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Weekend Read: Global Investors Can Teach the U.S. About Building Startups and Raising Capital
I run Romulus Capital, a seed-stage venture firm I founded a few years ago while at MIT. We invest in and build startups at the foundational level. Our firm is really a product of the millennial generation, and like many millennials, is global in its DNA. So when we raised $50 million for our second fund, it was natural that half of it came from investors across ten countries. In the process, we learned much about what it takes to build partnerships with international businessmen and what they think about U.S. technology startups.
It turns out that the world is a complex web of perspectives and biases. Whether it's an Uzbek in Kazakhstan or an Indian in Hong Kong, navigating these currents requires care. Knowing how baklava differs between Israel, Turkey and Egypt sets you apart. Knowing that each one invented the dessert wins you second meetings. It requires the same on-the-ground hustle when we go win customers with our portfolio companies.
I met some great people along the way. On one occasion, I bumped into an Omani prince at a party in Dubai, alongside Bollywood stars. He turned out to be one of the most tech-savvy of our investors, segueing between bitcoin and 3D printing with as much ease as functional architecture, the topic we first connected on.
That said, chasing people abroad can be a real challenge. I spent months in London chasing an MIT alum recommended by a family friend. He kept committing — by phone, by email, in person — but never gave us the John Hancock. I even showed up at his home unannounced — he always gave me dinner, but not the dollars. Then one day, I woke up and went to Hong Kong, which had come up over coffee in Kensington. Within a month, we had closed the fund from some of our most important investors.
After meeting hundreds of successful people around the world, it's clear everyone has great respect for America's human capital and best practices. The US is still the best place to work on startups and build technology businesses, but there are four prevailing sentiments I found instructive for our firm:
1. There is tremendous opportunity for U.S. tech companies and startups of all sizes to grow internationally. Many industries are global and face a similar set of challenges. The businessmen I spoke to wanted to leverage innovative products in their existing businesses. They wanted to use tabletop technology at restaurants in Western Europe and medical equipment optimization software in the Middle East. Given the feedback, we are already starting to structure some of these global partnerships with startups that met their needs
2. Technology is transformative, but people have been starting and growing large businesses for centuries. There is a large degree of skepticism and fatigue surrounding the U.S. startup community, which at the moment seems to believe it has all the IP around entrepreneurship. There is no single way to build a great business and one has to be wary of what sometimes feels like a conformist culture in the U.S. tech community today. Conformism is beneficial only for a small number of actors, often the established elite. It also rarely creates long-term outsized returns.
3. Good investing is fundamentally a rational endeavor, and must be measured by risk and return. Much of what is happening in the technology startup space today makes little sense on a risk-adjusted return basis, especially when compared to the global opportunity set. Some of this irrationality in the market is indeed driven by foreign money; however, this easy money comes partially from those who are interested in non-financial returns like prestige, strategic access, etc. The fact that our investment thesis is risk-return optimized was a major plus to win over global investors.
4. Time horizon for relationship-building is long, but time horizon for expecting cash returns is short. Investors are tired of people and opportunities coming abroad in a transactional manner — be it pre-IPO Facebook shares or the myriad of myopic large private equity/venture capital firms that show up whenever they're raising money. People value real, long-term relationships. And they also value cash. If you're going to take a sack of gold from Hong Kong, you better find a way to bring two back. Paper valuations don't mean much. Focus on building real relationships and real businesses.
If we want to continue to grow American businesses, we will need to partner with these international players — some of whom have been educated in the US. We may still be the best place to grow a technology business and raise capital, but perhaps it's time we take heed of the opportunities in the rest of the world.
Mr. Gupta is the founder and managing partner of Romulus Capital a seed-stage venture capital firm.


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'Tis the season to be jolly..... except if you're Ahlam!
She may have been criticized in the Arab press and lost fans over her fiercesome Twitter tongue but that hasn't made songstress, Ahlam, hold back. Just before the holiday season began, the UAE star called fellow crooner, Dominique Hourani, a 'singer of discos'. Dominique is a well-loved star back in her home country of Lebanon and one national newspaper decided to hit back.
Lebanese journalist, Roula Nasr, alleged that Ahlam had made statements attacking Jews and Christians, saying "they will all go to hell". The explosive Emirati wasn't going to take these allegation lying down and took to her Twitter account once again to express her thoughts on the matter:
"Roula you jerk and worshipper of money I wish you would die and it is obvious you are being paid to write such crap by lowlifes and for services you are giving those lowlifes," she wrote, adding: "I write this last statement before I log off to go shopping but of course using my own hard earned money and not money given by jerks that are involved in scandals."
Now it looks like Ahlam's social media snipes may have finally landed her in hot water as fellow journalists are trying to encourage Roula to sue the UAE star for the insults. Lebanese countrywoman and hack, Nidal Al Ahmadi, wrote on her Twitter page that she is willing to cover all legal expenses as long as Ahlam is prosecuted. Perhaps Ahlam's next holiday will be spent behind bars?

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Dan and a few dinosaurs can hang in your child's room when you create this dino-mite, 3-dimensional craft using pipe cleaners and our printables!
Find the dino detective only on Nick Jr.
Print out Dino Dan mobile ornaments on heavy-weight paper. Fold along the solid line, and glue the front and back of each image together to create double-sided ornaments. Then help kids cut out the images. When dry, punch a hole at the top of the ornaments where indicated.
Cut along the dotted or solid lines shown on the dinosaur ornaments. Piece the dinosaurs together by aligning the slits then slipping the slits inside each other.
To make a top for the mobile out of pipe cleaners, cross three pipe cleaners at their middle points, and wrap each pipe cleaner once around the midpoint of another to fasten the three pipe cleaners together. Now you have a mobile top consisting of six branches. Please note that five of the branches will be used to hang the ornaments and the remaining branch will be used to create a loop from which the mobile will be used to hang.

 You can also make a mobile top out of a paper plate. To add more flair to the mobile, help your child paint or color the paper plate. Punch holes around the paper plate using a nail or scissors (an adult should do this part), keeping in mind that each hole will represent where each ornament will hang.
Cut six strands of yarn, ribbon, or string at various lengths.

 Tie one ornament to the bottom of a strand and tie the strand's top to one branch of the mobile top. Do the same to the remaining five branches. Curl up the six ends of the pipe cleaner to prevent the hanging ornaments from sliding off.

 If you are using a paper plate, thread each strand through the ornaments and tie a knot. Then lace the other end of each strand through the holes created in the paper plate. Tie a knot and secure it to the top side of the paper plate using tape.
Wrap one end of the unused pipe cleaner once around the joint (the center) of the mobile top. Bend the pipe cleaner's top portion to create a loop.

 To hang your paper plate mobile, tape four strands of equal lengths, to the edge of the plate (two vertical and two horizontal, at opposite ends). Tie the four strands together then tie them to a longer strand. Then create a loop at the end of the longer strand from which the mobile will hang.

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By Dale Humburg, DU Chief Scientist
Report from DU Migration Map
Relatively minor weather events are enough to prompt blue-winged teal migrations any time after about mid-August. And this has been the case so far in 2012, with an initial minor push of birds around 16-17 August and again by the first weekend of September.
The weather is lining up again to trigger another teal migration in time for a number of states that have an 8 September opening date for their special teal season. Weather predicted for Saskatoon, SK includes lows in the 40s and WNW to NW winds through Thursday.
The same weather system extends into the Dakotas by Friday and the Midwest by Saturday. Some local rains are also forecast. After a severe drought during the summer, rains have been sufficient to fill the cracks in some instances and locally, have improved water for migrant teal.
It's likely to be a fleeting migration event, however, as teal habitat is generally not plentiful, and birds will continue their southern migration after showing up for a day or so. Although spotty, natural food conditions (millet, smartweed, etc.) are at least fair in some regions. It will take a few rain events, however, to ensure availability into the fall.
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Today: Intel (INTC) hits a 52-week low as technology stocks drop and take Wall Street along for the downhill ride. Also: Earnings season begins, and Silicon Valley's next big initial public offering gets bigger.
Tech stocks plummet, pulling indexes down
Technology stocks took a hit Tuesday as investors grew pessimistic about the sector's chances for solid earnings reports amid analyst downgrades to big-name Silicon Valley companies.
Chipmaker Intel was singled out as a large reason for Tuesday's sell-off in tech stocks, as the Santa Clara company was hit by a wave of analyst downgrades following Monday's report that the company would lay off workers at McAfee. Robert W. Baird analyst Tristan Gerra cut his price target on the stock from $32 to $26 on concerns of lessening demand for laptops, while Bernstein Research analyst Stacy Rasgon


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Judges Who Split on Surveillance Hail from Opposite Parties
The debate over national security surveillance powers is one of those issues that doesn't fit into neat ideological or partisan boxes. The latest rulings on the legality of the NSA's bulk phone data collection program are a case in point.
To recap — it was a Republican-appointed judge who ruled against the U.S. government, and it was a Democratic-appointed judge who ruled against the ACLU.
U.S. District Judge WIlliam H. Pauley III in Manhattan, who called the collection program a "vital tool" to combat terrorism and deemed it "the Government's counter-punch," was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1998. He was a registered Democrat as of last year, according to voter records. (It's worth noting that before becoming a judge he worked as assistant counsel to the Republican minority leader in the New York Assembly, according to his official bio.)
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, who 11 days ago ruled that the NSA program "almost certainly does violate" the U.S. Constitution, was nominated to the Washington, D.C., bench by former President George W. Bush.
The rulings were handed down against the backdrop of recent polls showing that a larger percentage of Republicans than Democrats think the NSA's surveillance efforts intrude on some Americans' privacy rights.
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To correct Lincoln somewhat, he should have said, . . . that government of the people, by the politicians, and for the politicians shall not perish from the earth.
Government's view of the economy: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. — Ronald Reagan
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
-- Alexis de Toqueville
The Federal budgeting and appropriation process, as defined by the The Congressional Budget Act of 1974, is a complicated process which takes up a lot of time and hard work in the House and Senate – ordinarily. Here's a detailed and thorough explanation of it from Results.org description of Federal budgeting and appropriations. The Results.org people seek to influence a portion of it. An outline description of it is much easier to understand: Wikipedia description of budgeting and appropriations.
Briefly, the President and the Congress should work together. The President is required to submit a proposed budget to Congress between the first Monday in January and the first Monday in February. In 2013, he was two months late with his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014, which began on October 1st of 2013. It infuriated both parties, because it contained a proposal to reduce Social Security payouts long term as well as a 600 billion dollar tax increase over 10 years. It was more or less dead on arrival. Congress, or at least, the Senate, did nothing until the weekend before October 1, when the federal government shut down because the Senate and House battled over Obamacare provisions added to a continuing resolution which would have funded the government for only 11 weeks.
The budget process is supposed to result in a series of 12 appropriations bills, (they can be combined into one omnibus bill) which funds 12 areas of government. They are (from Wikipedia):
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Commerce, Justice, and Science Defense Energy and Water Development Financial Services and General Government (includes judicial branch, theExecutive Office of the President, and District of Columbia appropriations) Homeland Security Interior and Environment Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Legislative Branch Military Construction and Veterans Affairs State and Foreign Operations Transportation and Housing and Urban Development
Each appropriations bill contains a breakdown of appropriations for each activity within the agency.
Under Harry Reid as Senate Majority Leader, the budgeting process hasn't resulted in appropriations bills since 2009. Instead, we've had continuing resolutions (CR's), which continue the budget into the next fiscal year, but can allow raises. Federal spending has gone up sharply over those four years. Each CR has resulted in a battle between Democrats and Republicans. Those battles have contributed to the low level of respect the American public have for Congress and the President.
Apparently, the lack of budgeting by the Senate and outrageous budgets submitted by Obama is a deliberate strategy of the Democrats. If the Senate created annual budgets, the public would notice the increases from year to year, and Republicans would contest them.
I think the Republicans should have a strategy of their own. The House should create their own budget, or take up the President's budget if he submits one, then work on it as they are supposed to, but ignore the Senate if they aren't doing their mandated work. The House should then create the 12 appropriations bills, setting spending at the levels they want, and send them to the Senate one at a time. They should send the last of them weeks before October 1. If the Senate takes up the bills, and creates their own version, then the House should go into conference with them and try to reach agreement on differences. If the Senate ignores the bills, as is likely, the House should not do anything further. The House should under no circumstances load the bills with riders or give the Senate any excuse for rejecting them. Further, under no circumstances should the House create CR's, but they should insist that the Senate must pass the appropriations bills or else negotiate with the House to change them, and the Senate must act in a timely manner.
The government by Continuing Resolution must stop. The Senate and the Democrats need to do their jobs.


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Irving Fiske (5 March 1908 – 25 April 1990), born Irving Fishman in Brooklyn, New York, was a playwright, inventor, freelance writer, speaker, and the co-founder of Quarry Hill Creative Center. He was the author of Hamlet in Modern English and Bernard Shaw's Debt to William Blake.
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Flathead Lakers Sunday • • 117th Anniversary of Treaty Elect Fouty To Board Poison—In a surprise move last Saturday, the Flathead Lakers elected an enrolled tribal member to their board of directors. Robert Fouty, a Poison logging contractor, was seated on nine man board during the organization's annual meeting in Poison. The Laker's, founded during the '50's to protect Flathead Lake's environment, have lately been openly critical of tribal policies including the Recreational Use Permit. In May, the board of directors of the organization requested their members not to purchase permits for use of the southern half of Flathead Lake. They cited a recent federal court decision which denied the Leech Lake, Minnesota Chippewa's the right to set hunting and fishing regulations for non-member users of their reservation. Fouty, who joins biologist John Tibbs and attorney C. B. McNeil on the board, says he will attempt to redirect the energies of the organization toward the conservation of the lake. He said that among his plans for this summer is a complete survey of septic tanks on the lake. One hundred and seventeen years ago this Sunday Chief Victor of the Salish, Chief Michelle of the Kootenai and Chief Alexander of the Pend d' Orielles signed the Hellgate Treaty. At the time of the signing of the 1855 treaty, the three tribes took pride in the fact that none had spilled a drop of white blood and they were regarded by white explorers and missionaries as among the most friendly and helpful tribes in the west. The had no reason to expect perf idity from the whiteman they had welcomed since Lewis and Clark came through half a century earlier. They expected from the (Continued on page 10) Published By The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Dixon, Montana 59831 (Charlo) (Koostahtah) CHAR—KOOSTA Salish, Kootenai, Pend #d Orielles Tribes Volume 2. Number 5 Moon of Cayotie — 14 PRICE 10c Montana Power To Pay $H And A Quarter Million By August Washington—The Montana company would have no difficulty in paying the bill before -The Montana Power Company has received a bill from the Federal Power Commission for $11,249,913.81. . .payable to the tribe anytime before the ides of August. The figure, announced Wednesday by Tribal Attorney Richard Baenan, was handed over the the utility Tuesday for payment within 30 days. Joe McElwain, Vice President of Montana Power, said his Malatare Seated After Council Double Reverse Dixon—Tnree weeKs ot hot controversy over a successor to the late Tribal Councilman Hugh "Jumbo" Grenier ended last Friday with the seating of onetime committeeman for Optional Withdrawal, John E. Malatare. The 45-year old Arlee gas station owner, who had narrowly won a special election June 25, was appointed and sworn in during the Quarterly Council meeting. The issue boiled over during the July 7 meeting when Vic Cordier angerily accused the council of violating the trust of the people by invalidating the results of the special June election. Councilman Tom "Bearhead" Swaney agreed witn Cordier saying: "I fee!there was prejudice on the part of the council against Malatare, and it was an error on our part to invalidate the entire election because of a violation in one district." The week before the council, on a motion by Swaney, had passed a resolution to invalidate the results of the vote due to an elections code violation involving the relationship between precinct judge Pete Pierre and candidate Isaac Richard Pierre. The motion to invalidate the entire election followed a move by Councilman Fred Whitworth, also of Arlee, to deny Malatare his victory on account of the polling violation and award the chair to the winner of the Arlee the end of July. The utility was denied an appeal by the United States Supreme Court earlier this month after the Court of Appeals had found in favor of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes. The order revised the payment schedule for the use of the dam from $238,375 to $950,000 retroactive to 1959. The Appeals Court had reduced the rate of simple interest from six to four percent in their judgement. According to a memorandum filed by the tribe's attorney Richard Baenen, Washington, D. C, the accumulated difference plus interest ammounted to $11,841,440 by May of this year. precinct, Joe Wheeler. The utility will owe the tribe $711,625 for each year since 1959. The four percent interest comes to about $28,465 per year. The original FPC order of October 4, 1967 stay of judgement resulted in a four year lag in federal courts and a reduction of interest to four per cent. The lag, according to Baenans figures, has cost the tribe over $500,000 in interest. Wheeler Acquitted on Firecracker Charge Poison—Tuesday, July 11 may The sea-saw battle over the have been the week after the vacant seat on the council got Fourth of July, but there were hot during the two council still fireworks going off at the meetings following the special Lake County Courthouse, elections but the roots of the The Wheeler's went to court controversy acutally started over alleged fireworks sales back in 1935. violations. Two of them, Joe and —The Constitution and Bylaws Arlene, walked out scot free and of the Confederated Salish and the others, Dorothy Clinken-Kootenai Tribes specifically beard and Margaret Wheeler, gives the Tribal Council the are appealing misdemeanor authority to appoint successors convictions. Both were fined to vacated seats. The council, $200. during a series of district Mrs. Clinkenbeard and Miss meetings earlier this year. Wheeler were both found guilty (Continued on next page) (Contifced on page 2)
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News 12 6 o'clock / Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- President Obama is about to pull the trigger on some new gun laws, but many people want to shoot them down. The original Augusta Gun and Knife show is in town this weekend, people started lining up before the doors even opened.
Larry Steverson organized this weekend's events and says President Obama is the world's best gun salesman right now.
"He's absolutely better than Bill Clinton and he was a great one," Steverson said.
After the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in December, President Obama and Vice President Biden presented new laws they want Congress to pass to help curb gun violence. The plan includes required criminal background checks for all guns sales, banning military-style assault weapons and high-capacity gun magazines, giving law enforcement additional tools to prevent and prosecute gun crime and increasing access to mental health services.
Most of the guns enthusiasts don't want these laws passed. However, 18-year-old Treybon Stupperd is one gun owner that agrees with the president.
Stupperd says the laws President Obama is trying to pass are needed, especially the law banning military-style assault weapons.
"There's no need for something that powerful. That's something that should be in the military because they are going to war," Stupperd said.
Steverson says while business might be good right now, the president should focus on the bad guys and not the good people trying to protect their families.
"Criminals aren't out here buying the guns. The nut cases that are out here doing these mass shootings and everything, they aren't buying them, they are stealing them," Steverson said.


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Definition of revegetate in English:
verb[with object] chiefly North American
Produce a new growth of vegetation on (disturbed or barren ground): each spring we revegetate acre after acre with pine seedlings [no object]: a quarter of the area had revegetated
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- For adventurers who want to immerse themselves completely in the Club's mission, there are service trips, in which participants build trails, revegetate overused areas, or map archaeological sites in splendid surroundings.
- We still want to see good management over that bushland, but the fundamentally critical work is to get the cleared bits that separate the important bushland areas and revegetate them like this.
- So while Sampson hoped to revegetate the Wasatch Plateau more like nature ordinarily revegetated it, he still sought to improve the land to a condition that was better than the original.
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- From safaris to ski tours to revegetation projects, Sierra Club Outings has a trip for you.
- The Forest Service's ongoing programs of revegetation, more refined techniques of range management, and declining numbers of livestock have all assisted in the recovery of the Wasatch Plateau.
- If there was any significant recovery, it probably resulted from spontaneous regrowth rather than artificial revegetation and artificial erosion control.
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The Clarkfield City Council held their annual Truth in Taxation hearing and finalized their budget for 2013 during Tuesday night's council meeting.
After some final adjustments the council approved the 2013 budget and are expecting an $80,000 budget surplus. The city expects nearly $1,088,306 in revenues for 2013 and $999,960 in expenses. That should leave the city with an estimated $88,346 budget surplus in the city's general fund.
The preliminary property tax levy amount for 2013 was $326,480 and that amount remains unchanged with the passing of the final budget. $326,480 represents a 2.4 percent increase from last year's final levy amount of $318,766. Of that amount, $205,005 will be entered into the city's general fund, while $70,384 will go towards the water and sewer debt service. Another $51,091 will go to the debt service for the 2005 street bond.
Local Government Aid (LGA) for the city should amount to $344,785 in 2013. That amount remains unchanged for 2013 from 2012.
In the final ironing out of the budget the city council made several changes Tuesday night. Most significant among these was the council furthering funding for what the has been termed in the past as a community center, but may be better described as a meeting and events center. The council decided first to add another $5,000 to the 'community center' fund and then scrapped a proposed $7,000 that was being considered for the building of a tennis court and added it to the 'community center' funding. That equates to $12,000 of funding for the 'community center' in 2013. Already, there is roughly $19,500 in a fund earmarked for use on a community center.
So now the city will have $31,500 that they expect to use this year to continue with renovations to the 'old fire barn' garage space adjacent to city hall. There have already been minor improvements made to the building in the advancement of its re-purposing.
"Well, if that's it, I think we're doing pretty good," commented mayor Gene Kockelman on the budget.
At the end of the budget discussion, the council praised City Administrator Scott Weske on his work detailing and presenting the 2013 budget. This is Weske's second year in the post and his second time compiling the budget.
"I've been around here awhile," said councilmen Robert Schlenner. "This is the most detailed budget information I've ever received while on the council." Kockelman agreed, saying, "It's been better explained to me than I've ever had."
Schlenner and Staab
Tuesday's meeting marked the final meeting for outgoing councilmen Robert Schlenner and Francis Staab. Schlenner has served on the council several times on and off over the last couple of decades, while Staab has been on the council for the past six years.
The council made a motion to thank them for their service to the city and the residents of Clarkfield.
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His Wikipedia page remains unchanged, but Marilyn Manson could very well be dead right now.
The aging shock rocker was about an hour into a performance at a club in Saskatoon last night when he suddenly collapsed on stage.
Band members were initially thought Manson was faking it and played on, but eventually realized he was in distress and rushed to carry him offstage.
There are multiple reports of Manson vomiting prior to, and during the incident, but, again, it's hard to tell if that was part of the show or not. One music reviewer in attendance says Manson told the audience he was feeling ill, but "the comment came across as preening."
Representatives for the eponymous bandleader have so far been eerily silent on his condition, ignoring requests for a status update.
Hopefully he's fine, but, as of right now, no one knows.
UPDATE: Turns out Manson just needed some rest. "Close sources" told TMZ the singer is fine now, but wasn't feeling too hot last night. He is apparently battling "various flu symptoms," and did vomit several times on stage, but still expects to proceed with his Canadian tour as scheduled.
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Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Village, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota provides the following services: Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Senior Community, and In-Home Care. It accepts the following payment methods: Medicare and Medicaid. Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Village has received 4 stars from Medicare and an average user review rating of 5 stars. Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Village has a very good hospital, Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota Llc, located nearby, which scored a 88 out of 100 in its most recent Medicare review. The Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Village's nearest hospital is 1 miles away. The zipcode (57103) in South Dakota, where Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Village is located, has an above average safety rating based on recent crime statistics. A more detailed description of the types of care for Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Village can be found here.
Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Village is a nursing home. It provides medical nursing service for seniors with serious illnesses or disabilities twenty-four hours a day, delivered by registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nurse aids.
Nursing care facilities cater to several types of patients: some patients require short-term rehab while recovering from surgery; others require long-term nursing and medical supervision. In addition, some nursing homes offer specialized care programs for Alzheimer's or other illnesses, or short-term respite care for frail or disabled persons when a family member requires a rest from providing care in the home. Please note that you can help compare nursing homes by looking at the Medicare ratings of a given facility (Medicare has a 5-star rating system for comparing nursing homes). There are various ways for paying for care in a nursing home. Make sure you know your loved one's Medicare and Medicaid eligibility, and understand how you can use tools like long term care insurance to pay for nursing home care.
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Also, Good Samaritan Society Sioux Falls Village is a Senior Community. Senior communities are for seniors who can take care of themselves. It is often a set of apartments in a variety of sizes from studios to large two bedrooms, where seniors live independently, but may receive additional services like transportation, pools, a convenience store, bank, barber/beauty shop, resident laundry, housekeeping, and security, are all services and amenities that may be provided there.
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|Length Overall
|74' 0''
22.58 m
|Dry Weight
91,271 lbs.
41,400 kg
17' 10''
5.4 m
|Tested Weight
98,366 lbs.
44,618 kg
5' 2''
1.58 m
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
1,162 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
222 gal.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
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|Tested Power
|2 x 1200-hp MAN
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Mission Statement
Prestige has created the 750 to provide consumers with most of the amenities found in yachts in this class as well as providing a seaworthy hull more easily propelled for operational efficiency. Further, because of Group Beneteau's infrastructure and inherent efficiencies it is able to provide a substantial value in this size range, while maintaining all of the demanding standards of CE construction.
With 4 staterooms and three heads, plus an optional crew cabin aft, the Prestige 750 makes a yacht suitable for both an owner/operator and the charter trade.
Distinguishing Features
Main Deck Master. The master stateroom of the Prestige 750 is forward and down a couple of steps but is virtually on the main deck. This important detail alone sets her apart from all other boats in class. Why is this important, aside from the fact that this design is rarely seen on any motoryacht below 100'? The answers are obvious: 1) the owners are only a couple of steps from their guests and the action; 2) there are no steep stairs to negotiate; and, 3) the owner/operator is only a few steps from the lower helm.
Lighter/Narrower. At 17'10" (5.46 m) beam, the Prestige 750 is the narrowest motoryacht in class from anywhere from a few inches to a foot or more. This detail has its pros and cons and the consumer will have to decide where to come down on this subject. Because the boat is narrower it is naturally lighter. Because she is lighter she draws less water and the combination of these three aspects of her design makes her easier to push through the water. That means her engines can be smaller, saving more weight, and therefore all things being equal she will be able to burn less fuel or go faster – or both – compared to her competition.
Profile drawing of the Prestige 750 shows the running gear and the forefoot of the vessel. Note that virtually all of her length is used for living spaces.
The con of this design profile is the distinct possibility of less interior volume, more narrow side decks, and slightly less stability. Our suggestion to consumers on the first point is to simply get aboard the boat and compare her ergonomics with other boats in class. (Our experience suggests that measuring the width of the single berths below and the space between them will tell the tale.)
As far as stability goes, this is harder for us to measure. Other aspects of the boat come into play here, including, but not limited to: CG, deadrise, displacement, keel shape, and chine design. In boats there is no such thing as a free lunch, so most of the time everything is a trade off.
Our test weight was 98,362 lbs. (4,618 kgs.). That means when it comes to displacement this vessel -- while lighter than others in class -- is not a featherweight. She has gravitas. How much weight is needed to nudge aside 6-footers? See our "Handling" report below.
Less Draft. This detail was mentioned above but at 5'2" (1.59 m) it deserves special mention as draft is often the controlling factor for deciding which boats can be tied behind the manse during a moon tide and those that cannot.
Flush Deck/Formal Dining. The Prestige 750 is not the only boat in class with a flush deck and a formal dining area, but she is one of the few. Consumers looking in this size range should be careful to note these two details. We like the ability to have formal dining for entertaining and many boats in class require that the salon cocktail table be raised to double as a dinner table. The Prestige 750 avoids this compromise.
Private Entrance to Master. This is, of course, a corollary to having the master virtually on the main deck. It means that guests coming back to the yacht late at night are less likely to bother the princess and her consort.
The galley, dining area and salon of the Prestige 750 are all on virtually the same level (there is a slight step up from the galley to the salon).
Up a small step from the galley/dining area, the main salon of the Prestige 750 is one of the largest in class stretching fully across the cabin to a love seat on the starboard side. prestige_750_fwd.jpg
Looking forward from the aft deck we see the dining table to starboard and the galley to port. We like the use of the glass table as it opens up the boat and it can be used both on formal and more informal occasions.
Main Deck
Deck plan for the new Prestige 750.
First of all, the main deck plan is symmetrical. Prestige considered doing an asymmetrical deck in order to get more room in the main house, but by carefully designing the superstructure it was able to build an interior that was nearly 14' (4.26 m) wide, which could handle not only the salon, but the galley and dining area as well -- and still have adequately wide side decks.
Galley Placement. The trend that we have been seeing lately -- that is of moving the galley aft and opening it up -- was confirmed by customer feedback and Prestige has placed the galley on the port side next to the opening to the aft deck. By making the galley an L-shape, the designers were able to both separate it from the salon and have more counter space. An island adds even more counter space and separates the galley from the dining area to starboard. We like the island galley concept because it eliminates the "dead end" alley of a U-shape that makes it hard for two people to work there at the same time. The location of the galley is handy to all four entertaining venues -- the dining table to starboard, the salon, the seating area on the aft deck and the stairs ascending to the flying bridge.
The galley is well equipped with full-size appliances from a choice of three manufacturers.
Dining Area. The drawings seen here show six chairs at the table, but the folks at Prestige assure us that the table can seat eight -- two for each the boat's four staterooms. We like this layout because too many boats in the 72' range -- particularly in raised pilothouse vessels -- do not have a proper dining table. Usually they have an L-shaped settee next to the helm of the raised bridge deck.
The dining table is fabricated from glass and seats as many as 8 for meals.
Salon. The salon is up a small step from the galley. This area is about 14' x 11.5' (4.26 x 3.50 m) and can seat eight people in three sofas. The center of the salon is open which facilitates two-way flow through the house as well as providing room for a crowd during a cocktail party.
The salon can accommodate many guests in comfort. A flatscreen TV is on an electric lift. All windows provide clear sightlines to the horizon from the seated positions.
Lower Helm. The Prestige 750 is a flushdeck motoryacht with all of the advantages that the design implies, but it has raised the helm itself on a special platform. The deck level itself was not raised. This arrangement serves several purposes: 1) it provides better visibility for the captain; 2) the double-wide seat back and the large flat screen TV behind it facing the salon have the combined effect of serving as a half-bulkhead to separate the helm from the salon. When entering from the aft deck the first thing seen is the salon, not the helm; 3) it makes the use of the watertight side door adjacent to the helm for the nearly exclusive use of the captain rather than being for general use.
The lower helm is on a raised platform but it is not a raised pilothouse. Note that the screens are kept relatively low to maximize visibility. Owners should work with the dealer to layout the helm to best suit their use and needs.
Aft Deck.
From the swim platform there are port and starboard stairs up to the aft deck instead of one side being blocked by a wraparound settee. Second, there is a large amount of deck space on the aft deck which aids traffic flow and provides room for lots of people to stand during a cocktail party. The aft bench seat is remarkably wide, over 7' (2.1 m), and can obviously handle a large extended family or a small board of directors. The overhang of the boat deck above means that the aft deck can be enclosed, making this space appropriate for three-season use.
The optional hydraulic swim platform lowers to form both a launching point for a tender or PWC as well as the ever popular teak beach. Because the yacht has a proper boat deck, this optional expense can be avoided.
Flying Bridge and Boat Deck
The flying bridge can be divided into four sections: helm and forward observation seating, sun pad, U-shaped seating area with table and boat deck. The 750 comes standard with an arch with the hardtop as an option.
Upper Helm. The helm seat is double-wide and can seat two people, but what we like most about this area is that on the starboard side three or four people can sit looking forward to enjoy the adventure.
Sun Pad. A dedicated sunning area is located near the starboard forward seating. This placement has the advantage of being protected from the wind when the boat is underway.
Bird's eye view of the flying bridge, boat deck, and foredeck.
The aft area of the flying bridge is the boat deck and can accommodate a tender launched by a hydraulic davit. Once the tender is launched and the chalks removed, the boat deck becomes a space for chaise lounges and sunning or cocktail parties.
On the flying bridge looking aft.
The outdoor galley has a sink, ample counter space, a grill, refrigerator and a separate icemaker.
On the flying bridge looking forward.
The flying bridge helm consists of a fixed pod with complete instrumentation and functionality.
Flying Bridge Entertaining Area.
The U-shaped settee with table is as large as it should be for a 4-stateroom boat. Opposite is a large console along the port rail that can house a refrigerator, icemaker, sink and grill. Overhead is a massive hardtop with the center being a soft-touch retractable sunroof.
Boat Deck.
Behind the seating area is a hydraulic davit and a boat deck that measures nearly 14' x 6' (4.26 x 1.8 m). This will handle a good-size tender (3.25 m max / 400 kgs.). We would not be concerned if the outboard motor extended beyond the railing, which can be modified. When in port or at anchor the tender will probably be in the water, which means this space can be used for chaise lounges so long as removable chalks are used for the tender's cradle.
At the Bow
At the bow we also have some entertaining functionality particularly for those into sun and fresh air. Forward facing seats can accommodate six people and behind is a sun pad that can hold four-across. This pad also has an optional cabana type shade that can be deployed easily.
The bow seating will allow a great spot to watch the scenery go by, and if it's sunbathing that's desired, then look no further than the wide sunpad just behind.
Under the bow seats is storage and the windlass. That storage goes all the way down to the hull. Shelves inside hold the fenders. Chain is easy to access to untangle a rats nest after rough seas. Note that the anchor chain runs under the teak grate to the windlass. This is a classy detail which also promotes safety.
The accommodations layout of the Prestige 750 has three staterooms, two heads, plus crew quarters abaft the engine room.
Accommodations Deck
Master Stateroom.
To starboard of the helm is a dual companionway with the forward section being a private entrance to the master stateroom. This placement is quite an accomplishment in a 74' (22.56 m) boat, and something rarely seen. This placement harks back to the Golden Age of yachting that emphasized the comfort and status of the vessel's owner.
Inside there is a lounger to port and a desk to starboard that serves double duty as a vanity. Forward is a walk-in closet to port and head to starboard with a separate large shower stall, double-wide single sink, toilet and optional bidet.
The master stateroom is just a few steps down from the main deck. This is the most desirable location for the master and something rarely seen in boats under 100' (30.5 m).
At the forward end of the master stateroom is a walk-in closet to the left, and a head to the right.
This cut-away image shows the secret of the Prestige 750's master stateroom design. By dropping down a couple of steps to a landing by the helm, then having two steps more in the stateroom itself, the designers were able to pull off a private entrance to the master stateroom. It is certainly what most owners of large motoryachts want. Just ask them.
Guest And VIP Staterooms
Back to the companionway, the aft section leads to the aft staterooms, and on the Prestige 750 there are three, a king size VIP and two guest cabins with twin beds. By having the master, plus three other staterooms, the boat becomes quite attractive on the charter market as the weekly rate, which might run from $20,000 to $30,000 or more, and can be divided among four couples.
VIP Stateroom.
This stateroom is full beam and would be the master on most boats this size. Most of the time owners of motoryachts this size cruise with just one other couple, so for that reason Prestige decided to give them the royal treatment. To port is a long storage credenza and to starboard is a large walk-in closet. Forward is a desk that will be appreciated by most guests so they can check up on their email in private.
The head is also to starboard, just forward of the walk-in closet. The sink has a diffused-drain basin and the separate shower is behind an acrylic door. Opening portlights add naturel light and ventilation. An electric vent is also included.
This is the VIP stateroom below, but it looks fit for a king…or, at least a prince or a sheik.
Guest Staterooms.
Forward there are two nearly identical cabins both with twin berths, with the one to port having a private entrance to the day head. These two staterooms share a single head that is located on the port side.
The guest berths both feature twin berths and hull side windows.
Like all heads on the 750, the guest head has a separate shower stall. It is noteworthy that the designers did not resort to the circular, "beam-me-up-Scotty" design with a curved Plexiglas door in order to save space. These round tube showers can be problematical for portly guests. Rather, Prestige has created a large rectangular shower stall.
The guest head also serves as the day head.
Engine Room And Crew Cabin
At the swim platform there's a watertight transom door leading to the crew cabin and engine room. Three steps down finds one at the entrance with a combination washer/dryer to the left and the door to the crew cabin to the right.
The crew will be in a small space but it's adequate for sleeping and utilizing private rest facilities. The engine room is well laid out with adequate headroom and more than enough room to get all around the MAN engines. At the forward bulkhead, the twin generators are stacked one over the other.
Access to the engine room and crew quarters is through this watertight transom door. A separate entrance is through a hatch in the cockpit deck.
The crew can be comfortable in twin berths with plenty of light through transom windows. The toilet is to the left, behind the door.
The Prestige comes standard with twin MAN 1000-hp engines, with an upgrade to 1200-hp available.
The Prestige 750 has a LOA of 74' (22.58 m), a beam of 17'10" (5.46 m) and a draft of 5'2" (1.59 m). With an empty weight of 91,271 lbs. (41,400 kg), 67% fuel, and 4 people we had an estimated test weight of 98,366 lbs (44,618 kg).
With the optional MAN 1200s turning 33.9" (86 cm) 4-bladed Detra propellers, we reached a top speed of 28 knots at 2390 rpm. At that speed we were burning 114.1 gph (432 lph) giving us a range of 252 nm.
There really is no "best cruise" speed as the fuel burn is perfectly linear as speed is increased. It's basically a matter of setting the speed for a target range if distance is the goal.
However, with that said, most will cruise her at the MAN recommended cruise setting of 80% load which was determined to be at 1850 rpm and 19.2 knots. At that speed she'll burn 61.6 gph (233 lph) producing a range of 326.5 nm.
There is no boat quite like the Prestige 750, which we think can fulfill most of the functions of far larger motoryachts.
As for her handling, it's nothing short of "yacht quality" in that her 91,271-lb. (41,400 kg) displacement dampens nearly all maneuvers. Nothing happens fast, and even with a heavy handed captain at the helm, all maneuvers will be calm and sedate. She starts each turn with a slight roll into the turn and then her weight takes over and she levels out through the remainder of the turn. But clearly this is not a boat that will be making any radical maneuvers. That is to say, the 750 is a real motoryacht, not an express cruiser with a toadstool flying bridge slapped in her overhead.
At nearly 100,000-lbs., she's more of a "set-the-course-and-speed-and-engage- the-autopilot" type of yacht.
In that sense she's right at home presenting a stately ride. We had a relatively relaxed sea state on test day but the harbor was a popular yachting center and as such large vessels were steaming through the test area all day. Crossing through and across these large wakes was quite telling and showed that the 750 remains comfortable and takes no more spray over the rails than we would have expected. She has a fairly narrow entry and therefore cuts cleanly through waves rather than pounding through them. In the staterooms sound is minimized and all that can be heard is the water rushing across the hull.
The new Prestige 750 is a large motoryacht any way you look at her.
Luxury on this level has its worth and the Prestige 750 carries a price tag in the area of $4m USD well optioned. She certainly garners her share of attention and has proven that the Prestige line is not only growing, but doing so in a way that has it competing on a world stage.
Buying a motoryacht in this class deserves some consideration. After all, at $4 million it may cost more than her prospective primary owner's house, and most likely more than the second one. As well she should, given the fact that the 750 is like a small town all to herself – producing her own electricity, treating her own sewage, making her own water, navigating the high seas with as much electronics as most cruise ships, to say nothing of propelling a four-bedroom condo with amenities anywhere in the world that her owner desires.
Enduring Style. Please note that there are no exterior styling excesses on the Prestige 750. No tail fins. No retro affectations. She is not an express cruiser on steroids. To our eye the Prestige 750 has a somewhat conservative and universal nautical design that will probably out-live the styling of flavor-of-the-month yachts in class. Not only now but in years to come she will be equally at home in Antibes, Hong Kong, or Ft. Lauderdale.
That means she is less likely to be dated on the used boat market. We think she will also appeal to veteran boat owners who know what they are doing and want substance, rather than buyers who have just scored a big trading bonus and want something with a lot of sizzle.
Yet, at $4 million the Prestige 750 is hard to beat given her utility, size and performance. She is probably not ideal for all applications, but we think she should be in contention for most of them.
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|Total GPH
|Stat. Mile
All fuel consumption numbers are the total for all engines in the boat. Speeds are measured with Stalker ProSports radar gun or GPS. Fuel consumption (gallons per hour) measured with Floscan digital fuel-flow meter or by on-board factory-installed diagnostic instruments. Range is based on 90% of published fuel capacity. Sound levels determined using Radio Shack digital decibel meter on A scale. 68 dBA is the level of normal conversation. Time to plane is measured from start of acceleration to formation of rooster tail behind boat.
|Time To Plane
|11.8 sec.
|0 to 30
|22.7 sec.
|Test Power
|2 x 1200-hp MAN
|Detra 33.9'' (86 cm) dia x 4
|4 persons, 2/3 fuel, 23/25 water, 50 lbs. of gear
|62 deg.,34 humid.; wind: 0-5 mph; seas: calm


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In Their Own Words – A Sister's Love
This "In Their Own Words" essay is written by Miranda Specht, from East Islip, N.Y. This was originally written as a college admissions essay.
When I was three years old my baby brother was born. I remember the car ride to the hospital on the day we were finally able take him home. I was so excited. I had no idea then, how much of an influence he would be.
Richie was born weighing only one pound, thirteen ounces and spent the first 95 days of his life in the intensive care unit struggling to survive. On a daily basis there were teachers and therapists that would come work with my brother. At this time our family thought this would be the biggest obstacle he would have to overcome in his life.
Eighteen months later my brother Richie was diagnosed with autism. He would cry all the time and didn't like being around other people. As he grew, his inability to communicate would cause him great frustration. When people don't understand him, Richie hits his head. Although his disability has been a tremendous challenge for my family, it has also turned out to be a great blessing. I have learned a lot from Richie about tolerance, patience, and compassion.
Having an autistic brother has changed my perspective on life and shaped the way I relate to and communicate with others. When I was younger it used to make me angry when people would stare at my brother in public. As I got older I realized that people were afraid of what they didn't understand. Now I try to educate people about autism every chance I get.
It is hard work living with a disabled child, and at times it can be very stressful, but for me it has also been an extremely rewarding experience. I learned at a very early age how to put someone else's needs in front of my own. At times it frustrated me to make these sacrifices because it didn't seem fair. When I played sports I sometimes resented the fact that all the other kids' parents were at the games. My parents would watch from the car, because my brother couldn't handle the noise and being around so many people. But as I grew up I realized Richie was the one who had been cheated. I began to feel less sorry for myself and more grateful for him. If it wasn't for him my heart wouldn't be as big as it is. He has made me a more open minded and tolerant person.
I have come to realize that everyone is different, and that you cannot judge someone simply because they are not the same as you; you should give them a chance, because you never know what might have happened in their lives or how they might end up affecting yours. Richie has helped make me a more loving, compassionate, and generally a happier person. Living with my brother has also made me understand what life is really about. We take for granted having a voice and being able to interact with each other. It's hard to understand how important these things are until you're forced to view life without them.
When you live with someone who is disabled you have a greater respect for the things you and others are capable of doing. My brother is unable to do daily tasks on his own. So many wonderful teachers and aides have helped my brother get to where he is today. Seeing these people work with my brother has inspired me to consider a career in elementary education and/or special education. Not every step in this journey has been easy, but I know my brother has made me a better person. So, now when it's five thirty in the morning and I could really use more sleep and Richie is running up and down the hall in front of my room saying "Bye, Bye, Bye" and laughing, I can smile because I know today is going to be a good day.
"In Their Own Words" is a series within the Autism Speaks blog which shares the voices of people who have autism, as well as their loved ones. If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to email@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
July 12, 2010 at 9:19 am
Wow!! Thank you for sharing you experience with a speical needs brother! I will have to show this to my daughter who has a special needs brother at home. He is 1 year older than her. She is 8 years old. I know she is jealous of the attention he gets and that she doesn't really understand what is really going on right now. One good thing is that she really loves her brother and she has been very helpful with him. When he is upset she even tries to calm him down. I have been very worried about her with her self esteem and i always try to give her some special time. Although that can be very tough at times. I just hope that she can say the same thing later on down the road. We will see. Good luck to you and your brother!!
July 12, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm a MOM of 3. My youngest, EMILLIE, is Autistic and my oldest, ALEXIS, just graduated high school & feels the same way. She's going to purse special education because of her sister's disablitity.
The world is an ugly place. But having COMPASSIONATE & EDUCATED people like you & my daughter wanting to help, will make a difference in my Autistic children's lives for the better. GOD BLESS YOU & good luck in the future!
July 12, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Thank you for sharing ur story, my son Diego 6 is very similar to ur brother Richie. Diego's litle sister 3 is already a better person for having a brother with special needs. She is very caring, loving and unique. Love reading it.
July 12, 2010 at 2:55 pm
My little brother sounds alot like yours honestly. I'm 6 1/2 years older than my brother so I've pretty much been able to understand all the things the doctors and therapist say my whole life which I think sometimes makes it harder, sometimes I think it would be nice just to live in a blissfull oblivion. I love my brother more than I could ever put into words and when I think about how difficult his life is I realize how selfish I am to ever be upset because I can't do something or go somewhere because of him. I realize that he doesn't get to be a normal 9 year old boy because of his autism. It's so hard to watch him get frustrated when we can't understand him, it breaks my heart. I wish I could take it away from him even if it meant bringing it on myself, but I can't and that's one of the hardest things to accept, that I can't just fix it. I can remember nights when I have just sat with my parents and cried saying "why do these things have to happen to him? why cant they happen to me instead?" and I still think that but I just have to have faith and know that God made my brother this way for a reason. I also think that his autism has given us a stronger bond than alot of brothers and sisters with as big of an age gap as we have. I love to spend time with my brother and because of the anti-social tendencies that come with autism sometimes I have to make him play a game or hang out with me but afterwards I can tell he enjoys it he just can't communicate and doesn't realize he wants companionship sometimes. I can't even imagine how hard life is for him because he's so smart he just can't communicate so autimatically people assume hes stupid and he's not. I get frustrated when people stare or point sometimes but I have to constantly remind myself that they don't understand and no matter what negative things they say it doesn't change the amazing little boy he is. I thank God for the amazing blessing my brother has been and always will be on my life, he's truly a terrific little boy and an awesome little brother. :)
July 12, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Thank you so much for your article. I am the older sister of a brother who has special needs. It is because of what I experienced growing up with my brother as well as knowing what happens "behind the scenes" in a family with a special needs child, that I went into special education and have been teaching in that area for 22 years. I know that I am a better teacher because I fully understand all aspects of this journey. I am still constantly learning as my brother is now an adult in his early 40's and my parents are in their 70's. However, I know that this journey is also continuing to make me a better teacher and a more compassionate person. I had no idea that it would prepare me for my own journey with my own son who has Asperger's. It has made me a very strong advocate for people with special needs and their families. Your knowledge and skills will serve you very well in your field and parents will be put at ease because you completely understand. I wish you the very best in your career.
July 12, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Wow, very great story! I am JUST like you! My special needs brother was born when i was 3, my brother has inspired me to become a speach therapist, at games my parent's watched from teh car because of the noise, and etc. Anyway, I hope your brother get's better. :)
July 12, 2010 at 9:51 pm
I asked my 14-yr-old son to write about what it's like for his sister to have autism. This is what he said:
Living with a brother or sister with autism is like going through football hell week everyday. I should know, my sister has autism. I have lived under the same roof with her for 14 years.
The part that makes me angry the most is that people don't understand, and most of the time don't try to understand. My sister often tries to get as much attention as possible. She will scream, cry, yell, cuss, until she gets what she wants. She even does this in public. She won't stop until she has everyone on their knees.
My life has been affected so much. I can't do school work without her talking about stuff that doesn't even exist. I have to ask to go out and do stuff with my friends, just in case she has an appointment. 99.999% of all the hospital, doctor, and all other appointments are for her. I am stuck going to 99.998% of the appointments.
Once my sister had to get an MRI and she was sick from the drugs they gave her, so my parents weren't home until 3:30 a.m. the next day. I was cool with being alone, I just didn't know what was going on. My family is not 1% normal. I know that.
Nick Mc-N. @ 14 years-old
July 12, 2010 at 10:05 pm
My daughter Ashley is 22 years old and in college for occupational therapy. My son Joey is now 9 years old and has autism, from the day that he was diagnosed at the age of 2 1/2, she told me that she wanted to help her little brother and all the other special children with autism. She has played such a big part in his life. And i could not be more proud of her. The love she has for him is amazing..
Being that she has been living this life has made her a stronger, understanding woman. I cannot thank her enough.
July 13, 2010 at 12:56 am
THANK YOU! You are not only a Great sister, but also a Great person.You would be the right person to help special needs kids.We need more people like you in this world!!!!
July 13, 2010 at 9:46 am
Thanks so much for sharing your story. As I see from other comments, it is so helpful to read something from the viewpoint of a sibling. I also have a daughter who is struggling with the stigma of having a brother with autism. She does pretty well most days, but also gets jealous of the attention. She is almost 9. It's inspiring to see how you have come to view your challenges as blessings, which truly is what they are.


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The group said their 29-foot sailboat was taking on water and that they were abandoning ship. She said the Coast Guard then lost radio contact with the group, who may have transferred onto a makeshift life raft.
Lampert said Coast Guard crews have conducted several searches using aircraft, a patrol boat, lifeboat and cutter, but have not yet found any signs of the group.
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James Avery, Co-Star of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,' Dies
James Avery, the veteran TV actor who portrayed Uncle Phil on the sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," has died. He was reportedly 68 years old.
Avery's publicist told The Associated Press that the actor died Tuesday in Glendale, Calif., in the wake of complications from open heart surgery.
On "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," which helped launch rapper-actor Will Smith to superstardom, Avery played Philip Banks, the rich relation who provides a stable home environment to Smith's rapping, puckish character–and who must also endure his constant hijinks. The show ran from 1990-1996, and is fondly remembered for bringing hip-hop culture (or at least an easygoing version of it) to prime time, and for its jaunty rap theme song.
Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Avery also appeared on such TV shows as "L.A. Law" and "The Closer."
While "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" took the form of a traditional sitcom, from a social standpoint it was also breakthrough television. Smith became one of the first rap stars to achieve acting success on a hit television show, and went on to become a movie star as well. The Banks family was also one of the few wealthy African-American families ever to be featured on television. Uncle Phil lives in a mansion, and is law firm partner and later becomes a judge. The program, by showing a wide range of black characters and capturing wide mainstream viewership while doing so, opened the door to richer, more diverse portrait of black life on TV.
Actor Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Avery's son on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," had a note posted on his Twitter page reading "I'm deeply saddened to say that James Avery has passed away. He was a second father to me. I will miss him greatly."
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1. January - Chapter 7: Taking Notes: 21:11
For January 2008, my assignment is to write a chapter on taking notes with Emacs. Here are the blog posts that I plan to write, each around 1000-2000 words long. This should give me plenty of material to edit, if I don't go mad first. ;)
- [ ] Keeping Notes in Emacs Structured vs Unstructured (outline, free-form) Flat vs Hyperlinked Private vs Public File structure (one file, daily, snippets) - [ ] Outline Notes with Org, Blorg - [ ] Daily Notes with Planner - [ ] Hyperlinked Notes and Muse - [ ] Publishing Muse - [ ] Publishing Planner, RSS - [ ] Remember: quick note entry - [ ] Snippets with Howm - [ ] Blogging from Emacs - Wordpress, LJ, Blogger,Muse-Blosxom, EmacsAtomAPI - [ ] Encrypted Notes (full file, segments) - MOSTLY WRITTEN
I find that thinking of a book as a collection of articles works out well for me. Starting with a rough outline like this, I'll write 2000-word articles of the kind that I'd write for Linux Journal or LinuxWorld, and then I'd put them into my outline and add transitions. After I write all the pieces, then I can write the introduction and the wrap-up sections.
Slowly getting the hang of this writing thing... =)
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2. Book triage: 21:21
Okay. 31 books. 15 days. Plus all the writing I still need to do. I may have made a bit of a miscalculation. No problem, it's the library, I can always renew or request books.
The only books I probably won't be able to renew are
- Open an Online Business in 10 Days
- Money Can Buy Happiness
- The Mid-Career Success Guide
- Make Your Contacts Count (2nd ed)
- How to Photograph Absolutely Everything
(Yes, I wander all over...)
I can do that. =)
One of these days, I'm going to revise my OPAC reminder script to also automatically deactivate all of my requests once I go over a certain number of books... ;)
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Weather Journal: Here Comes Another Winter Storm
Ready for round two, Greater New York? After a night of heavy rain, snow, and howling winds across the region, a second nor'easter is building for the weekend.
There are still some uncertainties with the incoming storm, but on Thursday morning the National Weather Service office with responsibility for New York City and Long Island warned that "significant snowfall" is possible this time around. They've since backed off slightly on that wording, but it seems likely that at least a medium-sized snowstorm will arrive on Saturday night.
In a top-end scenario, the latest round of weather models show a narrow band of four to six inches of snowfall that could align itself directly over the five boroughs. A widespread layer of at least three inches also looks likely for nearly all of New Jersey, Long Island and Connecticut.
In a possible low-impact scenario for the city, the storm may veer wide right and strengthen further out at sea, which would put the heaviest snowfall over parts of Long Island instead. In that case, the city should still get snow — just not quite as much.
There's virtually no chance the storm will be as windy or as wet as Wednesday night's storm. The just-completed nor'easter blasted coastal areas of Greater New York with heavy rain, thunderstorms and wind gusts of up to hurricane force. Brick Township, N.J., recorded a gust of 74 mph during the height of the storm. A national recap of the storm's stats shows that at least 11 states, including New York, had measurements of at least a foot of snow.
Looking ahead to New Year's Eve, there will be some intensely cold air moving in after the weekend storm moves out. Whether or not it reaches Times Square before the ball drops isn't totally clear, but it will definitely feel much colder than at any point so far this winter.
To get a sense of what's ahead, weather models are showing wind chills at or below zero and highs in the 20s for the first few days of 2013. Even if you were born in Antarctica, that's cold.
Your Weather Journal weekend forecast roundup:
- WSJ Headquarters in Manhattan:
- High: Friday: 39, Saturday: 32, Sunday: 34
- Low: Friday: 31, Saturday: 29, Sunday: 23
- Weather: City snowstorm on Saturday, then cold
Friday/Saturday/Sunday Highs for Greater New York:
- Brooklyn: 39/33/34
- Queens: 40/34/35
- Bronx: 40/33/34
- Staten Island: 40/33/34
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: 38/35/32, lows in the teens
- Trenton, N.J.: 40/36/35
- Islip, Long Island: 39/34/35
- New Haven, Conn.: 38/34/32
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Eagle County residents Ryan and Trista Sutter, of "Bachelorette" fame, will be on national television Tuesday night. Oprah Winfrey's OWN network will air an interview with the couple tonight at 8 p.m. Get an inside look at the Sutter family, why they have chosen the Vail Valley as their home and their interest in living a healthy, active Vail lifestyle on the show "Where Are They Now."
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PENNSBORO - A Calhoun County man died Monday in a four-vehicle crash on U.S. 50 in Ritchie County, near Pennsboro.
The traffic accident closed the westbound lanes of U.S. 50 at around 6:30 a.m.
Jonathan D. Newell, 39, of Big Bend, died in the accident, said Sgt. C.E. Boring with the West Virginia State Police detachment in Ritchie County. Officers said the crash occurred at the intersection of W.Va. 74 and U.S. 50.
Weather conditions may have played a factor in the accident, police said.
"(Police) are not sure what occurred yet," said Boring. "There were foggy conditions and weather could have played some factor."
Information on the other people involved in the crash was not available Monday, police said.
The crash is being investigated by the West Virginia State Police, with assistance from the Ritchie County Sheriff's Office.
According to James White, with the Ritchie County Office of Emergency Services, and the West Virginia Department of Highways, the wreck closed a portion of U.S. 50 for about an hour and a half Monday morning. Traffic was rerouted through Pennsboro.
White said the accident involved four cars. Ambulances from Ritchie and Doddridge counties were dispatched along with an Air Evac helicopter.
"One person was ejected from one vehicle," White said.
White said five people were transported to various hospitals.
"There were serious injuries involved," White said. "Not sure (yet) what happened."
Boring said there will be more information available today pending more investigation.
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Get in the Kitchen
Cook up some fun for St. Patrick's Day! Get in the kitchen and try some of these yummy 'green' inspired recipes!
Shamrock Cupcakes
Recipe Idea, courtesy of Cooks.com
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4-5 drops green food coloring
- 1 16 oz can vanilla or mint frosting
- 1/4 cup green decorating sugar
- 1 small shamrock shaped paper stencil
1.) Preheat oven to 350F.
2.) Grease and flour a 12 cup muffin pan (or line with cupcake baking liners. These may be found in seasonal patterns and colors at supermarkets and craft stores).
3.) In the bowl of an electric mixer, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt until well mixed. Add butter, eggs and milk; beat on low speed just until ingredients are moistened.
4.) Add several drops of green food coloring until the mixture is desired color (a very pale green - just a few drops!). Beat for two minutes at medium speed.
5.) Pour batter into prepared muffin pan filling each cup until 2/3 full. Wipe off any spilled batter using a damp cloth so that it doesn't bake onto pan. Bake until tops are golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (about 16-20 minutes).
6.) Remove from oven and allow to cool for 2-3 minutes; loosen edges gently using a butter knife or spatula. Cool on a wire rack.
7.) Spread cooled cupcakes with lightly tinted vanilla or mint frosting.
8.) Trace a shamrock shape on a piece of wax or freezer paper and cut out (or use a purchased stencil or cookie cutter). Place stencil over the center of each cupcake and sprinkle on green decorating sugar in the shape of the shamrock.
9.) Enjoy!
Lime Jell-O Fluff Salad
Recipe Idea, courtesy of Cooks.com
- 2 6 oz. pkg. Lime Jell-O
- 4 cups hot water
- 2 cups cold water
- 1 cup crushed pineapple
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
- 1 pkg. Dream Whip
- 1/2 cup milk
1.) Combine Jell-O and hot water in a large bowl, stirring until dissolved.
2.) Pour in cold water; mix. Stir in pineapple and nuts. Refrigerate until mixture has thickened to a jelly-like consistency.
3.) In a medium bowl, stir together the Dream Whip and milk. Whip until mixture is stiff.
4.) Fold into the Jell-O mixture gently, a small amount at a time until mixed well, leaving the Dream Whip as fluffy as possible.
5.) Turn mixture into a 9x13-inch pan and refrigerate for several hours or overnight before serving.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Clover Leaf Cookies
Recipe Idea, courtesy of Cooks.com
- 1/2 lb. butter
- 1/2 c. confectioners' sugar
- 1 c. cake flour
- 1/2 lb. ground almonds
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- Maraschino cherries
- Angelica
1.) Cream butter and sugar; add flour, almonds and vanilla.
2.) Roll in tiny balls; place three together with a bit of cherry in center and a strip of angelica for a stem.
3.) Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 15 or 20 minutes.
Green Gamers
Have some fun as a family or with friends, and try a few St. Paddy's Day games!
St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger hunts can be a lot of fun, especially if they involve many people. Try a little hunting this St. Patrick's Day and have a blast with friends and family! Make sure to get the little ones involved too!
What You Need
- Irish inspired gifts (Visit your local dollar store and buy small items like little pots of gold, shamrock necklaces, and mini leprechauns for the children; for the adults, purchase Irish inspired teas or coffees, shamrock or clover shaped candles, or bookmarks with Irish sayings.)
- Green construction paper
- Markers
How To Play
1.) Based on the Irish gifts you purchased, think of Irish clues to aid in the hunt. Then hide them! Go indoors or outdoors, and make it a fun challenge!
2.) With the green construction paper, cut out pieces in shamrock shapes or four-leaf clovers.
3.) Using different colored markers, write out your Irish clues. Each clue should have an Irish theme to it. For example, one of your clues could be: "Who is a famous Irish poet who wrote about the Irish countryside? The answer is W.B. Yeats. The hunt could lead guests to a bookshelf with a copy of his collected poems, which is where you could hide a bookmark or other item.
4.) Add your own spin on the hunt! There is no right way or wrong way to do this, so make it your own and have a lot of fun! The person to find all of the items wins! Let him/her choose their favorite Irish gift as a prize.
Irish Jig Dance Off
Get everyone up off their seats, and have a little dance off, Irish style!
What You Need
- Irish Music
- Green Construction Paper
- Judging Sheet/Scorecard (make your own!)
- Markers
- Irish Inspired Prizes
How To Play
1.) Using green construction paper, write down five or more categories for judging criteria. Include creativity, the best moves, the most authentic, etc.
2.) Select two or three judges from your group of family and friends. Choose judges by the oldest, or youngest – or draw numbers from a hat.
3.) Clear a space where your guests can begin their groove.
4.) Turn on the Irish tunes, and get EVERYONE onto the dance floor.
5.) Have the judges off to the side, monitoring the dancing action, and have them write down their 'favorites' on the dance floor, scoring them in each of the selected categories.
6.) Play three to four songs, to give everyone a chance to show the judges what they can do, then tally up the results and award a prize to the best dancers!
7.) Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
Heave Ho
Game Idea, courtesy of Party411.com
A traditional Gaelic game sure to bring some life and fun to any St. Patrick's Day Party!
What You Need
- Clothesline
- Crossbar
- Paper bag
- Newspapers or Tissue Paper
- Spatula
How To Play
1.) Arrange an area with a clothesline or crossbar through a doorway or across one end of a room to pitch a sack across.
2.) Make a sack out of a paper lunch bag stuffed with newspapers or tissue paper.
3.) Everyone lines up and tries to heave the sack across the line using the spatula.
4.) The person who succeeds the most times out of 10 tries wins the game.
Crafty Leprechauns
Round up the leprechauns and get around the craft table! Make your own decorations or just have some crafty fun with these 'Luck of the Irish' creations!
Super Shamrocks
Craft idea, courtesy of TheBestKidsBooksite.com
Shamrocks are a staple of St. Patrick's Day. So why not make a few and hang from the ceiling or tack on the wall? It's an easy way to decorate or add a little 'green' flair for the holiday!
What You'll Need
- Green Construction Paper
- A Shamrock Template (Try this one!)
- Glitter, stickers, markers; or anything else that you can use to decorate your shamrock!
- Scissors (Please Note: Parental Supervision advised for children under 13-years-old.)
Putting it All Together
1.) Cut out a large shamrock from green construction paper. ( Use the template provided or your own imagination. Special Note for Kids: Be sure to ask your parents for help when using scissors!)
2.) Decorate with tiny shamrock stickers, leprechaun figures, glitter, or any other materials that will make your shamrock stand out!
3.) Hang on the wall, from the ceiling, or throw them on the coffee table as a great decoration!
St. Patrick's Day Bookmarks
Craft idea, courtesy of TheBestKidsBooksite.com
What You'll Need
- Green Construction Paper or Green poster board
- Crayons, Markers
- Stickers, stencils, or anything else to make your bookmark one of a kind!
- Scissors (Please Note: Parental Supervision advised for children under 13-years-old.)
- Optional A Leprechaun template (Try this one!)
Putting it All Together
1.) Cut out a bookmark shape using your construction paper or poster board. (Use the template provided or your own imagination. (Special Note for Kids: Be sure to ask your parents for help when using scissors!)
2.) Decorate, decorate, decorate! Using your stickers, stencils, markers and crayons, create your bookmark masterpiece! Remember, this is YOUR creation, so make it something special!
3.) Put it to use in your latest read … or give it away!
Lucky Leprechaun Hats
Craft idea, courtesy of TheBestKidsBooksite.com
What You'll Need
- Heavier weight construction paper (2 pieces for each hat)
- Headband
- A Hat template (Try this one!)
- Decorations - Stickers, glitter, etc.
- Scissors (Special Note for Kids: Be sure to ask your parents for help when using scissors!)
Putting it All Together
1.) Cut out a long headband about an inch and a half wide - this will allow you to wear the hat.
2.) Next, cut out a hat shape using a hat template (check out the link above!).
3.) Decorate! Jazz it up with stickers, glitter, or anything else you see fitting for your hat. Remember, this is your creation, so have fun with it!
4.) Let it dry and attach it to the headband so that it is facing toward the front. Put it on and enjoy the day!
Looking for more St. Paddy's Day fun? Check out a few ideas from around the Web:
* Green Stamp
Spread some Irish flair with this hand-made Shamrock stamp!
* St. Patrick's Pot of Gold
A quick and fun recipe to entice your little leprechauns! Everyone will enjoy these wee emerald pots filled with sweet, edible gold!
* To Catch a Leprechaun
Three different contraptions to trap a leprechaun! A fun craft idea for the whole family!
* Food Network: St. Patrick's Day
Find the tastiest recipes to wow your guests this St. Patrick's Day! Find recipes for all your Irish favorites: Traditional Irish Stew, Corned Beef and Cabbage, and authentic Irish coffee!
* Kaboose: St. Patrick's Day Online Games
Find coloring games, riddles and jokes, and test your St. Patrick's Day knowledge with Kaboose's St. Patrick's Day Activity Center!