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Sorie Ibrahim Koroma was born in Port Loko, Maforki Chiefdom, Port Loko District, in 1930. On of Sierra Leone's most vibrant political figures, S.I. Koroma was also involved in the labour movement of the 1950s. He blazed the trail for the implementation of the self-help idea which was an important aspect of rural development during the 1970s.
Educated at the Government Model School, Freetown, and at the Bo Government School, Mr. Koroma worked in the co-operative department from 1951 to 1958 and took a course during that time at the Co-operative College, Ibadan, Nigeria. In 1958, he resigned from government and went into private business while also becoming the first secretary-general of the Sierra Leone Motor Transport Union.
He was one of the founder members of the A.P.C., formed in 1960, and became the party's first National Propaganda and Organising Secretary. In this role, Mr. Koroma did his best to educate the people about their political rights, and won astounding success in bringing the A.P.C. to the people and increasing the popularity of the party. In 1962, S.I. Koroma was elected to parliament as M.P. for Freetown Central I Constituency.
In 1967, he was returned to parliament for the same constituency. Following the return to civilian rule in 1968, he became Minister of Trade and Industry in Siaka Stevens' first cabinet. In a cabinet reshuffle in 1969, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and National Resources. On the attainment of republican status in 1971, S.I. Koroma became Vice-President and Prime Minister, and in another cabinet reshuffle in 1975 he was made Vice-President and Minister of Finance. Following the 1978 one party referendum, he was appointed First Vice-President, a position he held until his retirement from politics in 1986.
Popularly known as "S.I.," Mr. Koroma epitomised the hard-working, disciplined and relentless leader who was willing to lead his forces against any foe. He led the A.P.C. in many skirmishes during the early days then the party had to fight for its very survival. As the second-in-command in the party hierarchy, many people believe that his faithfulness and his untiring dedication to the defence of the A.P.C. at all costs sustained the party up to his retirement. For this relentless defence, he earned himself many enemies.
Mr. Koroma was for a long time the number two man of the party, but bowed out of the race for succession to Siaka Stevens when it became clear that Major-General Momoh had the support of the rank and file of the party as well as of the general populace. Mr. Koroma continues to be a high-ranking member of the ruling A.P.C. party, but has retired from government to devote his time and attention to the management of his oil palm plantation near his home town of Port Loko.


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CRISFIELD, Md.- It has been 10 months since Superstorm Sandy hit Delmarva, and many people in Somerset County are still try to recover. There are some very visible glimmers of hope as the city of Crisfield makes improvements.
Many in the community say those improvements were needed even before Sandy. Some projects were set to begin regardless, but the storm sped things up.
An old crab house that sat vacant for decades is now reduced to mounds of brick and dust. The demolition of the old Handy building marks the latest step in making improvements at "the depot" in Crisfield.
"We'll actually clean that out and it'll be a green space," explained city inspector Noah Bradshaw. "So when you come down, it just opens the view up and we have green space, which is wonderful, because now we have the 'rain gardens,' as I call them. The water can actually go there."
The depot is considered a hub -- and a lifeline -- connecting the islands of the Bay, with three boats leaving daily, carrying people and mail. The docks were in need of repair anyway, but Hurricane Sandy helped push things along.
"It was good timing that we had planned to do this portion of it," said Bradshaw. "The storm came in and even sped up the process, because it completely finished it off."
Some Crisfield natives, like Cynthia Sterling, say they are happy to see the bulldozers and hard hats.
"They're helping people that were hurt by the storm but they needed help anyway," she said. "And the things they're going to do for the town, it's definitely an improvement."
A silver lining, to come from an otherwise devastating storm.
Superstorm Sandy also caused some damage to the pavilion at the docks. Bradshaw said it still has another six or seven years of life before that, too, will need repairs.
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I've never heard a shot fired in anger. But I might know a little bit more about war than Sebastian Junger.
Previously best known as the author of The Perfect Storm, Junger, a New York-based reporter who has covered African wars and the Kosovo killing fields, and Tim Hetherington, an acclaimed film-maker and photographer with extensive experience in conflict zones, heard many such shots, fired by Americans and Afghans, as they made their new documentary film Restrepo -- about an isolated combat outpost named after a beloved medic killed in a firefight. There, they chronicled the lives of U.S. soldiers from Battle Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, during a tour of duty in eastern Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.
The film has been almost universally praised by mainstream reviewers and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival. A New York Times "critics' pick," Restrepo moved the newspaper's A.O. Scott to end his glowing review by telling readers: "As the war in Afghanistan returns to the front pages and the national debate, we owe the men in 'Restrepo,' at the very least, 90 minutes or so of our attention." In the Los Angeles Times, reviewer Betsy Sharkey concluded in similar fashion: "What 'Restrepo' does so dramatically, so convincingly, is make the abstract concrete, giving the soldiers on the front lines faces and voices."
Along with Hetherington, Junger, who has also recently experienced great success with his companion book War, shot about 150 hours of footage in the Korengal Valley in 2007 and 2008 during a combined 10 trips to the country. "This is war, full stop," reads website prose above their directors' statement about the film.
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Junger and Hetherington may know something about Afghanistan, a good deal about combat, and even more about modern American troops, but there's precious little evidence in Restrepo that -- despite the title of Junger's book -- they know the true face of war.
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Earlier this year, Junger reviewed a new Vietnam War novel, veteran Karl Marlantes's Matterhorn, for the New York Times Book Review. In a glowing front-page appraisal, he wrote, "Combat is not really what 'Matterhorn' is about; it is about war. And in Marlantes's hands, war is a confusing and rich world where some men die heroically, others die because of bureaucratic stupidity, and a few are deliberately killed by platoon-mates bearing a grudge." Analyzing Junger's misreading of Matterhorn helps to unlock his misconceptions about war and explains the problems that dog his otherwise cinematically-pleasing, and in some ways useful, film.
Millions of Vietnamese were killed and wounded over the course of what the Vietnamese call the "American War" in Southeast Asia. About two million of those dead were Vietnamese civilians. They were blown to pieces by artillery, blasted by bombs, and massacred in hamlets and villages like My Lai, Son Thang, Thanh Phong, and Le Bac, in huge swaths of the Mekong Delta, and in little unnamed enclaves like one in Quang Nam Province. Matterhorn touches on none of this. Marlantes focuses tightly on a small unit of Americans in a remote location surrounded by armed enemy troops -- an episode that, while pitch perfect in depiction, represents only a sliver of a fraction of the conflict that was the Vietnam War.
It's not surprising that this view of war appealed to Junger. In Restrepo, it's his vision of war, too.
Restrepo's repeated tight shots on the faces of earnest young American soldiers are the perfect metaphor for what's lacking in the film and what makes it almost useless for telling us anything of note about the real war in Afghanistan. Only during wide shots in Restrepo do we catch fleeting glimpses of that real war.
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Another sweet voice has left the planet.
Donna Summer, labeled as "the disco queen," died of cancer Thursday morning in Naples, Fla., according to Brian Edwards, her publicist. Her family released a statement saying they "are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy."
Summer wasn't comfortable with the designation of disco queen and told people she grew up on rock and roll. When the disco fad withered away, Summer continued to make hits that included her rock roots. One of her biggest hits from the 1980s was "She Works Hard for the Money.
But her disco anthems — "I Feel Love," "Love to Love You Baby," and "Last Dance" — were adored by all the dancers who flocked to the discos.
Decades ago, Summer was every inch the Disco Queen, according to the Associated Press. She wore glittery gowns, had long eyelashes, luxurious hair, and glossy, open lips. She was as much a part of the culture as disco balls, polyester, platform shoes and the music's pulsing, pounding rhythms.
Summer's rise was inseparable from disco's itself, even though she remained popular for years after the genre she helped invent had died. She won a Grammy for "Hot Stuff," a fiery guitar-based song that represented her shift from disco to more rock-based sounds.
"Her records sound as good today as they ever did. That she has never been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame is a total disgrace especially when I see the second-rate talent that has been inducted," Elton John told the Associated Press. "She was a great friend to me and to the Elton John AIDS Foundation and I will miss her greatly."
I'll miss her, too, Elton. I remember Donna's impact and going to discos. This was in the early '80s, and I had to travel to Des Moines or Burlington to find the good dance floors.
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2012 equinox LTZ touch screen bluetooth, GPS, subwoofer question
We bought this car from Car max and it was a rental car previously. I believe the sub is missing and I'm assuming an amp. what is the best way to replace these other than going to the dealership?
also being that we have the 2012, the stereo doesn't have all the my link stuff or navigation to go with it. I have heard of people adding the navigation to the existing stereo at a reasonable cost. does anyone know about this?
The last question is can i get my Bluetooth to pick up my music to play from my phone because as it is right now i can only use my phone through Bluetooth. how can i change this? Any help would be appreciated thanks!
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Did you get this worked out yet? You can get them online if you want OEM, or you can get aftermarket for a little less money.
Dealer is the most expensive, but it's going to be factory. You can probably get the 2013 or even 2014 systems to plug-and-play, but you might have to do an upgrade to the body control module. What's the model number of the head unit, if you have it.
Wait, I just read what you wrote. You think that they took stuff out of the car, or it was ordered with factory delete ... meaning, just the very basic stuff was put in there?
Check these out on the www.gmpartsclub.com website.
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Sound System - check this one out first
Radio & Antenna - I think this shows the same stuff, just in a different way.
I added links to these as well.
Woofer - I only see one woofer for the 2012 Equinox. It's $88.
Amplifier - Looks like there are three amps for that vehicle, ranging from about $240 to about $280. I linked to the middle priced unit, it's listed as "W/PREMIUM AUDIO, W/NOISE CONTROL" and there are options W/O both of them and then just W/PREMIUM AUDIO, W/O NOISE CONTROL.
Let us know if that helps. Looks like if you add in both then you're in a grant total in the low $300's to gain the amplified and the woofer.
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Drawing on a recently published larger volume - Strategies of Symbolic Nation-Building in Southeast Europe – Vjeran Pavlakovic will analyze the nation and state building strategies of the Croatian elite since the country attained independence, following the Homeland War, 1991-1995. In his presentation, Pavlakovic will focus on the role of contested narratives and commemorative practices related to the wars of the 20th century in the political arena. The discussion will also address current attitudes and sentiments in Croatia towards the EU, following the country's accession to the European Union in July, 2013. more
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Objective: To examine the relationship between household income and psychological distress, suicidal ideation and attempts, and mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders.
Method: Data came from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys, a collection of 3 nationally representative surveys of American adults conducted between 2001 and 2003. Psychological distress, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders were examined in relation to household income after adjusting for sex, marital status, race, age, and employment status.
Results: Analyses revealed an inverse association between income and psychological distress as measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, with those in the lowest income quartile demonstrating significantly more distress than any of the remaining 3 income quartiles (P < .05). Subsequent analysis of DSM-IV–diagnosed psychological disorders revealed a similar pattern of results, which were particularly strong for substance use disorders (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.74; 95% CI, 1.39–2.18), suicidal ideation (AOR = 1.77; 95% CI, 1.46–2.13), and suicide attempts (AOR = 2.15; 95% CI, 1.55–2.98). The association between income and mood and anxiety disorders was less consistent, and the relationship between income and suicidal ideation differed among the 5 race categories (non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, Asian American, black, and other). Non-Hispanic white persons showed a strong, negative relationship between income and suicidal ideation (AOR = 2.15; 95% CI, 1.66–2.80), while the association was considerably weaker or nonexistent for the other races.
Conclusions: Although conclusions cannot be drawn concerning causation, the strength of associations between income, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and substance abuse points to the need for secondary prevention strategies among low-income, high-risk populations.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday acknowledged that deep federal budget cuts are here with no end in sight, an outcome that he warned would harm the economy but said he lacked the power to stop.
A final attempt to find common ground with congressional leaders at a White House meeting proved fruitless. The president continued to press for higher taxes as part of a deal and Republicans continued to refuse — clearing the way for $85 billion in cuts this fiscal year and $1.2 trillion over the next decade.
The reductions, which Obama was set to formally enact late Friday, are likely to remain in place for the foreseeable future. There had been speculation that they might be adjusted later this month when lawmakers must agree on a new deal to fund the government or risk a shutdown. But Obama made clear Friday that he would seek to avoid a shutdown even if that means allowing the across-the-board cuts, known as the sequester, to continue.
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Camelot maintained his unbeaten record with a hard-fought victory in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.
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Summary of Child Welfare Issues in the House Budget Reconciliation Bill
Clarification of Eligibility for Foster Care Maintenance Payments and Adoption Assistance
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The House budget reconciliation bill would limit federal Title IV-E Foster Care funding that now enables abused and neglected children to live with their grandparents or other relatives. It would do this by overturning a Ninth Circuit judicial opinion (Rosales v. Thompson) ruling that has resulted in more children living with relatives becoming eligible for federal foster care assistance.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policy states that a child is only eligible for federal Title IV-E assistance if the child meets 1996 AFDC income criteria while living in the home from which the child was legally removed due to allegations of abuse and neglect.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded in Rosales v. Thompson that Title IV-E allows AFDC eligibility criteria to be met in any specified relative's home in which the child resided during the month the child was removed or during the six preceding months, up to and including the date of the removal petition. While Title IV-E eligibility is still linked to 1996 AFDC income criteria, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that eligibility can be determined from the home the child has resided in over the past six months or the home of removal. Many children live with grandparents or other relatives on a temporarily basis while determinations are made about what it in the best interest of the child.
Here are two examples:
In the Rosales case, the child was originally living with his parents and was not eligible for AFDC in their home. Officials removed the child, alleging maltreatment, and informally placed him with Ms. Rosales, his grandmother, without going to court. At that time, the child met AFDC financial eligibility criteria for Title IV-E in the grandmother's home. Later, the county filed a dependency action in court. Ms. Rosales became the child's foster parent. Under HHS policy, the child was not Title IV-E eligible because he did not meet the AFDC financial eligibility criteria in his parents' home, the home from which he was legally removed. The Court of Appeals disagreed and said that the child could meet the Title IV-E AFDC financial eligibility criteria based on the income of Ms. Rosales, the child's grandmother.
In another case, a child was originally living with her mother, where she was AFDC eligible. The child was then informally placed with her grandmother, in whose home she also was AFDC eligible. However, more than six months passed before the county welfare department filed a dependency action in court against the child's mother. HHS said the child was not eligible for Title IV-E Foster Care benefits because although the child was eligible for AFDC in the home of her mother, she did not live there in the six months before court proceedings were initiated. Under Rosales v. Thompson, the child is eligible for Title IV-E because she lived with the grandmother, a qualified relative eligible for AFDC, within the six-month period.
The Rosales ruling was issued in 2003 and applies to children living in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Mariana Island. In California alone, between 4,000-5,000 children have become eligible for federal assistance due to the Rosales ruling. The Rosales decision has also had the effect of extending Title IV-E Adoption Assistance in Georgia based on a recent federal court ruling in that state.
Budget cuts to Title IV-E would be $410 million over five years as a result of this action.
Clarification Regarding Federal Matching of Certain Administrative Costs Under the Foster Care Maintenance Payments Program
The House bill incorporates several provisions of a pending HHS rule, PA 01-02, first proposed in July 2001.
Case Management and Administrative Costs Related to Kinship Care Placements
The House bill would reduce federal Title IV-E administrative matching funds for foster and adopted children placed with relatives. While these funds would continue to be available for children who have been placed with relatives who are licensed by the state as a foster home, these federal funds would no longer be available if the relative caregiver does not meet the state's foster care licensing requirements within 12 months or the average time it takes to license foster parents in that state, whichever is less.
Many times a state may have a different licensing standard and requirements for children placed with relatives. These standards ensure the health and safety of the child, but may be more flexible than licensing standards in place for non-relative foster placements for requirements such as the amount of bedroom space.
For more than a decade, HHS has recognized the need to fund case management and placement services for children living with a grandparent or other relatives. This reversal of longstanding policy, would withdraw supports that ensure continued family connections are kept at a time when a children is removed from their parents care. This will undercut services and support to grandparents and other relative placements, even though the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) recognized kinship placements as a preferred permanency option for abused and neglected children.
Case Management and Administrative Costs Related to "Candidates" for Foster Care
The House bill also limits the use of Title IV-E administrative funds that currently are used to provide case management services for children who are potential "candidates" for foster care, but not yet placed into foster care. These services are often focused on preventing child abuse.
States can now use Title IV-E administrative funds to support children who are considered potential "candidates" for being removed from the home and placed in foster care. This too has been a long-standing HHS policy documented through a series of instructions and program guidances. The House bill sets up a new time frame and eligibility determination requirements. The legislation would result in denying supports for at risk children who may be able to avoid being placed in foster care if they and their families were able to receive appropriate services.
Case Management and Administrative Costs Related to Children Exiting Institutions into Foster Care
The House bill also limits the use of federal Title IV-E administrative funds to a one-month period when a child is transferred from an institution outside of the child welfare system, such as a hospital or juvenile facilities. Child welfare agencies use these funds to provide continued case management support to these children.
In some instances a state may transfer a child to an institution, such as hospitals, crisis care centers, or some juvenile facilities. It may be the intent and goal of the child welfare agency to return that child to foster care once the child leaves the other institution. The House bill would restrict funding for Title IV-E case management and planning services to no more than one month, regardless if on-going planning is needed to help facilitate the return of the child.
Budget cuts to Title IV-E would be $180 million over five years as a result of this action.
Child Welfare League of America
November 2005
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If youre one of those enthusiastic sorts who like to start the Christmas season in mid-November, you could do a lot worse than Elf: The Musical, playing through Sunday at Raleighs Memorial Auditorium.
Based on the 2003 holiday insta-classic movie starring Will Ferrell, Elf tells the story of Buddy, a human child who has been raised by Santas elves in the North Pole. Buddys height differential has its advantages hes the greatest power forward in the history of elf basketball. But its clear he doesnt belong, so he sets out to New York City to find his real dad.
As a big, splashy Broadway musical, the story of Buddy the elf works pretty well. Funny and sweet, its a successful modern entry into the pantheon of holiday tales, and the films essentially goofy spirit transposes nicely into song and dance.
The music, by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, is lively and fizzy, with the usual big choruses and clever in-rhymes. As Buddy, lead performer Will Blum delivers the goods throughout with eccentric phrasings and a booming tenor when he needs it. Lindsay Nicole Chambers, as love interest Jovie, finds the right tone as well in her big scenes toward the end.
The ensemble players earn their paychecks in the North Pole dance numbers by executing some energetic choreography on their knees. (Theyre elves, you see, with little curly-toe shoes on their kneecaps.) Theres also a good bit of what you might call ensemble juggling, as the elves toss toys and ornaments across the workshop. Light and scenic design work together to provide a sparkly, twinkly backdrop.
The script has plenty of good jokes rooted in the story, about polar-bear tipping and elf nutrition. Also watch for one great bit involving Buddys proficiency with Christmas bells. But the script also has a discouraging number of lame and dated pop culture lines about Al Gore and Charlie Sheen. Too many lines fall flat, and several dead spots prompted booming silences in the opening night performance.
Elf also lacks the slightly manic, slightly dangerous tone that made the movie so much fun. Blums lead performance clearly echoes Ferrells in cadence and tone, but its softer, sweeter, safer.
Kids will have a good time with this version of Elf, and theres enough to keep the grown-ups attentive. Overtly commercial movie-to-musical adaptations are often hard to swallow (Shrek), but sometimes surprisingly delicious (Legally Blonde). Elf is sweet and sugary, and goes down just fine.


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So if a user from Minneapolis travels to Kansas City, Mo., that person would get local warnings for Kansas City, not their home city. That feature sets the system apart from weather apps that deliver information based on users' ZIP code but don't automatically update their locations when users travel.
Greg Carbin, the warning coordination meteorologist at the national Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla, said in a typical year most smartphone users will probably receive relatively few weather alerts.
"Even in those areas of the country where there's a lot of severe weather, the frequency with which you would be alerted is pretty low," Carbin said.


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When programming an event handler in Delphi (like the OnClick event of a TButton), there comes the time when your application needs to be busy for a while, e.g. the code needs to write a big file or compress some data.
If you do that you'll notice that your application seems to be locked. Your form cannot be moved anymore and the buttons are showing no sign of life. It seems to be crashed.
The reason is that a Delpi application is single threaded. The code you are writing represents just a bunch of procedures which are called by Delphi's main thread whenever an event occured. The rest of the time the main thread is handling system messages and other things like form and component handling functions.
So, if you don't finish your event handling by doing some lengthy work, you will prevent the application to handle those messages.
A common solution for such type of problems is to call "Application.ProcessMessages". "Application" is a global object of the TApplication class.
The Application.Processmessages handles all waiting messages like window movements, button clicks and so on. It is commonly used as a simple solution to keep your application "working".
Unfortunately the mechanism behind "ProcessMessages" has its own characteristics, which might cause big confusion!
What does ProcessMessages?PprocessMessages handles all waiting system messages in the applications message queue. Windows uses messages to "talk" to all running applications. User interaction is brought to the form via messages and "ProcessMessages" handles them.
If the mouse is going down on a TButton, for example, ProgressMessages does all what should happen on this event like the repaint of the button to a "pressed" state and, of course, a call to the OnClick() handling procedure if you assigned one.
That's the problem: any call to ProcessMessages might contain a recursive call to any event handler again. Here's an example (download sample application):
Use the following code for a button's OnClick even handler ("work"). The for-statement simulates a long processing job with some calls to ProcessMessages every now and then.
This is simplified for better readability:
WITHOUT "ProcessMessages" the following lines are written to the memo, if the Button was pressed TWICE in a short time:
{in MyForm:}
WorkLevel : integer;
WorkLevel := 0;
procedure TForm1.WorkBtnClick(Sender: TObject) ;
cycle : integer;
inc(WorkLevel) ;
for cycle := 1 to 5 do
Memo1.Lines.Add('- Work ' + IntToStr(WorkLevel) + ', Cycle ' + IntToStr(cycle) ;
sleep(1000) ; // or some other work
Memo1.Lines.Add('Work ' + IntToStr(WorkLevel) + ' ended.') ;
dec(WorkLevel) ;
While the procedure is busy, the the form does not show any reaction, but the second click was put into the message queue by Windows. Right after the "OnClick" has finished it will be called again.
- Work 1, Cycle 1
- Work 1, Cycle 2
- Work 1, Cycle 3
- Work 1, Cycle 4
- Work 1, Cycle 5
Work 1 ended.
- Work 1, Cycle 1
- Work 1, Cycle 2
- Work 1, Cycle 3
- Work 1, Cycle 4
- Work 1, Cycle 5
Work 1 ended.
INCLUDING "ProcessMessages", the output might be very different:
This time the form seems to be working again and accepts any user interaction. So the button is pressed half way during your first "worker" function AGAIN, which will be handled instantly. All incoming events are handled like any other function call.
- Work 1, Cycle 1
- Work 1, Cycle 2
- Work 1, Cycle 3
- Work 2, Cycle 1
- Work 2, Cycle 2
- Work 2, Cycle 3
- Work 2, Cycle 4
- Work 2, Cycle 5
Work 2 ended.
- Work 1, Cycle 4
- Work 1, Cycle 5
Work 1 ended.
In theory, during every call to "ProgressMessages" ANY amount of clicks and user messages might happen "in place".
So be careful with your code!
Different example (in simple pseudo-code!):
This function writes a large amount of data and tries to "unlock" the application by using "ProcessMessages" each time a block of data is written.
procedure OnClickFileWrite() ;
var myfile := TFileStream;
myfile := TFileStream.create('myOutput.txt') ;
while BytesReady > 0 do
myfile.Write(DataBlock) ;
dec(BytesReady,sizeof(DataBlock)) ;
DataBlock[2] := #13; {test line 1}
DataBlock[2] := #13; {test line 2}
If the user clicks on the button again, the same code will be executed while the file is still being written to. So the file cannot be opened a 2nd time and the procedure fails.
Maybe your application will do some error recovery like freeing the buffers.
As a possible result "Datablock" will be freed and the first code will "suddenly" raise an "Access Violation" when it accesses it. In this case: test line 1 will work, test line 2 will crash.
The better way:
To make it easy you could set the whole Form "enabled := false", which blocks all user input, but does NOT show this to the user (all Buttons are not grayed).
A better way would be to set all buttons to "disabled", but this might be complex if you want to keep one "Cancel" button for example. Also you need to go through all the components to disable them and when they are enabled again, you need to check if there should be some remaining in the disabled state.
You could disable a container child controls when the Enabled property changes.
As the class name "TNotifyEvent" suggests, it should only be used for short term reactions to the event. For time consuming code the best way is IMHO to put all the "slow" code into an own Thread.
Regarding the problems with "PrecessMessages" and/or the enabling and disabling of components, the usage of a second thread seems to be not too complicated at all.
Remember that even simple and fast lines of code might hang for seconds, e.g. opening a file on a disc drive might have to wait until the drive spin up has finished. It doesn't look very good if your application seem to crash because the drive is too slow.
That's it. The next time you add "Application.ProcessMessages", think twice ;)


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Body of Writing adds an additional dimension to the traditional body, mind, spirit practice of yoga: story. Body of Writing offers a combination of inspirational writing exercises and simple yoga postures as well as meditation and visualization techniques designed to help workshop participants access the stories they carry, often unknowingly, in their bodies. Calming breathing techniques will allow participants to move deeper into the process of unearthing their stories. The artistic aspect of each participant will be challenged and nurtured, and everyone will leave Body of Writing feeling stimulated and relaxed. Some individuals will depart with new goals for their writing lives or the start of a new piece. Body of Writing is both energizing and soothing. No previous experience with yoga or writing is necessary. Body of Writing participants will explore their writing and their bodies, and receive the benefits of connecting the two. Attendees of this special evening sampler of Body of Writing will begin to learn how to leave their inner critics at the door and listen to their bodies instead! All levels. All genres.
Mimi Cross holds an MA in music education from New York University and is an RYT with over 200 hours of teacher training. Her song 2 Clay Feet was featured on the Kripalu Yoga Center Seva CD, Svadharma. She is the author of The Alligator Waiter, published by Abe's Peanut in 2012, and The Crankamacallit, a children's iPad app designed by Polymash and released on iTunes in 2011. Her CDs can be found on iTunes.
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y4c workshop is tailored to address the specific needs of cancer patients and survivors. These classes are not one-size-fits-all, nor simply a gentle yoga class. This workshop is designed to build strength & flexibility in safe ways stimulate your immune system & build bone density detox the body and cultivate a sense of well-being create hope & community empower all to take control & enhance their lives.
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Fall is a season of transformation, coming just after the summer harvest. Chinese medicine teaches us it is the natural time of letting go. The practice of yin is a contemplative practice of long-held, poses that open and energize the energy pathways (Meridians) of the body. Yin yoga helps nourish the joints and targets the deep connective tissues of the lower body with a focus on the spine, hips, and pelvis. Benefits of the practice are increased flexibility, energy flow and relaxation. All levels welcome.
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Truth Values: One Girl's Romp Through M.I.T.'s Male Math Maze
From site: Mathematics and Statistics
"Truth Values" is a one-woman show about being a professional woman in a male-dominated field. Performed and written by Gioia De Cari.
Date: Friday, April 13th, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Weitz Center for Creativity Theater
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Created as a response to former Harvard President Lawrence Summers' now infamous suggestion that women are less represented than men in the sciences because of innate gender differences, "Truth Values" is a true-life tale that offers a humorous, scathing, insightful and ultimately uplifting look at the challenges of being a professional woman in a male-dominated field. Writer/performer and "recovering mathematician" Gioia De Cari brings to life more than 30 characters in a hilarious and deeply touching performance that has earned raves from critics and stirred audiences to standing ovations. A discussion will follow the presentation.
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Bernardsville Mayor Lee Honecker said shortly before 1 p.m. on Sunday that he estimated at least 30 power company trucks were seen working in the borough, and access had been created for borough homes blocked by wires and trees.
At that time, Honecker said that all of the borough remained without power. But he said that JCP&L workers had been seen at the Bernardsville power station.
"We are grateful they're here now," Honecker said of the power company. The mayor asked that residents not interfere with workers who are doing their job.
He said that workers also had been removing wires and electrical equipment from streets, including at a subdivision blocked by "It's my understanding that access was provided."
Borough officials, including the mayor, had reported to Patch over the last few days
Honecker said that on a statewide conference call at about 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jersey Central Power & Light President Donald Lynch said he was aware of the situation. Contractors reportedly were in the borough on Sunday.
JCP&L spokesman Ron Morano said earlier on Saturday afternoon that the power company was talking to the borough about restoring and repairing the damage caused by Sandy.
But Morano added that Hurricane Sandy had been responsible for more damage than ever before in JCP&L's turf.
Honecker said he would send out a public service announcement to residents on Sunday afternoon.
Bernardsville police website again posting updates
The Bernardsville police website again was back online and posting updates on Sunday afternoon.
As of about 3 p.m., the website said that emergency food and water still was being distributed in Bernardsville for Somerset Hills area residents.
The Somerset County Office of Emergency Management and FEMA were distributing both at the Bernardsville Public Library at 1 Anderson Hill Road and at 25 Olcott Avenue, in Bernardsville.
Bernardsville certified emergency personnel will be distributing the supplies between 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday at both locations while supplies last.
Potable water available for filling your own containers continues to be available at the library and at the Bernardsville Middle School on Seney Drive, the website said.


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Probabilistic context-free grammars (PCFGs) have played an important role in the modeling of syntax in natural language processing and other applications, but choosing the proper model complexity is often difficult. We present a nonparametric Bayesian generalization of the PCFG based on the hierarchical Dirichlet process (HDP). In our HDP-PCFG model, the effective complexity of the grammar can grow with increasing data. We describe an efficient variational inference algorithm for our model and present experiments on both a synthetic grammar induction task and a large-scale natural language parsing task.


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What should go in the space between the Bi-Lo shopping center and the Indian Springs subdivision on Boone Hill Road?
That was a question posed to Dorchester County Council last week, as the owner of the lot seeks to change the lot's zoning from R-4 to a zoning that would allow multi-family apartments.
Residents of Indian Springs came to the council meeting to protest the rezoning.
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Dorchester County Council tabled the decision.
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So does the contract allow for the employees to carry weapons?
Being that this is a navy yard, I guess some contracts might.
So does the contract allow for the employees to carry weapons?
Being that this is a navy yard, I guess some contracts might.
The shooter was working for an IT company so not in that case. I don't think they contract for security at military installations? I doubt anyone but security is allowed to have weapons.
The shooter just took them in without anyone knowing apparently. The Post story says they do not have metal detectors and don't search bags; way too many people coming in and out I guess for that to be possible?
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My husband and I both work at federal govt buildings (not Navy Yard) and just have to swipe and show our IDs to get in our respective buildings. Only visitors go through metal detectors. If its the same way at Navy Yard, it wouldn't be difficult for an employee to bring a gun in, whether its legal for them to do so or not.
It's all really sad.
When I worked near Metro Center (and therefore the White House among other things) for a non-profit, we had to go through a metal detector. I used to see the cars being checked before they could enter the area around Lafayette Square but I guess it just isn't practical to do that at every government or military location.
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I never realized that you weren't allowed to bring pepper spray/mace into Smithsonian buildings until a friend pointed it out. Mainly because bag checks there are so speedy that I've never been reprimanded for having a canister on my keys.
Sometimes I think I lost something really important to me, and it turns out I already ate it.
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I wonder if there may not be a government-wide rethinking of security clearances for the employees of contractors given this and Edward Snowden?
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It was difficult watching the news last night when they released the names of seven of the victims. I didn't know one victim by name, but I recognized him immediately because I had seen him so many times. I knew one of the other victims from a project he was involved in.
Only one member of my carpool still works at NAVSEA; the rest of us have retired (I retired last year). He didn't work in my building but worked in one nearby. He said his building was one of the first to be dismissed and said everyone had to sit down with a police/FBI agent for an interview. He told them he was away from the windows and didn't see anything or anybody suspicious. After his interview he walked across base to the Catering and Conference Center where he was loaded onto a bus "and checked to see if we met the description of the 2nd shooter they thought was out there." The bus took him to Nationals Park where people were given a free Metro ride to wherever they were going. He said he arrived home shortly after 7:00 p.m. and said some people didn't get out until after 11:00 p.m.
When I'm old, I don't want them to say of me, "She's so charming." I want them to say, "Be careful, I think she's armed."
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MSNBC story:Alexis "had been treated multiple times for psychological issues, including sleep deprivation, anger and paranoia", NBC News reported. In recent weeks he had been "hearing voices" and was treated by the VA, the AP reported. But he had not been declared mentally unfit by the Navy, a designation which would have led him to lose the security clearance he used to access the Navy Yard.
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(((Moto))) It must have been so hard for you to watch this.
I am surprised that they don't have metal detectors at the Navy yard. I work for a county (in Arizona) and even they have metal detectors for non-employees in the court buildings, main county building, etc. I don't have to go through it because I am an employee. I don't know how they deal with contractors.
My building only has an unarmed guard at the front desk, so almost anyone can enter the building between work hours (7am-5pm) unchecked. In order to get inside the work area one needs a badge that is to be scanned. When I worked in the private industry, no one could get past the guard station without showing a valid badge. Every visitor had to sign in and write down who he/she was going to see there. It seems many government buildings don't have strict security.
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Lady 3: The google is a terrible thing, I mean I don't want anything on there! (Overheard by millyskate on a London train.)
The Holocaust museum in DC had metal detectors and bag check for every visitor and all cars in the adjacent lot are searched before entry. Although a security guard was killed by a maniac a few years ago, without those measures the guy might have gotten to a public space and caused many casualties.
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He was able to get the weapons on base because they don't check your car (other than the decal) when you go through the check point. The question I have is why in the heck was he allowed to even work on base with the background that he has! I have an agent assistant pass because my kids are Navy dependents and even with my being their Mom the hoops I had to jump through to get it was ridiculous! My Mom is a Army dependent and if my mom goes on base to go to the commissary my sister can't even go into the building without an ID even if she's with my Mom who has an ID. So why is it that security is that tight for the grocery store but not for whomever works on base??
The Post reports members of Congress are interested in looking at the process of providing security clearances for employees of contractors.
calls from several members of Congress, including the senator with lead federal oversight over the District of Columbia and federal employees, for a serious examination of how federal agencies and government contractors conduct background checks on potential hires. A Defense Department report to be released Tuesday raised questions about whether the Navy had been properly conducting such checks on government contractors.
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And there will also be a review of security procedures at military installations.
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I work on a military base. There are no bag searches or body searches; car searches are done periodically, usually (but not always) on an announced schedule. AFAIK, the only places on base that have metal detectors are in the unrestricted areas that primarily serve civilians.
The only people who are allowed to carry guns on the base are the base police force (which is an independent entity staffed by civilians) and the military police, which is a separate entity with a different mission. Otherwise, no one is allowed to have weapons, including military personnel who might carry arms elsewhere.
There are many different types of passes and standards for obtaining them. I, for example, have a basic contractor pass. To get it, I had to be sponsored by a government agency and have a basic background check. My pass allows me 24/7 access to all areas of the base. I do not have a CAC (computer access card) and therefore cannot enter many of the buildings on base or access any of the base computer systems. Many of my students are just regular college students and are taking classes at the base because of the scheduling or location convenience; they get visitor passes, which means they can only enter the base at specific times and can only go to and from the education center. They get a basic wants-and-warrants and citizenship check; that's it.
We are all subject to ID checks at the gate and to car searches if there is anything suspicious, but I have always thought that if one of us wanted to get a gun on base, it would be very likely easy to do as long as we were calm and the gun was out of sight. We would not, however, be able to get into a lot of places. But if one of my students (or other students--there are several schools on base, about seven of them in the education center alone--and all are subject to the same rules) wanted to shoot up the education center, I think it would be very easy to do, and I have a school shooting plan of my own for this reason. There is no official plan in the education center.
My husband also works on base and he has a CAC. To get the CAC, he had to have at least a basic background check and a basic security clearance. This applied both when he was a contractor (which he was for many years) and when he started working as a federal employee. My understanding is that the security clearance check was the same for either job and focused on the threat of revealing secrets--how likely is he to blab? I find it highly unlikely that he would have been given a different security clearance check as a contractor because he did the same job in the same place as a contractor that he does as a fed, which is very common. Many people switch employers without ever changing jobs. I would expect this is why there is concern about whether the checks were being done properly rather than on whether the standards are sufficient. There is a lot of employment incest in government work.
This is not to say that this is how things work at any other installation. While all installations have to meet DoD standards, there are always variations, depending on the mission. Since I work at a base with a research, development and education mission, there is a lot of non-federal civilian access to the general areas of the base, even if many of the labs are restricted. If I worked on a base that focused on weapons development, the rules would be much stricter.
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."-- Albert Einstein.
I came home one day and found a card from an FBI agent on my door with a request to call her. My next door neighbor had applied for a job and they were doing a security investigation. The agent asked me numerous questions and we spent probably an hour talking.
When my clearance was updated several years ago, I had to fill out a form and answer about a million questions even though I'd worked at the same place for years. The form asked for contact information for people not related to me who had known me for a specific period of time. The friends I listed all let me know they'd been grilled extensively (and claimed they'd made up things to make me sound more interesting). One of my coworkers and I would joke that security knew everything about us, including the color of our underwear on a given day and which hand we used to flush the toilet.
I know of several people who had their security clearance yanked which meant they were out of a job at my agency. You can risk losing it for a number of reasons--basically anything (alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling addiction, bankruptcy, etc.) that could lead to a person's compromising classified information but other things as well. Some years ago, a contractor was escorted out when security tapes revealed that he was the panty pervert who had been hiding lingerie in various locations in our building. He claimed he did it as a joke but I don't think he was laughing when he lost his clearance.
I am at a loss in understanding how Alexis was able to get a clearance given his history.
When I'm old, I don't want them to say of me, "She's so charming." I want them to say, "Be careful, I think she's armed."
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I work for a defense contractor, and it takes ages to get security clearances through due to all the interviews and background/credit checks they need to do. And people lose them very easily - we have a whole personal problem reporting mechanism we have to follow. I am at a loss too.
I think I will have a snack and take a nap before I eat and go to sleep.
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Ok, so I have a HDMI input on my TV and a DVI output on my cable box... so I can get a converter cable, no problems there, but I need to put audio into the TV via the HDMI connect, too.
Has anyone seen a HDMI/ DVI+Audio cable? Everything I can find just drops the audio.


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A Good 'Ol Fashioned Carnival in the truest sense of the words. The Carnival Of The Howlin' Wolves has everything from games, food, entertainment, raffles, bouncers & crafts, even community booths - PTA VP Ways and Means, Sharen Steele Herran guarantees it'll be Bigger & Better than last years extravaganza! This year "Carnival Of The Howlin' Wolves" is sure to tantalize more, entertain greater and is going to be "Bigger & Better" all the way around.
It's definitely an event you'll not want to miss! Bring your family & friends & neighbors. Mt. Washington Elementary School, Saturday 1-5pm.
Admission & entertainment is free; games, booths, crafts & food booths range from .50-$5 tickets are available for purchase at the event. Some Community booths take cash only.
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The held for the second year at Canton's Prowse Farm at the scenic foot of the Blue Hill Mountain, was off to an excellent start on Saturday. A well-attended crowd that swelled as the day progressed and the rain withheld was rewarded with an action-packed festival that offered a wide variety of music, games, crafts and food.
The annual event is a charity held by the, which is head-quartered in Boston and New Hampshire. All of the proceeds from the event are donated to the Life is good Playmakers, a non-profit group of experts who teach health-care and education professionals how to use therapeutic play to enhance the quality of life of children who have undergone or are undergoing traumatic events.
This makes the event a huge draw for many music lovers who want to make every dollar count and feel rewarded by the chance to give money to a good cause.
Anna Kay and her family traveled several hours from South Berwick, Maine, to support the cause. "It's a very good family-day and great cause," she said.
Employees of the were heavy among the ranks of volunteers that welcomed the thousands of attendees on Saturday.
"The whole work-year culminates in this event. If you work for Life is good, you really want to be here," explained Stephanie Manners, an employee volunteer from New Hampshire.
Other volunteers helped run varied activities such as face-painting, a bungee-jump, a rock-climbing wall, and the "Art for All" Mural, containing 1,500 mural tiles individually painted during the festival by festival attendees. The "family friendly" vibe of the Life is good Festival has lived up to its reputation once again, with several play-spaces set-up that included lots of foam building blocks and bean bags for kids to enjoy.
Of course, the sounds of the stage and performance super-stars Ingrid Michelson and Michael Franti could also be easily enjoyed from the activity-areas, making the event more family-centered than stage centered, for those who preferred.
Like last year, the festival was designed to rotate big-acts between three well-spaced stages, so that as one band closed down their set, the next band was ready to play at the next. This fluid staging gave people opportunities to roam around the venue, exploring the many vendor-tables that also supported the Life is good charity. Clowns Without Borders, a professional group which seeks to lighten the lives of children and adults in trauma, performed several trapeze shows throughout the day.
On the "Good Kids Stage", Laurie Berkner and Friends played to a full, pint-sized crowd of toddlers and school-age children. She played at the festival last year, and this year became the headliner children's act. Her theatrics included singing a song about animals with a stuffed pig on her head, and encouraging the whole audience to dance. Laurie Berkner has several popular CD's under her glittery belt by this time, so when she and her band embarked on a "montage" of favorite songs, the audience kept right up with her and sang along.
In contrast to the giddy-pace of Laurie Berkner's music, the Avett Brothers, the folk-rock band from North Carolina, headlined the Main Stage with their closing performance, drawing thousands of fans and enchanting the audience with a vacillating combination of lyrical song-writing, tempo-changes and gritty vocals. The audience was treated to many favorite tunes, such as "Love and Hate," "Kickdrum Heart" and "January Wedding," and were even more delighted when the Avett Brothers sang two brand-new, not-yet-recorded songs from their impending album.
While many folks attended from out of state and out of town, local Canton residents all played a huge part at the festival. Canton Police, along with several state troopers, directed the massive crowds smoothly through the busy 138 intersection. Canton High School students volunteered and received community-service learning credit for their valuable time.
One student, CHS senior Ericka Berman, was not only a volunteer but a Team Leader.
"I'm often wrapped into doing community service," Berman said. "But I don't think of it as community service always, because I think it is so fun!"
Other locals in Canton also had a stake in the festival. For example, the Hillside Pub, just across the road from Prowse Farm, was looking forward to a brisk evening of business brought in from the huge crowds at the festival.
"Any time you move people to the vicinity it's more of an advantage to us. It's all good…no pun intended!" joked Pub Owner Walter McCann.
Canton's Prowse Farm hosted day two of the 2011 Life is good Festival on Sunday, with headline performers including Ray Lamontaigne, The Levon Helm Band, Raphael Sadiq and the Ryan Montblue Band set to perform to for another generous crowd of music lovers.


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The bar at Madison Avenue and Bunts Road that was McGinty's, then the Church Bar, will be McGinty's once again.
It's opening on Friday.
Originally operated by Pat McGinty — who also owns the successful Plank Road Tavern on Detroit Avenue — the business changed hands in 2005. Several years later, the bar became the Church Bar.
Brion Stenger, one of the four owners of McGinty's, said that the owners of the Church Bar offered to sell it back to McGinty and his partners.
They took the keys on Jan. 1, just weeks after the Church Bar closed.
Since then, the interior has undergone a facelift, including new floors, lights and paints and décor.
"It's going to be an Irish pub theme," said Stenger.
That's good news for the East End of Madison Avenue, which saw Sullivan's Irish Pub close its doors last year.
McGinty's will feature $3 Guinness beer — all the time — and some Irish music.
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MODESTO — The Housing Authority has consistently been ranked by HUD as a top performer for how it runs its public housing and Section 8 programs for low-income residents. The authority also is an innovator.
For instance, it is building an apartment complex to provide housing and services for low-income former foster children who have aged out of the system. Officials say there is not another project like this in the San Joaquin Valley, despite a desperate need for such services.
But there is something amiss at the authority.
That was on display during the Housing Authority's Board of Commissioners' meeting Thursday. The commissioners voted 5-1 to impose the authority's last, best and final offer on its nearly 60 employees represented by the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Workers, ending a monthslong stalemate between the authority and the union.
About three dozen employees packed the meeting at the Housing Authority's Robertson Road office in west Modesto.
The issues separating the two did not seem insurmountable, such as the union's desire for a 2.5 percent cost of living increase. The authority offered 2 percent.
But what was apparent is that the commissioners and union members felt they had not been treated with respect by the other side.
Employees accused commissioners of not understanding the responsibilities of their positions, rubber-stamping whatever management recommended, and treating employees rudely by rolling their eyes during meetings.
They said commissioners and management spent tens of thousands of dollars attending conferences while employees have borne the brunt of tough economic times.
"The executive director did not earn the good reputation and high performer rating that this agency has; we all did," one employee said.
AFSCME business agent Nancy Vinson said management's position is to automatically reject suggestions from the union and its employees.
She said that when the union suggested forming a committee of management and union members to look at ways to ease the burden of rising health care costs on workers, management would not consider it.
She claimed management treats the union's proposals as "some perceived threat to (its) power and control."
Commissioners said they were sympathetic with and appreciated the employees but they also were fed up. At one point it appeared as though Commissioner Dirk Hoek was going to give employees a tongue-lashing but held back.
The 2 percent raise imposed Thursday is retroactive to Oct. 1. Commissioners said the raise was as much as what other housing authorities in the valley were giving, with some giving no raises and having employees take furloughs.
Negotiations between the authority and the union for the next contract will start next week.
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A Maplewood man is set to appear before a Grand Jury after being charged with second degree rape and sodomy of a 14-year-old girl on June 7.
Edward Runnels, 44 of 3109 Laclede Station Road, is being held on a $50,000 bond. Police arrested Runnels on the same day of the alleged crime.
The Grand Jury, composed of 12 citizens, will determine if probable cause exists for the crime, and if the suspect was the one who committed it, notes the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney website. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 25.


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Services for Miriam Miles, 87, of Grapeland, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Muse Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Muse Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey & Foster.
Mrs. Miles died Monday at East Texas Medical Center in Crockett.
She was born Aug. 29, 1926 in Anderson County to Joseph Calloway Rich and Peggy Ann Miles Rich. Mrs. Miles was a homemaker. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Mrs. Miles was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Marshall Isiah Miles in 1978.
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