue
Following the purchase of the horseracing track in Ocean City by a casino, H2O's traditional venue apparently felt it didn't need the business or want the problem of underage attendees in its parking lots. Therefore, organizer Jay Shoup enlisted the services of the Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School in Berlin, MD.
Located on the same Racetrack Road as the previous location, it was simple to find, although traffic congestions seemed a little more problematic this year.
With its circular driveway, H2O placed the vendors around the school, creating a nice flow of people around the venue. However, the best laid plans were undone by the weather, which turned the grass parking lots into a swamp. And with cars on both sides of the road, the event was more disjointed than unsual. However, it easily accommodated the big-rigs from Unitronic, APR and VWoA. Naturally, we pined for the old location with its familiar layout but we're confident Shoup's gang can make MBSCS work in time.
Top Dawg
Every year, a small group of cars who attend the Saturday BBQ are invited to participate in Sunday Top Dawg competition. The cars are corralled together and each driver gets to explain his mods. A panel of eight judges then decides the winner, who receives $1000 for his efforts.
This year's entries were incredible, with a few et feature cars in the running. We certainly had our favorites and would've been hard pressed to select a winner.
In the end, the judges gave it to Pat Tamminen and his deserving supercharged R32. It was certainly the cleanest car in the competition but we'd add our voice to the chorus who'd prefer to see a tuning competition rather than a concours…
While JDM cars have always had a slightly annoying presence at H2O, it was very interesting to see the dramatic increase in the number of BMWs on the strip. These guys read the same magazines and websites, so know the score and, to be honest, there's a lack of events for the large East Coast Bimmer crowd.
The strength of the new stance movement seems to be uniting the entire import car scene, with JDM and BMW owners adopting the same approach VW enthusiasts have taken for years. This common ground is great for the scene, and it was nice to see so many E30 and E36 owners dropping their rides in the weeds. There were a few older 7-Series on the strip but the star of the show had to be Mike Burroughs' impeccable '71 BMW 2800CS on Rotiform SJC and air suspension.
With heavy rain over the weekend, the roads around Ocean City were constantly slick for the shenanigans that occur on H2O weekend. Generally, people cruise the strip but the abundance of a) traffic lights, b) turbo cars and c) a straight road inevitably leads to a few impromptu drag races. This in turn leads to what we call the VR6 serenade – the unmistakable sound of VRs running up the strip while you eat, cruise and sleep.
We find the noise hypnotic and enjoy the nightlife as much as the show itself. Cruising among thousands of fellow Euro enthusiasts is something you rarely get to do, so it's a real treat and something everybody should enjoy. However, we have to consider the impact we have on the local population.
This year, the police were again ever-present but appeared to use a light hand rather than a big stick. At any given time there was always somebody receiving a ticket, but thousands of cars gave them lots of opportunities.
We inevitably heard of some frivolous tickets but most seemed to be in response to genuine traffic offences. Otherwise, the police seemed to hold back and allow the majority to have fun, providing it didn't get out of hand.
Most of the problems we encountered appeared to be caused by the influx of JDM machinery attracted to H2O either by the prospect of a race or the blurring of the scenes by the stance movement.
Whatever the reason, it was generally a four-cylinder Honda making the most noise, taking the most risks. The biggest incident of the weekend involved a Supra demolishing a building's fire escape. The driver had to be cut from the wreckage and we hope he'll recover. But the JDM crew could give H2O International a bad reputation among the locals.
At 1am we watched a Nissan S14 spin at speed in the middle of an intersection, and earlier that day we watched a local T-bone an R32 as he tried to cross traffic at a light.
With such a large group of car enthusiasts, these problems are inevitable but we need to ensure the locals and police don't get fed up and kick us out of their town. We're all ambassadors for the show, but street racing and late-night parties could jeopardize it all.
Crazy golf
If you're like us, there's nothing better than a round of "crazy golf", and Ocean City is awash with some spectacular themed courses. We took ourselves to a couple to try the tees and report on our findings (we paid – this isn't sponsored!).
Our first stop was Old Pro Golf's Temple of Dragons (23rd St, Coastal Highway). It's a wonderful course with dragons, a smoke-machine, two-story temple and some challenging tees. What's more, the friendly owners gave us an extra game free when they were quiet.
Both rounds were close but, with a 2.3 stroke average, I beat Neill twice by a healthy margin. He pulled it closer in the second game but nine attempts on tee three and 18 put him out of realistic contention.
The next evening we invited Brad and Matt from fifteen52 and photographer Josh to join us as we descended upon Old Pro Golf's Prehistoric Dinosaur outdoor and Undersea Adventure indoor ranges (68th St). With rain in the air, we weren't taking any chances…
Playing outdoors, the moving dinos were a treat for the crazy golfer. With 1552 making a late appearance, Josh ran me close but I again won with a round of 41, beating Neill into third place.
The indoor adventure was perhaps the slickest, housing a mini-sub you played through as well as a coral island. Unaware of the complex rules of crazy golf, Brad and Matt made some rookie mistakes, with the latter losing heart. As a result, I'm embarrassed to claim my fourth win, two points ahead of Brad, three in front of Josh.
If you're heading to OC MD next year, we'll see you on the links. Check out Old Pro Golf (oldprogolf.com) – they have four locations including a pirate ship and indoor safari that needs further investigation!
Virgin diary
This was my first H2Oi but it's already the best VW/Audi show weekend I've ever experienced. While the show itself was smaller than the hype led me to believe, the weekend made up for it in several unique ways.
The strip, for example, is perfect for a good time. Our condo's fifth-floor balcony provided tons of entertainment – like the JDM cars getting loose in the rain and people trying to figure out how to ride scooters. But what really made it special was watching VR6s rumble down the block at night.
It was also great to see the crowds of people camped on the streets watching the the Euros cruising, along with the packed parking lots with GTGs. The crowds would holler at anything interesting that passed by – even our VW Routan loaner got a buzz after we let the auto doors go wild.
Overall, it was a great weekend. I now understand why somebody on the West Coast would want to take their car to Ocean City for H2Oi. I'm ticking off the days on my calendar until next year.


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ESP Careers: Health and Student Services
One Education Workforce Serving The Whole Student!
About Us and Our Work
- 43% of us work with preschool, kindergarten, or elementary level students.
- 88% of us work at school buildings.
- 73% of us work with special education students.
- 85% of us work full time.
- 96% of us are female, and 82% are married.
- Our average age is 50.
We are committed: 10 years is the average we have been working in our field. 84% of us plan to stay in the ESP field, and 73% plan to keep our current positions until retirement.
We are important service providers: approximately 31,000 health and student services ESPs work in the nation's K-12 public schools. We make up 1.4% of the U.S. K-12 ESP work force.
We are well-educated: 87% of us have attended at least some college, 31% have earned at least a two-year college degree, 23% a four-year college degree, and 15% a masters degree or higher.We have specific job requirements:
- 72% of our members have to meet specific job requirements for employment. 54% need special coursework, 53% special certificates, 55% college credits, and 56% licenses.
- 43% of us take examinations or courses on a regular basis to keep our positions.
We are active in the community:
- 54% of us have volunteered time to support a parent education association.
- 47% of us have volunteered to read books to students, and 30% have volunteered to teach or support art or musical activities.
- 73% of us have spent our own money to purchase lunch or school supplies for students.
Our Workplace Conditions and Issues
We need good job descriptions to help ensure we are working within our job classification and legal authority.
59% of us have no input into updating or changing our job descriptions. 48% are often or sometimes asked to perform duties outside our job descriptions.
We provide services to students with a wide range of medical problems, from mild aches to chronic disabilities. We are vulnerable to muscle strain and other problems caused by lifting and caring for physically handicapped students.
We face high workloads and often need more support for our work.
We like the personal fulfillment we get from our work and the freedom we have to decide how to do our jobs. We'd like better wages and more professional development to help maintain our skills.
How We Help Make Public Schools Great For Every Student
We provide a variety of services that improve and protect student health and welfare. In addition to our traditional tasks, we provide education that encourages students to maintain good health independently.
We help students surmount physical obstacles to their learning by assisting students with chronic conditions and disabilities.We help the school community by assisting families and students in taking advantage of services available to support their children's education.
Health and Student Services ESPs: Who We Are
- Licensed Practical Nurses
- Nurse and Health Aides
- Health Technicians
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- Community Welfare Services Workers
- Nonmanagerial Supervisors
Visit the ESP Publications page and download a copy of the Who We Are brochure to learn more about ESP Careers!
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- ESP Coloring Book (English)
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It has a relatively small proportion of its net sown area unirrigated, indicating poor irrigation demand. Overall, water availability for irrigation in the district (based on ground water development and long-term trends of water level decline) is within the safe limit, enhancing long-term sustainability of solar pumps. It has a relatively low penetration of banks in rural and semi-rural areas, impeding access to institutional credit for farmers. There is a comparatively high level of farm mechanization in the district, implying a positive outlook towards progressive technologies amongst the farmers. The district has a relatively high proportion of small and marginal farmers. The district appears in the group of districts, which are (very) highly vulnerable towards climate change, as per an index constructed by CRIDA.
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Program Director & Associate Professor
Belkis Landa-Gonzalez earned her B.S. degree in microbiology and immunology from the University of Miami in 1986. While working as a research specialist, she completed a M.S. degree in occupational therapy at Florida International University. She returned to Florida International University to complete her doctorate in Higher Education Instruction and Leadership. Dr. Landa-Gonzalez has extensive clinical and consultative experience with a variety of populations from children to older adults in acute and rehabilitation hospitals, home-health and private settings. She managed the occupational therapy departments for several local rehabilitation facilities, and served as the President of the South Florida Leadership Forum before joining the faculty at Barry in 1996. Her clinical and research interests include gerontology, neuro-rehabilitation, wellness and leadership. Dr. Landa-Gonzalez has been recognized for her leadership by the Florida Occupational Therapy Association, with the 2008 Louise Samson Leadership Award and with the American Occupational Therapy & Occupational Therapy Foundation Director's Leadership Fellowship Award. She has also been the recipient of the Gail A. Hills Alumni Award of Excellence in recognition of her scholarship in occupational therapy and of the Cambridge VIP member of Who's Who for Excellence in Physical Rehabilitation recognition. Dr. Landa-Gonzalez serves as the Chair of the Gerontology Special Interest section of the Florida Occupational Therapy Association. In her leisure time, Dr. Landa-Gonzalez enjoys target shooting, gardening and arts and crafts.


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Many of them look pristine enough to eat off — careful with that fender, son; watch your ice cream. And the work (not to mention the money) that has gone into these cars makes them worth a visit.
The concours will be held this Sunday (May 19, 2013) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the greensward near the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, Calif. Among the cars are a 1961 Cooper Formula Junior once owned by Steve McQueen; a 1960 Rolls-Royce convertible that belonged to Elizabeth Taylor; Jean Harlow's 1932 Packard Sport Phaeton; and a 1953 Muntz Jet once owned by Gloria DeHaven.
The concours will also feature a custom car made by Oakland designer and builder Steve Moal; and various Corvettes and Lamborghinis, cars celebrating, respectively, their 60th and 50th anniversaries.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Ten Penn State students have been selected as College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Society 2013 Internship Award winners. The award, which includes a $760 stipend, was established to encourage students to enroll in internship courses offered within the College of Agricultural Sciences.
"Internships provide important on-the-job learning and networking opportunities that give students a leg up in today's competitive job market," said Naomi Knaub, the college's director of alumni relations. "The Alumni Society is pleased to provide support and encouragement to students seeking these real-world experiences as we recognize the award winners for their excellent internship performance."
Internship Award winners are chosen on the basis of an internship plan, a final report, an employer evaluation and a letter of recommendation from the internship course supervisor. The winners are:
--Denise Beam, an Animal Science major from Elverson. Beam was a science and technology intern for the National Pork Board in Clive, Iowa, where she was exposed to many facets of the swine industry. A graduate of Conestoga Christian School, she is a member of the Penn State Dairy Science Club, Block and Bridle, the National Agri-Marketing Association and Delta Theta Sigma fraternity. She was awarded the Pennsylvania Livestock Association Scholarship.
--Steven Bookbinder, a Food Science major from Boalsburg. Bookbinder was an international intern for Animex, a meat processer and producer in Warsaw, Poland, where he worked in the on-site analytics lab doing chemical and environmental analysis of quality issues related to daily production. He is president of the Penn State Cooking and Baking Club, a member of the Presidential Leadership Academy and a founding member of the Penn State Movember charity.
--Monica Caparosa, a Food Science major from Butler. Caparosa was a research and development and quality assurance intern for the food manufacturing business, Starkist Co., in Pittsburgh. She conducted research on struvite crystal formation in canned tuna, as well as graded and packaged products. A graduate of Butler Area Senior High School, she is Ag Advocate for Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, THON (Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon) chair for the Italian Student Society and a member of the Food Science Club.
--Leah Giralico, a Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences major from Nazareth. Giralico was an animal care intern at the Lehigh Valley Zoo, a zoological conservation park in Schnecksville. She worked with zoologists feeding and training animals, preparing animal diets and taking part in animal enrichment. A graduate of Nazareth Area High School, she is a Penn State Schreyer Scholar, a member of Penn State's Equestrian Team and was a competition captain for Penn State Homecoming 2013.
--Kylie Kiess, an Agricultural Science major from Cogan Station. Kiess was a product development assistant for T.A. Seeds LLC, an agricultural seed production and sales business in Jersey Shore, Pa. As their first intern, she counted seed, rode on a planter to develop test plots and trials, and interacted with the team and their customers. A graduate of Williamsport Area High School, she is a member of the Penn State Livestock Judging Team and the Penn State Collegiate Cattlewomen.
--Karissa Kolosky, a Food Science major from Medina, Ohio. Kolosky was a sensory intern for J.M. Smucker Company in Orrville, Ohio. She spent time in a lab working with sensory scientists on panels and testing different Smucker's products. A graduate of Medina High School, she is a member of Penn State's Food Science Club, the Relay for Life Committee, Random Act of Kindness and THON. She also works as an assistant in the Penn State Sensory Lab.
--Jenna Moser, an Agricultural Education major from Philadelphia. Moser was an agricultural intern for the Children and Youth Empowerment Centre in Nyeri, Kenya. She implemented a composting program and helped plan an "Ag Day" to teach youth various agricultural practices. A graduate of W.B. Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences, she is president of the Little Sisters at Delta Theta Sigma fraternity and vice president of Penn State's Collegiate FFA. She is also an intern for Penn State's Pesticide Education Program and has global interest developed through participation in the World Food Prize program.
--Eleanor Polley, a Community, Environment and Development major from Cortland, N.Y. Polley was an economic intern for the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, where she conducted research and attended conferences as a U.S. representative. A graduate of Cortland Senior High School, she is involved in the Penn State Rotaract Club.
--Kurt Smithgall, a Biological Engineering major from Montoursville. Smithgall was a biological science technician for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Southern Research Station in Otto, N.C. He worked in the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory taking part in various projects, such as developing the SWAT hydrologic model for a watershed in the Coweeta Basin. A graduate of Montoursville Area High School, he is a kayaking instructor for the Penn State Outing Club. He recently qualified for the U.S. Wildwater Team to race at the World Championships in Italy next summer.
--Angelo Teachout, an Environmental Resource Management major from Imperial. Teachout was an intern for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Arlington, Va., where he conducted research and experiments for the draft SMM Analytical Tool, which helps assess environmental impacts associated with resource use. A graduate of West Allegheny High School, he is an undergraduate research assistant at Penn State. He was named to the Dean's List for the spring 2013 semester.


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The U.S. Army is slated to open a new mobile applications marketplace in an effort to offer a more flexible way for government IT professionals to buy software.
In a six-month pilot, users will be able to post specific requirements and participating developers can quickly try to fill them with existing or custom-made solutions.
What will be driving this effort is Appsmart, an online app marketplace development tool from Massachusetts-based Raytheon, a company that has long worked with government IT.
Appsmart allows a client to easily create a secure applications marketplace for its organization. In the past, government attempts at making a viable app store have been slowed or even halted by concerns of security and control. Appsmart should help the Army alleviate these issues.
If this works, it will be a godsend for government procurers and contractors alike. Anyone who has been through it can tell you that traditional acquisitions processes can be laborious and time-consuming. Any effort to make them more efficient would be a good thing.
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Mix it up with this nice 6 inches hand thown mixing/batter bowl, a classic design with it's herringbone pattern, but with the perfect imperfections that handmade pottery brings. The potter engraves the cups by hand, one by one, using engraving tools when the consistency of clay is optimal. He always has to listen to the clay and its many variations as to achieve such a perfect result.
Each mixing bowl is unique. The images give a good idea of what you'll receive.
Quebec Region: Handmade in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Material & Colour: A mix of white and brown/black stoneware and recycled earth (from previous production residues). Satin matt glaze.
Dimensions : Diameter: 6"- 15 cm - Height: 4" - 10.5 cm. Holds 28 oz - 800 ml.
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Christian Roy practices the profession of potter since 1998. Working primarily for other potters, his production followed a dashed line, as the collection sold here are his first series. His work is mostly at the potter's wheel, sometimes porcelain, sometimes sandstone, the glazes highlighting the qualities and shortcomings of the different clays used, that have all their features and their interests, nothing is hidden. He likes to work simple, classical and balanced shapes, leaving ergonomics and natural beauty talk for themselves.
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Initial firing confirmed at 4:54 p.m., Jan. 8:
Hiring, by the Rams, confirmed on Jan. 24 at 4:01 p.m. Subsequent firing reported and confirmed five days later, at 11 a.m. on January 29th. That brings us to now, some 10 days and change after the second firing, with Jay Glazer reporting that Rob Ryan is officially the Saints' defensive coordinator:
If you take Rob Ryan's original statement as being about how long he would be unemployed during the entire NFL offseason, he missed the mark by about 38,641 minutes. He was probably pretty liquored up when he made that estimate though, so let's not split hairs.
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Each CFCA sponsored friend and family has a story to tell.
For the families of the Santal tribes living in remote areas of India between Nepal and Bangladesh, the story is especially compelling.
As CFCA's communications liaison in India, I have the honor to tell their story.
The Santals depend on nature for their survival. Agriculture is their way of life.
As their villages are spread across four Indian states and are miles away from towns, they create their own communities with whatever resources are available. They build houses with mud and clay supported by bamboo sticks and cover the roof with grass, straw and tiles made of mud.
The Santals are wrongly considered "behind the times" by many in India, and their way of life may seem rugged to you and me.
But the Santal people can teach all of us important lessons. They take nothing for granted, and they have a lot to share about using scarce resources in the most sustainable ways.
Their culture and religious observances are colorful, dynamic and unique. To the Santals, dancing is essential to life.
Slowly their agricultural lands are being usurped, leased for other purposes on a long-term basis, putting their way of life in jeopardy.
That is why CFCA sponsorship is vital in this region. CFCA serves nearly 8,500 people in the Dumka and Bhagalpur projects, particularly in the Bihar and Jharkand states.
The support families receive from CFCA and our sponsors gives people new hope to raise their children and prepare them for future challenges.
Along with poverty, "gender inequality" is a concern since women and children are the most vulnerable citizens in India.
To address that, CFCA mothers groups educate women so they can plan ahead for their families. And with the help of group loans the mothers are able to fulfill the dreams that so many parents around the world have for their children.
CFCA support empowers women and girls to participate in family decisions, and gives them control of financial resources. Now fathers are realizing the mothers' talents and encouraging them to develop businesses.
And the gift of sponsorship allows these often forgotten children the opportunity for an education that has the power to change their lives.
Telling stories like this one is my job. Working with these families is a real honor.
Thank you, CFCA, for this opportunity!
Sreekanth Gundoji has been working for CFCA since 2010. He works in CFCA's project in Hyderabad, India, and travels to various parts of the country for his work in communicating the stories of sponsored friends and their families.
CFCA has five communications centers in El Salvador, Guatemala, Kenya, India and Colombia. Although we call them centers, which sound like a big operation, they actually consist of one or a few local staff members.
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One of my very first sewing projects was a heart-shaped Valentine's Day pillow. Under the fearless tutelage of my kindergarten teachers Pat and Dot, I first sewed together two pieces of bright red flannel. Then, with my shakey five-year-old handwriting, I embroidered "I Love You" in thick white wool. We all took our time using blunt needles to spell out those three little words, and I remember feeling so proud when I presented it to my mom.
This year I'm revisiting that homey, straight-from-the-heart kind of Valentine gift with these hand stitched little Felt Candy Hearts. They're great for storing candy, notes and trinkets and are truly as easy as pie to sew. I love to think of the happy pride kids will have when they bring to school their very own sewn-with-care Felt Candy Hearts. I remember that feeling well!
So grab a bundle of our ultra easy-to-use 100% Wool Felt bundles (I used the pretty Fuchsia colorway) and some cheerful DMC pearl cotton, and get started, teacher! — Molly
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Happy Valentine's Day!
To make up to 48 felt pouches:
- A Fuchsia Felt Bundle
- DMC Pearl Cotton in complimentary colors. I used colors 818, 718, and 604.
- A Felt Candy Hearts template, available for free download here, printed and cut out.
For each heart cut out a back, bottom, and top piece.
Cut a 20-inch length of pearl cotton. Thread it onto an embroidery needle and tie a knot at the end.
Using a small running stitch sew along the bottom of the top piece as shown above.
Place the bottom piece on top of the back piece with their edges flush.
Place the newly sewn top piece on the back and bottom pieces and pin all three pieces together.
Using a small running stitch sew around the perimeter of the heart.
Tie a knot at the back of the heart once you get all the way around and cut the thread.
It will have an overlap opening where you can stash candy and treats!
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A Houston jury rejected all of Jamie Leigh Jones' claims today, including that she was raped by Charles Boartz and that she was defrauded by KBR.
Boartz had contended that the sex, which occurred in Iraq while Jones was blacked out, was consensual. KBR had denied creating a sexually hostile work environment, and it brought evidence that questioned Jones' history of mental health issues and sexual assault accusations. Jones' case became famous when taken up by members of Congress, who changed the law so that government contractors couldn't force sexual harassment and assault disputes into arbitration rather than adjudicated through the justice system.
Jury Rejects Woman's Rape Claims In KBR Suit [Houston Chronicle]
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Sara Riaz in Tonight's Menu on Ary Zauq is the new Cooking Expert that is bound to keep viewers glued to their television sets, regardless of whether they enjoy cooking or not. Not only does she teach the most delectable dishes from around the globe, she regales audiences with quick-fix solutions to culinary disasters. She also proffers expert advice on which cooking gadgets to buy and for what, and which to avoid as unnecessary expense, suggesting tips of how mundane kitchen utensils could be used to serve the same purpose instead. A show not to be missed.
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