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December 3rd, 2013 02:20 AM #1Senior Member
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Screen names
I'm curious as to how you berries came up with each of your screen names! Is there a neat story? Is it a name you love? Does it describe something about your life?
looking forward to your responses.
December 3rd, 2013 02:21 AM #3
It's just my first name.... how boring :P- Favorites -
Calla . Evelyn . Hazel . Iris . Lilia . Lilith . Noelle . Rose . Ruby . Vera . Willow
Connor . Evan . Ezra . Foster . Grey . Kieran . Rowan . Shane . Silas . Zane
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December 3rd, 2013 02:39 AM #5
Mine is the name I was called in Italian class I wanted something one word and I have always loved Emiliana and I connect to it.☆Isobel★Eloise☆Matilda★Alice☆Eleanor★ Amelia☆ Elena★Mirabel☆ Felicity★Phoebe ☆Eilidh ★Rosalia☆Roisin★Azalea☆Elsa★Arabella☆ Genevieve★Elodie☆Tallulah★Ruby☆
☆Eamon★Tiago☆Cooper★Jack☆Jago★Flynn☆ Archer★Lincoln☆Asher★Alfie☆Taylor★Baxter ☆Finnian★Lawson☆Jasper★Lewis ★Oscar☆Fletcher★Caspian☆Miller★
Future middle names will honour family
December 3rd, 2013 03:02 AM #7
My name is Naomi. After I met my boyfriend's 2-and-a-half yo niece, that night she was apparently walking around the house looking for me, calling out "Banomi... Banomi..." Now their whole family calls me Banomi. I also now get the nickname Banome or Banomes.
The 5yo nephew thinks my name is Fayomi. His 6yo sister thinks it's Theomi. Their family is Greek and calls aunties Thea. She has heard her mum refer to me as Thea Naomi so has put them together.
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In Southern California we don't get much rain. So after it rains I love to go hang out in my garden. Everthing just smells so fresh and green... it's my happy place!


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Brislington Enterprise College
Brislington Enterprise College
Hungerford Road
Principal: Mr John Matthews Ba/Ma
Website: www.because.org.uk
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School holidays for Brislington Enterprise College via Bristol council
1196 pupils
mixed gender
1303 pupils capacity: 92% full
640 boys 54%
555 girls 46%
Last updated: June 19, 2014
Secondary — Foundation School
- 109280
- Education phase
- Secondary
- Establishment type
- Foundation School
- Establishment #
- 4032
- OSGB coordinates
- Easting: 362563, Northing: 169780
- GPS coordinates
- Latitude: 51.426, Longitude: -2.5398
- Accepting pupils
- 11—18 years old
- Special pupils
- 20
- Census date
- Jan. 16, 2014
- Ofsted last inspection
- May 20, 2014
- Region › Const. › Ward
- South West › Bristol East › Brislington West
- Area
- Urban > 10k - less sparse
- Admissions policy
- Comprehensive
- Main specialism
- Business and Enterprise (Operational)
- SEN priorities
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Investor in People
- Committed IiP Status
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Free school meals %
- 19.10
- Trust school
- Is supported by a Trust
- Trust
- South East Bristol Educational Trust
- Learning provider ref #
- 10000893
Schools nearby
- 0.1 miles BR102 Bristol Year 11 C.O. Include, Unit 6, the Old Malt House
- 0.4 miles St Brendan's Sixth Form College BS45RQ
- 0.4 miles Carmel Christian School BS45NL (46 pupils)
- 0.7 miles West Town Lane Junior School BS45DT
- 0.7 miles West Town Lane Infant School BS45DT
- 0.7 miles West Town Lane Primary School BS45DT
- 0.7 miles West Town Lane Academy BS45DT (498 pupils)
- 0.8 miles Holymead Primary School BS44LE (601 pupils)
- 0.9 miles Broomhill Junior School BS44NZ (198 pupils)
- 0.9 miles Broomhill Infant School & Children's Centre BS44UY (219 pupils)
- 0.9 miles Waycroft Junior School BS148PS
- 0.9 miles Waycroft Infant School BS148PS
- 0.9 miles Waycroft Primary School BS148PS
- 0.9 miles Waycroft Academy BS148PS (481 pupils)
- 1 mile Holymead Junior School BS44HB
- 1 mile Burnbush Primary School BS148DQ (158 pupils)
- 1 mile Focus School - Berkeley Campus BS43DS
- 1.2 mile Petherton Road Infant School BS149BX
- 1.2 mile Stockwood Green Primary School BS148SJ
- 1.2 mile St Bernadette Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School BS149LP (208 pupils)
- 1.2 mile Hengrove Community Arts College BS149BU
- 1.2 mile St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School BS149LS (725 pupils)
- 1.2 mile Lansdown Park Secondary Specialist Provision BS148SJ (26 pupils)
- 1.2 mile Oasis Academy John Williams BS149BU (724 pupils)
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Brislington Enterprise College
|Unique Reference Number
|Local Authority
|City Of Bristol
|Inspection number
|Inspection dates
|13–14 October 2009
|Reporting inspector
|Andrew Harrett HMI
This inspection of the school was carried out under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.
|Type of school
|School category
|Age range of pupils
|Gender of pupils
|Gender of pupils in the sixth form
|Number of pupils on the school roll
|Of which, number on roll in the sixth form
|Appropriate authority
|The governing body
|Mr Desmond Craddock
|Mr John Matthews
|Date of previous school inspection
|18 September 2006
|School address
|Hungerford Road
|Bristol BS4 5EY
|Telephone number
|0117 307772055
|Fax number
|0117 30777 2056
|Email address
|Age group
|Inspection dates
|13–14 October 2009
|Inspection number
© Crown copyright 2009
This inspection was carried out by two of Her Majesty's Inspectors and three additional inspectors. The inspectors visited 32 lessons, and held meetings with governors, staff and groups of students. They observed the college's work and looked at the college's planning documents, policies, minutes of meetings, the work of the students in exercise books and folders, and assessment data for all the year groups. They considered the responses from 189 parental questionnaires and from staff and student questionnaires.
The inspection team reviewed many aspects of the college's work. It looked in detail at the following:
- achievement across the ability range, particularly of middle and lower ability boys
- whether teaching and the curriculum adequately provide for different groups of students
- how well leadership and management focus on improving achievement
- how well the sixth form meets students' needs.
Information about the school
This large college has an above average proportion of students who are entitled to free school meals. Around 10% of the students are from minority ethnic backgrounds. Approximately 20% of the students have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The college moved into new buildings in September 2008. It has specialist status in business and enterprise. The governing body has recently become responsible for two units on the college site, each for 20 students. One unit is for physically impaired or vulnerable students and one for students who have autism. The college has Healthy School status.
|Inspection grades: 1 is outstanding, 2 is good, 3 is satisfactory, and 4 is inadequate
|Please turn to the glossary for a description of the grades and inspection terms
Inspection judgements
Overall effectiveness: how good is the school?
The school's capacity for sustained improvement
Main findings
Brislington Enterprise College provides a satisfactory education for its students. Students are proud of the college, in which they feel safe and secure. Their behaviour in lessons and around the buildings and site is good. Within the college, students belong to one of five communities based on their age. This enables the college to provide good care, guidance and support within small structures while the flexible and innovative curriculum ensures that students receive the benefits of a good range of choices and experiences across the whole institution. Good partnerships with other providers of education and with business enhance the curriculum well, as does the school's close partnership with parents and carers.
Standards, though improving, remain low. Students make satisfactory progress in their learning overall, but there is some variation between different groups of learners. In particular, boys of middle and low ability do not make the same progress as other groups. This is because the quality of teaching is variable within and across subjects, particularly in the effectiveness with which it meets the needs of different groups of students and in the pace and challenge of learning activities. Students in the main college with special needs and/or disabilities make similar progress to their peers, and the progress of the students in both units is satisfactory. Students make satisfactory progress in the sixth form, but opportunities are not fully developed for them to take a more active and responsible role in the college community and to ensure that they are well prepared for their future life as adults. The college has robust systems for regularly assessing and tracking students' progress. However, the quality of marking and assessment in lessons is inconsistent. Although examples of good practice in sharing information with students about what they had done well and what they should do next to improve their work were observed during the inspection, the lack of consistency hindered progress. Moreover, assessment information is not used sufficiently in lesson planning to provide activities tailored to the particular needs of individuals and groups.
The positive impact of leadership and management is clearly apparent in the way that the inclusive ethos of the college permeates all aspects of strategic planning. The design of the curriculum, the setting up of the five communities, the use of specialist status to improve the skills of the students and the thoroughness of the arrangements for care, guidance and support all demonstrate the commitment, vision and determination of the college's leaders to build and sustain a settled and forward-looking community in which all students can achieve their potential. Recent improvements in standards and in students' progress demonstrate that they have sound capacity to bring about sustained improvement.
What does the school need to do to improve further?
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment by:
- ensuring that marking consistently points out what has been achieved and the next steps for learning
- using assessment information consistently well to plan activities for individuals and groups within lessons
- ensuring that lessons are briskly paced and purposeful.
- Monitor the progress that particular groups of students make in their learning more closely.
- Improve the provision in the sixth form by increasing the opportunities for students to participate in the life of the school and ensuring that there is a full programme of activities to prepare them for their personal and working life in the future.
Outcomes for individuals and groups of pupils
Students in all year groups made satisfactory progress in the lessons observed during the inspection. In those in which they were challenged by demanding, briskly-paced and clearly explained tasks, worked independently and reflected on their progress, they made significant strides and their achievement was good. In some lessons, this level of challenge was not so apparent, with activities not being tailored to their individual needs. Consequently, their progress was adequate, but not sufficient to have a marked impact on raising their standards. In particular, the progress of students of middle and lower ability was sometimes hampered by expectations that were too low.
These findings are in keeping with the college's results. Students enter the college with low standards. Standards are also low by the end of Year 11, although test results in the examinations in 2009 improved, particularly the proportion of students who achieved five good GCSEs including English and mathematics. However, some students of middle and lower ability, particularly boys, do not keep pace with their peers.
The behaviour of students and their attitude to learning are good. Occasional lapses in concentration, sometimes accompanied by chatter and silliness, were linked to the degree to which the activities in lessons were interesting and engaging. Students reported that the move to the new buildings had improved behaviour, demonstrating the success of the five communities and the vigilance of the college in ensuring their happiness and security. Around the college, students treated each other and the adults, with whom they have good relationships, with politeness and respect. They said that they are taught about how to live healthy lifestyles, and sensible eating and drinking habits were observed during the inspection. There are a number of ways in which the students contribute to the college and wider community, including charitable activities, acting as peer mentors and contributing to some aspects of the curriculum, such as helping to devise programmes for 'rich task' days. Students' moral and social development is catered for well and the impact is good, reflecting the school's core values. However, there are fewer opportunities for spiritual and cultural development. The college acknowledges that the work of the college council, though up and running, is not yet effective. The college's specialism provides satisfactory opportunities for the students to develop useful skills for later life through timetabled enterprise lessons and special events. However, attendance overall remains low and this hinders the achievement of some students despite the college's effective measures to encourage and ensure attendance. The trends over time in overall attendance and in lowering the proportion of students who are persistently absent are improving.
These are the grades for pupils' outcomes
|Pupils' achievement and the extent to which they enjoy their learning
Taking into account:
Pupils' attainment¹
The quality of pupils' learning and their progress
The quality of learning for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their progress
|The extent to which pupils feel safe
|Pupils' behaviour
|The extent to which pupils adopt healthy lifestyles
|The extent to which pupils contribute to the school and wider community
|The extent to which pupils develop workplace and other skills that will contribute to their future economic well-being
Taking into account:
Pupils' attendance¹
|The extent of pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
1 The grades for attainment and attendance are: 1 is high; 2 is above average; 3 is broadly average; and 4 is low
How effective is the provision?
Although there has been some improvement in the quality of teaching since the last inspection, variations in its quality and in the use of assessment are the key hindrances to establishing good achievement in the college. In the best lessons, the work is broken down into shorter activities with plenty of variety and time to reflect before moving on to the next task. Teachers and teaching assistants are good at providing support, but this sometimes leads teachers to dominate the lessons with long explanations, rather than enabling the students to work productively on their own or in groups. Assessment information is used to plan lessons and to predict the outcomes for different groups of learners, but not always to provide activities carefully tailored to their particular strengths and areas for development. Questioning rarely requires students to give more than short answers to straightforward questions, rather than encouraging them to deepen their understanding. The teaching in the units was of a similar quality.
The five communities are designed so that the two in Years 7 and 8 link well to the two in Years 9 to 11 and so into the sixth form community. This has enabled GCSE courses to start for individuals in Year 9 when appropriate. It makes the most of the opportunities provided by the new building. A wide range of academic and vocational pathways provides flexible routes which cater well for individual needs and aspirations. An increasing number of courses starting in Year 10 extend into the sixth form, providing continuity and progression. Specialist status in business and enterprise has been fully exploited to provide courses at all levels. There is a good variety of extra-curricular and enrichment opportunities to which the students respond positively. Intervention strategies are in place to address the needs of the lower ability students. Cross-curricular programmes are developing and make a good contribution to developing wider skills such as collaborative working, and a satisfactory contribution to developing basic skills in literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology. In the units, the curriculum is satisfactory but constrained by limited opportunities for students to benefit from the curriculum in the main college, either by students attending there or by having the input of specialist teachers and students coming into the units.
The human scale of the five communities and the inclusive ethos shared by the whole staff ensure that the students are well cared for in their personal development and receive good guidance in making choices for their future. The college is a welcoming environment of which the students speak with pride.
These are the grades for the quality of provision
|The quality of teaching
Taking into account:
The use of assessment to support learning
|The extent to which the curriculum meets pupils' needs, including, where relevant, through partnerships
|The effectiveness of care, guidance and support
How effective are leadership and management?
The good leadership of the principal, ably assisted by an effective senior team, has navigated the college through a period of transition since the last inspection. The move into new buildings has been well managed, resulting in a good curriculum and a sense of belonging to a community with clear values. This has involved creating new management structures across the college and within the five communities. The leadership team has been soundly supported and appropriately challenged by a governing body which is in the process of updating its procedures more accurately to reflect the changes in the college's leadership structures. Thorough knowledge of the area which it serves, coupled with careful strategic planning to achieve challenging, clear and shared goals, has resulted in an institution in which achievement is beginning to rise. The ambition and values of the senior team are shared by staff. The systems for monitoring and evaluating the work of the college are rigorous, robust and are leading to improvements, but those for monitoring the quality of teaching are not yet sharp enough to ensure good progress and to enable the college to be more accurate in its evaluations in this area. Governors and college leaders acknowledge that ensuring that the two new units are fully integrated into the life of the whole college would benefit all students.
There are good arrangements for seeking the views of parents and carers. Regular and informative reports about progress, coupled with opportunities to discuss this with learning guides and subject teachers, enable parents and carers to support their children's learning well. Safeguarding regulations and duties are met. The college has conducted a thorough analysis of how well it promotes community cohesion and inspectors agreed with its conclusion that this is satisfactory. It is already good within the college and local community, and well-conceived plans are in place for extending current provision to the wider community and further afield.
These are the grades for leadership and management
|The effectiveness of leadership and management in embedding ambition and driving improvement
Taking into account:
The leadership and management of teaching and learning
|The effectiveness of the governing body in challenging and supporting the
school so that weaknesses are tackled decisively and statutory responsibilities met
|The effectiveness of the school's engagement with parents and carers
|The effectiveness of partnerships in promoting learning and well-being
|The effectiveness with which the school promotes equality of opportunity and tackles discrimination
|The effectiveness of safeguarding procedures
|The effectiveness with which the school promotes community cohesion
|The effectiveness with which the school deploys resources to achieve value for money
Sixth form
There have been significant changes to the sixth form provision in the college's locality since the last inspection. The college is now focusing principally on Level 1 and 2 courses, with many students now pursuing Level 3 courses elsewhere. Students make satisfactory progress, particularly on the level 1 and 2 courses. Retention and attendance rates are satisfactory. Although the personal development of sixth form students is satisfactory, the opportunities for enriching their experience, enabling them to participate in the life of the college and preparing them for their personal and working life in the future, are not fully developed. Satisfactory leadership and management have focused appropriately on recruitment, retention and the quality of teaching, which is satisfactory.
These are the grades for the sixth form
|Overall effectiveness of the sixth form
Taking into account:
Outcomes for students in the sixth form
The quality of provision in the sixth form
Leadership and management of the sixth form
Views of parents and carers
A number of parents and carers of Year 7 students were not able to answer all the questions because their children have only recently started in the college. Some respondents expressed concern about behaviour, but inspectors found that this was good in lessons and around the school. Some thought that they were not kept well informed about their children's progress, but inspectors found that the college informed them of this regularly and gave them opportunities to discuss progress with learning guides and subject teachers.
Responses from parents and carers to Ofsted's questionnaire
Ofsted invited all the registered parents and carers of pupils registered at Brislington Enterprise College to complete a questionnaire about their views of the school.
In the questionnaire, parents and carers were asked to record how strongly they agreed with 13 statements about the school.
The inspection team received 189 completed questionnaires by the end of the on-site inspection. In total, there are 1137 pupils registered at the school.
|My child enjoys school
|The school keeps my child safe
|My school informs me about my child's progress
|My child is making enough progress at this school
|The teaching is good at this school
|The school helps me to support my child's learning
|The school helps my child to have a healthy lifestyle
|The school makes sure that my child is well prepared for the future (for example changing year group, changing school, and for children who are finishing school, entering further or higher education, or entering employment)
|The school meets my child's particular needs
|The school deals effectively with unacceptable behaviour
|The school takes account of my suggestions and concerns
|The school is led and managed effectively
|Overall, I am happy with my child's experience at this school
The table above summarises the responses that parents and carers made to each statement. The percentages indicate the proportion of parents and carers giving that response out of the total number of completed questionnaires. Where one or more parents and carers chose not to answer a particular question, the percentages will not add up to 100%.
What inspection judgements mean
|Grade 1
|These features are highly effective. An oustanding school provides exceptionally well for all its pupils' needs.
|Grade 2
|These are very positive features of a school. A school that is good is serving its pupils well.
|Grade 3
|These features are of reasonable quality. A satisfactory school is providing adequately for its pupils.
|Grade 4
|These features are not of an acceptable standard. An inadequate school needs to make significant improvement in order to meet the needs of its pupils. Ofsted inspectors will make further visits until it improves.
Overall effectiveness of schools inspected between September 2007 and July 2008
|Overall effectiveness judgement (percentage of schools)
|Type of school
|Nursery schools
|Primary schools
|Secondary schools
|Sixth forms
|Special schools
|Pupil referral
|All schools
The data in the table above were reported in the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills 2007/08.
Percentages are rounded and do not always add exactly to 100. Secondary school figures include those that have sixth forms, and sixth form figures include only the data specifically for sixth form inspection judgements.
Common terminology used by inspectors
the progress and success of a pupil in their learning, development or training.
the standard of the pupils' work shown by test and examination results and in lessons.
|Capacity to improve:
the proven ability of the school to continue improving. Inspectors base this judgement on what the school has accomplished so far and on the quality of its systems to maintain improvement.
|Leadership and management:
the contribution of all the staff with responsibilities, not just the headteacher, to identifying priorities, directing and motivating staff and running the school.
how well pupils acquire knowledge, develop their understanding, learn and practise skills and are developing their competence as learners.
|Overall effectiveness:
inspectors form a judgement on a school's overall effectiveness based on the findings from their inspection of the school. The following judgements, in particular, influence what the overall effectiveness judgement will be.
the rate at which pupils are learning in lessons and over longer periods of time. It is often measured by comparing the pupils' attainment at the end of a key stage with their attainment when they started.
This letter is provided for the school, parents and
carers to share with their children. It describes Ofsted's
main findings from the inspection of their school.
15 October 2009
Dear Students
Inspection of Brislington Enterprise College, Bristol BS4 5EY
Thank you for the welcome that you gave us when we inspected your college recently. These are the main findings of the inspection.
The college provides you with an acceptable standard of education in terms of the progress that you make in your learning. Many aspects of the college are good. You told us how much you value the good relationships that you have with the adults in the college and the way in which they care for your personal well-being.
Teachers get a lot of information about your work through regular assessments. We want them to find ways of marking your books to show you exactly what you have done well and what you need to do to improve your work. We want them to tailor their lesson plans to suit your particular needs. We also want more lessons to be as interesting as possible and to involve you in your learning as much as the best in the college. We also want the sixth form to be more involved in the life of the college and a programme devised to prepare sixth form students for their future.
There are aspects of the college of which you are rightly proud. The new building has great facilities and the communities within the college look after you well. The college also has a good curriculum. We were very impressed by the commitment of the adults in the college to your welfare. You behave well in lessons and around the college site.
Brislington is a really interesting and different sort of college. You can work with the adults to help them to make it into the really excellent place that they are striving to provide for you. For some of you, that means being there on a regular basis. You don't all attend as regularly as you should and that stops you from learning skills and getting qualifications that will make all the difference in the future.
Yours faithfully
Andrew Harrett
Her Majesty's Inspector
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Big family sits down to dinner
More than 1,500 vounteers serve meals to 10,000
The enormous task of feeding 10,000 people on Christmas Eve was carried out by an army of volunteers determined to spread good cheer.
There were more than 1,500 volunteers at H-E-B's 19th annual Feast of Sharing holiday dinner who worked behind the scenes to make the event a success, said Shelley Parks, a spokeswoman for the grocery chain.
"People realize this is the season to give back," Parks said of the volunteer turnout. "It's really uplifting."
The free feast, held at the American Bank Center, gave the elderly, disabled and needy a place to enjoy plates of ham, mashed potatoes, green beans and apple pie.
The H-E-B Mobile booth also offered free long distance and international calls so people could chat with faraway loved ones, Parks added.
For the Matas, volunteering at the dinner has become a holiday tradition they look forward to every year.
"We've done it for 17 years," said Vera Mata, the family's matriarch. "Every year we recruit three or four more people (to volunteer.)"
Dressed in festive, bright red attire, several with matching Santa hats, family members said they were ready to tackle their assigned duties for the afternoon.
Even 1-year-old Joseph, the youngest of the clan, decided to take on the task of unofficial greeter.
"He smiles and waves," said Sandra Mata, as she held her youngest son, who grinned at each passerby.
Sandra and her husband, Johnny Mata Sr., also brought their four other children, Johnny Jr., 17, Becky, 21, Jacob Brian, 16 and Melissa, 5, to help with the volunteer efforts.
"We're a very close family," said Vera Mata, the children's grandmother. "It makes me feel good that we're helping others and I know they appreciate it."
Feeding the masses
It took a lot of food to serve up enough plates for 10,000 hungry patrons. Here's how much:
- 3,000 pounds of ham (1 1/2 tons)
- 10,000 tamales and bread rolls
- 1,200 apple pies
- 500 gallons of mashed potatoes
- 300 gallons of green beans
Source: H-E-B officials
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First...today I have to thank Elizabeth and Shawn Stamey. Elizabeth hijacked my key and cleaned the office. I was not sure I was in the same place. Shawn cleaned up the computers and is working on networking them and removing, shall we say, remnants of my teenage boys borrowing them. Sigh. Thank you Shawn and Elizabeth (and Indigo who is adorable!!)
This will just be a running thank you because I cannot keep up.
Second: Thank you so much to Laura who is just makes my work a joy. Every morning she sends me an email with the "critical" stuff and I can post where I am most needed. She is also an incredible watchdog for the PF and constantly surfing and finding the good news and bad news about the world of preeclampsia. She keeps me on my toes and I wouldn't be able to do this without her. If I could--I would pay her a very very very good salary (with health benefits) because she deserves it. Thank you.
Third: I tease her constantly (and she tosses it back) but Catherine is my voice of reason and a great resource for those of us on the forum. She also put up with me moving her from house to house during the conference and taught me how to make proper Irish tea. I was lost before then. Both she and Laura keep me in stitches (it seems wrong to enjoy this work--but maybe they make the challenge of reading daily about losing women, babies and hope just a bit easier.) Thank you Catherine...(we call her the Captain...it is a long story...but essentially...she is another underpaid (ie 100% volunteer) who makes this work possible.
Eleni: our Director of Communications--she just keeps on top of everything and anything that is PR related. She tracks me down for an interview, she coaches me, she tracks down doctors for a quote, she is amazing. AND she is 100% volunteer. (Seeing a trend here?)
Dr. Easterling: Our Medical Director--he emails me daily, he thinks about the "vision" of the PF, he thinks about what is not only in our best interest but also what is in the best interest of the women we serve. He is an extraordinary human being, a good friend, and someone who has never received a DIME from us. His research is not funded by us, and yet he continues to give to us 110% when he has a full-time job, a wife and two kids. We are lucky to have him.
Dr. Lindheimer: Our wonderful advocate and one of the top doctors in this field. I can't say enough about Marshall. (I get to call him Marshall). He raises money for us (none from drug companies...so far), he donates his own time and money, he answers tons of Ask the Expert questions, he calls to share insight on research, he talks to the press. And he is 100% volunteer.
Drs August, Martin, Repke, Roberts, Sibai, etc...all volunteer. We don't support their research. Drug companies don't either.
The great moderators, our chapter coordinator Carol, our IT directors Paul and Ileana, our local support...I could go on and on (and I will, don't tempt me) but I want to remind you all...that we are 100% volunteer. We do not pay anyone. I received a small salary this year but am now full-time volunteer. And why is that? because we do not receive the support of drug companies. ANY of them. Because drug companies do not want to support something that is dealing with pregnancy.
So while preeclampsia continues to be underfunded, our little organization is run entirely and exclusively on the tireless energy of people who "GET it". It would be nice, frankly, to have the funding of a drug company so that we could pay people like Laura and Catherine and Carrie and so we could pay for brochures and magnets, and t-shirts and the office space, and tech support. We are a little organization with some 1600 members on our forum and 1300 registered, some 50,000 visitors a month. We ran last year on less than $200,000 a year--or approximately $1 per woman who has the disease every year in the USA. As an fyi--one brochure costs about $1. There are 4 Million births in the USA alone. Figuring out how to get that one brochure (which thanks to the Dresher Foundation, we now have) into the hands of those 200,000 women--that takes more than volunteer energy. That takes money.
We appreciate more than you can possibly know those who have supported and who continue to support the PF and the work we do--both with your time and with your financial support. The reality is that things cost money. Doing this costs money. Preventing babies from dying costs money. I hate asking for money as much as the next person--but you know--I don't hate it more than I hate reading about another baby who has died--or another husband who is taking home his baby but not his wife. That is something I hate. Please help us all face this fear. Not asking won't raise money. Asking will...and raising money saves lives. So I am asking you to give...because I hate NOT asking more than I hate asking.
to donate online please go to our homepage at www.preeclampsia.org and click on the DONATE button. To send a check, please write us at
Preeclampsia Foundation
12727 NE 20th Street, Suite 16
Bellevue, WA 98005
Anne Garrett
Executive Director
Preeclampsia Foundation


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The Department's actions will improve its ability to
recognize and address problems that may arise from vertical
integration in the future. As a result of industry
consolidation, major firms who build defense weapon systems have
acquired the capabilities to produce primary subsystems and
components that go into those platforms. This means the firms
are more vertically integrated.
These actions, will give us an early warning system and
enable us to get ahead of potential problems with vertical
integration. They are an important addition to our ability to be
smart, effective, well-informed buyers. This keeps us on course
to ensure our continued access to competitive, innovative
subsystems and components that help provide the Department's
leading edge in purchasing our weapon systems, said Kaminski.
The DSB Task Force found the DoD's process to review
proposed industry mergers and acquisitions is working well. In
working with the antitrust enforcement agencies, the Task Force
said, DoD is effectively identifying vertical integration
concerns. However, they found the DoD is not as well postured in
its ongoing acquisition program management to recognize when
vertical integration might create a potential problem.
While little evidence was found that firms are using their
increased vertical integration to harm defense products or other
firms today, the DSB Task Force cautioned the DoD that vertical
integration may cause problems in the future. A potentially
static defense business climate, with few new programs and a
concentrated industry, may in the future encourage firms to use
internal vertical capabilities to their advantage and to
other firms' disadvantage in the process. Over time, the DSB
Task Force found, such actions could reduce competition and
innovation for important defense subtier products.
Kaminski directed actions in DoD acquisition program
management in three areas. They include:
Increasing visibility by monitoring selected, important
subtier supplier product and technology areas. This includes DoD-
wide monitoring by Deputy Undersecretary for Industrial Affairs
and Installations John B. Goodman, as well as scrutiny by
individual acquisition program managers of their contractors'
choices of suppliers and teams.
Fostering competition at prime contractor and subtier
supplier levels. Vigorous best value competition at the prime
level stimulates competition at the subtier level. In devising
its acquisition program strategies, the Department will consider
alternatives such as using open systems architectures, promoting
leader/follower productions, funding a program risk reduction
period to encourage more entrants, and elevating critical subtier
product areas in source selection reviews.
Improving the knowledge of Department managers about
industry, so they can be smart, effective arms-length buyers.
The curricula at defense schools and the credentials of DoD's
acquisition managers will be expanded to emphasize industrial and
business knowledge.
Kaminski also directed that a program funding element be
established to support the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for
Industrial Affairs and Installations as he manages the overall
implementation of these new actions.
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Catholics, Liberal and ConservativeBy
I definitely do agree with most of what Emily says in her post–"Two Words Catholics Need to Stop Using . . . Like Now." And I definitely do not want to get into a game of "bait the redhead." Nevertheless, I am hesitant to swear off all use of the words "conservative" and "liberal" as descriptors of different kinds of Catholics. Despite all the real dangers they involve, they seem useful in some ways.
Emily is right-on in saying that the terms sow confusion when they are used in relation to the essentials of the Catholic faith. As she rightly notes, liberalism and conservatism are dispositions toward change, and the essentials of the faith don't change. A Catholic who supports, say, same-sex marriage or abortion is not a liberal Catholic but a dissenting Catholic or a confused Catholic, or something like that.
Nevertheless, there are areas of life that are subject to change, that are not as crucial as the faith itself, but are nevertheless important and command our attention. And a person can be a very faithful Catholic, and, on top of that, hold opinions on these questions that seem liberal or conservative by some common understanding. This possibility arises 1) in relation to matters that are mostly beyond the scope of the faith, 2) in relation to matters where the faith interacts with political questions without determining them, and 3) even in relation to the life of the Church (although not the deposit of the faith).
First, there are some things on which the Church has no teaching, but that nevertheless have to be decided. One example might be health care. A person might be in favor of a single payer health care system, where the government is the single-payer–basically, socialized medicine. Another person might instead believe in a free market in health care, with only the most minimal governmental regulations. And both of these people could be perfectly faithful Catholics, since the Church has very little to say about health care, and most of what it does have to say concerns ends on which everybody agrees, and not much the (disputable) means to those ends. But it would be very tempting to call a devout Catholic who supports socialized medicine a "liberal Catholic," and to call a devout Catholic who supports a free market in health care a "conservative Catholic."
If we are careful with the context, these terms seem reasonable. They are drawn from different realms, faith and politics, and then combined, which is just the source of the confusion about which Emily complains. On the other hand, the combination of them is not pointless, since they are being used to describe a person who is both a Catholic and a citizen–a person who has to attend to both realms and who has an identity in relation to both realms. Again, if we use them with proper care–which I admit is not often the case with the mainstream, non-Catholic media–they might be useful.
Second, there are issues where Catholic teaching touches more directly on politics, although in such a way as to still leave some room for disagreement. For example, it is standard, longstanding Catholic teaching that homosexual acts are immoral. It used to be the case that such acts were prohibited and punished by the civil law. A person could be a faithful Catholic, accepting the Church's teaching that such acts are immoral, and nevertheless think that such laws are too punitive or too intrusive, and therefore be in favor of repealing them. On the other hand, one could also agree with the Church's teaching on the immorality of homosexual acts, and think that laws prohibiting them should be maintained as a way of educating the culture about the true nature of human sexuality. But, here again, it would be tempting to call the first person a "liberal Catholic" and the second one a "conservative Catholic." And in this case the terms are even more suited to the occasion, because the first position is in favor of a certain loosening of discipline while the second is in favor of maintaining what had traditionally existed–and both positions are possible for a Catholic.
Third and finally, there are some matters that do not pertain to the deposit of faith, but that do have to do with the life of the Church, and that are subject to change–and in relation to which one could be a liberal or conservative. Take the matter of Church discipline with regard to abstinence from meat. The Church used to require the faithful to abstain from meat on every Friday. Now it requires it only during Fridays in Lent. A faithful Catholic could think that the requirement should be lifted entirely, and that each individual should be allowed to decide when to abstain from meat. Another faithful Catholic might think the Church would be better served if we went back to the old discipline. As long as they accept the Church's authority to decide the question, these people are perfectly free to hold these opposite opinions. But, again, it would be hard not to describe the first as a liberal–seeking to liberate from restraints, but within the bounds set by the Church's teaching–and the second a conservative–seeking to preserve an old discipline, but one that the Church admittedly has a right to change.
So I'm a little conflicted. Emily is right that the terms often cause confusion, but it looks to me that there is a certain usefulness in them that would be lost if we gave them up altogether.
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I think here is a good point to remind everyone of the phrase that "the truth is always somewhere in the middle…" Though Pope Francis might have used such words as "conservative" and truth be told honestly there is nothing wrong with such words; in this country people in general have twisted such words to fit their own personal interpretations. My own thoughts are that if people are going to continue to use them, then maybe they should do so with a stronger, more truthful idea of what those words mean, not just written down, but what they mean to morals and Catholic faith. In other words when they are told not to use the words they should realize it is not because of the definition itself, but what it means in their own hearts. Let them do so but with the understanding that really being Catholic means to know Abortion is against what the faith is all about… I think that is maybe where we should be directing ourselves to…
Excuse me but did Pope Francis say himself in one of his three interviews that he did not want to be what he called an Archconservative? He is using the term himself so why can't anybody else? The pope has been thought of as a moderate compared to the last two pope's before him.
I think Catholics should embrace the conservative view, because Republicans and Democrats that believe in conservative values accept base Catholic core beliefs and Jesus's loving values.
Conservative vs. Liberal views
Conservative Political Views: Prefer smaller government, less regulation, most services provided by the private sector in a FREE market, and a literal interpretation of the Constitution.
Liberal Political views: Prefer more regulation and services like FREE universal health care provided by the government to all citizens.
Conservative Economic Views: Government should tax LESS and spend LESS. Cutting spending to BALANCE THE BUDGET should be the priority. Higher income earners should have an incentive to invest (credits). CHARITY PROVIDES the responsibility to the poor and provides help to the less fortunate.
Liberal Economic Views: Government (TAX PAYERS) should PROVIDE more services to the less fortunate (like health care) and increase taxes if necessary. High-income earners should pay a larger percentage of their income as taxes.
Conservative Social Views: Opposed to gay marriage, abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Support the right to bear arms with no restrictions, death penalty, and SELF-responsibility as a moral individual.
Liberal Social Views: Gay couples to get equal rights like everyone else (e.g. marriage); abortion (murder) should be legal. Support embryonic stem cell research. Support restrictions and regulation around the right to bear arms.
Conservative Personal Responsibility views: Individuals should exercise personal responsibility and it is the government's role to hold them accountable even with severe penalties. Laws enacted to reflect the best interest of the society as a whole.
Liberal Personal Responsibility Views: The people should look to the government to provide a structure (EVERYTHING). Laws enacted to protect every individual for an equal society sometimes at the EXPENSE of ECONOMIC FREEDOM if necessary.
Conservative views are opposite liberal views,
So what type of person do you want to be LIBERAL or CONSERVATIVE?
When I find a need to further describe myself as a Catholic, I say "mainstream Catholic."
Pope Francis has been called a Marxist by one well known non-Catholic. I am not sure we can stop the labels. It is best to read much in the blogs, etc. with a grain of salt.


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WMATA keeps growing, Metro keeps slowing
- Metro wants more escalator workers. (Photo: Jay Westcott)
Tuesday may be our president's State of the Union address but what about the State of Metro?
Big events loom — in the next week or so, WMATA will close the southern entrance to the Dupont Circle Metro in order to replace escalators; Metro has announced it will replace more escalators now rather than simply rehab them, which should be both more timely and costly; and to accomplish all these tasks, WMATA has announced it's hiring more people.
A quick look at the LinkedIn job-oriented social network confirms that WMATA has already begun to expand their team.
Yesterday WMATA announced plans to hire an elevator and escalator engineer. On Jan. 20, WMATA posted a position for an escalator/elevator tech and supervisor as well as, perhaps most vitally, an elevator/escalator position which would involve "highly skilled and technical maintenance coordination work involving auditing of preventive and corrective maintenance on escalators and elevators in support of the entire Metrorail system." Four new elevator/escalator positions were posted in less than a week, and I can understand why. WMATA plans to replace more than 90 escalators now, and you can just imagine the closures and delays that will result. In next year's budget, WMATA says its preventative maintenance and improvements will come to a bill of around $66 million. Why wouldn't the transit agency be beefing up its escalator teams? The hiring makes sense.
Meanwhile, Metro riders expressed more than a little annoyance at Metro's train schedule this morning. Federal employees were granted a late start of 11 a.m. thanks to rumored icy conditions, so Metro promised to extend its rush hour. Multiple reports suggest this was not the case, however, as you can see in one of multiple Twitter round-ups. The dissatisfaction doesn't bode well given broader trends. Recent months have also revealed that fewer people are riding and that Metro fares are going to rise.
Perhaps all these new WMATA employees will help alleviate the commuter frustration? Given the emotion that some D.C. residents show online, I'm not convinced that any uptick in service could satisfy them, but hopefully. We already know via the Post that WMATA's communications staff will continue to grow this spring.
One interesting sidenote: I'd recommend checking out WMATA's profile on LinkedIn. Apparently 1,043 Metro employees belong and publicly pledge allegiance to WMATA on the professional networking site. Of those thousand, 64% work in "general and administrative" positions, 29% in "research and development," 5% in "sales and marketing," and a mere 1% in the category of "executive leadership." They're also an older bunch, with more than half laying claim to 15-20 years of experience, and attended local colleges, with the most popular academic institutions being University of Maryland-College Park, George Mason, GWU, and Howard. The LinkedIn Metro crowd is rather educated — 51% possess a bachelor's degree, and then another 35% lay claim to a Master's degree. Not too shabby. That said, Metro has about 11,000 employees and those workers who belong to LinkedIn are likely the more professional, ambitious elite of the Metro staff. These LinkedIn Metro employees represent under a tenth of the total WMATA workforce.


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I know moustaches are back in style because the hottest cacti are sporting them this season. These sexy specimens are bound to make an appearance on that celebrity site I read this morning. HAWT!
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Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time. In 2004, after several years of covering the Spurs, he started Project Spurs, a Spurs team fansite as an outlet to provide content to Spurs fans, while continuing to write for himself and learning the ins and outs of online publishing and web design. He has since built a writing team and started a popular weekly Spurs podcast called the Spurscast.
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Hanga continues his steady play overseas
By Trevor Zickgraf, Project Spurs This past summer the San Antonio Spurs got European happy in the second round of the NBA Draft (what else is new). They received Davis Bertans and Erazem Lorbek in the Kawhi Leonard trade and then drafted Hungarian Adam Hanga towards the end of the draft. At 29, Lorbek is […] [Read More]
Video: TP ranks among ESPN's top 5 point guards
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs There is no doubt about it, San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker is having one great season. He is averaging 19.2 points 7.9 assists and 3 rebounds and some place him among the contenders for the NBA's MVP trophy this season. And rightfully so. Without Parker's play, the Spurs would not […] [Read More]
French national team coach keeping an eye on Parker, weary of fatigue
By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs As the NBA has kicked off the second half of its condensed season, there are yet more games awaiting select individuals once the season is over in June. Those games are the 2012 Olympic games that will be held in London this summer. For team France, plenty of their teams […] [Read More]
TP makes Spurs coaches, fans cringe. Rides a motorized skateboard
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker is having a fantastic season averaging 19.2 points 7.9 assists and 3 rebounds and some consider him an NBA MVP candidate. And with the Spurs being hit hard by the injury bug this season, what would the last thing Spurs coaching staff and fans would […] [Read More]
Spurs Roundtable: Talking Kawhi Leonard, trade deadline
By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs On the latest video of the WOAI Spurs Roundtable Mike De Leon, Paul Garcia and myself put in the spotlight San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard. We discuss his progress, the positives he brings to the team, room for improvement and more. In the second half of the show, we talk about […] [Read More]
Are the Spurs showcasing James Anderson?
By Paul Garcia, Project Spurs With the trade deadline now 10 days away, the time is getting closer for NBA teams to start debating whether a trade is needed to help their club improve. Sure, big names like Dwight Howard, Deron Williams, Rajon Rondo, Chris Kaman, and Pau Gasol have been mentioned. But for the […] [Read More]
Dallas radio host thinks Spurs are uncatchable
By Kyle Boenitz, Project Spurs The Dallas Mavericks are currently the sixth seed in the Western Conference, the San Antonio Spurs are the second seed, but only 3.5 games separate the two teams. Despite the small difference in their records, one Dallasradio host thinks the Mavs won't be able to catch the Spurs. The Ticket's […] [Read More]
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By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs The San Antonio Spurs may have lost a rare home game to the Denver Nuggets last night but Tim Duncan sure did give the crowd in the AT&T Center something to cheer about. Duncan (who was battling flu-like symptoms) may have seen his best days in the NBA but he sure […] [Read More]
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What Cars Do the Teen Mom 2 Girls Drive?
Beep beep, y'all! Teen Mom 2 girls coming through! Well, that's how we imagine our favorite MTV starlets as they drive down the streets in their home towns …
In reality, they are all very different, making fun entrances of their own in a multitude of cars. Here's what they're currently driving:
Jenelle Evans totaled her silver Chevy HHR (similar to a PT Cruiser), and then bought a Jetta. Sadly, in June 2012, she hit a deer and had to file an insurance claim for that one, too. Thankfully, it seems like the car survived that crash, though, and no one was hurt.
Leah Messer drives a champagne-colored Ford Explorer SUV. Obviously she needs a big ol' car to cart her family around — two car seats take up a lot of room, and she'll be adding another for her new baby soon!
Kailyn Lowry kicks it old school in a two-door green Pontiac Sunfire, which is a compact sedan. We saw her buy it last season after she got into a car accident, getting a great deal on the early '00s model.
Chelsea Houska has fun in an orange Jeep Wrangler. Although she doesn't do a lot of off-roading, at least she has the option to. We're pretty sure Aubree wouldn't be into that, but she is an adventurous little toddler!
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L'Heure Bleue
I'm not OLD...I'm VINTAGE!
Comparing a couple tonight: Burberry London on one wrist...Varvatos Vintage on the other.
Initial reaction (after 30 minutes): I'm kind of surprised...Vintage is owning London. London has almost disappeared. Weird.
"We don't fail because we aim too high and miss, but because we aim too low and hit" - Les Brown
"When you're all alone, when no one is watching, and there's no one around to impress, that is who you are" - Greg Laurie
SotE - A*Men / Angel Men by Thierry Mugler
Creed Orange Spice
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I'm wearing Love's True Bluish Light.
I've trademarked the color bleu
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These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
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Once you learn where all the menus and buttons are, you will enjoy the speed at which you can color key, view video effects before you apply them, and work with the powerful audio filters. Final Cut Pro X brings back separate tracks for audio and video, and you will find the new version amazing.
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UPDATE: Chick-fil-A releases internal document, says donations 'mischaracterized' as doubts grow
UPDATE 2: Mike Huckabee: Chick-fil-A changes 'not true'
After months of negotiations with Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno over its anti-gay positions and donations, Chick-fil-A has agreed to cease donations from its non-profit charity to anti-gay organizations and issued a company-wide internal mandate calling for the equal treatment of all employees and customers, the alderman said.
WinShape, a non-profit funded by the College Park, Ga.-based chicken chain, has donated millions of dollars to anti-LGBT organizations — some classified hate groups — including Focus on the Family, according to The Civil Rights Agenda, which worked with Moreno and company executives in an advisory capacity as they negotiated to adopt new policies.
"At Chick-fil-A, we have a genuine commitment to hospitality for all of our guests. We have no agenda, policy or position against anyone," said Steve Robinson, executive vice president of marketing in statement to Chicago Phoenix. "The genuine, historical intent of our WinShape Foundation and corporate giving has been to support youth, family and educational programs. We value everyone and strive to treat all people with a caring spirit."
Chick-fil-A serves and values everyone regardless of their beliefs or opinions, Robinson said. The company made similar statements on its Facebook page in mid-July — before the controversy erupted over comments made by Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy, in which he reiterated the company's support for marriage between a man and woman and his opposition to same-sex marriage.
"This is a win for the LGBT community," Moreno said in a statement provided by TCRA. "This is a win for everyone who works for the cause of equal rights, and a win for Chick- fil-A. This is a win for all."
The shift could ease intense opposition from the local LGBT community and the alderman that left many pitted against the restaurant chain's plans to open a new location in the city.
"We are very pleased with this outcome and thank Ald. Moreno for his work on this issue," said Anthony Martinez, executive director of TCRA. "I think the most substantive part of this outcome is that Chick-fil-A has ceased donating to organizations that promote discrimination, specifically against LGBT civil rights."
The company reportedly outlined its shift in policy and practice in a letter addressed to Moreno, who in July declared that he would block the popular fast food chain from opening a new location in his ward unless they adopted gay-friendly policies. The letter, signed by Chick-fil-A's Senior Director of Real Estate reads, "The WinShape Foundations is now taking a much closer look at the organizations it considers helping, and in that process will remain true to its stated philosophy of not supporting organizations with political agendas," according to Martinez.
Now, Moreno is set to end the ban by providing a letter of support and introducing an ordinance that would effectively enable the chain to open a standalone location in the 2500 block of North Elston Avenue in Logan Square on a parcel of land shared with a Home Depot store, according to TCRA.
Negotiations took 10 months to generate progress, and Martinez previously told Chicago Phoenix that Moreno has been in talks with the company since late last year. Moreno made national headlines when he announced he would ban the restaurant, initially garnering Mayor Rahm Emanuel's support, and triggering the Chicago GOP to file a complaint with the Illinois Attorney General seeking a probe into the ban. Emanuel backtracked on his support shortly afterward. Days later, TCRA filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights, alleging that Cook County Chick-fil-A locations discriminated against LGBT families.
The controversy sparked several protests outside of the Chicago Avenue restaurant location, including a pro-LGBT kiss-in demonstration and a boycott by the Gay Liberation Network in August.
"We feel this is a strong step forward for Chick-fil-A and the LGBT community; although it is only a step," Martinez said, but noted that he's not about to patronize the restaurant.
"I'm not going to be eating at Chick-fil-A any time soon," he said. "I think people should make that decision for themselves."
In an internal memo titled "Chick-fil-A: Who We Are" issued to franchisees and stakeholders, the company said that as a whole it would, "treat every person with honor, dignity and respect-regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation and gender," and that its "intent is not to engage in political or social debates," according to Moreno.
"Chick-fil-A has provided a way to ensure that their employees know that discrimination will not be tolerated," Moreno said. "It sends an important message and is a very positive step for Chick-fil-A as it looks to expand into urban markets. It is also a positive step forward for the LGBT community."
However, TCRA and longtime Chicago LGBT rights activist Rick Garcia said they would like the company to take additional steps and adopt an anti-discrimination policy at the corporate level. On top of that, questions remain about the company's giving policy outside of the non-profit organization.
"It is one thing for a company to say they respect everyone they serve and employ, it is quite another for them to put that into their policies and demand that all employees adhere to that behavior," Garcia said. "As we have heard from gay employees that work for Chick-fil-A, there is a culture of discrimination within the company and we would like to ensure that employees can speak out and call attention to those practices without fear of reprisal."
This, Martinez said, is why he's not about to support the company as a customer.
"Until [Chick-fil-A] has an anti-discrimination policy in place, there is still the chance that LGBT employees can be singled out," he said. "I'm not planning on dining there until that policy is in place."
Garcia and Martinez said they would continue talks with the company.
"It takes time to change the culture of any institution and steps like a corporate policy ensure that progress is made," Garcia said.
UPDATE: Chick-fil-A releases internal document, says donations 'mischaracterized'
UPDATE 2: Mike Huckabee: Chick-fil-A changes 'not true'


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"I often find that most gazpacho is a little too acidic or that I only want a couple of spoonfuls. This recipe (which I got from my friend's mother) is AWESOME. It's not too acidic at all and is so wonderfully light and healthy."
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3 cloves
garlic, crushed
onion, coarsely chopped
cucumber, sliced
green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
tomatoes, peeled and quartered
1/4 cup
olive oil
1/4 cup
distilled white vinegar
1 bunch
fresh parsley, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon
1 (12 fluid ounce) can
tomato juice
This is easy to make in the blender and one of my favorite recipes for gazpacho. One note on authenticity: there are many types of gazpacho in Spain and cooks regularly adjust to their own tastes. This tastes like some of the ones I had when I was over there, but for browsers trying to figure out which one to make, this is a lighter-tasting, less oily, "fresh veggies only" variety as opposed to some of the heavier, oilier, creamier, or more heavily seasoned ones that are also out there.
This recipe was very good with a LOT of adjustments. These are some changes we made: Used an english hothouse cucumber (less water), used 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes with puree (easier than whole tomatoes), used less (3T) olive oil, used balsamic vinegar instead of white, used cilantro instead of parsley, used V8 juice instead of tomato juice, added 8 oz of beef broth, also added 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs. Everyone loved this version of Gazpacho. I served it at a brunch last weekend and it disappeared. I will make it again!
15 Ratings
I love gazpacho and was looking for a simple recipe. This one is great. I omitted both the fresh parsley and tomato juice (didn't have either) and just added a couple extra tomatoes. My husband loves this soup!
So, so very good! We made this for company, and everyone loved it. Will definitely keep this as a regular. Super recipe!
Made this using one lg 28-oz can San Marzano roma tomatoes, seeded, including all the juice in the can, 1 fresh tomato, 2 English cucumbers, 2 bell peppers, 1 small onion, 1 large garlic clove, 1/4+ cup parsley, put in food processor, pulsing until right consistency, stopping to push large pieces down. When right, poured into a large bowl, whisked in a 12-oz can V-8, 1 tsp freeze dried dill, 1 T sherry vinegar and 1 T olive oil, 1/2 tsp each lemon zest, paprika and cayenne pepper. It was perfect, even though I couldn't wait for it to chill. Ate it with some packaged croutons on top.
Delicious, the right amount of spice and yet allowing the taste of the vegetables to come through. I would advise to be cautious of the amount of garlic if you are not a big fan, although it deffinately adds character to the dish.
This was alright but I don't personally think it deserves 5 (or even 4) stars. I'll definitely try other recipes on the site before making this one again.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Amount Per Serving
** Calories: 76
** Calories from Fat: 51
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Growing Under the Moonlight: Magipoka
Author's note: Each Chapter is its own short story. There is an underlying, continuous story, but it dies away.... Show full author's note »
PrologueFour girls have come to the human world from the Netherworld: the witch, Yuuma; the vampires, Pachira; the werewolf, Liru; and the android, Aiko. The four of them are princesses. Unbeknownst to the humans around them, what will happen now?
Momotaro is an old Japanese fairytale about a boy who falls to Earth in a giant peach from the heavens, and is found by an old, childless couple. They nurture him and when he gets old enough he leaves on a quest to rid the 'oni' or demons from the land. Along the way he encounters a dog, a monkey and a pheasant, that help him to victory.
Someone pushed Pachira down in broad daylight, and the box atop her head fell, causing her skin to begin to burn violently. She ran off, screaming. That night the people of the village tracked her down and ran her out of their community. Had it not been for the wings she could, but hated to grow, they would have teased her, and hurt her, maybe worse, because of this difference she could not help, and tried so hard to hide. She flew across the forest in the night, looked back with her watery eyes to the people staring up at her holding their torches and pitchforks.
Yuuma was with a circus, and her ability to perform real magic, but mask it as if it were mere human tricks, made her a living. But one night the circus caught fire from someone's act, and there was no water nearby, which forced her to use her powers to conjure water from the skies and put the fires out, saving lives. Still, that spectacle terrified the people, and they threw her into the woods and left her behind.
Liru always lied about the whisker-like scars on her cheeks; that wasn't hard. But the big, fuzzy ears on the top of her head were something else. She always wore a big hat that just barely fit those big ears into it. It didn't look good though, and while she was about to go into the modeling world, as she'd been told she was beautiful a number of times, at a dinner she was invited to in order to discuss this career, she was forced to take the hat off. They too, shunned her from society.
The wars humans waged were getting too dangerous to participate in, so they began to develop androids to fight for them. In the first batch produced, however, they found a severe bug…
"We're disposing of this?"
"We have no choice. They found a flaw in its logic system. It's not safe to use a system that cannot properly identify its target."
"I hope nothing bad happens."
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I love this, Classic, fantastic read, another hit from the young master LaFave


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The Law of Software Contracts - A Transatlantic Perspective
The Law of Software Contracts – a Transatlantic Perspective
Research project
Prof. Jacques de Werra
As a result of the omnipresent worldwide use of computers and of computer software products in practically all business sectors as well as in many (either off or on-line) social or private activities of individuals (consumers), it is clear that software contracts have become an integral part of the life of millions of companies and people. It may even be argued that software contracts constitute the most widely used type of contract in our information economy. However, in spite of the pervasiveness of the use of software products (and of software contracts) in today's world, the law of software contracts has remained a relatively intricate and unsettled legal field which has not been harmonized at the national level (and even less internationally). In view of this situation, the American Law Institute (ALI) very wisely decided to launch in 2004 a project – which is still underway as of today - under the title "Principles of the Law of Software Contracts" ("the ALI Principles") the main purpose of which was to "draft legal principles to guide courts in deciding disputes involving transactions in software and to guide the drafting of software contracts", whereby the ALI Principles focus on US law.
Given the global reach of software contracts and, more specifically from a transatlantic perspective, because numerous software contracts are entered into between contracting parties which are located on either side of the Atlantic, it appears interesting to analyze the law of software contracts as developed in the ALI Principles from a European standpoint. On this basis, the goal of the research project to be conducted under the TTLF Fellowship Program is to analyze the ALI Principles in a transatlantic perspective and thus to assess whether and to what extent the ALI Principles are compatible with the regulations and legal principles governing software contracts which are applied in Europe. The research project consequently aims at defining whether the ALI Principles collide with the European approach to software contracts and at contributing to the development of global principles governing the law of software contracts which would be acceptable on both sides of the Atlantic.


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New Mexico's message: Amend 2012.
New Mexico state leaders are showing the country how Amend 2012 can be won, state by state.
The House voted 38-29 on Jan. 31 to call on Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United, and the state Senate did the same on Saturday by a vote of 20-9. New Mexico joins Hawaii as the second state to take a stand against this shocking Supreme Court ruling.
The Clearly New Mexico blog reported on last week's House vote:
Referring to the millions of dollars of Super PAC campaign spending this year, Rep. Mimi Stewart (D-Albuquerque) said, "There are plenty of people in our districts and in our state that are not happy with the political process in general and this just adds fuel to the fire."
The Citizens United decision is a controversial and unpopular decision. One effect of the Citizens United decision is in allowing corporations to make unlimited "independent" expenditures, much of it undisclosed, that aid or oppose political candidates.
These "Super PACs" have come to special prominence by spending millions of dollars in the current Republican presidential primary. This includes $10 million in donations from Sheldon and Miriam Adelson to a Super PAC that some say is "singlehandedly keeping Newt [Gingrich] alive" in the presidential race.
Stewart's memorial*, which would not change existing law but rather petitions the New Mexico congressional delegation, encountered opposition from a few Republicans during the floor debate that preceded final passage.
In an interesting note, Minority Leader Tom Taylor (R-Farmington) said he did not believe the memorial went far enough.
"You have the right to speak but you also have the responsibility to let people know who you are," Taylor said. This may have been a reference to the greatly reduced donor disclosure that has been one of the results of the Citizens United decision, but it was not entirely clear. Taylor ultimately voted against the memorial.
He said that if Citizens United is overturned, corporations would just funnel their money into other entities to make their views known.
A similar vote expressing opposition to Citizens United failed in the House in 2011 by a 33-34 tally. Reps. Tomas Garcia (D-Ocate), Don Tripp (R-Socorro) and Andy Nuñez (I-Hatch) voted "no" in 2011 and switched over to vote for the memorial in 2012.
Reps. Bob Wooley (R-Roswell) and Paul Bandy (R-Aztec) missed the vote this year after voting against it in 2011, and Rep. David Chavez (R-Los Lunas) was absent for the votes in both years; interestingly, Wooley, Bandy and Chavez were all present for the floor debate on the memorial, prior to the vote being taken.
More about New Mexico's bold move
New Mexico Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United (CorporationsAreNotPeople.com)
New Mexico a Leader in Nation Calling for Amendment to U.S.Constitution to reverse Supreme Court's Citizens United Decision (Insight New Mexico)
Matthew Reichbach of Clearly New Mexico contributed to this post


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Actress Saoirse Ronan conceded last night that every part she takes from now on will have a love interest, as she opened 'Pho20graphy' — an exhibition by Barry McCall at the Copper House Gallery in aid of the ISPCC in Dublin last night.
But the Carlow girl, who recently celebrated her 18th birthday on the set of movie 'The Host', has said plot concerns her more than romantic clinches.
"It's a given at this stage that romantic stories are going to be offered to me but I'm more interested in the story and characters. It's just not important if there are love scenes in it," she told the Irish Independent yesterday.
The screen star had not one, but two on-screen love interests in the adaptation of the bestselling novel from 'Twilight' author Stephenie Meyer, Max Irons — son of Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack — and American Jake Abel.
Saoirse plays young rebel Melanie, one of the last humans fighting a parasitic alien species whose body is invaded by an alien soul.
"I have two different characters who are in love with different men.
"The good thing was that I got on so well with Max and Jake. I knew them both before we started filming and we were very comfortable working together," she said.
Both attended Saoirse's birthday party which took place on the film's set in New Mexico during filming.
"It was my third birthday on the set of a film. I usually never minded being away filming for a birthday but because this was 18th and special, I kind of wanted to be at home.
"But it turned out to be one of the best birthdays ever because I got to watch this amazing car stunt being filmed, and they hired this local band and gave me a special birthday cake," she said.
And Saoirse got a second birthday cake yesterday when she turned up to meet some of the participants in the Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film & Television Festival for Young People in Dublin's Burlington Hotel.
'The Host' is expected to propel Saoirse to superstardom but the young actress revealed the success of latest film 'Hannah' –which has taken $63m (€49.3m) worldwide, and $40m (€31.3m) alone at the US box office, has already made her name in the US.
"I've started to get recognised in America. It was strange because I have never had that before, but I suppose if a film does commercially well, you get recognised around the world."
She starts her next film, dark teen love story 'How I Live Now' with director Kevin Macdonald next month.
Now in its fifth year, the Cinemagic festival runs until Sunday and offers young people an insight into the film and television industry.
The 18-year-old features on the cover of the book 'Pho20graphy'. Published in 2010, and created as a 20-year retrospective of award-winning photographer Barry McCall, the book raised €350,000 for Irish children's charity ISPCC.


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Gary A. Kordosky holds a BS in Chemistry from St. John's University in Minnesota, an MS in Organic Chemisry and a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry both from The Ohio State University. After teaching for several years for faculty members on leave at OhioWesleyan he joined General Mills Chemicals in 1974 as a chemist in the General Mills Chemicals solvent extraction developmental laboratory in Tucson, Arizona. Other positions held in the Mining Chemicals Technology group of General Mills and its successors, Henkel and Cognis, include Technical Director, Manager Business Development and Key Account Manager. His experience includes development and evaluation of solvent extraction reagents for metal recovery, development and evaluation of processes for metal recovery, technical service including L / SX / EW training courses for customers plants prior to, during and after plant start-up and plant troubleshooting.
Kordosky is the inventor/co-inventory on 17 US patents and the author/co-author of more than 40 papers, most related to various aspects of metal recovery by solvent extraction. He received The Fritz Henkel Award for innovation in 1989 and the Cognis Innovation Award in 2007. He has presented at numerous short courses including the SME Heap Leaching Short Course, Copper 99, Uranium 2010, The Internationl Solvent Extraction Conference 2008 and he organized the short course for The International Solvent Extraction Conference 2011. Gary currently serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Hydrometallurgy and on the International Committee for Solvent Extraction. He also co-chaired the organizing committee for the 2008 International Solvent Extraction Conference, held in Tucson, AZ.
Currently Kordosky consults part time and also does substitute teaching for high school science courses.
Presenter (on right) is Corby G. Anderson, 2013 MPD Chair and Wadsworth Award Committee Chair


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Anyone who's ever visited New York City or lived it in knows how expensive it can be. Beers that normally cost $3 cost $10 in the city. Apartments that normally run $1100 are now $5200. So it goes without saying that when you can save money, you do.
I'm heading to my first Yankees game tonight, so I went to a used a site that claims to be "the Kayak of online tickets," SeatGeek, to compare and price Yankees tix.
There are tickets available for tonights Blue Jays game for just $2. Nuff said.
Amex Presents the Killers
In addition to just moving to NYC, I am a recent Amex cardholder, and have been taking advantage of the promotions they're been running. I just saved $20 from TheFancy.com by using my Amex card, and tonight there's a free concert from the Killers.
I saw the concert being promoted on Twitter, and also saw it on SeatGeek. Apparently you can live-strem the concert for free since all of the tickets to the show itself are sold out.
Enjoy the cheap tickets, free concerts, and the benefits of being a cardmember
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Reunion: 100 Men in Black
The 100 Men in Black chorus has spent the past 12 years becoming a Durham institution. The all-male chorus of mostly African-American men and youths has performed in tuxedos at churches, at Duke Chapel, at the holiday Lucky Strike Tower lighting, at Hayti Heritage Center, at sporting events and abroad, too.
Some men may have moved on geographically, but kept their connection to a group where they value the fellowship as much as the music. On Saturday, 100 Men in Black will have a reunion concert at Hillside High School which is also a fundraiser for scholarships.
Among the 100 Men in Black alumni returning for the concert is Checo Rorie, now a biology professor at N.C. A&T State University. A decade ago, Rorie was working on his doctorate at UNC Chapel Hill and attending Orange Grove Baptist Church, where Men in Black founder and director Marlon West previously served as music minister. Rorie usually sat in back at church, but MIB changed that. His wife, Tiarra, a dentist who was then his girlfriend and also in grad school, urged him to join. Beyond the music, Rorie loves the fellowship of 100 Men in Black.
"It's a chance to sit around and everyone's on the same page. There's positivity," he said. They go around and fill each other in on what's happening in their lives. When West asked Rorie, who now lives in Greensboro, to come back for the reunion concert, Rorie said, "Absolutely." He'll be the soloist on the song "Just to Say Thank You" by The Williams Brothers. It's a song he sang with the choir years ago.
"The message is very powerful. They lyrics talk about worldly events and people going through trials and tribulations. … The song is saying thank you for small things," Rorie said.
Mario Bonner moved to Washington, D.C., but is still dedicated to 100 Men in Black.
"The music is one thing and I love to sing and love the subject of our music. But fellowship with the guys is most important. We uplift others, but also each other," Bonner said. As they are mostly African-American men, it's also important to be role models to the younger members. "We show that we can be an inspiration all over the world," he said.
Bonner will be featured on "His Glory." Just the little faith of a mustard seed can get you through, he said, referring to the Bible verses.
"What I do for other people through that song is something that radiates from [God] through me," Bonner said. "His glory is something you can't touch and see but encourages you."
Another alum performing in the reunion concert is Marichal Gentry, who sang with Men in Black in 2003. He is now dean of students at Yale University.
"Though the music, singing, and fellowship appealed to me, the idea of service to others was essential to my continued participation in 100 MIB," Gentry said. "The group's engagement in community service is not merely paying lip service, but is true service in action." This reunion concert is one example, he said.
West said they take pride in giving money for scholarships for young men. College scholarships will go to a Hillside student, choir members and their children. The concert Saturday at Hillside will feature a lot of traditional male gospel songs, a couple of a cappella songs, a few contemporary songs and a few that have a praise and worship feel, West said. They'll also sing what he considers the chorus' theme song, "Pass Me Not," a hymn rearranged for gospel. Songs have personal meaning for the singers. West said Spencer Bridges will sing "God Has Done So Much For Me." Bridges has overcome hurdles including a stroke and car accident, West said.
West said the reunion concert brings him back to memories of their humble beginnings that have expanded to youth mentoring and international travel.
"You think about where you've been, where you are, and where you are hoping to go," he said. "I'd love to see this group on stages all across the world." They recorded a single of the song "Don't Let Me Go" by Luther Barnes, which will be available at the concert and on iTunes. About 115 men will sing in the chorus for the reunion concert.
WHAT: 100 Men in Black reunion concert
WHEN: 6 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Hillside High School
3727 Fayetteville St., Durham
TICKETS: $10 available at the door, by phone at 800-965-9324 or online at www.itickets.com/events/326709.html.
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