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In an call to action for libraries in the Huffington Post, Carol Fitzgerald of Bookreporter.com gave advice on what to do to fight the proposals by many local governments to cut library services--or in the case of her hometown, Cedar Grove, N.J., to cut the library system entirely.
"Write your Senators impassioned letters on what libraries have meant and mean to you today. Talk about how important all libraries--school, public and college--are to this country and how awful it will be when they start closing or experience devastating reductions in services. The more personal the note, the more effective.... Also, consider writing an Op-Ed piece or other article for your local paper."
Don't forget to check in at Save Libraries for the latest news on how libraries around the country are faring and what can be done to help. Another site in the same vein (although I think saving is a lot more encouraging than losing), Losing Libraries, in cooperation with Library Journal.
If passed, New York's Gov. Paterson's proposed budget cuts would bring state funding to libraries down to just $84.5 million.
In the Westchester Library System (WLS), half of the 38 public libraries have cut back their hours due to budget cuts just since 2008, and 50 full-time jobs have been eliminated in only the past year.
"Given the state's fiscal woes, reductions in state spending are unfortunately unavoidable – yet funding for our libraries cannot be further compromised," said State Senator Suzi Oppenheimer.
Calling the library system a "great equalizer" she noted that libraries serve the greater community in a way so few organizations do: "They are places where individuals of any means can find answers to their questions in a very calm sanctuary."
Dave Donelson, a Trustee of the WLS, slammed the proposed budget, and juxtaposed the need and demand for public libraries to ticket sales of major-league baseball. " There were over 8 million visits to Westchester libraries in 2009," said Donelson. "That's more than a full season attendance at Yankee Stadium."
"Libraries are not just a depository of books; libraries are places where teenagers gather after school, where seniors come for help navigating the maze of our health insurance system, and where thousands of people come for help finding a job," he said.
Photos and story of the protest from Chappaqua Patch.
Charlotte, NC – In a historic move, five of the Towns in Mecklenburg County have committed to providing one-time support to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library for fiscal year 2011 (FY2011). In each of the five Towns, local governing bodies met, and approved or conditionally approved an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with the Library.
The five participating Towns have committed to the following levels of support.
* Cornelius: $175,000 contribution
* Davidson: forgiveness of lease payment in the amount of approximately $37,000; and solicitation of additional donations to total $175,000
* Huntersville: in-kind contributions such as programs, cross-promotion, representative liaison for the Huntersville
* Destinations Round Table, and police/security presence in and around the North County Regional Library
* Matthews: restructuring of lease to defer current payment to 2018 of $205,000
* Mint Hill: $175,000 contribution
With this latest contribution of approximately $730,000 from the Towns, the Library will have approximately $23.3 million to operate its 20 remaining locations in FY2011. This is a significant decrease from approximately $32 million in County funding for FY2010; but an increase from the originally proposed funding level of $17.67 million. -- Read More
Report from The Globe: Four Boston libraries targeted for closing at the end of the summer won a temporary reprieve and will remain open at least through the winter, the Menino administration announced yesterday.
The city added another $654,000 to the library's balance sheet, giving the system enough money for at least another nine months. The extra money buys more time to work with each affected neighborhood to make plans for the buildings when the library branches do close down.
"We've been listening to the community, and we understand the desire for more planning time,'' said Amy E. Ryan, president of the Boston Public Library. "This extension demonstrates the commitment of the city to keep these facilities open and accessible to the community. We believe that with continued input from the public, a new use for these buildings can be found.''
But the move did little to mollify some of the loudest critics of the city plan to fill a deep funding gap. State lawmakers who attended a library trustees meeting yesterday at the main library in Copley Square scoffed at the gesture by the city. They made it clear that they would make good on their threat to strip the library of what remains of its state funding if the city follows through with plans to close any library branches. -- Read More
It was the literary equivalent of a filibuster, a bookworm's take on 1960s-style protest. Aliqae Geraci called libraries "a huge support system for the unemployed."
A 24-hour stream of sentences and stories, spanning the canon from George Eliot to "Gossip Girl," flowed from dozens of book-loving New Yorkers this weekend who were concerned about austere budget cuts to libraries proposed by City Hall.
Not typically ones to raise their voices (ed.-oh yeah?), librarians staged an overnight read-in on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library on Grand Army Plaza to criticize the city's plan to close 40 branches by month's end, and to reduce hours and employees at those that remain.
"In the Great Depression, the New York public libraries were kept open seven days a week," said Aliqae Geraci, a librarian in Queens and a coordinator of the event. "It is a huge support system for the unemployed and the transient."
Another organizer, Christian Zabriskie, put it more bluntly.
"We librarians have a saying," he said with a grin. "You can close our libraries when you step over our cold, beaten bodies, chained to the doors."
The organizers are hoping the City Council will restore financing to avoid the cuts, which they say will particularly hurt the city's less fortunate, who depend on libraries for Internet access and employment help. The reading attracted more than 200 volunteer readers, twice the number needed to fill each of the 15-minute slots. -- Read More
Response from the UC to the Public statement from Nature Publishing Group [PDF]
We find this to be an implausible explanation given the remarkably large sums of money others and we already pay to NPG every year. The notion that other institutions are subsidizing "our discount" is nonsensical. If anything, other institutions are simply paying too much.
Sarah G. pointed the way to U. of California Tries Just Saying No to Rising Journal Costs
The University of California system has said "enough" to the Nature Publishing Group, one of the leading commercial scientific publishers, over a big proposed jump in the cost of the group's journals.
For the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library system, there's at least some good news...
The Charlotte City Council agreed to spend $1.5 million to help keep county libraries open for the next year. But the money comes with strings, and the library officials say they don't know yet what difference it will make.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library system would need an extra $8 million to keep the current libraries open at already-reduced hours for the next year, according to library officials. But the city and county have only agreed to pay $5 million.
Library director Charles Brown says he's grateful for that, but the deal is far from done, because the city's contribution is contingent on contributions from at least four towns in Mecklenburg County.
Brown says he's received preliminary commitments from two towns and is "cautiously optimistic."
But even if all the money comes through, it will be less than the $8 million Brown asked for, and he says more libraries could close.
Here's the latest...
The first time proved to be the charm for the Scottsboro Alabama Public Library. With the help of librarian Karen Chambers in Woodville, Scottsboro Public Library Director Nancy Gregory applied for a grant.
"I wouldn't even had known about it if it wasn't for Karen," said Gregory.
Gregory's application paid off as she learned earlier this week the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded a $3,000 summer reading grant to the Scottsboro Public Library.
"We are very excited," said Gregory. "It's just amazing that they are sending us that much money."
Dollar General Chairman and CEO Rick Dreiling said the summer reading grant aims to help libraries and nonprofit organizations with the implementation or expansion of summer reading programs.
"The Dollar General Literacy Foundation is inspired by the work Scottsboro Public Library is doing to help children continue their education and improve their literacy skills during the summer," said Dreiling.
WAYNE NJ — Hundreds gathered at the State House Annex in Trenton recently to oppose Gov. Chris Christie's proposal to cut 74 percent of funding for the state library system, an action many believe will be nothing less than devastating.
Library patrons from across New Jersey voiced their concerns over the proposed cuts via 60,000 orange postcards hand delivered the day of the rally including 5,000 from the Wayne Public Library and its Preakness branch. Employees from the Valley Road location joined forces with over 650 people who filled the annex courtyard to help spread the message that "libraries matter."
"I feel we needed to do our part because these cuts being proposed would be disastrous," said Doreen Shoba, head of the reference department at the Wayne Public Library.
Included in the cuts would be the elimination of all statewide library programs and services. New Jersey stands to lose roughly $4.5 million in federal funding leaving clientele severely impacted. Amongst the biggest losses will be access to electronic databases such as RefUSA and EBSCO, as well as the statewide interlibrary loan and delivery service. Many libraries including Wayne could also lose access to the Internet as well.


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The third study Pethokoukis cites claims that rich people have suffered much worse inflation than poor people. In other words, the price of a yacht and a Park Avenue townhouse has gone up far faster than the price of Sam's Choice Dr Thunder and Dollar General-brand diapers, and that means that inequality is actually unchanged.
Small comfort for generic Dr Pepper-guzzling babies and everyone else. More importantly, the study doesn't look at the top 1 percent.
Here's Pethokoukis's fourth point:
A 2010 study by the University of Chicago's Bruce Meyer and Notre Dame's James Sullivan notes that official income inequality statistics indicate a sharp rise in inequality over the past four decades: "The ratio of the 90th to the 10th percentile of income, for example, grew by 23 percent between 1970 and 2008." But Meyer and Sullivan point out that income statistics miss a lot, such as the value of government programs and the impact of taxes. The latter, especially, is a biggie. The researchers find that "accounting for taxes considerably reduces the rise in income inequality" over the past 45 years. In addition, "consumption inequality is less pronounced than income inequality."
So let's consider the value of government programs and the impact of taxes. Here's the CBO on market income plus transfers minus federal taxes (it's important to note that the CBO adjusted household income measures by size of the household):
By this measure, income for the poorest member of the top 1 percent has gone up 118 percent (the CBO doesn't break out these numbers, but the top 0.1 percent would have gone up several times that) while that of the poorest member of the middle quintile has risen 30 percent.
Pethokoukis's fifth and final point isn't quantitative at all. It's the standard "the poors have air conditioning now" right-wing talking point.
Set all the numbers aside for a moment. If you've lived through the past four decades, does it really seem like America is no better off today?…
No doubt the past few years have been terrible. But the past few decades have been pretty good—for everybody.
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Katie Jarvis plays a foul-mouthed, frustrated 15-year-old girl in the crackling and insightful "Fish Tank." (IFC Films)
Mia is mad most of the time.
At 15, she lives with her alcoholic, party-girl mother (Kierston Wareing) and foul-mouthed younger sister (Rebecca Griffiths) in a down-and-out apartment building. Her only interest is dancing, which she practices in an empty apartment she's broken into. She has no friends -- in fact most of the local girls are her outright enemies.
When her mother brings home a new boyfriend, Connor (Michael Fassbender), Mia spits out the usual resentment, but eventually succumbs to his easy charm. He encourages her dancing, and even though she can still turn vicious at the slightest provocation, she begins building an unlikely alliance with him.
As played by the remarkable Katie Jarvis -- an untrained actress who was supposedly discovered while in the midst of a public fight with her boyfriend -- Mia stands in for every miserable, resentful, intelligent child born to a life of neglect and wrong turns.
In some ways, "Fish Tank," the story of Mia's relationship with Connor and her family, is a British version of last year's "Precious." It can be hard to watch, and what little hope it offers needs to be sought out.
But writer-director Andrea Arnold, working in British lower-class realism, still finds wondrous moments of connection in Mia's life.
When she attempts to rescue a horse, when an act of revenge goes wrong, most devastatingly when Mia's family breaks into a sad dance of departure toward the movie's end, this film rings with harsh truth.
It's hard to watch, but then again it's hard not to watch. "Fish Tank" has no easy answers -- we all just swim around and around -- but man, does it have some good questions.
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It's back…2014 Coast Guard Video of the Year!
We are pleased to announce the 2014 nominees for Coast Guard Video of the Year. We've selected the top 10 videos, the best of the best, as this year's nominees. Now, we need your help in deciding the top Coast Guard video for 2014!
Focus on the Western Hemisphere: Unity of Effort – strong partnerships breed success
The U.S. Coast Guard must be in lock-step with our Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Department of Justice, Department of Defense and other interagency and international partners to be successful in "combating networks" – the first priority of the Coast Guard's Western Hemisphere Strategy. These partnerships were at the forefront as The Interdiction Committee engaged with stakeholders in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia and Honduras last week.
Focus on the Western Hemisphere: A network approach
Federal agencies and international partners are working tirelessly in the United States and abroad to combat Transnational Organized Crime networks. These efforts have been instrumental in eradicating production facilities and controlling the purchase of precursor chemicals used to make drugs; interrupting mobility corridors when illegal narcotics are being moved to stockpile locations; and integrating efforts to disrupt drug shipments and the distribution chain to impact the network itself.
Coast Guard ensures safety for 2014 NYC Marathon
Coast Guard Sector New York shares a unique history with the New York City Marathon in that the race pre-stages its runners at Fort Wadsworth, which is co-located with the Sector in Staten Island. For 18 years, the Coast Guard has been behind the scenes, working to produce a functioning event and ensuring that every aspect of the start of the race runs smoothly for the athletes, spectators, and volunteers.
Coast Guard, Western Hemisphere partners seize $423M in cocaine during multiple drug busts
"Our crew used their unique capabilities and authorities as a military service, law enforcement agency, and member of the U.S. intelligence community to disrupt transnational organized crime networks in the Eastern Pacific and keep drugs from making it to the U.S.," said Capt. Edward A. Westfall, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell. "These illegal drug networks are dangerous breeding grounds for all types of trafficking and their immense profits fuel violence and instability."
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This morning Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft signed the Coast Guard Western Hemisphere Strategy. It addresses transnational threats and maritime challenges that threaten the security of our Nation, markets and oceans over the next 10 years. The Coast Guard is globally deployed, but our primary operating area remains in the Western Hemisphere. As we engage future challenges we must think strategically to best position our resources to leverage our unique authorities, capabilities and partnerships to achieve national objectives across the range of Coast Guard missions.
Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell visits "Gateway to the Bahamas"
With eight of the top 10 most violent nations residing in the Western Hemisphere and transnational organized crime networks acting as non-state actors, relationships between America's military services and law enforcement agencies with their counterparts throughout the region are more important than ever. And, every Coast Guard port call is an opportunity to build and nurture those critical partnerships.
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Sometimes a person gets a weird feeling in the pit of their stomach because there is more to a situation than meets the eye. This feeling is commonly referred to as a person's "sixth sense." Coast Guard boarding officers are trained to follow that "sixth sense" while they're conducting counter narcotics operations in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean Basin. That's exactly what happened to Petty Officer Matthew Baasch and a boarding team from the Cutter Bertholf when they climbed aboard the fishing vessel Goliat I off the coast of Colombia on June 28.
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North Pacific nations are gathering this week to discuss the North Pacific Ocean, the body of water they all border that encompasses 21 percent of the world's ocean area. The safety and economic security of these nations depends considerably upon the secure use of the ocean; for the large expanse of the North Pacific, this means strong relationships between nations with overlapping sovereignty, economic, security, emergency response and law enforcement concerns in the region. These relationships are bolstered each year through the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum.


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Friday, August 15, 2008
Craig It's 6:30 Thursday morning.
The office near the front desk at The Memorial Hospital is closed, and the room is dark. The well-lit entry area with its plush couch is empty.
Empty, except for Jerrie Simpson.
She meets patients as they come through the doors with a smile and an offer to help them find their destination in the hospital's corridors. Staff members greet her by name as they bustle by.
When asked why she's chosen to be a member of The Memorial Hospital Ladies Auxiliary off and on for 30 years, Simpson's answer is simple.
"Because I live here," she said. "I live in Craig, and I want to be involved.
"My family's all raised, I wasn't employed, so I thought it was a good thing to do."
A collection of small buttons sparkled on the pink coat as she spoke. The decorations represent the 5,000 hours Simpson has devoted to the volunteer group so far.
The rosy-colored coats worn by volunteer auxiliary members give them another name: the Pink Ladies.
Pink Ladies man the reception desk, run the hospital's gift shop, and take up other jobs around the building, including collecting lunch tickets during mealtime, said Samantha Johnston, TMH service excellence officer.
"They're a face of stability at the hospital," she said.
Ladies Auxiliary members use the gift shop's profits to buy various supplies and equipment for the hospital, she said.
Recently, the Pink Ladies purchased iPods for use by recovering day-surgery patients.
Johnston said Pink Ladies' familiarity with the local population also adds to the role they play at the hospital.
"They're people who often times know everybody in the community, so they know our patients, they know our staff," Johnston said. "They're invaluable in that sense."
The group currently includes 23 members, some of whom have volunteered 20,000 hours at the hospital.
"I think when you look at the sheer numbers - the people that we have and the hours that they volunteer - it becomes pretty obvious that they're a significant face of the hospital," Johnston said.
Pink Ladies range in age from 40 to 70 years and older, said Anna Rippy, the group's president.
This year, Rippy took over the president position from Simpson. The two have been friends for almost 50 years, Rippy said, adding that Simpson initially got her started as a Pink Lady.
"She talks me into these things," Rippy said, laughing.
Several elements about the group have kept her among their ranks.
"Just being able to help people, and the camaraderie we have with the women there," she said are what have kept her volunteering.
Eventually, Rippy said, she'd like to see younger people, including men, volunteer at the hospital.
Putting in time as a Pink Lady has kept Nina Lawton, a retired teacher, active.
"After teaching school for so long, I need routine to get me out of the house (so) I don't just sit," she said. "It's something I can come and do."
On Thursday morning, Lawton operated the hospital's gift shop, located near the front entrance.
Some days are slow, she said.
But, eventually, the waiting pays off.
"When you can help one person, it makes it worthwhile being here," she said.
Lawton said she believes she makes the greatest contribution to the hospital when she works at the reception desk.
"Once in a while, you have somebody you really help, and that feels good," she said.
On her early morning shift at the desk, Simpson tries to bring some relief to incoming patients, especially those who come in for day surgeries.
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The topics of conversation she raises with the patients range from the weather to world events to "just the general whatever," she said.
Among various other duties, the Pink Ladies also donate small toys to young patients.
"Hopefully, it gives them a good feeling about being in the hospital," Lawton said.
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This is such a fun way to volunteer. Years ago, they had candy stripers. Do they still do that? When I was 15, I would walk from the old junior high building to the hospital to help. What fun it was! There were many things we got to do. We handed out meal trays and freshened up water jugs. It was a real treat to visit with those who were often very lonely during the day while their families worked. We also helped in the lab. It feels great to do little things that make others feel better.
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I felt like the finale was all about erasing/forgiving the past and tying up loose ends. I'm good with that versus the other way round.
Now, I need a new series to enjoy as much as this one.
I felt like the finale was all about erasing/forgiving the past and tying up loose ends. I'm good with that versus the other way round.
Now, I need a new series to enjoy as much as this one.
thought the series finale episode was long drawn out, emotionally tedious and fang-less. was not satisfying at all.
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I think that for the ending they chose, it didn't really matter who she married. Her life seemed normal overall, outside of the vampires that were still around.
I really loved Sookie leaving Bill's grave towards the end. It was subtle, but it felt so well-acted to me. She went from sobbing and bawling her eyes out to letting it go and finding some sort of peace within herself. And she walked back home. I thought that sequence kind of captured the point of the whole finale and the series overall. Picking up and pushing forward.
I liked it. They didn't show us Sookie's husband because it was no one we knew, and his face would have meant nothing.
And I didn't think they could find a fate worthy of Sarah's crimes, but they did.
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. -- Voltaire (1694-1778).
And Jason never fulfilled his gay fantasy
Yes, until the advent of James I was hoping he'd end up with Lafayette. It would be terrific for that character who goes through women like a handful of raisins to end up in a monogamous (and, I'd hope, submissive) relationship with another man. I was hoping for another sex scene between James and Lafayette, but oh well.
Eric and Pam got to be manipulative money-grubbing scumbags, which is what they've always wanted to be. Once they decided to put profits over preventing the horrible deaths of millions of vampires, I started wanting them to get staked. But without them the endless torment of Sarah wouldn't be possible, so I'm torn.
That was the one part that rang false. After FOUR YEARS of that, she'd be either much more hardened or completely off the deep end.
I didn't feel that Bill's death was well supported. It seemed like it was there to give Hoyt and Jessica an excuse to get married right away. On the other hand, who doesn't like a good wedding? And I was glad they got back together.
That whole Jessica/Hoyt/Jason/wassername thing seemed hastily slapped together to me, as well as kind of obvious and predictable.
Watching Violet die was kind of nice. No one, of course, told Hoyt he'd just avenged his mother (because then they'd have to explain why Violet killed her). Actually, killing Hoyt's horrible bigoted cripplingly-abusive mother (after, remember, Maxine shot Jessica!) was the only good thing Violet ever did.
Tara's revelation was kind of disappointing. And retrospectively redeeming Lettie Mae was positively offensive. We didn't see ANY good in her for seven seasons; this bit felt tacked on, and poorly.
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. -- Voltaire (1694-1778).
This season was predominately a waste of viewing time for me.
Good riddance to a show I used to be really invested to, that just lost its way.
Pam, Jessica, Tara. My 3 favorite characters.
Pam? She's had virtually NO character development over the show's entire run. She's always been Eric's side-chick/lackey & nothing else. Any growth she was showing included her time with Tara, but she was quickly forgotten.
Jessica? The Hoyt thing was SOOOOOOO beyond forced and rushed & made little to no sense but whatev. I could care less if Hoyt ever came back, let alone accept that he's cool with everything that happened between he, Jess, & Jason. Futhermore, Bill already released Jessica in Season 3 - so I don't know WTF happened there when she was released again...
Tara? Horrible use of a long-running character/actress. She deserved better. An off screen death with no payoff & whoever had the idea to switch Tara & Lettie Mae's storylines this season should be fired. Lettie Mae should have died & Tara given some relief/happiness & closure with Sookie, Lafayette, & Pam.
Eric and Pam were the only saving graces of the finale otherwise it was a wimpy mess. The convo between Sook and Bill went on forever and that grave thing seemed endless. Goodbye to all of them.
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I agree. I imagine an alternate version where LM dies, and Tara's journey for the season is discovering that when LM told her her father left them, the truth was that LM shot him and buried him in the yard. That would explain LM's descent into addiction, and possibly allow Tara to forgive her for being such an awful, awful parent.
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. -- Voltaire (1694-1778).
I like that way more than what we were given.
I did feel like the flashback scene between LM and her husband was pretty powerful, though, so I think if that could be kept it'd be even better. I think that it was important to see her in a different context and as a better person. A lot of people become defined by what they endure and she ended up being one of those people. It's unfortunate, but it would have been good to see that in comparison with a happier, more at peace Tara.
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. -- Voltaire (1694-1778).
I have to admit.....I recorded the finale and then fast forwarded during the wedding. I had no interest in that plot point.
I felt bad for Sookie but Bill's death was inevitable. After the way he treated her ( season 3,5,6) I think his death was the best way to end the show.
Coming late to the party as I only caught up on it last night. Oh thank God for Eric and Pam, they kept me entertained this whole season. I'm glad they stole the final which was a load of crap. The one thing bugged me was Willa, she was Eric's progeny therefore would she not have been with him and Pam? It also ticked me off that both Pam and Eric left Sookie's orbit I just wanted them to remain in each other's lives. So glad the wet blanket that was Bill died honestly I think the writers realised they fucked it up keeping him on the show instead of Sookie letting him go after learning the truth about him.
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A very important way of avoiding a myopic understanding of our own theories and conclusions is to examine how our forebears in the faith understood things.
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1. The Bears are still fighting in training camp. What's a head coach to do?
Sami Grisafe (Former Chicago Force QB, @SamiGrisafe): #HungerGames |
Bear Jordan: Turn off the AC in the dorms. That ought to take care of it. |
Soxman: Carpe diem. Martysaurus Rex vs. Kyle "High Hit" Fuller at WWE's SummerSlam. |
Mick Swasko: Let `em go. "Play Angry" worked out really well in Super Bowl XLI. |
Ernest Wilkins: Hmm, maybe let them fight? #FreeTheBlackUnicorn |
2. Detroit Lions quarterbacks will wear recycled jerseys. What are the Bears waiting for?
Sami Grisafe (Former Chicago Force QB, @SamiGrisafe): The rest of the city of Chicago to start recycling. One Team, One City, One Jersey. |
Bear Jordan: The Chicago Park District's advice, maybe? |
Soxman: The Bears get "green" enough when quarterbacks like Cade McNown and Rick Mirer are mentioned. |
Mick Swasko: I don't know, you'd think the Cutler/Cavallari crew would be SO TOTALLY into Upcycling. |
Ernest Wilkins: Wait, what? What are they recycled from? The tears of their fan base over the past 40 years? |
3. How will Cubs fans welcome Javier Baez to Wrigley Field on Friday?
Sami Grisafe (Former Chicago Force QB, @SamiGrisafe): With a beer and a dream. |
Bear Jordan: By throwing his home run back onto the field. |
Soxman: The usual, ecstatic enthusiasm followed by epic letdown. I kid, I kid. |
Mick Swasko: Like Baez caught them slippin'. |
Ernest Wilkins: Hopefully with a statue? He's gonna be the truth, Ruth. |
4. Jose Abreu is so underappreciated in Chicago ...
Sami Grisafe (Former Chicago Force QB, @SamiGrisafe): ... his replica jerseys are being sent to Detroit for their recycled jersey fad this fall. #aheadofthecurve |
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Mick Swasko: ... everyone forgot he won "Most Underappreciated" with all the other accolades he's gotten. |
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AFSP's latest data on suicide is taken from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Data & Statistics Fatal Injury Report for 2012. To read AFSP's press release concerning the latest report, please click here.
Suicide Deaths
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects data about mortality in the U.S., including deaths by suicide. In 2012 (the most recent year for which full data are available), 40,600 suicides were reported, making suicide the 10th leading cause of death for Americans (Figure 1). In that year, someone in the country died by suicide every 12.9 minutes.
After cancer and heart disease, suicide accounts for more years of life lost than any other cause of death.
To measure changes in the prevalence of suicide over time, the CDC calculates the country's suicide rate each year. The suicide rate expresses the number of suicide deaths that occur for every 100,000 people in the population for which the rate is reported.
From 1986 to 2000, suicide rates in the U.S. dropped from 12.5 to 10.4 suicide deaths per 100,000 people in the population. Over the next 12 years, however, the rate generally increased and by 2012 stood at 12.5 deaths per 100,000 (Figure 2).
Are Suicide Rates Still Rising?
CDC figures for death by suicide are currently lagging by more than a year. Information is not yet available for 2013 or 2014.
Who is Most at Risk for Death by Suicide?
Suicide death rates vary considerably among different groups of people. The CDC reports suicide rates by four key demographic variables: age, sex, race/ethnicity, and geographic region/state.
Suicide Rates by Age
In 2012, the highest suicide rate (19.88) was among people 45 to 59 years old. The second highest rate (17) occurred in those 75 years and older. Younger groups have had consistently lower suicide rates than middle-aged and older adults. In 2012, adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 24 had a suicide rate of 10.9 (Figure 3).
Suicide Rates by Sex
For many years, the suicide rate has been about 4 times higher among men than among women (Figure 4). In 2012, men had a suicide rate of 20.3, and women had a rate of 5.4. Of those who died by suicide in 2012, 78.3% were male and 21.7% were female.
Suicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity
White males accounted for 65% of all suicides in 2012.
In 2012, the highest U.S. suicide rate (14.1) was among Whites and the second highest rate (10.8) was among American Indians and Alaska Natives (Figure 5). Much lower and roughly similar rates were found among Asians and Pacific Islanders (6.2), Blacks (5.5) and Hispanics (5.8).
Note that the CDC records Hispanic origin separately from the primary racial or ethnic groups of White, Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, and Asian or Pacific Islander, since individuals in all of these groups may also be Hispanic.
Suicide Rates by Geographic Region/State
In 2012, Six U.S. states, all in the West, had age-adjusted suicide rates in excess of 18: Wyoming (29.8), Alaska (23.0), Montana (22.5), New Mexico (21.3), Utah (21.0), Colorado (19.5) Idaho (19.1), and Nevada (18.2). Three locales had age-adjusted suicide rates lower than 9 per 100,000: District of Columbia (5.8), New Jersey (7.4), and New York (8.2) (Figure 6).
Suicide Methods
In 2012, firearms were the most common method of death by suicide, accounting for a little more than half (50.9%) of all suicide deaths. The next most common methods were suffocation (including hangings) at 24.8% and poisoning at 16.6% (Figure 7).
Economic Impact of Completed Suicides
The economic cost of suicide death in the U.S. was estimated in 2010 to be more than $44 billion annually. With the burden of suicide falling most heavily on adults of working age, the cost to the economy results almost entirely from lost wages and work productivity.
Suicide Attempts
No complete count is kept of suicide attempts in the U.S.; however, the CDC gathers data each year from hospitals on non-fatal injuries resulting from self-harm behavior.
In 2013, the most recent year for which data is available, 494,169 people visited a hospital for injuries due to self-harm behavior, suggesting that approximately 12 people harm themselves (not necessarily intending to take their lives) for every reported death by suicide. Together, those harming themselves made an estimated total of more than 650,000 hospital visits related to injuries sustained in one or more separate incidents of self-harm behavior.
Because of the way these data are collected, we are not able to distinguish intentional suicide attempts from non-intentional self-harm behaviors. But we know that many suicide attempts go unreported or untreated, and surveys suggest that at least one million people in the U.S. each year engage in intentionally inflicted self-harm.
As with suicide deaths, rates of attempted suicide vary considerably among demographic groups. While males are 4 times more likely than females to die by suicide, females attempt suicide 3 times as often as males. The ratio of suicide attempts to suicide death in youth is estimated to be about 25:1, compared to a about 4:1 in the elderly.
Economic Impact of Suicide Attempts
Non-fatal injuries due to self-harm cost an estimated $2 billion annually for medical care. Another $4.3 billion is spent for indirect costs, such as lost wages and productivity.


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Good Deeds Day is an annual celebration of doing good—where all around the world hundreds of thousands volunteer to help others, putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do something good, be it large or small, to improve the lives of others and change the world. Good Deeds Day was initiated by businesswoman and philanthropist, Shari Arison, and is organized and launched by Ruach Tova, the one-stop shop in Israel for any individual, group or organization wishing to volunteer, and for any person, group or organization requiring aid.
This March, for the fourth year in a row, the Greater Washington community will join Israel and countries from across the globe for this community day of service. Established in 2007, Good Deeds Day celebrates the value and importance of giving back to the community we live in. In our community alone, last year we had 6,500 volunteers who took part in this initiative. This day will offer our entire community a variety of hands-on volunteer projects where they can roll up their sleeves and make an impact.
This year, hundreds of thousands of volunteers from around the world will continue to take part in this community day of service. On March 15th, 2015, more than 8,000 locals are expected to join the international Jewish community in making a difference. Whether you want to dance the day away with senior citizens, prepare and serve lunch to the homeless, help unite dogs with their forever homes or even help clean up a local park, a project that interests you awaits. Let's show the international Jewish community what our Greater Washington community can do.
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Scrap wood comes in handy when you need to build something quick. Our other end tables are in the garage because our little one likes to tip them over. So this was a quick fix, but we might use it as a writing/ coloring desk later.
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making the shallow desk-like cubby in what is wasted space in most end tables.
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Glad you guys like it. I know my wife is happy with it. I don't know what steals the remotes more, the baby or the couch.


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There Are No Difficult People
As I previously stated, we typically favor one or two of these movements and disregard the rest, resulting in us adopting the same movement regardless of the different situations we confronted with. So some people act passive and withdrawn even if the situation calls for a very different movement. Thus, they lose their flexibility and default to expressing only familiar responses. The same is true for those who always need to act superior no matter who they are with. They fail to realize that if you go one up with puffed up little boy bosses, it will be a costly disaster.
Recommended movements
If you selectively and consciously use the movements mentioned above in challenging situations, then you will be able to transform what happens in dealing with difficult people into successful outcomes. Below are some examples of categories of people who are typically seen as difficult.
Puffed-up people - There are many times you will run into people who have a need to act superior and want to instruct, lecture, correct, blame, and label you. By far, the most effective way of dealing with this person is the movement you try to continuously avoid and that is going one down. This includes expressing disappointment, confusion, inadequacy, powerlessness and insecurity as the movement of choice. So if the boss says you are continuously failing him, respond non- defensively by saying that "I really hear that I am not able to satisfy you" with no judgment or emotional reaction. This will create a dilemma for your boss, in which he has to agree with you or his only other choice is to affirm you. In either case you win, since you are no longer a reactive player in his game.
Compulsive invasive people - This person will be constantly invading your space and smothering you with words, questions, or needs. Assuming that you have tried to talk logically or politely to avert this to no avail, it is time for you to use an opposing movement with a very clear no message. It would sound like, "I am not available to listen right now." "But I need to talk." "I hear that, but I am not available." "What about just for ten minutes?" "No, I am not available."
High emotional drama people - This person will personalize every word or gesture and use it to magnify any emotional moment. You will feel like you are walking gingerly through landmines in hopes of not setting off the explosions. If any of these emotional missiles strike you, you will be defending yourself constantly. Using the moving away movement and increasing the distance between the two of you will minimize any damage. By moving to a suitable emotional distance, you will become more of an observer and no longer absorbing all this energy in your body.
Extremely distrusting people - Let's say you are with a partner who has great difficulty trusting any intimate expressions and you are becoming exhausted in trying to prove that you love and care for him. Each attempt seems to be discounted and has no impact. This may be a time for you to move up and tap into your unconditional love and acceptance and stop all ways of proving your love. When your partner says that he or she doesn't trust that you care or love them, you merely say, "I understand what you believe about me," and just look at them lovingly saying "I love you" as you effortlessly hold that position. Of course, they will express doubt as to your sincerity, but you are to remain calm and make no change in your statement or your loving feeling. You will just hold your loving container as long as they remain in disbelief.
So I hope I have provided you with a new way of looking at people and the challenges that they present, along with showing you a greater variety of ways of approaching them. You need to remember to look at the five movements that are available to you in a given moment rather than becoming fixated on the other person's behavior. Then after choosing the movement that you sense would be most effective, make a commitment that you will sustain that movement as long as the other person remains in their position. Do not change the movement until you feel in your body that the "difficult" person has made a real shift in their attitude or behavior. Even if they make no change, you are no longer reactive and have taken care of yourself. Each time that you are able to adopt this new flexibility, your sense of empowerment will greatly increase.


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Directed by | Mark A.Z. Dippé Kyung Ho Lee |
Produced by | Daniel Chuba John Davis Ash R. Shah |
Written by | Jim Davis |
Starring | Frank Welker Gregg Berger Audrey Wasilewski Jason Marsden Wally Wingert Vanessa Marshall |
Narrated by | Frank Welker |
Edited by | Rob Neal Tom Sanders |
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Garfield's Pet Force is a 2009 CGI film based on characters from the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield and loosely based on the Pet Force novel series. It is the sequel to Garfield's Fun Fest (2008). It is the final installment in the Garfield CGI Cartoon films. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 16, 2009. It was written by Garfield creator Jim Davis. In 2010 it was released in 3-D.
When Vetvix comes to Comic Strip World to go after Garzooka. Garzooka enlists Garfield, Nermal, Arlene, and Odie to help him stop Vetvix by becoming the Pet Force. However, Garfield would rather eat and sleep than help save the world. When Vetvix starts threatening Garfield's world, Garfield realizes what's really at stake. Will Garfield stop being lazy and help the Pet Force, and save the world?
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On the planet Dorkon, Professor Wally (the professor counterpart to Wally) shows Emperor Jon (the Emperor counterpart to Jon Arbuckle) his new invention, The Moscram ray gun, a device powered by the Klopman crystal that can scramble inanimate objects and organisms into new creatures under the user's control. But Emperor Jon is more concerned about finding a wife to continue the royal bloodline. Soon a warship lands near the palace. Emperor Jon runs into Vetvix (the super-villain counterpart to Dr. Liz Wilson), and asks her if he can marry her. She agrees, but only because she wanted to steal the Moscram Ray Gun, and is successful. Professor Wally calls the Pet Force: Garzooka (Garfield's superhero counterpart), Odious (Odie's superhero counterpart), Abnermal (Nermal's superhero counterpart) and Starlena (Arlene's superheroine counterpart). But Vetvix zombifies every member of the Pet Force except Garzooka. He manages to get hold of the Klopman Crystal and escapes with Professor Wally in a secret passageway. The professor uses his computer to search the universe for counterparts with DNA matches with the Pet Force. Professor Wally finds the counterparts, and give Garzooka their pictures and some serums that will transform the counterparts into the Pet Force, and he flies away in his space ship to Comic Strip World leaving Professor Wally behind with Vetvix vowing for revenge.
The situation was revealed to be a comic book Nermal was reading during a cookout with the gang. Nermal is really excited about getting the next 100th edition issue. Garfield's friends go to the Comic studio to work their new strip, except Garfield who wants to finish all the hot dogs. Nermal gets the new Pet Force issue from a news stand, with Garzooka jumping out of a comic book afterwards. Garzooka heads for Jon's house and is told where Odie, Arlene, and Nermal are by Garfield. Garzooka gives Garfield the Klopman Crystal as well telling him to protect it. Curiously, the pages of the comic book show exactly what is going on in Comic Strip World with Garfield & his group, but pages of future incidents are blank until the incidents occur.
In the break room at the Comic Studio, Nermal, Arlene, and Odie notice Garzooka behind them. Garzooka hands them the serums asking them to help him stop Vetvix, but they don't change immediately after they drink the serums. However it's time for Odie, Arlene, and Nermal to go to work and Garzooka follows. Meanwhile, the real Garfield is enjoying a relaxing day all to himself, but is captured by Vetvix (who appeared in Comic Strip World earlier) who tortures him for the Klopman Crystal, but to no avail (because Garfield is a cartoon character). Garfield tries to protect the Klopman Crystal, but it is taken by Vetvix and orders her guards to get rid of Garfield.
Back at Comic Studio, the gang is interrupted by Vetvix who crashes her war ship into the Comic Studio and zombifies most of the characters at the studio. Nermal, Odie, Arlene, Jon, and Garzooka escape to the back alley. Garzooka is wondering why the serums haven't taken effect yet. He notices Garfield falling from sky, when Odie, Nermal, and Arlene turn into their Pet Force counterparts, the effects of the serums having been delayed. They plan to bring down Vetvix's ship using the antenna on top of a tall tower nearby. Vetvix's ship reverses, causing a bill board to break to pieces. The Pet Force hide under one of the broken pieces of the bill board and escape while being chased by zombies and manage to reach the tower by crashing through walls. Eli saves Garfield from Vetvix, by making the air vent suck him in while Jon and a trash can were scrambled then becoming zombies. Vetvix causes chaos, zombifying all of the Comic Strip World. Eli scolds Garfield for not helping the Pet Force when the team needed him. Eli also scolds him that Vetvix would never had gotten the Klopman Crystal if Garfield went with Garzooka when Garzooka came to his world instead of Garfield being lazy and eating hot dogs. Garfield doesn't see himself as a hero. Garfield prefers to eat and sleep through the day than save the day. Eli tells Garfield that he needs to stop being lazy and get involved. Eli and Garfield manage to find three survivors: Wally, Wally's wife Bonita, and Betty. Eli tells Garfield that this is the opportunity to get involved and save the day. Garfield decides to name himself and the survivors "The Crazy Crew" and form their own plan. Meanwhile at the tower, Garzooka realizes the zombies are too much for the Pet Force. Luckily Garfield and Wally disguise themselves as Garzooka, and get the zombies' attention. The real Garzooka and the Pet Force go to the antenna and use it to bring down Vetvix's ship. Meanwhile, the zombies chase Garfield and Wally to the Comic Studio, and Eli opens the pit in the filming area, in which the zombies fall into. Meanwhile at the tower, Vetvix shoots the Moscram Ray Gun using the super scramble mode at the Pet Force.
Emperor Jon and Professor Wally break free (by the Professor's monocle that Garfield put on the windowsill earlier), and take over the ship, flying into the air, making Vetvix fall off. However, she makes a giant monster by shooting the ray gun at most of the buildings in the Comic Strip World, and decides to use the monster to destroy everything and get back her ship. Meanwhile, Vetvix's ship lands near the back alley of Comic Studio, and the Crazy Crew meet them, who let Garfield enter the ship. The ship flies above the monster and Garfield jumps off. By using the power of the Super Scrambled Pet Force and the dropped Moscram Ray Gun, Garfield defeats the monster along with unscrambling the Pet Force. Garfield and the "Crazy Crew" surround Vetvix and she backs up into a corner called the "Smile Section" which Betty invented. Garfield shoots Vetvix with the Moscram Ray Gun and Vetvix becomes a nice woman who is the perfect spouse for Emperor Jon. Eli opens the pit and Garfield unscrambles the zombies. Garzooka gives Arlene, Odie, and Nermal the red serums, and drink it. Emperor Jon and Queen Vetvix start their honeymoon after Emperor Jon immediately forgave her. Garfield finally wins Arlene's feelings, and two gaze at the stars. Suddenly, a trail of stars goes under them and they float into space and dance, before returning to Earth, and the film ends.
In the post-credit scenes, the gang watch a video (showing that the real Pet Force is back) at the Comic Studio. They notice that Betty is there too, and realize that she followed Garzooka to Dorkon. It looks like there will have to be a new assistant director to Charles which Nermal is eager to take.
- Frank Welker as Garfield, Garzooka, Computer Voice, Dog, Keith, Kung Fu Guard, Lawyer, Monster, Spike Guard, and the Narrator
- Gregg Berger as Odie
- Audrey Wasilewski as Arlene
- Jason Marsden as Nermal
- Vanessa Marshall as Vetvix
- Wally Wingert as Jon Arbuckle and Emperor Jon
- Fred Tatasciore as Billy Bear, Horned Guard
- Greg Eagles as Eli
- Jennifer Darling as Betty, Bonita Stegman
- Stephen Stanton as Randy Rabbit, Skinny Guard, Newspaper Stand Guy
- Neil Ross as Wally, Professor Wally, Charles
Additional voices were provided by Cathy Cavadini, Greg Finley, Jeff Fischer, David Michie, Paige Pollack and Ruth Zalduondo.
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- 2000s comedy films
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- Davis Entertainment films
- Direct-to-video animated films
- Films featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Garfield films
- Direct-to-video sequel films
- 2009 computer-animated films
- 20th Century Fox direct-to video films
- 2000s 3D films
- 2000s American animated films


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I am seeking information on my grandfather, Fredrick Carl Rahn, who, according to the information I have, came to Alberta, Canada (possibly with 2 or 3 other brothers) in the early 1900s to work on the Northern Alberta Railroad and to homestead. My grandfather was born in 1905 and was apparently from somewhere in Wisconsin. The family in Wisconsin was supposed to have been involved in some type of mining business. He married Regina Schaeffer (unsure of exact spelling), born in 1909 and homesteaded in the Coronation, Alberta area in the 1920's and moved north to the Cross Lake (Steele Lake), Alberta area to escape the drought on the prairies in the lower part of Alberta in the early 1930s. My grandparents had 5 children, Laura (Compton), William "Bill" (my father), Freda, Hertha (Yaroschuk) and Marjorie. Two of the siblings I believe might have been named Richard and Edward and the third may have been named Carl or Karl. I believe 2 of the brothers may have moved to British Columbia sometime between 1920 and 1960. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks Jim Rahn Edmonton Alberta Canada Notify Administrator about this message?
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