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- Includes a 1100 CFM built-in blower to quickly clear your kitchen of unwanted air pollution
- Illuminate your cooking area with 4 halogen bulbs
- Innovative control ball provide for unparalleled mastery of your kitchen environment
- Stylish and beautiful stainless steel and glass construction
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- Optional ductless kit available
- Duct cover extension available for ceilings up to 12' (sold separately)
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Elica Wireless Remote: This uniquely shaped conical remote is at once a conversation piece and an artistic way of controlling your hood's fan speed and light.
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- Depth: 19-11/16"
- Height: 51"
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Absinthe is legal, but I'd never tried it before. Have you? Here are the basics, starting with…
Absinthe is Legal and Ready to Be Used in Cupcakes
3 Responses to Absinthe is Legal and Ready to Be Used in Cupcakes
absinthe cupcakes rock!
I loved mine and can't wait to make more.
Kimberly Y March 18, 2008 at 5:57 am #
I thoroughly enjoyed your stating of the facts. Can't wait to hear about the cupcakes…and I wanna green fairy costume!
Victoria (not_blue) March 18, 2008 at 6:11 am #
I love to drink absinthe, but the thought of baking with it has never crossed my mind. In my case I don't think it will be a good idea to bake with a bottle of absinthe by my side, that would be quite… distracting. But I'm curious to see those cupcakes!
ACMstudios March 18, 2008 at 6:40 am #
I've always been curious about Absinthe… I didn't realize it's now available in the US! It does look like quite a process just to drink it, but I think I'd like to try it once. I'm doubting I'll actually like it, but it will be cool to try it. Can't wait to read more about the cupcakes!
Marriage-101 March 18, 2008 at 7:00 am #
Wow, NOT what I expected to read on a cupcake blog!! Very cool!
CS – I had some straight, but just a spoonful, like I was taking medicine. It was insanely strong.
Kimberly Y – Thanks! Fairy costumes are fun!
Victoria – It's a great flavor to bake with and there is nothing wrong with drinking while baking as long as you can still follow the recipe.
ACM – You might be surprised. They were pretty tasty!
101 – Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the post.
How To Eat A Cupcake March 18, 2008 at 9:03 pm #
I saw absinthe all over the place when I went to Greece last year. I've always wondered what it tastes like!
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we had an incident with absinthe a couple months ago with a friend of ours. he doesn't remember it….we do. LOL! Simon brought home a bottle from the shop when it first got in. I didn't partake…but Jimmy sure did. Needless to say…he never will again.
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Door County Plein Air Festival
Editor's Review
The largest of its kind in the Midwest, this annual fest, set for July 22-27, 2013, gives you a rare opportunity to chat with artists as they go from blank canvas to finished work in two hours all "en plein air" -- in the open air. Over five days, 40 invited painters use various mediums, mainly oils, to explore their views of this peninsula known for its 300-plus miles of shoreline, historic lighthouses, state parks and appealing communities. Begun in 2007, the event takes place rain or shine. That makes it a challenge for artists to adjust to changing conditions, but it also allows visitors to gain insight into the creative process. As the main fund-raising event for the nonprofit Peninsula Art School, the week features ticketed and sponsor events, but the free Saturday event is the main draw for casual travelers. About 100 artists set up for a Dockside Quick Paint Competition in Clark Park, and visitors stroll among them while noshing on food available for sale. A lively auction afterward sells the still-wet works.Beware, though: Parking is a pain. Cars are parked everywhere in town, and though a free trolley runs to the festival, we couldn't figure out where to pick it up. Best to call ahead and figure out a parking strategy.


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Happy Days: Season 1 DVD
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- Format: DVD
- Rating: Not Rated
- Number of Discs: 3
- Run Time: 383 Minutes
- Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen
- Studio: Paramount
- DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004
- Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
- Cast: Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Erin Moran, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley, Anson Williams, Donny Most
- Genre: TV Series
- Color: Color
- Release Date: 1974
Happy Days Season 1, set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the 1950s, revolves around Richie Cunningham and his family and friends. In these Happy Days DVDs, Richie is a wholesome young man and a Jefferson High School student who would do anything to get a date. He spends plenty of time with his friends at Arnolds, the local burger joint. Contrasting with his wholesome nature in these Happy Days videos is Arthur Fonzarelli, best known as Fonzie, a rough-around-the-edges motorcycle-riding high school dropout, famous for his slicked hair, leather jacket, and the catchphrase "aaayyyy!" Fonzie is a regular around the Cunningham house, with Mrs. Cunningham doting on him and Richie turning to him for advice on how to attract girls in this must-have Happy Days season one set of DVDs.
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Far Cry 3 reviews go live with many positive scores
Far Cry 3 reviews have started being released into the wild, garnering one perfect score tossed in so far. Hit up the break for all the scores we could summon.
The list below is being updated frequently so hit refresh on occasion.
- Eurogamer – 10
- RPS – No score
- Kotaku – "A Blast"
- MondoXbox (Italy) – 9.3
- Canadian Online Gamers – 9
- PCGamer – 89/100
- GameTrailers – 8.6
- Videogamer – 9
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Posted 21 November 2012 - 19:19
You can get it for 30% off at Green Man Gaming.
Can't wait!
It's annoying that it's not showing up in Steam at the moment (UK) but I assume it will appear when the game officially launches. If not then I've got a friend who will be able to gift it to me.
Posted 21 November 2012 - 20:13
You can get it for 30% off at Green Man Gaming.
Posted 21 November 2012 - 20:20
I like to keep all my games on Steam, as I already have to juggle too many accounts (GameStop, Battle.net, GOG.com, GMG, Desura, Origin, GamersGate, etc). If they're not on Steam I tend not to play them as much. Sometimes GMG games activate on Steam but it appears that's not the case with Far Cry 3.
Posted 21 November 2012 - 20:30
It won't register on Steam as it uses uPlay. So the Steam version again would use uPlay, You'll just have it in your Library list, which you can do with non-steam games anyway. Achievements, cloud syncing, patches will all be done via uPlay. So it isn't as bad. Especially with the 30% off.
Posted 23 November 2012 - 21:13
Me too. I was looking forward to it from the beginning so all the positive reviews for it is icing on the cake for me.
I'm glad it is getting good reviews. People kind of ignored it when it was first announced and still didn't care too much about it. Hopefully it will sell well and become the sleeper hit of 2012 both in reviews and sales.
It's also shipping with a level editor (just like Far Cry 2). As for the 30% off deal, I was hoping it would show up when it's released.
I'm pleasantly surprised at the reviews and the state of the PC port. Unfortunately the GMG deal for 30% isn't available in the US or I may have already bought it.
Posted 23 November 2012 - 21:50
It's also shipping with a level editor (just like Far Cry 2). As for the 30% off deal, I was hoping it would show up when it's released.


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Women Challenge US Policy in the Middle East
Join WILPF and and 100 Groups at Move Over AIPAC Gathering in DC
Tell Your Congressperson to Stop Giving $3 billion in Military Aid to Israel every Year!
Join WILPF and and 100 other peace and justice groups, who have organized " Move Over AIPAC", a gathering in Washington, DC from May 21-24, 2011, to expose the American Israeli Public Affair Committee (AIPAC) lobby and build the vision for a new US foreign policy in the Middle East. WILPF works to abolish all war, and demands that US foreign policy in the Israeli/Palestinian region shift from a position of funding militarism and violence to a stance of advancing economic development, human rights for all, and sustainable and inclusive peace.
Israeli/Palestinian culture and history resides in the heart of our civilization. Conflict in this region brings about destruction to our selves as human beings, while inflicting the ongoing terror and devastation of war. Despite the efforts of many Israelis and Palestinians citizens to make rapprochements with one another and create peace, the Israeli government has pursed a politics of occupation, murder, humiliation, siege and war supported by huge US subsidies in the form of foreign aid, including loans for arms sales. Hatred and violence in this region has been institutionally sustained, and must come to an end.
Israeli/Palestinian culture and history resides in the heart of our civilization. Conflict in this region brings about destruction to our selves as human beings, while inflicting the ongoing terror and devastation of war. Despite efforts of many Israelis and Palestinians citizens to make rapprochements with one another and create peace, the Israeli government has pursed a politics of occupation, murder, humiliation, siege and war supported by huge US subsidies in the form of foreign aid, including loans for arms sales. Hatred and violence in this region has been institutionally sustained, and must come to an end.
Move Over AIPAC: Building a New US Middle East Policy
CODEPINK: Women for Peace, Global Exchange, Interfaith Peace-builders, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, together with over 100 peace and justice groups, are organizing a gathering in Washington DC from May 21-24, 2011, called "Move Over AIPAC: Building a New US Middle East Policy," and we would like to invite you to be a part of this important national happening! Timed to coincide with the annual policy meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), we will bring activists and concerned citizens from around the country to learn about the extraordinary influence AIPAC has on U.S. policy and how to strengthen an alternative that respects the rights of all people in the region. More info about the DC actions here.
More generally, Move Over AIPAC is a campaign that aims to wean U.S. policy away from AIPAC's grip towards an even-handed position that respects international law and the human rights of all people in the region.
We are concerned that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has a dangerous stranglehold over U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East. AIPAC's unrelenting support for the illegal policies of the Israeli government—separation walls, settlements, the siege of Gaza—in addition to its bellicose policies across the region, especially Iran, has been devastating for Palestinians and the Middle East, including Israel. It also harms our reputation around the world and squanders $3 billion a year subsidizing the powerful Israeli military when we need that money to rebuild the United States.
WILPF Takes Direct Action to End Wars
In Boston, WILPF members assembled outside the office of Sen. John Kerry to protest the ongoing war in Afghanistan. In Philadelphia, WILPF members visited the offices of Sen. Robert Casey and Rep. Joe Sestak with written statements. Member Marge Van Cleef specifically challenged the U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which are killing people indiscriminately. She and other members called for a moratorium on the "war on terror." During the action, Dr. Ronald Coburn discussed the high suicide rate of returning U.S. soldiers. Citing a recent study which showed that between 2005 and 2008, the number of California vets who committed suicide was three times higher than the number of soldiers killed in action during the same period, Dr. Coburn called for officials to include these suicides in their total number of military deaths. He recommended increasing the funding for support and therapy groups for the 25 percent of soldiers who return home suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). WILPF Member Dory Loder highlighted the cost of the war, which has exceeded $3 trillion.
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions – From Bulldozers to Hummus
Caterpillar is withholding a $50 million shipment of bulldozers to the Israeli military during the civil trial brought by the parents of Rachel Corrie. Corrie was an U.S. activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer during a nonviolent protest in 2003. This choice reflects a small part of the ever-expanding campaign to hold the Israeli military accountable for misuse of aid provided by U.S. taxpayers. In addition, the Rachel Corrie Foundation has submitted a paper to the U.N.'s Universal Periodic Review documenting how the United States has failed to uphold its human rights laws in Corrie's case.
You can get involved by signing a petition to President Obama: Help us stop the delivery of Caterpillar bulldozers to the Israeli military. Another petition is aimed at TIAA-CREF, a major investor in Caterpillar. It calls on TIAA-CREF to divest from companies that are profiteering from the Israeli occupation. If you are interested in organizing a local BDS campaign, you can get a free informational packet here.
New WILPF DVD Series Exposes Palestinian Situation
Do you want to learn more about how the U.S. supports Israel? A new, original DVD series is available from the Western Asia Study and Action Group (part of WILPF's Cape Cod Branch.) Hear first-hand what life in occupied Palestine is really like, the real role of the U.S., learn about the plight of children in this region, listen to the words of Rachel Corrie and Howard Zinn, and much, much more. Begun as part of WILPF's "Women Challenge U.S. Policy: Building Peace on Justice in the Middle East" campaign, this study group researched the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Members wanted to take what they'd learned to the wider community, and produced this excellent seven-DVD collection. Funding was provided by WILPF and the Social Justice Ministry of First Parish Brewster.
WILPF Supports Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions for Israel
The situation in the West Bank and Gaza has become so dire in the last two years that the majority of Israeli peace groups now support Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). This includes the Israeli section of WILPF. BDS is a global campaign aimed at bringing an end to Israel's brutal occupation of Palestinian lands. Contrary to what many defenders of Israel would have you believe, the campaign is not intended to destroy Israel. Its aim is to end the Occupation.
In order to accomplish this, various groups have targeted specific companies that further the Occupation. At its recent International Board meeting in India, a WILPF resolution regarding BDS was passed and is now a part of WILPF's international program, which each section will implement in its own way. [Read the resolution at: http://www.wilpf.int.ch/resolutions/2010.html ]
Boycott Companies Supporting the Occupation of Palestine
Building the Movement for Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions
How Do Companies Further the Palestinian Occupation?
Corporations further the Occupation either by operating in or supporting the Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law, or by supporting the apparatus of control and oppression which is the hallmark of the Occupation.
That apparatus includes the Separation Wall, the hundreds of checkpoints set up to impair Palestinian travel, the system of Administrative Detention (imprisonment without trial for periods of six months, renewable without review), night raids that frighten children and disrupt normal life, a permit system imposing restrictions upon travel and normal building for Palestinians, the confiscation of homes and lands, and the demolition of houses, among others.
Shut Them Down
By Odile Hugonot Haber
Middle East Issue Committee
Wikipedia tells us that The School of the Americas Watch is an advocacy organization founded by Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois and a small group of supporters in 1990 to protest the training of mainly Latin American military officers, by the U.S. Department of Defense, at the School of the Americas (SOA). SOA Watch conducts a vigil each November at the site of the academy, located on the grounds of Fort Benning, a U.S. Army military base near Columbus, Georgia, in protest over myriad alleged abuses committed by graduates of the academy, including murders, rapes, torture and contraventions of the Geneva Accord. Military officials deny the charges, stating that even if graduates commit war crimes after they return to their home country, the school itself should not be held accountable for their actions.
Responding to mounting protests spearheaded by SOA Watch, in 2000 the U.S Congress renamed the School of the Americas the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), rather than closing the academy.
Walking Down J Street
By Barbara Taft, co-chair
WILPF Middle East Committee
WILPF's Middle East Committee supports the Goldstone Report and also calls for a credible, independent investigation into Israel's conduct in "Operation Cast Lead." The truth must be exposed, and those who have committed war crimes must be punished. Let your political representatives in Washington, D.C. know how you feel.
When Odile Hugonot-Haber and I recently attended the J Street conference in D.C. we found many engaged Americans who wanted to talk about peace. J Street (http://www.jstreet.org/) is the political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement. The organizers of the conference were expecting about 500 people to attend, and were happily surprised to find themselves hosting 1,500 people, all enthusiastic about a group that proclaims itself to be "Pro Israel/Pro Peace" and to speak for what they believe to be the majority of Jews in both the U.S. and Israel: people who believe that making peace is good for Israel, the Palestinians, the region, and the world, and that doing so is a moral imperative.
Children of Gaza: 'Victims of the victims'
Children of Gaza 'Victims of the victims' by Regina Birchem
(This article was published in the International Peace Update Volume 74. No. 1. June 2009)
Click here to view and download a pdf version of this article.
The sliver of land called Gaza is part of the Palestinian territories bordered by Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. About twice the size of Washington, DC, it has a population of 1.4 million with more than a third living in extreme poverty. About 900,000 are classified as refugees. Children make up about 56% of the population.
US WILPF Signs Letter Opposing Budget Request for Aid to Israel
TO: Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
The undersigned organizations are writing to urge you to oppose the President's FY2010 budget request for $2.775 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Israel, an increase of $225 million in military aid compared to FY2009. At this time of acute economic crisis, as well as from a political, legal, security, and moral standpoint, our country should not continue to provide Israel with this blank check.
Israel consistently misuses U.S. weapons purchased through FMF to commit grave human rights abuses against Palestinians and systematic violations of international law in its illegal 42-year military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. Some of those violations are documented every year in the State Department's own human rights reports; far more are documented by the United Nations and human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
WILPF Feb 10, 2009 Statement on Israeli Invasion of Gaza
10 February 2009
On 27 December 2009 Israel launched a military operation on the Gaza Strip, the most densely populated part of the Palestinian Territory under Israeli occupation since 1967. The operation was code-named Cast Lead and began with heavy bombardments of the Strip and its population, followed by a ground invasion. The stated immediate purpose was to destroy enough Hamas military installations in order to stop the shooting of missiles into Israel.
WILPF Middle East statement on Gaza - January 2, 2009
NEW! Click here to go the United Nations website to read the article dated January 8, 2009 and entitled: Security Council overwhelmingly calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire.
Click here to view sample letters to be sent to governmental representatives and to local and national media (Microsoft Word document).
Click here to view sample letters to be sent to governmental representatives and to local and national media (pdf format).
We, the members of the Women's International League for Peace Freedom, are horrified at Israel's bombing of Gaza.
We join with millions around the world in protests and call for an immediate cease fire.
We are profoundly distressed, knowing that the continuous bombardment will lead to further civilian deaths and suffering, and this massive escalation of violence could spiral out of control and engulf the whole region in war.
The massive air attack is a crime against humanity as it comes on top of the two-year inhumane siege that Israel has imposed on the one and a half million people living in Gaza, the world's largest prison.
Send a Postcard About the Crisis in Gaza to Congress
Here is some of the text and facts the Mid-East Committee recommends for the Gaza post cards.
The WILPF US section states that we are too long overdue in responding to the cries of the people of Gaza. Israel's declaration as an "hostile entity" has resulted in imprisonment and collective punishment of the civilian population, without electricity for power and water treatment, without fuel for cooking and heat, with dangerous limited amount of food and medicine, and bombing of homes and infrastructure.
Peace cannot be Obtained by imprisoning and starving 1.5 million people.
Therefore we urge Congress to do the following:
- Call for an immediate cease fire
- Call on Israel to rescind the "hostile entity" designation of Gaza -Call on Israel to immediately to lift the Gaza blockade and restore freedom of movement for people and goods.
- Demand that Israel fulfill it's obligation as an occupying power subject to International and human rights law.
Please send a postcard to your Congress persons urging them to take the above actions.
Gaza Human Rights Facts
Persons killed in the conflict in and around Gaza in the 2 year period Sept 1 2005-July 25, 2007
- 668 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces
- 359 of whom were not involved in hostilities at the time they were killed
- 126 of those killed were minors
- 357 people killed in internal Palestinian fighting
- 90 of whom did not take part in hostilities
- 4 Israeli civilians killed by Qassam rockets fired by Palestinians
- 4 members of Israeli security forces were killed by Palestinian attacks originating in the Gaza strip
Humanitarian access and freedom of movement.
Movement in and out of Gaza is all but impossible.
The number of trucks carry commercial and humanitarian supplies into Gaza has plummeted.
There is little money to buy food and little food to buy.
Poverty and dependency on food aid
- 80% of families in Gaza rely on humanitarian aid.
- The large majority of the population is unable to afford basic food.
- In 2007, households were spending 62% of their total income on food
- The blockade of Gaza has led to a steady rise in chronic malnutrition among persons living in the strip.
- Unemployment in Gaza is close to 40% and may rise to 50%
Basic Services
The Government of Israel prevents the repair and maintenance of the electricity and water service infrastructure in Gaza by prohibiting the import of spare parts. This two-pronged attack has the effect of systematically destroying the water and infrastructure of Gaza. Hospitals cannot generate electricity to keep lifesaving equipment working.
Gaza hospitals experience power cuts for 8-12 hours per day.
40-50 million liters of sewage is poured into the sea daily.
Basic Medical supplies and access to treatment
According to the World Health Organisation, the proportion of patients given permits to exit Gaza for medical care decreased from 89.3% in January 2007 to 64.3% in December 2007, an unprecedented low. Of those given permits to exit Gaza for treatment, some are denied access to the crossing itself.
Between October and December 2007, 20 patients, 4 of whom were children, died due to lack of referral services.
Women in Middle East Suffering
April, 2009
Few studies have measured the consequences on women and children living in regions in constant conflict short of declared war. This is true in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) of the West Bank and Gaza (which remains under virtual occupation, despite Israel's "withdrawal"). In the OPT, ongoing hostilities over 60 years, punctuated by periodic wars, have taken their toll. The number of female heads of household has been steadily increasing, while poverty has also been on the rise.


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Bridges is Hiring !
Licensed Counselor – Senior Program Specialist
Full-time, salaried position
The Center for Children and Families, Inc. (CCFI), in partnership with Bridges, Inc., seeks a licensed counselor with a successful track record of working with teens, school-age children, and families. The Senior Program Specialist is a full-time salaried position with the Center for Children and Families, Inc. The position will be responsible for providing therapeutic services to youth involved with Bridges, Inc., as well as other children, youth and their families who have experienced various forms of trauma. The position is supervised by CCFI's Clinical Director.
• Conduct intakes and behavioral health assessments with 5 axis diagnosis
• Develop and maintain client treatment/service plans
• Provide individual psychotherapy, particularly with teens and older youth
• Provide family, multifamily and group psychotherapy as needed
• Conduct psycho-educational groups and home visits as needed
• Provide case management and care coordination
• Maintain productive linkages with referral, provider and other support services
• Maintain accurate, complete, and current case records on services provided
• Attend staff meetings, trainings, board meetings, etc., as required
• Participate in quality improvement activities
• Provide services in the office, at school sites, client homes and other locations
• Provide observations, consultation and recommendations for children, youth and families
• Participate in volunteer management and volunteer training
• Licensed behavioral health practitioner (e.g., LPC, LCSW, LMFT)
• Masters Degree in behavioral health field
• Three to five years experience working with older youth and teens
Ability to work independently. Excellent oral and written communication skills, good group presentation skills and good computer skills. Must provide own transportation.
• Must pass criminal history and other background checks
• Requires travel to and from clients' homes
• Manual dexterity for keyboarding, faxing and filing
• Computer, data and electronic media proficiency
Send current resume and three professional references to Heather Baker, Clinical Director,firstname.lastname@example.com
or: Center for Children and Families, Inc. (CCFI) ATTN: Clinical Director, 1151 East Main Street Norman, OK73071
Bridges of Norman, formerly Independent Living Services for Youth, is celebrating its 15th anniversary on Wednesday, October 13, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Bridges student center, 1670 N. Stubbeman, said Donna Brown, president of the board of directors. "We became a 501(c)(3) in 1995, and have helped hundreds of students graduate high school since then. This is a great example of a community coming together to benefit independent students."
For high school students who live alone and want to graduate, Bridges assists with housing, educational services, connection with other social services, case management, and steps toward higher education. Bridges students are alone due to a family crisis which might include the illness, incarceration or death of a parent; homelessness; or other situations beyond their control which result in the lack of a guardian. Before they are accepted into the program, students are thoroughly screened to be sure they have a true need and possess independent living skills, maturity, ability to follow rules, and determination to finish high school. Housing is managed through the Norman Housing Authority, which provides single-person apartments with sliding-scale rent based on student income. The Norman Public Schools help underwrite educational and counseling needs, and Norman's three Rotary clubs collaborated to build a Bridges student center for weekly Lifeskills classes, a computer lab, and offices.
Students are held to high standards of behavior and maturity, guided by a handbook that details program requirements. Because education is the focus of the Bridges program, students are required to maintain passing grades and attendance, checked weekly online via Parent Portal. If students are dropped from school, they are dropped from Bridges as well. Due in part to high levels of accountability, in the last three years, 75% of Bridges seniors have gone on to higher education, compared to a state average of 50.3%. A Bootstrap scholarship program initiated 15 years ago by businessman Jim Agar pays eligible students a $2,000 scholarship towards college or technology school. To date, Bridges has awarded over $100,000.00 of these grants.
Bridges History
In the early 1990s, counselors and staff at Norman High School noticed the emergence of a needy population: homeless teens. Norman had no program for independent youth, and state law forbade them from attending high school without a parent or guardian, forcing them to drop out. This made their situation worse: the only jobs available were minimum-wage positions, and because they were not yet 18, they couldn't execute a contract for rent, make car payments, or receive insurance. Many lived from meal to meal and couch to couch. They were ineligible for government assistance and social services, and their diminishing options put them at risk for illegal ways to earn money.
In 1993, school counselors and Leadership Norman precipitated the Mayor's Task Force on Homeless Youth, which got the legal guardian law changed, so that homeless students could stay in high school. In 1995 the task force became a nonprofit, Independent Living Services for Youth (ILSY), and a University of Oklahoma student began working with Norman High's homeless population. The first paid employee was hired in 2000, and in 2004 the agency purchased Sooner Pointe apartments, 20 units across from Norman North High School, and began housing eligible students. ILSY received its 501(c)(3) designation in 2005 and became the only agency in the region to offer educational assistance, housing and other services to independent teens.
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When Charles Webster was a member of the Maine House during the 1980s and 1990s, he and his Republican colleagues routinely proposed bills that would create restrictive voting laws -- or, as Webster sees it, legislation to tamp down on the rampant threat of voter fraud. "Every year we tried to solve this problem," he says, "and it was always a partisan vote," with Democrats supporting laws intended to increase turnout. As a result, Webster says, "We have one of the most loosey-goosey, lax election laws in the country."
Others would call Maine's voting laws a striking success. Most states struggle to get citizens to the polls; national turnout for a presidential election hasn't topped 60 percent since 1968, and turnout for midterm elections hovers in the 30s. That puts the United States far below the participation level in other Western democracies. Yet for the past four decades, Maine has stood apart. With an array of regulations that encourage voting -- the state has allowed voters to register on Election Day since 1973 -- Maine consistently places among the top five states for turnout. Seventy-two percent of the eligible population voted in 2008 when Barack Obama carried the state.
Republicans like Webster, who now chairs the state GOP, argue that too many people are voting in the state -- at least, too many illegal immigrants, out-of-state college students, and people who live in hotels. "What I don't want is somebody coming in stealing elections who doesn't live in the town," Webster says.
The political winds shifted Webster's way after the 2010 elections -- not just in Maine but across the country. Maine was one of 11 states where Republican majorities won control over both legislatures. This was the first time in four decades that Democrats had been out of power in the state, and the new Republican majority acted fast. After trying and failing to pass a voter -- identification law, they succeeded in repealing same-day voter registration. Republican Governor Paul LePage signed the bill in June.
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But as stifling as voter-ID laws might be, a plethora of manipulations to voter-access laws pose an even larger threat. Numerous states recently have cut back on early voting, which had made it much easier for the working poor -- people who often can't get off work on Election Day -- to cast a ballot. In 2008, around 40 million Americans took advantage of early voting. That number will almost surely be lower in 2012, thanks to Republican efforts in states like Ohio. Thirty percent of Ohio's ballots in the last presidential election were cast by early or absentee voters. In March, though, the Republican -- controlled legislature reduced the state's 35-day window of early voting to 24 days of mail-in voting and just 11 days of in-person early voting. Florida also shortened its early-voting window and made things even trickier for voting-rights advocates by rewriting state laws to impose steep fines on voter-registration organizations if registration forms contain even minor mistakes. The League of Women Voters, the group at the forefront of registering voters across the country, shuttered its Florida voter-registration operation as a result.
Florida is also one of a handful of states that have rolled back voting rights for former felons. In Iowa, Governor Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, had signed an executive order in 2005 granting voting rights to felons as soon as they left prison. On his first day in office this year, Republican Governor Terry Branstad rescinded that order, removing 100,000 voters from the rolls with a stroke of his pen.
Republicans have pushed these new restrictions under the pretense of reducing voter fraud. "Protecting the integrity of our elections is central to ensuring our government has the full faith and confidence of the citizens it represents," Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said after he signed a photo-ID law. "Requiring photo identification to vote will go a long way to eliminate the threat of voter fraud. If you need an ID to buy cold medicine, it's reasonable to require it to vote." But there is scant evidence of voter fraud in any state. The Brennan Center for Justice concluded in a 2007 study that fraud was so "exceedingly rare" that a voter is more likely to be struck by lightning than to cast a fraudulent ballot. "It's a red herring," says Eric Marshall of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights. "It's a reason for them to pass restrictive legislation and limit access to the ballot box."
That's certainly been the case in Maine. When House Speaker Robert Nutting first put the repeal of same-day registration on the table this year, he argued that the measure was intended to ease the burden on county clerks overwhelmed by the number of first-time voters showing up on Election Day. When county clerks testified against that section of the bill, saying same-day registrants did not overwhelm them, the Republicans were left to rail against the threat of fraudulent voting. The only problem: No such threat exists in Maine. Only two successful prosecutions of voter fraud have occurred in the 38 years since same-day registration became the law.
Webster, the state party chair, makes no bones about the political reasons for new voting restrictions. He calls the groups that support same-day registration the "welfare coalition": "It's the give-me groups. It's the groups that want government spending." Webster has been equally explicit in his effort to prevent college students from voting in Maine -- though the U.S. Supreme Court's 1979 ruling in Symm v. U.S. clearly established that college students could register in their school's district. Webster combed through voting rolls earlier this year and published a list of 206 out-of-state students he believed may have committed voter fraud; the secretary of state, a Republican, opened an investigation. Yet after two months of digging into the allegations, the secretary's office found that none of the college students voted improperly.
At first blush, same-day registration might seem like a small-bore issue that wouldn't affect all that many potential voters. But 60,000 Mainers -- of 750,000 total voters -- took advantage of the regulation during the 2008 election, and 20,000 did so during the 2010 midterms. "Same-day registration is one of the most important measures that states can introduce to improve voter turnout," says Ann Luther of the Maine chapter of the League of Women Voters. Indeed, the nine states with same-day registration have, on average, 7 percent higher turnout than the states without those rules. That's particularly useful for younger voters. "When we dig into why, the answer is fairly straightforward," says Heather Smith, president of Rock the Vote. "They're new to the process, and they're highly mobile."
Just as African Americans are disproportionately affected by voter-ID laws, overturning same-day registration laws has a dampening effect on a particular class of people. For people who own their own home, the ability to register on Election Day is a minor concern; once you've registered, you should be set for decades. It's the mobile groups of society -- the young, the elderly, and the poor -- who need as many opportunities as possible to get themselves onto voting rolls. Renters are more likely to move in the time between elections. For the working poor, adding an extra step that requires advanced planning will only further reduce turnout -- especially among those most likely to vote Democratic. "The people who tend to be harmed by further restrictions on getting to the polls are the people who are on the margins anyway," says Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School. "Most voters see these new re-strictions as minor hassles that they can easily overcome. But that leaves a substantial minority -- upwards of millions of people -- for whom what seems like minor hassles turns out to be a pretty big deal."
Mainers are fighting back against the repeal of same-day registration. Protect Maine Votes, an organization made up of 18 voting-rights groups, gathered more than 70,000 signatures in less than four weeks to get a referendum on this November's ballot to overturn the new law. While Protect Maine Votes is urging voters to continue the state's history of open elections, Republicans are relying on the fear of stolen elections. "In the end, the issue will be: Do people believe our system is free of fraud, or do they believe it's got fraud?" Webster says. "If they believe it's free of fraud, then they'll keep the law."
While the referendum's organizers say they're confident that Maine voters will support same-day registration, they worry about what happens to voter participation in future elections if the referendum fails. "I don't know how far it will drop the first year," says David Farmer, communications director for Protect Maine Votes, "but I absolutely believe that the [type of] people who registered in the last two elections will go and try to vote and not be allowed."
The pushback against restrictive voting laws is picking up some steam outside of Maine. In early September, Democrats on a Senate Judiciary subcommittee held a "Barriers to the Ballot" hearing. National groups like Rock the Vote have also begun to raise awareness about the impact of these new regulations. "It appears some of these politicians are more interested in deciding who the electorate is than in letting the electorate decide who represents them," Smith says. "And that, to me, is something worth standing up against."
Paul Weimer (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 08:19
rogerclegg (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 08:28
Re felon voting: If you aren't willing to follow the law yourself, then you can't demand a role in making the law for everyone else, which is what you do when you vote. The right to vote can be restored to felons, but it should be done carefully, on a case-by-case basis, not automatically. Read more about this issue on our website: http://www.ceousa.org/content/...
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Tue, 2011-10-11 11:22
ongre11 (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 13:33
Turnout is a national shame. I may have some figures a little wrong here but as I understand it Rick Perry's last election showed a 33% turnout for the General election in Texas. Of that he had a winning percentage that amounted to somewhere around 18% of the eligible Texas voters electing their governor. Add these obstacles to citizen participation and there you are, on the way to victory for those who wish to consolidate political and financial power toward the white elite. Anyone want to live in a Theocracy?
todumbtocount (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:15
johnleehooker (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:17
this bit about "burdensome photo ID's" is nonsense. I need a photo ID to use my credit card, board a plan, buy alcohol, buy a car, purchase auto insurance, enter into any number of different contracts - buy a house, set up a brokerage account, sign a lease car/house, sign for a registered letter...
to call the process of determining eligibility "burdensome" is pure BS and blatantly untrue.
Steven (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:19
To get into college you need a valid photo ID. To be on Social Security or get any government benefits you need to have valid ID. At Best Buy to use your credit card you have to show a valid photo ID.
We can discuss how much or how little voter fraud occurs, but I think it is comical that people are so desperate to fan the flames by invoking "Jim Crow" in order to increase turnout among Obama's dispirited coalition.
Eric Damian (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:21
Yes, felons, those too lazy to register let alone become educated about their republic, illegal aliens, folks that are registered at the last minute by criminal enterprises like ACORN, et al. Their you have the folks the modern Democrat PArty needs to pass its spent force of an agenda.
You looters are pathetic, and history.
CDub (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:21
Is the author genuinely claiming that voter fraud is not in the least bit an issue? Acorn?
Is the author also postulating that individuals capable of voting are incapable of actually getting a valid ID? The election is on the calendar for some time. That is not a lot to ask for something of such import.
Hamidog (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:22
What a pack of idiots. You must have a photo ID to drive your car, get on an airplane, buy your booze, and participate in myriad important as well as frivolous activities, but it shouldn't be necessary that you should have an ID to exercise your most sacred right and duty in a free country? Moron. There are so many ways to cheat at the polling booth without an ID requirement, it isn't funny. And let's stop playing games: this isn't hypothetical, these are regular practices.
chrisinauburn (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:25
It seems the sides are pretty well-drawn. One side wants to register many voters to spread democratic principles and a few bad apples get thrown in which don't make a diiference. The other sides wants to disenfranchise many to get a few bad apples out. Which side are you on?
washingtonreport (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:25
Caldwell is defending the indefensible.
He and his ilk are creating an environment that undermines the integrity of our elections.
States that allow illegals to get drivers licenses also allow voter registration at their DMVs. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the problem with that scenario.
Requiring IDs at the polls would help keep elections clean.
People sign up for government benefits by showing ID.
Election fraud does happen in the form of illegal voting & illegal registering.
ACORN comes to mind in the registering department.
Three people in North Carolina were convicted for voting twice for Obama in 2008, and one of the heads Mississippi's NAACP was convicted of casting illegal absentee ballots.
Does anyone believe everyone voting illegally was caught? Not even close.
I'll bet if one of these folks who claim not to have ID had to produce one to claim a lottery win they would come up with one. Same goes for the polls.
We need to require IDs at the polls, and absentee ballots should require the person show ID to obtain their first absentee ballot.
I suspect if the elections were clean we would often have different outcomes.
Chicagoatty (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:28
It is becoming common to see these articles decrying the Republicans' "war" on voting when, for the most part, the proposals at issue involve nothing more than requiring voters to present identification either when registering or at the balance box or both. Please explain what is wrong with requiring voters to establish that they are the person they say they are. Are Democrats trying to protect the right to stuff ballot boxes with the votes of illegals, fictitious persons and the dead? I come from Cook County, Illinois, where such shenanigans are not unheard of.
Mark B (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:29
It's just awful that the legislature of the sovereign State of Wisconsin did the will of the People of Wisconsin, and forced those voting in our elections to actually reside in our state and be able to prove it. Now they'll have to bus in people from Illinois a month in advance and camp out to be able to tamper with our free and fair elections.
Working poor need ID's, even welfare recipients need ID's. We provide them free. The only people really impacted are ACORN and those who registered illegal voters, and those who counted on having the ability to steal any close election in our state.
Welcome back to democracy and the re-enfranchisement of the legitimate voters.
Ernie Banks (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:29
I would like to see everyone vote that is qualified to do so. But Caldwell is advocating doing nothing to reduce voter fraud, and this disenfranchises those that are qualified to vote.
I grew up in Chicago. Every election, the Chicago Tribune documented cases of dead people voting. Cases where voting machines had hundreds of votes tallied before the polls opened. In Ohio in 2008, some inner city precincts had more votes than registered voters.
Is it too much to ask a voter to produce a photo ID? I don't think so.
Rubynesbitt (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:30
Enough_Already99 (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:32
This article is trying to create an issue where there is none to be found. Voter ID laws have been upheld by the federal courts in state after state after state. Why? Because there is no substantive proof that such laws actually discriminate against anyone other than those that want to commit voter fraud. And yes, of course the passage of such laws is politically motivated, because voter fraud is a problem of Democrats and the left, not Republicans and the right. That is an absolute and verfiable fact. What is a shame is when articles like this come out and do not offer solution to voter fraud (which is rampant), but try to pose arguments to block laws that try to do something about it. Fine, Mr. Caldwell. What is your solution to offer protection against voter fraud? Oh, you have none... maybe that's because your side depends on fraud to bolster its political footprint.
And I just love his general reference to "studies" showing there is a discriminatory effect. Sure, he can make this statement because there are "some" studies, with wet-tissue thin premises and results oriented research, that purport to back up his point. However, there are many more studies that show no effect... and in some cases show that some minority groups tend to have MORE qualifying IDs than other groups because they depend on such IDs for their government benefits. Better yet, let's have the author actually cite some of the studies he's referring to, that way his readers can make up their own minds as to the veracity of his arguments... but nooooo, can't have that. People might see through his bias, and reach an informed conclusion that is contrary to the one he supports. Don't take my word for it. As stated above, in federal court cases that were specifically carried out to get to the bottom of the merits of the whether such discrimination existed with these laws (in multiple states, BTW), the judges ruled over and over that there was no such discrimination after all the witnesses, studies (produced by both sides), etc. were given a full and fair review. I think that speaks for itself.
Ernie Banks (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:32
The reason why voter turnout is so low is not because people don't vote; it is because the voter registration rolls are out of date. People move all the time, and very few of them inform the registrar of voters. So the rolls include many people that have moved out of town.
Doug_Piranha (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:33
It's totally disingenuous to say the low rate of successful prosecutions for voter fraud violations is somehow proof that voter fraud is nearly non-existant. Voter fraud is a crime that is easy to prevent but, because votes are cast anonymously, almost impossible to prove after the damage has been done.
Every fraudulently cast vote disenfranchises a legitimate voter.
Mark McPhilimy (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:36
People who don't show up to vote are voting. They are legitimately using their right to be uninformed. There is no constitutional requirement that they participate in the electoral process and if they choose to stay uninformed and ignorant about the news and events of the day, then it would be highly unethical for them to vote, just for the sake of voting.
Too many elections have been won, usually by Democrats, due to voter fraud. And that is big indictment against our voting system. Commonsense laws that work to diminish voter fraud should be embraced and not attacked with sophistic arguments that compare apples to oranges.
Randy Zwitch (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:41
Randy Zwitch (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:44
s_c_f (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:45
Tsunami2012 (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:46
Oh please......we've got more than 12 million illegal aliens running around this country, stressing our services and educational system to the breaking point. Should they be able to vote yet, too?
I don't think having to prove with identification that you're a US citizen before you vote is unreasonable.
True Blue (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:49
Totally ridiculous. I just went to the Post Office to pick up certified mail. Photo ID required. Get pulled over for speeding Photo ID required. Use a Credit Card. Photo ID required. Buy a pack of cigarettes. Photo ID required. Buy Airline tickets. Photo ID required. The most serious threat to a democracy is organized voter fraud, like ACORN and all the splinter groups funded by raving anti-american, George Soros. Apparently Patrick Caldwell is for voter fraud.
Judy McKinney (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:50
Good grief, I needed to show an ID to get a library card. I need to show an ID to board a plane. I need to show a military ID to shop at the commissary and/or BX. Why are whiners complaining about showing an ID to vote - the most precious of our rights. The left is trying to destroy America. The reason they are for this, of course, is that promote efforts to vote multiple times, have felons vote who have committed acts whereby they forfeited their right to vote, and to have non-Americans vote. In New Mexico we have found thousands of illegals on our voting rolls thanks to the Democrat party.
Avoter (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:51
HANK_BENNETT (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:53
Jeffrey Gower (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 15:58
what does it say about community organizers that between 33 to 50% (i have heard both figures, i am sure the real % is somewhere in between) of their constituency does not have photo IDs?
on vacation recently, i was asked to produce ID to rent a motel room; when i balked that it was none of their business as i paid cash, the clerk told me that there was a town ordinance that required all room renter's ID information to be turned over daily to the local police to be checked for outstanding warrants. is it possible to do this for an election? should those wanted by law enforcement be allowed to vote?
felix335 (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:01
First, there was significant voting fraug and voter registration fraud in 2008. For example all the ACORN workers' convictions over registering illegally, the NAACP lady who went to prision in Mississippi over multiple voting, and the Colorado
voting scandal of 2010 where thousands of votes were illegally cast in the tight Senate race (see Colorado Secretary of State report). The "unseen" voting fraud
occurs in 3 ways: voting dead people (popular in Chicago and other urban/minority areas), illegally registering illegal aliens with false ID papers (most have false ID papers to work), and the heavy use of absentee ballots sent to false addresses. Who will check the ID of these voters? Also, I suspect, but cannot prove, that many unionized workers in senior health care residences vote for their patients.
Jayyuschak (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:02
burned_once (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:04
Hex_Omega (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:04
It is NOT a burden to acquire an ID in order to vote. This is a strawman put up by the Democrats in order to garner support from the proletariat. I'm sick of victimization politics. Who was the genius that thought up same day voter registration? Did they really think fraud wasn't a concern or were they intending to just make it easier to steal elections? I think it's the latter.
julianusrex (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:06
tloth01 (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:06
Yea! They're making it harder for me to cast votes for all my dead relatives!...
What's so hard about getting an ID to vote?!? Everybody has too; it's not like it's harder for any one person.. They want it to be easy to illegally vote for them but once you have them in office they'll make you do back flips through hoops to start and run a business, bear arms, or even just change your address.
Crutch (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:10
HenryC (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:12
Parentof6 (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:13
Youremakinmecrazy (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:15
sclemens (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:21
Paul Neville (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:23
Pat you ask who stole the election? Gore stole the popular vote count in the 2000 vote for President. There are numerous inner city boxes that voted 100% for him with in excess of 100% of registered voters turning out. No body said anything because of the distraction in Florida,and he would have won all these boxes anyway. However his win in the popular vote gave credence to his bogus challenge in Florida.
sclemens (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:23
sclemens (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:24
Joe31997 (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:25
Playrighter (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:25
Here's an interesting quote, courtesy Media Matters, directly from Barack Obama:
In a letter directed to Acting Attorney General Peter Keisler, Obama on
Friday pointed to one portion of Tanner's comments as evidence that
voter ID restrictions "do not disenfranchise minorities, and in fact
they actually benefit minorities."
"For Mr. Tanner to now suggest, in an effort to defend his erroneous
decision, that photo identification are not necessary for minority
voters because 'they die first' shows just how far the Justice
Department has fallen," Obama wrote. [FoxNews.com, 10/20/07]
Tony Quinn (not verified)
Tue, 2011-10-11 16:26
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Tue, 2011-10-11 16:27
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