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Pernessa C. Seele grew up in the small, all-black town of Lincolnville, South Carolina, where she witnessed firsthand the power of the church to help people. She saw the love and respect her family had for the church and its leaders, and it fostered in her a lifelong passion for faith leadership.
Growing up and moving to New York, Seele and her new church in Brooklyn became involved in the HIV epidemic before the terms "HIV" or "AIDS" had been created. They tended to a sick parishioner, the director of their choir, whom they dearly loved. It was church members who went to his home and found his body.
But later, working at Harlem Hospital, she saw patients with HIV who were not visited by either their families or their churches, who had been left alone, and in those days, often dying.
"All of these experiences created this passion for what I believe the work of the church should be: to be there for people," Seele said.
And so in 1989, she founded The Balm in Gilead, beginning her efforts with the Harlem Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS, now a national project.
Today, after more than 20 years of bringing together the worlds of faith and HIV, she says the black church is no more homophobic than any other religious institution, despite accusations that are regularly raised in prevention work. "The black church has taken a bad rep on homophobia," she said. "Because I have traveled the world and I've traveled this country, I know that those African American churches that preach homophobia are no more homophobic than any other—white churches, Korean churches, Hispanic churches, and so on."
At the same time, Seele is acutely aware of the harmful effects of the homophobia that does exist. "People still want to believe the myth that homosexuality causes HIV, and because they're against homosexuality, therefore, they do not speak about HIV. That myth has created a big problem in the African American community," she said. In her blog, she spoke more forcefully: "The lingering myth that homosexuality causes AIDS continues to mislead and misguide people to their death or destruction."
But she says that 30 years into the epidemic, she and The Balm in Gilead "do not have time to beat [these churches] over the head," when what they see more often is religious leaders wishing to address HIV, but not knowing how. "The Balm in Gilead wants the church to be a center of HIV prevention, of education and advocacy, and compassionate care," she said. "We work to mobilize these churches and build their capacity to do that."
Seele also believes churches don't get credit for just how much they do, especially from the media. People who are not members of the congregation, or otherwise involved, don't realize that a lot of work is actually being done, including housing and case management.
And, she says, they're in a perfect position to do the work. "The African American church is the only institution that black people completely own," said Seele. "It is the second largest employer of black people in this country, and it is the only institution that black people trust. It is the place where people come and gather for information. We may hear 'Well, I don't trust the pastor' or 'I don't trust this or that,' but every Sunday morning folks are gathering at the church. My critics say, 'Pernessa, there are a lot of people who don't go to church.' That's very true. But I say to you that everybody in the black community knows someone who's going to church next Sunday. And those people who go bring back the information and disseminate it throughout the community.
"The church is unique," she continues. "It's unique in that it provides support in all areas—physical, spiritual, and emotional. That's different from CBOs [community-based organizations]. CBOs do great work, but the church becomes very inclusive. They will go with you to the doctor's office and to the hospital. If you have children, they support your children. They embrace your entire family. And they believe in the power of prayer."
Like Seele, the Rev. Edwin C. Sanders II of the Metropolitan Interdenominational Church in Nashville saw death in his congregation before anyone had heard of HIV or AIDS. He decided then and there that his church should get involved in this new reality.
Rev. Sanders promotes the concept of "Whosoever," that congregations should be inclusive and affirming, including people of all sexual orientations. Churches that are accepting of homosexuality are called "radically inclusive." He explains that just as there are multiple interpretations of the Bible, the topic of sexuality is no different. A homophobic interpretation is not one that all churches adhere to. Rather, he believes churches should follow the notion that all humans are divinely created, and that all life is sacred and worthy of respect and affirmation.
Under his leadership, the Metropolitan Interdenominational Church established the Technical Assistance Network, or MICTAN, through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly two decades after the church began working on HIV awareness and outreach. MICTAN has provided an extensive series of seminars around the country to mobilize faith leadership in the black community around HIV/AIDS work, and will continue to mobilize them to work together. The promotion of HIV testing and awareness is a priority, but so much of the work depends on the spirit in which it is conducted, and it is that the reverend preaches about. When people tell Rev. Sanders he's preaching to the choir, he replies, "In my experience, the choir needs preaching to." In promoting mutual assistance, he has found homophobic church leaders become transformed by working with gay and bisexual church members. Many such experiences continue to inspire him to promote HIV ministry.
In Chicago last fall, he asked a group of black faith leaders, "Who do you say is not welcome?" He was referring to item number one on a list of six ways to begin HIV work (be welcoming). "Stop and think what that means for the life of your congregation. Anything you deny, anything you hold as a secret will kill you. And we have a community where hiding is killing us. If we end up being guilty of perpetuating that, it is ethically unconscionable.
"A part of my passion around this whole business of HIV/AIDS," he continued, "is that I'm convinced if we do this work right, it has implications that go way beyond this disease. We'll address not just HIV, but all the things that keep us from being the people we need to be in our communities. Housing, education, economic development, sexism, homophobia—all of it ends up being part of the equation of dealing with HIV."
Other speakers in the MICTAN series of seminars included Gail Wyatt, PhD, a clinical psychologist, sex therapist, and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at UCLA; Cheryl Anderson, PhD, of the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois; Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD; and her husband Robert E. Fullilove, PhD, of Columbia University, who discussed rebuilding and empowering decimated black communities.
Although Wyatt discussed sexual health and knowledge within the context of black history, Rev. Sanders took on the job of urging faith leaders to become comfortable discussing sexuality as it relates to their own history. He said, "We need to have the ability to talk about any aspect of human sexuality openly, honestly, and competently. We have to have the ability to accept the sexual preference and activities of others without feeling personally threatened and without moralizing or being judgmental.
"It's amazing to me in how many instances people feel like they are personally threatened by the fact that a person's sexual orientation is different from their own," he continued. "And in this instance, it goes way beyond the whole issue of same gender-loving people or the whole issue of how the relationship between two men or two women manifests itself. In our communities especially, I'm always intrigued by people who go around talking about 'what we don't do [in a harsh, hard tone]. We don't do that. That's what the other folk do.' It's very interesting because I find that most of that is guilt-bound moralizing to feel more comfortable with themselves."
Pernessa Seele agrees with that. "We have many faith leaders who take the position that their congregations don't do anything [considered wrong], and we all know that's not true. We all know that every church is full of people living their everyday lives. A church is not a place where only the holy and the righteous go. They're all people living their lives to the best of their ability." She remembers that her mother wouldn't allow their pastor to see her smoke, even though the pastor himself was a smoker, so she understands that people may hide their true selves where their church is concerned.
"I think that if I had to make one simple statement about how we talk about sexuality in the context of the church it's to simply say sexuality is a gift from God," said Rev. Sanders to the faith leaders. "One of the things that has happened to the church is that we have come to interpret sexuality in a way that has put it outside the realm of what we are used to thinking of as a gift. But we need to appreciate the fact that it is a gift from God, that needs to be celebrated and needs to be respected and understood that it's good. That will help us get beyond the blinders that we have let get in the way of what we can learn and what we can do to understand ourselves as sexual beings. It's something that can no longer be peripheral, but rather becomes the subject matter of the sermon that we preach, of Sunday school lessons that we teach, whenever we come together for any reason for fellowship and spiritual growth.
"I think that until we do that we're going to find ourselves in a place where the things that are not being talked about are the things that are going to harm us, and are going to harm us in ways that will continue to perpetuate this disease and the impact that it has on our community. This begins where I think we need to start, and that is, are you comfortable with your sexuality? People don't easily move to talk about and think about and deal with the ways their own experiences as sexual beings have evolved. And if they do, in many instances, it's associated with things that are not necessarily positive. It's often framed in a way that is negative. I have a feeling we might not be here if we were comfortable in a way we need to be with this issue."
From MICTAN training for faith leaders, taken from The Theology of Sexuality, of the United Methodist Church.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The ability to engage in open discussion does not include being forced into conversations where you are uncomfortable. In such cases, listen to your gut feelings, and know you have the right to walk away.
Faith in action
A postcard from Faith Responds to AIDS, established by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, puts it more bluntly, "Do or Die." The card lists the statistics affecting African Americans and what churches can do to promote testing, treatment, and awareness, as well as scriptural evidence supporting the foundational concept of God's love of all people. At its website (www.aidschicago.org), the project offers a manual of how churches can do work around HIV, including a chapter on homophobia, stigma, and discrimination.
"We are living in interesting times," said Pernessa Seele, "and every person of faith—every person of faith—whether they are a member of a church or not, or part of any institution, has the responsibility to address HIV and the suffering that we are seeing in this country. That's what people of faith should be about—the compassionate business of the whole and not just the one. That's faith that works, faith in action."
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In 1978, a high school senior is forced by her widowed father to move from their comfortable Chicago suburb to help with an underground education movement in communist Poland.
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27th April 2011 Archive
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VMware inhales SlideRocket for its cloudy presentationware
Next, a heavenly word processor and spreadsheet?
Business 27 Apr 00:04
Windows phones send user location to Microsoft
All there in the fine print
Security 27 Apr 00:19
Google moves to extract more from Apps
Free isn't forever
Applications 27 Apr 04:00
Sony hack revives Oz disclosure debate
Calls for disclosure laws and security guidelines
Security 27 Apr 04:11
Smartfish Whirl Laser Mouse
Rocking rodent
Hardware 27 Apr 06:00
Teens who spend time online not dorks after all – study
Get more sex, drink more. Don't wear seatbelts either
Science 27 Apr 08:32
Council forks out £160m: The last of the schools deal cash
Last BSF dosh doled out to construction and ICT supplier
Government 27 Apr 08:38
MySpace bids expected this week
Six line up for knackered social network
Financial News 27 Apr 08:39
Sky to show FA Cup match in 3D
Man C, Man C, Man C vs Stoke, Stoke, Stoke
Hardware 27 Apr 08:48
Sony shows MacBook Air-like Vaio notebook
Eee Pad Slider-style netbook-cum-tablet too
Laptops 27 Apr 09:13
London Olympics ticket grab ends with website wobbles
'Darling, what's this £926 on my Visa card?'
Networks 27 Apr 09:21
Toshiba readies über-thin 7in touchscreen
Tap tech integrated into LCD
Hardware 27 Apr 09:31
Silver Lake and SMART Modular: The Privening
Hefty Flash'n'RAM firm to vanish off stock market
Storage 27 Apr 09:39
ARM jingling with cash as its chips get everywhere
Fondle-slabs, jabber-slablets, TVs - just not computers
Hardware 27 Apr 09:58
Accounting software gets better at languages
Found in translation
Doing Better Business 27 Apr 10:00
Memo gives full details of Nokia staff cull and closures
7,000 axed, many closures in Elopocalypse
Financial News 27 Apr 10:17
Love Bug malware-inspired film gets big screen premiere
Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy writes virus ...
Bootnotes 27 Apr 10:21
Nintendo blames puzzled public for 3DS sales shortfall
Punters not getting it, apparently
Games 27 Apr 10:43
Save the planet: Stop the Greens
Climate change is a serious problem, but the solutions are a joke
Science 27 Apr 11:23
US Senate weighs in on phone tracking
Stern letters dispatched
Mobile 27 Apr 11:29
Cops hunt man who befouled drugstore's cough drop stash
P*ss artist leaves foul taste in cops' mouths
Bootnotes 27 Apr 11:35
Vote now for the best sci-fi film never made
50 classics vie for cinematic glory
Hardware 27 Apr 11:39
China sets out space-station plan, asks public to name it
Orbital heavenly palace to get ISS-style robo supply pods
Science 27 Apr 11:40
Free and subdomain hosting lets phishing sites live longer
Chinese now cop flak as well as PayPal, Western banks
Security 27 Apr 11:59
Acer Iconia Tab W500
Function-before-form fondleslab
Tablets 27 Apr 12:00
Sky in surprise duct-and-pole-sharing trial with BT
'Price only indicative', so watch this space
Broadband 27 Apr 12:46
Apple confirms white iPhone 4 on sale tomorrow
Fanboys all a-quiver
Phones 27 Apr 12:48
VMware takes a new direction
Promises PPT presentations everywhere...
Cloud 27 Apr 13:19
OCZ shares trashed by short seller's research note
I did bad stuff, but I also built a company with no venture capital, says CEO...
Storage 27 Apr 13:31
MIT Media Lab appoints college drop-out, socialite
Can you learn physics by intuition?
Media 27 Apr 13:46
Supermarkets trounce telcos on mobile services
Happy shoppers
Mobile 27 Apr 14:07
Apple breaks location-storing silence
Admits underestimating stupidity of its users*
Mobile 27 Apr 14:15
CenturyLink borgs Savvis for $3.2bn
Rural telco morphs to cloudy IT provider
Business 27 Apr 15:13
Duke celebrates royal nuptials with pugnacious portrait
Hail to the King - and not the next but one
Games 27 Apr 15:41
Amazon fine print limits potential credits for cloud outage
Rackspace CTO talks EC2 failure
Cloud 27 Apr 18:36
Barnes & Noble answers Microsoft's anti-Android suit
Cites 'exorbitant' fees, 'absurd' restrictions
Media 27 Apr 19:08
Friendster wipes data slate clean
Rebirth or slow friendless death?
Media 27 Apr 19:33
Feds move to uninstall bot that hit banks, airports, cops
Drainage of Coreflood continues
Security 27 Apr 19:57
Dell borgs CIT financing partnerships in Canada, Europe
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Business 27 Apr 20:11
Google Docs app lands on Android
Offline access not included
Applications 27 Apr 21:42
Citrix profits fluffed by XenDesktop, NetScaler
Q1 better than expected, 2011 targets raised
Financial News 27 Apr 22:25
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'Anonymous' info used to set speed traps
Science 27 Apr 23:02
Cisco aims network code at 'Linux kernel for the cloud'
Ex-Sun man goes OpenStack
Cloud 27 Apr 23:11
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UK, 1988 (MIFF 1988, Documentary)
Director: Tony Rayns
Written and directed by the festival's longstanding Asian Cinema consultant, Tony Rayns, this is a comprehensive overview of the truly cultural revolution which is taking place in the Chinese cinema of the Eighties as new generations of film school graduates, immune to the strictures of traditional propagandist cinema which served the class struggle, are permitted a freedom of personal expression previously unheard of.
China's largest studios, based in Beijing and Shanghai, remain as the hub of the country's cultural bureaucracy. The newer filmmakers prefer to work in smaller, regional studios which are more willing to give opportunities to untried talents and have given birth to a fresher style of regional filmmaking which create both traditional entertainment for general audiences and artistic, innovative projects which depict human relationships Well chosen clips from recent productions arc integrated with interviews featuring Chen Kaige, Xi'an studio-head Wu Tianming, Tian Zhuangzhuang et al. An excellent introduction to the three Chinese features showing at this years festival. - P.H.


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Mary Alice is terrified when she's sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life Grandma Dowdell! A story with lots of laughs and scenes that you will never forget.
Prince Horace, better known as Prince Brat, decides to run away from the palace, dragging Jemmy, his whipping boy, along with him into surprising adventures.
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- Cost: Free - $6
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The Pine-Grove Odell United Methodist Church will host a Potato Dinner fundraiser at the Odell Church at 5 p.m. in the fellowship hall, featuring baked potatoes with all the trimmings along with salads and ice cream for dessert.
The cost is $6 adult, $5 seniors and $3 children; free for ages 3 and under. All proceeds from the dinner will be donated to FISH food bank.
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ACADEMIC SUCCESS TIPPosted September 8th, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Note Taking (a reminder): Law students have widely varying styles of note taking. Some write furiously, recording every word the professor and fellow classmates utter; others take a few cryptic notes and call it a day. The problem with both extremes is that they fail to encourage you to take an active role in learning. If you record every word, you are not identifying or concentrating on what is important. To take the best notes, you should take an active role in sorting through and summarizing what is said in class.
First Annual IOA Student Writing CompetitionPosted September 5th, 2009 by Virginia Mattingly
The International Ombudsman Association has announced that it is sponsoring an annual writing contest for students in law school or graduate programs in dispute resolution. In the inaugural IOA Student Writing Competition, law students are invited to submit articles arguing for a statutory privilege for organizational ombudsmen. The author of the winning article will receive a cash prize of $2,500 and an invitation to the IOA Annual Conference in April 2010 in New Orleans to receive the award. IOA will provide registration, airfare and lodging for the conference. The winning article may also be published in the Journal of IOA.
Submissions are due November 15, 2009.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS TIPPosted September 4th, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Using a Long Weekend to Your Advantage: Tackle your most onerous study task as early as possible this weekend. That way, it won't hang over you during the long weekend and add to your stress. Also consider tackling your hardest study tasks when you are most alert. Your brain will absorb material more easily for greater understanding and retention. Consequently, you will feel better about your study session and lower your stress.
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ACADEMIC SUCCESS TIPPosted September 1st, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Using a Long Weekend to Your Advantage: Create a structured study schedule and stick to it! If you have been "flying by the seat of your pants" on your time management, now is the time to create a schedule and stick to it for the remainder of the semester. If you follow a study schedule, you will be able to complete your reading and briefing one or two days before class (without rushing through the material), rather than the day of class. You will also ensure that you are devoting enough time to other study tasks, including reviewing your class notes, outlining, meeting with your study group, working on papers and projects, and completing practice questions. Perhaps the best part about following a study schedule is that you can have guilt-free time off because you have finished all of your study tasks for the week. And, your family members, significant others, and friends will know when you will be free. To create your own study schedule, use the blank time management schedule posted on the Academic Success webpage at http://www.law.louisville.edu/academics/academic-success. If you need any assistance in completing your schedule, stop by the Academic Success Office (Room 212).
ACADEMIC SUCCESS TIPPosted August 31st, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Using a Long Weekend to Your Advantage: Congratulations! You are beginning your third week of classes. For those of you who are new to law school, things should be getting into a routine now. For those of you who are returning to law school, you probably feel like you never left because it is all so familiar.
You now have a long weekend that you can look forward to. Use this time to improve your future workload as a law student. Three days can be a blessing for law students who have gotten behind in their reading or who are feeling sleep-deprived. This week's tips will provide suggestions for getting the most out of this weekend. Tip 1: If you are still getting settled in to your apartment, try to finish all of those tasks by the end of the weekend. Finish unpacking boxes. Finish organizing your study area. Finish the final decorating touches. Starting Tuesday morning you want to make law school your priority.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS TIPPosted August 27th, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Should I rely on an upper-division student's outline or a commercial outline to prepare for exams? NO. Remember that you are not creating an outline to turn in as an assignment or to win any awards. The outline is another tool from which you can study the law. The process of you outlining a course dramatically increases your ability to retain the information and to develop a sense of what information you will need to apply to a set of facts on an exam. In addition, commercial outlines are not always in tune with the material as presented by your professor. Canned outlines may be helpful to fill in any gaps after you have done the work, but they SHOULD NOT take the place of your own outlines.


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November 26, 2012
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) President Forrest Claypool proposed a $1.39 billion budget for 2013 that maintains current service levels, freezes base fares and calls for modest reductions in discounts for CTA passes to bring them in line with other major U.S. cities.
The budget reflects a new, tentative labor agreement with the Amalgamated Transit Union Locals #241 and #308, which represent CTA bus and rail operators. The four-year tentative agreement slows the rate of growth in health care spending and emphasizes preventative care, among changes shaving approximately $50 million off the 2013 budget deficit. Agreements with a dozen other CTA unions resulted in similar changes contributing nearly $10 million toward deficit reduction.
But facing a $165 million shortfall for 2013, the CTA needed to take further steps to shore up its finances in both 2013 and beyond. Additional management reforms have paid off with tens of millions in savings and modest reductions in pass discounts will balance the remainder of the budget and ensure future fiscal stability.
Base fares remain unchanged at $2 for bus and $2.25 for rail. The discounts for passes (3-day, 7-day and 30-day) will be reduced by $6, $5 and $14, respectively, but still will provide significant discounts to frequent users. The one-day pass, primarily used by tourists, will have its discount reduced by $4.25. CTA pass discounts are currently the second most generous of major U.S. cities.
Discounts for CPS students will actually increase by 12%. To encourage school attendance, students currently paying 85 cents will only pay 75 cents.
"Our management reforms have taken well over $50 million in costs out of the system and our labor partners have helped us bend the cost curve, " Claypool said. "These changes put the 'doomsday' budgets of the past behind us. We're moving forward, and building a modern CTA on a strong fiscal footing."
Changes to the labor contracts will allow the CTA to hire more tradesmen as well as additional customer assistants and bus and rail janitors, improving customer service and the cleanliness of facilities and vehicles.
Additionally, over the last 18 months Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the CTA have launched more than $2 billion in modernization projects, upgrading aging infrastructure and improving the customer experience.
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Two members of the Internet piracy group have been sentenced for their role in distributing illegal copies of movies being shown in theaters.
Federal prosecutors say 57-year-old Willie Lambert, of Pittston, Pa., and 28-year-old Sean Lovelady, of Pomona, Calif., were sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk.
Lambert was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, three years of supervised release and $449,514 in restitution. Lovelady was sentenced to 23 months in prison, three years of supervised release and $7,500 in restitution.
Both men had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement.
Prosecutors say they were part of IMAGiNE, which sought to become the premier group to release copies of new movies on the Internet that were only showing in theaters.
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I like to lock down student accessible workstations to only boot from the hard drive. On most computers this is an easy task.
I've got some new computer this summer (asus m2a-vm motherboards) that have a separate boot menu when you hit F8. This bypasses all of my security and even ignores setting a BIOS password. I can't find an option in the BIOS to disable the screen.
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Shamima Chowdhury has recently graduated with a 2:1 in an LLB Law from the University of Westminster. She has completed numerous work experience and internships with major law firms, including Pinsent Masons LLP and 29 Bedford Row Chambers. She is continuing in the role of Executive Director for a second year as an alumni.
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Rebecca Banner was the mother of Bruce Banner who eventually grew up to become the Hulk. During college Rebecca met and married Brian Banner and was anxious to start a family with him but he didn't feel the same way about starting a family like her, Brian never shared his personal history with her or of his desire to never have children. He was the youngest person to graduate from his college with a Ph.D. and he got his degree in physics. His post-graduate options were unlimited but he settled on going to Los Alamos to work on a government project to find a source for clean nuclear radiation. The stress of the job led Brian to start drinking which also led him to become more erratic and quick to anger with Rebecca and his fellow employees. After one night of excessive drinking, Brian tried to work on his project and accidently caused an overload of the equipment. Brian was court-martialed and released from the project. Even though he was behind a shield when the overload occurred and multiple doctors examined him and found nothing, Brian still felt that some amount of radiation got through and affected his genetic structure and was even more convinced not to have any children. Brian eventually found a job and started to try and pull his life together when Rebecca announced that she was pregnant leaving him shocked. Rebecca had problems during the pregnancy although what the complications were are not known. After the birth in Dayton, OH, Bruce was kept in extensive care for observation and examination but the doctor's found nothing out of the ordinary. He was also examined for any trace radiation due to Brian's exposure but none was detected. Brian, still thinking that something was wrong with Bruce, would try to spend at little as time as possible with him. When Brian and Rebecca would go away, they would leave Bruce with a nanny who showed no affection or attention towards Bruce. On Christmas morning, when Bruce was approximately four years old, he woke up early and snuck down to the Chrismtas tree. He opened one of his presents, which was an erector set. He managed to put together a very intricate structure in little time. Brian came down and smashed the structre, saying that Bruce was a freak and that someone his age should not be able to do that. He thought that the radiation had altered his Bruce's brain, making him super-smart, and would have probably killed Bruce had Rebecca not come into the room at that moment. Rebecca tried to get in the way and Brian hit her. When Bruce tried to run to his mother, Brian hit him also. Brian looked at Bruce and called him a inhuman monster. It was finally now that Brian admitted he never wanted a child. A few years later, after much physical and mental abuse to both Rebecca and Bruce, Rebecca packed suitcases and tried to leave with Bruce. Brian catches them at the car before they leave and starts to struggle with Rebecca. Bruce yells to his father to let his mother go and that he will be good but Brian throws Rebecca to the ground and kills her. Bruce runs to her side and just sits there frozen in shock beside her lifeless body. It is at this point where Bruce shuts down his emotions and become a repressed personality. After that Brian was placed under arrest and sent to a mental hospital, while Bruce is sent to live with his mother's sister, Susan Drake. When he grew older, Bruce attended Science High School. Due to his extremely high intelligence level and the fact that he had for all practical purposes turned off his emotions years ago, he had no friends at the school and was subjected to harassment. The headmaster showed concern for Bruce and his unresolved anger and feelings about his father and his mother's murder.
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Gothamist digs into whether NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly's statements and actions regarding the production of an Islamophobic propaganda film "screened on a continuous loop for over 1,200 NYPD officers" may have been a violation of NYPD conduct codes. If you're new to the story, first read this NYT item, then this followup.
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So what's a curious guy to do? To the Internet! Which is exactly what I did. Responses starting pouring in. Including one from a pal at the State Department, who echoed my basic goal: To use video chat to tuck my kids into bed isn't a crime. Or at least, shouldn't be.An FAA guidebook says inflight video chat is to be discouraged because it can be annoying to seatmates, but that's very different than banning something because it's a terrorist weapon.
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We had a failure on one of our ESXI hosts earlier in the week and since then we have had most (not all) of our replica jobs failing with errors such as "Preparing replica VM Error: Unable to communicate with the remote host, since it is disconnected. Error: Unable to communicate with the remote host, since it is disconnected." We had this (or similar problem) before after we migrated servers and the only solution to properly clear the error was to re-create the replica job again. We have a backup job running and for most of jobs they seem to be running ok, so any ideas why the replica fails and the backup runs ok. I don't really want to re-create all the replicas from scratch again as last time we did that we just took the hit of loosing data in the replicas, but as we have had a problem with one of our ESXI hosts (we think it was faulty memory) I don't really want to be deleting replicas & trying to re-run the jobs when we have something that is unreliable at the moment.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - The father of a Florida boy abducted at knifepoint in 2006 has returned to his family. Jurandir Gomes Costa was facing deportation to Brazil after being arrested in November for driving without a license.
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I am working on my family tree and unfortunately, I do not know very much about my fathers side of the family. My fathers name is James Walter Blakeney b. 1-8-1943 New York, my grandfather was Edgar W Blakeney b.7-11-1917 d.10-8-1993 New York (married to Grace Hudson possibly b.6-12-1920), my great grandfather was Edgar W Blakeney b.7-11-1892 d.11-1983 New York(married to Eva? possibly b.6-6-1895 d.Aug 1988), and I think that his father was Arthur P. Blakeney (I don't have any dates)(married to ?). I've been searching, and that is how I've connected the above info. If anyone can help me put more of the pieces together I would be so thankful.
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Why did I buy chickpea flour?
- waver Dec 31, 2008 10:18 AM
Its in the freezer. I remember it was was part of a good recipe, but I don't remember what... Any ideas what I could do with it?
Use it in this fabulously tasty Mulligatawny Soup:
• 2 tablespoon ghee or canola oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 6 clove garlic, chopped
• 3 tablespoon fresh ginger root, peeled and grated
• 1 jalapeõ chile, stemmed, seeded and chopped
• 1 tablespoon ground corriander
• 2 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 ½ teaspoon turmeric
• ¼ cup all purpose or garbanzo flour
• 1 ¾ cup red lentils
• 9 cup chicken stock
• 3 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 cup low-fat unsweetened coconut milk
• 2 teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
• freshly ground pepper
Heat the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, ginger and jalapeño and cook, stirring, until browned, about 12 minutes. Lower the heat to medium, stir in the coriander, cumin and turmeric. Cook until fragrant, stirring, for 45 seconds. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute more.
Pour in about 1 cup of broth and cook with the veggies until they're soft. Using an immersion blender, whirl until as smooth as possible. Add the rest of the broth and bring to a boil while whisking constantly. Add the lentils to the thickened broth, lower the heat and simmer, covered, until very tender, about 45 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool a bit.
When the lentil mixture has cooled some, puree until you have a texture that's smooth with some visible intact lentils using an immersion blender. Stir in the cilantro. Return to the heat and bring back to a medium temperature.
Whisk in the coconut milk, lemon juice, and salt. Season to taste with pepper.
Serve with a cilantro sprig and additional lemon wedges.
To make socca! :-)
I make mine pretty much like his recipe. It's a little bit greasy (LOL) but it's gooood. I've topped it with cheese too, at the end. OMG I need some now. :gurgletummy:
re: Harters
That keeps the oil in the flour from going rancid. Whole grain flour and shelled nuts benefit from this too.
re: stilton
Thanks for the tip. Never heard of flour going rancid before - that said, I buy gram flour in smallish quantities and use it within a couple of months or so.
You can make pasta dough with it. Just saw Lidia do this a few weeks ago on her TV show.
Happy New Year! Adam
re: Leepa
Ditto on the pakoras! I now use Bittman's recipe from his Best Recipes in the World book. It contains baking powder and they turn out crisp on the outside and puffy on the inside. I love them with almost anything. Eggplant chunks, spinach (or combo of these 2), onions, sweet potatoes and squash. Also greens (kale, chard, etc.) are delicious. I serve them with a chutney I make from yoghurt, mint, cilantro and garlic mixed together.
re: saltwater
Can you find and link a dosa recipe online which contains chickpea flour?
re: luckyfatima
I've used several recipes by Manjula, but not this one:
She has a bunch of videos on youtube where she demonstrates Indian cooking techniques. Here is the lot of them:
I would definetely suggest farinata or what we call in Argentina 'fainá', a beautiful accompaniment to pizza. We eat a piece of fainá with a slice of pizza on top and it's a marriage made in heaven! Here's the recipe:
re: toodie jane
I would say pakoras.. and keeping any flour in the freezer will prevent weevils
Chickpea 'fries'
1C flour
1C water
Bring water and salt to boil, add flour while whisking (it will clump a bit), and then spread out on an oiled cookie sheet at a depth of 1/4 - 1/2 in. Cool the pan in the refrig until set (about 1/2 hour). Cut into stripes and fry in a pan with olive oil (these can also be baked). Serve with adobo ketchup (homemade!).
re: alwayscooking
also know as Sicilian panelle
re: alwayscooking
And cousins to panisses :-)
re: TheSnowpea
My favorite dish is the "chickpea panisse" at Tempo in Park Slope, Brooklyn. In my search for a recipe to recreate them, I found a similar water/flour/salt recipe. All I got was a fry that tasted like chickpea gruel. Are there other spices that go into a panisse? There must be something better than than the water/flour combo! Isn't that how you make paste?
re: weidenbaum
Salt, black pepper, and olive oil are the only flavorings I've seen in recipes and descriptions.
How about a dessert? Mohanthal is a great toasty-tasting sweet-- there's a good video of how to make it here:
re: another_adam
manjula is a true gem. The naan I made following her directions was great.
Well, nothing is triggering the memory of why I bought it, except I think it was to thicken a soup/stew, so I'll definitly try the mulligatawny. However, there are several others I'll try too, so even if never found out why, there's a lot of great ideas here. Thanks!
if you like pakoras, try this pakora curry: http://www.recipezaar.com/Punjabi-Pak...
or cauliflower chick pea kofta curry: http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/200...


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An analysis of the costs of different ECD programs, approaches or components needs to be coupled to the benefits that will be derived from them. An inexpensive program in absolute terms can be relatively very expensive if it does not produce satisfactory child outcomes. The costs per beneficiary per year might range from $25 to over $2,500 and programs with different costs are likely to have different impacts on child development.
Although affordability can play an important role in deciding which approach to adopt, the cheapest program or project component is not always best in fostering healthy child development. But the reverse is not necessarily true either. Expensive projects do not always produce the best quality services. An analysis of cost-effectiveness will give better insight in which programs are most effective in relation to their costs. A cost-benefit analysis will compare both the costs and benefits of a particular intervention in monetary terms to determine whether the intervention is an economically sound investment. To analyze the economic benefits and costs of ECD interventions, use the ECD calculator.
A first step in analyzing the costs of a program, is to estimate the costs per beneficiary per year. This entails estimating the total costs of the program and estimating the number of children enrolled.
Different costs per beneficiary among programs can be caused by: differences in program characteristics (for instance, child/staff-ratio, number of meals provided, inclusion of health services), differences in regional costs (for example, salaries or the costs of transportation), or differences in efficiency. Second, even a program that is implemented based on one single approach across the country can yield different results for different states if enrollment is lower in more sparsely populated areas for example.
Waiser (1998) gives an example of how to compare annual per-capita costs of ECD programs in different countries. When making international comparisons, take into account inflation and exchange rates. The analysis can use the concept of Purchasing Power Parity which is based on the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amounts of goods and services in the domestic market as one dollar would buy in the United States.
Because the analysis of costs-per-beneficiary-per-year only looks at the costs and not at the results achieved by these costs, it is not appropriate as the sole basis for choosing between ECD programs. More elaborate methods of assessing costs in relation to the benefits are required.
An analysis of affordability – the ability to pay or to find sufficient resources--, either at the individual or the national level, might be useful in some cases. This method is sometimes referred to as a cost-feasibility analysis, referring to estimating costs of a program in order to ascertain whether or not it should be considered in the first place. That is, if the cost of a program option exceeds the budget or resources available, there is no need to continue analyzing the particular program.
To put costs into perspective, relate them to some indicator of the economic context in which the project operates. This indicator could be the average household income, the level of minimum wage, per capita GDP, total government expenditures in the sector or at a particular level, etc.
For instance, whenever the cost per beneficiary is very high relative to average household income, it is obvious that families will not be able to pay the needed contribution themselves. A decision between changing the program or providing public funding is necessary. Whenever the public funding needed to operate the program exceed the available budget (and other resources), another type of program should be considered.
This analysis will be useful in the extreme cases where it is possible to estimate which percentage of income, per capita GDP or government expenditures, is still reasonable. Mostly however, the costs will be somewhere in between the obvious boundaries.
A cost-effectiveness analysis takes into account both costs and the benefits derived from programs in order to evaluate and compare different alternatives with similar goals. A program or project will be more cost-effective if it leads to better outcomes while incurring the same costs as the alternatives, or if it produces the same results at fewer costs.
The benefits in a cost-effectiveness study need not be measured in terms of money (that would be a cost-benefit analysis). Rather, the programs need to have similar goals that can be compared. Find a common measure of effectiveness to assess the programs (for example: improvement in nutritional status à reduction in % of malnourished children; increased cognitive development à test scores after a year of preschool, or performance in primary school; physical location for a child care center à construction of a building according to set safety, health and other criteria).
There are strong indications that quality care is minimally more expensive than poor care. According to a recent study, only one in seven U.S. centers provides child care of a quality that promotes healthy development and learning. Almost half of the infants and toddlers in the 401 child care facilities observed spent their days in rooms of less than minimal quality. As might be expected, states with less stringent standards had a larger number of poor quality child care centers and classrooms. Yet the same study found that better-quality services cost, on average, just 10 percent more than mediocre care. These findings suggest that modest investments, combined with reasonable regulation could significantly improve the efficacy of early child care interventions. (Helburn 1995)
A cost/benefit analysis evaluates a program by comparing its costs and benefits, both measured in monetary terms. The outcome of the analysis – the benefit to cost ratio - makes it possible to compare ECD project with projects in other sectors. It is not an easy task to perform a cost/benefit analysis. First, the analysis needs to consider all costs regardless of the source of financing. Second and even more important, it is necessary to assign a value in terms of money to all benefits. These benefits can range from the direct improvements in health, education, or social development of the child, to the longer term reductions in grade repetition, school drop-out, delinquency, fertility, or welfare utilization and long term improvements in productivity, earning power or participation in society.
Longitudinal studies on the long-term impact of early childhood interventions provide considerable support for high benefit-to-cost ratios of Early Childhood Development programs.
Van der Gaag and Tan (1998) provide a very useful framework for estimating the economic benefits of early child development programs and apply it to preliminary data from the PIDI project in Bolivia. "Economic benefits" refer to the monetary value of the benefits in health, nutritional status, and cognitive and social development that accrue to the children who enroll in ECD programs. To these benefits we need to add benefits to the mother and other family members, to the neighborhood in which the children centers operate, and to society as a whole.
Based on the benefits that the authors are able to quantify, the preliminary results for Bolivia show that ECD programs that are (1) well targeted and (2) have a major impact on school enrollment and achievement are excellent economic investments. The authors also argue that if one adheres to some modest notion of social justice, ECD programs should be subsidized for children who are born and grow up in the most deprived segments of society:
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