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Mary Landrieu March 2013
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. says she will sponsor or support a bill to ensure that Americans can keep their existing insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
(J. Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said she will propose legislation to ensure Americans can keep their current insurance even if it may not comply with minimum standards under the Affordable Care Act.
Landrieu's comments Wednesday came after reports that insurance companies have sent out hundreds of thousands of letters telling people with individual policies -- not obtained under a group, or through employers -- that they must seek other insurance because theirs doesn't comply with the health law's mandated coverage.
Republicans said those actions contradict numerous statements by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, including Landrieu, that people could keep their policies if they were satisfied with them, even after the Affordable Care Act was implemented.
"The promise was made and it should be kept," Landrieu said Wednesday. "And it was our understanding when we voted for that, that people when they have insurance, could keep what they had. So, I'm going to be working on that fix."
Landrieu's "Keeping the Affordable Care Act Promise" legislation would allow people to hold on to policies that don't meet the "essential benefits" coverage provisions mandated by the Affordable Care Act. But it would require insurers who offer such plans to inform consumers of the "essential benefits" their policies don't provide.
Landrieu believes consumers should be fully informed on what they are getting and not getting from their health insurance, her aides said.
They expect Landrieu to introduce her bill on Thursday.
On Tuesday, the conservative Weekly Standard quoted Landrieu as saying that the assurance to Americans was that, "if you had insurance that was good insurance that you wanted to keep it, you could keep it."
Since then, aides said, the senator learned of a bill being drafted by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., and decided to offer her own, with more consumer disclosures.
Obama defended the administration's policy on individual plans in a speech in Boston: "One of the things health reform was designed to do was to help not only the uninsured but also the underinsured," the president said. "And there are a number of Americans, fewer than 5 percent of Americans, who've got cut-rate plans that don't offer real financial protection in the event of a serious illness or an accident."
"Before the Affordable Care Act, the worst of these plans routinely dropped thousands of Americans every single year," the president said. "And on average, premiums for folks who stayed in their plans for more than a year shot up about 15 percent a year. This wasn't just bad for those folks who were, had these policies; it was bad for all of us, because, again, when tragedy strikes, and folks can't pay their medical bills, everybody else picks up the tab."
At a contentious House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the Obama administration is carrying out the law that says Americans could keep polices that were in effect before the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010. Americans can keep individual plans bought after that date if the polices comply with minimum coverage requirements, according to the law.
Many of the 5 percent of Americans with individual coverage have been denied basic consumer protection or adequate coverage for serious illness, she said. Companies regularly cancel individual policies and have done so well before the Affordable Care Act became law and are doing so now, the secretary said.
"This market has always been the Wild West," Sebelius said.
Those losing coverage, Sebelius said, can buy more comprehensive coverage, often at the same or lower prices, through the exchanges, the marketplaces set up under the law to purchase coverage and qualify for income-based subsidies.
But Republicans said many Americans looking for replacements for their canceled individual policies are either finding "sticker shock" in terms of higher prices at the Affordable Care exchanges, or finding they can't access the troubled Affordable Care Act website, Healthcare.gov. It was down at least part of the day Wednesday.
Reps. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, and Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, were among a host of House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans who read from emails and letters sent to them from constituents.
"People are sharing stories with me," Scalise said. "Shawn from Covington said: 'My current plan through United Health is no longer being offered in 2014 due to Obamacare.'"
"Madam Secretary," Scalise said, "what would you tell Shawn who liked his plan and now has lost it? He was promised by you and the president he would be able to keep that plan."
Sebelius said she would tell "Shawn to shop the (Affordable Care Act) marketplace." She also said United Health didn't have to cancel the plan if the policyholder had a plan issued before the law's 2010 enactment, or one that met the minimum criteria for health insurance.
Cassidy read a letter from a woman he identified as Adrienne: "She lost her coverage because spousal coverage is gone. She's gone on the exchange, doesn't qualify for a subsidy, but that her premium and out-of-pocket costs under any plan is $10,000 a year. She writes us. She feels betrayed by her government."
Under the Affordable Care Act, large businesses, starting in 2015, must provide coverage to employees, but not necessarily for their spouses and families.
Cassidy said he is supporting a new House bill to require the administration to allow Americans to keep their existing insurance.
The Affordable Care Act, which Landrieu supported and Cassidy opposed, is already a contentious issue as the two prepare to face each other and other candidates in the 2014 Louisiana Senate race.
The Kaiser Family Foundation said 15.4 million people had individual health coverage in 2011, or about 5 percent of the U.S. population. Most Americans obtain their policies through their employers, or Medicaid or Medicaid, and aren't being affected by the Affordable Care Act, the Kaiser report said.
During the hearing, Sebelius apologized for problems with the website. "In these early weeks, access to HealthCare.gov has been a miserably frustrating experience for way too many Americans, including many who have waited years, in some cases their entire lives, for the security of health insurance," Sebelius said.
"You deserve better," she said, speaking directly to Americans unable to enroll for insurance under the Affordable Care Act's exchanges. "I'm accountable to you for fixing these problems."
She predicted it would be fully operational by the end of November.
On Wednesday, Landrieu said she doesn't believe the president was intentionally trying to misrepresent the law when he told Americans they could keep their current insurance plan if they were satisfied with it once the Affordable Care Act was operational.
But she said the nation would be better off if Republicans tried to improve the law, rather than continually trying to defund or repeal it.


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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Still Going
Good news! The vomiting has stopped, both canine and human. But now my daughter is coughing and that's never good. We both got very little sleep last night due to the coughing, but thankfully she is making up for it now, sleeping peacefully in my bed.
I made some lovely, rich beef stock yesterday for the sick children; I simmered grass fed beef bones in water all day with onions, garlic, celery, carrots, bay leaves, pepper, salt, thyme and a dash of vinegar. Then I strained the broth and ladled it into bowls, putting large tender shreds of meat from the bones into my sons' bowls. There wasn't a whole lot of meat, and my daughter doesn't eat it so I let the boys have it. I also made buttermilk biscuits from scratch and the kids gobbled up the whole dozen! I just had the stock, myself; it was very good.
My calories have fluctuated the last couple of days. I was maintaining at 1300ish so wanted to drop down a bit but the other day ended up at 1550. Yesterday, about 1200 and 52% fat. My carbs are staying low, but I'm not sure what the scale will say even if I stay around 1200, with that 1550 day thrown in there. We'll see.
Tonight I am making pork chops in the crock pot with mushroom gravy and mashed potatoes for the kids. I will have mashed cauliflower with my chop. Maybe I'll roast some broccoli for everyone, too. I love roasted broccoli!
I hope you all have a good day. Enjoy what you have!
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So glad that things are better. Was looking forward to this kind of post after Monday's post. Hang in there...we all understand your struggles. I have been struggling for years and I finally started Medifast yesterday and am hoping it works for me like it has for so many others. Keep on doing what you are doing!
- October 23, 2012 at 8:41 AM
- Lori said...
I'm glad that at least the vomiting has stopped. I'm also glad that you were able to work through this emotionally without a binge. You have made huge emotional strides. Celebrate that victory regardless of what the scales say.
- October 23, 2012 at 8:47 AM
- Mir Writes said...
Got a link or page with the crockpot pork chop recipe? Hubby loves p. chops and I like using the slow cooker cause I don't like to cook. Pass it on, babe.
- October 23, 2012 at 9:23 AM
- Lyn said...
not sure yet but I think I am going to season the chops with Mrs. Dash, then brown them in a bit of olive oil with onions and garlic and layer them in the crock (with the onions and some chopped celery and mushrooms) and let it cook on low all day. I am looking around the web to see about making a low carb gravy from the defatted drippings using cream; I usually thicken with cornstarch, but am going to try a new, grain free method if I find something that sounds like it will work.
- October 23, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- Taryl said...
Good job hanging in there and yay for no more vomit, hopefully your daughter doesn't get any sicker!
- October 23, 2012 at 12:35 PM
Beef broth? Now THATS how a winner makes good use of anxious energy! Kudos to you Lynn.
- October 23, 2012 at 4:24 PM
- Mir Writes said...
Do you add any liquid with the browned pork chops?
- October 24, 2012 at 7:46 AM
- Mir Writes said...
I noticed anonymous posted beef broth, and I use that when I cook beef for shredding in the crockpot. I use chicken broth for chicken. Maybe...onion broth or veggie broth for pork chops? Not sure. Wondering if they came out okay for you sans broth/liquid.
- October 24, 2012 at 7:47 AM
- Lyn said...
I added a whole package of mushrooms and two onions, the drippings from the chops browning, a ladle of homemade beef stock and a splash of half and half. There was a lot of liquid once it was cooked down but I think this recipe needs work. The gravy was very thin although tasty. Not really cohesively creamy though. Meat was tender.
- October 24, 2012 at 8:23 AM


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Kitchen Manager / Team Leader
Lovely Pub - Gloucester
Up to £25K + £4K Bonus & Benefits
A great opportunity for a Kitchen Manager ot Team Leader to lead a popular pub, situated in the Longlevens suburb of Gloucester.
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So much has happened since I was here last. I actually did write on the new moon last month, which as you may remember was the day of the storm out here. It was all about community resilience and climate chaos. Sounds good, right? AND I was somewhat delirious because I was up all night long taking care of my sweet dog who has PTSD and paces and scratches and has to wear an anxiety outfit for dogs during storms, so what I wrote made very little sense and will remain a draft. forever. I will write about those things again, including thoughts on Rough Weather Networks and holistic disaster response.
Some things to share with you:
One, is this interview I did which is now out in the Canadian journal, No More Potlucks. Gina Badger, artist, writer, herbalist genius, found me somehow, came and drank tea with me, and we talked about magic, plants, colonialism, and social justice. Enjoy. http://nomorepotlucks.org/article/magie-no17/out-time-interview-dori-midnight
Two, for those of you in the Northeast, I will be teaching a workshop this Sunday at Montview neighborhood farm called Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves. My workshop will be followed by an herbs for community resilience workshop with the brilliant Jade Alicandro- Mace.
In this experiential workshop, we'll explore our interconnectedness with each other and the earth, at a time in which our very survival, as a species and as a planet, seems to hang in the balance. If we are paying attention, our responses can range from numbness, grief, anger, or fear, which manifest differently in our daily lives (like environmental illness, cancer, ADHD, stress, addiction etc). How can we, as individuals and as communities, honor and move through these emotions and also connect to our gifts, vitality, creativity, and sense of connectedness to root ourselves in joy and be of service at this very time on the planet? We'll talk about land history- from genocide to toxic exposure- and learn rituals, remedies, and practices that support healing for ourselves, our communities, and the earth, herself.
$25-$60 sliding scale, no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Please register in advance by emailing montview AT pedalpeople.COM or call 413-825-6795 x306
Three, I want to direct your attention to a couple of places dear to my heart that suffered great losses from the storm and could use your support.
Nuestras Raices is is a grass-roots organization that promotes economic, human and community development in Holyoke, Massachusetts through projects relating to food, agriculture, and the environment. They lost 95% of their produce, their farmer incubator site, and youth garden. They host 13 migrant and refugee farmers that cultivate specialty crops from the Caribbean and many of their plants used for seed saving were destroyed as well.
They are trying to fundraise $100,000 to help the farmers recoup their losses and rebuild the farm.
You can make a tax deductible donation to:
Nuestras Raices attn: Farm Relief
329 Main St
Holyoke MA 01040
Also, Partner Earth Education Center is a sweet sanctuary land where my dear friend and teacher Pam Montgomery lives and hosts workshops. The gardens were flooded with silt and boulders and there is much work to do to recover this beautiful land. You can learn more and make a donation
Four, check out the book, Urban Homesteading!
For one, it's got information on fermenting, rabbit raising, beekeeping, goat farming, cheesemaking, rain water catchment, and permaculture in the city. and more!
For two, it's by two stellar human beings, Rachel Kaplan and K. Ruby Blume, who I love.
For three, there are pictures of baby rabbits in it.
For four, I have a little bitty essay in it about community healing as homesteading! This book is an excellent resource, SO well written, and fabulous for both beginners to seasoned dirty city farmers, so please go to your local bookshop and buy it or ask them to order it, or ask your library to carry at least one copy of it.
with lots of love,


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The Decora Company was born in 1998 from the forty-plus years experience of the De Luca family in the field of catering and confectionery equipment.
Carlo De Luca sensed the need to make available to a public of fans and enthusiasts a series of products for the decoration of cakes and cookies used only by professionals until that moment.
Today Decora is a reference point in the decoration world for the many consumers who take care of the quality and the safety of the products they buy.
The warehouse is always well-provided and well organized, with a automatic system compliant to the EU and the Italian laws.
The IT and the account dpt. can count on a efficient and innovative customized management system.
The sales dpt. manages purchase orders in real-time and supports customers facing any kind of request.
The research and development dpt. avails itself of a determined and experienced team that can count on a culinary studio, inside the headquarter of the Company, where products are carefully tested by the experience of the first Decora instructor: Maria.
Decora is official distributor of the historic brand Wilton.
The De Luca family is proud to distribute the Wilton products in Italy for 40 years.
The communication dpt. is young and creative, focused on the market trends and on the brand awareness and is supported by a photo-studio in the company premises. Great attention is devoted to the web, with a strong presence on the main social networks by which the empathy linking the Company to its consumers develops.
The Company is modern and well-organized, composed of a young and creative team, always taking care of the needs of customers.
Pietro De Luca
Export Manager
Carlo De Luca
Margherita De Luca
Research and Comunication
Serena De luca
Marketing & Comunication
Valentina Tafuri
Products Research and Development
Francesca Gammella
Export Department
Grazia Borea
Orders and Customer Complaints
Roberto Citro
Visual Communication
Federica Della Monica
IT Consultant
Ida Cuomo
Indre Inno
Secretary and Accounting
Rosa Graziuso
Supplier Orders
Marika Cardamone
Communication and Department Support
Lucia Lia
Orders and Customer Invoicing
Rosa Maria Martin Dueñas
Decora Instructor
Decora was born by the idea of combining the ancient tradition of the Italian pastry, made using high-quality and natural ingredients, with the Anglo-American decorative method.
This is why Decora strongly believes in its food range.
Our philosophy is "Healthy and high-quality products" and realizes in:
• use of precious ingredients,
• absence of hydrogenated fats,
• use of colourings of natural extraction,
• research for first quality raw material of verified origin,
• tests and certifications verified during the production process.
Besides the food products, there are the equipment and the packaging.
Both ranges distinguish themselves for being made in Italy in compliance to the EU laws and to high standard production.
The equipment is developed through several steps of research and planning carried out minutely and always paying attention to the market and to the needs of the decoration world.
The packaging is dedicated to the "home made" concept and is developed with the purpose of allowing all those who bake their cakes at home to share them and give them away stylishly.
The library, one of the richest in Italian, arises from the cooperation with many instructors and experts of this field.
The purpose is to guarantee to the consumer high-quality standard with the genuine taste of the "Made in Italy".


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Cayenne pepper is a delicious hot and spicy seasoning, similar to chilli powder, that has become incredibly popular throughout Australia.
If you can handle the heat, cayenne pepper is the perfect addition to an array of yummy meals, including meat, chicken and fish dishes, and can easily be used as a tasty barbeque seasoning, or combined into delicious curries, soups and sauces and even works well when added to yummy vegetable dishes and used as a pepper to flavour hot potato fries! YUM!
Not only does this magnificent spice taste great and compliment a number of dishes, but also contains many health promoting benefits that are great for your overall health. Cayenne pepper is an excellent source of vitamin A, beta-carotene and antioxidants, which have been said to reduce the risks of asthma, arthritis and heart disease and boost your metabolism!
What do you like to flavour with cayenne pepper?


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If the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Environment has its way, by 2014 Malaysia will be using Light Emitting Diode (LED) to light up its streets. By doing so, the government is expected to save RM300 million every year on energy expenses for streetlights.
An example of a widely use of LED lamp application bright sighboards and traffic lights. Due to its directional light beam, when angled correctly, LED lamp is very bright and suitable for traffic lightings during daytime.
Initiative by KePKAS
According to Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister (KePKAS), Datuk Bolkiah Hj Ismail, the move to use LED for street-lighting is to achieve a sustainable development through the adoption of green technology. It is the government's desire to look into more development plans that are environmentally friendly.
Through the use of green technology via LED lights, there is an expected saving of up to 75% (I'm quoting Datuk Bolkiah) of energy compared to conventional lights. A pre-qualification registration and consulting service on the use of LED lights to contractors was held on Monday, organised by Realkey Solutions Sdn Bhd.
The Federal Government is expected to roll out the budget on the installation of LED lights nationwide soon. State governments, agencies and departments may also receive a huge allocation to phase out conventional lights.
To help the nation reduce carbon emission, the State Government would take the LED lights installation as one of the steps towards the adoption of green technology. At the federal level, LED lights will be installed at Ministry of Health premises and streets under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department.
TheGreenMechanics' two cents: Massive funding, don't screw it!
Do up some rough mathematical calculations and using 5 to 6 years of ROI, the total investment in the LED street lighting could cost the government a whopping RM2 billion to RM2.5 billion. But with the large number of lights to be replaced the amount should be much lesser than this. The intention is noble, so, don't screw this by turning the exercise into a national scandal.
LED lighting technology is still evolving and lamp manufacturing code has not been standardised yet, unlike the conventional lights.
What this means is that each manufacturer (e.g. Philips, Osram, GE, Siemens, etc) will have their own standard on fittings, rating, lifespan, build and so on, making compatibility a big issue.
For instance, when you buy a Philips LED bulb c/w fitting, 6 to 7 years down the road you would want to replace a faulty 'bulb'. You can only do so using a Philips 'bulb' and not Osram's or Siemens'. If you insist on other brand, you would then need to replace the whole fitting which is a very expensive affair.
In short, plan properly at the beginning and don't blow the budget halfway.
Reference: http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=81885


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So many great things to do with kids music... but not all of them involving posting to the site. Things will pick up soon, I promise.
Also, in case you missed it, my NPR review of Recess Monkey's Wired and The Pop Ups' Appetite for Construction.
Blog: Review: Through the Woods - The Okee Dokee Brothers, Itty-Bitty Review: I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Thomas Hellman and Emilie Clepper, Listen To This (World Premiere): "I Can I Can" - The SqueeGees, It's Not About the Water Bottle: 2014 XOXO Conference
Videos: "Robot Love Song" - Lyndy Butler
Listen to Music: Nursery Rhymes - The Kinkajous, Back to School Playlist - Various Artists
Free Music: None this week
Kids Music Reviews: None this week
iOS Apps: None this week
Upcoming Releases: Constantly updating...
Kindie Week in Review: None this week
My Other Other Gig: None this week
Bake Sale: None this week


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Why Corona treatment is essential to your business
By Jan Eisby, CSO of Vetaphone
"The problem with writing or printing on plastic films is well known. You have a plastic bag and you would like to write on it with a pen, but unfortunately the ink doesn't stick to the plastic since the untreated plastic has a structure, which makes it impossible to both write and print on due to poor adhesion. Corona treatment is the solution to this well know problem."
Corona treatment is a high frequency discharge that increases the adhesion of a plastic surface.
Whether a liquid wets a material good or poorly depends primarily on the chemical nature of both the liquid and the substrate. Wetting is defined as the ratio between the surface energies of the liquid and substrate.
In general the following rule is true: "A material will be wetted, if it's surface energy (=dyn/cm) is higher than the surface energy of the liquid. If not, there will be an adhesion problem. The figure below shows the basic dyne-level of a material and the required dyne-level in the different applications.
How to avoid adhesion problems
The pre-treatment offered by Corona treatment is necessary to obtain sufficient wetting and adhesion on plastic films or metallic foils before the printing, laminating or coating. A Corona discharge unit is the solution to optimize the wetting and adhesion. This Corona technique has proved to be both highly effective, cost-effective and can take place in-line.
What is corona treatment?
Plastic is a man-made synthetic material, which contains long homogeneous molecular chains that form a strong and uniform product. The chains of molecules are normally joined end to end forming even longer chains, leaving only a few open chain ends, thus providing only a small amount of bonding points at the surface. The small amount of bonding points cause the low adhesion and wettability, which is a problem in converting processes. When the Danish engineer and founder of Vetaphone, Verner Eisby, was asked about a solution to this problem, he came up with a theory that that a high frequency charge would provide both a more efficient end controllable method of increasing the adhesion and wettability of a plastic surface.
During corona discharge treatment, electrons are accelerated into the surface of the plastic causing the long chains to rupture, producing a multiplicity of open ends and free valences are formed.
The ozone from the electrical discharge creates an oxygenation, which in turn forms new carbonyl groups with a higher surface energy. The result is an improvement of the chemical connection (dyn/cm) between the molecules in the plastic and the applied media/liquid. This surface treatment will not reduce or change the strength. Neither will it change the appearance of the material. The Corona only changes the top molecule chains, which is 0.00001 micron thick.
Determination of treatment level
The effectiveness of the Corona treatment depends on the specific material being used. Different materials have different characteristics and different amounts of slip and additives, which will determine the effect of the Corona treatment. There are no limits with regard to the materials that can be corona treated. However, the required intensity of the treatment (watt/min/m2) may vary significantly. The treatment level can be calculated by using the following formula:
Power (watt) = T x S x W x M
P = Total Power (Watt) required
T = Number of sides to Treat (single/double sided)
S = Line Speed (in metres per minute)
W = Film Width (in metres)
M = Material factor (required Watt per m² per minute)
The exact value is best determined by testing a sample of the actual film that is used for a specific application.
Over time the obtained dyne-level will decrease and it can be necessary to corona treat the material again just before use. When a material contains slip the dyne-level will fall faster, as well as thicker and older film stocks are more difficult to treat as slip agents may have migrated to the surface. Also storage conditions and temperatures can affect the decay of the Corona treatment. Generally speaking, the more difficult a material is to treat the quicker it is likely to decay with time. It has been established that film with very high slip additives (over 1200 ppm) can be totally resistant to printing just 24 hours after treatment, and it may be necessary to process the film immediately following treatment, or boost the treatment in line with the printer.
Material which has not been treated under extrusion can be difficult to treat afterwards. Therefore it is recommended to treat film just after the extrusion, and then use a refreshment treatment just before the liquid/media is supplied to the surface.
Close-up of the Corona treatment dischargeAdhesion improved by Vetaphone Corona treatment
Example of our Corona treatment equipment in action


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- Department of Commerce Information
- Programs & Services
- Business & Community Finance & Incentives
Business and Community Finance and Incentives
Programs include retention of withholding taxes, investment tax credits, sales tax project exemptions and revolving loan funds for local infrastructure projects, as well as loans and/or grants to assist rural communities in improving infrastructure, housing and urgent needs to maintain and grow.
Below is a list of our most widely utilized financial incentives.
Kansas Angels Tax Credit
Kansas income tax credits are available to qualified individuals who provide seed-capital financing for emerging Kansas businesses engaged in development, implementation and commercialization of innovative technologies, products and services.
Kansas Certified Development Companies
Kansas Certified Development Companies (CDC) help businesses access the numerous loan programs available from a variety of sources.
Community Development Block Grant Program
The Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program allows the Department of Commerce to distribute federal funds to Kansas cities and counties looking to improve their community.
Community Service Tax Credit Program
The Kansas Community Service Program (CSP) has given nonprofit organizations a way to improve their ability to undertake major capital fund-raising drives for various projects.
Employer Partner Incentive
The KANSASWORKS Employer Partner Incentive connects job seekers with disabilities to employers.
Energy Incentives
The Department of Commerce offers a diverse portfolio of financial incentives to Kansas businesses and producers engaged in conventional and renewable energy production.
High Performance Incentive Program (HPIP)
The High Performance Incentive Program provides tax incentives to employers that pay above-average wages and have a strong commitment to skills development for their workers.
Indiv. Development Account Tax Credit Prog.
The Individual Development Account (IDA) Program allows qualified Kansans of low income levels the opportunity to achieve financial self-sufficiency through education and asset development via special savings accounts.
Kansas Certified Development Companies
Kansas Certified Development Companies (CDC) help businesses access the numerous loan programs available from a variety of sources.
Kansas Industrial Retraining (KIR)
The Kansas Industrial Retraining program is a job retention tool that helps employees of restructuring companies who are likely to be displaced because of obsolete or inadequate job skills and knowledge.
Kansas Industrial Training (KIT)
The KIT program may be used to assist firms involved in job creation. Training can include pre-employment, classroom and on-the-training by in-house instructors or vendors.
Private Activity Bonds
Qualified Private Activity Bonds (PABs) are federally tax-exempt bonds. Under the federal volume cap, Kansas has a total 2015 bond allocation of $301,515,000 for this purpose.
Promoting Employment Across Kansas Program
PEAK is intended to encourage economic development in Kansas by incenting companies to relocate, locate or expand business operations and jobs in Kansas.
Property Tax Abatement Assistance
The Kansas Department of Commerce provides aid to businesses and governmental entities applying for economic development and/or industrial revenue bond tax abatements.
Rural Opportunity Zones (ROZ)
Rural Opportunity Zones are 77 counties that have been authorized to offer financial incentives to new full-time residents.
STAR Bonds
Sales Tax Revenue (STAR) Bonds provide Kansas municipalities the opportunity to issue bonds to finance the development of major commercial, entertainment and tourism areas and use the sales tax revenue generated by the development to pay off the bonds.
State Small Business Credit Initiative
The Kansas Capital Multiplier Loan and Venture Funds are programs that provide matching funds through a partner network to eligible businesses in communities across Kansas. Funding is provided through the United States Treasury via the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI).
Work Opportunity Tax Credit
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit helps people move from welfare to work and gain on-the-job experience by encouraging private employers to hire within one of several targeted groups of job candidates who traditionally face significant barriers to employment


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Today's photo is of Duncan but it is really about the great feature of my Canon SD800is camera. This feature is called Color Accent. It can only be accessed if you take your camera off the automatic mode and jump into the scary area of manual settings. But it is really cool and worth playing around with. I talk more about the process and my inspiration for this type of photo on Flatwater.
I need to say that Ted Murphy of PayPerPost is a good sport. I watched the episode of the Calacanis Cast today and probably wont tune in again. I watched it to see Ted, the man behind PayPerPost and Jason Calacanis discuss PayPerPost.
First of all Ted had to sit through a very condescending interview conducted by Jason Calacanis. Ted was a gentleman. Ted defended himself well from the attacks. I did notice that they both used a buzzword that I can't stand and that is "at the end of the day". Ted, please strike that from your repertoire of rhetoric it is a space filler.
I have to give credit to Ted for putting up with the attacks and twisting of words throughout the interview. I did like how Ted got Robyn $1,000. Calacanis had some issue with the Postie Patrol that Robyn thoroughly enjoyed participating in. And he challenged Ted to have Calacanis Cast written on his (Ted's) forehead. Ted did it for $1,000 that was given to Robyn. And what did Robyn do with the money, she gave to the Posties in the form of an opportunity Titled: Paying It Forward. She made an opp and asked all Posties to write i "heart" (draw a heart) Ted on their foreheads and talk about how that came about. I would have taken the opp if this blog had the proper page rank to qualify so I'm writing about it now and will get my forehead picture later. I think that both Ted and Robyn showed big hearts today. You can watch the interview at http://www.podtech.net/home/technology/2523/calacaniscast-19-beta
I can't wait to shake Ted's hand at PostieCon 2007. I'm going, are you?
I didn't end up getting the opp but in a show of solidarity to my fellow Posties and because I figure that Ted has helped me make well over that $1,000 I would also show the love for Mr. Murphy. And Thank you Robyn for starting this trend. Robyn was also very helpful to me during the puzzle hunts. So even though this is not a sponsored post I wanted to participate anyway.
I drew this myself in the mirror. I should have started further over. And I have a tough time smiling and trying to take the picture. I should have used my QuikPod. But I did write it in green.
Here is one of my better shots of Starscream as I attempted to use him as the subject for Photo-A-Day. Why, because the special set of toys for BotCon 2007 are going to be Starscream's fellow Seekers and two other bad motor scooters, Thunderwing and BugBite.
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Lowell L. Bennion
Lowell Lindsay Bennion (July 26, 1908 – February 21, 1996) was an American educator, sociologist, and humanitarian. He wrote extensively on religious living in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon or LDS Church), and was an advocate for volunteer service in Utah and Idaho.
Bennion was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Milton Bennion and Cora Lindsay Bennion. In 1928, Bennion graduated from the University of Utah, married Merle Colton and then left to serve in the Swiss–German Mission of the LDS Church.[1] Bennion spent much of his mission in Zürich, where he served as branch president.[2] After serving two and a half years as a missionary Bennion began studies towards his Ph.D. at the University of Strasbourg. His wife came to France to live with him at about this point.
After earning his Ph.D. in sociology in 1933, Bennion returned to Utah and founded the Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah in 1934.[1] Bennion later founded Teton Valley Boys Ranch and served as its director for many years.[3] He served as a bishop in the LDS Church. The first food bank and homeless shelters in Utah were founded by Bennion.[1]
- Lowell L., Bennion (1933). Max Weber's Methodology. Paris: Les Presses Modernes.
- —— (1939). Youth and Its Religion. Salt Lake City: Mutual Improvement Association of the LDS Church.
- —— (1940). The Religion of the Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: L.D.S. Dept. of Education.
- —— (1955). An Introduction to the Gospel. Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday School Union Board.
- —— (1956). Teachings of the New Testament (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. OCLC 1335039. Expanded from his 1953 Sunday School manual.
- —— (1959). Religion and the Pursuit of Truth. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.
- —— (1978). Things That Matter Most. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft. ISBN 0884943461.
- —— (1985). The Book of Mormon: A Guide to Christian Living. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. ISBN 087747866X.
- —— (1988). England, Eugene (ed.). The Best of Lowell L. Bennion: Selected Writings 1928-1988. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. ISBN 0875791867.
- —— (1990). Legacies of Jesus. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. ISBN 0875793614.
- —— (1996). How Can I Help?: Final Selections By the Legendary Writer, Teacher, and Humanitarian. Salt Lake City: Aspen Books. ISBN 1562362291.
- ^ a b c Bradford 2000, p. 90.
- ^ Bradford, Mary Lythgoe (1995), Lowell L. Bennion: Teacher, Counselor, Humanitarian, Salt Lake City: Dialogue Foundation, p. 39, ISBN 1560850817
- ^ Lythgoe, Dennis (March 27, 1990), "Return of Teton Boys Ranch Perpetuates Bennion's Legacy", Deseret News
- Bradford, Mary Lythgoe (2000), "Lowell L. Bennion", in Garr, Arnold K.; Cannon, Donald Q.; Cowan, Richard O. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, ISBN 1573458228
- England, Eugene (July 1988). "A Bibliography of Works by and About Lowell L. Bennion" (PDF). Sunstone: 31–5.
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Medicines affecting the ability to drive
Drugs affecting the ability to drive, what are they?
Drugs affecting the ability to drive have a sedative effect on the central nervous system, causing you to:
- become drowsy or sleepy
- find it hard to concentrate
- react more slowly than you normally would
- feel under the influence.
Most people know that alcohol and driving is a bad mix. But not as many would think that the combination of certain types of medicines and driving could be just as dangerous.
Like alcohol, "drugs affecting the ability to drive" can have a sedative effect or make you feel tipsy and could affect your judgement and your ability to react. The effect of taking these medicines is easily comparable to having a blood alcohol level, which means that it could increase the risk of accidents considerably.
Therefore, be extremely cautious if you drive or use machines while taking a medicine with a red warning triangle.
Red warning triangle tells you which drugs affect your driving ability
In Denmark, medicines that are associated with the highest risks of affecting you are labelled with a red warning triangle.
It indicates that the medicine causes drowsiness, and that it can affect the safety of work and the ability to drive.
But it is very important to be aware that there are medicines without the red warning triangle that can also affect your ability to drive safely, as we will describe below.
Drugs affecting the ability to drive – three degrees
In Denmark, the Danish Medicines Agency assesses if a drug is to be labelled with a red warning triangle to indicate that it affects the ability to drive.
The Danish Medicines Agency evaluates the medicine's effect and side effects and also considers if it is a medicine that you take yourself or if it is given by a doctor, for example as part of surgical procedures.
When the Danish Medicines Agency has finished its assessment, it decides which of the following three degrees the medicine should have.
- No impairment - mild impairment
- Small impairment - moderate impairment
- Significant impairment
Only those medicines that impair the ability to drive significantly are labelled with a red warning triangle
The warning triangle is used in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, so it is not an internationally used symbol.
If you buy medicine abroad, the medicine will probably carry a different warning label.
Which medicines bear the red warning triangle?
In Denmark, the following types of medicines carry the red warning triangle, but the list is not complete.
- strong and certain mild painkillers
- medicines for epilepsy
- medicines for anxiety
- tranquillisers
- cough remedies
- motion sickness medications
- anti-nausea medicines
- allergy and hay fever medicines
- migraine tablets
- certain weight-loss products
- medicines for ADHD
- any medicine that contain more than 10 % alcohol
- sleeping tablets (do not drive until your body has excreted the drug)
Not all drugs affecting the ability to drive have a red warning triangle
In special situations, some medicines without a red warning triangle could still affect work safety and your ability to drive.
Always read the package leaflet with the medicine. It tells you about any precautions that you should take. Think twice if the medicine you are taking in some way makes you feel impaired.
- Eye drops which contain substances that dilate the pupils could impair your vision.
- Medicines for high blood pressure can cause dizziness, discomfort and could thus impair your ability to react.
- Insulin and medicines for diabetes may indirectly impair your ability to react. If you take too much medicine, your blood sugar could drop too low, and you can get dizzy and feel unwell, which means that your ability to react is impaired.
- Medicines for hay fever and allergy can affect your ability to react, so it's important that you pay attention to how you feel. Hay fever in itself can cause sleepiness and thus impairs your ability to react.
- Dry cough medicines. These medicines affect the central nervous system, which means that they can make you drowsy.
- Medicines for depression or other psychiatric disorders.
- Several types of herbal remedies can also cause drowsiness and thus affect your ability to react. In particular, you should be aware of medications that contain valerian.
Special requirements for certain occupational groups
You should be aware that some drugs affecting the ability to drive are considered so dangerous by some industry organisations/employers or the Danish Transport Authority that you are not allowed to take them while you work, no matter that the medicine is not labelled with the read warning triangle. If you're not sure whether your medicine is affected, check this with your industry organisation.
Take a note of how you react
When you take a medicine for the first time or if you take more medicine than you normally would, be very careful about deciding to drive.
If you feel unwell, drowsy or exited shortly after you have started taking a new medicine or if you have changed the dose, the medicine may affect your ability to drive.
The effect could be short-term or might not show until after a while, but either way, it is crucial that you pay attention to how you react. Remember that we all respond differently to the same medicine!
How strong is the medicine's effect?
It depends on how much medicine you take. We cannot say for certain how you will react as people respond differently to medicine. Factors such as gender, age, weight and dose all play a part in how the medicine will effect you.
Usually, the sedative effect is strongest in the beginning of treatment and when the dose is increased.
If you take more than one medicine or take any of them with alcohol, sometimes the sedative effect will increase.
Drugs affecting the ability to drive and alcohol
If you take medicines with alcohol, the alcohol may increase the sedative effect of medicines that affect the ability to drive. The sedative effect can also increase if you take several medicines that bear the red warning triangle at the same time.
Check your medicine before you get behind the wheel
- You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if your particular medicine could affect your ability to drive.
- Always see if your medicine bears the red warning triangle, and stay alert!
- If you start on a new medicine that has the red warning triangle, or if your dose of your usual medicine is changed, it is important that you do not drive until you know how it effects you.
- Remember to read the package leaflet. The package leaflet tells you about the medicine's side effects and what the effects are if you take more than one medicine or if you take it with alcohol.
- If you start taking a medicine for psychiatric disorders, diabetes, or high blood pressure, or if the dose of your medicine is changed, check with your doctor if you shouldn't drive at all.
- Never mix alcohol with a drug that affects the ability to drive. Even one single glass of beer or wine increases the sedative effect significantly.
- Remember also that medicines without the red warning triangle could affect how you go about in traffic. Therefore, it is always a good idea to see how new medicine affects you before you go flying into traffic.
The package leaflet and summary of product characteristics describe issues with driving safely
Information about the medicine's effect on the ability to drive is included in the summaries of product characteristics and the package leaflet for all medicines. The information is most often based on the available standard sentences.
These sentences are to help the doctor and patient decide how to ensure utmost safety for the patient when using the medicine.
It is therefore always a good idea that you to read the package leaflet before you take your medicine and before you hit the road. The package leaflet also describes what side effects the medicine could give.
As mentioned earlier, some of these side effects could affect your ability to drive safely. If you have lost the package leaflet, you can always find the most recent one at indlægsseddel.dk (in Danish only).


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I thought I might be biting off a little more than I could chew trying to attempt running up, down and around the Mount.
I surprised myself today!
In fact if I remember back to the last time I timed my trip up – Starting at the base and checking time once reaching the top (1.2k), I think I managed to get up there in 19-20 minutes.
Today I did it in 18:09!
My effort wasn't my fastest but I didn't stop.
Being a super fine and clear day, and a weekend day, the Mount was swarming with people. So I actually had to keep a slower pace, probably the reason for why I didn't have to stop.
The beginning of the 'Stairs' portion, I managed to run up 3 flights… Walked the rest. It almost kicked my ass! Especially seeing as the last time I attempted running up was 4-5 months ago! Not to mentioned I only started consistently running at the beginning of this week, after months and months of half ass'ed efforts!
I have come to the conclusion that I need to work on my downhill running. Coming down from the peak meant that I was hitting up those Quads HARD! I ran all the gradual downs, and walked (with purpose) all the Stairs. I didn't want to kill my knees.
I actually thought my Glutes would suffer the most today, but they were actually stronger than I first thought.
My runs earlier in the week had a surfacing tingle in my right glute. I have been on a mish to stretch it out and Foam roll to make sure it doesn't become an issue. It was more those stairs and downhills that really got me so I will have to make Hill workout's my best friend!
All in all, I covered around 7k which was about where I had aimed for for Week 1's Long Run. I did this in 1:01:22.
Pretty stoked about my first Long Run effort. I covered a good amount of terrain variation and I came away feeling like I had a wee bit more to give.
I am not so frightened about heading upward in K's after today's run, I am actually totally Pumped!!
I just need to stick to my plan and have faith that it will get me to the Tarawera Start Line with enough endurance to get me to the Finish. Well 'My' Finish (36k)!
Tomorrow brings a nice little 2k recovery run, I am looking forward to this to wind myself down for the week.
Have Y'all been Pimping your Beast?
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In Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children, Viviana A. Zelizer discusses the "sacralization" of child life in nineteenth century Europe and the United States. According to Zelizer, a growing public response to child death gave way to a new popular literary genre, consolation literature, in which "countless stories and poems described with great detail the 'all-absorbing' grief of losing one's child" (26.) Under this rise in consolation literature lay the public perception of childhood as sacred and precious.
Do Wole Soyinka's Aké, Buchi Emecheta's The Slave Girl, and Graham Swift's Waterland, present childhood in the same manner as nineteenth-century European and American consolation literature? Do they view childhood as a sacred part of human life, or childhood as fundamentally separate from adulthood? Does childhood exist at all? The discussions listed below examine how Soyinka, Emecheta, and Swift convey three distinct views of childhood.


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In 1999-00 the young blueliner opted to turn pro and split the season between Carolina and Cincinnati of the IHL. In 2000-01 he emerged as a full time asset on the club with 29 points and scored two goals in the club's first round playoff loss to the New Jersey Devils.
A highly-touted defenceman, Tanabe played in the 2002 Young Stars Game at the 2002 NHL All-Star Weekend. A broken wrist limited Tanabe to only one game in the 2002 playoffs as was forced to watch from the sidelines as the team marched all the way to the Stanley Cup final before falling to the Detroit Red Wings. After one more year in Carolina, Tanabe was dealt to the Phoenix Coyotes in the summer of 2003 and went on to play only one full season with the club before heading overseas to play in Switzerland during the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
In the early stages of the 2005-06 season Tanabe was dealt to the Boston Bruins for Dave Scatchard. While with the Bruins the defenceman competed in his sixth NHL season seeing action in 54 games with the club.
Tanabe missed the final six games of the season due to a torn ACL that was surgically repaired in April of 2006, later that year he was signed by the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent.
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John McGimpsey of Coal Valley, Ill.
Below is a bio of John McGimpsey, born 1864 in Ireland, son of Robert and Jane (McGimpsey) McGimpsey. He came with his family to the US in 1869 and settled in Illinois. I haven't found a connection with my McGimpsey ancestors, but it seems that he must somehow be related to my McGimpsey ancestor Henry James McGimpsey, born 1829 in Newtownards, Down, Ireland, who came to the US in 1854/1860 (it seems he returned to Ireland for some time). With his first wife Elizabeth Hamilton, Henry James McGimpsey had two children, William James Mcgimpsey, born 13 Jan 1863 in Rock Island, Illinois, and Margaret Jane McGimpsey, born 17 Sept 1864 in Coal Valley, Illinois.
McGIMPSEY, John.--Coal Valley township is one of the most prosperous of the divisions of Rock Island county, for not only is farming carried on to a large extent, but here are located the rich mines that give the section its name. Many of the residents combine farming and mining, while others restrict their operations to one or other of the two callings. One of the prosperous men of both village and township, is John McGimpsey, who belongs to the well-known family of that name. This family originated in Ireland, where Mr. McGimpsey was born October 2, 1864, a son of Robert and Jane (McGimpsey) McGimpsey, who came to America in 1869, locating in Coal Valley, and in 1870 went to Henry county, Ill. He still later moved to Moline, where both died and are buried in Homestead cemetery in Rural township.
John McGimpsey attended common school, and helped his father until his marriage, which occurred when he was twenty-two years old. He was then united with Annie M. Moss who was born September 16, 1869, and died May 6, 1905, buried in Coal Valley cemetery. Her mother is still living in Coal Valley. Seven children were born of this marriage : Robert W., who married Annie Heintz, and they have one son, Lawrence, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work ; John F., who married Ruby Kay ; James A., born April 18, 1892, married Anna Coon, one daughter, Phyllis ; Nellie May, who was born September 23, 1895 ; Marion N., who was born December 20, 1898 ; Hugh T., who was born August 12, 1903 ; and Theodore R., who was born November 2, 1904, died September 23, 1905.
Mr. McGimpsey is a republican, and for two years was supervisor of his township. For three years he was a school director, and was a very efficient and faithful officer. He belongs to the Fraternal Reserves. Interested in and owning a fine farm of eighty-eight acres, which he operated, he is a successful agriculturalist. In the prime of life, he has many years of activity before him, which he will doubtless devote to advancing not only his own interests, but those of the community which has been his home for so many years. The family is well known in the neighborhood, and its members have made a name for themselves as men who never go back on their word, or fail to give to each a square deal. He is not a member of any religious organization but attends the Presbyterian church.
Source: Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, editors, Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Rock Island County, (Chicago, Illinois, Munsell Publishing Company, 1914) p. 1288.


text: Two Los Angeles police officers were injured when their patrol car was crushed by an empty VIP Charters bus backing out of the Greyhound maintenance yard at 1614 E. 7th Street. Officer Erwin Stowell, 27, was freed from the crushed car by firefighters using a "jaws of life" and hospitalized with a broken leg, concussion and bruises; his partner, Renee Harrison, 25, received minor injuries. The name of the maintenance yard bus driver, who also suffered minor injuries, was withheld by authorities. The district attorney's office is reviewing the accident report.


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EDIT: I am currently featured on the front page of the photo section. washingtonpost.com/photo.
After weeks of coding, presenting my project to my boss and to other section heads, tweaking design, coding more, and obsessing over every detail to the extreme, I feel like I've now really left my mark on washingtonpost.com
Let me back up. I pitched an idea that instead of having a slideshow of images from this year's 4th of July, I would geocode the photos so that they would be presented graphically on a Google Map. The idea was that since the show only comes once a year, and you can't move around without missing it, you miss so many other good angles.
So, with some cooperation between myself, Tom Kennedy, Michel Ducille (and the WaPo photodesk and photogs), and the WPNI multimedia section, I made it happen.
While this map is by no means going to be a huge deal for everyone who sees it, I feel really proud that I took this idea in an area I had no expertise in, taught myself the tools I needed, collaborated across the newsroom, and pulled it together on deadline as well.
Additionally, I feel very strongly that location based data and interactivity are going to become huge in visual and interactive journalism in the coming years, and I'm very glad that I made the push for this (this is a first for the multimedia dept of washingtonpost.com).
Well, I don't want to drone on about my thoughts on journalism, so, if you get the chance, check out the map and leave a comment here to let me know what you thought (even if its negative, I can take it!).
I also produced this panorama tonight too, I really do think its a stunning image (especially if you see the full resolution, which I'll post a link to soon), but QTVRs, while awesome, are already out there. I'm hoping I can keep pushing with geocoding and bring new tricks to trade.


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Utrecht is located in the heart of the Netherlands and has a population of approximately 300,000 people and a long and colourful history, which is reflected in its old city centre. Utrecht is home to around 70,000 young people who study in the city and enjoy its rich cultural life.
The HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht is one of the largest colleges of higher education in the Netherlands and has over 38,000 students with more than 100 different nationalities. The HU offers mainly Bachelor's degree programmes, but also several Master's degree programmes. Some of these programmes are completely taught in English. Further there are short programmes, minors, non-degree programmes and summer school programmes all taught in English.
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The programme offers students a virtual journey through culturally different legal, governmental and social views on crime control and prevention. The programme consists of six courses offered during the second semester from February till July (30 EC). The classes and lectures consist of an international class room with students from all over the world. It will focus on current development in this field. Assignments and lectures have a practical approach and are developed in co-creation with practitioners in the field. Examination of the courses will be mainly written (group)assignments or exams. In some courses students are required to give an oral (group)presentation.
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The professors are standard-bearers in these areas of research. The Centre for Safety and Security Studies welcomed their professors in 2012.
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It is so ho-hum, another execution in Texas, that it barely merits mention in the news anymore. Lamont Reese was the latest person to walk through the Texas death chamber (although he actually refused to walk - he had to be carried in saying that he wasn't going to walk into his own murder).
He proclaimed he was innocent. Who knows if he was, I don't really know anything about his case and whether he was wrongfully convicted. I can assure you that his mother (who went wild at the execution, screaming and kicking holes in the wall while crying for her son) will insist to her dying day that he was innocent (as he did). I can also assure you that the family of the victim, as well as the police and prosecution will also insist to their dying day that he was guilty as sin, and is an inveterate liar.
But, death has become so routine in this country (especially in Texas, but clearly not as routine as many would like it to be), that this will go away without another thought. There will be no Innocence Project looking into this case. There will be no DNA testing of evidence (there was probably none in the first place). Years from now, no one is going to even think about this case, except those most intimately involved in it.
What is most interesting is that this case is probably like most other cases in which someone goes to death proclaiming in their innocence. Very little press attention is given, both sides insist they are right, the jury convicted the person, so he must be guilty, right? The case was probably predicated on the usual basis for conviction - eyewitness identificaction testimony (we know how unreliable that can be, don't we?), probably some statement he may or may not have given to the police, probably some corroborating evidence. In other words, just the kind of case that convict people everyday, both the guilty and the innocent (those were almost always present in the cases that have been reversed due to actual innocence proven from DNA over the last decade).
The reality is, that while the Innocence Project has freed well over a hundred murder convicts from death row, there are hundreds of thousands more sitting in our prisons, or thousands more sitting on our death rows, many of whom are guilty, but some of whom are innocent. They sit doing their time or awaiting their appointment with the death chamber, and frankly, no one even cares anymore. That is how mundane death has become. Innocent, guilty? Whatever, kill them and let God sort them out.
The rantings of a Public Defender constantly fighting against society's pervasive Police Industrial Complex. Enjoy the unique perspective of one whose life's work is to fight the system through the system.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
"This is some nasty" - Another execution in Texas
Posted by PD Dude at 10:01 AM
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Let god sort them out... God. Well, seems like there also is serious doubt about the existence of such a... capacity, isn't there? We are stuck.
- PD Dude said...
I guess that would somewhat be my point.....
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In every Age there are those that seem to be there for some reason. In an Age of combat it might be some great General, or in an Age of Science some great scholar. But even when people feel they are doing their best, things can get out of hand. And when greed and selfishness rules a certain group with too much power, then bad things even on a planetary scale, can occur.
When there is pressure to do great things, then someone needs to make decisions that effect the entire group, no matter how large it might be. So when a mistake is made, it can quickly become something that cant be stopped or forgotten in a single lifetime.
And when one group with serious needs finds another with greedy intent, it seems the Universe itself takes their side, for better or for worse.
Chapter 1: The Reason
General George Cummings was coming in today for one of those meetings. It wasnt just a meeting, but one of THOSE meetings, he hated having to deal with scientists, and they made him feel like a simple soldier. Something he had never been or wanted to be. He could arm a nuclear device or set coordinates for an air strike in his head, but these people made him look stupid, and he hated dealing with them.
They were the top tier, the alien watchers, and he didnt even like their whole idea. If we wanted to deal with those creatures we could do it right out front, but NOOO, the President had special commissions, and special science panels, and on and on and he was so sick of it... but it was his job as the military advisor to talk with them from time to time. True, they did get them stealth technology, but we would have figured it out ourselves, eventually, and microwave energy, used in every home, and in many secret installations doing what it was REALLY meant to do. So he always held his breath and hoped it was one of the good times he was seeing them. Something new we could actually use, but not just to flex their brain power and make him feel small. He swears someday hes going to punch one of these guys for some of the things they say, but he hadnt yet, except in his daydreams.
The door opens to a large well lit conference room and the General is ushered in by security. He stands by the table in his usual position as the last few people are led in. The meeting comes to order as a wooden mallet is tapped on the desk and everyone sits down.
This meeting of the Alien Technology Division is officially underway, we thank General Cummings for being here and all the science delegates, so let the meeting commence. Dr. Harris has the floor. The announcement said and General Cummings smiled a weak smile and waited.
We have a huge responsibility, Dr Harris started, but everything he has ever said was a huge responsibility so General Cummings failed to be immediately impressed.
The Alien Committee has asked once more for more cooperation, and that means one thing, more experiments. As scientists we agreed all those years ago to these kinds of things, we can understand the need for understanding among scientists the universe over, but this is becoming too much. We didnt sign on for all the world to be their playground, but as they keep telling the President and other world leaders that we will reap the benefits of our cooperation for generations to come, we have been forced to go along, but no more! he demanded, and at this the General was wide awake. He had demanded himself these inhuman experiments stop many times, but he never could convince anyone, what had changed, he wondered.
The aliens have overstepped their authority too many times, and its getting harder and harder to cover for them, at first we used a few accidents to cover them, then missing persons, but now even the average person on the street knows something is happening, and we will soon have a revolution on our hands, probably followed by an invasion. He said stopping for air. He was livid, and General Cummings had never seen him so upset, but here he was, demanding a hard change, so maybe this fool wasnt so bad after all.
General Cummings raised his hand and stood without being recognized, if this was true, he had been grossly misled, and he was going to get to the bottom of it.
I was told many times by YOU... personally... we needed these people to help us, but today we dont, what has happened since the last meeting to change your mind? You have always been against even the idea of controls, or military intervention with the aliens, why NOW? he demanded and sits down as the science team as a group gets a very red face, all around the room... to the last man and woman... and General Cummings doesnt like the looks of this one bit.
We were in control, for a while, a LONG while. Harris starts, But they are sidestepping our authority, and even though we have friends in their science community, they are no longer telling us whats going on. General... you must understand... by now they are using and discarding a dozen times the number of people we allowed them to experiment with. The idea of genetic experiments has, over the years, given us a lot of good information. Including the genome project and the possibility of controlling diseases forever, but even that isnt worth it any longer. What good is it to have perfect health to be used as slaves or worse? he demanded as the General was getting upset himself. They had never told him any of this, and he was pissed, to say the least.
Or worse? What the hell are you saying DR. spit it out, no more ass kissing and back stabbing, me and you, face to face. What is REALLY going on? the General demanded while jumping to his feet, Harris was also mad himself, to be called so many things right out loud was against all he believed in, but this man had a lot of responsibilities too, and they had lied to him a thousand times over.
The genetic experiments have for many years, offered them a chance to learn about us, all the way down to the atomic level. Now that they have all this info they started doing experiments having young with us, trying with both men and women. Harris said stopping to let it sink in.
They tried having kids with MEN? the general demanded, What happened? he waited to hear this, it had to be good.
It worked, they became pregnant, but men are not capable of having children, and even with some modifications... they still have the babies inserted and the patients died trying to conceive. Harris said looking away. General Cummings sat back to think, the people they experimented with had died trying to have children, but a man trying give birth, then dying from what the pain alone would have done it. The fact that the body wasnt built for it and the forcing of the fertilized eggs into into He turned his head away. It would be like cutting a man in two without anesthetic, or worse, they may not have cut the poor *******s at all, just stood, and watched them die from the pain. He wanted more than ever to kill those little grey *******s right now, but that wasnt new.
What else, Dr.? General Cummings asked, not knowing if he even wanted to know.
The experiments have led to off world uses too. Harris said as the Generals eyes opened wide.
Their taking people home with them? Cummings asked, knowing the answer.
Yes, by the thousands now. Harris said as the room started to whisper among themselves.
THOUSANDS??!! How damn many were they allowed to have, you scientific morons?? demanded the General.
Only a few hundred a year, it was easy to cover that many and we got some good stuff, like some of YOUR new weapons, and the fighters, and a lot of other stuff. We will have 5 Terabyte computers in almost every home in a decade... maybe. He said looking away.
Maybe, its down to that now, we dont even know if its going to happen anymore? Cummings asks and the whole team started babbling,
We do know that we have the technology, the blueprints are available right now, but we arent sure we have the time. Another man beside Harris butted in.
Time for what? Or BEFORE what, I swear if you called me here to tell me we have a decade to get ready for a war, Ill kick your asses right here. He demanded, as every face in the room went white... really white.
Genocide, was the only word he heard and he fell into his chair with a loud thump.
They are a dying race, we knew that, and we had them over a barrel, they had to deal with us, but they needed to find someone who wasnt sterile, to have a new generation of children to carry on their world, and now they have it, and they have a military too, and they like us as much as you like them. Harris said shaking his head, maybe if hed come forward sooner theyd have a chance.
General Cummings sat there in shock, these, these... traitors... had given away the one ace they had, and now they had the nerve to come here and say its too late. How dare them, they should be shot, or worse let them be used for their own experiments, that would fix them, but now he had a lot to consider, and he needed more info.
What are our chances, at say, 10 % survival? he asked as they looked around the room.
Not good, came an answer from another man at the end of the table, Picture the Enterprise from Star Trek, sitting in orbit around our planet with a madman at the controls, thats the picture, General. He said and Cummings wanted to cry, but it wouldnt help, and hed like at least some serious pay back, but he wasnt sure hed get that either.
We do have one chance though, Came a voice from across the table.
What chance? General Cummings asked, he wanted every chance he could get right now.
We have friends, and we had some serious scanning and mapping done on a few planets to prove our theories, he started, theres a planet, a huge thing they showed us to prove we didnt know jack about planet growth, and they were right. It circles a new star, a thousand light-years from here; in a system we call Xerxis 672. Its big, bigger than 10 Jupiters in diameter and its an oddity too, its covered with a shallow ocean, actually not even water, like... well He was straining to find the words.
Spit it out man, Im not as stupid as some of you have come to believe. Cummings demanded as the room looked away in embarrassment.
Like embryonic fluid, with rich oxygen content, and mountains under there with valleys, it would be like living here, with water to breathe instead of air, and the water has enough oxygen to keep us alive, well even more than here. He tried to explain.
So youre saying its a gigantic mothers womb? Cummings asked smiling,
Very close, millions of miles wide, and anywhere from 10 meters to 2 km deep, its around a small, new sun and its close enough that the temperature even in normal depths is 60-80 degrees Fahrenheit, like swimming in bath water. The scientist said smiling, he obviously liked that thought.
But we dont breathe water, and we dont have star travel. Cummings said and the room agreed.
But we have friends, and we CAN breathe this water, since its really not water at all. He said and Cummings looked up, how was this possible, he wondered.
Ok, you have my attention, make it good, the general said looking squarely at the new man as Harris quietly sits down.
There is a scientist... I have worked with that thinks we are the salvation of his people... and we are, in a way. He doesnt want to see us all wiped out, hes the one who warned us it was coming. He said if we can adapt some people to breathe there hell take the risk to drop us off, we agreed and he started putting up a few small buildings and stations on the bottom for us to use. He stopped for a pause to let it sink in.
Get on with it man, how can this help us? Cummings asks, getting impatient.
DR Collins has been doing research for years into having humans living on the bottom of the ocean, with limited success. But on this new world, it would be much easier, and he has already tried one of his people in a tank full of the same fluid and they survived well. We think... using his modifications... we can make anyone into a fluid breathing human. Its not a perfect solution, but it WILL work. He stated as General Cummings thought about it, they might not be just like us, but maybe, just maybe they could live a long life and the species would survive.
How long will the change take, do we have time? he asked and the room buzzed thinking about it.
If we hurry we can be done and have a good sized group off world before they come for us, they said we have 4 years from today, so we have a plan, he said as everyone turned to look at him, OK... I have a plan. He said smiling and the general was all ears.
We know what this will be like, just like here but different, anyways, like living in space. We have come up with a plan, to see who we can get quickly, its a Game actually...and we give it away. He said as everyone shook their heads and a few laughed.
A game, how does that help us in such a short time? Cummings asked.
Its a trainer in disguise, it lets people see what it would be like to trade, live, work, even fight, in space. We give them a small ship, in our new world a small submarine, but in the game a space ship. Then we let them trade with each other, mine, work, whatever is needed and see what people have a natural talent for this type of thing. He stated as the room sounded much more supportive after a second.
And then we? General Cummings asked smiling, he knew the answer.
We SAVE them. Was the answer he wasnt looking to get, but true enough?
Begin your game Dr, Cumming said and he stormed out of the room and the call was made, the game was available online by the end of the day, and they waited to see the results.


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Q: When is it appropriate in an arrangement to opt for echos/trios/duets/very fluid vocal lines, over more rhythmic parts like doos and dms. It's clear that winning collegiate groups are moving away from the latter and I was wondering if you had any comments on this currently popular arranging style.
~ Nick
A: Before I answer your question, let's do some math:
There are approximately 3,000 collegiate a cappella groups (this is an estimate, no one has a complete list), and of those only about 10% compete in any given year (300 enter the ICCA, and other competitions are few and far between, so maybe a dozen more, as there is overlap). So already we're looking at 10% of the collegiate a cappella community. Then, when you tease out the actual winners, be they from a regional round or the finals, you're looking at only 10% of that number, roughly. So in essence your theory is based on a trend that you identify in 1% of the community.
Then there's the clustering illusion, which is the very human tendency to look for patterns in statistically small amounts of data. Drop a hundred raisins on the ground and you'll notice some clusters and others spread out. Is there more gravity in those areas? Of course not.
All of this is to say: the appropriate time to make a creative choice that works for your group is not necessarily because others are doing it. If they even are doing it. The time to use more rhythmic patterns is when it will provide the desired effect, be it emotional, motivational, exciting, and so on. Languid phrases should be used when the lyrics or mood call for them. It's almost like you asked me "I'm noticing more of the color blue in modern art paintings this year, should I be using more blue?" and I can only say "use blue when blue is the right color to use."
You have instincts that have been subconsciously honed your entire life, listening to pop songs, movie scores, and the like. From symphonic arrangements to sparse acoustic solo singer-songwriter performances, you have a sense of what works when, even if you don't realize it. There is no book, no blog, no reference that could possibly lay out for you all of the right choices. If it makes you feel any better, the greats struggled with the same desire for a clear road map as you do, but in the end George Martin decided to use a flute here, a sitar there, and on another day cut up pieces of a recording, toss them in the air and then reassemble them. Why? Not even he really knew or probably knows. It was what felt right at the time. And if once he did it it didn't feel right, he'd try something else.
None of this is to say that you shouldn't listen to and be inspired by winning performances. Collegiate groups that choose to compete are very serious about their craft and the choices made by winning groups often have a great deal to say about the current state of the art. All important. But never forget that in the end it's just some folks in a dorm lounge deciding when to use the color blue, and they got it right. Tomorrow, when you're the one choosing colors, remember what they did, but then follow your own instincts.


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Saltwater Crocodile
The Fashion Accessory department at Caleys in Windsor in the mid 60's was on the ground floor opposite the Guildhall which led straight out onto the High Street pavement. Adjacent stood The Castle Hotel where a Lady from Windsor Castle walked down from to enjoy her morning coffee with friends.
On her return to The Castle she would stroll into my department almost on a daily basis for several weeks admiring our locked glass showcase of expensive crocodile handbags. It was obvious to all my staff that her Ladyship was intent on buying herself one but which one - that was the problem!
It was the skill of my then deputy, a Section Manager by the apt name, Miss V. Hyde (the department included small leather goods and larger leather travel goods) who was always hungry for a sale and who eventually brought matters to a close.
Yet another morning when several of the handbags were brought out yet again for the Lady to handle, check and open any inside zip fastenings and then view herself in a mirror with a bag on her arm.
It was at this stage standing looking at herself in a full length mirror that she noticed one of her preferred handbags had a rather distinct mark,like a cut, in one of the larger crocodile scales. She pointed this out to Miss Hyde and her immediate complaint then was that this bag was substandard.
"But Madam that is where the spear went into the crocodile" said Miss Hyde - and this was the very statement which clinched the deal!
"Really now. My coffee friends will be interested to hear that - please charge it to my account" came the reply.
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Col John Okey and George Downing
In reply to:
Re: John Okey info, Leven Okey descendent
Janet Downing 2/11/01
Hello Janet
I know it's a while since you posted your various messages but I have just come across the name of OKEY in my family tree, and wonder if we are related.
Reseaching the OKEY name brought up the name of Colonel John OKEY who I believe is a relative of yours.A very colourful man!!
My ancestor, Thomas SALMON, Merchant Taylor of London, but born in Cheshire married Elizabeth OKEY in about 1626.I I believe that Elizabeth was the sister of Col. John OKEY
of some relative.
Their son John SALMON married the daughter(name unknown) of the Vicar of HACKENY a Dr. Calybutt DOWNING.I beleive that a Sir George DDOWNING was his son.
I have also read that Col. John OKEY fled to Germany
after the Civil war but was caught and arrested by the Ambassador of the Netherlands .. Sir George DOWNING...
I bet that caused a family feud!!!
Are these your relatives and if so can you help with some dates etc to fill in the gaps.
The forebears of myancestor Thomas SALMON have quite an
interesting history, having come to Cheshire from Normandy and acquired their lands there through an exchange with
Ranulph de Blundeville in 1222.Ranulph was Earl of Chester and a relative of William the Conquerer.
Love to hearfrom you.
Best wishes
Elaine Davies


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English for Kids
Helen Doron students have fun and learn English - all at the same time.Learn Why
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Ten Good Reasons to Learn a Second Language
Helen Doron English introduces a series of 5 blog posts to help parents lay the very best foundation for their child's learning. These posts highlight everyday activities to do with your child. From colouring, to music, healthy eating tips and even positive encouragement, these are simple tips that can make a big difference!
- Build a Firm Foundation
Learning a second language can bring greater understanding and perhaps even improve our mastery of grammar of our first language. Knowing the way another language works encourages us to examine our own language's mechanics.
- Brain Booster
Research into the effects of bilingualism on children suggests that exposure to more than one language is an excellent way of flexing those brain muscles—and building them up too! In one study reported in Nature, bilingual children showed a significantly larger density of "grey matter" in their brains.
- Build Confidence
Learning a new language is a uniquely rewarding experience—at any age. Since language learning is intuitive and natural for children, the ease and pleasure of the experience may boost their confidence and fuel their desire to learn more.
- Improve Academic Performance
Numerous reports have proven that students who have studied a foreign language perform much better than their monolingual peers on many standardized tests.
- Ramp up Your Reading Skills
A York University (Canada) study suggests that bilingual children's knowledge of a second language gives them an advantage in learning to read. Applying the insights and experiences of one language to the other as well as their wider experience of language gives them an advantage.
- Tipping the Scales
As the college admissions process becomes more competitive, knowing a second or a third language strengthens an applicant's resume. In an increasingly global marketplace, knowing multiple languages is a major advantage.
- You Were Saying…?
Children are uniquely attuned to slight differences in tone and sound, making it easy for them to mimic accents. Their sensitive ears help them pick up on and duplicate the tricky sounds older people often stumble over. Starting young can help your children speak smoothly and confidently.
- Broaden Your Horizons
Going abroad and feeling comfortable in the language of your destination enables you to feel as if you're a part of the culture and daily life, and not just a visitor passing through.
- Those Were the Days
When your relative from afar comes to visit (or you meet someone from overseas), you can talk to them in their mother tongue—building a bridge to that person, heritage and history they represent. It's a great way to keep the memories, stories, and traditions alive.
- Keep it in the Family
Learning a language together as a family is something you can do at home, at your leisure. Start early!