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A SMALL group of people huddle together in the gloom, their heads bowed in supplication as they stare intently into a spear of light towering from a dark object at their feet.
This is not a re-enactment of an alien invasion film – this is the world of the moth enthusiast.
The onlookers watch bewitched as scores of moths are lured in by the blinding glow of a light trap – a wooden box fitted with a mercury vapour bulb.
The trap is just one weapon in the bizarre and seemingly endless armoury of the 'mother' (as in moth, not mum).
Other arcane devices range from ropes daubed in wine and sugar – a practice known as 'wine roping', to white blankets hung up and illuminated by lantern light – the lamp and sheet trap.
That people go to such lengths to get close to moths is something that should be celebrated, for these insects have historically suffered from the sort of appalling PR normally doled out to bubonic plague-carrying lice.
Through the centuries moths have been blamed for a litany of sins. They get an early and unfavourable mention in the Bible for eating precious cloth.
Then, through the mediaeval period, their reputation suffered another severe blow as general opinion deemed them harbingers of death or even the spirits of witches.
Things don't get much better in modern times. The humble clothes moth has been lambasted for targeting people's dirty garments. And the diminutive Brown-tail has been depicted by the tabloids as a rampaging super-caterpillar, capable of inflicting horrific bouts of itching and dramatic respiratory problems.
That moths should get such a bad time of it seems a trifle unfair. They do not have it easy.
Like their exhibitionist relatives the butterflies, these insects are suffering from catastrophic declines in population.
Some 60 of Britain's 2,500 moth species became extinct in the last 100 years, and due to climate change, habitat loss and shifts in agricultural practices, many more are in danger of heading the same way.
To allow this to happen is a wildlife disaster, for moths, even more so than butterflies, are bewitching and beguiling in their complexity and play a key role in pollinating plants.
True, the three species of clothes moths found in Briatin will nibble on natural fibre garments given half the chance.
But as moth larvae (caterpillars) are attracted to traces of sweat and food stains, they will only tuck into your trousers if they have not been washed properly.
The Brown-tail moth does shed fine hairs that can cause skin irritation, but this is simply a defence mechanism, not a deliberate show of aggression.
So, only four from 2,500 species pose any kind of problem. But negative associations still abound.
Moths' macabre reputation is in some way understandable. They appear, fluttering and wraithlike as night descends, seemingly hellbent on self-destruction as they hurtle towards the glow of a candle.
But it is one of our super-moths, the chillingly named Death'shead Hawk-moth, that has been painted as responsible for this sinister stereotype.
It's huge – comparable in size to our smallest birds – it can even squeak and its dark, furry thorax is decorated with a striking skulllike marking. This no doubt helped the species secure a cameo role in the Hollywood blockbuster The Silence Of The Lambs, in which the film's serial killer places a pupa of a variant of the moth in his victims' mouths.
One of the joys of 'mothing' is entering the world of the Victorian collectors responsible for naming many of the insects.
There is, for instance, the Geometrician, the Sorcerer, the Vapourer, the Tiger and even the Setaceous Hebrew Character.
Les Hill, a moth expert at wildlife organisation Butterfly Conservation, which runs the National Moth Recording Scheme, acknowledges moths still have an image problem.
He said: "It is very frustrating to see the bad press moths receive, usually as either jumpermunching pests, or for spinning unsightly larval webs or even flying indoors around light fittings.
"This is mainly because moths generally fly at night and are perceived by the public as scary and vampire-like.
"Also, phrases like 'moth-eaten' are still used in everyday language as an analogy for anything that looks like it may have been nibbled on."
If we can learn to love birds of prey again following decades of persecution, then surely it is time to give our misunderstood moths a second chance.


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Agribusiness stocks that provide fertilizer and other chemicals to farms are getting pulled up by the roots this morning. The biggest potash names on Wall Street including Mosaic (MOS), and Potash Corp. (POT) are all down by double digits in pre-market trading, and Agrium (AGU) was set to open Tuesday solidly lower, too.
The broad-based Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO) is down too, but its diversification has kept it to "only" a roughly 6% decline so far. And related agricultural plays like Monsanto (MON) and Syngenta (SYT) are down in sympathy, but not overly so because they are not direct players in potash.
The inciting news was Russian fertilizer giant Uralkali predicting increased global competition that cuts potash prices by $300 per ton by year's end — but that the chemical giant will run at full capacity anyway.
In other words, there will be increased competition and a glut of supply that is sure to result in a race to the bottom in pricing … not good.
Couple that with the fact that natural gas is a key part of the agricultural chemicals business and that gas prices are on the rise, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Potash, Agrium and Mosaic were big momentum stocks during 2007 and 2008 as the economy was humming along and inflationary pressures of a weak dollar were propping up commodity prices. Farmers were seeing record prices for crops, and thus were buying potash and other fertilizers at a brisk pace.
Then the bottom fell out of the commodities market. POT stock, for instance, went from $77 to $17 in six months.
If you were burned by agriculture stocks in 2008, don't fret that this is another meltdown of epic proportions. However, it's worth noting that these declines are certainly part of a larger downtrend, with ag stocks already in the red across the past 12 months despite a big rally for the broader market.
Some will say the damage here might make these picks attractive, since the world is going to keep eating corn and soybeans and the valuations of these picks are now pretty darn cheap with soon-to-be single-digit P/E ratios for Potash, Mosaic and Agrium.
But don't try to buy the dip here. There are serious headwinds on input costs, demand and margins. Yes, these picks will stay profitable and stick around for some time … but given the opportunity elsewhere on Wall Street, why mess with this sector?
Related Reading
- Details of the Uralkali warning on potash. (MarketWatch)
- How natural gas affects these stocks. (Market Realist)
- Of course, the increasing demand for food worldwide makes a compelling long-term argument for these picks. (CGAIR.org)
Jeff Reeves is the editor of InvestorPlace.com and the author of "The Frugal Investor's Guide to Finding Great Stocks." Write him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter via @JeffReevesIP. As of this writing, he did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.

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Crafts - Mixed Media and Fabric and Fibers (Motivational Posters)
In this Crafts - Mixed Media and Fabric and Fibers art class taught by Thomasa Nielsen at Colonie Central High School students painted and lettered Motivational Posters. They first used sponges and watercolors to create a background. Then, choosing from dozens of motivational quotes, students selected quotes and fonts...then typed and printed their quotes. They traced the letters onto their painted poster background and then inked them in (or in the case of a few students with physical disabilities, simply cut and glued their printed quotes to the painted background).


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What Christian Hip-Hop Can Teach Kendrick Lamar
Written by Shai Linne
A few months back, I read an article on Rapzilla entitled "What Kendrick Lamar Can Teach Christian Hip-Hop". I have many thoughts about the article and the mindset it represents. I'm thankful for Rapzilla's willingness to allow me to respond. While I'm sure the author was well-intentioned there were a number of things that troubled me about the article.


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Leland police officer resigns after incident
Published: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 6:07 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 6:07 p.m.
A Leland Police Department sergeant resigned last week after berating a Navassa officer for making a stop just inside Leland's borders, town officials said Tuesday.
During the evening of Oct. 27, a Navassa police officer made a traffic stop on South Navassa Road, just inside Leland's town line, when Segt. Anthony Nathan and two other Leland police officers responded to provide backup.
"The Navassa officer was trying to issue a citation, and Sgt. Nathan kept on questioning why he stopped the vehicle, saying this wasn't an isolated incident," said Mike James, Leland's police chief.
Navassa police officers have jurisdiction for a mile outside of the town's line, an area which includes the South Navassa Road area where the stop was made.
"If the violation occurs in Navassa and the officer pulls a blue light, he's got a mile's jurisdiction, and the Navassa officer was not wrong," James said. "He can't control where the vehicle is going to stop."
After being shown a video of the incident taken from a dash cam, Nathan resigned, James said.
Nathan's personnel record and the video of the incident were not immediately available.
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Lisa Hyder was killed by Gregory S. Hale, 37, in Tennessee last week. After Hale murdered Hyder, he ate part of her body. According to WaayTV, Hale was arrested late Sunday night and charged with premeditated first-degree murder as well as abuse of a corpse. Authorities believe that Hale planned out the murder of Hyder and then dismembered her, consuming parts of her body.
"Authorities found partial remains of Hyder's dismembered body during a search of the home, according to the affidavit. Authorities said Hyder's head, hands and feet had been cut off and her torso buried in a burn pile at Hale's home. Hale also reportedly admitted to eating part of the victim's body after killing her."
Lisa Hyder did not know her murderer. According to her ex-husband, she met him at a local liquor store on the night that she was killed. Family members say that Hyder suffered from an alcohol addiction. She had a "rocky" lifestyle and had "drifted away" from family members over the past couple of years. It's unclear how this information relates to the case.
The news of Hyder's death is both shocking and devastating. Her family was so sad to learn of her passing -- and even more so to hear how she was killed.
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but if this is anything to go by:
then I ain't gonna be buying one this season
oh man that is fugly
but if this is anything to go by:
then I ain't gonna be buying one this season
Vertonghen player of the year in the Dutch league.
I wonder if we gonna get him, or if Wenger is going to let him slip away to Tottenham.
47 goals conceded this year, opposed to 27 by City.
Something is very wrong!
It makes me feel funny all the players we were supposed to get that Management ****ed up on.
Z.Ibrahimovic, Yaya Toure, V.Kompany, G.Bale (we got F.Walcott instead), F.Ribery (2006), C.Ronaldo, R.Van Der Vaart, J.Mata, M.Richards...
Come on **** bags... If a player is better than a player that we have, and he wants to come, why why why?
I have one
This seasons away jersey went back to their roots and they are currently undefeated and winners of the Scudetto
Good news everyone! They're showing our final game on SS5! That's if this mornings Blitz is anything to go by.
Yussi, im hoping and praying we destroy west brom. I couldn't imagine what our team will look like without champions league football
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The Old School at the Children's Farm Home
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Join The Arts Center for our annual signature event!
Chocolate Fantasy features confections from the area's premier chocolatiers plus hors d'oeuvres and wine from favorite local purveyors. Our entertainment is internationally known Flamenco Guitarist: BERTOFLAMENCO! Join the bidding in the fabulous silent auction and shop from our on-site ArtShop. All proceeds benefit art and education programs at The Arts Center. Our venue, the Old School at the Children's Farm Home has been recently renovated and brought back to its original beauty. Join us for this not-to-be-missed event!


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Spirit Halloween
2148 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K2A 1H1
Your one stop shop for all of your Halloween needs and everything you didn't realize you needed.
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|Woodroffe across from Carlingwood Mall
|Mon-Sat: 10AM-8PM Sun: 11AM-7PM( watch for extended hours during the Halloween season)
Profile Last Updated: September 29, 2008
Located in an old Canadian Tire, Spirit Halloween has filled at least half of the space – 10,000 square feet - with a retail environment loaded with everything Halloween. You'll find costumes, accessories such as wigs, hats, make-up and props, decorations for indoors and out, spooky music, things that creep and crawl, fog machines and much, much, more.
Costumes For All
Think you've seen all the costumes that are out there? You haven't been to Spirit Halloween. There are the licensed character costumes everyone is looking for but many unique items as well to help you stand out from the others. Reversible costumes can help you start out the night as a white witch, and as you get more into the mood, change to a black witch. Or start as an angel and then get your groove on and let the devil in you shine through. Couples' costumes can set one of you up as an outlet and the other as the plug – a perfect match. There are costumes for every age and size including Dracula soothers to get literally everyone into the action. Pet costumes will be sure to amuse and are adorable on furry friends.
Spookify Your Home
You too can make your home one of the most talked about on the block with the decorator items available here. A wide selection of motion sensitive items can spook even the most seasoned, or more toned down things can make the night fun in a less intimidating way for the littler ones.
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by Dawgelene 'Dr Dawj" Sangster- As the new year kicks into gear, many people have made resolutions to lose weight, save money, travel, go back to school and do other things. However, one group of women are resolving to be better wives to their husbands and start a "movement" of sorts. Felicia Houston, founder and CEO of the Anointed Wives Ministry, recently held her 6th annual prayer breakfast to start the new year.
"I am passionate about marriages and women doing what we need to do and be for our husbands. Marriage Rocks!" says Mrs. Houston. More than 50 women packed the beautiful campus ballroom at St Xavier University on a recent Saturday morning, to pray, eat and receive inspiration from various speakers to include, Summer Alexander, Keyonda S. McQuarters, Debbi Boer Smits and Jamilla Thomas. They danced to the tunes of Zumba music by instructor, Lenora Henderson and even received the "laying on of hands" while traveling through a human "prayer tunnel".
"We are on a movement for 2014 to make a difference and we will be different," says Mrs. Houston. You can join the movement by contacting them via website: http://anointedwivesministry.com or Facebook: http://facebook.com/anointedwivesministry
Dawgelene is a Life Coaching Strategist, Freelance Photo Journalist, Blogger and World Changer. Reach me via twitter @Dawgelene


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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa softball program will hold a team tryout on Sept. 3 at Bob Pearl Field beginning at 3 p.m. (CT).
Students interested in trying out for the team must submit their name and Iowa student identification number to assistant coach Adrianna Baggetta via email at firstname.lastname@example.com no later than Aug. 29. Required medical forms must also be completed and turned in by Sept. 2 to participate in the tryout. To access the medical forms, please click HERE.
The Hawkeye softball program is also searching for dedicated students interested in becoming a manager. Individuals interested in this position should contact volunteer assistant coach Chelsey Carmody via email at email@example.com.


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Richard Steven Horvitz Movies and Career Information
Jul 29, 1966
Van Nuys
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Richard Steven Horvitz, also known as Richard Wood, is an American actor. In the world of animation, he is often cast as neurotic and mentally unstable characters. He is best known for his work as the voice of the original Alpha 5 in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, and Power Rangers Turbo, Razputin in Psychonauts, Billy and his dad Harold in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Grey Matter in Ben 10, Daggett in The Angry Beavers, Bumble in Kinectimals, the title character Zim in Invader Zim, Mouth in Kick Buttowski, and Orthopox in the Destroy All Humans! series.
- Richard Steven Horvitz Movies before 2015
- Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) 2005
- Snow Dogs 2002
- Mulan 1998
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie 1997
- Summer School (1987) 1987
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UMass To Play At UVM In First Round Of Hockey East Tournament
March 1, 2014
With the Hockey East regular season coming to a close on Saturday, the postseason pairings are now set for the first round, single elimination games, the league office announced on Saturday night. UMass, which concluded its regular season slate last weekend, will be the No. 10 seed and will play at No. 7 seed Vermont on Friday, March 7 at 7:05 p.m.
The matchup between the Minutemen and the Catamounts will be televised on NESN and marks the first time the squads have squared off in Hockey East postseason play. Vermont took both of the regular season meetings with UMass by the scores of 3-2 and 2-0.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House on Thursday, their first meeting since the election.
Obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month to engage with Romney after their bitter campaign and consider the Republican's ideas.
"In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Gov. Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward," Obama said at the time.
Obama aides said they reached out to Romney's team shortly before Thanksgiving to start working on a date for the meeting. The two men will meet in the White House's private dining room, with no press coverage expected.
In the days after his loss, Romney told top donors that the president was re-elected because of the "gifts" Obama provided to blacks, Hispanics and young voters, all of which are core Obama constituencies.
"The president's campaign, if you will, focused on giving targeted groups a big gift," Romney said.
Many Republican officials, eager to move on quickly after the loss, disputed Romney's comments and urged the party to focus on being more inclusive.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama was looking forward to having a "useful discussion" with his former competitor. But he said there was no formal agenda for the lunch.
I really appreciate you on this site toycannon. You keep giving great examples of why the Republican party lost this "no brainer" election. Everything is Obama's fault. It has nothing to do with a republican legislature the last 2 years destroying any initiative Obama put forward, including Jobs Bills. And I guess it also has nothing to do with the leader of the Senate making it his number one job to make him a 1 term President, and a gang of 6 meeting on his first Innauguration Day to plan the President's downfall.
Please keep saying how there is 47% that are looking for free stuff like cell phones. Those of us in the real world know that at minimum of 25% of that number is military families, senior citizens, and disabled citizens. Keep using Rush Limbaughs talking points, call him Santa Claus, it just ensures you having a non winning party for decades to come.
Of course I wouldnt be so pessimistic if you have even 2 positive things to say in your entire 655 comments, (yes I looked, I wanted to see what is really in the mind of such a man as you,) but of course you dont. You are one of the many on these boards that have hundreds of criticisms and not one original idea or praise to move forward.
Thanx again for ensuring people like you dont have offices of power in the future. We have it hard enough already.


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The Good Oil - Issue #28
24 December 2012
The discharge of oil, fuel and oily waste poses a threat to the marine environment. There are a number of regulations in place to prevent oil pollution.
Discharge of oil is prohibited and all possible measures should be used to prevent accidental spills.
New Zealand is a party to Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, the International Convention on Prevention of Pollution from Ships. Annex I includes regulations for the prevention of pollution by oil.
Oil and petroleum products must not be discharged anywhere within New Zealand's territorial waters or within the Exclusive Economic Zone. The only exception to this is where the discharge has the purpose of avoiding, remedying or mitigating an oil spill or for saving life at sea.
Chemical oil dispersants may not be used anywhere within New Zealand's territorial waters or Exclusive Economic Zone without prior approval from Maritime New Zealand.
Oily wastes such as bilge water and machinery waste can only be discharged if the dissolved hydrocarbon content is less than 15 parts per million, and the ship is en-route and the oil is not being carried as cargo. Oily rags and other oiled solid waste must not be discharged anywhere within New Zealand's territorial waters or Exclusive Economic Zone.
Facilities for the reception of oiled solid and liquid waste are available at all New Zealand ports.
Port waste reception facilities
The land disposal of these wastes is regulated under the Resource Management Act (RMA).
Any oil discharge or accidental spill of oil into the water must be reported immediately to one of the following:
In the event of an oil spill, vessel operators should make all reasonable attempts to stop the discharge and prevent oil reaching the marine environment. For example by blocking scuppers and collecting any oil from the deck. Where possible oil should be contained and recovered from the water.
Regional councils and Maritime New Zealand have spill response expertise and equipment to activate once a spill has been reported.
Responding to spills and pollution
Learn more about oil, including the following topics, by clicking on the link below:
Learn all about oil [PDF: 60Kb, 4 pages]
Oil spills from shipping accidents and offshore blowouts are rare, but when they happen the impact on the environment, on livelihoods and on the local economy can be severe.
In this series of seven films, the International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation Limited tackle the key questions. What issues do we need to consider? What expertise and techniques are available? and how do we deliver a well-planned and executed response?
Oil and its impact on the marine environment
Every drop counts – preventing fuel and oil spills [PDF: 73Kb, 2 pages]
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Big banks are the problemOctober 26,2013
Big banks are the problem
I am writing to express my extreme outrage at the ham-handed efforts of Montpelier Mayor Hollar, as reported in The Times Argus, to squelch city employee Gwen Hallsmiths advocacy of a state bank to serve the public interests in Vermont.
How can this be regarded as anything but corrupt when we learn that the mayor is a fat-cat lawyer on the payroll as a lobbyist for Bank of America and Wells Fargo? These are two of the big banks that were responsible, because of their reckless and greedy financial wheeling and dealing, for the deep economic crisis we are still stuck in.
With the establishment of a state bank by the Legislature, the out-of-state big banks operating here in Vermont would finally have a little bit of competition where financial speculation and the enrichment of the 1 percent is not the bottom line, and thats something they would no doubt like to prevent.
My feeling is that both of these too-big-to-fail banks, along with the rest of them, should be deep-sixed and so should the mayor at the next Montpelier election.
Jay Moore
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Known as Hadrian's Tomb, the Castel Sant'Angelo is a fortress located on the right bank of the river Tiber, a short distance from the Vatican City.
Construction of the building began in the year 135 under the direction of the Emperor Hadrian, who intended to use it as mausoleum for himself and his family. It was finished in the year 139 and a short time later, it became a military building, which in the year 403 would be integrated to the Aurelian Walls.
In the year 590, while a great epidemic of plague devastated the city, the Pope Gregory I had a vision of Saint Michael the Archangel on top of the castle, announcing the end of the epidemic. In memory of the apparition the building is crowned with a statue of an angel.
In the year 1277 an 800 metre fortified corridor was built that connected the castle with the Vatican City so that the Pope could escape in the event that he were in danger. During the sieges that occurred in Rome during 1527, the Pope Clement VII used the fortress as a refuge.
The Castel Sant'Angelo is split into five floors which can be reached by a spiral ramp that first reaches the chamber of ashes and subsequently the cells in which a number of historical figures were incarcerated.
Advancing toward the upper part of the castle you will find different rooms that functioned as a Papal residence, decorated with perfectly preserved frescoes from the Renaissance period, besides the extensive collection of weapons.
In the upper floor there is a large terrace where you can take amazing photographs of the city from above.
Aside from the panoramic views and of some splendidly decorated rooms, the visit to the Castel Sant'Angelo is not really worth the time. You will find more spectacular rooms in almost any of the museums in Rome.
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This issue of The Drum magazine reveals the winners of the DADI Awards, featuring Individual of the Year winner Sir Martin Sorrell. We also take a look at the winning case studies behind this year's Grand Prix and Chairman's Award.
Also in this issue::
- Desert Island Clips – Robert Campbell of Outsider Films reveals his favourite classic ad moments
- Women in digital – The latest in our series of profiles on influential women in digital sees Propel's Melina Jacovou speak to Tina Judic, managing director at Found
- Scotland focus – In the latest of a series of regional reviews, The Drum surveys a cross-section of the marketing industries in Scotland, taking a look at what lies ahead
The Drum's latest insight into the media and marketing industries, which this issue includes:
- A piece featuring veteran ad man Patrick Collister on why now is the best time to be a creative
- Analysis of 4G's arrival in the UK and what it means for consumers and brands
- Green Square partner Tony Walford's latest acquisitions blog
Our regular creative round-up, The Works, features recent branding, illustration and design work, including:
- Branding and bag designs for Classic Bag by Salad Creative
- M&C Saatchi campaign using edible tea ink for BOH Camomile Tea in Malaysia
- Brand identity for Jamie Oliver's Better Food Foundation, created by Pearlfisher
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Today's featured dog for adoption is nine-year old Jordan. She's a chocolate lab who was given up for adoption in December when her owners could no longer afford to keep her. She's at the Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago where she's been evaluated as friendly, healthy and gentle.
This economy has forced dog owners to give up their beloved pets even when they are as sweet as Jordan. Unfortuately, that means that older dogs, like her, are winding up in shelters. At nine years old Jordan has plenty of love to share Help find a new home for her. Could you be her Valentine?
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Aug 31, 2012 9:20 AM
We're loving the light, gauzy look of this simple wraparound Spinner Maxi Skirt ($128). But despite the name, we doubt we'd actually try spinning around in it. Wrap skirt + light fabric = visible underpants.
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In the 1960s, the pier at Manatee Public Beach
was a popular gathering place for families.
HOLMES BEACH – The pier at Manatee Public Beach, demolished for safety reasons in 2009, is missed by visitors and residents and needs to be replaced, Manatee County Commission Chair Carol Whitmore says.
The commission voted in 2009 to replace the structure, which still appears in tourism ads, and helped keep the beach from eroding, Whitmore said at a recent county commission meeting.
The county can't afford the $2 million price, and a new pier wouldn't be the same, even if was affordable, according to Charlie Hunsicker, director of Manatee County's Natural Resources department.
"Everybody wants the old pier back," he said, but if the beach is eroding, as Whitmore believes, a new pier would be permitted as an erosion control structure with no railings like those at Twin Piers in Bradenton Beach, not a recreational pier.
If a recreational pier were permitted, it would have to be much higher than the old pier due to federal and state laws, he said.
The county has been monitoring erosion at Manatee County Public Beach and there is not much effect since the pier was demolished, Hunsicker said, adding that the monitoring will continue.
Resort tax funds could possibly be used to build an erosion control structure, but only if the county can prove to the state Department of Environmental Protection that erosion is occurring, he said. He added that the necessary scientific model of how much the beach might be eroding due to the absence of the pier would cost $100,000.
Manatee County's 5 percent resort tax is collected from owners of accommodations rented for less than six months. The tax funds beach renourishment and the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau's tourism marketing efforts.


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Kamino glitch
ok i was messing around on kamino
i ran up to an enemy turret and started "attacking" it with my engeneer repair thing when i apeared beneath the map
i could walk on any area where u could if u were on the normal area
i could shoot up and take cps but no1 could hurt me
The turrent must have pushed you into the wall/floor
i had a similar thing happen to me. I selected yes to be Obi-Wan on Kamino. I spawned at one of the clone facilities. When i spawned i spawned under the map. I couldnt capture command posts though.
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Suggested by Dark God of Chaos
For this fight, we have an interesting match.
Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers) faces off against the God of War Universe.
Battle takes place on a neutral planet with nobody or nothing else on it
Jedah Dohma is at his most powerful.
Every character in God of War is present but in their current incarnations.
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Hepburn Heights
Hepburn Heights is an area in Liberty City's Portland Island. Hepburn Heights is known for the many, many appartment complex's it has to offer. Gangs have shifted it around for a while now. It is implied that in Liberty City Stories that the Leones once controlled Hepburn Heights with an iron fist. But due to the Sindaccos wanting to expand their influnce in Liberty City, the Leones began loosing to the Sindaccos. Once the Sindaccos were kicked off the Island, the Diablos street gang, backed by the Sicillian Mafia, began an outright onslught which was defeated by Leone Capo, Toni Cipriani, but he didn't believe that the Leone's would be able to hold on to this part of town for very much longer. By the time GTA 3 came around, Toni was proven to be right as the diablos took over Hepburn Heights.


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Today I testified before the Senate Finance Committee on historical trends in federal tax revenues and rates. My written testimony is a collection of tables and figures with descriptive text (shown below). It addresses three broad topics: revenues collected by the federal government, how taxes affect economic activity, and the tax burden and who bears it.
Federal Revenues: Trends and Projections
Total federal revenues as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) change over time because the size of the tax base for each source changes relative to GDP, because changes in the distribution of income can raise or lower average tax rates, and because changes in tax law affect the amount of revenues collected from a particular tax base. As detailed in the first three exhibits:
- Over the past 40 years, federal revenues have ranged from nearly 21 percent of GDP in fiscal year 2000 to less than 15 percent in fiscal years 2009 and 2010, averaging 18 percent of GDP over that span. Most of the revenuesabout 82 percent in 2010come from the individual income tax and the payroll taxes used to finance Social Security, Medicare, and the federal unemployment insurance program (see Exhibit 1).
- Under current law, revenues will rise significantly from their recent low relative to GDP as the economy recovers from the recession and the tax reductions enacted in 2001, 2003, and 2009 expire. We project that under current law, federal revenues will reach 21 percent of GDP in fiscal year 2020, just above their peak share reached 10 years ago (see Exhibit 2).
- We also project that under current law, federal spending will reach nearly 24 percent in 2020slightly lower than the peak level of almost 25 percent in fiscal year 2009 but well above the average of roughly 21 percent over the past four decades. Compared with that historical experience, the components of federal spending that are projected to be unusually large relative to GDP by 2020 are the expenditures for Social Security and the federal health programs.
- Even with the projected substantial increase in revenues, under current law deficits between 2015 and 2020 will range between 2.6 percent and 3.0 percent of GDP. If the Congress extended most or all of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and made no other changes to taxes and spending, revenues would be lower and deficits would be significantly larger (see Exhibit 3).
How Taxes Affect Economic Activity: Marginal Tax Rates and Tax Expenditures
Taxes raise the price of taxed activities and thereby lower the relative price of other activities. In particular, the income tax and payroll tax reduce the returns from working, and the income tax reduces the returns from saving. One measure of the effect of taxes on the returns from working and saving is the marginal tax ratethat is, the tax paid per dollar of extra earnings or dollar of extra income from savings. Exhibits 4 through 6 present information about marginal tax rates, including the following points:
- The highest marginal income tax rate (the tax rate that applies to the top tax bracket) was as high as 70 percent as recently as 1980, although a lower maximum rate applied to earnings in that year. Since 1988, the highest marginal income tax rate has ranged from 28 percent to 39.6 percent.
- For a representative family of four with median income, the marginal tax rate on earnings (combining the rates for both income and payroll taxes) has remained at about 30 percent since the mid-1980s.
Provisions of the tax code can also affect economic activity by subsidizing certain types of spending. Revenues forgone because of certain special features of the tax code are known as tax expenditures. Tax expenditures have helped to accomplish various goals, but because they reduce the base to which tax rates apply, tax rates must be higher to collect the same amount of revenues that would be collected in the absence of those subsidies. Exhibits 7 through 10 present information about tax expenditures, including the following points:
- The two largest tax expenditures are the deduction of mortgage interest on owner-occupied residences and the exclusion of employers contributions for health care, health insurance premiums, and long-term care insurance premiums from the individual income tax. Each of those results in forgone revenues equal to about 9 percent of individual income tax revenues.
- There are significant corporate tax expenditures as well.
The Tax Burden and Who Bears It
The final set of charts beginning with Exhibit 11 shows the impact of federal taxes on various categories of households, which bear the economic cost of taxes that they pay directly as well as taxes paid by businesses. One measure of the tax burden is the average tax rate, which equals taxes paid as a share of income. Federal taxes are progressive, meaning that average federal tax rates generally rise with income. Specifically:
- In 2007, households in the bottom fifth, or quintile, of the income distribution paid about 4 percent of their income in federal taxes, while the middle quintile paid 14 percent, and the highest quintile paid 25 percent.
- The individual income tax has average tax rates that rise rapidly with income. Payroll taxes have average tax rates that vary little across most income groups but fall for the highest quintile because earnings above a certain threshold are not subject to the Social Security payroll tax and because earnings are a smaller portion of total income for that group. The average social insurance tax rate is higher than the average individual income tax rate for all income groups except the highest quintile.
- Between 1979 and 2007, the average tax rate for federal taxes declined for all income groups.
- The share of taxes paid by the top fifth of the population grew sharply between 1979 and 2007. Almost all of that growth can be attributed to an increase in that groups share of before-tax income. In 2007, households in the highest quintile earned 55 percent of before-tax income and paid almost 70 percent of federal taxes; for all other quintiles, the share of federal taxes was less than the share of income.


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Dec. 29, 2012
|ECU Head Coach Jeff Lebo
Opening Statement...
"That was a good win for our team here at home after Christmas break and having a week off. Defensively we did some nice things, holding them to 35 percent from the field. We did a good job of taking away 3-point shooters, which is something we thought coming into the game that was the way they could possibly hurt us. We did a good job until the end -- (Pendarvis) Williams hit a couple of tough ones on us at the end, but we did a good job of understanding their personnel and defending for the most part. I think we rebounded it late as good as we're capable of, and that's a concern for us, particularly at the five-spot. We ran our offense as good as we've done it all year. I thought we we're pretty effective when we didn't try to make a play on no passes or one pass. When we ran our stuff I thought we executed very well and shot at a high percentage."
On Miguel Paul's performance...
"He's aggressive and he bounced back like a senior is supposed to. He didn't mope about it. He didn't make excuses about it or blame other people. His performance at UMass wasn't good, but he knows it. He came to work in practice, worked hard and was aggressive tonight. He's going to take the blunt of a lot of people's thoughts here in preparation for us. They doubled him a lot, they pressed him a lot, they were trying to be physical and not let him get the ball back. He's going to have to elevate his game. He understands he's got pressure on him to perform. We have to have him playing at a high level for us to be effective. That's just the way it is, and when he is, we're pretty good."
On team performance...
"We got some buckets inside, and we executed and passed it pretty well. Twenty-one assists on 24 baskets is darn good. We shared it for the most part pretty well. Offensively we shot foul shots well, and we did a lot of good things. In the first half we let them stay in the game because of fouling, and live-ball turnovers resulted in layups in the first half, and some offensive rebounds. They shot it poorly, so they had more opportunities to get offensive rebounds."
|Norfolk State Head Coach Anthony Evans
"I thought both teams played really hard. It was a good opportunity for us. ECU took control of the game toward the end. They made the plays that were necessary to close the game out."
On Maurice Kemp...
"I think Maurice Kemp did a great job, and we didn't let him get a lot of open looks. He had a couple at the end, but all in all I think they played great permanent defense."
On the end of the game...
"We had a chance. Obviously when you make 3-point shots you have an opportunity, but time ran out. Like I said, they did a great job of controlling the boards, making tough shots, and knocking down free throws."
|Senior Forward Maurice Kemp
On his performance...
"I was just trying to do whatever I could to help us, whether it was on the defense or the offense I was just trying to make plays. I was trying to play hard. We needed this win, so that's all I was thinking about."
"I know my team and my coaches have confidence in me. Miguel is doing a great job of getting me great looks, and I just try to finish them."
|Senior Guard Miguel Paul
On his decision making process...
"I'm picking between the line of shooting and not shooting. We have so much talent, and it's challenging me to find out when and where I pick my spots to score. They tell me not to worry about that, just to go out there and play. The ref during the breaks showed me what I need to do and I watched him and coach. Now I know what I need to do and where to get different spots, and still be a great facilitator also to score."


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I'm trying to use git from the terminal in my Ubuntu 12.04 desktop. My repository is hosted in Github, and I have the a key for my desktop. Whenever I do either "git pull" or "git push," a dialog box will pop up asking for my passphrase. This works fine if I type the passphrase correctly. However, if I'm connected to my desktop through ssh and do a git pull or push, the command does not prompt the passphrase and it outputs the following error:
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
This error makes sense because I'm not inputting my passphrase. So the question is, how can I get the passphrase prompted in the terminal?


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Mar 8, 2012 10:50 AM
Pucker up, buttercup, we wanna smooch y- aw, wait, have you been eating pickled garlic or something? Here, use some of our Kissing Elixirs 100% Natural Fresh Breath Mist in Mint Vanilla ($10). It's potent enough to power away even the gnarliest of breath with one spritz, and the tube fits easily in even the tiniest of date-night purses.
There, that's better! Now, c'mere you, and bring those gorgeous lips with you!
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Public Bathroom Hidden Camera
A cleverly hidden camera in a public bathroom catches a girl using the toilet. In this video you see a girl come into the bathroom, set her phone down, and sit down on the toilet. You can hear the sound of her peeing. When she is done she wipes, pulls up her pants, and flushes.


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Church Life in Orphir Two Hundred Years Ago: by Rev. Victor C. Pogue. Published 1954 in Orkney Miscellany ii, pp24-33.
Several parishioners mentioned.
The Church in Orkney: edited by Alfred W. Johnston. Published in The Orcadian October 1889-February 1993, Kendal 1940.
Includes excerpts from the Kirk Session Minutes for Orphir 1709-1819.
Old Parish Registers
Meg Greenwood's website lists a number of births in Orphir from 1844-1854. The site also contains numerous extracts from the Kirk Session records of the Orphir Free Kirk, listing many names and addresses.
The Registrar
of births, deaths, and marriages for the parish of Orphir.
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Curry County commissioners will debate today (June 12) the details of a proposed 3 percent sales tax that will likely go to the voters this fall.
It's only been a month since voters rejected a property tax designed to help the county preserve public safety services, but commissioners plan to ask voters this September or November to approve a sale tax that could generate approximately $5.7 million in the first year.
At today's meeting, commissioners will discuss details, including how the sales tax can be implemented, what should be exempt and when it should be put to the vote.
Also, they will consider suggestions proposed Tuesday night during a brainstorming session with the mayors of the county's three cities.
"A sales tax is not our first choice," Commissioner David Itzen said. "It's complicated. But it will work."
Commissioners selected a 3 percent rate based on last year's Citizens Committee's 19 suggestions. A 2 percent sales tax with no exemptions was deemed to be regressive and harmful to those living under the poverty level or on fixed incomes. But a 3 percent rate with exemptions seemed more acceptable to officials.
The upstart costs of creating a sales tax would be about $500,000. The county would likely borrow money from its road fund to pay for it. That amount doesn't include cost of hiring three to five staff to collect the tax.
On Tuesday, Brookings Mayor Ron Hedenskog told commissioners that his council would prefer any tax proposal be placed on the November ballot instead of September, giving officials more time to figure out details and inform the public.
Commissioner Susan Brown agreed.
"That's not enough time to do anything," she said."
The logistics are complex enough, officials agreed.
If the sales tax is approved it will take about three months to get it established among merchants and the assessor's office. It will take an additional six months before revenue begins to come in.
And then there are the exemptions – many of which were acceptable to all, and others that commissioners will ponder further.
Possible exemptions include food purchased at a grocery store or farmers market, medical items, utilities, home heating, wholesale items, real property, the "casual, infrequent" sale of goods at such events as a yard sale, items purchased out of county from the Internet or catalog, cars, boats, motorhomes, and items that are prohibited by state or federal law such as food stamps, liquor and gasoline.
But that's a small list of items the commissioners will consider.
"We're in a little bit of unchartered territory here," Itzen said. "All forecasts are subject to error. It's kind of a guess."
"We're going to have to take a risk," said Gold Beach Mayor Carl Popoff. "But we don't have a choice."


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UIC Men's Basketball Announces Its 2000-2001 Schedule
July 25, 2000
Chicago, Ill. - With its most successful recruiting class inked, headlined by all-staters Cedrick Banks (Chicago, Ill./Westinghouse) and Martell Bailey (Chicago, Ill./Westinghouse), the University of Illinois at Chicago men's basketball program will prepare to take on one of the most ambitious schedules in the school's history, including a highly anticipated showdown with sister school University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in late December.
The Flames' non-conference slate boasts five dates with teams that competed in last year's NCAA Tournament, including tilts with the defending national champion Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing, Mich., on Dec. 2, a match up with the Fighting Illini at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., on Dec. 29 and a season-opening showdown at Saint Louis on Nov. 18.
UIC will also battle tournament-tested Oregon and Iowa State on the road as well as Midwest rivals Northern Illinois, Drake, Central Michigan and Chicago State prior to the beginning of its Midwestern Collegiate Conference schedule. The Flames will also play the first of two Allstate Arena games when they face Southern Illinois on Dec. 9 as part of a doubleheader with DePaul. The Blue Demons will face Chicago State. UIC will take the court for its first home game at the UIC Pavilion against Texas-San Antonio on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
In league action, UIC will open up Midwestern Collegiate Conference play in Cleveland, Ohio, against Rollie Massimino's Cleveland State Vikings on Jan. 6 before returning home to face Bo Ryan and the UW-Milwaukee Panthers on Jan. 11. UIC is set to square off against league-foe and crosstown rival Loyola at the UIC Pavilion on Jan. 20 while the rematch at the Ramblers' Gentile Center is slated for Feb. 17.
After hosting the MCC post-season tournament the last two years, UIC will head to Dayton, Ohio and Wright State University's Nutter Center for the 2001 Nokia MCC Men's Basketball Championship, which is scheduled for March 3, 4 and 6, 2001.
UIC Head Coach Jimmy Collins welcomes back eight letterwinners, including starters Maurice Brown (Syracuse, NY/Henninger), the Flames' top returning scorer (9.5 ppg) and rebounder (6.7 rpg), Joe Scott (Palos Hills, Ill./Stagg) and Cory Little (Addison, Ill./Addison Trail).


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Tucson, Ariz. - Arizona women's gymnastics coach Bill Ryden announced today that five student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to attend the University of Arizona. The five initial signees make this the largest single class in the program's history.
Breanne Workman, Alexis Greene, Sarah Specht, Briana Bergeson, and Sarah Parsons signed their letters of intent and faxed them to coach Ryden on Wednesday, the first day of the November early signing period.
"This is the largest single recruiting effort for gymnastics in school history for one class," Ryden said. "We feel fortunate to get five quality athletes. They will be the crux of next year's team because of the numbers we will have. This is a whole new era, a younger era, of Arizona gymnastics."
Workman, a 5-foot-2 senior at Grand Ledge High School in Lansing, Mich., is a member of Twisters U.S.A., the same club team current senior Jamie Duce competed for. She is the daughter of Blaine and Beth Workman.
"Breanne is a great all-around athlete that we project highly on the floor and vault," Ryden said. "She is more than capable of coming in and making an impact everywhere for us."
Greene, a 5-foot-3 senior at Old Mill High School in Severn, Md., is a member of Docksiders Gymnastics. She is the daughter of Dwayne and Mary Greene.
"Alexis is a very powerful, high-skill athlete," Ryden said. "She does a very high level of gymnastics that will raise or certainly maintain our high level of gymnastics. She is very strong on the bars, floor and vault, but capable of competing in all four events."
Specht, a 5-foot-2 senior at Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Ill., is a member of the Midwest Academy of Gymnastics. She is the daughter of J.P. and Molly Specht.
"Sarah is a very talented all-around athlete," Ryden said. "She certainly can come in and make a huge scoring impact for us right away."
Bergeson, a 5-foot-2 senior at Mesquite High School in Gilbert, Ariz., is a member of Arizona Dynamics Gymnastics, which her parents, Brian and Linda Bergeson, co-own.
"Brianna is the next in line for Arizona gymnasts," Ryden said. "She was our No. 1 recruiting priority in the state of Arizona. She is an incredible beam worker. She is also skilled on the floor and bars. She really is developing into a quality all-around athlete."
Parsons, a 5-foot-2 senior at Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, Ky., is a member of Champion Gymnastics. She is the daughter of Alan Parsons and Barbara Gunther.
"Sarah is very talented and a strong all-around gymnast," Ryden said. "She is capable of competing in all events and we expect an immediate impact from her."
The Wildcats have one remaining scholarship available for this year's class, but they will wait to make a decision whether to use it or not.
The 2005 season begins January 7, 2005, when the Wildcats travel to Gainesville, Fla., to participate in the Super Six Challenge.


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County Offices, Courts and Landfill will be closed on Monday, July 4 for the Independence Day Holiday. Critical services at Larimer County are not disrupted by closures.
Unapproved Meeting Minutes
September 9, 2004
Held at 1501 Blue Spruce Drive
Room 135B
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
Members Present:
Bill Benton
Steve Budner
Carolyn Funk
Gerry Hinks
Elnora McCloughan
Thomas Nix
Barbara Nuss
Carol Rehme
Mary Shultz
Earl Stevens
Ken Tharp
Stan Ulrich
Members Absent
Paul Bell
Johanna Inman
Reggie Kemp
Olivia Larry
Ray Martinez
Paulette Pardun
Karen Reinhardt
Lloyd Spawn
Hal Wilson
Staff Present:
Tina Barker
Donna Brumbaugh
Ruth Coberly
Tina Hugo
Margaret Long
Katy Mason
Guests Present:
Nancy Arthur
Tom Bender
Sheri Sauer
Mary Shultz called the meeting to order.
Mary recognized Sheri Sauer from RVNA and Nancy Arthur, Service Coordinator with Oakbrook II.
There was no open discussion or community input.
ADJUSTMENTS, THEN MOTION TO ACCEPT MINUTES OF August 12, 2004
There were no adjustments noted. Earl Stevens moved to accept the minutes. Minutes were accepted as printed.
Mary Shultz reported there were 51 RSVPs for the Legislative Breakfast.
It was decided that instead of the committees meeting separately in September, a meeting has been set for all the committee chairs to meet at Human Services on September 17th at 9:00 a.m. to look at the allocation of funds. The meeting will be held in room 135B.
Mary reminded the council about Bridging the Gap Networking Luncheon. Katy Mason distributed instructions to the table hosts. Business cards are available through Tina Hugo at the Office on Aging.
Karen Reinhardt and Mary did a presentation at Big Thompson Manor I and Big Thompson Manor II. The presentation at Big Thompson Manor I was well received. Bill Benton and Mary did a presentation at Silver Leaf II that was also well received.
Mary reminded the council to read through the audit that was distributed at the last meeting.
PROVIDER PRESENTATION RVNA (Rehabilitation and Visiting Nurses Association)
Sheri Sauer distributed the RVNA brochure. Sheri described RVNA services for home care services which are provided throughout Larimer and Weld counties. Their services include: skilled home care, occupational, physical and speech therapists, nurses, social workers, home health aids including homemakers and personal care providers.
RVNA is a Medicaid, Medicare approved agency and also accepts regular insurance. RVNA, which was founded in 1979, is the only not for profit home health agency in both Larimer and Weld County. RVNA feels very fortunate to receive money from the Office on Aging every year. The program continues to grow as the needs grow.
The majority of the money that comes from the Office on Aging goes to homemaking services. Typically clients start out with needing homemaking services. Then, as time goes on, they need personal and skilled care. The Office on Aging has provided a small amount of money for skilled care. RVNA uses this money for clients waiting for Medicaid eligibility. RVNA has also started a medication management program with some of the money from the Office on Aging. RVNA has also noticed that they have been picking up more clients due to the changes in HCBS. The state has reported that 60% of RVNAs Medicaid pending clients will not be approved. RVNA has been working closely with Human Services and the Medicaid office in order to resolve issues.
RVNA clients do donate some of the money for the costs. Their staff size in Larimer County is about 50. RVNA provides approximately 300-400 visits per month. Presently, RVNA does not have a waiting list, but can have one up to 10 to 12 people.
Margaret Long suggested that RVNA keep client stories and start advertising the real people stories to government representatives in hopes that we can focus on early intervention instead of having more expensive care needed later on.
Tom Nix, council member, gave a brief biography of himself.
Update on Statewide Needs Assessment
Margaret Long reported that the statewide needs assessment is still in process. Margaret may get the results later this month. The Education Committee can help to disseminate the information.
Update on State Audit
Margaret reported that the audit is driving a lot of work. The state has agreed to do everything the auditors suggested and is on a fast-track to fix some of the audit findings. During the next couple of months there will be a variety of policy changes reviewed and cast in stone. The state has gone back to rewriting Volume 10 and will be taking to the State Board in October.
The state has reacted on the nutritional supplements finding. There has been a draft memo written which will make it significantly difficult to run the program. Larimer County has about 20 people on supplements. The Office on Aging will be looking at pulling this program.
Margaret reported that the AAAs are trying to create a better relationship with the state through APAC, a policy advisory committee, in hopes that the state will bring information to the AAAs before they become policy.
Report on State On-site Visit
Margaret reported that the Office on Aging is still waiting for the states on-visit evaluation.
Update on Budget and Funds Available for Contract Services
Glen Rathgeber reported that the County is in the middle of the budget process and will meet at the end of September. The County must have a balanced budget to the commissioners by October 15th. Public input can be received after October 15th.
Education Committee
Steve Budner reminded the Advisory Council that the Legislative Breakfast is tomorrow.
The Bridging the Gap Networking Luncheon is on September 24th at the Ranch. Booth setup is around 10:00 a.m. Lunch will be provided starting at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Wacker is the guest speaker. Judy Jones said she has received 180 reservations so far.
The Speakers Bureau PowerPoint Presentations are set for Kiwanis on September 22nd which will be presented by Bill Benton and Olivia Larry. Karen Reinhardt will finalize the dates for the Wellington Senior Center. If there are any organizations that would be interested in seeing this presentation, pass the information to Karen and she will contact them to set a date.
The Education Committee will be working on the Older Adult Job Fair next.
Executive Committee
The committee discussed the Legislative Breakfast final arrangements. Margaret discussed the state audit.
Health Committee
There was no meeting last month.
Membership Committee
There has been no change in membership. Stan will contact the new members regarding their attendance at the Advisory Council meetings.
Nutrition Committee
Hal Wilson was not present to report.
Margaret Long discussed some changes that are happening at VOA. Leighanna Grupp is transferring to the Denver VOA office. The RVSP and Handyman programs person has resigned. VOA is looking at combining management for nutrition program along with the RVSP and Handyman programs. Diane Stobnicke was hired to be Leighannas replacement and will start on October 4th. Diane has a lot of experience running programs and will be moving to the Fort Collins community.
Senior Attainable Housing Committee
Steve Budner reported that the Continuing Care Campus at Oakridge plan has passed the zoning board. They will be building during the next couple of years between Wheaton Drive and McMurray. He reported that there were at least two votes swayed because of the number of people who came in support of this project. Peggy Haller spoke well for the housing committee.
Steve mentioned that the VOA Sanctuary Apartments is having an open house on September 15th at 4:30 p.m. with a presentation at 5:00 p.m. at their location between Shields and Horsetooth.
Transportation Committee
Elnora McCloughan reported that the committee discussed the debacle of the Medicaid transportation situation. The committee also discussed the results of their onsite-visits.
Staff Reports
Donna Brumbaugh reported that the NCCNHR Residents Rights Week is October 3rd October 9th. The Ombudsmen will be sending out press releases and will be encouraging nursing homes and assisted living facilities to do something special during that week. The Ombudsmen will be attending a national conference for National Citizen Coalition for Nursing Home Reform in Washington D.C. at the end of October for six days. They will be bridging this conference with the National Eldercare Law conference.
Katy Mason reported that the Senior Yellow Pages have been updated and will be ready for Bridging the Gap Networking Luncheon. The Senior Housing List will also be available.
Katy mentioned that the Office on Aging staff is continuing to run analysis for the Medicare prescription drug card and $600 credit program. The Office on Aging has lost their Title V worker, Genevieve. She was hired full-time to another division within Human Services department. If you know someone who needs the analysis done, please let Stacy and/or Katy know.
Katy reported that the Caring Conversations Conference will be held on October 30th at the Chilson Senior Center. This conference deals with end of life decision making issues. Katy will provide registration forms at the next meeting. It is a free event, including a continental breakfast. The conference is expecting approximately 250 people to attend.
Fort Collins Senior Advisory Board
C. Dean Miller was not in attendance to give a report.
Loveland Senior Advisory Board
There was no formal meeting held this month.
Earl Stevens reminded the council that the Harvest Bazaar is Friday, September 10th, starting at 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Foundation on Aging
Mary reported that the committee met on September 9th and is looking at where to go from here. No decisions have been made.
There were no announcements made.
Mary adjourned the meeting.


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US rejects Pinal County proposal on jail payments
CASA GRANDE, AZ - The federal government has rejected Pinal County's proposal that the county be paid more to house immigration detainees in the county jail.
The county had notified Immigration and Customs Enforcement in April that it would terminate the county's money-losing contract unless the federal agency accepted the county's proposal to raise the daily per-detainee payment rate.
RELATED: Arrival of immigrant children to Oracle delayed
The Casa Grande Dispatch reports that county officials learned of the rejection on Tuesday, just 10 days before the contract's expiration.
The county intended for the contract initially signed in 2006 to help pay for construction of the new jail. However, county officials say it has turned out that the county's taxpayers have been subsidizing federal costs for detention.
The county proposed increasing the daily rate per detainee to $87.96 from $59.64.


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Fullback Holton, tight end Sanders no longer on team
CORAL GABLES — Fullback C.J. Holton and tight end Billy Sanders are no longer a part of Miami's football team, UM confirmed on Friday.
The school said both players remain enrolled in school.
Holton (6-1, 240), who would have been a redshirt senior this fall, was the No. 2 tight end this spring behind Maurice Hagens. He suffered an ankle injury during the second scrimmage and sat out the rest of spring. Ranked the nation's No. 7 safety as a high school senior at Crawfordville Wakulla in 2007, Holton moved to linebacker before later switching to offense.
He was mostly a special teams contributor throughout his career and saw action in just three games last season.
Sanders (6-4, 245), who would have been a redshirt junior, did not see action as a scout-teamer last season. He played in six games in 2010. Sanders was ranked the nation's 17th best tight end by Scout.com coming out of Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, Ariz.


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Making sure women who left everything behind still have their dignity
February 28, 2013 by Sinziana Demian
|In conflict-stricken North Kivu province, the IRC is delivering more than 12,000 emergency kits for women that support their dignity and safety. Photo: Sinziana Demian/IRC
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo -
When Jacqueline* and her two teenage daughters abruptly fled their village last fall because of fighting in North Kivu province, they managed to take but a pair of cooking pots and a small rug to sleep on. Since then, they have been forced to move several times among the informal camps sprouting up on the outskirts of Goma, the provincial capital near Congo's border with Rwanda. They have had to sleep under the open sky, in makeshift tents, and on the cement floor of a school with hundreds of other displaced people, never feeling safe or enjoying the least bit of privacy.
Jacqueline and her daughters had no money to buy new clothes. They were able to wash their dresses once every two weeks, covering themselves in scraps and hiding while their clothing dried. Every month during menstruation, with no access to personal products like sanitary napkins, they couldn't even attend to daily tasks.
Their situation is hardly unique. Scared for their lives and often without a place to go, women and girls in Congo flee their homes empty-handed. On the road, they have little opportunity to practice basic hygiene and are exposed to infection from wearing wet clothing continuously. The fact that for several days a month they cannot move about freely compromises their ability to search for food and fetch water—in short, their ability to survive.
"We felt very uncomfortable, always in the same clothes and not being able to wash properly," Jacqueline says. "We really wanted new pagnes, but could not buy them."
Pagne, the brightly colored, waxed cotton fabric that women make into dresses and head coverings, costs at least $12 at local markets, a sum Jaqueline could not contemplate. Her daily expenses, which she spends exclusively on food, rarely exceed one American dollar, and only when she is lucky enough to get an odd job.
|To reduce the risks women face at night, the IRC kits supply them with flashlights and multiple sets of batteries, as well as whistles to blow in case they find themselves in danger.
Photo: Sinziana Demian/IRC
Relief finally came when Jacqueline was told she would receive an emergency kit for women. Purchased and delivered by the International Rescue Committee with funding from Stichting Vluchteling and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the kits provide women and girls with a range of personal items that support their dignity and safety.
High-quality pagne, as well as several sets of underwear and underskirts, ensure that wet clothes no longer need be worn the same day they are washed. An extra bolt of cloth, cut into small reusable strips, helps during menstruation. Bars of soap and two buckets, one for washing clothes and another for personal hygiene, simplify the everyday tasks women must fulfill when caring for their families—allowing everyone to wash herself and her clothing in private rather than risking physical or sexual attack at the communal and unprotected creek banks.
Finally, to reduce the risks that women and girls face at night, the IRC kits supply them with flashlights and multiple sets of batteries, as well as whistles to blow in case they find themselves in danger.
Jacqueline and other displaced women are ecstatic about the emergency kits, rejoicing that they no longer "need to hide during those days," and that from now on they can be clean and dry. "We didn't really know what to expect, but this is better than what we hoped for," says Jacqueline. "You gave us what we needed the most."
So far, 4,400 women and girls in five camps and transit sites have received the kits; 8,000 more are slated for distribution in the coming weeks. See more photos.>>
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The IRC in Congo
In conflict-afflicted eastern Congo, the IRC is responding to the vast needs of displaced and returning families. Learn more.>>
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