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Twelve years have passed since Nehemiah Trust left his hometown of Shibboleth, Alabama. Now a successful aide in Washington DC, Nehemiah is shocked when his brother Billy and high-school girlfriend Trice show up on his doorstep warning that something is stealing the life of what should be their idyllic hometown. Billy and Trice are convinced that only Nehemiah can help. As the three friends join together to save the place they call home, they learn the solution may require a willingness to sacrifice everything.
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"River Jordan had me at hello. This is wonderfully written, a dazzling debut." —Michael Lee West, author of Mad Girls in Love
"This is a book that inspires as well as it entertains -- and that is a rare achievement." —Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the White Dog
"[L]ike A Wrinkle in Time for grown-ups...a story filled with light." —Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama
"If Harper Lee and Dean Koontz joined their talents, they might come up with something as beautifully riveting as Messenger." —Eric Wilson, author of Expiration Date and Dark to Mortal Eyes
"This is a magical novel." —Lynne Hinton, author of Friendship Cake and The Arms of God
"[A] story full of southern dirt, courage, biscuits, faith, old trucks, old dogs, old friends - and love." —Lisa Tucker, author of The Song Reader
"Jordan has woven the mystery of redemption into the backdrop of the smalltown South…in the rich tradition of Flannery O'Connor." —Janis Owens, author of My Brother Michael and The Schooling of Claybird Catts
"In the best tradition of Stephen King and Peter Straub, Jordan creates an eerily sinister landscape…." —Booklist
"A beautifully written, atmospheric tale." —Kirkus Reviews
"When a new year starts with a novel this good, it bodes well for the whole year...." —Crossings Book Club
"A remarkable book. One is reminded of the film It's a Wonderful Life." —Grand Rapids Press
"This is a tale of wonder … Immerse yourself in River Jordan's wondrously redemptive tale." —Southern Living
"Jordan's prose, dazzlingly sparse in places, conjures up the traditions of Flannery O'Connor, Harper Lee and Peter Straub…." —Tampa Tribune
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- Imprint: HarperCollins e-books
- On Sale: 10/06/2009
- Pages: 256
- List Price: 0.99 USD
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US 5614047 A Abstract A paint roller is comprised of a thermoplastic tubular core and a cover fabric heat-fused thereto without an intermediate adhesive. The fabric is wound around the core in a helical path, and the core is heat-softened in the zone of winding to fuse the fabric to the core as it is wound thereon.
Claims(2) 1. A cold core method of making a paint roller from a cold, hard, preformed hollow core of thermoplastic material of a predetermined length in which the cold hard hollow core and its associated fabric cover are forged together to form a single unitary body comprising the steps of
providing a hard hollow core, said hard hollow core being cold, said cold hard hollow core being composed of a thermoplastic material capable of being fused to a fabric cover of a compatible material to form a single unitary body, said cold hard hollow core further having a predetermined, finite length, providing a mandrel having an external diameter which slidably receives and makes contact with the cold hard hollow core throughout its length so as to thereby enable the cold hard hollow core to rotate with the mandrel, rotating the mandrel and thereby the cold hard hollow core which has been received thereon and is in contact therewith, heating, by application of a single source of heat, the exterior surface of the cold hard hollow thermoplastic rotating core to a temperature high enough to cause subsequently applied fabric to adhere to said exterior surface, applying a fabric to the heated exterior of the hard hollow thermoplastic rotating core bonding the fabric to the heated exterior surface of the hard hollow thermoplastic core. 2. The method of claim 1 further characterized by and including the step of
applying pressure to the unheated fabric as the fabric is applied to the heated exterior of the code hard hollow thermoplastic core. Description This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 656,102, filed Feb. 11, 1991, now abandoned, which in turn was a continuation of Ser. No. 325,101, filed Mar. 13, 1989, now abandoned, which in turn was a continuation of Ser. No. 065,382, filed Jul. 28, 1987, now abandoned, which in turn was a division of Ser. No. 807,818, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,692,975. 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a novel construction, and a method and apparatus for the manufacture thereof, for a paint roller comprised of a tubular thermoplastic core and a fabric cover. In accordance with the invention, the fabric cover is wound helically (in spiral form) over the plastic core and the fabric cover and the plastic core are forged together, to form an integral body, by applying heat to the core. 2. Background of the Invention In the manufacture of paint rollers as presently practiced, a tubular plastic or cardboard core is inserted lengthwise over a rotating cylinder or spindle. The fabric cover, in the form of a tape or strip, is wound over the tubular core in a helical manner. This is done by feeding the fabric strip over the core from a guide oriented obliquely to the axis of the core and moving the guide lengthwise of the core in timed relation to the speed of rotation of the spindle. An adhesive is used to adhere the fabric strip to the core, and this type of device therefore requires both a supply of adhesive and apparatus for applying the adhesive material in the proper amounts to the fabric and/or the core. The bonding of the fabric to the tubular core by use of an adhesive presents several manufacturing problems resulting from the difficulty of consistently applying the adhesive in proper doses. Also, a special adhesive must be used to produce the desired bond between the core and the fabric. These disadvantages considerably increase the cost and complexity of manufacture of the paint rollers. It is an object of the present invention, therefore, to provide a novel paint roller construction, and a method and apparatus for the manufacture thereof, that permits bonding of the fabric strip to the tubular core without the use of adhesives and the components required for the supply and measuring thereof. A further object of the invention is to provide a novel paint roller construction in which the fabric cover is heat bonded to a tubular thermoplastic core without requiring a separate adhesive material. Still a further object of the invention is to provide a novel paint roller construction, and a method and apparatus for the manufacture thereof, in which the fabric cover is integrally bonded to a tubular plastic core by heat-softening the core to fuse the cover thereto, to form a single unitary body. These and other objects of the invention are attained by winding the fabric cover strip over a tubular thermoplastic core and by fusing the fabric directly to the core, without the use of an adhesive, by applying heat to the core in the zone where the fabric is wound thereon. Preferably, the heat source is located parallel to the plastic core in the region immediately forward of the point where the fabric is fed over the core. The fabric is supplied to the core along a guide oriented obliquely to the core axis to wind the fabric over the axis in a helical path. For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be made to the following description of illustrative embodiments thereof and to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of an apparatus for manufacture of the novel paint roller of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a section of the fabric strip used in fabricating the paint roller of the invention; FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a section of a plastic tubular core used in fabricating the paint roller of the invention; and FIG. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the paint roller of the invention, showing the integral forging of the fabric cover to the plastic core to form a unitary paint roller structure. In the embodiment of the apparatus illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a length of plastic tubular core stock 2 is inserted lengthwise over a spindle or cylinder 1. The plastic stock preferably comprises polypropylene, but may be made of any suitable thermoplastic material having the desired heat-bonding characteristics. As indicated in FIG. 2, the cylinder 1 is rotated (by a conventional means not shown) in the counterclockwise direction so as to wind around the core 2 a fabric strip 3. The fabric material is shown in more detail in FIG. 3, and is in fact a conventional cover material for a paint roller. The fabric strip 3 is fed to the core 2 by a guide 4 that is adjustably mounted on a carriage 5 so as to be oriented at an angle to the axis of the cylinder 1. The carriage 5 is moved parallel to the cylinder 1 along a frame 10, on which it is movably supported in a conventional manner. The movement of the carriage 5 is controlled by a chain drive 6. The speed of movement of the carriage 5 is timed relative to the speed of rotation of the cylinder 1 so that the fabric strip 3 is wound on the plastic core 2 in a tight helix. The fabric strip 3 is fed to the guide from a supply (not shown) and preferably is of a standard width and thickness, as is known in the art. If desired, the walls of the guide 4 may be made adjustable to accommodate strips of different widths. A hand wheel 12 is connected via a threaded shaft to a pressure pad 14 to apply a desired amount of pressure to the strip 3. This pressure serves to maintain the strip 3 under tension (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1), so that the strip will be wound tightly on the core 2. The carriage also includes a roller guide 16 which maintains the cylinder 1 and core 2 in the proper positional relationship to the guide 4. As a feature of the invention, no adhesive is used to bond the fabric strip 3 to the core 2. Instead, a heat source 7 is positioned to soften the surface of the core 2 just in advance of the zone of winding of the strip on the core. The heat source 7 is preferably somewhat elongated in the direction of the axis of the core 2, and suitably comprises a manifold-like structure for directing a series of flame jets against the surface of the core. Any suitable fuel may be used, such as, for example, natural gas. Alternatively, the heat source 7 may comprise an electrical, optical, or other type energy source. The heat source 7 is mounted on the carriage 5 for movement therewith along the length of the core 2. In this way, the surface of the core 2 in the zone of winding is heat-softened to the point that the fabric strip 3 is fused thereto upon being wound over the core 2. The resulting structure 8, illustrated in FIG. 5, is a paint roller in which the fabric strip and the plastic core have in effect been fused into an integral unitary body. The paint roller 8 of FIG. 5 may be used as a replacement element or it may be provided with end pieces and a handle to form a complete roller assembly. The present invention thus affords a simple low cost method and apparatus of manufacture that obviates the aforementioned problems of the prior art adhesive technique. The method and apparatus may therefore be readily set up and practiced with only a comparatively small investment in facilities and in personnel training. Also, the paint roller of the invention is a lightweight, strong and very clean end product that is free of the adhesive-related defects found in prior art paint rollers. Although the invention has been described and illustrated herein by reference to specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood that such embodiments are susceptible of modification and variation without departing from the inventive concepts disclosed. All such modifications and variations, therefore, are intended to be included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Patent Citations
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Fast affiliate ratings paint a rather anemic picture of Tuesday night. With so many series approaching finales, May kicked off with low notes that brought a victory for CBS among viewers and the key demo.
NCIS and NCIS: LA both pulled a 3.0 rating among adults 18-49. The former was steady with its previous original, while the latter surged 25 percent from three weeks ago. Not-yet-renewed Unforgettable was steady with a 1.8 rating, giving the network a 2.6 adults rating for the night and 14.3 million viewers.
The Voice led the night among individual broadcasts, though its 3.1 rating among adults 18-49 marks a low for a results show. It followed the season finale of The Biggest Loser, down a tenth of a point from the week before and well below any previous finale. A steady, if soft, Fashion Star ended the night with a 1.5 rating among adults 18-49 and tying its demo showing of the past two weeks. NBC averaged a 2.3 rating among adults and 6.7 million viewers.
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text: A Virtue-Based Approach to Ethical Leadership Ron Riggio Kravis Leadership Institute Claremont McKenna College Weichun Zhu, Chris Reina, Jim Maroosis Adding Ethics to Leadership Concern over ethics in business, government, nonprofits Most leadership theories do not take into account ethics/morality Leadership ethics tends to be behaviorally-focused rather than theoretically based Ethics in Transformational & Charismatic Leadership Burns (1978) concept of "morally uplifting" leaders Conger's (1990) notion of the "dark side" of charisma [the "Hitler Question"] Bass & Steidlmeier (1999) ethics and "authentic" transformational leadership Components of Transformational Leadership Idealized Influence - serving as positive role models for followers ("walking the talk"). Inspirational Motivation - motivate and inspire followers by providing meaning and challenge. Intellectual Stimulation - stimulate followers to be creative/innovative by questioning assumptions, reframing problems, and devising new solutions. Individualized Consideration - paying special attention to followers' needs and concerns; developing followers via mentoring/coaching New Leadership Theories Incorporating Ethics Authentic Leadership Theory (Avolio, Gardner, Walumbwa, et al) Self-Awareness (understanding of strengths/weaknesses) Relational Transparency (presenting an authentic self; control emotions) Balanced Processing (objectivity) Internalized Moral Perspective (holds to internal moral standards) New Leadership Theories Incorporating Ethics (cont.) Fry's "Spiritual Leadership" Theory Shared vision Altruistic love/values (wholeness, harmony, sense of well-being) Hope/Faith (fostering motivation and trust) These impact "Calling" and a sense of "Membership" Aristotelian Virtue Ethics Prudence - wisdom; using good judgment, taking counsel Fortitude - courage; perseverance and persistence (for a noble cause) Temperance - moderation; humility; knowing one's deficiencies Justice - fairness; unselfishness Development of the Ethical Leadership Questionnaire Began with detailed descriptions of the virtues (Maroosis) Creation of items (Riggio & Reina) "Q-sort" by philosophers Item analyses/factor analyses "Known groups" analysis Convergent & Discriminant Validity Sample Items: Ethical Leadership Questionnaire Does as he/she ought to do in a given situation (P) Learns from past..makes effort to improve…(P) Will put job on line to do the right thing (F) Maintains strong moral judgment … in face of adversity (F) Is concerned about the good of the entire group…not just for him/herself (T) Successfully regulates personal desires…makes the best decision for the organization as a whole (T) Gives credit to others when credit is due (J) Respects the rights and integrity of others (J) Intercorrelations Among Ethical Leadership Measures ELQ correlates highly (r =.83-.88) with Transformational, Authentic, and Ethical leadership (Brown & Trevino) ELQ correlates negatively (r = -.56 to - .68) with narcissism and laissez-faire leadership Unrelated to leadership "level" and tenure Other Results Interestingly, there is "robustness" to ethical leadership measures; subscales intercorrelate, unitary factor structures persist ELQ correlates highly with follower sense of empowerment and organizational identity (same source) Implications for Research and Leader Development Uses existing (ancient) theory to drive measurement of ethical leadership; merges philosophy and management psychology Results suggest that general impressions of leader ethicality are important and affect follower outcomes 360-feedback on ethicality might be an important component of leader development (although controversial) Character can be developed (Aristotle)


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Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort
Phone: (352) 569-1169
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Sites: 215
Recent Rate: $20 1/2014
Latitude: 28.6100592801143
Longitude: -82.0236361026764
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Date of Stay: January, 2014 - $20.00
Cost was based on monthly rate + electricity. Should be a 10 but so many things wrong. This is an owner park with many developer lots unsold. Webster is a windy place so we could not leave our patio awning out. Lakes are dry so it looks like giant sink holes. The water at the sites is poor quality with low pressure. Need a softener, and with 4 filters it can still be an ugly yellow color. Lots of activities at clubhouse but owners associate mostly with their friends so it feels unfriendly. A lot of the activities encourage alcohol consumption. The low rate is lost on the extra cost for gasoline to get anywhere. Most places you want to go to are at least a 30 minute drive. Non-owner mail is left on tabletop at the clubhouse, so it is unsecured. We used the Webster Post Office general delivery to receive our mail. Bankruptcy and fraud prosecution by the original developer left park owners with big losses. New owner does not receive substantial revenue so improvement projects are not being accomplished. The choices for a nice park in this area are not very good. The Office Manager and Activities Director are really great people. They work hard and are always helpful. Be careful if you want service or wash and wax. Recommend using non-owners. We had an unsatisfactory coach detailing from an owner. This park is beautiful but poorly managed. We will not return to Florida Grande. We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: November, 2013 - $20.00
Very remote location. 30 minutes to any good restaurant and 1 hour for shopping. Great RV pads with excellent power. Water pressure low and frequently turns yellow, even with extra filtration. Nice clubhouse. Great staff - friendly and helpful. Lakes have been drained so views are ugly. Marginal WiFi @ clubhouse only. Very good AT&T LTE and Verizon LTE. Suggest renting from the office. We rented from the owner that tried to extort additional money from us after we departed then threatened to have us blacklisted. Our experience ended badly. Will not return because of this experience. We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: December, 2013 - $29.00
Rate reflects rally price. This park is beautiful, although it is huge and walking to clubhouse is a very, very long walk, from all sites. If you don't have a toad, golf cart or bike, be prepare to hike! The sites are huge and the entire park is very well maintained. The wi-fi is only available in the clubhouse and no cable hook ups either. This is the only reason I didn't rate as a 10. You would think a park this nice would have both of these. We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: April, 2013 - $22.00
Stayed at this park four nights. Spent a week in Florida searching for a park for Winter Season. This is an owners park, but sites available to rent. Webster is a small town, but a short drive to larger towns. Very friendly and helpful staff. Excellent facilities with many activities in season. Very friendly site owners. A beautiful park. I will rent a site for 5 months next season from a site owner. Best park for the money I found during a week of looking. A true RV Resort. We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: April, 2012 - $25.00
Lovely park with excellent facilities. Sites are extra wide and long with attractive landscaping. New owner just took over. Very, very friendly campers. Wi-Fi at clubhouse only. Although the grounds are very luxurious, the location of the park is in a very unattractive, rural town with almost no services. If you don't mind driving 25 miles for stuff, you'll be okay. Rate reflects a weekly stay. We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: January, 2012 - $20.00
Friendliest, warmest "neighborhood" feel motorcoach only RV park we have ever seen. People stop by and introduce themselves all the time. Classes offered in all kinds of stuff-crafts, line dancing, jewelry making, model airplane building, tons more. There is no line between "owner" and "renter" here. Terrific entertainment and planned dinners, we have never met such wonderful people! Volunteers keep this park running smoothly. Beautiful pool, 20,000 sq. ft. clubhouse, top notch fitness equipment. Even though it's in the middle of the state, in the little town of Webster, there is PLENTY to do.There is golf near by. Big cities are an hour's drive away if you need major culture and shopping. We love this place and will be back again next winter! We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: July, 2011 - $25.00
Very nice Class A only RV resort. Excellent amenities. Great Wi-Fi. All paved roads, nice landscaping, large concrete pads. Nice layout. We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: March, 2011 - $33.00
We stayed on a 3 night special with a low key sales pitch. If I were to buy in Florida, this would be my choice. Lots are a good size and the allowed carriage houses are nice and standardized, so overall it looks good. The only draw back is Webster is not really close to anything, except its flea market. We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: November, 2010 - $17.00
First, yes they are still in bankruptcy or Chapter 11. Resort is up for auction on December 15. Very sterile. To start, lakefront sites - No water in lakes as hand dug and dug out all clay so will not hold water, view is tall grass. Laundry room - yes - but no washers or dryers installed. No tennis courts, shuffle board, or pool in back - space is dumpsters and piles of debris. Lots are landscaped nicely if owned but resort owned lots are not maintained - weeds and vines taking over plants. Pool by clubhouse but has not been heated as stated and no tiki hut by pool as in brochure. In other words, you pay for a concrete slab in the middle of a cow pasture. Lot owners friendly but renters not included a lot. Have kitty out every time you go to happy hour, etc. Always want donations for something. Directions to resort on internet and in brochure incorrect. Definitely do not expect what you see on internet or in brochure. Not too much to do unless you like to drive. We rented this site on a monthly basis. We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: July, 2010 - $35.00
This is a new class "A" only resort. The park sits on 250 acres of land, two miles east of Webster, FL. Everything is new. The resort has 215 sites now ready to rent or buy. The total site count will be 499 when finished. The resort has back in and pull in sites. All sites are level and are 32 feet wide and 78 feet deep. All sites are six inch deep cement and have 50 amp power, water and sewer. No cable TV or telephone on sites. I could not find any channels over the air here. Sat. dish will work on all sites. Verizon cell and air card worked well here. All roads in resort are very wide as are the turns. Gates are locked 24/7 but you have a code to get in. You have free Wi-Fi at the clubhouse and we could pick up Wi-Fi a good ways from this point. Club house is 20,000 Sq. feet and has a swimming pool, spa, exercise room, kitchen, billiards room, library, craft room, laundry/post office and game room. The resort has a dog run. More features will be added in future. Anyone who has a class A motorhome needs to check this place out. A noise free place to spend sometime. Staff was great. GPS is 28.61004 -82.023670. We camped at Florida Grande Motor Coach Resort in a Motorhome.
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James Gleason | |
in Meet John Doe (1941) | |
Born | New York City, U.S. | May 23, 1882
Died | April 12, 1959 Woodland Hills, California, U.S. | (aged 76)
Years active | 1914–59 |
Spouse(s) | Lucille Gleason (1905-1947) (her death) |
Children | Russell Gleason (son) |
James Gleason | |
in Meet John Doe (1941) | |
Born | New York City, U.S. | May 23, 1882
Died | April 12, 1959 Woodland Hills, California, U.S. | (aged 76)
Years active | 1914–59 |
Spouse(s) | Lucille Gleason (1905-1947) (her death) |
Children | Russell Gleason (son) |
James Austin Gleason (May 23, 1882 – April 12, 1959) was an American actor born in New York City. He was also a playwright and screenwriter.[1]
Coming from theatrical stock, as a schoolboy he made stage appearances while on holiday. He began earning his living at the age of thirteen, being a messenger boy, printer's devil, assistant in an electrical store and a lift boy. He enlisted in the United States Army at age 16 and served 3 years in the Philippines.
On discharge, he began his stage career, later taking it up professionally. He played in London for two years and following his return to the United States, he began in films by writing dialogue for "comedies". He also wrote several plays. His first film acting was in the film The Count of Ten (1927) by Universal. In 1931, he co-starred with Robert Armstrong in the radio sitcom Gleason and Armstrong.
Balding and slender with a craggy voice and a master of the double-take, Gleason portrayed tough but warm-hearted characters, usually with a New York background. He appeared in several movies with his wife Lucille.
Gleason co-wrote The Broadway Melody, the second film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and had a small uncredited role in it. Gleason also co-wrote and briefly appeared as a hot dog vendor in the 1934 Janet Gaynor vehicle Change of Heart. He played a milk cart driver who gives lessons in marriage to Judy Garland and Robert Walker in the 1945 film The Clock, while Lucille played his wife. In the same year, he played the bartender in the film adaptation of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. He is seen every Christmas time when the Frank Capra classic " Meet John Doe" is shown; he was the cynical, " hard boiled" editor brought in to pump up the newspaper that ran with the " John Doe" story. By the end of the film he was the voice telling Gary Cooper what was really going on.
Gleason also is remembered for playing police inspector Oscar Piper in a series of six Hildegarde Withers mystery films during the 1930s, starting with The Penguin Pool Murder.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as boxing manager Max 'Pop' Corkle in the 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
Gleason also appeared on television, including several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, the Reed Hadley legal drama The Public Defender, ABC's The Real McCoys, and the Christmas 1957 episode of John Payne's The Restless Gun on NBC. In "The Child" Gleason and Anthony Caruso played Roman Catholic priests who run an orphanage. Dan Blocker, just launching his acting career, also guest starred in the episode.[2]
James and Lucille Gleason had a son, actor Russell Gleason. On December 26, 1945, the younger Gleason was in New York City awaiting deployment to Europe with his regiment, when he fell out of a fourth story window in the Hotel Sutton, which the army had commandeered to house the troops, resulting in his death. Reports varied, some saying the fall was accidental, while others stating it was a suicide.[3][4] Russell's most prominent role had been as Muller in the Academy Award-winning version of All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). Russell Gleason was married to Cynthia Lindsay, a former Busby Berkeley chorus girl who later wrote a biography of family friend Boris Karloff.[4]
James Gleason was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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Wow - Congratulations Exotic!!!
The best exercise in the world is to bend down and help someone up.
What RUSSELL_40 and JERF said!
And check my ticker. That's *all* low-carb. No exercise (I'm disabled). That noted, it's not for everyone. I'm a real carb addict, and that makes it tough to stick to. I fall off regularly, unfortunately. But I keep plugging away. I've also developed some autoimmune-related GI issues lately, which makes it even more challenging to stick with. But I feel a lot better, so I know I need to do it. I second the notion to join the LC forums here. There are several. And find one of the original Atkin's books. I don't promote one LC lifestyle over another, since any of them will require tweaking to your own body's needs... but the Atkins book gives you the foundational science and a good organizational plan to follow while you learn how to do LC. It helps to know *why* you're eating that way, and to have some template to get started with. LC is *not* high protein. It's "normal" protein, but higher fat. You have to reorient your thinking there if you hope to be successful with the lifestyle. Lots of good nonstarchy veggies are de rigueur. You can find all the food do's and don'ts in the book, or from SP members in the forums. I wish you luck and improved health! ...the problem with people these days is
they've forgotten we're really just animals ... (attributation forgotten) We did not create the web of life; we are but a strand in it. ~attributed to Chief Seattle We don't have souls. We ARE souls. We have bodies. ~C.S. Lewis
I tried low carb for about three months and lost about 30 pounds, great for me. My husband lost 40. I just couldn't continue to eat that way. I thought if I ate one more sausage, egg, chop or steak I would heave. I just wanted to have an ordinary sandwich or a little bit of rice with my Chinese food. I gained all that weight back and more. I have been using a combination of Spark People and Weight Watchers ( I need the meetings). It has been slow (three years in October) but I have lost 108 pounds. The great thing is I'm still at it and I haven't gotten bored or burned out with the food. I eat what I want working always to improve my level of nutrition.
Everyone is different. It sounds like you like fruit and dairy. I like fruit but have to make myself eat dairy but I do it. I throw a bit of flax seed in my cereal or yogurt and I add an extra veggie or fruit to every meal. I find I do better when I add in good things rather than totally eliminating things. I have a lot less guilt because nothing is totally off limits. Good luck with whatever you decide but don't make it too hard on yourself. Edited by: CLARISSABOND at: 6/27/2014 (02:31) I am always worth my best. My best is good enough for anyone.
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Low-carb means less than 20% of the calories are from carbohydrates.
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I have another question about carbs...what daily number do you have to hit for carbs for it to be considered a "low carb diet?"
While it is true that low carb is really a high fat diet, it is a tough diet to do with little to no meat. Is it possible? Yes, but why do a diet that you don't like. I have lost 1/2 my weight following low carb for over 5 years, but I liked the meat, eggs, and lots of fat.I averaged about 10/25/65 for most of that time, and my carbs were completely from vegetables, starting at 20 grams a day. I am now up to 70 grams a day, and eat 10-15 servings of veggies and now eat fruit, beans, some starchy vegetables, as well as low carb tortillas.
The diet has varying levels, and while your husband may need to be very low carb, you may find that you can do a more moderate version... say 150 grams a day, but eat healthier carbs. Switch to 10 + servings of veggies, have a couple sweet potatoes, or brown rice/pasta servings a week. Focus on cutting sugar, and processed foods, and instead eating whole, real foods. You have already seen a benefit by eating healthy for 3 months, so it is working already, so you don't need to make big changes, if any. You COULD just continue doing what you are currently doing. However if you are worried about carbs, I would do a more moderate version, since you can lose weight on a normal diet. I am on several low carb teams, but the one that I would suggest for you is SMART CARBING. There are a lot of members there eating 100-150 grams a day, so they might be closer to a diet that you would want to follow, so you did not have to eat a lot of meat. Maybe discuss it with some people( including your doctor ), read a few books on it, like The Zone, or South Beach, or look at a Mediterranean Diet book, and see if you can flesh out a plan that seems OK to you. Obviously, Atkins would be a little too tough for you to do, but there is a benefit to making any healthy choice. Focus on the quality of your carb, and maybe you can eat more quantity. I would try cleaning up the carbs you do eat, and see if that is enough, before trying out anything. This will give you some time to do some research, and talk to a dietitian or doctor. Get everything worked out BEFORE you start, like whether you plan on eating 30 or 40 % carbs, how much protein, and how much fat, and which foods you want to eat to hit those macro percentages. If you choose 40 % carbs/ 20 % protein/ 40 % fat for example, you will have lots of carbs, but will want to get rid of most sugar, and packaged, processed foods. Without eating a lot of meat, you will need items like dairy, and beans to get enough protein, if you limit meat to 4 ozs. a day ( example ). Google high protein foods, and get a list of foods that you would eat that aren't meat to fill out your menu. With fat at 40 %, you have a lot of choices. Low carb diets suggest eating nuts, butter, olive oil, avocados, meat, eggs, and dairy to get most of that fat. Still there are fats to avoid, like trans fats, and the arguments about saturated fats ( talk to your doctor ), as well as the advice of not eating vegetable oils, or eating more Omega 3's, and less Omega 6's. If you are okay with eating 4 ozs. of " meat ", you may want to get that from mostly poultry, or fish. You want to decide all that BEFORE you change your diet, which is working. Three months ( 13 weeks ), with 7 lbs lost, is over 1/2 a lb a week, or 26 lbs in a year. That is better than 80 % of dieters, so don't be in a rush to make changes. If you make a change, you want it to at least help you lose more than 1/2 a lb a week, or you might as well have just stayed on your current diet, right? The last thing you want to do, is try a diet that you won't enjoy, or stick to, when you already have that. If you do make a change, get the diet set in your mind, pre-plan meals ahead of time, and don't make any changes for at least 3 months. You will hear all kinds of things day to day. Every food is good/bad, eat more/ less saturated fats, have coconut/ almond oil/butter. Etc., etc., etc. Don't change the diet based on the topic of the day. You can always implement changes after 3 months. My last advice is to not eat any " low carb " products. In my opinion, they are junk. Sugar alcohols, and SF foods stall a lot of people, so if you aren't currently eating SF jell-o for example, don't start. Everyone tries to sneak in some sweets, or " healthy " versions of foods they used to eat, but it usually ends in disaster. They end up eating a 12 pack of " low carb " ice cream bars. I think you are going to get 50/50 advice here, with some saying to just tweak what you are doing, and others telling you how great low carb is for them. Both ways can work for you, if done properly, but which one will you stick to and enjoy? Edited by: RUSSELL_40 at: 6/25/2014 (11:09) "We can't solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them "
- Albert Einstein Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right. - Henry Ford
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Alvaria, maybe you can find some happy mediums. If your family likes fried snacks, then try some similar vegetable sources, such as kale or carrot chips - these are especially good if you make them at home with just cut up kale leaves or carrots shaved lengthwise with a peeler, an olive oil mister, seasonings (such as smoked paprika, garlic), and an oven that goes down to a low temperature. You can oven-fry your daughter's potatoes and fish, too, if she agrees. If your husband likes ketchup or Italian food, all those tomato products definitely count as "vegetables" (just be sure there isn't any high-fructose corn syrup hiding in there!). If he likes other fruit, that may be an option, too - berries, nectarines/peaches, and all kinds of melons (including watermelon) are relatively low in sugar and can help balance fats and sugars (and are available frozen and canned in natural juice all year long). If he liked mashed potatoes before his current diet, you can make something similar with well-steamed cauliflower. Along the way, you might find other ideas, such as hearty vegetable or vegetable-meat soups and stews. Any little improvement is still an improvement, even if it isn't perfect.
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I do eat some higher fiber cabs like brown rice. Once or twice a week. We also have lentils mixed in with the rice. But this is a recent addition. I'm trying to be healthier so I am making switches and my daughter and I are slowly eating healthier. But she just wants to eat potato waffles and fish fingers with ketchup all the time :/
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Thanks for the posts, there is some really good advice on here. Yep I went to top up my electric today and I did NOT buy any candy. Thats my husbands issue he doesn't like vegetables. As for my daughters snacks, she gets a small 6 pack of chips a week and maybe one candy thats it really. They are cheaper at that store vs the supermarket. I know I just need to learn self control. My friends are helping my husband diet because he just won't do it by himself. He lives with them. In all honesty as long as he looses it's going to be good for him. Because being nearly 400lbs is not healthy for him at all. I will ask him about the veg later. I think he's supposed to eat green vegetables. I don't know if he has or not. It sounds like the Dukan diet.. or similar..
if your biggest problem really is that you overdo it on the candy, then finding somewhere else to to up your electricity is going to do more for you than changing your carb ratios if doing that prevents you from buying and eating too much candy. if you have to go to that corner store, going with no more money than your electricity/snacks will take and going only after you have just eaten can help.
if you're just not feeling satisfied overall, then you might need to change your ratios. if you're interested in learning about if low[er] carb can work for you, start searching out recipes. check the low carb teams here on spark and check out some low carb cookbooks from the library. see if there are any recipes that look good to you. try out some of the more promising recipes and see how they sit with you. if nothing else i think that the lowest carb recipes highlight some of the best fruits and vegetables for you. -google first. ask questions later.
Its a question of happy mediums. In fact, I would say that for both of you, the issue is as much what you're NOT eating as what you are eating. He needs vegetables-- high protein diets "work" over the very short term, but he's likely to run into health issues if he tries to keep it up for as long as it will take to lose the 150+ pounds he needs to lose.
And you also need vegetables, plus maybe some higher-fiber carbs. You're probably right that the problem isn't what you eat intentionally, but the junk you eat from the corner store (although it would probably be helpful to think really hard about whether that IS part of what you "regularly" eat. If it's happening more than once a month or so, then it actually really is part of your regular pattern.) Think about whether you can avoid that corner shop stuff altogether, because the truth is, you don't have to get your daughters snacks from there. It's not doing them any good; those foods are probably more harmful to children than to adults. And if you want to add more protein look at things like legumes (pulses), higher-protein vegetables, a hard-cooked egg added to a salad now and then, and so on. It won't be the same as his high-protein/low carb plan, but it will be higher protein and higher fiber than what you're doing now. Since you live apart, just let him do what he wants to do, and you do what you feel is best for you. He will probably lose his enthusiasm for it eventually, and if not, you can deal with the differences when you start living together again. If you feel like he's pressuring you now, you can either say, "I'm comfortable with what I'm doing now" or you can say, "Mm, yeah, I'll think about it," depending on how you generally deal with differences.
Firstly a low carb diet is not a high protein diet. A low carb diet is a high fat diet.
Low carb diets promote eating 10+ servings of non starchy vegetables a day. Lots of healthy fats make up the bulk of daily calories and the same amount of protein that SP recommends, less than 30% of total calories from protein. Some low carb diets allow starchy carbs, I eat a lower carb diet and eat potatoes, sweet potatoes and banana everyday. Replacing carbs from sugars and refined grains with carbs from fresh vegetables and fruits will only make you healthier. Remember all successful "diets" have one thing in common, they include lots of fresh produce in them! So keep eating those cucumber, carrots and berries. You husband needs to eat some vegetables. How Carbohydrates Work in the Body According to JERF Carbohydrates are ingested, simple carbohydrates (like sugar) hit the bloodstream very fast making your insulin levels rise fast. Complex carbohydrates (like sweet potato) are more slowly digested making your blood sugar rise more slowly over a longer period of time. The body is only able to use a very small amount of sugar at any given time. I believe we're only able to have 5 grams in our blood at one time. If you eat too many simple or complex carbohydrates you will have too much sugar in your bloodstream and the body will store the excess sugar for later use. The body stores the sugar as fat. If you constantly have too much sugar in the body then your body will not be able to access all that stored energy in your fat. In the absence of sugar the body can use a process called gluconeogenesis to turn stored body fat into usable energy. Thereby reducing your overall body fat. Make sense? Also the body has a process which turns excess protein into sugar, so eating too much protein is not really the way to go if your goal is fat loss. Hope that helps, Edited by: JUSTEATREALFOOD at: 6/25/2014 (09:14) JERF - Just Eat Real Food
I'm a Certified Personal Trainer. I'm not a doctor or dietitian. I'm just a real whole foods nutrition nerd. I eat mostly vegetables, fats, meats, some fruit and dark chocolate. Unprocessed and preservative free. And it's changed my life! 5'4" Goal weight 125lbs 37 years old 2 kids Keeping my blood sugar levels low on my high fat/ low carb/ moderate protein diet.
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Ok so my husband has started this high protein diet thing (we currently live apart btw) his friend lost 100lbs or something similar on this. I know my aunt also did the Dukan diet and lost 45lbs over 5 months. My husband is 390 so much larger than me.. but the thing that gets me about this diet is he doesn't calorie count, he eats meat rolls with mustard, nuts (almonds) and basically eggs and meat. Now it's great he is doing it I think it's fab for him. But he is telling me I should do it too.
Basically I eat a lot of carby type foods... cucumber (snacks), carrots, berries, low fat yogurt, and heaven forbid skimmed milk! Infact I can list off basically the types of stuff I eat on a daily bases. I mainly recently have had a mixed berry smoothie 2-3 times a day I make myself 10oz skimmed milk, Sometimes I add low fat yogurt, always berries or low fat mixed fruit. I don't eat so great for dinner, but all the stuff I buy is pre-frozen as it's cheaper. I've lost about 7lbs since I started eating healthier, over around 3 months and I have noticed that my size 16(US) are starting to get more comfortable rather than tight. Would I benefit from less carbs? I do have a lot more too loose but I don't like meat very much so I am not sure what exactly my husband expects me to eat... I literally very occasionally have chicken or bacon. I eat fish regularly as it's cheap. I'd rather stick to something thats maintainable, it's not what I regularly eat thats the issue, it's staying away from the candy aisle when I top up my electric at the corner shop because I get my daughters snacks from there. I just don't know how carbs work and although I'd like to give this low carb thing a try, I can't think of any protein foods that I actually like enough to just eat that.. I like eggs but I'm not going to sit there and just eat eggs..
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As allegations of marriage troubles for the parents on Jon & Kate Plus 8 are splashed across the tabloids, fans are starting to grow weary of the hen-pecked husband, his controlling wife, and their brood of twins and sextuplets.
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As allegations of marriage troubles for the parents on Jon & Kate Plus 8 are splashed across the tabloids, fans are starting to grow weary of the hen-pecked husband, his controlling wife, and their brood of twins and sextuplets.
Last week, Us Weekly magazine ran pictures of reality-TV dad Jon Gosselin leaving a Pennsylvania bar with a woman (later identified as Deanna Hummel). He later issued a statement saying the woman is only a friend but also said the incident "showed poor judgment on my part."
This isn't the first time "poor judgment" has landed him in the headlines. In February, Gosselin was seen getting cozy with some Pennsylvania coeds, though a release later said they were fans asking for a photo.
But the marriage drama, real or not, is merely a part of what's distancing fans from one of TLC's most popular shows.
The couple turned to fertility treatments after Kate was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, and had twins Mady and Cara in 2000.
Deciding that they wanted just one more, the pair tried again and ended up with sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel in 2004.
When the family first appeared on Surviving Sextuplets and Twins, a one-hour special on Discovery Health, it was hard not to feel for exhausted parents Jon and Kate. Fans watched as the kids had meltdowns while their parents bickered and struggled to find the time and money to raise their large family.
But as the seasons wore on (the fifth begins May 25) the squabbles wore thin – Kate even yelled at Jon for breathing too loud in one episode – and their lifestyle became less relatable.
They've become multimedia stars, appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show and other daytime hits, magazine covers and TV specials; Kate is currently promoting her second bestselling book on their lives, Eight Little Faces: A Mom's Journey.
Parents such as Cheryl Leung, mother to 1-year-old Hannah, got hooked in the beginning because she could identify with the family and sympathized with them. But Leung stopped watching the series last summer. "It just seemed like a half-hour-long commercial. It's not a realistic portrayal of what family life is like – not just for families with eight kids like theirs, but families in general. Most people don't live in a house that big, don't receive gifts, toys, products to test or use."
While ratings are still strong, Leung's feelings are part of a growing wave of discontentment with the family in the blogosphere.
The Gosselins Without Pity blog – gosselinswithoutpity.blogspot.com – offers snarky episode recaps and updates on the Gosselins.
Over the past week, commenters on the blog have weighed in on the late-night photos of Jon and his female friend. Some people say it's no wonder Jon may want to stray, but a common thread was concern for the children and the question of who was looking after the kids while Jon was at a bar and Kate was on her book tour.
As fans become concerned over whether the children are being exploited, viewers may also be hitting multiple birth overload. TLC's lineup includes the Duggar family in 18 Kids and Counting (originally 17 Kids and Counting), and the Hayes and their two sets of twins and sextuplets in Table for 12. And, of course, the birth of octuplets to California's Octomom Nadya Suleman in January created a media frenzy as it was revealed that she was unmarried, unemployed and already had six other children.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A Bakersfield man who allegedly murdered his so-called friend and buried his body at several homes will spend nearly 40 years behind bars.
Frank Valles took a plea deal in November. Valles pleaded no contest to manslaughter and embezzlement in exchange for dropping a first-degree murder charge.
Valles was given 38 years for the death of Alphonso Hyde.
Prosecutors said he buried Hyde in his backyard, but kept cashing Hyde's Native American benefits checks for years.
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In our single review for the week, Allen takes a look at The Case Files of Young Kindaichi Returns. He's quite pleased with it.
Well, see you again.
-Stig Høgset.
Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san, if I call on you, will you spend twelve episodes making me feel (mostly) uncomfortable? Will you confront me with uninvited house guests and stampede me with jokes about bad people?
Allen also wants to know the future. Will it be like in Karen Senki, where the robot overlords have taken over? Will the future be made in three dimensional computer graphics and lots of hi-octane action scene shootouts? Will some things make no damn sense at all, yet be strangely appealing somehow?
Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san. Will we also return next week with more reviews? Will we also see you guys again then? Yes? Well, then....
Nick's review is about the pervert in question, and he is not happy about The Comic Artist and Assistants, mostly because it's a solid hint that someone out there is severely underestimating the patience of even the most benevolent tsundere.
So the creator of the show I reviewed -- or rather, the light novel it's been based on -- must've been thinking "Well, how about if I make MY male lead just a regular idiot instead", and lo and behold, the cumbersomely titled When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace becomes vastly more tolerable because of it. The title is also a total lie, because the characters in it would rather not have to depend on their powers, and the comedy works because it more often than not makes good on that promise.
And that's it for now. Next week, there'll be goofiness and unpleasantness afoot. Look forward to it.
For today's update, I revisit a strangely-titled Bee Train show, which Carlos had partially tackled several years back. I liked it more than he did, though it's still plenty flawed. And remember: "when it comes to mad constipation, there's nothing stronger!"
Up next, Allen takes a look at last year's Gag series, Strange+, which he recommends as fun, mindless entertainment, albeit cautiously.
That's it for this week's venture into three-star entertainment. Having graduated from last week's two-star material, will next week's update continue the upward trend?
....in Stig's case, he at least breaks even, but in my case, no. Very much, absolutely, positively no. I may yet need some Madlax after all.
-Nick Browne
Hey, everyone. 'tis Stig and Nick dropping by to give you the latest in two-star entertainment.
Nick: Samurai Flamenco sure has the spirit of a flamenco dancer, at least at first. But then, the dance company changes hands, and apparently the era of the samurai came to an end somewhere in the midst. Read on to find out why this promising show ended up as such a mess.
Stig: Celestial Method, however, could use a bit more spring in its step, because all you get here for far too long is people being angry at each other for poorly defined reasons. Then again, one should not expect more from a show that defies reason and expects a magic, glowing orb in the sky to fix all its problems.
And with that, we bid you farewell for now. See you again next week.
-Nick Browne and Stig Høgset.
Then again, that would probably be a lot more fun than this.
Nick tackles -- almost literally -- a musical show called Tari Tari. I can almost imagine him leaping at its ankles, tackling it to the ground and continuously slapping it while telling it what for. Either way, he did not have a good time.
As for me, I guess I could manage with Girl Friend BETA. It wasn't particularly interesting, but it didn't hurt to watch either. I know there's a lot of people out there who are going to love this stuff, and I don't necessarily blame you. That said, there's still a few things you should probably keep in mind before heading in, so... uh, head into the review and find out why.
And that's about it for this week. See you again next Monday. As ever.


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I will cover each of the proposals in more detail and there will be an opportunity for shareholder questions on the proposals following the presentation of the proposals and before voting on the proposals take place. Following a vote on proposals of the shareholders, we will conclude the business portion of the meeting.
We have available for inspection a list of all shareholders as of the record date and proof of due calling of the meeting. In addition, I have received an oath signed by Mr. Christensen, the Inspector of Election which is available for your examination and will be filed within minutes of this meeting stating that he will faithfully execute with strict and partiality, his duty as Inspector of Election.
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4.5 A great teen movie :) LillyLisa | 11/02/2012 | See all LillyLisa's reviews (3) I am 16 and not only was this a great DVD filled with romance and teen humor but it was also the first thing I ever bought on play.com and was very happy when I recieved it as it was quite a quick delivery :) I recomend thid DVD to all teenagers girls and even family nights :)
4.5 take it or leave it mrsgabbym | 11/07/2011 | See all mrsgabbym's reviews (29) Its an ok film, I'd give it 6/10...more of a film for young girls....some poor acting from some cast members & does make out that the British are stuck up and pompous.....But Amanda & Colin firth's characters are played brilliantly...worth a watch but nothing to get excited about
4.5 Loved it! grapesjuice | 21/01/2011 | See all grapesjuice's reviews (127) This film is so funny and I loved it. It was great all the way through. Deffo a must see film
4.5 Loved it!!! nicolajane123 | 20/01/2011 | See all nicolajane123's reviews (60) I loved this film the first time i watched it, but saying that i still do. It is hilariously funny and touching at the same time. The acting in this film is fantastic, and the cast is also superb. I cant say a bad word about this film. It is a definate must have for any dvd collection. Great film, well worth buying.
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WASHINGTON— We're going to fund those agencies that we want to fund. We're not going to fund those we don't want to fund."
-- Representative Tom DeLay, House majority whip
Anyone who was still not sure what the Republican radicals in Congress really wanted should be enlightened by now. For in the last week the House Republicans have disclosed their hearts' desires with extraordinary candor.
The candor was forced upon them by circumstances of their own making. The tactic of pressing President Clinton to accept their budget priorities by shutting down much of the Government backfired. The public grew irritated at the loss of Government services. Laying off Federal employees with a promise to give them back pay later for not working looked more and more absurd.
So Speaker Newt Gingrich and his colleagues in the House leadership retreated. They put through legislation that sent all Federal employees back to work until at least Jan. 26.
But the legislation allowed only some of those employees to do the actual work for which they were hired. The Republicans were determined not to let the Government reopen activities that they disliked. What were the disapproved programs? These were some:
* Head Start, providing early education to poor children.
* The Environmental Protection Agency.
* The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department.
* The Securities and Exchange Commission, regulating the nation's securities markets.
In insisting on those terms, the House Republicans made clear what the budget conflict with President Clinton is all about. It is not, as they claim, about a balanced budget. It is about what the budget will fund: what the Government should do.
In short, the House Republicans have been using the budget process for what they could not accomplish through regular legislation: to remake the Government in their image. They have been attempting a coup.
Another bill passed by Congress allowed all Federal agencies to resume their work if President Clinton presented a plan to balance the budget in seven years. He immediately did so. But the Environmental Protection Agency, for example, is given such meager funds in the temporary funding plan that it must abandon much of what it has been doing.
There is the kind of question that the budget conflict really presents: Do we want to protect wetlands and clean air and water? The Republican radicals want to gut that protection. Having discovered that open attacks on environmental laws are politically harmful, they are trying to do the gutting in the guise of balancing the budget.
The attempt to disguise what is at stake in the budget conflict continues despite the moment of forced candor. Thus Representative Ron Lewis, in a letter to The New York Times criticizing a column of mine, said the Republicans truly were waging "a historic struggle to balance the budget." He ignored the real points at issue, such as the fact that their plan balances the budget in ways that hurt poor working families while giving large benefits to the richest 1 percent of Americans.
(Representative Bill Archer, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, convinced me in another letter to the editor that I was mistaken in writing about a provision of the Republican tax-cut proposal. A tax credit for research and experimentation will go not to just three computer companies, as I wrote, but to at least 100 companies.)
The reaction of Republican leaders to President Clinton's budget-balancing plan showed again that the conflict is not about balance but about what kind of government the budget will finance. Republicans protested that the Clinton plan did not adopt their proposals to end Federal welfare and did not cut back hard enough on Medicare and Medicaid.
It is the contents of the budget that matter, and they matter a lot. There are many ways to balance the budget -- by cutting defense, for instance, as a University of Maryland poll shows most Americans want to do. But the present battle is about domestic programs, and its outcome will determine the character of the Federal Government for years to come.


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To provide healthcare to rural people
The long-felt dream of medical assistance to the rural people, residing in the far-flung interior villages along the shores of river Godavari of Mahadevpur mandal, will be fulfilled soon. The government has decided to open a primary health centre (PHC) at the Sri Kaleshwara Muktheeshwara Swamy Devasthanam in Kaleshwaram, which is tucked away on the borders of the district adjoining neighbouring Chattisgarh State.
The setting up of a PHC at Kaleshwaram temple would also benefit the pilgrims visiting the ancient temple, which is located on the shores of river Godavari.
Minister for Civil Supplies D. Sridhar Babu had made this announcement during Prajapatham programme at Kaleshwaram temple, which falls in his Manthani Assembly segment, on Monday night.
Permanent building
The medical officials said that they would set up a PHC in a permanent building soon. Initially, it would be manned by a medical doctor and the paramedical staff.
It would have four to six beds. Later, the hospital could be upgraded depending upon the growth and influx of devotees to the temple.


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In a chapter for the new book Practicing Sustainability, Rob Atkinson wrote about sustainability from an innovation economics perspective.
"Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage." This new book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way and the United States is running the risk of losing.
Daniel Castro contributed a chapter titled "U.S. Federal Cybersecurity Policy" in the book "Cybersecurity: Public Sector Threats and Responses."
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Supply-Side Follies methodically debunks the common assumptions of conservative economics and demonstrates why it is a flawed doctrine that is setting up the U.S. for a major economic downturn in the near future.
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