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In 1997, when Washington wrangling over budget issues held up relief after the Ohio River flooded Cincinnati, Chabot raged against "politics at its worst" and said his hometown truly needed federal assistance to rebuild. His words at the time: "Let us get the disaster relief to the people who truly need it."
Fast-forward to January 2013, and Chabot is a refusenik when it comes to helping the battered Northeast United States with federal disaster relief.
Former New York Sen. Al D'Amato is calling the Republican House members like Chabot who wouldn't support $60 billion in aid for Hurricane Sandy-ravaged states a "bunch of jackasses." The jackasses are members of his D'Amato's own political party. Chabot apparently balked at the Sandy relief package because it offered federal cash to the National Park Service and other agencies that needed funding after the storm. Chabot saw pork where most in the House — the two Sandy bills passed by huge margins — saw responsible and necessary federal actions; to borrow his words, getting "disaster relief to people who really need it." Chabot and his fellow travelers are getting pounded as short-sighted skinflints. And he probably can be criticized as a hypocrite.
After the massive March tornado outbreak, Chabot posted links on his Twitter account and his official House website that guided Ohioans in the ravaged areas on how to apply for federal help. He pointed to the U.S. Small Business Administration as a source of disaster loans. On April 16, 2012, Chabot said, "The tornadoes on March 12 affected many in our region in various ways, and the Small Business Administration (SBA) may be able to help those who have experienced 'uninsured' losses caused by these catastrophic storms. If you are located in Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton or Warren counties and experienced damages caused by the tornadoes, high winds or flooding, you may be eligible for assistance from the SBA's Disaster Loan program. The Disaster Loan Outreach Center has reopened in Moscow, Ohio, with extended hours."
You can find the link from Chabot's official House website by clicking here.
But there is more to the story. In 1997, after a disastrous Ohio River flood wrecked much of Cincinnati's riverfront, Chabot ripped into then President Bill Clinton for vetoing a disaster relief package. Clinton was furious that the GOP had tied flood aid to his showdown with former Speaker Newt Gingrich over a government shutdown. Chabot said stopping the 1997 disaster relief package was a refusal to help Cincinnatian rebuild and get on with their lives.
Chabot took the House floor and gave a speech about Cincinnati needing federal disaster relief. Here is his speech from June 10, 1997:
"Mr. Speaker, yesterday President Clinton sent a callous message to the flood-ravaged American families in the Midwest. Only minutes after receiving the disaster relief bill from Capitol Hill, the President who likes to say he feels our pain told thousands of flood victims that he was going to veto the bill that would help them rebuild their homes and get on with their lives.
"Why did President Clinton veto the legislation? Because the bill contained a provision that would stop him from forcing another Government shutdown. Let me repeat that. The President is withholding aid to thousands of flood victims so he can reserve the right to once again put thousands and thousands of government employees out of work and bring the work of the federal government to a halt.
"Despite the fact that the President in a master of spin, Mr. Speaker, I do not think he is going to be able to spin this one much. The American people are going to see through this. It is politics at this worst. Let us get disaster relief to the people who truly need it most."
You can read his House speech here.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday laid out five steps that he said would have America "roaring back" during his first campaign stop since formally accepting the Republican nomination.
At Cincinnati's Union Terminal, Romney was joined on stage by his wife Anne, who spoke briefly, echoing her convention speech meant to humanize her husband.
He said his plan involved encouraging development in oil and coal, implementing a trade policy that favored American companies and not "cheaters" like China, making sure workers and students had skills to succeed in the coming century, reducing the deficit and encouraging small business growth.
"America is going to come roaring back," Romney told the crowd of thousands packed inside Union Terminal.
Not everyone was so impressed with the GOP nominee's promises.
About an hour after the Romney campaign event, Cincinnati Democratic leaders held a news conference to rebut the Republican's speech.
"Much of his (Romney's) speech was like his speech in Tampa, which is where Romney gave Cincinnatians nothing more than vague platitudes, false and misleading attacks without one single tangible idea on how to move forward," said Democratic/Charterite Cincinnati City Councilwoman Yvette Simpson.
Simpson, along with Democratic Councilman Cecil Thomas and Bishop Bobby Hilton, attacked the tax plan put forward by Romney and his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan. They said it would cut taxes for the richest Americans while raising taxes on the middle class by about $2,000 per household, citing an analysis from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
"Mitt Romney's plan would take Ohio and Cincinnati backwards, and we don't have time to go backwards," Hilton said.
Hilton credited Cincinnati's revitalization and urban development in part on federal money obtained from Obama's stimulus plan.
"We deserve better than this. We deserve better than Romney/Ryan," he said.
Romney would have disagreed with Hilton's assessment of Cincinnati's growth. During his speech he praised Ohio Gov. John Kasich, crediting him with bringing jobs and businesses to the state.
Romney also took time to attack President Barack Obama's record in office. The GOP nominee said in preparation for his convention speech he read many past convention speeches — including Obama's.
"He was not one of the ones that I wanted to draw from, except I could not resist a couple of things he said, because he made a lot of promises," Romney said. "And I noted that he didn't keep a lot of promises."
Romney also criticized what he called the bitterness and divisiveness of Obama's campaign, saying as president he would bring the country together. He mentioned the "patriotism and courage" of the late Neil Armstrong, who was honored in a private service in Cincinnati on Friday.
"I will do everything in my power to bring us together, because, united, America built the strongest economy in the history of the earth. United, we put Neil Armstrong on the moon. United, we faced down unspeakable darkness," Romney said.
"United, our men and women in uniform continue to defend freedom today. I love those people who serve our great nation. This is a time for us to come together as a nation."
The candidate's remarks ignited the crowd of thousands, many of whom wore shirts with slogans like "Mr. President, I did build my business," in response to a remark made by Obama about businesses being helped to grow by government contracts and infrastructure, and "Mitt 2012: At least he never ate dog meat," referring to a passage in Obama's 2008 memoir during which he recalls being fed dog meat as a boy in Indonesia.
Steve Heckman, a 62-year-old environmental consultant from Springfield, Ohio, said he voted for Obama in 2008 but will likely vote for Romney in this election.
He said he'd written "some pretty ugly stuff" about Romney in the past but felt jobs was the No. 1 issue and thought the Obama administration's policies were sending them out of the country.
"The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has, to me, become a little too almost like a fringe group, putting so much pressure on businesses that they are moving to Canada," Heckman said. "Things like air permits, the EPA is taking too long to issue them. It's not just power plants they're affecting, but all manufacturing."
Heckman said he didn't blame the president personally but thinks whoever he put in charge of the agency is being too strict.
"I grew up when the EPA was first put in place in the '70s, and they were, in my opinion, doing God's work," he said, citing the cleaning up of rivers such as the Cuyahoga near Cleveland, which famously caught fire because of pollution in 1969.
"I support the EPA, but it's driving businesses out of here."
Speaking ahead of Romney were U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, Sen. Rob Portman, U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, Ohio treasurer and GOP senatorial candidate Josh Mandel and Republican U.S. House candidate for Ohio's 2nd District, Brad Wenstrup.
"This election is all about changing Washington," Mandel said. "The only way to change Washington is to change the people we send there."
The Glenn is under construction in San Diego, where a keel-laying ceremony signifying the initial step in construction was held earlier this week. When it enters the fleet, which is expected in 2015, the vessel will be 837 feet long and displace 80,000 tons when loaded. Navy officials say they can use it for both warfighting and humanitarian missions. The ship was in the Pentagon budget before the current debate over the fiscal cliff and defense spending cuts got under way. Meanwhile, NASA is no longer able to put astronauts in orbit because funding for manned flights ended when the space shuttles were grounded.
John Glenn was a Marine pilot who became one of NASA's seven original Mercury astronauts. He was friendly with John F. Kennedy, who recruited him to become a politician. During his years in the Senate, he was among Ohio's most popular elected officials. Glenn ran for president in 1984 but didn't make it out of the primaries. He was a flop as a national candidate.
Navy officials say they plan to build three ships similar to the USNS John Glenn, which are designed as giant sea-going supply and troop platforms. They can carry three hovercraft for amphibious operations. The Navy calls the ships Mobile Landing Platforms and says the design is based on the huge commercial supertankers that carry crude oil from Alaska.
Glenn is in his nineties and attended the keel-laying ceremony. He is active and campaigned last fall for President Barack Obama's reelection.
Human rights activist and author Kerry Kennedy, one of the late Robert F. Kennedy's daughters, will be in Cincinnati Friday to speak about women who create social change.
Kennedy will appear at an event sponsored by the Woman's City Club of Greater Cincinnati. The speech will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Millennium Hotel, 150 W. Fifth St., in downtown Cincinnati.
Tickets to the event cost $25 for the lecture or $125 for the lecture and a reception with the speaker afterward, and are available online in advance or at the door.
She will present a speech entitled, "The Power of One: Stories of Inspiration from Women on the Cutting-Edge of Social Change."
Kennedy, 52, is president of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Justice and Human Rights in Washington, D.C. Also, she is chairwoman of the Amnesty International USA Leadership Council.
Kennedy is author of the best-selling books, Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk about Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning, along with Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World.
She is the seventh of Robert F. Kennedy's 11 children. From 1990-2005, she was married to Andrew Cuomo, the current New York governor and son of Mario Cuomo.
Founded in 1915, Woman's City Club has worked to foster civic reform and social justice in Cincinnati. Among its many activities, the club helped establish the city's first race relations committee and held study circles on various issues to encourage greater civic participation.
President Barack Obama announced a new trade action against China during a Cincinnati campaign stop on Monday, where he also took the opportunity to attack Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
The U.S. filed the case at the World Trade Organization on Monday and claims that China offers "extensive subsidies" to native automakers and auto-parts producers.
The Chinese government filed its own complaint before the WTO on Monday, challenging tariffs the U.S. imposes on Chinese products ranging from steel to tires. The tariffs are meant to protect American manufacturers against what the U.S. government claims are unfair trade practices by China.
"(The U.S. action is) against illegal subsidies that encourage companies to ship auto part manufacturing jobs overseas," Obama said before an estimated crowd of 4,500 at the Seasongood Pavilion in Eden Park. "These are subsidies that directly harm working men and women on the assembly lines in Ohio and Michigan and across the Midwest."
"It's not right, it's against the rules, and we will not let it stand. American workers build better products than anyone. 'Made in America' means something. And when the playing field is level, America will always win."
Obama went on to criticize his Republican challenger, saying Romney made his fortune in part by uprooting American jobs and shipping them to China. Obama accused Romney — who has criticized Obama's foreign policy, saying the president apologizes for American interests — of talking the talk without being able to walk the walk.
The Romney campaign countered with an email after the rally, saying that Obama's economic policies were hurting the private sector and harmed manufacturing.
"The President's misguided, ineffective policies have hampered the private sector and allowed China to flaunt the rules while middle-class families suffer," Romney campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg wrote.
"As president, Mitt Romney will deliver a fresh start for manufacturers by promoting trade that works for America and fiscal policies that encourage investment, hiring and growth."
The email pointed to reports from Bloomberg finding that manufacturing and production have shrunk recently.
Before the Obama rally several Ohio Republicans held a news conference behind a Romney campaign bus near Eden Park, where they focused more on the deficit than foreign trade.
U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot said it was "laughable" that Obama considers himself a budget hawk. He pointed to the decline in budget negotiations between the president and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, saying Obama "walked away" from talks with Speaker John Boehner.
"Basically as president from that time last August until now, it's been all politics," Chabot said.
Chabot also attacked Obama on foreign policy, claiming the president has left Israel hanging in the Middle East and is not serious with Iran, who he says is on the brink of getting nuclear weapons.
The president in his speech said he did have a plan to reduce the federal deficit, and would reduce it by $4 trillion over the next 10 years without raising taxes on the middle class.
Monday's visit to Cincinnati was Obama's second of this campaign and his 12th trip to Ohio this year. Romney has visited the state 18 times during his campaign.
Obama was scheduled to fly to Columbus Monday afternoon for a campaign appearance there.
Activists gathered on Thursday outside of the West Chester office of U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, asking the House's top official to look at reducing military spending when coming up with a budget.
The group of nearly two dozen — which included nuns, a veteran, a retiree advocate, a small businessman and progressive activists — held signs reading, "It is time for Nation Building in the United States. Cut Massive Pentagon Budget Now!" and "End Tax Breaks for Richest 2%."
"We're here today in front of Speaker of the House John Boehner's West Chester office to drive home the fact that we believe that over 50 percent of the budget magically, this elephant in the House, has failed to be discussed as we discuss taking away services that provide human needs," said David Little of Progress Ohio.
"Any discussion that fails to address excesses in that budget is failing the American people."
Little added that it was possible to support the troops and veterans without spending billions on pointless wars.
Butler County attorney and Navy veteran Bruce Carter said the military can be more efficient in what he called the changing mission.
"When you refuse to have a discussion on over half of the budget, that's like trying to tell the Bengals to win a game without going over the 50 yard line," he said.
The group had a letter to deliver to Boehner, which contained what they called a statement of principles.
"We believe in a holistic approach to the budget crisis, and in order to protect the middle-class, cuts to the Pentagon need to be at the forefront," the letter states. "We understand that Pentagon cuts are a controversial issue, however, Pentagon cuts in the sequester do not threaten our national security."
The letter suggests that some of the money currently being spent on the Defense Department goes to providing services for veterans.
The military accounted for about 52 percent — or $600 billion — of discretionary spending in fiscal year 2011.
In contrast, education, training and social services collectively made up 9 percent of the budget.
The group of four activists weren't allowed into Boehner's office, but a young staffer met them outside. He said that the speaker thought everything should be on the table when it came to budget cuts.
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan weighed in on the controversy over replacement National Football League referees in a Tuesday town hall-style meeting in Cincinnati, comparing the Obama administration to the substitute officials who cost his home-state Green Bay Packers a victory with their botched call Monday night.
"Give me a break. It is time to get the real refs," Ryan said.
"And you know what, it reminds me of President Obama and the economy — if you can't get it right, it's time to get out. I half think that these refs work part time for the Obama administration in the budget office."
Ryan was referencing a play that should have been called an interception for the Packers but instead allowed the Seattle Seahawks to score a game-winning touchdown on Monday Night Foodball. Replacement referees — some of whom may have been fired by the Lingerie Football League for incompetence — are filling in for unionized officials who are locked out.
The vice presidential candidate spoke inside a Byer Steel warehouse surrounded by piles of I-beams and rebar. A self-proclaimed Southern gospel rock band played before the event, occasionally pausing to talk up GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's conservative credentials.
Much of Ryan's prepared speech, as well as questions from participants in the town hall, focused on the economy, the deficit and the need for changes to entitlement programs.
Asked by an audience member how he would limit government and eliminate programs, Ryan said he and Romney would spur economic growth by lessening the tax burdens on small businesses, cut discretionary spending on government agencies and overhaul entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Outside before the rally, protesters called for Ryan — whose House-passed budget made deeps cuts to many welfare and safety-net programs — to have more compassion for the poor.
Meanwhile an airplane sponsored by MoveOn.org carried a banner reading, "Romney: Believe in 55% of America?" referencing comments revealed in a recent video where Romney claimed 47 percent of Americans didn't pay any income tax and viewed themselves as victims reliant on government so it wasn't his job to worry about their votes.
"We're here with several messages, including the immorality of the Ryan budget and how it will impact the vast majority of Americans negatively," said David Little with the liberal advocacy group ProgressOhio. "When a budget protects those with the most and negatively impacts those with the least, I would suggest that is immoral."
Bentley Davis with the Alliance for Retired Americans said she was concerned about what Romney and Ryan's plans for Medicare and Social Security would do to retirement security.
Ryan had proposed to keep Medicare the same for anybody already 55 and over, but give younger Americans the choice to get money to spend toward private insurance or stay in a Medicare-like program.
Inside the warehouse was a digital sign that ticked up the national debt, which was at $16 trillion and rising.
"Here is what our government, our Congressional Budget Office, is telling us our debt is in the future if we stay on the path that President Obama has kept us on, has put us on … the debt goes as high as two and a half times the size of our economy by the time my three kids are my age," Ryan said.
The Obama campaign fired back in an email response, saying Ryan used misleading rhetoric to hide his own record and Republican plans to raise taxes on the middle class to fund tax cuts for wealthier Americans.
"The Romney-Ryan ticket has plenty of questions to answer about a failed record on manufacturing and job creation and their support for policies that will devastate middle class families by raising their taxes and shipping jobs overseas," Obama for America – Ohio Press Secretary Jessica Kershaw wrote.
"These policies would take the growing manufacturing industry backward, not forward."
For some in the audience, the economy was also on the forefront.
Steve Teal, 56, of West Chester, said he doesn't like the direction the country is going in.
"Just get the country back to work," Teal said. "I don't trust him (Obama). He doesn't stand up for America. He doesn't stand up for Americans."
CityBeat writer Stefane Kremer contributed to this report.
Ryan went from Cincinnati to an event with Romney in Dayton later on Tuesday.
Bryan Fischer, radio host and Christian group American Family Association affiliate, has been trying to prove a point since last month: that gay activists are the "number one perpetrators of hate crimes in America."
a video was posted of Fischer pooping out of his mouth something
about the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Fischer said "You're
going to have the homosexual lobby committing one hate crime after
another against servicemen. This is going to be virtual genocide …
for people of faith."
Sarah Palin, who is undecided about running for president, will accidentally collide with Mitt Romney when she wheels her "One Nation" tour into New Hampshire today. Romney, who has announced his intention to run for president, is scheduled to deliver a speech in Stratham, N.H., and Palin said, "Maybe we'll run into him." Palin, in an interview with CNN said that New Hampshire voters aren't particularly special and that it's a coincidence that she and Romney are in New Hampshire at the same time. "I guess that's that nonpolitician in me not looking at a New Hampshire voter any differently just because they have, you know, an earlier primary than somebody else," Palin said.
Left-leaning blog cannonfire.com reports that the Weinergate scandal has been closed because the format of the pee pee picture Anthony Weiner allegedly sent to coed Gennette Cordova was resized and reformatted, meaning the New York congressman sent the photo.
"Don't act like you're not impressed."
Heuwetter is pissed her late aunt left the majority of her estate —
around $300,000 — to Family Radio, the group that predicted the
world would end on May 21. Though she knew her aunt Doris Schmitt
loved the radio station and its batshit crazy owner, Harold Camping,
she never guessed that she'd be one of the poor souls to contribute
so much to Family Radio, which made $18 million in 2009 alone.
"This was not a woman who had anything. She literally had Family Radio on day and night — she went to bed with it and woke up to it," said Heuwetter. "That was all she had." That and about $300,000. "She would have been devastated," Heuwetter said. "Listening to him say things would be better in paradise made her feel better — she totally believed she would leave this world on May 21, and she needed to believe that." Unfortunately, Scmitt died alone at the age of 78 on May 2, 2010 in her small home in Queens, New York.
Camping, who forgot to mention that his prediction that the world would end extends to October —factoring in leap year and all that — assures everyone who gave him money that they will die happy deaths later this year and anyone who hasn't given him money can still make a donation to the Family Radio website.
But please don't actually do that.
Holy shit. Reagan? Really?
Walnut Hills High School has once again been recognized among the country's top high schools, ranking No. 1 in Ohio and 90th in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual Best High Schools rankings. The ranking considered 22,000 public high schools, distinguishing some with gold, silver or bronze medals based on factors such as state proficiency standards and students' college preparedness. Indian Hill High School ranked third in Ohio and 140 in the country, with Wyoming High School fourth in the state and 143 nationally.
In other education news, state legislators have introduced bipartisan legislation to curb pension debt, while will result in teachers working longer and paying more into the retirement system. The bills were introduced by Senate President Tom Niehaus (R-New Richmond) and Senate Minority Leader Eric H. Kearney (D-North Avondale).
Anyone willing to admit to having purchased male sexual enhancement product Enzyte is eligible to receive a piece of $24 million that the U.S. Justice Department has released to pay people who bought products sold through fraudulent practices. The former Forest-park based company's founder Steve Warshak was convicted in 2008 for conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and producing stupid commercials involving a smiling white guy's penis-like garden hose working better after using the company's product.
Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a 35-year
incumbent, was handily defeated by Tea Party challenger Richard
Mourdock on Tuesday after Mourdock spent weeks arguing that Lugar had
drifted from conservative principals. Here's some reaction to the
news of the 80-year-old's primary loss.
As expected, North Carolina yesterday passed its ban on gay marriage, 61 percent to 39 percent. The Los Angeles Times reports that the measure is more restrictive than other states' marriage amendments: "The measure is more restrictive than all but three of the marriage amendments passed in other states, according to a study published by 11 family law professors at seven North Carolina universities. The measure could even deprive unmarried women of protections against domestic abuse, while restricting child custody and visitation rights for unmarried gay or straight couples, they said."
The Atlantic recounts a series of potentially misleading reports about the CIA thwarting of an Al-Qaeda plot to destroy a U.S. bound plane. Initial reports suggested that a CIA double agent infiltrated the terrorist organization, but later accounts attribute the work to an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabia.
Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, died Tuesday in Connecticut, four days after suffering a stroke. The following is an excerpt from a Philadelphia Inquirer obituary, which notes that an estimated 10,000 of Sendak's works and papers are collected in Philadelphia's Rosenbach Museum & Library:
Jonathan Bartlett, a University of the Arts graduate, now a freelance illustrator in Brooklyn, said, "What matters to me most as an illustrator is that he was incredibly honest in his books. He had no qualms about speaking the truth to kids. That's why his work has had such visceral impact for so many years."
Jerry Spinelli, a children's book writer living in Wayne, said, "He focused on the fringes, the backwaters, the side-pools, the under-noticed areas of common human experience, and he could transform that into stories, told with pictures even more than with words."
Former Cincinnati Red Josh Hamilton hit four home runs last night to lead the Texas Rangers to a 10-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Today the team decided to go ahead and reengage in contract extension talks with the 30-year-old former overall No. 1 pick.
Federal officials this week awarded more than $2.6 million to a local nonprofit agency that oversees various programs aimed at reducing homelessness.
The money, allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was given to Strategies to End Homelessness, which was formerly known as the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Continuum of Care.
In total, HUD awarded nearly $201 million to 731 programs focused on addressing homelessness. The funding will help provide critically needed rapid re-housing, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals and families.
Locally, Strategies to End Homelessness coordinates such federal funding. It will divide the money as follows:
** Center for Independent Living Options (permanent housing) — $854,432
** Salvation Army (rapid re-housing for homeless families) — $526,797
** Prospect House (homeless housing and treatment) — $126,000
** Freestore Foodbank (rapid re-housing for homeless individuals) — $739,858
** Lighthouse Youth Services (permanent supportive housing) — $409,122
HUD awards such funding based on outcomes achieved by the local homeless services system.
"Our community received this funding because we have been successful at doing two things: helping homeless people move into housing, and also increase their income, specifically through employment," said Kevin Finn, Strategies' executive director, in a prepared statement.
According to the latest data reported by more than 3,000 cities and counties throughout the United States, homelessness declined 2.1 percent between 2010 and 2011 and dropped 12 percent among military veterans.
Founded in 2007, Strategies to End Homelessness coordinates services and funding toward the goal of ending homelessness. The organization works to prevent at-risk households from becoming homeless, assist people who are homeless back into housing, and to reduce the recurrence of homelessness.
The organization has created a single, coordinated system that includes the use of homelessness prevention services, street outreach, emergency shelter, rapid re-housing, transitional and permanent supportive housing, and services-only programs.


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TEMTI is a working group of the Commission for Environmental, Economic and Social Policies (CEESP). Its core mandate is to provide practical and enabling information, as well as relevant policy options on issues lying at the intersection between economics and environmental and social sustainability. The main objective is to enhance and maintain the capacity of CEESP's members and of the entire Union to address matters related to economic issues and policies that affect sustainability at the local, national and international levels.
TEMTI is a network of specialists involved in rigorous research and debates in a quest for greater economic justice and environmental responsibility. TEMTI is a group where plurality of views is welcome. Its work is based on rigorous analyses of the dynamics and structure of the world economy. We believe that without understanding the configuration and underlying forces that drive the global economy it will be impossible to advance towards a consistent set of policies capable of leading to worldwide sustainability. It is important therefore to work with real world economic data and accurate analytical tools that enhance our capacity to diagnose and recommend robust policy changes. This includes promoting the study of hitherto neglected themes, such as the impact of macroeconomics or the role of monetary variables and the financial sector in the process of environmental degradation and social disparities. TEMTI is an open space for critical thinking about old paradigms and new lines of research and policymaking.
TEMTI evolved from a previous cluster focused primarily on issues of trade and the environment. We have expanded this to cover macroeconomic policies, as well as sector level policies (agriculture, industry) and horizontal or cross-sector policies (energy, science and technology). In accordance with CEESP's vision and mandate, TEMTI conceives long-term sustainability as involving not only conserving ecosystems' integrity, but also social responsibility and justice.
TEMTI has thirty five members. They are based in Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe.

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Combine the family style vacations circa the 1950's with the holiday spirit and you'll find yourself at the Lodge at Whitefish Lake. While more people are plugging in and spending less time together here at the Lodge we're doing just the opposite. Gather your family and friends and experience a White Christmas in Whitefish.
Family friendly activities abound at the Lodge, especially during the holidays. Spend quality time with your children enjoying stories by the fire. Kick back and relax with popcorn and a classic on movie nights. Get your children's pictures with an authentic Cowboy Santa; they can tell Santa what is at the top of their wish list and you'll get to take home a photo to cherish for a lifetime. Enjoy the white glove service at High Tea with Santa. Stop by the lobby for a warm cookie in the afternoon, a special treat for everyone in the family.
The Lodge is also a perfect place for a couples winter escape. Centrally located you can enjoy the slopes of Whitefish Mountain Resort and excitement of downtown Whitefish. You'll also enjoy many activities at the Lodge designed for the adult crowd. Before you even reach the door you'll have an opportunity to stop by the Ice Bar and get a cocoa or something stronger. Every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday night you can enjoy live music in the Boat Club Lounge. Come on Saturday and you can enjoy the most popular man in town, John Dunnigan, performing popular acoustic covers. After a day on the slopes or a long day of relaxing stop by the Boat Club Lounge for Aprés Ski Specials daily served up by Chappy, everyone's favorite bartender.
If you are looking for the perfect way to spend winter break with the entire family or an ultimate ski vacation the Lodge has what you're looking for.
Visit our Holidays at the Lodge page for a complete list of event HERE.


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Born in 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Malcomson began her acting career shortly after moving to New York's East Village at age 19, making her acting debut in Michael Almereyda's award-winning experimental film, "Another Girl Another Planet" (1992) before landing minor parts like the drug-addled Allie Earp opposite Kurt Russell in "Tombstone" (1993). After reuniting with Almereyda for two films, "The Rocking Horse Winner" (1997) starring Eric Stoltz and "Trance" (1998), she began building her résumé with a number of guest starring roles on popular series like "Arli$$" (HBO, 1996-2002), Profiler" (NBC, 1996-2000), "The Practice" (ABC, 1997-2004), and "Six Feet Under" (HBO, 2001-05). Fol... Continue Bio >>
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Garden Oasis at Woodside Library
One of the lesser-known gems of the San Mateo County Library system is the California Native Plant Garden, hidden behind the library. Patrons busily using their laptops can work outdoors at a shaded table; staff members on a lunch break can stretch out on benches and gaze dreamily into the towering redwood treetops.
National Recognition
The members of the Woodside-Atherton Garden Club provide volunteer stewardship of this resource, actually weeding and planting and identifying materials with plant tags. Our local group was nationally applauded for outstanding public relations at the 95th annual meeting of The Garden Club of America. The award plaque tells why:
"Horticulture and Conservation unite in a public landscape of elegant beauty and inspiration for those who want to emulate responsible planting in their own gardens."
Do It Yourself?
So if you're wandering around the garden's graveled paths, thinking "I have a sunny meadow area where I'd like to plant those flowers, perhaps – where do I start?" Library staff can hand you a free garden guide, which lists the various plantings. If you want a personable human guide, free tours are available by request with advance notice; call the library at 650.851.0147 to leave contact information.
Note that the California Native Plant Garden is only accessible through the library and is open during Woodside Library hours: Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 to 5.
Go Forth and Plant Green . . .
The Woodside-Atherton Garden Club's wonderful website also lists other local gardens for inspiration. Highly recommended is the densely informative California Native Plant Society's website www.cnps.org.
And Books?
Before grubbing in the dirt, you might want to delve into these books with clean hands, please. Bettina Dreyer, the Woodside-Atherton Garden Club's energetic president, says she uses California Native Plants for the Garden by Bornstein et. al. the most. Author M. Nevin Smith goes more in depth in Native Treasures: Gardening with the Plants of California. Ms. Dreyer also likes to consult Designing California Native Gardens.
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CLEVELAND - Rob Chudzinski's roots run 44 years deep with the Browns.
As a kid, he buckled on his orange helmet and ran around his backyard in Toledo, Ohio, pretending he was Ozzie Newsome. He sat outside in the snow and watched Cleveland games on TV through the window to make it feel like he was in the Dawg Pound.
On Friday, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came true for Chudzinski, who was introduced as the Browns' sixth fulltime coach since 1999. Although he has never been a head coach, "Chud" was selected over candidates with more experience and stronger resumes.
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A long-time fan of the Browns, Rob Chudzinski hopes to bring much needed change to Cleveland.
Chudzinski, though, stood out. He wanted it more than anyone.
"It's a dream come true, almost unbelievable in a lot of ways," Chudzinski said.
There is a segment of Browns fans as stunned as Chudzinski, whose hiring seemed to come out of nowhere.
After interviewing several high-profile candidates, including Oregon coach Chip Kelly, former Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt and other top coordinators, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner picked Chudzinski, who spent the past two years as Carolina's offensive coordinator.
Haslam said he spoke with "nine or 10 of the best coaches in the country" and insisted Chudzinski was on the team's list of candidates from the outset.
"Rob was always on our radar screen," Haslam said of his first coaching hire. "Rob has been identified as a top, bright, young guy for a long time. I feel very confident we've got the right guy."
This is Chudzinski's third stint with the Browns. He coached Cleveland's tight ends in 2004 and was the team's offensive coordinator in 2007-08. In his first season calling plays, the Browns went 10-6 and had four players make the Pro Bowl. It hasn't been nearly as good since he left.
"Happy to see Chud coming back," Browns Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas said in an email to the AP. "We had a good year in 2007. Very smart offensive mind. When he left, I knew he'd be a great head coach someday!"
Chudzinski's first task is to assemble his staff. He'll speak with the assistants still under contract and is confident he'll be able to bring in quality coaches to build the Browns into a consistent winner. Chudzinski would not comment on any specific candidates, but there are reports he'll hire former San Diego coach Norv Turner as his offensive coordinator.
Working on an hour's sleep after getting his dream job. Chudzinski would not comment on any players on Cleveland's current roster. He said his philosophy will be to "attack" on offense and defense and he feels the Browns have the versatility to run a 4-3 or 3-4 defense.
Now that they've hired a coach, Haslam and Banner will focus on finding a new general manager to help pick players for Chudzinski, who will be involved in finding the next GM.
"I wouldn't have missed this opportunity for anything in the world," he said. "To bring back the pride, the passion, the success this franchise has had in the past, I want to be part of that."


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Rick Sammon, a Canon Explorer of Light, has published 36 paper books, including Secrets of HDR Photography, Exploring the Light, and Digital Photography Secrets. Rick also has three apps on the iTunes store: Rick Sammon's 24/7 Photo Buffet - an e-book that offers 24/7 access to Rick's best photo tips, tricks and techniques. Rick Sammon's Social Media Marketing for Photographers, a series of Quick Time movies that features Rick's tips on Social Media. Rick Sammon's Life Lessons We Can Learn From Mother Nature, a collection of Rick's favorite wildlife photographs accompanied by inspirational quotes. Mini-lessons on wildlife photography are also included, as well as quick Photoshop tips. Rick's book, Flying Flowers won the coveted Golden Light Award, and his book Hide and See Under the Sea won the Ben Franklin Award. Rick, who has photographed in almost 100 countries around the world, gives more than two-dozen photography workshops (including private workshops) and presentations around the world each year. Rick co-founded the Digital Photography Experience (www.dpexperience.com) with Juan Pons. DPE is on-line digital photography learning center that offers podcasts and articles - and more! Rick, who has been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame, is considered one of today's top digital -imaging experts, cutting through lots of Photoshop "speak," making it fun, easy and rewarding to work and play in the digital darkroom. When asked about his photo specialty, Rick says, "My specialty is not specializing." See www.ricksammon.com and www.dpexperience.com for more information.


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The 2011 VMA's have happened to us. I tried to be positive and root out the best dressed. Here is a gallery of everyone else, from the ridiculous to the intensely ugly to the simply fame whoring. Hope you like sparkly silver sausage casing, because everyone (Demi Lovato, JWoww, Vanessa Hudgens, Kim Kadrashian) all got together before the ceremony and coordinated their outfits. …When you're finished, you can also check out the after party looks.
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Serena Williams made her Centre Court debut today and sent a clear signal today that she is ready to defend her Wimbledon crown.
The 3-time champ was in ominous form defeating a quieter but not subdued Michelle Larcher de Brito 6-0, 6-4. Her stats tell the tale including 47 winners/15 UEs, 15 aces, 64% first serve, 9 of 12 net approaches and - most impressively - 27 of 27 points won on her first serve. Yikes.
ReRe will face Anna Chakvetadze for a spot in the third round.
So here's a look at what ReRe's wearing - on her body and her nails - as she goes for a fourth Wimby title.
She's working the Nike Women's Fall Control Lawn Dress ($80) in white + voltage cherry which she was asked about in her post-match presser:
Q. Can you talk us through your outfit today.
SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, we dubbed it Strawberries and Cream. Strawberries, is that the correct enunciation of it? I don't have a good British accent. The red is strawberries and the white is cream. It's not like a pure white; it's more of a cream. Also the red kind of symbolizes a lot of things I do in Africa, along with a lot of the work, like the red laces. Everybody that buys a pair can pretty much save a life in Africa.
I really kind of wanted to tie that all together with this championship. Since it means so much to me, I thought it could work well. The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together.
Q. Your nails look good today.I bet she did the nails herself since she's now a licensed nail technician. I mean, why get someone else to do it?
SERENA WILLIAMS: They have strawberries on them, too. If I would have thought about it, I would have put a strawberry instead of a heart. They're hearts. I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner. I could have had a strawberry.
Anyway, I love this entire outfit including the warm up jacket - great fit, color combo, reference to the strawberries + cream - and of course the red knickers which are reminiscent of a certain lady baller's who's been out and, I fear, may not return. It seems even a bit sophisticated and definitely appropriate for the defending ladies champion.
Dear Venus: Please take note. If this design idea was in your hands you might have decided to wear an actual bowl of strawberries + cream on your head. It's all about interpretation, and this is how you do it.
Maria Sharapova's game wasn't looking too shabby today either. The 2004 champ crushed compatriot Anastasia Pivovarova 6-1, 6-0 in her opening round match hitting 15 winners/12 UEs and 13 of 18 net approaches. Her serve, though, will determine whether she makes any impression this fortnight. Even though her first serve percentage was only 51 she managed to keep her double fault tally at 2 for the match. That's a pretty good start.
She'll next face Ioana Raluca Olaru, who defeated Alize Cornet, in the next round.
Shrieka is wearing the Nike Lawn Rose Dress ($120) which features layers of jersey inspired by rose petals around the skirt while a layer wraps front to back on the bust.
Alright guys, this is absolutely her best dress of the entire season so far. The Russian's still doing her fave layered look but the interpretation and execution is spot on. I think having the dress code restriction may have been the best thing for her design aspirations here. Kudos to that!
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Test Overview
A stool test is one of many tests used to look for colorectal cancer. These tests may find cancer early, when treatment works better. Colorectal cancer affects the large intestine (colon) and the rectum.
There are three kinds of stool tests:
- Fecal occult blood test (FOBT). For this test, you put tiny samples of your stool on a special card or cloth and send it to a lab. The lab uses chemicals to find blood that can't be seen with the naked eye. With some test kits, you can add the chemicals yourself at home. For several days before the test, you can't eat certain foods, and you have to stop taking some medicines.
- Fecal immunochemical test (FIT), also called an immunochemical fecal occult blood test (iFOBT). For this test, you take a sample with a brush and dab it onto a special card. This test may be easier to do at home than the FOBT. There are no drug or food restrictions, and collecting a stool sample may take less effort.
- Stool DNA test (sDNA). Instead of looking for blood in the stool, this test looks for abnormal DNA from cancer or polyp cells. For this test, you collect all of the stool from one bowel movement and put it in a special box that you mail to the lab. There are no drug or food restrictions. Of the three tests, this one has the easiest instructions.
Blood in the stool may be the only symptom of colorectal cancer, but not all blood in the stool is caused by cancer. Other conditions that can cause blood in the stool include:
- Hemorrhoids. These are enlarged, swollen veins in the anus. Hemorrhoids can form inside the anus (internal hemorrhoids) or outside of the anus (external hemorrhoids).
- Anal fissures. These are thin tears in the tissue that lines the anus (anal sphincter) up into the anal canal.
- Colon polyps. These growths of tissue are attached to the colon and often look like a stem or stalk with a round top.
- Peptic ulcers. These sores form when the digestive juices made in the stomach eat away at the lining of the digestive tract.
- Ulcerative colitis. This type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) causes inflammation and sores (ulcers) in the inner lining of the colon and rectum.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This is the abnormal backflow (reflux) of food, stomach acid, and other digestive juices into the esophagus.
- Crohn's disease. This type of inflammatory bowel disease causes inflammation and ulcers that may affect the deep layers of the lining of the digestive tract.
- Use of aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Stool tests may be used to check for colorectal cancer, but they are never used to diagnose it. Other tests for colorectal cancer include flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and CT scan (virtual colonoscopy).
A stool test is one of many tests that may be used to screen for colon cancer. Other tests include sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and computed tomographic colonography. Which screening test you choose depends on your risk, your preference, and your doctor. Talk to your doctor about what puts you at risk and what test is best for you.
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Why It Is Done
Stool tests are done:
- To look for signs of cancer.
- FOBT and FIT/iFOBT tests look for blood in the stool. These tests are useful to screen for colon cancer, because tissue or polyps with cancer are more likely to bleed than normal colon tissue. If bleeding is found, more tests will be done to find the cause. It's important to call your doctor if a home test shows blood in your stool. A home test doesn't replace the need for a regular exam by your doctor.
- Stool DNA tests look for abnormal changes. Colon cancer cells often contain DNA changes in genes. Cells with these changes can be shed into the stool, where this test may be able to find them.
- As part of a routine physical exam for those with a higher chance of getting colorectal cancer, especially at age 50 and older.
How To Prepare
Since colorectal cancers do not bleed all the time, FOBT and FIT/iFOBT tests are done over several days on different stool samples. This increases the chance of finding blood in your stool if it exists. A stool DNA test requires only one sample.
You may need to avoid certain foods for 2 to 3 days before the test. This depends on what kind of stool test you use. If you aren't sure, ask your doctor.
Do not do the stool tests during your menstrual period or if you have active bleeding from hemorrhoids. Also, do not test a stool sample that has been in contact with toilet bowl cleaning products that turn the water blue.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form (What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
For a stool test, it may be helpful to catch the stool on some plastic wrap draped loosely over the toilet bowl and held in place by the toilet seat.
For tests that require more than one sample, be sure to collect each sample the same way.
You will need to collect stool samples over three different bowel movements on three different days. The test kit includes a wooden applicator and test cards. Be sure to follow the instructions that come with your test kit, including any instructions to avoid certain foods in the days before the test.
Other ways to do FOBT:
- Some kits instruct you to use a special cloth to wipe with after a bowel movement. After wiping with the cloth, you put the developer solution on it to check for color change that means there is blood in the stool.
- Other kits have a special test pad that you place in the toilet after having a bowel movement. The pad will change color if the stool has blood in it.
If there is blood in your stool, call your doctor as soon as possible.
You will need to collect two stool samples for testing over different days. The test kit includes brushes and test cards. Be sure to follow the instructions provided in the test kit. The FIT/iFOBT test doesn't require a special diet in the days before you take the test.
Stool DNA test
For this test, you will save all the stool from one bowel movement. You use a special box for the stool and mail it to a lab. You will receive a kit from your doctor with supplies and instructions for doing this test at home. Always follow the instructions in your kit.
How It Feels
You may find it unpleasant to collect a stool sample for these tests.
These tests do not have any risks.
For some FOBT kits, you can read the results yourself. Other tests, including FIT/iFOBT and stool DNA, are read by your doctor.
A normal FIT/iFOBT or FOBT test means that there was no blood in your stool at the time of the test. A normal sDNA test means that no abnormal cells were found. Normal test results are called negative.
An abnormal FIT/iFOBT or FOBT test means that there was some blood in your stool at the time of the test. An abnormal sDNA test means that some abnormal cells were found. Abnormal test results are called positive.
Normal results
If a stool test is normal, it does not always mean colorectal cancer or colon polyps are not present. That's because these tests can miss polyps and some cancers.
Talk with your doctor about how often you should do a test, depending on your age and any risk factors you may have for colorectal cancer.
Abnormal results
A colon polyp, a precancerous polyp, or cancer can cause a positive stool test. With a positive test, there is a small chance that you have early-stage colorectal cancer.
Talk with your doctor about what test you may need next. Most of the time, an abnormal stool test means that you will need to have a colonoscopy.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have a stool test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Having blood in the urine, menstrual bleeding, hemorrhoids, an anal fissure, bleeding gums, or nosebleeds.
- Having cleaning products in the toilet water at the time of the test.
What To Think About
- Stool tests can produce false-positive and false-negative results.
- False-positive means that the test may be positive when you don't have a polyp or cancer.
- False-negative means that the test may be negative when you do have a polyp or cancer.
- These tests may miss polyps and some cancers.
- The stool DNA test is still new, and it isn't available everywhere.
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Other Works Consulted
- Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2013). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 6th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- Haas JS (2013). Adult preventive health care. In EG Nabel, ed., ACP Medicine, section 2, chap. 2. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.
- Hoffman RM, et al. (2010). Colorectal cancer screening adherence is higher with fecal immunochemical tests than guaiac-based fecal occult blood tests: A randomized, controlled trial. Preventive Medicine, 50(5–6): 297–299.
- Levin B, et al. (2008). Screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps, 2008: A joint guideline from the American Cancer Society, the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 58(3): 130–160.
- Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
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Vice President Joe Biden said nothing shaped his consciousness more than seeing TV footage of voting rights marchers being beaten by state troopers on Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965.
Biden traveled to Selma on Sunday to participate in the Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The event commemorates the 1965 march, which prompted Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act and add millions of African-Americans to Southern voter rolls.
Biden said the beatings became a moment of clarity for the nation and made people realize the right to vote was not settled. Biden said challenges against voting for all continues today with the enactment of voter ID laws and restrictions on early voting.
After Biden's speech, he planned to participate in a re-enactment of the march across the bridge.
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"Now the fun starts," said Rifle Finance Director Charles Kelty as he presented the draft 2013 city budget to the City Council at its Oct. 3 meeting.
The city's spending plan for the coming year now has more than a $1 million gap between estimated general fund revenues and requested expenditures.
"As in the last few years, we don't expect a lot of new revenue," City Manger John Hier told council at its Oct. 3 meeting. "It's another slim and trim budget."
Overall, the city's general fund will not change much over this year's budget, Kelty said.
"If you look at total expenditures versus revenues, it's pretty grim," he added. "But when you look at each department, it's hard to cut any one."
The draft budget lists total general fund revenues of more than $8.7 million by the end of this year, but only slightly more than $7.5 million estimated for the coming year.
Meanwhile, estimated total expenditures for this year are more than $8.5 million, while city departments requested roughly the same level of spending, more than $8.5 million.
A hiring freeze - except to fill a vacated position - will continue in effect, Kelty said.
"The only requested new positions are to make a part-time position in the municipal court and one in the police department full-time," he noted.
Kelty said the biggest increase in the budget will be in the water fund. The city plans to build a new $25 million water treatment plant to replace the aging Graham Mesa plant.
"So we have water revenues going up with the higher water rates," Kelty said. "And the [3/4 of a cent] sales and use tax will affect that, too."
Voters will decide on Nov. 6 if they want to increase the city sales and use tax by 3/4 of a cent to help repay a loan from the Colorado Water and Power Development Authority that will fund construction of the new plant.
Kelty said the fate of that ballot question will determine the final numbers in the water capital fund, estimated at $3.3 million this year. With passage of the sales tax, the draft budget lists $4.1 million and slightly less than that without the sales tax.
Around half of the city's revenue comes from sales and use taxes, Kelty said, followed by intergovernmental revenues, such as shared funding between the city and Garfield School District Re-2 for a school resource officer.
The city estimates sales and use tax revenue to remain roughly the same at almost $4 million. Intergovernmental revenue is estimated at $1.3 million this year, and next year $1.1 million.
City Council began a series of six workshops last week and will wrap those up on Oct. 30. Two public hearings on the budget are scheduled for Nov. 7 and 21, with final adoption and certification of the city mill levy on Dec. 5.
Kelty said the entire draft budget can be viewed on the city web site, rifleco.org, and a printed copy is available at City Hall, 202 Railroad Ave., during regular hours.


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By Eames Yates
March 28, 2013
Valdosta, GA -
Valdosta's cool breeze blew through 957 pinwheels on the lawn of city hall Thursday morning. Although beautiful, their presence represents a darker reality.
Sara Riley is with Choices for Life of Georgia. She said "that's the number of reported cases of child abuse and child neglect in Lowndes County in the year 2012."
Valdosta Mayor John Gayle said "there's no telling how many more that we don't know about. And so it's really adamant that people who see things going on, who know that they're next door neighbor might have this problem or something like that, that they speak out."
The pin wheel campaign started in Lowndes County. There have been more than 2 million distributed since it went nationwide back in 2008.
It wasn't just pinwheels. The seventeenth annual Blue Ribbon Campaign also kicked off.
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Roughly 3 children die every day in America as a result of child abuse and neglect.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — LL Cool J is adding a little twang to his latest hosting duties.
The rapper and Grammy Awards host over the past years will co-host the Academy of Country Music's annual television special.
He will be joined by actor Chris O'Donnell.
The show "ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops" will be taped April 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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The campus community is invited to view documentary "Sicko" and hear faculty discussion as part of a North Central Global Human Rights event, Tuesday Oct. 16.
On Oct. 16, the campus community is invited to view the 2007 documentary "Sicko," one of three North Central College Global Human Rights events on campus this fall. Sponsored by the Office of International Programs and Leadership, Ethics & Values program, the free event takes place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the theatre at Meiley-Swallow Hall. Filmmaker Michael Moore investigates and presents his perspective of health care, health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry in the United States.


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Browsing Drake Theses and Dissertations by Title
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A Study of the Effect of Various Anions on the Exchange Reaction Between Zinc Metal and Zinc Ion (Drake Univeristy, 1979-09)This study was undertaken to determine what effect if any the concentration of various anions have on the exchange reaction between zinc metal and zinc ions. A search of the literature was done to gain information on the ...
A Study of the Effects of Various Levels of Cranially Applied Electricity on Passage of Glucose from Cerebral Circulation into the Brain (Drake University, 1976-05)The problem. Electricity, as a controlled energy, has been utilized in many capacities with varying degrees of success. Among these applications is Electroanesthesia (EA). Much is known about the gross effects induced ...
A Study of the Expressed Values of Fifth and Sixth Grade Academically Talented Children in the Des Moines Public Schools (Drake University, 1972-05)
A Study of the Extent to Which the Instructional Practices of Teachers of Adults Differ from the Instructional Preferences of Adult Learners Enrolled in Postsecondary Credit Courses (Drake University, 1994-10)The problem. Most adult education literature supports the collaborative teaching-learning mode as the most effective method when teaching adults. While this andragogical model is accepted by most adult educators, little ...
A Study of the Feasibility of Reorganization of the Collins-Maxwell School Districts (Drake University, 1977-08)The problem. Since the 1968 study by Drake University, the Department of School Administration, College of Education, and the 1970 survey by Richard Dexter, no action has been taken to reorganize any of the five school ...
A Study of the Leptospiral Carrier State of Rats (Drake University, 1981-10)The problem. The Common Norway rat ("Rattus norvegicus") is a known carrier and shedder of "Leptospira" of the serotype "icterohaerrorrhagiae". This investigation was done to determine if the Des Moines wild rat population ...
A Study of the Macroinvertebrate Drift in the Des Moines River (Drake University, 1976-08)The problem. To determine the effects of Red Rock Dam on one segment of the aquatic fauna, the "drifting" macroinvertebrates. Procedure. Drift samples were taken at two points on the Des Moines River. One sampling station ...
Study Of The Physical Education Program In The Elementary Schools Of Five Major Cities In Iowa, 1949-50 (Drake University, 1950-05)
A Study of the Population and Labor Force Characteristics of the Des Moines Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (Drake University, 1963-01)
A Study of the Relationship Between Data Obtained by Faculty and Clinician Interviews and Self-Reported Generic Abilities of Applicants to a Graduate Physical Therapy Program (Drake University, 1998-05)The problem. This research examined the relationship of how applicants to a physical therapy program rate themselves on "Generic Abilities" with interview scores given by physical therapy faculty and clinicians. Procedures. ...
A Study of the Relationship Between Distributive Education Students' Perceived Degrees of Job Satisfaction and On-the-job Training Grades They Received (Drake University, 1974-11)The problem. This research studied the degree of job satisfaction of graduates of the Urbandale High School Distributive Education program from its beginning in 1966 through the 1972 school year. It also attempted to ...
A Study of the Significance of a Commercial Network Broadcast Television News Program for Children (Drake University, 1975-06)The problem. Are the educational children's programs presented by network broadcasting truly instructional media? Procedures. Students were tested in groups of 100 each week over a four-week period on material presented ...
A Study Of The Special Education Programs Of Ballard Community School District (Drake University, 1980-06)The problem. This study traced the development of the special education programs of Ballard Community School District. It provided a historical perspective of how and why the special needs services of the district have ...
A Study of the Teaching Methods, Materials, Class Organizations, and Opinions of American History Teachers in Selected Iowa High Schools (Drake University, 1978-08)The problem. The purpose of the study was to examine the present status of social studies education in selected Iowa public high schools. The research particularly focused on aspects of social studies education related ...
Study Of The Variation In The Blood Picture Among Normal Chickens And Those Called External Bleeders (Drake University, 1953-06)


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There are quite a few luxury hotels in Victoria for those looking for some pampering on their holiday. A spa hotel is one such option that offers you a chance to relax while taking a much needed break from everyday life. Boutique hotels can also be found in Victoria close to top attractions like the Abkhazi Gardens and Beacon Hill Park. Stay at Victoria resorts for beautiful views and great service. Since Victoria is the capital of British Columbia, there are many downtown hotels available for business travelers needing to be near the city center. If you are traveling to Victoria for business, you might also want to look at one of the airport hotels in order to be close to your flights in and out of the city.
Deals abound on hotels in Victoria, BC making Victoria vacations a great option for travelers of all interests and budgets.


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Clayton, MO (KSDK) - An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday in St. Louis County for a man accused of stealing a City of Clayton golf cart after being released from jail, then driving the cart to his home in south St. Louis County
28 year old Richard Blome, who currently has a Fenton address, was arrested and charged last June after police say he stole the cart from the Center of Clayton after being released from jail for an unrelated incident.
Authorities say they located the stolen golf cart in front of a residence across the street from the Lemay home where Blome once lived.
Police records show Blome was released from the St. Louis County Jail on the night the cart was taken, and Blome later admitted he took the cart and drove it from Clayton to his home on East Cartwright, parking it in front of his neighbors house.
Once Blome is back in custody, a Judge ordered Blome be held without bond on the felony stealing charge.


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Electronic billboards attractive to cities
Debate over digital signs spreads across North County
6 Vista appears poised to be the first North County city to erect digital billboards, but it probably won't be the last.
The Oceanside City Council voted in April to allow up to four of the billboards on city property, but — unlike in Vista — no specific proposal has come forward. And, in September, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors launched a study on whether to allow the digital billboards in unincorporated areas.
The freeway-adjacent electronic signs are typically owned by billboard companies that sell spots for vivid advertisements, which change every several seconds. The same kind of technology is visible on a 27-by-48-foot marquee along Interstate 15 in Escondido at the auto center that includes a Lexus dealership, but advertisements on that sign are limited to the businesses in that complex. There are more such signs outside North County's backcountry casinos on tribal-owned land.
Critics say allowing digital billboards along North County freeways would create blight in the community. Supporters say they would give local businesses an opportunity to attract more customers.
They would also allow cash-strapped municipalities such as Vista to grab a slice of the advertising revenue the signs would generate.
Bret Schanzenbach, executive director of the Vista Chamber of Commerce, said digital billboards offer too many advantages to pass up, including promoting community events and boosting the city's income.
"It's coming to other communities in our area, like Oceanside," Schanzenbach said. "There is nothing wrong with being ahead of the curve instead of behind."
Ken Leon, president of the Shadowridge Owners Association and an opponent of the billboards, said Vista should not allow the signs just because other cities do. The cities of Carlsbad and Encinitas have recently rejected proposals for digital billboards.
"I recognize that it's probably unrealistic for Vista to withdraw from the competition but I think that if other cities jump in we are just going to have a glut of ugly signs," Leon said.
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In January, the Vista City Council asked its staff to begin negotiations with CBS Outdoors, one of the largest billboard companies in the world, to build two digital billboards along state Route 78.
On Tuesday, the council will review a draft agreement with the company and give city staff directions on how to proceed. Under the terms of the agreement, the city would get a 52 percent share of the billboards' revenues, about $300,000 to $400,000 a year, according to a city report.
Meanwhile, Supervisor Bill Horn was approached last year by billboard industry officials about allowing such signs on county property, his spokeswoman Anita Lightfoot said.
He and fellow Supervisor Dianne Jacob asked county staff to study the issue in September and a report was completed and distributed to supervisors Jan. 30.
The report made no recommendations but provided the board with several options on how to convert billboards into digital technology.
No decision has been made about whether to make any changes, Lightfoot said. "We are currently working with Supervisor Jacob's office and evaluating our options," she said.
The digital billboards proposed in Vista and studied by the county would be owned by advertising companies — such as CBS Outdoors, Lamar Advertising Company and Clear Channel Outdoor — and display a wide range of ads.
City and county officials say the billboards could benefit the public by displaying information about community events, as well as emergency messages such as Amber Alerts.
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According to the county's report, there are about 108 regular billboards in the unincorporated areas of the county, including 30 in North County.
The report, produced by the county's Planning and Development Services, said companies are interested in converting about a dozen of those billboards to digital technology. The report doesn't say specifically which billboards would be changed.


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) - Researchers are spending a lot of money and time trying to find a cure for cancer. However, more and more evidence shows that a healthy diet is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to prevent cancer.
"We don't know where cancer comes from and it is important that we are overall healthy. That is also probably helping us in preventing cancer," says Lombardi Cancer Center Oncologist Dr. Leena Clarke.
Dr. Clarke says cancer fighting foods do exist. For example, foods rich in Vitamin D like fish, cereal and milk should be in your diet. Research shows these foods may help prevent both colon and breast cancer cells from developing.
"Vitamin D, like many other food items have several different effects to our bodies. In terms of preventing cancer, it induces the differentiation of the bad cells so it eliminates them," said Dr. Clarke.
Other foods on Dr Clarke's cancer-fighting list includes; tomatoes, berries, nuts, and soy products. Clarke says, "Soya beans are very high in magnesium, calcium and they then help reduce cholesterol levels."
DC resident Ajowa Ifateyo believes it is not just what you eat, but how you prepare it. In 2008, Ajowa had a thermography test, which is a thermal image of the breast. The results showed hot spots that could be early, pre-cancerous changes.
Ajowa switched her diet to an all raw food diet including mostly fruits and vegetables with some sushi, lean meat and dairy products. A year and a half later, a follow-up exam showed that the hot spots had diminished. "Raw foods are supposed to allow your body to heal," Ajowa said.
Dr. Bharat Aggarwal from M.D. Andersen Cancer Center says turmeric, a popular spice in Indian cuisines could be one reason India's breast, colon, prostate and lung cancer rates are 10 percent lower than people living in the U.S.
And studies have shown a compound in the spice known as curcumin can kill cancer. "We have shown that a wide variety of tumor cells can be selectively killed by curcumin and it does not kill the normal cells but will kill only tumor cells," said Aggarwal.


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Sounds like an interesting project, MMXAlamar. Despite this being unpaid I am sure you will get some takers for this. I'd like to help myself but I just don't have the time I'm afraid. Good luck finding your cartographer.
Hey cartographers! This is a really cool site, and I'm glad I found it because I may find exactly the person I'm looking for here!
I'm a member of a fan-based, nonprofit development team of the sequel to the 9th installment of the popular Might & Magic RPG series. Ubisoft, the current owners of the Might & Magic franchise, have stated that they will not be continuing the Might & Magic RPG series from where it left off in Might & Magic IX (The Writ of Fate), so a group of dedicated M&M fans have taken the project into their own fans.
If you're interested in some of the material we've developed so far-
-Here is our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Might-...34591446605146
-And here are the Might & Magic X forums: http://www.thegaminguniverse.org/for...hp?board=211.0
Time Constraints
None as of now! We are running on a very loose schedule, although I would expect that it wouldn't take longer than a few weeks for a busy cartographer to help us design our world map.
Style of Map
I have come here because I am in need of a skilled cartographer to help draft out and design our world map. I'm thinking of making the map in the style of the MM9 map of Chedian - Here is a quite large (1500 x 1157) version of MM9's map of Chedian: http://www.heroworld.net/artwork/map/mm9_Chedian.jpg. If you would like to have the freedom of designing it with your own artwork, we can definitely talk about doing that. I am completely open to a different style of map than in MM9's Chedian.
Description of Map
I'm not able to disclose our maps directly, but I will be happy to share our top secret maps with you through email or messenger, so you can help us design our world!
Contact Information
If anyone is interested in helping us out, please contact me on my email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or on MSN/Windows Live Messenger at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Important Note: Even though you will not be paid for your artwork, we will make sure to feature your name and any affiliation in the finished game's credits.
Thank you very much!
Sounds like an interesting project, MMXAlamar. Despite this being unpaid I am sure you will get some takers for this. I'd like to help myself but I just don't have the time I'm afraid. Good luck finding your cartographer.
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Thanks for the kind words Ramah! I've noticed that these forums are recently active, unlike some of the other ones I've visited, so I'm very confident I'll find a dedicated mapmaker to help us work on Might & Magic X. There is a lot to be done, and not enough developers to do everything ourselves.
Sounds interesting. I'm curious about copyright however.
I am the breath of Dragons...The Song of Mountains...The Stories of Rivers....The Heart of Cities.... I am A Cartographer....
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We do, however, have the freedom to design artwork and things such as landmass, overland areas, and dungeons using the game's original engine (Horizon). There are complications with this, so we are thinking about switching engines and going with an open-source one. If we continue to use the Horizon engine, a copy of MM6/7/8 will be required by the gamer in order to install Might & Magic 10. Either way, because of all of the copyrights to the franchise owned by Ubisoft, we will neither be able to charge people money to buy MM10, nor be able to spend money on our project, because we won't have any possible income to compensate for our losses.
Ubisoft has also made it clear that they were scrapping the old universe in which the Might & Magic games take place (for those of you who know M&M, Enroth & Axeoth have been replaced with the world of Ashan), so Ubi will not being making an MM10. This doesn't mean they won't be making a brand new Might & Magic RPG in the future, but it certainly won't be in the legacy that Might & Magic 10 is set in.
As for the world map, and the other maps that we will need in the future, these will fall under the "artwork" category, or more appropriately "fan art", so I highly doubt anyone will go around complaining about copyrights. In essence, the old Might & Magic legacy can be categorized as something along the lines of "owned abandonware."
In the best case scenario, we could strike a deal and affiliate with Ubisoft, and sell Might & Magic 10 through them, gaining some of the royalties as well. Perhaps it would be in their best interest if we make the game good enough. That would allow Ubisoft to make some free revenue, minus the costs of advertising.
Thanks for the clarification.
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Hey, I'm not sure how long it normally takes to get an unpaid map request filled, but I want to let you all know that I'm checking in on this thread very frequently. Hopefully somebody can volunteer some time to join our team as a mapmaker!
Hi max, if you go to your settings you can get the forum to notify you by email if there is a reply here so you don't need to come back and check regularly. As to how long it will take, it's a complete lottery. Anything from a few hours to a few months to not at all.
Sounds like an interesting project indeed - I hope you get some takers ... personally I can barely get time to make my own maps at the moment
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This sounds like an interesting project. I am also real busy with day job plus MeDem and a host of otther things too but I would have liked to have helped out. I am curious about one thing. The map style is like the Chedian example but the shape - is it completely up for grabs ? Is it a random like map with that style ?
Even if you cant describe the map, can you say what sort of data you have to guide the process. Is it a text description, an outline, a greyscale height map or a piece of artwork to match up to.
We can do what is known as forced perspective to get that 3D look and I can get a script to generate quite a lot of the map then it needs more touching up and embellishing with the text, characters and other non terrain bits of it. The scripting bit I could do quite quickly if that helps you get started. Some people like to make the whole map from scratch tho if they are going to sign up to do it.
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