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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- At the direction of West Virginia legislators, a task force is considering whether to require the use of American-produced raw materials and products in all construction projects funded by state tax dollars.
The House of Delegates passed the West Virginia Buy American Act in February and the Senate passed it in March, before Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed it.
The legislation set up the Buy American Task Force to review its detailed provisions and requirements, before any of them can take effect. Task force members are supposed to report to the Legislature next year.
"If we take your tax money, we want to buy products made in America," said Delegate Larry Barker, D-Boone.
"Today, 37 states are looking at similar legislation. It would be nice if West Virginia was first in something," Barker said. "This country is doomed if we don't continue manufacturing."
Some of the major products used in construction projects, which are manufactured here and abroad, include pipes, reinforcing rods, pumps and electrical fixtures. Other materials, such as asphalt, can only be imported.
Barker said there would have to be some exemptions. "If an American-made product costs 25 percent more than a product made in China, we probably should use the Chinese product.
"And if there are not enough things made here, we will have to import them. Some products are not made here. Some things run in limited supply," Barker said. "If you can't buy it in America, then you can get a waiver."
The legislation itself pointed out, "The production of iron, steel, manufactured goods, coal and timber provides jobs and family income to many individuals in this state and, in turn, the jobs and family incomes of millions of persons in the United States."
"The main benefit of the 'Buy-American' process is to keep American dollars in America and preferably in West Virginia," stated the Buy American Task Force in the agenda for its Sept. 27 meeting.
Larry Matheney, secretary-treasurer of the West Virginia AFL-CIO, said, "Let's lay the foundation to begin reversing the trend of offshore manufacturing. It may cost a little bit more, but you create a job for your neighbor.
"Today, we are losing to product made in countries with low wages, no environmental regulations, no human rights," Matheney said. "Until we return manufacturing to the United States, all these other political arguments concerning deficit reduction are just rhetoric. We have to bring manufacturing jobs back if we want to see the resurgence of the middle class."
West Virginia's government currently has no rules requiring state agencies or contractors to reveal where they buy products used for construction.
Chris E. Jarrett, executive director of the West Virginia Water Development Authority, said he does not know what percentage of products used to construct his agency's new headquarters were made in America. The new $3.2 million building sits on the corner of Bullitt and Spring Streets in Charleston.
"We obviously tried to deal locally in any ways we could -- local labor, local vendors. But that was not mandatory. There were no guidelines we had to adhere to," Jarrett said.
He said the "Buy American" movement is a great idea, but potential problems loom.
"It is really complicated," Jarrett said. "Even if products are bought that were assembled in America, all of the parts are not necessarily made in America."
Ron Russell, a member of Carpenters' Local 1207, has been working on the nearly completed Water Development Authority building and grounds.
"We would also like to see American-made goods and American-made products used. We don't know how many [at his current project] were American-made," Russell said. "We want to be able to track the source of all the materials."
The FBI Center recently constructed in Clarksburg primarily used American-made products, Russell said.
"What would really be nice is if we got a law passed requiring this. Other states would then follow West Virginia," Russell said.
Raamie Barker, senior adviser to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, said the Tomblin administration supports the "Buy American" movement, but said that's not enough by itself.
"We also need to get people to look at where a product comes from when they purchase something for themselves," Barker said. "We need to make things in America. Consumers need to speak out. Then merchants will respond by looking for products that are made in America.
"If the marketplace demands that products come from American manufacturers, that is where they will come from," Barker said.
Members of the task force studying the Buy American bill include Edward Magee of the state Higher Education Policy Commission, Mitch Woodrum of the state Division of Labor, David Tincher of the state Purchasing Division and Elaine Harris of the Communications Workers of America.
"Those of us on the committee who represent workers tend to believe each and every product used in construction should be made in America. Sometimes, that it is not possible. But wherever it is possible, this brings jobs back to America," Harris said. "We also have many businesses that want to do the right thing."
"West Virginia's procurement policies," the legislation states, "should reflect the state's and the nation's principles ensuring that the products of those companies and workers who abide by our workplace safety and environmental laws and regulations should be rewarded with a commonsense preference in government contracting."
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
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Can the U.S. Withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq?
Recorded: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Civil strife in Iraq continues and instability may only increase after the January elections. U.S. withdrawal has become an acceptable strategy in Washington, but will it be tenable if violence escalates and Iraq unravels again?
Experts: Ivan Eland, Peter Galbraith, Charles V. PeñaType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Freedom, History (International), Politics, Terrorism and National Crises
Living With a Nuclear Iran and North Korea?
Recorded: Thursday, June 21, 2007
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What if North Korea and Iran become nuclear states? If the United States must live with a nuclear Iran and North Korea, what policies should it adopt? Furthermore, could the U.S. change its foreign policy to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation to even more countries?
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Key Biscayne, FL (Sports Network) - Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard
Gasquet along with Scot Andy Murray were among the early winners Saturday in
the second round of the Sony Open.
The second-seeded Murray had little difficulty in his matchup with Australia's
Bernard Tomic as he took a 6-3, 6-1 victory that lasted just under 57 minutes.
The sixth-seeded Tsonga battled through a tough first set before earning a 7-6
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- Berlin-based personal inventory platform Itembase lands $3.25m funding boost (VentureVillage); Itembase automatically organizes and stores all of your purchases, receipts, warranties, and user manuals into one simple electronic filing cabinet.
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Take Back The Night is an evening dedicated to raising awareness about sexual assault.
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Colorado air quality regulators have announced a rule change for the Front Range that would allow most new vehicles to go seven years before getting pollution tests, instead of four years under the current requirements.
The state Air Quality Control Commission said Thursday the changes won't go into effect until 2015 to allow time to get required approvals from lawmakers and the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Testing would still be required every two years once the new-vehicle exemption expires. But another change would allow the first two tests to use a vehicle's onboard diagnostics system instead of the treadmill currently used.
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It estimates the changes will save vehicle owners a combined $2 million to $8 million a year.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's parliamentary election has ended in a stunning deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line bloc and center-left rivals, forcing the badly weakened Israeli leader to scramble to cobble together a coalition of parties from both camps, despite dramatically different views on Mideast peacemaking and other polarizing issues.
Israeli media says that with 99.8 percent of votes counted on Wednesday morning, each bloc has 60 of parliament's 120 seats. Commentators said Netanyahu, who called early elections expecting easy victory, would be tapped to form the next government because the rival camp drew 12 of its 60 seats from Arab parties who've never joined a coalition.
A startlingly strong showing by a political newcomer, the centrist Yesh Atid party, turned pre-election forecasts on their heads and dealt Netanyahu his surprise setback.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Election officials in Israel are reporting relatively high turnout today, compared with previous years, as voters decide whether to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to office.
Sunny, spring-like weather is helping bring out voters. And a heavy turnout could favor Netanyahu's opponents, whose voters generally have a lower participation rate than the highly-motivated hard-liners.
Netanyahu is widely seen, even by some opponents, as the man best suited to lead Israel at a turbulent time. He has maintained a lead in the polls with a message that the country needs a tough-minded and experienced leader to face down dangers such as Iran's nuclear program and the rise of fundamentalist Islam in Egypt and other Arab countries.
His re-election to a third term would be expected to put Israel on a path to continued deadlock in peace efforts with the Palestinians, and further run-ins with the international community -- including Israel's key ally, the United States.
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Charlotte Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Child Pornography-Related Charges
|U.S. Attorney's Office July 26, 2012
CHARLOTTE, NC—A Charlotte man previously convicted by a jury for aiding and abetting the transportation of child pornography was sentenced on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in U.S. District Court in Charlotte to serve 15 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined by in making today's announcement by Chris Briese, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charlotte Division.
In May 2011, a federal jury found Rashod Sentelle Robinson, 28, of Charlotte, guilty of aiding and abetting the transportation of visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Robinson was indicted in October 2010. Testimony during the three-day trial established that in 2009 and 2010, agents with the FBI in Cleveland, Ohio, were conducting an online undercover investigation targeting people who used the Internet to share child pornography. An FBI agent testified at trial that, as part of the undercover investigation, he encountered a person using the name "rr75727" on the Internet and discovered that rr75727 was making child pornography available to others who wanted to download it from him. The FBI agent in Cleveland downloaded two videos and 18 images of child pornography directly from rr75727's computer.
During the course of the trial, FBI agents from the Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Charlotte Offices testified that the investigation into the identity of rr75727 led to a home in Charlotte, and Charlotte FBI executed a search warrant at the home in May 2010. According to trial records, FBI agents determined that although Robinson was not at the home at the time of the search, he lived at the home when he was on breaks from attending college at Virginia Military Institute. On the day of the search, FBI agents seized several computers, including two that belonged to Robinson. Further investigation revealed that Robinson attempted to destroy evidence contained on one of the computers after he found out the FBI was investigating him.
At trial, an FBI computer forensic examiner told the jury that he examined Robinson's computers and found child pornography, including the same two videos and 18 pictures that the FBI agent in Cleveland had downloaded from Robinson on January 6, 2010, on both computers.
The defendant has been in local federal custody in the Western District of North Carolina since November 2010. He will be transferred to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.
The investigation was led by the Cleveland and Charlotte offices of the FBI. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Kimlani M. Ford and Maria K. Vento of U.S. Attorney's Office in Charlotte.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- In the past two years, Prince George's County resident Delores Browder has traveled nearly 6,000 miles taking 34 local cancer patients, who otherwise couldn't get there, to treatment.
As a volunteer driver for the American Cancer Society Road To Recovery, she uses her own car and foots the gas bill.
"I don't know about others, but for me it's satisfying to know that I'm helping someone," Browder said of a breast cancer survivor in an interview with WUSA9's Andrea Roane. "I'm helping her...possibly to see another birthday."
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May 6, 2016
A judge in South Africa says Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, can leave South Africa to compete in international competition, with conditions.
Judge Bert Bam says the Olympic and Paralympic athlete must provide authorities with his travel plans at least a week before he leaves the country. He must also return his passport to the court within 24 hours of returning to South Africa
Pistorius' lawyers said in the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday that he had no immediate plans to compete, but might eventually need to run at track meets again to earn money.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre received three first prizes during 2013 ViennaTime watch fair held on November 14-17. The winners of the vote held for ViennaTime and MunichTime exhibitions were announced at the official ViennaTime opening ceremony on Thursday, November 14. Jaeger-LeCoultre's Master Ultra Thin Jubilee watch took the first prize in two different categories. The following day, the Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel Jubilee won the top prize at Chrono Awards in Austria.
Die Presse watch competition
The readers of "Die Presse", a renowned Austrian newspaper, chose Jaeger-LeCoultre's Master Ultra Thin Jubilee as the winner in the "Classic elegance" category out of 33 other models from various watchmaking brands.
Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Daniel Riedo received the prize in Vienna and highlighted the spirit of invention that has been guiding Jaeger-LeCoultre's artisans for 180 years. "The Master Ultra Thin Jubilee mechanical watch represents an important milestone for Jaeger-LeCoultre.The watch combines simplicity and elegance with Fine Watchmaking and is an eloquent tribute to Jaeger-LeCoultre's pioneering role in the sphere of ultra-thin watches."
Public vote at MunichTime
The Master Ultra Thin Jubilee was also elected as the winner in the Innovation category (price range 10,000 – 40,000 euros) by the public casting their vote at MunichTime Fair. Over 12,000 visitors attended the exhibition on November 1-3, 2013. Jürgen Bestian, General Manager of Jaeger-LeCoultre Northern Europe, received this prestigious award on behalf of the brand.
Chrono Awards
On Friday, November 15th, two Austrian economic magazines Trend and Format hosted the 11th Chrono Awards gala to announce the winners in various watch categories that had been elected by the magazines' readers. The first prize in First Class category (watches from 25,000 euros) went to the Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel Jubilee.
These prestigious awards for the timepieces of the Jubilee collection Hommage à Antoine LeCoultre mark another highlight in Jaeger-LeCoultre's 180-anniversary year, attesting to the leading positions of Jaeger-LeCoultre in the sphere of Fine Watchmaking.


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The 2010 Graduate awards were announced last Friday, April 30. This is a link to a picture gallery of all the award winners and all of the TRIO award winners. You are welcome to download any of the pictures to your computer.
2010 Graduate Awards
Outstanding Graduate Nominees
Mary Angelica Cabler
Teresa S. Epley
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The unloading facility would allow a train with 100 or more railcars to pull up at the refinery and have its cargo pumped to existing storage tanks, according to an application filed with the Northwest Clean Air Agency. The unloading facility would be able to transfer about 12,800 bbl of oil per hour.
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Refiners on the East and West coasts have worked in recent
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the Ferndale refinery. Mr. Ziemba said the rack
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In December 1998, President Gary Ransdell directed that the Western Kentucky University Research Foundation, Inc. (WKURF) be formed to facilitate and expedite scholarship at Western. His vision resulted in approval of the WKURF by the WKU Board of Regents in September 1999, by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in November 1999, and by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit to serve the educational needs of WKU and the community in February 2000. Since July 1, 2001 the WKURF has become operational as the unaffiliated fiscal agent of most external funds from grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.
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If the President determines that it is in the national security interests of the United States for United States civilian agencies or non-Federal employees to assist in reconstructing and stabilizing a country or region that is at risk of, in, or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife, the President may, in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 2364 (a)(3) of this title, but notwithstanding any other provision of law, and on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, furnish assistance to such country or region for reconstruction or stabilization using funds described in paragraph (2).
(2) Funds described
The funds referred to in paragraph (1) are funds made available under any other provision of this chapter, and transferred or reprogrammed for purposes of this section, and such transfer or reprogramming shall be subject to the procedures applicable to a notification under section 2394–1 of this title.
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 618, as added Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title XVI, § 1604,Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4654.)
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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2368,Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 618, as added Pub. L. 87–565, pt. III, § 301(c),Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 260, related to payment to the United States regarding the Settlement of Postwar Economic Assistance to Japan, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–424, title VI, §§ 604, 605,Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 961, effective Oct. 1, 1978.
Another prior section 2368,Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 618,Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 444, related to economic assistance to Latin America, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 87–565, pt. III, § 301(c),Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 260.
Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title XVI, § 1602,Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4653, as amended by Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title X, § 1075(e)(18),Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4375, provided that: "Congress finds the following:
"(1) In June 2004, the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (referred to as the 'Coordinator') was established in the Department of State with the mandate to lead, coordinate, and institutionalize United States Government civilian capacity to prevent or prepare for post-conflict situations and help reconstruct and stabilize a country or region that is at risk of, in, or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife.
"(2) In December 2005, the Coordinator's mandate was reaffirmed by the National Security Presidential Directive 44, which instructed the Secretary of State, and at the Secretary's direction, the Coordinator, to coordinate and lead integrated United States Government efforts, involving all United States departments and agencies with relevant capabilities, to prepare, plan for, and conduct reconstruction and stabilization operations.
"(3) National Security Presidential Directive 44 assigns to the Secretary, with the Coordinator's assistance, the lead role to develop reconstruction and stabilization strategies, ensure civilian interagency program and policy coordination, coordinate interagency processes to identify countries at risk of instability, provide decision-makers with detailed options for an integrated United States Government response in connection with reconstruction and stabilization operations, and carry out a wide range of other actions, including the development of a civilian surge capacity to meet reconstruction and stabilization emergencies. The Secretary and the Coordinator are also charged with coordinating with the Department of Defense on reconstruction and stabilization responses, and integrating planning and implementing procedures.
"(4) The Department of Defense issued Directive 3000.05, which establishes that stability operations are a core United States military mission that the Department of Defense must be prepared to conduct and support, provides guidance on stability operations that will evolve over time, and assigns responsibilities within the Department of Defense for planning, training, and preparing to conduct and support stability operations.
"(5) The President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request to Congress includes $248.6 million for a Civilian Stabilization Initiative that would vastly improve civilian partnership with United States Armed Forces in post-conflict stabilization situations, including by establishing an Active Response Corps of 250 persons, a Standby Response Corps of 2,000 persons, and a Civilian Response Corps of 2,000 persons."
Reconstruction and Stabilization Strategy
Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title XVI, § 1607,Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4657, provided that:
"(a) In General.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall develop an interagency strategy to respond to reconstruction and stabilization operations.
"(b) Contents.—The strategy required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
"(1) Identification of and efforts to improve the skills sets needed to respond to and support reconstruction and stabilization operations in countries or regions that are at risk of, in, or are in transition from, conflict or civil strife.
"(2) Identification of specific agencies that can adequately satisfy the skills sets referred to in paragraph (1).
"(3) Efforts to increase training of Federal civilian personnel to carry out reconstruction and stabilization activities.
"(4) Efforts to develop a database of proven and best practices based on previous reconstruction and stabilization operations.
"(5) A plan to coordinate the activities of agencies involved in reconstruction and stabilization operations."
[For definition of "personnel" as used in section 1607 ofPub. L. 110–417, set out above, see section 1603 ofPub. L. 110–417, set out as a note under section 2734a of this title.]
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4. Plyometrics. Personally, I love plyometrics. They are hard, but the end result is awesome. They are high intensity and involve skills such as jumping, bounding, and hopping. They provide the groundwork to improve your overall strength and stamina.
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According to a report from Reuters, Nigerian mystic John Adatiri was given a spoiler from beyond the grave on the outcome of the '10 World Cup, which starts next week in South Africa: Brazil will take it. The dead also informed him that his own home team would make the quarter-finals. Zulu witch-doctor Sebenzile Nsukwini has also contacted the dead in regards to the event, and assures us that there will be no terror attack on the World Cup. In other news, soccer is kind of awesome for once.
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Northern Garderns Projects is a housing project in Northern Gardens, Bohan. 3 buildings are located in Northern Gardens while 2 others are located in Industrial on Leavenworth Avenue. The projects are based in the real-life wp:Bronx River Houses in the Bronx. The projects exist of 4 main apartment buildings, the site also has a community office, a community center, 2 playgrounds, a parking lot, 4 smaller apartments, a basketball court, a small healthcare center and also a fire station located at the site. The projects are the biggest housing projects in Liberty City by height & size, And one of the few buildings that make up the small skyline of Bohan.
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Alcohol and its devastating effects is a theme that runs through Rick Bragg's memoirs. The author´s daddy, Charles, died in 1975 at the age of 40, a victim of alcoholism. In 2009, it is estimated that some 350 people die every day from this disease.
"We can no longer allow addiction to trump the family," said author and addiction therapist Debra Jay on March 10 at First Baptist Church. "I'd like to see the day when we have zero tolerance for untreated addiction."
The victims of addiction are not just the addicts, but their loved ones who often struggle to understand why their friend or family member continues to behave in a self-destructive manner. Jay said that one in eight people become alcoholics. One in three either lives with or is related to an alcoholic.
Debra Jay worked clinically with Hazelden before going into private practice 16 years ago. She and her husband Jeff Jay work nationally to help families of alcoholics by facilitating interventions.
She's the author of three books: Love First, co-written with Jeff, is the top selling book on interventions, and one of Hazelden's all-time top four bestsellers. Her most recent book is No More Letting Go: The Spirituality of Taking Action Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. Debra has been a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
During her talk, Debra frequently read passages from All Over But the Shoutin', a book she praised for its honesty. Here are some key points from her fascinating presentation:
1. Alcoholics drink because they are alcoholics. The why doesn't matter anymore. Society thinks it can come up with a reason — grief, low self-esteem, social ineptness. Those may be reasons why someone abuses alcohol, but not everyone who abuses alcohol will become an alcoholic.
2. Alcoholism is a brain disease, not a choice. No one chooses to be an alcoholic.
3. Genetics matter. Alcoholism is one of more complex of all genetic diseases, not a learned behavior. Some people are genetically predisposed to addiction. If you're born into a family of alcoholics, you have a 50-50 chance of becoming one yourself.
4. The addicted brain is changed. It's hijacked. The addicted brain works for the survival of the addiction. You can't talk logic. The addicted brain atrophies. Debra showed images of brain scans. The difference between a normal brain and one of an alcohol or drug addict was startling. The addicted brain was riddled with holes, showing how drugs and alcohol cause degeneration. But when an addict stops drinking or abusing drugs, and begins engaging in meaningful conversation (such as with a sponsor or counselor or during Alcoholics Anonymous meeting), the brain will regenerate.
Debra Jay also shared what she called the "most damaging myths that stop us from helping an alcoholic."
• You can't help an alcoholic unless he wants help. This could mean decades of personal tragedy. The question, Debra said, is what will get him to want help?
• Treatment won't work if he doesn't want it. Jay said it's not how you get into treatment that counts. It's what happens once you're there.
• The alcoholic must hit bottom. If this is the case, then the alcoholic will take along everyone — even the smallest children — on the trip to bottom. For Charles Bragg, the bottom was an early death.
Addicts may think they hurt only themselves, but children suffer profoundly. Little ones who are abused or neglected run a higher risk of suffering from mental illness later in life. Not only that, but children stressed by too much noise, abuse or violence will use all their brain power for survival, not for learning.
The goal of intervention, Debra said, is to "raise that bottom level," getting the addict to want help, to accept help.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Maura McEnaney on The Gene Countryman Show
Recorded: Sunday, October 6, 2013
Maura McEnaney, author of Willard Garvey: An Epic Life, discusses her new book with radio host Gene Countryman of KNSS in Wichita, Kansas.
Experts: Maura McEnaneyType: RadioIssues: Business, Culture/ Society, Entertainment, Free Market Economics, Land Use
Eminent Domain: Abuse of Government Power?
Recorded: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kelo v. New London that local governments may force property owners to sell out and to make way for private economic development, even if the property is not blighted. In response, many states have passed legislation and proposed amendments to their state constitutions to block this unprecedented government assault on the rights of property owners.
Experts: Steven Greenhut, Timothy SandefurType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Housing, Land Use, Property Rights


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May 6, 2016
Everything went to script Sunday night at the Academy of Country Music Awards until the end -- when Luke Bryan pulled off an amazing upset and won entertainer of the year.
Bryan beat out some of country music's top winners, including two-time winner Taylor Swift, in an upset that few would have predicted. The 36-year-old Georgia native recently began headlining his first arena tour and was the co-host of this year's show.
Bryan is the first male winner of the award since 2007 when Kenny Chesney won the first fan-voted award. Swift and Carrie Underwood have won two apiece since then.
Miranda Lambert was the top winner. She won her fourth straight female vocalist award and picked up three trophies for her hit song "Over You" -- one for single record of the year and two for song of the year. She was performer of the song and co-wrote the song with Blake Shelton.
The top male vocalist award went to Jason Aldean
And Little Big Town won top vocal group.
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May 2, 2016
The cash is part of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. An additional 4,000 households across the state will benefit.
The director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity says natural gas prices could still increase, putting low-income residents at risk of receiving unexpectedly high bills.
Total funding for the programs is about $146 million this winter.
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May 2, 2016
Hundreds if not thousands of little frogs have invaded one Martin County neighborhood and residents don't know how to get rid of them.
The tree frogs started showing up about a week ago in the neighborhood off Highway 64, east of Williamston. The little creatures have congregated at some 10 to 15 homes, with the frogs making their way inside some houses.
One resident says she's lived there for seven years and has never seen anything like this. The residents called an exterminator who said there was nothing he could do.
Neighbors say the only thing they can think is a nearby pond was drained last summer that might have prompted the tree frogs to come and visit them.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- The Denver Broncos have promoted Cory Undlin to secondary coach, replacing Ron Milus.
A person with the team who spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the club doesn't speak publicly about coaches' contracts stressed the decision wasn't a result of Baltimore's tying 70-yard touchdown pass in the waning seconds of regulation Saturday night.
The Broncos went on to lose 38-35 in double overtime, ending their 11-game winning streak that had made them the odds-on Super Bowl favorites.
Milus' contract wasn't renewed. He was in his second stint with the Broncos, who hadn't allowed a 300-yard passer all season before giving up 331 to Joe Flacco last weekend.
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49 U.S. Code § 44711 - Prohibitions and exemption
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(a) Prohibitions.— A person may not—
(1) operate a civil aircraft in air commerce without an airworthiness certificate in effect or in violation of a term of the certificate;
(2) serve in any capacity as an airman with respect to a civil aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance used, or intended for use, in air commerce—
(A) without an airman certificate authorizing the airman to serve in the capacity for which the certificate was issued; or
(3) employ for service related to civil aircraft used in air commerce an airman who does not have an airman certificate authorizing the airman to serve in the capacity for which the airman is employed;
(4) operate as an air carrier without an air carrier operating certificate or in violation of a term of the certificate;
(5) operate aircraft in air commerce in violation of a regulation prescribed or certificate issued under section 44701 (a) or (b) or any of sections 44702–44716 of this title;
(6) operate a seaplane or other aircraft of United States registry on the high seas in violation of a regulation under section 3 of the International Navigational Rules Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. 1602);
(7) violate a term of an air agency, design organization certificate, or production certificate or a regulation prescribed or order issued under section 44701 (a) or (b) or any of sections 44702–44716 of this title related to the holder of the certificate;
(8) operate an airport without an airport operating certificate required under section 44706 of this title or in violation of a term of the certificate;
(9) manufacture, deliver, sell, or offer for sale any aviation fuel or additive in violation of a regulation prescribed under section 44714 of this title; or
(b) Exemption.— On terms the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration prescribes as being in the public interest, the Administrator may exempt a foreign aircraft and airmen serving on the aircraft from subsection (a) of this section. However, an exemption from observing air traffic regulations may not be granted.
(c) Prohibition on Employment of Convicted Counterfeit Part Traffickers.— No person subject to this chapter may knowingly employ anyone to perform a function related to the procurement, sale, production, or repair of a part or material, or the installation of a part into a civil aircraft, who has been convicted in a court of law of a violation of any Federal law relating to the installation, production, repair, or sale of a counterfeit or fraudulently-represented aviation part or material.
(d) Postemployment Restrictions for Flight Standards Inspectors.—
(1) Prohibition.— A person holding an operating certificate issued under title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, may not knowingly employ, or make a contractual arrangement that permits, an individual to act as an agent or representative of the certificate holder in any matter before the Federal Aviation Administration if the individual, in the preceding 2-year period—
(A) served as, or was responsible for oversight of, a flight standards inspector of the Administration; and
(2) Written and oral communications.— For purposes of paragraph (1), an individual shall be considered to be acting as an agent or representative of a certificate holder in a matter before the Administration if the individual makes any written or oral communication on behalf of the certificate holder to the Administration (or any of its officers or employees) in connection with a particular matter, whether or not involving a specific party and without regard to whether the individual has participated in, or had responsibility for, the particular matter while serving as a flight standards inspector of the Administration.
Source(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1193; Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(56),Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4385; Pub. L. 106–181, title V, § 505(b),Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 136; Pub. L. 108–176, title II, § 227(d),Dec. 12, 2003, 117 Stat. 2532; Pub. L. 112–95, title III, §§ 307(b), 342(a),Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 61, 79.)
|Revised Section
|Source (U.S. Code)
|Source (Statutes at Large)
|49 App.:1430(a)(1).
|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 610(a)(1)–(5), (b), 72 Stat. 780.
|49 App.:1430(a)(2).
|49 App.:1430(a)(3).
|49 App.:1430(a)(4).
|49 App.:1430(a)(5).
|49 App.:1430(a)(6).
|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 610(a)(6), 72 Stat. 780; May 21, 1970, Pub. L. 91–258, § 51(b)(3)(A), 84 Stat. 235.
|49 App.:1430(a)(7).
|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 610(a)(7), 72 Stat. 780; May 21, 1970, Pub. L. 91–258, § 51(b)(3)(B), 84 Stat. 235; Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–604, § 11(b)(2), 84 Stat. 1705.
|49 App.:1430(a)(8).
|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 610(a)(8); added May 21, 1970, Pub. L. 91–258, § 51(b)(3)(C), 84 Stat. 235; Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–604, § 11(b)(2), 84 Stat. 1705; restated Sept. 3, 1982, Pub. L. 97–248, § 525(d), 96 Stat. 697.
|49 App.:1430(a)(9).
|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 610(a)(9); added Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–604, § 11(b)(2), 84 Stat. 1705; Nov. 9, 1977, Pub. L. 95–163, § 15(b)(2), 91 Stat. 1283.
|49 App.:1430(b).
|49 App.:1655(c)(1).
|Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(c)(1), 80 Stat. 938; Jan. 12, 1983, Pub. L. 97–449, § 7(b), 96 Stat. 2444.
In subsection (a)(1) and (7), the words "condition, or limitation" are omitted as being included in "term".
In subsection (a)(1), the words "without . . . in effect" are substituted for "for which there is not currently in effect an" to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (a)(2), (5), and (7), the word "rule" is omitted as being synonymous with "regulations".
In subsection (a)(2)(B), the word "prescribed" is added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
In subsection (a)(5) and (7), the words "prescribed . . . issued" are added for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code.
In subsection (a)(5), the words "of the Secretary of Transportation" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (a)(6), the words "proclaimed by the President" are omitted as surplus. The words "section 3 of the International Navigational Rules Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. 1602)" are substituted for "section 143 of title 33" because the section was part of the Act of October 11, 1951 (ch. 495, 65 Stat. 406), that was repealed by section 3 of the Act of September 24, 1963 (Public Law 88–131, 77 Stat. 194), and replaced by 33:ch. 21. Chapter 21 was repealed by section 10 of the International Navigational Rules Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–75, 91 Stat. 311) and replaced by 33:1601–1608.
In subsection (a)(7), the words "holding . . . such certificate" are omitted because of the restatement.
In subsection (a)(8), the words "by the Administrator" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b), the word "Administrator" in section 610(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (Public Law 85–726, 72 Stat. 780) is retained on authority of 49:106(g). The words "to the extent, and . . . and conditions" and "by such airmen" are omitted as surplus.
Pub. L. 103–429
This amends 49:44711(a)(2)(B), (5), and (7) and 46310(b) to correct erroneous cross-references.
2012—Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 112–95, § 307(b), added par. (10).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–95, § 342(a), added subsec. (d).
2003—Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 108–176substituted "agency, design organization certificate," for "agency".
2000—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–181added subsec. (c).
1994—Subsec. (a)(2)(B), (5), (7). Pub. L. 103–429inserted "any of sections" before "44702–44716".
Effective Date of 2012 Amendment
Pub. L. 112–95, title III, § 342(b),Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 80, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply to an individual employed by a certificate holder as of the date of enactment of this Act [Feb. 14, 2012]."
Effective Date of 2003 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 108–176applicable only to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 2003, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 3 ofPub. L. 108–176, set out as a note under section 106 of this title.
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 106–181applicable only to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1999, see section 3 ofPub. L. 106–181, set out as a note under section 106 of this title.
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–429effective July 5, 1994, see section 9 ofPub. L. 103–429, set out as a note under section 321 of this title.
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The Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations recently hosted a talk by Larry Wilkerson. His talk was entitled "Does It Really Matter Who Is President?".
Larry Wilkerson last served in government as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05). Before that he was associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02). Prior to his term at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired from active service in 1997 as a colonel, and began work as an advisor to General Powell. He has also taught national security affairs in the Honors Program at the George Washington University. He is currently working on a book about the first George W. Bush administration.
This talk was recorded March 4, 2013 in Northport at Point Lookout.
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The Central Valley Solar Cookers Club is a result of the efforts of Carl Peters, a long time advocate of solar cooking in the Fresno, California area. They meet informally and share their cooking experiences.
- June 21-23, 2013: (Fresno) Central Valley Solar Cookers will be holding a three day solar cooking festival at The Discovery Center in Fresno. This fun and educational festival will start at 5 p.m. Friday (the Summer Solstice) with a concert featuring local bands. There will be music and dancing performers until 10 p.m. There will also be solar science and other educational displays. Saturday will feature solar cooking demonstrations, solar cooked food tasting, local art and crafts for sale and all things solar. If you manufacture solar powered things please consider joining us with informational/sales displays. Sunday will feature a solar cooking contest. This will start at 10 a.m. and have categories for both professional chefs and amateurs. Please come join us to celebrate solar cooking and all things solar. More Information...
- Saturday, March 2, 2013: (Fresno) Central Valley Solar Cookers will be represented with a solar cooking information booth at the Chinese New Years Parade in downtown Fresno.
- Saturday, March 16, 2013: (Clovis) Central Valley Solar Cookers will be presenting a solar cooker building workshop at Dry Creek Park from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. For more infromation contact Carl Peters.
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Recent news and developments
- November 2012: The club continues to be one of the more successful solar cooking clubs in the U.S. This is probably due to the efforts of Ellen and Carl Peters. They now list 144 members of the Central Valley Solar Cookers Club.
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- May, 2011: Cooking Fun with the Sun - TasteFresno
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The son of one of the members of the powers that be who imports fuel, after successfully forming a company through the use of the good offices of his father, is rumoured to be circumventing the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA).
According to whispers, when the young man first started his business he sought an appointment with the TRA boss with the express purpose of talking him into allowing him to import a certain amount of fuel.
The TRA man immediately worked out the sum of money that the young man was required to cough up in taxes before allowing the black gold into the country. However, the young man said he had no money with him but he would pay the taxes later, but the tax man gave the young man an emphatic no.
However, before the young man left the TRA officer's office he called his father right there, in front of the tax man, and explained the problem he had encountered. His father on the other end of the phone ordered his son to give the phone to the tax man, and the young man did as instructed.
"I guarantee my son…allow in his fuel…he will settle his tax liabilities later," the man told the tax man, who curved in without a whimper. Now the following questions are very pertinent: For instance, did the young man live up to his promise? After getting the father's guarantee, would the tax man continue pestering the young man over the pre-payment of any tax?
Apart from the son, who else gets such favourable treatment by virtue of being close to the powers that be? Whispers have it that because of such incidents, tax collections have dipped quite considerably, hence leading to non-availability of funds for meeting numerous government expenses that include salaries.
For instance, employees in one institution which disburses funds in the form of loans to employees working for institutions that operate under the government have not been paid their salaries for the last four months. A source told the whisperer that the problem facing employees in the said institution is just a tip of the iceberg, that many civil servants have been going without their salaries for the same reason - lack of funds.
Meanwhile tribalism is reported to be rife in the main office of the powers that be where people from one of the regions in the southern highlands hold sway. According to whispers, a permanent secretary from the newly created southern highland region has appointed a region-mate to serve as chairman of the all-important public institution, whose employees have gone without salaries for the last four months.
And the latest whispers over some disgraced members of the cabinet has it that they have been walking around with keys to their offices, fearing the impending reshuffle. However, many people are wondering just how the ministers alleged to be walking around with keys of their offices are going to stop the president from carrying out his reshuffle.
Yet others say local sangomas (witchdoctors) have been making a kill from the ministers who are working day and night to stop the president's magical hand from removing them from their respective posts. Some ministers are reported to be involved in outrageous adventures just in order to ensure that they continue to remain where they are.
But it certainly makes sense, especially if one considers the fact that some of the ministers have been able to establish companies and acquire mansions very late in life, but after becoming ministers. In another development, many people are wondering from where the president is going to get the right crop of replacement for the disgraced ministers.
This is especially so when one considers the fact that the rest of the MPs from the ruling party are not reformists. They argue that the only reformist Members of Parliament in the House are the six MPs who appended their names and signatures to a paper preprared by Chadema's Kigoma North MP, Zitto Kabwe.
Kabwe's list of 75 MPs was prepared in order to move a motion in the House seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda for his failure to deal with some of the wayward ministers on his watch. And while still on ministers, this week President Kikwete entered Tanzania's political annals when he appointed an opposition leader, James Mbatia, a Member of Parliament.
Mbatia is the combative chairman of the NCCR-Mageuzi party. But no sooner had the president appointed the man than rumours swept the city that the appointment had gone a long way to confirming what every Hamis, Bakari and Julius knew but was only uttered in whispers: That the man has all along been a CCM mole.
Unfortunately, that is the problem with politics. That is why whoever ventures into the political minefield ought to have a skin as thick and hard as that of a crocodile. And fortunately for the man, he has indeed a very thick skin, especially if one considers the kind of controversies he has courted and numerous storms he has brewed up in the past two years.
For instance, after he failed to clinch the Kawe constituency seat during the 2010 general election, he filed a petition against the eventual victor, Chadema's Halima Mdee.
But before hearing of the case could be set in motion, he withdrew the case, shook hands with Halima and asked her to let bygones be bygones. Later, the NCCR-Mageuzi chief sacked from the party a very influential and youthful of Kigoma South MP, David Kafulila.
However, the latter successfully filed a case at the High Court, contesting his sacking. Therefore, following Mbatia's appointment as Member of Parliament he will now share the same platform with his fellow party member, Kafulila, and probably munch a chicken rib or two together at Dodoma's famous Chako ni Chako watering hole.
It is however very important to note that President Kikwete's decision to appoint a member of the 'opposition' as Member of Parliament means that he has helped to increase the number of opposition MPs in the National Assembly. But, as has already been pointed out, rumours have it that the President would not have done what he has done if Mbatia was a rabid opposition man.
How true that is only time will tell; but one thing is crystal clear: The man from Msoga has created a telling legacy for himself. And whoever repeats his act later, he will just be walking a well-bitten path.


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