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Why Quitting a Job Can Make Financial Sense
Even in a slow economy, over 1.5 million people quit their jobs each month.
This week, I wrote about when it makes financial sense to quit your job, which might sound like a ridiculous question. In this economy, does it ever make sense to leave a job? Well, yes, it turns out, and sometimes doing so can even be a smart financial move.
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As I was researching this story, my first big surprise was just how common it is to leave jobs voluntarily. Even now, in the midst of a sluggish economy, between 1.5 and 2 million people quit their jobs each month. That number has come down, though, and a useful paper from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the number of people quitting jobs appears to vary inversely with the economy. That makes sense: When people feel less secure, they hold onto the jobs they have. Still, the fact that the number of people quitting is still so high shows just how flexible the job market is. People—many people—leave jobs every day.
As for why people leave their jobs, the reasons are as varied as the types of jobs that exist. People leave to care for their children (or their parents), because they're miserable, or just because they want to try something new. One of the people I interviewed for the article, Chrisanne Sternal, explained that she simply felt she could not juggle the demands of raising her 18-month-old son as well as her forty-hour a week job as a marketing consultant. Her son has some special needs which require extra doctors' appointments. Every day, she says, she feels like she's letting somebody down.
Other people's stories were driven by the dream of replacing their job with something big. Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontagne, the founders of Georgetown Cupcake, who were recently profiled on Alpha Consumer, explained that they left their jobs in fashion and venture capital, respectively, because they had always wanted to launch their own bakery. They knew it was a risk, but they decided they were willing to take it—and now, of course, that risk has more than paid off.
Some of the career coaches and experts I interviewed for the story made the point that if a person is completely miserable in their job, then the money concerns can be secondary. If your job is making you depressed, for example, it can make it harder to move forward and look for new opportunities.
What do you think: Can it be financially responsible to quit your job, even in a down economy? What, if anything, would motivate you to quit?
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After watching the South Side Lady Cyclones girls soccer team during the 2012 postseason, it was clear that a number of factors led to the team's 17th state title.
The team boasts a trio of forwards that can score in any situation, a midfield that can create plays out of nothing, a defense that is stingier than Scrooge on Christmas and a goalie that allowed just one goal in the playoffs.
But ask any member of the team why the program is so successful and you'll get one answer: tradition.
"This is a complete family going back many, many years," head coach Shannon McEntee told Patch. "The traditions that they have and the superstitions and all that stuff, it gets passed along the lines. So a girl that plays this year and a girl that played 15 years ago do the same stuff."
It's that same family-like bond and tradition that has yielded a staggering 17 state championships and 24 Long Island championships over the last several decades.
In the 2012 playoffs, the Lady Cyclones outscored their opponents 20-1 and had a different hero step up every game, like senior Michaela Lynch in the state championship game against Janesville Dewitt.
Lynch tapped in a cross from junior Christina Klaum to give South Side a 1-0 lead and assisted on a goal from Klaum later in the game to secure the team's second consecutive Class A title, a perfect 19-0-1 season and a No. 4 national ranking.
"It was crazy. I was so excited," Lynch said of her role in the game. "I was really surprised too because I usually don't score."
The graduating midfielder, like her coach, said that the team's incredible playoff run came down to one thing.
"It definitely comes down to tradition," Lynch said. "Our team is like a family. ... Aug. 1 we start captains practice and our main goal is to win states — that's all we focus on and [why] we work so hard."
However, not everything happens on the field.
A noticeable trait of the Lady Cyclones is how loud their bench is. The main culprit behind the noise on the sideline is South Side's Hannah Serling.
"We all feel that it's not even just cheering, it's wanting our team to do well," Serling said. "... It's a big factor for our team because we are a family and that support when we get tired just means a lot to the team, plus it shows our heart — we want it more."
The team's resiliency and constant support stem from what multiple players and McEntee have said is the "family" they have all become, and not just in the sense of the team's twins Katie and Allie Ford.
"Honestly, at the end of the day, I'd rather go [home] with this team than my own family," Serling said jokingly. "... We're together all the time. Even now when the season's over I get rides home from the soccer girls, we go out to lunch, we go out to dinner — it's incredible."
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Scott, Patricia Elena (1987) An approach to the urban history of early Victorian Grahamstown, 1832-53 : with particular reference to the interiors and material culture of domestic dwellings. Masters thesis, Rhodes University.
Bagraim, Abigail Sarah (1987) The Hasidic spirit as the foundation of the art of Marc Chagall. Masters thesis, Rhodes University.
Du Plessis, Jacobus Roselt (1987) The law of culpable homicide in South Africa : with reference to the law of manslaughter in English law and the law relating to negligent killing in German law. PhD thesis, Rhodes University.
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Come take a boat ride with the Ross RX fly rod. First, we fished just off the coast of Nantucket for hard charging albies and then visited Guanaja, Honduras and stalked ultra spooky bonefish. Two very different situations and fishing conditions – same 8 wt fly rod.


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WASHINGTON -- Sixteen years ago, a small band of women working on Capitol Hill launched a campaign to "Free the Sisters of the Crypt" and raised $85,000 in modest, private donations to move an unfinished, 10-ton marble statue of suffrage pioneers from the basement of the U.S. Capitol to the Rotunda.
That one achievement has since grown into a movement to build a national museum in Washington honoring women's contributions to American history. Big-name sponsors, including actress Meryl Streep, have pledged their support, and the museum's organizers have raised nearly $10 million.
Yet 16 years after organizers began in 1996, there is still no National Women's History Museum (NWHM). Its leaders have failed to secure -- or even identify -- a location for a building, and sometimes have downplayed the very idea that they need one.
Interviews with NWHM staff, board members and advisers reveal that the museum organizers have developed little in the way of educational programming or connections within the academic community that would help them realize their goal. Instead, they have made misleading claims about the content of their website and failed to share with the public the few, but in some cases very valuable, historical artifacts they do possess.
In addition, internal museum documents and public records obtained by The Huffington Post show a history of mismanagement and potential conflicts of interest that, according to nonprofit watchdogs, may violate Internal Revenue Service guidelines.
The museum's president, CEO and chair of the board of directors is Joan Bradley Wages, a lobbyist and onetime flight attendant. Ann E.W. Stone, a veteran Republican political operative, serves as senior vice president of the board. Stone is also a key vendor for the museum and its largest contributor of in-kind, or non-cash, donations.
Contrary to the recognized norms of museum building and fundraising, NWHM has obtained little in the way of support from major foundations. Its leaders have relied mostly on direct mail efforts, which have left the project far from its financial goals but have helped Stone's companies, which sell direct mail services to the museum. In recent years, according to sources close to the museum, Wages -- who is paid a low six-figure salary -- and Stone have forced out board members who asked difficult questions about the museum or who sought to recruit independent administrators.
To be sure, building any new museum in Washington -- particularly on the National Mall -- is no small feat. Supporters must overcome a long set of logistical and legislative hurdles. The newest addition to "America's front yard," the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, faced decades of political opposition in Congress and wrangling over a site before it broke ground for a building in February.
Indeed, NWHM insiders, historians, fundraising experts and other museum professionals interviewed by HuffPost said they have until now been unwilling to share their concerns about the women's museum for fear that ideological opponents in Congress would use their criticisms to justify killing the project.
The great irony, however, is that the biggest obstacles for the women's museum appear to be the same people who are in charge of making it happen.
Wages said she is proud of the museum's progress, noting that other museums on the National Mall have taken 20 years or more to build. Stone said that her work for the museum has been "selfless and dedicated" and that her companies have put more "effort into the museum" than the "tiny amounts of money" she has made.
Wages also said that Streep, the museum's most visible supporter, wasn't "interested in talking to reporters" for this story. But when contacted directly about some of HuffPost's findings, Streep agreed to a phone interview.
"I'm hopeful, and I have full confidence that the board will act swiftly, but carefully, to remediate whatever problems have been uncovered," she said, "and I remain dedicated to the idea of making a national women's museum in our capital a reality and supportive of the board towards that end."
Wages and Stone -- who is not related to the co-author of this story -- have been at NWHM in various roles since its launch. Together, Wages, a Democrat, and Stone, a Republican, give the project a nonpartisan patina. But they have also shielded its operations from public scrutiny.
"There is no official way for anyone in the public to have any say in what decisions are made by 'the organization known as' the NWHM," Denise Baer, a Boston University political scientist and a close observer of the museum, said in an email. "Their decision processes to-date have been closed and insular, and not representative of the full range of views."
In her four years promoting the museum, Streep said she had never been invited to a board meeting until late March -- after Wages got wind of HuffPost's investigation. "Believe me, I'm going," said Streep of the scheduled June meeting.
The invitation was one of a series of hastily made changes that followed the museum's hiring of well-known Washington lawyer Lanny Davis -- President Bill Clinton's special counsel during his impeachment -- after HuffPost began asking questions for this story. Davis said he is being paid $25,000 by the museum. (Full disclosure: Davis occasionally blogs for HuffPost.)
When she became president of the museum in 2007, Wages seemed like a plausible candidate to head a legislative campaign to secure a dedicated site. "[My] credentials to lead the NWHM are primarily due to my experience as a lobbyist in Washington on behalf of three Flight Attendant unions," she told HuffPost in an emailed statement.
Stone, too, seemed like an ideal backer: a well-connected Washington insider on the fault line of women's politics, a pro-choice Republican with good fundraising credentials and a knack for publicity. Stone has been a member of the museum's board since it was founded and has twice served as treasurer. She has been the senior vice president since 2007.
But a closer look reveals a project rife with apparent conflicts of interest, sloppy recordkeeping, murky objectives and a stubborn resistance to outside oversight.
As president and CEO, Wages earns a salary of $167,537. Since 2009, she has also served as chair of the board of directors. Wages and Stone both said they leave the room during board meetings when potential conflicts arise.
"I and the Board agree it would be better under 'best practices' corporate governance guidelines for there to be a different Board Chair from the CEO," Wages said in a written statement. She added that the board is "actively" seeking someone who is "willing and qualified" to be chair and said she would step down "immediately" when that person is found.
Since 2005, the museum has paid Stone's two companies at least $194,000 for their direct mail services, according to records provided by the museum. The Stone Group oversees mailings to the museum's list of supporters, while Capstone Lists rents mailing lists to the museum for solicitations.
The vice president of the Stone Group and Stone's business partner for the past 30 years, Lora Lynn Jones, owns a third company, direct mail brokerage Total Direct Response, which also does business with NWHM.
Stone denied that her status as a vendor, donor and board member for the museum constitutes a conflict of interest. "It has been handled totally in keeping with what [nonprofit governance website] BoardSource and other sources have laid out. [Museum board] committees are aware of it, and it's been fully disclosed," she said.
But two experts say that Stone's multiple roles with the museum, while not illegal, fall well outside typical board-vendor arrangements.
"This certainly isn't a best practice," said Ken Berger, president of the nonprofit watchdog Charity Navigator. "Nonprofits are really discouraged from hiring the services of board members, and while technically you can get away with it, even then it's really bad. Our advice is that vendors should step off the board [if they want to do business with a nonprofit]," he said.
David Schultz, an expert in nonprofit law at Hamline College in Saint Paul, Minn., said the arrangement with Stone presents "enormous potential for self-dealing and conflicts of interest."
This is not the first time Stone has appeared to profit from such overlapping interests.
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Get Healthy Muskogee
Indian Capital Technology Center is in the business of empowering students — high school-aged through adult — to set and achieve meaningful, life-improving goals.
With its "Weapons of Mass Reduction" weight loss challenge, ICTC's Muskogee campus also encourages staff to set and achieve improved health and weight loss goals.
The challenge, which began on Jan. 4 and will continue through early May, includes team competitions, weekly Thursday weigh-ins, regular group exercise classes and a heaping helping of moral support.
The 39 participants among the six teams have lost a total of 225 pounds in the first five weeks of challenge.
Daryl Collins, an auto collision repair instructor who has worked with ICTC since 1986, holds the current bragging rights for the campus' "biggest loser."
Although Daryl, age 50, enjoys gardening and his job can be physically demanding, as his weight crept up he noticed both became harder to do.
"It was more uncomfortable to squat and get up and down without getting completely worn out, especially in the heat of summer," he said. "I go to TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) on Tuesday nights. It works, but I wasn't really working it like I should."
The ICTC challenge helped him jump-start a renewed focus on his health. He's lost 39 pounds already and plans to lose at least 60 more.
"Being among your peers makes you try harder," Daryl said.
Plagued by an Achilles tendon injury that slows down his exercise, Daryl's early focus is on improving his diet and nutrition.
First, he cut back on sugary drinks.
"I was drinking way too much pop, at least one two-liter bottle a day was not uncommon," Daryl said.
By switching to water instead, he now saves more than 800 calories each day.
Second, he started monitoring calories.
Using MyFitnessPal, an online computer program, he tracks his daily caloric intake.
"People don't realize how many calories they take in each day unless they write it down," Daryl said. "I'm a firm believer that dieting is a numbers game."
Daryl acknowledges that support and motivation are critical to success.
"Having to weigh in every week is a great motivator. I don't want to come in with a gain," Daryl said. And, he admits that bragging rights are a strong incentive, too.
"You've got to have some reason to want to lose the weight," he said. "When I look through the obituaries, I see people my age and younger and it makes me take notice. Being overweight and unhealthy will contribute to being on the obituary page earlier than necessary."
Already, Daryl notices a big change in the way he feels.
"I'm moving around a lot better, a lot faster," he said. "Productivity seems to be a bit better; I do a better job."
In addition to tracking calories and finding moral support, Daryl encourages others to keep diet-busting foods out of the house.
"It it's in the house, I'm probably going to eat it," he said. "Keep food that's on your diet in the house and still control your portion sizes."
Other participants in the ICTC challenge see real benefits, too.
Wren Stratton, a health careers instructor, exercises with other staff members two or three times per week and walks outside when the weather cooperates, including during her lunch break.
"My focus is not so much on weight loss, but on health and feeling good," said Wren, who turns 60 this year and wants to maintain the energy to keep up with her students.
Carol Williams, a health careers certification instructor, leads a cardio and weights class twice a week and captains the team on which both Daryl and Wren participate.
"It's not just faculty benefitting from this increased focus on healthy living, but it's also moving to students and into classrooms, as well," Carol said.
Dana Chandler, a nursing transition instructor and chief cheerleader for the ICTC wellness challenge, is focused on continued motivation for all the participants.
"The first month has been exciting," Dana said. " Now starting the second month it's time to re-motivate, to look at our accomplishments and set new goals so we can have a strong finish."
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Just wanted to put out there that i recently discovered that the BART parking structures do have cameras installed but DO NOT record anything. I found this out when my vehicle was recently vandalized while parked at Walnut Creek Bart structure. I had hoped that perhaps the cameras would help in the investigation but apparently they cannot. Those cameras are only used to monitor and do not record anything. I will be filing a complaint with BART on their lack of security and safety. Had these cameras been recording, there may be a chance these vandalizers would be caught or in this specific case, confirm whether or not suicide was the case or if foul play was involved.
on Jul 30, 2012 at 10:27 am
Dear Mr. BART Rider...you have reason to complain...But I'm disappointed with your comment and the lack of the Danville Express to publish your comment.
You both just opened the door to more illegal activity at the BART Parking Lots. I'm surprised you didn't say the times BART monitors the camera activity. I hope that never comes out. But it would be interesting to know more about it. I'm sure the brains of BART management assign an officer with a pay rate of $75,000 plus a year to sit on his/her butt and watch the monitor..
BART...it is less expensive to record than to have an BART officer watch the monitor.
Sometime I wonder what and how people think.
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"We don't know if the legislature is going to put the burden on us," London said. "Whatever we don't take now will be lost forever." The Board is limited by state law in the amount it can increase the levy each year. It cannot recoup what was available in past years it did not capture.
Deerfield resident Marshall Hector expressed the same fear of the unknown when he asked the Board to keep taxes in place and utilize cost cutting instead. He is feeling pinched by declining real estate values and increased taxes.
"Mr. (Illinois House of Representatives Speaker Michael) Madigan (D-Chicago) and his cronies will transfer the pension problem to the school districts but they won't give us any tax relief," Hector said. "Grass roots activism starts here. We ask that you work hard, use zero-based budgeting."
London explained the Board had been combining jobs and reducing costs wherever it could for the past nine years since the last referendum. "We've been using zero based budgeting," she said. "We said (then) we wouldn't do anything for six years and it's been nine."
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ThaiRoundhouse - on sherdog.com they had an article up on the site and the guy stated that afterwards Justin Levens told him he was retiring.
Tonight I was browsing 'The Undergound' and I noticed Levens had a post saying he wasn't retiring so maybe it was all just spur of the moment and he let his emotions get the best of him at the time.
I heard an interview with him and he said if he loses the UFN fight the UFC is more than likely to not sign him again. I don't know about retiring but he seemed pretty bummed about being 0-2 in his last two fights and now he is 0-3 so I am sure he is pretty upset.
does he have enough fat on him to drop to 170?He's not ripped ,but he's not chubby either so could he drop to 170?
Levens is only 5'10", do you think he could down to WW?
TK has fought more in UFC then he has Pride. But most of his career fights have been in Rings.
does TK count as a ufc guy?
We'll see Levens back in time. Right know he is obviously depressed as he has gone 0-2 in the UFC and rightfully so. He needs to take some time off to get his head straight and then he can work his way back. He is still fairly young but once he gets things figured out he'll be fine.
He is just depressed about his last few losses. In 6 months to a year he could feel a lot different about it and try to get back into MMA. He is still very young. He just needs to take some time off then come back refreshed and ready to work again.
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That's right he took that fight on short notice because Horn couldn't fight. I forgot about that.
Yeah ,but even if he didn't take that fight on short notice I think he would've lost ,but there's noi shame in losing to guy like Tanner.26 huh? that's pretty young to retire.Randy Couture didn't quit after a series of losses at HW.Instead He dropped down to 205 and became LHW champ.
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Somewhere across the heartland of America right now, a group of four change-makers from North Carolina is on the move.
With the goal of driving 10,000 miles across 35 states in an old bus, their road trip would make Jack Kerouac proud. So would their tale of ingenuity and youthful possibility.
The trip is the fruit of a dream born 10 years ago among friends in the eighth grade at Durham School of the Arts. Despite not even having driver's licenses at the time, they talked about buying an old school bus and driving it from city to city to help connect urban dwellers with local farmers. By 12th grade (licenses in hand), they had even pooled $900 and attended a bus auction by Durham Public Schools.
But then life, and college, intervened. Reid Rosemond headed off to AmeriCorps, where he volunteered in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and later earned a certificate in sustainable design at the Yestermorrow Design-Build School in Vermont. Ellen Duda went to the University of Arts in Philadelphia. Dylan Hammond studied environmental studies at Eckerd College in Florida, where he was the founding member of the campus garden. Eliza Bordley focused on studio art and environmental studies at College of Charleston.
But back in Durham late one August night in 2011, the foursome returned to their original vision. With more maturity, resolve and focus, they drew up their plan. Now it was about getting others to believe.
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One of Bordley's first stops was her mentor, Jill Staton Bullard, the executive director of the Interfaith Food Shuttle in Raleigh. Recognizing a potential collaboration, Bullard introduced Bordley to Belinda Chiu, the founder of Zomppa, a local nonprofit whose mission includes "transforming relationships between food and people through awareness, dialogue and education."
It was a perfect match. Inspired by the team's vision and seeing the connection to a mobile education platform that she was developing, Chiu offered to buy the bus. With this significant investment secured, the wheels started to roll. Two months later a bus was found at Dartmouth College that had been converted to run on vegetable oi l but which had fallen into disrepair.
On the way home from New Hampshire, the bus broke down – seven times. As Bordley says, "it was the first true test of our commitment. It helped us all realize that we were going to see this through."
Partnering with Zomppa to develop programming and using their mechanical skills to retrofit the bus, the team started fundraising. On June 21, the newly named Sol Food Mobile Farm team hit the road with $15,000 in their account raised through a Kickstarter-based Internet campaign, friends, family and local grants. Their goal by the time they return to Durham in December: help build or renovate more than 10 urban gardens and hold more than 40 workshops on nutrition, urban gardening, and the joy and benefit of eating local food.
So far, Sol Food Mobile Farm has helped build gardens in Asheville, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Detroit, and held 10 education workshops at farmers' markets along the way. For the team it has been a significant learning experience. "Each of us studied environmental science, and we were daunted by the huge challenges facing our world," says Bordley.
"But it's been amazing and humbling to see all of the inspiring work happening in each of these communities," Bordley said. "When you break it down and bring it down to the simple things, you realize how direct the solution can be. For us, this entire journey has been like that – just taking a step at a time and building something we hope will make a difference."
It's this ethos of the next generation that inspires. There's of course some youthful naiveté. There's also innovation, courage, collaboration, resilience and a go-get-'em attitude that deserves attention and support. To learn more about Sol Food Mobile Farm check out www.solfoodmobilefarm.org.
What's next for the road trippers? Perhaps recruiting a new team to continue the bus odyssey. Or focusing their work locally in partnership with Zomppa. Or building a fleet of buses to continue the mission. What seems beyond doubt: The life lessons, relationships and confidence gained through this experience will serve these young change-makers and their communities well for years to come.
Christopher Gergen is founder of Bull City Forward & Queen City Forward, a fellow with Fuqua's Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University, and the author of "Life Entrepreneurs." Stephen Martin, a director at the nonprofit Center for Creative Leadership, is author of the forthcoming book "The Messy Quest for Meaning" and blogs at www.messyquest.com. They can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter through @cgergen.


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Yes, today is Momma's birthday. I would like to dedicate this story to Helena Narlee Harrison Brooks and the amazing love she had for her favorite puppy, Lady Bird, and, also for all of the mommas and their puppies who will meet or have met once again at the Pearly Gates in the sweet-bye-and-bye.
Momma and Lady Bird
Lady Bird was our family's version of Man's Best Friend and indeed she was. We are not positive of her age. We were privileged to have her as a family member for 10 years.
You see, some insensitive person had thrown her out and she made her way to our back gate one rainy morning. From her debilitating condition, we thought a car had hit her. She could not stand and could only lie on her side and look at us pleadingly.
We noticed, too, her big fluffy tail ever so gently swayed back and forth, indicating a sweet puppy with friendly intentions even though by her look she seemed a little intimidating — a large dog with shaggy dark brown fur and black markings.
We began to determine her condition and with great care as we were not sure of the intenseness of her pain.We didn't want to receive any snarls or bites. But her spirit remained quiet and serene as her warm brown eyes conveyed immediate attachment to our family. And as we continued to appraise her condition, it became apparent she was suffering from tick fever.
My husband, assisted by my very concerned Momma, bathed her in a warm sudsy bath. They were able to rid her of the ticks. She became a happy puppy. Although I have described her as a puppy, she was obviously a young adult dog. She gleamed and glowed with happiness, as she became a dear part of our family.
After she had been with us for about a month, we noticed how she quickly she regained her weight loss, plus additional pounds. Momma said, "That dog is going to have puppies."
My husband and I said, "Oh no, she's just getting fat."
You guessed it! She presented us with 11 beautiful and fuzzy puppies! We ran an ad in The Meridian Star and gave all of the pups away in one day! Momma actually interviewed each prospective family, just to make certain each pup received a good home. In our backyard we built Lady Bird a nice kennel with new doghouse. Momma positively doted on this dog!
At first my husband wanted to name her Lady. But I said, "There are thousands of dogs named Lady, and our puppy is so wonderful and special, I think she should be Lady Bird." I was thinking of Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady. So, Lady Bird it was and life began with this wonderful friend, who had arrived at our back gate one rainy morning.
Years went by and our Lady Bird continued to be a vital part of our family. I know on the day Momma fell, and her leg was seriously broken, Lady Bird felt her friend (and grandmother) was in pain. The pup's expressive eyes looked with love as Momma was taken away in an ambulance.
Even as Momma convalesced from surgery in the rehabilitation center, her conversation was always inclusive of Lady Bird. "How is my puppy?" Momma would ask over and over. And when I gave her the good news that Lady Bird was coming for a visit, a brilliant smile consumed Momma's entire being. She talked and talked to her friends about Lady Bird and the upcoming visit later that week. The entire facility was anxious to meet this lovable pet.
A few days later our entire family, including Lady Bird, made our visit. We met on the lovely front porch of the building, where the ceiling fans gently encouraged a nice breeze in time with the rocking of the big wooden rocking chairs. Momma called, and Lady Bird immediately went to her side and laid her large brown shaggy head on Momma's knee, then she made a comfortable place on the cool concrete floor next to her wheelchair. As Lady Bird continued to gently wave her big fluffy tail, the residents gathered around my very proud Momma to exclaim the beauty of our family pet.
One lady said, "She is the prettiest dog that I ever did see!" Of course we knew her beauty was real, an inter-beauty of sweetness, love and dedication for our family.
I would count this day as one of the happiest of Momma's entire life, even though she sat in a wheelchair recouping from serious surgery that resulted from the severely broken leg. Momma's Lady Bird was once again by her side.
Several months later Lady Bird once again witnessed a sad family as we gathered to bury Momma, who never completely recovered from her fall. I can testify to actually feeling Lady Bird's love for our entire family as we dealt with the loss of a dear, loved one.
This morning, once again, our family gathered to bury a love one, our Lady Bird. Through my memories, I can still see her large brown eyes that were always gentle with love for my family, especially Momma, and her tail waving ever so slightly showing how important we were to her world — how important my entire family was to her, our good friend, Lady Bird.
I know by my faith that this morning Momma stood just inside the Pearly Gates waiting for her puppy, her Lady Bird, and there was a glorious homecoming as the gates swung open and Momma welcomed her good and faithful friend home – finally home, her Lady Bird.
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MODESTO — City Attorney Susana Alcala Wood has submitted her resignation after more than seven years as Modestos top legal adviser. Her resignation is effective Nov. 15.
In her resignation letter dated Sept. 15, Wood wrote: The time has come for me to pursue other opportunities that have been presented....
She did not respond Tuesday to phone calls and an email seeking comment. Her decision caught council members off guard.
I am surprised to see Susana go, Councilman Joe Muratore wrote in an email. She did an admirable job of representing the city during very difficult budgetary times. I wish her all the best.
Wood is one of the citys three charter officers who report directly to the City Council. The council hires and fires these officers, who include City Manager Greg Nyhoff and City Clerk Stephanie Lopez.
Woods contract requires her to give the city 60 days notice before resigning. She is not entitled to severance pay. Her salary is $155,838, according to the citys website. She also receives a $400-a-month car allowance, according to her employment contract.
Mayor Garrad Marsh said he suspects Wood is leaving to take a better-paying job. Marsh said that some time ago, Wood told him her pay was about 20 percent less than what comparable attorneys were earning. He said the city could not afford to raise Woods pay.
Marsh and five of the six council members said they do not know about Woods future plans. Councilman Dave Cogdill Jr. did not return a phone call seeking comment.
Woods decision to leave comes about one month after her annual performance review. The council met in closed session Aug. 7 to evaluate Wood, Nyhoff and Lopez.
When asked about Woods accomplishments and legacy, Marsh said she has led the citys legal department during a time of unprecedented budget cuts and financial difficulties, yet she and her staff have continued to respond to the legal issues and challenges facing the city.
Stability within our legal department is her legacy, Marsh said.
Wood, 50, became city attorney in June 2006 after serving as a supervising deputy city attorney for Sacramento for five years and a deputy city attorney for Stockton for more than eight years. She is the first woman to serve as Modestos city attorney.
Wood wrote in her resignation letter that her time in Modesto has been the most rewarding of her long career in municipal law. She wrote that it has been a pleasure to work with the current and previous councils. She also praised the employees in her office.
But her tenure has been marked by rough patches. For instance, The Modesto Bee reported in May that a city investigation had determined Wood violated city policy in her handling of a request to change an employees timecard hours. The employee wanted her timecard to show she earned less money than she actually did so she could qualify for a state-subsidized preschool program for her daughter.
Wood was faulted for not reading emails that suggested the employee did not qualify for subsidized child care, and Wood apparently failed to consider the implications of facilitating the employees request to change the timecard, according to the investigation.
Wood said in May that it was important to note the allegations against her and her office involved fraud and that the investigation found no evidence of that. She said the report criticized her for not handling administrative matters well. There was no finding of fraud, which I knew would be the case, she said.
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Defendants and attorneys involved in the state-level Eastern Livestock criminal case gathered in Metcalfe Circuit Court Tuesday morning for a pre-trial conference to discuss several motions that have been filed regarding the case.
Thomas P. Gibson, Steven McDonald, Grant Gibson and Darren Brangers have been charged with one count of engaging in organized crime, 17 counts of theft by deception over $10,000, 144 counts of theft by deception over $500 but less than $10,000 and 11 counts of theft by deception under $500, for their alleged role in the 2010 scandal in which farmers received bad checks when they sold their cattle to Eastern Livestock, the company at which all the defendants worked. Thomas Gibson and McDonald, owner and operator, respectively, of Eastern Livestock, have also been indicted in federal court on one charge of mail fraud for their part in an alleged check-kiting scheme that affected approximately 200 cattle sellers in Kentucky along with Fifth Third Bank and Wells Fargo Bank.
Assistant attorneys general Todd Lewis and Jeff Prather, the four defense attorneys and Judge Phil Patton addressed two motions during Tuesday's pre-trial conference.
Benjamin Dusing, defense attorney for Grant Gibson, filed a motion before the court appearance to dismiss all charges against his client that stemmed from 52 alleged victims who have also filed civil suits against Fifth Third Bank, the bank that extended and subsequently froze Eastern Livestock's line of credit, resulting in the cold checks. The 52 farmers are part of six civil suits with a total of 90 plaintiffs that are accusing Fifth Third Bank of freezing Eastern's account with the knowledge that the livestock company would continue to issue worthless checks.
Dusing's motion states that the counts within the prosecution that stem from those 52 farmers should be thrown out because the civil suits "flatly exculpate (exonerate) the defendant and his co-defendants as to the crimes charged in the enumerated counts and, accordingly, principles of due process, judicial estoppel, and fundamental fairness require that these counts be dismissed."
The crux of the prosecution is the question of whether the defendants knew before writing the farmers bad checks that Fifth Third was going to freeze Eastern Livestock's account, Dusing said, and the civil suits state that Fifth Third froze the account "without notice to Eastern Livestock." Therefore, Dusing's argument is that the civil suits clear the defendants of the charges against them in the criminal case.
It is not clear in the court documents why the motion asks for only 52 victims to be removed, and not the 90 that have filed civil litigation against Fifth Third. A total of 172 victims are listed in the four defendants' indictment.
The prosecution responded to Dusing that his motion is equivalent to a request for a summary judgment against the indictment, which in essence would dismiss parts of the indictment before a trial and without all the evidence. Patton informed both sides at the pre-trial conference that in a criminal proceeding, once an indictment is returned, it is very difficult to dismiss any parts of it without having a trial.
The prosecution's response continued to say that Dusing's motion to dismiss also incorrectly characterized the charges against Grant Gibson and the other defendants. The defendants are charged with "theft by means of creating a false impression," which does not just mean knowingly passing a cold check. The defendants did allegedly know there were insufficient funds to back those checks, whether or not they knew Fifth Third would freeze the account, the attorney general's response stated.
Further, the civil suits have been filed by Glasgow attorney Thomas Davis, and his claim in a civil case cannot be attributed to the attorney general due to a matter of evidence law.
A motion filed by Davis was the other focus of the pre-trial conference. Davis filed a motion to make the discovery (or evidence) documents in the Eastern Livestock case open records, so the public can keep up with all aspects of the case. The discovery documents include more than 40,000 pages filed by the attorney general.
Dusing objects to the motion, because he said that the 40,000 pages included some comments between himself and his client. Dusing would be willing to reach an agreement with the court regarding the motion, he said, if his comments could be redacted.
Patton acknowledged the extensive public interest in the case, and indicated that he would like the documents to be public in some form. The issue is minor, Lewis said after the conference, and his office will work with Dusing and Davis to come to an agreement regarding the openness of the discovery documents. Patton scheduled a court appearance for Dec. 13 for Lewis and Prather, Dusing and Steve Romines, Brangers' attorney, to settle the issue of Davis' motion. The parties may be able to reach an agreement before the Dec. 13 date, Lewis said.
The next pre-trial conference was set for Feb. 28 in Metcalfe Circuit Court at 9 a.m., at which time a trial date should be set, Lewis said.
Also on Tuesday, the four most recent civil suits against Fifth Third Bank were removed to federal court. Davis' first two suits against Fifth Third Bank were previously removed to federal court.
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By Jean Cole
A request from five Alabama senators could keep the state's four low-cost spay and neuter clinics in business.
Sen. Bill Holtzclaw, R-Madison, made public Tuesday a letter dated Oct. 4 in which he and four other senators asked the Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to refrain from voting on a rule change that would all but close the state's four low-cost, nonprofit spay and neuter clinics.
The letter is signed by Holtzclaw, Sen. Del Marsh, Sen. Cam Ward, Sen. Slade Blackwell and Sen. Jerry Fielding.
Meanwhile the state Veterinary Medical Association, which represents 750 members or about 75 percent of the state's veterinarians, has also written a letter to the ASBVME asking board members to delay action until the legislative session.
The letters follow mounting pressure from opponents of the ASBVME's proposed rule changes, which would:
• Prevent nonveterinarians from hiring or supervising veterinarians;
• Prevent nonvets — including nonprofit groups — from owning veterinary equipment.
Clinic owners say the board is simply trying to eliminate the clinics because they compete with private veterinarians. The four low-cost clinics, which are owned independently by separate nonprofit groups, have performed about 100,000 spay and neuter surgeries.
The letters
The letter sent by the five senators to the ASBVME states that a proposed bill that would have allowed the clinics garnered support last session but "died in the basket" as lawmakers ran out of time in the session. The letter reads:
"It is our understanding that as a rule making body, working within the legislative authority granted by statute, that you are considering imposing a new rule that will limit or restrict low-cost spay/neuter clinics from operating in Alabama. (The title of the rule is 'Exercise of Independent Professional Judgement by Veterinarians; Prohibited Business Arrangements or Relationships.')
"As we are all aware, House Bill 156, introduced by Rep. Patricia Todd, was heavily debated during the 2012 regular legislative session. Legislators received numerous emails and phone calls from both sides of the issue throughout the legislative session, and the bill was tirelessly worked by both parties. Through the spirit of cooperation, the bill received no less than six amendments and a version of HB 156 passed the House with 73 'yes' votes and 26 'no' votes. A further amended version passed the Senate with 27 'yes' votes. In the end, due to time constraints within the 2012 session, no final action was taken and the bill 'died in the basket.'
"It is apparent that both sides are passionate about this matter and work remains to be done. Therefore, we respectfully request that no rule changes be implemented that would affect the current status of low-cost spay and neuter clinics from operating in Alabama. This matter should be taken up again in the 2013 Legislative Session (convening in February) and through continued collaborative efforts, we are confident that a solution can be crafted which both sides are able to support."
Veterinary Association letter
Although the Veterinary Association initially supported the board, it is seeking clarification and a delay in voting on the rules change. In a letter dated Oct. 4, Association President William Allen wrote:
"The Executive Committee of the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association met and discussed the proposed rules of ASBVME and, while we have usually supported the efforts of the Board, we must disagree with the current proposals and respectfully submit these comments for your consideration.
"The veterinary profession in this state has been damaged by the preponderance of negative publicity related to the veterinary ownership issue. While we had hoped the proposed rules would help to clarify the position of the ASBVME, it is apparent from the calls we have received that more confusion exists now than at any time previously. This confusion exists within the veterinary community, large animal producers, the media and the entire public.
"We ask you to consider postponing the rule making hearing until the wording of the rules can be clarified and corrected to reflect the proper meaning and intent. This rules document, as written and published, contains incomplete sentences, ambiguity and undefined words and clauses. Many of the comments we have received suggest that veterinarians and laypersons alike have no idea of the intent behind these rule proposals.
"To give just one brief example: in 930-X-1-.39, (1) (c), the rule states that no person other than a licensed veterinarian may retain the ownership or control of veterinary equipment or material. This is being interpreted by those in the food animal producer groups to mean that they can no longer own a dehorner or castration knife. Additionally, we wonder what the definition of "material" might include.
"While the intent may be clear to those within your board who have worked diligently to develop this, please be assured that others do not see this with clarity. In fairness to the veterinarians you regulate and the public you protect, we ask for you to clarify these documents and schedule a new hearing after proper notice is given of the clarified rules.
"As an additional observation, we noted while reviewing the Practice Act posted on the ASBVME website that changes made in the 2010 Legislative session do not appear to have been incorporated in your document. It would be helpful to have an accurate copy of the Practice Act for use with consideration of the rule proposals. For these reasons, we cannot support the proposed rules changes."


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1. Re: Plug-ins not showing up in Aperture 3.1CorkyO2 Jun 7, 2011 6:56 AM in response to hibhaven
Did you download the Photoshelter Aperture plug-in version 1.3.2?
According to the third FAQ toward bottom of page at link below, this version fixes that situation:
Note - I have not used that plug-in, but the linked page seems to outline the use pretty well.
Hope this helps.
2. Re: Plug-ins not showing up in Aperture 3.1hibhaven Jun 8, 2011 7:53 AM in response to CorkyO2
Thanks for your response, yes thats the first thing i tried, but doesnt work. Even the HSC edit doesnt work. So i have a feeling this is more to do with my Aperture than with either of those applications. Any solutions are welcome.
3. Re: Plug-ins not showing up in Aperture 3.1Frank Caggiano Jun 8, 2011 8:42 AM in response to hibhaven
Plugins normally are installed in /Library/Application Support/Aperture/Plug-Ins if you chose to make the plug-ins available to all users. If not they would be in Home/Library/Application Support/Aperture/Plug-Ins
(Home being replaced by the name of your home folder).
If you look in those places do you see anything?
BTW you have restarted Aperture since you did the installs?
4. Re: Plug-ins not showing up in Aperture 3.1hibhaven Jun 10, 2011 3:00 AM in response to Frank Caggiano
Yes, i have restarted Aperture several times, but neither of these plug-ins appear.
I checked the two folders/ paths you have mentioned below, and here is what I get:
1.Mac HDD/Library/Application Support/Aperture/Plug-Ins: When i reach the 'Aperture' folder, it shows up with a small red circle with a minus sign in and on double-clicking the folder, I get the message that I do not have permission to view contents of this folder. So I am unable to check if the plug-ins are installed here.
2. Home/Library/Application Support/Aperture/Plug-Ins: There are no files or folders in here which indicate the that plug-ins are present.
Pointing to item 1, I am now worried if there is any problem with my Aperture installation.
5. Re: Plug-ins not showing up in Aperture 3.1CorkyO2 Jun 10, 2011 6:19 AM in response to hibhaven
That symbol usually means that you are not logged in as the authorized user or that it is a system file / folder. AFAIK, that should not be considered a restricted 'System' level folder.
Are you trying to run the program from the same account you installed Aperture from?
Note - that folder is not a restricted folder on my machine where I install and run from the same administrator account.
6. Re: Plug-ins not showing up in Aperture 3.1Frank Caggiano Jun 10, 2011 7:28 AM in response to hibhaven
If you are unable to view that folder with the finder Aperture will be unable to access it when you run the program.
As a first step I would run repair permissions under Disk Utility (not from Aperture first aid). That ay resolve your problem. If it doesn't post back describing how you install Aperture
7. Re: Plug-ins not showing up in Aperture 3.1hibhaven Jun 23, 2011 2:11 PM in response to Frank Caggiano
hi Frank, I have sorted out the access issue to this folder in Library, it was basically a permissions issue. All plug-ins are now visible in Aperture:)
8. Re: Plug-ins not showing up in Aperture 3.1abhallowell Apr 25, 2013 2:28 PM in response to Frank Caggiano
I have a similar situation that you seem like you might understand.
I bought a new computer, started a new user (A), and downloaded Aperture. Then I realized it was easier to move the pictures from my old computer by transferring everything from that computer, creating another user (B) on my new computer. Since then I havent used user A at all, but now I can't access plug-ins for Aperture. Based on your posts above I checked user B and sure enough there are the plug-ins. I tried to repair permissions in the disk utility, and that didn't help. I restarted the program after each try.
Any idea of what I might try next?
On a separate note, I've been unhappy with this new macbook pro from the start, as compared to my old macbook, in terms of speed. Plus the battery life *****, which is a main reason i ditched the last one, no where near as advertised. Could an extraneous unnecessarily running/ partitioned in the background be creating any problems for speed or battery life? Or was dumping in everything from my old computer a bad idea?
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