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President Bush Signs Landmark Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act
With praise from disability groups and business organizations alike, President George W. Bush has signed into law amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") that will significantly expand the protections afforded to disabled individuals. The new law, entitled the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ("ADAAA"), expressly overturns several landmark Supreme Court decisions narrowly interpreting the definition of "disability" and will make disposing of ADA cases prior to trial more challenging for employers. The changes to the ADA take effect on January 1, 2009.
The ADA was signed into law by President Bush's father, President George H. W. Bush, on July 26, 1990. Title I of the ADA prohibits employers from discriminating against a qualified individual with a "disability."
When the ADA was enacted, the definition of "disability" already had been interpreted broadly by the courts under the Rehabilitation Act, a law upon which the ADA was modeled. The ADA's flexible definition of "disability" triggered claims by individuals with relatively minor or temporarily disabling conditions.
Beginning in the late 1990s, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a series of cases in which it confronted, for the first time, the ADA's potential broad coverage. Fearing that the ADA's coverage would be much more expansive than Congress intended, the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of the ADA's "disability" definition by seizing on the ADA's "findings" that "some 43,000,000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities" and that individuals with disabilities are a "discrete and insular minority." In the years that followed, studies revealed that employers prevailed in more than 90 percent of all ADA cases.
In the aftermath of these decisions and research, the National Council on Disability ("NCD") issued a report in December 2004 stating that new legislation was needed to "restore" the ADA and proposed a draft bill entitled the ADA Restoration Act of 2004. Although it declined to pursue the broad proposal urged by the NCD, in 2007, Congress introduced its own ADA Restoration Act, which sought to eliminate the requirement that plaintiffs prove impairments "substantially limit" one or more "major life activities."
Fearing the pendulum might shift too far in the other direction and, in some ways, lower the value of the ADA's protections for people with more disabling conditions, members of Congress later pushed for a more limited bill with a better chance of enactment. Disability groups and business organizations, along with Democrats and Republicans in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, worked together to forge a compromise bill. Their efforts culminated in the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, which passed through Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support.
According to Jackson Lewis Partner and National Coordinator of the Firm's Disability, Leave and Health Management Practice Group, Frank Alvarez, "Many of the ADAAA's changes are good and the final bill is much better than the legislation that was initially introduced. It essentially puts the ADA back to where most thought it would be when it became effective in 1992."
A Closer Look at the ADAAA's Provisions
Congressional Findings and Purposes
The ADAAA propounds an extensive list of congressional findings and purposes that will shape how the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") and courts interpret and apply the ADA. Explicitly rejecting the Supreme Court's decisions in Sutton v. United Airlines, Inc. and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams, the legislation provides: "[T]he question of whether an individual's impairment is a disability under the ADA should not demand extensive analysis." The legislation also directs the EEOC to draft new regulations requiring a less demanding standard for an individual to establish a substantially limiting physical or mental impairment under the ADA.
The ADAAA removes the original findings in the ADA regarding the number of Americans with disabilities (43 million) and the finding that individuals with disabilities are "a discrete and insular minority." By removing this language, Congress explicitly enlarged the class of individuals the ADA is intended to protect, thus eliminating the historical basis cited by the Supreme Court for narrowly construing the definition of "disability" under the ADA.
Definition of Disability
While the ADAAA retains the ADA's definition of "disability," it provides that term "shall be construed in favor of broad coverage of individuals . . . to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of [the ADA.]" The ADAAA also clarifies that "[a]n impairment that is episodic or in remission is a disability if it would substantially limit a major life activity when active." The ADAAA's congressional findings and purposes state the EEOC's existing regulations interpreting the term "substantially limits" are "inconsistent with congressional intent, by expressing too high a standard" and express "Congress' expectation that the [EEOC] will revise that portion of its current regulations that defines the term 'substantially limits' as 'significantly restricted' to be consistent with [the ADA]."
It is unclear precisely what the EEOC's revised standard will be. However, given the ADAAA's
congressional findings "that the question of whether an individual's impairment is a disability under the ADA should not demand extensive analysis," whether an individual's impairment rises to the level of a "disability" under the ADA will certainly be an easier standard to meet and, as a corollary, likely will not be a determinative factor in resolving summary judgment motions in an employer's favor.
No Consideration of Mitigating Measures
Overruling the Supreme Court's Sutton v. United Air Lines decision, the ADAAA prevents courts and employers from considering mitigating measures an individual may be using when determining whether the individual is disabled. The only exceptions are ordinary eyeglasses and contact lenses.
"Regarded As" Having a Disability
The ADAAA lowers the standard to prove an employer discriminated against an individual whom it "regarded as" having a disability. Traditionally, individuals claiming they were "regarded as" having disabilities had to prove the employer mistakenly regarded them as having impairments that substantially limited a major life activity. The ADAAA will now hold an employer liable under a "regarded as" theory if individuals can prove discrimination because of an actual or perceived physical or mental impairment, whether or not the impairment actually limits or is perceived to limit a major life activity.
There is some good news for employers on the "regarded as" front. The ADAAA clarifies that "regarded as" claims cannot be based on transitory and minor impairments where the impairment is expected to last less than six months. Also, employers are not required to provide a reasonable accommodation to individuals who are regarded as disabled, an issue over which the federal courts of appeals were previously split.
The Potential Impact of the ADAAA on Employers
Litigation under the ADA will no doubt become more complex as the emphasis shifts away from whether plaintiffs are disabled and toward questions of whether employers have complied with the law. While employers have traditionally prevailed in more than 90 percent of all ADA lawsuits, this was principally due to the difficulty plaintiffs had in proving they were "disabled" under the statute. With this largely removed, employers should be prepared to litigate more challenging issues, such as the scope and meaning of "reasonable accommodation," "undue hardship" and "essential job functions" to establish compliance with ADA obligations.
Some other emerging ADA areas will likely include: whether specific performance or conduct standards are "job-related and consistent with business necessity"; what workplace risks satisfy the ADA's "direct threat" standard; and standards for determining whether an employer has sufficiently explored "reassignment" as a reasonable accommodation. Employers are also likely to see a rise in "regarded as" claims in light of the ">ADAAA's lower evidentiary standard for proving these claims. Beyond litigation, employers will need to provide reasonable accommodations with much greater frequency.
What Employers Should Do Now
With the ADAAA going into effect on January 1, 2009, now is the time for employers to review existing procedures for ADA compliance at every stage, including hiring, medical testing, accommodation, leave and termination. Employers must prepare to inject flexibility into their policies and practices to meet the ADA's demanding standard for reasonable accommodations. According to Mr. Alvarez, "Employers should train supervisors on individualized assessments and develop protocols or guidelines for responding to workplace limitations posed by injuries or illnesses. Forget about trying to discern whether someone meets the ADA definition of 'disability' – it's a litigation issue at best, and, in most cases, a losing one."
Among other things, Mr. Alvarez suggests employers review job descriptions since they are frequently a starting point for an individualized assessment. Employers also should consider implementing a formalized process for addressing reasonable accommodation requests or reviewing reasonable accommodation procedures already in place. Employers skilled in "individualized assessment" often rely on forms, internal guidelines, or template letters to help facilitate communication with individuals with disabilities and their healthcare providers. These practices will become both more common and indispensable as employers grapple with a more demanding and relevant ADA.
Summing up the import of the ADAAA's passage, Mr. Alvarez offered the following: "The nation clearly supports efforts to protect people with disabilities. No one can argue with the statute's intentions. But supporting and implementing this law are two different things. Employers need to accept, embrace and master uncertainty. The ADA is a concept law. There are few bright lines or hard and fast rules. People with disabilities feel like they have been denied the rights they were promised back in 1990. Come January 1, 2009, employers should expect to see a significant shift in efforts to enforce the ADA's prohibitions against disability discrimination. Some employers are ready. Many are not."
Jackson Lewis attorneys can provide additional information about the ADAAA and how it will affect your business.


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Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band: Landmarks (Blue Note, 2014)
Let me cop to my biases upfront: Brian Blade, the most innovative drummer since Tony Williams, is one of my favorite musicians. His presence on any recording, from violinist Jenny Scheinman to pianist Billy Childs, is more than enough to prick my interest. Blade, the prodigy from Shreveport, is so good that he has now become the creative force propelling Wayne Shorter's latest band. Yes, that Wayne Shorter. But when Blade takes the Fellowship Band out on the road or into the studio, it's time to stop and listen deeply. Listen deeply, not because appreciating the band's marvelous improvisations takes work, but because the deeper you plunge into the music the more rewarding and beguiling it becomes. There's a seductive beauty to all of the songs on Landmarks, a beauty that lures you in, beat by beat, but down beneath, down where Blade is conjuring up deep polyrhythms, the music reveals its sublime complexity. Blade may be the headliner, but the Fellowship Band is a band in the truest, most intimate sense of the term. The core quintet has been together since their debut in 1998: Jon Cowherd on keyboards, Chris Thomas on bass, Melvin Butler on sax and Myron Waldren on a variety of reeds. Landmarks sees the welcome addition of guitarists Jeff Parker and Marvin Sewell, whose funky slide-work on "Farewell Bluebird" is one of the highlights of the record. Their joint project is nothing less than a daring exploration up the diverse tributaries of the music of the American south, all the way up to the headwaters, charting the common currents of blues, R&B, rock, gospel, and even country. The voyage kicks off with "Down River," a swampy invocation played by Cowherd (who once did a stint with Iggy Pop) on a mellotron, which lays down the sonic themes of the record. Cowherd's work is a revelation, from his stunning duets with Thomas and Butler on "Landmarks" (a tune Cowherd composed) to the hymn-like pump organ he plays on the brief but haunting rendition of "Shenandoah." To label this music "jazz" seems somehow unfair and confining, even for the freest of art forms. The music is too mercurial; too intuitive. It twists and spins, writhes and ascends; it digs deep into the past and comes out somewhere in the future. What it never does is lose the groove. I hesitate to use the word "spiritual" since it's not part of my natural vocabulary. But I'm not sure there's a more precise description for the kind of intense emotional uplift I get from listening to this incandescent record.
Rodrigo y Gabriela: 9 Dead Alive (Rubyworks, 2014)
So you want something sophisticated that rocks. You want something frenetic, but exquisitely crafted. You want something acoustic with power chords. You want something new that remains grounded in the essential grammar of the blues. "9 Dead Alive" by the Irish musicians (by way of Mexico) Rodrigo y Gabriela, is all that and more. After some recent forays into flamenco and a well-received detour to Cuba, Rodrigo y Gabriela have returned to the music that charged them as young musicians in Mexico City: blues-powered heavy metal. On the guitar duo's first record of new material in five years, their playing is furiously lyrical and intensely focused. Rodrigo's catchy riffs and intricate melodies weave seamless across Gabriela's hard-charging rhythms. The energetic fervor may be modeled on Metallica, but there's nothing dark or brooding here, even on the slightly schizoid vamp called "Sunday Neurosis." This is music that blazes with joyful passion.
The Pixies: Indie Cindy (Pixies Music, 2014)
It's been 20 years since the last Pixies record. On the evidence of the bloated and passionless Indie Cindy, they should have waited another two decades to inflict the latest lyrical banalities of Black Francis (aka Frank Black, aka Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, aka blah, blah, blah …) on even their most adulatory groupies. Some devotees may attribute the creative sinkhole of Indie Cindy to the absence of bassist Kim Deal, long the heart and soul of the band. That's surely part of it. But even the full Deal, who for some inexplicable reason consented to lending her voice to one of these flatlining songs, couldn't have saved this boring and self-infatuated offering from a swift toss into the recycling bin. Once upon a time the Pixies were a wild and riotous force, now their playing sounds indifferent and, worse, impotent. A less narcissistic sensibility than Black Francis' might have detected these fatal defects in the mixing room. The sound of death by whimper.
Jeffrey St. Clair, editor of CounterPunch, once played two-chord guitar in a Naptown garage band called The Empty Suits.
Kurt Vile: it's a big world out there (and i am scared). (Matador Records, 2013)
You may think all of us here at CounterPunch think alike. Fact is, we don't, especially when it comes to music. However, there's one guy out there that brings us all together around a crackling campfire: Kurt Vile. His album Wakin' on a Pretty Daze topped most of our Top 10 lists last year. Wakin' is an infectious, dense and melodic beauty. His sounds are made for headphones and solitude. Vile is well on his way to becoming the Neil Young of my generation. This past week I discovered that he had released an EP last fall to accompany Wakin' on a Pretty Daze. The seven song list hosts a few Wakin' remixes, instrumentals and a couple of new tracks. If you haven't taken the time to discover Kurt Vile, now's your chance. Get on it.
WC and the Maad Circle: Ain't a Damn Thing Changed, (Priority Records, 1991)
This week is now being referred to as "Racism Week" here in the Los Angeles area, as notorious slum lord and Clippers' owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from the NBA for spouting off a few racist comments. If you've had your head in the sand for the past seven days, Sterling's mistress recorded his rant last fall and somehow the tape made its way into TMZ's hands. Race relations in Los Angeles are ever-evolving and constantly present. The whole Sterling affair got me thinking about an underappreciated hip hop album from the 1990s that explores race and class dynamics in Los Angeles, WC and the Maad Circle's Ain't a Damn Thing Changed. It's classic early West Coast rap with Parliament and James Brown samples. Recorded shortly before the LA riots of '92, Ain't a Damn Thing Changed is bold and prescient. This isn't gangsta rap, but hip hop from the hood. WC gives us first hand insights into poverty and life on the streets of South Central, what it's like to be judged for being black and male in LA and the struggle to find work and survive in a town with extreme gaps between the rich and the broke. WC is a big f** you to Donald Sterling and his ilk.
Joshua Frank is managing editor of CounterPunch. He lives in the LBC.
Dexter Gordon, One Flight Up (Blue Note, 1964; reissued on CD 2004)
Dexter made this timeless recording just short of fifty years go (June 2, 1964) in Paris. He was joined by fellow European expatriates Kenny Drew on piano and Art Taylor on drums, with the rhythm section completed by teenage prodigy, bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (then all of eighteen) with whom the long, tall tenor saxophonist had been working in Copenhagen since 1962. Trumpeter Donald Byrd rounds out the quintet with his aristocratic, cool sound and bursts of boppish fleetness. I've got a special fondness for this recording, since it was one of the first LPs I bought on my teenage trips into Seattle to build a jazz library some thirty years ago. The CD will give you famed recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's re-mastered version, but the small format forfeits the space required to do justice to legendary Blue Note photographer and producer Francis Wolff's image of Dexter standing in front of a quaintly dilapidated Old World house. Dexter reaches almost up to the second-story of the structure even with his legs splayed, as if to suggest that the continent could barely contain the tenorman's musical and physical largeness. CD and iTunes access to this classic album also effaces the crucial fact that the entire A side of the LP is dedicated to Donald Byrd's original "Tanya," an expansive modal reflection whose eighteen minutes of relaxed but inspired improvisation is the vinyl equivalent of the three-hour lunch. The nonchalant groove and unapologetically non-goal-oriented harmonies are indebted to the innovations and experiments of Miles Davis and George Russell, but Byrd, the single non-ex-pat on the date, seems to have put his finger on the civilized pulse of European social life, though the trumpeter injects a dose of American verve through a second, swinging theme that cycles back at the end of the tune's form. This more vigorous interlude puts some go into the proceedings, or maybe it just casts a glance back across the Atlantic at the American rat race with a knowing shake of the head. As leader, Dexter takes the first solo, a lordly six-minute oration filled with stentorian mottoes and bluesy asides. Then comes, Byrd soaring above his estate. One of my favorite pianists, Drew is chordal and funky on the modal bits and edgy and incisive on the swinging stretch. Bassist NHOP doesn't get a solo in the conventional sense, but his big sound and big ideas fill the music from the bottom up until at last he comes to the surface like bubbling crude during the fade-out. (How else could a piece so uninterested in the passing of time end?) Tanya doesn't so much as conclude as she recedes from the audible towards an infinite future and past. As time unspools it is given shape and texture by Taylor's imaginative, intelligent commentary: at every turn he enlivens the conversation at this eternal café in Paris or Copenhagen or some other real, mythic city. It could go on forever. But then there's the B side …
David Yearsley, author of "Bach's Feet," once played the world's oldest piano and didn't damage it … much.
Jessica Lea Mayfield, Make My Head Sing (ATO, 2014)
Before the hot, barely legal, Bible Belt, small-town Ohio chanteuse, Lydia Loveless, there was the hot, not-even-legal, Bible Belt, small-town Ohio chanteuse, Jessica Lea Mayfield. She's 24 now, but she's matured from folk to metal, to keep the genres simple. And Jessica is nothing but simple and to the point.
Since she was 15, adorably head-shaved and septum-pierced, singing into her brother's 4-track in her bedroom in Kent, Ohio, her lyrics have been blunt. Sex and drugs, and simply not giving a fuck, and getting the most fucked up in order to fuck. As one who went to college in small-town Ohio, etc., I listen to her with the heretic sneer of a big sister. I want her pull her by her ear, tell her to shut the hell up and stop screwing the riff raff, already. Stop going crazy, sister. She made me cry in frustration when I saw her in Seattle a few years ago. Darling Jessica, you and your music are so raw you scare me.
But Jessica continues on her sex-and-war path, my favorite of which is an album title any CounterPuncher could love, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt, released when she was 18. The best on that record has to be "Bible Days," with the lyrics: "I don't want to be tested by God or anyone else with blasphemy so heartfelt. I wish death upon someone else. God damn you."
On her new album, Make My Head Sing, she's far more in control of her sound than her other records. On her last one, she gave it over to some useless dude from the Black Keys, and that was a mess of a recording. I won't even talk about it. On this one, there are walls of sound cracked by riffs reminiscent of the Flock of Seagulls and Mudhoney fuzz. Ohio is far behind her. She haunts more than she cries, and more often, she wounds, well-placed. She's all grown up. And she's sounding fine.
Kristin Kolb writes the Daydream Nation column for CounterPunch magazine. [Editors' Note: Kristin has recently been diagnosed with a vicious form of breast cancer, please help her fight it off by donating a few bucks to her campaign. -- JSC & JF.]
Tough times call for tough music. The Supreme Court's Michigan Decision on Affirmative Action, Cliven Bundy, and Donald Sterling are just the tip of the spear jabbing black people. "Post-racial" America, yeah buddy. They say the economy is getting better but having been stolen from 3 times in a 24-hour period to include a break-in, well, times are tough.
Bob Marley & The Wailers, "Burnin" (Tuff Gong/Island Records 1973)
(Donald Sterling and all those "powerful" practicing white supremacists – this includes people of all hues – would do well to hear "Small Axe.")
Peter Tosh, "Equal Rights," CBS Records 1977.
Bob Marley & The Wailers, "Babylon By Bus," Tuff Gong/Island Records 1978.
Peter Tosh, "Mama Africa," CBS Records 1983.
Nina Simone, "The Very Best of Nina Simone," Song BMG Records 2006.
Because a week shouldn't go by without listening to "The High Priestess."
Kevin Gray's latest book, Killing Trayvons: an Anthology of American Violence, (co-edited with JoAnn Wypijewski and Jeffrey St. Clair) will be published by CounterPunch this spring.
Grateful Dead Live on Kresge Plaza, MIT Campus May 6, 1970
On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard murdered four students and wounded more than a dozen others during a protest at Kent State University against the US invasion of Cambodia. The Grateful Dead were on tour with the New Riders of the Purple Sage, playing colleges and other venues on the East Coast. Although the Dead were not playing May 4th, they most likely heard the news of the massacre when everyone else did. Their next show was scheduled for MIT on May 7th. Organizers working with the Boston-Cambridge anti-imperialist group the November Action Coalition (NAC) were among the many Boston area antiwar organizations organizing a never-ending round of protests. In a conversation with NAC organizer Peter Bohmer many years later, he told me how the Dead became involved in these efforts. It seems that some fans of the band who were also antiwar organizers had the ear of the Dead. The band told them they wanted to do something to express their state of mind about the escalation of the war. So on May 6th, the Dead set up on Kresge Plaza on the MIT campus in Cambridge during a protest and played a nine song set. Bohmer wasn't a fan, but remarked that Garcia and the other band members seemed like nice guys with their hearts in the right place.
The maelstrom of war, racism, and rebellion unleashed in the wake of Nixon's words on April 30th took at least eight more stateside victims in the weeks following that Grateful Dead concert in Cambridge, Six blacks protesting racism in Augusta, GA. were gunned down. On May 14, 1970 two more young people were killed by Mississippi state troopers while protesting the war. The forces of law and order were resorting to the one card they could always pull from their sleeve: raw, murderous violence. Black and Brown-hued Americans knew this all too well. White ones were rediscovering it. Neither the war nor the racism of US political and cultural society was near an end. Unfortunately, the music could only do so much.
Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger.
This album is the disc that transformed Willie from songwriter to performer. It also spawned the outlaw country music scene, which would re-define what country music was and also who its audience would be. The songs on the album tell the story of a preacher on the run for killing his wife—a classic tale of love gone way wrong. Nelson's picking throughout is sublime and his take on the tunes is unmatched. Numerous artists have recorded the Fred Rose song "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," but Nelson's is the definitive version.
The Nighthawks: Jacks and Kings.
This 1978 disc features the 1974-1986 lineup of Mark Wenner on harmonica , Jimmy Thackery on guitar, Jan Zukowski on bass and Pete Ragusa on drums. It also features a few guests, including Pinetop Perkins on piano and Bob Margolin. The Nighthawks were one of the hottest, if not the hottest, bands on the DC bar and college circuit in the 1970s. This was during a pretty fertile period for music in the region, with DC finally coming into its own in a variety of genres—rock, blues, bluegrass and even what would become known as alt-country/Americana. The Nighthawks played blues that had a baby and they named it rock and roll. Know what I'm sayin'?
Ron Jacobs' book on the Seventies, Daydream Sunset, will published by CounterPunch this summer.
The Corduroy Road: Two Step Silhouette (2012, self released)
Some guy named Daniel Roth said "Nothing says dropping out of society like learning the banjo." Possibly. I've seen the music from banjos referred to as half barbaric twang. Possibly. Reasons to love the banjo, I'd say. And obviously The Corduroy Road of Athens, Georgia loves this instrument. Few realize that the banjo is an instrument that was developed by slaves in the Caribbean, an approximation of an African instrument. In fact they say the spread of the banjo followed the spread of slavery in the New World. And through that meandering path the banjo found its way onto Two Step Silhouette, a surprisingly full and layered Americana work using no instruments the band can't fit in their van. Banjos and violins travel well it seems, complementary and soaring, Two Step Silhouette treads a familiar landscape that settles and flows, organically agreeable music, just a taste of thick wooded menace lies in "Smokehouse Whip". Really kudzu holds it all together. These songs handily showcase playful dancing from that barbarian instrument. And a barbarian with a sense of whimsy is a thing to behold.
Kathleen Wallace writes about music and culture for CounterPunch. She lives somewhere in the Midwest.
Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band: Landmarks (Blue Note, 2014)
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National Dementia Group Recognizes a Dozen New Jersey Healthcare Professionals
NEW YORK, NY— Dementia Care Professionals of America (DCPA), the membership and training division of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA), recently bestowed its inaugural A.C.E. (Ability, Compassion, Excellence) Awards to a dozen New Jersey healthcare professionals for providing exceptional care to people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
The honorees are Paulette D. Cranwell, RN, director and nurse consultant at Family Service of Morris County Adult Day Centers, Morristown; Ruth Funderburk, concierge at Parker at Stonegate Assisted Living Residence, Highland Park; Juan Grana, DC, administrator of SarahCare Adult Day Care, North Plainfield; Shakerrah Guthridge, a program/dietary aide at Golden Years Care of Freehold; Tina Harris, LPN, a nursing supervisor at Green Acres Manor, Toms River; Adrianne T. Hill, a community relations counselor at Spring Hills Somerset; Helen Ljutich, a recreational therapist at Castle Hill Health Care Center, Union City; Natalie Macaro, program director at Parker at The Pavilion Adult Day Center, Highland Park; Yoconda Porchea, a resident caregiver at Arden Courts of Wayne; Margery Rowe, a lead certified nursing assistant at CareOne at Dunroven, Cresskill; Raymunda Sindac, an activities assistant at Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living, Toms River; and Karen Vathis, a certified nursing assistant at Riverview Estates, Riverton.
DCPA honored the recipients, who were nominated by their supervisors or co-workers, at a luncheon on October 12 at the Hilton Woodbridge in Iselin, NJ. State Senator Joseph F. Vitale (D-NJ), vice chairman of the Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, was on hand at the luncheon to address attendees and co-present the awards with DCPA's director.
For this year's program, DCPA sought nominees from care-related organizations throughout New Jersey. DCPA is a membership organization for dementia care professionals and offers practical training, continuing education and qualification in an effort to raise the bar on dementia care in the United States. Nominees were not required to be DCPA members.
"While these honorees fulfill different responsibilities at their organizations, they all exemplify what it takes to be a top-notch dementia care professional," said Eric J. Hall, AFA's president and CEO. "Their compassion and a desire to go above and beyond shine a bright light for individuals with dementia and their families."
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'Who' Is the Best Show on TV?
Today's cuppa: Yorkshire Gold tea (sipped outdoors this morning, watching a hummingbird at the feeder)
Confession time: I've been watching "Doctor Who" since I was a kid, starting with Tom Baker, the fourth actor to play the role (tall, big nose, curly hair, floppy hat, long scarf). I used to belong to a "Doctor Who" fan club, which met monthly in a public library. As a matter of fact, I met my mentor in all things tea, the estimable Tia Cupps, at said "Doctor Who" fan club. So when I talk about "Doctor Who," I know whereof I speak.
At the risk of hyperbole, let me say that, by virtue of its longevity, consistency and boundless imagination, the BBC's "Doctor Who" is the greatest TV show ever. It's now in its fifth decade, has produced over 750 episodes and in on its 10th actor playing the enigmatic, two-hearted alien Time Lord known only as the Doctor (when he's fatally wounded, he regenerates in a new body -- perhaps the single most useful plot twist in TV history).
The current incarnation, starring the quicksilver David Tennant, just finished its most recent season Friday night on Sci Fi Channel -- if you want to catch up, BBC America airs the show one season behind Sci Fi -- and "Journey's End" was a whopper.
Click on the first and third links in the paragraph above for a review and description of the episode (as with all "Doctor Who" episodes,it's complicated), but in brief, it encapsulates everything that has kept this series going for lo these many years.
It was epic; it was deeply personal; it was about the end of everything; it was about the beginning of everything; it was about heroes, martyrs, saints and sinners (and some who were more than one of the above); it was about love; it was about hate; it was about self-discovery; it was about fate; it was about free will; it was about worlds mended and hearts broken.
Perhaps because "Doctor Who" spent decades with low budgets and cheesy special effects, it has always relied on performances and writing to carry the day. In reviving the franchise four seasons ago, show-runner Russell T. Davies -- now replaced with Steven Moffat of "Coupling" fame, but his first season won't air until 2010, partly because Tennant is rocking "Hamlet" in London -- picked up that torch and sprinted with it. "Doctor Who" is at once about the grandest themes possible and about the smallest human moments.
And despite positively prodigious amounts of technobabble, it never loses its heart (even the Doctor's spaceship, the TARDIS, has a heart of its own).
It's also profoundly optimistic about the human race. In "Journey's End," all of existence is saved because the immense knowledge and wisdom of a Time Lord -- a universe-spanning, omnipotent race of which the Doctor is the last -- was wedded temporarily to the ingenuity of a human being.
"Doctor Who" will frequently make you laugh, and it will occasionally make you cry.
So, go tune in, get a DVD or download an episode and come on the ride. It's always a good time to know "Who."


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Chef and writer Anjum Anand has worked in innovative restaurants around the world, but her real love is delicious food which is simple to cook at home. She challenges fiercely the assertion that Indian food is heavy and difficult to cook and is determined to make 'cooking an Indian', as easy as rustling up a stir fry.
Anjum grew up in London, but has also studied in Geneva, Paris and Madrid. After gaining a European diploma in business she decided to develop her interest in Indian cookery. She has made it her mission to make her native food fresher, lighter and simpler to cook.
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Concert of New Music Pieces Given by Moranbong Band Highly Acclaimed
| Pyongyang, September 4 (KCNA) -- The Moranbong Band gave an amazing performance with new famous songs and music pieces of Korean style.
The concert was given before full houses at the Mansudae Art Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday.
Watching it were officials, creators and artistes in the field of art of the army and society, journalists and editors, and teachers and researchers in the field of art education.
The concert began with female trio "The Dear Name Called by People."
Its repertoire included female trio "Small White Boat Everybody Longed to See," female solo and pangchang "Voice of My Heart" and "Confession", a series of light music "The Glorious Motherland", "Song of the Proclamation of the People's Republic" and "Ode to the Motherland".
The performers sang high praises of the great mother party and impressively portrayed the drive to create a high level of civilization under the care of the sun.
Also put on the stage were female solos and pangchang "Song of Big Fish Haul" and "Sea of Apples at Foot of Chol Pass", female chorus "Song of Mangyongdae Revolutionary School", female solo "Fifteen Minutes on That Day" and other pieces.
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30 Examples of Smart Print Advertisement
Print ads must be eye-catching and attractive to draw the viewer's attention. In this post you will see some examples of smart print advertisements and clever messages that these ads present. Most of the ones listed here are funny and unrealistic which are the reasons why these ads are effective and interesting to look at.
Panasonic 3D TV: Dino
Samsung: Optical Zoom, Dog
Delsey Luggage: Tarmac
Abramet: Tree
Tag Heuer: Bird
Telepizza Extra Cheese: Giant Kong
AirWick: Bucket
Pastorini Toy Store: Pilot
WWF Bluefin Tuna overfishing: Panda
English Mastery: Absurd Crosswalk
Colgate Max White One: Guy
Farmers Insurance: Work Injuries
Kawasaki: Skater
Paladar Gastronomy Festival: Exchange 3
Avis: Reunion
Tiger Vacuum Bottle: Snow
Volvic: Plum
Wikipedia: War
Pampaverde: Extra big burger
Fabercastell Truecolours: Eggplant
Stihl: Bush
Save the Rhino: Zebra
Pepsi Diet: Unpimp your body
Duracell: Ship
Getty Images: Underwater
Smart: Pollution
TACA Airlines: Small San Francisco
ANCMA: To be noticed
Canal+: iPhone, Football
Shriram Cement: Athena, Greece
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KinectronicMay 24, 2011
Some truly excellent ads, although I'd contest that the last one isn't exactly "smart," given that it has a quite blatant spelling mistake in one of the only two word in the text.
Laurent HoldrinetMay 24, 2011
great collection!
Very refreshing… Thanks
Zap MediaMay 24, 2011
Advertising at it's best. Despite the digital revolution, print design will still work
very hard for you.
John SproferaMay 24, 2011
Just wanted to say I really enjoyed reading the 30 Examples of Smart Print Advertisement article, however I just wanted to point out a typo that was overlooked.
Shriram Cement: Athena, Greece
Caption on image reads: Unfotunately since 1987. Maybe Shriram Cement should hire someone to proofread their marketing images
Heather CossonMay 24, 2011
That's a pretty major typo on the cement ad.
Stiven Martinez (SMART)May 24, 2011
hahahaha! nice post!
great ideas!
JonathanMay 24, 2011
Many of these were never printed nor commissioned by the company they supposedly represent.
TomasMay 24, 2011
Thank you @Kinectronic, @Heather Cosson and @John Sprofera for pointing out this huge spelling mistake. I didn't notice it. Anyway, I think it's really smart ad (except the mistake).
Phill OhrenMay 24, 2011
I loved this post. Theres a common theme with the photography though – HDR!
MainualMay 25, 2011
Nice mix of animation and photography!
Lex KoffMay 25, 2011
Thanks ! Really inspiring! The creative ads are much more credible for me as they are not that obtrusive and trigger positive emotions.
Tristar Web DesignMay 26, 2011
I see so much web design, its really nice to see some print advertisements once in a while, especially clever ones (Minus the spelling mistake in the last one!). I like the Samsung zoom with the dog and the Air Wick motion sensor. The WWF one is pretty cool too. It's weird seeing a Tuna with a Panda face, they've made them all look friendly so you feel sorry for them too!
MJMay 27, 2011
Inspirational and spot on – thanks!
Dot MonsterMay 31, 2011
Really nice examples I especially liked the iPhone, Football one. Inspirational!
AngeleeJune 8, 2011
hahahahahah! awesome, Im guilty of the diet!
IrisOctober 24, 2011
Perfect good!Thank you!
IulianDecember 24, 2013
These ads will give us some good ideas. Nice one.


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Regular readers of my blog will remember a popular post last year about accusations by an independent jewellery designer. She claimed that high street Claire's Accessories had copied her designs and used cheaper versions of her products in their stores.
The incident quickly spread across the social media world but Claire's ignored the complaints and went so far as deleting comments about it (including mine) from their Facebook page. I had several tense conversations with the company's PR representative but then it all went quiet.
Well guess what? Claire's has now been accused of doing exactly the same thing and doesn't seem to have learnt any lessons.
Designer Tatty Devine tweeted at me yesterday alerting me to a blog post in which it's claimed Claire's has copied more designs. Here's an example which I'm republishing with permission from Tatty Devine:
At the time of writing, the blog post has received 204 comments and the issue has been tweeted many times with most people targeting @ClairesStores, the Twitter account for Claire's Accessories.
The company has also once again been accused of deleting Facebook comments, a point raised by comedy writer Graham Linehan:
If we though it was a good example of a social media fail last time, this time it seems to be an even better case study!
I will contact the PR again. Watch this space!
Yesterday, I posted two comments on the Claire's Accessories Facebook page. Both were deleted within a couple of minutes of being posted.
I called the Claire's head office and the receptionist said all the marketing staff were "on a photoshoot". When I pushed further she said she had been informed to tell all members of the press to email and receive a statement.
Claire's Accessories has today posted a statement on Facebook. It says: "Claire's Stores, Inc. is a responsible company that employs designers, product developers and buyers, and works with many suppliers to provide innovative collections that bring customers all the latest fashion trends. As such, we take any allegations of wrong doing seriously. We are looking into the matters raised."
That comment has received several responses which raise more issues of how to handle negative comments on social media platforms. Some users are unaware of the accusations so are asking 'what happened?', while others are taking the opportunity to post about other negative experiences with the brand:
In response to comments about bad customer service experiences, a Claire's employee has responded:
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What a shame, I have always thought of Claires Accessories as a respectful company.
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I think the key here is that customers want to be heard and listened to and when they're not, the back lash begins on Social Media!
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text: March 18, 2014 Minutes April 1, 2014 / Evelyn Lyzenga / Board Minutes / No Comments Minutes of Board of Trustees Allegan District Library March 18, 2014 The monthly meeting of the Board was called to order by President Kiella at 7:00 pm. Present were Trustees: Jason Watts, Sally Trabulsi, Carol Garofalo, Carol Browne, Mike Kiella, Chris Antkoviak, Director Perrigo and Administrative Assistant Evelyn Lyzenga. Also present were Betty McDaniel, Mayor, Aaron Haskin, City DPW and Kathy Burczak, Abonmarche Design Engineers. All present said the Pledge of Allegiance. President Kiella turned the meeting over to Betty McDaniel who introduced Aaron Haskin and Kathy Burczak to talk about a grant being sought by the City to develop a kayak launch area in the parking lot of the Griswold Auditorium and the Allegan District Library. Kathy Burczak led a discussion of the proposed development and changes to the existing area. The board members gave many valuable suggestions. The deadline to apply for the grant is April 1st. Discussion continued about the aquatic habitat grant the City is also seeking to develop fish ladders in the Mill district. President Kiella has sent a letter of support to Rob Hillard, City of Allegan's City Manager. Trustee Hellmann was excused from this meeting. Additions to the agenda were: • Moving the Director's report and the Personnel Committee report from the consent agenda to the regular agenda under New Business • Per request from Trustee Watts to have the "bylaws update" under Unfinished Business moved to the April board meeting • Revising item 1 of the consent agenda to read: Minutes of last meeting and minutes of special meeting on March 1st. All approved. Trustee Watts moved, Trustee Trabulsi seconded, to accept the consent agenda as revised. Passed. Public Comment – none. Action on Committee reports: Strategic Plan – Action Plan for 2014 – Trustee Browne said there was nothing new since last board meeting; just reiterated that the Action Plan is an active document and the board as a whole does agree and support the plan. Trustee Watts moved to pay the February bills in the total amount of $37,161.13, seconded by Trustee Garofalo; passed. A final invoice from Hartzell-Mika Consulting in the amount of $5,400.00 was submitted. Trustee Browne, seconded by Trustee Watts, moved to have all bills pertaining to the Personnel Search paid under line item #2718080 and to submit this final invoice to be paid under that line item. Passed. Communications – Director Perrigo shared a card she received from Becky Burnett regarding the Director's upcoming retirement and thanking the Director for all the good work she has done. Unfinished Business: Update from the Search Committee – Trustee Browne gave an update on the Board's offer to Lindsey Dorfman as the new Director of the Library. Trustee Browne clarified that the new Director was hired under a work agreement. The work agreement can be renewed each year or extended for a period of the Board's choosing. Trustee Kiella added that notification of non-renewal on either the Director's part or the Board's requires 60 day written notification. Committee appointment review: Budget and Finance committee members are Trustees Kiella, Antkoviak and Watts. Personnel Committee members are Trustees Browne and Antkoviak. Per the work agreement the new Director is to be reviewed in 6 months and 6 months after that. The Personnel Committee will be required to establish the objectives for her evaluation. • Trustee Browne requested an initial meeting with Director Perrigo, new Director Dorfman, Trustee Antkoviak and herself which would give the Committee input from the new Director about her goals; would be a good foundation for a good partnership. • The Chair suggested that SMAART objectives be used (SMAART stands for Specific, Measureable, Agreed-upon, Achievable, and Timely). • The Personnel Committee must set up these objectives within 60-90 days of this board meeting. Trustee Browne clarified that these objectives will not be micro-managing the new Director. Facilities Committee members are Trustees Kiella and Garofalo. This committee will need other new members as Trustee Garofalo who will not be seeking re-election this fall. There was discussion concerning the establishment of a Renovation Committee and an Elections Committee. New Business: Budget 2014-2015 – Director Perrigo distributed a working document of a proposed budget for 2014-2015 for the Board's review. The Chair remanded the working document to the Budget and Finance Committee for consideration. The committee will meet to review and report at the April board meeting. 1st reading of the new budget must be at the May board meeting. Director's Report – Director Perrigo reported on the many ceiling leaks the library had during the warming up of the weather. These leaks are from the flat roof. She called the roofer – Mikalan Roofing who has worked on it, and they came out the next day. Mikalan reported they repaired and resealed 95 screw holes. Director Perrigo also reported that with the extremely bad weather and ice, the eaves on the west side of the 1976 addition were damage and must be replaced. President Kiella asked the Director to see if those repairs by Rossman Construction would be an insurable charge. As usual many roof tiles were damaged too, and she will call the tile man when the snow has melted. She shared that to install a new book drop will require changes to the building; perhaps it would be better when the new addition to the library is built to position the book drop in that area. Director Perrigo recommended that this item be moved to the back burner for now. Personnel Committee report was covered earlier in the meeting. Board Member Comments: Trustee Browne thanked everyone for their concern for her husband, Bill; Trustee Watts did two info-graphics on Lindsey Dorfman for our Facebook page; Trustee Garofalo mentioned the Board dinner for the Director is on April 1st at the Grill House and she needs to hear from the board members who are coming. President Kiella requested that an item be added to the April agenda under Old Business "Renovation Committee – form that committee". Trustee Browne requested the strategic action plan be added to the April board documents. This is Director Perrigo's last board meeting. Director Perrigo reminisced about her first day on the job when she came in 1996 and thanked the Board for their constant support over the years. Meeting adjourned at 9:08 pm. Next board meeting is April 15th. Evelyn Lyzenga, Administrative Assistant


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It is no doubt that qualitative education lays the foundation for a bright child to explore and contribute immensely to societal growth in their chosen fields as they grow into adulthood.
Last week, Mbari Mbayo School in Yaba, Lagos staged its founder's day silver jubilee anniversary to celebrate 25years of being a citadel of qualitative learning and the breeding ground for great minds.
The Founder and Proprietress, Mrs. Mary Ajibola Aiyegbusi pointed out that what seemed like a mere wishful thinking has grown to be a force to reckon with.
According to her, "I am thankful to the sovereign being because it hasn't been easy but all the same, God has been faithful and this has made me to constantly remind my teachers that it's not my school alone but their school as well and whatever they have to do, it must be to set a positive mark because they have to set a standard whereby the children would be able to fit into the society with open minds, honesty and optimism.
"When there's a will, then you'll always find a way. there are some schools that started with me but they are nowhere to be found today because they did not have the welfare of children at heart and did not by any means try to keep up to standard. I am humbled that after all these years; my experience with children has been worthwhile and ever green.
This experience is what I cannot switch for anything in the world." Aiyegbsi said
In her remarks, the former Commissioner of Education in Edo State, Prof. Ngozi Osarenren congratulated the school and also used the medium to advise other schools to uphold standard required for learning.
"I am elated and happy to have graced this occasion. I am here because Mbari Mbayo upholds uttermost standard and dedication to the tenets of ideal learning environment."
She urged parents to take the education of their wards seriously. She said, "parents should take the education of their wards as their paramount duty, irrespective of the harsh economic crises that we are experiencing, it is quite necessary to have your wards in schools where teachers go beyond the normal routine of teaching and walking away" Osarenren stressed.
The highpoint of the event included the unveiling and launching of the Year Book alongside the formal presentation of the school's trophy as the overall winner in the Senior Secondary Schools category of the 2012 Lagos State Brighter Rewarding
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My first ever blog post for The Looking Spoon was entitled Bad Things Come in Threes...and this last week as brought us another interesting trifecta that is worth adding to series (this is my second one...its a series now...so there)
That said, either there's something in the water or certain Democratic leaders are starting to become unhinged.Add a comment
I want to extend my congratulations to the Democratic party for another decisive victory over evil using one of the greatest tools in its arsenal....
The RESOLUTION - UTION - UTION - UTION - UTION - UTION - UTION
That's like the ultimate weapon for liberals....a stern warning. They work like magic too! City councils issue them to condemn wars and genocides to make the point that potholes, trash collection, and sewer systems are all issues that take care of themselves.
Ooooh! Remember the U.N. Resolution leveled against North Korea's nukes that ended their ambitions and thus averted nuclear holocaust! Where were you when.................Add a comment
The men who signed the Declaration of Independence were signing their death warrants, nothing more, nothing less. Unlike liberals in our universities or in front of the cameras at any given Hollywood self worship service, these men truly embodied what it means to fight for principle, and do it with courage.
It is hard to understand how what they did could be trivialized by accusations they were a bunch of greedy rich white men when signing that piece of paper cost so many of them not just their property, but their lives, and the lives of their families as well.
Today, September 11, 2009, I hope this video reminds all who view it the price that was paid for the freedom we have, and understand and remember what was really assaulted on this day 8 years ago.
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So this was Obama's "last chance" to "seal the deal" on health care "reform." I don't know if it will work, its still too early to say. It's always hard to gauge how people will respond to teleprompter rhetoric only a mother could love.
He really laid it on thick at the end with the stuff about Kennedy. I'm sure the "progressive" side of the aisle had eyes almost as wet as their pants over it, even though bringing him up was more predictable than the happy ending of any Disney movie (especially if said happy ending involves rolling the credits of High School Musical 3, like the Bush administration some eras really just needed to end).
One thing is for sure, Obama says the time for bickering has come to an end. Well, that's that! Thanks for clearing everything up on the matter Mr. President! No more arguing...now its time to do as he says.
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This video officially puts them on the list....and I'm really not sure why I didn't add them before. I want to express the reasons I love this video, but its a big fat spoiler so I wont do it....just be patient, it's not only hilarious, but I think its brilliantly crafted.
Big kudos to Red State Update!
All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
- George Orwell
For years, and years and years and years and years and on it goes, we heard over and over and over and over and over again from liberals about the dictatorial nature of George W. Bush. Works cited in the Hiltarian comparisons to our latest former president include blogs, the diligent work of movie editors employed by Michael Moore, well sourced award acceptance speeches at celebrity self worship services, and lectures in our nations colleges all the way down to "foundation basket weaving."
Now its their guy in charge, and its not just anyone, this is the guy who invented new words for the english language....like "hope" and "change."
Yeah I know he didn't create those words, I'm just telling you what I agree to when I meet one of his zombies, I don't want them to sense I have a brain and then try to bite in to it.Add a comment
I've read something similar to this before, but this is the first time I've seen a video of it. I'm glad one was made.
You can go ahead and read this or you can hear my summation of it...basically, I'm trying to figure out if this is an news story, editorial, or brazen sexual advance toward President Obama.
Its tempting to make the jokes and take the shots at Teddy for what he did back in 1969. Its probably even justified. However, he was also loved by his family and his passing is genuinely mourned so I'm not going to roast him on that....
Not today anyway.
All my life I've been trying to understand why so many people don't see how whole romanticizing of the Kennedy family and the idea that their dynasty is embodied in the concept of "Camelot" is more artificial than a cloned copy of Joan Rivers's face.Add a comment
It looks like there is finally a connection of Obama to President Lincoln that isn't just geography based, and it actually applies. Lincoln's faith guided his principles in keeping the country together as he looked to Jesus's admonition that a house divided cannot stand.
It appears Obama is taking that to heart.
I've been really naive. I truly thought that the actions of liberals in a post 9-11 era would not even come close to measuring up to their rhetoric, especially after Bill Clinton spent 8 years hamstringing our intelligence community as if he was cuffing an old girlfriend to a bedpost.
Obama seems bound and determined to make the CIA his..........um, I don't want to say it because it really is crude and I really try not to use words with any hint of profanity unless there is a good reason to do so....so I will say this, its a five letter word that rhymes with bitch.
I recently had it out on Facebook with liberal friends of mine (yes I have them...no they don't know I do this, I want to keep them) who admonished me and the right for spreading lies that, among other things, Obama wants to abolish private health insurance.
In addition to being a great place to watch user generated video youtube makes a handy cricket sound maker for liberal propagadists. More on that in a bit...
Without a doubt Obama is the most I.T. savvy president yet, but like everything else in the "ship of state" this is little consolation considering the internet is probably the worst thing that could ever happen to politicians.
Its really cool that the president knows how to blog and email and twitter and myspace and blackberry and lightsaber and teleport and has developed an iPhone app that makes his poop smell like hope....but in spite of all of this Obama's administration has maintained a Defcon Biden level of stupidity when it comes to the way they act and the tactics it has engaged in to promote its agenda with technology. Even though they have it and they know how to use it their rhetorical strategies continue to party like its 1989.Add a comment


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Source - K-1 superstar Remy Bonjasky exclusive quick quote: Stick to the rules or don't play the game at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets — MMAmania.com"Dear Fans,
In 2003 and in 2004 I won the K-1 Grand Prix. There I had tears in my eyes, because I was happy to win. Winning with a DQ is very disappointing to me because I worked hard for the final and thats why I had tears this time. I hope that this will be a lesson to all the ring fighters, if you cant stick to rules, dont play the game."
-Winner of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Remy Bonjasky gives MMAmania.com a message for his fans - and K-1 bad boy Badr Hari - regarding his controversial disqualification win over Hari in the 2008 GP finals. Hari pulled Bonjasky to the ground in the second round and seemed to lose control of himself, pummeling the downed opponent and even trying to stomp on Bonjaskys face. Bonjasky was allowed five minutes to recover but was still seeing double after the time elapsed and the referee called the match. A bizarre and unfortunate ending to an otherwise spectacular event. No question these two will meet again somewhere down the road.


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Muscle Mustangs & Fast FordsFeatured Vehicles
1990 Ford Mustang GT - Strike Fighter
When An F-18 Aerospace Engineer Builds A Mustang, You Can Bet There's Going To Be A Turbine Involved.
Roger swapped out the original stick-shift transmission for an Art Carr-built, transbrake-equipped, AOD automatic, and coupled it to the engine with an Art Carr 9.5-inch torque converter with a 3,500-stall speed and SFI flexplate. He later pulled the trans back out for a rebuild and took the opportunity to drop off the Mustang at HP Performance for some rear-suspension upgrades.
While the front end employs a Griggs Racing tubular K-member, control arms, and a Koni coilover setup, the rear suspension uses UPR Products' adjustable upper and lower control arms with spherical rod ends for absolutely no slop. Eibach rear springs and Koni Yellow shocks keep the car stable at high speeds.
On the chassis dyno at HP Performance, the Tangerine filly spun the rollers to 417 rwhp and 415 lb-ft of torque. Roger wasn't overly impressed, as the five-speed turned out 426 hp, but Gonyon told him the power was there. It was just that the torque converter and automatic transmission weren't showing it. With the new AOD gearbox and a rear suspension that could rein in the tremendous torque, the stout little Mustang trekked back to Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Florida, and promptly laid down an 11.01 at 122 mph with Gonyon behind the wheel. Indeed, the power was there and then some.
The car ran a string of low-11-second elapsed times through 2007, and over the course of the year, Roger renovated the interior to his liking. This overhaul included a complete color change from gray to black, using Latemodel Restoration's door panels, headliner, and carpet. Corbeau CR1 bucket seats comfort the occupants, while a K Dezines rear-seat delete did away with the unusable rear seat. Roger modified the seat delete to accommodate the battery relocation, and he also installed sound deadening on the roof and interior panels to combat excessive noise and vibration. G-Force harnesses were attached to the Autopower six-point rollbar, and Roger installed a Painless Wiring ashtray switch panel for the transbrake and overdrive functions.
Roger and Dave also upgraded the Pony to five-lug axle specs using Lincoln rotors up front, and Moser 31-spline shafts with a Traction-Lok differential and girdle on the 8.8 axle. Weld Pro Star wheels were chosen for the five-lug upgrade and feature 15x3.5 rims up front and 15x10-inch hoops out back. Mickey Thompson front and rear rubber was selected as well. Roger has plans for a future upgrade to SN-95 rotors and rear disc brakes, and plans to use a set of black FR500 replica wheels with drag radials for street duty.
In April 2008, Roger entered the orange horse in the Pinks event at Gainesville Raceway, and while he wasn't chosen for the television show, the car did run a best-ever 10.73 at 124 mph while recording a 1.46 short time on its relatively road race-spec suspension.
Roger points to his family for getting him into the car hobby. "My dad had a '68 Camaro with a 327 when I was little, and while growing up, my Grandpa and Uncle Pat always had some type of project when I was around their house, be it a '68 Vette, a '62 pickup, or a '68 Mustang." While his family may have been into Chevys, Roger's passion for 5.0s developed while he was in college. "I came home for the summer, and a good friend of mine had bought an '88 Bimini Blue LX hatch. I've been hooked on the 5.0 since then."
Roger is quick to stand by those who stood by him throughout his automotive endeavors. "I'd like to thank God for blessing me with a hobby I love; my wife, Lisa; and sons Joshua, Aaron, and Christopher, who put up with my hopeless gearhead addiction," Roger says, "as well as my Mom and Dad, and my Grandfather Novaria and Uncle Pat for instilling in me a love for high-performance cars while growing up." Roger also thanks those who had a physical hand in the build, including Dave Pfister, Chris Whitehouse, Sean Knighton, Tony Gonyon, Jason Combs, and Paul Holman.
In a few short years, Roger has built himself a strike fighter capable of attacking on many fronts. The ordinance, a turbocharger, was no accidental choice as Roger is an aerospace engineer who works on the compressor section of the F-18 Hornet's jet turbine. Full speed ahead.


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The Third Epidemic: Repercussions of the Fear of AIDS by Panos Institute, published in association with the Norwegian Red Cross, pp320, Pounds sterling 5.95 pbk
THIS MOST recent book from the Panos Institute is ambitious and important. While many books have already been written about the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, infection (the 'first epidemic') and the clinical illnesses which follow (the 'second epidemic'), this is the first effort to synthesise experience of the 'third epidemic' of reaction and response to HIV and AIDS.
In choosing a global perspective and in focusing on the social impact of HIV/AIDS, the Panos Institute has rendered a great service. It presents many examples of fear, prejudice and discrimination from different countries and varied socioeconomic and political settings, with a mixture of technical accuracy and readability which characterises the best of Panos's work. Yet the book manages to avoid oversimplifications that would ...
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13th Annual Public Interest Law Association Auction
The 13th Annual Public Interest Law Association (PILA) Fundraiser Auction will be held on Friday, February 10, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Fremont Hotel & Casino. The purpose of the auction is to raise funding for summer internship grants for Boyd students working in the public sector. For more about PILA's Summer Public Interest Grant Program, click here. If you are interested in donating, click here.
To register for this event, please RSVP here.
For the past two years, PILA has honored a member of the legal community for their commitment to public interest. The newly named Silver Staircase Honor recognizes members of our community who help create access to justice for those with unmet legal needs.
This year, PILA has named Barbara Buckley as the 2012 Silver Staircase Honoree. As the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Barbara was instrumental in establishing the new Civil Law Self-Help Center, located at the Regional Justice Center. In its first year of existence, over 31,000 people received help at the SHC. Additionally, Barbara has been tirelessly raising the funds necessary to expand LACSN in both location and personnel, and broke ground on the expansion on October 10, 2011.
This year, the LACSN-sponsored Ask-A-Lawyer programs also expanded from Family Law, Small Business, and Homeless Assistance Project to include Landlord/Tenant, Foreclosure Mediation, and Bankruptcy. These programs allow individuals to get 15-30 minutes of free legal advice on their specific case, promoting the ability of low-income individuals to access justice. Additionally, Barbara has worked to pass legislation for children in foster care and demonstrated continuous support of Boyd and PILA. Together with her staff, Barbara is consistently working to improve the ability of low-income individuals to get the legal help they need. She is a worthy recipient of this award.
Platinum Sponsors:
The Howard Hughes Corporation
Ken Templeton II, Financial Advisor
Gold Sponsors:
Foster Realty
In Memory of Professor & Madam Eyo Ita
Silver Sponsors:
Kamer Zucker Abbott Attorneys at Law
The Mullin Group, Prudential Americana Group Realtors
Bronze Sponsors:
Becky Pintar
Sergei's Dance Studio
|From left, PILA members Laura Jennings, Brittnie Watkins, Jessica Perlick, Marisa Rodriguez-Shapoval, and Shannon Phenix.
PILA is hoping for 200-300 people to show up to the 2012 auction and their monetary goal is now set at $40,000. They hope to be able to use that money to give out eight $5,000 grants.
Shannon Phenix, PILA president, said the event has had great success in the past.
"Two years ago there was a high turnout and a lot of money was raised," she said. "Last year, there was a bit of a lull, but it was still a really strong event."
The $40,000 goal would be a substantial increase from the $14,000 they raised last year, but Marisa Rodriguez-Shapoval, PILA VP in charge of the auction, said that there are a lot of auction items available.
"We'll have a silent auction, a live auction and a student only auction that starts a few days before," she said. "We have items that range from a $20 gift certificate at Starbucks to an $800 getaway at the MGM."
Auction Items
- Yin Yang Yoga Private Yoga and Stress Relaxation Therapy Session (value $150)
- Advance Chiropractic Specialists New Patient Exam (value $750)
- Qivana Qore System Kit (value $160)
- Forrey Films - $500 discount on any video project
- Mandalay Bay Getaway (value $600)
- The Signature at MGM Grand Getaway (value $800)
- Las Vegas Bootcamp Session (value $300)
- Starbucks Gift Cards
- Signed Copy of Senator Reid's Book
- Mayor Carolyn Goodman Meeting and Bobblehead
- Sergei's Dance Studio Ballroom Dance Lessons (value $455)
- Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters Rides (value $398)
- Callaway Golf Center
- Arrow Head Bed & Breakfast Getaway Package
- $100 Lavo Gift Certificate
- WestLaw New Attorney Kit
- Via Brazil Stakehouse Gift Cards
- Private Wine Tasting for 20 in the Private Room in our Boca Park/Summerlin store (value $500)
- Total Wine & More Gift Certificate (value $100)
- Keurig Brewer B-40 (value $175)
- The Pasta Shop in Henderson (value $50)
- RM Seafood Restaurant Gift Certificate (value $500)
- Texas Gift Basket
- Las Vegas Wranglers - 4 Mardi Gras Tickets (value $72)
- Tree by Jeff Lawn & Landscape (value $500)
- Two 30 minute swimming lesson (value $430)
- Two pairs of running shoes by Performance Footwear (value $100 each)
- Signed copy of "The Litigators" by Grisham
- 2 Tickets to the Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian (value $298)
- Two tickets for the Bingham Gallery in Utah (value $300)
- Casey Jennings - 3 ft standee
- Kerri Walsh - 3 ft standee
- "Recycled Percussion Show" at the Tropicana (Value $366)
- Bar + Bistro Gift Certificate (value $100)
- Photo Session by hilary walsh photography (value $175)
- Painting by Elena Fernandez
- Leather Atache computer bag donated by "Horizon Print Solution"
- Two VIP Indoor Skydiving tickets & DVD (value $195)
- Two VIP tickets to Big League Weekend Cubs/Rangerss - Donation by Sean Claggett Esq. (value $260)
- Rayso Inc. Carpet Cleaning (value $100)
- Dinner for two (2) at Bacio by Carla Pellegrino (value $150)
- TPC Summerlin four some of golf (value $936)
- Show by SPI Entertainment
o Name that Tune Live
o Human Nature
o The Australian Bee Gees Show
- Donation by Luxury Suites International
o Two-Night Stay (all inclusive) at the Signature
- UFC Merchandise
- Eye Candy Salon – Two Full Service Haircuts (value $50)
- Deluxe Facial donated by Image Words/ruthfurman.com
- One hour Public Relations/Social Media consult by phone by Image Words/ruthfurman.com
- Professional Portrait or Profile Session by Eric Ita Photography (value $200)
- The Rule of Law by Lord Thomas Bingham
The Public Interest Law Association (PILA) at the William S. Boyd School of Law is a non-profit, student-run organization that works closely with students, faculty, and members of the community to raise awareness about public interest work and opportunities available to law students. For more information about PILA, go to law.unlv.edu/current-students/student-organization/pila/home.html.


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"I do not know what time it was when I woke up. It was calm, with that absolute silence which can be so soothing or so terrible as circumstances dictate. Then there came a sob of wind, and all was still again. Ten minutes and it was blowing as though the world was having a fit of hysterics. The earth was torn in pieces: the indescribable fury and roar of it all cannot be imagined."
It was Saturday morning on 20 July 1911, the middle of winter in Antarctica. Apsley Cherry-Garrard and his companions Bill Wilson and Birdie Bowers had cheated death many times in the three weeks that it had taken them to reach Cape Crozier on the eastern tip of Ross Island. But this storm should have meant the end.
The previous evening they had moved from their flimsy ...
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We're working on it, I promise!
It's hard to make the forums as accessible to people as possible, while still fighting spammers. In a lot of cases the spammers here aren't bots, they are people. It's impossible to fight against something like that. But, their IP does get banned at least!
Yeah, I'm not trying to blame you guys, I just wanted to notify. I know all too well what kinds of spammers are out there haha… I played World of Warcraft for like 4 years… Jesus. The gold farmers were RIDICULOUS. They would be spamming and whispering people all of the time. You can report them but, but it was pointless because more would just keep coming… I can't wrap my head around how that kind of business is profitable… I mean you got warehouses of people sitting around filling out captchas and shit hoping one of the websites they post on doesn't get deleted? And to what, make $2 for that day?
Spammers and trolls; the bane of a good forum.
I'm not sure how the phpBB mod panel is set up, and honestly haven't tried this on my own forums yet, but why couldn't one simply ban blacklisted IPs? There are several sites out there that list common spammer IPs. Of course, I fully realize the pain in the arse that is IP banning, but in some cases it's worth the chances of a little less traffic. Just sort of thinking out loud here.
We're fighting the good fight and doing the best we can. I'd say overall it's going pretty well. Every bit of spam is blacklisted by IP forever, so that definitely helps over time. People can't sign up unless they do a captcha AND click a link in an email, so it's gotta be real humans doing most of it.
Since the upgrade, there have been 12,000 (!) attempted spam accounts, and only a handful get through, so I think we're doing a pretty decent job. If people ever catch a nasty one, you can always email me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll go zap it right away.
How is the report feature set up? (the little ! triangle on each post) I didn't think about using that lol. Do you have it so when someone reports a post, it emails you, or do you have to check the forums? That might be an easy way for everyone, because I'm sure it would have the link to the post in the email and everything so it would be easy to get to.
yea if you could use that it really helps – as it just gives us an easy way of spotting it… most spam is a new topic – but sometimes they are sneaky :)
I don't mean to nag or anything, but I'm serious about the Askimet integration. It could nearly eliminate your spam problems. Anything I create, anymore, that has the ability to be commented on has some sort of askimet integration. The service is just wonderful.
it does really work well with WordPress – I will have a look at that Matt. :)
So will I, for my own forums! I didn't know Akismet could be integrated into forums.
It can be integrated into just about anything. If somebody is spamming your toaster, give Askimet all the information you can and they'll inform you if it's spam. Just remember to put in Ham options just in case what it trashed isn't really Spam. This helps make Askimet an even better service.
Just to update you lot – Chris and myself did a little digging today and although sparse there were some options. Tried one of the more promising ones and it broke the registration… the quest continues!!
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: Geology :
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This lesson explores the geologic features found in the Glen, including potholes, rock creep, cascades, limestone caves and glacial valleys. The students will learn how glaciers have shaped the Ohio landscape while witnessing evidence of their presence. A trip to the Yellow Spring is a highlight of this lesson.
Objectives for the Geology Lesson
- Observe and differentiate the geological forces that shaped Glen Helen.
- Observe fossils and can explain that fossils form from preexisting plants and animals.
- Differentiate between physical and chemical weathering.
- Explain the rock cycle.
- Differentiate between igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock.
Science Standards Covered by the Geology Lesson
Grade Four
Earth and Space Sciences
B.8 Describe how wind, water and ice shape and reshape Earth's land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas producing characteristic landforms.
B.9 Identify and describe how freezing, thawing and plant growth reshape the land surface by causing the weathering of rock.
B.10 Describe evidence of changes on Earth's surface in terms of slow processes and rapid processes.
Life Sciences
C.4 Observe and explore that fossils provide evidence about plants that lived long ago and the nature of the environment at that time.
Grade Six
Earth and Space Sciences
D.1 Describe the rock cycle and explain that there are sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks that have distinct properties and are formed in different ways.
D.2 Explain that rocks are made of one or more minerals.
D.3 Identify minerals by their characteristic properties.