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Only 800 Yellow-shouldered Amazon Parrots survive on Bonaire. Dr. Sam Williams established Echo to help protect them from threats.
The Yellow-shouldered Amazon parrot is threatened with extinction!
Only 800 remain on Bonaire and Echo is working to provide solutions to help their conservation.
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Justin Pitts would be a great poker player.
Justin Pitts would be a great poker player.
The stone-faced Blue Springs South point guard never lets his emotions show on the court. His icy stare is as much a part of his game as is his deadly 3-point shot and ability to pick an opponent's pocket with ease.
That's why his reaction, when he found out sophomore teammate Kevin Puryear was just 16 years old, was priceless.
Pitts was asked about playing with the 6-foot-8 center that has Division I coaches drooling, and he actually smiled and asked, "Kevin's just 16? Man? He's pretty good for just being 16 years old."
South coach Jimmy Cain grinned at Pitts' reaction.
"That's the most emotion I've seen from him in four years," Cain said, chuckling. "I don't think I've ever really seen him smile. You watch Kevin, and you can't believe he's just 16.
"And he just turned 16, too. He played the first of the season and had some huge numbers, and he was just 15."
Pitts, a senior leader who is a big reason the 22-2 Jaguars are the second-ranked Class 5 team in the state, talked about his young teammate in glowing terms.
"He takes a lot of pressure off me and Carl (Martin, another senior guard standout) because we know if we get him the ball, he's going to do something with it. He's either going to score or get fouled. He's a big part of the team.
"And he's just 16? Man …"
Puryear has been the man for the Jaguars throughout most of the season.
Despite facing double-teams, diamond-and-one and other gimmick defenses, he is averaging 13.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
One of his most impressive performances came in a 69-52 Suburban Big Six victory over longtime nemesis Lee's Summit North.
Martin (eight) and Pitts (seven) combined for just 15 points in the game, but Puryear exploded for 18 points and he grabbed 12 rebounds. The sophomore then scored 18 again in Tuesday's home win over Lee's Summit to share team-high honors with Pitts.
"We didn't want Pitts and Martin to beat us, so we made sure we had a hand in their face every time they shot the ball," North coach Mike Hilbert said of Puryear's game against the Broncos. "Then, their big guys score all those points in the paint. Anything it takes to win a game – great shooting, chasing down the ball and getting all the loose balls and playing great defense – they did. Every time I see them I'm impressed."
And every time a Division I coach watches Puryear, they are impressed.
He has already been offered scholarships by Creighton and Miami of Ohio and has been contacted by Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Marquette.
Page 2 of 2 - "The sky's the limit with Kevin," said Cain, a former Examiner Player of the Year who starred at Blue Springs High School and then Central Missouri State University. "Things have changed so much – back when I was playing, the coaches just watched you in high school.
"Now, they pay so much attention to the AAU teams, and Kevin is on a great one (KC Run GMC). They really do a great job with the kids, and I have a lot of respect for his team and the coaches. And Kevin's parents (Kevin and Vicki) are the best. They keep him grounded and make sure he has his priorities set.
"When you have a kid with his talent, with his parents and his work ethic, well, you have a kid that just about everyone around here is looking at. And they're looking at him for a good reason. His best basketball is yet to come."
The Jaguars open district play next week at Blue Springs High School. South is the No. 1 seed and will meet the Lee's Summit-Raytown winner in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Puryear knows the path to state will be filled with obstacles.
"Our only goal this year has been going to state," Puryear said. "And we'll do whatever it takes to win. If I don't score a point, but play good defense and get some rebounds, I'm the happiest guy in the locker room.
"All I care about is winning. I want to win for our seniors – they accepted me last year when I was a freshman and they were juniors and they have accepted me this year too. I never felt like 'the freshman,' or the 'the sophomore.' I just felt like a member of this team, and I wouldn't trade the past two seasons for anything.
"This is where I want to be. And I've got two more years to play for Coach Cain, and that's exciting to think about."
And how exciting is to think about a future that could include a Division I basketball future?
"When I was a freshman, I got my first letter from Oregon, and I thought they had sent it to the wrong address," Puryear said, grinning. "I'll never forget getting that first letter. Now, I have boxes full of them, and they're still special to get. But I'll be honest with you. I'm having such a good time playing for South, I don't have time to think about college."
After all, he's only 16.
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"Apelle" is a Cozy Wooded Home in Finland That Resembles a Stranded Boat
Located in Karjaa, Finland, "Apelle" is a wooden home by architect Marco Casagrande that resembles a cozy one-family home as much as it does a stranded boat in the middle of the woods. It may be rurally located in a country known for harsh, icy winters, but geothermal energy keeps it warm and cozy without the use of dirty energy sources.
The long, lean structure is made of wood and wood-like materials, blends seamlessly with surrounding nature, and features an open, multi-functional interior with popular Finnish architecture designs. The stark white interior reflects plenty of natural light through the home, and the round windows give it the effect of sitting inside a boat.
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The Democrats are right, there are two Americas - the America that works and the America that doesn't; the America that contributes and the America that doesn't.
It's not the haves and the have-nots, it's the dos and the dont's. Some people do their duty as Americans, obey the law, support themselves, contribute to society, and others don't. That's the divide in America. It's not about income inequality, it's about civic irresponsibility.
It's about a political party that preaches hatred, greed and victimization, one that loves power more than it loves its country. It's not invective, it's truth! President Obama pledged to fighting "income inequality." That is thievery - the other guy has it, you want it, Obama will take it for you. Democrats have enslaved their followers in a culture of dependence and entitlement, of victimhood and anger instead of ability and hope.
The president's premise seeks to deny the successful the consequences of their choices and spare the unsuccessful the consequences of their choices. Income variation in society is a result of different choices leading to different consequences. Those who choose wisely and responsibly have far greater likelihood of success, while those who choose foolishly and irresponsibly have a far greater likelihood of failure.
It is not inequality Barack Obama intends to take away, it is freedom. The freedom to succeed, and the freedom to fail. There is no true option for success if there is no true option for failure. What Obama offered was not a solution, but a separatism. He has provoked division and strife, pitted one set of Americans against another for his own political benefit. That's what socialists offer, Marxist class warfare wrapped up with a bow.
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BRANSON, Mo. -- Branson Police hunt for a killer. Sunday, workers at the Ramada Resort and Conference Center found a 63-year-old woman dead. An autopsy confirmed to officers that someone killed the woman.
Branson police said the woman and her husband came to Branson from southern California. They checked into the Ramada on Thursday. On Sunday, when it was time to check out, the husband had vanished and his wife was left dead.
The hotel sits in the shadow of Branson's popular strip. While the weekend's bright lights shined on Highway 76, a woman's lifeless body was left alone in room 182. Police said she had been dead in the room for more than a day before a hotel worker found her.
The call came into the Branson Police department shortly after 1:30 Sunday afternoon. By 9:00 that night, Kimmese Price and other hotel guests watched as investigators rolled the body out of the room.
"This is my first time here and I did not think I was going to be in a hotel where there would be a murder committed," said Price. "So it kinda freaked me out."
Price checked into the hotel on Saturday. She is staying five rooms from the crime scene and said she spoke to the hotel worker who discovered the body.
"He walked into the room because there was a do not disturb sign on the door. He couldn't tell that the lady was dead at first because she was on her side and she was in the second bed by the bathroom. He said that when he got about three steps forward, a little bit closer to that bed, he realized there was a pool of blood. That's when he called law enforcement," she explained.
Police shied away from calling the woman's husband a suspect. Instead, they said he is a person of interest.
"Obviously our goal is to locate the husband. Not knowing if he was involved or if he was a victim himself is something that we have to sort through and determine," Branson Police Chief Kent Crutcher detailed. "It's too early at this point to make any judgments about that. So our first goal is to try and locate him and speak to him."
Branson police do not know if the woman's husband is still in the area. It is believed that he may be driving a blue 2006 Dodge Durango, with California license 5WRF678.
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An educational workshop at the Cleveland County Animal Shelter on April 17 will help shelters address North Carolina's recent widespread distemper virus outbreak.
"The Humane Society of the United States is pleased to be able to provide free training to help these shelters get through the distemper outbreak and properly manage disease control in the future," said Kim Alboum, North Carolina state director for The Humane Society of United States, which is co-hosting the event with the North Carolina Animal Federation. "Many of our shelters struggle due to budget cuts, pet overpopulation, limited resources, and aging facilities. This training will help address some of their most pressing issues."
Several North Carolina counties reported distemper virus outbreaks this year. The disease is easily preventable through vaccination.
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The state Department of Revenue can fire its mid-level supervisors for good reasons or bad because Pennsylvania is an at-will state, but the Constitution prevents the agency from firing supervisors for political reasons, a lawyer for a former supervisor said Tuesday.
Terrence J. Kennelly, 53, of Shaler is suing the agency to get his job back as well as compensatory and punitive damages. His lawyer, Tim O'Brien, said that while the courts have upheld political firings in top policy-making positions, they have ruled firings in non-policy positions unconstitutional.
Kennelly was a district office supervisor for the Revenue Department's Pittsburgh sub-office and did "virtually no policy making at all," O'Brien said. After the agency fired Kennelly in August, it didn't advertise the position before replacing him with Monroeville Councilman Bernhard Erb, 47, a Republican, O'Brien said.
"That kind of raises an issue," he said.
Elizabeth Brassell, an agency spokeswoman, said the agency is constantly upgrading its staff. The administration hasn't seen the lawsuit but believes it will turn out to be frivolous, she said.
"We're confident we've done nothing wrong," she said.
Amy Emili, 48, of Jeannette, the former district office supervisor for the agency's Greensburg office, claims in a separate pending federal lawsuit that the Corbett administration fired her and three other administrators who are Democrats to make way for Republicans.
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Beethoven has had a profound influence on generations of composers since the 19th century. His compositions were an important demonstration of the transition from 18th century classicism to 19th century romanticism and he is considered by many scholars to be the first true romantic composer
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Most of the popular bathing beaches in KwaZulu-Natal are protected by shark nets maintained by this shark-research institute, the world's foremost. Each day, weather permitting, crews in ski boats check the nets, releasing healthy sharks back into the ocean and bringing dead ones back to the institute, where they are dissected and studied. One-hour tours are offered, including a shark dissection (sharks' stomachs have included such surprising objects as a boot, a tin can, and a car license plate!) and an enjoyable and fascinating audiovisual presentation on sharks and shark nets. An exhibit area and good curio shop are also here. You can join the early morning trip from Durban harbor to watch the staff service the shark nets off Durban's Golden Mile. Depending on the season, you will more than likely see dolphins and whales close at hand. Booking is essential for trips to the shark nets, and a minimum of six people is required; no one under age six is allowed. Book well in advance for this—it may turn out to be a highlight of your trip.
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Michael Søren Madsen is an American actor, poet, and photographer. He has appeared in more than 150 films, most of them small independent films, though he has starred in central roles in such films as Reservoir Dogs, Free Willy, Donnie Brasco, and Kill Bill, in addition to a supporting role in Sin City. Madsen is also credited with voice work in several video games, including Grand Theft Auto III, True Crime: Streets of L.A. and DRIV3R. In January 2012, Madsen was a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother 9.
In 1982, Madsen was cast by Edward McDougal for the lead in a small independent film, Against All Hope, his first movie. He then played a small role in the studio picture WarGames in 1983. That same year, he appeared in a bit part in Edward Zwicks 1983 television movie Special Bulletin. Soon after, Madsen was cast as a psychopathic gunman who took Mary Beth hostage in the Cagney and Lacey episode Heat, which aired October 22, 1984. He moved to Los Angeles and appeared in other films, including as arrogant baseball player Bump Bailey in The Natural (1984), a deranged killer in Kill Me Again (1989) and as the tough but touching boyfriend of Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise (1991).
Then came a memorable role as the razor-wielding, sadistic ex-con and jewel thief Mr. Blonde in the bloody Quentin Tarantino crime story Reservoir Dogs. The film brought Madsen attention among critics and fans. During a scene in which Madsens psychopathic character Mr. Blonde tortures a police officer, actor Kirk Baltz ad-libbed a line about being a father to a young child. Madsen, who himself had just become a father, was so upset that he found it very difficult to finish the scene. On some copies of the films DVD, as Baltz completes the line, a voice can be heard off-screen saying Oh, no, no ... The ad-lib exacerbated Madsens original reluctance to do the scene, due to his real-life aversion to violence.
Subsequently, Madsen was cast in a variety of major studio films, including Free Willy, Mulholland Falls, Wyatt Earp, Species and with Johnny Depp and Al Pacino in the critically acclaimed Donnie Brasco. He turned down the role of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction in order to play a supporting role in Kevin Costners Wyatt Earp. As a result, the role instead went to John Travolta and relaunched his career. Madsen was still regretting this decision over a decade later.
Since the mid 1990s, Madsen has appeared more often in lower-budget films released directly to video or television. Notable exceptions include his featured role in Tarantinos Kill Bill, in the James Bond adventure Die Another Day and in the film version of the Frank Miller graphic novel Sin City. He appeared in Scary Movie 4 in 2006 parodying Tim Robbinss character from War of the Worlds. He was also in the film 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out in 2003.
In 2004, Tarantino discussed an idea for a movie starring Madsen and John Travolta as the Vega brothers. The film would have seen Madsen and Travolta reprising their roles as Vic (Mr. Blonde) from Reservoir Dogs and Vincent from Pulp Fiction. However in 2007, because of the age of the actors and the onscreen deaths of both characters, he claimed that the project (which he intended to call Double V Vega) was kind of unlikely now.
In 2008 he had a starring role as The Gent in Quentin Tarantinos HELL RIDE that was written & Directed by Larry Bishop.
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He also provides narration for Animal Planet and is heard in the PlayStation 2 game Yakuza, where he voices the role of Futo Shimano, the violent and unforgiving leader of a Yakuza family. Madsen played Sam Spade in Yuri Rasovskys Grammy-nominated sonic dramatization of The Maltese Falcon, which also features Sandra Oh and Edward Herrmann.
In August 2008, Madsen co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle.
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Madsen guest-starred in the final season of 24 in April 2010. He played Jim Ricker, an old friend of main character Jack Bauer.
His latest released film, Let The Game Begin, opened in May 2010. The film also features Adam Rodriguez and Stephen Baldwin. Madsen played the lead in the independent horror film Infected.
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Mary Wachacha, Lead Consultant for the Indian Health Service (IHS)
Cherokee, North Carolina is the location of the Qualla Boundary (Cherokee Indian Reservation) and home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Mary Wachacha is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band and has served in various capacities during her 40 year career with the Cherokees and other Native Americans. Mary will discuss the unique modern history of the Cherokee Indians, their lifestyles, their culture, their Casino, and their health care and the relationship between western medical ethics and Native American/Cherokee ethics.
Mary is a former Peace Corps volunteer and spent 3 years in Tunisia, Northern Africa; a Teacher for the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 15 years; and the Lead Consultant for the Indian Health Service at IHS Headquarters for 24 years. She has worked extensively with Indian Tribes who use IHS services—traveling to Indian hospitals and clinics to provide onsite in-service training on various health topics.


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When seasonal neighborhood farmers markets end in early fall and rainy days revisit the Emerald City, the indoor shops at Capitol Hill's indoor Melrose Market offer families the chance to discover fresh food and artisan goods and the opportunity to grab lunch inside a recently restored warehouse. With Doug Fir beams and exposed brick, the 21,000-square-foot mini version of San Francisco's famed Ferry Building Marketplace is home to nine Seattle-based businesses. Read more »
Seattle mag editorial assistant Patrick Hutchison and local musician Matt Badger, of Ravenna Woods, team up to explore Seattle's street music scene, recording the stories and songs that help compose our city's soundtrack. The first in a five-part series: Read more »
In an interview for the October 2011 issue of Ebony magazine, Bill Gates makes it clear that he is none too happy about the state of public schools, namely those in inner cities. He points to it being a civil rights issue. And he wants to know why a strong social movement - especially in African-American communities - hasn't successfully mobilized. He is flummoxed as to why we aren't all expressing the same outrage and rising up against the status quo. Read more »
I've been thinking a lot about social media (Twitter, Facebook), how people use them, what they choose to share and what they don't. That's because I can't share most of what I do (most importantly, what I eat) every day because of the job that I have.
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The restaurant is a popular venue for business meetings because of its atmosphere and quality produce. Breakfast and lunch is served and guests have a choice between lighter meals and some of the more filling Indian dishes.
Here you will be able to have a laid-back lunch right in the middle of Cape Town. They serve quality food at very reasonable prices.
The restaurant is open from 8:30 am until 5:30 pm during the week, and closes at 2:30 pm on Saturdays.
The laid-back ambiance sets the stage for very tasty food served up by friendly staff.
Portions are generous, and they even offer interesting wines enjoyed alongside your meal.
Familiar Chinese dishes tantalise the palate and the nice ambiance make for an interesting meal at China Plate.
Located in the hub of CBD, Valora caters for families, business meetings, casual lunches and romantic dinners all within beautiful and relaxed surrounds.
The menu boasts a unique take on Mediterranean cuisine touched with a hint of French, Italian, Greek and Portuguese.
Try the assorted mezze to start, or a delicious, interesting salads for those with a smaller appetite, main meals such as the Gorgonzola and fresh Namibian dessert truffle risotto, Gastronomical Turkish spiced fillet, Beef ragout, Herb encrusted line fish are a must try and desserts including the to-die-for chocolate fondant.
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The 20mm SLT Race fork is the future of Cro-mo BMX racing forks. When the hype on the 20mm craze first hit, we were skeptical like you, but after months of testing in the lab and on the track, we can assure you the 20mm front end is not hype, it is fact.
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The IPA Publications Committee would be interested to receive proposals with ideas for new publications. The Committee is specifically seeking book proposals on clinical and theoretical psychoanalysis; and would like to encourage single authored proposals.
Proposals are welcome from both members and non-members of the IPA, including IPA Candidates. The proposals should specify which of the type of publication is being presented, a working title and a description of no more than 2-3 double spaced pages. Any completed papers or proposed contributions may also be sent.
The IPA does not publish papers or series lectures from conferences, symposiums etc.
Proposals sent to the IPA will not be accepted if they are also under consideration by other publishing houses.
1/ A clear introduction of the book is required which illustrates the content and meaningfulness of the book to a psychoanalytical readership
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Ekman to have MRI as early as today
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There was still no update on Sunday on the extent of the injury to left winger Nils Ekman, who left Friday's game with an elbow injury. Ekman is expected to have an MRI either today or Tuesday, depending on the level of swelling in the left arm. General manager Ray Shero did say yesterday that they will not call up anyone from Wilkes-Barre. The Penguins had two extra healthy forwards before Ekman's injury.
When Ekman left the game on Friday night, the Penguins were assessed a penalty for too many men on the ice because according to NHL Rule No. 74.1, a player "retiring from the ice must do so at the players' bench and not through any other exit leading from the rink." Instead of going to the bench or waiting for the whistle and the trainer before leaving the ice, Ekman got up and skated straight to the door to the dressing room, just feet from where he went into the boards.
"I looked at (coach Michel) Therrien and said there's only four, and he said go so I jumped," center Maxime Talbot said. "I've never seen that before."
Talbot, 22, has been making faceoffs a priority lately, and he went 8 for 16 against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday, including at least two big wins against Mats Sundin.
"I realized I was too close to the puck sometimes," he said. "My blade wasn't totally on the ice, so I had to change the angle of my stick."
Talbot said he also got some advice from one of the linesman on Friday, who kicked him out of one faceoff but then told him to come see him after the game.
"He watches a lot of faceoffs, and he said that (Carolina's Rod) Brind'Amour's the best in the league, and even at home he puts his stick down before the other guy," Talbot said. "If I can get there first, I'll try."
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May 7, 2014
Bedfordshire Police has now completed the roll out of 60 body
worn video cameras for use by frontline officers across the
The cameras, which are worn on the outside of the uniform, are
designed to capture the sound as well as an accurate and
transparent visual account of interactions with the public by
response officers where an evidential record may be required. The
roll out began in the south of the county last week and this week
saw response officers in the north supplied with cameras. Officers
working on the ANPR Unit have also been issued with the
Deployment of the 60 cameras follows a significant trial to
assess the best technology and value for money as part of a wider
approach to safeguarding the public and Bedfordshire Police's
Battery life of the cameras and the finite ability to store vast
amounts of data means not every conversation with a member of the
public will be recorded, for example; the devices are used when
there is an evidence gathering opportunity and not for general
innocent conversations with the public.
Bedfordshire Police policy is that where the use of force,
arrests or detentions are anticipated that the recording of the
event should start at the earliest opportunity. While the decision
to record or not record any incident remains with the device user,
they must be mindful that failing to record incidents that are
evidential will require explanation in court.
Assistant Chief Constable Nigel Trippett said: "The benefit of
body worn cameras is there for all to see and the policy we have
trialled requires officers to make sure they capture as much of an
incident as possible by recording at the earliest opportunity and
if it is possible informing those present they are doing so.
Clearly we must also be mindful of filming anyone close by who is
not directly involved in the incident however and every attempt to
minimise accidental intrusion must also be observed."
During the camera trial Bedfordshire Police consulted with the
public and asked the question 'should all uniformed officers have
to wear a body worn video camera whilst on duty'. The results
showed 79.4 per cent of the 1,882 who answered said 'yes' and 20.6
per cent said 'no'. Of the 1,916 who answered the question 'Do you
feel body worn cameras can help police in your area gather
evidence' an overwhelming 97.3 said 'yes'.
"These figures, combined with many of the positive comments
received during our survey, are good indications that we have
strong public support in Bedfordshire," added Mr Trippett.
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"Hopefully, the clarity of the evidence recorded will encourage
offenders to plead guilty to offences at an earlier stage, reducing
the need for lengthy court cases and ensuring speedier justice for
victims and witnesses."
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You don't have to be out of work to be living on the edge
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There is one stark reality about our current economic situation. Namely, that you don't have to be out of work to be living on the edge. And what's more, the number of people teetering on that edge seems to growing larger and larger. True, the economy may be recovering, but for many, the normal sense of security that comes with an improving economic situation remains elusive.
For some, living on the edge has been "situation normal" for most of their working lives. Often, they're simply called the working poor. Most are hard to count since few are on any kind of relief or assistance. Many work at jobs that pay more than minimum wage, but not much more. They
may be unskilled laborers. Or they may have a trade. And it's not uncommon for them to work more than one job. Some are two person earning families and some aren't.
Most have made an art form out of simply getting by. Unfortunately, while most get by, unlike many of us, they don't have much margin between their current situation and economic disaster. What's more, any margin they had has gotten slimmer and slimmer during the past few years. Just consider the difference, nationally, between the growth in wages and prices. Wages since 2008 have grown at approximately 1 to 2% a year while price inflation has managed a steady yearly increase of 2 to 3 percent. That sounds innocuous enough and really isn't that bad coming out of a recession. But if you isolate the price increases for food and fuel, the story is more serious. Food prices, bread, eggs, milk, etc have increased dramatically, while at the same time, the price of a gallon of gasoline is at least a dollar more than it was last year at this time. For many of us, that's just grounds for some grumbling. If you're among the 25 million or so who live on the edge it's a question of survival.
Also, there is the safety valve many of the working poor count on in tough times and that's overtime. Overtime, for many industries, once a mainstay, has dried up. Making more money, covering that car repair or whatever, by working more hours has gotten tougher and tougher to do.
For people living so close to the edge, that as my grandfather used to say, "the wolf used to eat dinner with us," almost anything can become an economic crisis. One of the most common crisis events is a car repair. A charge of much more than a few hundred dollars, something they can't cover with what is probably an already maxed out credit card, can be the calamity that sends them on a down hill spiral. Most working poor live and work in locations where mass transit isn't an option. They need that car. So, not only does the cost to fix it become a stopper, but it can also make the difference between getting to work and not getting to work. The next stop, after that, is unemployment. At which point, rather than a group no one bothers to count, they at long last become someone's statistic.
Another tipping point, and this is still a powerful argument for the President's health insurance program, is medical care. Most of the working poor don't have medical insurance. The exact number of people in the United States without medical insurance is subject to a lot of partisan interpretation, but a good estimate is about 45 million Americans. And this goes back to another tipping point argument. The working poor, all hard working Americans, most of whom aren't asking anyone for anything, can be felled, at least economically, with just one large medical bill. Medical costs have gone up, on average, 9% a year, and even something as routine as a visit to the doctor becomes prohibitive without some kind of medical insurance.
One of the saddest representations of this is surprisingly common. As a public health nurse told me once, she had several patients, who in spite of her best efforts took only half of the prescribed dose of their medications, just to keep the cost down. In several cases, the lower dosage made the therapy completely ineffective.
All of this, to some, may sound like a bleeding heart liberal whining about the plight of the poor. Maybe it is. But, let me say, I admire these people. They're working. They're not complaining, they're putting their families first, and to the best of their abilities, they're trying to do everything they're supposed to. However, and this is the sad part, their situation is gradually deteriorating, their sense of well being is eroding, and as a nation no one even seems to be noticing. That's the part that scares me.


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Heat Advisory in Effect for Jackson County on Tuesday
July 8, 2013 (KANSAS CITY, MO) – The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the Kansas City area, including all of Jackson County, for Tuesday, July 9, 2013. The advisory will be in effect from noon until 7:00 PM Tuesday evening.
Heat index values are expected to be between 100 to 105 degrees Tuesday afternoon.
To avoid heat related illness, citizens are encouraged to drink plenty of water and avoid drinks with high sugar, caffeine and alcohol. It is also important that citizens leave any strenuous outdoor activity for the early morning hours or later in the evening, when the temperature is lower.
"It is important that these warnings be taken seriously so that our citizens can protect themselves from the effects of extreme heat and humidity," said Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders. "I urge everyone to take any precaution necessary to stay safe during these dangerous conditions and encourage our citizens to check on their friends and neighbors."
Citizens who need to find a cooling center or other resources during this advisory are encouraged to call United Way 2-1-1 or visit the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services website at: http://gis.dhss.mo.gov/Website/coolingCenter/coolingCenter.html


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Rick Wakeman – White Rock (1977; 2014 reissue)
Composed for a forgettable documentary on the 1976 Winter Games, Rick Wakeman's 'White Rock' still offers moments of very real discovery.
Composed for a forgettable documentary on the 1976 Winter Games, Rick Wakeman's 'White Rock' still offers moments of very real discovery.
The second Prog Collective project holds a series of intrigues for fans of Yes, as still more final recordings from the late Peter Banks surface. Another track features a partial reunion of the Relayer-era lineup
Rick Wakeman will make a series of UK appearances in June, beginning on the 15th in Gloucestershire, where the Yes legend will perform an exciting all-new program featuring some of his best known work.
In a strange and beautiful coincidence, Days Between Stations was working on an album about birth, life and death with Peter Banks in the time just before Yes' co-founding guitarist passed.
Jon Anderson stopped by before embarking on a new solo tour of Australia and New Zealand to discuss a few key moments from his career — including key Yes tracks from Close to the Edge and The Yes Album.
When you saw that Nektar was working with Billy Sherwood — a guy whose Rolodex needs its own boarding pass — you might have guessed that an all-star album was on the way courtesy of Cleopatra Records. You would have been right.
As a much talked-about project featuring Yes alums Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman continues to percolate, Anderson is hard at work on his next solo album.
Amazon.com Widgets Billy Sherwood, both with Yes and on his recent helming of the Prog Collective, has already established himself as a staunch advocate for the 1970s' signature rock style. So why shouldn't he do the same with 1970s jazz?
The intrigue of compilations like this is when seemingly incongruent artists successfully combine, or when somebody turns a familiar tune inside out.
For Rick Wakeman, who's preparing a new tour of New Zealand and a reissue of Journey to the Centre of the Earth, the approach to music remains steadfastly organic: "It," the prog god offers, "sort of happens."


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Kara Goucher competes in her second Summer
Olympics race at 7:05 a.m. CDT Tuesday, in the preliminaries of the women's
5,000-meter track event at National Stadium in
The race will not be televised live, but will
be part of a late-night highlight package from 10:30 p.m. to midnight on NBC6.
There's also track and field scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday at NBC6, although it's not known which events will be shown.
There are 16 runners in each of two heats
with 15 of the 32 advancing to Friday's 7:40 a.m. CDT final. The top six in
each heat plus the next three-fastest times qualify.
Goucher, 30, a
native living in
10,000-meter race Friday.
Ethiopian runners are the leaders at 5,000. Meseret
Defar is the defending Olympic champion with a personal best of 14 minutes,
12.88 seconds. Tirunesh Dibaba won last week's 10,000 final and holds the world
record of 14:11.15, set in June. Shalane Flanagan, a 10,000 bronze medalist,
has the American 5,000 record of 14:44.80, while Goucher has a personal best of
Goucher was unhappy with her 10,000
performance and the U.S. Olympic Trials 5,000 champion said she's seeking a
better performance Tuesday:
"I will be a different animal. That's for sure," she told the St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Goucher is in Tuesday's second heat with Defar,
Flanagan and Ethiopian-born Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey, second at 10,000. The
first heat is at 6:35 a.m. CDT.
A Track & Field News form chart ranks
Defar, Dibaba and
Meselech Melkamu 1-2-3 entering the race. American Jen
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I was in the balcony of this hotel room wearing a black gown which was like a lingerie cause it was a little transparent and short up to my knees. I was waiting for Evan. He was a student of mine and when I used to teach him, a relation of seduction and attraction formed between us which turned into an affair.
Once we shared bed and after that it just getting more and more intense, I used to call him when my husband wasn't home and we do study and then sex. Evan was above 18 when out affair started and I was 28.
Now after 2 years of this hidden affair we were still just … you can say friends who fuck each other most of the time. Evan never had any girlfriend after meeting with me as he always said that he don't like girls of his age and he loved fucking me.
I loved him too. His cock was really nice and always made me feel so good. Today we were meeting here in this hotel so that he could again make me feel good.
"Hey!" I said out loud as I saw Evan parking his bike, he listened to me but looked left right,
"Look up! Evan" I said and his eyes met mine, he smiled and I smiled back "Room 107" I said and saw him entering in the hotel.
I came back to my room and waited for him to knock on the door.
"Knock! Knock!" I heard and I ran to open the door and let Evan wrap his hands around my ass and kiss me deeply. As I opened the door he did what I just told you.
We locked the door and he grabbed my ass cheeks and I wrapped a leg around his kissing him deeply. "I'm so hot Miss Blaine" he said and then moved to my tits after slipping the straps of my dress from my shoulder and pulling out my tits.
"Oh yes!" I moaned as he kissed my nipples and bit on them lightly.
"Your tits are so good, I missed them" he said, "I also missed your cock" I said as we were going to fuck after almost 20 days.
He was pressing my tits and I tried to unbutton his shirt, I pulled him to the bed and sat down on the bed. He was standing and I started undoing his jeans. I pulled it down and he was all hard to fuck me but first I wanted to have him in my mouth and I had.
I sucked his hard cock as deep as I could "Oh yes I missed it" I said and again sucked him, licked his balls.
"I can't wait anymore.. Fuck me now" I said and moved to the nightstand and looked for condoms in the drawer but I couldn't find one
"What the fuck, No condoms" I said totally disappointing because we never did sex without condom and I was not going to do today too.
"I got few" Evan said and picked up his pant and pick out a condom.
"You saved my pussy" I said and torn the wrapper " I didn't want to save my cum in my balls" he said laughing and I held his cock and rolled the condom. I lied down on my back and took off my panties. Evan helped me and pulled them off from my ankles and I spread my legs giving his space to enter in my pussy.
He came over holding his cock and aimed it to my pussy, I adjusted my legs and he pushed in a little I got myself more comfortable and he pushed it all the way in making me moan. "So hot and wet" he whispered in my ear.
"So hot and hard" I whispered back and he started stroking his hard cock in my wet pussy and it was so good, he was kissing me and sometimes press my tits too. After few minutes I rolled over and took him under me, his cock was still inside me and I put my hands on his chest and started riding his cock.
I grabbed his hands and guided them to play with my tits and make me more wet.
"hmm yes" I was moaning and riding to get myself to orgasm "aaahh ah aaah…" I was moaning more loud as I was new to have orgasm and I had it… I fell on his chest cumming all over his cock while he was still stroking his cock deep.
He came over me and started fucking me again and I was lost in pleasure… "Oh yes! I'm gonna cum" he moaned and gave some really fast and deep stroke before pulling out his cock and coming over to my boobs.
He removed the condom and stroked his cock over my tit, a huge load of cum landed on my lips and chin then more on my tits, I licked as much as I could while he lied down next to me.
"Fuck that was so good" I said breathing heavily and he just said "hmm" he was breathing fast too…
We stayed in the bed and thought to have shower together but suddenly I heard the sound of gun firing and the door of our house opened and my husband was there on the door. I tried to cover my naked body but he was faster and shot me and Evan within seconds.
Next time when I opened my eyes in the hospital.. I asked for Evan but the doctor said "he couldn't save him"
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The court's lopsided 8-1 vote is partly explained by the justices' awareness that RICO could be used against anti-war protests now. Another factor is that Congress passed the FACE Act (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) in 1994, so imaginative use of racketeering laws is unnecessary. Federalism was a concern, too -- RICO's possible role in converting local offenses into new classes of federal crimes.
RICO is a ghastly law. Two minor illegalities committed over a 10-year period can trigger a RICO application. G. Robert Blakey, a law professor at Notre Dame, helped draft the statute and was later surprised to see how it was stretched by the courts to apply to demonstrations. He says that if one protester trespasses on the grass and another protester in another city throws a rock through a window nine years later, constitutionally protected demonstrating could be converted into "extortion" under RICO. To avoid this, demonstrations would have to be flawless, but as he says, "perfect demonstrations aren't possible."
Groups and individuals across the political spectrum got the point and filed briefs backing the abortion protesters. They included PETA and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. As the ACLU once pointed out, if RICO had been written a decade earlier, segregationists could have used it to quash the civil rights movement.
The ACLU has had a hard time coping with RICO. The organization came out against the law early, then waffled for years in response to pro-abortion lobbying both outside and inside its membership. It had no serious objections to the use of RICO in this case. Harvey Silverglate, a board member of the Massachusetts ACLU, said sympathy for abortion rights caused the ACLU to drop its guard on a serious violation of political freedom.
In 1990, Lynn Paltrow of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project told me: "It's ACLU policy to oppose application of RICO, but there are those on staff who feel that as long as RICO exists, this kind of behavior (aggressive anti-abortion tactics) does sort of fit." I wrote here at the time: "In other words, RICO is totally bad, but sort of useful." Now that the Supreme Court has stopped the abortion lobby's use of RICO as a club, the ACLU might feel free to return to a principled position.
John Leo is editor of MindingTheCampus.com and a former contributing editor at U.S. News and World Report.
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United States: Hawaii Volcanoes & Mammoth Cave National Parks
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
The Skinny
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park hosts two of the world's liveliest volcanoesMauna Loa and Kilauea. Mauna Loa also tops the list of the world's most massive mountains, bigger than Everest when its subterranean height is added into the equation. Seeing these bubbling cauldrons of lava up close will give you an exhilarating glimpse of the powerful forces that shape the planet's features. The landscape of Volcanoes National Park is awash with unique geological formations and is home to a distinct ecosystem. Crater Rim Drive will take you alongside the area's breathtaking vistas, while the less-traveled Mauna Loa Road leads to such places as Kipuka Puaulu bird sanctuary.
While most visitors marvel at these mighty volcanoes in the space of a rushed, one-day tour, the slopes of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park are best experienced on foot. The pinnacle of all trails is the 18-miler to the summit of Mauna Loa, a three to four day slog depending on your stamina. It's not an easy climb, and will bring changing weather conditions and the possibility of mild altitude sickness if you rush it. The 11-mile Crater Rim Loop Trail can be done in a day and follows the more heavily trafficked path of the road. In all instances, check in at the Kilauea Visitor Center (tel: (808) 985-6000) in case of possible eruptions or earthquakes. According to local legend, Pele, the goddess of fire, will appear before an eruption either as a stunning beauty or old hag, often accompanied by a white dog. If you happen to stumble across this lady and her mutt, be politeand get yourself to safety.
The Short
When to Go: Year-round (pack rain gear, a light sweater, and a jacket as it gets cool up top).
Other activities: Play a round of golf on the world's most bizarrely located course.
Farther afield: You're in Hawaiigo relax on the beach, for heaven's sake.
Best not to:
- Disturb the flora or faunait's all protected.
- Hit the backcountry without registering. We've said it already, but it's imperative to remember that these are live volcanoes.
Mammoth Cave National Park
The Skinny
Mammoth doesn't do this place justice. Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is the world's longest caveits nearest competitor, a cave in Russia, comes in at only quarter of the length. That means theres a whole lot of cave for you to explore. Formation of the caves began 350 million years ago, and you'll feel you're in the belly of the planet when standing underground in these ancient caverns. Family-friendly tours showcase the high ceilings and dripping stalactites, while more strenuous tours are available for the serious spelunker in search of narrower channels. Stop awhile to enjoy the silencethey say you can hear it.
Above ground lie over 50,000 acres of parkland crisscrossed by 70 miles of scenic trails. Pick your activity from hiking, fishing, and paddling. The Green River bisects Mammoth Cave National Park and supplies sedate yet serene canoeing and kayaking opportunities. It also affords the chance to poke around some smaller riverside caverns and admire the wildlife on display. Canoe camping is possible with a backcountry permit and will allow you to savor a slice of the absolute silence to be found below the soil.
The Short
When to Go: Year-round (avoid peak seasons, especially summer, if you're after some peace and quiet).
Other activities: Hike for sinkholes in the park above ground. Stop by the visitor's center for trail maps and more information.
Farther afield: Take a side trip to the birthplace of Abe Lincoln, 45 miles south of Louisville, Kentucky.
Best not to:
Suffer claustrophobia.
Details mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication
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