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By Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
February 7, 1933
Letters, and letters and letters! Wire baskets on my desk, suit cases of mail going home even on Sundays with my secretary, Mrs. Scheider. A sense of being snowed under by mail. This is a picture of our first few weeks in Washington.
Before my husband had gone to Albany as Governor of New York State, I had had the usual amount of mail that comes to any one whose name is listed in the telephone book or the social register. there would be more appeals if we gave a party for young people or if it was recorded in the newspaper that we took part in any social or civic activity.
Not until my husband was Governor did I find it necessary to set up some kind of a system for handling the mail. Even then I continued to open, read and answer all the mail myself and sign personally all the letters which were sent in reply. Incidentally nobody ever signs my name but today of course, there are many letters signed by Mrs. Scheider. In Albany I shared with my husband the services of Miss Grace Tully, and kept Mrs. Scheider in New York, only bringing her occasionally to Albany.
I kept a file of all the letters and answers and during that time they began to come from all over the country, even though most of them still came from New York State.
Before the Old age Pension Bill went through in New York, I remember a farmer's wife wrote me about it. When it finally went through a year or so later, she wrote me again beginning her letter: "I am the farmer's wife who wrote you a year ago and you told me to write again when the Bill went through." "The farmer's wife" was quite delightfully naive for already there were a good many farmers' wives who had reached an age when old age pensions meant something to them and I was glad of my files where I could find the letter from "the lady" who thought she was the only one. This letter amused me very much at the time for I thought it rather unique, but I was to find as the years went by that everybody thinks their situation unique and everybody thinks they alone have written on a particular subject.
Fortified with this modest system of ours, and the fact that we had built up an unofficial organization of some on in almost every state in the union, who could investigate a particularly interesting or appealing letter if it seemed necessary, we moved to Washington. The time was a serious one, and the need of the people seemed great. I had a feeling that even to be able to tell some one near the seat of government about their troubles, would be a help, so in a broadcast which I made I said I would be glad to hear from those who felt that any government department could assist them in their needs.
Our initial preparation for the new work which we were to encounter in Washington, was to accept the very kind offer from our old friend, Edith Benham Helm who had been Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's secretary, to come in as a volunteer and guide Mrs. Scheider and myself along the social path that lay before us, for we were both at sea in Washington. Mrs. Helm came to New York to see us and helped us as a volunteer until we decided that some one would have to take full charge of the society end of our mail, or Mrs. Scheider would never get any time to sleep.
From the day Mrs. Helm took over permanently the social end of our work our worries on that score came to an end.
Almost immediately on moving into the White House we took stock of what was known as the Social Bureau which was under Mrs. Scheider's direction. There were two divisions; one under Mr. William Rockwell does all the work on the social end - letters, invitations, dinner cards in perfect script, lists, etc. The other under Mr. Ralph Magee does all the other work which such a tremendous mail entails. When we turned over the society end of the work to Mrs. Helm she immediately became direct head of Mr. Rockwell's department. Both Mr. Rockwell and Mr. Magee have been in the White House for many years and are a tremendous help to any President's wife and her secretaries.
We asked at once what had been the previous custom in answering mail which was addressed to the President's wife and we were brought a pile of form letters which were supposed to cover every contingency and some of them dated back to the days of President Cleveland!
If a woman wrote and said her child pined for an elephant and would Mrs. Blank provide it, the answer under the "form" system would automatically be: "Mrs. Blank has had so many similar requests she deeply regrets she can not comply with yours!"
This system seemed a little inadequate to Mrs. Scheider and to me because of the gravity of the question that were coming to us in 1933. We did away with many of the old forms and set up a system of our own.
The first year 300,000 pieces of mail came in addressed to me. Gradually as the need lessened the mail was decreased. Two years ago I received 198,000 pieces of mail and last year, even though it was a campaign year, there were 110,000.
The mail comes in to the mail room in the executive office. There it is sorted and all mail addressed to me is sent to the ushers' office and finds its way very quickly to Mrs. Scheider's desk in her office in the White House proper. She goes through that mail the first thing in the morning, takes our all personal letters and communications from government departments, senators and congressmen and any other letters which she thinks look from the outside as though they required immediate attention. The remainder she puts in a basket unopened, and it is celled for by a messenger and taken back tot he Social bureau. there trained people open and classify it.
The classifications are roughly as follows: Letters asking for contributions to church bazaars. Since time immemorial the contribution sent by the President and his wife is a small engraving of the White House with a message from both engraved on it. That is done in the Bureau without being returned.
Letters asking for contributions of any other nature are sent back to Mrs. Scheider. Letters asking for information are classified according to the government department which should be able to furnish the answer and they are sent over immediately for attention. Requests for speeches, or greetings to organizations, or short messages to various types of publications are all returned to Mrs. Scheider. The balance of the mail which includes every possible kind of request which does not seem to classify itself into any of the foregoing groups is returned to Mrs. Scheider. She reads them all and when she is able to do so, takes appropriate action and answers them herself, or dictates the answer for my signature. Letters of appeal or asking for contributions are placed in my basket with the balance of the general mail which Mrs. Scheider can not answer. She also gives me any letters which she thinks are of special interest, and she usually tries to give me a cross section of the general mail. This amounts to about fifty letters a day.
To give you some idea of the type of thing which comes to my desk and how it is handled, let me tell you a story of a letter written on six sheets of cheap pad paper. It was a mother's story of her family. She spoke well of her husband but he had been unfortunate. They lived in a poor part of the country; a part-time job which the father held had been lost; the land was poor and produced little; their cow had died, and there were five children to be fed and clothed and then one of them, a little fellow of some five years old, had infantile paralysis. He lived, but one leg was badly crippled. How was he going to meet life? She had heard of Warm Springs, but she could not take the trip and she could not pay for the care. What could she do?
The letter rang true, but I asked a friend to visit them and find out if circumstances were as she described them. They were, and then with the aid of some friends, a fund was raised which paid for the small boy for the long months that he had to stay in Warm Springs; for his trip and for one older person to make the trip with him and settle him there. He stayed until the doctors felt that they could do nothing more for him. When he went home he was sufficiently improved to go to school with the others. He learned to get about on crutches even to walk on them the half mile to and from school every day. The years that followed were a gallant fight on the boy's part and on the part of the parents. Finally they had an opportunity to move to a government homestead where the land promised a better living. They were pioneering again in much the same way that their ancestors had done and things looked brighter. AT Christmas time last year, the mother wrote me, not a letter of appeal, but the story of a modern pioneering family!
Then there was the lady who said she was quite young, and she and her husband had fallen on hard times. Before their baby had been born the stress had been so great that she had opened a trunk which had belonged to her step-mother and taken out a bag of times, a treasured collection which had been especially entrusted to her care. She had spent them thinking that her step-mother's interest had taken her so far away from them that she would never return, but she was coming back! The writer said she dare not face her without the dimes. Would I kindly see what I could do to get the dimes, dated in that special year? I inquired at the Treasury Department, was told they never kept dimes according to years and that dimes of that particular year would have considerable value. Then, feeling that the lady might be in serious trouble, I asked a friend to visit her and she turned out to be a middle aged woman with a very fertile imagination! She claimed to know nothing about the value of the coins, but one may be pardoned for Questioning the veracity of an individual who could make up such a story out of whole cloth!
Then there was the little girl who made my secretary, who prides herself upon being suspicious of everyone in the world, almost weep! In fact without waiting for my attention, she was about to send off a money order!
This time I restrained her! The child was too plausible. She said she was about to graduate from high school, she was to be valedictorian of her class, and her parents could not afford the traditional white dress and white shoes, so she wrote asking if I would provide them and enclosed a mail order catalogue blank all marked with the desired articles, sizes, etc. I went through the usual procedure and asked a friend to visit the young lady. She was found to be in her second year, in high school, not a very good student and her parents were quite able to furnish her with whatever she needed.
Two discouraging ones, so in closing I must tell you one of which I am very proud. In spite of all the weaknesses of human nature which you soon discover, if you keep on, when all is said and done, you have a great admiration for the courage of the average human being who keeps on with the struggle of life in spite of sorrow and hardship and disappointment.
The first letter from this woman I have in mind, disclosed the bare facts which sounded much like the case reports I was getting very often of transients in every part of the Untied States.
She and her husband had been unable to find work in a southern state and had gone out to the west coast. they bought a small lot in an effort to build and settle. Unfortunately no jobs were forthcoming to furnish the wherewithal to build, or even to live, and back they trekked on the promise from a member of the family to provide them with a farm to work. The farm was not ready when they arrived and so the woman thinking that if she were alone, she could get work in order to get what little furniture they had out of storage and make a home for them when the farm work started, hitch-hiked her way back tot he west coast. She got work but only for two days a week which served to keep body and soul together but not to provide for her return trip or to get the furniture out of hock for the future farm home. A baby was on the way, in fact would be born in the next couple of months. The situation looked desperate. Had I any suggestions to offer? Could I find some one who would like to buy her lot or to lend money on it?
I wrote to a friend of mine who is always kind. She was going away but she left it in the hands of another kind friend who investigated; found the story true; tried to borrow money enough on the lot to meet the urgent needs; found it was impossible and finally sent the deed to me in return for a loan. In the meantime, this friend of my friend became so interested she enlisted other friends and they bought the future baby the garments that would be needed, purchased some necessary household linens for the woman and got her furniture out of storage. Then they put her on the train with her furniture safely shipped. She found herself before long on the farm. By Christmas time a baby girl was there and a more jubilant letter I have rarely had from any human being. They continued to be happy, the baby was a most wonderful baby, they had enough to eat, they were going to make good.
Then one day when the father was watching the baby, she swallowed an open safety pin. The local doctor only succeeded in pushing the pin further down. They must take her to a nearby city but how could they get there? I returned to my New York apartment one night rather late to find a telegram despairing in every word. Would I lend the money to get them to the hospital and the baby admitted for care? I wired a friend in the city where the hospital was located. She contacted them and everything possible was done but the baby died. Then there was no money to take the little body away for burial. Finally that was given but despair settled down on that home. Before long the farm was given up, the man in order to earn more money and pay their debts shipped on a coastal steamer. I heard nothing from them for a little while and then one day I went to speak in their state and as I got off the train a hand was put on my arm and an anxious-faced woman said: "I am Mrs. Blank, Mrs. Roosevelt, I hitch-hiked my way up to see you. Could I talk to you?" Face to face was my correspondent. Older than I had expected, much more care worn but still with a fighting look. We had our talk, I offered her money. She would not take it, but insisted that she and her husband were going to get together again and going to make a success of their life.
He now has a job and not long ago she wrote me that though their security was only temporary, it was good to feel sure again for a week at a time and the future looks brighter every day!
In addition to the mail which I have describe, I get a great deal of mail which is purely advisory. People tell me what they think about my traveling so much. They tell me how I should manage my children and what I should do for my husband. They scold me for his policies if they don't like him or the policies, they tell me they love my husband and that they pray for him. Occasionally I have a run of such kindly letters that I have to remember some of the disapproving ones in order to keep my perspective!
I always insist that critical letters be given me, also letters which give a picture of conditions in different parts of the country.
There are the chronic letter writers, people who write in every administration. There are people who think the best way to reach my husband is through me. All in all it is a varied collection that fills the wire baskets which constantly reappear on my desk and perhaps our system is not the best system in the world, but these are questions dealing with human beings and our main desire is to remember that each individual is a human being who feels that his problem is the most important thing in the world and as far as possible the problem should be met with that same feeling on the part of those who deal with it.


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Karl says
Acme truck line Inc. is a lousy company to work for. There's little work. They pay a decent wage. Problem is, they may or may not pay you on time. You get paid or supposed to every week. They hold your first week pay which you get three weeks later. The driver finances the run by taking draws for motels, permits, tolls and anything else you need to get the truck delivered. Those deductions are taken out of your next check and your supposed to be reimbursed within two weeks. Problem is, if there's an issue they can now no longer find a problem without going back to day one. The big cheese at the Justin terminal will refuse any transfers to another terminal with work even though there's plenty of work and the other big cheese wants you to transfer. It's a very political place. Terminal managers are allowed to lie, do anything to keep you from leaving. Do yourself a favor, don't dip into your savings, just quit. If you don't you'll probably be bankrupt in two months or less. If you have a family that depending on your paycheck, DO NOT WORK HERE!
RAG trucking says
I work out of the Corpus Terminal and i agree. Acme takes too much money out and doesnt pay on time. They play faverites. Everyone is backstabbing eachother for loads. Acme doesnt give any support for there ownr ops either. They give the office workers company cars but give the owner ops scraps. not a good company you cant make money here not worth it.
Harold says
Do not work for Acme. The terminal manager in the Willis, Texas terminal is a real bastard. He steals the money from the drivers. Money is first paid to the driver, then it is taken back. The manager claims that the oil company won't pay for the load because a stamp is missing from the invoice. He will try to get the pay back to you, but never does. He owes drivers thousands of dollars. You are not allowed to transfer because they want you to be their slave or fail. If you ever fall out of favor with a terminal manager or are not one of their favorites, you will starve.
Forget about going to the district manager because he is just as big a jerk as all the rest.
Phycocholo mikey says
I completly agree with RAG trucking! The corpus christi terminal is FUBAR! I had two trucks leased there been there for two and a half years and finally left. Almost went bankrupt, still recovering. Lots of favoratism (wich cant be proven) lots of dispatcher #### ups along the lines of bad directons (waisted fuel) thousands of miles of dead head, favorites paying dispatchers and being in relationships with drivers creating an unfair and biast work place ( not all dispatchers they had two good ones in my time there they lnow who they were) no owner operator support no national fuel tire or repair discounts anywhere, And ya they take alot off the top and tend to change your rates on the loads after the load is done to a lower price cause they bow down like little bitches yo there shity customer, leaving you negative, they call the "rating adjustments" i had rating adjustments in dec. 2012 for a load that i did in nov. of 2011!!! Give you hell abput transflowing bills! Give u attitude for no reason, ostrosize you if you dont take a load, make up "rules for the bord ,or at least choose to apply them at the when its convieniant for them". They will help u out with a loan but itslike pulling teath getting them to understand why fixing ur truck is important. Wont let you switch to another terminal cause every terminal robs from paul to give to peter and are there own bussinesses in there own. Sent me all the way yo louisiana to pick up a load it cancelles and never got paid for it!!! Dont pay u right most times. Its all a show to lure u in and take your money. It used to be respectable, im not that picky i dont like turning down loads but im in this bussiness to move foward not backwards and with there shitty murphy and many other contract the only people who make money are the people who have there own work or terminals and acme, YOU get shit one most of the time. I have hot some good checks but more low and negative checks than nothing else. Id rather run OTR and make a consistant pay check and always have money to fix my rigs than be wiyh a company who pits all there eggs in one basket. Its sad . I liked acme the first 6 months i dont know why i stayed there that long. I must have been in denile it was like being married to a company just for convienience and i hung out dumb enough to think that things would change. Now im starting over. If u do go to acme do not go to a company terminal cause they will never let u transfer go to a commision terminal, even at that good luck cause the commision terminal owners usually own there own trucks and will work theres over yours all year long while you stress and lose your house car truck and sanity. FUBAR
Phycocholo mikey says
And also all those years and i still dont understand my settlements there different and formatted in such away that when u question it every dispatcher or manager has a different way of explaining it. OOIDA needs to look into these guys and investigate. And they have to be paying someone off on there audits cause i know damn well %85 of there drivers dong know shit about doing a log book or keep track of there milage.
Mack Schultz says
I worked for terminal 146 Robstown for 2 weeks pulled 8 loads and broke down 5 times. The last time I sit on the side of road for 21 hours. It's been a month since I quit and I have still not been paid for the loads I did
jag8719 says
I worked for acme terminal 17 and 129 and the both of the terminal managers did not know how to run a business the wanted to run your truck like if it was their's and they did not treat the drivers with respect and all the terminal manager's are the same u ask them for a transfer and they won't let u go if only the real owners of acme know that there company has gone down the drain that's why all the over the road companies have gotten into the oil field better service and cheaper rates I feel sorry for all my friends that are still with acme
David miller says
Acme truck lines / one source trucking is a great place to work if u like sitting at home , no money and being lied to at least once a week. THEY USE THE DRIVERS MONEY to finance their work. Also lie to u about the day rate pay for the drive away.
Dillon Clemmons says
Leasing my mini float onto acme terminal 91 in okc was the worst career decision I have ever made. The whole thing is a scam. #### Acme


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The Indian capital goods sector has outperformed the Sensex by 16% year-to-date (YTD). This is led by Larsen & Toubro, which has outperformed the Sensex by 42% YTD, Thermax by 22% and ABB India by 14%. BHEL has underperformed by 17%. However, the industrial and infrastructure sector P/E (price-to-earnings ratio) is still 15xmuch lower than the historical levels of 25-35x seen in the cyclical upturn. Also, currently the sector does not enjoy any premium over the Sensex multiple.
Industrial and infrastructure stocks have historically led the economic cycles and their earnings in relation to order-book growth tend to react much later with a lag of two to three years due to their order backlog. Hence, for most players the order slowdown seen during FY11 and FY12 is already factored in in FY13 earnings de-growth and the stocks have already seen a de-rating. However, the data does seem to suggest that there is a nascent recovery in the industrial sector.
Our estimates factor in a modest recovery in demand, largely driven by railroad and energy capex. We still do not build in any triggers for demand recovery in the power sector. The improvement in free cash flow (FCF) is coming from a lower NWC (net working capital)-to-sales ratio.
We recommend selective buying in Indian industrial names that have support for value locking. L&T remains our top pick. We continue to value L&T on an sum-of-the-parts valuation basis with a 12-month target of R1,805.
Value unlocking is the key to re-rating in the stock
L&Ts FCF generation over the next two years in the core engineering & construction (E&C) business is likely to turn positive for the following reasons. Firstly, it has come to the end of its capacity addition programme, which is likely to lead annual capex costs to fall to levels similar to depreciation (or even probably lower). Our assumptions for L&T factor in investments in IDPL of R15 billion per year for the next three years versus guidance of negligible incremental investments in IDPL by the company. Secondly, the companys NWC-to-sales ratio deteriorated over the past three years, largely to support its subsidiaries and vendors. With management increasing focus on this front and the improving liquidity, the change in NWC-to-sales is likely to be much lower than the PAT marginimplying improvement in operating cash flows.
Led by the above changes, we expect the standalone financials to generate an FCF of R12.5 billion in FY14 (implying FCF yields of 1.3%, at the current stock pricea 400 bps improvement y-o-y). From a stock perspective, we have historically seen that improvement in FCF of the parent company has a fairly direct impact on the valuations of the stock.
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Also, Bill Miller draws up plans for a go-anywhere income fund, Ken Feinberg to retire from Davis Funds at the end of the year, Perritt Capital plans a new fund, and a goodbye to Abe Briloff.
John J. "Jack" Granahan, a longtime manager of a portfolio sleeve of Vanguard Explorer VEXPX, is stepping back from investment duties at the end of 2013. Granahan, 77, will stay on as chairman of Granahan Investment Management, a firm he co-founded in 1985. Earlier in his career, Granahan worked at Wellington Management Company where he managed the Explorer fund from 1970 to 1979. While at Wellington, he also managed Vanguard Morgan Growth VMRGX when it first launched in 1968.
Vanguard initially hired Granahan's firm to subadvise Vanguard Explorer II in 1985, and retained the firm to manage a sleeve of the Explorer fund when it merged with Explorer II in 1990. The firm now manages roughly one fourth of the Explorer fund's $12 billion in assets alongside six other subadvisors.
A seasoned investment team remains in place at Granahan Investment Management. The firm's chief investment officer, Gary Hatton, has served as a comanager of the Explorer fund since 1998. The firm's chief executive officer, Jane White, has served as a comanager since 2000. Hatton and White--who co-founded the firm alongside Jack Granahan--have the support of a team of five portfolio managers and analysts.
Legg Mason's Bill Miller Drafts Plans for Go-Anywhere Income Fund
Legg Mason and Bill Miller have filed to launch Miller Income Opportunity Trust. The fund will be comanaged by Miller--who posted a streak of chart-topping results at Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust LMVTX followed by disastrous losses in the late 2000s--and his son Bill Miller IV. The fund has the freedom to invest globally and across asset classes in order to deliver a high level of current income. Its investment universe includes global stocks and bonds, master limited partnerships, private mortgage-related securities, closed-end investment companies, and derivatives.
The fund will follow a strategy that Miller has plied in private vehicles since early 2009. However, it does not yet carry a public track record.
The new fund launch follows a recent resurgence in Miller's performance. His other charge, Legg Mason Opportunity Trust LMOPX, posted top-decile returns in 2012 and 2013, after lagging nearly all mid-value peers in 2008, 2010 and 2011. Miller has a history of buying private placements at Opportunity Trust, though he has de-emphasized smaller, less-liquid fare in recent years--partly to reduce the fund's overall risk profile. Miller Income Opportunity Trust will provide him with a wider menu of investment options.
Ken Feinberg to Retire From Davis Funds
Ken Feinberg, longtime comanager of Davis New York Venture NYVTX, Selected American SLADX, and Clipper CFIMX, is retiring from Davis Advisors at the end of this year. Danton Goei, who has been with the firm for about 15 years and has managed a big sleeve of Davis Opportunity RPEAX for 12 years, will take Feinberg's place on New York Venture, Selected American, and Clipper. Chris Davis, Feinberg's partner and firm CEO and CIO, remains on those large-cap funds and will take over Feinberg's other assignment, Davis Financial RPFGX, which he comanaged from the fund's inception to 2007 before handing it off to Feinberg, who had been a listed fund manager on Davis Financial since 1997.
The decision to retire was mutual, and Feinberg has no plans to work anywhere else right now, Davis said. Indeed, Feinberg will serve as an advisor and consultant to the firm for at least a couple of years. Feinberg could not be reached for comment this week. His withdrawal is a surprise, but Goei's promotion is not. Davis has telegraphed Goei's advancement within the firm for several years, mentioning his contributions in annual reports and giving more authority in analyst-run funds like Davis Opportunity, where he will continue to play a role until other analysts are assigned to the fund. Still, this is a material change that will affect most Davis-advised funds' ratings.
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Cavaliers Reportedly Shopping Hughes December 25, 2007 - 7:09 am Cleveland Plain-Dealer -
Larry Hughes' time with the Cavaliers might be just about over. According to several league sources, the Cavs have contacted several teams about a deal involving the 6-5 guard.
One source said the Washington Wizards are one of those teams, and another source said another team is in the Atlantic Division.
Hughes spent three years with the Wizards before signing a free-agent deal with the Cavs in 2005 worth between $65 million and $70 million.
While the trade deadline is February 21, Hughes may not last until then.
"Hughes will be gone way before then," said one source, who did not want to be identified. [READ]


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TEL AVIV (Jan. 23)
Two Yugoslav women were detained in Israel two weeks ago on charges of spying for the Palestine Liberation Organization, Ha'aretz reported Tuesday.
The newspaper's disclosure forced the Haifa Magistrates Court to lift the ban it imposed on the story's publication at the time of the arrests.
The women were identified as Victoria David, reportedly a convert to Judaism who immigrated here two years ago, and her non-Jewish friend Patricia Kansevich, who came to Israel as a tourist in the past year.
They were accused of photographing strategic sites and sending the photos to the PLO. The women admitted taking the pictures, but denied they were for the PLO.


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The Value of Financial Planning1 -- a comprehensive five-year research study by the Financial Planning Standards Counsel (FPSC) -- delivered real empirical evidence that Canadians who engage in financial planning are far better off than those who don't. Among the report's findings:
- Of respondents who engage in comprehensive planning, 51% said they were on track to reach their desired lifestyle in retirement, compared to just 18% of those who don't receive any financial advice.
- The research also revealed that of individuals who engaged in comprehensive, integrated financial planning:
- 61 % felt confident they would be satisfied with their desired lifestyle in retirement, compared with 27% with no financial planning.
- most also felt that they had improved their ability to save, had greater peace of mind, are less concerned about their financial situation, and feel better about having discretionary income to be able to lead the life they want.
- Third party empirical data (from Statistics Canada, Ipsos Reid and others) showed that when Canadians choose financial advice, they accumulate more assets and are better prepared, financially, for retirement.
- 74% of advised households agreed that they feel confident that they will have enough money to retire comfortably.
- 71% of advised households agreed that a year from now, they will be financially better off than they are today.
As these studies confirm – and as so many Canadians have already discovered for themselves -- financial planning pays off. Get the value you deserve by talking to your professional advisor today.
1The first phase of the study was conducted by The Strategic Council for FPSC, August 2009 to January 2010 and surveyed 7,300 Canadians.
22010 Value of Advice: Report, IFIC, July 2010


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The Fortuna Chamber of Commerce holds weekly luncheons to update community on upcoming events and provide information through presentations from local organizations. Recently, those presentations included Humboldt County 2nd District Supervisor Estelle Fennell updating attendees on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Tina Nerat of the Small Business Development Center also spoke at the most recent meeting.
Fennell said the board was meeting with residents and local business owners to get feedback about their concerns, questions, and what they see as the steps that individual businesses can take to become compliant.
With the recent upwelling of frustration over Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits filed in the region by Eureka attorney Jason Singleton, the supervisors voted in January to gather information from local businesses and chambers of commerce in their districts.
Recent discussions have brought up the possibility of funding to help businesses get up to ADA standards to better serve the community as a whole.
Nerat spoke about the services that the center -- with offices in Crescent City and Eureka -- can offer local businesses.
Announcements at the recent meeting consisted of a Celtic Concert at Fortuna Library, an upcoming Home Based Business Expo on March 2, the Redwood Comedy Festival on April 26 and a local Girl Scout explained what the local troops are doing in the area.
The next mixer will be held at the Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department in Fortuna sponsored by FVFD, Moonlight Catering and Stir Fry Willie.
For more information on the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce, contact 725-3959.


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28.06.2011 •
Film NEWS
Director: Hanna Maria Heidrich
DOP: Jann Döppert
Production: Filmakademie Baden Württemberg
TV Producer: Sebastian Bandel, Steffen Wilhelm
Editing: Benjamin Entrup
Visual Effects: Sebastian Nozon
Sound Design: Christian Heck
Music: Philipp Noll & Axel Huber
Styling: Andy Besuch
First some standing ovations at the New German Directors Showcase by Saatchi & Saatchi during the ADC and now the whole package at the Young Director Award in Cannes. Director Hanna Maria Heidrich and team were awarded the respective first prize in the categories 'European Branded Short' as well as 'European Filmschool', but also the special jury award YDA 2011. On air since the 28th of June.
Rush Hour in the 5th Avenue. In the middle of the largest rush hour traffic imaginable and surrounded by people in a hurry stands a deer in front of a policeman. He does not believe his eyes and – the deer did not arrive there for no reason, it keeps bearing a message. The slogan 'Nature misses you' concludes the commercial.
WE MISS YOU hits you right under the skin. Three film students of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg filmed the Hollwood-esque 2-minute spot. The social campaign is dedicated to the relationship between humankind and nature and asks the question: What would happen if nature would start caring about and miss us?
Nature gets a face and a personality as well as emotions. Instead of relying on calls for donations or conjuring a bad conscience, the audience is supposed to regard nature as a friend. The core piece of the campaign is the www.wemissyou.de website. The site's was launched happened on the 28th of June 2011 at noon. GoSee was there and also wants to spread the message: nature misses us!
WE MISS YOU was produced with a budget of a mere 20,000 Euros over the course of two days in Frankfurt am Main with a real doe. (Production Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg).
Director Hanna Maria Heidrich will graduate in winter 2011. While Sebastian Bandel is busy establishing his own production company Fireapple Films in Munich, Steffen Wihelm is currently working as a freelance producer for ad spots (amongst other things). We are not worried about the trio.
The upcoming director is currently working on her degree film, a pilot for a series, which is being produced in collaboration with Pro7/Sat1 at the Filmakademie. She will graduate in Winter 2011.


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Fever for the g30sf
Yay? Nay? I've read good and bad depending on what trigger bar is in it. Also the tight mags. Any other opinions? Preferably glock lovers. I read the thread about the sig vs glock. Not looking to start a mess.
Go to YouTube and look up Hickok45 he has a great video about the glock 30. He has been doing it for about 6 years. Has videos on almost anything.
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I've decided I want one.I've been into pistols a long time.I have aG17-36-20,but the 30 ,just something American about the .45 !
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I just bought a 30sf and have had nothing but feeding issues. The mags are tight my 23 mags were stiff too. I have been reading about the trigger bar so i hope glock put a different one in mine once they send it back. Other than that, i would say yes because its very comfy in hand and shoots like a dream. On the flip-side, you can buy one and get a lemon like i did. I hear the 30's have know issues,just the sf's but you would think they have the same internals.
I have had my 30 sf for about 3 months now and i have over 1000 rds through it without a problem. It is the best shooting Glock I own. I also shoot a G22 and a G26. My gen 3 30 sf came off the line 11/11 so it is one of the newer ones. My 10 rd mags are stiff but they work perfectly and they have gotten easyer to load now. I plan to buy another one in the future.
Thx for the input. I believe I'll still make the purchase because it's a glock. If there's issues I'll just deal with it or make sure I purchase new to hopefully not have the trigger bar issue.
I have has my g30 for about 2 years and has not failed me once
That's nuts. Oh well. I guess there's only one true test. Buy one and put it through hell before carry.
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- July: 15th-30th
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- Experience level: for hikers/ trekkers in good to excellent condition.
Kamchatka is one of the most remote places in Russia, a large peninsula bounded by the Pacific and its seas. It is known to be one of the places in the country that is almost left untouched. It's virgin mountains and forests with unique and exotic plants found nowhere else in the world are full of wild birds and animals. For almost a century this wilderness was closed to foreign visitors as well as many other places in Siberia and Pacific.
This wild mountainous land, lying on the 'Pacific Rim of Fire', is a highly unstable geological area prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, stretching from Alaska in the east across the Aleutians to Kamchatka and southwards to Japan. These comments were made by Robert Perkins, the American ecologist when he visited Kamchatka in 1990. He was possibly the first Westerner to have visited Kamchatka in 40 years. It is a remote region of Russia being 9 time zones from Moscow. The area was shrouded in secrecy it being the home of the Soviet Pacific fleet. Our trip passes through the wilderness areas of the volcanoes and hot springs in two areas, one to the south and the other to the west of Kamchatka's main town and port Petropavlovsk.
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Clayton mom starts group to connect with African-American families, homeschoolers
Posted March 9, 2014
Sabrina Williams and her family moved to the Triangle from the Washington, D.C., area last summer. Even before Williams' new home in Clayton was complete in October, she already was busy creating a new network of friends for herself, her husband and her two kids, who are homeschooled.
Williams started Black Families of the Southern Raleigh Suburbs on Meetup in an effort to reach out to other families like hers. While her friends and family have always been diverse, Williams said it's important for her kids and family to connect with others who have the same experiences and culture. She said she was having trouble finding other black families to get to know.
In just a few months after launching the site, nearly 40 families have joined the group. They gather for social events, including park days, potlucks, cook outs and more.
"It's really great to connect with other families who are similarly situated and have similar experiences," said Williams, who spent years working in the corporate world before leaving to homeschool her kids, ages 8 and 10. "It's been a really great avenue."
By coincidence, several of the families homeschool their kids. Williams was thrilled to meet up with other African-American homeschoolers especially considering that less than 1 percent of African-American children are homeschooled, according to the federal Digest of Education Statistics. That number is growing, according to the National Home Education Research Institute, which has found that 15 percent of homeschool families are non-white.
Williams' group has been able to get together during the week for activities and to talk about curriculum, such as finding social studies or science texts that highlight the achievements of African-American leaders and scientists.
"We're raising our kids in a very expansive, progressive mindset, but at the end of the day, race does matter in this country," she said. "It's nice for them to see other African-American homeschoolers."
Williams doesn't have big plans for the group right now. As the weather warms up, she expects the group will get busier with outdoor activities.
"My vision is once a week, we get together, all of the kids play and the moms talk and we have a really great time," she said.
For more about the group, check out its page on Meetup and watch my quick video interview with Williams.
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Feature Article: Audi S5 Rhythm
Audi calls it the Rhythm of Lines, Walter de'Silva the most beautiful car I've designed in my career. Most of us know it simply as the S5, a tightly sculpted piece of machinery with a 4.2L, 354 bhp torque laden engine.
The presence of the car on the street is immense, and that's not just from its LED lights or the now common Nuvolari grille. Like all well designed cars, its size is deceptive due to the balance and proportion of the design. Park it next to a BMW 6-series and you'll see that it is close in size, despite your brain telling you that the logical competitor is the 3-series. The car is relatively large, as wide as an A6.
Judging from reactions to the car, de'Silva's mostly right, with perhaps only Aston Martin, Alfa and Maserati having more sensuous front-engined coupes currently in mass production. The only small area of detail that is lacking is around the C-pillar just above the rear wheel, not particularly aided by the slight introvertness of the back rim. Wider rims definitely improve things.
The Bauhaus influence is clearly waning, with more angular, muscular lines and edges replacing the curves and slopes of the Nuvolari, and the Avus concept which began it all back in 1991. As explained by de'Silva, he wanted to bring more emotion to the brand.
Even at standstill, there is a purposeful flow at the roof and waist-lines, and this rhythm is really brought out in the early mornings and late evenings when the rays of the sun hit the body at shallower angles.
The engine, seen in the RS4 and the R8, was de-tuned for less peak horsepower, but with more torque down low. There's a clear thought process going on within Audi, focusing this model more at grand tourers than racetrack specials.
This becomes much more evident when the tech in the car is reviewed as a whole – Audi Drive Select (ADS), Dynamic Steering, new-generation Tiptronic.
They could have fitted the car with the R-tronic from the R8 (which is related to Lamborghini's sequential e-gear), or waited for the development of a high torque dual clutch box (DSG). But having driven the car on the road for all of the review, I didn't miss those more respected transmissions much. No automatic, computer controlled clutch comes close to matching the smoothness of a torque converter, especially at low speeds. Worst in this respect must be the R-tronic, with the S-tronic (Audi speak for DSG) and the Multitronic CVT competing for joint second.
What the Tiptronic does is work – no jerkiness, throttle automatically blipping on downshifts, and best of all, close to class-leading shift times. ZF, the manufacturer of the Tiptronic, claims that its latest 6 speed box shifts twice as fast as its predecessors. In fact, the German Rheinische Post newspaper states that the ZF transmission shifts at 100 milliseconds* – that's Ferrari 599 territory. This could quite possibly be the same box in the 997 Porsche 911 turbo tip, whose 0-60 mph times are quicker than the manual, a first for the 911. The automatic can be even more frugal on fuel than the manual (if you let it, that is).
When coupled with ADS set at Dynamic, the S5's shift times reduce, throttle response sharpens, and it's great flinging the car down long, winding roads. No tiredness intervenes as it all comes together seamlessly.
To put ADS in context, I would say that Comfort equates to a conventional Audi stock suspension in a B7 A4, but with softer damping and more control. Dynamic would be the equal of the s-line, but with a better ride. It's worth the money in my view as I took this car quite a few times over a broken road under construction at the same speed in different modes, and Comfort made a real difference. In fact, the gap between the 2 ADS modes in the S5 was greater than that of the magnetic ride option in the R8.
Purists may take exception, but Audi Dynamic Steering is seamless to a fault, and doesn't detract from feel (albeit at Audi and not BMW levels of feedback). In fact, I had to call up Audi PR to confirm if this particular car had the variable ratio rack. The only time where I felt it was intrusive occurred when I drove the S5 down the same road five minutes immediately after travelling in a car that didn't. A couple of garbage cans and dog walkers had close shaves that day while I adapted over the first half a mile. No such risk on Mars where the steering system was developed for the Mars Rover vehicle.
Meandering the car quickly down long winding roads is effortless, the steering, ride and transmission working together with the rigid MLP chassis to let the car flow down the asphalt ribbon. Again, great rhythm and balance, and 3 hours in the car didn't seem that long. The excellent Bang & Olufsen stereo may have helped to pass the time, except that I had it off mostly while listening to the engine. (Needs a bit more bass, B&O, though the highs and mids were first class.)
The best cars are usually defined by one great thing, such as handling, or looks, or the engine. It may do the rest very well, or do them terribly, with the great element more than compensating for the rest. The S5 is more like an Olympic decathlete gold medal winner. It may not be the fastest (though it runs the current M3 close in shorter race circuits), nor the best looking like the Aston DB4GT Zagato, but it does everything extremely well.
The soul of the car, the V8 engine, really shines too. It may not have outright bhp, but its torque curve surpasses the RS4 and M3's, which is really useful on the road.
Some have suggested that the engine revs fairly lazily, not having the alacrity of the RS4 version. That character may be relative in comparison to a high rpm engine, but the S5 does accelerates really effectively in Dynamic mode with the sharpened throttle response. 0-60 mph in 5.1 secs (some magazines have brought the manual version down to 4.7 secs) is rather good.
The misconception about slower acceleration could be due to the engine's soundtrack. Not a screamer like Freddie Mercury in I Want to Break Free – that's more Porsche GT3. Neither does it have the slightly anonymous but crushingly effective techno-V6 beat like the new Nissan GT-R.
This one has a classic, can't be hurried rhythm like Andy Summers' guitar riff in Every Breath You Take. Or the more appropriate but less famous Cose Della Vita by Eros Ramazotti. Tina Turner sings about emotional transitions, with great soul. She could be referring to the S5.
Unfortunately, Audi asked for the car back despite my expressing the need to screen the car further for performance enhancing modifications, given its gold medal status.
All that's left to be said is S5 drivers have the rhythm, and I got the blues.
*Riding the roller-coaster" – The "Rheinische Post" newspaper, issue: December 08, 2007, reports on the ZF automatic 8-speed transmission: "However, modern automatic transmissions are not only more comfortable and safer than manual ones but, at the same time, also more economical and sporty. In future, the new automatic 8-speed transmission by the transmission expert ZF Friedrichshafen is to achieve consumption values which can probably scarcely be attained with a manual transmission… The prejudice that the response times of automatic transmissions are much longer than with manual transmissions, has not held true for a long time now: The new 6-speed automatic transmission by ZF already reacts twice as fast as its predecessors – within 100 milliseconds, which the driver no longer perceives as "waiting time"."


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111-year-old Virginia woman finally receives diploma
(WJLA) - A 111-year-old Virginia woman joined the Class of 2014 on stage to finally receive her high school diploma.
Lela Babb Burden received her honorary diploma on Tuesday night. Burden had to leave school in 1918 when a flu pandemic hit Norfolk. She never returned, and instead got a job, raised a family, and stayed a part of the community for 107 years.
If Burden had continued school, she would have been a part of the Class of 1921.


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Chiefs activate Long, cut Lawrence
Published: October 25th, 2009 | Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, Lance Long, Quinten Lawrence, Todd Haley
The Chiefs made a switch at wide receiver before their game against the Chargers, activating Lance Long from the practice squad and releasing Quinten Lawrence.
Long played in one game for the Cardinals this season before joining the Chiefs, and he also can play special teams. He spent the 2008 season on the Cardinals' practice squad, where he worked with current Chiefs coach Todd Haley, who was Arizona's offensive coordinator then.
Lawrence, a sixth-round draft pick out of McNeese State last April, played in two games for the Chiefs. He carried the ball once for 16 yards and returned one kickoff for 17 yards.


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According to a survey, British women devote 91 hours a year, which amounts to 43 weeks in a lifetime to applying make-up.
The survey conducted by a UK based skincare company found that the average British woman devotes 91 hours a year to applying their make-up, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
A poll of 1,020 women in UK found that almost a third of women admitted they would like to cut the time they spend applying make-up, but only 13 per cent had the confidence to go barefaced.
Nine per cent of women said there is nothing that would make them go make-up free with one per cent even admitting to applying make-up before going to the gym.
Many are now also perfecting their looks online, with 8 per cent of women admitting to spending at least 30 minutes a week altering images of themselves on Facebook.
41 per cent felt unable to tell their friends that their natural look was better as they feared it would upset them.
"British women are spending an incredible amount of time each week applying their make-up despite being told by friends they are attractive enough to go bare faced," Leah Doherty, from the company, was quoted as saying by the paper.
"It seems modern women are not happy with the way they look even when wearing make-up, as our study reveals many are now even editing photographs of themselves before putting them on Facebook," she added.
While four in ten women felt radiant looking skin would give them more confidence, 12 per cent agreed they would consider turning to plastic surgery in a bid to look better. Four in ten said weight loss was the key to looking good.


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After Mitt Romney said that we should let the foreclosure crisis "run its course and hit the bottom," DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse issued the following statement:
"Mitt Romney's comment to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that we shouldn't try and stop the foreclosure crisis but should let it 'run its course and hit the bottom' is appalling and wrong. Romney demonstrated yet again just how out of touch he is with Nevadans—a statement so extreme that even right-wing Republican Nevada U.S. Senator Dean Heller was forced to condemn it.
"While Romney's comments are appalling, it's not unexpected from someone who made a fortune firing workers and sending jobs overseas. It should come as no surprise that he wants to let Wall Street write its own rules and thinks that corporations are people. Romney's not advocating for any policies that would get Americans back to work; he supports doubling down on the failed policies of the past that caused the economy downturn."


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// Launching a new business and stopping breastfeeding cold turkey during the same week is a surefire way to have at least one emotional meltdown
per day.
// The inmates are running the asylum, and sometimes I'm too tired to care.
// After almost four years of being in Richmond, we've finally found a church worth attending, and it's nothing like what I had in mind. But I love it, and I know it's exactly where we're supposed to be.
// I don't like the smell of formula. Like, at all.
// This week, my happy-go-lucky baby has morphed into a whiny, needy gremlin who can't handle me not having my eyes on him AT ALL TIMES. I'm trying to remind myself that it's only been a week since we stopped nursing, so maybe that has something (read: probably almost everything) to do with it.
// I have two exciting projects in the mix. One is a mom series I'm starting that I think you'll LOVE (more details coming soon!) The other project is more secret, but it has me on Skype working with this girl once a week and I don't hate it.
// Praise Jesus hallelujah, for the first time in 9 months, I can sleep without wearing a bra.
// Do any of my stay-at-home mom readers out there ever fantasize about having a 9-5 job? Do my 9-5 moms ever daydream about staying at home? Do all of my readers ever wonder if the grass is greener?
// On the 'grass is greener' note: I've realized lately that we should cut everyone some slack; we have no idea what other people are struggling with on a daily basis. Let's all try to be extra kind to people today.


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JOHANNESBURG – Some 380 George residents stand to lose R150 million after investing in a platform that in turn invested into beleaguered microlender, Bridge, among other investments, as allegations that the platform contravened the Banks Act surface.
The NIFLAS Silhouette Platform (NSP), which invested R63 million into Bridge Corporate, was placed into business rescue shortly after Bridge's own financial woes landed it in business rescue in September last year.
NIFLAS is a financial services business based in George, a popular holiday destination along the Garden Route. It is owned and managed by husband and wife team, Pieter (CEO) and Carina Strydom (executive director of financial services).
When Bridge was placed into business rescue, the annual interest rate of 19% that it was paying its more than 1 600 investors was slashed to 6% and has since dried up altogether. A recently instated compromise plan now promises to reinstate a 1%-per-annum dividend from January 2016.
NSP appears to be in large part a casualty of Bridge's demise and, like Bridge, was mis-sold in many cases to older, return-hungry investors.
According to NSP's business rescue practitioner, Koos van Rensburg, promoters of the NIFLAS scheme (who received commissions for attracting client capital) recruited investors who then became non-exec directors of "co-directorship companies" that were incorporated as PTY's and received said investor funds.
This step was introduced to circumvent the Banks Act, Van Rensburg argues, in particular the prohibition on conducting the "business of a bank", as it made investors directors of the CDCs to which their money was transferred and later redistributed to microlenders – the "borrowing entities".
Using the money they earned from income and interest (presumably from their own lending activities), these borrowing entities then repaid NIFLAS at "extravagant rates which were not sustainable," according to Van Rensburg.
In this way the scheme recovered its expenses and used surplus income to pay the CDC companies at interest rates higher than market-related rates. The CDC companies in turn paid this back to individual investors.
There are 78 CDC companies in total with names such as K2011106238 (PTY) LTD or Silhouette 001 through Silhouette 047.
Liquidation application filed
Alongside the investments into Bridge, Van Rensburg claims that funds were given to entities in which NIFLAS management had a direct or indirect interest, mostly property investments.
"None of these loans made any sense if one takes into account that the underlying investments of these loans were immovable property that would not generate sufficient income to pay an interest obligation of 19% per year," according to Van Rensburg.
"These were all arms length and above board, reflected in the financial statements of the company," counters George Nell, former Bridge business rescue practitioner and now representing NIFLAS management.
NSP invested more than R4.6 million into Cambist, a platform selling debt contracts. However, following the uncertainty surrounding emoluments attachment orders (EAO) in recent months, average monthly repayments from Cambist have fallen from R146 700 a month to R87 000, says Van Rensburg.
Considering Bridge's dire position and the outlook for other NFS investments, Van Rensburg does not believe that there is any reasonable prospect of rescuing the company and has duly applied for its liquidation.
A group of creditors, however, plan to oppose the liquidation application. "We don't agree with Van Rensburg on liquidating or what Strydom has done with Silhouette. We are interested only in getting investors' money back," chairperson of the creditors' committee, Charlie Breed, tells Moneyweb.
Nell notes that the NFS suspended its investment activities some time ago and any repayments of loans from microlenders or realisation of assets will be used only to repay investors.
He notes that in terms of an amended business plan, which has the support of the majority of investors, a new company will be created to wind up assets over a period of time, yielding a better return for investors than a costly liquidation process.
Nell first became involved in the matter as a mediator between Van Rensburg and NIFLAS management and was later asked to represent NIFLAS "on full disclosure to investors and Van Rensburg," he says.
A number of years ago and before launching, NSP received legal opinion from ENSAfrica to the effect that it was not in breach of any laws. According to banking and finance executive at ENSAfrica, Angela Itzikowitz, on the facts presented to ENSAfrica there was no contravention of the Banks Act or other relevant legislation.
The liquidation application is set to be heard on November 2 in the Western Cape High Court, says Nell.
It's impossible to know how many other platforms like the NSP pooled investor funds and invested in the likes of Bridge and Cambist, but this does suggest that there may be many more individuals affected by the collapse of these investment opportunities than previously suspected.


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DETERMINED young children have raised £20,000 to pay for their school's new computer suite.
Children from Blackfriars Primary, in the Gorbals, have spent the last two years working hard to raise the cash.
The plan was to transform an old cloakroom into a state-of-the-art "learning park".
Head teacher Sandra McLeary said: "Our main reception area was an amazing space, but was taken up with an archaic cloakroom consisting of metal poles, wooden batons with metal pegs and a metal cage to enclose half of area.
"It was not inspiring at all.
"To raise self-esteem, the ethos of the school and prepare our children to take their place as effective citizens of the 21st Century, we decided to see if there was any possibility of changing this entrance into a modern, inspiring area which would encourage children to learn."
The idea of the learning park was born - but the much-needed library and computing suite would cost £50,000.
Pupils set themselves the challenge of raising £20,000 towards the cost.
For the past two years they have been bag packing at local supermarkets, held a health week and arranged events such as a mobile adventure course day.
Now they have new computers, iPads and a library.
And they are already using the suite and the new equipment to make animated films.
And the primary fives have been using their new computers to have video chats with their peers in Poland and Turkey.
Funding for the equipment also came from Glasgow City Council, grants and through work in kind by local businesses.
Ms McLeary added: "The pupils are very excited about their new equipment and I am really proud at how hard they have worked to achieve it.
"We want our pupils to have the same opportunities as other young people and to be fully prepared for going out into the world.
"The new equipment includes computers and software that will allow that to happen.
"It's a dream come true."
Councillor Stephen Curran, Executive Member for education and young people, said: "This is a marvellous new resource for the children and staff at Blackfriars.
"Congratulations to every- one who helped raised the staggering amount of £20,000 towards the total cost of the refurbishment and I know that the media suite will now be one of the busiest areas in the school."
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There is a family who "own" the house, and their servants. I'm no big fan of reality television, I prefer fiction on television, as I get reality every day of my life just by living. However, there was something strangely compelling about this show. I think it combined my interest in history with the opportunity to see how it "really was" back then in the "good old days."
One thing you realize very quickly by watching this show, if you didn't know it already, is that the good ol'days were only good if you were in the upper classes. Otherwise, if you were a servant or a laborer, you usually worked from about 6am to as late as midnight. Granted, the servants had fun too (or else how would you make more servants?), but there was certainly not the leisure enjoyed by the upper classes in their world.
I recommend you check it out, if you can find it in your local listings. It's much more compelling than watching yet another "Mr. Personality" or "The Real World."
In other news, it's finally spring up here in New Hampshire. We've had two days in a row where it broke 70 degrees (fahrenheit!) and almost all the snow has melted.
On the genealogy front, I had a conversation on the phone Friday night with a cousin of my grandmother. This guy is 90 years old, and lives out in San Francisco. For a guy who's that far along in life, he certainly sounded like he was still spry and vital! It gives me hope that I have good genes in my family.
Now, I have to go to our main office, I may have to give a tour of campus to a prospective employee of our office. We're in our hiring time here, which in the world of student affairs is a fairly normal time of year to be hiring people.
Tally ho!
Since my last captain's log, I've been to a student affairs conference in Minneapolis, MN. At first, upon taking a taxi from the airport to the hotel in downtown Minneapolis, I thought the city would be quite a pit of despair. Upon further review, Minneapolis isn't that bad of a place. Decent restaraunts, some bookstores, and better weather at the time than New Hampshire was getting. How could I go wrong?
Of course, after being in Minneapolis, I had to go over to Iraq, to help liberate Iraqis from their oil. Good times.
Then, after that, I made my way back to New Hampshire, where I have been plowing my way through work. That's another reason why I haven't written so much. Traveling and work.
Jumping back to Minneapolis for a second, have any of you been to conferences where the only food available within easy walking distance is at the conference center itself? That's was the only real big negative about Minneapolis. No other food except for snack bar burgers and dawgs at the conference center. Not that I was complaining too much, I'm a carnivore as much as the next person, unless they're a vegeterian. I would have liked a bit more selection or options though. I eat enough at a cafeteria when I work.
In fact, when I finish writing, I'm going to be going to the cafeteria to grab a bite to eat.
Next writing, I'll talk about the dance lessons I'm taking with my fiancee. I'm pretending to be cultured.
Tally ho, enjoy the warm/neutral/cold weather!
I recently had a conversation on the phone that got off onto the winding road of things that we saw as kids, that kids will never see again. One of those items were mimeograph machines? Remember those? I have a good memory of the huge beasts from elementary school, great reams of purple damp handouts coming into our classrooms, young students getting high from the fumes...
Ah, those were the days...
My father was a high school teacher before he retired, and I remember as a child, going into the English teachers room with him on days when I would go with him to work, for whatever reason. I wanted *so* bad to be able to play with the mimeograph machine. Turn that handle, have the paper come out, with WHATEVER I WANTED printed on it.
The power would have gone straight to my head.
That's why I write a journal like this. Or, I should say, why I pretend to write a journal.
Some of the main things going on in my life right now are preparations for my wedding, which will be happening in slightly over a year. My fiance and I have our location, our officiant, our DJ, our photographer, and most of the other *big* details worked out. Now, we just have to get the minor details worked out.
Another fun part of my life is the study of my family tree. I keep on pushing the generations back, a little bit at a time. I'm going home to NJ in March to do some more research at local libraries down there. I hope to find information on my mom's side of the family. They come from Elizabeth, which is a big port city near New York. I'll go to the state archives in Trenton, some libraries at Rutgers, and also try to meet up with some of my older relatives, to see what they know about some of these great-grandparents I've never met. I'm also on a photographic search, because I don't even have images of some of these people.
Anyway, I'm off to get lunch. Tally ho!
Now, with my political rant/statement out of the way, hope all out there in cyber-land had a good few weeks away, if in fact you did have no work to do over the break time. Me, I left for home a few days before Christmas, and came back here the Monday before New Years.
As I said to one of my co-workers about the break, when asked how it was, I said, "It varied between periods of great fun and moments of unspeakable horror." He thought I was kidding.
Granted, unspeakable horror is a bit much, but I was going for effect, not for accuracy. I enjoy going home, resting a bit, seeing family and friends, and doing all that homey stuff. This time, however, was a bit different, because we had to put one of my mom's cats to sleep two days after Christmas.
Merry Fu*cking Christmas, indeed.
It was especially hard, because Emily was only 11 years old. She seemed tired and sluggish on Christmas day, but I thought she was just getting into the spirit of the holiday. The next morning, she was obviously unwell, so I took her to the vet. They discovered quickly that she was dehydrated and suffering from a lack of potassium (she couldn't keep her head up, that's how they knew about the potassium). Cats should have a temperature of about 100-102. Emily's was about 96, which the vet said, almost in passing, meant that her "systems were shutting down."
I knew then that this would not end well.
My mom visited Emily in the hospital later that day, and said she was just really unresponsive. The vet was giving Emily a IV to rehydrate her, but there wasn't a lot of hope put out.
The next day, my mom and I went to the vet around 2pm, to see Emily. She was doing a bit better, but could still not really move much. The vet confirmed through the blood work that Emily was suffering from kidney failure, which can really strike cats at any age, not just older cats. Even if medication helped reduce some levels of toxins in her blood, there was no way she'd last very long. So, we had to make the decision to put her to sleep.
I don't know how many of you out there are pet owners, but it's a hard decision to make to put your pet, a companion, a friend, to sleep, even if you know it's the "right" thing to do. Emily had been my cat alone for a few years, when I lived in Boston. Her name was "Killeen" then. When I went to grad school in 1996, I had to leave her with my mom, because living in residence halls, we're not allowed to have pets. So, it wasn't just my mom's cat who I stayed with as the vet injected her with an overdose of drugs, but my cat from 1993 onwards.
So, that was my holiday. It put a damper on things for the rest of the time home, obviously, but now, things are looking better. I remember more of the good things about Killeen/Emily than the last few moments at the vet. I won't forget that time, when I had to say goodbye, but I'll be able to focus more on the better times...
The end of the semester here is fast approaching. Students are leaving, I'm checking rooms for people who are moving over the break, to make sure they're out, and generally just getting things done.
I've got 14 more evaluations of my staff to do, which need to be done by next Friday. Shouldn't be that much of a problem, I simply need to sit down and do them.
I don't remember if I mentioned this, but I got a program accepted at the two major student affairs conferences going on in March 2003. Unfortunately, I can only go to one of them, so I have chosen to go to the conference in Minneapolis. I have never been there before, so I thought it would be an interesting place to see.
No news about the other job yet. The more I think about it, the less I'm sure I want to go back to being at the same college I was at before coming here. While the opportunity is great, perhaps there are other opportunities around the corner, which if I take this one, will disappear.
It's easy to talk myself out of anything.
However, if the offer is good enough, assuming it's made, I'll just have to see how it feels in the moment.
I've been talking with one of my co-workers here about starting up a student affairs weblog site. More to come as it develops, if it does.
I'm off to an end of term holiday party here. So long!
It's been busy here, with approaching the end of the term. Evaluations to write for student staff, prepping for the work we have to do while students are gone, and just general end of year work issues.
I've had an interesting opportunity drop into my lap. I've been in contact with people at my last position, and it seems that the Director of Residence Life position there is open. My friend has asked if I would be interested in having my name dropped into the pool of candidates, and I said, sure, why not? I have nothing to lose by doing this.
Now, I have to see what will happen. I have sent in my resume and cover letter. However, I have committed to being in my present position through the academic year. Therefore, if it was offered and I accepted, I would not be Director at the other college until June or July 2003.
Of course, none of this may happen at all, so I could be thinking about this for no other reason than to make myself crazy. But oddly enough, I have an "interesting" feeling about this. Not good or bad yet, just interesting.
More reflections on this to come...
We're nearing the end of the academic term here. Thanksgiving break starts on Wednesday afternoon, and when students come back, there's only about 1.5 weeks left. Exams are on people before they know it. I've been telling my staff that while they're working on exams, I'll be working on their performance appraisals. Fun stuff...
I talked with jjohn on the phone last night, and I made a prediction that if Osama bin Laden is caught by US forces, he may be the first execution broadcast on television. So, you heard it here first.
Personally, I don't go in for the death penalty. I'm more for locking someone in a small room for life, and sliding food into them under a small hole in the door. No human contact, no interaction, no sunlight. Is that more cruel and unusual than the death penalty? Personally, I don't think so, but hey, what do I know.
I was initially told that when my computer got switched, my music files would not get transfered. However, they're all on here, so I get to continue to listed to Ben Folds, Yes, Pete Townshend, Dana Gould, King Crimson, Lewis Black, George Carlin, and the other cd's that I had transfered to the IMac I had.
It's the holiday time of year again, and have you all made your wish lists for this year? I have, and it's DVD heavy. The Babylon 5 box set, the 4 disc Fellowship of the Ring set, the Law and Order season 1 box set, and perhaps some others. I tend not to put cd's on my holiday list, because I tend to listen to some more obscure artists, and it's just easier to buy those myself.
My stepsister, brother, and I have decided not to do gifts amongst ourselves this year, which makes the holidays so much easier. I'm pretty much done with my shopping, although I do still have to get something for my dad. He has yet to offer me some suggestions, but I'm sure they're coming soon. They better!
I just finished reading Kiln People, the new novel by David Brin. If you're interested in a science fiction detective story, I recommend it highly.
Okay, I think that's enough for today. Sometimes I feel like I'm writing a bit like Larry King's column in USA Today. Very rambling, whatever comes to the top of my head. But hey, it's my log, I can cry if I want to.
I found out on Thursday of last week that a program I had submitted to one of the major national Student Affairs conferences, had been accepted. This is cool news, especially since I didn't spend more than 20 minutes writing the proposal. I had reflected on the idea for long enough that I didn't really need to take a lot of time in writing it.
There are two major organizations in Student Affairs, NASPA and ACPA. I submitted the same proposal to both organizations for their national conferences. I would like for the proposal to get accepted to ACPA, because I'd rather go to their conference this year than NASPA. But, if not, I'm more than happy to attend NASPA and do the program there. I doubt if my employer would pay for me to go to both conferences.
Does anyone out there do genealogy/family tree research as a hobby? If not, I recommend it. It's like a drug addiction, but in a good, productive way. Before I started this, back in December of 2001, the furthest back I knew was one branch of my family to my Great-great-great grandfather. Now, through the work I've done, I've pushed all branches of my family back to at least the great-great grandparents, and the farthest back I've gone is 7 generations! It's great fun, and it has helped give me a perspective on a sense of place and time. Not that I didn't have this before, but now, I feel like I know more about where I'm from.
Granted, all I know about a lot of these ancestors are their names, vital dates, and perhaps their job, but it's a start. I have two G3-grandfathers who fought in the Civil War (from NJ). The earliest ancestors in the US came over around 1850. I've pushed back my Scottish ancestors, for one branch, into the late 1700's. Very cool stuff...
I've also been able to make some connections with siblings or cousins of my grandparents, who I never really knew before. That's really rewarding, in it's own way.
Okay, I have to go back to work. I'm typing this on a really slow Mac laptop, because my ICrap is waiting to be converted to a Dell...
For the sake of argument, if you are reading this, you can safely assume that I've spent part of this day:
1. Meeting with my staff
2. Eating
3. Organizing schedules/room/lounge reservations
I'm going to try to use this space for more deep thinking, exploring areas that might be useful to have some written thought processes out there in the world. Or, I'm just going to spout off about whatever comes to mind.
So, with that, here's my deep thoughts for today.
It's election day, and I hope you've all gone out to vote. As I walked to the polling place today (the local high school), I reflected on this tradition, the idea of having a say in how we get to run the town, state, country, whatever. I really do think that voting is important. We can hem and haw over whether we think our vote "counts" or not, but if you don't vote, it's sure to not count.
Also, in this post-9/11 world, voting is perhaps one very obvious way we are different from those who would choose to fly planes into buildings. We choose who we vote for, and if the person who wins isn't our candidate, then that's okay, because we'll have time to throw the bastards out when the next election comes around. We don't pick up guns, and storm the seats of government.
Although, after the last Presidential election, I'm sure some were tempted...
I feel like I'm not getting to the crux of what I'm thinking, about the differences between our system and others. I don't even know if it's relevant today. But I do feel, that anyone who was moved by what happened on 9/11, and still doesn't vote, they need to think long and hard about what happened. Because the attacks were about wanting to destroy the fundamentals of our way of life, and that doesn't mean that the attack was only aimed at economic or military targets. The attacks were meant to produce fear, and fear brings inertia and inaction.
Okay, soapbox mode off now... I need to think a bit more about this. I'm forming a lot of thoughts in my head now, and I'm not sure how well thought through some of them are. And that's how I'm different from our President. I'll admit I need more time to think about something!
Cheers! Now, go vote, you bastards!
Work since my last entry has been good. Busy, which is why I didn't write. I would like to write *something* every day, but I'm not in the discipline of that yet.
I get to serve on our student staff appreciation committee here at the college. It's something I honestly have little to no interest in. Not because I don't think staff should be recognized for the hard work they do, but I do think the "institutional" recognition matters less than those little moments where a supervisor, or someone else simply says, "good job!"
But, in our lives, we have to do what we have to do, so I am a member of this committee. I actually have yet to meet with the other members, but I will be doing so later this week. Perhaps I can be subversive, and make recognition something a bit different than what res life folks usually take as normal. The norm is to do things that allow residents of the buildings to leave little notes on staff members doors. We prepare small slips of paper that residents then write messages on, and put them on the door. Perhaps your high school did this, on special days, as fundraisers. I know mine did.
Anyway, I really don't like this method of recognition, mainly because it sets staff apart from the rest of the residents of the buildings. I think that a general apprecation of other residents could be useful, and maybe I'll do that on my own, where the recognition is not limited to the staff members. Where students can drop these notes at other students doors, just for the sheer bloody fun of it...
My day today has been, and will be mainly about getting ready for the rest of the week. I'm keeping up on basic administrative tasks, and will be meeting with some of my staff members in one on one meetings later today. Great fun, I love talking with my staff.
Saw two movies this weekend, Red Dragon, and Jackass. Red Dragon was much better than Hannibal, but not as good as Silence of the Lambs. Jackass was simple fun for simple people, and there are times I enjoy that. You got a problem with it! Good.
I think it's time for food. Off to eat lunch now. See you all tomorrow.


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London, June 2: Simon Cowell has confessed that if he had hit the big time when he was at a tender age, the pressure might have killed him.
The 53-year-old media mogul told the Mirror that his teenage self would have struggled to handle the stresses of stardom.
The comments have come at the height of a war of words over children in the spotlight fuelled by criticism of his ITV talent show from showbiz veteran Bruce Forsyth and Jessie J.
The 53-year-old media mogul did not become a household name until he passed 40. (ANI)


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JERUSALEM (Jun. 16)
Israelis seeking new homes favor the West Bank over Galilee by almost six to one, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics last week.
In 1984, 6,000 Israelis, both new immigrants and longtime citizens, settled on the West Bank, compared to only 1,600 who moved to Galilee and the Golan Heights. Unofficial but reliable estimates put the Jewish population in the West Bank at between 35-40,000 and on the Golan Heights slightly over 10,000.


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FEDERAL police have charged Aussie plane passenger Matt Lockley following his arrival back in Brisbane in the early hours of this morning.
Officers met the 27-year-old plumber at Brisbane International Airport and he was taken away for questioning.
He was later released, but will face court in June on one charge of interfering with a crew member under the civil aviation act.
He will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on June 6.
Lockley arrived back in Australia overnight but must have used the wrong plane door again as he gave media the slip at Brisbane Airport.
Some astute travellers did notice Mr Lockley on the plane sitting at the back of the aircraft, but mostly his presence went undetected throughout the journey.
BALI HIJACK SCARE: Lockley slips back into Australia
MATT LOCKLEY: Plumber's family say they are in the dark
VIRGIN AUSTRALIA PASSENGER: "I am not drunk" Lockley told police
He was met by Australian Federal Police officers through an alternate entrance.
Mr Lockley escaped Indonesian justice after officials in Bali deemed that any offence alleged against him occurred on an Australian airline and that it was therefore the domain of Australian authorities to investigate.
Henriette Friling, who was returning form Bali after an eight-day holiday, said it was a very uneventful flight.
"We were delayed about 40 minutes, but after that it went pretty easy," the Norwegian said.
"I certainly didn't recognise him sitting anywhere near me."
His neighbours say he's a "good Aussie bloke" struggling to deal with a broken heart.
Family and friends waiting for Lockley to arrive home in South Tweed this morning said he had "snapped" after the breakdown of his marriage and had gone to Bali in search of his wife.
"I feel sorry for him," one neighbour said.
"He's a good Aussie bloke. He's been under a lot of pressure and he's just snapped.''
Indonesian police confirmed Mr Lockley was in Bali looking for his Indonesian wife, whom he had not seen in weeks and was in a state of stress.
Mr Lockley, wearing a blue T-shirt, white shorts and thongs, was yesterday escorted into Bali airport for his return flight by a host of officials.
Arriving at the airport shortly before Virgin flight 44's scheduled takeoff time, Lockley made no comment.
He was escorted by airport and civil aviation officials, Immigration and Australian Consulate officers. It is believed there were also AFP officers with him.
At the departure gate, Mr Lockley shook hands with one of the officers and said "thank you" before he was taken on to the plane.
The 27-year-old plumber was arrested at gunpoint last Friday after a hijack alert from the Virgin Australia plane's pilot saw a massive security operation at Bali airport.


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