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After 20 years I finally made it back to Rome – this time to visit my daughter Maryann and her husband, Andrew. He was just finishing up a year at the American Academy as a winner of the Rome Prize for architecture. We got to stay at the Academy which sits atop the Gianicolo with a commanding view of St. Peter's and pretty much all of Rome to the Appenine Mountains.
If you want to know about all the sights to see in Rome, get the Rick Steves book. I just want to sing the praises of the food. A few highlights:
The coffee: It's everywhere. There must be thousands of coffee bars in the city all serving perfect little cups of espresso topped with a foamy crema. Each morning started with a dopio and either a freshly made scone or a cornetti (croissant) sometimes filled with pastry cream or chocolate. Forget scrambled eggs and bacon in this town. They love their sweet pastries and bitter coffee.
The market: My favorite was the Campo deFiore
where you can buy everything from clothing to zucchini blossoms. They seem to have an interesting, three-tiered pricing system. The highest price (usually listed on a makeshift card) is for tourists who don't speak Italian. Slightly lower prices can be negotiated if you speak Italian. And finally, the locals have the rock bottom prices. Actually, it all looked reasonable to me given the quality and variety of the fruits and vegetables. We also visited similar markets in Trastevere and Tastaccio. They really love their zucchini. Most markets had several varieties and bushels full of blossoms for stuffing and frying.
Street Food: Of course there are pannini and pizza everywhere. But we stumbled into a place called FORNO right on the Campo deFiore that had the freshest, most delicious versions of Roman pizza we had all week. I walked around to the ovens and watched as one of the bakers stretched a piece of dough until it was six feet long and thin enough to read a paper through. He slid it onto a huge peel and then directly into the ancient wood fired ovens that give a distinctive aroma and crispy finish to the final product. Inside the crowded shop they also have arancini (Sicilian Rice Balls), and Suppli (Roman Rice Balls). Next door they have another store devoted to sweets. Don't miss the Brute ma buono. They have them all over the city but none better than here.
Restaurants: The first night we went to a place on the Gianicolo called Scarpone's.
There's a big shoe out front to tell you this is the place. You can sit outside under an arbor if the weather is nice and enjoy the fantastic array of antipasti and plenty of pasta choices. The next night we went to a place called Orso 80. Now here is the place for antipasti. For 15 Euros they bring out a seemingly endless stream of dishes from fragrant proscuitti on ripe cantelope to meatballs in tomato sauce, fried peppers, celery and anise salad, potatoes and mushrooms, stuffed and fried zucchini blossoms, sauteed zucchini slices, eggplant, beans, and on and on. Only go here if you are really hungry!
You can check out their website at www.orso80.it
Two of our most memorable meals were at the Academy. One night I cooked a meal of Chicken Cutlets (ala Romano, of course) and Pasta Cucozza using the small Roman zuchinni that have pronounce ridges.
And then for the 4th of July we had a real America picnic under the Olive trees in the Academy garden with burgers, home made potato chips and watermelon for dessert.
If there is any interest, I'll post recipes for some of the dishes from our Roman adventure. Ciao!


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A stranger turns out to be an angel in disguise!
On May 20, I had a life-threatening accident at my home. I fell down backward from the top of a 10-foot attic ladder.
I sustained three fractures, including one to my left arm that was afflicted by polio during 1925. I also got six stitches to my rear right scalp area.
I was alone in the house!
I took hold of my serious situation and made a decision to get down 15 steps to the first floor and front. I did so! Got the two doors open, then I began to yell as loudly as I could, "Help, help, help!" I kept this up for eight minutes when I spotted a man, and yelled, "Do you have a phone?" He said yes. I asked him to dial 911 and get me an ambulance for I'm bleeding very much.
I did not recognize this man at all, he was a perfect stranger.
The Jersey City police arrived, so did the Jersey City Medical Center personnel. My loving brother Leonard arrived, too.
Who was this man with the telephone? Who was my hero with the cellphone? This information will remain a mystery. Just where did Mr. X come from?
By fate, he was there across the street from my near fatal accident!
His name remained a mystery while I had my hospital stay -- I spent a week at the Jersey City Medical Center, then was transferred to Care One at Hackensack, Wellington Hospital for three weeks.
My final destination was for my brother's home, where he and his loving wife Rosemary tended to my progress and needs for about seven weeks.
Well, I was getting released, so we decided to go back to my home on Pearsall Avenue. During this passage of time no one discovered the name of my hero.
Not until one week later!
I inquired among a few Pearsall Avenue neighbors. After a few days passed we hit the jackpot!
My hero was a new tenant who just moved onto the avenue.
So here is a public thank you to Mr. Selwyn Hoyte.
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As I listened to your list of uses for the Eye Controlled Computer, I was left with the impression you two just really don't get it . . . THIS IS HUGE!
Stephen Hawking and his grad students not withstanding, that is kind of technology is now becoming main stream and accessible is a wonderful step forward for ALS, Quadriplegic and other folks in similar situations.
I had a close friend with ALS who was an IT professional. Loosing the ability to control a computer, even at the simple level of web browsing, so early in the decease was very disheartening for him. That computer use can be extended for even a year or two is a great step forward . . . particularly in situations where you still have an active alert mind that is trapped in a body that won't work.
I challenge both of you to consider the following: If you couldn't use your cellphone, PDA, computer or XBOX tomorrow unless this technology was embraced and working . . . how would you have pitched this news in that case?
Occasionally, I would like to have the computer read text to me. I have the habit of typing "an" for "a" or occasionally "and" for "an", etc . . . when I proof my text, my eye often misses these mistakes, but if I can hear the text I can often find them immediately. So if it is an important document, I'd like to have the text read to me.
I've seen options in windows for telling you what is happening (Narrator and Audio Description options), but I really don't want it to read "everthing darn thing" . . . I'd like it to just read a document or a portion of text that I highlight . . . is there a way to do that without Narrator or Audio Description which I don't find that useful.
LOL . . . gives him a high five and then has to wipe her hand clean . . . and the part of Howard Hughes will now be played by Laura Foy . . .
@fmerrow:Bummer, I even uninstalled and reinstalled productivity pack . . . still no ctl-3.
More great stuff . . . thank you.
So the Quick find ctl-3 . . . not working for me . . . probably lost when I recently uninstalled Resharper.
How do I get it back?
Nice start . . . I look forward to more.
I had always thought the Solution Nav was sort of a yawn, but I wasn't aware of all it does.
Thanks for the enlightenment.
Even if Microsoft would let you do it . . . would you really want to do ping for the next 18 years?
Careful what you wish for.
I love the iPhone app . . . thank you. Hopefully, full iPad support will follow soon since that is the device I actually have . . . still even the iPhone app on iPad is a nice addition to letting me see my SkyDrive OneNote on the device . . .
I know there is some bad blood here, but Android linkage would also be very nice . . . just close your eyes, take a deep breathe and let all that corporate competition stuff go . . . let us see OneNote on the Droid too . . . please?
Hmmm . . . I am fast becoming "not a fan".
I went home where I have Win7 and found that Digital Lens only operates on the 32 bit version of Win7 . . . every Win7 I've seen so far is 64 bits . . . great concept, but as near as I can tell it won't run on any system I have access to.


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Stephanie Landberg and Scottie Pederson were united in marriage Dec. 17 at the Harbor Church near Spicer.
The bride is the daughter of Diane and Ron Landberg of Willmar. The groom is the son of Teresa Gauss of Willmar and Scott Pederson of Sun Prairie, Wis.
Matron of honor was Cari Bulthuis, sister of the bride. Bride's attendants were Kirsten Miller, Janey Swart, Brianna Johnson and Kelsey Kotzenmacher, friends of the bride. Flower girl was Chloe Bulthuis, niece of the bride.
Best man was George Menchaca, friend of the groom. Groom's attendants were David Vernoy, Andy Neis, Tim Meyering and Josh Ryks, friends of the groom. Ring bearer was Avery Christensen, friend of the couple.
Ushers were Nick Landberg and Tim Landberg, brothers of the bride.
A reception and dance were held at the American Legion in Willmar.
The bride is attending Ridgewater College pursuing a registered nursing degree and is employed by Rice Care Center and Cash Wise. The groom is employed by Buhler Versatile.


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quote: This has to be the dumbest waste of time ever. So this "study" is trying to prove that the classic handgun form factor will lend itself to someone being more accurate? Can we say "duh"? For over 100 years this has been a perfected and proven design for accuracy as well as recoil management. How is this some revelation again?
quote: Yes but the video game tie-in seems very biased and unnecessary. Because you would get the same results in real life. If you gave someone a slingshot and someone else a handgun, I damn well guarantee you the person with the handgun will be more accurate. How does that "train" you to be a better killer again?Jack Thompson is still wrong by the way :)
quote: Just like gun control. It doesn't work because people motivated to kill or be criminals ALREADY seek to operate outside the law anyway, making gun control laws irrelevant to them.
quote: The same could (in theory) be applied to say terrorists who train for real-world shootings using video game gun sims.
quote: The same could (in theory) be applied to say terrorists who train for real-world shootings using video game gun sims.
quote: Well, several factors, really. First is trigger pull--I doubt any of these controllers accurately simulate trigger pull. Trigger pull is actually the number one cause for missing a target or hitting it where you aim. Bad trigger pull ruins everything. Now, it would be possible to get close to realistic pull on these controllers--but it still wouldn't be the same as the gun you were using.Secondly, even if you could simulate the trigger pull, doing this would be useless without actually recreation of how the sights work, be it iron or holographic. Iron sights need to be lined up via the posts on both a rifle or handgun and kept that way through a consistent trigger pullthrough. The way this technology that interacts with the television screen works makes it nearly impossible to properly estimate the impact point unless they used motion sensing technology along with it--and I highly doubt any game will do this.
quote: I think the only worthwhile conclusion of the study is that perhaps violent criminals, persons with known terrorist ties, and individuals diagnosed with psychosis should be barred from purchasing violent video game titles, as they would be barred from purchasing guns.
quote: It's simply quantifying that people who play video games can become better shooters.
quote: But shooting in an FPS and shooting a gun in real life are two entirely different experiences.
quote: If this is the case, it's only because "gamers" might have better eye-hand coordination or reflexes.
quote: But shooting in an FPS and shooting a gun in real life are two entirely different experiences. Games do not prepare you for the realities of handgun shooting mechanics.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel narrates main character Janie Crawford's "ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny." Set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century, the novel was initially poorly received for its rejection of racial uplift literary prescriptions. Today, it has come to be regarded as a seminal work in both African-American literature and women's literature. TIME included the novel in its 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.
African Americans like Hurston grew up in a hostile economic, political, and social climate. White Democrats had regained power in the South in the late 19th century through violence and intimidation around elections; once in power, they passed Jim Crow laws and, from 1890 to 1910, passed new constitutions and laws that disfranchised most blacks. The Ku Klux Klan terrorized blacks, leading to the steady decline of African-American political representation. In 1900, African-American Congressman George Henry White introduced an anti-lynching bill to the Judiciary Committee. It was defeated by a large majority, led by southern Democrats. Congressman White was the last African-American congressman to serve for more than a quarter of a century.
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Elizabeth "Betty" Miles, 62, of Spartanburg, S.C., died Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, at Spartanburg Hospital.
Born in Tiffin May 4, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Margaret (Kirian) Steinmetz. She was formerly employed at Webster as an executive secretary. Betty was also employed at Converse College and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.
Betty is survived by her husband, Max "Pete" Miles; two daughters, Jenni (Rodney) Clinger of Sycamore and Jacki (Bryan) Roper of Pickens, S.C.; three brothers, Bill (Kim) Steinmetz of Bettsville, Jerry (Angie) Steinmetz of Tiffin and Dick (Andrea) Steinmetz of Arizona; three sisters, Joyce Cascaden of Arizona, Donna Steinmetz of Youngstown and Pat Hall of Tiffin; five grandchildren, Christopher and Alec Clinger, and Jeffrey, Zachary and Dylan "DJ" Roper; one great-grandchild, Myles Roper; and a special friend, Diane Wheeler.
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She also was preceded in death by a grandchild, Myles Roper, and a brother-in-law, Jack Cascaden.
Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, 2008, at Hoffmann-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home.
The funeral is 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at the funeral home with the Rev. Gary Walters officiating. Burial is to follow at Sandridge Cemetery in Bascom.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alumni and Development Records, Duke University, Box 90581, Durham, NC 27708-0581.


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The Columbia River Gorge is home to a plethora of amazing recreational activities. However one stands out beyond all the others and that is simply the hike.The Columbia River Gorge has some of the most beautiful wonders of the world and 60% of them are at the end of a trail. While staying in the… Read more »


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Not many cities in Southern California can claim that their entire City Council went to high school together 45 years ago. Not many have an economy based on agriculture either. Many, however, can say that their population is predominantly Latino. Santa Paula, the city that oil, citrus and movies built, and a devastating flood fell short of destroying, can say all three.
This 4.6-square-mile "diamond in the rough" is home to 30,000 people, 14 miles east of Ventura along Highway 126. Its historic downtown with diagonal parking, small businesses and street festivals reflects a simpler time. But it may be about to encounter a significant growth spurt that will stir the winds of change.
Farmer, citrus pioneer and State Assemblyman Nathan Blachard founded Santa Paula in the 1870s.
Back in the day
Mexican Secretary of State Manuel Casarin owned Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy during the Spanish Mission period. He sold it to sheep and cattle rancher Thomas More in the 1850s. Then horticulturist George Briggs bought it in 1861, and sold it to Nathan Blanchard in 1872. Blanchard, a native of Maine, a member of the California State Assembly, a miner, miller, sheep farmer and citrus pioneer bought 2,700 acres of it and founded the town shortly after.
"They used to call Santa Paula 'Little Bolivar,' " said Mayor Rick Cook. He was born locally in 1950. Bolivar is the seat of Polk County, Mo. Many farmers and laborers from there came west during the Great Depression, including Cook's maternal grandparents. His grandmother worked in the Limoneira orange packing houses of Santa Paula and Fillmore from 1929 to 1969 after bringing his mom here as a baby.
The mayor's dad came from Oklahoma to Bakersfield during the era of John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. He moved to Santa Paula in 1948 after serving in the military at Port Hueneme. For him, it was the lure of employment with the Union Oil Company.
The Depot train station at the corner of 10th and Santa Barbara streets was built in 1887.
"This town had Midwestern values," Cook recalled from his childhood. "There were lots of Baptist churches, liquor stores and bars. The population was about 10,000 and the town was infused with oil money."
East Coast oil men Lyman Stewart and Wallace Hardison fell on hard times while drilling in Newhall, Calif. They headed to Santa Paula on a hunch in 1883. Their initial success came in Adams Canyon at Sulphur Mountain. Thomas R. Bard of Port Hueneme owned a lot of stock in the Mission Transfer Company with lots of acreage. It had tanks, pipelines, and a refinery in town. The two men partnered with Bard, upgraded the old refinery, and formed a few small oil companies.
After striking a gusher called "Wild Bill" in 1888, they expanded operations. In October 1890, they unified multiple companies to form Union Oil Company of California (Unocal). From the 1920s onward, many companies drilled in the area, including the South Mountain Oil Field.
Although Unocal moved to L.A., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum called Vintage Production still drills and employs many locals. By the time the mayor's family arrived, the petroleum industry had been thriving in the area for 50 years.
For the love of lemons
It was Limoneira ("lemon lands" in Portuguese) that drew the relatives of City Councilman and former Santa Paula Police Chief Bob Gonzales from the Southwest in the early 1900s. Gonzalez's mom was born on Limoneira property in the 1920s. He was born in Santa Paula Hospital in 1950. "I'm American first. My ethnicity is Mexican," he said from his private security job in Santa Monica to which he commutes from Santa Paula.
His mom worked in the packing houses and his dad was a gardener who built their house in 1960, where his mom still lives. "We were poor, but we didn't know it," he recalled. Growing up bilingual in a Mexican part of town, he didn't feel any tension between the races. "I was comfortable with who I was. There were people who were adamant about not integrating, but by junior high we were fully integrated."
Across from the Depot, bronze sculptures depict the daring ride of two motorcycle cops, warning Santa Paula residents of the impending flood rushing their way from the collapse of the St. Francis Dam in 1928.
Wallace Hardison of Union Oil and town founder Nathan Blanchard purchased 413 acres of land in 1893 and started Limoneira. Their original crops were lemons, oranges and walnuts. By the 1920s, the company expanded and become a leader in the California citrus industry. Today Limoneira owns approximately 11,000 acres grow lemons, avocados, oranges, pistachios and cherries are grown.
According to Director of Marketing John Chamberlain, "We are the largest vertically integrated lemon grower in the U.S. and the largest grower of avocados." It employs 274 full-time employees, 119 temporaries and 379 contract harvest employees.
Almost washed away
William Mulholland built a reservoir and dam in San Francisquito Canyon, just north of Santa Clarita, in the spring of 1926. Two years later the St. Francis Dam collapsed. More than 12 billion gallons of water blasted through the canyon heading toward the bed of the Santa Clara River. Along its furious 54-mile trek from the dam to the Pacific Ocean, it slammed the lower portion of Santa Paula.
At least 61 people were killed with 50 more in Saticoy and more than 450 along its path. Santa Paula suffered more than $1 million in damages. At the corner of 10th and Santa Barbara streets are bronze sculptures of the two motorcycle cops who drove through the night warning residents before the flood. Santa Paula is filled with historical monuments like this.
Across the street is "The Depot" train station built on this corner in 1887. The other corner features the magnificent Moreton Bay fig tree. Ebenezer Orne of Wisconsin planted it on his property on the Fourth of July in 1879. He came west to find gold, but found his true calling as a Methodist preacher.
Art and fame
The Santa Paula Murals Project began in 1997. Locals wanted to revitalize downtown by telling the town's story through art. There are nine completed murals by artists from around the country. Themes include: Latino Culture, Artists and Architects, Citrus, Oil, Chumash Indians, Farms, and Airport Founders and Pilots.
Santa Paula profited from its uncanny resemblance to a classic Middle American small town. Filmmakers like its physical proximity to Hollywood and cultural proximity to a Norman Rockwell painting. The Star Film Company came to town in 1911 and made more than a dozen silent films like The Ghost of Sulphur Mountain. The popular 1970s television miniseries The Thornbirds was also filmed there.
The Glen Tavern Inn was the place to stay during the Golden Age of Hollywood. The 35-room hotel and restaurant is still operating. The majestic hallways are lined with endless rows of classic movie posters. Magician Harry Houdini stayed there, as did actor John Wayne. Before that, it doubled as a speak easy hangout and brothel during Prohibition.
"In the '60s we parked our cars in back of the Foster's Freeze to socialize. Guys would cruise in and out to show off their cars," said Bob Gonzales. "Then we'd cruise Main Street. It would take about an hour to make the 3-mile-round trip on Saturday nights. I drove it as a kid and then as a cop with different frames of mind. It was like the movie American Graffiti."
City Councilman and former Santa Paula Police Chief Bob Gonzales played football at Santa Paula High School in 1968, pictured with Coach Joe Zeno.
Although the tradition faded out in the '70s, in 1999 the Santa Paula Police Officers Association and the Chamber of Commerce created a new Cruise Night on the first Friday of every month. Now thousands attend the event.
For Cook and Gonzales, life revolved around Boy Scouts, Little League, fishing at the Santa Clara River, drive-in movies and excursions to the beach in Ventura. Both remember a close rivalry with Fillmore. They played Fillmore in sports, worked in packing houses in both cities, and dated girls from both places.
Gonzales was a football star at Santa Paula High School. He went away for college but not for long. "I always knew I wanted to raise a family here," he said. The mayor married a Hispanic woman and Gonzales married a white woman. Two of Bob's three kids stayed in town. The mayor estimates that the population was about 60 percent Caucasian and 40 percent Latino during their early childhood. Now it is 80 percent Latino.
Changing demographics
Gonzales had a 30-year career in the Santa Paula Police Department, from which he retired in 2005. He saw firsthand the changing tide of his town, with the rise of gangs. They have been active in Santa Paula since the 1980s.The Mexican Mafia and Nuestra Familia are the key players with prison origins. But it's hard to remain anonymous in a gang in a small town. The local police publish a Facebook page to keep residents informed.
Santa Paula Police Department Facebook page:
2/27/14: "SPPD is currently on scene of an ongoing incident south of the freeway and east of Peck Rd. We're asking for residents of the area to stay inside and lock their doors."
3/16/14: "Police were dispatched to a home with an unresponsive Hispanic female with fatal neck wounds. She was pronounced deceased by the fire department." (It has since been reported that she was the victim of gang crossfire.)
The list goes on, but it doesn't scare transplant Tracy Lippert. "Every city has its problems," she remarked while running a shift at her small business. Lippert opened Rabalais Bistro and Bakery at 861 E. Main St. two years ago.
She's a Cajun from New Orleans who went to college in San Diego and married a man from Camarillo. They moved here 16 years ago to give their two kids a small-town rural upbringing. They do so on their working avocado farm. The cafe has ceiling fans, two stories, a long coffee bar and wall photos of her grandmother's Rabalais family.
"God gave us a heart for the city of Santa Paula. I practiced hospitality in my home, and my business is an extension of that. People in this city like to walk, and our patio is reminiscent of the South." She employs about 30 people. "Locals are vested in the mission of Rabalais," she said.
Jeanne Orcutt's family has been in Santa Paula since the late 1800s. She's the director of the California Oil Museum in the original Union Oil Headquarters building downtown, and graduated from Santa Paula High in the '80s. Jeanne lives on the family's avocado and lemon ranch. "Most of my friends are Hispanic," she said when asked about demographics. She also mentioned the dynamics of Main Street culture. Street festivals tend to be centered on the arts which attract a non-Hispanic crowd. Meanwhile many of the businesses cater to Hispanic trends.
And into the future
Last year the city annexed 25 acres of land known as "East Area 2," to add to its previous annexation of Limoneira's "East Area 1." A plan for commercial and residential development has been in the works for the past 10 years. The 550 acres will include 1,500 residential units, 560,000 square feet of commercial space and 150,000 square feet of light industrial space. "It's going to change the economics of the city and bring new people," said Bob Gonzales. "I think it will be a shot in the arm. With the tax base, we will be able to provide more services to the community."
Eighty-three percent of local voters approved the plan in a 2008 initiative. According to city Deputy Planning Director Stratis Perros, the character of downtown will be preserved. He said it's going to improve infrastructure with new sewer and water lines. Actual construction will occur in phases depending on demand, and will begin within the next couple of years. Most of the housing will be single-family homes, but the plan includes affordable housing, parks, ball fields and an elementary school.
The project will border Jeanne Orcutt's property. "It's always a little sad that it's getting close to your backyard, but we need the development," she told the VCReporter. She remembered how she was desperate to get out of town as a teen but couldn't wait to get back after college. She hopes the new development will encourage her kids and the new generation to do the same.
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Although the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Calif., might display "contemporary" art, it certainly wasn't proving too contemporary when a guard ordered a lesbian couple to stop holding hands, as reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.According to the JTA story, Connie Wolf, museum director and CEO, has apologized in a letter, which stated, "The guard's behavior resulted in an event that cannot be allowed to happen again … Please let me be crystal clear that the CJM has a zero tolerance policy concerning any type of prejudiced or racist word or action — whether directed at CJM visitors or staff."
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Eco.lution 2012: Biking on Complete Streets at Cigar City Criterium - Lykes Gas Light Park
March 31, 2012 all day
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After a lifetime of service to the community, Trudi Herman is trying to build one.
Since last April, the longtime Moorestown resident, along with her husband, Irv, and a half-dozen civic-minded friends, has been laying a foundation.
Their fledgling organization, "It Takes a Village New Jersey," is part of a national grassroots effort aimed at helping seniors and disabled people live independently - in their own homes.
"Irv and Trudi have been a force of nature getting this going," says retired Moorestown High counselor Veronica "Ronnie" Hughes, one of a core group of volunteers working on the plan.
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Who: Pastor Stan Fix at the Friendly Valley Community Church (United Methodist).
What: Message: "Wresting a Blessing Out of Trouble." Job's Daughters chorus will present special music. All Are Welcome.
When: 10 a.m. Sunday
Where: 19246 Avenue of the Oaks in Newhall. Enter at the Friendly Valley main gate off Sierra Highway on Friendly Valley Parkway.
Contact: (661) 251-1311
Special celebration service
Who: Crossroads Community Church
What: A special celebration worship service. Guest speaker Bob Kraning, former director of Forest Home and current President of Good Word Ministries, will lead the message.
When: 9 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Where: 28042 Avenue Stanford Unit D.in Valencia
Contact: www.lifeatcrossroads.org
Torah study
Who: Chabad of SCV
What: Torah study
When: 7:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. on Tuesdays
Where: A weekly reading of a Torah portion, taking lessons in life today, with a Kabbalistic perspective. Classes are offered to everyone and no prior knowledge or background is necessary. All levels welcome. Classes are free and open to the public.
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is it really an obligation to attend this mass tommorrow and do u have to go to mass on good friday at 3pm
on palm sunday already heard the passion already
do u really need to go to good friday mass
is it a sin if u don't go
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Unless somebody is holding a gun to your head, then nothing in life is an obligation.
I am going to go out on a limb here and assume that you're Catholic, or at the very least a Christian. I'm a Catholic, and I don't go to church all that often in the grand scheme of things, but I don't think God is going to smite me down or send me to hell. God isn't daft, after all, He knows that I believe in Him.
What about people who are bedridden - do you think they are committing a sin if they don't go to church? Life throws things in the way, so be it! Say a prayer at home, it's not like He can't hear you.
BTW this would be better in the religion section of TSR.
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A convicted murderer from Harrisburg who enjoyed six months of freedom after 16 years in jail has filed a new appeal.
Lorenzo Johnson this week filed in Dauphin County court what his lawyer Michael Wiseman calls not a routine post-conviction petition that is based on what he claims is evidence discovered in the past 60 days.
In the more than 110-page document, Wiseman maintains Johnson is innocent. "It is up to this court to see that justice is done," he writes.
The petition claims several witnesses lied at trial, the prosecution withheld evidence, previous counsel was ineffective and there is confirmation Johnson was in New York City when Taraja Williams was killed early on Dec. 15, 1995.
Most of the individuals named in the petition as providing new evidence are present or former inmates involved in drug activity in Harrisburg.
Johnson was convicted in 2008 of first-degree murder as an accomplice to Corey Walker, who was identified as the individual who shot Williams with a shotgun in an alley off the 1400 block of Market Street. Both were sentenced to mandatory life prison sentences.
Dauphin County court and the state Superior Court twice denied Johnson's appeals and each time the state Supreme Court refused to accept a further appeal.
The appeal process then shifted to U.S. Middle District Court where Judge John E. Jones III also affirmed the conviction.
But in October 2011, the 3rd U.S. Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, vacated the conviction, saying the prosecution failed to produce sufficient evidence to allow a rational jury to find Johnson had a specific intent to kill Williams, a requirement for first-degree murder.
As the result of that decision, Jones ordered Johnson released on bail. The U.S. Supreme Court in May 2012, acting on a state attorney general's appeal, reversed the circuit court, saying a rational jury could infer Johnson knew Walker was armed with a shotgun and intended to kill Williams.
Jones on June 12, 2012, ordered Johnson back to state prison, where he remains.


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If the oral treatment for syphilis were as efficient or more efficient than the other modes of treatment, it would have many incidental advantages. Stovarsol,1 spirocid or acetarsone—they are the same product—administered by mouth has given such superior results that we decided to test it in our clinic.
Since 1922 in animal experiments and 1924 clinically, the French have used stovarsol. Later it has been used extensively with great favor in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland. In this country, Cregor and Gastineau2 tried it for the treatment of adults and compared its efficiency with that of neoarsphenamine.
Oral treatment offers special advantages in infants and children. Any one who has had experience in the treatment of syphilitic children knows with what difficulty and sacrifice a social worker, a bread winner, a busy mother or a caretaker brings a child to the clinic weekly over a long period.
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Updates from Tuesday, Aug. 19
The Minnesota Vikings released a statement regarding their settlement with former punter Chris Kluwe, per owner/chairman Zygi Wilf:
We appreciate Chris Kluwe's contributions to the Minnesota Vikings as a player and a member of this organization during his eight seasons in which he established many team records as our punter, and we wish him and his family the best in the future. In regards to this matter, our focus remains on maintaining a culture of tolerance, inclusion and respect, and creating the best workplace environment for our players, coaches and staff.
Vikings owner/president Mark Wilf added: "As a family we have long-supported equal rights causes, including marriage equality. We are glad a resolution of this matter has been reached, and we look forward to continuing our efforts to create positive awareness of these issues."
And Kluwe said: "I'm pleased that the issue has been resolved. I intend to continue to speak out on behalf of marriage equality, and I am pleased to be a part of the impact the Vikings material charitable contributions will have on LGBT and related causes."
Kluwe also commented on his Twitter account following the announcement:
I believe the Vikings are committed to being leaders on the subject of homophobia in sports, and will work to make significant change.— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) August 19, 2014
Also, I get exactly ZERO dollars from this settlement, so if you sent me a nasty message over the past months, go mainline bleach.— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) August 19, 2014
And no, you don't get to say "Well you were shamed into it." That's been my stance from day one. This has never been about money.— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) August 19, 2014
Looking forward to seeing the strides the Vikings and the rest of the NFL will make on homophobia going forward. Still work to be done.— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) August 19, 2014
And no, the report won't be made public. Our worry there was that there were systemic problems being covered up, but there weren't.— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) August 19, 2014
The team also included some of the terms of the settlement:
As part of the resolution, the Vikings will provide continued financial support for human rights and anti-hate causes, resulting in a substantial and material benefit in the fight against gender preference discrimination. The team will also continue to enhance its sensitivity training policy and will further embody in the Club Code of Conduct and Employee Handbook a Zero Tolerance Policy for any discrimination and harassment because of race, religion, national origin or sexual orientation. Finally, the Vikings will work to build awareness and understanding of LGBT issues in professional football and in sports generally.
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The Minnesota Vikings and Chris Kluwe may not be going to court after all. According to Tom Pelissero of USA Today, the two sides have reached a settlement.
Kluwe confirms an agreement has been made:
We've reached an agreement with the Vikings to help a lot of people going forward. More details will be forthcoming next week.— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) August 16, 2014
Dawn Mitchell of Fox 9 in Minneapolis noted that Kluwe's attorney, Clayton Halunen, and the Vikings have agreed to terms for the settlement and will make an announcement next week:
ESPN.com's Ben Goessling reported that an official agreement has yet to be reached but should be soon:
So Halunen is saying sides have agreed; another source saying nothing finalized. I'd assume we're close to this being over, though.— Ben Goessling (@GoesslingESPN) August 15, 2014
Nothing is in writing on a Kluwe settlement yet, per #Vikings executive VP of legal affairs Kevin Warren.— Ben Goessling (@GoesslingESPN) August 15, 2014
Again, though, I do expect we're close on a settlement.— Ben Goessling (@GoesslingESPN) August 15, 2014
Halunen confirmed to USA Today that the settlement would mean the end of the former punter's proposed lawsuit against the team. Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press in St. Paul believes this decision would benefit everyone:
Lawsuit being averted in Kluwe case is best for everyone.— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) August 15, 2014
Minnesota suspended special teams coordinator Mike Priefer for three games after an independent investigation commissioned by the team determined the coach made a homophobic comment to Kluwe. The suspension could be reduced to two games.
The investigators couldn't corroborate Kluwe's claims that Priefer made multiple homophobic statements or that the punter's activism led in part to his release from the team in 2013. They concluded the veteran was cut simply for financial reasons.
Kluwe remained unsatisfied after the suspension, and Halunen said an impending lawsuit remained on the horizon for the Vikings.
A likely settlement between Kluwe and Minnesota would appear to signal the end of this entire saga. The 32-year-old's possible legal action was the last domino to fall.
With that door closed, both the team and player are putting all of this in the past.


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my 360 had the red rings but it quickly came back to green whats this mean? Its as I was taking out Gears Of War to put a DVD in and the lights just popped up and then came back to normal (green) I just went and looked up on it and Im thinking it was probbaly the orange lights and it just wasnt plugged in all the way
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No Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases reported in West Africa in nearly one month. All contacts in Liberia complete 21-day monitoring period. USAID/OFDA partners support adherence to infection prevention and control (IPC) protocols in Liberia. US Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) works to bolster personal protective equipment (PPE) pipeline in Guinea.
The United States Agency for International Development's Re-Branding Afghanistan Creating Jobs, Changing Perceptions, Empowering Women (RACCEW) project aims to create a self-sustaining and diverse Afghan artisan sector that is able to flourish independently, utilizing the resources learned during the nearly 10 years of experience and expertise accumulated by Turquoise Mountain.
The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) and humanitarian partners released the 2016 Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) for Ethiopia on December 11. The updated HRD identifies 10.2 million people in Ethiopia as requiring relief food assistance and appeals for more than $1.4 billion in assistance for food and non-food humanitarian interventions in 2016.
REWARD is part of a broader U.S. Government initiative—the Early Warning and Response Partnership (EWARP) —announced at the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit in August 2014. The objective of EWARP is to bolster the capacity of the ECOWAS Warning and Response Network (ECOWARN) to monitor, gather, analyze and disseminate threat information to its 15 member states to support peace and security in the region.
The Feed the Future C-4 Cotton Partnership (C4CP) Project focuses on three main themes of intervention: sustainable agricultural productivity, creating new and strengthening existing partnerships, and increasing economic and social benefits to women within the "C-4" countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali, where cotton is a main agricultural commodity. Cotton contributes significantly to the national budgets in each country and accounts for a large share of their agricultural export earnings.
With the support of USAID and other donors, Afghanistan began making rapid progress toward World Trade Organization (WTO) accession starting in 2009.
USAID's Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) project will offer technical support to business service providers, entrepreneurs, and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to help develop new business ideas, strengthen essential business development services, introduce new financial tools, and enhance financial literacy and management. SEED will also focus on improving access to essential financing, information, and technology; reducing bureaucratic procedures; addressing policies that impact ease of doing business; and expanding and improving public one-stop shops responsible for business registration and licensing.
Through the Workforce Improvement and Skills Enhancement (WISE) project, USAID will improve technical secondary education to meet the needs of the job market, benefiting vocational school students and teachers as well as the private sector. The project will establish partnerships between businesses and technical schools in order to understand skills needed for employment – reducing the current skills mismatch, creating a pool of qualified candidates, and linking students with jobs. WISE will also improve the performance of the private sector through in-house training and improved human resource strategies that reduce staff turnover. It will seek to build the capacity of business associations to advocate for policy and regulatory reforms related to labor market efficiency.
The U.S.-Egypt Higher Education Initiative (HEI) is an investment in Egypt's future that provides educational opportunities for high-achieving Egyptians to learn skills that will better meet the needs of a 21st century economy. In partnership with the Government of Egypt and the private sector, the U.S. Government is providing thousands of Egyptians with access to higher education opportunities in Egypt and the United States and facilitating strategic partnerships in key fields to strengthen Egypt's economy.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria was founded in 1975 with fifteen West African member states. Its mission is to promote economic integration in "all fields of economic activity, particularly industry, transport, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources, commerce, monetary and financial questions, social and cultural matters
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Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2013 exam Results are declared today Tuesday, May 07, 2013 by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Candidates, who have appeared for the exam, can check their Results on the official website of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
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By SHEENA BARNETT / NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – Unused and expired prescription medications are about to get tossed.
The Lee County Sheriff's Department is partnering with four other agencies, plus Region 3 Resource Center, for the American Medicine Chest Challenge.
On Saturday, the five agencies will take unused or expired prescription medications and dispose of them safely. There's no cost and no limit to how many medications can be disposed of, said Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson.
"We'll take care of it for you," Johnson said.
No questions will be asked, and literature will be given out that explains how to safely dispose of prescription meds.
Eight drop-off locations will be available in Mississippi on Saturday, with five of them in Northeast Mississippi.
Johnson said it's important that people dispose of their expired or unused medicine safely, especially because it keeps the drugs out of the hands of prescription drug abusers.
"We are seeing a rash of young people abusing prescription medications – I think because it's so readily available," he said.
Johnson asks that anyone with any prescription drugs take inventory of their medicine cabinets and bring any old or unused medicine to any of the locations on Saturday. If Saturday is a success, there may be more drop-offs in the future, he said.
"We encourage everyone to come out," Johnson said.
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English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who relocated to Los Angeles with the hopes of bringing his Food Revolution into local schools, is getting a taste of rejection.
"It's not going so well at the moment," Oliver, 35, tells PEOPLE. "Currently, the L.A. School District won't let me near a single school, but we're going to try to get around that."
Oliver says he's hoping parents will stand up for the cause – the same cause that won him an Emmy for the first season of ABC's Food Revolution, when he overhauled lunch menus in Huntington, W. Va., schools. To that end, he opened Jamie's Kitchen in Westwood, Calif., earlier this week to provide a food-centric community center.
"Really, my job is trying to inspire people, trying to educate people," he says, "but also get them to have clear opinions about stuff, and stir up a little bit of trouble where some of the bad guys are getting away with murder."
So why is the school district throwing the ultimate food fight about season 2 of his show?
"Reality TV has a formula," Robert Alaniz, L.A. Unified spokesman, tells the Los Angeles Times. "You either have to have drama or create conflict to be successful. We're not interested in either."
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