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Marysville School District looks to fill board vacancy
MARYSVILLE — In the wake of the resignation of Cindy Rebain (formerly Erickson) from the Marysville School District Board of Directors on Sept. 3, the school district is looking to fill the vacant seat on its board within the required 90-day window, but as district officials solicit the public's input in the process of replacing Rebain, the board reflected on her eight years of service.
"Cindy was the last of the previous board," said Board President Chris Nation, who worked with her for four years. "She was the foundation of the board, and I looked to her for wisdom and guidance. Cindy always brought to the table a real thoughtful inquisitiveness. She asked questions that had to do with all of our kids, and she made her decisions based on what was best for all involved. I really admired her for that broad vision which took into account how what was done for one group would affect another group."
While Nation believes that any candidate will find themselves with tough shoes to fill in replacing Rebain, he feels confident that the district's process and the public's input will ensure a suitable new board member.
"I'm going to miss that camaraderie, though," Nation said. "She and I sat right next to each other for so many years."
Rebain resigned from the board due to financial strains that required her to move out of the district, but she expressed no regrets about the years she'd been able to serve on the board.
"We've come a long way, and there will be more to come, and I'm only sad that I'll miss it," Rebain said. "We set the groundwork, which took a long time, but a lot of good has happened because of it."
Rebain noted that she's seen the graduation rate jump from 50 percent to 70 percent during her tenure, and expressed pride in having been part of the design team for the Marysville Getchell High School campus.
"We needed that school for a long time," Rebain said. "My daughter is 28 now, and when she was in sixth grade, I was already saying that we needed another high school. Obviously, it took longer than five years."
Rebain thanked her fellow board members for their professionalism, which she credited with allowing them to work together pleasantly to ask and answer all the necessary questions, and recalled how she'd gotten involved in the first place.
"My youngest graduated in June, but I've had kids in this school district for more than 23 years," Rebain said. "I've been working with the district for more than 20 of those years. It felt like a calling. I had to serve, to help our schools and the community. I look forward to seeing and hearing more wonderful things from the Marysville schools in the future."
Applications to fill the District 2 director position on the board are being accepted through Friday, Oct. 4, at 4:30 p.m. Application packets are available at the district's Educational Service Center, located at 4220 80th St. NE in Marysville, or online at www.msvl.k12.wa.us.
A broad-based steering committee, representing different constituencies across Marysville schools, will begin meeting to review legal requirements, recommendations from the state school board association, and findings from interviews with school boards recognized for outstanding success.
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CAMDEN — Workers are set to return an iconic landmark that was damaged during a rare East Coast earthquake atop a New Jersey hospital on Tuesday.
Craftsmen repaired cracks and other damage to the 30-foot Blessed Mother statue that has rested above Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden since 1949.
The statue also serves as a beacon for aircraft landing at Philadelphia International Airport.
The 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August shifted the state's top three layers and caused cracks and chipping.
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Packers | Don Jackson could play
Wed, 26 Oct 2016 06:44:53 -0700
Updating previous reports, Green Bay Packers RB Don Jackson (hand) could play in Week 8 if he's able to grip a football. X-rays didn't show a break in his left hand, and the swelling has gone down.
Fantasy Tip: Jackson could play a meaningful role with Ty Montgomery forced to leave his receiver post and play running back with newcomer Knile Davis. He probably isn't worth starting against the Atlanta Falcons, though.
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Packers | Green Bay works out several WRs
Tue, 25 Oct 2016 22:01:59 -0700
The Green Bay Packers worked out WRs Mario Alford (Bengals), Harvey Binford, Da'Ron Brown (Patriots), Marcus Johnson (Eagles) and Wendall Williams (Jets) Monday, Oct. 25.
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Packers | Brandon Burks works out
Tue, 25 Oct 2016 21:53:38 -0700
Free-agent RB Brandon Burks worked out for the Green Bay Packers Tuesday, Oct. 25.
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Packers | Jared Cook won't practice this week
Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:08:22 -0700
Green Bay Packers TE Jared Cook (ankle) said he will not resume practicing this week as he continues to nurse a sprained right ankle.
Fantasy Tip: Cook hasn't played since Week 3, and Richard Rodgers has done little to warrant starter consideration. Green Bay's tight end situation is any easy one to avoid, at least until Cook returns.
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Packers | Three roster moves for Packers
Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:48:59 -0700
Green Bay Packers WR Geronimo Allison and S Jermaine Whitehead were signed to the active roster from the practice squad Monday, Oct. 24. Free-agent WR Dez Stewart (Redskins) was signed to the practice squad.
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Packers | Chris Banjo also placed on IR
Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:28:44 -0700
Green Bay Packers FS Chris Banjo (hamstring) was placed on the Reserve/Injured list with a thigh contusion Monday, Oct. 24. He will be healthy in three to four weeks.
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Packers | Jared Abbrederis goes to IR
Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:11:46 -0700
Green Bay Packers WR Jared Abbrederis (thigh) was placed on the Reserve/Injured list with a thigh contusion Monday, Oct. 24.
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Packers | Damarious Randall undergoes surgery
Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:26:53 -0700
Green Bay Packers CB Damarious Randall (groin) underwent surgery over the weekend, according to a source. He is not expected to miss the rest of the season, but he will be sidelined for a few more games.
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Packers | Don Jackson uncertain for Week 8
Sat, 22 Oct 2016 21:49:24 -0700
Green Bay Packers RB Don Jackson (hand) may not be available for the team's Week 8 game against the Atlanta Falcons. Head coach Mike McCarthy indicated it was "too early to tell" about Jackson's status. Jackson said an X-ray taken during the Thursday game "didn't look bad," but he did not return.
Fantasy Tip: Green Bay threw a ton against the Chicago Bears, and no doubt part of that was the absence of Jackson. The only healthy back in Green Bay right now is Knile Davis, who was acquired earlier in the week. Keep an eye on the situation, including the health of James Starks, leading up to the game against the Falcons.
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Packers | Jordy Nelson limited to one catch
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 21:38:56 -0700
Green Bay Packers WR Jordy Nelson finished with one catch for nine yards on four targets in Week 7 against the Chicago Bears.
Fantasy Tip: Nelson was targeted on a couple of patented deep balls off play-action, but a four-target effort on a night in which Aaron Rodgers attempted 56 passes is definitely cause for concern for his owners. The touchdowns that carried Nelson's value through the first four weeks of the season have dried up, and he has only 10 catches for 115 yards on 24 targets over the last three games. He's likely to draw shadow coverage in Week 8 from Atlanta Falcons top corner Desmond Trufant, which could mean he will turn in another disappointing effort next week.
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Packers | Ty Montgomery tallies 126 total yards
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 21:31:55 -0700
Green Bay Packers WR Ty Montgomery delivered his second straight high-volume performance as a part-time receiver and part-time running back in a Week 7 victory over the Chicago Bears, finishing with 10 catches for 66 yards while adding nine carries for 60 yards.
Fantasy Tip: Montgomery played some running back in high school and college, so his added responsibilities arent foreign to him. With that said, he looks like a natural coming out of the backfield and may be carving himself out a long-term niche as a Swiss Army knife for this offense. At this point, it wouldn't be shocking if he remains in a similar role once James Starks is able to return in a few weeks. He's already earned must-start status and should expect another 15 to 20 touches next week versus the Atlanta Falcons.
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Packers | Randall Cobb finds end zone again
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:55:46 -0700
Green Bay Packers WR Randall Cobb caught 11-of-15 targets for 95 yards and a touchdown in a Week 7 victory over the Chicago Bears. Cobb also added five carries for 21 yards.
Fantasy Tip: As great as Cobb's final line was, it could have been even better. He had a potential first-quarter TD catch knocked away at the last second and couldn't quite get his second foot down inbounds on another potential first-half score. It finally came all together for him and Aaron Rodgers on a beautiful corner route late in the fourth quarter. Cobb is essentially serving as an extension of the running game with Green Bay's backfield in shambles. His current role makes him a solid WR2 in PPR with WR1 upside.
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Packers | Aaron Rodgers flashes vintage fantasy form
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:43:15 -0700
Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers went 39-of-56 for 326 yards and three touchdowns in a Week 7 victory over the Chicago Bears.
Fantasy Tip: Rodgers & Co. squandered multiple red-zone opportunities, settling for two field goals in the first half. After Rodgers committed a fumble that led to a Bears' defensive touchdown to open the second half, things started clicking. Rodgers connected with Davante Adams for touchdowns on each of the next two drives and found Randall Cobb for a score on the following possession. With Ty Montgomery and Cobb serving as the primary rushing threats at the moment, Rodgers may be forced to attempt 50-plus passes more often. He is still a top-five fantasy quarterback.
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Packers | Davante Adams explodes for 132 yards
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:37:29 -0700
Green Bay Packers WR Davante Adams played through a questionable tag due to a concussion he suffered in Week 6 and finished with 13 catches for 132 yards and two touchdowns in Week 7 against the Chicago Bears.
Fantasy Tip: All three marks are career highs. While Aaron Rodgers avoided Jordy Nelson like the plague Thursday night, Adams took advantage of multiple blown coverages en route to his best day as a pro while racking up 16 targets. Even though he hasn't been terribly efficient up to this point of his career, it might be time for owners to start trusting him. With Green Bay's backfield in shambles, the Packers may become a high-volume passing attack out of necessity, allowing Adams to post WR3 production on a regular basis.
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Packers | Don Jackson departs with hand injury
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 19:15:00 -0700
Green Bay Packers RB Don Jackson (hand) suffered a hand injury in the first half of the Thursday, Oct. 20, game against the Chicago Bears in Week 7.
Fantasy Tip: Jackson was promoted from the practice squad earlier in the day but lasted only two carries before exiting. Receiver Ty Montgomery figures to be the lead back for the time being, while Knile Davis could eventually get some work despite being with the team less than three days. Regardless of the seriousness of Jackson's injury, look for Green Bay to pursue another running back in the coming days.
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SECAUCUS — Eight lucky families will be living in brand new townhouses next month in Secaucus.
Local elected officials gathered last Tuesday at 160 County Ave. for a ribbon-cutting, celebrating the opening of the new affordable rental units.
Just as America's 13 original colonies represented the start of a new nation, the new three-bedroom townhouses were collectively named Colonial Court to symbolize a new beginning for those moving in next month, said Bill Snyder, executive director of the Leased Housing Corporation, the nonprofit builder.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - What the Abilene Christian Wildcats had done so well the entire year abandoned them at the worst possible time, when with 30 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Cardinal defensive end Michael Tate strip sacked quarterback John David Baker to seal Incarnate Word's first victory over the Wildcats Saturday at Benson Stadium, 34-31.
The Cardinals' win was their first in five tries against the Wildcats, who won their previous meeting earlier this year during Homecoming at Shotwell Stadium, 40-6.
The Wildcats came into the game boasting a plus-19 turnover differential, but the redzone fumble by Baker as well as two untimely interceptions, led to Incarnate Word claiming one of their biggest wins in program history. The Cardinals' victory raised their season record to 6-4 and kept them undefeated at Benson Stadium (5-0).
ACU's loss was its second straight to drop its record to 5-5. The Wildcats will conclude their 2013 season next Saturday at Prairie View A&M with hopes of recording their sixth-consecutive winning season.
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On ACU's final drive, the Wildcats quickly advanced the ball to midfield thanks to a 15-yard pass to Darian Hogg accompanied by a roughing the passer penalty. Then Baker hit senior receiver Taylor Gabriel on what was thought to be a 64-yard touchdown pass with a minute left. But the officials, who first signaled defensive holding, reversed their decision and brought the ball all the way back to the Incarnate Word 24-yard line.
A Cardinal sack pushed ACU back five yards, but on the following play Baker again connected with Hogg – this time for 20 yards to get the Wildcats inside the UIW 10. Baker then rushed up to the line to spike the ball with 33 seconds remaining, setting up a second-and-goal situation.
On the final play, however, Baker was grounded by Tate and Deion Williams covered the loose ball back at the Cardinals' 16.
Baker finished the game with 279 yards on 19-of-27 passing and tossed a pair of touchdown passes to Gabriel, who had seven catches for 83 yards to surpass Edmond "Clyde" Gates for second all-time for ACU receiving yards (2,993). The senior out of Mesquite, Texas also threw his first career passing touchdown on a trick play by the Wildcats when he found senior running back Charcandrick West streaking down the sideline for a 50-yard TD.
West's reception with 10:50 remaining in the third quarter gave the ACU its first lead of the game at 28-21. Near the end of the quarter, kicker Nik Grau booted a 34-yard field goal to push the Wildcat lead to 31-21.
Darrell Cantu-Harkless, another senior skill position player, added to his legacy as he totaled 161 all-purpose yards and scored a rushing touchdown with 4:52 left in the first half that tied the score a second time at 14-14. UIW then marched 72 yards over 12 plays, finishing with a two-yard TD pass from Brittain to Casey Jennings that came with seven seconds remaining before halftime.
Jennings grabbed a second touchdown pass from Brittain for 11 yards near the start of the fourth quarter that trimmed ACU's lead to 31-27. The Cardinals then had their PAT attempt blocked by junior Damon Williams.
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Things got a little emotional at the Amarillo City Commission meeting on Thursday.
After rapid-fire approval of all the agenda items, something caught in Mayor Trent Sisemore's throat before calling the meeting's adjournment.
He knew it was the last time City Manager John Ward would be sitting with him at the board table in Commission Chambers.
"We'll miss him not only for his expertise, but I'll miss him as a close personal friend," Sisemore said after recovering from his speechlessness. "Good thing his number won't be long distance."
After 21 years as city manager, Ward will leave his post today.
He's moving on to be chief executive officer of Maxor National Pharmacy Services Corp., but he'll remain in Amarillo.
"It's finally sinking in that I'll be leaving and won't be here next week," Ward said.
But the beat goes on at city hall.
There has been no more progress in the search for a new city manager, Commissioner Robert Keys said. Assistant City Manager Alan Taylor will fill the position while the commission searches for and selects a city manager.
Also at the meeting, commissioners took the first step in approving what the city calls a progressive amendment to an ordinance that outlines criteria for variances on property.
The amendment contains guidelines and a new administrative process to review variances requested to accommodate a person with disabilities.
"We're the first city to do this in Texas," Community Services Director JD Smith Jr. said. "The federal government tells us to make reasonable accommodations (for people with disabilities), but to meet state law requirements, some are unreasonable."
The Planning Department decided to amend the ordinance after a family wanted a variance on city property setback limits to build a carport to protect a disabled son who needs to ride in a van too tall for the garage.
Variances are only allowed for reasons such as increasing property value or catching up with the neighbors.
"But it's for the benefit of a child with a handicap need," said Charles Buefford, whose 14-year-old son Matt needs the high-roofed van. "It's a lot in how you interpret it."
If the commission eventually approves the amendment, less will be up to interpretation in Buefford's case, and members of the Advisory Commission for People with Disabilities are enthusiastic about Amarillo's proactive approach.
"They're making allowances for people with disabilities to be independent," said Ed Collum, the commission's chairman.
Collum said the amendment will affect many people.
"This will open up a lot of doors," he said.
Smith said he expects the city to receive some flak for this amendment because of neighbors concerned about property values, but he said in this case, it matters little what they think.
He added that it would help keep the city out of court by avoiding American with Disabilities Act lawsuits.
In other action, the commission unanimously voted to advance a zoning change ordinance that will allow a photo studio in the Plemons Addition near downtown.
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These funds could also help us to recruit a brilliant, renowned scientist who may be on the threshold of a novel research pathway that may lead to a cure for a chronic illness. For instance, several years ago the School of Medicine was able to recruit Dr. Claire Fraser, a true pioneer in genomics, from The Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville, Md. She brought on her team of scientists and staff which created the School of Medicine's Institute for Genome Sciences, fueling the expansion of genomic research and funding at our institution.
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School board plays hot potato with sports fees, pass onto Moccia
LANGLEY — A decision to raise the cost for South Whidbey athletes to pass the pigskin was dropped by the South Whidbey School Board.
Rather than voting on how to increase fees to play on Langley Middle School or South Whidbey High School sports teams, the school board passed the buck to District Superintendent Jo Moccia. After some research into district policy, board member Jill Engstrom discovered athletics fees and code fall under the domain of the superintendent.
"We couldn't make an educated decision based on the information we have," Engstrom said.
"I abhor having this 'pay-to-play' situation for our schools."
Moccia admitted she was unfamiliar with that part of her duty until Engstrom recently brought the policy to her attention. Moccia will review three options created by the athletic director at the high school before selecting an increase.
"My apologies for bringing it to the board and putting you in that situation," Moccia said. "These are decisions that are within the superintendent's purvey."
Fees at Langley Middle School will increase for ASB and sports. Seventh and eighth graders will pay $20 for ASB cards and $50 per sport, with a $150 family limit. Students who receive reduced lunch will pay $15, and free lunch families will have sports fees waived.
Earlier in May, South Whidbey Athletic Director Scott Mauk proposed raising the athletics fees to $100 per sport, with a waiver for a student-athlete that plays three sports seasons in one academic year. The original $50 increase was deemed too steep by some of the board members, and Mauk devised two other options. Under the second plan, every sport would have an $80 fee, and Associated Student Body fees which pay for dances, assemblies, clubs and other student activities, would increase from $20 to $25. The third option would cost $80 for every sport except football, which would have a $100 fee.
The proposal to charge more for high school sports drew the ire of one public commenter at the board's business meeting Wednesday. Eric Hood criticized the district for looking at the comparisons Mauk made between South Whidbey and other schools in its athletic league, the Cascade Conference, such as Archbishop Murphy, King's, Cedarcrest and Coupeville. Archbishop Murphy and King's are both private schools, and have higher athletics fees.
"Sports fees mean little to parents who can afford private tuition," Hood said.
He added: "Fees of any kind are not justified at a public school."
A possible solution to reducing some sports costs presented itself during the public comment period. Jean Streitler and Bree Nelson informed the five-member school board and Moccia of the South Whidbey Youth Football Association which fields teams for middle school-aged youths. The two Pee Wee and Midget football representatives highlighted the league's cost at $180, which covers the uniform and helmet, but not travel, cleats or a mouth guard.
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I appreciate this opportunity to write about counseling related subjects. I believe I have had valuable experiences over the years which give me a perspective that may be interesting to colleagues across the nation. Some of the issues I look forward to addressing in future blogs include counseling in rural areas, the valuable alternative perspectives of "fresh" versus "seasoned" counselors, trends and fads in counseling over the years, professional collaboration, ethics, and my favorite diagnosis to treat: eating disorders. I will do my best to stay off the soap box, and really look forward to feedback from other professionals.
I have often wondered, for instance, how other counselors in rural areas deal with the "fishbowl effect". As some of you undoubtedly know, in an area with a small population, the boundaries recommended in graduate school ( I attended an urban based grad school) aren't just impractical in a rural area, they are impossible. The person you saw yesterday who discussed her/his most shameful behaviors could be the person who fixes your car or cleans your teeth or serves your food or fixes your toilet the next day. It is impossible to be a blank slate, yet I have found that my involvement in my community must be tempered to truly be available to all walks of life. I feel it is important to be invisible enough to have people feel comfortable with the notion of privacy. So I am careful to assess the potential results of my public exposure. As you may surmise, I at times feel a bit isolated. At other times I feel connected in a way impossible in a big city.
I am curious about how many of you in rural settings have had the experience of seeing a client in your counseling office, then later, in another venue, overhearing their conversation or observing them as they behave in a way not at all resembling their presentation in your office. This is quite valuable as a counselor, as the perspective is much richer. But it makes one wonder how much we miss in traditional counseling interactions. And it creates an important caveat regarding brief counseling: things are usually both much simpler and much more complex than at first glance.
Similarly, it is very unnerving to have your daughter or son bring home as a date someone who is known to you through case consultation. You know more about this individual than most concerned and involved parents would be comfortable knowing about the person who is about to go off with your child. Since your child knows nothing of the information you have regarding this person, you can feel pretty stuck. You are prevented by confidentiality rules from asking direct questions that your professional knowledge says your parent self must address. It can make for an uneasy evening... I think anyone who plans to be a rural counselor needs to start by reading Gerald Corey's thoughts on the subject in various books and articles. Also a good case consultation group is vital. And of course, being in a rural area, solitude and recreation are literally out your back door.____________________________________________________________________________Steve Bryson is a nurse and counselor in private practice in Whitefish, Montana. He works with adolescents and adults, couples and families and has a special interest in eating disorders


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In 1900, Fred Bremner produced 'Baluchistan Illustrated', an album documenting his travels within the province. This personal project was a welcome break from the daily life of a commercial photographer. With portraiture at the core of his business, Bremner travelled incessantly photographing not only colonial officers and their families but also members of the native aristocracy. This is one of Bremner's most remarkable compositions. The alignment of the near and distant sloping rocks creates one sweeping diagonal that virtually bisects the composition. This gives a dynamic to an otherwise perfectly still and tranquil scene. By scattering figures around the landscape, Bremner conveys the sense of scale, adding to the dramatic impact of the photograph.


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The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Turnpike School on Route 517.
A site walk is also scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 16 at 9 a.m.
Towers are allowed as a conditional use in the district, but a variance is needed because the plan deviates from conditional use standards.
The area has been identified as being in need of better cellular service coverage.
The company, Global Tower often works with non-profit or private landowner to find lease sites for the towers. After plans could not be worked out with the Oldwick Fire Company, the company began negotiations with the Melick family. The Cider Mill is on about 60 acres. The driveway to the farm is about 200 feet from Route 517.
Peter Melick, who is a fireman and a Township Committeeman previously said the tower would likely go in the back of the property where it would be well hidden.
However, earlier this year members of the Township Historic Commission observed a "balloon test" for the proposed cell tower project.
The Commission then adopted a resolution citing their opposition to the project due to its direct adverse visual impact to the Oldwick Historic District.
Global Tower was working with the Oldwick Fire Company, hoping to put a tower behind the firehouse. The tower would have generated revenues for the fire company.
The problem was, when the land was deeded to the fire company, restrictions were placed on its use. In June, the Township Committee voted to deny a waiver that would have allowed the fire company to seek approval for the tower
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Maya Michelle Moore will be a senior in the fall at Lusher High School, where she is active in dance, cheerleading and softball.
She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Moore, her mother the former Ronda Baudy.
A dancer for 12 years, Maya currently dances with Art in Motion Dance Academy and in a certificate-of-artistry program at Lusher, where she's performed in the musicals "Fame" and "Hairspray."
Maya's outside interests include art and traveling. She has volunteered at the Aquarium of the Americas, and worked as a lifeguard.
She would like to pursue studies toward a medical degree and to become a pediatric surgeon.


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Robert Lord, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Flemington for the past 12 years, was recently named a principal with the firm's holding company, the Jones Financial Companies, LLLP. He is one of only 37 individuals chosen from more than 42,000 associates across the U.S. to join the firm's 336 principals.
Lord, the son of Bob and Sallee Lord of Doylestown, Pa., is a native of Ringoes, and graduated from Hunterdon Central High School in Flemington in 1996. He then attended the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he graduated with honors, earning a bachelor's degree in economics.
Lord joined Edward Jones in 2000, and opened the firm's first branch office in Flemington the following year. In addition to serving as a financial advisor, he is also an Edward Jones regional leader, guiding and supporting nearly 70 financial advisors located in northern and central New Jersey.
Lord will remain in Flemington and continue serving investors throughout the area.
He said, "I joined Edward Jones because I believe in the firm's commitment to individual investors, and I respect its partnership management structure. It's a great privilege to become actively involved in that management as a principal."
Jim Weddle, managing partner of Edward Jones, said, "Robert has proved to be an outstanding leader in our firm. I'm very pleased to welcome him into the partnership and look forward to his future contributions to the firm."
Lord serves on the board of the Jennie Haver Scholarship Fund, is a member of the Flemington Elks, and is a member and past president of the Flemington Lions Club.
Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors in the U.S. and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm's business, from the types of investment options offered to the location of branch offices, is designed to cater to individual investors in the communities in which they live and work.


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An Easton man is in Northampton County Prison after he assaulted two city men this month and was caught Wednesday with a pair of brass knuckles, according to court records.
Cordaro Leon Stonewall, 21, of the 1300 block of Northampton Street, allegedly assaulted Luis Columbine the afternoon of March 4 in the first block of North Third Street.
Court papers didn't indicate details about the assault, but said Columbine required medical treatment for his injuries. Stonewall was charged with simple assault and harassment.
Stonewall broke into a home in the 100 block of South 13th Street and struck Joshua Dejesus in the head, cutting him and knocking him to the ground, court papers say. Stonewall fled the residence after the alleged attack, running down 13th Street before he was picked up in a white van, records say.
He was charged with simple assault, harassment and burglary in that case.
Police say Stonewall was picked up at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of Spruce Street in possession of a pair of brass knuckles. He was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon.
Court records did not indicate how police found Stonewall on Wednesday or why he's accused of assaulting Columbine and Dejesus.
He was arraigned Wednesday before on-duty District Judge Daniel Corpora in Easton on all the charges. Stonewall was sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of a total bail of $20,000.


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"The big thing (Tennessee needs) is the perimeter skill level — from the standpoint of being able to defend but also make shots and make plays off the dribble," Martin said at a Wednesday news conference. "I think that's the biggest key.
"When you've got guys that can do multiple things on the perimeter, it will open a lot of things up for your program. In what we try to do with a motion offense and a ball-screen offense, you have to have guys who can make individual plays."
Despite his height, Reese is more of a perimeter scorer than an inside scorer.
"Derek's a guy that's 6-7, maybe 6-8, who can really stroke the basketball," Martin said. "It's probably his biggest strength. He's a good athlete but one of his biggest assets is that he can shoot the ball from the perimeter and knock down 3-point shots. He can shoot from deep, he can put the ball on the floor. Because he can jump, he doesn't get the credit (he should) for his ability to really shoot the ball."
Reggie Tucker, Reese's AAU coach with the Florida Q6 Rams, agrees that the young man's greatest attribute is his long-range marksmanship.
"He can shoot it," Tucker said. "That's most definitely his strength. Through the years he's improved drastically his ball-handling and posting up, though."
Mark Griseck, coach at Olympia High, also pinpoints Reese's perimeter scoring abilities as a major asset.
"He's an excellent 3-point shooter, good rebounder, handles the ball well," Griseck said. "He's a good defender who can guard post players or can guard the wing. He's a tough matchup for his size, and he's probably going to grow a little more. He may be 6-9 before it's over. He has big upside."
Martin thinks so, too.
"He's a quality young man," the Vols' head man said of Reese. "I think he has a great future if he continues to get better. He has a great frame right now ... 200 pounds, maybe 205. I think if he continues to work he's got a chance to be very successful."
Like Reese, Edwards brings length, agility and versatility to Tennessee's program.
"With his experience, athleticism and quickness, D'Montre will be ready from day one," Martin said. "He competes at a high level. He can defend, rebound and score. I think he's going to be a really good player for us. He will fit in well."
A first-team All-Southern Conference honoree last season, Edwards also made the Florida Community College Activities Association All-Tournament Team after averaging a team-high 15.4 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. He shot 37 percent from 3-point range and 79 percent from the free-throw line.
"When I went on my visit, I just fell in love with the coaching staff and really liked all the guys on the team," Edwards said. "I knew right away it was the place I needed to be. I was really impressed with the academic center. I want to get my degree from UT."
Edwards, who chose UT over Texas A&M, DePaul, College of Charleston and UAB, graduated from West Ashley High School in Charleston, S.C.
Tennessee also hopes to add a prospect who can upgrade its inside game. The Vols supposedly still have their eyes on 6-8, 250-pound Jarnell Stokes (Memphis) and 6-8, 240-pound Landen Lucas (Portland, Ore.).
"One of the biggest things is low-post scoring — not a face-up guy but a guy (who scores) with his back to the basket," Martin said. "He demands the ball on the block, demands the double-team on the block. That's probably one of the biggest keys ... to get that low-post production."


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10 Ways to Deal with Temper Tantrums
Stay Calm
Don't Yell
Don't Try to Reason
Ignore the Tantrum
Avoid Making a Scene
Communicate Your Anger
Get Silly
Don't Give In
If you reward a tantrum, you will condition your child just like one of Pavlov's dogs. Every time your toddler wants something, she'll throw a little fit. So don't buy your child the candy she wanted just because she makes a little scene —or even a huge brouhaha. Instead, try to demonstrate that the tantrum has no effect on you whatsoever. It will not change your mind one little bit.
Don't Punish Your Child
The reasoning behind this rule is simple: tantrums should be treated like speed bumps. You may slow down and ease over them for a second, but then you get right back up to speed. They have absolutely no lasting power over you.
Besides, if your child is out of control, then he's out of control. Is this really a punishable offense? Probably not. The tantrum itself is probably frightening and punishing enough to your child without having you add further punishment to it.


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And if you can believe the weather forecasters, it looks like a rare weekend on tap with two dry days.
Alder Creek Kayak and Canoe, the Hayden Island-based paddling store, kicks off the paddling season with its 19th Spring Paddle Festival.
Activities, both on land and on the water, are free. Vancouver Lake Park doesn't even charge an admission fee, as it will do later in the season.
Here's a Paddle fest 2011.pdf .
Basically, you just show up and join in. Lessons, demos and other canoe/kayak programs take place both days, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
To find Vancouver Lake, go west from Interstate 5 on Mill Plain or Fourth Plain. Both eventually merge with Lower River Road, which leads north to Vancouver Lake. Just follow signs.
Look here on Saturday for a story, video and photo gallery of my four-day canoe trip last Labor Day weekend on Waldo Lake.
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Iowa state Sen. Pat Ward won her Senate seat during Tuesday's Election.
Ward, 55, died from breast cancer on Oct. 15. She served in the legislature since 2004.
Thursday, Republicans will hold a nominating convention to choose a new candidate for her Senate District 22 seat.
Ward's husband, John, is seeking the nomination.
He would face Democrat Desmund Adams in a special election scheduled for Dec. 11.


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SECU Board Follows the Credo of the Three Musketeers
For the State Employees Credit Union Board, "all for one and one for all" is not just talk.
Joined by what they describe as a common purpose of bettering its members' lives and those living in North Carolina, the 11-member board has found a way to function decisively and effectively with little dissent while delivering innovative solutions to members' challenges.
According to SECU Chairman Shirley Bell, the key is that the board's focus constantly revolves around looking for ways the Raleigh-based credit union can benefit its members and the North Carolina community at large.
"There is a strong sense of shared purpose and we take it as a social crusade of sorts," said SECU Vice Chairman Jim Barber. "Working with the credit union management and senior staff most of the board members come up with new ideas on how to best serve the needs of our membership. It keeps it exciting, so meetings are never the 'same old, same old' every year. We're all professionals and egos are checked at the front door, so our disagreements are never personal and everyone on the board has a voice."
In addition to having a voice every board member knows they will eventually serve as board chairman, which goes a long way toward fostering better board relations.
Another unique SECU move is keeping the board and management team directly plugged into the community with its more than 2,500 advisory board members statewide. Bell said many of SECU's products, services and enhancements can be attributed to the advisory board's ideas and suggestions.
"The advisory board is the intermediary between us and the membership. Each branch has its advisory board with volunteers across different job categories," said Bell. "People's issues and needs may differ across the state but input from the advisory board helps us look into projects and fund those that will have the greatest impact and help the most people statewide."
Last year, SECU's board helped ease North Carolina's student tuition burdens. When education loan fund providers pulled out of the market amid state budget shortfalls and growing concerns about the economy, SECU stepped in.
The board agreed unanimously that the credit union should ensure the ongoing success of the higher education system in North Carolina. The board approved an investment of $1.1 billion in July 2008 to help the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority refinance and provide funding for loans made by College Foundation Inc. to students and parents. An additional $500 million was also invested in December 2008, increasing the credit union's commitment to $1.6 billion.
The move also provided an added benefit to SECU members in the form of a rate reduction on N.C.'s extra education loan, while providing a reinvestment of $1.6 billion back to North Carolina's economy.
Another initiative that continues to give back to greater N.C. community is the SECU Foundation. Chartered by the board in July 2004, the focus of the foundation is to promote local community development, primarily through high-impact projects in the areas of education, health and human services. The members of SECU's board also serve as the foundation's board of the directors.
The funding for the foundation is provided primarily through voluntary contributions of $1.00 monthly maintenance fees on checking accounts, which would have otherwise gone toward the operation of the credit union. Currently, the funding accounts for over $750,000 per month.
"I think people would be most surprised to learn that such a diverse board can seamlessly work for the common good for our membership with very little disagreement," said SECU Board Director Cynthia Jolly. "It's in our culture to spend time as a board talking about how to develop effective communication with each other and with the executive and leadership staff. It is a continuous process."
Board Director Bob Brinson, who served on the board for two years, said it also helps that whether a board "newbie" or longtime member everyone feels they have something of value to add to the discussion at hand. He said that mutual respect helped in launching the IRS volunteer income tax assistance program as a way to boost the state's economy.
With as many as 25% of eligible North Carolinians failing to claim the earned income tax credit-representing an estimated loss to N.C. working families of as much as $176 million-the board approved offering the VITA program and all 220 SECU branches serve as VITA sites. In addition, the board provided a low, 12% interest, no-fee refund anticipation loan for members participating in the program-an alternative to high interest refund anticipation loans.
According to SECU, in just the first year the credit union helped 16,000 individuals claim more than $8 million in tax credits, $14 million in tax refunds, and saved North Carolinians more than $2.2 million in tax preparation fees. The program has been expanded to include training at least three SECU employees to serve the VITA program for the 2008 tax season.
"We're fortunate that we have an honest and bright CEO; the board and executive relationship is like a marriage if you don't get it right at the onset it is hard for it to prosper," said Board Director David King. "Because of that, we as a board have a willingness to take some well-debated risks beyond our comfort zone based on that faith in the staff and our judgment as a group. Our members trust the organization implicitly to do right by them, and we take that seriously, so all our decisions are weighted balancing cost, benefits and reputation risk. We won't do anything to undermine our members' trust, because it's true when they say you can spend a lifetime building a reputation yet it can be destroyed in 15 seconds."


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SPRINGFIELD – One third of Massachusetts residents who identify themselves as middle class fear falling into the ranks of the poor, according to a MassInc study released recently that also showed Massachusetts' middle class is doing comparatively well compared with the rest of the country.
MassInc also known as the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, created the first-of-its kind Middle Class Index as a means of tracking how most Americans are doing at achieving the traditional elements of the American Dream, said Benjamin K. Forman, MassInc research director.
MassInc is a nonprofit, independent think tank based in Boston.
"My view would be it doesn't look great," Forman said to sum up. "It's interesting. People made gains in a lot of things we associated with the American Dream and being solidly middle class. More people bought homes over the past 10 years. More people finished college. But they are hanging on to those things by an increasingly thinner thread."
Forman pointed to the difficulty many people have saving money. In 2000, 68.3 percent of middle-class Massachusetts residents earned interest income from a savings account or the like. In 2010, that number had fallen to 37 percent of the state's middle class.
That's not taking into account that low interest rates make those savings accounts less profitable than they once were, Forman said.
Forman defines the middle class, at least as far as the objective data is concerned, as the middle 60 percent of earners, that is everyone except the top 20 percent and the bottom 20 percent. That definition means any family earning $32,000 to $141,000 a year is middle class.
Michael A. Tarrant, 34, of Chicopee said he falls solidly within that range. A carpenter who specializes in commercial construction, he's working now on renovations at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield. But he knows that construction is never that secure.
"Every day I show up to work I'm one day closer to getting laid off," Tarrant said. "It makes me a little bit different."
It also makes him careful about spending and debt and aggressive when it comes time to look for that next gig.
"I can get laid off today and find work by Monday," he said.
A father of a 5-year-old son, he said he plans to get his boy doing odd jobs at the age of 12 or 15, same as his father did with him. That way he'll learn that there is always a way to make money, even in a poor economy.
MassInc's Forman said goal in creating the index is to develop a meaningful tool for policy makers as the state recovers from the recession. He pointed to the state's healthy high-tech sector.
"We are creating jobs in that sector. But we haven't created as many jobs in that sector here in Massachusetts as are being created elsewhere in the country." Forman said. "Is the business climate here conducive to job growth? Do we actually produce things? Can we try and build things again?"
The survey was of 500 randomly-selected Massachusetts resident called in two groups called over the last few months.
MassInc Study: Middle Class Index
Nearly half the respondents, 48 percent, said they fear the next generation will not be as well as of as they are now. Only 18 percent held an optimistic opinion of the future, according to survey results.
"We hear a lot of fear on the phone," said Thomas J. Fox, community outreach director for Cambridge Credit Counseling in Agawam. "A lot of people don't know what to do. They don't know what is coming next."
Cambridge Credit is a nonprofit consumer education and credit counseling organization.
Fox said his advice is similar to what Tarrant said. he tells people to budget carefully and pay down debt. He also reminds people to eliminate avoidable expenses like bank fees.
Besides the survey, Forman and his staff boiled down 26 different objective measurements of relative prosperity including income, savings rate, whether a household reported interest income from savings, savings rate, and educational attainment into a Middle Class Index. The year 2000 was the benchmark year at 100. But 2009 and 2010 statistics showed Massachusetts with an index of 97.4 on that scale, showing a decline over the decade.
Nationally, the number was 94.2 on the same scale where 100 is considered the benchmark.
"At the end of the day families are having a more difficult time. "We saw that in all the 26 measures that we look at."
Forman defines the middle class, at least as far as the objective data is concerned, as the middle 60 percent of earners, that is everyone except the top 20 percent and the bottom 20 percent. That definition means any family earning $32,000 to $141,000 a year is middle class.
Median family income across Massachusetts rose 6.6 percent from over the decade from $72,427 in 2000 to $77,194 in 2010. That 6.6 percent increase was better than the 3.3 percent dip seen nationally.
But there are wide functions. Median income ranged from $229,152 in Wellesly to $23,999 in Holyoke, the lowest median income in the state.


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Jason Riley of the Wall Street Journal has a new book out likely to ruffle feathers among leftists titled "Please Stop Helping Us."
His primary thesis? Following in the footsteps of scholars such as Charles Murray and Thomas Sowell, Riley argues that progressive policies and programs intended to help blacks in America, from LBJ's Great Society through today's calls for increasing the minimum wage, have become barriers to progress.
Riley concludes that "black social and economic problems are less about politics than they are about culture," with there being a strong case to be made that efforts to "help" blacks have had "more pernicious and lasting effects on attitudes and habits than either slavery or segregation." Moreover:
"The left's sentimental support has turned underprivileged blacks into playthings for liberal intellectuals and politicians who care more about clearing their conscience or winning votes than advocating behaviors and attitudes that have allowed other groups to get ahead. Meanwhile, the civil rights movement of King has become an industry that does little more than monetize white guilt."
Riley comes to this conclusion through a close study of black cultural and political trends, and an empirical analysis of the effect of policies and programs created purportedly to help blacks in America improve their lot economically, politically and socially.
Below are 13 of the most politically incorrect quotes from Riley's book, which reflect his controversial thesis.
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1. On "post-racial" America
"Liberals like to complain that, the twice-elected President Obama notwithstanding, we are not a "post-racial" society. The reality is that they wouldn't have it any other way. Race consciousness helps cohere the political left, and black liberalism's main agenda is keeping race front and center in our national conversations. That's why, for example, much more common black-on-black crimes take a back seat to much less common white-on-black crimes. The last thing that organizations like the NAACP want is for America to get "beyond" race. In their view, racial discrimination in one form or another remains a significant barrier to black progress, and government action is the best solution."
2. Political gains result in slower socioeconomic progress?
"Were [W.E.B] Du Bois and [Dr. Martin Luther] King alive today, they would no doubt be glad to know that between 1970 and 2001 the number of black elected officials in the United States grew from fewer than fifteen hundred to more than nine thousand. But they would also have to acknowledge that this political success had not redounded to the black underclass. Between 1940 and 1960–that is, before the major civil rights victories, and at a time when black political power was nearly nonexistent–the black poverty rate fell from 87 percent to 47 percent. Yet between 1972 and 2011–that is, after major civil rights gains, as well as the implementation of Great Society programs–it barely declined, from 32 percent to 28 percent, and remained three times the white rate, which is about what it was in 1972. By 2013 Mississippi had more black elected officials than any other state, but it also continues to have one of the highest black poverty rates in the nation…While blacks were steadily increasing their numbers in Congress and among elected officials at the state and local levels in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, black welfare dependency rose, as did black teen unemployment, black crime, and black births to single mothers…Thomas Sowell has spent decades researching racial and ethnic groups in the United States and internationally. And his findings show that political activity generally has not been a factor in the rise of groups from poverty to prosperity…economic gains have generally preceded political gains…Moreover, in those instances where the political success of a minority group has come first, the result has often been slower socioeconomic progress."
3. On "voting rights": Liberals continue to live in 1965
"We are in the second decade into the twenty-first century, and a black man has twice been elected president in a country where blacks are only 13 percent of the population. Yet liberals continue to pretend that it's still 1965, and that voters must be segregated in order for blacks to win office…in 2008 Obama not only won the presidency of a majority-white country; he did better among white voters in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia than John Kerry in 2004 and Al Gore in 2000. Yet after the Supreme Court, in its 2013 decision Shelby County v. Holder, effectively nullified Section 5′s "preclearance" provisions by ruling that Congress was using an outdated formula to determine which states must have federal oversight of their voting laws, Obama said he was "deeply disappointed," and complained that the ruling "upsets decades of well-established practices that help make sure voting is fair, especially in places where voting discrimination has been historically prevalent…"
What do the current data show?…black voter registration is higher in the South than it is in other regions of the country…the racial gap in voter registration and turnout is lower in the states originally covered under Section 5 than it is nationwide…black turnout now exceeds white turnout in five of those six states…it shows tremendous voting-rights progress.
The political left, led by Obama, played down this racial progress and expressed disappointment with the outcome of the case, but their dismay had nothing to do with any fear that black access to balloting was in jeopardy…What really concerns liberals is that the ruling could make it more difficult for them to use the Voting Rights Act to guarantee election results. As Roger Clegg and Joshua Thompson, who filed an amicus brief in Shelby County v. Holder, explained, 'the principal use that federal civil-rights officials now make of Section 5 is to require racially gerrymandered and racially segregated voting districts.'"
4. "The black underclass continues to face many challenges, but they have to do with values and habits, not oppression from a manifestly unjust society"
"The sober truth is that the most important civil rights battles were fought and won four decades before the Obama presidency. The black underclass continues to face many challenges, but they have to do with values and habits, not oppression from a manifestly unjust society. Blacks have become their own worst enemy, and liberal leaders do not help matters by blaming self-inflicted wounds on whites or "society." The notion that racism is holding back blacks as a group, or that better black outcomes cannot be expected until racism has been vanquished, is a dodge. And encouraging blacks to look to politicians to solve their problems does them a disservice. As the next chapter explains, one lesson of the Obama presidency–maybe the most important one for blacks–is that having a black man in the Oval Office is less important than having one in the home."
5. Black cultural attitudes are a primary driver of lack of progress
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Title: Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
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"Education is not the only area where an oppositional black mindset has been detrimental to social and economic progress. Black cultural attitudes toward work, authority, dress, sex and violence have also proven counterproductive, inhibiting the development of the kind of human capital that has lead to socioeconomic advancement for other groups. But it's hard to see how blacks will improve their lot without changing their attitudes toward school. A culture that takes pride in ignorance and mocks learnedness has a dim future. And those who attempt to make excuses for black social pathology rather than condemning these behaviors in in uncertain terms are part of the problem. "The middle-class values by which we [middle-class blacks] were raised–the work ethic, the importance of education, the value of property ownership, of respectability, of 'getting ahead,' of stable family life, of initiative, of self-reliance, et cetera–are, in themselves, raceless and even assimilationist," wrote race scholar Shelby Steele. 'But the particular pattern of racial identification that emerged in the sixties and that still prevails today urges middle-class blacks (and all blacks) in the opposite direction. This pattern asks us to see ourselves as an embattled minority.'"
6. Bill Cosby was right
"In 2004 the comedian Bill Cosby was the featured speaker at the NAACP awards ceremony commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Cosby used the occasion to offer a stinging critique of contemporary black culture. He said that blacks today are squandering the gains of the civil rights movement, and white racism is to blame…Liberals want to blame the "legacy" of slavery and racism for the breakdown of the black family and subsequent pathologies. But the empirical data support Bill Cosby.
There is a much stronger case to be made that efforts to help blacks have had more pernicious and lasting effects on attitudes and habits than either slavery or segregation. Social welfare programs that were initiated or greatly expanded during the 1960s resulted in the government effectively displacing black fathers as breadwinners, and made work less attractive."
7. Riley on criminality
"The black inmate population reflects black criminality, not a racist criminal justice system, which currently is being run by one black man (Attorney General Holder) who reports to another (the president). Black crime rates are vastly higher than white crime rates. And it's hard to see how wishing away this reality, inventing conspiracy theories to explain it, or calling those who point it out "racist" will help improve the situation.
Perceptions of black criminality aren't likely to change until black behavior changes. Rather than address that challenge, however, too many liberal policy makers change the subject. Instead of talking about black behavior, they want to talk about racism or poverty or unemployment or gun control. The poverty argument is especially weak. In the 1950s, when segregation was legal, overt racism was rampant, and black poverty was much higher than today, black crime raters were lower and blacks comprised a smaller percentage of the prison population. And then there is the experience of other groups who endured rampant poverty, racial discrimination, and high unemployment without becoming overrepresented in the criminal justice system."
8. The education establishment is no ally either
Unions have a stake in keeping kids in schools…they control, and…politicians want to get elected
"Unions insist that the differences in outcomes between black and white students mainly reflect income disparities, which are outside the control of teachers and schools. In fact, if the education establishment is to be believed, all of the problems within public education are caused by factors outside of public education. As [American Federation of Teachers President Randi] Weingarten put it, "Jason, don't talk to me about an achievement gap until we solve poverty in this country." Yet there is overwhelming evidence that the underprivileged black children that traditional public schools have failed so miserably are not unteachable. There have long been schools willing and able to educate the hardest cases. But many (though not all) of these schools operate outside of the traditional public-school system, so teachers' unions and their political allies work to undermine them. Again, what drives Weingarten and the politicians who carry her water is not racial animus. The simple fact is that unions have a stake in keeping kids in schools that they control, and the politicians want to get elected, which is more difficult when you cross the teachers' unions."
9. Liberals are relegating blacks to the worst performing schools
"Liberals who claim to care so much about underprivileged blacks not only relegate them to the worst performing schools, but also the most violent schools. The Obama administration has chastised schools for disciplining black kids at higher rates than white kids, as if racial parity in disciplinary outcomes is more important than safety. Such thinking also assumes that the suspensions reflect racial animus rather than simply which kids are acting out. But if statistical outcomes prove discrimination, what explains the fact that Asians are disciplined at lower rates than whites? Are the schools also anti-white? Liberals do no favors for black kids who are in school to learn by sympathizing with black kids who are in school to make trouble."
10. "The civil rights industry"
"Equal outcomes may be a noble objective, but nothing in human history suggests that they are realistic. Different groups have different backgrounds and interests and skills and sensibilities. Success and failure is not randomly distributed. By moving the public-policy emphasis away from equal opportunity, where it belonged, and toward some fanciful notion of racially proportionate results, Johnson was laying the groundwork for a civil rights industry that to this day insists that racially disparate policy outcomes are proof of discrimination, regardless of the policy's intentions."
11. "Blacks as a group, and poor blacks in particular, have performed better in the absence of government schemes"
There are limits to social engineering that arrogant politicians and public-policy makers…ignore
"In 1940 the black poverty rate was 87 percent. By 1960 it had fallen to 47 percent, a 40-point drop that predated not only affirmative action but the passage of landmark civil rights bills that liberals would later credit with the steep decline in black poverty. Did affirmative action play a role in reducing the percentage of poor blacks? If so, it wasn't much of one. In 1970, 33.5 percent of blacks would be living below the official poverty line. In 1990, two full decades of affirmative action later, it would be 31.9 percent. Affirmative action deserves about as much credit for the decline in black poverty as it deserves for the rise of the black middle class. In both cases, racial preferences at best continued a trend that had already begun. And in both cases the trend was considerably stronger in the decades immediately following their implementation. If, as the NAACP claims every time someone spots a Confederate flag at a parade, white racism is a major barrier to group progress, how can it be that black people were rising out of poverty and into the middle class at a faster clip when racism in the United States was legal, socially acceptable, and rampant–none of which is the case today?
Blacks as a group, and poor blacks in particular, have performed better in the absence of government schemes like affirmative action. That's not an argument for returning to Jim Crow; civil rights are fundamental to a free society, and it was wrong to deny them to blacks. But it does suggest that there are limits to social engineering that arrogant politicians and public-policy makers continue to ignore."
12. On affirmative action
"Affirmative action in higher education initially meant greater outreach. Until the early 1970s the goal was to seek out minorities in areas–such as the black inner city–that college recruiters at elite institutions had previously ignored. But it soon became clear that these schools couldn't possibly find a critical mass of blacks who were qualified, so they began lowering the admissions requirements for black applicants. The history of affirmative action in academia since the 1970s is a history of trying to justify holding blacks to lower standards in the name of helping them.
It's no great shock that top schools would have trouble finding blacks with the same qualifications as Asian and white applicants. Black children are more likely to attend the nation's lowest-performing elementary schools. They leave high school with the reading and math skills of an eighth grader. And anti-intellectualism permeates black culture…Obviously there is nothing wrong with top schools wanting to attract students from different backgrounds, but how they pursue that goal is important…what if these efforts to color-code campuses at any cost are not so benign? Putting aside the constitutionality of race-based college admissions, a separate question is whether black students are helped or harmed when they are admitted to a school with lower qualifications than those required of other students at the same institution."
13. The left's sentimental support has turned underprivileged blacks into playthings for liberal intellectuals and politicians
"After George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, President Obama explained the black response to the verdict in this way: "They understand that some of the violence that takes place in poor black neighborhoods around the country is born out of a very violent pas in this country, and that the poverty and dysfunction that we see in those communities can be traced to a very difficult history." Obama was doing exactly what liberals have been conditioning blacks to do since the 1960s, which is to blame black pathology on the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws. And the president is conditioning the next generation of blacks to do the same.
But this is a dodge. Those legacies are not holding down blacks half as much as the legacy of efforts to help them "overcome." The left's sentimental support has turned underprivileged blacks into playthings for liberal intellectuals and politicians who care more about clearing their conscience or winning votes than advocating behaviors and attitudes that have allowed other groups to get ahead. Meanwhile, the civil rights movement of King has become an industry that does little more than monetize white guilt. King and his contemporaries demanded black self-improvement despite the abundant and overt racism of his day. King's successors, living in an era when public policy bends over backward to accommodate blacks, nevertheless insist that blacks cannot be held responsible for their plight so long as someone somewhere in white America is still using the n-word."


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A 23-year-old Syracuse man was shot in the right shoulder tonight while walking near South Avenue, city police said.
Jermaine Barnum, 23, of Rich Street, told police someone in a red sedan shot at him several times as he walked down Sterling Avenue near his home, said Lt. Joe Cecile.
Barnum was taken by a private vehicle to University Hospital. He was conscious and alert, Cecile said.
Police are looking for suspects.


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Politics: The craptastic reality that is today's jobs report
Published by: Dan Calabrese on Friday September 7th, 2012
By DAN CALABRESE - 96,000 new jobs, and 368,000 people leaving the work force, is beyond horrendous.
There are some things you need to understand when you hear President Obama and other Democrats talk about "29 straight months of private-sector job growth" or whatever they say. That, in itself, is not an achievement. The economy should create new jobs every month, and lots of them, as a matter of course. That's because the population is always growing and consequently the size of the labor force - or should I say, the number of people who should be participating in the labor force - grows with it.
If you've ever wondered why we're supposedly creating all these new jobs, but the unemployment rate remains stuck at just above 8 percent, I can explain it to you very easily. Because the size of the labor force is always growing, you need to create at least 200,000 new jobs every month just to keep pace. That sounds like a lot, but it's really not when you consider it's an average of 4,000 jobs per state, and then you start breaking it down to individual communities.
If you've got 8 percent unemployment, and you keep creating 200,000 jobs per month or fewer, you will never get below 8 percent unemployment. The only thing that will get you even the slightest downtick is if massive numbers of people leave the workforce, and that's what happened in August. For every job that was created, there were nearly four other people who gave up looking for work entirely.
The August figure of 96,000 jobs created is terrible, and is only made to look a little less terrible when you compare it to the two previous months, which did not even get above 50,000 according to the latest revisions.
Now it's certainly true that the economy was actually shedding jobs when Obama first took office, and he has tried to make the case that his polices turned that around, such that now at least we are creating some jobs - and that this is better than where we were. But this argument is hogwash. A very severe downturn will see jobs lost, but this never continues in perpetuity because eventually companies find they can't cut any more and they need to start hiring some people back. It's not because of Obama's policies that we stopped losing jobs. It's because it's impossible for that to go on very long.
Typically, a sharp recession is followed by a sharp recovery, with jobs being added back at a breakneck pace once the recovery is underway. When Ronald Reagan was re-elected in 1984, unemployment was still a relatively high 7.5 percent as a remnant of the 1982 recession, but voters were confident in the direction of the economy because at that point we were adding jobs much faster than the labor force was growing. That's why Reagan won 49 states and 525 electoral votes. (That, and no one wanted to put Jimmy Carter's vice president in the White House.)
Today, we are still not even adding back jobs as fast as the labor force is growing, and that's a full three years after the recession officially ended. Plus, we face these circumstances in spite of the fact that Obama spent a gargantuan $862 billion worth of "stimulus" money in 2009, claiming it would kick-start job creation, and he has quietly added that amount to the baseline of our theoretical budget (would that we had a real one) and kept spending it every year.
We're now spending 25 percent of GDP, the most since World War II, and Obama and his Keynesian supporters still can't explain where all the "multipliers" are that should be creating new jobs.
When you add as minuscule an amount as 96,000 new jobs, and nearly four times that many people leave the work force, this needs to be understood as an absolutely horrible economic performance. Obama should be under serious fire to explain this failure, instead of people letting him get away with claiming it's yet another consecutive month of job growth.


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Just before Black Friday, a new consumer website went live. The website was developed using Grails, but wasn't the typical build-from-scratch website. While the website makes use of Grails, various Grails plugins, jQuery and third party web services, it also accesses a legacy database on an IBM i server (also known as AS400 and iSeries).
comIT, LLC participated in the development, which was led by Denoncourt Consulting. New domain objects were introduced and integrated with existing tables/files on the IBM i. Being able to mix new domain objects, some of which extended existing legacy tables, integrate with third party web services as well as utilize Grails plugins, enabled this website's development and deployment in a short time frame. The Grails ecosystem and community support continues to amaze me.
comIT, LLC assisted in areas of project management, continuous integration, design as well as implementation of various back-end services.
The website was developed for Kettler USA, which manufacturers products for bikes, fitness, patio, table tennis and toys. Stop by and check it out.
As time permits, I may write about some of the features I contributed. You may also want to check out Denoncourt's Blog for information about how the project was developed.
Thanks to all the contributors to Grails and it's plugins for enabling the team to make this project a success!


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You may see some interesting service animals in Illinois.
Under a new state law, miniature horses, which are trained to help disabled people will be allowed in Illinois schools and other public places.
Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill Tuesday putting mini horses on the same level as seeing-eye dogs, to accompany people with disabilities.
That includes helping people who may have a hearing impairment or intellectual disability.


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Tel: 01343 555104
Fax: 01343 562453
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Mairi McFadden. Direct Tel: 01343 562460
Email: email@example.com
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Angela Stewart. Direct Tel: 01343 562451
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How to donate
Donations if desired, should be made payable to 'The Oaks'. Cash donations can be handed into the Unit between 09:00 - 16:00 Monday - Friday. Money can also be donated via The Oaks Justgiving page at www.justgiving.com/grampianHBEF (our charity number is SCO17296). All donations received are used to purchase equipment and items of comfort for our patients.


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