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Al HaMishmar—Jews Must Still Remain On Guard, Says HIAS' New Chair
Posted on Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 9:51 am
(New York City) – The head of a Boston technology investment firm who was named chair of the board of directors of HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, in June – warned in his first address to the board that the American Jewish community must remain Al HaMishmar (on guard) because of ongoing issues around the world.
"In this ever shrinking planet, still sadly engaged in genocide and oppression, HIAS expresses the Jewish value: I am my brother's keeper," said Michael Rukin, CEO of Concord Hill Group Trust in Boston. "HIAS means so much to so many people around the world. In its 125-year history, it has resettled more than four million Jews, including my grandparents and father, to lands of safety."
Excerpts from Mr. Rukin's remarks, made last week at the international organization's headquarters here, continue:
"Though the great waves of Jewish emigration are probably behind us, we must be ever vigilant: Al HaMishmar (On Guard). The dangers affecting Jewish survival in Venezuela and in Iran are clearly in front of us. The longer term issues of polarization, resulting from demographic changes, in France and in England, with their implications for Jews, must remain within our vision.
"Though we operate today with a strong and vibrant Jewish homeland, the agenda of the status of olim and of refugees arrived in the State of Israel must also concern us, for we are commanded to be an Or l'goyim (A light unto the nations). The increasing numbers of Sudanese and other Africans who enter Israel by crossing the Sinai border illegally is a dilemma for Israel, but it is not just Israel's issue. It affects us as Americans and particularly as American Jews.
"Even here in America, we cannot look back. The American Jewish community looks to us as the leading research and advocacy voice for: immigration reform; the extension of benefits to elderly immigrants who we brought here; providing programs of American and Jewish acculturation to those we brought here; and to lead a network of local agencies that are the core fabric of the American Jewish communal structure. So too does the United States government, both the legislative and executive branches, look to us and our Washington office for advice, insights and ideas… and occasionally for less than gentle nudges. Our relationship with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees gives us a unique opportunity to defend Jewish views at council tables which have been too often politicized by anti-Israel interests.
"We may not look back and yet, our history resonates in everything we do. As I write this a member of the HIAS executive staff is in Cairo accompanying Assistant Secretary of State Kelly Ryan, teaching a seminar to U.S. State Department staffers. His role is hardly different from the trip taken to Romania in 1900 by Dr. David Blaustein, then secretary of HIAS, accompanying Robert Watchorn, then commissioner of Ellis Island, to make an on-the-spot evaluation.
"But if these parochial concerns were, alone, the focus of our agenda, alas, we would be ignoring history and a central pillar of our heritage. Isaac Bashevis Singer was once asked: "Do you believe in free will?" His answer: "Of course I do. I have no choice!" We have no choice, in this ever smaller and interdependent world. The history of the Shoah taught us in the words of the German pastor, Martin Niemöller, who retrospectively bemoaned his having been silent as the Nazis arrested the members of differing groups to which he did not belong: 'And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.'
"Looking forward we must both attend to our core mission and, within the constraints of our fiscal resources, advocate for and act on behalf of the persecuted and the oppressed of all persuasions. We must do it because it is part of our heritage. We must do it because it is good for the Jews. We must do it because our children and grandchildren will measure their attachment to our heritage and its values, based on what we DO, as differentiated from what we say."
Rukin has been active in local, national and international Jewish organizations for the past three decades, including the Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston, where he was chairman of the board from 1996 to 1999. He led the effort of the then Council of Jewish Federations to establish Hillel: the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, whose board of directors he chaired from 1995 to 1998. He has also served on the boards and executive committees of United Jewish Communities, the Union for Reform Judaism, and the Joint Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism.
An early activist in the Soviet Jewry movement, Rukin served on the boards of the National Conference for Soviet Jewry and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry. In Israel he has chaired the board of overseers of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and served on the board of governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel. He holds a BEE degree from the City College of New York and an MSEE from Northeastern University. He is active in the arts world and collects 20th Century art of Japan. He was the founder and CEO of Analytical Systems Engineering Corporation, a pioneer in the fields of radio navigation and physical security systems.
With offices on five of the world's continents and headquartered in New York City, HIAS has helped to rescue and resettle more than 4.5 million refugees since it began operations in 1881.

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It all started with some black dots in a space image. The satellite Dynamics Explorer 1 was launched in 1981 to look at Earth in far ultraviolet light. The pictures it sent down were thrilling—the whole Earth glowed at these wavelengths, the daylit side shining softly in the far-UV light of excited oxygen atoms, the poles crowned with beautiful haloes corresponding to the aurora.
Black Spots in Space
The scientist in charge of the instrument, Prof. Louis A. Frank of the University of Iowa, set one of his physics undergraduate students to work on the images, but John Sigwarth was hampered by black spots. Maybe they were just glitches, camera noise or data transmission errors or something else that could be safely ignored. "But you cannot alter data on a mere assumption," Frank later wrote. "You have to have a reason."
After nearly a year of intense effort, Sigwarth and Frank and John Craven (who built Explorer's instrument) concluded that the black spots were something real out in space. They must be caused by the disintegration of comets, small ones weighing a few tons, the size of a large house. They must be made of water, and there must be thousands of them a day. They must be too small and too fast and too far away to see from the ground. Frank recounts the story in garment-rending detail in this book excerpt.
A Scientific Flamewar, Then a Fadeout
Their work was published in the April 1986 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, known in the trade as GRL. Rarely does a scientific discovery produce the controversy that erupted. During the ensuing year, 11 separate formal Comments were published and the three authors prepared 10 formal Responses. Finally the editor of GRL, Alex Dessler, wrote that "there is a limit to the number of Comments that will be accepted on even the most controversial of Letters."
This scientific flamewar is an example of the refiner's fire of debate that any new idea must face. It strengthened Frank's convictions. In 1990 he published a trade book that, like some 17th-century classic, laid out the whole scope of his thoughts in its title: "The Big Splash: A scientific discovery that revolutionizes the way we view the origin of life, the water we drink, the death of the dinosaurs, the creation of the oceans, the nature of the cosmos, and the very future of the earth itself."
The most thorough treatment of the ice-comet hypothesis is in Reviews of Geophysics, in two articles, the first (August 1991) by Dessler, who had published Frank's GRL article, attacking the theory ferociously, and the second (February 1993) by Frank and Sigwarth responding to each point in what seems like a sensible way. It and all their other articles are available online from the University of Iowa.
In 1999 the two researchers went on to publish evidence from a camera on NASA's Polar satellite, showing more holes. A team in Berkeley argued that the spots in the Polar images arose from the way Frank had erased bright speckles due to space radiation in the camera. Frank has not refuted that argument, as far as I can tell. In 2000 Robert Mutel, a fellow physics professor at Iowa, reported that a telescopic search from the ground had come up empty. Frank then took Mutel's images and found some very faint streaks in them, dimmer than Mutel had looked for. They are so dim that it's hard to credit them as real.
Unnecessary Roughness
I honestly don't know what to make of it. Some problems in science remain indeterminate for a long time. But two very powerful things are evident in this story. First is the human fury that a disruptive idea arouses. Frank has described the wounds to his career and the contempt and shunning he has felt from his peers—even though he continues to publish respected research in other aspects of geophysics.
Frank's theory shows how people deal with a major scientific controversy. Dessler concluded his critique in Reviews of Geophysics with some understated highhandedness: "It seems unlikely that the scientific community will expend much additional effort in investigating either the small-comet hypothesis or its consequences." He will live that down if he's wrong—every scientist is wrong sometimes. But he didn't have to say it.
Nor could Dessler resist a further patronizing dig. "If small comets exist, their presence would be confirmed in due course. If [Frank and coauthors] were correct, they would enjoy fame and glory; nothing their critics said would be remembered, except perhaps as quotations demonstrating the evils of scientific dogmatism." Never mind that posterity "in due course" is small comfort when you feel personally attacked by your peers.
The second thing is the temptation to pursue a beautiful theory because of the answers it promises.
What Could Have Been
When the small-comet hypothesis first came out, it roused a host of new questions. Ideally that is what happens in a scientific advance: not a knockout blow that ends a boxing match but a realignment of the rules, leading the way to a new game. Unfortunately for Louis Frank of the University of Iowa, the dark spots on his ultraviolet space pictures were persuasively refuted by his critics, and Frank stopped publishing on the subject in 2001. But in 1993, in Reviews of Geophysics, he had erected quite a structure of tempting speculation. I'll summarize it as a Q-and-A:
- Q: Why can't we see these snowball comets?
A: They're quite far away, at the highest fringes of the atmosphere, when they blow up. They break out of their carbon crusts from electrostatic force and quickly puff outward into a cloud of water vapor like a soap bubble. These chemical species, unlike the metal and minerals in meteors, don't glow very much. And by the time this body of vapor hits the atmosphere, there's nothing solid left to burn up from friction. People could just barely see them as 4th-magnitude meteors if they were looking exactly at them.
Q: Wouldn't they be striking the Moon, too?
A: Yes, about a hundred times a day, and they'd strike the surface directly. We have seismographs on the Moon that record meteor impacts, but they don't record these comets. Numerical models of impact cratering suggest that impacts involving these fluffy comets put most of their energy into the expanding cloud of vapor from the comet, not the ground. And the Moon's surface is largely a thick pad of dust and broken rock. But no one has done experiments with materials like this. Meanwhile, people are looking for bright flashes on the Moon. They should be as bright as a zero-magnitude star, like Capella, for one-tenth of a second.
Q: Wouldn't there be a bunch of water vapor, hydrogen, and so forth in interplanetary space from these things popping?
A: Near as we figure, we can't tell yet. The Galileo spacecraft had instruments that can make some marginally useful measurements, but basically no one has had a reason before to research the hydrogen content of deep space in detail. The small-comets theory can't be disproved with what we DO know.
Q: Where do they come from?
A: From beyond Neptune (in the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt), where huge numbers of comets, left over from the formation of the solar system, are thought to live. They fall pretty much straight toward the sun, but Jupiter disrupts enough of them that a fair supply of them have orbits approaching Earth.
Q: What do they mean for Earth?
A: Consider that the estimated influx of water, if kept up through geologic time, would account for the water in the ocean. It means that the water cycle suddenly has a big unknown element. Consider that these comets probably don't come at a constant rate, and consider that water vapor, not carbon dioxide, is by far the most important greenhouse gas. A massive comet shower could wreak—could have wrought—some pretty interesting havoc.
Q: What about the other planets?
A: Apparently these comets can't survive much closer to the sun than Earth, so Venus and Mercury are unaffected. The big outer planets emit more thermal radiation than they should, so maybe the influx of small comets is part of that. That leaves Mars, and Mars is quite different from Earth—no magnetosphere, for starters. But we already know that water is a very important part of martian geologic history.
And as for geoscience, the success of Frank's hypothesis would have opened vigorous studies of new subjects: the behaviors of low-density ice in impacts, of water-vapor molecular aggregates in vacuum, of faint objects in space and dim lights in the sky, obscure events in the middle atmosphere, exquisitely precise isotopic studies of glaciers and sediments, numerical studies of orbits and space electrostatics. It would have been thrilling to be the wellspring of such a burst of activity. But Frank's vision of a rain of water comets has come to an inconclusive, probably abortive end.
This story is a striking milestone in what I think of as the universalization of Earth, the growing awareness that large forces and influences impinge on our world from the cosmos, not just from underground or from familiar nearby things. That is the biggest shift in Earth science since plate tectonics in the 1960s. Only occasionally, as here, does this slow shift take such dramatic form.


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Poplar Room is a Children's House classroom on the Toledo Campus. Melissa Snyder and Amy Wagner are the classroom's co-teachers.
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The children were very busy learning about Africa! We first looked at the green continent of Africa on the Continent Map. We talked about how it touches two other continents but is mostly surrounded by water. The continent was explored further by looking at the different land areas that make up the continent; desert, grasslands, and rain forest. Below is a friend standing in front of a large map we made to show the different land areas. A smaller version of this map was placed on the shelf for the children to color the different types of land in Africa.
The continent map of Africa and the control map was introduced. A coloring page was placed on the geography shelf that resembled the map. Following this presentation, we chose Nigeria to study in depth. The following facts were given about Nigeria:
- Nigeria is located in Western Africa.
- The weather is usually around 90 degrees.
- Nigeria has only two seasons, a wet and dry season. Each season lasts about one half of the year.
- Children in Nigeria go to school from January to December. They go to school for three months and then off a month, 3 months, off a month…
- Age earns respect in families. The eldest sibling is referred to not by name but as, "senior brother" or "senior sister."
- Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa.
We also played a game called "Ayo" or better known as Mancala. It is a very popular game in Western Africa. It is pictured below:
Seasons, Clouds, and the Water Cycle
Posted by Poplar
Poplar Room had a busy two weeks learning about the seasons, clouds, and the water cycle. We learned that the four seasons are spring, summer, fall, and winter. We also talked about things that happen in each season.
After seasons, we learned about clouds and the water cycle. Clouds are made of water and dust. The children learned a song about the water cycle and they made water cycle bracelets to help remind them about the process. Your children were exposed to some very tricky vocabulary words such as precipitation, evaporation, and condensation.
South America
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The children in Poplar Room began exploring South America. We began with a presentation of the continent globe and map, focusing on the pink continent of South America.
We discovered that South America is directly below (or south of) the continent we live in. A picture of the South America puzzle piece is pictured left. We then focused on the continent map of South America and the 12 countries comprising it.
The children enjoyed learning the names of the countries in South America and pin pushing them out. The flags of each country were introduced and many friends made posters or flag stands.
The different geographical land units were introduced, particularly the Amazon Basin and the Andes Mountains. Animals of the rain forest were also explored. The children could choose to pin push out animals and make a poster. Overall it was a fun unit. Next stop….AFRICA!
Insects in the Poplar Room
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Uh oh. There are insects in the Poplar Room. The children have been excited to learn about insects these past two weeks. Plus, insects have inspired your children to do lots of research! We learned that insects have three body parts, two antennae, six legs, sometimes wings, eyes, and mouth parts. We also learned specifically about butterflies and the life cycle of a butterfly. Two fun projects we did were making a "shoe"fly to help learn about the parts of an insect and using pasta to represent the stages of a butterfly's life cycle. On a side note, a spider is not an insect and Melissa will never consent to having a tarantula as a pet in the Poplar Room.
Parenting Classes Begin Tuesday, April 15
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Starting Date Moved Back a Week
Parenting Young Children – Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)
Do you need a system for effective parenting? You are invited to attend a six-week STEP parenting class (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting). This class is targeted for parents of children from birth to age six (6).
The STEP class will be held on Tuesdays at the Toledo Campus in Central Park from 6:30-7:30 p.m. beginning on Tuesday, April 15, through Tuesday, May 20.
There is no cost for the class. However, each family needs a copy of "Parenting Young Children" at a cost of $15. The books will be distributed before the first class.
Sign up by contacting Kathy Heckert at (419) 866-1931 to reserve a space. Class size is limited.


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Olympia police are looking for a group of three to five men who attacked and beat a 22-year-old skateboarder on Fourth Avenue early Sept. 19, breaking his jaw and lacerating his liver and a kidney.
Drew Dixon, who lives and works downtown, said he was riding his skateboard about 1:30 a.m. Sept. 19 near the artesian well at Fourth Avenue and Jefferson Street when he was jumped from behind, thrown onto the sidewalk and punched, kicked and stomped on.
"There was a lot of blood," he said.
Dixon said he has never had any kind of problems skateboarding alone at night downtown until last week. "I'm concerned about the way things are going downtown," he added.
Dixon said he wants to get the word out about what appears to be a random attack, so that people are aware of the dangers. Dixon's skateboard was stolen during the assault.
Dixon's jaw is now wired shut, and he has a $5,000 medical bill after spending three days at Providence St. Peter Hospital.
He said his parents flew in from Akron, Ohio, to visit him after the attack.
Olympia Police Sgt. Aaron Jelcick said witnesses in the area saw several "persons of interest" after the attack standing near a white sedan that was parked in front of Jezebel's, a bar across the street from the artesian well site.
Anyone with information about the attack are encouraged to call the Olympia Police Department at 360-753-8300 and ask for a detective, Jelcick said.
Jeremy Pawloski: 360-754-5445 email@example.com


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Satsuki Bazaar and Arts Festival
- Where/When: ; May 21, 3:00pm–9:00pm, May 22, noon–7:00pm
- Why Go: The Satsuki Bazaar and Arts Festival includes internationally renowned taiko master Kenny Endo, Hiroshima jazz group greats June Kuramoto and Kimo Cornwell, Miyagi Ryu Okinawan Dance with Dr. Wesley Ueunten, a variety of Japanese and Hawaiian food, Japanese arts and crafts, a silent auction and carnival games.
- Price: Free
Martinez Peddlers' Faire
- Where: ; May 21, 8:00am–4:00pm
- Why Go: Held twice a year, this is one of the largest outdoor antique shows in Northern California, and it takes place on the streets of historic downtown Martinez. Vendors will be showing a huge variety of antiques and collectibles including glassware, porcelain, pottery, furniture, old advertising, toys, native American wares, paper items and much more.
- Downtown Martinez also has 13 stores antique and collectible stores.
- Price: Free
The Keith Show
- Where/When: Village Theatre 233 Front St, Danville, May 20, 10:00am
- Why Go: The Keith Show has it all - amazing balancing, impressive juggling, dare-devil tricks, and non-stop hilarious comedy! Don't miss this very popular entertainer!
- Price: $3
Little Board Game Club
- Where: ; May 22, 4:00pm–5:00pm
- Why Go: Kids ages 5-9 can bring one of their favorite board games and find friends to play them.
- Price: Free


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President Barack Obama will return to his home state March 15 to visit Argonne National Laboratory, near Lemont, and discuss his energy policies, the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune are reporting.
An official told the Tribune that the trip is intended to "focus on American energy," and may or may not also include comments on the impact on facilities like Argonne of funding cuts caused by the current sequester.
The Sun-Times notes that this is the President's first trip to the Chicago area since speaking at Hyde Park Academy on Feb. 15; the First Lady visited McCormick Place on Feb. 28 to promote her physical-fitness campaign "Let's Move."
Argonne National Laboratory is also a Patch Local Voices contributor (and here).
Read more at the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times websites.
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Turning Japanese
2:08pm Saturday 25th August 2007 in News By Dave Barnett
We've had a bit of a cartoon renaissance at our house recently, via the "discovery" of a hitherto untapped source of entertainment in the Japanese animation industry.
Specifically, we've become big fans of the output of Studio Ghibli, whose latest film, Tales from Earthsea, is just enjoying a cinematic release.
When I say "we" I mean Charlie (four), Alice (two), Claire and me (in our thirties), but it's really Charlie who's the driving force in all of this.
We let him watch a Studio Ghibli anime that I had bought a couple of years ago, Spirited Away, and he was captivated. Our library now consists of such titles as Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Cat Returns and our current (and possibly all-time) favourite, My Neighbour Totoro.
There's a chance you haven't seen these films, because they seem to be marketed to a particular (ie geeky) audience, but in missing them you're depriving yourself of a treat.
Warm-hearted, sometimes a bit scary, consummately animated and managing to tread the fine line between not going too far over kids' heads but not patronising them either, these films are great.
It's also refreshing to watch quality animation featuring characters you don't see plastered all over cereal boxes, TV ads, chocolate bars, cheap comics and tatty merchandise (although an internet search did, eventually, turn up some much-required fluffy toys from the Totoro cartoon).
Do yourself a favour - snub the latest Hollywood product-placement fest and enjoy some cracking storytelling. With or without your kids.


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SEATTLE — Reverent tones seem a requirement for Washington coaches and players asked to evaluate Stanford's defense, a veteran group that elicits effusive praise from opposing Pac-12 Conference offenses.
Apparently, even from the Huskies, who rank fifth in the nation at 574 yards per game.
Stanford's defensive front seven isn't just good. It's "probably the best we'll see all year," UW coach Steve Sarkisian said.
Stanford safety Ed Reynolds isn't just good. He's "one of the best safeties I'll probably see this season," UW quarterback Keith Price said.
So if No. 15 Washington fails to move the ball as well against the No. 5 Cardinal (4-0 overall, 2-0 Pac-12) as it has against its first four opponents, it won't be for lack of respect.
At least some level of failure is expected. And the Huskies (4-0, 1-0) can't let that impact their psyche.
"We understand that they're
probably going to win plays," Price said after Wednesday's practice, in between a phone interview with Sports Illustrated and a video segment for Saturday's ESPN broadcast. "That's what good teams do – they win their fair share of battles, just like we are. It's just a matter of who can have more explosive plays and eliminate the turnovers."
That's how the Huskies beat the Cardinal last season. A depleted offensive line had trouble protecting Price, who spent much of that night running for his life. But two big plays – a 61-yard touchdown run by Bishop Sankey on a 4th-and-1 play, and a 35-yard touchdown pass from Price to receiver Kasen Williams down the sideline – provided the Huskies necessary separation in a 17-13 victory.
Those two plays also accounted for nearly 31 percent of UW's total offense that day. But even prolific offenses found themselves stymied by the Cardinal a year ago. Oregon was limited to two touchdowns in a 17-14 overtime loss later in the season, the first time the Ducks had been held to such a low point total since a 19-8 loss to Boise State in the 2009 season-opener.
So yes, Sarkisian said, the Huskies have been studying film of that Stanford-Oregon game, trying to get an idea of just how exactly the Cardinal stymied the Ducks' explosive, up-tempo offense in an effort to avoid a similar fate on Saturday.
"They had some shootouts, but last year was a little bit different," Sarkisian said of those two teams, noting Stanford's ability to "minimize the big play" against the Ducks last season. "We have looked at that film, and we continue to look at it just so we're aware of the defensive schemes they like to play."
That should be an effective strategy, because the Huskies are also looking at much the same personnel; Stanford's depth chart on defense features one sophomore, three juniors and seven seniors, including fifth-year linebacker Trent Murphy, who returned a Price interception for a touchdown in last year's game.
Because of that experience, UW running back Sankey said, "I think they stick to what they do really well. They're just a really good defense. Disciplined. They'll come down and try to hit you."
In UW's favor is that its offensive line has not experienced the same difficulties of a year ago. The starting lineup has remained unchanged all season, part of the reason Price has been sacked just three times.
"Coach (Dan) Cozetto's been doing an awesome job in the offseason of getting their minds right and getting their bodies physically ready for the up-tempo offense," Price said. "But they understand that they have a huge challenge, and these guys (Stanford) are … to be reckoned with, so they understand they have to perform at an all-time high in order for us to be successful."email@example.com


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text: I have to tell you. Announcers for a game should try to be unbiased. They should report the game, give some play by play. Teach the viewers something new every game. Make things simple for the casual fan and add a little depth to a game. Instead all I am hearing is Manning this, Colts offense that. I have to say Peyton is amazing. How he is still out there when his junk is soaking wet from the slobbering amazement of these announcers is just fantastic. Just killing the game for me. Everything Houston does it awful and everything the Colts does is out of this world amazing.


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While this was a great week for Hilary Clinton, others weren't so lucky. Here's a look at the week in weird:
Dead and Not Buried: An Austrian woman kept her dead boyfriend at home. Police say she may have been cashing her significant other's checks, or perhaps she wasn't ready to admit the relationship was over.
In New York, two guys sat their dead friend on an office chair and wheeled him through the streets of Manhattan in what police called a desperate attempt to cash his social security check. Strangely, while they were charged with attempted forgery, it turns out it was not illegal to wheel a chair around with a body in it.
Sex Party Poopers: In what must have been the start of an awkward conversation, a Polish man met his wife at a brothel.
In other sex news, a German couple lost their jobs for trying to write off an S&M vacation as a business expense. That, presumably, would be petty cash.
Doggie Doos and Don'ts: Police followed a trail of dog poop to arrest a man on suspicion of drunken driving. In a perfect world, that guy would share a cell with the "Professional Hypochondriac."
The Booby Wall: While Britney, Lindsay and Paris seem to fall out of their clothing every time they step out of a car, Canadian women are taking off their shirts and posting pictures of themselves to raise breast cancer awareness. To be righteous and naked is a rare combination.


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First let me say, I NEVER write reviews. I did however feel compelled to send in my first review. This is my first purchase with Overstock and was pleased they offered competitve pricing with free shipping. However, I did not realize that if the product does not meet expectations there is a return shipping fee. The chairs are a fair quality but in my opinion are small scale. I purchased for dining room table and the seats are so low it looks/feels like adolescent seating. Before making another purchase from Overstock I will make sure I am 90% certain it works for my needs to avoid paying a fee to return the product.
The chairs did appear shorter than expected, but I am not complaining. We purchased 6 chairs to put around a long dining room table with a sofa to compliment the chairs. I would recommend this chair to anyone - otherthan a large framed person.
These chairs look very expensive. They look fantastic in my dining room with the dining table. It did take me a bit to realize that the legs of the chairs were inside the seat upon shipping, but once I found the legs, they only take a short amount of time to put the legs together. I would recommend these chairs.
I knew these chairs were exactly what I wanted for my round antique dining table, but I only ordered two so I could be sure. Now I'm back to order two more! The color is actually a beautiful neutral khaki, not green like someone else stated. I'm very happy with the color and I think these chairs are just gorgeous! They assembled very easily, except when I tried really hard to put one of the legs on backwards, but that was my fault! I got them in four days, which was sooner than expected! They look just perfect and I'm very happy!
I purchase a total of 10 of these chairs. They are absolutely gorgeous! I got so many compliments!! I highly recommend them. They are classy and good quality! Very happy with this purchase.
Love these chairs for my dining room. Nailhead trim is great. Easy to assemble legs. The color was not as light beige as I thought they would be. They are cream with a hit of green in them. They still look great in my room; however. Arrive packaged neat and tidy and well protected. Very comfortable.
The chairs are nice they are no beige, more a tautest gray. We wanted beige but to heavy of us to handle to send back. First time I have been disappointed.
bought 2 sets of these, one for me and the other for the in-laws. both sets are wonderful. the legs are carefully tucked in a zipper compartment under the seat for better shipping and storage. the item was very well packed, the nail head trim was level and equally spaced throught (as my type A persoanlity will only allow) the color was a greige, grey beige beautiful color. the linen fabric is really soft and while yes, the seat is firm, it will give over time. my set is used for a computer room chair and a desk chair for a girls room, the other in-law set will be used for a bistro breakfast nook area. both stand to see moderate use and so far theyve held up well. dont forget when building, the curved legs go in the back and youll have no worries! i plan to purchase 4 more later for another room
We really like the chairs. They are comfortable, stylish and really look good in our dining room. I do wish the backs of the chairs were taller. Unfortunately, one of the chairs (we bought 4) had a leg that was misaligned so we were unable to screw the leg in. Even more unfortunate was that by the time we went to purchase a replacement, they were sold out. FORTUNATELY though, Overstock's customer service was excellent in helping us with shipping, boxes for shipping and ordering new chairs. Amazingly enough, the original chairs came back in stock and now we are awaiting our replacement.
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Sensitive skin can be caused by a variety of factors such as environmental damage, Rosacea, Eczema, acne, or by natural disposition. Now you can repair and balance dry or oily skin with our gentle yet effective treatment for easily irritated skin. This facial provides a mild exfoliation and a soothing mask to help reduce redness, discomfort, and inflammation and can boost your skin's immunity which will help prevent future irritations.
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Deep Pore Facial
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This collagen facial is an intense, rejuvenating boost to help skin look and function like it's younger. Lightly exfoliates without dryness and increases microcirculation while oxygenating tissues and visibly firming skin. In combination with a firming and lifting mask to enhance luminosity, a deeply penetrating mask immediately tightens and tones, leaving skin feeling totally renewed. This facial treatment is recommended for aging and dehydrated skin.
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This is a therapeutic treatment that addresses the unique concerns of men such as ingrown hairs and sensitive or irritated skin. A deep cleanse and exfoliation will assist in treating a variety of skin ailments.
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Our facial for teens is designed to specifically address breakouts that frequently are associated with adolescent skin. We highly recommend this service as it creates a pathway to lifelong, quality skin care. We invite a brief consultation with the parent following the session. Teen facials typically begin with a deep cleansing, followed by gentle extractions. A healing mask will then help to rehydrate dry, flaky skin, or eliminate oily particles.
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Blueberry Smoothie Facial
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Utilizing some of nature's most powerful antioxidants-pomegranate seed oil, L-lactic acid, & red wine resveratrol this peel works to even out the top layers of the skin, target skin-damaging free radicals, stimulate collagen and smooth away superficial sun damage and discoloration. An excellent treatment for those with rosacea and skin sensitive to strong exfoliation treatments. Your skin will be refreshed, glowing and radiant.
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Benefit Peel
This is the peel that truly "benefits" all skin types: sensitive, rosacea, sun damaged, and dehydrated skin. This antioxidant peel delivers vital nutrients into the skin layers that matter and has the calming, healing benefits of Vitamin C. Repairs, nourishes and protects the skin with Fruit Enzymes, L-Ascorbic Acid, Salicylic Acid and Encapsulated Vitamin A. An anti-aging must that's gentle enough for hypersensitive skin.
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Watch your skin transform and your self-esteem rise as the purity peel fades acne scars and clears up your blemishes. This clarifying treatment is designed to penetrate oil and decongest to correct skin conditions such as acne, rosacea and enlarged pores. The unique blend of encapsulated Vitamin A, Salicylic Acid, Trichoriacetic, LLactic and L-Mandelic acids help clear the skin of blemishes and heals acne lesions, reduces inflammation and exfoliates the skin to reveal a glowing complexion. This peel has minimal to no downtime and perfect to do in a series!
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Jessner Peel
A traditional peel aided by the antioxidant and anti-aging properties of blueberry extracts. This peel is applied in layers for treatment of acne, fine lines, hyper-pigmentation and laxity. Skin will be firmed and glowing after application with mild sloughing of the skin within 2-4 days, revealing a beautiful and fresh complexion.
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Our very best medium-depth peel to dramatically reduce the visible signs of aging. It contains 30% chirally corrected AGP Complex to generate immense activity in the skin. This enormously effective deep peel works to restore growth of healthy, young skin cells, increases cell turnover and removes layers of dead skin. It is the gold standard of peels. With this treatment, you will see your skin's moisture level greatly increase resulting in an age-defying, smooth textured complexion that is truly timeless.
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Restoring Lip Treatment
This upgrade includes our essential Firming Lip Complex to help tighten, plump, and rejuvenate the lip area. This service exfoliates dead skin, boosts collagen, and provide protection from sun damage. Your lips will thank you.
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Your hands are the first to show the signs of aging. Pamper your hands with our deluxe hand treatment. This includes the removal of dead skin cells, a warm renewal hand masque and our being TRUE anti-aging pure essential oils. Feel and see the difference!
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A customized sunless spray tan is airbrushed on the body by our professionals at Escape. This tan will blend ones natural skin color and the color generated by DHA. Each and every clients tan will be different, creating their own natural color results. Please read our FAQs to guide you in preparing your skin for your tan.
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We proudly use Nufree hair removal. Nufree is an anti microbial, wax free botanical hair removal system that is gentle and effective. Nufree has proved to be the best form of liquid epilation for over 30 years by Estheticians, Dermatologists, and Plastic Surgeons.
Nufree is not a wax but a 100% natural soya product that can be used over 98% of the body. Nufree will never adhere to the skin. Nufree is heated to body temperature and can not burn the skin at this low temperature. Nufree completely clears the hair follicle including the bulb, shaft and papilla, unlike any other hair removal product on the market.
Basic prices are listed below. Prices are subject to increase if additional time and product usage are required.
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Let our skincare specialist sculpt your eyebrows to one of the best you have ever seen. This services includes both eyebrows and the area between the eyebrows.
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Your eyebrows naturally frame your face and your eyelashes frame your eyes. These hairs can be pale and go unnoticed. Tinting is a quick and easy solution to this problem. At Escape, we customize the color for you based on your natural complexion and hair color. You will instantly notice a difference! We have 8 colors to choose from and these colors can be combined to customize one for you. The newest color added to our collection is purple!
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Let our skincare specialist remove any unsightly hairs on your upper lip or your chin.
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This services will remove an unwanted hairs from the hip of the client to the toes which includes your thigh, knee, shin, and feet.
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Tips for Preparation & Maintenance for Sunless Tan
Preparation for Spray Tanning
Day Before
• Exfoliating with AmberSun Sea Coral Salt Scrub is recommended the day before receiving a sunless tan. Removing loose, dead, dry skin cells – which prevent even application of color and flake off quickly – will improve and extend color results. Use of salt scrub the day before also allows the natural oils to completely absorb into and hydrate the skin.
Day of Application
• Skin should be clean and dry. Bathing with Amber Sun Body Scrub or any of the Amber Sun Shower Gels will leave skin clean and pH balanced. Do not use bar soap – soap residue can interfere with tanning results.
• Do not apply deodorant, lotions or perfumes to the skin prior to spray tanning. We recommend shaving the day before application and to remove all make-up before the application process begins.
• Remove jewelry before being sprayed.
• Select an old, preferably dark bathing suit to wear while being sprayed. Also, remember to bring old dark colored, loose fitting clothing to wear home.
• For first time or regular customers, apply AmberSun pH Balancing Spray with Fruit Prime Extract over entire body to lower skin's pH level. A balanced pH level along with skin prepped with a layer of Fruit Prime Extract results in a rich, natural brown color – reduced chance of any "orange" color.
• Apply ProBlend Barrier Cream to areas that tend to attract too much color during the spray-tan process such as cuticles, knees, elbows, palms, and soles of feet. Apply thin coat to tattoos to reduce spray's effect and keep colors vibrant. Gently wipe off spray color from tattoos after application.
Maintenance of Spray Tan Color
We recommend after five weeks of spray tanning to let skin rest for 10 days. This allows you to completely loose your tan and eliminate patchiness or uneven areas of wear. These areas are caused by daily contact with clothing and other surfaces which cause additional exfoliation in these areas.
Healthy, moist skin will retain the results of your tanning session longer. Norvell's sunless products are developed to create a color
that will please a majority of customers most of the time. The sunless spray process is not a flawless one and results will vary by individual.
To get the best results we suggest you use the following:
• Daily use of ProLong Tan Extending Lotion.
A daily moisturizer with natural bronzers to keep color vibrant and even.
• Amber Sun Shower Gel or Norvell Body Washes effectively clean without stripping skin of necessary natural oils and help to keep color longer.
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Police in Francistown are investigating a case in which a 23-year-old woman allegedly choked her newborn baby to death soon after giving birth last Thursday.
Acting Kutlwano Police Station Commander Assistant Superintendent Lawrence Moloi confirmed that the police are investigating the matter but was quick to point out that investigations are still ongoing.
Moloi said Mosetsana Foreman of Block II in Francistown who hails from the border village of Jackalas 2 in the northeastern part of the country is currently helping the police with their investigations.
He said Foreman appeared before Francistown magistrate Sijabuliso Siziba on Wednesday morning facing a single count of murder. Moloi said the police have still to establish exactly what caused the baby's death.
"We are still waiting for the post-mortem. It is the pathology report that will advise the police on what could have caused the death of the baby," said Moloi, adding that the suspect was not asked to plead to the charges being levelled against her.
The post-mortem was expected to be conducted yesterday (Thursday) at Nyangabwe Referral Hospital.
However, sources close to the incident have hinted that the 23-year-old mother allegedly killed her baby.
According to these sources, on the day in question Foreman allegedly spread a pair of jeans on the floor when she started suffering from labour pains. She then lay on her back and delivered the baby herself, sources said.
Since she was alone, it is alleged, Foreman was not able to properly cut the umbilical cord. After delivering the baby, she is alleged to have then strangled it.
Meanwhile, Foreman has been granted unconditional bail. Prosecutor Ronny Mmuso did not object to the accused being granted bail.
Mmuso told the court that the accused had pleaded with the police not to detain her, to be given time to mourn and bury her child.
The accused is expected to appear in court again on June 19th 2014.


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Bridge 90386 on 7th Street over railroad tracks
Bridge number: 90386
Year built: 1883-1884
Engineer: William A. Truesdell
Contractor: Michael O'Brien; McArthur Brothers, Chicago
Span length: west arch, 41 feet; east arch, 30 feet
Length of arch barrel: 124 feet
Adapted from the National Register of Historic Places nomination form prepared by Jeffrey A. Hess. The Seventh Street Improvement Arches were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The Seventh Street Improvement Arches, carrying East Seventh Street across an abandoned railroad cut on the eastern edge of downtown St. Paul, are a skewed, double-arched, masonry highway bridge constructed according to the helicoidal or spiral method. Buttressed at each end by perpendicular wing walls, the bridge displays two arches surmounted by a well defined coping on top of the parapet. Although the ring stones are cut to simulate the appearance of semicircular right arches, the two vaults are of skewed construction with voussoirs laid in helicoidal or spiral courses. The east arch measures 41 feet in oblique span, with a spring line about 9 feet above grade. The west arch is 11 feet shorter at 30 feet and springs about 12 feet above grade. Originally, the west arch accommodated three railroad tracks, the east arch two tracks. All trackage has been removed. Measuring 124 feet in width, the bridge supports at least 15 feet of earth fill surmounted by a concrete trestle, which, in turn, carries a four-lane black-top roadway and concrete sidewalks bordered by metal railings with concrete balusters. The trestle was constructed when the roadway was widened in 1930. These alterations do not significantly affect the original design.
The bridge features two types of limestone, a locally quarried gray stone that was widely used in 19th century St. Paul for foundation work and a finer-grained, buff-colored stone from Kasota, Minnesota, that was shipped throughout the state for a variety of building purposes. The abutments, pier and wing walls are built of the local material. The voussoirs, ring stones, coping and spandrel walls are of Kasota stone. All stonework is rock-faced, coursed-ashlar masonry with one-half-inch joints. By way of embellishment, intradosal surfaces are bush hammered and ring stones have tooled margins on top and bottom. The center pier also has a rounded, ornamental cutwater.
Historic significance
The Seventh Street Improvement Arches are historically significant for its rarity and the technically demanding nature of its skewed, helicoidal, stone-arch design. At the time of its construction in 1884, the bridge was thought to be one of the few of its type in the United States and today it is the only known example in Minnesota.
In February, 1883, the Minnesota State Legislature authorized St. Paul to issue bonds for the improvement of Seventh Street where it crossed the combined valley of Trout Brook and Phalen Creek, linking the downtown district with Dayton's Bluff to the east. Characterized as the heaviest piece of public work ever attempted in the city, the project called for the construction of four major elements: a roadway embankment measuring 80 feet in height, 640-feet in length and 66 feet in width; a stone-arch sewer, 320 feet in length, for the enclosure of Phalen Creek; a 300-foot-span iron bridge across the tracks of the Northern Pacific Railway; and a double-arch stone bridge at the crossing of the St. Paul and Duluth Railway. In the opinion of the contemporary engineering press, the stone-arch bridge was the most interesting part.
Originally known as the Seventh Street Improvement Arches, the structure was designed in the summer of 1883 by 38-year-old William Albert Truesdell, who had been hired by the City of St. Paul Engineer's Office to supervise the entire Seventh Street Improvement project. Raised on a farm in Wautoma, Wisconsin, Truesdell had studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin, receiving an undergraduate degree in 1867. After enduring uneventful jobs as a school teacher and a surveyor, he joined the engineering staff of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway in 1880. Except for occasional special projects, such as his work on the Seventh Street Improvement, he remained with that line and its successor, the Great Northern Railway, for the remainder of his career. During his years with the railroad, Truesdell was involved with all kinds of construction, often serving as an inspecting engineer. The Seventh Street Improvement Arches represent the only documented example of his design work.
The construction of the Seventh Street Improvement Arches presented a number of challenges. Since Seventh Street intersected the St. Paul and Duluth Railway right-of-way at a 63 degree angle, the bridge required a skewed or oblique, design, which, even under ideal conditions, placed extra demands on engineer, stonecutter and mason. As Truedell noted in The Association of Engineering Societies Journal of July, 1886, the ordinary problems of skewed construction were compounded by the fact that "nothing of this kind had ever been built in this western country," so that "very few of our masons in St. Paul had ever seen one, and no one knew anything about the stone-cutting necessary." Truesdell was aware that most American skewed stone-arch bridges were built according to the ribbed-arch method, which utilized "a number of short right arches or ribs in contact with each other, each successive rib being placed a little to one side of its neighbor." Although such a design might have been suitable for a simple highway bridge, the Seventh Street Arches were intended not only to carry pedestrian and vehicular traffic, but also sewer and water pipes, which required a substantial layer of fill. As Truesdell later explained, "The ribbed arch plan was first considered, and then rejected. Such a structure would have been unstable for this locality on account of the great weight of earth the arches would have to sustain. The stones of one rib could not be bonded into those of the next rib." Truesdell next considered the classical French method of skewed construction, where the voussoirs are custom cut in a variety of shapes to fit the configuration of the arch. "The voussoirs of such an arch," he concluded, "could never have been cut in this locality. It would have required a great number of patterns and the cost of such a work would have been beyond all consideration."
One alternative still remained, the helicoidal or spiral method. Introduced by the English architect and mathematician Peter Nicholson in 1828, the method was explained with clarity and precision by the English engineer George Watson Buck, whose Essay on Oblique Bridges, first published in 1839, went through three editions by 1880. In the United States, the helicoidal arch seems to have been little studied and less understood. When John L. Culley, in Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine, April, 1886, attempted to clear away "the confusion and misunderstanding" surrounding the subject, he noted that "the general opinion has arisen, that helicoidal arches are of the most intricate construction, and too often their consideration has been abandoned with disgust." Truesdell, however, was equal to the challenge of the helicoidal method. According to his obiltuary in the Association of Engineering Societies Journal, June, 1909, he was imbued with "the desire to go the beginning of things" and studied mathematics as a hobby. When he himself discussed his work on the Seventh Street Arches in the Association of Engineering Societies Journal, July, 1886, he passed over the technical difficulties of helicoidal design, remarking only that "very few have ever been built in this country."
In the traditional helicoidal method adopted by Truesdell, the voussoirs are cut with curved surfaces so that they form a series of parallel spiral courses. As Truesdell explained in the journal article, each spiral is "generated by a straight line which intersects the axis of the arch, and is continually at right angles with it, and which moves uniformly along that axis and at the same time revolves uniformly around it." Although the initial calculation and cutting of the curves are difficult, the helicoidal method has one overriding advantage, all the voussoirs (with the exception of the ring stones) are of the same size and shape so "that one set of patterns answers for all . . . and when, the stone-cutters are once taught to cut a stone no further difficulty is encountered." On the Seventh Street Arches, the voussoir stones were quarried and cut at the quarry of W.D. Craig and Company in Mankato, Minnesota. According to Truesdell, "the only difficulty . . . was in making the stone-cutters understand the importance of accurate and careful work with the patterns instead of the ordinary work to which they had been accustomed. This was overcome by placing an intelligent and trustworthy foremen [Mr. Thomas Russell] in charge of all stone-cutters."
Construction of the Seventh Street Arches began in September, 1883, with Michael O'Brien of St. Paul serving as general contractor for excavation, foundations and abutments. After O'Brien's work was completed in June, 1884, the project passed to McArthur Brothers of Chicago as part of a general contract for the Seventh Street Improvement. In late November, 1884, the Chicago firm finished the masonry work and began leading the roadway over the arches, which opened for traffic on December 18, 1884. Although the significance of the Seventh Street Improvement faded from popular consciousness, Truesdell's professional colleagues remembered his achievement. On his death in 1909, the Association of Engineering Societies Journal characterized the Seven Street Improvement Arches as "the most important piece of masonry in the city."


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Vice chair of Redeeming Hope Ministries, R. Bentley Marlow has created an Indiegogo online fund-raising campaign to create a large vegetable garden in Fort Sanders to benefit the underprivileged and transient community.
What is your own gardening/farming background?
Growing up, my grandfather and I always had a garden, about an acre or more each summer. After living in Mechanicsville for the past nine years, I've come to realize that an acre is huge and gardens can grow just about anywhere!
Have you done any of the recipe demonstrations at RHM's alternate Wednesday Food in the Fort events?
Unfortunately, midday Wednesday doesn't fit well with my schedule. And my approach to cooking is to just throw things together, heat, and then eat! (Do not try this at home.) For good reason we leave the recipes and cooking demonstrations to Casey Littell, proprietor of Hot Momma Soups. Everything she makes is delicious, except beets; beets are never delicious.
What is your favorite vegetable? Do you share RHM director Eddie Young's distrust of okra?
The fried vegetable, or the vegetable accompanied with butter—or cheese, or bacon. Yeah, the bacon-accompanied vegetable is my favorite. And yes, okra is an untrustworthy vegetable, and much like green tomatoes it is best breaded and thrown in hot bacon grease.
What are you asking people to throw in for, exactly?
The plan is to maybe purchase a couple of vacant lots in an upcoming city auction. I am also in discussions with Phil Bonifacio at Acadia Landscape Co. to build our own greenhouse. By reaching out through Indiegogo, we hope to raise enough "green" to make this a self-sustaining operation that provides paying jobs for our friends experiencing homelessness.
What is their greatest need that you can meet with this project?
This project will produce and provide fresh, organic vegetables through Food in the Fort. On café days, the vegetables will be used to prepare the lunch we offer our friends; on market days, raw vegetables will be offered to those living on the edge of homelessness—those who have access to a kitchen, but are often unable to pay rent and afford wholesome food.
How did you get involved with Redeeming Hope?
During law school I spent a summer in Nashville rebuilding a house. I was drawn to The Contributor, Nashville's street paper, and thought a street paper was needed in Knoxville. The Contributor's publisher, Tasha, told me about Eddie Young and his desires for a street paper in Knoxville. After several Scotches and a few long nights, we published the inaugural issue of The Amplifier in November 2010.
Can you promise a little extra something from you if you meet your goal,like kissing a pig?
If our Indiegogo campaign hits 100 percent I'll kiss a snotty nosed pig and provide mojitos at the garden for any who wishes to participate.
Do you have any family that has been or will be involved?
My neighbors are like family and they are very much involved. I've even got the stray cats signing up for vermin duty.
What do you see as your primary contribution?
I'm the crazy dude that took over an abandoned lot, borrowed a tractor, and set up a Facebook page—so you could call me a trespassing, tractor-driving, Facebooking dude making a difference.
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CDBG, HOME, General Funds and Scottsdale Cares Funding Information
The funding process for Fiscal Year 2014/2015 is currently closed.
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These funds may be used to support housing activities and public services that improve the lives of low to moderate income people and people with special needs.
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Proposals are requested for activities that promote the positive development of youth, adults and seniors, strengthen the capabilities of families and the self sufficiency of adults, or assist residents in addressing crisis needs.
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Eligible categories are as follows:
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Proposals are requested for activities that support city-sponsored youth programs and non-profit services to the public.
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