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JACKSON, Miss. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it's going to it temporarily suspend the sale and deployment of trailers for hurricane evacuees.
The agency says it will assesses health-related concerns involving formaldehyde levels.
FEMA provided about 120,000 trailers to victims of the 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Some occupants last year began reporting illnesses, including nosebleeds and headaches.
The agency recently sent about 40 of the trailers to Miami, Oklahoma, where residents were forced out of their homes because of flooding.
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Three years ago, New Jersey banned state contractors from giving to gubernatorial candidates and to state and county political committees. The prohibition on so-called pay-to-play was supposed to insulate taxpayers from politicians willing to trade campaign cash for government contracts.
That was, at least, the theory.
Ideological PACs political groups that promote ideas rather than parties and
municipal political committees have been acting as de-facto clearinghouses to connect money from state vendors to political party groups they have been banned
from giving to, a Gannett New Jersey investigation has found.
Pay-to-play is the practice of elected officials granting no-bid contracts to political contributors. The system, when legal, raised millions of dollars for both parties over the decades. Now the state boasts a pay-to-play ban that is the toughest in the nation and that has, so far, put a dent in the major parties' fund-raising abilities.
But there are loopholes.
Since the 2004 ban, 18 ideological committees identified by Gannett as among the most active in this political shell game have collected $775,000 from those associated with state contractors. Those same committees have sent $675,000 to state and county committees, which usually select candidates and provide campaign funding.
Municipal party committees, once the backwater of politics because they were concerned only with raising money for local races, are quickly becoming heavyweights on the state political landscape.
"All they did was set a rock in the middle of a stream and forced the water to go around the rock, but it still ended up going down the stream," Republican Party state chairman Tom Wilson said of the pay-to-play limits enacted by the Democrats, Gov. Corzine's party and the majority party in both legislative houses.
Some of the ideological PACs predated pay-to-play bans, but several, such as
Leadership Horizons, came after the ban.
"You never want to do something outside the law, but it allows you to fund-raise for credible county candidates, or state candidates, as long as it's legal," said Bill Grippo, chairman of Leadership Horizons and a former municipal Democratic Party chairman in Franklin Township, Somerset County. "It's not a way around it, but a pay-to-play law makes it very difficult to raise money for candidates."
In two years, Leadership Horizons raised about $60,000 from engineers and lawyers that have worked for the state. Much of that money went to county Democratic parties in Somerset, Middlesex and Bergen counties.
The most active of these PACs has been The Leaders Fund, a committee striving to elect Democrats that is led by David A. Luthman, a former Camden County Democratic Party chairman. He works for Parker McCay, a Burlington County law firm headed by Philip A. Norcross, brother of Camden County power broker George E. Norcross III.
Since the pay-to-play ban has been in place, The Leaders Fund has raised nearly $825,000 to spread among Democratic candidates and committees. Of that, about
one-third has come from firms, or their employees, that have held state contracts,
according to contribution records.
T&M Associates, a Middletown-based engineering firm, and its employees have
given $82,200 to The Leaders Fund and other ideological political action committees
since pay-to-play was mostly outlawed late in 2004.
"All those contributions are appropriate, lawful and legitimate contributions," said company spokesman Pete McDonough, adding the company donates to candidates who will support infrastructure improvements.
Following the rules
In the past two years, The Leaders Fund has sent $7,500 to the Salem County Democrats, $8,200 to the Gloucester County Democrats, and $28,000 to the Democratic State Committee, which has been the committee hardest hit by pay-to-play restrictions, according to records.
Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, D-Union, the Democratic Party state chairman, who has proposed repealing the pay-to-play ban, was unaware of the arrangement, but noted it is legal.
"We follow the rules and are in complete compliance," Cryan said.
State Democrats have accepted $69,000 since 2005 from The Leaders Fund and two other PACs that collect from vendors.
State Republicans show a $25,000 contribution in 2005 from the Committee For
Responsibility and Trust In Government, a now-defunct committee that raised money from state vendors. It was operated by former Republican state Sens. Jack Sinagra
and David B. Himelman, both of East Brunswick.
"Pay-to-play was not - we just never focused on that because I'm not sure that
even relates to us," Himelman said. "It just wasn't something on the radar. We were looking to support candidates that we felt ideologically were hopefully going to support positions that were going to help government help people."
The GOP's Wilson said he did not remember the contribution, but added that it's an example of why all government vendors should be prohibited from giving.
"The rules are what the rules are," Wilson said. "We don't like the rules. We'd like to see the rules changed, but until they're changed, we're all going to play by the same rules."
Mark Sheridan, a lawyer for the Republican State Committee, said the current practice goes beyond a mere legal loophole because the law forbids using a PAC to
shield contributions.
"The (state) treasurer should be enforcing that law, and they clearly are not," Sheridan said. "I am not aware of anybody that's been told that a contribution to a PAC created a conflict of interest."
Thomas Vincz, a spokesman for the state Treasury Department, said it would be
illegal for a vendor to donate to one committee with intentions of that money being
shifted to a state or county committee.
The department will not investigate unless someone files a complaint alleging
someone was trying to intentionally circumvent the law, and no one has been
investigated to date, Vincz said.
"If this type of circumventing takes place after contract award, we would want to know about it and investigate it, as it would potentially put the vendor in a position of breach of contract," Vincz said via e-mail. "The most practical way for us to determine this is to act on a specific complaint that comes to us."
Harry Pozycki, chairman of the Citizens' Campaign, said circumvention could be greatly reduced if Gov. Corzine signed an executive order barring state vendors
from contributing to municipal parties and directed his treasurer to investigate instances of possible circumvention.
"There is the power to stop this; it just requires the will," Pozycki said. "The state treasurer could and should investigate and eliminate this. Just one case of that should act as a tremendous notice to contractors."
If circumvention is found, the vendor can be forced to repay the state for its
contract and be barred from having another state contract for up to 5-1/2 years.
PACs and party bosses
Most of the ideological PAC activity seems linked to the areas lorded over by the Democrats' most powerful power brokers: George Norcross in South Jersey, and Bergen County Democratic Party chairman Joseph Ferriero.
Four Bergen County-based committees are associated with Wilfredo J. Oritz II, a
Democratic fund-raiser who declined to answer questions about how his committees deal with pay-to-play restrictions.
"I'm a lifelong Democrat; that's the only answer I have for you," Ortiz said of his committees.
Combined, four PACs that list Ortiz as a representative have taken $220,830 from
state vendors since pay-to-play limits were enacted and sent $256,550 to the county committee.
Contributors contacted by Gannett New Jersey were equally elusive.
Ronald Schmidt, of the Englewood-based engineering firm Ronald Schmidt & Associates, said he gives politically or charitably to good causes, but couldn't recall the virtues that prompted him to contribute $14,400 to two of Ortiz's PACs in 2005.
"I have people advise me who I go to and I'll say, 'I want a candidate,' and they'll say, 'Contribute to this party, or this particular thing,' " Schmidt said. "I can't say any more because it's not anything more than that."
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Cowboys K Dave Rayner: "if they had the guy they wanted…they wouldn't have brought me in"
The Cowboys have five _ count them, five _ kickers in this camp. Dave Rayner is the lastest to join the competition.
Did he have second thoughts about joining such a cluttered competition?
"Obviously, if they had the guy they wanted already here, they wouldn't have brought me in," Rayner said. "That's kind of what I went with.
"I talked to them yesterday and they're pretty excited about me coming in, so I'm just going to try to win the job."
The Cowboys monitored the kicking competition in Detroit this pre-season and jumped on Rayner the moment he was available. Head coach Jason Garrett said Rayner, David Buehler, Shayne Graham and Dan Bailey will all get the chance to kick in Thursday's pre-sesaon finale against Miami.
Kai Forbath, the fifth competitor, still has not been cleared to kick in a game.
"This is a first," Rayner said of being in camp with four other kickers. "We have like a starting five. We can get a basketball team going.
"But that's obviously going to change in the next week or so. Hopefully, I'm not one of the ones that leaves."
Rayner, by the way, did not arrive in Dallas on Jerry Jones' private jet as I blogged yesterday. He flew coach.
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KELSO, Wash. - The Longview, Wash. mother accused of starving her adopted children lashed out at law enforcement Thursday while testifying in her own defense in a Cowlitz County courtroom.
"You guys stole my children from me," said Rebecca Trebilcock who, along with her husband, Jeff, faces criminal mistreatment charges after being arrested in March 2011.
During her testimony, Rebecca Trebilcock tried to paint her son as a difficult child. Throughout the trial the defense tried to turn the blame on the 13-year-old for why he only weighed as much as a 6-year-old. His mother continued the defense theme, saying the boy had odd behavior and wasn't truthful.
Trebilcock said her attitudes about food weren't to blame. She also said her religious beliefs inspired her to adopt a mostly vegetarian lifestyle for her family and admitted she traveled to Mexico for weight-loss surgery.
She said she cooked ample food for her five adopted kids, but the 13-year-old boy often refused to eat or stole dog food to eat instead of people food. And she said a motion detector in the kitchen wasn't meant to keep him from stealing food in the middle of the night.
"It could keep (him) from getting out of the house," she said.
Trebilcock said she had no idea why the boy would sneak out or what he was doing. She and her husband broke down in tears when her lawyer showed a video of the Trebilcocks and their four adopted daughters during a state supervised visit after the couple's arrest.
The video shows them as an affectionate family with the girls telling the Trebilcocks they love them, but one of the girls testified she didn't know the way the Trebilcocks treated her was wrong until she experienced another way of life in foster care.
Rebecca Trebilcock lashed out at the prosecutor when he asked her about her emotional response at seeing the girls' pictures.
"Because that's all I have left of my daughters: You guys stole my children from me," she said.
Jeff Trebilcock tearfully testified in his own defense the day before, saying that he and his wife would wake up in the middle of the night to find the 13-year-old standing over them. He said the motion detector and gate were installed inside the home to keep the boy from wandering around the house at night.
The case was placed in the hands of the judge at the end of the day. If he finds the couple guilty, according to Washington sentencing guidelines, the Trebilcocks face four to 5 ½ years in prison on the most serious charge of first-degree criminal mistreatment of their son.
The second-degree charges for their daughters carry likely sentences of six to 12 months.
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Hello everyone!
I've been reading through lots of posts here recently and you guys have already been a great help – thanks a lot for that!
I've been trying to put together an itinerary for my trip to South East Asia (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia). As it's my first backpacking trip ever, I would greatly appreciate any comments and "expert" advice.
I'll be in SE Asia for 42 days, before heading to Oz, starting in Bangkok on November 1st at 4pm and ending in Bangkok on the 13th of December (have to catch a flight that night).
So far, I came up with the following itinerary:
day 1 (Nov 1, Sun) – 4.00 pm: arrive Bangkok (Thailand)
day 2-3 – Bangkok
day 4 – Travel to Ayuttahya
Day 5 – Ayuttahya
day 6 – Train to Vientiene (Laos)
day 7-10 - Vientiene
day 10 – Travel to Tha Khaek
day 10- 11 –Tha Khaek
day 11-13 – Savannaket
day 13- travel to Hue (Vietnam)
day 14-17- Hue
day 18 travel to danang
Day 19-24- danang & hoi an
Day 24 - Flight/train to Saigon
Day 24-28 Saigon
Day 28 travel to phenom penh
Day 28-31 phenom penh
Day 32 -36 travel to siem reap and Angkor Wat
day 36-39 ko chang (fancy some chillout time)
day 39-42 Bangkok
Day 42 Leave for oz
I'm aware that this might be too much to fit into 6 weeks, but I'm really unsure about what to leave out or what I may be missing out on.
I would really appreciate some comments and suggestions on my plans!
Thanks a lot for your help in advance!!!!
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Hi Simon,
Looks good to me.
From Tha Khaek, consider doing a sidetrip to Konglor cave.
For Siem Reap to Ko Chang, take a look at this story: http://www.travelfish.org/feature/111
If you can grab a day or two, Nong Khai (on the Thai side of the border from laos) is well worth it -- a very relaxed and interesting spot with loads to see and do.
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Hi Simon,
You may wish to consider taking an overnight train from Ayutthaya (night of Day 5) to Nong Khai/Vientiane. They are a fun experience in themselves, and a good way to save time by travelling in relative comfort while you would have been sleeping anyway. If you do go by sleeper train, try to book as far in advance as you can.
Also, good move planning to have a few days in Bangkok at the end of your trip. This will give you a bit of wiggle room if you want to spend an extra day somewhere, plus leave time for shopping without having to haul stuff around the entire trip.
Nice looking itinerary. Cheers.
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Hey Guys,
Sidetrip to Konglor cave has been noted cheers.
Exacto i didnt realise that the trains would be so busy id need to book, thanks for the heads up. Overnight sleeper sounds good alright, where can i book this from again? (cn it on another post a while ago but cant rem which 1!)
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You can see a sharp contrast between Shree Crawford and Cassie Thurman's sixth-grade science classes at A.R. Rucker Middle School.
In Crawford's class, the students sit quietly and work on assignments at their desk, while Thurman has her students moving around the room and talking aloud.
It's the same school. The same grade. The same class and the same curriculum. So you may ask: Why are the classes so different?
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FORT LAWN – A 10-year-old boy from Fort Lawn darted out in front of a car on S.C. 9 on Monday night and was injured.
The boy was flown to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, where he was treated for a fractured leg, according to Fort Lawn Police Chief Richard Smith.
The accident happened around 6:15 p.m., Smith said.
"It was pitch black," he said.
The boy had been out with friends, crossing S.C. 9 in front of his house. He was headed back home at the time of the accident and just "darted out" suddenly.
The candidates for Lancaster County school board District 4 are interested in reducing the student drop-out rate, closing achievement gaps and making the school board accountable to taxpayers.
Dr. Peter Barry and the Rev. AnThony Pelham are the candidates in the non-partisan race.
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The Lancaster Children's Home is the beneficiary of what has become an annual project of Comporium Communications.
On Thursday, Comporium employees built a chapel, a picnic shelter and two storage buildings at the Children's Home, which provides safe housing for youth who've endured parental mistreatment or other forms of distress.
The project, dubbed the "Extreme Home Makeover," after the popular TV show, is in its third year.
Comporium built the structures for free. The Children's Home provided the supplies, which were received through community donations.
The nation's economic crisis is trickling down to local families, businesses and banks, but the area remains resilient.
Cindy Mace, owner of House to Home Designs, makes her living from sales to new and current homeowners.
She says her current business remains strong, but she doesn't anticipate growth as quickly as she once did.
Neighborhoods aren't selling at the pace once predicted, and new developments are slow to break ground as a result of the economic downturn.
A Chester County man was shot at several times early Monday morning near the Hughes and Dunlap streets intersection in Lancaster.
Police received a call shortly after 1 a.m. about shots fired and four men wearing black clothing running toward East Arch Street.
Jerry Flynn wishes he had a chance to show his son more affection.
His son, Jason Flynn, 33, and Kayla Faile, 18, were killed Saturday night in a two-vehicle accident on Grace Avenue.
The two Lancaster residents died after the 1999 Harley Davidson motorcycle they were riding hit a 1996 Dodge pickup truck, according to Lance Cpl. Jeff Gaskin of the S.C. Highway Patrol. The accident happened at 9:45 p.m. about 3 miles west of Lancaster.
The motorcycle was traveling south behind the pickup, driven by Doris Talford, 46, who lives on Grace Avenue.
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The S.C. Highway Patrol says alcohol was a factor in a fatal accident early Monday morning in Indian Land.
The backseat passenger of a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer was killed about 1:20 a.m. along Old Bailes Road. The driver, Anthony Guzzonato, 19, of Morris, Ill., has been charged with felony driving under the influence.
A Lancaster County sheriff's deputy resigned Sunday after being charged with driving under the influence.
State Sen. Greg Gregory spoke to members of the local Republican Party Thursday as he prepares to complete his final term in the District 16 seat.
Gregory, who has served in the Senate for 16 years, addressed a GOP crowd eager to hear his final thoughts about his job. He spoke about his initial run in 1992 and how he was the first Republican to win that seat in more than 100 years.
"Back then, people were agitated and ready for a change," Gregory said. "But I had a good campaign and I got into the Senate."
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Thanks Woogie, being I am blind as a bat, didn't notice a 2nd trainer on the right handside of the website. Fixed.
woogie, is there any way you can pm an admin here and perhaps they can give you a direct link to the trainer? Or just email it to ya?
This is the trainer you want.
Just click download button. wait for the trainer to be customized for you. When its done Click on the Check box that you agree with there TOS. Click download agen.
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Looking back, what surprises me was how quickly we became comfortable with each other. Conversation, conferences and visits were so easy. I miss them and I miss the working dynamic, if what you could call when we got together "work". It was so much fun.
I also recall meeting one of my best friends during my fellowship at The Guardian. She is a programmer to the core and a role model of mine.
I have met some of the subsequent fellows and they are of the same odd ball ilk. People you want in the community. People who make the community, give it the right flavour.
I was at a round table discussion recently held by Undercurrent about building diversity in the workforce. One thing that stuck with me was the power with which switching one little words changes the ethos of a company. When hiring, instead of asking yourself if the candidate will be a cultural fit you should ask if this candidate will be a cultural add.
This, I believe, is the beauty of the OpenNews programme. It does not look to fit fellows to a news partner. It looks to add to it in ways those partners do not yet realise they can gain from.
Similarly, what the fellows get from the fellowship is not a an easy fit but a brave addition to anyones life journey.
A quick word about what I've been up to: After finishing my fellowship at The Guardian I am now a Data Journalist at The Times & Sunday Times working full time scraping, parsing and analysing data as part of a data-driven investigative unit. We've had front page stories with both titles.


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Labour contest number-crunched
The full tables for YouGov's alarming poll of Labour Party members and Labour-supporting trade unionists are here, here and here.
I am not going to pretend that they do not make grim reading for supporters of David Miliband, who trails his brother (right) by the statistically insignificant but psychologically important margin of two points on the projected final count, 49 to 51 per cent.
One small point, however. YouGov's figures suggest that 34 per cent of eligible trade unionists have already voted, with a further 40 per cent saying that they "will definitely vote". These figures compare with the 8 per cent who actually voted in the 2007 deputy leadership election (which Harriet Harman won by the even smaller margin of 50.4 to 49.6 per cent), and with the 19.5 per cent who voted in the last leadership election in 1994.
I have no idea what explains that difference, or whether the explanation favours either of the leading candidates. But it ought to sound a note of caution.
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I shoot film because it has grain (and other properties that are unique to the medium). I like the beautiful tones of tri-X and i love the fact as you get closer the grain emerges, adding another layer to the viewing experience. A couple years ago I shot the same subject with tri-x in 6x6 and 4x5. As I recall I enlarged the 6x6 to 16x16 it was still nice, but getting grainy the 4x5 was still silky @20x24 (or it may have even been larger my memory is not so good).
From a proper viewing distance a good picture will still look good large. I think a better question to ask is, "What type of picture should be enlarged to X big?"
Not only am I less bothered by grain than others here, but hold affection for it. Grain is part of the medium. I really am somewhat confused that some feel that a 4x5 is maxing out at 8x10. I am not as well versed in the black and white arts as others here, but I'm pretty sure that the resolving power of paper is still no match for the detail held in a 4x5 neg at an enlargement of 8x10.
I enlarge colour negs from 6x6 to 20x20 square all the time. It is apparent by what you can see in the grain focus that there is still detail to be had -- detail that is not being picked up by the paper. And yes, grain is visible (not nearly to the degree found in B&W). the nature of colour film (three layers) minimizes grain somewhat.


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Hottest Kardashian by far.
If she's looking for a fake name, perhaps she can use the one from her rescinded porn offer. I mean what's the point of wasting a name like Babykiller McFucksalot?
I'm now waiting for someone to use this as their new screen name on this site.
You hired GW to do the photoshopping, right?
Leave the poor girl alone, she was found to be not guilty. Also look at the details of the case and Caylee's death was an obvious SUICIDE. DUH!!!
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Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Columbia police are investigating a shooting Monday that's left two people injured.
The incident took place on King Street and Bratton Streets.
Officers say a car with three to four people inside shot at a group of men on a corner, then drove away.
One of the men was shot in the head, while the other was hit in the leg. The victims were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Anyone with information in this case should call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.


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Magdy Hassan of DePere prays at the Islamic Center of Wisconsin last week in Appleton. The inscription on the wall is the First Pillar of Islam that reads "There is no God but God. And Mohammad is the messenger of God." / Post-Crescent photo by Dan Powers
The five pillars
The five pillars of Islam not only put their faith into action, they provide the framework of Muslim life. Carrying out the five pillars demonstrates that the Muslim is putting his faith first. They include:
The women intently watched as Mohamed Hassan Abdelazim's sermon was streamed live via television from the next room where their husbands did the same while cross-legged on the floor.
When time came for prayers, the women who practice hijab (covering of the body except the face and hands) quietly rose and formed two lines.
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They raised cupped hands to ears and chanted "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is great), which starts the first of four obligatory rakahs, or units of Islamic prayer called Salah, at the Islamic Center of Wisconsin in Appleton.
Approximately 1.6 billion Muslims participate in this worship five times a day in mosques around the world, as commanded in the Islamic holy book, the Quran. The book and its followers are under scrutiny as debate ignited recently over plans to build an Islamic mosque and cultural center near the former World Trade Center site in Manhattan.
About 1,000 miles away, however, Abdelazim, the imam of Appleton's Islamic Center continues to pray.
He chants "Subhana Rabbiy al-ala," meaning "Glory to my Lord, the most high."
Although Abdelazim and his wife Rawhia Omar don't agree with the site of the planned Manhattan cultural center, they agree many people are misinformed about mosques.
"A girl one time came here and said, 'I stood in the parking lot for 20 minutes and didn't have the courage to enter. I came another time and stayed 15 minutes and couldn't get the nerve to come in,'" Abdelazin said. "She was worried if she got into (the mosque) she wouldn't get out again because that's what's in your mind."
In a Pew Research Center survey last month, 55 percent of Americans said they don't know very much or knew nothing at all about the Muslim religion and its practices. Thirty-five percent said they knew some about the religion and just 9 percent say they knew a great deal.
Muslims are barely 1 percent of the U.S. population, said Zudhi Jasser, president and founder of the Phoenix-based American Islamic Forum for Democracy. "Most Americans I have met have not had any significant contact with Muslims. And I think ultimately that's more of the issue of the discomfort with mosques."
Islam is the second largest religion in the world and www.religious tolerance.org says it will become the most popular world religion sometime in the middle of the century.
Similar to a church, temple or synagogue, a mosque is a building used for worship. Just as Catholics, Christians and Jews worship anywhere, so do Muslims. But mosques provide a sacred place for worship and fellowship as well as to teach children and non-Muslims about Islam.
"Nothing else happens inside of a mosque," Abdelazim said. "Evidence of this, we are in Appleton six years now and many people have no idea there is a mosque in Appleton.
"That means we are lazy in a way, but it means also we are peaceful."
The god that Muslims worship is the same one Jews and Christians say their prayers to, he added. "Allah" is Arabic for God.
"The one who created you (and) the one who created me is one," said Abdelazim, adding Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad was the last and best in a line of prophets that included Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus.
Between 60 and 75 children attend Sunday school at the mosque at 720 W. Parkway Blvd., Appleton. They learn Arabic, so they can better understand the Quran, and Islamic studies from the parents of the congregation.
"The kids here, if we are not telling them things, they will not know about our religion," said Omar, a mother of three.
Praying five times a day is obligatory and is one of the five pillars of Islam that form the framework of Muslim life.
In addition to prayer, Muslims must profess faith in God, care for and give to the needy, self-purify through fasting and take a pilgrimage to Mecca once in their lifetime, if they are physically and financially able.
While both genders are equal in the eyes of Allah, the rule of segregation between males and females adheres to the Quran. It is done to aid in privacy and enhance concentration during worship.
The mosque is open for prayers throughout the day and evening.
Islam is a monotheistic religion based on revelations received by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century and recorded in the Quran. The Arabic word Islam means "submission."
"It looks like the hard way, five times a day prayer, fasting one month a year (for Ramadan), doing pilgrimage to Mecca once a lifetime, it looks the hard way," Abdelazim said. "So why choose the hard way? Why would 1.6 billion people on the earth choose the hard way when there's an easier way?
"We Muslims believe God sent the prophets for human beings starting with Adam and ending with Mohammad. And all those prophets came from God to tell humanity what their responsibility is on the earth. The purpose is to worship God. And to worship him in the way he wants, the way he accepts and not the way we think is the right way.
"After this life there will be a hereafter and there will be accountability either for heaven or for hell."
Members of the mosque welcome anyone to stop by to visit or ask questions.
"We are inviting people to come and talk," Omar said. "It's good to learn about other religions."
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Continuing education for insurance licensing
By Barb Donnar
Yes, I know. The words "continuing education" are dirty words for most of us involved in insurance licensing. Whether you are an insurance agent or an adjuster, continuing education (CE) is a necessary evil. And as those of us in insurance licensing know, agents and adjusters tend to complete CE requirements at the last minute, which can cause problems and delays when renewing a resident license.
The good news is that continuing education for insurance licensing has made great strides in the past several years. Gone are the days when the only option an agent or adjuster had for CE was to sit in a boring classroom for days at a time. In today's world, most states allow all CE hours to be completed via self-study. Self-study options include textbook courses or online courses. However, there are some states which require a certain number of hours to be completed in a live classroom setting. For example, a life/health agent in Texas is required to complete 30 total hours of continuing education every two years. Of those 30 hours, at least 15 hours must be completed in certified classroom or classroom-equivalent courses. The remaining hours may be completed via self-study.
The majority of states now require 24 hours of continuing education, and three of those hours must be in ethics. Other states' hour requirements can range from 10-60 hours per renewal period.
There are hundreds (if not thousands) of continuing education providers for insurance licensing, so don't wait until the last minute to make your CE arrangements.
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Collapsing a Core Issue Regarding Abundance
Dear Readers,
Ilana Weiler dug to discover an issue limiting a workshop participant financially - she writes with how she handled the issue.
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By Ilana Weiler, EFT- ADV
I teach EFT in small groups because I like to demonstrate on each and every person in the group. I believe that going through the process and feeling the results is the best way to ignite enthusiasm.
This specific group was working on the topic of abundance. In a previous lesson, I handed out a list of about 25 sentences on all kinds of things we tell ourselves about money. Each person had to identify which sentences felt "bingo."
Ruth chose the sentence 'run after the money' as she herself feels like the antithesis of a magnet for money. Acquiring money has always seemed like running a race for her. We tapped. Even though, money always felt like a race, always have to run after it… As we tapped, we changed the reminder phrase as needed.
Then Ruth said, "It's like a cat and a mouse." I asked, "Who is the cat' and who is the mouse?" "Sometimes I am the cat and sometimes I am the mouse," she replied. "Sometimes I am doing the chasing and sometimes I am being chased."
While we tapped, alternating the cat and the mouse, Ruth suddenly said, "its persecution." Well you know how it feels when your intuition tells you that this is a 'button', so we tapped on the word persecution using a whole round of the EFT shortcut version.
"What does this remind you of?" I asked. "Do you remember being persecuted?" "I can't believe it," she said. Suddenly a memory she hasn't remembered for 43 years floated up. It came clear and vivid and she could even remember the smells attached to this memory.
Ruth recalled running away from the dentist chair. The dentist chasing her was her father (along with his "helper"). They chase her down the corridor. (We used the gentle Movie Technique to deal with that memory.)
When I asked her how this little girl feels, she said "frightened, helpless and angry."
"Where can you feel it in your body?" I asked. "It's in my stomach. It feels like concrete, grey and heavy."
Here I decided to use some guided imagery and while tapping, I guided her to use her own images, to empty them from a bucket and than fill the bucket up with confidence and love.
Then we checked her level of intensity on a scale of zero to 10. She was at zero so we continued to the next picture. It was a touching process - and then came the most important thing in my opinion - the cognitive shift that happens so miraculously with EFT.
"I don't understand why it has to be a race?" Ruth said. "Why do I have to feel as if I have to chase money, instead of just remembering that there's all this abundance in the world and I only have to connect with it and let myself accept whatever comes to me?"
This was impressive and exciting. I could feel it was said from a very deep place. But I still wondered what the connection was.
I explained to the group my understanding. Our brain works like a computer. In Ruth's brain there is a file called 'race' or 'persecution.' This file is connected to money as money is experienced by her as a race. Each time that she thinks or feels that feeling of racing for money, it opens the specific file in her brain and evokes all other negative memories concerning racing. Once we release this memory that she has since the age of 7, it will cause a cognitive shift and free her to receive abundance.
I hope that this will bring lots of abundance into her life, now that her dialogue with money has changed. I hope this story will help and inspire other people I as have been inspired by so many when I read your reports.
With warm regards and gratitude to you all.
Ilana Weiler. EFT ADV.


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Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez will hold a public meeting Wednesday about barriers to affordable housing in the Coachella Valley.
The meeting in Palm Desert follows a previous forum in May, when a group of leaders identified challenges to affordable housing, including mobile home park permits, regional planning and financing issues.


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Furious cheque-book journalists turn on paralysed man after 'disappointing' coma anecdotes
The News of the World has turned on the Belgian man who survived a 23 year 'coma', after declaring themselves 'disappointed' with their exclusive on his story of his ordeal. 'We paid a hundred thousand pounds for the rights to this incredible human tragedy,' said a News International insider, 'but frankly his account of lying in a hospital bed in Belgium for two decades turned out to be incredibly boring.'
Rom Houben, 46, revealed that he was actually conscious much of the time doctors thought he was in a coma, and that it was incredibly frustrating just lying there for half of his life while everyone thought he was asleep. He expounds on this theme at length in his exclusive life story, prompting an editorial warning readers that finishing the article might put them into a coma for 23 years.
The newspaper also recreated the hospital scene with a helpful photograph in which it appears that not even the attention of two attractive nurses with buttons missing on their blouses was sufficient to rouse the coma victim.Click to send this story to a friend
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Rain relents but floods continue to wreak havoc across West
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Floods have continued to wreak havoc across the West with communities either mopping up after the weekend's deluge or bracing themselves for rising water levels.
In Wiltshire, residents began the task of clearing out flood-damaged furniture, while in Somerset firefighters battled to save an entire housing estate from rising water.
And last night in Gloucester, there were real concerns the outskirts of the city itself could see scenes like the huge disaster of 2007, after the River Severn burst its banks and flooded a massive swathe of land to the north of the city.
The biggest drama of the day happened on the Locking Castle estate near Weston-super-Mare, where firefighters brought in beefed-up pumping equipment to pump out rising water from a pond on the edge of the estate, which became a lake over the weekend and then spread up roads and gardens and threatened to flood more than 60 homes. The firefighters battled for much of the day and managed to save the homes from flooding, by sending the water more than a mile and a half away to safety.
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Elsewhere in Somerset, landslips once again brought rail services to a halt, but across the region, it was a drier day than any from the previous week, and water levels on the whole went down.
But the village of Muchelney was living up to the meaning of its Saxon name of Big Island last night, homes in the village near Langport flooded after the river Parrett was reported to have burst its banks. Jim Woodborn said: "I've lived here for 73 and a half years, and the water is a foot higher than I have ever known." His home had not flooded last night but neighbour Elizabeth Nightingale was not so lucky. Water was 1ft deep in her 300-year-old house. "We are staying put because we have animals," she said.
The Environment Agency, for the first time since last Tuesday, had no severe flood warnings across the entire West region, as severe warnings were downgraded to warnings, and warnings downgraded to alerts.
But the huge amount of water in the West's rivers moved downstream yesterday, so on the River Avon in Wiltshire, the levels which saw Malmesbury flood on Sunday meant levels in Bradford on Avon rose again, while the River Severn which cut off Tewkesbury and flooded homes in the north of Gloucestershire threatened the city of Gloucester further south.
Last night, drivers in Gloucestershire were being urged to drive with care as "significant flooding" is still affecting the county's roads.
Main roads into and out of Gloucester were closed at rush hour yesterday, bringing chaos and congestion to those roads still open. The Severn at Tewkesbury was expected to peak at 4.8m – a metre lower than the levels back in 2007 – with that high water mark coming overnight in the early hours of this morning.
Drivers in Gloucestershire have been ignoring warnings of closed roads, said Insp Jason Keates. "We cannot stress strongly enough the importance of adhering to these road closures."
Yesterday, the clean-up got under way in Malmesbury, where many homes were flooded in the historic High Street and St John's Street area. Tracey Tucker, whose rescue from an upstairs window by firefighters came early on Sunday morning, was back at her house clearing out flood-damaged furniture, carpets and appliances, into communal skips.
"It's pretty much a clean-up operation now," said Malmesbury fire station watch manager Chris Harvey.
Elsewhere in Malmesbury, questions are being asked about the Environment Agency's response to planning applications, which have left new homes built close to the now-swollen River Avon.
Last year plans for 77 new homes in Park Road, alongside the River Avon on the edge of the town, were submitted by developers and the Environment Agency did not object – even though the road and the entrance to the site has been under several feet of water for the past week.
Now the developers, who lost on appeal earlier this year, have returned for another application, and calls are growing for the Environment Agency to step in. "Hopefully the planners and developers will get the hint now," said local resident Will Allbrook.
A spokesman for the agency said: "Unfortunately, the Agency is just an advisory body to planning authorities and if a planning application comes in, all we can do is make a recommendation or offer advice, so our role is limited."
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|The NFL could keep teams from grabbing coaches midseason. (Getty Images)
Josh McDaniels, who will reportedly be working from the coaches' box on Saturday, switched teams "midseason" this year when the Patriots hired him to replace departing offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien.
This didn't sit well with a number of teams and Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that the NFL will look at restricting movement of coaches from one team to another during the same league year.
The Broncos, in particular, didn't appreciate the swap, considering that McDaniels, who has intimate knowledge of their roster and personnel, spent all week helping the Pats prepare to play Denver again. (Probably not helping things: Tom Brady's assertion that McD has "inside information.")
Mortensen reports that "a few clubs lodged complaints" about McDaniels transfer and such complaints could be impetus for a rule preventing coaches from swapping teams midseason.
Implementing such a rule would be a logical move, even if the Patriots have several sound excuses -- O'Brien's already moving towards Penn State, and McDaniels will eventually be the full-time OC -- for bringing in McDaniels right away.
It's clear that having McDaniels on staff gives the Patriots some advantage and it's an unfair leg up on an opponent. It's also a gateway for some team down the road to temporarily hire a fired coach simply for a playoff or late-season matchup.
And that's why the NFL would be wise to nip it in the bud before it becomes a more serious issue.
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When my sister got married, she gave me a (quality) watch for being her maid of honor. Karen went the designer watch route, too, when I was the MOH in her wedding. Karen also gave each bridesmaid a hand-made clutch to match their shoes. Another memorable bridesmaid gift: a small photo album of the bride and I over the years.
I still wear the watches, and carry the clutch (although not at the same time). I look through the photo album at least once a year. These were awesome gifts. Not only were they practical, and sentimental, but they were useful.
So often, brides and grooms fall back on cliches, opting for engraved flasks for the guys and lotion, soap or candles for the ladies.
Matching jewelry sets is also another big, bad cliche (and by matching, I mean the kind of jewelry you buy as a set — and then buy identical sets for each of your attendants).
Flip flops round out the "bad idea" gift list.
But then there are the brides like Cindy and Karen and many, many others who gift smartly, thinking of each attendant, their likes and dislikes and not buying any old thing. These are your best friends and family, after all, you should know them well enough that you don't have to rely on anything similar to what you'd give as a grab bag or Secret Santa item at Christmas.
Some of the well-regarded presents: gift certificates for massages or other beauty treatments, high-quality robes with their initials engraved, dinner out, or even a hand-written note talking about your friendship and just how important they are to you. That would cost the bride and groom nothing (well, other than the note card), but would likely mean more than any silver-plated necklace or sleeve of golf balls ever could.
I'm working on a story for VOW on the most-creative, and worst (most cliche) gifts brides and grooms give their attendants.
Did you score for your attendants? Or maybe you were the recipient of a thoughtless, quick-decision gift.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The man convicted of attempted
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Eight people were rescued by the Coast Guard Sunday afternoon after a 21-foot recreational boat sank in the Kaiwi Channel, about 12 miles west of Molokai.
All eight people -- four children and four adults -- were wearing their lifejackets, and no injuries were reported, the Coast Guard said.
The group hung to three kayaks it tied together after their vessel sank.
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Bryan's police chief is putting an end to speculation that he's already left his job with the city.
Instead, Mike Strope says business interests may force him to retire earlier than scheduled.
Last October, Strope announced he'd be retiring from his post, but gave assurances that he'd stay on until the end of August. But Friday, Strope said some potential contracts in his consulting business may mean he leaves a month early.
The chief says he's already getting his assistants ready to take the reigns whenever he steps aside. That includes allowing them to have a hand in the on-going budget process.
Strope says he's also talked with Acting City Manager Kean Register about the topic, and that late July would be the earliest that Strope would leave Bryan PD.
The chief also says he is not leaving early due to any conflicts with city officials.
Prior to his stint as Bryan's police chief, Strope served in the same role in College Station, as well as in cities in Arizona and Oklahoma.
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London - Britain's Prince Harry is to quit flying army Apache helicopters and take up a desk job organising commemorative military events, Kensington Palace said on Friday.
Captain Wales, as he is known in the military, served in Afghanistan as an Apache co-pilot gunner during his three years with the Army Air Corps.
Kensington Palace said in a statement that 29-year-old Harry "has completed his attachment to 3 Regiment Army Air Corps and will now take up a Staff Officer role".
"His responsibilities will include helping to co-ordinate significant projects and commemorative events involving the Army in London," the statement said.
Harry, the youngest son of heir to the throne Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, and younger brother of Prince William, will retain the rank of captain, the palace said.
Harry served as an Apache co-pilot gunner during a 20-week tour in Afghanistan's Helmand province which ended in January 2013.
He later qualified as a commander in the attack helicopter.
Harry said during his Apache tour that he had killed Taliban fighters, who were taken "out of the game" by his unit if they targeted British soldiers.
It was his second tour in Afghanistan, after he served 10 weeks in Helmand from late 2007 to early 2008.
Lieutenant Colonel Tom de la Rue, who commanded Harry in the Army Air Corps, praised the fourth in line to the British throne for his service.
"Captain Wales has reached the pinnacle of flying excellence as an Apache pilot, particularly in Afghanistan and, in the process, has proved to be a real inspiration to the many Army Air Corps officers and soldiers who have come to know him so well over the last two years," de la Rue said.
All British combat troops are due to withdraw from Afghanistan before the end of 2014. - AFP
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British Steel 30th Anniversary Tour
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I remember the seats being packed at this show & hardly anyone being in the lawn because it was raining like holy hell on this night. I'd estimate the attendance to be about 11,000.
1. Bad Boys
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3. Love Ain't No Stranger
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The Eastern Washington University women's volleyball team has earned the America Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for its triumphs in the classroom during the 2009-10 school year. This marks the eighth time in school history the Eagles have been honored with the award, and the first time since 2005.
The AVCA Team Academic Award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 team GPA on a 5.0 scale.
Head coach Miles Kydd's team compiled an impressive 3.54 cumulative GPA during the 2009-10 academic year. In addition to the national recognition, the Eags also distinguished themselves in the Big Sky Conference, as 11 members were named to the 2009 BSC All-Academic team; the most for any volleyball squad in the league.
Eastern was one of 94 Division I schools to receive the AVCA award this year, while a record 450 total teams earned the distinction. This program has increased by over 300 percent in the last 10 years and 79 percent in the past three years alone.
"There is no better way to gauge the success of a sport than to track the accomplishments of the people who participate," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. "Each of these 450 teams represents 12-15 really smart kids. What a great day for the sport of volleyball."
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Hi guys!
Just looking for some tell tale signs of a sick horse and the average temp range of a healthy horse.
My guy has been breathing sort of hard and his nose is kind of runny, but my guess is that it is simply allergies. It just started recently, a little over a month (basically once it started getting warmer) , so I'm not too concerned. He is quite spazzy when riding, and he is MORE than willing to eat :wink:
Also wondering...do horses know when a plant is poisonous for them? I've always wondered this out of curiosity. Let's say there is a poisonous plant or some kind of bug spray on a plant, do they know to stay away from it? I figured they would due to instinct and how the horses in the wild would react, but I'm certainly no expert.
Thanks :-)
They generally avoid plants that are toxic, but if there is no other food source available they will eat them. I don't know about plants that have been sprayed, but I'm assuming they would smell different and the horse would not eat it.
Thank you!
Anyone else out there?
The biggest signs are not eating or drinking, so if your horse is eating and drinking, I wouldn't worry.
As far as plants, as My Beau said, they will generally avoid them unless they have nothing else to eat and start foraging for food. There are exceptions, though, e.g. red maple leaves in the fall, so you do want to keep an out for plants poisonous to horses.
....and I've never seen a horse that would eat anything that smelled like bug spray.
Allergies and eye irritations are common this time of year.
Normal body temperature is 99 - 101 F.
The pulse rate of an adult horse at rest averages 30-40 beats per minute.
The average respiration rate of an adult horse at rest is 8-15 breaths per minute
Hmm. It's pretty broad.
Lack of energy.
Listless eyes.
Raise in body temp.
Strained breathing.
Head down with runny nose.
Not eating/drinking.
Completely change in attitude.
Long, "sick" looking coat.
Long stance(like a Navicular one).
Colour of mucas membranes around the eyes or gums. Should be a healthy pink colour, pressed till go white and return to pink colour within seconds.
Red/blackish or Yellowish colour will indicate serious problems.
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Painthorse - very helpful, all good to know! He is more than willing to eat, so no worries there. I suppose if I start to worry I can always take his temp. =]
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For Immediate Release April 5, 2011The following statement may be attributed to the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (OFBF) The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation supports the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Boards decision to reinsert the turnaround language into their veal care standards. We appreciate the work done by the Board to resolve a number of difficult issues centered on veal housing.
Our support is based on several factors. Foremost is our acknowledgement of the Board as the ultimate authority on farm animal care issues. The difficult nature of this particular decision is exactly why the Board is needed. We also respect the views recently submitted by veal producers who saw no benefit to removing the turnaround language and the views of an actively engaged public. Finally, we believe the Board acted appropriately given the lack of definitive research on the topic.
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I am a bit flaggergasted at how much our public school is asking from us. I'm doing our online registration and the fees are just adding up!
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Jeff Krogstad, 57, gets ready to leave the Larimer County Community Corrections building in Fort Collins on Dec. 11. After completing Community Corrections programs, Krogstad has moved to the Lighthouse mission and works at the Johnson's Corner, a truck stop in Johnstown. / V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan
At age 33, Carla Burgess has been to prison multiple times for drugs and theft.
She was raped by a relative at age 12 and developed an addiction to methamphetamine which numbed the pain, she said. She never had much of a supportive social structure.
At (prison) you aint got no choice but to be tough, Burgess said. So a lot of us, weve got that shield up.
After she was arrested in May for meth possession, Burgess was sent to Larimer County Community Corrections for the third time. As a condition of being sentenced to the halfway house rather than prison, she was required to participate in an intensive drug treatment program started by Victor Johnson.
Johnson, the correctional services manager, screened people for the program and helped get Burgess in.
He never gave up on me, Burgess said, becoming emotional. He took something so hurting inside and so mean and gave me a third chance.
Burgess is testing for her high school equivalency degree this month but still has most of an 18-month sentence to serve.
Meanwhile, fellow Community Corrections participant Jeff Krogstad, 57, is finding independence for the first time in more than 30 years.
Arrested for robbery in 1979, he was out briefly in the late 1990s before going on another robbery spree that landed him back in prison for what was potentially the rest of his life. But Krogstad was given a chance by Johnson, and hes making the most of it with a steady job.
I was a habitual criminal with lots of armed robberies, a bad character, he said, adding the halfway house helped get his life on track. Being asked to accept responsibility, to follow rules and simple things thats what this place gave me the opportunity to do.
When word got out that Johnson, 53, had died of gastric cancer Dec. 1, it caused people to reflect. Krogstad was at his residence The Lighthouse, a faith-based sober living facility in Fort Collins, when he heard the news.
Two or three different guys immediately started sharing experiences that their life was changed, Krogstad said, adding Johnson had inspired them through opportunities. That is part of Victors legacy.
'All kinds of opportunities'
Krogstad said the state through the criminal justice system has invested more than $1 million in him, and hes inspired to make a difference.
Hes spent most of his life in prison. When free, hes struggled with alcoholism.
Years spent incarcerated and told when and where to do almost everything can make it difficult for former inmates to rejoin a society where theyre forced to think for themselves.
Community Corrections works to prepare participants by guiding them to pay rent, get a job and confront what struggles they may have before theyre on their own. The average person stays there about nine months, and the recidivism rate is about 24 percent, according to director Joe Ferrando.
Tim Hand is director of adult parole and community corrections and youthful offender system with the Colorado Departmetn of Corrections, as well as chair of the Larimer Community Corrections Board. He said the programs are proving effective and have benefitted from legislation in recent years.
Were seeing a lot of really good results sending people to the halfway house where they can stabilize, as opposed to prison, he said.
Johnson was known there as someone who would encourage people and hold them accountable.
This place will afford all kinds of opportunities, said Krogstad, whose mandatory release date isnt until 2025.
He arrived in January, getting his first chance to return to the community after 14 years in prison. His last prison photo on the Colorado Department of Corrections website shows a man with a long, scraggly beard and large glasses.
The transition wasnt easy.
Im a 57-year-old man with a 15-year-olds abilities, Krogstad said, adding hed never had bills such as utilities to pay, let alone found steady work. How do you explain 30 years in prison to somebody and ask them for a job?
Today his beard is trimmed, and he wears more stylish glasses. He has his own bike that he rides from Fort Collins to Johnsons Corner, a Johnstown truck stop along Interstate 25 where he washes dishes.
Hes taking online classes at Front Range Community College and hopes to fill a small niche of helping people in assisted living facilities.
Krogstad and others said along their path through Community Corrections, Johnson was always encouraging even when he was clearly busy.
I would talk to Victor all the time, he said.
Johnson worked at the facility until two weeks before his death.
Victims' services for inmates
Victims services for former prison inmates might seem an unusual part of a halfway house, but its an element Johnson brought to Larimer Community Corrections that appears to be making an impact.
A lot of people dont just commit a crime to commit a crime, said Ruth Carrothers, victims services coordinator at the facility. The correlation to trauma is pretty significant.
She said some people have a history of being sexually assaulted and others receive help after being victimized while trying to adjust to the outside world.
Burgess said shes found through the programs that she can be more open about her feelings.
I come from really a lot of trauma, and that has been my relapse, she said, referring to difficult social situations causing her to return to drugs. Theyve shown me that Im a good person, that I do have a heart ... I never had people care about me like this.
She said shes determined to complete the program and be a better mother to her six children.
I just want to help people, Burgess said. Im tired of hurting people.
Johnson was given the 35th annual Conrad L. Ball award shortly before his death after Hand had nominated him. Johnson worked at Larimer County Corrections for 21 years, starting as security staff before working his way to case manager, residential program manager and correctional services manager. His work included writing grants, starting programs and screening people to live at the halfway house.
One inmate whose life he affected donated a Christmas tree to his family. Burgess gave an ornament.
Thats how committed people are to who he was, Carrothers said.


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They did it.
The Detroit Lions did what most fans wanted and fired head coach Jim Schwartz. But the next decision the organization makes will be the deciding factor in what the future holds for this talented but immature team.
It's amazing how time flies. It doesn't seem that long ago that the Lions were languishing at 0-16 and hoping to just find a coach that would point the organization in the right direction.
When the Lions hired Schwartz after 2008 season, expectations were low, and the Lions job wasn't appealing at all. Fast forward to 2014, and the Lions coaching position is likely the most appealing job on the NFL market.
Schwartz helped the franchise climb out a pit, and it is now braced to become a winner. His replacement will be tasked with the expectation of winning a Super Bowl.
That shows great strides for the Lions organization, which has never had a win-or-get-fired mindset. But this move also means the Lions are at a critical crossroads.
It will take a well-rounded, balanced approach for the team to choose correctly with so much on the line.
By firing Schwartz, the Lions have raised expectations even higher. It also puts President Tom Lewand and General Manager Martin Mayhew in an interesting position.
They will make the next hire, and if it does not pan out, they each could be looking for jobs.
Many names have already begun to circulate. Denver offensive coordinator Adam Gase has led the Broncos to a record-setting year. He is from Ypsilanti, went to Michigan State University and actually worked for the Lions as a quarterback coach in 2007 while both Lewand and Mayhew were with the franchise.
Former Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith has been mentioned, as well as former Arizona Cardinals coach and current San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt.
Penn State coach Bill O'Brien also is expected to be interviewed if he remains available.
All of the candidates are solid, but none are spectacular. That means the Lions have to do a good job of finding the right fit for the team they currently have. There are building blocks in place. The next move is now the most important of them all.
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Chris Brown has continued his ongoing feud with WWE star CM Punk after he was challenged to a fight by the wrestler.
Yesterday saw Punk posting a video on Twitter which called Brown out on his attitude towards those who criticises him and his Rihanna assault conviction. In the video Punk says he wants to be the man who teaches Brown a lesson.
A response came through Brown's Twitter, with the 'Turn Up The Music' star saying that his career will far outlast that of CM Punk's.
"@cmpunk the video u just posted was cute! It's so funny how defensive u are," Brown tweeted. Adding: "And the fact that I really don't know who you are and could give a shit is the funny part! I really hope this 15 minutes of fame is paying you for the long run becuz music last forever! Wrestlers come and go according to ratings!"
Brown continued Tweeting, saying: "just so teambreezy knows... I'm never "ANGRY" when I speak my mind on Twitter! They want me to be mad! That's the difference! love."
Chris Brown and Rihanna raised eyebrows earlier this week when they collaborated on two remixes, just three years after he was convicted of assaulting her.
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