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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The uneasy relationship between President Obama and coal-state Democrats is on display at the party's convention this week, with delegates from states such as West Virginia and Kentucky openly acknowledging the president has dug himself a hole.
"He's seen as anti-coal. Some people feel as if the mines aren't operating as fully as they could be" because of federal regulations, said Charlene Marshall, the former mayor of Morgantown, W.Va., and now a state legislator and delegate at the convention.
Ms. Marshall said she thinks the president has, to some extent, gotten a bad rap on the issue, but made no bones about the fact that, across West Virginia, Mr. Obama's Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies are seen as mortal enemies of the coal industry.
Mr. Obama's perceived animosity toward coal is widely considered the biggest reason he garnered only 60 percent of the vote in the West Virginia primary election earlier this year.
Keith Judd, a convicted felon serving time in Texas, drew 40 percent.
But the tension between the White House and the coal industry is perhaps best exemplified by the sector's labor union, the United Mine Workers of America, deciding to not attend the convention this week. The group endorsed Mr. Obama four years ago, but has remained on the sidelines this time around.
"It's been a difficult environment for us in the last couple of years. We don't feel like our voice is being heard," said union spokesman Phil Smith.
EPA and other regulations — including an effective ban on new coal-fired power plants through impossible-to-achieve carbon-emissions standards — are just one part of the equation. While the Democratic platform now contains a token mention of clean-coal technology, such talk is often absent when Mr. Obama and other administration officials discuss energy policy.
That was the case Tuesday night, when Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar laid out the administration's energy accomplishments over the past 31/2 years.
"Under President Obama's leadership, the U.S. moved forward with an all-of-the-above energy strategy: Oil, gas, nuclear, hydro, biofuels, wind, geothermal, solar — all of it. All of it," he said, making no mention of coal.
Despite that omission, coal is still responsible for generating more than 40 percent of the nation's electricity and will remain a vital part of the U.S. energy portfolio for the foreseeable future.
Like the United Mine Workers, several prominent Democrats from coal regions chose to skip the party gathering this week. Sen. Joe Manchin III, a West Virginia Democrat who made waves with a campaign commercial in which he shoots a copy of Mr. Obama's failed cap-and-trade legislation, isn't here. Neither is West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, whose state still relies on the coal business for tens of thousands of jobs.
Rep. Mark S. Critz, a Democrat representing the western Pennsylvania district seat formerly held by the late Rep. John P. Murtha, is also absent from the convention. Like Mr. Murtha before him, Mr. Critz is a member of the Congressional Coal Caucus.
But some think that Mr. Obama's poor reputation among coal workers will eventually turn around. As the nation begins relying on more renewable fuels, and as the larger economy shifts toward more jobs in technology, the bitterness toward the president may begin to fade, said Vicki Penix, a Burgin, Ky., Democrat and convention delegate.
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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Volos hotel in Portaria with full-service spa
Located in Volos, this family-friendly hotel is 2.3 mi (3.8 km) from Museum of Folk Art and History of Pelion, and within 9 mi (15 km) of Volos Municipal Theatre and Archaeological Museum of Volos. Volos Town Hall and Volos Port are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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In addition to a full-service spa, Xenia Palace Portaria features a health club and a spa tub. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Event facilities measuring 3229 square feet (300 square meters) include a conference center. This family-friendly hotel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, a sauna, and spa services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Belvedere - Overlooking the pool, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
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A puny 150,000 people choose to pay on a Give As You Earn scheme with donations deducted from the pay packet and charities gaining 30 per cent extra in tax.
The charity cheques scheme does even worse, though it is the most enjoyable way to give. You are given charity cheques for the sum you decide to donate annually; you can make them out whenever you like to whoever you like and still get the extra 30 per cent tax to donate. A donation of pounds 250 gets you pounds 325-worth of charity cheques to hand out throughout the year, free to respond to any passing charitable whim without losing the tax gain. But only a pathetic 60,000 belong to this excellent scheme.
Why do we give so little in Britain?
Some suggest the problem is with the charities themselves. Too many have an old-fashioned, Establishment image. Many foundations have exorbitant administration costs. Too many have outlived their first urgent purpose, such as running orphanages. Yet, once founded, their accumulated capital means they never die; on they go, as large, self-perpetuating organisations searching around for new tasks, in competition with each other for dwindling goodwill. Their might sometimes stands in the way of new groups that spring up in response to new real needs.
Polling by the Charities Aid Foundation, which surveys the charity scene, suggests that people have less confidence in charities than they did. There is a growing uncertainty about what qualifies as genuinely worthy. Now that so many of them have contracts with social service departments, what should charities do that the state shouldn't? And where does the Lottery fit in?
Gordon Brown suddenly announced a new tax-free Millennium Gift Aid Fund for overseas aid, with an eye to boosting our national contribution from the current 0.23 per cent of GDP towards our promised target of 0.7 per cent. Charitable giving to Oxfam and the like is not supposed to be included in this sum, but maybe with a state-run scheme he can fudge that. If so, that will be a prime example of charities taking over what is supposed to be a state function.
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Various committees are uneasily reviewing aspects of all this, the most important of which is within the Treasury, exploring the exceedingly tricky area of charities and tax. They are finding, not surprisingly, that pull on one small thread of charities' relationship with the state and the whole cat's cradle of charity law unravels. Submissions to this committee have to be in by 1 January, and they have already received 4,000 contradictory views to trawl through.
A bizarre array of causes qualifies for tax-free charitable status, from things like Japan Animal Welfare to Odin worship. Deciding what is genuinely good defeated the Charity Commission long ago, not surprisingly. These values are almost impossible to codify. But tax foregone is exactly the same burden on the taxpayer as state funds handed out in fraudulent benefit claims. Every time someone puts money in the box for rescuing Spanish donkeys or for sending missionaries out to the heathen, they are taking an extra 30 per cent from other taxpayers. Charities have an income of pounds 16bn a year, with capital of around pounds 30bn. So it matters that we all agree what a worthwhile charity is.
Legally, there are four causes that attract charitable status: relief of the poor, benefit of the community, religion, and education.
Nothing, you will note, about animals. Animals managed to creep in under the wire on this bizarre reasoning, according to the Chief Charity Commissioner: "Animals are not a charitable cause per se, but if treating animals well contributes to the ennobling and uplifting of human nature, then that is a charitable function." Under that strange rubric, the RSPCA is regularly in the top 10 or so richest charities.
Religion and education are now causes that very few people would regard as charitable. Schools for the poor used to be charitable, but now the main beneficiaries are private schools. Religion has become a tiny minority activity: few regard the promotion of religion as of itself a public good. Quite the contrary, many rightly regard a lot of it as a menace. Even defining religion has been impossible, so the tree-hugging nature-worshipping pagans were ruled out while the Odin worshippers were ruled in.
In the Treasury review the charity lobby is pushing for VAT exemption, on top of their other tax reliefs. That means yet more subventions from the taxpayer to charities. Why should we do that unless there is a much stricter interpretation of charity, so that there is broad general agreement on their worth?
As the Government is finding with welfare, all reform means there will be losers, and losers make a lot of noise. Private schools will not tolerate having their tax exemption removed because many would close down, leaving just a few of the richest. Yet calling them charities diminishes public confidence in the whole system. If the state wants to subsidise private schools, then it should be done from the education budget, on the sort of terms the Government is suggesting, demanding something back from them for the wider community.
But that is only one example of what would happen if ministers embarked on a serious reform of charity tax law. It is hard to imagine politicians of any party daring to face down the animal lobby, private schools and organised religion all at once. Would the Government dare? The more they look into this tangled muddle of values, traditions and whimsical sentimentality, the quicker ministers may back off reforming it at all.
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A federal judge made his decision Thursday to lift a restraining order which prevented Trinity River from being released into the Klamath.
The federal judge made his decision after listening to testimony from local tribes about how important the water is to prevent another fish kill. Members from the Hoopa Valley Tribe were protesting at Westland Water District on Wednesday.
Westland argues that they will loose water from the Trinity if it is released into the Klamath.
In the next few days water is expected to be released from the Trinity rivers.


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We often claim something like "science is heartless, but human is the essence of the humanities." Then we always say something about "the human condition."
It's that time of year again. Millions of college-bound kids are getting ready for the fresh taste of freedom. They're packing their bags, taking their last high school road trips, and filling their Pinterest boards with dorm inspiration.
11. Your entire success and future financial well-being is based on a goddamn proposal.
I make less money, but I am healthy and happy and I wake up with a smile on my face, looking forward to my next project and my next adventure.
"The problem, though, is Multiculturalism as proposed today denies us the right to make judgments about truth and falsity, which ultimately just makes us indifferent to everything."
10. Majoring in something you hate.
The thesis sets the tone for a paper, and without a solid one, your chance of getting an "A" on that essay is about as slim as finding Bigfoot poop.
In college you are taught that all opinions are equally valuable. In grad school, you are taught that all opinions can and should be heard, but they are not all of equal importance.
A group project team meeting in public for less than 30 minutes to passive aggressively assign roles for a semester-long group project as the "team leader" falls asleep on a bench.
The way people communicate has been drastically changed. The educational system has also evolved, but the principles of essay writing seem stuck in a distant era.


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Dare to Compare: LG vs. GE French Door Refrigerators
11 Apr, 2014
Whether you are moving into a new home or are updating your kitchen appliances as part of spring cleaning this year, buying a new fridge takes a little research. With all of the different features and new technology available, it may be tricky to find the perfect fridge for your home. To help you narrow your search, we compared two top-quality stainless steel French door refrigerators from GE and LG. Read on to see which one is the better option for you!
GE 28.6 Cu. Ft. Stainless Steel French Door Refrigerator
- Hands-free autofill – Set your glass on the water dispenser and watch as it fills up automatically – no hands required.
- Advanced filtration system – Enjoy great-tasting, filtered water with the GE refrigerator's filtration system. Plus, the filter is easy to replace.
- Showcase LED lighting – Put your food in the spotlight with energy-efficient lighting throughout the fridge and freezer.
- Full-width electronic temperature-controlled drawer – The drawer has five temperature settings, so you can keep different foods at their perfect temperatures.
- Energy Star® qualified – Rest assured that you are saving energy with this appliance. You should see an impact on your energy bill, as well!
LG 33 Cu. Ft. Stainless Steel French Door Refrigerator
- Large capacity – One of the most obvious benefits of this fridge model is its capacity, which is several cubic feet larger than the GE model. You'll have 22 cubic feet to store fresh food and 10.5 cubic feet of freezer space!
- Temperature-controlled drawers – Enjoy temperature-controlled Glide N' Server drawers to easily store items separately and adjust the temperature to your liking.
- Alarm – Refrigerator alarms are becoming a very popular and beneficial feature on newer fridges. If you leave the fridge or freezer door open for more than 60 seconds, an alarm will sound to ensure you don't accidentally leave the fridge door open and spoil the food inside.
- Fresh air filter – Forget using baking soda or fridge refreshers to remove odors from your fridge. This LG refrigerator has an air filter to eliminate food odors and keep things smelling fresh.
- Energy Star® qualified – Like the GE model, the LG fridge is also energy efficient, so you'll save electricity and money.
Which fridge is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below! Also, don't forget to check out our other product comparisons, like our Holmes Humidifier Comparison.
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Diedrich Bader
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|Diedrich Bader
|Karl Diedrich Bader
|Dark brown
|Date of birth
|December 24, 1966
|Place of birth
|Alexandria, Virginia, United States
|Voice actor
|Notable role(s)
|Brad Adams
Diedrich Bader is an American actor and comedian. Bader was a regular on The Drew Carey Show as Oswald (co-starring Kathy Kinney), and the voice of Batman on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. He also voiced the titular, Zeta, in The Zeta Project, and the recurring role of Hoss Delgado in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (starring Grey DeLisle).
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Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon
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6 November 2014
After Typhoon Haiyan flattened her home in the Philippines, Analy's first thought was to unearth the medals her children had won at school. The bits of ribbon and metal symbolised the family's hopes of a better future. A year later, the family still has some rebuilding to do but Analy is happy to report that her children are back in school and hopes for the future are as vibrant as ever.
4 November 2014
It's a year since Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake. Here's a look back at what happened and how - thanks to partners and supporters around the world - the World Food Programme was able to respond.
4 September 2014
Can you imagine the world without hunger? WFP school meals recipients around the world were asked the same question, then invited to submit their answers in pictures. Take a look at the 16 winning pictures of the world with zero hunger. Which one would you like to live in?
3 September 2014
Farmers from Sorsogon face the constant challenge of extreme weather conditions which damage their crops. Thanks to the US Government, Bicol University, and the World Food Programme, these farmers can now protect some of their crops through the tunnel-type agriculture.
21 August 2014
One never knows the effectiveness of a disaster preparedness and response programme until a disaster strikes. So how did communities in Sorsogon fare when Typhoon Glenda (international name: Rammasun) hit their province?
14 August 2014
Fahima Abdulaziz is one of the longest-serving Field Monitor Assistants in WFP Philippines. Here she shares how she started and what motivates her to carry on as a humanitarian worker.
10 July 2014
In partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) Philippines, the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) recently launched "Momsie," a Filipino-made, locally-produced supplementary food.
8 July 2014
Typhoon Yolanda destroyed homes and crops when it came to Ibajay, Aklan. This is the story of Yolanda, Bernabe and Felix - three residents from three villages - typhoon survivors who are fighting back to rebuild their lives.
2 July 2014
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), has provided cash assistance to the most vulnerable families affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan. Analy Tubola, a housewife and mother of five children, shares how the money she received has allowed her to save for her children's future.
10 June 2014
WFP's Food-For-Work programme implemented in partnership with the Bureau of Fisheries and Agriculture and the Philippine Coconut Authority in the province of Bohol has been providing earthquake-affected community members with the opportunity to rebuild their lives through new and sustainable livelihoods. Carmelita Anuba, a mother and farmer, recalls the events of the earthquake and those that followed. She explains how WFP helped her and her family get back on their feet.
- Not just beneficiaries: Make the poor partners in fighting hunger Source: Devex
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- DSWD, WFP distribute cash to 'Yolanda' survivors Source: ABS-CBN News
- 23 July 2015 Hungry Planet: Episode 41
- 12 November 2014 Philippines: A Year After Typhoon Haiyan
- 11 September 2014 Philippines: Moving Forward After Typhoon Haiyan


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FDA Approves Hetlioz for Sleep Disorder in Blind Individuals »
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Hetlioz (tasimelteon), a melatonin receptor agonist, to treat non-24- hour sleep-wake disorder ("non-24") in totally blind individuals. Non-24 is a chronic circadian rhythm (body clock) disorde"...
Read the FDA Approves Hetlioz for Sleep Disorder in Blind Individuals article »
Signs And Symptoms
In postmarketing experience of overdose with zolpidem tartrate alone, or in combination with CNS-depressant agents, impairment of consciousness ranging from somnolence to coma, cardiovascular and/or respiratory compromise, and fatal outcomes have been reported.
Recommended Treatment
Based on data obtained for zolpidem tartrate, general symptomatic and supportive measures for overdose with Edluar should be used along with immediate gastric lavage where appropriate. Intravenous fluids should be administered as needed. Zolpidem's sedative/hypnotic effect was shown to be reduced by flumazenil and therefore may be useful; however, flumazenil administration may contribute to the appearance of neurological symptoms (convulsions). As in all cases of drug overdose, respiration, pulse, blood pressure, and other appropriate signs should be monitored and general supportive measures employed. Hypotension and CNS depression should be monitored and treated by appropriate medical intervention. Sedating drugs should be withheld following zolpidem overdosage, even if excitation occurs. The value of dialysis in the treatment of overdosage has not been determined, although hemodialysis studies in patients with renal failure receiving therapeutic doses have demonstrated that zolpidem is not dialyzable.
As with the management of all overdosage, the possibility of multiple drug ingestion should be considered. The physician may wish to consider contacting a poison control center for up-to-date information on the management of hypnotic drug product overdosage.
Edluar is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to zolpidem. Observed reactions include anaphylaxis and angioedema [see WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS].
Last reviewed on RxList: 11/14/2014
This monograph has been modified to include the generic and brand name in many instances.
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Debris sighted in Indonesia's Java Sea confirmed from missing AirAsia jet
Officials confirmed the wreckage from the AirAsia jet presumed to have crashed two days ago.
Here's one reason Southeast Asia's skies are getting so chaotic
Thanks to Asia's rising middle class, the stratosphere is getting really crowded.
Search halted for missing AirAsia plane as night falls
The Airbus A320-200 disappeared en route from Surabaya in Indonesia's east Java to Singapore.
Survivors and victims from dozens of countries mark 10 years since the world's deadliest tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that followed created one of the worst natural disasters in human history.
China praises Hong Kong for not giving in to protesters
Police cleared out protest camps on Dec. 15, but pro-democracy demonstrators are back on Hong Kong's streets.
China fails in bid to block UN meeting on North Korea
China failed on Monday to block the first-ever UN Security Council meeting on North Korea's dismal rights record.
Moderate Malaysia has so many fatwas there's a website to keep track of them
Yoga? Death Metal? Petting puppies? They're all forbidden by Malaysia's Islamic clerics.
Stay away from the Sentinelese. Either you'll kill them or they'll kill you
This spear-wielding tribe has long kept away intruders, but now they're facing a whole new threat: Sea cucumber poachers.
8 children killed in Australia in reported mass stabbing
Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the events in Cairns 'heartbreaking' and acknowledged that these were 'trying days' for Australia.
Malaysian court says transgender people aren't bad Muslims, they're just mentally ill
Ruling says 'cross-dressers' have a disorder and can't help violating Sharia law.
Why that Australian hostage taker was a delusional phony
News analysis: Here are Asia-Pacific's real jihadi groups.
#illridewithyou is trending because some Australians refuse to blame Muslims for #sydneysiege
But it'll take more than a hashtag to end bigotry.
Siege at Sydney cafe ends after police storm building (LIVE BLOG)
Some hostages have fled the cafe.
8 ways Tony Abbott has made Australia unsafe for refugees
He promised to 'stop the boats,' and he has, despite his country's obligations to international law.
The US Senate is about to blow the lid off the CIA's tortured recent history
Details like sexual threats and other heinous torture techniques used by the CIA are about to go public. US security personnel around the world are gearing up for a possible backlash.
Hong Kong 'Occupy' leaders surrender as pro-democracy protests appear to dwindle
Some students defied calls for them to retreat and vowed to stay put at protest sites to press their call for free elections for the city's next leader in 2017.
It's been a week of mayhem in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is thrusting itself once again into the spotlight, as attack piles upon attack, and Afghans wonder uneasily what awaits them.
Hong Kong student leaders banned from protest site after clashes
Two protest leaders were banned from a large area in Hong Kong as a condition of bail after they were arrested during scuffles with police.
Hong Kong riot police clear pro-democracy protest site, arrest student leaders
Protesters still occupy segments of roads, blocking traffic, in the city's Admiralty district near government offices and Causeway Bay, a major shopping area.
Scuffles break out as Hong Kong authorities clear part of protest site
More than 20 people were arrested during the day, media said.
Russia calls UN resolution on North Korea human rights record 'counter-productive'
'We are convinced that UN structures dedicated to human rights should not turn into judicial or prosecution bodies,' Russia's top diplomat said.
Putin's awkward weekend at the G-20, as explained by 'Mean Girls' GIFs
Apparently, there's no room for Putin at the cool table.
After 50 days, rifts emerge among Hong Kong's protesters
The Mong Kok camp braces for court-ordered destruction, exposing the movement's angry, working-class underbelly.
G20 summit agenda: Hold koala, smile
Jimbelung the koala gets around.
Putin plans to leave G20 early after West blasts Russia over Ukraine
"I guess I'll shake your hand but I have only one thing to say to you: you need to get out of Ukraine," Canadian PM Stephen Harper said to Putin.
Judging from Instagram, Queensland police are having a great time at the G20 — for now
There are 13 protests scheduled for Saturday. Here's the calm before the storm.
China's Xi urges faster APEC talks on Asia-Pacific free trade area
Some see a proposed study on the FTAAP plan as a way to divert attention from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement backed by the United States.
Tony Abbott wants you to love coal even though it's killing the planet
It's further evidence that the Australian PM doesn't give a damn about the environment.
Here's why demonstrators are trolling the Dalai Lama's US tour
They chant 'Dalai Lama stop lying.' Abroad, the controversy has led to bloodshed.
Disaster officials say mudslides buried 100 people alive in Sri Lanka
'There is no chance they could have survived,' said Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, as other officials said 16 people were confirmed dead.
Lawmaker stripped of his post after calling for Hong Kong leader to step down
The move comes as Hong Kong protesters entered their fifth week of demonstrations, refusing to back down from demands for a fully-democratic election for the city's next leader in 2017.
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Protesters Rally Against Deportation of Immigrant Rights Activist
New York, NY —
Police have arrested 10 people who are trying to draw attention to a high-profile activist who's facing deportation. WNYC's Marianne McCune has more on yesterday's protest outside a detention center in Lower Manhattan.
REPORTER: The man who inspired children's music star Dan Zanes and dozens of protesters to sing in the cold is Haitian immigrant rights activist Jean Montrevil. He's been in the U.S. legally for 20 years and has a wife and four young children who are all U.S. citizens. But when Montrevil was 19, he served 11 years for a drug conviction. Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement - or ICE - detained Montrevil with plans to deport him. Immigration judges have no discretion when it comes to those convicted of certain crimes - their deportation is automatic, even if they've for decades been model residents or have citizen children. But Montrevil's attorney says the federal government can opt to overlook his case. That's what supporters and a few elected officials are pushing for. They also support legislation giving immigration judges more discretion. ICE's Northeast Communications Director says Montrevil has a significant criminal record and that one of the agency's primary missions is to remove criminal aliens from the U.S. For WNYC, I'm Marianne McCune.


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Farid Mohammadi's Mindat Home Page
Farid Mohammadi's BlogA blog is a series of personal articles recorded in date-order somewhat like diary entries. You can use your blog to keep track of your collecting adventures, your purchases, your thoughts and ideas, anything that you think other mindat.org members would be interested to read about. Other members can leave comments after your blog entry, but you can delete any comments you find inappropriate.
27th May 2012 - Kashan and Mahallat Discover
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8th Mar 2012 - Waw. Very white travertine. How Can I Discribe it?
7th Mar 2012 - Vogliamo parlare su cercare di Travertino
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5th Mar 2012 - Waw. Travertini minari a la mia zona
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5th Mar 2012 - Molto tipi del minerali a Mahallat
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4th Mar 2012 - Watch some minerals from Markazi province
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21st Feb 2012 - Waw My new Agate
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18th Feb 2012 - Which one do you like eat for breakfast? Agate Or Ciocclota
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22nd Jan 2012 - My New Discover: Happy Agate
Hi friends Soltaniye Agate From mahallat city(center of Iran) from 200km Tehran Tell me your opinion Thanks
20th Jan 2012 - Calcite(Crystall)
Friends Tell me Your Opinion About This Crystall of Calcite
12th Jan 2012 - New Panoramic from Iran Four levels geology of Mahallat
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1st Jan 2012 - GEOTHITE
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1st Jan 2012 - Center of Iran's Mineral resource potentials
Mineral resource potentials: Markazi province shared between Sanandaj- Sirjan and Urumieh- Bazman zones has a considerable metallic and non metallic resource potentials. Mining activities has a long historical background in this province. Thirty ...
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30th Nov 2011 - Iran And Italy Foot Ball Team aftre search of Mierals
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29th Nov 2011 - My Nice Calcopyite
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29th Nov 2011 - GeoSource: Pbs/Gepthid and More Minerals
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29th May 2011 - The Jurassic age in North Of Mahallat With Thrust Fault
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16th May 2011 - Environment Of Iran's Travertines
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12th May 2011 - Who Can help ME To Study Of Iran Teravertine?
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8th May 2011 - NEW Minerals(Flourit And Talc) In My Minerals Collection
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7th May 2011 - Jolyon Ralph ThankYou
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3rd May 2011 - Fossils From Tafresh And Qom Road Zones(Center Of Iran)
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2nd May 2011 - Iranian Minerals
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1st May 2011 - Easa Abad Iron Mine Zone
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14th Apr 2011 - I'll Update My Kmls Collection(IRAN)
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Quintessential people
Bill Palmer was 17, and he was a mess. A flat out "on his way to a disastrous life because of bad choices" sort of mess. He was the prototypical kid for whom the term "at risk" seemed to have been invented.
He'd been marginalized starting in third grade. The years that followed led to chronic underachievement. When he began high school at 14, his lack of achievement was disastrous. The years that followed defined the label of a misguided youth. Three high schools in three years—Notre Dame, Niles West, and then Barrington—"my dad's bright idea"—as the culmination and last chance in what he laughingly calls his high school career. "Yes, I surrounded myself with peers who were a lot like me," he says. "We all had the same attitudes about life. It was a race to the bottom."
One day he was offered the opportunity for a full day of work as a wrought iron welder trainee through the work program he was enrolled in at Barrington. He took the day off from school; one day became two days, then three…well you get the picture. He never went back to complete his senior year at Barrington High School. That was 1969.
He was officially, irrevocably, and unalterably doomed. He was a high school dropout. "Yep, I was a greaser. And all my friends were greasers, too." So long, Bill Palmer. Sorry about the missing pieces for success-in-life.
Except that Bill Palmer did not disappear. In fact, he is a prominent figure behind his thinning hairline and ponytail he wears; perhaps it's to remind himself that he is never too far removed from the teens he now teaches. He instructs students who are modern variations of Bill Palmer. "Yes, they know that I get it," he says. "I tell them that if we were the same age, we would probably be friends."
But he is more important now than a good friend. He is their teacher. "I think I'm probably their safety net," he says.
And when you consider unusual, unexpected heroes in life and what made them heroes, Palmer has earned the title honestly. Those who know Palmer best—all those students he has tried to help avoid experiencing the pitfalls that once owned his life—would have no doubts about his identity. He's never missed a commencement. He knows each of his students. Many cry as he greets them in the Honor line on their way back to their seats after receiving their diploma. Their tears are often matched by his.
If there are real heroes in Barrington—people of spiritual grit and fortitude who rise above themselves and everything that might thwart them—then Bill Palmer most certainly is a hero.
He talks about the subject if asked, and his pending book about that life that will do much of the speaking. He's two years away from retirement now, though he insists he's unlikely to retire in the larger sense.
He is what he does. He is a teacher, and does not expect ever to be otherwise.
If you have lived in the Barrington area for as long as he has, there's every chance that you know Palmer by his unannounced, hidden treasures—that is, the young people he's guided. They live in this community, some are parents; some may sit next to you in church on Sunday; they are co-workers. They are your neighbors. Your friends. They might be you.
True heroism is never easy; otherwise the magic would lack the innate drama of true achievement. He's been that hero ever since 1993 when he walked back into the same school he had walked away from out of indifference and inertia. He left a successful career in the private sector and came back to teach. "Yes, I am the dropout who came back to the same school to teach," he acknowledges.
Palmer developed the curriculum and teaches a specialized course titled "Social Interactions." Since 2008, he has also been the sole teacher of Barrington's "Resource in Interpersonal Communication" classes, another specialized course.
The classes are the heart of Palmer's contribution to many of Barrington's students. He teaches them how to close the gap between their intellect and their achievements. That gap contributes to the potential for failure in school.
He had come back to Barrington to finish some unfinished business. "I was making six figures in the commercial real estate business," he recalls. "I was a window office guy on Wacker Drive and later moved to an office in Oak Brook to complete the liquidation of a substantial portfolio of land holdings with two business partners. But I realized I wanted to do something more significant with my life. After accomplishing our business plan objectives, I knew the time was right to turn to the career that I had contemplated for a long time. At this point I was reasonably secure financially. Not rich. But enough."
So he went back to school—again—and became a teacher focusing on adolescents who were challenged much like he was. Jeanne, his bride-to-be some 20 years earlier, had been there to encourage him as he studied to pass the GED exam. This was followed by an associates from Harper College, and a bachelor's and master's degree from Northeastern Illinois University. "It took me six years to earn my high school equivalency diploma and 3 ½ to earn a bachelors," he says with a laugh.
After earning his first two college degrees he became "a suit." Big money. Big office. He'd made it. But there always was that itch he could not quite reach. He had to go back. Luckily for everyone, the high school welcomed him.
Barrington is a nationally recognized top tier academic high school, in part, because of the profile of its students and the teaching staff. It's a school designed for high achievers who employ the benefits of a supportive family who often need only marginal extra coaxing.
But out of Barrington High's 3,000-plus students, there is also a significant number of students who are facing challenges they might lose without help. "Many of these young people struggle with negative influences that are very difficult to navigate without support. There are often family and social issues, educational challenges, issues with their sense of self-worth, and then they come to school," Palmer says, where he does his best to keep them from being thrown into "the meat grinder of high school life."
For 23 years, Palmer has been a calm, assuring, insistent voice within the Department of Special Services, where collaboration between school psychologists, social workers, and others funnel students toward Palmer's classes.
The night school, "Alternative Pathways," is another source of pride for Palmer. "Pathways is a general educational program which addresses the educational and social needs of its students. Some are moms and dads," he says. "Some have to help their families financially, and others come to the program to avoid social stressors that exist in the day school setting."
But they haven't given up on getting their diploma, and Palmer never gives up on them.
"Special needs" and "at-risk" are so large a catch-all that it sometimes limits outside understanding because the idea's shape is too large to easily digest. "In my case as a kid, I came from a family that experienced a lot of alcohol abuse and domestic violence."
*Palmer gets the teens for whom every aspect of life—their skills, their aptitudes, their fears, their hidden life of childhood anguish and social pressure—has disconnected them from their potential to achieve greater success.
Getting the diploma is always his gold standard. It means something deeply symbolic to Palmer. He teaches that it signifies integrity and self-determination.
Palmer's assignment in both the day and night school programs is not easy. "There are academic standards to be achieved. But what I am doing is teaching them how to think for the first time," Palmer says. "Some are angry and frustrated and feeling defeated. But they know that I know who they are. What most of the kids have not learned is how shaping emotions leads to thinking, that leads to actions."
"Yes, I'm not teaching them what to think, but how to think," he says. "Too many kids are never taught the process of thinking about their thinking."
As if on cue, a former student stops by Palmer's table at a downtown Barrington restaurant. She is a recent graduate who works as a server during the lunch shift. "Hi," says Palmer as he waves to her across the room. "Yeah, she's one of my kids."
She glides over. "Oh yes, I was in the meat grinder before joining Pathways," she says. "Mr. Palmer is like a father figure to me. I would have dropped out. I wouldn't have made it without him."
This is the beginning of her moment. Next month she starts school at Harper College and plans on entering the college's nursing program. Palmer helped her with the transition services, securing scholarships and grants to fund her Harper College education.
Her life has become hers to live now. The future belongs to her and she now knows it. She knows that whatever life brings, she has the ability to seize that life.
After all, she's one of Bill Palmer's kids.
I joined the BHS Special Education department in 1983. In 1991, I was tasked by the superintendent to develop an early intervention program for students struggling with various issues. By 1993, the program had grown to capacity and William Jefferson Palmer was hired to join the program. Bill was the logical choice as he had subbed for me on several occasions. It was apparent that he "got it" and had the skills necessary to deal with the complexities faced by individual students, as well as how to implement behavior change. He fully grasped the concept that the students needed to give him permission to influence them and that this permission was only granted if the student felt unconditionally accepted and safe. Bill's tenacity has served him well in working on behalf of the best interest of each student.
Bill and I spent the next 15 years working side by side as teaching partners until my retirement in 2008. Those were great times. Among the nicknames we acquired were "old and even older" and "bald and even balder." Bill was also known as "tassel man" due to the style of shoes he wore. Our journey together was one of great challenges and greater joy. Any success we were able to achieve would not have been possible without the support of the District 220 administration and the many staff members of BHS.
Bill Palmer and I have worked together for 17 years at Barrington High School. His work in Special Services and my work as a counselor often finds our professional paths crossing. Bill is one of the most compassionate and insightful educators I have had the honor to learn from and work with. Bill has a natural ability to develop connections with students that truly change their lives in profound ways. Bill works with students who are facing significant challenges in life. These students quickly learn that Bill provides honest, grounded, caring, and empathic lessons to empower these young people to transcend their struggles. He is an educational artist who sees each individual student as a canvas to transform something, often damaged, into someone strong, unique, and beautiful.
In almost every person's life there is a teacher that leaves a lasting impression on them. A teacher that motivates them, believes in their abilities, and pushes them to be the best version of themselves. For me that teacher is Bill Palmer.
Bill was my resource teacher while I was a student at BHS, and has since become a lifelong friend. At the beginning of my freshman year when I first met Bill, my father passed away suddenly. He was estranged from the family and although I did not see him often, it was a sad and life-changing event. Bill became a positive male role model to me after my father's passing, and continues to be to this day. Any motivation I needed, he was the person I looked up to. Bill is still one of the first phone calls I make when I have exciting news or need guidance. He is always genuinely excited, proud, and quick to offer great advice.
I feel if it were not for Bill, I may not have made it through high school. I struggled academically, but whenever I was ready to give up, Bill would not allow it! He always had words of encouragement. One of my favorite Bill Palmer quotes is, "It is not the event, it is your reaction to the event." I have carried this quote with me throughout my adult life.
Bill is a compassionate and patient teacher. He has an innate understanding of his students. He embraces and accepts every individual for who they are, and this makes the best of teachers.
I graduated from Barrington High School in 2013. From my sophomore to senior year, I had the privilege of being in Mr. Palmer's class. Even just three years out of high school now, I can talk about what an impact Mr. Palmer had on my life. He is the most kind, caring, giving, and selfless person I have ever met. With Mr. Palmer you gain not only a teacher but a friend, a mentor, and someone who is always on your side. When I graduated from high school I gave Mr. Palmer a quote that said, "Dreams begin with a teacher that believes in you." Still to this day, that quote resonates with how I feel about Mr. Palmer. In high school I wanted so bad to graduate early and move to Colorado. He knew it was my dream and helped with everything from talking to my parents about the move, to helping me figure out where I would go to school. High school was a rough time for me, I was lost and I didn't yet know my place, but in the midst of that craziness I met someone who helped guide the way and lifted me up. I will forever be grateful to have met him!
Bill uses his whole heart when working with students at Barrington High School. He cares deeply and is able to make important connections with students that are hard to reach. I've worked with him on several difficult cases and he is passionate about helping students succeed not only academically, but emotionally, as well. Bill will work tirelessly on behalf of students' needs not because it is his job, but because he cares so deeply.
I have known Bill Palmer for almost 45 years, and those 45 years have been quite an adventure! We met in the fall of 1972 as school bus drivers for the Niles Township schools. Our common "affliction" for the Chicago Bears and Cubs and our love for rock and roll music are among many of the things that formed the basis of our friendship and, in part, kept our friendship strong.
After a variety of jobs, we both returned to college. Bill attended Northeastern Illinois University and a few years later, because of the encouragement and support from Bill, I enrolled at Northern Illinois University. Completing my college degree was a life-changing event that has positively impacted the rest of my life in many ways.
After graduation, we both entered the teaching profession: Bill in special education, and I as a high school history teacher and coach. As an educator, Bill can best be described as authentic. He presents the trials of his youth in a way that inspires his students to overcome their own difficulties. Because of his authenticity, his students have the tools to build healthy, happy, and productive lives.
A much smarter person than me once said that if you are lucky enough to have one friend in your life that you can always count on, you can count yourself among the most fortunate. Over the years, Bill has been that friend—not only to me, but to countless others—my wife, our circle of friends, his extended family, and to the youth who are fortunate enough to call him teacher.
I've known Bill for a few years now. He plays a big role in my life as an honorable mentor and a dear friend. I met him at the high school during a very difficult time. Bill was one of the few people that taught me the meaning of hope.
If you are ever in a tough place, you can trust that you will walk out of Bill's classroom feeling less beaten down by the world. The confidence and respect I have for myself now are true gifts. I remember being in a very lonely and sad place at the time of meeting him. He helped lift me out of there and gave me a place to take down the walls I had up throughout the day. He has always been there to provide that. He has to be one of the most wise, kind, and honorable people I know. I feel truly blessed to have met him when I did. I take his words of wisdom with me wherever I go.
Anybody who takes his words to heart is left with a very permanent footprint in their lives. He handles people's insecurities, and deepest troubles in the most inspiring way. The power he holds to help turn somebody's life around is remarkable. I would use inspiring as another word because of how confident, and independent I felt leaving the school. I wanted to conquer the world with all the lessons I had learned from Bill. I can only hope to leave the kind of powerful and inspiring imprint in people's hearts that he leaves.
Bill Palmer or "Palmer" (the nickname he is respectfully referred to in our home) is the adult version of the kid you wanted to be best friends with growing up and is the ideal role model to whom we entrust our children. Palmer is a combination of expert personal experiences, unassuming high intellect, an everything-is-going-to-be-OK sense of humor, and he's fluent in federal education program translation. Palmer expertly humanizes complicated school protocols while convincing parents that their children are the most important in the world. Thank you for all that you do and care about.
Bill Palmer (who I refer to as "BP") and I have worked together since 2007 in the Special Services Department. We focus on transitioning students from high school to college and/or the world of work.
BP has maintained the philosophy that students need to be available and willing to learn in order for them to achieve success, in and out of school. BP makes it his personal mission to set his students up for success once they graduate from Barrington.
BP is truly invested in the positive futures of each and every student, whether they attend day school or while working with his PATHWAYS students at night. His authentic and often refreshing personality shines through on all things BP. He absolutely makes this building a great place to be! A few years ago, my dog had passed away and just to make sure that I had a smile back on my face, he and Mary Georgeoff framed a picture of the two of them (a rather not so flattering photo with the fluorescent lights of the school), and placed it on my desk. As is now tradition, all three of us have comical framed photos of this bizarre tradition and it makes me laugh each and every time a student is in my office and asks… "Why do you have a framed picture of Mr. Palmer on your desk?"
BP has taught all of us that if you love what you do, then you are lucky enough to live authentically and unapologetically. I have been so lucky to have worked with Bill over the past several years and look to him as a highly trusted mentor and a dear, dear friend.
From 1983-2007, I was a Dean of Students and in charge of building supervision at Barrington High School. I am the program administrator for the Pathways Alternative Program at BHS. Bill teaches U.S. History in Pathways and is the program manager for Pathways students with individual educational plans.
I learned to appreciate Bill in 1993, during his first year at BHS, when he volunteered to be a cafeteria supervisor. Bill demonstrated that he could work with, and earn the respect and cooperation of any student group in the cafeteria. I observed that Bill gives one hundred percent of himself to every endeavor he commits to.
Bill helps young men and women struggling to successfully negotiate the adolescent years to better understand their own behavior, the reasons behind their behavior, and the process of changing how they think and react to situations. Bill's goal is to help each of them improve the quality of their life. He has helped hundreds of BHS students to transition into adulthood with the skills to make healthier choices and be productive, responsible citizens.
We were first introduced to Bill Palmer when he became our child's program manager at BHS.
Bill recognizes that each student enters his classroom with his/her own reality; formed by both their history and own current set of circumstances. All of these factors contribute to the challenges they face. Bill's ability to intuitively understand each student struggles is remarkable.
Working with them on a daily basis, Bill builds both incredible trust and rapport with his "kids". He helps them to identify and recognize any issues which may been contributing to their difficulties. Teaching them to have the confidence in themselves, Bill encourages the use of tools which he teaches in order to overcome these challenges.
Whether it be helping a student learn to manage a chronic physical ailment along with school work, panic attacks due to learning disabilities, or the ever-so-present social anxiety among high school students, Bill is able to make it all look so simple. I remember an occasion where I was able to witness him masterfully negotiating a student who had school avoidance back to school. After carefully addressing each one of the student's concerns over the phone, he was reassured that all would be safe when he arrived. Bill's kids learn quickly that Mr. Palmer will always have their back, as long as they continue to do their very best.
I met Bill Palmer in 1967 through a mutual friend, Darlene Raymond. I had moved to the Chicago area only the year before. Bill was a somewhat rebellious, slightly wild young man of 15, and I was pretty much the same at 17. I had dropped out of school, passed the GED, and joined the army.
We both went on to get different kinds of an education. I did three combat tours in Vietnam. He achieved high marks in a formal education. We spent a lot of time together when I came back on leaves and after I left the service. I introduced him to his wife of 42 years, Jeanne. I was the best man at their wedding.
It is difficult to fully describe 48 years of a relationship involving two individuals with so many peaks and valleys in their lifetimes. Suffice it to say that I admire and respect Bill Palmer very much. I am happy to see him honored in this publication, and proud that I have been asked to participate.
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