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Archives For: July 2012
Report: New Media and Conflict after the Arab Spring07/31/2012
A report from the United States Institute of Peace's Centers of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding, analyzes the role of social media in the Arab Spring protests of 2011–12. The report, Blogs and Bullets II: New Media and Conflict After the Arab Spring builds on a previous report, published in 2010 by USIP Press, titled Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics, and applies its five-level framework for studying and understanding the role of new media in political movements.
Open data and digital mapping used for promoting justice initiatives07/28/2012
New technologies are making it easier to publish and share data. In turn, data can be used to create interactive maps, depicting crises in real time. SahelResponse.org is one example of this. When a food crisis ramps up, donors and humanitarian organizations must move fast to respond, typically involving coordinating information across working groups, situation reports, and informal networks.
Saybrook University Alumnus and Faculty Member Dr. Bob Flax Named to World Federalist Movement's Governing Body07/26/2012
Saybrook Psychology Alumnus Dr. Bob Flax (Ph.D. '92), also a faculty member and Chief Research Coordinator at Saybrook University's Graduate College of Psychology and Humanistic Studies, has been named to the governing body of the World Federalist Movement. The announcement was made at the WFM's 26th annual conference in July. Founded in 1947 to support the efforts of the United Nations, the WFM is a worldwide organization dedicated to promoting peace and the global rule of law: it is the primary sponsor of the International Criminal Court and the U.N.'s "Responsibility to Protect" initiative, among other major global efforts.
The Vice-President of the Democratic World Federalists, Flax's interest in global law and governance grew out of his work as a senior clinical psychologist for the California Department of Corrections, treating individuals, couples, families, and groups. He expanded his focus to include larger systems and studied organizational development and conflict resolution, and has worked to test these approaches in a wide range of settings, including businesses, non-profits, intentional communities, and the California State Prison system. Dr. Flax finally arrived at the next logical step – the way we work together as citizens of the world.
Bob lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a key faculty member in Saybrook's program in Social Transformation, which offers a body of practical knowledge to support students who want to connect the library to the street in pursuit of meaningful social change.
Dr. Flax's Saybrook Doctoral Dissertation was titled, From Beginner to Master: Changes in the Ways of Being, Perceiving, and Practicing of Psychotherapists as They Acquire and Develop Clinical Skill, and was chaired by Dr. Tony Stigliano.
College of Mind-Body Medicine Offers Certificate in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback07/26/2012
This Certificate provides a comprehensive training in biofeedback and neurofeedback, following the knowledge blueprint of the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA). Students must document access to biofeedback instrumentation including at least three modalities, and preferably access to neurofeedback instrumentation as well. The Certificate includes five courses, four residential conferences, a graduate colloquium, and a capstone integrative essay.
Wanted: Stories about LIOS Graduates Making A Difference07/25/2012
By Dan Leahy
Associate Dean of LIOS Graduate College
With the proliferation of polarities rampant today, I'm rather fond of some of the "flash mob" videos that periodically show up on You Tube, particularly the ones in public spaces (the commons) that involve orchestras and choirs playing a human classic to the delights of the gathering citizens. To me this is an example of the human potential beyond our limitations: A moment that transcends our differences. Here's the link to the most recent example that came from my daughter, Chelsea: http://bit.ly/Onvuc4
While I've never, yet, participated in one of these celebrations of Life, I've often imagined what it would be like. Well, if truth be told, I've actually wondered what it would be like to take part in a LIOS-inspired flash mob.
MBM Master's Student Builds Stress Management Website for Diabetics: Maureen Molinari, MS07/24/2012
For her final Master's Project, Maureen Molinari researched how stress impacts people with diabetes both physiologically and psychologically, and then created a website providing videos and information for effective stress-management, using yoga, guided imagery, and nutrition. The website uses health-coaching, because she believes that a coaching model empowers people with diabetes to make meaningful lifestyle changes to improve their health and well-being. Health coaching uses the clients' vision of health and wellness to guide the coaching sessions, providing a supportive way to work with people.
New guide on tweeting for peace and social change07/23/2012
The Peace and Collaborative Development Network (PCDN) has posted A Guide to Tweeting for Peace and Social Change - a helpful resource for those using social media for transformative social change. Since its founding in 2006, Twitter has rapidly grown to be one of the most powerful online platforms for connecting hundreds of millions of individuals and organizations around the world.
Saybrook University Alumna Dr. Kirby Rosplock Completes International Study on Family Wealth07/18/2012
Saybrook University Organizational Systems Alumna Dr. Kirby Rosplock (Ph.D. '07) recently completed an international study exploring the relationship of the family office to the family business titled, The Sustaining the Family Enterprise Study. Dr. Rosplock, Dr. Dianne H.B. Welsh at University of North Carolina Greensboro, Dr. Juan Roure at IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain, and Prof. Juan Luis Segurado at IESE Business School at the University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain have been working on this multi-phased study since 2008.
The Sustaining the Family Enterprise Study engaged 93 family members from around the globe whose combined wealth exceeds $20 Billion. The study explored the perceived impact of governance practices and process, along with entrepreneurial orientation, and their impact on sustainability of the family's enterprise, according to Dr. Rosplock. Kirby is the Director of Research and Development in the Innovation and Learning Center at GenSpring Family Offices in Jupiter, FL.
The study is the first of its kind and provides new insights into the importance of how families make decisions and establish process in order to build continuity and cohesion. Further, findings on entrepreneurial orientation reveal that families take more risk and are more entrepreneurial with their operating business than with wealth management practices in their family office.
Dr. Rosplock also spoke in San Francisco in April of 2012 about the growing influence of women on global wealth. Kirby is a director of her family's fourth-generation, traditionally male business. Kirby's Saybrook dissertation was titled, Women and Wealth: Women's Interest, Attitudes and Involvement With Their Wealth, which was chaired by Dr. Dennis Jaffe.
For a copy of The Sustaining the Family Enterprise Study, or for further information, contact:
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College of Mind-Body Medicine Student Produces Manual for Group-Based Mind-Body Skills Approach for Enhancing Sexual Wellness: Introducing Alexzandria Baker07/18/2012
New brief published on business and human rights by the Center for Sustainable Economies07/18/2012
The United States Institute for Peace (USIP) has just released a report called Business and Human Rights: An Issue whose time has come. USIP's Center for Sustainable Economies hosts a taskforce on business and peace, which explores creative and effective ways in which the corporate sector could avoid fomenting conflict while being aware of actions that could promote peace.
Saybrook Alumnus Dr. Sil Machado Appointed to Core Faculty at the Sanville Institute07/16/2012
The Saybrook Alumni Association and Saybrook University are proud to announce that Psychology Alumnus Dr. Sil Machado was recently appointed to the Core Faculty at the Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy in Berkeley, CA.
College of MBM Energy Medicine Residential Conference: MBM Students Learn about Human Energy Field, and Participate in Chakra Energy Assessment07/16/2012
On June 11, approximately 22 students prepared to attend the residential component of their class on The Human Energy Field and Energy Medicine at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda, MD. That morning the Hyatt suffered a power outage (an "energy crisis") leaving hundreds of guests walking down several flights of stairs and missing some of the comforts that electricity brings, particularly the air conditioning. Unfazed by the lack of electricity Associate Dean Dan Sterenchuk quickly responded and found an alternative location for the class. College Chair Don Moss led a morning meditation and check-in on the mezzanine of the Hyatt, and then students proceeded to the new location and spent the day with Beverly Rubik, PhD, learning about some of the latest advances in Energy Medicine.
The Saybrook Institutional Review Board and your Research07/12/2012
The SIRB and your Research
One aspect of being an ethical professional is that all research should be proposed and approved by an institutional review board, which assures the well-being of any human participants involved in the research. For Saybrook students and faculty, the Saybrook Institutional Review Board (or SIRB) must approve any research project before it is implemented.
Saybrook University Alumna Dr. Hilarie Cash Asks, Should Internet Obsession be Considered an Addiction Disorder?07/12/2012
Saybrook University Psychology Alumna Dr. Hilarie Cash (Ph.D. '89) co-founded reSTART: Internet Addiction Recovery Program, the first and only residential treatment program for adults suffering from Internet and Video Game Addiction (www.netaddictionrecovery.com). Dr. Cash began her pioneering work in this new field in the mid 90's, and by 1999 she co-founded an outpatient clinic called Internet/Computer Addiction Services in Redmond, WA (home of Microsoft). In 2008, Hilarie co-authored a book now being released in its second edition called Video Games and Your Kids: How Parents Stay in Control. These ongoing endeavors have brought Dr. Cash recognition as one of the nation's leading experts in the growing field of Internet Addiction.
Saybrook University Alumna Dr. Leila Kozak Receives Grant from NCI and is Appointed Clinical Champion by the Veterans Administration07/10/2012
Saybrook Psychology Alumna Dr. Leila Kozak (Ph.D. '07) recently received a grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for a project entitled: Palliative Care Provider Online Education in Evidence-Based Complementary Therapies, and was appointed Clinical Champion at Veterans Administration (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, WA.
The palliative care project will develop and test a series of online continuing education modules to teach palliative care providers about use of evidence-based complementary therapies. Dr. Kozak and Dr. William Collinge are Co-Principal Investigators for the project. These materials will be tested with a cohort of palliative care providers from institutions such as the University of Washington School of Medicine and the Veteran Administration Health Care System.
Food as Medicine Speaker Suggests Surrounding Homes with Edible Landscapes and Promotes Healthy Internal Landscapes to Fight Cancer: Jeanne M. Wallace, PhD.07/06/2012
PhD students in the Saybrook College of MBM attend the Food as Medicine training program, as part of their Nutrition and Health class. The Food as Medicine program, sponsored by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, was held this June in Bethesda, MD. One of the highlights of this year's program was Jeanne M. Wallace, PhD, an innovative nutritionists who spoke twice: first on creating an "edible landscape," using healthy foods and herbs in landscape and garden to surround oneself with healthy food options, and second on creating a healthy environment within the body, to inhibit cancer cell growth using nutrition. Jeanne Wallace heads the "Nutritional Solutions Consulting Group," which provides consulting to cancer patients throughout the US and abroad. Wallace is the author of "Holistic Oncology Update."
July 6 - Celebrate the Shift Network's 'Nonviolence Friday' of the Summer of Peace07/06/2012
The goal of the Summer of Peace 2012 is to activate the largest global commitment to peace in one season in the history of humankind. The Summer of Peace 2012 is produced by The Shift Network in partnership with Pathways to Peace, Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI), The Peace Alliance, PeaceDayTV, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Gaiafield Project, International Cities of Peace and Push4Peace, along with numerous co-sponsors. Together, the goal is to mobilize grassroots participation of people worldwide to accelerate humanity's shift to a culture of peace.
Saybrook University Alumnus Dr. Kirk Schneider Appointed to Adjunct Faculty Position at Columbia University07/02/2012
Saybrook University psychology alumnus and faculty member Dr. Kirk Schneider (Ph.D. '84) has been appointed to an adjunct faculty position at Teachers College, Dept. of Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Columbia University. He will be teaching a summer session on Awakening to Awe: An Existential-Integrative Approach to Therapy, July 2 through August 6, 2012.
Saybrook University Faculty Take Leading Roles in APA07/02/2012
The American Psychological Association (APA) has elected Saybrook University faculty member Dr. Steven Pritzker president-elect of Division 10: the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts.
New Social Media Site Launched for Activists07/02/2012
Lokashakti, a nonprofit organization based in New York City, is dedicated to promoting peace and social justice through collective nonviolent action. Lokashakti recently announced the launch of a new social media site for activists, the Lokashakti Peace & Social Justice Network. Unlike other social media, the Lokashakti Network is noncommercial and exists mainly to facilitate real-world activism, embodying the phrase, "Think globally, act locally."


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"My legs are shot" says Jon Chambers (GBR) as he tucks into a bowl of soup at the summit restaurant of the Zugspitze, the fourth turnpoint in the Red Bull X-Alps, and Germany's highest mountain.
"It was a tough three hour climb, with lots of loose shale, and I kept slipping over," the Briton says. Outside it is hailing, and you can hear the rumble of the thunderclouds that envelop us.
Clement Latour (FRA1) launched half an hour earlier. He'd looked so nervous, standing precariously on the tiny snowfield, only just big enough for him to lay out his wing behind him.
"I don't want to do this," he'd said, before snatching his wing above him and running out over the sheer cliffs below. He had launched in a gap in the clouds, and immediately pulled in his wingtips to descend faster — and avoid being lifted into the clouds.
The thermal air currents that keep paragliders aloft can sometimes be mercilessly strong – and the cumulo-nimbus clouds that surround us are evidence of that. Parachutists and glider pilots alike have been lifted to heights of 10,000m – and while some have been lucky to survive, others haven't.
Safety is Chambers' main priority, and after a discussion with his supporters, he elects to wait it out. But the temptation to fly is strong. A clearing appears. It's spectacular, with huge columns of cloud everywhere. It has taken Chambers three days of solid effort and canny decision-making to reach the Zugspitze. A glide down is physically effortless, and will see him a further 15km down route to his eventual goal, Monaco, while hiking will just eat up more hours and take an ever greater toll on his body. It's a tough call and he decides to hike.
This is the Red Bull X-Alps – touted as one of the world's toughest adventure races – and with the physical effort and tough decisions involved, it's hard not to agree.
"What you can't get across is just how mind-blowingly epic this race is," says Stephan Haase, (USA2). "It's the decisions. You make one decision, and there are just many permutations that lead out from that decision that affect the race and your ranking."
The race started in Salzburg on July 7th amid a cacophony of crowds and excitement that saw the athletes burst out of the city center and up to the Gaisberg, the first of 10 turnpoints between the start, and finish line of Monaco. The concept is pure madness. Athletes have to hike or fly a straight-line course of 1,031km, carrying their flying equipment at all times, which even with the latest technological developments, still weighs 8-10 kg. In reality, the athletes cover more like 2,500km by the time they finish.
"It's not just a physical challenge," says race mastermind Hannes Arch. "It's about the body and the mind. The athletes have to perform for 18hrs a day and sustain that for 10+ days. It's hugely demanding. If you make a wrong decision you don't just fall back in the rankings — you can seriously hurt yourself or worse. That's why it's the world's toughest adventure race. It's still an adventure!"
Spectators were reminded of this on the first day when Kaoru Ogisawa (JPN1), drifted into a tree on take-off. He was thankfully unharmed and after sourcing a new wing, took off again.
This year, on its 10th anniversary, the Red Bull X-Alps was undoubtedly the best edition yet of the race. With a high pressure system building, perfect paragliding conditions were set up over the Alps. A light northerly airflow swept in, producing good, strong thermals that blasted athletes skywards and enabled them to make good distances by air each day.
But conditions needed to be good: this year a truly difficult course line was set, requiring some really high passes to be crossed. Organisers were scratching their heads, wondering how the leaders made such quick work of it, as they bounced from climb to climb, reaching heights of up to 4,000m near the Matterhorn and Mt Blanc.
Some, like Ferdinand van Schelven (NED), set personal bests. On his penultimate day of racing, the 'Flying Dutchman' flew 153km.
"I looked at this new route through the Vercors, with some locals, and I thought why not, let's try it," he said. Conditions were incredible. "I flew for 11 hours, and even after 8 pm, it was going up everywhere — I was on full speed bar trying to get down!"
"The good weather also brought a lot of windy and dangerous conditions as well," reported Max Fanderl (CAN) on his blog. "We had flights in plus 50 km winds, in rain and thunder storms, but at the same time we had some long flights, flying over glaciers and very beautiful terrain. We had hikes in areas we never would have gone."
This edition of the race was also taken the most seriously by athletes. Haase moved from his home in the USA to Austria in January specifically to train for the event. He was eventually forced to quit after blisters on his feet turned nasty and he became at risk, as he put it, of 'losing body parts'.
Latour's team spent months working on his harness, flying the routes and preparing the Frenchman for success. As one athlete put it, 'unless you're born in the Alps with a paraglider in your cradle, you don't stand much chance in this race'.
Ultimately, Christian 'Chrigel' Maurer (SUI1) won the race convincingly, for the third time in a row. On the second day of the race, he launched with four others but he simply flew faster and better. By the sixth day, he was 300km clear of his nearest rival. Spectators following the race the world over were mesmerised by Maurer's 'magic moves'. On the third day, at 8:10am he caught a 4 m/s thermal. This is unheard of in flying. Paragliders don't normally launch until late in the morning, when the sun has heated the slopes enough to generate lift – and here was Maurer, riding some strange convergence of winds up high. He then glided some 20km, hugging in close to the forested slopes. Maurer later revealed his trick – he was surfing a buoyant cushion of warmer air that lifts from the trees in the hours after dawn.
It'd be too easy to attribute Maurer's success to his talent alone. But it's been the small details, the planning, the equipment development, the training, the check-lists, that have contributed to his victory. A professional athlete, he dedicated seven solid months to the race in equipment preparation and physical training. As just one example, Maurer explained that through the winter he'd go ground-handling in 40-50 km/h winds in snowfields, to experience what it's like at and beyond his level of abilities. That way, when he's stood on a cliff edge with 30-40 km/h of wind, he's that much more experienced at handling the wing.
Theurillat, his supporter, is a mountain guide and psychological coach who would put Maurer through a meditation programme in the evening to relax and recharge. Their tactic of sleeping high in mountain huts and getting early glides in before the day had even got going also paid off. As Theurillat puts it – "20 to 30 km might not seem like much, but over seven days that could make 150 km."
"And we are still learning," he added. "We have a list of things we want to change for 2015!"
One of the things that makes the race so special is the way its millions of fans could follow the race unfold with Red Bull Mobile Live Tracking and see the athletes' flights in real time and 3D. Every athlete was also given a Nokia Lumia phone for them to blog and share their pictures, giving fans another unique behind-the-scenes account. The interest was also reflected on the ground. At the turnpoint high above Interlaken, hundreds of spectators waited for Aaron Durogati's arrival. He top landed and ran through a cordon of photographers and spectators to the sign-in board as a helicopter buzzed overhead, filming. The excitement was palpable.
Maurer eventually won the race in 6d 23hr and 40m, almost two days ahead of his nearest rival. But the fight for second place was probably the most exciting, intense element of the entire race. Frenchmen Clement Latour and Antoine Girard raced to the wire. Having flown different routes down the Alps Maritimes, they landed within approximately 15km of each other. They then proceeded to run almost eight hours non-stop through the night. Eventually, at 03:30am, Latour arrived, ecstatic but exhausted. "It's unbelievable," he said.
Thirty minutes later Girard arrived to equally rapturous applause.
Theurillat, who stayed up to watch, shook his head. "After 9 days of solid racing, no let up. How many thermals, how many glides, how many decisions have led to this point?" he asks.
That the pair should arrive so close together after jostling for position most of the race is nothing short of incredible — but their physical endurance, stamina — and paragliding skill — sums up what makes the race so special.
For these two — and 10 athletes in total — there was still one more flight to make — and that was the triumphant descent to the landing float on Monaco's Mediterranean sea.
5 Reasons this was the best race ever
1. Conditions were epic. The lift was so strong that athletes could climb faster with their paragliders than the average Boeing 747 can leave the airport. Entering a strong thermal that's going up at 10 metres per second is like stepping in a super-fast elevator in Chamonix valley and being on the top of Mt Blanc within seven minutes!
2. The field was super-strong. There was only one retirement due to injury – Stephan Haase left due to blisters that became infected. Normally four or five drop out in the first few days.
3. It didn't rain. Much. Austria isn't known for dry weather in July - the last time the Paragliding World Championships were held in the Pinzgau valley, it was a total wash-out. This year, the route has been like a drag race, at times.
4. Christian Maurer defied belief, again. "Watching Maurer fly has been sublime," as one follower put it. His 'magic moves' have been uncanny, and he makes the others look average. But they're not. One of the best adventure pilots in the world was the race back marker. It's just that Maurer is exceptional. He is gifted, and he showed us what he can do with that gift.
5. The race in the front pack was so addictive. Chambers, Latour, Muller, and Girard were all jockeying for second place the whole way. And their support crews were completely on it, screeching around the valleys of the Alps like Formula 1 pitstop crew.
The Race in Numbers
- The course was the longest yet at 1,031km
- Chrigel Maurer drew out a 300km lead on his nearest rival
- On his final day of racing, Toma Coconea ran and hiked 130km – the equivalent of 3 marathons!
- Maurer performed 50% faster than any other athlete
- Athletes reached heights of 4,000m while flying around the Matterhorn
- Coconea was supported by a convoy of 20 Romanian cars on his final journey into Monaco
- 0 – the number of skiers Babu Sunuwar had seen in real life before arriving in Europe!
- Each athlete consumed an average 5,000 calories a day – twice a normal adult male's intake
- 10 athletes made it to Monaco – the most ever
- Maurer has now won the Red Bull X-Alps an historic 3 times

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Ex-con gets 12 years to life for siccing pit bull on cop chasing down Queens drug suspect
An ex-con with a decades-long rap sheet has been sentenced to 12 years to life in prison for siccing his pit bull on a cop chasing down a drug suspect in Queens two years ago. "Get him!," Jeffrey Cofield ordered before releasing the mutt on Sgt. Craig Kearney as he chased a drug suspect into an Astoria apartment building in August 2010. Read More: Daily News
Mother who allegedly kidnapped infant daughter is in custody
After an eight hour search, police found and arrested the woman who allegedly kidnapped her baby from a Queens hospital. The baby was found safe. Police said Leila Rajnarie took her 8-month-old daughter, Nevita Jagdeo, from Queens General Hospital Pediatric Center at approximately noon on Wednesday, March 14 while the infant was there with her foster mother. Rajnarie had accompanied them on the visit. Read More: Queens Courier
After Mike D'Antoni's resignation, NY Knicks owner James Dolan and brass try to save face and cover assets
There was James Dolan, the one thing that never changes with the Knicks, leading the 6 o'clock news for sports Wednesday night with more change for his loser basketball team. So you got another new beginning for the Knicks Wednesday night, with Mike D'Antoni out and Mike Woodson in. One of these days, one of these new beginnings may even involve Dolan's Knicks actually winning something. Read More: Daily News
Tooth & hair DNA hunt at accused madam's 'love lair'
The same day they arrested accused Upper East Side madam Anna Gristina, Manhattan DA investigators raided her 78th Street "brothel" and stripped it of what they consider to be vital evidence — hairbrushes and toothbrushes, The Post has learned. "They could potentially be used for DNA testing, hair analysis to identify people who have been using that location," Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Roper told a judge last month, according to court documents obtained by The Post. Read More: New York Post
Afghan Taliban suspends peace talks with US, Karzai pushes for early troop pullback
Afghanistan's Taliban on Thursday suspended peace talks with the US, in the wake of the alleged massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by a US soldier and burning of copies of the Koran. "It was due to their [the US] alternating and ever-changing position that the Islamic Emirate was compelled to suspend all dialogue with the Americans," the group said in a statement posted on its website. The insurgent group said dialogue was suspended until the US "shows willingness to fulfill their promises," the statement said. Read More: New York Post


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The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings July 20 on a possible repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 15-year-old law that defines marriage in federal matters as between a man and a woman, and allows states the option of not recognizing the same-sex marriage laws of other states. The hearings highlighted the stark difference between the views of homosexual activists, who testified that the foundations of marriage are personal happiness and financial security, and those of pro-family advocates, who explained that traditional marriage is crucial to the stability and survival of society. Over the past months, President Obama has subtly taken the lead on dismantling DOMA, passed in 1996 by his Democratic predecessor Bill Clinton. On July 19, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that Obama is "proud" to support the Respect for Marriage Act, the legislation introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Representative Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) that would effect the repeal of DOMA. "This legislation would uphold the principle that the federal government should not deny gay and lesbian couples the same rights and legal protections as straight couples," explained Carney. As reported by The New American, in February the President called DOMA unconstitutional and ordered the Department of Justice to stop defending the law in federal court.
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First Mayor Ed Lee ignores the rising cost of living in San Francisco (fueled partly by his own corporate welfare for the tech industry and commercial landlords [1]), and now he's using his sudden concern about gentrification as an excuse to make parking meters free again on Sundays [2], a blatant bit of political pandering that blows a $6 million annual hole in Muni's budget.
Maybe it's understandable that a politician worried about his reelection prospects with restive voters would take a page from the playbook of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who slashed the state's vehicle license fee to win that office. But what makes this move stink even more is it's being supported by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, a supposedly independent (yet mayoral appointed) body whose top officials [3] methodically and courageously [4] have made a strong case for Sunday metering [5].
"We're just willing to partner with the mayor to address affordability," SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose told us, admitting the agency hasn't yet identified a funding source to fill that gap if Sunday metering [6] is repealed on July 1 as proposed. Sunday meters were budgeted for $1 million in revenue, but they actually brought in $6 million in the last year because of more tickets than expected, feeding the outrage of motorists [7] who feel entitled to use public roads for free.
We're waiting for calls back from SFMTA Executive Director Ed Reiskin [3] and Chairman Tom Nolan to find out whether they no longer stand by the arguments they've been making for Sunday metering, claiming it helps the local economy by making parking spaces available in neighborhood commercial districts and that it's consistent with the city's official transit-first policy.
"What does this say about the city's commitment to the policy of promoting transit first?" San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Leah Shahum said, saying she was shocked by the announcement given how underfunded the SFMTA's transit, bicycle, and pedestrian improvement programs all are. "Why in the world are we even talking about this?"
Lee claims this is about affordability, telling the Chronicle "it was just nickel-and-diming people to death," yet his own plans call for asking voters [8] to approve more than $6.3 billion in taxes to fund Muni's needs over the next 15 years, including a proposal to increase the sales tax in 2016, a regressive tax that will hit those already struggling harder than Sunday metering does to the 70 percent of San Francisco households that have an automobile.
Lee has also proposed ballot measures for this November that would increase the vehicle license fee and issue a $500 million general obligation bond, paid for on the property taxes of all city households. His own polls show the measures could be difficult [9] sells to voters, and it's not clear why he won't wait for those results before ending Sunday metering.
When we asked mayoral Press Secretary Christine Falvey about all this, she selectively answered our questions with the following response: "The mayor believes a comprehensive funding strategy to not just maintain, but improve Muni performance, pedestrian and bike safety and the condition of our roads is what will finally turn the corner on improving San Francisco's Transportation System. That's why he has spent the better part of a year with the Transportation 2030 Taskforce, that recommended several ways to support these goals, including a $500 million general obligation bond, which the mayor supports. Because of a strong economy, the mayor believes it's time to eliminate parking fees for six hours on Sundays and permanently fund Free Muni for low income youth to help working families in San Francisco and ease the affordability issues he hears about from families across the City."
But at this point, that's just political rhetoric, and Lee's "comprehensive funding strategy" remains a vague and distant dream — one that will soon be $6 million a year tougher to make a reality.
[1] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/09/16/corporate-welfare-boom-sfs-business-tax-breaks-jump-142-million-annually
[2] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/S-F-Mayor-Lee-wants-free-parking-at-meters-on-5144244.php
[3] http://www.sfbg.com/2013/05/07/parking-breaks
[4] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/05/01/sfmta-chief-hopes-calm-parking-meter-furor-supervisorial-hearing
[5] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/03/29/sfmta-seeks-more-parking-meter-revenue-balance-its-budget
[6] http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/01/07/sunday-metering-begins-sf-few-notice
[7] http://www.sfbg.com/2009/10/28/we-want-free-parking
[8] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Task-force-billions-needed-to-fix-transit-in-S-F-5008878.php
[9] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Lee-s-vehicle-fee-hike-for-Muni-opposed-in-new-5045700.php


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Vergennes was incorporated a city in 1788. There was a sawmill at The Falls as early as 1765. In 1766, Donald MacIntosh, a soldier under Wolfe at Quebec, erected a cabin below the Falls and high up on the North bank. He became the first permanent settler, dying in Vergennes in 1803. The Falls, with a drop of about 35 feet has furnished power to many industries since the first sawmill of 1765 and those shown in the engraving of 1850 gave some idea of the business around them at the that time. The picture does not include all the mills as there were many on the North bank which are not shown. The name "Robinson Del" in the lower right hand corner of the engraving may refer to Rowland T. Robinson as he was a capable artist in addition to being a famous Vermont writer.
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In a "show of strength" by local fire departments, firefighters turned out on Monday night at Twin River Casino to make their department pledges known prior to Labor Day weekend's traditional Muscular Distrophy Telethon. Shown here (l to r), MDA Goodwill Ambassador Thomas Newman poses with Pvt. Matthew Maraia (Warwick), Rescue Lt. Ryan Elmasian (Johnston) and Pvt. Michael Burke (Cranston), whose combined departmental pledges totaled $60,000.
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You've probably heard conflicting reports about cancer prevention. Sometimes the specific cancer-prevention tip recommended in one study or news report is advised against in another.
In many cases, what is known about cancer prevention is still evolving. However, it's well accepted that your chances of developing cancer are affected by the lifestyle choices you make.
So if you're concerned about cancer prevention, take comfort in the fact that some simple lifestyle changes can make a big difference. Consider these seven cancer prevention tips.
Using any type of tobacco puts you on a collision course with cancer. Smoking has been linked to various types of cancer — including cancer of the lung, bladder, cervix and kidney. And chewing tobacco has been linked to cancer of the oral cavity and pancreas. Even if you don't use tobacco, exposure to secondhand smoke might increase your risk of lung cancer.
Avoiding tobacco — or deciding to stop using it — is one of the most important health decisions you can make. It's also an important part of cancer prevention. If you need help quitting tobacco, ask your doctor about stop-smoking products and other strategies for quitting.
Although making healthy selections at the grocery store and at mealtime can't guarantee cancer prevention, it might help reduce your risk. Consider these guidelines:
Maintaining a healthy weight might lower the risk of various types of cancer, including cancer of the breast, prostate, lung, colon and kidney.
Physical activity counts, too. In addition to helping you control your weight, physical activity on its own might lower the risk of breast cancer and colon cancer.
Adults who participate in any amount of physical activity gain some health benefits. But for substantial health benefits, strive to get at least 150 minutes a week of moderate aerobic activity or 75 minutes a week of vigorous aerobic physical activity. You can also do a combination of moderate and vigorous activity. As a general goal, include at least 30 minutes of physical activity in your daily routine — and if you can do more, even better.
Skin cancer is one of the most common kinds of cancer — and one of the most preventable. Try these tips:
Cancer prevention includes protection from certain viral infections. Talk to your doctor about immunization against:
Another effective cancer prevention tactic is to avoid risky behaviors that can lead to infections that, in turn, might increase the risk of cancer. For example:
Regular self-exams and screenings for various types of cancers — such as cancer of the skin, colon, prostate, cervix and breast — can increase your chances of discovering cancer early, when treatment is most likely to be successful. Ask your doctor about the best cancer screening schedule for you.
Take cancer prevention into your own hands, starting today. The rewards will last a lifetime.
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News about Indian-Americans, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Mar. 8, 2015
Excerpts from interview with Indian-American rapper Himanshu Suri, known as Heems, about his influences, cultural identity and growth as artist. MORE
Dec. 16, 2014
New Jersey prosecutors charge Chaka Castro, Juan Olaya, Octavius Scott, and Johnisha Williams in series of home invasions that focused on Indian-American community in Middlesex County; suspects, who are all from Houston and were caught in Texas, are also believed to have struck homes in Georgia, Michigan, New York and Texas. MORE
Dec. 3, 2014
Several home invasions against Indian-American families have taken place in Middlesex County, NJ; victims were tied and held at gunpoint while houses were ransacked; all but one of robberies happened during or just after Hindu festival of Diwali, when families often have gold jewelry on hand; officials have not publicly linked incidents, but many residents see pattern and worry that home invasion spree may not be over. MORE
Sep. 29, 2014
Indian Prime Min Narendra Modi is greeted as celebrity by crowd of over 19,000 people at Madison Square Garden in New York; appearance takes place during Modi's first trip to United States since being elected in May and highlights adulation of New York's Indian population. MORE
Aug. 27, 2014
Devotees of elephant-headed god Ganesh flock to Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, Queens, to mark the god's birth and rebirth; more than 400 gallons of milk, 100 boxes of apples, 50 crates of bananas and five kilograms of sandalwood paste will be used in rituals and offerings to deity (Series: Summer In...). MORE
Aug. 23, 2014
Samuel G Freedman On Religion column observes that the Hindu Heritage Summer Camp just outside of Rochester, NY, is part of rich American history of religious groups using summer camps to strengthen beliefs of young people. MORE
Dec. 22, 2013
Corey Kilgannon Character Study column on Kumar Natarajanaidu, Indian immigrant and charismatic Hindu priest who opened P V Amman Temple in Flushing, Queens, storefront; Natarajanaidu, who claims he received vision foretelling his temple in dream at age 10, pays for space by selling videos, flowers and religious apparel. MORE
Jul. 31, 2013
Floyd Cardoz, executive chef at North End Grill in Manhattan, explores region in Middlesex County, NJ, that has numerous places to buy Indian food and groceries; originally from India, Cardoz says experience inspires him to use familiar but often forgotten ingredients in his cooking. MORE
May. 11, 2013
Many dry cleaners are wary of dealing with saris, delicate Indian garments often embroidered or adorned with beads; cleaners site difficulty of cleaning garments without ruining them; some have resorted to buying specialized dry cleaning machines to cater to Indian customers. MORE
May. 4, 2013
For a minority writer, the strangeness that attracted a reader's curiosity in the first place is also a strangeness that must be overcome. MORE
May. 13, 2012
Corey Kilgannon Character Study column on Somasundaram Gunasegaram, owner of the Jackson Heights Cinema, a1924 movie theater in Queens; Gunasegaram, an immigrant from Sri Lanka, got his start in cinema by showing Indian films to give immigrants a taste of home, but his business has declined with the proliferation of DVDs and he has turned to mainstream Hollywood films to stay afloat. MORE
Feb. 15, 2012
Owners of Indian restaurants are thinking big--no matter how small they are, borrowing the assembly-line format with customer service and chipper style of national chains; plan to make dals, curries, chutneys and flatbreads into fast-food choices from coast to coast; (Series: United Tastes). MORE
Feb. 11, 2012
Natya, a dance team at Rutgers University, specializes in Indian classical dance, which a growing number of younger Indians are trying to promote in the United States. MORE
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Nikki Haley Says Black Lives Matter Movement Is Endangering Black Lives
In a speech aimed at raising her national profile, Gov. Nikki R. Haley of South Carolina sharply criticized the Black Lives Matter movement, saying it was imperiling black lives and property.
September 2, 2015, Wednesday
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Indian Woman Being Treated in U.S. for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
The woman could be at a federal hospital for a year or more, and health officials have tried to find who was in contact with her in three states and on a plane.
June 10, 2015, Wednesday
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1863: Custer's First Stand
Mark Bulik describes one of the first mentions of Gen. George Armstrong Custer, in 1863.
May 4, 2015, Monday
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Heems Talks About 'Eat Pray Thug'
This Indian-American rapper discusses his first solo album, "Eat Pray Thug," which touches on rap, race and dualities.
March 8, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON INDIAN-AMERICANS AND: Music , Rap and Hip-Hop , Indian-Americans , Das Racist , Suri, Himanshu (Heems)
Alabama Apologizes to India for Police Assault on Indian Visitor
The governor of Alabama offered a written apology to the people of India for injuries suffered by an Indian visitor to his state this month.
February 19, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON INDIAN-AMERICANS AND: India , Alabama , Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings , Bentley, Robert J , Indian-Americans , Discrimination , Goswami, Arnab
Obama and India's Premier See Mutual Benefit in Breaking the Ice
President Obama is preparing to visit India at a time when American and Indian interests in the region are gradually converging.
January 23, 2015, Friday
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4 Arrested in Home Invasions Targeting Indian-Americans in New Jersey Suburbs
Four suspects, all from Houston, are believed to have broken into five homes in New Jersey and others in Georgia, Michigan, New York and Texas.
December 16, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON INDIAN-AMERICANS AND: Middlesex County (NJ) , Robberies and Thefts , Indian-Americans , Olaya, Juan , Scott, Octavius , Williams, Johnisha , Castro, Chaka
Home Invasions Stoke Fears Among Indian-Americans in New Jersey
Four robberies in Middlesex County took place during or just after the Hindu festival of Diwali, when families often have gold jewelry on hand as part of their celebration.
December 3, 2014, Wednesday
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Stuff We Liked: Names That Lean Left or Right
One of the articles that caught our eye pointed out that certain names tended to be more popular with Republicans or Democrats.
November 22, 2014, Saturday
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Race: If You Can't Laugh About It ...
Channon Hodges, a video journalist, describes the background of "Off Color," a video series on comedians taking on race.
November 11, 2014, Tuesday
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A Cleaning Conundrum
Fancy saris are covered with intricate embroidery and beading, which make them hard to dry clean.
Celebrating Phagwah in Queens
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Hindu Faithful Gather in Queens
The five-day ritual for the renovated Ganesha Temple in Flushing, Queens, honored a large Indian community and Flushing's history of religious freedom.
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If what you ingest and imbibe affects physical performance, could the same be said for the information you consume?
We asked forerunners in the New Mexico business community about their reading habits, how and where they get their news and what other media they consume — from television to Netflix to music that pops up on their iPods and stereos.
For Lovelace Health System's CFO Stephen Forney, information consumption starts at 6:30 a.m. and continues all day, every day until bedtime. A C-level executive since 1999, his information diet is a mix of traditional print and digital news platforms and also veers toward social fitness platforms and actual, in-the-flesh books. He's served as Lovelace's chief financial officer since 2010 and has worked in the health care field for more than 25 years.
6:30 a.m.: Read work and personal email; check news on USA Today and NBC News, and check Facebook on iPhone.
Check news feeds and emails throughout day until bedtime.
5:00 p.m.: 5-6 mile run
6:15 p.m.: Post run on Strava — an athletic training website and mobile app — and Facebook.
7:00 p.m.: Read the Wall Street Journal, print edition.
8:30 p.m.: Read National Geographic or the Economist, print edition.
9:00 p.m.: Read latest book of interest, print edition. Latest finished book was "The Churchill Factor" by Boris Johnson.
9:30 p.m.: Post annoying/sarcastic commentary on Facebook.
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Labor Day Road Trip Playlist: From Paul Simon To Pearl Jam, Wilson Pickett To Modest Mouse (page 11)
September 2, 2011 2:17 PM
11. I'll Take You There – Staple Singers – I would gladly go anywhere these sultry soul women would take me, and no road trip can survive on classic rock alone. Do yourself a favor and grab this gospel gem before you hit the road.
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2009. Taiwan. Rich Lee. 96 min.
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2009. Taiwan. Directed by Rich Lee. With Lola Amaria, Banlop Lomnoi, May Kuei-Mei Yang. Setia and Supayong are illegal workers in Taiwan. Setia works as domestic help to support her child and family back in Indonesia, while Supayong, from Thailand, takes on odd jobs to scrape together a living. Even as they enter a tentative love affair, the constant fear of deportation threatens to overwhelm them. Lee's finely tuned debut film acutely captures the precarious plight of migrant workers, and the characters' yearning for connection and a better life. In Mandarin; English subtitles. 96 min.
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Hi Pastafarians,
I am the Chief Story Teller for A Story For Bedtime which is a new site for parents and other carers of pre-school children. The site is an interactive repository of MP3 files of audio recordings of real people reading stories to their kids. One section of the site is for published books, and I have been working with several publishers to get permission to host recordings of their books, but another major section I want to build up is a repository of religious stories, this would include stories from all real and established religions, and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster certainly qualifies for inclusion in any such list.
So if you know of any noodly stories which may have been passed down through the generations, first heard on your grannies knee etc, then please whip out your microphone and get on over to A Story For Bedtime to submit them to the world. All submissions will be treated with the reverence and respect they deserve. If you don't want to do the whole audio thing then please feel free to submit text too, perhaps someone else would then bring the story to life with an audio reading of it.
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Coaches can't look past their next opponent. Sports writers shouldn't, either. But sometimes the temptation to look down the road is just too enticing.
When it comes to local high school football, what's next is a two-day slate of Thanksgiving contests, which are "rivalry" games with not much at stake … except for East Providence's game against La Salle on Thanksgiving morning. E.P. is already in the Division I playoff field. La Salle needs a win to gain the fourth and final playoff berth over Barrington.
If E.P. wins this game, it finishes in third place with a 6-2 league record. The Townies would visit second seed Portsmouth, which beat E.P. during the regular season, in the semifinals. Unbeaten Hendricken (8-0) would get either Barrington (5-3) or La Salle (4-3 at the moment). La Salle got buried by Cranston East, 42-14, last week. You can't say the Rams are finishing strong.
Otherwise, the local Thanksgiving games are for bragging rights, with underdogs trying to salvage their seasons, and favorites either building for the playoffs, or needing a win to avoid a distasteful season-ending loss.
One of the more interesting "meaningless" games finds Ponaganset (2-6 in Division II-B) visiting Burrillville (4-4 in D-III) on Thanksgiving morning. Both of these teams can put some points on the scoreboard with well-balanced offenses.
Burrillville, which finished one game out of the playoffs, lost four league games by a total of 11 points. Ponaganset, last year's D-III Super Bowl champion, is a Division II team that should be favored over the injury-depleted Broncos, who hope to have halfback Brendan Darigan back for the game. Darigan missed the last two games with a sprained ankle and might have been the difference in a 28-26 loss to Middletown that knocked Burrillville out of the playoff picture last week.
If the weather is good, each team is capable of throwing the ball effectively. Ponaganset has several quality players, beginning with Ethan Walsh, a wide receiver/defensive back/placekicker. Walsh is one of the best kickers in the state. Ponaganset quarterback Chris Larrabee is a lot of fun to watch. Sophomore tailback Scott Peterson will be a team mainstay for the next two seasons.
The Shea-Tolman game next Wednesday night finds the 4-4 Raiders hoping to catch the 7-0 Tigers looking ahead to their Nov. 30 playoff game against St. Raphael Academy. Both head coaches, Dino Campopiano and Dave Caito, probably laugh at people who think this is going to happen. They know the rivalry among their players supersedes any future distractions.
Still, it's a tough call for Caito. How long does he play his starters in the second half? My guess is they go all the way if the game is close. We're talking teenagers here, healthy kids trying to protect an unbeaten season in Division II. Losing to Shea and taking that mental image into the playoffs six days later is not the best preparation for the postseason.
Cumberland, 4-4 in Division II, hosts a 6-1 Woonsocket team that will not overlook the Clippers on Thanksgiving morning. Coach Carnell Henderson and his staff won't let that happen.
"We'll be taking it one game at a time, just like we always do," Henderson said earlier this week. "The team will get ready for Cumberland. We want to give them the respect they deserve. This game is just another chance for us to get better as a team."
Woonsocket returns to action the following Tuesday in the playoff semifinals against a 5-2 Chariho team that earned the top seed in Division II-A. Henderson said his coaching staff is already looking at film of the Chargers but won't be doing any playoff preparation in practice until after the Thanksgiving game is over.
And that makes perfect sense.
Once the holiday games are over, we can all focus on the next round of playoffs. The Nov. 30 schedule begins with Lincoln (5-3) against Moses Brown (6-2) in a Division III contest matching the third and second seeds.
In Division IV, North Smithfield (5-2 heading into its Thanksgiving Eve match with 1-6 Scituate), will draw once-beaten Exeter/West Greenwich in the semifinals. Mount Pleasant won D-IV with an 8-0 mark. The Northmen hung close to EWG in their regular season game, losing 26-22 on the Scarlet Knights' home field. That will be the location for this game, too.
As mentioned earlier, East Providence will visit Portsmouth in a Division I semifinal. The Patriots won the regular season game at their field, 24-14, back on Oct. 2. Call this one a toss-up.
And then there is Division II, where Woonsocket visits Chariho and Tolman hosts St. Raphael Academy. You've got to make the Novans and Tigers solid favorites. This doesn't mean they're going to win. There's a lot to be said for the underdog mentality in the postseason.
Even with the mental edge, SRA needs to play a perfect game to beat Tolman. The Saints' defense gave up 50 points against Johnston. They couldn't stop Tolman's rushing game in September. How are they going to do it in late November?
But that's a question for another day. No sense looking too far ahead, because if we do that, then we have to talk about what a terrific matchup Woonsocket and Tolman would be in the Division II Super Bowl on Sunday, Dec. 5, at Cranston Stadium.
No, we can't look that far ahead. Just keep the date open on your calendar. The D-II Super Bowl kickoff is at noon, regardless of who is playing.


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ORLEANS–The fifty racers at the Lake Region Relays barely missed getting completely drenched as the rain held off while they competed in two-person teams, racing around the LRUHS campus on Monday.
The North Country boys and girls had a fine showing at the event.
Led by the duo of Ross DeLaBruere and Sam Brunnette (1st place, 19:48), the Falcons had four of the top five finishes in the boy-boy division, and race, to take first place overall.
Coming in behind the pair were Andrew Franklin and Patrick Tetreault (2nd, 20:14), Brian DeLaBruere and Parker LaCourse (4th, 21:09) followed by brothers Sam & Ben Dillner (5th 21:55).
The girls took second place in the all female division.
Laura Smith and Jade Dandurand finished 17th overall in 27:54.
Lake Region's boy/girl team of Cody Dollof and Emily Close were 6th overall with a time of 22:38, tops for the division.
Haley Kennedy and Emily Millar were the top all-female team, finishing 15th in 26:32.
Other local scores in the top twenty include:
Neil DeLaBruere/Wyatt Hamby (NC) in 7th, Fred Petzoldt/ Alex Charboneau (NC) 8th, Brad Dopp/Rebekah Young (NC) 16th, Maggie Stuart/Anne Arcoleo 19th, Ryan Steeter/ Elise Morissette (LR) 20th.


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Westbury Friends SchoolSimply Extraordinary
Westbury Friends School is a Nursery through Grade 5 Friends School in the heart of Nassau County, on Long Island. We also offer a free series of Toddler Enrichment Classes in Art, Music and Story Time for Toddlers and their parents/caregivers to enjoy together.
The Teachers and Administration at WFS firmly believe that learning doesn't have to be dull to be of value. It doesn't have to be stressful to be outstanding. It does need to be relevant, engaging, joyful and challenging enough to bring learners to their own growing edges, wherever they may be.
At Westbury Friends School, children are the heart of the school. In Nursery, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and throughout the grades, learning is ongoing, and takes place in all areas of the school and throughout the day. We foster independent learners; children capable of recognizing strengths in themselves and others, accepting and working through challenges and appreciating opportunities for learning.
In addition to providing an intellectually challenging and engaging learning environment, the faculty takes a whole-child approach that aims to inspire in each of their students a lifelong love of learning that goes beyond the acquisition of skills and information; students are taught to ask thoughtful questions in the spirit of curiosity, intellectual integrity and creativity.
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what exactly IS new media?
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been confused for over a decade until today. but as far as i can tell, "new media" means the equipment is available in metallic but not chrome. it's easy to be mislead when everybody says it like we all know, but probably nobody really does and they're just pretending. don't sweat it.
for instance, a toaster is available in metallic, but it is chrome, so it is clearly NOT "new media". digital cameras and hand-held camcorders usually come in brushed metal or titanium, so obviously, they do qualify. even cell phones that are equipped with cameras are generally silver, but never chrome. the term is misleading. you'd be right in thinking video and photos really ARE old technology, based on inventions that have been around for 100+ years . the "digital" stuff is actually far, far lower resolution and far, far higher priced than the analog predecessors. but this equipment was, for years, always heavy and painted black. not interesting. only recently did everything become exciting when it got a shiny new casing.
the real tricky part to making the extra conceptual leap that the phrase "new media" essentially indicates potential retail mark-up value. every era in art has its name. after impressionism, abstract impressionism, modernism, and post-modernism, we are now in silverism, which will be followed by shiny silverism. the term "new media" will be considered obsolete and un-hip, in favor of "new new media", meaning "shinier than ever".
save the robots!
back in dublin. arrived yesterday and had an intense day adjusting to the time change as well as gathering materials for the midi scrapyard challenge. the artbots exhibition is so cool! so many great projects and the artists are even more interesting.
never thought i'd write this here, but i'm loving dublin right now. it is different when you return to a place for a short visit… and there are so many familiar faces, friends very dear to us that we haven't seen in a long time. tomorrow we start the exhibition and workshop bright and early at 10:30am for a gaggle of kids (normal hours are from 12 - 6.) it's going to be a long day…
by the way, dublin has been invaded by robots! if you're in town you've already heard about the call to save the robots!


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The program is designed for students who have an outstanding academic record, who are academically motivated and desire an intellectual challenge. Students who are accepted into the Honors Program will take select honors courses. These courses are a part of any major available at the college. Students also participate in an honors seminar for three semesters. The Tennessee Board of Regents has approved this program as a "bona fide honors program"; therefore, out-of-state students formally accepted into the honors program will be eligible for the waiving of out-of-state tuition.
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MASSENA - Todays kids are comfortable with technology. Students, even those in elementary school, grew up surfing the Internet, reading the latest book on a Kindle and messaging friends on their smartphones. Although they are able to use that technology, they are often unaware of the dangers that await them in cyberspace.
Massenas elementary schools are taking steps to change that.
Special Agent Timothy Losito from Homeland Security recently spoke to Madison and Jefferson elementary fifth and sixth graders about Internet safety. His talk covered topics that almost every student understandssocial media, texting/sexting and cyberbullying.
Facebook, the largest social network, topped Mr. Lositos list of Internet dangers. Facebook recently changed its policies making it harder for users to keep their personal information private. Students can unknowingly reveal their ages, their school, even their home address to online predators.
You really need to know your friends. You should familiarize yourself with Facebook security and make sure you dont post any personal information. There is no reason for it, he said.
Texting and sexting was also a high priority for Mr. Losito. Sexting is the act of sending sexual messages or photos via smartphones or the Internet. Students often send explicit comments thinking they will only be seen by the intended recipient. A simple push of a button can resend that information to others. Before long, a private message can be halfway around the world.
Adding to the problem is that companies store those messages and photos. Just because users delete that information from their phones does not mean that information disappears.
If you take a picture on your phone, it doesnt go away. You cant do anything on an electronic device that goes away. It does not go away! he stressed.
One of the more recent problems on the Internet is the rise in cyberbullyingthe use of texting, emails, Facebook posts, etc. to threaten, embarrass, or harass others. Bullying in the past was restricted to school grounds and school hours, but cyberbullying takes place anywhere and anytime.
You cant run from it – its 24 hours a day and thats why its so serious, said Mr. Losito.
Under New Yorks Dignity for All Students Act, schools must help students combat any form of bullying or harassment that interferes with a childs education. Mr. Losito, however, explained that students can take steps to avoid or catch a cyberbully:
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At the end of the presentation, Mr. Losito gave students an Internet safety assignment called Tracking Teresa. Each group of students reviewed an imaginary girls behavior on the Internet. As they identified her top five mistakes, they began to see mistakes they might make.
For more practice, he invited students to try out the website www.NSTeens.org. The site features games and information about Internet safety, cyberbullying and predators. It also has materials for teachers.
Mr. Losito will present his presentation to Nightegale Elementary this coming Spring.
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Mr. Lositos candid and casual conversation gave the students plenty to think about.
I think the Internet safety presentation was good for us to learn because now we know to watch out for creepers who pretend to be around your age, and are actually 40, 50, 60 or even older. We also learned to never send inappropriate pictures, because you might think you are just sending it to one person, but really a million people may see it, said Madison sixth grader Jessalyn McGregor.
The presentation was great and helpful, serious, and funny. Kids might think twice now before giving out private information online, said Madison sixth grader Sam Ashley.
I think the presentation was very informative and helpful on how to be safe online. I learned what you put on the Internet or send to someone never goes away. Everyone can always see what you put online- future employers, principals, teachers, and parents. Also, to be careful because if you are looking for a job, you need to be careful what you say online. Putting informational things about yourself on the Internet is dangerous for people who know different sites that will help them track you. I will use what I learned in many different ways. Im going to never say or put inappropriate or mean stuff even though I never planned to anyway. The presentation was informative and helpful and hopefully many people will learn from it, said Madison fifth grader Jillian Chapman.
I thought the presentation was really cool, but a bit awkward at points. I learned to never, ever put any personal information online, and not to cyberbully anyone. I will use what Ive learned to be safe by never telling or giving out information about yourself online, or by giving out any addresses. I have learned to never meet anyone that you have only met on the Internet, said Madison fifth grader Brenna Strickland.
I think the presentation really got the word out. I learned that you should never give out personal information to strangers or anyone you dont know off line. I also learned to think before you post or write online because what you post really never goes away. I think we should have this every year, said Jefferson grader Seth Denney.
I think the Internet is a good way to communicate with your friends and family. The presentation informed how to do this safely. You really have to be careful of what you put online, like personal information including your address. The Internet can be great if used the right way, said Jefferson fifth grader McKenzie Clough.
The Internet safety presentation was good. Now, after the presentation, Im going to change all my online account settings, like Facebook , so no creepers can see my information. I liked it and am never going to give my information to anybody that I dont know. Im going to listen to what they say about everything, said Jefferson grader Brayden Rushlow.
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In the Third Reich, the Hitler Youth members fought in World War II, witnessed and at times participated in anti-Semitic outrages, some even had their own parents arrested or were forced to shoot their friends for desertion. They also went to school, played, dated, and tried to grow up in war-torn Germany.
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As the local Business Expansion and Retention Project (BEAR) continues to grow and evolve, it mission becomes more and more complex as local entrepreneurs move into a global economy. The once fledgling enterprise of Castle Country BEAR is now funded by the Governor's Office of Economic Development, is active in more than 20 counties throughout Utah and is pushing a statewide emphasis on product innovation and worldwide export.
"Because Utah, Carbon County and Price have all been so financially responsible, this area is not seeing the widespread fiscal issues which are damaging the rest of the country," explained Carbon County Economic Development Director and BEAR Administrator Delynn Fielding. "This whole recent issue with the debt ceiling will not effect the local area quite as badly as some others because of local fiscal responsibility."
To capitalize on the Castle Valley's responsible finance, Fielding and others at BEAR are pushing local business owners to expand both their products and their product reach by exploring the possibility of innovation within their particular product wide export of that product in addition to local marketing.
Fielding reported that BEAR is currently looking for between three and four companies willing to examine their current skills and machinery in order to determine what possible products and markets they could break into with new manufacturing practices. To facilitate this innovation training, BEAR is partnering with USU Eastern to ensure that the chosen businesses are provided the expertise needed to move forward.
"Locally, many businesses have already jumped on the innovation and exportation bandwagon," said Fielding. "In the Castle Valley alone, Golden West, Intermountain Electronics and Talon Resources are moving forward with new products and new markets and they are only the tip of the iceberg."
According to Fielding, Talon is moving forward with a communications device which allows outside officials to view miners up to four miles underground.
"The demonstration I saw showed a man pick up his cell phone four miles underground. I watched him call into the office and then talked to him in real time," explained the Carbon County Economic Development Director. "This technology is vital not only for safety reason but also from a production prospective, miners can now photograph broken parts and send those photos to the surface, they can talk their way through repairs in real time."
Fielding reported that Talon is currently involved in talks with Chile and other countries concerning the technology.
While global export may seem out of reach for many local businesses, the local BEAR Administrator stressed that small companies from all over the Beehive State are expanding the customer base both at home and abroad through innovation projects similar to what is being conducted here in Carbon County.
"Percentage wise, Utah is the fastest growing exporter anywhere in the United States. To take advantage of this trend, we need local businesses to come forward and put their products and services to the test," said Fielding. "It goes back to keeping a sound fiscal house. Utah is beginning to grow in many ways, and a business that is willing to take advantage of this change by expanding into new markets and growing where they already are can do very well."
Note that all of BEAR's services are provided free of charge to local businesses and their personnel.
"All the help a business could want is available in this office," concluded Fielding from the Carbon County Economic Development Offices. "With continuing funding and motivated owners and managers, we can help the Castle Valley's business culture get the most out of what is available right now."