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JOSEPH CARL MCELHANNON, "Imperial Mexico and Texas, 1821-
1823," received his B.A. and his M.A. from Baylor University;
he has been a graduate student at the University of Texas, and, at
present, is a member of the faculty of Baylor University.
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1938-1948; he has contributed articles to the journals of the his-
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sota, Oklahoma, and Florida. He is now Director of Research of
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"The 'Mrs. Claus' outfit was bad enough, but the fact that Perkle had a matching 'Baby Claus' outfit ensured that Rufus' white suit would get a special holiday baptising from a certain 200 pound kitty that no one would soon forget. Especially since Rufus was wearing the suit at the time..."
More ugly pet-sweater art! This time I am picking on the Shinra household. Perkle loves the holidays; so many new sights and sounds and smells! Dark is a little less enthused.
Speaking of art - you can find the annual Ex Libris Advent Calendar here -> www.winter-wood.net/ex-libris/…
So far we have art by Lazra, Sunstroke-Art, ADarkWorldFantasy, Pookystar, Chrislea, Zsomeone, Hallo-Katzchen, Xixthe, and of course, Animama! THANK YOU, all of you, it is so wonderful! And thank you to Pointy for her yearly pilgrimage in which she dons her shawl, picks up her lantern, and goes forth into the dark and snowy night seeking artists.
Enjoy the calendar, but don't skip ahead - beyond those borders be horrors the likes of which you cannot comprehend...
Reeve; Well technically she IS just doing her job.
Rufus: And what's her reason for weeing on my suits?
Reeve: If you put that sweater on me, I'd wee on your suits too.
::laughter of 15 baby otters settling around Dark and Ruskin::
Rufus-Darling I have your 15 Killer Fruitcakes!! Rufus?...anyone? Well, I'll put them in the fridge so babies don't get them with this note not to eat unless one is over 21 and not for Pickles.
I'd hate to see what he has Reeve dressed as...oh no I wouldn't. Reeve is probably tied to the bed with several of Charles' ties and covered with caramel sauce. I better go hop on the bike and take the Boys and Charles their Fruitcakes. I'm going to need a small trailer if I keep hauling around this big of orders...I need to speak to Cid.....
Be good Perkle. ::kisses both her and Dark::
t I'm just tired and I apologize for what I said. I think I was falling a sleep at the time. Katy is not I fell of the chair and I am now going to bed.. It was a fuull sprawl and I'm very glass that m head didin'thit thepull out..
Please accept my humblest of apologies. I do Love you! :herart::Heart:Heart:
Charles: Nathan did you take all my ties?
Nathan: Reeve did.
Charles: Why would Reeve want my...? You know what? I don't want to know.
I just had to see what I didn't remember and now I remember why.
Toki:: Charlies!! Nat'ns!!! Little Otter-Mamas be here's on little tinys trailer-bikes and says she is havings your fruit-cakes! What you do to be putting DAT insides of her????? AAUUUGH!! You two's is beings nakeds?? I needs da brains-bleach!! No not reallys, but if peoples haves dat how do dey be using it?
Charles: Lies on his back with Nathan on top of him, their eyes locked as each tries to remember what it was like to actually have sex without an audience.
Nathan: Toki we're sorta busy..
Charles pulls a pillow over his face as the Swiss Family Otter shows up...
Toki:: Awwwww!
Mama Otter:: Please, which Gear shall I give your Fruitcakes to so Pickles won't eat them immediately and I can take Toki and the both of us can leave?? I'm so very sorry you two!!
Toki: I stills wants to know whats is da brain bleaches, please!
Sephiroth:: **urge to kill risi......** ::has an almond cake stuffed in his mouth:: Mrrf
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Candidate Falk demands Walker fire DNR leader after State Journal report
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Test of how good the poll really is. Via Marquette Law School news release.
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State's largest police union endorses Barrett
More important after primary than now. Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Hevesi Said to Be Close to a Guilty Plea
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Former New York state comptroller Alan Hevesi is close to a deal to plead guilty in an ongoing probe of corruption in the state's public pension fund, people familiar with the matter said.
A deal, which the people said would likely be for a felony charge, would mark the highest-profile plea yet in the so-called pay-to-play probe by the office of New York Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo.
The people said there are still some issues to overcome before a deal is struck.
Mr. Cuomo for more than three years has investigated allegations that one of Mr. Hevesi's deputies, David Loglisci, as well as his political adviser, Hank Morris, effectively required money managers to pay Mr. Morris before they could win lucrative contracts from the New York fund, one of the nation's largest.
As part of a plea deal in the probe in December, California money manager Elliott Broidy acknowledged paying at least $75,000 for airfare, hotel and other costs related to foreign trips he took with a high-ranking official in the New York State comptroller's office, the attorney general's office said in December. That unnamed official was Mr. Hevesi, according to people familiar with the matter.
On Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter said plea negotiations at least in part concerned Mr. Hevesi's alleged acceptance of such trips.
Mr. Hevesi's lawyer, Bradley Simon, didn't respond to requests for comment Tuesday evening. Previously, he has said that his client had "no involvement or knowledge of any wrongdoing or quid pro quo related to" the New York pension fund.
Mr. Loglisci, the deputy to Mr. Hevesi, has pleaded guilty to a felony charge in the case. A lawyer for Mr. Morris on Tuesday declined to comment. Mr. Morris is fighting criminal charges against him related to the probe.
Mr. Cuomo's office in a statement Tuesday said, "There is no agreement between the Attorney General's Office and Alan Hevesi; the Office has an ongoing investigation."
A possible plea was first reported on Tuesday by The New York Times on its website.
In December, Mr. Broidy pleaded guilty to a felony charge of rewarding official misconduct. At the time of the plea, Mr. Simon declined to comment.
A person familiar with the matter at the time said Mr. Hevesi had long expressed a desire to stay at the historic King David hotel, which overlooks Jerusalem's Old City. Mr. Broidy paid for a stay there, this person said.
A guilty plea by Mr. Hevesi would be the seventh in the case, and the most important. While the charge isn't clear, a plea could suggest the taint on the fund's investments reached the highest level of the pension system, which Mr. Hevesi oversaw from 2003 to 2006.
The probe into the $125 billion pension fund has focused on whether decisions about how to invest retirees' money were wrongly influenced by kickbacks and politics.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has pursued the matter along with Mr. Cuomo's office. The issue has surfaced in public pensions in California as well.
The latest turn in the sprawling New York probe could have political ramifications for New York's feisty governor's race.
Mr. Cuomo, who was elected attorney general in 2006 and announced his gubernatorial candidacy in May, has enjoyed a front-runner status for some time but is facing a tougher-than-expected challenge from the Republican nominee, Carl Paladino, a tea-party backed developer from Buffalo.
Mr. Cuomo has slipped in the most-recent opinion polls as Mr. Paladino has railed against Albany and accused the attorney general of being beholden to the state's political establishment.
Mr. Cuomo's prosecution of Mr. Hevesi, a once-powerful and well-connected figure in state and New York City politics, has the potential to undermine Mr. Paladino's argument against the Democratic attorney general just as it has appeared to gain traction with voters.
An academic-turned-politician from Queens, Mr. Hevesi, 70 years old, served two terms as New York City comptroller before being elected state comptroller in 2002 by a close margin.
After winning a second term, he resigned in December 2006 due to a scandal involving his wife's use of state employees as chauffeurs. Mr. Hevesi pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of defrauding the government and avoided prison time.
The status of Wall Street financier Steven Rattner remains unresolved in the pension fund case. When Mr. Rattner was at his former private equity firm, Quadrangle Group, the New York-based firm obtained a $100 million investment from the New York pension fund three weeks after a DVD company owned by Quadrangle agreed to distribute "Chooch," a low-budget movie co-produced by Mr. Loglisci, the fund's chief investment officer, and his brother, according to court papers.
Quadrangle in April paid $12 million to settle its role in the case. That agreement excluded Mr. Rattner. While there have been settlement talks with Mr. Rattner, no agreement has been announced. A spokesman for Mr. Rattner didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
So far, the only person who worked for the pension system who has pleaded guilty is Mr. Loglisci, who as chief investment officer was the highest-ranking investment official in the fund.
Mr. Simon previously has said: "Alan Hevesi never instructed David Loglisci or anyone at the comptroller's office to obtain Hank Morris's approval prior to recommending or declining proposed alterative investments. Furthermore, Mr. Hevesi never directed Mr. Loglisci to cede his authority to Hank Morris. Any implication or suggestion to the contrary is patently false."
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Elliott Broidy, a California money manager who pleaded guilty to a felony charge in connection with the New York Attorney General's pension-fund pay-to-play probe, acknowledged paying at least $75,000 for airfare, hotel and other costs related to foreign trips he took with a high-ranking official in the New York State comptroller's office, the attorney general's office said in December. People familiar with the matter said at the time that Alan Hevesi, the former New York State comptroller, was the official. A previous version of this article incorrectly said Mr. Broidy paid the money to the official. The article also failed to make clear the $75,000 included more than airfare and hotel costs.


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So Halloween evening finally arrived. Mortimer and I were psyched and ready to roll through-out the neighborhood.
6:00p.m.....it's 39* and raining hard. Screw it, were riding!
Through waves of Lake Effect Rain and Gropple we cruised the streets of our neighborhood. What a blast we had! Regardless of the weather, the streets were crowded with people young and old, and every one of them in good spirits.
We were asked to pose for pictures several times and all who we encountered exchanged friendly banter. Cars and trucks slowed down, honked, waved and cheered. The fanfare must have been for Mortimer as I ride these same streets daily with barely a wave.
All told, we rode 10.8 miles this evening. My bride tried her hand at Video recording.
This is what we got, complete with the director's audible instructions. (I've never tried this before..hope it works!)
EDIT 10/23/11: Here's a stati pic also. Notice how well Mortimer followed my instructions to keep his feet on the pedals at all times no mater what!!


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I'm Nedra Mataić, and I'm an American currently living in Zagreb, Croatia. I'm married to a Croatian fellow named Saša, I talk real good, I let people take pictures of me when the opportunity arises, and I write when I absolutely kick my own ass to do so. Whatever.
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AGM – Thursday 29th October 2015
Please accept this invite to the
South Mainland Community History Group's Annual General Meeting at the Quendale Mill on Thursday, 29th October at 7.30pm.
You will be made most welcome.
Broo Project Update
Research on the lost Township of Broo: an Update on Recent Findings
There will be an illustrated talk by Dr Gerald F Bigelow, Director, Shetland Islands Climate and Settlement Project, in the Boddam Hall on Thursday, 14 May 2015 at 7.45pm.
We know that you will find Dr. Bigelow's talk interesting and informative. Please join us on Thursday evening for an update on the Project.
"For the last few years teams of archaeologists and scientists of various disciplines have been investigating the causes and the impacts of the massive sand movements that created Quendale Links. One historically known result of the sand blowing inland was the destruction of the prosperous township of Broo (or "Brew", or "Brow"). Dr Bigelow will give an update on the results of past and present research on the Broo township and the sand disaster that doomed it".
National Mills Weekend 2015
Weekend Events – Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May 2015.
National Mills Weekend is the annual festival of our milling heritage, co-ordinated by the SPAB Mills Section, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Further details are available at the following link: www.nationalmillsweekend.co.uk
In conjunction with National Mills Weekend SPAB have organised a Mills in Art Competition which is open to all age groups with separate categories for fine art, photography and under-16. Further details and entry forms are available on the National Mills Weekend website. Please note the closing date for entries is 24 May 2015.
Mills on the Air
Lerwick Amateur Radio Society will again be setting up a RADIO Station (call GB2QM) in the Quendale Mill from where they will be contacting fellow enthusiasts from destinations throughout Europe as well as in other Mills in the UK.
Quendale Mill now open daily until 11 October 2015
The Mill is now open for the 2015 season. Come awa in – we'll be blyde ta see you.
Here you will find things of interest for all ages and more than enough to while away the time on a dreich day.
AGM – 23 October 2014 update
The Annual General Meeting of the South Mainland Community History Group was held at 1930 in the Quendale Mill on Thursday, 23 October 2014.
This meeting was open to the public. Our weekly meetings continue in the Mill each Thursday evening at 7.30pm. Anyone with an interest in the history of this area is cordially invited to our meetings – and to join us for a cuppa.
Fallopia aubertii
In flower now at the Quendale Mill.
Quite a sight. In its first season of flowering, this Russian Vine makes an interesting addition to the growing list of attractions at the Mill.


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Life With an Autoimmune Disease
Your first symptoms of an autoimmune disease may be general, such as fatigue, low-grade fever, and difficulty concentrating, making autoimmune diseases difficult to diagnose at first. You also may feel depressed and consult a doctor for that.
According to Mary J. Shomon, author of the book Living Well With Autoimmune Disease: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You ... That You Need to Know, what ensues after registering these complaints may be an odyssey to pinpoint which of the almost 60 different autoimmune disorders you might have, all of which affect the body differently.
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Josie Richardson was surprised when her dentist suggested she get braces. Although she'd always been embarrassed by her overlapping teeth, at 46 she'd resigned herself to her imperfect smile. But when the dentist pointed out that it was more than just a cosmetic issue -it's harder to clean between crooked teeth -Richardson, a jewelry designer in Boca Raton, FL, signed on for the mouthful of hardware normally associated with teens. Indeed, soon after, she and her 14-year-old son became a matched pair...
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About 50 million Americans -- the vast majority of them women, especially women of working and childbearing age -- suffer from autoimmune ailments. Rheumatoid arthritis, type I diabetes, psoriasis, alopecia, lupus, thyroid disease, Addison's disease, pernicious anemia, celiac disease, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre syndrome -- these are just a few of the ailments that scientists now think stem from a common phenomenon: the activation of the body's immune system against the body itself. Also suspected of having this as a component are chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.
Traits in Common
That such different-seeming diseases as psoriasis and diabetes could stem from a common cause actually is a relatively new notion, according to Noel R. Rose, MD, PhD, professor of molecular microbiology and immunology and pathology at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Back in the early days of the last century, he says, the idea took hold that if the immune system were to benefit us, it would have to be warding off foreign invaders from outside the body.
Now, scientists know that the immune system is a set of actions and reactions that can be triggered by a number of things besides an invading germ, virus, or bacteria. One thing that puts you at risk for being attacked by your own immune system is your genetics, says Rose. In other words, if your parents have a predisposition to autoimmune disease, you may, too. "And it's an overlapping inheritance," Rose says. "If you have one autoimmune disease, you may have more -- and you may have different ones than your parent did (or your siblings do)."
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In mid-December, chair of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) King Harris announced the addition of artist David Hartt to the MCA's Board of Trustees. Hartt is the first artist on the MCA's board since the new building at 220 East Chicago was constructed, which officially opened to the public in June 1996. Sculptor Richard Hunt, whom the MCA is honoring for his eightieth birthday with a special exhibition currently on view, was the first artist trustee in the 1970s. Joining Hartt as members of the board are current Norway-based telecommunications equipment company, Eltek, ASA board member Dia Weil, director of Graff Diamonds Eve Rogers and board member of the Whitney Museum of American Art and Colgate University in New York, Nancy Crown. Their appointment coincides with Teresa Samala de Guzman's appointment as the MCA's chief operating officer, a duty she assumed responsibility of on December 8, 2014.
In an email exchange, MCA director Madeleine Grynsztejn explains that the museum is very much artist-activated and audience-engaged, saying, "Artists are central to everything we do and the artist's presence assures integrity at the governance level around our artist-activated commitment in particular." When selecting board members, they take into account the expertise and wisdom each individual can bring to the MCA currently, as well as how their knowledge can work with the MCA's future aspirations. [Read more…]


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my car did not start and the anti-theft light was on. I took it to a repair shop they replaced the pass lock sensor when i ask if it'll cause the anti-theft light come on?they said its nothing to do with the anti-theft system. is it that true?
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By Dean Shipley
Steve Stivers is making the rounds. A congressman now for 60 days, Stivers (R- 15) met with 13 members of the Farm Bureau for a Monday morning breakfast meeting at Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City.
Topics of conversation ran a gamut from the national debt, EPA regulations, to whatever. At $14 trillion the national debt is what Stivers described as "scary." To try to remove some of the scariness out of that debt he said the House of Representatives wants to and will pass legislation to cut spending.
But he said the Senate "didn't want to stop spending." He said the senators want to keep what he called "stimulus-level spending." Stivers feels the stimulus package pushed by the Obama administration "didn't work."
He cites the government for that failing of the package meant to stimulate the American economy. "Government isn't always the best at allocating resources to make it effective," Stivers said. He would like for government to get out of the way of business so it can hire employees and make America competitive again.
The farmers agreed EPA has much too much power to regulate their industry. Andra Troyer said the EPA has imposed too many regulations. Mike Boerger said it and another agency have created laws he describes as "redundant." Those redundancies in laws "affects our ability to be competitive."
Boerger also cited an incidence of EPA's power to halt a bridge-replacement project. By closing the bridge on Rosedale-Plain City Road over the Little Darby Creek -- which he said at that spot on the stream it is not a scenic waterway -- farmers must seek detours, which in turn, force them to use more fuel.
Jeff Schilling of Franklin County said the EPA should not have the level of power it does have.
"We need to find a way to check their power," Schilling said.
Stivers said legislation is being proposed by a colleague from Kentucky, Geoff Davis. Entitled the Reins Act, it is aimed at exerting some control on the EPA and other regulators across the entire federal government. One of the requirements of the legislation will be that a cost-benefit analysis be performed before a project is set in motion.
Stivers said Congress has oversight authority over the EPA it has not used. Stivers noted that farmers are currently experiencing high prices for corn and soybeans. But as Boerger pointed out, as the price per bushel ofcorn or soybeans goes up, so does the cost of their inputs, which include seed and fertilizer.
The topic of bike trails came up. It's not a "happy" topic among farmers, who feel, in general, money from tax revenues channeled that way should be, instead, used to refurbish roads and bridges.
Troyer suggested charging a fee for using the trails, much the same as snowmobile riders pay fees to use trails in Michigan."We need to figure out how to fund our priorities," Stivers said. "We like bike paths, but we need to fund our priorities first."
Dawn Assen felt the hourand-a-half with Congressman Stivers was "very informative."
"I think he's going to do a lot of good things for agriculture," she said.
Mike Boerger, of Pike Township, said he was glad Stivers was in office and in Plain City.
"He's a breath of fresh air. He's probably the most available Congressman we've had in years," Boerger said. Troyer said Stivers "cares about what we think."
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A treat in the Science Times section of the June 26, 2007, issue of The New York Times: a suite of articles devoted to evolution. Evolutionary developmental biology is a central theme. Carol Kaesuk Yoon writes, "Just coming into its own as a science, evo-devo is the combined study of evolution and development, the process by which a nubbin of a fertilized egg transforms into a full-fledged adult.
Behe's latest scrutinized
The new book from "intelligent design" proponent Michael Behe, The Edge of Evolution (Free Press, 2007), is supposed to present "astounding new findings from the genetics revolution to show that Darwinism cannot account for the sheer complexity and near-miraculous design of life as we know it," according to a press release from the publisher.
"Understanding the intelligent design creationist movement"
The Center for Inquiry released a new position paper, "Understanding the intelligent design creationist movement: Its true nature and goals," on May 29, 2007.
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Stanley Miller, a pioneer in scientific research on the origin of life, died on May 20, 2007, at the age of 77, in National City, California. Born in Oakland, California, in 1930, Miller received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1951, and his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1954. As a graduate student at Chicago under the supervision of Harold C.
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A performance of the L.A. Theatre Works production The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial is now available on-line as a podcast. The play, written by Peter Goodchild and based on the transcripts of the Scopes trial in 1925, was originally broadcast by LATW in 1992; it was revived in 2005 to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the trial.
Society for College Science Teachers adds its voice for evolution
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Randy Olson's Flock of Dodos, the hilarious documentary that examines both sides of the controversy over the teaching of "intelligent design" in public schools, is scheduled to be aired on Showtime's cable channels on five dates in May.
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A poll recently conducted for Newsweek by Princeton Survey Research Associates International contained two questions relevant to the creationism/evolution controversy. The results [Link broken] were broadly consistent with those of previous polls using similar questions. The poll was conducted March 28-29, 2007, with 1004 adults aged 18 and over participating; the margin of error was +/- 4%.
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Leasing activity at seniors housing buildings has picked up in the last two months, property managers say. But they still face the question of how much to bend on rents and whether to offer concessions to fill rooms.
At least one company doesn't believe in price breaks. "It's all about service at the end of the day," says Michael Grust, president and chief executive at Senior Resource Group, an owner and operator of upscale buildings primarily targeting independent seniors. "If you sell price, that's a mistake that lingers."
Based in Solana Beach, Calif., Senior Resource Group recently opened the Village at NorthRidge. The 275-unit building is situated on five acres in Northridge, Calif. The project includes 240 independent living and 35 assisted living units. The all-rental building has an average monthly rent of about $5,500.
Grust describes the building design as "timeless contemporary architecture." And, he says, it sets the bar for the next generation of seniors housing buildings. But services and amenities are the real selling points.
The building boasts a large restaurant, plus other dining venues. Meals are available 12 hours a day. "It's one of the features that separates us from our competitors," Grust emphasizes.
The building also features an Internet lounge, three fitness areas including one for residents to play Wii video games, a swimming pool and spa, library, art gallery and on-site bank. Other amenities include a movie theater for 40 people as well as a kid-friendly room where residents can entertain their grandchildren.
Rent includes a full breakfast plus lunch or dinner, weekly housekeeping, linen services, transportation, and activities. Units feature walk-in closets and full kitchens. Most units have covered patios or balconies.
So far, about 65 units have been leased. The first group of residents did receive some "extras," says Grust, such as a credit to help with moving costs. But Grust quickly adds that he's wary of concessions and how they affect the company brand.
"You spend a lot of time and energy listening to the market, coming up with a terrific design and creating programming," he notes. "If you devalue what you've done, that's a mistake."
Expanding reach
The Senior Resource Group owns and operates 15 buildings. The company also manages 40 buildings under the LaVida brand name, targeted at middle-income retirees. Bankrupt Sunwest Management, based in Salem, Ore., previously owned the LaVida buildings, which are now owned by the Lone Star Funds of Dallas.
Grust says Senior Resource Group prefers to develop its own projects, with an emphasis on upscale rental communities. The NorthRidge project offers a one-year lease with a 60-day cancellation clause. "We like the rental model," he notes. "It offers residents a lot of flexibility."
The company's portfolio consists of about 75% independent living units and 25% assisted living units. "We are sticking to the service-enriched independent living buildings," says Grust.
Not all of the company's projects are rental buildings, however. Senior Resource Group currently has an entrance fee community, Maravilla Scottsdale, under construction in Arizona. The resort-style continuing care property includes about 400 units. Entrance fees start at about $300,000. The property is expected to open in the spring of 2011.
Two other new projects are being planned and should be announced soon, says Grust. The company also is considering the purchase of six existing properties, though Grust declined to provide details.
Bright future
Regarding the outlook for seniors housing, Grust says that "the fog is starting to lift." He contends that the paralysis that gripped seniors in the wake of the economic meltdown is starting to abate.
Seniors are now realistic about what price they can get for their homes and they're ready to move on with their lives, Grust believes. "We see acceptance among consumers." He predicts that pent-up demand will fuel new development, but in a measured way.His company's strategy is the right one going forward, Grust is convinced. Quality property management has a lot to do with the consumer's decision-making process. People want to know who they can depend on to care for mom and dad in a consistent way, Grust emphasizes. "It's all about service."


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BEFORE IT HAPPENED, Holly Zschokke had never heard of Minnesota's Office of Crime Victims Ombudsman. But in February 1998 Zschokke's daughter, then 14 years old, was sexually assaulted by 15 to 20 men in a Minneapolis apartment. Despite being called to the scene to investigate a possible rape, the police failed to look into the allegations and instead ticketed Zschokke's daughter for being out past curfew. Hours later, after her daughter had told Zschokke what had happened, the distraught mother began calling the police to find out why they hadn't probed further. Eventually two assailants were caught and convicted, but the delay in starting the investigation allowed many of the men who had been in the apartment to disperse before they were identified.
Outraged, Zschokke (pronounced SHOCK-ee) wanted answers. But, she says, her demands for an examination of the Minneapolis Police Department's failure to act were ignored. Nearly a year after the assault, Zschokke learned about the ombudsman. "I had nowhere else to turn. I didn't know where to go," she says today. "They were very interested. Not only interested in the story and what happened, but in how to help my daughter and myself."
Ombudsman Laura Goodman-Brown and her staff of investigators knew how to talk to Zschokke, and, more important, to her daughter. They tried to understand what had happened during the assault, and then what had happened when police arrived. In a small way, Zschokke says, it seemed to help her daughter begin to heal from the experience. "They tried to get to the truth of the matter, and that really helped a lot," Zschokke says. "It was comforting to know that people believed her. There was a little change in her after that. She did start to get a little confidence back."
Zschokke was surprised at how helpful the ombudsman's office proved to be. "I didn't think much of it at first," she admits. "But I really liked the way they presented themselves to me and to her. It made me feel like a weight was taken off my shoulders."
As she speaks, it's as if the intervening years have evaporated. The tears come involuntarily. "I felt that I didn't have to worry anymore," she goes on, gently wiping her eyes. "This had been going on for a while. Nobody cared, nobody listened. I felt this relief that I wouldn't have to think about it all the time. They'd do some of the thinking for me."
In November of 1999, after an investigation that lasted nearly nine months, Goodman-Brown's office released a report on the MPD's handling of the assault, chastising the officers' failure to notice the signs of a sexual assault and finding that the police department's internal investigation into the matter had been inadequate.
The report recommended that the MPD institute training programs to help officers understand the dynamics of sexual assault; recognize and collect evidence of sexual assault; communicate with children, juveniles, and members of other cultures about sexual assaults; and understand police power and authority and its relationship to the community.
"Police officers are given powerful and virtually exclusive authority in the community," the report reads in part. "Along with that authority comes professional responsibility. If the officers missed the 'red
flags' in this situation, they should have simply stated they missed the flags. Instead, it appears that they were forced to continue a charade through the trial process and are doomed to make the same mistakes again in the field because the Department exonerated them and, thereby, failed to correct the officer's [sic] mistakes."
The way Holly Zschokke sees it, without the ombudsman's investigation and report, these problems may never have come to light. "I wasn't looking for any promises," she says. "I felt like the police--they think they're gods or something, so no one can touch them. I don't like that. The way my daughter was treated--that's just one person. Imagine all the other stories.
"I would feel really bad if they got rid of the ombudsman," Zschokke concludes. "Who are these victims going to turn to?"
On February 13 of this year, Laura Goodman-Brown sat at the capitol, waiting for Maple Grove Rep. Rich Stanek, the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Finance Committee, to unveil his proposed budget. There had been much discussion about the state's $2 billion deficit, and Goodman-Brown, along with dozens of other people representing agencies whose funding is allotted by the committee, was anxious to see what was in store.
A spreadsheet was passed around, and Goodman-Brown's eyes quickly scanned the columns. It was bad news: Her office, along with its $400,000 annual budget, was to be eliminated entirely, its responsibilities transferred to the Department of Public Safety.
"It was, I guess, not a complete surprise," Goodman-Brown says now. "But I was irritated: Here we go again." Two years ago Stanek had tried to cut her budget by $50,000, and last year, even before the state's major budget woes were revealed, his committee had attempted to slash the ombudsman's office by two-thirds. That measure passed in the House before it lost momentum and eventually faded away. But this year the momentum was there. The Judiciary Finance Committee's proposal to do away with the Office of Crime Victims Ombudsman became part of the budget bill that passed, was vetoed by the governor, and then became law when legislators overrode the veto.
When it opened in 1986, the Office of Crime Victims Ombudsman was one of the first of its kind in the nation. Since then it has served as a resource and model for other states and countries. Now Goodman-Brown believes the office itself has become a victim--the target of retaliation on the part of Rich Stanek, who, in his non-legislative career, works as an inspector with the Minneapolis Police Department.
"Stanek has been trying to shut us down for three years," Goodman-Brown says flatly. The budget deficit, she believes, was simply a convenient excuse to get rid of her office without having to go through the process of public hearings or any significant discussion of the work the ombudsman's office has done in its 16 years of existence.
The morning after Stanek announced the proposed budget cuts, Goodman-Brown was allowed to defend her office before the committee. But there was little room for debate, even among committee members. "There was not a lot of discussion," recalls Rep. Wes Skoglund, a Minneapolis DFLer who sits on the Judiciary Finance Committee. "We had become resigned to the fact that the chair was going to kill that office."
Moreover, because the budget bill was crafted in such a hurry, Skoglund says, it's possible that many legislators didn't even realize what they were cutting before it was too late: "To say every legislator knew that it was being cut simply isn't realistic," he concludes.
Stanek contends that the move was necessary during a year when he had to cut $40 million from the judiciary budgets he oversees. "That office's duties were transferred," he emphasizes. "Not eliminated or abolished, but transferred to the Department of Public Safety. I don't think the concept is bad. But some of it falls under duplicative services. We can do it better with less staff."
Stanek scoffs at the idea that eliminating the ombudsman's office had anything to do with its prior criticism of the Minneapolis Police Department: "The legislature made this decision. It wasn't Rich Stanek's decision. We have teachers chairing the education committee, farmers chairing the agriculture committee. This is a citizen legislature. There's no conflict in this case, except by virtue of my being a member of this 1,300-person organization, the Minneapolis Police Department."
Other legislators familiar with capitol politics aren't so sure. "This office is a political victim," Skoglund asserts. "This has a chilling effect on anybody who does their job properly. If you do your job properly and offend powerful legislators, you just might find yourself out of a job."
What's most strange, adds Skoglund, is that when the ombudsman's office investigates complaints, it usually finds that the police did their job correctly. "There are reasons why the police can't do more. But now there's basically nobody you can go to if police don't do anything," he says.
"Crime victims will be totally ignored," Skoglund concludes. "That's the message."
The American system of criminal justice was designed to protect the security of the populace and maintain social order. As a result, criminal cases are not carried out between the victim and the offender, but between the state and the offender. That's why the Bill of Rights protects the rights of those who are accused of crimes: to ensure that they aren't mistreated by the powerful government that prosecutes them. The U.S. Constitution does not require that victims be kept abreast of a criminal case. They don't have to be told if there's an arrest, or whether a trial date has been set or delayed. Bluntly put, the system tends to leave out the victim.
The consequences of that fact gave rise to the Victims' Rights Movement, which over the past three decades has striven to achieve greater protection for crime victims and a stronger voice within the justice system. In 1984 a governor-appointed task force held public hearings across Minnesota to learn what citizens felt were the needs of crime victims. The following year the legislature created the Office of Crime Victims Ombudsman, which opened for business in May 1986. Additionally, throughout the 1980s and '90s the legislature passed new laws that gave crime victims various rights--from the right to receive notification of events in the legal process to the right to describe the harm an offender caused, in the form of a "victim impact statement" presented during sentencing.
"For perpetrators the rights and services are far greater than for crime victims," Goodman-Brown says. "I would never advocate for a law or policy that would violate the rights of a defendant. But that doesn't mean we have to violate the rights of victims."
Goodman-Brown is well versed in the criminal justice system. After earning degrees in law enforcement and organizational communication at Normandale Community College and Metropolitan State University, she spent 12 years working as a police officer with the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department and the Minneapolis Police Department; during her 9 years with the latter agency, she worked in assignments ranging from beat patrol to vice to narcotics, ultimately rising to the rank of sergeant. In 1992 then-Gov. Arne Carlson appointed her to be the state's crime-victims ombudsman.
Goodman-Brown credits the appointment to her history of careful investigations. "I worked my cases well," she says. "I've always had a keen sense of justice and fairness."
Clearly, that sense of fairness is still with Goodman-Brown today. Though the 47-year-old is barely five feet tall, she exudes a quiet determination. And when she speaks about the plight of crime victims, she does so with both passion and compassion. "They come one at a time, alone, disenfranchised. Sometimes they don't even have the energy to fill out a form," she says. But although some crime victims and survivors find the energy to speak out for themselves, the Patty Wetterlings and Pam Poiriers are rare, she adds. "There are hundreds more crime victims behind them who are silent, who need for a time to have someone speak on their behalf. To take the reins and help them navigate through the criminal justice system."
During her decade as ombudsman, Goodman-Brown has changed the scope of the office. Prior to her appointment, the agency was more of a center for victims' services, with staff members focused on helping victims talk about what had happened to them or write their victim-impact statements. There were many new victims'-rights laws on the books, but compliance with them was spotty, and Goodman-Brown wanted to shift her staff's focus to educating victims about the laws and making sure officials adhered to them. Instead of automatically taking the side of victims, the ombudsman now examines complaints to see if they are justified; if they aren't, she explains why.
The office, located in St. Paul's Bandana Square, is small: Goodman-Brown and a staff of six. (Most of last year's $400,000 budget went to payroll, including the ombudsman's $69,000 salary.) But the agency serves about 2,000 victims each year. The staff handles most cases by phone, quickly and quietly, passing along information or making referrals. Perhaps ten percent of the cases are "informal investigations," in which a staff member talks with local police or prosecutors to resolve a problem. Comparatively few cases result in long-term investigations and lengthy reports, such as Holly Zschokke's.
While that investigation was well publicized, many of the ombudsman's findings carry a low profile, important only to the victims and their families. In one recent case, a Bloomington woman whose 14-year-old daughter was raped by a 27-year-old step-cousin says the ombudsman's office served as a liaison with investigators in the small county where the rape occurred. Though the investigation had been dragging along, after the ombudsman intervened, authorities located the offender and summoned him to Minnesota from another state; he has since been convicted of criminal sexual conduct. In another case, a Duluth woman wondered why no charges had been brought against a suspect who allegedly assaulted her brother, causing him serious brain damage. The woman turned to the ombudsman, who reviewed the case and wrote a letter to the prosecutor stating that actions by the county attorney created suspicion that there might be a conflict of interest in the handling of the matter. Though Goodman-Brown's letter did not alter the outcome of the case, the victim's sister says it was a great relief that the ombudsman listened to her concerns and agreed with her.
Similarly, many of the changes the ombudsman's office has instigated have passed under the public radar. Those changes include new policies in police departments statewide detailing how and when crime victims should be informed of their rights. In addition, the ombudsman has sponsored training for law-enforcement agencies to understand the complex legal issues of crimes such as domestic abuse, child abuse, and violations of restraining orders. Goodman-Brown also points to one case in rural Minnesota, in which police deemed a man's death a car accident, when in fact he had been shot in the head while driving. Eventually, after the man's wife went through the ordeal of exhuming the body for further examination, the killer was captured. After looking into the case, Goodman-Brown helped the local sheriff's department craft a new policy that calls for experienced homicide investigators to attend to death scenes when there are no witnesses.
These changes may seem incremental, but for crime victims and their families, they have been tremendous. Still, Goodman-Brown sees much room for improvement. Her office could do more proactive work to protect victims' rights, she says, instead of only investigating violations--especially in smaller jurisdictions that don't have their own victims'-assistance programs. To critics who have pointed out that the agency has no punitive power--it can't apply sanctions or invoke fines--Goodman-Brown replies that for the most part that isn't a problem, because police and prosecutors don't usually try to willfully violate victims' rights.
One thing the ombudsman's office has always had going for it has been its independence, and Goodman-Brown fears that shifting the duties to the state Department of Public Safety will defeat her agency's purpose. "Putting this office, or the responsibilities of this office, into the Department of Public Safety is akin to putting the fox in charge of the chicken coop," she charges.
Indeed, the Department of Public Safety is part of the government's law-enforcement arm; its divisions include the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the State Patrol. (A division called the Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services will assume the former duties of the ombudsman's office; the state commissioner of public safety will take over the responsibilities of the ombudsman.) "Crime victims need more service," Goodman-Brown says. "Not more bureaucracy, not more roadblocks.
"This is the beauty of the ombudsman concept," she goes on. "We're coming in as an objective force. We look at the overall problem and discover a better solution. This was the first office in the nation created to enforce compliance with victims' rights. Minnesota has the best thing going in the nation, and we're messing with it."
It could be an unfortunate coincidence, a lapse in judgment, an ordinary situation that escalates out of control. Theft, assault, murder--no one ever plans to be a crime victim. "The amazing part about crime is that people who are bumped into or knocked to the ground or their purse is snatched--these things for many people have a traumatic, lifelong effect," explains Lucy Banks, executive director of the Minnesota General Crime Victim Coalition, an umbrella organization serving groups that aid victims of crimes other than sexual assault or domestic abuse (which have their own coalitions). "You don't have to be the parent of a murdered child. You just have to be violated in some way. Your whole life changes. Some people don't get by that."
Making sure law-enforcement agencies uphold the rights of crime victims, Goodman-Brown contends, creates a stronger criminal-justice system: If crime victims feel respected, they'll be more likely to trust authorities and bring forth details that can bolster prosecutions. In an ideal world, she'd like to see her office granted more resources so it could be more proactive--and more visible, so that crime victims know where to turn.
For now, though, she's fighting for survival. Sympathetic lawmakers introduced legislation that would reinstate funding to the ombudsman's office, but the measure is one of many that got incorporated into a supplemental budget-balancing bill that has spent weeks in conference committee. (At press time, there was no word on any impending reprieve.) Even if something does materialize, some damage has already been done. Goodman-Brown's staff has dwindled to just herself and three others, as employees concerned about their job security have already transferred to other positions in state government. Barring a last-minute change, the Office of Crime Victims Ombudsman will close June 30 and turn its files over to the Department of Public Safety.
National victims'-rights advocates share Goodman-Brown's frustration. "It would be a darn shame if the office were de-funded," offers Susan Howley, director of public policy at the National Center for Victims of Crime, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group. "A lot of states right now are looking at the problem of victims'-rights compliance, realizing that they need to create some sort of response if victims' rights are abused. A lot of people are looking at the Minnesota state ombudsman because it has worked so well for so many years.
"Victims' rights are fundamental rights," she goes on. "It's the right to be treated decently by the government in an area that deeply affects your personal interest." And whether a state appoints an ombudsman or creates some other watchdog for victims' rights, it's essential that the agency be independent, she asserts. "Think about the purposes that it serves: A victim just wants to know they're having someone unbiased evaluate the complaint. The placement of the office is important to that perception. A lot of times, victims want to know they're getting a straight answer. That's all they wanted."
Adds Tammie Larsen, executive director of the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault: "It's important for the public to see there's someone watching and taking it seriously. The crime-victims ombudsman is the one place in the state where victims can go as a last chance if something doesn't work in the system. That's a tremendous loss. I worry deeply that this is going to create a state where victims don't have the options they have now. And they don't have enough options now."
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Apparently we don't teach basic gun safety at BUDS. This guy was thinking with the wrong head and blew off the other in an attempt to use he first. STUPID and to think that we spent thousands to train this guy - failure of the system.
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YIKES!!! Booze and bullets don't mix.
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I did some training in Coronado in the Corps and had a chance to work with some SeALs,you wander if some of them could even spell their name,but for the most part,They are very disiplined,espically around weapons,but any way,someone just "Rang the Bell for Him"!
Sad story. It's a sobering reminder of how many people have been shot by unloaded guns.
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One guy at a bar most probably drinking, trying to impress a girl by showing his gun gets hurt. Really doubt it makes any difference how well trained he was, and as a Navy Seal he was-extensively. It really just comes down to booze and hormones. The fact that he happened to be a Seal is really immaterial info meant to add interest or argument to the story. And for those who would attempt to insult Navy Seals, I dare say pretty much any of them are a much better man and patriot than most of us, myself included. With the exception of Jesse Ventura who obviously has gone insane.
These are the guys that shot Bin Laden?
Lay off the guy. So he can't make a joke. We can joke about the seals. Just because a few of them got bin laden doesn't make them gods. That being said this is a sad day that we have lost a fellow warrior. He didn't deserve to leave us that way and it was a result of poor training.
This kind of foolishness is sad to hear about.
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Being a cancer survivor as well as watching the disease take the life of her mother has made one local business owner take action.
I have always been a big supporter of Relay for Life, Cake Du Jour owner Melinda Bunck said. I lost my mother to cancer and I am a 12-year survivor of cancer myself. When you lose someone to cancer, it really hits home.
Bunck credits her mother for her achievement of becoming a business owner in Hendersonville.
She called me and said she found a building for my business and she stayed with me until I opened the doors, she said.
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I think it was Downtown Hendersonville Inc. that brought the Relay for Life flier around, she said. I saw it and contacted Relay for Life and told them what I wanted to do. I want to do this for all of January to raise as much money for them as I can.
In addition to having the purple cupcakes, Bunck is also trying out some new flavors at her local bakery to increase walk-in business.
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I want to have a flavor of the day so everyone will know, say Tuesday is lemon cupcake day, she said. Buncks bakery is open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
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APOL has a PE of 5.5 not a significant difference. I don't think we are going to see multiple expansion here. So the only growth in stock will come from profits. Look for a slow and steady climb upward. Might be 25 end of year. That is a 20% move. Not too shabby by my standards.
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This stock is kind of dead. Will need a catalyst to get it moving one way or the other. I wonder who will be the new CEO.
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