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Sew-a-thon for Joseph's House at Fayetteville Free Library
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A Sew-a-thon was held Saturday and Sunday at the Fayetteville Free Library to benefit Joseph's House, a home for mothers facing unplanned pregnancy, slated to open in March. The event also benefits a similar outreach by St. Lucy's Church. Participants made baby items including nighties, tote bags, blankets, swaddlers, and more. A swadler is shown at right as Ann Rowland, of Fayetteville, works in the background at left. A similar event is planned for February. For more information, contact Liz VanIderstine at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Spending for defense will vanish. Where will CRDN turn for revenue then?
interesting story in ibd friday - defense spending as percent of gdp other measures actually close to historic lows - so not sure how much the dems can whack it + crdn has much more than plate armor going for it. happy to buy and hold - short term i am more concerned about avoiding back dated options black hole. gz
Bullet proof vests for DEMOCRATS ? There will probably be a HUGE demand.

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This weeks simple thing: watching bubs take to the ice for his very first game of shinny hockey. I had no doubt he'd love it eventually, but since he'd only just learned to skate the winter before we left for the island, I wasn't sure how he'd do on the ice. I'm happy to report he did great and I just love how excited he is to play a little hockey this winter!
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MARSHALL, Mo., Sept. 10, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Missouri Valley Community Action Agency is one of four Community Action Agencies (CAAs) working to alleviate poverty in America to receive the 2013 Community Economic Development Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award. The awards, administered by the Community Action Partnership, were presented August 29, 2013 at the organization's Annual Convention in Chicago.
In order to be selected, the winning projects were evaluated based on its effectiveness in job creation, asset building, and economic impact on low-income communities in three categories: Entrepreneurship, Protege, and Master Innovator. MVCAA's Missouri Alliance for the Development of Entrepreneurship (MADE) was selected as a winner in the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation category.
Missouri Valley Community Action Agency's MADE provides support for new and developing businesses. Participants receive mentoring, professional and technical support as they work to actualize their business ideas into sustainable business ventures. To date, MADE has assisted in the development of over 30 businesses that employ 130 people in Missouri.
"In many communities, the Community Action Agencies are THE go-to organization for helping people, creating jobs and improving communities-and this role increases during challenging economic times," said Pam LaFrenz, Executive Director of MVCAA. "That's why we created our program, and we're proud not only that it has been cited as one of the best in the country, but that it's making a considerable positive impact on our neighbors, both financially and personally."
The award, created in 2010, honors CAAs for exemplary leadership and innovation in creating change for low-income people and families-specifically in economic development. It is part of the Partnership's Community Economic Development Exemplary Practice Initiative, funded by the federal Office of Community Services/Administration for Children and Families/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Despite the fact that CAAs are under increased pressure due to budget cuts and growing requests for services, they are still leading the way in terms of novel approaches that are really helping low-income people and communities thrive," said Stacy Flowers, Director of Community Economic Development at the Community Action Partnership. "The award winners highlight CAAs' unique ability to spearhead programs that promote economic security and reduce poverty."
Community Action helps families and communities meet their unique needs and ensure that all community members have an opportunity to thrive and to contribute to the success of their communities and neighborhoods.
Based in Washington, D.C., the Community Action Partnership provides training and other services to more than 1,000 Community Action Agencies across America that are helping low-income people and families improve their lives, strengthen their communities and embody the spirit of hope. For more information, visit http://www.communityactionpartnership.com/ or follow the organization on Twitter, https://twitter.com/CAPartnership.
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Students at John McDonogh High have endured television cameras, a crumbling building and the failure of a charter program that everyone hoped would transform the long-struggling New Orleans school. But this fall, they'll be moving from the lowest F-graded school in the state to mostly B and C schools, according to data released Thursday by the Recovery School District.
The Recovery School District decided to close John Mac one year after its troubles were splayed across the Oprah television network and two months after the school received a 9.3 on the state's 150-point scorecard. That was the lowest in the state, except for alternative schools.
Its students are newly assigned to schools that average 61 points higher. Moreover, the students are going where they want. Of the 170 who applied through OneApp, 72 percent got their first choice, 22 percent their second. The most-assigned schools were McDonogh 35, Joseph Clark, Landry-Walker, Sophie B. Wright, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Eleanor McMain.
Clark is the outlier: It has a performance score in the D range but has improved rapidly under charter management, and is right down the block from John Mac.
John Mac is one of five schools that the Recovery School District is closing after the current academic year. The others are the system's final conventional schools: A.P. Tureaud Elementary, Benjamin Banneker Elementary, George Washington Carver High and Sarah T. Reed High. Almost 900 students must find a new school.
At the end of the process, the Recovery School District--New Orleans will be country's first all-charter system.
Though none of the four conventional programs is failing - they're all Ds - these students, too, have been assigned to higher-scoring schools. And they were more likely than the average student in a New Orleans public school to get one of their top choices.
Gabriela Fighetti, enrollment director for the Recovery School District, said the computer-generated assignments from the first round validated officials' decisions. "Although closing schools is disruptive ... we are able to move them to a school of their choice that is high-performing," she said.
Carver and Reed were already "phasing out," enrolling only upper grades, and each has only 39 students who aren't expected to graduate this year. Tureaud has about 200 students in PK-6 and Banneker 400 students in PK-8.
The top three most-assigned schools for each of the conventional schools that is closing were:
- Tureaud -- Akili Academy, KIPP Leadership, Mary Coghill
- Banneker -- Lafayette Academy, KIPP Believe, Samuel Green
- Carver -- Landry-Walker, Joseph Clark, McDonogh 35
- Reed -- Lake Area New Tech, ReNEW Accelerated, The NET
The elementary students all will be staying relatively close to their current school: Tureaud is in the 7th Ward, Banneker is in Riverbend. The top Carver assignment, however, is miles away: Carver is in the 9th Ward, Landry-Walker is in Algiers.
For Reed students, the second and third most-assigned schools are alternative programs. Fighetti said that's what students chose.
To ease the transition, the Recovery School District provided or coordinated special counseling and gave students priority in OneApp, the centralized, computerized enrollment system that includes all but 10 of New Orleans' 80-plus public schools. The enrollment preference was important because the most popular schools have very little availability outside kindergarten or ninth grade.
Last year the Recovery School District closed or merged 11 schools. In most cases, it assigned a default new school should students fail to submit a OneApp. That's not happening this year. There were complaints the default schools were low performers, and many families chose a different destination anyway.
Just over 210 students did not submit a OneApp. If they apply now, they might not get their top choices: 18 schools are completely full. They might also be attending a private school, a public school in another parish or one of the 10 New Orleans public schools that do not participate in OneApp. About 40 additional students could not be matched to any of their choices.
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A bizarre story from Florida this week.
According to a report from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, a 19-year-old Florida woman was charged with attempted murder and multiple counts of aggravated battery for allegedly driving her vehicle into a crowd of people Wednesday in Pompano Beach, Fla.,in an attempt to run down a woman she had argued with.
Police said six people were hit by the woman's vehicle, according to the Sun-Sentinel report. Nobody suffered life-threatening injuries, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' friends say it's nothing short of a miracle: Days after being shot in the head point-blank, the injured congresswoman opened an eye Wednesday for the first time.
Two of her closest friends from Congress, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, (D-N.Y.), and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, (D-Fla.), were in Giffords' Tucson, Ariz., hospital room at the time. Both had traveled to Arizona on Air Force One with President Barack Obama to attend a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shooting rampage.
Obama and first lady Michelle Obama immediately headed to University Medical Center after landing in Tucson, and spent about 10 minutes with Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly. Soon after, Gillibrand and Wasserman Schultz, along with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, got their chance to visit.
The women became close friends while they were all serving in the House. Their professional bond turned personal, with Giffords and her husband going on double-dates with Gillibrand and her husband at Matchbox, one of their favorite Washington restaurants, and taking summer vacations to New Hampshire with Wasserman Schultz's family.
These were the memories they were sharing with Giffords when the congresswoman started to signal that she may have known they were there.
Gillibrand said she was holding Giffords' left hand when she started to feel it move. Giffords squeezed the senator's hand, then rubbed her hand with her thumb.
Then Giffords' left eye started to flicker. (Her right eye, damaged in the shooting, is bandaged.) For about 30 seconds, Giffords struggled, before finally opening her eye wide and straining to focus on her friends, husband, parents and doctor.
"We knew she could hear and understand what we were saying," Gillibrand told reporters traveling back to Washington with the president Thursday morning.
It was the first time Giffords had opened her eye since the shooting. Kelly told Giffords to give him a thumbs-up if she could hear him. Instead, she slowly raised her left arm.
"The doctor said this is amazing what she's doing right now and beyond our greatest hopes," Gillibrand said.
"It felt like we were watching a miracle," Wasserman Schultz said. "The strength that you could see flowing out of her, it was like she was trying to will her eyes open."


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The wool and leather kepi hat that once belonged to Union Gen. John Reynolds has a few tears in it.
The 150-year-old artifact isn't perfect, but it tells the story of its owner -- a man who died on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
The hat is one of 94 artifacts featured in the new "Treasures of the Civil War" exhibit at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. The exhibit, which is two years in the making, was created with the 150th Anniversary commemoration of the battle in mind.
President Abraham Lincoln: Face Cast
Artist Leonard Wells Volk captured Lincoln's likeness by making a plaster cast of his face since Lincoln said he did not have the time for the making of a traditional 19th century sculpture. The artifact is on loan from the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia.
Union Gen. George G. Meade: Frock coat and slouch hat worn at Gettysburg
Uniform frock coat and officer's wool felt slouch hat worn by Meade at Gettysburg. The coat features two major general's shoulder straps. At Fredericksburg while Meade let his troops, two bullets pierced this hat but did not injure him. The artifact is on loan from the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia.
Confederate Gen. George Pickett: Spur
Described as striking and distinguished, Pickett typically wore an immaculate uniform featuring spurs like this. The artifact is from the Gettysburg National Military Park.
Union Gen. Ulysses Grant: Sword for Vicksburg victory
Given to Grant by the men of the Army of Tennessee for his victory at Vicksburg in July 1863, this gold and silver sword and scabbard features ornate details. The image of Athena, the Goddess of War, graces the silver grip, the base of which has "1776" engraved on one side and "1863" on the other. The artifact is on loan from the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee: Photo of Lee and horse Traveller, lock of Lee's hair and Traveller's mane
The only known wartime photograph of Robert E. Lee on his favorite horse, Traveller, taken during the siege of Petersburg. Also, a lock of Lee's hair and Traveller's mane, circa late 1860s. The artifacts are on loan from the Arlington House and the Robert E. Lee Memorial.
Human-Rights Activist Frederick Douglass: His first autobiography about his life as a slave
Douglass wrote his first autobiography -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave -- in 1844 to prove to skeptics that the powerful orator indeed had been a slave. The book became a bestseller. The artifact is on loan from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Descriptions of artifacts provided by the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center.


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Noon Update: North Side Deadly StabbingUPDATED 12:33 PM EDT Aug 29, 2014
At around 12:30am this morning, police were called our to Cedar Ave where they found the victim. Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Amber Nicotra has the latest on the investigation.Video Transcript
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tim Cahill scored on a rebound moments after a penalty kick save by teammate Luis Robles and the Red Bulls defeated Columbus 1-0 today.
Cahill headed a rebound in the 80th minute after Crew goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum made the initial save off a shot by Jonathan Steele.
Cahill's third goal of the season came seven minutes after Robles went to his right to stop Federico Higuain's penalty after Columbus' Eddie Gaven was fouled by the Red Bulls' Brandon Barklage.
The Red Bulls (5-4-2) have won three straight.
Columbus (3-3-3) had its 12-game home unbeaten streak ended.
The game's first shot on goal didn't come until the 50th minute when the Crew's Jairo Arrieta struck from 20 yards. Robles finished with five saves.


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This Year's Tyson Alualu
In 2010 most draftniks had Tyson Alualu as a late first/early second round pick but the Jacksonville Jaguars shocked us all by taking him with the 10th selection. Who could be this year's Tyson Alualu?
Jabaal Sheard, DE, Pittsburgh
Sheard's career at Pitt was largely overshadowed by the more highly touted, Greg Romeus. When Romeus went down with a season ending injury in 2010, Sheard stepped up in a major way. The 6-3, 267 pound defensive end went on a tear on his way to being named Big East Defensive Player of the Year. Sheard finished with 9 sacks, 14.5 tackles for loss, and 4 forced fumbles. Sheard's impressive combination of speed and lateral agility make him a strong candidate for a position change to standing up in the 3-4. His scheme diversity will be seen as a big selling point to NFL GM's and may lead to his selection earlier than expected.
Colin Kaepernick, QB, Nevada
Kaepernick is a physical freak at the quarterback position. At 6-5, 233 pounds and faster than a lot of NFL defensive backs, Kaepernick is sure to get a lot of looks come April 28, 2011. Kaepernick finished his career as the only player in NCAA history with more than 4,000 rushing yards and 10,000 passing yards in a career. Kaepernick is unquestionably raw as a dropback, NFL passer but his ceiling is through the roof. My prediction is that one NFL GM will take a chance on him earlier than expected with the hopes of finding the next Josh Freeman. The lack of free agency and need for quarterbacks will certainly help Kaepernick's draft stock.
Christian Ballard, DE, Iowa
Much like Sheard, Ballard spent his career at Iowa in the shadow of Adrian Clayborn. The former tight end has prototypical size (6-4, 283) for the five-technique position in the NFL. His athleticism is rare for a man that size but some are wondering why it never translated to production on a consistent basis. In 48 games, Ballard amassed 150 tackles, 11 sacks, 20 tackles for loss, and 10 quarterback hurries. Ballard's workouts have been solid in the pre-draft process and his scheme diversity as a three-technique in a 4-3 or five-technique in the 3-4 could lead to a team selecting Ballard in the first round of the 2011 draft.


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Hi, welcome to GTA Wiki. Thanks for contributing to the Weapon Wheel page, and for taking interest in the wiki. Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything, or as alternatives, leave a post on a forum, or refer to the Help pages. Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 15:06, March 29, 2014 (UTC)
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Memorial volleyball tourney
The inaugural volleyball Tournament of Strength, in memory of Staten Island Tech alumnus and volleyball player Nicholas C. Chiarulli and in support of the battle against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease), will be held Saturday, June 8, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Staten Island Tech. A tourney for boys' HS players and teams will be held at 9:30 a.m. A co-ed tournament will be held at 12:30 p.m. Entry fees are $60 per team (limit eight) and $10 per individual player. Raffle drawing and 50-50s are planned. Proceeds will benefit ALS research and a scholarship fund for Nicholas' son. To enter the HS tournament, e-mail MSIT coach Dave Mahon at email@example.com. To enter the co-ed tourney, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Touch tackle dinner
The Staten Island Touch Tackle League's fall and winter awards dinner will be held Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Dugout Pub on Forest Avenue.
Men's hoops
The JCC Men's basketball league will hold registration tomorrow, May 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bernikow JCC, 1466 Manor Road. The cost is $165 for members /$185 for non-members per player. Everyone will play 10 games plus playoffs. For more information please call Mike Reape at 718-475-5212 or Lucy Kamil at 917-923-5978.


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AUBURN, Alabama -- The body found in the trunk of a Pontiac Grand Prix in Clayton County, Ga. has been identified as a missing Auburn man.
Clayton County police found Tyshunn Raheem McCray's vehicle late Wednesday night abandoned in an isolated area of the county, according to Auburn police. His body was inside.
The case is being investigated as a homicide, but the cause of death hasn't been released.
McCray, 25, was last seen by family members on May 1 walking in the 300 block of Williams Avenue. He may have been in the area of South College Street and Shell Toomer Parkway in Auburn later that night.
Family reported him missing the next day, according to Auburn police. They believed McCray was driving his maroon 2004 Grand Prix.
The Auburn Police Division is assisting in the investigation with the Clayton County Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call Auburn's detective section at 334-501-3140 or the anonymous tip line at 334-246-1391.


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Skip to comments.HuffPo: '15 Most Overrated White People' (this is a Brietbart story)
Posted on 10/11/2012 8:48:42 AM PDT by bigbob
The Huffington Post, ever eager to curry favor with anti-American pundits and racists posing as free-thinkers, has published a screed by Marc Lamont Hill, who is a black professor at Georgetown University, titled The 15 Most Overrated White People. Keep in mind that this is a man who not only praised convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal, but published Jamals writings, and also was accused of supporting Fidel Castro and Khalid Muhammed.
So who are some of the people on Hills list?
Christopher Columbus, described as an immoral treasure hunter and a vicious conquistador.
Elvis Presley: a cheap facsimile of Little Richard. Spoken like a true racist.
Ronald Reagan: largely responsible for shutting down mental hospitals, bloating the military, shrinking benefits for the needy, sparking mass incarceration, and declaring ketchup a vegetable for our children's school lunches. Also closing down the Soviet Union and rescuing the American economy, you moron.
There are others on the list who deserve it (Bill Clinton and Justin Bieber come to mind), but this column is just one more instance of a black racist venting his fury on the people who have largely civilized the modern world. Are there whites who are overrated? Sure. But if Hill really wanted to be truthful, he could have added one to the list: Barack Obamas mother.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Hill leverages his racism for money with Bill O'Reilly who I'm sure keeps him around as a source of controversy and thus revenue. He couches his core racism under a veneer of academia and a slimy personality, but this article shows just how hateful and clueless he really is.
But I guess this means it's OK to put out a list of "The Most Over-Rated Black People", and I know exactly who would be at the top of that list. And he'd have lots of company.
Anyone else notice that the subtle dehumanization of whites in this society is becoming a little less subtle each year?
I actually agree with this one, but not for the reasons given. It is more that he was a petty tyrant when given a chance to govern his own Carribean nation, and had to be removed by his peers. Basically, dude sucked.
I don't know about Little Richard, but there is no question Elvis ripped off black artists but passed himself off as an original.
Why does BOR keep having "Doctor" Hill on as a guest (His PHd is in African Studies")? He's a typical leftist clown.
Elvis sold ONE BILLION records. Not bad for a cheap imitation of Little Richard.
In contrast, Lamont Hill could not fill 20 seats in any lecture hall.
I nominate Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton as well. (They oughta make #2 and #3.)
And Led Zeppelin ripped off blues artists...but who is remembered more? Howling Wolf, Willie Dixon or the mighty Zep? Yeah, Page, Plant and crew, because they took elements of blues songs and made it something unique and reinvented. Which is exactly what Elvis did...he interpreted the material and made it better than the original.
William Shakespeare is overrated but rappers are even rated? Rappers are the worst disembowlers of the English language ever.
Hill passes off Kyd, Middleton and Webster as superior to Shakespeare. LOL There's not a single example cited from these shock-meisters that would justify such an assertion. Also who was writing better female roles than Shakespeare before the Restoration?
The translations of his diaries are on the internet or you can order them from amazon.
As you describe him is just not true.
He was combining the R&B of the time with Country and Western influences in a way that others were not doing.
My favorite example of Led Zeppelin improving on a blues classic:
But at least Zeppelin didn't try to pass this of as "original" material the way Elvis did with "Hounddog".
We all know there are bad white people as well as bad people of all shapes, sizes, and colors. The point of this article is how "Doctor Hill" who purports to be above this sort of thing as a big academic thought leader, blah blah, is just another angry black racist.
This was my Reaction to Hill's stupid Article:
Elvis Presley: The Man was a literally King and had more class than many of his peers and successors.
For Insulting Elvis Presley Mr. Marc Lamont Hill Please Go stand at the Intersection next to Graceland.
Ronald Reagan: The Man who did what your side said could not be done; Beat the Soviets.
For Insulting President Reagen Mr. Hill, go lock yourself in a cage with Rabid Actor-Monkies.
Justin Bieber: Not One of my Favorites, but I know he isn't trying to out do "R&B"
Donald Trump: Whatever Trumps Failings, I am sure he has helped more people than you ever will Mr. Hill. Please go jump off the Trump Tower.
Prince Harry: Despite his poor judgement from time to time, his comment to his duties is unquestioned. Which I am sure that is something you know very little about Mr. Hill, Please go fly RAF Copters in Afghanistan in Prince Harry's Place, we need him more than you.
Tim Tebow: One of the best of this current crop of NFL stars. You could use a lesson in Humility Mr. Hill, so please show us how to Blitz please.
President Ubama's Economic Team: A Bunch of Putzes like you Mr. Hill.
William Shakespeare: Than man who made the English Language what is today. Please equal that achievement Mr. Hill.
Babe Ruth: A Person who was the best at what he did and made no apologizes for it. Mr. Hill, please bat-a-thousand (without steroid use)
Duchess Kate Middleton: A Glamorous, yet humble Princess who has brought so much class to the House of Windsor that 45 years from now people will still be talking about it. You are not fit to shine the Duchess' SHOES Mr. Hill.
Joel Osteen: What you said about Joel Osteen Mr. Hill, all applies directly to you.
The Whole NHL (except Wayne Simmonds): Please continue to spit on a whole sport and their fans Mr Hill, I am sure the Hockey Players are most impressed once they glue a Puck to your face.
Bill Clinton: You are correct Mr. Hill, for all the wrong reasons. Tell me are better off under Slick Willy and Barak Ubama than you were during say President Eisenhower?
Eminem: Slim Shady, doing what black rappers have aspired too and failed since 1997.
Bill Walton: Mr. Hill you weary me. Sufficed to Say Bill Walton deserves his spot in the Hall Fame, something of which you will never be apart of.
Sarah Palin: A Leader of the Conservative Moment and one of the Greatest Threats to Comrade Ubama's plans.
Finally for insulting Sarah Palin Mr. Hill, please either go take a long walk off a short bridge into a Polar Bear pen or GTFO OF MY COUNTRY YOU USELESS PUTZ!
I'm much more familiar with Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon.
The author of this list is a clown of the first water, but there is no need to tear down MCs when giving Shakespeare his well-deserved due.
Re: Ronald Reagan: largely responsible for shutting down mental hospitals,
So that's where all those democrat voters came from. (/sarc)
Mark is nothing more than an ignorant racist. He does nothing but keep others wallowing in their ignorance.
I think you just might be in the minority on that one.
This is just bad taste masquerading as discernment.
In terms of female roles, Shakespeare is the finest of the Elizabethan/Jacobean era and this in particular is an area where he clearly bests Marlowe.
My list of the 15 most overrated white people, which I have posted on earlier threads. I made a couple of changes, replacing Robert F. Kennedy with Margaret Mead and Elizabeth Taylor with Rachel Carson.
Karl Marx
John F. Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
John Maynard Keynes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Margaret Mead
Albert Gore, Jr.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Edward R. Murrow
Bob Dylan
Rachel Carson
John Lennon
Walter Cronkite
than = to. I'm autocorrecting myself out of fluency in my native tongue.
Another case was "What Lester brung, Stan Getz", where black jazz musicians complain about Getz learning and profiting from Lester Young's tenor style.
I'm not making it, but a better argument is that Little Richard was an underrated black person.
Personally, I think Jerry Lee Lewis is the Man.
Columbus isn't great for being a governor. Nor was he the first to realize the world is a sphere. He wasn't even the first European to discover the American continents. He is great because he had the determination convice someone to finance him, and the courage to persevere when his crew wanted to turn back. What he did was to permanently and massively change the world. What he did after that is irrelevant.
Shakespeare's feel for human nature was truly outstanding. No over-rated there.
I still wouldn't invite him to dinner.
Hannity has been having him on lately as well.
There is indeed question. In fact you're very mistaken.
Elvis was humble, especially by superstar standards. He didn't go around boasting he was a genius or the voice of a generation like others have done since. He was always quick to give credit to his many influences. These influences included country music artists, white gospel singers, and black gospel singers. Elvis grew up around all of this. How could he not be influenced by it all? It's not like he was a studio creation where he and his handlers decided to take X from one genre, Y from another. If Elvis ripped off black artists, then he also ripped off country and gospel artists.
He took it all in and it formed his style. And his style - the blend and fusion of country, gospel, rockabilly, r & b, etc - , put forth by one of the all time great voices, was unique and original.
One could criticize Elvis for allowing himself to get songwriting credit on some of those early songs that he actually didn't deserve at all. That would be fair. But that was a business decision made by Colonel Tom Parker, and Elvis was always weak when it came to business decisions or standing up to Parker.
"Anyone else notice that the subtle dehumanization of whites in this society is becoming a little less subtle each year?"
In fact, they talk about us like the "other." It makes me feel so insignificant.
Big Mama Thornton's song was a big hit on the R&B charts before Elvis; I am sure there was no confusion over who did the original there.
Elvis did employ a good stable of songwriters like Mac Davis, Ronnie Milsap, and Leiber and Stoller.
But I loved that Zeppelin song; good stuff. Going to the theater on Oct 17 to see the iMax version of the 02 reunion show, Celebration Day.
No room for the Great Clinton, either one?
I'd turn off a Clinton faster than I would Bob Dylan or John Lennon.
Maybe I should just focus on overrated politicians. Most "entertainers" are overrated and probably deserve their own list. Lady Gaga, Madonna....
Led Zeppelin's version of "When the Levee Breaks" is certainly different from the original. However, it fails to capture the pathos of the original, which was likely inspired by catastrophic floods of 1927 and 1929 in the lower Mississippi Valley.
The original version is unavailable on Youtube, but I found it on a Chinese site.
When the Levee Breaks--Memphis Minnie & Kansas City Bob, 1929
Indeed, the Clintons, Moochelle, Colin Powell, John Murtha and Chris Dodd are among those who deserve consideration.
"Ernesto Che Guevara"
Oh, yeah. I get it. A white-hispanic like Zimmerman? :-)
Although Willie Mae Thornton had the original version of "Hound Dog," as far as I now, Freddy Bell & the Bell Boys was the first act to perform the arrangement which Elvis Presley used. I like their version better than his.
Hound Dog--Freddy Bell & the Bell Boys (1955)
"Che" Guevara was a native Argentine of Spanish and Irish descent. He probably had no Indian ancestry.
"Indeed, the Clintons, Moochelle, Colin Powell, John Murtha and Chris Dodd are among those who deserve consideration."
Yeah, maybe remove race from the criteria and go for a Top 20 or 25 overrated politicians list.
I don't need their approbation, I just think about all the other examples in history when one segment of a society is spoken of as though they are somehow less valuable. It never ends well.
He's a PHD and can barely speak properly...sad...just another gimme degree because of what he is rather than what he earned
a mediocre IQ, it's so painfully obvious
exactly....the Delta bluesmen along with two other roots....religious and Appalachin-Country with a hair of up and comer Jazz pretty much formed Rock and Roll and later Rock...
I love the old bluesmen...most came from my homestate...I have educated myself on them for 35 years now....but there is a reason the big Rock bands went so much further
not because they were white..was Hendrix white?
it was talent and to some degree at least compared to the 1920s guys...electric guitars
it's like saying Mozart ripped off the Keep harp player from the 1400s
Strongly, strongly disagree. Elvis was an original, in that there had never been anyone like him before. He was influenced by blues, gospel and country music, and all three strands met in him and formed something new. It is ridiculous to compare him to Little Richard, hello, a pianist - whom he looked and sounded nothing like. And LR never sang ballads, which Elvis did beautifully.
Yes, but Led Zepplin did not remotely improve upon Dixon or Burnett. Simply made a watered down version that was palatable to mindless white teenaged boys.
Some of what Hill wrote may not have been seriously intended. He's done Red Eye on Fox News (as a token leftist to be sure), and some of what he's doing here is intentionally clownish. C'mon, is this really to be taken seriously?
Billy's hulking presence in the Western literary imagination has led to the marginalization of other incredible writers of his era, such as Kyd, Middleton and Webster, whose work merits equal if not greater attention. Also, as a result of his deification, we ignore the fact that many aspects of Shakespeare's work -- such as the writing in Hamlet or the generally narrow range of female roles in his plays -- just aren't that awesome.
It's a joke at Shakespeare worship to be sure. Also a jab at the people who always put the Shakespeares of the world down. Or is there really no irony there?
I don't get your source's reference to Obama's mother, though. We here are probably among the few people in the world who ascribe any importance at all to her. Very few other people "rate" her one way or the other.
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Transfer activities at Bielefeld University are the responsibility of the following facilities:
- Department for Research Administration and Technology Transfer(FFT)
- Gesellschaft zur F÷rderung des Forschungs- und Technologietransfers in der Universitõt Bielefeld e.V.
(GFT - in German)
[Society for Research and Technology Transfer at Bielefeld University]
- Institut f³r Innovationstransfer an der Universitõt Bielefeld
(IIT -in German)
[Institute for Innovation Transfer at Bielefeld University]
- Coordination Center for University Continuing Education
(KWW - in German)
The Universitõtsbeauftragte f³r Transfer [University Transfer Officer] is Vice President Prof. Dr. Martin Egelhaaf.
The Department for Research Administration and Technology Transfer FFT provides counselling and support on issues related to employees' inventions and their property protection rights (in German). It is also the central advisory service for drawing up and concluding contracts.
Bielefeld University is participating in a network project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that aims to build up a professional structure for registering and exploiting patents for inventions generated by the higher education institutions of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). For more information, contact the Department for Research Administration and Technology Transfer FFT.
Two years ago, Bielefeld University recognized the need not only to gather the facts on how many businesses are started up at the University but also to document the interest in starting up businesses, the potentials, and what sort of advice academics expect on this. Therefore, it launched a study focusing on an intensive analysis of the various aspects of the topic of self-employment and entrepreneurship.
...for more information...(in German).
The series of workshops on Patente Gr³ndungen aus Hochschulen [Registering patents for inventions made at higher education institutes] is being organized by the Patent Offensive Westfalen Ruhr (POWeR). It brings together universities in Bielefeld, Dortmund, M³nster, and Paderborn. The various courses ranging from the development of feasible business ideas up to the drawing up of a viable business plan offer the opportunity to get to know the various aspects of starting up a business.
...for more information...(in German)
You can find the principles and regulations covering sponsoring (in German) and advertising (in German) in the University documents.
You can find information on the transfer conditions in NRW in NRW-Wissenstransfer [NRW Knowledge Transfer](in German), the portal for the region's higher education institutes and research centres.
The mission of the PROVendis GmbH is to exploit the market potential of the inventions made at NRW's higher education institutions. At present, German higher education institutions register only four per cent of all patents per year. To some extent, this is due to the complexity and expense of patent registration procedures. This is where PROVendis steps in with practical counselling and support.
The Gr³nderSchule of the Bielefeld and Herford Sparkassen [savings banks] commenced on 19 February 2010. It is designed to help all students and graduates who are thinking about starting up their own business, taking over a company, or entering a company partnership.


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The Girlfriend Experience (R) Magnolia (77 min.) Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Sasha Grey. Now playing in New York. TWO STARS
Steven Soderbergh may have made a four-hour epic about the life of Che Guevera, but his brief, quickly shot "The Girlfriend Experience" could stand as his purest critique of capitalism.
Its protagonist, Chelsea, is an entrepreneur who's trying to expand her business and running into difficulties. Her clients are demanding, her lover isn't very understanding and the constant need to sell herself to the media is exhausting.
Then again, she is a high-priced call girl (or, as Ashley Dupre might prefer, "an exclusive escort").
In Soderbergh's film, we're all prostitutes of one sort or another, all selling some part of ourselves. Every character (Chelsea's personal trainer boyfriend, her wealthy showbiz johns) peddles a pose, a promise, an image, a lie. Chelsea just happens to do hers naked.
"The Girlfriend Experience" is a peculiar film, and perhaps a very personal one. Is it Soderbergh's apology for his own "whoring," turning out silly studio films like "Oceans's 13"? Or is it his identification with the embattled performer who literally gives her all for her art?
It's tempting to read the film the latter way, particularly when a subplot has Chelsea running into an awful online "escort critic" who offers to give her a good review in return for a sampling of her services.
That this fellow is played by real-life film critic Glenn Kenny only adds to the suspicion that there's a metaphor going on here (and to my relief that, yes, there is a reviewing job out there even slightly beneath trudging out to see the latest Vin Diesel movie).
But if Soderbergh has a target, I think it's the internet itself rather than writers in general. Soderbergh can be a bit of a cold and superior fish, but surely even he knows that critics helped make "sex, lies and videotape" and continue to defend his most offbeat films ("The Limey," "Bubble") even when the "Ocean's" crowd stays away.
The problem, too, is that the critic in this film -- whom Kenny plays as a ponderous poseur -- is right. Chelsea is mediocre.
At least the actress playing her is. I have to confess, Sasha Grey was unknown to me. I've never seen "Bring 'um Young," "Naughty Book Worms 7" or any of her dozens of other films, currently on sale at an adult bookstore near you. But whatever energy, erotic or otherwise, the real-life porn star brings to those performances is missing here.
Perhaps it's because, perversely, Soderbergh doesn't let her do what she presumably does best. There is no sex, real or simulated, in the movie. There are, however, endless shots of Grey trying to act, as she sits in the back of limousines, dully detailing her latest "date" in voiceover.
The movie is only marginally more interesting. Although its fractured chronology long ago became an indie-film cliche, Soderbergh does some fresh things with sight and sound. The visuals (all captured on the latest high-tech video) are bright and colorful, and the soundtrack is diverse and interesting.
But whatever talents Grey may demonstrate in her other films are completely absent here. Naked, she may well be a star. But clothed? If she's an actress, then Penthouse is a fashion magazine -- and the Erotic Connoisseur isn't getting paid nearly enough.
Rating note: The film contains graphic language and sexual situations.
Stephen Whitty may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (212) 790-4435.


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Dr. Lester R. Brown Inaugural Speaker for Council on the Environment Distinguished Lecture Series
Thursday, 11 October 2012
By Cathy Stephens
The University of Maryland's Council on the Environment is pleased to host Dr. Lester R. Brown, president of Earth Policy Institute, as its inaugural speaker in their Annual Distinguished Lecture Series on the Environment. Brown is considered one of the heroes and pioneers of global environmentalism. The Washington Post recently heralded him as "One of the world's most influential thinkers." Brown's lecture is open to the campus community and general public, and will focus on his new book Full Planet, Empty Plates – The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity. Brown has been awarded 25 honorary degrees and has authored or coauthored over 50 books. One of the world's most widely published author, his books have appeared in some 40 languages.
Dr. Brown will speak on "food as the new oil". With food scarcity driven by falling water tables, eroding soils, and rising temperatures, control of arable land and water resources is moving to center stage in the global struggle for food security. In this era of tightening world food supplies, the ability to grow food is fast becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage. What will the geopolitics of food look like in a new era dominated by scarcity and food nationalism? He will outline the political implications of land acquisitions by grain-importing countries in Africa and elsewhere as well as the world's shrinking buffers against poor harvests, and exposes the increasingly volatile food situation the world is facing.
Former U.S. Senator and member of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, Joseph Tydings, will provide opening remarks as to the importance of the topic from a national and international geopolitical perspective. Following Senator Tydings, Herman E. Daly, Emeritus Professor at the University of Maryland, School of Public Policy will introduce Dr. Brown. From 1988 to 1994 Professor Daly was a Senior Economist in the Environment Department of the World Bank, and in 2010 received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council for Science and the Environment. The Council on the Environment was established by the University of Maryland in November 2011. A major charge to the Council is to coordinate and oversee strategic efforts to place the University of Maryland at the forefront of environmental and earth system science. Breaking down traditional barriers of research to a more interdisciplinary approach is critical to their success. Thus, one of the Council's first initiatives was to develop an Annual Distinguished Lecture Series on the Environment to promote the interdisciplinary nature of environmental research. To have Lester Brown as the inaugural speaker is a great coup for the Council. "I am thrilled to have Lester Brown, a Maryland graduate and member of the university's Alumni Hall of Fame, be the inaugural speaker at the Council on the Environment's Annual Distinguished Lecture Series. Dr. Brown is not only a visionary when it comes to the present and forthcoming environmental challenges we face here and abroad, but his writing forces one to pause and confront our individual and collective responsibilities", stated Antonio Busalacchi, Chair, Council on the Environment.
A reception will occur at 4pm on Monday, 12 November 2012 in the Atrium of the Computer Science Instructional Center. The lecture and a Q&A will begin at 5pm in Room 1115 of the Computer Science Instructional Center. When entering campus via the main gate, make the very first right, CSIC is the 1st building on the right - nearby and free parking after 4pm. For more information: www.cone.umd.edu
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If you love a chewy cookie, you'll love this one. It's a super chewy cookie with a chewy caramel hidden inside, then rolled in turbinado sugar for just a little crunch.
The recipe comes from Jen of My Kitchen Addiction and she adapted the Chewy Sugar Cookie recipe from the King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion to create this scrumptious, chewy cookie.
Jen wraps sugar cookie dough around a Milk Dud, but since I had Kraft Caramels in the pantry I decided to use them instead. As often happens with caramel filled cookies, a little of the caramel oozed out the bottom of the cookie. It also happens when I make Chocolate Caramel Rolo Cookies too. (One of my all time favorite cookies. )
If you have this problem too, be sure and use parchment, and be careful when removing the cookies from the cookie sheet so that the entire piece of caramel doesn't pull out of the cookie leaving a hole in the cookie. I saw the Cake Boss toss a candy bar in flour before he put it in a cupcake. I wonder if that would help with cookies. Anyone have a secret trick they use to avoid this problem you'd like to share?
After my first batch of cookies I decide to make them in a mini muffin pan. I thought if the cookie didn't spread out as much the caramel might not sink to the bottom, but the caramel still stuck to the bottom and left a sink hole in the middle. I guess it's back to the drawing board on that idea. Although, even though they didn't look pretty, they were a chewy, gooey, delicious cookie.
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar (I used light)
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 box Milk Duds (I substituted Kraft Caramels)
- 1/2 cup coarse raw sugar
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon liner.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
- Combine the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Beat on medium speed until all of the ingredients are evenly incorporated and the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the egg.
- Gradually, add the flour to the creamed mixture, stirring just enough to incorporate the flour. Shape rounded tablespoons of dough into a ball, pressing a Milk Dud into the center of each ball. (Be sure to cover the Milk Dud completely with the sugar dough - Jen has a good photo showing this step.)
- Roll the ball in the raw sugar and place it on the prepared baking sheets. Be sure to space the cookies 2 – 3 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies for 10 – 11 miutes, until they are just golden on top. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transfering to a wire rack to cool completely. Don't overbake.
- (I made the following high altitude adjustments: Add 2 tablespoons extra flour, and reduced the baking powder to 1 teaspoon.)
This post is week 6 of my 12 Weeks of Christmas posts. Be sure and check out all of the fabulous cookies the other 12 weeks of Christmas Cookies (and sweets) bakers baked up for this week.


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Tonight, 67 of the most outstanding high school seniors in the region will be honored during the 20th Annual Youth Salute Recognition Ceremony.
Many of the names read aloud at First Presbyterian Church's Christian Life Center will, no doubt, become familiar in the years to come, as these young people become the leaders of tomorrow.
One of Iowa's leaders of today, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, will share her message with the youths, who represent eight north central Iowa high schools.
The National Council on Youth Leadership Youth Salute program honors outstanding high school seniors who maintain a high scholastic average and have demonstrated leadership ability in church, school and community. This program has been placed on the National Advisory List of Contests and Activities by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
Students who are selected for NCYL go through a first-round interview with a panel of community members to be considered for the finalist nomination.
Four finalists will attend the Oct. 20 through Oct. 23 Town Meeting on Tomorrow at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., during which they will join young people from throughout the nation to discuss problems and potential solutions.
The Messenger congratulates 2012's NCYL Youth Leaders. We look forward to following your accomplishments in the years to come.


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No. 14 Westfield and Montclair square off on Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the North Jersey, Group 4 quarterfinals and The Star-Ledger has live updates below.
This is one of the absolute best matchups of the state tournament's second round. No. 14 Westfield played well against No. 2 Summit in the Union County Tournament final last week but simply couldn't solve keeper Kady Glynn. Montclair has lost only once all season, and that was to Glen Ridge in the Essex County Tournament semifinals. How did it bounce back? By becoming the only team in Essex County to top No. 5 West Essex this season. Coach Ann Jennings' squad is incredibly athletic and midfielder Kayla Jennings is a dangerous play-maker. But Westfield has a great keeper in Mallory Weisse, and the squad is livid after losing to Summit.


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MOBILE, Alabama - A female University of South Alabama student was sexually assaulted Thursday morning while jogging on campus, according to USA officials.
The student did not report the attack to University Police, but to a USA official who then reported it to University Police.
The attack occurred at about 5:30 a.m. in the wooded area behind the Research and Technology Park Building III/Student Center. The student reported that the incident occurred on the walking/biking trails.
She described the attacker as a white male, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, medium build with facial stubble and light colored eyes.
No arrest has been made. University police are asking that anyone with information call (251) 460-6312. The campus police encourage students who use the paths to do so in groups and during daylight hours.


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Washington County Commissioner Willie Dixon, has been arrested on seven felony counts ranging from theft of property to use of office for personal gain.
Washington County Sheriff Richard Stringer said at least some of the charges are related to a pair of county tractors that went missing over the years. One of them, he said, was found on Dixon's property, the other was found in the possession of a Washington County man who said he bought it for $400.
At the time the Press-Register first reported on the missing tractors, Dixon's attorney said the investigation was "politically motivated."
Dixon is being charged with two counts of second-degree theft of property, three counts of use of office for personal gain, one count of forgery, and one count of posession of a forged instrument.


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Here is a list of the most common air pollutants:
- Sulfur oxides (SOx), especially sulfur dioxide produced by volcanic activity, industrial processes, burning of fossil fuels; these are toxic gases;
- Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are toxic gases, especially nitrogen dioxide emitted usually though high temperature combustion processes
- Carbon monoxide (CO) is extremely toxic and is mainly produced by incomplete combustion and vehicle exhaust;
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) is not toxic but may dislocate oxygen and produce death through asphyxiation, additionally being a greenhouse gas; it is emitted by combustion processes, microbial activity, plant respiration, and also naturally volatilizing from oceans and seas;
- VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) are toxic and many are carcinogenic. Main examples are methane and many organic solvents (PCE, TCE, toluene, benzene, acetone, MEK, alcohols, etc.) generated through many human activities such as industrial processes, waste disposals, household product handling and storage, etc. Many of the VOCs are carcinogenic and can pose a serious health risk even in small amounts.
- Particulate matter (PM) including toxic metals and organic compounds adsorbed on it originating both from natural sources (volcanoes, wildfires) and anthropogenic activities (such as burning of fossil fuels, mining, foundry, etc.)
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- Ammonia (NH3) usually emitted from agricultural processes and may pose serious health hazards;
- Radioactive pollutants are produced through both natural (radioactive decay) and anthropogenic processes (nuclear explosions, war explosions, etc.) and can pose serious health problems including cancers.
Below are given examples (please note that these are just examples and do not represent a comprehensive list of air pollutants) of air pollutants classified in various ways based on:
Health effects
Toxic – which cause some health problems and based on that they could be:
- Carcinogenic: asbestos, PCE, TCE, vinyl chloride (VC), benzene, PAHs (such as benzo[a]pyrene), ethylene dibromide (EDB), ethylene dichloride (EDC), PCBc, As, Cd, Ni, Cr, some Hg com;pounds, arsenic oxide, some nitrates, pesticides/insecticides/herbicides; radon
- Non-carcinogenic: Pb, carbon monoxide, ammonia, acetone
Non-toxic but which asphyxiates (by depletion of oxygen):
- Non-explosive: carbon dioxide
- Explosive: methane
Chemical nature
Organic compounds
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs):
- solvents such as: benzene, toluene, xylenes, acetone, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, PCE, TCE, 1,1,1-TCA, ethanol (alcohol), isopropylalcohol (IPA), methyl-ethyl-ketone (MEK)
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Inorganic compounds:
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- Gases: Hg, nitrogen oxides, carbon oxides (including carbon monoxide qnd carbon dioxide), sulfur oxides
Physical form
- Gases: VOCs, Hg, nitrogen oxides, carbon oxides (including carbon monoxide qnd carbon dioxide), sulfur oxides
- Particulate matter: PCBc, PAHs, Pb, As, Cr, Ni, Zn, Cd, Mn, Al, Fe, Si, Se, Co;
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Now in its eighth year, Peixe em Lisboa, Lisbon's fish festival, takes place over 10 days, with cooking classes, wine pairings, chef demonstrations and tasting dishes provided by top Portuguese restaurants.
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DFCS Online Policies & Procedures
DFCS Online Policies & Procedures
SOC-815-817-818 Combined (Relative Home Approval)
SOC-815-817-818 Combined / English
SOC-815-817-817 Combined /Spanish - 817-818
SOC-815-817-818 Combined/ Vietnamese - Caregiver Acknowledgement and Agreement
Caregiver Declaration and Agreement - Vietnamese (SOC 818)
When a social worker determines that a family's circumstances are such that 1) a child cannot be safely maintained in the family home and 2) the parents are willing to accept voluntary placement for the child and sign a voluntary placement agreement, the child may be placed in out-of-home care for a period not to exceed 180 days under the program of Voluntary Family Reunification (VFR). Voluntary placement also refers to those placements made by parents with the intention of relinquishing their parental rights. The Welfare and Institutions Code defines a voluntary placement as an out-of-home placement of a child by (1) the county welfare department after the parents or legal guardians have requested the assistance of the county welfare department and have signed a voluntary placement agreement or (2) the county welfare department licensed public or private adoption agency, or the department acting as an adoption agency for thepurpose of adoption planning(WIC § 11400 [n][o][1 [2])
VFR is a time limited service that enables a child and his or her family to utilize out-of-home care services without the involvement of the juvenile court. The VFR program encourages family decision-making by allowing the family to determine the need for out-of-home care and participate in the development of a case plan, including the appropriate time for the child's return home, if that is the ultimate goal.
Policies and procedures involving the relinquishment of parental rights are not addressed in this OPP chapter.
Voluntary Family Reunification services may be offered in two kinds of situations.
During the course of Informal Supervision or Voluntary Family Maintenance services, arrangements may be made for one of the children to reside voluntarily in an out-of-home placement. This could happen, for example, in a family with siblings where one of the siblings is a teenager and the teen and parents could benefit from a brief respite from each other. This situation is not considered Voluntary Family Reunification. Rather, it is considered Informal Supervision or Voluntary Family Maintenance (whichever program under which the family is receiving services) with a voluntary placement. See OPP Chapter 5-3: Voluntary Family Maintenance or OPP Chapter 5-6: Informal Supervision Services.
Responsibility for placement and care of a minor receiving Voluntary Family Reunification services is with the social worker who may place the child in:
In determining whether VFR services may be offered to a family, the social worker:
Criteria for offering VFR services, specific to the Department of Family and Children's Services (DFCS) include that :
Parents may withdraw their agreement to participate in voluntary services, at any time. If a parent contacts the Department to request that his/her child, who is voluntarily placed in out-of-home care, be returned to the parent's care, the social worker must respond immediately to the request and return the child to the parent or make an immediate determination that the return home would put the child at risk and take steps to place the child in temporary custody as outlined below. If the social worker is not available, the supervisor or on-duty (OD) social worker responds immediately to the request. The Department may not keep a child in out-of-home care without the parents' ongoing consent or a court order.
If a social worker is concerned about the well-being of a voluntarily placed child for whom the parent is requesting a return home or a child who was placed voluntarily and has been returned to a parent at the parent's request, the worker may request an immediate Joint Case Staffing to assess the case. To bring the child into temporary custody in most cases will require a protective custody warrant. If the social worker believes the child is a person described by section 300(b) or 300(g) and is in immediate danger of physical or sexual abuse or the child's home environment poses an immediate threat to the child's health or safety (i.e., exigent circumstances), and there is no time to obtain a protective custody warrant, then the social worker may place the child into temporary custody under section 306 and initiate juvenile court action.
Foster parents, relatives, or non-relative extended family members (NREFMs) are given the parents' phone number(s) or means to contact the parents in case of an emergency. The social worker must provide the caregiver with the worker's office phone number and 24/7 number of the Child Abuse and Neglect Center (CANC) (299-2071).
The assigned social worker is required to provide substitute caregivers the following services:
For voluntary short-term placements at Bill Wilson:
See OPP Chapter 6-1: Bill Wilson: Voluntary Placements.
To open a Voluntary Family Reunification Case in which the child is to be placed in a relative or foster family home, the Emergency Response (ER) or Dependent Intake (DI) social worker:
A case plan for Voluntary Family Reunification services must be developed within 30 days of the date of the first face-to-face contact made with the child by any DFCS social worker (for referrals) or 30 days from the date of service program change (e.g. child moves from VFM to VFR services). Parents are to participate in the development of the case plan and are to review and sign the case plan. VFR cases are assigned to the Informal Supervision (IS) Unit and Continuing social workers for ongoing services.
Timelines and Outcomes
Ongoing case management services for Voluntary Family Reunification (VFR) cases are provided by Informal Supervision (IS) and Continuing social workers. The IS/Continuing social worker completes the CWS/CMS case plan with the family. The family receives the same level of services as provided under the court-ordered Family Reunification program. Voluntary Family Reunification services can only be provided for 180 days, and the substitute caregiver will not receive financial aid after 180 days, unless:
During the fourth (4th) month of VFR services, the social worker assesses the family to determine whether:
By the fifth (5th) month into VFR services, if a staffing has not been initiated regarding the removal of the child from the parents' care or the filing of an out-of-custody petition, the social worker assesses the family to determine whether:
Social workers carrying VFR cases are required to schedule a Joint Case Staffing when the parent(s):
If, at any point in the service period, the parents' failure to comply with services results in a heightened risk to the child, the social worker has the option of:
If at any point the parents request to waive their parental rights through a voluntary relinquishment, the social worker consults with the Adoption Finalization social work supervisor.


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CHAPEL HILL – UNC Student Body President, Christy Lambden, says a task force set out to define the University's new sexual assault policy has decided the most efficient way to rewrite it is not line-by-line, but by looking at it with a broader lens.
"We've broken it down so that, in one half of the day, we discuss definitions, and in the second half, we discuss process and how the process at UNC and the ways that we can streamline the process and make it easier," Lambden says.
Lambden says the task force is making good progress.
After two full-day meetings, he says there is a lot of discussion between members of the task force and there is a wide variety of opinion.
When the group first met, some members were concerned that it would take some time for everyone to be comfortable talking in mixed company about the sensitive and often polarizing subject of sexual assault. However, Lambden says that members of the group have reached a point where they're comfortable expressing themselves.
"There's been a certain bonding among the task force and now everyone is completely confident and completely at ease with being able to voice their opinions on all matters related to the policy," Lambden says.
The task force has no set timeline but members say they plan to have the new policy written by the fall semester.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/task-force-on-unc-sexual-assault-moving-forward
CHAPEL HILL – UNC's new Title IX task force, which is charged with developing the University's new sexual assault policy, has to be able to quickly get past the sensitive nature of the topic in order to efficiently cover all areas in the redesign.
"We are the group that's charged with looking at a really sensitive issue and really sensitive human issues that we want to unpack here as a group," says task force chair and interim Title IX coordinator, Christi Hurt speaking just after the first of many meetings of the group. "I think we need to spend some time getting to know each other so that there's some group comfort and some relationship building that we do as a group. But we also don't want to pretend like we're the only people who have something to say about the issue. So, going back and engaging with our own communities on campus and off campus about how they want their issues represented is going to be really important."
Wednesday morning's meeting was to set the groundwork for the task ahead and inform everyone involved where the process currently stands.
Gina Smith is a former prosecutor whom UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp hired in January as a consultant to discuss with members of the campus community how the University handles cases of sexual misconduct. She says campuses across the nation are dealing with the same issue due to a recent paradigm shift.
"We have additional regulation, laws, and direction from government agencies, law enforcement authorities, state governments, the federal government, and local government," Smith says. "The next aspect of this paradigm shift is something that was very public, and that was the conduct of Jerry Sandusky. It's not just a Penn State issue, and it keeps us focused on the responsibility of one who chooses to act and take advantage of another human being. I take you to the next element, and that is the courage of students throughout this country to speak up and share their experience. The last one from my perspective—in terms of why this has changed—is the use of social media."
The 21-member task force has people from all over campus, including LGBTQ Director Terri Phoenix, Deputy Chief of the Department of Public Safety, George Hare, Director of Counseling and Wellness Services, Allen O'Barr, and Student Body President Christy Lambden who says it was evident in the first gathering that there are going to be moments of discomfort that the group is going to have to get past.
**The task force is made up of 22 members. Women and Gender Studies Department faculty member, Karen Booth was added just before the meeting after a recommendation was made to include someone from that department.
"I think that will be a challenge to get over, but I think it's one that we're going to do really well," Lambden says. "Looking around the room, it's one of the moments at Carolina that I have frequently where I'm inspired and I feel incredibly confident that we are going to be able to get done what we need to get done given the personnel that we have available and who are here trying to do the work."
Hurt says the way to do that is dive in head first from the moment the process began.
"It's really that we're dealing with a complex series of issues that are all really interrelated, and we have to know a lot about each one and really look at several different issues distinctly along the way but make sure we're looking at the whole policy as a whole," Hurt says.
The task force meets weekly throughout the summer. Hurt says there's no defined timeline for when the process will conclude, but she hopes the group can have the new policy in place by the start of the fall semester.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/task-force-begins-rebuilding-sexual-assault-policy
Additional Reporting by Rachel Nash
CHAPEL HILL – UNC's task force to review sexual assault policies and previous cases meets for the first time Wednesday to hear from a consultant about what she has observed in the past few months.
Gina Smith Smith is a former prosecutor whom Chancellor Holden Thorp recruited in January. She is helping the University sort through the sexual misconduct investigations and is working with more than a dozen universities, helping to open up dialogues about sexual assault.
The on-going federal investigation around UNC's handling of sexual assault cases is far from over. The new task force has been charged to review and enhance the university's policies and procedures on the issue. It's a diverse, 21-member compilation of students and leaders with in the Carolina community.
Christi Hurt, UNC's new Interim Title IX Coordinator, will serve as the chair of the task force. She's currently on leave as director of the Carolina Women's Center.
Ann Penn, UNC's Equal Opportunity/ ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Officer, appointed the task force. Members were selected based on their experience and/or research related to the complex issue.
The group will continue to meet throughout the summer to form the University's new sexual assault policy.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/sexual-assault-task-force-to-meet-wednesday


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Police are investigating a sudden rash of daytime burglaries this week in northwest Warren County, according to New Jersey State Police at Hope.
Jewelry and other items were taken Monday and Wednesday from seven homes, according to state police detectives. Most of the homes are on or near Knowlton Road and in Knowlton Township, police said.
Three Knowlton Township homes were reportedly broken into Wednesday, along with one each in Blairstown and Hope townships. Items were also stolen Monday from another home in Knowlton Township, according to reports.
Someone broke into a home Monday on Kerrs Corner Road in Frelinghuysen Township, police said. State police would not provide additional information on the location of the homes, but said the homeowners are still determining the value of everything that has been stolen.
Blairstown Township police are working with state police, Blairstown Sgt. Stephen Losey said. Police received a call about 11 a.m. Wednesday reporting a burglary on Mount Vernon Road. The caller said the burglar entered the home through an unlocked rear window sometime between 9 and 11 a.m., Losey said.
The two police agencies are investigating the possibility the crimes are related, state police said. No suspects have been identified.
Police ask anyone with information about the burglaries to call state police at 908-459-5098 or Blairstown Township police at 908-362-7499.


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Shares of my pick for 2012's dividend of the year Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE ) were hit hard on Tuesday. The waste and water specialist is rumored to be considering a shake-up in the executive suite, and as I'll show below, that's not good news for the company or its shareholders.
A little history
Former CEO Henri Proglio thought he was making a powerhouse of Veolia as he expanded the company's presence to over 70 countries while going on a spending binge as CEO from 2003 to 2009. There was a problem, though: the moves left the company struggling under a mountain of debt.
Current CEO Antoine Frerot has been tasked with righting the company's balance sheet. This has forced him to propose abandoning about half of the countries Veolia currently does business in, including many to which Proglio expanded. Frerot also wants to sell off the company's transport division in an effort to divest itself of around 5 billion euros in assets by 2014.
Though he apparently isn't making a bid to return to his former post, Proglio -- who still sits on Veolia's board -- is aiming to unseat Frerot at the company's Feb. 29 board meeting. A Paris-based banker who spoke with Reuters on the condition of anonymity summed up the situation succinctly: "It's unbelievable. The problems there are all related to Proglio being president. Proglio thought he had put a yes-man in his former job." Proglio may feel like his legacy is being attacked, and he's doing what he can to fix it.
Make no mistake about it, if these reports are confirmed and Frerot is ousted for his smart, practical, and necessary business moves, Proglio will have only saved his ego -- and it could have dire consequences for shareholders.
The danger of egos
A study by professors at Penn State made several conclusions about the alarming damage such executives have, but none more so than this: "Narcissistic CEOs tended to make more acquisitions at higher valuations than their not-so-narcissistic counterparts. Nothing can kill shareholder value quicker than using cash on hand (or going into debt) in order to purchase a company that -- 10 years down the road -- won't add an ounce of shareholder value."
In my original article on the matter, I explored how acquisition-happy companies Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ) had ruined shareholder value over time. Both companies had shown a ridiculous lack of restraint, be it from Mr. Softy's spending $1.2 billion on a company that was later raided by the IRS on fraud charges, or HP's choice to spend cash equivalent to 20% of its market cap on a questionable acquisition.
I could just as easily have written about Proglio when he was at the helm of Veolia. And with yesterday's news, apparently we need to include "narcissistic ex-CEOs" to the list of villains.
What's an investor to do?
For the time being, I'll being holding my shares to see how things shake out at the Feb. 29 meeting. If Frerot remains in charge and his cost-cutting plans remain on track, I'd see no reason to sell. If things turn out that way, the company's 7.5% dividend yield looks like a great bonus (even after its proposed dividend cut).
But for investors looking for a little more safety within the sector, I think waste specialists Waste Management (NYSE: WM ) and Republic Services (NYSE: RSG ) are better bets. Remember, one of the most important things as an investor is to be comfortable with your investments. Though these two companies offer smaller dividends -- 3.9% and 3%, respectively -- they are solid businesses throwing off lots of free cash flow, which is then passed on to shareholders.
And if you're looking for a few more dividend ideas, I suggest you take a look at our special free report: "Secure Your Future With 11 Rock-Solid Dividends." Inside, you'll get the names, tickers, and stories behind all of these companies worthy of your consideration. Get your copy today, absolutely free!


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Fresh snow and lots of sunshine todayJanuary 28th, 2012 at 4:45 am by Doug Higgins under Weather
A heavy wet snow came down overnight. Snow accumulations were light with between a half inch to two inches in most areas of NE Wisconsin. Road crews should have the major roads in good condition by sunrise. Send us your snow pictures by going to our ReportIt site.
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THE MCKAY CREEK LADIES' CLUB Welcomes players of all ages and abilities. The club plays on Monday mornings and Tuesday afternoons.
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Regular green fees apply for weekly play. The optional weekly pot games have a $2 or $3 participation fee. Weekly play tee times are Mondays at 9:00 AM and Tuesday afternoons at 5:20 PM. Please call ahead for a tee time.
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Fire restrictions set on Olympic National Forest, other state forestlands
The Olympic and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forests are enforcing the following fire restrictions:
• Smoking – smoking is prohibited outdoors. Smoking is allowed inside personal vehicles, buildings or developed recreation sites and areas cleared and barren at least three feet in diameter.
• Campfires – campfires, including wood and charcoal fires, are prohibited except in developed campgrounds or picnic sites in established concrete or steel fire pits. Gas grills are also permitted in these areas. Portable stoves and lanterns using gas, jellied petroleum or pressurized liquid fuel are allowed in undeveloped camping areas.
Dry fuel conditions combined with weather forecasts for warm, dry and unstable conditions through the weekend prompted the restrictions, according to Tony Engel, fire management officer for the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
"We expect unseasonably warm and dry conditions through the weekend," Engel said.
For more information go to www.fs.usda.gov/olympic or www.fs.usda.gov/goto/mbs/fireindices.
A National Weather Service message details what experts call "a critically dry and unstable air mass over mountain zones" through midnight Wednesday, Sept. 7. Affected areas include Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest.
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