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Stepping Stones International
Rating: 4.8 stars 69 69 reviews
693 17TH Ave Salt Lake Cty UT 84103 USA
To unlock the potential of orphaned and vulnerable youth (ages 12-25+) by nurturing their mental, physical and social well-being and creating realizable opportunities for them to become self-sufficient.
7000+ youth served since 2005
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unlock the potential of orphaned and vulnerable youth (ages 12-25+) by nurturing their mental, physical and social well-being to create opportunities for them to become self-sufficient.
Direct beneficiaries per year:
1000+ youth
Geographic areas served:
Mochudi, Botswana
Leadership Skills, Life Skills, Community Mobilization, Men Care, Social Advocacy (HIV/AIDS, teenage pregnancy, gender based violence)
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The staff and volunteers at Stepping Stones inspire me. I'm so proud to be part of Stepping Stones and the good work that they do with adolescents. They make dreams come true and give young people in Mochudi a safe place to land in what is often a difficult world.
My wish would be to give the staff and management a big thanks and continued energy and resources in a dwindling resource environment. Keep up the great work ditsala - you are building stronger adults and a stronger nation. Thank you for your good work.
Stepping Stones International has made a significant difference in the lives of participants especially in the reading programs. The students are now reading, comprehending, learning and passing tests which allows them to continue in further education and/or in the job market. As well, the youth are experiencing new adventures which we take for granted daily, such as realizing their self value, finding hidden talents, making new friends, and realizing care and love!!!
SSI, you are the very BEST!!! Keep up the wonderful successes!
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Stepping Stones International is a one of a kind NGO in Botswana giving hope and life to youth ages 12-18 and beyond. These children are being fed, taught social skills, given a chance to know their worth and value. They have been robbed of a childhood and are given the chance to pick themselves up and realize that they are loved and are very valuable souls. They are receiving tutoring and are passing their tests and moving on to the next level of education. Many have progressed to employment in a field of their liking and choice. If not for this opportunity all would be out in the streets idly wandering and wondering and most likely engaging in activities of an evil nature.
Yes! Stepping Stones International is WONDERFUL AND VALUABLE!!!!!!!!!!! It is a happy place for many!!!
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Have soliited donations and received. Feel very confident about an EXCELLENT program. Love SSI!!!!!!
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Stepping Stones Intl. is a one of a kind program and most amazing. The staff is diverse and international from all parts of the world. The participants are given a chance to smile, laugh, and catch up with a bit of the childhood that was stolen from them. Progress has been made in academics, communication skills, income generating, financial management, entrepreneur skills, computer training, goal setting. A critical issue os sexual abuse and gender equality is being address with the youth and in the community. SSI reaches the 100 participants AND families AND community....building a healthier environment. SSI is nothing short of THE VERY BEST!!!!!!! Thanks SSI!!!!!
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The smiles and laughter emanating from the participants. At first Mmost were very shy and intovert but as time moved on they became trusting, open, laughing and loving.
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Somehow find more funding which is badly needed for progress.
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It has been my privilege to spend time with the youth at Stepping Stones Intl. I am in awe at how these young people have opened up and are progressing in a world that seemed so far out of their reach. They now have the chance to make choices,set goals,and become contributing adults. They know what it is like to be their ages and have fun. With more donations and monies, this nonprofit can accomplish amazing feats. Please Help!!!!!
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Many miracles have taken place from the beginning. One is Lisa Jamu who is an amazing person and whose ideas, hopes, and dreams have made miracles happen!!!
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the participants and the progress they make in interacting and opening up!
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Flourish like no other!!!!! It would grow and be able to go to places that have asked them to come. SSI would be able to pay quality salaries for top of the line staff! WOW!! IMAGINE!!!!
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IRVINGTON — The Irvington woman who faces charges in the bizarre neglect- and abuse-related death of her roommate's daughter was released from jail last week after a judge agreed to reduce bail, her attorney confirmed today.
Myriam Janvier, 24, walked out of Hudson County jail Tuesday nearly a year after she was locked up, charged with endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the death of 8-year-old Christiana Glenn.
The child's mother, Venetta Ovilde, remains in jail in lieu of $500,000 bail, charged with aggravated assault and child endangerment. Prosecutors say Ovilde neglected Christiana so badly that the girl died of an untreated broken femur and malnourishment.
The girl was found dead on May 22, 2011, in the Irvington apartment that Janvier and Ovilde shared. Two siblings suffered similar injuries but survived.
Neither Janvier nor Ovilde have been indicted, but the case is expected to go before a grand jury soon, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office has said. The prosecutor's office is seeking to raise the charges against Janvier.
Janvier's attorney, Bukie Adetula, confirmed that Superior Court Judge Peter Vazquez lowered his client's bail from $100,000 to $30,000, and that her family posted the 10 percent cash.
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• Siblings of 8-year-old Irvington girl who died say they were beaten, tied to radiator, starved


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An Emmaus man who punched a 14-year-old, breaking his eye socket, because he thought the boy spit on his car will not see prison time.
Christopher Quinn Williams today pleaded guilty to simple assault for the Oct. 11 attack.
The boy testified in court today that he and his friends were walking home when Williams got out of his car, pushed the boy and then punched him.
Williams said he was driving his girlfriend to work and thought the boy spit on his car. A previous time, Williams said, the boy yelled an expletive at him when he drove by.
"It doesn't justify hammering a kid and sending him to a hospital," Judge James Anthony said.
The boy said his glasses got knocked off and his nose was injured, leading to his losing a lot of blood. The boy said his friends knocked on the doors to three houses, but no one answered, so they called his mother, who eventually called an ambulance.
The boy needed four plates and more than a dozen screws to reconstruct his eye socket, and he temporarily lost 90 percent of his vision in his right eye, the boy's mother said.
"He sucker-punched a 14-year-old," Assistant District Attorney Greg Englert said.
The boy, who plays travel baseball and could throw an 80 mph pitch, said that attack has also affected his ability to play.
Williams apologized to the boy in court and the two shook hands in front of the judge. Anthony sentenced Williams to two years of probation and ordered him to receive anger management treatment.


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The Franciscan Northside Ministries food pantry and medical clinic remain closed this weekend because of a sewage backup, but the ministry still is celebrating.
The sewage backup occurred March 8 and workers have been cleaning up, disinfecting and replacing baseboard. It will be at least another week before the operation is running again, said Sister Dolly Bush.
The ministries' office next door, however, is open, and plans for today's 10th-year anniversary "Almost Silver Tea" reception won't change.
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It's time to take a look back at the stories making headlines this week in the 69 News Week In Review.
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The tragic death of a teacher who overdosed on heroin leads to a major policy change in the Bangor Area School District.
On Monday, the school board approved a mandatory random drug testing program for all teachers.
The move comes several years after the death of teacher Gina Riso, who overdosed on heroin while at the apartment of another district employee.
The policy will need to gain approval from the teacher's union before it can take effect.
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Tuesday, an ex-cop and his wife are charged with stealing nearly $1 million from a township in Lehigh County.
Officials say Nancy Tonkin stole more than $850,000 from South Whitehall Township as the long-time head of its utilities department.
And officials say her husband William Tonkin was in on the scheme, which provided money to fuel the couple's gambling habit.
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Wednesday, an alleged serial burglar is nabbed in Reading.
Police say 18-year-old Jacques Hutchinson was stealing copper from vacant homes around the area.
Officials say the teen took the copper to scrap yards, and got cash in exchange for the stolen material.
Police say Hutnchinson was finally caught after being seen breaking into a home on Hampde Boulevard.
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Thursday, four Lehigh Valley men are behind bars after allegedly kidnapping a Connecticut jewelry store owner.
Officials say 39-year-old Kasam Hennix of Easton, along with 31-year-old Timothy Forbes, 25-year-old William Davis and 26-year-old Jeffrey Houston of Allentown have all been charged with federal kidnapping and robbery.
Officials say back on April 11 all four men forced their way into the home of a Fairfield, Connecticut jeweler.
Police say they abducted the man and forced him to open his store where the robbers stole more than $4 million in jewels.
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Friday, two bank robberies only moments apart in Montgomery County leave authorities scrambling for answers.
The robberies happened late Friday afternoon at the Harleysville Savings Bank in Upper Providence and Univest Bank in Skippack.
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A flower is the reproductive structure of many plants. It usually has four main parts. The carpel is the female reproductive structure that produces eggs. The stamen is the male reproductive structure that produces sperm. Petals surround the carpel and stamen and are brightly colored. Sepals surround the flower petals before they open.
Let's focus on the carpel. A flower can have one carpel, many separate carpels, or many fused carpels. No matter the arrangement, a carpel always has a platform for receiving pollen called the stigma. Extending down from the stigma is a tube called the style. Below the style is an enlarged area called the ovary. The ovary is where a new plant begins to form.
Inside an ovary is one chamber, or locule; however, if there are many locules in a single ovary, this indicates that many carpels have been fused together. A locule houses one or more ovules. The placenta attaches an ovule to the ovary wall.
The major function of a flower ovary is to produce four structures:
Inside an ovule, cells divide to produce an egg and two more cells called polar nuclei. When a pollen grain lands on the stigma of a carpel, it will release two sperm cells, which travel down to the ovary. Inside the ovary, one sperm cell fuses with the egg to produce a zygote, or the first cell of a baby plant. This process is called fertilization. The second sperm cell fuses with the two polar nuclei to produce the endosperm. This will provide nutrients to the growing baby plant, or embryo.
After fertilization, an ovule develops into a seed and the surrounding ovary usually develops into a fruit. A seed contains the plant embryo, endosperm, and a protective outer seed coat. The fruit provides protection for seeds and allows for dispersal. For example, the seeds of a fruit cannot be digested by animals. So, they pass through an animal's body unharmed. As the animal travels from place to place, it will drop seeds along the way. This is important because plants cannot get up and walk to new locations.
A flower is a plant's reproductive structure. One major part is the carpel, the female reproductive structure that includes the ovary . Inside the ovary is an ovule that, when fertilized, will develop into a seed. A seed contains an embryo (baby plant), the endosperm (food for the embryo), and a seed coat. The surrounding ovary develops into a fruit after fertilization. Fruit is important for the protection and the dispersion of seeds.
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Atta Boy Roy tries the mile at Santa Anita Friday; Local horses featured at Golden Gate | Emerald Downs
The last time Atta Boy Roy raced around two turns was 26 months and 15 races ago.
That was the 2009 Longacres Mile in which Atta Boy Roy set the fastest fractions in the 76-year history of the race*:21 4/5, :44 and 1:07 3/5*before finishing fifth to Assessment. That Atta Boy Roy was only beaten 1-¾ lengths was a fine achievement, especially when considering he lost a shoe on the backstretch and failed to switch leads in the stretch.
Friday, Atta Boy Roy is entered in a one-mile race on dirt at Santa Anita. Carded as Race 2 at 1:31 p.m., the $55,000 allowance is for 3-year-olds and up which have never won $10,000 three times or have not won a graded stake in 2011. Atta Boy Roy is 3-to-1 on Jon White's morning line with Daniel Vergara the jockey at 118 lbs.
Owned by Roy Schaefer and trained by Valorie Lund, Atta Boy Roy is 12-7-1 in 29 starts lifetime and ranks No. 6 all-time among Washington-bred earners with $546,580. The 6-year-old ridgling is 2-1-1 in six starts this year and comes off a half-length victory in the six-furlong Shot Of Gold Handicap last month at Canterbury Park in Minnesota. Since the victory, Atta Boy Roy shipped to Turf Paradise and recorded three straight bullet workouts at five furlongs, most recently a :59 3/5 clocking last Sunday.
Total Bull, a lightly raced 6-year-old trained by Bob Baffert, is the 1-to-1-morning line favorite Friday. However, the son of 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus hasn't raced since winning a $100,000 stakes at Oaklawn Park on April 8, 2010.
Atta Boy Roy has finished off the board in two previous races at Santa Anita: 2009 Ancient Title Handicap (G1) and 2011 Potrero Grande Breeders' Cup Handicap (G2). Those were sprints, however, and both times he was compromised by poor starts from the rail post. Also, the 2009 race was Atta Boy Roy's lone career start on a synthetic surface.
Oakland Handicap Saturday at Golden Gate
Saturday at Golden Gate Fields, the Frank Lucarelli-trained Our Minesweeper defends his title in the $50,000 Oakland Handicap for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs on the synthetic Tapeta surface.
Owned by David P. Taylor, Our Minesweeper finished off the board in two starts this year at Emerald Downs, but the 4-year-old Idaho-bred is 3-3-1 in 12 starts on Tapeta, including a 1:08 4/5 clocking in his 19-to-1 upset in the 2010 Oakland Handicap. Leonel Camacho-Flores*voted Emerald Downs' Top Riding Achievement for his strong second-half*has the mount on the 4-year-old Idaho-bred. Lucarelli, of course, is coming off his first Emerald Downs training title since 2006.
Carded as the eighth race at 4:15 p.m., the Oakland Handicap drew a field of eight including the 12-for-25 Tribesman, a 7-year-old speedster ridden by former Emerald Downs' jockey Inoel Beato.
Hexbraker, owned by Edward and Theresa DeNike of Kent, is a 9-for-29 6-year-old to be ridden by Russell Baze, while probable favorite Shudacudawudya is 5-3-0 in nine starts at Golden Gate.
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Who takes a pre-schooler to a fashion show? She's not an accessory, poor little thing. Of course she was bored senseless. The average attention span for a kid that age is 10-15 minutes. La Lopez seems have decided to wear her negligee to the show in preference to actual day-wear. As for amusing oneself with a much younger lover, so what? Guys do it all the time.
Totally agree with you, Sandra. JLo creates her own publicity tableaux. This one is the "Look at me, aren't I the perfect madonna?". That being said, I do covet the black shoes.
Heather, I hope you'll be writing the JLo dialogues for a looong time. Hilarious!
Oh Heather, you are a jewel.
Is it just me, or is Casper a little…creepy? Strange? the way he has his left hand in a clenched fist in the first shot. I don't know, maybe he's pretending the other Lopez-Anthony spawn is holding that hand. There's something off-putting about him, vaguely thuggish. I know, I'm being so judge-y today.
JLo is so pretty, but she just always seems to try SO hard. She actually looks really fun and youthful with her face in that first shot. She always looks so diva and frankly a little silly. That white dress needs about 3 inches. Shoes are awesome.
Every one on the front row is creepy except Jennifer who is always lovely, even if a bit inappropriate in her dress at times. Why bring the poor marc child to the boring fashion show? Poor wee thing. MSHETERP is right- J just tries too hard.
Yes, I agree. I don't like him, either, and I can't really put my finger on why.
Lopez's white dress on the first shot is cute, but way too short.
Little Emme is adorbs, but her last name is Muniz, not Anthony.
those shoes. I won't be able to concentrate the rest of the day. Jlo really is gorgeousgorgeousgorgeous. I want her shoes and her genes and the white lace dress so I can put it over the leather pencil skirt it was obviously meant to go with.
In the first picture I couldn't figure out why the right foot on Ms. Lopez (our left) had a very prominent ankle bone. Then I realized the neutral part of her ankle bracelet or shoe strap was playing tricks on me. I am definitely on Team Go Up a Size for the pink dress. I liked the gray/silvery shoes from the pink outfit, especially since it didn't play provide a strange optical illusion as the black pair had.
Emme is adorable and J.Lo is beautiful. Casper, not so much of either. I kind of agree with a previous poster that I also find him somewhat thuggish and a bit off putting. And what the hell is up with the dark sunglasses inside the building? He's such a poser.
Emme is utterly adorable, but should have been going to a tea party in that fancy hotel, for about 20 minutes tops, poor thing.
Casper does not look like a friendly ghost. He looks like an out of place, average, thuggish teenage boy, and should be dating some high school senior. It's as creepy as when a 60 year old man takes up with a playboy bunny of nineteen.
I think J.Lo's surprised look is because she actually remembered she had a daughter. Can't wait to see the look on her face when she realizes she has a boy, too. Or, boy TWO.
that last pic commentary is gold, heather. GOLD. booty cape? your booty is a wonderland?!
that's why i read this blog.
Seriously, aeb. "Also, do you love that my booty is wearing a cape? It IS like a superhero. "
I DIED. In a good way.
I can't stand this woman, and never could. She looks like an ass dragging that teenager around with her. I feel for her children–she'll dump this guy and run through 8 or 10 guys who are also twenty years younger than she is and her poor children won't know if they should get attached to them, or if she's just using them so she has someone to show up places with so people don't think she's pathetic (hint: she is both using them, and pathetic).
La Lopez is so hot. Baby girl at a fashion show, not so much. Loser bf with shades on? Definitely not. I heard Kayne wasn't even wearing shades in the show. If you are a back-up dancer who is out-douching Kanye West…ouch. Like, what? He's so important he has to keep his eyes covered???
Not that I have any great like for the new boytoy (a cross between Vin Diesel and Jon Cryer), but I would be wearing shades, too. With all the paparazzi and attention, shades give you at least a little bit of privacy.
As for Her Overexposedness, yawn.
I think "Your Booty is like Wonder Man" is the greatest thing I've ever read on this site.
J.Lo is boring me, as always. When she finishes off Casper, I'll take 'im! I appreciate his intensity.
When your 4 year old's skirt is longer than yours it is time to rethink your fashion choices.
JLo is so, so pretty. Bringing a little kid to a long, boring fashion show – not a good plan. Boyfriend, yes, thuggish and perhaps very temporary.
More importantly – Pretend JLo/Hola Lovers – Comedy Gold!
I like how her shoes have padlocks on them so she can take them of and not worry about them being stolen
I like that she dresses her girl as a real little girl – so pretty!
The kid is an accessory. Junior from the hood is an accessory. And the fact that she dresses herself as though she were a teenager doesn't make her a teen ager. Chill, Jennifer, chill.
I died at –> "Sometimes children get bored. In one case, they hug their mamas and try not to scream, and in others, they perform sign language at someone sitting across from them and maybe try to get somebody's phone number."
I died even more at –> "Relax, lovers, I am not performing a patented Marc 'snack attack' on mi hija preciosa."
OMG, that was WONDERFUL. JLO looks terrific, loving her shoes in a big way. Her child is cuter than a button. Sunglasses indoors, all the better to stare at other women's boob, I say. (In slide seven, his 'package' looks like a pufferfish.)
La Lopez's lace skirt is too short. Otherwise, she looks good.


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STATEN ISLAND, NY - GREENRIDGE- Last week, on a gloomy, overcast Thursday morning, a group of hardy pre-schoolers showed up with little gardening shovels, pots of colored flowers and smiles bright enough to bring out the sun.
A total of 24 children met up with nearly 20 senior citizens at the Avis/South Shore Jewish Community Center (JCC) to gussy up the Greenridge site's outdoor side garden.
Two sets of 12 youngsters, ages 3 and 4, took turns planting white, yellow, purple and pink flowers, assisted by seniors who frequently attend the JCC.
It was the first time both groups had worked together.
All were delighted for the brief 20 minutes they shared. One pairing planted a portion of the flowers at 10:30 a.m., while the other dozen children completed the gardening at 11 a.m.
Some of the tiniest greenthumbs wore yellow gloves so their hands wouldn't get dirty. They also used pink and blue water canisters.
Some seniors watched while sitting on the benches, basking in the beauty of the moment.
"I love it," said Brenda Fox, a grandmother of five who attends the JCC twice a week. "It's great working with the little kids."
The beaming Annadale resident helped the youngsters dig a hole to place sets of flowers.
"It keeps you young when you work with kids," she said, noting that she visits the JCC to hang out and socialize with her friends.
"We're trying to pretty up our garden for everyone to enjoy it," said Shelly Lader, of Social Adult Day Care at the JCC, adding that now's the best time to plant flowers.
"It makes the seniors smile when they're around the children," Ms. Lader said, noting that they often high-five each other as they pass.
The pre-schoolers' teacher, Erica Tepedino, said having the class is a lot of fun.
"It's always interesting. It helps keep you grounded and you get a real sense of innocence," noted the woman, as assistant teacher Vicky Porcelli taught the kids the days of the week.


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Firefighters are battling two large wildfires in Oregon and one in Washington during the recent spell of hot and dry weather, according to the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center.
In Oregon, a grass fire near Warm Springs threatened the Kahneeta Resort & Casino and recreation sites as it burned more than 300 acres. Route 8 has been closed, and full containment is expected Monday.
Two miles southeast of Rogue River, a grass fire destroyed three outbuildings and burned 565 acres. The blaze is 40 percent contained.
In Washington, a brush fire near Leavenworth burned 250 acres and is 40 percent contained.
Causes for all three fires are being investigated.
On Wednesday and Thursday, officials will be on alert for abundant lightning that may set off large fires in central Oregon, according to a forecast for significant Northwest fires.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens" are some of the things we hear about this time of year. Of course, they are lyrics from the "Sound of Music" song "My Favorite Things."
Oprah Winfrey became nearly as big as Santa Claus by giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts to her audience members with "Oprah's Favorite Things."
I'm aiming for somewhere between free raindrops and new cars with Todd's Favorite Things — and I'm keeping it very local.
My love affair with Grand Rapids is a matter of public record and I couldn't think of a better way to share the love of my adopted hometown than by giving you the chance to witness and experience it for yourself.
Next week, from Dec. 11 through Dec. 14, I will post a daily feature on MLive that showcases three places and products I love from Grand Rapids.
Each day's feature will offer you the chance to win prizes from those places. That's four days and three places or products each day, for our own 12 days of Christmas.
I've got a pretty long list already but I'd love some suggestions.
If you were to put together a Christmas list of local things you would want, what would you put on that list?
Don't worry if you suggest something I haven't tried. While I'm making this feature personal, I'm also planning to make it an annual event and would love to learn more and do more around town. Finding new things to do is just one of the reasons I like living here.
So, put your suggestions in the comments section below and don't forget to check back next week for the start of Todd's Favorite Things and your chance to win some very cool free stuff.


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Folks: Has anyone heard of adding lead to concrete mixes, to increase weight/density? I just was told that the Jamesburg Earth Station, with huge amount of concrete and rebar required for the self supporting 30 meter diameter dish building and foundation, had some sort of lead shot entrained in the concrete, in order to increase weight, and, ostensibly to reduce the foundation volume required to support the (free standing) big dish. Rumor had it, some of the concrete trucks [see below] broke drive train and suspension components, due to their loads' extra heavy weight due to the lead that was put in the concrete. I am trying to validate the story. In the photos below, the concrete portion of the antenna support pedestal, extends to the point where the attachment bolts can be seen at the perimeter of the base of the steel turret. The concrete continues to a deep and heavily reinforced foundation. Is it possible that, like any free standing tower, WEIGHT is the driving factor in foundation deisgn, and in order to reduce cubic yards of excavation, and concrete, that lead was added to get enough weight into this foundation? Jamesburg Earth Station Pictures: Picture taken 2006 http://www.longandflatsociety.com/Galleries/JamesburgEarthStation/tabid/466/Default.aspx Pictures from Late 60s, during construction: Concrete Trucks, Foundation Pour http://www.comsat-history.com/albums/Jamesburg/Jamesburg_Dec_11_1967_Pouring_concrete_for_antenna_footings.sized.jpg Footing http://www.comsat-history.com/albums/Jamesburg/Jamesburg_Jan_12_1968_Footing_of_antenna_bldg_forms_for_ant_lower_pedestal_foundation.sized.jpg Pedestal http://www.comsat-history.com/albums/Jamesburg/Jamesburg_Jan_23_68_Antenna_mount_with_foundations_for_antenna_bldg_in_foreground.sized.jpg Pedestal http://www.comsat-history.com/gallery/Jamesburg/Jamesburg_March_12_1968_Antenna_complex?full=1 Antenna Lift http://www.comsat-history.com/gallery/Jamesburg/Jamesburg_May_27_68_Lifting_antenna_reflector_into_place 73, Pat AA6EG email@example.com _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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A bowl ban and scholarship reduction are unnecessary now because the University of Michigan took something from its own football program today that it spent the last few decades espousing: It stripped away its own boast that it never committed major rules violations.
It is not a complete certainty that the NCAA will accept Michigan's admission and self-imposed sanctions, including two years probation, as sufficient.
But it should, because of what Michigan took from itself.
The sanctions rise to the level of a college football giant plunging upon its sword, and if Michigan had done anything less, the Committee on Infractions would take that severely into account when it officially deliberates the case in August.
The admission of a program-wide failure to monitor and comply with practice maximums of four hours daily and 20 hours weekly, and the major violations that accompany it, should suffice.The termination of one individual for failure to comply with university and NCAA investigations constitutes individual accountability enough.
Most important, self-stripping that mantle of a pristine program that also wins big, of a program devoid of major violations yet also winner of more games than anyone in college football history, is punishment enough.
The university and head coach Rich Rodriguez both asserted, in their formal responses, that there was no failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance.
There was, however, an admitted failure of actual compliance, including not only the coaching staff, but also compliance officials who told investigators the violations occurred despite complete, unfettered access to football activities.
Athletic director David Brandon said some of the violations were the product of misinterpreted rules -- by both coaches and compliance officials -- and that reports of widespread abuses of practice time were inaccurate. Michigan claims daily limits were exceeded by as much as one hour only eight times, and the 20-hour weekly limit was exceeded just once -- by 20 minutes.
Clearly, Michigan defended itself against what it said were excessive media reports about its excessive practices.
Just as clearly, it admitted to every single allegation against it.
"Bad decisions were made," Brandon said. "There was sloppy handling of information. Some of our checks and balances were not implemented and executed as they should have been. We had failures of communication along the chain of command. And it led us to where we are today.
"If there was one single person to be blamed for this, we'd be doing it. The reality is that, frankly, the blame for this complex set of issues stands in a number of different areas and entities within the football program and the athletic department overall."
Rodriguez said he has spent "a great deal of time putting measures in and getting things corrected" to avoid repeat infractions. His personal response -- 89 pages long, accompanying the university's 79-page response -- attempted "to explain where mistakes were made, where the communication can be better, where I can do a better job, where the staff can do a better job."
In turn, a contractual clause allowing for Rodriguez's termination in the event of major violations would not be appropriate to execute, Brandon said. The only staffer fired was a graduate assistant coach who misled university and NCAA investigators.
The university claimed excess practice time totaled 65 hours during winter of 2008 and summer of 2009. In turn, it will limit the football team to 130 hours fewer than the permitted maximum practice time over the course of the next two school years, and curtail both the total number and responsibilities of the quality-control staffers whose monitoring of voluntary workouts spurred the violations.
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Stripping away the cloak of NCAA compliance it wore proudly for decades is punishment enough.
"Yes, we made mistakes," Brandon said. "We are being transparent about it, we're accountable, we're doing something about it, we're going to sure they don't happen again. And beyond that, I don't know what else we can do."
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Wow what can I say about the wedding I shot on Saturday? It was really quite stunning and just too beautiful, Jade, her family and friends made a huge effort to make it unique. Everywhere I looked there was something lovingly handmade and gorgeous to shoot.
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Cameron Schilling has been a plus on the ice for the Hershey Bears in 2013-14.
The defenseman has been a plus off the ice, too.
For his charitable endeavors, Schilling, 25, was named the team's IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year on Wednesday.
Schilling served as a guest coach for the Hershey Jr. Bears, participated in the first-ever "Defend the Kids" event that benefited Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Capital Region and attended all six monthly visits to Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital by Bears players.
The team honor makes Schilling, ranked third in team plus-minus (plus-10), one of 30 finalists for the AHL's Yanick Dupre Memorial Award, which honors the league's Man of the Year.
The award, scheduled to be announced later this month, is named in memory of late Bears forward Yanick Dupre. Dupre died of leukemia in 1997.
Former Bears captain Andrew Joudrey (Springfield Falcons) and former Bears forward Joey Crabb (San Antonio Rampage) were named Man of the Year for their teams. Drew MacIntyre, who made 10 appearances for the Reading Royals (ECHL) in 2012-13, was named team Man of the Year by the Toronto Marlies.
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"The Words"September 29th, 2012 at 8:22 pm by Sy Becker under A Look at the Movies
Rated PG-13
1 hour 35 minutes
Staring: Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid
You'll agree most moviegoers aren't storming theaters to see love stories about a passion for writing, which makes "The Words" all the more remarkable. It's a haunting story within a story about the consequences of living a lie.
By a quirk of fate, Bradley Cooper takes credit for a literary masterpiece written by Jeremy Irons years earlier.
As Irons put it, "It's a about a man who wrote a book and then lost it and the kid who found it". But no one's going to cheat Jeremy Irons out of his richly deserved Oscar nomination for best supporting actor.
The deeply emotional story takes us back to the love of his life who inspired the best seller that should have brought him fame and fortune.
You may question the form in which the film unfolds, but there's no denying the satisfaction you get from this deeply moving story. And like most provocative films that involve fate and regret, "The Words" poses the questions and permits us to provide the answers.
After a summer of comic book super heroes, what a pleasure to find a grown up drama with something important to say. "The Words: speak eloquently that I give this fine film four stars.
When it comes to praising "The words", words will not fail you.
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TRENTON — A former Assembly speaker and a top advisor to Gov. Chris Christie will serve on the commission to redraw New Jersey's U.S. House districts.
Democrats tapped former Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts, who served in that post from 2006 to 2010, said state Democratic chairman John Wisniewski. Wisniewski said Roberts is expected to be named chairman of the commission.
Republicans tapped Michael DuHaime, a top advisor to Christie who was the lead strategist for his gubernatorial campaign, to serve on their team.
The redrawing of boundaries is expected to be tense, since one of New Jersey's 13 House members is going to be out of a job. New Jersey will lose a House seat because its population growth did not keep up with faster-growing states in the south and west.
Currently, New Jersey sends seven Democrats and six Republicans to the House of Representatives. Neither party wants to lose one of its members.
The commission then has a month to pick an independent 13th member to serve as chairman by a majority vote. If they can't agree on one, the state Supreme Court has a month to select between their two top choices.
The commission must meet to organize by September, but won't have to settle on a new district map until January 17.
Republican leaders also appointed to the commission GOP activist Sherine ElAbd; Aubrey Frenton, a former Burlington County freeholder; Eric Jaso, an attorney from Morris County who worked for Christie when he was U.S. Attorney; former Cape May County Freeholder Sue Sheppard and Assemblywoman Carolina Casagrande (R-Monmouth).
"We went through great lengths to identify a panel of individuals that will bring a wide variety of skills to the process and we are confident that these men and women will provide thoughtful and prudent insight to the redistricting process," said GOP State Chairman Samuel Raia.
Democrats also picked Phil Thigpen, the Essex County Democratic chairman; Ed Farmer, a former chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-8th Dist.); Nilsa Cruz-Perez, a former assemblywoman from Camden County; Jeannine LaRue, a former staffer for Gov. Jon Corzine and Michael Baker, a former assemblyman from Middlesex County.
"The commissioners that Speaker Oliver, Senate President Sweeney and I have chosen represent the people and the geography of the State of New Jersey," said Democratic State Chairman John Wisniewski. "These commissioners will work to craft a fair and constitutional map that represents the people"
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• N.J. party leaders to announce members of congressional redistricting commission
• Congressional redistricting, budget gap could make this a crucial year in N.J. politics
• N.J. loses seat in Congress as Census Bureau unveils population numbers


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By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer
Federal health care regulatory agency officials began an inspection Monday of Plains Regional Medical Center, according to PRMC spokesperson Tayloria Grant.
Nine officials from Centers for Medicaid and Medicare will take part in the inspection, which was spurred by a complaint substantiated earlier this year by the New Mexico Department of Health.
"We have opened up our entire hospital (to CMS)," Grant said on Tuesday afternoon.
The areas and methods of inspection are determined by CMS, Grant said.
"We are just looking forward to going through this process (of inspection), so we can ensure the better health (for our patients)," Grant said.
The inspection was unannounced, according to Grant. How long CMS officials will remain at PRMC is uncertain, said Grant, who expects the officials to remain at the hospital until the end of the week.
CMS inspections typically last two to three days, according to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare spokesperson Tony Salters.
If CMS officials find the hospital is out of compliance with their standards, the hospital would be asked to submit a plan of action to the agency addressing the area(s) of concern, CMS officials previously told the Clovis News Journal.
Plains Regional Medical Center Board Chairwoman Gayla Brumfield said she was unaware of any specific areas under examination by CMS officials.
"If they do find anything (amiss), then we will address it immediately," Brumfield said.
Former administrator of the Plains Regional Medical Center, Brian Bentley, resigned from the position shortly after the New Mexico Department of Health inspected the hospital in February. He and hospital officials declined on numerous occasions to give a reason for his resignation.
Hoyt Skabelund, 37, of Soccoro was hired as the new hospital administrator last week. He will begin his new role in late June.
PRMC, which is owned by Presybterian Healthcare Services, serves more than 110,000 people living within a 100-mile radius of the city of Clovis, according to its Web site.
Hospital and Presybterian officials have declined comment on specifics of the complaint.


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Harry O'Reilly
It is interesting, to say the least, that the National Flag has developed a fourth colour – Gold only since February 22 of this year, 2007.
What has occurred, is that the Flag on display in the Dáil and Seanad Chambers is now ribboned with a Gold Fringe around it. This is in clear violation of article seven of the Irish Constitution. This article from the original text draft of the Constitution clearly states, "The flag of three colours i.e. green, white, and orange, (is) the National emblem/flag".
But what does this 'addition' represent?
According to research it is also a precursors to Martial Law (no longer protected by the constitution or the law of the land). It comes at a time when the country is presented with a referendum on the E.U. Constitution/Lisbon Treaty. Very suspect indeed. It symbolises that Ireland has willingly sold out the sovereignty of the People to the elite's New World Order or the Emerging International Order as Bertie Ahern likes to calls it.
This Gold Fringed flag is also displayed in the Supreme Court.


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Salina, NY -- Two high-tech surveying tools worth $8,000 apiece were taken over the weekend from a Salina construction site, state police said.
The tools, known as "total stations" and made by Nikon, were taken from a work site at Greenfield Parkway, off of Buckley Road, troopers said. Also taken were laser levels, hammer drills and saws, state police said.
Anyone with information on the total stations is asked to call state police at 315-455-2922.


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New Ulm WWII vets tour Washington, D.C.
Honor flight, a non-profit, volunteer organization created to honor America's veterans for all their sacrifices, provided two New Ulm men — Donald "Bud" Heidemann, and Ernie Stoltenburg — a two-day, all-expense-paid trip to our Nation's Capitol in October
December 12, 2010 - By Fritz Busch, Staff Writer
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Republican Rob Cornilles, who is running for the seat held by Oregon Democratic Rep. David Wu, announced Wednesday that he's raised $125,000 over the last three months.
That's a pretty good fundraising start, especially considering that it is more than either of Wu's Republican challengers raised in 2006 or 2008. It's another sign that Wu could face a tough re-election race in 2010, particularly if the overall political climate favors Republicans.
Cornilles, a sports marketing consultant, appears to be the best-funded of the four Republican candidates who say they intend to challenge Wu. (Last month, I wrote about the appearance all of them made at a Tea Party rally in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square).
Almost all of his contributions are coming from within Oregon, including some from such well-known GOP donors as Joan Austin, a co-founder of A-DEC, the dental manufacturing company.
Some of the donors seemed over-enthusiastic. Several gave $4,800 - the limit is $2,400 per election - and were asked to redesignate half of their contribution as going to the general. Austin gave $5,000 and the report said a refund would be issued.
Still, it's important to keep the first quarter in perspective. Raising $125,000 is just an opening bet. Wu raised $2.4 million in 2004, the last time he had a difficult race (which he won handily), and he can certainly do at least that well in 2010.


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Dr. Mendley's research interests include the impact of chronic kidney disease on growth and neurocognitive development in children, and she plays an integral role in the NIDDK-sponsored Chronic Kidney Disease in Childhood multi-center study investigating this area. She is the site PI for the NICHD-administered Pediatric Trials Network and for the NIDDK-sponsored EDIC study. Dr. Mendley has investigated optimal methods for measuring delivery of dialysis to children of all ages and sizes and how to insure adequacy of dialysis in children.
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Have you ever gotten a holiday smooch or two under the traditional Christmas mistletoe?
Years ago, when friends and relatives visited each other during the holidays it was common to place a sprig of mistletoe above a door frame.
According to Scandinavian customs two people who meet under hanging mistletoe are obliged to kiss. One berry then was removed for each kiss; when all the berries were gone, so were the kisses.
Many myths, legends and religious beliefs have been passed down over the years concerning mistletoe. Oak trees were revered by many early European tribes, possibly because of the many amenities provided by trees.
One widely held belief was that whatever grew on the sacred oak was sent from heaven. As the worshiped oak trees defoliated with the onset of winter, the mistletoe became more visible and was cause for celebration whenever it was found.
From the Middle Ages up until the 1900s there were a variety of uses for mistletoe, including tying it in bunches and hanging it in front of cottages to scare away demons. Bunches of the greens were placed over the doors of stables to protect livestock against witchcraft. They were displayed in homes in Sweden to prevent fire, while in Italy they were thought to put out fires.
Mistletoe was thought to be useful in aiding in conception, and in that respect, probably led to the widespread custom of kissing under the mistletoe. Additionally, it was believed to be a universal healer, especially as a cure for epilepsy. Overall, mistletoe greatly affected the imaginations and lives of many people.
Although at one time mistletoe was as widely sold during the holiday season as pine branches, balsam and fir are now, fresh mistletoe is not easy to come by in this day and age. Since it is susceptible to freezing temperatures, it's not found growing in our area, but ranges south of New Jersey.
In the early 1900s, the famous horticulturist, Luther Burbank, imported the common European mistletoe into California, where it quickly spread to nearby willow, alder, poplar, elm, mountain ash, crabapple and pear trees and became invasive.
Other favorite hosts include juniper, cypress and incense cedar. In western United States, during the last century, mistletoe was grown to supplement cattle feed during harsh winters, as well as to be harvested and sold during the Christmas season.
Mistletoe grows as a semi-parasite on tree branches and shrubs, obtaining its nutrition by living on other plants. Originating in the tropics, it depends on its plant hosts for much of its nutrients and water needs. Although it doesn't kill its hosts, if the host dies, so does the mistletoe.
The plant's leaves are leathery, with a greenish yellow color and an oval shape. Their flowers are small but showy, producing white berries in the fall. These berries are toxic to people, but not to birds. Mistletoe provides necessary food, cover and nesting sites for birds, butterflies, bees and other insects.
Juniper berries sprout in areas where mistletoe is present. Berry-eating birds that eat juniper berries also are attracted to mistletoe. <CM+RTIt's been found that -RT>Areas that have a greater density of mistletoe support a higher diversity of animals and provide a higher quality of food for the animals that live in the forests and woodlands.
Birds eat the mature berries and the seeds are either carried away to infect another host plant or fall to lower branches to start new infections on the same tree. A year or more after the plant has infected the host it starts to produce leaves, grows larger and produces small, round, pearl-like berries which mature in early winter.
The plant is able to carry on its own photosynthesis and doesn't necessarily drain its host nutritionally if there is only a single infection or only a few infections. Multiple infections, amounting to dozens or hundreds on a single tree, may cause significant stressful conditions that either can kill the host tree or weaken it, allowing pests and insects to cause premature death.
Although we don't celebrate the mystical aspects of mistletoe today, with the holiday season upon us we are reminded of its traditional history in the verses of many of our favorite Christmas songs.
Holiday plants that are wrapped with decorative foil need to have holes made in the foil so that watering won't rot the roots.
A fresh Christmas tree should have several inches removed from the trunk so it can absorb more water. Remember, your tree can drink a quart or more of water each day when first brought into the house; the more moisture the tree has, the more fragrant the needles will be.
Eileen Torricelli is Garden Therapy chairman of First District Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, a member of the Annadale and Great Kills Garden Clubs and a Community Resources Greenhouse teacher.


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MOBILE, Alabama — A jury this afternoon recommended that Derek Tyler Horton die for the 2010 robbery and murder of a Grand Bay woman inside her trailer home.
After deliberating for more than four hours over two days, the Mobile County Circuit Court jury came back with a 10-2 verdict in favor of the death penalty. Presiding Circuit Judge Charles Graddick, who set sentencing for Oct. 10, will make the final decision.
"We're very pleased with that," said Assistant District Attorney Jo Beth Murphree. "We thought that was obviously the appropriate thing to do."
Attorneys for Horton could not be reached for comment today. They had argued that the defendant's troubled upbringing — he was born to a drug-addicted mother and never knew his father — warranted sparing his life.
Jurors seemed to struggle with the decision. At one point, they asked Graddick what crimes could result in a sentence of life without possibility of parole — the jury's other option — and whether the governor could pardon a defendant serving such a sentence.
Under the law, people convicted of capital offenses and habitual offenders can receive life-without-parole sentences, and the governor can grant them pardons. But Graddick declined to tell that to the jurors, informing them that neither matter was something they should consider.
Just before lunch, jurors announced they had reached a verdict. But when Graddick reviewed the verdict form, he told jurors they had failed to reach the required level of agreement. Under state law, there must be at least 10 votes for the death penalty or at least seven votes for life without parole.
The original verdict fell someplace in between, although attorneys declined to reveal the precise breakdown.
Graddick sent the jury back to the deliberation room.
Murphree praised the jury's efforts, especially with the threat of a hurricane looming over proceedings all week. She noted that one man had to remove a fallen tree from his driveway before coming to court one day. Once the panel unanimously had decided that Horton was guilty of the murder, it had to face the question of whether he deserved the ultimate punishment.
"It's very stressful for a jury to do that sort of thing," Murphree said.
According to testimony, Horton robbed Jeanette Romprey at her home on April 10, 2010, and then shot the 59-year-old woman twice before setting the trailer on fire. Horton then drove her car until it ran out of gas on Interstate 65 near the Brewton exit.
Police found the then-18-year-old man walking along the highway, his clothes covered in mud.
The defense had maintained that prosecutors had no evidence directly linking Horton to the murder scene.


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Hyderabad: Delhi Daredevils have almost assured themselves of a place in the play-offs, but they are in no mood to take their Indian Premier League match against Deccan Chargers lightly. "T20 is such a funny game. Any team can beat any team. We are not taking it lightly at all. Because, we have only 16 points, I think you need 17 to qualify this year. There are still, four more matches to go apart from this one and we will play with the same intensity what have done in past," team mentor TA Sekar said.
He said that the pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket stadium looks like a good batting wicket. The visitors are playing their first match this season at this ground. As far as Andre Russell's participation in Thursday's match is concerned, he said that the West Indian is a very good allrounder, adding that the playing XI is yet to finalised.
"Russel is fit. We have not decided our XI. Potentially, he is a very good allrounder. He can bat well, very good number six, seven batsman. He can also bowl well. We are working on his bowling. He did not get a chance to play in the first ten games but he is still very focussed."
Asked if that the team have learnt any lessons from the last match, he said: "If we had scored 170, then we were driving a good game. Kolkata played very well. They had a very good opening partnership. We came back quite well getting two wickets in two balls but we had very less runs on the board. Maybe, we were about 20 runs short last time."
Acknowledging the absence of Kevin Pietersen, he said the team has an able replacement in David Warner. "Definitely, we miss Pietersen. We brought Warner as replacement. He got back-to-back two hundreds in CLT20. Pietersen batted at number three and Warner bats at number one. It does not matter much," he said. He added that the DD have a pace-oriented attack with Morne Morkel and Varun Aaron among others in the side.


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In September 1777 Mozart and his mother, Anna Maria, embarked on a job-hunting expedition to Germany and France. Their itinerary included the courts of Munich, Mannheim and Paris, where the family hoped Wolfgang might procure a well-paid position as a Kapellmeister. The trip was Mozart's first without his father. Leopold, who had intended to accompany his son, had been denied permission to do so by the Archbishop of Salzburg.
Nearly six fruitless months were spent in Bavaria. In Munich, Elector Maximilian III Joseph had nothing to offer and, in Mannheim, an impulsive (and apparently one-sided) love affair between Mozart and Aloysia Weber threatened to derail the whole trip. Frantically, Leopold wrote from Salzburg and prodded his son to continue to Paris. Reluctantly, Mozart obeyed, arriving in March 1778.
Once there, Mozart made the rounds. He introduced himself to the aristocracy, performed at their salons and spent his spare time teaching composition to the daughter of the Duc de Guines. (She "plays the harp magnifique," he reported to Leopold; it was for her and her father that he composed the Concerto for Flute and Harp in C, K. 299.) But no job offers were forthcoming.
A letter to Leopold from one of Mozart's Paris sponsors, Friedrich Melchior von Grimm, sheds some light on the 22-year-old composer's chronic inability to find work: "He is too trusting, too inactive, too easy to catch, too little intent on the means that may lead to fortune. To make an impression here one has to be artful, enterprising, daring. To make his fortune I wish he had but half his talent and twice as much shrewdness, and then I should not worry about him."
By mid-May Mozart was trying to put the best face on things in his letters home; they mention several projects in the works. "Noverre is also going to arrange a new ballet for which I am going to compose the music," he reported on May 14.
But he was becoming discouraged. Unwisely, he took on "commissions" without requesting payment, including this ballet music for Jean Georges Noverre.
"He only needed half a ballet and for this I composed the music," he wrote to Leopold on July 9. "Six pieces in it are composed by others and are made up entirely of wretched old French airs, while the overture and contredanses, about twelve pieces in all, have been contributed by me. This ballet has already been performed four times with the greatest applause."
Les petits riens was first performed June 11 at the conclusion of Niccolò Piccinni's opera Le finte gemelle. A contemporary journal described the ballet:
"It consists of three episodic scenes almost detached from each other. The first is purely Anacreontic: Cupid taken in the net and caged; it is very agreeably composed. Mlle. Guimard and the younger M. Vestris display all the grace contained in the subject. The second is a game of blind-man's bluff; M. d'Auberval, whose talent the public finds so agreeable, plays the principal part. The third is one of the rogueries of Cupid, where he shows two shepherdesses another shepherdess disguised as a shepherd. Mlle. Asselin plays the shepherd and Mlles. Guimard and Allard the two shepherdesses. The two shepherdesses fall in love with the supposed shepherd, who, to undecieve them, eventually bares her breast. The scene is made very piquant by the intelligence and grace of these three famous dancers."
Not only was Mozart not paid for his efforts; nowhere at any of the performances (nor in the review) was his name mentioned. Perhaps the lesson, summed up in his letter to Leopold, was not lost on him: "But I am now determined not to compose anything more, unless I know beforehand what I am going to get for it; for what I did was only an act of friendship to Noverre."
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Katrina Kaif attends Salman Khan's nephew's birthday
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Recently, Katrina Kaif attended the Khan"s party held to celebrate the birthday of Sohail Khan"s son Nirvaan. Though the bash was attended by celebs like Alvira and Atul Agnihotri, Arpita and Fardeen Khan, Jacky Bhagnani and Amrita Arora, it was Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif who stole the limelight.
However, Salman Khan's nephew Nirvaan celebrated his birthday by holding a movie screening. His brother Arbaaz Khan's son Arhaan was also present to watch the film. Salman's father Salim Khan arrived early and was seen taking care of all the arrangements, reports the Times of India.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Cattle producers looking for bulls that will add pounds, quality and value to their herds should attend the Indiana Beef Evaluation Program's bull sale Oct. 19.
Of the 64 bulls that completed the 72nd IBEP performance test, 40 will be offered at the auction: 31 Angus, four Simmental and five SimAngus. The animals were entered by 28 seedstock producers from Indiana and surrounding states. They will sell immediately after the Springville Feeder Auction Association's annual Heifer and Cow sale, which starts at 2 p.m.
These 40 bulls were the top indexing bulls of their breeds and passed a rigorous inspection for breeding and structural soundness. They are in ideal body condition for use this fall or next spring, said Donna Lofgren, Purdue Extension animal breeding specialist.
All bulls have been measured by ultrasound for ribeye area, backfat and percent intramuscular fat, or marbling.
Lofgren, who handles the 125-day test performance records, said the bulls were fed a moderate-energy ration and the daily gain for the entire group was 3.96 pounds.
Expected progeny differences, or EPDs, for birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight, maternal milk, calving ease and carcass traits will be available to assist producers in bull selection.
Potential buyers can view the bulls at the Feldun-Purdue Ag Center, 932 state Route 458, Bedford, before the sale. After noon on the sale day, bulls can be seen at the Springville Feeder Auction, 10 miles northwest of Bedford on state Route 54.
Video clips, a sale catalog and other performance data are available at http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/ibep/.
The sale also will be shown live on the Internet at http://www.dvauction.com. If producers plan to purchase a bull through the DVAuction site, they should register in advance to establish financial credentials.
For more information, contact Lofgren at 765-494-6439; Terry Stewart, IBEP secretary and treasurer, at 765-494-0138; or Brad Shelton, station manager, at 812-279-8554.
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President Obama moves to the international stage this week after a rough month in the domestic policy trenches. If he's looking for respite, he could be disappointed.
His schedule calls for him to address the annual meeting of the United Nations 192-member General Assembly tomorrow, then preside over a session of the Security Council (a first for an American president) and later host the G-20 meeting of the world's major economic and industrial powers.
It's a change Obama might welcome; his popularity abroad remains high even as it declines at home. But foreign allies and adversaries alike are expected to press him to do more to advance the Middle East peace process, strike some bargain with Russia that will slow Iran's nuclear ambitions, rein in American banks before they wreck the global economy again and do more on global warming.
As if that weren't enough, the president now has Gen. Stanley McChrystal's 66-page report arguing that without more troops, Afghanistan could be lost.
Some liberal Democrats in Congress already have voiced opposition to any addition to the 68,000 U.S. troops already in Afghanistan. And that's a foreign as well as domestic problem: It could undermine Obama's request for more troop support from European allies increasingly skeptical about prospects for success in Afghanistan.
It's not likely to be a piece-of-cake week for the president, in short.
Obama's address to the General Assembly, his first, is expected to again underscore how differently his sees his role as world leader from George W. Bush — more consultation, less unilateralism. But with home-front opinion in mind, the president is likely to be more assertive than in earlier meetings with foreign leaders in pressing an American agenda and less apologetic about past U.S. shortcomings.
The General Assembly session, with its windbag speeches, could dominate news coverage, especially the expected anti-Israel rant by Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and any U.S.-bashing by his new best friend, Venezuela's Hugo Chávez. The media's hoped-for main event — an Obama-Ahmadinejad meeting — is unlikely, however. Administration spokesmen have made it clear that pains will be taken to see their paths do not cross. A U.S. delegation walkout is not out of the question if Ahmadinejad reprises his past attacks on Israel.
At one point, Obama had indicated he favored direct talks with Iran. But the tainted nature of Ahmadinejad's re-election and the brutal post-election suppression of dissent there has made the Iranian president a global pariah. He'd like nothing more than a smiling photo with Obama to give him a smidgen of credibility and maybe quiet some of the turmoil in Tehran.
The atmospherics of the General Assembly session aside, real achievement — if there is any — will come in Obama's private huddles with the leaders of Russia, China, Japan and the Western European nations. It's only there that progress toward nuclear arms reduction and imposing some restraint on a nuclear North Korea can be made.
The president's talks with his Russian counterpart will be examined with special care for signs of a new relationship following Obama's decision last week to scrap missile-defense systems planned for Poland and the Czech Republic. Moscow had opposed them.
Later in the week, the G-20 powers will convene in Pittsburgh where Obama can expect growing concern, especially in Europe and China, about Washington's slow progress toward tough new restrictions for free-wheeling American financial institutions and excessive executive compensation. The latter, Europeans feel, has fed reckless risk-taking by big Wall Street banks. The president can also expect pressure from Europe — but not from China — on global warming.
It's another full-plate week for the president, one that offers some chance for progress on major issues — but also a setback for his global ambitions if none materializes.


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Alspach — a pioneer in nursing preceptorship and 27-year editor-in-chief, Critical Care Nurse — will be honored for her innovative work in staff development and competency-based education
The Pioneering Spirit Award from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and supported by GE Healthcare recognizes significant contributions that influence high acuity and critical care nursing and relate to the association's mission, vision and values
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. — May 8, 2013 — JoAnn Grif Alspach, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN, a pioneer in nursing preceptorship, will receive the GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award.
The award, from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and supported by GE Healthcare, will be given at the 2013 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, Boston, May 18-23. This AACN Visionary Leadership Award recognizes significant contributions that influence high acuity and critical care nursing and relate to the association's mission, vision and values.
Alspach is a Maryland-based consultant on nursing staff development, competency-based education and competency-based performance appraisal systems. Over the past 35 years, she has consulted, published and lectured nationally and internationally on nursing staff development, preceptor preparation, competency-based education and critical care nursing.
Since 1985, she has served as editor for AACN's Critical Care Nurse, a bimonthly peer-reviewed clinical journal that provides a broad spectrum of continuing care information to help acute and critical care nurses inform best bedside practice in high-acuity, progressive and critical care settings.
An early advocate for preceptorship of new nurses, Alspach wrote the groundbreaking document, "The Preceptor's Bill of Rights," in 1987, followed by publishing the first educational program to develop nurses as preceptors.
The program's subsequent updates expanded to include ancillary healthcare team members. Principles she framed continue to influence a wide range of materials guiding the preparation of today's nurse preceptors.
Nationally known for her work in competency-based education, she was one of the first nurses to develop competency-based orientation programs. She published articles on the use of competency assessment to appraise and document staff performance more than 20 years before The Joint Commission made it mandatory.
As editor of the "AACN Core Curriculum for Critical Care Nursing" and its companion publications for more than two decades, Alspach has been instrumental in identifying and disseminating the body of knowledge for critical care nursing clinicians worldwide.
She received her BSN and MSN in cardiovascular nursing from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and her doctorate in adult and continuing education from the University of Maryland, College Park.
About the GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award: The annual GE Healthcare-AACN Pioneering Spirit Award recognizes significant contributions that influence high acuity and critical care nursing regionally and nationally and relate to AACN's mission, vision and values. Recipients of this Visionary Leadership Award come from business, academia and healthcare and receive a plaque and $750 honorarium at the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition. Other Visionary Leadership Awards, AACN's highest honor, include AACN's Lifetime Member Award, Honorary Member Award and the Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career.
About the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition: Established in 1974, AACN's National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) represents the world's largest educational conference and trade show for nurses who care for acutely and critically ill patients and their families. Bedside nurses, nurse educators, nurse managers, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners attend NTI.
About the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Founded in 1969 and based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. AACN joins together the interests of more than 500,000 acute and critical care nurses and claims more than 235 chapters worldwide. The organization's vision is to create a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families in which acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution.
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Obama's immigration implosion
President Barack Obama is self-righteously grumbling that, having been stymied by Republicans in Congress, he'll enact immigration reform on his own by voice vote in the West Wing. That is, via executive decree -- his go-to method of governing given his crushing lack of success on Capitol Hill.
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What does Eric Cantor's loss mean? Gridlock until 2023
Gridlock is likely to rule the federal government until at least 2023. Why 2023? Because it may not be until after the 2020 Census that the Democrats have a good chance of regaining control of the House of Representatives.
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Obama's ultimate indignity: Bush seen as more competent
Agreement is not enough. Performance matters more.
That's why the outlook for Democrats this November looks bleak. More and more Americans now agree with Democrats on the issues. But they are increasingly dismayed by President Barack Obama's inability to get results.
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Revising Obama's 'deporter in chief' policy
In response to angry complaints from the Latino community about the administration's deportation policies, President Barack Obama ordered a review in March "to see how to conduct enforcement more humanely." At the same time, however, White House officials said the administration would neither suspend deportations nor expand the opportunities to stay for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children.
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At the crossroads for immigration reform
Always uncertain, House of Representatives action on immigration reform now appears definitively on off mode for 2014.
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Where is the GOP heading on immigration reform?
After falling off the radar for months, immigration reform is back. Late last year, Speaker John Boehner hired Rebecca Tallent -- a veteran of Arizona Sen. John McCain's efforts to offer a path to citizenship to large numbers of unauthorized immigrants -- as one of his senior staffers. That decision strongly suggested that the GOP was on the verge of making a big immigration push. Laura Meckler and Kristina Peterson of the Wall Street Journal report that the Republican leadership is gravitating towards granting unauthorized immigrants provisional legal status that will give them the right to live and work in the United States, and that immigrants granted provisional status will eventually be allowed to apply for a green card.
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The future of Hispanic identity
In an interview with ABC News this past weekend, Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico and a veteran of the Clinton White House, shared his thoughts on Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas who has been gaining prominence as a staunch, and sometimes strident, conservative voice. Though Richardson acknowledged that Cruz is "articulate," he accused the Texas senator of having introduced "a measure of incivility in the political process." When asked if Cruz "represents most Hispanics with his politics," Richardson replied that because Cruz is anti-immigration, "I don't think he should be defined as a Hispanic."
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The GOP's immigration problem
Old vaudeville joke:
Man goes to the doctor. Says he has a pain in his arm.
"Have you ever had this problem before?" the doctor says.
"Yes," the man answers.
"Well, you got it again."
Now look at the Republicans' immigration problem. Have they had this problem before? Yes. Well, they've got it again.
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America's relative rise
Since midway through George W. Bush's tenure, there's been a steady hum from the pundit class that America's best days are behind it. An overreaching foreign policy, rising public debt, and a growing wave of outsourced jobs means that America will soon lose its status as the world's preeminent power. America was quickly on its way to becoming Rome.


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The public is invited to Washington County's 11th annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration at 4 p.m. Sunday at Southminster Presbyterian Church, 12250 Southwest Denney Road, in Beaverton.
This free event is presented by the Inter-Religious Action Network of Washington County, the Human Rights Council of Washington County, and the Beaverton Human Rights Advisory Commission.
Keynote speaker is Donita Fry. A Shoshone-Bannock, she is the Youth and Elders Council Organizer for the Native American Youth and Family Center.
Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle will also greet the audience.
Award presentations will be made to the winners of the Human Rights Council's poster contest, with winning posters on display during the post-event reception.
A special exhibit from the Oregon Area Jewish Committee, "No Easy Road: Unlearning Discrimination in Oregon," will also be featured.
Some winners of the Human Rights Advisory Commission's Creative Expressions Contest will read their poems, and music includes choirs from Carden Cascade Academy, the Southminster Church and the Calvary Korean Presbyterian Church.
The Inter-Religious Action Network will present Everyday Hero Awards to two members of the community -- Kwan-Jang-Nim Dan Haney, owner and Master of Ernie Reyes World Martial Arts Hillsboro, and Connie Tripp, of Hillsboro United Methodist Church.
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