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James Olsen (Superman: Doomsday)
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Jimmy Olsen was the photographer for the Daily Planet who worked alongside reporters Clark Kent (Superman) and Lois Lane. He had a very close professional relationship with Clark at the point where he entered the Superman: Doomsday story.
When Lex Luthor's Project Applecore had accidentally let loose a humanoid killing machine from an alien stasis chamber, Superman, who was busy spending some private time with Daily Planet news reporter Lois Lane at his Fortress of Solitude, was alerted to the news of this humanoid wrecking machine which is now in Metropolis. Superman took Lois to Metropolis and confronted the monster now called Doomsday alone, finding him incredibly strong to the point of causing the Kryptonian to bleed. Lois had Jimmy join her in a Daily Planet helicopter where they would follow the action as closely as possible. However, Doomsday soon spotted the helicopter and leaped up to it to destroy it and its passengers. Superman wrenched Doomsday away from the helicopter before setting it down to safety. With relentless determination, Superman did all that he could to stop this "Doomsday machine", even to the point of flying him into space and then pushing him back to Earth where he finally died, no longer a threat. However, this also took a toll on Superman, who collapsed in Lois' arms, apparently dead, with Jimmy snapping the shots. During the time that the world mourned for the loss of Superman, Jimmy Olsen left the Daily Planet to become a photographer for an entertainment magazine. Lois thought that he left behind photojournalism for good, but after Superman's supposed return from the dead to deal with the Toyman -- which turned out to be Lex Luthor's clone of Superman programmed to do his will -- Lois found him snapping shots of the Toyman's body after the Superman clone had dropped him from a great height unto a police car, marking Superman as a wanton killer.
Later on Lois met with Lex Luthor in his office under the pretense of leaving the Daily Planet for good in order to go on with her own life, but drugged him so that she and Jimmy could go through his files to discover his genetic research laboratory where he is harvesting Superman clones, all for patrolling Metropolis under Luthor's control. Luthor awakened from his drugged state and threatened to kill both Lois and Jimmy, but was stopped by the active Superman clone who then proceeded to destroy the entire laboratory and all the work done in it while Lois and Jimmy escaped.
As Lois and Jimmy watched the cloned Superman take out the National Guard's tanks, planes, and weapons with a sweep of his heat vision, Jimmy spotted a black-clad long-haired person resembling Superman confronting the clone on top of a building. The cloned Superman tried to peaceably warn the real Superman that Metropolis is now under his protection in the hopes that he would back off. The real Superman answered, "Over my dead body," and fired the Kryptonite cannon beam at the clone, who instantly dodged and knocked the cannon out of the real Superman's hand, engaging him in a long dragged-out battle across Metropolis and ending at the site of Superman's memorial. Jimmy went with Lois to follow the action as she retrieved the Kryptonite cannon and struck the cloned Superman with it, but he quickly destroyed it, leaving only the cartridge containing the Kryptonite intact. The real Superman stuck the cartridge onto the clone's bodysuit and ignited it with his heat vision, enveloping the clone in a thick cloud of Kryptonite that ended up killing the clone. The real Superman then assured Lois that he is really back from the dead by giving her a kiss in public, with Jimmy snapping the shots.
It is presumed at the end of the story that Jimmy got his old job back at the Daily Planet.
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Each fall, park friend groups come together to rake leaves and get their neighborhood parks ready for winter. Last year 46 parks and nearly 1,000 volunteers came together to collect 16 tons of leaves—which is 32,000 pounds of material that was composted rather than dumped in a landfill.
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This court proceeding will save the Knicks $9.5M in luxury taxes and will pay less than 40 percent of his remaining contract because his condition opens the door for it to be covered by insurance.


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BRYAN - A former Gorham Fayette High School teacher was sentenced to serve two concurrent three-year prison terms after being found guilty of the sexual battery of two male students.
Tabatha Fidler, 37, of Angola, Ind., was sentenced Monday in Williams County Common Pleas Court on two felonious sexual battery convictions.
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SCHNEIDER, Brad, a Representative from Illinois; born in Denver, Denver County, Colo., August 20, 1961; graduated from Cherry Creek High School, Denver, Colo., 1979; B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1983; M.B.A., Northwestern University, 1985; businessman; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress (January 3, 2013-present).
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And to think I was convinced Kanye was off that Margiela. Whoops. Not only is Mr. West wearing several different pairs of Margiela sneakers during his Yeezus Tour performances that kicked off Saturday night in Seattle, but according to The Telegraph, homie's wardrobe is mostly custom-made by the storied fashion house. Really? That tank top with the eagle on it seems like something my girlfriend would wear to a rooftop party in July, not something from the people who brought us "The Human Pants Tent".
More on par with the label's standard avant garde offerings are the various crystal masks worn during the show, which add to the hyper-stylized aesthetic and general precariousness I gathered from the set design. I mean, Kanye basically walks down a fake mountain on a 2 foot wide ledge with a mask obscuring what I imagine is roughly 99.5% of his vision. I get that Yeezus was a daring and ground-breaking album, but damn, my guy, you don't have to go full Daredevil and break your fucking face on the ground to prove it.


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Celtic Connection column
This Saturday the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada is hosting the Atlantic Canada Piobaireachd Challenge. This contest has been in existence for 25 years and many prominent pipers from not only the Maritimes have won this prestigious event.
This is the second year that the college has hosted the challenge as past years it was held in Antigonish, N.S., in conjunction with their indoor competition. Hopefully the college will continue to host this contest in the coming years.
By now you're probably scratching your heads and wondering what the heck piobaireachd actually is. Piobaireachd (pronounced pee-broch) is unique to our instrument and is most often compared to our version of classical music.
A tune can last anywhere from five to 25 minutes. As the Piobaireachd Society website explains, "The music is built on a theme (ground) and variations on this theme. The theme can express joy, sadness or sometimes in the 'gathering' tunes, a peremptory warning or call to arms. The theme is developed in a series of variations, which usually progress to the 'crunluath' variation, where the piper's fingers give a dazzling technical display of embellishment or gracenotes."
The Piobaireachd Society has been in existence since 1901 and their mandate is to encourage the playing, teaching and study of this music.
You see piobaireachd has some stiff competition from our other types of tunes that we play. It's hard to compete with the flashy fingering of some of the more contemporary tunes that we can play today. It's not the toe-tapping music like a reel or jig.
In fact piobaireachd doesn't have a beat per se, but later variations do have a pulsing. Piobaireachd has been described by some of my students as boring and too slow. Some people are driven batty by the not-so-recognizable melody or the seemingly random notes of it. People either seem to love it or hate it. There doesn't tend to be a middle ground.
My favourite piobaireachd story was told to me by another piper. In Scotland the Lonach Highland Games are known as the games that Billy Connelly attends and even supports the trophy for the overall piper of the day (known as the Billy Connelly Cup). Connelly tends to invite his Hollywood friends to the games and he wears his finest Scottish attire. The last time we attended Sean Connery was rumoured to be there and Eric Idle put on a humorous display at the embroidery vendor, but this is a story from a previous year. Billy plunked down in front of the piobaireachd platform with Steve Martin and Robin Williams to educate them on our unique music. He started to explain the nuances of what the piper was doing. Robin and Steve apparently nodded along agreeing and started to make their own observations. What they didn't know was that Billy was tricking them. The piper was still tuning (another seemingly long and endless task that we sometimes do). I don't think he ever let them in on the secret.
Whether you love it or hate it, piobaireachd is a mental and physical exercise for any piper and the same might be argued for the listener as well. If you're curious about our ancient music, why not swing by the college on Saturday and make your own assessment. Who knows, you might even want to pull a Billy Connelly and do the same prank to the listener next to you.
Kylie MacHattie is a bagpipe instructor at the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada in Summerside.


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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran plans to switch its citizens onto a domestic Internet network in what officials say is a bid to improve cyber security but which many Iranians fear is the latest way to control their access to the web.
The announcement, made by a government deputy minister on Sunday, came as state television announced Google Inc's search engine and its email service would be blocked "within a few hours".
"Google and Gmail will be filtered throughout the country until further notice," an official identified only by his last name, Khoramabadi, said, without giving further details.
The Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) said Google ban was connected to the anti-Islamic film posted on the company's YouTube site which has caused outrage throughout the Muslim world. There was no official confirmation.
Iran has one of the biggest Internet filters of any country in the world, preventing normal Iranians from accessing countless sites on the official grounds they are offensive or criminal.
But many Iranians believe the block on sites such as Facebook and YouTube is due to their use in anti-government protests after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad in 2009.
Sites expressing views considered anti-government are also routinely blocked.
Iranians commonly overcome the government filter by using virtual private network (VPN) software that makes the computer appear as if it is based in another country.
But officials have long spoken of creating an Iranian Internet system which would be largely isolated from the World Wide Web.
"In recent days, all governmental agencies and offices ... have been connected to the national information network," deputy communications and technology minister Ali Hakim-Javadi was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency.
The second phase of the plan would be to connect ordinary Iranians to the national network, he said.
According to Iranian media, the domestic system would be fully implemented by March 2013 but it was not clear whether access to the global Internet would be cut once the Iranian system is rolled out.
Even using VPNs, many Iranians suffered serious problems accessing email and social networking sites in February, ahead of parliamentary elections.
The Islamic Republic tightened cyber security after its nuclear program was attacked in 2010 by the Stuxnet computer worm, which caused centrifuges to fail at its main uranium enrichment facility.
Tehran, whose nuclear programme is suspected by the West of being aimed at developing a bomb, accused the United States and Israel of deploying the worm.
Authorities said in April a computer virus was detected inside the control systems of Kharg Island - which handles the vast majority of Iran's crude oil exports - but the terminal remained operational.
Communications and Technology Minister Reza Taqipour said last month Iran needed to develop its own network to ensure the safety of the country's information.
"Control over the Internet should not be in the hands of one or two countries," he said. "Especially on major issues and during crises, one cannot trust this network at all."
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I didn't read most of it, but it sounds like they want to control all the information the citizens have access to. Control freaks on the highest order.
u can say only lies.
That place it the best demonstration of why politics and religion should be separated.
DrSpudnik, I think that could be said about the US too :)
Though we have no official established religion, even here there is a constant need to battle the faithful and their efforts to make everyone else as heaven-bound as they.
Hide-bound, more like
More fight!!!
As well as a need to battle the atheist groups that are boycotting Christmas displays, war memorials, etc, because they supposedly promote Chrsitianity.
And I'm an atheist myself.
oWe, so ethir nature, aer nt css plare:s he so raeti gihtre. gihte. gihte
Tell us the truth.
The U.S. is spying on everything: friendly state of heads, e-mail, telephones; they have put built-in spying devices into new laptops...The list is endless. And it happens all over the world; in almost every country! Your paranoia knows no limits...
Your only concern is Iran, eh?
Comprehension failure.
Try again.
Gotta give the Iranian government some credit. Unlike the U.S. government, they will just come right out and admit they are trying to control information and supress the masses.
What is the U.S. afraid of? The revolt of the masses?
Welcome to more lag for our Iranian friends that are smart enough to use a VPN
I have no idea what you are talking about. I am not American, and I neither attack nor defend America (or its policies).
My point was simply that if our Iranian friend says that the OP is "only lies", he should post his version of the truth.
Please don't include me in any further imaginary conversations you may have in the future. Many thanks.
Revolts? Not likely in any near future. The U.S. government and its corporate allies have the population so pacified that uprisings are not even a real possibility. Add to this the broad sweeping powers of law enforcement creating a near police state in what is supposed to be the freest country in the world.
What are they afraid of? You won't believe me when I say it: They are afraid of not making their quarterly profits.
This is what it boils down to; profits. Every war, every response to 'terrorism' and every encroachment on foreign lands; profit.
The American Dream is for sell to and for the highest bidders.
BTW, before someone says I'm talking out of my ass because I'm some foreigner; I'm an American. An American who loves America, but not the people who have decade upon decade worked to destroy it.
Does this really mean that those from Iran will be blocked from chess.com?
How sad.
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(Newton, MA)—June 24, 2014—InterfaithFamily is honored to be selected for the second consecutive year as a core grantee by The Natan Fund, a giving circle based in New York City. The Natan Fund announced Tuesday they will give $953,000 to 54 grantees.
This year's grant is part of the organization's 11th annual round of grantmaking. Of the 298 applications, 54 grants were distributed and included 10 core grantees, which Natan's website states are "those organizations most aligned with Natan's grantmaking mission. Their exceptional leadership develops programs with significant and measurable impact, and they have the potential to make systemic change in the field in which they are working." The decision-making is a rigorous three-stage process involving Natan's 57 members on eight grant committees.
"We are so excited to be a Core Grantee of the Natan Fund for the second year in a row and are honored to be in the company of great organizations like G-dcast, Hazon, IKAR, Keshet and Moishe House," said Jodi Bromberg, President of InterfaithFamily. "It's especially meaningful to us to have young philanthropists recognize the importance of our work."
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What Does it Mean to Be Welcoming
The following is a guest post by Gina Hagler, reprinted from her blog, Musings of Ruth
I've been part of the interfaith community for many years. I've felt comfortable, uncomfortable, welcome, tolerated, and most points between on the spectrum. I can tell you which things left me feeling more or less comfortable. I can even give you a definition-in-progress of what I would consider a welcoming congregation. What I hadn't thought of before last night, is how many aspects of welcome are universal.
Why are we making it so complicated when we sit together as Jews to assess how welcoming our congregations are? Why are we trying to look at ourselves through the eyes of others – especially others who are coming to us from a world view we have not experienced firsthand? Why are we making this such a Herculean task?
Perhaps we should first think about what has made us feel welcome in new experiences. We've all been the fish out of water at one point or another. What made it less painful? What eased our introduction? What made us feel we could return? What made us want to return? Why isn't this our simple first step to understanding how to put "strangers" at ease.
While I was still shaky in my Jewish identity, I took my kids up to New York several years in a row for winter break. I wanted to take them to services but I certainly didn't know any synagogues in NYC. I wasn't that confident that I would know exactly what to do once I got into the synagogue, but I wanted my kids to see that the services they participated in at our temple had elements in common with services at all synagogues. I did a search on synagogues in Manhattan and found Central Synagogue.
From the moment the site opened, I knew this was where we would go. The tone of the site, the readily available information, the pride the synagogue had in its history — all lent itself to the implicit expectation that of course we would want to visit and of course we were welcome. We went and sat in the way back – clearly newcomers and clearly not your standard Jews since 2/3 of the kids were Asian. People turned around to smile at us. Someone approached us to ask if we needed a Siddur as he held one up for us to see. He told us we were welcome to join them downstairs after the service for an Oneg made up of simple food.
Within five minutes of entering the building, we had been informally welcomed, given what we needed to participate if we chose to in a way that did not assume we were familiar with the object, and invited to something we may not have known about in a way that explained all we needed to know to feel bold enough to check it out. My kids felt right at home. They were delighted to hear prayers they knew and to be able to join in. They were thrilled to hear tropes that were familiar. There was no way they were leaving without the Oneg. They met some other kids. Several adults made it clear I was welcome to join in their conversations. Ever since, we make it a point to attend services there whenever we are in New York.
This synagogue was not specifically trying to attract interfaith families, or even families from ambiguous or undecided Jewish backgrounds. They were trying to attract those interested in a Jewish life, without making a distinction between faith backgrounds. As strange as it may seem, I felt more immediately welcome at that temple than I have at any other temple I've visited. I'm convinced it is because they were genuinely proud of what they had to offer and genuinely happy to have us.
Maybe when we're trying to decide how to make someone comfortable at our temple, we should start by thinking about what makes us comfortable and ask ourselves if our congregation is welcoming anyone – Jewish or not – in such a way. Maybe the first step in making people feel welcome is to be welcoming.
A Long Look at a Long Study
While I was away from the office earlier last week, the UJA-Federation of New York released a big, giant, whopping study of Downstate NY's community. (Downstate being, of course, the opposite of Upstate NY. That is, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau County, Suffolk County and Westchester County.) More than 250 pages long, there's a lot to think about – and I'm still thinking. But there are some highlights that readers of InterfaithFamily.com might especially want to know about. I'm going to do a
From 1991 to 2002, the number of Jews in the eight-county New York area held steady, while from 2002 to 2011 it grew dramatically. The contrasting changes in the number of non-Jews in Jewish households — consisting mostly of spouses and children in intermarried homes — are even more striking. In the earlier period (1991–2002), the number of non-Jewish people in Jewish households almost doubled; since 2002, though, it has declined slightly, falling to 231,000. With respect to the slightly declining numbers of non-Jews in Jewish households, the Jewish population in the New York area sharply contrasts with most Jewish communities in the United States and, indeed, the entire Jewish world outside of Israel. In every other large Jewish diaspora community, rising intermarriage has brought increasing numbers of non-Jews — spouses, partners, and children — into Jewish households.
Are outreach initiatives working in NY while falling short in other communities? Are Jewish communal organizations, such as synagogues and JCCs, more welcoming and inclusive of partners and other family members who aren't Jewish in NY than elsewhere? Or is this solely a statistical game, with the number of non-Jews in Jewish households smaller in NY than elsewhere due to the large number of Orthodox (who have lower rates of including non-Jews in their Jewish households)? Indeed, the study attributes it in part to the high birthrate of Orthodox families, but also to the "dramatic increase in the number of people who consider themselves 'partially Jewish,' many the children of intermarriage."
Unlike major religious groups in the United States, major segments of Jews do not necessarily identify being Jewish with Judaism as a religion. Significant numbers of Jews claim their religion as "none." This configuration is particularly common among the intermarried, children of the intermarried, and less engaged Jews, as well as Russian-speaking Jews. However, Jewish identity without religion is by no means isolated to these Jews; it is also expressed by those influenced by certain Zionist and Yiddishist movements in the United States and Europe. Still others lay claim to Jewish identity even though they maintain religious identities tied to something other than Judaism.
After reading the first two sentences here, I started to wonder about those Jews who have identified as cultural Jews for generations, but was reassured that intermarriage wasn't being (solely) blamed as I continued reading the last two sentences.
Growing up in Canada, our Jewish population studies are slightly different. According to the Canadian census, one is considered Jewish if one identifies as Jewish by ethnicity, by religion, or both. Additionally, one is counted as Jewish if identifying as Jewish by ethnicity and with a religion that does not require conversion (such as Buddhism, but not, say, Catholicism). Using definitions such as these, perhaps there wouldn't be a negative connotation to being Jewish but listing religion as "none."
Several factors account for the rise of the nondenominational segment of the population. One factor noted earlier is a decreasing attachment to denominational (and other social) identities, including political parties, consumer brands, nations, and communities. Another is the increased number of adult children of intermarriage — among the adult children of the intermarried, 65% identify with no denomination or a minor denomination, in contrast with just 32% of the adult children of two Jewish parents. A third is the increasingly porous boundaries that allow the entry of people born non-Jewish but who become identified as Jews despite never having gone through conversion.
This one surprised me. I'm familiar with the growing trend to move away from denominations. (Heck, I'm as engaged with Judaism as it gets, but pray at transdenominational or post-denominational minyans instead of synagogues of any denomination and regularly score low on Steven M. Cohen's scales. (One such example, where I score a zero.)) But I hadn't expected the statistic to be so much greater among adult children of intermarriage. I'd love to know more: Were these adults raised with strong ties to the Jewish community? Were they raised in denominations that recognized their parents' marriages? Recognized them as Jews? And when it comes to "minor denomination," why are Renewal, Sephardic, secular humanist, havurahs and minyans, and others considered lesser?
Further, how do these statistics take into account the likelihood of an intermarried individual who was raised Orthodox or Conservative shifting to Reform, Reconstructionist or "other" (or no) denominations after facing barriers in the denomination in which they were raised? If raised Orthodox but now participating in a Reform synagogue, because that's the only place they could find clergy to officiate their wedding, because that's where their patrilineal children are acknowledged as Jewish, they're now counted as Reform (though they might not identify as "Reform" nor "Orthodox" now). And with statistics skewed in this way, it perpetuates the idea that intermarriage isn't an issue for the Orthodox community (or Conservative, to a lesser extent), making it difficult to make inroads there.
as intermarriage rates persist or rise, and as Jewish group boundaries remain porous, we can expect further increases in the nondenominational, along with Jews who score low on indices of Jewish engagement.
Intermarriage is to blame? Shouldn't this read, "unless the Jewish denominational organizations make changes, start welcoming and including intermarried partners and families, we can expect further increases in the nondenominational…"?
3 in 5 Jews are congregationally affiliated, only 1 in 6 non-Jews living in Jewish homes is congregationally affiliated. The vast majority of people in congregationally affiliated households are Jewish (Orthodox, 99%; Conservative, 97%; Reform, 95%). Non-Jews in Jewish households disproportionately live in homes that are nondenominational and that do not belong to congregations.
How does this compare to Boston, where the federation (CJP) focuses some spending on interfaith families? Is there still such an extreme divide between Jewish households that are congregationally affiliated and households with non-Jewish members? In the footnote for the chart that fleshes out the above statistic, there's a footnote explaining that those non-Jewish (presumably intermarried) who said they identified as Reform were moved to the "other" category. That seems off to me, given the definition of conversion (below) that included self-identifying as Jewish with or without formal conversion.
By way of definition, we classify married couples into three categories.
It's nice, though not without controversy, to see their self-identification definition of conversion, instead of sticking to those who have taken a formal conversion route.
This definition would also lower the number of intermarried couples, as those who have not formally converted, even if living Jewishly, are usually counted amongst the non-Jewish, thus forming an intermarriage.
The "couple rate" is always higher than the "individual rate." A simple example will clarify the point: in a population with just two couples — one in-married and the other intermarried — the intermarried couple rate is 50%, as half of the two couples are intermarried; however, of the three Jews in the population, just one is intermarried. Thus, for the same imaginary population, a third of the Jewish individuals are intermarried, while half of the couples are intermarried.
Always good to remember this distinction.
In 2011, 72% of all Jewish married couples in the eight county area were in-married, another 6% were conversionary in-married, and 22% were intermarried. This distribution is nearly identical to that found in 2002, when 22% of couples were intermarried and 7% were conversionary in-married. In 1991, 20% were intermarried. Over a 20-year period, then, intermarriage edged upward by a relatively small amount, but only in the first part of the period. In effect, the overall rate of intermarriage has stabilized in the eight-county New York area.
22% of NY's couples are intermarried? That's much lower than the national average of 48%. I wonder how much their inclusive definition of "conversionary" lowers this stat.
Intermarriage rates really jump among people who do not belong to a congregation.
Let's look at this one differently. It isn't cause and effect (intermarriage leads to lack of affiliation). Rather, too often congregations and denominational bodies haven't kept up with the needs of their potential members. (Want to attract more intermarried couples to your congregation? Our Resource Center for Program Providers and Resource Center for Jewish Clergy both have great suggestions.)
For the most recently conducted marriages, those who wed between 2006 and 2011, as many as 50% of non-Orthodox couples intermarried. This rate represents the first time that the intermarriage couple rate reached the halfway point, attaining a level almost three times that found in the 1970s.
This reminds me of how women are seen as a minority group, despite being a majority of the population. Can we start seeing intermarried couples and their families as a main Jewish population? Stop seeing them as the minority? Can we shift federation and other communal funding and programming accordingly?
On nearly all measures of Jewish engagement, the intermarried trail the in-married.
I don't think we can measure them on the "groom or bloom" scale. And, again, I think there's a sizeable population of intermarried who aren't engaged because they do not feel welcomed with their partner and/or families at Jewish events, organizations, etc. It is the responsibility of the greater Jewish community to change this, not just the individual's.
Among the intermarried, we find changes ranging from an increase of 5 percentage points (giving to a Jewish cause other than UJA-Federation) to a decline of 16 percentage points (importance of being Jewish). Double-digit declines also characterize Chanukah candlelighting (-13%) and participating in a Passover seder (-12%).
This completely differs from the results of our annual Passover/Easter and December Holidays surveys, where we've been seeing increases.
In short, from 2002 to 2011, the intermarried became more distant from Jewish life, especially when compared with the in-married.
As a community, what can we do to change that? How can we meet the needs of intermarried couples and their families, make sure they feel explicitly welcomed in our Jewish communities and organizations?
The vast majority of intermarried Jews are relatively unengaged in Jewish life: 70% score low or very low on the Index of Jewish Engagement (see Exhibit 4-22) as compared with just 22% of the non-Orthodox in-married.
Again, I'm not sure we can accept these statistics as they stand. By an earlier study of Cohen's, I scored a 0 for "Jewish Educational Background," despite my heavy involvement in Jewish life, both at home and communally, for most of my life. They just didn't fit into Cohen's ascribed Jewish experiences. Is it possible for people to be engaged without paying for a synagogue membership, without feeling "very attached" to Israel, without "always" or "usually" lighting Shabbat candles? Yes.
The Intermarried Are Far Less Engaged — But Not Because of Lack of Comfort
I saw this section heading and was surprised. When I then saw the statistics of discomfort compared to non-married individuals, it all came together for me. Like many groups within the Jewish community, those who are not married (by choice or because they are still looking) often report feeling excluded from community organizations and events. This goes doubly for those without kids (by choice or otherwise), who frequently feel shidduch-crisis">excluded for their decisions. And this is another example of the Jewish community needing to shift, not just the individual. Too often, the entry point for a Jewish adult into the community is their wedding or having a child whom they want to educate Jewishly. Not married, no kids? Those entry points don't exist for you.
That the percentage of discomfort is so low (10-14%) remains surprising, given all the anecdotal evidence I've heard over the years, both personally and as a Jewish professional. Do people feel they cannot report feeling discomfort with the Jewish community on a Jewish community study?
Over the years, opposition in the Jewish population to intermarriage and one's children intermarrying has steadily declined.[/quote]
Really? The two options for answers were "upset" and "not upset"? That's hardly nuanced! As Julie Wiener said, more response options were needed. Including, "something like 'somewhat disappointed' or 'depends on other factors, like whether or not they plan to be involved in Jewish life and what decisions they've made about how they will raise future children.'"
the demonstration of the close ties between Jewish social networks and Jewish engagement helps partly explain why the intermarried as a group score lower on Jewish engagement than the in-married as a group, and yields implications for policies designed to elevate their engagement and that of others. It is of some consequence that the intermarried maintain very few Jewish social connections. Among the intermarried ages 30 to 39, fully 77% live fairly isolated from other Jews — no one else is Jewish in their homes and only 4% have mostly Jewish friends. In contrast, their in-married age peers not only have Jewish spouses and most have Jewish children at home — the vast majority (74%) also has mostly Jewish friends.
The study's authors offer InterfaithFamily.com's model of connection (to other intermarried couples) and advocacy/education (helping intermarried couples and their families access and be included in the Jewish community, raise children with Judaism, and help the Jewish community become welcoming and open for these couples and families) as the solution to this low engagement.
Chapter 5
Much of the content that looks at intermarriage and its impact on Jewish engagement I've already countered, above. (See "groom or bloom" and read the full blog post that's linked there.)
the philanthropic behavior of intermarried households is distinguished in three ways:
Could this be another statistic demonstrating the need of the community to change, not just the individual? If intermarried couples/families feel underserved by Jewish organizations, there's not much incentive to give to them. (If I'm allergic most pets, I'm not likely to donate to an animal shelter.) If the Jewish communal organizations of these eight counties of NY did a giant push to attract, welcome, engage, include intermarried couples/families, I'd like to think they'd see long-term growth in donations from this demographic.
As compared with other Jewish households, in-marriage rates (87%) are far higher and intermarriage rates (13%) are far lower among Russian-speaking households, roughly half the rate for non-RSJ households.
The explanation given has to do with their relative recent immigration, as I would suspect, which lends to tight-knit, ethnic identity-based community standards. A generation or two later, their American-born (grand)children are more likely to have similar intermarriage rates.
Perhaps my favorite chapter heading, if only for its "we don't know what to do with these other groups"-ness.
of those married, many more LGBT people are intermarried (44% versus 22%), and fewer belong to congregations (33% versus 45%). As compared with others, LGBT respondents (precisely, respondents from households with one or more LGBT individuals) score lower on all measures of Jewish belonging.
This is disappointing, but not surprising. It's hard to find a partner, harder still if there are limitations (religion, gender, LGBT, etc.). If groups feel excluded from the general Jewish community, they're less likely to join congregations or other communal organizations, and score lower levels of "engagement" to formal Judaism.
Biracial, Hispanic, and Other Nonwhite Households
There's just so much to say for this section. Instead of hearing it from me, I urge you to read an article that Be'chol Lashon contributed to, originally published by the Jewish Week.
I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted. There's just so much to think about in here. What are your thoughts?


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This sort of leadership in children, ages 3 to 5, is one of the many benefits Community Services for Children Inc. educators say they're seeing in their two literacy labs for their Head Start and Pre-K Counts Preschool.
CSC, a nonprofit based in Allentown, runs all of the Head Start programs in Lehigh and Northampton counties as well as Pennsylvania's Pre-K Counts free preschool program. Pre-K Counts families and kids are dual-enrolled in Head Start.
The labs opened four years ago and are used by more than 240 students each year. Studies show the students using the lab outperform students at their other centers without the labs, said Deidra Vachier, director of early education services for CSC.
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Community Services for Children hopes to add more labs, or even a mobile lab, but it's costly. Just equipping a lab costs $40,000. The existing labs were paid for by Lehigh Valley business leaders.
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Children from low socioeconomic backgrounds tend to have little exposure to technology, compared to middle-class peers, Vachier said. Young adults, minorities and low-income households increasingly rely on smartphones for Internet access, not computers, according to a 2012 Pew Internet and American Life Project study.
"We're really trying to decrease that technological divide," Vachier said.
When Head Start children enter preschool, they're typically 18 to 24 months behind developmentally. Studies have shown children living in poverty have heard just one-third of the words that a peer growing up in a middle-class home will have heard, said Sara George, the vice president of development.
"In eight months we're trying to bridge two years of development," Vachier said.
More than 90 percent of CSC Head Start students, who don't have access to the lab, start kindergarten proficient in language, George said. That jumps to 98 percent for students using the lab, Vachier said.
At the start of the school year, students have no idea what to make of the lab. Some have never seen a computer and don't know how to use a mouse, said Mark Telesha, the literacy lab coach.
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Then they have 45 minutes of independent play with the smartboard and other toys in the room.
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SPRINGFIELD - A ban on smoking in private clubs appears inevitable here.
Members of the Public Health Council, which has the legal authority to impose the ban, met today with the City Council Public Health and Safety Committee to explain their unanimous support of clearing all private clubs of smoke.
Clashing occasionally with club representatives, they stuck to their position, saying the ban will likely take effect on July 1.
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text: Dear Annie: I have several cousins who are celebrating weddings and baby showers this summer. Several of my aunts will not attend any of these events if they are not held in a Catholic Church. They say it is against their "rules." One aunt sent a reply saying she would not attend the outdoor wedding because it was not being held in a church. Another aunt replied to a wedding shower invitation that she would not attend it at a Lutheran church hall because it was not her religion.


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Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Sheer Colour powders have finally arrived in the US ($57.50 for 12 g/0.42 oz). There are seven shades available in the powder. Each come encased in a black pouch and a beige colored square compact. The Les Beiges Powders come with a half-moon domed-shaped brush, but there is also a separate Les Beiges Retractable Kabuki Brush ($70) that has been released as well specifically for use with the Les Beiges powders. The compacts for Les Beiges are the same size as the now discontinued Poudre Douce, but with slightly less product. I was able to preview and test Les Beiges last month at a Chanel event. The artist used the shade in N° 20 all over as a soft finishing powder over the Vitalumière Aqua Compact Foundation in B30 (a full coverage foundation), then used N° 40 as a face contouring powder to add definition. The result was a flawless glow.
1) Dusted over a full coverage foundation with the Retractable Kabuki or Touch Up Brush creates the best effect for me. There is a big gap between N° 20 and 30 and unfortunately I fall in that range. If I could only pick one, right now the N° 20 works best for me when dusted lightly over foundation. I've found mixing both N° 20 + 30 gives the best color finish even though the powders are sheer.
2) Buffed over a sheer foundation or tinted moisturizer needs a denser brush like the Retractable Kabuki. My skin is not good enough to just wear a sheer tinted moisturizer and sheer powder. I need something with more coverage. Dipping the brush into the powder and buffing the color into the skin helps create a heavier coverage but it's still a bit too sheer for my taste.
3) Buffed over bare but moisturized skin (like in Lisa Eldridge's video). I tried this over Chanel Le Jour de Chanel mixed with a bit of Chanel Sublimage Le Fluide (small sample). I used the same buffing method that Lisa demonstrated. This would work best with those who have near flawless skin. This method did give a lovely sheer glow with soft coverage however my skin isn't in the best condition right now and in need of something with more pigment. If you have any imperfections you need to hide this method won't cover them.
4) Used as a dark contour with the darker shades. N° 30 isn't dark enough for me to use as a contour, but anything darker like N° 40 work perfectly. There's enough warmth in these to look natural on the skin but not too much brown so that these look like a bronzer (at least on me). N° 30 does work to add warmth by dusting it over the cheeks and temples but in a very subtle way.
5) Used as a touch-up powder with the half moon brush. I will probably need to test this more, but I found that the half moon brush did not pick up enough color to do much of anything. It's made well with high quality bristles and cut for a compact, but the bristles are not dense enough for me to pick up much color to deposit on the face. If you've had luck trying it I'd love to hear about your experiences.
Les Beiges powders should be at all Chanel counters now. I found mine in store at Nordstrom. You can also find these online at Nordstrom, Chanel.com, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdales.


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This Summer weather has me completely confused! One day it's hot and one day it's cool. While I may not be able to predict the weather, there is one thing I am certain about. Montreal's Do-Gree Fashions is keeping my daughter in style, with their irresistible newest designer kids line Tooby*Doo. Toobydoo™ is a children's wear lifestyle design label founded in New York. It embodies the style and spirit of the exploring kid and the fun of play.
You can find the Toobydoo line in many of today's popular magazines such as People, Vogue, In Style, Nickelodeon, and more. You can also find many celebrity kids sporting the Toobydoo line on the big screen and even the red carpet.
Seeing stripes and geometric prints? That's the point of many of Tooby*Doo designs.
The Tooby*Doo collection offers clothes for those action-filled days of summer vacation, hanging at home on rainy days, indoor and outdoor play and everything in between.
Many of Toobydoo dresses my daughter owns are so versatile that we have gone from play to shopping and then dinner out.
In another era, children's clothes were once modest and timeless in design. It is nice to see styles coming back into focus that allows kids to be kids. This sleeveless dress with Ikat print pattern and faux fuchsia pink belt, certainly brought back memories of my childhood. The dress is both classically elegant and lovely. The charming design will insure your summer party goer makes a grand entrance. My daughter certainly looked like a little lady wearing it and the fit was perfect. It certainly added a touch of vintage look to my daughter's wardrobe and left me asking "does it come in ladies sizes too?"
Family picnics or playground play, your little one will stay stylish in the Ruffle tank dress. Made of stretch cotton knit the dress features a sleeveless design with tank style shoulder straps to keep her cool on the hot summer days.
Unfortunately it's not always easy for girls to find T-shirts that fit them properly. Created in an ultra-soft stretch cotton, Tooby*Doo tees provides good coverage without being overly large or showing off the belly. They are perfect for pairing with Miss Shortie. Created in a soft French terry cotton, the shorts feature a drawn string waist for a comfortable fit. I found them to fit perfectly, though they do run a bit on the smaller size.
Tooby Doo is all about the active kid and the fun of play. Today's Woman reviewer Tanya's daughter has been hitting the beach this summer in Tooby*Doo super trendy swimwear! The classic design delivers a modest swimsuit that will have your daughter ready for fun in the sun. 80% nylon and 20% spandex insures that the suit fits with ease.
Made for newborns and children up to age 10, Toobydoo is the brand of choice for the stylish, active kid. Tooby*Doo vibrant colors and patters are never dull or are the kids who wear them. Also, if you have children in different age ranges, many of Tooby*Doo styles can be paired, making it a great brand for those family photos.
This month, make sure to stock up on your Toobydoo gear and keep an eye out for what's new this fall. Tooby Doo is exclusively distributed in Canada by Do-Gree Fashions Ltd.


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PERTH AMBOY - Following a rare public hearing regarding personnel matters, the Perth Amboy Board of Education voted to not renew the contract of former robotics teacher Gerald Brady, according to The Amboy Guardian.
Brady, who was hired in Sept. 2010, told the board in front of parents and teachers that he was not given the correct textbooks or tools necessary to teach four full-year courses. He also added that many requests made to administrators were not answered.
He also argued that his observations from the school staff were unfair, pointing out that despite having classes with an average grade of 85 or higher, staff only observed the class that held a low C average.
"My classes performed very well and, compared to a lot of classes being taught, my classes did really well," he said according to the Amboy Guardian. "The observation which was used to not renew my contract was done only in my first period class that had the worst average. Why doesn't the rest count?"
Perth Amboy High School Principal Dr. Nestor Collazo refuted Brady's claims at the meeting, stating that he received the necessary equipment and observations took place during two separate class periods.
He addd that Brady's release was due in part to his teaching methods.
"The fact is he did receive equipment and he got it in a timely fashion," Collazo said according to the Guardian. "Mrs. Anastasio proceeded to do the observation again in either Brady's third and fourth period classes. She walked into that different classroom and observed the same practices and issues that had raised serious concerns."
The board convened in closed session, which lasted about two hours, before coming back and voting 4-4, resulting in Brady not being reinstated for the upcoming school year.
Vice President was not in attendance, causing the tie vote.
Failing to be reinstated due to a tie vote was a point of contention for Brady, according to the story.
"Since when in America does one side win in a tie vote and the other side loses?" Brady told the Guardian. "This should be put up for a vote again with the full nine members present. I feel I really got cheated there."


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First, a very happy New Year to you all from all friends of Learning Solutions in Europe and Africa and from me.
This month's story comes from Israel and is about an attempt to build bridges between a group of students and their college lecturers. In a way the story is not new. We have all heard and read about the disconnects between the conduct of teaching and the ways in which learners communicate and want to learn. Roger Schank is particularly vocal about the broken nature of the education system in the USA; Steve Wheeler (UK) speaks regularly on platforms around the world about the need for teaching methods to catch up with our modern connected world. His work at Plymouth University is breaking new ground: It shows the potential for innovative collaborative learning of young learners who will all too soon be college and university students and the employees of only a decade in the future.
Meanwhile, Eran Gal is tracking the learning journeys of students in a college in Israel through to their post-college lives. Once completed, his project should make for a fascinating study, but that is some way down the line.
Right now he is studying the impact of teaching methods in the first year of particular courses of study and the impact of those methods on behavior in the third year and beyond. The groups Eran is working with are psychology students "whose most hated course is statistics" and students studying micro-economics, "widely seen by teachers and students alike as the most demanding part of the Economics BA degree."
Based on his findings, Eran is attempting to take perceived successful learning methodologies from the commercial world back into academia. Accepting the limitations of the Kirkpatrick model in today's eLearning and connected world, Eran seeks to move beyond levels one and two to discover what genuine learning and transfer is occurring and from where in the academic course it comes.
So, what is happening? In line with common practice in the world of work, the college faculty has identified and made public to the students six key performance indicators (KPI) for the courses. Each KPI has an action plan to achieve it. Familiar stuff to those of us in the commercial world? Maybe, but the problem is the nature of the action plans and the kinds of KPI the faculty have set. The KPI are individually driven and theoretically based.
To understand the problems and help students, Eran has been running focus groups. The simple conclusion is that this type of KPI is inappropriate both for the students' immediate learning (the methodology is alien to their culture) and not relevant to the world the students believe awaits them after their studies.
So what are they looking for? Collaborative methods of study enabled by the social media. The college's student union set up learning groups on Facebook that are blind to the lecturer. Those learning groups are also designed to capture and include students from outside the formal learning system who are not enrolled but who wish to access the content. Early results indicate greater achievement and stronger engagement with the curriculum, born out of a common journey to the end point.
Eran's challenge now is to find ways of harnessing the two approaches. The college faculty is traditional and perceives itself constrained by established methodologies. The student approach is fuelled by a different culture and different beliefs about the way their world works. Neither is fully aligned to the world of work.
The novelty that Eran Gal has uncovered is a kind of open resources initiative that the student body conceived and drives. 2012 saw the emergence of major global consortia, all rushing to provide open access to academic content. Here in a small college in Israel is an example of the students themselves opening their content to outsiders. At the same time, they are taking responsibility for optimizing their own learning prospects by forging their own learning methodologies.
Maybe 2013 will see a breakthrough in student power as frustration with the broken and antiquated methodologies of traditional institutions increases. Tertiary education and the world of work would do well to look at the amazing work being done around the world in primary schools to take advantage of technology. Meanwhile, Eran Gal's work may well shed some useful light, enabling a closer tailoring of modern learning methodology to eventual academic success and successful employment beyond.
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TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie is calling for a constitutional amendment that would rewrite how judges are paid and allow him to require members of the court pay for increased health benefits.
On Monday, a Superior Court judge said changes to Christie's pensions and benefit reforms are "unconstitutional" for members of the judiciary. Christie blasted that judge, saying she was ruling in favor of her own pocketbook.
"Salary means salary — not pension, not health benefits, and not other emoluments of office," Christie said today.
"We are not going to leave this decision in the hands of a self-interested judiciary, but if necessary will put it in the hands of the people who ultimately pay these bills."
The proposed amendment would change language that now says judicial salaries can not be changed while they are in office. Christie said that change, which would be on the 2012 ballot if lawmakers agree, "should send a clear signal from the administration and the state legislature that we stand foursquare behind the pension and health benefit reforms we passed this last June."
Monday's ruling marks a blow for Christie, who has talked locally and nationally about the state's estimated $112 billion unfunded liability for pensions and health coverage for public workers. In June, Christie worked with key Democrats to successfully push legislation to increase the amounts workers pay to fill that gap.
One judge, Hudson County Superior Court Judge Paul DePascale, filed suit against the law, alleging that those increased contributions violated the state constitution's provision that judges' compensation could not be reduced during their tenure.
A Superior Court judge in Mercer County agreed that requiring judges to pay more out of their paychecks amounted to a "diminution of salary."
The ruling, even by a lower court, threatens Christie's across-the-board plan. And if it stands, it throws off the amounts the state can save through its reforms.
Christie's reform increased contributions by all public workers to the state's five different public pension funds. Judges specifically will contribute 12 percent of their salary to their Judicial Retirement Fund.
According to Treasury figures, many retired judges make more than $10,000 per month in pension alone.
Meanwhile, starting this summer, high-earning judges are also set to contribute more for their healthcare plans, as all public workers in July follow a sliding scale of increased premium contributions that are tied to salary. Highest-earners, making over $95,000 a year, will pay 17.5 percent of their premiums starting July 1, and that will rise to 35 percent of premiums by 2014.
If the courts slow those judiciary employees from paying those contributions, Christie will have to walk back some of the estimated savings from his landmark policies. His administration last week confirmed the state would save just $10 million through its health changes, largely because very few public employees are expected to choose any of the new, cheaper state-bought healthcare plans this year.
Christie meanwhile has aggressively touted a projected $267 million that towns and state employers could save through pension reform next year.
By Juliet Fletcher/Statehouse Bureau Staff


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For full DOCSIS 1.1 support, the routers must contain valid DOCSIS certificates in non-volatile memory.
Some cable modem routers were produced when the DOCSIS 1.1 specification was still being finalized, and the certificates in these routers do not conform to the requirements in the final specification. This may cause the router to fail to come online when Baseline Privacy Interface Plus (BPI+) is used under DOCSIS 1.1 code.
The Cisco uBR905/uBR925 cable access routers and Cisco CVA122 Cable Voice Adapters support DOCSIS 1.1 operations when running Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15)CZ. For full DOCSIS 1.1 support, the routers must contain valid DOCSIS certificates in non-volatile memory.
Some routers were produced when the DOCSIS 1.1 specification was still being finalized, and the certificates in these routers do not conform to the requirements in the final specification. Cisco has produced valid certificates for these routers, which can be downloaded to the routers using the procedures given in this document and detailed on the CD-ROM.
The router/modem fails to come online when BPI+ is enabled in the DOCSIS 1.1 configuration file, but will successfully come online when BPI+ is disabled.
If the router/modem has already been upgraded to Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15)CZ, or later version of DOCSIS 1.1 code, attempts to upgrade the software image through the DOCSIS configuration file will also fail.
A CD-ROM has been produced with the needed software and certificates to perform the upgrade procedure that is detailed here. The CD-ROM has comprehensive documentation and web pointers that offer detailed information on the upgrade procedure and related documents that address concerns when moving to DOCSIS 1.1 generally. The CD-ROM is a no-charge orderable part with the following product name and ID:
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Product ID: UBR/CVA-CERT-UPG
The upgrade procedure performs the following steps:
A DOCSIS configuration file is created that specifies that the router should load a new software image and upgrade the certificates. The DOCSIS configuration file and certificates are loaded on a TFTP server that is accessible to the router.
The router is reloaded and downloads the new DOCSIS configuration file, which forces the router to download the appropriate Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15)CZ software image. The router ignores the commands to upgrade the certificates at this point because the software images previous to Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15)CZ do not support them.
The router reloads and boots the Release 12.2(15)CZ image. When the router downloads the new DOCSIS configuration file again, it executes the commands to upgrade the certificates. After the router downloads the new certificates, it reloads a second time.
The router reboots with the Release 12.2(15)CZ image and valid DOCSIS 1.1 certificates. At this point, it can download a new configuration file that specifies normal operations.
This procedure can be used to upgrade all Cisco uBR905/uBR925 cable access routers and Cisco CVA122 Cable Voice Adapters for DOCSIS 1.1 operations. If the router already has a valid certificate, it will ignore the commands to upgrade the certificate and will download only the Cisco IOS Release 12.2(15)CZ software image for DOCSIS 1.1 support.
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Port to put tax increase for marina on November ballot
FREELAND — Port of South Whidbey commissioners unanimously agreed this week to put a tax increase on the November ballot to pay for the $8.2 million makeover of the Langley Marina.
"It's up to the voters now," said Port Commissioner Lynae Slinden.
At their meeting Wednesday night, commissioners decided on a ballot measure for a 9-cent increase in the port's property tax levy. The levy would be assessed for 20 years.
Currently, the port collects 10.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value.
If the measure passes in November, homeowners would see a roughly $32 per year increase for a home valued at $360,000. The total levy for an owner of a $360,000 home would be approximately $70 a year.
Though the Freeland Library conference room was prepared for a big crowd, only one resident showed to voice his concerns; Mike Noblet from Clinton and the former mayor of Bothell.
"It bothers me that a lot of people are hurting financially in this district," Noblet told commissioners.
"You may be competing against other agencies that provide essential services, such as the fire department and hospital," he added.
Noblet also said the marina is something that 99 percent of the people on the island won't use.
"It seems this project has a life of its own. Did you ever consider a do-nothing alternative? You are building something for the well-being of the few and I think you're making a mistake," he said.
Port Commissioner Geoff Tapert said the whole marina project has been on the table since at least 2004, with many public presentations, discussions and input.
"Investing in a structure like this is the right thing to do if we want to encourage the economy to grow," Tapert said.
Port Commissioner Rolf Seitle said he is worried about the economic downturn as well.
"A marina is considered a luxury by some," he said.
"Our main charter is economic development and an economic model prepared for us has shown the positive effects a marina will have," Seitle said. "A great deal of time and effort has been invested and if we can take the boater's money, we'll be glad to do it. It will definitely benefit people who don't own boats."
Slinden said the project will improve the economy of South Whidbey.
"This is something we've committed to do with the city of Langley and it will bring in tourism business that will affect the entire South End," she said.
Noblet noted that, though he respects the work the commissioners did, he hoped the voters fully realized what's at stake.
"This isn't discretionary spending," he said. "When it's on your tax bill, it has to be paid."
Port officials also agreed on a final design for Phase I of the project, which will add 67 leasable slips, including several stern-to-boat tie-ups.
The layout is intended to maximize the number of slips, both transient and permanent, which can be accommodated by the initial improvements.
There will be 34 new permanent slips with utilities along the new east-west walkway. There will also be 10 new transient slips with utilities along the walkway on the opposite side of the small boat center.
Slinden said the design was worth all the changes .
"It's a nice balance between the needs and desires expressed by people during the many public meetings we held," she said.
Whatever the outcome of the vote in November, the port plans to do at least a "mini-makeover" of the uplands when they formally take control in January.
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Earlier this month, we posted a story about collaboration between the American Heart Association and Macy's, in which they sought nominations of women who had gone to great lengths to improve their heart health.
The winner would be an honored guest at the Feb. 7 Go Red Total Makeover event to be held at the downtown Portland department store. The event is part of the nationwide Go Red For Women campaign aimed at raising awareness of heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women, and advocating for research.
Contest organizers didn't exactly have an avalanche of nominees. But among the 12 women nominated by themselves or by others, one was selected: Bernie Delaney, a 53-year-old Southwest Portlander and Oregon Health & Science University employee. She wins a $500 gift card from Macy's so that, in the words of a Heart Association spokeswoman, she can make over her wardrobe as she has already made over her life.
Here's Delaney's story, in her own words:
The last couple of years, I began to notice that at each of my doctor and dental appointments, whenever they took my blood pressure, they would comment "It is a little high, is it always like this?" Of course, I was in complete denial and said "No, I am just nervous." But I knew better. I knew the danger of having high blood pressure. I even purchased a BP machine to keep track of it at home and told myself if it moved from the Prehypertension range to Hypertension I would definitely go to the doctor. I knew better, right? Wrong!
In October 2012, there was a Go Red for Women event at my work place (OHSU). I do not recall the exact words of the guest speaker, Dr. Joaquin Cigarroa, but the message that I got was loud and clear; I needed to lose some weight and get active to lower my risk for cardiovascular disease all the other chronic conditions that increase with Hypertension.
I participated in our employee wellness program, Healthy Team Healthy U (HTHU) and during one of our weekly sessions a light bulb went off. I realized the importance of protein in the diet and that mine was lacking it. I started a weight loss program, Take Shape for Life, which complemented the HTHU information. I began on March 30, 2013.
Today, I am 58 lbs lighter, am at a healthy BMI, blood pressure is now in the normal range, Cholesterol levels normal and I am no longer prediabetic. I feel awesome! What feels even better is paying it forward. I have now inspired three people to work on building lifelong, healthy habits. My sister has lost 54 pounds and my other friend is 6 pounds away from her goal. At work, my colleagues and I encourage each other to take walking breaks to get up and move around.
Here are some of my non-scale
victories from losing the weight:
** My joint pain is gone, I thought joint pain was part
of normal aging (I am 53) but it is not!
** Clear mind, no caffeine needed to stay alert.
** My message to everyone is to
never give up hope. There are a lot of great plans out there, just find one
that works for you. It is so worth it! Each day is a new opportunity to start
replacing unhealthy habits with healthy ones. And each day, and my health, is a
gift that I will never take for granted.
** I have started to jog again. I took it slow and listened to my body. I logged 60 miles last year.
** I can wear heels without my feet killing me.
-- Katy Muldoon