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Current Affairs
Body Piercing
Yay or Nay?
On-Going Forums
Blasphemous Fantasies
Why are they so titillating?
Could You, Would You?
3 fantasies to try on
Forced Fantasies
Right or wrong?
Men's Fantasies
Men dare to reveal
Women's Fantasies
Women dare to share
Your Fantasy 3some
MMF or FFM?
Masturbation Memories
First experiences
Private Moments Masturbation
The secret to happy monogamy?
Your Masturbation Aid
Books, videos, toys...?
Taking Care of Business
On the sly...or so you think
Oral Pleasures
Oral Sex for Her
Talk with your tongue
Oral Sex for Him
How to blow his mind
Swallow or Spit
What's a person to do?
The Taste of Cum
Yummy or icky?
Orgasmic Pleasures
Cum Shots
Cupid's liquid darts
Faking It
Why the deception?
Harnesses & Dildos...Oh My!
Pegging your partner
Oral Sex or Intercourse?
What is your preference
Keeping Abreast..
Breasts & Nipples
Do they drive you wild?
Erotic Lactation
Your thoughts?
Male Nipple Play
Men, are you into it?
Relationship Woes
Browsing for Cupid
Online love or heartache?
Why Do People Cheat?
Is the grass really greener?
The Daily Grind
Horny at Work
What's a person to do...
Swing Clubs
What goes on at these places?
When Porn Isn't Sexy
What are they doing wrong?
From Shannon
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Back in the 70s and 80s, when the directors still carried around 'artistic' pretensions, porn used to have some semblance of story and character, however thinly conceived and poorly executed. But then the porn makers woke up to the fact that, really, all the average punter wanted was the sex, and the more graphic it was, the better. The punters simply wanted to SEE EVERYTHING, ALL THE TIME. Adios, story. Adios, character. Hello, wall-to-wall penetration, blow jobs and ubiquitous money-shots. The don't-make-me-wait, all-you-can-eat, fast-food ethos - I want it all and I want it now.
Some saw this as an "improvement" because, let's face it, the plots of old porn movies were laughable, and even more embarrassing than the faked orgasms, so why bother with them? "Cut to the chase," screamed the testosterone-dripping populace, and the pornmeisters said, "Well, all right, motherfucker!", and laughed all the way to the bank.
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Got this from moveon.org - very excited
You can also go to moveon.org if this is something you'd like to start in your community.
Dear MoveOn member,
This spring, every corner of our movement is working together to pave the way for a huge
wave of direct action—the 99% Spring.
That's why right now we're organizing a massive effort to train 100,000 people—in the course of just one week—on how to take nonviolent direct action in spirit of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll be preparing ourselves to join an unprecedented series of actions planned nationwide to confront corporate power holders, end tax giveaways to the 1%, fight the influence of money in politics, and more. If you've never taken action before, now's the time—the stakes are so high.
It's a bold vision, but it can work if huge numbers of us join in.
The first step is to go to a 99% Spring action training. There's one in Springfield on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012, at 5:30 PM. Can you join in?
Right now, our movement is using direct action more and more, and we're uniting to take it to the next level during the 99% Spring because we need fundamental change in this country.
Our economy is broken. The 1% are amassing more wealth and influence
than ever and far too many of our leaders refuse to do what it takes to
make the system work for the rest of us. We're in an election year, but
instead of listening to the 99% and proposing solutions, we keep hearing
politicians talk about more spending cuts and tax breaks for the 1%.
We have to make our call for change louder, bolder, and impossible to ignore.
If we do, we'll transform the political landscape in America. We'll see cable news filled with reports every day about people standing up to the 1%. Stories of people flooding the streets demanding fundamental change in our economy, of Wall Street executives confronted face-to-face by everyday people demanding accountability, of politicians forced to explain why they refuse to fight for the 99%.
That's the vision for the 99% Spring—it's up to all of us to turn it
into a reality. The first step is coming together in unprecedented
numbers to train and prepare ourselves for action. The
trainings will be a fun, interactive experience where you'll not only
learn new skills, but also meet other people in your area who want to take
action and stand up for the 99%.
Will you participate in the 99% Spring action training in Springfield on Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012, at 5:30 PM?
More than 1,000 MoveOn members nationwide have already volunteered to
help run the trainings. They've been coached by master trainers and have
been working for weeks in partnership with local groups to prepare the events.
It's like nothing we've ever tried before, but the response has been amazing because progressives everywhere understand that we can't afford to let our families and our communities suffer under a broken system any longer.
Together, we can do something amazing this spring.
Thanks for all you do.–Lenore, Joan, Robin, Carrie, and the rest of the team
Want to support our work? MoveOn Civic Action is entirely funded by our 5 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.
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This was sent to me specifically about a city near me, maybe that is why. I would like to participate and hopefully I can get someone to watch LO so I can.
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Thanks.Somehow I missed this.

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Another Op'nin and lots of shows
Le Petit's 2007-2008 musical season
By David Cuthbert
Theater Guy
The curtains have finally parted and the spotlight is on Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre's 91st season.
Highlights are scheduled to include the world premiere of "Sandman," a new musical about a unique, behind-the-scenes Broadway talent; the benefit appearance of Tony-nominated comic actor Mario Cantone in a one-man show; and the revival of "Where the Girls Were," one of the city's most popular home-grown musical revues.
And Le Petit is already at work on its next season, which will open with Mel Brooks' "The Producers" in September 2008.
The 2007-08 lineup at the French Quarter playhouse again will be all-musical, this time a schedule of shows that can be produced more economically without sacrificing quality. "What we're striving for is a mix of the familiar and the new, the traditional and offbeat -- a satisfying, stimulating blend of entertainment that will attract and intrigue audiences," said Sonny Borey, the theater's artistic/executive director.
Borey said there also will be an aggressive push to keep the theater's second stage, Muriel's Cabaret, busy with a wide variety of theater. However, to maximize use of the space, he said a soundproof wall between the two stages will be needed, at an estimated cost of $10,000-$15,000.
The new show, "Sandman: A Dog's Tale," April 11-May 4, has the makings of a theatrical event. It's a new musical by local writer-director-actor John Grimsley, collaborating with Broadway's famed animal trainer Bill Berloni and Joel Paley and Melvin Laird, the songwriting team who wrote "Ruthless!"
The musical has had a gestation period of five years and is about Berloni, who inadvertently found his calling in 1976 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. Berloni discovered and trained the first Sandy for the original production of "Annie." He trained all subsequent Sandys for Broadway and touring companies, and Grimsley became one of his road show Sandy trainer-handlers. This began a long friendship with Berloni, who is now the prime "go-to" guy when a Broadway show needs animals, with a Berloni-trained chihuahua named Chico currently wowing crowds in the new hit "Legally Blonde: The Musical" in New York. In fact, when I called Berloni, he was taking Chico -- who has been profiled in The New York Times -- and the dog's understudy, Boo-Boo, to the Palace Theatre.
"I wanted to write something about the human-animal bond," Berloni said, "and John wanted to hang this story on my life. It's a little embarrassing to say, 'This is a show about me.' It's as much about the animals." To which Borey adds: "I'm all for any show about dogs; I love 'em."
Berloni's animals all retire to his Connecticut animal compound after a show or movie. "Sometimes they work again; sometimes they don't," Berloni said. A portion of his royalties would be donated to local animal shelters.
And where is Grimsley? "He's in Sacramento with a new production of 'Annie,' " Berloni said. "I don't know who's starring in it, but the dog's name is Lola."
"Mario Cantone Does Le Petit" is a one-night-only musical comedy benefit for Le Petit Nov. 3, starring the actor-comedian currently filming the "Sex in the City" movie in which he re-creates his role of Anthony Marentino, Kristin Davis' decorator. His Broadway appearances include "Assassins," "Love, Valor, Compassion," "The Violet Hour" and his Tony-nominated one-man show "Laugh Whore." On TV, he's played a recurring character on "Men in Trees" on ABC. Our own Broadway-TV star, Bryan Batt, was instrumental in getting Cantone, Borey said. Tickets for this show are $60, but also are available as part of the season package.
"Where the Girls Were," Feb. 22-March 16 was a local theater phenomenon in the late 1980s. Director Carl Walker's evocation of 1960s pop girl groups and girl singers was a sensation at the Contemporary Arts Center, transferred to the Toulouse Theater (now One-Eyed Jacks) for a seven-month run, opened Rivertown Repertory Theatre, played the Star Theatre (now the inactive Skyfire Theatre) in Covington and numerous convention dates.
"Bringing it back started when Vernel Bagneris was doing 'One Mo' Time' at Le Petit and Wanda Rouzan told me, 'You oughtta bring that "Girls" show back,' " Walker said. "I told her, 'Aren't you're a little old for that now?' and she said, 'No! With all-new girls!' " And that's what Walker will do. "The show is basically a concert of '60s hits," Walker said, with specifically New Orleans references. "The girls we get are very important, because I fashioned the show to fit the personalities of the original cast (Becky Allen, Mari Serpas, Danon Smith, Heidi Jensen, Shirlita Harrison and Rouzan)," he said. Walker, known for his extended auditions, already is sniffing out talent.
Le Petit is opening with Carol Hall's Tony Award-winning "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," Sept. 22-Oct. 14. Asked why this frequently produced musical comedy -- about conservative political factions closing down the Chicken Ranch brothel -- was chosen, Borey said, "Well, it's done a lot because audiences love it. It's a fun, top-notch show. We can give it an excellent production, and bring it in for a reasonable price." Borey will co-direct with musical director Derek Franklin, and the show will star Karen Hebert as legendary madam Miss Mona, Richard Hutton, Kris Shaw, Lara Grice and Jesse Terrebonne.
"Purlie!", the Tony Award-winning musicalization of Ossie Davis' "Purlie Victorious," has been done a lot locally, too. But this high-spirited musical about the "New Fangled Preacher Man" outwitting Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee as the Civil Rights era dawns, has always been an audience pleaser, with rousing songs such as "Walk Him Up the Stairs," "I Got Love" and "He Can Do It." The show also marks the return to Le Petit's stage of director Tommye Myrick, who previously directed the local premieres of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" and "Fences" there. "Purlie" is slated for Nov. 23-Dec. 16.
"I wasn't particularly excited about doing 'Purlie,' " Myrick said. "But when you listen to it again, read the material, you realize that it's a classic. Plus, I have sentimental ties to the show. I played Lutiebelle in Michigan when I was getting my masters in direction. One of the requirements was you had to act in something. And Ossie Davis attended our production and told me, 'No one has ever played Lutiebelle like you.' He signed my album, which of course, was lost in the storm."
The season will conclude with John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret," June 6-29. It, too, has been produced many times locally. But this one will have special meaning for Le Petit. "This will be the 'Cabaret' we never got to do in September 2005," Borey said. Jesse Terrebonne and Roy Haylock, who were to have played Sally Bowles and the Emcee, finally will get to perform the parts they already had started to rehearse. Haylock also had designed and built some of the costumes for the show. "They were still there, on mannequins in the girls' dressing room, when we got back to the theater after the storm," Borey said.
Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman" currently is onstage in Muriel's Cabaret through Aug. 25. It is scheduled to be followed by the inescapable "Queen of Bingo," starring Becky Allen and Sandy Bravender, Sept. 7-16.
Paula Vogel's "The Oldest Profession," about five elderly hookers who began their careers in New Orleans' Storyville and are still eking out a living at it more than a half-century later in Manhattan is on tap Oct. 19-Nov. 11, directed by Dane Rhodes. Special Christmas and New Year's Eve shows are planned in Muriel's Cabaret, but still in negotiation.
As to "The Producers," Borey says, "Le Petit has a verbal commitment that we can do the show in September 2008," adding, "and it's a commitment we were told we could announce."
Single ticket prices will rise slightly next season, to $32 ($28 for students). Season ticket packages are priced from $130. The "Freedom Pass" is $140 (doesn't tie you to specific dates) and $180 (which includes the Cantone show). Call (504) 522-2081 for reservations, more information or to receive a season brochure.
. . . . . . .
RUMOR MILL: Lots of other titles, directors and performers' names are floating around at Le Petit, including: a controversial Stephen Sondheim musical; several classic and obscure African-American musicals; a recent, multiple Tony Award-winning musical and a British comedy-drama; a warhorse musical with a nationally known "leading lady" who could pump some new life into it; a will-o-the-wisp actor-writer-director who's pitching the theater two projects, one an original work written for two popular local actresses; and the return of a prodigal stage son, making periodic forays onto both stages.
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Let's hear it for Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre, where the three-show season played to 98 percent capacity at Dixon Hall. That's an increase of 11 percent over last season, quite an achievement for this musical theater two years after the storm.
The varied lineup of shows was certainly an attraction: the ebullient, relatively little-known Cy Coleman-Carolyn Leigh "Little Me," with the very well-known Ricky Graham; the timeless John Kander-Fred Ebb-Bob Fosse "Chicago"; and "High Society," which shoe-horned as many Cole Porter songs as it could into the evening and still found time to tell "The Philadelphia Story."
"We got off to a good start with 'Little Me,' which most people didn't know, but ended up loving," Summer Lyric director Michael Howard said. "By Saturday for that show, we had standees. 'Chicago' sold out two nights before we opened and went clean and 'High Society' sold out completely, too."
"I think more people have come back to town," Howard said. "And in addition to our loyal audiences, I saw a lot of new faces, younger people this year. I can't say enough about the talented people who collaborate on our shows: Ed Kresley, Diane Lala, Rick Paul, Leonard Raybon, Ken Leach, our fabulous principals, the musicians and a marvelous young chorus -- we had great kids from Tulane and NOCCA, very savvy and energetic.
"By now, people feel about Summer Lyric that it's a partnership between the talent and the audiences."
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The Actor's Theatre of New Orleans will hold auditions for two upcoming plays Aug. 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the theater in the WTIX Building, 4539 N. I-10 Service Road in Metairie, behind Clearview Mall. The plays are the local premiere of Rebecca Gilman's "Boy Gets Girl," a drama about a blind date that turns into a stalking, and Craig Lucas' "Prelude to a Kiss," the fantasy-comedy-drama about a young bride and an old man who exchange souls with an embrace. Rene Piazza and Chelle Ambrose are co-directing "Boy Gets Girl," which calls for three men and three women, 20s-40s, and one older man, 60-ish. Ambrose directs "Prelude to a Kiss," which requires six men and four women, 20s-40s, and another older man, 60-70. Auditioners are asked to bring a current headshot and resume. They will read from the scripts. For more information, call (504) 456-4111.
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Paul F. 'Fritz' Stover
BELLEVILLE – Paul F. "Fritz" Stover, 88, of Valley View Haven, formerly of Millheim, passed from this life on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013.
Born on May 7, 1925, in Woodward, Fritz was a son of the late Paul M. and Lottie Motz Stover.
He was a 1943 graduate of East Penns Valley High School. On June 9, 1946, he married Lottie M. Wolfe, who preceded him in death on Nov. 29, 2009.
Fritz proudly served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army. He was a founding partner of the Hosterman and Stover Hardware store in Millheim where he faithfully served the community for more than 40 years. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Millheim Fire Company, American Legion Keystone Post No. 444, Millheim Lions Club and the Penns Valley Men's Chorus. He also served on the Millheim Borough Council and was an ambulance driver. In his spare time he enjoyed hunting.
Fritz is survived by: two daughters, Cynthia L. (Dennis) Foust, of Spring Mills, and Cathy M. (Gary) Bartley, of Milesburg; one son, Randy P. (Carlene) Stover of Downingtown; six grandchildren, Deneen (Dave) Keller, Neil Foust, Jennifer Shawley, Christopher Shawley, Lynn Stover and Brian Stover; five great-grandchildren, Erica Deavor, Clarissa Keller, David Keller, Luke Shawley and Owen Shawley; one sister, Esther Haugh (Glen); and two brothers, Russell Stover (Violet) and Randall Stover.
In addition to his wife, Fritz was preceded in death by one brother, Lowell Stover.
A visitation for family and friends will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, at Steven R. Neff Funeral Home. The memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, at St. John's Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Julia Sprenkle officiating, assisted by Pastor Jennifer Shawley, Fritz's granddaughter.
Fritz will be laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery with full military honors.
Contributions in his memory may be given to St. John's Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 439, Millheim, PA 16854 or to Penns Valley EMS, P.O. Box 650, Millheim, PA 16854.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.stevenrnefffuneralhome.com.


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I saw these bags sitting next to the meat section and conveniently enough across from the potato chips in the supermarket. If I don`t know how to read, I would think that they are bacon flavored chips. But since I can read, instead of being tricked I was grossed out. Pork Skins??? So, not healthy. Even chicken skins should be eaten less, but this whole bag is full of fried pork skins.
Would you eat this?
or would you eat any kind of skin that is made into chip like texture?
Have you ever been grossed out by a item in the supermarket?
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So if you want to get depressed go over to Conservative New Jersey and read this amusing post about recent ads by the state Republican Party claiming to be conservative. An excerpt:
What is conservative about the RGGI program? (NJ's version of cap and trade)
What is conservative about tacitly supporting Obamacare by refusing to join a lawsuit challenging it? What is conservative about Paula Dow?
What is conservative about the state taking over Atlantic City?
What is conservative about our school funding formula that an out of control state supreme court has illegally foisted upon the taxpayers of NJ?
What is conservative about continuing to fund the Coalition on Affordable Housing? (COAH)
What is conservative about having a bloated and unnecessarily large state workforce?
What is conservative about eminent domain abuse?
What is conservative about NJ citizens having the highest tax burden in the country?
And let me add a bit of history about the long line of liberal Republican governors who preceded the author of the above atrovities.
What was conservative about William Cahill, who in 1973 appointed liberal Democratic ex-Governor Richard Hughes to head the Supreme Court, where he imposed the income tax he'd failed to get as governor?
What was conservative about Tom Kean, who raised rates to make that income tax progressive and who set up as the Council On Affordable Housing. Kean also renominated wacky ultra-liberal Democrat Robert Wilentz to head the court.
Incredibly Christie Whitman found an even wackier, more left-wing chief justice in Deborah Poritz, who gave us that the unconstitutional preschool program and the Abbott district school-construction program that could end up costing the state $25 billion.
That's the sad history of the N.J. GOP. These guys are happy as hell to deal with liberals but they have pretty much run conservatives out of the party.


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FLINT, MI -- It's sort of like a housewarming party.
The Flint and Genesee Chamber of Commerce has settled into its new location, 519 S. Saginaw St. in downtown Flint, and it's inviting the community to tour the new space.
The Chamber will host an open house from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at its new location inside the Mott Foundation Building. The event is not limited to just Chamber members and the business community. The community at large is also invited to tour the new suite.
The event will also give the community an opportunity to meet Chamber staff and learn more about its programs, a news release states.
The event is free, but registration is required. To register, contact Brian Sullivan at 810-600-1404, or by email at email@example.com.


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The '60s opened with a ray of hope as John F. Kennedy was elected as America's youngest president. A charismatic war hero, Kennedy symbolized the World War II generation come of age. He spoke eloquently of the qualities Americans had fought for: Freedom, democracy and fairness. Beside him was his stunning wife, Jacqueline (Jackie) and their two small children — an all-American family that just happened to call the White House home.
Against this national backdrop of optimism, Staten Island celebrated its 300th anniversary in 1961, marking the first permanent Dutch settlement here. Borough President Albert Maniscalco along with Mayor Robert F. Wagner proclaimed a yearlong tercentennial festival honoring our forefathers, complete with parades and festivals.
Two major events dominated Advance headlines in 1963. What started out as a balmy spring day on April 29, would come to be known as "Black Saturday" as three separate brush fires, in Rossville, Tottenville and Mariners Harbor, combined to destroy 100 homes, leave more than 500 Islanders homeless, and cause more than $2 million in damages. Firefighters who responded found there was little or no water pressure to combat the blazes. They stood helpless as flames ripped through homes and businesses and open expanses. Kennedy declared the Island a federal disaster area.
Celebrating 125 Years of Staten Island News: 1961-1985
Islanders mourned the fallen president in an hourlong ceremony outside Borough Hall. They remembered the day in October 1960, when JFK campaigned in the St. George Ferry Terminal, pausing to sip a cup of coffee with commuters and to acknowledge the crowd of some 15,000 supporters shouting "We love you Jack!
Five years and $220 million after construction was begun, the Verrazano-Narrows bridge opened with a festive ceremony, despite the bitter cold, on Nov. 21, 1964. In the first nine hours, 47,000 vehicles made the crossing.
Opening day for the bridge also marked the opening of the seven-mile-long Clove Lake (Staten Island) Expressway, a link with the Goethels Bridge that cost $47 million. The Willowbrook Parkway spur, from the expressway to the Bayonne Bridge, also opened, and city buses began running back and forth across the bridge, to Bay Ridge and the BMT Subway line. Plans for the Richmond Parkway, to link to the Outerbridge Crossing, were also approved, but preservationists, alarmed by the large swathes of open land already lost to the highway network, protested to Mayor John Lindsay, who ordered construction halted while further studies were done.
While we were dealing with the opening of the bridge and its aftermath at home, halfway around the world, a place called Vietnam was shaping our national conscience. President Lyndon Baines Johnson had drawn wide support when he initially announced his pledge to continue American support of the South Vietnamese. Between 1965 and 1966, American troops in Vietnam swelled to close to 400,000. Already 6,000 Americans had been killed and nearly 38,000 wounded. In 1966, 100 young Staten Island men were stationed in Vietnam. Many just out of high school were drafted and suddenly thrust into the guerrilla tactics of jungle warfare.
By 1968, support for the war had waned. Sens. Robert F. (Bobby) Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy, Democratic candidates for president, campaigned on the promise to withdraw the troops. Hundreds of thousands of young men defied the draft, while anti-war protests disrupted college campuses. In St. George, college students from Richmond College and Staten Island Community College gathered on Bay Street for an anti-war march.
In April of that year, Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. Barely two months later, in June, Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles. Most Staten Islanders watched the funerals of both men on television, but dozens of Islanders turned out to solemnly watch as the train carrying Bobby Kennedy's casket made its way through the area from Los Angeles, on its way to Washington to complete its cross-country journey.
The summer of 1969 was a bit mellower. July and August gave Islanders two diversions: the Apollo 11 mission landed the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, in "one giant leap for mankind" and hundreds of young people from the borough took a trip of their own to a three-day music festival in upstate New York called Woodstock.
By 1970, the Census counted close to 295,000 people on the Island, with the mid-Island and South Shore areas growing the fastest. Land values soared. By 1970, an acre of land went for $80,000, up from $20,000 in 1964, just before the bridge opened.
The landscape changed dramatically as newcomers carved homes and townhouses out of woods; farms disappeared and shopping centers sprouted; an airport became a mall.
It was a period of "civic causes" and the South Shore would become the center of the battle. Residents on the South Shore protested a proposed live-in residence for drug addicts in Pleasant Plains, to be called Daytop Village. Emotions erupted into violence when neighborhood residents hurled rocks and profanities at supporters of the new facility. An Advance editorial blasted their behavior as "reprehensible."
Residents also rallied against the newly opened Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Charleston that initially housed addicts committed through the courts. They raised questions about security at the state facility after nine breakouts occurred within three months.
But those protests were nothing compared to the battle brewing next door to the prison. The Distragas Co. of Boston had acquired 150 acres and obtained permits to build the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks in the country. A community group called Bring Legal Action to Stop the Tanks (B.L.A.S.T.) was formed, led by neighborhood residents Gene and Edwina Cosgriff. The group mounted an intensive campaign warning of the dangers of an explosion. A tragic event soon gave the group ammunition in its fight.
In February 1973, a smaller LNG tank five miles north in Bloomfield exploded, killing 40 men who were working inside as the domed roof came crashing down. A year later, Distragas sold the Charleston tanks, but the new owners, the New Jersey Public Service Gas and Electric Co. (PSE&G), could not get approval to use the facility.
Again, in 1975, South Shore residents joined forces, this time opposing plans for a $40 million theme park planned for sites in Bloomfield or Charleston. The Advance asked readers to vote for or against the theme park. The results were 30 to 1 in opposition. The proposal was withdrawn.
But the most far-reaching proposal South Shore residents confronted at the time was the South Richmond Development Plan that would dictate how 9,800 acres south of Richmond Creek could be developed. The plan called for sewers, underground utilities and the aesthetic planning of streets and parks, in addition to mapping out where schools, industries and houses would be built so that these basics would be established before residents moved in.
The rest of the Island had issues, too. On the West Shore in 1971, Advance reporter Jane Kurtin exposed horrible conditions and child neglect at the Willowbrook State School on the site of the present College of Staten Island campus. Her stories led to national coverage of the institution, and eventually forced the state to end the "warehousing" of the disabled in large institutions.
Meanwhile, on the North Shore, the city stepped in when the trustees of Sailors Snug Harbor in Livingston decided to abandon the property that had long been home to retired seamen and move to North Carolina. The city bought the landmark Greek Revival buildings in 1972, but the grounds were earmarked for development. Community opposition pressured the city into purchasing the entire property, and the Snug Harbor Cultural Center was formed.
As it had begun, the period ended in turmoil, with the city's fiscal crisis that had the Big Apple $720 million in the red, after years of increased borrowing and poor fiscal management and accounting.
The city's fiscal crisis hit Islanders hard. By the summer of 1975, more than 13,000 city workers — firefighters, police, sanitation workers and health officials — were laid off. Education was especially hard hit. In the first cut, 4,300 teachers were fired. The second cut trimmed $38 million off the budget by paring down expenses for the Board of Education. The fiscal crisis also forced the merger of Staten Island Community College and Richmond College, which became known as the College of Staten Island.
Islanders reveled in the Bicentennial events of 1976, notably the parade of "Tall Ships" through the Narrows and around New York Harbor. Thousands of residents turned out along the waterfront to watch the majestic ships go by and, when evening fell that Fourth of July, the spectacular display of fireworks around the Statue of Liberty.
The summer of 1977 provided a different kind of excitement. Con Edison could do little to stop a thunderbolt that struck and severed a high-volt line in upstate New York, plunging New York City into darkness on a humid evening in July. Staten Islanders were without electricity overnight, with power being restored just before noon the following day. For the first time in its history, the Advance was unable to publish as scheduled. The blackout prompted a review of the national power grids.
About the same time, Travis became the center of another electric power struggle over a proposal by the Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY) to build a coal and refuse-fueled power plant. Islanders, fearing air pollution, rallied against the idea. The Advance led the fight, questioning the need for another power plant in the first place, since energy consumption was down and demands for power were decreasing. The controversy raged for five years before Gov. Mario Cuomo pulled the plug on the plan, forcing PASNY to withdraw.
In 1980, one issue that hit home was an FBI investigation known by the code name ABSCAM. Investigations into political corruption led to the indictment and subsequent sentencing of longtime Island Rep. John Murphy, a Democrat, accused of accepting a $50,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent posing as an Arab businessman. Five other congressmen and a New Jersey senator were also implicated in the investigation. Although Murphy maintained his innocence, he was sentenced the following fall and served five years before being paroled in 1985. The investigation and publicity led to his defeat to Republican Guy V. Molinari in the 1980 Congressional campaign.
Population and new housing kept increasing from 1980 through 1985. The 1980 Census showed that in just 10 years Staten Island's population had increased by more than 19 percent to 352,000. We were the only borough in the city to gain residents, with the South Shore seeing the biggest surge of newcomers and home development.
Then, as now, the public transportation system struggled to keep up with demand, especially from commuters on the South Shore. The Transit Authority inaugurated express bus service from the Island directly to Manhattan. Ferry service was also expanded, with the addition in 1981 of two new boats, the Andrew J. Barberi and the Samuel I. Newhouse. A few years later, two "mini-ferries" were added, the Alice Austen and the John Noble.
Yet another environmental battle was brewing as the city announced plans to expand the Fresh Kills landfill — the same one Robert Moses promised would close after 10 years, when it was opened in 1947. Over the objections of Islanders and our elected officials, the landfill would become the city's only garbage dump, setting in motion a political fight to close the landfill once and for all.


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Lots of submissions come across our e-desk, including this latest from Hayze, reppin' New London, Connecticut. Since we like to post up stuff from artists we haven't covered before, and since we like to give CT a little shine here and there, we took a minute to check to see if "Life Is Hell," which features Connecticut veteran Apathy (Demigodz, Army of the Pharaohs), was worthy of killing two birds with one post.
It was.
Boom bap drums, jazzy smooth loop, piercing horns, energetic chorus, thumping bass throughout with solid flows and sharp lyrics… Those heavenly characteristics make "Life is Hell" worth passing along for sure.
"Life Is Hell" introduced us to Hayze and based on this demonstration, we'll be eagerly awaiting his upcoming mixtape The Smoker's Section, due out on March 7. Hayze is down with Man Bites Dog Records, home of other premier wordsmiths and producers like Roc Marciano, Vast Aire and Harry Fraud.
Check Hayze's "Life is Hell" featuring Apathy below. For more on Hayze, check him on Twitter.
BONUS: Hayze – Creepmode (produced by Apathy)


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Have you ever fantasized about stepping up to home plate at a big league ballpark?
The pressure mounting.
All eyes fixed on you.
If you are a soon-to-be newlywed who breathes Mets or Yankees baseball, that dream can become a reality — even if you can't hit a curve, break 53 mph on the radar gun, or run from home to first without doubling over with a side stitch.
The Big Apple's two major league teams offer the opportunity to get married at their respective 1-year-old stadiums, at affairs that range from lavish to casual depending on a particular couple's budget.
Here's how the big day would play out Citi Field:
Your guests arrive through the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. They'll watch the ceremony in the plush seats behind home plate.
A montage of the couple will be played on the main video board, and the ceremony, which takes place at home plate, will be broadcast over the stadium's public address system.
And don't worry, there won't be any runners barreling down the third base line: Weddings are only held on non-game days and in the off-season.
"This is certainly an amazing experience for the real diehard Mets fan," team spokeswoman Heather Collamore said.
And then there's the special guests — beloved team mascot Mr. Met will be on hand and a former Met player will also be in attendance to sign autographs, take pictures and shoot the breeze with guests at the cocktail hour.
Affairs are hosted by Metropolitan Hospitality — a joint business venture between the Mets and dining service provider ARAMARK.
Receptions take place in the stadium's exclusive Caesars, Acela or DeltaSky360 clubs.
The Caesars Club holds 900 guests, and boasts a modern bar, oval dance floor and views of Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
The glass-enclosed Acela Club can accommodate 350 and brings a view of the Manhattan skyline.
The DeltaSky360 Club is the team's most exclusive area and includes a full-service kitchen, a high-end dining area, and two full-sized bars to complement its world-class cuisine for as many as 400 guests.
For more information, go to metropolitanhospitality.com.
At Yankee Stadium, the prospective bride and groom will get to choose from a lineup of suite and club options so impressive, it rivals the venerable Murderers' Row squad of 1927.
"When the stadium was built, it was built with the intention that it would be used year round," said Emily Hamel, director of non-baseball events.
The team recommends booking an affair on non-game days, but will be flexible to accommodate a couple's wishes.
The ceremony can be arranged to take place on the field, and a team alum can be booked to attend, Ms. Hamel said.
Receptions can be held at the Legends Suite Club, the DeltaSky360 Suite and the Audi Yankees Club, as well as several other smaller party and club suites.
The bi-level, 9,000-square-feet Legends Suite Club offers views of the field from the floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as images of Yankee greats, and seats about 400.
The indoor lounges of the Yankee's DeltaSky360 Suite — yes, Delta's an active sponsor on the New York baseball scene — come equipped with a four-sided cocktail bar and an espresso station. A large outdoor terrace overlooks home plate.
The Audi Yankees Club is lined with high definition televisions and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the field, and the club connects to the Budweiser Hall of Fame Lounge, so your guests can enjoy the outdoor bar and patio as well. It can accommodate up to 338 seated dinner guests and 508 in the reception.
For more information on hosting your special day at the Stadium, visit www.yankees.com/events.
Eddie D'Anna is the Advance Web news editor. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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In her latest book, In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms, the infamous radio host does not so mildly state her case: it's better to stay home with your children. I'm not trying to sell her book; frankly, if you want a good read, you should pick up my novel, THIS LITTLE MOMMY STAYED HOME, which is infintiely more hilarious and an equally perfect antitode to staying at home. As usual, I'm not doing product placement for anyone but myself--and if I didn't have to write with passionate enthusiasm about a woman whose politics offend me to the core, I wouldn't.
But I have to. I have to because stay-at-home mothers, at least in this region of the country, are not some self-satisfied majority. Most of the moms I know work, and not a few of them went back to work or school after having children from a deep feeling of lack of purpose. (This is astounding on so many levels and if you only nod your head in agreement to that 'lack of purpose' you too have been woefully endoctrinated.) Only about one-quarter of mothers choose to stay home with their young children. And in illuminating new census research they've discovered that the much-discussed "opt-out" movement is of no statistical significance. In other words, most educated women are still choosing to work. In fact, most women are still choosing to work. And folks, that means stay-at-home mothers are a minority--an unsung minority, in some areas of the country, not just lesser in numbers, lesser in deed.
What Schlessinger attempts in her book MUST be done to redress the imbalance. I am not saying now, and I never will, that all mothers should stay home with their children. Not all mothers can, not all mothers want to. But every mother, regardless of that decision, needs encouragement. Working mothers get it, from every angle (yes, I'm sure it doesn't feel that way at the end of the day when you're exhausted), through the cultural expectation of "having it all," that, while feminist in origin, I find profoundly unfeminist. If you work and have children, people are impressed. If you stay home with your children? Ummm. I can see the yawn being stifled.
In her book, Schlessinger counters the guilt, confusion, and apology that rise up in the stay-at-home mother. "'Ordinary' stay-at-home mothers? What is ordinary about 'the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world?' The individual who nurtures, teaches, and loves a developing human being is worthy of the highest esteem and is hardly 'ordinary.' You either choose to have a career or you choose to stay home to raise your children. There's no duality there," she writes. The mothers, those to-be, and those who are laboring under stacks of laundry with wailing babe in hand, need this fortication against the dismal and erroneous belief that the real world is happening in the board room, in the classroom, in the office, in the cubicle. It is not. The world outside the home is not more real, nor is it better.
I don't want to tritely proclaim that mothers are vital for raising healthy people. (Though this is true.) More than anything, the women who are mothers need to be empowered and emboldened to see not merely the value but the necessity of their work. Plenty of mothers are starved for some sense of purposefulness. They are bored with the raising of children (and it can be boring). I don't mean some 1950s, apron-wearing, smiling euphoria. To the contrary. The work of motherhood is serious, fascinating, curious, life-giving, spiritually-rich and not for the faint of heart.
If you are doing it, this work of mothering, ask yourself if anyone has ever said that to you before. There are 5.4 million stay-at-home mothers in this country. And that's what I want to say to them. Yes, it can be tedious, what job isn't? Yes, it can be drudgery, like most occupations on many days. Yes, it is difficult--but is that any reason to run to something else? You are up for the challenge, and the challenge is a worthy role. More than that, it is a calling, a profession, a vocation.
I don't want to discourage a mother who wants to work. I want to level the playing field. Everyone needs encouragement, especially the mothers who aren't getting raises, rewards or pats on the back in the office. They aren't hearing "good job" on anything like a regular basis. If Schlessinger has to be the one to say it, this liberal feminist is listening. I don't care where the truth comes from, but I know it when I hear it.


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It's still 32s across the board for the Detroit Lions in our weekly power rankings wrap-up. As Greg in Seattle (who compiles these power rankings ... thanks, Greg!) points out:
At least it's sort of interesting to see the creative challenge these guys face every week having to write a blurb about the Lions.
Indeed. Sorta.
ESPN: 32 (32) If you want to play quarterback for the Lions this week, just give 'em a call. They're running out.
SI.COM/DR. Z: 32 (32) Has there ever been a closer symmetry between what's going on with a city and its football team? Detroit's Big Three automotive makers are on the verge of going broke and seeking a federal rescue. Detroit's Lions are on the verge of coming up zeroes too, and seek the salvation from infamy that would come with just one.
FOX Sports: 32 (32) Despite such a sad state of affairs, has there ever been a more likable, respectable figure in charge of such a sorry football team than Rod Marinelli and these winless Lions? We're rooting for ya, Rod! COOL STAT: Courtesy of our own John Czarnecki: The Lions are 0-14 in games in which Daunte Culpepper is the starting QB.
NFL.COM: 23-32 Need work
USA TODAY: 32 (32) Duante Culpepper injury could pave the way for the return of...Dan Orlovsky?
Jeff Sagarin, USA TODAY: 32 (32)
CBS SPORTS: 32 (32) They have three games left or they join the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the winless list. My money is on them making it to 0-16, worsting the Bucs' 0-14.
YAHOO! SPORTS: 32 (32) When head coach Rod Marinelli says he is "looking forward to" Sunday's game against the Colts, is it because he'll be begging ex-boss Tony Dungy for a job next season?
SPORTING NEWS: 32 (32) The Motor City Bowl isn't exactly what you call a "destination vacation." So why not have the Lions invite some MAC team to play them in Ford Field? At least it would guarantee one win. Maybe.


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Democratic President Barack Obama formally endorsed Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Edward Markey on Tuesday.
The endorsement was no surprise. Obama said months ago that he planned to support whoever the Democratic nominee was. But Obama is popular in Massachusetts, and the endorsement could help Markey with Democratic voters.
Markey is facing Republican private equity investor Gabriel Gomez in a June 25 special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry.
First Lady Michelle Obama plans to visit Massachusetts on Wednesday for a $500-a-head fundraiser luncheon for Markey at the Taj Boston hotel, which will also be attended by Massachusetts' Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and William "Mo" Cowan. Democratic insiders have speculated that Obama could also visit the state, though no plans have been announced yet. The Democratic National Committee is also likely to get involved in the race.
In the president's endorsement, sent out by the Markey campaign, Obama praised Markey's work on energy issues and on curbing gun violence. "Ed Markey is a passionate and effective champion for middle class and working families, and we need him in the Senate to keep moving our country forward," Obama said. "Ed has a strong record of helping businesses create jobs and making sure that middle class families get ahead. His work on fuel economy standards will save money for American consumers and help reduce our dependence on foreign oil. I share his commitment to common sense efforts to reduce gun violence, and I know he will be a critical vote on this issue. Massachusetts has a long history of Senators who have made a real difference for the Commonwealth and our nation, and I know Ed Markey will continue that great tradition."
Markey said he is honored to have Obama's endorsement and wants to go to the Senate to help move the president's agenda forward. "The vision put forward by the President in his State of the Union is one in which everyone has a shot at the American Dream," Markey said in a statement. "I have been proud to support his efforts on health care, Wall Street reform, gun safety, and moving America towards a clean energy future. His agenda will improve the lives of everyone in the Commonwealth by promoting hard work and investing in the technologies and skills for the jobs of the future. I look forward to continuing to work with the President to ensure a future that is full of opportunity and prosperity for all people."
The date of Michelle Obama's visit has been corrected.


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Monstrous. And this is from Obama's favorite and "most trusted ally," Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
ACTUAL SCENE OF TURKISH POLICE SHOOTING RC DRONE / Polisin Ucan Kamerayi Vurma Ani [HD] from Jenk K on Vimeo
"Turkish Police Shoot Down QuadCopter Over Protesters" UAS Vsion, June 27, 2013
In Istanbul, police shot down a remote-controlled quadcopter one protester was using to capture video of demonstrations in the city. The shooting down of the quadcopter was also captured on video.Protesters in Turkey accused the media of ignoring them and many Turks relied on social media and citizen journalism to learn about what was going on at protests in their country.
The video, taken in Istanbul by a protester named Jenk Kose, shows the quadcopter falling out of the sky after being shot at by the police. The quadcopter's camera failed when it was hit, but Jenk was able to save some of the footage.
Jenk wrote:
Tuesday afternoon on June 11th 2013, Police was violently attacking peaceful protestors. Police fired guns at one of our RC drone during the protests in Taksim square, Istanbul. Police aimed directly at the camera. Due to the impact on the camera (it did have a housing) the last video was not saved properly on the SD card. The camera and drone were both broken. Managed to keep the SD card. Here is the footage from that camera! This footage you are about to see is from the prior flights minutes before the incident.


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Saturday at the Fair Grounds, with five stakes originally scheduled, is billed as Santa Super Saturday.
Santa day at the Fair Grounds has become fatter.
The addition of four Louisiana Champions Day races that were washed away by heavy rain last Saturday gives Saturday's 13-race card nine stakes races. Post time for the first race is noon.
The richest race is the $150,000 Champions Day Classic for older Louisiana-breds. Star Guitar is the 3-5 morning-line favorite.
Trainer Al Stall Jr. said that rescheduling the race doesn't affect Star Guitar's chances to win. "We didn't have to ship, " Stall said. "There's four or five horses in the race who had to ship from other tracks. It might be an advantage. We're not worried, and neither is he. We're just looking for our chance."
War Echo, who won the Silverbulletday last season at the Fair Grounds, is the 9-5 morning-line favorite in the first running of the $100,000 Daily Racing Form Distaff, a mile-and-an-eighth race for older fillies and mares. Unforgotten, a consistent money-maker in graded stakes company, is the 5-2 early second choice in that race.
Robby Albarado, who was scheduled to ride this weekend at Hollywood Park, said Friday that he won't ride until after Christmas. Albarado injured his back when thrown from a 2-year-old during the post parade for the Champions Day Juvenile last Saturday.
"I'm going to my doctor in Louisville this week, " Albarado said. "I know my body. I'm not 100 percent. I've got some good things coming up at Gulfstream and some good things here."
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Hi Nick,
What you are looking for is something called "Billboards". If the 3D camera moves, the sprites will always face the camera, always displaying the image. Games like Ragnarok Online do this. Normally what you do is just draw a quad and transform it so it's always facing the camera.
I'd link a tutorial but it really depends on what technology you are using for the iPhone app. Is it cocos3d? Unity? OpenGL?
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In 2012, James Bowman allowed Noelle Crombie and I to spend a couple of days touring his High Hopes Farm in Ruch, a rural community in Jackson County. The farm, shown here, yielded enough of the plant to produce a half-ton of marijuana. Bowman, who at the time was the state's largest medical marijuana producer, was raided by federal agents a few months later.
He's back in business, this time in Wimer, an unincorporated area of Jackson County. Read Crombie's latest update on the grower here.
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Flying Scotsman - The Watch You'll Enjoy Watching
94030 Flying Scotsman Watch, £195.00
Innovative, fascinating, intriguing...the Flying Scotsman from Mr Jones Watches is simply unique. Around the dial theres a rotating graphic depicting the trains journey (circa 1931) from London to Edinburgh.
So at departure time - 10am theres an image of Kings Cross, then eight and a quarter hours later (6.15pm) youll see the Scott Monument by Waverley Station.
In between, famous landmarks appear, including: York Minster and the Forth Bridge. After 6.15pm? there are scenes from the moonlit journey back to London.
Traditionally analogue in design, there are no batteries (its self-winding) or digital graphics. Instead the full-colour artwork was painted by Scottish artist and railway enthusiast Peter McDermott.
In a PVD-coated stainless steel case and mounted on a black leather strap, the Flying Scotsman is water-resistant to 5ATM.
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Washington D.C. – The baby panda Bao Bao, born in captivity a little less than five months ago, was presented Saturday at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington to all who came to see its newest denizen.
Dozens of people waited in line from as early as 6:00 a.m. to see the debut of Bao Bao, born of the giant panda Mei Xiang, which had previously made several unsuccessful attempts to conceive a cub.
Since 2005, the Washington zoo had not seen the successful birth of a panda, so now the newcomer is attracting crowds of visitors and has led to visiting hours being extended from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until next Monday.
Bao Bao was born Aug. 23, now weighs some 9 kilos (20 pounds), and is very healthy despite the frosty temperatures in the U.S. capital.
The artificial habitat of pandas in the National Zoo has been closed to the public for six months, and a lot of fans waited impatiently for it to reopen.
The natural habitat of giant pandas is in the mountains and leafy bamboo groves of central China, where an estimated 1,600 specimens still live. Another 300 live in captivity in zoos around the world.
Scientists believe that pandas live longer in captivity but are less fertile, making the success rate for the conception of cubs lower than it is in the wild.
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We are dedicated to improving outcomes for children, youth and families through strengths-based training and practice in education and social services. We help parents, teachers, principals, managers, social workers and direct care staff to strengthen their interaction skills and maximize performance so that children, youth and families thrive.
Our Parenting/Family Support Model (SPIN VHT) is currently being implemented in various organizations throughout the East Coast. In New York, NY, Albany, NY and Lanham, MD organizations are integrating our direct service model into their foster care and mother-baby programs with incredible success. In California, SPIN USA just completed a multi-year training project that implemented our Executive Coaching and Leadership Development Model (SPIN VIG) in Fresno County. As a result, Fresno County has 4 certified Coaches and 2 certified Trainers who have the capacity to continue implementing and expanding the model to improve performance child welfare agencies throughout the county.
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We are dedicated to improving outcomes for vulnerable children, youth and families nationwide. To accomplish this mission, we train and teach staff in educational settings, child welfare, public health, and other social service organizations HOW to implement programs and practices that increase accountability by enabling individuals and systems to identify and employ their strengths, capacities and resources to meet targeted outcomes and overcome challenges.
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PARENTING/FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM MODEL (SPIN VHT): Our parenting and family support/therapy program model provides professional and paraprofessional staff with a research-based model for assessing parents' and families' strengths and using those strengths as the building blocks for adding new and expanded skills to improve family functioning and support parents in their role as the primary caregivers, nurturers and educators of their children. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, MODEL FIDELITY, AND PRACTICE MODEL (SPIN VIG): Our coaching/training model underscores the central role that supervisors and staff supervision & development must play in order to positively impact the quality and success or an organization's practice and achievement of targeted program outcomes. IN EDUCATION: Gives supervisors in schools and other educational settings new skills and concrete tools for strengthening the capacity of teachers and care- givers in community-based programs to understand and integrate current research in brain development and cognition into classroom practice. IN CHILD WELFARE, PUBLIC HEALTH & OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES: Gives supervisors in helping professions new skills and a specific tool and method for regular supervision that strengthens program implementation, improves practice, strengthens model fidelity, and improves program/client outcomes. EXECUTIVE COACHING & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (SPIN VIG): Our coaching/training model provides current and emerging leaders with a concrete, results-driven method for enhancing performance at every level of an organization. Particular focus is given to the specific skills that support a leader's capacity to build, motivate and lead individual staff and teams to success.
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Synergy Foundation
Registered Name: Synergy Collective Society
Business Number: 876008806RR0001
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A community-based foundation run and operated by volunteers, created to blend art with social responsibility. JSR builds collaborative partnerships with local Vancouver charities to support integrated and cooperrative programming while raising much needed money to sustain community services. We do this by showcasing prominent West Coast artisans, marring music, dance, film, spoken word, art, food, and comradeship to celebrate the spirit of culture while strengthening the fabric of community. Since its' inception in July 1998, JSR has showcased over 400 artists, raised $180, 250 for 50 Vancouver charities, and entertained over 14,500 people.
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You can enable/disable WLAN function.
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You can select any network you want from the list. After selecting your desired network, you can directly tap "Connect to network" for connection. Alternately, you can choose to first set "IP" and "Proxy" for your network using the "Advanced" option, and then tap "Connect to network". You can also select "Add WLAN Network" to manually add a network.
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The Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) will once again host the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan during their 7th annual Art Walk at Wau-Ke-Na, William Erby Smith Preserve north of South Haven.
The event will take place on Saturday, August 23, 2014, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine (but not thunder and lightning).
Three plein air painting demonstrations will be offered by artists Lori Feldpausch, Richard Jordan and Jerry Kollig.
Plein air is a style of painting produced out of doors in "open air" and natural light, and plein air artists work directly on site. The artists' passion for creating an impression of the space around them overrides the battle of the natural elements, especially during Michigan's harsh winter months when many of them are out painting.
The new Painted Sanctuary 2015 calendar — featuring original plein air art created on conserved SWMLC properties — will premier at this event and will be available for sale. Everyone who purchases a calendar (for only $10) will be entered in a drawing to win an original painting by Mike Pendola. The drawing will take place at 3 p.m., and the winner need not be present.
Come and enjoy being outdoors on a beautiful nature preserve. As in past years, self-guided tours will feature signage which identify native flora and fauna. Ice cream and water will be for sale, and free wagon rides and nature hikes will be offered throughout the day. Admission to the event is also free.
While you're there, take advantage of the opportunity to purchase an original painting created by a local West Michigan artist. Art will be on display in the Art Barn, or you can purchase art directly from the artists off their easels. Feel free to engage the artists in conversation and to ask questions. A portion of all painting sales will go to benefit the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy.
All ages will find something to enjoy during this blending of art and nature. Previous art walks have attracted more than 500 people!
Wau-Ke-Na was donated to SWMLC by William Erby Smith in 2005 to permanently protect as a sanctuary for wildlife and as a peaceful place for visitors to enjoy nature. This 365-acre protected area along Lake Michigan is a hidden treasure available to hikers, nature lovers and artists year-round. The landscape provides inspiration to many local painters who venture into the dunes, prairies or wooded areas.
Directions: From I-196, take exit 30 and turn west on Blue Star Highway (A-2). Go about 1/2 mile then take a sharp right turn to the north on 70th St. The preserve is about 1/3 mile up the road, and the entrance is on the left/west side of the road. You will be met at the entrance and directed to the parking area.
Call the SWMLC office at 269-324-1600 if you have questions. Visit their web site at SWMLC.org and like them on Facebook to learn more. To learn more about the Plein Air Artists of West Michigan, visit their web site at PAAWM.org and like them on Facebook.
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CRANFORD — The township has received DEP approval to begin de-snagging work on the Rahway River, Township Engineer Richard Marsden told the Township Committee at its meeting last night.
"That was big hurdle," Marsden said, adding that today (Tuesday) is the deadline for bids, and he expects the work will begin in January.
The other portion of the river cleanup, de-silting, has not received final approval yet but the DEP has looked at the proposal and doesn't see any problems with it, so Marsden said the township is going ahead with a request for proposals for that work.
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Addressing Inequities by Engaging Those Most Affected
"Responsive Philanthropy" looks at building new constituencies for the environmental movement, charitable giving as absolution, rising economic inequality and more
Washington, D.C. (02/01/2012) – The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (www.ncrp.org) released today the winter issue of Responsive Philanthropy. This issue of the quarterly journal looks at funding grassroots organizing for environmental change, using charity as moral enhancement, addressing social inequality in the United States and activist-advised grantmaking.
New Constituencies for the Environment: A Case Study
In the cover story, Danielle Deane explores the impact of funding grassroots organizing for environmental change. She looks at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's "New Constituencies for the Environment" initiative and how it strengthened the environmental movement in California by expanding the range of groups advocating for clean air.
Philanthropy Makes Amends? Bad Boys, Generosity and Absolution (and When to Take Their Name Off the Building)
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits executive director Jon Pratt examines the use of charitable donations as moral enhancement and how large gifts can complicate the workings of major institutions that wish not be used as public foils.
Philanthropy and Inequality: What's the Relationship?
NCRP research and policy associate Kevin Laskowski discusses how the philanthropic sector has grown in the midst of rising economic inequality in the United States, and makes the case for greater responsiveness on these issues.
The Funding Exchange Model of Grantmaking
Barbara Heisler, executive director of the Funding Exchange, describes the network's unique grantmaking model and how it has allowed member foundations to support social movements and tackle the root causes of poverty and injustice in new ways.
This issue of Responsive Philanthropy also features the work of The California Endowment, a foundation that works to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities.
These articles, along with articles from previous issues, are available for free on the "Responsive Philanthropy Article Archive" (http://www.ncrp.org/publications/responsive-pubs/rp-archive). Hard copy subscriptions to Responsive Philanthropy are complimentary for NCRP members and cost $25 for non-members.
The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy in Washington, D.C. is a national watchdog, research and advocacy organization that promotes philanthropy that serves the public good, is responsive to people and communities with the least wealth and opportunity, and is held accountable to the highest standards of integrity and openness. Visit www.ncrp.org.


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Wait, What? Ep. 117: Sometimes Dead is Better
Posted by: Jeff Lester on March 4, 2013
Categories: Podcasts
One of Annie Wu's great covers from the interior of Hawkeye #8. Yep, it looks like this posting on Monday thing might be our new podcasting schedule for the conceivable future. I hope it is not a problem for everyone (including Hibbs, who just posted the shipping list a few hours ago, do go check it out and comment. After the jump: our charming and trying-hard-to-be-respectable old chum–the show notes.


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We Asked, You Voted: Here Are the Top 15 Best Holidays
5. Thanksgiving
Some people may have issues with the less-than-savory origins of the holiday, or the fact the modern ideals behind Thanksgiving are, let's face it, pretty lame. No-one, however, can argue with the requisite mountain of food you get to shamelessly eat for the entire day and then for several days after that. Next year let's just cut out the middle man, call it "Fat Day" and be done with it.
4. New Years
The New Year brings about a time of spiritual reflection and hope. It represents a clean slate, and the possibility of anything you want to come in the next year, just as soon as you're done drinking yourself into oblivion on the last night of the calendar. It's also the one holiday listed with a period exclusively devoted to smooching, which is a helpful thing most parties should have.
3. Halloween
The best thing about Halloween is that it caters for the changes you'll undergo in life. For the first ten years, it's time to dress up like a ghost/vampire (the only two options) and get candy all night. Later in life, a bevy of cool parties and explaining your clever costume to drunk people is your reward. Finally, as you reach old age, your furious, violent screaming at the neighborhood children will, for one glorious night. be justified.
2. Your Birthday
If there's one thing missing from the examples in the list below, it's the part where you get a bunch of gifts and attention. All that's rectified on your birthday, the one day a year where you get a free pass from your responsibilities, are showered with praise and material possessions, and, on certain years, unlock new abilities and places to go, just like a videogame.
1. Christmas
Christmas is just one of those perfect storm holidays. It's cold and dark outside, but still in that nice romantic postcard way, before January rolls around and you curse yours and everyone else's existence as you throw on a fifth layer so you can get to work (barring the occasional and likely black ice falls you'll make on the way there.) Everything about Christmas is the best kind. The food, the drinks, the songs: all perfectly engineered to ensure you have the best time while you're sitting inside with people you're kind of bored with by now. Good thing there's stuff like opening presents and eating way too much delicious food to pass the time. And if all else fails, there's a Home Alone marathon on ABC all afternoon. God bless you, Christmas, the perfect holiday.


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Locally Owned Shops Often Avoid Black Friday Fervor
While many locally owned shops have sales, lines and pre-dawn openings primarily for big box retailers
While many locally owned shops have sales, lines and pre-dawn openings primarily for big box retailers
While tech companies are synonymous with startup scene, other businesses involved, too.
Continued slow, steady growth means small boost for businesses.
Tax scofflaws paid up in droves, bringing state $46 million in revenues over 2 months.
State numbers have shown recent anomalies, but appear to have returned to normal
Border communities encouraged to take action to take advantage
Focus should be on working together, Latin America trade expert says
Without Mexican clients, Ortega Shoes would have to close stores
Peach Properties wins city OK for 4.7-acre Ronstadt site, including four buildings.
Unless Arizona repairs relationships with Mexico - California and Texas will benefit
Turkey prices are down, but all the trimmings are adding up.
CFOs work in all sectors, help the dollars and cents flow, keep the lights on
Economists say Tucson depends on federal dollars– here's a look at how much.
Abnormally low inventory may have boosted home sales prices in recent months
Utility's sales have dropped due to energy efficiency, grid upkeep costs of $1B.
Local groups use events, classes, and festivals to entice startups to Tucson or help Tucsonans get their own companies up and going
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Engaging volunteers in the fight against invasive species is an integral part of the National Wildlife Refuge System's (NWRS) management approach. It helps expand citizen participation in refuge operations while supporting the early detection of newly invading non-native species on refuge lands. Over the past few years, a new program has made this possible with support from a special Congressional appropriation to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Non-native invasive species crowd out native wildlife and damage valuable habitat, making them the number one threat to the nation's 100-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System. Rates of spread of invasive plants vary widely according to species and ecosystem type. On western lands conservative estimates of aggregate weed spread range from 10% to 15% per year.1 In contrast, individual species like the tropical soda apple that are invading hotter, wetter parts of the U.S. such as Florida are reported to have average annual spread rates as high as 117%.2
Although exact mitigation strategies are specialized and depend on the ecosystem and the species involved, the total estimated cost of fighting these invaders on refuges is significant. For example, in late 2002, the National Wildlife Refuge Association released its Silent Invasion report (pdf), calling on Congress to initiate a five-year $150-million strategy aimed at invasive species on our refuges. Some funding has become available, but the problem still needs to be addressed in a significant way. (NWRS Invasive Species Fact Sheet (pdf))
1Asher, J., and S. Dewey. Estimated Annual Rates of Weed Spread on Western Federal Wildlands. Draft white paper. December 2005. Federal Interagency Committee for Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW). 4 pg.
2Duncan, C. A, and J.J. Jachetta, Invasive Plants of Range and Wildlands and their Environmental, Economic, and Societal Impacts, 2005. Weed Science Society of America, 222pg.
Online Training Program for Volunteers and Staff
In collaboration with the Center for Invasive Plant Management(www.weedcenter.org), the NWRS has developed an invasive plant online training program for volunteers. Designed for National Wildlife Refuge volunteers and Friends groups, the program provides science-based, introductory information that is suitable for anyone interested in learning about invasive plants. The five self-study modules address the purpose and history of the Refuge System, how refuges manage invasive plants and how volunteers are assisting them. It also contains tips and tools for community outreach. Each module contains a quiz and web-based resources that enable learners to explore topics more thoroughly. The NWRS also has online invasives training for staff.
Competitive Allocation
Through this program, funding is awarded to refuge projects that directly involve refuge Friends groups and other volunteers. A wide variety of volunteers, including college and university students, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America, high school biology classes, Master Naturalists, garden clubs, adjacent landowners, and interested citizens, have become engaged in managing invasive species on refuges. The Student Conservation Association, Americorp, and the Youth Conservation Corps have also been actively involved. Over the past couple of years, funding awarded to refuges through competitive allocation for invasives species management projects has enabled nearly 2000 volunteers to contribute over 33,000 hours to the treatment, inventory and restoration of about 140,000 refuge acres.
One of these projects made national news when it was featured on "The Early Show" on CBS (February 13th, 2007). Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) joined forces with the Massachusetts Audubon Society to control perennial pepperweed. Volunteers helped to establish a control zone or "fire lane" north of the Refuge where existing stands are a source of seeds that re-colonize refuge land and thwart efforts to preserve the marsh's integrity. Perennial pepperweed is a relatively new invasive plant to northeastern United States, and currently has been documented in only Massachusetts and Connecticut. Eradication of this invasive plant is likely at Parker River Refuge and surrounding watershed through early detection and coordinated control with partners and private landowners. Volunteer groups included the Gulf of Maine Institute Teams from Newburyport and Lowell, Newburyport High School Students, Groundwork Lawrence (Middle school children) and First Year Student Outreach from Boston University.
Invasive Plant Mapping Project
A weed might be the last thing you'd expect global positioning system (GPS) technology to track, but this program has enabled the NWRS to train volunteers and staff to map infestations of invasive plants using hand-held computers and GPS units. In partnership with volunteers, the National Wildlife Refuge Association, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Institute of Invasive Species Science (NIISS) of the US Geological Survey, the NWRS is tracking and assessing the harm done from non-native plants to native ecosystems on refuges lands.
Volunteers are trained to identify locally important non-native and invasive plant species. They are also taught how to use a hand-held GPS device in order to pinpoint the exact location and extent of spread of the target species. Collected data are entered into a national database built and maintained by the National Institute of Invasive Species Science in Ft. Collins, Colorado, and used by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to prioritize its efforts in controlling invasive species. An important component of the program has been the early detection of incipient infestations. Volunteers are notified of invasive species present in the surrounding area and asked to be on the look out for these species on the refuge. Rapid response to small infestations is generally much more cost effective than waiting until a population gets out of control. Two types of software applications are used to collect the data: The Nature Conservancy's Weed Information Management System (WIMS) originally developed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and adapted by The Nature Conservancy, and the Refuge System's geodatabase, Refuge Lands GIS (RLGIS) (website under construction).
An additional component of the project focuses on modeling. This component attempts to predict areas on a refuge that might be susceptible to invasion by non-native plant species. For example, the National Elk Refuge in north-western Wyoming extends over 9,720 hectares and is characterized by grasslands, sage-dominated shrub, and sparse forests. It would take many months for a team to survey and map this refuge's large landscape. Therefore, in order to make the efforts at National Elk Refuge - and elsewhere - more effective, a team from USGS's National Institute for Invasive Species Science (NIISS) used plot and mapping data, vegetation maps and other spatial layers to develop predictive models that identify areas of the refuge most vulnerable to invasion. (Art and Science article (pdf) illustrates this approach). Informed by this data, refuge managers can better direct the on-the-ground efforts of volunteer mappers to specified areas where there is a high probability that invasive plants are taking hold.
To date, close to 24,000 acres of refuge lands, in addition to hundreds of water bodies, have been inventoried and mapped through the mapping project by a corps of nearly 200 trained volunteers. This hard work by dedicated volunteers has provided valuable baseline data on the extent of invasive plant infestations on refuges, which in turn has assisted refuge managers in planning and prioritizing management actions and funding. Refuges participating in the program for the second and third year have engaged hundreds of additional volunteers in invasive plant management actions, such as control and restoration measures.
Click on a state below for a list of refuges and corresponding projects engaging volunteers in the fight against invasive species.
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the websites of partners in the Invasives and Volunteers Program to learn more about their work to combat invasive species: