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Chapter 1
Dangling Toadstools
It was time I had a bicycle. It seemed that I was always the last one of my friends to get things. That's how I knew it was my turn, when everyone else already had it, and all my friends had bicycles, so there was no need to wait any longer. Besides, the big Sweeney Elementary Bike Hike was coming up in a matter of days and that was the first year they were allowing third graders to participate. It was major - and I was going to miss out because I didn't have a bicycle.
I don't know what got into me that morning. Maybe it was the weather. Maybe I was just tired. Maybe it was the ham and bean soup Mom fixed the night before (or just bean soup I suppose, I never did find the ham). It was still gnawing at my stomach when I somehow worked up the guts, or audacity, to actually come out and ask Mom and Dad for a bicycle. Dumb idea.
Their bedroom was right next door to mine and I could tell they were up because the old TV they kept on their dresser was on. It had to be 500 years old and the picture didn't even work. It was a blank screen. The volume, however, worked fine. They kept it turned up so far I could hear it in my room. I often wondered what it was they didn't want the rest of us to hear so they kept it up so loud. Maybe they thought the extra volume canceled out the fact that there was no picture. Maybe it was so they didn't have to listen to each other. Good point.
They did manage to hear me knocking on the door. Okay, pounding on the door. Whatever it takes, right? Mom opened the door in her tacky flowered house coat and those awful pink fuzzy slippers.
"Mom, can I have a bicycle?" I sweetly asked.
"A bicycle?," she replied in question form, as if she was hearing the word for the first time.
"Yes Mom, a bicycle."
"What do you need a bicycle for?" Good Mom, play dumb, I thought. That was probably a real tough one to figure out. Then Dad stumbled out of bed looking for his glasses.
"Mother, have you seen my glasses?" I hate it when he calls her that. Like when you become a mom you lose your identity and from that point on you are known to the whole world as "Mother."
"No dear, but Sue Lynn thinks she needs a bicycle." I thought I needed a bicycle?
"She needs a what?" Dad grunted.
"A bicycle."
"A bicycle?" Great, I thought, now he's starting it. They had this way of communicating by non-communication. They could talk for hours and never really say anything, so once the conversation faded into some other non-productive topic,I somehow managed to sneak away without being noticed. Believe me, no big accomplishment.
I'm what people call a zinger. I wouldn't go so far as to say I was unwanted. Diseases are unwanted. But before Mom and Dad joined the church they had been conditioned on the premise that you have your two kids and you've done your duty. Replaced yourself so to speak. I guess Mom thought they really lucked out when they had twins. A boy and a girl, how convenient. Well, eight years later - surprise - I came along. A "zinger at the end" they called it. The year after that another surprise came. Mormon missionaries at the door. The family was baptized in a matter of weeks and Mom and Dad were inspired to believe that maybe there was a reason for their zinger after all. I just wished they would remember that once in a while, so they could remind my brother and sister. They certainly needed reminding - lots of it.
Can you imagine two children in the house with "Oldest Child Syndrome?" And I'm the one that had to take the brunt of it. They got to boss me, to toss me, to blame me and to maim me. They even got to name me. I could have been happy with Minnie Mouse or Daisy Duck, but no - they had to name me after their own favorite cartoon, Captain Wong - The Chinaman From Mars. "Captain Wong jets through the solar system defending justice with his electro-magnetic chopsticks, capturing evil-doers and grinding them into egg rolls to feed to the dogs. With his trusty sidekick, Soo-Lin, Captain Wong is doing his part to make this universe a better place." So there you have it, that's how I got my name Sue Lynn. Sue Lynn Jones. But most of the time they just call me Zing.
I suppose it could be worse, though. Mom and Dad thought it would be cute to name the twins Jack and Jill. For the baby pictures they had them sitting next to a plastic well with a bucket on Jack's head. Do grown-ups have no originality whatsoever? Jack and Jill Jones. That's just about as cute as Mom's pink fuzzy slippers.
In my room I could overhear a television commercial about Santa Claus coming to the Galleria in Dallas on Saturday. I couldn't believe it - only September and he was coming already.
For some reason the excitement that was usually in my stomach was replaced by a big lump. I wondered if that was what they called a stupor of thought - or a stupor of lump maybe? The ham and beans couldn't have possibly still been there, or could they? I couldn't quite describe it, but it was there, hard as a rock. There had been much talk lately at school about the whole Santa Claus thing. Some kids were saying it was all a myth and it was time to grow up and get a life. Others made solemn vows they would believe to the end, sealed by writing Santa's name in spit on the playground wall. I was torn. I felt stuck in the middle. I felt alone. Was I to go join the Believers and add my saliva to the wall of spit Santas? Or gain the respect of my more mature peers and take a stand against the old man? The poor guy. Of course, if he wasn't real, why feel sorry for something that didn't exist?
What turmoil! I couldn't believe it was happening! Talk about a waste of an eight-year emotional investment. I refused to believe for a minute that for all those years parents all over the world would blatantly deceive and manipulate their children. Or could I? I'd heard those rumors about turning into a grown-up and immediately throwing all scruples out the window; becoming cold and hard and ... and ... mature! Is that what they call reality? Well, I certainly didn't want any part of it, and besides, I'd never personally seen anyone go through such a drastic change from normal to "grown-up." But, come to think of it, any grown-ups I'd ever known were grown-ups to begin with. I was still stuck.
Mom and Dad were still in their room with that TV blaring. Good old Stanley and Iris. They're real gems. I could barely make out Dad saying something about his glasses not being where they were supposed to be and Mom saying something to the effect of where are they supposed to be and Dad saying they were supposed to be on his face and Mom saying how could they be on his face when he just woke up. Then she recited the story of the last time Dad slept with his glasses on and woke up in the morning with a cockroach sitting on one of his bifocals and, it being magnified in triple, Dad thought we were being invaded by giant insects from somewhere or other and pushed the panic button on the alarm system, which immediately sent the Sweeney Police, not to mention the Fire Department, in less than three minutes. (Sweeney, Texas is a pretty small town, but even that was a record.) And since we were fortunate enough to live across the street from Bishop Dillwin (we called him Bishop Dillweed) we had the entire bshopric, plus our home teachers on our doorstep ten minutes later. Naturally, Dad wasn't about to spill the real story to that lethal audience so he blamed it on me, saying I was using the panic control as a make-believe microphone to lip-sync with. And me, being the sweet and loyal - and stupid - child, accepted graciously. By the way, the Fire Chief did catch the cockroach.
Dad gets pretty uptight when Mom reminds him of this family classic, and she often does, but that morning I guess it didn't matter because in two minutes Dad was running down the stairs and out the door. No time to get defensive, no time to yell, not even time to slick his thinning hair over that funny little bald spot on the top of his head. I opted not to point that out to him and I think I made a good choice. Poor Stanley. He did, however, have his glasses on his face, right side up and straight. That was a bonus.
"Where did you find them this time, Mom?" I inquired.
"Oh, the usual place."
That told me a whole lot considering there are about a hundred usual places. But who had time to worry about such trivial matters. I had more important things to think about. Bicycles and Santa Claus, it was enough to stress anyone out. What timing, the two inevitable turning points in a grade-schooler's life striking simultaneously. The need for one's own wheels and the dreaded Santa Claus Awareness Syndrome.
Then it hit me - like a bolt of lightning it hit me. The most perfect, the most sinister, the most excellent plan I'd ever had. The best way to solve a conflict is to go straight to the source, right? That's why I decided then and there to take it upon myself to put an end to the Santa Claus mystery once and for all. To find out first hand what was really going on. To carry out THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE.
It was actually so simple I couldn't believe no one had ever thought of it before. I could be famous. Once I had proven Santa's existence, people might take me seriously. I'd be important. And I had the perfect ammunition ... my bicycle. Well, it wasn't mine yet, but if Santa Claus was really out there, what was a dream could truly become reality. All of a sudden not having a bicycle wasn't such a tragic thing. In fact, it was turning out to be quite convenient. I was young, there would be other bike hikes. YEEHA!!! No bicycle!!! It was perfect. Immediately my head started spinning, trying to invent the most excellent bicycle I could - down to the last detail.
How many years had I sat on Santa's lap five hundred times before Christmas Eve even got there, and told him over and over again what I wanted, giving him, or whoever, plenty of time to find it, buy it, order it or build it. Well, things were going to be different. Oh I'd sit on his lap all right, and I'd even think of something to ask for, changing my mind with each sitting - as girls my age, about to become women, have every right to do - but I wouldn't tell him what I really wanted until Christmas Eve. And not even in person. No leeway there. I'd write a letter to Santa Claus stating specifically what type of bicycle I wanted - the perfect bike - and place it on the mantle right next to my stocking. Either Santa can deliver, or he can't, I thought. Either he's real or he isn't. The time had come for serious action and I was going to take it.
School whizzed by me in a daze. In fact, the entire day was like a blur. I was a complete zombie all day long thinking about THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE and by bed time I still hadn't made much progress.
Then she dropped the bomb. Iris dropped the bomb and it hit me smack in the face. Why did everything work out exactly opposite of how I'd planned it?
"Sue Lynn," she said as she popped her head in my room, "I believe your school's Bike Hike is on Thursday and now that you're old enough to go, your father and I have been discussing buying you a bicycle." Mom and Dad discussing something other than the weather? Intense. "Jack and Jill were about your age when they got their first bicycles," (the first of many) "so we figured it's about time."
So that's the reason they came up with. Not because I deserved it, not even because I wanted it and happened to ask just that morning, but because Jack and Jill had one when they were eight and we certainly needed to be fair. Sure Mom, I thought, we don't want that weighing on our conscience now do we?
It was terrible. The words I had been longing to hear for so long and they cut through me and pierced me to the core. I felt the life drain out of my body. I couldn't let them buy me a bicycle at that point. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to carry out THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE and make my mark in life. I had to think of something fast.
"Uh, gee Mom," I stammered. "I ... I've been thinking about this too and I really don't think I'm ready for such a big step quite yet. I'm enjoying my childhood and would really like to bask in it a little longer." Was that the best I could do? I was lousy when it came to being put on the spot.
"Well, if that's how you feel. But we have a little money set aside we were saving for Christmas and we thought this could be an early present."
Please, Mom, stop, I begged in my mind, no more, I can't take any more of this pressure. "Um ... er ... I wouldn't want your money to be wasted on something I wouldn't really use much. Texas winters are too icy and cold to ride a bike anyway. What I could really use is maybe uh ... uh ... maybe a set of encyclopedias." I choked on the words as they came out.
"Encyclopedias?" Mom was duly shocked. "That's what you call basking in your childhood?"
I realized I had an inconsistency in the story. "Well, in re-examining my life, maybe I should skip the bicycle and pre-teen phase and just go straight on to becoming a grown-up. I have a lot of catching up to do with Jack and Jill so much older than me." Lame, oh so lame.
"Hmm ... you do have a point there. I'll mention it to your father. I'm sure he will find this interesting. You realize, don't you, that you will miss out on the Bike Hike this Thursday."
"That's okay. I really don't think it would be wise for me to go anyway. I feel my allergies coming back."
She left my room and went downstairs. What she didn't realize was that I had never even had allergies. I shut the door and sat down to ponder what I had just done. Talk about the supreme act of faith.
"If Santa Claus doesn't come through, I'll be stuck with no bicycle and a roomful of encyclopedias," I said to myself. "Encyclopedias that I asked for. If this gets out I'm finished."
All week long I avoided Mom, Dad, Jack, Jill, everybody. It really wasn't too difficult considering I was kind of a background observer in the family anyway. By the time Thursday came I was completely depressed and totally bummed. Staying home from school would result in an unexcused absence so I had to go even though I was the only kid in the entire school that wasn't going on the Bike Hike. My best friend, Polly, said she would stay back with me so I wouldn't be lonely, but I convinced her to go. It was my problem, I got myself into it, so why should she suffer?
My teacher, Mrs. Cragmire, gave me two options for the day. I could clean the third grade classrooms or sit in the office and read a book. What a choice. I figured cleaning the classrooms would give me a little more freedom. Then I realized what I had just said. Classroom and freedom in the same breath? How ironic.
I whizzed through those classrooms so fast my head was spinning by the time I was through. I sat down to rest and when the lunch bell rang and woke me from my daze, I looked at the clock and realized I had been sitting there for a solid forty-five minutes staring at a moth stuck on the window.
"Hmmm ... staring at insects for long periods of time." I said to myself. "At least I have something to look forward to for the rest of the afternoon."
I ate lunch with the first and second graders and for a brief but beautiful moment I felt superior. Then reality stepped in, in the form of the "lunch is over, get back to your class" bell and I went back to my big, empty classroom. I thought doing dishes was boring. I thought watching The MacNeil/Lehrer Report with Dad was boring. But that ... sitting in a big empty classroom all by myself while all the other kids were riding bicycles ... that defined boring. I was even too depressed to think about THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE.
I sat in my desk and looked out the window. My moth wasn't there anymore. All that was left of him was a tiny piece of wing still stuck to the glass and flapping in the breeze. I really couldn't deal with getting all worked up over an insect casualty at the moment. I had to do something to keep my mind off my mood, my bicycle, my life. I took some blank paper and started cutting it up in pieces. I cut each sheet in half, then in half again, making four little pages out of every big sheet of paper. Then I stapled them together and stared at what I had made. It kind of reminded me of my life. An empty book, waiting to be fulfilled. I`d escape my mood by writing! Not writing about me, or even about anyone I knew - that would defeat the purpose. I'd write about something silly. Something that didn't even make sense. Something totally off the wall. I titled my story DANGLING TOADSTOOLS and started to put "by Sue Lynn Jones" but my pencil stopped me. Something wasn't right. My story couldn't be written by me. If anyone found it, I would be laughed out of town. I needed a pen name. I needed to invent someone else; someone who was one part me and three parts who I wanted to be; someone who could take over when I wanted to take off. I sat down and Gert Fram started to write.
Gert Fram finished just as the 3:00 bell rang. I could faintly hear in the distance the screaming and yelling of the rest of the kids coming back on their bikes. I really wasn't in the mood to see any of them so I went out the back door and ran around on the grass to the front where Mom was waiting for me. I was in such a hurry that I tripped over my own feet and fell, face down in the grass. Face down into a little mound of toadstools. How fitting.
Copyright © 1991 by Nancy Allen Black


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American Idol star and Tony� Award nominee Constantine Maroulis joins with Grammy� Award nominee and R&B superstar Deborah Cox to inject new life into the classic tale of good and evil, JEKYLL & HYDE.�
After four thrilling, chilling years on Broadway and multiple world-wide tours, this dark and dangerous love story from Tony� and Grammy� Award nominee Frank Wildhorn returns in a stunning new pre-Broadway production that includes all the classic songs (This is the Moment, A New Life, Someone Like You) that first grabbed audiences by the throat and transformed JEKYLL & HYDE into a theatrical phenomenon.
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In the very year Neil Ellis set out as a negociant, his future partner Hans Peter Schroder purchased the Stellenbosch wine estate, Oude Nektar, in the spectacular, viticulturally-ideal Jonkershoek Valley. This coincidence gained fresh resonance some years later when Neil and Hans finally met. Neil, recipient of many accolades since flying solo, had outgrown his leased cellar; Hans, in search of a like-minded partner for a quality-focused winery, had extensive cellar facilities. From this synergy emerged a unique joint venture: Neil Ellis Wines.
Neil Ellis Wines differs from most South African wineries in that instead of owning vineyards they have focused on producing the best wine possible and sourcing the grapes from top quality growers. Recognizing that different grape varieties thrive under different soil and climate conditions, from the company's start their philosophy has been to locate those areas that produce a distinctive grape quality and work closely with quality-minded growers in those areas. View all Neil Ellis Wines Wines
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A long history of growing grapes and making wine, but less of a history on exporting it, and even lesser on the quality aspect. At the turn of the century (1900, that is), a surplus of wine in South Africa created a hierarchy of cooperatives, the biggest and best known being KWV. This organization seemed to favor quantity over quality and had most control over wines and vineyards until the late 1980's. Now, with a bit more competition, quality is coming around. Yet, South African wine was not even seen in American wine stores until the mid-1990's – the trade embargo on the country for their racial apartheid laws kept South African wine out of the US. When apartheid fell, so did the embargo, and SA bottles began showing up on US shelves.
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White wine has always been the cash crop of South Africa, with much of it distilled to make brandy. More white than red is planted, much of it the Steen variety – known elsewhere in the world as Chenin Blanc. Good producers are making top quality dry wines from this grape. Another grape gaining some raves is Sauvignon Blanc, producing whites that are dry and crisp, yet rounder than many of its Southern Hemisphere counterparts. For reds, the top grapes are Syrah/Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon (& blends) and Pinotage. Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux blends was once the favorite and most-produced, but Shiraz is taking over as wineries crank out high quality wines from the variety. Pinotage, which used to be a grape only your mother could love, has improved dramatically and is often as delicious as it is distinctive. The most popular regions of the country include Stellenbosch and Paarl.


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Manatee County deputies report $24,000 worth of jewelry and watches was stolen from a home in the Waterlefe community Monday.
It marks the second time in a little over a week that a home on the 900 block of Fish Hook Cove in Bradenton had jewelry and watches stolen from it.
On Jan. 19, deputies reported $60,000 worth of jewelry and watches was stolen from a three-story home in Waterlefe.
A sheriff's report for the Jan. 28 incident states the burglar or burglars entered the home through the front door by prying it open. Once inside, they ransacked the entire home.
The buglars stole watches and jewelry from a bedroom, before fleeing the scene.
No neighbors saw the incident occur.
There are no known suspects or video recordings of the incident.
Dave Bristow, Manatee Co. Sheriff's PIO, said the two burglaries occurred at different residences on the 900 block of Fish Hook Cove in Waterlefe. He is unsure if they are related.
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40 CFR 23.4 - Timing of Administrator's action under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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§ 23.4 Timing of Administrator's action under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Unless the Administrator otherwise explicitly provides in taking a particular action, for purposes of section 7006(b), the time and date of the Administrator's action in issuing, denying, modifying, or revoking any permit under section 3005, or in granting, denying, or withdrawing authorization or interim authorization under section 3006, shall be at 1:00 p.m. eastern time (standard or daylight, as appropriate) on the date that is (a) for a Federal Register document, two weeks after the date when the document is published in the Federal Register, or (b) for any other document, two weeks after it is signed.


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Department of Modern Foreign Languages
Chair: Michael F. Dillon, Ph.D.
Director Language Lab and Audio/Center: Merchell Belinfanti
Administrative Assistant: Francine Earl-Wright
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Telephone: (404) 215-2605
About the Department
The Department of Modern Foreign Languages currently offers major and minor concentrations in French, and Spanish. In addition, German is offered. The faculty of the Department represents an extensive range of interests and is committed to a high level of excellence in teaching and scholarship.
Consistent with the mission of Morehouse College, the Department recognizes the need for language proficiency in today's changing world. We are dedicated to providing instruction, activities, counseling and guidance, which enhance the humanities disciplines. We endeavor to prepare students for the many challenges which they will encounter as they enter professional life. Every effort is made to teach students to think clearly and critically, to make logical and ethical judgments, and to communicate effectively with others through cultural and international awareness at all levels of instruction. The range of options offered by the Department reflects a diversity of purpose and attempts to satisfy a variety of interests not only for students who plan to pursue the study of language and literature but also for those in other disciplines.
Why Study a Foreign Language
Morehouse College is aware of the changing world scene which makes proficiency in a modern foreign language essential to students as they prepare themselves to enter the mainstream of professional life. Graduates with a sound background in a language other than their own are increasingly in demand by the private business sector, government organizations, the scientific community and foreign countries seeking technical assistance. Studying a foreign language will help our students to gain a better perspective about the social, political and cultural aspects of other parts of the world.


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Last week, KCPT was putting Kansas City on the national programming map as part of the PBS Summer Arts Series when it aired Homecoming: The Kansas City Symphony presents Joyce DiDonato which showcased the Kansas City Symphony and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on PBS stations across the country.
This week, Kansas City is back in the national spotlight as PBS runs a documentary series that examines the issue of immigration through the lens of one state…Missouri. HOMELAND was jointly produced by KCPT and KETC, our sister PBS station in St. Louis.
Part One of HOMELAND airs July 26 immediately following The Local Show at 8 p.m. here on KCPT.
Thank you for highlighting the extraordinary talent that is the Kansas City Actors Theater. I was at the preview and hope that your feature will encourage our KCPT members to come to the show.


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Where I work we are held to a set of standard procedures for getting our job done. They are called our Methods. Any violation of the methods will surely get you in hot water with the boss. The methods are clear instructions for getting the job done in the most efficient and safe manner.
The Boy Scouts have methods for achieving its goals of developing in our young men Citizenship, Character, and Physical fitness.
Those methods are:
Ideals. The ideals of Boy Scouting are spelled out in the Scout Oath, the Scout Law, the Scout motto, and the Scout slogan. The Boy Scout measures himself against these ideals and continually tries to improve. The goals are high, and as he reaches for them, he has some control over what and who he becomes.
Patrols. The patrol method gives Boy Scouts an experience in group living and participating citizenship. It places responsibility on young shoulders and teaches boys how to accept it. The patrol method allows Scouts to interact in small groups where members can easily relate to each other. These small groups determine troop activities through elected representatives.
Outdoor Programs. Boy Scouting is designed to take place outdoors. It is in the outdoor setting that Scouts share responsibilities and learn to live with one another. In the outdoors the skills and activities practiced at troop meetings come alive with purpose. Being close to nature helps Boy Scouts gain an appreciation for the beauty of the world around us. The outdoors is the laboratory in which Boy Scouts learn ecology and practice conservation of nature's resources.
Advancement. Boy Scouting provides a series of surmountable obstacles and steps in overcoming them through the advancement method. The Boy Scout plans his advancement and progresses at his own pace as he meets each challenge. The Boy Scout is rewarded for each achievement, which helps him gain self-confidence. The steps in the advancement system help a Boy Scout grow in self-reliance and in the ability to help others.
Associations With Adults. Boys learn a great deal by watching how adults conduct themselves. Scout leaders can be positive role models for the members of the troop. In many cases a Scoutmaster who is willing to listen to boys, encourage them, and take a sincere interest in them can make a profound difference in their lives.
Personal Growth. As Boy Scouts plan their activities and progress toward their goals, they experience personal growth. The Good Turn concept is a major part of the personal growth method of Boy Scouting. Boys grow as they participate in community service projects and do Good Turns for others. Probably no device is as successful in developing a basis for personal growth as the daily Good Turn. The religious emblems program also is a large part of the personal growth method. Frequent personal conferences with his Scoutmaster help each Boy Scout to determine his growth toward Scouting's aims.
Leadership Development. The Boy Scout program encourages boys to learn and practice leadership skills. Every Boy Scout has the opportunity to participate in both shared and total leadership situations. Understanding the concepts of leadership helps a boy accept the leadership role of others and guides him toward the citizenship aim of Scouting.
Uniform. The uniform makes the Boy Scout troop visible as a force for good and creates a positive youth image in the community. Boy Scouting is an action program, and wearing the uniform is an action that shows each Boy Scout's commitment to the aims and purposes of Scouting. The uniform gives the Boy Scout identity in a world brotherhood of youth who believe in the same ideals.
Using the 8 methods of the Boy Scout Program will insure that your unit is operating as an effective Troop. The methods are clear and can be found in all facets of the program.
The goal of the Boy Scouts is not to manufacture Eagle Scouts, it is to develop young people into Citizens with good Character and physical fitness. Earning the rank of Eagle is an accomplishment that validates in the youth and those around him that the program worked in his development.
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I'll add to this thread as the great ideas roll in. First let me thank Swordfish and others for putting in the suggestion for this forum. It was a great idea and judging by the fun people are already having I think this will be a very fun forum to participate in.
That being said, its a common curtesy among critic/movie review forums etc to announce spoilers.
So please if you watch a brand spankin' new movie, and you wanna tell us about it, please announce either in the thread title or in thread (before the spoiler) that the thread/post contains a spoiler.
If someone wants to "word it better" and work out some other rules, post them in this thread and the staff and I will work out what we feel the best rules/suggestions may be.
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Miller earns APA award for lifetime contribution
Posted August 7, 2003; 05:11 p.m.
Princeton's George Miller , a pioneer in cognitive science, was presented with the American Psychological Association's 2003 Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology Award. He received the honor Aug. 7 at the APA's annual convention in Toronto.
Miller is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology Emeritus. An APA president in 1969, he has been an innovator in the study of language and cognition, helping to establish psycholinguistics as an independent field of research in psychology.
He was a co-founder of the Harvard Center for Cognitive Studies in 1960 and helped to create the Princeton Cognitive Science Laboratory in 1986. His work in psycholinguistic theories led him to become the principal investigator in the development of WordNet , an online lexical database based at Princeton. Miller, who taught at Princeton from 1979 to 1990, was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree by the University in 1996 for opening "the way to the mind's new sciences of psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology."
Miller received the National Medal of Science in 1991, the highest scientific honor awarded by the United States.
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'ITLN' 'BAZR' on Time & Temperature Building Stands For...
The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein is proud to support the Italian Street Bazaar with the message 'ITLN' 'BAZR' on Portland's Time & Temperature Building.
The event, put on by the St. Peter's Church on Munjoy Hill, is an annual fundraising and community event for St. Peter's Church the Italian Parish of the Diocese of Portland. It is a celebration of Italian Heritage. This weekend marks the 86th annual event and will be full of food, fun and games.
The Bazaar is Saturday, August 11th at 5pm - Sunday, August 12th at 9pm. It will be held at St. Peter's Church at 72 Federal Street in Portland. The pasta dinner is Sunday 1-3pm and other events will take place during both days.
For more information on the Bazaar and to see photos from past celebrations, please visit the event's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/StPetersBazaar
Our law firm is thrilled to support St. Peter's Church's Italian Street Bazaar and honor the rich Italian heritage in Portland.


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Family: Apocynaceae, Dogbane view all from this family
Description Introduced. A common garden ground cover with evergreen leaves and purple flowers.
Flowers: 1-2" (2.5-5 cm) wide; purple to blue, 5 petals.
Leaves: opposite; lower leaves heart-shaped, upper leaves elliptical; shiny, dark green, mottled with white or yellow in some cultivars.
Height: 8-18" (20-45 cm); trails along ground.
Habitat Shady, damp woods, woodland edges, roadsides, disturbed sites.
Range Europe native; naturalized in the United States, from Massachusetts to Texas and several of the western states.
Discussion Bigleaf Periwinkle is a popular evergreen ground cover that tolerates shady situations, and as such has been heavily planted. It spreads easily into natural and disturbed habitats and is considered an invasive or noxious plant in many states.


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California in-hospital infant feeding practices are monitored using data collected by the Genetic Disease Screening Program, Newborn Screening (NBS) Program. All non-military hospitals providing maternity services are required to complete the Newborn Screening Test Form. In addition to tracking genetic diseases and metabolic disorders, the NBS program gathers data on all infant feedings from birth to time of specimen collection, usually 24 to 48 hours since birth. The Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program staff analyze these data and publish breastfeeding rates by hospital, county and the State.
The Maternal and Infant Health Assessment (MIHA) is an annual, statewide-representative survey of women with a recent live birth in California. MIHA collects self-reported information on maternity care practices known to support breastfeeding, including: skin-to-skin contact, early breastfeeding initiation, rooming-in, formula supplementation, pacifier use, and receipt of gift packs containing formula, as well as infant feeding practices, including breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity.
The Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) is a national survey of maternity care practices and policies that is conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) every 2 years. The survey is mailed to all hospitals with registered maternity beds in the United States and Territories. State level benchmark reports are published by the CDC. The California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, developed regional mPINC Benchmark Reports to provide Regional Perinatal Programs of California (RPPC) Coordinators with local data to facilitate their work with hospitals and birth centers in improving breastfeeding support.
Since 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has compiled state-level information used to monitor breastfeeding promotion efforts within a given state. These report cards allow state-to-state comparisons on five "outcome" indicators consistent with the Healthy People objectives on breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity, as well as "process" indicators of hospital and community support for breastfeeding mothers. These data show that although California meets or exceeds Healthy People objectives for breastfeeding initiation, duration and exclusivity, more work needs to be done to ensure hospital and community support for breastfeeding mothers.
These presentations highlight how the California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program (MCAH) uses the Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care Survey (mPINC), the California Maternal and Infant Health Assessment Survey (MIHA) and other data sources to track adoption of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, monitor progress towards Healthy People 2020 infant care objectives and adherence to provisions of California Health and Safety Code §123366 requiring all maternity care hospitals to have comprehensive breastfeeding policies by January 2014.
Utilizing Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) and Other Data Sources to Track Success (PDF) (2012 California Breastfeeding Summit)
Interpreting Breastfeeding Data to Improve Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (PDF)(2011 California Breastfeeding Summit)
Association of mPINC Survey Scores and Exclusive Breastfeeding Initiation among California Hospitals (PDF)(2010 MCH Epidemiology Conference)
Using mPINC Data to Support Breastfeeding Quality Improvement Efforts in California (PDF)(2010 APHA Conference)
In 2007, the MCAH Program used in-hospital breastfeeding initiation data to identify regions with lowest exclusive breastfeeding rates to target with the Birth and Beyond California: Hospital Breastfeeding Quality Improvement and Staff Training Demonstration Project. This report describes BBC implementation, evaluation and lessons learned. Curricula, trainer notes, evaluation tools, and other supportive materials for implementing this project are posted at http://cdph.ca.gov/BBCProject.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthy People 2020: Maternal, Infant and Child Health Objectives
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Bluetooth has been all the rage recently with all the accessories being released, from headsets, headphones, mice, and more. Surprisingly, Logitech decided to break from the trend and make their newest performance notebook mouse using RF technology. Although a bluetooth mouse is nice to have since most new notebooks can be configured with built-in bluetooth, we were less than impressed with Logitech's latest V470 Bluetooth Mouse. RF is a tried and true technology for pointing devices, so the question is, does the Logitech VX Nano live up to our expectations?
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Smaller is better? The most obvious thing about this mouse is the size of the receiver. The Logitech website provides a picture showing the size progression of this type of receiver, and it has come a long way. It stays so flush with the USB port that even my Dell 85Whr battery extends further than it. This means that you don't even have to put away the receiver if you don't feel like it when you shut down your computer. However, if you choose to, Logitech has also designed a slot inside the mouse where you can store the receiver. When you take out or store the receiver, it automatically turns on or shuts off the mouse, respectively.
The mouse itself looks very stylish. The ergonomics of the device are also good; it is more comfortable to use for extended periods than the Logitech V470. It isn't very heavy, which is another problem that seems to plague cordless mice. It also features a scroll wheel that can be switched from "frictionless" to click scroll with a simple press of a button. Although true frictionless operation can never be achieved, the scroll wheel on the VX Nano spins quite freely. The best part about this mouse (aside from all the other great attributes), are the pads on the bottom of the mouse. It's hard to describe the smoothness it adds to the motion. The best example I have is that while my Logitech G5 feels like I'm sliding it across a brick, the Logitech VX Nano feels like I'm sliding it across silk. It even sounds like that. Yes folks, it's THAT good.
The precision of the mouse is also excellent. As you can see, I was able to draw a perfect circle with this mouse, just like with the G5. I've tested it in various scenarios, from surfing the web for deals to gaming, and it has exceeded my expectations. One problem I did have was with the location of the forward and back buttons. They are somewhat awkwardly placed by the left mouse button.
As I mentioned before, the VX Nano has an on-and-off switch at the bottom, which is useful for conserving battery life (which is claimed to be up to 6 months). It comes with a pair of AAA Alkaline batteries, but I'd recommend getting some rechargeable low discharge NiMH cells such as Sanyo Eneloops if you plan to use it often.
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Quality of the bag is very good. I hooked it to the rail clamps of my tonneau cover. It's a little farther in the bed than I wanted it but I didn't want to drill holes in the bed to attach the hold downs that come with the bag. Not sure if they would even hold with a lot of weight in the bag.


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I was fiddling with numerical range of two by two matrices so I modified my root testing python program to do this. The numerical range of is the set of all values
for all nonzero vectors . This set is a compact set (it can be seen as the image of the mapping $latex of vectors on the unit sphere which is a compact set). It's convex which is harder to show. For two by two it is an elliptic disc (could be degenerate).
See the result here, it plugs in random vectors and shows the result. Here's an example plot for the matrix .
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(Jan. 23, 2012) President Barack Obama opened the first inaugural ball Monday night extending "extraordinary gratitude" to the men and women in uniform and promised to ensure they have everything they need as they defend Americans' freedoms every day.
Speaking to hundreds of service members, including wounded warriors and Medal of Honor recipients, Gold Star families and veterans gathered at the Commander in Chief's Ball, and via a televised webcast with troops deployed to Afghanistan, the president said it's impossible to say "thank you" enough to those who serve.
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"It's because of you that with honor we were able to end the war in Iraq. Because of you that we delivered justice to Osama bin Laden. Because of you that it's even possible to give Afghans a chance to determine their own destiny," he said. "We are going forward, and we'll keep our military the finest fighting force the world has ever known."
The president offered special recognition to members of the 3rd Infantry Division and Regional Command South, who are deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan. He spoke via teleconference with Sgt. 1st Class Orlando Jackson and Sgt. 1st Class David Wood from the 3rd Infantry Division's Falcon Brigade, Task Force Light Horse; and Master Sgt. Robert Skowronski and Master Sgt. James Godlewski of the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron.
"We know it's tough being away from your families. We know the incredible sacrifices and challenges that you make every day," Obama said. "But I can tell you that you've got a room full of patriots here.
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ICSU Regional Office for Africa re-launched the implementation of its science plans on Sustainable Energy and on Natural and Human-induced Hazards and Disasters through a change of approach. The approach is to establish thematic international research consortia to develop project proposals from the science plans and submit to identified funders. To this effect, ICSU ROA organised a workshop on 22-23 March 2012 in Pretoria, South Africa, to concretise the formation of consortia and to plan the way forward with the planned project proposals. The workshop was held in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Children Away From Home
Original post made by Paul Losch, Community Center, on Sep 12, 2013
She's been there before, actually several times, speaks fluent Mandarin, and it is terrific that she has chosen to go there to teach English for a year. Her older brother spent a year in South Korea doing the same.
They both attended college away from this part of the world.
From a mindset standpoint, I as a parent have not viewed differently Spokane, Washington, Middlebury Vermont, Pusan, South Korea, or various Chinese cities where my now adult children have spent their time. None is easy to get to from here, some effort required. (I actually had an experience traveling from here to Dallas, Texas that took longer than a flight I took to Shanghai!)
That is what intrigues me. My kids come and go around the world, and it is not a big deal. While I have traveled both for business and pleasure in my lifetime, it was for many in my cohort a big deal.
Not so, as I perceive it, in our kids' generation.
And the level of effort to visit my kids when they are some place else in the world is not all that different from visiting at their colleges here in the States, in locations that required at a minimum one flight change, and typically a long drive as well upon landing.
All for the better. I just wish we did not have to take off shoes to satisfy TSA at the airport.
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a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 12, 2013 at 4:34 pm
Not sure what you're trying to get at.
The Kids around here fly several times a year to various parts of the world and at the drop of a hat. They fly from the time they were born and carry several passports.
The kids around here grow up with it and just expect it. All their friends do it. Spoiled to the point that it becomes an issue when they can't get a seat in the pointy end of the aircraft.
Good? Bad? At least not normal.
a resident of another community
on Sep 12, 2013 at 4:52 pm
I'm not sure what the point of this blog ever is. This isn't De Kalb Illinois, it's Silicon Valley and they sings of this person are not interesting or well written. Usually I skim it and wonder whether this person is related to the owner or something. Only nepotism could make sense of this choice.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 12, 2013 at 5:40 pm
Growing up in UK, with my parents I travelled to most of western Europe before leaving school and have done plenty of travelling since. My kids do the same. Most Europeans do the same. At last it seems Americans are catching up with the rest of the world rather than doing whistle stop 10 countries in 14 days retirement trips.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 12, 2013 at 10:12 pm
Congratulations! These are the kids every PAUSD parent dreams of.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 12, 2013 at 10:17 pm
My daughter was an exchange student in China in 8th grade. It was an eye opening experience.
a resident of another community
on Sep 12, 2013 at 11:55 pm
I wish every child had an opportunity like this. But in their teens, not their twenties.
It will teach them two things:
1) How lucky they are to have the wealth and opportunity that exists in America.
2) How shallow, artificial and worthless 21st century American culture is.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Sep 13, 2013 at 12:02 pm
My son was an exchange student and lived in Germany his senior year of high school. It was a shock for him to see that Germany, Austria, and Switzerland had a higher standard of living than Americans do. he said that Palo Alto seemed dirty and unimpressive by comparison.
He has never been able to see the US, especially California, in a positive light since. He wishes do obtain dual citizenship and live permanently in Germany. I say go for it!
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 13, 2013 at 3:51 pm
You son obviously was only in a certain portion of the above countries. But anyway, why bother with dual citizenship if the US is so terrible. He should renounce his citizenship here, and get EU citizenship.
You could move over there with him-- you would probably get better treatment for ankylosing spondolytisBack and not have to worry about Asian neighbors that are not buddy buddy with you.
a resident of Community Center
on Sep 13, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Paul Losch is a registered user.
In the spirit of being helpful, there are plenty of programs for high school age students who want to spend time elsewhere in the world.
The student should have the interest and desire, I am of the opinion that it is not the sort of thing that should be imposed by the parents.
My daughter, a Paly grad, spent 2 summers in China during her high school summer months. Of her volition.
The programs she attended were intended and largely had college and graduate school students participating. This can be difficult for someone who is still in high school, although that was not the case with my daughter.
There are numerous ways to expose kids at the high school age to time outside the States. Make it a learning experience, not a turista experience.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 13, 2013 at 8:41 pm
Paul, I appreciate your perspective, but I beg to differ.
A love of travel can be learnt from the parents for a child. A child who is brought up to travel, knows how to appreciate different cultures, understands the complexities of international travel and enjoys the experience in the safe confines of a family, will much more likely to want to travel as a young adult.
Yes, some who never travel with parents will still long to do it alone. But I feel that travelling with your children gives them a lifelong love of travel. I agree it should not be just as tourists (hence my whistlestop 10 countries in 14 days retirement trip comment made in my previous post), but there is nothing wrong with visiting a foreign country for tourist and recreational purposes, as long as the trip involves more than the famous sights, but includes culture and mixing with the locals. Getting around on public transport, eating and shopping where the locals eat and shop, staying in hostels rather than luxury hotels, are worthwhile adventures for any young person and will give them the ability to do the same themselves. Many teenager Europeans buy Eurorail cards and take a backpack trip across Europe, sleeping in trains and working out how to use Laundromats with foreign coins. Many American teenagers could not manage to do something like this without planes, taxis and a rolling suitcase with no ability to use foreign currency other than a credit card.
Doing something worthwhile on a visit to a 3rd world country is also an experience, but the ones I have seen are so orchestrated by an agency that there is no room for independent adventure.
I am pleased to see that your adult children are travelling on their own, but the fact that you chose to highlight this in your blog shows that perhaps you wish you were able to join them or regret not having had the opportunity yourself. Perhaps you should look into doing a foreign trip yourself before you get to the whistlestop retirement trip stage.
a resident of Community Center
on Sep 14, 2013 at 5:16 am
Care to see my passports? Extra pages.
I largely agree with your observations that young people who are from this part of the world do not understand that things are not like this in most of the world.
I have learned in the last couple of years about several non profit organizations/NGO's here in the SF Bay Area that draw young adults into work and projects that help them understand that, and more importantly, provide opportunities to get involved "on the ground."
I also learned recently that Peace Corps is tailoring its programs in order to appeal to people who are at later stages of their work lives, not just at the beginning stages--terrific news!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 14, 2013 at 11:43 am
I think it's great that your kids are such world citizens.
But the inconveniences to travel aren't the barrier for most people, as much as the cost.
If I had the financial resources to make travel so easy, I'd start with giving my only child a chance to really know the cousins, aunts and uncles we have only ever visited on Skype.
It wasn't always this way, it used to be the opposite when I was a kid. Interestingly, it wasn't just the difference between new, fresh, egalitarian America and the aging, polluted infrastructure of Europe back then, there was an understanding that this was associated with the US not suffering the ills of Europe's rigid social classes and the economic stagnation caused by concentrations of wealth and power. The roles have reversed.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Sep 19, 2013 at 8:02 pm
ahhhh - lifestyles of the one-percenters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a resident of another community
on Sep 20, 2013 at 3:26 pm
People who say traveling is easy are the ones who have the money for it. For those of us who have to save up airline credit card miles to go on trips...not so easy.
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Distinguished Alumnus Award
The Medallion of Excellence for a Distinguished Alumnus recognizes a CHCI alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to the Latino Community and who has thereby achieved distinction. This prestigious annual award is meant to highlight the impact of CHCI's programs and the prominence of its alumni. Those considered are judged on the full range of their professional accomplishments.
2013 Founding Members of CHCI Alumni Association
The CHCI Alumni Association was founded in 1998 by the following visionary CHCI Alumni:
Yara Alma Bonilla, Independent Consultant; Rodolfo Anthony De Leon, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, FBI Laboratory; William Ayala (Founding Secretary), Deputy Political-Economic Counselor, Guatemala, Department of State; Naomi Barry-Perez, Director of Civil Rights, Department of Labor; Alejandra Ceja, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics; Gabriella Gomez, Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional affairs, Department of Education; Miguel Gonzalez (Founding President), Spokesman/Senior Press Officer, National Education Association; Miryam Granthon-Gerdine (Founding Vice President), Analyst at Office of Legislation, HRSA, Department of Health and Human Services; Paloma Santiago-Adorno, Associate, Strategic Insight
M. Gonzalez: "We sought to institutionalize the unofficial relationship that already existed between fellows who had graduated from the program and new fellows coming to Washington to take part in the CHCI fellowship…we wanted to tap into this vast network of untapped potential. The alumni association seemed the right vehicle with which to do that."
2012 Hon. Liza Rodriguez
Judge Liza Rodriguez started her academic career in 1988 at Laredo Junior College where she obtained her Associate's degree. She was then accepted as a Meadows Excellence in Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas, where she graduated with her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with a minor in Communication & Public Address. As a CHCI 1993-94 Public Policy Fellow, Rodriguez lived in Washington, D.C. where she worked as a legislative analyst with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Judge Rodriguez graduated from St. Mary's School of Law in 1997. She spent an impressive 10 years at the D.A.'s office, where she prosecuted numerous cases from misdemeanor DWIs to felony murders. After leaving the District Attorney's office, she was hired by the County Court at Law Judges as their Chief Administrator. Judge Rodriguez was elected to the bench November of 2010 and began her tenure on January 1, 2011. During her first year in office, she was asked to serve on the DWI Curriculum Committee of The Texas Center for the Judiciary, which serves as the primary source of judicial education for judges throughout the State. Most recently, Judge Rodriguez has submitted a grant request to the Bureau of Justice Assistance for over $450,000 in order to establish a DWI Court which would provide specialized supervision for persons charged with a subsequent driving while intoxicated offense. Her vision for County Court #8 involves focusing on alternatives to incarceration, expanding the existing Adult Drug Court program in order to address public safety concerns, increase accountability and continuing to run an efficient court treating all those who come before her with respect and dignity.
2011 Orson Aguilar
Orson Aguilar is part of the new wave of civil rights and community leaders focused on ensuring that the American Dream remains accessible to all Americans. After completing his undergraduate degree in psychology from UC Santa Cruz, Aguilar was accepted into the 1996-97 CHCI Public Policy Fellows class, where he was inspired to complete his Master of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. After graduate school, Orson entered the Greenlining Institute Leadership Academy, which became a turning point in his career. Impressed by Greenlining's holistic approach to advocacy, Augilar joined the organization full-time as Program Manager. In 2009, Aguilar was unanimously selected by the Institute's board to replace the founding executive director—a prestigious honor—and lead the organization into a new era. In his role as executive director, he has become a nationally recognized advocate for communities of color on issues such as the environment, community reinvestment, philanthropy, and leadership development. He is a widely sought after consultant on these issues that not only affect Latinos, but the entire nation. Orson's entire career has been devoted to community service, which is one of the facets of CHCI's Fellowship programs—instilling the responsibility to give back to the community. Outside of his work at Greenlining, he serves on other boards and commissions that help make positive social change. A tireless activist and inspiring leader, Aguilar continues to be committed to making positive social change, and continues to be an exemplary role model for future CHCI Alumni.
2010 Gabriella Gomez
On May 1, 2009, Gabriella Gomez was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education. She currently advises the Secretary of Education on legislative matters pending before Congress and serves as the Department's liaison in responding to Congressional requests. From 2006 to 2009, Gomez served as the lead policy adviser on higher education policy and issues related to innovation on the Committee on education and labor for Committee Chairman Rep. George Miller. She also served as lead negotiator for House Democrats on higher education legislation, including helping to successfully pass the Higher Education Opportunity Act, the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act, and the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act. From 2001 to 2006, Gomez served as Assistant Director of the Department of Federal legislation, at the American Federation of teachers where she advocated on behalf of it's 1.4 million members in the areas of higher education, early childhood education, welfare, career and technical education, workforce development and immigration. From 1997 to 2000, Gomez served as a legislative assistant for Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, covering education, health, housing and labor, among other issues, on the local and federal levels, and serving as the Rep.'s liaison to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. From 2006 to 2008, Gomez served as a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Alumni Association officer. Gomez was a 1996–1997 CHCI Public Policy Fellow. Gomez earned a Master's of Education from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola Marymount University, CA. She also studied British politics and public policy at the London School of Economics.
2009 Anna Maria Arias
Anna Maria Arias was beautiful, bright, and dynamic. Unfortunately on October 1, 2001 Arias' life was cut short when she lost her battle with aplastic anemia at the age of 41. Born in San Bernardino, CA, Anna was the first of three children and the only daughter. In 1987, she enrolled at Hawaii Pacific University and obtained a degree in communications. In 1988, she moved to Washington, D.C. for a fellowship opportunity with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI). Arias was driven and believed the best way to promote the advancement of Latinas within the U.S. was through economic empowerment. What motivated her was the lack of information available about Latina professionals. She published a start-up magazine for Latinas with her family's support and an inheritance from her father who passed away in 1991. Arias advocated for Latino causes and was a dedicated role model. In 1991 she launched LATINA Style as editor and founder. She then launched the LATINA Style 50 program in 1998 which recognized the best corporations for Latinas to work in the U.S., which in turn affected the way corporations promoted and appointed women to boards. In 1998, she created the LATINA Style Business Series, holding seminars and workshops for Latinas on a variety of different topics. To date, more than 23,000 Latinas in more than 70 cities have participated in the series. To honor her work, CHCI, General Motors in partnership with the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and Mexican American National Association in partnership with State Farm Insurance Companies have created scholarships.
2008 Enrique Figueroa, Ph.D.
Enrique Figueroa, Ph.D., is one of the leading figures in agricultural development. He holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural education from California State University, a master of science in horticulture and agricultural economics, and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of California, Davis. Following his CHCI Graduate Fellowship, he served on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Agriculture. In 1986 Figueroa joined the faculty of Cornell University's Department of Agricultural Economics and later the Department of Agricultural, Resource, and Managerial Economics. While at the university, his work focused on the analysis of marketing horticultural products in national, international markets, and underdeveloped countries, such as Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. In 1997 he was appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to serve as administrator of agricultural marketing services under the Clinton Administration where he was responsible for eight divisions with more than 150 different programs. Figueroa was subsequently promoted and from 1999–2001 served with the Department of Agriculture as the deputy under secretary for marketing and regulatory programs. While at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he served as co-chair of the Hispanic Advisory Council. In January of 2002, Figueroa changed career paths and was appointed the director of the Roberto Hernandez Center and assistant to the provost for Latin Affairs for the University of Wisconsin.
2007 Regina Aragón
Regina Aragón is an independent health policy and communications consultant with nearly 20 years experience in policy analysis, advocacy, and strategic communications at the local, national and international levels. From 1993 to 2000 she was Public Policy Director for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, one of the nation's largest AIDS service organizations. At SFAF, she led state and national advocacy efforts in support of increased funding for HIV prevention and care, and advocated the adoption of evidence-based policies, such as needle exchange and voluntary confidential HIV testing. Regina was appointed to and served on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS from 1995-2000, during which time she co-chaired the Council's Services Committee and co-authored its final report to President Clinton entitled, "AIDS: No Time to Spare." She left the AIDS Foundation in 2000 to start a private consulting practice, which continues to this day. Over the past seven years, she has consulted for a range of non-profit, foundation and international clients, including: the International AIDS Society (IAS), the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the Levi Strauss Foundation, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, National Minority AIDS Council, the CAEAR Coalition Foundation, the Black AIDS Mobilization Initiative and the Pew Hispanic Center. In her current work with the IAS, she is responsible for message development and strategic communications for the upcoming 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (to be held in Sydney, Australia from July 22–25) and the XVII International AIDS Conference (to be held in Mexico City in August 2008). Regina has a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (1987) and a B.A in Third World Studies from the University of California, San Diego (1984). During her fellowship with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Regina served as a fellow with the House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, where she helped organize a congressional hearing on women in the labor force and the role of child care.
2006 Dr. José Garzon
Dr. José Garzon is a native of Pico Rivera, California. He graduated from Whittier College in 1977 with a BA in Political Science and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. Shortly after he completed his graduate fellowship with CHCI, José received a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research for his dissertation during Peru's drought of 1983. A doctoral student with a particular interest in development, José traveled to South America, where he made a serendipitous contact with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers stationed on the ground to administer humanitarian support. The USAID team was short-staffed and offered José a temporary assignment to conduct drought relief monitoring. In 1986, he returned to the U.S. to receive his degree. Before long, José found his way back to Latin America and USAID. He has now been with the Agency for 17 years, working in diverse settings, from El Salvador to the Philippines, Bangladesh to Bolivia. José most recently served as Chief of the Rule of Law Division with the Agency's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance in Washington, DC. José was part of a team that worked with the mission in Iraq to build a system from the ground up. José developed a concept paper outlining a comprehensive rule of law program tailored to the specific needs of Iraq, which will serve as the blueprint for USAID's work. José currently serves as the USAID's Guatemala Chief of Democracy and Governance. He is working on a new reality show that he helped support and approve through USAID. The show is challenging hardened former members of international gangs to make new lives for themselves by succeeding at a legitimate business endeavor with the help of private sector mentors. "Th e message that the show is going to send is that it's going to put a human face on the former gang members and that's never been done before. When you hear about some of the horrible things that go on, murder, rape, you can very easily dehumanize the gang member, "says José. "Witnessing the impact of development on the lives of ordinary people has been the most personally rewarding aspect of a distinguished career."


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Press Release: November 2009
The National Gallery of Ireland is pleased to announce that the recently recovered painting by Jack Yeats, 'Bachelor's Walk, in Memory' (1915), has been placed on long-term loan to the Gallery. The painting is now on view alongside the Gallery's permanent display of works by the artist in the Yeats Museum. Admission is free.
'Bachelor's Walk, in Memory' has not been seen in public since the National Gallery's centenary exhibition of the artist's works in 1971. It was also the cover image of the 1971 exhibition catalogue. The painting was stolen from Dunsany Castle, Co. Meath, in 1990 and recovered in London in 2007 after it was spotted in a Sotheby's promotional publication.
Raymond Keaveney, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland thanked the owner for placing the painting on loan at the Gallery: "We are delighted to accept this important painting on loan which affords a rare and wonderful opportunity for our visitors to see one of the artist's earliest and most significant oils displayed alongside the Gallery's prestigious collection of Yeats paintings."
'Bachelor's Walk, in Memory' , (1915) The painting records the aftermath of an incident involving a detachment of the King's Own Scottish Borderers that took place in Dublin city centre on 26 July 1914. The soldiers were returning to barracks having intercepted a large party of Irish Volunteers transporting a supply of arms collected at Howth. Responding with panic to a hostile reception in Dublin from the large crowd, sections of which jeered and stoned them, the soldiers opened fire, killing four people and injuring over thirty. While Yeats did not witness the event, he visited the scene of the incident the following day, executing a sketch on the spot. The shooting incident evidently played on his mind, as the following year he produced both this oil painting and a print on the subject.
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They have been changing the medicare and medicade payment structure for years and doctors and hospitals still play. Everytime they say they won't but they do. This is just the first time you have noticed since the republicans are trying to scare old folks into thinking that they can not get medicare. The vouchers is kind of like GW plan to privatize SS...It will fail people.
As for the penalty. Don't you think if folks play this game you are talking about that they will increase the penalty? duh
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How about from Harvard:
Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in large part because they lack health insurance and can not get good care, Harvard Medical School researchers found in an analysis.
Overall, researchers said American adults age 64 and younger who lack health insurance have a 40 percent higher risk of death than those who have coverage.
I asked you previously if you could find even ONE person who had died as a result of a doctor or hospital refusing to treat a patient, dying, as a result of not having insurance. Given you cited 45,000/year, surely you could find at least ONE instance, but evidently you could not.
Now then could you tell me your opinion of those who would put forth such nonsense. Do you still believe their lies or do you just want to propagate their lies?
The question should not be too hard to answer if you are willing to tell the truth.
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Yes there is a reason. Without a resistor you have no control over the current to an LED. Bad for the LED and bad for the driver circuit. Damage is caused althought it might not be immediately apparent. The forward voltage drop is not stable with age or temprature.Why people keep on trying to remove a one cent component is beyond me. It is one of the more stupid things you can do in electronics.
Face it GM, this is a battle that will never be over or won,
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Description ADULT MALE Has mostly black plumage with red colorful "shoulder." In winter, black elements of plumage have subtle brown edges. ADULT FEMALE Brown overall and heavily streaked on back and underparts; plumage is palest on throat (sometimes washed pinkish buff) and has a pale supercilium. IMMATURE MALE Similar to winter adult, but with more extensive brown edging to feathers. IMMATURE FEMALE Recalls adult female, but lacks pinkish buff wash to throat.
Dimensions Length: 7-9 1/2" (18-24 cm)
Habitat Contender for North America's most abundant bird; favors farmland and wetlands. Present year-round across much of central and southern U.S., and summer range extends to fringe of Arctic. Northern birds move south in fall and winter range extends to Central America.
Observation Tips Hard to miss, even in suburbs.
Range Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Eastern Canada, New England, Alaska, Rocky Mountains, Texas, Southwest, Plains, Great Lakes, Northwest, Western Canada, California
Voice Song is harsh, grating and screechy; call is a sharp tchik.
Discussion Widespread and familiar bird. Forms huge foraging and roosting flocks outside breeding season. Sexes are dissimilar.


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I agree Road Kill.........to me dogs always seem to remind me of there owners!
I'm sure it's because I'm partial to 'Peakes, but perhaps I wouldn't have inflamed the thread so much if I made the more accurate statement of saying more than likely, as opposed to most certainly, in regards to the whole show-bred-dogs-that-will-hunt statement. That I will stand behind. Sure, there are duds in every breed, and jtowne is right, those looking for gun dogs and/or trial/test dogs would still do better to concentrate on those lines, in any breed. That of course goes hand in hand with training and early environmental exposure. My whole point is that, in my opinion, natural hunting ability in the average Chesapeake is not as watered down as the average lab or golden. That again is thanks to each breed's respective popularity. And the "eat your children comment"? Get real. The meanest retriever I ever owned was a male black lab. Obviously he was an exception to the rule as well, but he would have made a snack of the kids long before any of the Chessies I've had would. Did anyone NOT think this thread would go GDG at a high rate? 19 pages and counting...
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night, only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf". George Orwell
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Owned and handled by Cruisin' with Indiana Jones, JH
Alternate Handler: Westwind Buffalo Soldier
Apprentice Handler: Snake River Medicine Man, SH
Even though this thread may of turned into 19 pages of GDG, I think I am actually starting to see some light. How many of the pro lab posters here also campaign their field lab in the show ring? I would assume very few to none at all.
The Chessie people more readily share the breed with all the different venues such as conformation, agility, etc. and the humans that go along with them (and an interesting bunch to say the least!). From my experience, even though these other venues are all lumped together when talking Chessie, how one defines hunting is very different even if they think it is all the same. I have bought chessies out of lines with conformation CH and a minimal JH title or something similar and done okay in HT's but lets not confuse these dogs with a true HT or FT chessie. A JH on a show dog isnt much to a hardcore hunter or FT'er, but you tell that to a show chessie person and more than likely they will take your head off defending the hunting abilities of their dogs.
Would there really be a big performance difference between lab and chessie if all we were comparing was true HT/FT labs to true FT/HT chessies?
I think that "letting" the breed split happen, had a whole lot to do with the Labrador Retriever's overwhelming dominance in the field.
Breeding is about placing priorities, and selecting for them.
That also means eliminating dogs from your breeding program.
The more criteria you have, the less dogs you have available to select from.
Performance has to take a hit, for the sake of appearance.
Kaie became a Grand Champion in the show ring today.
Here are a few pictures after doing major crop damage on wild South Dakota roosters:
Ducks anyone?
Dog Show?
Paul is too humble to tell you how really versatile that bitch is. Don't ya have a pic somewhere with Kaie doing Lab control????
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Apprentice Handler: Snake River Medicine Man, SH
I've had fun with this thread,and have came to the conclusion that at this time a chessie is not for me ,I'm sending a deposit this week for another black dog pup.
I still have a soft spot for them but I want to learn to train a dog before I train a CBR .Great info on the breed .Thanks for everyone's in put.
On the inside I 'm a chessie owner ,but maybe thats another chapter. Thanks for a lot of sincere PM's ,knowledge ,and the info on the breed , much respect to the original brown dog.
When I do go to the brown side I ve got a named picked out,that I will save.


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If the comparisons are for the 2010 season than I feel that both quarterbacks have good weapons surroUnding them for strong offensive showings. The Q's for the Jets are the loss of jones/washington/faneca. The Q! For miami is Henne. All the pieces are there and if he fullfills than Henne has more of a chance for success years too come. Sanchez has a reciever whos as inconsistant as ted ginn in edwards. A running back who has shown hes lost alot and a huge part of the oline that can create a kink in their chain. Ill give the nod to the michagin kid whos even keel. Chad "Touchpass" henne?? Haha well find out come TC.
Sanchez got every first team snap in the preseason, Henne was thrown into his first game with no first-teram practice. No slack being cut for that?
Clearly Pennington is better than Sanchez, and I think he's still better than Henne. I don't have a problem at all with Henne starting though.
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Eifmp..... Jets have a d which in turn helps the offense. Numbers wise henne was the better QB. Miamis d making him play catch up and a senile OC didnt help Hennes cause either.
Graham jumped on there, talking about how Sanchez is the better QB because he has more success and more experience and how he liked how he played in the championship game....though to be fair he then commented that neither Henne nor Sanchez are really anything special, just solid but never elite.
The host Jay Soderberg came out swinging, saying Henne was clearly the better quarterback with bigger upside, tougher, a better thrower and will be a top 10 QB in the league, multiple pro-bowler, and its not really debatable.
Graham quickly speaks up saying "oh, i agree, its how you phrase the question". When the guy writing the articles is so quick to jump sides, it might just be the people in the comments that are more logical.
Terrorist attack count against the Anything Goes Thread: 6
I don't think Henne vs Sanchez is even close really. I think Henne is leaps and bounds better right now. I think everyone is hyping Sanchez because of he played well in the playoffs and he's pretty raw and can be molded. Henne was also a 2nd round pick, and not 2nd overall (or 3rd or 4th or whatever Sanchez was). The two are going to be compared simply because they are young and 2nd year starters in the same division.
Generally fans are f'ing ********. How much exposure did Sanchez get last year on ESPN? How much did Henne? Well that's typically how casual fans form their opinion.
Jets are just the new flavor of the year.
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does anyone know what we got from Detroit for trading the 1st in the 3rd round ???
does anyone know what we got from Detroit for trading the 1st in the 3rd round ???
I could be wrong on this, but I think we got an extra 6th rd pick.
one of those 6th round picks we used
Dolphins Draft other than 1st, 2nd round, was really NOT good!
They could waited, and still got the pick they wanted.
The ones Dolphins picked, NOBODY would want!
Did Mel Kiper tell u that?
Do u know what was on every teams board on the weekend?
Mike Mayock LOVES the Langford pick . . . and it was actually ranked on the NFL network as the BEST pick of the 3rd round by one of the analyst. He was projected as a third rounder on several mocks that I have seen as well.
Anything from the 4th round on is a crap shoot . . . u take the guy who u feel will have the most success on your team.
yeah Langford is going to be a beast in the 5 technique.