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May 26th, 2012
Battlefield chaplain's war unfolded on many fronts
Editor's note: CNN.com writer Moni Basu is author of "Chaplain Turner's War," published by Agate Digital.
By Moni Basu, CNN
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) - Darren Turner insisted on going to war, even though the Army usually reserves desk jobs at home for new chaplains like him.
Turner was young and green, enthusiastic about taking God to the battlefield. The Army captain had learned that people in pain are often wide-open to inviting God into their lives.
Jesus always ran to crises. Turner was going to do the same.
He'd enrolled in seminary in 2004 at Regent University in Virginia, founded by evangelist Pat Robertson. And early in his spiritual journey, he was inspired by Christian writer John Eldredge, who suggests that American men have abandoned the stuff of heroic dreams, aided by a Christianity that tells them to be "nice guys."
God, says Eldredge, designed men to be daring, even dangerous.
Turner arrived in Iraq in May 2007 with the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment amid a raging insurgency. His soldiers faced an invisible but lethal enemy in booby-trapped houses and roads laced with massive bombs.
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Chaplain Turner's war would unfold on many fronts. He would be a soldier on the battlefield. A counselor behind closed doors. He was a friend, even a father, to his men.
And when his 15-month tour was over, Turner returned home to face all the problems he had counseled his soldiers about: anger, depression, stress and – most important for him – preserving relationships with loved ones.
Nearly 4,500 American troops died in the Iraq war. More than 30,000 more were physically wounded. Countless others live with scars that can't be seen, like post-traumatic stress syndrome and traumatic brain injury. Many have struggled with regaining their lives at home.
Turner had recognized the needs his soldiers would have after witnessing the horrors of combat, after losing friends.
In Iraq, he had comforted and advised soldiers at Forward Operating Base Falcon, in southeastern Baghdad, and in the combat outposts around the villages of Arab Jabour.
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At Falcon, the Army provided a morale phone that allowed soldiers to make free 15-minute calls home. But Turner knew it wasn't enough. He carried a cell phone in the left shoulder pocket of his uniform and whipped it out whenever a soldier signaled domestic distress at home.
"Call her," he would say. "Call her now and tell her you love her."
When they returned to Georgia in the summer of 2008, Turner told his soldiers that their families would be their cushion. He knew his men were suffering; that the ghosts of Iraq would haunt them, maybe for the rest of their lives.
What he did not know then was that he would not himself be immune to the same threats. He neglected to heed his own advice and his life floundered.
I'd spent many weeks with Turner in Iraq for a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, but I didn't know about his troubles until I drove up to meet him and his wife, Heather, earlier this year at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
On that rainy February day, Turner told me that he'd come back from Iraq and felt like the bomb defuser in the movie "The Hurt Locker," who goes into a grocery store and is overwhelmed by the mesmerizing variety of cereals.
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It was a lot to process after having few choices in Iraq. Reverse culture shock.
"I wanted everything in there but I wasn't sure what to buy," Turner said.
He also detected a lack of public concern for the men and women fighting overseas. Off post, people went about their lives without a real understanding of the sacrifices made by American service members.
At first the anger boiled inside. But then it began to surface. He took it out on Heather. It was a release so that he could keep his work as normal as possible.
Little things like arranging the dishwasher became big fights with Heather. Big things like Heather's life plans became small issues that Turner mocked or discounted because they did not fit his own plans.
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"I came home angry," Turner told me. "Even my attitude, which I thought I was in control of, was walling me in. I didn't realize it until my wife told me, 'You're no longer welcome in our house.'"
During the deployment in Iraq, Turner had pined for Heather and his three young children, Elie, Sam and Meribeth. Now, he was losing them.
"The thing I was angry at was the very thing I was longing for during my deployment - my family," he said.
Heather said her husband was disengaged, impatient. She wanted them to seek counseling but Turner refused, insisting that she was the one who had issues.
Just a few months after his return from Iraq, Darren and Heather Turner separated.
"I was very selfish and tried to control my surroundings, which crushed those closest to me," Turner said.
Turner eventually realized how much he had hurt his wife, he said. How he had stepped away from God's calling by failing those he cared about most.
After finishing Airborne School, he quit the Army in August 2009, believing the military would demand too much time away from his family at a critical juncture in their lives.
He took a job in sales at a Home Depot not far from his house in Dacula, Georgia. He struggled to mend his marriage and reconnect with his faith.
Four months later, Turner and his wife reconciled. He chose to return to the Army as a chaplain, he said, "a renewed man both in marriage and profession."
He and Heather found their calling. God, he said, gave them a special connection with soldiers and their families. They know they will stay busy for a while.
The U.S. mission in Iraq ended on December 18, 2011, as the last American soldiers climbed into hulking trucks and armored vehicles at Camp Adder, the southernmost base in Iraq.
The war, however, is sure to continue on a second front - in America's cities and homes. And in the offices of counselors and chaplains like Darren Turner.
Turner reminisces about Iraq often, and when I saw him at Fort Campbell, he told me he wrestled with mixed feelings on the day America's military presence ended. He hopes that, in the end, the war will have been worth the blood that was spilled.
Another war, the one in Afghanistan, is far from over, with casualties mounting every month. Today, Turner counsels soldiers serving there. His words, honed from experience, are more specific now.
Get Skype, he says.
Perhaps it's not what a soldier expects to hear from a man of God. It's certainly not the stuff of Sunday sermons.
But it's practical advice that Turner knows will go a long way toward filling the emotional vacuum. He believes distance from one's own family can trigger a breakdown, especially when a soldier is coping with injuries and combat stress.
"Being away from your family for that long is way more difficult than I anticipated," Turner said.
Skype, he discovered, is the next best thing to being at home. You can't feel someone or smell them but you can see and hear.
"That's two of the senses," he said. "That's exponential."
Turner's pastoral passion is still driven by the force that first drew him to the chaplaincy: Jesus.
Everyone has faith in something, Turner said. His own conviction is that Jesus answers longings in the human heart and provides perspective. Beyond immediate emergencies, the larger story is one of hope.
"He's been there on the other side, and came back to tell us," Turner said. "That's the biggest event in human history, something that maintains hope, even in battle. When soldiers get that, it changes everything."
Turner said he may not have been God's perfect messenger, but that his selfish choices do not negate God's love.
Turner is thankful for that. And that he can carry on with his calling.
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It's been over 20 years since Michael Jeffrey Jordan last graced a NBA floor, and yet his name will be forever mentioned with reverence thanks to Air Jordan and Jordan shoes. The Wilmington, North Carolina, native's legacy in professional basketball is cemented; the same can be said about his Air Jordan line – singlehandedly the most influential signature sneaker line ever. The story begins in 1985, when Nike released the Air Jordan 1. Designed by Peter Moore, inspired by the Dunk silhouette, Jordan's inaugural shoe's reign on top was shorter than Leprechauns. Banned. That was the NBA's mandate, citing the black and red colorway as reprehensible by the league's standard of players outfitted in simple black or white shoes. Its Italian-made successor, the Air Jordan 2, saw better results. But it wasn't until 1988, when Nike designer Tinker Hatfield jumped on board to create the elephant-print clad Air Jordan 3, that the Air Jordan story really came together. Director Spike Lee was commissioned to make the kicks larger than life in an iconic run of television spots. During this time, MJ's star was rising, as the Chicago Bulls proved to be viable NBA championship contenders. Things changed with the arrival of the '90s. Michael and the Bulls won three straight NBA titles; he retired in 1993 after the tragic death of his father to chase a career playing baseball; he returned to the game mid-season in 1995, winning another three consecutive championships between the 95-96 and 97-98 seasons. And while this was happening, Hatfield was there, creating the footwear Jordan wore each night – pushing the needle one innovative silhouette at a time. A cannon of sneakers that pushed the boundaries of design and branding, one that continues to embrace this generation's athletes under the Jordan Brand umbrella. Air Jordan is synonymous with innovation. From 1985 'til infinity. Dave was here!

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I hope that my recent posts defining conclusions and differentiating between simple and complex genealogical conclusions helped researchers to better understand the nature of what we aim for in our research. As scholarly or aspiring professional genealogists we should always attempt to meet the Genealogical Proof Standard, and its condition that we arrive at a "soundly reasoned, coherently written conclusion."
When we reach a conclusion the question is then: how do we cite them?
Many genealogists are familiar with the terms direct evidence and indirect evidence. Simplified, direct evidence is evidence–information from a document, for example–that states explicitly the solution to a genealogical problem. Indirect evidence is evidence that does not state explicitly the solution to a genealogical problem, but forms part of a larger proof argument.
These terms coincide slightly with the terms simple conclusion and complex conclusion. A simple conclusion–what is generally called a "fact"–can be reached when we have direct evidence that can be assessed as reliable information. For example, the date of death as reported on a death certificate can generally be deemed reliable. On the other hand, the date of birth on the same death certificate, unless provided by one of the parents, would generally be deemed as far less reliable.
In the absence of reliable direct evidence, we as genealogists must "go the extra mile" to meet the Genealogical Proof Standard in forming complex conclusions. This does not necessarily mean that the conclusion has to be difficult. The proof argument concerning Gabriel Diggs's date of birth is a relatively straightforward argument. By meeting the conditions of the Standard even on straightforward and simple cases of indirect or conflicting evidence, not only do we strengthen the overall reliability and accuracy of our research, but we also develop the analytical skills and thought processes necessary to attack far more difficult cases.
Back to the original question: how do I cite a research conclusion?
In general, simple conclusions are easy to cite. Each established fact only needs cite the single most reliable source of direct evidence. If multiple sources of reliable direct evidence exist, we can also cite the corroborating sources. How we cite these sources in our written family histories, our genealogy databases, and anything else we produce remains the same.
The problem arises when trying to cite a complex conclusion. If, for example, we reach a conclusion that comes from examining multiple records with indirect and/or conflicting evidence, how would we cite this? Take another look at the Diggs example. The conclusion that I reached through examination and analysis of all sources was not stated explicitly in any single record.
In a professional written product, such as a client report or a case study for publication, we would cite the source of each fact separately. And of course, by fact, I mean simple conclusion. Complex conclusions stem from a series of simple conclusions. In many cases, complex conclusions are built from a series of both simple and complex conclusions. We should write a proof argument in which we cite the most empirical sources for each piece of information, and produce a "coherently written conclusion." The Diggs example uses this technique for citation.
On the other hand, if we are simply entering data into a genealogy database, or producing a detailed, multi-generation family history or genealogy, then we would use a different strategy.
When entering information into a genealogy database–whether you are an evidence-based or conclusion-based software user–you cannot enter a proof argument as a "fact" or "event" (the terms most software programs use) with a single citation. And even if you could, for a complex conclusion, this would not be appropriate.
In a family history or genealogy being compiled for a general audience (i.e. non-genealogist family members), the focus would likely be on the stories of our ancestors' lives. While one or two proof arguments might be able to be slipped into the work, we would not really want to include all of them.
In both of these situations, we should include abbreviated proof arguments, citing each of the records we use, in the reference notes. We should also report any conflicting evidence, any indirect evidence, etc.
Most genealogy database programs now include a notes field that would work perfectly for this purpose. (NOTE: I am unsure about the compatibility of these notes with the current GEDCOM standard.) Endnotes can be appropriate for a general-audience family history, as the information would be there for those who are interested, and can easily be skipped by those who are not interested.
If you would like to cite this post: Michael Hait, "How do I cite a genealogy research conclusion?," Planting the Seeds: Genealogy as a Profession blog, posted 21 March 2012 (https://michaelhait.wordpress.com : accessed [access date]). [Please also feel free to include a hyperlink to the specific article if you are citing this post in an online forum.]


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Sunday, January 22, 2012
NEW Double Dots!
347 comments:
Love the distressing on these! The dark blue is so pretty and I love the new colors, so bright and cheery!ReplyDelete
Especially love the new Khaki!ReplyDelete
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Janie Boots
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- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 7:41 AM
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Jeannine H.
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- Carol McJanuary 22, 2012 at 8:11 AM
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All these new releases are stunning.
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- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 8:55 AM
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- Tichat242January 22, 2012 at 9:03 AM
The dark blue is just amazing.ReplyDelete
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I'm so excited! These are fabulous. I found some of the black dots at my lss awhile ago, but they weren't with the other Bo Bunny products and I didn't know they were available. When I found them, I stocked up! I can't wait to add these to my stash!ReplyDelete
New colors are super!!!ReplyDelete
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Great additional colors. I love them all.ReplyDelete
beautiful. Love the teal, green and blues.ReplyDelete
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Wow so beautiful colors in these collections !!!ReplyDelete
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Lovely lovely!!!ReplyDelete
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I love the new lemonade and limeade double dots! Yummy!ReplyDelete
- Wendy FJanuary 22, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Just beautiful! Who wouldn't love to win these?ReplyDelete
Double Dot is always my favourite cardstock! They come in so many gorgeous colours and the new vintage papers are right up in my alley too!ReplyDelete
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Love the double dots for coordinating with the other BoBunny lines!ReplyDelete
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love double dot paper, I'm not such a fan of the distressed look but the new colours are great, love that khakiReplyDelete
I love the new colors and the new Vintage Double Dots. So many possibilities. I love the new Khaki and the pumpkin! Soooo in love with the newbies. What's not to like!ReplyDelete
Wow! I love every little dot!!!!ReplyDelete
i love the vintage looks and the colors are amazing. love all your new collections!ReplyDelete
love so very pretty and who does not love dots.ReplyDelete
I tried to pick my favorite. I couln't! They are all great. I can envision many cards and pages made with DOTS! Love these.ReplyDelete
THese are the most perfect basic papers for any and all projects!! You could pair them with ANYTHING!! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win these!!!ReplyDelete
Oh these are a must have! I know many who are going to go 'dotty' over these papers!!!ReplyDelete
"Dots" totally gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I love them all. Its so hard to get a "plainer" blue paper so they are top of my list.ReplyDelete
- robin hJanuary 22, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Great colors and I like the distresed look.ReplyDelete
Love the colors! So versatile!ReplyDelete
Love the paper and colors - could do so much with them.ReplyDelete
Way Cool!!! Love the new colors.These will be great with the others lines.ReplyDelete
The new colors are amazing and I LOVE all the dots!!ReplyDelete
I would get so much use out of these papers. I like how they have a tiny bit of pattern but not enough to compete with more complicated prints.ReplyDelete
I'm a sucker for dots - I love this line and the great selection of colors!ReplyDelete
I luv me some dots!ReplyDelete
I loooooove Double Dot!! New colors are always super exciting. :)ReplyDelete
- April W
ABSOLUTELY LOVE the new new vintage dots and the new colors!!!ReplyDelete
Loving all of them! I think the khaki is going to be one of my newest must haves!!ReplyDelete
Wow! I just love the new Vintage Double Dot! Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
They are really pretty-all of them!!ReplyDelete
I loved the older dots but these are fabulous. Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
Oh, I love those papers. The double dots are a must have for me. Can't relly scrap without them. And so many great new colors.ReplyDelete
Oh I love my double dots. They add so much to my layouts and cards. Love the new dark blue. Also, would love to win some. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
So many colours. I could use these in many different ways, cards, layouts, altered books, and to cover boxes etcReplyDelete
Ros Gale
I am loving these new double dots papers. The colors are amazing and I love the new vintage look. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
I absolutely *love* your double dots - always have! But the new vintage look is totally awesome!ReplyDelete
Double dots have long been my fave go to paper, now the vintage look is even better! Thank you for this awesome peek today.ReplyDelete
I love the double dots paper. It doesn't have too much pattern that would overwhelm my photos.ReplyDelete
these are right up my shabby chic alley. i NEED them! thanks for more great products Bo Bunny!ReplyDelete
Love Double Dots!! The vintage ones are gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
Wonderful idea to make vintage DD paper!ReplyDelete
WOW! these are great and the new colors are so much fun. Love the limeade it's so bright. Can't wait to use these in layouts and cards. Thank youReplyDelete
How sweet to have them in distressed finishes nowReplyDelete
Beautiful. I love the richness in color and the distress vintage look. Those 4 new colors are so happy and summery. I would love to win them all.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! I love all the Double Dots!ReplyDelete
Love double dots! Going dotty over this line.....sorry, just had to say that!ReplyDelete
Love it, you can use this with everything!ReplyDelete
I love all the New Colors. Can't wait to get them in the stores to buy :)ReplyDelete
So cool the distressing on them. Would be fun to play with.ReplyDelete
wow - the vintage dots are fabulous!!ReplyDelete
gorgeous papers. I'd love to have two of all of them. lol.ReplyDelete
I just love all the dots!!ReplyDelete
Wow, these are awesome. I just love the colors and 4 new one, they are right up my way. These are really a must have papers.ReplyDelete
Just have to figure where to buy them in Norway.
I absolutely LOVE Double Dot paper! The Vintage Double Dots are a great addition to the BoBunny lineup, and surprise, surprise, I love the new colors too. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to win! (And even if I don't win, I'll be in line to buy some new Double Dots!
Love the dots!! They will look so perfect when combined with the new lines!!(or with any paper for that matter!!ReplyDelete
I LOVE double Dots!!!! And I am LOVING the new vintage colour range! Please send some to my scrap space pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease :)ReplyDelete
Bo Bunny you are blowing me away!
Oh I just love love love dots. They are my favorite and these papers are so great.ReplyDelete
Love your Vintage double dot cardstock!! I want them all :)ReplyDelete
oh, awesome, beautiful paper. Feeling intense about this Double Dot release - gottoohave them all!ReplyDelete
- Lisa DavisJanuary 22, 2012 at 4:49 PM
Love these..the distressing on these are wonderfulReplyDelete
wow i am loving these the distressing looks amazing and such gorgeous colours too xxReplyDelete
LOVE the double dots...just gorgeous colors! These would be amazing with any collection!ReplyDelete
I love the colors and the texture, fabulous!!!ReplyDelete
Love this Double Dot paper. All of the colors are amazing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 5:07 PM
I love your other dot paper and these are another great option! Would love to get my hands on a stash of these!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Dots, dots and more dots - one of my favorite background papers to use ! The new colors are very exciting too !ReplyDelete
I think pumpkin is my fav!ReplyDelete
They are definitely a must have!!! All the colours are fabulous. Thanks soooo much for the chance to win :)ReplyDelete
Joanne (New Zealand)
I absolutely LOVE these papers! Colorful with just the right amount of shabby!!ReplyDelete
- Mitchy BJanuary 22, 2012 at 5:51 PM
I really like the new grung-y look of the double dots.ReplyDelete
It'll be a lot of fun to work with.
Great colors. So easy to use dots in layouts and cards. Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
Wow....I would so love to win the Double Dot cardstock stash!! The new colors are great...love it,ReplyDelete
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Can't wait to get ta supply of these for my craft stash!ReplyDelete
Love these vintage Double Dots and can't wait to work with them. WTG Bo Bunny! :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Love the distress look of these double dots!!ReplyDelete
Beth Greco
Awesome!! Love the new distressed double dot paper. Can't wait to use them, they will go perfect with my kit club. Thank you!!ReplyDelete
I thought I loved double dots before, but now, you've just up'd it to another level! The aqua and lime is one of my fave combo's but the orange is also calling my name - well done, BB!ReplyDelete
Luv polkadots... so versatile. These colours are beautiful!ReplyDelete
Wow!! So gorgeous! Love the shading on these colors...they would be awesome to scrap with!ReplyDelete
- ManjariJanuary 22, 2012 at 6:54 PM
Another gotta have on my list!ReplyDelete
I'm in love with the new Vintage Double Dots. Of the new colors I love Khaki the best. Double Dots, double dots, I love Double Dots.ReplyDelete
In my opinion, a gal can NEVER have enough double dots in her stash....and this line is fabulous!ReplyDelete
These are fab !!! The colours are gorgeous - so MANY uses for theseReplyDelete
Love these new vintage double dots!!ReplyDelete
Would love, love, LOVE to add these to my stash!!
These are just amazing!! Love them, love them! Thanks for doing this distressed look....my fave!!ReplyDelete
Oh WOW, I so love the NEW Double Dot papers. Soooooo nice.ReplyDelete
Cheers Di
I love the distressing on these! Awesome!ReplyDelete
I would love to win these dots -- they are my absolute favorites.ReplyDelete
Wow!! Thank you BoBunny staff for the amazing collections and beautiful papers!!! Bo Bunny is my favorite favorite FAVORITE!!! I have to buy doubles so I can use them. I can't wait to get the collections and the new dots too!!!ReplyDelete
I will take one, no 3 in every color!ReplyDelete
Love these!!!!
Almost every project I make uses double dots! Would love to win some!ReplyDelete
I really like these - they are soft, worn, slightly distressed. The blues, the beautiful pink... what is not to like? I still have my fingers crossed!ReplyDelete
Amazing colours! so useful to have this selection TxReplyDelete
Just fabulous! And new colours too, whippeeeee!ReplyDelete
Shanna :)
I love the new Vintage Double Dots...gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
These papers have such vibrant colors and would go with all your great collections! Just beautiful with a great texture look to them!ReplyDelete
So many pretty colors!ReplyDelete
The neutrals are my favorite but the limeade and the pumpkin are tempting.ReplyDelete
double dots are amazing. love creating with them.ReplyDelete
all the distress colors are amazing , must have some of each and the new colors will be a great addition to the collectionReplyDelete
Oh, these are wonderful!ReplyDelete
The double dots go so good with the rest of the lines Pick me Please Please Please I'm not above begging!ReplyDelete
Love the new double dot colors and the new style! I seem to always reach for double dots on almost every layout so winning some would be fabulous!!ReplyDelete
Oh my shattered nerves!! I am now forced to load up on my stash - these colors are amazing.ReplyDelete
Double dot is my "go to" background! I love, love, love the new dots!ReplyDelete
Such beautiful papers! I love the way you distress the outer edges of the pages and make the middle almost glow! Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
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Memphis-based general merchandise retailer Fred's Inc. began the year reporting a revenue uptick in January, and it's ending the year with the opening of a new fred's Super Dollar store in Memphis.
The grand opening of the 16,000-square-foot store at 1290 Lamar Ave., which features a new prototype design, was Friday, Dec. 27.
Besides activities to engage visitors, the new store concept also is intended to be something engaging all on its own. Almost everything about the experience – lighting, shelving, aisle width and signage, among other things – has been rethought.
The food selection, for example, is bigger. The new store has more breakfast foods, quick meals, beverages and other options, with the expanded selection doubling the traditionally available mix of products at fred's Super Dollar stores.
There's also a state-of-the-art pharmacy with a drive-thru window at the front of the store. That and other touches are the result of listening to customer wishes and tailoring a shopping experience for them, according to Dave Mueller, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Fred's Inc.
The presence of a pharmacy at the new store is purposeful. In a regulatory filing from Fred's shortly before the Christmas holiday, the company explained to investors that it views its pharmacy department as "a key differentiating factor from other small-box discount retailers."
A photography-related gallery talk will be held Saturday, Dec. 28, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Crosstown Arts Gallery at 422 N. Cleveland St.
Local photographer Gary Walpole will talk about techniques used by Don Newman, whose photographs are on display at Crosstown Arts in the Newman 2 Collection.
Four generations of the Newman family will be on hand to visit with gallery guests. Newman's widow, daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter, as well as Newman's sister, will be on hand.
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that cabinet-level state commissioners have absolute immunity from defamation claims for what they say when they are performing their official duties.
The court ruled Monday, Dec. 23, in the case of Zoyle Jones, a state Department of Corrections employee demoted for allegedly double-billing the state and a private organization for travel expenses.
Jones sued the Corrections Commissioner at the time, George Little, for statements Little made to the media about the demotion. Little specifically talked about two letters he had sent to Jones about the allegations and Jones' demotion.
Little has since become chief administrative officer for the city of Memphis.
Jones made other legal claims involving his demotion that were dismissed by the Tennessee Claims Commission. But the claims commission kept in place the defamation claim for the high court to make a ruling. The state appealed to the Supreme Court.
The court ruled unanimously that absolute immunity applied to cabinet members in defamation claims that arise from things those state officials say when performing their duties.
"An absolute privilege also furthers important free-expression principles, by allowing these state officials to inform the public about the functioning of government and other significant issues," Justice Sharon G. Lee wrote in the ruling.
Proponents of revamping education laws in Tennessee cite a recent report that ranked the state's students tops in the nation in academic improvement as proof that recent reforms are working and more should be considered.
The report released in November by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, showed Tennessee's fourth- and eighth-graders had the largest growth in reading and math of any state from 2011 to 2013, with a 22-point growth across all subject areas.
State education officials said the results were partially due to reforms put in place over the years. Reform advocates say that's all the more reason lawmakers should take up three contentious education initiatives that failed last year.
On their agenda during the session that starts in January will be a so-called "parent trigger" measure that would let parents decide the fate of a struggling school; a proposal that would allow the state to authorize charter schools in counties where there are failing schools; and a renewed tussle between Republican Gov. Bill Haslam, who wants to create a modestly sized school voucher program, and supporters of a much broader voucher plan.
Overall, education officials say the reforms — like toughening curriculum — have improved Tennessee's national ranking. For instance, in the case of fourth-grade students, Tennessee went from 46th to 37th in math and from 41st to 31st in reading, according to the NAEP report.
Still, Rep. John DeBerry said the legislative proposals and other education reform send a message the state is not complacent and there's always room for improvement.
"It's allowed everybody to know that status quo is not acceptable," said the Memphis Democrat, sponsor of the parent trigger legislation. "Everybody has to up their game so to speak, do better."
Shelby County Democrats hold their annual Kennedy Day Dinner fundraiser Jan. 18 as they prepare for the election year of the "big ballot" – the largest ballot of any Shelby County election cycle, and the one that includes the August elections for judicial offices, which happens every eight years.
The keynote speaker at the dinner at Bridges USA, 477 N. Fifth St., will be U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee of California.
Lee is a former chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus and a founder of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus.
Shelby County Democratic party leaders, like their Republican counterparts, are raising money for a general election ballot and its distribution.
But Democrats face a different challenge in the May primary races that will decide whose names and faces go on the August ballot.
With the lower turnout both parties historically see in their county primaries, Democrats have a group of contenders over several sets of county elections who can win the primaries but can't win the general elections. And the 2010 sweep by Republicans in every countywide race on that ballot has prompted local Democratic Party chairman Bryan Carson, among other local Democrats, to talk about the need to run a different kind of ticket with different faces.
The party's 2010 nominee for Shelby County Register of Deeds, Coleman Thompson, already has his petition out for another challenge of Republican incumbent Tom Leatherwood.
Vernon Johnson, who ran in the 2010 Democratic primary for Criminal Court clerk has a petition out as well. He lost in the primary to former Criminal Court Clerk Minerva Johnican, who lost to Republican Kevin Key. Key is seeking re-election.
The local Democratic Party bounced back in 2012 with incumbent General Sessions Court Clerk Ed Stanton and Shelby County Assessor of Property Cheyenne Johnson, both Democrats, winning re-election in hard-fought campaigns. Among the differences was that Stanton and Johnson were both incumbents who courted Republican voters as well as Democrats in the general election campaigns.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 42,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 338,000, the biggest drop since November 2012. But economists say the figures from late November and December are warped by seasonal volatility around the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's holidays.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that the less-volatile four-week average rose 4,250 to 348,000.
Claims had jumped 75,000 over the two weeks that ended Dec. 14 before plunging last week. The Labor Department struggles to account for seasonal hiring by retailers and other businesses and for temporary layoffs of cafeteria workers and other employees at schools that close for the holidays.
Unemployment claims are a proxy for layoffs and the recent declines are consistent with a solid job market.
The economy has shown signs of improvement recently, so much so that the Federal Reserve announced Dec. 18 that it would reduce its stimulus spending on bonds by $10 billion — to $75 billion a month. The economy expanded at a 4.1 percent annual pace from July through September, the fastest rate since late 2011 and much greater than previously thought.
Hiring has been healthy the past four months. The economy added an average of 204,000 jobs every month from August through November, an improvement from earlier this year.
Average U.S. rates for fixed mortgages crept higher this week but remained low by historical standards.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-year loan increased to 4.48 percent from 4.47 percent last week. The average on the 15-year fixed loan rose to 3.52 percent from 3.51 percent.
Mortgage rates peaked at 4.6 percent in August on expectations that the Federal Reserve would reduce its $85 billion-a-month in bond purchases. Those purchases push mortgage and other long-term rates lower and encourage borrowing and spending. On Dec. 18, the Fed finally decided the economy was strong enough to allow it to reduce the monthly purchases by $10 billion.
Mortgage rates are sharply higher than they were a year ago when the 30-year fixed rate was 3.35 percent and the 15-year was 2.65 percent.
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that new-home sales dipped 2.1 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted 464,000. But stronger figures for the previous three months suggested that housing may be regaining strength after a summer lull.
The National Association of Realtors said last week that the number of people who bought existing homes in November fell for a third straight month. Higher rates and the lingering effects of the partial government shutdown in October may have deterred some sales.
The New York Stock Exchange has withdrawn its June 28 determination to delist Memphis-based Verso Paper Corp.'s common stock.
The exchange withdrew the delisting determination after adopting a uniform continued listing standard earlier this month that takes into account average market capitalization.
With the new standard, a company is now considered below criteria for the New York Stock Exchange if the company's average market capitalization over 30 consecutive days of a trading period is less than $50 million. And as that is happening, the company's total stockholders' equity must also be less than $50 million.
Verso still remains below the exchange's criteria for the separate continued listing standard because the average closing price of Verso's common stock was below $1 per share for 30 consecutive trading days.
With the extension from the new standards, Verso has until Feb. 14 to bring the closing share price and the average closing share price above $1.
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell has appointed Marcy Ingram as interim Shelby County Attorney effective Jan. 1.
Luttrell made the interim choice Monday, Dec. 23, as current county attorney Kelly Rayne prepares to leave at the end of the year to become vice president of public policy at the Greater Memphis Chamber.
Ingram is currently deputy county attorney after having served as deputy chief administrative officer and before that as an assistant county attorney.
She has also been an attorney with the law firm Ford and Harrison LLP.
As the Christmas holiday began, four of Shelby County's six suburban towns and cities have superintendents for their municipal school districts.
Bartlett Schools board members selected David Stephens as the superintendent of their school system Friday, Dec. 20, in a unanimous vote.
Stephens will come to the post from being deputy superintendent for Shelby County Schools, overseeing the day-to-day operation of the merged school district as it went into its first school year.
Earlier Friday, the Germantown Schools board selected Jason Manuel, principal of Houston Middle School, as Germantown superintendent.
And Millington Schools board members selected David Roper, the former superintendent of schools in Birmingham, Ala., to be their director of schools. Roper is currently a professor of education at Middle Tennessee State University.
The Collierville Schools board was the first of the six suburban boards to come to contract terms with a superintendent, hiring former Shelby County Schools superintendent John Aitken.
That leaves the Lakeland and Arlington municipal schools districts. Leaders of both towns signed an agreement this fall that states both school systems will use the same schools director or superintendent.
Shawn Massey, partner with The Shopping Center Group LLC, is one of 752 commercial real estate professionals across the world to receive a new credential from the International Council of Shopping Centers.
The new ICCS credential, called the Certified Retail Property Executive designation, is awarded to industry professionals for mastering the science of retail operations, leasing and management.
Massey was also recently elected as president of the executive board of the Memphis Metro CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) chapter.
Megabus.com, the express bus company with fares starting at $1, has added service from Memphis to Oxford, Miss.
The express bus carrier, which only sells tickets online, now serves 10 cities from Memphis: Oxford and Jackson, Miss.; Chicago; Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; Little Rock, Ark.; Champaign, Ill.; Atlanta; New Orleans; and Birmingham, Ala.
Tennessee is one of three states receiving a million-dollar grant to increase on-time college completion rates.
The Tennessee Board of Regents announced Monday that the three-year grant will come in cash and technical assistance from the Lumina Foundation for Education and in partnership with Complete College America.
Education officials say the grant supports the state's higher education reform efforts that help students finish a degree in two years from a community college and in four years from a university.
The grant will help the state's community colleges and the Regents' six universities create so-called Guided Pathways to Success programs.
The programs are clearly sequenced degree plans that help students understand the best and shortest paths to get them to graduation.
Memphis-based Wunderlich Securities Inc. has closed on its equity capital investment of up to $40 million.
The closing of the deal led by Altamont Capital Partners, a private San Francisco Bay area-based investment firm, and members of Wunderlich's management team means Wunderlich is closer to having new funds with which to expand several of the firm's divisions.
Wunderlich private client group president Jim Parrish, for example, said the firm is moving forward with its private client group expansion strategy and that "great things from Wunderlich in 2014" are coming.
Semmes-Murphey Clinic will open a new clinic focused on neck and back issues at its 6325 Humphreys Blvd. location on Friday, Jan. 10.
The Neck and Back Care Clinic will focus on evaluating and diagnosing patients with neck and back problems and will be staffed by specialists in physiatry and pain management, neurosurgery and physical therapy.
The clinic will be available for appointments on Fridays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The initial team of physicians overseeing the Neck and Back Care Clinic will include Watridge, Dr. Manuel Carro, Dr Autry Parker and Dr. Samuel Polk.
Boston-based Affiliated Managers Group Inc. has bought a majority equity interest in Memphis-based investment management firm SouthernSun Asset Management LLC.
SouthernSun, which has about $5 billion in assets under management, was founded in 1989. Founder, CEO and chief investment officer Michael Cook Sr. said SouthernSun will remain autonomous and continue to rely on its own approach to investment management.
Also, the partnership will facilitate equity transfers over time to the next generation of partners at SouthernSun, Cook said.
Memphis City Council member Jim Strickland is floating the idea of a Memphis Redbirds ticket surcharge to guarantee a more consistent flow of revenues to pay off the debt from the city's proposed purchase of AutoZone Park.
Strickland floated the idea in a Thursday, Dec. 19, open letter to constituents, mentioning that a similar surcharge of $1.15 is added to all tickets sold at FedExForum to help pay the debt service from construction of the arena.
Strickland has questioned why the ballpark deal couldn't follow the financing model of FedExForum.
"I believe keeping the Redbirds in town as a Cardinal AAA franchise is important to the city," Strickland wrote. "I also believe that spending hundreds of thousands of dollars from the city's budget to do so is not the best option."
The general dollar amount is what's needed beyond sales tax revenue that would pay the majority of the $25 million in debt the administration wants to take out to pay for the deal.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. delayed any City Council vote on the terms of a deal until the council's Jan. 7 session. The council twice delayed a decision, and council members were critical of the specifics of the deal.
First Alliance Bank and Radian Partners LLC have agreed to form a strategic alliance to provide customers of both firms with access to the financial expertise and capabilities of the other.
Memphis-based First Alliance Bank is a 14-year-old locally owned and operated state-chartered bank with four branches in Memphis, Cordova and Oakland. Ten-year-old Radian Partners is a regional wealth management firm with offices in Franklin, Memphis and Union City.
Tennessee's unemployment rate for November was 8.1 percent, four-tenths of one percentage point lower than the previous month.
Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips said the October to November rate change is the largest monthly decline since April 2010.
The national unemployment rate for November was 7 percent.
State figures show that nonfarm employment increased by 9,400 jobs from October to November.
The U.S. economy grew at a solid 4.1 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest pace since late 2011 and significantly higher than previously believed. Much of the upward revision came from stronger consumer spending.
The Commerce Department's final look at growth in the summer was up from a previous estimate of 3.6 percent. Four-fifths of the revision came from stronger consumer spending, primarily in the area of health care.
The 4.1 percent third quarter growth rate came after the economy expanded at a 2.5 percent rate in the second quarter. Much of the acceleration reflected a buildup in business stockpiles.
Economists expect growth has slowed to between 2 percent and 2.5 percent in the current quarter, in part because they believe inventory growth has slowed.
The third quarter rise in the gross domestic product, the economy's total output of goods and services, was the best performance since a 4.9 percent increase in the final three months of 2011.
Still, analysts expect that for the year, the GDP will only expand by around 1.7 percent, down from the 2.8 percent growth of 2012. Much of that drop-off occurred because consumer spending was depressed by higher taxes that took effect last January and the government's across-the-board spending cuts. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated those two factors shaved 1.5 percentage points from growth in 2013.
The Senate has cleared the way for Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve.
Senators voted 59-34 Friday to end debate on the president's nomination of Yellen. Approval is expected Jan. 6, the day the Senate returns from winter recess.
The 67-year-old Yellen will become the first woman to lead the Fed in its century-old history. She will also be the first Democrat to lead the Fed since Paul Volcker left in 1987. Yellen is currently vice chair of the Fed.
Bernanke told reporters that Yellen supported the Fed's decision this week to gradually reduce the monthly bond purchases the Fed has been making to goose the economy. The move comes amid signs the economy is improving.
Walgreen's fiscal first-quarter earnings soared 68 percent as investments in other companies paid off for the nation's largest drugstore chain, but a slowdown in generic drug introductions helped squeeze profitability.
The Deerfield Ill., company said Friday that it booked a total of $376 million in income during the quarter that ended Nov. 30 from its stakes in European health and beauty retailer Alliance Boots and U.S. pharmaceutical wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Corp.
Last year, Walgreen Co. acquired a 45 percent stake in Alliance Boots, which runs the largest drugstore chain in the United Kingdom, and it has an option to buy the rest of the company in 2015. Earlier this year, it also bought an ownership stake in AmerisourceBergen and entered a supply agreement with the company.
Overall, Walgreen earned $695 million, or 72 cents per share, in a fiscal first-quarter performance that matched analyst expectations. That was up from $413 million, or 43 cents per share, a year ago, when the company absorbed Alliance Boots deal charges and took a $24 million hit after Superstorm Sandy forced it to temporarily close hundreds of stores.
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I have a shelf full of, let me count....thirty-one bottles of color. Hey, just like Baskin-Robbins. Anyhoo....
These SEVEN are the ones I cannot live without:
I have large bottles of Bright White, Super Red and Super Black....
In the smaller bottles, Deep Pink, Chocolate Brown, Egg Yellow and Leaf Green....
So, if you are just starting decorating cookies, those 7 are the colors I would start with.
***update: In the comments, Megan pointed out that I don't have a blue listed. Although I don't use blue all that often, you definitely need one in your arsenal. I use Sky Blue. Thanks, Megan!***
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BEND, Ore. (AP) -- A wildfire that disrupted an Oregon couple's wedding also gave them the photograph of a lifetime.
A firetruck rolled up at Rock Spring Ranch near Bend with sirens blaring Saturday and the wedding party was told to evacuate, The Oregonian reported.
The minister conducted an abbreviated ceremony. Everyone cheered and began to evacuate to downtown Bend's Drake Park for the reception.
As guests headed for the cars, wedding photographer Josh Newton took some photos of the couple with the wildfire raging in the background.
Michael Wolber called it "the most beautiful ceremony either of us could have ever imagined." He and his wife, April Hartley, live in Aloha and both work at Nike Inc.
"It's terrible to be evacuated from your own wedding," said Lisa Clark, a fire information officer with the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center. "But it's a story for the rest of their lives and nothing that could be duplicated."
The wedding venue was on the edge of the wind-pushed fire, and deputies and firetrucks were driving through the area telling people to evacuate as a precaution.
Firefighters were probably sympathetic to the wedding party with the disruption and permitted the quick ceremony.
"I don't think the firefighters would have allowed the extra few minutes if it had been that critical," Clark said.
Newton said Tuesday he's heard from many people, including firefighters, about his photo.
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Those suffering from these symptoms are often abandoned by the medical community and left to wander aimlessly through the internet searching for help. Yes, they even take specimens they collect from their bodies of these weird parasites to their doctor and often end up being told that "It's stress that is causing these symptoms, no parasite known could cause all these symptoms, plus your blood work is perfect except for a slightly elevated CBC (complete blood count)".
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Northwest Residential Energy Study Reveals Home Energy Usage
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), a nonprofit organization working to make area homes more energy efficient, has published the first two in a series of reports that will have a big impact on the future of residential energy efficiency in the Northwest. The Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) is a comprehensive research study of energy consumption in more than 1,600 Northwest residential buildings. It will establish a regional baseline for single-family, manufactured, and multifamily homes that will inform the region's future energy-planning efforts.
The final RBSA sample consists of households across the Northwest representing the service areas of 99 utilities. Of these, 89 are public utilities, 7 are investor-owned utilities, and 3 are natural-gas-only utilities.
NEEA is conducting this study on behalf of more than 100 utilities throughout the Northwest region, which consists of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The region's utilities, the Energy Trust of Oregon, and the Bonneville Power Administration will use the study results to identify opportunities for energy efficiency programs.
"Similar studies were implemented in the early 1990s, and since then much has changed in the way the region uses energy," says Tom Eckman, manager of conservation resources for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. "Data collected from the study will provide critical support for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's Seventh Power Plan development, as well as updated load shape information for our region."
Utilities and experts in power planning and energy planning will also leverage the results of the RBSA to design energy efficiency rebate programs to help the Northwest meet its increasing residential energy needs.
The first two reports in the series focus on single-family and manufactured homes, respectively. These reports present a comprehensive view of the current state of residential single-family and manufactured stock characteristics through an understanding of the distribution of energy-consuming equipment and lighting. Some key highlights of the single-family report, titled "Residential Building Stock Assessment: Single-Family Characteristics and Energy Use," reveal that
- about 57% of single-family homes use natural gas for space heating, and of these, 49% use natural gas as their primary heating fuel;
- electricity fuels approximately 55% of the water heating use in domestic hot water (DHW) tanks; and
- the average single-family home has about 63 plug-in lamp sockets.
The report on manufactured homes is entitled "Residential Building Stock Assessment- Manufactured Homes Characteristics and Energy Use." Some key highlights of the report on manufactured homes reveal that
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- about 70% of manufactured homes use electricity as their primary fuel for space heating, and about 11% use gas;
- about 90% of manufactured homes use electricity for DHW;
- the average manufactured home has about 35 plug-in lamp sockets; 28% of all lamps are CFLs;
- and the uniformity in manufactured homes across the Northwest region is due largely to preemptive federal standards and the region's energy efficiency programs.
Building America's Top Innovations
Innovations sponsored by DOE's Building America program and its teams of building science experts continue to transform our nation's home-building industry, leading to more and better high-performance homes.
Building America researchers have worked directly with more than 300 U.S. production home builders and have boosted the performance of more than 42,000 new homes.
In 2012, DOE identified more than 30 game-changing research achievements from the years 1995 through 2012 as Building America Top Innovations. In the future, annual Top Innovations awards will recognize outstanding Building America research achievements. Shining a light on these achievements will encourage the industry to build more energy-efficient, healthier, and durable homes.
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Top Innovation awards fall into four categories:
- Advanced Technologies and Practices. Top Innovations in this category include research in thermal-enclosure improvements, HVAC components, ventilation, and other health and safety issues.
- House-as-a-System Business Case. Top Innovations in this category include profiles of Building America field research projects with production builders who have used a whole-house approach to achieve exceptional overall performance.
- Effective Guidance and Tools. Top Innovations in this category include research in tools, software, and guides that have significantly influenced design or construction practices.
- Infrastructure Development. Top Innovations in this category include research results that have influenced codes and standards, and improvements in education and in the transaction process.
Renewal System Solutions Selected as HPwES Contractor of the Year
The home performance professionals at Renewal System Solutions, based in Atlanta, Georgia, were recently honored as Southface's 2012 Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES) Contractor of the Year. Renewal System Solutions delivers customized whole-house solutions to clients looking to improve energy efficiency, health, and comfort. General Manager Joe Thomas and his team were recognized for generating the most improvements based on HPwES assessments while meeting all the quality assurance standards of the program.
"It is an extreme honor to be recognized for leadership in such a worthwhile program," says Thomas. "As self-professed home performance geeks, we are committed to helping customers get the most comfort and efficiency from their homes. Receiving this award confirms that we are doing the right things to improve home performance by making homes more comfortable and healthy, improving energy efficiency through cost-effective improvements, and ultimately saving homeowners money through lower energy bills and rebate programs."
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Renewal System Solutions is a sister company to Renewal Design-Build, one of Atlanta's Top Five residential remodeling companies. Renewal System Solutions was specifically created to improve home performance in Atlanta.
Home Energy Saver Launches Online Forum for Homeowners
As a complement to Home Energy magazine's forthcoming book, No-Regrets Remodeling, 2nd edition, Home Energy has teamed up with Home Energy Saver to create a consumer-facing web site to serve as a resource and discussion forum for people wanting to make their homes more comfortable and energy efficient.
Developed at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Home Energy Saver is the first and most widely used online tool for calculating residential energy use; it can provide homeowners with a list of energy-saving upgrades tailored to their home, climate, and local energy prices. Already a trusted resource among homeowners, the Home Energy Saver tool serves as an ideal partner for the readership of No-Regrets Remodeling, 2nd edition. When you do a no-regrets remodel, you end up with an attractive home that's more energy efficient, comfortable, and durable; less costly to operate and maintain; and healthier for you and your family. And you won't make expensive, hazardous mistakes.
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No-Regrets Remodeling, 2nd edition will be available for purchase this summer at www.homeenergy.org/store.
The new Home Energy Saver community is dedicated to everyday people who want to make their homes better and more energy-efficient places to live. Within the online community, homeowners can post their own stories about saving energy, participate in polls to see what others are doing, browse photos and videos, read blogs, and learn how to save money and energy in their homes.
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The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) series measures the prevalence and correlates of drug use in the United States. The surveys are designed to provide quarterly, as well as annual, estimates. Information is provided on the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco among members of United States households aged 12 and older. Questions include age at first use as well as lifetime, annual, and past-month usage for the following drug classes: marijuana, cocaine (and crack), hallucinogens, heroin, inhalants, alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical use of prescription drugs, including pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives. The survey covers substance abuse treatment history and perceived need for treatment, and includes questions from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders that allow diagnostic criteria to be applied. Respondents are also asked about personal and family income sources and amounts, health care access and coverage, illegal activities and arrest record, problems resulting from the use of drugs, and needle-sharing. Questions introduced in previous NHSDA administrations were retained in the 1999 survey, including questions asked only of respondents aged 12 to 17. These "youth experiences" items covered a variety of topics, such as neighborhood environment, illegal activities, gang involvement, drug use by friends, social support, extracurricular activities, exposure to substance abuse prevention and education programs, and perceived adult attitudes toward drug use and activities such as school work. Also retained were questions on mental health and access to care, perceived risk of using drugs, perceived availability of drugs, driving behavior and personal behavior, and cigar smoking. Questions on the tobacco brand used most often were introduced with the 1999 survey. Demographic data include gender, race, age, ethnicity, marital status, educational level, job status, veteran status, and current household composition.
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Users are reminded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that these data are to be used solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information and not for the investigation of specific individuals or treatment facilities.
Data were collected and prepared for release by Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC.
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse survey administration and sample design changed with the implementation of the 1999 survey. Starting in 1999, the survey sample has employed a 50-State design with an independent, multistage area probability sample for each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia. Therefore, estimates produced from the 1999, 2000, and 2001 surveys are not comparable to those produced from the 1998 and earlier surveys.
For selected variables, statistical imputation was performed following logical inference to replace missing responses. These variables are identified in the codebook as "...LOGICALLY ASSIGNED" for the logical procedure, or by the designation "IMPUTATION-REVISED" in the variable label when the statistical procedure was also performed. The names of statistically imputed variables begin with the letters "IR". For each imputation-revised variable there is a corresponding imputation indicator variable that indicates whether a case's value on the variable resulted from an interview response or was imputed. Missing values for some demographic variables were imputed by the unweighted hot-deck technique used in previous NHSDAs. Beginning in 1999, imputation of missing values for many other variables was accomplished using predictive mean neighborhoods (PMN), a new procedure developed specifically for the NHSDA. Both the hot-deck and PMN imputation procedures are described in the codebook.
To protect the privacy of respondents, all variables that could be used to identify individuals have been encrypted or collapsed in the public use file. To further ensure respondent confidentiality, the data producer used data substitution and deletion of state identifiers and a subsample of records in the creation of the public use file.
Previously published estimates may not be exactly reproducible from the variables in the public use file due to the disclosure protection procedures that were implemented.
The data definition and dictionary files for Stata are designed to be compatible with StataSE, Version 8. This is a large data file requiring that approximately 250 megabytes of Random Access Memory be allocated to Stata. Operations within Stata, including conversion of the ASCII data to Stata format, are likely to be slow. Analysts may wish to download subsets of data from the SAMHDA Data Analysis System (DAS) for use with Stata.
A multistage area probability sample for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia was used. A coordinated five-year sample design was developed for 1999 through 2003. Although there is no overlap with the 1998 sample, the design facilitated an overlap in first-stage units (area segments) between each two successive years in the five-year design. This design was intended to increase the precision of estimates in year-to-year trend analyses because of the expected positive correlation resulting from the overlapping sample. To obtain the required precision at the state level and to improve the precision of cigarette brand data for youths at the national level, youths and young adults were oversampled. The result was that each state's sample was approximately equally distributed among three major age groups: 12 to 17 years, 18 to 25 years, and 26 years or older. The achieved sample for the 1999 computer-assisted interview (CAI) sample was 66,706 persons. The public use file has 53,560 records due to the subsampling step used in the disclosure protection procedures. Minimum item response requirements were defined for cases to be retained for weighting and further analysis (i.e., "usable" cases). These requirements, as well as full sampling methodology, are detailed in the codebook.
The civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 12 and older, including residents of noninstitutional group quarters such as college dormitories, group homes, shelters, rooming houses, and civilians dwelling on military installations.
The study yielded a weighted screening response rate of 90 percent and a weighted interview response rate for the CAI of 69 percent.Hide
2013-06-25 Released Methodological Resources documentation and updated xml file to include variable groupings.
2006-12-07 On May 18, 2006, the data producer resupplied the data file and codebook documentation. In this new data file, 10 variables were modified, 106 variables were dropped, and 10 new variables were added. Some of these changes were to correct for data errors, but most of these changes were done to provide consistency with the 2004 NSDUH study. Of these changes, the most important change to note is that two study design variables (VEREP and VESTR) were revised to provide consistency with the 2004 study, which collapsed the strata in order to maximize the number of people in each replicate.
2004-03-24 Corrected coding errors in the following variables: IISDRC, II2LSDRC, IIPCPRC, II2PCPRC, IIMTHRC, II2MTHRC, NRCH17_2, MTHYR, MTHMON.
2003-04-18 The data file has been updated. The variables NRCH017 and IIEDUC were removed and the variables JBSTATR2, EMPSTAT4, IIEMPST4, NRCH17_2, and IIEDUC2 were added.
2002-06-07 The data producer made minor changes to the documentation text and added an appendix with a variable map.
2002-02-14 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
Due to unequal selection probabilities at multiple stages of sample selection and the coverage bias, the 1999 NHSDA sample is not self-weighting. Analysts are advised to use the sample weight when attempting to use the NHSDA data to draw inferences about the target population or any subdomain of the target population. All estimates published in SAMHSA reports (such as the Summary of Findings from the 1999 NHSDA) are weighted. The appropriate and final sample weight is called ANALWT_C on this data file. This sample weight represents the total number of target population persons each record on the file represents. Note that the sum of ANALWT_C, over all records on the data file, represents an estimate of the total number of people in the target population.Hide
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Cody Benedict, 21, Casandra Beevers, 24 and Melissa Daglow, 52 each appeared before Judge Donald Sanderson Wednesday in Hillsdale County District Court on charges stemming from a bust made shortly after midnight on Feb. 19.?
Officers involved were hoping to discover a cooking operation when they executed the search warrants; however, the evidence seized indicated the trio were not making meth in their apartments. Benedict and Beevers shared an apartment, while Daglow lived in a different dwelling located at 385 Warner St. in Reading.?
While the cooking aspect of the operation was not discovered, each member of the group was in possession of meth and was charged. But after negotiating with lawyers, those charges will be pled down to lesser charges.?
Benedict was bound over to circuit court and waived his arraignment with the understanding that he will plead guilty to one count of possession of a controlled substance. The other two charges he faced, one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of a controlled substance-marijuana will be dropped in exchange for the guilty plea. He will appear in Hillsdale County Circuit Court on Monday.?
Beevers was freed on Wednesday after negotiating a release based on her past, which involved no prior criminal record. She was put on probation for one year with the restriction that if she violates any law, all three charges (the same as what Benedict is facing) will be reinstated. If she stays out of trouble, the charges will be completely dropped and won't go on her public record.?
Daglow was also bound over to circuit court and waived her arraignment as well. However, she is scheduled for a pretrial conference on March 11 where a deal is expected to be hammered out. Daglow is charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of a controlled substance- marijuana.?
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No abortions for women? Then no vasectomies for men, lawmakers say
As members of Georgia's House of Representatives debate whether to prohibit abortions for women more than 20 weeks pregnant, House Democrats planned to introduce their own reproductive rights plan: No more vasectomies that leave "thousands of children ... deprived of birth."
Rep. Yasmin Neal, a Democrat from the Atlanta suburb of Jonesboro, planned to introduce a bill Wednesday that would prevent men from vasectomies unless needed to avert serious injury or death.
"If we legislate women's bodies, it's only fair that we legislate men's," said Neal, who said she wanted to introduce a bill that would generate emotion and conversation the way anti-abortion bills do. "There are too many problems in the state. Why are you under the skirts of women? I'm sure there are other places to be."Read the full story on This Just In
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