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42 U.S. Code § 612 - Direct funding and administration by Indian tribes
(a) Grants for Indian tribes
(1) Tribal family assistance grant
(A) In general
For fiscal year 2012, the Secretary shall pay to each Indian tribe that has an approved tribal family assistance plan a tribal family assistance grant for the fiscal year in an amount equal to the amount determined under subparagraph (B), which shall be reduced for a fiscal year, on a pro rata basis for each quarter, in the case of a tribal family assistance plan approved during a fiscal year for which the plan is to be in effect, and shall reduce the grant payable under section 603 (a)(1) of this title to any State in which lies the service area or areas of the Indian tribe by that portion of the amount so determined that is attributable to expenditures by the State.
(B) Amount determined
(i) In general The amount determined under this subparagraph is an amount equal to the total amount of the Federal payments to a State or States under section 603 of this title (as in effect during such fiscal year) for fiscal year 1994 attributable to expenditures (other than child care expenditures) by the State or States under parts A and F of this subchapter (as so in effect) for fiscal year 1994 for Indian families residing in the service area or areas identified by the Indian tribe pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(C) of this section.
(ii) Use of State submitted data
(I) In general The Secretary shall use State submitted data to make each determination under clause (i).
(II) Disagreement with determination If an Indian tribe or tribal organization disagrees with State submitted data described under subclause (I), the Indian tribe or tribal organization may submit to the Secretary such additional information as may be relevant to making the determination under clause (i) and the Secretary may consider such information before making such determination.
(2) Grants for Indian tribes that received jobs funds
(A) In general
For fiscal year 2012, the Secretary shall pay to each eligible Indian tribe that proposes to operate a program described in subparagraph (C) a grant in an amount equal to the amount received by the Indian tribe in fiscal year 1994 under section 682 (i) of this title (as in effect during fiscal year 1994).
(B) Eligible Indian tribe
(C) Use of grant
Each Indian tribe to which a grant is made under this paragraph shall use the grant for the purpose of operating a program to make work activities available to such population and such service area or areas as the tribe specifies.
(3) Welfare-to-work grants
(A) In general
The Secretary of Labor shall award a grant in accordance with this paragraph to an Indian tribe for each fiscal year specified in section 603 (a)(5)(H) of this title for which the Indian tribe is a welfare-to-work tribe, in such amount as the Secretary of Labor deems appropriate, subject to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.
(B) Welfare-to-work tribe
An Indian tribe shall be considered a welfare-to-work tribe for a fiscal year for purposes of this paragraph if the Indian tribe meets the following requirements:
(i) The Indian tribe has submitted to the Secretary of Labor a plan which describes how, consistent with section 603 (a)(5) of this title, the Indian tribe will use any funds provided under this paragraph during the fiscal year. If the Indian tribe has a tribal family assistance plan, the plan referred to in the preceding sentence shall be in the form of an addendum to the tribal family assistance plan.
(ii) The Indian tribe is operating a program under a tribal family assistance plan approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a program described in paragraph (2)(C), or an employment program funded through other sources under which substantial services are provided to recipients of assistance under a program funded under this part.
(iii) The Indian tribe has provided the Secretary of Labor with an estimate of the amount that the Indian tribe intends to expend during the fiscal year (excluding tribal expenditures described in section 609 (a)(7)(B)(iv) (other than subclause (III) thereof) of this title) pursuant to this paragraph.
(C) Limitations on use of funds
(i) In general Section 603 (a)(5)(C) of this title shall apply to funds provided to Indian tribes under this paragraph in the same manner in which such section applies to funds provided under section 603 (a)(5) of this title.
(ii) Waiver authority The Secretary of Labor may waive or modify the application of a provision of section 603 (a)(5)(C) (other than clause (viii) thereof) of this title with respect to an Indian tribe to the extent necessary to enable the Indian tribe to operate a more efficient or effective program with the funds provided under this paragraph.
(b) 3-year tribal family assistance plan
(1) In general
Any Indian tribe that desires to receive a tribal family assistance grant shall submit to the Secretary a 3-year tribal family assistance plan that—
(A) outlines the Indian tribe's approach to providing welfare-related services for the 3-year period, consistent with this section;
(B) specifies whether the welfare-related services provided under the plan will be provided by the Indian tribe or through agreements, contracts, or compacts with intertribal consortia, States, or other entities;
(D) provides that a family receiving assistance under the plan may not receive duplicative assistance from other State or tribal programs funded under this part;
(E) identifies the employment opportunities in or near the service area or areas of the Indian tribe and the manner in which the Indian tribe will cooperate and participate in enhancing such opportunities for recipients of assistance under the plan consistent with any applicable State standards; and
(2) Approval
The Secretary shall approve each tribal family assistance plan submitted in accordance with paragraph (1).
(c) Minimum work participation requirements and time limits
The Secretary, with the participation of Indian tribes, shall establish for each Indian tribe receiving a grant under this section minimum work participation requirements, appropriate time limits for receipt of welfare-related services under the grant, and penalties against individuals—
(d) Emergency assistance
Nothing in this section shall preclude an Indian tribe from seeking emergency assistance from any Federal loan program or emergency fund.
(e) Accountability
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of the Secretary to maintain program funding accountability consistent with—
(f) Eligibility for Federal loans
(g) Penalties
(1) Subsections (a)(1), (a)(6), (b), and (c) ofsection 609 of this title, shall apply to an Indian tribe with an approved tribal assistance plan in the same manner as such subsections apply to a State.
(h) Data collection and reporting
Section 611 of this title shall apply to an Indian tribe with an approved tribal family assistance plan.
(i) Special rule for Indian tribes in Alaska
(1) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, and except as provided in paragraph (2), an Indian tribe in the State of Alaska that receives a tribal family assistance grant under this section shall use the grant to operate a program in accordance with requirements comparable to the requirements applicable to the program of the State of Alaska funded under this part. Comparability of programs shall be established on the basis of program criteria developed by the Secretary in consultation with the State of Alaska and such Indian tribes.
Source(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 412, as added Pub. L. 104–193, title I, § 103(a)(1),Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2150; amended Pub. L. 105–33, title V, §§ 5001(c), 5508, 5514 (c),Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 589, 617, 620; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(4) [title VIII, § 801(b)(2)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–283; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(1) [title I, § 107(b)(5)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–12; Pub. L. 108–40, § 3(h),June 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 837; Pub. L. 112–96, title IV, § 4002(d),Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 195.)
References in Text
Part F of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(B)(i), was classified to section 681 et seq. of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–193, title I, § 108(e),Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2167.
Section 682 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A), (B), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–193, title I, § 108(e),Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2167.
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), is Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, as amended, which is classified principally to subchapter II (§ 450 et seq.) of chapter 14 of Title 25, Indians. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 450 of Title 25 and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 612, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 412, as added June 17, 1980, Pub. L. 96–272, title III, § 303, 94 Stat. 528; amended Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, title XXIII, § 2306(b), 95 Stat. 846; Sept. 3, 1982, Pub. L. 97–248, title I, § 155(a), 96 Stat. 397, related to prorating shelter allowance for AFDC family living with another household, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–193, § 103(a)(1), as amended by Pub. L. 105–33, title V, § 5514(c),Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 620.
2012—Subsec. (a)(1)(A), (2)(A). Pub. L. 112–96substituted "fiscal year 2012" for "each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003".
2003—Subsec. (a)(1)(A), (2)(A). Pub. L. 108–40substituted "2002, and 2003" for "and 2002".
2000—Subsec. (a)(3)(A). Pub. L. 106–554substituted "603(a)(5)(H)" for "603(a)(5)(I)".
1999—Subsec. (a)(3)(C)(ii). Pub. L. 106–113substituted "clause (viii)" for "clause (vii)".
1997—Pub. L. 105–33, § 5514(c), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 104–193, § 103(a)(1), which enacted this section.
Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5508(a), inserted "which shall be reduced for a fiscal year, on a pro rata basis for each quarter, in the case of a tribal family assistance plan approved during a fiscal year for which the plan is to be in effect," before "and shall".
Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5508(b), substituted "For each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, the Secretary shall pay to each eligible Indian tribe that proposes to operate a program described in subparagraph (C)" for "The Secretary shall pay to each eligible Indian tribe for each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002".
Subsec. (a)(2)(C). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5508(c), substituted "such population and such service area or areas as the tribe specifies" for "members of the Indian tribe".
Subsec. (a)(2)(D). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5508(d), substituted "$7,633,287" for "$7,638,474".
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5001(c), added par. (3).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5508(f), added subsec. (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (g).
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5508(e), substituted "(b), and (c)" for "and (b)".
Subsecs. (g) to (i). Pub. L. 105–33, § 5508(f), redesignatedsubsecs. (f) to (h) as (g) to (i), respectively.
Effective Date of 2003 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–40effective July 1, 2003, see section 8 ofPub. L. 108–40, set out as a note under section 603 of this title.
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–554effective Oct. 1, 2000, see section 1 (a)(1) [title I, § 107(d)] of Pub. L. 106–554, set out as a note under section 603 of this title.
Effective Date of 1999 Amendment
For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 106–113, see section 1000(a)(4) [title VIII, § 801(e)] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 603 of this title.
Effective Date of 1997 Amendment
Amendment by section 5508 ofPub. L. 105–33effective as if included in section 103(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104–193, at the time such section 103 (a) became law, see section 5518(a) ofPub. L. 105–33, set out as a note under section 602 of this title.
Amendment by section 5514(c) ofPub. L. 105–33effective as if included in the provision of Pub. L. 104–193amended at the time the provision became law, see section 5518(d) ofPub. L. 105–33, set out as a note under section 862a of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
Effective Date
Section effective July 1, 1997, with transition rules relating to State options to accelerate such date, rules relating to claims, actions, and proceedings commenced before such date, rules relating to closing out of accounts for terminated or substantially modified programs and continuance in office of Assistant Secretary for Family Support, and provisions relating to termination of entitlement under AFDC program, see section 116 ofPub. L. 104–193, as amended, set out as a note under section 601 of this title.
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Within Bangkok and in the provinces, try taking a spin with the local means of transport, whether it is a tuk-tuk or a songtaew pick-up truck or a longtail boat.One thing you will find in Bangkok is that the multitude of taxis are friendly, knowledgeable, and the metered fare is very reasonably priced, while an ever expanding network of subways and skytrains add convenience to life in the metropolis (and another great opportunity to people-watch).
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This week, the experts at McAfee Labs released their latest quarterly threats report, which recapped emerging cyber-threats they saw at the end of last year. In addition to some of the trends we know of that afflict big companies and individuals, there are a number of interesting threats that affect users in the federal government […]
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This week, President Obama released his annual draft budget for Fiscal Year 2015. The budget calls for reductions in defense, leaving the physical U.S. military at is smallest level since WWII. At the same time, spending levels for cybersecurity could be increasing – or at least they won't be declining. This reflects a strategic realignment […]
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Peter Lattman was named deputy business editor in November 2014. He joined The Times in 2010 as a reporter for Business Day and DealBook, covering Wall Street with a focus on white-collar crime and law firms. He helped lead the paper's reporting on insider trading scandals, including the trials of Raj Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta, and the case against the hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors. He also served as the The Times's media editor in 2013.
Mr. Lattman previously spent five years as a reporter with The Wall Street Journal, where he covered legal affairs and then the private equity industry. He also served as the first lead writer of The Journal's Law Blog. In 2009, he shared a Gerald Loeb Award in the breaking news category for coverage of the financial crisis.
Born in New York City, Mr. Lattman grew up in Roslyn, on Long Island. He earned his undergraduate degree in history and literature from Harvard, and a law degree from Fordham. Before pursuing a journalism career, he practiced law at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel and worked in the investment management division at Goldman Sachs.
He lives on the Upper West Side with his wife, Isabel Gillies, and their three children.
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(WZZM) - You've probably heard the saying, "A penny saved is a penny earned." Well, a popular new website actually allows you to earn money, directly to your Paypal account, when you buy certain items in your favorite stores.
Kristen Miles of Grand Rapids just started using Ibotta and likes it so far. "It requires a little bit of planning - a little bit of effort when you get home, but I've made over $12 so far on things I'm going to buy anyway."
You buy an item from your favorite store at any price you can find it. Then if it's also on Ibotta's virtual store shelf, you get paid a certain amount for that purchase by taking a picture of the receipt or the item's barcode. Each item will tell you how much money you can get back underneath its picture on Ibotta. The amount varies, but it's not hard to get $1 back.
Each day, there are about thirty items on the virtual shelf and if you tell them what you like and dislike, the site will adjust its offers accordingly. The site is free to join and you can get paid by having pals, just like Kristen.
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Lovin' this little activism film from 1minutetosavetheworld. Thanks to Vincenzo for the link.
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Lovin' this little activism film from 1minutetosavetheworld. Thanks to Vincenzo for the link.
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- bikefish said...
I checked around a bit - since the attribution of this to "Africa" seemed a bit vague. It was a 2010 winning entry to "One Minute to Save the World" video contest http://www.1minutetosavetheworld.com/category/homefeatured/
submitted by Dickson Oyugi from Nairobi, Kenya. Cool.
- 00:25
I asked myself the same question about the provenance of this video before I read the first comment. The petrol pump at 0'27" reads "Kobil", a Kenyan company.
I wonder whether there is a problem with theft over there too. In the last 10 years I had two bikes stolen and one destroyed. I would bet that in dollars or euros bike theft is more of a problem than car theft.
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When I was in Kenya last (2007?), I have to say I found a lot of bicycle use.
Masai warriors in the countryside managed to cycle, carry a club or spear, and chat on their mobile.
In Nairobi, a large minority of people used bicycles, mostly hardy Indian machines, and chose to push them up the hills of Karen. Bicycle repair sheds were nearly ubiquitous, as common on the roadside as grilled corn vendors.
Nairobi is at a development cross-roads, with extremely mixed traffic. From what I saw, most people walk, followed by bus and Matatu trade. Bicycles would come in 3rd place, and have to share very hazardous roads that also have large freight trucks on long haul through the bush, and men manually hauling carts full of water (for lack of pipe infrastructure). Private automobiles are fairly common, and almost all engines burn the worst quality diesel without any pollution controls.
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- bikefish said...
Thanks, Za! Do you have any idea if there are efforts to calm traffic and make walking and cycling safer in Kenya?
- 08:00
- Nathan said...
Cool video, unfortunately I can't seem to believe that many Kenyans (sorry Africans) share this view point. In Nairobi, people ride bikes because they have no other choice, and ride at considerable peril (traffic calming… lol!).
A better video could have been made in Kisumu (Kenya). There you can see even business folks riding on the rear rack of bike taxis. There bicycles are truly part of the culture.
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- Danial123 said...
I always step down with one foot, leaving the other on a pedal.
beach cruiser bicycle
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate community editor
Guido Rachiele looks just a little lonely as he sits among a group of chairs that line the one side of his grocery store, behind his checkout counter.
"These chairs used to be full of people who came here to sit and talk at all times of the day," he says. "Now many of those who used to come in here have died. I still get a few, even a group sometimes, but not near as often."
Rachiele's store, Checkerboard Grocery is one of only four small "Ma and Pa" grocery stores that still exist in Carbon County, and the only one left in Price.
"There used to be over 20 grocery stores during the 1950's in Price," he explains as he looks toward a customer coming in the door. "And there were 12 more in Helper."
Today Helper has two, Workmen's Market and R&A Market, at nearly opposite ends of town. And then there is the Miner's Trading Post in Sunnyside; the last of the four small establishments that are left in the county.
The disappearance of the small, family owned grocery store on every corner is a national occurance. In some big cities they still exist in vast numbers, but many have long since been turned into video or liquor stores. The demise began when the large chain supermarkets began to evolve in the late 1940's. Before that the only chains included small stores which had quaint names like A&P, Piggley Wiggley, AG and one with a more Utah connection, O.P. Skaggs. Then came a nationwide chain called Safeway, and things really began to change. Following it the market exploded as names like Lucky, Krogers, Albertsons, Smiths, Von's, Ralphs and others began to move into regional markets across the country. Some of those chains are now national. Finally in the last 10 years Walmart Supercenters have proliferated, adding another large competitor to many markets, including Carbon County.
Rachiele began his grocery career at the Broadbent Market in Helper when he was 12. That store has long since disappeared.
"The problem is learning to change with the times," says Rachiele. "To stay in business I have had to change from year to year. What I carry now is a lot different from what I carried when I and Joe Santi bought the store in 1947. Then we had a lot of older immigrants who did a lot of their own cooking and particularly baking. We also carried a lot of imported foods they wanted. Now I carry more convenience items. As generations have changed, so have the buying habits."
At Workmen's Market, Steve Giacoletto, whose grandfather and grandmother started the store in 1923 up the street from the present building, feels survival is a matter of quality and working for the customers dollar.
"How we have survived all the bigger competition is a good question," he said seated in his office just behind the double swinging doors that are typical in small markets. "We have found ourselves working harder with less help and being open long hours, so things are convenient for our customers. We're only closed three days a year and we have tried to keep our prices fair and provide good quality meat."
At one time many of the goods the store sold were produced right on property owned by the family. In 1934 they had 5000 chickens, 1800 fruit trees, a milk house and a slaughter house that supplied the store with much of what was sold.
"Actually," as he added a note to his previous statement,"The hours we operate today are not as long as they used to be. There was a time when we didn't even close for Christmas, Thanksgiving or Easter."
Giacoletto's store employs eight people, some of them family. But he feels like his customers are part of his family too.
"Unless they come off the highway, we know all our customers by their first name, and often their last name too," he explains as he looks over an advertisement for the stores wares in the 1930's. "I think honesty and trust is part of the formula for staying in business in a market where the pieces cut from the pie get smaller all the time."
Of all the small stores open in the area R&A Market is the newest, only 34 years young.
"My uncle Armand Saccomanno and I opened this store on April 1, 1970 and we ran it together until 1982 when he passed away," said Richard Columbo as he custom cut rib eye steaks for a corporate customer. "We both worked at Food Center (another market that is now closed in Helper) before we opened this place."
Columbo's market sits at the end of Main Street well out of the sight of US 6 so traffic off the road for him is not a large part of his business. He depends on repeat customers of his meat business much like Giacoletto does at his store.
"Survive is the word," he says as he points to an order board that has slips with various cuts of meats requested by customers written on them. "Since the Super Walmart opened the grocery part of my business has really suffered. However the meat business and the small bakery we have keeps us very busy. We try to do any things a customer wants. I think the personal service is what keeps us in business."
The Miners Trading Post in Sunnyside, in many ways, is in a different position from the other three stores. While Checkerboard is surrounded by the big three markets in town, and those same large chain stores are just down the road from Workmen's and R&A, Jim Leonard's store is well over 20 miles away from the closest of giants. In the East Carbon-Columbia- Sunny side area he has the only show in town, except for a few convenience items the two gas stations in the area sell.
"We are a big store in a small town," he says of his multiple aisles of food and more. Because of his position in the town he stocks many other items besides groceries, including hardware. "There are a lot of interesting things in this store. We try to provide as much as we can to the local community."
The store, which employs 14 people, lies in the only surviving shopping center in eastern Carbon County. On one side of the store is a post office and on the other a credit union and a small bowling alley.
Still Leonard knows that business is going to the big stores in Price as well. A lot of people in the area work in the county seat and stop at stores there to pick up items on the way home. But it would be very hard to imagine Sunnyside without the Trading Post. Still profitability is always in question, with competition the way it is.
The store began operation as a Wasatch Store in the early days of Sunnyside, a company owned merchantile. In the 1940's Price Trading Company bought the store and then they sold it to Leonard and his parents in 1977. Leonard's 84 year old father still works in the market.
Leonard also suggested a similar theme as to why his business survives to what other small stores in the county voiced.
"We know everyone in town, by their names," he says.
The mention of names also brings up another point. How did each of the markets get their monickers? For the Miners Trading Post the way it was named is obvious. But what about Checkerboard Market?
"The store was built in 1945 and was originally owned by the Price Commission Company, a feed store next door that sold Checkerboard Brand feed," says Rachiele. "They just named the grocery store after the feed and when we bought it we kept the name."
Giacoletto says his stores name story was related to him by his grandma.
"She said it just took a lot of work to get it going so that's what they named it," he laughs.
R&A Market's label came from the first initials of the owners names Richard and Armand.
The bottom line is that these stores have survived an onslaught of strong competition over the years, probably the because the owners care so much about what they do.
"I love the people who come in here," says Columbo after one woman customer related a joke she had heard to him as he helped her at the meat counter. "It's a very good business."
Giacoletto finds his work rewarding although he is involved in many other things as well.
"Personally I think our employees are the best thing about our store and it's good working here, along with them and the public," he explained as he ran off to help a customer.
Leonard has a hard time imagining doing anything else, his roots are so tied to the store.
"A lot of teenagers have worked their way through high school and beyond in this store," he says with a smile on his face. "We try very hard to be a friendly place to shop."
Rachiele enjoys the people and his years serving them. It is also obvious he particularly likes the kids, as he helped a little girl at his check out counter with a sack of penny candy.
"I have a regular clientelle from this part of town," he stated as he showed off his 70 year old penny gum ball machine and an operating Coke cooler that he has owned since he bought the store. "I have watched three generations of customers families pass through this place since I bought it. Many of them are still customers."
One wonders if anyone at any of the chain stores will be able to say that 57 years from now.


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WADDINGTON – For Zachary T. Dupray, the preservation of history is more than a means of passing on tradition. It strengthens the connection between him and his family.
Mr. Dupray said Monday he inherited his love of history from his mother, Kathy H. Dupray. In A Touch of Icing, the bakery and caf� Mrs. Dupray owns and operates, many photos depicting the early days of Waddington, including Chateau Waddington, Ogden Mansion, the Old Mill, and the ferry, line the walls.
As the newly appointed town historian, Mr. Dupray said his ambition is to build from those photos to create a town museum.
Its not going to happen overnight, he said. Waddington has a rich history. Id like to start by talking to residents who remember the early days.
Mr. Dupray, who graduated from St. Lawrence University in 2007 with a degree in sociology, and recently earned a masters degree in education with a concentration in school counseling, said much of the towns history rests with residents who lived it.
If history is not recorded, it can be lost, he said. We preserve it so we can better understand the early days, which can help us better understand our lives.
While he hasnt yet settled on a location for the museum, Mr. Dupray said he is gathering materials for several mobile exhibits.
He is also working with the town to create a link to a historians page on the towns revamped website. He hopes to complete the mobile exhibits and historians webpage in time for Waddingtons Homecoming in August.
Born and raised in Waddington, Mr. Duprays own family history is rich. His mothers family settled in Waddington in 1918. His maternal grandmother, Helen (Zagrobelny) Badlam, owned the Hollybrook Inn on St. Lawrence Avenue. His maternal grandfather, Hyram Duck Badlam, owned a garage and gas station, Hys Garage, on the same street.
Like many homes and businesses along the shoreline, Mr. Duprays grandparents were forced to move their businesses because their locations were flooded during construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Hydroelectric Project in the 1950s. His grandmothers inn was closed, and his grandfathers garage was relocated to Route 37.
It changed the whole landscape of the town, Mr. Dupray said. Its definitely something I would like to study more. Many of these places are now gone. Many areas such as Dry Island are now under water. Its interesting to see the impact on the town and surrounding areas. Some people had to move and never came back.
Mr. Dupray admitted that Waddington has not had any significant industrial changes in nearly 100 years, but he thinks thats the key to Waddingtons longevity and friendly atmosphere.
Its never expanded a whole lot, he said. Many of our old stone buildings, as well as the Old Town Hall and Clark House, have been preserved. Its beautiful growing up by the river. Unlike other places, there is easy access to water and the shoreline, as well as the opportunity to live and fish in the outdoors.
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osforlife wrote:I don't understand why Arrieta is not even being considered as a candidate to be replaced. But I believe the obvious choice is Hunter; He's pitched the worst. He faces Toronto tonight...which I'am guessing will not go well. A fly ball pitcher vs. a homerun team usually doesn't go well. But like Buck says...these things usually work themselves out.
legmason wrote:I agree and I would favor Britton over Hunter at this point. However I'm cautiously optimistic due to the fact that Britton is still a very young pitcher and young pitching isn't something I like to place bets on.
I don't have a ton of faith in Tillman as a starter at this point but I would guess the Orioles still view him as a potential back of the rotation type if he can just keep his mechanics together. What's the word on him and his year in Norfolk? I know his stats are great but what about his peripherals?
Also, what do you guys think of Steve Johnson?
CSPitt17130 wrote:Britton hasn't exactly been an above average major league pitcher since before he got hurt midway last year. Why not let him earn his way back up to the Orioles with an initial assignment to Norfolk? Isn't that what Duquette was intending by bringing in a lot of starting pitching depth?
osforlife wrote:I'd like to see Tolleson stay on the roster but he'll probably get the demotion with Chavez coming back. Avery has really stuggled as of late. Until Britton comes back, why not give Eveland one or two starts?; demote Hunter to the pen. As Don said, I would really consider Oswalt. Who knows if Britton will come back and pitch well?
Matt P wrote:Why is Arrieta safe and Matusz isn't? Matusz has been better and more consistent than Arrieta this season.
Matt P wrote:I understand Arrieta has better stats but Matusz also started off pretty bad. Since his first 3 starts Matusz has only had 1 bad start. Matusz has given the Orioles 4 consecutive starts of 3 earned runs or less and has given up 3 earned runs or less in 6 of his last 7 starts. Arrieta has given up 3 earned runs or less in 4 games this season (none of those starts were back to back).
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Christian Sommer with a huge catch.
30 miles offshore off Captiva. Rick with a 33 inch, 20 pound red grouper 30 miles offshore off Captiva.
Trey Heiser left and Bobby Stuart, Naples High baseball players caught Snook & Red Fish at Rookery Bay.
Jersey Joe with a 28 pound grouper with Captain Frank The Tank.
Chris Griffly with a nice catch.
Jim Griffly with another nice catch.
Jim & Chris Griffly caught and released this four, 55 pound Blacktip Shark off Marco Island.
John with a 29 inch, 15 pound red grouper 30 miles offshore off Captiva.
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This Six and half foot long, 180 pound Tarpon was caught in 3-5 feet of water thru the mangroves off Marco Island.
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall, at least once each year, order an examination of each Federal reserve bank, and upon joint application of ten member banks the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall order a special examination and report of the condition of any Federal reserve bank.
Source(R.S. § 5240 (par.); Feb. 19, 1875, ch. 89, 18 Stat. 329; Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 21,38 Stat. 272; Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title II, § 203(a),49 Stat. 704.)
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a girl who likes to stir shit up, just for the purpose of causing drama.
1) ''she's such a whisk, all she does is stir shit up''
2) ''did you see all the facebook fights the whisk started? shit-stirrer much?''
2) ''did you see all the facebook fights the whisk started? shit-stirrer much?''
ogogtripleog tərəfindən 26 İyun 2011
a shorter term for the word "whisker" meaning a cigarette or to smoke a cigarette.
"Wanna go to Mando's house and whisk?"
"Hey Kamil can i get a whisk?"
"Who's got the whisks?"
"Dude Amir, I'm dyin' for a quick whisk."
"Lets get a pack of whisks."
"Hey Kamil can i get a whisk?"
"Who's got the whisks?"
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to shave the pubic hair off of your vagina, or cutting trees down.
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Girl: OMG SORRY, I had to go whisk in the bathroom.
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See: Whiskey Tango. A shortened term which is less conspicuous when used in earshot of the offending whiskey tango.
Pete: "Dude look at all the whisks standing by the trailer!"
Rob: "Sooo whisk... that one has no teeth!"
Rob: "Sooo whisk... that one has no teeth!"
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Household appliance, also seeming to be very insulting if mentioned to males.
"How's that whisk going for you?"
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A extremely annoying person with ratty hair. Usually living in New Mexico. Most of the time seems as to be innocent and nice but beware!!! A whisk can attack at any moment and usually lurk and prey on their victims via Facebook. Warning: If you are added on facebook by a Whisk not only are you at risk, but so are your friends. A whisk usually prowls lonesome or with her only friend, if you see one spray with pepper spray, women should lock up their men, and you should make sure you warn all of your friends. Whisks usually have a extremely annoying face, and may lure you by wearing lots of make up, but when it comes off you will be surprised by the ugliness to be portrayed. They usually have a square ass, fat body, and fake hair.
That nasty bitch has got to be a WHISK
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A broken down old fucker who thinks hes gods gift to the world, its more like a curse on this world, was married to a fat whale of a woman also known as WW. Now resides in his crappy little channel with no friends. Hangs out with BND (see def)
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Operators returned Byron Generating Station Unit 2 to full power Saturday afternoon, marking the end of the unit's 17th scheduled refueling outage that began April 8.
BYRON, Ill. — Operators returned Byron Generating Station Unit 2 to full power Saturday afternoon, marking the end of the unit's 17th scheduled refueling outage that began April 8.Exelon employees and approximately 1,700 highly skilled contractors performed more than 12,000 carefully choreographed activities during the outage. These included extensive safety inspections and tests, along with plant improvements. The work and inspections are designed to improve Byron Station's operational strength, enhance multiple layers of safety and ensure the facility's ability to provide clean, safe and reliable electricity through the unit's next 18-month operating cycle.
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Byron Station Unit 1 continued to operate at full power during the Unit 2 outage.
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(Redirected from Purification)
Purity is the state or degree of being pure, lacking contaminants or impediments to virtue.
- Quell' onda, che ruina
Dalla pendice alpina,
Balza, si frange, e mormora
Ma limpida si fa.
- That water which falls from some Alpine height is dashed, broken, and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by its fall.
- Metastasio, Alcide al Bivio (1760).
- Qual diverrà quel fiume,
Nel lungo suo cammino,
Se al fonte ancor vicino
É torbido così?
- What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turbid at its source?
- Metastasio, Morte d' Abele (1732), I.
- Whiter than new snow on a raven's back.
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597), Act III, scene 2, line 19.
- The gentleman knows that whatever is imperfect and unrefined does not deserve praise. ... He makes his eyes not want to see what is not right, makes his ears not want to hear that is not right, makes his mouth not want to speak what is not right, and makes his heart not want to deliberate over what is not right. ... For this reason, power and profit cannot sway him, the masses cannot shift him, and nothing in the world can shake him.
- Xun Zi, "An Exhortation to Learning," E. Hutton, trans., Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2001), p. 260
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- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 652.
- Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.
- The stream is always purer at its source.
- Blaise Pascal, Lettres Provinciales, IV.
- Unto the pure all things are pure.
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It was ugly, it was brutal. The War of 1812 began when the United States declared war on England on June 18th.
It was the first time the fledgling democracy had declared war on anybody. The stated reason was that the British Navy was interfering with US shipping to France, Britain's enemy, and impressing American sailors into the British Navy. The newly-independent democracy would not be humiliated by its former rulers.
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• The War claimed at least 20,000 lives, 15,000 from disease. alone.
• The first Canadian national hero was Sir Isaac Brock who died early in the Battle of Queenston Heights, the first significant battle of the War. He had a reputation for bravery, but also for impulsiveness. Some historians said he wasn't especially fond of the Canadian colonists and thought he was forced to fight in a North American backwater when he really wanted to be in the Big One in Europe, fighting Napoleon.
• The commander in charge of federal troops in Buffalo, General Alexander Smyth, was untrained, inept, and so hated by his men that some took potshots at him
• Peter Porter of Black Rock and Niagara Falls was a wealthy businessman, officer and congressman. He was one of the biggest War Hawks, who stood up in Congress and demanded the annexation of Canada. He was also brave in battle and is considered a WNY hero. Porter fought a pistol duel with Smyth on Grand Island over a perceived insult. Both missed. Porter went on to become Secretary of War under President John Quincy Adams in 1828. Smyth left the War early and returned to his home in Virginia.
• Major John Norton was descended from a Cherokee father and Scottish mother, and deserted the British army to return to his roots with the Mohawk Indians. Still, he and his warriors sided with the British at Queenston Heights and were so fierce they scared many American militamen into not crossing the river to fight them. Some historians give great credit to the Indians, in addition to Brock, British troops and Canadian militias, for turning the tide against the American invaders.
• Canada's native warriors were fierce fighters. A letter in the Buffalo Central Library from an American soldier in 1812 tells how the Indians scalped and mutilated their opponents. In fact, there were atrocities on all sides. When the Americans killed the great native warrior Tecumseh in battle, many American reports say they cut him up for souvenirs.
• As the War dragged on, it became a war of retribution. The US burned the Upper Canada capital of York, later to become Toronto. The British and native warriors, in return, burned Lewiston, Black Rock and Buffalo. The British headed up Chesapeake Bay and burned the White House, the Capitol and the Library of Congress.
• Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner during the British assault on Ft. McHenry in Baltimore. It was later set to an English drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven."
• The British navy launched the Battle of New Orleans, not knowing that an agreement to end the War was reached over two weeks earlier. The battle was a final overwhelming victory for the Americans, despite being outnumbered.
Who won? The popular opinion is, nobody. But it seems clear that the Canadian colonists had the greatest claim to victory since they and their British and native allies drove the invaders out of their territory and saved their homes. The War also gave the Canadian people a sense of nationhood; there was no Canada at that time. They became a confederation in 1867.
The Americans started the war mainly because the British were restricting their trade on the high seas by seizing cargo and impressing American soldiers into the British navy. But England had already eased such practices shortly before the war began. And the US gained no territory and won no treasure. Still, the Americans claimed the victory of gaining global respect even though the young upstart nation was barely out of diapers.
The tragic losers, without a doubt, were the native peoples, the Indians. They sided with the British to prevent the Americans from pushing farther west and taking their land. Their dream died with the end of the War.
Finally, the English saw the war in North America as little more than a nuisance. They were focused on their European war against Napoleon's France. A common description of how the war ended goes something like this: The Americans say they won, the Canadians say they won, and the English weren't paying attention in the first place. To them, the War of 1812 was a sideshow to their real concern of Napolean trying to take over the world. And with the death of the Indian leader Tecumseh in the war, so died the dream of independence for North America's native peoples.
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Control Towers Foot Pack (8000214) by Yakima®. Set of 4. These towers were designed to support Yakima round cross bars on vehicles with factory adjustable roof tracks or fixed mounting points, or if a permanent installation is desired. They're super easy to remove and install, but installation requires vehicle specific landing pads (sold separately) to ensure proper fit. Constructed with a powder coated steel superstructure and glass reinforced nylon shell, Control Towers can be locked to the vehicle to prevent theft with the optional SKS lock cores and keys. Sold in sets of 2 or 4 towers, to mount one or two crossbars, the Control Towers Foot Pack comes with installation instructions and cross bar end caps.
- Creates solid, stable roof rack mounting on vehicles with factory adjustable tracks, fixed mounting points, or for a permanent installation
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Some vehicles come from the factory with tracks mounted on the roof. These tracks run parallel to the sides of the vehicle and are designed to mount a roof rack. A track mounted roof rack gives you the versatility to position the cross bars as required to provide the best support for the gear you're carrying. The rack feet can be loosened and moved in the tracks to position the cross bars as desired. Other vehicles have rack mounting points built into the roof and these can be accessed by removing the covers from the mounting locations. The Yakima Control Towers Foot Pack is specifically designed for this type of mounting, but they can also be used when a permanent roof rack mounting is being created.
Control Towers are quick and easy to remove and install, but vehicle specific Landing Pads are required. These are sold separately but are necessary to ensure a custom fit for your vehicle. Pads are also available for establishing a permanent attachment base and for installing Control Towers onto truck caps, tent trailers, RVs, or boats. Constructed with a powder coated steel superstructure and glass reinforced nylon shell, and designed to support Yakima round crossbars (not included), Control Towers can be locked to prevent theft with the purchase of optional SKS (Same Key System) lock cores and keys.
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Yakima® Products, of Beaverton, Oregon is one of the world's largest manufacturers of cargo and recreational equipment carrying solutions. Founded 40 years ago in its namesake city, Yakima's guiding principle is that gear should be carried on the outside of the vehicle to make room for more friends inside. To achieve that goal the company makes roof rack systems for any style roof, and an array of roof rack, receiver hitch, trunk lid and hatch, and trailer mounted carriers. Yakima's designers and engineers are outdoor enthusiasts, campers, and travelers just like you, and they listen and learn what other enthusiasts need and want while participating in those activities. The combination of their own personal experience with that of other enthusiasts enables them to create the finest carriers and accessories for bicycles, watercraft, skis & snowboards, and cargo & camping. Yakima products are manufactured using the highest quality materials and the best engineering practices, and Yakima is so confident that you'll be completely satisfied with your purchase that they're backed by a "Love It Till You Leave It" lifetime warranty.Product Reviews (1)
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