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CANTON A Hermon woman was ticketed after a two-car crash Tuesday afternoon that she said totaled her car.
Village police said Mary A. Davey, 41, was pulling out of the parking lot at Price Chopper, 111 E. Main St., at 3:53 p.m. when her Toyota Corolla broadsided a Mazda 3 driven by Sarah S. Rayburn, Canton, that was heading north on Route 310.
Ms. Davey said she was trying to cross from the Price Chopper parking lot to the Dollar General store and never saw Ms. Rayburn coming.
Canton police were assisted by the Canton Volunteer Fire Department and Canton Volunteer Rescue Squad. No injuries were reported.
Ms. Davey was cited with failure to yield right of way and operating an uninspected vehicle.


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The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law on "Rape as a Weapon of War: Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict" for Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.
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The Hotchkiss Bulldogs didn't have anyone to play with on Saturday.
With spring break in session and much of its team out of town, the Aspen Skiers didn't have a full team and opted to skip Saturday's doubleheader at Hotchkiss.
The games are expected to be rescheduled.
The Bulldogs faced local rival Cedaredge on Tuesday night (see next week's edition of the DCI for the story). At 6-0, the Bruins remain the only undefeated team in 3A Western Slope sweeping a doubleheader Saturday at Basalt.
The Bulldogs (4-1 overall, 3-1 WSL) will host a doubleheader against the Olathe Pirates (3-3 , 3-2) this Saturday, with games starting at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the K-8 park.
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And there we were, pulling up to the festival, beautiful faces, beautiful weather, getting ready to just take it all in. This is my first fest and I am absolutely shocked by the energy here. I had no expectations other than good music and good music is what we got!!! We also got some damn good food too!!! Go check the Cresent Sensations right in the middle of the main vending area. Got in at about 3 and the first show we hit was Elephant Revival, and I tell you what, that chick playing the washboard was totally groovin! I recommend that you guys check them out, they're kind of have a new age upbeat folk sound. They were playing just at the sun was going down and if you weren't there on Thursday, the sunset was absolutely beautiful. Next up was Trichome and if they can't get you to get your funk on I don't know who will. They had a sax player that ripped it up, lots of energy and big sound. From what I hear Cornmeal is where the rage begins and they kicked it off like no other. I have never heard anyone play the violin with so much passion like she did. Next two bands we hit were The Werks and Future Rock. The Red Barn shows are amazing, I highly recommend that you guys go and buy at least one late night Red Barn ticket. Its a good time that you really don't want to miss out on.
Lets see what Friday has to offer!
After shaking off the night before with some wake and bacon and eggs my Friday opened with Keller Williams on the Moonshine Stage. Front row center I was able to finally witness the extraordinary one man band do his funky bass thang and was not disappointed. I'm not sure if Keller's facial mannerisms signal anything to the other instruments onstage, but they amused the audience as they baked in the mid-afternoon sun.
Keller came out with a black bandana draped over his mouth and moved between his three guitars and a mixing board as he started looping his masterpiece. His set highlights included a throwback gem in "Freaker by the Speaker" and bass infused covers of Cage The Elephant's "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" and a baritone raspy version of Flight of the Concords "I Told You I was Freaky." Keller is so tuned into the music he adapted to minor feedback issues in the monitor by simply moving it away from the speaker. Guess that's what is to be expected considering he's been working with the same sound guy for 15 years. For the last song special guest Al Schnier joined Keller onstage for Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild."
Our crew stepped on over to Starshine to drop by and investigate the legendary Weir, Robinson, Greene Acoustic Trio. Slinking along the VIP fence I cozied up to a patch of grass just in time to hear "Truckin" which was played beautifully as cloud cover brought a hazy calm over the crowd. "New Speedway Boogie" with Chris Robinson on vocals followed with a nice little harmonization to end the Grateful Dead classic.
The soulful southern Dead classic "Deep Elem Blues" followed with Bob on vocals and transitioned into Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece" with Jackie Greene playing a mean mandolin. I left after "Uncle John's Band" and headed towards the Campfire Stage which would be my home for the next three shows. I met up with my pals in Family Groove Company for the first course in The New Orleans Suspect. FGC went to school out in Los Angeles with one of their musicians who also plays in The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and it was a nice appetizer funk fest near the Red Barn before the main course in Elephant Revival and Cornmeal later that evening.
I had missed the Thursday sets of Elephant Revival, the five piece folk ensemble out of Colorado, and was not going to let another chance pass me by as the buzz around this band has been high. After fiddling with the sound to get things just perfect they launched into a new tune opening with "Woodstock." Wearing long white gloves and straddling a stomp box Bonnie Paine's feathery lilting voice brought back memories of Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan. She wore a perma-smirk for nearly the entire set as she strummed her washboard to an celtic influenced sea shanty jig with Bridget Law starring on a few timely placed solos. Bridget plugged the bands release of a new song book before Sage Cook and Daniel Rodriguez provided background vocals and plucking prowess on banjo and guitar with Bonnie on lead for the water inspired "Drop." The energy of the set was felt on a changing tempo "Old Oak River" which was played a cappella style and had a Johnny Cash type feel as the late night revelers swayed and clapped along. I'm very excited that this group is touring the summer festival circuit more extensively and will get a chance to see them again later this year at Shoe Fest.
Cornmeal's first two sets for the pre-party I also missed out on due to schedule conflicts, but was Allie side for the annual acoustic Campfire Stage set. They brought out Elephant Revival for the first few songs. It was awesome to see Bridget and Allie smitten and smiling and showing their collective fiddle chops in addition to Wavy Dave and Sage keep the time on dueling banjos. Wavy Dave Burlingame once again had his annual Summer Camp birthday and joked around that he forgot his geritol…good thing a handle of Maker's Mark was present to help him re-remember as he instructed "the cap be left off" to celebrate in fashion. Cornmeal brought out Giving Tree Band violinist Phil Zee for a few songs during the second half of their set. Allie and Phil chased each other taking turns on fiddle solo as Wavy and Kris kept everyone in high spirits with a menagerie of Cornmeal classics. A final special sit in occurred when Floodwood's Jason Barady got on stage to play on mandolin. I sat there and was amazed as sandwiched between Kris and Wavy he furiously moved his fingers around the frets with ease.
Well i'm currently sitting in the Church listening to Umphrey's McGee soundcheck for a special off the grid set for rockstar guests. I need to wrap things up so I can set up and experience my third crazy music filled day here at Summer Camp!
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A new report by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth takes a look at how often companies on Fortune Magazine's Fortune 500 list are using social-media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, YouTube, Foursquare, and Pinterest. And the answer is: a lot.
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On March 26, 2013, Atlantic American Corporation (the "Registrant") reported its results of operations for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. A copy of the press release issued by the Registrant concerning the foregoing results is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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There will be a July 4th benefit for Plaquemines Parish fishermen at Vaughan's Lounge .
Food will be served beginning at 3 PM. Call the lounge for details. Billy Nungesser (the parish president) will be there.
Vaughan's Lounge 800 Lesseps Street, New Orleans(504) 947-5562
This coming Friday morning, July the 2nd, I will be welcoming not one but two special musical guests to my show -- first the dynamic Young Fellaz Brass Band and then guitarist extraordinaire Mark Penton AKA Mark Pentone! My regular lively jazz show will run from 6 to 8:00 a.m. and then the live segments from these New Orleans artists are scheduled from 8:00 to 9:00 -- Tune in!
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The Tone Scientists of the Kitchen Sink tonight will be giving you a double whammy for hard earned money.
Join us Wednesday night June 30th at 10:00 p.m. as we celebrate the 4th of July early for our annual Ernie and Miss Antoinette K-doe show.
Ben Sandmel will join us as we play a vintage WWOZ Ernie K-doe show originally aired on July 11, 1985.
This World Cup is a wallet-draining commitment that starts with a seventeen-hour flight. WWOZ and JazzFest fans will understand why we do it.
Tune in next Thursday morning, July 1, @ 10:00a.m., when trombone player, Joe Maize & a couple of the fellas from the To Be Continued Brass Band will join me in the studio. We'll be talking about what's going on with the music on the street, & of course, play some music.
As you probably already know, June is National Accordion Awareness Month. So, today's show will focus on the squeezebox, featuring everything from the great Clifton Chenier to some music by the master of Honky Squonk, Schatzy.
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Student-loan deal a mixed bag for borrowers
The Senate could vote soon on a student-loan deal, but the fix might not give parents and students any reason to rejoice.
Because Congress was unable to reach a compromise, rates for new, federal subsidized Stafford loans doubled July 1, to 6.8 percent. A Senate deal reached Wednesday evening would reportedly set a cap for Stafford and PLUS loans, and peg their rates to the 10-year Treasury note.
Under the proposal, undergraduates could borrow at an expected rate of 3.86 percent for the 2013-14 academic year. Graduate students could borrow at 5.4 percent, and parents at 6.4 percent.
Rates would be retroactive to July 1, benefiting consumers who have taken out new federal loans for the coming school year, according to Joseph Hurley, a certified public accountant and chief executive of Savingforcollege.com.
Student loan rates would reset every year on July 1. Undergraduate rates would be capped at 8.25 percent, graduate rates at 9.25 percent and parents' rates at 10.5 percent.
The lower rate provides a little relief for students such as Blake Crist, 21, who has relied on a mix of sources, including subsidized and unsubsidized loans, work study, and scholarships, to finance his degree in integrated marketing communications from Ithaca College.
"Just the thought of finding a job when you graduate is scary enough," said Crist, who hopes to work in marketing."It becomes terrifying when you have to worry about paying off loans." He expects the proposed deal to keep his payments a bit lower than they might be otherwise.
Future college students may not get that advantage, however.
"It's still going to be, effectively, an interest rate increase masquerading as a decrease," said Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Edvisors Network. Students enrolled in college now will benefit from the low interest rates, but as the economy recovers and rates rise, today's high school students could end up paying more than 6.8 percent. "It's far from a permanent solution," he said.
That said, government-subsidized loans are still the cheapest option for student borrowing. Private loans often have higher rates that fluctuate, and students may be charged interest while in school or during periods of deferment. That wouldn't change under the proposed deal.
"It may not be as cheap down the road, but then, comparable rates will be up, too," Hurley said.
But the rate deal doesn't alleviate what experts say is the real problem with student loans: The amount of debt, rather than its cost.
Federal student loan debt has topped $1 trillion, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau announced Wednesday. All outstanding student loan debt, including private and federal loans, totals $1.2 trillion.
The average college senior in 2011 had student loan debt of $26,600, according to The Project on Student Debt.
"There's no cheap way to do undergrad right now," said Jonathan Meier, 18, of Manchester, Conn. An incoming freshman at Steven Institute of Technology studying quantitative science, Meier plans to take on $5,500 in unsubsidized loans each year.
Kantrowitz said the cost of college, up about 4 percent in just the last year, has outpaced available grant money. The cost to attend a private college in 2012-13 totaled $39,518, according to the College Board, while in-state public colleges ran $17,136.
Higher costs force families to take on more debt or choose a lower-cost college, which may affect students' ability to graduate on time, he said, adding that some families are priced out of college entirely.
With growing loan debt and higher rates on the horizon, it's more important for families to take steps to prepare financially for college by saving and hunting for scholarships, Kantrowitz said.
"Every dollar you save is a dollar you don't have to borrow," he said. For students already in school, installment plans for tuition can help spread out the costs, potentially enabling families to pay more out of current income instead of borrowing.


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Finding Christ in the Old Testament
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. –Luke 24:27
The Old Testament is chock-full of Jesus. How do we preach him from its pages in a way that honors both Christ and the text?
What is allegory?
One of the first things we ought to do is ditch the language of "allegory." What we mean is that Jesus is symbolized by Old Testament types, but while allegory is a form of symbolism, allegory and symbolism are not synonymous any more than animal and dog are. We armchair exegetes make this mistake all the time, referring to a literary work as allegorical when it is no such thing.
We ought not use the language of allegory in referring to the Old Testament for these two main reasons:
- It diminishes the original text, treating it as merely a vehicle to something real, rather than real itself. There is a danger in that of turning the Old Testament into folk stories, fables, and myths rather than a history of real people doing real things.
- It demonstrates a misunderstanding of the way the Old Testament is the shadow of the things to come (Hebrews 10:1). The shadows are not allegorical because they correspond to Jesus, who is not an intangible idea but a very tangible person.
How then ought we to navigate these brilliant shadows and see Christ in them?
Maintain the primary intent and meaning
The worst thing that can happen in seeking out Jesus in the Old Testament text is that we lose the Old Testament text itself. We are not looking for Jesus instead of David. We are looking at Jesus behind and beyond David. In this sense "true and better," a la Keller, is a good template to keep in mind.
In Lectures to My Students, Spurgeon writes:
Employ spiritualising within certain limits and boundaries, but I pray you do not, under cover of this advice, rush headlong into incessant and injudicious 'imaginings,' as George Fox would call them. Do not drown yourselves because you are recommended to bathe, or hang yourselves on an oak because tannins is described as a valuable astringent.
In his rules on appropriately spiritualizing a Bible passage, Spurgeon insists that we not "violently strain a text."
Look for patterns more than jots and tittles
We ought to be looking at stories and actions, not necessarily props and "items." Certainly Jesus is the lamb of sacrifice, he is the rock of Moses, he is the brazen serpent, etc., but these are more obvious foreshadows with redemptive functions. What about that scarlet thread in the story of the birth of the twins in Genesis 38? It's possible that is a referent to the blood of Christ, but not likely. Given the context and the function of the thread in the story, it certainly just looks like a thread. It has no redemptive function in the immediate context. It's just there; a prop in the plot.
We are not looking for Jesus instead of David. We are looking at Jesus behind and beyond David.
Furthermore, many of the "props" that correspond to Christ are revealed as such in the New Testament. We know the rock of Moses is Jesus, for instance, because Paul tells us so in 1 Corinthians 10:4. We know the tabernacle is Jesus because John 1:14 tells us Christ "tabernacles" with us. We know the manna is Jesus because he makes the connection himself in John 6.
In general, however, we have to look for patterns and functions, not every little jot and tittle. Sometimes plates are just plates and robes are just robes. This is perhaps the greatest danger in reading the Scriptures this way: missing the forest for the mushrooms under the trees.
Work from instinct, not mechanics
In his 2007 Gospel Coalition message, "What is Gospel-Centered Ministry?", when Tim Keller finishes reading a list of how Jesus is the "true and better" Old Testament types, he says, "That's not typology, that's an instinct." What does he mean?
The Bible contains a variety of genres, but it is not a code book; it's a story. A true story, yes, but a story nonetheless. In Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, Edmund Clowney writes, "It is possible to know Bible stories, yet miss the Bible story."
Keller puts it this way:
Don't get to Christ artificially. This is a big subject of course, but I believe two of the best ways are (a) by identifying in your text one of the many inner-canonical themes that all climax in Christ (Don Carson's language), and (b) identifying in your text some "Fallen Condition Focus," some lack in humanity that only Christ can fill (Bryan Chapell's language).
To see Christ in the Old Testament is to see Jesus present as orchestrator of events and "actor" in the scene in the same way he is today with his people.
Jesus is truer and better
Christ is your mediator, substitute, and righteousness. In that sense, Jesus is the true and better you too. He is the vine; you are a branch. And that is the sense in which we ought to see him behind and beneath and over the Old Testament stories. He is Abraham's righteousness. He is David's hope. He is Isaiah's vision. He is present in their lives and actions not as a flat symbol or literary device; he is present in their lives as their salvation, and thus is their truer and better.
Recommended Resources
Cautions for Christ-Centered OT Teaching from Tim Keller, Don Carson, and David Murray, a post by Collin Hansen
Fight the Text Before You Flee to Christ, a post by Erik Raymond
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Four new members were elected recently to the MaineGeneral Health board of directors.
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Dr. David Hay, of Rome, a gastroenterologist, was elected by MaineGeneral's active medical staff as their at-large representative. Other new members include Mark Johnston, of Manchester, president and CEO of Kennebec Savings Bank; attorney James LaLiberty, of Waterville; and Gary Peachey, of Augusta, president of Peachey Builders.
At the same meeting, William Sprague, of Manchester, president of real estate broker Sprague & Curtis, was elected board chairman. Sprague succeeds attorney Robert Marden, of Oakland, who had been chairman for the past two years.
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- Developer: Sonic Team
- Publisher: Sega
- Genre: Miscellaneous Compilation
- Release Date: Nov 2, 2004
- ESRB: Everyone
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Unlimited lives)
Enable the "Level select", "Super Sonic", and "Debug mode" codes and enter any stage. Get fifty rings and turn into Super Sonic. Change Sonic into the television monitor. Change Sonic back and have him jump to turn into Super Sonic. Jump on the television monitor to have Tails become invincible. Then, turn into an enemy and put it right on tails while he is invincible. Continuously place the robots there, and they will be destroyed because Tails is invincible. You should get lots of points, which add up to extra lives.
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This is a compination of two of my most used burda magazine patterns. Model 101 from 02/2011 for the bodice and model 107 from 11/2007 for the skirt. I finished the neckline and the armholes with black satin decorative bias binding. I also topstiched by hand the neckline, the armholes and the pleats. I like the dress very much as it is very cute and versatile!:)
Feb 26, 2013, 02.23 PMby sewknitting
It's a beautiful dress! Love the color and looks like you bought it in a store! Fits you perfect – looks really good.
Feb 26, 2013, 02.37 PMby liliv-1
Oh! Thank you!
Feb 26, 2013, 12.21 AMby omgdora
Great version! I love the black binding.
Feb 26, 2013, 07.22 AMby liliv-1
Thank you so much!
Feb 25, 2013, 09.56 PMby schnui
Your dress is really lovely and I really like your changes to the pattern 101/2011. I made this dress a year or so ago, following the pattern instructions and was very happy with it. But during the winter as it hung in my cupboard, the weight of the skirt pulled the bodice out of shape and I have completely unpicked it and about to remake it. Seeing your dress, I now have new ideas as to how I will do it, so thank-you for the inspiration.
Feb 25, 2013, 10.04 PMby liliv-1
Thank you for your kind comments. I have made this bodice with 4 different skirts: slim tulip, tulip with more volume, pleated and pencil. I think that the pleated skirt is the more flattering and easy to wear. So try it! We wait to see the result!
Feb 26, 2013, 03.21 AMby schnui
Thanks so much. I have a copy of 11/2007, so it shouldn't take me too long. I am going to add interfacing to the neck edge as well as the piping, to give it more body.
Feb 25, 2013, 09.29 PMby Mary Athey
Fab dress, I love how you finished the edges and the grey is so classy looking x
Feb 25, 2013, 09.35 PMby liliv-1
thank you Mary , grey is one of my favourite colors for winter.
Feb 25, 2013, 08.33 PMby misumihaela
this dress looks super super great! love it!
Feb 25, 2013, 08.54 PMby liliv-1
I' m very glad you like it!!
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Guardian editorial: City Hall's 2012 agenda
EDITORIAL There's so much on the to-do list for San Francisco in 2012 that it's hard to know where to start. This is a city in serious trouble, with unstable finances, a severe housing crisis, increased poverty and extreme wealth, a shrinking middle class, crumbling and unreliable infrastructure, a transportation system that's a mess, no coherent energy policy — and a history of political stalemate from mayors who have refused to work with progressives on the Board of Supervisors.
Now that Ed Lee has won a four-year term, he and the supervisors need to start taking on some of the major issues — and if the mayor wants to be successful, he needs to realize that he can't be another Gavin Newsom, or Willie Brown, mayors who were an obstacle to real reform.
Here are just a few of the things the mayor and the board should put on the agenda for 2012:
+Fill Sup. Ross Mirkarimi's seat with an economic progressive. This will be one of the first and most telling moves of the new Lee administration — and it's critical that the mayor appoint a District 5 supervisor who is a credible progressive, someone who supports higher taxes on the rich and better city services for the needy and is independent of Lee's more dubious political allies.
+Make the local tax code more fair — and bring in some new revenue. Everybody's talking about changing the payroll tax, which makes sense: Only a small fraction of city businesses even pay the tax (which is not a "job killer" but is far too limited). Sup. David Chiu had a good proposal last year that he abandoned; it called for a gross receipts tax combined with a commercial rent tax — a way to get big landlords and companies (like law firms) that pay no business tax at all to contribute their fair share. That's a good starting point — but in the end, the city needs more money, and the new system should be set up to bring in at least $100 million more a year.
+Create a linkage between affordable and market-rate housing. This has to be one of the key priorities for the next year: San Francisco's housing stock is way out of balance, and it getting worse. The city's own General Plan mandates that 60 percent of all new housing should be available at below-market-rate prices; the best San Francisco ever gets from the developers of condos for the rich is 20 percent. The supervisors need to enact legislation tying the construction of new market-rate housing to an acceptable minimum level of affordable housing to keep the city from becoming a place where only the very rich can live.
+Demand a good community-benefits agreement from CPMC. The California Pacific Medical Center has a massive new hospital project planned for Van Ness Avenue — and so far, CPMC officials are refusing to provide the housing, transportation and public health mitigations that the city is asking for. This will be a key test of the new Lee administration — the mayor has to demonstrate that he's willing to play hardball, and refuse to allow the project to move forward unless hospital officials reach agreement with community activists on an acceptable benefits agreement.
+Make CleanEnergySF work. A recent study by the website Energy Self-Reliant States shows that by 2017 — in just five years — the cost of solar energy in San Francisco will drop below the cost of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's fossil-fuel and nuclear mix. So the city's new electricity program, CleanEnergySF, needs to be planning now to build out both a large-scale solar infrastructure system and small-scale distributed generation facilities on residential and commercial roofs and set the agenda of offering clean, cheaper energy to everyone in the city. The money from the city's generation can be used to purchase distribution facilities to phase out PG&E altogether.
+Don't let Oracle Corp. take over even more of the waterfront. The America's Cup continues to move forward — but at every step of the way, multibillionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is trying to squeeze the city for more. Mayor Lee has to make it clear: We've given one of the richest people in the world vast amounts of valuable real estate already. He doesn't need a giant TV screen in the Bay or more land swaps or more city benefits. Enough is enough.
There's plenty more, but even completing part of this list would put the city on the right road forward. Happy new year.
He's under no obligation to listen to the little squeaks coming from the progressive mice.
Impish little creep. How sad.
Why is it the mayors job to work with the BOS? It's the other way around
left-wing than the Mayor, and so Bruce thinks the Mayor should simply follow them.
Which is why Lee has all the power and Bruce is just an angry bitter old windbag.
Not to over beat anything that has been said many times in these comments, but when the Mayor's office was vacant the SFBG and other Progressive leaders were very strongly in favor of ignoring the will of the electorate and appointing a Pprogressive to replace him, someone very different from Newsom. This, in spite of the fact that Newsom had been reelected with over 70% and a similar number in the city's Lt Gov vote.
So there seems to be one standard of what someone 'must' do if the open seat is a Progressive as opposed to if the vacancy had been held by a Moderate.
Not trying to start the New Year on a discordant note, just trying to illustrate why some people have a hard time taking the political writings of the SFBG seriously.
That if Lee doesn't appoint a "homegrown" "progressive" to that seat he is going to move to that district and run for it.
The really is no reason to take progressive "values" seriously.
It's about getting over.
And that he fumbled the ball to give Lee power.
He's a dried-up old has-been.
Buys foreclosed houses in Fairfield, sends kids to school in Fairfield when they get old enough to go to SF schools.
Buys below market rate housing on Duboce and Valencia for him and his family, now threatens to move so he can run in another district.
Wants one of his own in in mayors office one short year ago, but is upset that Lee might appoint someone other than a progressive to Mirkirimi's seat.
Wants a homegrown progressive in Mirkirimi's seat, but all the progressives supervisors are from someplace else. Daly from Maryland, Avalos from LA, etc...
you mean Matt Gonzalez?
Else he'd have run for Mayor or Assmebly, rather than being a barman.
I predict that he will be either mayor of SF or a CA assemblyman one day. Daly has always been and will be a force to contend with.
SFBG is an objective news organ in theory only. In practice they seek to inlfuence power in the direction they like, even while they know in their hearts that their views are a fringe minority.
So the hypocrisy that you perceptively observed means nothing to them. They just want to win and if the truth gets sacrificed in the process, they don't care.
Progressive is the new non-progression
For instance, they'd rather keep decrepit, victorian housing for poor people than build new homes for the successful. They're thrilled when they can delay, defer to stop new development.
They want to stop this city in time and never let it grow or flourish.
I've always wanted to live in San Francisco. I can't wait for the affordable housing so I can get out of the burbs. Thanks!
San Francsico needs to do alot, they have a big job, a really big job.
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Style and Technique (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
It is clear from Steinbeck's epic novel of American experience, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), that he is particularly sensitive to the effect of landscape on a person's life. Because Elisa Allen's sense of her own self-worth is so closely tied to the land, Steinbeck has chosen to connect her psychic state to the season, the climate, and the terrain she inhabits. The mood of the story is set by his description of a fogbound valley in winter, a description that is also applicable to Elisa's mood. She is entering middle age, and when the valley is likened to a "closed pot" with "no sunshine . . . in December," there is a close parallel to the condition of her life at that point, a sealed vessel with little light available. Steinbeck calls it "a time of quiet and waiting," and the land, Elisa's only field of action, is dormant, with "little work to be done."
Elisa is earthbound, rooted securely in her garden but also held down by her connection to it. It is significant that her excitement in talking to the stranger is expressed by a vision of the stars and by her exclamation that "you rise up and up!" The stranger is not bound to a particular place, and although his freedom to roam is only a step removed from endless exile and rootlessness (as exemplified by Elisa's uprooting her plants, only to have them thrown away and left to die on the road), it is appealing in contrast to her chainlike connections to the earth.
Elisa is also seen alternately as a part of a larger landscape and as a small figure in an enclosed area. The story unfolds from an inventive cinematic perspective, as Steinbeck first describes the entire valley in a panoramic view, then moves closer to focus on the ranch in the valley, and then moves in for a close-up of Elisa working in her garden. Throughout the story, the perspective shifts from Elisa's narrow and cramped domain, walled or fenced in, to the entire ranch, and to the world beyond. Then, in a final shift, Elisa's shock is reflected by an image of multiple confinement, as she is enclosed by a wagon, surrounded by her seat and hidden within a coat that covers her face. It is not an image designed to create confidence in Elisa's prospects.
Historical Context
The Great Depression
Steinbeck wrote ''The Chrysanthemums'' in 1934, as the United States was just beginning to recover...
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Literary Style
As is typical of Steinbeck's fiction, ''The Chrysanthemums'' uses clusters of images to subtly reinforce important...
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1930s: The Great Depression swept across the United States and abroad, creating massive unemployment and poverty. Soup kitchens and...
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Topics for Further Study
Many critics have found it useful to compare ''The Chrysanthemums'' with another Steinbeck short story from the same collection,...
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''The Chrysanthemums'' was adapted as a twenty-three-minute film by Pyramid Film and Video in 1990. It is available from Pyramid as a...
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The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about migrant farm workers pursuing a happy life that is always...
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Bibliography and Further Reading
Adams, Carol J., Introduction to Ecofeminism and the Sacred, New York: Continuum, 1993, p. 1.
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Astro, Richard. John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts: The Shaping of a Novelist. Hemet, Calif.: Western Flyer, 2002.
Benson, Jackson D. The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer. New York: Viking Press, 1984.
French, Warren. John Steinbeck's Fiction Revisited. New York: Twayne, 1994.
George, Stephen K., ed. John Steinbeck: A Centennial Tribute. New York: Praeger, 2002.
George, Stephen K., ed. The Moral Philosophy of John Steinbeck. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Hayashi, Tetsumaro, ed. A New...
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States and the Census: Expanding Outreach, Maximizing Federal Funding and Assuring Equal Representation
States and the Census: Expanding Outreach, Maximizing Federal Funding and Assuring Equal RepresentationMonday, March 29, 2010PERMALINK: http://www.progressivestates.org/node/24804
States and the Census: Expanding Outreach, Maximizing Federal Funding and Assuring Equal RepresentationThe decennial Census is well underway nationwide, with Census forms (at ten critical questions, the shortest form in history) landing in mailboxes right now. Yet at a time of historic budget deficits at the state and federal level, increasing levels of income inequality, and fundamental questions on the responsibilities of state and federal governments with respect to crafting policy, it is possible that this Census may be one of the most important in recent decades.
With both federal funds and representation in Congress at stake, many states and local communities are taking an active role to maximize their engagement and benefit from the Census. This Dispatch will outline strategies that include crafting outreach and education initiatives that integrate city and state government agencies with grassroots organizations and local media to ensure 'Hard-to-Count' residents are included in the Census; enacting state legislation that mandates prisoners are counted in their home districts rather than in that of their prisons, and proactively considering principles for redistricting legislative districts that move beyond uniquely partisan concerns to addressing the needs of district residents. This Dispatch will also aim to provide some of these best practices and highlight resources, all with a view toward preparing states to engage effectively with the 2010 and — looking forward — 2020 Census. What's At Stake for States in the 2010 Census?The Constitutionally-mandated count of the nation's residents has occurred every ten years since 1790, and is intended to provide an accurate tally of the nation's population. In addition, the Census intentionally obtains information about all residents, regardless of their immigration status. In fact, information obtained through the Census is confidential, and all Census employees sign an oath of confidentiality to not share information obtained through the Census to other state or federal government agencies. By attempting to provide an accurate count of the nation's residents, along with some very basic questions about themselves and their families, the Census uses population statistics and other demographic characteristics to determine representation in Congress and key federal funding levels to states. Therefore, states and communities gain considerably from being informed and engaged with the Census process. Billions at Stake: States are the single-largest recipients of Census-guided funding. In FY 2009, over $400 billion in annual federal grants destined for states were based on data obtained through the decennial Census — a figure that accounts for roughly 85% of federal funding to states. This includes Medicaid grants to states, which alone accounts for 58% of Census-based funding. Others major categories of federal funding to states based on Census data include funding for state education departments, Section 8 vouchers for subsidized housing, and transportation infrastructure and highways planning. In particular, middle class communities stand to gain expanded federal funding for local infrastructure and school districts, according to a recent Drum Major Institute report. Moreover, Census data is also used as a basis for several other federal dataset processes and funding streams, including the annual American Community Survey, which has absorbed many of the previous questions on the Census "˜long form'. Major public policy decisions at the state and local level are also based upon initial Census data, and many large private-sector companies look to Census data for their market analyses as they decide where to open new locations for their retail stores. Finally, the number of residents (not voters) measured in a particular area via the Census also determines the size and shape of federal, state, and local legislative districts. Particularly at a time of deep state fiscal deficits, the stakes are very high: demographers estimate that for each resident missed in the 2010 Census, the state stands to lose over $11,400 in federal funding over the next decade. States also have much to gain from an accurate count of residents through the Census: each additional person counted in the 2000 Census resulted in an increased annual Medicaid reimbursement to the state of several hundred to several thousand dollars, depending upon the state. How States Can Reach Hard-to-Count PopulationsThe Census has increasingly struggled in recent decades to reach all residents, particularly the nation's undocumented immigrants, low-income communities of color, and the homeless — often referred to as "˜Hard to Count' communities. A broad roster of community based organizations, local media, and state and local government agencies are working closely with Census regional offices to maximize awareness of the Census and the confidentiality of the information it obtains, and to consequently minimize the number of residents who go uncounted in the Census. According to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers study on the 2000 Census commissioned by the Census bureau, roughly 3.4 million US residents went uncounted — a figure that resulted in over $4 billion in federal funding lost to the District of Columbia and 31 affected states. Unfortunately, supplemental state funding available to community groups and local media for Census outreach in 2010 is dramatically lower relative to the 2000 Census due to state budget deficits and the fiscal crisis. While some foundations have banded together to provide some supplemental funding to community groups and ethnic media, many demographers and Census experts are particularly worried about a potential Census 2010 undercount larger in size and scope than the 2000 Census undercount. State and Local Models for Outreach: A few local and state models for coordinating outreach have made a difference. New York City's approach toward Census engagement is regarded by many as a national model due to its Mayor's Office of the Census, which serves to coordinate and create partnerships between key city agencies (including, for example, the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and Census Regional Managers); elected officials; community based organizations with roots in hard-to-count communities; and the ethnic media. New York City's strategy builds upon a critical mass of grassroots organizations with strong roots in hard-to-count communities; a strong existing City policy that prohibits city agencies from asking residents' immigration status when they are not accused of a crime; and a vibrant independent and ethnic media able to effectively reach many of these communities. New York City's Census Office was also able to begin developing its relationships with other city agencies and crafting its collaborative outreach strategies early - the Office, the first dedicated Census office in New York City history, was created in April 2009, nearly a full year before Census forms were mailed to residents. Designating a city or state Census office to effectively coordinate between state agencies, grassroots organizations, local businesses, and local media is critical to states maximizing their engagement with the Census, and some states have followed New York City's lead. Minnesota established a State Office of the Census well before forms were mailed out, and has been coordinating with nonprofits and business leaders to encourage residents to fill out and return their Census forms at community events. In other states such as Illinois, good government organizations such as the League of Women Voters spurred state agencies and Census regional directors to develop Census outreach and education plans. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn designated the League of Women Voters as the lead agency coordinating the state's Census 2010 strategy to minimize the undercount via state Complete Count Committees, which include Census regional directors, other state and local government agencies, grassroots organizations and local media.
Community Group Efforts in Outreach: With limited funds, community groups and civic organizations have had to step up to assure an accurate count is conducted in states and local communities across the country. Outreach to many communities nationwide have been largely spearheaded by community groups, labor unions, and ethnic media.
Reaching Suburban and Rural Residents: While many may view hard-to-count populations as concentrated in urban areas, suburban and rural communities face some of the most widespread challenges to being included in the Census, and also stand to gain considerably from participation in the Census. As the Drum Major Institute notes in its report on the value for the nation's middle class of including the undocumented in the Census, suburban and rural communities can gain community centers, institutions such as public libraries, and even retail locations from an accurate Census count that takes into account the growing number of residents in the region. The League of Rural Voters has been encouraging rural communities to participate in the Census, and has published a useful Census Guide that outlines what is at stake for rural communities and how they can benefit from maximizing their participation in the Census. Where to Count Prisoners?The debate on the Census tally of prisoners is a longstanding one and an extremely relevant one for states. Unless otherwise specified by state law, prisoners are counted based on their physical location at the time the Census occurs, on April 1 of the Census year. However, many state and federal prisons are so large their residents account for a significant share of a particular community's total residents, even as prisoners do not access services or contribute to the economy via state and local tax contributions. In many cases large prisons are intentionally included in legislative districts that may lack enough non-incarcerated residents to meet the state's population threshold for a legislative district. Many advocates argue this creates a fundamental imbalance between prisoners' home districts and where they are incarcerated, resulting in a dramatic loss of political representation and Census funding for prisoners' home districts. Distorted State Funding Decisions: According to the Prison Policy Initiative, 21% of counties in the US include prisoners that account for 20% or more of their total population. As a result, large numbers of prisoners effectively end up diverting large amounts of federal resources from their home communities to their prison's district - often without the ability to choose their representatives by voting, because many felons are ineligible to vote. Many communities are increasingly viewing prisoners as critical sources of federal revenue: for example Florence, Arizona has a free population of 5,000 and an incarcerated population of 12,000. The town's incarcerated population brings $4 million in state and federal funding, compared to only $1.8 million for free residents. Nearby towns, viewing prisoners as cash cows, also fought to absorb prisons into their districts, underlining the imbalance and inequity created when prisoners are counted in their prison's district. Conversely, the home communities of prisoners where their children or families live lose out on millions of dollars in federal and state aid. Distorted Representation: 21 counties in the US have more than 20% or their population as prisoners. For example, New York state packs in tens of thousands of prisoners imported from New York City into a number of other less populated counties around the state. In fact, seven state Senate districts would not be constitutional if the prisoners in their state prisons were not included in the district's population. Similar distorted representational patterns have also been found in other states, including Texas, Nevada, Montana and Wisconsin.
Fixing the Prison Count: The Prisoners of the Census project outlines in greater detail how states can enact legislation to address this imbalance. States can enact legislation or introduce resolutions to address this issue by either counting prisoners in the district of their last residential address, or the less ideal proposal to exclude prisoners from the population data used to draw district lines, which over 100 counties and other municipalities have already enacted. There are currently bills or resolutions in nine states and one federal bill (HR 2075), introduced by Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) that attempt to address the issue of counting prisoners in the Census — a pressing one given the large percentage of young men of color who are currently incarcerated. The Census: Implications for Redistricting and State PoliticsAfter an updated population tally through the Census, Congressional, state, and city legislative districts are reconfigured to ensure the number of residents in each district remains equal. The redistricting process is usually extremely political, using a wide range of approaches often based on incumbent and partisan interests.
Some Guidance for Redistricting: Given the multiple issues involved, it's hard to posit one approach to redistricting as perfectly "neutral," but there are principles worth promoting, some of which the Brennan Center outlines in its A Citizen's Guide to Redistricting, including:
California has advanced one model for redistricting with its Citizens Redistricting Commission (established via state ballot measure), which is nonpartisan and open to residents. Addressing Civil Rights in Redistricting: Since states have ultimate control over the shape and composition of legislative districts, partisan concerns often outweigh other considerations such as racial and ethnic composition and socioeconomic status. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has added to the problem with its opinion last year that limited the extent to which Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act (the 'minority vote dilution' provision) can be used to prevent minority voter dilution. The Asian American Justice Center, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund have put together an excellent toolkit outlining the legal framework for redistricting and the requirements for redistricting under the Voting Rights Act, including the problem of minority voter dilution, where minority communities are either concentrated into a small number of districts (packing) or spread them thinly into a large number of districts (fracturing or splitting). The toolkit details what steps states need to take to legally address discrimination within the context of other redistricting requirements. ConclusionWhile the Census is a federal process, states gain considerably from maximizing their participation and engagement with the Census. Apart from securing funding for much-needed services and programs, particularly in the midst of historic budget deficits, states can address the voting rights concerns of prisoners, consider the needs of undocumented immigrant families, and begin to move beyond solely partisan concerns as they consider the composition and priorities of legislative districts. ResourcesWhat's At Stake for States in the 2010 Census?
The Census Project How States Can Reach Hard-to-Count Populations
City University of New York Mapping Center - 2010 Census Hard-to-Count Maps Where to Count Prisoners?
Prison Policy Initiative - Prisoners of the Census The Census: Implications for Redistricting and State Politics
Progressive States Network - Redistricting Reform Steps Forward
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