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NPR's Nina Totenberg on Leaning In and the Challenge of Living
When Nina Totenberg, longtime legal affairs correspondent for NPR, first joined the organization in 1975, her biggest challenge was getting a job. She, along with Linda Wertheimer and Cokie Roberts, were known as the Three Musketeers for their trailblazing political reporting.
"All I ever did was work like a dog to keep the job and do well and be noticed as a good reporter," she revealed in WSJ's Work Wear series on office style. "That's pretty much taken for granted now."
The veteran journalist also discussed what challenges women have in today's workforce, dressing for the Supreme Court, and getting hooked on "Say Yes to the Dress" when she was bedridden. Edited excerpts:
When you started your career, you were facing tremendous barriers as a woman. How do you feel about Sheryl Sandberg's philosophy of leaning in?
Nina Totenberg: Most people can't lean in the way she does because they don't have her income. Let's say you're a young woman—you're thirty-something, and you have three young children, and you're making $80,000 a year. And you're working a 50-60 hour week, and you have somebody at home, maybe, or maybe you take your kids to a nursery school of some kind. And then they go to something else.
If you don't have Sheryl Sandberg's income, those are the challenges. And then you get home and you're exhausted, and there's nobody to do the laundry, and nobody to make dinner other than you and your spouse. My sister is a federal judge, and I can remember when she was a young lawyer, that she would be folding laundry at midnight. And she has a very participatory spouse. He would get home early and cook. And when she had a big trial coming up, the kids would be lined up marking exhibits. They had stickers. And she'd say to the three-year-old, "Okay this pile, you have the silver stickers."
The challenge is living.
How do you decide what to wear when covering the Supreme Court?
There's a dress code for the lawyers, but not for me. My approach is to do what I do for any day. I'm a person that dresses up. If I dress like a schlump, I think like a schlump and I work like a schlump.
It's not just a presentation to the world, which is important, and it's not just that I do a lot of TV—and for 21 years, every Friday for half an hour I did a show. It's presenting to myself. I spend money on clothes. And I even sort of like designers, but not super designers because I work for public radio and I can't afford it.
There's a young designer named Carolina in New York—very young and she came to the place where I shop very often, which is a dress shop called Saks Jandel in Washington. It wasn't crazy expensive and the clothes were very interesting and yet very classic. And I've bought a lot of her stuff lately.
With a limited budget, how did you shop when you were younger?
I had no money really up until my fifties. I had no money to spend on clothes. So I really had to be careful about it. I didn't buy any big fancy brand names. That was out of the question. Although I have a beautiful purple gabardine coat that I bought 30 years ago and have had twice relined. Think back 25 or 30 years ago. It was a $1,000 coat—way out of my league. And I visited it, and when it got down to $250, I bought it at a fancy store. I still have it. I still wear it and I still get compliments on it.
Did you invest in other pieces?
The very first piece that I actually paid full price for was an Escada black suit that I still own. It's been let out. It has to have been 35 years ago.
I never ever buy top-of-the-line Akris unless it's wildly on sale. But I do have a great houndstooth jacket that I bought that was like 65% off at Saks in New York. I just walked in and it was January and my husband—bless him—said you should look. And it's this fabulous jacket. It's very warm. I maybe get to wear it five times a winter.
I used to joke that for every $500 you paid, you lost five pounds—you looked that much better. I think the thing I have learned over the years is it pays to shop at a store where they have great seamstresses. Because if you're going to spend real money for an item of clothing, somebody can make you look so much better in it—make it work, really work.
Have you been watching any TV shows lately?
When I was recovering from knee surgery, I spent hours watching "Say Yes to the Dress" because it's mindless. I am interested in fashion, and it's totally mindless—to the point that I can tell you the quintessential differences between the New York "Say Yes to the Dress" and the Atlanta "Say Yes to the Dress."
The one in New York, Kleinfeld's, they're totally counterintuitive. The dresses are much more expensive. The brides are significantly older, and much to my surprise, by and large, the bridal parties are much nicer to the bride. Atlanta, they're much younger. The dresses are less expensive. And the people they bring in are really mean to the bride.
Do you have any other tips for women dressing in the workplace?
When you're young and you're looking for clothes, you do not believe that you are pretty. I looked at a press conference with Gerald Ford, right after he became president, and I'm asking him a question. And if I had had any idea then that I was that pretty, I would've had a lot easier life.
So what I always say to people is: You think you're not really pretty compared to all these others. You're pretty. You are really pretty. You just don't know it.
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Central Michigan University
March 9 , 1966
Central Michigan University Board of Trustees
Meeting of March 9, 1966
lilt. Pleasant, Michigan
Member s present: Mrs . Jean Backus ; Lloyd M. COfer; Mrs. Katharine C.
Hafstad, Chairman; E. Allan Morrow; John W. Sivler ; James M. Umphrey;
Walter W. Wightman; J udson W. Foust, President. Also: Norvall C.
Bovee, Treasure r; Mrs. Doris L. Crippo, secretary .
Absent: Lawre nce D. Rah illy .
The Minutes of the meeting held on February 9, 1966 , were approved
as printed.
Dr. Wilbur E. Moore, Vice President of Academic Affairs, gave a report
on "Long Range Academic P lanning." He summarized studies concerning
this that have been made by several committees over the last several years
together with recent materials submitted by various Department Chairmen
and the Deans of the several Schools. This was further supplemented by
considerable mate rial from his files regarding the kind of s tudent body
that we are serving. Or. Patricia C. Annable, Chairman of the University
Senate Committee on Planning, reported on recent activities of the committee
and plans for continuing the discussion in this a r ea.
The Cllair man ca lled for reports from Standing Committees :
Finance Committee -- Mr. Sivier , Chairman
No report
Academic Affairs COmmittee -- Or. COfer , Chairman
At a meeting the pr evious evening with the Academic Affairs
Committee of the University Senate, four issues were brought
up for discussion:
1. Mak ing Agenda of the Board meetings generally ava ilab le
2. Univer s ity's position relative to Labor Unions
3. Overall plan for the University with respect to size and
academic programs
4. Letter from AA UP
No particular recommendations for action of the Board a l this
The Chairman called for reports from ad hoc committees:
Revision of Bylaws -- Mr. Umphrey, Chairman
A proposed set of Bylaws was presented.
It was moved and seconded that the Bylaws as presented be adopted .
Discussion followed rela tive to Section 5, Article In. It was moved
and seconded tbat the original motion be amended by changing Section
5, Article In to r ead, "Policy matters , as adopted by the Board, shall
be reduced to writing, and made immediately available to each member
of the Board , and sball be made apart of the P olicy Manual." Original
motion as amended carried. (Copy on file in the Secretary's Office.)
The Chairman discbarged the ad hoc committee on Bylaws.
Appointment PolicY Committee - - Dr . Cofer, Chairman
Dr. Cofer reported thnt his committee met"" th the appointed committee
of the University Senate .
No recommendations fOI' Board action at this time.
Mr. Dovee reported that in accordance with the agreement with our legal
counsel we were to reviow the agreement at the end of six months. Legal
Counsel requested this agreement be continued as at present and be reviewed
at the end of the yenr, June 30 ,1966. Board concurred.
It was moved, seconded and carried that approval be given for the acceptance
of the low bids on the second general classroom building and authorize
Vice President Bovee and Preside nt Foust to let such contracts as are
necessary .
The report on finan cing plans for the University Center addition deferred
to a future meeting .
President Foust called atlention to letter fr om Association of Governing
Boards relative to Annual Meetil~ to be held at Univer s ity of Kentucky
on May 1 and 3, 19G6. It was the concensus of op inion of the Board that
a representative of the Board s hould alteld tbis meeting if possible. Mrs.
Hafstad is hoping that she may be able to make arrangements to attend.
President Foust cal led atlention to the Minutes of the State Board of
Education for January 11 , 12. 25 and 26. Copies of these mimtes are to
be xeroxed and distributed to the Members of the Board of Trustees. to
the Chairman and Secretary of the University Senaie, and to the Library.
The next meeting of the Board was changed from April 20 to April 13.
Reports were made on the following Items:
1. Land Condemnation and Acquis ition
2. Request of F aculty P ersoJUlcl for Action by Labor Mediation Board
3. Central Michigan University Ordln.'lnce Power - Senate Bill *38
4. Outside Speake r s ' P olicy
5. Central Michigan University Alumni participating in Peace Corps
6 . Budget Hearing with EducaUon Co mmittee of House of R~re se ntativcs
Chairman Hafstad stated that the formal recommendations prese nted by
President Foust include retirements, resignations, appointments , leaves
of abse nce , transfers and reclassifications, gifts and proposed service
staff sal ary s che dlle which we have considered previou sly.
It was moved , seconded and carried that the following r ecommendations
as presented by President Foust be approved:
Mr. Claude D. Love, Chairman, Commerce Depa rtment, e ffective
July 30 , 1966, with the r ank of Professor Emer itus.
Dr. Rolland H. :Maybee , P rofess or, History and Political Science
Department , effective June 11, 1966, with the rank of Professor
Emeritus .
Mr. AIda T. Rolph, As sistant Director A- VI, Field Services, effcctiveJune
30 , 1966 .
Mr. Gerald Sholi<, Administrative Assistant A-II , Field Services,
effective June 30, 1966.
Miss J ennie Pas te rnak , Resident Director , Hou sing Divis ion,
effective February 19 , 1966.
Mrs . Glorta P . Maynard , Ass is trut in Spa nis h, University Laboratory
School , effective January 22, 1966.
r.1rs . J oan Hartman, Cashier C-1 , Business Divis ion , effective
Feh ruary 18, 1966.
. Mr. J ohn J. McGee, General Ma intenance M-1 , effective J anuary 26,
Mrs . Shar on Barnum, Clerk J r . C-O, Cl ari<.e Historical Ubrary,
effective as of February 18,1966.
Mrs. Vernetta Carrick , Secretary C-3, Remedial Clinic , effective
as of March 9, 1966.
Mr. Geor ge B. Ma.rtin , Administrative Assista nt A-VI, Field
Servic es , effective February 15, 1966 .
Appointments continued -
Dr. Herber t S. Ve cte r , Assistant Professor, Che mistry Department,
for the periods April 6 - Apr il 13, 1966, and June 13 -
J uly 29 , 1966, to do work on the American Cancer Research Gra nt.
Dr. Wilbur Waggo ne r , Professor , Mathematics Department, for
the period September 17 , 1965 - J anua r y 29, 1966, for teaching
in the National Science Foundation In- Service Institute in
Mathe matics fo r Eleme ntar y Teachers and Supervisor s.
Dr. James W. Davis, Chairman of the Political Science Department,
with the rank of Profcssor , effective SEptember 5 , 1966.
Dr . Loren R. Clifford, Assistnnt Profes s or, Physics Department ,
beginning September 5, 1966.
Mr. Melvin W. Donaho, Assistant Professor, Speech nnd Drama
Department, effec tive September 5, 1966.
Dr. Gerald B. Fuller, Assoc iate P rofe ssor, Psychology Department,
effective September 5, 1966.
Mr. J ohn W. P etras, Assistant Professor , Sociology Department,
effective September 5, 1966.
Mr. Herbert K. Rodewald , Assis tant Professor , P sychology
Department , effective September 5, 1966.
P.-1rs . Luc ile J . Smith, Reside nt Director, Housing Office , effective
Februa ry 6 , 1966.
Dr. Charles P. Poole, Vis iting P rofessor, Education Department,
for the period February 10 - J une 10 , 1966 .
Dr . Malcom D. Sa linger , Vis i ting Instructo r , Psychology Department,
for the !pring semester, 1966.
P.-Irs. Mabel Brasington, Visiting Ins tructor, Education Department,
for the period. February 11 - June 10, 1966.
lI-lrs. Ellen Maxwell , Temporary Instructor (Part-Time), Foreign
Languages Department, for the period February 6 - June 3,1966 .
:Mr. Stephen Holde r , Ins tru ctor, English Department , for the
spring semeste r , 1966.
Mr. WUliam M. Hubert , Assistant Inst ructor (Temporary), English
Department, beginning Febr uary 10 , 1966.
ApPOintments continued -
Mr. Robert Lasco, Assistant Instructor (Temporary), English
Departmem., beginning February 10, 1966 .
Mrs . Carol Billingham, Visiting Instructor, Economics Department,
fur the spring semester , 1966.
J\.uss Ethel P raeger, Visiting Instructor, Education Departme nt,
for the period February 10 - March 31 ,1966.
Mrs. Donna Anderson, Secretary Jr. C-4 , Academic Affairs,
effective January 31, 1966.
Mrs. Virginia Oldt, Cashier C-1, Business Div ision, effective
February 16, 1966.
Mrs. Cynthia Mooney, Clerk C-l, Education Dep.utment,
beginning February 9, 1966.
Mrs. Ruth Benninger, Clerk Sr. C-l. Student Personnel Division,
effective February 7, 1966.
lilies Julia A. Daniels , Typist C-O, Graduate Studies Offlce,
effective January 31. 1966.
Mrs. Betty L. Post, Receptionist C-O , Housing Office, effective
February 6, 1966.
Mr. George Pelle r in, Instructor, Department of Biology, for
the academJc year, 1966-67.
Mr. Tommy R. Jones, Instructor, School of Health and Physical
Education and Recreation for the academic year, 1966-67.
TRANSFERS AND RECLASSIFlCATIONS:
Dr. Leon A. McDermott, Department Chairman, Physics Department,
with the rank of Professor, from that of Professor, effective
June 20, 1966.
Dr. Rollard H. Maybee, Professor, History and Political Science
Department, Part-Time, for the spring semester, 1966, from
tbat of full-time .
Transfers and Reclassifications ccntirued -
Dr. Ruth Cook, Assistant Professor, Home Economics Department,
for the spring semester, 1966, part-time, from that of
Miss Donna Galolt. Graduate Assistant, Home Economics Department,
for the s pring semester, 1966, beginning February 10,
Mrs. Mary E. Bond, Resident Di rector, Housing, from that of
Receptionist C-O, Hous ing Office, effective January 31, 1966.
Mr. James R. Dennany, Instructor, Departmcnt of English, died
Saturday, February 19, 1966 . His name, therefore , is removed from
the payroll as of that date .
Recommend that the propcsed salary schedule be approved and implemented
beginning July 1, 1966, as rapidly as funds are available, as
submitted. (Copy on file in the Secretary's Office.)
Recommend that permJsslcn be granted to allow :Mrs. Greta Masten to
be employed as Resident Director during the summer session of 1966
(July through August) even though her compulsory retirement date is
J une 30, 1966.
Grant in the amoont of $22, 000 from the Department of Health,
Education . a rd Welfare in the program for the Preparation of
P rofessional Personnel in the Education of Handicapped Children
and Youth . (Copy on file Inthe Secretary' s Office)
Supplies and equipment from The Dow Chemical Company to our
Chemistry Department. Estimated value - $1,860 . 10 .
A c heck in the amount of $100 from Ginn and Company, matching
gift of .Mr. Albert F. Butler.
Recommend approval of the Summer Program, Off-Campus, 1966, as
submitted. (Copy on file in the Secretary's Office.)
On motion, meeting adjourned at 4:00 P. M.
../ . J.' cNo' ,~.r.~
Mrs. Doris L. Crippo
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Size aside, it's pretty hard to fault Luxembourg. One of the teeniest nations on the European map, this landlocked nation enjoys some of the highest living standards in the world – something which becomes rapidly apparent on arrival. Fly into Luxembourg City and you'll be greeted by a capital that effortlessly blends the architectural romances of old-world Europe with the latest in urban conveniences. Enter the country by land and you'll be presented with evergreen meadows, languidly flowing canals and stately cliff-top castles. Then there's a hearty national cuisine to tuck into, a steaming nightlife to check out and elegant town plazas to wile away the hours in – and all squeezed into a plot of land less than 1,600 square kilometres. It just goes to show, size certainly isn't everything.
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Luxembourg's terrain varies considerably from north to south, and the weather accordingly. The northern one-third of the country, which forms part of Ardennes, is known as Oesling and the southern two-thirds Gutland. Summer (May to September) is the best time to visit, when the weather is at its warmest and driest, although rain does still fall across both regions throughout the year. On the whole, Oesling is slightly cooler and wetter than Gutland. Autumn can also be a good time to visit the north, as this is when the leaves turn and the carpet of autumn colours are breathtaking.
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Luxembourg as we now know it began in AD 963 when Siegfried, the Count of Ardennes, obtained sovereignty over a promontory called the Bock and had Lucilinburhuc Castle built. Enticed by the security this impressive fortification appeared to offer, migrants flocked in and a city grew (the ruins of Lucilinburhuc Castle can still be seen in Luxembourg City). Unfortunately the fortifications were also the envy of many a surrounding empire, and the population had to endure centuries of military invasions by jealous foreign armies looking to bolster their own strongholds. Successively occupied by the Bourbons, Habsburgs, Hohenzollerns and French, Luxembourg was finally granted its independence in 1867 in the Treaty of London (at the stipulated cost of having its fortifications demolished). Down a castle and with swathes of the country's fertile lands having been usurped by Belgium over the years, the country diversified its economy and developed into an attractive haven for squillionaires who subscribe to the belief that paying tax sucks.
As well as regularly ranking as one of the world's richest and safest countries, Luxembourg is the globe's only remaining Grand Duchy. What this means on the ground is that executive power over parliament rests with Grand Duke Henri – who looks exactly like what one would imagine a Grand Duke would – and his ministers. Admirably cognisant of the fact they have things pretty good, Luxembourg and its nationals are happy to share their good fortune and host the highest proportion of immigrants in the EU.
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1. Bock Casemates/Luxembourg Castle
Bock Casemates, in the centre of the capital, is where the country's obsession with castles all began. Built by Count Siegfried back in AD 963, it inspired the development of Luxembourg City and was deemed so well fortified that it became known as the 'Gibraltar of the North'. In 1867, as part of the conditions for the country's independence, the demolition of the fort was ordered – an unfortunate edict that cost 16 years and 1.5 million gold francs. Fortunately some of the casemates and gates couldn't be blown up without also destroying parts of the city, so there's still 17 km of real-deal tunnels and staircases to wander through.
2. Beaufort Castle
This castle, which boasts an impressive moat, dates from the 11th century and is particularly interesting for the various renovations and extensions that its succession of owners have made. Passing from the Beauforts to the Orleys to the Velbrucks, the castle had to be sold following destruction incurred during the Thirty Year War (1618–48) and Johann Baron von Beck came out as the successful bidder. Governor of the province of Luxembourg on behalf of the Spanish King, von Beck ordered its revamping in the Renaissance style that was all the rage at the time before expiring from battle injuries. Passing into his son's hands, the castle fell into disrepair and even served as a quarry for a time until Henri Even and Joseph Linckels, evidently thinking it deserving of greater glory, painstakingly restored it.
3. Vianden
Built between the 11th and 14th centuries, Vianden Castle features Gothic, Renaissance and Romanesque style architecture and exists as one of the largest fortified castles west of the Rhine. As is generally the fate of all Luxembourg's castles at some stage, the castle fell into disrepair from the 17th century, helped none by a buyer's decision to rip off and sell its tiles, windows, doors and furniture. Restoration began seven years later when the King bought Vianden back, and these days the castle ranks as one of Europe's most important historical monuments.
4. Esch-sur-Sûre
Relatively small and modest in comparison to many of Luxembourg's other castles, Esch-sur-Sûre is cleverly constructed on a neat bend of the River Sûre. The fortress is really only approachable from one direction – which rendered it pretty difficult to attack. A charming little town soon sprung up around it, and strolling along its riverside boulevards by evening with the illuminated ruins in the background makes for a very pleasant experience indeed.
5. Wiltz Castle
Don't be thinking Luxembourg's castles are all just about history, rubble, lords and dungeons – because there's also Wiltz. Sure, the castle's past may follow the usual tune – built, defended, defeated, deteriorated, restored – but nowadays it plays host to an annual music festival and houses the National Museum of Brewing. So when it comes to sheer coolness, you could probably say that Wiltz is king of the castles.
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Beer at a bar = 4 Euro
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant = 18 Euro
Three-course meal for two at a mid-range restaurant = 75 Euro
Apr 21 Easter Monday
May 1 Labour Day
May 29 Ascension Day
Jun 9 Whit Monday
Jun 23 National Day
Aug 15 Assumption
Sep 1 Luxembourg City Kermesse
Nov 1 All Saint's Day
Dec 25 Christmas Day
Dec 26 St Stephen's Day
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Top responsible travel tips for Luxembourg
1. Be considerate of Luxembourg's customs, traditions, religion and culture.
2. Luxembourgers are very proud of their country's unique identity. Do not lump them together with the French, Germans of Belgians or refer to Luxembourgish as a dialect of another language.
3. For environmental reasons, try to avoid buying bottled water. Fill a reusable water bottle or canteen with the tap water.
4. Always dispose of litter thoughtfully, including cigarette butts.
5. Learn some local language and don't be afraid to use it - simple greetings will help break the ice.
6. Please ask and receive permission before taking photos of people, including children.
Further reading
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|How to Remain What You Are
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|The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon
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|Secrets of the Seven Smallest States of Europe: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City
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A few years ago a group of concerned and determined people from Carroll County, Ohio formed an organization called Carroll County Animal Protection League – CCAPL. Their goal is to build an animal shelter for animals of Carroll County. In its short existence, it has raised around $85,000 through numerous fund-raising activities and donations. They have an ongoing "Pennies for Paws" campaign by placing donation cans in various businesses throughout the county. Recently the group announced the purchase of land and grants and an endowment gift that was received. They need to raise $300,000. to build the animal shelter.
The shelter will include cat and dog exam and clinic areas, a grooming area, office and storage space, food preparation, laundry, isolation areas for new arrivals and a euthanasia area. CCAPL members said they will not euthanize for space, but only when humanely necessary and recommended by a licensed vet. The animal shelter will provide loving and caring temporary homes to those who will come under their care until they find a permanant home.
Membership in the CCAPL is $15. More information can be found on their web site.
Bill and I wish them much success. They have come a long way from dreaming it, believing it and now actually making it happen.
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PORT JERVIS — When Kelly Curry of Port Jervis learned she was pregnant early in February, she says she was surprised and troubled to hear from her Middletown Community Health Center obstetrician, Sumithra Kambi, that she would need to deliver the baby at Orange Regional Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill, because the maternity ward at Bon Secours Community Hospital was closing.
Getting to Bon Secours, where she had her first child, was enough of a challenge without a car.
"Nobody in my family drives," she said. "Getting to Orange Regional would be a problem. I would have to find someone to take me. I would have to call my aunt who lives in Sparrowbush."
Other women, not willing to speak on the record, say they also have been told they would need to bypass Bon Secours and deliver at Orange Regional.
It's a matter of concern not just to women lacking cars but also to opponents of the closure of the Bon Secours maternity ward. Critics of the plan contend that having to cross a mountain to deliver in the Town of Wallkill endangers women and their children and discourages young families from moving to Port Jervis.
Bon Secours has applied to the state Health Department for permission to close the maternity ward. Health Department spokesman Peter Constantakes has said the hospital is legally prohibited from decertifying maternity ward beds without state approval.
"Potentially, the hospital can be cited or fined for violating the regulatory requirements ... [i]f the facility closes its maternity services prior to receiving approval from the State Health Department or the Public Health and Health Planning Council," Constantakes wrote in an email.
Community activist Jim McMahon, member of a group affiliated with the Democratic Alliance of Orange County, wrote in a complaint to Jonathan Wettergreen, health program administrator at the state Health Department, that the redirection of Bon Secours maternity patients to the Town of Wallkill "is, in effect, de facto decertification."
McMahon will be part of a community group making a presentation March 9 to state Health Department officials, citing evidence the maternity ward should stay open.
However, Curry will not be going to Orange Regional for this pregnancy. She miscarried, and a cousin drove her to Bon Secours. She stayed in the maternity ward, where she found that the room where she stayed when she had her son was now under construction, and the front desk was being remodeled.
Asked about the redirection of maternity patients to Orange Regional, Constantakes said, "either DOH or the Public Health and Health Planning Council will need to approve the [Bon Secours] closure plan. Until that time, Bon Secours must be able to take patients in its maternity ward, but whether patients are referred to Bon Secours has no bearing on consideration of the closure plan."
Of the referrals by MCHC, Deborah Marshall, senior vice president of Bon Secours Health Systems, said, "I cannot speak for them or their referrals." As for the remodeling, she said, "We do have some sections of the hospital that are undergoing a much-needed facelift, converting some rooms to private rooms, but they are not affecting the maternity unit in any way."
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November 3, 2011
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June 5 - 8, 2014
World Football Film Festival features soccer-centric films, ranging from classics and family-friendly to vintage and impactful documentaries, for four days of screenings and special events to the Sie FilmCenter.
Screens Friday June 6th at 7pm.
Director Alexandre O. Phillipe and Producer Robert Muratore in-person!
Octopus as oracle? So say believers in Paul the psychic cephalopod, who correctly predicted the winners of eight 2010 World Cup matches. Director Alexandre O. Philippe (The People vs. George Lucas) explores Paul's rise to celebrity status.
The film opens with exclusive footage of Paul's over-the-top funeral at Sea Life Oberhausen, Germany, where he caused a media frenzy in death as well as life. Paul's cremation at the aquarium brings tears to the eyes of those who loved and cared for him. For pundits who believed in his telepathic abilities, it was the loss of "one of the greatest football tipsters ever." And for skeptics, some of whom sent in recipes to cook him, it was the end of a giant scam.
Paul successfully predicted eight out of eight football matches during the 2010 soccer World Cup. At the height of his popularity, he had a talent agent, a smartphone app, and a record deal. Nations squabbled over claims as his birthplace, and, after Paul's death, Ireland jumped in to train a successor, while operators of Sea Life anointed Paul II to replace him.
Philippe and his crew interview animal-behavior experts, psychics, football fans, Paul's Sea Life staff and crew, his agent, Spanish national football team world champions Joan Capdevila and Carlos Marchena, and statistician David Speigelhalter, who explains the 600-to-1 odds of Paul's incredible divination rate. What began as a 30-minute short soon grew into a feature as Milkhaus editor Dave Krahling and Philippe added cartoons by Italian filmmaker Giacomo R. Bartocci, animation, and crowd-sourced footage and music gathered during production.
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Your monitor carries so much more features than you know. With the Large Touch Screen TV & MultiTouch Monitor what you are looking at is the chance to transform the TV or monitor that you already have into a multi-functioning device that can meet your professional needs. This team simply has it all.
Select from the 70″ Touch Screen Monitor , 80" and 84", the 40" and 46" as well as the Multi Touch Overlay that they have. They differ in size but are overall supported by the same features and specifications. A purchase of these items will grant you an iStick as well as a table to place the monitor on. Besides, iStick, several manufacturers of this kind of monitor will give you a set of writing equipment such as electrical pen, eraser and also tray. In the package, there will be a remote control as well to help you operate the monitor if all devices provided cannot be used.
The Multi-Touch Screen Overlay for TV Monitors in particular is a device in the form of an additional screen that is installed over the initial screen you have. It allows you to perform computerized functions and tasks using touch-screen features. Scroll down, create data or manage tasks by pressing the screen!
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Garmin WebUpdater
WebUpdater is a free application that lets you update your Garmin GPS unit software. Download it once, and you can check for and install software updates without using your Internet web browser. Simply run WebUpdater from your computer, and it will do all of the work for you.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: management , download , utility , system , gps
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mountainash - the FAQ indicates that it will often hang with USB hubs -- I had a hang then collected the gps directly to my mac rather than through the hub and it worked fine.
Couldn't connect to my eTrex Camo though a 4 Port Keyspan serial adaptor.
Worked great for updating my Nuvi 350. Props to Garmin for a Mac app, not to mention fantastic hardware! They'll continue to get my business.


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August 31, 2011
Kennebec Valley Community College's State-of-the-Art Solar Lab
Advancing solar technology is not only key to increasing the affordability of renewable power, it's also critical to spreading its economic benefits across the country. That's why Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) in Fairfield, Maine, has created a program to increase the quality and availability of training in how to install solar systems in the Northeast.
The lab may have hosted its grand opening recently, but the facility has been in development for more than a year and hosted two separate "train the trainers" sessions before the facility was even complete. Course participants from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont come from community colleges, apprentice programs, career education programs, and private companies.
In 2009, with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, DOE launched the Solar Instructor Training Network to coordinate training in solar system design, installation, inspection, and sales. KVCC was chosen to be one of nine regional U.S. training centers. See the Energy Blog post.


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Lung Cancer Center - Portland, ME
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Portland Oncologist Doctors for Lung Cancer
Type of Physician: Oncologist
What is a Oncologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; the oncologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancer and other benign and malignant tumors. These subspecialists decide on and administer chemotherapy as well as consult with surgeons and radiotherapists on other treatment for cancer.
Specialty: Oncology (Medical)
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Patricia Ann Foster, 69, of Melbourne, FL., passed away with her family surrounding her on Wednesday October 24, 2012 at her home in Melbourne.
Patricia Ann was born May 6, 1943 at New Boston, daughter of Seebert and Birdie (Graves) Baker.
Patricia graduated from Brookfield High School in 1960 and for thirty-seven years worked for Professional Land Title, the last twenty of those years as manager. She was a member of The First Christian Church of Brookfield, a member of Order of the Eastern Star and PEO.
She moved to Greenville, SC., in September of 2001 and to Melbourne, FL., in March of 2007.
Survivors include her husband Reverend Page Foster of Melbourne, FL., daughter Se'Nee Almond of Cordova, TN., grandson Riley Ferren of Cordova, TN., mother Birdie Baker of West Melbourne, FL., niece Michelle (John) Hall of Sturgeon, nephew Michael Moffitt of Winigan, great-nieces Alayna and Savannah Hall, great- nephew Andrew Hall and numerous other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her father Seebert Baker and her sister Cheryl Lynn Moffitt.
A memorial service was held in Melbourne, FL., Saturday October 27, 2012 at The First Christian Church Disciples of Christ. November 10, 2012 a memorial service was held at The First Christian Church in Brookfield.
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More than 100 residents and guests attended a recent party at the Heron East assisted living community to celebrate the awarding of the senioradvisor.com 2013 Excellence Award.
Heron East was named one of the top assisted livign communities in 2013 by the online ratings and reviews site for senior living communities nationwide.
The SeniorAdvisor Excellence Award recognizes senior living communities who receive consistently high ratings and positive reviews from residents, families, and visitors.
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- LED backlight
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Computer Information Systems (CSC)
Computer Information Systems (CSC)
100 Computer Literacy
Intended to introduce the student to the computer and its usefulness in a variety of fields. The student will be exposed to a broad range of application concepts using Microsoft Office. Hands-on activities will include word processing, spreadsheet, database, and graphics. This course will not count toward either a major or minor in Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or Mathematical Sciences. Academic credit toward the completion of 121 hours will not be given for both CSC 100 and BUS 230. Please note that BUS 230 is required for Accounting, Business Administration, and Computer Information Systems majors.
Three hours, three credits.
101 Introduction to Computers and Computer Information Systems
An introductory computer course that will explore the world of computers: how computers work, what they do, and how they do it. A basic introduction to computer programming and programming design, operating systems, and computer careers will be included in this course.
Three hours, three credits.
102 Computer Hardware/Troubleshooting
This course covers essential competencies for an entry-level IT professional or PC service technician. Topics covered included but may not be limited to installing, building, configuring, upgrading, troubleshooting and repairing personal computers, and troubleshooting basic network and internet connectivity. In addition Microsoft Windows system management tools will be used to maintain and repair personal computers. Other topics covered will include the latest memory, bus, peripherals, and wireless technologies.
Three hours, three credits.
180, 280, 380, 480 Computer Science Practicum
The course will be tailored to the interest and talents of each individual student. The goal will be to give the student hands-on experience in some aspect of computer science not specifically addressed in the regular course curriculum. Examples of possible experiences include (but are not limited to) such things as aiding as an assistant in the computer laboratory during introductory classes, new software trials, installation, and investigations, working in the digital imaging laboratory, and computer language implementations. It must be stressed that the work will be carefully constructed around the student's background and interests. May be repeated for up to three credits.
One credit.
225 Introduction to Visual Basic
An introduction to a graphical environment using Visual Basic. Visual Basic is an event-driven and object-oriented language leading to user-friendly applications in a Windows environment. Students will produce windowed applications with menus, control buttons, multiple screens, pull-down lists, and external files.
Prerequisites: CSC 101 and either CSC 100 or BUS 230.
Five hours, four credits.
230 Web Design
This course introduces the student to the techniques for building a website using Macromedia products. Topics will include design and graphic tools. Prerequisites: knowledge of Windows 2000 or later, the Internet, and basic search methods.
Prerequisites: any CSC 100 level or higher or BUS 230.
Three hours, three credits.
242 Computer Networking
This course is intended to introduce the student to the terminology, theory, applications, and problems involved in the area of computer networking. The current technology and architectures in use will be studied. In addition, an overview of the various network types and design approaches will be presented. The student will be expected to investigate a particular local-area network (LAN) design and present it to the class.
Prerequisites: CSC 101 and either CSC 100 or BUS 230.
Three hours, three credits.
290, 390, 490 Selected Topics in Computer Science
A course to acquaint students with important techniques, skills, principles, and ideas that are not covered in the regular CSC curriculum. These courses allow the program to adapt to the rapidly changing theory and technology in the field. These courses may be taught by Ferrum faculty or by other professionals. Credit hours vary depending on course topic.
One to three hours, one to three credits.
291, 391, 491 Competitive Computer Programming
As many mundane programming jobs move overseas the competition for the top programming jobs is increasing. Also increasing is participation in international programming contests. There are now two large, well-recognized international contests and a busy website devoted only to contest programming. Individuals who do well in these contests have a major competitive advantage landing the best and highest paying jobs. This course covers special topics and techniques for successfully competing in these contests. Students who do well in this course are usually selected to be on Ferrum's Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) Programming Contest Team that competes in the Mid-Atlantic Regional contest that is typically held in November. After the ACM team contest the course will focus on preparation for individual competition on the commercial contest site, TopCoder.
Computer Science students are encouraged to take this course in the Fall as sophomores,
juniors, and seniors under successive course numbers and to compete each year in the
contest. The course will meet twice a week. One period is spent in discussing special
topics and techniques, the other period is spent solving problems in a simulated contest
environment. Additional practice periods are required for those that wish to be part
of the Ferrum ACM contest team. The problems assigned to juniors are harder than those
assigned to sophomores and similarly for seniors. Part of the course grade depends
on having problem solutions accepted by an on-line judge. The course involves a considerable
academic effort for each student, a weekly classroom meeting and a laboratory throughout
the semester.
Prerequisite: CSC 320 or equivalent ability to solve programming problems using C++.
Three hours, two credits.
310 Java Programming
This course is an introduction to object-oriented programming concepts and the Java syntax to implement these concepts. The Visual J++ programming language will be used. Students will learn the fundamentals of structured logic using decisions, loops, array manipulation, and file handling. They will write Java applets that use GUI components (graphical user interface components such as buttons, check boxes, and menus) and Java graphics.
Prerequisite: CSC 225 or 320.
Three hours, three credits.
312 Computer Organization
Topics include basic digital circuits, Boolean algebra and combinatorial logic, data representation and transfer, digital arithmetic, digital storage and access, control features, input-output facilities, system organization, reliability, and features needed for multiprogramming, multiprocessing, and real-time systems.
Prerequisite: CSC 225 or 320.
Three hours, three credits.
320 Programming Using C++
This is a programming course using the C++ programming language. The program development cycle is used to define, design, code, and test document applications using C++ programming language. Topics covered include variable definitions, selection structures, repetitive structures, function, classes, input/output files, arrays, strings, and pointers.
Prerequisites: CSC 101 and either CSC 100 or BUS 230.
Three hours, three credits.
321 Data Structures
Provides the student with the fundamentals of data structure design and implementation. Topics include linked lists, strings, stacks, queues, arrays, representation of trees and graphs, searching and sorting techniques, and formal specification of data structures.
Prerequisite: CSC 320.
Five hours, four credits.
325 Advanced Computer Applications
(see BUS 325)
Three hours, three credits.
340 Visual Basic for Applications
Visual Basic for Applications will introduce the students to the very latest methods for controlling input and output in the Microsoft Office suite of programs. Macros and Visual Basic applications will be used to integrate the power of Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access from the programming standpoint to greatly boost the power of each.
Prerequisites: CSC 225.
Five hours, four credits.
342 Networking II - Administration and TCP/IP
The course is the second course is a sequence of three networking courses. Understanding how to administer a network is a vital element in preparing for a career in the field of networking. Topics covered in this course include setting up and configuring a Microsoft Windows server, managing users and user groups, granting rights and privileges, configuring and managing network resources, managing day-to-day traffic issues, back up methods for servers, tcp/ip protocol, allocating ip addresses, and subnetting a network using a bank of ip addresses. Students will be researching the Internet as well as following technical instruction manuals in order to complete hands on assignments.
Prerequisite: CSC 242.
Three hours, three credits.
350 Operating Systems
Concerned primarily with the software organization of computer systems which support a wide variety of users. It is intended to bring together the concepts from the previous courses on data structures, programming languages, and computer organization by considering their role in the design of general computer systems. CSC 312 is highly recommended.
Prerequisites: CSC 102.
Three hours, three credits.
401 Database Theory
Topics will include data normalization, Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD), fundamental file-system organization, database implementation, information retrieval, methods to gain reliability, methods of protection of data, coding of data, and database operation and management. This is an Oracle-based course.
Prerequisite: BUS 325.
Three hours, three credits.
410 Windows Programming
This course is an introduction to the use of the Visual C++ language for Windows programming. Visual C++ allows a programmer to create a C++ application program with user interfaces that resemble and conform to the Windows environment.
Prerequisite: CSC 321.
Three hours, three credits.
442 Networking III - Hardware/Router Configuration
The course is the third course in a sequence of three networking courses. Installation and configuration of hardware is one of the most important aspects of networking. Students in this course will learn to evaluate, install, and configure commonly used hardware on today's networks. Hardware studied included: network interface cards, hubs, routers, and switches. a large portion of the course will be devoted to router and switch configuration. Network security will be covered including types of network security attacks and methods for securing the network. In-class instruction, hands-on labs, researching the Internet as well as following technical instruction manuals will all be used.
Prerequisite: CSC 342.
Three hours, three credits.
444 Computer Game Development
This course introduces students to computer game development. It uses C++, Windows with MFC, and the OpenGL game development system. The course includes a study of gaming data structures and the mathematics and physics of games as well as specific OpenGL techniques. A game development project accounts for 40% of the course grade.
Prerequisites: CSC 410 or equivalent experience and MTH 211 and 311.
Three hours, three credits.
450 Computer Simulation
Simulation is a modeling technique that provides a way to observe a system in action. This course is meant to introduce the student to computer simulation as a research and decision-making instrument. Focus will be on event scheduling and process interaction. The course will focus on relationship in model representation, the model development process, and the model life cycle.
Prerequisites: MTH 206 or 208 and any programming language.
Three hours, three credits.
498 Senior Research Seminar in Computer Information Systems
Discussion and presentation of papers by students and faculty on problems of current interest in Computer Information Systems using knowledge gained from previous courses and initiating new and current research ideas.
This course is designated Writing Intensive; a grade of "C" or higher in this course is required for this course to count toward the six-credit-hour Writing Intensive graduation requirement for Ferrum College. A student cannot earn a grade of "C" or higher in this course unless he or she earns a "C" or better on the writing assignments required by the course.
Prerequisite: Senior standing with a major in Computer Science.
Three hours, three credits.
499 Internship
Internships are normally spent off-campus in work situations or voluntary service activities. They are carefully supervised and are designed to provide experience in areas related to academic coursework.
Three to nine credits.


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TEL AVIV, Israel (WOMENSENEWS)--As the tide rolls in, Israel's legendary surf champion, Maya Dauber, is beyond chasing the swell. She's teaching young women how to ride waves and she's passionate about bridging the gap with her Arab counterparts.
I sat down with her at a local surf shop in Tel Aviv, just behind the bustle of the tourist shopping in Jaffa. She smiled warmly and was eager to speak with me.
The former professional surfer, now 40, wants to send a strong message for girls who are surfing in Gaza as well as the rest of the Arab world: "Don't give up and don't care what everybody else thinks or wants for you. Just do whatever makes you happy."
In recent years, three young female surfers in Gaza, cousins Sabah, Rawand and Sharouq Abu Gunaim, drew media attention after an organization called Surfing 4 Peace, based in Tel Aviv, donated surfboards in 2007 to the region and worked with them to create socially acceptable wetsuits.
Dauber believes that if the girls continue with what they love is will not only be good for them, but will also inspire "other little girls" and "something will grow."
Dauber hopes she will be able to meet Gaza's female surfers one day, "I think this would be very very cool, because I'm a woman, I really wonder how it is to be a surfer girl and a woman that surfs over there. I think it's much more complicated."
Arthur Rashkovan, founder and director of Surfing 4 Peace, says when they delivered the first boards to Gaza, the girls "fell in love with surfing" but he says it's been an uphill battle for them.
"The way the society sees girls surfing is like any other kind of activity which expresses any type of freedom," he says. Rashkovan doubts the girls will be able to continue with the sport once they are married.
Difficult Communication
Communication to Gaza has grown difficult and it was not possible to reach the young female surfers there. According to sources close to the family, one of the girls is now married and doesn't go out to surf, while her sister and cousin still try to pick up the waves.
Political tensions prevent surfers in Gaza and Israel from surfing together, so their interactions are limited to social media and efforts by an organization called Explore Corps, which delivers equipment and encouragement.
Explore Corps focuses on outdoor youth sports education and Surfing 4 Peace is one of its projects. Explore Corps works as a cross-culture team to promote both surfing and skateboarding and to give students the ability to express themselves through extreme sports.
"Hamas is banning any peace initiatives," says Rashkovan, "And one of them is very simply, getting one person out of Gaza to go surf." Hamas is the ruling party that controls the Gaza territory and is part of a Palestinian uprising armed against the Israeli state.
The Surfing 4 Peace community does not function as an official nongovernmental organization. Rather, Rashkovan says, it is dedicated to creating a conversation, a place where Arabs and Israelis can leave politics and religion behind in order to form friendships in spite of the conflict.
Rashkovan says he hopes surfers in Gaza will come to Tel Aviv one day and see how he grew up. He says the ultimate goal of Surfing 4 Peace is to create a place where Arabs and Israelis surf together, and he is now reaching out beyond Gaza, to surfers in Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt.
"We're using the spirit of 'aloha' to bridge a gap between us; what I want to do is go to the source of the spirit," he says.
Rashkovan says his focus for Surfing 4 Peace is to surf together, united. So this year, during International Peace Day on Sept. 21, Surfing 4 Peace announced the first ever Mediterranean surf contest, scheduled to take place in Marseille, France, in 2015.
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Banned from Gaza
Explore Corps' Founder Matt Olsen says Surfing 4 Peace representatives have been banned from entering Gaza and participation is prohibited.
Hamas media representatives were not available for comment.
For many Arab women, even outside of Gaza, surfing comes as a challenge because of varying cultural beliefs that can restrict women and girls.
Dauber's experience was very different. She grew up surrounded by people who were connected to the sea; and whether it was surfing or sailing, people participated in water sports. However, Dauber says when she started surfing, there were only a handful of young women who were doing the same, but that is changing now. Dauber coaches girls of all ages who want to learn.
Rashkovan remembers growing up with Dauber, calling her a "ripper" and "the best surfer ever to grow in Israel." He says surfing has shaped who he is and it puts food on his family's table. He, like Dauber, is passionate about sharing the exhilaration of the sport with young people.
Dauber began her professional career at 12 years old when the head of the Israeli Surfing Association asked her to compete for the first time. She took first place against five other young women several years older than her. For the next 18 years, she went on to qualify for European and World Surfing Games.
She's a legend in Israel.
Now Daubar's busy with her surf school in Jaffa, Tel Aviv.
Even when the waves are flat, Dauber trains students in the sand and gets them out in the water to feel what it's like to float. The students often seem to be excited about trying a new skill or perfecting an old one.
Dauber also takes her students out on paddle boards, or on land with skateboards, teaching them balance and giving them exercises to help them train.
Desire for Peace
Dauber believes it is in her own interest to want peace. "I'm not saying that we, the Israelis, are perfect and do just good things and we deserve everything. It's not my point of view."
Dauber admits she is often unable to communicate with the Arabs in Tel Aviv who come to her surf school. She doesn't speak Arabic and they often don't speak Hebrew. But she says there is "no religion" in the water and wants to be able to have a sense of unity with her Gaza and Palestinian neighbors.
She started her own line of surfboards and gear, Mayasurf, partnering with a local surf designer to create feminine style surfboards and to promote the sport for young women.
The current Israeli reigning champion, Tal Saporta, age 22, says she believes in spreading a unified message with Arabs.
Saporta began surfing just eight years ago, taking after her brother and using a board he gave her to practice. Within a few years, she started competing at the age of 18 and has traveled to Peru, Costa Rica, France and Panama, earning a name and surf champion titles.
For her, living next to an Arab in Tel Aviv and surfing with them proves that "everyone is the same," in the water.
Saporta says there are still few Israeli women surfing, but there are fewer Arabs and almost no women. But she believes sometimes "surfing is inside of us" and if women find "their place," they should "go after it." She believes the younger generation is more open to opportunity and hopes they will take advantage of being able to get out there and enjoy the waves together.
Ashley Gallagher is an international journalist traveling across the U.S. and the Middle East. She has worked as a writer and producer for digital format and international networks.
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Local rancher Kathleen "Kathy" Denson arrived Monday at the Eagle County Justice Center facing up to 48 years in prison. At the end of the day, she left a free woman.
A 12-person jury unanimously acquitted Denson of murdering her former boyfriend, Gerald "Cody" Boyd, with a black-powder pistol.
Deliberating two hours, the jurors found Denson not guilty of second-degree murder as well as manslaughter, a lesser offense introduced Monday that can carry a sentence of one to 12 years.
During the 10-day-trial, Denson admitted shooting Gerald "Cody" Boyd with a .44 black-powder pistol at her ranch June 27, 2002. But Scott Robinson, Denson's attorney, said in closing arguments that state law allows the use of force in self-defense.
"Kathleen Denson did what the law says is her right," Robinson told the jury. "We are asking you not to consider sacrificing the rights of self-defense to compromise in a verdict. We ask you not to consider reckless manslaughter. Kathleen Denson had a right to stay in her house and defend it, and not run out through the door."
Denson, 46, owner of the 77-acre Draggin' A Ranch, located between Eagle and Gypsum, as well as Designer Furs in Vail, appeared calm but smoked cigarettes while the jury deliberated. She cried as the verdict was read. Then she hugged her civil attorney Frank Zlogar, who is representing her in one of the civil lawsuits against her.
"I'm relieved, but I'm not surprised," said Denson as she stepped out of Courtroom 2 at the Eagle County Justice Center. "I'm going to go home to be with my family. My daughter is five months pregnant. I want to go touch that belly."
"It's being a long year," she added as she left the courthouse.
"My job isn't over'
Declaring that an enraged Denson knowingly shot Boyd, the prosecution asked the jury to find Denson guilty of second-degree murder and not manslaughter.
"I respect the jury's verdict," said prosecutor Phil Smith
who with Assistant District Attorney Greg Crittenden prosecuted the case.
Robinson said he was thrilled for Denson, but his job isn't over.
"She still faces two civil lawsuits," Robinson said. Denson faces a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Boyd's former wife in the name of his 12-year-old daughter, Callie, and a termination suit filed by her former employee, Monica "Monique" Seebacher, who also was Boyd's girlfriend at the time of the shooting.
While the outcome of this trial can benefit Denson in the lawsuits against her, Robinson said, Boyd's insurance company would likely deny the life insurance policy, which was in Denson's name.
"My client wouldn't have cashed it," he said. "But now nobody can, because the decedent died committing a crime."
Reasonable doubt
In his closing arguments, Robinson cited the Home Intruder Statute, which allows the owner of a house to defend herself from somebody who is breaking in.
"We've heard testimony saying that Denson had asked Boyd not to come back to the ranch and he had given her the keys back," Robinson said. "And Kathleen Denson believed that Boyd could have used physical force against her. The prosecution will have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Kathleen Denson killed Boyd knowingly."
Smith said in closing arguments that there was no evidence supporting self-defense.
"There was no burglary, no assault, no intruder," Smith said.
He added that the journal notes found at Denson's home were the heart of the case.
"In the journal entries, she talks about love and pain," he said. "We know she doesn't talk about threats, extortion and beatings."
"There are two states of mind in this case: knowing and reckless. In this case is knowing. That's why we are asking for a second-degree murder conviction," he told the jury.
Robinson said the notes only showed that Denson was being manipulated.
"Despite her success in business, my client was a poor judge of character," Robinson said. "Cody Boyd was going to stop at nothing to get money from Kathleen Denson."
For nine days, the jury listened to a parade of witnesses who portrayed a five-year-long relationship between Denson and Boyd that included an ongoing love triangle (with Seebacher), drugs, guns and money.
Testimony included Seebacher's, who said she had gone with Denson and Boyd to Mexico a month before the shooting.
A toxicologist expert said Boyd had been "very likely significantly impaired by cocaine at the time of his death."
And Mary Jo Boyd, Boyd's mother, testified that Boyd had called her one night from Mexico when he was drunk and said he "was a hit man."
Although the prosecution maintained that Denson had maintained an intimate relationship with Boyd and almost proposed marriage to him - even after she said she paid him $100,000 not to kill her son - a juror said the prosecution didn't prove their case beyond reasonable doubt.
"The DAs didn't have a case against her," said juror Jeff Burns of Basalt after the verdict was delivered. "The only thing they proved is that there was a killing."
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Pilgrims fled Old World religious persecution in 1620. Once settled in the New World however, they persecuted those who broke biblical rules.
English writer G. K. Chesterton quipped about the Pilgrims' scolding attitude: "In America, they have a feast to celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims. Here in England, we should have a feast to celebrate their departure."
That's because the Pilgrims perfected a cycle: First, they treasured personal freedom; then, they gained power to govern; and, once elected, they persecuted dissenters.
Historically, the Anglican state church dominated England. After losing confidence in the Anglican regime, Pilgrims started independent churches. British rulers responded by threatening prison if the Pilgrims didn't cease their separatists acts.
Pilgrim preacher Richard Clyfron warned his small congregation to stay pure by not associating with Anglicans.
He repeated the Apostle Paul's advice. God wants believers to separate from the wicked world. "Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them," says the Lord, "and touch nothing unclean" (II Corinthians 6:27). This text probably gave "Separatists" their name.
They found the Anglican Church heavy-handed, ecclesiastically rigid and full of themselves. Anglicans believed God revealed his will through church traditions. Pilgrims disagreed. They believed in direct contact with God. Disdaining archbishops who ruled with iron fists, Pilgrims chastised bishops for wearing showy embroidered vestments.
After wearing out their welcome in England, some Pilgrims moved to Leiden in the Netherlands. But these Separatists found Hollanders too worldly. Consequently, in 1620, 102 settlers returned to Plymouth, England, where they boarded the Mayflower. This port furnished the name for their new colony in Massachusetts.
Are some contemporary religious activists sounding like Pilgrims? Their aim is to purge America of its "errant ways," especially in sexual ethics. The government, they argue, must intercede to prohibit citizens from making reproductive choices about contraception and when life begins. Planned Parenthood must be run out of business. The cycle of achieving personal liberties, gaining power and stamping out dissent rolls on.
Such contemporary Pilgrims talk of cleansing society by trampling on dissenters' rights. Do we really want society run the Pilgrims' way?
Historian George Marsden thinks not. He writes of the Pilgrims, how "they were very much people of their times, so that many practices they regarded as normatively Christian would not be so regarded by most Christians today.
"For instance, most Christians today would not approve of their very close association of church and state or their efforts to base civil law directly on the Old Testament precedents. They made good-faith efforts to get along with and to convert the Indians, but they also believed they had a God-given right to take their lands. Their firm belief that the pope in Rome was the Antichrist shaped much of their foreign policy. They accepted enslavement of Africans. They were often harsh in the treatment of dissenters."
A century after Pilgrims landed in the New World, Ben Franklin rebelled against the Pilgrim instincts of government overreach. In Boston, officials restricted personal liberties to keep themselves in power.
Puritan preacher Cotton Mather believed God revealed right conduct through twin revelations: the Bible and scientific discovery. Mather advocated getting inoculated against smallpox. Most conservatives considered it satanic to insert smallpox toxin under skin. Benjamin Franklin's brother James, publisher of the New England Courant, lambasted Mather for endorsing inoculations.
After the small pox epidemic subsided, the Massachusetts General Court punished James Franklin for being sarcastic toward the government and Mather. They threw him into prison for a month in order to silence the Courant.
Ben Franklin took his brother's place, wielding a sharp pen against tyranny. He invented Silence Dogood, a literary figure who voiced his disgust. She roared against the authorities and espoused freedom of speech. "This sacred privilege is so essential to free governments," she asserted, "that security of property and freedom of speech always go together; and in those wretched countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarcely call anything else his own."
Beware of the Pilgrim spirit that motivates thought police. They limit citizens' liberties by controlling personal choice in reproductive planning. It's a punitive morality which collapses the separation of church and state and uses civil law to squelch dissent. Restricted freedom is a disguise tyranny uses.
Be wise. Carve away portions of the Pilgrim legacy, much as a chef disposes of turkey gizzards this Thanksgiving.
The Rev. Jack R. Van Ens is a Presbyterian minister who heads the nonprofit, tax-exempt Creative Growth (www.thelivinghistory.com), which enhances Christian worship through storytelling and dramatic presentations aimed to make God's history come alive. Van Ens' book, "How Jefferson Made the Best of Bad Messes," is available in local bookstores for $7.95.


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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Social media Jihad...Save the Plaza from new business. Ignore the gunfire.
They are back. Like an outbreak of herpetic lesions on an Indy avenue hooker.
Threatening business owners on the Plaza. Using bully tactics. Most of them don't even live in Kansas City proper. Many of them don't even live in the state of Missouri. The single purpose of this mob is to take over a shopping district they neither own or have any actual investment in.
If you think I'm referring to mobs of black kids running amok through the streets of the Country Club Plaza. I'm not. If you think I'm talking about a small group of single minded, pompous, pushy, non civic minded douche bags, from the Save the Plaza 2010 Facebook page...winner winner, free range, over priced, chicken dinner. You are correct.
This tiny but loud group of zealots who have appointed themselves not only the overseers of a privately owned property which they have no monetary interest in, but also the voice of a city. Never mind that half of these trolls don't even live in Kansas City, or the state of Missouri. TheFriends of the Plaza / save the plaza group is a glaring example of everything that is wrong with social media.
You would think this group who rabidly confesses their love for the shopping district would be up in arms over Highwoods piss poor response to weekly mobs of out of control kids. You would think that these suburban jihadists would be up livid over 3 kids getting shot on the sidewalk of their stuccoed hallowed mecca. Well you would be as wrong as a Nambla member at a boys leapfrog race. There have been no public showings of outrage and furious anger over bullets flying and ill mannered shit heels overtaking the streets of the Plaza. Not. One. Single. Concerted Peep. No protests. No signs. No Save the Plaza citizen patrols. No press conferences. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Bupkiss.
The latest cause du jour. A new restaurant is set to open....and gasp......wait for it.......The restaurant won't be covered in stucco!!!!!!!! Seasons 52's facebook page is being inundated with threats from the self righteous french poodle crowd. Some of the members are calling for a blanket boycott of the Plaza. This would seem to run contrary to their professed love of and loyalty to the Plaza. In a rough economy, boycotting businesses that are already feeling the pinch might be the final straw for many of these businesses. With an unemployment rate hovering in the 9 + percentage range, these clowns are doing their dead level best to drive away employers, kill jobs, and stagnate progress in a city that is already in a downward spiral.
Here are a few money quotes from Plaza zealots on the Seasons 52 Facebook page.
Facebook specifically, can be and has been a great tool for some good causes. Want to find a cure, save a whale, make a wish, or any other do good type mission, then good for ya. There is nothing wrong with a good, selfless cause that benefits someone or something. Everything that is right about social media, is also everything that is wrong with social media. You get a relativly small group of people, loud, obnoxious, shallow, meat puppets, who become the self appointed voice for an entire city. So you get what we have with the Save the Plaza clowns. It's okay to bleed out on the sidewalks of the Plaza. It's perfectly fine to flash mob, bully, and harass shoppers. But by God you better be surrounded by stucco when you do it or there will be hell to pay.
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New Country Club Plaza restaurant returns to original facade after complaints of new look.ReplyDelete
This is good last thing we needed was a place that lookes like Jack In The Box on The Plaza
Seasons 52 demonstrated a degree of integrity and sensitivity that is sorely lacking in a large part of corporate America today!ReplyDelete
You're right, of course, about everything right about social media also being everything wrong about it but in the case of the Save the Plaza group, that they are now, apparently, getting Polsinelli to go into the West Edge project seems to show they did the right thing and the outcome is best for all. No new, ugly, shiny, contemporary building in the middle of the Plaza and they're going into the building that was unused, too. Wins in both places.ReplyDelete
I'm still waiting on one of you nimrods to explain why your concern for the Plaza only extends to threatening business owners, while remaining mute up over the mobs who were destroying business for the majority of the summer. No press confrences or protest marches.ReplyDelete
Kudos though on bullying your narrow agenda through.
writing comments on facebook requires no effort or thought. I am sure they are all taking credit now.ReplyDelete
- Maniak ProductionsFriday, August 26, 2011
Looks like anony #2 is a member of "friends of the plaza".ReplyDelete
I have no time or use for facebook. Thought about starting my own social media, and calling it assbook.
Everybody got your profile pictures ready?
I joined and then quit Facebook. I didn't want my face on their book. I don't want them to know anything about me and believe me, everybody will. Potential employers love it. The police love it. Your lover loves it.ReplyDelete
As for the Plaza situation, sorry, I don't care. Go down there to eat once in a blue moon. Never shop there. Flash mobs aren't my thing either.
Crawling back into my cave.
- AnonymousThursday, November 29, 2012
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