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Monthly Archives: March 2012
|B&W Tuesday
|27 Mar 2012
Water is dynamic with its countless ripples and light bouncing around the curves. Same vitality also applies to the human form- in this case, our carefree bride Emma, with her graceful movement and her gleeful emotion. Absence of color heightened the presence of everything else.
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|Pool party
|24 Mar 2012
Hello summer! Yesterday, Manila hit its hottest temperature of the year (so far) at 34.7 degrees Celsius. No wonder I've been witnessing a lot of pool parties lately. These pictures are from Mark and Jill's Post Nup pictorial. Jump in! :)
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|Oliver + Catherine
|16 Mar 2012
October 30, 2011 – We have featured a couple of pics from this wedding in a post last December because of it being playful. Now we're showing you the whole wedding story with a Domo timeline. Domo arigato, Oliver and Catherine.
CATEGORY: // Weddings, Edsa Shangri-La, Mary the Queen Parish
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|It's hip to be square // Jason + Maria
|04 Mar 2012
A square encourages balance and a sense of harmony.
Squares are all around us in delightful forms such as pizza boxes, vinyl records, and our own Digital Storybook. *wink*
Why square? Back in 2002, most photographers produced 11×14 albums because it was the most efficient thing to do since the photo paper is the same size. I used 12×18 paper only to cut six inches of space to make it 12×12. But I thought wasted paper is better than wasted vision. I like the beauty of a panoramic two-page spread. I like balance and simplicity. It was an unpopular choice at the time but I went for it.
Nowadays, our unpopular choice is actually popular. It is now the standard among most photographers.
To celebrate 10 years worth of success on the albums here's a fair and square wedding post for you. A cool mohawk awaits.
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Dr. Kurt Kaulback of Haddonfield and Dr. James Bonner of Mullica Hill recently were elected president and vice president, respectively, of the medical staff at Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury.
Affiliated with UMH since 1992, Kaulback is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovasculsr disease. He chairs the hospital's critical care and credentials committees and serves on the pharmacy and therapeutics committee.
Kaulback earned his medical degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine, where he completed his internship, medical residency, and cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology fellowship.
He is on staff at Hahnemann and is a clinical assistant professor at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Bonner has been medical director of the UMH Department of Emergency since 1998. Board certified in emergency medicine, he earned his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Jeffrey Aiken was re-elected secretary-treasurer of the medical staff, a position he has held for 10 years.
Melissa Bechtold, a Woolwich Township native and Rowan University junior, has been inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society and was honored recently at a campus event. A dean's list student every semester since enrolling at Rowan, Bechtold majors in elementary education, American studies and special education.
Founded in 1977, Golden Key provides academic recognition to top-performing students as well as scholarships and awards, job and internship offerings, networking, service and leadership development opportunities.
"It's only fitting that a top academic achiever like Melissa be recognized by Golden Key," said Golden Key CEO John W. Mitchell. "Our members are inspired and motivated to not only achieve exceptional academic accomplishments, but make a positive impact on our world through the society's commitment to leadership and service."
Mildred "Millie" Picini, who lived in Gibbstown for 61 years and now resides in Clarksboro, celebrated her 100th birthday recently among family and friends at St. Michael's Club in Gibbstown.
Born in Paulsboro, Jan. 27, 1911, Millie moved to Camden and lived there until marrying Pasquale Picini in 1943. They raised two children, Joan Villanova, with whom she currently resides, and Larry Picini. Millie has five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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and Layers
of Denial of Anger
Lynne Namka, Ed. D. ©
are people so unlikely to know and act on their own problems?
To get to the root of denial and resistance, we must look
at fear. Resistance is about fear of change, fear of failure
and fear of success. In any event, the biggest "F Word"
of all is FEAR! Fear of the unknown is pretty spooky stuff.
It manifests as the belief of "The rut I am in is more comfortable
than the rut I might jump into next. It is accompanied with
the fear of knowing what is dark and rank about me."
often uses the defense of denial with accompanying beliefs
to accomplish the task of keeping things hidden away under
wraps. Denial and resistance are multifaceted and may move
back and forth as belief systems shift to protect the fragile
state of the self. The refusal to know the truth about ones
self functions in a person's life to keep the person's shame
balloon from being punctured.
never cease to amaze me. Over the years I've puzzled over
why with all the good information we have more people don't
live lives that are mentally healthy. More specific, why
people don't address their anger problems when it so obvious
that it is in their best interests to do so. To decrease
my confusion, I've become a life long student about the
problem of resistance. The story I heard years ago that
helped the most was about staying in the status quo.
is a lovely story going around about George, an ogre who
was caught in a rut. No ordinary rut this. It was lined
with prickly pear cactus and filled with cow dung. But George
didn't see that he was in a rut. It looked just like any
other place to him although he was pretty miserable sitting
there. Of course he did holler and scream a lot and cuss
others out.
it was familiar so he didn't worry about his anger and his
assigned place in life. He didn't get it that there might
be a better way to live. As the saying goes, "It is important
not to mistake the edge of a rut for a horizon.'
friend, Albert came by, scoped the situation out and tried
to help. He stretched his front leg down to the George to
try to pull him out. George lost his temper and hollered
at Albert. He shook his head and said. " You are doing it
all wrong. How many times do I have to tell you? I don't
have a problem."
tried again. He extended his hind leg down. George just
yelled and screamed and blamed Albert. "I still can't reach
you. You stupid nitwit. It is too hard. Why don't you jump
down here and I'll climb on your back and jump out?"
I may be co-dependent, but I'm not stupid!" said the Albert
and he went merrily on his way.
Albert heard "Hey, wait a minute," behind him. He turned
around and there hopping furiously was George. "What happened?
Albert said. "How did you get out? I thought you liked it
where you were in cow dung city."
replied, "Well, it was pretty familiar. But then there I
was feeling sorry for myself and all of a sudden I heard
a truck coming!"
sometimes imitates this story. Some ruts are sticky, smelly
and stinky but people continue to stay in them. Sometimes
it does take a big truck a coming, for a person to change.
Then, hopefully he can find an emotional process that helps
him see himself differently so that he can jump out of his
rut! Some ruts are pretty deep. And they can be comfortable
places, even more so than looking at the possibility of
what made caused the getting in the rut in the first place.
and Staying In Ruts
what is resistance? The famous psychologist Rollo May said,
"Therapists best aid their patients by evoking their resistances."
Resistance keeps the person from knowing their pain. Some
therapists feel impatient when it comes up in therapy. Resistance
is" I am afraid to try. I am frightened to know that I am
angry because it is so bad and dark. I must protect myself
from knowing about the deepest hidden part of me." As Pogo
said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." In truth, the
more we allow clients and ourselves to discover the enemy
which is fear and the related behavior of the resistance
and denial, the better mental health we can help others
resistant people avoid psychotherapy like the plague. However,
a few do come for help with the hidden agenda of "Help me/
don't help me." Resistant people who present themselves
for therapy yet dodge the help offered are no more worse
off than other people. They may just have deeper shame about
not measuring up to what they think they should be. And
deeper terror of what they might find out. Yet their pain
is so great that they do come to the sessions, at least
part of the time. The dance of resistant clients is "I want
to get better but I'm afraid to know...." Some part of the
person wants the help but their other parts that are in
charge are frightened to look at the deep shame about their
anger, which hides inside.
is about shame and not wanting to be exposed. The balloon
of shame inside is like a big lead ball, an ogre, which
cannot even, be known about. Yet it does have purpose. Virginia
Satir often said, "All behavior has purpose." What are some
of the payoffs for remaining stuck in the rut of not knowing
about the pain? Welt and Herron give some ideas about typical
reasons for resistance.
get to the root of resistance, we must look at fear. Resistance
is about fear of change, fear of failure and fear of success.
In any event, the biggest "F Word" of all is FEAR! Fear
of the unknown is pretty spooky stuff. It manifests as the
belief of "The rut I am in is more comfortable than the
rut I might jump into next if I know what is dark and rank
about me." Resistance often uses the defense of denial with
accompanying beliefs to accomplish the task of keeping things
hidden away under wraps.
I learned
the most about the refusal to know about the destructive
elements of one's self years ago in a workshop by Psychologist,
Ken Moses. Denial is not a single concept; it is multifaceted
and may move back and forth as belief systems shift to protect
the fragile state of the self. Resistance and the refusal
to know about one's anger functions in a person's life to
keep the person's shame balloon from being punctured.
Layers of Knowing --
The Interplay Between the Shameful Reality and Soothing
Being Human We Are, After All, Sometimes Irrational People
of my favorite teaching tools is a monkey with a bottle
stuck on its hand sitting on a chair in my office. Of course
everyone wonders about it asking why the monkey has e a
bottle on its hand. It is the old monkey trap story of how
hunters in Africa trapped monkeys by putting bananas in
a bottle. The money keeps his hand doubled up in the bottle
holding on to the banana. Because he refuses to open his
hand and let go, he can't go get the good stuff out there
like bananas.
all have stuff we are holding onto that keeps us from getting
the bananas and making us happy. So I ask, "And what are
you holding on to today to prevent your happiness?" If it
is anger, then you are sure to have an unhappy life.
denial and resistance, lovely coping mechanisms to avoid
change! But remember the old saying, "What you resist, persists!"
Or the bumper sticker, which says, "If you keep on doing
the same old thing, you will end up with the same old stuff!"
Much better to put the bumper sticker, "Shift Happens" on
your personal vehicle.
Resistance as Friend
wait! Modern psychology says that here is a silver lining
behind those dark clouds of resistance. Resistance can be
seen as the avenue for learning! Virginia Satir called symptoms
"the access to the reframing of the disorder." Resistance
is classified by therapists Welt and Herron as ".... the
obstacle, symbol, vehicle for change, and indispensable
tool to move the therapy forward." Exploration of the resistance
becomes a goal in itself for understanding the deeper hidden
agendas of the psyche.
is to be examined to find the truth behind it. Resistance
is to be explored, not dodged if a person want to feel better
about them self. Even Freud called resistance a handy tool
to the unconscious mind to allow learning about the patient's
inner life.
easy task, especially if several of the above stated reasons
for avoiding looking at resistance are operating in a life,
but there it is folks. Anger can be transformed into assertiveness
and learning to see things from the other person's point
of view. In understanding resistance in looking at one's
faults and character flaws, we can learn how to mine the
gold hidden in all the rubbish!
We Are As Healthy As We Are Ready
To Take Responsibility For Our Own Thoughts And Behaviors!


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Of 100 acromegalic patients, 35 had carpal-tunnel syndrome. All but 1 of the 35 had active acromegaly, as judged by clinical and laboratory methods. Of the 100 patients, 63 had active acromegaly, 17 had inactive acromegaly, and 20 had acromegaly that was of indeterminate activity. Statistical analysis showed that carpal-tunnel syndrome in acromegaly denotes ongoing pituitary overactivity (P < 0.001). In every patient in whom pituitary treatment was successful, whether by irradiation (three of nine) or surgery (five of six), the syndrome was abolished completely. Although failure to correct hypersomatotropism usually led to continuation of this syndrome, the latter sometimes cleared despite residual pituitary overactivity. Therefore, whereas carpal-tunnel syndrome in acromegaly is a useful indicator of active disease, its disappearance does not necessarily indicate that growth hormone output has returned to normal.
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In recent days, Hong Kong Observatory has extended weather forecast from 7 days to 9 days. According to Cheng Cho-ming, Assistant Director of Hong Kong Observatory, the accuracy of weather forecast would reduce with the extension of the forecasting days. Currently, the mean accuracy rate of their 1 to 3-day forecast is 90%, 4 to 7-day forecast, 85% and the new 8 to 9-day forecast, 80%.
Cheng said that although the accuracy rate of 8 to 9-day forecast was lower than the forecast before 7 days, it marked that Hong Kong Observatory has developed and promoted the weather forecasting quality with the extension of forecast days. The goal was to meet the needs of local residents. They could get weather forecast earlier, make preparations for activities and take measures for preventing disastrous weather.
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Come Hell or High Water: A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry helps individuals navigate the world of egalitarian, directly democratic groups. From their experiences working with egalitarian and anarchist organizations, Delfina Vannucci and Richard Singer offer a street-level view of how social relationships and power work. Lessons are learned and hindsight is 20/20, and Come Hell or High Water offers readers both in this little gem.
Critical, humorous, and prophetic, this book is a must-read for those new to egalitarian groups as well as for the salty old vet that thinks she's got it all figured out. It's a tough world out there; it's a world that doesn't prepare us for developing social relationships based on trust, caring, and solidarity -- as well as a healthy respect for differences. Whether playing a role in an anarchist organization, horizontal social or political group, worker co-op, or trying to incorporate egalitarian processes where they don't already exist, Come Hell or High Water will help keep you focused on the positives and help in avoiding the pitfalls.
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The Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie (CRI) of Laval University has given rise to several commercial ventures, including two diagnostics companies, Infectio Diagnostic (now BD Diagnostics) and GenePOC; instrumentation developers Autogenomics and Silicon Kinetics; as well as Gealth, which developed the vaginal microbicide Invisible Condom® to protect women against HIV infection; Folia Biotech, which is developing vaccines against typhoid fever, influenza, and hepatitis C; Diapedex, a company pursuing R&D on immunomodulatory drugs to control inflammation; and Génocéan, which is applying metagenomics technology to the study of environmental microbiology.
Michel Bergeron, M.D., founding director of CRI describes the next generation of diagnostic products in development as microfluidic centripetal devices, which will automate all of the steps needed for sample preparation, PCR-based DNA amplification, and detection of infectious agents and will be used at the point of care.
Vaccine researchers at CRI are focusing on developing novel adjuvants as well as preventive strategies for leishmaniasis and HIV. Additional research programs target the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of viral respiratory infections, host-pathogen interactions induced by bacteria, viruses, and protozoa, and the emerging science of glycobiology and the immunomodulatory role of glycoproteins.
DiagnoCure, which develops diagnostic tests and provides cancer-specific laboratory services, is awaiting the results of a large-scale clinical trial of its PCA3 marker for prostate cancer. DiagnoCure has successfully launched a commercial product on the U.S. market—the Previstage™ GCC molecular colorectal cancer staging test.
Previstage detects guanylyl cyclase 2C (GCC), a marker expressed by colorectal tumors that is predictive of recurrence risk, the firm says. An NIH-sponsored study published in February demonstrated a significant association between GCC expression and colorectal cancer prognosis in patients whose lymph nodes showed no signs of metastatic disease on histologic examination. GCC expression in the lymph nodes indicates the presence of cancer cells and is an independent marker of time to recurrence and reduced disease-free survival. The assay can reportedly detect a single cancer cell in up to 10 million normal cells.
About 27% of the "node-negative" patient specimens tested using Previstage are found to be positive for metastatic disease. The company expects interim data in 4Q09 from a five-year prospective study to evaluate whether GCC can detect cancer recurrence following curative surgery or chemotherapy.
DiagnoCure licensed the commercialization rights to its PCA3 urinary marker for prostate cancer to Gen-Probe.
The Progensa® PCA3 assay is used to help determine the need for a repeat biopsy in men with an elevated PSA level and an initial negative biopsy result (approximately 75% of prostate biopsies following elevated serum PSA readings are negative). Gen-Probe's FDA submission will follow completion of an ongoing 500-man pivotal clinical study.
DiagnoCure acquired the rights to a family of molecular markers called the Shc proteins, and the company is developing Shc protein assays for use in predicting aggressiveness/recurrence risk and response to chemotherapy in five main tumor types, including breast and colon. John Schafer, president and CEO of DiagnoCure, recently reported that at mid-year DiagnoCure had about $20 million in the bank and was exploring strategic alliances in Europe and Asia.
BD Diagnostics, through its BD GeneOhm™ platform, is developing nucleic acid-based diagnostics for the detection and identification of infectious organisms, particularly drug-resistant strains infecting patients in healthcare settings.
BD acquired GeneOhm Sciences in 2006, which had previously acquired Infectio Diagnostics, a spinoff from the Infectious Diseases Research Center at Laval University Hospital. BD's product portfolio includes five rapid, PCR-based assays for detecting Group B Streptococcus, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nasal specimens, C. difficile toxin B gene in stool specimens, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, and for differentiating Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA in positive blood cultures.
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The Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (INAF) at Laval University studies the relationship between foods, food components, nutrition, and health. Under the leadership of director Yves Pouliot, Ph.D., INAF focuses on identifying food components with potential use as nutraceuticals for disease prevention and improving quality of life. Researchers perform genomic studies and evaluate animal models to understand the effects of food intake, energy balance, and dieting on disease risk factors.
Industrial research chair Denis Roy, Ph.D., leads a group at INAF focused on decoding the microbial populations in cheese. Dr. Roy describes cheese as "a living organism," and he is applying metagenomics techniques to study the DNA and RNA extracted from cheese and to characterize microbial diversity and activity.
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If you are a Billy Bragg fan then you will not be disappointed with his latest album and current tour. I saw him on Friday and as The Stirrer alludes, Billy is on top form.
Month: April 2008
Kerry Katona on MTV
Kerry Katona has a baby on MTV. This is not the kind of reality TV show to watch on a Sunday night when you're expecting junior number two. For some reason though, I couldn't switch over.
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On January 1, 2009, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008 went into effect, making some major changes to the way the definition of disability and eligible individuals has been interpreted in the past. As a result of how the courts had interpreted the definition of disability so narrowly, it made it difficult for most individuals to be covered under the original Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.
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An individual's employer is a potential source of funding for assistive technology. Under ADA, the employer has a legal mandate to provide a "reasonable accommodation" to employees and prospective employees with disabilities, if the accommodations will enable the individual to perform the essential functions of the position. A reasonable accommodation may include "acquisition or modifications of equipment or devices" as long as the accommodation does not impose "an undue hardship" on the company, determined by comparing "the nature and cost of the accommodation(s) in relation to the size, resources, nature and structure of the employer's operation." If the facility or company is part of a larger organization, the resources of the larger organization are taken into account when determining "undue hardship." An employer is not responsible for an accommodation unless the individual makes known his or her disability and need for an accommodation.
All persons who fall under the definition of disabilities are covered by ADA. Title I of the Act forbids discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual disability. If a person with a disability is qualified for a job, he or she is entitled to a "reasonable accommodation." State and local governments are covered under Title II of ADA and must provide "reasonable accommodation" for employees and perspective employees under this Title of the Act. Not all employers are covered by Title I. Employers of fewer than 15 people are exempt from Title I as well as all religious organizations.
Title II of the Act prohibits all public entities, even those completely independent from federal funding, from discriminating against people with disabilities. Title II provides protection to individuals with disabilities that are at least equal to those provided by the nondiscrimination provisions of Title V of the Rehabilitation Act, which includes Section 504. The more specific requirements imposed on a school district under Section 504 are applicable under Title II when necessary to ensure that Title II is interpreted in a way that is consistent with the intent of the ADA. The obligations of a school district, specifically described under Section 504, to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to school-age individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of their disabilities, are incorporated in the general provisions of Title II.
Provision of FAPE requires a school district to provide regular or special education and related aids or services that are: (1) designed to meet the individual needs of persons with disabilities as adequately as the needs of non-disabled persons are met; and (2) able to satisfy requirements regarding educational setting, evaluation and placement, and due process safeguards. Examples of related aids and services that may be provided to individuals with disabilities in either regular or special education programs include: interpreters for students with hearing impairments; readers for students with visual, impairments; equipment and equipment modifications to accommodate the needs of students with mobility impairments, manual impairments, hearing impairments, or visual impairments; speech therapy; psychological services; physical and occupational therapy; school health services; or school social work services. Schools may not deny children the opportunity to take home assistive devices if those devices are needed to enable those children to have an equal opportunity to participate in school.
A school district must provide an appropriate public education to a person with a disability without cost to the person or to his or her parents or guardians, except for those fees that are also imposed on non-disabled persons or their parents or guardians. In general, Title II does not require school districts to provide personal devices such as wheelchairs, prescription eyeglasses or hearing aids, readers for personal use or study, or services of a personal nature, including assistance in eating, toileting, or dressing. This provision serves as a limitation on the school district's obligation to comply with other Title II requirements, including the duty to provide auxiliary aids and services to facilitate communication, and the duty to modify policies, practices, and procedures to ensure accessibility. This provision does not affect the obligation of a school district to provide a personal device or service in the form of special education or a related aid or service if that device or service is necessary to provide FAPE to the individual student.
The ADA requires that all state and local government services be accessible to people with disabilities as defined in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Title II of the ADA provides comprehensive civil rights protection for "qualified individuals with disabilities."
ADA and Section 504 protection for children with disabilities is much broader than that of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Children with disabilities or temporary disabilities who do not meet the criteria for Special Education Services under IDEA may be able to receive AT regardless of whether it is needed to allow the child to benefit from special education.
Colleges, universities and vocational schools that receive federal funds must make their programs accessible to students with disabilities. This will include the great majority of schools, including most private ones. Previously, this was required by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, but it was reinforced by the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The purchase of assistive technology for an individual may be necessary to make a post-secondary education program accessible. Computers, for example, can enable students with visual impairments or physical disabilities to take notes and complete assignments for their classes. An individual who is hard of hearing may require an assistive listening device for classes. In many instances, the school may choose to combine resources with another entity, such as the Division of Rehabilitation Services, to obtain the assistive technology that a student needs. The school may insist that these or other agencies are responsible for providing the assistive technology.
Any individual with a disability who has been accepted into a post-secondary institution is potentially eligible to receive aid in obtaining assistive technology. It is the responsibility of the school to make the program accessible and to provide the student with what she or he needs in order to do so. A student with a disability who feels that he or she is in need of assistive technology in order to adequately participate in the educational process should talk with the particular school's admissions counselor or to a staff member at the Student Disability Services office.
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The Southwest ADA Center's mission is to promote voluntary compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by providing three core services: technical assistance, training, and materials dissemination.
U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Lyndon Baines Johnson Dept. of Education Bldg.
400 Maryland Ave, SW
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(800) 421-3481
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The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. OCR has the responsibility for enforcing Title II with respect to all programs, services, and regulatory activities relating to the operation of public elementary and secondary education systems and public institutions of higher education, vocational education (other than schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and other health related schools) and public libraries. ED's Section 504 regulation applies to preschool, elementary, secondary, post-secondary, vocational, and adult education programs and activities, as well as other programs and activities that receive or benefit from federal financial assistance.
Online: Complainants may file a complaint with OCR using OCR's electronic complaint form at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html. For those without current e-mail accounts, Internet access may be freely available from your local public library, and free e-mail accounts are available from several large providers.
U.S. Department of Justice
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Disability Rights Section - NYA
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The Department of Justice ADA Technical Assistance Program provides free information and technical assistance directly to businesses, non-profit service providers, state and local governments, people with disabilities, and the general public. Our technical assistance services provide the most up-to-date information about the ADA and how to comply with its requirements. In addition to the major activities discussed below, we undertake broad and targeted outreach initiatives to increase awareness and understanding of the ADA to reach specific audiences at the local level, including hotels and motels, restaurants, small businesses, builders, mayors and town officials, law enforcement, people with disabilities, and others.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces Title I provisions prohibiting discrimination in employment against qualified individuals with disabilities. The EEOC investigates complaints filed by job applicants or employees who believe they have been discriminated against in employment on the basis of disability. The EEOC also provides information, speakers, technical assistance, training, and referral to specialized resources to employers and people with disabilities. Publications available from the EEOC include the Title I regulation, "A Technical Assistance Manual on the Employment Provisions (Title I) of the Americans with Disabilities Act," as well as booklets and fact sheets that explain employer responsibilities and rights of individuals with disabilities.
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This year's Concerts in the Park series runs through Aug. 28 with all shows starting Saturdays at 7 p.m. at Central Park. All of the concerts are free.
Incendio's performance will be followed by Platinum Rock Stars on July 17, Fantastic Diamond on July 24, the SCV All Stars on July 31, the Zoot Suit Revue on Aug. 7, Durrell Coleman Band on Aug. 14, the California Transit Authority on Aug. 21 and Don't Stop Believing on Aug. 28.
Central Park is located at 27150 Bouquet Canyon Road. For more information, call (661) 286-4018 or visit www.santa-clarita.com/arts.


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I recently received an invitation to view a wonderful website from my neck of the woods. Sub Rosa is a virtual restaurant based out of Dundee Oregon, an area south east of Portland that is full of wineries and correlating tasting rooms. Michael Sherwood and Linda Lausmann run this tasty adventure that is teeming with recipes, wine and spirit pairings and even better, music to prep and dine by. Oh, and how could I forget… these are people who appreciate the fine nuances of naked BBQ. You'll have to go hunt around the site to see what I'm talking about!
Sub Rosa has taken their philosophy on magical cuisine and recently stretched it into the creation of a special East Indian Thanksgiving Dinner. Full of high notes like horseradish, curry and cinnamon, it is a nod to the spicy world Christopher Columbus was searching for in his journeys.
Head over to Sub Rosa for the recipes and music downloads for each of the tasty courses in this Thanksgiving meal.
East Indian Thanksgiving Dinner
The Dinner Recipes
Appetizer: Curried Nuts
Greens: Gujarat Green Beans
Starch: Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Curried Yams with coconut milk
Turkey: Cumin and Coriander spice rub
Condiments: Cranberry Chutney
Cucumber Raita
Stuffing: With raisins, cinnamon, almonds, celery and of course, bread
Dessert: Chiffon Pumpkin Pie with crystallized ginger galore
Garam Masala – Classic Indian spice mixture
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it's good!
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I take this myself, 2 tsps before at night and I sleep better than I was sleeping before. I also take 1 tsp during the day if I feel stressed. I give 1 tsp to my daughter before bedtime and she sleeps better, does not wake up as often as before. I recommend it, it's good to have during stressful times.
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Remington 700 Classic
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February 7, 2006, 11:00 PM
Wondered if anyone would explain what the differences are, between the Remington 700 BDL, and a 700 "Classic"?
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February 8, 2006, 08:26 AM
The BDL is equiped thusly
Hi gloss polyurethane checkered stock with ebony forend. Checkering may or may not be "pressed". Hard plastic butt plate or hard rubber butt pad. Iron sights.
The "classic" had a satin oil finished walnut stock with cut checkering, soft rubber recoil pad, no sights.
The classic deluxe had the above and the ebony cap, nicer walnut and the new R3 recoil pad.
The high gloss polyurethane stock of the BDL and the iron sights and butt pad are a turn off for me. But many years ago, I thought they were the cats meow...
Most of the classic and classic deluxe models are equipped with the "j lock", but not all.... I have an early one in 6MM that has no J lock.
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February 8, 2006, 08:27 AM
The classics are made in one run every year, each year a different "classic" chambering. So this year it will be the caliber ABC, next year it will be caliber XYZ. Usually obsolete calibers catering to handloaders. Remington will produce ammo for that year, but the next year they will produce ammo for that year's rifles.
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Tommy's Glass
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Limbaugh returns after drug treatment
It's so interesting to the liberals, not all, but some and I bet even more now that he is back, beating up on Rush over his drug problem.
Of course they fail to see the hypocrisy considering it has long been the liberal position of legalizing drugs and coddling the abusers. How come they don't want to coddle Rush!!???
The whole issue is about as hypocritical as you can get form BOTH sides of the fence…. Don't you just love it!?
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Todd Murray, 26
Founder, Hope's Voice
Growing up as a gay teen in Salem, Ore., the only HIV-positive person Todd Murray had heard of was Pedro Zamora of MTV's 1994 reality show The Real World. "HIV was a far-off risk," says Murray. That is, until 2002, when a friend worried that he might have contracted the deadly virus. Murray, then 20, encouraged him to take an HIV test and offered to get tested too. Ironically, the friend's results came back clean, but Murray tested positive. "It was the furthest thing from my mind," he says.
To help others learn from his example, Murray launched Hope's Voice (www.hopesvoice.org) to promote HIV awareness among men and women under 25—who account for half of all new infections worldwide. Since 2005 the former legal assistant has recruited and trained dozens of HIV-positive young people to speak at 220 colleges. This spring the nonprofit, which operates on a $350,000 budget from grants and donations, will expand to seven countries. The group's work "reduces the stigma" of HIV, says Ted Karpf of the World Health Organization.
Murray's speech hit home with University of Miami students in April. Says one senior: "The audience was captivated. Here was this normal guy, and he had HIV. This could happen to any of us."
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Weir Facing Charges In Dauphin County
UPDATED 7:45 AM EST Dec 21, 2011
Dwayne Weir, a suspect in several burglaries, is now facing charges in Dauphin County.
Middletown Police say it was June 2010 when 42-year-old Weir stole more than $10,000 in cash from a home, along with collectible coins, stamps, and sports trading cards.
Weir is currently in the Lancaster County Prison on charges of burglary and fleeing police on a two-week long manhunt in Lancaster and Dauphin Counties.
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Things to do instead of (or after) getting madSunday, July 1st, 2012
After John Roberts' Obamanable decision on Obamacare, Joel guessed that I would be holed up somewhere, fondling serious weaponry.
Not unless you consider a hammer to be weaponry. I've spent the days since my last blog banging on the back of the house. Not in destruct-o-mode. But putting up trim and cedar singles. I love cedar shingles. Not only are they the most beautiful of all house sidings. But they smell sublime. And shingling is something I can do entirely by my lonesome. Great sense of personal power in that. So I've had three days of pure satisfaction broken by only enough cussing to remind me I'm still short of heaven.
You'll have to take my word that the shingling looks fabulous. My camera broke so I can't show you. (Anyone wishing to make up my camera deficit need only check out the Coolpix on my Amazon wish list. Or I'll happily take the version without all the accoutrements. Or face it, let's not be too brazen, shall we? if anybody has a not-too-old digital camera they just want to get rid of, I'm suddenly in the market.)
Anyhow, it's time once again to visit the "things to do until the revolution, which may never happen but I'm going to be free anyhow, damnit" department.
Yes, it's nuts to live in a country where one compromising, authoritarian weasel with a brain only a law school could love can decree the fate of millions. (And not for one second do I believe all the happy spin about how Roberts secretly sabotaged the Dems. Ha ha! They won't be able to use the commerce clause to make us eat broccoli now! They have to tax us for not eating broccoli instead! We won!!!)
Yes, we're going to hell in a handbasket. Or without the handbasket.
Yes, the Obamanable decision joins the NDAA, the USA-UnPatriot Act, secret surveillance, drone-murders, and all the other paving stones on that road to hell.
Yes, I feel for you guys who are a lot younger than I who are going to have to pay and pay and pay and pay for a soon-to-be third-world medical system when any moron (that is, any person above the mental capacity of the average politician) can see that real reforms and real health lie in the opposite direction.
But there it is.
So, if you have no cedar shingles waiting to be hammered, no rocks that need removing from the garden or moving into the garden, no punching bags to thwack away at, what next?
In no particular order, some thoughts:
1. Go shoot something. Something inert, of course. But you can use your imagination.
1A. Your television remains a good choice of target.
2. It's the first day of the second half of the year; time to check your grab & go kit.
3. Play Scrooge McDuck and go revel in your little stash of gold and silver coins. Then make sure they're well stashed and blessedly there for you afterwards.
4. Re-read "And Then There Were None." Or Atlas Shrugged. Or The Hunger Games trilogy. Or The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. Or whatever else lifts your spirit.
4A. Re-watch Firefly. Or The Matrix. Or V for Vendetta. Or just something goofy that makes you feel good. Like GalaxyQuest. Or Danny Deckchair. Or The Incredibles.
5. Go have wild sex with someone you love. Extra points if it involves edible underwear.
6. Say to heck with some mere old budget. Buy a new gun. Or 500 rounds of ammo for one of your favorites.
7. Go monkeywrench something. Don't leave such an excellent tool only to the left.
8. Talk to a friendly doctor about a potentially Obamacareless future. Check out medical tourism — U.S.-trained doctors and a tropical vacation for less than the cost of the hospital stay here in the Land of the Free. Get cozy with your veterinarian; you may need him or her someday for more than pet care.
9. Shrug. Or if you've already shrugged, pat yourself on the back, then ask how you can do it deeper, harder, better.
10. Pledge to learn a new skill this week. Or take on one of the preparedness projects in M.D. Creekmore's 31 Days to Survival: A Complete Plan for Emergency Preparedness.
11. Kick ass. Take names. Take no prisoners.
11A. Sing! (H/T. Jim B.)
11B. Act with Attitude. Be the smart doggie.
12. Live with insouciance.
12A. Not to mention panache and savoir faire. And as much laissez faire as you can muster.


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The Youth Agency for Development of Science Technology and Innovations (www.yadsti.org) are organizing a Global Impact Competition in Kenya in partnership with Singularity University (www.singularityu.org) based at NASA Ames Research Park, Silicon Valley, California. The contest seeks to identify three winners, two of which we shall send to Singularity University for the 10-week Graduate Studies Program (GSP12) http://singularityu.org/gsp/
Singularity University's aim is to assemble, educate and inspire passionate entrepreneurs, leaders and decision makers from all over the world to understand and utilize exponentially advancing technologies to address humanity's grand challenges. Participants to its 10-week Graduate Studies Program (GSP12) will be equipped with knowledge about the latest technologies in Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Robotics, Networks and Computing, Neuroscience and Medicine among others, and will be challenged to come up with novel solutions for global challenges at the intersections of these disciplines.
The the key outcome is to set up entrepreneurial activities around solutions, hence not only tackling the challenge, but also reducing dependence on employment by encouraging entrepreneurship.
Winners will also receive cash prizes to enable them to execute. The Kenyatta University Chandaria Business Innovation and Incubation center will help incubate these projects. Winners will also each receive a software package of their choice from Autodesk worth $10,000. Those who do not meet the grand prizes will have the opportunity to showcase their talent to stake holders of ST&I including the Kenya ICT Board, the National Council of Science and Technology, Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund amongst other corporate interested in supporting innovations amongst youth like Google and Equity Bank.
No doubt Kenya indeed has made its name in the world of technology globally, especially with regard to our innovative use of mobile technology in banking and ICT companies including Ushahidi which became internationally renowned. This project will step up efforts by the Kenya Vision 2030 and the Konza project to make Kenya the home to Africa's Silicon Savannah. The Global Impact Competition will create channels of exchange amongst global experts, as well as create a platform where our best minds can be trained to identify and leverage exponential technologies.
This is a call to entrepreneurs to contest for Kenya's biggest innovation contest. Are you up to the challenge?
Develop an executable project that leverages technology to solve a social problem in Kenya. Given the short notice, it is enough to develop a project with specific timelines of implementation. Existing projects that already in progress are welcomed to participate, they should however meet the above criteria. Your project can address a problem in any area/field, but it should have the impact of changing the lives of many Kenyans.
JUDGES: from iHub, Kenya ICT board, Youth Enterprise Fund, Singularity University, YADSTI, NCST, Chandaria Business Innovation and Incubation Center (the list is not conclusive)
The application process is NOW OPEN http://globalimpactcompetition.yadsti.org/
The contest shall be officially launched in the coming week.
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• Outpatient needle biopsy of suspected breast cancers has been performed on 151 patients. Of 135 who were ultimately diagnosed as having a malignant tumor, 107 were correctly diagnosed on the initial needle biopsy, a success rate of 79%. The procedure is well tolerated by most patients and enables family support during a very stressful period. Furthermore, outpatient histopathologic confirmation of cancer allows adequate preoperative investigation and more efficient use of operating theater time.
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Trends, Reports & Analyses
New Chapter in Co-op ScholarshipsBy Michael W. Kahn | ECT Staff Writer Published: January 14th, 2014
Editor's Note: In a two-part series, ECT.coop takes a look at how electric cooperatives are rethinking their scholarship programs. Part one looks at a story of success with an older student in North Carolina, and the changing demographics of co-op members needing scholarships.
By her own admission, Donna Weatherford's life was "at a crossroads."
"January 5, 2013, at the age of 46, I became a widow. One month later, I lost my father," Weatherford recalled. She had been a full-time caregiver for her husband until he died of lung cancer. That happened two months after the disease killed her mother-in-law.
"I am widowed, fatherless and nearly destitute. I am hungry for a future. I am committed to this goal and I am in desperate need of financial aid."
Weatherford wrote those words in a letter applying for a new type of scholarship offered by Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative. It's especially for community college students.
A rethinking of scholarship programs is afoot at some co-ops. While many still offer the traditional high school-to-college scholarships that have been around for decades, others have taken a fresh look at how they help members pay for higher education.
"What we have found is probably about 75 percent are the returning students, the older learners," Lisa Taylor-Galizia, director of communications at Newport, N.C.-based Carteret-Craven, said of the community college scholarship applicants.
"These are people who have found that it's hard to get by on the income they're making without at least a two-year education, and they are biting the bullet and going back to school," Taylor-Galizia explained. "Some are returning to get training to meet their career goals or reach a higher position. Some of them were laid off and have to retrain for new jobs."
Seventy-five percent of the decision to award a scholarship is based on need; 25 percent is merit-based. A panel of judges reviews the applications, which include a letter describing educational goals and plans for the future, as well as any special needs or circumstances.
"It gives them an opportunity to explain circumstances beyond what you would see on a FAFSA form or a W-2," Taylor-Galizia said.
"You read their challenges in going back to school or going to school, and you think, 'This is tough for these people.'"
That's a conclusion anyone could reach reading Donna Weatherford's letter.
When she sent the scholarship application letter in May 2013, Weatherford was taking a summer class at Carteret Community College toward her goal of becoming a registered respiratory therapist.
"It felt like a calling," Weatherford told ECT.coop. "I could make a difference in people's lives."
Weatherford, now 47, has a 12-year-old daughter from her first marriage who lives with her father in Virginia. Returning to school—and taking a full class load her first semester—has been a challenge. Weatherford was last in school in 1988, when she earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Colombia College.
"My mind is not nearly as fluid as it once was," she said with a laugh, adding that younger classmates are extremely supportive and she's doing well.
"I'm rocking it."
Carteret-Craven provides four community college scholarships a year—two at each of the schools it serves. Students are eligible for $250 a semester for up to four semesters, as long as they maintain a 2.5 GPA.
Tuition and fees run to $1,175 per semester at Carteret Community College and $1,202 at Craven Community College.
Only about a quarter of the applicants are high school seniors planning on a two-year degree or looking to start at a community college and then transfer to a four-year college.
In 2013, there were 17 applications for the community college scholarships, compared with the 35-40 the co-op typically gets for the scholarships it still offers to four-year schools. Taylor-Galizia said that while high school counselors help spread the word, making older members aware of the program is more challenging.
"Reaching out to our potential community college applicants—you have to work harder to let them know," Taylor-Galizia said. Carteret-Craven uses its website, its Facebook page and local newspapers, but "there's just not that one-on-one with counselors that you see in the school system."
Still, it's worth it for what the co-op sees as an investment in local economic development.
"So often these students are working here. They're raising families in our communities, and they really don't have a plan to move elsewhere," Taylor-Galizia said. "So we know this is an investment not only in them, but in our communities and our workforce."
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Cool and Creative Bookshelf.
What a good piece of furniture, the concept is that it is multifunctional. Designed by Yoon-Zee Kim, this piece of furniture can be just a conventional shelf & to others it may be a desk or even for someone a chair. It's really convenient & appealing.
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|Lituya Bay
Oblique aerial photograph of Lituya Bay in the Summer of 1958. Damage from the 1958 megatsunami appears as the lighter-colored areas on the shores where trees have been stripped away.
|North Pacific Ocean
|58°38′13″N 137°34′23″W / 58.63694°N 137.57306°WCoordinates: 58°38′13″N 137°34′23″W / 58.63694°N 137.57306°W
|River sources
|Lituya Glacier
Cascade Glacier
Crillion Glacier
|Basin countries
|United States
|Max. length
|14.5 km (9.01 mi)
|Max. width
|3.2 km (1.99 mi)
Lituya Bay (/lᵻˈtjuːjə/; Tlingit: Ltu.aa,[1] meaning "No Lake Within") is a fjord located on the coast of the Southeast part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 14.5 km (9.0 mi) long and 3.2 km (2.0 mi) wide at its widest point. The bay was noted in 1786 by Jean-François de La Pérouse, who named it Port des Français. Twenty-one of his men perished in the tidal current in the bay.
The smaller Cascade and Crillon Glaciers and the larger Lituya Glacier all spill into Lituya Bay, which is a part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Cenotaph Island is located roughly in the middle of the bay. The entrance of the bay is approximately 500 m (0.31 mi) wide, with a narrow navigable channel.[2]
The bay is known for its high tides, which have a range of approximately 3 m (9.8 ft). Tidal currents in the entrance reach 9.4 km/h (5.1 kn). The entrance is considered dangerous to navigation, especially when the tidal currents are running, but the interior of the bay provides good protection to anchored ships.[2]
Lituya Bay is also famous for four recorded tsunamis, in 1854, 1899, 1936, and 1958.[3][4]
1958 megatsunami[edit]
The same topography that leads to the heavy tidal currents also created the highest wave from a tsunami in recorded history. On July 9, 1958, an earthquake caused a landslide in the Gilbert Inlet at the head of the bay, generating a massive megatsunami measuring between 100 ft (30 m) and 300 ft (91 m). The subsequent breaking wave possessed sufficient power to snap off all the trees up to 1,720 feet (520 m) high on the slope directly opposite the landslide. There were three fishing boats anchored near the entrance of Lituya Bay on the day the giant wave occurred. One boat sank and the two people on board were killed. The other two boats were able to ride the waves. Among the survivors were William A. Swanson and Howard G. Ulrich, who provided accounts of what they observed. Based on Swanson's description of the length of time it took the wave to reach his boat after overtopping Cenotaph Island near the bay's entrance, the wave may have been traveling 120 mph. When it reached the open sea, however, it dissipated quickly. This incident was the first direct evidence and eyewitness report of the existence of megatsunamis.[3]
See also[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lituya Bay megatsunami.
- Guinness World Records Ltd. (2005). Guinness World Records 2006: 84.
- Mega-tsunami: Wave of Destruction. Horizon. BBC Two 12 October 2000
- ^ Teben'kov, M.D.; Translated by R.A. Pierce (1981) [1852], Atlas of the Northwest Coasts of America: From Beering Strait to Cape Corrientes and the Aleutian Islands with Several Sheets on the Northeast Coast of Asia, Kingston, Ontario: Limestone Press, p. 27, ISBN 0-919642-55-1. Spelled L'tua in translation of Tebenkov's log.
- ^ a b United States Coast Pilot 9. p. 130.
- ^ a b "Don J. Miller, Giant Waves in Lituya Bay, Alaska". Uwsp.edu. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
- ^ Casey, Susan. The Wave. Doubleday, 2010, pp. 153-158
External links[edit]
- E. W. Eickelberg, Lituya Bay, Gulf of Alaska. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey FIELD ENGINEERS BULLETIN no. 10, December 1936
- World's Biggest Tsunami: The largest recorded tsunami with a wave 1,720 feet (520 m) tall in Lituya Bay, Alaska
- Photos of damage from the 1958 tsunami


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i really want to get the STU to see if it really does help with the stamina; i have a ww and it feels realistic. btw a suggestion would be to start doing PC muscle exercises, ive been doing them for a couple of months now and it changed my life. trust me after only two weeks of PC exercises will feel the difference; its amazing
to get stanima, you just got to prolong your orgasm. do whatever you have to do mentally and physically to stop it, bring it down a couple levels and keep going.
It will help; however you must know that it takes lots and lots of time before you will see any significant results. Rule of thumb is to be very patient and disciplined.Originally Posted by cheereos
I feel for ya; and yup we strongly encourage you to get an STU! Wish you all the best dude!
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What is pc muscle excercises????Originally Posted by hunter54321
its reference to a muscle down there that you can flex and theres an exercise you can do by flexing it and stuff. same muscle that you flex and it makes your dick "jump"
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Is that the same as doing kegals? I do those heheheheOriginally Posted by Orc_psionic
honestly i dont know.....
It's more about mind and discipline after all the exercises...
well kegals are pc muscle exercises, and you probably can tell that it really does make a difference when you do it right; but there are some other exercises out there that are really effectiveOriginally Posted by allred
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Birthers and BalderdashPosted Saturday, April 30, 2011, at 3:21 PM
Every politician in office has had to bear the brunt of attacks, many of which are quite ridiculous. But the Birther Movement has to take the cake as far as grasping at straws to delegitimize an elected official.
During the last presidential election, why was McCain not torn to shreds over his birth in Panama? Maybe I missed it, but I don't remember once it being demanded of him to provide additional proof of being an American citizen, despite him being born in a place that is most definitely not a state in the union.
Sadly, even with the release of his birth certificate, this debate isn't going to die. I rather enjoyed this version of Obama's birth certificate. I'm hoping that the Model Number/Robot thing takes off. That could be fun.
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Yeah whether or not a community activist can actually run the government...nope he can't.
-- Posted by Leah Cauthron on Sat, Apr 30, 2011, at 3:48 PM
McCain was born in the canal zone...an american territory...which qualifies. And he was born on a military installation...which also qualifies.
But your point is valid...it was a non-issue. But the Birther outrage was never about where the President was born...it was about finding something...anything...to discredit his entire presidency. It's racist, as is the new 'question he needs to answer'...whether he was academically qualified to attend Harvard. The implication being that he was accepted because he was black...not because of personal merit.
Come to think of it, why didn't anyone ask this question of the previous President? He was manifestly NOT academically qualified to attend Yale Law, but I guess rich white men have always had different admission requirements.
-- Posted by Paul.Dalen on Sat, Apr 30, 2011, at 6:36 PM
Leah, why the focus on him once being a community organizer? He did also spent 11 years in the state/US senate.
Did you approve more of the baseball team manager that became president? Are you a fan of the beauty queen and sportcaster? Are you hoping that the reality show host (with mob ties in his casinos) runs for president?
-- Posted by stafinois on Sun, May 1, 2011, at 10:46 AM
Aimee, the focus is on the community organizer because the only other focus is race and Obama detractors don't like to complain about that in public.
-- Posted by DaveMunson on Sun, May 1, 2011, at 11:48 AM
I had really hoped that we were beyond that in this country. It's very, very sad.
-- Posted by stafinois on Sun, May 1, 2011, at 1:44 PM
Not all people who are not in favor of obama and/or wanted to see an official birth record are racist. I myself don't necessarily care for obama but Im far from racist. I think because he is black/dark people are real quick to blame race as a reason someone else might not like him. I do believe that all those running for president should have to prove any and all qualifications. And even if someone didnt care for obama doesnt mean they were excited about other canidates either. I am VERY aware that there is STILL lots of racism in america today, but I also believe some cry racism when it might not be the case. I'm sure there are some that don't like obama because they are racism but not all. Just the same as some blacks don't like the other canidates due to them being white. To me to keep tossing around the race issue is a waste of time. some people will be racist regardless of who is in office while others wont. There isnt a whole lot that we can do about it, but elect who we each feel is best qualified and let that persons work prove itself.
-- Posted by AshlyMeyer on Sun, May 1, 2011, at 8:06 PM
President Obama provided a birth certificate years ago, but that was not enough to satisfy the "birthers". Whether you agree with his policies or not, the issue of his birthplace was just ridiculous - it had already been settled. The birthers wanted to delegitimize his presidency - and I believe it was because they could not stomach the idea that a black man actually held the office.
-- Posted by DaveMunson on Sun, May 1, 2011, at 9:47 PM
It seems that iowaskeptic is very set that this is only because of obamas race. It very well could be. I'm saying that not in all peoples eyes is that the only reason they were asking to see it. I would also like to make sure that someone somewhere is verifying this information. Not because they are black, white, hispanic or whatever else. I LOVE the idea of ANY kind of president as long as they can do a good job.
-- Posted by AshlyMeyer on Mon, May 2, 2011, at 7:40 PM
Paul.Dalen said "McCain was born in the canal zone...an american territory...which qualifies. And he was born on a military installation...which also qualifies.
Not true. Being born on a military installation does not automatically make one a US citizen, nor does it make one a citizen of the host nation of that installation. You need to then prove that both parents are citizens and have the birth recorded in the host country (which is not usually an actual birth certificate, but it depends on the country). There is then an application for a record of birth abroad that is issued by the Dept of State out of an embassy or other office in a city in that country which replaces a state birth certificate. Unless those things sufficed at the time of McCain's birth, 80 some years ago.
-- Posted by notinia on Tue, May 3, 2011, at 2:46 PM
I agree with Dennis Kucinich on this one:
-- Posted by Gabe Licht on Tue, May 3, 2011, at 5:32 PM
If liberals want to claim that the reason we (Conservatives) didn't vote for him was because he is African-American then does that mean they (liberals) voted for him because he is? There are many African American people I would consider highly qualified for the job of President. I don't like his party, platform, or what they stand for. I also firmly believe that in order to be called Commander in Chief, you should have had to pass Basic Military Training like every other soldier under your command.
-- Posted by Leah Cauthron on Wed, May 4, 2011, at 10:51 AM
Leah you're just being silly. I never claimed that you did not vote for him because you are racist (in fact I never claimed you are racist at all). I perfectly understand that there are republicans and that they are not likely to vote for the democratic candidate (just like I usually do not vote for republicans). I also perfectly understand disagreements on policy. Neither of these makes one a racist. Discussing those disagreements and campaigning for the other candidate do not either. However, incessant attempts to deligitmize a president when the matter has been settled for several years (a la the birthers) smacks of racism.
-- Posted by DaveMunson on Wed, May 4, 2011, at 4:36 PM
You're all missing the point. This isn't a case of racism, it's partyism.
The 'birthers' and others who hate President Obama don't hate him because he's black, they hate him because he's a Democrat. If any other Democrat had been elected to this office, they would be treated with the same blind malevolence.
-- Posted by DHarris on Wed, May 4, 2011, at 8:08 PM
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